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At the expiration of nearly three years from the time when the prelimi nary canal work at Panama was begun less has b"cn accomplished by the United States than T.as executed in corresponding period by the De Lcsscps company. This circumstance is partic ulaiiy iinnortant, in view of the vast Improvements that have been made in machinery used in excavation and transportation and the means of com munieatlon. To those who were orig inally dubious about the success of the undertaking, or who have a poor opin ion of President Roosevelt, the situa tion seems In a measure to point toward ultimate failure. Kven advo cates of construction of the Panama Canal and admirers of the Roosevelt Ad-ministralion arc a little uneasy con cerning the succession of events which have caused delay. The resignations of two chief engineers, Wallace and Stevens, and of one chairman of the commission, Shouts, has given rise to belief that perhaps competent men have lost fi.ith in the enterprise, after having opportunity to study its prob lems at close range. There has aluays been a feeling that the retirement of there- .men was due to some reason not made public. No reason whatever has been given for the resignation of Ste vens. What docs it all mean? is a - question people it re asking and which they have a right to ask. . Backing and filling, under the weight of a heavy load, is a common experi ence, especially with teams not well niRUi'.cd. We are crossing on isthmus, not a. stream, and there is no inhibition against changing horses while the crossing is in progress. It we have a teuin that does not pull together, -however strong or -willing lis individuals may be, there is something to be gained rather than lost, in the end. by stopping long enoush to put a new horse into the harness. Digging the Panama Canal is too huge an under- - taking to be accomplished without a Jong, hard pull all together. Perhaps it was fortunate, rather than otherwise, that Wallace and Stevens and Shonts retired. The work is now In the hands of Army engineers who have had ex perience in canal ajid clam construc tion who cannot resign and who may fairly be considered as competent as any who have had charge of. the work heretofore. There is just a possibility that the difficulties thus far encountered have been due to interference from interests scitlshly opposed to canal construction tn any terms. Transportation compa nies could well afford to hold out tempting salaries, that would lure de sirable employes away from the service of the Government at Panama. If any of the supervisory officials could not be drawn from their duty by offers of more profitable employment. they might be driven away by vexatious c:"'Ticism or inveigled by cunningly manufactured jealousy. There is noth ing in the history of the railroads that places them above suspicion of resort ing to such means. On the contrary, observing people would expect them to exhaust every resource in an effort to prevent "or delay the final success of the Panama Canal project. Hut however that may be. the people IV. not gi-e up the enterprise nor lose confidence in the ability of President ' Koosevelt to curry it through. Uneasi ness, growing out of temporary diffi culties, will best strciisrthen the deter- ; initiation to succeed. Panama Canal construction is the work of no party or section. It is a task self-imposed by the American poople. and It will not be given up though it prove more arduous than was nntieipated. The good name of the Nation is Involved in the enter prise, and the t orld shall not say that the United States undertook the task mid failed. In view of the large amount of work of varied character planned and executed by President Roosevelt or under his directions, it is not surprising if the time he has to give to the largest task of all. should h insufficient for overcoming at once all difficulties and obstacles. It was Roosevelt who secured the Congressional acton for construction of 1 the canal, after years of demand from the peorle. He chose the Panama route, seized upon an opportunity to recognize the independence of -the Pan ama Republic, and negotiated , the treaty and the purchase which placed jhe United States in position to begin work. Though others nave been ap pointed to positions of authority in the canal work, the people have looked to him as the real and active head of the enterprise and they will continue to rely upon him to see it through to com pletion. If he will consent, the people may again place him in his present po sition of authority. If he will not, they will doubtless be pleased to have him drop all other responsibilities and take personal charge of the greatest Na tional enterprise in American history. The situation seems now to be better than ever before. Much time was lost in calling for bids on contract work and then rejecting all bids, but the ac tion taken has met universal approval. It was apparent that. -if the bids had been accepted, the contractors who furnished the brains and took the re sponsibility would receive but a small share of the profits, while the bankers who furnished the ca.pital would get the lion's share of the profits: President Roosevelt refused to give his sanction to an arrangement which so clearly deprived the laborer of his hire. With the whole project in the hands of Army engineers, such contracts may be awarded for portions of the work as conditions from time to time may war rant. There will be small opportunity for railroad influences to interfere with the progress of construction. The Pres ident will have under him officials whose ability is recognized and whose loyalty cannot be questioned. The team is one that can settle down Into the harness and pull. DIESTABUSjHMENT IN ENGLAND. A resolution to disestablish and dis endow the national church has passed the English House of Commons by a vote of two to one. Thirty years, ago a similar resolution was lost by a vote of live to one. This indicates that in the meantime there has been some change of opinion in the mother coun try. Still the change has not been suf ficient to warrant the belief that dises tablishment is at hand. Some time the Church of Kngland will be relieved- of its injurious connection with the gdv- ernment. but it will not be just yet. The English church, in the last resort is ruled by laymen. This may not be wholly to its disadvantage, but it is anomalous. Even questions of disci pline and theology must be determined by the government finally, and the government often includes men whose piety is not notable. To this strange fact may perhaps be due the extraor dinary sanity which has generally char acterized the Episcopalian Church. It has persecuted other denominations when it had the opportunity; it has been exasporatingly exclusive of rights and privileges; but it has not often been mean nor has it, as a general rule, favored ignorance and superstition. In doctrine, the Church of England has been liberal in the long run; though it has shown disinclination to almost every advance at the outset. The fair ly early hospitality which it has gen erally exhibited toward progressive thought may be ascribed to the influ ence of laymen in its councils. The established church includes I bare hnlf of the population of Eng land. In Wales most of the people he- long to other denominations. If the es tablishment is an injustice in England in Wales it is a gross wrong. In fact, the separation between church and state is likely to begin with relief to the people of Wales. The growing sen timent for disestablishment is part of a world-wide movement which has made itself most manifest in France, 'but is clearly to-be discerned both in Spain and Italy, as well as in England. For the present the liberal tendencv has been checked in Spain, but it will re cuperate. The inevitable trend of the times is toward the complete separa tion of ecclesiastical and- secular affairs, NEW FAl'LTS OF LEGISLATURE. Nominated and elected by the peopl and responsible only to the people, th members of the latest Oregon Legisla ture passed appropriations far in ex cess of any Legislature heretofore and defeated more meritorious measures than a Legislature ever did, controlled by a "boss." No Legislature in this state has received such universal cen sure as that which closed its sessions last month. A great majority of the people find fault with the Legislature upon a large number of its acts and omissions. Upon two important points there is unanimous agreement that the lawmaking body was inexcusably dere lict in its duty it passed extravagant appropriations without providing new sources of revenue. which would lighten the burden of taxation upon real property. That the Legislature in this was unfaithful is an assertion from which there is no dissent. In ad dition to this it protected special privi leges of various kinds, -thereby continu ing unjust burdens upon the people. Complaint is vain unless accompanied by some effort to discover why the un satisfactory record was made and what remedy may be devised to prevent repetition of the legislative farce in the future. The people had expected that members of, the Legislature, being di retly responsible to the people, would take particular care to represent their wishes. That they did not may be ac counted for in two ways: Many of the members were young and inexperi enced and were easily deceived, misled and cajoled by crafty lobbyists: again, there was no responsible organization, but each individual acted upon his own counsel, and, feeling that his vote was but one out of ninety, did not govern his actions as carefully as he would if he felt responsibility for the general and final results. Probably there is not one man in the entire membership who. if it were left entirely to him to decide, would appro priate $.1,500,000 and provide for no new sources of revenue. Yet ninety individ ual?, acting together, did that very thing. Herein may be seen the influence of a "boss." That much-condemned factor in politics had no general desire to look after the interests of the people. He was not in politics for that purpose. He was looking out'for himself. Hence he was condemned. But the boss re alized that, in order to succeed for any length of time, he must make a fairly good record. Therefore he held down appropriations to g reasonable sum. and, while withholding from the people much legislation they needed and de--s'red. granted some of their demands in order to perpetuate himself in power. He acted through no love for the peo ple, but desired to secure re-election of his candidates to office. .The boss wm, In measttts. a responaible Indl- idual, upon whom the wrath of the people could be visited and his organ ization in the Legislature endeavored to dispel any threatening storm. A legislative ''machine" controlled by a boss would have pared down that 3,500.000 and would not have defeated so many remedial measures demanded by the people. What the people are going to do about it Is an imfiortant question. Certainly we shall not think of repeal ing the direct primary law and going back to the convention system. That would toe retrogression. The .adoption of the direct primary was an advance step in popular government. We want no more of the boss. What we need is to learn to, work better under the di rect primary and devise means of se curing from public servants faithful performance of duty. One method of securing more careful work from Legis latures would be to place responsibil ity for general results upon that body of men who effect the organization. The members who win out in an or ganization fight have a majority and are also in a position to name all com mittees. While they cannot act to gether upon every measure, they can direct the general policy of legislation and secure results that will be gener ally satisfactory. Ill addition to this and in addition to every other plan that may be de vised, the people must hold each indi vidual member responsible for his ac tion upon each measure that was pre sented for his consideration and vote. Most men who go to the Legislature desire to participate further in public re. .Many of them, after getting back home and hearing what the people say a'bout them, give up all political ambi tion and retire to eternal obscurity. Some of them stand for re-election to the Legislature or aspire to other offi cial preferment. When another elec tion conies round it is time to expose their records and -make them realize their responsibility. Look into each man's official record. If he voted with the tim-ber barons, the franchise barons and other special protected interests. hit him. and hit him hard. That's one way to cure legislative evils. On the other hand, if a member of the Legislature has made good If his record as a representative of the people has been satisfactorj-, don't forget that fact. Rewarding faithful servants is as important as punishing the unfaith ful. If a, member has given the people a square deal in the House, insist upon his accepting another term. If he makes good again, promote him to the Senate and give him as many terms there as he wants, or promote him to something higher. When a public serv ant has rendered good service, don't set him aside just because somebody else, who might not do as well, wants his place. Get your . knife out and keep it sharp -for -the man who won't perform the duty for which he was elected. That Is the most promising means of securing satisfactory service. KACE 8CIC1DK. There is more than one way to com mit race suicide. It may be questioned whether the excessive multiplication of human beings does not lead more di rectly to that end than the artificial restriction of births. Professor Edward Ross, of the University of Wisconsin, argues in the current number of the American Journal of Sociology that it does. Of course, in order to take his point of view we must enlarge the usual meaning of "suicide" a little. We must understand, by the word, all those influences which tend to degrade hu man life and make it not worth living. as well as actual sterility. Which is better an innumerable population with a small class living in luxury by the ex ploitation of the vast multitude, or a limited population where poverty, dis ease and misery have been eliminated and comfort is evenly distributed? Is there anything worthy of fetich wor ship in the mere existence of countless human beings, most of whom are in evitably wretched? As long as there are two men bid ding for the same job, the employer can fix the scale of pay. Were there but one man for each job, he could sell his labor at his own price. This, in a nutshell, is the race suicide question from the point of view of the laboring man. Theoretically, therefore, it is to the direct advantage of wofkingmen as a class to restrict their families. It is also to the advantage of the families. With given resources, one or two chil dren can be better nurtured than half a dozen. Their food will be more abun dant and nutritious; they will receive more of the mother's care; they can be more comfortably clad and more ade quately educatd. Many working-men can pay the way of one child through high school or college -when to do as much for five or six is out of the ques tion. A na.tion of well-bred, comfort able, educated men and women is pref erable from every point of viewito a starving proletariat. The snial! family can live a life -more civilized and human than the large one, upon the same income. Books, periodi cals, musi?, come within a man's means who has only a few to provide for; while wif.h a flock of children on his hands he is kept , forever busy to fill their stomachs. The precious boon of leisure is not beyond- the family man whose brood is within bounds; but for him who multiplies the race heedlessly life "becomes an unceasing round of toil. The primal curse of labor strikes hard est oil him who obeys most faithfully the command to increase and multiply. Prudence in reproduction makes a man master of his time and permits him to enjoy the opportunities of a hu man being, instead of a machine. The only telling argument that has ever been made for unlimited multiplication of life is that the people which can fur- nlsh most men will succeed best in war. At first glance this argument seems sound, but, upon examination, it turns out to -be futile. It is, indeed, marvelous that anybody should ever have advanced it deliberately with the spectacle of China before us. That de bilitated empire can furnish men in numberless myriads, but its efficiency in war is the ridicule of the world. The Boers have demonstrated that mere numbers are among the least Im portant factors in modern war. A select nation, animated with a de termined spirit, can hardly be over come in our day. particularly when on the defensive. Intelligence and resolu tion count for more than mere numbers. The. fear that a nation which does not keep Itself burdened with a surplus of starving population is in danger of be ing submerged by more fecund racea becomes more and more absurd with accumulating experience. We' are learning that it is not necessary to breed men to provide food for powder. To remain unborn is not the worst fate that can 'befall one. In civilized conditions a high birth rate implies a high death rate, because most of the new'born children cajinot be taken car. of. It cannot be believed that it is of any advantage to a child to come into the world, struggle through a few- months of hunger, sickness and misery and then perish. What good would it have misled by never being born at all? And how many evils it would have escaped! A high birth rate not only multiplies misery aVid death among children, but it also degrades women. A woman who is continually occupied with childbearing and the care of children has neither time nor , strength to develop her faculties or par ticipate in civilized life. It Is some times said that in attending to children she completely fulfills her destiny, and with that she ought to be satisfied; but the modern -mind Is not willing to accept a sacrifice so hopeless and mis erable, especially when nothing is gained by it. A woman owes something to herself as well as to her children. It is an evil sort of suicide tor her to destroy herself for the mere sake of multiply ing lives. The new lives are not likely to be w-orth more than' her own; most of them will be worth less. Some sac rifice on this score is essential and. not deadly;, too raueh'is among the worst of sins. In new countries large families are well enough, since there is room for all; hut they drag women down to early graves. Pioneer life is "paradise for men and horses, but it is hell for women," according to those who have lived it. From the large families of pioneering days sometimes come men of great ability, like Benjamin Frank lin, who was-the youngest of seventeen children; but' such cases are excep tional. The argument that large fam ilies provide more chances of produc ing exceptional men is fallacious. There is a better chance, of producing a man of great ability from a small group where the average is high than from a large one where It is low. The more candidly one examines the matter the more he is convinced that "race sui cide" Is simply another name for pru dence and the advancement of human well-being. The cry of the railroads, that jus tice be done them, will remind every man of certain incidents of his boy hood days. In every community there is at least one big boy who bullies all the small boys of the neighborhood. We all knew him when we were boys. He robbed our lunch baskets and we hardly dared complain. If we did re port to the teacher the chances were she would smooth the matter over for fear of causing trouhle, and the depre dations continued. He took our sleds without permission, ducked us in the swimming hole, tripped us on the ice and stole our ball. When we plaved marbles for keeps he -didn't play fair. but took the marbles just the same. A few of the smaller boys stood in with him because they admired him or were afraid to stand out. We all got our heads thumped. He put mud on our faces and rubbed it in. Day after day and year after year we talked him over among ourselves, agreeing that he was a tyrant, a robber, heartless, soulless, and ought to be controlled. But no one would undertake the job. Finally, we banded together under one leader, took him down and "oegan to .pummel him. whereupon he set up a howl that it was unfair for a dozen boys to set upon one. He demanded justice. And we gave him justice. Then we let him up. He was -better afterward. We all remem ber him and his career, but there is none of the recollection that carries pleasant sensations except the single incident of giving ham justice. President Stickney, of the Chicago Great Western Railroad Company, says that agitation and legislation upon the subject of rates will bankrupt some of the roads. Out here in Oregon w could name a few Instances In which absence of legislation has bankrupted sawmills. Bankruptcy is no worse for a railroad magnate than for a hardworking lum berman. Bankruptcy won't . stop the trains or tear up the track. It did stop the mills till the logs rotted in the ponds. District Attorney Jerome, of New Tork, has started a .war upon "run ners" a class of lawyers who make a business of soliciting employment from persons who have 'Become Involved in litigation or who have suffered injuries that may form the basis of -lawsuits. In view of the remark by a Judge that he was aware of the system that ex isted, it is apparent that there is need of vigorous action against this evil. It is easy to credit the report that a car-building piant will be established in Portland. Oregon lumber is now being shipped east of the Mississippi River to build cars. Why not build the cars here, load them with hops and thus make the lumber earn freight instead of paying freight the first time it goes lover the road Albany people, who complained that the local-option law was being violated and who asked that a grand jury be convened, were called before the jury to tell what they knew. They should not be slow about responding. People who want a law enforced should, be ready to tell about violations. State Senator McLean, of the North Carolina Legislature, -threatens to cow hide some of the newspaper reporters. There are legislators whose future in politics would be brighter If the news paper reporters were all hanged. Dispatches from New Tork announce that rival cigar stores will be started in Portland. This does not necessarily mean two-bit cigars at' two for 5. When it comes to telling of local graft. Lincoln Steftens could make his magazine, unpopular with Portland's first families Increase of 3000 in attendance at the public schools since last March is un impeachable evidence of Portland's rapid growth. In honor of St. Patrick the forests and fields of Oregon and Washington will be decked -in Erin's colors next Sunday. As In Oregon, so in California, Mr Heney has made himself very unpopu lar with certain types of political lead ers. Let us hope Lincoln Steffens will not neglect to record that Oregon's big land steal has come to an end. Hill says his road could not be re produced for $60,000 a mile. Assessors will please not take notice. Good morning! Have you paid youl taxes this year? PHIUPPIXE ELECTIONS IX JULY Taft Will Attend Opening of First Assembly in September: WASHINGTON March 13. Secretary Taft's proposed visit to the Philippines :n September to attend the opening of th first Philippine Assembly has directed at tention toward the new legislative body to be created for the islanders. The Assem bly will consist of 61 members apportioned upon the basis of one delegate for each Kwl person8i and provlSion fs made to in- crease the number to a total of 100. It will In a general way correspond to tbe American House of Representatives, while the Philippine Commission will correspond to the United States Senate, and the acts of the Assembly must secure the approval of the Commission before they become laws. Elections are to be held on July 30. Secretary Taft will start for the islands in August, and the first Assembly will convene in September. Subsequent elec tions for the Assembly are to be held upon the first Tuesday after the first Mon day of November in odd-numbered years. the delegates to hold office for two years. The election law of the Philippine isl ands requires that voters must be males 23 years old. citizens of the Philippines. The Australian ballot system is to be used, and heavy penalties are prescribed for corrupt practices. HX1SH CAXAL IX EIGHT YEARS Commercial Club Committees Report Favorably on Work. CHARLESTON. S. C March 13. Condi tions generally in the Panama. Canal zone are said to be favorable for completion of the canal within the eight years, end ing January 1. 1915. as estimated by the engineers in charge of the work, in the opinion of the committees from commer cial clubs in Chicago, Boston. Cincinnati and St. Louis, which have arrived here af ter a visit to the Isthmus. This opinion is embodied in a series of reports, all of which were approved by all members of the .party. From them a general report will be prepared by the chairman of the several groups under whose direction they were made and the general report will do submitted to the clubs represented by the committees. The force of laborers is declared to be adequate and efficient, and the commit tee expresses a belief that no difficulty will be experienced in recruiting the force from time to time, as conditions may de mand. In this connection the opinion is expressed that the la-borers will be drawn from the white and trlack races, "because Chinese labor is not wanted." It is recognized by the officials of the canal, the report says, that while the Chinese coolie would meet all the require ments of intelligence. stren,th and vi tality, his Introduction would lead to dif ficulties of administration and segrega tion which it Knis desirable to avoid, unless the confronting of the subject be comes necessary. MAY PROMOTE IMMIGRATION Government Will Not Interfere with Movement of Southern States. WASHINGTON. March 13. Information received today renders it clear that the Immigration authorities, as one result of the several conferences recently held, in which the President. Secretary Straus, Attorney-General Bonaparte, commis sioner of Immigration Sargent and prom inent men of the South have participated, will interpret the existing Immigration law as It was intrepreted in the South Carolina case. The Attorney-General has held that the immigrants landed at Charleston, S. C last November are legally In tne country. They were induced to come to America by authorized agents of South Carolina and the passage money for some, at least, of them was paid by the state and others by contributions of citizens. Several other Southern states have de cided to seek immigration along the same lines as were followed by South Carolina and it is understood they will not be in terfered with. ADVANCE IN POSTAL SALARIES Number of .Clerks and Lettercarriers Who Will Benefit. WASHINGTON, March 13. First Assist ant Postmaster Hitchcock has made a compilation showing how many clerks in postofnees and lettercarriers will be af fected by the Increased pay recently pro vided for them by Congress. The addi tional pay will begin -on July 1 next, the beginning of the new fiscal year. The total number of clerks promoted at that time or as soon afterwards as they shall have completed a year's service in the grades in which they are now serv ing will be 19.900. Of these 358 will be advanced from a salary of to J600, S33 from $500 to J60O, 3S34 from JOOO to SSP0, 4026 from $600 to $SO0, 4055 from $S00 to $900. 3473 from $900 to $idOO and 2381 from $1000 to $1100. The lettercarriers. many of whom are now receiving nearly the maximum salary provided by law, will be graded in the same way. The increase will affect 42.433 carriers throughout the country. Of this number 130 will be promoted from $tiOO to $SO0. SS26 from JSoO to $900, 1013 to $1000 from $9"0. The increase in the aggregate will amount to nearly $4,500,000. RESCINDS PATENT HOLD-TP Roosevelt Will Allow Settlers to Get Title Without Delay. WASHINGTON. March 13. President Roosevelt, finding the order holding up titles to land is working a. hardship on settlers, has sent the Secretary of the In terior a letter cancelling his order of Feb ruary 12, relative to the issuance of evi dence of title under the public land laws. The reason for the cancellation is that Congress dip not appropriate a sufficient amount tor tne carrying out ot tne pur poses of the 'order. In lieu of this order it Is proposed to have the Commissioner of the General Land Office detail all of his available force in such a manner ai to handle the work most rapidly and pre vent fraud. WILL ENFORCE 8-HOVR LAW Taft's . Instructions Will Reduce Work on Rivers and Harbors. WASHINGTON, March 13. Secretary Taft has given orders to the engineer officers of the War Department to en force to the letter the eight-hour law as applied to public works under their direction. Tills order, wbich was is sued with the permission of the Presl dent, will be far-reaching and, It 1: predicted, will greatly reduce the amount of river and harbor work that can be accomplished under the appro priations made by the last Congress. Lahm to Teach Army Ballooning. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., March 13. Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm, Sixth Cav alry, U. S. A., has been detailed as in structor of ballooning at Fort Leaven worth. Lieutenant Lahm in 1906 won the Gordon-Bennett cup in the Inter national balloon race from Paris to England. Will Not- Yet Abolish Barmaids. LONDON. March 13. The barmaids of Great Britain have received a respite, According to an announcement made the bill to do away with the employment as barmaids will not be introduced at tbla acsfion of Parliament. ENRAGED WITH LOBBYISTS. Governor of Nebraska Induces Sen ate to Revive Bill Against Them. LINCOLN. Neb., March 13. Governor Sheldon tonight sent a special message to the Senate requesting that body to re vive the House anti-lobby bill, which the Senate last week Indefinitely postponed. The Senate indicated its intention to re call the bill: The action of the Governor followed an exciting incident in the Senate this after noon when four Omaha business men were requested by Senators to leave the floor of tbe chamber and did so. It was during the consideration of amendments to the pure food bill and the four men were charged with lobbying in the Inter est of patent medicine manufacturers. CANNOT MAKE ROOSEVEL-T RUN Butler Proposes Root for President, Taft for Chief Justice. IXS ANGELES. March 13. In an inter view here. Dr. Nicholas Murray ButlerT president of Columbia University, said: "President Roosevelt will not run for President again, no matter what pressure Is brought to bear upon him. .The prin ciples which Roosevelt stands for are greater than the man. The Republican party must support these principles, no matter who itR standard bearer may be at the next election, with Mr. Root Presi dent and Mr. Taft Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, conditions would be pret ty near ideal. But I hardly look for such a combination to succeed." Referring to the Japanese question on the Pacific Coast, President Butler said: "I like the way in which the Mayor and School Board of San Francisco went to Washington and acted with the President in bringing about a happy solution of the Japanese question. It was diplomatic. It appears to me that the conference result ed in finding a good way out of the diffi culty. Of course, San Francisco people object to having adult Japanese in the schools with their children. It should not be allowed. Make other arrangements for adults as you would in the case of the adult French, Germans or people of any other nation." President Butler is at the Hotel Went ' worth, Pasadena, with his bride on their honeymoon. Mrs. Butler was formerly Miss Kate La Montagne. of New Tork. Women to Vote at School Elections. GUTHRIE, Okla., March 13. The right of women to vote in the new state was restricted further last night by the Con stitutional Convention when the privi lege to vote on all matters relating to schools-was changed to read that wom en should vote only on school district elections. x HOPE TO RECOVER THE MONEY Treasury Theft Has Not Yret Been Returned, However. CHICAGO. March 13. If the man who got the $173,000 from the sub-treasury will send it back through the mail or by ex press, the chances are that he never will be detected." This observation was made yesterday by a high Federal official working on the disappearance of the money, and it rep resents the hope of the Government au thorities, so far as can be learned from anyone engaged in the investigation. The hope that the money would be returned In some mysterious fashion failed to ma terialize. Deputy Treasurer Bantz admitted for the first time that there is a remote pos sibility that the cash in the sub-treasury is not $173,000 short. He made it with a reservation. I have not made my official report to the Government that there is a shortage of $173,000," he said. "I cannot do so until I have counted all the money $60,- 000,000 in the sub-treasury. ' My four as sistants, up to the present time, have counted $12,000,000. The work proceeds slowly now, for we are weighing a large quantity of gold piece by piece, to detect any shortage in weight." FLAYS TEACHER WITH RtLER Boy Quarrels With Instructor Over Solution of Problem. BHLLINGHAM, Wash., March 13. (Spe cial.) Rendered savage by his teacher's persistence in maintaining that an arith metic problem he submitted was incorrect, Jacob Smithers, a boy 10 years old. beat his Instructress, Mrs. J. H. Dunne, with ruler until she cried. In school hours Smithers contended that his answer to the problem was correct and his remarks resulted in his being or dered to remain after dismissal and re ceive punishment. After school closed the lad showed Mrs. Dunne that he was right iii his contention and suggested that the whipping "should- be the other waj-," which he emphasized by Saying her hands with a ruler. Cubans Oppose Foreign Voters. HAVANA, March 13. The idea that foreigners shall be allowed to vote at municipal elections has greatly incensed the Liberals. They are sure that such a course would revive the bitterness be tween the Cubans and the Spaniards. The matter has been temporarily set aside by the Electoral Commission, which has rec ommended that a general census be taken so that proper electoral lists may be prepared. A plan for this proposed census has been laid before Governor Magoon, so that the census may be be gun without delay, since the work will take a long time. Indicted Men Missing. COLUMBUS, O., March 13. The sensa tional disappearance of Charles E. Burr, one of the members of the Board of Pub lic Service, indicted lor bribery, has led to fears that he has committed suicide. Judge Evans today Bet the time for the trial of the indicted man for tomorrow. Edward Moriarity. ex-Secretary of the City Hoard or rieaitn, indicted for em bezzlement, is also missing. ARE THERE TO BE fttflt!'' LORDLY THIEF AGAIN STEALS - m Exchanges Box of Coal for $20 00 Worth of Diamonds. LONDON, March 13. Lord William Beauchamp Neville, who was sentenced to five years' penal servitude February 15. 1898, for fraud in connection with- a. promissory note, the prosecutor being Captain Spencer-Clay. son-in-law of William W. Astor, was today remanded at the Police Court charged with steal ing a box containing tasoo worth of pearls and diamonds by exchanging it for a similar box which when opened was found to contain bits of coal. SELL TO INSURANCE COMPANY Italians Let Village Burn and 2000 Are Homeless. MILAN, March 13. In the town of Borsano. near this city. 2000 persons were today made homeless by a fire which destroyed the greater part of the village. The people were indifferent to .the spread of the flames, -because their property was insured, and the author ities were obliged to force peasants to work to check the fire. English Strike-Breakers at Hamburg HAMBURG, March 13. About 1500 of the English longshoremen imported to take the places of the locked-out canal longshoremen who have refused to work upon the shipowners' terms, are at work today, and more are on their way here from London. In addition, gangs of long shoremen have been brought here from Antwerp. Lauisdorff Seriously III. GENOA, March . Count Vladimir LamsdorfT. formerly Russian minister of foreign affairs, is "seriously 111 at San Renio with a complication of diseases. M. Vlangali, once Russian ambassador to the Quirinal. is reported seriously 111 at San Remo and not expected to live. Duel In Prospect for Paris. PARTS, March 13. Henri Rochefort. the well-known editor of the Intran slgeant, and M. Pelletier, a lawyer, will probably flgh a duel tomorrow In con sequence of an exchange of recrimina tions in the law- courts this afternoon. Only Wall-Street Rumors. BERLIN. March 13. Reports were cir culated today from New York jthat some Berlin or Hamburg bankers were in criti cal positions. Nothing is known here of such rumors, which are regarded as American inventions, designed to in fluence Wall Street. Fatal Trainvtret'k In Transvaal. JOHANNESBURG. March 13. Dr. A. Adam Jamieson, ex-commissioner of bonds, was killed with 12 other persons last midnight in- the wreck of a train at Alkamar, due to a washout. Eleven others were injured. WORSE THAN SWEATBOX. Forced Confession Held as Worthies in Murder Car-to DENVER, Colo., March 13. Unless new and important evidence shall be found against Benjamin C. Wright, he will prob acy never be tried on the charge of mur dering his wife and child. District Attor ney George A. Stidger admits that evi dence to convict the man is lacking, but has not yet dropped the investigation. The alleged confession made by Wright to Chief of Police Delaney is said to be worthless as evidence, having been ob tained by use of physical force. Three physicians who examined Wright in jail after he made the confession de clared that he had recently been-cruelly beaten, as he claimed. No poison was found in the bodies ot Mrs. Wright -and her child, and it is claimed by the defense that their deaths were probably caused by carbon--dioxide from a defective gas heater in which fire had been burning all night when the bod ies were found. As a test of this theory, the defense placed- a dog In the house with the gas heater burning, :id after two hours. It is asserted, the arpVial was taken out as phyxiated. The Denver Women s Club has appoint ed a committee of three to investigate the sweating system used by the police, especially with reference to its applica tion in the case of Wright. It will en deavor to enlist the aid of Mayor Speer. Chief of Police Delaney says he will wel come a visit oy the committee. Wright received a letter from his father today, in which he was assured that the family will stand by him. Train Crew Arrested. ' NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.. March 13. (Special.-) Charged with violating a city ordinance and also the franchise of the Northern Pacific Railroad here. T. F. Banks, engineer, and James B. Aidrich. conductor, of an extra freight train, were today arrested and lodged in the City Jail. The train remained for more than 20 minutes on Quince street, blocking the highway completely. After the road had been blocked for two hours and all trains in both directions held, the Northern Pa cafic attorny, Ira P. Englehart, made ar rangements to have the men released. Peabody's License Suspended. SAN FRANCISCO, March 13. United States Supervising Inspector Birming ham has sustained the judgment of In spectors Bolles ant Bulger in suspend ing for six months the license of Cap-, tain Thomas Peabody. Peabody was charged with negligence In allowing the transport Sheridan to run ashore at Barber's Point, Oahu Island, last Au gust. President's Son Recovering. WASHINGTON. March 13. It was stated at the White House this morning that Archie Roosevelt had a good night and that he is making steady progress toward recovery. OTHER RESIGNATIONS? Prom the Chicago Tribune. if L L - J