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- THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, , PORTLAND, . WEDNESDAY EVENING. MARCH 23, 1004. Democratic Revisionists . Demand Vote on Wil liams' Bill. (Journal Special Service.) Washington, March 83. The Demo ; cratlo tariff revisionists of the house . committee on ways and means made an assault on the Dingley bill this morn . ing. Williams demanded that a vote be . taken on his bill putting salt hides and other .commodities on the free list. A ' vote was taken and the bill defeated along partisan lines. Clark of Missouri made a similar de mand In behalf of his bill, taking the tariff off of twine, wood pulp and agri- : cultural implements. The bill was killed. ' ,"V newspaper Me Appeal. Several newspaper publishers ap peared before the senate committee on postofflce Affairs this morning to urge that rural free delivery carriers be per mitted by law to act as agents for , . newspapers and periodicals In making collections of subscriptions, the news papers to pay the carriers for their 1 services.. . ' Although no vote was taken, It was made evident that the committee will favor- the proposition. The newspaper delegation previously elected M. A. Mo Rae chairman and delegated him to make the principal ' address. ' , . Taft Discusses Bill. -Secretary Taft 'was before the house on Insular affairs and discussed the Cooper bill authorizing the Philippine commissioners to Issue bonds for im provements.'. He said:. "Unless there .be' some government aid, capital will not go into the islands, for the con struction of railroads," Taft said he concurred with the view that electric roads should be Included and all built by native labor, which would be more expensive perhaps, but would have the advantage of cf eating good feeling. Of thousand miles h of . railroad needed he thought one third would be a paying venture and would not call lfir the payment of any. guaranty. CALIFORNIA FEARS DISASTROUS FLOODS (Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal.) , San Francisco, March 23. There is no prospect of an immediate discontinu ance of the storm. Warnings have been sent to all points al6ng the Sacramento and San Joaquin river districts that floods must be expected. ... The seasonal rainfall to date Is not unusual, but the number of rainy days this month has already broken the rec ord for the whole of any . previous March since 1850. Storm signals Indi cating heavy rains and strong winds are today frying from the top of the Mills building, and there is no immedi ate prospect tf a let up in either The river conditions from Sacramento tothe Rio Vista are again very serious From the government weather bureau warnings were sent out to all river points stating that in view of the vast volume of water now present in the lower Sacramento and upper San Joa ;quin rivers, and the rains of Tuesday 'night and today, every precaution pos sible should be taVen. -I There Is no Indication of local rains today despite the signals but it Is very cloudy up in the valley and Is storming 'at sea. i . '..- :: . MURDERER CAUGHT AFTER LONG FREEDOM ' (Special Dlapalch to Tbe Journal f : Eugene, Or., March 28. Nassar Kahn, an Assyrian tamale vender, was arrested .here last night by Chief of Police Stiles charged with the murder-, of Murrlll Kahn, a fellow countryman, on the bor ders of Lake Washington, near Seattle, year' and a half ago. Chief Stiles re ceived Instructions, from Seattle to keep a lookout for a man answering Kabn's description. . Chief Stiles telegraphed Sheriff Cudlhee of King county that the .man was here selling tamales. Hugh McGee, deputy "sher.Jl of King county, arrived yesterday from Seattle, accom panied by an Assyrian who knew Kahn well and could Identify him. When ar tested Kahn admitted his complicity in the crime. for .which he is charged. .McGee left this morning with his pris oner for Seattle. , . ; ' PASS COMMENT ON . ': ACT OF CONVENTION . (Special Dispatch to The Journal,) 'The Dalles, Or.,' March 28. Some .comment has been created here in polit ical circles today over the tacTthat it was decided by resolution at yesterday's convention not to Instruct the delegates Sot any congressional candidate although the convention was known to be for Moody. . The full significance of the con vention's action yesterday was un doubtedly Understood by the rank and file who Intended it to contrast with the 'instructed delegation in Multnomah 'county. RIVERSIDE BANK IS UNDER RECEIVERSHIP . t ' (Joernal Special SerTlee.) Washington, March 23. The comptrol ler of the currency today appointed Ex aminer Milton receiver of the Orange Orove National bank at Riverside, Cali fornia, owing to the defalcation of $94, 00 by H. T. Hayes, the former cashier. The comptroller also announced the clos ing of the Holdenvllle, Indian Territory National bank, and appointment of a re ceiver. , KILLED AND BURNED . IN AN EXPLOSION (Joernal Special Service.) . Littleton, W, Va., March 23. The Sliarse hotel was blown up by an ex lloHlon of natural gas this morning. William Lawson of Pittsburg was killed and It la oared that five other were burned to death la the ruins. 1 RAILWAY MAGNATES TO iiOLD CONrERENCc TBABTOOBTATXOX DIISOTOI r XBTTTTSCKHXTT A2TD SlUnO " KAVAOEB STTTBBS BOOK TO YM- ' XT POBTLAWD WOJ,' MEET MOKLEB. From official sources it was learned this afternoon that Trafflo Manager Stubbs of the Harrlman lines and Julius Oruttschnitt, transportation director of that system will arrive ;. In Portland Thursday night When the 3 changes were recently announced in the Harrl man lines, Mr. Stubbs was in the east and it was at first thought that the ap pointments were not an indication of any change in the general policy of the road. but merely such as corporations make from time to time. Yesterday rumors began to come In from Salt Lake, New York and San Francisco of changes in volving the personel of the entire Har rlman system, of a Hill and Harrlman deal and of new policies that were to change the railroad conditions in the northwest On the heels of these rum ors comes the announcement that Mr. Stubbs, the most intimate of Mr. Har rlthan's official friends and his chief confidential agent is, in company with Mr. Kruttschnltt to pay Portland an of ficial visit Among railroad men here this visit is taken to imply an important confer ence between Mr. Mohler, president of the O. R. A N. and Mr. Stubbs. As it is stated by Salt Lake dispatches that Mr. Mohler will soon retire from the presi dency of tbe O. R. & N., and that K. K. Calvin, present manager of the Short Line, will succeed him, the approaching conference is regarded as one that will be of great importance to the entire northwest and probably to' the entire Paclflo coast and middle west DENY THAT RUSSIAN CAPTAIN WAS SHOT (Journal Special -Bervtee,) St Petersburg, March 23. It Is of ficially denied here that Captain Ivkoff, of the commissariat department accused or being a Japanese spy, was snot as stated. He has been removed from the service and is now under arrest awaiting court martial for selling Information. The work of rushing troops to, the front proceeds regularly. The last of the railway equipment for lines in Man churia passed Lake Baikal today. The emperor today received a delega tion of students with an address of loyalty, tue first on record. JAPANESE ADOPT STRINGENT MEASURES (Journal Special Service.) ' Washington, , D. C, March 23. Min ister Allen of Seoul cables today; "A Bpecle caravan bound for the mines has been stopped by the Japanese forcos south of AnJu, and the miners were not allowed to proceed further In that direc tion. ' Newspaper correspondents have been called from northern Korea to Seoul. The censorship Is strict After a hard night's march the Japanese troops are today arriving at PJngyang." BUBONIC plague: IN SOUTH AFRICA (Journal Special Service.) Pretoria, March 28. One death from bubonio plague was reported here today and the authorities believe this indicates that the authorities of Johannesburg, where the dlesase has been raging, have been unsuccessful In Isolating it and it is feared the disease will spread through South Africa. CHARTER DAY AT BERKELEY 'VARSITY (Journal Spadal Service.) Berkeley, ,Cal., March 28. Charter day ' was observed at the University of California today with interesting exer cises in which students, faculty and al umni of the institution participated. The principal address of the ' day was delivered by President AngeU of the University of .Michigan. FEAR TO ARREST RIVERSIDE CASHIER (Journal Special Service.) Riverside, Cal., March 23. It Is charged here that officials fear to arrest defaulting Cashier Hays until after the grand jury adjourns, as Hays knows too much of the local political graft. High officials are accused of attempting to block the Investigation by Attorney North into the doings of the Hays crowd. CUSTOM HOT? SB ATTACKED. (Journal Special Service.) Berlin. March 72 Clrwarnnr Vnttl learner of Cameroons reports that the revolting natives have crossed into Brit ish territory and attacked the British custom house at Obelam. Two compa nies of German trooos are now hnliUnv the rebels in check. XCU SCHWAB SXTZBZXiT IiU . (Journal Special Service.) New TnrV. Mnrvh tlil,.rf.. t Schwab returned from Europe today. He was called home by the serious illness of his wife. Durtaaos Xand's Enchantment From the Brooklyn Eagle. Radium not onlv rnren rlta hllrn baldness, cancer, rheumatism, toothache and locomotor ataxia, but it is claimed to do a remeay ror wire beating. It is safe to call it a remedy for anvthinir an long as it costs half a million dollars an ounce, and you can't find the ounce. .- Bame'Xere. . From the Buffalo Express. "I wouldn't mind falling into the pud dle," said the philosophic citlsen, "if I could see that I had sopped up some of it. But it always looks to me as If there were just as muoh water left for the next ' unfortunate as there was for me ;. . 'vfV.-'-t T ' ' :v Diversion In Inbdned Key. Polly Do you go to matinees during Lent? -. . Doll v Tea: hut T alwivi tilrlr mi h " . - - .. . f v V M .111, piatm uim mati me cry t t M M M t M M H t "" " 1 5 '. i if "; - :"X ' i THE REJECTED LOVER Wot. ir ongagea w nimi wny, I mil band. f THE ONE OUT OF IT Gaol Bishop W. A. Chandler in Atlanta , JournaL Seven times, since the close Spanish-American war, have I of the visited Cuba, , i Each year J have observed evidences of steady and substantial progress. The new government, now nearly two years old, has disappointed all fears and exceeded all hopes which were enter tained concerning it Order prevails everywhere in the island, and life and property are as se cure as could be. The sanitation, begun during the days of American occupa tion, has been continued. Yellow fever has entirely disappeared, and Cuba is now the cleanest and healthiest spot in Latin America, with the exception of Porto Rico, which equals but does not excel Havana, compares most favorably with Washington In all matters of healthfulness, Cuba is very fortunate in its first president Hon. Thomas Estrada Palma. From all accounts and he Is praised on all sides I gather that he is not what is called a brilliant man, but a man of sturdy common sense and of incorrup tible honesty. In this straightforward ness, both Cubans and Americans down Tiere seem to feel the same sort of confidence as the people in the United States have in the honesty of Mr. Cleve land. Men who differ with him wind up by saying, "But Don Thomas will not lie, nor steal, nor allow lying or steal ing to be carried on about him." He is not so able or astute as President Dlas, of Mexico, but he is far more frank and direct Dlas manages men! ' Palma calmly defies them where they attempt wrongs. 4as la not wanting in courage but he rises finesse. Palma is scarcely so forceful but he goes straight At his object He is k man who exercises the veto power at1' the right time, and loses no sleep over the flurries which arise from his vetoes. There, for example, Is the Corona law, which he vetoed. Corona was a con gressman from Santiago who committed a homicide. To meet his case congress passed a law exempting members of both houses from trial by any tribunal but the supreme court, proposing to have a sort of aristocratic justice for them selves and plebian courts for the rest of the people. The president promptly vetoed the measure, and Senor Corona has received his sentence, and begun a four-years' term in tne penitentiary. ' Again the congress pineed a bill es tablishing a lottery. The president knowing the damage done for years to the morality and industry of his people by these gambling concerns, vetoed the, lottery bill, and so "It died a bornlng." His conduct In the matter of lottery is In sharp and honorable contrast with the conduct of Oeneral Wood, who Just three days before turning over the gov ernment to President Palma, granted a 10-year concession to that abominable establishment of gambling, the Jal Alai company. . This institution the Cuban government would abolish in a moment and it ought to be abpllshed-Vbut 'it Is defended by the pleaAhat, being established by (the authority of the American government. It is protected by. ("the Plat amM3-"k. raeni, wnjen aoes-tvoi-pewmt -the acts of "the Intervening power" to be ques tioned or et aside by the Cubans. And so It comes to pass that our government Is made to occupy the position of 'an apologist and sponser for a gambling den in Havana, and that too, against the will of the Cuban government The M M t t M M t flora and not ver- "Honest and truly. Wmia. la thsm your varv best IIOK Dim Wld onf , .panisi" "Yen." ' ' "Wall. Will Vr tor ma party." If I had dat klTa way wld woman I'd CONDITIONS IN CUBA thing "wearies indignation and fatigues disgust." Our congress ought to find some way to extricate us from a position so dis graceful. To have the Piatt amendment invoked to shield the operations of a den of blacklegs makes us ridiculous and contemptible in the eyes of the world, after all our professions of high pur pose in going to war with Spain. This little "Doctor Wood" has dragged a great nation Into a puddle of shame in which he seemed to enjoy wallowing. - Senator Piatt since his name is con nected so conspicuously with the amend ment should move an Investigation of the acts Of Wood in this and other mat ters, which acts are now being protected in Cuba as I am sure was never intended by the wise and statesmanlike measure which bears the senator's name. A com mittee should go to Havana, Investigate the facts and report a remedy. Our Senator Proctor might visit Cuba again and make another speech like that terrible and just arraignment of Spanish oppression and corruption, which he made on the floor of the United States senate early in the year 1898. Our gov ernment is much more directly respon sible for the doings of Oeneral Wood than It was for the deeds of General Weyler, and we cannot afford to endorse many transactions of his administration during his last year In Cuba. A non-partisan Investigation should be made. But if that cannot be had the Democratic campaign committee can by a visit to Havana gather many facta that will make mighty "lnterestln read In' " during the approaching presidential campaign. President Roosevelt and Sec- LEAVES HIS WIDOW BULK OF ESTATE In the will of Ludwlg Hohnsteln, filed for probate in the county court this morning, five of his children are cut off with 81 each, one son is left 8100, and the residue of the estate, consisting of valuable realty and considerable per sonal property, is bequeated to Mar garet Hohnsteln, the widow of the tes tator. The children left 81 each are John, Henry, Louis, Kate and Llsile Hohnsteln. Peter Hohnsteln receives 8100. ' : - The realty consists of 160 acres of land near Culberson, in Hltchccck county, Neb., and a lot at Alblna, in this COUnty. .' FILIPINO PRESIDENT KILLED IN BATTLE (Jonrnal Special Service.) Manila, March 23. Macarlco Sakay, president., of the Filipino republic, and 16 followers were killed and the re mainder of the band captured by Cap tain Dewitt's constabulary and Lieu tenant Pitney's scouts this morning. No casualties are reported in the American forces. . japakebb srxaua ztauaks. (Journal Special Serrlce.) Rome, March 23. The Japanese gov ernment has arranged for a party of Italian naval engineers and workmen to go to the Japanese dock yards and as sist with the work there. lttllMMI)MMtMMHIIttt ' , . SI a m . ; ' mind varv much If I dan mmU vmt i. fllvt ar t'ousand doHar bill. retary Root have undertaken to carry Wood, and - the- bumptious general can be made very heavy luggage for them to carry in the election. Still, as I have intimated, it would be better for the honor of our country that all this mat ter were righted through a non-partisan investigation by the congress of the United States. . Returning to the . consideration of President Palma's administration, the Cuban people are particularly pleased with the financial success, of the new administration. There is money in 'the treasury to pay off the bonds issued by the Cuban Junta for the prosecution of the war, and the 885,000,006 loan to pay the army has been successfully man aged. This means much for the peace and prosperity of the Island during the present year, and the Immediate future. Nor does the transaction Involve any thing of an undesirable nature in the more distant future. :-v ? The case is well put in an editorial printed in The Havana Post from which I extract the following!. - "Looking at it from any point what ever, the outlook for Cuba's future is certainly rosy. Probably no other coun try in the history of the world ever be gan life under such auspicious circum stances as did Cuba and certainly none ever made a better success in so short a time as has this republic. It will now be only a matter of a few weeks before the first installment of the 888,000,000 will arrive here to be distributed among the revolutionary soldiers and then the present money stringency will be re lieved. "Some people are saying that the Island will be put into financial distress when the time comes to pay back the debt. We fall to see why this is true, because before the money was ever bor rowed there was put in force here a stamp tax on liquors and some other articles In order to make up the neces sary sinking fund which ''such a loan would call for, and it has proved a far greater success than President ' Palma had ever hoped for. To give some idea of what a great success this stamp tax Is, we need but give a few figures. In order to meet the Interest and . sinking fund of the big loan it Is necessary to collect 81.700.000 yearly, and. adding the cost of collecting, th whole amounts to 82,000,000. Will taxes meet thisT 'Yes, and much more.' Last month there was collected from the stamp tax alone 2300, 000 in round numbers, or Just 8100,000 more than was needed.. A year of such collections would mean 83,600,000, -or 81.600,000 more than Is needed to pay for the establishment of the sinking fund, . the Interest . and the, expense of collecting. And it must be borne in mind also that for the first six years the in terest only will have to be paid. ' 'It should be remembered ' also that the ta,x which is to pay the loan Is one that rests more lightly on the people than any other. ; This, is because the articles taxed are for the most part commodities that would' or should come under the head of luxuries liquors be ing the principal article taxed. . Thus, the people who pay the loan tax are those who are able to buy more than the neces saries of life. This is an item of this great transaction which should not bo overlooked. At the present rate of. col lection Cuba will be able to liquidate her loan a long time before the limit prescribed by Its terms." , . - . 8o, altogether the outlook for the new republic is cheering. It will be a suc cess. If annexation shall ever come to pass, it will not ba becauss the Cuban republlo was a failure. AFGHAN MURDERER TAKER IN CUSTODY oabx srararrD pesskeb wasted . BY BSATTIjS. POLICE .ZiOCAYED S3T EUGEOTB 8BOUOKT - TO rOBT. XjAXTO TODAY CBXM3 WAg WOBST 0f ' SEATTLE'S KX8TOBY, - ' After the ' lapse of more than two years the Seattle authorities have suc ceeded in laying hands on Nassirkhan, Implicated in the murder of Amer All Khan, a Syrian peddler, which occurred near Woodlnville, on the Una of the Northern Paclflo : railway, bordering Lake Washington, about five miles from Seattle, . Nassirkhan la an Afghan and was arrested at Eugene yesterday. and was brought to Portland today by Deputy Sheriffs Magee and Southard of King county, Wash.: He was kept in the county Jail until this afternoon, when' he lert for Seattle in charge of the two officers. ' 1 , The murder of Amer All, or Merle. as he was known, was a cold-blooded affair and has caused the King county officials to exert more efforts to bring the guilty persona to 'justice than any other crime ever committed In Wash ington. The . peddler was a member of an ' Afghan-Syrian colony, quartered In that district of Seatle formerly re ferred to as "south of Yesler." About two years ago. In the early summer of 1902, he was discovered lying in the edge of Lake Washington under a rail way trestle.. An autopsy showed that he hud - been shot In. the back. The work of the police revealed that several days previously to hia death he had quarreled with a number of his country men and warrant w.ere Issued for the arrest of Pittlkhan, : Rasoulkhan, Nas sirkhan and Obabshaw. Pittlkhan was located In British Columbia. He proved an alibi and waa released. Obabshaw and Rasoulkhan were lo cated long afterward, one in Ilberta and the other in Wyoming. Nassirkhan waa located in Portland in last December, but fled before he could be . arrested. The two prisoners at Seattle accuse him of the crime. He protests hia in nocence. ' JAPAN ASKS CHINA TO REMAIN NEUTRAL . .' (Journal Special Service.) Vienna, March 23. Die Neu Frlevereaa learns that Japan has Intimated to China that she earnestly desires that China's neutrality shall be strictly maintained in the far east fearing that Chinese participation in the war would seriously affect her foreign trade and probably cause a Boxer uprising, thus leading to intervention by the powers. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LAKE SHORE (Journal Special Service.) Erie, Pa., March 28. The Lake Shore & Pittsburg express ran Into an open switch northeast of here this morning. Two trainmen were fatally injured and the passengers were Badly shaken up. The train left the track. , , , , GENERAL DICK NOW IN HANNA'S PLACE " (Washington Bureao. of The JoornaL) Washington, D. C, March 28. Gen eral Dick took the oath of office In the senate today. He succeeded Senator Hanna. There was no demonstration from the well-filled galleries. CUT TlfOVB OBSEXS. Spokane Millers Beceive Stop Orders on Heavy Oriental Shipment. Spokane, Wash., March 23. Merits Thomsen, president of the Centennial Mill company, which operates flour mills in Spokane, Sprague, Rltsville, Paaha and ' Seattle in. Washington, and In Wasco, Oregon, lias visited the mill in Spokane. He says consignments of flour for Port Arthur, Chefoo and other northern China points have been can celed with hia company In the past two weeks to the amount of 432,000 sacks. rOOB WOBX CAUSES ABBSST. - (Jonrnal Special Service.) , New York. March 23. The coroner's Jury this morning held. Eugene Allison, the head of the Allison Realty com pany, and , Messrs. Pole and Chwandt ner, . Iron contractors, guilty of negli gence in the collapse of the Darlington hotel. Warrants were Issued for their arrest ' 1 . TXBES PEBSOirg ASPHYXIATES. (Journal Special Service.)' New York, March-28. Otto Gross man, aged 85 years;, his wife, Minnie, aged 22. and Rosa Longseldon, aged 83, were found dead in their apartments in a tenement-house this morning. They were asphyxiated by illuminating gas. PLAGUE KILLS AMBBlCAITB. (Journal Special Service.) Washington, March 23. United States Consul Fee df Bombay, India, cables the state department that his daughter is dead of plague and that his wife is at tacked with the same disease. BAPTISTS MAY BRNQ CONVENTION HERE The Paclflo coast Baptists have united under an agreement to endeavor to se cure for Portland the 1906 .northern Baptist ' anniversary meeting. Rev. J, W. Brougher of the First Baptist church and prominent member of local churches will attend the anniversary meeting, which will be held this year commencing May 10 at Cleveland, Ohio. Some 2,000 delegates attend these an niversaries and they are the general gatherings of the Baptists north, of the Mason and Dixon line. " . . . ? H. G. M'KINLEY SUED ON PROMISSORY NOTE Suit was filed against Horace G. Mo Klnley by the Bank of Brownsville in the state circuit court yesterday after noon to recover $500 on a promissory note, with Interest and attorney's fee of 276, and for costs of. the action. Ac cording to the Instrument filed, which was' drawn up by Attorney C C.' Palmer, the facts in the case are as follows: ' - RAILROAD DEAL IS ON 0. R. & N. Co. Is Extend IngltsUne May Absorb Clark's New Road. ' (Special Dispatch to' The JournaL) '' Salt Lake, March 2 S.v-The information published exclusively In The Herald to day says that all that portion of the Central Paclfln hutwuan nnn anI Ao- den, and all of the-Unlon Paclflo between ureen iver ana ugaen, is to be added to the Oregon5 Short Line, is correct ex cept the statement that A L. Mohler, now president of the a R. & N., and Others. Will havn tltlna a vtoa-nvaal. denta of the respective roads,1-, - ' i w, H. Bancroft . recently appointed vice-president and general manager of the Union Pacific, comes back tn th. Oreo-on Rhnrt Una' hr . Tha rwa,. Short Line will not be enlarged, but- will simpiy operate its trains on the Union Paclflo and Southern Pacific, between Reno, Nev., and Green River, Wyo. j ' E. Sucklnrham. . unarlntAnonf transportation, may succeed E. E. Cal-, vln here as assistant general manager Of tha Oregon Short , Line. , The Important announcement Is ex pected shortly that: the Oregon Short Line will take In Senator Clark's road to Los Angeles, now building, and that it will operate Its trafflo under Mr. Ban croft . THOUGHT ENEMIES SOUGHT HIS LIFE (Special Diapatch to The Journal.) Eugene, Or., March 23. William R. Kemery, a resident of Fairmount a suburb . of Eugene, oommltted suicide last night at 7:80 o'clock by shooting himself through the head with a rifle. Kemery had - suffered tor some time with a recurrent. mania which usually took the form of an expressed fear that enemies, were seeking to kill him. All day yesterday he was restless and said he had a presentiment that he was go ing to die that evening. His wife and frienda tried In vain to quiet him, but the unfortunate roan was helplessly de ranged upon the matter. A number of neighbors were in the house when the tragedy occurred and had been trying to reassure him that he was all right and without danger, but he rushed into the bed room and placed tha muzzle of a rifle behind hia right ear and fired blowing the whole back of the head off. He was 44 yeara of age and a man of family, leaving a widow and three little Children. He was a member of the Fra ternal Tribunes, holding an Insurance policy for $2,800. , , POLICE PREVENT! i . CHINESE TRAGEDY Chinatown was thrown Into a fever ot excitement this afternoon shortly be fore S o'clock when the police were aent for to prevent what was claimed to be an impending tragedy. As a result Se Ung, employed In the canneries In the north, was taken Into custody.- It is al leged that be planned to kill a' Chinese slave woman named Gen See. Gen See la a human chattel, and is ac cused by Be Ung of robbing him ot $200. A Celestial residing In tbe Chinese quar ter sent a hurried message to headquar ters to the effect that Ung was about to murder the woman. Under the pillow in Unga bed was found a big revolver, fully loaded. The police will Investigate. INDIANS MUST WORK SAYS THE PRESIDENT (Wathingtoa Boreas of Tbe Journal.)' Washington, LY C, March 28. Preai dent Roosevelt preached a homely ser mon to . a. delegation of Indians from Pine Ridge this' morning, urging them to sell half their ponies and get more cattle. ''The government will help you all It can, but it cannot help- men who can work and won't" said Mr. Roose velt- The president s remarks met with tbe approval of. tha Indians, j . ABTOUrB LABBB DBAS. Antoina Labbe, an old and well known citizen of Portland, dropped dead on the sidewalk near his residence on Port land Heights at 4 o'clock yesterday af ternoon. He , had previously been In fair health and had gone Out for a stroll, little suspecting that death stalked beside' him. Heart failure was the cause. APPOINT FOSTMA8TEB. . (Waahlngton Bureau of Tbe Journal.) , Washington, D. C, March 28.- Toda'jr R. A. Sanders was appointed postmas ter at Garrison, Or. -.V Tha meeting place of the convention is usually chosen by three boards, the home mission board, the board of for eign missions and the board of publi cations. In its effort to secure the 1905 meet ing the Portland delegation 'will be backed by the delegates from Paclflo coast towns, Seattle, Tacoma, San Frart. Cisco, Los Angeles and other cities of the west having already offered to as sist In every way possible, Mr. Brougher will leave for the meeting early In May. The note to the bank! wa made by ' McKinley on August 28, 1899. and wasf payable In 60 days, wltn interest at .10' J per cent per annum. The only amount paid on the note was the interest ae-' orulng-from the time it was executed to May 24, 1902, amounting to-2187.22. It la stated that $500 is due, with In terest from May 24, 1902-