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. PAGES 1TO 8 32 PAGES VOL. XXI. NO. 33. PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 17, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TO WORK IN JAPAN What H, E, Dosch Expects to Accomplish at Osaka. TO GET EXHIBIT FOR 1905 FAIR Friendly Relations "Will Be Estab lished With. Government, Oregon's Trade Interests Looked After, Oriental Features Secured. . Colonel Henry E. Dosch will leave on September 1 for Japan, to make ar rangements for an Oregon exhibit at the Osaka -Exposition In 1903. "Mr. Dosch stated that his" motive on this trip would be two-fold J primarily to create friendly rtlatlons between the Japanese Govern- j ment and tho Lewis and Clark Fair; ul- 1 an intimate character. "We must work along lines of reciproc ity," said Mr. Dosch."lt Is absolutely necessary that we show our interest in their exposition in order that they may take an Interest in our fair, Tbe Lewis and Clark Fair must fie largely Oriental. The buildings, the exhibits, the atmo sphere must be Oriental, unique and pic turesque. We are going to make It dis tinctively characteristic of the Coast and for the Coast, and to do this successfully we must ha$e the co-operation of Japan. My present mission is tho preliminary scouting which has to be done for every exposition. I am personally acquainted with Marquis Ito, and I know that what ever he says can be relied on. He is the man with whom I have to deal, and I am satisfied that he will make very good ar rangements." Mr. Dosch emphasized the fact that a great deal of diplomatic work has to be done, but he Is confident of success. "I am acquainted with the Minister of Ag riculture," he continued, "having met him at the Omaha Exposition. I also met the representatives of Japan at Buffalo quite frequently, and this will give me a very desirable prestige. So far as the ultimate object of my mission Is concerned, I am convinced that we can furnish Japan with thousands of dollars' worth of goods at great advantage to ourselves. Marquis Ito told me, 'We want to have an Oregon exhibit for the reason that we wish to deal specifically with Oregon.' For this reason I must visit four or. five of the principal cities of Japan, in order that I may see what market there Is for Oregon products. There is no use in trying to make an exhibit of things that we can not offer in competition with other places. I shall go Into the streets and see what they sell in the stores, and make my own conclusions as to what should compose the bulk of our exhibit. Other Coast cities are making great efforts toward representation at the Osaka Exposition, and Portland must not be behind. It Is largely a question of education in this day. People don't take things for grant ed now. We had to educate Eastern peo ple to eating prunes before we found a market there, and the same must be done for our products in Japan. The Japanese are the shrewdest buyers and sellers in the world. If they pay J. cent for prunes and can sell for 50 cents, they have no compunctions whatever. I am going to find out on what things there Is a margin, and try to get part of that marglnjfor our own state." Mr. Dosch is confident that the condi tions are very favorable. He said that he expected concessions in the way of free Brace, and so forth, that would be very advantageous. He will probably go to Japan by the Canadian line, as the O. R. & N. steamer goes too late. "I should, of course, patronize pur own line," Mr. Dosch explained, "were It not that there is need of haste. I shall be gone two months. My Intention Is to have our ex hibit installed by March 1. 1D03. To do this will mean hard work, but I am dotcrmlned that Oregon shall be represented, and rep resented In the best way. This will be ir no sense a pleasure trip. I am a com mercial man, and my whole time and en. ergy will be given along commercial lines." TEN THOUSAND CREDITORS Fnilnre of the Elprln Creamer Com pany Receiver Appointed. CHICAGO. Aug. 16. The Elgin Creamer)' Company, which operates 125 creameries throughout Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin, failed today. The creditors are estimated to number near' 10.000, over 000 being far mers. The American Trust & Savings Bank was appointed receiver, and its bond fixed at 4500,000. The assets of the com pany are claimed to be ?SOO,000. while the liabilities are estimated at $350,003. In ability to realize on outstanding -accounts is given as the cause of the failure. The Elgin Creamery Company Is the largest concern of its kind in the United States. Its authorized capital stock Is 5400,000 Of this amount, $275,000 Is out standing and paid up. In order that a heavy financial loss may not be caused to the farmers dependent on the company for the sale of their milk, arrangements already have been made by the receiver to continue the operation of the various plants. The company, ever since its organization, has almost con trolled the creamery business of the three states In which it operated. When It was formed it took over all the best independ ent concerns engaged In the manufacture of butter. Its affairs were generally thought to be In a good condition. It has been doing a business of $3,050,000 a year on a capital of $275,009. CUBAN LOAN' BILL. Details of the Measure Now Before the Island Congress. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. Minister Squi ers has sent to the State Department from Cuba the detailed text of the Cuban loan bill as It recently passed the Senate, and of the House bill. He says concerning them: "The Seifate bill la now before the House, and seems the most favorably talked of. However, I understand there is some considerable objection in the House to certain provisions of the Senato bill, particularly article 1, which I will report as I am better Informed." The bill shows that In section 10 the executive Is "directed to negotiate a loan of $25,000,000, the proceeds of which are to be used In part for the payment of the indebtedness and obligations legally contracted in behalf of the revolution by the four commanders of the liberating army after February 23. 1895, and prior to September 19 of the same year, and to the payment of the indebtedness and obliga tions which the revolutionary government Itself, or through its legal representatives. may have contracted privately In foreign , uuumnts, in compliance waui xne iirst provision of the .constltutlonj:' Another section provides for the pay ment of the wages of ;the liberating army of Cuba after the rolls of said army have been revised and the compensation due each member has been decided. Mr. Squlers also gives In detail a com parison of the tariff rates at present and the proposed Increase, as follows: Coal. 1000 kilograms, now free, 25 cents per 1000 pounds: stearlne, per 100 kilo grams, present $3, Increase 150 per cent; pine lumber, present free, 40 per cent ad valorem; putty, per kilogram, present 8 cents. Increase 100 percent; canned beef, per, 103 kilograms, present 11 50, Increase 50 per cent; fresh mutton, 100 kilograms', present 5150, increase 50 per cent; fresh pork, 100 kilograms, present H, increase 100 per cent; salt beef. 10 kilograms, pres ent $2 SO, Increase 30 per cent; salt pork, 100 kilograms, present ?2S0, increase 103 per cent; jerked beef, 100 kilograms, pres ent $3 05, Increase 50 to 100 per cent; ba con, 100 kilograms, present 54, increase 100 per cent; hams, 100 kilograms, present $5 50, increase CO per cent; lard, 100 kilograms. present $2 SO, increase 100 per cent: cheese. ' 100 kilograms, present 50 cents, Increase 100 per cent; wheat flour, 100 kilograms, present $1, increase 100 per cent: butter. 100 kilograms, present $7, increase 70 per cent; codfish, present 1, increase 100 per cent; herring, 100 kilograms, present Jl, increase 50 per cent; rice. 100 kilograms, present $1. Increase 100 per cent; eggs, 10) kilograms, present $5. Increase 100 per cent; beans and peas, 100 kilograms, pres- ent ?1 10, increase 100 per cent; onions. 100 1 oSf'J; Z In S' lncraso 100 Ftrst-The Plus trust, being charitable per cent; potatoes 100 kilograms, present funds held in charge by the church. The Jo&lrilfP .CCnt: U? oU'IP,nt to be settled is the church funds 25? ?l?nt W Inc!Lcase 100 j and which belongs to the state, cent. -coffee. 100 kilograms, present $12 15. Second-Division of property formerly PCr Cn: COrn' 10! keraca. I held In common, between the churih and present 30 cents, Increase 33 per cent; the state boots and shoes present 90 cents, increase Third-Settlement of the price to be Wnt 'J-Z C6"ftt: WlnC' 31t0r: prciont ffi na,d tor the friar lands. nt f Pr -nCnt: Wln0S' hect01' Fourth-Compensations for friar lands present $13, increase 70 per cent; liquors. I occupied by the Army. present $4, increase 50 per cent: hats. dozen, present 20 per cent ad valorem. In crease 60 per cent; alimentary preserves, kilograms, present 25 per cent ad valorem. Increase 100 per cent. Ilermit Was Heir to a Fortune. FLORENCE. Colo., Aug. 16. The under taker who had chanro of the funeral nf Thomas Whales', who died recent! v fn i "dug-out" near Williamsburg, two miles from Florence, where he had lived for 20 , years as a hermit, has discovered that I Whaley was the heir to a vast fortune J In England. On account of a love affair, ! Whaley left his home in Northwest Dur- ! ham 20 years ago. and since that time his sister, Mrs. R. Wilson, of Anncsflold, Dur ham County. England has made constant though fruitless efforts to find him. Re marks dropped shortly before his death L led to the discovery of his antecedents. Tornadoes in Kentucky. CINCINNATI, O.. Aug. J6. Terrific storms occurred last night in different parts of Kentucky. Fulton and Cayce report tornadoes doing much damage in those localities. At PInevllle, William Goforth and A. Rcnfrow were killed by contact with live wires that had been blown down. Three others were badly injured. Chief of Forestry Department ST. LOUIS, Aug. 16. President Francis, of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, has appointed GIfford Pinchot honorary chief of the department of forestry. Mr. Pinchot is chief of the Division of For estry In the Department of Agriculture at Washington. D. C. and will soon start for the Philippines to examine the forests of the different islands. George Hopkins Seriously 111. ADAMS, Mass., Aug. 16. George Hop kins, one of the leading sclontlsts In the country and editor of the Scientific Amer ican, is at the point or death at his Sum mer home in Cheshire, as a result of a sudden Illness, t SAIO FROM LEO Pope's Gift Delivered to the President. BISHOP 0'GORHAN BROUGHT IT Questions to Be Settled by Governor Taft and the Apostolic Delegate to Be Appointed to the Philippines. OYSTER BAT, N. T.. Aug. 16. Bishop O'Gorman, of Sioux Falls, S. D.. today presented to President Roosevelt an auto graph letter from Pope Leo, together with a beautiful mosaic picture of the Vatican HISTORY OF. THE WEEK REVIEWED BY THE OREGONIAN CARTOONIST. Gardens. Tho letter is in French and is as follows: "Mr. President I am much pleased with the congratulations you addressed to me In your letter of the Sth of May and since, in addition to the good wishes also expressed through -the Governor of tho Philippines, you have added a present of your own works, I am doub'y grateful "You, Mr, President, will surely reracm bor the many expressions of good will which I have -Uttered concerning the United States. Nothing could be more agreeable to me than to assure you of my good wishes, especially at the moment when the negotiations of Governor Taft, havingvended satisfactorily to both sides, have come to strengthen the excellent un derstanding between the church and the United States authorities. "As a token of my satisfaction, I have charged Mgr. O'Gorman to bring you a mosaic picture from the workshop of the Vatican representing our gardens. May I ask you to keep it as a souvenir and as an expression of my friendly feeling? "LEO XIII." "Rome, the Vatican. July IS, 1902." Bishop O'Gorman returned several days ago from -Rome, where he had been during the progress of the negotiations between Governor Taft and the Vatican regard ing the friar lands in the Philippines. Upon his departure from Rome, he "was Intrusted by the Pope to present the letter and picture to President Roosevelt. The nlotnm -n-M,t-. n v,i-.,i mosaic art. Is about two feet square, has a heavy gilt .frame, and resembles an oil painting. Bishop O'Gorman arrived here 1 ai : o ciock ana was driven direct to Sagamore Hill In the President's carriage. He dined with the President and left for New York on a late train. Before leaving Bishop O'Gormanoald that among the questions to be settled bv Governor Taft and the Apostolic Delegate jn Manila are the following Guidi Will Not Go to Manila. ROME. Aug. 16. It was said today that the Idea of appointing Mgr. Guidi, of the office of Cardinal Rampolla. the papal Secretary of State, to be apostolic dele gate at Manila, has been abandoned be cause he does not know sufficient English, and that he will be sent as apostolic del- egate to India instead It seems prob- ao,e now uiac -"sr. Merry del Val, who "vvas to have represented the Pope at King Edward's postponed coronation, would be nPP!ntcd papal nuncio at Vienna, while -BT. Falconlo, the apcstollo delegate In Canada, may ultimately be transferred from Canada to Washington." Cor bin and Yountr Sail for- Europe. NEW YORK, Aug. 16. Adjutant-General H. C. Corbln and Major General S. B. M. Young sailed for Europe today on the steamship Vaderland. to be present" at the German military reviews. These two officers, together with General Leonard Wood, who Is already In Europe, are the official representatives of the United States and will be the guests of Emperor William. . Penrose Court-Martial. ERIE, Pa.. Aug. 16. The court-martial called to try Assistant Paymaster James W. Penrose, on the charge of making false returns, embezzlement, scandalous conduct, absence from duty and negli gence, arrived at a verdict tonight and ad journed. The findings have been sent to the Department at Washington, where they will be revised and the verdict made public by the Secretary of the Navy. express Companies Pay. NEW YORK. Aug. 16. Collector of the Port Stranahan has been notified that the Treasury Department has approved a plan of the collector for the payment of duties on passengers baggage on the piers by the checks of express companies drawn against deposits of the companies In the subtrcacury. For many years Importers have paid duties by checks on deposits made by their banks In the sub treasury. The deposit of any express company Is not to be less than 52000, made dally be fore 10 A. M. In addition each company must deposit J10.000 In United States Gov ernment bonds, tp secure overdrafts, and to indemnify the collector for any loss which may occur. Victim of Cholera. WASHINGTON. Aug. 16. The Bureau of Insular Affairs today received a cable gram from the acting Civil Governor of the Philippines .stating that D. H. Taylor, supervisor of IIlocos, Norte Province, died of cholera August 14. He was formerly a resident of Vermont. WILL HELP THE MINERS. I. T. U. Sends $2000 to President Mitchell. CINCINNATI, O.. Aug. 16. The 4Sth convention of the International Typo graphical Union adjourned today. Reso lutions were adopted regretting the as sassination of President McKlnley and denouncing anarchy In all .forms. Among the telegrams was one from President. John Mitchell, stating that the success of the United Mlneworkers In the coal strike would depend largely upon the support of other unions. The convention unanimously, by a rising vote, ordered the secretary-treasurer to send J2000 to Presi dent Mitchell. A telegram of thanks was received from Los Angoles Union for financial aid prem ised In the fight against a nonunion paper in that city. While submitting- to a ref erendum vote the proposition for an as sessment of 5 cents per iontH per capita, for the benefit .of- the Lcs, Angeles -Union, it was decided at 'the- same time also to submit two propositions for the better support of the Typographical Journal as the monthly organ of the International Union. Adjourned to meet next August in Washington. Oil Strike In Wyoming. EVANSTON, Wyo., Aug. 16. The Jaeger Oil Company struck a good flow of petro leum in section 12, near Spring Valley, this aftemon. The drill had been work ing In hard sandstone all day, when sud denly It broke through, and a good flow of oil, accompanied by gas, foltowed. Tho escaping gas can be heard several hundred feet from the wclj. An attempt will be made to case through this first sand. In an attempt to reach the third sand, frcm which source a better flow Is expected. - CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Foreipcn. The Kaiser's letter to Prince Lultpold, causes commotion la Germany, rage 1. American and German naval officers co-ope rato in protecting foreigners in Venezuela. Page 2. Boer Generals receive a warm reception la England. Page 3. Scathing criticism of the British Admiralty. Page 17. King Edward Inspected the fleet in tho Solent. Page 17. Fair chauffeur throws some light on. the cause of the automobile accident. Page 17. Domestic. Gompers spoke on labor and capital at tho j Maryland Chautauqua Assembly. Page 1. Bishop O'Gorman delivers the pope's mosaic to President Roosevelt. Page 1. Oscar Thompson was held on a charge of mur dering Mrs. Barthollr. rage 2. Sport. Spokane defeated Portland. 5-2. Page 13. Helena, defeated Butte. 4-3. Page 13. Seattle- defeated Tacoma. 12-0. Page 13. All-Oregon cricketers play tie with Vancouver, B. C. rage 17.. Tracey gets decision over Itellly. who goes the limit of 20 rounds, at Seattle. Page 12." Pacific Const. Willamette Valley rfheat crop will be short. Page 0. Death-bed confession of Umatilla Indian shows that wrong man was hanged for murdar. Page 0. ' Two men shoot and severely wound an officer to avert arrest. Page 0. Sumptcr mine places the largest order for power drills in the history of the district. Page 7. Large amount of money In Oregon school fund is lying idle, owing-to law not being what was intended. Page 7. Commercial. Wall street Interprets bank statement as fore shadowing dearer money rates. Page 2C Southern Pacific is lively on report of big bond Issue for improvements. Tage 23. Grains all decline, wheat leading. Page 23. Portlnnd and Vicinity. 1L E. Dosch tells of his plana to get Japaneso Government Interested In 1005 fair. Page 1. Buslncf9 men pay up occupation taxes. Page a. G. A. R. encampment comes to a close. Taga 10. Elks announce prices of admission to the Car nival. Page 21. George E. Chamberlain describes work of Ore gon delegates to Elks Grand Lodge, at Salt Lake City. Page 8. Mllwaukie Grange Indorses East Side market place project. Page 11. Features and Departments. Editorial. Page 4. Chelan Mountains. Pago 20. Ambassador Choate. Page 27. Ethical talks. Page 32.. Fashions. Page 2S. Touths' department. Page 29. x Mr. Dooleys letter. Page 31. 1 George Ade's fable. Page 20. . Social. Page IS. .Seaside cotes. Page 20. WORKMAN'S SIDE Gompers Discusses the Rela tions of Capita! and Labor. CHILDREN IN SOUTHERN MILLS LaTryers, lie Says, Are Incompetent to Discuss tho Industrial Question Predicts the Success of the Anthracite Strike. MOUNT LAKE PARK. Md.. Aug. IS. Several thousand persons greeted Samuel Gompers, president of the American Fed eration of Labor, who delivered an ad dress today before the Chautauqua As sembly on "Labor ami Capital and . the Workman's Side of the Story." President Mitchell, of the United Mlneworkers of America, who was also to have spoken, was unable to be present, because of the serious situation In the anthracite fields. Mr. Gompers prefaced his remarks by saying that the average mind looks con trary on labor's side of the question. "The hewspapors, without any attempt on tqy part to charge them, with unfair ness, usually present tho- labor question from tho standpoint of the employer." said he. "They either get their Informa tion from employers, or their represent atives. It Is the same old story, the men and women, the representatives of labor, who suffer from the same old wrong. There Is no short cut to emancipation." Mr. Gompers declared that the labor of young and Innocent children Is the great evil that needs reformation. Many states, particularly in the South, have no law whatever to prevent the practice. "Men get rich." he declared, "from ,the labor of children whose bones are ground Into the almighty dollar. It Is a sad commen tary. Men walk tho streets In Idleness In the textile districts, while the mills arc filled with busy children. Instead of labor being crowned with honor and dig nity, it Is a question of how much labor can be squeezed out of tho laborer, and how little wages he can be forced to ac cept In return." Mr. pompers discussed the question of shorter hours at length, declaring, the countries of long hours were decidedly backward, and denied the allegation that the movement to shorten hours would mean the decadence of the United States as a great producing power. He declared that there was no greater conservator of the peace than the labor organization. "One hundred and fifty thousand men' In the anthracite field have been engaged in a silent struggle for three months, and thcro has been less violence than Is com mitted at a picnic of ordinary people upon ordinary occasions. The men strug gling today had been reduced to a state of serfdom, but In the past three years have been recast and their character re modeled. Their manhood Is aroused, and I believe, as God 13 my Judge, tho worst the miners have had to confront Is past." (Great applause.) Mr. Gompers declared that lawyer was Incompetent to discuss the Industrial question. "The lawyer lives In and stud ies the past." he declared. "While big faced, physically formed, he Is mentally in the dark ages." Thin observation was brought out by the alleged remark of a Mr. Ross, a legal representative of the Delaware. Lack awanna & Western Railroad, recently, that there can be no arbitration: that the miners must first return to work, and then the companies will discuss with them. "We demand the right to be heard by counsel," declared the speaker. "Just imagine the miner being forced back to work with all grievances he may have had squeezed or starved out of him." ' Mr. Gompers predicted the success of-the an thracite strike. STRIKE SYNOPSIS. Members Are Firm and Confident of Victory in the End. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Aug. 16. "The strike in the anthracite region Is as firm as the everlasting hills. Confidence and quiet reigns supreme." Such is "the strike synopsis" of the situation In the anthracite field as pub lished In this week's issue of the Mine workers' Journal, the official organ of the United Mlneworkers of America. The 11th week of the strike has closed and the managers declare that the strikers are more determined than when the strike was declared. "The fact that 179.000 men remain on strike for that period." said W. B. Wil son, secretary-treasurer, today, "without a sign of a break in the ranks Is the strongest argument that I know t of in favor of "the justice of their claims. If ever a portion of that number had re ceived even living wages before the strike It would be next to Impossible to keep them from returning to work. While the strikers are being cared for In the best manner possible, there Is nothing In the provision made which would make a man prefer to live In Idle ness If it were possible to earn a living In the mines." Mr. Wilson says there is no fixed rule for the distribution of the money and supplies which are provided by the na tional organization. Tho census bureau says the average family consists of five members, and on this basis the miners' organization is caring for S93.0OO men. women and children. "I do not believe there la any way to whip the striking miners unless it is to starve them out," Wilson said, "and 1 do not see any very grave danger of that coming to paw." Large sums are received dally by Wil son for the strikers fund. This is all sent to the strike region as rapidly as received. Carmen's Wage Agreement. CHICAGO, Aug. 16. A wage agreement asked by the employes of the South Chi cago City Railway has been signed by the- representatives of the company. The new schedule goes into effect at once, and hereafter the men will be paid semi-monthly Instead of once a month. The old scale was 17 cents first year, 13 cents second year, 1S cents third year and ID cents after third year. The new scale is. IS cents first six months and 20 cents- after first six months. Goldbeaters' Strike. NEW YORK, Aug. 16. A conference of the principal gold leaf manufacturers of this country has Just been held here, to devise a plan of action regarding the gold beaters' strike. About 40 firms In New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other cit ies were represented. A motion was made at this meeting to offer tho strikers ?1S a week. The chairman then declared the motion out of order. He also de clared, tha decision of the company to offer ?16 a week out of order, on the ground that no general vote was taken on it. After a Jong discussion Jt was de cided to stand by the original offer of $15 a week, and to retain . the women work ers. ' , Say They Were Kidnaped. CHEYENNE." Wyo., Aug. 16. The Union Pacific received 22 shopmen from Fort Wayne, Ind.. today, some of whom claim they were engaged to work in the shops of the Milwaukee road at Omaha, but that upon the arrival of the train there the car was locked and guarded at the doors, and the men kept prisoners until Cheyenne was reached. Upon their arrival here some of the men emraKed an attorney. who demanded return tickets for them, J and they left for the East this evening. Railroad officials deny the kidnaping story, and say that If tlie doors of the coach were locked at Omaha and guards placed 1 was done to prevent strikers from In terfering with company employes, and not for the purpose of keeping the-new men prisoners. A number of the Fort Wayne men have accepted positions in the shops here. Sheriff Swears in Farmers. SHENANDOAH. Pa.. Aug. 16. Shenan doah, after a night of excitement. Is again quiet. After midnight the streets were clear. The quick march of the troops Into the foreign quarter, where the dis turbances occurred, opened the eyes of the people "and they now feel that the soldiers will be able to quell any disturb ance. General Gobln, after an investigation of the conditions in the Catawassle Valley, has decided that military protection for the farmer district Is impracticable, and at his suggestion Sheriff Beddall has sworn in all the men of the valley as deputies, so that they nill be In a position to pro tect their farms from the foreigners. None Reported for Worlc. WILKESBARrtE. Pa., Aug. 16. It was expected that tho Warnke washery at Duryea would resume operations today, but none of the employes reported for work. President Mitchell left for Indianapolis today. He said reports received from every section of the strike region showed that the strikers were standing firm. Reach an Agreement. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 16. The wage scale committee of the District Mlneworkers' and the Coal Creek and Jel Hco operators reached an agreement to day. An advance of 1 cents a ton on screened coal and 1 cent a ton on run of mine was granted by the operators. Miners Win In West Virginia, CLARKSBURG. W. Va., Aug. 18. With the signing of the scale by the "Mer chants' Coal Company, of Tunnelton, It Is thought that the miners' strike In this district has come to an end. The miners gained all they asked for. Dr. Gunsanlus May Stay in London. NEW YORK, Aug. 16. The report that Dr. Gunsaulus. of Chicago, will succeed Dr. Parker at the City Temple Is prema ture, says the London correspondent of tho Tribune, but consultations have been held during the week, and he can evident ly stay in London If he wishes to give up his complete work In America. Dr. Gunsaulus' oratory and extraordinary en ergy and Interest in industrial education have made a deep impression here. His American friends think, however, that he will make a serious mistake if he allows himself to be transferred to an environ ment so unlike the one to which he was accustomed in the West. Killed by Clalm-Jnmpers. HOBART. O. T., Aug. 16. E4ward and Alex Winn, two brothers, were killed here in a fight with,Sam Dixon and Will lam Smiley, the latter formerly a deputy Sherlfr at St. Joseph, Mo. The difficulty originated over attempts made by 'Smiley and'Dixon to Jump the mining claims of the Winns In the Wichita Mountains. Dixon was captured by a posse of miners, but Smiley escaped. RIGHTS OF KAISER Accused of OversteppingHis Constitutional Authority IN DENOUNCING BAVARIANS tetter to Prince Lnltpold Causes a Political Commotion in Germsiy Crisis in the Electrical Industry. BERLIN. Aug. 16. Emperor William's telegraphic offer to the Kegent of Bavaria, Prince Lultpold, to donate 523,000 from his private purse for buying works of art, has caused a political commotion of ex- traordinary proportions. It Is treated as a constitutional question involving the right of the Emperor to intervene in local questions of the confederate states! Tho expression especially objected to Is His Majesty's displeasure at the mean Ingrat itude displayed by the Bavarian Diet In refusing to appropriate $25,000 for art. The ecclesiastical feeling aroused adds to the Intensity of 'the discussion, for It was the Centrists who defeated the appropria tion out of pique at the ministry for not supporting Dr. von Tandadmann, the Minister of Educatloi). in appointing Pro fessor Chroust to- a chair of Wurzcnburg University. The faculty objected to the professor, alleging that he was a Czech. This was purely a Bavarian question, but It Instantly became an Imperial one through the Kaiser's telegram, every newspaper In the empire taking sides and filling Its educational page with Its con stitutional views, those In opposition aver ring that His Majesty's act was only ono of a series of steps tending to Increase the prerogatives of the Emperor beyond tha limits fixed by the constitution, asserting that the constitution Is merely what tho country permits the chief executive to In terpret and apply and saying that the im perial ministry Is weak in not withstand ing the encroachments of the crown. Certainly more than half the country .shares the Emperor's sentiments, but some of His Majesty's defenders think that his public expressions were injudic ious. Others affirm that a great deal la being made out of nothing, that Emperor William's telegram was merely a personal expression of what he regarded as being a slight to a brother monarch, and say that his offer to contribute the money re quired was simply an active expression ol his love for art. The United States War Department has bought of Herr Erhardt, a gunmaker, of Durscldorf, the right to re-arm the Amer ican field artillery with Herr Erhardt's new piece. Captain Henry D. Borup. of the United States Ordnance Department, Is now at Dusseldorf on this business, prob ably to learn thoroughly how the gun Is constructed. Besides his large works at Dusseldorf. Herr Erhirdt has a branch at Esienach. He sold to the British Gov ernment several hundred pieces after ex perience in South Africa had dmonstrat ed the inferiority of the British artillery. The gun which the United States has ac quired the rights to use Is understood to be an Improvement on the model supplied to Great Britain, being lighter and of longer range. The United States ordnance officers havo long complained that their field gun was less effective than the French and Ger man guns. The United States Ordnance Depirtment learned some time ago tliat the Krupps had a new light model, and they were Invited to exhibit the piece to the United States ordnance experts, but the Krupps declined, giving as their rea son that If they demonstrated that they had the best piece in the world, there was no .certainty that the United States would take It. Herr Krupp recently mado a gun exactly the same bore as a certain best American type, but considerably lighter, and tested it a few days ago, throwing shrapnel effectively 0000 yards, against the American gun's 2S00 yards. Herr Erhardt established five years ago a branch at Pittsburg, Pa., for the man ufacture of cartridges and shells, but being unprofitable. It was closed and he brought the machinery back to Germany. Captain Borup Is remembered among foreign ordnance officers as formerly at tached to the Paris embassy of the United States, and as having been recalled on an Intimation of the French Government that such a step would be desirable, thl3 being .due to his unusual success In pene trating military secrets. Emperor William, as a subscriber to 100 tickets In a lottery of the Friends of Art Society at $3 73 each, has been a contin uous winner of prizes and an explanation -is printed in the newspapers because of the frequency of His Majesty's name ap pearing as a winner on the lottery list of the society. It is pointed out that the Emperor buys one-tenth of all the ticket and that the proceeds are devoted to the purchase of art works for public gal leries. Go to Southern France. PARIS, Aug. 16. Putnam Bradlee Strong and May Yohe returned to Paris yesterday and registered at a hotel under the name of Strong. They declined to bo Interviewed and left for the South of France this morning.