VOL. XLVIII. NO. 14,737.
PORTLAND, OREGON, . FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CALLAO SALUTES
BIG BATTLESHIPS
Fleet Arrives at Chief
Port of Peru.
CITY KEEPS GREAT HOLIDAY
Hosts Cheer Americans From
Hills and Shore.
EVANS STILL DISABLED
Ttcrmbllo Prepares Great Festivities
in "Which He Cannot Join Suc
cessful Trip Through Straits,
Amid Magnificent Scenery.
CALLAO, Feb. 20. The American bat
tleships under Rear-Adm1ral Evans, look
ing clean, trim and powerful In the sun,
came to anchor in this port soon after S
o'clock this morning. The booming of
salutes announced the arrival of the
fleet, but there was no need to send out
signals, for every resident of Callao and
great crowds from Lima, which stands
back on the hills, had awaited with ex
pectancy the llrst glimpse of the ad
vancing column.
SInhv Welcome .From. . HU1s.
Calico was in. holiday array. - wishing .to
. i.iut Peruvian hospitality was sec-
10 none In South America, and many
ll.jus:nds viewed . frpni . the. wharves, .the
headlands and the ships in the harbor,
the imposing scene, and enthusiastic
crowds went down the bay on excursion
eleamers and cheered the American men-of-war.
s .-
The Peruvian ,cruiser Coronel Dolog
ncsi, bearing the first official welcome to
the fleet, joined the American vessels
yesterday morning, 250 miles to the south
ward., having the day before exchanged
greetings by wireless with the Connecti
cut and acted as escort up the coast.
She led the way into the harbor this
morning, with the flagship of the fleet
.close behind, and toon the sound of
guns gave notice that the American sail
ors were the republic's guests.
Evans Can't Join in Celebration.
The only regrettable feature of the en
tertainments arranged in honor of the
visitors is the fact that the Commander
himself, Rear-Admiral Evans, will not
be able to attend. It was said today that
Admiral Kvans, who has been suffering
almost from the beginning of the voyage
from rheumatism, was slightly better,
but he does not feel that he should risk
the danger of comipg ashore. Rear-Admiral
Charles M. Thomas, commander
of the second squadron, will represent
him at the official ceremonies.
Festivities of Ali Kinds.
The battleships will remain here possi
bly for 10 days, and will be 'Joined by
the torpedo-boat flotilla near the close
of their stay at Callao. Arrangements
have been made for festivities of all
kinds, including a bullfight, which not
less than 5000 of the bluejackets will see,
and a regatta, for which preparations
have been going on for several weeks.
President Pardu will give a public recep
tion to the officers tomorrow afternoon
and Washington's birthday will be made
a gala occasion,
. Successful Trip Up Coast.
The American warships had a suc
cessful and uneventful passage up from
Punta Arenas. They left Punta Arenas
at 11 o'clock at night, February 7, and in
column formation made their way
through the western half of th.e Strait
of Magellan. The torpedoboat flotilla ac
companied the warships. For the first
part of the passage through the strait
they kept close to the larger vessels, but
then dropped behind and turned north to
Smyth Channel. A minor accident to the
engines of the destroyer Lawrence made
it necessary for her to fall back, but she
picked up the flotilla later in the after
noon of February 8. The destroyers en
tered Smyth Channel at about the same
time that the battleships got clear of the
strait and steamed out Into the Pacific.
Grand Scenery in Straits.
Saturday, February 8, the sky was
overcast. The weather was cold and the
wind blew hard, forcing the low flying
clouds aside for occasional flashes of
brilliant sunshine. The snowclad peaks
on either side of the strait made a fit
ting setting to the mild weather. As the
vessels steamed steadily through the nar
row confines of the English Reach,
Croack Reach and Long Reach, and
finally past the Evangelist Islands out to
the open sea, the scene was one of wild,
rugged and picturesque beauty. -
One after the other, the white battle
ships forged through the deep gorge In
the black mountains that form the south
ernmost headlands of South America. To
the north and to the south the mountain
valleys showed glinting glaciers with cas
cades streaming down the narrow- cuts
and defiles to the lower levels, to find
their way in rushing rivulets to the
south.
Proud or Great Achievement. .
As the vessels cleared in safety the
last headlands and Islands that bar. the
entrance to the open ocean, every man
was filled with a sense of pride In the
successful accomplishment of a difficult
and dangerous piece of navigation. Once
In the Pacific, the fleet ran into drizzling
rain and . fog and the headlands and
mountains marking the western entrance
to the strait were quickly. lost to view.
Welcome News From Home.
. The hearts of the officers and the men
of the fleet were made glad soon after
the arrival of the ships here, for 887 mail
bags, containing messages from home,
were immediately put on board or dis
tribution. Telegrams to the number of
450 were also distributed, and as the Cen
tral Cable Company admits gratis to the
United States the replies to telegrams to
the officers, the movement at the cable
office today was tremendous. Almost
every man on the ships was rejoicing
over the receipt of news from his family-General
Espuru, the Minister of War,
paid an official visit to Rear-Admiral
Evans on the Connecticut and expressed
his deep regret at the Admiral's illness.
Visits were exchanged during the day
between other officers of the government
and the naval representatives.
Several of the .vessels went outside
early in the afternoon for maneuvers
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GfDeral Stoessel, Who Was
demned to Death Yesterday.
and gun exercises. The auxiliary Culgoa
will proceed at an early date to San
Diego.
CALLAO, GREAT PORT, OF PERU
l'p-to-Date City and Splendidly Im
proved Harbor.
Callao, where the American battleship
fleet is now making Its fourth stop in Its
cruise round South America, Is the great
depot for the commerce of Peru. It is
second only to Valparaiso, Chile. Ap
proximately one-half of the foreign trade
of Peru, which amonuted .last year to
more than $50,000,000, passes in and out of
Callao. Fully 1000 vessels put ln,to the
harbor every year, and 20 steamers, to
gether with 40 sailing craft, may any day
be seen lying at anchor In the bay.
Callao is one of the finest and safest
harbors on "the Pacific. There are mas
sive wharves at the water's 'edge, pro
tected by a pier 800 feet lonir connected
with the shore by a bridge, built on iron
piles, 2800 feet long. .In the bay 4s a float
ing dock which will admit vessels of 21
feet draught and 5000 tons weight.
Steamers lie alongside the wharves and
freight Is trans-shipped immediately into
car ;
A natural protection of the bay is the
Island of San Lorenzo, which shelters the
city from southwest storms.- Adjacent to
San Lorenzo Is the Palominos group, on
which is a powerful lighthouse. Just re
cently erected Is a tower for wireless
telegraphy.
Callao, as a town is very old, its foun
dation dating back to the year. 1537. The
original site -was destroyed by an earth
quake in 1746 and swallowed up by the
sea. The ' present city yet retains some
traces of its earlier history, in -the nar
row and irregular streets, but today It is
(Concluded on Pago 13.)
CONTENTS' TODAY'S PAPER
The Weatfaer.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 54
decrees; minimum, 35.
TODAY'S Fair and continued mild; east
erly winds.
Foreign..
StoesBl condemned to death with recom
mendation of Imprisonment. Page 1.
Russia discourages talk of war with Turkey.
Page 6. ,
National. '
Roosevelt welcome Takahira as Japanese
Ambassador. Page 5.
Land Office Investigates charge that law-
yers hold up Si let settlers. Page 2.
postofflce Department Investigates syndicate
selling claims on Coos Bay wagon-road'
grant. Page 6
Fleet arrives at Callao and 4s -welcomed by
Peruvians. Page I. - t ' -
Charges against builders of submarines, to
be Investigated by House. Page 6. -Domestic
Hegeman, insurance president, arrested in
to&t case. Page 2.
Harrtman wins contest In court over Illi
nois Central Railroad. Page 4.
Miners 'at Rawhide build fort and threaten
battle to defend claim. Page I,
Rumors of general reduction of wags on
railroads without foundation. Page 4.
v - Sport. -
Cincinnati woman . wins woman's bowling
championship. Page 3.
American auto ahead in race, but snow de
lays progress. Page 5.
- Pacific Ceast ' '
Court admits evidence in support of Ruefs
immunity contract. Page 6.
Powder works at Pinole, Cal., blows up, kill
ing 2S persona Page 1.
Stanford students expelled for drunkenness.
Page I.
Clackamas .Republicans divided as to State
ment No. 1; candidates springing up.
Page 7.
Seattle society startled by divorce scandaC
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Commercial and Marine.
Onion growers holding for higher prices.
Page 17.
Steadier feeling in grain markets. Page 17.
Aggressive strength shown by leading
stocks. Page 17.
Two steamships chartered to carry lumber
to Oriental ports. Page 36.
Portland .wad Vicinity.
Defense in Way mire case will close today.
Page 10.
Demurrer Interposed in Marquam case
Page 11.
Robert 'Galloway. Juvenile Court prosecutor.
dies in California. Page 12.
Senator Fulton introduces resolution author
izing suits in land grant cases. Page 12
Military ball at the Armory tomorrow night
Page 10.
Howard C. Green's alleged forgeries said to
have exceeded $10,000. Page J2.
Work on Harriman extension to PurM
Sound will begin In a few days. Page i.
Con- I
DEATH SENTENCE
but
MERCY
Stoessel Condemned
for Surrender.
DECISION OF COURT-MARTIAL
Recommends Its Sentence Be
Commuted by Czar.
PRAISES HEROIC DEFENSE
Friends of General. Ttally Around
Him and Petition Empress to Ask
Czar for Pardon Dramatic
Climax to the Trial.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 26. Lieutenant-General
Stoessel was condemned . to
death this evening by a military court
for the surrender of Port Arthur, to the
Japanese.
General Fock, who commanded the
First East Siberian division at Port Ar
thur, was ordered reprimanded for a dis
ciplinary offense, which was not connect
ed with the surrender, and General Smir
noff, acting commander of the forttess,
and Major-General ReissJ chief of staff to
General Stoessel, were acquitted of the
charges against them for lack of. proof.
The court recommended that the death
sentence upon Lieutenant-General Stoes
sel be commuted to ten years' imprison
ment in a fortress and that he be ex
cluded from the service.
Condemned,' but Highly Praised.
General Voeder,' president of the court,
read the sentences amid a tense silence.
By a great effort of self-control. General
Stoessel maintained rigid, soldier-like im
passivity. General Smirnoff also was
seemingly unmoved, but there were tears
in the eyes of General Relss.
The sentence of death was pronounced
upon General Stoessel "for surrendering
the fortress before all the means of de
fense had been exhausted, for failing to
enforce his authority, and for military
misdemeanors." Commutation of the sen
tence was asked on the ground that "Port
Arthur,, beset by. overwhelming forces,
defended itself under General Stoessel's
leadership with unexampled stubbornness
end filled the world with astonishment at
the heroic courage 'of its garrison; that
several assaults had been repulsed with
tremendous losses on the part of the en
emy; that General Stoessel throughout
the siege had maintained the heroic cour
age of the defenders, and finally that he
had taken energetic part in three cam
paigns." Empress Asked for Pardon.
Before the sentence was read measures
were taken to prevent a demonstration
in favor of Stoessel by a number of the
younger officers and witnesses who were
present: These later sent a dispatch to
the Empress saying they would humbly
bear testimony that General Stoessel was
the soul of the defense of Port Arthur;
that he had always encouraged and put
-Too Bought Some Railroad
At the Trifling- Profit of $29,000,000
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heart Into the ga"rrison, and that In case
of war they would wish to serve again
under such,, a hero. They asked the Em
press graciously to bespeak from the Em
peror a full pardon.
. There was a dramatic moment after
the reading of the sentence, when a de
tachment of soldiers filed into the hall.
The spectators, thinking that they were
about to seize General Stoessel,' displayed
great excitement, several women fainting.
It developed, however, that this was
merely a guard fdr the dispersal of the
crowd. .
Stoessel's Friends Kally to Him.
General Stoessel, who was accompanied
by his son, was the object of a sympa
thetic demonstration, friends kissing and
shaking him by the hand as he left the
court leaning on his son's shoulder.
A public festival is being arranged by
the municipality of St. Petersburg in
honor of the defenders of the fortress.
APPROVE MOROCCO POLICY
French Senate Indorses Govern
ment's Present Course.
PARIS, Feb. 20. The reports of num
erous recent severe battles, m Morocco,
which have, been printed in the news
papers here, with .r. the accompanying
rumors that General d'Amade's army Is
really in serious straits through reverses
at the hands of tribesmen, - led to a
lengthy discussion of the Moroccan
question in the senate which finally
adopted a vote of confidence in the gov
ernment's present, course of action.
General Picquart, the minister of war,
denounced as false the reports which
were coming out of Morocco and claimed
that General d'Amade was succeeding In
his mission which always must be carried
out in accordince with the delicate re
striction of the Algeciras act. The gen
eral situation In Morocco he said, Is ex
cellent. MARCH "ENDS IN A RIOT
Demonstration by Unemployed. In
Philadelphia Streets.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 20. The
marching of nearly 1000 foreigners' to
the City Hall, where they said they
intended to make demands upon
Mayor Reyburn, precipitated a riot in
Broad street late this afternoon, in
which 20 persons were injured before
the police dispersed the marchers and
arrested 14 of them.
The men. most of whom were Ital
ians and Poles, marched from the for
eign settlement In the lower section
of the city. The leaders and a score
of others carried red flags having a
black border.
MEET GERMAN SOVEREIGN
Ms. and Miss Montgomery, of Port-
land, Received by Kaiser."
BERLIN", Feb. 20. Mrs. and Miss
Montgomery, of Portland, Or., were pre
sented to Emperor William and the Em
press at the court concert last night.
Mrs. Montgomery is a sister of
William 'Walter Phelps who was Minis
ter to Germany from 18S9 to 1S93..
KILLED ON JAP CRUISER
Three Non-Commissioned Officers
Felled by Breaking Bollard.'
TOKIO,. Feb.' 21. While the Japanese
cruiser Akashi was engaged in towing
work at Ariyaki, In the Nagasaki pre
fecture, on the evening of February 20,
a bollard gave way. Three non-commissioned
officers were killed and two of
ficers injured.
Editor of Honolulu Paper.
HONOLULU, Feb. 20. F. . L. Hoogs,
manager of the Hawaiian Star, is dead.
WOULDN'T IT MAKE YOU SMILE,
Stock and
- Mold It (o the Helpleu Investors in a Road of which Yon
Ware Bof B
to Yourself, if
-Instead of Being; Pot in Jail You Were Crowned Kins of
Finance, Wouldn't It Make Too Glad You Were AlivaT
ITEE
OVER SCORE LIS
PowderWorksBlowUp
Like Earthquake.
NONE IN BUILDING ESCAPES
Not a Particle of Foreman's
Body Can Be Found.
MANY. INJURED IN PANIC
Hercules Works at Pinole Wrecked
With Prodigious Report, Shaking
All Near Towns and Kill
. ' . ing 8 . Pecsons.
BERKELEY, Cal., Feb. 20. With a
force that shook the entire bay region
as an earthquake and a detonation
heard for miles, the Judson packing
house of the Hercules Powder Works
at Pinole, 14 miles north of here, blew
up at 4 o'clock this afternoon, and In
the. -explosion four white men and 24
Chinamen were killed. Ten tons of
dynamite went up in the terrific blast,
shattering the sheds to dust and splint
ers. . .W-. . W. Still well, foreman of the
packinghouse, was blown to atoms at
his post of duty. Not a particle of his
body was recovered. Manuel Enos,
Jose Grace and W. A. Rodregues were
the other white men killed. The 28
dead include every man at work In
the packinghouse. None escaped.
Many Injured In . Panic.
. Flames burst forth In the ruins after
the explosion and threatened the gela
tine house, where two score girls were
at work. A panic ensued 'and many
were cut by flying glass and crushed
and trampled in the mad rush for the
doors, . .
The panic and confusion follow
ing the explosion were pitiful. Famil
ies of the men who daily risk their
lives at the 'powder plant . came run
ning from the little hamlet of Pinole
seeking news of loved ones. - Danger
of additional explosions prevented
those who escaped Injury from ap--proaching
too near the wreck, and It
was not until late in the evening that
the number of dead and Injured was
known.'
Heroic Fight With Flames. ,
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Charles- Birmingham, Jr., superin
tendent of the plant, took charge of the
men immediately after the- explosion.
He led the army of dynamiters who
fought the great San Francisco fire
and today was equal to the emergency.
An armed guard was thrown around
the powder works and no one was- al
lowed to get within the danger line. .
A fire fighting brigade was organized
and in the face of hazards that might
have meant deatt for Mr. Birmingham
or any of his brave men, the flames
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were fought down and most of the
plant not torn to tatters by the ter
rific explosion was saved.
Four white men were injured by flying
timbers and later taken to the Lane Hos
pital in San Francisco by special train.
Mrs. Birmingham, wife of the superin
tendent, cared for the injured and was
the heroine of the wreck. The injured
girls were cared for at the company hos
pital on the grounds.
Mistaken- for Earthquake.
"As far away as Berkeley and Oakland
the shock of the explosion caused intense
excitement. People rushed from their
houses and places of business, thinking
another earthquake had come. It was
not long, however, before the real cause
of the concussion was" known. A great
pillar of smoke rising hundreds of feet in
the air and plainly visible from the tops
of tall bandings told that another of the
powder plants of San Pablo Bay had gone
up, claiming its toll of death.
The Hercules plant is owned by the Du-
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Judge I.
Whom a Petition for Impeach-
ment Has Been tiled With HouM
of Reprrsrntntlves.
pont'de Nemours powder trust, and Is
used for the manufacture of black pow
der of high explosive power. The loss to
the company due to today's accident is
placed at about $100,000. As is usual In
Buch "cases, no definite cause for the ac
cident can be given. Those who could tell
the tale were blown to atoms. Birming
ham says the explosion Is the most seri
ous in 18 years. .
Most Seriously Injured. '
Miss Mary Brazel, employed in packing-house
No. 2. hBlf''it--Wire'"from the
scene of the explosion, was the most seri
ously injured of the 12 women and girls
in' the house. She was taken to the Cali
fornia Women's Hospital In San Fran
cisco, and is in a serious condition. Jonn
Lucid, a section foreman; Vincent Ro
billo,. 'assistant tfreman, and Albert Dur
lnger, foreman of packing-house No. 2,
were all seriously injured. . This house
caught fire and was burned down. Of
the Chinamen killed, only two are known
by- name. They are Wing Kee and Wong
Wo.
EXPELSTANFORQ STUDENTS
FIRST , VICTIMS OF CRUSADE
AGAIXST DRIXKIXG.
Action Against Prominent Frat Men
Convinces Undergraduates That
Com in it lee .Means Business.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. 20.
The crusade against drinking claimed Its
first victims today when the new com
mittee on student affairs announced that
two students had been indefinitely sus
pended for appearing on the quadrangle
in an intoxicated condition. The matter
wa brought to the attention of the-former
committee on February 5, before any
resolutions against drinking had. been
passed, and was referred by them -to
Professor Clark's committee upon their
resignation. - Chairman Clark, of the Dew
Committee, denies this is :"a post facto"
action, and in a lengthy statement to
the Daily Palo Alto, says that the mat
ter came to thorn as "unfinished ' busi
ness" and that there are several other
matters not settled by the old commit
tee. It is. generally understood that the sus
pended students are frat men and promi
nent in college affairs. The case is char
acterized by Clark as one of "noticeable
drunkenness" rather than "flagrant in
toxication." The student body Is In a
state of great excitement on account of
the committee's action and Is now sure
that the new committee means business.
NAMED AS REFEREE BOARD
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Educators to Pass on Suits Based
on Use of Preservatives.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. The President
today announced the selection of the fol
lowing referee ' board of prominent
scientists of the country, who are to aid
the Department of Agriculture In passing
upon the suits based upon the use of
benzoate. of soda, sulphur and other pre
servatives in the foods of the country":
Dr. Ira Bemsen, president of Johns
Hopkins University; Dr. Russell H. Chit
tenden, Yale University; Dr. John ri.
Long, Northwestern University; ' Dr.
Alonzo E. Taylor, University of Califor
nia, and Dr. Burton, College of Physi
cians and Surgeons, . New York.
WILL WED FOREIGN COUNT
Miss Whitney and Budapest Noble
man Kngaged.
LONDON. Feb. 20. A Vienna dis
patch to a news agency says that sev
eral Budapest newspapers state that
Count Paul Esterhuzy, who recently
returned from New York, whither he
wcTit to attend tiie wedding of Count
Iaszlo Szechenyl with Miss Gladys
Vanderbilt.j is engaged to marry Miss
Dorothy Whitney, of that city.
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R. Wilrixy. of the United
FORTUNE
WITH THEIR LIVES
Rawhide Miners. Be
sieged on Mountain.
FIRST ATTACK MEANS BATTLE
Edward Miller Uncovers Mine
of Great Riches.
DENIES PARTNERS' CLAIMS
Having No Aid From Them in Labor
and Privation, He KeTues to
Share "With Them Tow rr
Watches the Siege.
RENO. New, Feb. 20. (Special.) Ed
ward Miller and 20 friends, barricaded
behind a breastworks of high-grade
ore, are defending their rights to a
ease on the Litigator claim on Balloon
Mountain at Rawhide tonight. Oppos
ing them . are. Miller's five partners
and a hundred or more friends.
Miller and his friends are armed and
also have automatic guns to defend
their rights. . Miller's partners are also
armed and are, protected behind dykes
and boulders along the hillside. Sev
eral times during the day persons have
made efforts. to have both sides reach
an agreement under, a flag of truce,
but without avail.
First Attack Means Battle.
The flat has gone out that the first
hostile move on the part of cither side
will be a signal to shoot. All that
prevents an attack is the open ground
which lies In the 100-yard space that
intervenes between the opposing fac
tions. The struggle is going on along
the high slope of Balloon Mountain,
within full sight of the thousands who
are now at Rwhide. Reports from
there at this hour, state that as yet
no shots have been heard, but blood
shed is feared at any moment between
now and morning.
Barricade of Gold Ore.
The struggle, which culminated in
the open reacrt to arms this morning,
has 'been in progress since Monday,
when Miller opened up one of the rich
ledges of the camp. It averages into
the hundreds in gold to the ton, but
the high-grade ore runs away Into the
thousands. Since the. pay rock was
uncovered Miller has been hard at
work blasting out the treasure and
sacking the richest of the lot. It is
behind this high-grade that he and
his' friends are defending themselves r
tonight.
Earned Right by Privation.
Miller. It appears, owns only one
sixth Interest In the lease and refusej
to share with his five partners, whe
are now insisting upon their portion.
Miller says that the partners have
never contributed a cent to te work
ing of the lease; that they have nevei
worked a minute on the claim. On th"
other hand, Miller maintains that he
has gone hungry, suffered untold prl
vationj in the past two months and Ir
the face of every obstacle has con-
tinued work alone and unaided. Now
that he has laid bare enough gold to
insure him 'comfort for the rest ol
his life, he has sent out the flat to
the attacking party that he Is pre
pared. If necessary, to lay down hit
life In protecting it.
Jack Reynolds, who arrived In Reno
tonight, confirmed the reports thai
had preceded him. He left Rawhide
this morning at the beginning of the
trouble and says that every effort to
Bettle up to that time had failed.
FINDS JOB FOR MITCHELL
President to Send Him to Panama
to Look Into Labor Conditions.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. That John
H. Mitchell, the retiring president ot
the Mine Workers, may be asked by
President Roosevelt to go to Panama
and make a report on labor conditions
there Is one of the results which may
accrue from a conference on Panama
affairs at the White House today. Th
President, Secretary Taft and Colonei
Goethals considered not only the laboi
phase of the Isthmian situation, but
many others. Colonel Goethals re
ceived final instructions and will sal,'
for the Isthmus next week.
METCALF TO GREET FLEET
Secretary of Xavy Plans Visit to Sao
Francisco. .
WASHINGTON. Feb. 30. Secretary
Metcalf has decided to-visit San ' Fran
cisco at the time the battleship fleet ar
rives. It Is the President's view that the
head of the Navy should be present to
greet the fleet arter Its long voyage, "iiit
date of the Secretary's departure from
Washington will depend on the move
ments of the fleet after target practice ai
Magdalena Bay. .
Divided on Death Penalty.
BOSTON. Feb. 20. An adverse re
port on the bill removing the death
penalty for murder in the first degree
was made in the Senate today by the
committee on judiciary, with a large
minority of the committee as dissenters.
DEFEND