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Resigns Assistant At
torney Generalship.
SERVICE IS COMMENDED
By President in Note Giving
Date of Retirement.
SUCCESSOR 'NOT ANNOUNCED
Mr. Beck Goes to Xew York to En
ter a Law Firm Tbtre Associa
tions Been Pleasant sit
Washington,
Assistant Attorney-Central Beck has
tendered bis resignation to the Presi
dent, and It fcaa been sect pled In a
sots expressive of will, faction of Mr.
Beck's services.
Relation, with officials hss been very
pleasant, tajra tho retiring oncer. He
hss taken prominent part In ths tol
lowing cases:
. Tlx railroad mercer case.
Ttis lottery cum.
The Neely extrsdltlon case, la which
ths power of toe Government ot the
United States to govern Cuba after the
peace treaty was confirmed.
WASHINGTON, April li It Is an
nottneed that Assistant Attorney-General
Beck tendered his resignation to Presi
dent Roosevelt before the President's de
parture tor the West. In tendering his
resignation Mr. Beck took occasion to
express his gratification at having been
privileged to serve under the President's
administration and that of his prede
cessor. In .accepting the resignation the
President wrote the following letter:
JVhlte House. Washington. March 21.
1503. My Dear Mr. Beck I regret to re
ceive your resignation as Assistant At
tn raey-OeraL-whlcb. Is accepted, to
take effect April 30 next, as Indicated.
'I appreciate your expression ot the
satisfaction you 'have taken In your pub
lic service. It Is a pleasure to me to
say that you have performed your duties
with marked ability and I hereby extend
my best wishes for your continued suc
cess In your professional work and for
your health and prosperity.
THEORDORE ROOSEVELT.'
When questioned with reference to his
resignation, Mr. Beck said: I -have be
come a member of the law firm ot Sher
man & Sterling, ot New Tork, and expect
to commence my work there on May I.
and shall after that date be a resident of
that city. I shall retain my present con
nectlon with my Philadelphia firm. !
leave the department with very great re
gret. My associations have been most
pleasant. It Is a matter of especial pride
that In association with Assistant Attor
ney-General Day and Special Counsel D.
T. Watson. I was privileged to take part
in the recent 'Merger case."
Mr. Beck was appointed by President
McKlnley in July, 1140. He bad previously
been United States District Attorney tor
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. As
Assistant Attorney-General he had ar
gued a number of important Government
cases, among which, in addition to the
merger case, may be mentioned the lot
tery cases and the Neely extradition
cast, in which the power ot the Govern
ment of the United States to govern Cuba
after the peace treaty was confirmed.
Mr. Beck's successor has been selected.
but the appointment will not be an
nounced for several days.
BEST FOR ALL COXCERXED.
Merger Decision Strongly Commend
ed by Railroad President.
RICHMOND. Vs., April li The decls
ion of the United States Court of Ap
peals in the Northern Securities case.
Major Skelton Williams, president of the
Seaboard Air Line System, says he re
gards as one ot the greatest blessings
and the brightest promises for railroad
interests and general business that the
country could have. In an Interview to
day with a representative ot the Asso
ciated Press, when asked his opinion of
the decision, Mr. Williams said:
"I am satisfied that when they come
to study the matter carefully, railroad
men and thinking men of aU classes not
only in the South, but In the country
generally, except those whose ambitious
schemes are directly hindered, will be
united In the feeling that the decision
Is sound law, good sense and for the ad
vantage ot all legitimate Interests and
for the country's welfare. From a legal
standpoint it accords with the opinion ot
many of the ablest lawyers of the coun
try. and seems to be fortified with author
ities and reasoning too strong to be
shaken.
Public Sentiment Sustains It.
"I have no fear that the Supreme
Court will reverse or seriously modify
it. Public policy, public sentiment and
established principles and precedents of
law combine to sustain the Circuit
Court. From a commercial and practical
railroad standpoint the soundness of the
court's position is indisputable. It voices
the Judgment ot probably nine-tenths ot
the most conservative business men qt
the country.
"Last 'November In New Orleans, in an
.address .before the trust company section
of the American Bankers Association. I
took the ground that there must be a,
check to the process ot merger and com
bination. I found my opinion was heart
ily approved by most of my hearers and
by the public generally. It I may Judge
from press comments, and I am satisfied
the country at large will welcome the
court's action.
The lndeiendent roads and systems
are by this decision assured that -connecting
lines with whom they exchange
business cannot be bought up by some
powerful compeUtlor of then- own and ot
such frtendlr connecting lines, and the
holders ot securities In the Independent
systems will be assured that their inter
ests cannot "bt Jeopardised by the sale
of a majority share to rivals whose In
terests may be to divert toe business ot
the road to other channels at the expense
ot minority holders. The larger sys
tems, on the other hand, are protected
against the building ot parallel lines
built to force them to buy to protect
themselves.
Xo Southern Securities Company.
The decision seems to make Impos
sible the succeas of the projected South
ern Securities Company. It will be recol
lected that the recent hearing before the
Interstate Commerce Commission in the
Louisville & Nashville case maucr Gates
testily that If the Northern- Securities
Company was upheld. Mr. Morgan pro
posed the organization of a Southern Se
curities Company to merge certain im
portant roads In the South, plans having
been discussed or arranged to- await the
decision which Mr. Morgan expected to
be favorable to his methods. It could
not have been a' healthy or safe situation
it a few men could cave sat in their of
fices in New Tork and controlled the
railroad systems of this entire couatry;
not safe for the stockholders of the roads
themselves nor .for the public.
"Speaking for the Independent systems.
I welcome the promise of continued fair
competition. There is plenty, of busi
ness to give good profits to all railroads
and systems properly established and
wlsey managed, and there will be a de
mand for extension and for new lines
to carry- the steadily Increasing traffic
and travel.
'As for the general public it is idle
to talk of a political republic with a
financial tyranny: there is no more safety
in having- commerce at the mercy or an
absolute ruler than there would be In
having our Government controlled by a
Czar, who might be a benevolent or a
cruel one, according to his wi:i or abil
ities, or to the circumstances:
Instead of disturbing our prosperity.
this decision. If sustained, as I believe it
will be. will establish, secure and protect
mo commercial situation: It will encour
age and foster legitimate exterslon and
growth and expansion and stimulate en
terprise and industry and local effort by
guaranteeing that against oppressing and
lorcea absorption.
COUXTRY PAPERS WATCHED.
Advanced Information ot Free Deliv
ery Routes Obtained.
WASHINGTON. April 12. Postoffice In
spectors, engaged In the Investigation of
department affairs will make a careful In
quiry Into the charges that wagon manu-
zacturers nave been given preference in
advance Information about the establish
ment of rural tree-delivery routes. These
charges came from a firm In Peoria. A.
W. Machen. superintendent of the Free
Delivery Bureau, today said:
"We have been very careful In enforc
ing a rule In the free-delivery division
that no advance Information about the
establishment of routes-shaft fcygiiien.
i jtave a. ust, ot aitiroxlmaUIV 200
names to whom Bulletins are sent when
ever it has been decided to. establish rural
free-delivery routes. This will Include
newspapers, wagon manufacturers, box
manufacturers, guaranty companies that
are engaged in me Business of bonding
earners, ana nu oiners wno signify to the
Postoffice Department that ther would
like to have the best available Informa
tion about those new routes."
Mr. Machen added that some firms se
cure early Information about Close routes
oy watcmng the country turners closelr.
These papers print accounts about the
visits of rural free-delivery Inspectors In
ineir vicinity, ana orten gather Informa
tion from Congressmen and others about
prospective routes.
COMMENDS TUB DEPARTMEXT.
Antl.Trnst League Withdraws
Former Censure.
Its
WASHINGTON. April 12. An executive
committee of the Anti-Trust Leasroe.
through its secretary. H. B. Martin, has
sent Attorney-General Knox a letter In
which they congratulate the Department
of Justice, of which the letter says the
league neretotore has complained because
of what the league considered Its dllatori
nesa In enforcing the Sherman anti-trust
act, on the "conspicuous success its ef
forts have achieved in securing a vital'
and far-reaching Judicial interpretation
ot tne act or iso." ,
The letter then declares it is essential
that the injunction obtained be followed
up. if Its benefits are to be realized, by
penal prosecutions of the officers and in
dividuals who form the Northern Securi
ties Company. The Attorney-General Is
also urged to institute "proceedings," both
civil and criminal, against the anthracite
coal trust.
Secretary Sloody Uome Today.
WASHINGTON. April 12. A telegram
was received at the Navy Department to
day rrom secretary Moody, saying that he
hf.d arrived at Charleston. S. C, and
would be in Washington tomorrow. It is
supposed here that Postmaster-General
Payne and the other of Secretary Moody's
party are wim mm.
CONTROL OF BAGDAD ROAD
Great Britain, France and Germany-
Share Equally.
LONDON. April IX. The Standard
learns that an agreement has been con
cluded whereby Great Britain, France
and Germany will participate equally In
the control of the proposed Bagdad rail
road, the revenues of which will be guar
anteed oy tne Turkish customs.
The main Bagdad Railway Is to run
from Konla to KaramanereylL. MossuL
Bagdid and Basra, with branches to
Ellepo. Una and the Gulf of Alexan
dretta. The Germans obtained the con
cessions for the line and. according to
a dispatch from Constantinople. Febru
ary 12. the Turkish government guaran
tees an Income of S220O per kilometer.
and an annual contribution of JS00 per
kilometer, to be used In the payment of
working expenses tor the first portion
of the line from Konla to Bagdad. The
convention between the Turkish govern'
ment and the Germans was then awaiting
the issue ot an trade to become effec
tive. The Russian press his been antagonis
tic to the Bagdad Railway, on the
ground that It would Increase British,
and more particularly German, Influence
In those regions. The Novoe Vremya
tome time ago strongly urged a strenu
ous policy to offset-British and German
activity In Persia, saying thit to await
until the Seistan & Bagdad Railway line
was completed would be nothing less
than suldde-on the part of Russia.
Immigrants for Canadian. Northwest.
ST. JOHNS. N. S.. April li The steam
er Manitoba, with the-Barr party of Brit
ish Immigrants on board, docked today.
This afternoon the first tralnload of Im
migrants' started tor Saskatoon In the
Northwest, and another foUowed tonight.
KILLED BY EM
His Indorsement Ended
. Iowa Idea.
ALLISON TO WRITE PLANK
or theRepublican Conven
tion of That State-,
HARMONY WILL BE RESTORED
President Roosevelt Will Repeat Ills
Tariff Vlevra to Audiences That
Will Readily Coincide Wltk
Ills Ideas.
Tnt Iowa Idea has a number of se
vere Jars, but It took the Indorsement
of the persistent seeker aftef the Presi
dency on the Democratic ticket to give
It Its death blow.
Speeches by Roosevelt. Root and
Bhaw bare snows that the Administra
tion la not Is accord with tne state
ments championed by Governor Cum
mins, Then, too, DoUlver was very much
squelched by the Senate when he made
Ms speech declaring agaln.t the Ding
ier cheduls. the crafty Allison barely
escaping similar treatment by noting '
the reception accorded his colleague's
speech.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. April li Reports reach here to
the effect that the coming Republican
Convention In Iowa will be a very tame
affair, and Instead of a hot fight with
Governor Cummins and Senator DolU
ver on one side fivorlng the "Iowa
idea, and the Iowa delegation on the
other standing for high protection, with
Allison astride the fence, there Is to be
a quiet convention In which the "Iowa
idea" -will not be .heard of nnd Allison
wnl write a tariff plank that no one can
interpret end which will suit everybody.
It Is said that right in the home of Cum
mins, Roosevelt. Is to repeat his tariff
views. But. the speeches already made
by Roosevelt, Root and Show have been
sufficient to convince Cummins that he
Is not In harmony with the party leaders.
Besides the Indorsement from Bryan
was a killing blow, to have the leader
of the Democracy In the last two cam-'
palgns assert that the Cummins tariff
view was Democratic, has given the high
protectionists a strong card and they are
making ths most of It.
Another significant utterance Is an edi
torial In the Des Moines Leader and
Register, published by Director of the
Mint Roberts, and which has been for
months the organ of the tariff revision
ists. Since the speeches of Roosevelt,
Root and Shaw. Roberts hurried home
and editorially In bis paper Indorses the
President and Root and asserts that no
where will the Republicans more cordi
ally indorse their utterances than in
Iowa. Nor should Republicans "fritter
away their iasues" in a "fruitless at
tempt at tirlff revision In the coming
session of Congress."
Roberts and DoUlver are close allies,
and It Is presumed that the Junior Sena
tor has surrendered and that Cummins
will either come Into camp or be left
standing alone.
When Henderson so dramatically got
out of the Congressional race last Fill,
he and his friends- alleged that Allison,
as well as Dolltver, was In league with
Cummins and against the high protection
idea. DoUlver, being somewhat hasty,.
exploited the "Iowa Idea" In the Senate,
declaring that the Dlngley schedules were
not sacred, that they were made high
so as to be reduced by reciprocity, and
then denounced those who had held up
the reciprocity treaties In the Senate. It
was understood that Allison was to fol
low DoUlver upon the same lines, but.
ever cautious, he took alarm at the man
ner In which his colleague's speech was
received.
It soon became apparent that DoUlver
was being put through the "slttlng-down-on
process," 'which is used by the
Senate to crush a man. Allison soon
learned the course of the Senatorial cur
rent and kept quiet. Now he points out
the Impossibilities of the Reciprocity
Treaties, something that everybody un
derstands. Meanwhile the tariff revision sentiment
that dominated portions of Iowa, Minne
sota. Wisconsin and adjoining sections
Is being npldly smothered, with the ex
pectation that It will not be mentioned
In the coming Iowa platform.
WHY HAnmsox WINS.
Republican Party In Chicago Bossed
by Corrupt niug.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. April li The bard-up condition of
the Democrats In the way of Presidential
timber is shown In the rush that is made
to put Carter Harrison la the field. Be
cause he has carried Chicago tour times
during the time Democracy has been liv
ing on husks, some think that he could
carry the country.
These do not stop to reason that the
Lo rimer ring controls the Republican
party of Chicago, and the people of that
dty would do almost anything rather than
turn the dty over to the rapacity of that
crowd of unscrupulous politicians.
Reports" from Chicago say that Harrison
takes the professions he Is receiving from
various Democrats seriously, and cocsld
era himself a possibility. "And why not
Harrison as well as anybody." asked a
Gold Democrat, "after two campaigns of
Bryan?"
GO R MAX AGAINST PARKER.
nU Machine Is" Cutting: OS Talk
About lllra.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, April 12. There are many evi
dences that the'Parker boom Is being sys
tematically shelved. The Southerners are
not talking so much about Parker, while
many of them and certain papers are
pointing out that it would not be well to
.have, an unknown man tor the candidate.
It would be better to have .some one with
a knowledge of National affairs and expe
rience in Washington.
In tracing these expressions to their
source It Is found that the "experienced"
man referred to Is Gorman. It la the old
Gorman machine that Is shutting, off the
Parker talk, and It is evident that the
Maryland Senator Is not to be. put out of
the running because he Is among Bryan's
"lnellglbles."
DUTCH STRIKE FAILS
Amsterdam and Rotterdnm Leaders
Acknowledge Defeat.
AMSTERDAM, April" li The strike has
collapsed. The aged Socialist leader.
Domella Nleuvcnhuls, who emerged from
his retirement In order to run the strike
agitation, was present at a stormy meet
ing of the labor organization, which sat
during the whole of last night and until
SrSi) o'clock this morning. He proposed
to terminate the agitation, since the
cause of labor had been betrayed.
The meeting acquiesced in this view and
decided not to elect a new strike com
mittee. A similar decision was reached
at a recent meeting at Rotterdam.
Strikes at St. Petersburg.
ST PETERSBURG, April 12. Strikes
have broken out at the Morhlne Shoe
Works of the Russo-Americin Rubber
Company here and bloody encounters
have taken place between the strikers
and the police.
The Czar a advisers are endeavoring to
dissuade him from taking his Intended
Journey to Italy for fear of anirchlsts.
CENSORSHIP OF PLAYS.
.tnstrlnn Government Revises
Its
Ruler. Lonic Unchanged.
VIENNA. April 12. Premier. Kneb has
Issued an Important circular to the pro
vincial Governors, revising the rules regu
lating the censorship ot plays, whtch have
been practically unchanged since ISM. One
of the most Interesting provisions In the
circular Is the creation of censorship coun
cils to which condemned plays must be
referred. These councils will consist or
three members, a government official, a
legal official and an Independent member.
The latter must be one specially acquaint
ed .with dramatic affairs, such as a
dramatic critic or a literary man.
As the majority In the council will be
government officials, there is little danger
of any play distasteful to the authorities
receiving a privilege. The censors are for
bidden to revise or alter plots. They may
onijr suggest alterations to the authors.
RUSSIA STUDENTS PUNISHED.
Women 31edlcs Reprimanded and.
Expelled Sympathisers Suffer.
ST. PETERSBURG. April li The of
ficial Messenger gives details of the re
cent revolt of women students 'against
the new examination regulations of the
medical institute. Three hundred and sev
enteen of the students were reprimanded
and 23 others were severely punished and
excluded from the institute, sixty male
students also were expelled for attending
a meeting In protest against the punish
ment of the women.
The medical Institute and the university
were temporarily closed, but now have
been reopened.
Doings of Empress Dowager.
PEKIN, April li The Empress
Dowager has Issued an edict eulogizing
tne late xung Lu, and conferring on him
posthumous honors similar to those con
ferred on LI Hung Chang. She has also
telegraphed "Chang Chi Tung, Viceroy of,
PRESIDENTSEESMUCHGAME
Has Xo Communication for the Out
side World.
CINNIBAR. MonU April li Secretary
Loeb received no news from the Presi
dent today. Most -of the telephone wires
in the park are down, and if the Presi
dent wanted to communicate with Cln-
nlbar. It would be necessary to send a
messenger to Major Pitcher's headquar
ters.
CINNIBAR, Mont,. April li A soldier
came Into Fort Yellowstone today from
the President's camp. He reported that
the President was well, and that he had
seen great quantities ot game.
Gibbons Officiated at Easter Services
BALTIMORE. April li Cardinal Gib
bons pontificated at the Easter service In
tile Cathedral today. His Eminence was
much Improved In health.
CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPER.
National Affairs.
Attorney-General Beck
Assistant
Pare 1,
resigns.
Railroad president Indorses merger decision.
Pace- 1.
Political.
Iowa Idea has had its quietus. Psse 1
Carter Harrison spoken of for president.
Page 1.
Parker boom being shelved. Page 1.
Foreign.
President Loubet starts on bis trip to North
ern Africa. Page 1.
Fatal collision near Halifax. N. S. Page 2.
Czar and Czarina aass qnlet Easter at Mas
cow. Page 1.
Control of Bagdad railroad. Page 1.
, Domestic.
President Is well and sees much game. Page 1.
Illinois coustles swept by tornado. Page 2.
Pittsburg experiences a cloudburst. Page 2.
Man burned trying to save sisters family.
Page 2.
Pole kills son while shooting at landlady.
Page 3.
Northwest
Christian Science church dedicated at Salem.
Page 4.
Miss Cause replies to critics. Page i
Valley farmers Improve their breed of stock.
Page 13. r
Sports,
Padfle Nationals win handily from amateur
nine at Hawthorne Park. Page 3.
The Browns suffer defeat once more at bands
of Sacramento, rage 3.
Portland and Vicinity,
Erwin C Bulman arrested at Grant's Pass for
stealing I10O0 from young woman. Page
New bli hop of Evangelical church commences
his work. Page 10.
State Health Board alarmed at smallpox epi
demic In Eastern Oregon. Page 1Z,
LOUBET ON TRIP
French President Starts
for Africa.
MINISTERS SEE HIM OFF
Cheered as He Drives From
Palace to Station.
MARSEILLES WILL FETE HIM
Then He Will Go to Algeria and See
the Sultan Bey of Tools Will
Greet the Gallic
Ruler.
For the first time since tne days ot
Napoleon III a French ruler Is to visit
the colony of Algeria.
President Loubet, of France. Is to
embark for the north coast ot Africa
next Tuesday, after being feted at
Marseilles. Re will be escorted by tbe
battleship St, Louis, carrying Senators
and Deputies.
Warships ot Great Britain, Italy and
Russia wiU greet the visltlag Presiden
tial party on arrival at Algiers.
Contrary to precedent, the Bey ot
Tunis will zo to receive the, President
on bis landing.
PARIS, April li President Loubet. ac
companied by M. FalUeries. president of
the Semte. Foreign Minister Delcasse
and 1L Pelletan. the Minister of Marine,
left. Paris this evening for MarseUles on
his way to Algeria. The President was
warmly cheered, as. accompanied by an
escort, he drove across Paris from the
Elysee Pal ice to the Lyons railroad sta
tion. Premier Combes and those minis
ters who did not accompany- the Presi
dent were present at the station to bid
him farewell.
After a short stay at Marseilles, where
great, fetes will be glmr in ills honor.
Prcatden Loubet wlU embark next Tues
day on. the new warship Jeanne d'Arc,
and accompanied by M. FalUeries, Del
casse and Pelletan, and escorted by the
battleship Saint Louis, wUl proceed to
Algiers, where a large French fleet is
assembled to receive him. Squadrons of
British, Italian and Russian warships
are also now assembUng at Algiers In
his honor.
Visiting In Algeria. ,
The President wlfl remain in Algeria
until April 2S, visiting important points
In the colony, both on the coast and in
the Interior. It is expected that during
his stay a meeting will be arranged with
the Sultan of Morocco, the latter coming
to some point in Algeria near the Mo
roccan frontier tor thit purpose. Every
where throughout the colony splendid
fetes are being organized In honor ot
President Loubet, this being the first
time since Napoleon Ill's time that a
ruler of France has visited Algsrla.
The French President will embark;
again on the warship Jeanne d'Arc for
Tunis. He will land April 27 at Li Gol
letta, the port ot Tunis, where the Bey
of Tunis and all the high officials of the
regency will be assembled to receive him.
After spending three days lit visiting the
various parts of Tunis, President Loubet
will embark at the naval port ot DIzerta
on the evening of April 23 for Marseilles,
He will arrive In Paris In time to re
ceive King Edward VII on the arrival
of the King of England here.
Political Significance of Trip.
Besides Ministers Delcasse and Pelle
tan. JL Maurejouls. Minister of Public
Works, will be' of the Presidential party.
He has gone in advance to meet tbe Pres
ident Algeria. A number of Senators
and Deputies will accompany the Presi
dential party throughout the trip, being
accommodated during the trip across the
Mediterranean on board the battleship
Saint Louis.
Much political significance Is attached
to the Journey es it Is the first time that
any President of the French RepubUo
his visited her African possessions and
it will be the first meeting on African
soU between a French ruler and an Afri
can Sultan and the Bey of Tunis. While
the International attention shown to
President Loubet by the assemblage ot
a powerful foreign squadron in Algerian
waters to salute him on his arrival is
not without significance, the fact that
tho Bey of Tunis will go to receive the
President on bis lanfiing Is an honor
that potentate has never before paid any
royal visitor.
NO SOLDIERS IN SIGHT.
Cshr and Czarina Have Quiet Time
at Moscow.
MOSCOW. April li The Czar and
Czarina arrived here on Saturdiy to
spend Easter. Their Majesties had a
simple semi-state reception which waa
ln great contrast to the receptions in
former years. Not a soldier was seen
along the- whole two miles of the route
from the railway station to tbe Kremlin,
and there was not a sign of the usual
precautions.
A palm fair was In full swing and the
streets were crowded. The Czar had a
thoroughly popular welcome. Afterwards
the little Princesses drove around, hug
ging the cheap dolls bought at the filr
and arousing great enthusiasm.
Mass In Naval Chapel.
BREST. France. April li Mass was
celebrated for the first time today in
the Naval Chapel here. Many high offi
cers of the navy were present. In ac
cordance with the orders of Mirine Min
ister Pelletan, tbe chapel wlU now ba
closed-