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THE SUNPAY jOKEGONIAtf, POBTLAKD, NOVEMBER 18, 1900. THE LION BURNING! Loulso Frost's Parents Talk of the Affair. LOAD LIFTED OFF THEIR MINDS Jfo Inquest "Will Be Held on the Re- mains of Porter Discussed in Denver. DENVER. Colo., Xov. 17. "Well, no other parents will suffer from that brute's crimes." These were the first words spoken by Mrs. Frost today wherr-asked for an ex pression on the punishment of the negro who confessed that he was the murderer of her child. "Of course I was not consulted as to the punishment to be meted out, and I did not know what fate awaited him," she continued. "I did not care, just so he was removed from the face of the earth. Nothing can atone for the death of my baby, and I did not have the feeling of revenge which so many people said ought to possess me. My one thought was to save others the pain we suffered. "Whatever was done with that brute was right, no matter what. Certainly he did not suffer what Louise did, and she was innocent, while he was guilty. Maybe I would' have some pity were I not her mother. No one but a parent of an out raged and murdered child can know just how I feel." The murdered child's father. Robert W. Frost, returned to Denver today from the scene of the lynching. "A great load has been lifted off us,,r he said, "and as for me. I don't care who condemns me for starting the blaze. No other father will have to do what I did on account of that 'nigger,' and. as. I said before. If the brute had been lynched! tor his first offense in Kansas, my baby would be alive today, and our hearts would not be broken." A mass meeting has been called for to morrow afternoon at the First Baptist Church to protest against the work of the Llmon mob and to discuss the ques tion of a restoration of capital punish ment. Governor Thomas has promised to Address the meeting. The movement to reinstate capital punishment in the statutes of Colorado has received a great impetus. An amendment is now being drawn and its advocates will make an aggressive fight for its enactment at the coming session of the "Legislature. By this bill hanging will bj made the pen alty for murder and possibly also for as saults such as that committed upon Louise Frost previous to her murder. No steps have been taken to prosecute any members of the mob which burned young Porter at Limon last night, and It is unlikely that any will be taken. Clergymen interviewed unanimously de precate the mothoa used in the Llmor. lynching, but some of them frankly said that the negro should have been hanged or shot. Xo Inquest "Will Be Held. LTMON, Colo., Nov. 17. No Inquest, It Is said, will be held over the -remains of Preston Porter, Jr. In fact, the Coroner can And no remains upon which to hold an Inquest. A few men remained late last night at the spot out on the prairie where the murder was committed and avenged and renewed the fire again and again until every -vestige of the negro was gone. The iron rail to which the victim was bound will be left standing as a warning to all inclined to deeds simi lar to that for which young" Porter was burned. A mound of earth has been1 piled up around the iron rail, covering the ashes, and it will remain as a monument In sight of all passing trains. It is estimated that 70 people witnessed the execution. No women remained dur ing the cremation, but many of them went to the scene before the tire was lighted and the negro was taken out in a carriage for Inspection. THE IiEAVKXWOR-TH ESCAPES. Convlcti. Entcll ami Cravens Eluded Their Inraer. LEAVENWORTH. Kan., Nov. 17. Two of the convicts. Estell and Cravens, who escaped from the state penitentiary Fri day afternoon, are still at large, having eluded a cordon of guards and escaped from a barn in which they had been sur rounded. Some time last night they succeeded in evading the officers and went to Brigh ton, where they hid in the barn of Robert Moore. This afternoon, Mrs. Moore en tered the barn and saw the convicts. Leaving her little boy to watch, she fi tar ted for a neighbor's and met some of the prison guards, whom she told where the men were. The guards sent for as sistance and began firing Into the barn, which was comoletely riddled with buck shot. Not being able to force the con victs out, a handkerchief saturated with coal oil and lighted was thrown Into the barn from the shelter of a near-by crib and in a "few moments" the barn was a. eheet of flames. Nothing was seen, of the convicts, and unless they aro- buried under the burning hay they Imvo made their escape. Peace officers from, the cltjvhava gone to aid in running the men down, and all guards have been armed with Krag JorgeAson carbine:. Obtained from, the Federal prison at Fort Leavenworth. Cowboy Fonnlit n Deal. , SALT LAICE, Utah. Nov. 17. A special to the Tribune from Cheyenne, Wya, pays: Three cowboys, John and Albert Aldor loe and Tobias Bonier, fought a duel in the mountains near Otto, Wyo., last Thursday. Three horses were killed and the AMertoe brothers were seriously wounded. John received a ball in each arm, and Albert was shot in the stom ach It is alleged that the two families have been at war for some time, and further trouble will probably ensue. Bnnlf Bobber Confessed. CHICAGO. Nov. 17. James H. Dunlap, the leader of several bands of bank bur glars, one of which robbed the Northamp ton. Mass.. bank of JtOO.OW, confessed to dav at "Watseka, 111., to looting Pates' bank at Wellington, 111., March 23 last. He has ben in jail in Watseka ever Flnce test April, when he was captured In Chicago, but until today denied his guilt. Finally he pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment, the extreme limit for robbery. Immoral Matter by Express. CHICAGO. Nov. 17. The first conviction under the Federal statutes for receiving Indecent literature by express from an other state was had in the United States District Court he-re today, when a Jury returned a verdict of guilty against Ber nard Stein, keeper of a book store here. The books in question were shipped from Philadelphia. Postoffice Inspector McAfee, Western agent of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, was Instrumental In securing the conviction. Country Banlc Blown Open. QUINCY. 111.. Nov. 17. The vault of the Bank of Bluff, Scott County, was blown open early today by robbers, who, it Is reported, scoured 00. The robbers es caped on a hand-car to Cbapln. where they stole a horse and buggy of tho Town Marshal and drove northward. Cuban Extradition. WASHINGTON. Nov. 17. The State De-partm-Hat today delivered to William Du puy, as agent of the government of Cuba, papers to secure the delivery Into his custody of Loys Darrelt. now held under arrest at Beora, Portuguese East. Africa, Cor the murder of a soldier la Cuba. The case establishes a precedent as to extra- dition between Cuba and foreign coun tries. . VICE IN HEW YORK. Bishop Potter Letter to Mayqr Van "Wyclc NEW YORK, Nov. 17. Bishop Henry C. Potter, of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of New York, has sent a letter to Mayor Van Wyck in reference to vice in this city, and especially on the East Side. This letter is the one promised some weeks ago, when the bishop publicly an nounced that one of his rectors had been grossly Insulted by the commanding offi cials of a certain police station, and that he proposed to take up the matter In a manner which the heads of the notice 'force should feel. Bishop Potter first calls attention to the work that Is being done at the Pro. Cathedral, 130 Stanton street, In endeavor ing to improve the condition of the poor of the East Side tenement district, in which It Is located, and says it has been recognized as; an Important factor in pro moting the virtue and good order of tho community in which it ministers. He goes on to tell how, when the clergymen called at the police station of the pre cinct to complain of the notorious condi tion of affairs, one of them was told by the police captain that he lied, and that when, disheartened by such an experi ence, ihe clergyman castled his complaint to a higher authority in the police, ho was met with insolent derision. The bishop continues: "I am not, I beg to say, unmindful of the fact that the existence of vice in a great city Is practically an inevitable condition of the life of such a community. I am not demanding that vice shall bo 'stamped out' by the police or any other clil authority. This Is a task which would demand for its achievement a race of angels, and not of men. But I ap proach you, sir, to protest with all my power against a condition -of things in which vice is not only tolerated, but shielded and encouraged; by those whose sworn duty it is to repress and disco ur age It. "And, In the name, of unsullied youth and innocence of young girls and their mothers, who, though living under condi tions often of privation and the hard struggle for a livelihood, Have in them every instinct of virtue and purity that are the ornaments of 'any so-called gentle woman in the land, and before God and in the face of the citizens of New York, I protest, as my people have charged mo to do, against the habitual Insult, the persistent menace, the unutterably defil ing contacts toi which, day by day, be cause of the base complicity of the police of New York with the lowest forma of vice and crimes, they are subjected. "And, In the name of these little ones, these weak and defenseless little ones, Christian and Hebrew alike, of many races and tongues, but of homes where God ,1s feared and his law revered and the virtue and decency honored and ex emplified, I call upon you, sir, to savo those people, who are in a very real way committed to your charge, from a living hell, defiling, deadly, damning, to which the criminal suplness of the constituted authorities set for the defense of the de coney and good order, threatens to doom them." Bishop Potter, In -conclusion, says he has no methods to suggest for the better ing of the conditions; these are In the hands of the Mayor. He says his letter is in .accordance with instructions laid on him by the convention of the Episco pal church of this diocese, and he leaves tho matter in the Mayor's hands. Mayor Van Wyck at once replied to the blshbp In a letter in which he had passed the bishop's communication to the Dis trict Attorney, and.then adds: "I wish, here to assure you that I will .exert every power which the law has .given to right the wrongs and to do away with the i-.ditlons of which you com-, plain and to secure a hearty. and efficient co-operation by the police" department with all 'who are working to do away twlth public violations of law and decency. a. bituiu reauy at uu umes 10 assist anu oo-operato with you In this matter." Mayor Van Wyck's letter to the District Attorney requests him to co-operate with Bishop Potter and the police depart ment in the movement. In a letter to tho Board of Police Commissioners the Mayor encloses a copy of the bishop's letter and directs the Commissioners to at once con duct a searching investigation into the conduct of the two police officials who the bishop says Insulted the clergymen. He also directs them to at once do away with the conditions complained of on the East Side. The Mayor's closing para graph is: "I wish It distinctly understood that to this end I shall use to the utmost limit all the power vested in me, and that I shall nold to personal responsibility those who fail to exercise themselves in like manner." THE CRUSADE BEGUN. Xevr York Authorities Act on Bishop Potter's Advice. NEW YORK. Nov. 17. District Attor ney Gardiner, to whom Mayor Van Wyck. upon the receipt of Bishop Potter's let ter, directed a communication that step3 be taken by the District Attorney's office to suppress the vicious conditions exist ing on the East Side In the "Red Light" district, today secured 50 warrants re turnable tomorrow. Mr. Gardiner's as sistants secured 100 warrants when Super intendent i McCullagh presented his. evi dence ;aqd Affidavits against the disorder ly resorts on the East Side, which result ed in threo arrests. In speaking of the crusade, Mr. Gardiner said: '"We will start where Bishop Potter says things are in such a bad way, on the East Side, and if necessary then form, an attack in other parts of the city. They are scared pretty badly now on the East Side since my detectives have turned their attention In that direction." The poolrooms and gambling houses were open today as usual, undisturbed by the wide advertisement of the Tammany crusade against vice. The only seeming? effect of the publicity that has been given to Mr. Croker's declaration was that doorkeepers In the best-patronized resorts for betting on tho races have per formed their duty In something more than the perfunctory manner that ruled, earlier In the week, and patrons who were .not known had to go through the form of satisfying the guards before be ing admitted. No person who had money and wished to bet found any real difficul ty In placing wagers, however, and the down-town poolrooms were more than ordinarily busy. The downtown gambling houses, nearly all of which are known ns day games, were open in the afternoon. In the gambling establishments of the Tenderloin and hotel district. It was said that there was no Idea that a general closing would be ordered and interfer ence by the police was not anticipated. 0 Unhnrled Dead at Galveston. GALVESTON, Ter., Nov. 17. The United States surveying corps today found over 100 dead bodies in a swamp Just west of the city, on the Island where they had been deposited by the storm of September 8. The unburied dead were In an out-oMhe-way place near the county road, and had not been discovered by the burying parties sent out after tho storm. Endorsed for Its Parity. Evans' Ale has an appetizing flavor, and a delicious fragranoe: it Is a nutritive ale that gives a zest peculiar to Itself try It. Order from your dealer or writs to the brewery, Hudson. New York. "West Virginia Town Burned. PH1LJPPI, W. Vs.. Nov. 17. Fire broke out this morning In the Valley Hotel. and destroyed a large portion of the busi ness area of the city. The loss Is JKROOOi FosfmasterGeneral Will Not Restm. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. Postmaster General Smith tonight gave an unqualified denial to -a published report that a In tends to resign next month. A TRAGEDY IN PARIS COUKT BE COBJTUL1ER. SHOT AOTJ , K"'T.T'T HIS "WIFE. Surprised Her While Visiting the Apartments of Another Una, Said to Be Her Lairrer. PARIS, Nov. 17. Count do Cornuller this afternoon surprised his wife, the Countess de Cornuller, visiting the apart ments of a gentleman oh the Rue, de Pro vonco. The Count met the Countless on the stairway and fired three shots at-hew Sho died- on her way, to a hospital.. The Count was arrested. The family Ib a prominent one. Tne CounteBS brother la an army Colonel, and the Count is well known in the high est Parisian society. He Is 43 years oi age. His wife was. 31 years old. .She was formerly Mile. Genevieve Beneau de Vlan ney. A suit for separation was pending between the Count and Countess. The shooting of the Countess de Cornu ller created consternation In oocl&J, clr- CHAIRMAN OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC BOARD. -g ' i i in m I ,mi ' fPiSL CHARLES H. TWEED,- OF NEW YORK Charles Harrison Tweed, who, on September 0, was chosen chairman of the board of di rectors of the Southern Pacific Company, Is one o? the ablest members of the American bar. In. his career the dominating force o$ worthy ancestry Is well illustrated. From the Win throps and Dudleys and Saruents of colonial days have descended attributes that have won for their eossessor hlch place as a layyer and man of affairs. Mr. Tweed was born in Calais, ,Mc, September 26, 1844. His father as the Hon. Har rison Tweed. His mother was a Pond, of an old New Encland family. In their ancestry were numbered Governors John Wlnthrop and Joseph Dudley, of 'the Massachusetts Bay colony, and others whose name form part of the records of the Nation's beginning. For him a professional career was decided upon early! He Was fitted for colleee at BrlatoJ Acad emy, at Taunton, Mass., and, entering Harvard,was graduated In 1805 at the head of his class. r , , , Beginning the study of law -under the Hon. Edmund H.. .Bennett, of Boston, he attended later the Harvard Law-School, and then continued jhls studies and be&an his practice with" the well-known Arm of Bvarts. fiauthmayd & Choate. in 1874 ho became, a partner In that Arm, remaining such -until 1883,' -when ho retired to become general counsel for tho Central Pacific Railroad Company, the Chesapeake &'OhJo and associates corporations. Upon the or ganization of tho Southern Paolncn Company he became its general counsel. On February IT, 1000. he vas elected vlce-prtsldeoiaof the Central riiclflc "Railroad 'Company: June 13, h be came second vlee-presldent ot the Southern Paclflfr Company, and In September, chairman of that company's board -of directors. ' . e - t ' i L. Mr. Tweed Is fond of out-of-door sports rla of soda life. In college he was a Tfnember of the Hasty Pudaing Club and of Phi Beta liappa. In his New York life" he" belongs to' sev eral clubs, including the UnUerslty, Metroppllton, Harvard", and Players, the Riding 'and Down Town Clubs, and the Seawanhaka an&C;orinhian Yacht Clubs. He is also a mem ber of the Rojal Clyde Yacht Club, of Glasgow. -He.. was married in 1831 to Miss Helen M. Evarts, daughter of the Hon. William M. Evaxts. , Mr. Tweed is pre-emlently a man of affairs. 'In hjn are found united, in a remarkable degree, the sound Judgment and discrimination of tha thoroughly educated lawyer of high associations and extended practice, the enterprise of the ttew England merchant of the -early days of our Republic, -nho sent his ships Into al seas in search of trade, and the conserva tism ot a banker. He is a prodigious worker, rivaling In this respect the late C. P. Hunt ington. He not only loves work, but has great physical capacity for It and works easily. cles, where both the Gount and Countess were prominently known. The Countess was a woman ot unusuai beauty, and she was often seen at the j theaters, race courses ana otner resurn frequented by the elite of Pwrls. She was' a daughter of Count de "Vianney, whoso family is highly respected. She was mar ried to Count CharleB do Cornuller 14 years ago. and three children are the re- S suit of the union. Tne marriage proven an unhappy one, and acting upon the advice of her father, the Countess sept rated from her husband four years ago. and had since lived In a private horne at Auteuil. Recently a decree was rendered giving her possession of the children. The Count then began espionage, and today discov ered that the Countess frequently visited M. Lecoeux, one of her former admirers. Count de Cornuller claimed that a liaison was maintained between the couple, but the' best Information is that M. Lecoeux acted as the legal adviser of the 'Count ess. It Is stated that her father chose h(m to manager Her affairs. Tcsterday, the Count watched M. Le coeux's home, but the Countess did not pay a visit to her adviser. Today, flnd--mr hpr landau before M. Lecoeux's door, the Count secreted himself on the stair way and when the Countess aescenaea, fired threo times without a word, each shot taking effect. His wife never re gained consciousness after the shooting, lying in the ambulance, which was sum moned to take her to the hospital. The Count was exceedingly oalm upon surrendering himself, saying: "I did it. I am her husband." He was the first to give aid to his wife after she fell, ano. asked that a priest be sent for. He as serted that he did not Intend to kill his wjfe. but wanted to create a scandal. THE COBLENTZ AFFAIR, May Lead to Anti-Semitic Tronble in French. Army Circles. PARIS. Nov. 17. The Coblentz affair Is hAomlnsr &n Issue likely to load to fur ther anti-Semitic feeling In army circles. A few days ago M. G. Le.baudy, tho well- known, turfman, issued the usual mvua - Unn tn thft officials of the school at Fon. talnbleu to take part In o. hunt. Captain Coblentz, with other officers, accepted the invitation, but when he appeared the Le- baudys abandoned tho shoot on account, under way Mr. Morgan would have known of the incident at the Auteuil races No- , of Jt, and It also seems reasonable to be vember 4 and Its outcome. 1 lieve that I would have been advised of As a result of this treatment, Captain I It There Is only one man in New York Coblentz sent seconds to Roger Luza- to whom tho story could refer as having rfeho a brother-in-law ot Lenauay, ana a duel with swords was fought this after-, noon. In the second assault Captain Co blentz received a slight laceration o theJ forearm, and In the rourtn ossauu no was twice wounded in. the same arm, one of the sword thrusts penetrating the cu- I bltal nerve, after which the witnesses, stopped the contests. The commanding of ficer of the Fontalnbleu school has forbid den the offlcera at that Institution and the pupils partlclatlng hereafter In Le baudys hunts. LONDON, Nov. 17. The reconstructed. British Cabinet held Its first meeting at the Foreign. Office this- morning, under the presidency of Lord Salisbury, the Secretary of State for the- Colonies, Joseph Cham berlain, was the only absentee. The object of the meeting was to arrange the buslness of the coming brief Winter ses sion of Parliament. The Tampa Strike. TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 17. An agreement has been reached between the commit tee arbitrating the labor union troubles which allows all cigar workers to return to their benches except the members ot the International Strippers Union.- No trouble occurred today. 1 HILL'S RAILROAD DBAL. ' Consolidation 'ot Transcontinental Interests. NEW YORK, Nov. 17. The Mall and Express today prints the following: Two gigantic railroad dealt), involving the Northern Pacific. Great Northern; and Union Pacific, on the one hand, and the Atchls6n and Southern Pacific systems, on the other hand, have just been completed and will shortly be announced. This statement Is officially made by one of the highest executive officers of the Northern Pacific Company, who admits his com "pany Is about to-pass under the control of tho Great Northern, according to the lohg-cherlshed plan of 'J. J. Hill, of the latter road. Mr. Hill is acting In close harmony with J. Pierpont Morgan, who Is the chief fac tor in the management of the. Northern Pacific, "and It is for the purpose of put ting through the big combination that the Northern Pacific voting, trust has been dissolved. There Is to be no consolidation or leaso of one property to another, for Messrs Hill, and Morgan recognize that the laws ot certain "Western States would not per mit of such a thing. Mr. Morgan and Mr. Hill, acting with the Deutsche Bank, of Berlin, which has alwavs been a largo owner of Northern Pacific Btock, have recently greatly added to their holdings of Northern Pacific shares, until they now have a majority lrr the great pool. This Is td be turned over to tho Great Northern, giving the latter control of Its rival. The Great Northern, It Is believed, will pay forfl this huge block of Northern Pacific stock by the issue of new Great Northern com- blnatlon stock or by rneans of a. new se curity yet to be determined. The dissolution of the Northern Pacific voting trust, which becomes effective Jan uary 1 next, instead of a year later, as ', originally proposed, will permit the dls trtbutiorr" of the stock of the company as Tabove 'proposed and enable James J. Hill to take control of the property. Mr Hill and several of his friends will enter the directory of tho Northern Pa cific, some of Mr. Morgan's associates in the" Northern Pacific will be elected directors- of the Great Northern, and Union Pacific interests will also have repre sentatives In the boards of tho other two Northern railroads. 1 It Is in furtherance of this colossal deal that Mr. Hill has decided to re linquish the presidency of the Great Northern to his son. Samuel Hill, who Is iinw irpneral manairer of the comnanv. i Mr. Hill will remain chairman of the board of directors. Mellen Denies It. -ST. PAUL, Nov. 17. President Mellon made the following statement to tho Globe tonight: . "If there Is any truth in that story, I am wholly ignorant of It. I am Inclined to disbelieve It from beginning to end. In my mind. It is nothing but a rehash of an eld story that has been going the , mimitg fftr 4,A tv,;(- thrpo ypxs .and to , -w-hlch. there has never been discovered the least foundation. I left New. York , tvo days ago, and up to within on6 .hour of the time I departed I was In consulta tion with J. Pierpont Morgan, and not a word was said regarding any such deal I as this one. It seems that If it had been . Deen consuuea on me proposmun. inm IS -UIUIIUI iJiUWUl, UUU A UU BUkUMCU 111 my. own mind that he never save out. any such announcement" Neither President J. J. Hill nor Vice President J. N. HlU Is In the city. Consumption Cured, An old physician, retired from practice, had raA In hf tianfla lw fin 1?AJI Tndlft. RiIsAlan- ary the formula of a lmple vegetable remedy Tor tne epeeay ana permanent cure qi -on-amption. Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and ajl Throat and Lung Affections; also a poeltlve and. radical cure for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints. Having tested Its won aerful curative powers In thousands of cases, and desiring to relieve human Buffering, X will send free of charge to all who wish It, this rjeclpe. In German. French or English, with mil directions for preparing and using. Bent by mall, by addressing, with stamp, naming this Siper. W. A. Noyes, 847 Powers Block, Roches rj N. T. The Walla Walla Council Is unable to como to a conclusion In the matter of ,a franchise for ah electric 'light and power system. ANOTHER WILL RESIGN MINISTER. LEISB3IAXN IS ALSO COM IISG HOME. Exhausted the Possibilities of His Position.' in Sttftxerland Minis , iev Harris' Resignation. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-Th& resigna tion of Addison C. Harris, Minister of Austria-Hungary, has not v yet been re ceived at the State Department, but it has been known- for some months past that it would be forthcoming, Mr. Harris having expressed his desire to return to his law practice. A report Is now current that John G. Lelshmann, United States Minister to Switzerland, also is about to resign his position, having exhausted its possibili ties as a field for his activities. Mr. Lelshmann is from Pennsylvania. BIO REVENUE RECEIPTS. Tne Annual Report of Commissioner IVilson. "WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. Tho annual 'report of the Commissioner of Internal (Revenue for tho fiscal year ended June 80, 1900, shows a collection exceeded hut once in the history of the bureau. The receipts were $2$3,216.107, being $10,316,107 In excess of the estimated amount, and '$21,831,534, more than during the previous" year. jThe percentage of cos't of collec tion was 1.53 as against 1.63 for' last year, being the smallest In the history of the Internal Revenue Service. Commissioner Wilson, estimates ibat the receipts from all sources of internal reve nue, for the current fiscal year will ap proximate $295,000,000. A number of amendments are to be made to the war revenue. The clause of the law which perhaps has given more trouble than any other is that which requires a tax of 10 cents on a "certificate of any descrip tion" required by law not otherwise speci fied in the act. It is recommended that this paragraph be abolished. Receipts given for withdrawing deposits from banks other than savings banks, says the report, should be taxed. Receipts do not require stamps under the law, and it was found Impossible to rule that when a depositor went to a bank personally and withdrew his deposit or a portion of it by tendering a receipt for the same, that such receipt was any more taxable than any other receipt. As a result the use of receipts in lieu of bank checks In this manner is constantly Increasing. "Of course," says tho report, "this Is an evasion of the' tax, but to evade the tax In a lawful manner cannot be pre 1 vented." It is recommended that where any one Instrument Is in the form or combines the "characteristics of two or more Instru ments, It shall be subject to but one stamp tax, and that the highest Imposed upon either of the instruments, There have, been found upon the market a large number of medical preparations which have been held by the United States courts to be exempt from taxation under the clause exempting uncompound ed chemicals, which are nevertheless put up under a patent or trademark, and for which proprietary rights are claimed, it Is believed, says the report, that Congress Intended to tax all patent, proprietary or trademark medicinal preparations alike, and it is recommended that the law be changed so as to effect this, end. It is recommended that the law bo changed In regard to legacy taxes so as to reach the estates of alien property- hojders .whq reside abroad. Agricultural .fairs should be. exempted from taxation. It is advised that either the tax on com merclal brokers be repealed or -else otners la the same class -of business, be, included 1 In its provisions. . Tn,e receipts from me various sources during" the year were: I, r 'i , Increase. -Spirits J ?iQ0,868,S17 JIO.585,283 Tobacco 69,356.084 6,861.876 Fermented liquors .... 73,550,7o4 Oleomelrg'ftrlno' .' 2,543,785 Filled cheese 17.064 Mixed flour ... 7,429 Other special taxes, including theatres etc 4,515,640 Legacies and distribu tive shares of per sonal property 2.SS4.491 Schedules A and B.... 40.9S4.465 Miscellaneous 2,021 4.906.196 587,166 1.033 401 405,562 1,649,056 1,873,453 1,795 Decrease. FAVORS TO THE STANDARD OIL. Author Hbyd Defends TJ.ln Charges ot Discrimination. "WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. Tho Indus trial Commission today made 'public an affidavit made by Henry D. Lloyd, au thor of "Wealth Against Comrrionwealth," In response to charges made by John D. Archlbold, of the Standard Oil Company, in hla testimony before tho commission. In his testimony Mr. Archlbold comment ed upon the character of the book and the motives of its author, saying it was one-sidAd and unreliable and Intimating that Mr. Lloyd has been paid to make something out of the oil company through the prosecution of the Rica 'case against th company. ' All theso charges aro denied by" Mr. Lloyd, who says the statements mado by him are based entirely upon official and court records. He charges direct con-i nactlon between the Standard Oil Com pany and the Old South Improvement Company, of Pennsylvania, and says oc currerices since the 'publication of his book indicate the continuance to the Standard Oil Company within recent times of railroad favors made to the improvement company. In this connec 'tibn. he refers to tho. testimony taken, by the Interstate Commerce Commission in Boston in 1898. as going to show that the Boston & Albany Railroad Js "un derbilling cars of oil trust to such an extent that In some coses half of such shipments In Massachusetts went free." Mr. Lloyd also says: "Tho evidence taken in the Investigation in the early part of 1900 by the Canadian ' parliamentary Committee, If correctly re ported, seems to indicate tnat tne uia South Improvement Company system sub stantially has been extended by the Ca nadian railroada to the oil trust and that these railroads have been putting the price of transportation down for favored customers and up for others, just as the Supreme Court of Ohio found the rail roads of that stat doing for "the Bama organization in 1885." THE SIGNAL CORPS. What It Accomplished in Alaska and the Far East. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. Brigadier General A. W. Greely. Chief Signal Offi cer of the Army,- In his annual report says that the Signal Corps exceeded In amount of work and variety of duties performed, the record of any previous year. Referring to Alaska and Canada, where he endeavored to make arrangements for telegraphic communication with the mili tary posts In Canada, General Greejy says Sir Wilfrid Laurler, the Canadian Pre mier, showed marked interest in the mat ter, nd an appropriation was made by tho Canadian Parliament for extending the Canadian telegraph line down the banks of the Yukon to the Alaska boun dary. General Greely approves the recommen dation of the Commanding General in Alaska for a cable from Skagway to Valdes and from Skagway to Seattle, passing outside of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands to avoid International complications. This would be about 1800 miles long and cost about JSOO.000. He re gards the connections as absolutely neces sary for tho use of the Government In The report .shows that the telegraphic service In Cuba Is more satisfactory than i ever before, and is conducted at a greatly reduced tariff from that charged under Spanish ruja. . A brief summary of what the Signal m ft Honeyman, Del Corps accomplished-in the Philippines is given as follows: "Qn. June 3Q, 1S99, there were In exist.-, ence only 1S9 miles of telegraph line, which connected division- headquarters with the various garrisons and .outposts on the Island of Luzon. On June 30,. 1900, there were In existence no less than 3475 miles of Signal Corps land lines and ca bles, besides 803 miles of field, lines, con structed during the year, but which are no longer In existence. On June- 30, 1900, there were in operation 3007 miles of tele graph lines and cables, with 406 telegraph and telephone- offices, of which no less tnan 301 connected directly with the headquarters of the Commanding General at Manila. "The total number of messagea sent and received during the year aggregated 1,481.00.M Although tho Signal Corps Is called noncombatant. General Greely refers to the fact In tho Philippines for the past year the percentage of strictly war cas ualties excoeds that- of the Army as a whole. Of a force of 302 there have been killed, wounded and captured 12 men. In connection with the proposed Ameri can Pacific cable, General Greely calls at tention to the need for amended interna tional cable regulations, and says that the various defects brought to notice by the Spanish-American "War could be referred for correction to an international cable conference. He renews his recommenda tion for an American cable from the United States to the Philippine Islands. Dowlc's Contract Laborers. "WASHINGTON. Nov. 17. There was a hearing at the Treasury Department to day -beforp Assistant Secretary Taylor on. the action of the immigration officials at Philadelphia in refusing entry to a party of Birmingham la,cemaker3 who had. come to this country under tho patronage of Alexander Dowie, the divine healer. Dowle waa represented by Attorney Packard, of Chicago, who advocated tho claim that the immigrants wero to estab. llsh a new industry in this country and, therefore, did not como under tho pro visions of the alien contract labor law. Several members of the American Lace- makers' Association testified that they can produce the same sort of laco that Dowie's immigrants propose to make. CommlEsioner Powderly was present and Secretary Gage listened to part of the testimony. A decision is expected some tlmo next week. Changes In AgrJcnltnral Department. WASHINGTON. Nov. 17. An Important change, having for its object the unfica tion of certain branches, of tho work, has Just been made In the United States Departirien of Agriculture. Pour divis ions have become affiliated, namely, veg etable physiology and pathology, agrostol ogy, pomology, and gardens and grounds. By, a closer union "of these several branches,' It Is believed that much good can bo accomplished In co-operative wOrk. B. T. Galloway, wlio has been chief of tho division of vegetable physiology and path ology for more than 12 years, becomes superintendent of gardens and grounds' and director of the office of, plant In-' dustry. WANTS PORTLAND TO XEAD Common Rates to Seal the River "Would Not Be Wise. CORVALUS,Or.,Nov. 16. To the Ed itor.) In yesterday's Oregonlan, Mr. Hammond asks as the substance of his several letters, "Would It not be to the Interest of Oregon generally, and to the western portion particularly, if common rates be extended to the mouth of the Columbia River?" And a. careful reading of his letters published Indicate, that to be the questldn. Then he intimates that The Oregonlan is not representing the entire state when It fails to agree that the establishment of common-point rates to Astoria would necessarily be to the best interests of the entire state. Prob ably little Interest In that question Is taken by the majority of tho people of the state, and particularly by those living in the Interior. But those people who do have more or less business over the rail roads and other freight carriers well know that the nearer you can bring the point of general distribution to the con sumers, the abetter it Is for those con sumers. If you stop the ships at Astoria, soon your river will be closed to deep-sea vessels, and the interior consumers would have another 100 mUes of local rate to pay. Major Sears has stated the matter so clearly that It cannot be misunder stood, although all do not agreo that Portland can afford to sleep on it. It Is 'generally recognized throughout the state that tho Supremacy of Portland Is In fact an element in the progress and prosperity of tho interior tributary to that city. All the country south to the Slskiyous, all of Eastern Oregon, much of Idaho, and Western Washington are trib utary to Portland, and whatever tends to Increase Portland's facilities for dis tribution la of material benefit to the great inland empire. back of it It Ib a novel idea that common-point rates, ex tended to Astoria, should be of any bene fit to this Inland country. The point re quires proof before credence. The simple question asked of a competing railroad management Is no proof. The opinion of a railroad manager, however able. Is not proof, when it is taken into consideration that this manager is in strong competi tion with the 6nly railroad system In the Northwest which s In a position to and does keep rates equal and uniform. The O. R. & N. Is today, and ha3 been for a number of years, the best friend to the people of this state that they have ever had. WhereVer the lines of the O. R. & N. reach other freight carriers are obliged to give a living rate. Occasion ally, the public gains an insight Into the methods of some combination whi.ch. has a tendency to engender hostility towards all railroads and combinations. The ques tion of rebates is one which the people will. In due time, and in a proper man ner, get straightened out The question naturally arises, Why has there been so great an effort to get the Indorsement of public organizations for this common-rate hnbby? Why should representatives of a combination go to this or that board of trade, or city coun cil, to get resolutions through, whtch the organizations, In the nature of tblngs( cannot understand, indorsing the common-rate proposition to any particular point? The fact that lumber cannot be shipped over transportation lines on a common-point rate, or on an equivalent rebate contract "with profit, may be a solution of the -myteripus reasons why this Astoria rate Is so earnestly desired. The writer Is of the opinion that there in lies the reason for this contention. The Astoria Railroad Company knows very well that It cannot extend, Its road into timber districts and then ship lum ber out 130 or 14Q miles from a common rate point at a profit. Jn competition -with lumber- manufactured at a common-rate SUPERIOR Stoves and Ranges Cannot he surpassed In utility, operation ana cooKing qualities. They aro neatly designed and exhibit the highest degre of workmanship. Call and Examine Them. We feel assured you will consider them rightly named, , it uperior" We- are sole agents. Fourth and Alder St. point. If the Southern Pacific or the O. R. & N. Co. would make a sufficient re bate on lumber shipped from Clatsop County, I have a strong Impression thera would ba no mpro heard about this common-point rate. But one thing is -certain, and that Is, that the people of the Interior, who keep informed on the Industrial and commer cial conditions of the Northwest, desire above all things that Portland shall re main the point of distribution or tho territory of which It Is the natural cen ter; that the channel of the river be kept open for deep-sea vessels, as it now 1j. And if people unfortunate enough to. have two or three elephants, on their nanus can get a prlyat,e rebate to enable the placing of lumber In the markets of the Inland Empire, In competition with lum ber manufactured at common-rate points, and at a profit to themselves. It Is likely that no one els? will complain. A. BUNKER. Miss Kellor's Kymograph Experi ment. Frances Kellor In H.arper's Bazar. Among the more complicated instru ments used for ascertaining emotional conditions Is the kymograph. This has been used and was designed for physi cians to secure the respiration and changes Incident to disease. My stud es In criminal sociology Involve tho applica tion of psychological method to sociology, and seek to throw light upon the influence of heredity and environment in produclrg crime. I began my studies by making a series of anthropometric and psycholog ical measurements Upon women students. I selected these to represent the normal class. Last Summer I made the same tests upon whlto women criminals in Northern . Institutions. This Spring ne gro women wero measured In Southern prisons, and this year negro students are to bo measured. This makes possible com parisons botweertnegro and white students, negro and white criminals, and between students and criminals. The anthropo metric tests include about 40 measure ments of the body; the psychological In clude measurements of the five physical senses, of tho mental faculties, of reac tions and co-ordinations, and of the emo tions. It Is asserted by mo3t writers that criminals are degenerate, disease! and Inferior morally and mentally, anl that they 'possess qualities, as vanl.j, hatred, jealousy, etc., in excess of so called normal Individuals. These state ments ore based upon observations alone, and my tests wero devised for the purpose of actually testing these alleged -cond-tlons. 'In addition to these measure ments, full social facts regarding the par ents, family and training ot the criminal are secured. wasted muscles and decaying bones'. What havoc 1 Scrofula, let alone, la capable of all that, and more. It Is commonly marked by bunches In the neck. Inflammations In the eyes, dys pepsia, catarrh, and general debility. 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