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THE 3IORMXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY. FERRUAUr - 10, 1910. WOMEN'S QUARREL GAUSES DOWNFALL iceroy Tuan Fang, Tangled in Matter of Etiquette, Is Dis missed From Office. PHOTOGRAPHERS IN PLOT Injection of Camera Into Chinese Vunrral Leads to General Polit ical Upheaval, and Modern Ideas Ixse OuU fHAN'GHAT, Kcb. 9. (Sppclat.) -A rurlous court quarrel, which is stated :r have been tbe Indirect cause of the dismissal of Tuang Fang, Viceroy of Plithli, is reported from Pekin. Ap parently the question in dispute Is one Df preedfii;R, the principal figures be !n jr the widows of the Kmperor Tuna; riiih, who died in 1S7o, and of the late Emperor Kuans IIu, whose death oc curred last year. Both women souprht the position of Empress Dowagor, ow !n;r to an Incident for which Tuan Fang is held responsible. It appears that the Vlt eroy had eiven permission to a number of pho tographers to take pictures of the fun ?ral procession, and that their oper ations c;i used temporary confusion inl ibe ranks of tlie mourners. Taking I'lvantago of tills diversion, the widow f t lie l.t te Kmperor Kuang- Hsu ad--nltiy ordered her coterie to move for ward, and thus obtained the lead. Lndy Vit. her rival, was deeply incensed )t what she re-carded as a great in -H unity. Reports as to her subsequent rondut-t are somewhat conflicting, but it is stated that she and her lady at cndH n ttt marked their resentment by refu.sing to take food, and that some of :he latter threatened to commit sul fide. Further, Lady Yu absolutely de clined to return to Pekin. and certain ligh dignitaries dispatched by the Prince Regent failed to bring her to reason. Reform Ileal Cause of AVoc. It is suggested but for this un toward occurrence Viceroy Tiran wou Id probahly not have been involved in any trouble, but according to another ac count, the doings of the photographers fiave merely been made the excuse for letting rid of a statesman whose zeal Tor reform does not commend itself :o certain members of the Court party. Mis removal from office was attributed it the outset to his having offended the Prince Regent by very outspoken ad 7lce as to the expediency of sifting out the old figureheads in the administra :ion and replacing them by competent roung men of the modern school of thought. I -lut it is now affirmed that 10 far os taking offense at these coun sels, the Prince Regent approved of :hem. and had made preparations for rarrying them Into effect after the con-' :lusion of the obsequies of the. Em press Dowager. It happens, however, that Tuan is a nan without a party. Moreover, his programme of reform was miscon Jtrued. He himself is a Manchu, and lis political rivals and the officials 'hom his reforms would have removed !rom power busily circulated the state ment that the changes suggested by aim were prompted by a desire to ad rance Manchu interests at the expense f t lie Chinese. Prince Ching is said ;o have credited this story, and to haye brought strong pressure to bear upon :he Prince Regent, which pressure was supported by Lady Yu. Politics Blamed, Too. Still another explanation of Tuan's iownfall is suggested by a Japanese lournal. The new ZjOorI Assembly at Tientsin has been guilty of the un pardonable offense of meddling in the smpire's foreign policy, and has ar rogated to itself the right of inter fering in other matters which do not usually fall within the purview of a local body. 'The only official whose position qualifies him for curbing these tendencies is the Viceroy of the Met ropolitan Province, and it does not ap pear t hat Tuan exercised, or even at tempted to exercise, any resiraining in fluence upon the Assembly. It is also conceivable that the Pekin governments first experience of the ft-or king of provincial assemblies may lave discredited that system, and trought the wrath of the central au thorities upon the head of one of its principal advocates. . It Is added that, whatever the cause, Tuan's dismissal undoubtedly , represents a setback, to ihe cause of progress in China. POTION KILLED SWOPE t Continued From First Page ) fore us and from our knowledge that aid deceased came to bis death by itryehnine poisoning and we believe aid itrychnlne poison was administered in a capsule at 8:30 o'clock A. M. of the day Ho died by the direction of rr. "B. C. Hyde, whether with felonious intent we, the Jury, are unable to decide." The reading of the verdict caused Dr. H yde involuntarily to start forward In bi.- chair. fter the verdict. Prosecutor Conkllng said he had nothing to say at this time as to the course of h Is office. Hyde Doesn't Testify. The morning had barely started when kroner Swart looked at a piece of paper aivm which lie carried u list of witnesses. H: Hps -were just beKinninff to frame :l i name of Dr. Hyde when Attorney Walsh arose and bent over the table. The courtroom became suddenly quit. to i. "Walsh began slowly : " Tlie attorneys for Dr. H yde have ad riHed him not to testify. We don't care Tor him to testify, and therefore, at our iusrgesnion, he must decline to be sworn." Later Attorney Walsh made the fol lowing statement: '"The. evidence in the .nvestlgation by the state before the oroner"s jury, as to the death of Col onel Swope. was not such as to impress rounsel for Dr. Hyde with the belief t)i at anything of a substantial nature mis been shown tending to discredit a is statement lie ret o fore made that he -S neither responsible by aeeident nor :b sign for the death of Colonel Swope. 5r that the death resulted from any .it her than natural causes. The state ments of the experts employed by Mrs. Swope were so at variance with one in o til or l ha t no reasonable conclusion rould be draw n therefrom. Counsel 'or Dr. Hyde therefore refused to per mit him to be sworn as a witness, ac reptinsr full responsibility therefor, with the assurance to the public that complete invest i gat ion will result in the exoneration of Dr. Hyde from all blame in the matter." Xurse Called Again. At the request of the Coroner, Miss PihtI Keiiar again took the stand and i iimrL h n Dart o her atorv of v SCHOOL days are the days when most of the im- rortant habits of life are ormed. Teach your children the daily use of I f :r. Lyon PERFECT o owdsr and they will some day rise to call you blessed. It cleanses, beautifies and preserves the teeth and imparts purity and fragrance to the breath. terday in which she had described the condition of Colonel Swope from the time he had taken the - capsule given her by rr. Hyde until he died. Miss Keiiar described- the first convulsion experienced by Colonel Swope. "Then," she continued, "after he had turned his head from the window, his eyes were fixed he went into the quiv ering motion I told about yesterday. lis hands clenched and there was a terrible motion over the whole body and he was making a sound, not with his mouth open, but evidently with his teeth clenched with the mouth tightly closed. He made this sound at the same time that he made the motion. I suppose that convulsion lasted .10 minutes. His arms were raised and his hands clenched tight." "Did anything protrude from the mouth ? "Yes, sir; his teeth were tightly closed and I could see that there was a tena cious, ropy whitish suhstance. I con tinued washing that out for some lit tle time during the convulsion." . WELCOME . IS HEARTY liOS AXGELES BAPTISTS RE CEIVE T)U. BKOt'GHER. Former Porta lnd Pastor Iii Ite.ponse Says lie Has Always Had Best Church in World. DOS ANOELKS. Cal.. Feb. ft. i Spe cial.) Berean Hall wa.s beautifully decor ated with flags, flowers and trailing vines last evening and about 1000 per rons joined in a reception to Dr. J. Whiteomb Broueher, their new pas tor. Flanking Dr. Brougher in the recep tion; line were Mr. and Mrs.. C. R. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Baskerville and Mr. and Mrs. K. R. llnkham. Greetings from Dr. Hensonwere read by Mrs. Henson. T. T. Woodruff, super intendent of the Sunday School, called Dr. Burdette the "Admiral of our Bap tist Navy," and Dr. Brougher flthe cap tain," who would help sail ail seas of difficulty. A chorus of eight rhildern sang an original song entitled, "Welcome to Our Pastor." T. W. Brotherton extended a welcome on behalf of the church members. Dr. Brougher responded happily. He said he appreciated and accepted at full value all the welcomes extended, .escpe cially the kind words from Dr. Bur dette and Dr. Henson. He stated that he had always had the best church In tbe world and he believed fhis would prove no exception. His churches did the work and he received credit for it. He intended to preach Christ as the solution of all activities and the inspirer of the successful. His speech was replete with witticisms and humor and intense earnestness. ABDUL HAMID'S LIFE SAVED Ex-Sultan of Turkey Is Iteported to Have Tried Suicide. PARIS. Feb." 9. A "special to the Matin from Vienna says that Abdul Hamid, the ex-Sultan of Turkey, was recently seized with a paroxysm of frenzy and attempted to strangle him self with a silk handkerchief. He was prevented from suicide by a servant and was subsequently placed in .a straightjacket. There is no con firmation of the story. The women of Aberdeen S. T)., cast one fourth of all the votes in a. recent election to pass on the proposal to Issue $17,000 of bonus for a. high school. Mai. ff-Pric OF adies9 Fine Tailored. Smite All Suits of the Fall and Winter Season Included in This Great Sale 30 Suits a t $15.00 45 Sui is at $22.50 40 Suits at $20,00 50 S uits at $25.00 60 Suits at $30.00 ENGLISH MADELBERG CAFES $25 VALUES ARE NOW $13.50 Beautifully Tailored and Splendid Styles: Sale Lasts Just a Few Days. Come at Once Morrison at Fourth Morrison at Fourth EX-QUEEN NOW 0L0 Liluokalani Has Lost Buoyancy of Bygone Days. RETURNS TO ISLAND HOME Discouraged With Appeal for Res toration of Iiands, She Leaves to Live With People AYlio Once Did Her Homage. CHICAGO. Feb. 9. (Special.) Ex Queen Liliuokalani, of-Hawaii, arrived in Chicago today from Washington, where she made her last and futile plea to have Congress compensate her for the crown lands which were taken from her by the United States Gov ernment at the time of the island revo lution in 1893. Discouraged in ner mission and broken down in health, the former ruler, who has reached the age of three score and ten, is going back to the land of her former splendor, where the people still call her Queen. Liluokalani is now a poor woman. FORMER QUEEN OF HAWAII, WHO, BROKEN AND ILL, IS RE TURNING FROM UNSUCCESSFUL MISSTOivr to tjt ajshINOTOtj. From the railroad station she went to the Congress Hotel in an omnibus with a crowd of immigrants, who were be ing transferred to the Illinois Central Depot. The hotel was crowded, as were all the other big hotels, and the ex Queen was forced to put up at a small South Side hotel. The ex-Queen has' not the buoyancy which she possessed on her last visit here, and her hair has turned complete ly white. "I am going back to my people to spend my declining years," she said, after she reached the hotel, as the tears rolled down her cheeks. "Through the loyalty of the Hawaiian people, I can end my days withoJt actual want," she continued. "I want it understood that I love your country, although I feel that it will never make reparation for what it has taken away from me." out today and 300 , more foreigners Joined them. , About 2000 men are Idle. SWITCHMEN FOR STRIKE VOTE TO REJECT ARBITRATION IS 3007 TO 91. FIRE OPALS FOUND IN B. C. V Red of Stones Like Mexico Gems discovered Near Kam loops. . VICTORIA. B. C, Feb. 9. (Special.) Genuine fire opals similar to those of Mexico have been discovered tn the bed and banks of Deadman's Creek, within a few miles' of the City of Kam loops. and a company will be formed to mine and market this new and unlooked-for wealth-promising resource. The discoverers of the semi-precious stones sent many samples to the De partment of Mines at Ottawa, which classified the opals authoritatively. U' Professor Emeritus Is Dead. BERKELEY, Cal., Feb. 9. Professor "William Bradley Rising-, emeritus profes sor of chemistry in the University of California, died at his- home here today. He was 70 years of age and died of a complication rlue tr hi? flee. 4' Ultimatum Will Be Giveii Today. Officials Believe Crasli May Yet Be Averted. CHICAGO. Feb. 9. By a reported vote of -3007 to 91, switchmen mem bers of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen of 18 Chicago railroads de cided in favor ot a strike. The vote was announced today. At a recent conference between rep resentatives of the union and general managers of the railroads an increase i of wages was refused. The railroads made certain concessions in the work ing rules and offered to submit the wage question to armtrauon unaer me Erdman law. The .switchmen say that ther do not want arbitration, but it is generally believed by the railroads that the question will be settled by that method, and that there will be no strike. The question whether the men will strike probably will be settled tomor row at 11-o'clock, when representatives of the brotherhood are to give an ulti matum to the railroad managers. Railroad officials., were said to be planning to telegraph to Interstate Commerce Commissioner Knapp and Labor Commissioner Neill to come here .In a Ifediatory capacity, but as the labor men have not joined in such a request it was not believed they would come. if in a r- I , A All Mt ntavilia cars run through Laurelhurst. Only 15 minutes' ride. 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