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1 A A A ( A .A .A A . JTsJO M VOL. XLVI.-XO. 14,258. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DRIVEN TO HILLS BYTHETEMDLOHS Valparaiso Refugees Sleep on Ground. FOOD SUPPLY RUNNING SHORT Government Relief Restricted by Destroyed Railroads. LIFE LOSS MAY BE LESS J"lrt Shock Brought Weeping and Terrified People to Streets, and Second Shake Tore Down the Buildings. REFCGKES BRrVG REPORTS. BANTIAQO, Chile. Au. 20. Five hundred persons are dead at Val paraiso as a result of the earthquake shocks according to the latest advices based on the reports of refugees who reached this city this morning. The monetary loss at Valparaiso runs Into the millions. Six or eight other oltles have been destroyed. Th' railroad, street railway, telegraph and telephone systems are thoroughly de moralized. The known dead In this city num ber 20. Madame Mont, -wife of Ad miral Mont, who was reported killed, Is alive, but seriously Injured. It Is expected that the street rail way and lighting systems In this clty will be restored today. There continues confusion of statements as to the magnitude of the disaster at Valparaiso caused by the earthquake shocks which began Thursday, August 16, and continued at frequent Intervals throughout that and the nexj two days. Dispatches from Valparaiso to the Asso ciated Press received last evening state that a moderate estimate of the fatalities Is 20O0 anu that the property loss ma v be as high as 2,V.000.000. which latter is as great as the loss sustained by San Fran cisco In consequence of the earthquake and fire which devastated that city last April. A refugee who has arrived at Santiago places the known dead at 100 and other messages Indicate that the first reports of damage and casualties were greatly exaggerated. Dispatches to the State Department at Washington place the fatalities at about COO. These conflicting statements cannot at this time be adjusted, it Is evident that even yet confusion and panic pre vail at Valparaiso and until order is re stored It will be impossible to ascertain with accuracy the loss of life and prop erty. The dwellings In the city have been practically abandoned by the inhabitants, who are existing as best they can In the plazas and streets of the city and the hills adjacent to it, without shelter from storm and sun, and famine confronting them. Food Is already scarce and high, water for drinking purpose is lacking and disease is feared. The government is doing . all it can to bring In relief. .The crippling of the rail roads into Valparaiso constitutes a se rious factor in the situation, as for an indefinite period relief supplies can only be ordered through other means of trans portation, the seaboard affording the best of these. At Santiago many of the best public and private buildings were wrecked. The loss of life there is augmented by the panic which seized the people, many of whom threw themselves from balconies of their homes. The destructive force of the earthquake was experienced over ajarge extent of the country, many towns sus taining serious daamge. FIRST PANIC IS SUBSIDING Condition of Valparaiso Survivors Is Much Improved. LIMA, Peru, Aug. 19. The latest ad Vices received here from Valparaiso say that the panicky condition of the people is ameliorating. Great damage was done in the Almendral quarter, the principal section of the city, and in Victoria street few buildings except the mansion are standing. Advces from Santiago say there was a tremendous earthquake there, which did considerable damage. Fires followed the shock. There were few victims. The funds collected in Chile for festivities In connection with the Inauguration of President-elect Montt will be distributed among the sufferers from the earthquake. PROPERTY" LOSS IS IX MILLIONS Death Roll at Valparaiso May Reach Two Thousand. VALPARAISO, Chile, Aug. 19. At 7:52 o'clock last Thursday evening Valparaiso experienced an earthquake of great se verity, and during that night 82 shocks were felt. Most of the buildings of the city are either burned or damaged. The loss will be enormous, probably reaching 0,000.000. -Two thousand persons killed is considered to be a fair estimate of the casualties. Vena del Mar. three miles from Valpa raiso and having a population of over 10.000; Qulrlhu, 225 miles to the south ward, with a population of 25,000; Santa Limaehe,' 15 miles to the northwest, with a population of 6500; QuiUota, 25 miles to the northwest, with a population of 10. 000, and villages all around were de stroyed. Most of the damage was due to fire, which started Immediately after the first shock. The whole population Is sleeping in the hills, the parka or the streets. Food is very scarce. Milk costs two Chilean dol lars, and It Is almost impossible to ob tain meat, even at high prices. The railways are all destroyed. Rain, which began to fall immediately after the first shock, stopped an hour aft erward. The nights are very cold and windy; the people sleeping in the open are suffering greatly. The captain of a steamship which ar rived from San Francisco says the situa tion here is worse than that following the disaster at San Francises. FLAMES SOON" LIGHT THE RUINS Second Shock Most Severe, and Brought Buildings Tumbling. SANTIAGO, Chile, Aug. 19. The latest news brought In here by refugees from Valparaiso contradicts some of the first exaggerated statements from there, but shows, however, that the catastrophe was unusually severe. Senor Groz, one of the refugees, relates that the first shock in Valparaiso was very prolonged and threw the entire city into Indescribable panic. People crowded the streets and squares crying and lamenting. The first shock also threw down a num ber of buildings. The second shock was more severe and resulted In the crum bling of most of the buildings in the Al mendral quarter. Immediately -after the second shock the entire city was plunged into terrifying darkness. This, however, did not last long, for the scene of destruction was soon lit up by the fires that broke out In this quarter. The light from the flames, Senor Groz continues, was a wel come relief to the people. The popula tion was In a state of terror, many be lieving that the end of the world had come. ' Among the buildings destroyed were the Victoria Theater, the Bella Vista Rail road station and the Club de Septembra. Most of the severe damage was done on the lower ground, reclaimed from the sea. The Church of the Bsplrltu Santo and the Church of Lamarced, as well as a large part of the buildings on Victoria street, were destroyed. Masses of ma terial blocked the streets. The known dead do not exceed 100, ac cording to the best estimates. Among those dead is the wife of Admiral Montt. The hllllfl surrounding Valparaiso suf fered but slightly. More than 60,000 per sons have taken refuge there. That portion of the city where are the Custom-House and the City Hall was not seriously damaged. A large majority of the houses are not fit for habitation. The storehouses of the Custom-House are al most totally dostroyed. - The water pipes of the city were broken and the water poured through the streets. There Is even lack of water for drinking purposes. Provisions are lacking and hunger la beginning to make itself felt. The government has ordered Its war ships stationed at Talcahuano to bring at once to Valparaiso the most-needed ne cessities of life. The people of Valparaiso are utterly exhausted. They are await ing the re-establishment of the railway service to leave the city. ESTIMATES DEATHS AT 500 Minister Hicks Says There Is Uni versal Mourning In Chile. WASHINGTON. Augv 19. Official ad vices reached the State Department to day regarding the Valparaiso earthquake, but they gave Information similar to that already contained In press dispatches un der today's date. United States Minister Hicks at Santiago cabled that 600 deaths were reported at Valparaiso, and that immense destruction has been caused by Are, and that many towns have been wiped out. He added that there is uni versal mourning. He said It was report ed that at Santiago there were 90 deaths and much destruction of property. The State Department also announced that Minister Hicks, "under date of the ISth, reports that on the ISth there was a frightful earthquake, with loss of life, many buildings being destroyed, and that shocks . continued until the date of this telegram; that the legation was safe; that the houses in the towns were de serted, and thousands of people had slept in the plazas and parks." THOUSANDS WITHOUT HOMES Valparaiso Has Suffered 400 Shocks, and Is Still Trembling. LONDON, Aug. 19. In a cable from Valparaiso without a date, the corre spondent of the Dally Mall says: Sixty per cent of this city has been completely destroyed. The death roll is very heavy. There were 82 shocks dur ing Thursday' night, and there have been S00 more since then. The tremors still continue. One hundred thousand people are home less and destitute. Water ts giving out. Surrounding towns have been destroyed and the railroad has been cut. EARTH TREMORS LESSENING Later Reports Indicate That Com paratively Few Were Killed. SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Saturday, Aug. IS. (Noon.) Faint shocks of earthquake continue. (There was a shock of medium violence Friday night. It Is impossible to give accurate details, but about 30 persons were killed in San tiago and 100 were Injured. There were no English subjects among these. Fifty persons were killed at Valpa raiso. There will be enormous destruc tion of property both here and at Val paraiso and in the districts in which both cities are situated. There still Is no telegraphic communication with Valparaiso. Sympathy of Frencli Government. PARIS, Aug. 19. The French govern ment has expressed Its sympathy to the Chilean legation in connection with the earthquake disaster. NEGROES DEMAND FULL EQUALITY Niagara Movement Issues Ad dress to the Nation From Harper's Ferry. WANT TO BE ABSORBED Foreigners, They Say, by the Million Have Become Integral Part of Political Life, and Why Not the Blacks? DEMAXDS OF THE ADDRESS. First The rlftht to vote without re striction. Second No discrimination In trav eling on railway and street-cars. Third RlRht to association with free men without regard to color. Fourth Equality before the law. Enforcement of the provisions of the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution. Fifth Illiteracy to be wiped out In the South, and colored children to be educated for higher work than that of servants. HARPER'S FERRY, W. Va., Aug. 19. The second annual meeting of the Niag ara movement came to a close today with religious exercises and a sermon by Rev. G. F. Miller. At the conclusion of the sermon an address to the country was read. It says in part: "The men of the Niagara movement, coming from the toll of years of hard work and pausing a moment from the earning of their dally bread, turn toward the Nation and again ask In the name of 10,000.000 the privilege of a bearing. In the past year the work of the negro has flourished in the land. Stripped of subterfuge and In Its naked nastiness the new American creed" says: Fear to let black men even try to rise lest they bscome the equals of the white. In de tail our demands are clear and un equivocal. Freedom of the Ballot. "First We would vote; with the right to vote goes everything freedom, man hood, the honor of your wives, the chas tity of your daughters, and the-right" to work and the chance to rise, and let no man listen to the liars who deny this. We want full manhood suffrage, and we want it now, henceforth and foiever. "Second We want discrimination In public accommodations to cease. Sepa ration in railway and street cars, based simply on race and color, ,1s un-American, undemocratic and silly. We protest against all such discrimination. Third We claim the right of free men to walk, talk and be with them that wish to be with us. No man has a right to choose another man's friends, and to attempt to do so Is an Impudent inter ference with the most fundamental hu man privilege. Justice for the Blacks. "Fourth We want the laws enforced against the rich as well as the poor, against capitalist as well as laborer; against white as well as against black. We are not more lawless than the white race, but we are more often arrested, convicted and mobbed. We want Justice even for criminals and outlaws. We want the Constitution of the country enforced. We want Congress to take charge of Congressional elections. We want the fourteenth amendment carried out to the letter and every state disfranchised in Congress which attempts to disfranchise its rightful voters. We want the fif teenth amendment indorsed and no stata allowed to base its franchise simply on color. "The failure of the Republican Con gress at the session Just closed to re deem its pledge of 1904, with reference to suffrage conditions in the South, seems a plain, deliberate and premediated breach of promise, and stamps that par ty as guilty of obtaining votes under false pretenses. Education for the Children. "Fifth We want the National Govern ment to wipe out illiteracy In the South. We want our children trained as Intelli gent human beings should be, and we will fight for all time against any pro posal to educate black boys and girls simply as servants and underlings, or simply for the use of other people. "These are some of the chief things which we want. How shall we get them? By voting where we may vote, by per sistent, unceasing agitation, by hammer ing at the truth, by sacrifice and work. We do not believe in violence, but we do believe in John Brown, and here on the seene of John Brown's martyrdom we reconsecrate ourselves, our honor, our property to the final emancipation of the race which .John Brown died to make free." The address closes with an appeal to the young men and women of the Na tion and asks: "Cannot the Nation that has absorbed 10,000,000 foreigners into Its political life without catastrophe absorb 10,000,000 negro Americans Into that same political life at less cost than their unjust and illegal exclusion will Involve?" PLANNING NEW UPRISING Guatemala "Patriots" Will Soon Sleet in X'ew York. MEXICO CITY. Aug.. 19.-Leaders of the late revolution in Guatemala will meet in New York City some time next month, where it is believed they will dis close their plans for a new uprising, which Is expected to take place within a EVENTS OF COMING WEEK American Tennis Championship. The American tennis championship will be settled this week on the courts at Newport, R. I. In the dou bles, winners of the earlier tourna ments held at Chicago and Long wood will fight it out between them selves and the winning team will meet Holcombe Ward and Beals C. Wright, the present holders of the title. The championship match prob ably will be called Wednesday. The singles tournament will be played on August 21, and following days and the winner will meet Beals C. Wright, the present champion, for the title. Grand Circuit Swings to Readvlllo. New England will be the center of Interest for followers of the light har ness horses the coming week, the grand circuit meeting moving from Poughkeepsle to Readvllle, Mass. National Roque Association. The tournament of the National Roque Association will be held at Norwich, Conn., beginning Monday. Three roll (leal Conventions. Three big political conventions will take place during the week. Two will be held Tuewday, the Republican state convention at Springfield, 111., and the Democratic state convention at Co lumbus, O. The Republicans of Ten nessee will hold their state conven tion at Chattanooga Wednesday. British Medical Conrentlon. The meeting of the British Medical Association will be held at Toronto, August 21-22. Addresses will be de livered by Sir Victor Horstey, of London; by Sir James Barr, of Liv erpool, and by Dr. W. 6. A. Griffith, of London.' It Is estimated that 300 British medical men will attend the session. Convention of German Catholics. At Essen, Prussia, the 53d annual convention of Catholics of Germany is to be held August 19 to 23. Al phonse G. Koelbe, who is the dele gate of the American Federation of Catholic Societies to the conference, will also represent the Roman Cath olic Central Verein. the organization of German Catholics In the Cnited States. Mr. Koelbe Is the first dele gate to represent American organiza tions at the convention. year. General Barillas Is now In San Francisco. General Castillo la In Hondu ras, General Toledo is In Nicaragua, and Colonel Plnedo Is in New Orleans. Well-informed people in Central Amer ica predict that another and much beter prepared revolution with the object of overturning the Cabrera administration In Guatemala is certain. They deny that there is any real satisfaction In . Guate mala among the people because of the restoration of peace and assert that Ca brera wag saved only by the Intervention of the United States and Mexico, which Intervention was largely due to a wish to prevent war between Salvador and Guatemala, while tho Pan-American Con gress was In session at Rio de Janeiro. . The revolutionists believe that thoir chances will be better on the second at tempt, and that they will have plenty of arms and ammunition. Bl'l AFTER DAY'S SCALP CAPTAIN CHARGES DETECTIVE WITH XEGLECT OF DUTY. Old-Time Sleuth Accused of Ignor ing Rules of Department and Orders of Superiors. Grave charges against Joe Day, one of the oldest detectives on the Portland po lice force, alleging gross neglect of duty and failure to report to his superior, will be preferred before the Police Com mission today. The charges will be made by Captain and Inspector Bruin, with the knowledge and consent of Acting Chief Grltzmacher. It Is alleged that Day holds In con tempt the rules of the department which require that detectives shall report on in the morning -and then keep In hourly touch with the captain. He also has re fused, with rare exceptions, it is charged, to make written reports regarding work on which he is engaged. A full record of cases on which Day has been engaged, and his method of con ducting them will accompany the charges. All the officers acknowledge that Day's long service in the department has given him large Information about the crimi nals of the Pacific Coast, but at the same time admit It is no small task to make Joe Day "hustle" and use his knowledge to the department's advantage. Day's long service on the force had also undoubtedly much to do with making him so independent that he Ignored all orders from the department. Joe Day's record as a detective is a serio-comic tale which might well be entitled "Criminals I have caught and let get away." Tnere have been but few escapades or scandals connected with the Portland police department in which this veteran sleuth has not had a hand. Several years ago he shot and fatally wounded a harmless man who Insisted on seeing his wife before be ing taken to the station. Once again last year while working with his partner. Carpenter, Day drew a gun and shot a man who had stolen a sack. With three companions Day surrounded the Holladay House sev eral years ago to atch some hold-up men. The tale of the manner in which the criminals escaped Is still familiar to all. So bndly bungled was the whole job that the suspects not only got away, but even succeeded In dodging a load from a shotgun fired point blank by one of the officers. Day went on the force as a detec tive during the regime of Mayor Ma son. It is said that nt that time he was a poor man. Today he is rated as worth $50,000 and during all this time he has been engaged in no occupation outside of that which came to him in the ca pacity of a police officer. Axtell, Trotting Stallion, Is Dead. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Aug. 19. Axtell. the stallion that in ISM) made the world's trotting record, died at the Warren Park stock farm, near here, today of spasmodic colic. PLOT . AGAINST : LIFE OF Prominent Mem&ers of Liberal Party in Cuba Have Been Arrested. ONE SUSPECT ESCAPES Attempt to Overthrow the Govern ment Is Discovered in Time by President of Hie Island Republic. HAVANA, Aug. 19. Half a dozen high ly prominent leaders of the Liberal party have been taken Into custody on the charge of conspiracy against the govern ment and plotting to assassinate Presi dent Palma. The events of today have shown that the government was fully aroused to the necessity of putting down not only the open outlawry In Western Cuba, but also of capturing and confining the alleged leaders of this movement, who were strongly suspected of plotting the assas sination of the President and overthrow ing the present government by force. To that end the six members of the Liberal party were arrested. The men arrested here are: General Carlos Garcia Velez and his brother, Kausto, ex-Cuban Consul at Bremen; ex Senator Monteaguedo, Colonel Manuel Pledra, Chief of Police In the House of Representatives. and General Enrique Loyanez del Castillo, a former Congress man from Puerto Principe Province. These men are charged with conspiracy. Colored Orator's Arrest Ordered. Telegrams were sent to Santiago direct ing the arrest of Juan Gualberto Gomez, of Havana, known as the colored orator, and one of the most Influential of the Liberal leaders. Gomez has been cam paigning lately throughout Santiago Prov ince against the government. The police of Santiago also were ordered to arrest Demetric Castillo. Gomez and Castillo are charged- with Inciting to outlawry and revolution. The Havana arrests were made by the city police, on charges preferred by the chief of the government secret service. General Enrique Loyanez del Castillo managed to make his escape. Colonel Manuel Piedra Is the same man who endeavored to start a revolution In 1905. He was captured, but subsequently pardoned, and, singularly enough, re mained In the employ of the government as Chief of Police in the house. General Enrique Loyanez del Castillo Is a Radical, and on various occasions has been a disturbing element In politics. Details of Conspiracy Xot Clear. The details of this alleged conspiracy are not yet clear. The officials assert they have sufficient evidence to secure convictions. Dispatches from Santiago say that two arrests there were accomplished this af- CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TESTER DAY'S Maximum temperature, 82 deg. ; minimum, 53. TODAY'S Fair. Northwesterly winds. Earthquake la Chile. Inhabitants of the wrecked and burned Val paraiso are camped In the hills. Fane 1. Much property Is destroyed, but no definite returns are made on the dead. Page 1. Santiago Is badly shattered by the Quake. Page 2. Destruction of other cities and towns is partly confirmed. Page 2. Domestic. Negroes In Niagara Movement issue an ad dress to the country. I'age 1. Fast frrlght runs down work train on Pennsylvania road, near Johnstown. Page 3. Many deaths of bathers are reported In New York City. Page 3. Cities and towns In the vicinity of PlttB- burg. Pa., visited by very heavy rainfall. Page 3. Michael Dwyer. horseman, dies at cottage in Brooklyn. Page 2. Lewis Morris, soldier and veteran actor, suc cumbs to an operation. Page 2. Political. Cannon's Presidential boom has failed to set the East ablaze. Page 1. Iowa stand-patters propose to knife the en tire Republican ticket. Page 3. Rivalry of Hearst and Jerome for Governor ship of New York. Page 3. Foreign. Prominent leaders of Liberal party In Ha vana accused of plot to assassinate Presi dent Palma. Page 1. Czar Intimates Intention to stamp out re volt In Poland. Page 3. Twiflc Coast. Oregon guardsmen highly complimented for appearance In grand review at American Lake. Page 4. Grading on Drain-Coos Bay Railroad begins today at Drain. Page 12. San Francisco Carmen's I'nion makes re quest for higher pay and shorter hours. Page 5. Stackpole found guilty at Los Angeles of murder of mistress' husband. Page 3. Tillamook County fair to be held August 23. 24 and 25. Page 4. Two boys are killed In explosion of powder houe near Yreka. Cal. Page 3. Sport. Portland beats Oakland 4 to 3 In first game of doubte-header; second ends a 4-to-4 tie In ninth Innlnt,". Page 9. Fire under grandstand threatens lives of spectators a'. unuay ball game. Page 9. Portland and Vicinity. Da Id A. Smith killed while trying to board n;ov!ug car at The Oaks. Page 1. Captain Bruin to file charges of neglect of duty against Joe Day. Page 1. Eclipse falls to materialize, disappointing many sun-gazera. Page 12. Battle royal in land frauds opens today. Blue Mountain reserve case on trla.1. Page . Elder Fnyder says Peventh-Day Adventists merely defend constitution; answers Dr. Wilson. Page 7. Dr. Wilson picks flaws In scheme of So cialists. I'age S. Idaho miners say Thunder Mountain is virtually deserted; boom utterly col lapsed. Page 12. George L Baker returns from East; an nounces plans for reopening of Baker Theater. Page 8. PALMA ternoon without excitement and without resistance?. It Is reported here that the rebels in the Province of Pinar del Rio have re ceived reinforcements In the remoter dis tricts. Leading veterans are assembling volunteers to attack and disperse all rebel bands. The rebels hold that the govern ment has been most unjust In the matter of elections and appointments and that the government has not carried out Its promises of public Improvements, etc The rebels In the remoter districts are said to be well armed and probably well sup plied with ammunition. Troops May Be Sent. Troops are being held in readiness to be transported to Pinar del Rio. and the western railroad has been notified that a train for nils purpose may be requisi tioned at any moment. In t view of the rumors and evidences of plots, the gov ernment is loath to send the Havana troops away. The entire force of rural guards numbers 3X)0, 600 of whom are scattered through Pinar del Rio Province. A law doubling the size of the rural guards almost passed Congress at the last session. It was not acted upon by the Senate. , President Palma will sleep in the pal ace tonight. The five men arrested here deny all knowledge of why they have been ar rested, iiiey declare they are (mply the victims of persecution. The ponce lieutenant who allowed Gen eral del Castillo to escape has been ar rested. The revolutionists iu Pinar del Rio Province number at least 200, and prob ably more. Some ammunition and three prisoners already have been captured. Kncounter With Rebels. General Rodriguez, commander of the rural guard, at the conclusion of a con ference Palma, held at a late hour to night, said to the Associated Press: "I regret to say our troops were obliged to fight reikis again today. None of the rural guards have been wounded as far as we know. We are not aware what the other side suffered. They were scattered. There were two encounters. One took place at. Punta Gorda and the other at San Juan de Martinez." CAR KILLS IN AT OAKS D. A. SMITH IOSES LIFE IN AT TEMPTING TO BOARD TRAIN. Fnder Influence of Liquor, He Loses Grip on Railing, and Head Is Crushed by Wheels. "Kid, I am going to hop on this ear watch me." Daviil A. Smith, about 23 year of age, laughingly remarked to a bystand er at The Onks last night and a moment later he lay dead, his skull terribly fractured. From letters upon his per son It Is believed that he was a machin ist by tradd and that he Is late of Min neapolis. The .accident occurred at 11:20 o'clock. Smith was slightly under the influ ence of llq,uor and when he attempted to board the moving car, tie had a cane In his hand and this caused him to lose his hold, and falling his head either struck the wheels or the edge of the front of the trailer. Death was Instan taneous. The right side of the back of the skull was crushed In and brains were scattered along the car tracks. The accident was seen by dozens of persons who were waiting for the cars. Deputy Coroner Flnley took charge of the body. A peculiar circumstance In connec tion with the accident Is that a young man who had spent the night with Smith nt The Oaks disappeared as soon as he saw his companion fall. "I ordered Smith and his companion out of the grounds two different times," said T. E. Hammersley, who has charge of the officers at The Oaks. "They had both been drinking." Letters and cards In the pockets of the dead man were addressed to David A. Smith, 110 Twelfth avenue south, Seattle. The letters were from friends In Minne apolis, and he carried a card of the Mis sissippi Disability Association of Minne apolis. There was also a letter of rec ommendation from the American Type founders Company, of Portland. DR. STRONG WILL NOT WED Says He Is Coming to Portland for a Year In Church Pulpit. CHICAGO. Aug. 19. (Special.) Rev. Sydney Strong positively will resign the pastorate of the Second Congregational Church of Oak Park, and Just as posi tively will not marry Mrs. C. A. McFad den. The resignation of the pastor will be placed before tne board of deacons and trustees next Wednesday, and It will be accepted. Announcement of the resignation and of the final breaking of the engagement with Mrs. McFadden were made by the pastor himself. Outlining his future plans, Dr. Strong said he is to go to Portland, where an old acquaintance has offered him a pulpit for a year, at least.. He said that the clergyman in question had married an heiress, and that the couple were to travel for 12 months. YELLOW FEVER CASE FOUND Louisiana State Board of Health Acts Very Promptly. NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 19. The follow ing notice was sent out by President C. H. Iron, of the State Board of Health, this afternoon; "One case of yellow fever at New Ibe ria. 125 miles from New Orleans. Am leaving tonight to take personal charge of situation. ' Dr. Iron left tonight, accompanied by Medical Inspectois Brady and Mayor. The patient is a mulatto boy living in an Isolated Dart of the town. There is so far nothing to show how tha Infection originated. Mr.- Brady will be specially detailed to trace the Infection. EAST NOT ROUSED BY CANNON BDOiVI Ardent Admirers Are Disappointed. TOO EARLY IN THE GAME Politically Wise Speaker Has Warned His Neighbors. SHAW PUT ON SIDE TRACK Fairbanks; Is Much Perturbed by th Strong Movement in His Home State Toward the Illi nois Veteran. "WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. (Special.)) The Cannon Presidential boom, which was launched with such unanimity in "Uncle Joe's" homo district, has not set the Eastern States ablaze. "Uncle Joe" himself, old politician that he is, evidently anticipated the Impossibility of arousing a wild wave of enthusiasm for anybody's bonm In the Republican camp two years ahead of the National convention, with conditions now pre vailing. His great foresight, It Is be lieved here, was what led him to cau tion his well-wishing and exuberant neighbors to go slow. Everybody recognizes the fact that "going off half-cooked" is not one of the Speaker's failings. There are ar dent admirers of the Speaker who real ly want him nominated for President In 1908. and there is a well-defined Cannon movement systematically or ganized throughout the country. Hoped for Sympathetic Echo. The enthusiasts In the movement, moreover, hoped that the formal In auguration of his boom would meet a somewhat different reception. They dreamed of a possibility, which the candidate himself did not seem to re gard as a possibility, that the echoes of the Danville convention would be a demand for "Uncle Joe," akin to that of the Democracy which apparently has made the nomination of Bryun two years hence a mere formality. The politicians and molders of party thought, however, in the main, have taken the Speaker at his word, nnd re gard the problems of 1906 sufficient unto the day and those of 1908 as tou remote to excite over-heating enthusi asm. Held in High Kstcem. Pretty much everybody speaks kind ly of Mr. Cannon and rejoices In the fact that he holds tho esteem and con fidence of his constituents of such high degree. But aside from the few lead ers of the real Cannon movement, pret ty much all maintain a reserve In be stowing their kindly feeling that does not commit them to anything so seri ous as promised support. In many quarters the indorsement of Speaker Cannon for the Presidency at this time Is regarded merely as the means of paying a compliment to the rugged character of the veteran In tna heyday of the glory that Is beyond ex pression in any more practical way. Many "Ifs" that may or may not make him an actual candidate In 1908 are In dulged in. ! Tariff Affairs Have Influence. The vicissitudes of tariff affairs ar pointed to as likely to have an Influ ence In selecting National standard bearers two years hence. The age question gives rise to doubts. Alto gether, it Is somewhat disappointing to the inner Cannon circle that it has riot been able to start a public senti ment such as brought McKinley to the front long before he was nominated for President the' first time. One thing, however, the Cannon boom has done which causes consider able amused comment, is the side tracking of Secretary of the Treasury Shaw as the bona fide, blown-ln-the-bottle, see-that-the-name-is - on - every WTapper, and accept-no-other "stand pat" candidate. The suave Speaker has completed the Job started by the recent Iowa state convention, as far as Secre tary Shaw Is concerned. Fairbanks Feels Vncomfortable. "Uncle Joe" turned his eyes away from Iowa and looked eastward to Hooslerdom for his tariff idea, and henceforth the "Indiana Idea" of his adoption Is regarded as likely to stand, for the standpatism with which the Secretary of the Treasury sought to knock out the "Iowa Idea" of revision ist construction. "Uncle Joe," moreover, is credited with something as shrewd as putting Secretary Shaw out of commission en tirely in taking up the Indiana idea, however platitudinous that idea "may be regarded among some people. In diana Is a state where the Cannon movement Is strongest at the present time, much to the discomtlture of Vice President Fairbanks. Japanese Cadet Dies at Annapolis. ANNAPOLIS, Aug. 19. Midshipman Klnero Matsukata, aged 19, of Toklo, died at tile Naval Academy Hospital today of typhoid fever. He entered tho academy In June last by special ar rangement with the Japanese govern ment. The remains will probably ba Interred In Arlington Cemetery, Wash-lnjiton.