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. UK s li !i M . 1 It I CI If 1 11 , 11 in E .1 V ? J VOL. XLVI.-NO. 14,206. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 190G. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MEAT INSPECTION BILL IS PASSED House Takes Quick Ac tion on Measure. PRESIDENT'S IDEAS ADOPTED Williams Insistsjhat Packers Should Bear. Cost. DISPUTE OVER CONFEREES Aticmpt to Shelve Democratic Com mitteemen Abandoned Opposi tion Leader Bears Testimony to Wadsworth's Honesty. BUSINESS lONE IN HOTCSF... WASHINGTON'. June 19. With pnuHtcal unanimity the Houm today adopted the substitute for the Bver ldgo amendment to the ' agricultural appropriation bill relating to meat in spection, the objectionable features of former amendments being eliminated and the amendment perfected to meet the wishes of the President. An ef fort wan made to extend the time of debate, but Wadsworth, chairman of the committee on agriculture, desir ing to get the bill into conference h noun as possible, objected. After the adoption of the amendment the bill was sent' to conference, the con ferees being Wadsworth. Scott (Kan.) and Lamb cYa.) V A large number of bills were parsed under suspension of rules. Through . the efforts of ChamD Clark, of Mis souri, and Williams, of Mississippi, the subsidiary sliver coinage bill failed to secure enough votes to pass it under the rule. WASHINGTON". June 10. "I move to suspend the rules, discharge the com mittee of the whole House on the State .Hi. I1'". -Tnl"n from tlie consideration- of the Senate amendments to the agrlcul tural appropriation bill, disagree to all the amendments except number 29 (the meal Inspection amendment), to concur in amendment 39 with the amendments recommended by the committee on agri culture and ask for a conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes." In terest was shown in every part of the House today when Wadsworth made the above motion soon after reporting the agricultural bill with the compromise amendment relating to moat inspection. Williams (Miss.), the minority leader, sought to have the time of debate ex tended to 40 , minutes for each side in stead of 20. 'under the rule. Wadsworth said he regretted that he could not com ply with the request and the reading of tlie meat inspection amendfent ww be Kun. nearly every members present fol lowing the reading with bill in hand. How Farmers Arc Exempted. Wadsworth, in explaining the changes made in tho substitute for the original amendment, said that the changes were mostly In verbiage and then .took them up rrratim. He called attention to the elimination of the court review and dato of inspection. Olin.slcad called attention -to one sec tion fu the amendment providing that on and after Oct. 1, 190ti, n operson. firm or corporation shall transport or offer for transportation, and no carrier of inter state or foreign commerce shall trans port or receive for transportation from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia to any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia "any car casses of meat or meat food products un til marked 'inspected and passed," and in another portion of the amendment, that the provisions of the act requiring inspection, "shall not apply to animajs slaughtered by any farmer on the farm nnd sold and transported as interstate or foreign commerce." He wanted to know how these two sections harmonized. Wadsworth replied that the common carrier could inquire. He knows when a farmer gives him a carcass for shipment that the inspection feature of the amend ment is waived. Wadsworth then face tiously took up small changes in tho verbiage, inadvertently saying: "They in serted"' in one or two cases, but amid l.tughtrr changing the statement to, "we inserted." " F.vplain Changes in Bill. "If it soothes the feelings of certain in dividuals, I am perfectly willing that they" shall go in." said he. He explained that the civil service clause was put in the original House bill to expedite the work, but it went out because it was not thought necessary. Continuing, Wadsworth said: The paragraph in the original Senate amendment made the judgment of the Sec retary of Agriculture mandatory and final. That clearly was unwise and unjudiclous. If not unconstitutional. The committee, in or der to make matters entirely fair and Just, inserted In the bill a clause giving the right to appeal to the courts, which, the ablest ..lawyers on. the floor claimed, isi granted under . the Constitution and the ' existing general laws. Therefore. 1 say the clause was en tirely eliminated and the nackers and "OauKhterers In Chicago, if they consider any of the rights of their projierty are Injured in any way by the operation of this law. can Invoke the Jurisdiction of a I'nlted States Judse n Chicago; and I know of no differ ence between the honesty and. Integrity of a Lnlttd States Judge in Chicago and the hon esty and integrity of a I'nlted States Judge tn St. Louis. Kansas City. Fort Worth, St. Joreph or any other place where these slaugh tering and canning establishments are located, t Applause.) I can, I want, to aesure the House, on be half of the committee on agriculture, that the provu1one of this bill will Insure to the pub lic a rigid meat and meat food Inspection law. (Applause.) . Lamb (Virginia-. -the ranking member of the minority on the agriculture commit tee, insisted that the bid was defective In that the Government was obliged to pay the cost of inspection. It was his opinion that the cost should be borne by the pack ers. ' . Two Sons of New York. Williams (Miss.) enlivened the debate by calling attention Jo the differences of opinion between two sons of New York (the President and Wadsworth). - "Now is the Winter of our discontent made glorious by this son of New York," said Williams, which caught the humor of the House. "We must, under the rules of the House, vote this proposed legisla tion up Just as it comes to us. nursed by the Speaker and the President and .ap proved by the committee, because the committee on agriculture could not well do anything except approve after these two great ruling authorities had spoken; we must vote it up or vote it down. There has been some thundering in the Index at the other end of the line that was not fol lowed up, but we must remember, Mr. Speaker, you and I, even you much more than I. that men of iron, like other prod uces of Iron, are, subject to expansion and contraction by the effect of the weather." Williams then proceeded: Ought to Make Packers ray. As a broad general principle. Mr. Speaker, all sanitary legislation ought to be paid for by the public. The reason for that rule. Is that nobody Is. as a rule, responsible for un sanitary conditions. When the bubonic plague' or yellow fever invade the country, everybody knows that nobody wants to be the vehicle of the transfer of these dangerous diseases. Nobody wants to catch them for the purpose of giving them to other people. That is the reason of the rule that the public ought to pay the expense, but the very reason points out the exception. Some times an unsanitary condition is brought about by the voluntary action of the evil doers. Whenever that is the case, then the expense of curing the condition, which has been brought about by their acts, ought to be borne hy them. (Applause.) 1 fir one had hoped that the thundering In the Index ahout making- the evildoers stand the expense of curing their own evlldolng would be followed up more strenuously than It has been. But here we are. We are faced with this condition and. being faced with It, it Is about as good an outcome as could be expected. "Williams' Eulogy on Wadsworth. "Now.. I wish to add this: There has been some muckraking that has been going on In connection with this matter, and I want to pay my individual tribute to a member of this House. I think that in this particular legislation he has been mistaken, especially upon the point of not making the evildoers pay for curing the evil condition brought about by their own action. There has been some muckraking in which there has been a disposition to charge all sorts of wrong mo tives upon the gentleman from New York (Wadsworth). tho chairman of the commit tee on agrtculture. I served with him for eight or ten years upon a committee of this House. I have known him to cast mora votes against his own Interests than any man In this House. (Applause.) He is a worthy, son of a noble sire (applause) and an honest man. if God makes honest men (applause), and I believe he does. If the abbreviated disturbance between the two gentlemen from New York had come off. my reasoning would have-been with the other gentleman from New York, but my affections and feelings would have been with this gentleman from New York (ap plause). I think we have entirely too much tolerance for the Idea that whenever men honestly differ about a public measure, their motives are to be impugned and .their' in tegrity to be attacked. . (Applause.) le Arniond's Fine Sarcasm. Do Armond, of Missouri, paid a trib ute to the minority members of the ag ricure committee, who. he . thought, ought to have a "whiff of the odor from the bouquets which are being tossed about." He said these gentlemen had demonstrated, in connection with the matter, a devotion to "public duty, as well as a comprehension of it. which will entitle them to the gratitude of their constituents, as well as the good wishes of the United States. Then, with fine sarcasm. Dc Armond sa.id it would be an awful injustice to compel a millionaire packer, through whose establishments the agents of the Government went, complld to swath their noses and clothes with disinfectants, to pay five cents for the inspection of a beef and three cents for a hog or sheep in or der that his products might go through Interstate and foreign commerce and be sold. , Satirically he said that would bo an outrage. Adams (Wisconsin) whose efforts to bring about the harmony between con flicting interests have been crowned with success, closed the debate. The amend ment was then adopted. Wadsworth's motion to send the bill to conference was then agreed to with the single dissenting vote of Do Armond. How About' Conferees. The Speaker appointed as conferees, "Wadsworth, Scott and "Over ((S.- C). Williams (Miss.) interposed a vigorous protest at the last appointment, the chair having passed over Lamb (Va.) and Howie (Ala.), both being opposed to the committee amendments, white Lever fa vored fhem. Williams said it was a "slap in the face" of Lamb, and he pro tested. A vigorous conference was held at the desk by tile Sneaker, Williams and Wadsworth. The Speaker withdrew the conferees temporarily, . but later -reappointed Wadsworth and Scott and substi tuted Lamb for Lever, the latter having asked to be excused. When the bill was returned to the Sen ate, Proctor, chairman of the committee on agriculture, asked that the meat in spection amendment be printed and that the bill ie on the table. FAVOR PURE FOOD BILL. Kentucky Distillers Association Sends Resolution to Congress. LOUISVILLE. Ky June J9. The execu tive committee ot the Kentucky Distillers Association today adopted the following resolution and ordered its communication to the National House Oommittee hav ing charge of the pure food bill: Resolved. That the Kentucky Distillers Association, comprised, as It is. of bona flda distillers and bottlers In bond, does now and has always earnestly favored the pure food bill, and heartily condemns the mis labelling, misbranding or adulteration of whisky .or any other food products. This association is not rn sympathy with the alleged. efTorts of a National wholesale as sociation to defeat the pure food bill. TESTIMONY IS FALSE. SHE SAYS Dr.Hampton Takes Gas ; Men to Task. EMPLOYED BY THE COMPANY Reasons for Poor Quality and Bad Odor. TESTS DETERMINE CAUSE Declares W. S Dole Knew and J. X. Teal Knew That He Knew the Reasons- as She Was Em ployed to Ascertain. Dr. Victoria Hampton, a Portland chem ist, flatly contradicts statements made by W. S. Dole, superintendent ot the Port land Gas Company, before the special Council committee appointed to Investi gate the affairs of that concern. Her re marks also refute the testimony of all other officers and employes of the gas company who testified that there was nothing the matter with the gas except the irregularities due to the rebuilding of the works. On the witness stand Mr. Dole swore that the gas was all right, and that If it was not good at any time it was due to the changes at the works. Dr. Hampton says this is not so. She says that the gas gave oft a very offensive odor, which was caused by the petroleum. Dr. Hampton Was Employed. And Dr. Hamilton ought to know, for she was employed by the gas company to make repeated examinations of the petro leum. She says that Mr. Dole knew, too. He it was who employed her. Moreover, he knew the results of the her analyses when he swore that tho trouble came from alterations of the plant. He also had employed Dr. Hampton to analyze the petrwhrtmv when he swore on the stand that she had analyzed only coal and coke for the company. In fact. Dr. Hampton goes still further. She says that Mr. Teal knew she had been employed to analyze the petroleum when he questioned Mr. Dole on the witness stand. But it will be remembered that Mr. Teal did not attempt to bring out this point. The policy of the gas company all the way through was to deny that the gas was bad, and yet here comes Dr. Hampton with statements that the corpo ration knew it was bad; that Mr. Dole said that the odor from it was so offen sive that he could not bear it; that she had been employed expressly to find out what caused Its offensive odor. Truly, new light Is gathered each day as to the manner in which the Portland Gas Com pany laid its affairs "entirely open to the inspection of the public and the Coun cil committee.' Assert Jt Is Falsehood. Dr. Hampton affirms that the statement of Mr. Dole'that she made only analyses of coke and coal for the company is a de liberate N falsehood. Furthermore, Dr. Hampton states tuat Mr. Dole admitted that he was fully aware of the offensive odor of the gas, and was compelled by public, and private complaints to try to remedy It. The statements to' which Dr. Hampton referred were brought out in the follow ing examination of Mr. Dole-by Mr. Mc Ginn: q. You have had a lot of trouble down there (the gas works) haven"t you, Mr. Dole? A. In what way? Q. In every way? A. Ve ha-ve worked under ime disad vantages there on account of rebuilding the works. J. Was it entirely to the rebuilding of the works ? A. Yes. I think so. Q. Entirely due to that? A Ye. Q. You have had an expert chemist down there with you. haven't you? A. Not that I know of. Do you know Dr. Victoria Hampton? A. Yes. Denies Her Employment. ' Q. She has been employed ' by your peo ple, has she not? A. No, except to make an occasional analy sis of coal or coke.' Q. What was the object of the analyst-? A. To eee what the material -was like. Q. Is she constantly la the employ of the company or was ahe? A. No. Q. What was your ' object In trying to And out what coal and coke were like? A. Well, if you try a new kind of coal you want to know whether it runs high or low in ash, and high or low in fixed carbon. Q. Were you switching from coal to oil or to another coal? A. We have tried acveral varieties of coal. 1 Q. If yoo get one that gives good service why don't you stick to it? A. Because we were not satisfied with the coal we had. This is merely the coal we were using for making steam, you know, not the coal we used for making sras. Q. So that Dr. Hampton's services were simply had to test those materials which you were using? A. Yes. CI. Nothing else? A. Nothing else. On Redirect Examination. On redirect examination by Mr. Teal the following ensued: Q. Mr. Dole. I wish you would state to the committee if the kind ot coal or coke has anything to do with it excepting aa it may produce more or less heat in the man ufacture of gas? Doest it enter' Into the manufacture of it? A. Well, the coal is used to disassociate the steam. Q. It is for heating purposes, isn't it? A. It Is for heating purpose, and besides that. It breaks the steam up. Into hydrogen and oxygen. Q. (Mr. Wood) I think the question re lated to' the analysis of coal. Aj Well, that Is coal which la used In the boilers. There were two analyses made of coke for the generators. Dr. Hampton's Summary. "Now, as to those statements I have simply to say," said Dr. Hampton: "Jan uary 16, 1905. Mr. Dole engaged me to analyze the samples of petroleum. He stated that he wished to know what sub stance contained in the petroleum gave to the gas its irritating and offensive odor, stating that where open jets or stoves were used and the ventilation was poor the odor was unbearable. The large quantity of benzoic acid which I found in the samples of petroleum submitted by the Portland Gas Company was responsi ble for this odor, and yet Mr. Dole testi fied that it was due to the rebuilding of the works." Proof of Her Statement. As indisputable proof of her statements. Dr. Hampton, who is an expert chemist whose standing is known all over the state, exhibited bottles marked with the tag of the gas company stating at what dates the contents were taken from the tank at the plant. Furthermore, Dr. Hampton displayed a letter from A. H. Handy of the Union Oil Company of Cali fornia, the Portland agent at that time. It was from this company that the Port land Gas Company was getting Is petro leum, and Mr. Handy was in consulta tion with the officials of the company trying to And out the cause of the "poor quality and offensive odor of the gas. The note follows: Portland. Jan. 10. 1006 -vDr. .Victoria Hampton: We are especially ttesrrous of hav ing you test the samples submitted from the gas works for Indications of benzoic acid and would ak that you report as quickly as possible the amoupt you find, and also would like to have you test the samples aa soon as submitted to give an approximate determina tion as to whether the samples contain a large percentage of practically a trace of the material. -If you can make this approxi mate determination whilo the bearer waits we would be pleased to have you do so. Yours very truly, It. H. HANDY. "These facts." said Dr. Hampton, "show clearly the policy of the company in. Us. investigation. It deliberately withheld the real cause of tlie poor gas and its offensive odors from the public. I was very indignant when they said that the trouble lay In the rebuilding of the works, or as fhey said at another time, to the kinds of burners ui';d. And I would like also to say that I know that Mr. Teal was acquainted with the char acter of my services to the gas company and was very careful that the truth should not be brought out at the investigation." Nominated for Congress. KIghth Missouri Dorsey AV. Shackle ford. Democrat, renominated,. CONTENTS " TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Mexlmura temperature. 7; mtnlmum temperature, 45. I'rcclpltation, none. TODAY'S Fair and warmer. Northerly wind. Russia. Witte oppresses opinion condemning Douma and excusing massacre ot Jews. Page 1. Eleven garrisons mutiny against police duty. Page 4. Newspapers suppressed for printing news of Bialystok massacre. Page 4. foreign. King Haakon arrives at Trondhjem for bis coronation. Page 2. ' Esterhazy denounced by Dreyfus' lawyer. Page S. Great fire In Sweden makes thousands home less. Page 2. Japan's plana to monopolize Oriental trade. Page 3. " Spread of revolt in Cores. Page National. House passes new meat-Inspection bill. Page 1. Conferees fail to agree on rate bill. Page 5. Free sliver sentiment defeats bill to recoin dollars. Page 3. Commissioner of Education Harris resigns. Page 6. FolHIes. Hearst or McClellan for Bryan's running mate: no chance for Chamberlain. Page 4. Platform of Republican Club League. Page r. Opening of campaign In New England. Page Sr. Domestic. Kean. the kidnaper. In penitentiary within day after capture. Page 2. Mae Wood produces evidence of marriage to Senator Piatt and will sue ' for wife's rights. Page 1. Campaign for long shirttails in Kansas. Page 3. Preacher denies George Washington's claim to fame. Page 2. Sport. Beavers and Seals play peppery ball. Port land winning by score of tt to 2. Page 7V Pacific Coast. , ' . Daggett family dipped deep into Spokane's city treasury. Page 6. -'. Old soldiers at Grant's Pass enjoying re union during fine weather. Page 0. Jewett land-fraud case la before the Oregon Supreme Court on appeal. Page 6. Two men drowned In the Snake River at St, Anthony's Palls. Idaho. Page Indian desperado caught asleep In woods by British Columbia Constable. Page t). Commercial and Marine. Lemons will be high this season. Page 15. Sharp rebound In stock prices. Page 15. Chicago wheat market dull- and weak. Page 15. Twenty cents average price at Shaniko wool sale. Page 13. Sailors in competitive shoot today. Page 14. F. A. Kilburn sails for San Francisco. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Dr. Victoria Hampton g-tvea reasons for poor quality and offensive odor of gas, says company officials knew as they employed her to find out and that -testimony to the contrary was false. . Page 1. New law regulating building permits Is rec ommended to the Council. Page 10. Dr. HIU will take chair In MrCormack Sem inary. Chicago, and resign from his church here. Page 9. Citizen of New Zealand gives his impression of Portland and the country In general. Page 11. One Juror excused In the Sellwood precinct vote investigation. Page 1!.' Court ready for the recount for Sheriff de manded by Word. Page 10. Milwaukee men sue S. A.. D. Puter, alleging fraud on ls part. Page 14. ,. Detective Rellly, of the O. R- N.,' visits many prisons in the Kast and recognizes ' old offenders. Page 10. - Pole appeals to police, saying local nihillAts have marked him for death. Page 0. Dental Examiners staand by. Grundy In fha charges preferred by Dean Miller. Page 10. SILENCE BROKEN BY COUNT WITTE Says Douma Is Becom ing Revolutionary. JEWS BRING OWN TROUBLES Provoke Black Hundreds by Leading Revolts. WOULD DISSOLVE DOUMA Ex-Russian Premier Denies Patriot ism of Revolutionists and Ex- . cuses Perpetrators of Mas sacres ou That Score. OPINIONS OF COUNT WITTE. Parliament ' is doing its utmost to develop into a revolutionary body and not only delays reforms which It ad vocates, but contributes to maintain state of chaos. Revolutionists under the pretext of patriotism serve the interests of the enemies of their country' by trans forming Russia into the powder magazine of Europe. He strongly condemns the Jews for placing themselves at the bead of the revolution and thinks that. If they fall, they will be more oppressed than ever, while. If they succeed, the rest of the population will make them flee the country. He excuses the massacres on the plea that they are reprisals by the conservative element, known as black hundreds, for resorts to violence by ' the Jews. He excuses the possible dissolution of Parliament by saying it Is legally subject to dissolution on condition that a new Parliament be convoked within aix months. He excuses wholesale executions and imprisonments as preventing incon siderate action of revolutionises, VICHY. France, June 13. Count .Witte, the ex-Premier -of Russia, wha came here for a rest and to take the cure, his health being somewhat im paired by the hard work and worry of the Premiership, refuses to be quoted in connection with Russian politics, tailing the ground that it would be not only against his own personal Interest, but also against the interests of his country. On this condition he was to receive a correspondent of the As sociated Press, who had known him at the Portsmouth conference, and have a long; and interesting conversation. The Russian statesman has the com panionship of his wife and his grand son. 16 nfonths old. to whom the Count is devotedly attached. Witt's colossal figure now bears a more melancholy air than when In America, as though many of his illusions had vanished. In one thing he is entirely unchanged he still constantly smokes cigarettes, which he puffs from his customary ex aggeratedly long holder. Tlie correspondent is unable to cabl a direct interview with Witte, but can give the following brief review of the situation in Russia, as looked on pos sibly from Witte's point of view: Condemns Action of Douma. It is generally known that Witte is fa vorable to progressive development of Russian institutions, while maintaining order.' Therefore he cannot approve of the action of the lower house of Parlia ment, which, according to the 'Count,. Is doing its utmost to develop into a revo lutionary body and not only delays the reforms it advocates, but contributes to create and maintain a state of chaos re sulting from the conflict between tho legislative and executive branches of the government. Russia needs peace, order and confidence in the men who earnestly desire to heal her wounds and enter upon a period of economic, moral and. Intel lectual resurrection. Instead of this, the revolutionists, under the pretext of patri otism, which really is false patriotism, are serving the interests of the foreign enemies of their, country by transforming Russia into the powder magazine of Eu rope. This is not generally known abroad and is especially regrettable with regard to the Americans, who always have been good friends of the Russians. The two countries should know each other bet ter to their reciprocal advantage. Jews Should Not IyOad Revolt. It is also known that Witte is personally favorable to the Hebrews and their de sires, as contained in the memorandum presented to him when at Portsmouth by the committee of prominent American Jews, but he strongly condemns the atti tude which the Jews are assuming in Russia in placing themselves at the head ot the revolutionary movement against the -advice of their enlightened leaders, thus making it impossible for their non Jewish friends to assist them. Witte thinks the Russian Jews who are acting In this manner are blind, for if they are de feated they will be more oppressed than before, whereas If successful the remain der of the population, which Is more anti-Semitic than in other countries, will oblige them to fly the country. Excuses Massacres of Jews. Russian aversion to Jewish prepomflcr ance. the cx-Premler thinks, should not occasion surprise, because the same feel ing exists to a greater or less degree in ail countries, including the United States, where some of the rules regarding im migration have been designed chiefly to exclude Russian Jews, whose numbers, es pecially in New York, Americans feel are becoming threatening. The Jews of Rus sia had only one proper course to pursue, and that was to insist that all rights granted other races be also granted to them, nothing more and nothing less. Having resorted to violence, they pro voked reprisals and reaction, especially from the conservative element, known as the "black hundreds," which element from conservatism has become as revolu tionary as those whom they fight. Civil War May Result. Count Witte explains that the con servatives originally were called the black hundreds in derieicm. Their rising has shown what large forces they control and how easily a struggle between two par ties may degenerate into civil war and anarchy. The troubles of the past week at Bialystok are the best illustration of the situation, as they were caused by Jews killing Chief of Police Derkad choff, who happened to be an exception ally conservative official, whose entire effort wan to maintain order and tran quility.' Count Witte thinks that under such conditions it is natural that the Jewish question in Russia cannot be solved to the satsfaction of the Jews or their friends. Beside the Jewish question there is a higher and greater question that the wholo of Russia mus-t consider, naAcly. the necessity of preventing inconsiderate action by revolutionists of all kinds and opinions, endangering reform measures already put in effect and threatening the future progress of the Empire. On this Count Witte believes there can be no difference ot opinion among those who know Rust-la. The Government will not permit any consideration to interfere with measures it deems necessary to be adopted to stop the evils mentioned. Can Legally Dissolve Douma. In these days of heated discussions about the possibility of the dissolution of Parliament, those who oppose such action and claim that it would be a coup d'etai. forget that Parliament is not the only power in Russia. On the contrary, it is subject, as are all representative legisla tive chambers in Europe, to dissolution on condition that a new Parliament be convoked within six months. Those who ignore all this seem also not to know Russia's real condition with regard to the political education of the masses, the illiteracy of her people, the Immensity or her territory and the conflicting interests of the differeent provinces, which make it difficult for any parliamentary govern ment to work in harmony, as It may In other smaller and homeogenous countries. Count Witte will remain In Vichy until July 10 and will then go to Aix les Bains, where he will remain until August 10. After that, if the weather is not too hot, he will go to Italy; otherwise he will go to" Switzerland or the Tyrol and will re turn to Russia in October. JUSTICE SWIFT AND SURE KEAX IX PENITENTIARY WITH IV DAV AFTElt CAPTURE. Kidnaper of Frfcddic Mutli til veil Twenty Years and Begins to Serve Sentence. PHILADELPHIA. June 10. Twenty years of hard labor in solitary confine ment In the Eastern Penitentiary was tho sentence pronounced today on John Joseph Kean, the abductor of little ""reddle "Muth. The enormity of the man's crime, which had aroused the whole city, stirred the officers of the law to quick action and the swiftness with which justice moved has never been equaled in this community. Kean fell Into the clutches of the law yesterday afternoon about the time the courts were closing; Promptly at 10 o'clock this morning he was photographed and measured by the Bertlllon method. Twenty-five minutes later he had been arraigned before a magistrate and com mitted to court without ball. The gran, I jury quickly found a true bill and at 11:20 A. M. he was In the criminal court awaiting his turn to face Judge Sulz berger. Shortly after 12 o'clock the Judge passed sentence upon him, and at 1 :30 the great iron doors of the peniten tiary closed behind him. In his quick trip from liberty to the solitude of Cherry Hill, the institution which Dickens made famous in his "American Notes" by condemning lt system of solitary confinement, no friend ly hand or voice was raised In the pris oner's behalf. If he behaves himself, his sentence, under the law, will be re duced to 12 years and three months. The court had the power to give him a life sentence. Much sympathy is expressed for the wife and children Kean leaves without means of support. Mrs. Kean is pros trated by the shock and disgrace that the abduction has brought upon the family. She will break up her home here and re move to New York, where sho hai rela tives, i REVENGE JDF CABRERA Confiscating the Estates of All Co lombian Revolutionists. MEXICO CITY. June 19. Uonerat Ba rillas confirms the report of the burning of his coffee estates by order of Prei dent Cabrera, in revenge for Barillas taking part in the revolution. The pol icy of Cabrera is said to be to confiscate the estates of all participants in the revolution who have property in the country. Salvador appears to have practically censored the news coming out of. that country, wnlch accounts for the paucity of details or recent engagements, it is rumored that Colonel Pineda will soon emerge on th seen of conflict with sev eral thousand Indians, who will Join the revolutionists. Gift of Canadian Government. - OTTAWA. Ont., June 19. The Finance Minister announced in the House today that the Dominion Government, on the advice of the British Consul at San Fran cisco, had forwarded $80,000 of the JluO.000 voted for, the relief of the sufferers there to James D. Phelan. president of the re lief committee, and the Red Cross So ciety. The government is in correspond ence as to the disposition of the balance. There were no instructions accompanying the JSO.OCO. It is for relief generally. El TO SENATOR PLATT Mrs. viae Wood Will Be gin New Lawsuit. HAS CERTIFICATE AS PROOF Ceremony Performed Secretly in New York in 1901. PERSECUTED FOR YEARS Aged Senator's Xcmesls Appears Again in Michigan With Claim to Maintenance Says Roosevelt and Others Hounded Her. COLON. Mien., June 19. (Special.) Mrs. Mae Catherine. Wood, who since the marriage of I'nlted States Senator Thomas C. Piatt to Mr,. Lilian T. Jane way announced that she would publish a work called "Love Letters of a Boss'," has turned over to her attorneys. O'FIaherty & Fulton, or Richmond, Va., what she insists is a marriage certifi cate. By this sue will seek to estab lish her marriage to Air. Piatt. Letters requesting her presence it the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York City, on No vember 9,-1901, the time ot the alleged marriage, will be shown as additional evidence. Site claims that she is the second wile of Mr. Piatt and was never di vorced from him. Shu contends that his marriage to Mrs. Jancway is un lawful. Arrangements have been made with two Chicago attorneys to bring suit for separate maintenance on be half oi'Mrs. Wood-Piatt tn Colon. The action, it vi-as planned, would be start ed simultaneously with action in New York State, the nature of which Is to be determined by O'Flahcrty & Fulton, of Richmond. Mrs. Wood, has arranged, afu.r silence of more- than two years, to make public relations wbich she as serts existed between herself and the New York Senator. She declared today that she had been persecuted by agents of the Senator and that she had been sent to Europe for the purpose of get ting her out of tlie country previous to the time when Mr. Phut and Mrs. Janeway announced their marriage, October 19, 1903, so she could make no "scene." Circumstances of Murrlucc According to the statement of Mrs. Wood and the marriage certificate pro duced by her, Mr. Piatt and Mrs. Wood .were married by Edward W. Rice, an ordained Episcopal clergyman, and the witness to the ceremony was J. V. Jones, a retainer or employe of Mr. Piatt. Mrs. Wood asserts that the marriage w.is entered into November 9, 1901, a dark, gloomy Saturday after noon, in suite lis. Fifth AverHie Hotel, New York, and that Mr. Piatt had ex Hcted a promise from iter at the time to keep tiie marriage a secret until he should wish to announce It. Pcrecuted by Piatt's Agents. Subsequently, Mrs. Wood declares, she became Involved in several quar rels with Mr. Piatt because of his at tentions to Mrs. Janeway. In April, 1913, there came n partlnsr of the ways, although, she declares, Mr. Piatt still kept surveillance over her through officials of the Postoffice Department. In a detailed announcement of her pliins, Mrs. Wood said: "I have remained quiet 'aa long as T propose to. I have been ill for nearly two years. I was persecuted. .1 was put through the 'third degree' by Abe Hum mell and J. Frank Miller and emissaries from the President and from Piatt in October, I9C3. at the Victoria Hotel and Abe Hummers office for the purpose of making me uisgorge this same marriage certificate and letters which Indicate what happened at the Fifth Avenue Hotel late that November Saturdny afternoon In ltyi." Mrs. Wood declared that she had been made a physical wreck by persecutions directed and executed by great political powers, She said that she has now fully recovered her health and Is ready to begin a fight for what she terms her rights. She is too impatient, as she says, to wail unti Ithe Senator die3 and then proceed to establish the fact of her marriage and lay claim against the Piatt estate for a legal share of it. ' She says that political intrigue of a complicated nature, into which the name of President Roosevelt was brought, to gether with plots and mysterious agen cies, havec onspired to defeat her In her attempts to establish her claim to the name of Piatt. Often Lived With Piatt. Frequently, the complainant fays, she had occupied with the Senator suite lo!, 159 or W) at the Fifth Aveneu Hotel, and she declared that, when she came there from Washington, she came by Piatt's orders as transmitted through the Post office Department, and "reported" at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where her apart ments were usually provided in her ab sence. Before the marriage that Mrs. Wood claims with Senator Piatt she had been married to Charles Wood, a Chicago man. "Were you a widow?" was asked. "A grass widow,' 'she replied, laconic ally. "I was married when very younp. After I separated from my husband 1 studied law and was admitted to practice In Nebraska. Then I went to Washington and entered the service of the Postoffice Department. Senator Piatt knew me In Washington. PRDV