Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1900)
wwmm VOL. XIX. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1900. NO. 19. Sfamm I PAGES 13 TO 24 m$$ df-jaH YM PART TWO 1 1 w m. Gadsby THfc HOU5EFURNISHER Gadsby "Block, cor. Washington and First Sts. Jfeljiii This ornate Desk Is made of Solid Mahogany, has five French plate mirrors In back. Is 28 inches wide, is In laid with mother of pearl and white holly. PRICE $20.00 "We have Desks same size in golden oak or birch, at $7.50. "We Invite your attention to this Chiffonier: it is of solid oak, 32 inches -wide, 14 Inches deep, has beveled edge mir ror, 12x10 inches, really worth ?13 50: special ror tills week, $"0.00 Larger Chiffoniers in other woods aa low as 55 95. I Wm. Gadsby, The CORNER FIRST would like to Inspect 4 m 9 The newest things in suitings, overcoatings, s vestings AiWwv New goods arriving daily. All the latest colorings and designs in fine imported and domestic fabrics for gentlemen's garments to order. Largest variety to select from on the Pacific Coast FULL DRESS SUITS A SPECIALTY. jl, Satisfaction guaranteed In all cases. All work made In this city by best jour, tailors. Samples mailed, garments expressed. ykijjflLsv 108 Third Street, Increase Acentg' Snlarlea. One of the- effects of the agreement of the ro.lnad presidents at New York the abolition of commissions has had Quite a sirlous effect upon the Incomes of stat'on aients and ticket-sellers for some , of the rtflroads. Many of these on cer tain of fae lines hae complained that their pr&ert salaries are insufficient to live upon In thG case of one of the East- j ern lines, the management has concluded to advan e the salaries of 3CS of Its ticket and statbn agents. Whether other lines ' I ( simuany piacea in regaro to their em- plojes lull follow this example remains to be sen. There Is a general belief among nilroad men that they will. CARPETS FURNITURE Special Offerings THREE essentia! points of supremacy 1-STYLE 2-QUALlTY 3-PRICE We will make and lay dn your floors, with lining, a good tapestry Brussels Carpet for 75c Yard Twenty patterns to select from. This is not the cheap kind we can lay you those as low as 55 cents but the car pet we recommend above is a genuine eight-wire tapestry. Guaranteed for 7 Years Everything in stock to furnish through out. All goods modern and up to date. No old stock. Before attending auctions or so-called sales, call on us and see what new, modem, up-to-date goods can be bought for. Housef urnisher AND WASHINGTON Spring and Summer trouserings and fancy call at near Washington Athletic Handicap Games. The annual handicap field and track games of the Seattle Athletic Club will be held at Seattle on Saturday, May '. The list of events Is as follows: Hundred yard dash. 220-yard dash, SSO-yard run. mile run, 130-yard hurdles, polo vault, run ning high Jump, mile walk, half-mile bi cycle race, open; mile bicycle race, open; and discus throwing. These games are sanctioned by the Pacific Northwest As sociation of the A. A. U., and are open to all registered amateur athletes In the Pacific Northwest. Al Cooklngham. sec retary of the Seattle Athletic Club, will receive entries until May 22, when the entry ust will be closed. DONE IN THE COURTS Decision in Case of Reed et AI., vs.. Whitehouse. COMPLETE SETTLEMENT- IN 1893 Plaintiffs Permitted te Challenge Correctness of .SHfeseqaent Trans actions Cenrt Notes. Judge. Cleland rendered a decision yes terday in the case of C J. Reed et aL, executors of the will of John Green, de ceased, rs. B. G. Whitehouse, for an ac. counting. Se held that a complete set tlement had been made between W-hlte-house and Green up to August 12, 1833, and granted the plaintiffs leave by ap propriate pleadings to challenge the cor rectness of any or all items between Au gust 12, 1893, and July 20, 1S97, the date of John Green's death, as contained In books described as exhibits 1, 2 and 3. The court held that these books, so far as they purport to show the business transactions of John Green subsequent to August. 1893. including an Item of $5000. which "Whitehouse says was a gift, under the circumstances, as shown by the evi dence, must be presumed to bo correct. The defendant, upon the. showing made, Is not required to account of produce vouchers for the Items therein contained. The plaintiffs may question the accuracy of any or all the items contained in such books, and show that any of them, in cluding the 55000 mentioned, are false, fraudulent or Incorrect. Plaintiffs may In like manner show. If they can, that Items have been omitted which should have been Included. The court further stated that the evidence offered tending to establish that Wihtebouse had in fact paid out various sums of money for John Green's benefit, which do not appear on the books, is at present Incompetent. The court has not considered the same, and plaintiff may, if they desire, take an order that the objections Interposed to this class of testimony are sustained. An opinion was expired that the plaintiffs' are not entitled to an order re quiring1 the defendant to account for transactions prior to August 12. 1833, when a settlement was had between Whitehouse and John Green. The court found that H. C. Iteonard read entries to Mr. Green at that time, and assisted in checking up, and that the books and papers were sat lsfactory and were retained by Mr. Green, and a second accounting cannot be re quired. Whitehouse kept the accounts of John Green from 1SS8 until July 20, 1S37. The' plaintiffs allege that from August, 1SS2, until the time of his death. John Green waa old, almost blind, and feeble In health, and intrusted his business man agement almost entirely to Whitehouse. There was deposited In the name of John Green In the First National Bank between those dates $743,441 and drawn out $707,3S0. In the Commercial National Bank there was deposited $183,944 and withdrawn $175,307. The plaintiffs aver that defend ant drew $5000 from the Commercial Na tional Bank About December 23, 1E36, for his own benefit, and that Whitehouse also refuses to account for $15,005 withdrawn from the bank. There Is also an Item of $345, making the full sum of $20,359 for which the accounting la demanded. Whitehouse admits an Indebtedness ot $3224 and also $12,000, the latter secured by a mortgage on his homestead In favor of Green. Regarding the Item of $5000, Whitehouse says he was financially em barrassed In the year 1S95, and because of faithful services of 24 years and that his salary in the Gas Company had been cut down, etc., John Green authorized Whitehouse to draw a check in his own favor for $5000 as a. gift. Whitehouse, in his answer to the com plaint, pleaded full and. satisfactory set tlements with John Green once a year, which he contended "were final, .and that it was not proper to necessitate his- ex plaining all of these th'ngs again, and was perhaps not possible for him to do 60 with complete detail and entire ex actness, etc Concerning the Commercial National Bank deposit, the plaintiffs charged Whitehouse with not having ac counted to Green for an item of $513.. an other of $7S4 and the sum of $12,476 with drawn by Whitehouse from thla concern. Judge Cleland, In deciding the case, re viewed tho Issues presented and the evi dence Introduced fully, and, among other hings. said: "The testimony introduced by defendant has been directed to .support the propo sition that settlements were made as al leged between Mr. Green and Whltehcuse, In addition thereto the evidence of Mr. W. T. Branch, an expert accountant, has been largely devoted to an accounting In fact since August, 1S32. The plaintiffs. In their testimony, attacked exhibits 1. 1 and 3, and undertook to show inaccuracies and Imperfections therein. Testimony waa offered by "both parties upon the subject of the $5000. "Mr. H. C Leonard was a confidential business a,clate of Mr. Green, and his life-long friend. His testimony shows that the defendant pursued the same gen eral plan of keeping accounts for himself and Mr. Green since 1S5S. The difference if any arose in 1SS8, when Mr. Green's business developed Into a line of Invest ments, end his books thereafter Included an account of loans and purchase of se curities. An Inspection of the books kept by the defendant shows that they do not conform to any good working theory of bookkeeping, as that business Is gen erally conducted. "For nearly 30 yeans Mr. Green was fa miliar with the methods of the defendant. He retained him In hlo employ, was sat isfied with his services and trusted In his fidelity, and made Wm one of the ex ecutors of his wllL It must be assumed, under these circumstances, that Mr. Green knew and approved of the manner in which defendant kept his accounts. "All who speak upon the subject unite in declaring Mr. Green was capable of transacting business during his Ufa, and retained management of his affairs and neither nought or permitted suggestions or Interference with his plans or purposes.' The court reviews the bank accounts at some lngth and finds that 75 per cent of the amounts were on checks bearing John Green's stsnature. and less than 25 pet cent by checks signed by Whitehouse. Regarding the Commercial National Bank account closed In October. 1S33, on which th.e plaintiffs claim $12,476 because they are unable to find vouchers or accounts, the court reviews the checks cashed, al ludes to the settlement of August 12. 1SS3, and then, in a general way, covers sub sequent occurrences. Other Decisions. In the suit of John A, Lesourd against I his son. Frank E. Lesourd, and n.n adopted daughter, to recover the title to property In Stephens' addition, the court decided In favor of the defendants. The plaintiff placed the property In the name of his ton to evade his creditors, and by arrange ment entered into the property was after, ward transferred to the wife of plaintiff, Bridget Lesourd. She died, and the son and daughter receive the estate as her heirs. Judge Cleland. held that the orig- l lnal transaction was fraudulent as to the creditors of plaintiff, and he cannot as sert his title. A decision In favor of the plaintiff was rendered In the case of the Pacific States Building & Loan Association against Au gusta Spurrier et aL. and a decree fore closing a mortgage for $643 was declared. The court held that the evidence disclosed that Spurrier read the bond, mortgage and other papers and subscribed foe building and loan stock, and seemed to understand what he was doing. The plea, of usury was not an Issue, having been disposed of upon demurrer. In the suit of C C Cllne against the Phillips Construction Company, to recover $209, Judge Cleland decided that the fix tures In the store of the .Meier &r Frank Company are a part of the original 'de sign to erect a building of that kind, planned by the architect and roado to fit the different parts of the building, and that the whole together make a department-store building. Cllne furnished paints and materials to the Phillips Con struction Company, which had the con tract to put In the fixtures. The decision of the court makes the fixtures subject to the mechanic's lien law. The Phillips Construction Company failed In business, and plaintiff Is one of the creditors. The Meier & Frank Company is projected by a bond given by the contractor,, with a guaranty company as surety, and'the lat ter will have to pay. The defense in the - I -k I' SF1111 , Say. Cap, don't you think you case was that the fixtures are -separable, and therefore not within ihe Hen law. An appeal to the Supremo Court may bo taken. Divorces Granted. Judge Frazer yesterday granted Edward C. King a divorce from Florence King, on the ground of desertion, which occurred March 26. 1S93. They were married at Portland, October 12, 1SS6. The p'aintlff testified that he and his wife never quar reled, but she simply took It into her head to leave him. His sister and an other witness corroborated the evidence as to desertion. The defendant admitted service of the complaint under her own signature, but did not contest the suit. Rachel Hill was divorced from Frederick K. Hill by Judge Frazer, on account of cruo. treatment. They were united In marriage In this city January 15, 1SSS. This was the third divorce suit filed. Hill previously contested a case before Judge Cleland, and Mrs. Hill on that occasion was denied the decree prayed for. Antonla ,Jones was granfed a divorce from Alvln Jones, on the ground of de sertion and nonsupport. They were mar ried In Portland In 1S93. Mrs. Jones tes tified that her husband never provided her with a home, and endeavored to obtain her wages when she was employed. She begged blm to get work, but all to.no purpose. Court Xotes. A decree for $460 and costs was yester day rendered by Judge Bellinger for tho plaintiffs In the case of Vancouver Trans portation Company vs. William M. Hoag. The will of Charles Logus, deceased, was admitted to probate, and Louisa Logus was appointed executrix. Max Smith, Conrad Ewlng and Adolph Burkhardt were appointed appraisers. In the suit of Lusetta P. Beers vs. Rob ert Hanlln and C A. Aylsworth, garnishee, the jury found for the plaintiff In the sum of $350. Aylsworth appears in the case as a garnishee, and the verdict means that he owes Hanlln this sum of money. Mrs. Beers Is trjlng to collect a Judgment against Hanlln for $500 damages for as sault and battery. An order for the drawing of 40 Jurors for the June term of the United States Dis trict Court was yesterday Issued by Judge Bellinger. These Jurors will be taken from the names submitted for the United States court panel, the Marshal, Clerk and a United States Commissioner performing the work of drawing the names from the box. The drawing will take place Monday at 10 o'clock, after whlcn the names of the panel will be published. A petition In bankruptcy was filed yes terday In the United States District Court for Joseph D. Monthyon, of Multnomah County. Unsecured claims against his property were estimated at $4000 39, se cured claims at $yS5, and notes on which he was liable for other persons, $1S0. The total assets were named as 42S4531. qf which exemptions were claimed amount ing to $200t In tho matter of G. F. Tyler, who filed a petition some time past, he was given a. discharge. Judge Bellinger yesterday decided against the habeas corpus petition filed asking tho release of the Chinese woman named Li Tom Shi. who came to this port on the Monmouthshire, the last voyage of that vessel. Ll Tom Shi was accompanied to America by a Chinese merchant of Portland, who claimed that the woman was his wife. The case will likely be ap pealed to the United States Supreme Court, asJn'the order dlanlsclng the peti tion the defendants were siren 15 days for perfecting their appeal. BOERS' LAST CARD About to Be Played in the United States. BY FISCHER AND HIS COMPANION England Believes When Kragcr Learns We Will Xet Help Him He "Will Sae for Peace. LONDON, May 12. The Boers seem, to be on the ev of playing their last card, and, according to many keen observers In England, It Is being played, not In South Africa, but In the United States, through the medium of the Boer delegates who sailed for New York from Rotterdam last week. As the bulk of British opinion does not contemplate for a moment that Mr. Fisch er and his companions will achieve success. It Is only natural that serious thought la x ought to throw the "stiff ' ovcrbeard? AH now confidently devoted to prognosticat ing the date when the war In the Trans i vaal will be ended. Most estimates, concur 'In agreeing that hostilities will have ceased by June, when President Kruger ' learns that the last country appealed to, namely, the United States, will afford no help, and that he has no alternative in , the face- of the overwhelming force now victoriously sweeping into his territory but to sue for peace. What Great Britain's answer to that re ! quest will be was unmistakably defined by Joseph Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonics, at Birmingham yes terday, when he declared that the Boer Republics must become a crown colony, whose initial stage of organization will be controlled by . military administration. By agreeing to these terms. President Kruger must, of course, give up all for which he has been fighting. But, on the. other hand now that terms have been so emphatically enunciated, they must either be granted or England will jtand defeated. The latter alternative, however, does not 1 enter England's category of posslblll.Ies. Her people are firmly convinced that Lord Roberts will steadily advance, perhaps with delays and losses of daredevil units, and may be without Inflicting a crushing defeat until he occupies the Transvaal. His forward progress, they believe, will be stopped only when President Kruge--, learning of the failure of Fischer's mis sion, asks for peace. That this will como sooner than previously expected is the trend of popular opinion today. A long siege of Pretoria has become a remote contingency. Sharp fighting at Kroonstad and on the Vaal River, a series 1 of rear-guard actions with constantly re treating forces, an organized development of a hostile country, and then by June, or perhaps earlier, peace and occupation. Such Is the average forecast of the strug gle In South Africa. Maj be It Is altogether too optimistic, but the present successes of the British arms and the evidences of their well-defined plans and excellent or ganization form much excuse for optim ism. In comparison with what 200.000 British troops havo been doln? In South Africa during the week, the events in England Itself are perhaps unimportant. Yet they teem with human Interest and interna tional Importance. First and foremost Is the question of Australian federation. Del egates from this great colony are cease lessly speaking pleasant words to London audiences through the luxurious medium of public dinners and luncheons, to say, nothing of copious interviews, but, mean while, are. fighting Colonial Secretary Chamberlain tooth and nail in an endeavor to maintain Australia's objection to having the Engllah Privy Council as a final court of appeal for local cases. No compromise has yet been reached, and Mr. Chamber lain will shortly Introduce the subject of federation in the House of Commons, ad vocating that the bill be passed as for warded to Australia, with the exception of an amendment granting- the Privy Council tho power mentioned above. Pre sumably the Commons will follow the government's lead. What Australia will do remains to be seen. The obligation subordinating the highest colonial courts to the Privy Council, under which Canada now labors, may wreck the whole scheme of federation. Whllo Imperial politics are Interesting, home matters are equally so. The Outlock semi-humorously sums up these matters by reporting Lord Salisbury as saying! "Let us have rifle clubs everywhere and let the young maidens fetch ,thelr fathers dinner and beer." This reference to beer la not half so facetious as It might appear. Lord Sal isbury's outspoken opposition to radical temperance measures in the House or Lords Tuesday will probably afford a basis for one of the strongest planks ot the. opposition platform at the next elec tion. Confronted by the united archbish ops and bishops, the Premier spoke more frankly upon the temperance question than almost any leading man in English politics ever dared to. Mr. Goschen, Mr. Chamberlain, Lord Hamilton and the Earl of Selbourne would rather have lost an additional source of Income. All the week lies, regardless of party, agree in sup porting the principles of the defeated mo tion, and doubtless in theeourse of time the government itself will bring In a measure to prohibit any minister of the crown from taking part In the direction of a public company. Tho Saturday Review, interpreting Lord Salisbury's recent generalism regarding hatred towards England andr the neces sity of arming the country, as especially applicable to the United States, declares: "During the Cuban War there were a largo number of people In this country who sympathized with Spain, but they kept their feelings strictly to themselves. Not n, discordant note was heard In our press, and the British Government pre vented a combination of European powers that would have thrown the American Government on Its back. How do the United States repay us? We were treat- St. Paul Pioneer-Press. the pacn$crs are getting sicX. ' cd to all kinds of Intrigues over the Alas kan boundary and the Nicaragua Canal; and now at least half the American press and Nation loudly proclaim their sympa thy with the Boers, and are organizing . receptions for their delegates. We shall have to defend our empire, and must do j it, as Lord Salisbury says, with our right arm." x I Thi3 Is Interesting comment, but It neither represents the best-informed nor the popular opinion. Lord Salisbury had no Idea of referring to American pro-Boer manifestations when speaking at the meeting of the Primrose League. More over, these manifestations are popularly regarded In England, thanks to the cable dispatches of English correspondents, as nothing but a temporary effervescence of political agitation In a country on the verge of an election, and as such are of no serious Import. The Speaker, commenting upon Rus sian railroad and territorial aggression in China, declares that Lord Salisbury and Mr. Chamberlain cannot protect British interests, real or Imaginary. In any part of the world, and that the United States has been the only guardian of our mter- t ests in China, while Lord Salisbury has I been a helpless looker-on. . Salisbury's speech was delivered when tho nation expected exactly the op posite kind of remarks. To Implore his countrymen to awake to the per ils constantly menacing their great em- J pjre and its existence at the very moment wnen a long penoa or patient waiting naa been replaced by jubilation over Lord Rob erts' successful advance, was an expedient so utterly bereft of the first principles of I politics, especially considering the approach of the elections, that some of Lord Salis bury's own supporters believe he was al most off his head when he spoke. Not content with this, he pulled down every pretty fabric that had been built around the Queen's visit to Ireland, calmly comparing the political efforts to attain home jule to Boer conspiracies and hos- ( tility. And this after the Queen and every leading member of Lord Salisbury's Cabl I net and party had been at particular pains l to bury the Irish hatchet. Moreover, the t whole tone of the speech lacked all those formalities, reticences and veiled allusions to which the English people have been ac customed since the days of Pitt and Pal merston. Lord Salisbury hitherto had re ligiously followed such precedents, but on Wednesday he spoke to the public as he might to an intimate friend after dinner. So amazing and so interesting has been Lord Salisbury himself, as revealed this week, that the broad and from the stand point of other nations, the far most Im portantsensational feature of the speech i has passed almost unnoticed. Were the Premier of any other European state to get up in these times of wars and rumors of war and urge the people-of an emlnently commerclal race to accustom themselves to the use of firearms and to establish rifle clubs In every city, village and hamlet, there would run through Europe such a shiver of fright and such Ivld anticipation of hostile Intention and devastating con flict that market prices would drop by de cades and mobilization plans would be at the finger tip of every war minister. That this has not occurred appears to be due to the generally recognized fact that Salisbury is more a philosopher than a statesman and that when he pessimistical ly painted the hostilities toward England the world over, he was speaking purely In the abstract,, without harboring In his mind one concrete instance whereby that hos tility might become an Immediate menace. DALY IS FOR SILVER Fusion Candidate for Cong ress Declares Himself. STANDS ON PLATFORM OF 1898 Cautions 3Iet to Say Too Mseh'for Fear of Losing? Ike Sapport et' tke Gold Democrats. CORVALLIS, Or.. May 12. Dr. Bernard Daly, of Lakeview, the Democratic and Peoples-randldate for Congress in the First District, Is conducting an unobtru sive campaign. Ho la quietly going the rounds, giving all comers the glad hand and the happy smile, but making no speeches nor saying anything that would tend to alienate free-silver shouter or gold standard Democrat from his support. To all Inquiries whether he intends to take the stump, he makes the affable reply: "It would be taking unfair advantage for me to go on the stump when Mr. Tongue Is at Washington attending- to the state's business. If he were In Oregon I shouM take the stump." Dr. Daly has already distributed his handshakes and smiles to tho admiring Fusionlsts of Linn County. Wednesday he journeyed to Lincoln Coun ty and -visited Toledo, Newport and the SHetz Indian reservation. He returned to Corvallls yesterday and is being shown around by E. L. Bryan, who helped bring about his nomination In tho Democratio convention. From here he will go to Dal las for a conference with J. H. Townsend, Democratic National committeeman for Oregon. For Free Silver, but Cautious. An Oregonian reporter met Dr. Daly at the Occidental Hotel yesterday, and asked him for his views on the money question and for any answer he cared to make to the statement recently published that, when a member of the Legislature, he had caused people to believe that he was not for free silver. To the flrst question ha replied that the financial declarations of the Democratic. Populist and Silver-Republican platform of 1S3S, as affirmed by the Democratic platform of 1S00, fully rep resented his views on the money question; to the second, that when In the Legisla ture he had always voted with the Demo cratic party on all party questions. Tha Populist, Silver-Republican and Demo cratic declarations on money In 1S3S, which Dr. .Daly now accepts, follow: Wo demand the free and unrestricted coin age of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 10 to 1, without waltinjr for the con sent of foreign nations; and -we are unalter ably opposed to the poller of. the present Re publican Administration In demanding- tho re tirement of greenbacks, and the turning over ot tho money-making power of the Govern ment to tho National banks, as presented by tho bill drawn by the Republican Secretary ot the Treasury and indorsed by President Mc KInley; and we especially denounce the avowed attempt by slid bill to fasten the country Ir revocably and forever to the single gold stand ard. We demand a National money, safe and sound. Issued by the General Government only, without .the Intervention of banks, of ls sus. to be a full legal tender for all debts, public and private; also a Just, equitable and efficient means of distribution direct to tha people through the lawful disbursements of the Government. We demand that the volume of circulatlns medium bo speedily Increased to an amount sufficient to meet the demands of the busi ness population of this country, and to restore the Just level of prices of labor and produc tion. "" "We favor such legislation as will prevent for tho future the demonetization of any kind of Ipgal-tender money by private contract. We demand that the Government. In pay ment of Its obligations, shall use its option as to the kind of lawful money in which they are to be raid, and we denounce the present and preceding Administrations for surrendering this option to the holders of Government obliga tions. v We demand that there shall be no further Issue of United States Interest-bearing bonds. Pressed for a further discussion of tho money question. Dr. Daly smiled one of his sweet Hibernian smiles, patted the re porter on the shoulder, and said: "A can didate for office must be careful about what he says." Views on Other Questions. Dr. Daly said the Democratic platform represented his views on expansion. Tha platform favors an Immediate declaration of the Nation's purpose to give the Filipi nos a stable form of government, inde pendence and protection from outside In fluence. It favors extension of the Na tion's Influence, "not through force and violence, but through the persuasive power of a high and honorable example." Dr. Daly was more communicative on Porto Rico, Nicaragua and other subjects than on finance and expansion. Ho said: "I am strongly in favor of the Nicaragua Canal. Its construction Is necessary for the development of the Pacific Coast. Tho large railway corporations and syndicates) are responsible for delaying the passage of the canal bill. They know that con struction of the canal would reduce freight rates between the Atlantic and the PaciPc, and they want to monopolize the trans continental traffic as long as they can. "I find farmers complalrlng very much of the low price of wheat. They claim that It costs 45 cents to raise a. bushel of wheat, and the best price they can get la 40 cents. Producers are much discouraged because of the prevailing- low prices. They complain also that everything they pur chase has increased In price. They say that barbed wire and nails havo almost doubled In cost the past year, and attrio ute tho increased burden to the trusts. I am greatly opposed to trusts of all kinds, and believe that the duty should be re moved from all articles controlled by tha trusts. This would be a- cure for tho trusts. "I am very much opposed to taxing tha products of Porto Rico. I hold such taxa tion to be unjust, contrary to the princi ples of our republican form of govern ment, and unconstitutional, because sec tion S, article 1, of the- Constitution, de clares that alt duties. Imposts and excises shall bo uniform througnout the United States. I think it would be just as legal to tax the wool, hops, wheat and lumber of Oregon as to tax tho products of Porto Rico. "I am for Colonel Bryan for President. The Vice-Presidential nomination should bo given to a conservative business man. This would materially strengthen our ticket. I do not care to say whether tho candidate for Vice-President should bo a Democrat of a Populist, so long as he Is a man who favors tho union of the reform forces." Court of Appeals. SAN FRANCISCO, May 12. In tho United States Circuit Court of Appeals yes terday the appeal of Louis Salla and oth ers for a new trial on writ of error waa submitted on briefs. The appellants are under sentence ot 20 months' Imprison ment in the State Penitentiary at San Querrtin for having obetructed the mails during: the miners' strike In Idaho a. year ago. The case of Lewlsohn Bros, against tho Anaconda Copper Mining Company waa dismissed by stipulation. haaJr-tejaiL jfc --- A'jjT i . uflj -ja5ib' r