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ONE KILLED, SIX INJURED
Woman Lose, Life for Bicycle in
Lowell Fire.
LOWELL. Mass.. Feb. 27. One life was
lost and six persons suffered severely
from bums and smoke at a Ore which
-partially destroyed the Burbank "block to
day. The victim was Mrs. Sarah F.-Kit-tredge.
a newspaper correspondent, about
60 .years ot ace, 'who. although aroused
with the 50 other lodgers In the, building-,
stopped to get her bicycle, and. In doing
eo. was overcome by smoke and per
ished. The Injured, all of whom were taken
from. the front windows by firemen, were:
It. T. Cahoz. Mrs. HatUe Hall. Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Labelle and thelrson and
daughter, Michael and Margaret Labelle.
'The block'was used for business pur
poses .on the street floor and for apart
ments, on the four other floors. The. Ions
on the Burbank block by fire was small,
about $30,000, but an additional loss, which
may bo heavy, has been done by water to
finished cotton goods, the products of the
tassacnuseits rnins, jn a. sjorenouse at
tie rear, the roof of which was burned.
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all had been accounted for, Mrs. Kit
tredge's body being found -crushed under
fallen timbers.
To lie Tried for Killing- Filipinos.
MANILA. Feb, 27. By direction of Sec
retary Root. General Davis will convene
a 'court-marUal to try Lieutenant Lee. of
the Tenth Jnfantry. on the charge ot man
slaughter of two native prisoners near
Mlsamls, Mindanao, While in the custody
of Lieutenant Lee a year ago. They were
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POWDER MILL BLOWS' UP
Fonr Men Killed, Tito Fatally In
jured Xear Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 27. A special to
the Star from Cherokee, Kan., says: The
press mill of the Laflln & Rand Powder
Company's works at Turck, eight miles
south' of here, exploded early today, kill
ing three men and Injuring 13 others, two
fatally.
The dead:
SANFORD REED.
LEE PATTERSON.
BERT CARD.
LON KILE
Fatally nurt;
Lon Kyle 'and' Jerome Cornell.
The explosion Is the fourth since the
establishment of the works In 1SS9.
The press mill Is "where the, powder is
pressed, caked and placed Into kegs. The
three men 'killed and the two fatally hurt
were In this room -at the time. One of
the men. It is said, caused the explosion
by carelessly pounding one of the kegs.
The bodies of two of the victims were
torn Into fragments and scattered to the
winds, and the press mill, containing 250
kegs of powder, was completely destroyed.
The financial loss will amount to about
J3.000.
Fight for Uairaman Estate
NEW YORK, Feb. 27. The Hagaman
case, in which the brother of Theodore
Hagaman, who. died in 1900, is seeking an
accounting of the estate from the widow,
came up today before Surrogate Fitzger
ald. The widow, who Is now Mrs. Walter
Delabarre, asserted that the estate was
worth about 12300. The contestant de
clared Its value to be $1 .500, 000. The at
torneys were asked to submit briefs next
Wednesday, after which the Surrogate
will .decide the question at once.
FIRST IH OREGON
Butter Creek Scene of
Irrigation Work.
DISTRICT NEAR CALLOWAY
Moody Secures Selection of
Tract by Government.
BUILD DAM ON THE UMATILLA
Trnct of 200,000 Acres to lie Wnt
crcd Survey Under Way Other
Feasible Projects Will Be Se
lected Tills Season.
Representative Moody his secured the
selection ot 2U0.000 acres at Und on
Ilutler Creek, near Galloway, as the
scene ot the first Government irrigation
work in Oregon.
The land has been withdrawn from
entry, except for homesteads, and sur
veys are under war. A dam will be
built on the Umatilla lUver to Impound
water.
The Government will continue surveys
in Oregon all Summer to (elect other
feasible schemes for future execution.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 27. Representative Moody
has secured the withdrawal from entry,
save under the homestead law, ot 200,000
acres lying along Butter Creek, in Uma
tilla and Morrow Counties, In Eastern
Oregon, with a view to Its reclamation
under the NaUonaT Irrigation act, passed
last session. Immediately on Mr. Moody's
return to Washington, at the beginning
of the present session, he had an expert
Irrigation engineer directed through the
Geological Survey to examine the arid
lands along the south bank of the Colum
bia from Wallula, Wash., to a point near
Willows. In GllUam County. Or., with
the view of reclaiming, if possible, a
stretch of country along 'the Columbia be
tween the.aJwo poJnUforvZrom tento
lrrmlle'Wack. from the river.
by building a canal from Snake River, In
the neighborhood ot Rtparia, Wash., not
only to reclaim the arid flats around Wal
lula, but also the sage plains along the
northern portions of Umatilla and Morrow
Counties.
Upon a careful examlnaton, the engineer
reported that. In order to get water enough
out of Snake River to cover any consid
erable portion ot the public lands in these
plains, the length of the canal required
would necessitate an expense that would
not be warranted for the limited amount
of public lands there available, as much of
this territory Is In private ownership.
Plans for Irrigation.
The engineer was then directed to ex
amine all sections In that vicinity where
there was any considerable amount of
arid public lands and report on the prac
ticability of reclaiming with the waters
of the Umatilla and tributary streams
along that spur of the Blue Mountains.
His report on this latter investigation re
sults In the order Just issued by the Sec
retary of the Interior, withdrawing from
settlement townships 3 and 4 north, range
27 east; townships 2 and 3 north, range 2S
cast: township 2 north, range 23 east:
townships 3 and 4 north, ranges 23 and
2S, lying in the immediate vicinity of the
town of Galloway.
It is the purpose otj the Geological Sur
vey to buUd a dam on the Umatilla River
at a point a short distance below Pendle
ton, and, -by a ditch approximately 30
miles long, convey the water In a south
westerly direction to the head of Butter
Creek-Valley. On the" route the line of
canal passes through several natural
depressions, which it is proposed shall, by
means of earth dams, be converted inter
storage reservoirs. The limited, volume
ot water In the river to some extent gov
erns" the area that can be reclaimed, but
it Is roughly estimated that the 200.000
acres now withdrawn, which Is fertile, but
dry, can be readily -made productive at
110, or, at the outside, 112, per acre.
Survey in Progress.
Already J. G. Camp, a department Ir
rigation expert, has been sent to the with
drawn lands, upon which there is very lit
tle settlement, and In a few days will be
Joined by D.- W. Ross. Together, they
will Purvey the proposed route of canal
to determine the best location, and will
formulate plans for damming the Uma
tilla River and completing the system ot
storage reservoirs. When the -most eco
nomical and practical plan has been de--vised
and the project approved by the
'Secretary of the Interior, the work of
construction will be commenced Imme
diately. The withdrawal of these lands was or
dered to prevent speculators or corpora
tions from rushing In and getting control
of more than IGO-acre tracts. Bona fide
homesteads may be made at any time, as.
elsewhere.
This Butter Creek project Is not on as
large a scale as some others that will
be InlUated under the Irrigation law, but.
In view of the failure of the Oregon lrrl
'gatlon committee" to act and give the de
partment' or the delegation the benefits of
Its suggestions, it was necessary. In order
that the state be recognized, that Repre
sentative Moody act on his own respon
sibility. Chief Hydrographer Newell, of the" Geo
logical Survey, who has charge of the
Government reclamationwork.-has prom
ised .Representative Moody that be will
send and maintain throughout the Sum
mer a force of experts, who will examine
all feasible projects in Eastern Oregon.
This work will be done wath a view to
future operations, but actual construction
cannot be undertaken until the Butter
Creek work Is welt under way.
VOTn OX MTTI.EFIELD II I LI..
Variety of Motive Influenced Action
of Senators.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Feb. 27. The vote on the Little
flelrt bill today docs not moan that all who
voted against Its consideration would vote
against the measure If It was once on its
passage. Men who did not want the time
taken up by the Llttlcfleld bill opposed
It because they knew that there was a
large number In the Senate who would
never nllow It to come to a vote; In fact.
It Is stated on very good authority that
the President does not wish the Little
field bill to pass at this session, as he
wants to try the effect of the Elkins and
Nelson law.
It Is also known that capital and blgl
business' concerns were becoming much
disturbed over the prospect of the Little
field bill, and that great pressure has
been brought to bear to prevent Congress
from going at this time beyond the meas
ures that have already been passed. This
Influence has certainly had Its effect upon
the Senate and also upon the Adminis
tration. AOAI.XST GAME PRESERVES;
Fonr Republicans Ilcport AKdtnst
C.catlnR Them In Forest Reserves.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 27. Representatives .Jones of
Washington. Mondell of Wyoming. Ford
ney of Michigan and MarUn of South Da
kota today filed an adverse report on the
Senate bill authorizing the President to
set aside .areas within forest reservations
as game preserves, within which no game
shall be killed. They oppose the bill not
only because It Interferes with state game
laws, but because In their opinion It would
be a hardship to many persons. It Is
shown that. If he so desired, the President
could, under this bill, make the entire
Cascade reserve i game preserve, and In
such event any miner or prospector who
should catch fish, kill grouse or other
game within Its limits, even for food,
would be liable to S1000 fine and imprison
ment. The minority contend that state game
laws should be continued In force, and if
greater stringency Is anywhere required It
can and will be accorded by the several
states.
This adverse action on the part of four
Republicans probab'ly means the failure
of the game preserve bill at this session.
3IUST BID OX EQUAL TERMS.
Xo Differential for Pacific Coast
Buildecs ot "Warships.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Feb. 27. The Pacific Coast ship
builders who bid on new vessel author
ized by the pending naval 1411 will have to
center, the competition on inn even basis
tTlth. builders .on, .The Atlcntfn tTrtjat.
Whilo thtr naval billlwas. AnJcr consider
ation In the Senate' Aot&y no attempt was
attempt was
made by any Paclflc.Coasi.
enator to se-
cure the adoption ot a 4
-Vit prefer-
entlal amendment. As.
3
adopted this provision.
nnot be In-
serted In conference.
The shipbuilding trust was a powerful
factor In preventing the readoptlon of the
per cent proviso.
ACTIOX AGAIX DEFERRED.
Supervising; Architect FaTors Hart
mnn Site for Poatofflce.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, 'Feb. 27. Selection of a temporary
building for the Portland postofflce has
been deferred at the request of Senator
Mitchell, who has asked for another hear
ing In behalf of the Downing site, which
the department does not approve. Super
vising Architect Taylor Li Inclined to the
Hartman, Thompson & Powers property.
(Concluded on Page 7.)
CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPER.
Xatlonal Affairs.
Filibustering continues In the House, but new
rule restrains It. Page I.
President appeals to Senate to give relief to
Philippines. Page 1.
President determined on extra session unless
treaties are rati fled. Page 2.
Senate refuses to consider Uttlefleld anti-trust
bill. Page 2.
Domestic.
Republican editors disagree on indorsement ot
Roosevelt's Southern policy. Page 2.
Knapp tells abdut his crimes and acts them
over again. Page C
Mysterious murder of wealthy citizen ot Buf
falo. Page 3.
Foreign.
Great gale does great damage on land and sea
In England. Page 3.
Chinese rebels ambush and exterminate whole
army. Page X
Bonilla Indicts crushing defeat- on Sierra In,
Pactfle Coast.
Horrible crime Is unearthed "at Pomeroy.
Page 7.
First Government Irrigation work In Oregon
selected. Page 1. .
Xorthweat Legislatures.
Appropriation earning 133.000 for, St. Louis
and Portland fairs passes House at Boise.
Pare 4.
Washington's appropriation bills will need some
trimming. Page 5.
Senate committee at Olympla reports bill giv
ing 150,000 for 1908 Fair. Page 3. .
Sports.
Manager Grim announces personnel ot North
west League team. Page 12.
Forbes defeats Tokell In bloody fight for bantam-weight
championship. Page 0.
Commercial nnd Marine.
Heavy movement in citrus 'fruits 'expected next
month. Page 13.
Argentine crop estimates. Pag 13.
Wheat at Chlcaro firm on moderate business.
tPage 13.
- Break In New Tork stocks late in the day.
Page 13.
Weekly trade reviews. Page 14.
German hop 'markets decline. Tage 13.
French bark Due d'Aumale chartered to load
barley at Portland. .-Page 11.
Portland and Vicinity;
Federated Trades considers blacklist for "un
fair" firms. Page 10.
Ex-Governor T. T. Geer to go to Missouri "to
work for Lewis and Clark Fair. Page 18.
Street committee, fixes tbe life ct streets for
certain pavements. Page, 11.
Three-story bulldlsg. will be erected on Trinity
Church-site. Page 9.
Maxamas will make annual pilgrimage to
Three 8lsters, Page 16.
-Northern Pacific meets extension of. settlers
rates' made by southern lines, rage 14.
Three union men in race for 'Labor Commis
sioner. Page 10.
WORK NEW RULE
But Filibustering Delays
House Action.
EVERY POINT IS DISPUTED
Democrats Angrily Protest
Against Restraint.
MOTION TO CENSURE DALZELL
Bitter "Words Are Spoken In Debate
on Rnle'to Prevent Dilatory Ac
tionAppropriation Forced
Through the House.
Filibustering by the Democrats was
continued In the House yesterday, but
by means ot a new rule the Repub
licans forced the sundry clviL military
academy and poctotnee. appropriation
bills Into conference, and secured the.
passage ot the Indian appropriation
bill.
Tbe tactics ot the Democrats were to
force successive, rollcalls. and 13 were
taken during the day.
A motion of censure on Dalsell tor
his action in regard to the Wagoner
Butler contest on Thursday was tab'led.
The debate on the rule designed to
prevent filibustering took a savage tone
on the Democratic side, but tbe Re
publicans forced ItH adoption.
An understanding Is said to have
been reached to take up the omnibus
public building till under a special
rule.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. The Demo
crats of the House today carried out their
threat of yesterday that, if Butler wis
unseated, they would do everything in
their power to block legislation from now
until Congress expires, March 4. The re
sult was another stormy session, pro
longed from 11 o'clock this morning until
7 lo'clock tonight. Oni rollcall succeeded
wiu"'Vi auu every pause pany pas-
Bu in puien asa acri
monious denunciation. Tp special rules
were brought In to expedite appropriation
bills and continue the legislative day ot
yesterday. In order to reduce as much as
possible the minority's power to obstruct
legislation.
During the debate on the rule the Dem
ocrats voiced their condemnation of what
they denominated yesterday's outrageous
action of the chair. The Republicans de
clared that they were willing to assume
responsibility for what they had done and
explained the necessity of the drastic
rules presented today. Dalzell said that
unless 'this coursa was pursued the Dem
ocrats could consume 117 hours, or 27
legislative days, on the rollcall on Sen
ate amendments to the appropriation bills.
It was agreed on both sides that the
present situation sounded the death-knell
of practically everything except the ap
propriation bills. The friends of the om
nibus public building bill, who yesterday
were threatening to defeat the rules If
they were not modified to Include their
measure, were placated by a promise
which it was understood was. given that
their bill would be covered by a special
rule to be brought In later.
Even with the special rules In opera
tion, getting appropriation bills into con
ference was a tedious and laborious pro
cess, an eight-hour session and 13 rollcalls
being necessary to get the sundry civil.
Military Academy and postofflce appro
priation bills Into conference and to adopt
the conference report on the Indian appro
priation bill.
AU overtures from the Republican side
to the Democrats to Induce the latter to
abandon their filibuster have been fruit
less, and there Is every indication that
they will continue their present tactics to
the end of the session.
When the Speaker's gavel fell, at 11
o'clock. 'Richardson, the minority leader,
made the point of no quorum.
"We cannot do business without a quo
rum." he said, adding sarcastically, "al
though we can unseat a member without
one."
The Speaker calmly replied that there
was manifestly no quorum present, and
directed a call ot the House. On the call
XI members appeared.
Underwood (Ala.), rising to a parlia
mentary inquiry, asked If the agricultural
appropriation bill which had come to the
House with Senate amendments had been
referred to the committee on agriculture.
The Speaker replied that it had not; that
the chair, exercising his discretion, had
kept It on the Speaker's table. Under
wood called attention to the fact thai
unanimous consent was yesterday refused
when It was asked for the purpose ol
nonconcuring In the Senate amendments
and referring the bill to conference, and
asked If that action did not send It ,to
the committee. The Speaker replied thai
It did not. Thereupon Underwood at
tempted to move tho reference, but the
Speaker declined to recognize him for that
purpose.
The Speaker then laid before the House
the President's veto of tho bill to remove
the charge of dercrtlon against Levi L
Reed. Hull moved the reference of the
mecsVige to the committee on military
affairs, and on that motion demanded the.
previous question. The Democrats forced
a rollcall upon the demand. The pre
vious question was ordered, 133 to ' 104,
and another rollcall followed on the mo
tion to refer the message to the military
affairs .committee. The message was re
ferred. 1S3 to 69.
As soon as the Speaker had announced
the vote, Fleming (Dem. Ga.), rising to a
question of the highest privilege, sent to
the clerk's desk and had read the follow
ing resolutions:
"Whereas, It appears from the Congres
slonal Record of February 25. 1S03. that
by actual count and announcement hy the
Speaker pro tem. a quorum was not pres
ent when the resolutions were voted upon
declaring that James J. Butler was not
elected, and that George C. R. Wagoner
was duly elected a Representative In the
Fifty-seventh Congrefs from the Twelfth
Missouri District, and that the point of
no quorum was, duly raised upon the vote
of each of said resolutions, and that the
same in each. Instance was overruled by
tho Speaker pro tern.. In violation of the
Constitution, the rules of the House, and
the practice of all parliamentary bodies;
"Resolved, That the announcement by
the Speaker pro tem. that said resolutions
were adopted was In fact untrue, and the
said James J. Butler Is still entitled to
his seat in this House, and that the said
George C. R. Wagoner Is not now entitled
to the same'
Payne, the majority leader, was recog
nized, despite the protests of Fleming
that he could not be taken off the floor,
and he moved to lay the resolutions on
the table. The Democrats forced a roll
call on the motion. The motion prevailed,
161. to 107".
' Cannon (111.) then asked unanimous con
sent to disagree to the Senate amend
ments to the sundry civil appropriation
bill, and send the bill to conference. Re
serving the right to object, Richardson
asked If under the Republican rules of the
House the bill did not go to tho committee
on appropriations.
"All the rules of this Republican House
have been and are being sacredly en
forced," replied the Speaker.
"All I ask la the enforcement of the
rules," said Richardson. "I demand the
regular order."
Democrats Jeer at Xew Rule.
"The gentleman from Tennessee ob
jects." answered the Speaker, who im
mediately recognized Dalzell. who pre
sented the two rule agreed to by the
rules committee this morning to expedite
appropriation bills, and to continue, the
legislative day of yesterday until March 4.
As the terms ot the rules were read at
the clerk's desk the Democrats Jeered.
When the confusion subsided. Dalzell.
speaking in support of the necessity for
the rules, called attention to the refusal
of the minority to allow the sundry civil
appropriation bill to go to conference, a
rjequest, he said, that had never before
been refused In the history of the House.
He pointed out that Congress would ad
journ next week and the supply bills
must be passed or an extra scsi4on would
be necessary. Yesterday, he said, there
were eight rollcalls, there had been four
today without the House being able to
accomplish anything.
Amid Democratic Jeer and Republican
applause he characterized the course ot
tHe minority as a "chlldlsji proceeding.'
Tae;.-s.1d,Jhere were 33 bills with Senate
amendment ""oh The j5JaiTTTr-tri!JleT A
.single, "rolicair Jtn. each"blHwould. con
sume 14i4 hoUrs; of three legislative days.
Upon the threej appropriation bills there
were in all 277 Senate amendments which
could be used to consume 13S hours, or 27
legislative day. If the supply bills were
passed before adjournment, he declared,
it was necessary to adopt the special rule.
He called the attention of his side to the
fact that the rule applied only to, appro
priation bills.
Dalzell then yielded 20 minutes to Rich
ardson, the minority leader, whd. In turn,
yielded to several of his colleagues 'on
the' Democratic side.
Underwood (Ala.) taunted the Republi
cans with being obliged to make the hu
miliating contention that they were una
ble "to do business" under the Reed
rules. He then analyzed the rule to" show
how Impossible it was to consider Senate
amendments under its operation.
Necessity of Xeiv Rule-.
Grosvenor (Rep., O.) declared that the
majority was not abandoning the Reed
rules. It was simply doing its duty. Tho
other side had nothing at stake. IC could
proceed heedlessly and recklessly to at
tempt to force an extra session, to disturb
business and to entail enormous expense
on the Treasury. It had no responsibility.
He appealed to htti side of the House to
stand fast.
De Armond (Dem. Mo.) was given five
minutes and the entire Democratic side
broke into tumultuous applause when he
arose. In bitterly sarcastic terms he ar
raigned thos-e on the other side, ridiculing
the "pathos" In the voice of Grosvenor
and excoriating Dalzell- for his action
while In the chair last night, declaring
that the majority now had one who al
ways could be relied on to do that which
no one else would do.
Williams (Dem. 111.) was even more se
vere than De Armond' In his denunciation
of the action of the majority yesterday.
He pointed out that on alt the roll calls
yesterday the highest number of Repub
licans who voted was 163 and that, when
Butler was unseated, there were only
eight Democrats In the hall, po that by no
possible count could there have been more
than 13 members, five less than a quo
rum, in the hall, admitting that all the
Republicans who voted during the day
were present.
Richardson closed for his side In a
brief but energetic speech and Cannon
closed for the majority.
The appearance of Cannon was greeted,
as that of De Armond had been, with tre.
mendous applause from his side of the
House. The Democrats had. he said. In
a fit of pique because Butler had been
unseated, "refused to play" and In re
vengeful retaliation proposed that Con
gress should end in nothing. But his side
of the House, he said, "proposed to move
on." and do their duty. In concluding,
he smilingly cxprerscd the hope that the
other side would sleep over the matter
and decide to ""quit." "It you do not," he
said,, "you will punish yourselves along
with us. for we have the power and we
will exercise It."
Dalzell. then demanded the previous
question,' which was ordered. 16S to 111 a
party ' vote. The rule wan adopted. IS3
to 104.
Action on Appropriations.
The Speaker then laid before the House
the agricultural appropriation bill with
Senate amendments. Under the operation
of the rule the question was put as to
whether the House would disagree to the
Senate amendments en bloc. The motion
was agreed to, 260 to 1. and the bill was
sent to conference.
The postofflce and sundry civil appro
priation bills with Senate amendments
likewise were sent to conference. Under
wood (Dem. Ala,) attempted to make a
motion 'to Instruct the sundry civil con-
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Til GUT FOB MB-
Special Message on the
Philippines.
MUST REDUCE THE TARIFF
President Appeals to Con-
gress to Give Relief,
INDORSES TAFT'S UHGENT CALL
Governor Sny Famine "Will Come It
Action la Xot Prompt President
Sara Duty Is tn Reduce Tariff
i on Philippine Products.
! President Roosevelt yesterday sent a
special me:sa;e to the Senate, urging
4 tbe pajea-e ot the bill to reduce the
tariff on Imports from the Philippines.
He quotes a cablegram Juat received
from Governor Taft, which states that
conditions In the Islands are steadily
growing worse.
He tells the Senate It Is the duty ot
Congress to give permanent relief by
reducing Jutlef.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. The President
late this afternoon sent the following
message to the Senate:
"I have Just received a cable from
Governor Taft which runs as follows:
" 'Necessity for pasunge House tariff
bill most urgent. The conditions ot pro
ductive industry and business consider
ably worse than In November, the date of
last report, and growing worse each
month. Some revival in sugar and to
bacco prices, due to expectation of tariff
law. The Interests of Filipinos in sugar
and tobacco extensive, and failure ot
bill will be a blow in the face of those
Interests. Number of tobacco factories
will have to close and many sugar hacien
das will be put up for sale at a sacrifice
If. the. -bill. docs notyPasav ..Ciujoraa Te
cefpts" fi$'tte'nenfdtf :thfi mo5ntjr-ine-.
third, showing' decrease" "of purchasing
power ot the Islands. General business
stagnant All political parties. Including
labor unions, most strenuous In petition
for tariff bill. Effect of its failure very
discouraging.'
"Vice-Governor Luke E. Wright in
dorses In the strongest manner all that
Governor Taft has Said, and states that
he has the gravest apprehension as to the
damage that may come to the islands If
there Is not a substantial reduction in the
tariff levied against Philippines goods
coming Into the United States. I very
earnestly ask that this matter, receive
the Immediate attention of Congress and
that the relief prayed for be granted.
Series of Calamities.
"As Congress knows, a series of calam
ities has befallen the Philippine people.
Just as they were emerging from nearly
six years of devastating warfare, with
the accompanying destruction of property
and the breaking up of the bonds of so
cial order' and the habits of peaceful In
dustry, there occurred an epidemic of
rinderpest which destroyed 90 per cent of
the caribous, the Philippine cattle, leaving
the people without drift anlmala to till
the lands or to aid In the ordinary work
of farm and village life. The extent of
the disaster can be seen from the fact
that the surviving caribous have Increased
over tenfold In value. At the same time
a peculiar- Oriental horse disease became
epidemic, further crippling transportation.
The rice crop, already reduced by various
causes to but a fourth of Its .original size,
has been damaged by locusts so that the
price of rice has nearly doubled
"Under these circumstances there Is
Imminent dinger of a famine In the isl
ands. Congress is In course of generously-appropriating-
13,000,000 to meet the Imme
diate needs, but of Indispensable and pre
eminent need Is the resurrection of pro
ductive Industry from the prostration Into
which It has been thrown by the causes
above enumerated.
Must Act on Tariff. ,
"I ask action in the tariff matter, not
merely from tho standpoint of i wiso
Governmental policy, but as a measure
of humanity in response to an appeal to
which this great people should not close
Its cars. We have assumed responsibili
ties toward the Philippines which we are
In honor bound to fulfill. We have the
specific duty of taking every measure In
our power to see to their prosperity. The
first and most Important step in this di
rection has been accomplished by the
Joint action of the military and civil au
thorities in securing peace and civil government-
The wisdom of Congress at the
present session has provided fpr them a
stable government, but there remains vi
tal need that one thing further shall be
done. The calamities which hive befallen
them as above enumerated could have
been avoided by no human wisdom. They
cannot be completely repaired, but their
sufferings can be greatly alleviated and a
permanent basis of future prosperity as?
sored it the economic, relitlons of the
islands with the United States are put
upon a satisfactory basis.
TTHEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"White House. Washington, D. C. Feb
ruary 27."
Plncuc In a Xew Place.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 37. Consular ad
vices received at the State Department
from Lopaz. Mex.. state that great con
sternation has been caused by the ap
pearance of the bubonic plague at . that
place.