Morning Oregonian., June 20, 1903, Page 2, Image 2

THE MORNLKG OREGOKIAN. SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1903.
PAYNE IB m
Newspapers Demand
His Removal.
AT FAULT IN POSTAL ROW
Introduction of M,Kiniey,'s
Name Causes a Stir.
FRAUDS TREATED TOO LIGHTLY
Postmaster-General Declares Only
Death, or Ilexnoral Can Get Him
Out, but He Will Probably
Go the Alger Route.
PROBABLE SUCCESSOR TO
PAYNE.
Joseph Little Brlstow, trho Is prom
inently mentioned a a successor to
Poeimater-General Payne. Is the pres
et Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral. He unearthed the frauds -which
are now agltatlne the depart
ment, and performed a similar work
In Cuba In 1000. XAter he reorganized
the postal service of the Island.
Mr. Brlstow is 42 years of age, and
a native of Kentucky. He graduated
from Baker University. Kansas, in
18S6. and the same year was made
Clerk of the District Court of Douglas
County. He owned and edited the
Salinas Dally Ilepublican, 1890-5. He
was private secretary to Governor Mor
rill. 1805-7, and secretary of the Re
publican State Committee of Kansas,
1694-8. He was appointed Fourth As
sistant Postmaster General April 1,
1897, a position be has held 6lnce.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. "Wash
ington, June 19. It looks very much
as If Postmaster-General Payne -were
going to be forced out of the
Cabinet by the attacks of the newspapers
which are not at all satisfied with the
way in which he has managed the in
vestigation of the scandals in tho Post
offlce Department- Probably the great
est fault attributed to Payne is hte
treatment of the Tulloch charges, which
he characterized as "hot air," "stump
speech," and "playing to the galleries."
His statement that attacks on the Post
office Department wore also attacks upon
President McKlnley or his Administra
tion Is another feature that is severely
criticized. Papers of standing. Independ
ent and Republican, are quite severe edi
torially upon Postmaster-General Payne.
Mr. Payne is not in good health and he
never should have assumed the burden
of the Postofflce Department in the be
ginning. The development of frauds and
irregularities have been a great shock to
him, and ho no doubt would be glad to
give up the - burden, although he would
not like to resign under fire. As a mat
ter of fact, he has declared to his per
sonal friondc that he will not resign, and
intimates that only death or removal by
the President could take him out of tho
Postofflce Department. Secretary Alger
took the same stand, and yet when the
McKlnley Administration was attacked
on account of Alger, a way was found
to secure his resignation.
Some papers are demanding that Payno
should go. and that Brlstow be named
for his place. In order to cleanse properly
the Postoffice Department- "When these
demands become general, and come from
Republican and Independent as well as
Democratic papers, their effect will no
doubt be felt, and the Postmaster-General
will do as Alger did relieve the ad
ministration of the strain.
SICSLAW IS TCRXED DOWX.
Engineers Qcclde Against the Early
Resumption of Work.
OREGOKIAX NEWS BUREAU, "Wash
ington. June 19. Tho recent telecram
of the Oregon Congressional delegation
to the Secretary of war, urging early re
sumption of work at the mouth of tho
Sluslaw River, has availed nothing. The
telegram was refcred to the chief o
engineers, who todav rroorted to Rpr
retary Root that the engineers' board
or review nad. recommended against the
further expenditure of money on the
Sluslaw on the ground that the com
merce does not warrant it. The chief o:
engineers concurs in this view, and ri
advised the Secretary. Moreover, Gen
eral Gillespie told the Secretary that there
is only about 530,000 available at the
present time for expenditure on the Slus
law, and the Immediate use of this money
would afford; practically no relief to the
commerce of that port.
The recent project submitted by Cap
tain Langfltt calls for a north and south
Jetty costing $500,000. and it is shown
that the channel would not be materially
deepened until both Jetties were prac
tically completed. For this reason Gen
eral Gillespie stated that, in his opinion,
nothing is to be gained by expending the
money on hand at this time. He ad
vised that the entire matter be allowed
to rest until Congress meets, when that
body can determine for itself whether
the commerce of the Sluslaw warrants
the expenditure of $500,000 in deepening
the channel. If Congress will not take
the responsibility, the War Department
will not, and for this reason the request
of the delegation has been denied.
Captain Rnssell Ordered to Seattle.
OREGOXIAX NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, June 19. Captain Edgar Russell,
signal corps, has been ordered to Seattle
for duty in connection with the installa
tion of the Alaskan telegraph cable.
Postal Station to Be Discontinued.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. June ID. On June SO station No.
6 of the Spokane postofflce will be dis
continued. Miracle Done at Shrine of Snlnt.
NEW YORK. June 19 Intense excite
ment prevails in Little Italy over an al
leged miracle performed at the shrine of
Saint Calogero dl Sciacca.
For hours after the report went out
cripples of every description hurried to
the Broom street corner, where tho altar
had been erectfd. Finally si parade was
organized, in which all the devotees In
that quarter marched. It was the first
time that. tho birthday of the taint had
been celebrated In this country, and the
zeal of the -worshipers was excessive.
Men, women' and children knelt before
the altar on the sidewalk or In the middle
of the street -and many were crushed In
their effort to got closo to the altar.
The legend of the calnt is that when
the people of Sicily were afflicted with a
scourge he ascended a mountain and per
formed innumerable miracles.
On the altar is an image of the saint la
porcelain in the act of healing a child.
The altar 1b constructed of plna. The
story of the miracle here was that a
child, lame since birth, had been cured
while the parents were praying on the
sidewalk. The report spread rapidly, with
the above result.
VOTE AID TO HEPPNER.
Modern Woodmen Will Also Assist
ICannns and MInaonrl.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. June 19. The
Modern Woodmen today decide1 to meet
In June. 1905, at Milwaukee. The, ballot
stood:
Milwaukee 263
Saratoga Springs. N. Y S3
lxip Angeles tx
Portland, Or. 3
A. resolution was unanimously adopted
appropriating $50,000 for the aid of the
flood sufferers in Kansas, Iowa. Missouri,
Illinois And Oregon, moat of which is to
go to Kansas and Missouri. The money
will be taken from the grneral fund, and
will be available Immediately after tho
adjournment of the convention.
This afternoon It was voted not to ex
tend the Jurisdiction to Include Texas and
Mexico.
At the opening of the night session the
readjustment committee announces that It
had been unable to come to an agreement.
and the entire question of readjustment
was thrown on the floor of the convention.
At 11:45 the convention adopted the Iowa
plan for a readjustment of the rates. This
provides for a graded increase ranging
from 35 per cent to 100 per cent. The vote
was 2152 to K.
FOR NEW JIEMOniAli DAY.
Xevr York G. A. It. "Would Have It
Fall on Snnday In Mn or June.
NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y., ' June 19.
The state encrmpment of the Grand Army
of the Republic today adopted a resolu
tion urging the National department to
have the date of Decoration day changed
to the last Sunday in May or the first
Sunday in Juno.
Cement-TVorUers Elect Offlcers.
SAN FRANCISCO June 19. At the ses
sion today of the convention of the Amer
ican Brotherhood of Cement Workers, F.
C Gengenback. of Chicago, was elected
president and O. A. Veltmore, of San
Francisco, secretary-treasurer. The con
vention then adjourned. The next annual
meeting of the brotherhood will be held in
1904 at St. Louis during the month of
June.
Flour anil Cereal Mill Employe.
MINNEAPOLIS. June 19. The Inter
national Union of Flour and Cereal Mill
Employes adjourned today, after adopt
ing a revised constitution. John M. Fin-
lay, Minneapolis," was elected president.
Among the vice presidents are W. H.
Roose, Cedar Rapids, la., and F. P.
Chance, Topeka, Kan.
CHORUS OF 4000 VOICES.
Children Take a Prominent Part In
the St. Louis Saengerfest.
ST. LOUIS, June 19. As on the opening
night the full strength of the Saengerfest
participated In the afternoon concert of
the ,31st National Muslca Festival today,
and although the audience was for the
most part composed of women, there waa
not a small quota of men which helped
fill the Liberal Arts building. One of the
features of this afternoon's programme
was the chorus of 4000 children from the
public schools of St Louis, who for
months have been carefully trained.
The concert began at 2:30 o'clock under
the supervision of Directors Alfred Ern
est and William H. Pommer. Without
any preliminaries the concert flrot opened
with an overture by the grand orchestra
of 200 pieces. During the performance the
orchestra rendered two other numbers,
rousing the audience to the highest pitch
of enthusiasm with its tremcdous sweep
ing harmony.
Max Lohfing. the basso soloist, rendered
the opening vocal number and was fol
lowed by the chorus of children from the
public schools. At the conclusion of the
chorus a wave of applause swept from
the vast audience and the greatest appre
ciation of the splendid work of the trained
young voices was demonstrated.
Solos were rendered by Madame
Flelscher-Edel, soprano; Mme. Louise
Homer, contralto; Willis Blrrenkoven,
tenor, and Max Lohfing, basso. Then tho
magnificent blending of their voices was
shown in a quartet from the opera
"Faust, act 3.
The crowning rendition of the afternoon
was the quartet, James Bohan. baritone,
in the rendition of a number from Wag
ner's "Der Meistersinger." The closing
number of the afternoon was rendered by
the chorus of school children. Tonight the
closing concert of the Saengerfest will bo
held.
The Saengerfest ended tonight with tho
fourth concert of a notable series. As a
fitting climax for the entire season of
festivities, the closing number of the
concert tonight was "Tho Star Spangled
Banner," participated in by tho National
Gala Chorus, tho orchestra and over 15,000
voices from tho audience, and the effect
was tremendous.
Tomorrow a "volksfost" will bo held at
the old Fair Grounds, where old acquaint
ances may be renewed, and tomorrow
night the exodus from tho city will be
well under way.
FEAR OF FLOOD CONSTANT
Albuqncrqne In Likely to Be Over
whelmed by the Rio Grande.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., June 19. The
people of this city are living In constant
rear of being overwhelmed bv flood from
the Rio Grande River, which Is reported
rising rapidly as a result of heavy rains
north of here. For miles up the valley
the country is Inundated and a large
number of families have been driven
from their homes. Grrnt i"nmHftn
property has been done. The breaks In
me oiks ana tne Alameda Acqula, ten
miles abOVC this elfv. Rent rlmrn
mendous volume of water against the
eiKni-iooi acquia embankment a mile
ttoove we cny.
The water rislnr at thi mf nr n fnt
an hour was creeping toward the top of
mc cmuanwneni wnen tne alarm was
given and several hundred iftan
rushed to the Acqula and began the work
or sirengmening it. They worked through
out wie nignu
St. Louis Sec Last of the Flood.
ST. LOUIS, June 19. The water Is Te
cedlnc ranldlv from the flftnrierf .it. -w.
In East St. Louis and vicinity, and busi
ness is approacning ita normal status. The
latest estimates now show ihnt ihn
directly or indirectly, caused the death
of 17 persons in East St. Louis and vicin
ity. Fourteen were drowned and three
Wpik ehnt fnr rlt'or tliliiF.n "
Vancouver Will Celebrate.
"VANCOUVER. Wash., June 19. (Spe
cial.) Vancouver will celebrate the
Fourth of July, committees bavins been
selected to take care of the various mat
ters la connection with the affair. The
committee which has had the soliciting
or runas in charge reports that several
hundred dollars has already been .sub
scribed. All the details will be arranged
Monday
YOUNG MADE CHIEF!
"
and Carter . Are thB 8
Corbin
Other Staff Officers..
BLISS GOES ;T0 WAR COLLEGE
Secretary Root Announce the Ap
pointments to Take Effect Ans
ut 15 Chaffee Will Get
Vonng's -Plnce.
WASHINGTON. June 19. Secretary
Root' today Issued an order assigning
Major-General S. B. M.v Young as Chief
ot Staff with Major-General Corbin and
Brigadier-General W. H. Carter ..an the
APPOINTED CHIEF OF
MAJOR-GENERAL
other staff officers. Brigadier-General
Tasker H. Bliss 13 to become president of
the War College. The order will take
effect August 15. The order of tho Sec
retary Is as follows:
"Pursuant to the provisions of the act
to Increase the efficiency of the Army,
approved February 14, 1903, tho President
makes the following details to complete
the organization of the General Staff
Corps, to take effect August 15. 1903:
"Major-General Samuel B. M. Young,
to be Chief .of Staff; to be members of the
General Staff, Adjutant-General Henry C
Corbin, Brigadier-General William H.
Carter. Brigadier-General Carter will be
relieved from his detail in the General
Staff Corps at such time as It shall seem
advisable in the discretion of the Secre
tary of War, then to proceed to his sta
tion in the Philippines under orders hore
after made.
"Brigadier-General Tasker H. Bliss is
detailed to ba a member of the General
Staff Corps to take the place of General
Carter whenever relieved.
"Major-General Samuel B. M. Young Ib
Tclleved from duty as president of the
Army War College.
"Brigadier-General Tasker H. Bliss is
detailed as president of the Army War
College, this to take effect on the 15th of
August next. ELIHU ROOT,
"Secretary of War."
It was stated by Secretary Root that
upon the retirement of General Young
next January, Major-General Chaffee
would become Chief of Staff. Both Gen
erals Young and Chaffee "will be made
Lleutcnant-Generals.
NEW CONSULS ARE NAMED.
Private Secretary to Governor Rant
Is Sent to Vienna.
WASHINGTON, June 19. Announce
ment was made at tho State Department
today of these Consular appointments:
John G. Foster, Vermont. Consul at
Ottawa; Robert Woods Bliss, Consul at
Vienna; James V. Long, Pennsylvania,
Consul at Patrae; Edward Hlgglns, Mas
sachusetts, Consul at Berne.
Mr. Bliss Is from New York, and Is at
present private secretary to Governor
Hunt, of Porto Rico.
Mr. Hlgglns, who is appointed Consul at
Berne, Is a Methodist clergyman of
Massachusetts.
Mr. Long, who goes to Patras, was
formerly Consul at Florence.
PAYNE "WANTS MORE TESTIMONY.
lie Explain His Delay In Proceeding-
A grain st Turfman.
WASHINGTON, June 19. Postmaster
General Payne has received a telegram
from Assistant Attorney-General Robb, in
reply to the former's request for a state
ment whether the decision of the Post
office Department ia the Ryan Turf In
vestment Company, signed by ex
Acting Assistant Attorney-General Chris
tiancy, is in accordance with the law and
facts. Mr. Payne is not ready to make
the report public Mr. Christlancy Is still
under suspicion. Postal officials are In
touch with him, and it is believed that
final disposition of his case is delayed,
with a view of securing further informa
tion from him concerning the administra
tion of his office.
Postmaster-General Payne has not an
nounced his final action on the appeal of
ex-Superintendent Metcalfe, of the
money-order system, for a suspension of
the order of dismissal, but the disposi
tion of the appeal is foreshadowed by a
suggestion from Mr. Payne that Mr. Met
calfo was convicted on his own state
ment at a full hearing.
Conger's Report Found Accurate.
WASHINGTON, June 19. It Is said at
tho State Department that all ot Minister
Conger'5 communications on the subject
of treaty negotiations with China have
teen absolutely- accurate and supplement
ed by Indubitable proof. This statement
is all that can be extracte.d at the de
partment respecting the issue which has
arisen between Minister Conger and the
Russian officials touching the accuracy
of his reports.
Tostal-Frand InvcBtlgratlon Ocgnn,
NEW YORK, June 19. The Federal
grand jury in Brooklyn today commenced
an inquiry Into the sale of c3h registers
to the- United States Government for use
in pestoffices.
New Clause to Irlnh Land BUI.
LONDON, June 19.-Chle Irish Secre-
tary Wyndbara today submitted a new
clause to the Irish land bill, the effect of
which will be to bring about lM.pOO non
judicial and future tenants within the
scope of the act. It Is believed that this
contention will bring about a compro-
mlse between the Nationalist party and
toe ,
CASSINI IS GRATIFIED.
Will Go Heme Knowing" America. I
More Friendly to Rassla.
WASHINGTON. June 19. Count Cas
slnl. the Russian Ambassador., will leave
Washington for New York on Sunday, and
next Wednesday he will sail on the Kais
er Wilhclm II for Europe, where he will
spend his Summer vacation. The recent
agitation in this country growing out of
the events at Klshlnef has put him un
der a severe strain during the past fev.
weeks, but he Is now returnlnc to Rus
sia much relieved, and with a sense of
fome personal satisfaction that the tra
ditionally good relations between his gov
ernment and that' of the United States,
which he has sought In every way to fos
ter during the five years he has repre
sented the empire of the Czar at Washing
ton, have not been disturbed.
In a conversation today with an As
sociated Press representative, he seamed
STAFF OF THE ARiYlY
S. B. M. YOUXG.
espccially gratified that the popular dis
position In this country to hold the Rus
sian government responsible for the de
plorable events at Klshlnef, arising out of
the quick sympathy of the American peo
ple, has been succeeded by a calmer and
more reasonable view.
Tho prompt and energetic measures
taken by hls-government, ha pointed out,
demonstrated conclusively that not only
were the intimations that the Russian
government had connived at what had
occurred at Klshlnef preposterous, but
that everything that the government had
done showed that it had no sympathy
with the affair. The Governor of the
province has been removed, the authors of
tho occurrence had been punished as far
as possible, and the government had taken
energetic measures to prevent a repetition
of similar troubles in other places where
anti-Jewish sentiment prevailed.
RUSSIA "WILL FAVOR THE JEWS.
Czar Afirce to Relieve Their Con
fined Condition in Cities.
CHICAGO, June 19. The Russian Gov
ernment has taken cognizance of the pro
tests against the Klshlnef massacre. Im
portant concessions have been granted to
the Jews, which will relieve their terribly
confined condition In the large cities
where they are herded together and con
stantly under the eye of the governmental
officials. Those advices were received
from Odessa in a cablesram.
According to the dispatch, a committee
of 50 of the most Influential Jews of Odes.
sa, consisting of lawyers, bankers and
philanthropists, went to St. Petersburg
and were received by the Minister of tho
Interior, Von Plehwe, and the Minister
of Finance. WItte.
Before these two a memorial was laid
asking that In the region where tho per-
eecutlons have been most flagrant the
Jews might bo granted concessions The
misery of the families who had lost all
during the terrible massacre was detailed,
and the clemency of the Czar was asked.
A meeting of the Ministry was called and
the question taken up. The head of tho
Jewish Church at Kronstadt, who headed
the committee, was called into confer
ence. Finally tho Ministers decided that all
villages should be classified as cities so
that Jews should be permitted to reside
In them. Further, it was decided that
the edict prohibiting Jews from living
within 50 miles of the frontier should be
revoked, and that they should bo permit
ted to live in any portion of the country.
Cxar Accepts Anti-Semitic Book.
ST. PETERSBURG,' June 19. The Czar,
the Novoe Vremya announces, haa ac
cepted a copy of a book on Bessarabia
written by M. Kroushevan. editor of tho
antl-Semltlc organ in Klshlnef, the Bess
arabetz,. the articles in which are held to
have been largely responsible for the mas
sacre of the Jews at Klshlnef, and, it is
added, has commanded that the author bo
thanked in the name of His Majesty.
(It was announced from St. Petersburg
June 17 that M. Kroushevan was attacked
by a party of Jews' in a street at St. Pe
tersburg that day and was stabbed In tho
neclc by a former student of the Polytech
nic School at Kleff. The dispatch added
that the wound was hot believed to be
mortal.)
American Explorers Heard From.
LONDON, June 19. A telegram received
here today from Jubitll, Abyssinia, an
nounces the arrival at Adls-Adeba, capital
of Abyssinia, of the expedition headed by
W. N. Milan, of St. Louis, which is to
exploro the whole course of the Blue Nllo
to ascertain Its navigability as a trade
route from Central Abyssinia to the Med
iterranean. Sheriff "Will Not Move Dewey.
TOPEKA, June 19. Chauncey Dewey
and his cowboys will remain la the
County Jail at Goodlands, and the Gov
ernor will withdraw the troops now sta
tioned there. The Governor believes the
Sheriff is making a mistake by keeping
the prisoners in Northwest Kansas, but.
as the. Sheriffs authority in this matter
Is supreme, he alone will be responsible
should any trouble occur.
Armoar Makes Gift to College.
CHICAGO, June 19. The announcement
of a gift of JUftCOO from J. Ogden Ar
mour was made at the convocation exer
cises of the Armour Institute of Technol
ogy today.
CLEVELAND WROTH
Reporter Has Him Saying He
Is Not a Candidate.
GOOD WILL IS ISP0SED UPON
Acquaintance of a Dead Friend
Gains the Ex-PrestdcntH Ear and
Tli en Grossly Misconstrues
Some of His Statements.
NEW YORK. June 19. The "World to
day publishes a dispatch from Princeton,
N. J quoting ex-President Cleveland as
saying:
-It 13 perfectly absurd to suppose for an
Instant that I have any desire to re
enter public life. Nor have I remotely en
tertained the thought slnco I left Wash
ington, more than six years ago. The
matter is as far from my thoughts as It
was In 1S96, when, all must admit, it was
not within my hearing or my sight. I
have no higher aspiration than to pas3
my days In peace with my family around
me, and take no part In politics which
any private citizen cannot take with the
utmost propriety.
"I have not spoken to anybody on the
subject of a fourth candidacy. I have
never written to a "single political friend
one way or the other, nor have I been
written to or spoken to by them. There
Is not a political leader of any promi
nence endeavoring to advance any move
ment to nominate me In any state, so
far as I have been advised, nor do I an
ticipate that any such effort will be
mads by any leader, prominent or ob
scure, in any locality In the country.
"I have on several occasions within a
year undertaken, to perform the labor
which usually falls to the private In the
ranks, but there has not lurked within
me the hope of any reward, save the con
sciousness of having made an effort to
assist in bringing about salutary condi
tions in the party."
CLEVELAND "WAS IMPOSED UPON.
Ex-President Snyn Parts of the In
terview Are' Grossly Inaccurate.
PRINCETON. N. J., June 19.-Grover
Cleveland, on being shown the alleged in
terview reported by Mr. Bailey, of the
Galveston News, made the following
statement to the Associated Press corre
spondent today:
"I am very much astonished to see such
an outcome by one who only gained
friendly access to mo by reason of his
being the representative of a paper for
merly conducted and owned by my de
ceased friend, Colonel Belo, and now
conducted by his son.
"I do not know whether Bailey intend
ed it or not, but he has given a very er
roneous impression of what occurred be
tween us. If I had dreamed that he
would attempt to construct an important
Interview, dealing with Important sub
jects, out of what was said on the occar-
slon of his visit, I would certainly have
insisted, according to my habit, upon it
being then and there reduced to writing
and submitted to me, Instead of gaining"
the least intimation of such an Intention
on his part, his first words that he knew
an ex-President was not a person to be
Interviewed, and he left me without the
least hint that I had been interviewed for
publication.
"All I care to add is that the substance
of the interview, as published. Is In some
respects grossly inaccurate. There are
statements in it attributed to me that J
certainly would not have made to a per
son no nearer to me and no more in my
confidence than Mr. Bailey."
Reporter Says Cleveland Is "Wrong.
WASHINGTON. June 19.-G. M. Bailey,
Washington correspondent of theM3aIves
ton-Dallas News, said tonight, with ref
erence to Mr. Cleveland's statement, that
the ex-President must have overlooked
tho letter he (Bailey) sent Mr. Cleveland
and the reply of the latter, when he In
tlmated that he had not known Mr. Bailey
was there with the purpose of obtaining
his views for publication. ,
"I would gladly have submitted my
copy to Mr. Cleveland," said Mr. Bailey,
"If he had requested it, and if there Is
any Inaccuracy In any part of my story.
I regret it, but, as no specification Is
made as to Inaccurate statements, I can
not know to what part the criticism Is of
fered.
"Certainly there was no purpose to do
Mr. Cleveland any Injustice, and the story
published shows its tone was- kindly
throughout."
BRIGHTER FOR THE CANAL
Colombians Are Beginning to Favor
the Panama Treaty.
NEW YORK, June 19. Advices from
Baranqullla and Cartagena show a decld
edly favorable turn in tho controversy
over the question of ratifying the Panama
Canal treaty, says a Herald dispatch from
Panama. This change Is due. primarily,
to the Isthmian public spirit and to the
continued publications here, by promi
nent men of both the Conservative and
Liberal parties elucidating the Important
points in the controversy. The restora
tion of public order throughout the Re
public is also contributing to dispose
opinions more favorably toward tha canal
treaty.
PRESS IS AIDING THE CAUSE.
Prominent Men Set Forth neasons
the Treaty Should Carry.
PANAMA: June 19. The Star and Her
ald has been publishing a series of arti
cles by the most prominent Isthmians on
tho canal question. Dr. Pablo Arosemena,
an influential member of the Liberal par
ty, wrote an article decidedly favoring
the ratification of the Panama treaty and
showing that every prominent conserva
tive or liberal in Panama favored tne rat
ification of the treat-.
Another writer says he sees great dan
ger In the sovereignty of Colombia If the
treaty Is not ratified, and declares that
the United States can buy control from
the French company as Great Britain' in
the case of the Suez Canal, and then re
nounce the treaty of 1546, guaranteeing
the sovereignty of Colombia., The writer
adds that it at the same time the Eu
ropean, powers decide to push their claims
against Colombia the republic, being una
ble to comply with them, -a repetition of
the naval demqnstration against Venezu
ela is possible, which is "more Insulting
than the approval of the treaty to the
national honor, which really makes Co
lombia and the United States allies."
"If," the article continues, "being free
of her obligations to guarantee Colombian
sovereignty the United States decides to
land forces and guarantee the world's
commerce, Colombia could not prevent her
so doing, which would be far more dan
gerouo than tho ratification of the treaty."
JOODliERS PUNISHED THEM
Insurance Men's Rcfasnl to Pay
Them Brought Forth Two Bills.
ST. LOUIS, June 19. According to
James A. Waterworth. an insurance ex
pert of St. Louis, the refusal of Insurance
companies to put up $40,000 for boodlers
in the legislative session of 1S&9 was re
sponsible for the passage of the bills abol
ishing rating boards. In the cities
and county insurance. At the session
two years ago repeal bills were intro
duced. At first the eld figure, $40,000, was
A Wonder -Working Remedy for
Women5 Says Mrs, Brown.
PAINE'S
CELERY
Tones and Strengthens Every Weak
Organ and invigorates the
Wtole System.
Paint's Celery Compound has been
clayy. prepared for the relief and cu
of tho many ailments that afflict women.
and It never falls to give a new and
healthy tone to the female organs: It re
moves relaxed debility and unhealthy ex
cretions;. It purifies the blood and estab
lishes a perfect and vigorous health. Mrs.
V. L. Brown, Vlneland, Cal., writes as
follows:
demanded for passage, This was aiter-
vmra reaucea 10 Tfte companies
refused to produce the money, and the
bills were killed In committee.
Conncllmen Charged With Grafting.
SCRANTON. Pa.. June 19. W Ti
Evans, selact Councilman of the Fourth
ward, was arrested tonight on a charge
of soliciting bribes from street railway
promoters. Several other Councilmen are
accused.
UNION IS "WORSTED.
Chicago Hotel Men Gain Victory in
Settlement of the StriUe.
CHICAGO. June 19. The strike of the
waiters and cooks Is a thing of the past,
and the majority of the men will return to
work tomorrow. The settlement of the
trouble was reached tonight. It was
agreed that 75 per cent of the strikers
shall resume their old places In the morn
ing, and the remainder are tohave their
positions within ten days. On the ques
tion of absolute recognition of the union,
on which the strikers have been so obdu
rate, the agreement provides for freedom
on both sides.
The hotel and restaurant proprietors are
to have the" right to employ what help
they chooie. no matter whether It belongs
to the union or not. The employes have
the right to Join the union or remain out
of It. as they choose, and there Is to be no
discrimination against either union or
nonunion men. This Is a substantial vic
tory for the proprietors.
The question of an Increase in wages
was left open for settlement, and if not
arranged by July 6 is to go before a board
of arbitration. The union heretofore has
refused to arbitrate anything.
MANY aUIT IN SYMPATHY.
"Work on the New Chicago Postoffice
Is Suspended.
CHICAGO. June 19. All work on the
new postoffice and the First National
Bank building has been stopped by a
strike of the building laborers, and the
entire working force on both buildings
numbering 700 men. has quit In sympathy
with the building laborers. Only the car
penters remain at work. The hodcarrlers
and building laborers' union called tho
strike because the carpenters Insisted on
setting and lowering centers and building
and removing false work built for the use
of the bricklayers and other skilled crafts.
This class of work the building trades
organizations have given to the building
laborers.
THE DEATH ROLL.
Remarkable Blind Man.
NEWBURGH. N. Y., June 13. David N.
Selleg, a remarkable blind man, Is dead
here, aged 53. Although sightless from
boyhood, he became a few yeara ago, by
his own efforts, one of the foremost busi
ness men of Newburgh. He manufac
tured patent chairs of his own invention
and employed many men. He also helped
to develop a system of Industrial educa
tion for the blind.
New York Editorial Writer.
NEW YORK, June 19. William C. Van
Benthuysen, of the editorial staff of the
World, died today. He was about 17 yeara
of age. On the Chicago Tribune he ad
vanced rapidly from a reporter to chief
telegraph editor, then to night editor, and
In 1SS0 was appointed managing editor,
which post he held until he came to the
World in 1S95:
First American Child Born on Guam.
NEW YORK, June 191 Advices from
Guam announce the birth there of the
first American child on the island. It Is
a girl, and its father is Paymaster Ryan.
The christening was marked by a big cel
ebration, in which the entire community
Joined.
Daughter of Arizona Official.
BINGHAMTON. N. Y June 19. Miss
Florence Stoddard, the only daughter of
Secretary of the Territory of Arizona
Stoddard, is dead at the home of her
grandfather. Judge C E. Martin, of the
Supreme Court, here. She was 22 years of
age.
Treasurer of an Eastern Railroad.
MERIDEN, Conn., June 19. William T.
Squleres, treasurer of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad, died today,
aged 72 years.
Will Report to Governor.
LEXINGTON. Ky., June 19. State In
spector Hlnes went to Frankfort today,
returning from his Investigations of the
conditions at Jackson. He will make his
report to the Governor today. He has
the name of the man who went to Ewen
and offered him $5000 to testify before the
trial court so that Curtl3 Jett would not
be named as the murderer of J. B. Mar-cum-
Ewen also told Judge Hlnes the
names of the men who were secreted in a
closet and heard the conversation. They
were seen by Judge Hlnes and corrobo
rated Ewen's statement.
District Judge tor Retire.
DUBUQUE. Ia June 19. Judge Oliver
P. Shiran, of the United States Court for
the northern district of Iowa, announces
that he will retire from the bench No
vember next.
International Cricket Match.
NOTTINGHAM. England. Jun? 19. The
Cherry Pectoral
Consumption can certainly
be cued. Not all cases,
but very many. Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral is the prin
cipal medicine. The oldest
doctor knows from experi
ence. - The youngest, just
from college, knows from
theory. Both uphold us.
J5c, He, 1.H. J. C AYE CO., UH. Mut,
Ayer's
GOMPOUN
"Four years ago female troubles and
Irregularities commenced to make my life
miserable. Though I sought the best
medical advice, my sufferings semed to
Increase, and recently, upon the advice of
a friend, I ussd Paine's Celery Compound,
and found It to be a wonder-working com
pound. I have used five bottles and can
truthfully say I am a new woman. I owe
my life and present good health to Paine's
Celery Compound."
Nottingham cricketers were all out today
In the flrrt innings of their match with
the Philadelphia, for 154 runs, flvo less
than the Americans scored yesterday In
their first Inning. At lunch time fhe Phlla
delphlans. In their second Innlnss, had
scored 93 runs for one wicket down.
Junction City Teachers Named.
JUNCTION CITY. Or.. June 19.-(Spe-clal.)
The directors of the Junction City
public school met last evening and elected
the following teachers: Principal, E. E.
Stirr; teachers. Misses Gertrude Hamble,
Myrtle Plnkham and Miss Lena Blume,
of Eugene, and Miss Loleto Norton, of
Ashland.
The attendance during the past year
has been so great that an addition will
be built to the present school building at
a cost -of J50W. An additional Instructor
will also be engaged.
"Windsor Race Meet Abandoned.
LONDON, June 19. The race meeting
which was to have occurred at Windsor
tomorrow ha3 been abandoned, because
of the rains. There is three feet of water
on the course over which the Eton boys
are rowing. Six inches of rain has fallen
In London since June S, while the ex
rosed thermometers fell to wlthtn 3 de
grees of freezing during the night.
Great Northern "Will Insure Wool.
BUTTE, Mont.. June 19. A ruling which
Is to go into effect all along the Una
of the Great Northern was announced
today. Hereafter all wool deposited with
the company will be subject to a tax to
cover insurance. The wool will be in
sured in the name of the company.
"Female Bluebeard" Found Guilty.
BERLIN, June 19. The trial of the so
called "Female Bluebeard," Frau Pryz
godda, who poisoned four husbands with
arsenic, and was detected by the fifth
putting poison In his coffee, ended today
In a verdict of guilty. She was sentenced
to death.
Explorer's Body Brought Home.
NEW YORK, June 19. The body of
Paul du Chaillu, the explorer and author,
who died in Russia from paralysis, has
arrived here. A delegation from tha
American Authors' Society and tho Geo
graphical Society met the body at tha
pier The funeral will be held next Tues
day. Crown Prince to Visit 1004 Fair.
COPENHAGEN, June 19. It is Inti
mated that the Crown Prince Gustave
will pay a' visit to the St. Louis Expo
sition. Eruptions
Dry, moist, scaly tetter, all forma
of eczema or salt rheum, pimple
and other cutaneous eruptions pro
ceed from humors, either inherited,
or acquired through defective di
gestion and assimilation.
To treat these eruptions with
drying medicines is dangerous.
The thing to do is to take
Hood's Sarsaparilla
and Pills
Which thoroughly cleanse the "blood,
expelling all humors and building
up the whole system. They cure
Hood's Sarsaparilla permanently cured J.
G. Hines, Franks, 111., of eczema, from which
he had suffered for some time; and Miss
Alvina, Wolter. Box 212, Alsona. Wis., of pim
ples on her face and back and chafed skin on
her body, by which she had been ercatly
troublod. There are more testimonials in
favor of Hood's than can be published.
Hood's Sarsaparilla premises to
euro and koops tho promise.
Promotes the growth of the hair and i
gives It the lustre andslUdness of youth.
"When tho hair la gray or faded It
BRINGS BACK THE YOUTHFUL COLOR.
It pre7ent3 Dandruff and hair falling'
and keeps the scalp clean and healthy.
CUTLiERY
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IGK HEADACHE
Positively cured by these
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Thcj zho relieve DIstres3 from Dyspepsia,
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