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TAFT'S RELIGION
THEME OF LETTER
Roosevelt Takes Occasion to
Discuss Ante -Election
Issue.
MATTER FOR MAN AND GOD
President Reprobates Those Who
Would Inject Religion Into Po
litical Questions Has Men
of All Faith in His Cabinet.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 8. "Secretary
Taft's religious faith Is purely his own
private concern and not a matter for
general discussion and political discrim
ination." says President Roosevelt in
litter h mads public tonight. In which
he answers numerous correspondents.
The President says he deferred the pub
lication of the letter until now to avoid
any agitation likely to Influence the
election. The letter follows:
"November . 190. My Dear Sir: I
have received your letter running In
part as follows: "While it is claimed
almost universally that religion should
pot enter into politics, yet there Is no
denying that it does, and the mass of
the voters that are not Catholics will
not support any man for any office, es
pecially for the Presidency, who is a
Roman Catholic.
Brother Catholic, It Was Said.
" -8ince Taft has been nominated for
President by the Republican party, it
is being circulated and is constantly
urged as a reason for not voting for
Taft that he is an infidel tt'nitarlan).
and his wife and brother Roman Catho
U. s.
" 'Tf his feelings are in sympathy with
the Roman Catholic Church on account
of his wife and brother being Catholics,
that would be objectionable to sufficient
number of voters to defeat him. On the
other hand, if he is an infidel that would
be sure to mean defeat. 1 am writing
this letter for the sole purpose of giving
Mr. Taft an opportunity to let the world
know what his religious belief is.1
Subject Outside of Politics.
"I received such letters as yours during
the campaign, expressing dissatisfaction
with Mr. Taft on religious grounds:
aome of them on the ground that he was
a Unitarian and others on the ground
that he was suspected to be In sym
pathy with Catholics. I did not answer
any of these letters during the cam
paign because I regarded It as an out
rage even to agitate such a question as
a man's religious convictions with the
purpose of Influencing a Presidential
election. But now that the campaign
Is over, when there Is opportunity for
men to calmly consider whither such
propositions as those you make in your
letter would lead. 1 wish to Invite them
to consider them and I have selected
your letter to answer because you ad
venes both the objections commonly
urged against Mr. Taft. namely that he
la a Unitarian and also that he Is sus
pected of sympathy with the Catholics.
You ask that Mr. Taft shall "It the
world know what his religious belief is."
Matter of Private) Concern.
"This is his own private concern, and
It is a matter between him and his
maker, a matter for his own conscience,
and to require It to be made public un
der penalty of political discrimination is
to neg.tilve th first principles of our
Government, which guarantee complete
religious liberty, and the right of each
man to c' In religious affairs as his
own conscience dictates. Mr. Taft never
asked mv advice in the matter, but if he
had asked it I should have emphatically
advised him against thus stating publlo
lv his religious belief. Tie demand for a
statement of a candidate's religious be
lief can have no meaning except that
there may be discrimination for or
against him because of that belief. The
Inevitable result of entering upon such
a practice would be an abandonment of
our belief In freedom of conscience, which
In so many lands has proved fatal to
true liberty and true religion and fatal
to advance In civilisation.
Liberty of Conscience) Guaranteed.
"To discriminate against a thoroughly
upright citlsen because he belongs to
some particular church or because, like
Abraham Lincoln, he has not avowed his
allegiance to any church, is an outrage
against the liberty of conscience which
Is one of the foundations of American
liberty. Ten are entitled to know whether
a man seeking your suffrage Is a man
of clean and upright life, honorable In
all his dealings with his fellows and fit
by qualification and purpose to do well
in the great office for which he Is a
candidate: but you are not entitled to
know matters which lie purely between
himself and his Maker. If it Is proper or
legitimate to oppose a man for being a
Unitarian, as was John Qulncy Ad.ims.
for Instance, as is the Rev. Edward Ev
erett Hale, at the present moment chap
lain of the Senate then It would be
equally proper to support or oppose a
man because of views on Justification by
faith, or the method of administering
the sacrament, or the gospel of salvation
by works. If you once enter on such a
career there Is absolutely no limit at
which you can legitimately stop.
Criticism Was Slander.
"So much for your objections to Mr.
Taft because he is a Unitarian. Now
for your objections to him because you
think his wife and brother to be Roman
Catholics. As it happens, they are not:
but if they were, or if he were a Ro
man Catholic hereafter, it ought not to
affect In the slightest degree any man's
supporting him for the Presidency. You
say that 'the mass of voters that are
not Catholics will not support a msn for
any office, especially for President of
the United States, who Is a Riman
Catholic' I believe that when you say
this you foully slander your fellow
countrymen. I do not for one moment
believe that the mass of our fellow-eltl-rens.
or that any considerable number
of our fellow-cttiaens. can be Influenced
by any such narrow bigotry as to refuse
to vote for any thoroughly upright and
fit man because he happens to have a
particular religious creed. Such a con
sideration should never be treated as a
reason for either supporting or opposing
a candidate for political office. Are you
aware that there are several states in
this Union where the majority of the
people are now Catholics? I should
reprobate in the severest terms the
Catholics In those states (or in any other
states) -who refused to vote 'for the
most fit man because he happened to be
a. Protestant: and my condemnation
would be exactly as severe for Protes
tants who. under reversed circumstances,
refused to vote for a Catholic.
Men or All Faiths in Cabinet.
"In public life I am happy to say that
1 have known many men who were
elected and constantly re-elected In dls
rieta where the great majority of the
constituents were of a different religious
belief. I hare known Catholics who bava
for many years represented constitu
encies mainly Protestant and Protes
tants who have for many years repre
sented constituencies mainly Catholic;
and among them the Congressmen whom
1 know particularly well, was one man
of Jewish faith who represented a dis
trict in which there waa hardly any
Jews at all. All of these men by their
.very existence In political life refute
the slander you have uttered against
their fellow Americans. I believe this
Republic will endure for many centurVs.
If so. there will be doubtless among its
Presidents Protestants and Catholics
and very probably at some' time
Jews. I have consistently tried while
President to act in relation to my fel
low American! of Catholic faith, as I
hope that anv future' President who
happens to be a Catholic will act toward
his fellow Americans of Protestant faith.
Had I followed any other course I
should have felt that I was unlit to rep
esent the American people.
"In my cabinet at the present moment
there sit side by side Catholic and
Protestant. Christian and J'W. each man
chosen because, in my belief, he is par
ticularly fit to exercise on behalf of all
people "the duties of -she office to which
I have appointed him. In no case does
the man's religious belief in any way
affect his discharge of duties, save as It
makes him more eager to act Justly or
uprightly in his relations to all men.
The same principles that have obtained
In the appointing of members of my
cabinet, highest officials under me. the
officials to whoyi Is trusted the work of
carrying out all the Important policies
of my Administration, are the principles
on which all good Americans should act
In choosing, whether by election or by
appointment, the men to fill any office
from the highest to the lowest in the
land. Yours truly.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"J. C. Martin. Dayton. Ohio."
CRIME RUNNING RAMPANT
SERIES OF RECENT TRAGEDIES
IX PARIS.
Jealousies and Fancied Wrongs
Lead to Frequent Murders
and Suicides.
PARIS, Nov. 7. (Special.) A series of
terrible tragedies has taken place in the
city. The most revolting of the batch
was enacted in the Rue Saulnier, where
a German couple and a 4-year-old boy
lodged. The woman had abandoned her
husband to follow her lover, taking with
her 95000 of the former'a money.
The couple quarreled yesterday. The
man left the house, but returned short
ly afterward with a revolver. 8eixing
the boy. who was the son of the desert
ed husband, he lodged a bullet In his
head, killing him on the spot. Then he
turned to the woman and fired several
shots at her, mortally wounding her. It
was he intention of the murderer to
take his own life, but there were no
more cartridges in the revolver. He
began to batter his head with the weapon
and inflicted serious wounds. The
woman waa removed to the hospital in
a dying condition and the murderer waa
arrested.
Mme. Plusquellce, a concierge, was
sitting in her lodge in the Rue de Saln
touge yesterday. when Alfonso La
Beuze. who imagined he was her lover,
appeared. Without uttering a word the
man produced a revolver and shot the
woman, afterwards blowing out his
brains. The concierge Is lying in the
Hotel Dieu.
A model lodging-house at Charonne.
belonging to the Duchess de Bellune. was
the scene of another tragedy. A couple
named Bouc and the husband's brother
occupied one of the lodgings. During the
night Bouc roused the neighbors and in
formed them that his wife and brother
had committed suicide. The wife was
found on the floor of a room dead, and
the lifeless body of Alexander Bouc lay
on the bed.
The husband was at first suspected of
the double crime, but a subsequent In
quiry revealed the truth. The wife and
brother had carried on an Intrigue. The
latter resolved to bring it to an end, and
announced his Intentions of going to
Marseilles. Mme. Bouc begged him to
remain, but her appeal was in vain.
Leaving her husband during the night,
she locked the door and entered Alex
andre Bouc's room. She lodged two bul
lets in the man's head, and afterward
took her own life.
A workman discharged from a factory
at Puteaux resolved to be revenged on
M. Salot. his foreman. As the latter
waa returning home last night the work
man discharged two revolver shots at
him. He was taken to Beaujon Hospi
tal, but is not expected to recover. Fi
nally a man named Lacrols is dying in
the Lariboislere Hospital, having been
5 hot by his brother-in-law in the Rue de
"orey.
FIND MAFIA HIDING PLACE
Police Make Grew&ome Discoveries
in Palermo Grotto.
MILAN. Nov. ".(Special.) A ghastly
discovery has been made in a cavern near
Palermo, Sicily, which has long since
acquired such notoriety in the Mafia
criminal trials as to be dubbed the
"45 rot to of Horrors."
The alarming revival of brigandage
and ruffianism of late In the neighbor
hood of the Sicilian capital induced the
police to undprtake a thorough search of
the natural hiding places in which the
country abounds.
While exploring an Inner chamber of
the grotto In question, they came across
the skeleton of a girl, a man of 24 and
a boy of 1?, together with remnants of
clothing.
The police believe the remains to be
those of the Mafia vendettas during the
past ten years. Fragments of an eve
ning dress and a theater ticket favor
the supposition that the girl was a
tradesman's daughter who was kidniped
by mysterious emissaries of the secret
society on emerging from the opera
house at midnight five years ago.
POISONS HER HUSBAND
Russian Baroness Warns Fortune to
Marry Her Lover.
BERLIN. Nov. 7. (Special. ) The St.
Petersburg newspapers report a singular
poisoning case at Seftrorezk. Baroness
Ludwig is under arrest on the charge of
having poistmed her husband, a well
known philanthropist. She was the
Baron's housemaid, and he married her
after she had been JS years in his service.
Shortly after the marriare the Baron
who was very old died suddenly.
The girl had a workman for her lover
and it is alleged that she poisoned the
Baron in order to obtain possession of
hie vast fortune and then marry the
workman. It was only after the police
discovered the Baroness' relations with
the workman that she was suspected of
poisoning her husband. The couple were
watched and finally arrested. The
Baroness, who denies that her lover Is
implicated in the affair, has offered a
large sum for hi release.
Tomorrow (Tuesday) .positively last
day for discount on West Side gas bills.
Don't forget to read Gas Tips.
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TDTAX ALLVISITORS
Paris to Raise Revenue From
Foreigners' Purses.
HOTELS TO DO COLLECTING
rVcnch Capital Kxpect.s in This Way
to Rapidly Reduce Debt Accu
mulating: at Rate of $1,
200,000 Yearly.
PARIS. Nov. T. (Special.) Paris reve
nues have been going to the dogs since
the Octroi tax on wine, beer and cider
was abolished in 1901. The deficit is $1.
200.000 a year as regards the municipal
budget, which In seven years makes J8.
4CO.O0O. People drink more wine than
ever, much to the despair of municipal
finance administrators, and consume less
alcohol than before, though the duty on
this commodity was raised.
Did the Municipal Governors think
that people would drink more spirits be
cause they were dearer? However
that may be. M. de Selves, who. with
the Municipal Council, is responsible for
the city's budget, has had to devise a
means for filling up the gap. Dogs and
other luxuries could not be further taxed,
pianos failed in Parliament, and hotel-
-keepers threatened t
licenses were touched.
strike if their
Tax All Visitors.
Finally. M. de Selves, or one of his
advisers, hit upon a brilliant idea. Why
not tax foreigners? Nobody knows ex
actly how many foreigners vleit Paris a
year. Perhaps 1.000.000. perhaps 3,000,000.
They are all very good-natured custom
ers. They come to Paris because they
like It. and they will be the last to pro
test against a little transitory tax of
11.50 or 2.50. The only difficulty was to
catch them at. a moment when they were
In a paying humor.
M. de Selves' advisers considered that
this was when they had to pay their ho
tel bills. To add 2 per cent to foreigners
accounts for the city's treasury was a
mere trifle. They would be) only too
happy to throw In a few extra quarters,
which would go as the city's "pour
boire." The project, therefore, has been
drawn up, and will be put before the
Municipal Council to levy a tax of 3
per cent on all foreign travelers visit
ing Paris.
Hotel-Keepers Collectors.
The hotelkeepers will be responsible
for collecting the new tax. A special
book is to be supplied to them by the
Prefecture, on which they will have to
note tho price of the room or apart
men occupied by foreigners, the length
of their stay, and the amount of their
bill, to which the hotelkeeper will have
to add 40 cents as a tax for every" sum
of 120 charged. The receipt is to be
stamped and sent to the Prefecture.
The only exceptions w-ill be for persons
who pay less than 40 cents a day, or tli
a month for their room, or who reside
permanently or keep up a constant dom
icile In Paris. The bill is to comprise
all such accessories as service, lighting
and heating. This seems to Indicate that
foreigners will be spared a tax on their
meals or drinks at their hotels while in
Paris, a condescension for which they
should really be thankful. Persons living
In furnished apartments will have to
pay. as well as those living In hotels.
Pay for Pleasure.
But persons occupying a flat furnished
by themselves will be exempt, as they
are considered permanent residents. As
Paris goes to much expense to keep its
public parks, avenues and museums in
such beautiful order, from which the for
eign visitors derive much of their pleas
ure, it is only Just. It is argued, that
they should contribute to the public
funds. Paris, therefore, to all intents
and purposes, for the foreigner, will be
considered a pleasure resort, with a nice
little tax on the pleasure.
THROWS LIGHT ON HISTORY
Writer Says Kaiser Thinks He Saved
Norway From Republic.
BERLIN. Nov. 7. (Special. ) Because
it has become known that the Kaiser
evidently lives In the belief that it was
he who "saved" the kingdom of Norway
from becoming a republic, he will prob
ably have to stay away from Norway
for some Summers, at least, for the
Norwegian people with whom he was
formerly very popular are now furious
at him.
It was the former Danish Minister of
II J ? 1 II
V; - 1
Foreign Affairs, Count Raben Ivetzau,
who let the cat out of the bag and re
vealed a page of secret history when,
after having been forced to resign be
cause of the Albert! scandals, he sub
mitted to an interview by a Swedish
newspaper.
The interview throws some new and in
teresting light on the election of King
Haakon to the throne of Norway in 1905.
The Information given by the former
Foreign Minister was quite unknown
hitherto except, of course, to the very
limited circle of persons who were direct
ly interested in the matter.
sain inai in oweun
i.. t.. i niniAn nmvalls with reeard
to Denmark's action three years ago. The
Kaiser was anxious to place on tne
throne of Norway either the ouKe or au
gustenberg or the Duke of Glucksburg.
but this was impossible. It was a ques
tion of Prince Charles of Denmark, or
a republic.
"I had a conference about the matter
with Prince Buelow." says Count Raben,
"and he at once stated that the Kaiser
would not like to see a Norwegian re
public. Thus, if Norway was to avoid
either a republic or anarchy the election
of Prince Charles of Denmark must have
taken place. Dynastic reasons played no
part in the action of Denmark, which was
Inspired only by the desire of preserving
peace and concord In Scandinavia."
The Norwegian papers are much dis
satisfied with Count Raben's explanation,
and state that the question of a monarchy
or a republic was settled by a vote of the
people and according to the 'information
of M. M. Michelsen and Loeviana. wun
out the exercise of foreign influence.
FIT PREVENTS SUICIDE
MAN'S HEART FAILS A XT)
CAX'T SHOOT PISTOL.
HE
Recovers in Hospital and Declares
Terrible as Ordeal Was, He
Will Try Again.
MADRID, Nov. 7. (Special.) Last
night a cab driver, on glancing over his
shoulder, noticed that his fare was lying
back on his seat unconscious, and with
a revolver grasped In his hand. As the
weapon was pointing toward him, the
driver Jumped off his box and called for
help. A Jarge crowd soon gathered
around the cab, when it was found that
the voung man who was inside was still
senseless and that the revolver which he
held was fully loaded. On his being
taken to the hospital the doctors pro
nounced the fit, to be due to heart trou
ble, and after some attention the patient
came round.
In the young man's pocket was found
a letter, in which he stated his intention
to commit suicide. When questioned, he
said that at the very moment he was
about to pull the trigger he lost con
sciousness and. so was unable to carry
out his wish. This is probably the first
time that a seizure of this kind has pre
vented suicide, but the man says that
though the psychological moment was
terrible indeed, he will again attempt to
take his life.
DECEIVED AND SWINDLED
So-Called Gentleman Turns Out to
Be Grafter.
BRUSSELS. Nov. 7. (Special.) In a
sumptuous castle situated at Badour.
near Mons. resided a financier who led
the life of a grand seigneur. A magis
trate, accompanied by ten gendarmes,
went to the castle yesterday and arrested
him. The financier was handcuffed and
conveyed to the gendarmery barracks.
It is alleged that he has committed
swindles to the tune of several million
francs. Recently he formed a society
for exploiting foreste in Russia, with a
fictitious capital of 40,000.000. The arrest
has caused a great sensation in the
neighborhood.
VARIOUS STATES
FRANCE STILL FIRM
Confident Germany Will Meet
Her Demands.
NO WORD FROM BERLIN
French Believe England and Russia
Will Back Her Claims, and Feels
She Is Out From Under
"German Domineering."
PARIS, Nov. 8. No word has come
from Berlin with reference to the Ger
man government's attitude with refer
ence to the Casa Blanca affair and a
further delay is considered likely owing
to some confusion which prevails among
the German offlciaJs and the necessity of
maneuvering before the reichstag. But
French opinion remains serenely con
fident that Germany eventually will yield
I upon the point upon which France insists
! and express regret for the Incident.
There, is no trace of "bluff" in the
French attitude and the spectacle pre
sented by France last week must have
convinced Germany that in all her deal
ings with the German government since
the catastrophe of 1870, France never dis
played such an exhibition of national
solidarity.
Moreover, Germany doubtless Is aware
that Great Britain and Russia have been
consulted upon every step France has
taken and fully share this government's
view, and in addition are prepared to give
material as well as moral support to
France. v
Europe is now witnessing the first real
test of the strength of what amounts to
an Anglo-Russlan-Franco triple alliance
and France already nails it as marmng
I ner definite emancipation from what is
termed here a "German domineering."
SUGAR BEETS IN WALLOWA
Vtah Growers Say Oregon Country
Finely Adapted to Industry.
ENTERPRISE," Or., Nov. 8. (Spe
cial.) Manager Fred G. Taylor, of the
Amalgamated Sugar Company, of La
Grande, and General Field Superin
tendent Job Pingree. of Ogden, made a
tour of inspection of the Wallowa Val
ley this week with a view of intro
ducing the sugar beet industry into
Wallowa Valley.
After looking over the country Mr.
Pingree, who has been connected with
the Amalgamated Sugar Company ever
since its inception, says that Wallowa
Valley is without a peer as a sugar
beet country. In the Ogden Valley in
Uta"h the average tonnage of sugar
beets per acre is about 18 tons, and
Mr. Pingree says that they have no
such soil and water as has this valley.
As soon as possible, a series of meet
ings with the farmers will be held
through the valley, and an educational
campaign will be taken up to instruct
the farmers as to the best methods of.
raising this extremely profitable crop.
With the advent of the railroad, this
valley will no doubt become one of the
principal beet-raising countries in the
West. For the present, the beets will
be sent to La Grande to be manufac
tured into sugar, but it is only a ques
tion of a short time till one or more
factories will be required here to take
care of the enormous crop this country
will produce.
RHEUMATISM RECIPE
Every Afflicted Man and Woman in
Portland Should Mix and
Take It.
This is a simple home recipe now
being made known in all the larger
cities tl-rough the newspapers. It is
intended to check the many cases of
Rheumatism, kidney and bladder trou
ble which have made so many cripples
and invalids and -weaklings of some
of our brightest and strongest people.
The druggists here have been noti
fied to supply themselves with the in
gredients, and tho sufferer will have
no trouble to obtain them. The pre
scription is as follows: Fluid Extract
Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound
Kargcn, one ounce, and Compound
Syrup of Sarsararilla, three ounces.
TAFT FINDS REST
Sunday Quiet Contrasts With
Election Turmoil.
CONFERS ON NEW-TARIFF
Has Long Talk With Representative
Gains, Who Says President-Elect
Is in Harmony With Majority
of Committee on Protection.
HOT SPRINGS. Vs., Nov. i. "I really
did some great work at sleeping last
night and am already beginning to eel
the tired disappear."
This was President-elect Taft's comment
this afternoon as from the wide porch
of the cottage among the trees he watched
the red sun slip behind the mountains
over which lazily hung the blue smoke
of many forest fires.
The Sunday quiet which Mr. Taft re
joiced In. was in striking contrast to the
days of turmoil he had gone through and
he gave himself up entirely to rest.
Cameron Forbes, Vice-Governor of the
Philippine Islands, Mr. Laratnaga, a
Filipino member of the Philippine Com
mission, and others called today. They
will return to the Islands soon.
Representative Joseph H. Gaines, of
West Virginia, stopped here today and had
a long talk with Judge Taft. Mr. Gaines
is on his way to Washington to attend
the tariff hearing. It Is his belief that
there Is unanimity of opinion between
Judge Taft and the majority of the com
mittee, in that all are believers in the
principle of protection and that the
measure of protection should be the dif
ference between the cost of producing an
article here -and abroad. Including a fair
profit in the calculations.
The difficulty of the work to be done In
framing a new tariff, he added, was in
arriving at the base of cost.
Representative T. B. Burton, of Cleve
land, will arrive here for a conference on
Wednesday.
LIKE THE NEXT PRESIDENT
Germans Feel Confident Friendly
Relations Will Be Continued.
BE3RLIN, Nov. 8. The Nord Deutsche
Allgemeine" Zeitung, discussing the elec
tion of Mr. Taft, from a semi-official
point of view, says:
"The election of William H. Taft is
heartily welcomed by Germany. The
successor of Mr. Roosevelt is far from
being an unknown personality in our po
litical circles, where his career has been
followed with Interest for years. The
impression gathered in this way. as well
as acquaintance with his personal quali
fications, cause us to greet his attain
ment to the highest office of the great
Republic with sincere good will.
"We are confident that under Mr.
Taft's Presidency the fundamental lines
of American politics and more particu
larly the friendly relations between Ger
many and the United States, will con
tinue the same as heretofore. The wish
expressed by the vast majority of Ger
man people that Mr. Taft will steer the
United States toward a new period of
economic prosperity from the standpoint
of extended German-American' commer
cial relations can only be ardently re
echoed." TAFT INCREASES BY SEVEN
Official Returns Give Him Plural
ity of 910 in Clackamas.
OREGON CITY, Or.. Nov. 8. (Spe
cial.) The official count of Clackamas
County increases Taft's lead by seven
votes over the early returns, giving
him 910. While Bryan's vote was sev
eral hundred over his nominal party
strength in this county, the plurality
of the Republican candidate is in ex
cess of all forecasts and a source of
Jubilation among the Republicans.
Clackamas has always been unreli
able to a degree, giving Furnish a ma
jority for Governor in 1902, and pre
senting Chamberlain with handsome
pluralities in 1906 and 1908, though as
sisting in the nomination of H. M. Cake
at the primaries this year.
TAFT'S BIG OHIO PLURALITY
With One County Incomplete, He
Has 7 4,610 Over Bryan.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 8. Eighty-seven of
the $8 counties of Ohio. Lucag being still
Incomplete and not included in these fig
ures, give Taft 665.977, Bryan 481,367:
Taft's plurality, 76,610.
Eighty-seven of the 88 counties, Bel
mont being still Incomplete and not In
cluded in these figures, give Harmon,
Democrat, 540.788; Harris. Republican,
623.897; Harmon's plurality, 16,891.
The total vote for President was 1,037,
344; for Governor, 1,064,685.
HITCHCOCK IS SEEKING REST
Goes to French Lick Before Holding
Conference With Taft.
FRENCH LICK, Ind.. Nov. 8. Chair
man Frank H. Hitchcock, of the Repub
lican National Committee, arrived here
today for a short period of rest. He was
accompanied by Secretary William Hay
ward, Fred W. Upham, of Chicago, and
several assistants.
The party will leave tomorrow after
noon in a special car for Hot Springs,
Va., where on Tuesday Chairman Hitch
cock will hold a conference with President-elect
Taft.
White Bluffs to Have Telephones.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Nov. 8.
(Special.) A company has been organ
ized to build and operate a long-distance
telephone line from White Bluffs, on the
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Mix by shaking well in a bottle. The
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Young men have now es
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166-170 Third Street.
Columbia, to Kennewlrk, where it will
connect with the Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph Company, thus putting the
growing town on the Columbia in direct
communication with the wo'ld. The
company is to be known as the White
Bluffs & Columbia River Telephone.
Company, and Is to have a line 60 miles
long.
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"The School of ftuallty."
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A. P. Armstrong. LL..B.. Principal.
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