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PORTO RIGO CASE
Argument Continued Before
the Supreme Court.
GENERAL GRIGGS' STATEMENT
Every Port in a Ceded Country Is to
Be Regarded as Foreign Until
Congress Extends Laws
to It.
"WASHINGTON. Iec IS. Argument In
the Porto RIcan-PhlHpptnes cases. Involv
ing the status of those countries to the
United States, was resumed Ip. the' Su
preme Court today. The widespread In
terest In the cases was shown by the large
attendance of prominent members of the
bar and by a crowd of spectators which
filled the public area and overflowed In
the corridor. Senators and Representa
tives In Congress dropped in as the argu
ments proceeded and gave attentive ear
to the proceedings.
Prior to iho opei'ng of 'be court the
counsel conferred and arranged a general
plan of procedure by which Edward C
Perkins, senior counsel In the Porto Rl-
can cases, would conclude his argument
today, being followed by Lawrence Har
mon, counsel In the Philippines case, 'ine
appellants would then give way to Attorney-General
Griggs for the presentation
of the case In behalf of the Government.
This, It was expected, would be continued
until Charles Aldrlch, ex-SolIcltor-Gen-eral
and senior counsel In the Philippines
case, would close in behalf of the ap
pellants. Perkins Resumes His Argument.
Mr. Perkins, on resuming his argument,
took up the Dred Scott and. other cases
relating to the extension of the Consti
tution over territories. Soon after Mr.
Perkins began. Justice Brown interposed
an inquiry as to whether Mr. Perkins had
examined those sections of the United
States statutes wherein Congress extended
the Constitution to certain territories. Mr.
Perkins said he had examined both of
these branches, and he hoped to be able
to present answers to the contentions
adopted as to them.
After examining numerous cases Mr.
Perkins said that the doctrine that the
Constitution did not extend to the terri
tories was based on the Idea that the
Constitution was a substance of a sort of
chattel, which could be moved about
here and there as Congress saw fit rather
than something bequeathed to us by our
ancestors. It was. he said, a sort of
"transsubstantlatlon of the Constitution."
It was -a contention that, the Constitution
;could not get Into a territory unless
Congress placed It there. He denied that
t,ri , hTr nThaf ,n in'
S'l
animate substance, lacking the powers of
locomotion.
At this point Justice "White asked a se
ries of pointed, questions of Mr. Perkins.
The Justice first asked ir Mr. Perkins
contention would lead him to the conclu
sion that Immediately upon the marking
of a treaty-ceding territory to the United
States, every person born in that territory
after the date of cession became Ipso Jure,
a citizen of the United States.
Mr. Perkins answered Inthe affirma
tive, saying that If his contention was
correct, those born In the territory after
the cession were citizens. If they were
civilized, and not in the poslton of our
Indans.
Justice "White asked what authority
there was for excluding Indians. He
pointed out that the distinction between
the American Indian and the citizen an
tedated the Constitution. He again pro
pounded the query as to citizenship fol
lowing immediately upon the cession of
territory.
Mr. Perkins answered that undoubtedly
persons born In the territory after the
cession and subject to rne jurisdiction of
the United States were citizens of .tho
United States.
Justice "White suggested that In this an
swer "under the Jurisdiction of the Unit
ed States," stated out of the question the
very contention which was being made In
these cases.
Mr. Perkins said the limitations of his
answer were intended to cover such special
circumstances. relating to Indians and un
civilized persons, which had been referred
to. Continuing his argument, Mr. Perkins
cited many other authorities, supporting
his view that the Constitution in itself
extended to territories. Mr. Perkins
summed up the arguments for the appel
lant in part as follows:
"The people of the? United States, in
and by the Constitution, organized and
erected one and the same Government, of
defined and limited powers, for all peo
ple who might Inhabit within the domin
ion of the Nation. The whole purpose and
the aim of the Constitution Is the estab
lishment, in a permanent form, unalter
able except by the people themselves, of
xunaamental principles or government ap
plicable in all times and In every place.
The power to govern the people Inhabit
ing tie territory of the Nation, which is
delegated by the Constitution to Con
gress. Is limited and defined by the Con
stitution, and Congress cannot transcend
these limits imposed. The Constitution
limits the powers of Congress to impose
taxation by mandate; that all duties. Im
posts and excises shall be uniform
throughout the entire domain of the
United States."
Mr. Perkins said the appellants felt
that they had established that neither
the Treaty of Paris nor the tariff act
of 1897 was vlolatalve of the constitu
tional principles he had set forth, but
that the- tariff act was In full force and
effect throughout the National domain,
as well as In Porto Bico and the Phil
ippines as elsewhere, and It did not con
template a tax upon goods transported
from one part of the National domain
to another.
"When counsel referred at one point to
the need of applying general constitu
tional principles to the new domain. In
stead of considering mere commercial or
practical features. Justice Brown asked
if the court could not consider the prac
tical effect of extending to the Philip
pines the requirement for trial by Jury
In every case.
.Mr. Perkins said that If the Consti
tution provided that trial by Jury should
not be withheld, he doubted whether the
court would consider the practical incon
veniences of giving that right to par
ticular localities. Mr. Perkins also re
fered to some other constitutional re
quirements as to the right of habeas
corpus, which might have to be extended
to all territory alike. Justice Brown
asked, in this connection, if counsel
thought we could single out what pro
visions of the Constitution apply to new
territory, and what do not. Mr. Perkins
said It was for tho court to say "thus
itec 8&ao iarther"i. j&at it waa Xor Coa
gress to act always, however, within the
limits defined by the Constitution. -.
The Philippine Case. v
Mr. Harmon, of counsel for appellant
in the Philippines case, followed Mr.
Perkins, speaking at times In impassioned
tones which rang throughoutthe cham
ber. He spoke of the august-, character
of the court, and of the sentiment that
on this "holy ground' Justice and right
were certilan to prevail. Tha position
now presented, small1 in itself, involved
questions affecting the entire future of
the Government. Mr. Harmon recited
the circumstances of 'the Philippine case
of Emll J. Pepke. a volunteer serving In
the Philippines,, where he purchased 14
diamond rings, valued at 5200 to $1000,
brought them back to the United States,
where at Chicago the United States cus-J
toms officer confiscated the rings, on the
ground that they came from the Philip
pines, were dutiable, and had been smug
gled Into the United States. The caEe
now comes up to the United States Su
preme Court on the" appellant's plea that
the property was not subject to customs
duties, the Philippines being, as he con
tends, a part of the United States.
Mr. Harmon directed the early part of
his argument to setting forth the funda
mental principles o equality which had
been enunciated by the Declaration of
Independence. The chief points urged In
his argument were,i "By the treaty of
peace between the United States and
Spain, the Philippines became a part of
the United States; the Government and
the citizens of the United States both
entered said Islands under the authority
of the Constitution, with their respective
rights defined and marked out; the for
mer can exercise no power over the per
son or property of a citizen of the United
States beyond what that instrument con
fers, nor lawfully .deny any right which
it has reserved.
"Being a part of the United States, the
Philippine Islands are subject to the pro
visions of clause 1, section 8, article 1.
and of clauses 5 and 6. section 9. article 1,
of the Constitution of the United States.
And as there Is nothing differently stipu
lated in the treaty with respect to com
merce, it became lsnstantly bound and
privileged by the laws which Congress
had passed to raise a revenue from du
ties on Imports and tonnage.
"The President of the United States
has no legislative power. The Imposition
of customs duties upon commerce be
tween these Islands and other parts of
the United States, after the treaty of
peace and exchange of ratifications by
Executive order,' Is without lawful au
thority, and the seizure of the property
of the plaintiff in error, a citizen of tho
United States, uAder said authority, con
stitutes a taxing of his property without
due process of Jaw."
Mr. Harmon elaborated these main
points, citing and discussing many de
cisions lp support of them. In the course
of his argument, Mr. Harmon conceded
that Congress could govern the new ter
ritories In any ipay It saw fit, so long as
the form of government came within the
legislation; It might be by a Governor or
Governor-General, or by a commission, so
long as the form was not repugnant to
the Constitution. Mr. Harmon declarea
that both the Philippines and Porto Rico
are now, and have been since the treaty
took effect, a part of the United States.
They are property of the United State
in that sense that they are held In trust
for thev people thereotr The trust Is an
fYTiPam nno 4m fhnf 'fr1 nMtntHlAH. n 1.
express
la that 'Ttif conditions are
.fixed-by the Constitutlonhe guilders
Republic did not fS a-CoWitU-
tion for the original thirteen states, but
for all the lands and people, which, in the
beneficent workings of divine providence,
shall come under Its benign Influence and
control.
Attorney-General Plen.
Attorney-Genral Griggs oltowc 3. pre
senting the Government's position in the
case. He began in a quiet and conversa
tional style, seldom reporting to gesture
or emphasis. He said that as counsel, had
1-een "wandering In the fields and pluck
ing the flowers of eloquence' he would
first give a plain statement of the issues
involved.
Among those who came In to hear the
Attorney-General was Representative
Llttlefield, of Maine, whose speech on the
Porto Rico bill was one, of the most, nota
ble expressions on the status of the new
insular possessions.
Mr. Griggs' plea was based upon a
brief of 200 pages, the greater part of
which Is devoted to presenting the argu
ment of the United States, while the re
maining portion is In the shape of an
appendix, giving the text of the peace
treaty between the United States and
Spain, and also the text of other treaties
supposed to bear upon the question.
In presenting the Government's side of
the controversy, the Attorney-General
first cited the two first cases on which
tho proceeding is based. This was fol
lowed by a general explanation and sum
ming up of the Government's position,
after which came the citation of Innu
merable authorities under appropriate
headlners. with pertinent running com
ment upon them The Attorney-General
contended that the United States ha1? the
power to acquire territory; that having
acquired it. It has the right to govern It;
that Administrative construction, Con
gressional action and Judicial precedent
affirm that every port in a ceded country
Is properly regarded as forplgn until laws
are extended by Congress to the new pos
sessions: that the clause of the Constitu
tion of the United States declaring duties
uniform throughout the United States Is
not applicable to new possessions, and
that the Constitution does not extend of
Its own force over acquired territory.
In his general contention on behalf oi
the United States. Mr. Griggs argued thai
his opponents were wrong from both a
legal and a Constitutional point of view.
Referring to the legal aspect of the case,
he asserted that the Dlngley act applied
to merchandise Imported from Porta Rico
and the Philippines after their cession to
the United States the same as it did be
fore, and that there Is no principle of
Justice, much less of constitutional re
striction, which forbids Congress from
taxing in this way the merchandise o
outlying possessions of the United State's
when brought Into ports of the Union.
He laid down as established the two fol
lowing propositions:
'. That the tariff act of 1S97 was tn
tended by Congress to classify as forefgn
all countries not a part of or belonging
to the United States at the time of its
passage, and the subsequent cession il
the Spanish Islands to the United States
did not operate to admit imports from
those islands free of duty under that law.
2. That the, tariff act, so construed and
enforced, violates no constitutional rule
of uniformity.
The Constitutional Question.
Taking up the constitutional question,
the Attorney-General declared that there
was no doubt-that It was the Intention
of the Paris treaty not to make the ceded
islands a part of the United States, ana.
also that It Vas intended not to maicd
the inhabitants' of those Islands cltlzenS.
The only thing that could Justify a dec
laration that the treaty Is Invalid would
be that It violates the Constitution ot the
United States. ,
Calling attention to the fa,ct that thos
who attack the treaty rest their case upon
no specific provision of the Constitution,
but rather upon a principle of .pur Gov
ernment, which they say forbids this Na
tion to hold sovereignty over subject ter
rltory which It does notnsakea part of
ICm&vUi Oa Eco4 Fasti
REBELS TAKE HEART
Renewed Activity Will Fol
low Return of Volunteers.
THE ORDER FOR MUSTER-OUT
General Rushes Reports That 21,000
Persons lnPnnay Have Sworn Al-lcglance-An
Attaclc "by Bolo-
men In Cebu.
MANILA. Dec IS. The volunteer regit
ments will proceed, to the United. States
fo be-mustered out in practically the same
order as they arrived lp the Philippine
Islands. They tvIH be-replaced by regu
lars, provided by the Army bill. The
ATTORNEY-GENERAL GRISGS
"WHO STATED THE GOVERNMENT'S SIDE IX THE PORTO RICO CASE
BEFORE THE TJXITED STATES SUPREME COURT.
Thirty-seventh "Volunteer Regiment,
which Is 'to begin the homeward move
ment by embarking New Tear's day, -was,
brought from the Liguna Bay district,
and will start on the transport Sheridan.
The women and sick soldiers who were
to sail on the Sheridan will leave on the
r "Warren Saturday. The Eleventh Cav
alry, which Is to follow the Thirty-seventh
Infantry, will be transferred here" from
Camarines Province, and will sail Janu
ary 15 on the Meade. The Thirty-sixth
Regiment, which began service the earli
est. In July. 1S99, isliv the Province of Ho
Ho, but will be transported here soon.
The officers of theregulariArmy holding
commissions In-volunteer regiments will
be retained In, the Philippines, and vol
unteer officers on special duty will be
relieved only on the authority of head
quarters. Arms, ammunition, equipment,
stores and animals -will be transferred to
division headquarters, excepting 100 rifles
and 100 cartridge belts and 5000 -rounds of
ammunition per regiment. The men will
retain their haversacks and utensils. Vol
unteers desiring to leave the service arid
remain In the Philippines will be allowed
to do so. Enlisted natives will be dis
charged. It Is believed that the temporary deple
tion of many posts and the checking of
operations win result in renewea insur
gent activity. The announcement this
afternoon ot the early commencement of
transportation homeward of the volun
teers caused surprise.
General Hughes reports that 21,000 per
sons In the Island of Panay nave sworn
allegiance to the United States.
Lieutenant Herbert L. Evans, of the
Forty-fourth Infantry, with 50 men. at
tacked December 12 several hundred bolo
men and 50 insurgents armed with rifles,
occupying an intrenched position at To
noxlgan. Island of Cebu.. The Americans
had three men wounded, and the enemy
lost 12 killed and many wounded.
Casualties In the Philippines.
"WASHINGTON. Dec 18,-General Mac
Arthur has cabled the following casualty
list from Manila:
Dysentery December 12. Third Infantry.
Benton Fanning; Third Infantry, Colton
Shaw; December 10, Seventeenth Infantry.
G. A. Newlands; December 11, Twenty-
L fourth Infantry, Sergeant P. H. Ham
mond; December 14. Eighth Infantry, John
G. Hammer; November 24, Fortieth In
fantry, Artificer James F. Barret.
Malarial fever December S. Fifth In
fantry, Charles D. Phypps; December 9.
Third Cavalry, Alfred J.Maud; November
5. Second Infantry. Richard B. Reddlck.
Typhoid fever December 3, Twenty
fourth Infantry, Enos Nancle; December
i. Second Infantry, Cprporal Leonard B.
Xew; December 11, Forty-first Infantry,
Frank D. Eckert.
Died from wounds received. In action
December 9, Twenty-first Infantry. M. C
O'Donnell; November 25, Forty-seventh
Infantry, Thomas G. Brydes.
AH other causes December 9, Battery
M, Seventh Artillery. Thomas J. Labreck:
November 25, Thirty-first Infantry, Oliver
L. Harter; December 6, Third Cavalry,
Charles Conlln; November 28. Ninth Cav
alry, John "W. Anderson: December 12,
Forty-ninth Infantry. Edward Jones; De
cember 10, Fourth Infantry, Samuel Dun
can; December 9, Twelfth Infantry, Lee
V. Haynes; December 12. Thirty-fifth In
fantry, Charles W. Hake; December 10.
Hospital Corps, Benjamin F. Jones; De
cember 4, Twenty-fifth Infantry, "William
T. Jackson.
Philippines' Foreign Trade.
"WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. A statement
prepared by the division of insular affairs,
"War Department, summarizing the trade
of the Philippines for the 10 months ended
XApril 90 lut, shows that tha'lmporta ol
merchandise during this period amounted
in value to $16,450,223. Gold and silver to
the value of 51,14,951 also were Imported,
making the total Importations 51S.163.206.
Of this amount, J1.1S3.4SS represented the
goods brought in from the United States.
Manila hemp formed the principal ar
ticle of exportation, $9,217,803 worth being
sent out of the Islands during the period
named. Of this amount J4.2S5.107 worth
went to Great Britain, and J3.0W.2S5 worth
to the United States. The total exporta
tion of merchandise, gold and sliver Is
set down at 517.035.311 European coun
tries took J7,2S4,1C6 worth of this, and ex
ports to the value of J3.2S4.202 came to the
United States.
ROCKEFELLER'S GIFT.
Will Xot Prevent Free Speech atChl-
cago University.
CHICAGO, Dec. 18. At the convocation
exercises at the University of Chicago,
President Harper announced that John
D. Rockefeller had made another gift of
51.5O0.O0O to tho Institution. Of this sum,
51.000,000 Is to be used as an endowment
fund. It Is. also stipulated that the 51.000.
000 is to he In the university's name, and
Is to be considered Its absolute property
for all time. The remainder of the gift
Is to be used fcr Immediate purposes and
for general needs. Mr. Rockefeller sug
gests that 5100.000 bf the 00,000 be used
for the construction of a university press
building, the larger part ot the struc
ture to be devoted to a library.
Before making public Mr. Rockefeller's
latest gift. Dr. Harper upheld in em
phatic terms the right of the professors
of the University of Chicago to freedom
of speech. The earnestness .with which
I he declared that no donor might interfere
with the speech of any of the Instructors
of the university, coming, as It did, just
before the announcement of an additional
gift from Mr. Rockefeller, was specially
significant. He said:
"Whatever may have happened In other
universities, In'the University of Chicago
neither the trustees nor the president nor
any one -in official position has at any
time called" an instructor to account for
any public utterance which he may have
made." In order not to be misunderstood,
t wish to say that no donor of funds to
the university, rand I include In the num
ber of donorr the founder of the univer
sity, Mr. Rockefeller, has ever by a sin
gle word or act Indicated his dissatisfac
tion with the instruction given to the stu
dents of the university, or with the pub
lic expression of opinion made by an offi
cer of. the university. I youch for the
truth of this statement, and 1 trust It
may have the largest possible publicity."
PACIFIC CABLE. .
Philadelphia Manufacturers Club
Favors Government Ownership.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. fe. Government
ownership of a Pacific .cable was discussed
last night by the members of the Manu
facturers' Club. Brigadier-General Gree
ley, United States Chief Signal Officer,
and Dr. A. E. Kennaily, president of the
American Institute of Electrical Engi
neers, participated In the discussion. T.
E. Hughes, of this city, emphasized the
military and strategic necessity. He es
timated the cost for 7750 nautical miles
at 510.000.000. requiring an earning capaci
ty of 5925,000 a year. The cable tolls op
the "War Department alone, however, ti
was pointed out, have averaged monthly
a rate of more than 5325,000 a year, ana
at current rates the projected cable neea
be in operation less than an hour a day
to earn the 5325,000. General Greeley sala.
"The cable experiences of the War De
partment In connection with the relief of
the legations at Pekln point clearly to
the disadvantages under which the United
States, without Its own facilities, would
labor In case of an extended war In tho
East. An American trans-Pacific cable Is
a military and commercial1 necessity, Ir
our colonial possessions are to be re
tained, or If American interests are to be
safeguarded in Asiatic countries. Tha
great value of a cable Is more especially
for the restoring of order In the new colo
nies and to facilitate commercial enter
prises." The clnb adopted a resolution approving
the Corliss bill.
Pinsrree Banquet a Failure.
LANSING, 'Mich., Dec. 18. Governor
Pingree's banquet, which was announced
in honor of the. members of the State
Legislature, Justices ot the Supremo
Court and railroad officials of the state,
was given In the Hall of the House of
Representative.. None of the Justices o
the Supreme Court nor railroad officials
Invited were present, while only three
state Senators and 45 Representatives at
tended. Not one of the state's officials
elect accepted Governor Pingree's Invita
tion to be present. The menu was elab-
orate and .the list was Ion?.
THE MOORS SETTLE
Pay the Eszagui Indemnity
Claim of $5000.
RESULT OF STRONG PRESSURE
Turkey, However, Refuses to Agrew
to the Clnlni of the United States
anil Administration Otllclals
Give Up Hope.
WASHINGTON. Dec. IS. A message
from United States Consul Gummeri, at
Tangier, Informs the State. Department
that tho Moorish Go eminent had settled
the claim of the United States for 55000
Indemnity on account of the murder of
Marcus Eszagui, a naturalized American
citizen. In Morocco last Spring.
Eszagui was of French birth, but tha
fact that he was naturalized as an Amer
ican citizen relieved the French Govern
ment from the necessity of joining In tho
demand for Indemnity. The Moorish
Government pleaded as a basis for Its
first declination to pay the fact that tha
man was killed, not by Moorish officers,
but in a fight with the rabble. The claim
for indemnity, however, was based on tha
failure of the Moorish Government to
make any effort to arrest or punish tho
perpetrators of the murder. The Navy
Department, at the Instance of the State
Department, was making arrangements to
send a naval vessel to Morocco to give
moral support to the demands of the
American Consul for a settlement-
The President today appointed John G.
A. Lelshman, now Minister to Switzer
land, to be Minister to Turkey. It Is
recalled that when Minister Strauss came
back to the United Stiles and resigned In
disgust at his Inability to close, up tha
Turkish claims, the Impression was semi
officially glen that no Minister would bo
named to succeed him until the Turkish
Government had met our demands. After
waiting a long time, the Turkish Govern
ment Itself was obliged to take notice of
the dlr-lcmatlc manifestation of the dis
pleasure of the United States, evidenced
by tha absence of Mr. Strauss from Con
stantinople. Therefore. It caused the an
nouncement to be made that it had ter
minated the ministerial office of All Fer
rouh Bey, the Minister resident here.
But to prevent the issue from becoming
too acute. It at the same time named
Sheklb Bey as Minister to "Washington.
But Sheklb thus far has not left Con
stantinople, and Ail Ferrouh Bey remains
in Washington, although, as he frankly
states, he Is nothing more than a charge
d'affaires for the moment. It Is ex
pected" that Sheklb Bey now will come to
"Washington, or that the former Minister
will be reccmmissloned. which In either
case might be taken as a sign that
settlement had been reached of the mis
sion claims, under the purchase of a wcr-
i ship, or In some 'other unofficial mannner.
n
. Turkey "Will Jfot lay.
NEW YORK. Dec IS. A special to tha
Herald from "Washington says:
Payment of the missionary claims pend
ing against Turkey Is no longer expected
by the Administration. Although the
Sultan entertained the officers of the
Kentucky In truly royal style, he did not
let the presence of the battle-ship hava
any effect upon his pocket-book, and still
holds the 590.C0O which American mission
aries assert is the value of personal and
missionary property destroyed six years
ago. The belief of the Administration is
that Turkey will not settle the claims
arising out of the reported purpose oC
Great Britain to press the missionary
claims of he.r subjects against the Sub
lime Porte. It Is stated that If another:
nations begin to press Its claims, the Sul
tain "will probably decline to settle thosa
of, the United States.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS.
Fcdcrnl Government.
Arguments were contlnuedfin the Porto Klco.
case before the Unl'ed States Supreme
Court. Page 1.
Morocco Days the American Indemnity claim.
Fage 1.
The Xa'ial construction board recommends four
awards for warship construction. Page 3.
The Booz hazing lnvestlsatlOT was resumed at
West Paint. Page 3.
Conjrrcsi. ..
The - Senate ratified several BrHall "treaties.
Page 2.
Senator Morgan reports on the canal commls-,
slon rerort. Pare 2.
Reapportionment bill i-ported Ive3'"Washlns-
ton no extra Congressman. Page 4.
Philippines
The return of ounteers will cause, renewed
Insurgent actllty. Page 1.
In Panay, 21,000 persons have sworn allegl-
ance. Page 1.
Cebu bolomen attacked a. volunteer force.
Page 1.
China.
The misunderstanding- at Pekln was due to a-
cable error. Page 3.
Von Waldersee arranges for the policing ofi
the neighborhood of Pekln. Page 3.
Forelsm.
The Boers raided Cape Colony at 'two separate
points. Page 2.
Only 35 lives were lost In the foundering ot
-the Gnelsenau. Page 2.
The French Chamber of Deputies adopted tha
amnesty bllL Page 2.
Domestic.
Strikes were again discussed by the arbitra
tion, conference. Page S.
Railway Brotherhoods will ask the Santa. Fa
to re-employ Its operators. Page 5.
Pacific Coast.
Ashland. Or., voted against licensing saloons.
Page 4.
Superintendent Calbreath. of Oregon Insana
Asylum, submits his annua report. Page 4.
Colorado capitalists have bonded the old Gem,
mine, in Eastern Oregon. Pago 4.
Washlrgton County. Orison has offered $500
reward for the arret of the murderer of
Andrew Dahlberg. Page 4.
Farmers Institute was held at Stafford under
auspices of the Oregon Agricultural College.
Page 5
Portland and Vicinity.
Water rates have been reduced ?3 a year to
most householders. Page 8.
T. M. C. A. are preparing for Increased Inter
est in the work. Page 10.
Two hlshwaymen decline to rob two women
whom they accidentally held up. Page 8
Kldnaped Dltchburn child restored to his
parents. Page 10.
Merchants generally oppose bonding Mult
nomah County Indebtedness. Page 8
Coinmcrclnl and JInrlne.
Argentine crop prospects are b-lghter. Page 11.
Stock markets In an unsttl d condition.
Page It.
Gtenlochy. gos to Europe by 'way of the Sues
CanaL Pare 5.
Poltalloch uninjured by the late storm. Page 5.
Gray's Harbor building more ships. Page 5.
Schooner Pioneer ashore at Nestucca. Pag 5