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THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 24, 1906.
CUMMINS IS TO
BE
Iowa Governor Will Have Full
Control of Coming State
Convention.
PERKINS OUT OF THE RACE
Disgraceful Scenes Attend Election
of Delegates Executive Calls
National Gathering to Discuss
Direct Choice of Senators.
DE3 MOINES. Jowa. juue 23. With the
Hve conventions held today Governor
Cummins has five uncontested delegations,
which gives him 14 more than enough to
renominate him for Governor without a
light in the state convention. The with
drawal of his opponent, George D. Per
liins, of Sioux City, it is now expected,
will be a matter of but a few days.
The conventions in the state today
Vers characterized by disgraceful tactics.
In Carroll County the Perkins men se
cured possession of the- convention hall
and admitted men only by ticket. As
a result the Cummins men were barred
from the hall, although in a majority, and
they broke down the doors and took
possession, electing their own delegates.
The Perkins men then bolted and select
ed another set of delagates.
In Audubon County the Cummins men
controlled the convention and the Per
kins men bolted. Almake and Winne
shiek Counties elected Cummins dele
nates without a contest, and gave the
kvernor S39 uncontested delegates out of
I $69.
TEXAS WILL BE FOR BRYAN.
Senator Bailey Will Not Seek Nomi
nation for Himself.
WASHINGTON. June 23. (Special.)
Representative Burgess, of Texas, who la
one of Senator Bailey's warmest friends,
today made this statement concerning
Bailey and the Democratic nomination for
President In 1908:
It is undoubtedly true that with prac
tical unanimity the Democrats in Congress
would hail with delight the nomination of
Senator Bailey for president In 1!X)8. But
they know that the Democrats cannot and
will not urge his nomination because of
the section of the earth with which he is
identified. Senator Bailey himself has
never believed that the nomination of anv
Southern man in 1908 would be wise, and
he has continually refused his indorse
ment to any such move In his interest.
It can be assumed without question that
Senator Bailey and his friends are in
hearty sympathy with Bryan's nomina
tion, and I have not the slightest doubt
that the coming state convention In Texas
will adopt a swinging platform and unan
imously suggest the nomination of Mr.
Bryan in 10S.
HOT HOAST FOR JEROME.
Judge- O'Sullivan Says District At
torney Is Grossly Incompetent,
NBW YORK, June 23. Judge O'Sullivan
today openly accused District Attorney
Jerome of incompetency.
"It is a notorious fact," he said, "that
criminal cases presented to this court by
the District Attorney for trial are not
properly prepared. It is a disgrace to the
county. Any law student who has only
one year's experience could prepare a case
in much better shape than those sent here
by the District Attorney's office."
Judge O'Sullivan made this comment be
fore he discharged the jury In the case of
Max Levine. accused of forgery In the
third degree, and remanded Levine for
trial before another jury. The manner in
which the District Attorney handled the
case led tho Judge to take this action.
"This case is elemental in its prepara
tion." said the Judge. "No case that
comes here from District Attorney Jer
ome's office is properly reported."
POPULAR VOTE CONVENTION
Cummins Calls National Meeting to
Discuss Senatorial Elections.
DE3 MOINES. Ia., June 23. (Special.)
Governor Cummins today sent Commis
sioners to the Governors of every state
in the Union asking them to appoint five
delegates to a National convention to
adopt means of securing the election of
the United States Senators by popular
vote. The convention which is called for
September 5 was authorized by the Legis
lature at its recent session here, when
resolutions were adopted favoring the
election of Senators direct.
It is stated that almost the necessary
three-fourths of the states have adopted
resolutions favoring a constitutional
amendment to provide for such election,
and the question will be submitted after
the meeting In Des Moines.
Guilty of Passing Bad Check.
LOS ANGELES, June 23. Lawrence B.
Carpenter, son of a former Judge of, the
ftiprerae Court of Denver, who was ar
rested a few days before the earthquake
In San Francisco for passing a worthless
check .upon the cashier of a restaurant,
was tried in Police Judge Chambers'
Court and found guilty this morning. The
man was given a 60-day sentence, but
was allowed to go on probation.
Crano Seeks Toga in Texas.
DALLAS. Texas. June 23. Ex-Attorney-General
H. A. Crane tonight formally de
cided to enter the primary election race
against Hon. J. W. .Bailey for election to
the United States Senate.
ITALY'S WHITE COAL.
Coming Milan Exposition Will Be
Revelation to Americans.
O. D. Skelton In the World Today.
The coming exposition at Milan, held to
celebrate the opening of the Simplon tun
nel, promises to be as great-a revelation
to Americans as the World's Fair at
Chicago waa to Europeans. We are prone
to think of Italy, when we think of It at
all, as a land of only historical and ar
tistic Interest, or as the breeding-place of
the hordes of illiterate Immigrants who
form the substructure of our industrial
organization. That it is neither living on
Its past reputation nor wholly to be
judged by the street navvy contingent will
be made abundantly clear by the Milan
exhibition.
To reveal to the world Italy's remark
able industrial expansion in the past dec
ide is Indeed the underlying purpose of
ihe exhibition. Northern Italy is prosper
ing beyond all record. The product of the
'Ilk Industry has doubled in the past eight
vears: one-third of the silk thread used
in the world i now produced In Italy.
The cotton mills, scarcely in existence a?
tecadc ago, now have an annual output
eon
worth over $80,000,000. Textile have ad
vanced almost aj rapidly. The 6000 work
men employed in iron and steel foundries'
in 1881 have become 90.000, and Italy today
la exporting steel Instead of importing it.
The new industries of electro-chemistry
and electro-metallurgy are now especially
flourishing in various parts of Italy.
Houllle blanche, as the French call it,
or white coal, has been the chief agent in
the transformation. In more prosaic lan
guage, white coal is simply hydraulic
power, but the epigrammatic French
phrase was such a happy Invention that
it has become current throughout Eu
rope. Strictly speaking, it applies only to
the power derived from glacier streams,
rising in the eternally snow-crowned Alps.
The analogous term, houllle verte. or
green coal, has been adopted at Mr. Henri
i Bresson's suggestion to designate the
more common form of energy provided by
streams of humbler source.
Call it what you please, this newly-harnessed
power Is revolutionizing European
Industry. It is shifting the seat of indus
trial leadership, giving a new start to
nations hitherto hopelessly out of the
race. It is more than a coincidence that
the great manufacturing countries today
are those which are rich in coal the
United States, Great Britain, Germany
and Belgium. Other causes no doubt have
contributed to their success, but the pos
session of cheap power lies at the foun
dation. Now the tables are turned. By
an almost providential compensation the
nations which are poorest in black coal
are richest in the white. Austria is much
better supplied with hydraulic power than
Germany. France than England. Switzer
land than Belgium, Canada than the
United States. When it Is further consid
ered that the white coal is subject to
neither exhaustion nor interruption by
strikes, the full richness of the promise
It offers begins to lie realized.
G. F. BAER, COAL KING.
The Sclf-Confident, Able Head of the
Reading Railroad.
Review of Reviews.
"About twenty years ago," said a re
tired civil engineer, "I was building a
railway treatle on a short spur of the
Reading system. Mr. Baer, then an
attorney for the company, was one of
a party of officials inspecting the'
work.
"As we walked out on the loose
timbers I heard an exclamation behind,
and turning saw Mr. Baer slightly in
advance of the others and apparently
hesitating. I also thought his face was
paler than before and said:
" 'Mr. Baer, if you feel at all nervous
we can turn back.'
" "No, I'll not turn back,' was the
deliberate reply, and as I was about
to further urge against possible danger
he continued: 'My life is in the hands
of George F. Baer.
The story is an illustration of the
determination, confidence and self-control
which are the keynotes of the
character of the President of the Phila
delphia & Reading Railway system.
Since he has assumed the management
of these properties the valuation of its
securities has increased more than
910(1, 000,000, while the attendant ap
preciation of values in the anthracite
coal Industry under his leadership nas
reached an almost incalculably larger
amount.
George F.' Baer was born about 6
years ago in Western Pennsylvania.
He had a very little academic training,
including one year at college.
His greater training Vame from his
experiences as printer's devil, editor,
amateur surveyor, and Hn active mili
tary career beginning as Captain of a
volunteer company In the Civil War
and terminating with his discharge as
Adjutant-General of the Second Bri
gade, Army of the Potomac.
Tnis was followed by his taking up
the study of law and the coincidence
of his admission to the bar, the trying
and winning of his first case, and his
twenty-second birthday. His first im
portant step toward fame and fortune
was when he removed to the city of
Reading, Pa.
Within two months the newcomer
had established his reputation in a
case for which he received a fee of
$5000, which in those days was con
sidered something phenomenal for even
the leaders of the Berks County bar. '
Once his convictions are formed, he
adheres to them with a tenacity that
in lesser character would be sheer
stubbornness. He believes tremend
ously in himself, and on rare occasions.
In apparent contradiction of his usual
character, he gives way to impassioned
speeches; of which the only criticism
that may be made is that they are im
politic, a
When on the occasion of his West
ern trip a year ago he made the state
ment at Colorado Springs, "Strikes be
gan with Genesis. They originated at
the beginning of the world. Cain was
the first striker, and he killed Abel
because Abel was the more prosperous
fellow," the radicals raged with in
dignation. The conservatives may have re
gretted the utterance, but the force of
his evident sincerity and the fact that
he but voiced their equally sincere be
lief served to strengthen his position
of leadership, while a stiffening of the
general position of the conservatives
in the ranks was the result..
There Is a greater frankness between
capitalism and labor unionism today
than formerly, and it Is largely due
to. the plain manner of speaking to
the shirtsleeve diplomacy of President
Baer. In the present crisis of the coal
Industry the opposing leaders are almost
on cordial terms, where even only three
years ago the situation was far different.
Mr. Baer is a reader and student. His
library is large and of unusual value. He
is an interested horticulturist, an author
ity on roses and chrysanthemums.
He has a fine stock farm near Read
ing. The park system of that city was
laid out under his personal supervision.
Whist and chess are his favorite games,
provided his antagonist is possessed of
equal or greater skill. He rather enjoys
social life, and Is much in demand as a
speaker at public and private functions
He has a keen sense of humor.
During the last coal strike I was talk
ing to him about methods of learning to
swim, in which he was then interested. I
inquired if he was able to hold his head
under the water. With a scarcely percep
tible twinkle -in his eye he replied:
"It's about all I can do to keep my head
above water Just now."
In appearance Mr. Baer is slightly
above medium height. He stands soldier
ly erect and very straight. His hair and
beard are iron-gray, his eyes steel blue,
piercing and penetrating.
However faulty your expression, you
feel that he comprehends and that his
listening at all is merely a courtesy. His
eyelids are frequently contracted and he
holds his head firmly, turning his eyes
to look aside without moving It. In dress
he Is plain and unassuming the typical
American man of business.
No Teeth a Guarantee.
Denver Times.
Of Marshall Field III an amusing story
was recently told at Lakewood. The boy.
according to the story, approached an old
lady in a Lakewood hotel and said to her:
"Can you crack nuts?"
"No, my dear. I can't" the old lady re
plied. "I lost all my teeth years ago."
"Then," said the little boy, extending
two hands full of walnuts, "please -hold
these while I got and get some more.'
It In Innirft-oiis to Klt a Cold.
How often do we hear it remarked: '.'It's
only a cold," and a few days later learn
that the man is on his back with pneu
monia. This is of such common occur
rence that a cold, however slight, should
not be disregarded. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy counteracts any tendency of a
cold to result in pneumonia, and has
gained its ereat popularity and extensive
sale by its prompt cures of this most com
mon ailment. It always cures and is
pleasant to take. For sale by all drug
gists. i
WHIPPED INTO LINE
Few Insurance Companies Fail
to Comply With Law.
STATE; CAN REACH THEM
California's Attorney-General Ready
to Begin Actions. Against De
linquents Many Will Be
Forced to Wall.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 23. That the
insurance companies fear the weight of
official displeasure is shown by the fact
that there are now but five or six com
pantes which have neither furnished their
lists of policyholders nor extended time
for proof of loaf. Assistant Attorney
General George Sturtevant said today
that his office Is now ready to commence
action against the companies which have
not been dealing fairly. He added:
"We have found a way to reach both
the six-bit concerns and the outlaw com
panles, as we term those who have
neither filed lists of policyholders nor
granted extension of time for filing proof
of loss. Wherever it Is found necessary.
both penalties under the statutes will be
enforced forfeiture of bond and eject
ment from the state."
The financial condition of practically
all of the companies Involved here will
It is stated, be disclosed on July 1, when
the companies will be compelled to file in
the State of Georgia semi-annual state
ments of their condition. Georgia Is said
to be the only state In the Union re
quiring semi-annual statements.
tjnairman spencer or tne "douar tor
dollar" committee of the Board of Un
derwriters, said today that the outlook
Is dubious.
"There are undoubtedly a large num
ber of companies which must go to the
wall soon," he said. "I do not want to
specify, nor would I say that all the
honest and solvent companies are tn the
'dollar for dollar' class. I do not want
to Impugn the motives of any of the com
panies that propose a compromise. Some
of them undoubtedly cannot pay and are
offering the best they can.
"Some of the companies are now mak
ing a delay to learn the extent of their
liabilities and will then pay what they
owe. Others are delaying In bad faith
These will have to wait and go out of
business, unless they can make good
soon."
WANTS HER FLOUR RETURNED
Minneapolis Would Distribute It
: Among San Francisco Sufferers.
MINNEAPOLIS. June 23. William E.
ICdgar. of Minneapolis, general commis
sioner for the rlief of California suffer
ers, has asked to have the Minneapolis
flour turned back to the Minneapolis
committee, who will turn it over to the
San Francisco papers for distribution to
those for whom it was intended. If the
local San Francisco committee will not
turn the flour back, the only recourse
will be wide publication of the exact
facts in the case.
Mr. Edgar holds that he is trustee of
the distribution of . the flour to the peo
ple for whom it is intended.
"The flour does not belong to Phelan,"
said Mr. Edgar, with a great deal of
emphasis today, "nor to General Greely.
and I take it to be my duty to distribute
the flour to the people and they are go
ing to get It. I dont care for any Army
red tape. The committee has reserved
350.000 pounds of flour which General
Greely says is a six months' supply.
This is false. The 1.000.000 pounds will
be required for the relief of the people
that are reported to be In need."
Offers Fifty-Cent Compromise.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 23. The Exam
iner today says:
The German Insurance Company, after
sounding a number of creditors on the
subject of a SO per cent compromise, i.as
closed Its Pacific Coast Agency, resigned
from the underwriters adjusting bureau
and retired to Peoria, 111.
The German, of Peoria, has a capital
of $200,000, has a loss of over $1,000,000
to ptt in San Francisco, with a capital
and surplus aggregating only $360,000.
PEORIA. 111., June ' 23. President B.
Cremer of the German Insurance Com
pany of this city, says that the ad
justers are settling every claim in
full for the fire loss, but not the earth
quake damage, for which "we cannot re
cover from the re-Insurance companies.
The German has unlimited means to
pay all its obligations and carry on its
business as heretofore, whether we con
tinue to do business in California or not."
Rush for Saloon Licenses.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 23. The license
bureau of the police department was be
sieged today by applicants for the re
newal of saloon licenses, and that the
higher license had little deterrent effect
is shown by the fact that by noon over
400 applications had been filed. Indica
tions are that the Police Commissioners
will have their hands full if any attempt
is to be made to limit the saloons to one
to a block. Now that the time for open
ing saloons has been announced July 5
there is great activity putting up "tem
porary places for saloons.
Chinese Will Fight for Insurance.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23. The Oak
land and San Francisco branches of the
Chinese Society of Chew Hung .Tong have
decided to take steps to protect their
members from unfair treatment at the
hands of the insurance companies. The
Chew Hung Tong is the largest Chinese
secret society in the world, and has 100,000
members in this country. Their losses
amount to several million dollars.
New Tax Levy Ordered.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23. (Special.)
At a meeting of the Board of Supervisors
heldi this morning the tax levy for the
City and County of San Francisco was
fixed at $1,322 per $100. The new levy is
16 cents and 2 mills higher than last year.
but this is occasioned largely by the in
creased amount of interest for the $7,000,-
000 in bonds that will be issued.
Death-Bearing; Lead Soldiers. -
New Tork Times.
"Dr. Ox," in Le Matin of Paris, raises a
note of warning against lead soldiers in
the hands of children. Lead is a poison,
whether absorbed by painters at work or
by children at, play. Lead is a poison,
and those who come in 'contact with it
are bound to suffer blood-poisoning.
After maneuvering a battalion of lead
soldiers. Tom is just as likely as not to
take his place at the table with his fingers
impregnated with the poisonous sub
stance, and so the lead is immediately ab
sorbed with his food.
Dr. Blanchard cites the following cafee
in support of his theory that lead soldiers'
should be banished from their place
among children's playthings. Two boys
of 4 and 5 years suffered from violent col
ics, always more emphatic during the,
night. The physician took them in hand,
but at the end of three days, as there
was no improvement, it occurred to Dr.
Blanchard that blood-poisoning must be
tne cause of their illness. But where did
It come from? The parents were-not ill,
and the children partook of the same food
as the rest of the family. While he was
pondering over the question Dr. Blanch
ard' s eye was caught by the sight of an
army .of leaden soldiers lying pell-mell in
a corner of the room. At once he knew
what was the cause of the trouble, and
when he had given each of the boys a sul
phur bath, from which they emerged with
their hands black and their nails edged
with sulphuret of lead, he knew that his
diagnosis was correct. Therefore, If you
want to make your little friends a suit
able present you will be well advised to
avoid the soldiers of lead, which, as a
rule, are made in Germany.
TRIBUTE TO .THE BEAVER
Remarkable Traits of a Four-Footed
Sturdy American.
From Clarence Hawkes' "Shaggy Coat."
Before the red man bent the bow he
sought pardon from the deer or bear, for
the act that he was about to commit.
Often when he had slain the wild crea
ture, he made offerings to Its departed
spirit, and also wore its likeness tattooed
upon his skin as a totem. Thus we see
that these denizens of the wilderness were
creatures of Importance, playing their
part in the life of the red man, before
the white man came to these shores. But
that they should have continued to play
a prominent part after the advent of the
white man Is still more vital to us.
It was principally for beaver skins, that
the Hudson Bay Company unfurled its
ensign over the wilds of Labrador and
upon the bleak shores of Hudson's Bay,
during the 17th century. "H. B. C." was
the monogram upon their flag. Their
coat of arms had a beaver in each quar
ter of the shield, and, their motto was
Pro Pelle Cutem, meaning skin for skin.
An official of the company once inter
preted the H. B. C. as "Here Before
Christ," saying that the company was
ahead of the missionaries with Its em
blem of civilization. For more than 225
years this company has held sway over
a country larger than all the kingdoms of
Europe, counting out Russia.- For the
first 100 years it was the only govern
ment, and held power of life and death
over all living in Its jurisdiction.
It was because the Indian knew' that
he could get so many knives or so much
cloth for a beaver skin, that he endured
the terrible cold of the Arctic Winter,
and hunted and trapped close to the
sweep of the Arctic circle. For this val
uable skin white trappers built their
campflre and slept upon ten feet of snow.
It was a common day's work for a trap
per to drag his snowshoes over 20 miles
of frozen waste to visit his traps.
For the pelts of the beaver, otter and
mink, those bloody battles were fought
between the Hudson Bay Company men
and the trappers of the Northwest Com
pany. The right to trap in disputed ter
ritory was held by the rifle, and human
life was not worth one beaver skin.
In those old days, so full of hardship
and peril, the beaver skin was the stand
ard of value In all. the Hudson Bay Com
pany's transactions. Ten muskrat skins,
or two mink skins, made a bearer skin,
and the beaver skin bought the trapper
his food and blanket.
The first year of its existence the Hud
son Bay Company paid 7 per cent upon
all Its investments, and for over two cen
turies it has been rolling up wealth,
while today It is pushing further and
further north and is more prosperous
than ever, and all this at the expense of
the beaver and his warm-coated fellows.
Even the civilization of Manhattan.
comprising what is now New Tork and
Brooklyn, was founded upon the beaver
skin. It was a common thing In the days
of Wouter Van Twiller for the colony of
the Hudson to send home to tne isetner
lands 80,000 beaver skins a year.
John Jacob Astor. the head of the1 rich
New York family, laid the foundations for
his colossal wealth in beaver skins, and
this is the history of the frontier in near
ly all parts of the country.
But there were other ways in which the
beaver was helping on the white man's
civilization and making his pathway
smooth, even before he came to destroy
his four-footed friend. For the beaver
was the first woodsman to fell the forest
and clear broad acres of land that were
afterward used for tillage. He also wag
the first engineer to dam the streams and
rivers. Today almost anywhere in New
England you can see traces of his indus
try. You may not recognize it, but it is
there. Nearly all the small meadows along
our streams were made by the beavers,
and acres of the best tillage that New
England contains was cleared by them. .
They dammed the streams to pro
tect their communities from their ene
mies, and flowed large sections of ter
ritory. All the timber upon the flood
ed district soon rotted and fell into
the lake, and in this way great sec
tions were cleared. Each Spring the
freahets brought down mud and de
posited in the bottom of the lake un
til it was rich with rotting vegetable
matter and decaying wooa. xnen mc
trapper came and caught the beaver,
so the dam fell into disuse, finally it
was swept away entirely, and a broad
fertile meadow was left where there
hnH hdn a wodiILihh lake. Thus the
beaver has made meadowland for us
all the way from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, and we have shoved him far
ther and farther from his native
haunts.
Today he has entirely disappeared
from New England, with the excep
tion of a few scattered colonies in
Maine, where he Is protected by his
neighbors who have become interested
In his ways.. There Is also a protected
colony in northern New York, and a
few scattered beavers In the moun
tains of Virginia, but this industrious
prehistoric American has largely dis
appeared from the United States east
of the Rocky Mountains. His home, if
he now has any in the land he once
possessed. Is In Montana, where he
lives In something of his old abandon.
There ho still makes new meadow
lands for the cattlemen and , rears his
conical house In his forest lake.
Like the red man, he has been thrust
farther and farther into the wild; re
treating before the shriek of the loco
motive and those ever advancing steel
rails. But the debt that we owe the
beaver will remain as long as we cut
grass upon our meadow land, or ap
propriate the coat of this sleek Amer
ican for our own.
Thus the biased trail is pushed far
ther and farther into the wilderness
and the old is succeeded by the new.
Animals, birds and trees disappear.
and brick blocks and telephone poles
take their places.
Though he will ultimately vanish
from the continent, we shall always
be heavily in debt to the beaver for
the important part that he flayed in
the colonial history of America.
Like the red man. he ia a true Amer
ican, for he was here before Columbus,
and his pelt was the prize for which
the wilderness was scoured. His only
disqualification for citizenship in our
great and growing country is that he
is a four-footed American, while we,
his masters, are bipeds.
Seller of British Army Meat.
LONDON. June 23. In a written reply
to the question put In the House of Com
mons by William Field as to the source
of meat supply of the army. War Sec
retary Haldane stated that the contract
for the meat supply for the troops at
London. Woolwich and Windsor was
given to the Nelson Morris Company,
of London, because that firm was the
lowest bidder. He was not informed
whether the American branch of the firm
was concerned with other Chicago firms
In the existing contrao'
DRAFT A PLATFORM
Russian Constitutional Demo
crats Will Issue "Address.
TO JUSTIFY. THEMSELVES
Their Demand for Retirement of
Ministry to Be Explained Will
Appeal for Popular Support
of Parliament.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 23. The cen
tral committee of the Constitutional Dem
ocrats decided today to draw up an ad
dress to the country in justification of
their demand for the retirement of the
ministry and appealing for the support
of Parliament. -i r
The address is designed to counteract
the activity of the Socialist group, which
Is working night and day to undermine
the position of the Constitutional Demo
crats. It will serve also as a platform
on which the- party can stand in case
of a rupture with the administration
which many of the radicals of the Con
stitutional party pelleve cannot come any
too soon.
They maintain that Parliament's im-
potency to pass desired legislation was
clearly manifested by the response of
Premier Goremykin, and the attitude of
the council of the Empire, and that it
also has educated the people to the fact
that further delay is merely an ad van
tage to the Government, which would be
enabled to go before the country on an
agrarian reform, while Parliament would
be still Involved , In oratory.
Views of Jhe Conservatives.
This view, however, is not taken by
the more conservative leaders of 'the
party, who today assured the Associated
Press that tho position of the ministry
is steadily growing weaker, and that the
delay Is playing directly into the hands
of the Constitutional Democrats. They
say the only hope for a speedy issue Is
a compromise that will Include only the
most general principles on the first stat
ute and refer everything else to local
commissions.
The leaders are inclined to adhere to
the principle of leasing instead of sale
In the apportionment of expropriated
lands. But long term leases, they say
would be almost the equivalent of deeds
of gift, except where leases permit re
strictlons on subleasing without which a
consolidation of lands In the hands of
the few is considered possible.
Another reason for adhering to leasing
Is frankly admitted by Professor Milu
koff to be in order to avoid the outcry
or injury to class legislation.
Local Police Irresponsible.
The irresponsibility of the local police
is .shown In the closing of the Constitu
tional Democratic bureaus at Yaroslav
and Rlazan. A better measure for
thwarting the Cabinet's plan for avoid
ing a rupture as long as possible could
not nave been devised.
Rumors that anti-Jewish disturbances
would take place today at Bialystok. VII
na and other cities within the pale were
circulated and resulted in great excite
ment. However, no disorders have been
reported.
GUERILLA WAR IX RUSSIA.
Peasants Kill Murderers of Cow
. Large Landowner Slain.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 23. The peas
ants of the . village of Krutnyagork. en
raged at the killing of a cow by two
members of the rural police, called a
commune meeting, formally condemned
the two nen to death and executed the
sentence.
At Kiev messengers on the Southwest
ern Railroad, who were carrying $125,000.
were attacked yesterday by four robbers
who killed one messenger, wounded a seo-
ond. seized the money and drove away at
a gallop in a cab. Two of the messengers
pursued tne robbers and wounded the rob
ber who was carrying the money, with
the result that he fell from the cab and
the money was recovered.
At Ufa, Prince Manveloff. an extensive
landed proprietor and a former officer of
the guards, was killed on the streets yes
terday. The crime, it is supposed, was
committed for political reasons.
A Captain of Gendarmes named &uer
matieff was killed on the streets of
Kertch today by revolutionists. His wife,
who accompanied him, was seriously
wounaea.
Dispatches from Bialysto- report that
the citizens there are panic-stricken ow
ing to unconflrmable rumors that the ex
cesses would be revived today. Patrols
are to be seep everywhere, and strict
martial law is enforced. Three men, two
of whom were Christians, were recently
snot for railing to obey orders to halt.
RECOGNIZE ONLY THE DOl'MA
Soldiers at Moscow Make Bold
Threat of Revolt.
MOSCOW, June 23. It Is reported that
troops In the local garrison have notified
their ottlcers that they will remain loyal
to the crown as long as the Czar and
the government respects the rights and
privileges of the Douma. , It Is assert
ed, it not yet confirmed, that the sol
diers have notified the officers that they
will decline to obey any orders from them
should the Douma be dissolved, but will
hold themselves under the orders of the
president of that body, declining to recog
nize the president of the present gov
ernment. FIVE VESSELS CAPSIZED
Electric Storm Does Damage on New
Jersey Coast-.
NEW YORK. June 23. (Special.) A. se
ries of electrical storms, followed by a
heavy hall storm, did great damage to
small fruit througout Eastern New York
end New Jersey tonight, while oft Port
Monmouth, N. J., five vessels were cap
sized, and It Is feared some of the crews
were drowned. The schooner Buena
Vista. eoai-Iaden, bound for Port Am
boy in Seabrlght, was turned over by the
squall, -and Captain Wilson and his crew
of four have not been seen since. They
may have escaped tri a small boat.
Two sloops owned by the New Tork
& New Jersey Oil & Guano Company
also turned turtle about the same time,
but whether their crews escaped will not
be known before morning. A small yacht
at anchor near shore turned over and
George Russell, of Freeport, Is missing.
Devoted to the "Black' Art."
Indianapolis News. ,
The astonishing fact has just come
to light that Professor Richard Gar
nett, librarian of the British Museum,
who died recently, for .years had de
voted much time to the "black art" of
astrology.' Even more extraordinary
is the circumstance that business men
of New York and other cities regularly
consulted him regarding contemplated
ventures.
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"I was completely broken down a few years ago. My doctor's pre- j
senptions did, not seem to bring about the desired results, and I took
my case in my own hands and began using Peruna. I felt better and
stronger, had a splendid appetite in a very short time, and was pleased J
to think that I had discovered the right medicine for my case. In J
two months I was completely restored to health, was not troubled f
with headaches nor any other aches, and owe my good health to $
Peruna. Please accept my sincere gratitude."
Mrs. Ruth B. Brent, Holmes, 111.,
writes: "I was. In poor health three
years aao and kept Betting worse.
"Finally I got so weak that I could
not sit up all day. My feet and hands
were always cold. I had no appetite.
"I consulted one of the best doctors
and he said I could not be cured.
"I was nervous, my heart would
flutter, had a rain in my left side and
also chronic constipationt
"I got a bottle of Peruna and Mana
lin and wrote to you for advice.
"While under your treatment I
gained three pounds a month.
"I took two or three bottles of Pe
runa and one of Mnnnlln, and now I
am well and able to do all my house
work."
Mrs. Kitty Bogue. R. F. D. 3, Mid-
GETHRO CONFESSES IT ALL
BRIBERY RAMPANT I' MASSACHU
SETTS legislature:.
Expelled Member Kays He Wilt Expose
Every Colleague Who -Ho
Sold Oat.
BOSTON. June 23. in a statement is
sued tonight by Jfi. J. Ucthro, who was
expelled from the Massachusetts House
or Representatives after having been
round guilty of attempting to bribe fel
low legislators, a confession of the guilt
Is made. Gethro says to avenge his ex
pulsion he will expose every member of
the House who has been connected with
any bribery proceedings.
Uethro states that several members
of the Legislature have secured bribes,
and he declares that his revelations-will
make ttie giving or taking of bribes im
possible at the Statehouse in the future.
Referring to the anti-bucket shop bill.
Gothro said:
"So common was the practice and so
certain the results, that when the lo
gan ' anti-bucket shop bill was put(ftm
tne counter the question was not whether
the bill was good or bad, but how much
there was In it. I consulted with those
interested and 1 determined to get for
myself the contract to buy a large block
of votes In the Senate.
'1 agreed to buy Republican votes, got
the contract and bought the votes. To
force me to raise the oners, some of those
interested began to talk. The matter got
to tne grand jury, and 1 was indicted.
Then the Investigating committee was
appointed. 1 was told that if 1 stood firm
the committee would see me through un
harmed.
"When, however. I sat on the floor of
tne House on Thursday afternoon and saw
myself held up to scorn, not by the hand
ful of men whose names are above re
proach, but by a mob of dastardly hypo
crites who had been offered and taken
ten bribes to my one. 1 swore then and
there to avenge my expulsion.
'1 am buoyed by tne knowledge that l
shall have done the state some good tr
in my rum the structure of Infamy head
ed by those men shall fall."
Mrs. Kaufmann Gets Bail.
PIERRE. 8. D-. June 23. The Supreme
Court today handed down a decision ad
mitting to bait Mrs. Moses Kauftmann,
of Sioux Falls, who is accused of hav
ing beaten Miss Agnes Polrels to death
while the latter was in her employ as a
domestic. Bonds were fixed at $26,000.
Mrs. Kauffmann Is now in Jail, and is
said to be In a critical condition. .
Lamont Left Nearly $6,000,000.
NEW TORK. June 23.-(Speclal.) The
report of the state appraisers of the estate
of the late Daniel Lamont fixes the gross
value of the personal estate at 15,400,000
and of the real estate at $423,368. Paul D.
Cravath and Julia Lamont, the widow, are
executors, and there Is a residuary estate
of J4.O58.O0O. to be held in trust for the
benefit of the widow and three daughters.
First Wireless at Cape Flattery.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, June "23. The first wireless tele
graph station to be built by the Navy
Department on the Pacific Coast under
the $65,000 appropriation Just made will
be at Cape Flattery, where It Is badly
needed. It Is possible that the next sta
tion established will be at the entrance
of the Columbia River. -
Tblrteen Years and No Rain.
Four Track News.
There Is a town In Peru called Paita
where it is said there has not been a
drop of rain In thirteen years. When
the country begins to look dry and dusty
this Summer, think of Paita.
The Fire Commission of w Britain. Conn.,
bas decided to continue to rent a church bell
rather than buy one. on account of the ex
ceedingly high price of bell metal at present.-
BROKEN DOWN
The Doctor Could Not Cure Me.
Began Using Pe-ru-na.
Completely Restored to Health
in Two Months.
"Please accept my sincere grati
tude." So writes Mrs. Binkert, of New
Mexico.
Dr. Hartman, in the past few years,
has received numberless letters with
similar expressions of gratitude.
No physician in the world has a
larger number of grateful patients
scattered all over the civilized- world
than Dr. Hartman.
Not a day passes that he does not
receive some token of appreciation
from the patients he has cured of
some chronic malady. '
The remedy which has bre-aght Dr.
Hartman Into such fame is Ptniuu
People have generally bought it at
the recommendation of some friend or
neighbor.
Usually they begin taking It with
out any other advice than the direc
tions that are on the bottle.
From this host of patients Dr. Hart
man rarely receives any letter. But
a small per cent of those who buy
Peruna find It necessary to write Dr.
Hartman concerning the matter.
These inquirers receive a prompt re
ply, for which no charge is made. This
generally results In a cure.
The maltttnde of - heartfelt, sincere
testimonials which pour in npon Dr.
Hartman every year is a gratifying re
sult of such a stupendous character as
few physicians in the world can boast.
Mrs. Josephine Gillen, 345 Morris
St., Portland, Or., writes:
"Peruna has proven itself of such
untold value to us that we are glad
to give it due praise.
"My daughter and I have been cured
of systemic catarrh of several years'
standing, and we both enjoy the very
best of health, thanks to Peruna."
dlefleld. Ohio, writes:
"PeVana has saved my life.
"I was so bad our doctor said ho
could do no more for me, and said if
I thought some other doctor could
help me to get him. A friend advised
me to use Peruna. So I wrote to you
and you told me what to do.
"My stomach was bloated, and I
belched up so much gas that I could
not sleep at night. 1 would have to
sit up.
"It seemed as if there was a lump in
my stomach. I had choking spells and
was so short of breath that I could
not walk or work.
could not eat or sleep. I would
almost fnlnt If I tried to walk.
"I can now truthfully say I am
cured."
HOUSE BUILT OF GAGTUS
TW O LEA ES SUFFICE FOR LUTHER
BIRBAVK, WIZARD.
There Are 'o Spines on This Variety of
Desert Growth, Hence the
Great Value.
PASADENA, Cal., June 23. (Spe
cial.) Luther Burbank, the California
wizard. Is building himself a J5000 res
idence at Santa Rosa. Two cactus
leaves which he raised on his own land
will pay for it. This is the interest
ing statement made by Burbank to D.
W. Coolldge, secretary of the Pasadena
Board of Trade, who has just returned
from a visit to the. Burbank home. It
practically means 'that J50Q0 was the
reward he received for producing his
new spineless cactus.
FALLS DEADAT THE FINISH
Expires From Overexertion at a
School Meet.
WfciSTFIELD, Mass., June 23. Just as
he crossed the tape at the end of a quarter-mile
sprint today. William Karns, or
cmcopee High School, dropped dead. His
death ended the annual mterscholastic
games of the Westtleld and Chlcopee Hlgti
Schools.
Karns had participated In a number
of events and was, it is said, in no con
dition to participate In the quarter-mile
run.
Habit-forming: MedJcincsJ
Wlnatonir may be tb fact as to many,
of the so-called patent ntedtciiMfl eoo
teintng injorlooa ingredient as broad ly
puhUsoed in some joarnaJe of more or
less lnflonnce, this publicity has certainty
been of great beoAfit in arousing needed!
attention to Hub subject. It baa. in a
eooslcterabls measure., reaalted in ttm
most intelligent people avoiding soda
foods aod medldnea as may be lairfy ana-.
pected of containing toe ajmkw mjrm
tenta eooptaroed of. Baecarnizlns; filial
fact some t!me aro. Dr. PWrv, at Boflairv
V. Y, 'took time by the forelock,' as hi
were, and pabiisaed broaden aS thai
tngrealeabi of whiea his nopaisr medi
cines are composed. Thus he baa conv
ptetorr fortipt nlkd afl bnrptog erttfcs aodC
ail opposition that mtebt otherwise bn
urged against his meottcuiea, bn j timy
are now op aitows oonrroes hue. Fr
tiwmMrc frooi tb formula prtnted oat
errery botde wrapper, it wfll he Km than
these nradieaiMS coirWto no nlrntml or,
other habit-fanning drags. Neither da
they eootain say nareoUes or toijoxioasi
ageota, tbetr ingredients befog pvraly
regetoble, extracted from the roots oC
BtediefDal plants foond grow tag k ti
depths of oor American rurmas aod of
veil reuugutaed enratrre Tirtnea.
Instead of alcohol, which uim ia smalt
portions long eontinoed, as tn obstinato
cases of diseases, becomes highly objec
tionable from its tendency to prod ore a
era ring for stimulants. Dr. Fierce em
ptors ebemteallY pare, triple - refined,
glycerine, which of itself is a Talnani
remedy in many eases of chronic diseases,
barns; superior demulcent antiseptic,
ntifermeot and supporting naaitrra.
It enhances the curative action of tho
Golden Seal root. Stone root. Black
Cherry bark aod Blood root, contained In
Golden Medical Discovery," in all bron
chial, throat and Inng Sections attended
with severe eoagbs. As will be seen from
the writings of the eminent Drs. Grorer
Coe, of New York; Bartholow, of Jeffer
son Medical College, Phila.; Scuddcr, of
Cincinnati: Eilingwood, of Chicago i
Hale, of Chicago, and others, who stana
as leaders in their several - schools of
practice, the foregoing agents are tn
very best ingredients that Dr. Pierce
could have chosen to make np his fa
mo as "Discovery" for the enre of not
inly bronchial, throat and long affec
tions, but also of chronic catarrh tn all
Its various forms wherever located.