THE l-SlXxUKEGvaISt UOiliJKSDA.T, AUGUST 10, 1905. IK LEVY Ml MIGRATORY S Present Law' by Supreme Count Is Pronounced . :i. Unconstitutional. WHY ; STATUTE IS VOID Inequality of Taxation "Would Be Established Were the Law Car- ried Into Execution, De clares Highest Court. The decision rendered by the Supreme Court In the' action brought by Lake County for" collection "of tax on a migra tory flock of .sheep, therebj' testing the constitutionality of the law passed at the last session of the General Assembly whereby It was provided that owners of livestock should pay taxes In counties In which they graze thoir animals for such proportion of the year as the mi gratory herds were so grazed, is of much concern to ."ill persons engaged in the livestock business and persons resident in most counties In Oregon. It Is held that the statute Is void. In sustaining the ac tion of the Circuit Court of Lake County from which the appeal was taken. The decision Is based upon the 'Inequality of taxation that would be established were the law to be carried into execution. Pref acing the review of the case with ex cerpts, from the statute, the court In cludes the following in its opinion: This is an action by the county to recover agzJnst the owner jupon an assessment of his livestock, which lie was about to remove Into another county, according to the rate of levy of the previous year. In pursuance of an act of the LegiBlattx'e Assembly, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment and taxation of livestock." etc.. It being alleged that the defendant has Ho real property with which tp secure the payment of such tax Wolverton, C. J. . Plaintiff's cause; of ac tion depends ejnlroly upon the proper con struction of the -act under which it is in stituted. Session Laws, Or., 105, p. 278. Jn epitome, the act provides: "Section 1. That all livestock kept, driven or pastured In more than one county in the state, during the year, shall be subject to taxation in each of the counties In propor tion to the time it is permitted to range therein respectively. "See. 2. That all livestock shall be as sessed for taxation in the county in which it Is found at the time fixed by law for as sessment of' all properties In the state, such counts to be known as Its home county; that at the time of such assessment the owner shall make and deliver to the Assessor a written statement under oath, showing by appropriate descr;ptlon the different kinds of such livestock within the county belong ing to him and giving the full time during the current year that it has been or will remain in such county; that "such livestock and the owner thereof shall be liable to said county tor the taxes thereon at the rate of levy for all state, county and other purposes, as other property is liable; and that the owner thereof shall, unless sufficient real estate ample to secure the same is liable therefor, pay to the Assessor at the time of such levy of assessment the whole amount of said taxes for the full year at the rate of the last preceding levy and take his re ceipt therefor. Sec, .3. That whenever .such Jlvestock is rtmoved, kept tr pastured In another coun ty than the home county, the owner thereof shall, within 15 days from ,-lhe time of en tering such county, notify the stock inspec tor thereof that he has entered the county with livestock, giving the date, description, etc ; that he shall also make and deliver to such inspector a written, statement under oath similar in all respects, so far as prac ticable, to tho statement required in the home county, showing the full length of time during the current year that such stock has bcn and will remain In such county, and that the taxes thereon for such year have been fully paid In the home coun ty, producing at the same time for inspection the receipt for such tases. or if their pay ment has been secured, the certificate show ing the same, and such livestock and the owner thereof shall be liable to said county for the particular portion of the taxes there on for the full length of time that the stock has been or will remain within the said county during the year, according to the last preceding rate of levy In said county for all county, state and other purposes, as other property in said county Is liable; that said owner shall, before any of such livestock shall leave the county, pay said taxes to the stock inspector of said county or shall secure the payment of the same to the satisfaction of the inspector and take his receipt or cer tificate therefor. Sec. 4. That as soon as any livestock has been returned to its home county, or. If not so returned, then before the expiration of the year, the owner shall present the. receipt cr receipts secured by him. showing what parts of the year for whic,h taxes have been paid in other counties tinder and In pursu ance of the provisions of this act. and such owner shall be entitled to receive from tho treasury of the home county out of the migratory stock fund that part of the amount of taxes paid as the total periods of time for which taxes have been paid in other counties within the state as .shown by the receipts therefor Is to the whole year. "Sec. 5, And that all taxes that shall be come due to any county under these pro visions shall be a personal debt and demand against the owner to whom the -property was assessed and may be enforced by any proper action in the name of the county in any court of competent jurisdiction, and secured by attachment or other provisional remedy, and said taxes shall be a first lien upon the livestock wherever found In the state, and a lien upon all real estate belonging to any owner of said livestock situated within the county to which said taxes are due and pay able, and said Hen shall only be discharged by the actual payment of the taxes." Ther.e is an obscurity attending this stat ute, and it Is somewhat difficult to deter mine just what it means. In section 2 it prescribes, as will be noted, that such live stock and tho owner thereof "shall be liable to said (home) county for the taxes thereon at the rate of levy for all state, county and other purposes as other property is subject." This seemingly refers to the rate of levy for the same or current year that is applied to other property, but. the succeeding clause is not in harmony with such rendering. It re quires the owner., Unless sufficient real es tate, ample to secure the same, is liable therefor, to pay the Assessor at the time of such assessment, the whole amount of said taxes for the full year at the rate of the last preceding levy If. therefore, the own er has no real property, he must pay the taxes at the preceding year's rate of levy. This latter idea Is again embodied in the third section of the act, except that the pay ment is required to be msde according to the last preceding rtae of levy in the county other than the home county. So. In section 5, all taxes that shall "become due to the county under the preceding provisions of the act are made & personal debt and demand against the owner to whom the property Is first assessed, which the county Is entitled to enforce by action. "While, then, we have the seeming condition under the act that the owner is liable for the taxes on his livestock at the rate of levy applicable to other property. . yet, if he has no realty, he is forced to pay according to the preceding year's levy, and there Is no method devised or provided by which he may have the matter subsequently adjusted or equalized. Elma's New Town Hall. ELMA, Wash., Aug. 9. (Special.) Elma Is to have a new town hall with quarters for the Are apparatus, a new concrete jail, Council chambers with fireproof vault for records, and rooms for firemen on duty. The hulldlng will cost, when com pleted, about $3000. . Special Corners for Street Preachers SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 9. (Special.) Mayor Balllnger today Issued an order to th Chief of Police restricting streets corner speaking to the northeast corner of -Pioneer Place and 'the corner of tho alley hetween First and Second avenues and University street. The Mayor's order applies to. ltlnerant preaching -as -well as the nightly speeches of Socialists and others. Mayor Balllnger declares In his sweep ing order that Incendiary or anarchistic speeches will not be tolerated under any circumstances. ' NELSON HOTEL IS BURNED Four Are Injured and One 3Iny Die. NELSON, B. C-. Aug. 9. Fire today de stroyed the Grand View Hotel and re sulted in the latal injury of one man, the serious injury of another, and in juries to two more. The Injured are: Mario Chlparro. badly burned, fractured thigh, not expected to live; Peter Bertlara. badly burned; John Jsapau, fractured leg and injured spine, both cases serious; Stanis laus Mordroskl severely cut and bruised by falling into broken glass. A public Inquiry will probably be- held as to the efficiency of the Are -department - ARREST PROMINENT r NEGROES Suspected In Connection With. 3Iur der of a Nejrress. BAKERSFIELD. Cal.: Aug. 8. After working since July 9 to clear up the mys tery surrounding the murder of Mrs. Mary Va-n Dross, the negross who was foully shot to death at her. home in this city "on that date. Sheriff Kclley today arrested three negroes and now has them in Oje County Jail with charges of murder hanging over them. The three suspects, who are well-known members of the negro colony here, are James Adams, Mrs. Eliza Lopez, a prominent church membor. and William Jackson, her son. The Sheriff has given out very little of the evidence that he has at hand, but says that Jt is sufficient both in quan tity and character to lead him to be lieve that he has the guilty persons in custody. SEATTLE PRISON A FOUL PLACE Mother Whcaton, Prison Evangelist Exclaims at the Vermin. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. !. (Special.) Mother Elizabeth R. Wheaton. the famous prison evangelist, today visited the Seattle City Jail. While Mother Wheaton did not directly criticise the Jail" and Its manage ment, an interview she gave out is sus ceptible of the Interpretation that Mother Wheaton has found few worse prisons. She said: "How I pity the poor women. I scarcely see why they cannot be given beds to sleep on. Certainly their environment here In prison Is not an Inspiring one. "And then the vermin! I almost be lieve I might be excused forfeeling faint, and' I am used to visiting aK sorts of vile places, too, and places where it Is not very safe for a woman to 'visit." HIT ON HEAD BY PILEDRIVER Workman at Point Richmond, Cal., Is Instantly Killed. POINT RICHMOND, Cat. Aug. 9. John Dunn, ascd 28, a resident of San Francisco, was killed here today while at work repairing a plledrlver on the Stand ard Oil mole. Dunn was doing some re pair work at the base of the big pile driverthat Is at work- on the mole. The heavy hammer was at the top" of the frame and Dunn In somg -manner acci dentally released the trigger "that holLthe weight in place- - The hammer descended swiftly, struck Dunn fairly on the head and killed iilm Instantly. Circus PcrCprmcr 2s Injured. - HELENA, Mont., Aug. 9. Tom Butler, the bicycle rider with the Barnum & Bailey circus, who Jumps the gap during the performance, failed to do the trick here tonight, and fell to the ground. He was unconscious for half an hour. The physicians first thought he was not se riously Injured, but later they said they feared he was internally injured and would die. He left Helena shortly after midnight with the circus. In charge of a physician- v Butler's wife loops the loop In an au tomobile, and she followed with her turn tonight Immediately after the accident to her husband. Hill Party Coming to the Fair. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 9. (Special.) Louis W. Hill, first vice-president of the Great Northern, and a party of officials. will be in Portland Wednesday to visit the Lewis and Clark Exposition. With Mr. Hill are: Ben Campbell. fourth vice-president; W. W. Brougton. freight traffic managor; F. E. Ward, gen eral manager, all of the Great Northern, and Darius Miller, first .vice-president of the Burlington. The party is traveling by special train and 1wIU return East after the trip to Portland. Buford Arrives From Manila. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 9. The trans port Buford, Captain Hall, arrived In port today, 22 days from Manila. The steam ship came direct from Nagasaki, carry ing 117 cabin and 142 steerage passengers, beside the troops who arc returning from the Philippines. These consisted of the 17th Infantry, bound for Fort Mc pherson, Ga., and the third squadron of the 13th Cavalry, which is bound for Fort Sill, Okla. Colonel Van Orsdale is in command of the 17th Infantry. Beaten for & "Spotter." BAKERSFIELD, Cal.. Aug. 9. Ernest Etter, a former police officer, who played such a prominent part in the McKinney battle In 1903, was suddenly attacked early this morning by two men in the Del Monte Cafe, and before bystanders could interfere he had received serious injuries. It appears that the men were employes of the Santa Fe Company and believed Etter to be a "spotter" workingMor the company. Etter's assailants were ar rested. Caught Robbing the Sick. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 9. (Special.) William Herrlck was caught Sunday morning robbing patients in tho Provi dence Hospital. It was his second offense of that kind and he walked into a trap prepared for him. Tills morning Herrlck pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary, and Judge Albertson sentenced him to 12 years at hard labor Jn the state peniten tiary. - Rattlesnake Kills q Boy. SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Aug. 9. Cecil, tho 10-year-old son of C. W. Sharp less, of Whlttler, today "was bitten on his hand by ' a rattlesnake at his father's apiary, '16 miles from. San Bernardino. The child was brought to San Bernardino Hospital, but died in great agony at 7:30 this evening. M. P. F. T. B. That means MelUn's Food for the Baby. There Is plenty of Mellin's Food for the baby, and there are lots of babies for Mellin's Food. In the Mellin's Food Exhibit at tho Portland Exposition there are hundreds of portraits of real Mel lin's Food babies. They are ALL Mel lin's Food babies, but there are thou sands of Mellin's Food babies whose por traits are not. shown we used all. the space the managers would give us. Visit the Mellin's Food Exhibit In the Agricul tural Bldg. and see the pictures. RERDY FORHEYBURPf Administration Will Meet Sen ator's Attack ON IDAHO FOREST RESERVE Plnchot Will Join Ireuc-Wlth Him in Committee Hcyburn Makes Enemies by Attack on News papers and Not Mixing. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Aug. ".If Senator Heyburn car ries out his threat to take his forest reserve fight onto the floor of the United States Senate, he will find the adminis tration ready to meot him. And there Is no reason to believe that, when he emerges from his promised conflict, he will be well aware that he has had a tussle. Ncvor since the Roosevelt forestry pol icy has been formulated - has it been assailed on the floors of Congress; not in late years has there been any vicious criticism of that policy, save that by Senator Heyburn in Idaho. Western Sen ators, with the exception of Mr. Hey burn, have come to agree with the Presi dent on the main principles of his new policy, and are upholding the forestry administration on all' essential points. Ton. years ago there was a very different sentiment In Congress, but the old for estry policy was very different and far less practical than that in force today. Warm Contest Assured. It Is Impossible to tell In what way Mr. Heyburn intends to wage war on the administration. He will probably Intro duce a resolution demanding the annul ment of proclamations recently signed creating new forest reserves In Idaho, and censuring the administration for Its method of creating reserves over the protest of public men in the state inter ested. Or he may introduce a bill for this purpose. Whatever method he pur sues, he will accompany the introduction of his legislation by what he deems appropriate remarks, likely to bo quite warm and unfriendly to the President and the entire administration. But before the Heyburn Wll or resolu tion can be considered by the Senate, it must.be considered and reported by a committee, probably the committee on Public Lands. Unfortunately for Mr. Hcyburn. he Is not a member of this committee and can merely appear before it In the capacity of a witness. But In due fairness to the administration, which is assailed, the committee will also give hearings to Glfford Plnchot. head of the Forestry Bureau, and the President's personal representative on matters of this character. There will come the clash. There Mr. Heyburn's statements will 'be met by counter statements presenting the Gov ernment's sice. The committee will not only hear Mr. Heyburn's protests, but it will hear the reason why the Govern ment created the reserves, and enough is known now to Insure the production of a vast amount of documentary evidence to disprove the claims of Mr. Heyburn. Heyburn Attacked Newspapers. Furthor interest will be lent the hear ing by the probable appearance of Sen ator Dubois, who In this contest Is cham pioning the cause of the President. Du bois and Heyburn have locked horns In this controversy, and Dubois, though a Democrat, has come out victor and has the double satisfaction of having the hearty support of the President in his fight on his Republican colleagues. Aside from several vicious attacks made hy Mr. Heyburn. personality has not been injected into the controversy. The Sen ator, however, has deemed it proper to assail the veracity of newspapers print ing the facts of the case and, because they recorded his defeat, have charged that their reports have been "Inspired." The truth is. the facts In all their nakedness have been presented in plain words; Mr. Heyburn happened to be on the wrong side of the issue, and could not expect to be held up to public gaze as a con quering hero. He chose his own part, and he played the act of the vanquished. It Is probable there will be further Injection of unpleasant personalities into the Senate hearings next Winter but these incidents will only serve to" en lighten the proceedings, and will afford amusement to . Sonators net especially Interested In the controversy. Heyburn Is Too Haughty. There is little prospect that the com mittee will recommend the Heyburn reso lution or bill to the favorable consider ation of the Senate. The Senate Committee on Public Lands Is not antagonistic to the President. The Republican members are all fair-minded men. and all are on the most friendly terms with the Presi dent. Mr. Dubois Is a minority member; Mr. Newlands, of Nevada, is another, and a staunch supporter of the forestry administration; the remaining Democrats, all Southerners, are men without bias. Unlike some new Senators. Mr. Hey burn has not devoted his 'first two years in Congress to "mixing." He does not make friends readily; he has rather a haughtly manner, holds himself aloof and Is decidedly distant with his colleagues, a fact much commented upon In Wash ington. Because of this fact, Mr. Hey burn will experience some difficult' in inducing his fellow-Senators to rally to his support in his fight with the admin istration. Were he a "Jolly good fellow," he might make a presentable showing both In the committee and In the Senate, for Senators have a way of helping their friends out In times of great stress. But that is not to be in this case. Mr. Heyburn must play practically a lone hand: it will be Hcyburn vs. Roosevelt, and such a contest Is bound to be one sided. MAX PBACHT'S GRIEVANCE Falsely Accused of Being Knocked Out by Sun in Washington. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Aug. 7. Max Pracht, of Oregon, has a grievance. Two weeks ago the genial Max. In a hurry to get to his desk In the Treasury. Department, started on a run for a passing streetcar. Something happened. Max doesn't know what; there was a commotion, the car system was blocked for 23 minutes, and, when Max regained consciousness he was being ten derly, fondled by a physician in a corner drugstore. Max was carted off to the hospital, and for two weeks lay stowed away, in a three "by six bed, receiving careful attention frofi the best physicians and oculists on the staff. Now he has recovered everything but his good looks, and there is promise that they too will return. At the time ail this happened Washing ton was being crowded with heat pros trations, and in some way the hospital physicians announced that Max had suf fered from sunstroke, but was on the road to recovers'. So Max was advertised as among those knocked out by Old SoL What hurts Max Is to awaken and find that his case was erroneously presented to the Oregon public He boasts that he was never knocked out by the sun. but thinks It no disgrace to be knocked out and more or less mutilated by a 20th cen tury trolley-car. However, except for a badly bruised countenance and an eye "filled with blood." Max Is 'good as new again, and has gone back to work for Uncle Sam. CLEARED J3F PERJURY. Commissioner Convinced That No Deception Was Intended. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 9. United States Commissioner Heacock today gave his decision In the case of Paul Rapp mundt and Ernest Groealer. and dis charged the defendants. Rappmundt and (Groessler had been charged with perjury in obtaining naturalization papers for Rappmundt from Judge Graham's de partment of the Superior Court. The evidence showed it was six years after, coming to this country that Rappmundt made hl3 application, and one year of that period had been spent by him on a cruise. Commissioner Heacock said that he was convinced that Rappmundt had not In tended to deceive the court, that his absence for a year was in the nature of his employment as a seafaring man and that he had intended to claim the United States as his residence. Immediately upon being released Rapp mundt was rearrested by United States Secret Service Detective Taylor, upon a charge of fraudulently procuring a cer tificate of naturalization. Upon Rapp mundt filing a petition In the Superior Court asking to have his certificate of naturalization cancelled. Detective Taylor released him from, custody. DEPUTIES PAID THEIR CHIEFS Spokane County Clerk and Treasurer Are Indicted for Bribery. SPOKANE. Wash.. Aug. 9. Indictments were returned late this afternoon by the grand Jury;, which is in session, against the following: Robert Koontz. County Clerk, for brib er In accepting contributions from his deputies; EL K. Erwin, County Treasurer, briber, the same offense as Koontz. The grand Jury also severely censured the County Commissioners for alleged careless business methods. Koontz and Erwln el upthe defense, when called be fore the Jury, that their deputies were voluntarily contributing small sums monthly to defray the expenses of their chiefs in the last election campaign. Umatilla PJoneer Very 111. PENDLETON, Or., Aug. 9. Special.) John B. Owens, a prominent stockman of Bear Creek, is lying at the point of death as the result of a paralytic stroke. He is one of the pioneer settlers of Umatilla County. William Flowers a Bankrupt. ABERDEEN, Wnh.. Aug. 9. (Special.) William A. Flowers has filed In the United States Court a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. His liabilities are 5W00 and his assets $533. He is in the bicycle trade. Marks Indicate FoulPIay. VANCOUVER. B. C. Aug. 9. The dead body of Gus Olsen. a ranchman, of Lad ner. was found In Challuckthan Slough, with some of the clothing cut off. and with marks indicating foul play. An In vestigation Is being made. NEITHER ASKS ALIMONY. Taggarti? Admit-They Aro Fighting Only Question of Divorce WOOSTER. O.. Aug. 9. Though Captain Taggart's attorney. James Sterling, was not able to appear, according to a state ment to the court by Dr. J. D. Beer, the Taggart divorce case was resumed this morning. Mr. Sterling appeared soon af terwards and occupied a chair at Cap tain Taggart's table. looking quit ill. The first testimony was a deposition by Captain William B. Folwell, Eighteenth Infantry. Fort Leavenworth. This set forth that Taggart was perfectly sober the night of June 3). 1908. which was the night of the separation. Then, when Mr. Wertz. for Captain Taggart. offered the signed statement of Charles H. Hulbard. of Chicago. Mrs. Taggart's business agent, the alimony question was mentioned for the first time. Mr. Sralser. for the defonse, assumed that Taggart might ask for alimony, because the agent's statement of her property was Introduced. Mr. S miser argued that Mrs. Taggart could not be expected to pay th Captain alimony, as it was not specifically mentioned In the pleadings. , "This lady, as we will show," he said, "has an Independent Income to which Captain Taggart never contributed a dol lar." "We do not want any alimony," re torted Mr. Wertz, "but there have been cases In Ohio where the husband has been granted a decree for his wife's conduct, in which the wife was given alimony." "If yo'u get a divorce, we shall not ask for alimony." declared Mr. Smlscr. The court made a note of these declara tions, setUlng the alimony problem. Then the agent's statement was read. The testimony of Thomas Mereday, Captain Taggart's Philippine body ser vant, given at this morning's session, was the most sensational yet brought out and was generally unfavorable to Mrs. Taggart. REPORT ON BENNINGTON Court of Inquiry Will Soon Complete It Memorial to Dead. SAN DIEGO, CaL. Aug. 9. The Ben nlnetnn rniirt o f inautry today, again engaged In listening to a reading of the testimony that has been heard up to the present time and in authenti cating documents. It Is expected that the report of the board will bp made in a day or two. Th a-. flagship Chicago and the Ben nington will leave here for Mare Is land Saturday evening. On Saturday morning a memorial service will be held in Isis Theater in remembrance of the Bennington dead, and In the aft ernoon the officers and men of the Chi cago and the Bennington will pay a visit to Fort Rosecrans and the mili tary cemetery. The remaining Injured sailors in the hospital are doing well. Ensign Camp bell of the Chicago will be In charge of the Bennington until she is taken away. Ten more of the bodies burled on Point Loma will be exhumed Friday and sent to relatives in tho East. At a meeting of the board of control of tho Bennington Memorial Associa tion today, an advisory board contain ing the names of citizens prominent In tho state and Nation was selected. The names include President Roosevelt. Secretary Bonaparte. ex-Secretary Morton, the National commanders of the G. A. R. and Spanish War Veterans, the president of the T. M. C A., Miss Helen Gould, Admirals Goodrich and McCalla, Governor Pardee, Senators Perkins and Flint and the eight Con gressmen from this state. There were 6CSO Chinese. Inhabitants or New Tor, according to the list censur. but the popular Musuito Is that the actual number en. DEMANDS DF CAIN Wu Ting Fang Gives Opinion on Exclusion Law. RIGHTS OF UPPER CLASSES China Wants Same Treatment for Them as Other Aliens and Ad mission of Coolies to Ha- wail, Not United States. PEKIN. Aug. 9. Wu Ting Fang. ex Chinese Minister at Washington, and now vice-president of. the Chinese Board of Foreign Affairs, interviewed in regard to the proposed treaty with the United States. safd that the expiring conven tion was unsatisfactory from a Chinese standpoint, hence the board desired re vision. The Chinese government agreed to the exclusion of coolies from Ihe United Statos, this point presented no difficulty, but the existing regulations pressed hardly on other classes- For instance, merchants. travelers. etc.. while nominally admissible to the United States, are forced to undergo an examination which possibly Is necessary, but which was generally rendered very objectionable, on account of the manner of enforcement of the regulations. Wu Thing Fang said that China urged as the main points of her contention that the better class of Chinese be treated on an equal footing with other aliens, given the right to retain counsel, the right to appeal If necessary: and the admission of coolies to Hawaii, which he regarded as most important. DIPLOMACY AND BUSINESS. Both Involved In "Sale of Hankow Bbad to China. NEW YORK. Aug. 3. Speculation concerning the future control of tho fankow & Canton Railway and the concessions for furthbr construction, now owned by the China-American De velopment Company, were set at rest yesterday by the positive v statement made in well-Informed quarters, ac cording to the Herald, that J. P. Mor gan & Co. are continuing their nego tiations for the sale of properties and concessions to the Chinese. It was learned further that the offers for the control qf the China-American Develop ment Company made by various Eu ropean syndicates are not being con sidered by the Morgan firm. From a fi nancial point of view, several of these offers are understood to have been very tempting. If the attitude of the various Chi nese jgovernments had been different, the Herald continues, and more in har mony with the spirit In which the con cessions were granted, it might have been pdsslble to sell the control to Eu ropean bidders. At the present time, however, the negotiations for'the sale of the property have become closely In tertwined with diplomacy. While a large banking profit will likely be sac rificed by the sale of the concessions and railroad to the Chinese. It Is as serted that the majority Interest is acting with a view to. promoting, bet" ter and more cordial relations between' this country and China than now exist and at the same time eliminate some of the friction.. Delay In completing the sale to the Chinese Is stated to be due to the dif ficulty in determining Just which of the provincial "governments, or it may be the imperial government, Is the cor rect and proper quarter with which to deal. Precautions safeguarding tho transfer of the concession and the pay ment therefore necessitate a great deal of time and attention. Asphalt Company Protests. WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. The State Department was Informed today that the New York & Bermudez Asphalt Company had lodged with the Venezuelan govern ment a protest against the recent deci sion of the court against that company. The protest will be made a part of. the Tecords in the case, which is now under investigation. Change of Railroad Officials. ST. PAUL. -Minn.. Aug. S.-A. C Stohr. general freight agent of the Chicago Great Western Railway, tendered his res ination, to take effect today, and It wa3 at once accepted, and W. B. Plnckney, assistant-general freight agent, named as his successor. Conference on Immigration. NEW YORK. Aug. 9. Tho Governors of 2S states have so far accepted the Invita tion of the National Civic Federation to appoint delegates to attend the National Conference on Immigration, to be held In this city December 6 and 7. No woman can look beautiful without Rood health. A woman's good health, depends on those organs peculiarly femi nine, and which so often become disor dered, causing misery and dracglng-down pain. Nature's laws are perfect, health endures If yon obey them, bst disease follows disobedience. The distressing complaints of women are often brought about by catching cold at a critical period, breathing foul Indoors air and long hours of work and nervous tension. Go straight to Nature for the cure to the forest. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription is Xature'8 cure for the dis tressing complaints of women. Prof. Sing, M. 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