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' '.' CV ) ' Ovvu - Li v 'Jill lis.U .-- , -- 'ttt- tii3 vrz-vniriv , Fr toni-ht and Satiirday, con tinued warm; northeasterly winda. , - . - I. y :ri o 1 A VOL. IV. ,110. PORTLANDS OREGON FHIDAY EyENIIIO, V AUGUST 18. , 1803. SIXTEEN PAGES.' ' .' ,v V; '. - PRICE TVO CENTS. EaJZtSP i i:u snips HISSKJG GIRL BADFROtalTMEWILLTAKE ClllfJESE COOLG .5 --u ' 'If"" Ui. iBEGil . ..- ... ........ -r -. War Vessels at Port Arthur Sub , merged by. Opening Valves, -;' Vital Parts Having First '." ' Been' Creasd.'A.'.i'A:'-. : PEACE ENVOYS DISCUSS CZAR'S NAVAL STRENGTH ;T Imitation of Ruaaian Power' in Far Eaatern Water Subject of Confer ence but No DecUion Reached To . Adjourn Until If onday When Final Tug of War Take Place, ,.- : (Joans! Basrial Ssrvis.) -. Portsmouth. Aug.' II. It ' nounesd when the .envoys left (or the conference this ' morning" that adjourn ment will be taken after the aeaalon to day until Monday to five the eecre- '. tarles time to oetsh p with Uv racorda, The commissioners ar showing eigne of fatigue. ' They worked antn o'clock "this morning. in their rooms and eroae at f o'clock. They studied the digest of the several daye proceedings before - a hurried breakfast' Konrur and witt have eat a strenuous pace for the mem' : bare of thalr suite. , :. Al o'clock KoroecoTlte - tele phoned from the navy yard aa follow: , - "Thla morning tha envoys dtscusssd artlrl. 11. hut Aid not rinleh. Discussion . win be reaumed at a o'clock, this after ' noon." ';- :. r. t ' Article IV concerns the limitations Of ,- Ruaaian naval strencth in tha-tar east, v fr:--' ' ankan naps VrUaJmsea. ' -:' : . IH connection with this dlacnaalon It la' eta ted epon Japanese authority that . It hae now been asoartalned that the Russian warships at Port Arthur were . not fclown up or eank by arun fire. The Ruaaane opened' the valves, -ha V4n previously' areased and . Otherwise pro tei'isn mum itai parte. iy the capture, of '10 Meteev utU -ezpoeed the : ehlpa to auch dancer that the Russians decided to sink tbem pending the re ' co very, when eonrmandr f the eesi wa -gaineeV by the. Baltle fleet. Fou battje ahlpe end two- cruisers -will speedily form t aervloeable . addition- to' the Jap '"' aneae-fleet. ' ' . v - ' . v ! A ray of hope for peace Is seen Mn , " the fact that the envoys continue nege-'-thUkmaefter facing lndemntty, . The (act aanounoed that It will be discussed - again gives the impression that It is ' not yet abandoned. ' - It has been said .' that a final disagreement would ' be ' reached when the discussion of lndem nlty waa commenced.,',', .'a ." ;".. v' ' rtaal gtrarrte Konaay. .v. ; 5 . Articles lft and 11" discussed today ' concern 'the Interned vessels, the limi tations of Ruaaian naval strength in the Pacific, -and It. to the opening ef Siberian fisheries to the Japanese. r Today's' meetlnge will eetUe ell pre lira inert and minor queatlons, leaving - the delegstss to prepare for the real tug not war on Monday, when the Ques tions of , the -cession .of , Sakhalin end , 1 Indemnity will be taken up. Apparently ' on thess two points the envoys of the j two warring ' nations ers far apart as when the con ferenoe opened, Russia obstinately refusing to yield Sakhalin ' or to... pay Indemnity and Japan Is .00- durate In demanding ootn. jnnai in structions hava been aaked by ..both Witts end Komura of their home ov ' ernments ss to the extent which thsy ere suthoiised to yield In effecting a '. compromise,'.' .- , ..'-' , :. ' ' ' : numgivmam wUMu,' ui A It le stated that If a compromise' la . effected It will probably be along the v lines that Russia yield Sakhalin to the , sovereignty of Japan upon the letter's -pledge net to fortify the I aland or use , It . for military or srrateglo purposes 1 and to allow equal . flahlng and com mecclal opportunities to- the clttsens of 1 both countries, Japan agreeing to forego remuneration for the cost of the war in the form of an Indemnity and to take . Instead such Incidental monetary com sensation aa shs will obtain from the - transfer of-ths-l,lao-Tting lease. Chi nese Baatern railroad and repayment of the maintenance of 100,000 Russian pris oners, ' - .-- ...'' The Russians claim that Japan has , now won every contention which ley at the root of the quarrel between the two countries, securing Korea, ousting Rus - sta from Manchuria, getting possession of " the Chinese Eastern . railway , and privileges In Menchoxla. r Russia may sven consent- to surrender the interned ships and limit her see, power in the far east, but will refuse , to . pay blood money. ; . ' - ' OREGON POTATOES FIRST CHOICE OF UNCLE SAM ' The United States government has of ficially recognised ths merits of Ore gon burbank potstoee. In competition -with the same grade of potatoes from 'Waahlngton -and California the Oregon potato waa eelected by ths government for the uss of the troops In the far -north. In Alaska, where the winters are ., rrr r'a'aro". p'a - frnm.-ihu state has proved, by test, to be the best ? reduced. The securing of an order for ,00e crates of potatoes by MeKlnley Mitchell and W. B. Glsfko of this city puts a feather in Oeegon's cap.' Potatoes and oniona sent by the gov eminent from this country to' the far north are always pscked in crates In stssd of sacks. - This Insures ths gov ernment against the substitution of In ferlor stock,-as ths crates are eaally ex amined. .In competition with potatoes from all over the country Oregon potatoes sell In the Arl aona market it 1 slightly Mrhr price than- those from elsewhere. 1 SCANDAL LEADS TO FOURTH TRIAL Nan Rattenwi Way Have to Face :1 Another Jury on Young M urder Charge , -lt WRONGED WOMAN'S SISTER CRYING FOR VENGEANCE Relatives of Mrs.-Ash, Whoa Hue- band Became Infatuated With; Ac treee. Endeavoring to Renew Proa eeution---Aah Ejected From Hotel .', ' . (Jesraat SpecUl Serrlce.) ' " New York. Aug. 18. Owing to the In terference of Mrs: Victor Handy, sister in-law of Ralph Ash. ths Duluth lumber broker. In his love affair with Nan Pat terson, ths chorus girl may have to face another jury and make another fight for her life on the Indictment charging her. with "Caesar" , Young's murder. The district attorney's office Is Investigating the quarrel between Naa and Hn and Mrs. J. Morgan Smith.- during which Ash's slstsr-ln-law charges that ths two sisters "exchanged bitter words and bit ter remarks were made by Mrs. Smith, which. If true, might have a bearing on the murder charge. . ; Nan Patterson is not vst freed of the indictment charging her -with murder In the first degree. -.Should any sctlon on her part warrant It, the district at torney can reopen. ths case and have tne gin rs-arrested and tried again, It is learned that Mrs. Handy -has been to the district attorney's of floe to see assistant -District Attorney Rand. who prosecuted Nen Patterson on. ths murasr cnarge. - - '. , . It Is denied today on behalf of Nan Patterson that ths prospect of a horse whipping cruised her to leave New Tnrk and go to Wsshtngtoa ; ths proprietor of the Cambridge Court hotel; where Nan-Patterson had apart ments under the name Of HnUn J,.if. ham. says, that Broker -Ash was so per- ' aneniions to tns actress that he waa finally -sleeted hm h I...., . -" -r m GKpiliS. FEO'l THE GRAVE - OF ASPHYXIATED GIRL !vi .' ,;:'" . ill . . . ' Crowd Digs : Up. .the ' Body and Calls a Physician Who Finds i . HerDead.t.:,1i Kl tloamal SpeeUI svnre.) . New York. Aug. !. A workman while passing 'through St. Augustine's cams.' tsry, Bridgeport.. Connecticut, ssys he heard groans Issuing from. the grave bf Miss Annis Bender,- IT years old, who . died ". of gas asphyxiation, sn.l wkssa hnriy waa "v'" .Wtdnesday. T.el report so -exoueo ner-: relatives that. followed by- a crowd of l,O0 persona, thsy went to the cemetery at mldnlsht Wednesday and disinterred the body. Tne oooy appeared to he In the same condition as when burled, but the crowd would not--be eatlefled ehe. waa-. dead until phyalclana were called to examine tha body.- While ths soffin wee being raised otA of the grave meny women became exalted and hysterical, and de clared they heard groans. ' After the body, was' again burled scores of people lingered about tht: grave, most of them still believing they neero) ins girt groaning, . -:J .-, . "- .' j ZlAVEE .. ACCUSED SELF TO SAVE HE Major Taggart Tearfully Declares 5 That He Accepted Blame r, ' , ; .to. Protect Mate, , BRUISES ON HER BODY ' ' . STINGS IN HER HEART Letter Read From lira, Taggart Ac ' cuaei Her Huabandv and Refuting to Return to Him Hotpital Rec- 'orda Barred From Court. . ' i '., ' (Jesrsal Speslal Bervtee.1 5 Wooster, Aug. 1. Major . Taggart waa recalled, to the stand this morning and. cross-examined 1 regarding his let tors. He reiterated the statement that hs wrote them, . taking, all the.bleme to protect hie wife. . He said that he wrots the letters , to protect , his - wire irom charges that he had beard floating about the' post Hs ssld thst he wrote that hs had been drinking when he had not.'- The major declared tearfully that he had beard that General Miner would not allow his wife to communicate with him, and said that his sole motive In accepting blame wee to protect hie wife from poet gossip. .: - A letter written by' Mrs Taggart, 're fusing to return to the major, was read In court by Attorney Smyser this morn ing. It aocussd Taggart of placing a bruise -on her body and stings-In her heart, "making it impossible to ever return."-. ; ..Judge Eason refuses to , liu.ua an' at tachment for -the records end officlsls of ths hospital In Cincinnati where -Mrs. Taggart was ill. though ths attorneys for Taggart are making a final effort to get it into -she. evidence. ' Subpoenas wsrs sent commanding the attaches to bring ths hospital records to court, but ths - necessary . officlsls at Christ's hospital were missing when ths sheriff went to serve the papers, and .the sheriff decided that leaving a subpoena for Alice Thatcher, ssslatant superin tendent of the hospital, was sufficient.. ' Rev. J.- J. Exeelt,- a retired -minister, believes that he can affect a reconcilia tion. He says thst Tsggaj&and hie wife still jovs eacn vur. .,, ., , " " -"Jape- Bssstad Boycott. ' ' (Josrsal Bpaclal 8tvts.) ""tokohams, Aug.' If. Japanese mef chsnts hsvs rescinded tha action, of their boycott upon American goods. ' Wsr to the knife will ' be . declared agatnst the saloons' If they persist in their efforts to dictate leglalatloa la ths city council. ' " 1 ' ' "-' Mayer Lane Is flrmly rssotved to pre vent saloons 'from maintaining closed boxes and all ths powsr of ths polios do pettnierit will he employed- Unenforce his policy. BUM more araeuo ini plsn of members of the municipal asso ciation, who declare that If. the box evil is not at ones abated steps will be taken to compel every saloon In- Portland to elose on Sundays, In accordance with the atate.law. , . "If the saloon men of this" city-at-tempt'to go the limit In this mstter," ssld the mayor 1a eutjlnlng hie plan of campaign, "they will run against a stone wall- Let them furnish .their boxes with lavish fixtures snd put on the doors bolts end bars snd lock a The chief. of police will be notified to raid all auch resorts, batter down the doors MAY SHUT But Friends Nor Police Can Find Trace of Pretty Maude Rust r-.7-Wno Disappeared Over ' v" Two Weeks' Ago;' ;' MOTHER THINKS SHE : v IS HELD A PRISONER Edward Campbell, Aged and Wealthy Cattleman, Who Waa With Her the 7 Night Before She, Faded - From - Sight, Alleges Blackmail and Telia Stories That Do Not Agree. V - , , ; Maude Rust is held, a prisoner some where in the city, her mother says. ' Mrs. M. O. Rust has again appealed to the police to -rescus her daughter from htnHr.-""''-'-'4 i .'-...-V-. ',. The mother declared that a few. days ago, while ehe was - at a neighbor's house, the missing girl called up bar homo by telephone and pitifully cried for "Mamma!" . The sounds at the other end of ths line Indicated- that, she' was then forcibly torn from the Instrument. - Acting on this Information Detective Hawley of tha Boys' and .Girls' .Aid. so-, ciety has employed every means known to the polios to try to' locate ths 14-year-old 'girl, but his efforts have "been futile.' -Accompanied by Acting Detect ive Jones Attorney B. M. 1 Smith has scoured the city in the search for Miss Rust. Every hotel, every lodging house, every place of -questionable reputation where it le believed shs may be con cealed baa been visited. But the quest has come to naught. V . ' . Out at Ockley Green, a pretty station on the St- Johns Jtne. Edward Camp bell, retired cattle and eheep man, said to be worth $100,000, the man from whose house the girl disappeared, calm ly waters his lawns' and attends to the details of an existence almost rural as calmly as if he had never heard of the chili hwssjstmeej-l)-tjTseBWwg 1 mother's heart. . But hie demeanor is merely, a .curtain for hie feelings., ' . . Oampbeil Talks ef .SlMfasuOl. When; Questioned Campbell's, ivoloe takes on a shade of Irritation, and he has words of criticism for those whom he blames for bringing him. into unen viable notoriety. - "This is a blackmail scheme." hs bit. terly asserted. "I made my money hon estly and I don't intend. letting any body force me to part with It. Mrs. Rust asksd me for money with which to prosecute the search for ths girl and ldn t get it. ir i gave nsr money i hlnk her girl would be discovered all right , and would be found to be un harmed.' Shs knowe where the girt ran be found. . I told her that In the pres ence of my lawyer stnd Detective Haw ley." - .,. ' Whatever may have been the glrt'e fate, the police have found the problem of locating her 'or her lifeless body ons of the hardest they have been called on to .solve.- , ' . . Ths circumstances . ' surrounding the disappearance are out of the ordinary and everything indicates that if ths facta are made known they will prove aa sensational as hsr going Is mysteri ous. Detective Hawley, Attorney Smith and Mrs. Rust unite In- the belief that Campbell knowe where the girl can be found, and so express themselves. . Sow Xaads Mat Campbell. . V "Eight montha ago," said Mrs.' Rust, "my . daughter was introduced to Camp bell, who is a divorced man. by her brother-in-law. Frank- Kearney. The man waa apparently-smitten with her and during that period spent almost all his time with her, even objecting to her working as offlcs girl at the wood yard, Hawthorne avenue and East , Eighth street, and earing ha desired t supply her with the necessaries of life.. He said she wsg a girl who would never marry a - man for his money, because she would not' let him buy her presents end accepted only small sums from him. "July 14 I went-to Corvellts to at tend a sick friend. Campbell aaked me to let Maude stay at hie house while I was gone, as h-wn(f4 hr l hs- a companion for his sister, Mrs. Ida Chap man, of Pendleton. -The girl went there the day I went to Corvallla, ; What took -place between that time and July xt Is not known to me. i no Know, nowever, that Saturday, July 2, they went to The Oaks snd Maude danced with two or three young men. ' It Is not trus that K. K. Kellogg was one of them, as" he was at Renst Nevada. 1 " " " 1 " .,'' "The next day, It appears, they went to a bathhouse on ths river and' after - (Continued on Page Nine.). SALOONS of ths boxes, tsks all the occupsnts te the Jell irrespective of rank or title end book them for disorderly conduct or as vagrants. . Instructions Will be alven not to allow one or two of any group to deposit ball and leave, but ball will have to be furnished for every person In the perty before any Is allowed his freedom. " TM"sWtrr-prsvent- tha -few who have money from escaping, and al lowing those who havs nons to suffsr. . "If the chief of polios and ths patrol men refuse to obey orders, ' ws will see to It thst a oh let and officers are ap pointed who will do ea ws dealre." t -By the ordinance passed Wednesdsy over the me y or' s veto saloons and res taurants may maintain boxes containing 140- squsrs feet of apace, and the boxee may be fumlahsd with Isvlsh fixtures, beds or couches and tha doors may be eecurely locked snd bolted. . Ths dives hsvs not been so free from restricting for many ' ears arl - the Captain of the "Ferryboat Lionel R.; Webster Says She Was Poorly Constructed and Is f !' -' Unfit for Service r ' " e OLD EXECUTIVE BOARD : KNEW HER CONDITION rsr Taxpayers Scent a Job in Her Build- ing,' and Wonder Why She Was Paascd by Inapectora and Accepted by the City and County With, Im ; perfectiona Plainly Showing." " ee -. "The Webster was nsver eny ' good, end should not have been e accepted in the first placs. - The e orders -of the Unltsd States ln-e ' snectors thst repairs be mads at ' once was not unsxpected." Csp tsln W. H. Foster, of the Ferry Lionel R. Wsbster. . w "Captain Foster was the Bret man to say that the Webster r wss alinghtand if no one-else oouid nllot It hs would run it at the 'actusl cost- of operation to .si the eountv. I rot him his posi tion. The inspsciors. wii .mw ' inspected ths boat, said that ths things they now order were not needed." Fred A. Ball In. design-' Ing engineer of the Webster. , i Taxpayers are tslking of scandal, gTaft- and robbery, in connection wnn the rerryDoat uonei n. " local United Statee inspectors of bulls snd boilers have ordered repelrs to ths boat which will cost ths county between ti sns and 14.000. . Then a steam steer ing gesr and en electric light, plant are ..mM .nd if they are fnatalled $1,000 mnet . be added lo the flgurso given. rTeiTThil Weuaiei must be laasn nmiinii for three or rour wseas. Captain Foster was Srst to speak.. "TknM rrDa-ira.". he ssld this mprn- Ingould nsvsr havs been necessary If proper sttentlon had been glvsn to ths construction of ths boat. Ths sx ecutlve board of Msytfr Williams' ad mfnlstratton was Informed thst the boat needed hog chains, kselsons, two sets of davits for lifeboats, flssteam-sieering gear and other things. but-itpald-no attention to the recommendations. , :t "The board paid 110,000 for a fsrry bost that doss not give ths satlafactlon th. Mason does, and ths Mason cost only lit nos. A first-class ' ferryboat eouldA have been buUt for $1,00, and nne eauloDsd with a eteam-steerlng gear. electrlo llabt Dlsnl and other necessl ties could have been put in commission for 11100S at tha most. . "There la no getting around the fsct thst a steam-steering gear must ne in stalled In the boat. With tha old-fssh lonsd hsnd gesr wo have now it waa a relic ef enttqulty yeare ago, by the way wa would need -two men at the wheel in heavy weather, or when ws meet ths swells of ths river steamers use ins Hassalo, Gatsert,; Spencer and Harvest Queen r , ' " -, Finds sTothlag wood to It AO. "Tha landings are on a par with ths boat Itself. When they were built they were extended to low wster when they should have been dredged back SO feet from the harbor line. Our present' land' lngs are six feet sbove the low wster mark, but when the water falls we will have no Is nd lngs at alL Ws will either have to dredge back at great expense or. drive piles outside the wharf line, snd that Is something the United States engineers will not allow us to do. - "Then the slips ere not the full width of" ths strsets. Ths money spent for ths railing lining them would hsvs paid for the wider roadway. - Besides, ths piling wss badly driven and without any Idea of affording eupport to the ferry In a swift current. The piles wsrs driven separately. Instead of In clusters of three or four. The boat hae knocked down three or four pile on -the- south side of, the west handing and tipped and broken four or five on the north aide. At the eest landing one ' pile wss knocked out in the high water of June, and another was broken. 'At both land ings the pontoons are In bad shape. . The Incline is too steep and it la all a pair of strong horses can do to pull a loaded wagon off' the boat snd onto the slip.' . "Another . mistake the eaeeurtvr board made was In allowing ths Installation of such hesvy machinery. Such big engines were not necessary and lighter raachin (Continued on Page Nine. V SUNDAYS liquor Interests will leave no stone un turned o maintain this condition and to keep the ordinance es it now atanda Any . nsw ordinance which attempts to reetraln the' box evil will be taken Into the eourte end contested, and while the question M its validity le In ebeyanee ths saloona will tmprovs ths- opportunity and the .community will reap OieNharvest of vice end crime. The stats law compelling saloons te close on Sundsys ha been regarded aa a dead letter In Portland. There fa not a saloon in ths city whloh does not do a rushing business on that day, and to many of them it Is ths most profitable la ths week. ' . . . - . , v - ft Is In the power of any oitlsen to call on ths sheriff and ths pollcs to compel observsnce of the law. , The bok ordinances Introduced by Cbunr.llmen Hennstt snd Masters will bs considered -by ths liquor license com mittee st Its nsxt .meeting. v . , ........ , .... .... . , .. . J. H. Richards. CAR FULL OF DEAD ; UNDER 17AVES a. I . V . v '"'- , "' Diver at Scene of Norfolk Wreck Finds Caboose With Ninety N egro Corpses. :' VICTIMS WERE CAUGHT " : L:: v LI KE RATS IN A TRAP Horrible Scene at Bottom' of River Where Excursion . Train Plunged Through an : . Open Draw Over Two Hundred Killed and Injured. (Jesrsal gpeelal sherries,! ' K Norfolk, . Va- Aug. It. A dlvsf sent into the river-, et noon at. the scene of the . Atlantio Una wreck . found a full car of- dssd men. : women and children, who were drowned like rata In a tran. The number of victims found In ths car number over (0. Ths diver ssys that ths scene on the bottom of the river Is. ths most horrlbla he-ever witnessed. Workmen era buav taklns tha daad from ths river with derricks. At 10 o'clock IS bodies bsd been recovered, all from other cars, howsvsr. . Nearly all were negroes. , . The wreck occurred yesterday after noon, wnen en - excursion train loaded with 100 negroes Dlunsed throurh aa open draw over the Twin branch of the Elisabeth river, sight miles from Norfolk, and ths engine and two ears wsrs submerged In II feet of water. Ths wreck wss caused by ths Inability of engineer tx. L. Relg to control the airnraxes. , - The engineer, firemen - end conductor eecaped by Jumping. ' The list of Injured In hospitals snd nomes sxeseds 108 and a conservative estimate places ths killed at lit to 160. IDLED FRO.'.I HIGH l.'l AIR OFF- DIRIGIBLE KITE : Miraculous Escape of Aeronaut a. Who Emerges Uninjured : From Airship Wreck. (Joorssl speeUI Serrlce.) New York. Aug. ; II. Isrssl ' Ludlow mads ftvs attempts yesterday to fly his dirigible, man-carrying kite. Tests el most resulted in a, , tragedy. -v-Charlas Hamilton, a Texas aeronaut,-.. whose father was killed In a;slmllar experi ment Several yeare 'ago, fell 100 feet with the big kite, but emerged from the wreckas-e beside the Hudson River rail road tracks unscathed. rrhat certainly -: was a closs , call," ssld Hamilton. ,' r : 1 . With ths fifth ' trisl . Hamilton ' waa carried Into the air 100 feet.- The tnav chine remained up two or, three min utes andthen began- to - turn - side to slds. Ths crowd looked on with horror ss it, saw ths aeronaut, attempting to" right" the .machine. Then It' - careened with 'ths wind and fell. As the crowd rushsd over Hamilton pulled himself out .of ths ' w recks ge. , t He waa .unin jured. ' -1 .; TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE 4 CALLED OFF BY PERHAM , .'.- '."''. " , I . (Jesrsal gpecUl Sarrles.) ' ; St Paul. Aug. IS. President Perham of tha Order of Railroad TsleersDhers is receiving By telegreph the vote of the telegraphers on ths question of de claring ths strike off on .the Great Northern, He ssys thst ths msn favor a return and announces thst he will de clare the strike off todsy. - Hs said that the condition la tha result of the com pany's offer nf higher- wsgss. u Ths strike on the Northern Pacific Is still In force. Perham will order a vote or ine oiriKing telegraphers on the Northern Pacific slso to lssrn ths senti ment on , that road about, retumlns te work. . . rt7s'raeea a Farsvlas. - .(Jeorsel gserisl Bervtee.1' ' Toklo. Aug. II Bad weather has de layed the maturing of crops throughrml I ine wr.c. country, which Is dlsturbedj by tXe v voiV-.a ouUocjl . , Admission Made in Resolution? Committee Room of Trans-; Mississippi Con- ' . ' :: ' ; ':a gress. v-W-'. rf PRESIDENT ASKED TO : INVESTIGATE BOYCOTT Heated Debate 'on the Admiaalon ef ' Laborera to Thla Country Followed 1 by the Appointment of Workers to Facilitate Laborg of OrganLtation Francia May Bt Chosen President. ':t E. F. Haines of Galveston. Texas, to day forced the admission in ths resolu tions committee of the Trsns-Mlsslsslppt Commercial congress that an effort Is being made to modify ths Chinese ex clusion laws to admit coolies. If this Is accessary to ths conservation of the commerce of, the -United Statea In the orient. .-. ' . ... .. ' The committee at the time was de bating; ths resolution of ; the sub committee ex-Oovernor M. ..C... Moore of Washington. Judge Sam Kimble of Kansas and E. H. Benjamin of. Call-, fornla which. . amended on motion of Mr. Baylor of Iowa to - Include "our Insular possessions."-' woe adopted aa follows tor recommendation to the con gress:. ', ". 4 ' '.- "Wberess, American trade with China, Is suspended, and American vessels are unable to discharge their cargoes e)t Chinese ports and Hongkong because of the refusal of Chinese to handle Ameri can products; and . "Whereas, The present stats of affairs Is understood to have been produced by the Improper treatment to which the privileged classes of -Chinese havs beenv subjected la the executilon of our laws prohibiting the admission of Chinese lsborsre to the United States; and . j : . "Whereas, There are seeking admis sion to our country- large numbers of many of .whom are apparsntly unde sirable and cannot be admitted without -endangering - ths . high . - standard . olV American cltlssnshlp; be.lt . . - ' ' , . Propec Tisstmssl foe Chltssee : . Resolved, That. the Trans-Mlsslsslppl Commercial congress. In convention ss- sembled. respectfully petitions the pres ident of the United Statea to. If deemed expedient, reiterate his instructions for -proper treatment - of . the privileged classes of China, to ascertain through the proper channsls ths reasons for ths present boycott, and to appoint a com mission to Investigate and report to congress with - recommendations for a comprehensive Immigration law fram3 to remove all unreasonable restrictions, but to exclude from the Unltsd Statea and our - Insular possessions - all umle slrable persons from every country."., Nearly the entire forenoon was con sumed by-the resolutions committee, snd at times firs was struck. President T. B. W.lcox had assisted the sub-committee In drafting ths resolution.. He was- admitted ex-oSlcio) to, the commit tee deliberations! "I wss surprlssd." said Senator Ksr rls. "to hear our president, the honor able Mr. Wilcox, pronounce In favor of ths admission of Chines coolies." r "I wish to correct the Impression of the gentleman from ' Tsxss." ssld Mr. Wilcox. "I am not in favor of the ad. mission Of coolies," . , The Altering Oboarawfteaee. -" T ant etill further surprised now to hear tha t mr president la against the admission of coolies, for this morntnr I read hie sd dress very carefully and rained thsretrom the Me thst that. waa the reel import of Ms remarks." - "I will say again." rejoined Mr. Wilcox,- "that X am opposed to admission of coolies, unless It be neoeesary to allay the feeling that haa been sn gendered In ths orient." ,,-. "Then your position to that you favor th admiaalon of Chines coolies under certain conditioner' - .i -cannot understand how the coolie " question can be coordinated with the question of giving more courteous treat- ' ment to the privileged classes, which is ths reason given In th opea for modi fication of our exclusion laws. The Is sues, seem to me to be absolutely dif ferent . In character. And -1 want to say that whlls Texas does not want to Interfere with question thst Is local to th Pacific coast, yet if ever th pro- , posal la made to sdmit Chinos coolie labor, to tble country our two United State senators and If representatives ' In th federal congrsss will stand egalnat It with vigor." , i' .., "- OooUae) Ystwa Ooauaseee. ' Ex-Governor' Moore addressed l."-e committee end reiterated the views of President Wilcox, ssytng thst hs was for ths admission of coolies in limited numbers. If nscessary to the preserva tion of ths ' commerce ef , the t'nitt i Statea In th orient .' . -.- Senator Harrla stated thst he wot-! a support ths resolution, owing to the I t that It was so broad Irt Its isnsut that It was Just ss unobjectionable would be a resolution endorsing t beautiful climate of Portland or claiming a belief In the virtue of women. - - '".' Mr. Tsnnahlll of Idsha objectr amending the reeolutlon t lncl- trtsuler-possessions snd Mr. V i of North Dakota counseled I making any declaration. gclplo Craig of Redlsnds, (" personally violently or posed t slo of any Ch'esa, h. l s th wishes of t e a s'ority t fornla delegation sn J a. syalnet ths rssolu' v A. L. fciacs or i ton, was openly In 1 cool Is labor. jtCoBtlnv. - J c v .