Morning Oregonian., August 06, 1906, Page 3, Image 3

THE MORNING OREGONIAN. MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1906.
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TRANS-MISSISSIPPI
CONGRESS GALLED
Seventeenth Session Meets at
Kansas City Novem
ber 21-23.
PROGRAMME IS OUTLINED
River Navigation Will Occupy Prom
inent Place, and Columbia's
Needs Will Be Considered.
Alaska-Oriental Trade.'
KANSAS CITY, Aug. B. The official
call for the 17th annual session of the
trans-MIssisslppl Commercial Congress,
to meet in Kansas City, Mo., November
21, 22 and 23 next, was issued here to
day by the executive committee. The
congress promises to be the most im
portant since its organization. Many
important questions are to be con
sidered. The call, which is addressed to Gov
ernors of states and territories, Mayors
of cities, commercial clubs, chambers
of commerce, boards of trade, indus
trial, mecantile, maritime and immi
gration organizations generally, is as
follows:
The Governor of earti etate and territory
may appoint 10 delegates and not more than
20 delegates. The Mayor of each city one
delegate and one additional delegate for
each 5000 inhabitants; provided, however,
that no city shall have more .than 10 dele
gates. Each county may appoint one delegate.
Each business organization one delegate
and one additional delegate for every 50
members; provided. however, that no such
organization shall have more than 10 dele
gates. Many Governors to Attend.
Governors of states and territories, mem
bers of the Congress of the United States
and former presidents of the trans-Mlssls'-slppl
Commercial Congress are ex-offlclo
members with all the privileges of delegates
except voting. Permanent members of the
. trans-lllsslsppi Commercial Congress have
all the privileges of delegates.
In Issuing the call the executive
committee directs attention to the ne
cessity for "some concerted action on
the great question affecting navigation
upon the rivers of the trans-Mississippi
States." In various sections of the
trans-Mississippi region there are many
natural waterways which only need
Government aid to make them commer
cial factors in the upbuilding of the
states to which they are tributaries.
Therefore, the executive committee
places the subject of river navigation
upon the programme as a question of
great importance, trusting that the
. commercial bodies of the entire trans
Mississippi region send effective dele
gations to participate in the discussion
and help the congress to a wise con
clusion. Problems of Irrigation.
Under the reclamation act millions
of acres of arable land in the trans
Mlsslssippl country are in the process
of reclamation. Involving the equally
Important question of suitable Immi
gration for these lands. The executive
committee is, therefore, requested to
bring this matter to the attention of
the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Con
gress, together with the fact that the
additional territory thus put under cul
tivation adds enormously to the busi
ness of the great cities of the Middle
AVest outside the irrigated region.
Inasmuch as recent agitation, both
at home and abroad, has had an effect
detrimental to the livestock interests
of the trans-Mississippi states, the ex
ecutive committee has placed this sub
ject upon the programme with the hope
that out of a multiplicity of counsel
some right conclusions may be
reached beneficial to this most Im
portant branch of Western Industry.
Punama Canal Project.
The marked progress made by Presi
dent Roosevelt and the National Con
gress toward the construction of a
canal across the Isthmus of Panama
has again brought this project to the
attention of the Trans-Mississippi Com
mercial Congress. The enormous ben
efits that will accrue to the region west
of the Mississippi River by the con
struction of this international water
way appeal with peculiar force to the
people of the trans-Mississippi States,
and it is proper that the delegates to
the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Con
gress be afforded an opportunity to ex
press their views upon this subject.
Commercial activity Is greatly re
tarded by the lack of transportation
facilities. Chief among the evils In
this respect is bad roads. Any move
ment that has for its purpose the im
provement of the public highways
should be encouraged, thereby foster
ing a public sentiment in various
states and territories that will ulti
mately create a perfect system of good
roads throughout the trans-Mississippi
region and enhance materially the bulk
and value of our commerce between
the states.
Needs of Mining Industry.
Requests are made that the subject,
"A Department of Mines and Mining,
with Its Head a Member of the Cabinet
of . the United States," be placed on the
programme.
Other subjects upon which discussion
( and recommendation may be had are as
follows:
Flood control, harbor Improvements,
merchant marine. Oriental trade, Alas
ka, Columbia River, irrigation, fores
try, San Francisco, naval construction
on the Pacific Coast, trusts and their
relation to business, Government own
ership of railroads, telegraphs and pub
lic utilities generally, levee systems in
Texas and Louisiana, Pan-American
Commercial Union, drainage of public
lands, statehood, deep water from the
Lakes to the Gulf.
It is the desire of the executive com
mittee to confine discussion to matters
of general interest and to exclude sub
jects of a political nature.
Portland Men Are Officers.
The following are the officers of the
organization: D. R. Francis, St. Louis,
president; Fred V. Fleming, Kansas
City, Mo., chairman executive board;
Tom Richardson, Portland, Or., vice
chairman; E. R. Moses, Great Bend,
Kan., chairman advisory board; Theo
dore B. Wilcox, Portland, Or., chairman
Congressional committee; Arthur F.
Francis, secretary.
- Already 1$ Governors have accepted
- invitations to attend and address the
convention, including Governors, Cum
mins, of Iowa; Davis, Arkansas; Franz,
Oklahoma; Hoch, Kansas; Folk, Mis
souri; McDonald, Colorado, and Pardee,
California.
Secretary of State Ellhu Root also
has accepted an invitation to address J
the gathering, and many other public '
men of prominence are expected.
CHURCH IS NOT DIVIDED
Statement as to Origin of Cumber
land Presbyterians.
SEASIDE, Or.-. Aug. 5.-(To the Editor.)
In The Oregonian of July 28 appears an
editorial concerning the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church. In which it is re
ferred to as "the separate organization
that was set up by their leaders in the
heat of the dissension on the slavery
question."
This, together with previous statements
in The Oregonian of like purport, snows
you are misinformed concerning the ori
gin, hlstorv and DOsitlon of the Cumber
land Presbyterian Church. I think you
confuse it with the Southern Presbyte
rian Church, which did separate from the
main or Northern body, on account of the
issues of the Civil War. and which is
still a separate organization.
The Cumberland Presbyterian' Church
was organized in the year 1810, in the
"Cumberland country." as It was then
called, in Eastern Tennessee. The sepa
ration was on account of difference in
doctrinal views, and also because of dif
ferences as to methods and educational
reauirements for the work of evangenza
tion in the frontier settlements. The
Question of slavery was not in Issue, and,
In fact, at that date was hardly an issue
anywhere In the United States. The first
progress of the Cumberland cnurcn was
among the Scotch-Irish Bettlers of Ten
nessee and Kentucky, few of whom owned
slaves. It is claimed that a majority of
its members at any date were opposed to
slavery. However that may be. It is a
fact that the Cumberland PresDytenan
Church was among the very few which
did not divide over the issues of the war.
The organization was continued without
ruDture during the troublous war times.
and the annual meetings of the General
Assembly, as well as the location of the
church boards were north of the Ohio
River.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church
has now ended its course, having recently
merged with the Presbyterian Church.
The union has taken place because there
are now practically no differences in doc
trine, and for no other reason. It is
contended by a minority, who resist
union, that differences still exist, but
among the zealous advocates of union
are many from Alabama. Mississippi and
Texas, showing .the question was not sec
tional.
The object of this communication is to
correct the error that the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church separatea from Its
parent body and continued Its opposition
because of the slavery question. The
record of the achievements of this church
and its consistent course and high ideals
form some of the brightest pages of all
ecclesiastical history. O. M. SCOTT.
(The Oregonian cheerfully gives place
to the above state of the origin, progress
and ideals of the Cumberland Presbyte
rian Church. The writer of the editorial
note criticised by the correspondent came
from old "Cumberland" stock and re
members reverently many of the teach
ings and "Ideals" of the old church. Its
ecclesiastical dogmas and prejudices are
also among the unforgotten things that
a more enlightened age has outgrown.
That the Cumberland Church was horn
In' bitterness and nurtured In convulsion
is a matter of the ecclesiastical history
of the early years, and up to the middle
years of the past century. This bitter
ness, it is pleasant to believe, has been
dissipated by time, and has been sup
planted by a spirit of tolerance, If not
brotherly love. As stated by our corre
spondent, the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church has finished Its course. Having
passed Into history, it is well to remem
ber Its achievements In the moral vine
yards and honor its Ideals.)
MARINE DISASTER.
(Continued From Page 1.)
lsh singer Lola Mllanes was among the
drowned.
CLAIMS BOILERS EXPLODED
Captain of French Steamer Tells of
Wreck as He Saw It.
ALICANTH, Spain, Aug. 5. The captain
of the French steamer Marie Louise,
which has arrived here from Cartagena,
relates having witnessed the foundering
of the SIrio from a point close to that
vessel. He says he was remarking to his
mate on the dangerous course the SlrTb
was taking, when the Italian Bteamer,
going ahead at full speed, suddenly
stopped and her bow was seen to lift.
The Marie Louise changed her course
and went toward the Slrio. At this mo
ment there was heard a loud explosion,
as the boilers of the Sirio burst. Shortly
after this, dead bodies began to float by
the French steamer, and those on board
could hear the shrieks of the drowning'
people.
The Marie Louise launched a boat and
picked up 25 persons, who were sent to
Hormigas Island. In the meantime, the
steamer herself rescued 29 persons more
and brought them here.
CAPTAIX MAY BE ALIVE.
Official Report of Wreck Does Xot
Mention His Death.
LONDON, Aug. 6. The reports reaching
here of the loss of the Slrio show confu
sion regarding the captain. Some declare
that he committed suicide, while others
say that he and the crew were saved but
were arrested on landing. The official
account from Cartagena does not men
tion the captain except to repeat the re
port that the wreck was due to his im
prudence In venturing too close to the
Hormigas shoals in order to save time.
It Is said that the panic on board caused
more loss of life than the sea Itself.
Tho Largest Leaf in the World.
Dundee Advertiser.
The plant which has this most remark
able leaf Is named after Queen Victoria.
It was the tribute of a British traveler
in a far-away land when he discovered
the unusual growth. The leaf was more
than Ave feet in diameter, and round it
extended a rim about three to five Inches
high. When it first opens the flower is
white, with pink In the middle, which
spreads over the whole flower the more
it advances in age, and it is generally
found the next day of a pink color. As
if to enhance its beauty, it is sweet
scented: like others of the tribe, it pos
sesses a fleshy disk, and petals and sta
mens pass gradually Into each other, and
many petaloid leaves may be observed.
"We met them frequently afterward."
says an explorer, "and the higher we ad
vanced the more gigantic they became:
we measured a leaf, which was six feet
five Inches In diameter, its rim five and a
half Inches high, and the flower across
15 inches."
A Chines Gives the Decision.
Exchange.
A professor In a Western university one
day, while walking with a friend, became
involved in an argument as to which was
the handsomer . man of the two. They
agreed to leave the question to the deci
sion of a Chinese who was seen approach
ing them. The matter being laid before
him, the Oriental considered long and
carefully. Then he announced In a tone
of finality, "Both are worse."
BE
IfJ FULL CONTROL
Idaho Democrats to Deal
Gently With the Mor
mons as Such.
PLANK AGAINST POLYGAMY
Platform Will Also Declare for Re
'Enactment of Test Oath Law.
Southern Counties Are
Falling Into Line.
COEUR D'ALENE. Idaho, Aug. 6.
(Special.) From a careful canvass of the
situation here tonight, It appears that the
opposition to the Dubois programme is
fast fading away, and it is practically
conceded by Dubois' opponents that his
friends will dominate the Democratic
State Convention, which convenes here
tomorrow. Never In the history of Demo
cratic conventions of this state, where an
issue was at stake, has the slate been
fixed and the fight organized without
caucuses, and as yet not one delegation
or set of delegations has held a caucus.
Delegates gathered here are mixing
freely and the air seems to be pervaded
with enthusiasm which presages rapid
work when the convention is called to
order tomorrow.
Senator Dubois has opened headquarters
at the Idaho Hotel, and is receiving dele
gates frem all over the state, explaining
his position with reference to a platform.
It is thought that the platform on the
Mormon issue will contain a simple pre
amble pledging the passage of a bill
against polygamy, unlawful cohabitation
and adultery, and asking for the re-enact
ment of the Idaho test oath. There will
be no reference to Mormons as a church
and it is understood that the word "Mor
mon" will not appear in the platform.
Oneida Falls in Line.
D. L. Evans, who heads the Oneida
delegation, arrived here tonight. Ho
was a leader in the fight two years ago
on the Mormon side and vigorously op
posed Senator Dubois on every issue.
He stated tonight that he could find no
objection to placing in the platform the
re-enactment of the test oath, since it
was already a part of the Idaho con
stitution, as It could hurt no one who
was not guilty of violating the law. He
said that he would oppose adoption
of any resolutions which would tend to
disfranchise the Mormon voters, but
that if there appeared to be a strong
majority in favor of the Dubois pro
gramme that he would make no fight
in the convention.
He stated that In Oneida County a
large majority were in sympathy with
the Mormons and this element would
not support the Democratic ticket. He
stated, however, that personally he
would not oppose the ticket and that
his delegation was of the same mind.
This seems to remove from the fight
one of the strongest Mormon counties
in the state. ,
Slate for Judgeships.
- Today it developed that the Second
Judicial district would not favor an in
dorsement of Judge Steele lor the dis
trict bench. Instead, two candidates
have appeared in the persons of J. H.
Forney, of Moscow, and D. N. Need
ham, of Lewiston. C. H. Jackson, of
Boise, is prominently mentioned for
Attorney-General and J.. M. Bennett, of
Payette, for Secretary or state.
J. O. Bender, of Lewiston, R, M. Hat
tabaugh, of Grangeville, and G. W. Sup
piger. of Kendrick, are all mentioned as
possible nominees for Congress.
The convention will convene tomorrow at)
noon, instead of at 2 o'clock. In order to
accommodate the local reception commit-t
tee in its plans to entertain tho delegates
and their friends. The first work of the,
convention will be the naming of a tem-i
porary chairman, and this honor will fall
to Hon. Henry Heitfield, of Lewiston.
Various committees will be named, aften
which an adjournment will be taken till
8 o'clock In the evening.
From the convention hall the delegates
and their friends will be formed in Una
and parade to the dock landing, where,
they will board the steamer Idaho for at
trip to Harrison and return.
More Delays en Route.
Word was received from .Spokane to-)
night of the late arrival there of 75 dele-i
gates from Southern Idaho who cannot)
reach here till tomorrow morning. News
was also conveyed of the narrow escape,
of Judge Guy C. Barnum, of Lincoln
County, from being shot while en route
north. He was seated in a car on the,
train which" had Just passed Pendleton,
when a shot was fired by some unknowni
person, the bullet passing through one,
window of the car and out through an op-i
posite window, grazing the Judge's neckj
DETECTIVE RUNS GAUNTLET
Moscow Man's Thrilling Experience
AYith Union Miners at Butte.
MOSCOW, Idaho, Aug. 5. (Special.)
George T. Edmiston, of this city, met
with a rather thrilling experience while
in Butte recently. During the days of
the troubles in the Coeur d'Alene mining
district, and after the destruction of the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill by the
Miners' Union, Edmiston was employed
by the mine-owners to act as employing
agent. No miner could get employment
In any of the mines unless he first ob
tained a permit from Edmiston. The lat
ter knew all the radical element of the
union, called the "dynamiters," and re
fused to give them permits. As a result,
they could not get work In the Coeur
d'Alenes, and were gradually compelled
to go where they could find employment.
A law and order element soon took 'their
places.
Many of the oldtlmers went to Butte,
and when Edmiston was there recently
he was recognized at once. He soon dis
covered they were dogging his footsteps,
but, supposing him to be armed, they of
ferred no violence, but had him arrested.
At police headquarters he was searched
and detained two hours. As he carried
no arms, he was released, being taken
to a side door and told to run. Knowing
the character of the group of 40 or 60
men who were awaiting his exit from the
other side of the building, he made rapid
time for the station, where he arrived
just In time to catch a train for Poca
tello. Mr. Edmiston is supposed to be in the
employ of a Spokane detective agency,
and was probably in Butte on business
connected with the murder of ex-Governor
Steunenberg.
Northern Idaho Well Satisfied.
MOSCOW, Idaho, Aug. 5. The North
ern Idaho delegates to the Republican
State Convention have returned pretty
well satisfied with the work of the con
vention. While the northern' counties were
originally lined up against the proposi
tion to nominate a candidate for United
States Senator, when they got on the
ground and began to feel the strong
-sentiment for the proflOEitioa in other J
DUBOIS
WLL
parts of the state, they got in line and
helped to make it unanimous. It is the
general belief of Republicans that the
plan adopted has strengthened the party
and rescued it from a critical situation.
Borah's name on the ticket will be a
tower of strength for Idaho Republican
ism In this campaign.
Moscow Man for Congressman.
MOSCOW. Idaho. Aug. 6. (Special.)
Mayor V, llliam M. Morgan, of this city.
will 4e a candidate for Congressman be
fore tne Democratic State Convention,
which meets at Coeur d'Alene tomorrow.
Mr. Morgan is understood to be in har
mony with Senator Dubois on the Mor
mon question, and, as it is conceded that
Dubois will dominate the convention,
Morgan's nomination is probable.
MAN OF AUDACITY FAVORED
How Samuel Byerley Sold His Block
, of Panama Canal Bonds.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6. The combination
of audacity and business ability by which
Samuel Byerley, an express clerk, suc
cessfully bid in a large proportion of the
Panama Canal bond Issue promises to be
the foundation of his fortune. Not only
was he able to sell his option on the
bonds at a good cash profit, but by at
tracting the favorable notice of his em
ployers, he secured promotion several
steps up the ladder.
After It became known that Byerley
was not merely bidding for some one else
and all New York was talking of his
daring, two bankers were lunching to
gether. One of them was a member of
the firm of Fisk & Robinson and the
other of J. S. Bache & Co. Flsk & Rob
inson had been awarded the largest block
of the Panama bonds and the representa
tive of that firm remarked casually that
he would like to gather in that block of
bonds that Byerley had been awarded, as
his house would then be In a better posi
tion to market the Issue satisfactorily.
The other banker agreed that it would
be a good stroke of business, but was not
specially Interested.
However, when he returned to his office
he was Informed that Byerley had called
in hl9 absence and wished to see him.
"Why," said he, "'I would like to meet
that man. I believe I can sell his bonds
for him if we can only get hold of him
soon enough."' Byerley was Immediately
called to the bank, the price of his op
tion on the bonds ascertained and then
a few words passed over the telephone
between the two bankers and Byerley
had sold his bonds to Fisk & Robinson
at a handsome premium.
But this was not the end of his good
fortune, for the manager of the Ameri
can Express office called Byerley Into his
private office after hearing of his success,
Naturally the humble clerk expected a
rebuke and possibly dismissal, because
the large New York corporations are not
as a rule particularly pleased about hav
ing their employes engaged in private
undertakings of such magnitude. But
the express manager Is a man of broaa
sympathies and a keen appreciation of
alertness In his subordinates. He con
gratulated Byerley on his good judgment
in getting such a large allotment of the
bonds, because it is very difficult to form
an accurate judgment of the price at
which a particular bond will probably
sell and so put In a hid that will be suc
cessful. Following the congratulattlons,
the manager told Byerley that he was
evidently possessed of qualities that fitted
him for a higher position than the one
he had been filling with great satisfaction
to the company.
"You will hereafter be in the auditing
department of the office. A. position In
that department is now ready for you,
said the manager. "But before you en
ter upon your new duties, I think that
you deserve a good vacation, and I have
decided to give you one of two months."
With this accumulation of good news.
sufficient almost to leave him stunned, By
erley went to his family in the humble
apartment that it has occupied for years
and there was joy there that night. The
next day he booked passages for the fam
ily for a trip to Europe.
Only a few days ago he was so incon
spicuous as never to have been heard of.
Of late he has been one of the most-talked-of
men In New York. He has won
the respect of the whole banking com
munity on account of the cleverness with
which he bid. He didn't go at the mat
ter blindly, as might have been expected of
one wno had so little experience in mat
ters of this kind, but watched the com
ment in the papers and endeavored to
quietly get into contact with people who
would be likely to know about what the
bonds should sell at. As a result of this
investigation he Is said to have put in a
very low bid about July 1, because opinion
seemed to be that they would not go very
well on account of tight money condi
tions However, he decided later In July
that the price was going to be higher
than he had at first expected, and he put
in the second and successful bid. It Is
this careful study that has won him the
unstinted admiration of the bankers of
the city. Many and many a bond expert,
men with years of experience in the buy
ing and selling of bonds, went far wide
of the mark.
BANKS AS BOUDOIRS.
Women Depositors Make Them
selves Very Much at Home.
Duluth Herald.
Though women do strange things In
banks, it's in the waiting-rooms that the
most unusual occurrences take place.
Their eccentricities are more conspicuous
because they are supposed to be business
like when they have large acounts. and
the vanities that most of them possess
seem out of place.
According to a maid employed to assist
the women depositors in one of the larg
est New York City hanks where they
are especially accommodated, their pe
culiarities are decidely humorous.
Now, Intelligent and business like as
many of them are, you'd think that they
would carry purses or blllbooks in their
chatelaine bags," she said, "but no the
wealthiest of them put the rolls of bills
In their stockings for safe keeping, or in
a pocket made in their petticoats. Now,
Imagine a woman walking out of here
with two or three or even five thousand
dollars tucked carelessly in her hose, and
yet I have had them tell me repeatedly
that It's really safer than In a wallet
worn around their necks, while as to put
ting it in a purse, they would not con
sider it safe for a moment
"One woman cornea here regularly
every morning to deposit a certain sum
of money, which she carefully extracts
from her stocking. She is wealthy, and
lives up in the nineties, yet she walks
down town and back just to save the car
fare, for she tells me that by keeping
the pennies she will never know want. I
have often heard her say that people are
poor because they spend too much on
food, and so she eats but two meals a
day. Usually after she banks she is so
exhausted from the long walk that she
sits in a corner and sleeps for two or
three hours before tramping home.
Though a waiting-room in a bank
seems hardly a place for eating lunches,
yet many of them bring their midday
meal every time they come to either de
posit or draw money, and sit around eat
ing sandwiches and drinking cold tea.
coffee and milk. Instead of going to a
lunchroom. These are some of our mil
lionaire depositors, too, and women who
can afford to have luxuries at every
meal."
Denmark's Klnga for 384 years have all been
named Christian or Frederick. It Is the law
"Denmark that Christian must be succeeded
by Frederick and Frederick by Christian. To
attain tnla, every jjanusn xrince. no mauer
-whfi.t other names he may receive, always
.b-Aa Christian sad Frederick among them.
Headquar
ters for
Artistic
Picture
Framing by
Expert
Framers
Good Merchandise
The Best Monday Bargains
Hundreds More at End-of-Season Prices Now on Sale
Great August Sale of 3000 New White Shirtwaists
A year ago with a smaller offering of Shirtwaists, we astounded the trade and the public,
breaking all records of the business by the selling of almost ONE THOUSAND Waists in one
day. At that time nothing like it had ever been heard of. Never before were such desirable
waists sold for such ridiculously little prices.
" But TODAY we place on sale a remarkable purchase by our New York buyer of oyer 3000
new white lawn Shirtwaists at the most remarkable prices, considering the quality, ever made by
a Portland store. .
$3.00 Lingerie Waists for $1.69 $1.50 Peter Pan Waists for 95c
White Lawn Waists, made in exceptionally dainty
and beautiful styles;, trimmed with panels of in
sertion and embroidery, tucking, etc.; very sweet
and dainty waists for Sj51.69
$2.75 White Shirtwaists for $1.10
White Lawn Waists, actually selling at $2.75 and
$2.25; all beautifully embroidered; trimmed with
lace, pin tucking, etc. At the astounding bargain
price $1.10
That Great Clearance Sale of White Wash Belts
Every Wash Belt in the store goes into this sale, regardless of value or newness. The largest
assortment of Wash Belts in the city tucked, embroidered, lingerie, eyelet embroidery and
plain tailor-made, and the new Fritzi Scheff and Olga Nethersole Belts. Hundreds of exquisite de
signs in the embroidered Belts; pearl, gilt and silver buckles. The whole assortment is divided
into three lots: '
35c to 50c
Wash Belts
19c
Great He Gingham Sale
15c, 18c, 20c and 25c Values
A great purchase of 8000 yards the sea
son's, newest and daintiest Ginghams pur
chased at an enormous sacrifice from an over
loaded Eastern manufacturer. They will be
on sale today at the ridiculously low price
of a yard.
The lot comprises nearly every color and pattern.
Dainty checks, jacquard figures, solid colors, pin
checks, hair-line stripes, detached figures, cham
bray and madras effects, etc.
E
China and India May Combine
to Stamp It Out.
DRUG USERS UNDER BAN
Chinese Imperial Edict Will Con
demn Poppy Product if India
Will Consent to Gradual Re
duction of Its Export.
LONDON, Aug. 6. In a dispatch from
Fekln in which he discusses the opium
trade the correspondent of the Times ex
presses the belief that China will ask
India to consent to an annual reduction
In the import to China which would have
the effect of extinguishing the trade in
ten years.
As an evidence of good faith China
will issue an imperial edict condemning
the use of opium, forbidding the employ
ment In the government service of any
opium-eater, and ordering an annual re
duction In the cultivation of the native
poppy which will lead to the extinction
of this plant In ten years.
COMMISSIONERS ARE HOME
Chinese Imperial Representatives
Arrive at Tientsin.
TIENTSIN, Aug. 6. Imperial Chi
nese Commissioners Tuan and Tal, who
left China several months ago on a
visit to America and Europe for the
purpose of studying educational sys
tems, and industrial conditions of the
various countries with a view of
adopUng those suited to conditions in
China, arrived here this morning and
were the guests of Viceroy Yuan. They
will probably leave for Pekin Tues
day. A Japanese cruising squadron has
arrived off Taku Bar.
STILL LOVES HIS COUNTRY
John D. Rockefeller Teaches Patriot
ism to Sunday School Classes.
CLEVELAND, O.. Aug. 5. (Special.)
"Love thy country," was the text of
John D. Rockefeller's speech to the
Euclid-avenue Baptist Sunday-school
class this evening. The oil king Is
superintendent of Sunday-school and
this Is his first appearance this year.
He shook hands with all present. The
Government prosecution of the Stand
ard OH Company evidently has not
cooled Rockefeller's love for his coun
try. Trying to Cnre Drunkenness.
Health Culture.
A novel method is that adopted In Nor
way for turning a drunkard from the
error of his way. The patient Is placed
under lock and key, and is fed at fre
quent Intervals on bread saturated with
port wine. For the first day this is no
doubt palatable fare; on the second it
begins to pall, and fallB to tempt the ap
petite; on the third aay the prisoner
turns from it with obvious distaste. But
he must eithe eat or starve; and be
fore the eighth day sets him free he has
acquired such loathing for Intoxicants
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that he more often than not spends the
rest of his days as a rabid teetotaler.
GREAT FUTURE FOR SPIRIT
Field Open to Denaturized Alcohol
Hot 1'et Filled.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. In view of
the recent law of Congress permitting
the use of alcohol in the arts and in
dustries free of tax, the Bureau of
Manufactures of the Department of
Commerce and Labor has collected a
number of reports of United States
Consulates in the denaturlzlng pro
cesses, from which it appears that a
similar law is in operation in Italy,
France, Germany, Cuba, Belgium and
other countries. Of particular Interest
is the report of Consul-General Robert
P. Skinner, of Marseilles, who says
that the last word In regard to the
industrial uses of alcohol has not yet
been said nor does he anticipate that
any expectations in regard to the gen
eral practicability as a motive force
are going to be at once realized.
So Imperfect does the French gov
ernment regard the methods now In
use for rendering alcohol unfit for
consumption or of utilizing it as an 11
luminant, that prizes have been offered
to the person offering the most advan
tageous ideas on the subject. Neverthe
less the report In the aggregate rec
ognize the possibilities of denaturized
alcohol based on trials already given it
abroad.
MRS. MAYBRICK RETURNS
Her Health Is Much Improved by
Three Months' Visit Abroad.
NEW YORK Aug. 6. Mrs. Florence
Maybrlck, looking much Improved In
health, and under the assumed name of
"Mme. F. Cheney," arrived incognito to
night on the French liner La Gascogne.
She declined to tell of her plans. Mrs.
Maybrlck has been abroad for three
months.
Mayor Moore Recovering.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 6. The con-l
dltion of Mayor W. H. Moore, of Seattle,;
who is confined In the California Hospi-f
tal, suffering from an abscess on the,
ear, was reported tonight as slightly im-i
proved. The doctors now hope that;
Judge Moore will, escape an operation J
but they cannot tell how much longer he)
will have to remain in the hospital. It
complications do not arise, they say his,
Improvement will be steady. i
Commerce Outstrips Population.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. (Special.)
The foreign commerce of the United
States haa grown more rapidly during
the last decade than its population. Com
pleted figures for the fiscal year 1906 Just
presented show that while the population
has grown since 1896 but 20 per cent, im
ports have grown 57 per cent, and ex
ports 109 per cent.
Egypt's Prospects Are Brighter.
Consular Reports.
The progress of Egypt's commercial
development in the last 20 years has
been most marked. The cotton crop
alone In that time ha3 more . than
doubled. In spite of the large reductions
of taxation the revenue last year was
the largest ever collected In one year.
The great wealth of Egypt lies in her
agricultural resources cotton, oil,
seeds, sugar and other crops. These, in
turn, depend upon the Nile flood. "With
the Nile regulated and under control
by the Immense system of reservoirs
and dams, with a fellaheen freed from
excessive taxation, and . with a net
work of light railways, 'rendering the
produce of the country accessible to
foreign markets, the prospect of Egypt
is placed on a more solid basis than in I
the past.
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White Lawn Waists, with embroidered fronts and
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Wash Belts
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SLAIN BY ROBBERS
Two Teamsters Beaten
Tonopah Stable.
in
SUSPECT UNDER ARREST
Stuart Burney and John Keman
Victims of Fiendish Crime in ,
Nevada Gold Fields Their
Pockets Were Rifled.
TONOPAH, Nev., Aug. 5.-Stuart Bur
ney, a prosperous teamster, was last
night killed In the corral at the Headlight
stable near the depot, and John Keman,
another teamster, was fatally beaten by
robbers. Both men were attacked with a
gas pipe. Robbery was the motive as
Burney always carried several hundred
dollars with him.
Burney arrived from Manhattan last
night, carrying as passengers Leo Swart
and Lowney Bennett. Swart slept in the
wagon under which Burney was killed.
He -was arrested today, but declares he
knows nothing. Burney's clothes were
stripped from his body and were found
some distance from the track with the
pockets rifled. Keman's skull is frac
tured.
The authorities have wired to Carson
and Hawthorne to apprehend Bennett.
Parisians to Fight a Duel.
PARIS, Aug. S. It is probable that
a duel will be fought tomorrow after
noon by General Andre. ex-Minister of
War. and General Denelder, In conse
quence of statements In General An
dre's memoirs concerning General De
nelder, which the latter has declared
to be untrue. The arrangements for
the duel have not yet been concluded.
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