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PART THREE J
VOL. XXI.
PORTLAND. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1902.
NO. 15
CHARGE OF SEDITION
Taft Upholds Arrest of Editor
of Manila Freedom.
HURT THE AMERICAN CAUSE
Paper, He Say, Is Devoted to Denun
ciation of Filipinos and Undoing:
the Work of the United
States.
CINCINNATI, O., April 12. TodayB
Times-Star publishes the following:
Governor Taft, of the Philippines, to
day was shown a copy of the letter writ
ten by Rev. David Phillpson, published
this morning. After reading Dr. Philip
son's letter. Governor Taft said:
"I have no desire nor intention of en
tering upon a newspaper controversy In
respect to matters as to which I may
have had an official duty to perform, but
the communication from Dr. Phillpson
makes me feel that in my home, where
I hope I have many friends, I ought to
say something to disabuse the mind of
a disinterested and public-spirited man
like Dr.. Phillpson of certain erroneous
impressions I think he has, as gathered
from sources of Information which he
seems to adopt as authoritative. His
communication relates to two matters:
First, as to the arrest of the editor of
the Manila dally newspaper, the Freedom,
Dr. Phillpson assumes that the prosecu
tion of the editor of the Freedom is
based on a criticism of the policy adopted
by the commission. In this I know that
he is entirely In .error. The prosecution
of the Freedom, as may perhaps be
gathered from the dispatches, and as I
know, is for charging that the members
of the commission, or some of them, with
out naming any of them, enjoy what is
vulgarly known as a 'graft ; that is,
that they are corruptly receiving money
for their action as Commissioners. Prose
cution has been begun, it is said, under
the sedition law against the editor of
the Freedom., In which he will have a
full opportunity to show as a defense
that such corruption exists, if it does
exist. The action has been brought under
the sedition law because it could not
be prosecuted successfully under the libel
law. Under the law of libel, a charge
that a public body or that a member of
a public body is guilty of corruption is
not a charge upon which a suit can be
founded.- Under the sedition law, a
charge of that kind against a governmen
tal body can be prosecuted and the de
fendant given, an opportunity to show
that it is true.
"The question presented Is simply
whether a newspaper shall be permitted
day after day to charge that the highest
governmental body in the Islands Is com
posed of men who are corruptly using
their power to make money, without any
opportunity to any member of the body,
or to the body as a whole, to take action
by a suit before a court regularly con
stituted to punish such malicious mis
statements, if they are malicious, and to
give the person making them the oppor
tunity of showing that they are true.
"Under the military government which
existed prior to the adoption of the civil
government and under the Spanish
method, the editor would be sent to
prison or deported and the paper up
pressed. The animus of the charges is
manifest. The Freedom Is a newspaper
which has devoted its columns to the
denunciation of the Filipinos; to hold
ing them up to the scorn of the Ameri
cans; advocating with intensity the turn
ing over of the government from the civil
to the military and advocating the ut
most severity of measures against the
Filipinos. It attacks ttse commission
daily for appointing Filipinos to office,
for legislating in the interest, of the
Filipinos, and for not looking to the in
terest of Americans in the islands. It
seeks to stir up American prejudices
against the Filipinos and, on the other
hand, its unjust attacks upon Filipinos
has a tendency to destroy the confidence
of the Filipinos in the friendly interests
of Americans. The Daily American,
which Is another newspaper of Manila,
takes -much the same view in respect to
the necessity of severity of measures
against all Filipinos and a distrust of
them and advocates a return to the
military government of the Islands. The
question Is whether the freedom of the
press requires that persons making such
charges should be Immune from prosecu
tion. It seems to me not.
"It is of the highest importance to In
duce the Filipino people to believe that
it is possible under American govern
ment that offices shall be administered
in the public interest and not for private
or illegal interests, and that there is
not to be a return to conditions of cor
ruption existing under Spanish rule.
"The second circumstance referred to
by Dr. Phillpson Is the Tayabas report
of Major Gardener as Civil Governor
of the province. Dr. Phillpson says that
the report was suppressed by the Gov
ernment authorities. Before the time
'when I presented the reports, I had sub
mitted the Tayabas report to the Secre
tary of "War for investigation. The
Tayabas report needs investigation before
it shall be accepted. Major Gardener, as
Governor of Tayabas, was called upon
for a report as to the conditions in
Tayabas, and in his report he gives his
opinion as to the character of the war
fare carried on. in Batangas, Laguna and
Samar. wholly outside of Tayabas, and
the general attitude of the highest mili
tary authorities toward the civil gov
ernment of the Islands, as to which he
could only have the same general inform
fatlon that anyone in Manila could have.
As I advised the Secretary, there has
been very great friction between Colonel
Gardener and the military authorities in
Tayabas and in trie islands. Before a
report thus written should be given to
the public, it was, I submit, entirely
fair that he, as Governor, should be
called upon to make specifications, and
that those charged with the serious of
fense should be given an opportunity to
reply. General Chaffee has, und,er direc
tions of the Secretary of War, Issued be
fore the existence of the report came to
be made public, instituted an investiga
tion which involves the obviously fair
requirement of specifications from Colonel
Gardener.
"It must bo understood that as the
head of the civil government in the
islands, under a form of dual control,
my interests and sympathy are more
with the civil government than with the
military, and that the inevitable fric
tion which must exist under such a gov
ernment between the two branches docs
not incline me to partiality in favor of
military bodies, however necessary or
Inevitable, but I believe that Justice re
quires that both sides should be heard
before judgment is given."
Dr. Davidson, to whose letter in the
Pommercoal Tribune of today Governor
Taft replies, 1b rabbi of the Mount-Street
Temple In Cincinnati and professor In
the Hebrew Union College of this city.
Merchants Want Case Dropped.
MANILA, April 12. A number of promi
nent business men at a meeting here to
day decided to petition the commission to
drop the proceedings against Freedom, the
local paper, the editor of which is charged
with sedition, but the editor objected, say
ing he would prove every statement made.
The merchants hope the case will not be
tried, as they believe the matter may have
a bad effect on Philippine legislation.
AMERICAN LAUNCH SEIZED
Outrage by Colombian Rebels at
Bocai del Toro.
CHICAGO, April il-The Tribune's New
Orleans special says: News reached here
tonight of the confiscation of an Ameri
can steam launch by Colombian Insur
gents at Bocas del Toro, north of Colon.
One of the American crew was killed and
his body thrown overboard. The insur
gents escaped with the boat, but a United
States cruiser has gone to recover it. The
steamer Taunton, of the United Fruit
Company s line, reached port today from
Bocas del Toro, bringing the news.
The revolutionists for a month have
CONGER'S PROBABLE SUCCESSOR.
"W. W. ROCKHILL, "WHO MAY BB APPOINTED UNITED STATES
MINISTER TO CHINA.
WASHINGTON, April 12. The name of W. W. Rockhlll, at present
director of tbp Bureau of American Republics, Is under consideration In
connection with the Chinese mission, shortly to be vacated by Mr. Con
ger. When Mr. Conger was tentatively a candidate for the Republican
nomination for Governor In Iowa, and It was expected that he would
resign his mission, Mr. Rockhlll had -been practically selected by the
late President McKlnley to succeed Mr. Conger at Pekln, but the change
in the political programme suspended the execution of this plan.
been planning to seize the numerous steam
launches employed by the fruit shippers,
load barges with troops and move on
Bocas. This was what 400 insurgents at
tempted and partially carried out qn April
6. The men closed In round the plantation
where the steamer owned by Krosman,
Braden & Co.. an American firm, was
made fast and In the afternoon made a
rush for the landing and captured the
boat.
The necessary Information and affidav
ite in regard tp the capture of the Ameri
can craft were filed with the Consular
representative, and when the cruller sta
tioned In those waters for such occur-
rences arrives at Bocas steps will be tak- I
en to force the revolutionists to give 'up
their prize, if they have not before that
date carried out their plans and made
things lively at Bocas del Toro.
State Department "Will Act.
WASHINGTON, April 12. Save the
short telegram of Thursday from Consul
Malmroa, at Colon, the State Department
Is without advices from the Isthmus In
regard to the killing of an American citi
zen when the American steam launch was
seized by Colombian Insurgents at Bocae
del Toro. However, the fact that Mr.
Malmros' cablegram did not mention the
killing of an American citizen by the in
surgents had made the officials doubt the
statement that the person was really an
American, for they argue that the Consul
would eurely hav.e mentioned a fact so
Important. If It turns out, however, that
an American has been killed by the Insur
gents, as reported, then the State De
partment will deal more sternly with the
situation on the Isthmus than It has here
tofore. The Philadelphia Is on the Pa
cific side of the Isthmus, and the Machias
arrived at Colon today and will leave at
once for Bocas del Toro. If this naval
force is not sufficient effectively to pro
tect American life and property, morq
ships will be sent to Colon at once from
the North Atlantic squadron.
Commander Beeliler's Successor.
WASHINGTON, April 12. It Is the pres
ent Intention of the Navy Department
to detail Lieutenant-Commander T. M.
Potts as United States Naval Attache
at Berlin, "Vienna and Rome, succeeding
Commander William H. Beehler. Com
mander Beehler does not expect to re
turn to the United States until October
next, so that the change probably will not
be effected until that time. The assign
ment Is an Important one, Involving, as
it does, representation at the courts of
Germany, Austria and Italy.
Dr. MacMullcn's New Church.
NEW YORK, April 12. Rev. Dr. Wal
lace MacMullen. who has Just finished a
four years' pastorate t the Park-Avenue
Methodist Church in Philadelphia, will,
tomorrow, take charge of the Madison
Avenue Methodist Church, sometimes
called the richest Methodist Church in the
United States. He will succeed the Rev.
Dr. Longacre, who retires from the min
istry after 51 years' of service.
POSTAL GIVES $1000
Liberal Subscription to the
Lewis and Clark Fair.
MR. SHARKEY'S FINE LETTER
Mates a CO Per Cent Increase Presi
dent Corbett "Writes a Cordial
Letter to St. Louis Fair
Management.
Another 51000 of Lewis and Clark stock
was taken yesterday by the telegram that
appears in the next column. This sub
scription, together with the voluntary
Increase of $100 In that of John P. Shar-
--t
key, was deemed very satisfactory for a
day -when no canvassing was in prog
ress. Some of the seed -sown last Novem
ber is now bearing fruit in subscription?
to the Lewis and Clark fund. A special
letter to the Standard Oil Company was
sent out yesterday, asking subscription to
the Lewis and Clark stock.
The ways and means committee has re
oolved to start out special canvassers
through the state, and will complete the
details of that canvass within the coming
week and get the work under way at once.
Tho Intention Is to complete the canvass
of the 6tate in 30 days. The larger towns
of the state and every county will be vls-
Ited for subscriptions to the supplement
ary Lewis and Clark stock.
The question is frequently asked. How
much money Is to be spent on the Lewis
and Clark celebration, and where will It
come from? How much will the City of
Portland, the State of Oregon, the United
States, the neighboring states, give? How
much will it be necessary to raise? Presl
dent Corbett answers these questions by
REVISES HIS OWN
Now that It has been determined to Increase the capital of the Lewis
and Clark Centennial Exposition to $500,000, a number of the men who
have subscribed to stock on the $300,000 basis are considering the matter
of Increasing their subscriptions. The first voluntary Increase of original
subscription came from John P.Sharkey, the harness and saddlery man,
who sent the following letter;
S. B. Cobb, Member of Committee on Subscription, Lewis and Clark
Fair, City Dear Sir: Some time ago, when your committee waited upon
me In regard to subscription to the Lewis and Clark Fair fund, the writer
of this subscribed for 20 shares of stock of the par value of 510 each, and
promised you that if the board of directors would incicase the capital
stock" to J500.000 that I would give $300. or subscribe for 30 shares of stock
for the Fair. From recent events. It appears that It Is now "up to me,"
and I herewith subscribe for 30 shares of stock for the Lewis and Clark
Fair, on the condition that there will be $300,000 raised by public subscrip
tion. Believing that I have kept my word with you In regard to this mat
ter, I beg to remain, yours very truly,
MLA
saying no figure has been set as a limit
to the enterprise. All the support that
It is practicable to get will be secured,
and then the celebration will be cut to
fit It. Of course, liberal treatment will be
expected from all the bodies that usually
contribute -to such enterprises, but the
celebration will not be In any sense a
failure if some of the expected appro
priations shall fall, because It will not be
planned on a scale too large for the means
at hand. As he has repeatedly said, "we
will go ahead and make the Lewis and
Clark celebration as great and representa
tive as possible, but wo will not make It
bigger than we can carry comfortably.
Everything Is progressing very satisfac
torily now, and we shall keep right on
doing the best we can by It."
President Corbett, of the Lewis and
Clark Centennial, yesterday sent the fol
lowing letter to President Francis, of
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at
St. Louis:
Hon. David Francis, President Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Company, St. Louis,
Mo. My Dear Sir: The board of directors
of the Lewis and Clark Centennial and
American-Pacific Exposition and Oriental
Fair had the pleasure yesterday afternoon
of a conference with Hon. John Barrett,
representing your company, on Important
matters of interest to the expositions
which St. Louis and Portland are prepar
ing to hold In honor of the 100th anni
versary of the acquisition of Louisiana
I ana oi me xewis ana uiarK expedition.
.ir. uarrett acquainted us wun tne scope
of your world's fair project, and the pres
ent status of the preparations, and made
known to us the desire of your company
for our good-will and assistance In the
event that it shall be necessary for you
to apply to Congress for authority to post
none the onenlntr of thr Tjoulslana. Pur-
J chase Exposit'on from 1903 to 1904. At
the conclusion of the remarks of your
commissioner, and nfter an interchange of
opinions by our directors, it was unani
mously voted to be the sense of the board
that I should express to you as presdent
of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Company and to the Senators and Repre
sentatives in Congress from the State of
Oregon our hearty good-will for the
Louisiana Exrosltlon. and our concur-
! rence In the wisdom of a postponement
ct the time of opening. If so desired, until
1 1904, and to promise our hearty co-opera-
tlon in any step that may be required to
I be taken to insure the success of your
enterprise.
' In carrying out the Instruction of the
J board of directors. It affords me pleasure
I to assure you of the great Interest of this
corporation and the people of Oregon In
l your exposition, and to express the sin-.
j cere hope that your efforts will be reward
' ed with the full measure of success. Ties
J of frlendsnip. old and enduring, bind Ore-
?on to Its sister State of Missouri. It was
rom Missouri that Lewis and Clark start
J ed on their great journey to the Pacific
Ocean, and it was to Missouri that they
I returned. The fur trader, whose field of
operation was the region of the head
i waters of the Missouri and the Columbia
I outfitted at St. Louis, and It was toward
St. Louis that the trapper looked when
, his packs of beaver were ready to go for
fward to market. All the trails of the
I Immigrants and traders that led to the
' West had their eastern termlnll in Mis-
POSTAL PUTS UP $1000.
SAX FRANCISCO. April 12. J. An
nand. Manager. Portland, Or.: You are
authorized to subscribe $1000 to the
Lewis and Clark Exposition fund, un
der the same conditions that apply to
other subscribers.
L. W. STORROR, Gen. Supt.
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sourl. In the great struggle In Congress
that ended In the extension of American
sovereignty over the region between the
42d and 49th parallels, west of the Rocky
.Mountains, Oregon's cause was cham-
pioneu Dy jdissoun s statesmen, j-iinn ue
glnnlng the fight In the Senate In 1828,
and Benton continuing It to final triumph
in 1S48. Among the pioneers of Oregon,
Missouri had a larger representation than
any other single state. In more recent
times the proposal that the City of Port
land should hold an exposition In 1905 In
honor pf the heroic deeds of Lewis and
Clark had. In Its initial stages, the hearty
encouragement of the present chief exec
utive and the press of tho State of Mis
souri. These considerations entitle your
compuny to our support to what you have
asked through Mr. Barrett, and we cheer
fully grant it.
To the further suggestion of your com
pany laid before us by Mr. Barrett,, that
the State of Oregon be adequately repre
sented at the Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition. 1 beg to reply that the matter will
be taken up with the Legislative Assembly
that will meet In January. IMS. and an
appropriation large enough for a full ex
hibit of the state's resources will be asked.
This company will do the utmost to have
Oregon's exhibit among the best at 6t,
Louis. '
In closing I desire to thank you for
the assurances of your friendship for our
exposition, conveyed by 'Mr, Barrett, and
to say that we are at your service If at any
time we can be helpful to you here In Ore
gon or with the state's delegation In Con
gress. Yours, very truly.
H. W. CORBETT. President
KNOCKS ROMANCE OUT OF IT
Chlcafto Professor Delivers a Lec
ture on the "Weddlngr-Rinsr.
CHICAGO, April 12. The romantic
ideals of 75 "co-eds" In a clase of an
thropology at the University of Chicago
have received a rude shock at the hands
of Professor Frederick Starr. Tho pro
fessor. In a class lecture, bluntly de
clared that the wedding ring was a relic
of barbarism, an absolutely useless sur
vival -of the culture of primitive people.
"Undoubtedly," said tho professor, "the
wedding ring is a beautiful example of
barbaric tradition, living In this modern
twentieth century and filling no function
whatsoever. Perhaps one of you can tell
me the origin of the use of the wedding
ring?" He received no answer from the
75 young women.
"The wedding ring represents the nose
ring, ankle or manacle, by which in past
ages the sold slaye was led away from the
mart by his new master," he continued,
"but every one today knows that a wo
man, when she is given a ring to sym
bolize the wedding sacrament. Is by no
means a slave."
The dress coat was also Included In Pre-"
feasor Starr's crusade against "Relics of
SUBSCRIPTION.
Barbarism." Turning to the' men of his
class, he added:
"What Is the origin of that absurd gar
ment, the dress coat? Nothing leas than
the hunting coats of our ancestors, who
divided the tails of the long frock eoata,
cut away the front, sewed buttons In
the back to hold up the tails, and used the
coat for a hunting jacket. Now why Is
the servant dressed In the conventional
evening costume als'o? Just because he
formerly had to wear out the old hunting
coats of. his master."
TALMAGE IS DEAD!
The Presbyterian Clergyman
Passed Away Last Night
DEATH WAS A PEACEFUL ONE
Immediate Cause Was Inflammation
of the Brain Funeral Services
at "Washington Tuesday
Burial at Brooklyn.
WASHINGTON, April 12. Rev, T. De
Wltt Talmage, the noted Presbyterian
clergyman, died at 9 o'clock tonight at
his residence In this city. It had been
evident for some dajs that there was no
hope of recovery, and the attending phy
sicians so Informed the family. The pa
tient gradually grew weaker, until life
passed away so quietly that even ths
members of the family, all of whom were
THE LATE DR. T.
watching at,the bedside, hardly knew that
he "had gone. The Immediate cause of
death was Inflammation of the brain.
Dr. Talmage was in poor health -when he
started" away from Washington for Mexico
for a vacation and rest six weeks ago.
He wasthen suffering from Influenza and
serious catarrhal conditions. Since his re
turn to Washington some time ago he had
been quite 111. Until Thursday, however;
fears for his death were not entertained
The last rational words uttered by Dr.
Talmage were the day preceding the mar
riage of his daughter when he said: "Of
course I know you, Maud." Since then he
had been unconscious.
At Dr. Talmage's bedside, besides his
wife, wera these members of his family:
Rev. Frank DeWltt Talmage, of Chicago;
Mrs. Warren Smith, of Brooklyn; Mrs.
Daniel Mangum, of Brooklyn; Mrs. Allen
E. Donnau, of Richmond; Mrs. Clarence
Wyckoff and Miss Talmage, of Wash
ington. While arrangements for the funeral
have not been fully completed, the fam
ily has about decided to have the remains
taken to the Church of the Covenant here
Tuesday, where services will be held. The
body will then be conveyed to Brooklyn,
where Interment will be made In the fam
ily plot -In Greenwood cemetery, probably
"Wednesday.
(Thomas Do Witt Tilmago was born
at Bound Brook, N. J., January 7, 1832.
He entered the legal profession, but, after
a short period, prepared for the ministry
at the New Brunswick Theological Sem
inary and was graduated from there in
18C6. His first pastorate was at Belle
ville, N. J., at the Reformed Dutch
Church, where he served until 1S59, when
he went to Syracuse. N. -Y for three
years; he afterward removed to Phila
delphia, where his rising. fame Induced
the Central Church at Brooklyn, to make
strenuous efforts to obtain his services
as their minister, and he preached his
first sermon there in 1S69. The great suc
cess which attended Dr. Talmige's
preaching necessitated the enlargement
of the tabernacle In 1S71, but it was
burned a year later. However, a still
larger and finer structure was soon built,
at a cost of about $400,000, and dedicated
In 1S91, but this was also burned In May,
1894, and was not rebuilt. In 1S95 he re
moved to Washington, D. C. Dr. Tal
mage visited England In 1ES9, and after
ward made a tour of Palestine and the
Holy Land. Dr. Talmage was a well
known editor and published many ser
mons a"nd religious works. Among the
publications he edited were: The Chris
tian at Work. Advance, and Frank Les
lie's Sunday Magazine. Up to the Vme
of his recent Illness he was editor of the
Christian Herald. He was the author of
a number of books, although of more
than 50 books published under his name,
the majority are pirated from his works
and were unauthorized. His sermons
were published weekly for 23 years, with
out the exception of a week, and of late
years they have been handled .by syndi
cates and were published In 3600 papers,
reaching. It Is estimated, 30,000.000 people
In the United States and other lands each
week. These sermons were translated in
to most European and many Asiatic lan
guages.) Silas C. Croft.
NEW YORK, April 12. Silas C. Croft.
Surveyor of the Port of New York, died
today at his home In West One Hundred
and Twenty-first street, from heart fail
ure. He was taken III last Monday with
acute Indigestion. On Wcdnesdiy, against
the advice of his physician, he went to
his k office. Feeling worse, he had to re
turn home. Until late last night Mr.
Croft, It was thought, was getting better,
as the acute Indigestion had gone, but
rheumatism, of tho heart set lnt and lie
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in Republican circles here for many years.
He was appointed surveyor of the port
in 1SS7, by President McKlnley.
Perry A. Hell.
BEAUMONT, Tex., April 12. Perry A.
Hull, the Chicago capitalist and politi
cian, died this morning at 12:30 o'clock
from pneumonia. He came here som
weeks ago to look after his Interests, and
was stricken shortly after his arrival.
His condition, became serious a few flays
ago, and Mrs. Hull was telegraphed for.
On her arrival he Improved at once, but
Friday afternoon he begin sinking, and
It was seen early In the evening that
there was no hope. The remains will be
taken to Chicago.
"William M. Dodd.
CHICAGO, April 12. William M. Dodd,
for more than 20 years connected with
the passenger department of the Chi
cago & Northwestern Railway, died to
day from appendicitis at Augustana Hos
pital. iMr. Dodd left the position of gen
eral agent of the passenger department
January 1 to become secretary of an Im
portant manufacturing concern.
Captain S. L'll. Slocum.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 12. Captain
S. L'H. Slocum, the United States mili
tary attache. Is dead from an attack of In
flammation of the lungs.
Mrs. Joshua Llpplncott.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa., April 12. Mrs.
DEWCTT TALMAGE.
. e.A
Joshua Llpplncott, for many years a lead
er In the social life of Philadelphia and
Newport, and widely known In Europe, Is
dead at her residence here. A severe fall
brought on the fatal illness.
Major L. B. Grandy.
ATLANTA, Ga., April 12. A cablegram
from Manila received here today an
nounces the death of Major L. B. Grandy,
of the Thirty-fifth Infantry, at Llepa,
Province of Batangas.
REBELS VICTORIOUS.
Imperial
Troops Are
Aealnst Them.
Powerless
CANTON, April 12. Couriers from Nan
King, a city In the" Province of Kwang
SI, have brought dispatches to the Vice
roy announcing that the Imperial troops
are powerless against the rebels, whose
numbers are daily growing. Trade Is at
a standstill and the missionaries have
been ordered to leave the districts held
by the rebels. Refugees are flocking- to
San Niog.
General Ma and General Su are unable
to advance from Lien Chou and Kao
Chou, In the adjoining province of
Kwang Tung, until reinforcements come.
The "Viceroy has telegraphed to Pekln,
and General Yuan Shlh Kal, the Gover
nor of Chi LI, has ordered the dispatch
of foreign drilled troops and artillery
overland to the scene of the troubles.
The authorities of Canton have ordered
a force of Black Flags to proceed to Nan
NIng, under Chief Uu, and General Ho
has been ordered to send gunboats to
protect Wu Chow, the commercial capi
tal of the Province of Kwang SI, and
to dispatch torpedo-boats to Nan Nlng.
HONG KONG, April 12. The latest ad
vices from Nan Nins say the rebels have
captured Apin Chou, Heng Chou and Kin
Yuen Fu, In the Province of Kwang SI,
and HIng Yuen, In the Province of Kwel
Chou. All the local mandarins In each
of the towns were made prisoners.
The Mnncbnrlan Ajrrcement.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 12. The text
of the Manchurian convention, which was
signed April 8, was published by the
Official Messenger today. It Is practi
cally Identical with the version c-f the
Associated Press (cabled from. Pekln on
April 3). A note from the Russian Min
ister to China, M. P. Lessar, to the
Chinese Plenipotentiary Is appended to
the convention, declaring that "If the
Chinese Government, notwithstanding the
assurances given by it, violates any pro
visions of the convention, the Russian
Government will not hold Itself bound
either by the terms of the Manchurian
agreement or by the declarations pre
viously made In connection wn.it the mat
ter, and will be compelled to repudiate
any responsibility and consequences that
might result therefrom.'
Limited Train "Wreclced.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 12. The north
bound New Orleans Limited train on the
Illinois Central, due here at 6:30 A. M.,
ran Into a switch engine In the Illinois
Central yards. The passenger engine, two
baggage cars, mall and second-class coach
were derailed. Fireman William Goodloe,
colored, was killed. Engineer Charles J.
Barnett was badly Injured about the body;
Express Messenger William E. Pink, of
Cairo, sustained a fracture of the skull,
and an unknown mau, supposed to be a
tramp, lost a hand and one of his eyes.
The accident was due to the fact that
the passenger train was a half-hour late,
and the engineer of the switch engine
thought It had. already passed.
8CHIVELY IN 'RAGE
King County Man Is a Candi
date for Congress.
FtilENDLY TO JOHN L. WILSON
Present Clialrman of the Republican
State Committee How He "Will
Be Handicapped in Effort to
Get Nomination.
OLYMPIA, Wash., April 12. It Is under
stood that J. H. Schlvely, chairman of the
Republican State Committee. Is the latest
candidate for Congress. Mr. Schlvely is
at present Deputy State Insurance Com
missioner, and has his temporary resi
dence In this city, though hl3 home Is at
Stattle. Mr. Schlvely Is too clever a poli
tician to himself announce his candidacy
thus early, but It is known that hl3
friends are feeling the pu'se of prominent
Republicans, with the object of later
springing the chairman of the Republican
committee as a Congressional candidate
from King County.
Mr. Schlvely was formerly a minister
of the gospel, but he abandoned the pul
pit several jears ago, and took up fra
ternal Insurance work. In this he was
very successful. He Is of a genial nature
and a flrst-clahs speaker, there being few
better extemporaneous talkers in the
state. In 1S96 he was elected chairman oC
the Republican State Committee, proba
bly by reason of his large acquaintance,
formed while engaged In fraternal insur
ance work, and, apparently, he has filled
the position satisfactorily since.
He will be handicapped, however, in his
race for a Congressional nomliatlon. He
has been prominent In both factions of the
Republican party at least a couple ot
times, and !? referred to by his political
enemies as "the champion political acro
bat" of the state. He was first a Wilson
man; then an Ankeny supporter; then
again a Wilson man, and at the present
time he is friendly to the Spokane candi
date for United States Senator. During
the session of 1S93, Mr. Schlvely created
considerable of a sensation by giving out
a spicy interview. In which he roasted
the Spokane man to a turn, after the
chairman of the Republican committee
had Just quit supporting him. Mr. Schlve
ly Is apparently taking advantage of the -conditions
existing in King County, where
the Wilson element of the party, headed
by the Post-Intelligencer. !s making an
effort to disorganize tho Preston Sena
torial forces by urging the necessity of a
Coneressman from that county. He is
t -J out of the city at present, and nothing.
therefore, can be heard uirecuy irom u""
as to his candidacy.
BIG MILLS .MAY CLOSE DOWN.
Withdrawal of Liability Insurance
Companies a Severe Blow.
SEATTLE. Arll 12. One of the most
serious conditions that have ever con
fronted the lumber and shingle manufac
turers of the Pacific Northwest is before
them now. It Is the prospective with
drawal from business In this region of
the liability Insurance companies, which
would force the manufacturers to carry'
their own liability risks. This the mill
men cannot do. the Pacific Lumber Trade
Journal will say In Its April Issue Tues
day and there Is therefore considerably
more than a possibility that at least the
large mills will be forced to suspend op
erations Indefinitely. The cause of this
critical status Is the effect of the decisions
recently made in the courts, which make
It apparently easy for the victim of a
trivial accident, no matter whether the
result of his own carelessness or not, to
obtain heavy Judgments against the com
pany .employing him. As these judgments
aro upheld by the Supreme Court of the
state, the manufacturers have no recourse
except what they get from the liability In
surance companies, which for stated pre
miums has been taking such risks off
the hands of employers, fighting the suits
In the courts and settling the Judgments.
If these Insurance companies withdraw,
as will undoubtedly De aone vvi i
next two months, unless there should be a
decided change in the apparent disposition
of the courts K would force the mlllmen
to fight their own legal battles and pay
their own Judgments.
FALLS OFF MOVING TRAIN.
"Woodchopper Suffers, Severe Injnrlca
in Baker County.
BKER CITY, Or., April 12. Jack
Keith a woodchopper, was found along
side the O. R. & N. railroad track, near
Durkee. Insensible and severely injured,
early this morning. He was brought to
this city on the early morning train and
taken to the hospital, where he lies to
night in a precarious condition. Keith
had been loafing around the O. R. & N .
depot In this city, very much under the
Influence of liquor, for several days and
It Is supposed he boarded the east-bound
train last night and fell off near Durkee,
where he was found early thM morning.
Late tonight he regained consciousness for
a f-w minutes and stated that he got on
the'traln at Huntington between the en
gine and front car. He fell off and tho
trainmen found him. He Is badly Injured
about the head and chest. Dr. McDanlel
says he Is very seriously hurt.
Humane Society After Mallcarrler.
VANCOUVER. Wash., April 12. Mem
bers of the Clark County Humane So
ciety were much exercised yesterday over
a case of cruelty to animals. A horse
which had been used by Jeff Keyser. mill
carrier between this place and Amboy,
was found on the road a couple of miles
from town In a starving condition. The
animal was so weak when found that It
could scarcely walk, and Its back wis
covered with raw sores caused by the
saddle used In carrying the mail. The
horse was brought Into town and is being
cared for at a livery barn at the expense
of the local society. A complaint for
Keyser's arrest has been sworn out.
Preibytery Convenes Tuesday.
VANCbUVER. Wash.. April 12. The
Presbytery of Olympla will convene at
the First Presbyterian Church in this
city next Tuesday. It will be In session
two days. On adjournment, a committee
will go to Ellsworth, six miles east of
here, for the purpose of organizing a
church.
Move to Boom Clark County.
VANCOUVER, Wash., April 12. The
Fourth Plains Grange contemplates ad
vertising the resources, industries and ad
vintages generally of Clark County. It
proposes to get out a pamphlet for dis
tribution in the East. The co-operation
of other Grange organizitions In the
county have been promised. The Com
mercial Club, of this city, may also bo
; asked to assist in tho matter.