THE MOBNING OREGONIAN, -mvtmtAT DECEMBER 22, 1900.
THE HOUSE LOCATED
Police Find Where Young
Cudahy Waslmprisoned.
PLACE WAS WELL- CHOSEN
efforts Being: Made to Rub. Dovrn
the Perpetrators of the Crime
Several Crooki Are Suspect
ed The Only Clevr.
OMAHA, Dec 21. The result of 24
hours' -work on the part of the police or
the city and 50 detectives has brought to
light the location of the house In which
Edward Cudahy. Jr.. was helda prisoner
for nearly two days, from which he was
returned to his nome In the city at a
late hour Wednesday night.' The house
is located four miles from the city and In
a place of easy access, but so situated as
to allow the kidnapers ample opportunity
to lay and carry out their plans, without
molestation from Inquiring neighbors.
"Within easy communication with rail and
wagon roads leading In and out of Omaha
and South Omaha, and on a high knoll,
where sentries could give immediate
alarm in case of necessity, the 1-story
shack had been admirably chosen by the
bandits. No doubt exists in the minds of
the police as to the Identity of the place.
Young Cudahy himself was taken to the
house, and Identified many features which
he had recognized while a blindfolded
prisoner. The testimony of the neighbors
also is of a nature that leads every one
to believe that they have found the re
treat of the abductors. Evidences show
that they made a hurried departure when
their night's work was completed.
It Is stated this morning that Pat
Crowe, well known to local police circles.
Is the man whom the police suspect of
being the leader of the gang. Officers in
citizens clothing are looking for Crowe,
but so far he has not been arrested. The
police are inclined to believe that men
not well acquainted with the citv and
surrounding country would not have been
able to manage the affair as it was car
ried on. For this reason they are search
ing for several local men who are known
to bear a bad reputation. An extra force
of Plnkertons arrived this morning and
were put to work on the case. The only
clew Is a copy of the letter thrown on Mr.
Cudahy's lawn. The original letter was
returned with the money, this being- one
of the considerations demanded by the
desperadoes.
WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY.
Good A vices From Most Lines of
Trade.
NEW YORK. Dec 2L Bradstreet's to
morrow will say:
Seasonable conditions rule in trade at
present. Holiday trade activity is. wide
spread, and comparisons -with previous
years are favorable at most markets with
the possible exception of some parts of
the Northwest, where the Spring wheat
shortage and unseasonable weather have
checked distribution. .Notably cheerful
reports come, too, from Western job
bers, who have been called on for reas
serting orders and who report collections
good. Quietness in wholesale lines Is
usual at this period, but it Is to be noted
that specially good advices come from the
Iron and steel, hardware, groceries, fancy
goods, toys and confectionery trades,
while a distinctly cheerful tone is found
in shoes, leather and lumber, although
Eastern shipments of the first-named
are still considerably smaller than last
year. Industrial lines are fairly well em
ployed, and strikes are few and far be
tween. Prices show few changes, most
staples being steady, but it might be
noted that most farm products are slight
ly higher than last week, and well above
1899.
Speculation in the cereals has been
narrow, dull and featureless, but prices
have been aided by shorts covering Oh
Argentina crop reports, advices of an ex
portable surplus from that coutnry of
only 40,000.000 bushels and the poor grade
of receipts at the Northwest.
Wheat. Including flour, shipments for
the week aggregated 4,123,350 buhsels,
against 4.7S5.577 bushels last week. 2.S13.
714 "bushels In the corresponding week of
1B?9. 5,513.231 in 1S98, 4.757.559 bushels In
1K97, and 2,011,703 bushels In 1895. From
July 1 to date this season wheat ex
ports are 90,140.53 bushels, against 100.
SS3.63S bushels last season, and 115,236,0S4
bushels in 1S9S-39.
Business failures in the United States
for the week number 2C0, as against 247
last week, 211 In this week a year ago,
212 In 3f98. and 280 in 197.
Canadian failures for the week num
bered 28. against IS last week, 29 in this
week a year ago, 34 In 1898, and 30 In
1S97.
MORE AGGRESSIVE TONE.
Bitter "Weather Condition Cnme Ac
tlve Distribution of Staples.
NEW YORK, Dec 2L R. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow
will say:
Better weather conditions on the At
lantic seaboard and pronounced activity
in distribution of all staple lines of mer
chandise at Southern cities have Impart
ed a slightly more aggressive tone to gen
eral business. Distinctive holiday busi
ness, which at this period of the season
means retail distribution, has shown fur
ther improvement, and no complaint is
heard from any quarter, while the jewel
ry trade is. much more active than for
several years past. Unchanged conditions
in the leading manufacturing Industries
during the last week before the holidays
mean much. At this time In ordinary
years furnaces close down in large num
bers, and" dullness is general at mills
and shops where Iron and steel are
handled.
In tho wool market, the last
week's figures of sales at the three chief
Castarn markets amount 'to 7.23S.000
pounds, against 6.7S5.S00 pounds in the pre
ceding week, and 5.267.244 pounds two
weeks ago, while a ear ago the ag
gregate has fallen to 7,312,500 pounds, from
an average of over 1.000.000 pounds In
the two previous weeks. Prices are
steady, but show no recovery from the
recent decline, and manufacturers pur
chase only raw material to fill orders.
Another decline appeared in hides at Chi
cago, taklne the average back to the
level prevailing two months ago. Leather
was also easier. The finished product was
well sustained by shipments from Boston
of S0S9S cases, which is by far the larg
est movement in recent weeks. New or
ders are fewer In number, but shops have
contracts for months ahead. Local job
bers have accomplished much more than
was expected.
Liquidation in coffee caused a heavy
volume of open transactions, and largely
increased estimates of the next Brazil
crop took No. 7 Rio down to the lowest
price of the year, which is 3 cents be
Jow the top point. The present figure is
still more than lcent above last year's
weakest spot, and receipts are 250,000
btgs larger.
THE FINANCIAL NEWS.
Investment Bemnnrt for Stocks and
x, Bonds Notnhlr Stronr.
NEW YORK. Dec 2L Bradstreet's
flnanrlai review tomorrow will say:
Last Saturday's bank statement was
taken by speculators as a. signal for a
renewal of bullishness and for a general
buvlng movement. In spite of the Influ
ence of the details, actual and prospec-
tlve. In connection with the hard coal
situation, the possibility that the money
market might be stringent before the first
of January had exercised a restraining
influence last week. It was intimated last
Saturday morning that the bank state
ment might not be a very favorable one,
but the street was hardly prepared for
the increase of $500,000 in the surplus
which the bank averages showed. When
the statement 'came out, the street
promptly Jumped at the conclusion that,
while a firm money market was probable,
rates might rule easier than 6 per cent
and positive stringency need not be
feared. Leading Interests in the financial
and railroad world seemed to exert them
selves to help the bullish movement, and
the public shared in the feeling of confidence.
Bank Clearing.
NEW YORK. Bee 21 The following table,
compiled by Bradstreet. chows the bank clear
ings at the principal cities for th week ended
December 20, with the percentage of Increase
and decrease, as compared with the corre
sponding week last year:
Clearings Inc. Dec
New Tork XI. 470 850.000 OG
Boston . 141.040.000 .... 7.0
Chicago 13.4S5,0X .... 6.3
Philadelphia 112.5W.000 2.0 -....
St. Louis 4I.C00.000 17.2 ....
Pittsburg 35.923.000 12.0
Baltimore ,.. 24.335 000
San Francisco ..... 22.C14.1S8 16.1 ....
Cincinnati 7.084.000 4.1
Kansas City 20.123 000 41.7 ....
New Orleans 17.CG8.000 24 S
Minneapolis 3.018.000 3 3 ....
Detroit 9.193.000 3.0
Cleveland .... 1 2.204.000 0.8 ....
Loulnllle 0.S05.000 16 0
Providence 7.177.000 10.5
Milwaukee rf.073.000 10.0
St. Paul 6,185.000
Buffalo 6.155.000 8.4 ....
Omaha 6,310.000 3.3 ....
Indianapolis ,13S,000 15.4 ....
Columbus. 0 6.007.000 6.3
Savannah 8.633,000 42.0 ....
Denver 4,350,000 .... 10 2
Hartford 2 163,000 24.1
Richmond 3.035.000 10.0 ....
Memphis 4.207 000 41.3 ....
Washington 3 153.000 4 0 ....
Peoria 2.CW0.O00 S5.1 .....
Rochester 2,302.000 1S.
New Haven 1,525.000
Worcester 1.007.009 10.4 ....
Atlanta 2.C08.000 20 4 ....
Salt Lake 4.026 000 11.3 ....
Springfield. Mass 1.256 000 .... 3 2
Fort Worth 2.321.000 3.1 ....
Portland. Me 1.261.000 3 6 ....
Portland. Or 2.483,606 35 2 ....
Seattle 2.030.971 3.5 ....
Tacoma I.126.C49 9.4 ....
Spokane 1.114.849 21.3 ....
Toledo ,. 2 272.000 1.7 ....
Galveston 8.240.000 10.5 ....
Houston 0,151.000 5.1 ....
Totals U. S $2,776,197,373 0.1 ....
Totals outside N. T..S 740,346.437 1.0 ....
DOMINION OF CANADA.
Montreal ...'. $ 16.380.810
Toronto -.. 11235,339 1.2 ....
Winnipeg ...r. 2.530.573 .... 10.8
Halifax t.570.C99 1.0
Hamilton tfM.106 .... 2 8
St. John. N. B tl7'3CI L1
Vancouver 571.590
Victoria S32.8S5 0.0 ....
Totals . 34.801.299 loTI
GALES IN THE CHANNEL.
TVhlte Star Liner nnd Other Vessels
In Perilons Positon.
LONDON. Dec. 2L The latest news
from the White Star line steamer Cuflc,
which was in need of assistance yester
day off the Skerries, on her way from
Qucenstown to Liverpool In tow. Is that
she Is still riding heavliy at anchor a mile
southwest of the Skerries.
The steamers Somerhlll and Western
land are now riding safely at anchor In
West Bay, near Weymouth, after a fear
ful night. The coast guards were kept
busy from nightfall to daylight. They
had the rocket apparatus In the Alclnlty
of the stormbeaten craft in readiness to
assist the ships, which were about a mile
from the ehore.
Sklbberen reports a large steamer, the.
name of which has not been reported, but
which has a red funnel and black top, on
the rocks off Sherkin island. She will be
a total wreck. Her crew of 24 men Is
reported to have reached the shore.
The Dominion line steamer Noordland,
which sailed from Liverpool yesterday
and this morning from Queenstown for
Boston, had such a bad time In the Chan
nel that jseveral of her crew were In
jured. There have been numerous minor
wrecks. The gale lasted all night and
blow almost with hurricane force at times.
Telegraph lines are down in all directions,
communication with Scotland Is cut off.
the Mersey ferry-boats have suspended
service and Channel passages have been,
the most tempestuous In years.
The storm appears to have reached Its
height during the night, and while the
gale Is still severe and the seas very
heavy. It is hoped that the worst Is over.
Stories of wrecks and damages are com
ing from all directions, but happily the
fatalities are few.
LONDON, Dec 22. The Cuflc reports
very rough weather from Tuesday, De
cember 4, until Sunday, December 9, when
the accident to her propeller occurred.
She was in great danger until the Kansas
City took her in tow, and brought her to
Queenstown. After leaving Queenstown,
the storm increased in violence and the
tugs were unable to make much head
way. As she approached the Skerries the
tow ropes parted. The captain displayed
great presence of mind and fortunately
the anchors held. The tugs hovered
around unable to assist. The distress sig
nals met with a prompt response but
the work of rescue was most dangerous
as great seas broke over the steam life
boat. The crew were landed in a very
exhausted condition. According to the
latest Information it Is said that the
Cuflc may be towed to Liverpool as soon
as the weather moderates.
QUEENSTOWN. Dec. 21. The steamer
reported from Sklbbeien to be ashore Is
the Allswald, Captain Bovy, which sailed
from Penarth. December 19. for Bermuda.
The vessel Is a freight steamer and was
built at West Hartlepool in 1894. She reg
isters 1SS1 tons net and Is 311 feet long,
has a beam of 40 feet 4 Inches, and Is 31
feet deep. She halls from Newcastle on
Tyne and Is owned by Lunn & MacCoy.
JAPS AS W00DCH0PPERS.
Southern Oreson Man Has Tem
porarily Solved Labor Problem.
John Kinney, of Leland, Josephine
County, who has a large contract to fur
nish cordwood to the Southern Pacific
I Railroad, was in Portland yesterday. The
company, he said, has built a spur upon
which to receive the wood, and the price
agreed on Is J2 75 per cord piled along
side the spur. He has had a good deal
t of trohble with the labor problem, but has
solved It lately by hiring 125 Japs In
t Portland. These Japs are paid fl. 25 per
I cord, and they work hard 30 days In the
month, never resting, even on Sunday.
They are out early and late, and thus
' are enabled to make pretty good, wages.
One pair of Japs In particular pile up
five cords every day, which amounts to
56 25 for the two. Others, however, do
not put up over a cord apiece White
men are the best workers while they are
at It, but they like to quit and go hunt
ing every few days, so on the whole do
not put up many cords. Whites and Japs
are paid the same price.
Wages have advanced among woodchop
pers, as along other lines of industry, in
Southern Oregon within the past few
years, as In panic times but 90 cents a
cord was paid. The railroad at that time
obtained Its firewood for 52 a cord.
Mr. Kinney, who is a formoV Minnesota
tlmberman, says he cuts up a great deal
of timber which he considers a pity to
use for fuel, the trees being large and
capable of producing good lumber, but
the fuel is needed, and as there is money
in the business, all compunctions about
sacrificing good trees for firewood must
be kept In abeyance.
Shipments of turkeys from Roseburg,
although smaller than before Thanksgiv
ing, have been large this week. Two
dealers at that city have consigned about
12.000 pounds to outside markets, accord
ing to the Review.
THERE IS ANOTHER HITCH
JOIXT" .-vOTE NOT YET SIGNED BY
PEKIN ENVOYS.
Chinese Believe It Will Hnve to Be
Revised Conger Authorized
to Sign It.
PEKIN, Dec 21. Once more there Is
a pronounced hitch in the proceedings.
The preliminary joint note has not yeC
been signed. Mr. Conger. the United
States Minister, says he does not be
lieve that there are sufficient reasons why
it should not be signed in the near future,
and Sir Ernest Satow, the prltlsh Min
ister, takes the same view. Dr. Mumm
von Schwarzensteln, speaking for Ger
many, believes that the existing agree
ment will be signed sooner or later. The
other Ministers also say that they con
sider the probabilities in favor of sign
ing. Chinese sources 6f information,
however, say there Is reliable authority
for the statement that there Is very lit
tle chance of the note being signed for
some time. As a mater of fact, the mem
bers of the staff of LI Hung Chang be
lieve that the note will eventually have
to be drawn up either in Europe or Amer
ica, probably the latter, because they
claim Washington has had most to do
with the existing modifications of the va
rious forms of harshness.
The United States is looked upon by
the Chinese as the only power really de
siring to retain the Integrity of the Chi
nese Empire The other powers are re
garded as desirous of breaking it up,
with the possible exception of Russia who,
the Chinese think, merely favors a post
ponement In order eventually to secure a
larger share.
Grave fears are felt regarding the
health of LI Hung Chang, owing fo a
severe cold he caught the day he visited
General Chaffee. It is said that he Is
better today, but there Is a fear of pleu
risy, which, at his advanced age. might
be fatal.
It Is geenrally believed that the Chinese
got their Information as to what Is done
at the meetings of the envoys through
some one connected with the Russian
Legation.
CONGER "WILL SIGN.
Receives His Instructions From the
Stnte Department.
WASHINGTON. Dec 21. Instructions
were sent today to Mr. Conger at Pekln
to sign the agreement -vhich, according
to Pekln advices, already had been signed
by all of the other Ministers at the Chi
nese capital. ThIslnstruction Is sent with
some reluctance, because the agreement
as it now stands does not completely rep
resent the view of the United States Gov
ernment. But it Is believed to be the most
favorable compromise that could be
reached, unless the negotiations are to
be drawn out to a dangerous length, for
all reports indicate a growing spirit of
unrest In China, owing to the absence
of any form of native government in Chi
Li and the adjoining provinces. So the
United States accepts the "irrevocable"
condition, imposed upon the Chinese Gov
ernment, though after all this explanation
is only a matter of form, for diplomacy
knows no such thing as an "Irrevocable"
agreement.
As to the British condition that the oc
cupation of Pekin and Chi Li Is to con
tinue until China has given satisfactory
proofs of her Intention to comply with the
conditions laid down In the agreement. It
Is said that this will not affect the stsftus
of the United States. Mr. Conger has, by
direction of his Government, notified the
other Ministers that the United Stales
forces will not again be called into China
for the purpose of occupation; that noth
ing more than a Legation guard is to be
maintained by the United States, and
the powers have accepted this condition.
It therefore is expected here that the
agreement will be signed for the end of
the current month. Secretary Hay's action
In Instructing Mr. Conger to sign the
Joint note was approved by the Cabinet
at the meeting today.
OPENED TO FOREIGN TRADE.
wn Chang "Will Enjoy Advantages
of the Treaty Port.
LONDON. Dec 2L The Dally News
publishes the following from Its Shanghai
correspondent dated yesterday:
"Chang Chlh Tung announces the re
ceipt of an edict authorizing the open
ing of Wu Chang, oposite Hankow, to
foreign trade. Wu Chang is the center
of important trade, and the site of the
terminus of the Canton Railway. Chi
nese papers assert that the anti-dynastic
rebellion In the Province of Shen SI is be
coming serious and Is likely to compel
the court to depart."
The Toklo correspondent of the Times
wires of a letter giving the views of
Japanese observers upon Western mili
tary affairs in China, and especially the
conduct of the troops with regard to
commltlng the crimes of robbery, mur
der and outrage.
"The Japanese agree," he says, "in de
claring the American troops free from
all these excesses. The Germans come
second In the list, and the British third,
the latter being charged only with petty
pilfering and being fully acquitted of
murder, arson and outrage. The French,
who are fourth on the list, are given to
loot and outrage, but not to murder. Of
the Russians, the Japanese speak with
horror as combining ferocity with lust
and love of plunder."
Emperor on "Way to Pekln.
BERLIN, Dec 21. A dispatch from
Tien Tsln to the. Frankfurter Zeitung
dated today says:
"Prince Chine asserts that Emperor
Kwang Hsu, unaccompanied by the Em-J
press Dowager, left sman tm uecemoer
19, bound for Pekln."
SALEM TAX LEVY TEN MILLS
This "Will Be Rate of Taxation for
Year 1001.
SALEM, Dec 21. The Salem City Coun
cil this evening passed an ordinance esti
mating and declaring the expenses and
revenues of the city for the year 1901.
The total revenue is estimated at $26,700,
and the fixed charges at $22,050 49, leaving
$4550 51 for expenses that are not pre-de-termlned.
The fixed charges are as fol
lows: Salary account $ 7,120 00
Water account 1.419 CO
Lighting account 2,500 00
Interest on bonds 11.020 S9
It thus appears that of the city's fixed
charges, one-half goes to pay Interest on
bonds. The revenues are estimated as
follows:
General taxation $15,250 00
Saloon licenses 6,000 00
Fines and fees 500 00
Rents of city property 900 00
Show licences 3K) 00
Vehicle licenses 90 00
Miscellaneous licenses 3,250 00
Street assessments 300 00
Miscellaneous receipts 110 00
Total revenue .....$26,700 05
It also appears that practically two
fifths of the city's Income will be expend
ed for Interest on bonds. The amount to
be raised by general taxation is based
on the usual 10-mlll levy, which Is oi
dered In the ordinance passed tonight.
The estimating of revenues and ex
penses Is provided for by the city char
ter, which, 'n this connection, has some
novel regulations Intended to prevent ex
travagant expenditures of public funds.
It Is provided that "no debt shall be con
tracted In excess of the estimated reve
nue, except that In the case of an ernei
gency or unforeseen calamity the Coun
cil may call an election to determine
whether the city shall Incur an Indebt
edness to meet such emergency or ca-
1 lamlty; and upon two-thirds of the quali-
fled voters voting at such election being
in favor of authorizing the Council to In- ,
cur such Indebtedness, they may then !
contract the same: butfsaid Indebtedness
shall not exceed the sum of $20,000. If the
Council shall vote to Incur indebtedness
in excess of the amount estimated or au
thorized by the election aforesaid, any
member voting for it shall, upon trial
and conviction thereof, be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished
by a fine not less than $100, nor more than
i50o, and shall forfeit his office as Coun
cilman." The population of the city, according
to the census. Is 425S persons, which, at
a liberal estimate, would make 1000 fam
ilies. The annual expenses of the city,
amounting to $26,700, would, therefore, be
at the rate of over $26 per family per
year, or 0 cents per week per family.
HOPGROWERS TO MEET.
Annual State Association Call Made
to Include All Interested.
SALEM, Or.. Dec 21. President M. L.
Jones, of the Oregon Hopgrowers" Asso
ciation, has Issued a call for the annual
stockholders' meeting to be held at Wood
burn, during the second week In Jan
uary, 1901. The exact 'date will be an
nounced after the dates of the Farmers'
Congress shall have been determined. Mr.
Jones earnestly requests all stockholders
to be present, as questions of great Im
portance, and the future of the Oregon
hopgrower will be up for discussion and
consideration.
At this meeting the annual election of
officers Is to be had and the report of
the finances of the association will be
read. The funds on hand will be subject-to
the instructions of the stockhold
ers.
Mr. Jones asks those who cannot be
present In person to inform Manager
James Wlnstanley, at Salem, and receive
from him blanks for the appointment
of proxies so that the whole stock may
be represented at the meeting. A ma
jority of all the stock subscribed must be
represented in order to have a quorum
with which to do business. At the re
quest of a great many hopgrowers, Mr.
Jones has also called a meeting of all
hopgrowers of the state at the same time
and place as the annual meeting, of the
stockholders of the association.
Manager Wlnstanley today sent a cir
cular letter, to hopgrowers In which he
says:
"I feel sure that It will be for the best
Interest of the Oregon hopgrowere to keep
up the association. In the matter of
supplies. It helps to keep down the prices
and delivers them to the grower at the
least possible margin. It has also been a
means of supplying reliable information
concerning the conditions of the market,
etc, to the grower.
"I am of the opinion that we as an
association will never become a factor In
the disposing of our hops until we by
combined effort place an agent at Lon
don and New York to dispose of our crops
by samples sent from the growers here
In Oregon.
"I earnestly Invite you to attend the
annual meeting of the hopgrowers to be
held at Woodburn, January 4, and by
your presence and opinion help forward
the cause of the hop industry on this
Coast."
IRON "WORKS CHANGE HANDS.
Plant Located at Baker City Work
on New Foundry "Well Along.
BAKER CITY, Dec 2L The Baker City
Iron Works passed under the manage
ment of Hlgglns & Hardenbrook yester
day. While fewmen are now employed
in the works. It Is expected that during
the coming Summer the number will bs
as high as 25 to 30. The plant once did a
considerable business In mine machinery.
It was destroyed by fire some months ago.
Since Its refoundlng It has never done
much. Mr. Hlgglns is a man of wide
practical experience, and recently was
master mechanic in the Gold Ridge mine,
where he learned more particularly the
needs of the mining region. Several ad
ditions will be made to the equipment Im
mediately, and the plant will be further
enlarged as business Justifies.
Construction has commenced on-the new
foundry of C. A. Benbqw, who has an
nounced that he will have a large plant.
The stone and brick foundations have
The Supposed SUverton Incendiary.
The town of SiUerton was visited by a are
von the morning of December 8, which caused a
loss of abont $12,000. Circumstances pointed
to an incendiary origin of the blaze. Benjamin
Wise was suspected. He was arrested and held
In $2000 bonds, which he furnished. Upon his
release he was re-arrested at the instance of
the insurance companies who were losers by
reason of the fire. He was tried on this charge
and bound over to the Circuit Court under
$3000 bonds. Falllnr to tarnish these, he now
occupies a place In the Morion County Jail, at
Salem.
been "laid and the walls are rislhg rapid
ly. If present plans are carried out, this
place by Spring will have two foundries
and machine shops. As more machlnerj
went Into the mines last year than evei
before, and there is every prospect that
the amount 'will be largely Increased the.
coming year, a larger field for local shops
exists.
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EX-PRESIDENT HARRISON ON THE
CONSTITUTION.
Makes the Direct Statement That
Porto Rico nnd the Philippines
Are Part of United States.
Special to the Chicago Record.
In an address at Ann Arbor, Mich..
ex-President Benjamin Harrison' at
tacked the McKinley Administration for
taking the position that the Constitution
applies to the United States, exclusive of
Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands.
He declared that these Islands are a part
of the United States and that the Con
stitution, extended to them in spite of any
treaties or Congressional legislation. To
levy taxes in Porto Rico that are not
uniform with taxes In other parts of the
United States, according to the ex-PresI-dent.
Is, to deny that Porto Rico Is a part
of the United States. He said that while
some people declare that the sound of
Dewey's guns In Manila Bay heralded a
new mission for this country, to him It
seemed better to let It herald the same
old mission sounded by the. guns of Wash
ington. Mr. Harrison spoke under the auspices
of the Lecture Association of the Uni
versity of Michigan, and 3000 people
heard and aprilauded. He beean his lec
ture by disposing, in a few words, of
the contention that either Porto Rico or
the Philippines might not be a part of
the United States. In fact, the subject
of his lecture, "The Status of Annexed
Territory and Its Free Civilized Inhab
itants," showed that he took the form
er part of his subject as practically for
granted.
Annexation at Earlier Periods.
He disclaimed any Intention of making
legal or anything but a popular discus
sion of his subject. He said that recent
annexation of territory by the United
States was somewhat out of line with
American history: that heretofore land
had been annexed that was contiguous,
except Alaska, and even that was con;
tiguous in the sense of being close. This
time, on the contrary, not land but people
had been, annexed; that territory form
erly annexed had been sparsely settled
with civilized people and was adapted to
the use of free American people. Lately
there has been annexed Insular territory,
situated In the tropics and unfit for
American habitation, even if the land
were not already closely settled. That
these Islands were a part of the United
States, ever! If at the time of the ces
sion the Philippines were In revolt against
Spain, General Harrison declared that no
International board of arbitration would
question.
General Harrison laid stress on the fact
that labor in our new possessions was
cheap and threatened competition witb
labor In the States. He said that these
new peoples had no conception of Amer
ican ideals; that this country had taken
the position that the Chinese could not
adapt themselves so as to become citi
zens of this country, and that therefore
the people of the PhJIppInes would be
very slow to reach the stage where they
might with safety be made citizens.
The important question to be consid
ered, said Mr. Harrison, is the legal sta
tus of the people that have lately come
under the control of the United States,
whether they are citizens or subjects?
They must be one or the other, or aliens,
he argued. He Invited an Ipspectlon of
the Constitution, saying that that must
be the final authority: that a treaty must
be In accordance with the provisions of
the Constitution as well as a statutory
law. He declared that those men are
wrong who argue that treaties give cer
tain rights in respect to government of
our Island possessions Irrespective of the
Constitution. He said that the President
and Congress would have the right to
establish the status of the people of
Porto Rico and the Philippines If the Con
stitution does not settle that question,
and if the Constitution does say they are
citizens, then no one has the right to
declare them otherwise, treaty or no
treaty.
Constitution Covers All.
General Harrison declared that the Con;
stitution applied alike to the states and
to the territories, and that it must, apply
equally to all people. He ridiculed the
argument that has been advanced to the
effect that only the direct prohibitions
in the Constitution are obligatory on the
United States Government. He said that
affirmatively stated powers were just as
obligatory. If part of the powers granted
by the Constitution are carried out In
regard to Porto Rico and the Philippines,
then all must be fulfilled, Mr. Harrison
said.
The lecturer read that section of the
Constitution that provides that all du
ties, taxes and Imposts must be uniform
in the United States, and said 'that this
is equivalent to saying that all duties and
taxes must not be unequal. That this
provision In the Constitution is not an
express and Implied limitation will not
endure discussion.
General Harrison declared that one of
two positions must he taken. That Con
gress, the Executive and the Judiclary
were all created by the Constitution as
the governing agencies of the United
States; that their powers are defined and
limited by the Constitution, and that
every liberty, Including that of uniform
taxation. Is guaranteed to the widest
sweep of National sovereignty. The oth
er alternative was described as applying
the Constitution to states and the people
of states alone, giving Congress, the right
to acquire territory not authorized by
the Constitution and putting Congress un
der no restraint except what Interest and
benevolence imposes.
This view of the American Constitu
tion the ex-President declared to be
shocking. He said It Is not enough to
offer these people the consolation that
a nation of free Americans could be
trusted to deal benevolently with them;
that the tea tax was not oppressive to
the fathers of this country, but It was
objected to on the ground that there was
no right to levy It.
Tilings Congress Might Do.
Arguing on the assumption that Con
gress could go' outside of the Constitution
in the government of annexed lands, Mr.
Harrison said that Congress could make
laws for Porto Rico that would suspend
the right of habeas corpus; declare the
right of lattaincr aaainst any one ex
posing the Spanish flag; declare an act
of treason for disrespect of Congress by
a Porto Rlcan; make the Presbyterian
Church the established church; establish
a censor and forbid public meetings; pro
hibit the carrying of arms; put garri
sons In private houses; confer 'the right
to search without warrants; try for life
without Indictment and twice on the same
charge: try In secret without witnesses
or Jury: deny the right to demand trial
by jury, and make the Federal taxes
and tariffs 50 per cent higher at San Juan
than at Ponce and 15 per cent higher at
Ponce than In New York.
The man who has to rely upon be
nevolence for his laws is a slave, de
clared Mr. Harrison- He said he did not
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Constitution were 'careful only of their
own liberties; that it was his opinion
that the fathers had broad views of lib
erty, believing that It came from God.
It was left to a baser generation, he
said, to limit the right of God's law to
the white man.
He said that a condition had been cre
ated contrary to liberty for a commercial
profit, that he had been told that the
Porto Rlcan tariff law had been passed
to protect the beet sugar Interests. He
said he hoped God would forbid the day
when in the-American mind man as a
consumer would be regarded as man, the
creature of God, endowed with inalien
able rights.
All property rights are unprotected
without a law of uniform taxation, said
Mr. Harrison. It Is to be freedom or
benevolent slavery; rights and not privi
leges. He said that the President had
seemed to assume that the people of the
Philippines had no Constitutional rights
except what were guaranteed them. He
wanted to know If there Is to be one
law of treason for the states and one
for the territories, and one tariff law for
the states and one for the territories. He.
asked if the policy of the country was to
be that of colonization without regard to
eventual corporation; whether there were
to be crown colonies and crown laws, and
whether this country wished to become
a world power.
"The White Man's Burden."
General Harrison became sarcastic when
he talked of the "duties that Providence
had Imposed on this country." He said
that we are carrying the white man's
burden, but that he had noticed that
meant to carry the black man's gold.
He declared that Executive and Con
gressional duties that are not in the Con
stitution are a menace; that the nag
cannot stand for the" benevolent acts of
any Administration, but for permanent
things. He said It was a mocicery to raise
the flag In Porto Rico while the Governor
stood under it and read the proclamation
that the Island Is outside the Constitution
and under Congress.
He argued that If the act of annexa
tion did not put Porto Rico under the
Constitution "nothing else. would but to
make It a state; that a law extending the
Constitution to the Island would not be
a fundamental law and might be repealed.
He said that a government of absolute
powers Is a terrible thing and under the
Constitution an impossible thing.
Oregon Notes.
Work is progressing on the Rainier
Knights of Pythias hall.
The Newberg hose and hook and ladder
companies will play football Christmas.
Oats are scarce In the vicinity of Ger
vals says the Star, and many farmers are
buying.
McKinley Mitchell, of Gervals, Is ship
ping large quantities of potatoes to the
Arizona market.
A carload of tile has been received at
Creswell from Salem for the purpose ot
draining the town.
The recent storm carried away the
smokestack of the Seaside sawmill and
demolished a windmill.
Cal Wright wounded and captured an
Arctic owl, while hunting In the sandhill
last week, says the Marshfleld News.
A. C. Goodrich and E. F. Schneider con
template building a custom prune evap
orator In North Yamhill next Spring.
The Mayor of McMInnvllle may call a
meeting of citizens In, January to discuss
proposed amendment of the city charter.
A petition, largely signed, will be pre
sented to the Douglas, County Court at
the January term asking for an appro
priation of ?500 for improvement of the
Roseburg-Myrtle Point road.
The CoquIIle Herald reports that Judge
Schroeder, of Arago, Coos County, is
pleased with his silo experiment. HU
cows, have shown no falling off In milk in
the change from grass to silage.
The loss from the blaze in the cold
storage plant of the Albany Brewing
Company, Wednesday night, was much
larger than at first supposed. The fire
was not a large one, but It destroyed 125
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Masonic Temple Dedicated.
LA GRANDE, Or., Dec. 21. The dedi
catory exercises of La Grande's $25,000
Masonic Temple were held last night by
Grand Master H. B. Thlelsen. of Salem.
About 300 Masons, with their families and
friends, witnessed the exercises In the
new Iodgeroom. Thirty members from
Union, 20 from Baker City, 15 from Pen
dleton, and many from other places were
present.
The banquet for 30) guests was spread in
Steward's Opera-House, where tha toasts
were responded to as follows: "Birth of
Masonry In La Grande," Past Grand Mas
ter W. T. Wright; "Relation of the East
ern Star to Masonry " Grand Worthy
Matron Mrs. Jessie Vert; "Masonry as I
Find It," W. F. Butcher: "Masonic Char
ity," by T. G. Crawford, for Rev. J. R.
M. Bell.
A Correction.
GOLDENDALE. Wash., Dec. 17. (To
the Editor.) In The Oregonian of Decem
ber 14, I notice a mistake In the obituary
of Jesse H. Hadley, of SUverton, Or. Hu
was born In Allegheny County, New York,
in 1S,Zi. He emigrated from New York
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Oregon in 1863 In 1855, he was married
to Miss Evallne Remington, who also
crossed the plains In the early .'30s.
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