THE MOENING OREGOtflAN. MONDAY, JULY 7, 1&0Z.
WORK OF CONGRESS
Shall 57th Session Be Praised
or Blamed?
MANY GOOD MEASURES PASSED
But Legislation for Jlellef of Cuba
Fall to Fans' Interoccmilc Canal
and Irrigation Bills the Pnra-
xnonnt Acta of tbe Session.
WASHINGTON. July 2. May the Sffty
eeventh Congres point to Its -work -with
pride? Tes, and no. Some things It has
done creditably, and others shamefacedly.
But as the blame abides with Democrats
as well as Republicans, the indignation
of the country cannot kindle Itself to"
clnge the party in power next election.
There has been a deal of sweat and
doubl- toll and trouble and larynx agony
this session. And had less been said and
more done, the Republicans could go be
fore the country with a more open face.
When the members of Congress Indulged
in hilarity at the moment of adjournment,
they would not have been so joyous had
they remembered what they had failed
to accomplish. This most dignified legis
lative body In the -whole world dissolved
itself with cheap songs and commonplace
jests. Dignity seems to be a shell for
vanity to thrive in.
Good Works of Congrefc.
The good works of Congress are:
First The interoceanic canal bill. The
President is directed to negotiate for both
the Panama and Nicaragua routes and to
choose the one which best comports with
the Interests of this country. The canal
project is now in the hands of President
Roosevelt, who will doubtless carry it for
ward with his wonted energy. Citizens
who are disappointed in the vote of Con
gress for Panama may repose their confi
dence in him, for it Is not at all settled
that Panama will be the route.
Second Preparations for civil govern
ment In the Philippines. Owing to differ
ences between the tt o houses in this mat
ter, the compromise comes short of the
alms of either branch of Congress. In
stallation of a legislative assembly is de
ferred until after a -census is taken. Thus
Roosevelt may begin civil rule at his
own discretion.
Third The irrigation act for reclama
tion of arid lands in Western States.
Honey derived from the sale of public
lands will be devoted to irrigation works.
The only apprehension it engenders is that
it Is the beginning of a policy in which
vast rums will be expended some people
fear wlthdut limit
Fourth Re-enactment of the Chinese ex
clusion law.
Fifth Repeal of the Spanish War taxes.
Sixth Regulation of the sale of oleo
margarine. Seventh Improvement of the Columbia
Jilver and its tributaries for navigation.
Eighth Creation of a permanent Census
Bureau.
But Here's Anotlicr Picture.
These are the creditable measures Con
gress has passed. Bu praise should .not
be t6o lavish. Some of them were delib
erated upon In a way that should make
some members of Congress ashamed of
themselves. The trouble was that a clique
of loco foco, hocus-pocus statesmen, In
the service of the trusts and moneyed in
terests, swerved the legislative body of this
great Nation from its plain duty.
Failure to enter Into reciprocity with
Cuba amounts almost to National dis
honor. And nothing sounds this fact with
more certainty than the universal cry of
the country. A gang of "Boxer" Sena
tors, with antediluvian ideas. Is responsible
for the dishonor. They were abetted by
the Jackal Democratic element, who hoped
to pick the bones of the Republican car
cass at the elections next Fall. But the
obloquy rests more upon them than upon
anybody, because they have been false to
the dogma of their party and to their own
manhood.
Again, a clique In the Senate was able
to defeat sound money legislation for the
PnilippJnes. ,Thls clique is still Infatuated
with au Idea' that has long been plucked,
dead and burled. And yet this addle
pated crowd of antiquated masters of
statecraft would resurrect that idea, dress
It up In false feathers and bow down and
worship it
Furthermore, a gang In the Senate al
most defeated the measure to "have a war
ship built In a Government yard.
Indeed, the Senate is living up to its
traditions. It is still the incubator of fal
lacies that menace the Government.
Two Paramount Acts.
This is an epitome of the works of the
first session of the Fifty-seventh Con
gress. Really the only measures of para
mount Importance are the -canal and irri
gation bills. The others aro only cheap
sideshows.
But comfort comes from-theyfacf that J
the less done, the less harm. It Is. really
good for the country that so small a num
ber of the proposed measures got through.
Influence of Trusts.
The influence of the trusts -wots apparent
throughout the session. This influence
throttled Cuban reciprocity and has start
ed an industrial retrogression in Cuba that
may cost us dearly in the tend. This In
fluence held intact legislation in favor of
trusts and protected industries. No .anti
trust legislation was enacted. '
Herein the Democrats hope "to make "po
litical thunder before next Noveniber.
But both parties have sinned together," the
Democrats by trying to get the Republi
cans Into a hole. The Democrats raised
obstacles which obstructed legislation. For
this reason, thp discredit of the session
comes from what has not been donefj rath''
er than from what has been done.
A Canal at Last.
At last we shall have the Interoceanic
canal. The fight for tho waterway has
waged for over a dozen years. Now early
commencement of work Is assured.
Tbe bill originated In the Senate, and
the House accepted It. The President may
purchase, for not over 440,00.O00. all tne
properties and rights of the Panama Ca
nal Company. The Cabinet Is now look
ing Into the title which the Panama Com
pany would convey to the United States.
It is tlsq, considering means for negotiat
ing a treaty with Colombia, as required
by the law.
The President is directed to obtain at
reasonable terms a strip of land, across
the republic from the Caribbean Sea to
the Pacific Ocean. This strip must be six
miles wide. The cession must convey the
right to construct and operate a canal on
the land, to operato the Panama Railroad
and to make police and sanitary regula
tions. The President may also acquire
such other rights or territory as may
seem necessary to him.
When the President has made a treaty
with Colombia and the required arrange
ments with the Panama Company, he is
authorized to pay $40,000,000 to the com
pany, and whatever price may bo agreed
upon for the Colombian, cession. The
amount expended by the President on the
Panama Canal, in addition to the $40,000.
000, shall not be over $133,000,000. For the
Nicaragua route $180,000,000 Is authorized.
The money is to be raised by popular loan
of $130,000,000 at 2 per cent Interest. The
bonds will .be issued by the Treaourjv
The President shall appplnt.a canal com
mission of seven membersr four of whom
are to be skilled cngineors, one an offi-,
cer of the Army and one of the Navy
Under direction of the President, this com
mission will build a canal large enough
for the biggest ships.
Xicarngmn Ronto Still Possible
If the President cannot get satisfactory
title from the Panama Company or Co
lombia, he is directed to make treaties with
Nicaragua and Costa Rica for the other
route. Many people think that the Presi
dent will be unable to secure satisfactory
title to the Panama route, and that there
fore the waterway will be through Nica
ragua and Costa Rica. Advocates of the
Nicaragua route, therefore, need not yet
be cast down. And if Roosevelt prefers
the one route to the other, he has tbe
'power to make his own choice.
'The President has referred the question
of title' to "the Attorney-General, who will
suggest a plan for meeting it. .He may
propone to send a commissioner to France
to look into the legal status of the case.
The French courts or tho -French Govern
ment or the Chamber of Deputies may be
asked to affirm the title of the Panama
Company.
The Irrigation Act.
Under the Irrigation act the Government
undertakes a grand system of public
works. Money received from sale of pub
lic lands in Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Utah, , Wyoming, Montana. California,
Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, North Da
kota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Kansas
and Nebrartca, above tho funds already
appropriated for educational objects, shall
be used In Irrigation works. Land with
drawn from homestead entry shall be al
lotted again at prices equal to tho cost
of the Irrigation works. Operation and
management of such works are to go with
the ownership of tho land, when home
steaders have paid the greater part of their
obligations. But ownership of the reref
volrs is to remain with the Government.
Chinese Exclusion.
The Chinese exclusion act Is re-enacted
and extended to the island colonies. Chi
nese, not cltlezns of the United States, are
prohibited from coming from the colonies
td this country, and from migrating from
one island colony to another, although
they may do so from one Island to another
of the same group. Every Chinese who
la not a citizen and who Is in any Island
territory must be registered within one
year or be deported. But Chinese exhib
itors may bring in their countrymen as
employes.
Oleomargarine.
Sale of oleomargarine, "process," reno
vated or adulterated cheese or imitation
cheese is regulated. These products are
taxed more heavily and are subjected to
more rigid inspection. Any person who
makes Imitation butter of oleomargarine
is a manufacturer of it, and must pay a
tax of 10 cents a pound, but if the product
Is not Imitation butter, the tax shall be
M cent a pound. Wholesale dealers in
straight "oleo" must pay a tax of $200 a
year, and retail of $6. The tax on whole
salers in adulterated butter is J1S0 a year,
and m retailers $48.
Manufacturers of "process" or reno
vated butter must pay $50 a year, and of
adulterated $600. Adulterated butter must
be put up in wooden boxes, of less than
10 pounds each, and must be stamped as
ordered by the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue. The Secretary of Agriculture
shall extend tho system of meat Inspection
to inspection of adulterated dairy prod
ucts. Two subjects which fretted Congress
and the Nation, and which engendered a
lot of skimble-skamble debate, were those
of the Philippines and Cuban reciprocity.
Democrats and Republicans failed of their
duty In both. Democrats especially. The
Democrats assailed the integrity and pa
triotism of the Army, held out for anti
quated currency legislation in the Philip
pines, and defeated Cuban reciprocity.
Philippines.
Two Important measures for the Phil
ippines were enacted:
1. Revenue system. All articles going
into the islands from the United States
shall pay regular duty rates. On importa
tions to this country from the islands, 75
per cent of the Dingley rates shall be col
lected on the products of the Philippines.
On other goods full rates are to be col
lected. No export duties shall be levied
on goods sent to the United States. Be
fore July 1, 1904, trade between the United
States and the islands Is not to be re
stricted to American vessels, nor trade
between the several Islands of the archi
pelago. But tonnage taxes are to be
collected from all foreign vassels coming
from the islands to .the United States.
The money received from all these duties
and taxes is to go into the Philippine
treasury.
Civil Government.
2. Civil government. Debate on this
subject centered about a Legislative As
sembly and a currency system.
The original proposal was to establish
a Provincial Legislature at once. Both
houses coincided on this at first, but the
Senate changed its mind and the House
had to agree to a compromise deferring
creation of an Assembly until after a cen
sus of the Islands is taken, to "inform
the President and Congress concerning
the capacity, fitness and readiness of the
people for a popular government."
Within two years after the census, pro
vided peace prevails, tho President Is di
rected to order the Philippine Commis
sion to hold a popular election for choice
of members of a Legislative Assembly.
The Legislature shall consist of two
houses, the other body being the Phil
ippine Commission. The Legislature shall
elect two delegates to represent the
Islands at Washington. The act further
defines the powers of the Legislature, and
contains a bill of rights for the Filipinos.
Senate Daft on Coinage.
In regard to coinage, each body gave
in to. the other. The House Insisted upon
the gold standard without equivocation.
The Senate held out for free coinage of a
silver dollar.
Owing to the pig-headedness of the. Sen
ate, action toward establishment of a
fixed standard of values had to be de
ferred. The Senate bill was tho craziest
that came up in the session. It was a
freak worse than Ignorance, for ignorance
can learn to grow wiser.
The House bill would have established
the same gold standard as in America.
The islands would have had perfect se
curity and stability of values.
Purchase of Friar Lands.
Bonds may be Issued for buying the
lands of tho friars. Lands thus
purchased aro to bo added to the
public domain. The public domain is
to1 be open to homestead entry, as in
America, but corporations may not hold
more than 1024 hectares. Close restrtc
tlons are imposed on corporations holding
mineral or agricultural lands.
The purchases from the friars will re
sult In separation of church and state and
in advantage both to the civil find relig
ious departments. The friar system will
give way to the Catholic organization, as
in this country.
Is Cuba on Down Grade f
Late reports about financial distress in
Cuba strengthen the apprehension that
failure of reciprocity may grow Into fu
ture trouble. The Cuban Government was
given a good start by the United States.
But It Is feared that government will be
unable to maintain Itself as It has started
out. The government already has begun
to cut down expenses. Perhaps this econ
omy will extend to the educational system
and then to the sanitary system. All this
will raise a racket In the United States,
and if it goes very far it may make an
nexation necessary.
This may have been one of the motives
that defeated reciprocity. Senator Elklns,
who advanced a bill for annexation, was
ot the "Boxer" contingent that made
reciprocity Impossible. His argument for
annexation was all very sound; his exposi
tion of the fact that Cuban annexation
has been the dream of the nation for 100
years was clear; his reason for annexa
tion now, because annexation (hereafter
may cost blood and treasure, was good;
but nevertheless all this did not excuse
his hostility to reciprocity. His argu
ments for annexation were rather argu
ments for reciprocity.
The beet-sugar trust, by means of Its
agents In Congress, managed to vanquish
reciprocity. The 20 per cent tariff reduc
tion on refined sugar Imported from Cuba
was defeated in the Houoe. In the Senate
even that concession was denied. The ar-"
gument was that peet-sugar interests oi
the West would be Jeopardized.
Other protected Interests sided In be
cause they feared that the tax which fat
tens them might next be remitted. Selfish
ness ruled, and made no bones about It.
And all this that one Interest In a mighty
Nation might be protected against poor,
little Cuba, whoso prosperity means our
peace and whoso distress means our
trouble.
And It's All for Protection.
The tariff i3 thus brought to the public
gaze as never" before. No better example
could be devised to show up protection as
it is. This protection may not protect us
from discomfiture. And those of Cuba who
have trusted to the magnanimity of this
greats Nation see that their trust has been
misplaced.
This is Independence for Cuba. It Is tho
kind that imposes the sovereignty of the
United States. It is independence that
gives to this country benefits and privi
leges and gets no return. Cuba cannot
c6de any territory to any nation other than
(furselves. It cannot make any treaty with
a foreign nation unless we approve.
Would Cuba have accepted this kind of
Independence if it had foreseen the selfish
ness of the United States?
"Wnr Revenue Repealed.
The repeal of the Spanish War taxes
wlU'reduce the collections of the Govern
ment about $70,000,000 ft year. The taxes
were removed July 1. Such a reduction of
revenue would stagger any other govern
ment than that of the United Statese.
One 3Iore Billion-Dollar Congress.
We have the spectacle of another bllllon
dollar Congress. Citizens used to lift up
their hands In horror at so large expendi
tures, but they have gotten used to It.
The expensea of tbe Government have
reached a prodigious figure, and they are
growing larger all the time. Democrats
will not fall to include this among their
paramount Issues. The largest single items
aro the canal and penriono, -which
amount to nearly one-third of tho total
expenditure.
Prominent Bills That Failed.
A bill to suppress anarchy and protect
the President failed In conference. The
Senate bill made death the penalty of at
tempt to take the life of the President or
his apparent successor, and representa
tives of foreign governments. Twenty
years' imprisonment was to be the pen
alty for aiding or abetting such attempts
and 10 years for threatening the life of
any one named In the bill.
The House hill went further and was to
punish the advocates of anarchy.
Other bills lost in conference were: That
to amend the bankruptcy act; to amend
the immlgratl6n laws; that to establish
a Department of Commerce; that limit
ing processes of Injunction; that for coin
ago of silver dollar slnto subsidiary coins;
the branch bank bill; the eight-hour bill;
tho Mason pure-food bill; the statehood
bill and the ship subsidy bill.
Shame for Democrats.
The strange outcome of the session Is
that, although the Republicans failed of
their duty In many directions, the Demo
crats have placed themselves so that they
cannot profit thereby. Their issues next
election will be trusts and Justice to Cuba.
But in this laat session they not only
stood In with the trusts, but refused Jus
tice to Cuba. The Democratic leadors
thought they were playing a smart game
with the Republicans, but the game has
redounded to their own discredit. L. S.
PRESIDENT'S VACATION
BUT LITTLE BUSINESS TO BSD DOSE
AT OYSTER BAY.
TURNERBUND MEETS. "
Not Favorable to Socialism, Stand
by the Flag, General Prosperity.
DAVENPORT, laluly 6. The 20th Na
tional convention of the North American
Turnerbund opened this morning, with
Ed Llscher, of Davenport, acting as tem
porary chairman. There were 216 dele
gates present The reports of President
Lleber and Secretary Theodore Stemphel, of
Indianapolis, took up the tlmo of the first
session. President Lleber outlined the
new contracts providing for a closer union
of the normal school and the National
German-American Teachers' Seminary,
Milwaukee, resulting In broader courses
of instruction In the normal school, open
ing it to both male and female applicants
and non-German-speaking students. He
spoke In favor of the recommendation of
the National executive committee that
women be admitted to full membership In
Turner societies. President Lleber referred
to attempts made in the past to exert the
influence of the Turnerbund in propagat
ing the tenets of socialism. They had. ho
said, been frustrated by sound conserva
tism, and he believed a renewal of the at
tcmnts would be attended by the same re
sult. He submitted the correspondence of
the executive committee relative to fur
thering the Red Cross work in the South
African War, referred to tho loyal sup
port of the Government by Turner socie
ties in the -Civil War, and concluded by
saying:
"To the gymnastic union the American
flag has ever been the emblem of liberty.
To be true to its past, the Turnerbund
must protest against' every attempt to
change the meaning of our flag. I doubt
not that this convention will give utter
ance to the verdict of all freedom-loving
citizens on. the Philippine matter in a
manner at once dignified and free from all
political partisanship."
Secretary Stempfel's report showed the
order to hi In a prosperous condition, with
257 local Societies, an increase of four
during the year, and a total membership
of S4.70S, an increase of 666 over 1S0L
Real estate and other property owned Is
valued at $4,475,850; total Incumbrances
thereon, $1,770,703.
At the antrnoon session, permanent or
ganization was effected, and chairmen of
standing commjttees. all Eastern and Mid
dle Western men, were selected.
M. Walber was selected for permanent
chairman of the convention.
Everything Xot of Most Pressing Im
portance to Go to WasalHgton
Hovr Sunday Was Sweat.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y July 6. In dis
cussing the President's stay at Oyster
Bay, Secretary Cortelyou today said that
there seemed to bo considerable misappre
hension as to some features of it. He
stated that there would be no elaborate
office established and that the only cler
ical force maintained would consist of two
stenographers. Arrangements have about
been concluded for the use of two rooms
in the bank building for office purposes,
and It will be there that the President
will transact most of his business when
he comes to town.
Both the President and his secretary
have planned to make their brief holiday
as restful as possible, and to that end will
transact In Oyster Bay only the most
pressing public business. Everything else
will be transmitted to Washington for at
tention there, either by the regular White
House force, or, in cases where other ac
tion Is required, by the various depart
ments. This Is In accordance with the
practice that has been followed success
fully In previous Summers. Tho President
will not receive delegations and hopes to
have all matters intended for him not of
the most pressing Importance submitted
by correspondence.
Mr. Cortelyou will spend most of the
Summer at Oyster Bay or within easy
reach of that place. Some time in the
season he hopes to put aside work en
tirely for a short vacation, leaving As
sistant Secretary Loeb In charge during
his absence.
The meager hotel accommodations hero
will go far towards giving the President
that rest and freedom from unnecessary
official cares which he has made It plain
to everyone he desires. What scant ac
commodations there are have been al
ready pre-empted, and persons arriving
here from this time on during the Presi
dent's stay will probably find themselves
without a jlaco to stay.
The President spent a restful day at
Sagamore Hill. Even the howling of the
family dog, which was kept up continu
ously, did not disturb his slumbers. He
arose early ind attended services at Christ.
Episcopal Church. In his carriage wero
Miss Carew, his son Archie, and Lieuten
ant Ferguson, of the Rough Riders, who
is his guest. While waiting for Mrs.
Roosevelt and the rest of the family, the
President stood outside the church and
greeted his friends. To a newspaper man
he laughingly remarked that Mrs. Roose
velt and the Captain were coming along
in an express wagon.
The people of Oyster Bay seem to re
sent the presence of the secret service
men, as they believe that tho President Is
perfectly safe from bodily harm. The
strictest surveillance Is maintained des
pite these protestations.
Archie Roosevelt's Dog Dead.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., July 6. There is
mourning among the Roosevelt children
today. While they were at breakfast the
trick dog presented to Archie by Colonel
Closen, of Chicago, died. The dog's moth
er, "Bosie," recently exhibited her tricks
at the White House, and so pleased was
Mrs. Roosevelt over the performance that
she gave Colonel Closen a handsome cor
lar for the animal.
men who have been dismissed from the
state ann3 factory at St, Etlenne have
published a manifesto demanding the re
turn of sums of money which: they con
tributed for pensions while employed at
the factqry, and declaring that In the
event of their demand being refused the
men will march on Paris.
TRACY'S HOT TRAIL
(Continued from First Page.)
FIERCE CHICAGO FIRE.
Caused Losses of $325,000, Mostly
Covered by Insurance.
CHICAGO, July 6. Fire early today
destroyed he buildings at 305-09-11 Wa
bash Avenue, causing losses aggregaitng
over $325,000. For a time the fire threat
ened widespread destruction, and It was
only through the utmost efforts that the
flames were prevented from spreading
to the department store of Blegel, Cooper
& Co., fronting on State street and sep
arated from the burning buildings by only
a narrow alley. Much excitement was
caused among tho guests at the Audi
torium Hotel, directly across Wabash ave
nue from the burning buildings, and at
the Auditorium Annex. The guests were
aroused from their slumbers at 7 o'clock
In the morning, when the Are had sained
such headway that it threatened other
buildings In all directions. On the Wa-bash-avenue
side the flames belched out
Into the avenue so fiercely that It was
conslderod unsafe for trains on the ele
vated loop to pass, and for over two hours
all traffic on the loop was suspended. The
principal losses, as estimated on buildings
and stocks, follow:
Two-story brick building. 305 Wabash
avenue, owned and occupied by the
Kuntz-Remmler Company, saloon and
restnurant, $CO,000, fully Insured.
Slx-storj' brick building, 307-09 Wabash
avenue, owned by Thomas Chalmers, $G0,
000, fully Insured.
Henry Bosch & Co., occupants three
floors, 207-09 Wabash avenue, paints and
wallpaper, $13,000, insurance $110,000.
George F. Moore Moulding Company,
occupying fifth floor, $15,000.
Thomas iturdock, owner six-story build
ing, 311-13 Wabash avenue. $40,000, fully
Insured.
James H. Smith & Co., 311-13 Wabash
avenue, manufacturers photographers'
supplies, $20,000, partly insured.
Losses of other occupants estimated at
$100,000 to $150,000.
Tho Arc originated In Bosch & Co.'s
basement, and had burned up to the sec
ond floor before an alarm was turned In.
Explosion followed explosion In the build
ing, many of the iron shutters were blown
from their fastenings, and the side wall
toppled over into the Kuntz-Remmler
Company building, crushing tho smaller
structure.
Catholic Summer Schools.
PLATTSBURG, N. Y., July 6. The 11th.
annual session of fh& Catholic Summer
Schools of America at Cliff Haven, on
Lake Champlaln, opened today with the
arrival of a large party from New York
City. The regular sessions begin tomor
row, the lectures for this week being by
Thomas Mullen, of Harvard University,
apd James A. Rooney, one of-the editors
of the Brooklyn Eagle.
World's Student Conference.
EAST NORTHFIELD, Mass.. July 6.
The world's student conference closed
today with several sessions of exceptional
interest. Addresses were made by Rev.
John Klelman, of Edinburgh University;
R. H. Edwards, of the Yale Y. M. C A.;
E. L. Janeway, who holds a similar posi
tion at Princeton; A. E. Patterson, of
McGUl University, and Dr. U. Sasa Moru,
of Nagasaki.
combines with the virgin timber to make
the locality an ideal hiding place. Once
there, Tracy might lie hidden for 20
years without much danger. It is in the
center of a wide stretch of wild country
containing swamps and deep ravines.
The character of the country around
Bothelt Is Ideal for concealment. A man
could completely hide himself from pur
suit anywhere between Bothell and Ra
venna by simply going 15 feet back from
the county road. Back from the road
the forest Is traversed only by narrow,
tortuous trails. The district -where
Tracy's relative Is said to live Is even
worse.
In connection with the buggy incident,
the appearance of a queer looking man
among the pease at Bothell last Friday
morning Is taken to support the theory.
The man volunteered his services for tho
man-hunt. He hung around the posse's
headquarters at the American Hotel for
several hours. His manner and actions
excited suspicion. He completely disap
peared, however, before any Investigation
was made. Those who tried to talk with
him were unable to learn anything from
him.
He, on the contrary, however, stood
among the guards at the hotel and heard
them talking over the plans for the night.
The man was supposed to come from a
district close to Bothell. but no one has
been found who knew him. As near as
can be learned, he was thick-lipped, of
medium stature, and was dressed In dark
clothes.
The appearance of the four men on the
Greenleaf bridge three nights In succession
Is still a mystery at Bothell. The four
discovered that they were being watched
early Thursday morning. It was still
dark, the night bejog so black that ob
jects a few feet away were lost to view.
A deputy at the bridge had been covertly
watching the men each night. The last
night a farmer hailed the strangers. They
hurriedly run back Into the brush. In
vestigation showed that no one In tho
vlclnltv. exceot the deputies, had been
near the bridge on the nights In question.
If Tracy escaped in the buggy he was
probably driven over the bridge and thence
to the place where the road leading to
ward Meadow Point takes Its beginning
from the county road.
The mysterious buggy, the stranger at
the hotel the afternoon precedln&.the bug
gy's appearance, and the four watchers on
tbej bridge form the foundation of the
Bothell people's belief that Tracy es
caped by the help of some one. They
state that In all probability the man at
the hotel was the brother-in-law. No one
In the vicinity has ever seen that in
dividual close enough to be able to de
scribe him.
Tracy changed his clothes at the home
of August Fisher, at Manle Leaf, Friday
morning. He was seen by John Rogers,
1 propriotor of the American Hotel, at
Bothell, at 9:30 the same morning on the
way to Bothell. Rogers Is the man who
drove Sheriff Cudlhee from Bothell to
Fremont In pursuit of Tracy Thursday
night. ,He was a few yards from Tracy
when Breese was killed. He Is positive
in his recognition of Tracy. The latter
was then walking toward Bothell. Bothell
people believe that he continued on to
near Swamp Creek bridge, where Al Rog
ers was lying In wait for him, but turned
into the forest before reaching the bridge.
After dusk, they believe, he stole his way
to the cabin where he killed Raymond,
and there lay in wait for the mysterious
buggy.
' Meadow Point Is about 23 miles from
Bothell, and It is admitted to be possible
that Tracy may have walked back to the
Sound after he was seen by Rogers. To do
this, however, he would have had to pass
through Latona and the other northern
suburbB In broad daylight. Guards were
stationed on this route early In the after
noon by Sheriff Cudlhee. In view of these
facts, Bothell people maintain that the
convict did not take that course, but was
driven in the buggy by the strange man
over ureenieat Dnage xo me jicaaow
Point road.
Another reason assigned for Tracy's evi
dent desire to reach some place In the
vicinity of Bothell Is the reported pres
ence of Merrill's brother In that vicinity.
L. B. Roper, a storekeeper at Ravenna,
claims that the brother of the other Ore
gon convict works In a logging camp be
tween Ravenna and Bothell. A belief Is
current that this man's testimony sent
both Merrill and Tracy to the penitentiary
at Salem. No foundation has been found
for the opinion, but many believe that
Tracy's object in twice going to Bothell
was to murder the man out of revenge.
Merrill's brother has not, however, been
located.
Fifty Tramps in -Train Wreck.
CHICAGO. July C At least 50 tramps
were caught in the wreck of a freight
train on the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern Railway at Thirty-ninth street
today. Eight cars were telescoped. Most
of the men wero only slightly hurt- Of
seven seriously injured, Frank Hunter,
Fred Trombruski and Thomas Taylor, all
bf Cleveland, apd John Pike, may die.
Viola Allen in Rome.
ROME, July G. Viola Allen, tho ac
tress, Is at present In Rome, getting
points for her presentation of Hall Calne's
drama, "The Eternal City," which she
will bring out next September.
Very Remarkable Cure of Diarrhoea.
"About six years ago, for the first time
in my life, I had a sudden and severe at
tack of diarrhoea," says Mrs. Alice Miller,
of Morgan, Tex. "I got temporary relief,
but it came back again and again, and
for six long years 1 have suffered more
misery and agony than I can tell. It was
worse than death. My husband spent hun
dreds of dollars for physicians' prescrip
tions and treatment without avail. Final
ly we moved to Bosque County, our pres
ent home, and one day I happened to see
an advertisement of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with a
testimonial of a man who had been cured
by it. The case was so similar to my
own that I concluded to try the remedy.
The result was wonderful. I could hardly
realize that I was well again, or believe
It could be bo after having suffered so
long, but that one r bottle of medicine,
costing but a few cents, cured me." For
talo by all druggists.
Injured at Church Funeral.
CHARLESTON, S. S.. July 6. Twenty
negroes were Injured today by- the falling
of a veranda at a church funeral. After
the body had been borne from the build
ing the negroes made a wild rush for the
entrance to get a last view of the coffin.
Two hundred men, women and children
were buried In the debris.
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PERFUMESIhtHOUSEHQLD needs
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LA BLACHE POWDER
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CAMELLIINE
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MALVINA CREAM
Reduced to 25c.
POZZONI'S POWDER
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HOLMES' FROSTILLA
RUBIFOAM
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Houbigant's
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Guerlain's
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.oz., 44c
Pinaud's
Vegetal
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Every Day Needs
Dickenson's-Witch If azel, pt. . 12c
Imported Bay Rum, half pt. . . 16c
Imp'td Castile Soap, 3-lb. br. 27c
"Prophylactic" Tooth Brush 24c
Kent's Tooth Brush 27c
Bayley's Rubber Complexion '
Brush 31c
Toilet Articles
4711 Glycerine Soap lie
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Mermen's Talcum Pow
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Lyons' Tooth Powder lie
Oriental Cream 89c
Graves' Tooth Powder 9c
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Letters registered. Money
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Cabinet CCi
Blend DOG
Walker's Canadian
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McBrayer's Cedar
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CHEMISTS AND PERFUMERS
try. In fSOO there were C005, and of the3e
tho Northwest had half.
Great Interest Is felt In the address to
be delivered by President Harper, sum
ming up the remarkable educational events
of the year at home and abroad.
An Interesting feature of the occasion Is
the presence of a number of Indian boys
and girls from the Indian school at Cham-'
berlaln, S. D. They are In charge of Su
perintendent Flynn and his wife. The In
dians have a band, a mandolin club, In
which oeven girls play, and a baseball
nine.
Fosic From Port Toivnsenil.
PORT TOWKSEND, Wash., July 6.
Sheriff Hammond, with a posse, left this
morning and will guard all avenues of
escape toward the Olympic Mountains.
The posse went In the cutter Grant and
.revenue launch Scout, which will patrol
the waterways while the Sheriffs posse
beats the brush from Seabeck to Brlnnon.
NO NEWS OF STEAMERS.
Portland nnd .Teannie Are Still Re
ported Missing.
SEATTLE, July 6. Xo news of the
missing steamers Jennie and Portland,
Is the report made by the steamship
Indiana. Captain E. V. Roberto, which ar
rived today from Nome. The Indiana
sailed from the North the evening ot
June 28, two days eubsequcnt to the de
parture of the Senator. Purser McCullom
saye there Is a great deal of uneasiness
at Nome concerning the long overdue
liners.
On June 26 the United States revenue
cutter Thetis was reported at Teller City
on her way back Into the Arctic In search
of the Portland and Jeanle. She prob
ably passed through the Straits the 27th.
The Indiana was at St. Michael on the
25th. There were then In that port the
steamship Conemaugh, of the same line,
the steamer Elihu Thomson and several
river boats; also the steam whaler Bug
Hcs, which arrived the same day from
Nome. There were no ocean vessels at
Nome and only one steam craft, the
Sadie.
East London. Arrived Bark Thlstlebank,
Port To wneend; .German ship Abydos, San.
Francisco.
San Francisco, July 6. Arrived
Steamer City of Puebla, Puget Sound;
steamer Tellus, Lady smith; steamer
Aztec, Nanalmo. Sailed Steamer Rainier,
Seattle.
New York, July 6. Arrived Steamers
Peninsular, Lisbon; Roma, Naples; Sici
lian, Genoa.
Philadelphia, July 6. Arrived Steamer
Haverfqrd, Liverpool, via Queenstown.
Movllle, July 6. Arrived Carthagenlan,
New York, for Glasgow; Columbia, Glas
gow, and proceeded.
Queenstown.. July 6. Sailed Campania,
from Liverpool, New York.
Gibraltar. July 6. Sailed Lahn, from
Genoa and Naples, New York.
One of Tracy's" Victims.
EVERETT. Wash., July 6. The body of
Detective Charles Raymond, who was
killed by Tracy near Bothell, was burled
this afternoon.
Three Drowned From Boat.
DETROIT, July 6. Tony Helnkel, Oscar
Rosenberg and Conrad Brede, boys, were
drowned today at the St. Clair Flats by
the capsizing of a sailboat. A number of
persons witnessed the accident, but were
unable to render aid.
Forty-two BaHdings Bnrned.
CLINTON, N. C. July 6. Fire today de
stroyed 42 stores and residences, causing
a loss of $100,000, on which there was little
Insurance. Among' the buildings burned
was the Episcopal Church.
Drowned While Bathing-.
BENTON HARBOR, Mich.. July 6. Rob
ert Wilson, of Detroit, and Ward Klser,
aged 17, of South Bend, Ind., were
drowned here today while bathing.
In
Gored to Death by Ball.
GUTHRIE, O. T.. July 6. Miss Jennie
Harrison was gored to death by a bull In
a pnsturo at Odemah, In Greer County,
today.
WorkmenThrcaten to March on Paris
PARIS, July 6. A committee of work-
EDUCATORS GATHERING.
National Association Will On,en
Minneapolis Today.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 6. Many of
the prominent delegates to the National
Educational Association's convention ar
rived today, among them W. E. Harris,
National Commissioner of Education at
Washington; W. R. Harper, president of
Chicago University, and Nicholas Murray
Butler, president of Columbia University,"
and various Superintendents of Schools
from the West and South. The real busi
ness will not begin until Tuesday, but to
morrow the National Council will meet and
will be presided over by Moss Nicholson,
Assistant Superintendent of Schools of
Indianapolis. The Indian section also will
hold Its first meeting tomorrow. Interest
is added to the convention today by the
news that Graham Belt, the Inventor of
the telephone, will take cliarge of the As
sociation for the Education of the Deaf,
Dumb, Blind and Weak-Mlnded.
Commissioner Harris said tonight that
the greatest progress In education for the
last 10 years had been In the Northwest.
This was due, he thought, to the fact
that by the ordinance of 17S7 it was de
cided that every 16th section of every
township should go to the public schools.
This land, as soon as settlements were
made, was soldand the money devoted to
educational purposes. In 1830, ho said,
there were 2510 High Schools In the cotin-
COIiLIDED IX A FOG.
British Steamer Rappahannock Is
ARronnd From" Striking: 'DelRarth.
LONDON, July 6. The British steamer
Rappahannock, Captain Bucking, is
aground at Holyhead, Wales, as a result
of a collision with the British steamer
Delgarth. Captain Henry. The Rappa
hannock has a large hole In her port side
amidships. The collision occurred in
a fog oft South- Stack light, on the
Island of Holyhead. One man was
killed and two Injured on the Delgarth.
This vessel's bows were stove in and her
forepoak was filled with water. She pro
ceeded for Birkenhead.
The Brazilian coast city of Bahia ha3
about 200.000 Inhabitants, who live in 17,000
house's. For each house $3 a month water
rent must be paid.
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Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, July 6. Condition of the bar
at 5 P. M., smooth; wind northwest;
weather clear.
Tacoma. 1 July 6. Sailed Ship Deccan.
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Pale cheeks, white lips,
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story of thin blood, impure
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Anemic people are almost always
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They have frequent attacks of sick
headache, nausea, biliousness. Just
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rect these troubles.
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