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PORTLAND, OREGON, "3IONDAY, FEBRUARY
VOL. XJArI.-0. 14,403.
1907.
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WAR F
Hurry Orders Sent Out
From Washington.
RAISE LIST MEN TO MAXIMUM
Matter Regarded as Signifi
cant at This Time.
DIRECTED BY PRESIDENT
.Adjutant-General of Illinois Militia
Preparing for 20 Per Cent In
crease l' Enlistment Date
of Order is January 7.
SPRINGFIELD. Til.. Feb. 3. (Special.)
Recruits are wanted in ft hurry for the
Illinois National Guard and within a week
or ten days the rosters of nearly every
company in the state infantry, arlillery.
cavalrv and signal corps alike, will be
thrown open for emergency enlistments.
officers and privates meanwhile carrying
on a still hunt for embryonic soldiers.
This stir in the state soldiery Is the
result of n. general order from the War
Department at Washington. Whether the
order bears greater significance than its
face shows has not been disclosed by the
Washington authorities, but the mlliti
end Assemblymen are quick to connect
the. order at this time with the agitation
over the Japanese question and Its possl
billties.
l Kv direction of President Roosevelt the
minimum enlisted strength of each or
gantzation of the militia is to be raised
as soon as possible to the maximum
strength. To conform with the order.
Adjutant-General Thomas WV Scott Is pre
paring for a 20 per cent increase in the
Illinois enlistment.
Order Sent to All States.
The readjustment applies to every state
that has a National Guard, and as Illinois
i- not far behind the lead in the present
strength of its reserve force, it is ex
pec.' ed the movement to bring the guard
i, ,t to the limit will be duplicated In other
ItiltfS.
The War Department oiders. which
were sent from Washington under date
of January 7, have been distributed gen
erally and yesterday notices were sent
out to all regimental commanders asking
them to estimate the number of uniforms
and new equipment that will be necessary
for the recruits. Responses are expected
at once and within a week requisitions
will be made on Washington for supplies.
In the meanwhile General Scott is pre
paring a bill for presentation to tho As-
sembly this week amending the military
code so as to provide an approximate
Increase of 20 per cent In the strength of
the service.
What the Orders Require.
According to the readjustment ordered
by the President, the minimum number
of enlisted men In a company of Infantry
shall be 5S, the apportionment to grades
being one First Sergeant, one Quarter
master Sergeant, four Sergeants, six Cor
porals, two cooks, two musicians and 42
privates.
The necessity of immediate action Is
pointed out by General Scott in the fol
lowing section that appears in the War
Department orders:
No organization -will be accepted into the
service or the United States which in the.
number of Its officers and enlisted men, Is
below the minimum prescribed by the Pres
ident, or above the maximum strength fixed
by law for such organization; and whenever
any organization which la ordered out or
called on is below the minimum it shall be
immediately recruited to at least that
standard before leaving its bome station.
JAPANESE WILL STAND FIRM
Demand Solution of School Ques
tion He Effected on Treaty Rights.
TOKIO, Feb. 3. After a careful survey
of public feeling here regarding the pros
ject of a satisfactory solution of the San
Francisco school controversy it may be
elated that while the approach of tho
termination of the dlsngreeable affair is
welcomed, yet the report from Washing
ton that a solution may be effected by
a. mutual treaty excluding the immigra
tion of laborers is generally disbelieved
as unreasonable.
According to the prevailing feeling a
solution must be effected on Japan's
treaty rights pure and simple.
However, confidence continues that a
solution of the question will bo reached
without the least sacrifice of Japanese
honor and prestige.
NO ORDERS TO OREGON GUARD
government Has Not Directed
Strengthening of Force.
No orders have been received from the
War Department at the office of Adjutant
General W. E. Finzer, of the Oregon Na
tional Guard, directing measures to
strengthen the military equipment of this
state. According to tho foregoing dis
patch general orders to commanders of
National Guards to strengthen their
forces were sent from Washington Janu
ary 7. but up till last night no such or
ders had been received here. This would
seem to indicate that the orders are not
general among the state, or else there has
been a miscarriage of the order.
Adjutant-General Finzer has been In
IJUT1NG
Southern Oregon since last Thursday and
during his absence the office has been, in
charge of Captain Lawrence L. Knapp,
who stated late last night that no orders
from the War Department directing In
creased recruiting of the Oregon Militia
had. been received, and at General Finzer's
home nothing was known regarding the
subject.
DEMAND THEIR EXCLUSION
California League Passes Drastic
Resolution on Japanese Question.
SAT FRANCISCO, Feb. 3. At the con
vention of the Japanese and Corean Ex
clusion League today, resolutions adopt
ed by the executive board of the league
on Saturday flight demanding that the
United States and State of California
maintain the right to exclude Japanese
from the public schools used by American
children were unanimously adopted after
much spirited discussion by men prom
inent in the movement to exclude Asiatics
from this country.
The pitch of the resolutions, which de-
Mrs. Alice- Roosevelt Longworth,
Who la 111 With the Grip.
clared that the yielding of the United
States to Japan on this school question
was tantamount to taking vassalage.
was dwelt upon by several speakers.
President Roosevelt was severely criti
cized and at times roundly scored.
RIDICULE IDEA OF A WAR
American Press Reports a Great Sur
prise to the .Japanese.
TOKIO, Feb. 4. (Monday.)-The war
talk of the 'American press has been
received here with great surprise and sin
cere regret. The correspondent, of the
Associated Press (ins ta.'ked with "evcal
leading men 'both in &n.i out of tho gov
ernment. They concur in the opinion
that the United States is the last coun
try with which Japan would go to war.
Besides, both nations are unaggressive
In their trade rivalries, which seldom
leads to war unless territorial acquisition
is intended by either rival.
In some quarters the belief is ex
pressed that the misrepresentation that
Japan is suffering from on account of the
San Francisco school question is the
outcome of immunity shown disaffected
war correspondents in the late war. It
is believed that these correspondents are
ever watching for occasion to victimize
Japan.
Even those inclined to be caustic ridi
cule the idea of -war with the United
States. The Japanese press has been
silent so far. apparently considering the
matter unworthy of comment.
Schmitz and Party Are Off.
SAM FRANCISCO. Feb. 3. Mayor Eu
gene Schmitz and members of the San
Francisco Board of Education left here
today for Washington to confer 'with
President Roosevelt in regard to the ex
clusion of Japanese from the public
school, with a view of reaching a basis of
settlement of the question.
FROZEN DEAD IN TENEMENT
WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN
SUCCUMB TO THE COLD.
Believed They Became Partially As
phyxiated by Coal Gas and. With
No Fire, Froze to Death.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 3. A
woman and two children were found
frozen to death this afternoon in an
upstairs tenement here, with a third
child in an adjoining room badly fro
en, but alive. The dead:
KM MA K. LIVINGSTON, aced RO.
ALFRED T. LIVINUSTONT, aged 7.
LINCOLN B. LIVINGSTON, aged 3.
Badly frozen:
Helen Livingston, aged JO.
Miss Jennie-Livingston called at the
residence to pay a visit and found her
a Livingston, and one child
dead in bed, one child dead on the floor
. .-teien, in the adjoining roombadly
frozen.
None of the family had been seen
since Thursday, when two of the chil
dren attended school. The children
lived with Miss Livingston, who was
their sister.
It is supposed that after they re
tired Thursday night they became par
tially asphyxiated by coal gas, and, the
Are dying out, were frozen to death.
TRACK IS WASHED AWAY
Union Pacific Main Line Blocked in
UtalK
OGDEN. Ltah, Feb. 3. One hundred
feet of track .and a bridge on the main
line of tho Union Pacific Railroad were
washed away by a rush of water through
Weber Canyon, 20 miles east of here, this
afternoon. The flood was caused by the
recent heavy rains in this section. All
traffic will be delayed for 24 hours. The
overland and Los Angeles limited trains.
eastbound. are being diverted over the
Oregon Short Line. Westbound trains,
excepting the Atlantic express, are being
held east of the break. The track Is toe
ing repaired by crlbWng.
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PERFECTLY AWFUL
SAY CLUB WOMEN
Biting . Adjectives for
Professor Thomas.
VIEWS OF CHICAGO WIVES
Vigorously Maintain Romantic
Love Is Strong as Ever.
GROWS WITH WEDDED LIFE
Utile Troubles Now and Then Be
tween . Man and Wife Only
Tend to Strengthen Fond
ness lor Each Other.
CHICAGO. Feb. 3. (Special.) Rallying
around the banner of romantic love, Chi
cago clubwomen gave battle today to
Professor William I. Thomas and his set
entitle dictum that romance can hardly
survive In the monogamus relation of
man and wife.
Biting adjectives, such as "disrepu
table." "dangerous" and "immoral" were
applied to the theory which the Midway
sociologist has promulgated In his most
recent work, called "Sex and Society."'
Unanimously the women announced that,
though married years ago, they were still
romantic and true to the ideal aspects of
love.
"Professor Thomas views on this point
are absurd," said Mrs. John S. McClel
land, president of the Chicago Culture
Club. "I am a living refutation of them.
I married my first and only sweetheart,
and we are still In love as romantically
as ever."
Married Thirty Years and Knows.
"How long have you been married,
Mrs. McClelland?" was- asked.
"Oh, we've always been married,' was
the half jocular answer.
"But, disregarding the trandscendental
aspects of your union, how long is this
life?"
"Thirty years, and. I hope It lasts twice.
t;at loui." - ;
"I think that Professor Thomas takes
an entirely superficial view of it." Mrs.
McClelland continued. "If he will sup
press his book and wait 10 years before
he looks at it, in the meantime confer
ring with every married woman he meets,
I believe he will change his opinion. He
might just as well say that children lose
their love for their parents as they grow
older, because of long familiarity with
them." '
Perilous Doctrine for Young.
Mrs. Mary E. Palmer, president of the
Klio Association, said:
"There are very few people, no mat
ter how able Intellectually, who can
sift such things out, because infected
with such opinions, and not be the worse
for It. It is perilous doctrine to give the
public and the young.
"It is very strange if a man like Pro
fessor Thomas, who is married, cannot
pick out a woman for whom his love
will not deepen and broaden as the years
pass. The constant association and famil
iarity, which wear away romance, accord
ing to him, only make the" couple more
fond. There may come clouds, disagree
ments, quarrels, but when these are
weathered they only serve to bring the
two closer together.
"If a roan were to live according to
Professor Thomas' theory, he would go
through life picking up first one wom
an and dissecting all the romance out
of her and then another, and then an
other. If Professor Thomas should do
that, I think his old age would be
troubled with dissatisfaction and pangs
of conscience.
Divorce Courts Show Degeneracy.
"I cannot see how. this theory can
helo having an immoral and deleterious
inf'uence upon the world. Such a state
ment Is most discouraging to mothers
who have tried to raise their daughters
as pure, lovely women."
Mrs. Ogden W. Dean, president of the
Progressive Health Club, said:
"Men and women who are properly
married, who truly love one another at
the start, grow to find more and more
romance in their life.
"However, I believe that a process of
degeneracy is attacking home life. The
divorce courts are proof of this. Pro
fessor Thomas lays too m ich emphasis
on the alleged suggestiveness of wom
an's dress. We like to appear in pretty
clothes, not particularly to attract the
men, but rather to satisfy our artistic
tastes."
Mrs. Charles Truax, president of the
Ravenswood Woman's Club, said:
"Professor Thomas' theory is perfect
ly disgraceful. I do not see how any
one can say such things. It represents
a barbaric point of view, and if Pro
fessor Thomas prefers to choose wives
like an Indian, he is hardly civilized."
MRS. LONGWORTH IS ILL
Her Parents Alarmed When Hot
Temperature Goes Up to 103.
WASHINGTON'. Feb. 3 Mrs. Alice
Roosevelt Longworth. wife of Representa
tive Longworth of Ohio and daughter of
the President, is ill at her home in this
city with what Is stated to be a
slight attack of the grip. President
and Mrs. Roosevelt spent some time
at the Longworth. home today and were
very much concerned about their daugh
EVENTS OF COMING WEEK
In the Senate the Indian bill is
now under consideration, while the
House has the rivers and harbors bill
under way. Several days of this
week will be required to dispose of
these measures, and when they sball
have been finally voted down the
Senate will take up the Army bill
and the House the Naval bill. These
four measures will practically mo
nopolize the time of the two bodies,
as there are many points in each of
them over which wide differences of
opinion exist. Much debate will
probably result, whlle the question
of blK battleships will be fought out
In the House In connection with the
consideration of the Naval bill.
Hear Thaw Case Today.
Proceedings in the trial of Harry
K. Thaw have reached the stage
where the actual taking of testimony
will begin on Monday, unless more
of the Jurors already selected are
excused.
The taking of testimony regarding
the conduct of the colored troops at
Brownsville, Tex., which resulted In
their dismissal by the President, is
expected to begin before the Senate
committee on military affairs in
Washington Monday.
Confer With President.
A conference between President
Roosevelt, Secretary Root and the
fan Francisco Board of Education,
which Mayor Schmitz will attend,
is expected to be beld in Washing
ton on Friday or Saturday, to dis
cuss the Japanese school question.
It Is understood that the President
will . endeavor to Induce the Board
of education to rescind Its action
excluding the Japanese children from
the schools.
The question of whether or not the
New York Produce Exchange shall
Increase its trading so as to include
nearly all the stocks dealt with in
the curb market Is expected to be
taken up by the exchange at a meet
ing of the exchange on Thursday.
Dinner to James Itryoe.
James Bryce, British Ambassador
to the United States, is to be given
a dinner by the Pilgrims of London
at the Savoy. February 6. The Amer
ican Ambassodar, Whltelaw Reld,
probably will propose the health of
Mr. Bryce. and the speeches of the
two Ambassadors are expected to
sound the keynote of the friendly re
lations existing between their respec
' tive countries.
ter's health when they were informed by
the attending physician that her tem
perature had gone up to li2.'
Mrs. Ixmgworth contracted a severe cold
while attending the White House recep
tion last Thursday night and has been
confined to her bed for three days.
FEVER CASES GROW LESS
Xo Decw-a-e, lionet rr, in Number Ol
Deaths Yesterday fn Chicago.
CHICAGO. Feb. 3. Few cases of scarlet
fever and other contagious diseases were
reported to the health department today.
No decrease, however, was shown in the
number of deaths. There were 83 cases
of fever, 26 of diphtheria and 19 of mis
cellaneous diseases, as compared with 40T
cases of fever. 67 of diphtheria and 69
miscellaneous a week ago. Seven deaths
were reported. -
Woman Causes Shooting Fray.
SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. 3. Claude
Hartzell, a cook, was shot and probably
mortally wounded today by William
Rapp. a saloonkeeper, in a lodging house
in Pacific street. Rapp claims that
Hartzell was -threatening him with a
razor when he fired'. The trouble arose
over a woman whose affections had been
transferredfrom I-fartzell to Rapp. Rapp
was released on bail.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum
temperature.
32
degrees; minimum, 29.
TODAY'S Rain or snow; easterly winds.
Koreign.
German Embassy demands explanation from
Sultan's chief secret police. Page 3.
Troops called to suppress riot in Parti
church. Page 3.
National.
War Department
crrlt National
Page 1.
sends out orders to re
Guards to war footing.
Dryden withdraws from Senatorial race In
New Jersey. Page 2.
Movement of National commerce last year
broke all past records. Page 3.
Haskln writes about the American Indians.
Page 1.
Itomestlc.
Woman and two children frozen to death in
tenement-house. Page 1.
"Hello" girls are heroes in Chicago Are.
Page 2.
Contractor Olllver confers with his asso
ciates. Page 3.
Warren "Reckwith sues to divorce bis wife,
granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln.
Page 1.
Chicago women denounce philosophy of Pro
fessor Thomas. Page 1.
Oreron legislature.
Many members suffering from an attack of
the grip. Page 1.
Railroad Commission may be appointed
temporarily by Governor and elected by
people in June. Page 2.
Ilcpresentfttives from normal school coun
ties will -help each other In securing ap
propriations. Page 4.
Pacific Court.
Washington proposes to pta.ee all state
moneys in one fund. Page 2.
Heavy snow falls throughout Northwest,
endangering lives of cattle and demor
alizing train service. Page 3.
Millmen to bold another convention at Cottage-Grove
and form association. Page 2.
Portland-San ' Francisco overland is de
railed, killing express messenger and
injuring passengers. Pago 7.
FortUwd and Virinlty.
Committees from Oregon and Washington
Legislatures confer and agree on bill for
protection of salmon. Page 8.
Dr. J. Whitcomb Brougher preaches third
anniversary sermon at White Temple.
Page 9.
Jack Matthews behind fight against Sheriff
Stevens at Salem rebuilding wrecked po
litical machine. Page 12.
Citlsens go to Salem tomorrow to work for
public playgrounds bill. Page 8.
3. A. It. men protest against bill to restrict
Decoration day sports. Page 12.
Sergeant-Major Sehoof lectures at Grace M.
E. Church. Pago 9.
Father O'Hara explains attitude of Church
of Rome toward Bible study. Page 9.
Public Ownership League organizes and
starts campaign of education. Page, 8.
Another sliver thaw coats Portland -with
ice. Page 12.
SOUS SUFFER
FROM THE "GRIP"
Many Kept From Work
at the Capitol.
EPIDEMIC COLDS IN SALEM
Ventilation Is Very Poor in
Legislative Halls.
FORCED TO SIT IN DRAFTS
Speaker Davey Among Those Under
the Weather, but Contrary to
Physicians Advice, lie
Sticks to His Post.
SALEM, Or.. Feb. 3. (Special.) An epl
demlc of colds and grip is interfering
very seriously with the work of a num
ber of members of the Legislature, as well
as keeping a great many of Salem's busi
ness men confined to their homes. While
none of the cases are serious, the illness
Is sufficiently severe to make it exceed
ingly unpleasant to try to work.
The frequent and abrupt changes in the
weather and the east winds are generally-
assigned as the causes of the prevailing
ailments. The . poor ventilation of the
legislative halls undoubtedly has much to
do with the illness among members of
the Legislature. The only means of ven
tilation is by opening windows. As the
rooms soon become close and overheated,
the windows must be opened and then
the men sitting in the Senate or the
House are subjected to drafts of cold
air upon their heads, and a bad cold,
drifting Into a case of grip, results.
Too Busy to Remedy Defect.
For many years there has been com
plaint of the absence of a ventilating
system in the Senate chamber, but noth
ing has ever been done to remedy the
defect. Until a few years ago the Rep
resentative hall was two stories high. arl
then there, wat no trouble ehout ventila
tion, but a lloor was put in half way
up so as to make a room above for a
library. Now it Is necessary to open
windows in the House in such a way
as to cause drafts of air upon the occu
pants of the room and there is trouble
in the house also.
During the first 20 days of a legislative
session the members learn the serious
ness of the defective ventilation and dur
ing the remaining 20 days they are too
busy to make provision for remedying: the
trouble. As a consequence nothing has
been done, and every two years the mem
bers suffer from sever colds contracted
while serving in the Legislature.
Representative Frank Davey, Speaker of
tho House, is among those who are un
der the weather, and if he follows the
advice of his friends and his physician
he will do very little work for the next
few days. His trouble has been coming
on gradually, starting with a cold on his
lungs and followed by an attack of grip
and entire loss of appetite. Notwithstand
ing an adjournment Friday he was at
work in his office at the Capitol Saturday
and is very plainly showing the need of
rest. His physician. Dr. J. N. Smith,
thinks he will be able to preside over the
deliberations of the House on Monday.
GRIP EPIDEMIC IX PORTTiAXD
Number ot Cases on Increase and
Even the Doctors Suffer.
The epidemic of grip, which struck
Portland about January 1. is steadily
on me increase ana indications now are
that it will hold on until every susceptible
man, woman and child in the city has
had a spell of the pesky thing. When
citizen gets Into a car and looks grumpy.
don t expect him to pass the greetings of
the day or attempt to open a political
discussion with him, for 10 to" 1 his head
feels like a bucket and his bones are
aching like they were Joaded with gun
powder. "That tired feeling" Is not in it
with the "mean feeling" which comes
with the grip, so be charitable and over
look any seeming eccentricities which
may be indulged in by victims who are
just coming down with It.
It is an established scientific fact that
the grip of influenza bacillus travels
faster than any other known germ, so if
it is coming in your direction, there is
no use trying to get away from it. While
the disease itself is not particularly dan
gerous and differs from the usual cold
only In that it is a "bug" disease and
therefore contagious, the principal diffi
culty experienced by both patients and
prysirians is from after complications,
especially In the old and infirm. Those
whose systems, are in a weakened condi
tion before the disease attacks them are
also more prone to serious after effects.
Dr. George Story states that while the
town is unusually full of grip, the epi
demic Is not necessarily severe, but is
about what might be called average.
"There are invariably complications," he
said yesterday, "mostly affecting the ears
and lungs. Yes, the disease is trans
missible, but it Is hardly practicable to
take the same precautions in this as in
more serious diseases against spreading
contagion."
Dr. Holt C. Wilson has been a grip vic
tim himself for the past week, but sqys
his patients have been having so much
trouble with It that he has not had time
to indulge in any complaints.
"The epidemic has been, steadily in
creasing ever since the first of the year,"
he states, "and it is not abating in the
least a.t the present. There are different
forms of it, of course, but most any of
them will leave the patient weak and pros
trated, and there Is much trouble with
after effects if patients do not take care
of themselves. Many are careless and
contract fresh colds and become very sick
a second time. This unusual weather
has much to do with the continuance of
the trouble. I think, and when It !s over,
the grip will be likely to disappear."
Dr. J. D. Fenton Is another very busy
physician and has his hands full with
grip patients. He declares grip victims
are as numerous in Portland as broken
wires and that it takes oulte as much
patience to get them on the mend. Dr.
Fenton was just returning from a tall on
Surveyor-General Daly who has been
overtaken by the popular malady.
Dr. O. C- Hollister is suffering from it.
There Is hardly a business firm in town
which has not some member of its force
absent on account of the grip.
The present disabled telephone system
Is reminding the older physicians of pio
neer days when there were no sucli con
veniences and people had to go after the
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John F. Drydcn, Who Haa Withdrawn
From Senatorial Race in New
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doctor in person. The majority is doing
that in this grip epidemic, for fully two
thirds of the physicians in the city have
crippled telephones that are out of order.
Dr. Fenton fixed his own wire, but
all of them are not as handy as he proved
himself. Dr. llson says the night calls
now come to J he front door and there is
no way of evading them, "no matter how
sick a doctor may be himself."
FOOTBALL ROMANCE ENDS
GRAND DAUGHTER OF LINCOLN
StED CO It DIVORCE.
Deserted Warren Beckwlth lit 1900
and Has Not Been Reconciled
to Athlete Husband.
MOUNT PLEASANT, la., Feb. 3.-(Spe-
cial.) Warren Beckwlth, on January 31
filed in the District Court here a suit for
a divorce from his wife, Jessie Lincoln
Beckwith, who is the daughter of Robert
T. Lincoln, of Chicago, and the grand
daughter of Abraham Lincoln. The
ground for seeking divorce is desertion
and it is understood the case will not be
contested, as Mr. and Mrs. Eeckwith
have not lived together for seven years.
The romance that ended in the informal
marriage of the couple began at a foot
hall game when young Beckwlth, then an
athlete of more than local fame, played
right half back on the Iowa Wesleyan
team. Miss Lincoln was one of the spec
tators. She had come to Iowa to visit
her grandfather, former I'nited States
Senator Harlan. She asked for an was
given an introduction to the football
hero. It was the beginning of an ac
quaintance that developed into love and
marriage.
For three years the couple lived to
gether and one daughter was born. Then
friction arose, and ia 3!W Mrs. Reckwith
separated from her husband and they
have not resumed their former relations.
As Miss Lincoln, the heroine of the
football romam-e was presented to Queen
Victoria in 1RW). when he father was
Minister to the Court of St. James.
SHIP SINKS; NO ONE LOST
lumber Itark Struck by Dominion
Liner Off Sea Olrt-
NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 3. After bat
tling with heavy winds and heavy seas
for 17 days, and when within a few
hours of her destination, the bark
Charles Luring, carrying IJSO.OIO feet of
lumber from Savannah to New York,
was run inlo and sent to the bottom
by the Old Dominion stoamer Seneca
last night, four miles off Sea tSirt. N.
Y. The collision occurred In a dense
fog. No one was injured and no lives
were lost.
It was with great difficulty that the
crew of -the steamer who put :ut in
lifeboats succeeded in rescuing Captain
H. Debuhre and his crew of nine men
from the sinking bark. There was a
stiff w'lnd and a heavy sea. and the fog
wns so thick that the two vessels were
not seen by each other until too late
to avoid the collision. The bark was
nearly torn in two.
. A panic amonTr the passengers of the
Seneca was quelled by the officers and
crew. Lifeboats were immediately put
off by the steamer. The cargo of lum
ber probably prevented her going down
with all hands before help could have
reached her.
DOWN TO ZERO IN CHICAGO
Cold Wave Accompanied by a Riling
Wind From the East.
CHICAGO.. Feb. 3. The cold wave that
descended upon Chicago, accompanied by
a gale of biting wind, sent the mercury
down to 2 degrees below zero during the
early hours of today. Although the wind
moderated, the temperature did not -rise
higher than 4 degrees above zero during
the day and at 10 o'clock tonight was
hovering about the zero mark.
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Still 284,000 of Him
in United States.
SAID TO BE INCREASING
Pdany Prominent Americans
Boast a Red Strain.
CURTIS, OF KANSAS, ONE
Congressman Hyrd. of Mississippi, ot
Cherokee Descent Many Mod
ern Red Men io Into Rusi
ness and Attain Success.
BY KREDKRIC J. HAPKIJf.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. (Special Cor
respondence.) A fe.vorl'e theme for
orations is the pathetic passing
of Lo. the poor Indian. It will
no doubt be a disappointment to
well-meaning speakers, who have mad
the sorrows of the noble red man the
subject of their torrid eloquence, to learn
that instead of dfclining further nu
merically, he Is now actually increasing
In numbers. That Is what the statistics
say. The strength of Indian racial traits
Is shown by the fact that the TO) persons
now in Virginia whh can prove their
descent from Pocahontas and her Kng
Ush husband. John Rolfe, still have the
Indian hair and high cheek bones.
It has never been definitely determined
Just what was the greatest number of
Indians in America when they were un
molested and at the height of their
power In this great oountry. Some au
thorities claim that the number could
not have exceeded l.OOO.OoO, others assert
that it could not have been more than
800.000. and still others contend that there
were never more than SUO.Oun. At the
present time there are about 2S4.W0 mem
bers of the red race In tire United Stares.
There are Indians In IS states and three
territories, exciiMlv of tho Indian Terri
tory. Nearly all the tribes are west of
the Mississippi. In fact most of tliem
are beyond the Missouri. There are
reservations In all. In the northwestern
part of New York there are about 30UO
descendants of the great wSrrior tribes
living on eight reservations.
Status of Red Man Today.
Tor.iy there are irs.ou) Indians who
wear citizens' dress In whole or In part,
and 70.000 who can read and speak Eng
lish. There are 2S.ry Inditin families
now living In comfortable modern dwell
ing. When the Government first bfijwn
supplying the Indians with houses it
often proved a difficult matter to keep
the old warriors in them. They would
take possession in the best of faith, but
the call of the wild would soon prove
so insistent that they would stable their
horses in Uncle Sam's nice little houses
and go back to their tepees.
But when an Indian once gets In
stalled in a house, he doesn't like to have
any changes made in it. No matter how
large his family may grow, or how much
money generous Uncle Sam may give
him. he insists upon remaining in his
original one-story shanty. ,
The Cherokees, who tracked De Soto's
footsteps for many weary days while he
was marching through the Southern
forests and swamps, and who later wel
comed Oglethorpe to Georgia, are the
most advanced in civilization and the
most eager for education, spending $J00.--000
a year on their schools and colleges.
The Chickasaws .have fine colleges with
400 students, maintained at a yearly cost
of J4".0"0. They also have 13 district
schools costing JIB.OOO. The Choctaws
have l."0 schools, in some of which the
higher branches are taught. The Seml
noles, one of t lie smallest tribes, have
two schools. The Creeks have 10 colleges
and 5 common schools, with a total at
tendance of 2S0O.
40,000 Red Church Members.
The Indians make quite a strong re
ligious showing. They have 390 church
buildings and a total membership of about
4o,0tX). Two Indian chiefs . who became
converted to the Methodist faith and who
were later licensed to preach, were Ma
Nuncie and Bctwoen-the-Ixgs. Father
Ncgahnquet is said to be the only living
full-blood Indian who is a Roman Catho
lic priest. This able man studied In Rome
and while there preached a sermon In
the tongue of his fathers, the warliko
Potta watomies. Upon his -return to this
country he said mass in the big Catholic
church at Oklahoma, which was the llrst
mass ever given by a full-blood Indian
priest on American soil. He is now work-ins-
amons the people of Ms race in Okla
homa and Indian Territory.
Charles Curtis will enter the United
States Senate March 4 as a Senator from
Kanwi-S, and will be the first representa
tive of the American Indian in that body.
Mr. Curtis is not of pure Indian blood,
but his mother belonged to the Kaw tribe.
He and his five children have received
allotments of good rich Shawnee County
land in settlement of what Uncle Sam
thinks ho owes to the race who held this
country as Its own before the Susan Con
stant and Mayflower crossed the Atlantic.
Mr. Curtis has already served 14 years
in the House and is a trained legislator.
Ho has the hair and color of an Indian,
but in politics he does not play an Indian
game. He knows the value of making up
with his enemies, as Is proved by the
fact that he succeeded In persuading life
long political enemies to turn their
strength to him and send him to the
Senate.
Adams Monroe Dyrd. a representative
PASS NG AWAY
Concluded on rage 2.)
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