i5M'l!r,''ysgiFfffgi "r-5"7j.7r"qcj 5fSTTV-J se'Tt J91' ""-fgrK' ?5 'IVVV " THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY,' MARCH 14, 3902. STRIKE OR NO STRIKE ANTHRACITE MIXERS' DEMANDS HAVE NOT BEEN GRANTED. Wage Scale Is Continued, 'bat Other Questions Have Not Yet Been Disposed Of. PHILADELPHIA, March 13. The fol lowing notice v.'lll be posted tomorrow at all the collieries of the anthracite regions of Pennsylvania: "The scale of wages now in effect will be continued until April 1, 1903, and there after, subject to 00 days' notice. Local differences will be adjusted as hereto fore." The rate of wages now paid to mine workers in the anthracite region is the same as that granted them as a result of the great strike in the Fall of 1900. At that time the coal operators promised that the rate should remain until April 1, 190L Prior to the latter date, the mlneworkers, through the officers of their National or ganization, made several demands on the operators, among them the recognition of the union. This the mlneowners refused, but instead continued the rate of wage's granted in 1900 to April 1 this year. At the recent National convention of the United Mlneworkers of America at Indianapolis, it was voted again to ask the operators to grant the men several concessions. Among these were the rec ognition of the union and an eight-hour day. At the same time, the Natlnnal offi cers were instructed to seek a conference with the operators, and accordingly let ters were sent to the presidents of the several coal companies asking for such a meeting. As far as Is publicly known, none of the operators granted the request. Failing in this, the miners have called a convention, to be held at Shamokln next Tuesday, at which all the coal miners in the anthracite region will be represented, and at which the vital question of wheth er or not to strike will either be finally decided or referred to the National officers with power to act. Firemen May Be a Factor. HAZLETON, Pa., March 13. If the opin ions of the local leaders of the United Mlneworkers represent the sentiments of the men, the miners will not be satisfied with the mere posting of notices by the coal companies announcing a continuation of the present scale and the adjustment of local grievances with the collieries. The mlneworkers convention at Shamokln next week will undoubtedly demand a joint conference, but whether the refusal of the operators to enter into one will mean suspension of work Is problematical. The stationary fireman may this year be an Important factor In the situation." At most of the mines they work 12 hours a day. They will ask for an eight-hour schedule, and their demands will probably be refused. Wage Scale in Illinois. PEORIA, 111., March 13. The United Mlneworkers today agreed to the ulti matum of the Coal Operators' Association in the matter of the wage scale for the coming year in the Illinois district. The .scale thus agreed upon is not materially different from that paid in this district last year. Up to last night a strike was much talked, but the presence of National President John Mitchell and the Influence of conservative state officers held the radicals in check. Joint Session at Altoona. ALTOONA, Pa., March 13. The United Mlneworkers of America, met the opera tors In Joint session here today. National Secretary "William B. Wilson presided. A joint scale committee was appointed and held Its first meeting tonight. The opera tors will demand a revised scale, alleging that car shortage and other conditions have made the coal business less profita ble than last year. Virginia Miners Go Out. BRISTOL, Tenn., March 13. About 400 coal miners at the Norton, Va., coal mines of the Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke Com pany went on strike today. They demand recognition of the union. A posse of Dep uty Marshals brought to Bristol William Webb and John Haddow, organizers of the Miners' Union, arrested on the charge of interfering with the Federal Court's receivers of the company. Miners Strike in Ohio. IRONTON, O.. March 13. One hundred miners of the Hanging Rock Iron Com pany, operating at Newcastle, struck be cause a miner who had a fight with a mine boss was discharged. Strikers say that all the union miners In Lawrence County have arranged to go out April 1, unless the operators pay the Indianapo lis scale. No Agreement in Iowa. DES MOINES, March 13. President John Mitchell, of the United Mlnework ers of America, arrived here this morn ing from Peoria. He was summoned when it became apparent that the Iowa miners and operators, now meeting In Joint session, could reach no agreement. In the Wyoming Valley. WILKESB ARRE,fr Pa., March 13. Near ly all the coal companies In the Wyoming Valley posted notices at their collieries this evening that the present scale of wages for miners would continue for an other year. MORE TROUBLE AT NORFOLK. Fight BetYveen Strike-Sympathizers and Milltfnnicn. NORFOLK, Va., March 13. The strike situation is unchanged. Boys threw bricks through the car windows after nightfall, and a lady was struck on the head and painfully injured. More men were em ployed today. Strike sympathizers threw bricks and then fired a pistol shot Into a street-car at the line of the city limits tonight, and Private Hanley was wounded in the right thumb. The same shot caused a large piece of glass to strike Sergeant Carr and cut his face severely. At the same time the shot was fired several bricks were thrown Into the car, and Private Burgess was struck on the right knee and pain fully injured. The car was stopped and the soldiers chased several persons who were running away. Several shots were fired and two men In the crowd -were stopped. They were J. F. Rusth and John Olive. The men were searched, but no weapons were found. They were taken to the car barns and kept under guard all night. They will be brought to Norfolk in the morning for a hearing. Pittsburg Painters Strike. PITTSBURG. March 13. The painters strike is growing serious on account of the Importation of nonunion men. Over 100 men came in yesterday, and many more are on the way. The last allotment ar rived from Washington, D. C, during the night, and was met at the Baltimore & Ohio station by strikers' pickets. Several men wero badly beaten before the crowd was scattered by the appearance of the police. The 300 sympathy strikers who left their work at the Arrott building yesterday returned today, as the result of an agreement of the contractors to em ploy none but union workmen. Misunderstanding in Minnesota. ST. PAUL., March 13. This afternoon the Northern Pacific employes' commit tee in the city arranged a date for a hearing with the officials. From state ments mode the matter to be 'discussed had nothing whatever to do with the Montana strike. The committee repre sents the trainmen of the Minnesota, di vision and desires to take up reported misunderstandings arising from the recent consolidation of the two divisions. THE BEAUMOHT MURDERS. Another Member of the Gang Has Been, Arrested. BEAUMONT, Tex., March 13. John Welch, a white man who his been im plicated by allegation by Mattie Bennett, the negro leader of the gang of robbers and murderers that has been operating here, was brought to Beaumont today, having been arrested at Houston on the strength of the woman's confession. Welch denied complicity in the murder. He was an ironmoulder employed in the foundry where Benjamin Pearson, one of the murdered men, worked. In jail today the Bennett woman talked freely to a reporter. She confessed freely everything except direct murder and went fully into the details of the plans pur sued by the gang. "The business has been going on for six months," said she. "The men would go out to the saloons and street corners and find men that had money. They would bring them to my house and I and other women would give them beer with knockout drops in it. Then the men would either beat 'em up there or take them outside. I don't know how many men I've drugged; too many to remember, and all of them were robbed." It Is going to be dangerous to vote more than once or -with out legal right tomorrow. The polls are watched and guarded. Washington Physician In Trouble. J- WASHINGTON, March 13. Charles E. Hagner, for many years a well-known physician In this city and a member of one of the oldest families In this section, was today held for the action of the grand Jury as the result of an inquest over the body of a prematurely-born baby of Mrs. Peter Blair, found yesterday alive and doubled up in a shoe box thrown into a garbage can in the rear of the Blair house. At the inquest today a colored woman pointed to Dr. Hagner as the man whom she saw place the box in the can. The latter, admitting he was the man, said he fully believed the child was dead at the time. The physician at the hospital where the child was carried after ' being found testified that the baby was alive when received, and the negro woman testified that the child J was crying when she found it. The Coroner's Jury in its verdict held thit the "child, which was born alive and lived several hours, died from hemorrhage of the brain which might have been caused during the premature birth, and that Dr. Hagner, who attended at the birth, was guilty of Inexcusable neg lect." Lawyer Patrick's Trial. NEW YORK, March 13. Assistant Dis trict Attorney Osborne resumed the cross examination of Dr. John H. GIrdner, in the trial of Albert T. Patrick, accused of the murder of William M. Rice. Mr. Osborne described the medical history of Rice's cise from the prosecution's point of view, and asked the witness if, under the conditions existing at 11 A. M. as told by the attending physician, something must not have intervened to cause Rice's death at 3 o'clock in the evening. "There was quite sufficient evidence of edema of the lungs at that time," Dr. GIrdner re plied, "to account for lie death without anything intervening." Illinois Bank Robbery. JOLIET. 111., March 13.-Ix men early today broke Into the Exchange Bank In MInooka, nine miles west of Joliet, wrecked the safe with dynamite and se cured between ?2000 and $3000 In cash. Theo dore Krlne, who heard the explosions, rose from a sick bed and went to warn A. K. Napp. president of the bank. The, robbers assaulted Krlne on his return and left him gagged. He was not found until nearly two hours after. The rob bers escaped on a handcar. Mrs. Soffel Indicted. PITTSBURG, March 13. Indictments in three cases against Mrs. SofTel, wife of Warden Peter F. Soffel, growing out of the escape of the BIddle brothers January 30, were considered by the grand Jury to day and true bllla returned. Should Mrs. Soffel be convicted upon the three charges, the maximum sentence that could be Imposed upon her would be 16 years In prison and a fine" of $2500. A Clam's Queer Cola. New Haven Leader. There is In the possession of John W. Woodward a remarkable coin, which has been examined "by several local coin col lectors and others in New York City, and which none has been able to find any trace of the origin of, nor have any who have seen It even seen a duplicate of it. The coin came into the possession of Mr. Woodward in a very peculiar manner. A friend of his who was summering in West Haven caught one morning off the Hills homestead an Immense long clam about five inches In length. The clam was given to Mr. Woodward, who opened It. Inside he found Imbedded in the muscle a hard substance which had what ap peared to be a thick crust about It. This he chipped off, and It revealed a coin. Polishing revealed the identity of It so far as the Identity could be revealed by the coin itself, and it proved to have on the face the head of the late Queen Victoria. Round the edge were the words "Victoria Rcglna," and at the bottom the date 1853. The reverse showed a woman seated In a chair before a table, and about the edge are the words, "Keep your temper." The figure in the chair bears a striking resem blance to the likeness of the Queen on the opposite side. The piece is slightly small er than a Canadian quarter, and eecms to bo made of bronze. Will of the Rubber KJng. . LONDON, March 13. James Dick, xho so-called ''Rubber King," who died at Glasgow March 7, bequeathed 100,000 for distribution among his employes and the bulk of the balance of his fortune goes to charities. His cashier gets 5000: his cook 2000 and other domestic servants are to receive in the aggregate thou sands of pounds. The clerks get from 300 to 500 each. Fire at Montana University. HELENA, Mont, March 14. A special to the Independent from. Missoula says that Science Hall, at the State University, Is practically destroyed by a fire which started about 1:30 o'clock this- (Friday) morning. The hall is the second finest building on the campus, and is worth in the neighborhood of $100,000. although the equipment It. contains brings the total value up to a much larger figure. Cecil Rhodes Is Very Low. CAPE TOWN, March 13. Cecil Rhodes passed a restless night, which has appre ciably told on his general health. LONDON, March 13. Private cables re ceived here by friends of Cecil Rhodes lead to the belief that there Is but slight hope for his recovery. Suppressing the Slave Trade. LISBON, March 13. Portuguese Govern ment troops recently attacked 12 strong holds of the slave traders, near Pemba Bay, Portuguese East Africa, and after a prolonged and desperate fight drove out the traders and liberated 700 slaves. Adjastlng the Tien Tsln Dispute. TD2N TSIN, March 13. Acting on In structions from Pekin. the United States, French and British Consuls are amicably adjusting the dispute regarding mission land. Vote against Joseph Simon the state has oatgrown him. About 16,000,009 pounds of macaroni, valued at $800,000, la annually sent from Italy to the United States. TO MEET PRINCE AT SEA EMPEROR, ON A BATTLESHIP, MAY INTERCEPT DEUTSCHLAND. He Wishes to Have the First Long Talk: With His Brother Be- fore the Latter Lands. BERLIN, March 13. Emperor William, on board the battle-ship Wilhelm II, and accompanied by two or three other war ships, may meet the North German Lloyd steamer Deutschland at sea and trans ship Prince Henry to the German warship. This report has reached the American Em bassy here. The members of Emperor William's suite, however, declare these arrangements to be uncertain. It Is thought that the Emperor wishes to have the first long talk with Prince Henry, and that this can be most comfortably ob tained before the Prince lands. The Emperor's squadron anchored in the Weser this afternoon, having circum navigated the Island of Heligoland In a vain attempt to land. Disembarkation was prevented by the high seas. Emperor William has received the famous harbor engineer, Herr Franzius, and has dis cussed with him a project to deepen the channel of the Weser. Herr Wicgand, general director of the North German Lloyd line of steamships, who arrived from New York today, has been Invited by the Emperor to meet him at Bremerhaven tomorrow and accompany i i t HOBOS! ILLEGAL VOTERS! BEWARE! The police cannot "square" It If you attempt to vote at the primary election Saturday you will be arrested. Sheriff Frazler says: "My deputies will be at the polls Instracted to ar rest all illegal voters' Watchers and challengers will have complete Informa tion concerning every man In the precinct. Arrested per sons will be prosecuted. Here Is District Attorney Chamber lain's warning: "Illegal voters will be prosecuted. The election muNt be honest." 'The penalty is fine and im prisonment. And the police cannot "square" it. L him to Bremen. It Is expected that His Majesty desires to learn the result of the recent steamship negotiations at New York, as this was the topic talked over between the Emperor, Herr Wicgand and Herr Ballln, general director of the Hamburg-American line, before the steamship men went to the United States. Herr Wle gand, In an interview published In Bre men, says that the shipping agreement In no way Infringes upon the Independence of the German companies, but that it will benefit both German lines, laying a solid basis for constant freight and pasv senger rates. Herr WIegand stated that the agreement was as yet only provisional, and that it would be published as soon as it was signed In a definitive form. He said that personally he was- thoroughly satisfied with the results of the negotia tions. The emigrant traffic of the North Ger man Lloyd Steamship Company to New York Is so heavy that it has compelled the company to charter the steamship Ba tavla from tho Hamburg-American line to take 200 emigrants to New York next Saturday. Baudlnsin's Thanks to Low. NEW YORK. March 13. Rear-Admiral Count von Baudissin, in command of the German Emperor's yacht Hohenzollern, Just before sailing, mailed a letter of thanks to the Mayor of New York, which that official gave out today. Tho letter follows: "Owing to some'slckness on board, I am obllge-d to take this manner of expressing to your honor. In the name of the crew cf His Majesty's yacht, before leaving this port, my most deeply felt and sincere thanks for the friendly reception accorded us here, as well as for the manifold high hearted and splendid expressions of hos pitality extended to us. I pray of you to accept my assurance that -we will always thankfully remember the time we have spent here." Prince Henry to Dr. White. BERLIN, March 14. The text of the dis patch of Prince Henry of Prussia to the United States Ambassador here, Andrew D. White, previous to the former's depart ure from New York, Is as follows: "Though I am glad to be homeward bound. I cannot tell you how thankful 1 am for the reception I met with in your country." Hohenzollern at Bermuda. HAMILTON, Bermuda, March 13. The Imperial German yacht Hohenzollern ar rived here today from New York, March U. ALTGELD RESOLUTIONS. Eulogize the ex-Governor. WILKESBARRE, Pa., March 13. The State Federation of Labor today eulogized ex-Governor Altgeld and adopted resolu tions declaring: "In his death the workers of the world and the cause of humanity have lost a true friend and 'advocate. We consider It a proud distinction to be able to pay this last tribute of respect and honor to the memory of a man noble in deeds, gener osities, sacrifices and valiant to the cause of the oppressed everywhere." Deplores Altgeld's Death. DENVER, March 13. The Colorado House of Representatives today adopted the following resolution deploring the death of Hon. John P. Altgeld: "A great commoner, whose life stands as a monu ment of civic courage, steadfastness and Incorruptibility In the most trying cir cumstances and in the midst of calumnies and temptations to which many noble but more yielding natures succumb." ' m Monslgneur Setoa Robbed. NEW YORK, 'March 13. Monslgneur Robert Seton. formerly rector of St. Jo seph's Roman Catholic Church, Jersey City, who Is now living permanently In Rome, wrote a letter to one of his former parishioners telling how he had been robbed of $325. While he was saying mass at a chapel a thief entered his room at the Hotel de la Minerva, broke open a trunk and stole the money. It was in gold and was part of a pursa of $2500 pre sented to Monslgneur Seton by his former parishioners. Herbert Booth, Resigns. NEW YORK, March 13. It is an nounced that Herbert Booth, a son of General Booth, has permanently relin quished the commandershlp of the Aus tralian forces of the Salvation Army, be cause of 111 health. Purchase of Canada Atlantic. OTTAWA, Ont., March 13. One million dollars In cash Is said to have been paid to the directors of the Canada, Atlantic Railway Company by the Webb syndicate as a guarantee of good faith that the purchase, of that road will be consum mated. Yesterday the Canada Atlantic directors decided to Issue bonds to the extent of $11,200,000 and that figure Is be lieved fairly to represent the price to be paid by the syndicate. BARRED FROM LOUISVILLE. Xo More Fights Between Heavy weights or Xegroes. LOUISVILLE. Ky7 March li Prize fights between . heavy-weights or negroes will be barred here In the future. This was the substance of an order issued to day by Chairman Brennan, of the Board of Public Safety, to the fight promoters of the city. The new rule was adopted. It Is said, on account of the reports that an attempt would be made to have the fight between Jeffries and Fltzsimmons take placo here. Under the new rule the bouts which had been arranged for Derby night, May 3, between Sharkey and ChoynPkl and Ruhlln and Maher. will haye to be declared off. The board has decided that no boxing will be allowed to take place until the principals have been examined by a physician and pronounced in first-class physical condition, and no negro seconds will be allowed In the box ers' corners. Races nt Onkland. SAN FRANCISCO, March 13. The Cas tro handicap -was the feature at Oakland today. It was taken by The Giver, of the Boots stable, who beat Waterscratch a neck. Impromptu, winner of the fourth race, was bid up from $300 to $S00 by J. K. Earn?haw, but w:as retained. Summary: Five and a half furlongs, selling Myth rox won. Ursula second, Baltcst third; time, 1:12. Six furlongs, selling Mike Strauss won, TIzona second, Rublno third; time, 1:17V:. Four furlongs, selling Nigrette won, Delsegno second, Guida third; time, 0:51. Seven furlongs, selling Impromptu won, Bragg second, MacGyle third; time, 1:31. One mile, Castro handicap The Giver won, Waterscratch second. Colonel Ballen tyne third; time, 1:41. Mile and a sixteenth, selling Grand Sachem won, Sutello second, Cougar third; time, 1:51. Conditions to n. Fight Permit. SAN FRANCISCO, March 13. If any of the athletic clubs in this city, secures the Jeffrlcs-FltKlmipons fight it will be re quired to contribute a substantial amount to some charitable Institution or public Improvement. The police committee of the Board of Supervisors has adopted a resolution to the effect that the permit for the month of May be given to the club that gives the most money to a public charity or to some public Improve ment In. a sum not less than $5000, to be paid before the permit Is granted. Su pervisor Curtis said the exhibition would draw at least $45,000 In gate receipts, and It was but Just that the club securing so valuable a privilege should contribute to the public good. "Western Lcnguc Season. DENVER. March 13. The Western Base ball League meeting, which began here yesterday, adjourned after a short session this forenoon, at which It was decided to open the playing season April 23 and close it September 22. The American Associa tion's schedule will be ignored In preparing the schedule. The circuit as finally made up consists of Milwaukee, Peoria, Des Moines. Omaha, St. Joseph. Kansas City, Denver and Colorado Springs. j "Walcott nuil Jackson Fight n. Draw. BALTIMORE, Md., March 13.-nJoe Wal cott and Young Peter Jackson fought 10 rounds to a draw here tonight, before the Eureka Athletic Club. It was one of the fiercest battles ever seen here, and 2000 persons were present. Under the condi tions of the match Walcott was to put Jackson out or get no part of the gate money. They went at it hammer and tongs at the start, and kept It up to the finish, both men being rather groggy at times, but finished strong. If you have sold your vote keep away from the polls. A Deputy Sheriff Is looking for you. Only Ten Remain. PHILADELPHIA. March 13. Tonight 10 of the original 70 starters are still In the six-day race. The midnight score of the five leaders: Miles. Laps. Cavanaugh 3S4 9 Fahey 370 10 Tracy 357 1 Gllck 352 7 Day 345 A Cowboy Pool Player. NEW YORK, March 13. In the Brook lyn pool tournament tonight Charles Wcs- George Englc, Crack Pitcher, "Who "Will Return to Portland. ton. of Wyoming, the cowboy, beat J. R. Keogh, of Buffalo, by the score of 125 to 111. Weston played a phenomenal game, making a continuous run of 55, which is by far the highest made in the tournament. Bantams Fight nt Chicago. CHICAGO. March 13. The best that Harry Forbes, tho bantam-weight cham pion, could do with Kid Goodman, of Boston, tonight at the Pyramid Club was to gain the decision after six rounds of clever fighting. 'Forbes was handicapped by a bad right hand. Athletic Club Burns Mortgage. THF. DALLES. Or.. 'March 13. At an enthusiastic meeting of The Dalles Com mercial and Athletic Club last evening tho mortgage which has encumbered the club forsomeyears past was burned with ap propriate" ceremonies conducted by Presi dent Whealdon. Seattle Wins Banket-Ball. At a basket-ball game played Wednes day at Seattle between the Seattle Y. M. C. A. and tho Portland Y. M. C. A., the former players were victorious by a score of 44 to 19. ' Xo Woman Suffrage in Iowa. DES MOINES. la., March 13. The woman suffrage amendment was given Its final death blow by the Legislature this morning, -when the House, by a vote of 56 to 33, adopted the report of the com mittee, recommending It for indefinite postponement. Amends Sugar Schedule. WASHINGTON, March 13. Representa tive Sulzer, of New York, introduced a bill today amending the sugar schedule so that the President can grant to Cuba, during such time as the island remains free, exemption from the Dutch standard color provision of the law. RELEASE OF METHUEN THE BRITISH GENERAL HAS BEEN TAKEN TO KLERKSDORP. Adverse Comment on the Cancella tion of icing .Edward's Visit to Ireland Other Foreign News. LONDON, March 13. The following dis patch, dated Pretoria, March 13, has been received from Lord Kitchener: "General Methuen was brought to Klerksdorp today. He is doing well. Everything possible Is being done for him." The War Secretary, Mr. Brodrick, an nounced in the House of Commons today that he understood that General Methuen has been released, and is expected to ar rive at Klerksdorp. Southwestern Trans vaal, today. Mr. Brodrick added that the exchange of General Methuen for Com mandant Krltzinger has not been con templated. The trial of the Commandant has been postponed. Timothy Hcaly. Irish Nationalist, amid Nationalist cheers, Invited the government, to show equal magnanimity and release Commandant Krltzinger. Mr. Brodrick said subsequently that the telegram received did not specifically say that General Methuen has been released, but from the fact that he Is in the hands of a British medical officer It Is presumed that the General has been released. ABANDONED IRISH VISIT. Comment Adverse to the Action of the British Cabinet. LONDON. March 13. The official an nouncement yesterday of the abandon ment of the proposed visit of King Ed ward and Queen Alexandra to Ireland, whereby the ministers assume the re sponsibility for an imperial boycott. Is quite unprecedented In form, and causes keen discussion, the general tone of which is distinctly adverse to the action of the Cabinet, which Is Interpreted as dis playing petty spite and spleen. The suggestion sought to .bo conveyed both by the announcement itself and the comment of the ministerial organs, that tho decision arrived at was directly due to the outburst of some of the Irish mem bers in the House of Commons when tho news of the disaster to General Methuen's column was officially communicated to that House, is declared by hostile critics to be obviously false, as It was announced weeks ago that the visit would be post poned. These critics also assert that their Majesties themselves all along de sired to carry out the coronation visit, and though they have declined It on the advice of the ministers, they have no In tention of relieving the latter from the onus of a tactless move. Tho Freeman's Journal voices the Na tionalist views, saying: "The ministers have put a veto on the intended visit of the sovereign to a por tion of his dominions. It would be diffi cult for His Majesty to reject the veto of hi$ constitutional advisers; but it Is plain that he Insisted that the responsibility should be theirs, and not his. His min isters could not venture to allow the King to see with his own eyes and hear with his own ears of the barbarous methods of the castle and the deep resentment of his people. His presence here would hive been a sore encumbrance to the corona tlonLsts. There was Imminent danger that his visit might have converted him to home rule or confirmed his existing con viction. Therefore, the ministers In their own interest and in the interest of Union Ism have forbidden the visit." Tho London Times today prints a letter dissenting from the suggestion that if John Raymond had been in the House of Commons when some of the Irish mem bers cheered the announcement of Gen eral Methuen's defeat and capture, he would have rebuked his followers for their outburst of exultation. The writer refers to the meeting at Chicago last Au tumn, "In honor of the Manchester mur deress," whom Mr. Redmond addressed, and to the "proceedings which were of flcally opened by FInerty." During the debate on the civil service estimates In the House of Commons to day John Redmond, the Irish leader, moved a reduction In the salary of the Chief Secretary for Ireland (George Wyndham) and proceeded incisively to criticise Mr. Wyndham's policy, asserting that the latter Is engineering a conspiracy to misrepresent the condition of the coun try In order to give a colorable excuse for coercion. Mr. Redmond said coercion would not kill boycotting, but It would exasperate the Irish people at home and consolidate them abroad. He sincerely hoped, however, that the Irish would not be betrayed into the commission of crime. Wyndham, in replying, said that al ready a great many illegal acts had been perpetrated in Ireland. He wished It to be understood that both personally and officially he Is responsible for whatever repressive steps were taken by the gov ernment. He admitted the constitutional right of the people to assemble and pro claim their grievances, but where crime is about to be committed, an assembly becomes unlawful and It Is the duty of the government to prevent it. Mr. Redmond's motion was rejected by a vote of 215 to lie. Visit to Riviera Postponed. LONDON, March 14. The Daily Mall announces this morning that King Ed ward's proposed visit to the Riviera has been abandoned. CORONATION CELEBRATIONS. Opposition to Making Appropriations In English Town Councils. LONDON, March 13. During the dis cussion before the Battcrsea Borough Council last evening of the proposition to make an appropriation for public enter tainments in commemoration of the coro nation of King Edward, two of the Coun cillors, who strongly opposed a celebra tion of the coronation, said the King was merely a figurehead and that It did not matter to the people of Battersea what individual occupied the throne. They ridiculed the Idea that the name- of the King should be mentioned with bated breath. The remarks of the two Council lors were hissed and the audience cheered the response of a Conservative Councillor who said: "Traitors to the King ought to be shot dead." The pro posal for an appropriation was passed. In the Southampton Town Council, a motion to appropriate 51000 for the pur pose of celebrating the King's coronation was declared to be preposterous and il legal and to be forcing the people to pay for things they did not believe in. Surprise was expressed that teetotaler Councillors supported the motion, seeing the King had taken to bcermaklng and knowing also that the gambling In horse racing Is the curse of the country. The motion for an appropriation was carried by a large majority. AD3IINISTRATION OF PEICIN. Germany Unwilling to "Withdraw Be fore July. LONDON. March 14. Cabling from Pe kin, the correspondent of the Times says that at another meeting of the Ministers held today, the representatives failed to arrive at a decision regarding the admin istration of Pekin, Germany being un willing to withdraw the provisional gov ernment before July. Wants Likin Tax Retained. NEW YORK, March 13. In a letter re ceived In this city from Thaddeus S. Sharrol, who Is representing the United States Government in China, the writer says he is still in Shanghai and Is nego tiating a revision of commercial treaties with the Chinese Government. He says that England wants to abolish the likin tax, which has long been In vogue In DID NOT KNOW SH HAD KIDNEY TRO Thousands Have Kidney Trouble7 and Never Suspect It. Gertrude Warner Scott Cured by the Great Kidney Remedy, Swamp-Root. VINTON, Iowa, July 15, 1S01. "r DR. KILMER, & CO., Binghamton. -N. Y.: Gentlemen: In the Summer of 1S93 I was taken violently 111. My trouble be gan with pain in my stomach and back, so severe that it seemed as If knives wero cutting me. I was treated by two of the best physicians in the county, and con sulted another. None of them suspected that the cause of my trouble was kidney disease. They all told me that I had cancer of the stomach, and would die. I grew so weak that I could not walk any more than a child a month old, and I only welghed 60 pounds. One day my brother saw In a paper your advertisement of Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy. He bought me a bottle at our drug storo and I took It. My family could sec a change in me for the better, so they ob tained more, and I continued tho use of Swamp-Root Tegularly. I was so weak and run down that It took considerable time to build mo up again. I am now well, thanks to Swamp-Root, and weigh 14S pounds, and am keeping house for my husband and brother, on a farm. Swamp-Root cured mo after the doctors had failed to do me a particle of good. (Gertrude Warner Scott.) Women suffer untold misery because the nature of their disease is not cor rectly understood; In many cases when doctoring they are led to believe that womb trouble or female weakness of some sort Is responsible for their ills, when In fact disordered kidneys are the chief cause of their distressing troubles. The mild and extraordinary effect of the world-famous kidney and bladder remedy. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, Is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. A trial will convince any one and you may have a sample bottle sent free, by mall. Sample Bottle of Swamp-Root Free by Mail. EDITORIAL NOTE. If you have the slightest symptoms of kidney or blad der trouble, or if there is a trace of it In your family history, send at once to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., who will gladly send you by mail. Immediate ly, without cost to you, a sample bottle of Swamp-Root, and a book telling all about Swamp-Root, and containing many of ther thousands upon thousands of tes timonial letters received from men and women cured. In writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton. N. Y be sure to say that you read this generous offer In Tho Portland Dally Oregonlan. If you are already convinced that Swamp-Root Is what you need, you can purchase the regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles at the drug stores everywhere. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address, Birghamton, N. Y., on every bottle. that ancient country, and to have a tariff system established providing a uniform rate of 15 per cent on all merchandise Imported Into China. Mr. Sharrol says he Is opposed to the proposed measure, as harmful to American Interests. Extortionate Taxes. CANTON, March 13. There is great dis satisfaction here at the extortionate taxes which the Mandarins are levying under the pretext of meeting the installments of the Chinese Indemnity. The merchants have petitioned the Viceroy for redres3. asserting that they fear the action of the Mandarins will lead to an uprising. Accept Indemnity Installment. PEKIN, March 13. The bankers' com mittee today accepted the February in stallment (amounting to 1.S20.000 taels) of the Chinese Indemnity, greatly to the sat isfaction of the Ministers of the powers. Spanish Cabinet Resigns. MADRID, March 13. The Premier. Senor Sagasta, today notified the Queen Regent that tho cabinet had resigned when in formed that the resignation of the Finance Minister, Senor Urz-aiz, was Irrevocable. Her Majesty asked Senor Sagasta to form a new cabinet, to Include all sections of the Liberal party, but he declined to do so. The Queen Regent -will now consult with the presidents of the chambers In the hope of finding a method to secure a representative Liberal ministry. The Queen Regent Is anxious for the Inclusion In the cabinet of representatives of dis sident Liberals, but Sagasta refuses to act with them. The cabinet crisis Is ex pected to last for some days. Ailment of Prince Henry's Son. BERLIN. March 14. Waldemar. the eld est son of Prince Henry of Prussia, will. In a few days, go with his tutor to Dr. Seahmann's Sanitarium for the White Stag, near Dresden. One of Dr. Seah mann's specialties Is nervous diseases, but why Waldemar should be sent to this sanitarium mystifies persons near the court. One such person repeats the gos sip that Waldemar develops slowly men tally. He Is 12 years old and physically fine-looking. He spends much of his time with his father when the latter Is at home In outdoor sports. Earthquakes Jn Asia Minor. VIENNA. March 13. A dispatch to the Neus Frei Presse from Constantinople to day announces that the town of Kyan karl, northeast of Angora, in Asia Minor, was destroyed by an earthquake March 12. No details of the disaster have been re ceived. Kyankarl had 20,000 inhabitants. CONSTANTINOPLE. March 13. Tho town of Tchengeri, In the Province of Kastamouni, Asia Minor, was totally destroyed by an earthquake March 8. Four persons were killed and 100 In jured. Tolstoi Is "Worse. ST. PETERSBURG. March 14. A sud den change for the worse has taken place In the condition of Count Tolstoi, who has been ill for some time past at Yalta, Crimea. His weakness Is more pronounced today, and symptoms of pleurisy have de veloped. His pulse Is most feeble, and frequently stops. The patient cannot sleep and Is in low spirits. German Tariff Making. BERLIN, March 13. Before the tariff committee of the Reichstag today the Foreign Secretary. Baron von RIchthofen, criticised the action of the committee yesterday providing for higher duties on Italian flowers and vegetables. He said such action would make it impossible to -&jeti6cLC$ tezfonzM&rZZz conclude a commercial treaty with Italy. The government, the Secretary continued, would not agree to such obstinacy, as it Is determined to conclude treaties with Italy and other countries. Vetoes Students' Trip. BERLIN. March 13. Count von Bulow, the Imperial Chancellor, has vetoed tho proposed trip of German Unlversity students to Paris, as the government fears the French Nationalists might pro voke demonstrations against them which would react Injuriously to the interests of tho two countries. THE STARVATION PLAN Of Treating Dyspepsia, and Stomach, Troubles Is Useless and Unscientific. Tho almost certain failure of the star vation cure for dyspepsia has been proven time and again, but even now a course o dieting Is generally the first thing rec ommended for a case of indigestion op any stomach trouble. Many people with weak digestion, as well as some physicians, consider the first step to take in attempting to cure in digestion Is to restrict the diet, either by selecting certain foods and rejecting others or to cut down the amount of food eaten to barely enough to keep soul and body together, in other words tho starvation plan Is by many supposed to be the flrat essential. All this Is radically wrong. It Is fool ish and unscientific to recommend dieting to a man already suffering from starva tion because indigestion itself starves every organ, nerve and fiber In the body. What people with poor digestion most need 13 abundant nutrition, plenty o good, wholesome, properly cooked food, and something to assist the weak stom ach to digest it. This is exactly the purpose for "which Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are adapted and the true reason why they cure the worst cases of stomach trouble. Eat a sufficient amount of wholesome food and after each meal take one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets to promptly digest It. In this way the system is nourished and the overworked stomach rested, be cause the tablets will digest the food whether the stomach work or not. one grain of the active digestive principle in Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets being suffi cient to digest 3000 grains of meat, eggs or other albuminous food. Dr. Harlandson and Dr. Redwell rec ommend these tablets in all cases-of de fective digestion, because the pepsin and ' diastase In them are absolutely free from animal matter and other impurities, and, being pleasant to the taste, are as safe and harmless for the child as for the adult.. All drug stores sell this excellent prep aration, and the daily use of them after meals will be of great benefit, not only as an Immediate relief but to permanent ly build up and invigorate the digestive organs.