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TftE MOENING" OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1901.
RUGGLE MAY BE LONG
SEL TRUST AXD STRIKERS SET
TLING DOWX TO FIGHT.
tile There la Hope Left, Xelthcr
Side "Will AcknoTrledg-e Defeat-
All Eyes on Chicago.
tTTSBURG. Aug. 0. Following the
Id moves of yesterday on either side
Ihe rreat steel strike, there -was a lull
'. and neither side took decisive ac
The contest appears to he settling'
into a determined struggle. In which
Iher side Trill acknwledge defeat while
re Is hope left. Joseph Bishop, the
go arbitrator, appeared here today, but
sides promptly repudiated the sug-
ion that another move for peace was
ig considered.
le steel managers succeeded In start-
the last idle mill -at the Clark plant,
are evidently planning a series of ex-
sions at every point where there is a
luce or success, xney win proDamy
rt the Star tin mills in this city and
rc-se the force at the Lindsay & Mc-
Lcheon mill.
in interesting feature or the iignt at
latter mill is contributed by the claim
the strikers that Mrs. Fred Baugh.
e of the superintendent, is escorting the
bke breakers to and from the mill. She
always been very popular with the
1 1 men, and the pickets say they would
Iher face a regiment of soldiers than
anything Improper in her presence.
ley say that in peace times she nursed
t'.r families and that they cannot inter-
se with her or the men she escorts.
the steel managers are also arranging
more men for the Painter and Mon-
ren mills. Verl Preston, representating
ssident Schwab, was here today, and
'ferred with leading officials of the
ipanles federated in the Steel Cor-
ration. Mr. Preston and the officials
torn he met would not talk for publlca-
in.
fhe strikers met the movement to re-
rn mills with nonunion men with the
lim that it will be simply impossible to
rure a sufficient number o skilled men
!cpe-ate them. Their men, they declare.
$5 standing firm, and must be consulted
fere the mills run. They say they
ive the situation well in hand, and, de-
te the alleged danger of the strike get-
hs top heavy, continue their -work of or-
nization with a view of crippling more
i-ts belonging to the corporation. They
pilm that Ghicago will, in the end, come
t wi'hin a week, Secretary Tighe says.
Id that there is no danger of the Jollet
n going back to work.
'resident McMurty, of the American
feet Steel Company, returned today from
ftour through the five mill towns of the
fEkltninetas Valley. He inspected the
kurion mills running In all of them,
rJ r.lso looked over the two nonunion
frrertleK being operated at Scottdale. He
Id production was above the maximum
crage for this season of the year, and
at he was perfectly satisfied. District
irager P. F. Smith, of the company,
".& the Wellsville plant lacked but six
icn of having every crew full; that the
-oduct was coming out nearly perfect.
m that it their men were not interfered
llth or assaulted by the strikers, the slt-
litlon would be eminently satisfactory.
e said also that the best sentiment of the
bmmurlty Indorsed the policy of the
ampary.
Tube Plant Tied Vp.
IThe ticing up of the Pennsylvania and
:r.t:ncntal tube plants of the National
xho Company in this city last nlirht was
mrleted today. About 1S00 men went
it ard both the properties are shut
rwn. The closing of the Pennsylvania
-d Continental plants completely tied un
National Tube Company in this dis-
tlct and Wheeling. The comnanv has
ia:e ro effort to start at any noint.
President Shaffer and his associates at
hAfal nature are hcing made to the
iuse. They express themselves as much
I'eesed with the situation today. Presl-
lert Shaffer said:
'The situation is satisfactory to us.
pe fact that the mills are not shipping
try product shows that they are not
iak:ng It. The strike at the Pennsylvania
ni continental mills was not a surprise
10 me. Slowly but surely we are creca-
ig ahead.
Air.cng the visitors at strike hoadauar-
lers tDuay was a foreigner whom Presi
dent Shaffer said was Count Luxberg, of.
pcrmany. Mr. Shaffer said that the
iuiit was investigating the strike situ-
lcn, and came to him to get a fair un-
srrstanding of the Amalgamated side.
it Is rumored that men are heing
ur-ught here from Detroit to break the
Strike at the Lindsay & McCutcheon
The strikers expect them Thurs-
la".
TJ-e explosion of some railroad torpedoes
it Montsson early this morning created
h"me excitement, and large crowds gath
rTd on the streets and near the steel
. There were large crowds around
ve newly crippled tube works In this
tv todav. but no disorder.
T.-.e organized strikers at McKeesport
n a general strike headquarters, one
r-1iro nf win I Ml tl'lll ln ?i nrocc hiiniiii
- leaders say the latter will give out
-Ict!y truthful strike reports, and stop
-e exaggerated details, which they say
-T .njunng the town and Mayor Black.
A national organization of the tube
.-'leers of the United States will, St Is
Id, be effected as soon as the different
-gtmlzcrs can formulate a plan. It Is
ibfl.cved the national body will have be
st's een 22,000 and 25,009 members. This
Ttl be the first national organization the
Itube workers have had and is the direct
fresult of the steel strike.
A'O COXFEREXCE AT CHICAGO.
i Unusual Xuxnbcr of Men Aslc to Be
Excused From Work.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2o-There was no con
ference tonight between the steel workers
employed In the Illinois Steel Works at
South Chicago, and Vice-President Davis,
head of the affairs of the Amalgamated
Association In the Fourth district. It was
reported during the afternoon that Mr.
Dai Is had asked for a meeting of the
men and that a conference would be held
this evening, and an effort made to begin
a strike, but the report proved to be un
true. There is little If any change in the
situation, although an -unusual number of
men have asked to be excused from work,
alleging sickness.
The Tribune today says:
"'South Chicago and the great steel
works located there have become the
vital center of the steel strike, now hang
lrg over the country. This was shown
in two new ways yesterday. In the first
place Organizer and Vice-President Davis,
who failed nine days ago to influence the
steel workers there to strike, sent an
urgent telegram to President Shaffer, ap
pealing to him to come here and use his
powers to force a reconsideration and a
strike. In the second place, the four
lodges of the Amalgamated Association
In Jcliet, which voted laEt week to strike,
seem now to be wavering on the verge
of a return to work. Their action, as
they freely avow, is now to let their pol
icy hang on the decision of the South
Chicago steel workers. If the latter de
cide to strike, the Joliet men will remain
out. If the South Chicago brethren re
main at work the Joliet workers will re
sume their tasks. The appeal to Presi
dent Shaffer was sent in the afternoon
by Vice-President Davis, who had re
ceived no answer last night."
A Conference at Xew York.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Mr. Schwab,
Judge Gary "and Robert Bacon, of J. P.
Morgan & Co., were in conference this 4
afternoon. Nothing was made public as
to the subject discussed at the confer
ence. Not Ordered By Goxnpcrs.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. President
Gempers of the American Federation of
Labor, has not yet returned from Penn
sylvania, where he has been for several
days, and the only information at the
headquarters concerning the strike of the
Federation men at the Pennsylvania
Tube Work? is contained In a telegram
from Organizer Swartz, saying the men
were going to strike.
Under the organization of. the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, the president
has no power to order a lodge to strike.
The lodge Itself must take a vote on the
question and It is presumed that has
been done at the tube works.
UNIFORM LEGISLATION.
Matter Considered by the Confer
ence of State Commissioners.
DENVER, Aug. 20. Many prominent
lawyers from all parts of the country
have arrived In this city to attend the
twenty-fourth annual convention of tne
American Bar Association, which begins
tomorrow. The association has a mem
bership of over 1500 and an attendance of
COO at the convention is expected.
The eleventh annual conference of the
State Commissioners for the Promotion of
Uniform Legislation, which began yes
terday, gave a hearing this forenoon to
a delegation of Denver clergymen, headed
by Dr. M. J. D. Rankin, who presented
their views on the divorce question. The
conference then resumed consideration of
the proposed uniform divorce act, discus
sing the question whether section 1
should be elminated. This section pro
vided that "No divorce shall be granted
for any cause arising prior to the resi
dence of the complainant or defendant
in this state which was not a ground for
divorce in the state where the cause
arose." The point had been raised that
this section, if enacted into law, would
work hardship in many cases, particularly
where a bona fide residence has been ac
quired by the petitioner. It was finally
decided to divide the proposed measure,
making the first section a separate bill,
and recommend that both bills be adopted
by the several states.
Atthe afternoon session the officers for
the ensuing year were elected, as follows:
President, Amasa M. Eaton, Providence,
R. L; vice-president, W. A. Kctcham,
Indianapolis; secretary, Albert E. Hen
schel, New York, assistant secretary, J.
M. Ives, Danbury, Conn.
A bil was Indorsed for a uniform in
surance law, providing that no statement
of the assured Invalidates a policy unless
it Is material to the risk or made with
Intent to defraud; that any provision in
a policy Intended to deprive the Insured
of the benefit of a jury trial shall be void.
The act is to apply to fraternal as well
as other insurance companies. A resolu
tion was adopted providing that the board
of commissioners shall act with commit
tees from agricultural colleges and ex
periment stations in promoting unirorm
laws regarding agricultural matters, and
fertilizers especially. The conference ad
journed sine die at 5 o'clock.
KcntncUy Sunday School Workers.
DANVILLE, Ky., Aug. 20,-Between 500
and GOO earnest and progressive Sunday
School workers are assembled in Danville
for the SSth annual convention of the Ken
tucky Sunday School Association, which
commenced a three days' session today.
Among the leading spirits of the conven
tion are Marion Lawrence, of Toledo, in
ternational general secretary; George O.
Bachman, of Tennessee, and Robert Bo'n
sall, of Cincinnati.
Xorthvrestern Undertakers.
HELENA, Mont, Aug. 20. The annual
meeting of the Northwestern Funeral Di
rectors Association, which comprises un
dertakers of Montana, Washington and
Utah, opened here today with a large
attendance. The officers of the associa
tion are: Joseph Richards, of Butte, pres
ident; 3. M. Smith, of Spokane, vice-president;
J. M. Lucy, of Missoula, second
vice-president; George Setzler, of Billings,
treasurer, and E. L. Flaherty, of Helena,
secretary.
Railroad BlacIvKmiths' Association.
DENVER. Aug. 20. The National Rail
road Blacksmiths' Association opened a
three days' convention in this city today.
The association was founded at the
World's Fair in Chicago in 1B93. It is not
a trade organization, but is composed en
tirely of the master builders, not of
workmen.
Electrical Engineers.
BUFFALO, N. Y.. Aug. 20. The annual
meeting of the American Institute of Elec
trical Engineers opened this morning In
the Temple of Music with addresses of
welcome by the exposition officials and
responses by the officers of the Institute.
SMELTER TO BE SHUT DOWN
Argentine Plant at Kansas City Will
Close September 15.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 20. The Ar
gentine smelter, one of the largest plants
owned by the American Smelting & Re
fining Company, and which employs 800
men, will, it is announced, be closed down
September 15. Assistant Superintendent
McDonald says the shut-down is to give
the plant a thorough cleaning, and de
nies as untrue a rumor that the purpose
is to trace an alleged shortage of 5100.000
in the ore accounts. It is stated that this
work can be finished by January 1.
Whether the smelter will reopen at that
time will. It Is said, be determined by the
board of directors at their meeting in
New York September 11. A. R. Myer, a
local member of the board, is now in that
city, and Superintendent Page is In Vir
ginia. A dispatch from Omaha quotes
Guy G. Barton, another member of the
board, as saying:
"The question whether to make exten
sive repairs or to completely rebuild the
plant is now under consideration. How
long the plant will be shut down I do not
know. There is no shortage at the Argen
tine plant The business will be handled
at the Omaha plant. This arrangement
is only temporary, however, as It Is not
proposed to permanently close the Argen
tine plant."
During the shut-down some of the em
ployes will be transferred to the El Paso
plant.
Shovel Trust Formed.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20. Julius C. Beiege,
president of the St. Louis Shovel Com
pany, confirms the reported consolidation
of five of the largest shovel manufactur
ing concerns in the country, with a cap.
Ital stock of 15,000,000. The new company
will be called the Ames Tool & Shovel
Company. It Is made up of the following
companies:
Oliver Ames & Sons Corporation, of
North Easton, Mass.; Wright Shovel Com
pany, of Anderson. Ind.; H. M. Myers
Company, Beaver Falls. Pa.; T. Rowland
& Sons Company, of Philadelphia ,and the
St. Louis Shovel Company.
Secretary Hay Goes to Cnnton.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Secretary
Kay left today for Canton for a general
conference with the President on sub
jects which have engaged attenton of
late. The length of his stay is not certain,
but he probably will return to Washing
ton before going back to his Summer
residence at Newbury, N. H.
Mercantile Agency Fails.
CHICAGO. Aug. 20. A. R. Martin, local
manager of the Mutual Merchantlle
agency, has Issued a circular to subscrib
ers, notifying them of the company's sus
pension, because of financial difficulties,
says the Louisville, Ky., correspondent of
the Tribune. The company was organized
in New Jersey in 1S99, with 52,000,000 cap
ital. Dr. Sanford'a liver Invigorator.
The best liver medicine. A vegetable cure for
liver Ills, biliousness. Indigestion, constipation,
malaria.
CAUSED BY CARLESSNESS
AT LEAST 17 LIVES LOST IX CITY
OF GOLCOXDA DISASTER.
"Women and Children In the Cabin
Were Penned In Without a
Chance of Escape.
PADUCAH, Ky., Aug. 20. The horror
of the City of Golconda disaster, at Cot
tonwood Bar, four miles above Paducari.
last night, is just beginning to be fully
comprehended by the people of Paducah,
as body after body is brought into the
city and taken to the undertakers. The
boat's register has not yet been recov
ered, but it is certain the death list will
number 17 and perhaps 22. An official in
vestigation will be made, as It seems that
the most culpable carelessness caused the
catastrophe. The following is the list of
known dead:
MISS MAY FLEMMING, Birdsville.
MRS. DAVID ADAMS, of Smithfleld.
MISS LIZZIE GRAHAM, of Grahams-
ville.
MISS LUCY BARNETT, of Smlthland.
MISS TRIXIE GRIMES, of Grahams
ville. MRS. W. A. HOGAN and three chil
dren, Ira, nged 10; Wallace, aged B, and
Lucille, aged 6. of Paducah.
WATTS DAVIS, of Livingstone County.
CLARENCE SLAYDEN, of Lola, Ky.
WALLACE BENNETT, of Tolu, Ky.
D. J. JACKSON, colored, of Paducah.
WILL WOODS, colored, of Golconda.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, colored, of
Golconda.
HORACE RONDEAU, colored, of Gol
conda. GEORGE SANDBURG, colored, of Gol
conda. A. A. Peck, the pilot, says the engi
neer deserted his post, and that he could
not manage the boat with the engines
'helpless. The engineer denies this, and
asserts that he remained at the throttle
until the water was waist deep. Frank
Enders, one of the passengers, corrobo
rated by several others, declares that the
effort to land brought the side of the boat
around so that the wind struck it with
full force. There had been almost a gale
blowing for 10 minutes, and one man who
could not swim went to the pilot-house
and begged the pilot to land. When he
did fina' consent to land, the hurri
cane struck the boat as it swung around
in a position least able to resist it.
Early this morning the work of search
ing for the remains began, the party being
led by Charles Graham, County Clerk, and
Luther Graham, his brother, whose sis
ter was among the dead. Three bodieB
were recovered In the forenoon, thbse of
Miss Trixie Grimes, Miss Lucy Barnett
and Mrs. David Adams. Miss Barnett's
face was badly lacerated. This after
noon the bodies of Miss Graham and Mrs.
W. A. Hogan and Lucille, her G-year-oId
daughter, were recovered. The position
of the limbs and the expression on the
faces, as well as scratches and bruises,
Indicated a fierce struggle when the per
sons were caught in the little cabin. The
boat is being dismantled in order that
the dead may be reached.
Mrs. Charles Haydeh, of Metropolis,
111., the only woman saved, is badly
bruiEed.
The whereabouts of Mr. Hogan, hus
band of one of the women, and three
children drowned, is unknown. He is a
traveling man from St. Louis.
The boat IS 75 yards from the Kentucky
shore, In 18 feet of water, headed down
stream, difficult of access in every way,
and. the recovery of tha dead bodies Is
proceeding very Blowly
Captain Jesse Bauer said:
"In my opinion the people in the cabin
were drowned instantly, as I did not hear
a scream come from the cabin. Usually
in such accidents a steamboat will rock
back and forth several times before turn
ing over, but the uoiconaa wem ve'
without anv of this, and it all happened
so quickly that it is a wonder any of us
got out alive."
OIL TANKS STILL AFIRE.
Five Lives Lost In the Explosion at
Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20. The fire
which began yesterday afternoon at the
works of the Atlantic Refining Company,
at Point Breeze, in the southwestern sec
tion of the city, is still burning fiercely to
night, and Chief Baxter, of the City Fire
Department, has given up hope of saving
any of the company's property. The one
hope of the company's officials and the
firemen was in their ability to pump the
oil from the tanks not yet reached by
the flames into reserve tanks in an iso,
lated section of the yard. An explosion
late this afternoon carried away the
pumping machinery and nothing remains
now, apparently, but to permit the con
flagration to burn until all the oil Is con
sumed. It Is believed tonight that five lives lost
In the explosion last night completes the
list. The dead are:
JOHN M'CULLOM.
JAMES EALLES.
JOHN DAUGHERTY.
FRANK DAVIS.
ALEXANDER TIMMERS, an employe
of the Atlantic Refining Company.
In the explosion which occurred this
afternoon 15 persons were Injured seriously
enough to be taken to he hospitals, and
about 40 others were treated on tne scene
by the ambulance surgeons.
Briefly the story of the fire may be thus
summarized: All of those reported as
missing after the explosion last night have
been accounted for. The roll of injured
amounts to more than 100; many of these
are trivial cases, not taken to hospitals;
a few are serious and may prove fatal.
The fire is still raging and is eating up
oil at the rate of $100,000 a day. The fire
must literally burn itself out The coop
erage shop has been swept away and in
its destruction 40 men narrowly escaped
death.
Earthworks have been thrown up to
keep the Schulkill River from becoming
flooded with blazing oil. The firemen
say they are working in the dark. There
19 danger all around them, they say, and
they do not know where the danger spots
are. Insurance men and firemen early to
day said the loss would not be less than
5500.000, but since then great quantities of
refined petroleum and benzine have been
consumed, and several tanks have been
rendered useless by the flames.
The Ronnd-Honse Explosion.
LITTLE FALLS, N. Y., Aug. 20. The
bodies of all the Victims of the round
house explosion last night have been
identified. They are: John Deck, Levi
Gilbert, Lewis Jackson, Harry Stanzel,
James Nagle, Joseph Keller.
Stanzel was- a student at Syracuse Uni
versity. Jackson, Keller and Nagle weTe
laborers. The vicinity of the wrecked
roundhouse was a scene of wreckage and
ruin today. Twenty-five houses are prac
tically in ruins, several of them- having
been turned around completely on their
foundations. It was generally reported
that the building contained 600 pounds of
dynamite, 1000 pounds of giant powder
and a quantity of gasoline. The prop
erty damaged by the explosion is esti
mated at $30,000.
Fast Train Wrecked.
JACKSONVILLE, 111., Aug. 21. The
fast Kansas City passenger train, on the
Alton Road was wrecked at midnight at
Prentice, a siding eight miles north ot
here, by running into a .freight. Several
trainmen were killed and injured, but it is
thought the passengers escaped with
slight Injuries.
Freight Shed and Cars Bnrn.
OMAHA, Aug. 20. The freight sheds
and 25 loaded and 25 empty freight cars
belonging to the Union Pacific Railroad
were burned at the transfer depot of that
company in Council Bluffs today, causing
a loss estimated at nearly 5100,090. The
sheds were full of freight recently un
loaded, which was also destroyed. Switch
engines hurried to the scene of the fire
and succeeded in hauling away several
hundred cars which otherwise would have
been burned. The transfer passenger de
pot was considerably damaged, but the
fire department concentrated Its efforts to
save the building and it escaped ..serious
damage.
Furniture Warehouse Destroyed.
BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 20. The warehouse
of the Kennedy Furniture Company
caught fire tonight and before the flames
could be got under control the building
and contents were damaged to the extent
of 510,000, fully insured. The origin of the
fire IS not known.
SCHEME TO DEFRAUD.
Plot to Evade Immigration Laws
Unearthed.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. An alleged
scheme to defraud the Government and
evade the immigration laws by securing
the admission of undesirable immigrants
by means of forged papers and collusion
between ships' officers and inspectors of
immigration developed yesterday. If the
story of an inspector, told to Assistant
Commissioner of Immigration McSweeney,
is borne out in the United States Court
today, when, an officer of the steamship
line will, the Times says, be arraigned,
there will be -a- general investigation of
departments in the Immigration bureau in
this city.
According to the Inspector's story he was
approached by the officer of the steam
ship and told of a scheme to defraud the
Government In which he was invited to
join This scheme in brief was that im
migrants, mostly Italians and all of the
undesirable class, be entered on the ship's
books as American citizens, and on the
vojrage provided with forged papers made
In Europe, with which to carry out their
claim of previous residence. For ihls the
Immigrants were to pay $5 each, and 60
or 70 could be landed every trip, or alto
gether 3000 or 4000 every year. The in
spector reported to Commissioner Mc
Sweeney, and was told to acquiesce. He
did so, and when the ship arrived on Sun
day, the immigrants were landed, but
never got further than the pier. The
ship's officer was then arrested.
The names have not yet developed, but
during the day the case will probably come
out In court.
Explain the Brooklyn's Loop.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Walter B. Ad
ams, of Gloucester, Mass., a seaman who
claims to have been stationed at the
wheel of the Brooklyn In the battle of
Santiago, is quoted as giving a new ex
planation of the loop made by Admiral
Schley's flagship, according to a special
from Bellows Falls, Vt. Adams says that
when the Vizcaya was pointing her course
with the evident Intention of ramming the
Brooklyn, Commander Hodgkins, the nav
igating officer, Issued the order to put the
wheel hard down. This would have thrown
the Brooklyn directly toward the Viz
caya. Adams says he understood the or
der, but Involuntarllv threwthe helm hard
up, causing the Brooklyn to swing away
from the Spanish ship. Noticing his mis
take Instantly he eased the wheel down,
and in getting the ship back to her
course the loop was formed, which, Mr.
Adams says, was not over half a mile In
length.
American Imports to South Africa.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. The State Der
partment has received1 a long report on
conditions in South Africa from Consul
General Stowe, at Cape Town, dated a
few days before his resignation was re.
Celvcd at the department. The war and
the plague, tays Mr. Stowe, have pre
vented customs officials from collecting
the usual annual statistics, Covering the
trade for the calendar year 1900, and as all
Imports for the use of the imperial and
colonial military forces are admitted duty
free, it is Impossible to make an accurate
comparison with the trade of the preced
ing year. However, the figures available
show that the Imports from the United
States In 1D00 were greater than those of
1S99, and that this country still stands sec
ond among the nations exporting direct to
South Africa, and in addition ships a large
amount of supplies via England.
Submarine Boat Launched.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-The second of
the new submarine boats for the Navy
was launched at Elizabeth, N. J., today.
The vessel was named the Moccasin by
Miss Grace Day, of Virginia, sister-in-law
of Senator Martin, of that state.
NEUTRALITY OF NICARAGUA
Zelaya Will Not Meddle In the Sonth
American Trouble.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20. Chester
Donaldson, United States Consul at Man
agua, Nicaragua, has arrived here on a
two months' leave of absence, during
which he will visit his old home in New
York City. He is a civil engineer by pro
fession, and has been In Nicaragua for six
years. In speaking of affairs on the isth
mus, he said: "
"I do not believe that Nicaragua will
join forces with Venezuela. The Republic
is at peace, and the revolutionary spirit
has died out altogether. President Zelaya
rules with a .strong hand and he has be
come very popular. He will not allow
Nicaragua to become Involved In the trou
bles of the South American states.
"In his last message to the Nicaragua
Congress, President Zelaya took a decided
stand in favor of having the Isthmian
canal constructed by the United States.
That is the popular sentiment. The peo
ple are all looking forward to the con
struction of the canal. .
"In commerce with Nicaragua the Unit
ed States haB been making reat progress
during the past two years and now holds
first place. In the last year the imports
from New York, New Orleans and San
Francisco have been greater than from
England and Germany combined. As to
exports, we do not get our share of the
coffee because most of the coffee planta
tions are owned by Germans, and they
ship the product to Germany. But we get
nearly all the hides, rubber and skins and
about three-fourths of the gold.
"The influence of the United States is
stronger in. Nicaragua than that of any
other country. President Zelaya has often
said to me that he looks to the United
States as the protector of the small Re
publics, and in case of trouble would look
flr,st to this country. He told me not
long ago that he would never make a
treaty with any other power that would
be detrimental to the Interests of the
United States."
Will Tench Chinese at Columbia.
NEW YORKM Aug. 20. That General
Horace W. Carpentler, of this city, is the
hitherto unknown donor of 5100,000 for the
endowment of a chair of Chinese at Co
lumbia University, is stated as a fact by
the World. President Seth Low, in an
nouncing the donation at the commence
ment exercises in June, did not reveal the
name, and there has been much curiosity
on that score. General Carpentler was at
one time president of the Bank of Califor
nia, and Mayor of Oakland. He Is reputed
to be a millionaire, and made much of his
money In. trading with China.
.
Ontlngr of the Hannas.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 20. Senator and
Mrs. Hanna, accompanied by their two
daughters, the Misses Mabel and Ruth,
left Cleveland today on the steamer
Northwest for Hay Lake, near Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich., where the family will spend
a few days at the Hanna, Summer cot
tage. Mr. Hanna will take an active part
In the formal opening of the Republican
state campaign, which will take place at
Delaware, September 21. Among the
speakers will be Senators Foraker and
Hanna, Governor Nash and Hon. Carl D.
NIppont, candidate for Lleutenant-Gov-
ernor.
PARISIANS ARE JOYFUL
CZAR ACCEPTS LOUBET'S IXVITA
TATION TO VISIT FRANCE.
Xlcholaa Will Land at DunUlrlc and
Witnexs the Army Monuevera
Other Foreign Nevra.
PARIS, Aug. 20. The Parisians were
delighted today by the unexpected an
nouncement that the Czar has accepted
President Loubet's invitation to witness
the close of the grand maneuvers at
Rhelms, and that he will land at Dun
kirk after having previously witnessed
with President Loubet a review of the
northern squadron, which will welcome
His Majesty to French waters. It is also
said that the Czarina will apcompany the
Czar during his visit to France. There Is
a drop of bitterness, however, mingled In
the cup of joy, and that Is that the Czar
will stop on his way for the purpose of
seeing Emperor William. But the papers
are consoling the Parisians with asser
tions that the interview between th1 Czar
and Emperor William will take place at
sea off Dantzic, so the Czar will not set
foot on German soil before treading that
of France.
The Temps says the visit was personally
arranged between President Loubet and
the Czar themselves through the Interme
diary of a Russian court official. Presi
dent Loubet only Informed the Ministers
a fortnight ago, when the matter was
practically settled.
The Temp3 also says the Foreign Office
has no news of an intended meeting of
the Czar, Emperor William and King Ed
ward at Kiel, September 7, as telegraphed
from Berlin this afternoon. The Foreign
Office thinks It can even deny the truth
of the story.
The papers are already publishing elab
orate so-called official programmes of the
visit, but the correspondent of the Asso
ciated Press learns from the Foreign Of
fice, here that these are largely imagin
ary'; even the exact dates of the arrival
and departure of the Czar are not fixed.
The only thing certain is that he will ar
rive between September 15 and 20. He
will remain four or five days, and will
join the Czarina, who will come by the
land route to Complegne, to which place
he will proceed from Rheims, where he
and President Loubet will review 150,000
troops about September 19. The officials
of the Foreign Office intimate that the
exact dates are purposely withheld. In
order to prevent the plotting of anarch
ists and others.
Color Line In London Hoteln.
LONDON, Aug. 20. The Afro-American
delegates to the International Ecumenical
Council, which Is to meet In Wesley's
Chapel, In City Road, London, next month,
are already arriving. Their advent is
causing unexpected difficulty at one of the
big hotels In the West End, where a
large "number of- Americans are staying.
The latter, amazed by the announcement
that some 200 colored men were coming,
formally protested 'to the proprietor, as.
suring him that such a thing would not
be permitted in the United States, and de
manding that the colored people be ac
commodated in a separate part of the
hotel. The proprietor declined to Interfere,
with the result that some of the Ameri
cans are already arranging to leave.
Rctnrn of Rockhill.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. According tb
the latest advices received at the
Department of State, Mr. Rockhlll, the
American Special Commissioner to China,
will return home on the steamer Empress
of Japan, sailing from Yokohama today.
Mr. Rockhlll will have among his fellow
passengers General Gaselee, the British
commander, and Fleming T. Cheshire,
who Is retiring from his connection with
the United States Embassy at Pekin after
a quarter of a century of service, chiefly
as Interpreter. .
Austrian Minister to Mexico.
VIENNA. Aug. 20. Count Gilbert
Hohenwart von Gerlachsteln, the Austria
Hungarian Minister to Mexico, accom
panied by his staff, will start shortly fpr
his new post by way of New York. His
arrival in Mexico City will signalize the
resumption of diplomatic relations be
tween these countries, which were sev
ered after the shooting of Emperor Maxi
milian, on June 19, 1S67.
Threat Brought Port to Terms.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 20. It is def
initely known in Constantinople that the
Sultan's compliance with the French
claims regarding the concessions to the
French Quay Company and the French
bankers followed a demand on the part
of M. Constans and a threat to break
off diplomatic relations with the Porte
unless the Sultan's promises were ful
filled by noon of August 19.
Germans Refuse to Vacate.
TIEN TSIN, Aug. 20. The American
Minister, Mr. Conger, is urging Wash
ington's attention to the persistent oc
cupation of Tien Tsln University by the
Germans, who refuse to vacate the build
ing or pay rent, thereby preventing. Dr.
Tenney from continuing his educational
work, which the Chinese desire him to re
sume. Beleinn Glnssbloivers in Demand.
BRUSSELS, Aug. 20. American agents
are busy in Belgium recruiting Belgian
glassblowers for service in the United
States. Japanese agents are also offer
ing high wages to skilled glassblowers
who are willing to go to Japan to intro
duce the industry there.
tSnlclde of Belgian ex-Mlnlster.
BRUSSELS, Aug. 20. M. N. Nysens. ex
Minister of Industry and Labor, commit
ted suicide this morning by shooting him
self with a revolver in the right temple.
Domestic trouble is assigned as the cause
of the act.
Marchnnd Promoted.
PARIS, Aug. 20. Lieutenant-Colonel
Marchand, of Fashoda fame, has been
promoted to the chief command of la
brigade of French troops In China.
WEARING DOWN PROCESS.
Eleven Thousand Boers Still Main
tain an Obstinate Resistance.
LONDON, Aug. 21. In a dispatch dated
July 8, and detailing the conditions of af
fairs at the front at that time, Lord
Kitchener says:
"There are no more than 13,500 Boers
now under arms. Although they are not
able longer to undertake extensive opera
tions, their apparently inexhaustible sup
plies of food enable them to maintain an
obstinate resistance without retaining
anything or defending the smallest portion
of this vast country. This wearing down
process Is necessarily alow, rendering the
employment of a large number of troops
still necessary. Great patience is still re
quired to see the inevitable end of an
Insensate resistance which, while it can
not affect the result, has become unjus
tifiable In prolonging the war and the suf
ferings of women and children."
Since this dispatch was written, the
losses of the Boers have brought their
forces down to about 11.000.
Hopeful Feeling; In England.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. There is a re
newed feeling of hopefulness that the
war in" South Africa will soon be at an
end. saye a London diBp'atch to the Trib
une. The position Is different from that
obtaining at any time since the outbreak
of hostilities in October, 1S99. Natal is
clear; Cape Colony is -rid of Kritzlnger;
In the Orange River Colony there Is prac
tically little opposition, while in the
Transvaal there are not many symptoms
of Boer activity. Rumors of important
WRESTLING!
Each
a fall.
developments are freely current. It
Is stated that the funds of Boer
leaders In Europe are now absolutely ex
hausted, and It is certain that the rigors
of Winter have told on the burghers in
the field.
Cznr Recognized Krnger.
LONDON, Aug. 20. It is assrted in Boer
circles in Brussels that Emperor Nicholas
specially Invited Mr. Kroger to send a
representative to attend the recent wed
ding of his younger sister. Grand Duchess
Olga, to Duke Peter of Oldenburg. Ac
cording to the Lokal Anzelger, of Berlin,
It was the presence of this representative,
iM. Van der Hoeven, that prevented any
member of the British Embassy In St.
Petersburg attending, the Czar having ig
nored the British Ambassador's protest
against the presence of Mr. Van der
Hoeven.
Boer Genernl Wants Damages.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 20. General
Samuel Pearson, a representative of the
Boer Government, at present in this citj,
brought suit in the City Court today
against the British Consul, Arthur G. Van
SIttart. for 520,000 damages on the ground
of alleged slander. It Is claimed by the
Boer General that Van SIttart demanded
his arrest of the superintendent of police
and charged him with complicity in the
attempted blowing up of the British mule
ship Mechanician, which occurred at the
stock landing below the city early in the
morning of August 9.
Kitchener's Weekly Report.
LONDON, Aug. 20. Lord Kitchener's
weekly report from Pretoria, dated Au
ust 19, shows that 64 Boers were killed, 20
were wounded, 248 were made prisoners
and 95 surrendered during the last week.
The prisoners include Landrost Steyn. of
Vredefort: Commandant Devilliers, the
father of General Schalkburgher, the
wife of the acting President, and Com
mandant Breytonbach, of LUllefonteln.
MINISTER VICUNA DEAD.
Chile's Representative Passed Away
at Buffalo.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. The State De
partment Is advised by telegraph of the
death of Senor Don Carlos Morla Vicuna,
Minister from Chile to the United States,
which occurred at Buffalo this morning.
Senor Vicuna was one of the best-known
South American statesmen.
Minister Vicuna came to Buffalo from
Washington, July IS, to attend the cere
monies incident upon the formal opening
of the Chilean Building at the Pan-Amer
ican Exposition. He took to bed the day
after his arrival, the result of a cold,
which soon, developed Into pneum'onia.
Owing to his being the diplomatic rep
resentative of Chile to the United States,
the Government will show every consider
ation of respect and honor to the de
ceased. Besides being Minister from Chile
he was Commissioner to the Pan-American
Exposition, and lately a delegate on
the Chilean Claims Commission.
Senor Vicuna came to Washington about
three years ago,, succeeding Minister
Gana, who was transferred to London.
Of late the Legation In Washington has
been closed, the Minister and family and
the entire official establishment being re
moved to Buffalo, where Chile had taken
the lead among South American republics
in the magnitude of its exhibit.
Secretary Hay has sent a message ot
condolence to the bereaved relatives and
friends.
Porto RIcnn Army Society.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. General Nelson
A. Miles has called a meeting of the
National Commandery of the Society of
Porto RIcan expedition, to be held at
Buffalo, August 2G and 2T. General Miles
Is commander of the organization. The
force numbers, It is said, 20,000, and a
large number will probably attend. In
addition to General Miles, it is expected
Admiral Schley, General Brooke, Gen
eral Schwan, General Haines, General
Ernst, General GUmore, General Griffin
and General Garretson, Captain Slgsbee
and other officers will be present. Au
gust 27 Is "Porto RIcan Army Day" at
the exposition.
Police Arrests Promised.
NEW YORK, Ausr. 20. Warrants for
the arrest of three persons of prominence
in the police department will in all prob
ability be Issued Wednesday as a result
of the secret Inquiry Justice Jerome has
been conducting In thfe case of "The Peo
ple of the State of New York against
Edward G. Glennon and otners accoru
ing to the Times. Justice Jerome has
practically concluded the secret sessions
in this case, although he announced that
he would continue to hear any witnesses
that the District Attorney wished to ex
amine before him in any matter relating
to Edgar A. Whitney's confession.
.
Michigan Day ati Buffalo.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 20 Michigan
day at the Pan-American Exposition to
day was a great occasion for the Wolver
ine State visitors, of whom there were
several thousand. The feature of the
celebration was the special exercises held
this forenoon. The speakers included Gov
ernor Bliss, Mayor Maybury, of Detroit,
and George H. Barbour, president of the
Michigan Pan-American Commission.
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Picketing- Legalized.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. The Board of Al
dermen of Paterson, N. J., last night
passed an ordinance allowing the picket
ing of mills by labor Unions. Two men
who were picketing a mill were sentenced
to terms In Jail recently by the Recorder.
The matter was taken up by weavers
throughout Paterson,, resulting In the or
dinance, which Is looked upon as a tre
mendous victory by the strikers.
Women Clerks Organize.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. The first union of
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VIEWS ON RANGE LEASING.
D. II. Stearns Makes Brief Reply to
Mr. Lusk.
PORTLAND, Aug. 17. (To the Editor.)
How very softly talketh Mr. Lusk in the
Burns paper just as though there was no
case of a lawbreaker now defying- the
order of the United States Court and
keeping his fences around Government
land enough for a thousand settlers Just
as though there was no man in jail await
ing the verdict of a jury in a case in
which a homesteader, standing on his
own ground, pulled a gun to prevent a
sheepherder from driving his flocks
across the homesteader's fields, feeding
by the way, with the result that the
sheepherder shot first and the home
steader died.
'Leasing won't prevent settlement un
der the homestead laws," says innocent
Mr. Lusk. Oh I How would a homesteader
prosper going inside of Mr. Carrs fences
to settle? Or how would one preserve
his health while establishing a home in
side of one of Mr. Lusk's leasehold
tracts? Certain it is that ho would ba
very sick soon after. But "We won't have
to build fences," murmurs this gentle
cattle king as ho talks so softly over
the Harney County situation, saying in
effect, "You can keep out all those you
don't want in."
It is a leading question, but I wonder
if Oregon is likely to be hoodwinked
with Mr. Lusk's irrigation scheme. About
as much of leasehold money would reach
such a destination as would "irrigate"
one of his cowboys. Can Mr. Lusk come
and convince younger Oregon that three
horses and a saddle is a better outfit
for a business trip to Washington City
than the railroad trains In use? Will it
be satisfied with the hue and cry aftar
a few timbered sections falling into the
hands of those that do not contemplate
the "home" part of their claim; and per
mit, without protest, this largest and
best area of agricultural land In the
state to be held back from settlement un
der the false assertion that it Is a des
ert? There is not a square foot of land, not
rock, in all Southeastern Oregon which,
properly cultivated, will not produce 10
times the value in other crops that it will
in range feed for stock. Remove the fu
of trouble with the stockmen and thou
sands of people will rush in there to cul
tivate It. Intensify the- fear by any lease
hold scheme and Oregon will continue
to fall behind her sister states In pro
portionate increase of population. Ways
and means will be found to Irrigate all of
It that needs It as fast as set
tlers can come freely. Mr. Lytle
Is building a railroad toward it
that develops a wonderful traffic for
every mile. The Southeastern pioneer
has done good service for the state and
has grown rich himself, but he should not
be encouraged in the Idea that he owns
everything in sight by such as follows
irora Mr. Lusk:
"The feed of Harney County should be
for the sheepmen and cattlemen who
own their ranches and have their homes
and pay their taxes in that county. They
could use all of it with property assessa
ble in that county, and they should have
all of it."
This so-called range country embraces
about all the land In Oregon desirable by
homestead settlers. It is settlement of
just such land that Is sending Idaho ahead
In population so rapidly. Chief Joseph
tried to hold the Wallowa Valley: tha
range men are trying to hold Southeast
ern Oregon. The Indian had to give way
anu the wnite man must sooner or later
to the advance of cultivation.
The Ills complained of by the rango
men, "pulling up the grass and break
ing the crust,"' have been for years pre
paring the country for Teal settlement.
From year to year more of the annual
rainfall, or water from melting snow,
which formerly slid off th& crust as If it
had been oiled, goes into the soil to
leaven it and fit it for agriculture. Yet
even the Government itself seems to be
in the league to preserve It as a desert,
though it is a region seven times greater,
equally rich of soil and blessed with cli
mate as the Willamette Valley; for the
Land Office Is so placed that if a settler
comes Into the Immediate Snake River
part of It he must travel 130 miles away
from me railroad to obtain the informa
tion on which to rely In selecting a loca
tion. All Oregon should oppose the proposi
tion to impose an Australian leasehold
system upon this country. For the pur
pose of its settlement the Surveyor-General
should either establish a new Land
Office at Ontario, or. next best, attach the
Tegion alor.ff Snake River to the La
Grande office. D. H. STEARNS.
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