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96th YEAR. NO. 83, TARIFF DEBATE III HIE Bill so Far as Rates ara Con corned has been Practically Completed by Senate SEVERAL CHANGES ARE MADE Duty on Lumber Promises to Cauta Considerable Diacuialon But no Changea Will ba Made on Bill aa Pitaed by House WASHINGTON. D, C, April 10. The miutc tariff bill o far at rale are concerned wa practically com pleted tonight, but it wat decided in making the report, chairman Aldrich will announce a reaervation on cer tain Important schedule! for future ctloa. Thene rcnervation will in clude hidea, teel rail, wood pulp, crude petroleum. Chairman Aldrich announced tonight that the aenate committee had made a more general revision of ratea than wat done by the house committee, and that reduc tion had been made on a greater number of articles That there would be recommended a genuine downward revision. The great number of changea which will be recommended !a due largely to the fact, that while the Payne bill revird ratea on certain bis article, the revision did not extend to related article. For lntance, lead ore re duced in the Payne bill and the sev eral manufacturer of lead ore remain unchanged. The senate committee made general reduction in these manufacturie in harmony with re duction In worked material. The In dication are that the rate on ateel rajl will be increaed from $3-92 to $425. Duty on lumber promises to occasion, considerable debate and while no change to the Payne bill will be recommended, it I predicted that a number of amendment will be of fered on the floor of the aenate. The senate will recommend a reduction of C5 cent to 40 cent on bituminou. coal and decided to restore the Dingly rate IS cent on alack or clum coal. Dingly rates were recommend ed on glove and hosiery. Existing rates on woolen which were mater . tally decreased by the Payne bill will be recommended by the senate com mittee. Present Indication are that the committee will report the bill to the senate next Tuesday. Are product of petroleum on the free list a the Payne bill passed the bouse, or are they dutiable? This question is troubling the legislator of the lower house of congress to night. Mr. Norri of Nebraska and a few others who w.ere foremost In the fight for free petroleum and pro ducts, such as gasoline, vaseline and nearly 200 other varieties will be sub ject to duty. Chairman Payne, how ever, contends that refined petroleum 1s specifically mentioned in the free 11st ns the bill stands and cover pe ttrolcum products. PADDING PAYROLLS CHICAGO. April 10.-A special to the Record Herald from Danville, 111. says: "John O. Talhert, John P. Burrow and Joseph O. Boswell, high way commissioners, have been arrest ed on a bench warrant charging them with malfeasance and non-feasance in office. Each of i the accused gave bonds. The indictments against the commissioners, alleging that they had misappropriated $25,000 of township funds by padding payrolls, were re turned two month ago by the grand jury, but the serving of the warrant was postponed. STANDARD GIL CASE IS COMPLETED ST. LOUIS, April 10. -The argu ments in. the suit brought by the United States government to dissolve the Standard Oil Co., of New Jcrsev, were completed in the United States circuit court of appeals this afternoon CARE IN MAILING Many Package To The Philllplnea Found Loose. WASHINGTON, April lO.-Post-master General Hitchcock has instruc ted all postmaster to inform person who mail package to the Philippine islands and other, distant points, that they hould be securely wrapped In order to have them reach their des tination In good condition, complaint having been made to the Department that merchandise ha been received In bad condition. It 1 stated that in many Instance the wrapper are o badly torn that the content have been found looie In the sack. A recent inspection at San Francinco of package en route to the Philippine showed that the sender did not wrap them suffic iently. POET IS DEAD LONDON. Aprrl 10,-Algernon Charles Swinburne, the poet and es sayist, died this morning. He had been suffering with influenza which had developed into pneumonia. PLAN" BETTER LABOR LAWS CHICAGO, 111.. April 10-Leglsla-tion in the interests of the worker of the country was discussed at a conference held at the City Club to day. The meeting wa held tinder the auspices of the American Associa tion for Labor Legislation and the at tendance included well-known econ omists, educators, manufacturers and labor leader from many part of the country. The Government wai re presented at the conference by Charles P. Nell!, commissioner of labor, and Daniel J, Keefe. commi sioner general of Immigration. HOLLAND INTERESTED IN BIRTH OEHEIR POPULACE MAKING ARRANGE MENTS TO GREET EXPECT ED HEIR TO THRONE. , THE HAGUE. April 10-The birth of an heir to the throne of Holland is confidently expected the coming week and if all goes well there will be an outburst of popular enthusiasm seen among the placid Dutch. There ha been no royal birth in the Neth erland since that of Queen Wilhel mina herself, 27 years ago. Thrice before since the marriage of-"Little Wilhelmlna" have the hope of the people of the country been raised, only to be dashed. There it constant fear in the Dutch house that it will die out with childless sovereign and that Holland will pas under the rule of the German prince, and possibly become a German state. Extraordi nary preparations to welcome the little stranger have Dcen mane, ine Queen isfin excellent healthy LINCOLN LITIGATION MATTOON. Ill- April 10. Litiga tion involving nearly all the living kinsmen of Abraham Lincoln has be gun in this country with the filing of a partition suit to divide the old homestead of Thomas Lincoln, left by John J. Hall, who recently died and who bought it from Lincoln' father, his own uncle, Robert T. Lincoln of Chicago and Nellie A. Hall, a cousin of Matoon, are defendants while sons of the late owners are plaintiffs. There are 325 acres to divide. BALL SCORES YESTERDAY. At C !?-...:--. I)A.(.tnti 7 ril- 'land 1. . I At Sacramento San Francisco 1, Sacramento 7. At Los Angeles Los Angele 5, Vernon 1. when Frank B. Kellogg, special as sistant to the attorney-genersTfinish-ed summing up the case for the gov ernment. Because of the size of the record and magnitude of interests in volved, a decision is not expected un til next autumn. ASTORIA, University of Oregon President Calls Tubbing Discipline and In the Nature of Sport INVESTIGATION BEING MADE Evidence Introduced In the Bristol Hating in the Nature of a White wash of the Five Student Impli cated in the Alleged Outrage. EUGENE, Or.. April 10-The com mittee selected to inquire into the al leged brutality inflicted upon Ralph Bristol, who was hazed by the stu dents of the state university, as a re sult of which he became insane and was committed to the asylum, was begun this morning. The testimony of the faculty wa to the effect that Bristol wa threatened with insanity before the hazing occurred. This tes timony substantiated that of students yesterday, but contradicted that of three or four faculty witnesses who were on the stand late yesterday af ternoon. President Campbell testified that bathtubbing was not considered haz ing at the time of the incident here or in other colleges, and Carl McClain, a professor in the engineering depart ment .also said that bathtubbing had existed prior to 1902, and had been continually used. In defining hazing the president said that it was not a matter of discipline, but rather , of sport, but that bathtubbing had been used here for discipline alone as far as he knew. Shortly after 11 o'clock the com mittee adjourned and took the noon train to Salem, where they will hear the expert testimony of Dr. Tamiesie, of the-state insane asylum. John N. Bristol, father of the boy, would not consent to this! at first yesterday, but before the meeting adjourned for the day agreed. Much is expected from the expert's testimony by the five students implicated. WRECK REVIVED WASHINGTON. April 10. At a cost of about $35 000, the Isthmian Canal officials are restoring for use the Marmoth an old French ladder dredge of the Belgian type, which wa launched at the LaBoca shipways on March 25. It soon will be at work, at the Pacific entrance to the canal. doing the excavation for which it wa designed 25 year ago. It is a com posite dredge, made of a hull taken from the beach at LaBoca opposite the Panama Railway wharf, plate dug out of the mud at San Pablo and machinery from an old dredge at Gor- gona left on the bank of the Chargre by the French, lhc capacity of the Irerlo-e will be about 60,000 cubic yards a day on two 12-hour shifts. HIGH CLASS SHOOTING WASHINGTON. Aoril "lO.-Hiuh figures of merit were reached by the Fiftv-Seventh comnanv. Coast Artil lery, February 14 last, in target prac tice at Battery Jewel, tort Wint. f. 1. A statement issued by the War De partment states that the company made ten hits out of 10 shots hred at a target 10 feet high and 24 feet long moving at 8:35 miles an hour and at a mean range of 1900 yards. The entire series of shots were fired in thirty six Seconds and only two guns were used. Onlv one comoanv in the coast artillery made a better mark during the practice year of 1908 and the officers and men of the 57th Com pany will be commended for effic iency. " NEW RED STAR LINER SAILS ANTWERP. April 10. The new Red Star Line steamer Lapland was given a rousing farewell today when she departed on her maiden voyage to New York. The Lapland which was built at Belfast, is a vessel of 18, 565 tons and in her interior arrange ments and furnishings compares fav orably with the finest steamships in the transatlantic service. OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 11, MOVEMENTS OF SINGERS NEW YORK. April 10. For a two weeks engagement 400 member of the Metropolitan Opera House force., having finished the season here, leave today for Chicago. F.nrice Caruso, the Italian tenor, has been announced a one of the leading attractions of the western engagement but hi health is uch that hi physician has ordered him to rest for . several month. In this predicament, the Metropolitan force have been strengthened by the addition of Zen atello, one of Oscar Hammerstein'i tenors, who will replace Caruso through the courtesy of Mr. Ham merstcin. Zenatello was to have sailed for Eurppe today but he has postponed his trip. The railroad fare alone for transporting the singers and orchestra from here to Chicago will amount to more than $10,000. ; GAMBLING CRUSADE, CHICACO, April' 10,-Gambler and pool room operators were plung ed into panic last night and early to day by several exciting raid in which 129 men were captured and locked uo by the detectives under the direction of States Attorney Wayman. The action was taken without the know ledge of the police. When notified Mayor Busse expressed himself as heartily in favor of the crusade. He declared that he would make an in- vesication of conditions and it 's rumored that there will be a shakeup in the police department. The ener getic and sudden action of the statesrheartily in favor of the crusade. He attorney is said to have been caused by reports that the gamblers had been boasting that they had him "fixed" and that the "lid" would be off so long as he was in the state prosecutor s office. FUNERAL OE AMERICAN NOVELIST P0SP1ED CHURCH WILL NOT PERMIT CELEBRATION OF FUNERAL MASS ON EASTER SORENTO, April ia-The funeral of Marion Crawford, the American novelist who died here yesterday will not be held until . Monday. The church will not permit celebration of funeral mass during holy week. The services will be private and very sim ple. After which the body will be placed in the chapel of Little Ceme tery of Saint Angelo until the will is examined and learned whether Craw ford expressed any wishes regarding his last resing place. MARRIAGE FALLING OFF INDIANOPLIS. Ind.. April 10. Figures gathered by the Indiana Bureau of Statistics show that mar riages are falling off in Indiana and divorces are increasing. In the year 1908 there were 2,814 fewer marriages than in the previous year and at the same time there were 120 more di vorces granted. EGGS AND CHICKS NEW YORK, April 10- This, the day preceding Easter Sunday, is the egg day of the year. New York City alone will consume in the next forty eight hours about 25,000,000 egg. No less than 65,000,000 arrived in the city during the week to meet the de mand of the season. There are 14 grades on the market, ranging in price from 17 to 23 cents a dozen. Officers of the Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, backed by a court, decision of last year, have completely stamped out the custom of selling live chicks. Disapproval of this handling small chickens seems to have swept Over the entire coun try. METHODISTS TO GELTBRATE MEADVILLE, Pa., ' April 10. Clerical and lay leaders of the Meth odist Episcopal church have gathered here in large numbers to participate in a three days' celebration at Alleg heny College of the fiftieth anniver sary of the. departure of Rev. James M. Thoburn on his first missionary visit to India. Bishop Thoburn him self will preach the semi-contennial sermon with which the celebration wiU open tomorrow. Other eminent churchmen who will take part in the exercises are Bishop Moore, Berry. Smith, McDowell, Hamilton and i-Hartzell. 1809 DETECTIVES RAID GWlllfflS v i ! One Hundred and Twenty-Nine Gamblers Arrested in Chicago by Private Detectives MAYOR INDORSES ACTION Raid Instigated by State Attorney to Break Gambling and Pool Selling and Gambling Fraternity Were Thrown in Panic. CHICAGO, April 10. Gamblers and poolroom operator were plung- ed into panic !&t night and early to- day by several exciting raids in which 129 men were captured and locked up by the detectives under the direction of state's Attorney Wayman. The action was taken without the knowl- edge of the police. When notified Mayor Busse expressed himself as declared that he would make an in- vestigation of conditions and it is rumored that there will be a shake up in the police department. The energetic and sudden action the state's attorneys is said to have been caused by reports that the gamblers had been boasting that they j had him "fixed" and that the 'lid", would be off so long as he was In the ' state prosecutor's office. Early, this morning detectives raid-, ed a downtown hotel, the "tip" hav ing gone out that a big game was in ENGINEER AND FIREMAN ARE progress among men -prominent in Chicago affairs. When they reached the room in which the game was held ', the occupants had disappeared, leav- j. ing behind cards, chips, .bank checks. -t , none of which had been signed, and TACOMA, April 10. A Northern chief of all, a book containing, it is Pacific passenger train was wrecked alleged., the names and records of last night at Bristol near Stampe.de those who had taken part in the play. 'Tunnel. Both the engineer and fire Among these names, it is said, are man, were killed. Several passengers those of bankers, brokers and mer- weer injured, some fatally. The mail chants. car and some of the coaches left the The detectives left to make a raid track and are in the river. Telegra on another place which they refused pnic communications are difficult to to locate in advance. obtain, and the extent of loss and in- jury to passengers are not known. 104 AND IN GOOD HEALTH BOSTON. Mass., April 10.-Sitting cheerfully sew'ng and reading at her home in Dorchester, Mrs. Dora Sul livan Shea is eargerly awaiting to morrow, which will be her 104th birth day anniversary. Mrs. Shea was born in County Kerry, Ireland, April 11, 1805 and came to America 70 years ago, first settling ,n Fall River. For the past 60 years she has been a res.- UCIll UI Aliliucsici. wjnc la aim .11 good health and has full use of her faculties. HATS AT A PREMIUM ian residents have shown no emotion CHICAGO, April 10. One man but sympathy but the authorities, lies dead at a hospital and the police after iorg experience with the low today are dragging the. lake for the cas3 Italians in the-city, are deter body of another, both having given mjned to be ready for an emergency, up their lives for their hats, blown off . in the strong wind prevailing here, ) . , : SWIFT FIRE "Daniel O'Shea was walking along - the lakeshore with two companions when a sudden gust blew his hat into tne water, nau in jest, nc uei.ia.cu that he would recover it. vynne nis friends were still expostulating with him. he stripped off his outer gar- ments and waded in. Suddenly he doubled up and sank from sight. It is assumed that a sudden chin gave him a cramp. His friends were un - awe to go to nis assistance ana auer the Dariing Company's fertilizing i City this morning ready for a game, a brief struggle he sank from view. p,ant) wh5ch was destroyed some time with the Jersey City team of the Fast Samuel Wunch was riding on the ag0 I ern League this afternoon. platform of an electric car when the " wind blew his hat into the street. The T TTT7 4T "ITT A TTT7T717TI car was moving rapidly but Wunch Jj J J3 CHAUlUJvlV without stopping to consider the pos- ' w v sible consequence, leaped after it and . Trv 41 r A TT was fatally injured. j AND ESCAPE SPLIT A SWITCH SAVANNAH, Ga.. April 10. - En - cineer Ashley, his colored fireman H mhref mnil elerks cm nassencer train No. 43, south bound on the Seaboard Air Line Railway, were in jured early this morning near Den- mark. S. C. when the tram split a switch. No passengers were injured. J LAST RACING ON . CIRCUIT j j. SAN ANTONIO. Texas, April 10 i jThe. racing meeting which began in l San Antonio today mark the last 'racing on the Texa circuit. Meet ing in the other cities of the circuit, i Houston, Forth Worth and Beau mont, will carrr the raciitar alontr un- til June 12, the day before the Robert- son law will put a quietus on all race- track beeting in the Lone Star State. After the races in Texas the horse ZJV 'Oklahoma City Jockey Club will be gin June 14 and continue until the second week in July. A SflT.EMM TOAST I CHICAGO. April 10. An impres- ' sive incident occurred at the Appom attox Day banquet of the Hamilton Club late last night when General Frederick D. Grant arose and called for a standing, silent toast to "Grant and Lee." "There was begun at Ap pomattox." said General Grant, "the period of good understanding between the North and the South. I am glad to realize the consummation of the wish of my dear father, expressed for a final time in the last few hours of his life, that there would be ever an enduring peace between the North and the South." The room was hushed to absolute stillness while everyone arose and drank to the memory of the heroes of the Union and the Confederacy. Then, when the banqueters had sat down again. round after round pf applause broke out while the tiny American flags waved everywhere, . WRECK 1 NORTHERi: PACIFIC AI BRISTOL KILLED AND THE COACHES PLUNGE INTO RIVER. ALL HONORS DUE NE WYORK, April lO.-While the body of Police Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino, which arrived here from Italy yesterday, where he was assas sinated, lies in state at the residence on Lafayette Street, awaiting inter surroundi the'house'as a precaution . theblack hand ft be fe was closely ment on Monday, forty detectives are guarded after the tragedy in Palermo and that this same watchfulness is to be maintained to prevent any un toward incident before it is laid to rest in Calvalry Cemetery. 'So far there has been no demonstration and Ital- ; CHICAGO, April , 10.-Fire early today destr0yed the refining plant of Swift & Co at the stock yards. Fiames broke oat -jn the basement and the structUre was doomed before the fire dcpartment arrived. The loss is estjmatei at $150,000. Crossed eiectr;c w;res are saij to have caused he (jre , The burncd buildjn(t ;s :ust east of I i i TACOMA, April 10. After duping 1 Siegert. a Seattle chauffer, by ; getting him to leave him tn the car , alone ami deliver a sealed envelope containing blank paper, a prisoner released from the King county jail this afternoon, under $500 bonds for 'attempted murder, stole the automo I bile and drove to Tacoma where he PRICE FIVE CENTS castro objects to ejei:i!!i:: Placed on Board Vessel by Armed Force of Gendarmes Amid Great Excitement PROTESTS TO GOVERNMENT Placed on a Matrase and Carried Over a Mile, Refusing to Put on Hi Clothes or Depart From Hotel Peacefully. FORT DE FRANCE, April 10. Ex-President Castro protested to the last against his expulsion and he is now on board the Versailes bound for St Nazerine. In order that no trouble would occur, a large force of people were sent to Castro' hotel to remove him by force if necessary. Castro was obdurate and refused to accompany them unless they carried him out on a stretcher. Another medi cal examination was held and it was again the verdict of the doctors that the removal would not injure his health. Castro still refused to leave the hotel peacefully and at 8:30 a force of gendarmes went to the room and placed him on a matrasse, he refus ing to put on his clothes and he was carried on a stretcher to the steamer, a distance of a mile. All the time there was great excitement. Large crowds gathered to witness the novel and exciting spectacle and much sym pathy was expressed for the former president Castro was finally placed on board the vefssel which sailed at 9 o'clock. Castro will be carefully watched during the voyage. He ha prepared a formal protest to the French government.. BENSON TO BE TRIED AGAIN WASHINGTON, D. C. April 10. John A. Benson, the San Francisco multi-millionaire whose connection with alleged land frauds has brought him into court many times during the past twenty-five years, will be called upon to face a jury again next Mon day, when his trial on a charge of bribery will begin in the district court Less than a year ago Benson was ac quitted here on a charge of conspiracy in the famous land fraud case. This time he is charged with the bribery of two clerks in the general land 'office for the purpose of securing the ap proval of various school land selec tions in Oregon and California. SEASON'S FIRST GAME NEW YORK, April 10.-The first game of the season on the home grounds will be played by the New York National League team this afternoon, when McGraw's men will meet the Yale varsity nine in a sort of introductory contest. The profes sionals recently defeated the Yale players at Norfolk by a score o( 7 to 1 and probably will have no dif ficulty in winning today. Matthew son, Wiltse. and Ames are scheduled to pitch three innings each, that is, unless the weather is too cold. The New York team arrived here from Baltimore late last evening- AH the players appeared to be in good condition after their southern trip. The New York American team, minus Hal Chase, who is still detained at Augusta, Ga., suffering with a mild lease of smallpox, arrived in Jersey disappeared- The prisoner released is believed to be on his way to Oregon. As soon as the theft of the automo bile was reported, bondsmen notified the sheriff. He is under police sur veillance and could not have left Ta coma by train. Oregon authorities have been notified and there is no doubt he will be apprehended.