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jHowiw jjjk tm mu VOL. XLL NO. 12,797. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ANY SIZE ALL STYLES Itl'BBER GOODS OP EVERY DESCRIPTION. CO0DYEHR RUBBER COWPKNY R. H. PEASE, President. J. A. SHEPARD. Secretary. F. M. SHEPARD. JR.. Treasurer. Bargain Extraordinary PONY PREMO, Double extension, long focus, reversible back cameras, with the best Rochester double symmetrical lens and Victor pneumatic shutter. Only six left We offer them at REAL VALUE. $20.00. Price includes a fine plate-holder. BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO. Wholesale and Importing Druggists. America's ORIGINAL Malt WHISKY Without a Rival Today BlUmaUer & HOCh, ICS and HO Fourth Street So'e Distributers for Orsgoi SHAVfS Vtowc D w3 HOTEL PERKINS Fifth and Washineton Streets .... PORTLAND. OREGON EUROPEAN PLAN First-Class Check Rcstnnrant Connected With Hotel. . PRAEL, HEGELE & CO. im ' trtn-tOrt.'PIPlfH"ftiPM- VXSir Start ' Afi Stbre open evenings during Holiday Sale OPEN EVENINGS" PROM XOW TO XMAS. The Farnsworth - Herald Tailoring Company 7SROHKNT THILORS New Falling Building. 248 Washington Street, Near Tlilrd. We begin Monday a Great Sale of Unclaimed Tailor-Made Garments that will be very suitable for sensible Xmas presents. 530.00 suits $ D.95 1 5 5.00 trousers JLS5 $40.00 suits $15.95 I $10.00 trousers $3.95 J50.00 t-ults $19.95 . $20.00 overcoats $9.95 $5.00 silk vests .-....$1.95' 530.00 overcoats $15.95 JT.GOsiik vests . $2.95 ($10.00 overcoats $19.95 THE OLD S "Penny Wise, Pound Foolish," teaches a lesson to every purchaser of an Umbrella. False econo my causes as much loss as wastefulness. A penny is saved by buying inferior goods that must be replaced in a few weeks by new. Our Anti-Rust Umbrella Frames Never Wear Out. We male the celebrated Anti-Rust Umbrella Frame. JOHN ALLESINA, 309 Morrison St., Opjjjlte tannic: Is It Too Much? No. it Is two-fifty, which is not too much for a Christmas gift, when properly expended. A Pianola costs $250 00. It immediately elves you results that would cost thousands of dollars If obtained by any other means. THE AEOLIAN COMPANY 31. B. WELLS, Sole Northwest Agent, Aeolian Hall, 353-355 Washington St. HAWAIIAN INCOME TAX. 'The Amount Collected Will Be Far Below the Snm Expected. HONOLULU. Dec 0. via San Francisco. Dec 16. Complete returns as to the Income tax show that the amount of tax collected will be far below the sum ex pected when the law was passed. The returns show an aggregate assess ment of $335,000, which is about half of what It was hoped the tax would bring in. The smallness of the figures Is believed to be due in part to recent failures In sugar stocks. The board of survey appointed to ex amine the ship Roanoke, which arrived here with a cargo of coal on fire, has mace, its report. The vessel Is found to be considerably damaged, and the board commends Captain Amesbury for making for Honolulu instead of trying to make San Francisco, declaring that his decision probably averted a terrible ocean tragedy. Th board recommends that she proceed to San Francisco with the coal In her now, amounting to about 1000 tons, the rest having been discharged here In an effort to find the Arc The battle-ship Wisconsin will leave here on the 12th for Acapulco, Mexico. Sb is now quarantined against the shore on account of reports of three cases of bubonic plague here during the month of November. Still Active In Miss Stone's Behalf. WASHINGTON, Dec 16. Late advices received at the State Department from its agents In Turkey 6how that they have not remitted their efforts to secure the release of Miss Stone and are again seek ing to open communication with the brig ands with probability of success. It Is believed the kidnapers have at last be gun to realize that the sum of $66,000, now In the hands of Mr. Dickinson, represents all the money that can be secured as a ransom. ANY aUAXTlTY Nos. 73 and 75 First Street, PORTLAND. OREGON. No. 6 4x5 New $20 ea sole leather carrying case, and a double ltooma Slnxte. . . . . . Rcoms Double. Rooms Family .... ... 75c to 31.5ft per dy .. fl.ou to $2.00 per day ...JI.il) to $3.00 per day Cut Glass There are many kinds of cut glass; there are many kinds of prices. If you want reliable, hand-polished cut glass at the lowest possible prices, call and seej)ur displaym'crystaiToonf. SEWELL SLIGHTLY BETTER Condition of the United States Sen ator Front New Jersey. CAMDEN. N. J., Dec. 16.-The condition of United States Senator Sewell Is slightly improved tonight. The physicians in at tendance say that he is a little brighter and stronger. Look for Mrs. McICtnley to Die Soon. CHICAGO, Dec 16. Relatives of Mrs. McKInley have little hope of her living long, according to a statement made by Lieutenant James McKInley. United States , Army, a nephew of the late President. Lieutenant McKInley passed through Chi- cago tonight In company with General S. a. m. loung, the successor of General Shatter in command at the Presidio, San Francisco. T. P. O'Connor Suffers a. Relapse. LONDON. Dec 17. T. P. O'Connor, who has been 111 for o-er a month past, has suffered a serious relapse. i WANT JUDGES REMOVED. Federation of Labor Will Petition, Governor Hsnt, of Porto Rico. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Dec. 16. Less than 100 workmen answered the call of the local committee of the American Fed eration of Labor to attend a mass meeting here yesterday afternoon. The slimncss of the attendance was due to the order of the court declaring the Federation illegal. It was resolved to petition Governor Hunt to bring about the removal of the Judges, and appoint Americans in their places. It was decided to ignore the ruling of the court dissolving Federation Libre, or the local organization. WORLD GETS NOTICE People of Pacific Northwest Intend to Celebrate. CEHTENARYOFLEWISANDCLABK Deep Significance of That Historic Exploring: Expedition Address Sent Out by State Commission ers for the 1005 Exposition. The following address, which was au thorized by the State Lewis and Clark Commissioners, at the recent conference in Portland, and since its preparation has been approved by the various Commis sioners, Is now, for the first time, given publicity: "WHERE ROLLS THE OREGON." Lcvris and Clark Centennial, Ameri can Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair. It Is the intention of the people of the Pacific Northwest to celebrate, in the year 1S05, the centenary of the expedi tion of Lewis and Clark across the con. tinent of North America to the Pacific Ocean. This expedition was an event of the first importance In the expansion of the United States. It was the great factor In tre extension of the dominion of the United States to the Pacific; for It con firmed by exploration and by actual pos session the claim founded on the dis covery of the Columbia River, in May, 179211 years before the Louisiana Pur chase was made In the mind of Presi dent Jefferson the purchase of Louisiana and the exploration and possession of the Oregon country the great Interior drained by the Columbia River, were parts of the same plan and purpojfe. While the negotiations for Louisiana were etlll In progress, and several months before th treaty through which that vast territory was acquired was signed. President Jefferson asked and obtained from Congress an appropriation for the exploration of the Oregon region. Soon after the purchase of Louisiana from France was concluded, the expedition un der Lewis and Clark was organized. It s'tarted In the Spring of 1S04, reached the mouth of the Columbia in November, 1S0S, passed the Winter there, took ob servations of the country, claimed It for the United States, and returned over the mountains in 1S0S. irlt Is theJlrsUnteru-fthl jurpedi-. fraon that "-the preparation nbw-1besun are. intended to celebrate. Owing" to the peculiar relation which this great histori cal movement bears to the Coast of this Oregon territory, and the relative position occupied by the City of Portland to the paint of culmlt atlon of this expedition in November, 1S05. not far from the Winter quarters, and acccf6lb!c by lines of trans portation from all points of the country, It was thought wisest, and it is now the Intention, to celebrate at Portland, Or., the centennial of this event. Lewis and Clark. Upon this expedition, were the first official explorers of the great territory covered by the Louisiana Purchase, as well as the first official ex plorers of the Oregon country, now the seat of three states of our Union Ore gon, Washington and Idaho, and large parts of two others Montana and Wyom ing. We are approaching the completion of the first centennial period of this expan sion of the United States. The historical significance should be fittingly celebrated. It belongs to the class of very greatest and most Important movements In our National history. The Lewis and Clark expedition was the starting point. It gave the United States her sure foothold on the Pacific Coast of America. It led to the occupation and settlement by Ameri can citizens of the great Oregon country. It preceded by more than 40 years the acquisition of California, to which It was contributory cause. A further step to which, it led was the acquisition of Alaska. Thus it was a beginning of a movement which has given us a Pacific Coast line longer than the Atlantic. And It faces us toward the West, over the Pacific, as hitherto we had faced only toward the East, over the Atlantic. It has given the Pacific Northwest a position whence we shall take leading place in the commerce of the Orient, now on the eve of great development. Though It was not among the events that led up directly to the acquisition of the Philippine Isl ands, It secures the position we have gained there through another course of events. Thus, the expedition of Lewis and Clark, though as humble an under taking as the settlement at Plymouth or Jamestown, was the prologue to the theme of our later National expansion. It Is the purpose of the Pacific States to co-operate with each other In the celebra tion of the 100th anniversary of this Na tional movement on the lands, shores and waters of the Pacific. Commissioners on the part of the States of Oregon, of Wash ington, of Idaho, of Montana and of Utah have been appointed. Co-operation is expected from California, from Nevada, from Wyoming and from North and South Dakota. We desire and expect Alaska to share In It, and we solicit the friendly in terest of British Columbia. The states of the Pacific Slope and of the Interior re gion adjoining them cannot but see the advantages of this undertaking, and of enlisting the people and the Government of the United States in It. As an under taking for commemoration of one of tho greatest movements In the history of our National expansion, it will appeal to the pride and patriotism of the whole country. As a means of concentrating attention upon the Pacific States and upon their vast and yet undeveloped resources and possibilities. It may be made an occasion of highest practicable utility and Indus trial Importance For presentation to the people of the United States of the coming development of Oriental commerce and the relations of our own country to It, through our Pacific ports and through our position in the Philippine Islands, over against the coasts of Asia, where now we are in contact with one-half of the hu man race, this celebration will come, as we conceive, most opportunely. This cen tenary may be taken as a high event, a lofty standpoint, in the march of our his tory, from which we may "look before and after." It offers Itself as a basis for an Idealizing interpretation of the growth and destiny of the United States, through the movement westward across the con tinent of America, and through the basis, thus established here, for connection with the Eastern hemisphere by westward routes, over a sea marked hitherto by few keels, but destined yet to bear great part of the commerce of the globe. Our own Industrial development within these Pacific States as yet Is scarcely be gun. In the territory of the United States between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, we have now about 3,000, 000 people. The natural resources are ample for 30,000,000, and Increase and ex tension of commerce with countries In either hemisphere that border on the Pa cific Ocean will hasten the growth of pop ulation here to even greater numbers. We have agricultural capabilities that are practically boundless. We have the larg est bodies of timber now within reach of the world's commerce. We have profu sion of all the important minerals. In cluding coal. Our water-power, assured of new availability through electrical Inventions, Is ample for the needs of a multifarious Industry. Of Alaska, country of enormous extent, enough Is known to assure the world that It will yield steady supplies of gold and silver, copper and coal. Tho fisheries of the coast will be a source of perennial wealth; and the climate of these states commends Itself to Jill who acquaint themselves through experience with it. To our Pacific ports, under the expan sion of trade destined to follow the new movements In the Orient, a shipping In terest of Immense and ever-Increasing value is assured. No one can measure the results, of wnlch we have tho beginnings already, on no inconsiderable scale. At Manila we are In possession of an Incom parable port for collection and distribu tion of Oriental commerce, and our local .shipping there will become so extensive that it will be scarcely inferior to tuat on the Atlantic Coasts of the United States. Manila will become the financial and commercial center of the Eastern world. On the basis herein set forth we ask tho co-operation of the people of the Mid dle West and Pacific States. We propose at Portland a Fair and Celebration and Exposition which .will prove to the country and to the world the accuracy of our statements and forecasts. We wish, there fore, to awaken and to enlist the Interest of the people of the whole United States. We Invite the participation of our breth ren of the Dominion of Canada, and es pecially hose of British Columbia. We claim the support of the Government of the United States in the celebration of this centennial of the expedition of Lewis and Clark; first, as a great event In the his tory of our National expansion, and next, as a signal to the world of our position In relation to Oriental commerce and tho vast development that awaits it, through par ticipation of America In it. We have In view not merely a local celebration, but an undertaking of National and International importance. For wc are established not only on the Pacific Ocean, but In It. AVe have sta tions In the bosom of this great sea Hawaii and Guam, points of fixation for cables and coaling places for ships; and lying directly upon the coasts of Asia we have the Philippine Isl-inds, an empire In themselves, greater In area than the is lands that form the head and heart of the British Empire, capable of development to'an unknown yet mighty degree, and so situated as to place us right In the track of the whole commerce of Asia and large ly of the world. , In preparation for this celebration the City of Portland takes the Initiative Her -citizens will subscribe ond pay la .$300,000 WnCo'.OS fo'f''Tbeglnning; 'the- cltyf as a municipality, will lend Its aid. and the State of Oregon, through its Legisla ture, will support the undertaking. Neigh boring states will assist by presentation of their own exhibits; and the National Government Is expected to old by erection of a building and by display therein of objects of Interest fit for such an occasion, including exhibits from her new posses sions of Alaska, Hawaii and Philippine Islands. Wc sum up with the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas, The exploration of the Northwest Territory by Lewis and Clark, In the years 1S04, 1S05 nnd 1800, was one of the most important events In the history of our country, sine- it led to the extension of the sovereignty of the United Stntes to the Pacific, gave the Nation the Ore Kon Country, now the scat of many states, and paved the way to the ac quisition of California and Alaska, Therefore, It Is the sense of. the respective Commissioners of the va rious states here represented, that this important and memorable ex ploration should he properly cele brated in 1005, as the Lewis and Clark Centennial) and he it Resolved, In order to give proper significance to this great National event, that the Government of the United States he asked to make sncli adequate appropriation for n proper building and for the display of the products of our newly acquired pos sessions, ns will show to the world, their condition and prospective fu ture progress. Further, he It Renolvcd, That the Scnntor.n nnd Representatives of the states along the route traversed and explored when a wilderness by Lewis and Clark, he and hereby are requested to use all honorable menus to He cure such generous appropriation from the General Government ns will testify our appreciation of the foresight of President Jefferson nnd of the heroic devotion of these PIo ner explorers, nnd the Importance of their achievement. H. W. CORBETT. C. 3. BELLINGER, C. W. FULTON. EDWARD EVERETT YOUNG. H. E. ANKEXY, State Commissioners for Oregon. FRANK J. PARKER, E. M. RANDS. W. W. TOLLMAN, J. G. MEGLER. G. W. ROWAN. State Commissioners for Washington. J. H. RICHARDS. THOMAS KIRBY, E. W. JOHNSON. State Commissioners for Idaho. S. T. HAUSER. State Commissioner for Montana. HOYT SHERMAN. HIRAM CLAUSON, L. W. SHURTLIFF, State Commissioners for Utah. Governor of Rhode Island. WICKFORD, R. I., Dec. 16. William Gregory. Governor of Rhode Island, died at his home here today of acute Brlghfs disease, following a succession of illnesses. .After an Indisposition of nearly two months he returned to the state capital last Friday, and his death was the indi rect result of a cold. Under the new constitution, Lieutenant-Governor Charles D. Kimball, of Providence, becomes Gov ernor for the remainder of the term. William Gregory was 52 years old. He rose from loom fixer to mill superintend ent, millowner and banker. i Ex-Tacoma Man Dies in Honolulu. HONOLULU. Dec. 9, via San Francisco. Dec 16. John Nlckeus, of the Hilo law firm of Wise & Nlckeus, died here last Thursday bf diabetes He came here from Tacoma, where he had practiced law for about 20 years. Ho was a native of the District of Columbia, 51 years of age ROSEBERY'S SPEECH Ex-Premier Makes His Much Heralded Address. HOT SHOT AT THE MINISTRY Concerning1 the Boer War, His Re marks Were Severe and Scornful Offers His Services to Carry Out His Idea. CHESTERFIELD, England. Dec 15. Lord Rosebcry's long-expected and much heralded speech, delivered from a crowded platform, here' tonight, was received with marked enthusiasm by an Immense crowd. It can hardly be said to have thrown - M)MHHMMMM MH)tMM LORD ROSEBERY. p if fyflft JP ? " Tlfcnffr TtiWlnT illfMlsWsfftfeVirHiWlrW J9 ' WHOSE SPEECH LAST NIGHT HAS SET ALL POLITICAL ENGLAND AGOG. - much light along the pathway of the Lib eral party. He said that he had come by Invitation, and did not wish to indulge in phraseology, but to speak his mind and offer the Liberals some dispassionate ad vice That the speech was a finished ora torical effort was amply tested by the fre quent applause with which the speaker was interrupted. But it ta doubtful if, when he had finished, his most admiring listener could have given any justification for his enthubl-ibm, save that It was Lord Rosebery. The Liberal party, he said, had passed through a long and trying Illness, but was now approaching convalescence, one of the s'.gns of which was that It had got rid of the Irish Alliance. Resolved Into its ele ments, the speech merely said: "Get to gether." The speaker himself confessed that he did not protend to say how this cohesion should be accomplished. In urging his fellow Liberals to reorganize. Lord Rose bery quoted the following words from the message of President Roosevelt: Used Roosevelt's "Words. "We hope to keep going by slow steps, not by bounds. We must keep our eyc3 on the stars, but wc must also remember that our feet are on the ground." The following was the tenor of the ex Premier's speech: "The Ministry was wrcr.g. but the Liberals should be very careful how they try to set It right." The Boer "War. Turning from the Immediate outbreak of the war. Lord Rosebery touched upon edu cation. In which, he said. Great Britain was woefully behind her sister nation. Her commercial development was also atrophied, and the time would soon come when Britain would be forced to fight for trade supremacy. She would then be as helpless as though arcned with bows and arrows. Lord Rosebery maintained a discreet vagueness on the question of his personal Inclinations concerning the leadership of the Liberal party. He said he could not Imagine himself In the position of a Prime Minister." But In the next breath he told how he would reorganize the War Office if It fell to his lot. The speaker's recipe for the proposed reorganization of this office was a characteristically American one, namely, the appointment of a com mission. Concerning the government's conduct of the war. Lord Rosebery was severe and scornful. The complaint of the govern ment that the Boers had not made war according to the recognized rules remind ed him that the same thing had been said by the old Austrian Generals of the young Napoleon, when the latter was beating them. He was particularly sarcastic at the expense of tho explanation of the Earl of Halsbury. the Lord Chancellor, that only a ;sort of warfare was now go ing on." and he strongly condemned what he termed the scandalous misrepresenta tions by which the government has pre cipitated the last general election. The Government Blamed. Lord Rosebery heavily blamed the gov ernment for Its tactlessness, which, he declared, had produced unparalleled 111 will toward Grear Britain In every Eu ropean population, and which he attrib uted largely to what he called the provo cative oratory of Mr. Chamberlain, the Colonial Secretary. While he was emphatic on the necessity of vigorously prosecuting the war and ex pressing the fullest confidence In Lord Kitchener. Lord Rosebery said that he thought the government should be pre- pared to listen to peace overtures, and he f contended there was nothing degrading or abasing in recognizing tho exiled Boer Government for the purpose of making peace The three greatest civilians who had waged war In the past century, the speaker said Pitt. Bismarck and Lincoln had not disdained such efforts to secure peace, and Lord Rosebery recounted the occasions of 1796. 1S70 and 1S63. No sane Boer now hoped for anything but an nexation, he said, and. for many reasons. It was urgent that the war should be ended. The Boers should not be unnec essarily humiliated. The ex-Premier pro tested emphatically against treating the Boers in the field as bandits. To Boers swearing allegiance, he said he would give the largest possible amnesty and the full est civil rights. The 40.000 prisoners must be resettled In South Africa, and harsh treatment of the Boers would be like ap plying sparks to gunpowder. Hot Shot at Ministry. Scornfully rejecting the idea that such an empire as Great Britain could not pro vide an alternative government to the existing Ministry. Lord Rosebery said that In all his life, from all the bitterest foes of Great Britain, he never had heard such disparagement of her as that doc trine implied. If that were true, he con tinued, the nation was more fitted to con trol a cabbage garden than an empire. In conclusion, and amid loud cheers. O Lord Ro.se bory declared his services were at the dk-prsal in anything he could do to further the policy he had just ex pounded. Ht- said it was not to party that he applied; party in this matter could avail little or nothing. He appealed unto Caesar from the Parliament, with Its half hearted overwhelming government sup porters, and from distracted and disunited opposition to that silent but supreme tri bunal which in the long run shaped and controlled the destinies of the British peo ple, namely, th tribunal of public opin ion and common sense. Lord Rosebery spoke for almost two hours, and was re ceived throughout with the greatest en thusiasm He afterwards addressed an overflow meeting of 2000 people in another hall. Here he spoke but briefly, as he wat, ery hoarse. AS VIEAVED IN LONDON. Taken ns n Bid for the Formation of an Entirely New Party. LONDON. Dec. 17. Lord Rosebery'a (Concluded on Second Page.) SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS. Congress. Tho Senate approved tho Hay - Pauncefoto treaty. Page 2. Nomination of Attorny-Gneral Knox con firmed by the Senate. Page 2. Republican members of Congress are deter mined that there shall be no tariff reduc tion. Page 1. Foreign. Lord Rosebery made his much - heralded speech. Page 1. Heaviest snow In 50 years In Scotland, and a cold wave throughout Europe. Page 3. Domestic. Schley will file objections to the findings of the court of inquiry. Page 3. Telegraph company orders Marconi to cease his experiments In Newfoundland. Pat;e 2. "Waters are receding In the flood district of Pennsylvania. Page 2. Wyoming and Nebraska had another and mora severe cold map. Page 2. Pacific Const. Oregon Supreme Court has rendered six opin ions. Page 4. Freight train wrecked In Southern Oregon. Page -4. Conflicting claims for jeward for detection of O. R. & N. tralnwretker. Page 4. P.ellance football team will play at Portland New Year's day. Page 4. Many counterfeit coins are In circulation in Western Washington. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Wheat markets continue on the down grade. Page 11. Profe?slonal manipulation unable to Infuse strength Into New York stocks. Page 11. French bark Ernest Reer will proe a total loss. Page 5. Steamship Mattcawan may have struck on Flattery rocks. Page 5. Cau of the trouble over French seamen In Portland. Page G. Portland: and Vicinity. Lewis and Clark Commissioners Issue formal notice to the world. Page 1. Judge Frazer denies new trial In Neppach case. Pace 10. Status of project for railroad between Port land and North Yakima. Page S. Port of Portland Commissioners discuss plans for drydock. Page 8 Unlverslty Park offers Inducements for branch street road. Page 10. General Randall returns from Washington. Page 12. TARIFF WILL STAND Republicans in Congress a Unit on This Point, LET THE WAR TAXES BE CUT This Is the Way They Would Reduce the Revenue Merrlam Slated for New Cabinet Position Ide and Hopkins Likely to Stay In. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. Republicans m both Senate and House recognize the ne cessity of reducing the revenue, but they do not Intend to allow the reduction to extend to the customs duties. Every an nouncement thus far has been to the ef fect that any reduction of the revenues must be upon war taxes, and not on cus toms duties. Republicans do not fear any rebuke from the people because they refuse to revise the tariff. They believe that tho people will be satisfied as long as the good times continue, even If higher prices are paid for custom-made articles and for that reason they will not attempt tariff reduction. Means Pnssugc of Canal Bill. The ratification of the Hay-Pauncerote treaty Is a sure Indication that a canal bill will be passed at this session. The canal bill will be passed by about the same vote as given the treaty, although there will be much more discussion. Tna end of the long contest for a canal is niw in sight. Merrlam Slated for the Place. If there should be a new Cabinet posi tion created, known as the Department or Commerce, there is a general belief tnat William R. Merrlam. now Director of the Census, would be appointed to that place. Merrlam Is very popular with the Presi dent, and especially with all who have observed the satisfactory manner In which, he has taken the census. "Want Hitchcock Ousted. Western Senators and Representatives favor urging President Roosevelt to dis pense with Secretary Hitchcock, and piac Merrlam at the head of the Interior De partment. While not Insistent upon Mer rlam for this place, they have been very lnsistent upon the removal of Hitchcock, who has not been able to get along with the men representing states where public lunds and Indians are located. Death Removed Merrinm's Foe. Senator Davis, when alive, was Merri am's bitter political foe, and it was only at the urgent request of McKInley that he was willing to allow Merrlam to be confirmed as Director of the Census. He prevented Merrlam from entering McKin ley's Cabinet or being a Foreign Minister, but with the death of Davis the opposi tion to Merrlam In Minnesota hay dis appeared and the state Is backing him. Ide and Temple Likely to Stay In. In the light of recent developments It Is almost a certainty that Clarence Ide will be reappointed as Marshal for the State of Washington, and that Postmaster Temple will continue to serve for another four years at Spokane. A. B. Campbell, of Spokane. In company with Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, his personal friend, called upon the President in behalf of these two men. He represented to tne President that both Ide and Temple were exceptionally capable men. whose recorcla were without a blemish, and whose cnat acter3 were without taint. He said tn-ir reappointment would be satisfactory to a majority of the people of the state After listening to the case President Roosevelt replied: "It Is my policy to keep as many good men in olflce as possi ble, and to dismiss as few." It is not im probable that Senator Turner will at the proper time reinforce the statements made by Mr. Campbell. Jones "Working: for Number One. It Is stated today by men familiar with the Spokane Postmaster situation that Representative Jones Is urging M. T. Hartsen for that place. In the Interest of his own (Jones') candidacy of the United States Senate. Hartsen Is reputed to be a Republican first, and a Wilson man sec ond; he wields a great Influence among Republicans of Eastern Washington, and It Is said his appointment as Postmaster would Insure his support to Jones as against Wilson In the Legislature Jones Is believed to be counting on a deadlock between Wilson and Ankeny, In which event he would depend upon Hartsen to swing tho Wilson votes to him, and se cure his election as a compromise candi date. If thifl is the true situation, Jonrs is undoubtedly doomed to bitter disap pointment. Friends of Temple assert very positively that the Postmaster fight Is purely a Wilson and anti-Wilson conten tion, and that Jones Is attempting to make the change at Wilson's dictation, A. W. DUNN. ROOSEVELT CALLS IN DEMOCRATS. He Consults Them Rcsnrdinfr South ern Applicants for Office. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. President Roosevelt Is adopting the plan of secur ing information from Democratic Senators and Representatives regarding applicants for ottlce in the South. Today, by ap pointment, he consulted Senatfcrs Foster and McEnerney and Representative Bros sard. of Louisiana, regarding Louisiana appointments. He had a list of about 50 applications for places from the Collec tor of the Port of New Orleans down to minor ottlces, concerning whom ne re quested information. The President also consulted Representatives Clayton,Thomp son and Wiley, of Alabama, about soma appointments in that state It Is under stood that the President Is disposed to appoint Messrs. Vaughan, Bryan and Bingham, respectively. District Attorney and Marshal of the Middle District and Collector of Internal Revenue. He Is de sirous of harmonizing the existing Re publican factions in the state. Selected as Permanent Army Posts. BUTTE, Mont., Dec. 16. A special from Miles City says Information has been re ceived at Fort Keogh from the Military Commission sitting at Washington, that Forts Keogh, Harrison and Asslnnibolne have been selected for retention aa per manent posts of the Northwest. District of the Department of the Dakotas.