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Why two ministers, both of high character and great learning:, should differ so widely as Dr. Lapham and Dr. H, S, Johnson do about Mr. Rockefeller Is a perplexing question. Mr. Rocke feller Is a Baptist noted for his piety and benevolence. The two clergymen r.'ho estimate him so diversely are also Baptists; hence it cannot be odium the ologlcum against each other or their subject which causes them to differ. And yet their difference is most pro nounced. "John D Rockefeller." said Dr, H. S. Johnson In hlg sermon at Eugene, "is the most dangerous man out of prison In the United States, both to Christian relig!6n and to .republican government." To which not very soft impeachment Dr. Lapham demurs in his Sunday ser mon, with a pointed suggestion that his brother in the pulpit is a "sensa tional mud-slinger," and more than a hint that he has revised the facts in the case. Had Dr. Lapham's zeal gone one step farther his language would have grown impolite at least accord ing to lay standards; but, even impo liteness Is sometimes justified A man's ignorance of the matter he undertakes to discuss may not Justify Impoliteness, but It often accounts for It. Accordingly one's surprise at Dr. Lapham's warmth grows less upon reading his remark that "No one has ever accused Mr. Rockefeller of lying, stealing or cheating." o one would dare to accuse Dr. Lapham of either of these shortcomings, especially the first; hence the conclusion is unavoidable that he is, perhaps, blessedly ignorant of the recent literature of exposure. It may interest him to learn now that the pages of that literature are few where his humble fellow-Christian is not called both a liar and a cheat; and, painful to add. upon pretty good evi dence. Without any wish to spoil a very pretty quarrel by interfering, one may venture to make two suggestions to Dr, Lapham. The first is that he and Dr, H S. Johnson measure Mr. Rockefeller's value as an asset of the church by different standards. Measured in terms of. truth, self-denial and righteousness. Dr. Johnson finds the oil potentate not merely worthless, but a positive detrl ment "The biggest load the Baptist denomination is carrying today." This may not be the right way to estimate a church member's value; Jt is not Dr. Lapham's way; but, right or wrong. such is the balance the Boston preacher seems to have used in weighing Mr. Rockefeller and he is found to be an exceedingly heavy burden. But instead of asking what Mr. Rock efeller contributes to the Christian graces of the church, we may inquire with Dr. Lapham how much money he contributes: and If we are willing to admit that a man's value as a. church member is in proportion to "his cash gifts, then, there is no escape from the conclusion that Mr. Rockefeller Is be yond all comparison, the richest asset of the Baptist or "any other denomina tion. A second suggestion for the apologists Df the kerosene school to ponder is that a man may be "no worse" than some I others, and still be a very singular sort of pillar in the church. "Mr. Rocke feller is no worse" than his competitors he merely outplayed them at their own game. Dr. Lapham urges, and he is not felone in the plea. It is a new kind of defense for a Criminal to plead that he had accom dices. Hitherto that has always been understood to make the matter worse. When should murder be more rigor tmsly punished, in a period of frequent Dr rare homicides? Is It more essential to bring a .thief to justice when thefts ire uncommon or when they are so nu onerous as to make property insecure? To ask tkese questions is to answer khem; and yet men of standing and In Suence In the church can be found to trgue that because Mr. Rockefeller was not without accomplices' he should not be blamed for his misdeeds. If such reasoning is Ingenuous, let' the sim plicity of the reasoner be admired; but say as little as may be about his logic But It is not Dr. Lapham's logic that one deplores so much as his flippant dismissal of the Golden Rule. The Sav ior laid this Rule down as the essential and necessary guide to conduct; Mr. Rockefeller's apologist flaunts it as a trivial affair. Miss Tarbell says the oil king broke the- Golden Rule syste matically, persistently and of malice aforethought. "Huh. what difference does that make?" replies the preacher contemptuously. "He kept out of Jail. All that is hot air and sensational rot." This, then. Is the up-to-date qualifica tion for leadership In the congregation of the elect, that a man should have plenty of money, and that in getting it. he has kept out of Jail. It Is a little ludicrous, is it not. to reproach a mod ern church member with ignoring the Golden Rule? We have changed all that FATHER SHERMAN ON EMERSON. With Father Thomas Sherman, The Oregonlan is Inclined to agree, that there is not much that Is fruitful in the "work of Emerson. He said Emer son posed as a teacher and as a guide to souls, but did not condescend to enlighten one on the subject In any of his works. Emerson's periods often are sonorous, rythmic, hut they carry little meaning. He takes Indistinct aim. and hits only the vague. His is an oracular style: but as Burke said of the style of one who tried to imitate that of Johnson. '"It has the nodosities of the oak without its strength; the contortions of the Sibyl without her inspiration." . Unlike as Emerson and Browning are. the devotees of their separate cults meet on the common ground of admira tion of things which they are unable to understand though they profess to and they take to themselves some kind of credit over others who say frankly that the character of the mat ter, as they view it, is that of aridity and vagueness. It is little help to wards any effort to sound the actual depths of mind and soul. Transcendentalisms usually have their issue In Inanities. Therefore we should not say that Emerson was a great thinker. One gets the Impression that he was a laborious thinker; but The Oregonlan agrees with Father Thomas Sherman that he Is hazy and indefi nite, and that his light makes nothing clearer than before. Rather, it seems to "make darkness visible." Emer son's transcendental essays ar6 full of a dark and vague symbolism, which carries weight only to the extent of our Ignorance, not to the extent of our knowledge. His valuable work seems to us to be In such essaj's as "Representative Men," and "English Traits." He had a message to the pure Intellect and to the more fastidious conscience of men; but he never has been, probably never will be. able to reach the popular or general mind. It is not that he is a mystic, but that his mysticism lacks the quality of spirit necessary to gh'e such work power and make It live. Depths of spirit he could not fathom with Shakespeare, nor depths of practical affairs with Bacon. If it be said that It Is unfair to sub ject any man "to these supreme tests, the answer Is that laudation of those who cannot meet them should not be eo loud as to challenge It- RUSSIA MUST COME DOWN. Russia, that Is, official Russia, with the many virtues, for which it is so well known throughout - the civilized world, is now giving a really Interest ing exhibition of itself. It reminds one of a large circus with several rings, where acrobats and various performers, each In his own way, -is performing his particular specialty. To be sure, an or dinary circus, with its acrobats, ani mals, clowns and other performers. makes the audience foot all bills, In cluding Interest and profit, while Jn the case of official Russia the people of that holy empire are made to furnish the reaulred lives and fortune for the grand exhibition. The audience the civilized world though treated to a free show of such magnitude, does no xnauuesi ine leafii sympauiy or ap plause at the strangest and most start ling feats of the performers. Interesting, as the world-show Is to all observers whose geographical po sition near by enables them to obtain an audible and visible demonstration of what Is going on Inside Holy Russia, we, out here, are naturally interested in that part of the show which Is be fore our eyes. Hence, we shall not speak here of the rape and riot dagger and dynamite. Inside the empire; nor of the projected demonstrations by "Grandpa" Llnlevltch along its eastern borders. For like reasons, we shall pass without comment the martial mes sage of Emperor Nicholas II to the clergy of the Orenburg province, an nounclng "his determination "never to conclude a peace dishonorable to Rus sia or unworthy of its greatness." With an armj which, before the opening of actual hostilities, was said to number about 7,500,000 men, and a navy, which. with the exception of that of Great Britain, was said to have no equal in the world, the Czar certainly fears not anything that would or could humiliate Russia's greatness. Why, therefore. say much of these minor features of Russian present affairs? But In the United States the show looks different Since the "promotion of Casslnl. the star performer In the Manchurlan Dance of Death, the mantle of ambassadorial greatness hath fallen on Baron Rosen, who Is to co-operate in all matters with the special peace plenipotentiary, M. Wltte. In a series of interviews M. Wltte. who never speaks for publication, has been doing and saying all that a diplomat can do and say to make an Impression upon the people of the United States, and incidentally also upon the representa tives of the Japanese Empire. Of course he proclaimed how dearly Rus ela loves the American people, and how proud official Russia, himself included. is of that "traditional friendship.' Mr. Wltte and Baron Rosen, with their dazzling galaxy of .diplomatic as slstants, representing the glory of the Holy Russian Empire, will now have to come down to buslriess. And Mr. Wltte after attending a special dl vine service In the Greek Orthodox Church-in New York City and being sprlnlf ed with holy water, blandly an nounces that he does not contemplate (evidently for the time being only) to make any effort toward floating a Russian loan. Russians are growing wise; pretty much everything they have floated heretofore has been sunk. And the Jap envoys put on pleasant smiles as if forgetting that for a whole century their country and their coun trymen have suffered brutal encroach ments and grievous wrongs from "the bear that looks like a man." But do they forget? Wait It would be quite unreasonable to ex pect the Japanese to accept a peace of the kind proposed by the Novoe Yremya, by which Japan Is to receive not an inch of territory, nor a kopek (one hundredth part of a rouble) of In demnity. Nothing is more certain than that the government of the Mikado will make and obtain of Russia exactions which will forever put a quietus to the bear's encroachments upon the Far East will strip "the old blind beggar" of all war appliances in the Orient, and will make the power, responsible for one of the bloodiest wars In the history of mankind, pay the bill in full to date. It is also as certain that the Island of Sakhalin will go back to Japan, its orig inal owner, from whom Russia stole it but not so very long ago. It is quite possible that such a peace. may be humiliating to the Northern Colossus, but humiliating as It may be. It is not half as- humiliating as the disastrous defeats inflicted upon the Czar's army and navy on land and on sea by the little brown men, who until but recently were spoken of in that land of darkness and death as "yellow mon keys." These "yellow monkeys," In a little over one year, have secured a mighty tight grip upon a power which has been justly regarded as the com mon enemy of all that stands for civ ilization and for progress, and they may well be trusted to make the best use of their opportunity. THE O REG OMAN'S NEWS SERVICE. The Oregonlan calls the attention of Its readers to Its excellent special tele graph service, which, unlike - that of other papers on the Northwest, Coast, has not been Impaired by the strike of telegraphers on the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads. The strike has curtailed greatly the Associated Pres3 report even to one-third for last Sunday morning's paper but so com prehensive was the special service of The Oregonlan, that the shortage of Associated Press dispatches did not Im pair the news report of this paper. The same was true of The Oregonlan's news report yesterday morning and Is true again this morning. Associated Press dispatches come to Portland and other Northwest cities from Salt Lake through Montana. The strike of telegraphers In that state has curtailed the service of the Western Union Telegraph Company and reduced the news-carrying capacity of the wires which that company has leased to the Associated Press newspapers, In cluding The Oregonlan. But wires from other directions are open to Portland and this paper Is us ing them at its own expense to obtain news from Its special correspondents In the news centers of the United States, This method costs a great deal of money, but The Oregonlan Is bound to get the news. It hopes It may be par doned for saying that Its telegraph news service is the peer of the best In the United States, covering every coun try on the globe and every state and city in America. No newspaper In Portland or on the Northwest Coast spends so much money for, telegraph tolls and none on the Pacific -Coast spends more Many persons suppose that all the telegraph news In .this paper Is re ceived from the Associated Press. This is not the case. Under normal wire conditions a large part of The Oregon lan's news comes over the leased wires of the Associated Press, but nearly one half of the dispatches which .readers see every morning are sent in by The Oregonlan's special correspondents, sep arate and apart from the Associated Press. The great news system of The Ore gonlan employs talented men all over the United States, In gathering and writing dispatches. Another set of live men are employed In The Oregonlan office, as editors. The collection and grouping of news requires the highest grade of Intelligence and the quickest brains. These qualifications are pos sessed by The Oregonlan's news writ ers and editors to such a pre-eminent degree that this paper's telegraph report excels that of any Journal on the Pa cific Coast BOUNTIFUL WirEAT CROP. The crusade of the crop killers throughout the Middle West' and the Eastern Northwestern states seems to have spent Its force. Neither red rust black rust the chinch bug, the Hessian fly nor the wooly aphis appears to have affected the threshing returns which are now rolling In to cheer the opti mists. Advices from Chicago printed in yesterday morning's Oregonlan point to a crop of 459.000,000 bushels of wheat In twelve of the principal wheat states. and It Is estimated that the output of those not Included in the list will be sufficient to bring the grand total up very close to the record crop of 150L With a big crop practically assured In the United States, the feature of great est Interest now Is the price at which It can be marketed. As every farmer knows, the high average price of wheat last year was due to the remarkably short crop in this country, practically all of the surplus being needed for home consumption and at no time through out the past season was the market down to an export basis. But the fact that our own people con trlyed to make a market for a crop of something over 525,000,000 bushels of wheat does not make it reasonable to expect them to pay last year's fancy prices for an additional 200.000.000 bush els which seems probable this year. Of course, all of the Spring wheat is not yet In the sack nor In the shock, but the trade is showing a disposition to regard the prospect for a big crop as remarkably good, and even the farmers themselves are selling pretty freely In the Middle Wesf The American Vis ible, which a few weeks ago had shrunk to the smallest proportions since 1S98, has been on the up grade for the past three weeks, and yesterday showed an increase of 391,000 bushels, bringing the total up to 13,745,000 bushels, compared with 12,513,000 bushels on the same date last year, 13.415,000 hushels In 1903, and 8.254.000 bushels In the Lelter boom In 1898. These figures do not Indicate abnor mally low prices for wheat for there are a great many factors In the situ atlon.to be considered even with a big crop. Two years of unusually high prices have served to make many of the farmers wealthy and has inflated their Ideas of values. These classes will be slow to let go of their holdings on a declining market and it is in their power to make the American consumers pay more than the export value of the cereal. This extra, price can be squeezed but only for the' amount actually need ed by the American consumer, and quite naturally the needs will be kept at a minimum. Europe, which for mpre than a year has shown nothing but .Indifference to the course of. the American markets. Is still securing abundant supplies, from Russia, India and the Argentine and the proportions maintained by those shipments are the wonder of the grain trade throughout the world. , The Argentine shipping season at this time compares with February-March in this country, and yet with the shadow of another crop almost on them, the shippers of the Argentine ports last week floated 3,352,000 bushels of wheat for Europe. The" three big countries mentioned will continue to make the wheat market of the world, at least until the turn of the year, when the proportions of another crop in India and the Argentine shall, be more ac curately outlined. In the Pacific North west the farmers Mave a slight ad vantage In the Increasing Oriental flour trade, and In the San Francisco mar ket which Is steadily Increasing Its de pendence on Oregon and Washington. Exclusive of these markets, however, there must be found a purchaser for many millions of bushels at a price that will be governed almost excluslvely oy tne European market as we are too far away to supply much of the de mand for home consumption In com petition with farmers Iff the Middle West The city detectives don't know that Portland is bulging with- bunco menr It's too hot weather. They have said they can't find any of the crooks whose "mugs" adorn all the "sporty corners and cigar stands In town. Yet they have been startled, perhaps, to hear that a woman was robbed of $400 yes terday by a "slick" artist; that the night before a car was held up and a saloon also; that a gentleman named McQueen was "touched" for a genuine $500 gold brick by a "con" man; that several days ago Charles Newbry was buncoed ouj. of 530 In a card game at Hawthorne Park and W. H. Gllklson out of $60 by the "express agent trick" at Union Depot All these things are revelations to the detectives for did they not shout in loud voice, Joe Day especially, that they could find no "bunks" in town? They spoke truly, for they have failed to find the crooks who did the tricks and the unseen gentry are at large yet No one could possibly suppose fairly or unfairly that when The Ore gonlan said yesterday that pool-selling at Irvlngton had been stopped through "a sinful man who himself bets on horse races, prizefights and elec tions," Judge Frazer was meant. All know that the pool-selling was stopped because the parties variously Interested could not agree. There was an appeal to the law. and the case was taken to Judge Frazer. who decided It promptly and properly. Everybody knows that the chief plaintiff, through whom the pool-selling was stopped, is quite a "sport" himself, and often rakes In good pots of money. After vigorously advocating a con vention or conference of "Influential" men for the purpose of suggesting can didates to be voted for at the Republi can direct primaries next Spring,, the Salem Statesman has addressed letters to numerous prominent men, asking their views upon the subject. Now comes the admission that not one re ply was received favoring the Idea. The men addressed evidently enter talned the opinion, frequently expressed In these columns, that the direct pri mary law, adopted by the people, should be given a fair trial In accord ance with its letter and spirit. An event that will have notice throughout the Northwest is the death of Charles H. Prescott He was a man of energy and integrity; he had borne for twenty-flve years an important part in our affairs: he was equal, in all the places he held, to the demands upon him. Mr. Prescott was part of Port land, of Oregon and of the Northwest Latterly, through falling strength, he had not been so active In affairs, as formerly: but what he was here, what he did. what part he acted, has passed into the historic life of the country. and Is worth the remembrance It will obtain, "Don't indict the corporation; Indict the men," says- Judge Dill. His ad vice Is excellent It admits of only one amendment, but that It needs badly. "Indict the men and then convict them." How does that sound? Presl dent Cassatt. Senator Dryden and 25 other prominent men were indicted lor murder In the Clinton Crossings case. as Judge Dill says. but. as Judge Dill omits to say, not one of them was con vlcted. An Indictment Is merely a good Intention.' A certain main traveled road Is paved with such; as Judge Dill has perhaps heard before. An article in the August Atlantic la' ments the voluminous current "lltera ture of exposure." The author says we have gone back to the scolding exhor .tatlons the church discarded years ago because she found a better way. Has the church gained or lost In power and Influence since It began to handle sin and sinners caressingly? "Let In the light," Is a pretty good molto, even If what It reveals Is not always beautiful Russian diplomats, too proud 18 months ago, to give the Japanese. a courteous word, were at Oyster Bay yesterday giving their foes the word which has been forced from them by demolition of two navies and destruc tion of several armies. The mighty are fallen sure enough. Mr. Wltte kissed an American mon arch Sunday the conductor of a train, If the "people of Russia had the mon arch's voice In the Czar's government Mr. Wltte might be heard of kissing some of the human cattle who are deemed unlit by bureaucrats for "self- government "A little rest" that's what George Usherwood. wanted. Poor. sick, worn out. his opinion was that "the world Is no place for an old man, anyway." Was he wrong? How say you, my masters? There Is a court foe - the boys now; shall we have one by and by for the aged? Secretary Wilson's department may have neglected to -cultivate the nltro-gen-flxlng bacteria; but It has made a glorious name for itself In at least one branch of horticulture the fine art of grafting. 0REG0N0Z0NE Oreeon cannot hODe to win out in the race for Pacific Coast popularity if the Los Angeles papers continue to print such inspiring tributes to Cali fornia as the following. labeled A Gem." in the Los Angeles Times, and purporting to be the masterpiece of a poetess named Maud: Beautlfull land of California TVhr Ji -veiXA flnirfn rTOW Whare tne breexe from the Ocean Makes them smiling and not as thy glow Glorious land of the solden hearted poppys That would make artists proud or win Poats falm Oh land ot perputlal Sun Shine The fairest sun ever shown o Prom the top o the Sliver Crested moun tains To the dept of the deep foaming sea With its fruits and Its flowers Dear to my heart this land of the free Miss Maude Parker, of St. Louis, is a much-injured young lady. She went to the Jefferson Club carnival at a park. The Jefferson Club is Missouri's noted Democratic organization. Maude felt Jolly, and betran to throw confetti. A man who'looked good to. her sat at a table near by. and Maude threw much confetti over him. The good-looking man considered this an Invitation to become democratic Ho walked- over to Maude's table, put his arms around her neck and bit her In the cheek. What else could the poor man do? Was hot Maude free and easy with him? And did not her cheek look luscious enough to take a blto out of? Verily. Why should Mauds go Into the Police Court about it, as the dispatches re port? She threw confetti at a stran ger; she had too much cheek, and the stranger took a bite of it. Why not? A Plea for Indian Day. An esteemed correspondent suggests that a day' be set apart at the Lewis and Clark Exposition for the "Indians of the old Oregon Country, and that we let the descendants of the genuine first settlers of this primeval realm look at the wonders wrought by the white man in the last, hundred years." The suggestion Is worthy of a poet but not of a practical man of affairs. imbued with modern civilization. Why should we, - the whites, consider the claims of the redskins? Are we not the superior race? Have we not con quered the weaker brethren? Have we not looked upon the land and pro nounced It good, and then gobbled it up. from Plymouth Rock to Golden Gate, from the tall end of Florida to the tip-top of Alaska? Pshaw! Fudge! Why be sentimental? Let us not weaken, as this late date, this Annie Domino 1905, and give tardy recogni tlon to the gaunt handful of native sons who still abide with us, chucked off Into Inconsequential corners of our domain. Perish the thought! But If President Goode and his associates deem It proper to give the ragged remnants of the original owners an opportunity "to look at the wonders wrought by the white man In the last hundred years," it will not retard the progress of civilization. Let the In dlans come and see how they have been conquered. Lo, the poor Indian! his untutored mind Here In the Fair may consolation find; For have we not in bronze without a flaw. Preserved the form and features of a squaw. Who led the paleface on his eager quest For realm and room, and let him win the West? Leave Us Huckleberry Do! If preachers" visiting Portland are to be believed, the authors are In a bad way Rev. Father Sherman tells us that Emer son is a back number; that he has been much overrated and that he Is a fallen Idol; while Rev. Mr. Sheldon, of Topeka. Kan., Is quoted as declaring In a sermon at a local church that "he would retire from circulation every book except bio graphies that tell of the good men have done." Let us see what this latter sweep ing condemnation would do: It would reduce the Bible to a tabloid c'dltlon for the vest-pocket, for much of the Bible tells of the evil men have done It would cut Shakespeare out of the world's literature and life, for Shakes peare Is prodigal of evil men and women. It would place the bushel over the light of Milton, for Milton descends even tq the devilishness of devils. Ditto Dante. And Homer Why. old blind Homer would return to darkness, and the light of Helen's eyes would shine no more. History would perish, poetry would be rolled up as a scroll, and fiction would fold, its tents and vamoose. Even Mr. Sheldon's novels would col lapse, and the royalties would be as a tale that is told. Alas! Shall such things be, and over come us like a Summer's cloud, and we not know It? Well, not this Summer; the Jailor of sublime thoughts shall not lock up the accumulated wisdom of the ages not it we see him first: he shall not put 'into durance vile the heroes and heroines of the great tale-tellers without a vigorous protest. We, Us & Co., will sue out a writ of habeas corpus for Huck Finn, anyhow. ROBERTUS LOVE SAYS HE WILL SHOOT FIRST Chief of Police Warns Jews Who Gun for Him. GOMEL, Russia, Aug. ".The Chief of Police of Gomel has issued a- manifesto that as his life has been twice attempted by Jews of tho lowest classes, hereafter any such men approaching within ntty paces" of his carriage will be shot. He has also Instructed the Cossacks to fire on houses from which abusive remarks are made. Railroad Company Not Liable. sir T.nins. Ausr. 7. A decision was Vifinrf rtnnm trvl.iv in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals on the suit of Mrs. Alllne A. Dixon vs. Tne rortnern Pacific Railway Company to recover dam ages for the death of her son,, a fireman killed in an accident owing to the alleged ti.fiironcn nf a. telesrraph ODerator who falsely reported that a train had not passed a station. The court upnem tne contention of the defense. In effect that the operator was a fellow-employe of the fireman and that, as one employe cannot innrt inmiirM from an employer when tfc ininrv is due to the carelessness of a fellow-employe, the Company was not liable. Appointed by Kelso's Mayor. irRT.sn. Wash. Auar. 7. Mavof R. TaiVint. nf Kelso, has 'annotated John M. Ayers, City Councilman, and Albert E. Cagwln, president of the Business Men's Club, as delegates to the confer ence on civics ana convention or cities of Orezon. wasmngton ana laano. BUY OUT AMERICANS. China Wants Hankow Railroad Franchise Xor Herself. . OYSTER BAY, -Aug. 7. J. Plerpont Morgan of New York .had a conference today with President Roosevelt, lasting an hour and a half. The President him self Is authority for the statement that It relates practically entirely to the case of the Hankow Railroad In China, a con trolling Interest In which is owned by J. P. Morgan & Co. Incidentally, and as relating In a measure to the railroad In terests held by Americans In China, the pending peace negotiations also formed a j topic of conversation. j Mr. Morgan came to Oyster Bay un heralded. While his visit was by appoint ment, nothing concerning it was permit ted to leak through official sources until after he had gone. He remained for luncheon with the President and Mrs. Roosevelt and for a time afterward. The suggestion was made that Mr. Morgan's visit and that of Secretary Shaw, earlier in the day, might be more than a coin cidence, but it was said authoritatively that they had no relation with each other. Mr. Shaw and Mr. Morgan did not meet, and the purposes of their visits were en tirely different. The President and Mr. Morgan discussed fully the Hankow railroad concession. Several months ago the question was taken up by the President and his cab inet and considered thoroughly. An ef fort Is being made by the Chinese gov ernment to purchase the concession from the American-China Development Com pany. The railroad 13 now In operation between Hankow and Canton, a distance of about 30 miles only, but the company, which Is absolutely controlled by Amer ican capitalists owns concessions and has made surveys for several nunarea mues ot railroad lines. A proposition has been made by the Chinese government to the American China Development Company to pur chase the Hankow Railroad and the extenrflon concessions. It Is under stood that the price offered Is about $7,000,000. Some of the American holders of the stock are Inclined to accept the proposal, but the European holders, who have a minority ot tne stock. In trust, as they claim. In the interest of various foreign countries. ask that the road and its concessions be not sold, but that they remain in control of the Americans. In behalf of the latter. It is argued that a railroad in the heart of China, operated by re sponsible and aggressive American business men. In connection with tne American steamship lines, would be of enormous advantage, not only to Amer ican producers of all kinds, but to those of the civilized world generally. It is' said that King Leopold, ot Bel glum, who owns some of the stock, takes this view of tho situation, and is vigorously opposed to yielding to the proposition of the Chinese govern ment. A meeting of the board of di rectors of the American-China Devel opment Company Is to be held in Jersey City on August 29. and it Is expected that at that time a determination will be arrived at as to the acceptance of China's offer. No details of the conclusion reached at the conference between the Presi dent and Mr. Morgan are obtainable. No Information was obtainable either as to whether they considered the peace negotiations in relation to the flotation of a Russian loan In this country, in case the envoys should reach an agreement which should ren der It necessary for Russia to raise a considerable sum of money. APPEAL MADE TO GOVERNMENT Shnngliai Merchants Start Diplo matic Machinery Against Boycott. SHANGHAI. Aug. 8. The boycott on American goods is becoming so burden some to the trade of all nations here that the general Chamber of Commerce has telegraphed to the dean of the diplomatic body at Pekin and the China Association has wired Sir Ernest Sa tow, the British Minister, asking them to endeavor to persuade the Chinese Foreign Office to interfere and prevent further Injury to trade. Chinese Boycott in Japan. YOKOHAMA. Aug. 7. The Chinese have agreed not to deal In American goods, not to ship goods to any American steamer, especially the Pacific Mall Company's steamship China, and to punish any Chi nese dealing In American goods through out Asia, also not to deal with Ameri can banks and Insurance companies. Chi nese convicted ot contravening this agree ment will be heavily fined. Henry B. Miller. American Consul-General, Is In vestigating the matter and keeping a close watch on the situation. Senator Clark Is Recovering. NEW YORK. Aug. 7. United States Senator W. A. Clark, of Montana, who on July 15 underwent an operation for the removal of a brain abscess, left his apartments for the first time since the operation. Accompanied by a nurse, the Senator drove In Central Park for 20 minutes. It was said at the house that Senator Clark was rapidly regaining his normal condition and he would now drive out each pleasant day until his strength was sufficient to permit him to leave the city. Part of Water Given Indians. HELENA, Mont., Aug. 7. Judge Hunt in tho United States Court today granted an injunction against Mose Anderson and many other settlers ot the Milk River Valley, to restrain them from using all of the water ot Milk River for irriga tion. The court orders the Injunction to withhold at least 60CO Inches for the In dians. United States Attorney Rasch recently instituted the proceedings on the ground that the Indians were being deprived of their rights. Great Cycle Meet in New York. vrw TORK. Auir. 7. Despite the ex tremely hot weather, more than 3CC0 cycle enthusiasts were In attendance at the opening meet of the session at Mad ison Square Garden tonight In the. pro fessional ranks Frank Kramer, the na tional champion, added to his laurels by defeating such flyers as Fenn, Dorlon and Schrleber. The feature of the meet was a ten-mile motor paced race between Floyd Macfarland and Hugh McLean. Mc Lean won. Foot Cut Off by Train. GARFIELD. Wash., .'Aug. 7. (Spe cial.) John Fraser, a pioneer of the Northwest was run over tiy a Northern Pacific train at Garfield this morning near the railroad crossing. His right leg was cut off at the ankle and his face badly bruised up. Drowned at Jervals Inlet. VANCOUVER, B. C.,' Aug. 7. Henry Woods, of Seattle, who was with a sur vey party at Jervals Inlet, B. C, was drowned there while bathing. News of the accident was brought down today by the steamer Comox. Burglars Busy at Aberdeen. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Aug. 7. (Spe cial.) Burglars entered the houses of R. R. Bassett and C. T. Thomas Sun day night and carried off silverware and other property Governor Returns Today. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 7. (SpeclaU Gover nor Chamberlain will return tomorrow from a week's visit to Coos and Curry Counties. U MOVE TO ARBITRATE. Farmers and Merchants Want Teleg raphers' Strike Settled. ST. PAUL. Aug. ".Persistent rumors were current today that a move had been inaugurated by the Northwestern Farm ers' Exchange and Merchants Associa tions along the line of the Great North ern and Northern Pacific to, secure ar bitration of the telegraphers'" strike. So far as could be ascertained, no official action in this direction has yet bn taken. President Perham. of tb tele graphers, stated to the Associated Prem that the matter had not conie before Mm officially, although he had reports ttet such a movement was on foot. "The telegraphers." said Mr. Forkem. "are willing to submit their grievaiwe to any unbiased body of men and wowM welcome a proposition to arbitrate earn ing from this source." General Manager Horn, of the North ern Pacific, had heard nothing of suefe a proposition and declared that there' waa no occaslqn for arbitration, "So far as the Northern Pacific if con cerned." said he, "there Is nothing to ar bitrate. Conditions are Improving each day and on some divisions are aire4y normal." General Superintendent Slade. of the Great Northern, was equally emphatic ta declaring that there was no necessity for arbitration. So far as could be noted locally, condi tions on both of the roads showd Ma terial improvement today. Transconti nental passenger trains were nmnii nearer to schedule time than they have done for several days and both roads are receiving perishable freight, although commission men say they are shipping it only subject to delay. Mr. Perham said that he still beMevas that Mr. Hill will take steps to end the struggla as' soon as he reaches St. FattL CLAIMS STRIKERS RETURN. Horn Denies Strike Has Seriously Interfered With Trafric. ST. PAUL. Minn.. Aug. 7. General Man ager H. J. Horn tonight mad th fal lowing statement of strike conditions ea the Northern Pacific system: "The situation has been constantly im proving at both ends of the system dur ing the day. The strikers are devoting much attention to attempts to pull out men and to interference with the com pany's wires, but in spite of this, every division of the company shows a sub stantial net gain. Recognizing that Mr. Perham never calls a strike off. many old employes have cither made applica tions for places during the day r have actually returned to work. Several strik ers have been checked back on the Sc Paul and Minnesota divisions today, and a half-dozen have been re-emptoyod on the Dako'ta. and each of the other West ern divisions. "Freight 'and passenger traffic are moving satisfactorily. Tourist travel to Yellowstone Park and the Lewis and Clark Exposition is unusually heavy, ami is being handled to the satisfaction of our patrons. "The strike was broken in the flroc twelve hours, and the road has boea re covering rapidly. Mr. Perham and Ms lieutenants have repeatedly stated that they would tie up the entire system. Thoy have not only failed, but have found it Impossible to tie up even the branch Hnee or single trains. Not a branch or divi sion has been blockaded, nor wlH b. The entire system of nearly 60ft) ratios is and hns been free from wrecks and accidents." LATE TRAINS IN MONTANA. Trainmen Refuse Telephone Orders Perishable Freight Not Taken. MISSOULA. Mont.. Aug. 7. Strike oon ditlons on the Rocky Mountain division of the Northern Pacific are serious. It Is true some trains are running Jnto divi sion headquarters, but others are from four to six hours late. Wires, commer cial and others, have been broken during the last five days, and Missoula, was practically Isolated. Rush busines has been handled by the Western Union, hut flags have been working on the railroad. Perishable freight has been and is bding refused by the Northern Pacific. Yesterday the trainmen held a meeting and decided they would accept no more orders by telephone, as they feel danger confronts them. Superintendent Gibson says he has received no such communica tion from trainmen, and his report to Manager Horn, at St Paul, says every thing is moving here. Fruit shipments are not being acceptod and trains on the Bitter Root and Coeur d'Alene branches are working carefully. Division headquarters " claim that the Btrike is won. but Chairman Kelly, for the operators, asks for a showdown on schedule time demonstrated. , RUNNING IN NORMAL STYLE Puget Sound Lines of Both Roads Not Hampered by Strike. 3EATTLE. Aug. 7. According to Su perintendent Weymouth, of the Soattle division of the Northern Pacific, and S perintendent Scott, of the Cascade divi sion of the Great Northern, the railway telegraphers' strike is practically over. In so far as the mileage for which they are held responsible is concerned. The former states that every office on tho Seattle division of the Northern Pacinc. save one. is now in operation and that the company has all the operators that It wants. Mr. Scott, whose headquarters are at Everett, stated tonight that every sta tion north of Everett except Lockport. is supplied with an operator. He says that trains are moving on time and that there are no delays in tho arrival of freight at Its destination on his division. Mr. Scott states also that the strikers are manifesting a willingness to go back to work. v NO ORDERS BY. TELEPHONE Conductors Indirectly Aid Operators Another Wreck In Montana. BUTTE. Mont. Aug. 7. The tele graphers on the Northern Pacific made a distinct gain last night, when the conductors on tho Rocky Mountain di vision, in a meeting, determined here after to refuse to-receive train orders over telephone or move train by "flag orders." Outside another freight wreck on the Great Northern and the fact that the telegraphers are quite successful In In ducing strike breakers to leave, there are practically no new developments. Both wrecks were due to defective flanges. The Northern Pacific trains are now two to four hours late. Little Side-Issue to Strike, BILLINGS. Mont., Aug. 7. The car clerks working for the Northern Pa cific quit today because Agent Hort would not reinstate Sam Foster, tho call boy who was discharged for creat ing a disturbance around the dispatch er's office. The clerks claim th'elr ac tlon has nothing to do with the oper ators' strike. Pellegrini Lauds Roosevelt. BUENOS AYRES, Aug. 7. Dr. Carlos Pellegrini, former President' returned Sunday from Europe and the United States. He was escorted home from the dock by a great crowd, whom he addressed. He spoke enthusiastically about the United States, and expressed himself as grateful for the reception, he met, from President Roosevelt and others. rt