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VOL. XLV- NO. 13,96a PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. 1905. PRICE FIVE GENTS. GUEST J0 IN IE ARMY IF THE CZAR President Roosevelt Toasted and Cheered by War Weary Soldiers. PEACE TERMS GRATIFYING Newspapers Eagerly Scanned for News and Pleasure Expressed by Singing and Feasting. American Honored. N OYAMA TBOrOSES ARMISTICE. GODZTADA.NI. Manchuria, Satur- da Sept. 3. At 1 'clock tbls alter- Boen a. Japanese Commlwiioner beartnur a n-hKe fls.tr and esoerted by 50 sol diers, arrived at a pout near the rail war Banded to the RueMan officers yrtta wt to meet him a letter from F1A Marshal Oyama to General Llnle vitoh. oansratHlBtlr.c him on the oon eHurio of jvaco and begging him to Mtpeiat Ru4an plenipotentiaries to ar rasce as armistice. Field Marshal Oyama appointed Gen eral Fakusblina aa plenipotentiary fr Mk eWe. The letter announced and he ewrirerted Caakaeara aa the meetlng ptace. GUNSHU PASS, Manchuria, Saturday, Sept. $. News having been received that jHH.ce Negotiations at Portsmouth are ap prc&etting a ooncluslon, the correspondent ef the Associated Press has made a sur vey of alt the Russian positions, from Mongolia. te headquarters, the object, in. part, botng to ascertain the manner In which the efforts making for peace were viewed fcy the army. The negotiations received no-official rec ognition in the field prior to the success ful ooncluslon, the army keeping in a state of preparedness for a battle until the receipt by Gonaral Linlcvltoh of a telegram from Bmpcror .Nlohplas, 'declar ing that the troaty had been signed, and that His Majesty accepted the conditions arrived at. This telegram was officially published i tho army newspapers Sep tember 6. .and -the outlines of the peace coadltiOBC were printed in the same pub lication today. 1 ncers thereafter observed imiuary oeoorum in the strict est sense, but the soldiers, with the consent of the officers, engaged in feasting and other forms of celebration. It will be a weok or more before the entire army Is fully informed of the ooncluslon of peace, but the news was discounted long since by the prevail ing conviction that since the appointment of the plenipotentiaries peace was a fore gone conclusion. It may be said that to the great majority of the officers and men so far informed the news that the war Is at an end is most welcome. Singular Honor to an American. Thousands arc daily drinking to the health of.-ProsIdont Roosevelt. The cor respondent, who is the only remaining foreign ne-wspapar man with the Russian army, was everywhere asked by the men if he were an American, and upon being answered in the affirmative they captured him and tossed him many times in the air. after the manner of the Cossacks, while their oflicors gently protested against the seemingly questionable form of their admiration. Everywhere along the, railway where .newspapers could be obtained the soldiers eagerly scanned the news and then ex pressed their Joy by singing, which they con tinned late into the night at intervals cheering for President Roosevelt. With the exception of the loss of a Cap tain aad two ordorlles on the east front within the past two weeks, and of nine men in the center a weck'&go, there have been no casualties. The cessation of hos tilities was preceded only by unimportant reconnaissances, involving small parties of scouts. Care has been taken to pre vent further loss of life. Peace News Travels Slowly. Owing- to the enormous tract of country east of Hallungcleng, and between tho Russian lines along the Vladivostok rail road and the Japanese position In tho Changpaishan Range, it will require some time to reach all the elements operating in the Interests of both armies and in restoring to order the regions occupied by both flanks. The officers are holding races at Toer- shu and at other places. The Fourth Siberian Army Corns, which played a conspicuous part throughout the war, was reviewed September 5 by its commander. General Zaroubaieff, who has won high fame throughout the army be cause of his prominence In tho battles of Tatchokiao and Liao Tang. In the proteC tion of Mukden and in the retreat from that pjace, is mentioned as among the first who will return home. The dlsahll ity of General Zerpltrky has steadily In creased, and he wllle compelled to re turn to Europe. This officer was noted for his singular bravery throughout tho war. He was wounded at Mukden, -when he lost three-fourths of his Tenth Army .rps. It is reported that General Linievitch will leave soon. The general staff Is en gaged in plans for changing the con manders throughout the army" prepara tory to evacuation. ' Soldiers Are Apprehensive. Among the soldiers generally there is a feeling of apprehension regarding the In ternal affairs of Russia, and many of them have expressed a desire to remain In Manchuria indefinitely. Prince -Fredrick Leopold, of Prussia, -who has been wlta the army since the beginning: of May. has announced his in tentlon of .returning to Germany. After a prolonged war on an enormous scale, and after the great preparations re cently made to continue the struggle, the Russian army, in complying with the con ditions of peace, surrender two complete positions, with field works of vast extent and even more intricate than those of Llao Tang, beside positions of great strength protecting its communications, hut, notwithstanding this, the correspond ent found among the officers and men a generally prevailing sense of the remark able fairness of the condition by which a terriblo war has been brought to a close. Inflated Ideas of Strength. The advocates of further fighting, how ever, seemed to be convinced that the flower of the Japanese army had gone, leaving only old reservists and inferior recruits, while the constant strengthen ing of the Russians with young recruits they believed gave them a large balance of power, which would have enabled them not only to fight -one. more great battle, but to enforce peace thereafter. The im pression prevailed among these advocates that the army was nearly twice Its real size, and their feeling of strength was due to this exaggeration of the facts. Since the reception of the Emperor's testimony of the bravery and self-sacrifice of the soldiers and the declaration of the final acceptance of the peace terms, the army has become obediently passive All peace news, except that direct from the Ministers or the Emperor. Is placed at tho end of the dfspatches printed in the army publication. This is given as little prominence as possible. KANEKO CALLS OX PRESIDENT - Takes Lunch and a Long Stroll In the Woods. OYSTER BAX N. T.. Sept 10. Baron Kaneko, the special commercial envoy of Japan to the "United States, spent three hours today with President Roosevelt. Throughout the recent peace negotiations Baron Kaneko maintained the closest re lations with the President, acting as an Intermediary between the Japanese gov ernment and Baron komura and the Pres ident. It can be said that Baron Komura trusted him as he trusted nobody else. Baron Kaneko arrived on the 12:20 P. M. traln from New York. Awaiting him at the station was one of the President's carriages, in which he was conveyed to Sagamore Hill. After luncheon, the Pres ident and Baren Kaneko 'rambled through the woods" for more than two hours, returning to the President's house in time to reach the village for tho S:02 train for New Tork. "My visit to tho President," said the Baron, "was- purely social. He- Invited me to take luncheon with him. and I came today. There was nothing signifi cant or evon Important about my call. I expect very soon to leave for Japan, aifd I desired to say farewell to tho President I have not decided, definitely when I shall leave America, but It will be soon. "My mission to this country was simply to do what I could to cultivate between Amcsica and Japan cordial commercial and trado relations? Trade and commerce ruin the world It Is tho greatest factor In n nation's progress. "Has your mission been successful?" the Baron was asked. "Tea, in a degree, I think, it has." he replied. "America sustains very friendly relations In trade and- commerce with Japan. I have formed many charming acquaintances in this country, and my sojourn here has been very pleasant. Baron Kaneko was asktd If Japan was Interested In the operations of railroads in China or railroad concessions in that ompire. "Not at all; not that I know of," be replied. "Of course, by the terms of the treaty Just concluded with Russia we take over a part of the Manchurlan railway. but that Is Japan's only railroad interest In China as far as I know. Referring to the recent rioting in Tokio, Baron Kaneko said: "While personally I have received no dispatches on the subject, I am assured that the rlotlflg whloh occurred was only a spontaneous upheaval of sontlment due to a misunderstanding of the situation as to the treaty concluded at Portsmouth. Now that a correct understanding of the situation is becoming general the trouble has disappeared. There is no antl-Aroer lean sentiment in Japan. Our people have the greatest respect and admiration for President Roosevelt and tho highest re gard for America." Wltte and Party at "Washington. WASHINGTON. Sept. 10. Mr. Witte and Baron Rosen, the Russian peace plenlpo tcntlarios, accompanied by five mombors of the former's suite, spent Sunday in "Washington. They arrived here at an early hour this morning and spent the en tire day. visiting the historic points In and about the city, and left again late this afternoon for New Tork, from which place Mr. "Wltte will sail for Hamburg next Tuesday. While, here, they were in charge of Acting Secretary of State Loomls and Major Charles McCawley, of the Marine Corps, who, at the special request of thoj various places visited. Baron Rosen Has the Grip. NEW TORK, Sept. 10. Mr. Wittc and Baron Rosen, with their suite, arrived in New Tork shortly before midnight and went at once to the SL Regis Hotel. They wero awaited by a physician, who had been summoned by telegraph to attend Baron Rosen, who Is Indisposed. Baron Rosen has been suffering for some time with a slight attack of tho grip, and the strain to which he has been subjected during the last week has some what exhausted him. Upon leaving Baron Rosen, the physician stated that his pa tlent was much better than he had been The Russian envoys will go to West Point tomorrow on J. P. Morgan's yacht Corsair. Correspondents Kept at Distance. GENERAL OKU'S HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD, Sept. S. (11 A. M.) Delayed in transmission.) General Fu kushima left Xalyuan today for the north to meet tho Russian Generals and ar range the details of an armistice. Gen exal Fukushima positively refused to al low press correspondents o accompany him. The corresponaentsare still kept 30 miles in tnc rear or tne army, which has not yet been Informed of the signing of a peace treaty. The terms of the treaty will probably prove to be unpopular, but no demonstra tion Is f eared. Salt River Tanj gashed Out. ..EL PASO. Tex., Sept 13, The Arl zona Water Company's costly dam, furnishing; water to Irrigate many hun 3reds of acres of land near Phoenix. with -water from the Salt River, was washed but bv a hlr rise in the stream The tuaase will V feesvry, M SO NIMMPOT Exponents of High Finance Play for Excessive Stakes on Ocean Steamer. SPECTATORS' EYES BULGE George Westlnghouse, H. C. Frick and F. Augustus Hclnze Back Losing Cards, While Gen. 3Iiles Plays Ch6ckers. TOLEDO. O.. Sopt lO.-(SpeclaL) Nor man B. Ream took another whirl at high finance in the poker market on the Kaiser Wllhelm, a week ago, and got away with lot of gold that belonged to several other exponents of high-finance business. George Westlnghouse, the man who In vented the airbrake, and the man recent ly selected by Thomas F. Ryan as one of the three trustees of the Equitable Life; Henry C. Frick. the Pittsburg millionaire steel man, and F. Augustus Hoinzc. the Montana copper king, fell before Mr. Ream's expert system of playing -poker. The Kaiser Wilhelm landed In New Tork last Thursday morning-, and Mr. Ream was Just 590.000 richer than he had been a few hours before. The night be fore, the last game played in the saloon did the trick. The four financial stars played to a crowded saloon. The game- had been going on steadily for four or five days, but Wednesday night the limit was taken off. and the financiers loosened up thelr"belts and fell to. Piles of 3Ioncy on the Table. The betting started low enough, but as tho time left for play dwindled the stakes grew. Big hand followed big hand, ana at last the watchers got a universal and unanimous headache every time they tried to count the money. Some of the men in the crowd decided that the United States mint had broken loose, and formed a combination witn the annx. or bngiana with the Joint richesjof both on the gam ing table. v After several small Jackpots of 335,000 and other such trivial sums, the quartet of gamesters, aft or trying to quit for-, a long time, and falling down before the fascination of the game, agreed on one grand finale, where all limits of past wore, to be dwarfed and forgotten, and then the fun began. The hand was dealt around, and the betting started. Before the players drew cards for the final titanic struggle, there was ovoc $3),0M in the pot After the draw, the game continued to grow faster and fiercer. Somebody bet J1000, and somebody raised back, and the raising continued back and forth, and every bet higher thanrhe one before, un til somebody called. Ream Holds the High Hand. There was $90,000 In the pot when the call came. On the showdown, Mr. Ream had the high hand, and he raked In the stake, putting blm away to the good on the night's ploy, and making him the one best bet candidate for the high hon ors so long held by John W. Gates. General C. M. Spltzer, a Toledo banker and capitalist and a millionaire whose chief title to fame lies in the fact that when Aeronaut Knaubenshue made his first successful airship flight he landed on top of the Spltzer building, came over on the Kaiser Wllhelm and witnessed the play. General Spltzer did not sit In the game. He played checkers with General Nelson A. Miles, who was returning from a long stay in Europe. Mr. Spltzer was once on the staff of the late Governor Nash, of Ohio, and the title of General was conferred on him for his services to the state. In a Toledo pa per today, TGeneral Spltzer gave out an In terview about his trip abroad, and he mentioned the high play of the financiers on the trip back. BRTH TREMORS HIE PELT CALABRLANS ARE SLEEPING IN THE OPEN AIR. Italian Government Is Making Every Effort to Relieve the Distress Caused by Disaster. ROME, Sept 10. Further slight earthquake shocks today caused addil tional terror among- tho inhabitants of Calabria. The damage, however. -was insignificant although the disturbances affected a more extended area, reaching Naples. Tho activity of Mount Vesu vius increased, while the violent eruption of the ancient crater on tho Island of St Romboll is still in prog ress. Minister of Public -Works Farrarls is making- a minute personal Invest! gation of the extent of the disaster, visiting even the smallest hamlets in the stricken provinces and carrying funds and material for the immediate relief of the starving and ill-clad peo pie. Everywhere he is met by crowds who appeal to him for aid. Despite the efforts of the authorities, many persons have not yet been reached, owing to the difficulty of bringing sufficient supplies. The re lief trains, which are carrying food. clothing and medical supplies are com pelled to proceed slowly, owing to the fact that great fissures have been caused at many places and along, the railroad tracks by tho shocks. Everywhere In the disturbed area tho people are sleeping;-?: The open air. evea la places whSr'athe houses-aro' IT WN safe. Tho population appears to nave been stupefied by the catastropne. The greatest caution? is necessary in tho search for victims, as the walls are continually falling-. Soldiers, citzens and doctors are working heroically, but they have to be frequently relieved because of nervous breakdown result ing from the horrible sights encoun tered by them. Along tho Gulf of St Eufarala. -fac ing the Island of Stromboll. all tne picturesque villages are totally ruined and many of them may not be rebuilt because the surviving- Inhabitants have resolved to emigrate to tho United States. Most of the deaths occurred anfonsr women and children, tne men escaping- aa they were at work In the fields whon the shock took place. The none has been deeply affected by. the disaster and has instructed the bishops and other churchmen to afford every possible aid. Funds are coming- In rapuiy irom ail sources, botn pumic ana prvaic ine ministerial council has voted J50.000 for the relief of the sufferers, and Premier Fortls has personally given a similar amount GETS WIFE HD LOSES J01 PRESIDENT ASKS INSPECTOR BROWN'S RESIGNATION. At AVlne Party Government Officer Meets Chorus Girl "Whom" Ho Marries Next Day. MUSKOGEE. L T.. Sept 10. (Special.) Lawrence Brown, an Inspector ror tne Department of the. Interior, whose hasty marriage to Miss Florence Hargraves. of Colorado Springs, a member of the chorus with the Irma opera company, caused, a sensation at the Oklahoma capital, has been dismissed from the service, and a quasi-public notice given that marriages on one day's acquaintance are not looked upon with favor by the Interior Depart ment. When Mr. Brown and his newly-wedded wife reached Muskogee yesterday, thei former was summoned to the omce or in spector J. George Wright and notified that his resignation had been called for by order of tho President Brown was In GuthYle early last week on official .duty. Monday evening he at- tenaea tne penormance given oj Irma oncra company. After the show Brown and some young men of the town made up a supper party, to which several of the chorus girls were Invited. Wine flowed freely. Brown and Miss Har graves dined vlz-a-vlz. Before the even lag had passed a proposal of marriage was made. The ceremony took place tho following day. In some manner the story reached Washington. -and yesterday came the' or der calling. for Brown's resignation. TORNADO IN OKLAHOMA r- Two Persons killed .and a' Xnmber of Houses Blown Dowrtj LAWTON. Okla.. Sept 10. A J?mall tor nado nassed over the vicinity or waiter. 20 miles south of here, last night, killing two persons and seriously injuring nine. The dead; Mrs. E. M. Chllders, John Ross. Several houses were blown down. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAT'5 Maximum tnpr&tnr. 78 dtg.; minimum, CO itg. TODAY'S Partly cloudr and oecaelenallr threatening-; winds mostly nortaweaterlr. Domestic. Norman B. Kra wln $90,000 jackpot from WeatlnBbouseFrltk and Helase. Pag t Distinguished priest In large death list at New Orleans. Fax 3. "Hew ex-5enator Burton, grafter. w exposed by his ardent enemy. Joseph L. Brtstov. Page 1. Hasty marriage of Interior Department In spector to chorus girl costs blm his Job. BcuXm fishing captain kill hlmcelf from grief over supposed lo 'ol part of crew. Page 1. 'a'WonaJ. Negroes are not objectionable aa letter-r- rltrs In Mississippi; not wanted" aa postal clerks. Paxe 3. Admiral Chester report . great courtesy ex- tended In j&ln in mUr ecllpss expedition. Page 3. California In lad in production of gold. Pago 3. Keep Commission declares no fraud attaches to purchase of typesetting machines' for Government office. Page 3, " -Foreign. Divorced .persons may not be married by Church of England clergymen la Canada hereafter. Page 1. Famine la following on the heels Tof riot In Baku. Page 4. Cxar reports large measure on autonomy to Russian universities. Page, 1 Calabria lV terrorized by mtre 'tbecks At, earthquake. Page' 1. Itaso-JasaBe AftslrsVj Bbsslan army rejoices greatly fLlRSji0 'the termination or the war. .Pag? t M. Wltte and Baron Ro?en visit Washing ton; Hosen has the gTlp Fage'l. Minister Yoshlkawa and the Chief of Police of Tokio resign. Page 4. Baron. Komura la very ill in New Tork. Page 4. FacUc Oast Ex-Governor Lord lauds the proposed Re publican love feast. Page 3. Revival of Sliver City; .Idaho, promised, by reopening- of old mines. Page 5. Sert. Brltt ahowt signs of terrible beating. In prU fight, while Nelson i uninjured. Page IX Pacific Coast scores Portland 2, San Fran cisco 0; Taxoma. 5, Seattle 0: Oakland. 3-1. ' Lorn Angeles 0-2. Page 13. Portland defeats San FraacUco In last of series. Page 13. Iewk aad Clark xvMkieu Admissions. 12.295. Pago S. Spokane plana big week at Fair, Page S. Soldiers will compete In field and track . events at the Exposition. Pag S, Fsrtla a VteteMr. Plan to submit constitutional amendments. Page H. Labor leaders say Rabbi Wise is right In criticism. Page 9. San Francisco political leader declares Re publicans and Democrau raatt, unite in " that city to defeat Schautx. Page 13. Hco Hoo spends Sabbatb at church Page & Themes In the city churches: Page 9. Italians decide to wad moeey-to sufferers from earthquake- In CaTabrla Instead of having day at Exposlliaeu Pa S. Boiling Arthur Johnson :feUs tatary oC Horn Hoo -at tae Audlsarhsaa. .Pace- 8. f (All rigns latdlcate that "ettg jcl ie' U y xbo'ut to b1r M&rwetlMlWiffiM' aloaa: tSe .aorta lisfc of tka Ti.sjaitjli JPmfii." DIVORCED PERSONS 'Mffif NOT BE WED Stand Taken by Synod of the Church of England in Do minion of Canada. BISHOPS VOTE' AS A UNIT Iialty Almost Defeat Actlorj, Which Has No Other Advocate Jn tho World iThari the Ghurch of Home. QCEBEC, Sept. 1. Special.) Xo cler gyman wins obedience to the Church of England In Canada can hereafter solem nize marriage between a divorced person and another, so long as the other parti to the divorce Is living. This was the decislon reached at midnight Saturday by the General Synod of the Dominion of Canada, representing every dIocese and part of the country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the American boun dary to the Arctic Ocean. The bishops were unanimous on the subject. 19 of them being present. Only eight of the clergy opposed It. But the laity almost defeated the- majority for the canon, the lay votes being only nine. The Canadian branch of the Anglican Church Is the first In the world to take this action. No other church but that of Home has yet taken It. A strong, fight rwas waged In synod all day yesterday for permission, as now, for the marriage of the Innocent party to a divorce, on the ground of the 'Injustice of punishing the innocent for the guilty. The con vincing argument the other way was tho facility with which Canadians obtained divorces and then remarried here, and also the number of divorced Americans who come to Canada to be married. It was also alleged that there was no Innocent party to divorces. A Canadian petitioner was Instanced who obtained a divorce from his wife on the ground of adultery, and was virtually declared In nocent. He was married to another wom an almost Immediately, and a child was born to them two months later. In another case mentioned a Canadian persistently placed his wife In the way of a friend, and so purposely facilitated her fall. In order to obtain a divorce that he might marry again. JBtshops -J3oane of Albany. Tuttle of Missouri and Morrison of Duluth spoke strongly of the evils of divorce In the United States, and a statement which had great weight In producng the adop ton of the canon was that mads by George C. Thomas, of Philadelphia, who said that an American Judge told liim ho dissolved ten. times as many marriages as any clergyman solemnized. The general Impression here In regard to the Anglican Synod's prohibition of the marriage of divorced persons is that it will not prevent the remarriage but will simply send candidates for a second ex perience of matrimony either to the Uni ted States or to the clergy of some other church. It appears that only 135 divorces have been granted In-Canada during the period that has produced 32S.00O In the United States, and thSs furnished an ar gument against the necessity of action by Canada. The answer was that the nearest house was on fire, and that many of the di vorces Issued In the United States were secured by Canadians. The debate on ths subject was very acrimonious, and Christ's exception In favor of a bill of divorcement against a wife guilty of adulter was freely quoted. GRIEF DRIVES TO SUICIDE FISHING CAPTAIN BELIEVES PART. OF CREW IiOST. Missing: Men Are Picked Up Rt Sea and Brought to 3Ialnc Port. BOOTHBA-Y HARBOR, Me.. Sept. 10. The fishing schooner Ella J. King, Cap tain Lawson, arrived here today from the Georges Banks with the eight men of the crew of the Boston fishing schooner Joseph U. Cromwell. The crew arrived at Boston yesterday and reported that her commander. Captain Frazor, had com mitted suicide at sea and that the eight men had been lost In tho fog while fish ing from dories. The fishermen were picked up last k Wednesday about eight miles southwest ot Seal isiana. xney nan Deen in tneir dories, two days and a night without food. Captain Fraxer committed suicide after he 'learned that eight of the men were missing. UNIVERSITIES ARE TO OPEN Imperial TTkaso Gives iLarge Meas ure of Autonomy. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. H. An impe rial ukase . Is published this morning granting a liberal measuro of autonomy to the universities pending the elabora tion of permanent regulations along th.e same lines. This Is considered, here as Insuring the opening of the universities September 14, and the. resumption of the educational life of Russia, which has been at a standstill, with students and profes sors in the higher schools on strike, since February. The ukase places the elections of rectors and deans of the universities, who have hitherto been appointed by the Minister of Education, and were xegardeiL as rep resentatives of tho hated bureaucratic class, la the hands of the university pro fessors, thereby making these official truly 'representative of ' university life, The duty of tlnc that ac4em4c 4ttov tion follows a normal and orderly course la entrusted by the ukase to professorial councils, to which has been confided Juris diction over offences by students. University Inspectors, who fqmerly wereTonsIdered as a sort of secret police, are now responsible to the rectors, and not to the ministry, and a cause of many misunderstandings between the universi ties and the authorities has thereby been removed. The ukase falls to give the right of as sembly or to grant the other political de mands for which the students have been agitating, but the placing, of the govern ment of the universities In the hands of the professors meets the principal griev ances of the students In regard to purely academic life. In which the faculties and students are thoroughly In sympathy with each other because of their common ef forts to remedy the grievances. .Assassin Given Iiife imprisonment. MOSCOW. Sept 10. M. Kulikovsky. who July 11 last assassinated Major-Gencral Count Shevaloff. has been sentenced to Imprisonment for life. LOWERS CUSTOMS DUTIES CZAR DISCONTINUES DISCRIMI NATION AGAINST AMERICA. products of United States Factories to Be Admitted on Equal Terms With Other Nations. OTSTER BAT, Sept. 10. At the confer ence last night between President Roose velt and the Russian peace envoys. Mr. Wltte, by direction of the Emperor of Russia, presented the following communi cation: Soms Vprt rj n trr In mn mnllrnp( c t rt 'misunderstanding In the Interpreta tion of the most - favored' - nation clause, there were established In Russia on several articles of American production customs duties on a higher scale than those levied on the same arti cles when Imported from other countries. "His Majesty the Emperor of Russia has commanded me to Inform the Presi dent of tlie United States that he has been pleased to order the discontinuance of the levying of such higher duties on American products. In orderthat hence forth Americaivmanufacturers should pay the same duties as collected ein-Imports from other countries." Articles Affected by New Order. WASHINGTON. Sept. 10. As understood here, the customs duties referred to by Mr. Wltte In his communication to the President, and' which, by direction of the Czar, have been discontinued, grew out of the Imposition In the early part of 1901 by this Government of a differential duty on Rualsan sugar imported Into the United States. Following this action of the United States was the Issuance In retaliation of an order of the Russian Minister of Fi nance, which became effective March S, 1S01. Imposing maximum duties on certain American articles, "the Increases ranging from 20 to 3a per ceat. Generally stated. these articles were: CsHt-lrnn nans manufactures of Iron and steel. Iron and" steel boilers, tanks, bridges, pipes, etc, machinery, sewing machines, motors, dy namos, portable engines, locomotives and locomotive cars, locomobiles and fire en gines. The controversy with Russia which In volved the Imposition by the United States of a countervailing duty on Russian sugar by the United States grew out of the alle gation by American producers that Russia was paying a bounty to her sugar produc ers. BRYAN WILL TAKE NO FEES Reports That Estate of P. S. Ben nett Has Been Settled. NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Sept. 10. Rev. Alexander F. Irvine, of this city, has re ceived a letter from W. J. Bryan, executor of the estate of Phllo S. Bennett, saying that the estate has been settled. Mr. Bryan submits a list of the payments to be made out of the estate. Including the Bennett prize fund, Mr. Bryan's fund for poor boys, and his fund for poor girls, Each of the three amounts to $10,000. The Bennett prize fund Is shared by several colleges and universities throughout the country. Mr. Bryan announces that he shall not use "any of the executor's fees for himself, but that he has divided thtm up into small charitable donations. The provis ions of the "sealed letter," over which there was a contest by the legatees, have been llve up to, according to the exe cutor's report, tho J30.C00 being distributed to educational and charitable Institutions, WILSON IS TO INVESTIGATE Gross Irregularities Said toOEacIst In Western Forest Reserves. WASHINGTON. SepU. 10. SpeciaL During his extended trip . through tho West. Sccretnry of Agriculture Wilson will Investigate the Bureau of Forestry, of which Glfford Plnchot. tho President's clpse personal friend. Is head. Gross ir regularities are said to exist In the Black Hills forest reserve, and In many West era reserves. No charges of graft have been made against the bureau here, but ugly rumors have been circulated against agents of the bureau in the extreme West and Northwest. Wilson will look Into these allegations during his tour of in spectlon. SPECULATED -AND LOST V BuJned Millionaire Commits Suicide by JCnhallng Gas. CHICAGO. Sepjjr 10. Ruined by disas trous financial ventures, urawer tfucton, a former mlllionaTre of Western Springs, 111., committed suicide here today by In haling Illuminating gas in a rooming house in Indiana avenue. Button came to Chicago five weeks ago. since when he has been " speculating heavily on the Board of Trade. Two years ago Button was- worth $1,200. 000. but is said to have lost it all by spec ulation; Freight Depot Is Burned. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn... Sept. 10. Fire tonight in the freight yards of the Cincin nati, New Orleans & Texas Railway Com pany, totally destroyed the freight depot with its entire contents, 42 freight cars, most4 of which, were fully loaded, two mall cars, two baggage cars and the pri vate car of Superintendent SC.- W. Ma- guh-e. The lom is S0,09ti STORY OF BURTON EXPOSED GHftFTE Falls Victim to Bristow, His Relentless Enemy in Kansas. LOATHED BY ROOSEVELT Scnatorshlp Is Fruit of Long Strnjp gle, but Proves "Apple- ol : Sodom How He Injjrred " Roosevelt's Enmityy . f OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Sept. 10. If Joseph Ralph Burton, senior aenator from the State of Kansas. had not in his early career Incurred the bitter enmity of Joseph L. Bristow, ex- Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General, tha aforesaid Burton, instead of today fac ing prison bars, would in all probability be enjoying life as a respected and a moderately successful Senator. But Bur ton, like August W. Machen. Georsre W. Beavers and a host of other pestaf thieves and grafters, fell Into the(hands of the , relentless, fearless Bristow, another Kan- san, and when his record, like theirs. was laid oare to the country, his down fall followed. Burton has had a stormy career ever since he entered public life. He has had his ups and downs, but the down3 have predominated. He had a long, hard flght to get into the Senate, he had an uphill flght to secure recognition after he broke In, and before he fairly established him self In Congress his unhappy fate over took him and dashed him to political ob livion. His public service Is at an end; he will never again hold any public office. Success After Many Years. For 15 years Burton fought to get into the Senate, and finally won out In 1901. Once before then he almost succeeded In capturing the seat he coveted. - He made the race against the famous John J. In- galls, but was beaten by one vote in cau cus. That was In 18S5, the last time that Ingalls was elected to the Senate. Prior to his election to the Senate, Burton served two terms In the lower branch of the Kansas Legislature, and was for many years actively engaged In state politics. He was a bright speaker, a first-class campaigner, and his services were called Into play In the East as well as in all parts of Kansas. Many a timo His bright utterances were heard around banquet boards in New York and New England, and maqy a time he took the nalm for oratorv. when pitted against some of the best speakers the East could offer. His fame as an orator spread to the remotest corners of Kansas and, when the Immortal Ingalls was no more, Kan sas felt called upon to send to the Sen ate another man who would rank with her Idol, and chose Burton. At the time he was elected to the Sen ate. Burton was at outs with the Repub lican machine in Kansas; In fact, he was always at outs with the machine. Tha machine tried to prevent his election, but the popular demand was so great that Burton won out In spite of the fight put up by the regular organization. "Joe" Bristow and Senator Long 'were the lead era In the state machine that fought him, and they with Cvnm Leland and their associates, proceeded forthwith to make It warm fo'r the new Senator. Bristow Secretly on Trail. Bristow, holdlnc a high office In tha Postofflce Department, could not openly fissht Burton or place obstacles in his war but he never lost an opportunity to lend a helping hand whenever the rest of the machine made a move hostile to Bur ton. Burton knew how he stood with, Brlstowf he was aware that Bristow would trip him If he could, and tried to avoid him. Soon after Burton entered the Senate, manv of the Important Federal offices In Kansas became vacant. Being the sola Republican Senator. Burton naturally ex pected that his recommendations would bo respected and that his men would bo named. But no sooner did. Burton file a recommendation than the machine. Bris tow. Long (then a member of the House), together with other members of the Kan sas delegation, rushed to, tfie White House and preferred serious charges against Burton's candidate. And they usually made good; they were usually able to demonstrate to the- President that Bur ton had indorsed men of bad reputation or incompetents, with the result that Burton filled very few of the offices which might naturally be regarded as his plums. But there was another reason why Bur ton was so frequently turned down by tha President. At the Philadelphia convention in 1S00, at a time when it was definitely known that Burton would bo elected Senator, the Kansas delegation marched around the hall up to New York, headquarters, and was the first delegation at the conven tion to actually "demand" that Theodore Roosevelt accept the nomination for Vice President. Burton was at the head of the delegation and made fctoe address incor porating the "demand." Mr. Roosevelt was pleased with Burton's speech, and afterward expressed himself as "delight ed" with it. Falls Foul of Roosevelt. A year later Mr. Roosevelt, because t the assassination of President McKfnley, succeeded to the chief magistracy. In the meantime, Burton had been elected, to the Senate. Tho following Winter the Kansas, offices . became vacant and Bur ton, recalling his part In the Philadelphia convention and feeling that he person ally wa "largely responsible for Mr. Roosevelt's becoming President," walked into the White House, presented the nama of his candidate for the first office to b come vacant;' and "demanded" nlayap OaIu4e ea Paxe Tour.,