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The hureau of Insular affairs of the "War Department has Just published a pamphlet of 46 pages giving the telegraphic correspondence of Emlllo Aguinaldo from July 15. 1S9S, to Fvbruaiy 2S. 1S99, the period Just pre ceding the fall of Manila, and following i.'ic outbreak of hostilities between the 1 THed States forces and the insurgents. T'ese telegrams were discovered by Gap tcln John R. T. Taylor. Fourteenth In fantry, among a mass of papers cap t rd from the so-called insurgent gov ernment. They are sufficiently complete to. show that the insurgent leader leaned strongly x,pon others for advice and counsel, that there was serious opposition to his au t. orlty even among his own people, and. t:..t an attack upon the Americans at Manila- had been fully decided upon be fore the outbreak of "hostilities on Feb ruary 4. lKe, and thnt in the event that the struggle should prove successful, the new government that would have been created would not have been a republic. for titles of nobility were, on January 14. 1S99. promised to certain insurgent officers as a reward for entering Manila and capturing the American forces and their officers. Superintendent Boyd Acquitted. HONOLULU. March 6. (By Pacific cable.) The trial of ex-Superintendent of Public Works J. H. Boyd, who was ac cujed of irregularities in his accounts, resulted today In his acquittal. The re maining charges pending against him he -p been withdrawn by the Prosecuting Attorney President. PORTI..O'D, ORSGOX. a Camera? -ivlnddvr of onr new ground-floor of the bargains Poco C.,5x7. Regular 51S.O0. O Cf Special OOivJU Montauk No. 2. 4x5. Regular t nn $22050. Special. W I I IUU DRUG COMPANY FOVRTII STREET. America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today J. VT. BLAIK. Sec tnd Trail. PORTLAND, OREGON Room Slncfe .... ....... . .TBo to 81.80 per -ear Room Double 11.00 to iZ.00 ptr day Room Family to i&OO par MALT FT I IN Q ssion specialties & STEEL WORKS XHE Hp ESMOND HOTEL OSCAR ANDERSON. Manager. Front and Morrison Streets, PORTLAND - OREGON TREE 'BUS TO AND FROM ALL TRAINS. Rates European plan, 50c. 75c, SL90. J1150. COO per day. Sample rooms la connection. CUBANS DEBATE TREATY Sangnilly Denounces It as Scheme to Hold Control of Island. HAVANA, March 6. The reciprocity treaty was up in the Senate again today and the debate was adjourned until to morrow. In this afternoon's, debate Senor Sungullly denounced the treaty as scheme on the part of the United States designed to keep European commerce out of Cuba, in order that the former country might secure the entire commercial as well well as the political control of the island. Sonor Sllva. In a lengthy speech, quoted figures to prove that, even if the alle gations made that the sugar trust and other interests would benefit under the reciprocity treaty were true, the result could not be otherwise than beneficial to Cuba. It has been asserted .that the sugar and tobacco industries will make additional profit under the treaty of 56,000.000 an nually. Pioneer Xotlon Man Dead. PHILADELPHIA. March 6,-Joel J. Bailey, one of the best-known men in the notion trade in the country, is dead. Mr. Bailey was In his 77th year, and was a pioneer in the wholesale notion business. He retired a few years ago, having amassed a fortune of several million dol lars. "Will Raise Tax on Chinese. OTTAWA. March . It is -understood that the government Intends Introducing a bill at the next session of Parliament raising the poll tax on Chinese from $1W to 5560. This Is In connection with the request of the Chinese and Japanese Commission. STABTTHE JETTY Root Will Give the Word Within Ten Days. HIS PROMISE TO SENATORS Haupt's Appeals Have Held Up Engineers' Report. BUT THEY WILL NOT SUCCEED Local Engineers Are Renily to Begin Construction as Soon as Orders Coxae Right of "Way for Portage Itoad, Secretary Root yesterday assured Sen ators Mitchell and Fulton that ha would act on the report or uie Board of En gineers ca the Columbia River jetties in a wefek or 10 days, and strongly intimated that he-would approve It. AcUon has been delayed by the efforts of Lewis M. Haupt to secure the adop tion of his plan for reaction jetties. Senators will try to secure permission from the War Department to construct the state portage road from The Dalles to Celllo along the Government right of -way for the old boat railway. The conversion of the transport Grant into a dredge will not be completed in time for her to begin work on the Co lumbia River bar much before August. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, March 6. Senators Mitchell and Fulton today called on Secretary Root and other War Department -officials to urge the early approval of the report of the Engineer Board on the project for improving the mouth of the Columbia River, They laid before the department a large number of telegrams and letters from commercial bodies and other iherT ! of early action. Eecietary Root told the Senators he would act. on th?. report in about a -week, tr In ten days at the out side. He said it was now held up on ac count of requests made by L. M. Haupt, -who is bringing every influence to bear to have the board's recommendations overruled and his reaction jetty substi tuted. The Senators gave the Secretary to understand that the people of Oregon are -well satisfied with the board plan, and believe their unanimous judgment cannot be improved upon. In view of the great Importance of the work, they do not now want any experimenting at the mouth of the. Columbia River. Root Will Approve Report: Secretary Root did not say "what action he would take, but strongly intimated that he would approve the board report. He did say that as soon as the report was acted upon the work -would be done with" all possible speed, and that his de partment was desirous of affording re lief to the commerce of the Columbia River with the least possible delay. Senator Fulton intends, as soon as he has more data and details, to take up with the War Department the matter of the right of -way for the state portage road" between The Dalles and Celilo, for which the Legislature recently made the appropriation. He desires to secure per mission from the Government to con struct this portage read over the right of way that was acquired for the old boat railway, which is now the property of the Government, and which will not be required for canal purposes. Temporary .Relief Delayed. As heretofore stated, the transport Grant, which Is being overhauled for use as a sea dredge, with a view to cut ting a temporary channel across the bar while the jetty work is under construc tion, will not be ready for actual work until late in the Summer. This Is unfor tunate, but the condition of the ship yards 'on the Pacific Coast -was such that the work could not be done In a shorter time. There is considerable speculation as to how much of the crest of the bar the Grant will be able to remove during the latter part of the season, the amount being regulated by the length of time she Is able to work. In the roughest of -weather there will be no dredging, but the size of the ship is such as to enable her to operate In moderate weather, and at times when the sea runs fairly high. The department feels reasonably certain that the Grant -will be ready tor work during August, and every effort will be made to complete the overhauling of the vessel by that time. Her pumps arc near ing completion already, and will he at the navy-yard long before the ship Is ready to receive them. ALL READV TO BEGIN' WORK. Engineer Lanirhtt Oaly Avralts Or ders From War Department. "Every preparation has been made for jetty-building at the mouth of the Co lumbia, and alL we afe now waiting for is notification from Washington to begin work." Captain W. C Langfitt, United States Engineers, gave out this encouraging In formation yesterday. "We have materials on hand." resumed Captain Langfitt, "for beginning the trestlework of the jetty right away, and by the time these are used we shall have obtained more tor future operations. The chief delay will be in getting stone for the jetty." Next week the report of the special Board of Engineers will be passed upon Try the Secretary of War, and no doubt -will be approved. The Oregon delega- tlon at "Washington has been urging the Secretary df War to dispose of the re port right away, in order that the full Summer period might be used in build ing the jetty. Time Is getting to be very precious, especially because delay will detard construction in the best part of the year. ' . Yesterday the Portland Chamber of Commerce received telegrams from Sen ators Mitchell and Fulton, -who said that the Secretary of War would act on the report of the engineers within ten days. Senator Mitchell's dispatch was as fol lows: Senator Fulton and I had a conference with War Department officials today, and were as sured that final action would be taken on the report of the Board of "Engineers concerning the Columbia River Improvement at the very furthest within 10 days. The,, delay has been caused by Professor Haupt and others demand ing hearings. There Is no doubt but the report of the board will be approved, and we think Inside of a week. We also urged. If the report Is approved, that Immediate action be taken looking to the letting of the work; this we were promised should ha done without any unneces sary delay. We were also advised that the work on the reconstruction of the Grant in San Francisco was. progressing ntcely. and they thought within about four months, or Ave at most, the dredge would be at work on. the bar. JOHN H. MITCHELL. Senator Fulton's dispatch was as fol lows: Senator Mitchell and myself held extended conference with War Department officials yes terday. Assured that a decision will be an nounced within a week or 10 days at most. It plan recommended by Board of Engineers Is. approved, as I have no doubt It will be, work will be pushed at onee-by department. c. W. FULTOX. The War Department evidently knows of the emergency at the mouth of the Columbia, and is planning to begin work at once. The Oregon delegation at Wash ington will keep the emergency constantly before the attention of the department Senator Ankeny, of the State of Washing ton, has been urged to co-operate with the Oregon delegation. Professor Haupt is very insistent for Vile "ranntlnn tiAhf" Tllr. V.nnn. ... rents and bar movements is a pretty one; but the Board of Engineers' decided against it in practice. The engineers reached this decision after long consid eration, which delayed their report sev eral months. Now Professor Haupt evi dently has secured a final hearing before the becretary of War. t As soon as Secretary Root approves the report preparations will be made for letting contracts. Construction of the trestlework can go. ahead right away, as Captain Langfitt has said. But stone cannot be secured at once perhaps not for 90 days. Advertising for bids will commence at least SO days hence, and after contract Is awarded the successful bidder must have time to procure equip ment for quarrying and delivering tha stone. George Taylor, chairman of the naviga tlon committee of the Chamber of Com merce, was highly gratified yesterday by the dispatches from Washington. "I am very much pleased." said Mr. Taylor; "yes. very much pleased. Early action by the War Department will be appreciated by us. If -work should not begin early, the .wholjs Summer mlcht go Dy wiui mub or notmng accomplished. On ofSfenntor Ful-m' first' efforts at- Washington has ben 'for the Colombia. He. has started in right, and I am. glad to, see It.".. - flO' encouraging," said F. 33. Beach, presloent of the Board of Trade. "Out Representatives at Washington should be congra tula tec, and while we are c6ngratu- latlng others we should not forget our selves." GOVERNOR GEER IN OMAHA "Will Confer With Nebraska. Officials on Lewis and Clark Fair. OMAHA. March 6. T. T. Geer, ex-Gov. ernor of Oregon, is In the city, on his way to St. Louis. His trjp is for the purpose of interesting the people In the forthcom ing Exposition to be held In honor of Lewis and Clark in Portland In 1905. Ex Governor Geer will go to Lincoln and con fer with Governor. Mickey and other state officials before his return home. C0NTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Xnt ionnl Affairs. Democratic Senators re-elect Gorman the! leader. Page 2 Do'mcstic. Leaders warn Wabash employes to obey in junction. Page 3. Judge 'Hooker renominated by Republicans for Supreme Judge of Michigan. Page 2. Buffalo police strike new scent in search for .Burdick's murderer. Page 3. Senator Galllnger discusses tariff policy at ban quet at Detroit. Page 2. Window glass trust begins revolution in its fac tories. Page 7. Western passenger , representatives could .not agree as to reforms under the Elklns law. Page 14. Foreign. Turkish Minister says reforms have begun In Macedonia. Pace . German newspaper tells how Americans gain foreign trade. Page 7. British official tells of superiority of American railroads. Page 7. Xortluvcxt Legislatures. Good roads bill is passed by the House at Olympia. Page 1. "One-mile limit" sheer law meets defeat in Olympia Senate. Page 4. Boise Legislative committee makes report on asylum investigation. Page 4. Pncllle Coast. Murderer Benson Is still at large. Page 4. Nattoaal war records show that the Oregon Indian War veterans were "paid a consider able sum of money. Page B. Expenditures of Ore-oa counties have in creased. Page 5. Report ca Columbia River jetties soon to be appwed and work begun. Page 1. Contest for Deschutss water rights decided and irrigation work may begin. Page 1. Sports. Women bowl with men at the Multnomah Club. Page 6. Baseball conference at San Francisco will strive to end war. Page S. Commercial and Marine. Jnexpecled advance or half & cent in sugar. Page 13. Chicago wheat market weak on heavy selling. Page 15. Stock market unsettled.- with late strong rally. Page 15. Weekly trade reviews. Page 15. Citrus fruits slow In San Francisco markets. Page 15.- Sites offered for Port of Portland dry dock. Page 10. Indravelll sails with big cargo for Orient. Page 10. Custom-House business In February. Page 10. Portland ana "Vicinity. Federated Trade will try Initiative and refer endum to pass defeated labor bills. Page 1L Carpenters Union la negotiating for site for labor temple. Page-16. Fire department kept busy jutthg out blazes. Page 10. Gambling cases end when defendants plead guilty. Page 12. Lewis and Clark state commission will confer with directors. Page 14. Executive Board dlscascee demand for higher m salaries. Page 18- Olympia House Wants Good Highways. MUCH IS SAID ON SUBJECT County Commissioners to Supervise Road Building. NO MORE WORKING OUT TAXES Roud "Worlc Continsr ?150 to Be Done liy Contract Opposl tlon Came Chiefly From Country Members Important Measure. A good roads bill, passed the Olympia , House yesterday, after much time spent In debate. "The bill makes many changes In the present system of road-bulldlng, and Is one of the most Important measures passed this session. If the bill becomes a law there will be no more working out of road taxes, and all road work to cost In excess of $1S0 must be done by contract. Most of the opposition to tha bill came from the country members, while the city Representatives furnished its chief supporters. OLTMPIA, Wash., March 6. (Staff cor respondence.) The good roads bill came up in the House this morning shortly after 9 o'clock, and enjoyed the distinc tion of taking up more time than has been devoted to any other measure that has been up this session. The debate cov ered a wide range, and everybody took a hand in it, the arguments for and against covering everything from politics to re ligicn. Most of the country members op posed It, aJJ.d all of the city members fa- ATa?pd4t. There may har:ejieen a question In. the minds .of some of -the simpofcters; of the bill as to What it may accomplish. but, there was no question with them . as to the 'unsatisfactory- system how lit force. Mackenzie of Whitman led the dpposlr tioto to the hill, and he mad& a. very cred Itable effort to stem the tide of disap proval of the present system of road building and repair. The bill was introduced by Ferguson of Snohomish, and provides for a new sys tem of levying- and collecting road, bridge, poll and property taxes. The Interesting feature of the bill Is that It takes the di rect supervision of road work out- of the hands of the Supervisors and places it with the County Commissioners. It also eliminates the time-honored custom of working out the taxes by either men or teams, and that all road -work to cost In excess of $150 must be handled by con tract, approved by the Board of County Commissioners. These new features make It one of the most important bills passed this session. Raine of King was the first man on his feet to oppose the bill. He said he. could see in It nothing but an attempt to get the road system Into politics, and he had 100 amendments which he would offer one at a time if the House persisted in wast ing time on It- Gleason favored the bill, because he said the old plan of Road Supervisors had never accomplished any permanent good In roadbuildlng. and that there were coun try roads in his old home in. Ohio which had been worked for 100 years and were In as bad condition now as' they were 100 years ago. Cameron said the bill would make pollt ical heelers out of honest Road Super visors. He opposed the contract system on any kind of state work, and asked the House how they liked it as applied to state printing and the State Capitol building. A Lover of the Antique. Easterday made a humorous speech in announcing his determination to vote against the bill. "I am a lover of the antique," aald he, "and cannot bear to disturb the ancient custom where the Road Supervisor, coming with the grace of the Duke of Buckingham, rides forth on his gaily bedecked charger and rallies his cohorts to 'do the roads At this gladsome meeting everything from a to izzard is discussed and the roads are not materially injured. By this new bill you are not sure what you are going to get. You are placing too much ' in the hands of one overseer when you give him a dls trict extending .from somewhere to the setting sun." Maloney also attacked the present sys tem of road supervision. Benn of Cheha lis said his county had spent $1,000,000 on roads under the present system, and did not have a mile of good road In the county except where the. Almighty had built It across a gravel prairie. Philbrlck also made a strong plea for the passage of the bllL Mackenzie of Whitman put up stiff fight against the bill and In vigorous language resented the Imputation of Benn. who had alluded to the Supervisors as road, agents. A steady flow of amendments followed the reading of the different sections of the bill, but most of them were voted down without much difficulty. A motion to postpone indefinitely was lost, and at 12 o'clock the House got final action on the bill with the following result: Ayes Allis. Bassett, Benn, Brewer, Brown. Butler, Carle. Clark. Cole, Col 11ns, Cooney. Corliss, Craigue, Crandall, Delanty, Dickson. Dllllng. Dunn, Emery. Ferguson, Field, Fletcher, Gleason, Gray Griffin, Gunierson. Hastings, Hopp, Jef freys, Johnson of Ferry, Jones, King, Levy. Lewis. Llndsley, Ungerman. Ma-J ioney. McCoy, Mackenzie. McNicolI, Meg- er, Molstad. Morgan. Morrill, Palmer. Peaslee, Philbrlck, Roth. Stark, Steven son, Thacker, Thompson, Tlhbitts, "Veness, Weir. Wells. Whitney Wilson of Walla Walla. Wilson of Kittitas, Mr. Speaker Noes Cameron, Child, Coate. Denton. Dlx. Durham, Easterday, Eidemiller, Frostad, Haynes, Henry. Howard, How ell.' Hunter, ICnoblock, Morrill. Muse. Pogue, Parcol. Raine, "Witter, York. Zenk- ner 23. Mackenzie changed his vote to aye and made a motion to reconsider the vote. "Roth moved that this be tabled, and It was done. E. W. W. BY CONTRACT, NOT STRIKE Lake Shipowners Settle Wane Ques tion With Unions. DETROIT. March 6. The executive committee of the Lake Carriers' Associa tion today closed season contracts with the Grain Scoopers Union, of Buffalo, and the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union, of the Great Laker. A contract with the Laka Seamen's Union was cloeed on Wednesday. This is the first time in the history of the lake trade that both Interests have joined hands for their common gqod, the carriers recognizing the unions. Increasing wages and giving better conditions generally- In return the unions agree not to enter Into sympathetic strikes and to submit, all grievances to arbitration instead of strik ing. MEDIATION IS A FAILURE. Canadian. Pacific Strikers Same Terms Which Company Rejects. VANCOUVER. 3. C. March 6. While some negotiations are in progress looking to a settlement of the strike of the Lnlted Brotherhood of Railway Employes, there has been little change In the strike situa tion during the past 21 hours. A com mittee of the Vancouver Board of Trade ha had several conferences with the strikers In the hope of mediating", with the result that conditions of settlement have been Interchanged between the strik ers and the company. . The strikers demand the return to work of all peaceable employes and no discrim ination against the union. The company It willing that the strikers return to work as Individuate, provided the company con siders none should be subjected, to disci pline for anything that might have oc curred prior to the strikq, The company. however, declares that It will not recog nize the United Brotherhood of Railway Employee, even to -the extent mentioned In the terms of the strikers. Meantime the tie-up of the Canadian Pacific railway and steamship business has continued and developed in one or two new directions, a suspension of the mining of coal at Nanalmo likely to be handled by the company's "scab" labor being one of the indirect threats of strike continuance. TROOPS WILL STAY OX GUARD. G.encral"'" Cliane MaKeft Declaration . RearnriUnir Colormlo Strifee. iVdrS rvrtev'" J?.?10- rcn Bf!gadidr43eh6rarToh.n Chase,- Jn -com mand .oi the troops at Colorado City-, re turned tots, earening after conferring with GovernorTeabody in Denver,and-,stated, that' the executive left it with him and Colonel J. H. Brown, legal adviser to the troops, and representative .of the Gover nor, how long the troops should stay here. "We will not move a single man," said General Chase, "until the situation in Cripple Creek is cleared. Should there be trouble following the refusal of the Mine Operators' Association to accede to the request- of the Western Federation of Miners not to ship ore to the Colorado City mills, we are In a position to put 1200 to 1400- men In the field." An attempt to replace pickets by the strikers today was met with an order from the military authorities that this phall not be done. The Federation of Labor men were also warned not to place pickets around the houses of employes of the mills. President Moyer, of the Federation, went to Denver today to the headquarters of the Federation, and stated before he left that, if the necessity arose, a strike would be called in the Cripple reen aisinci on jaarcn v. me limit named in the demand of the Federation to the mlneownerc not to ship ore to the Colo rado City mills. There was no trouble today. They Strike for Their Beer. NEW YORK. March 6. About 250 em ployes of the Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company are on strike because their dally supply of beer has been cut off by the firm. The men say that the water it unfit to.drink and that three days ago the company ordered that no more beer be allowed in the place. One of the foremen said that every day there was a proces sion of beer cans to and from the saloon. Judfre Adams Is Denounced. PADUCAH. Ky., March 6. At the West ern Kentucky District Miners' convention today W. F. Harley, of Birmingham. Ala., made a speech denouncing Federal Judge Adams, of St. Louis, for granting an In junction to prevent the Wabash employes from striking. He said. If Judge Adams was within the law, American working men were In a worse condition of slavery than the negroes before the Civil War. Peace In lint Factories. DANSBURY. Conn., March 6. The dif ficulty between the hat manufacturers and their engineers has been adjusted. BLOW AT KENTUCKY TRADE Railroads Issne Strict Order Regard ing Liqnor Shipped to Kansas. LOUISVILLE. March 6. The Courier Journal tomorrow will sav Whisky dealers who ship goods to Kan sas are faced with a proposition in the I shape of an order issued by all railroad I lines in tnat state which probably will have the effect of depressing trade to a considerable extent. The order requires the prepayment of freight and the guar antee of the return freight if the con signment is not delivered in ten days, and prohibits the practice of consigning ship ments to fictitious individuals or firms. Kansas is a prohibition state, and this order comes as the result of a state law which alms to cut off the source of supply of the "blind tigers" as far as possible. It is believed the order will have the ef fect of stopping all shipments of liquors on consignment. Money Paid to Tillman's State. WASHINGTON, March 6. The Treasury Department today issued warrants ag gregating JS9.1S7 In favor of the State of South Carolina In satisfaction of the claims growing out of the War of 1812. The payments was- directed by the general deficiency bin, approved March 3, 1S08. Mexican War Minister Dead. CITY OF 3IEXICO, March 6, General Pedro HInojosa. Minister of War and Marine Inspector in General Diaz Cab inet, is dead. nmir inn uinii 1 1 1 1 n i aim ibs i i m ML uHO Mi Contest for Deschutes Water Dismissed. IRRIGATIONS GO AHEAD Hutchinson's Claim of-Prior Right is Rejected, " DECISION GIVEN BY HITCHCOCK Last Obstacle to Reclamation Worlc by Pilot Butte Company Is Re mbvedIiy Blsmissul of Rival . Company's Claim. The protest of C C. Hutchinson against the granting of right-of-way for irrigation canals on the Deschutes River to the Pilot Butte Development Com pany has- been dismissed by the Secre tary of the Interior. This removes the last obstacle. to the beginning of work by the FUox Butte Company under the Carey act. .OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. March 6. Secretary Hitchcock has. affirmed the action of Land Commissioner Richards, ' dismissing the protest of C. C. Hutchinson, president of the Oregon Irri gation Company, against the granting of the application of the Pilot Butte Devel opment Company for rights of way for canals, by which the latter company pro poses to divert the waters of the Des chutes River to reclaim lands recently se gregated under the Carey act. Hutchinson has been making a long fight on the Drake or Pilot Butte applications made under the right of way act, alleg ing that he and his company had prior rights and that .by reason of rights of way- located up stream from the pont where tfce.Uot Butte Corapinx pKrrjoseto talc its water, he had full control of the water of the river and that therefore the Pilot Butte Company was practically without right to the water. After "a-careful review of the facts the Secretary finds that there is no right or Justice in the contention of Hutchinson. Furthermore he appealed out of time from the adverse, action of the Land Office and on this ground the appeal could be dis missed. But aside from this irregularity, careful examination of the protest dis closes no reason for reversing the action of the Land Office. The Secretary's decl&lon removes the last obstacle that threatened to delay the work of the Pilot Butte Company, and further more the decision is final. BRYAX CAUSES NEW ALARM. By Proposal to Organize Clubs to Defend Kansas City Platform. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, March 6. Considerable interest if manifested here In the publication of a squib from Bryan's Commoner, in which he defends his action In advising the or ganization of Democratic clubs pledged to make the Kansas City platform an issue in the next Democratic convention. Bryan denounces those who call this a movement towards a bolt and says that this cry comes from those who were bolters in 1SK and 1900. He asserts that the organization of such clubs is on a similar line to that of the Bimetallic League that was organ ized in Memphis in 18&5 and which result ed In carrying the silver Issue in the con vention of US96. This declaration on the part of Bryan has caused some consternation among leading Democrats here, because they re member how potent was the silver move ment !n 1896, and fear that Bryan will con trol the convention to the extent of pre venting the nomination of an Eastern man who was not identified with silver during the last two campaigns. They hope, however) that his reference to the Bi metallic League will put Democrats on their guard and prevent them from re peating the folly of the last two cam paigns. The boomers of Judge Parker, who have industriously tried to make him the Dem ocratic candidate next year; have been somewhat saddened by the activity of David B. Hill. Reports coming from Al bany cay that he has determined to have the New York delegation In the next Na tional convention. Of course. Hill could not be elected, but If he takes a delega tion away from Parker, it would make the nomination of the New York Judge very doubtful. New York Democrats say that-Hlll's strength since the last state convention has been greatly Increased and, unless some great effort Is made. It will be- Impossible to take the control of the party away from him. Senator Ankeny Better. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. March 6. Senator Ankeny was romewhat Improved today. He was up and about bis room, but did not go out. Canadian Postal Rate Reilnced. OTTAWA, March 6. Sir William Mulock has obtained the consent of the Postmaster-General of England to reduce the rate of Canadian newspapers and periodicals posted m canaaa ror transmission to i England to the same rate as If posted for delivery In Canada. The reduction takea I effect tomorrow. Katbryn Kidder Has Recovered. I LITTLE ROCK. Ark., March 6. Miss Kathryn Kidder, the actress, has recov ered from a slight attack of pneumonia, and will resume her Texas tour at once.