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Conference Over Cnban Bill. WASHINGTON, April 7. Representa tive Hay, of Virginia, chairman of the Democratic House caucus, today Issued a call for a conference for Democratic mem bers on the subject of Cuban reciprocity at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. The call fol lowed a petition, signed by more than 25 Democratic members, requesting the con ference. The move caused agitation on both sides. In connection with the open ing of the debate on the Cuban bill it was thought to Introduce a new element of doubt as to the final vote on that measure. The movement for a con ference was understood to have been be gun by those opposed to the bill, with a view to concentrating the minority in op position. It was conceded by the sup porters of the Payne bill that a combina tion between the minority and the Republicans who oppose reciprocity would make the final Issue doubtful. Represent ative Watson, of Indiana, who Js acting as the Republican "whip" on the Cuban bill, expressed confidence that the bill will pass. 73 & 75 First St. Portland, Or. America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today MALT PORTLAND, OREGON Booms Single ...i.., 78c to SI. BO per day Room Double ..........XLOO to V2.00 per day Rooms Family ..........JLCO to 3.00 er day. RHODODENDRONS IniHITE CL02ZER S3nBET RE75S HKHDY HZHLEHS WIRE GOODS FROM THE WIRE WORKS WIRE AND IRON FENCING of all kinds. Nevr Falling: Building:. 353-365 Washington St., cor. Parle. Couldn't Keep His Money. CHICAGO, April 7. Henry V. Lucas was -one of the 154 bankrupts for whom the United States District Court today wiped out 540,000 in debts. The schedule filed by the petitioner contained no assets and showed that in 1882 Mr. Lucas fell heir to $2,000,000 as his portion of an $8,000,000 estate left by his father. Twen ty years ago Judge Lucas, the petition er's father, was reckoned the wealthiest man west of the Alleghenles. He was a money king In St. Louis, where a street is named In his honor. Among other ven tures, the son Is said to Have lost $300,000 by the failure of a barge line which he started between St. Louis and New Or leans. Mr. Lucas fortune slipped rap idly from his possession and he came to Chicago to work for a living. Bark Wrecked. MADRID, April 7. The bark RIvere Guadana has been wrecked near the mouth -of the Guadana River. Twelve o"f her crew- were drowned. BILL PASSES HOUSE Anti-Chinese Measure Made More Drastic- NOW INCLUDES MIXED BLOODS No Chinese Sailors to Be Employed on American Ships Applies to All Possessions of the United States. The House of Representatives yester day passed the Mltchell'Kahn Chinese exclusion bill, after amending: it so as to make It more drastic As passed It re-enacts present exclusion; extending the provisions to Include all persons of mixed Chinese blood, and prohibiting employment of Chinese sailors on Amer ican ships. It Is made to apply to all United States possessions. WASHINGTON, April 7. The House to day passed the Chinese exclusion bill, af ter Incorporating in it several amend ments which" Increased the drastic char acter of the measure. The principal one not only excludes Chinese by birth and descent, but all Chinese of mixed blood. The chief struggle was over an amend ment to prohibit the employment of Chi nese sailors on American ships. An amendment covering this proposal was ruled out on a point of order, but subse quently was modified to evade the ruling and was adopted, 100 to 74. As passed the bill practically re-enacts all the existing exclusion laws, and In corporates with them the existing treaty regulations. It extends these exclusion laws to the Philippines and the other pos sessions of the United States, and forbids Chinese labor in our colonial possessions coming into this country. The Philippine Commission, by the terms of the bill, Is directed to adopt proper measures for the enforcement of the provisions of the bill in the Philippines. The conference report on the war reve nue tax repeal bill was adopted, and the bill sent to the White House. Late in the afternoon Fowler (N. J.) moved to pass under suspension of the rules the Senate bill to extend the charters of National banks for 20 years. The Democrats were taken completely by sur prise. As It was after the usual hour for adjournment, the attendance was slfm.The Democrats attempted -to' -filibuster,, but a roll of the House finally secured a quorum and the bill was passed. Debate on Chinese Bill. Immediately after the reading of the journal the House today proceeded with the consideration of the Chinese exclusion bill, which was read for amendment under the five-minute rule. Kleburg (Tex.) said that much as ho would like to vote for the bill, ho could not do so until the provision prohibiting the coming to the United States of Chinese born In Hawaii or the Philippines since their acquisition was stricken out. The Supreme Court had decided in the Wong Kim Ark case that Chinese born in this country were American citizens. He thought that the decision fixed the status of future children In our Insular posses sions, and unless the provision went out he would be forced to vote against the bill. Nappen (Mass.) moved to strike the pro vision from the bill. Hltt said he shared to a certain extent in the views of Kleburg, but thought the provision should remain In the bill In order that the question raised might be passed upon In the courts. Nappen's motion was lost. Two amendments were made without di vision, one by Clark of Missouri, to amend the definition of "teacher" under the privi leged classes, so as to require that for two years before admission the teacher should have been engaged In "teaching the higher branches," and another by Coombs of California to provide ttiat Chinese stu dents shall leave the country immediately upon completion of their course of study. The amendments designed to perfect the language of the bill, which had been agreed upon by the committee and the California delegation, were adopted. Clark (Dem. Mo.) offered an amendment prohib iting the employment of Chinese, laborers on American ships, as follows: And It shall be unlawful for any vessel hold Ins an American register to have or to employ In Its crew any Chinese person, not entitled to admission Into the United States or Into the portion of the territory of the United States to which the vessel piles, and any violation of this provision shall he punishable by a fine not exceeding $20G0. Clark made a strong plea for the amend ment, declaring that the purpose of tiie exclusion bill was to protect American la bor. His amendment, he said, was to pro tect American sailors. The amendment was subsequently broadened to provide for the temporary employment of Chinese sail ors where a vessel In distress has lost part of her crew. Against the modified amendment, Per kins (N. Y.) raised the point of or der that It was not germane, and Moody (Rep. Mass.) ssutalned the point, but In the course of his ruling. In dicated how the amendment might be made germane. Thereupon Kahn (Rep. Cal.), modified the amendment to make it conform to the ruling of the chair, his modified amendent providing that It should be unlawful for an American ship for a voyage terminating at an American port to employ Chinese sailors. , Hltt vigorously opposed the amendment. He declared that such a provision would drive the American ships on the Pacific under the British flag. Clark served notice that if the provi sion was defeated he would offer It as an amendment tb the ship subsidy bill. War Revenue Repeal. At this point the committee arose to per mit Payne, the majority leader, to call up the conference report on the war reve nue repeal bllL Richardson, the Demo cratic leader, explained why he declined to sign the report. He said the Democrats did not believe that all the war revenue taxes should be repealed and taxes on the necessaries of life remain. For Instance, he said, he favored the Senate amend ment which would have allowed the tax on bucket shops to remain, but which the conference disagreed to. Payne, In reply, said he had opposed the Senate amend ment because he did not believe In tax ing the small gamblers and allowing the big ones to go scot free. "Besides," said he, "we promised the people that we would remove every vestige of the war taxes, and we want to keep our promise." The report was adopted without division. Consideration of the pending amend ment to the exclusion act was then re sumed. Cannon agreed with Hltt that the adop tion of this provision would force Amer ican ships to sail under foreign register. The amendment was adopted on a vote by tellers, 100 to 74. On motion of Clark of Missouri an amendment was adopted adding to the bill's definition of Chinese those of mixed Chinese blood. Clark announced that as the main features of the minority bill had been placed upon the majority bill, and in that way had made It more drastic than the original majority bill, he would not ask a vote upon the substitute. As amended the bill was- then passed without division. The Indian appropriation bill was sent to conference. Fowler asked unanimous consent for the consideration of the bill to ex tend the charters of National banks for 20 years. Smith of Kentucky objected, whereupon Fowler moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Twenty minutes' debate was allowed on a side. The debate was brief, the Democrats having been taken completely by surprise. Fowler ex plained that there were 650 National banks with a capital of $123,753,300, whose char ters would be extended by the bill. Ball of Texas briefly protested against the pro posed legislation. The bill was passed, ayes 117, noes 48, not present 18, a call for PART AUTHOR OF CHINESE EXCLUSION BILL, WHICH HAS PASSED THE HOUSE. HRfhfit iSfea&aaaaaalaiaaaWflV'K' 8 jraisafiHaafaBBBBBa REPRESENTATIVE the Houbo having first to be had In order to secure a quorum. At 6:55 P. M. the House adjourned. CALLED FOR THE LETTER, Culberson Wants to Know Hovr Phil ippine Governor Criticised. WASHINGTON, April 7. The hearings by the. Senate committee on the Philip pines on the situation in the Philippine Archipelago were Tesumed today, with Major-General Arthur MacArthur on the stand, but before he had becun-his testi mony Senator Culberson, one of the Dem-' ocratlc members of the committee, took i occasion to call attention to the omission i of the report of the Civil Governor of one of the Philippine provinces from the rec ord of Governor Taft's testimony. This Is the .report referred to In the correspond ence between General Miles and Secretary Root, of which the.Secretary.sald: "The reference In the memorandum is to the letter of- Governor -Taft to the Sec retary of War, dated February 2, 1901, transmitting for the purpose of an Investi gation of the military authorities a re-, port by the Civil Governor of the Prov ince of Tayabas, containing in general terms and without specifications or name3 serious charges against the conduct of tho Army generally In its relations to the civil government." r Senator Culberson quoted this para graph. He said be understood the report had been withheld for the purpose of pro curing a statement to be presented with It, calculated to parry It, but he thought the report should be presented now, and If there was countervailing testimony It could be recovered later. He took occa sion to object to what he characterized as the effort of the Secretary of. War to direct and control the proceedings of a committee of .tho Senate. After- some debate Senator Culberson changed his res olution so as to call directly upon the Sec retary of War for the report, with a re quest to forward any information he may have from General Chaffee, and in this form the resolution was adopted. General MacArthur then, oegan his state ment, which he said would be a review of his observations In the Islands and opinions he had formed. He said that after a complete study of the situation he had concluded that permanent American occupation of the Islands was advisable. The General had not concluded his -statement -when the committee adjourned until tomorrow. The Sennte and "Bdclcet Shops." WASHINGTON, April 7. Much time was consumed by the Senate today In the discussion of the conference report on the bill to reduce war revenue taxes. As passed by the Senate, tho tax on transac tions in so-called bucket shops was re tained. The conferees struck out that provision. It being explained that the House would not consent fo Its retention. Berry, Bacon and Pettus Insisted that the Senate should demand the retention of the tax. Aldrlch, Allison and Spooner, while they were In favor of the tax, ex plained that It could not be retained with-" out endangering tho entire measure. Tho conference Teporf finally was adopted, 36 to 20. Simmons explained briefly why he should support the Chinese exclusion bill. The exclusion bill was read for committees amendment, the reading occupying much time. Two Presidential Nominations. WASHINGTON, April 7. The President today sent the -following nominations to the Senate: N Frank D. Roberts, Collector of Internal Revenue. Sixth District, Missouri; Charles Herdhska, District of Columbia, Consul at Callao, Peru. FORCE THE ISSUE Republicans Would Make It Currency Reform. FOWLER BILL HAY LEAD TO IT Mcmnre 3Iay Be Put Off Until After Election, In Order to Hold Gold Standard Forces Closely Together. WASHINGTON, April 7. There Is a possibility that the Fowler currency bill may be made a party tesue In the present campaign. This Is especially true If It KAHNOF OXLXBfillUiEL Is taken up fqr consideration. It Is known that Speaker Henderson and leading Re publicans of the House are favorable to making the financial issue' prominent In some, measure-of currency reform. Some objections arc made to! the Fowler bill on account of Us. many "provisions, and 'If any attempt Is made to bring It up, the minority will say that there can not be. time, to f consider it .this session. There Is- a possibility "that a Republican caucus will be called so as to make it a party measure, and an issue in the com ing campaign. The -bill may be then taken up and considered for a while, and laid over, with .the statement that the country shall be given an 'opportunity to learn more about It, -but with the avowal that the Republicans are pledged to cur rency reform as the bill is denominated a "bill to strengthen the gold standard." The.Ropubllcansdo.not .think they would lose anything In going before the, country with this Issue of -the gold standard, sup plemented by an additional Issue "providing for elasticity of the currency. It Is be lieved that such an Issue will keep gold standard Democrats from going back to the party, and will force tho Bryanltes further tqwafd the Populist party. GOES TO JUNEAU. Alaska Land Ofllce Leaves Sitka, on June 1. WASHINGTON, April 7. The President today ordering the transfer of the United States land office in Alaska from Sitka to Juneau to be made June 1 next. This removal was made at the recommen dation of Commissioner Hermann, who suggested that Inasmuch as there win hereafter be but one land office In Alaska, the one at Juneau Is the more centrally located, and Is on direct mail and steamer routes connecting with the United States, having almost dally malls. Moreover he points out that Juneau is well supplied with lawyers, whereas Sitka has but two, a fact that has greatly hindered land busi ness heretofore, and necessitated the em ployment of Juneau attorneys at ad ditional expense. While ror the present It will be necessary to rent quarters for the land ofllce at Juneau, there Is now available an appropriation for a Federal building at that city, which when com pleted will accommodate this and other offices. Only a. Scandal. The Richardson-Christmas scandal re garding the Danish West Indies has de generated Into simply a Democratic at tack upon Secretary Hay. There Is a great deal of viciousness displayed by the Democrats toward the Secretary of State, and they lose no opportunity to attack him. Everybody who has had anything to do with the Investigation knows that it Is simply a farce. Affirmed by Supreme Court. The Supreme Court today affirmed tho decision of the Supreme Court of Oregon in the case of the French-Glenn Livestock Company against Alva Springer, Involving title to certain lands on the present bor ders of Lake Malheur. These lands were originally covered by the lake, but owing to recession of Its waters became classed as swamp lands, and as such passed to Springer. Tho case at Issue Is but one of many Involving practically all the low land surrounding Lake Malheur, which has long been claimed by the cattle com panies owning large tracts adjoining. Simon Won't Talk. Senator Simon appeared In the Senate chamber today, after an absence of some weeks at home. He does not care to dis cuss recent political events In Oregon. WILL JTOT OPPOSE. Although Administration Regards Chinese Bill an Too Drastic. WASHINGTON, April 7. The attitude of Senator Cullom and Representative Hltt on the Chinese bill, as well as of some others who are leaders In the Re publican party and rather close to the Administration, may mean that the. bill Is somewhat more drastic than the Admin istration would like In some particulars. It Is well known that Secretary Gage was opposed to the opinions expressed by the President in his annual message on the subject of Chinese exclusion, and It is also known that Secretary Hay fears that his open-door policy In China and the building up of Oriental trade may be seri ously Interfered with If the bill as now framed becomes a law. At the same time It Is observed that the members of both houses are not disposed to treat the Chi nese coolies with any tenderness, and that they are determined to have a bill which cannot be evaded by fraud, as the Geary law has been In the past 10 years. No matter what may be the attitude of the Secretary of State and some of the other advisers of the President, it Is not be lieved that he will place any obstacles in the way of the enactment of such a law as Congress deems best at this time. PASSES THE SENATE. Mitchell's Land Bill for Repnying Certain Funds. WASHINGTON, April 7.-Senator Mitch ell today called up and had passed his double minimum land bill. The bill as passed provides that where homestead timber culture, desert land or other en tries of public lands are or have been cancelled or relinquished because of con flict, or where the entry has erroneously been allowed and cannot be confirmed, the Secretary of the Interior shall repay to the entryman all fees, commissions, purchase money and excesses paid upon the same when, such entry is duly cancelled by the department In cases where parties have paid double minimum price for land, which has after wards been found not to be within the limits of a railroad grant, or within the limits of any portion of a grant which may be forfeited for failure to construct that portion of the railroad In aid of which the grant was- made, the excess of $1 25 ah acre shall be repaid to entrymen.. Claims for repayment to bo valid must be filed within three years. ISTHMIAN CANAL RIGHTS Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Negotla V 'ting With United States. L .WASHINGTON. April 7. It Is under- stoou tnat Mr. corea, the Nicaragua Minister here has forwarded to his gov ernment a proposition as to the price the United States would be likely to pay for Nicaragua Canal rights, the proposition having been submitted to the Minister by Secretary Hay. Secretary Hay's proposition Is said to be in the nature of a counter proposal to that set out in the canal protocol drafted by United States Minister Merry last year. Mr. Corea, for Nicaragua, and Minister Calvo, for Costa Rica, have- decided to do away with the protocol stage in their .negotiations regarding a canal, and are preparing drafts of treaties which "will embody the terms under which their respective governments will cede the necessary canal rights. These treaty drafts are expected to be com plete by the end of the current week. By that time Mr. Corea expects to re ceive his final Instructions from his gov ernment. Including the decision respect ing Secretary Hay's proposal. The situation as to Colombia Is pre cisely the reverse to that as to Nica ragua, as in the former case the United States Government has before it a defi nite proposal from Colombia and Is con sidering It with some indication of .a purpose to suggest desirable amendments. Infernal Machine Exploded. (BRUSSELS, April 7. A supposed Infer nal ' machine exploded today at the en trance of the Banque Nationale, and caused slight damage to the janitor's de partment. No clew has been found to the persons who caused the explosion. SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS. Congress. House of Representatives passed drastic antl Chtnese bill. Page 1. War revenue repeal bill has passed and gone to the President. Page 1. Republicans In Congress favor making cur rency reform an Issue In coming- election. Page 1. Domestic. President Roosevelt and party left "Washington for Charleston. Page 2. Attorney - General Stratton, of "Washington, presents anti-merger bill to Supreme Court. Page 1. Striking miners In Pennsylvania reject ofTer of mlneowners. Page 2. Murderer Patrick sentenced to die May 5. Page 3. Foreign. "Venezuelan rebels are gaining ground, and gov ernment Is In bad way. Page 5. The Shah of Persia will visit Emperor Will lam. Page 5. A third attempt has been made to assassinate the Moscow Prefect of Police. Page 5. Australian troops wantonly killed Dutch chil dren. Page 5. j ' , Pacific Coast. Washington Labor Commissioner suggests a plan for ending Seattle labor strike. Page 4. Railroad from Baker City to Snake Rler mines Is to be constructed. Page 11. British ship Frankenstan abandoned at sea. Page 4. Democrats of Clackamas County hold conven tion. Page 4. Slarlne. More charters reported for wheat loading at low ratea Page 12. I "Venerable bark Antigua headed for Portland. Page 12. , Schooner Compeer has a rough trip from the Columbia. Page 12. Clipper ship Semantha sailed from Hamburg for Portland. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. Democracy's problem In making up a platform. Page 10. Portland ministers discuss Golden Rule and Chinese exclusion. Page 8." Postofflce will have five new substations. Page 14. Port of Portland Issue an ultimatum to dry dock contractors. Page 10. Vanguard of Portland baseball team arrives. Page 3. " AFTER THE MERGER Bill Attorney-General Strat ton Asks to File. DIFFERS FROM MINNESOTA'S Defense Says None of the Allegations of the State of "Washington De- Fines Illegal Act Leave to File Asked. ? In asking leave to file a bill against the railroad merger, Attorney-General f Stratton. of the State of Washington, I presented to the Supremo Court a copy 4 of the bill he proposed to file, and It was discussed by him and opposing counsel. This btll differs from that filed by the State of Minnesota In that I t it makes the Gret Northern Railway t Company, as well as the Northern Pa 1 cine Railway Company, defendants to the proceeding. WASHINGTON, April 7. Attorney-General Stratton, of the State of Washington, today brought to the attention of the Su preme Court of the United States the de sire of that state to bring suit to prevent the merger of the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern Railroads by moving for leave to file a bill of complaint on be half of the state versus the Northern Pa cific and Great Northern Railroad Compa nies and the Northern Securities Company. In making the motion Mr. Stratton said counsel for the defendants was present and prepared to proceed with an oral ar gument if the court was prepared to hear them, adding that the case Involves the same questions as were presented In tho Minnesota case. He added that an Imme diate hearing was desired because It would save another trip from the State of Wash ington. Ex-Attorney-General Grlgg3, who was present as the representation of the rail road companies, acquiesced in what Mr. Stratton said as to the desirability of aa early hearing, but the court declined to announce an Immediate decision on that point. The Chief Justice said, however, that an early response would be given. In connection with his motion for leave to file his bill of complaint, Mr. Stratton submitted copies of his bill and a brief In Its support. To avoid the objection under which this court refused to enter tain the bill of the State of Minnesota against the Northern Securities Company, the State of Washington has made the Great Northern Railway Company and the Northern Securities Company de fendants. Bill for an Injunction. The bill asks for a general order of restraint and Injunction, and is a general recital of the acts of the merger, which, it is claimed, are in contravention of the laws of the State of Washington prohib iting the consolidation of competing lines of railroad. It Is charged speclflcilly that "the Northern Securities Company was organized solely for the purpose of car rying out and accepting the designs, agreement and plans of James J. Hill and J. P. Morgan and their associate stockholders to effect a consolidation of the property, railway lines, corporate powers and franchises of the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern Compan ies, respectively, through the Northern Securities Company." This combination is characterized as i "conspiracy," and It Is asserted that the interests of the individual stockholders in the property and franchise of the two railway companies was to terminate and to be converted Into an Interest in the property and franchise of the Northern Securities Company. The individual stockholders were no longer to hold an interest in or draw their dividends from the earnings of either of the said "allway companies, but rather from the earnings of both systems, collected and distributed by such holding corporation. That the defendant, the Northern Securities Com pany, Is not only exercising the right of ownership of such stock, but also dic tating the management of said railway1 companies. The Interest of the state In maintaining independent lines of road Is fully set forth and In the accompanying brief the legal reasons In support of the action are set out in detail. Among these is the plea that unless the Supreme Court as sumes jurisdiction, " the State of Wash ington Is without a forum to which tho controversy may be presented. The brief, referring to the former case brought by the State of Mfnnesdta, says: "Under the authority of the recent de cision of this court in the State of Min nesota vs. the Northern Securities Com pany, It Is clear that the Northern Pa cific and Great Northern Railway Com panies are necessary parties defendant, not only In this, but any other court hav ing equitable jurisdiction in an action brought by the State of Washington against the Northern Securities Com pany. "This rule bars the State of Washing ton from maintaining such an action In the courts of New Jersey, for the reason that said railway companies are not with in the state for the purpose of giving tho court jurisdiction over them. An action against the N'orthern Securities Company will not He in the State of Washington, for the reason that the courts are pow erless to obtain "jurisdiction over Its per son. No Action In New York. "Careful inquiry has been made and It has been found that the State of New York is the only state In the Nitlon In which each of said parties defendant has designated an agent upon which court process may be served, and It is clear that such an action against the defend ants (all being nonresidents of the State of New York) cannot be maintained therein, under section 17S0 of the New York Code of Civil Procedure." Two briefs were filed In opposition to the complaint, one of these being by George B. Young, M. D. Grover and C. W. Bunn, and the other by ex-Attorney-General John W. Griggs. Mr. Griggs takes the position that the bill of com plaint does not present a case of a con troversy of a civil nature vhlch under the Constitution and laws of the United States is justifiable In this court; that It Is a suit to enforce the local law and policy of a state, whose right to make laws and enforce them exists only within itself and by means of Its own agencies, and Is limited to its own territory, a"nd that "whatever the law of the State of Washington Is upon the subject of the (Concluded on Second Page.) ,f.s-Ltf.