T - - 11 promt VOL. XLV.- NO. 14,078. PORTIiAIO), OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. JW 5 He Insults Russell as Well as Taigny. FRENCH WARSHIPS AT HAND Failing Instant Apology, Their Guns Will Talk. CASTRO'S ACTS MEAN WAR Venezuelan President Resents Jtus sell's Action as French Agent. Kouvlcr Will Ask Chamber for War Appropriation. "WASHLNpTON, Jan. 10.-Three French warships arc now off the Venezuelan coast preparing: to deliver the answer of. France to President Castro's treatment of 31. Talgnj', the French representative at Caracas, by a. naval demonstration In Venezuelan waters. Two additional war ships -will join them us soon as they can make the trip across the Atlantic. Until the demonstration has been initiated, the French government will share with the President and Secretary Ttoot tho knowl edge of the exact form which this ex pression of her displeasure at President Castro's action will take. Insults to Russell Also. Meantime the delicacy of the situation at Caracas is greatly increasod by news which has recently reached here from that city regarding the attitude Presi dent Castro now appears to be assuming toward Mr. Ittisscll. the American Minis ter. Unless this attitude is radically mod ified, it may bo necessary to dispatch an American warship even nearer the Venez uelan coast than has already been planned. President Castro, it Is said, will be given to understand that any treat ment of an American representative such as that accorded o 31. Taigny will not be tolerated. The cause which can be as cribed, here for Mr. Castro's attitude toward Mr. Russell Is that the former In sists upon regarding as personal rather than official the efforts which Mr. Russell lias made to assist a peaceful settlement of the Franco-Venezuelan troubles. The xequest of the French government that Its Interests in Venezuela be looked after by Mr. Russell was immediately granted for tho reason that such a request is In variably granted by a friendly power, however difficult the task. Apologize or Be Thrashed. France has adopted a simple programme lor her treatment of the Venezuelan sit uation. It provides for an immediate and comprehensive apology by Castro for his treatment of M. Taigny. which treatment the Paris officials regard as insulting and Intolerable. Until this apology Is made, discussion of the claims and other griev ances which France has against Vene zuela will be withheld. The French gov ernment regards the action of President Castro's agents In La Guayra In refusing to permit M. Taigny to return ashore after he had boarded a French liner as an act of war. France demands that her representative shall receive the same treatment at Caracas as is given the Venezuelan representative at Paris. M". Jusserand, tho French Ambassador, had a long conference with Secretary Root today. Dispatch to liusscll Held Back. One dispatch sent to Mr. Russell last Sunday had not been delivered to him up to the time the last dispatch was sent by him to the State Department This Is being inquired Into by the department The latest information received from Mr. Russell came from a dispatch sent yester day, and the facts It contained were com municated to the French Ambassador this afternoon. Ttonvier Wants Money to Fight PARIS, Jan. 19. The Venezuela affair occupied the attention of a special meet ing of the French Cabinet today. It is understood in ministerial circles, but the fact has not yet been officially given out, that Premier Rouvier has decided to de mand an extraordinary credit This will give rise to debates In the Chambers, whose assent is necessary for a grant The government Is fully determined to act with tho greatest firmness, at the same time adopting a prudent attitude. owing to the unstable character of the Venezuelan government which may change at any moment. The authorities at Washington arc being kept fully acquainted with France's attl tudc, and nothing will be undertaken without the absolute cognizance of the United States. ' JLa Guayra Is Scared. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. American Consul Moffatt at La Guayra, has cabled the State Department in reference to the deportation of M. Taigny, the French Charge d'Affalres at Caracas, that there has never before been any Interference with foreign officials boarding ships their, own nationality. In his cablegram, the Consul says that great alarm exists at La Guayra that M. Taigny was car ried away on the Martinique Sunday night an3 that no communication was allowed with the ship previous to sailing. Jusserand and Hoot Confer. "WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. Ambassa dor Juseerand, or France, had a con- ference lasting- mere than an hour this MAY I afternoon at the Department of State with Secretary Root relative to the Venezuelan situation. Both declined to make any statement for publication. FRENCH PURPOSE CONCEALED Fleet :Rcady to Act if Castro Does Not Apologize. WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. It Is learned here that France will domand an immediate apology of President Castro for what is regarded as his in sulting and unwarranted trcatmont of M. Taigny. the French Charge d'Af falres. Three French warships arc within striking distance of the Ven ezuelan coast and two more have bcort reported from Paris as on the way to West Indian waters. What form the displeasure of France will take has been tentatively decided, and the details of the programme will be communicated confidentially to the Washington Government Not until President Castro has Xelt the form of French dissatisfaction will the world know whether a peaceful blockade Is to be established or wheth er a custom-house will be seized. Should the seizure of custom-houses along the coast be decided upon, it is not unlikely that In order to disabuse the anxiety of the European powers lest the 7ayment of their claims is to be stopped, France may ask some out side neutral power to act as receiver for the custom-house returns until President Castro has apologized and j rrcfident CJprlano Castro, of Venezuela. glvon assurance of his intention torel sume diplomatic relations' wJth France. It develops that throe or four cable grams of the greatost Importance ad dressed to M. Taigny by the . French Government wore never dollverod. This will be the subject of a rigid investi gation. Muuborguct iiv Belgium. LIEGE. Belgium, Jan. 19. M. Maubor guet the former Charge d'Affaircs of Venezuela, who was expelled from France yesterday, has arrived here. He remains a few days in this city and will then pro ceed to London. BUS PREDICTS ROOSEVELT WILL LEAD PEOPLE. President's Friend Believes Conflict With Special Privileges Will Extinguish Parly Lines. TOLEDO, O.. Jan. 19. (Special.) War between special privileged Interests on one side and the people on the other is predicted by Jacob Rlis. a close friend of the President who is in this city today.' This 'war, Mr. Rlis says, may last three, five and even ten years before tho people are victorious. It will wipe out partisan ship In politics, the first indications of which, he says, will be seen at the Con gressional elections to be held In lf37. "But suppose the fight Isn't finished when Roosevelt's term is finished In 1303," he was asked. "If duty demands of Roosevelt to con tinue this fight he would do It I know he does not want to become a candidate for another term, but at the bottom of his heart he believes in the people and will fight for them. "We have had three great struggles in this country," said Mr. Rils. "The first was led by Washington, the second by Lincoln, the third oh, this Is the -greatest struggle of them all. It Is th6 fight against the money power, the organized special privilege grabbers, and Roosevelt will lead the people to victory- In this struggle. He "is lighting the greatest tyrant of them all. Slavery affected only the South, but the money power means the enslavement of all human beings and all homes. The product of human hands Is controlled by this power, and this means slavery for the entire human race. "When it comes to a question of right eousness and uprighteousncss, you 'know where the President stands. This was said apropos of a suggestion that party lines would be wiped out In this fight "Outwardly party lines will be main tained, but it would not surprise me to see partisanship disregarded entirely,'" re plied Rils. Teach Russians About Americans. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 19. In order to further the good relations between Rus sia and America, Profeseor Boris Gardner, an American, a professor at the School of Technology, and far many years a res ident of Russia, has applied to the Min ister of Education for permission to open a Ruseo-Americah academy under the name of Franklin College. In addition to the usual, Russian branches, the curricu lum "will include courses In the English l&ngifcfrgc American history and political and ebeemtc science. The instruction will be conducted in Hueeian. S HIP KING 110 5 TOTAL WRECK Puget Sound-Bound Vessel Is Dashed to Pieces on Van- couver Island. SEVEN MEN ARE DROWNED Eighteen Survivors Rescued From Coast, in Pitiable Plight One Dies Next Day Another Dis abled Vessel Sighted. VICTORIA B. C Jan. 39. The British ship King David, long overdue from Sa lina Cruz for Puget Sound, was totally wrecked on Bajos Point Nootka Island, off Vancouver Island, on December 13. The crciv managed to get on shore and reached an Indian village In the vicinity, where shelter was secured. Chief Officer A. Wallstrom, who belongs to Oxford, New Zealand, with six seamen, left in one of the ship's boats for Cape Beale to seek assistance, and have not' since been heard of. Heavy weather prevailed after they left, and tb2y arc believed to have been lost The steamer Qucon City, which reached Clayoquot this afternoon, en route to Vic toria, reports having picked up Captain Cottercll and the survivors, IS In all. from the lKach on January 15. The men had suffered considerable privations, and Donald McLeod, saHmakcr. died on board th Queen City on the 16th. The steamer Queen City also reports having picked up the American schooner 31. Turner, of San Francisco, on January IS, In distress off the Vancouver Island oast Tho schooner had been blown to the northward by heavy gales, and hor sails had been blown away. The Queen City took the vessel in tow and towed her to TCUIanlch Harbor, near Clayoquot It Is expected that a tug will be sent from here to bring the vessel to Victoria. The King David was Hi days from the 3Iexican port, and hope had been almost abandoned for her. She was reinsured at S3 per cent She is a large steel ship of 2240 tons, owned by the Glasgow Shipping Company. Afmcssage from Captain Davldoa. of the wrecked ship King David, says he and part of 'his crew are coining on the steam er Queen City, due here Saturday night having abandoned the wreck at Bajos Point The survivors of the wreck -are roported to be In a bad state from the re sult of privations endured during the month they spent on the beach at Bajos Point BAD CHARTS CAUSE DEATH Crew Sent on Long Journey AVhcn Help Was Near. VICTORIA, B. C.. Jan. 19. Lack of in formation and bad charts arc said in dis patches from the west coast to have been responsible for the drowning of the chief officer, A. Wallstrom, and six seamen of the wrecked British ship King David, which was driven ashore on Bajos Reef on December 13. Although the scene of the disaster is within eight miles of the In dian settlement of Nootka. where a large trading post Is located, and while there Is a new lighthouse, tejcgrapn station and large settlement at Clayoquot. Captain Davidson sent the boat's crew to Capo Bcal, 100 miles away, for assistance, and tho boat's crew never arrived. Prior's Creditors Want Their Cash. CLEVELAND. Jan. 39. Acting on in- DKAN 1IARRV PRATT JUDSON, MADB ACTING PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. Dr. Harry Pratt Judson. made act in? president of the Univcralty of Chi cago, has been .connected with the In stitution since 1&92. and Is bead pro fessor of political science and dean of the faculty of arfa. literature and science. Dr. Judaon was born at Jamestown. N. Y.. Dccembtr 20, IStO. He received hl education at Will lams Collect, graduating In JST0. and was made A. X. by bin alma mater Jn 1RS3. and LI D. 10 years later. In '1S79 he married Rebecca A. Gil bert, of Troy. X. T., and from, 1ST0 to 1SS3 was teacher and .principal of the-Hlrh School at Troy. From the latter date until bis affiliation with the University of Chicago Dr. Jnd eon was professor of history at the University of Mlaaesota.' He Is the author of never! historical and edu cational works, and Is coedltor of the Americas Historical lie view. W 9 4 formation that Leland W. Prior 'made a great many of his largest losses in the 6tock market, while trading In a local brokerage house, a number of the cred itors of the firm of Denlson. Prior & Co. have started an investigation to sec If there is any way by which a part of the money can be recovered. Sensational de velopments in this case are probable, as It Is claimed a number of prominent busi ness men are the backers of tho firm with which Prior did most of his speculating. WILLIAMS WILL REMAIN General's Orders to Go to Philip pines Bcvokcd by Taft. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. The orders re cently issued by the War Department re lieving Brigadier-General Williams from command of the Department of tho Co lumbia and directing him to proceed to Manila for assignment to duty In com- NEW OREGONIAN 'PHONE. The Morning Oregonlan and Even ing Telegram have Installed a pri vate telephone exchange. Main 7070. If anyone declres to communicate by phone with anr department of The Oregonlan or Evenlnc Telegram, let him call Main 7070. The ofncV operator will make the proper call. For example. If you desire the city editor of The Oregonlan. call Main 7070. The operator responds. "Ore gonlan and Telegram." Then ask for "City Editor Orcgonlan." mand of one of the brigade posts to be es tablished in that military division, have been revoked, and Brlgadlcr-Gcncral Lee. commanding the Department of Texas, has been ordered to Manila In his stead. IN MEMORY OF JOHN HAY Brown University Will Build Library Costing $-100,000. NEW YORK. Jan?l At a Brown Uni versity alumni dinner tonight. President Fauneo announced that the university will coon build a ttOO.CO) library to .be known as the John Hay library. Andrew Carnegie has given $150,0:0 toward the building fund. Leading Wholesale Men Meet. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 19. All the leading wholesale hardware and metal houfes and plumbers' supply houses of the States of California, Washlngtqn and Oregon were represented at a conference in this city today. H. M. Ilaldeman, of Seattle, presided. The session was execu tlvc. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TESTERDAT"S Maximum temperature. 42 drg.; minimum. SI. Precipitation. 0.1 of an Inch. TODAY'S Partly cloudy with 'probabtr occasional light rain or snow flurries. Westerly winds. ForelgH. Berlin ream Socialist riots on Sunday and troops prepare to tight. Paze 1. Great strength of-British Labor party. Page 1. Morocco conference takes a day's rest. Page 3. Russian workmen will mourn on Red Sunday. Page 4. National. Luke Wright appointed Ambassador to Japan. General Smith to succeed him ultimately as Philippine Governor. Page 4. Secretary Root tells faults of consular er- vice. Pace A. Canal committee will not "prosecute Elgelow. Pae ?. Tort Rieuia pWad for elective Senate. Pa?e 2." House rebuk Moody for exceeding approprl atlon. Pa:re 2. United Slates may Join France In whipping ene2tfaT. i-age 1. alue of Serator Clark's mines, an Issue In statehood fiKbt. Page Heybum's pure-food "bill likely to pass. Page 3. Affairs or Northwest In Washington. Page 2. Politics. Jacob Rlis predicts long war of people against opecUl privileges, with Roosevelt as peo ples csampion. rage I. . Senator "Dcpew's health breaks down. Page 1. Philadelphia machine Ignored by new leaders. Page 3. Domestic. Beef trust makes new plea for immunity, nam Ing Garfield a wltner. Pag 4. John Mitchell condemns Wetem Miner Fed eration for arsaulls cn him. Page 3. Marshall Field buried In Chicago. Page 4 Another hazing trial ended. Page 4. JPrt. Joe Can knocks out "Twin" Sullivan In 15 rounds. Page 12. Big nine colleges discuss abolition of foot ball, rage 12. Pacific Coast. Ship King David Is totally wrecked on Van couver Island and seven men lost- Page 1. Northern Pacific annual report hows Washington to furnish 25 per cent of gross earnings of system. Page 5. Inland Empire Railway Company Incorpor ated . bj; Spokane men .with 910,000,000 Dora Jennings, on trial for murdering hr father at Grant' raas. is III with a cold. Page C. Woman rescue baby from burning house at Tacoma. Page 5. California is deluged with rains and floods. Page 5. Commercial, and Marine. Canned salmon market was' never stronger. rage 13. Dairy produce declines at San Francisco. Page 13. Chicago wheat market weak on weather re ports. Page 13. Irregularity of general trade. Page IS. Jfitock trading on large scale. Page 13. French bark makes effort to save her char tcr. Page 12. pWtUad and Yidalty. Granges have two bills ready to present for the Initiative for license tax on ktoss earnings of common carriers and utility corporations. Page 1. Unknown woman has hand crushed in trying to separate fighting bulldogs. Page 0. Scottish Rite confers 32d -degree on class of 20. Page S. Doings of a day In the Municipal Court. Pse 10. Life-saving work to-be Improved.! Page 10. Legal test ax to pooltelllag at races Is to be made. Page 19. United ra!lro4s propose to install a - net work of. siibHrban lines. Page T. Executive Be-ar'd recognize the seniority rights of Pacific Statts' Telephone la -con- troversy with Heme Cesapaay. Page 8. Dr. Wie deliver a acathlag reWke to the' churches which sTe declares iremaaaoa. lsed. Paga S. " With a revolver la ,al hand.. proprietor oC Victoria" "Bar is Xeld-np at his place of bn-ataeaa as4 r4fee. Page. 12. . Word forces 4eCated In effort, to Ia4ore Word, far re9aatiaWt'ail Dejawerats la effte are' l4ra .Jby the Teaag Mea'a DeaaacraUc Ctta. Page -.11. L 1 FEAR OF RIOTS Troops and Police Prepare for Great Socialist Dem- , onstration. : PLAN! OP BATTLE IS MADE Repetition of Hamburg Klot Ex pected Eighty Mass Meetings' ." AVHl Inflame Passions of ' Reds Against Kaiser. CHICAGO. Jan. 19.-SpccIal.)-The Daily. News' Berlin correspondent says:- Extreme nervousness Is apparent In mil itary and police quarters on account of the possible consequences of next Sun day's great Socialist demonstrations In Berlin. It is denied that extraordinary precautions have been taken In connec tion with the SO suffrage mass meetings to be held in various parts of the" capital, but your correspondent knows that sig nificant conferences have been held dally throughout the week, between the highest military and police authorities, with- a view to such Joint action as may be neces sary. Plans Laid for Battle. Arrangements have been perfected, even to the point where a regular plan of bat tle has been drawn up. indicating exactly where this or that regiment of soldiers or squadron of police shall march, and what it shall do when it gets there. The more nervous of the reactionaries are urglnjr outright prohibition of tty mass meetings, which already has been done In Lelpzlc and Dresden. They de clare that Wednesday night's bloody out break In Hamburg only rehearsed the tu mult which the Reds are determined to precipitate in the vicinity of the Kaiser's nalacc Sunday. They assert that the harshest repressive measures arc now necessary In the Interest of public peace. Socialists Will Shift Blame. Socialist leaders arc maneuvering so as to shoulder tho blame for bloodshed upon the authorities by making eleventh-hour appeals to the worklngmen to refrain from acts of violence. This is regarded as a mere subterfuge. U escape ccsponsl bllity for excesses which, the leaders want to be enabled to say- resulted from in ability to "control the passions,' of the demonstrators. -These passions they have incited by weeks of agitation. There Is real danger In the possibility' that the presence of so Iiurc a concourse of adherents or Socialism will cause them to think that mere numbers are a match for the sabers of the police and the bullets of the Infantry. "Do nothing provocative, but crush the slightest Indication of turbulence," sum marize the orders under which the Kais er's military and police will act next Sun day. LIBERALS STILL GAINING- Labor Element Has Cut Loose From British Unionists. LONDON-. Jan. IP. The election .returns continue to show Liberal gains. Two moro former Ministers were defeated today William Bromley Davenport, flnanolal scccrctary of the War Office, for the Mac clesfield division of Cheshire, and Sir Rob ert Flnlay. Attorney-General, for Inver ness. Scotland. Another prominent Union 1st. 3lr Frederick Mllner, was unseated in the Bassetlaw division of Nottingham' shire. Tho most interesting feature of . today's returns -was the capture of West Belfast by an Irish Nationalist. Joseph Devlin. rORMER STANDARD Oil EMPLOYE DISCLOSES GIANT TRUST'S METHODS. Maywood MaxeR. The Information upon which legal proceeding to oust Standard OH con cerns from Illinois probably will be be iru ii wa furnished by Maywood Maxon. He cave 29 years to tfie service of the company, and -was let out Just before he would have been entitled to a pension under the truit'a advertised plana. Belfast has been, a Unionist strowghold from time immemorial, 'with the exception of a. few years, when the seat was held by Thomas Sxten. Mr. Devlin has akw been re-elected unopposed far North Kil kenny, but he will hold the Xelfast seat. He toured the United States in behalf of the Irish cause In IMS. His victory ted to rather serfeus rioting- at Belfact, in whtek GERMAN CAPITA 4 I'jSfvl ' SaBsHflaSBBBBBBBBBBsiH ;rjfflPWMasssssssssssssssi . 9NKEr'V si tVMv3t 4 - :SBBBBBBBBBBr" tSBBBBBBBBBBBBsl v. Jm VIsbBbSBbK f- aSBBBBBBBBBBBBsB s sfJN . BsTrrrSSBBBM S'saaB' 1 4 KaT - X f aSBBBBBBBH "sbbbbbH - vfc'sssSajB bIIIk. JaaallatftBKH I sssaHaasssmiiyBs number of houses were partially wrecked. ' : The complete returns up to tonight are' as follows: Liberals. 22S; Unionists, P5: Nationalists. 72; Laborltes. 37. Among the candidates today were: John Dillon, the distinguished Irish Nationalist. and Lord Wllloughby de Eresby.; who married in December Miss Eloise Breese, of New York. Ramsey MacDonald. secretary of the Labor representative committee, who was concerned in the election campaign on behalf of the Laborltes. declares that tfie newspapers have not yet correctly appre ciated the position attained by the Labor party or its causes. He asserts that the question of protection versus free trade was merely secondary, the real situation being that the Laborite propaganda had cut the working class clean away from the Unionists. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary for Foreign Aualrs, speaking at Berwick tonight, said that the wage-earners of the country were beginning to take things in their own. hands, but that he did. not feaij a revolu tion, because the labor leaders were rea sonable and practical men. It followed. he said, that, though there would be con siderable legislative changes, such re forms would be reasonable and practical. It is now believed that the Labor party will muster about 40 members of tho new- Parliament, divided Into three groups. The largest group, composed of 22 Inde pendents, will act and vote together. The next group In importance includes John Burns, William Randall Cremer, Henry Broadhurst, Thomas Burt and. other mod erates, and this group Is likely to co operate with the government. The third and smallest group is composed of extrem ists of a Socialist type. The question of Inviting Sir Charles Dllkc to lead the Labor party as a whole has been raised, but this Is hardly prac ticable, considering tho rivalries of John Burns and James Kelr Hardle. It is said that J. F. P. Rawllnson. who has been elected In the Unionist Interest for Cambridge University, w'HI retire In favor of Mr. Balfour. WILL NOT BREAK INTO CHURCH Government Pledge Arouses Anger of French Socialists. PARIS, Jan. 19. An interpellation of the Rovernment in the Chamber of Deputies today by M. Grossau, Liberal, relative to the taking of the Inven tory ordered by tho government pur suant to the provisions o'f. tho bill pro viding for the separation of church and state, aroused an excited debate. Ai)be Gayraud, Catholic Republican, asked if Assessors presented themselves at a church In the absence of the clergy or in opposition to the desire of the cler gy. they would have the right to break open tne tabernacles? Finance Minister Mcrlou replied in the negative, saving that the greatest tact -would be employed. The interpellation was then -with drawn. Abbe Gayraud expressing- his satisfaction at the Minister's reply, amid hostile demonstrations on the pari" of th'c Socialists. REVOLUTION WINS IN ECUADOR Alfaro Defeats Government Array and Occupies Capital. GUAYAQUIL. Ecuador. Jan. ID. It Is rumored here that General Eloy Alfaro. the ex-President or Ecuador and leader of the revolution against President Gar cia, has occupied Quito, the capital, after defeating the government troops. GUAYAQUIL. Jan. IP: The revolution aries have entered Quito (the capital of Ecuador). Vice-President Baqucrlzo Mo reno has assumed executive power and will appoint a new cabinet. Election Riots in Crete. ROME. Jan. 20. A dispatch from Canca. Crete, says that grave disorders have taken Dlace, In the Italian zone. At Gior- giapolls tho partisans .of the government entered a hall where voting for the ad' mlnletratlvo elections was In progress and tried to break the ballot-boxes. Italian soldiers who were in the hall fired, kill Ing two and wounding seven, but, the riotere being reinforced, the others were compelled to retire. At Vannos there was an encounter between troops and rioters in which several persons were killed and several wounded. Similar disturbances are reported from other parts of the island. Amnesty to Dominican Rebels. SANTO DOMINGO. Jan. 13. The Do minican government, in receiving the surrender of Monte Crlstl. permitted the revolutionary Governor. General Arias, to depart for Porto Rico and granted general amnesty to the outer revolutionists. Cardinal Gotti Seriously 111. ROME. Jan. IP. Cardinal Gotti. prefect of the propaganda, is seriously ill of pneumonia. There is much anxiety, owing to the age of the prelate, who was born In IS. IS- DOCTORS CALLED IN AND ALL ENGAGE3fENTS CANCELED. Takes 3CcdicaI AdTfccKFirst Time in Years, but Will Not Give Up .Scnatorslilp. NEW YORK, Jan. 19. Senator Cnauncey M. Depew, whose health is said to be Im paired, was in . consultation today with several physicians, and It was announced that he had canceled all social engage ments. Chaunccy M. Depew. Jr., in speaking today of his father's condition, said: "My father's health has given way, and it has been found necessary to have two or three physicians see him. He will not be able to accept any more dinner invita tiens, and all his engagements have been canceled. "He'te now at a time of life when he finds that he must be careful of his health. He went out for a drive in the park today with, his nephew, Mr. Pauld ing, and he will return, to Washington SBday night. He has no intention of giving up hlrwork In the Senate." Mr. Depew added that the present In stance, was the. first time in years in which M, father had heea eewpclkd to call a dctar. LICENSE ON THE GROSS EARNINGS Grange Has Two Bills to Introduce, . INITIATIVE IS THE MEANS Revenue for the State Pro posed fay Grange. ; SIGNATURES ARE SECURED Slecplng-Car, Rcfrlgcrator-Car, Oil, Express, Telephone and Tele graph Companies Will Be Taxed. OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COM MITTEE. OBECiON STATE GRANGE. Master. B. G. Ledy. Overseer. Jacob Clem. Lecturer. Mrs. Clara II. Waldo. Steward, C. !. Shaw. Assistant steward. W. A. Younjr. Chaplain. Oscar Eaton. Treasurer. H. Illrschbcr. Secretary, Mrs. Mary S. Howard. Gatekeeper. S. J. Warflcld. Pomona, Mrs. Anna Craawell. Ceres. Mrs. Ruby Boyd. Flora. Miss U'LuclIc TVest. Lady assistant steward. Mr. Ida Thorpe. Executive committee: B. G. Ledy. TigardvlII; C. E. Spcnce. Carus; Aus tin T. Buxton. Forest Grove. Two more measures will be presented to the voters of Oregon next June, and in all probability they will become laws ot the state. They arc radical and sweeping In their provisions and If carried will yiejd an Immense revenue. These two v., measures- reprinted, herewith, '.wo"rJc"i-au-thorized by the Oregon State Grange- at Its last' annual session held In Forest Grove last May. These law's were intro duced in the State Grange in the form of resolutions urging: their adoption and were adopted unanimously. Tax on Gross Earnings. It Is proposed to initiate law3 to provide additional revenue for state purposes: to levy a license on the gross earnings of sleeping-car companies, refrigerator-can companies, oil companies, express com panies or corporations, telephone com panies and telegraph companies or cor porations doing business in Oregon. The bills arc very specific In defining the man ner of ascertaining the amount of such gros.i earnings and provide severe penal ties for violating the provisions of the acts. They, also define tho meaning of the names of the various corporations or companies and otherwise hedge them about In such a manner that tho provi sions of the two laws cannot be easily evaded. The history of these two bills, is well known amonir the members of the Grange, but their existence has been a secret to all outsiders up. to the present time. They arc made public at this time only for the reason that the petition? for their initiative have been completed by the signatures of enough legal voters of. the state to insure them places on. the ballot. Were Quietly Active. Very quietly and industriously have the Grangers been at work since last May preparing the bills and circulating them among the members of every Grange. The work wag done speedily, but with the utmost secrecy from the date of their in ception and formulation until It was safe to make the measures" public. The peti tions are being gathered in and in a few days will be handed into the various County Clerks for verification. Each name will be scrutinized and. compared with the registration and poll books of the last election, and it will be a safe statement that only legal voters will be found to have signed them. Ono of the moat prominent lawyers pf the state, R- P. Boise, Is the sponsor of the bill which proposes to tax telephone and telegraph companies. The other was Introduced by another prominent lawyer. Iron-Clad in Provisions. That they are both, iron-clad and legal in. every phase is certain. They were given much thought and attention andV contain no provision whlfch will conflict in any way with other existing laws. The attention of the State Grange was attracted to the formulating ot these bills by the statement that the Standard Oil Company doing business In Marlon County, was only paying a tax of $4-50 upon a business of $300,000 In one year. This fact was brought to- the attention of the Grange by Its agents and commit tees and at almost every gathering Jhe subject was discussed. Believing that the business , of the Standard Oil "Com pany was equally aa great In some of the other counties where it had no vlsl blc property the Grange had, an -incentive to demand that it yield up a share of its revenues to the state for the privi lege It enjoys.- The other companies were brought in for the reason that to single out one company would mean class legis lation, and such a. procedure must be avelded. Xteason Xor Two Bills. The reasea why there, are two asperate, bills in because the proposed rate af tax- Ceaehtdcd & Page 9.) "'