THE MORNING- OREGONIAff. THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1905
HE MUST EXPLAIN
What Hyde Will Ask Alexan
der When They Meet,
EQUITABLE'S STORM SIGNALS
President Must Explain Attacks on
Brother Directors, Request for
Investigation and Dealings
WithTarbell and Others.
jvjsw IORK, April 5. Tho course
which the Hyde forces will pursue in to
morrow's special meeting of the Equita
ble Life Assurance Society's directors
was forecasted tonight In a statement
given out by one of Mr. Hyde's friends.
Whllo the statement bears no signature.
it originates In the same source from
-which others giving Mr. Hyde's attitude
.have come, and Is regarded as authentic
The statement asserts that Mr. Alex
ander "will be called upon to cxplajn rto
the directors "why he sent a letter re
questing tho Commissioner of Insurance
to make an examination of the society
without having informed the executive
committee, and that he will be called
upon to explain "his conduct in assailing
the personal Integrity of his associate.
James Hazen Hyde, the vice-president,
Jacob It. Schlff and E. H. Harrlman.
directors, of the society, and causing the
publication of matter derogatory to
them. Continuing the statement says:
Both Mr. Alexander and Mr. Tarbell will
be called upon to explain the sale of the re
newal account for the sum of $135,000 on the
day that the memorable petition asking- for
the removal of Mr. Hyde was presented to
the board of directors.
Mr. Aloxander will be charged with hav
ing retained Frank H. Piatt to organize what
Is commonly known as the Crimmins policy
holders' protective committee, for the ex
press purpose of assailing the board of di
rectors and maligning James Hazen Hyde,
the -vice-president, and also Impairing pub
lic confidence in the management of the
coclety.
Mr. Alexander will also be charged with
having Instigated the suit known as the
Brackett-Mary Young suit and the action
taken by Mr. Bracket! in the office of the
Attorney-General and also in the Legisla
ture acts which are detrimental to the
good name of the society.
A statement was also given out tonight
by the so-called Crimmins policyholders'
committee, outlining its proceedings up
to date.
HARRIMAN AND THE EQUITABLE
Has Sold No Bonds and Quarrel Was
Surprise to Him.
NEW YORK, April 5. E. H. Harrlman
made a statement in reference to the af
fairs of the Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety. He said he had caused his books
to be examined for years back, and found
there were no transactions between him
self and the Equitable Society other than
one loan, which loan was paid off more
than a year ago,, because he was not will
ing to pay the rate of interest required by
the society. As to the companies In which
he is interested, Mr. Harrlman said that
lie had no recollection, nor did he believe
that there was any financial transaction
between the society and these companies,
either directly or Indirectly, nor had any
sale of securities been made by any of
these companies because of the possibil
ity of the Equitable Society becoming in
terested therein.
Mr. Harrlman further said that many'
of the bonds now held by the Equitable
were evidently purchased through other
parties in the open market, and probably
before he had any interest in the Union
Pacific or Central Pacific and allied lines.
As to the purchases from Kuhn, Loeb &
Co. of certain bonds, he said his company
had no interest or connection whatever.
As to the ownership of stock in the
Equitable Society, Mr. Harrlman de
clined to state whether he owned stock
or not, as he said he would so decline re
garding the ownership of the stock of
any other company with which he might
be connected.
Mr. Harrlman said that in discharging
his duties as trustee of the Equitable, his
position was the same as that of all other
trustees. He had attended the meetings,
hp had heard reports from various com
mittees, suoh as tho auditing committee,
the officers of the company, whom he re
garded as trustworthy, and in each in
stance when he was present, those re
ports, particularly those emanating from
the president, were in effect that the con
dition of the society was prosperous and
laudators' as to the loyalty, integrity and
energy of all Its officers. The last meet
ing at which the officers' reports were
presented, he said, was one about two
months previous to the meeting at which
the mutuallzation plan was presented.
"It did not seem possible to me," con
tinued Mr. Harrlman, "that such a change
could have taken place, all in two
months."
Jacob H. Sehiff, of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.,
has not resigned from the fiscal commit
tee of the Equitablo Life Assurance So
ciety, but he has not attended the com
mittee meetings recently. He will attend
tomorrow's special meeting of the Equi
table directors.
TEXAS' BIG HEART.
(Continued from First Page.)
and to say how glad I am to be here. I trust
that in. a. short time I shall have tho chance
of greeting the Senators and Representatives
cf a state of a million and a half people. Z
wish to eay that In greeting all of you I am
especially glad to greet the children. I am
glad to see tho Indian Orphan Home children
here and your public school children. I wish
you to care for the children, who are going
to run the state in about 15 or 20 years, ttmd
see that they do that in the right shape.
Tou know that from this territory I .got
many of the members of my regiment, ifihd
many of those were of Indian blood. In this
territory now and when it becomes a state you
must see to it that everything Is done to bring
the Indians, the original owners o the soil,
up to the highest standard of citizenship, and
remember this, that your motto should be "All
men up, and not some men down." The easiest
-n ay to raise any of us la to raise all of ifc,
and if you depress any of us, as sure as fate
all of us will more or less feel the effects of
that depression. I have traveled all today
tiirough this beautiful territory. You have
tie climate, the natural resources in agri
culture and business that trill make you one
cf the greatest states of the Union. It rests
with yourselves to take advantage of these na
tural resources. Tou have got to work, and
work hard. I do not have to say that to those
who arc the descendants of tho pioneers or
the" pioneers themselves, for that is bow work
on the frontier has always been done."
At Caddo and Durant, Indian Territory,
there were duplications of tho welcomes
given to President Roosevelt at every
point since the special train entered the
territory, early in the day. He made brief
speeches on the subject of statehood at
each of these points.
PLANS FOR THE WOLF-HUNT
Oklahomans Prepare Reception, Ban
quet and Sport for Guest.
. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., April 5. Ar-
rangemonts have been completed for the
Teception and entertainment of the Presi
dential party in the pasture reserve from
Saturday until "Wednesday. The special
train will arrive at Frederick Saturday at
S P. M., at which place a reception and a
banquet will be given. The party will
leave for. the camp at 6 P. M. A telegraph
office 'Is being installed at a point on the
'Frisco Railroad, near which- the camp
vrlli be- .located. Monday morning the
hunt will begin, John Abernathy, an old
cowboy and plainsman, acting as guide,
and on Wednesday evening will close with
the wolf drive.
Major Ripley, of the. Eighth Cavalry,
with 200 troopers, is at Frederick to escort
the Presidential party to the reserve and
prevent the influx of trespassers.
IN THE SUNFLOWER STATE.
He Promises His Best
to Make
Things Right.
PARSONS. Kan.', April 5. President
Roosevolt was routed out before breakfast
today. Tho Presidential special stopped
here at 7:30 o'clock to change engines and
a crowd gathered around the private car
"Rocket." and attracted the attention of
the occupants by shouts of" "Where la
he?" Several negroes called, "We have
been waiting since 4 o'clock to see you."
The President hurried his dressing and
stepped to the rear platform, where he
was cheered. The citizens of Parsons had
sent to the car a huge bunch of American
Beauty roses, which was placed on tho
breakfast table. The crowd was not sat
isfied with merely seeing the .President,
and in response to calls for a speech, he
said:
Friends, I will just bid you good morning.
I am so glad again to be In the Sunflower
State. From the beginning I have believed
la your people and I am more than grateful
for the way you people showed your belief
in me last November. It Is not possible for
any man In any position to promise that
things will come right. All that he can
promise is that so far as In him lies he will
do his part towards making them right.
This I can promise, and do. It is in one
stage of life as it Is In another. Right hero
I see ono of the men who fought In the
great war. All he could do In that war was
to do his part well, to do all that lay in him
well. And that is what each one of us can
do. in whatever position he is called to be.
It is because of what you and the average
man and woman of Kansas have done that
Kansas is so great a state, and It is what
every man from the President right through
has got to do If our country is to be what it
should be.
To you people In Kansas, to you In whom I
believe so much, there are just ono or two
things I could say in this brief moment.
There is nothing peculiar in tho qualities
you need In government that differentiates
those qualities from the qualities ?ou need
In having one private man deal with an
other. If a man Is to be an advantage to
the community In which he lives, he must
be a decent, square-dealing man, who does
fairly by his neighbors, who takes care of
his family. The same qualities in another
sphere must be applied In public life If he
Is to amount to anything honesty, deconcy,
courage and common sense.
GOOD MEN AMONG THE INDIANS
Roosevelt Predicts Admission of
Their Territory to Statehood.
MUSKOGEE, L T., April 5. President
Roosevolt paid a tribute to tho people of
Indian Territory, and commended them aa
eligible for statehood in a brief speech
at Vlnlta. where a stop of two minutes
was made at 9:03 A. M. Tho little city
was more profusely decorated than any
other place through which the Presiden
tial train had passed. The station was
decorated with flags and bunting, and an
immense sign suspended at tho point
where "The Rocket" stopped bore tho
words: "Welcome to Our President." As
the train slowed down a salute was fired.
Hundreds of people on foot and horseback
and In vohicles of all kinds pressed about
the train.
The President's reference to statehood
was wildly applauded. He spoke aa fol
lows: I cannot say what pleasure it Is to me to
be today In the Indian Territory, which I
earnestly hope will soon be part of a great
state of our Union. (Cheers). I have never
had the good fortune to be In the territory
before, but I had the great good fortune to
have some of your sons In my regiment.
and better and truer men never rode a horse
nor handled a rifle. (Cheers.) All I need
say of them, speaking to you of the war. Is
that we tried in the late war to show that
we had some of the spirit that the men bad
who fought in the great Civil War.
You will soon be part of one of the great
states of the 'Union (for surely we will see
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory admitted
into statehood), and when that takes place
you will be at the outset a great state.
Then it will lie with you to see what kind of
state you make of it.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF A STATE
President Advises Indians to Elect
Square Men to Office.
SOUTH M'ALESTER, L T., April 5V
Ten thousand people greeted tho Presi
dent at Muskosee. President Roosevelt
had not Intended leaving the train at that
point, but when he saw the stand erected
for him and tho thousands of eager, wait
ing people, he left the train, mounted the
stand and spoko for five minutes. He
was received by the local committee,
headed by Pleasant Porter, chief of the
Creek Nation. Excursions were run by
all the railroads, and not for years have
so many full-blooded Indians of all na
tions visited tho city. The Territorial
Mounted Guards and a hundred Deputy
Marshals constituted a guard of honor.
As the President left tho train the
crowd gave a mighty cheer, and as he
mounted the speaker's stand and bowed,
a son of tho plains who had climbed a
telegraph pole, yelled. "Hello, old pal; we
are with you." The President acknowl
edged the salutation with a smile and
with a wave of his hand. Two thousand
school children had gathored in an lnclo
sure near the stand and gave a flag salute.
The President spoke as follows:
I cannot say how impressed I have been
traveling through the territory this morning.
Tour territory, probably in conjunction with
Oklahoma, will soon be one of the great
states of this Union. I look forward to
meeting your Senators and Congressmen not
long hence. I earnestly hope that as you
enter statehood you will reallzo the Immense
responsibility that rests upon you. State
hood is a first-class thing If you una it
aright. It will be a mighty poor thing If
you don't. Successful self-government, of
course, must bo based upon the average
quality of the citizenship. If the average
citizen does his duty you will nave a good
state, and you will not otherwise.
Nobody can make a good state except you
yourselves. Tou need just the qualities In
government that you need In private life.
A man who is a good neighbor, a good, hus
band, a good father. Is the type of man who
makes a good citizen. The person that you
want to have as a neighbor Is the man to
whom you can tie, on whom you can count,
the man who is a gamo man in time of
trouble, but who does not seek trouble; the
man who does not brag and brawl, but who
makes good; tho man who 1b decent and
square In his dealings with others.
That Is just tho type you have got to have
in public life. You cannot afford to let any
man represent you in public life If he Is
crooked; I do not care whether he Is
crooked on your side or not. If he will do
somothlng" that Is not exactly straight for
your advantage, he will do It quicker for his
own advantage.
Start the New State Right.
MUSKOGEE. L T., April 5. A stop not
on the schedule was made at "Wagoner.
Seve-a' hundred people were waiting
about the depot platform. It had been in
tended that the train should slow down In
order that the citizens might see the
President. The train stopped long enough,
however, for tho President to talk to the
people on the question of statehood for
the territory. The President said:
It was here in this territory that no small
part of my regiment was raised, and you,
my comrades there, who fought In the big
war. know it means a good deal .to have
men with you in tho trenches. I take the
most extreme interest in everything that
concerns your welfare. It will be but a
short time now, probably, when In conjunc
tion with Oklahoma you will become a great
state. It Is going to rest with you, upon
the way in which yon handle yourselves,
whether you will be proud of that state or
not. There Is not anybody that can help us
do more than start along In the right direc
tion. Each one of us will stumble at times,
and shame on any man who will not help
his brothor up; but you can't carry him. He
must walk by himself.
J. Evorest Worthlngton, the deaf mute
who threatened to murder Governor Hoch,
of Kansas, was sent to the insane asylum
yesterday. s. ....
ROMANCE OF THE SLUMS
MILLIONAIRE MARRIES A POOR
RUSSIAN JEWESS.
Associated in Settlement Work on
New York East Side, J. G. Phelps
Stokes and Miss Pastor Wed.
NEW YORK. April 5. An Interesting
romance, growing out of University set
tlement work among the tenement popula
tion on the East Side, was revealed today
when announcement was made of the en
gagement of J. G. Phelps Stokes, a mil
llonalre and philanthropist, son of Anson
Phelps Stokes, to Miss Dose Harriet Pas
tor, formerly of Cleveland. O., and later
a .writer on the Jewish Dally News of
this city, from which she recently re
signed to accept a clerkship In the unl
versity settlement In Eldridge street.
Miss Pastor, who Is an attractive young
woman, has for years been ono of the
foremost workers for the betterment of
the condition of tho poor on the East
Side and It was while thus engaged that,
she met Mr. Stokes, who has always been
actively Interested in settlement work.
Miss Pastor was born in Augustowo, Rus
sia, in 1S79, and came to this country
with her family in 1S91 going to Cleve
land, where she was a contributor to
local Jewish papers until three years ago,
when she came to New York.
Mr. Stokes is many times a millionaire
His brother. Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes,
Jr., Is secretary of Yale University. One
of his sister Is Barones Halkett. Anoth
er sister, who, like himself. Is devoted
to works of philanthropy, married Rob
ert Hunter, formerly head worker In the
University settlement in which Miss Pas
tor Is now employed.
CENSOR CHOKES OFF TRUTH
Russian Disaster Was Exaggerated
Through His Blundering Work.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 6. (2:15 A
Russian newspaper correspon
dents in Manchuria, navlncr rAr?nlvfl
papers containing accounts of the bat-
tie or Jlukden, are wiring protests
against its consideration as an "nrpr.
whelming disaster and unprecedented
aereat and destruction of the Manchu
rlan army." The correspondents com
plain bitterly of the censorship, which
forbade tho transmission of true ac
counts of tne battle from th Russian
side, permitting the papers and the
puDiic to derive their impressions from
telegrams colored by the Japancso
view.
The correspondents admit the loss of
many stores and attribute defeat to
me successful strategy, numerical su
periority and exact knowlcrfco at Rns
slan numbers and nosltlons xrhlch on.
abled the Japanese to work out their
turning movements. One correspondent
ueciares that the extreme mobility of
the Japanese made It necessary to have
a whole army in reserve, but that this
had already been sent to the fighting
une eastward when the real stroke de
veloped.
In this correspondent's opinion Gen
eral Kuropatkin snould have com
menced his retreat at that moment.
Wounded well cared for
Russian Red Cross Officer Tells of
Japanese Humanity.
ST. PETERSBURG. April 5. General
Linlevltch has forwarded to "War Min
lster Sakharoff the report of General
Gouchkoff of the Red Cross service.
wno nas arrived at Russian headquar
ters with the medical staff left In care
of tne wounded at Mukden. General
Gouchkoff reports that the wounded
who remained behind at Mukden In
cluded General Gannenfeld, 37 officers
ana ibio men, most or wnom were
brought In from the field after the
evacuation of the city.
Twenty Russian Sisters of Mercy. 30
doctors and 150 men of the medical
corps have been sent by the Japanese
to Cnefoo, whence they will be shipped
to Russia. General Gouchkoff pays tri
bute to the Japanese treatment of the
Russian wounded, Sisters of Mercy and
doctors.
REBUILDING RUSSIAN NAVY.
What Russian Shipyards Could Do in
the Work.
ST. PETERSBURG. April 5. (11:25 P.
M.) The committee appointed to Investi
gate the capacity of the Russian ship
building industry for carrying out Rus-
slas new naval programme has reported,
showing that the present Baltic yards
and machine shops expanded to their full
capacity could deliver in three years eight
of the 25 big battleships and cruisers and
eight of the 24 smaller cruisers contem
plated. Given fllve years, 14 big ships and
17 small craft could bo completed, while
the whole programme can easily bo exe
cuted under ten years if haste is not ur
gent.
Details of the programmo have not been
officially published, but It Is reported that
It consists of 10 battleships, 15 15,000-ton
armored cruisers of tho Rossla type. 12
9000-ton cruisers of the Bayan type, 12
cruisers of woo to 6000 tons, exclusive of
torpedoboats, destroyers, submarine and
mine ships.
Russian works are capable of supply
ing armor for only two and one-half ships
yearly, and the committee has not con
sidered armament.
GERMANY EXPECTS PEACE SOON
Czar Alone Holds Out, Fearing Con
sequence to His Dynasty.
BERLIN. ADrll B. PeaPfi nt an nnrltr
date Is regarded as probable by the Ger
man Embassy at St. Petersburg, tho As
sociated Press is informed, and in conse
auence of dlsnatehfts rprclvv fmm hor
by the government during the last three
aays mis opinion circulates In official cir
cles for tho first time since the war be
gan.
The Russian Emperor, it is true, has not
yet decided for peace, but the Grand
Dukes and all or practically all the mem
bers of the court who have access to tho
Emperor are for peace. His Majesty is
described In the rossln ihat pnnc ahnnf
here as standing alone Irresolutely. Tho
considerations that still delay his decision
are personal ones, bo feeling that his
rolgn Is a failure if Russia does not win
the war. and that his prestige as a sov
ereign will be lost at homo and in foreign
countries, but he cannot yet bring himself
to speak the word that will set the peace
negotiations in motion.
Much good will and sympathy are felt
for the Russian Emperor in higher official
life here, but it Is regarded as a certainty
that he must yield to his family and Min
isters, and that the month will not end
without peace. In tho moantime tho
prospect of peace and the uncertltude of
the Emperor weaken tho military admin
istration and delay the execution of
plans for fresh armies and the gathering
of new supplies.
RUSSIAN PATROL IS DEFEATED
Japanese Drive Enemy Out of Sev
eral Small Villages.
TOKIO, April o (3 P. M.) Imperial army
headquarters, reporting today, says:
"A part of our Changtu force drove tho
Russians out of Tsulushu, two miles north
of Changtu, and also out of Sumlcncheng,
nine miles west of Tsulushu, and occupied
both places on April 3. After driving the
onemy from the neighborhood of Souml-
antiH. lv mllpc cntifVin'iat- f TenlticrVi,,
A MUSIC CENTER
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first by everyone contemplating the pur
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It Is the home of a unique collection of
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posslble'range of prices, styles and tone
qualities.
The Chlckcrlng of Boston, the Weber
of New York, the Kimball of Chicago, the
Hobart M. Cable, Lester, Hazelton,
Crown Orchestral, Story &. Clark, Schu
mann, Baus, etc, eta thirty makes In
all. Each Instrument of the highest ar
tistic worth at the price.
Beauty and permanence of tone quality
Is our standard In selecting every piano
we carry.
We save you money, no matter what
piano you purchase, because our business
Is conducted upon the most up-to-date,
money-saving methods, and ours Is the
policy of the quick sales and many of
them, at small profit.
Our terms of payment are eo moderate
that piano buying here Is easy to all.
The Metrostyle Pianola, Aerlola Pian
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In the Northwest only by this establish
ment. Moderate terms of payment may be ar
ranged for purchasing any of these In
struments. Ellers Piano House, 351
Washington street, corner Park.
Large stores also at San Francisco,
Stockton and Oakland, Cal.; Spokane and
Seattle, Wash.; Boise and Lewlston,
Idaho.
ARE YOU
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"We are adding hundreds of new
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list of customers. "We would like to
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OREGON OPTICAL CO.
Y. M. C. A. BIdg. Fourth & Yamhill
o;t force reached the vicinity of Santau-
kou on April 4, at noon, when they were
fired upon fiercely by about BOO Russian
cavalry retreating north along tho rail
way. Our force dispersed them."
WARSHIPS NEAR CEYLON COAST
Three Seen Steaming Eastward by
Passing Steamer.
COLOMBO, Ceylon. April 5. The steam
er Marmora, which arrived here today, re
ports sighting at 2 A. M April 4, three
vessels, apparently large warships, 350
miles southeast of Ceylon. The ships, ono
of which was believed to be a battleship,
were steaming slowly east-northeast.
Russian L0S3 at Mukden.
HARBIN, April 5. Complete returns re
ceived at headquarters give the total
Russian Josses In killed, wounded and
prisoners at the battle, of Mukden as 107,-
000. The wounded are being taken away
from here over tne Siberian Railroad as
rapidly as possible in order to free the
hospitals preparatory to a renewal of the
fighting. By General LInlevitch's order,
the bands play dally at all the Russian
positions.
SPAIN SUFFERS FROM DROUTH
Great Distress in Southern Provinces
May Cause Disorder.
MADRID, April 5. Owing to an ex
treme drouth, all field work in Anda
lusia has been suspended for a con
siderable time and crops are threatened
with total destruction. Tho post of
necessaries of life has risen to exor
bitant figures. The municipal authori
ties have done their best to alleviate
the distress, but the funds at their
disposal will soon be exhausted.
Tho National government has start
ed public works In many places and
has sent pecuniary assistance to the
limited extent possible under the bud
get requirements; but unless there Is
rain soon to enable agriculturists to
resume their labors serious conse
quences are likely to result, especially
as the drouth, which at first was con
fined to Andalusia, Is beginning to
spread to Valencia, Aragon and other
provinces.
Up to the present time nothing seri
ous has happened. Laborers, in spite
of the great distress, have contented
themselves with insisting that the
municipal authorities shall give them
work or help. No disturbances are re
ported save a few instances of peas
ants waylaying carts carrying bread
or fcrslng their way into bakeries. To
aay, lioweve-, the Governor of Sevme
telegraphs that the whole country Is
alarmed, as the situation is rapidly be
coming unbearable.
KILLED IN DUEL NEAR BERLIN
German Planter From Africa Falls
at First Shot.
BERLIN, April 5. Emil Zepplltz. a
wealthy planter of German Southwest
Africa, who was a delegate appointed
to arrange with the .government for
compensation to German settlers as the
result of damages sustained on account
of the native Insurrection, was killed
in a duel yesterday by Franz von Cob
llnski, an official of the Borsalg Ma
chinery works. The duel took place
at noon In Segcl forest, a fow miles
from Berlin. Zeppiltz fell at the first
discharge with a bullet through his
stomach. The men. it is said, quarreled
over politics.
WANT TO BE PAID MONTHLY
Belgians Then Will Accept Domini
can Modus Vivendi.
SANTO DOMINGO. April 5w The Bel
gian creditors of Santo Domingo have pre
sented a proposition to President Morales
and American Minister Dawson for the
monthly .payment of $25,000 to the Bel
gians, Intimating that then they would
favor the debt arrangement being con
cluded. It Is expected that the situation
will remain unaltered until the United
States takes final action regarding the
pending convention.
Was Due to Parties Unknown.
ZIEGLER, 111., April 5. The Coroner's
Jury, In Its verdict returned today; holds
that the 43 men who lost their lives in
the Lelter coal mines' Monday. April 3,
were killed by after-damp due to an ex
plosion of powder caused by parties un
known.
The belief is expressed that the mine
was in a good and safe working condition
so far as gas was concerned.
We Are Sole
Infants9 Wear Special
Ali the babies in town can be fitted out today New,
comfortable little things at very interesting prices.
3oc Quilted Bibs, embroidery trimmed 25
25c Linen Feeders 19
65c Kimona "Wrappers, white and fancy... 49p
$1.25 Nainsook Long Dresses, embroidery trimmed 98
$1.25 Nainsook Short Dresses, lace trimmed 98p
35c Fancy "Worsted Bootees 25
25c Infants' Stockings, pink, blue, white and red 20d
65c Nainsook Long Skirts, plain tucked...... 49
75c Cambric Short Skirts, embroidery trimmed 59
75c Lawn Caps and Pokes, embroidery trimmed. .. .59
50c-75c Belts 25c
At the New Sales Booth
Today we place on sale at a great bargain "700
Women's Silk and Leather Belts, plain and
plaited effects, with gilt, silver and oxodized
buckles; regular price 50c to 75c, on sale today
only at the exceptional low price of 25
Pequot Siieetmg
42-inch Bleached Pequot Sheeting lli
45-inch Bleached Pequot Sheeting 12
50-inch Bleached Pequot Sheeting 14
' 54-inch Bleached Pequot Sheeting 1
7-4 Bleached Pequot Sheeting 17
S-4 Bleached Pequot Sheeting
9- 4 Bleached Pequot Sheeting
10- 4 Bleached Pequot Sheeting
PRICE PAID FOR CATTLE
NEXT QUESTION BEFORE BEEF
TRUST'S GRAND JURY.
Inquiry Will Also Extend to Railroad
Rebates and Packers' Accounts
Interference With Witnesses.
CHICAGO, April 5. Prices paid for live
stock by the packers, alleged rebates
granted the packers by the railroads for
the handling of the same and the private
accounts of some of tho packing concerns
are to be closely inquired into within the
next few days by the Federal grand
Jury which Is Investigating the business
affairs of the beef trust. Another phase
of the Question of the alleged combina
tion of some of the packers In violation
of the Sherman anti-trust law and Judge
Grosscup's Injunction which Is to be In
quired Intojs the price paid by wholesale
dealers to the packers for meats.
Witnesses who can give tho Jurors de
tailed and accurate Information along
these lines have been subpoenaed and
appeared at the investigation today. Some
of these witnesses testified and. although
they refused to make public what they
told the Jury, It Is said a large amount
of data valuable to the Government was
secured from them.
More complaints of interference with
the witnesses reached United States At
torney Bethea and Captain Porter of the
Secret Service during tho day. The ses
sion today was devoted to the examina
tion of men employed nt the Chicago
stockyards and packing-houses.
"With tho exception of the Sunday ad
journments, the Jury, it Is said, will now
proceed steadily to the end of the Inquiry.
The .United States Attorney has an
nounced that May 15 will probably see the
close.
It is said the hearing of the plea
and demurrer of Thomas J. Connors, the
Indicted superintendent of tho Armour
Company, will be disposed of before tho
jury presents other truo bills involving
persons on charges of tampering with wit
nesses. Independents Will Build Refinery.
DENVER; April 5. The News today
says: The failure of the Legislature to
pass the Wilder stato oil refinery bill will
not, as was expected, put a stop to all
opposition to the Standard Oil trust In the
Florence fields. Before the bill was
sent to the Senate, after It had passed
the third reading in the House, Represen
tative Wilder announced that the appro
priation of $125,000 which tho bill carried
would not have to be put up by the
state; that the independent oil men of
the Florence district had already sub
scribed the amount, and' that all they
asked was that the state .nominally tako
charge of the refinery. Representatives
Wilder and McGulre. both of Fremont
County, have been in conference with
their constituents, and now announce that
the oilproduccrs have decided to begin
work on the new refinery at once.
Standard Sued for. Inspection Fee.
CHICAGO, April 5. Tho City of Chicago
today filed suit for J40.CO0 against the
Standard Oil Company. The bill Is based
upon tho alleged nonpayment of Inspec
tion fees by the Standard Oil Company.
It Is claimed that tho company has for
years refused to pay for inspections made
by the city under an ordinance regulating
commerce In naphtha and gasoline, rep
resentatives of the Standard OH Company
hold that gasoline and naphtha are not
products of petroleum, and that the ordi
nance docs not apply.
Mrs. Roosevelt in Florida.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. April 5. The
President's yacht arrived today, from a
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Lace Curtain Bargains Big
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$1.00 Curtains .,
$1.50 Curtains .,
$1.75 Curtains . ,
$2.00 Curtains .,
.$ .79
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$2.50 Curtains 1.9S
Hosiery Bargains
50c Hosiery 35c
Ladies' Black Lisle, with lace boot or all-overs:
regular 50c quality, today 35 pair, 3 for 1
35c Hosiery 25c
Ladies' high-grade imported Cotton Hose, tan
colors, good values at 3oc; today at 25p
25c Hosiery 19c
Girls' ribbed school Hose with double kuces and
high spliced heel and toes, fast black; regular
price 25c, for this sale 19c
20c Hosiery 15c
Boys' heavy ribbed Cotton Hose, fast black, a
good serviceable hose for boys; regular price
20e, for this sale lo
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trip up the St. John's River. Mrs. Roose
velt left the boat at Green Cove Springs
and went to St. Augustine for a visit of
a few days. All the children remained on
the yacht.
FOR OPEN DOOR.
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conference. The Foreign Office has not
proposed this to the powers, but It Is In
quiring at other capitals whether such a
plan would be received favorably. There
Is nothing here to indicate that France
and Great Britain would agree to this.
Germany hoped the United States might
be willing to take, part In an International
conference on the subject, although ap
parently nothing encouraging has result
ed from Ambassador Speck von Stern
berg's communication of last week.
MAY TALK ABOUT MOROCCO
King Edward and President Loubet
Will Meet in France.
LONDON, April 5. Definite arrange
ments have been completed for a brief
meeting between King Edward and Presi
dent Loubet while the former passes
through France on his way to Marseilles
tomorrow to Join Queen Alexandra on
board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert.
The President will enter the royal train
at Plerrefitto, and will accompany the
King to tho Lyons railroad station.
PARIS, April 5. King Edward's
passage through Franco tomorrow, on
his way to Marseilles, and his meeting
with President Loubet, are attraetlng
notable attention. The officials hero
do not wish the meeting to assume po
litical significance in connection with
the Morocco Incident. Nevertheless, a
large section of the press and public
will attach significance to the ex
change of Anglo-French amenities, Im
medlately following Germany's an
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nouncement that she does not accept
the Anglo-French agreement relative
to Morocco.
Similar popular significance is attached
to the meeting of the French and British
quadrons off Spithead in the Summer,
though tho arrangements for the meeting
long preceded the Morocco incident, and
It has not the slightest relation thereto.
Nevertheless, the coming friendly gather
ing of formidable French and British
squadrons brings out much comment.
Sultan's Credit Good in Berlin.
LONDON, April 6. The correspondent at
Tangier of the Times says the Sultan of
Morocco has been given to understand
that he will have no difficulty in obtain
ing a loan in Berlin.
MISSOURI'S THREE HEN" 1TAMED
Governor Folk Appoints Last Member
of Lewis and Clark Board.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. April i.
(Special.) Governor Folk this afternoon
announced the appointment of B. E. E.
McJlmsey, editor of the St. Joseph Ga
zette, to be the Republican member of
the Missouri Commission to the Lewis and
Clark Exposition to be held at Portland.
Or., June 1 to October a. The other two
members of the commission are Reeort
H. Kern, of St. Louis, and E. 5. Ganrer.
editor of the Worth County Times, at
Grant City. The latter gentleman whs
chosen by Governor Dockery. The recent
session of the Legislature approprial4l
$35,CO0 for the purpose of displaying Mis
souri's resources at the Exposition.
It can be authoritatively announced that
there will be no appointment of hosted
for tho Missouri building. The matter or
arranging the display is largely In chars
of Mr. Garver. who was a Commissioner
to the Buffalo and Charleston Exposi
tions. Many of the state's displays at the
World's Fair will be shown at Portland.