ROOSEVELT RECEIVES A CRANK President Given a Letter by White-Haired Man before the commission whl(.h 'eetigatiug the acta of GeUirU ’V n- , while governor general ot Cut a, Major Rum-il, who alote BI, ’rtl for the North American Rev,..., Crlt cuing General Brook.’» admin.-tra «uveruu, ot Cula. It has beeu alleged that the maga a Uth“rtiCie» *“» Prepare at the instigation of General Mood air Major Ladd, the latter haring W HOCOUBt- «I General Wood Woods opponents assert that he actually ordered Major R0Ilcll write the defamatory article. General Wood enters a geueral denial. A San Francisco Mystery. I banner left a note to notify his' £ r* 4 T*T] C work train which collided with « I f' C C D A I BLOODY 1 rotber, bimou 11. Bauuer a merctuiut .ll.rX | | I ,1 freight train tbe other «lay, killing 1 < 11.1111 -i%XXI . in tbia city. He appeared to have , fifteen aud injuring fourteen others, pieuty of money and no cause is I arresttd at bis home here today BATTLE IN kuowu for tbe -ash act. and taken to Pekin, Illinois, tbe STREETCAR ci was REYES IN unty seat of tbe county iu which I be acciueut occuired. T he engiueer INDIANA St. Paul, Nov. 28.^Peter Elliott, J COLLISION will be arrested and both will be WASHINGTON Presidential Crank. Chicago Detectives Are Fighting Desperate iusane, who attempted to aseault President Roosevelt while tbe latter visited here e mouth ago, essaped from the state insane a»yium yester­ day. The police believe he is biding in Miuueapolia. Some Appointments. Outlaws, , tried for tbe reaponalbility of tbe ' wreck. Down i n West Indies. Two Are Seriously In jured and Will Die. Washington, D. C., Nov. 28. —Ad- : vices frotu Suu Doming«: are that ail ' is quiet today. The guards have beeu : withdrawu. The ex president has gone to Porto Rico aboard a German I giiui'oat. ttaabiugtou. D. C., Nov. 28.—F^ San Francisco, Nov. 27. —Mrs. Lil- Lawrenoe, of Vermont, bu been ap­ Was Coming From His Uncle’s lie Coit, in whose pointed Assistant Attorney Geueral, apartments at the Palace tbe tracely occuried Mednes- Fun«ral- Detectives Arrest Looking After Strike. while R. W. Webster, of Kentucky, Two Detectives Are Shot-Spe day, is in a stete of „ collapse and # I will suocee.1 Dauiel .Miller of the the Man—Says Name ludiauapolis. Nov. 28. —John friends fear the outcome. postoffice department, recently on Ten Others Arc Injured- -Cars Mitchell leaves here tomorrow for ------- ». A A state state- ­ cial Train With Reinforce­ is Dennison. ment differing somewhat from that of trial for complicity iu postal frauds. Trinidad, where he will establish Met Head On in a ments- Farmers Help­ yesterday, i. that .Major McClung headquarters from which to direct Another Prize Fight. New York, Nov. 27. —Just as Près- and Garnett had quite a tussle lefore Heavy Fog—Univer­ ing Oiticers. the Colorado cialminer»' strike. M«.ut Boose veil was coming out of tbe the former was «hot, from tie efi.cts San Francisco, Nov. M—Willie He will first attempt a se.tlemeut ot sity Line. ebureh after attending the funeral ser­ of which he died yesterday afternoon. bis ______ brother tbe matters in coutroversry. Chicago, IB., Nov. 27.—In tbe tat­ Britt, manager for __ vices over the remains of hie uncle, “",>8 110 *8 cuiiAdeut tle that has raged since last even­ Jimmy, the light weight champion of Seattle, Wash., Nov. 28.—Two beav. a white t earded mau stepped upto Mr. Coit will not pioeeiute Hr rea- ing between seven Chicago detectives tbe world, is negotiating with the Withdraws Cup. ily loaded street care on tbe Uuiverslty him slid handed him au envelope. sous not given. National ■««iiouai Sporting sportiug Club of Loudon, and two men, who aie supposed to be New York, Nov. 28—A Berlin dis­ The I’resideut took tlie paper, looked Peter Neidermeyer and"Ha7vey Van f‘?r “ *ub tb« »i»’« English line, In thia city, collided h ad on, Filteen Drowned. patch Daisy says that ou account of with a terriiic force, during a heavy at it and vigorously threw it away. dine, two young bandits accused I v ,‘halu,’,ou' "• proposed to bring an 11 biuHii the Khisti, its witi.diawi) Tbe detectives immediately seized Berlin, November 28,-Five tislnug Gustave Marx of haling confessed to ‘“‘‘’"‘•J10“** hut,k' otr Eoudou iu fog this morning. Harry Kinuey,a telephone lineman, bis offer of a cup for the traus- the man and bustled him away to po­ smacks were foundered off the island the Borne murder and to le.^ hi" ,th" *,ly P‘"' U J“Uar*' had hia leg terribly crush«>d and-is Atlautiu yacht race to l>e held iu 1104. lice headquarters. The crank gave of Heliogolaud ou tbe North Sea and accomplice», two of the officers internally injured. He cannot re­ Instead of this be haa substituted au bis name as Dennistou. fifteen persons were drowned iu a nave been shot, one aeriooaly. Infor­ cover. .Motorman Hammond had hia otter of a cup to be raced for iu 1995. President Roosevelt has be under storm today. mation was received Ly Chief O’Neil hip crushed and is in a horrible con­ i'be dispatch haa cauaed geueral re­ at t ten o'clock • • • this morning from the protection of 54X1 special officers WILL CASE dition, is bruised ami cut about the gret amoug all yachtmeu. as during the past week be has re Miller s Station near Hammond, .. --------- ---- lu- body. He will probably die. Ten ceived several tbreatenirg lettere, | diati», w here the terrific battle is now others in the car were more or less Two cranks were taken into custody taking place asking that reinforce­ seriously injured. yesterday both of whom were heavily ments le sent at once. Forty of the Druggist Who Embalmed Bodies armed. One Soldassi, who »eut a best shots in the police department NEW ORLEANS Testifies in Favor of Mrs. Tank Explodes. message of a threatening nature, is and armed ----- J with Winchesters have Fair’s Relatives. Fort Worth, Tex., Nov. 28.—Au an Austrian. Prior to the receipt or (Guard Special Service.) beeu sent to tbe scene ou a special explosiou ¡of a glycerine tank in tbe message banded the President by Portland, Nov. 26. —Oregon was train, accompanied by a Catholic New Orleans, La., Nov. 28.—Fire Paris, Nov. 28.- Tbe proceedings in Swift’s soap department this morning the trank today, Mr. Roosevelt nat- defeat«d iu a hard-fought game Ly priest and surgeon, The supposed killed one and injured several others broke out early this moruilig and des­ rowly escaped a collision with a trolley M. A. A. C., by tbe score of 12 to 0. bandits are now surrounded in a the Fair will ease was began today before Commissioner Fisher, of New very Iwdly aud badly damage«! tbe troyed the plant of tbe National Bis­ car. About 4500 people witnessed tbe dugout. A posse of farmers have building. cuit Compauy, also badly damaged At the time of tbe narrow escape of game, amoug whom were many U. O. joined the detectives aud are now Tork, who opened the bearing here. the coutigiuous property very badly. Attorney Harper, represented Mrs. men. Three men the President's carriage from tbe col­ sympathizers. The U. O. Medioc's A^btiug the Appointment Confirmed The loss amounts to over 8250,000, lision it was surrounded and guar led turned out in a body and rooted for who closely resemble Neidermeyer, l air's relatives. Tbe druggist who attended the bodies testified to Fair's by a detail of fifteen mounted officers the University team, Philadelphia, Nov. 28. —Tbe circuit McMillan Vandine aud Em 1 Roeski, the third Brevities and was proceeding at a six mile au did not euter uutil the game was fugitive, were seen at Hammond yes­ body being so bruised that it was im­ court of appeals this morning con­ possible to properly embalm it, while hour clip. almost over but watched from the terday and one, believed to be Ro­ Mrs. Fair’s was in good condition. firmed the appointment of James Smith, Jr., as receiver of the United eski was taken iuti custody last night. At tbe junction of Twenty-third, side Tines. Albany Democrat: "The Eugene Tbe case was adjourned until next States Shipbuilding Company. Fifth and Broadway, tbe rapidly mov­ Tbe club men held time after time His companions disappeared but the Tuesday, Register mau raved over Florence Chicago detectives who had been sent ing trolley car bore dowu upou them, and the officials absolutely refused Roberta aa Zasu. Otto's heart was Dressed in Men’s Garments when the coacbmau rapidly and vio­ to see it. More thaD once were Ore­ to Hammond on the request of the Famous Cornetist Dead. evideutly broken into splinters.” San Francisco, Nov. 28.—Miss M. lently swung the horses to one, side, gon’s end tackled and held while M. chief of police there, took up the it is reported that several thousand tiail and soon located the men in tbe Chicago, Nov. 28.—Jules Levy, B. Matson, who has dreessed as a man the car almost grazing the driver, A. A. C. carried the ball. Chinese pheasants killed I efore tbe the famous cornetist, died at his dugout. Details of tbe battle bave for over twenty years, was sen­ then resumed a slower gait. Every off-side play made by Oregon home here this morning of appolexy, tenced to sixty days in tbe county law permitted and held lu cold ator was penalized but only once did M. not yet been received. ANOTHER SENSATION. age,have appeared in tbe Fort A dispatch from Miller Station says aged sixty-two years. jail thia morning for wearing men's laud market. President Roosevelt breakfasted A. A. C. loose yardage iu this that Vrandine and Neidermeyer es­ clothing. Present Ships Bell. with his brother-in-law, then attended manner. 11. A. bcbweriug, tbe popular Ninth caped from tbe dugout where they The Oregon team went on the flelrl the funeral of his uncle at 9:30 street barber, is making some exten­ Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Nov. were surrounded. It is reported that No Clash. o'clock. Bishop M< tetr, assisted by with no sign of stage irigbt ai_d for they succeeded iu reaching Follestou, 28.—The delegation from the Cleve­ sive improvements, buviiig furuished Butte., Mont , Nov. 28.—The ex­ bls shop with a tine uew barber's Bishop Potter, conducting tbe ser­ about 5 minutes piuyed like demons, Indiana, where they held up a Penn­ land, Ohio, chamber of commerce, vices. As tbe President emerged from going through tbe line for good gains, sylvania freight train, shot a brake­ today presented a bronze shtps’s bell pected clash betweeu fifty solider» cabinet and new chairs. and a baud of N'ez Perce Indians un­ the church an old mail by the name but soon became discouraged at tbo man and forced the engineer to take to the new Cruiser "Cleveland.” When you feel that life is harldy der Morrigeau, who were defying the of Deming stepped past the guards treatment received at the bands ot them to Liverpool, Indiana, where worth the can He take a dose of < haui- tbe officials. The Oregou team has collection of taxes, has been prevented beilalu’a Htomueh and Liver Tablets. Bryan’s Tour. and banded him a letter, saying "read they left the train aud struck out this on way out.” The President always received unfair decisions in across a marshy end rand dune London, Nov. 28.—Mm. J. Bryan by MorrigeauFs surrender. The I 1 hov will <1. mt« vour stomach, t OUF plains coolly glanced at tLe wilting then the club games but tbiuk that this country. lunched with Chamberlain today. troops returned to tbe year far surpasses them all. this morning. threw it down. The detectives siezed The two detectives who were wmin- He goes to Dublin touight where he THE GAME.—FIRST HALF. tbe craDk, who had a < au coutaiuiug ded were brought here to the hospital, expects to speak. The Brookes Criticism. charcoal in bis baud. He seems a M. A. A. C. wen tbe toss and chose one is prol»ably fatally I urt. Advices Washington, Nov. 28.—Ray Stan­ Russia Maintains Possession. harmless insane mau and will be sent tbe south goal. Templeton kicked received at headquarters say that the 50 yards to Cook, who rau iu 12>, brakeman who. waa shot on the Fort Vienna, Nov. 28.— A St. Petersburg nard Baker, who procured tbe publi-i to Bellereu this afternoon. ulmol at V4 h<«k Tbe President's trip was finished yards. Kirkley lost 3S, yards. The Wayne train, was killed. I’artlculan dfspatcb says the Russo-Japanese cation of tbe Kuncll article in tbe North American Review denouncing will beard it. h witbout further incident aDd he de­ ball was now on the club's 13-yard of the battle this morning say that contention as to Manchuria is tenta­ General Brooks for hia management Hl iw allo» parted for Washington atone o’clock. line. They uow punted 4 yards to seven detectives were sent to Ham­ tively settled by Japan agreeing to L‘M I Goodrich, who returned the tall to mond last night aud located the men; recognize Russian dominant interests of tbe governor general’s office it Cuba, is to be summoned to appea tbe Club's 43-yard line. Goodrich they then gathered a posse, and sur­ there, with the understanding that D JU st • - JOE COLE FELL before tbe senate committee on Mil; made 7 yards iu th’-ee downs. Or< gon rounded the dugout, but awaited day­ there will be no interference with neer, died in that city Wednesday, tary Affaire. eoon lost on downs on the club’s 8- light for a charge owiug to tbe fact the established state of affaire for the Ou his testimony will largely de­ after a long iilnege, aged 72. Mr. THROUGH BRIDGE yard line. of tbe deadly marksmanship of Van- present. pend the decision as to Wood's Denny staked out his claim and built Multnomah punted 45 yards to Lat- dine and Niedermitr. During the the first cabin iu King county, in eligibility for promotion. The Chicago Sensation. ourlette, wboj ran in 7 yards. Tem­ night desultory Are from both side whioh Seattle la located, in Septem­ pleton soon punted to Cook, who re­ was kept np and at dawn the bandits ber 1861. He waa a young man of 19 Chicago, Nov. 28.—Tbe four oar- VENEZUELA Cottage Grove. Or., Nov. 25.—Joe turned to center of field. M. A. A. opened Are iu dead earnest. Two de­ barn bandits were lodged In separate then juat from Indiana. Cole, one of tbe freighters tor the C. bucked to Oregon’s 25 yard line, tectives were shot early in tbe en­ cells today. Public excitement is Oregon Securities Company, of Bo­ Both Nansen and Sverdrup have de­ but lost on downs. Oregon punted to gagement. Hundreds of sbolsjwire abating. Police officer Driscoll who WILL NOT REPLY clared hemia, met with a sensational acci­ their firm resolve never to Murphy. The club failed to make exchanged. was shot in yesterday's battig is hov­ undertake another Polar expedition. dent Monday evening, while on the yHidage and tbe I all went to Oregf'U Sverdrup haa left Norway, perhaps The superintendent of tbe Penn­ ering near death. way to the mines with a four-horse on her 42-yaid Hue. After an ex­ The taudits maintain indifference Hia health lma beeu load of supplies. While crossing tbe change of punts the club bucked to sylvania railroad received a dispatch Considers the Question One To for all time. very poor ever since hia return from Frank Braes Creek bridge, five miles that two of the escaping bandits bad as to the outcome of tbe events in Oregon’s 35-yard line and lost downs. Be Settled Between U. S. prominent bia laat expedition, and he baa gone this side of tbe warehouse, the floor been captured. Tbe third man is which they are such Templeton punted, Oregon ends were actors. to the Canary islands, where be ex­ been abandoned near have thought to of the bridge gave way, aDd bones and Colombia. held and tbe ball was returned to companions, pects to remain some years. by hie and wagon fell through to the bottom Liverpool Oregon's 40-yard Hue. Oregon was An Insane Priest. wounded. of the river, some 12 or 15 feet. Washington, D. C., Nov. 28. — Semi ­ Jake Carman, brakeman on the penalized for off-side play. Washington, Nov. 28.—Rev. Father official information reached here thia Woodburu-Natron branch, and a for­ Cole was badly bruised, but was Kerregau and Coibett tucked Ore­ Chicago, Nov. ¿7.— Vanti ine'a cooi- Walters, claiming to be assistant morning from Caracas that Venezuela mer Eugene boy, injured bis foot »tie to cut the harness on his hoti.e gon for good gains inti Horan went ness was shown by tbe fact that for pastor of St. John’s Cathedral at Al­ will not reply to Marrouquin’a ap­ quite seriously laat Monday while thus saving them from drowning. through between tbeii left guard and The wagon was turned upside dowu tackle for a touchdown, aft<.- 26 min- fully a quarter of a mile in tbe open toona, Pa., was arrested by detec­ peal ou tiehalf of Colombia to Cen­ unloading some lumber at Aumsville. country lie covered tbe retreat of hi tives this morning and taken to a hos­ tral South American repo Mica except A large plank fell upon it inflicting into the river, and tbe supplies are a utee of play. Murphy kicked goal. companions, running backwards, pital for treatment. total loss. In tbe way of a formal acknowledge­ • bruise which will be tbe means of Oregon kicked off poorly but pl»ye«i Father Walters awerts that be came ment of Venezuela, whicb^regarda tbe giving him a painful vacation for Cole immediately started for the in Multnomah's territory for the while firing rapidly and delitarately. Tbe country in which they are new to meet President Roosevelt on tbe Panama affair aa one solely between several daya. warehouse station, but reached there remainder of tbe half. hiding is ideal either for fighting or promise of tbe latter to give him the governments of Colombia and the in an almost unconscious condition Score, M. A. A. C., 6; U. O., 0. George A. Dyson, of Eugene, uas hiding, 1*1ug a heavy growth of three milliou dollars which bad been United States. from the effects of the bruises sus­ written a letter to William H. Dodge, SECOND HALF. stunted pines, with undergrowth aDd collected for charity. tained. tn which be stales that ba is at pres­ Murphy kicke«i off 45 yards to Lat- marsh. Army vs Navy. ent developing a promising gold ledge Chief of Police O'Neill has selected Funeral ot Grace. ourette who brought the ball back to Chicago, Nov. 28. —Final score in near Jacksonville. Mr. Dyson was Oregon fifty picked men from tbe police for New York, Nov. 27.—President and Oregon'e 25 yard line. tbe army vs. navy football game was, the origins) locator of tbe Lucky punted and Multnomah returned to special marksmanship and is new Mrs. Roosevelt arrived here early this Dr. Darrin and wife upon leaving Army 40, Navy 5. Boy mine, but sold bis interest early about ready to send them to take tbe morning and are attending the Grace the middle of the Held. In tbj development. He baa followed Corvallis, will take a trip around tbe Murnby made a 40-yard run for men funeral. Secretary Loeb and Cowles min lug for years sod advocate» tbe world, going from San Francisco, Shaw's Brother Dead. what seemed a touchdown, but Chand­ •re also in the party. objects of tbe Oregon Miners' Asso­ taking in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Must Attend Drill. Washington, Nov. 28.-Secretary of ler was held and M. A. A. C. penal­ Upon their return they will resume the Treasury Shaw, received a tele­ ciation. ized 20 yards. At the regular drill hour last night, bujinees in Oregon, probably in Eu­ Hunting Poisoner. Father P. J. Lynch, pastor of Ht. gram thio morning announcing tbe Multnomah punted to Latonrette iu the armory, an order was r. ad ire- gene.— Lebanon Express Advance. death of bio brother, D. Shaw, at Patrick's church, GainsviHs, Florida, __2 ilz;. Berlin, Nov. 27.—The Moer Gen on tbe 4-yard line. He returned w‘nrD^ 14 “ fore Company M, promoting four it is to be boptsi that our city .Manila, Iowa. He waa a well known la eudeavoring to divert Irish immi­ Post says that a commlseon has yards. Templeton punted to Cook, members of the company to non-com­ council will pass an ordinance that banker. Secretary Shaw left at ten gration to tbe Hontb. Ha has about apppointel to ascertain bow the who run into Oregon’s 37 yard missioned officers. Corporals -I odao will practically prohibit traveling o'clock this forneoon to attend th* 100,000 acraa of flue farming land in Poison wac placed in tbe food at the line. M. A. — A. C. carried ’be ball by ami Ralph Whi’e were promoted »er- doctors, if the title Is applicable, from funeral. Alachua county, Florida, aud wants Wsr'« party that cause«i the death of using shifts and tandem pUy» geants. and Private. Fred Kress and using our city at all. to settle it with a colony of Immi­ tbe little princess. 14 yard line. Murphy at- Will Kauteu were promoted corpo- ¡The down valley papers have been gon's grants from tbe green isle. He does Fell 100 Feet tempted a drop kick , but It^wa­ rale. These men ! bave been faithful not want any but people who uuder- Divorce—Quick Marriage. blocked and Berkley fell on the tall soldiers, aud are well fitted to bold taking advertising from Dr. Derrlo San Francisco, Cal., Nov. a.— a, one fifth regular rates, and as a stands farming and he hopes that in in two plays tbe positions I William Rankin, foreman of the iron Newport, R. T., Nov. 27.—Within an on Oregon's 4-yar’ lioe. I- rule the matter was eo objectionable a few mouths all ths iau«i will bs " n. Horan was sent over for a touchdown. kcur of the rendering of a decree of been appointed. that it was not fit to tie published in work on tbe Merchants’ Exchange taken. Father Lynch is a well L. - A geueral order was i aito read, I» 3 reaped table paper. Ii Dr. iJarrin building, feli 100 feet to the >Mseni<-nt known citizen of Florida. •bsoluta divorce, Mrs. Arthur Kemp Time 12 minutes. Murphy kicked 37 yards. i which • n befe. sued by Coion« ! G»nte J”*4 marrie i at noon today to Hollis goal. Oregon kicke«l efl i ' •advertise« in tbe Guard be will have from the fifth story tbia morning and The experimental chair ^factory in — Huunwell. She is a sister-in-law M. A. A. C. bncked to Oregon affects not only the off!« •»re end en-| I,' to cut out all objectionable matter hia Isxiy was crushed to a abatelees William's Valley, south of Grants | d(:*DF. but gl Reginald Vanderbilt. Freddie 22-yard 1 ine and lost ou Hated men of Company Pass, and owned by U. M Cal followed o, the entire regiment, i iud Its pro end pay tbe regular rates Gebhardt gave the bride away. Several exchange» of We do not talieve in these travel was deetroyed by Are, Hun day, to­ difficult ber ended Upholds Tax Law. «nd tbe game el — witb tbe ball io visions will make it rat ¡ng doctors. They should be pro- gether with all manufacturing tools yprd t from drills Forger Captured t Oregon's possession on h*r for the men to be «Been Han Francisco, Nov. 28. —Federal and material. The chair factory was bibite«! from entering Eugene. witbont leave, sud not s' 'lifer a trial Judge Morrow baa rendered a decis­ a new department for Southern Ore ( Special to tbe Guard.) ----- 7 court, and such No one was seriously injured. The before a «ielin'insnoy ion upholding the inberltan«*e tax law goo, and had a very promising future JoDction City, Nov. 27.—Tbe offi- U O. boys are brghly indignant st penalty ■« *he court may direct. •• in the war revenue act In the clause before It. It was t«eing watched with here captured tbe man who was tbe treatment received from the Statwman In tbe act to levy heavy tax on minor ootedaiderablo lotereat, aa to «lemon •«>tM by Sheriff Fisk for forgiDg l^eap year begins January lot. Tbia heirs. It was claimed to be on officials- . *h*,ks on Eugene merchants. will make eight years since tbe ia«iiae constitutional and many have refused strata tbe value of Houtheru Oregon Shoots Himself. Time of halt»». » minotes eseb bard woods—modrona, mazsuita end I'epnty Sheriff B owd arrived here »«■re in poe«*a»i"n of tbe privilege of Officials. Ralph Fisher sud >-,cbD to pey. New York, Nov. 'M-VI oaks—as material for manufacturing ‘his afternoon and has left for Ea- pr«'poeiug, and by thia time an ela- ToocbdowDs. Horan 2. Goal#, □er, formerly of B««*' ' chairs and other furniture. From •*ne t>y private conveyance with tbe ganteropof bashful b»aux baa ma Train Wreck Arrests ■ II appeersn«*es tbe tire was tbe work retir»! *n Franerò m-ren Prisoner. lured—reedy for marketing. Giris be *«•“ Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 28 — Con­ of an incendiary aud an effort la be­ bimsei. iu a breve, a faint bear* never woo a The Havane Scandal. ductor Hastings, of the Big Four ing made to rau down tbe culprit. — in th« mwbauicsl depait bou~- here kxlay by showi tu ic id» cbappia. eu errot in the me« Mystery sarround» th» *»ahington, Nov. 27.—Among the, ment it failed to appear.-Ld 1 ffitDe««« who teatified this morn in« THE FAIR RANK DECISIONS’ CAUSE DEFEAT Probably Not. Leap Year Here boon. Handicapped By Lack of Uniforms 1 ill Trunks ■■k-T? T“. " •- - — Arrive Too. Claims I hat Over Zealous paper Neus Reporters t alsity and Send Out Untrue Sen­ sational Reporb. Washington, I). U., Nov. 28.—Gen­ eral Keyes, the spectal vnvoy of the Colombiau goverumnit to protest against American recognition aud support ot the Republic of Panama, arrived here this morning ui.d waa uiet at tbe traiu by Minister Herau ot Columbia. The Geueral declines to ducuss bis mission. He deuies the v.arllke ut­ terances attributed to him euroutu from New Orleans, cunipiaiuiug that the false light be waa put iu was the work of over zealous uewapaper re­ porters who would not stop at talse- boixl tur seusatioual reports for their papers. As soon as the trunks containing bls state ami military uuitoruis arrive General Keyes will visit tbe several legations ot the South American re­ publics in hope of inducing them to join with Columbia in a protest against tbe action ot the United States at 1'auaiua. THE GOVERNOR STANDS FIRM Will Mention Nothing But Tax Question In His Message. (Salem Journal, /j That Governor Ciutmberlaiu will coutiue bimieif iu hia measage to tbe legislature wbeu it meets lu special session here ou December 21, next, to tbe treatmeut of tbe tax question alone, can uow l>e stated upru au­ thority, because he so emphatically declared yeatezflay afternoon wheu a ( qusslioua i » ip*.-, th« suhj< t i r I tin !0r hia Wliel lt> her • « chi I ir< rn, ( tins U WI m C iuii , Jf to ■j y iLt them together to euact remedial leg lalaliou to remedy tbe defect in thu Fbelpa law and 1 will have nothing whatever^ to do with the seaaluu or ita buaiueee aside from it." Aa the Governor of tbe stale of Oregon he would not exptess himself oue way or the other upou tbe port age railway law, but, aa a private citizen, be said that be did nut hardly ■auction its repeal nor think it the moot wise movemeut to make, "it seems," he said, "that tbe people of that section over there denisud some relief and 1 am of tbe opiiiiou that tbe government will never do anything with tbe canal project uutil tbe elate makes a move to build tbe portage railway. Tbia has been tbe case iu everything else of a similar nature that haa come up and 1 do not be­ lieve that anything will bo done iu tbia, except tbe state takes tbe initi­ ative. Personally 1 do not tbiuk the law baa served its purpose, and I do not see any reason wby it abould l