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The Republican Slate convention met today and nomin ated the following ticket: Governor, Stevens A. Williams; Attorney-General, Georgo Whitelock; State Comptroller, L. E. P. Donnis. The platform Indorsed the administra tion of President Roosevelt and favors his renominatlon In 1&Q4. FOWLER'S and MALT IT A USCLE C "W. EXOWLEB, Xssw GOOD WORKMANSHIP Is our standing advertisement. You may see this ad.'in a thou sand of Portland's finest homes. EXCLUSIVE CARPET HO"SE. J.G.MACK&C0. SO-SS THIRD STREET, Opposite Chamber of Commerce. $3 PER DAY AND UPWARD THEATER Next -week, commencing Sunday night, return of THE MORDANT-HUMPHREY COM PANY. Presenting YOUNG MRS. WINTHROP A beautful society play, and Nat C. Goodwin's A GOLD MINE 3Gct 40c, COc Cor. 1'lilril nnd WnhIngton St. BIG BUILDING COLLAPSES Tvro Men Are Injured and Contrac tor Is Held for Negligence NEW YORK, Sept. 17. A five-story brick building, under course of construction at the corner of Madison and Rutgers streets, collapsed today. Carmelo Lacrop pey was Internally Injured and Joseph Le vins skull was fractured. Their condition is serious. Benjamin Rubensteln, the con tractor who Tvas erectinsr the buildinx Frank Bacher. his ceneral foreman, and two sub-foremen were arrested, charged t wun criminal negligence. v 1 OUT Of CABINET Chamberlain Hands in Resignation. KING ACCEPTS: IT Ritchie and Hamilton Also Retire. DIVIDED ON PROTECTION British Colonial Secretary Quits to Promote Cause, HIS LETTER TO THE PREMIER Policy of Preferential Tariff Can Best Be Nurtured by Private Cit izens Balfour in Reply Favors . Scheme in a. Measure. COLONIAL SECRETARIES. 1SCS Buckingham (C). lSGS-Granville (L.). Kimberlcy (L.) 1874 Carnarvon (C.) Sir Michael Hicks-Beach (C.). 18S0 Kimberley (L.), Derby (L.). 1885 Colonel F. A. Stanley (C.). 18SG Granville (L.). 18SC E. Stanhope (C), Knutsford (C). 1892 Rlpon (L.). 1894 Rlpon (L.). 1895- J. Chamberlain (C). 1902 J. Chamberlain (CO. C, Conservative Ministry- L, Lib eral Ministry. Mr. - Chamberlain himself Is a Liberal Unionist. LONDON, Sept. 17. Official announce ment of ,hc resignations of Mr1. Chamber lain and two other members of the Cabi net was made tonight at Downing street in the following communication: "The following Ministers have tendered their resignations, which have been ac cepted by the King: Right Hon.-Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary for the Colonies; Right Hon. C. T.- Ritchie, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lord George Hamil ton, Secretary for India. The accompany ing correspondence passed between the Premier, Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, and Mr. Chamberlain." . Then follows Mr. Chamberlain's letter dated Birmingham, September 9, com mencing "My Dear Balfour," In which he sets forth his reason for resignation. An extremely interesting feature of the letter is the following statement concerning a preferential tariff: "For the present, at any rate, a prefer ential tariff agreement with our colonies. Involving any new duty however small on articles of food hitherto untaxed, even if accompanied by a reduction of taxation on either articles of food equally univer sal in their competition, would be accept able to the majority of the constituencies. However much -we may regret - the de cision; however mistaken we may think It, no good government In a democratic coun try can Ignore it., - No Hope of Success at Present. "I feel, therefore, that as an Immediate practical policy, the question of preference to the colonies cannot be pressed with any hopo of success at the present time, although there Is a very strong feeling in favor of the other branch of fiscal reform which would give fuller discretion to the government in negotiating with foreign countries for a freer exchange of com modities, and which would enable our rep resentatives to retaliate if no concession Were made to our just demands. "If, as I believe, you share these views. LORD GEORGE) HAMILTON. Secretary to India, it seems to me-that you will be absolute ly justified in adopting them as the policy of your government, although it will necessarily Involve, some changes In its constitution. .As Secretary for the Colo nies during the last eight years, -i" have been In a special sense the representative of the policy of a closer union, .which I firmly- believe to be equally necessary. In the interests of the colonies and our selves. I believe It is possible today, and may be Impossible tomorrow, to make ar rangements for such a union. I have had unexampled, opportunities of . watching events and appreciating the feelings of our kinsmen beyond the seas. I stand, - there fore, in a different position to any of my colleagues, and I think I should justly be blamed if I remained in office and thus formally accepted the exclusion from my political programme of bo important a part thereof. Best 'Promote the Cause as Citizen. "I think, that with absolute loyalty to our government, and with no fear of em barrassing it in any way, I can best pro mote the cause I have laid outside, and I cannot but hope that In a perfectly inde- J pendent position, my arguments may best I be received with less prejudice than when' they attach to those of a party leader. I Aecordlnclv. I would suggest you limit the I present policy of the government to an ! assertion of our (freedom in the casorof all commercial relations -with foreign'Scoun trles, and that you should agree to my tendering my resignation of my present office to His Majesty, and devoting my self to the work of explaining and popu larizing these principles of .imperial union which experience has convinced me are essential to our future welfare and pros perity. Yours very sincerely, "JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN." The first portion of this letter refers to Mr." Chamberlain's first speech on the subject at Birmingham, and Mr. Balfour's reply to the corn deputation. Mr. Cham berlain says neither of them was Intended to provoke a purely party controversy. He points out the unyielding opposition of the Liberal party, which, scouted out the Idea that a system generally accepted in 1S4G could possibly require modification in 1903. Meanwhile the advocates of the re consideration were at a great disadvan tage owing to the admitted differences of opinion inside the party. The political or ganization of the party was paralyzed. Mr. Chamberlain declares an unscrupulous use has been made of the old cry of the "dear loaf," and that serious prejudice has been created. In the rest of .the let ter he goes briefly over the same ground regarding protection, as did Mr. Balfour In his recent statement. Balfour in Reply. 'Mr. Balfour, in a letter to Mr. Chamber lain, dated September 16, explains he did not reply earlier because he knew he would soon have an opportunity of talk I Ing over the 'important Issues with which the letter deals., "Therefore this reply," he says, "rather embodies the results of our conversations than adds anything new to them." Mr. Balfour continues: "Agreeing, as I do, with you that the time has come when change should be made in the fiscal canons by whicn we nouna ourselves in our commercial dealings with other gov ernments, it seems paradoxical, Indeed, that you should leave the Cabinet at the same time that others of my colleagues are leaving it who disagree on the very point with us both. Yet, I cannot but ad mit that there 'is some force In your ar guments In support of that course, based as they are upon your special and per sonal relation with that portion of the controversy which deals with colonial preference. You have done, more than any man living or dead to bring home to the citizens oX the Empire the consciousness of imperial obligation and interdepend ence between the various fragments into which the Empire is geographically di vided. "I believe you to be right in holding that this Interdependence should find ex pression in our commercial, as well as our political and military, relations. I believe with you that a closer fiscal union be tween the mother country and the colo nies would benefit the trade both, and if such closer union could be established on fitting terms advantages to both parties would Increase with years and as the colonies grew in wealth and popula tion. Only Difference Between Them. "If there has ever been any difference between us in connection with this matter it has only been with regard to tho prac ticability of the proposal which would seem to require, on the part of the colo nies, a limitation in the all-around devel opment of a protective policy, and on tho part of this country the establishment of a preference in favor of important colo nial products. On tho first of these re quirements I say nothing; but if tho sec ond Involves, as it most certainly does, (Concluded on Second Page.) RESIGN AS MEMBERS OF C. T. Chancellor Li IS AT FAULT Lieu Land Selections at Bottom -of Frauds. RICHARDS IS FOR REFORM Measure Is a Boon to . Specu lator, Instead of Settled FULTON'S CHARGES AT HAND Commissioner Says He Gave Out No Tips on. Withdrawals Hitchcock Silent Unless Accusations Arc Made Specific. EVILS OF THE LIEU LAND LAW. The lieu land law ought to be re modeled on an equitable basis. In deed, I am almost in favor of Its complete repeal, but that would hardly bo fair. The law should be so amended as to restrict lieu selec tions to lands of equal area, and of approximately equal value to those given back to the Government in forest reserves. The law was osten sibly framed for tho benefit of bona flde settlers, but a study of. the map of forest reserves established in tho post four or Ave years leads to the conclusion that they wero created primarily In tho Interest of land grant railroads and wagon road companies. Statement by Land Commissioner Richards. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington," Sept. 17. No one in Washington stands ready to 'deny the general charge made by Senator Fulton, in the Oregonian of September 12, that some official, or officials, of the Interior Department have been giving out advance Information to land speculators In' Oregon and other states which has enabled them to settle upon thousands of acres of public lands which were soon thereafter embodied in great temporary withdrawals made for forest reserve purposes. Unless the Sen-T ator makes his charges specific, names the men who have made speculative entries, designates tho land that has been so en tered, or points out the leaks through which speculators have obtained ad vance information, his allegations will not. be given serious consideration by tho Secretary of tho Interior. Mr. Hitchcock is alfcay from Washington, but were he here ,he would not reply to the general statement of the Oregon Senator. His subordinates like wise decline to make reply, and say no denial will be entered until specific in stances of fraudulent entry, or the Im proper exposure of departmental secrets, are stated. Richards Defends His Office. Land" Commissioner Richards is more frank. "I have not a doubt," said he to day aftec.readlng the recent arraignment of Senator Fulton, "that many speculative-entries have been made. In Oregon, In localities referred to by tho Senator. But I do not hesitate to say that no man, in Oregon or any other state, secured from this office any advance information which would enable him to tell what lands we proposed withdrawing. This Is one thing we havo carefully guarded. There may be leaks In the Interior Department or elsewhere. I don't undertake to speak for other offices, but there arc no leaks here. Commissioner Richards went on to ex plain that the temporary withdrawals are madcto head off the very abuses of which Senator Fulton complains. Continuing he said: "They are made to prevent speculative entries. But in the making withdrawals pass through three different bureaus before action is taken by tho Secretary of the Interior. The original outline of temporary withdrawals is usually prepared by the Bureau of Forestry, on suggestion of Its field repre sentatives. Their recommendations go to THE BRITISH CABINET. RITCHIE. of the Exchequer. HON. the Geological Survey, and In turn pass through the General Land Office for recommendation.- Before -the Forestry Bu reau acts it sends men into tho country where it is thought forest reserves should be created, and later representatives of the land office visit these areas." Field Men May Have Given Tips. - Commissioner Richards says it is quite possible that some of tho field represen tatives of the Government may have become- the tools of land speculators, and for a consideration made known the 'character of their recommendations, upon which withdrawals were subsequently made. Tho land speculators, he says, are shrewd, cunning men, and no doubt they, at times, have learned from . tho field agents tho very facts they were after, and never paid a cent for their Informa tion. ' "But after all," he says, "the fact that many acres of worthless, or other land, entered by speculators, have been brought into a temporary withdrawal, 4oes not chango their, status; does not give the entryman any privilege of lieu selection. No special rights accrue to him, unless his land is brought within a forest reser vation, and you may be very sure that we will go slowly In creating reserves, especially from withdrawals that embody lands which have been entered under sus picious circumstances. Whenever we find, in going over the records, that a bunch of entries have been made In any locality just before a withdrawal has been or dered, we will exercise the utmost care to determine whether those entries were made In good faith. Every suspicious cir cumstance will be examined into and the Government will be given the benefit of a doubt. Will "Weed Out Speculative Entries " wo are not going to include In any new reserve any lands 'we think were en tered for speculation. There is no hurry about creating new reserves. In Oregon the lands we want are now covered by withdrawals, and further speculative en tries cannot be made. We will take our time and weed out all lands that are not valuable for forest reserve purposes, and all lands in private ownership that are not especially desired as a part of a re serve. We are not going to repeat the errors of past years, and create wholesale lieu base, nor give to land-grant rail roads and wagon roads an opportunity to make millions of dollars out of new lieu selections. Of course any new serve mat is created will contain some private lands, but it will be mostly land that was entered some time before the temporary withdrawals . were made." It was suggested to the Commissioner that, according to common report, specu lators had settled upon a large strip of land along the outer boundaries of the Blue Mountain withdrawal. "If we find that to be so we .will draw the reserve line just inside of those entries," was the reply. Lieu Land Law Is WroiiK. Commissioner Richards recognizes that the lieu land selection law is at the bot tom of these forest reserve frauds, and he strongly advocates the modification of that law. - "The lieu land law ought to be remod eled on an equitable plan." said he today "Indeed, I am almost in favor of its com plete repeal, but that would hardly be fair. The law should be so amended as to restrict lieu selections to lands of equal area, and of approximately equal value to those given back to the Gov ernment in for.est reserves. The lieu land law was ostensibly framed for the bene fit of bonafide settlers, whose lands were included within forest reserves, and who were thereby shut off from schools neighbors, and other advantages. Such settlers should always enjoy tho right of equitable exchange, but a study of tho map of forest reserves established in the past J. our or five years leads to the conclusion that they were created prl marily In the interest of land grant rail roads and wagon-road companies." INDIAN' LANDS TO BE RECLAIMED. Government Lets a Contrr.ct for a Cnnnl on Yakima Reservation. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Sept. 17. The Indian office today closed a contract with Nelson Rich, of Prosser, Wash., for the construction of a four-mile irrigation canal on the Yaki ma Indian reservation, by which It is pro posed to reclaim about 20,0000 acres of sago brush land. The cost of the canal and headwords'is to be $25,600. There are 50,000 acres of desirable land on the Yakima reservation that can be reclaimed at a minlmun cost, and at the time it was intended, by act of Congress, to -authorize the Yakima Irrigation Com pany to construct all necessary canals for the reclamation of the entire tract. The failure of Congress to authorize this pro ject induced the department to enter into a contract for the reclamation of a part of this tract, and If the experiment proves a success efforts will be made to secure a sufficient-appropriation to reclaim the remaining 30,000 acres. Under this contract Rich will be re quired, as far as practicable, to employ the Yakima Indians on construction work. Most of the lands to be irrigated, It Is said, have been allotted, or are now con trolled, by reservation Indians. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN. Colonial Secretary. TURKS SLAY ALL Ten. Thousand Lives Are Taken at Kastoria, TOWN REDUCED TO RUINS Massacre Exceeds Anything So Far in Macedonia. PRESS URGES BULGARIA TO ACT Immediate Mobilization of the Army Is Held Necessary, as America's Experience Proves Only Force Will Avail Against Turkey. NEW PLAN OF TOWERS. The continued atrocities of Turkey In Macedonia thoroughly alarm tho powers, and a proposition to havo Russia and Austria occupy the coun try with military forces is being re ceived with great favor. Great Brit ain favors the plan If the other pow ers agree; Italy has given Us ap proval, and Franco Is expected to fall In line. There is little doubt that the awful massacre at Kastoria will cause Bul garia to take decisive action, and if war Is to be averted, the powers must act without delay. SOFIA, Bulgaria, Sept. 17. The Foreign Office here has received Information that the Turks have destroyed the town of Kastoria, 36 milessouth of Monastir, and have massacred the population. The report of the massacre comes from sources admitting of little doubt, though the details are lacking. It was received with the gravest concern by the officials here. The population of Kastoria numbers about 10,000 persons, and the massacre of such a number In one place,. If the re port be true, exceeds anything which has occurred in Macedonia. At the present critical moment, when popular feeling is intense, the effect of the report of such a stupendous slaughter may be most serious. The press Is nssumlng a belicose tone. The Dnevik tonight complains that tho government's partial mobilization of three divisions Is utterly inadequate, and urges the immediate mobilization of the whole Bulgarian army, pointing out that the experience of other nations, France, the United States and Austria, 'has proved it is always necessary to display strength when, dealing with Turkey. Tho paper advises the government to act now "at a favorable moment when tho people of Europe are evidencing encouragement of Bulgaria. The government, .while steadily pro ceeding with the partial mobilization plan, is endeavoring to avoid unnecessarily ex citing thb people, and consequently has (Concluded on Second Page.) CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Foreign. Chamberlain. Ritchie and Hamilton resign from British Cabinet on account of protec tion Issue. Pace 1. Turks slay 10.000 people at Kastoria, and re duco the town to ruins. Pago 1. Russian-Austrian occupation of Macedonia to end hostilities is being received with favor. Page 1. , National. Land Commissioner Richards says lieu land law Is largely responsible for the many frauds. Pace 1. Government lets contract for canal to reclaim land on Yakima Indian reservation. Pago 1. .. Domestic. Oregon makes a bid for tho 1904 Irrigation Congress. Page 2. Crisis in Sir Thomas LIpton's condition will h3 reached today. Pago 2. New York Is swept by another severe gale, and shipping suffcra heavily. Page 3. President Roosevelt delivers address at dedi cation of Antletam battlefield monument. Page 5. - ' Curtis Jett, the Kentucky feudist,. is. ready to confess. Page 2. Sports. Pacific Coast League games: Seattle 9, Port land 1; Los Angeles 10, Oakland 3; Sacra mento 4. San Francisco 3. Page 14. Pacific National League games: Seattle 11, Salt Lake 1; Spokane G, Butte 3. Page 14. Preliminary contests In Multnomah Club's athletic tournament. Page 14. Pncille Coast. Portland djy at the State Fair Is a record breaker Tor attendance. Page 4. Timber applicants must He or lose their en tries. Pace 4. S. P. Donkel, rancher, is murdered and body hidden on the Deschutes River in Crook County. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Prune market not yet opened. Page 13. Chicago wheat easier on better weather. Page 13. Steel the feature o the stock market. Paga 13. San Francisco produce quotations. Page 13. Conference at The Dalles falls to settle rate war. Page 12. Big steamship Vermont chartered to carry mixed cargo to South Africa. Page 12. Local. Secretary Martin, of National Livestock As sociation, denounces Hitchcock and booms Portland as a packing center. Page 10. Alaska Packers' Association Is slow to fix opening prices. Page 12. City authorities will not allow new gambling house to osen. Page 8. Portland rider will try slide for life. Page 8. Mabel Hlt .will meet an angry husband In San Francisco. Page 10. Crlttenton Home affairs near a crisis. Pago 10. Northern Pacific has settled nearly all claims for Injuries in Elks tralnwreck. Page 8. John Davis finishes evidence In damage suit against his mother-in-law. Page 14. . - . v. .4.