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PORTLAND, OREGON,. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ROOSEVELT CALLS
FORMER'S BLUFF
Chooses a Negro for
Office at Cincinnati.
PUTS SENATORS IN DILEMMA
After Championing the Negro,
Cannot Oppose Tyler.
CLEVER TRICK IS TURNED
1'oraker and Dick Had Recommend
ed Tyler for Consulate, but Did
Not Bargain to Give Him
Home Office.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. (Special.)
President Roosevelt, moved by the im
passioned pleas on behalf of the col
ored man sent up by Senators Foraker
and Dick, has conceived the severely
ironical Idea of putting their sincerity
to a test. It is admitted that he has
decided to appoint a negro to a Fed
eral office In Ohio. The man selected
Is Eugene Tyler, of Columbus, and he
probably will be ' given the place of
Surveyor of Customs at Cincinnati, the
home of Mr. Foraker, who has been
fighting the administration in the
Brownsville matter, taking the side of
the discharged colored soldiers. '
Chance to Show Love of Negro.
The PresiJent has been impressed by
the professed friendship of Messrs.
Foraker and Pick for the colored race,
and believes that they should have an
opportunity to show this In a concrete
way. It is understood that, appreciat
ing the strength of the President's po
tltion, the Ohio Senators will not op
pose Mr. Tyler's confirmation.
At present New York Is the only
Northern state In which negroes hold
Federal office. On numerous occasions
the President has desired to appoint
negroes in other Northern states, but
has been deterred by the opposition of
Republican Senators and Representa
tives from these states.
On Horns of Dilemma.
Official Washington is chuckling over
the coup delivered by the President.
Even the Southern Senators see the
humor of things. Messrs. Foraker and
Dick will have the time of their lives
in explaining to their constituents,
who are near enough to the Ohio River
to inherit much of the Southern feel
ing regarding negroes In office. The
other horn of the dilemma means a
sudden backing and filling on their
stand regarding the Brownsville Inci
.deiu. This would be practically Im
possible without exciting the derision
jf the entire country.
Difficult to Dodge Issue.
The only loophole is to get other
Senators to hold up the confirmation,
but even this course has its dangers
and drawbacks, for the flank move
ment has aroused so much lively Inter
est that it will be difficult for the
Ohio Senators to prevent the confirma
tion of the negro and cover their
tracks. It Is admitted on all sides that
the President has turned a very clever
trick.
Mr. Foraker seems resigned to the
appointment of Mr. Tyler. He will not
discuss the matter for publication, but
It is known he holds that, as Booker
T. Washington is not a Senator from
Ohio, he should not have been consult
ed In regard to the position. The Sen
ator feels that the selection should
have been left to him, as Cincinnati Is
his home city, but he will not oppose
Mr. Tyler. Ohio has a large contingent
of negro voters and It would not be
judicious for Mr. Foraker to ant ago
nize them. '
Recommended for Consulate.
The President discovered that
Messrs. Foraker and Dick had both in
dorsed Mr. Tyler for a position in the
consular service their recommenda
tions are on file at the State Depart
ment and that consequently they
could not consistently object to his ap
pointment to another. public office.
FORTY SAILORS IN PERIL
Ship Blown Ashore and Gale Pre
vents Rescue of Crew.
LONDON, Jan. 31. The British steamer
Claverlng, Captain Barton, of 3000 tons
gross, outward bound for Japan, was
blown ashore by a heavy gale at the
mouth of the river Tees. Lifeboats made
efforts all through the day to rescue
the crew, most of whom are Lascars
Some were landed, but forty are still
unaccounted for. The chief officer and
two Lascars were drowned through the
swamping of a boat.
The extreme violence of the gale and
the tremendous seas that swept over
the vessel compelled the live-savers to
abandon their efforts at rescue. Accord
Ing to the latest reports, the vessel
threatens to break up at any moment
and there are still some clinging to the
rigging.
PAVE WAY FOR CONSTITUTION
Chinese Officials Called on to Sug
gest Plan of Reform.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. With a
view to paving the way for constitu
tional government, the Chinese officials
hav iaaued instruction to toe, various
viceroys throughout the Empire to 1
give expression -to their views on tne
subject. According to a dispatch re
ceived at the State Department from
Minister Rockhill daily conferences are
beini held in Pekln to furtner perfect
the measures adopted to carry out the
desired organization. The proposition
Involves the following questions:
The division of the territory 01 eacn
province into three parts under the
urlsdiction of a prefect, a department
maeistrate and a district magistrate.
each independent of the other, assisted
by various officials who win nave
charge of the financial, agricultural.
Industrial, educational and other affairs
in their respective Jurisdictions. Each
of these departments is to be subdi-
ided Into several sections under tne
control of Judicial officials, who are to
have charge of minor cases, while one
court of justice is to be established at
each of the prefectural, departmental
and district cities, to have charge of
any cases which cannot be decided by
the Judicial officials.
ARREST CHINESE REFORMERS
Viceroys Spread Terror Among Rev-
olutionlst From Japan.
SHANGHAI. Jan. 3L The daily arrests
throughout the Lower Yangtse region of
Representative Theodore K. Burton,
Chairman of House Committee on
Rivers and Harbors.
Chinese students who have returned from
Japan, coupled with reactionary success
at Pekin and the action of the Shanghai
mixed court in handing over alleged revo
lutionaries to the Chinese authorities,
are causing consternation among the
members of the reform party. Taotal
Sun, a nephew of Grand Secretary Sun
Chla Gai, has been arrested at Nanking
charged with conspiracy against the gov
ernment. The foreign strictures on the inactivity
of the native authorities in the matter
of relief work for the sufferers In the
famine-stricken .area. have caused a mild
sensation in the Yamens, and the Viceroy
of Nanking has instructed 25 engineers
to superintend the opening of the canal
on the Houral River.
Secret Police Chief Murdered.
WARSAW. Jan. 31. A band of terrorists
this evening shot and killed Victor Gruen,
chief of the secret police of this city, as
he was driving in a cab. The murderer
escaped. Many suspects are being ar
rested.
Tolstoi Is Recovering.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 31. The latest
advices from Yasnaia Pollanla, Province
of Tula, say that Count Tolstoi is steadily
improving.
IS
GREAT CONFLAGRATION IN KEY-
STONE CAPITAL.
Flames Start in Operahouse, Devour
Two Hotels and Are Still
Spreading.
PITTSBURG. Pa., Feb. 1. A long-dis
tance telephone message from Harrlsburg,
Pa., says that a serious conflagration
broke out in the heart of the business dis
trict early today and many buildings have
already been destroyed by fire.
The origin of the fire is not known. It
was discovered in the Grand Opera-House,
and this building, which is valued at J200,-
000, Is entirely ruined. The firemen were
unable to check the flames and in a short
time the Park Hotel was burning. The
Bijou Amusement Company, Hanna's drug
store, a cigar store and several other busi
ness blocks were quickly burned..
At 6 o'clock the fire epread to the Co
lumbus Hotel, which-Is burning fiercely
with no hope of saving it.
As far as known, there are no fatali
ties, everybody In the hotel having had
time to get out
Soon after the fire was discovered a
general alarm was sent out summoning
all the fire apparatus in the city. Not
withstanding the many streams of water
being poured on the flames, the fire is
rapidly spreading to adjacent property. A
strong wind is blowing, causing the fire
to burn fiercely.
At 6:30 the fire was not under control
and the damage is estimated at over $500,
000. ANOTHER WORSE BLIZZARD
North Dakota Crying Aloud for Food
and Fuel.
MINOT. N. D., Jan. 31. The worst bliz
zard of the Winter prevails In North Da
kota tonight. Railroad traffic is com
pletely demoralized, and the scarcity of
fuel and provisions will become even
more serious than at present.
All efforts are concentrated on trying
to bring m rood supplies and fuel. Freight
cars are being hauled by passenger trains
in many cases, both by the Great North
ern and the Northern Pacific.
Receiver for Atlanta News.
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 31. A petition In
bankruptcy was filed today in the United
States District Court against the Atlanta
News Publishing Company by J. W. Eng
lish, Jr.. Its president, and other creditors.
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LIFE OF HIS BOY
Father's Dramatic Ap
peal to the Jury.
SCENES IN TACOMA COURT
Thrilling Words Fall From Lips
of Will H. Thompson.
FIRE OF BATTLE IN HIS EYE
He Demands Rather Than Pleads
and Urges Jury Not to Falter,
but to "Make an End of
This Terrible Thing."
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 31. (Special.)
All that was expected, all that was
anticipated, all that -the most emotional
desired, was the speech of Attorney Will
H. Thompson, to the Jury today, In de
fense of his son, Chester, charged with
the murder of Judge George Meade
Emory.
Beside it, the remarks of the other at
tonneys sink into pitiful Insignificance.
What they said and what they have to
say, was forgotten in the magnetic plea
of the old man with bowed shoulders,
the soldier, the lawyer, the man, the
father.
It was the Intensely dramatic situation
of a father pleading for a son, and added
to this was the fact of the speaker
being a skilful and polished orator, one
who could gauge to a nicety the extent
to which he could toy with . human emo
tion, who knew just how far it was
advisable to draw his hearers from out
their shells, wringing their hearts, play
ing wit'ji their sensibilities, moving them
as he willed.
Gloomy Picture Is Painted.
He painted with a broad sweep. He
dipped his brush Into the vivid red of
his heart's blood, and noldlng It dripping
before the strained eyes of those who
watched, with masterly stroke, brought
before them, in harrowing, sorrowful,
stirring detail, the pictures he had in
mind pictures of gloom and sorrow, of
human endurance, stretched beyond be
llfe; horrible' pictures of the brain-weakened
boy, - moving aimlessly In and out
among the rooms of the house, casting
the shadow of despair across the family
hearthstone, darkening the gleam of
homely happiness, continually reminding
his kiu of fate's sword dangling danger
ously above their heads eternally telling
them of the bitter, hopeless curse of
ancestral blight which was the portion of
their race. , It was startling, daring.
garish but always within reason.
Then, from the depths of his poetic
fancy, he drew In picturesque and
dainty language the brighter, but more
pathetic side of the picture. With
breaking voice and misty eye, he told
of the gentleness, of the sweetness of
the boy's disposition; of the boy who
was never harsh to living thing, whose
tender nature rebelled at the thought
of harming or hurting; of the boy who,
finding the curse descending on his
young head and understanding not.
tried by additional work and extra la
bor to fight it back, hoping by his in
dividual effort to keep pace with the
rest of the world the boy who did not
know that his reason was tottering,
that he was the chosen victim of an
omnipotent wisdom. )
Demands, Not Begs.
In the next breath he was telling of
the battlefields of the Souths Clarion
likehls voice rang through the court
room. Under the ex"itement of memo
ries of war, the disease-stricken form
straightened, the eyes flashed, and the
shaking hand was held steady as if
grasping a saber, fighting again the
battle of Cold Harbor and Gettysburg.
He drew in extremes. From gloom
he would change to pathos, from pathos
to command of action, from action,
fiery and untamed, to logic, cold and
impressive. Never once did he beg.
Never once did he ask a favor from
the jury. He demanded. He demand
ed his rights. . He demanded justice.
He demanded the maintenance of the
law.
The untamable, the spirit of Virginia
which has withstood attack after at
tack for 65 years, which has met sor
row after sorrow, defeat after defeat
on the battlefield and in private life,
was not to be broken.
"Death," he cried; "do you think I
fear death. Do you think the dark
ened mind of my son broods on the
sting of death? Were I to go to him
and tell him we two had to die, we
both would face it unflinchingly. It is
dishonor we combat. We fight against
the effort to stain an honored name."
Men Weep, Women Are Hysterical.
And as he spoke, men wept, women
grew hysterical and sobbed aloud, andi
the victims of his courteous, poignant
attacks shrank back and paled before
the denunciation thundering within a few
feet of them.
Only in one instance did he pass the
bounds of courtesy.
This was In referring to Attorney Dan
Kelliher, of Seattle, whom the defense
contends has been active in assisting the
state, helping the hired private detec
tives to get evidence against the prisoner.
The speaker's attitude towards this man
was bitter and the cheeks of the attorney
lsreC KHriTt. his under lip worked nerv-
ously and the veins of his neck stood
out till they seemed they would burst.
Otherwise he handled the subject in
polite and cultured language, abusing
none, vllllfying none, and If he made a
harsh statement, making It as easy for
his victim as he possibly could In the
next breath. His greatest efforts were
in defense of himself and of his son. He
made but little attempt to go over the
evidence consecutively, but took pieces
here and there, driving home fact after
fact with a stubborn tenacity charac
teristic of his attitude throughout the
trial.
Chester's Love for Charlotte.
Toward the close he brought in the
name of Miss Charlotte Whittlesey. He
was speaking of the boy's Infatuation
for her.
"Gentlemen, gentlemen," he said, "it
is palpably evident the adoration Ches
ter had for Charlotte Whittlesey. It
was not the love you and I bore for
the girl we loved in our youth it was
an idolatrous love. It was the love
a Christian has for his God. He knew
not Jealousy, he knew envy; he but
wanted to see her happy. Yet, I can
not understand his infatuation for her.
A dog that fawns at your feet, that
worships you, that follows you, that
Will II. Thoranoon, Who Made l'as
sionate Plea for Life of His Son.
loves you with the slavish, abject love
of a dog, gets for its unquestioning
love a kindly pat on the head, a word,
a glance, but did you notice that while
the letters from Chester to Charlotte I
Whittlesey were being read In court
letters seething with love, the cry of
a loving heart in all Its hopelessness-
she sat there with a half smile, indi
cating that she has nbt the shadow of
heart within her. I asked her it she
did not read some of them right
through; she did not know what she
had done with them, it was immate
rial, petty to her. Such action, such
words indicate utter heartlessness;
therefore I cannot understand Ches
ter's infatuation for her. But. some
natures are cold, and some, like Ches
ter's, emotional."
Vicious Thrust at Vance.
Taking up the argument made by
Vance, in which the latter practically
declared that the whole foundation of
the -defense was cooked up, and that
Attorney Thompson had lied on the
stand, Thompson said he could bear
such little blows without flinching,
and adding:
"You have been In the woods when
the storm raged, the wind roared, the
lightning flashed, and the trees
crashed about you. Tou would not pay
any attention to the gnats and mos
qultos that sting your cheeks. I can
stand It, Mr. Vance, your blows are
not felt upon my lashed, lacerated
shoulders. I have suffered until I have
forgotten the little sufferings. When
Mr. Vance said I lied I did not mind
him. Great God Almighty, if that's all
I have to suffer I shall be the happiest
man in the world."
Concerning tne charge that the boy
lacked parental control, Mr. Thompson
again told how he had used every means
and device to cure the boy of his delu
sions and his eccentricities, but all to
no purpose.
"If You Must Strike, Strike Now."
"But I know what Mr. Vance and
Harvey and Mr. Miller and Mackintosh
wanted me to do. They wanted me to
take a whip and bring It cruelly down
upon the shoulders of this demented boy.
It was a suggestion that must have
startled God in heaven. If you think I
did wrong, lay it up against me. I can
bear your displeasure."
Mr. Thompson then brilliantly pictured
the battlefield of Cold Harbor and of
Gettysburg and of the defeat that rolled
over the Confederate force, and of the
cheering they gave to Union bravery in
the face of that defeat
He said that General John B. Gordon
once said of him, "He never disobeyed
an order and he never flinched In the
face of death."
"And I'll not flinch at your verdict
For God Almighty's sake' make a ver
dict; don't falter. I'm no coward; I can
meet It, whatever It may be. If the sun
Is going down, let It go down today. If
you're' going to strike, strike now.
can take my blows square on the front
like a soldier, and go down. But I can
not go through tills again. Make a ver
dict Let's have an end to this terrible
thing."
When he was closing, sobs could be
heard all over the packed room. One
woman was crying aloud. ,
CHINESE EVADE THE LAW
Smuggled From Canada, They Jump
Bail at Providence.
PROVIDENCE, R. L, Jan. 31. Nine
of the 21 Chinese who were arrested in
this city several months ago after they
had been smuggiea asnore irom the
schooner yacht Frolic have eluded the
Immigration officials, and are at liber
ty In this country. When the cases
against the Chinese were called in the
United States District Court today the
nine men were missing, and Judge Ar
thur L. Brown declared their bail forfeited.
SAFE FILLED WITH
BURNING LIQUID
Pettybone's "Hellfire"
Kills Evidence.
WILL GIVE FEDERATION JOY
Spontaneous Combustion
Brought to Their Aid.
Is
MANY PAPERS DESTROYED
Dangerous Kxplosive Betrayed by
Steve Adams Takes Fire In Mine
owners' SafeKvldence Against
Federationists Is Gone.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Jan. 31. A spe
cial to the Gazette from Cripple Creek
says:
Through a fire thought to have been
caused by "Pettybone dope," or "hell
fire," a combustible liquid, certain docu
mentary evidence, photographs and other
valuable papers that were to be used as
evidence against Moyer, Heywood and
Pettibone. officers of the Western Fed
eration of Miners charged with complic
ity In the murder df ex-Governor Steun
enberg, of Idaho, which had been placed
In the safe of the Mineowners' Associa
tion of this city, are believed to have
been destroyed.
At 1:45 o'clock this afternoon smoke
was noted Issuing from the safe In the
rooms of the association In the National
Hotel. Small drops of fire leaked out
through a crack at the bottom and, fall
ing on the floor, .burned holes in the lin
oleum. The fire department was called,
but, as the fire was confined to the safe.
It was shoved out onto the sidewalk and
all the crevices were stopped up with
putty.
It is stated that one or more bottles of
the chemical, which had been placed In
the safe, together with other valuable
evidence, for safe keeping, sprang a
leak and set fire to the contents of the
safe.
The chemical came into the possession
of the Mineowners' Association through
Steve Adams' confession several months
ago. It had been buried in the Cripple
Creek district and was found after
Adams disclosed Its whereabouts.
The liquid, it is said, w'.- ignite by
spontaneous combustion If kept In a place
free from air. After igniting. It Is said
it will produce an intense heat. This, it
is believed, has affected the combination
of the safe, as it is impossible to open it
and learn the extent of the damage. The
safe still stands on the sidewalk in front
of the National Hotel and is being guard
ed by officers.
ADVICE 10 EACH OTHER
IjANE AND STUBBS SPEAK ON
RAILROAD QUESTION.
'Keep Out of Politics," Says Lane.
"Enforce law Against AH
Alike," Says Stubbs.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31. The di
rectors of the San Francisco Chamber
of Commerce today gave a lunch to In
terstate Commerce Commisisoner
Franklin K. Lane, in an address Mr.
Lane said that W. J. Bryan recently
told him that eventually the United
States would come to Government own
ership of railroads, but the Commis
sioner gave It as his opinion that the
day would remain far off If the Inter
state Commerce Commisison had prop
er powers and treated, all problems In
the spirit or a trial court.
"If railroads will only keep out of
politics," said he; "that practice which
brings them more into disrepute with
the people than anything else they do,
I think Government ownership will
continue to remain a long way off."
J. C. Stubbs, speaking for the rail
roads, said:
"We can stand any, law that may be
enacted by Congress, provided it be
also enforced against our competitors.
There is more trouble over the alleged
favoritism shown cities than that
shown Individual citizens. Everywhere
in the West cities are trying to be dis
tributing centers and receive the ad
vantage over other cities in their zone.
If the Commission desires to sit as
1udee. it will have the support of
shippers and of every decent railroad
man in the United States. And If
there be anything in the way of skill
and experience In railroading that can
be put at their disposal. It will be
theirs without price."
THINK HIM "KID" BARKER
Spokane Police Believe They Have
Captured Young Desperado.
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 1. The Spo
kane police today arrested a youth they
believe Is "Kid" Barker, ' the desperado
who broke Jail at Prosser several weeks
ago and eluded a swarm of xnanhuntere.
"Kid" Barker, who, with Lake, who
was killed In the battle, fought the offi
cers who attempted to capture them at
Kennewick. As a result of that fight and
the chase that followed, four men lost
their lives in a day. Barker Is wanted
on a charge of murder In the first degrev.
Cleveland Chief of Life Inspectors.
NEW YORK, Jan. 31. Grover Cleve
land was unanimously eleqted rtialr-
man of the Association of Life Inspec
tors at a meeting of the executive
committee of that organization today
in this city and has accepted. The as
sociation is composed of the executives
of the principal life insurance com
panies of this country. Its object is
to operate for all kinds of reform
which will give dividends to policy
holders. Mr. Cleveland will act as ref
eree in cases of dispute between the
companies. For these services he will
receive from the association $25,000 a
year.
REFUSE TO ATTEND CHURCH
Catholic Soldiers Appeal From Order
of Commander.
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 31. Announce
ment was made today that 25 Catholic
soldiers at the barracks have appealed
to the War Department against Lieutenant-Colonel
Glenn's order directing
them to attend church on Sundays. There
Is considerable excitement at the bar
racks regarding his order.
WASHINGTON", Jan. 31. It it said at
the War Department that no report has
been received respecting the recent al
leged order of Lieutenant-Colonel Glenn to
the soldiers at Columbus barracks to at
tnd church service. Last week Lleuten-
Senator iNldor Kayner, of Maryland,
Who Accuses President Roosevelt
of Usurping Power.
ant-Colonel Glenn was officially informed
by the department that he might order
such soldiers as cared to attend church
services to organize in squads and pro
ceed to their respective places of worship.
If necessary, a noncommissioned officer
might be designated to conduct the squad
to church and see that thi men were
properly oa'"!, b it they vei" not the :i
selves ruquir . to take any part in the
rvices and in fact no solaier in the
United States Army is required to do so.
It is assumed at the department that
this last phase of the case has developed
from admonition by Lieutenant-Colonel
Gienn to his men td attend religious serv
ice of some kind, but these officials are
confident that he did not order them to
do so.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY Maximum temperature, 47 de-
Krees; minimum. 4a degreea.
TOn AY Occasional rain; cooler. Southwest
erly winds.
Foreign.
French Cabinet in danger of split on church
question. Page &.
Chinese government arrests many reformers.
Page 1.
Rational.
Heyburn continues attack on Hitchcock's
land policy. Page 4.
Ra3ner accuses Roosevelt of usurping power.
Page 4.
Debate on river and harbor bill in House.
Page 4.
Roosevelt says If states will not abolish child
labor Nation must. Page 4.
Congressman Hayes confident of settling
Japanese question, page 3.
Case of Collector Crum close parallel to
Bristol's. Page 5.
Roosevelt puts Foraker in dilemma by ap
pointing negro in Ohio. Page 1.
Pontics.
Secretary Shaw criticises House currency
bill. Page 2.
Commissioner Lane and J. C. Stubbs speak
on railroad question. Page 1. -domestic.
Haskln tells stories about prominent church
men. Page 1.
Theater trust Indicted for conspiracy. Page
4.
Graham tells Tnow Harriman throttled com
petition. Page 6. .
Lawyers In Thaw case have wrangles about
Jurors. Page a.
Pettlbone'a hell fire destroys Important evl
dence against federation officiuls. Page 1.
Another blizzard strikes Noryi Dakota. Page
l' Pacific Coast.
Chinook winds are rapidly melting snow in
Eastern Washington and heavy Hood Is
feared. Page 13.
Will H. Thompson makes dramatic appeal
lor lite oi nis Doy. ruse i.
Friends of Pullman College ara fighting
Seattle Fair bill, page 7.
Master Fish Warden Van Duseo submit
Oregon Legislature.
-Multnomah delegation votes to support Sher
iff Stevens in fight for cuatody of county
prisoners. Page 12.
Settlemier's bill regulating saloon licenses
amended to favor Portland saloons. Page
12.
Senate alaps at druggists and physicians.
Page 12-
Southern Oregon assails proposed water
code. Page l.i.
Bill to tax mortgages defeated. Page 12.
Bill to give lumbermen use of navigable
streams introduced, page 12.
State may build its own electric light plant
at Salem, page ij.
Portland and Vteinlty.
Ex-Detectives Carpenter, Reslng and Day
sue for reinstatement and back salary.
Page IS.
Six-year-old boy shoots himself in head and
will probably die. Page 10.
January bank clearings show 39 per cent
advance over corresponding month last
year. Page It).
Last four quarterly statements of Portland
National banks mark advance In pros
perity of Oregon. Page 16.
Mayor Lan vetoes police appropriation bill.
Page It
Railroad men say bill for reciprocal demur
rage law now before Legislature is im
practicable. Page 6.
Confession from "Toots'" Bryant substan
tiates Turnbull's testimony and officials
predict conviction of gang under arrest.
Pago 10.
Commercial and Marine.
Wool contracting begins In Idaho. Page 17.
Chicago wheat market strong and higher.
Page 17-
Decline In stock prices checked. Page 17.
January shipments of lumber and grain,
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Incidents . in Lives oi
Noted Ministers.
BISHOP DOANE GETS REBUKE
Negro Bishop Who Is Descend
ed From African King.
DOWIE'S FIRST SUCCESS
Corners Lamps and Oil In Adelaide,
Bisliop Galloway Defeated Jeff
Davis in Local Option
Campaign.
"BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. (Special Cor-
respondenee.) Bishop William C. Doane
of the Episcopal Church is known as the
'bullet bishop." because In writing or
speaking he never uses a sentence over
ten words in length. Bishop Doane has
gained much prominence as an advocate
of the reform of the divorce laws. H
is a poet, a llterateur and keen wit. One
of his favorite Jests at his own expense
Is the reprimand he" once received from
aborer on account of the short, cleri
cal breeches he wears.
'While in the North several years
ago, says the bishop, I happened to
pass along a street where several laborers
were quarreling and swearing profusely.
I attempted to remonstrate with them for
using such language, unconscious of the
fact that my attire might appear peculiar
to them. After eyeing me with much dis
trust, the one nearest me said in scorn
ful Irish tones:
" 'Aw, git along wld yez. Can't yez see
we won't take sass from no lazy Idiot
what forgot his panth?' "
Ilia CliltiPhc Lecture Wasted.
Dr. Henry Corbett, who was recently
e'eeted moderator of the general as
sembly of the Northern Presbyterian
Church, lias had many years' experience
as a missionary In China. He went to
that country over 40 years ago and has
built up many schools and churches in
the flowery kingdom. When his wife
died 20 years ago, he was a traveling
evangelist, riding on horseback through
the country provinces, and he carried
his two little children with him strapped
on each side of his saddle. Shortly after
Dr. Corbett came back to Pittsburg he
was asked to address a large class of
Chinese men and women who could not
understand Kngllsh. Inasmuch as the
missionary had spent years of exhaustive
study of the Chinese language and litera
ture, he unhesitatingly accepted. He be
gan his lecture, talking fluently In Chi
nese, but to hi3 surprise his words met
with only frank Incomprehension on the
part of his hearers. The dialect he was
using was as wholly unintelligible to
the Celestials present as if be had been
addressing them in English. They were
all from parts of China other than where
he had labored, and the lecture had tc
be abandoned.
Cardinal Gibbons' Ready Resource.
An amusing Incident In the life of Car
dinal Gibbons is Illustrative of his ready
wit In extricating himself from an em
barrassing position. The Instance referred'
to took place In Savannah about a year
after he was appointed cardinal, and the
occasion was the dedication of a new
church. On the morning of the ceremony,
as Bishop Gross and Cardinal Gibbons
were awaiting tho summons to proceed,
a messenger hurried to them saying that
two negro societies had formed in line
and he was fearful for the reception they
would have at the hands of the South
erners. Quick as a flash, the tactful and
resourceful cardinal ordered the com
mander of the companies to' be brought
before him. When the leader appeared,
he was instructed to have his followers
act as bodyguard for the cardinal and
the bishop. In this capacity they did
not offend the Southerners, but few of
whom ever knew how adroitly the
cardinal had extricated himself from the
predicSftnent.
Descendant of African King.
One of the most conspicuous characters I
among the negro churchmen of the
United States Is Henry McNeil Turner;
bishop of the African Methodist Church,
The bishop claims direct descent from an !
African King. As the story goes, his
grandfather, when a mere boy, was stolen
from his home In Africa and sold as a
slave in Charleston, S. C. Although the
African King sent many slaves as a
ransom, the lad was never returned to
him. While the young princeling was not
restored to his native land, he was set
free when this country was still under
British rule, on the ground "that royal
blood could not be enslaved." So the
tradition goeB which has been handed
down in the family. Bishop Turner is
noted as the apostle of the doctrine that
the negro must return to Africa.-
Dowie's First Busines Deal.
With the passing from power of the
new Elijah, the Prophet Dowie, comes
the memory of his first business achieve
ment which possibly foreshadowed the
financial success which he was to attaitl
In founding ZIon city. It was man.
vears ago when the propnet was onlv
boy employed as a clerk in a store ii
Adelaide. Australia, une nigni me liRh
of the place suddenly went out and you;,
Dowie learned that the cause wag
serious that darkness was likely to i
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