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mu VOL. XL. "SO. 12,460. PORTLAND, OKEGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PAGES 1 TO 8 ' ' Age. kti Hunter Rye The Whiskey of Whiskeys ROTHCHILD BROS. Agents Oregon, Washington sad Idas, 20-26 North FIrct Flavor 11 A Hopeless Case You cannot expect your furnace to heat If It Is not properly Installed. We don't "guess" how big a furnace Is needed for a building or how large a pipe should be for a certain room, or how large the cold atr duct should be, but FIGURE IT OUT. We are not tinkers, but heating and ventilating engineers. . Q. IVlcPherson, 47 First St. PRICES REDUCED THE MANUFACTURERS OF Prerno and Poco Cameras Announce greatly reduced prices on their makes of Cameras. Prices on application. BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO. 144-146 FOURTH STREET e PHIL. METSCHAN. Pros. SEVENTH AfD UASHINGr01 CHANGE OP European Plan: A neat, handy rg25ssiiEs X BttwB5ifcg& f - THE PORTLAND PORTLAND, ORBCON AMERICAN PLAN SV COST ONE MILLION DOLLARS HEADQUARTERS FOR TOURISTS AND COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS Special ntn ta families aa C stasia oroatlreaa. Tho snanar. t irtll b pleased at all tinea to shew roams and sjiTa price. A mad. -j-ariuan oam mubiumbiii la (fee Library Association of Portland 24,000 volumes and over 200 periodicals $5.00 a year or $1.50 a quarter Two books allowed on all subscriptions Hours From 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. dally, except Sundnys and holidays. SENATOR DAVIS CONDITION Improvement Seem to Have Re ceived a. Decided Check. ST, PAUL, Nov. IS. The Improvement whlh had marked the condition of Sena tor Davis seems to have received a de cided check, and his physicians report that he passed a very bad night last right, and was restless and feverish throughout the day. The delirium, which was a feature of the disease in the early part of last week, has returned, and is more marked. His pulse has again risen materially, aa has also his respiration. Two Mca Killed lij- Collnpse of Dock. 1 BUFFALO, X. Y., Nov. 18. A section of the Minnesota ore docks, situated In this harbor, collapsed today, under the weight cf W0M tons of ore. Max Tors and Thomas Ford were killed, and "William Burke was Injured. The property los is estimated at 3303,000. The crash came without warning, 30) feet of the dock dis appearing beneath the surface of the water. Martin Irons, Famost Strike Leader. HOUSTON. Tex., Nov M. Martin Irons, once leader of the valon labor organiza tions and who directed the great Missouri Pacific strike in the 'Site, ie dead. He came to thte country Jl years ago, and be gan organtatag social democracy olubs, using "anti-mossy rent as a slogan to cjouso the farmers. . . Purity,. St., Portland, Or. Mellowness EXCLUSIVE CARPET HOUSE. J. G. Mack & Co. 88 Third St. Odette Otatef f Ctaserca C. W. KNOWLES, Msr. STREETS. FORTUND, OREG01 MANAGEMENT $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 per Day Dayton's Shoe Cleaner AND POLISHER device for. . .. RemovIngiV1udFromiiRiibersHi PRICE 10 CENTS Sold by leading Shoe, Drug and Department Stores This Battery Express paid, any address, for Complete and ready for use; Includes two cords, -with tips, two band electrodes, two insulating: handles, two sponge elect trodes, one foot plate ana out book, "The Blectropathic Guide," containing full in structions for the treatment of disease by electricity. This is a dry-cell battery; no liquids to spill or stain. WOOMRD, CLARKE & CO. $3.00 PER DAY tUVfnri. s heteL. H. d BOWXSS, Xai STARK STREET Bet 7th and Park GERMAN TARIFF AGITATION Proposed Legislation Wonld Dis criminate Against United States. BERLIN Nor. 18. Count Kanltx, Dr. Lieber and other prominent members of the Reichstag, have given notice of a bill to amend the tariff law by empower ing a levy under imperial decree and with the approval of the Bundesrath of ad valorem duties on dutiable goods from countries where German goods are sub jected to similar levies, provided that the terms of the existing treaties are not thereby violated. By the provisions, ad ditional duties may be levied In the same manner up to 200 per cent of the tariff law or the ad valorem duty on goods from countries treating German shipments of German goods less favorably than other nations, while duty-free goods, under sim ilar circumstances, may be subjected to a duty not exceeding 40 per cent of their value. The decrees would cease at any time If the Reichstag withholds Its as sent. The proposal has provoked a lively dis cussion In the press. "While the signers do not include all the National Liberal and Centrist members they do represent about half the membership of the Reichstag, and it is highly probable that the bill will attract enough support from the other sections to insure a majority. One leading journal, commenting upon the proposal, says that "It means in a certain sense a declaration of a tariff war against the United States." Oregon Legislators Write About Direct Primaries. MANY MEET QUESTIONS SQUARELY Otherm Are Somevrhat Guarded, and One Does Not Propose to Let the Public Know. For tho purpose of ascertaining the at titude of members of the new State Leg islature toward primary reform. The Oregonlan several days since addressed letters of inquiry to all of them. Replies are already beginning to come In, and so far they disclose a common sentiment against the old boss system. The ques tions of The Oregonlan wero as follows: Axe you in favor of primary re form! Are 70U in favor of direct primary nominations and abandonment of the present system of bosses, dele grates nnd conventions? Will you pledse yourself to vote for direct primary nominations, and oppose any scheme of pretended re form really designed to perpetuate the existing- system? IX you are opposed to direct pri mary nominations, Trill you please state your reasons? If you have a definite plan in mind or bill formulated, will you please outline it for the renders of The Ore Bonian? Here are some of the letters. HB OPPOSES BOSSES, NOT LEADERS. Senator Joseph! "Wants the Multno mah Delegation to Affree. PORTLAND, Nov. 16. (To the Editor.) I am in receipt of your letter of No vember 15, in which you propounded to me certain questions relating to primary re form and request categorical answers to the same. To your first question I re spond I am in favor of primary reform. To your second I answer affirmatively, but in doing so I do not wish to be un derstood as assenting to the popular Idea that all leaders of organized parties are to be considered as "bosses" in the sense of assuming dictatorial powers. Unfor tunately, this is the case in some in stances, and has led to the Inclusion of all party leaders as "bosses." It will scarcely be denied by thinking men that leaders and executive workers of party organizations are necessary to success in the course of political campaigns. Sys tematic jeffort cannot be made without the machinery of organization. But the man who abuses his privilege of leader- iswpanaith-jowsoalc tator is a "boss," and to such I am un 5s alterably opposed. To your third question I answer un qualifiedly. Yes. As to formulating a bill, I have not done so for the reason that I have un derstood that several bills were in pro cess of formulation, and I have not want ed to confuse matters by adding to the number. I sent some time ago for copies of the direct primary laws jenacted or proposed in several states, and have given them careful attention. I realize that it is very desirable for the enactment of a proper bill on this subject that Multno mah County shall go to the Legislature with only one bill, which shall have been agreed upon by the members from this county. In order to arrive at such a re sult, I suggest that those having bills providing for direct primary elections Invite all members of the Multnomah delegation to meet at a certain time and place, and that upon that occasion each proposed bill be presented by one person, who should give a resume of his pro posed bill and a brief presentation of arguments in its behalf. Let copies of the respective bills be then given to each member of the delegation, and let all retire except the legislators, who can then discuss or arrange a future meet ing to discuss the merits of the proposed bills and take such measures as may seem best to promote harmonious adop tion and support of a single measure. This matter is too Important to be left to the eleventh hour and then thrown Into the legislative tangle, to be extricat ed, if eradicated at all, in an unrecogniz able shape, totally unfitted for the pur pose of its inception. S E JOSEPHI, Senator for Multnomah County. FLEDGED TO THE REFORM. Senator Hunt Declares Himself Earnestly for the Reform. PORTLAND. Or., Nov. 16. (To the Ed itorsAnswering your Inquiries of No vember 15, seriatim, I will say: First Yes, I am in favor of primary re form. Second Yes, I am in favor of a direct primary law which will entirely elimin ate party bosses, delegates and conven tions, in short, wipe out vile politics and substitute pure politics therefor. I be lieve this can be accomplished If a proper effort be made and the support of the moral element of the people be given it. Third Yes. Every member of the Leg islature elected by the "Citizens" last June is already pledged to the so-called Bingham bill (or a better one, if it can be devised), by his signature to the platform upon which we ran, and I cheerfully re-aflirm my pledge thereto, bel!eing as I do that the enactment of such a law is of more importance to the people of this state, particularly the more populous portions If it, than all the proposed legislation combined, Including the election of a United States Senator. "With such a law enacted we will have a system of election laws which will be almost, but not quite, complete. We will then have provided pretty well for a full, free and secret ballot. "We must next provide for an honest count of the bal lots and a proper safeguard over the re turns until the results are officially pro mulgated. I will try to have a bill draft ed covering these points, because the June election developed the necessity for it. J. E. HUNT, Senator for Multnomah County. LET THE PEOPLE GOVERN. Senator Mays Thinks the Political Boss Should Be Abolished. PORTLAND. Or., Nov. 16. (To the Ed itor.) In answer to your inquiry as to my position on the subject of primary re form, I will say that I am very earnestly in favor of direct primary nominations and the abandonment of the present sys tem of bosses, delegates and conven tions. I am convinced that the reform will correct many of the abuses of of ficialism, and that it will aid In putting Into the hands of the people the power to choose their servants without dictation. The present plan of having a political boss name the delegates -to a party con vention, and slating a ticket to bo put through the pretended process of nom ination by these delegates In convention, deprives the voters of all power except that of ratifying the action of tho pol iticians by voting the ticket at the polls. I think the political boss should be abolished and the people given a chance to govern themselves for a while. The new system, at any rate, could not bo worse, and is likely to prove much better In practice than the present one. ' In answer to your Inquiry whether I will pledge myself to vote for direct pri mary nominations and oppose any scheme of pretended reform, really de signed to perpetuate the existing sys tem, I want to say that I am already pledged by the platform, on which I was elected to the State Senate last June; but if any further statement is necessary, you may rely upon my using my very best endeavors to secure the enactment of an honest primary law such as will be approved by the real friends of tho measure. I have given a great deal of thought to this subject, but have not as yet pro pared a final draft of a bill. I intend, however, on conference with my asso ciates lnthe Legislature, to give my cor dial support to a bill that will be both practlca! and thorough. I hope this reform will be adopted with out" serious contest and without any con flict of opinion among those who look for ward to better government under the new conditions. F. P. MAYS, Senator for Multnomah County. IS HE "WITH THE BOSSES? One Senator Mokes a MIgrnty Mys tery of His Attitude. ALBANY, Or., Nov. 16. (To the Editor.) Referring to your favor of the 15th inst, which 1b just at hand, I would say that at this time I do not desire to state my position upon the matters referred to therein. PERCY R. KELLY, Senator for Linn County. WAKTS SENATORS CHOSEN, TOO. Representative Colvisf 'Proposes a Somevrhat Radical Measure. GRANT'S PASS, Or., Nov. 16. (To the Editor.) I am in favor of a law to give the voter at primary meetings an oppor tunity to express his preference for every officer elected, whether state, coun ty or district. I am also in favor of some measure which will give the voter a right to ex press his choice in the primary for United States Senator in all elections following, for which members of the Legislature are chosen, who will be required to vote for BUch officer. "Whether the latter meas ure can be so framed as to make the choice of a political party thus expressed obligatory on the Senator or Representative-elect of such party, or only as letter of instruction or preference, r am not yet settled as to my opinion. I have collected some data from other states on the subject, and intend to examine the statutes of those states before fram ing a measure. I think there can be no doubt of the utility and Justice of such a law, and shall at the earliest possible moment enT deavor to nresent a measuro at th crim ing session which I trust will meet -with jujijjuji. HuuiuiciiL to .pass .M. . ' . imj-t- anmtp'tti ntti.. m n.iT'.mT's.-. hearM ursred flc-nlnst jmrV mornm thifc, far Is that the voter does not in fact at tend primary meetings in any consider able numbers, and that the same are" usu ally conducted by a few designing per sons. I think this matter will regulate Itself In a short time after tho people ascertain that their presence and co-operation mean something tangible and di rect. G. "W. COLVIG, Representative from Josephine County. HE WILL KOT PLEDGE HIMSELF. But Representative Roberts Is An Right on the Reform. THE DALLES, Or., Nov. 17. (To the Editor.) I will say that I am in favor of primary reform. As to the second question, I am in favor of all that the context implies, most assuredly; but if by "direct primary nominations" you apply this term (which sounds well) to some patent affair, which might later on develop itself to be a worse machine than the present system, I must say no. To the third I emphatically say no. I will pledge myself to nothing. I will say that I am in favor of any reform that Is reform. Fourth Am not so opposed, as above stated. Fifth I have none. ALBERT S. ROBERTS. Representative for Crook, Klamath, Lake and Wasco Counties. CAREFUL OF PARTY INTEGRITY. Senator Daly Also "Wants Measure to Be Constitutional. COR-VALLIS, Or., Nov. 17. (To the Edi tor.) Yes, I am In favor of primary re form. If a bill is presented at the next Legislature combining primary reform with party integrity and constitutional law, I will vote for it JOHN D. DALY, . Senator for Benton County. Representative Allen Favorable. ASTORIA, Or.. Nov. 16. (To the Editor.)! Yours of the 15th Inst, received. In re ply I will say tnat, while I have not given the matter you refer to much thought, yet it is not a complicated one, and to me it seems very clear at first sight. I believe that direct primary nomi nations would be an Improvement on the present system. Therefore I could con scientiously Indorse direct primary nomi nations. B. F. ALLEN, Representative for Clatsop County. Yes to Four Questions. LEBANON, Or., Nov. 16. (To tho Edi tor.) My answers are: L Yes. 2. Yes. 3. Yes. 4. Already answered. 5. I have no definite plans. I presume the answers to your ques tions Is all The Oregonlan desires at present. I hope to have something to say on the subject in the near future. C. B. MONTAGUE, Representative for Linn County. No Pretended Reform for Him. HARRISON, Or., Nov. 17. (To the Edi tor.) As to your first question, Yes; your second, Yes. And I shall oppose any, .scheme of pretended reform designed to perpetuate the existing system. I have not made any pledge to any person or par ties whatever, and shall not do so now. I shall go to Salem perfectly free. O. E. EDSON, Representative for Washington County. Offered Government Position. PEORIA, HL, Nov. IS. President Mc Klnley, it is said, offered the directorship of the Bureau of Engraving and Print ing to Frank P. Sargent, grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotlvev Fire men, last April, while Mr. Sargent was on his way to attend the annual meeting of his order. Mr. Sargent was re-elected to the grand mastership under his pro-, test, and will, it lssald, give his answer to President McKlnley Monday. BOTH SIDES ACTIVE Rebels and Americans Renew Fighting in Philippines. DUE TO TERMINATION OF RAINS la Engagement North of Manila, 11 Americans and 60 Natives "Were KUled Other Operations. MANILA, Nov. 18.-Last week wit nessed a very considerable increase In rebel and American activity in the field. Many skirmishes occurred! and several email engagements in Northern and. Southern Luzon. The termination of the rains permits a resumption of operations. The Americans are making a series of ag gressive movements against the insur gents, notably on the Island of Samar against General Lukban, whose forces A WASHINGTON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR. . mJjV m. ... . ... ..L rf .'-. f -- . p.TV..irasTOTtoiomiw;frunrnei ouko ot umo Jn.uB4tJ,-anapnajire8!QeQPinitoe atatoforiwaahlnjrtonUinST'iRfta.v'HB privottf in the Union Army, and was commander of the-'Grond Army of th Republic, de partment of Washlnrton and Alaska. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention la 1889. He has practiced law for IT years In this state, and has been ilayor of Pomeroy for many successive terms. hold the entire island with the exception of three coast towns, each of which is garrisoned by two companies of tho Twenty-ninth Infantry and a platoon of artillery. The rebels are continually shooting into the garrisoned towns, and the American forces have not been suf ficient to retaliate effectively. Commerco in Samar Is at a standstill, and most of the influential inhabitants have departed. General Hare has ar rived there with 250 men. Ho will bring eight companies of the Second Infantry from the Island of Marlnduque and will proceed energetically to crush General Lukban. Meanwhile United States gun boats will patrol the coast to prevent the escape of the Insurgent leaders. Lukban still holds three members of the Forty-third Regiment as prisoners. The rifles which the party of Captain D. Shields, of Company F, Twenty-ninth Infantry, lost last September in Marln duque at the time of the capture have not yet been returned from the insur gents. All of the Marlnduque garrisons are being continued. Notable among tho week's engagements was General Grant's advance with Mac cabebo and American scouts on a rebel stronghold 35 miles north of Manila, which was defended by 200 Insurgents armed with rifles. After skirmishing and fight ing for the greater part of a day and night the enemy was dislodged and Im mense quantities of rice and stores, with ammunition, were destroyed. Fifty Fili pinos wero killed and many others wounded. The Insurgents carried off their dead. The American losses were 11 pri vates, one officer Injured, and one Mac cab eb a killed. Lieutenant F. W. Alstaetter, of the en gineers, who was captured by the Insur gents in Luzon last September, has sent, with the permission of his captors, a let ter to Manila asking for food, money and clothing, which will be forwarded to him by a native runner. His health is broken, and his release Is probable. General Wheaton, commanding the De partment of North Luzon, is sending re inforcements to General Young's prov inces, where the natives, under Generals Tlhio and Agllpay, the excommunicated Filipino priest, are showing signs of rest lessness, deserting the domiciles that they have occupied during the rainy sea son, and Joining, under compuslon of fear tho insurgents In the mountains. General MacArthur has gone to Sublg Bay with Admiral Remey on the United States cruiser Brooklyn, for the purpose of examining the locality. It is probable that 1S00 marines now in Philippine waters will be used to relieve certain Army posts, rendering the re lieved soldiers available for other and more urgent duties. It is understood that General MacArthur is considering the question of establishing more marines ;n the vicinity of Sublg. Captain McCalla, of the cruiser New ark, is undergoing trial by court-martial convened by Admiral Remey. He is charged with "Irrational and bad man agement and lack of discipline" on board the cruiser. The trial is the result of a letter written by Lieutenant-Commander Colwell to Admiral Remey. The remains of Baron Dumarlas, the Frenchman who was killed by the insur gents while within their lines last year, where he had gone to Intercede with. Agul naldo for the release of the Spanish pris oners, have been recovered and buried in Manila. For the purpose of maintaining the ex isting ratio of two-Mexican silver dollars to one gold, arbitrarily fixed by General MacArthur last August to be maintained until such tlmo as the Philippine Com mission should consider the date had ar rived for establishing a gold medium in the Philippines, Henry C. Ide, of the commission, introduced a bill, which, had passed the commission, providing for a charge of 10 per cent on all Mexican sil ver coin exported from the Philippines. The demand of China for Mexican cur rency has created exportatlons, and threatens a derangement of business In the Philippines. The commission passed the bill, as it felt under obligations to provide so far as possible a stable and ample currency for tho protection cf business. PHXLTPPINE TARIFF LEGISLATION. Depends on Constitutionality of Porto Rlcan Tariff Bill. NEW YORK, Nov. 13. Congressman George H. Ray, chairman of tho House committee on Judiciary, expressed while in this city that unless a test case brought to determine the constitutional ity of the Porto Rican tariff bill is de cided by the United States Supreme Court there would be no tariff legislation by Congress for the Philippines. "What if the decision of tho court should be that the Porto Rlcan tariff is unconstitutional, and that Porto Rico is part of the United States?" "If such should be the decision of the court," said Congressman Ray, "it might necessitate our having to give up the Philippines. We are bound to maintain the open door in the Philippines. That means that the products of all nations can come into the Philippines on the same basis as our own. If we cannot raise a tariff against Philippine products coming into the United States, then our 'iervedTaScaV labor would be brought into competition with the cheap labor of the Orient. If that condition should come about, wo would feel -that our Interests would de mand our withdrawal from the Philip pines." MORAL CRUSADE IN NEW YORK Bishop Potter's Letter to Mayor Van Wyck Has Good Effect. NEW YORK, Nov. 18. Police Captain Horllpy, in command of the Elizabeth Street Station, the official charged with having Insulted the Rev. Mr. Pardock, one of Bishop Potter's assistants, was today transferred to another station. The transfer Is put down as the effect of Bishop Potter's letter to Mayor Van Wyck concerning the prevalence of vice on the East Side, known as the "Red Light" district. A noticeable change was apparent in this district tonight. It was very quiet, and during the first hours of the night not a person was arrested. Captain Moynihan. of the West Twentieth-Street Station, who had notified the management of the Grand Opera-Houso that only sacred concerts would be al lowed on Sunday night In the theater, tonight arrested two performers who had done a "song and dance act." Friends bailed them out. The police raided a club on East Ninety-seventh street, arrested 17 men and two women and captured a lot of dice and chips. A Brooklyn 'gaming-house was also raided and H persons taken into custody. SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEW3 Philippines. Rebel and American activity In the field has been greatly Increased. Pare 1. In encasement north of Manila 11 Americans and BO Filipinos were killed. Pare 1. China. Report confirming fata of Boxer leaders. Pare 2. Ther Is a scarcity of food la Tien Tsln, and already there Is considerable suffering. Page 2. Sanitary conditions at Pelcln ar becoming se rious. Page 2. Circumstances point to the early completion of the note of tht allied powers. Page 2. j 'foTc3s-n. The condition oft Itassta's rick Emperor Is slightly Improved. Page 1, Proposed chance of German tariff law wonld be discrimination against the United States. Page 1. Domestic. The Improvement In Senator Davis condition seems to hare received a decided check. Page 1. Governor Dole reports on conditions In Hawaii. Page 2. Past fiscal year was most prosperous period knoim to American shipping for some time. Page 0. Kentucky bank Is out 1201,000 through the dishonesty of a cleric Page 2. Four men were burned to death in a fire that destroyed a Pennsylvania hotel. Page 2. Pacific Coast. Statement showing that the prune Industry Is one of most profitable In Oregon. Page 8. Opinions of Oregon legislators on direct pri mary election law. Page 1. Quite a blizzard swept over Tacoma yesterday. Page 3. The distressed San Francisco steamer Robert Dollar called In at Astoria for repairs. Page 8. Local. Senator Prltchard, of North Carolina, says that a fair count would have siren electoral vote of his stats to McKlnley. Page 1. Mrs. 8. D. Gustln drops dead while attending night services at First Presbyterian Church. Page 9. Ex-Consul C. H. aTacrum. formerly at Pretoria, ' talks of the Boer war. Page 9. NOT A FAIR COUNT Senator Prltchard on North Carolina Election. STATE SHOULD HAVE GONE K'KlNLEY Distinguished Southern Republican Sow in Portland Talks of Dis franchisement of Negro. "North Carolina would have given Its electoral vote to McKlnley by 25.000 ma jority this month, had there been a fair election and an honest count." said Unit ed States Senator Prltchard, of that state, at the Imperial last evening. The Sen ator, who is accompanied by his wife, is on his first visit to Oregon, and declares tho beauties and resources of this state are quite a revelation to him. He Is now serving his second term as Senator from that ultra Southern State, although a life-long Republican. He was first elected In 1895, to fill tho unexpired term of Senator Vance, and In 1S97 he began his second term as a result of a fusion of Republicans and Populists, who united on tho local question of fair elections. "The negro vote," the Senator said, "has been either suppressed or counted for tho Democrats, although the colored raco are plainly Republicans, when permitted to vote as they please, but It Is hard to keep the various election boards of the country from committing wholesale frauds. I think the National Government should, therefore, do one of two things either ab rogate the 11th and 15th amendments to the National Constitution or take steps to enforce them. The 14th amendment provides, that the representation shall be cut down where any portion of tho legal voters are forcibly deprived of electoral privileges, and the loth provides tho re striction of the ballot on account of raco or color. "In regard to the disfranchisement of tho negroes of North Carolina, by tho amendment to the state constitution adopted last August, I do not think It Is constitutional, as It was plainly aimed at tho black race. The amendment provides that each elector shall be able to read the Constitution of the United States, but that this provision shall not apply to those who were voters previous to January 1, 1SCT, or to the descendants of these. As North Carolina was not reconstructed previous to that time, all negroes were slaves, and so these slaves and their descendants cannot vote under the provisions of tho recent amendment. The law does not come into effect, however, until 1903, so that no case has yet been predicated on its merits. " "The white voters or North Carolina have largely become Republicans of lata years, but still there seem to be Demo crats enough In some portions of the state to nullify the will of the people In tho most flagrant manner. UjjAsIdeom the way elecUonsarey car TSe35ionT'am proud Sf'Tay Ilawrwfiich; is rich in agricultural, timber and mineral resources. Cotton, corn and tobacco are raised to a great extent, while the lum bering interests havo grown to vast im portance in recent years. Besides these, there aro mines of mica, kaolin and iron, which employ very large numbers of men. There are nearly 2,000,000 -of prosperous people within the boundaries of North Carolina, and if the Democrats can be kept from nullifying the free white voto of the North, her people will also ' bo among the happiest In the Union." Senator Prltchard and wife dined with ex-Senator Corbett yesterday, and today will take a flying trip to the state capltoL GOOD DAY FOR THE CZAR. Condition of Russia's Sick Emperor Is SUgntly Improved. LIVID A, Nov. 18. Emperor Nicholas, according to the best information obtain able, had a favorable day. He slept some of the time. His temperature at 9 P. M. was 101.6 and his pulse 64. Last night he slept well, and on waking this morning was comfortable, his head being quite clear. At 9 A. M. his tem perature was 90 6 and his pulse 63. How People View Ruler's Illness. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 18. The Rus sian official world Is anxious regarding the condition of Emperor Nicholas, but there Is a feeling of confidence that he will recover. A Foreign Office official told the correspondent of tho Associated. Press last -evening that the bulletins wero regarded as favorable. He called atten tion to the dlstlncton between typhus in the American sense of the word, and typhus as understood in Russia, where the term corresponds to typhoid in Ameri can terminology. Typhoid Is common, the official pointed out. In all Russian cities, owing to tho deficient hygienic conditions, but it is not feared as in tho United States. "More over," continued the official, "the Czar's general health Is good. Persons who have seen him at close quarters during the past few months give no credence to the stories of his alleged feebleness. They have not observed the slightest condition of lingering Injury from the saber blow ho received in Japan. They utterly dis believe the assertion often made abroad that the Czar Is an epileptic." Considerable surprise Is expressed that His Majesty should have contracted a disease attributed to tainted nourish ment. It appears, however, that he is imprudent in hfs diet, and does not al ways follow medical direction, and often drinks any water he can get when walk ing or driving. The possibility of his having contracted disease from milk Is also being considered. The news of the Czar's illness is grad ually reaching the general populace, and many sympathetic references to his con dition are heard among the people of St. Petersburg, who are apparently greatly attached to the person of the monarch. Special prayers for his recovery were of fered today In the churches of St. Peters burg, Moscow and Kharkow. Weak Heart Causes Apprehension. LONDON, Nov. 19. According to tha Moscow correspondent of the Dally Ex press, the weakness of the Czar's heart causes some apprehension. There seems to be no doubt that the Royal Castles at Llvldia are in a bad hygienic condition. They are damp and ill-drained, and they would have been demolished, were It not that the Czar i already building a new residence beautifully situated on tho Messandra estate, east of Yalta. There have been numerous Infectious outbreaks In that district during the Summer, and much anxiety has been felt regardlna the imperial children. Vardon Will Return Home. NEW YORK, Nov. IS. Harry Vardon, the celebrated golf player, has decided to return home to England for the holidays, v instead of taking the contemplated Cali fornia trip and spending the Winter OB the Pacific slops. "CT1 102.0