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TUFT OFF TODAY
FOR CANAL ZOflE
Trip Ends Feb. 13 at
New Orleans.
MEETS KNOX AND HITCHCOCK
President-elect Tells Nothing
of Conference.
PLEA FOR WILSON MADE
Poounlttee From Farmers' Vnlon
of South Carolina Asks Reap
pointment for Secretary
of Agriculture.
CHARLESTON. S. C. Jan. 14. pe
dal) President-elect Taft and wife and
many newspaper correspondents, a corps
of expert engineer and other dietlgulshed
friends, will begin tomorrow morning a
cruise that will end at New Orleans Feb
ruary 13.
Sir. Taft and his lmmedate party will
all on the North Carolina and the others
will go on the Montana. Both boats
will be crowded to the limit. Return
ing from Panama the Taft party will be
transferred from the warships to the
scout cruisers Blrmlrham and Salem
for the trip op the mouth of the Missis
sippi Klver. Tills arrangement will per
mit the North Carolina and Montana to
assist in escorting home the battleship
fleet on Its return from the world-wide
cruise.
Plea for AVilwa Keceived.
A rather unusual incident of the day
was the appearance before Mr". Taft by
appointment of Colonel E. J. Watson.
Commissioner of Agriculture and Immi
gration In South Carolina, who repre-
sented also the Southern States Asso
ciation of Commissioners of Agricul
ture and a committee from the Farm
ers" Union in this state, representing
10.000 liem'-cratic voters, who came to
present resolutions urging the reap
pointment of Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson. Mr. Taft tnanked them for
coming, but told them that he would
not announce the makeup of his Cab
inet until one or two days before hta
inauguration.
Mr. Taft had no statement to make
tonight regarding the conference which
he held here today with Senator Knox
and Mr. Hitchcock, both of whom ar
rived here this morning In response to
telegrams from Mr. Taft requesting
them to meet him In Charleston.
Serenaded by Negroes.
The President-elect declared tonight
Oiat he had found every moment of his
stay In Charleston delightful. Mr. Taft
and his party, which Included Mrs. Taft,
Senator Knox. Mr. Hitchcock, John
Hays Hammond and a number of
others, were taken to "The Oaks." the
very beautiful country home of Edwin
Parsons, about ten miles from Charles
ton, where luncheon was served this
afternoon.
As the party left Mr. Parsons' house
there was assembled in the yard 400 or
6K negroes) from neighboring plantations,
all singing God Be With You Till We
Meet Again." The picture made .a very
narked impression upon Mr. Taft.
"It Is." he said, "like a bit from dream
land." Mr. Taft made a short talk to
the negroes, telling them that they must
lead, decent, honest lives, and do that
which was right.
Sees How Tea Grows.
The party was then brought back
toward the city, taking a special train
and being conveyed to Summervllle,
where the tea farm of Dr. C. U. Shepard
was visited, and tea raised on the farm
was served.' lr. Shepard explaining
briefly the process of raising tea in
this country- Mr. Taft was very much
Interested. The party was then taken
to the Pins Forest Inn. where the
President-elect and party were the
guests at dinner of the proprietor. Cap
tain F. W. Wagener. The party re
turned to Charleston at 10 o'clock to
night. Mr. Taffs immediate party, besides
himself and Mrs. Taft. Includes Assist
ant Secretary Weddcll Mlschler, L. O.
Wheeler. Secret Service operator; seven
civil engineers and Monlco Lopes, Mr.
Taft's Filipino valet.
LIGHTSHIPS REACH COAST
flotilla Arrives at Bay City 12S
Days Ont From New York.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24: Weather
beaten and stained by the storms of
msny seas, the lightship flotilla sailed
Into port today. 13 days out from New
York. The little flee, consisting of three
lightships and three lighthouse tenders,
made Its voyage of more than 14.O10
miles without mishap, and Captain Al
bert Mcrtx. who is in command, is highly
pleased with the performance of his
staunch little craft. Out of Callao. the
lightships were taken in tow by the
tenders to save coal, and 176 miles were
covered In this way.
Ths lightship Columbia River, No. S8,
win go north to guarJ tae entrance of
the stream after which she Is named.
The Swiftsure. No. S3, and the tender
Mansanlta go to the Straits of Fuca,
the entrance to Puget Sound. The Re
lief and tender 3eo,ua!a will remain here,
an,A tt tosdr Kuaul joe to Honolulu,
IMPRESARIO FIGHTS
WITH REPORTERS
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN KNOCKED
DOWN IX COURTROOM.
Trouble Arising Over Criticisms of
Mary Garden Episode Leads
to Fisticuffs.
NEW YORK. Jan. 14. Physical en
counters between newspaper reporters
and Oscar Hammerstein. manager of
the Manhattan Opera-House, begun last
night in the lobby of the Knickerbocker
Hotel, were continued again today on
the pavement in front of the Jefferson
Market Police Court and In the court
room Itself, whither the two reporters
had been summoned for hearing on Mr.
Hammersteln's complaint.
The hearing was postponed for a
week and the representatives of both
factions were airaigned for the fight
ing in and about the courtroom. All
were discharged on this complaint, as
the magistrate said no damage had been
done.
Events subsequent to Mr. Hammer
steln's sharp response to the reporters
In a letter to the manager of the paper
following criticisms of the Mary Garden
episode attracted a ' considerable crowd
to the arraignment of Frederick W.
Hill and James J. Doyle, the reporters
charged with assault. Following spirit
ed remarks, back and forth, general
band-to-hand encounters ensued.
Policemen interfered and the three ad
journed to the court. There an even
more strenuous scuffle took place and
Hammerstein was bowled over the back,
of a bench, which broke under his
weight.
His sons picked him up, apparently un
injured. YEAR'S YIELD $86,138,000
Rapid Increase In Canada's Mineral
Output In Recent Years.
OTTAWA Ont. Jan. 24. (Special.)
One of the most Important and inter
esting departmental reports ever Issued
from the government offices Is that
which has Just appeared from the De
partment of Mines. The statistical
part uf the report shov.a In the aggre
gate a mineral production for all
Canada valued at $86,138,000 in 1907. as
compared with only a little over $20,"
000.000 12 years ago.
In that portion of the report devoted
to the Yukon It is stated that the total
production of gold in that territory
from 1893 to 1907 was $122,951,000. The
Immense possibilities of the coalrbear
Ing areas of Alberta and Saskatchewan
are enlarged upon, and It is pointed out
that the extensive amount of railroad
construction under way must result in
great increase in the production .of
steam coal.
Twenty years ago the total value of
the mineral production of Canada was
not more than $10,000,000 a year. To
day it is over $100,000,000 and Is in
creasing rapidly.
BEN HUR TRAIN DERAILED
Engine lilts Freight at Castle Rock,
Badly Smashing Boxcar.
CASTLE ROCK. Wash., Jan. 24. (Spe
cial.) A special train carrying 'the Ben
Hur company from Portland to Seattle,
crashed Into freight train No. 65, on the
sidliwr here today. One frelghtcar was
smashed Into klndllngwood and Its cargo
of flour and feed scattered. A boxcar
containing household furniture and live
stock, bound to Albany, Or., was turned
over and rolled partly down the grade,
the horses and cattle being piled up in
a heap, but fortunately, the car lodged
against a stump and telegraph pole,
which held it from going Into the river.
The animals, two horses, two cows, some
d and a cat, were finally gotten out
of the car, with apparently no serious
Injuries.
The pilot of the special was smashed
and the front wheels of the locomotive
left the rails, but after several hours
the engine was replaced on the track
and the train left for Seattle. No one
on the train was hurt.
NORTHLAND IS DERELICT
Failure of Coal Supply Puts Vessel
at Mercy of Sea.
PORT TOWNSEND. Jan. ' 14. The
American steamer Northland. In service
between Alaska and Puget Sound ports.
Is tonight reported a derelict by reason
of exhausted coal supply at Port An
geles. A tug has been ordered to tow
the steamer to Seatle.
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JAPAN KEEPS HER
PEOPLE IN HENT
DefiniteAnnouncement
of Policy Made.
EMIGRATION IS DISCOURAGED
Continued Friendly Relations
. With America Desired.
POLICY WILL TAKE TIME
ratience Asked Until Problem of
Surplus ropalatlon Is Thorough
ly Worked Out Frank State
ment Made to Xioomis.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. Marquis
Katsura. Prime Minister of Japan, and
Count Komura, Minister of Foreign Af
fairs, recently explained at Toklo to
Francis B. Loomls, Commissioner-General
to the Japanese exposition, In a se
ries of Interviews of uncommon Interest
and of great political importance, the
attitude and position of the Japanese
government In respect to the main ques
tions at issue between Japan and the
United States.
"I was deeply and agreeably im
pressed," said Mr. Loomls tonight, "with
the direct, explicit and what seemed to
me satisfactory statement of Count Ko
mura, Minister of Foreign Affairs, re
specting the United States. Ills utter
ances were frank, clear and cordial.
' Japan Wants Continued Peace.
' "Count Komura said Japan's aspira
tions were for peace and that, so far as
the United States was concerned, his
country most heartily - desired to pre
serve unbroken and unimpaired the his
tory of the friendship between Japan
and the United States. He said the peo
ple of Japan had long felt that the
United States had been not only a kind
friend to Japan, but a very dependable
and helpful one, and that his govern
ment earnestly desired this amicable
relationship to continue and would
loyally endeavor to do Its utmost to
maintain it. He declared the actions of
this Government had borne out Its
words and promises.
Emigration Is Discouraged.'
"In the matter cf emigration of Japa
nese laborers," said Count Komura, "we
are doing our utmost to work In harmony
with the Government of the United
States and to meet Its wishes. We are
energetic in discouraging emigration to
the United States and elsewhere except
to Corea, Formosa and parts of Man
churia. It is the definite policy of the
government of Japan to concentrate Its
surplus populations that which Is dis
posed to emigrate in these parts of the
Orient which I have mentioned. There
Is opportunity for a very largo number
of our people in Corea. They can be of
general assistance In modernizing the
developrrrit of that country and can add
vastly to Its productiveness, and at the
same time better their own class.
Concentrate in Orient.
"We desire to concentrate 'our people
In the Orient and to consolidate our in
terests in this part of the world. We are
doing our best to carry out this policy,
but a governmental policy cannot always
bo made fully operative in a day or a
year. We have tried. We must have
sufficient time to study the whole ques
tion and to work out the solution of the
problem. I think there will be little com
plaint concerning the emigration of Japa
nese laborers in the future, on the port
of any government In America."
Wants Time for Policy.
Count Komura then made it very plain
that while his government would not fall
effectively to restrict emigration and
while it would spare no Just and proper
cftorta to maintain the most cordial ar.d
friendly relations with this country, he
hoped that on our part no discrimination
would be made against Japantse subjects
and In due time the public sentiment In
this country might bo as favorable to
his countrymen as to other foreigners
residing In the United States.
The Japanese government has declaicd
concluded on Page 3. )
PEESIDENT-ELECT AND HIS WIFE AND
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SHOW SIN BRINGS
SICKNESS IS PLAN
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CiLDWELL MINISTER UNDER
TAKES BIG WORK.
Will Try to Obtain 10,000 Expe
. rience Reports From Persons.
Incurably Afflicted.
CALDWELL. Idaho. Jan. 24. (Special.)
To demonstrate anew the truth of the
Apostle Paul's saying. "Whatsoever a
man soweth, that shall he also reap,"
Rev. B. W. Rice, of this city, has un
dertaken an Herculean work.
Rev. Mr. Rice purposes to obtain
from 10.000 persons who are afflicted In
curably with disease. Intimate state
ments of the manner of life which each
has led. what his besetting sin has been
and how and when It was acquired.
Rev. Mr. Rice declares he will guar
antee to each person besought for in
formation that his name will bo held in
strictest confidence. He has asked vari
ous religious Journals throughout the
country to set forth the plan andtho
appeal.
It is the idea of Rev. Mr. Rice to
tabulate the returns which he expects
to receive. "I expect to demonstrate,"
he said today, "that cause and effect
figure as certainly In our treatment of
divine law as when we deal with gravity
or gunpowder or music. I expect my
data will prove again that sickness and
death follow In sin's wake."
UTAH MAYB MADE DRY
Drastic Prohibition law Presented
for Action by Legislature.
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 24. Prohibi
tion that shall be state wide and abso
lute is the intent of a bill introduced
In the lower branch of Utah's Legisla
ture yesterday. The measure, which
was drawn under the direction of the
Anti-Saloon League in this city, and
which is supposed to have the indorse
ment of the more influential members
of the dominant church in Utah, is dras
tic in the extreme.
Under its provisions the manufacture,
sale or free dispensing of Intoxicants Is
prohibited. To obtain liquor from the
druggists it will be necessary to present
a special prescription, which must be
filed with the County Clerk. Violation
of the law will be considered as a mis
demeanor. Supporters of the prohibition bill assert
that two-thirds of the members of the
House are pledged In its favor.
LABOR LEADER OBNOXIOUS
Copper Mines Close Because of
Walking Delegate.
EL PASO. Texas, Jan. 24. Assigning
as a reason the objectionable acts of a
walking delegate, four of the largest
copper producing properties In Arizona,
together with several smaller mines,
closed down yesterday and it te said that
the tie-up in the district adjoining Globe
and Morencl may be6ome general within
a few days.
The properties so far affected are the
Old Dominion and the Globe Consolidated
Copper companies working the Miami,
Superior and Boston. Other mines fol
lowed the' Old Dominion and a general
closing down Is said to be Imminent.
STEAMER'S TRIP" PERILOUS
Centralis Encounters Gale and High
Seas orf Mendocino.
SAN PEDRO. Cal., Jan. 24. The
steamer CentraHa, Captain Erickson,
which arrived this morning from Grays
Harbor, via San Francisco, with ten
passengers and 675,000 feet of lumber,
had an awful experience when off the
Mendocino coast.
The wind blew a hurricane for two
hours, accompanied by tremendous seas.
The cargo shifted and the steamer went
on her beam ends. She hove to and the
cargo was righted.
WAGON GONG STARTS PANIC
Excitement at Religious Meeting Al
layed, by Choir's Singing.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. 24. Many women
fainted today during a panic in the Col
llseum, which held 14,000 persons listen
ing to Gypsy Smith,' an evangelist. The
excitement wae subdued by the choir
of 1000 voices singing hymns.
The panic was started by the ringing
of a gong on the electric light company's
trouble wagon, which passed the crowded
building.
WARSHIP ON WHICH THEY
' HfciW-T"?I ? $..:,:. ir- ;v ?,s.
CALIFORNIA IS TO
E
Pool Sellers Struck by
Consternation.
BREEDING FARMS WILL SUFFER
Great Industry of State Will
Get Tremendous Blow..
PASSAGE THOUGHT CERTAIN
Bill to Come TJp In Senate Wednes
dayTrackmen Allowed 60
Days and Measure "Will Not Go
Into Effect Before Spring.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 24. That
racing In the State of California Is
doomed and that the present season at
the famous Emeryville and Santa Anita
courses will mark the passing of the
"sport of kings," is the opinion of the
majority of race followers at Sacramento.
The passage of the Walker-Otis anti
racetrack bill by an overwhelming ma
jority In the lower branch of the Legisla
ture has spread consternation in the
ranks of the opponents of the proposed
law.
Similar to New York Law.
The bill as passed by the House will
come up for action in the Senate next
Wednesday morning. Its provisions are
similar to those of the Humphreys anti
racetrack bill which has suppressed pool
selling In New York. However, the pool
sellers In California will be allowed 60
days in which to wind up their affairs
and as this extension will date from the
time on which the Governor's signature
Is penned to the document in the event
of Its passage by the Senate, It Is rea
sonable to presume that the new law
will not become operative until well Into
the Spring.
The effect of the closing of the race
tracks In California will be widely felt
and Incalculable. Not only will the Im
mense modern courses at Emeryville, In
gleslde, Tanforan and Arcadia suffer,
but the county fairs, at which trotting
meets are annually held In various parts
of the state during the Summer months,
will be forced to abandon these events.
There are hundreds of poolrooms being
conducted both openly and surreptitious
ly in this city and elsewhere and their
closing down will add greatly to the Idle
population of the state.
Stocky Farms Will Suffer.
The great breeding farms which have
made California famous the world over,
will receive "a blow, the racetrack follow
ers assert, that will sound the death
knell to many of these Institutions.
It Is understood that Thomas H. Wil
liams, Jr., president of the New Califor
nia Jockey Club, Is marshalling his
forces at the Capitol and will organize
a most bitter and determined opposition
to the passage of the anti-racetrack bill.
In the event of the closing of the racing
establishments In this state, it Is fairly
certain thlt racing will be shifted to
Nevada or Lower California. Negotia
tions, it is generally understood, have
been under way for some time with a
view to erecting and maintaining courses
on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe and
near Tla Juana, Mexico.
ANNOUNCE T0KI0 POLICY
Count Komura Prepares Important
Speech for Japanese Diet.
TOKIO, Jan. 14. Count Jutaro Ko
mura, Minister of Foreign Affairs, is ex
pected to deliver an important speech
before the Diet In a few days, when. It
Is understood, he wiU enunciate the gov
ernment's policy oh emigration and its
determination to avoid creating embar
rassment and complications for other
countries by not allowing lower class
Japanese to emigrate.
Special dispatches to newspapers here
assert that there Is a general recurrence
of the "jingo"- sentiment throughout the
United States, and others declare that
newspapers In the United States are
pointing out the danger of a Japanese
invasion of the Pacific Coast.
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GAME
ARE ABOUT TOEMBARK FOR PANAMA
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EX-GOVERNOR TO
WED PETITIONER
BLANCH ARD OP JjOCISIAXA WIXiL
MARRY" CHARLOTTE TRACY.
Young Woman Asked Him Not to
Commute Death Senience of Ne
gro Who Killed Brother.
NEW ORLEANS, La.. Jan. 24. (Spe
cial.) The announcement from Baton
Rouge was received that ex-Governor
Newton C. Bianchard will soon be mar
ried to Miss Charlotte Gertrude Tracy,
a young lady who Is well known In so
cial circles in Baton Rouge, but who is
now in Canada with relatives, where the
wedding will take place.
Governor Bianchard met the young
lady durjng the latter part of his ad
ministration, when she appealed to him
not to commute the death sentence of a
negro convicted of the murder of her
brother, Willis Tracy, a short time be
fore. Toung Tracy Tvas shot to death one
night as he was about to enter a resi
dence In Baton Rouge. The negro was
hanged. Judge Bianchard has been a
widower about 15 months.
ICE JAM WRECKS BRIDGE
Slides Delay Traffic on Elgin
Branch for Two Days.
M'ALLISTER, Or., Jan. 24. (Special.)
The uncompleted Balnea bridge across the
mouth of . the Winum River was swept
away Wednesday afternoon by the Ice
gorge which broke up following the Chi
nook wind which came down the Wallowa
Canyon this week. The bridge was about
200 feet jpng, and the stringers and one
pier were torn away by the Ice, which
swept into the Wallowa River, causing
that stream to rise and fall two feet in
three hours at the State Fish Hatchery,
about two miles below the mouth of the
Minum.
Landslides have already occurred on
the Elgin extension of the O. R. & N.,
and one at Lookingglass Creek, six miles
east of Elgin, blocked the track for two
days. The heavy rain of Thursday after
noon and night has aided the melting snow
In softening the earth on the sides of the
hills, and a sharp lookout is being kept
to prevent a serious accident.
BOXER KILLS . HIS FRIEND
Friendly Bout Between Cavalrymen
Has Fatal Consequence.3.
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 24. A pre
liminary boxing bout, in which Teddy
Flck and Mickey Wilson were principals,
was fought last night at the Barracks
Gymnasium here, with fatal conse
quences to Wilson. He was knocked un
conscious In the fourth round, and died
in the hospital this afternoon. The sus
picion that the man's neck was broken
caused an Inquiry to be made today by
an officer's court, and it was determined
that death resulted from a fracture at
the base of the brain caused by a fall.
This verdict, it is said, forestalls action
by the civil authorities. The men were
on the most friendly terms, both being
members of Troop L, 14th Cavalry.
TWO THROWN INTO WATER
Doctor and His Wife Rescued From
Swollen Stream.
COLFAX, Wash., Jan. 24. (Special.)
Dr. and Mrs. Campbell, of Lacrosse,
Wash., were thrown into six feet of
water In Willow Creek Saturday and
were rescued from drowning by George
CampT The doctor had been called to
the Camp home and the bridge near by
had become unsafe by the recent floods.
The team crossed In safety but the
occupants of the buggy were thrown Into
the torrent. Their escape from drowning
Is due to the fact that Mr. Camp was
a witness to the accident and hastened
to the rescue. .
BEEHIVE INLIVING ROCK
Use of Dynamite Brings to Light
Rich Store of Honey.
CALDWELL, Idaho, Jan. 24. (Sjiecial.)
A beehive in the solid rock of the
bluffs near Boise River bridge was the
unusual discovery made by" three Cald
well men yesterday.
The discoverers of the bees' unusual
"hive." Ed Smith, J. L. Maxwell and
William Mark, proceeded to blast away
the rock with dynamite, and their re
ward was a large quantity of honey of
fairly marketable quality.
The bees, it was' found upon Investi
gation, had made entry to the Interior of
thejluff through natural crevices.
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HOPKINS PINS HOPE
01 13TH BALLOT
Figures He Will Win
on Tuesday.
FOUR MORE VOTES PLEDGED
Pfomise of Chicago Patronage
Holds Members in Line.
FOSS IS ACTIVELY IN RACE
Congressman Goes to Springfield
to Make Hard1 Fight for Toga.
Hopkins' Friends Assert
He Has 95 Votes.
CHICAGO, Jan. 34. Special) Albert J.
Hopkins hopes to seure his re-election to
the United States Senate In the Illinois
Legislature next Tuesday on the 13th bal
lot, and on that ballot Chicago political
prophets today predicted he will have a
larger vote than he has heretofore polled.
The friends of the Senator asserted he is
not so dead politically as his enemies have
declared.
These friends gave out the Information
that four or five legislators, during the
recess of the General Assembly, have
signed the Hopkins pledge from the north
ern end of the state, and that others will
be forthcoming further south Jlonday and
Tuesday morning at Springfield.
Foss Ready to Enter Race.
The Senator passed through Chicago this
afternoon on his way from Aurora to the
capital, and for three hours was at the
Union League Club, where also at the
same time was Congressman Georse Kd
mund Foss. The Congressman's friends
let it be understood that he Is goins to
Springfield tomorrow evening to make a
hard fight for the toga, on the theory that
he had so far kept his hands off, thereby
giving the Senator every opportunity to
get the plum. Sir. Foss said thut ho
thought he could now with propriety enter
actively into the race.
According to the popular vote at the
primary, about 40 members of the Legisla
ture are pledged to the Congressman. His
advteers said that he will be able Tuesday
to get over 30 votes on the first ballot,
with larger Increases later.
Chicago Patronage Gets Votes.
In Chicago and Cook County the Hop
kins men are using all the pressure of
Federal, county and city patronage they
can command, and the most effective of
the three is said to lie In municipal pa
tronage. The controlling factors of the
city administration are said to have been
more successful In getting pledges for the
(Continued on Vrk H-)
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperstare, 41
degree.; minimum, 37.
TODAY'S Rain or .now; art to south
wind..
LecbOatarr.
Lively- row expected In California Llii1ft
tur this week over Japane.. Issue.
1'aee 3.
Record of work in Oregon L.icislatuTfc
Pag. 5.
Montana Legislature to Investigate Stmt.
Land Oftic scandal. 1'age i.
National.
Governor MaRoon asks removal of Mains
wreck, saying it 1. dlsgrac. to Nation.
Pag. 2.
Secretary Garfield ak. $1.000 000 to prow
cut, land grabber.. Pag. 2.
Taft explains uso of proposed, tariff com
mittee. Pag. 1.
japan make, statement of policy regarding
emigration. Pag. 1.
Taft party will leave today on trip to
Panama. Pag. 1.
Domeotio. ,
Mrs Hancock, fearing for her life, asks to
to bo taken to JaiL Pago 2.
Hopkln. expects to b elected Senator from
Illinois on thirteenth ballot Tuesday.
Page 1.
Six live, lo.t in ea tragedy resulting; in
.Inking of Republic. Page 3.
California to mittor much lorn by puaaga
of anti-racetrack bill. Pag. 3
Myatery In death of Jewess found on Bt.
Louis preachor". porch. Pae 2.
Oscar Hammerstein got. into list light with
reporter.. Pago 1.
Ex-Uovernor Bianchard, of Louisiana, trt
marry girl who asked vengeance. Pag. I.
Sulckle of alleged Oklahoma land-fraud
operator 1. ft-ured. Pag. 4.
Sports.
McManti.. of Montreal. will catch for
Portland'. Northwest team and Beau
mont will bo backstop In Coa.t club.
Page 12.
Pacific Northwest.
Governor-elect Cosgrov. again starts for
Ulympla: train stalled by snow at Rea
ding. Page 4.
Oregon will need new tax law If j.Yosent
ratio lu apportionment la unconstitu
tional. Pago 3-
Bteamer Ntcomedia arrives at Astoria,
bringing details of loss of Captain
Wagemann. Page 6.
Survivors of British Columbia sea disaster
brought safely to shore. Paga 3.
Ex-Judge Gordon believes he will not go
to trial. Page 4.
Industrial.
Oregon wastes being turned into profitable
farms. Page 13.
Baker f'lty completes great building opera
tion, in 11"8. paga 13.
Tillamook Interests unite In asking money
for Jetty. Page 13.
Portland and Vlrfnlfy.
Mrs. C. H. Davenport disappears and la be
lieved to have committed sulcldo.
Page 14.
Homicide. In Oregon decrease in 1908 and
conviction. Increase. Page 9.
Judge Harry W. Hogue weds Mrs. A. S.
Norton In San Francisco. Pag. 8.
Portland Elks plan tig excursion to meeting
of Grand Lodge in I.os Anselos. Page 14.
Consolidation of Oerman-speaklng societies
hold, first annual convention. Pag. 1J.
Dr. Brougher will organise band to llv. al
J.sus would. Paga t.
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