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Newspaper Page TextTHE OEEGOIANt MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1904. FUNDS FOB FIGHT Chicago Unions Indorse Meat Strike. EACH BODY IS ASSESSED Thousands to Be Contributed to Support of Families. DONNELLY- PRESENTS CASE Federation Pledges, Membership Moral and of 300,000 Financial Support as Long as Necessary in Fight With Packers. CHICAGO, Aug. 7. All the labor unions In Chicago have Indorsed the stockyards strike. After listening to the strikers' side of -the controversy, which -was pre sented to them by Michael J. Donnelly, president of the striking Butchers', "Union, the Chicago. Federation of Labor, -which Is composed of every labor organization In Chicago and has a membership of nearly B00.O0O, adopted resolutions tonight pledg ing the moral and financial support of the federated body as long as the strike con tinues. Each member of the central body will be assessed a small sum per week, and the whole amount "will be turned oi'er to the Striking unions to help In the support of the strikers and their families during the struggle with the packers. The exact amount each member Is to be assessed was left in the hands of a committee, with orders to report results tomorrow. While the officials of the Federation of Labor were unable tonight to give an ex act estimate of the amount of money they would secure from this source, it was Btated that the total sum would be well up In the thousands each week. BY-PRODUCTS ARE WASTED. Recruits at Packing-House Are Un skilled Laborers. - CHICAGO, Aug. 7. After a fight which lias lasted for nearly four weeks, a settle ment of the stockyards strike seems to night to be as remote as at any time since the struggle for supremacy began. Neither side to the conflict during all this time Has shown any signs of weakening. The packers, while asserting that they will soon have their affairs In normal con dition again, so successful have they been in securing nonunion men, still admit that 60 far they have been able to get but 550 of their old employes back, and that the majority of their men are unskilled work ers. In the last statement given out by the packers It was said that nearly half j - ninny men vi u ai woranuw as ociore vne siiiK.e oegan. inese men navo Deen brought to Chicago from all parts of "the country, the majority of them having never seen a meat-packing house before coming here. With these men the packers have suc ceeded in accomplishing a great deal of "work, but, according to the strikers, every animal that has been slaughtered sinci tie strike was killed at a financial loss to the packer?, as in the majority of cases the loss of skilled men has made it im possible to work In the by-products, which tinder normal conditions is a clear profit to the packers. Last week the packers were figuring on a break in the ranks of the strikers when work Is resumed tomorrow mprnlng, but there is nothing tonight to Indicate that the men were even considering suph a step or that they had any Idea of surrendering tomorrow or at any future time. Accord ing to Michael J. Donnelly, president of the Butchers' Union, the strikers are In a better position than they were on July 32, the day the strike was called. "During the four weeks that the strike has been In force," said Mr. Donnelly to night, "there has been less than 200 deser tions from the various unions whose mem bers have joined the struggle for living wages, and not one of these workmen who have gone back to the packers is a skilled workman. To offset these desertions our men have secured at least twice that num ber of new recruits from the, men the packers have brought to Chicago to take the strikers' places. "From a dispute between the packers and butchers, the strike has spread Into a struggle between organized capital and labor, but there are not enough men and women on this continent to break this strike, despite the assertions of the pack ers that they have nearly all the work men they require and that their business Is about back to its normal basis. I have .received assurances- from the most pow erful labor organizations throughout the United States that they are with us in this fight, and are only waiting to have representatives from our union sent be fore them and make the request when contributions to our financial support will be freely made. "Under these circumstances there Is nothing for us to fear, as the victory will be with us In the end, no matter hbw long that may be." A Boycott on Trust Products. NEW YORK, Aug. 7. Homer D. Call, the secretary of the National organization of the National Meatcutters and Butchers' "Workmen of North America, arrived In this city today. He met Henry L. Eich elberger, one of the general organizers, and several of the agents Of the local unlona A meeting of the advisory board will be held tomorrow night, when the situation will be gone over with the secre tary and, if he so directs, a strike will be ordered by "Wednesday. A canvass has been made of over 400 of the retail butchers in the effort to Induce them to stop buying the trust meat and deal with the Independent slaughterers. It Is alleged that all but one of the retail men promised to change their slaughter ers. It Is planned tq call out every union 3nan who is employed as a beefcutter in the retail trade If the employers do not change from the trust to the independents. 30MB .OTTTRES A SCORE. Italian Explodes Infernal Weapon Amongst a Crowd. NEW YORK, Aug. 7. A bomb thrown Into a crowd of Italians in One Hundred and Fifty-first street last night injured a score or more persons and led to the ar rest today of Vincenzo Donetto. Donetto, the police believe, is a member of the "Black Hand" Society, which for some time has terrorized residents of the Ital ian district here, extorting money from xhem by threats and acts of violence. Donetto was himself more severely in jured by the bomb than any of the others, one leg being badly torn. Two rival saloon-keepers on opposite street corners were glving away beer in ea effort to outdo each other, &nd.a, crowd surrounded each place. Peter Dlmero, who was acting as doorkeeper at one of the-saloons, says that Donetto approached him and demanded money, which was re fused. Ho immediately stepped back, took a bomb from his pocket, lighted its fuse and threw It An explosion followed, and men, women and children ran screaming from the place. Donetto was knocked down, but soon recovered sufficiently to be able to get away. "When the police went to arrest him today ho threatened to commit sui cided Several children were injured slightly, and one man's chin was blown 6ft. So far as the police have been able to learn, no one was fatally hurt. FRAUDS IN IRRIGATION SCHEMES Chief Engineer. Newell Sounds a Note of Warning; OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. "Wash ington. Aug. 7. Three hundred engineers, surveyors and helpers in he Irrigation Reclamation Service are out in the field, studying and planning for Irrigation pro jects In the Great "West. Some few are superintending the actual construction of huge dams and canals. Mr. Newell him self, the head of the service, has just re turned to "Washington from a somewhat extensive "Western trip. He reports great Interest throughout the "West in the big works proposed by the Government, but sounds a note of warning against numer ous schemes and frauds which are being foisted upon various localities as a result of the great Interest aroused through Na tional irrigation activities. "There are many Instances tf honest, effective and legitimate irrigation works," he said, "whore the settlers themselves, or their capital to some extent, have gone In and built the works, owning or con trolling them along with the reclaimed land; but I do not know of any of the big private irrigation schemes which are what might be called legitimate development enterprises. They are exploited probably more for selling stock and bonds than for watering land. "Irrigation development can be com pared to mining development. The two are quite similar in their methods of finance. The gold or the copper mine or the oil well which Is really a proven good thing, is taken up . and operated by its owners. It is made Into a close corpora tion In every case. If, on the other hand, the supply of metal or oif Is problematical, then it is made an attractive stock and bond scheme, with glittering letterheads and artistically printed circulars, and oth er people's money In large quantities Is so licited. Attempt is being made to float very questionable irrigation schemes all over the West "It is singular, too," said Mr. Newell, "how many men of ordinary hard business sense wlTl go Into these wildcat things. A successful grocer, for instance, who, if he were Investing his money in the- gro cers business, would find out every detail and every 'In and out of the new busi ness and would make a close and advan ageous deal, will draw his check for some Irrigation stocks or bonds in the most trustful and confiding manner, paying for an investment regarding which he knows nothing, can find, out nothing, and which Is as problematical In Its returns as the veriest wildcat mine. "Other people make personal investiga tion. They go over the land to be re claimed; they see the splendid crops grow ing on other lands which have been re claimed, and having 'Investigated,' they confidently invest even though a tract of 50,000 acres is to be reclaimed with a water supply insufficient for 5000 acres. "I am mentioning these figures advised ly. There are instances today where irri gation shares are being sold for land con taining absolutely no water supply' at all and which can never be irrigated, but will always" remain a desert "The meanest and most contemptible class of- ales "are where the promoters hold out the alluring picture to the poor man or lamiiy that he is by his small regular contributions buying a home for himself, a little home to which he can go In his older days, and by reason of the bountiful crops due to irrigation support himself and ' his family. Thousands of people In the United States are making such contributions which they might as well throw into a rat-hole." EXPLORING HUDSON'S BAT. Canadian Expedition Hoists the Brit ish Flag on Shores. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Aug. 7. The sealing schooner Erik, which was chartered by and convoyed an auxiliary expedition ton the steamer Neptune, which has been on Hudson's Bay for the past year with the Canadian official expedition sent for the purpose of annexing territory there, returned here today, bringing Major MoodIer of the Northwest Mounted Police, Governor of Hudson's Bay. The Erik met the Neptune at Port Bur well, Ungava Bay, Monday, July 25, and spent aweek transferring coal and sup piles. The Erik started on the return journey last Tuesday while the Neptune cruised north to Lancaster Sound, hoisting the British flag and proclaiming British sov ereignty over that region. Major Moodle reports that the Neptune went Into "Win ter quarters at Fullerton Inlet last Oc tober and found the American whaler Era, the only known ship to be in Hudson's Bay during the past season, Wintering in the same vicinity. The Neptune built a fort there, estab lishing a garrison of police and organized the place as a. port of entry and stopped Illicit trading with the natives. The Erik paid duties on all goods Intended for trade with the natives, thereby admitting Can adian authority. WAR j&IAP AM) ATLAS. Japanese war map in colors, included In map of the world, showing each of the great nations and their possessions In separate colors; submarine cables Includ ing the line recently opened across the Indian Ocean, from Africa to Australia, and the new American and British lines across the Pacific: the international date line, and the distances between great ports. Commercial maps of each Of the grand divisions, with railroads and prin cipal cities emphasized. Map of the Phil ippine Islands, showing over 4000 miles of cables and telegraph lines recently con structed bj the United States Govern ment Maps of Nicaragua and Panama Canals, and the Islands about to be ac quired from Denmark. Index with popu lation according to latest official enum eration, embracing United States census of 1S00; Germany. 1900; Great Britain 1901; India. 190L, etc Send .postpaid to ,any address for 12 cents in stamps. Ore gonian Publishing Company, Port land. Or. Women Vote in New South-Wiles. SYDNEY, N. S. W., Aug. 7.-The gen eral election has resulted in a victory for the opposition party, which advocated re form In extravagance of administration. It Is expected that the cabinet will resign. The features of the election were the great exercise of the franchise by women to whom it was only recently granted and a large accession to the strength of the Labor party. One .Dolla Saved Represents Tea Dollars Earned. JThe average man does not save to ex ceed 10 per cent of his earnings. He must spend nine dollars In living expenses for every dollar saved. That being the case ho cannot be too careful about unneces sary expenses. Very often a few cents properly Invested, like buying seeds for his garden, will save several dollars out lay later on. It is the same In buying Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy. It costs- but a few cents, and a bottle of it In the bouse often saves JLtor all druUt. a doctor s bin ot several dollars. For sale X SKS FOR NO VIEWS United States Will Decide What Is Contraband. THEN IT WILL . SPEAK OUT European- Governments Have Not Been Approached for Opinions as to What Classes of Merchan dise Are Subject to Seizure. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. The statement was made tonight in high' official quar ters that contrary to the -reports from abroad, the United States lias not been sounding the European governments with the object of securing their views as to what should be considered contraband In the strugglft. between Russia and Japan. This Government is determining for It self what classes of merchandise it con siders contraband, without suggestions from any other power, and when a deci sion has been reached, its attitude on the subject will bo made public -SINKING OF THE KNIGHT. Official Account Is Given Out at St. 1 Petersburg. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 7. The offi cial account of the sinking of the British steamer Knight Commander by the Vlad ivostok squadron says that a Russian cruiser fired two blank shots at her at a distance of two miles. Instead of stop ping, the vessel steamed at full speed to wards the Gulf of Toklo, and only heaved to at a second shell, having In the mean time hoisted the British flag. The visit to the vessel, the official ac count says, shows that the captain had neither charter nor manifest but certi fied copies of these documents presented by the captain showed that his cargo was destined for Kobe and Yokohaiqa. It was established that the vessel was chartered In the United States to sail for Japan with raw material and machinery, which Is contraband, and the vessel was therefore liable to confiscation. The proximity of a Japanese port the lack of coal on board the Knight Com mander to carry her to a Russian port and the impossibility of coaling from a Russian cruiser, owing to the high sea running, obliged the Russian commander to sink the vessel. The mpmbers of the crew were taken to Vladivostok as passengers and not as prisoners'. They were granted perfect lib erty and every possible assistance was given them. They were also invited to attend the sittings of the prize court al though there was no obligation on their part to do so. . Condemned by Copying Book. VLADIVOSTOK, Aug. 7. The evidence on which the British steamer Knight Commander, sunk by the Vladivostok squadron, .was condemned by the prize court was contained In a letter copying book taken from a press in the captain's cabin by Midshipman Baron Ert after tho officers and crew had left the vessel. This book was not delivered when the captain surrendered the other documents, and it proved conclusively to the Rus slans that the cargo of railway material carried by the Knight Commander was destined for Chemulpo and not for prl vate firms In Japan. Before the prize court the captain was not compelled to take an oath, the presi dent of the court saying that he would accept his word of honor as a gentleman The captain testified that neither he nor the owners of the Knight Commander knew that the cargo was contraband, and that they believed it -was not destined to be used as war material. He "was then confronted with his own letter-book and was dazed for a moment. He then ex claimed: "Heavens, I thought that book was at the bottom of the sea." The Knight Commander was promptly condemned. Vessels Will Carry Coal. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 7. The Porte has practically accepted the verbal not! ficatlon made Saturday by the Russian Ambassador, M. ZInavleff, of the Impend ing passage of the Dardanelles by some vessels of the volunteer fleet laden with coal. This notification was accompanied by assurances that the vessels would pre serve the character of merchantmen throughout the voyage. To avoid difficulty, It also Included i textual reproduction of the Russian dec laratlon in the official note addressed to the Russian Embassy. HONOR TO DEAD HEROES. Japan Rewards Heirs of Officers the Sunken Hetschi Maru. SPECIAL CAtJLB TO THE LONDON TIMES AND PORTLAND OREGONIAN. TOKIO, Aug. S. The Japanese govern ment has granted posthumous decorations of the Order of the Rising Sun to Captain Campbell, Chief Engineer Glass and First Officer Bishop, of the Hetschi Maru, the transport which was sunk off Gensan by the Russian Vladivostok squadron. The English officers on the vessel shared the fate of the majority of the Japanese sol diers, who were either killed by the Rus sian fire, drowned or committed suicide The Order of the Rising Sun, except in cases of exceptional bravery, is designed only for Japanese heroes of Princely rank. In addition to this honor, the govern ment nas awarded the families of the de ceased officers pensions amounting to tho same sums as are given the families of Japanese Majors-General killed In action. while the YuBen Kalsha Steamshio Com pany has paid the dependents of the three oracers 30 months' full salary. ATROCITJES OF THE RUSSIANS Wounded Japanese Put to Death In Barbarous Fashion. TOKIO, Aug. 7, $ P. M. General Kuro kl's staff surgeons have examined the bodies of a number of soldiers who, they allege, nave Deen me victims of Russian atrocities. One of the cases cited was that of the condition of affairs found at Iwo on July 3. It was declared Dy the surgeons that the head of a Japanese soldier was skinned by the Russians while tho blood was yet In full circulation. Four cases In the vicinity of Siamatsza were also reported, in which the surgeons asserted that the bodies were bayoneted and dis figured after the victims had fallen wounded. The publication of these statements has created a feeling of disgust and Intense resentment here. RACE FOR GOOD POSITION. Exciting Incident) In Fighting at Chobaidi Pass. GENERAL KUR OKI'S HEADQUAR TERS IN THE FIELD, via Fusan, Aug. 5. (Delayed In Transmission.) Detailed reports arriving at headquarters show that tho right wing of the Japanese army had tho hardest fighting during the battle of last Sunday. A sensational feature occurred at Chc- baldl Pass,' ten miles from Mo Tien Pass. A brigade consisting of the center column raced with two Russian regiments for the possession of the summit commanding the Russian flank. The Japanese fired as they ascended, dislodging the Russians from the rocks and .killing or wounding 1000 in a very few minutes. The Japanese sustained 12 casualties. f Report of Advance From the West. LIAO YANG, Aug 4. (Delayed In Transmission.) The past week has- been a most dramatic and eventful one. The Japanese intend to follow up the Rus sians and to gain ground east and south by an attack on Anshanshan. It is re ported that the Japanese-are advancing on tho west and exciting rumors are cur rent Hilkoff on Inspection Tour. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 7. Prince Hil koff, Minister of Railroads, left St Peters burg today for Baikal to Inspect the rail way in that district He declined the fa vorable offers of foreign companies for tne aouDie-tracKing or tne urans-biDerian Railway and the project has .been post poned. Russia Will Raise Internal Loan. LONDON, Aug. 7. The Daily Tele graph's Brussels correspondent hears that owing to the impossibility of floating a foreign loan, Russia has decided to raise an internal loan of $75,000,000 and also to establish an income tax. Death of General Yamaguchi. TOKIO, Aug. 7, 4 P. M. Lleutenant General Yamaguchi, of tho Fifth Division, who commanded the Japanese troops during the Boxer uprising, died today after a lingering illness. The Emperor made General Yamaguchi a Viscount yes terday. WAGES AMD COST 0E LIVING Democratic Chairman Takes Issue With Figures of Commissioner. "WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Chairman Cow herd, of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, today issued a statement in refutatidn of recently pub lished tables from the Bureau of Labor relative to the increase in wages and the cost of living. Mr. Cowherd's conclus ions are as follows: "In the bulletin on cost of living and wages recently Issued by the Board of Statistics, the methods adopted are as re markable as the 'conclusions reached. "Wholesale prices have always been tho standard by which the rise or fall of the cost of living -has been computed. Had Colonel "Wright followed the customary course of Using wholesale prices, he would have been confronted with the excellent tables issued by Dun and Bradstreets, both recognized as commercial authorities. "Dun's table of prices shows that from July, 1S97, the low point, to March, 1904, the highest point the cost of living In creased 43 per cent The most skilled Jug gler could not show such a rise in wages. Party necessities, therefore, would not permit Mr. "Wright to use this table and he dare not refute it So he adopts the shining, uncertain and unknown standard of retail prices. "Wholesale prices are fixed and stable, the same in every community, with cost of freight added. There is neither stability nor uniformity in retail nrlces. Coffee sells In the same city for from 10 to 40 cents, tea from 20 cents to $1.50, best creamery butter from 18 to SO cents per pound. "A bright field agent, selecting his stores and localities, could find evidence in re tall prices to support any theory. This was the wayt In which the cost of living was reduced. Tho methods employed to raise wages were equally as questionable. Everyone knows that the greatest Increase in wages is to be found in those indus tries where union laborJs strongest and where -the strength of t&e union had been developed during the period under Investi gation. "The conditions are peculiarly applicable to the building tradea Out of the 3429 es tablishments selected by Mr. "Wright for comparison, 1199, or more than one-third, are In the building trades. Of the remain der 11S5 are likewise in the unprotected industries. The greatest employers of la bor in the country are the railroads, and no other Industry is a better barometer of the average wage. The railroads em ploy all kinds of labor, skilled and un skilled, union and nonunion. In no other industry are as complete and accurate statistics available. "Each railroad reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission the total wages during each year and the total number of workmen on June 30 of that year. The average wage is therefore easily obtain able. "Why were no railroad wages in cluded in Mr. "Wright's report? The an swer is apparent The last report of the Interstate Commerce Commission shows an Increase of railroad wages of only 3 per cent The railroads employ more than 1,3CO,000 men. Mr. "Wright's figures cover 176.S27. "Miners, next to one of the largest bodies of laborers, also are omitted. Mr. Wright's table does not show that any one of these 176,827 men received more wages in 1903 than In 1902 or any other year. It only claims to show tho hourly wage for these particular men has in creased. In other words: had a mill raised the wages of Its employes 10 per cent and then shut down one-half of the time, this would have figured In Mr. "Wright's table as an increase in wages. It would have Nbeen just as easy to have selected an equal number of establishments whose output, quality of work and number of employes as decreasfng and shown a re duction Instead of an Increase in wages. "Then, too, by taking hourly wages, Mr. Wright would not have to consider the 600,000 men now out of employment By carefully selecting his establishments he did not have to consider the 1,000,000 men whose wages, the trade journals tell us. were reduced in 1903 and 1904 from 10 to 20 per cent "We shall appeal from Colonel "Wright and his expert statisticians to one who figures more skillfully and carefully than he the housewife with the market basket, who must make her husband's scanty wages cover the constantly in creasing cost of the family's dally needs." Improvement of Whamgypu River. LONDON, Aug. 8. The Pekln corres pondent of the Times, In a dispatch, re ferring to the question of the improve ment with the financial assistance of China of the Whamgyjm River, on which Shanghai is situated, says that the For eign Office has notified Mr. Conger, the American Minister, that China will pledge the opium and inland revenues of the Province of Szeehuan, yielding 400,000 taels annually, and the opium revenues of the Prefecture of Suchau. yielding 200,- Nature always tries to repair damaged hair. Some times she succeeds, very often she doesn't. She needs a little help Ayer's Hair Vigor. If repairs the hair, touches it up, gives it new life, brings back the old dark color, and makes it soft and glossy. Cures dandruff, too. "I used only one bottle of Averts Hair Vigor and it completely stopped my hair from falling out." Mrs-C. Leasenfeld. New York CAtv: il.w. All toslrts, J. C AYE CO., LnrtU,Hs. RepairsHak r ,Bntterick ipman, Good Goods Only Quality Considered, Our prices We Have Cut Parasol Prices Fairly in Two Beginning this morning at 8:30 we offer our entire stock of Women's and Children's Par asols at exactly one-half of former prices. Prices are now 35 to 5, instead of 50c to $10. Women's Tailor-Made Suits Less Than Half Fifty highest class Tailor-Made Suits for women go on sale this morning at prices that are about 40c on the dollar. They are our best suits, made of fine Voiles, Mohairs, Coverts, Mel tons arid Cheviots, in black, navy blue, brown, gray and novelty effects. The $30 Suits are marked at $12.50, the $50 Suits are marked at $220, and the in-between prices in like proportion about 40c on the dollar. Display of these in the Third-street window. seed Muslin. 'Underwear for Very Little We place on sale this morning a large lot of Muslin Underwear that, through handling and display use, has become somewhat tumbled and soiled. We do not want to place them in stock with regular goods. To sell them in a hurry we've marked them at very low prices. All $1.00 garments at All $1.25 garments at All $1.35 garments at ...... All $1.50 garments at All $1.65 garments at All $1.75 garments at Clearance Sale of Table Linen .Remnants Every housekeeper, hotel or boarding-house proprietor will find this to be a very welcome opportunity for the replenishing of their linen closets. The goods are all perfect, being short ends and remnants of our best selling lines, ranging in length fronr ij to 3 yards. Bleached, half-bleached and unbleached Damask of all grades included. We suggest an early visit this morning if you would fare best. N You Can Buy 9c to 12c Torchon Laces at 7c Ten thousand yards of new Torchon Laces go on sale this morning at a great reduction from regular prices. They are new goods, bought by our New York buyers below real .value, and are offered at a like reduction'. They are from 2 to 2 inches wide and come in a very wide assortment of new patterns. Actual values are from gc to 12c, and are on sale today at the very low price of 7 The .Sale of Embroidery Remnants Continues This is a continuation of the great bargain event that began last week. Ready again for today with as many and as good, if not better, bargains than you found here the first day a further going over of the stock bringing forward many more short ends and remnants. One particularly strong feature of today's offering is the large num ber of Corset Cover Embroideries. We Are Showing More New Silks for Fall Wear A week ago we told you of the arrival of the first new silks for Fall. A day or two ago anohef shipment came in when you see them you will say that they are beautiful. There are Roman Plaid "Taff etas, Tartan Plaid Louisines, Printed Warp Louisines, Printed Warp Messalines, Checked Lrouisines, Monotone Striped Taffetas, Swivel Checked Louisines and Gros de Londre all of them superbly rich in texture, design and colors, Prices are from $1.00 to $1.50. The Clearance Sale of Wash (Joods Continues All that's left in Washable Cotton and Linen Dress Goods on sale at cut prices. We are selling all i2c goods at 9. All 15c goods at 11. All 20c goods at 14. All 25c goods at X9. All 35c goods at 22. All 50c goods at 37 000 taels annually, at the same time agreeing- that these revenues shall not be pledged to any other service whatever. Minister Conger has referred the matter to the State Department at Washington. TO IMPROVE FOREIGN TRADE. State Department Calls on Diplomatic and Consular Service. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. The Depart ment of State has initiated measures whereby it is hoped further to improve our foreign trade by means of co-operation between the diplomatic and consular services. The action of the department Is tentative as yet, and takes the form of an instruction from Acting Secretary Loomis to the diplomatic officers calling for reports as to the feasibility of the plan. The Instruction says: "I have the honor to request that you will cause to be prepared, at your earliest convenience, for the information of this department, a memorandum upon the ca pabilities of the diplomatic service for the promotion of our trade interests in the countryW countries to which you are ac credited. The department is prompted in making this Inquiry by two. considera tions. "First That our Embassies and Lega tions, as shown by their frequent efforts to assist the spread of our trade intelli gence among our people, would eeem to need only a definite plan of action and proper Instruments to become powerful auxiliaries In the great and constantly growing work of equipping our manufac turers and exporters, for effective 'com petition In the world's commerce. "Second The limitation upon the con sular service In Its lack of diplomatic statu?, in obtaining official Information at first hands. Such Information can be se cured by a consular officer only through the co-operation of our diplomatic agents or by courtesy of an official of the coun try In which ho Is located. "It will be apparent to you that. If the United States is to gain and hold its proper place among the industrially com peting nations In the world's markets, nothing should be left to chance, but that the machinery for collecting Information as to business conditions in other coun tries should be made as efficient and as safely automatic as the means will-allow. It Is believed that if the diplomatic ser vice could be brought Into closer and more active co-operation with it, the United States would possess an Instru ment of trade expansion which it would be difficult to rival." Filipinos Taken to the White House. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 7. In response to a telegram from Colonel Edwards, chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, saying that President Roosevelt would be pleased to receive some of the head people of the Filipino tribes at the Exposition, Fred Lewis, manager of the Moro village, and T. K. Hunt, In charge of the Igorro vil lage, left tonight for Washington with eight of the natives. Homesteaders Are in Line. DEVIL'S LAKE, N.',D., Aug. 7. The Hne-up of prospective homesteaders for registration In the .land, lottery began this afternoon, a great 'number- forming In line, although the filing, does not be gin until tomorrow morning. Much ex citement ..attended the line-ug. Many J Patterns for September on 65 79 .1 89 98 $1.09 $1.19 REFFLING IMPORTING TAILOR 231 WASHINGTON STREET eoe(eeateoce9etcc WEDDING INVITATIONS and ' gamblers and grafters, are here and the Police Department has been largely In creased. Sailed for Smyrna. VTLLEFRANCHE, France, Aug. 7. The Biliousness, sour stomach, constipa tion and all liver ills are cured by" The non-irritating cathartic. Price 25 cents of all drugglst3 or by mail of C. L Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. , Toward civilization one lono step Schilling's . Best at home and in trade. Have you taken it ? . " Moneyback. Sale Today Are Always Lowest All $2.00 garments at . . . : $1.33 All $2.25 garments at i $1.50 All $2.50 garments at .$1.69 All $2.75 garments at 1 . . . .$1.98 All $3.25 garments at $2.35 AH $3.50 garments at. $2.65 "V aeoooootosasoeeoooeoesettt i ANNOUNCEMENTS "WASHINGTON BUILDING, FOURTH AND WASHINGTON STS. American European squadron, command ed by Rear-Admiral C. T. Jewett, sailed for Smyrna this morning. s Cere AM Tried Friends Best For thirty years Tutt's Pills have proven ablessing to the invalid. Are truly the sick man's friend. , A Known Fact For bilious headache,'dyspepsia sour stomach, malaria,constipa tion and all kindred diseases. TUTT'S Liver PILLS AN ABSOLUTE CURE.