VOL. XL VI. SO. 14.43.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HIGH
OFFICIALS
BE
Sensations Promised
by Boise Grand Jury.
RUMORS ARE RIFE IN IDAHO
Even Names of Grand Jurors
Are Kept From Public.
AGENT GREENE VERY BUSY
ttrported That Frauds Have Keen
Ietected in Government Surveys.
Names of Very Prominent Men
Connected With Rumors.
P.OTSE. Idaho. March 10. (Special.!
Rumors are rJfe tonight that there will
ti Rome startling sensations at the result
of the sitting of the United States strand,
jury beginning tomorrow. What these
matters are is not known, but there are
many surmises. Hints are given that
some ieople h'sh up in the scale will be
involved. There are cases pending In
which persons are under indictment for
alleged timber land fraud cases in Wash
ington County, but it seems probable
these will not be brought to trial.
Colonel A. R. Greene, special agent of
the Interior Department, haa been here
for some weeks, and it 1s apparent that
the sensations promised are partially the
result of his work. It is known that he
has been investigating some complaints
made by contractors on reclamation
works, but the understanding has been
that It was simply an Interior Depart
ment matter, the contractors complaining1
thay have not been treated fairly.
One of the bints given out is in rela
tion to section-line surveys for the Gov
ernment. Another Is that some land mat
ters in the vicinity of Shoshone Falls are
tn be investigated. There is a crooked
section line there which throws the falls
into another sei tion from hat in which
it hould be embraced. There ar other
rumors involving names of prominent
persons, but nothing definite has yet
leaked out. The names of the grand
jurors called to report when court meets
tomorrow have not been given out, a
circumstance that is rather interesting.
MAKE HARRIMAN REPLY
Commission .May Ask Courts to As
sist With the Inquiry.
W'ASHlX7TOX, March 10. Chairman
Knnpp of the Interstate Commerce I'mii
mission Bafd tonight that so far as the
Commission is concerned, taking of testi
' ninny in the Investigation in the Harri
tnan lines cases Is closed, hut that the
Commission Is considering the advisability
of asking the t nited States Circuit Court
for the Southern District of New York
to compel Mr. ltarriman to answer cer
tain questions which he did not answer
to the satisfaction of the Commission
during the New York hearing.
Pending such action Mr. Harriman's
counsel asked to be heard before the
Commission on April 4. which request was
granted, and that date was recently fixed
for arguments.
Chairman Knapp explained that the
Commisison alone has power to conclude
testimony in the case and that it will
reserve the right, if It sees tit, to re
open the case at any time.
Mr. Harriman will have a conference
with President Roosevelt next Thursday.
When Mr. llHirlman's counsel asked for
the hearing on April 4, at which time
they want to present arguments regard
ing" the contention hat the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific are parallel and
competing lines, it wag understood by the
committee that tf Mr. Harriman's coun
sel fledired to urbmit' additional testi
mony on that date they might do so. and
also If the committee desired to bring
out any point it could, hut that any such
additional testimony. If at all. will bo
brief.
Asked tf Mr. Harriman was likely to
go on the enand In such event. Chairman
Knapp replied that if Mr. Harriman de
Flred to testify he would be permitted to
do BO.
SHOOT INTO HARGIS HOME
Citizens of .lack-on, Ky., Martlod
by Fusillade of Itlfle Shots.
JACKSON'. Ky.. March l.-0tizens of
this feud-ridden city were startled out of
their sleep last night by half an hour of
shooting. Two shots were fired into the
home of Judge James Hargls. accused of
complicity In connection with the as
sassination or James B. Marcum. Others
were fired Into the store of Hargls Bro
thers, in which June Jett. brother of
Curtis Jett. was sleeping, but he was un
harmed. The home of Deputy Town
Marshal Smith aLso was hit.
Kfforts of the police were in vain until
oday. when they placed Curtis Smith in
.iail charged with being concerned in
the shooting.
PROMISES FRENCH COMEDY
Italian Publisher Secures Copy Pre
pared by Premier Clemenceau.
ROME. March 10. Signor Rlecardi, pub
lisher of dramatic, works, having learned
that M. Clemenceau, the French Pre
mier, years ago wrote a comedy that has
never been produced, recently went to
j ' France and requested Clemenceau to
grant him the Italian copyright of the
murk. The Premier save him the manu-
MAY
INVOLVED
script of a comedy in one act entitled,
the "Veil of Happiness." and Signor Ric
cardi hue intrusted it to Signor Martini,
ex-Governor of Erit Rea and a leading
literary man, who has promised to trans
late it during his nert trip to Massowa.
The comedy wili be presented in the
Spring.
ASSEHT SWIXBCRXE'S CLAIM.
Admirers Protest at Preference of
. Bryee for Decoration.
LONDON". March 10. (Special.) Because
the Order of Merit was given to Ambas
sador James Bryce just before he left for
Washington, a chorus of protest has
arisen from ft number of prominent liter
ary men, who think that England's great
est living poet. Algernon Charles. Swin
burne, should have had the preference.
If Mr. Bryce's literary work has won
him" the distinction, the verdict of the.se
critics is that his "American Common
wealth' cannot be considered equal to
the writings of George Meredith and John
Morley, the only other living members of
the order who received the distinction for
their literary work.
Swinburne's great poetic genius which
places him easily at the head of the liv
ing poets, gives him a strong claim on the
order, but perhaps his indiscretion in ad
vocating the assassination of the Czar in
the "Nineteenth Century Review" is an
obstacle.
TARE OVER QVAYS COMPANY
English and French Directors to
Manage the Knterpri.se.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Iarch 10. A
joint committee composed of three
British and three French directors
will take over the management of the
Constantinople Quays Company, a large
portion of the shares of which a syn
dicate represented by the Bank of
England and the Imperial Ottoman
Bank, recently secured. The company is
at present exclusively in French hands.
The possession of the quays of the
company is of vital importance to the
commerce of the near. East.
.
A BUSY DAY
MEETS SEVEKAIi PEOPLE AXD
WRITES MOTHER A LETTER,
In Conference With Dcimas' Stenog
rapher Dan O'Reilly Finds
Him in Good Spirits.
NEW YORK. March 10. Delphin M.
Delmas. senior counsel for Harry Ken
dall Thaw, communicated with his client
today through his confidential sten
ographer, who was admitted in the Tombs
early in the day. The young woman said
she had come from Delmas, who was
spending the day at Atlantic City, and
after being identified by Warden Klynn.
was escorted to the Fc.;ond tier, where
she talked fur some time with liarry
Thaw outside the gate.
For 45 minutes thereafter Thaw was
engaged in answering a letter from his
mother, and some time later -devoted
nearly an . hour in replying to a letter
which In the meantime had arrived from
his wife. In the afternoon Dan O'Reilly,
of the Thaw counsel, called. Upon leav
ing, the attorney said that he had found
the prisoner -itin a pretty good spirit."
Thaw today attended the chapel serv
ice. He had nofhing to say to newspa
per men beyond the message that he had
been warned by counsel that he should
have nothing further to say and that his
attorneys would have to do the talking
District Attorney Jerome remained at
his home and was again In conference
with the alienists for the state.
It Is understood that a hypothetical
question was formed. Assistant District
Attorney Garvan was at the Criminal
Court building during the afternoon and
assisted the work of the stenographers,
who made copies of questions which were
later submitted to Mr. Jerome. Sub
pena servers were kept busy throughout
the day and made frequent trips to the
Criminal Courts building and to Mr. Jer
ome's home.
This evening it was announced at the
home of District Attorney Jerome that he
had finished for the present his consulta
tions with the alienists. No formal state
ment was given out.
Nobody in the District Attorney's office
has taken the pains to deny, so far. the
story published on Friday that Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw would be the first witness
called at the opening session tomorrow.
When Mrs. Evelyn Thaw was asked to
day if she expected to be the first wit
ness she frankly answered that she did
not know. She added Uiat she was un
der subpoena to appear on Monday morn
ing and to bring all the letters she had
from Stanford White.
It was reported that an Important con
ference of Thaw lawyers was being held
at Atlantic City.
ITALIANS KIDNAP A BOY
Pittsburg Detectives in Search of
4-Ycar-Old and His Captors.
PITTS RT'RCr. Pa., March 10. Detectives
are tonight searching Rankin. Pa., six
miles east of here, for two Italians who
are beliieved to have in their possession
the 4-year-old son of Dr. Horace N.
Marvin, of Kittshammock. Pel., who was
recently kidnapped. According to the
police, the Italians were seen with a boy
answering young Marvin's description. It
was apparent, the police allegp. that the
boy Temained with the men against his
wiil.
CELEBRATE MINE DISASTER
Population, of Lens Parade and De
nounce Mineowners.
DENS, France. March 10 The anni
versary'of the mine disaster at Courrieres
In which more than 1000 miners lost their
lives, was celebrated today by a great
demonstration by the mining populace of
the Department of Pas de Calais. Headed
by bands of music and waving banners,
processions marched to the cemeteries in
the district, where the Socialist Deputies.
Basly and . Lamendtn, made violent
speeches against the companies owning
the mines. There were no untoward In
cidents. Sentenced to Hang May 6. v
SOI.OMONV1LI.E. Ariz.. March 10.
William Baldwin, the negro who was
yesterday convicted of the murder of
Mrs. Harvey Morris and her 5-year-old
daughter at Roseville January SI. has
been sentenced to be hanged here on
Mill 6.
SE
HE
S
Man Cuts Another's
Head Open With Ax.
LATER CONFESSES TO CRIME
Philander Lemmon Slain by
William Ross at Roseburg.
TWO HAD LIVED TOGETHER
Bloody Deed So Weighed on Ross'
Mind That He Told District Attor
ney and Took Him to Place
Where Victim Was Buried.
ROSEBURG, March 10. (Special.) His
head crushed in with an ax and his body
buried in a ditch was the fate which met
Philander Lemmon, a laborer, because he
snored. The murder was committed sev
eral days ago by an aged and quarrel
some German named William BloSs. but
the story of the crime did not reach the
ears of the officials until today, when
Bloss, haunted by his crime, made a con
fession to District Attorney George
Brown. After confessing that he had
killed Lemmon with an ax, Bloss took the
officials to the spot where he had buried
the body, and it was found underneath a
lot of brush and a few shovels of earth.
Up until the night of the murder, Lem
mon and B10S3 lived In a little cabin
about half a mile east of the town. They
were an 111 sorted pair, but so far as the
townspeople knew they got along well to
gether. According to Bloss' confession,
however, they had quarreled several
times because Lemmon's loud snoring
kept Bloss from sleeping.
On the night of the murder Lemmon'a
snoring awoke Bloss and a fight followed.
Bloss says that Lemmon tried to hit him
with the ax, but he managed to dodgo it
and In the battle that followed Bloss
finally got possession of the ax and struck
Lemmon on the head, crushing the skull
and killing him instantly. In the morning
Bloss says he came to town and had his
breakfast and then on his return to the
cabin, dragged Lemmon's body to a near
by ditch and burled It there. Bloss says
he was forced into making his confession
because he could not erafe the crime from
bis mind.
Bloss at one time was an Inmate of the
County poor farm and was considered In
sane. A coroner's jury will make an in
vestigation of the murder tomorrow. At
the same time Bloss will be examined for
insamlty. Should the examining physi
cians determine that he is insane, he will
not be tried for murder.
STRIKE COMPLETELY TIES UP
TRACTION SYSTEM.
Police Report Xo Disorder Com
pany Denies That Xon-Union
Men. Have Been Imported.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 10. With
the exception of the suburban lines en
tering the city and a few cars carry
ing the United States mall to and from
one Postoffice substation, not a street
car moved in Louisville today.
The strike of the union employes
of the Louisville Railway Company,
declared yesterday, became effective at
5 o'clock, this morning. The men oper
ating tho few cars were not molested
in any way. The details of police had
nothing to do. Pickets were active,
and tonight the union leaders an
nounced that over a fourth of the re
maining nonunion employes had been
won over and joined the union.
The officials of the company tonight
denied that they had ordered a force
of professional strikebreakers from
other cities.
The demands on which the strike is
based Include: A 10-hour day. with 23
cents an hour pay; 4f minutes for
meals; pay for extra work to begin
when report for duty is made; time
and a half for overtime; subsequent
employes to be allowed to Join the
union; a board of arbitration.
POMP AT DOWIE'S FUNERAL
Extensive Preparations for Services
Over Body of Dead Zion Leader,
CHICAGO, March 10. A touch of the
ostentation that marked the rule of
John Alexander Dowle in the Christian
Catholic Church which he founded will
be observed during the funeral serv
ices of the deposed leader. 'The white
robed choir which was shorn of its
vestments when Overseer Volfva as
sumed control In Zion City, will take
an active part in the ceremonies which
will be held on Thursday afternoon in
Zion Tabernacle,
Judge Barnes, one of the few elders
of the church who remained faithful
to Dowle, will conduct the services and
preach the funeral sermon. During
Tuesday and Wednesday the body will
He in state in the reception hall of
Shiloh House, the Dowie residence.
The burial will he at Lake Mound
Cemetery at Zion City, beside the grave
of Dowie's daughter,, who died sev
eral years ago from Durn caused by
the explosion of an alcohol lamp.
No memorial services for the de-
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EVENTS OF COMING WEEK
Trial of Mayor Schmltz.
The trial of Mayor Schmttjt. of San
Francisco, and Afce"Ruef, tho one
time political bona of that city, on
indictments charging extortion prom
ises to prove one of the sensations of
the week. Mayor Schmlta: was in
Europe , when the indictment against
him was found, and voluntarily re
turned to face his accusers. He en
tered a plea of not Ruilty when ar
raigned last Thursday, and at that
time it was arranged to set a date
for the trial on Monday, in the mean
time Ruef had mysteriously disap
peared, but' he was located and taken
into custody several days later.
Rebate Cases in Federal Court
One of the cas of the Federal
Government in the sugar rebate
cases that against the Delaware.
Lackawanna & "Western Railroad
Company will ba called for trial on
Monday in. New York. In this case
the Government charges that pay
ments made to Lowell M. Palmer,
owner of Palmer's doks, Brooklyn,
of 2 cents per hundred pounds on
shipments to points east of Buffalo
constituted a rebate under the law.
The railroad contends that the pay
ments made to Palmer were to rec
ompense him for his loss in profit on
business ' given the Lackawanna
through the fact that the Lacka
wanna's freight did not pass through
his docks while that of other roads
did.
Good Roads Meeting.
More fhan 2"MH) delegates, repre
senting 38 states, will assemble at
Pittsburg on Monday, for a three
days' convention o the American
Road Builders' Association.
While the amateur billiardists, who
have been taking part in the tour
nament in New York for several
days, are struggling for the final
honors in the amateur 14.2 game,
the old professionals, George Sutton
and Jake Schaeffpr, wJlt meet Mon
day evening In a match for the 18.1
balk-line championship in Chicago.
An investigation of the wreck of
the Brewster Express on the. Har
lem division of the New Yorki Cen
tral on the evening of February 1ft,
which resulted in ths death of 24
persons and the injury of more than
1O0 others, will be taken up by the
grand jury in New York City on
Monday.
Many enthusiasts in aerial naviga
tion are expected to attend the inter
national annual banquet of the Aero
Club of America, which' is to be held
at the St. Regis Hotel In New York
City next Thursday night.
Bowling Meet at St. Louis.
The American. Bowling Congresft
and tournament will open in St. Iuls
Friday and continue through the re
mainder of the month.
The contest between Lord Curzon
and Lord Rosebery for tho chancel
lorship or Oxford . VnLverKlty, mad
vacant 'by tti Jr.th- rf.; Vtstount"
, Goschen, will' he decided March 14.
1 The 64th Oxford and Cambridge
' XTnlverMty boat race will be rowed
, from Putney or M or t lake on the af-
ternoon of. March 16.
ceased were held in Zion City today,
the only public reference to his death
being a tribute paid Dowle by one of
the deacons at the early morning
church service. The regular order of
service was ordered.
Mrs. Dowie and Gladstone, her son,
arrived at Zion City early today.
FOREIGN WARSHIPS COMING
Ktirope and South America at
Jamestown Exposition.
WASHINGTON". March 10. In addition
to the great ironclads of the Atlantic
fleet, commanded by Admiral BvanP, the
naval display at the Jamestown Exposi
tion will Include some of the finest ves
sels of the foreign navies. These are
mostly of the cruiser class, but as the
armored vessels of this type are equal to
battleships in size and scarcely less for
midable in appearance, they will make an
attractive showing.
The Navy Department has been advised
up to date of the coming of the following
foreign ships:
Great Britain The armored cruisers Good
Hope, flagship Argyle, Mapstead and Rox
burgh, under comand of Rear-Admiral Ne
ville. France Armored cruisers Kleber and
Victor Hugo and another cruiser to take
the place oT the J fan Bart. recently
wrecked off the African coast, commanded
by Rear-Admiral Thierry.
Japan The cruisers Tsuguka and Chitose,
under command of Vice-Admiral Ijuin.
Portugal One cruiser, probably the Don
Carlos.
Austria The armored cruiser Charles VII
and another cruiser.
Italy On armored cruiser and one pro
tected cruiser.
Sweden One warship, not yet named.
Brazil One to three warships, not yet
named.
Argentina One to three warships, not yet
named.
Chile The cruiser Senteno.
Belgium Will send a military delegation
and China a military and naval delegation.
ANTI-SUICIDE A SUCCESS
Bureau to Become Permanent Fea
ture of Salvation Army AVork.
NEW YORK, March 10. Commander
Miss Booth, of the Salvation Army, as
a result of an analysis of tho work ac
complished during the ten days of ex
istence in this city, announced today that
the anti-suicide bureau of the army had
successfully passed the experimental
stage and that It would now be added
as a permanent feature of the organiza
tion in this country. Since it inception
the new departure, it was stated, had
saved many men and women from self
destruction and proved of assistance to
a large number.
CITY WILL GET 80-CENT GAS
Milwaukee Company Reduces Price
From From Old Rate $1. -
MILWAUKEE.- Wis., March 10,-The
Milwaukee Gaslight-Company, one of the
properties of the McMillan syndicate, of
Boston, has announced that in the future
rates in Milwaukee will all be on the
fcO-cent basis. Hitherto illuminating: gas
has been sold at $1 and fuel eras at SO
cents.
FORCE PASSAGE
OF OMNIBUS BILL
OlympiaHousetoBring
Senate to Tame.
NO MORE APPROPRIATIONS
Reply to Threats of King and
Pierce Senators.
WILL NOT FIGHT FLOODS
Necessary Support Said to Be Prom
ised for Resolution Which. May
Kill Puget Sound Men's Meas
ure to Bike the Puyallup.
OLYMPIA, Trash. March 10. (Spe
cial.) In the House tomorrow morn
ing, at the opening ' of the session,
a resolution will he introduced that
the House pass no more bills carrying
any appropriations until House and
Senate have passed the omnibus appro
priations bill. Men behind this move
ment claim to have polled the House,
and to have secured pledges of enough
votes to pass the resolution. .
This is the most sensational move
ever made in a Washington Legislature
by one house against another. It is
designed to prevent passage of the
$100,000 appropriation asked for by
King and Pierce Counties fnr flood
protection alonir the White, Stuck and
Puyallup River Valleys.
The Pierce and King County Sena
tors had declared they would kill the
omnibus bill, or cripple it, unless as
sured of their flood appropriation.
They also tried to make a combine
with the open-river friends. The flood
appropriation bill is set for special
order in the House at 3 o'clock tomor
row afternoon, while the House omni
bus appropriation b--- comes up at 10
A. M. The bill has passed the Senn-te,
slready, and the House has passed the
open-river bill, and has sent it to the
Senate, where it has been hung np.
As an additional move against the
White, Stuck and Puyallup River ap
propriation, House members have de
cided that, when that measure comes
up tomorrow afternoon, on second
reading, they will offer about a halt
dozen amendments, each carrying
$50,000 appropriation. Those will be
for rivers in Cowlitz, Wala Walla,
Spokane, Benton, Yakima and other
Kast Side counties, where it is claimed
floods do damage as they do to valleys
along the Sound. The bill, even with
the amendments, will be held back
from flnal passage until the Senate
gets through with the omnibus bill,
unless present plans miscarry.
Indications are tonight the house
has outgeneraled the King and Pierce
Senators, as there are probably
enough Senators on the other side in
terested in appropriations for the
state Institutions to force the Senate
to act according to the House pro
gramme. HIS TRICKS THEM ALL
HIS "JOKER" IN INSURANCE
BILI COSTS STATE $15,000.
Calmly Introduces Harmless-Looking
Amendment While Colleagues
and Tax Commission Sleep.
OLYMPIA. Wash., March 10. (Spe
cial.) Senator "Link" Davis has jobbed
the whole Legislature by an audacious
amendment to the inurance bill, which
will cut off from the state about J15.0U0
a year in prospective revenue.
The amendment passed the Senate and
was concurred in by the House without
discovery of its effect. Now, when it te
probably too late, the Tax Commission
has discovered the facts and Is putting
up a wail that is long, loud and fierce.
For the better part of a year the Tax
Commission has been working on a plan
to increase state revenues "from insur
ance companies by increasing the tax
from 2 per cent on net premiums to 2Vi
per cent on gross premiums from Are
companies, and 2 per cent on gross prem
iums . from life companies. The House
passed the bill, but in some way the pro
vision regarding life companies was let
oft when the bill went to the Senate.
There was eome discussion, and the Com
mission agreed to having it put back
by amendment. ,
Then the Commission went to sleep.
When the matter came up, Davis, him
self a life insurance agent, calmly offered
an amendment making the life company
tax 2 per cent on net premiums. The
Senate, without question, assumed this
was what the Tax Commission had been
talking about and voted for it. Then
the bill went "back to the Houtfe. which
unanimously concurred.
Now that it is too late under the rules
to change the bill, the tax men have
wakened up. Chairman Rockwell, o the
Tax Commission, who has been follow
ing bills from House to House like a
coursing hound after a cottontail, is be
ing hard put to explain how "he over
looked the change. He says he has been
jobbed, and admits frankly he doesn't
know just what to do about it. There
may be an attempt made to suspend the
rules in both houses and to call the bill
back for amendment.
Two other bills Rockwell had charge
of were hurried to the Governor so that
they had to be recalled for correction.
SALEM FEARS I.I ME FAMINE
Reported Portland Cannot Supply
Enough for Spraying Solutions.
SAI.BXI. Or.. March 10. (Special.) The
report has been received here that, there
Is a lime famine in Portland, and dealers
are somewhat concerned over the situa
tion. Dealers in spraying materials were
unable to get prepared spray, and Port
land manufacturers said they were unable
to get the lime necessary to the solution.
The shortage was alleged to be due to the
large demand for lime in the extensive
construction work now going on in Port
land. To Help Famine Fund,
El'GENE, Or., March 10. (Special.)
The big mass meeting held at the Eugene
Theater at 3:30 this afternoon to raise
a relief fund for the famine-stricken peo
ple of China was the most successful of
its kind ever held in this city. People
from all the churches mingled with bus
iness men and university students and
professors." The speakers included Rev.
Father J. M. O'Farrell, Mott Arnold, S.
D. Allen, Dean K. C. Sanderson, Rev. D.
H. Trimble and Rev. O. C. Wright. Music
was furnished by an orchestra, college
students and others
Fourth Judge at Spokane.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. March 10. (Spe
cial.) Governor . Mead has appoint
ed 15. P. Sullivan the fourth Superior
Court Judge of. Spokane County. He
is a brother of Potter Charles Sullivan,
the United States District Attorney at
Seattle.
Butte Teamsters Strike.
BUTTE, Mont., March 10. At a meet
ing of the Teamsters' Union today it was
decided to go on strike tomorrow for an
increase of 50 cents per day, which has
generally been refused. This will seriously
affect the mines and the larger lumber
companies which give employment to
about 300 members of the union.
FEAR POM DF STRIKERS
PARIS NEWSPAPERS APPEAL
FOR PROTECTIVE LAWS.
Action of Electricians in Putting
City In Total Darkness Has
Alarmed the Public.
PARIS, March 10. The city resumed Its
normal aspect tonight. All the electric
plants are working. The public Is
alarmed at the ease with which a few
hundred workmen at the instigation of
the Confederation of Labor are able, to
throw the population into confusion, and
the newspapers printed editorials demand
ing legislation which will prevent workmen-
engaging- In supplying a public ne
cessity from striking.
It is pointed out that the electricians,
now that' they know their power, may
not rest content with present conditions.
It is pointed out as a significant fact that
the strike committee is still holdings
meetings.
ARCHIE WOW RECOVERING
President's Son Out of Danger, but
In Weakened Condition.
WASHINGTON. March 10. Marked im
provement was shown today in the con
dition of Archie Roosevelt, the Presi
dent's son, who Is ill with diphtheria.
No official bulletins were issued today.
Surgeon -General Rixey this evening ex
pressed the opinion that Archie was prac
tically out of danger so far as the diph
theria is concerned, but that the disease
has left him in a. somewhat weakened
condition. He asserted, however, that if
no complications set in the boy would be
well in two or three weeks.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 44
degrees; minimum, 40.
TODAY'S Rain; warmer; southerly winds.
Foreign.
Senor Zaballor, Argentine Minister of For
eign AffaJrH. deplores defeat of ship sub
sidy In United States. Page. 2.
Paris citizens fear power of striking labor
ers. Page 1.
National.
Haskln relates interesting incidents in
"American history. Page 1.
Governor Hughes is boomed by his friends
for President. Page 2.
Interstate Commerce Commission to call on
courts to compel Harriman to answer cer
tain questions h refused to reply, to.
Page 1.
Domestic.
Archie Roosevelt out of danger, but In
weak condition. Page 1.
Nebraska railroads will contest constitu
tionality of 2-cent fare law. Page ft.
Wave 50 feet high sweeps over ocean liner
La Savole. Page 3.
Standard Oil not afraid to stand trial on
rebate charges. Page 3.
Thaw spends busy day. Page 3.
Pacific Coast.
Washington Legislature to consider new
compromise direct primary measure, to
day. Page 3.
Senator "Link" Davis jobs wbole Washing
ton Legislature. Page 1.
Parliamentary tactics may defeat $100,000
flood protection bill at Olympla. Page 1.
Drain men surprise safecrackers at work
and are fired on. Page 4.
' Sport. -
Rain prevents practice game between Bea
vers and Salinas. Page 4.
Andrew T. Stahl to be elected president
Western Bowling Congress. Page 4.
Portland and Vicinity.
Senator Pulton returns from strenuous Win
ter in Washington. Page 14.
Organizer for home missions say civilizing
influences aXe needed in America. Page 5.
Grand Exalted Ruler Melvln is given ban
quet by local Elks. Page 14.
Lane, Coffey and Devlin appear to be in the
lead tn race for Mayoralty nomination at
coming primaries. Page 13.
Lafe Pence's dreams of lowering bills are
gradually coming true. Page 12.
Sheriff Stevens discusses feeding of county
prisoners. Page 13.
Woman saves pet dog from burning auto
mobile garage. Page 8.
Mayor Lane defines position regarding mill
workers utrike. Page 13.
Deadly parallel drawn between W- O. Trill's
oration and that of Senator Beveridge.
Page 4.
Many -new locomotives ordered for Harriman
lines In Oregon. Page S.
E RED ROSE IS
BENT OF CHURCH
Terms of Queer Lease
Still Observed.
BARON STIEGEL'S ROMANCE
His Memory Honored, Though.
His Grave Unknown.
SITTING BULL'S DISGUST
Did Xot Iiifce to Hear Telephone Talk
His Language MrsDe Koven's
Gem Collection Most Won
derf ul Memory.
BT PREDERTC J. HASKIIC.
WASHINGTON. March 6. OSpecial Cor
respondence.) Miss Martha M. Hornlns.
of Newport R. I., has the distinction
of being legal heir each June to a red
rose, this same pretty rental being given
for the site of the Zion Evangelical Luth
eran Church at Manheim, Pa. And there
by hangs a tale that Is full of romance
and sentiment. Many years ago. It was
in 1750, Baron Henry William Btlefrel
came to Pennsylvania from Germanv.
bringing 200,000 which he invested In Iron
and glass works. He had several hun
dred workmen gathered around him and
for their convenience founded the little
town of Manheim. He built himself a
palatial home among their cottages, the
brick being brought from England by
ehip and then hauled by wagon from
Philadelphia, 70 miles away.
In thla house he set apart a chapel
where he preached to his people in their
own language for 12 years. Then on De
cember 4. 1772. he deeded to tho congrega
tion a piece of land on which' to build a
church and a UDlque clause in the deed
read, "and yielding and paying therefor
unto the said Henry William Stiegel.
heirs and assigns, at Manheim. In the
month of June, yearly Xgrever hereafter,
the rent-of one red rose, if the sam.
shall be lawfully demanded."
ISed Rose Twice Paid.
Twice in the good old Baron's lifetime
the rose was paid with all formality.
Then came the Revolution, which divert
ed the attention of the congregation to
other things, and the custom was forgot
ten. In 1891, when a new church was
being built, the pastor discovered the
poetic provision in the old deed. His sug
gestion to revive the custom met with
great approval, and a search was made
for the oldest legal heir. This was found,
to be Mrs. Elizabeth Luther of Pottsville.
Pa., and with a quaint and pretty cere
mony the rose waa presented to her.
The payment of the odd rent has einca
been continued, the second Sunday in
June being set aside for the ceremony,
and from eight to twelve thousand people
came each year to witness the all-day
service. Not only is the stipulated roso
given, but all the congregation marches
by the altar and each places a red rose
there in memory of the old Baron and his
philanthropy. In 1905 the rose was re
ceived In due form by Miss Martha M.
Horninr of 'Newport, R. I., but last year
she was too Infirm to appear, and the
next heir in line, Mrs. C. C. Hoover of
Broadway, Va., a great-great-granddaughter
of the Baron, received tho
rental.
Made Cannon tor Revolution.
The old Baron had an interesting his
tory. From his Elizabeth forge cannons
and ammunition were manufactured and
sold to the Continental army in the time
of the Revolution. George Washington
sent him a number of Heesian prisoner
to be put to work cutting wood and burn
ing charcoal for use in the furnace. But
somehow things began to go wrong with,
the Baron and he became imprisoned for
debt under the old colonial laws.
Later he was freed by an appeal to tho
Colonial Assembly, and he went back in
poverty to his people to become janitor
and choirmaster In the church he had
given, serving in this humble capacity
until his death. No one knows definitely
where he is buried, but the Brickvliio
Cemetery, Lancaster County, Pennsyl
vania, is thought to be the place. There
Is little doubt but that the ceremony of
the rose will be continued "forever here
after," not so much because the old deed
requires It, but because the people want
to keep alive the memory of the gentle
old philanthropist, whose kindness and
benevolence live on, even though the resting-place
of his body is lost.
Sitting Bull and the Telephone.
Colonel Hugh Scott, who has been mora
successful than any man in the Army in
capturing savage chiefs, both in this
country and in the Philippines, owes part
of his prowess to his remarkable under
standing of the sign language as used by
the North American Indians. He mas
tered it in the West in the beginning" of
bis career. He Is greatly beloved by the
Indiana and is chief of several tribes.
Some time ago, when an apportionment
of Government money was made, the In
dians were mucn grieved because Colone
Scott would not take $10,000 which they
thought belonged to him as their chief..
He is regarded as the foremost authority
in America on many Indian matters, and
has given to contemporary science much,
valuable information.
Colonel Scott once held Sitting Bull a.
captive In the West, while his men were,
chasing seVeral bands of rebellious lnrili
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