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THE ilOBNING OREGOXIA2T, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 190i. 7 ALL FEEL HIS LOSS Members of the Cabinet Pay Senator Hanna Tribute, PLACE WILL BE HARD TO FILL Secretary Hay Deems the Loss of the Nation That of One of Her Forceful and Useful Citizens-Others Speak In Like Vein. "WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. There "were universal expressions of regret tonight among public men at the death of Sen ator Hanna, all of them, without distinc tion of party, saying the country had lost one of its most forceful and useful citi zens. To Secretary Hay the death of Sen ator Hanna is a great loss. "No one who knew Senator Hanna," said Mr. Hay, "could fail to recognize in him those remarkable qualities of mind and heart that distinguished him. He was a man in a thousand for generosity, hon esty and loyalty. He was one of the tru est friends that ever lived." Mr. Hay said that one of the most sur prising things about Senator Hanna's ca reer was the contrast between the man's true character and the cloud of calumny and vituperation that was made to sur rund his name "by political opponents. Things that were attributed to him by thoughtless adversaries were precisely the things of which he was absolutely In capable. "Senator Hanna was the soul of honor, candor and open dealing," added Mr. Hay. "So far from being, as some liked to con sider him, a creator of trusts and organ ized wealth, he was one of the most pow erful and devoted champions of the labor ing people this country has ever known. "Senator Hanna was a faithful and loyal friend of President McKlnley, perhaps his masfrintlmate friend, and their names al ways will be associated In our political history." Secretary Wilson had this to say of Sen ator Hanna: ."A remarkable development, possible only with our conditions, a business man from contact with affairs. McKinley's candidacy and the issues on which it rest ed, brought him into public notice. Sen ator Hanna's ability as an organizer was recognized then, and has been impressed upon the country since that time on many occasions. He shortened his life by ex ceselve devotion to his ideals of public duty, and leaves a vacancy that will not be lllled soon and a name that will have a place in history." "Secretary Hitchcock said: "The nation has lost a patriot and his personal friends and associates a lovable champion, whose sterling qualities of head and heart found their most congenial oppression In promoting the progress and prosperity of his countrymen. Postmaster-General Payne said: "My acquaintance with Senator Hanna Is almost lifelong. In all the phases of life I have never known a truer man. more devoted friend, and his death strikes nearer to me than I can express." Secretary of the Treasury Shaw was deeply affected when news of Senator Hanna's death was brought to him. Mr. Shaw said: "Senator Hanna was one of the noblest characters I ever knew. As a business man he was very successful; as a poll Uclan he ranked with the most potent: as a statesman he was broad-minded, far seeing and intensely patriotic, and as .a friend was the truest of the true. His loss Is National, and In the sad bereave ment the humblest will be participant." Secretary Cortelyou said: "Senator Hanna's death is a personal grief to me. Circumstances brought me frequently In contact with him. and I came to know him as one of the ablest and. manliest of the really great men In public life. Notwithstanding his remark ably rapid rise In National affairs, and his commanding position before the peo ple, he was modest and unassuming, and he was one of the most considerate of men." Secretary Taft said of Senator Hanna: "He was a marvel In American politics. He had a remarkable grasp on public questions of the day and a simple, lucid and, therefore, most forcible way of stat ing the Issues and supporting his conclu sions." Cleveland Gives Him High Praise. PRINCETON, N. J., Feb. 15 Ex-President Grovor Cleveland, when Informed tonight of the death of Senator Hanna, paid him the following tribute: "My relations with Mr. Hanna were only such as grew out of our association as members of' the National Civic Federa tion. He was active in the work of that body and sincerely devoted to the ad justment of differences between employers and omployes. His loss cannot fall to be greatly felt in more than one field of -valuable endeavor." Mrs. McKinley's Regret Is Great. CANTON, O., Feb. 15. The news of Senator Hanna's death was first con veyed to Mrs. McKlnley by an Associated Press newspaper bulletin. She expressed great grief and regret at the news. She regards the death as a personal loss, be cause of Senator Hanna's personal rela tions to her husband. Loss to Party, State and Nation. HAVERHILL. Mass.. Feb. 15. Secre tary of the Navy Moody said: "I regard the death of Senator Hanna us a great loss to the Republican party, to the state and to the Nation at large. He was a forceful man. and a man whose place It will be hard to filL" Will Attend Funeral in a Body. COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 15. The Legis lature will attend the funeral of Senator Hanna in a body. This action was prac tically determined tonight. CONGRESS TO DO HIM HONOR. Both Houses Will Meet, Appoint Com mittees, Then Adjourn. "WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. Both Houses of Congress will adjourn tomorrow Im mediately upon the announcement of the death of Senator Hanna. No business will be transacted In either ntor Fo raker will announce the death of ms coueague. and will offer resolutions of regret, and for a committee to take charge of the funeral arrangements. A committee consisting of 20 Senators will . be named by President Pro Tern. Frye, and the Sergeant-at-Arms will be directed to make the necessary arrangements for the funeral sen-ices, both here and at Cleveland. The Senate will then adjourn. The resolutions will be sent to the Houso at once, and General Grosvenor wi iurani resolutions of regret on the part of the House. As soon as these resolutions are adopted. Speaker Cannon will name a committee of the House to accompany the remains to Cleveland. The House committee will include the entire Ohio delegation. It is expected that the House will provide a special train to ko to Cleveland, and that many members besides the funeral committee will at tond the last rites. The Hags on the Capitol will be at half mast tomorrow and remain so until after tHe funeral. The desk of Senator Hanna in the Senate chamber will be draped In mourning. zAx. the official funeral in the Senate chamber "Wednesday, It is expected that the Gridiron Club quartet win participate in the services and sing the hymns. This will be done on account of Senator Hanna's Intimate relations with the clubi His last public appearance was at the annual Gridiron dinner. OPINIONS OF HANNA. Men of Different Political Creeds Eulogize and Criticise. Brief expressions on Senator Hanna's character were obtained yesterday from men representing various political creeds. All of them, labor unionists. Democrats and Republicans, recognized his ability as an organizer. Some of the opinions were wholly laudatory, but Governor Chamber lain voiced a calm criticism of Hanna s political methods. H. G. Kundret, editor Portland Labor Press I regret deeply Senator Hanna's death. There was perhaps no man in public life who attracted more attention politically and industrially than Senator Hanna. "While the modern wace-earner is self-opinionated, and divided as to wheth er Mr. Hanna was acting In good faith in his professions of friendship for the laboring classes, I believe he was sincere. Close reading and considerable Investiga tion of the Senator's attitude industrially convinces me that he was honest in his endeavors to conciliate capital and labor. He was one of the prime movers, in fact I think the first, to suggest the organiza tion of the Civic Federation. He was one of the largest employers of labor in the United States, and for more than the past ten years carried on his extensive opera tions without an open breach with his men. For years he held to the belief that an employer had the right to conduct his business as he pleased, and during that time engaged in several strikes. After giving some time to close analysis of the perplexing question he concluded that the man who Invested his brain and brawn, all that he possessed, also had rights and as he became con vinced he put his findings into practice. During the Summer of 1902, when the ex ecutive officers of the American Feder ation of Labor were in Portland, I asked them what they thought of Mr. Hanna. They replied that while the Senator was a politician, and ever alive to the Inter ests of his party, they were satisfied that he was conscientious and that It was his ambition to solve the labor problem. I regret that we have been deprived of his aid and purpose, and the country has lost one of its foremost public men. Mr Hanna had many friends among the lead lng' laboring men of our country. Ex-Senator Joseph Simon The death of Senator Hanna removes from the councils of the Nation a man whose sense was sound, whose ideas were practical and whose Judgment was keen. My acquaint ance with him began during the latter part of the year 1895, while he was mak ing his famous campaign for the nomlna tlon of Major McKlnley for the Presl dency. I was the Oregon member of the Republican National Committee at the time, and this brought me In touch with him. It was my great privilege to cor respond with him extensively in relation to this matter during the years 1S95 and 1S95, and I formed a very favorable opln Ion of him through this correspondence. Upon my election to the United States Senate, one of the first Senators to meet and greet me after I was sworn In was Senator Hanna. He referred to our pre vlous correspondence, and a pleasant ac quaintanceship thus commenced. Senator Hanna was a plain, unassuming, whole- souled, genial gentleman, thoroughly loyal to his friends and his party, and above all an American in every fiber of his body. As is well known. Senator Hanna entered into politics late in life. and then only because of his great ambi tion to serve the late President McKln ley: but like everything he did, he took hold of politics and conducted his cam paigns In a businesslike and systematic manner, and knew no such word as fail ure. Senator Hanna did not often par ticipate in debate in the Senate, but he was well able to do so, and when he did he was bold, aggressive, fearless and convincing, and uncompromisingly In favor of any principle or policy he be lieved to be right. He had the esteem and confidence, not only of the business element of the country, but of Its wage earners, and these two ordinarily con flicting elements will equally mourn his untimely demise. Senator Hanna was a hard worker and a roost valuable mem ber of the Senate. He possessed great in fluence In that body, and was one of Its mort popular members. As a political organizer he had no superior. The coun try, as well as the Republican party, has suffered an Irreparable loss in his death. Judge Charles H. Carey, chairman Re publican city and county committee Sen ator Hanna's career in business and in politics Is an object-lesson for the young men of this country. He attained suc cess because he was industrious, sensible and honest. He accumulated wealth by honorable means, but he did not allow his desire to become rich to warp his nature or prejudice his mind against those who do not command great capital or control great business enterprises. "When he first appeared in National politics he was cartooned by certain newspapers as a bloated, coarse and brutish figure, cov ered with dollar marks, and a giant In size, over-shadowing President McKlnley. This representation of him affected the public Judgment of the character of the man, and those who did not know him personally, or who were not Informed as to the facts of his history, had no just conception of him. I remember that when he was chairman of the Republican Na tional Committee, and managing the sec ond McKlnley campaign, he was being most shamefully misrepresented and abused In certain sections of the coun try, so that the popular impression of the man was entirely wrong, but this was having a bad Influence against the Republican ticket. Against the advice of his more timid associates he arranged for public meetings In the Dakotas. where the prejudice against him was strongest, and in spite of threats of personal vio lence he appeared before the voters in person and convinced them that he was very different In appearance, and in his alms and -aspirations, from the man that had been pictured to them. This is a good illustration of his courage. He came to them as a business man and made a plain, business speech, which ac complished more In making votes and bringing strength to the ticket than any other one thing that was done in the campaign. Senator Hanna was not con sidered a great orator, but he had the faculty of speaking straight sense, whether In a public address or In a pri vate conversation. He was plain spoken, but he gave the Impression of being true to his convictions and honest In his pur poses, and this made It possible for him to deal directly with the creat on the one side and with the working men nn thn nttim- tji,. iuiiiun in mis respect was peculiar, and no one can fill the place his death makes vacant on the board of National arbitration of the Civic Federation. He dealt justly with his em ployes and they learned to respect him, and on the other hand he had the confi dence of the great business Interests of the country. In politics he grew faster than any man now In public life. His public career may be said to have begun with the nomination of President Mc- jviniey in and In the few years that have elapsed since that date he suc ceeded In becoming a foremost figure in National politics. And. If he had lived, and had anything happened to President Roosevelt to prevent his becoming a can didate for renomlnatlon. he would have been the choice of the people for the Presidency. His death is a National mis fortune, for he was In a position to wield a powerful Influence in the settle ment of the great economic questions that are now confronting the American people. Governor George E. Chamberlain Sen ator Hanna was a strong man In every sense of the word, a veritable "Warwick In American politics. Eight years ago he was practically unknown outside Ms own state, but his management of the two last Republican campaigns, the methods he In troduced and the caricatures of Daven port gave him Immediate prominence. His success politically has been almost me teoric, and it Is safe to say that out tor the tragic death of President McKlnley no other man In his party could have en tered the lists against him for Presidential nomination this year. His affability, pleasing personality and rapid develop ment as a public speaker have ail unuea to overturn the prejudice first entertainea against him by the .great mass of ms countrymen, and the whole tenor of nis earlier life seems to have undergone a complete change since he entered the po litical arena. It Is probable that If he had lived he would have used his great en ergies to alleviate the acute differences between labor and capital. He might and probably would have been a useful man to his country. It Is .doubtful, however, even if ho had been spared beyond the limit or. long life, whether he could have ac complished enough of good to outweigh the evil Influence of his example in two great political campaigns. Never In the history of this country did any man ever raise such a campaign fund or spend it so lavishly and corruptly as did he In the campaigns of 1S95 and 1900. For the first time in history, through his efforts, great manufacturing Industries and employers of labor coerced employes into voting a party ticket through fear of discharge, or because of threats of the closing of fac tories. His death smooths the way for President Roosevelt's nomination, for to Senator Hanna were turned the eyes of all those of his party who dislike or dis approve the policies of the present occu pant of the "White House. GREAT POLITICAL ORGANIZER Chairman of Democratic State Cen tral Committee Pays a Tribute. BAKER CITY. Or.. Feb. 15. (Special.) "When Informed of the death of Senator Hanna this evening. Chairman Samuel White, of the Democratic State Commit tee, said: "I am greatly pained to learn of the death of Senator Hanna. I had strong hopes of his recovery. I eel that the country has lost one of her foremost citi zens. I considered Senator Hanna. a man of wonderful executive ability and the greatest political organizer of this or any age. "Whatever may have been his short comings he certainly was the most con spicuous figure in American public life. The loss of his great ability will be felt bv those larce financial enterprises of which he was the head and moving spirit. as well as the Republican party and the country at large.' LOSS TO NATION. Chief Justice Moore Says Common People Will Miss Hanna. SALEM, Or.. Feb. 15. (Special.) When he learned of the death of Senator Hanna, Chief Justice Moore, of the Supreme Court, said: "Senator Hanna's death Is a loss to the Nation, in whose service he has ever been faithful, and to his party. In whose coun cils he has taken an active part. Aside from his family and Intimate friends. those who will mourn his departure most are the common people of our country, with whom he always sympathized, and who, in all their troubles, trusted him." REMINISCENCES OF HANNA. Edward Shields Tells of the Senator's Campaign Work in Chicago. Edward Shields, who was connected with the sneakers' bureau of the last Republican National campaign, tells the following Interesting story of Senator Hanna as a "spellbinder:" "The 'grim reaper' has robbed the Na tlon of its m-eatest statesman and the Republican party of the greatest political organizer the country has ever Known, with all due respect to the memory of Blaine, McKlnley and other Republican leaders." said Mr. Shields last night. "I must say there was no comparison between their power of political manipu lation and that of Hanna Both of these statesmen were popular from the begin nlng of their political career. On the Democratic side Bryan sprang like a me teor Into the public favor. But It was different with Senator Hanna. As Na tional chairman of McKinley's first cam paign he was maligned and villlfled by the Democrats and ridiculed by mem bers of his own party. Public opinion changed before the last campaign was over, and I honestly believe that If Sena tor Hanna had lived and been nominated at the coming Republican National Con vention, he would have been elected Pres Ident. There is an unwritten law that no rich man can gain the Presidential chair. but Hanna would have been an excep tlon to the rule. He had the enviable reputation of affiliating closer with both capital and labor than any other Amerl can politician. He could easily have raised a campaign fund of $10,009,000. and I If It was a physical possibility for him pQxmake speeches in every Republican state not one of the McKlnley states would be found In the Democratic column. "Although a Republican I never had any great amount of admiration for Mr. Hanna until the last National campaign, It was my good fortune to be connected with the speakers' bureau at Chicago, and I saw much of the National chairmalr4- durlng the last two months of the cam palgn. "His first effort as a 'spellbinder' took place In a small town In Indiana, after much persuasion on the part of Senator Fairbanks. Shortly after Mr. Hanna came to Chicago to take charge of head quarters, he was Induced to make speech at the 'gridiron.' at 225 Market street. This 'gridiron was a large empty store in the heart of the wholesale dls trict, where noonday meetings were held, Every speaker of unknown caliber was obliged to give a trial speech before he was .given an assignment, and that was why it was called the 'gridiron. Of course this did not apply to Hanna. "The seating capacity was nearly 1000, but the noonday Senator Hanna appeared the place was packed to suffocation. Hundreds came through Idle curiosity only to depart as stauch admirers of the plain, blunt man they had Just heard. "When he arose to acknowledge the In troduction of the chairman of the meet ing, every neck was craned to catch a glimpse of the man who "had gained for Homer Davenport and Fred Opper their reputation as cartoonists. "His first words were: 'Gentlemen, you will kindly notice that I have left my horns at home.' This put him on friendly terms with his listeners, and for over an hour he held that large assembly spell bound with his plain. Interesting logic. Not the least bit nervous, he lacked many of the catchy perorations and the reso nant modulated voice of a seasoned cam paigner, but they were overeshadowed by his wonderful magnetism. He made the greatest hit when he said, "I have been vilified by the Democrats and damnably and maliciously cartooned by their press: I have been called the tool of the trusts and the oppressor of the laboring man, but I want to say right here that I have hundreds of men employed in the coal mines In which I am interested, and If there Is a person within the hearing of my voice that can prove and .truthfully say that I have ever had a strike through the reduction of wages or dissatisfaction on the part of my men. or If I have not conferred and sought the confidence of my employes and Increased their wages, then I will resign my seat In the United States Senate.' This statement brought the audience to their feet cheering wildly. "Senator Hanna made many more speeches during the campaign, including his tour through South Dakota, where he went to pay his respects to bis arch enemy. ox-Senator Frank Pettigrew, and also Nebraska, where he went so far as to teli the people of Lincoln that the ma licious statements Bryan had made about him were as 'false as helL "Those unacquainted with the Inner cir cle of a National campaign and a Repub- llcan administration can appreciate the wonderful influence and power wielded by the man whose remains are waiting to be conveyed to their resting place. "His headquarters, facing Lafayette Square, were besieged almost as much as the "White House and one minute he was settling some Senatorial fight, laying plana for a subsidy bill or entertaining some or his friends, and this remalnds jne of a funny Incident shortly after the last In augural of President McKlnley. In com pany with George L. Lavery, chairman of the National Republican Commercial Travelers. I called to pay my respects to the Senator. He was closeted with a del egation from Nebraska that had come for his aid to settle the bitter Senatorial fignt that was then being waged In the Legis lature of that commonwealth. He had just finished the conference and was ushering his visitors out of his private office, when man who looked as it the 70 years of his life had been spent on a farm, opened the outer door and walked Into the crowd ed reception room. Henna's small, pierc ing eyes caught sight of him In an In stant, and the people In the room were electrified by hearing Hanna exclaim: ' 'Well, you d d old long-legged Indian, come In here. I want to see you.' He went In and it was an hour before any one else was admitted for the Senator was closeted with an old-time friend from Ohio." MARINES LEAVE COLON. American Force Believed to Be Going to Santo Domingo. COLON, Feb. 15. The United States auxiliary cruiser Prairie, with the bat talion of marines on board under com mand of Major Lucas, left here tonight for Guantanamo. It is said that from that port she will go to Santo Domingo. The withdrawal of these marines from the isthmus before the ratification of the treaty between Panama and the United Spates Is regarded as indication of the relief on the part of the American authorities that there Is no probability or Immediate hostilities between Colombia and Panama. Nevertheless, the warships of the United States are continuing their watchful patrol of the entire Panaman coast Cruisers Reach Santo Domingo. SANTO DOMINGO. Monday. Feb. S. The United States cruisers Minneapolis and Columbus, arrived here this morning. and a vessel of the Clyde line Is expected The senior American naval officer has no Instructions to protect American ships while unloading here and If protection Is not afforded, vessels probably will not be able to discharge cargoes. The Minneapolis and the auxiliary cruiser Yankee are to leave here this afternoon. No action yet has been taken by the American warships toward ob taining satisfaction for the recent killing of a machinist of the Tankee, and the firing on the American flag by the insur gents. Labor Unions Not Responsible. SPRINGFIELD. III.. Feb. 15. Judge Humphrey, in the United States District Court, today, said the fact that labor unions were not Incorporated enabled them to escape any responsibility that might accrue from damages resulting from their actions. The case In question was that of Eu gene Ltnxweller. secretary-treasurer of the Decatur Trades and Labor Assembly, who pleaded guilty- to a violation of the postal law by sending through the malls postal cards threatening to boycott busi ness firms If they continued to advertise In a "Western newspaper which has dif ferences with the Typographical Union. Linxweller was fined J1000 and costs. Unknown Man Kills Himself. An unknown" man killed himself In the Gilbert rooming-house. Third and Taylor streets, shortly after 3 o clock this morn ing, by sending a bullet through his brain The unknown man came Into the house last night early and engaged his room The landlady did not know when he went to his room, but shortly after 3 o'clock one of the roomers was awakened by the sound of a revolver shot. He hastened down and awakened the landlady, and they opened a side door to the room He was found dead In the middle of the floor. The Coroner and police were hastily noti fled. Has Dread of Electric Shocks. VANCOUVER, "Wash., Feb. 15. (Spe clal.) Bert Lawton, a young man, from the vicinity of La Center, after having been examined before Judge A. L. Miller by Drs. Black and Smith, was ordered to be committed to the State Asylum for the Insane. The unfortunate young man is 25 years of age, and, while apparently rational on all other subjects, he Imagines that some one is pursuing him and en deavoring to torture him with electric shocks. He has been afflicted with this trouble for some time. Treatment seemed to help him for a time, but It seems that h.Is case Is hopeless. Public and Private Grafters. Brooklyn Eagle. Apologists for our postoffice grafters, who say that the gang merely did In pub-' lie what other men do in private business, ought to make known the names of the men who do private business In that way. It is a poor excuse for a crime that others are In the habit of committing it. If, however, the public grafters "named" the business grafters, the latter might jail them for libel. Hence the general asseveration Instead of specific statement. Safety makes more than grafters pru dent. It makes' newspapers prudent.- To Mark Alaskan Boundary. OTTAWA, OnL, Feb. 15. Mr. Stlllman, of the Coast and Geodetic Survey of the United States, and Mr. King, chief astron omer of Canada, have been appointed to lay out the Alaska boundary line In ac cordance with the decision of the Alaskan tribunal in London last Summer. Army Official's Wounds Fatal. "WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Lieutenant George D. Jarrett, Second Infantry, died at Fort Logan, Colo., today from wounds self-inflicted, while suffering from a tem porary attack of dementia. ' American Chosen to Advise Britons. LONDON, Feb. 15. William Barclay Parsons, of New Tork, has been chosen with Sir "Wolfe Barry and Sir Benjamin Baker to act as technical adviser to the Royal Commission on London traffic. Batter la Elgin. ELGIN. I1L. Feb. 15. Butter ruled Arm on the board today at 20c a pound, an advance of lUc from last week's quotations. Sales tor the a istr! ct last week were 427.300 pounds. Ayers 1 Doctors first prescribed this grand medicine 1 over sixty years ago. They use it today I more than ever. They rely upon it for colds, coughs of all kinds, bronchitis, consump- tion. They will tell you how it heals in- flamed lungs and strengthens weak throats. 25c. COc., $1.00. Jill dmsrlsts. STANDS BY BALFOUR House of Commons Refuses to Censure-Fiscal Policy, ELECTION IN FALL PREDICTED Division Takes the Form of a Vote of Confidence, and Cannot. Be Said to Represent Feeling on Pro tection Issue. LONDON. Feb. 15. By a majority of tonight de- 51 the House of Commons feated John Morley's amendment to tho address In reply to the speech from the throne, censuring the government s fiscal policy, which was moved by Mr. Morley In behalf of the opposition. There were 276 votes in favor of the amendment and 327 against it. This result, as forecasted In these dispatches, was a foregone con clusion. The opposition did not entertain any Idea that it would be possible to oust the Conservatives. The division took the form of a vote of want of confidence In the government, wljlch Impelled many Unionists, who totally disagree with the Idea of protection, to vote to keep Pre mier Balfour In power. "While Mr. Bal four's absence was keenly felt, it was, perhaps a source of strength to his party. as without any defined fiscal declaration from the Premier, many of his supporters felt justified In upholding the government- Joseph Chamberlain also was absent. and the, division lacked the intense inter est which otherwise would have attached to It. A general election is now expected in the Autumn. The action of the Irish party In voting solidly against the government was to night succinctly explained to the Asso ciated Press by John Redmond, the Irish leader, as follows: "Ireland has suffered In the past equally from the protection as from the free-trade policy of England. "We are determined to use the complica tions which have arisen In the English parties solely for the purpose of for warding the cause of home rule. "We voted against the government tonight not on the merits of Mr. Morley's amendment, but because we regarded It a vote of want of confidencejn the government, "We shall strike In the same way against every government, no matter what party it may be drawn from, so long as home rule is refused." Neither the speeches tonight nor the di vision can be taken as an accurate Indi cation of the probable trend of British opinion on the fiscal question. In the lobbies of the House of Commons It was frankly admitted that votes were given to the government, which may be counted on the opposite side when a general elec tion on the basis of free-trade versus protection takes place. Neither Mr. Akers-Douglass, the Home Secretary, who led the House in the ab sence of the Premier, nor Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the Liberal leader, who summed up the debate for the op posite side, made much of an Impression upon his hearers. Tho most notable feature of the debate has been the hope less division of opinion among Cabinet officers, some favoring Mr. Chamberlain's out-and-out protection, while others sec onded Mr. Balfour's half-way measure of power to retaliate. Scarcely a member of the House who voted with the government did not frank ly admit his ignorance of the degree of fiscal reform to which the Cabinet really Is committed. f AJarge crowd gathered to hear the de bate, and the House was full from top to bottom in the hope of a sensational de nouement. CAPTURE PORT ARTHUR NEXT t Nc 3ea Troops Can Land in Corea. "WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-Information has reached here that nearly 20,000 Japan ese- troops were landed at Chemulpo yes terday, the first division of a large num ber which will be thrown Into Corea as rapidly as possible. In the effort thorough ly to occupy the strategic points In the Hermit Kingdom while the Russian fleet Is bottled up In Port Arthur. By one conversant with the Japanese plans it is said that the repeated attacks on port Arthur are not for the purpose of seizing that place at-present, unless an unexpected weakness in the fortifications there should develop. They are part of well-defined plan for the harassing of the Russian fleet until Corea can be occupied. The bottling up of the fleet there enables the landing of troops In Corea without the convoy of a large number of warships. The reports of disorder in various parts of Corea hastened the operations of the Japanese that they might obtain posses sion before anarchy became-prevalent and foreign Interests menaced In consequence, The taking of Port Arthur will form the second number of the war programme. First, however, it 13 learned that the Jap anese propose to cut the line of com munication well up on the railroad run ning from Nlu Chwang to Port Arthur. It Is expected that a large Japanese force will land at Nlu Chwang shortly for this purpose." ROBERTS YIELDS TO PREMIER. Famous British General's Services at Disposal of Defense Board. LONDON, Feb. 15. It Is officially an nounced that Lord Roberts has retired from the "War Office, but that at the spe cial request of Premier Balfour he has consented to place his services at the dis posal of the committee for Imperial de fense. The Duke of Connaught has been appointed Inspector-General under the new army reform scheme. Church Boacd Favors Consolidation. CINCINNATI, Feb. 15. The Methodist Book Committee has decided to recom mend to the General Conference at Los Angeles next May the consolidation of the Cincinnati, Chicago and New York Book Concerns. This means that the manufac tures of these houses will be placed under one roof, but whether the combined house will be In Cincinnati, Chicago, New York or elsewhere no recommendation will be made. There is a branch depository at San Francisco. RnrnflnnnfflwwwTMi!ifPHPmmfflrcmKnnmmim Cherry Pectoral 1 "I had a very bad cough for three f years. Then I tried AVer's Cherry Pec- j toraL My sore lungs were soon healed and my cough dropped away." Mrs. Jf Pearl Hyde. Guthrie Centre, la. J. C. Ay rr Co., Ixrwoll, 3Ias. g SCROFULA Swollen glands, tnmors, white swelling, sores, pustular or scaly skin eruptions, flabby muscles, brittle bones, "weak digestion, emaciated, illy-nourished bodies, are some of the well-known earmarks of Scrofula, Scrofula is inher ited. 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