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.
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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
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Cannot he surpassed In utility, operation
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Call and
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uperior"
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Fourth and
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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.
It la always radically and permanently
cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla. ;
I was a sufferer from scrofula from
birth. My eyes were so affected that I was
almost blind for days at a time. My neck
began to swell so that I could not breaths
freely. Medicines failed to do me any good
until I began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Today! have excellent health." Mies Ket
tte McGotbs, Silver Creek, Ky.
"I waa troubled with scrofula and came
near losing my eyesight. For fourmontha
I could not see to do anything. After tak
ing two bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla I
could see to walk around the house and
when T had taken eight bottles I could see
as well as I ever could." Susir A. Haie
btos Withers, N. C.
'&
expels aHimmors, cores all eruptions, and
builds up the whole system.
MUNYGN':
RHEUMATISM
CORE
When Prof. Munyon says his RHEUMATISM
CURB will cure rheumatism there Isn't any
guesswork about It there Isn't any false state
ment about It It simply cures. It does Just
exactly what ha says it will do. It cures more
quickly" than people expect. It cures without
leaving any 111 effects. It la a splendid stom
ach and" n4rve tonic, as well as a positive euro
for rheumatism.
All the Munyon Remedies' are Just as reliable.
Any drug-gist 25c vial. The Guide to .Health
Is free, so is medical advice IT yotf write to
Broadway and 8th 8t.. New York. '
He Prescribes It Dally,
41 Sozodojtt Is all that you claim for It,
art Ideal dentifrice. Am prescribing it
daily, to themtmost satisfaction ftp
of myself and patients." "sP1
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