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- THE .3I0BSIXG OREGONIAtf, THTJKSDAX, JTJIiY 13, 1905. COOLIES President Gives Pledge Labor "Leaders. to EXPLAINS- CHINESE ORDER Tells Gpmpcrs How lie Stands and "What Diplomats Must Observe. Eight-Hour Imw Must Ruie Government "Work. OYSTER BAT. July 12. Immigration to the United States and its relation to the labor problem formed the subject of a con erence this afternoon between the Pres ident and two of the Invportant leaders of organized labor Samuel Gompers, of Washington, and James Duncan, of Quln cy. Mass., respectively the president and one of the vice-presidents of the American Federation of Labor. The conference was devoted particularly to a consideration of the order recently Issued by the President regarding the en forcement of the Chinese exclusion law. An impression has been gained by many members, of labor organlmtlons that the order, to an extent, at least, let down immigration bars, so far as Chinese are concerned. The President assured his callers, however, that no uch construc tion properly could be pjaced on the order, and that he was just as vigorously op posed to the admission to this country of Chinese coolies as they could be. Mr, Gompcrs urged upon the President the desirability of an Intelligent, practical and humane consideration of the general question of immigration by the people and by Congress. The people of this country and of the whole civilized world are en titled, he maintained, to such a considera tion bf the problem. Mr. GomjKsrs said, after the conference: "Will Not Let, Down Bars to Coolies. We directed the President's attention to the interpretation placed by .ume persons on hie rceent order. lsuod at the Instance of the American Asiatic Association, concorn lnif the admission to the United States of Chinese. By manr of our people and by I many Chlnet that order was looked upon as a letting down of the Immigration bars. far as the Chlnww are concerned. The Presi dent assured us' that no proper reading of the order would warrant such an Interpreta tion and that nothing was further from the Intention than that such an Impression 6hould be gotten from the order. Hln determination Is that both skilled and unskilled Chinese la borers shall be excluded from the United States, and he says the daw will be rigidly enforced. His order related only to the so-called ex empt olases merchants', students, travelers and the like who heretofore have had diffi culty in gaining adminslon to this country be cauwe of the many fraudulent certificate is sued to thorn and to coolies who are not on titled to certificates 'in any event. Wc went over the entire matter thoroughly, the con ference being perfectly satisfactory to us. The President suggested that in the couire of five or six months we again bring the matter to hi attention in the light of the experience of that length of time in work ing under the order. The president say he Us determined that th diplomatic and consular representatives of me united states in China shall perform their duties .thoroughly and impartially and ! that the law as to the Isiance of certif icates to members of the exempt Chinese clawes shall be complied with absolutely. He Prided that any officer or tho .-Unitod States who Issued a false certificate would lop his !TJclalr'hd the Inntant his misconduct was discovered. Must Obey Eight-Hour Law. "Wc also dtecufswd with the President the Ight-hour law and the difficulties which we had encountered in securing it enforcement on government work. We instanced viola tions of the law and requested him to con sider them. He asked us to present the facts In a formal document, he refusing to take up the subject at once. Meantime he expressed himself ar being in entire sym pathy with the law anil insisted that It must be obierved. Wc polntM out to him that officers of., the war department under whose direction much Government work Is done were not Inclined to insist upon an observance af the law. and many of them had declined to rcsard It n their duty to brine 8U!t to i with t Vh'r 1 . J"T'U"'1 '. sc to It that the eight-hour law was obeyed. r Our talk with the President was nwt sst Iffactory. AVe dlscusrod Keiierally the con ditions and Interests of labor, considered thn nubject of morv rigid regulations for the ex clusion from this country of vlctoua and Illiterate immigrants and talked' of ome legislation along these lines which we regard as desirable. Will Try to Stop Strikebreakers. OGDEN, Utah. July 12. The officers of the local Typographical Union will make a strong effort to detain the strlkebreak ers who are on their wav from St tui to Sun Francisco. They have consulted an attorney, who.-however, wnuifl Tint n,- whether the crowd of strikebreakers and OUT ineir guard could be classed as an "armed i u,e 1 rmier indicates that the con body of men" and detained on that ac- j fer"ce will assemble before the clone count. Tho union's action will be deter- r tfle Parliamentary recess in Sop mined by the attorney's opinion. J teniber. Several Deputies attempted' ineffec- I'orlo R I ci 1 1 strikers nnvi. r " a statement regarding the foreign pol SAX JUAX. r. R.. July 12. Mayor Todd, j icy of the government. The Premier on behalf of the striking longshoremen, j appealed to the Chamber and called cabled, today to the New York office of i forth n strong vote of confidence. 320 the Xew York & Porto Rico Steamship , to 222. The interpellation was then ai Company the terms of a compromise un- ' jouraed. der which the men are willing to return to work, requesting an Immediate answer. The strike of the members of the Cart- men's Union is still In progress, and not a single cart man Is working. MUST NOT BRAND "FRAUD" 3oshnastcr Enjoined From Holding TJp Mail for Lewis' Bank. ST. LOUIS. July 12. A temporarv restraining order was issued today by I Judce Smith MePherson. of in- ting In the United States District Court, against Postmaster Frank "VYv mart, requiring him to discontinue stamping the mail of the People's United States Bank and E. G. Lewis as fraudulent and returning it to the sendor. In the meantime mail will not be delivered to the bank or to Lewis, but will be held at the St. Louis post office pending final action. The petition for the restraining order complained of the treatment accorded the bank and E. G. Lewis by the postal au thorities at Washington, and asserted that the bank could produce abundant proof that it was und and solvent. It was' contended that the fraud order was issued without a hearing before the Attorney-General In person. It stated the belief that there was now over $5000 In the accummulated malls directed lo the bank, which would not be delivered, and it was argued that communication to the committee on vn the' right to receive mail was a constitu- rlous phases of the Moroccan ncgotl tional one. and that the affiants had atlons with France. The International been deprived of this right without due process of law or trial by jury, and that the fraud order declares them guilty of a crime without a legal trial. Receiver S. P. Spencer, for the bank. Mated today that he has- little Idea of the length of time that the receivership wllr- last, but thinks that It will not be less than 50 daya He said that jIncc June 2. following an examination of the bank's affairs by "Secretary of State Swanger. thq 'total bf subscriptions re ceived 'amounted to $35,000 and " subscrlp- tlons are still coming in. Testerday was received by express and through oth er channels while hundreds of letters are held at the postofflcc. CAN OVERCOME GERMANY Dclcasse Confident of Power France and Britain. of PARIS. July 32. Former 'Foreign Min ister Delcasse, in the course of an in terview published by the Gaulols today upon the British and French naval ame nities at Brest, was induced to discuss hl8 general policy relative to Great Brit ain and Germany, lie said: "The policy of nations nowadays s not based on sentiment or antipathy, but upon their material interests. As between Germany and Great Britain, our com mercial balance shows where our inter ests lie. Great Britain is our best pur chaser, while Germany buys almost noth ing of us and tries to sell us all she can. Moreover, it ,1s evident that we could not leave open irritating controver sies wjth Great Britain which might pre cipitate an armed struggle, for Great Britain holds indisputably the empire of the seas. For every warship we build she builds four or five. It is thus far well to accept these manifest facts and consider the value which British co operation would give us in certain even tualities. The greatest intrinsic value of such co-operation would be the virtual im possibility in which it would place Ger many of making war upon us." M. Delcasse was asked if lie considered the recGnt menaces in connection with Morocco as being serious. He replied: "Not at all. In case of war Great Brit ain would surely be with us ngalnst Gor many, and then what would the Infant fleet ' of Germany amount to? What would become of her ports? Of her commerce? Of her merchant marine? It would mean annihilation. That is tho real significance of the present exchange of visits -of British and French squad rons. "An understanding between those two powers and a coalition of their navies would create a naval war machine so powerful that neither Germany nor any other power would risk conclusions upon the sea. It is the sea which It is neces sary to command to'day, and the war in the Far East has conclusively demon strated that." Continuing. M. Delcasse discussed the probable effect of his policy if it had been pursued. "The Anglo-French cordial understand ing," he said, "was an achievement to ward a definite understanding between Russia and Great Britain, and this fur ther understanding would havo been the work of the French Minister for Foreign Affairs. The success of such a task would have strengthened our influence In Brit ish councils and assured for a loner time the peace of the world." In conclusion. M. Delcasse was asked for his opinion of France's accepting a conference on Morocco, to which he gave the following textual response: "To go to a conference Is a mistake and such a mistake!" RAISING THE FARFADET. Floating Dry dock Being Used to Lilft Submarine- Boat. BIZERTA. Tunis. July 12. Minister of Marino Thomson left Bizarta for Paris today after a Anal visit to the spot where efforts are still being made to raise the submarine boat Farfadet. Admiral Aubert. who Is in charge of the work, sold it might take several days before the submarine .Is brought to the surface, owing to the difficulty of passing hawsers beneath the boat, 'vvllIcl s deeply imbedded in mud. j. tic ..'iimivj itiiiutvcu nip . Auullnu and the large force of workers who have labored throughout flays and nights In tne attempt to rescue ifhe victims vt the disaster. The . Minister notably ootnplimcnted the excellent equipment of the German salvage" stotmer Berger. wnich has taken tho chief part in the work of relief. Iatfir a floating dock weighing 350 tons was sunk over the FarfaJet, and the boat was securely fastened to tho dock. The latter is now being emptied with the view of lifting the submarine to the surface. BIZERTA. Tunis. July 12. Efforts to raise the submarine boat Farfadet were continued throughout the night, and a successful outcome is expected tomor row. The presence of newsoaner men. the public or sailors of the fleet Is strlot- ! iHWHuufu uuijhk iflo operation or ; raising the vessel and the recovery of the bodies of the dead, the authorities being desirous of preventing thi publication of aetaus regaining tne distressing specta- cle. The majority of the victim will be transferred to France for Interment. ROUVIER STAVES OFF DEBATE Rouvicr Given Another Vote of Con fidence on Morocco. PARIS. July 12. The Chamber of Deputies today, yielding to an urgent request of Premier Rouvier. deferred ! t,,G discussion of tho Moroccan and ' other foreign questions until aftor i tne Summer reoess. A statement by tunlly to induce the Premier to make In reply to an attack by 3L Veber. ' Republican Socialist, with reference to thf delay in the Introduction of the incomf tax reform. Premier Rouvier said that he was prepared to leave of fice, should the Chamber not support his offorts to further the business in terests of the country. INTERNATIONAL LOVE FEAST French and British Sailors Toast Heads of Nations. i BREST. July 12. The Franco-British i 111 iuvjuvs cuuunuc.io arouse mucn enthusiasm. The British commander. Rcar-Admlral May. gave a luncheon to day to the French officers. . The health of King Edward and President Loubct was d.runk with toasts, expressing the united spirit of the French and British navies. The harbor front and main streets were elaborately decorated with British and French emblems and flags. The munici pality of Brest gave a garden party to the British officers this afternoon. Conference Meets In Fall. BERLIN. July 12. A rare thing in the administration of the German Empire was the meeting today of the Foreign Affairs committee of the Federal Coun cil, which had not met since lfW. when the Chinese situation was considered. Chancellor von Bulow made a confidential ' Moroccan Conference probably will meet at Tangier in October or November. Aphis Damages Some Fields. DALLAS. Or., July 12. (Speclal.)-The wheat crop In wime parts of the Valley will be below the average. Damage by aphis will decrease the wheat yield from 10 to 20 per cent, and many fields of Spring wheat are not worth cutting for grain, but will be harvested as hay. Spring oats are light, but of good duality. II OF SOMAS President iaiids Their Deeds in Panama and Cuba. PRAISE FOR LEONARD WOOD He Declares Isthmus Will Be Mndc Healthy, Scoffs at Timid "Who Flee Before Disease, and Says Success Is Assured. OYSTER BAY. July 12. President Roosevelt delivered i nota"bIe address this afternoon before the Associated Physi cians of Long Island. lie discussed the relations physicians sustain with the peo ple of the communities in which they re side and the work to be done by the med ical oxperts In connection with the con struction of tho Panama Canal, declaring that, despite all difficulties on the isthmus and here in the United States, the canal would be a success. He referred to the achievements of the sanitary engineers who cleaned the cities of Cuba for the first time in m years, and closed by pay ing a tribute to the services of General Leonard Wood, whoso career as a military officer, he said, was flouted by some crit ics because he once had been a doctor. A majority of the 4V) physicians in at tendance readied Oyster Bay on a special train at 3 o'clock. Attired in a suit of rough linen and wearing a broad-brimmed Panama hat. the President arrived at tho Oyster Bay High School, where the meet ing was held, at 3:15 P. M. He was escort ed to the assembly ball, where he was accorded a cordial reception by the physi cians, all standing. At the conclusion of the President's address, and at Mr. Roose velt's own suggestion, an informal recep tion was held, each member of the asso Isation being presented to him. After the President had retired from the hall, the association unanimously elected him and General Leonard Wood honorary mem bers. The President In his address said. In part: Good Work Done on Canal. The scientific man who In really a first class scientific man ban a claim upon the gratitude of all the country. The man who is the first-class neighbor and Is alwa called In in time of trouble by bis neighbors ha an equal claim upon society at terse. Hut the doctor has both claims. Vet, la addition to filling both of these functions he may fill many other functions. He may bare served in the Civil War, he may havo rendered the greatest possible tservlce to the eoromunlty akmc a dozen different lines. Take, for Instance. Jurt what Is being done In otut of the grrat works of this country at the preeent time digging the Panama eanal. That is & work that only a Wc na tion could undertake or that a big nation could do. and la a work for all mankind. And the .condition precedent upon suce In that work is having the proper type of medical work as a preliminary. That is the furl con dition upon the meeting of which depends our Buccef In solving the engineering and administrative problems of trw work Itaelf. 1 am happy to Ky that the work is be ing admirably done, and I am particularly glad to have this chance of saying It. Xow and then some alarmltrt report will come from Panama. Just a -couple of weeks ago there t-eeuittl to be a- succession -of people con ing up from Panama, each one of whom had 'some rule or other to tell. You will al ways find In any battle, even if It Is a vic tory, 'that In the rear you meet a number of rrntlemen whore glad that they ar "not aithe front, who, if they have unfortunately 'Kcy'ttn at the .front, have com away and who Justify their absence, from the front by tell In tajes of bow everything has gone wrong thy. " people Who Flee From Trouble. JfonCthe people who flee from Panama will carry here Jut such rtorJes as the peo ple whiT fiee from the front of a battle carry to the rfcw with them. The iopl to whom thla country owe the moK are the ones who stay flown there and do not talk. But 1 do their wfc)c and do It well. Of course. In deing a graiwork like hxt In the treples. in a region which, until this Government took bold of it, Irai accounted to be a region exceptionally vnhtttt'J!?. re are going to hve trouble, have sortie yeuirtLfever. he a god ..t..v"' TSllL YT deal of malarial fever Vjfrer more frem ihc-ucn wc will hear nothing k ise talk , about- It. w will hae every now and therr i troubles as regards hygiene. Juat sib w will have troub! ,B engineering problem. Just ao occa&tonally we will nave troubles In the adm.nistrattve wo:k. Whenever one ef thee trubl comes there will be a large nurabe. of excellent, but' Umld. jnen who will at once p&V what an awful csUmity it Ir. and ex prww the deepest sorrow and concern, and be r&lbtr iacllned to the belief that the wboJe thin- i a failure. It wilt sot be a failure. It will be a cue c(e. a4 it will -be a Btwceni because we steall treat ever' little check sot as a reacua for abandoning work but aa x rtxm for altering and bettering our plan., ro as to make K tr.sstbe that that particular chock tbalt hate a rain. Whet lc being done in Panama is but a sample uf the things that this country bo one awing the last few years, of the things ! M !Mr proflon ho borne o prom inent a jrt. Take what we 4 id In Cuba, where we tried the experiment which had net Ween tried Tor 400 years, of cleaning the dtlet. One of the mtt Important Item of the work done by our Government In Cuba lt the work of hygiene, the work of clean ing and dffinfectlng the citle m as to minimize the chance for yellow fever, to as te do away with an many at puiMMe of the condithMM that tott for dte&i. This country has never don better work, work that reflected more honor upon the country or for humanity at large, Uaa the work done In Cuba. And the man who above all others will he responrlMe for doing that work m well waj. a member of your profession. When the call to arms came he himself went as a pMir to the neW. the present Major-General Woo-I. Leonard Wood did in Cuba "Jut the kind of wk that, for instance. Lord- Cromer ban done In Egypt. A have not been able to reward "Wood In anything like the proportion that wrvlcefl ueh an his would have been rewarded In any other country of the Am rank In the world; and there has been no meaner and more unptearaat manifestation In all our public hUtory than the feeling.- of jcawusy manixcsiea toward Avood. And the foul arsaults and attack made upon mm. Kenueraen, were largely because they tn-udged tne fact that tnta adalraMe mili tary officer should have been a doctor. KNOX AND ROOSEVELT CONFER Important Business Brinps President and Senator Together. OYSTER BAY. X. Y., July 12. Senator P. C- Knox, of Pennsylvania. ex-Attorney-General, held a long and Important con ference with the Prosldent last nirht at Sagamore Hill. The Senator, by invita tion of the President, was an overnlcht guest of Mr. Roosevolt. The conference, which was continued until a late hour, covered a wide range of subpects, but it can be said related to one matter in par ticular, which Is of profound personal and official concern to the President. Xo statement was made about the result of the conference. Senator Knox, who left Oyster Bay on a morning train for New York, declined to discuss for publication the result of his Interview with tho President. It is regarded here as not improbable that other sensational developments may grow out of the leak of the cotton crop report, which Secretary "Wilson, of the Department of Agriculture. Is investigat ing. By direcUon of tho President, Secre tary. Wilson Is conducting the InqulrV alone' his own lines, with a determination to sift the matter to the bottom. Pretender Beaten In Battle. TANGIER. Morocco. Julv 12. Mo baa-J. med el Torres, the- representative of the Sultan here for -foreign affairs, has re ceived information to the effect that the imperial forces have won a victory over the Moorish pretender near UJada, in the northeast of Morocco. The pretender es caped, leaving ISO men dead. The Sultan's troops captured many prisoners. DIE IN A SUNKEN YACHT Guests Try to Climb Through the Portholes. NEW YORK, July 12. Three lives were lost by the sinking of the steam yacht Normandie, which was run down last night in the Hudson River off Dobbs Fer ry, by the Norwegian tramp steamer Volund. Those who perished were: Miss Gladys Dodge, of New York, a guest aboard the yacht: the captain, William Storm, of Hyde Park. New York, and the engineer, Stewart Grade, of Brooklyn. Their bodies were not recovered. The Normandie. a vessel of 13 tons, was chartered fpr the month of July by her owner. C W. Dumont, to John H. Rudd. of the Yonkers Yacht Club. Mr. Rudd last night Invited Miss Dodge and John E. Greene, a banker of New York, to take a sail with him up the river as far as Pcekskill. On the return trip, when off Dobbs Forry at 9 o'clock, the Normandie rU 5 ,,r V r" Lt" and Joseph Hannlgan. the deckhand of the yacht, managed to keep afloat by clinging to the wreckage until they were picked "up by a boat from the Volund, and were taken aboard. Nothing more was seen of the three other persons on the yacht, and they undoubtedly went down with the vessel. Today Mr. Rudd made a formal state ment, in which he said that, as the Nor mandie was running down stream In the middle of the river, a steamer was seen coming up. head-on. about CCO yards away. The pilot -of tho yacht gave one whistle, but tho steamer continued to come on until within 150 fect of the yacht, when she whistled twice and swerved to port, striking the Normandie amidships. An explosion followed Immediately, and the yacht went down within five seconds. Coroner Frank Russell, of Westchester County visited the wreck of the yacht to day and found long strands of hair streaming from one of the portholes. He tonight caused the arrest of Joseph Han nlgan, the deckhand, and Issued an order for the arrest of Mr. Rudd. MEET NEXT IN DENVER. Fifty Thousand Elks Hold Great Pa rade In Buffalo. BUFFALO, N. Y., July 12. The 20th an nual reunion of the Benevolent and Pro tective Order of Elks will be held in Den ver in 1J0S. One ballot decided that at the grand lodge meeting today. Denver recoived twice as many votes as Dallas, which made a strong light. Atlantic City had few supporters. Early in the day the whole city was astir, preparing for the parade. It Is esti mated that oO.tttt Elks marched over. the streets. The long march was" made In a drizzling rain, but the streets were lined with an eager throng that had to be held in check by wires along the entire line of march. Great plans had been made to make the parade memorable in the history of Elk dom. Many of the individual lodges had spent as high as $5000 -for their costumes and outfits for the occasion, each bent on capturing the prize offered for the best showing. A session of the grand lodg was held tonight. Rcporta 6i committees were re ceived. An all-day session is sure to morrow. GREAT DISASTER IN SOUTH Failure of Independent Cotton OH Company Means Heavy Loss. CHARLESTON. S. C.. July 12. Rcpre- sentatives of the bankrupt Independent Cotton OH Company met In Charleston today and appointed July 25. at Darling- ton. for a mootlnc of creditors. It Is I now- estimated that the liabilities will reach JSOO.OQO. and the principal assets are J a number of mills and ginneries which might not bring one-third of that amount on the block. Tharle harleston is said to have lost about 7C7SW'l the failure. It Is -fully expected that the fentirc stock Issue of $1,003,000 will be wiped out- The failure Is far-reaching, and banks tiave bne hard hit in many Eastern as well as Southern cities. MARRIEDMNftWSSOURI. Jnrncs E. UIH, of Portl rtlJXjUi, T:i ikes 3IIss Mclntlre as Bride. FULTON. Mo.. July 12, (Spochtl.) The marriage of James E. Hill, of Portland. Or., and Miss Bertha Mclntire. was sol emnized at the home of the bride's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mclntlre, In this city today. Rev. J. H. Prltchett otficlat Ing. Miss Miriam Owens, of Montgom ery City, and Miss Daisy Mclntire, a cous in of the bride, acted as bridesmaids. Virginia Mauglw acted as tlower-glrl and Master Vernon Sharp as page. After the ceremony the couple left for a trip through Canada, after which they will return to Portland to make their home. Portland Man Is MIssInjr. SAN FRANCISCO. July 12. John H. Smith, a mining man of Portland, who Is well known In the mining camps of Ne vada. h3 been missing from the Palace Hotel for some days. COLUMBIA RIVER EXCURSIONS. Very Low Rates Via the O. R. & N. to Upper River rolata. No visitor to Portland should miss view tn tho matchless Columbia Ri I ery oeiwctsii u iau jjanes, as seen from the O. R. &. N. trains. Tho Cblcavo-Portland special leaves the Union Station every' morning at S:15. giving a daylight ride along the Columbia, stopping 4 minutes at the very foot of Multnomah Falls. Every mllo of the trip there Is something new and fascinating. If de sired, the return trip may be made by boat from Cascade Locks or The Dalles. Very low rates this Summer. Particulars and Summer Book by asking C. W. Stinger, city ticket agent O. R. & X. Co.. Third and Washington streets. Ayers Hair Vigor Better wear your own hair; not the kind you buy! But you are losing yours? Then be quick! Fasten tightly on your own head what is left, and grow a new lot, too. 'Tis easily done. iZ&SS2z FIEND KILLS ELEVEN Negro Murders All but One on Board Ship. HE. WILL DIE BY TORTURE Intending to Rob Captain, He Stows Away on Hoard Schooner One "Woman Escapes and Causes Capture in Honduras. SEW ORLEANS. July 12. A shocking story of murder, with robbery as the mo tive, was brought to this city today by Captain Hens Holm, of the Norwegian 'nilter Brattan. which plies between New Orleans and Honduras norts. It was con firmed by the officers of the fruit steamer Rosina, which came In later in the even ing with additional details. The little Island of Utilia. lying off the Honduran coast, and whose population Is. an indis criminate mixture of whites, Caymanltes and Carlbs, was the scene of the trabedy, in which 12 lives were sacrificed. The captain of 'the schooner Olympia was about to make a trip to Ruatan. Truxillo and Belize. She had about liflO ,sols and was to buy cattle at Truxillo to sell at Belize. She carried a crew of ' four and Quite a number of passengers. making the total list of people aboard number 13. Among these were two women and two children. The vessel left the har bor of Utilia at 11 o'clock Friday night. June 30. and after she had been under way lesj than an hour everybody wns aroused by a shot, and, rushing on deck, found a negro armed with a rifle, shoot ing down tho men one after another. This negro was Robert McGill. and. as it after ward developed, he had stowed away on beard with the Intention of robbing the captain and then swimming ashore. Kills Woman and Child Also. After he had, killed all but one of the men, he ordered the last survivor to go below and scuttle the ship. When the unfortunate reappeared on deck and re ported, tho negro shot him dead. He then put the two women. Miss Elsie Morgan and her sister. Mrs. Walter Rose, In the dory with Mrs. Rose's six-weeks-old in fant, steering for the mainland. He changed his mind about allowing the women to live and killed Mrs. Rose and her infant. Then he began shooting at Miss Morgan, who had leaped overboard, and wounded her In the arm. He fired at her ineffectually, but his ammunition evi dently gave out. for he promised Immunity from harm If she would come back to the dory- She started back. end. when within an oar's length, he struck her on the head with an oar, stunning her. Believing she was dead, he rowed away toward the mainland. Only One Woman Escapes. Miss Morgan swam back to the island, where she was thrown on the beach by the waves, exhausted. She feared that the negro would follow her. so she hid In the bushes, and for two days suffered from the heat and exposure until found by a women from her neighborhood and rescued from starvation. .In the meantime the dory had been washed "ashore, und there" was excitement on tho island, as It was believed the Olym- b rSuteu Mcahd Miss Morgan told her story, an Immediate authorities on the mainland were notified. They caught him at El. Porvenir. a little town on the road to Ceiba. and there was a demonstration, but he was protected and his life was saved through the pres- " who was on an inspection tour Will Torture McGHl to Death. The Honduran warship La Tumbla was brought Into service and the murderer placed aboard and sent back to the Island. Up to last Sunday he was still alive, though It Is firmly believed that he will be tortured to death. The laws of Hon duras prohibit the intliction of capital THE BUSINESS MEN OF PORTLAND ARE INVITED TO ATTEND rf A LECTURE BY A. F. SHELDON President School of Salesmanship. Chicago. THIS EVENING AT THE COMMERCIAL CLUB UNDER AUSPICES PORTLAND AD-MEN'S LEAGUE. SUBJECT "Business Building by Salesmanship" The kind of talk yon're hungry for Tells you how to help salesmen sell goods." i PHEVgNT ALL SUMMER BOWEL TROUBLES JI potency tnuruugnly cured. Xo failure. Cure guaranteed. YOUNG 3IKX troubled with night emissions, dreams, exhausting drains, bash fulness, averdion to society, which deprive you of your manhood, UNFIT YOU FOR BUSINESS OR MARRIAGE MIDDLE-AGED MEN, who from excesses and strains have lost their MANLY" POWER. BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES. Syphilis. Gonorrhoea, painful, bloody urine. Gleet Stricture, Enlarged Prostate. Sexual Debility. Varicocele. Hydrocele. Kid ney and Liver Troubles cured without MERCURY OR OTHER POISONING DRUGS. Catarrh and rheumatism CURED. Dr. Walker's methods are regular and scientific. He uses no patent nos trums or ready-made preparations, but cures tho disease by thorough medical treatment. His New Pamphlet on Private Diseases sent free to all men who de scribe their trouble. PATIENTS cured at home. Terms reasonable. All letters answered in plain envelope. Consultation free and sacredly confidential. Call on or address DR. WALKER, 181 First Street, Corner Yamhill. Portland. Or A GENUINE SACRIFICE OF FINE PIANOS The Costliest of Chlckerlngs, Webers, Klmballs, Stecks, Hobart M. Cables, and Others, at Almost Half-Price. Pianolas, Baby Grands, and Also Parlor and Church Organs Included in the Eilers Sale Some Prices and Details as to Terms of Payment. Purchasers may not core to bother as ( cs to the whys and wherefores of ; this midsummer sale; suffice it to say that in order to retire certain interests that havo been associated with us in our Cali fornia business, w.e have determined to pay them off immediately after the firm name has been clxtnged there to "Ellers Music Company." and which we expect will be done within the next few days. Since the announcement of this sale, buyers have participated in this money saving opportunity far and near, but we have still on hand some of the choicest and most costly Instruments ever shown In Portland, many of them Individual de signs, specially selected and manufactured for our great world's fair exhibit, which we are now holding In our down-town salesrooms, 331 Washington street. We have "now over eighty different styles of the various highest-grade manufactur ers. Including Webers. Chlckerlngs. Stecks, Klmballs. Haseltons. Hobart M. Cable. Lester, Crown Orchestral, etc.. etc. These pianos, as well as the regular catalogue styles, are included in this cut-price sale. A Few Sample Figures Among the pianos offered will be found strictly first-class cabinet grand upright pianos, standing four fect. eight inches high, with full-leneth duet music desk. ! Boston fall board and three pedals, the third a soft or practice pedal, for $25f. and the plainer styles for $238, which is almost rtair price. Regular $273 and $300 styles for $16S $157 and $145. Terms on these should not be less than $25 down and $10 a month at these cost prices, but to make quick work of it. any instruments below $300 In value may be had on payments of as little as $5 or $S down and $3 to $6 monthly. Please bear In mind, that this stock is the choicest and very latest. Just out of the factories, and of the very finest and highest grade manufactured in America. Each Instrument Is accompanied by an unconditional guarantee, giving virtually five long years trial of a piano or no sale. Remember that each and every piano or organ in this sale offered for factory cost goes now for less money than regular dealers ordinarily buy them for cash. Quite a Few Used Ones You will find her now some fine square Elanos Chlckering. Steinway. Hallet & avis. Emerson. Durand. Fischer and oth er makes for sale at $48. $57 and $65, re spectively; strictly up-todate squares. punishment, but the people will take the case into their own hands. Miss Elsie Morgan, the only surviving one of the terrible experience, visited New Orleans three years ago, and is a well-educated, refined woman of 25 years. TURKISH PLOT LI BARE HOPED TO RECONQUER CAU CASUS FROM RUSSIA. Christians Were to Be Massacred and Mussulmans Roused to Revolt, Aided oy Troops. GENEVA. July 13. (Special.) The pub lication by the Droschak. an Armerifan organ, of details of an alleged plot of the Sultan to force Russia to abandon the Caucasus, for the killing- of all Christians in the country and its taking over by the Turkish power, has caused a sensation. The article says: "We are In a position to announce to Europe the audacious project conceived In Constantinople. "From secret correspondences seized, it is shown that the Sultan, profiting by Russia's troubles, adopted a plan elabo rated by the Germans for lnvadjng the Caucasus. Tartar nobles, who were in the plot, were to organize massacres of Amci.!an3 In order to get rid of the Twenty Years of Success In the treatment of chronic diseases, such as liver, kidney and stomach disorders, constipation, diarrhoea, dropsical swellings, Bright's disease, etc. Kidney and Urinary Complaints, painful, difficult, too frequent, milky or bloody urine, unnatural discharges speedily cured. Diseases of the Rectum Such as piles, fistula, fissure, ulceration, mucous and bloody discharges, cured without the knife, pain or confinement. Diseases of Men Blood poison, gleet, stricture, unnatural losses. Im- worth $100. 5110 and $135. respectively, at towe., tt SI a-ha uprights and used, organs fora mere song. The pianos now marked $146 are beauti ful, brand-new $275' uprights of well-known New York make that have never been sold East or here in the West for less than $235. and other instruments will go for still less money, though all are good, reliable pianos. Seven of These Now $212 We offer seven strictly high-grade, fan cy, seven and one-third octave pianos, full swinging duet music .desk, revolving lock board, with, three pedals, the third a soft or practice pedal, for .$212, which Is less tnan nan price, a iancy ngurea xirazuian mahogany case for $24 more money. Largo cabinet grand size thoroughly reliable, fully warranted upright pianos, In mahog any or oak. standing four feet nine inches high, with latest duet desk, rolling fall board and three pedals, instruments that we guarantee cannot be bought in Chi cago or at the New York tactory for less than $325 each, will go during this sale for $178. Rosewood cases for $22 still less money. This Makes It Easy With the exception of three highest priced styles, the cost of which slightly exceeds $35). and on which terms of pay ment will not be made less than $50 down, and $20 a month, all pianos are for sale, on payment of $15. $20 or $25 down, and at the rate of -$K, $S and $10 a month, accord ing to make, style and design. Since all prices are based on the actual cash cost, those taking advantage of the above-named easy terms, will pay interest on deferred payments at the rate of 8 per cent per annum. And Yet Another Offer Wo personally guarantee the price' anS quality of every instrument in this sale. Any used piano bought of us at this time may be returned to us within two years, and we will allow the full amount paid toward any new Kimball or "Weber or Chlckering piano. This sale is now in progress at Ellers Piano House, 351 Washington street, in our "quarter block of fine pianos," and It you have any possible use for a piano or organ, conie at once and do not delay, for times are prosperous now and many will take advantage of this opportunity at this time of year. At these, prices and terms we shall convert this stock Into money or paper within a very few days. Store open day and night till stock is closed, out. Christian element of the population and to facilitate the conquest by the Turks. "Turkish troops, leaving the fortress Kars on one side, were to have crossed the frontier near Bajazet and marched towards Nakhitqhevan and Baku. Every where It was expected that they would find the Mussulmans ready to rise against the Russians. "The discovery of the plan produced con sternation among the Russian officers in the Caucasus. Some of the officers in sisted upon arming the Armenian popula tion, while others wished to leave the Armenians to Mussulman fanaticism." Honolulu Chinese Push Boycott. HONOLULU, July 12. Local Chinese are trying to raise a fund of $50,000 to assist In the boycott of American goods In China- It Is reported they have al ready raised $30.t)00. A Wise Woman mtrraad preset io ner txaatr. A flne &dor harrli oceot theblghMt ctarmx. Imperial Hair Regenerator . head restores Gray or Bleached Hair to any natural color. Itis clean, dura ble, when aDtilled cannot be detect- 5itfip ed. Sample of hair colored frea. ravaoy assurou. MPUIALCHE.MICALMFG.CO., 135 W.2JdSL,NewYerk. Sold by YVoodard. Clarke & Co. I THE C. GEE WO CHINESE MEDICINE CO. : Formerly located at 233 Alder St., T corner Third. Have Moved To the largo brick building at E. corner ot Flrat and Morrison Sts. Entrance I62 First St. Dr. C. Gee Wo. the Great Chinese a Doctor, Is well known and. ramous a throughout the U. S. because bis won 0 derful and marvelous cures have been c heralded broadcast throughout the a length and breadth of this country, a He treats any and all diseases with powerful Chinese roots, herbs, buds, barks and vegetables that are en T tlrely unknown to medical science in this country, and through the use of these harmless remedies. He guar- antees to cure catarrh, asthma, lung troubles. rheumatism. nervousness, stomach, liver, . kidney, female troub- les and all private diseases. This famous doctor cures without the aid of the knife, without using poisons or drugs. Hundreds of tes- tlmonlals on file at his offices. Call and see him. Charges moderate. CONSULTATION FREE. Patients out of the city write for "blanks and circular. Inclose 4c stamp. Address the C. Gee Wo Cblacso. Medl- cine Co.. lSZYs 1st St., Cor. Morrlsoi Portland, Or. Please mention this paper. HAND SAPOLIO It ensures an enjoyable, Invigor ating bath; makes every pora respond, remove dead skin, ENERGIZES THE WHOLE BODY starts the circulation, and leaves a glow equal to a Turkish bath. ALL GROCERS AND DRUGGISTS DAMIANA Biji California Dimlam Sitter is a great rtstor-. stive, inyisorator and nervine. The mostwonderfal aphrodisiac and special tonic for the sexual organs of both sexes. The Mexican remedy for diseases of ie kidneys and bladder. Sells cn its own merits. NABER. ALFS & BRUNE. Agents 323 Market St., San Francisco. Send for circular. Fcr sale by all drujtjists or liquor dealers. BITTERS Sir Sua non-BofBcaocil remedy for GonorrhcanJ I uieet.apermaiorrncei whites, unnatural charges, or any Inflsnuaal eaufioc tion of mucous meal JolTH! EtA13 CheuICAIUO, brsnes. Aon-aitrlagent iCHCimTt,0.r i Sold &y Draxxlsts, or cent In rlain wranser by express, pre?ia, to 51.00. or 3 BOttIM, 32.73