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'" -f .'' h IMrfWimtMf. ...... FORTY PAGES' "PAG EST TO 12 VOL. XXIL NO. 15. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 1903; PRICE FIVE CENTS. iUT ONE B RLLOT Reames Named by Dem ocrats For Congress. NOTHING BUT HARMONY Chairman White's Speech Captivates the Convention. TARIFF STRONGLY CONDEMNED The Platform Oppoin Trtili, De mand Tariff IlevUIon, Action on Illvcr Improvement", Honesty in Land Administration. Democratic Nominees First District. Jfim J. K. Weatherford: of Albany. 1884 W D. Hare, of Hillsboro. lH&ft-Jtff Myers, of Salem. 1S96-R. V!. Veateh. of Cottage Grove. 11)00 Bernard Dalr. of Lakevlew. 1802 J. K. Weatherford. of Albany. 190S (.special) A. E. Reames, of Jack sonville. Vote of the First District. 1806. Tongue lWgS it) on T.814 Yanderburg 19.2K3 1693. Tongue -rHit Watch 1900; Tongu 21.111 Daly 1MB IMS, Tongu ...... ...................23.M3 Weatherford 16,213 ALU A NT, Or, April 1L Staff CorrW pondencc ) Democrats weaned their t loughta today from past heartaches, past sorrowe and part everything except the past Blorr of Jeffersonlan principles. Alttt they bad got hack to the doctrines of their political .-lre tlicy framed a platform on which they believed Republicans could stand with them wide bytde. Thttx they nominated A. E. Reames for Congress, in Pulsed In a symposium of ecstatic ora- I tory and Anally went home to elect their Congressman. Among the forgotten heart achts were Brvaniflm. free silver. Imperialism and the rich richer and the poor poorer." Amone the sterling Jtnues upon which they built their platform were tariff revision, regulation of trust and reform in public land affairs. Harmony and fraternal love were In every pulsation of the convention. Over 1(0 of the faltfeful scions were there and everything nn real Jfcvely. Their heritage of patriotic principles which they took out of the dark closet, dusted and hung up on the wall. Inspired each stalwart of each clan. So complete was the entente cordlalc that the convention needed only one ballot to choose Its nomi nee. Appeal to lloth Parties. The convention was neither ludicrously hopeful nor pitifully hopeless. It rcallxed that It was up good and hard against a Republican majority and that It must offer to Republicans acceptable proposals If It would draw them to Democracy's camp. "Vo must call out all our people," cried itbe gentlemen through a thick mixture of t jbacco none ana oratory that nunc over t"ielr councils. "We must call upon all K5od Democrats to come to the aid of the 1 rty. We must show Republicans why 1 Is t their Interests to send a man to A aldington who j clean, honest and not li -ad repute In the eyes of the Adminis trate n." Tfcj t!r!t of the convention showed that a Cr-cs onslaught will be made on the 1 "ticil character of Hermann. The I'.-ntrcratlc brethren promised each other t : s.-.:i In on him In a way that will make 1 'j hair atand on end. ""V e CI make him explain," declared Sam "n'ltc, chairman of the State Central C--nmltti;. "We'll keep him busy explain-l-.T h! official conduct when he was Land C romlssioner. "We'll show' to the people n" y he got kicked out of that office. Why -ft he come to the people of Oregon for "v -."IcatlonT "Why did he not go to the rnsident? Why did he not ask for an 1 vestigatlon, so as to set hlmnelf right fctfore the people'? The President would K.a-ly have granted such a, request Would r.:t a Democrat receive more recognition at t'-.e hands of the Administration than a man whom the Administration haa dis credited Hard After Hermann. "Do Republican, wish to offend their President by sending a man to Washing- tan whom the President would not retain l- his political famllyl Who Is this man KltrJhcock? not the President. Hitch cock's chief? 'Could Hitchcock have kked out Hermann -without the Presl dent'a -sanction? Would Republicans slap '.heir President in the face? I ask. In all due respect to their political convictions, would the-?" "Every county In the eta to was repre sented except Lincoln. ' The gentlemen -were Immensely pleased with the outlook for the future. They imagined they saw their erstwMle far-off goal now grown vrry close- They stamped their feet c rrd "ir hands and shrieked with Joy u rr the h p test thy ..were so nearly t rct.5 the wlW-rnert. iipecrli That Captured Convention. r-natrc-n White, of the State Central. C jrsmjtiee was the llrst prophet to speak. He opered the convention by referring to rerUstlng principles and then warmed cp-xiae era r is or tae gentlemen Dy point ing with pride to the record ot Governor Chamberlain. "I feel It la my bones." said ilr. White, "that we are going to elect our nominee next June." Mr. White then read a well-prepared ad dress on the duties of Democracy. He urged the necessity of gaining the confi dence of the commercial producing and property elements of the Nation without whom Democracy -would ever be as a wan dering tribe. He declared that the party should make aa Its Impum tariff revision and control of trusts and monopolies. After he had finished somebody got up to move that the -speech be considered en grossed, that It be placed on its third reading for final passage and that the title of the speech stand as the title of the act. but his voice waa drowned In the storm of applause. Mr. White said in part: "(VIII Save the Hat I on. It Is not true that the Democratic party is without issues. It needs but to step once more on the old platform of Its fundamental principles, and appeal to the safe, sound and conservative business ele ment of our people to the element which produces something, has something, and Is something; to that element known as the "middle classes,"" the commercial ele ment, the property element the thinking, working, patriotic -element In short the plain people, which asks but Tor the pro tection guaranteed under the Constitu tion, the protection of life, liberty and property. Let our party take the great middle ground between all extremes, appealing to American Individualism, self-sustaining and self-supporting manhood, giving all possible encouragement to those engaged in the acquisition of property and wealth by honest labor. Intelligence and Industry, and guaranteeing all protection possible In the peaceful enjoyment of the fruits or such labor and Individual effort and the party will then not only save this Nation from drifting away from the an cient moorings of the Constitution Into the dangerous and unknown seas, but will come once more Into power as the pilots of the old ship of state, and remain In power for many years to come. Tear Down Tariff Ilnrrlera. Let us appeal to the commercial and producing interests ot the country to place the Democratic party once more In power, pledging ourselves by our homes, our firesides and our sacred honor to tear down the tariff barriers which now keep us out of the markets of the world; to destroy this obstruction to commerce which has so effectually killed our mer chant marine and driven our flag from the high seas, and caused us to degen erate from one ot the first eeafaiing com mercial nations of the world. Let us become a world power In fact as well as In name a world power In commerce. Thus will we make all the world con tribute to the wealth and prosperity of our producing classes, which includes by far the greater number of our people. In stead of. as Is now the case, the pro ducing and commercial classes contribut ing almost their all to the special privi leged class, which Is favored, fostered and enriched beyond all reason by a high protective tariff, an iniquitous and, un-American system of class legislation (n the Interest ot the few at the expense of the many. "Wheat Should .Be- firaund Here. The "United States ohould be the great est commercial nation on earth, and noth ing prevents it save and except this un- American system of high protection. If It be not destroyed, or at least Its bur dens lightened, the country wilt stagnate from overproduction and the lack of mar kets In which to get rid of the surplus. Every grain of wheat grown In this country, and especially upon the Pacific Coast Instead ot being chipped to Liver pool and sold at Liverpool prices, should be manufactured Into flour by our own people and shipped directly In American ships to the Orient and there sold In ex change for the products of the East and these products transmitted to our shores free of duty. In other words, there should be a free Interchange of products with all our isl and possessions, which would mean the upbuilding of our decayed commerce and the opening up of new markets tor our rapidly increasing surplus. What Is true of wheat Is true of all forms ot Amer ican produce of farm and factory. This would mean that no more ships would come to the Pacific Coast In ballast to transport our wheat and other produce to foreign countries, the producer paying the freight both ways In the lessened price he receives for his products on ac count of such ballast I do not mean to say that all tariff duties should be removed, tor It Is neces sary to have a revenue to pay the run nlng expenses of -the Government but all duties should be removed from monopoly and trust-manufactured articles. In fact all duties should be removed except such as are necessary to supply -the needs of the Government economically adminis tered. Out of the eternal principles of Democracy can and should be constructed In 1904 a platform broad, strong and Dem ocratic enough to hold every Democrat In this country, and one, too. which will re store, to us the lost confidence of that class of citizens who own their own homes, their own farms and their own business; In other words, that class known as the great middle class of our citizens. Sapping; Life of Government. The highest duty of government Is to protect life, liberty and property, and the trainers ot our Constitution, fully realising- this duty, sought to prevent the Gen eral Government from Interfering In the domestic and business affairs ot the peo ple, and to encourage as much as possi ble the individualism of the people. To this can rightly be attributed our Present greatness and superiority over other na tions, in violation ot this principle, the Republican party engrafted a poisonous fungus upon the body politic In the shape of a high protective tariff, which at first seemed harmless enough to many, but which has now grown to such Dro portions that It is fast sapping the life of the Government and. unless lopped off. will eventually destroy It A protective tariff Is based upon paternalism and -special privilege. It breeds trusts and monopolies, .both of which are antagonistic to our re publican Institutions. The time lr ripe for the Democratic party, with Its past history ot conserva tism, to declare and. demand that life, liberty and property shall be protected and preserved; that the Government shall r.ot Interfere In private business affairs ot the people; that paternalism has no place In our system ot government: that oil laws shall be -rigorously enforced for the protection of all classes, rich and poor alike; that oil combinations of cap ital or Individuals in restraint or trade are contrary to public policy and Inimical to the preservation at the Republic Weatherford Made Chalrma. J. K. Weatherford. of Linn, was nom inated for chairman by Walton of Lane, ; and on motion ot D'Arcy ot liarlon was unanimously elected. After Garland ot Lann and Miller ot Jackson had escorted him to the chair, he said: "Many Republicans are waiting for us to nominate a good man for Congress. JJemocracy will continue to do aa It has dope, to guide the ship of state to a (Concluded on Pace &J N HER ELEMENT Cup-Defender Reliance Is Launched. TRIAL SPIN IN TEN DAYS Departure From Style of FormenVYinning Yachts. WILL SAIL BEST ON SMOOTH SEA Miss Iaelln Breaks the Bottle of "Wine "Which Christens Her as She. Slides Into the Water Some of Her Points. AMERICA CUP RACES. (Unbroken American Victories.) Acterlcin America Magic- British Aurora Cambria Livocia Livonia Count ei of Dufferia - Atatanta Cenetta Galatea Tblstle Valkyrie II Valkrri in Shamrock I Shamrock II 1S3I, 1870. 1871: 1ST1. .Colambla Sappho 1ST6 1881. 1SS3, iRsa. .Madelin .Mischief -Puritan .Marflcnrer .Volunteer .Vttllant Defender 1887. ISC. 1S05. ISO. 1901. Columbia Columbia BRISTOL, R. -L, April 1L With an American eagle at her bow, the cup-de fender Reliance was launched at the Herreaboft works Just before sundown to day. Five hundred persons stood beside the glistening underbody of the yacht when at S:H o'clock this afternoon Miss Cora Iselln, daughter of C Oliver Iaelln, man aging owner of the boat broke with a silver hammer the traditional bottle of champagne, saying at the time: T christen thee Reliance, and may God bless, tbee." Laurel wreaths and bunches of pinks tied with red and black ribbons, the rac ing colors of Mr. Iselln, were festooned forward, and as the yacht slowly drew out of the slip the American yacht en sign was raised at the stern, with Mr, Iselln's private signal amidships, and the colors of the New Tork Tacht Club at the bow. Three thousand persons In steam yachts, rowboats, on the two piers and back on the street behind the shop greeted the plunge of the Reliance with lusty cheers. DEMOCRATIC 1 liBBSsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss 'sEBHBssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssa wBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBJBBBBJBJ. BafJssssssssssssWSBBPBrT7 -BBSSfilSB3BfJBBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSBBBBBBBBBBBBKSBBJSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ajaaBsaslBLBBSSSSSSSSSSSSH BHjHj-ESBnPj. -sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss while a bugler on a torpedo-boat played "The Star Spangled Banner." Among" the yachts anchored off the works was the Constitution, the unsuc cessful candidate for cup honors two years ago, and this year designed-to be one of the keenest rivals of the Reliance. The Constitution was gayly bedecked with flags, and as the Re'lance lay or a few moments alongside her old sister, some comparison of the lines of the two boats could be- made. It was then seen that the bow ot the Reliance turns out of the' water more sharply, that her stern is lower and flatter, and that she has a trifle less freeboard. First Trial In Ten Dor.. The new boat however, was soon hauled Into the dock, .where she will be rigged. It Is expected that she will have her trial spin In about ten days, after which she will have thorough trylng-out meetings with both the Constitution and the Colum bia In a series, of S races In Long- Island Sound, -off Sandy Hook and at Newport Should she prove superior to her two rivals, she will meet the Shamrock III In the first of the cup races on August 2L The Reliance Is a decided departure. on the pari ot Herrcshoft from his other cup- defenders, and Is an excellent example ot the American ripe flat-floored, fine keeled boats. She Is not such an -extreme skimming-keeled dish "as was the Inde pendence, but she. nevertheless, resem bles the Crownlnshleld boat more' than she does any of her predecessors built here. Her lines are very easy; with few hard places and a graceful, sweeping curve from the bilges Into the gar boards. Her stem la very Cat so that she will' leave but little wake, whlleher bow. al though j not quite so broad and flat as that of the. Independence, lsi 'still very much different from the bow ofelther the Constitution or the Colurabla.'jShe has a long ,keel, but owing to her.'good beam, does not carry too much lead In the bulb, as the bther cup-defenders. Her bow toward the end Is. Quite sharp, while her taSrall measures scarcely .eight feet Her greatest beam Is well up In the shoulders and Is carried" aft many feet. At the water line forward she Is curved like the Inside of a saucer. Her Strong; Points. It Is believed that her strongest point of salllnK will be with started sheets In a comparatively smooth 'sea. She Is also likely to go very fast down the wind, her long keel holding her well on her course. Hlr weakest point will be on the wind and flattened sheets, a point on which the Shamrock III Is eald to be very fast The boat with her easy lines and her tremen dous sails spread out over 15,009 square feet will be easily driven, as it , seemed to be the unanimous pinion 'of " those yachtsmen who saw her' today that she would prove the fastest vessef ever built. The launching wan & great success. The weather was perfect with a light breeze bjowlng offshore. The doors "of the south shop were opened to ticket holders and within a few minutes the floor beneath the boat was filled, while many hadflakerr . . . .. . 4..r piacea.pi vantage on ui piers, xno-.our-nlshed underbody of the Reliance as she stood propped up In her cradle aroused much admiration. It shone Jlka old gold, and so well btftr.lt been rubbed down by the sail ora that ltseemed as If the very bolts must hare beerrarts ot the plate. The seams wen. searcelidjflcernible and the rudder was a marvel of (Workmanship. The christening- party 'came ashore' from the tender Sunbeam Just before 5:13, and (Concluded on Second race.) NOMINEE FOR CONGRESS IN A. E. REAMES, OF JACKSOT COUXTT. SCENT OF FRAUD Hangs About Postoffice Department. WYNNE IS ON THE TRAIL Advance, Information About Rural -Routes-Given.- WAGON BUILDER MAKES CHARGE AH Promotions In Xevr York Postof. fire Held Up br Order of Wynne Order "Which Flxea Respon sibility on Chiefs. .Star Route Fraodi, the Last Postoffice Scandal. Star routes are tbcaa routes on which contracts for carrying- the Calted States mall are made upon bids which do not specify the mode of eotyreraxice, but imply offer to carry the mails reiu larlr, safely and expeditiously. Such bids are regarded by tfce Foatomce De partment as Inferior to those which specify- railroad, steamboat of four-horse-coach conveyance; but as super ior to tbca which specify only horse back carriers. In 1S81 Second Anlitant Poptmaster General Thomas J. Brady, ex-Senator Stephen W. Doner, of Arkansas, and others were accused of conspiracy to defraud the United States Government In tha manaxement of theee routes. They were brouxht to trial June 1, 1882; first trial dosed September 11. jury not agreeing-; second trial began . December 4. 1SS3. closed lone 11. 1SS3. Verdict not guilty as Indicted. WASHINGTON. April UU There were two Important developments today In the Investigation of the-affairs 'of the Post office Department The first was the tiling "jt charges .that advance information -has rbeen furnished tj wagon manufacturers regarding rural routes, and the other was the Issuance of all order to Postmaster Vancott of New York, directing him to bold up all of the promotions and extra clerk allowance cases recently announced for the New York service for the next fiscal year. Fresh charges were filed today by a Western establishment engaged In the manufacture of vehicles, alleging that competing houses had received the benefit of advance Information regarding rural FIRST DISTRICT free delivery routes, and the route and the appointment of rural free delivery carriers. The charges allege that the complaining company, upon the announce ment of appointment ot rural carriers, gave Instructions to Its agents In various sections to negotiate with them for the sale of the wagons, buggies or other ve hicles for use in performing the postal service, and that in a number ot cases cited the agents made reply tfcr.t the car- jiers had previously procured their out fits, sometimes. It Is asserted, several weeks before. . It Is also alleged that in one Instance cited a representative of a certain factory was accompanied on the route by the regular carrier thereof, the latter advising' and urging the sale of the articles ottered by the commercial repre sentative. The complainants say in the charges that the conditions cited "savor of the sta reroute methods of 30 or 5 years .ago." Xevr York. Promotions .Stopped. When the attention of Acting -Post- master-General Wynne i was called to these charges, he refused to discuss them, but admitted that, they had been filed and would be turned over to the Inspectors tor consideration. An order issued today- by Acting Post master-General Wynne directs the Post master at New York to withhold any ac tion on promotions and .other allowances recently ordered, and to return certain ot these cases. The full list of promotions to bo made In the New York office will not be finally made up until the cases ore thoroughly Investigated. Postmaster Vancott will be held responsible for any promotions that he indorses, and any not Indorsed by him la the usual way will not be -allowed to go through. There were 76 promotions, and an allowance of 300 ad ditional clerks at 1600 per annum. To Fix Responsibility. In connection with the Investigation, an apparently routine order of- the Acting Postmaster-General Issued today regard ing the Initialing of "mall Is significant The order directs that hereafter chiefs ot divisions and bureaus shall check by In ltlals the mall which has' to be passed upon by the First Assistant Postmaster- General, and that none of these subor dinates shall have the right to delegate to a clerk or any person the right to use such Initial In checking communications. This action Is Intended to hold the person affixing the Initial to a responsbillty for the paper so checked. Instead ot permit ting an official to let another affix his signature, with the possible disclaimer of such paper on the ground, that It was signed by another. Veteran Editor la 111. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.. April 1L Colo nel J. EL McGowan, the veteran editor ot the Chattanooga. Times, and one of the most prominent newspaper men in the South, is critically 111. CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Xatlosial. Affair.. Scandal exposed in Postofflca Department. Pate 1. Dustin mar be reinstated In SunreroMlea- eral's office. Pace. 3. How .Captain Pershing stormed Moro tort. Pare Z. Masr promotions In tba Armr. Page 2. Proposed commercial treaty with China. Page 8. Domestic. Presldant Rooeerelt hunting; mountain lions. Page 1. k Illinois prosecutes corporations under "anti trust law. Page 2. Brlgbam. Young, president of Mormon apostle. dead. Pace S. 'Wholesale Doodling In Missouri Legislature. Page 8. - XegTo murderer-killed and burned in Lrmfslans. Page 8. Great strike of textile workers threatened. Page 0. Politics. Split ,ln Republican conrentlon In Omaha. Page 0. Purelfrn. Rebels in China, control a whole province: France threatena to interfere. Pajre S. Monks anl nuns coming br hundreds fim" France to united States. Page 9. Pacific Const. A. E. Reames 1 nominated br the First Con- rreeslonsl District Democratic conrentlon. Page 1. Republican apolhr mar make clom race. Page -u Unn school lands to be sold. Page 4. Penitentiary-made lata ba(.s in small demand. rage 4. Chinese may hare to leave Columbia Hirer canneries. Pare 3. Valley baseball league organized, rage 11. Commercial and Marine. Good Easter trade in loeat markets. Page 23. Armour selling; causes break In wheat at Chi cago. Page 23. Small gain in cash shown by Jew Tork weekly bank statement. Page 23. Northern apples plentiful at San Francisco. Page IT. Cannery supply ship C. F. Sargent sails to day. Page IT. Barkentlne Amaton gets a full crew. Page IT. Features and Departments. Editorial. Page 8. Church announcements. Page 16. t Classified advertisements. Pages IT to 21. Symposium on the pair ten' strike. Page 32. Cardinal Gibbons Easter eermon. Page 33. How Pnsldant Roosevelt wilt bids for two weeks. Page 33. Easter day in history. Page 40. Elisabeth's letter. Pace ST. Ex-Governor Geers letter from Mississippi. Pag .22. Mr. Dooley's letter. Pag IT. How early Christiana lived in Egypt. Page 34. Mr. Carpenter's letter from Berlin. Page 35. Eugene S. "Whits' Alberta letter. Pag 22. Adt's fable. Fag 37. Questions and answers. Page 33. Fashions and household. Pages 36 and 37. fTouth's department. Pages 33 and S3. The reformation of FltxreraJd short story. Page 38. Sports. Portlaxid wtes second game from Sacramento, 10-0. Paxe 13. Los Angeles sbuU out Oakland, 4-0. Page 13. Seattle defeats .San Francisco. 4-3. Page 13. Portland Nationals shut out Multnomah. 13-0. Page 11. Portland wins fame as a horse market. Page 23. Review' of the- work of the Browns. Page 14. Portland bench show opens Wednesday. Pag 14. Cop defender Reliance launched. Page 1. Portland and Vicinity. Riot is narrowly averted at new AVeinbard building. Pais 10. Efforts made to bring warring factions of women to peace. Page 21. Chief of Police orders queen of gypsies and ber band to move camp. Page 12. Cem-tr School Soperistesdent plans campaign to call cunutty schools. Par 11- Cbarlea S. Gay secures a divorce from his wife became she sees spirits. Page 10. GDI Mil President on Trail of Mountain Lion IN THE YELLOWSTONE PARK Up in the High, Mountains Where Snow is Deep. MAY SHOOT GRAY WOLVES ALSO After 4he Wild Dratn Which Ilald tncle Sam'n Game Presfrrr-1 Will Visit Death Gulch nn.l See Jill Nature's Wonders. Yellowstone National Park, n-hera the ! President la spending his vacation, has I been ret aside by the Government &s a. National parte The native animals and plants of the continent are pr- J served there. Huntlnr of wild animals, except such j nrvdaiorr soeclCai as mountainr lions and whves. Is forbidden, and elk. deer, anteloiMB, "bear and buffalo ars rapidly increasing under this protection, and have become so tame that they ap p roach human beings "without fear. The park, embraces an area of 3573 square miles In the heart ot the Rocky Mountains, In the northwestern corner of "Wyomlnir. Its general elevation Is about 8000 feet above sea level, and some of Its peaks are 3000 feet higher. The Madison, one ot the headwater. Of the- Missouri; the Yellowstone, one of the Missouri's main tributaries, and the Snake, one of the tributaries of the Columbia, have . their sources in the park. The park la .'famous lor Its gejwra, hot -springs, waterfalls, lakes and can yons. ANACONDA. Mont. April 1L A soeeial to ther Standard fro in Gardiner says: 1 lUiLILJil Hou.avsje I,- ImiiUjiaf mumi. tain lion today on Slough Creek. In com pany -with Major Pitcher, the acting; su perintendent ot the park and a guard of soldiers, he left Fort Yellowstone on Thursday morning for Yancey's. 15 mtles east of Mammoth Hot Springs, whence he went to Slough Creek. There aro mora elk and deer in this vicinity than in any other portion of the park, and where the big game is most numerous there are also to be found the most mountain lions. The President will undoubtedly bag a few Hons, although It Is not known here whether he has secured any as yet. He -will also get plenty of opportunity to shoot a few wolves, as there are many of the big gray fellows In. that section. The President left Fort- Yellowstone In excellent spirits. He was to have ridden a fine bay Kentucky thoroughbred, but the animal la sick, and a fine troop horse. one of the animals from the Gray Troop, was "substituted. Trails Broken In Snow. No members of the President's party accompanied him to Yancey's. The trip was not an especially difficult one, as the soldiers had broken a trail through the Yellowstone. The snow Is not extremely deep, and no special difficulty was expe rienced In reaching Yancey's. From Yan cey's the President "will probably visit the lower falls. The soldiers have broken a trail there. Lower Falls is five miles up the river from Yancey's. There are a great number of elk and deer in that sec tion also. It is in the vicinity of Slough Creek that Death Gulch Is located, and It is un derstood that the President contemplates a visit to that strange canyon. The snow- is deep In that vicinity. The weather was fairly good when the President left Fort Yellowstone on Thurs day morning, but it turned bad yesterday It has been snowing heavily since, and has turned cold. Those who have been in the park many seasons say that the weather Is worse now that it was ever before, so far as white men know, at this time of the year. It was snowing heavily today. The -wind is not blowing, however, and It Is not thought thai the snow will drift to any great extent. The President and his guard will have no special diffi culty In reaching Fort Yellowstone, as the distance Is not great and a good trail has been broken. Make Tonr of the Park. President Roosevelt and Major Pitcher will return to Fort Yellowstone on Tues day, if the Chief Executive carries out his present plana. He will leave immediately on a tour of the park. It is his intention to go through to the lake. New snows will make the trip more difficult than was anticipated, but It Is understood that the President proposes to make It If he has to travel on skis most of the way. No one will accompany the President on this trip through the park except the sol diers. The President today hunted at a point on Slough Creek about 25 miles from Yan cey's. Under no circumstances will ho either shoot elk, deer or any animals pro tected by the rules and regulations of tha park. Oppose Export Duty on Coffee. NEW YORK. April XL Assurance Is given here, says the Herald's representa tive In Rio Janeiro, that tha government will oppose any such drastic measure to relieve the market as the levying of a duty on the exportation of coffee The planters and merchants In attendance at the coffee congress have adopted several methods for the solution of the present crisis, caused by the excess of produc tion and the falling prices in European markets, and It is hoped that these will result successfully.