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.
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