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J4 PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TOL. XLVI.-XO. 14,133. if THITEMOM WILL NOT DOWN Strong Pressure Upon President Roosevelt DESPITE HIS CONSTANT DENIAL Clash Coming Between the "Interests" and the People. ALARM ILLY CONCEALED ifVpoMle of Doctrine of the "Square Ileal looked Upon as the Only Man Who Can Save the Situation. WASHINGTON. March 25.-fSpecJal.) 3t is coming s be moro and more the bef nawng the political wise men that tie lsie is llkoly to be squarely made In the xt Republican convention between th "tmiorwt" r ainl the "people." Pros j"tlve ami tentative candidates for the Prlnt' nomination are being dls cod ta the light of this situation; and tly we lxing discussed seriously, more over, in stte of the. fact tliat party man ngcrs are prone to have the public be Hcw tlmt they (the managers) think It 3f ahogpthor too early to start booms The third term talk, which the most MNT4stent effort of President Roosevelt oimhK kMf down, has its inspiration in XJe far-sightedness of those who observe tin- Wrr-tlen in which National politics I moving. On the one hand are seen tle siaMd-paUorx and the leaders of the o4-ttf Mtachiue organization, viewing "wttti pory concealed alarm the proml nnw wf new factors In the party and the growth nf new Ideas. On the other. Ifwre hfp the se-called radicals, doter. tNteed im wrest control from the old Forced to Repeated Declarations. It is tJh tatponding clash hotween these fs thiit turns attention so assidu CMftMy ksmI Incefvantly to the present oc- vvpmms. of the "White House, and forces SHw U constant reiteration of the doclar ntlnn that he will not bo a candidate xmi-r any circumstances. Visitors continue to call at the White 3lse. receiving the same information in we form or another, and come away itfW tWltd term. And what Is the reason? N He daxibts the absolute sincerity of 3rwdejt Roosevelt, and It even Is be- )teve4 has made plans as to things he hitonds to do as private citizen after "March 4, 1W. Rut there is the situation rntrvtaig into the equation. In tHf eyes of ultra-conservatives, Pt.Hoih Roosovolt stands as the man of the people, who perhaps may offer the only medium through whom the party saved from capture by the new radtenl fncc. Kndlcnl of the "Square Deal. The President himself has been called d rwdkmt. but his radicalism has had the fMire doal" for lis watchword, and thre are other radicals looming above Ihr hwisen who are. regarded bv the Vwwservatlvefi' an enemies of capital and Trhf? control of the National party or FnnteKtinn would work revolution. Nh f the theories on wbjch the renom nnttM f President Roosevelt Is being -wrkd ot by the prophets is this: 1 is petoicd out that if the old regime, which, by the "way, was far from pro Rsevett at the time of his unanimous nomination at Chicago two years ago, Hods s-CRMed radicals, like 1-a FoUclte of Wisconsin and Cummins of Iowa, in the ascendency whon the next convention Ik heW. Theodore Roosevelt will be forced forward, regardless of his own wishes and a. whirlwind of enthusiasm will sweep hua into the contest against the opposl nn party. Democrats May Steal Thunder. AwHhrr theory ' that Roosevelt, by hi nfpwdonc and his immense popularity with the countrj. has pointed the way to the DemocrHtic party for the campaig: of and it is declared the Democrats, 2xMiig that the Republican party does swt represent the ideas that give its "President such a hold on tho masses of rII parties, will utillzo tho Roosevelt thunder in the making of its own plat ffrm. Such will be the case, it is argued, supposing that the new conservatism ruls the Democratic deliberations; such the case if Bryan Is the Democratic can didate. Should he first capture the Dem ocratlc organization, the platform as well as the man would be of the intensely radical type, calculated to make con f.ervatlves and semi-conservatives shiver. Only 3fan to Beat Bryan. Roosevelt, declare the supporters of this latter theory alluded to. is the only man who could defeat Bryan, broadened and developed as he has been slnoe his "cross of gold debut into the National arena In a contort before the people of the country. And with a man like Hearst nominated by the Democrats, it is as serted tho conservatives possibly con trolling the Republican convention would scarcely dare to name a candidate of small personal magnetism or one who might be vulnerable in a campaign, and the attempt would be made to array the National unrest against the special in tcrosts. These are the. reasons why the Roose vrlt third-term talk will not down. Other Prospective Candidates. Secretary Shaw is regarded as an avowed candidate, although ho has not declared he would be. The enly other avowed candidate Is Fairbanks, -who al ready Is understood to have sought politi cal alliances that will stir up. antagon ism In other directions. It Is understood the Vice-President ha been dickering 1th the old machine crowd in Illinois. for example. Lorlmer. et al.. "which has caused some observers to remark that ambition moves men to a strange form of political sagacity sometimes. Powerful conservative Interpjts in the East also regard Fairbanks favorably. As to Secretar.v Root. Secretary Taft and other possibilities, they are possibili ties, but they have not yet qualified, for the race. Something definite doubtlef would be doing If the politicians could get it out of their heads that President Roosevelt really Is a figure to consider. 'ATTISON'S PULSE RISING Governor of Ohio Is in a Precarious Condition. COLUMBUS. O.. March 25. Reports late tonight from the sickroom indicate se rious development In the condition of Gov ernor Paulson. After passing an appar ently comfortable day he is restless to night, the pulse rising to ICR and the respiration growing more rapid and diffi cult. COLUMBUS. O.. March 25. Governor Pattison had a comfortable night, accord ing lo the bulletin issued by the attend ing physicians at 10 o'clock this morning and "favorable progress still continues." The second bulletin, given out late In the afternoon, reported his condition un changeJ from that In the morning. The members of the family feel much encour aged, but to the public the physicians do not hold out any hope of recovery. A story printed today that the Governor is suffering from cancer of the prostate gland Is neither confirmed nor denied by the physicians. The kidney trouble from which he has suffered Is now said to be only, a complication attending the real malady. COIAJMBUS. O.. March 23. The physi cians attending Governor Pattison gave out the following statemont at 10:30 o'clock tonight "Governor Paulson has been somewhat more restless, uinerwise. no imporiani change has occurred since the last state ment was issued. Pulse 10S, respiration 24. temperature normal. "E. J. WILSON, "P. HOLT." The lan statement given out In the aft ernoon did not note the pulse or rcsplra tlon. The Governor's pulse at 10 o'clock was 10S and his respiration 22. SAYS HE IS A ROBBER Pennsylvania Hnllro'ad Man In Ohio Believed to Be Insane. LIMA, O., March 25. Tard Conductor H. A. Sloane, of the Pennsylvania Rail, road, walked into the police station here today and asked to bo locked up. He stated that in November, 1897. he and two other men held up and robbed an express train of $90,000 at Galena. 111., on the Chi cago z Northwestern Railroad. Sloane was hold and Inquiry has been made concerning his story- Be is be lieved to be mentally unbalanced. CHICAGO. March 25. The only robbery occurring on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad noar Galena, according to an official of that road, was that known as the Tower W robbery, near Dekalb. 40 miles from Galena. That robbery oc curred In 1893. and netted the perpe trators in the neighborhood of $40,000. BATTLE WITH PRETENDER Sultnn of Morocco's Cavalry Operat ing In Broken Country. PORT SAID, Morocco, March 2. A battle is progressing in the vicinity of Kebdala. The pretenders Infantry and artillery are firing briskly on the Sultan's cavalry, which la operating with difficulty in the broken country along the banks of the Mulya River. Details of the battle have not been received. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TESTBKDAT'S Maximum temperature 64 dec: minimum. 42 dec. TODAY'S Ehowerw; southerly winds. Political. Roosevelt 1 being ursed by corwervatlve ln- teret to be a candidate for the Prel dwicy. Pace 1. Old-line Democrats lookinc to solid South for Preeldcntlal timber, rase I. Domestic Treacherous Tolajane attack Americans In Samar under cover or pretended urrtnder. Pace 1. Josenh MedUl Patternon declares the day of equality of opportunity 1 pMd. Pace 1. Novel devices of thieve to rob New York, Pace 4. Democrats of Kansas City adopt s. more rad ical gas plank than the . Republican!. Pa Be 2. LlKhtnlnj; bolt kill" ltter-Dr Saint preacher in his pulpit, race 1. Chicago German and Bohemian societies make nemonwtratlon HR&lmi regulation or sale'or liquor. 1'ace 1. Natlosal. Distrust of the United State Senate fed by countless publication, rag-e 2. Governor Cummlna comes back at Senator Elklns with a warm retort. Page . Senators are about talked out on the railroad rate bill. Page a. Foreign. Czar will dictate to Russian Parliament how far it shall so. Page 3. German and French delecates at Alcedras hopeful of acreement. Page IS. How the delegate will be elected to the. first Russian parliament. Page 1. Starving Japanese parents are oompallod to part with their children, rage 4. Pacific Coat. Frank C. Baker resigns chairmanship o. Tie publican Central Committee of Oregon. Pago 4. Charles Harris arrested a Salem for attempt Ins to induce, girls to enter dancehalls. Pace 5. Body of Benjamin Geaney. pioneer Walla walla former, found In creek, rage 5. Sports. Bralnard Maroons defeat Athenians in becefit bull game, rage 13. What the amateurs are doing in sports. rage 13. rortlaBd and Ylclnltx. Battle roral for franchises on between Hill and Harrlman In Portland. Page S. Portland woman attends fete given by Jap anese Emperor In honor of English Prince. . rage U. This will be a busy week for ths candidates. rage fc. East Side want county roads within city lira its suna.ee a with crushed rpefc. Page 9. Sermons In' the chare es. 'Page, B. South Portia Rd RepabMcan League has tcri nocuous aeeaxe. irage. l. , Labor for railway sastrttctlon Mn great ds- mand. Ig e l4jt , ; , Owners de-lfrssla Ji9 blul VtUl USUI, . NT BY NATIVES' GUNS Americans -in Samar Nearly Become Victims of Treach ery of the Pulajanes. GOVERNOR IS MISSING Rebellious Islanders Promise to Stir, render and Begin Attack AYhert a Photograph Is About to Be Taken of the Force. MANILA, March 26. According; to unices rocciveu todny, the recent fight at Magtaon, Samar, between ihe constabulary and Pulajanes "was the result of base treachcrv on the nart of the natlvos. As a result of the light 30 Pulajanes were killed and 16 or the constabulary killed and wounded. A dispatch received from Captain Jones, of the constabulary, at Mag taon. says that March 23. Governor Currj Judgo Loblngcr and Supcrlntcn dent of Schools Hoover arrived there and camped over night near the Pula janes. The presence of the officials was made known to the rebellious na- Ives and their leader announced that he would surrender his force the next day. As a result of this promise the Americans returned to the town of Magtaon. accompanied by Colonel Agn- lllar, another Pulajanc chief. The next day. Saturday morning. four chiefs of the Pulajanes, -with over 100 men and l guns, appeared at Mng tnon and lined up In frohtof the con stabulary barracks. Between the bar racks nnd the Pulajanes stood the group of American officials. One of the chiefs expressed a wish that his party be photographed in the act of surrendering-, and Supcr.lnten dent Hoover, in compliance with the request, was adjusting his camera. when the Tulajancs leader drew whistle and gave an order to advance. The entire party of natives thcroupon rushed upon the American officials who escaped to the Magtaon River and swam to the opposite bank. "When the treachery of the natives J was apparent the constabulary imme diately opened fire and a fierce fight ensued, in which the constabulary gained a decisive victory. The Pula janes were chased to the mountains, but th pursuers lost more guns than they capturod. The American officials were later found, with the exception of Governor Curry. He was last seen being chased by Pulajanes and is now believed to be hiding- in the dense brush In that locality. Three Hundred constabulary arc now on the trail of the fugitive natives and searching for Governor Curry. Governor Curry Rescued. MANILA, March 26. (Afternoon.) Governor Curry Is safe and well, but the particulars of his rescue are not available at this hour. General Buchanan, commanding the Depart ment of Visayas. has left for Cat balogan. the capital of the Island of Samar. to lend the aid of the Federal Government to the insular authorities If desirable. Small detachments of Fed eral troops are now assisting the con- PRESIDENT OF SOCIETY FORMED TO STUDY THE HUMAN EMOTIONS. Bareaess D'Erlaagrr. Baroness d'Erlangcr has been elected president of a society organ ized by fashionable Ixjndon women for the study of human emotions. The Baroness divides her time be tween London and Paris, and is well known in the American colonies of the two cities. stabujary In the pursuit of the fugitive Pulajanes. The Insular government has not yet requested Federal aid. Major-General Wood has loaned the constabulary 500 Krag-Jorgenscn rifles to supplant the single-shot Spring-fields they have been using. Texas to Fight Oil TrusU DALLAS. Tex.. March 35. A, special from Austin to the News says: "In -view of 'the developments; in vthe ccn&lderable interest Jhas 'been aroused here as to hew- the-Waters-PJerce's?Oil EVENTS OF TUB COMING WEEK. Tenth "tVek at Algeclras. The session of the Algeciras Con ference on iloroccan affaire, which will take place today, will mark the begtnalnr of the tenth week of tho deliberations. The commltteo oa revis ion has drawn up a project for police, without mentioning the discussion of the Torts, and this will form a bests for discussion ia today's sevrton. Crinl In CosI Situation. It would seem that this week should decide the question of a coal strike. The Joint scale committee will meet this week, when a proposal to report a disagreement will be offered, with the probability that it will b car ried. This afternoon- Joint confer ence will be held to receive this report. The polat which UMperatoT. are anxloue to settle Isi Vlll President Mitchell 4 the ofjkt of the United L 39taewot7fir prttai mea to go to work tn districts." where an advance !s al lowed, while other miners are on strike? So far their efforts to settle thlx point have been vain. It is ex pected that President Mitchell will come to Xjew York the latter part of this week to confer again with the anthracite operators committee of eeven. Cbamp!on.hlr Billiard Match. March 27 there will be. held In New Tork the first championship billiard match since 1P01. Willie Hoppe. who recently won the title from Maurice VIgneaur. in Parts, will play George F. Slotson a CO-polnt match game, IS-lnch balk line, one shot In. The wonderful playing Of young Hoppe and the fact that his challenger is an old and srasoned player. -Hill add to the Interest In the match. National Civic TW era tlon. The National Civic Federation will m-et In New Tctk today, when tho election of officers will take place. Company Is doing business In Texas. The News has authority for the statement that the Attorney-General's department proposes 'taking up the matter of en forcing the antitrust law of Texas as soon as pressing business now on hand can be disposed of. and that the law will be enforced." REFORMERS ARE SCORED FOHEIGN'-BORX CHICAGO CITI ZENS' BIG DEMONSTRATION". Demand Made oa City Council to Issue Special Bar Permits for Dancehalls. CHICAGO. March 2S. Resolutions de manding that the City Council authorize the Mayor to Issue special bar permits for dancehalls and that tho State Legis lature grant complete relief and home rule In regard to the amusements were passed by ltoO representatives of German and Bohemian societies gathered in mass meeting here this afternoon. Outside tho First Regiment Armory, where the meet ing occurred, was an overflow gathering estimated at 3J.0CO. In marching order, more than 3C0 societies of Germans, Swedes. Norwegians and Poles paraded in Michigan avenue with flags and nu merous uniformed bands. The speakers who addressed the meet ing scored the reformers, the Mayor and the State's Attorney, whom they held re sponsible for the revocation of tholr per mits. The demonstration began early In the day, each section of the city con tributing Its quota of men. women and children forming the various divisions. which poured into the central loop dla trlct and proceeded in a straggling mass to the rendezvous in Michigan avenue. Street-cars were Impeded In their move ments, traffic In Michigan avenue was completely interrupted for several hours. The drivers of automobiles who tried in several Instances to force their way through the crowd were roughly handled and compelled to turn back. Men prominent In the affairs of the city. Including a number of Aldermen, occupied scats upon the platform in the Armory when the meeting was called to order. Samuel Alschuler, former candidate for Governor of Illinois on tho Democratic ticket, was one of the speakers. He de clared that the societies stood for the enforcement of the law. which does not destroy the liberty of those not engaged in a violation of the law. ExCongressman E.. T. Noonan declared that the revocation of tho bar permits was an Invasion of constitutional rights. Other speakers of local prominence fol lowed, and the meeting closed with the adoption of resolutions protesting agnlns all attempts to deprive members of tho societies of tho right to enjoy themselves in their own way. and demanding that the City Council amend the dramshop license In such a manner as to authorize the Mayor to issue temporary permits for the sale of liquors to societies of a law ful character, and calling upon the Legis lature to amend the laws so that the cities and to was of the state shall be sclf-goverwng m Jhe matter of ause- roBtsnn(r rtpnektlofrs.- BOLT KILLS III PULPIT IjATTER-DAY SAINT PREACHER STRUCK BY IiTGHTNING. Church Catches Fire, bnt Panlc- Strickcn Conjugation. Return and Extinguish Flames. CARSON", la-. March S3. While preach ing to his congregation. Rev. J. B.- Lentz, pastor of a Latter-Day Saint church at this place, was struck by lightning, which caused his death within half an hour. ' The bolt descended during a hard thun der storm, and was communicated to the preacher by a chandelier hanging directly above bis head. The shock threw him to the floor In an unconscious state, while many persons' In the congregation were partially .stunned. After nearly every one had fled from the baUdlng Lentz was carried" out, hut failed to,ren conedeueness. The.church took Are, but it was saved. -Lentz' left a widow' -aadawo chUdrefV ''A . F0W0 LITTLE FORMER Joseph Medill Patterson, Re cent Convert to Socialism Scores Present System. OPPORTUNITIES NOT EQUAL "With Knoriuons Capital Left by Ills "Father, Chicago Packer Can Com pel Men to - Work for "311m or Starve. CHICAGO. March 2i.-(Spccal.) "Back- sklnners, H3 a week; dry-salters. XI'. cat tle-stickers. 13: laborers. 17. and J. Og- den Armour. ?ly).CW a week. Now you see something Is wrong with the present system." Joseph Mcdlll Patterson, the new con vert to Socialism. In talking to 400 stock yard's workmen at Schumacher's Hall. Ashland avenue, near Forty-sevinth street, yesterday nftcrnoon summed up the first part of his speech as quoted. He said he did not want to appeal to class, ami then used the contract between Mr. Armour's affluence and his em ployes dependence, for Illustrations throughout the talk. Toward the end he said: "Everyone who works for Armour helps to contribute to a purse of J3.0CO.00o a year for him. He has 51W.COO.000 and you havo to give hint a 53.00O.0CO purse every year. On the average every one of his V.CO employes gives him J100 a year. "I'm talktng calmly to make yote know. Now, J. Ogden Armour owns what you know of here In the stockyards." Mr. Patterson went on. "He owns similar plants at Omaha and elsewhere and he owns refrigerator cars. He also owns City Councilsi "Suppose he should own all these things and suppose nobody would work for him. He couldn't do a thing. So the most valuable thing he owns is the power to compel 50,000 people, not any particular Individuals, but that many people, under the present system to work, for him. not because they love him, but because they have to or starve. They havo to go down and ask htm to use the tools his father gave him. "We hear talk about American cnttaJUy of opportunity. There was equality of opportunity' when there was more land. But Is thero now? This young man. J. Ogdcn Armour, started at 35 with 575.- 000,000. Interest has raised the amount. It Is absurd to say that any of you started with an equal opportunity. "Every clerk down town pays tribute to a few estate. Marshall Field's for in stance. All of the real estate In the loop, valuable land, yields tribute to about 1000 owners. In the stockyards you pay tribute to Armour. Morris and Swift "The present system Is almost as bad for the children of the rich as It Is for the poor. The poor man turns himself Into a beast because he's not got enough; the rich man turns himself into a beast because he's got too much. "Now, how can you correct the present conditions? By putting the means of production Into the hands of the com munity. Elect a Socialist President, House and Senate. and then those who object will be the lawbreakers. It Is nec essary to have a class struggle If there is going to be Socialism." John Hays Hammond Is III. SAN FRANCISCO. March 23. John GIRL WHO TORfiOT SHE WAS HARRIED THREATENED WITH TROSECUTION TOR BIGAMY. Edaa See. Edna See. of Port Chester. X. Y., was married at 14 to Samuel Sco fleld on the demand of the young man's mother, who told the girl she could not come to a certain party unless she married Sam. Edna for got about the marriage until her huiband came to her mother's house and demanded his wife. Edna then was taken before' a magistrate, who told her that It she preferred to live with her mother she might do so. This,- thought Edna, ended the mat ter, and she again promptly forgot Ecofleld. Now. four years later, she has married Edwin Light and finds her first husband making trouble. She Is still living with her mother, the TubHc Prosecutor having In formed her that it she lives with Tier husband No. 2 he will prosecute her for bigamy. She says she did not . understand what marriage was -when she married- Sec-field, and is planning to ask a court, to declare her first marrlaze nail and void. MUCH sbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbPMebbbbsbbbbbbb& BBBBBBBBBBBSsVHl'' I L ''''ISBBBsjlBBBBBBS Hays Hammond, tho well-known mining engineer of Xew Tork. Is ill in this city, being threatened with acute pneumonia Arrangement' have been made to take him to Los Angeles tomorrow in a pri vato car, in the hope that a warmer at mosphere will restore him to his normal condition. "When at Tonopah. New, re cently Mr. Hammond contracted a severe cold. WILL CALL WITNESSES Jerome to Prosecute Insurance Cases In His Own "vVay. NEW YORK. March 25.-(Speclal.) Despite his rebuff at the hands of Justice O'Sulllvan. who Instructed the grand Jury that it wag. their duty to indict di rectors of several Insurance companies as responsible for the contributions of funds of the companies to the campaign funds of political parties. District Attorney Jerome is not satisfied that this is the proper procedure and spent today at home In consultation with members of his staff looking into the law on the sub ject. Jerome has determined that despite the ruling of Justice O'Sulllvan he will pros ecute tho Insurance cases in his own way or not at all. and Intends to have some Judge sit. within the next few days, as committing magistrate, and will sub pena before him George W. Perkins, member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co.; and formerly an official of the New Tork Life Insurance Company, and have him examined as to contributions made by that company. Jerome will also. It Is reported tonight, try to secure the attendance of Postmaster-General George B. Cortelyou. chairman of the Republican National Committee, and Cornelius N. Bliss, treas urer of the same committee,, who are to be asked some questions as to tho money contributions. In the meantime the New York County grand Jury will go ahead under the instructions of Justice O'Sul llvan and examine witnesses and deter mine whether the law was violated, and If so, will indict the persons it holds re sponsible. It Is rumored tonight that the foreman of the grand jury has asked that Andrew B. Hamilton be summoned to testify be fore the grand Jury, as It Is believed his testimony more than that of anyone else. will show why contributions were made and at whose suggestion. If this line is followed out. It is expected that revela tions will be made which will be inter esting to the whole country. REGARD FOR THE FLAG 3Inyor of Richmond Explains State ment Mude In Speech. RICHMOND, Va., March 25. With ref erence to his recent remarks in a public speech here that he "recognized but two flags, the flag: of Virginia and the battle- flag of the Confederacy." Mayor Mc Carthy has given to the press a state ment, which Is, In part, as follows: "I have been the victim of numerous postal cards and letters and newspaper clippings since I dropped a passing re mark about flags in the midst of a speech which would make a column or two." The Mayor here criticised the stenogra pher's report of his speech, and con tinued: "The association which I addressed was the Southern Ice Exchange. Everybody talked about the desirability of building up industries, the manufactures, the en terprlso and business of the South and "Virginia. What I meant by saying T rec ognize but two flags' was one way of say lng that my interest and my devotion and my hopes were lndlssolubly with my state and the South "I had the honor of making the ac quaintance of the 'Star-Spangled Banner before many of my critics were old enough to recognize It If they met It in the streets, and I would like to relieve these anxious people of any unnecessary labor by Informing them that I am not In need of any missionary work what ever. "I had the pleasure, a few months asro of giving an order for 15, 000 s tar-spangled banners and the further pleasure of see ing that these be put in the hands of 12.000 school children of Richmond, that they might greet the President with the rustle and color and sentiment of countless wav ing emblems of the greatness and benefi cence of our countrj. "I freely Intertwine In my office the Star-Spangled Banner and the battleflag of the Confederacy and thus acknowledge my affection and devotion to one and my respect and regard for the other." FIRE AT MORGAN HOME Early Discover- of names Saves Residence and Priceless Art. HIGHLAND FALL N. Y., March 25. (Special.) The Interior of the country seat of J. P. Morgan here was damaged tonight by fire and the building had a narrow escape from complete destruc tion. Mrs. Morgan discovered the Are which was due to an Imperfect flue In the hot air furnace, and by summoning men employed on the place the fire was got under control before It made much headway. The damage Is confined to the floors and partition walls. None of the priceless art treasures In the building were damaged. BULLET PREVENTS MURDER Youth Shoots Drunken Miner "Who Broke Into His 3Iother's Room. PEORIA. III., March 2S. Sreclal. Mont Devries. a coal miner, was shot and killed by Harold Haarcn, a 22-year-old youth, early today In Haaren's apartment in the lower part of the city. According to Haaren's story Devries was about to kill his (Haaren's) mother and sister with a hatchet and he shot to save their lives. Devries had been drinking with a party of friends all night and Haaren alleges Devries had broken into tho apartments where they were sleeping this morning brandishing a revolver and hatchet and was about to attack, the two women when the son fired the fatal shot. D0WIE IN MEXICO CITY lit Charge of Nurse, hut Reported to Be Much Better. MEXICO CITY, March 26. Tha Indian murderers of a French Priest near the mountains of Malinche will probably be shot on the scene of their crime In the State of Tlaxcala. Lieutwant-General Chaffee, U. 8. A, has returned here from the hot country, Heavy rains have greatly helped the sanitary condition of the city and the typhus fever Is abating. John Alexander Dowie, of Chicago, ar rived here Monday from. Jamaica. .He Is accompanied by a nurse, but Is much improved in health. APPEAL TD SOUTH FOR 1909 LEADER Hearst Alarms the Old- Line Democrats. BRYAN HAS A BIG FOLLOWING udge Alton B. Parker Sent on Missionary Tour. APPEAL TO STATES' PRIDE Conservatism of Southerners Needed to Save From "Wave of Unrest nnd Radicalism Sweeping the Countrj-." NEW YORK, March 2S. (Special.) Ex-Chief Justice Alton B. Parker, late candidate for President, has been campaigning- through the South, to carry out a political plan agreed unon at a conference In-this city. In which Grover Cleveland, and other men who were a power In his administration, partici pated. "The time has come to nominate- a Southern man." Is the keynote of the address which Parker has delivered before legislators and clubs, and which he has taken pains to present emphat ically to every big- Democrat whom ho has met during- his travels. The men who controlled the last Democratic National Convention are already worried over the outlook for the next one. even though they control all the machinery of the National com mittee. Unrest Among the Voters." "There Is a wave of unrest and rad icalism sweeping over the country." declared a big- banker of this city in private conversation the other day. Nothing- can save us but the con servatism of the South, and to this. we must make our appeal." Ever since the last election, wncn William Randolph Hearst almost reached the Mayoralty chair, there. have been conferences at frequent in tervals, in -which the men who forced the nomination of Parker participated. August Belmont, Tnomas F. Ryan, banker; J. Edward Simmons. Grover Cleveland, Supreme Court Justice Mor gan J. O'Brien. Mayor McClellan, ex- Secretarr Charles S. Falrchild, John B. McDonald. William B. Hornblower, ex "Unlted States Senator James Smith. Jr., of New Jersey, and ex-Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chicago, are some of those whose advice has been asked on the subject. L7d to a short time ago McClellan waH convinced that he would be able to hold the local organization In line for conservatism, but ho has finally been brought to the point of admit ting that he will have very little say in the next choice of delegates to the National convention. Urges tho South to Get Together. Judge Parker went South ostensibly on a recreation trip, but has been tra veling very extensively all over the South. He is earnestly urging Demo crats everywhere to "get together," and" telling- them that the only way to win is to do what they have not dared to do since Civil War times put a Southerner at the head of the ticket. Here are some extracts from a; speech he made at Charlotte, N. C. before the Manufacturers' Club, -which. Bhow the lines upon which the Judge, and the other conservatives are work ing: t-k. Xmo -ha im -when new duties ana responsibilities must b undertaken by ths Unocrats ot the South. It J moro than twweoro years atneer the war clowd. and your pNjpl find themselves upon the threshold oC what promises to be tho most remantaoia ous- inn development the worm na ever snon n within the game time and space- In spite of your devotion to principle ana consistency. In the face of a numerical Im portance that was preponderant. In politics only have you stepped aside. From the ear liest days you have sent your best men into public life. They have been at once mod eat. able, devoted, patriotic and honest. No Jail or penitentiary has opened its hos pitable doora to admit your Senators, Hepre rentatlves or Governors, nor have the officers ot the law, trom detectives to Attorney-General, been compelled to hale them into tha criminal courts. In the face of this record you have not only permitted ua o the North to present to you candidates for President and Vice-President, but you have Insisted upon our doing ik, and have then voted for thero, and that, too, when sometimes no other stata did so. Paralysis Since 189 6. In 1896 you trjed Nebraska, and since that day no old Democratic Northern State has ao credrted. one of our party to the United States Senate, and in none has there been a friend ly Governor. All the Democratic training schools of the North elementary. Intermedi ate and higher were closed and have remained so. The party paralysla was complete and almost fatal. In 1904, hoping to cure or palliate It. you ad vised returning again to New York for your candidate, only to meet the worst defeat in our party history. It Is now nearly 12 yeara since any man professing- devotion to your party has been chosen In any Northern Demo cratic State to nil an Important executive office. At the last election, perhaps, eight out of ten of the voters then under ISO were ranged with our opponents, and today the party organizations are Unelees. their one time leaders are dead or nana abdicated, or, worse, havo become Republicans, while in more than one state the threat hanga over them that they raay become tha victims of the spoiler, or tha corrupt! oa lat. "Whea such conditions confront you. why should you hesitate any longer? Until the Democrats of Nebraska and New York and (Concluded on Page 5. A 4 i