VOL. XLVI.-NO. 14,1T.. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. NEVER PLEDGED TO The President Answers Tillman's Attack. SIMPLY STATED HIS OPINION Never Dictated Terms as Con dition of Approval. MOODY ALSO EXPLAINS Conferred Vltli ISailcy and Tillman, but Said VroMdenL Not Com mit tod to Any .Language for Court Review Provision. WASHINGTON. May 14. The sensation al rate-bill incident in t'le Senate Satur dy( during which Tillman, on the author ity of ox-Srnator Chandler, made state ments regarding the President's course in connection with pending railroad rate legislation, wme of which statements were denied by Lrfu.ge on behalf of the President, had Ifs sequel th evening, when a statement was issued at the "White House giving an account of the pubjeet on the part of the President and Attorney-General Moody. The statement comprised two letters, one from the Pref Idont to Senator Allison and the other from Attorney -General Moody to the President, both dated today. The Presi dent say: "In no case, , either in the case of Mr. Chandler or any one eLwe, was there the slightest opportunity for any honest mis conception of my attitude or any belief that I pledged mylf specifically to one and only one amendment or set of amend ments, or that I would not be satisfied with any amendment which preserved the essential features of the Hepburn bill as It came from the Hoiw." Did Not Dictate Programme. The President says that as to many of he amrndmc-nts, including the so-called JL-ong, " Overman, Bacon and Spooner fimendmentfl, he had said he should be entirely satisfied to have them in the bill and suggested modifications as to other amendments, but that, "as to none of the amendments did I ever say, either to Mr. Chandler or to any one else, that I sthould Insist upon having them in the bill a condition of my approval, and that on the contrary he (the President) waa careful to state fhat he was not trying to dictate any particular pro gramme of action. The President says the statements made to Mr, Chandler were the same in sub stance as those made to Allison and other Senators of both parties. He says he was a.sked to see Mr. Chandler as the repre sentative of Tillman In charge of the bill and that the conferences Attorney Oeneral Moody had with Senators Till man and Bailey were such as had been lield with many other Senators to deter mine the phraseology and discuss the effect of amendments proposed by them. Kefcrrcd Them to Allison. The President states that he became convince! that it was Impossible for Sen ators "with advantage" to use him as an Intermediary, and suggested to all to whom he spoke that they communicate with Allison, whose purposes and the President's were "identical." The Presi dent says that his own opinion that the Allison amendment in no way changed the court reviews as provided in the orig inal Hepburn bill Is also the opinion of the Attorney-General and Secretaries Root .and Taft. The Attorney-General's letter gives an account, at the President's request, of the conferences which Mr. Moody had - nt the President's direction with Tillman end Bailey regarding the court review feature. He says he advised the Presi dent that he should not at any stage be come finally committed beyond recall to ny form of language In any part of the Mil, and the President affirmed the wis dom of that course. He reviews the dis cussion of interlocutory injunctions and concludes that there was nothing in the conversations" between the Senators and himself which bound the President to any particular amendment. Tillman Will Talk Today. Senator Tillman talked freely tonight with a number of the callers about the statement issued by President Roosevelt. Jle expressed his preference, however, not to be quoted, pointing out that whatever lie wished to say on the subject of the statement he would say on the floor of the Senate. He expects that the question will be brought to the front in some way to jnorrow. He discussed the President's statement tonight with ex-Senator Chamber, and he urged Mr. 'handler to issue a statement riving a full history of the whole matter. Tillman wanted the facts to go into the newspapers that he did not in any way Initiate the negotiations with the Presi dent regarding Democratic support for the railroad rate bill and that lie did not Bik Senator Chandler to go to the White House. Kx-Senator Chandler tonight -fused to discuss the statement from the White House. He indicated that he did not ex pert to issue a statement at this time bearing on the subject. He Indicated that he was anxious to have railroad rate legislation enacted. Regarding his visits to the White House. Mr. Chandler said that previous to his invitation to call to see the President on March 31, follow ing which he conferred with the Presi dent regarding the pending rate bill, he "had not been at the; White House for about a month, and that previous to that invitation he had no immediate Intention of going there. He said that he did not go the White House as an emissary of Mr. Tillman, but that he went there in response to the President's Invitation. LETTERS STATE HIS POSITION President Told Opinion to All. but Did Not Dictate Amendments. WASHINGTON, May H. The corres pondence relating to the President's atti tude toward the rate bill was given out at the White House tonight. The Presi dent's letter to Senator Allison, dated May 14, is as follows: As Senator TillmaA brought in your name In connection with mine In the statement he made concerning our relations to the rate bill last Saturday, it Is perhaps due to you that 1 should write you on the matter. After tne rate bill was reported from the committee and after, by vote of the committee, Tillman had been put in charge of It, many Senator! and many outsiders came to aee me with ref- ereno to it. Among others I wan asked to ee x-Senator Chandler, as representing Mr. Tillman, who wan in charge of the bill. I stated in response that I was, of course, en tirely willing to see Mr. Ti'ilman personally or to ee Mr. Chandler or any one else who could speak for him. and I accordingly di rected my secretary to make an appointment for Mr. Chandler to see me. My understand ing wu that he was the representative of Mr. Tillman. Talked With Many Senators. In this first interview he stated to me the views of Mr. Tillman with seeming authority He called on me several times. During the same period I saw other gentlemen who pro fessed to give the views of other Senators. In addition, I saw numerous Senator, both Republicans and Democrats, some of them once or twice, some of them many times. I aJ?o saw .numerous outsiders, . railroad men shippers, newspaper men and students of traffic regulation, including especially the At' torney-General and the members of the In terstate Commerce Commission, and on two occasions I saw groups of newspaper men in a mass. To all these Senators, representa lives of Senators and outsiders alike t made the same statements: those that I made to Mr. Chandler being the same In substance that I made to you, and to those of your col leagues of both political par.tes with whom 1 bad any extended conferences on the subject. The letter of the Attorney-General, which I enclose, shows fully the facts as to the conferences which at my instance he held with Senators Tillman and Bailey. Those con ferences were precisely such as he. at my instance, held with many other Senators to determine the phraseology and discuss the effect of the amendments proposed by them. To all whom 1 saw I stated that the Hep burn hill was In Its essence entirely satisfac tory to me. The Hepburn bill, as it passed the House, simply' recognized the right of review by the courts that Is. the jurisdiction of the courts but did not attempt to define it, thus leaving the courts to prescribe the limits of their own Jurisdiction. This was in accordance with the ideas of the Attorney General, his belief being that 'thereby we avoided all danger of the bill's being declared unconstitutional because of attempts to con fer either too much or too little Jurisdiction ons the courts. Wants Jurisdiction Defined. I 'also repeatedly stated that, while it was entirely satisfactory to me simply to leave the jHvpburn bill in substance as it was. that U, with the recngntiJon of the Jurisdic tion or the courts, but without any attentat to define that Jurisdiction, yet I was en tirely willing that there should : be a defini tion, provided that this definition did not seek to grant a broad review, but explicitly nar rowed It to the two subjects w hlch, as a matter of fact. I believe that the courts would alone consider In case there was no attempt to define the limits of their review. Thai would limit It to the Question as to whether the Commission had acted ultra vires and as - to whether any man's constitutional rights had been impaired. I slated that. If the Question of defining or limiting the review was brought up at all, I personally felt that this was the way In which it should be limited or defined. At different times at least a score of tenta tive amendments were either prepared by the Attorney-General at the request of Senators or submitted to me by Senators. As to many of the amendments (including, among others the substance of the so-called Long, Overman, Bacon and Spooner amendments) I stated that I should be entirely satisfied to have them In the bill; as to others 1 suggested modifica tions which would make them satisfactory; as to none did I ever say, either to Mr, Chandler or any one else, that 1 should insist upon having them in the bill as a condition of my approving It. On the contrary, I was always most careful to state that I was not trying to dictate any particular programme of action. In no case, either in the case of Mr. Chandler or in the case of any one else, was there the slightest opportunity for any hon est misconception of my attitude or any be lief that I had pledged myself specifically to one and only one amendment or set of amend ments, or that I would not be satisfied with any amendment which preserved the essential features of the Hepburn bill as it came from the House. You will doubtless recall that in the course of the several visits that you personally made m we discussed a number of these proposed amendments, trying to find out for wnich one there could be obtained a sufficient body of assent to secure its passage and the pass age of th rate bill. To almost every' amend ment proposed by any one I found that there were other excellent men who objected, or who at least wished to change It, and I Anally became convinced that it was impossible for Senators with advantage, to use mei as the intermediary in coming to an agreement with their colleagues, especially when they only communicated with me through another inter mediary, and I earnestly suggested to all to whom I spoke that they should communicate with you, whose purposes and mine were iden tical. About this tlm- I was informed by various Democratic Senators that they could not come to an agreement upon any amendment and that the best chance for success lay in pass ing the Hepburn bill substantially unchanged. 1 was informed and believed that this was Senator Bailey's view; and a number of the Republican. Senators who favored the bill ex pressed the same opinion. Allison Amendment Good. Shortly after this you. in -company with Senator Cullom. called upon me with the amendment which is now commonly known as the Allison amendment. I told you that, while I should prefer the Iong and Overman amend ments, yet your amendment was entirely sat isfactory. Your amendment does not in the slightest degree weaken or injure the Hep burn bill. It merely expresses what the friends have always asserted was implied by the terms of the bill. I may add that my own opinion that your amendment In no way changed, whether by diminishing or enlarging, the scope of the court review as provided in , the original Hepburn bill, is also the opinion of the Attorney-General, of Mr. Root and Mr. Taft. Their judgment is that the amendment mere ly avoids the criticism that the Hepburn bill would be constitutionally invalid in not ex pressly providing the court review, which Its supporters have always contended was plainly implied in the original language. The orig inal Hepburn bill stated that the venue in certain actions was tn certain courts: the amendment states that these courts shall have Jurisdiction to consider such actions. To my mind U seems difficult to assert that - this works any change whatever .in the principle of the bill. Moody's Talks With Democrats. The Attorney-General's letter to the President follows, dated also May 14: I send, at your request, an account of the WITTE TO FRONT iN UPPER HOUSE Council Favors Amnesty, Lib eral Rule and Large Reforms. PETITION CZAR FOR GRACE Ex-Premier Steering; Council and Urges Open Debate Workman Assa.selnates Admiral Dead ly' Work of Bomb. ST. PETKRSBURG, May 14. Former Premier. Witte again took a prominent part today in the conferences of members of the Council of the Empire, successfully insisting that, the adoption of a reply to the speech from the throne should be postponed until a regular meeting of the Council, at which representatives of the press shall be present, in order that the country may be informed as to argu ments advanced on either side. Nevertheless, the projected reply to the speech from the throne which probably will be a&jpted already has been drafted and seen by the Associated Press. Though delicately expressed, the reply virtually contains a demand for the amnesty of political prisoners who are not guilty of murder or robbery. In other respects the reply seems to be especially designed to disarm the suspicion that it is to be the role of the upper chamber to block legis lation proposed by the lower house. After expressing the deepest loyalty to the Em peror, the reply of the Council of the Empire contains these three principal points: '., First An unequivocal Indorsement of a liberal regime. Second Declaration of the intention to work in harmony with the lower house for large reforms. Third Amnesty, the suggestion being so worded as not to wound the sensibility of the Emperor, calling attention to the fact that all remarkable occasions In Russian history have been marked by an act of grace, and urging the strong claim to clemency of those who, while striving for liberty, transgressed lawful limits without being guilty of crime. PEASANTS DEMAND MOKE. Division Among Democrats Strong riea for Responsible Ministry. ST. PETERSBURG, May 14. After struggling the whole day until late this evening over a draft of the reply to the speech from the throne, the members of the committee of the House postponed the final work of phrasing the document until 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. The prospects are that full accord on several points may not be reached before the opening of the House at 2 o'clock and that therefore the reply may be thrown into the full House for final discussion. The struggle has centered mainly on the agrarian plank, in which the peas ant members found that the recommen dations of the Constitutional Democratic convention, though calling for a large measure of forced expropriation, were not sweeping enough. The peasants wished the abandonment of most of the limita tions and qualifications of the right of expropriation. The debate on the address will be pro tracted, probably occupying two days. Besides the points of universal amnesty and abolishment of the death penalty laid down In the instructions of the House, the document adroitly introduces the subjects of abolition of the Council of the' Empire and ministerial responsi bility. Taking as its text Emperor Nicholas' pledge in his speech from .the throne to maintain inviolate the institutions which he has granted, the address expresses the hope that this signifies that the country is on the road to a strictly con stitutional system. This being true, the Parliament wishes to call attention to the fact that the Council of the Empire is a wall of separation between the Em peror and the people. Then, advocating a responsible ministry selected from tne dominant party In Parliament, the ad dress points out as a great advantage of that system the cessation of attacks on the monarch. The iron hand behind the respectful writing of the address peers out in the paragraph regarding amnesty,' which con tains these significant words: "There are some demands which can not be refused' and this Is one." The workmen are remembered by a ref erence in the address to the need of amelioration in the condition of labor, while for the Poles and other nationali ties the address, though avoiding the word autonomy and insisting on the maintenance of the bonds of the Empire In full strength, speaks for the rlgnt of each nationality to its own language, customs and local self-administration. It is reported that the Cabinet has practically decided upon an amnesty measure which, though falling short of the universality demanded by the lower House, conforms to the idea of the Coun cil of the Empire of granting pardon to all political offenders except such as have been convicted of agrarian murders or attempts to murder. PEASANTS AXD W ORKMEN" RIOT Class Feud Causes Shooting; and Fire at Vologda. ST. PETERSBURG. May 14. Tele grams received from many towns in the provinces state that the workmen today mostly ceased work, but that there were few disturbances except at Vologda, where serious rioting occurred. Peasants stoned workmen, who forced shops and factories to close, and shots were fired. An excited crowd rushed to the town hail, which was set on fire. M. Loginskl. the Governor, was wounded, to gether with many other persons. WORKMEN' OBSERVE MAY DAY Suspend Work, but Troops Prevent Demonstration in Capital. ST. PETERSBURG, May 14. The work men of St. Petersburg today made an im posing showing In their Mayday celebra tion. Every factory, mill and shop in the city was Idle, over 200.000 men joining the demonstration. Early reports from the in terior showed that work was suspended in the provincial cities in Russia proper. While the leaders here professed ttieir intention to avoid collisions, the radical element, which is boycotting Parliament, determined to-celebrtB"Mktila3r with manifestations, and the men out of work decided to parade in the industrial sections early in the day with flags bearing in scriptions reading "Liberty and work for those out of work." The gravest fears were entertained that the day would not pass without bloodshed. The Chief of Police posted notice that no manifestations would be permitted. large reserves of police armed with rifles were massed in the industrial quarters and de tachments of infantry and cavalry, though they were kept out of sight, were posted. at strategic points. Shortly before noon came the news that Vice-Admiral Kuzmich, the commander of the port, had been assassinated at the New Admiralty Works as a result of his attempting to force the employes to work all day instead of celebrating May day. In the evening a crowd of several hun dred workmen gathered In the Nevsky Prospect and tried to organize a demon stration, but, after being repeatedly dis persed by the police and charged once by dragoons, they gave up the attempt. No one was injured. TERRORISTS GET MAX AT LAST Bomb Kills Warsaw Police Official, and Slaughter Follows. WARSAW, May 14. While Police Cap tain Constantlnoff was standing in Mar shalkowska street this evening with two policemen and four soldiers, a young man threw a bomb into the group. The ex plosion of the bomb literally tore Cap tain Constantlnoff to pieces and severely wounded a policeman and six other per sons. The assassin tried to escape, and. firing his revolver, wounded a soldier. The other soldiers replied with a volley, kill ing the assassin and two other persons. The soldiers then attacked the people with their bayonets and the butts of their guns, wounding eleven persons. making a total of four killed and 19 wounded. The terrorists have sought Captain Con FtantinofT since May' day of last ycac. (Concluded on Pag 2.) CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TEPTKRDAY'S Maximum temperature. 56; minimum temperature, 49. Precipitation, .02 inch. TODAY' fi--Showers. Ug-htly warmer; West erly winds. Foreign. Terrihle barbarities by Greeks and Bulgar ians. Page 4. Severe fighting with rebel Zulus. Page 5. Britain makes one concession to save Sul tan's pride. Page 5. Russia. Witte comes to the front in Upper House. Pago 1. Council of Empire will favor amnesty and liberal reforms. Page 1. Peasants may split from Democrats on land reform. Page 1. Workmen celebrate May Day and murder an Admiral. Page 1. Bomb blows up obnoxious police official in Warsaw. Page 1- National. Roosevelt answers Tillman's attack on hi course regarding rate bill. Page 1. Democrats angry because Roosevelt reunited party on rate bill. Page 2. Senate rejects many amendments to bill. Page 3. Politics. New York Democrats alarmed by Gompers threat to run labor candidates for Con gress. Page S. Domestic. Parry addresses Manufacturers Association on labor question. Page 4. San Francisco steadily prepares for her new birth. Page 1. Rainstorm adds to misery of San Francisco sufferers. ' Page 5. Negro assailant of woman lynched in Georgia. Page 4. Mutual L,ife begins suit against officers for wasted money. Page 3. Dowle and Voliva break off negotiations and will fight to finish In court. Page 3. Suit to enjoin union of Cumberland Presby terian w ith old -Presbyterian Church. Page 1. Grand Jury will investigate charges against Monnett. anti-htantiard lawyer. Page 5. Kport. Pacific Coast T-eague will remain intact ; Andrews sells his Los Angeles franchise. Tage 7. raciflc Com. Rain falls all over the Northwest with great benefit to crops. Page 1. Boxrar burns nar Echo : charred remains of man in ruin; Sheriff shoots man sus pected of murder. Page 6. Dr. Withvcombe addressee a rousing Re publican rally at The Dalies. Page 6. Kidnaped Roseburg boy carried to Oakland in car of relief supplies. Page 6. High wind blows down circus tent at Pen dleton. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Immediate future of potato market not bright. Page 13. Sensational advances in metals at London. t Page 15. Chicago wheat market firm most of day. Pajte 15. Reactionary tendency sets In In stock mar- , ket. Page 15. ! Attempt to float steamer Eider postponed j on account of high wind.. Page 10. i Large fleet of schooners sighted off the coast. Page 1U. Portland and Vicinity. Initiative One Hundred derides not to In voke the referendum against the Front street franchise. Page 10. Rabbi Franklin, of Detroit, may succeed Dr. Wise at Temple Beth Israel. Page 11. Bonds fc- the building fund of the Commer cial Club find eager purchasers. Page 14. "Cockney Kid" exposes plot and tells how he was hired by saloonkeepers to assault Prohibition editor at Rainier. Page 14. Flax industry in all its features will be made a feature of "Made In Oregon" Ex position. Page 1 2. Suspect arrested for robbery of Portland churches. Page 10. Power companies yield to Mayor's wishes and franchises become operative by ex piration of time limit. Page 14. Coos Bay Congress attracts much attention in Portland and Willamette Valley cities. Page 16. Jury awards man beaten by saloonkeeper heavy damages. Page 16. Relief fund now aggregate S25O.ftS7.02. Page 0. Registration will close at 5 o'clock this afternoon. Tage 11. HMN FALLS UPON THIRSTY Storm Is General All Over the Northwest, Saving Crops From Damage. WHEAT WAS IN DANGER Hot Winds Had Swept the Inland Empire, Though No Great Harm Had Been Done Willam ette Crops Look Fine. PENDLETON. Or., May 14. (Special.) A heavy rain storm swept over Umatilla County this afternoon and evening, which. according to the estimates made by sev eral wheat farmers of the city, will add practically $1,000,000 to the pockets of the farmers. The wheat, which wag begin ning to grow yellow and dry up, as the result of the drouth. is now looking gTeen and fresh, and it is predicted that there can now be no danger of further dam age, unless the dry weather of the next few weeks breaks ail former records. Up to 5 o'clock this afternoon' there had fallen one-fourth of an inch of.rain, which was more than had been registered dur ing the past two months previous. The storm was general over the entire county. and fell in about equal quantities. No particular damage was done by the storm, though the telephone and tele graph wires were tangled for a time. Lightning struck the telephone wires a Bhort distance north of Pendleton and shocked Miss Dora. Prater, the long-distance girl at the Pendleton central of fice. She was stunned for a time, and was taken home in an automobile, but lias now recovered. Several signs were blown down by the wind and some trees damaged, but no other damage was done, so far as reported. GRAIX IS LOOKING WELL. Rain of Several Hours' Duration Cheers Walla Walla Farmers. WALIA WALLA, Wash., May 14. (Special.) A fine rain for several hois mis miernutin relieved au prestuc anxiety over . the wheat crpp. .Many farmers had during; the past week, be come alarmed at the continued dry weather, but nearly all reports from the grain sections were unanimous that no real damage had resulted as yet. On the contrary many persons who have made special trips through Walla Walla and surrounding counties say that the prospect was never better. The Fall wheat, is now about 14 inches high and heading out, while the Spring sowing- is about eight Inches Tligh and doing well. Had the dry weather continued for another week jt is possible both Spring and Fall sowing would have been injured on the light land. The rain this afternoon, from all reports, was general over this section of country. Baker Farmers Are Rejoicing. BAKER CITY. Or.. May 14. (Special.) Nearly all day there has been a shower of rain in Baker County, which is doing greater good for the crops than anything else could. From all parts of the county most glowing reports have come in rela tive to the condition of the crops, but there has 'been a lack of rain, and it was feared that great harm would result if the dry season continued for another three weeks. . The farmers are rejoicing over the shower, and state that prospects now are that the crops this year will bo fully as large if not larger than they were In 1905, which was an exceedingly good sea son in this part of the country. There Is a greater acreage of grain planted this year than ever before, and more land de voted to hay crops. Reports state that the prospects for hay are as bright as those for the grain crops. Good for Hood River Berries. HOOD RIVER. Or., May 14. A general rain today, with cool weather, checked too rapid ripening of berries- and will add 20,000 crates to the Hood River crop. There is a big demand for berries and the crop Is 30.000 crates short of last year, owing to the smaller acreage. The first crate shipped to Butte sold for 50 cents a box. There is a shortage of pickers and grow ers are uneasy. Picking will be In full blast in a few days. " NATURE SMILES IX THE VALLEY Willamette Farmers and Fruitgrow ers Have Promise of Big Crops. SALEM. . Or.. May 14. (Special.) The crop outlook in the country surrounding Salem has rarely been better than at present. Fail and Winter grain has made heavy growth, the Winter having been mild and the Spring rains coming at the right times to keep It constantly grow ing. The rainfall has not been so heavy as to leave standing water to injure the roots. Rains of the past two days have been beneficial, as the uplands were be coming dry. There is an excellent promise of a fruit crop, except early cherries and peaches. Apples, prunes, pears, all are well set. and the trees are heavily loaded with healthy fruit. Better attention has been paid to orchards than heretofore, and the prospects are, for clean fruit. The berry crop is large and of excel lent quality. Ripe strawberries are com ing from the local gardens and retailing at 15 cents a box. All small fruit is in good shape. Hops never indicated a better crop than at present. The 'ines are healthy and are growing rapidly. Hopmen are jubilant on the crop prospects. Hay and pasture grass has a good stand. The season has been very favorable. Crops Look Well In Lane. EUGENE, Or.. May 14. (Special.) The general prospects for crops in Lane Coun ty are good. The rain which began yes terday came just In time for the straw berries, and the other small fruit wtll'be greatly benefited. '"The cherry crop will be fair," said W. G. Allen, "'although the peaches will not amount to anything. Pears, apples and prunes never looked better, and a big yield is expected. For this time of the year hops are well advanced, the vines being uniform and very vigorous.-" George Dorris states that the pros pects for a large yield have never been better than at this time, and similar re ports come from other extensive grow ers. Grain is in good condition, ana will grow rapidly helped by the rain. In some localities the wheat is better than usual at this time of year, and every where grass and pasture is fully up to the average. Warm Rain In Linn County. ALBANY. Or.. May 14. (Special.) A warm Summer rain that means thousands of dollars to Linn County farmers and gardeners has been falling here for the past 24 hours. There was a steady down pour all Sunday night and it continued nearly all today, the morning breaking as warm as a Summer day. There is quite a wind storm this evening. This rain has come opportunely. Farm ers had just about finished seeding and rain was needed. During the warm early Spring the ground became quite dry and hardly had the need of rain been ex pressed when a heavy downpour came. Despite the fact that a va quantity of water fell, the. streets being flooded, tt took but a slight cessation in the down pour for (he ground. to drink up all sur face water and be ready for more. Noth ing but good will result. The grass can almost be seen to grow, under the Influ ence of the warm rain. It means money to Linn County farmers. CUMBERLAND . PRESBYTERIAN OBJECTORS WILL SUE. Ask Injunction Against General As sembly's Voting to Unite With . Presbyterian Church. EVANSVILLE. Ind.. May 14. Major C. E. Mensch and Judge William Reslter left tonight for Decatur, 111., where to morrow they will petition for an injunc tion to prevent the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which meets In Decatur Wednesday, from voting to form a union with the Presby terian Church. The attorneys will claim that the con stitution of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church confers no rights or powers upon the General Assembly to form an amal gamation with any other body. The General Assembly will on Thurs day, it Is expected, hear a report of tne church union committee appointed at Fresno, Cal., last year to report this year. .The report of the committee, tt Is authoritatively given, will be 14 to 1 In favor of the proposed amalgamation with the Presbyterian Church. The injunction. If granted, will have the effect of re straining the assembly from voting to adopt the report of the committee. The opposition to the union comes from churches in Indiana. Kentncky, Tennes see, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Missouri. TRUTH IX THE SEMINARIES Bondoin's President Says Only Hyp ocrites Are Wrelcome. NEW YORK, May 14. The annual din ner of the Union Theological Seminary was held tonight at the Hotel St. Denis, about 200 of the alumni attending. Rev. Anson P. Atterbury, of the Park Pres byterian Church, presided and the sub ject discussed was "The College and the Seminary." "The majority of the theological semi naries." said Rev. William Dewltt Hyde, president of Bowdoin College, "are still so wedded to Indescribable traditions that no intelligent graduate of the college of truth can enter them and long remain. Over their portals Is the inscription: 'Let none enter here but the hypocrite who Is ready to believe in the absence of suf ficient evidence." " Rev. Dr. George William Knox, acting president of Union Theological Seminary, said that Union Theological Seminary breathed the spirit of the age. Its po sition was to teach the truth as revealed by the great source of all truth. It had been stated, he added, that the seminary of tradition did not want a Yale grad uate for a student, because he had been taught to think for himself. "We welcome him because he does think for himself," said Dr. Knox, "and we continue to teach him to think for himself," Next Sunday School Convention. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. May 14. The local executive committee having in charge the 12th annual Sunday school convention to night fixed the dates for holding the con vention in this city on June 18-23, 1908. WILL SUCCEED, DR. HARPER Rockefeller's Pastor to Become Head of Chicago University. NEW YORK, May 14. The American tomorrow will say: John D. Rockefeller's pastor. Rev. Dr. Rufus Johnston, whose resignation from the .pastorate of the Fifth-Avenue Bap tist Church has . caused much comment, upon his return from his contemplated European trip will become president of the University of Chicago, which position became vacant by the death of Dr. Har per. INDIAN OUTLAWS FOUND Posse Locates Wickllffe and Blood hounds Will Hunt Them. s VINITA, L T., May 14. An Indian runner arrived late tonight with news from a full-blood posse that the Wlck- Hffes. Indian outlaws, have been located in the brush of tbe hills near Shavlnaw. Marshal Darrough is sending blood hounds tonight and will go himself with a posse early in the morning, A fight is expected. Still Insists on Sea-Level Canal. PARIS. May 14. In the course of a. lengthy interview published in the Fi garo this morning, Philippe Bunau-Vs.- rllla, ex-Mlnister oi fanama to the United States, condemns the system of locks for the Psnama canal and advo cates a sea-level canal. He sets forth the economical and scientific advan tages of dredging over dry-land excavation. GATHERS FORCE FO NEW BIRTH San Francisco Slowly but Me thodically Plans Its Rebuilding. OUTWARD SJGNS INVISIBLE Limit to Height of Buildings May Be Removed and Business Dis trict Extended Oakland's . Hopes Will Fade. BY CLAUDE C. McCOLLOCH. SAN FRANCISCO. May 14. (Special.) San Francisco Is facing the fourth week since the great fire, and, as far as re building is concerned, she Is still con fronted with almost the same situation as she was the day the fire was subdued. On the surface, t here is little to show for the work done a few frame shacks here and there, but wholly insignificant be side the heaps of stone and brick piled about them. If anything, the outlook is more gloomy gloomy In that gradually the greatness of the task before them is beginning to dawn on the people. They are beginning to realize to the full that they are facing a new situation In the history of civilization: they begin to rni derstand that some of them will never see the completion of the work, will nevpr see San Francisco the city It was before calamity overtook it. There is but little evidence yet of re turning life in the metropolis, but it is too early to expect much. There has as yet been found no adequate means to re move the debris, and, until tracks are laid up into the city, as is now' being done, the first work of cleaning house cannot even be begun. Plans for Great New City. Capital is going back into San Fran cisco. There can be no doubt of that. Oakland is cherishing the fond hope that she is destined to be the metropolis of the West, and that San. Francisco will never regain her lost grandeur, but that Is a very far-fetched Imagination. Al ready plans are being drawn for great buildings, corporations formed to push the work, and plans discussed to beautify the place. But the era of reconstruction is not yet quite in sighii'-It is not reason able that It should be. Building cannot be . begun till the ground Is cleared and until material is at hand. There is great talk in the air, though, and. when the rubbish is carried away and the clang of the hammer does begin, it will be a great sight to witness the rebirth Of the city. No Limit to Skyscrapers. With great foresight and with firm con viction that the substantial buildings of fhe city were unharmed by the tremor, the building committee is considering & plan to take off the limit of 20 stories hitherto put on buildings and to pave the way for a city of skyscrapers. Two other schemes also, with the same idea in view of making the new city more substantial than the old, are under discussion; one to level Russian Hill, the bleak promon tory on the north, which has always im peded traffic In the wholesale district, the other to extend the fire limits con siderably, so that a larger area will have to be built up substantially. All three of these proposed measures are broad minded and framed with perfect confi dence In the future of the city. The commercial situation is remarkably hopeful. Banks in the city will resume payment and open for the transaction of all business about May 21. Throughout the entire state there' seems to be but little trepidation over hard times or scar city of money. Insurance adjustment is also now well under way and cheering reports from Eastern headquarters have tended to reassure policyholders here wlio. were for a time uneasy. Only Poor Remain In Camp.. The problem of feeding the hungry is being simplified day by day and the stringent measures taken by the sanitary departments have apparently removed all danger of epidemic. Only the poorer class of people are now found in the refugee camps; the better class have moved across the bay or are busy ad Justing their businesses and getting ready for new starts. There is much scrofula and eczema in the camps, due for one thing to the scarcity of water for "a th ing purposes, and secondly to the Itur ally filthy habits of the people stn. liv ing on charity. Tell the World About It. The committees are doing great work laying plans for the work of recon struction. Already the California Promo tlpn Committee has photographers and writers preparing articles for free dis tribution throughout the country to il lustrate the vtrue situation. An organ ized press committee is doing much the same work and also killing false reports. The general situation is excellent. At first people were Inclined to expect too quick a recovery. It Is wonderful what results have been accomplished in these few weeks. All the San Francisco people need to do now is to dispel ther Illu sions of a magic restoration of their city. They must realize that there has been un done the work of years and naturally enough to rebuild will also be the work of years. The whole blow came upon them so precipitately that it was hard for them to realize its enormity. With a full appreciation of the task cut out for them and with their own Indomitable will they will surely rebuild a "dear new Frisco" which shall be "the wonder of the age." Sailors Vote to End Strike. HAMBURG, May 14. The striking sai lors at Altoona have voted to return to work. .7