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L I IMIN yÌRBANKS BOGMED FOR •’RESIDENT BY INDIANA y Indianapolis. April 1—Indiana Re- went into state convention jablicaiis to «dopt a platform and1 for- ■ally present Charles arren nirbaaks. their candidate for the I residency, to the country. In presenting the name of Fair-I said cf* bioki. Senator Hemenway kin “He has qualities combining to ■ake a great pr sident and Indiana ,¡11 present his name to* the national invention with the proud and pat-, riotlc hope that he may be nominat ed. He stands for the wise policies of Theodore Roosevelt, and as presi dent he will maintain them." The speaker said the Democratic party was not justified in feeling topeful of success because of the r?- rent financial flurry, and declared: "The present panic wa« primarily a tankers' panic; it started among the high financiers in Wall street and It has been limited to a great extent to t h«i ha r* lz a. ” The speaker was in favor of tariff revision, and said the people were bverwhelmingly In favor of It. letter From Fairbanks. Vice President Fairbanks sent a written letter from Washington to Chairman Overstreet, devoted large ly to tariff revision, of which he said it was reasonably certain that it would be undertaken at no distant date, but that the date was secon 1 only importance to the subject Itself; that it is important that the period of uncertainty be reduced to a mini mum. A determined effoit w :uld be made by the opposition to contr >1 the next house of representatives. If it succeeds, Fairbanks says, a Repub CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, lican senate and Democratic house, ludlauu's standard bearer, prominent, with diametrically opposite theories, will be charged with this tremen b in the race tor the presidency. dously important subject. It is man. ifest in such an event that the con test will be protracted and the ulti urges that the Republicans be left in mate result compromised. Fairbanks control of both branches of that re- I vision might successfully take place Immediately after the next election. In conclusion he says it is not wise to enter upon the work of wholesale de molition, nor wise to make changes where not required by good business judgment or some well-iounded pub* lie demand. “When revision occurs, it must Fur- come along protective lines, thermore, revision must be made b.v those who are firm in the prjtective faith, to the end that adequate pro tection shall be given to American In dustry. American oabor and Amer ican capital. The principles of pro- tection which have given such t re mendous Impetus to our trade ati J commerce, must be carried into any revision which Is undertaken “We should bear in mind the fact that there are many of the schedules In the present tariff law which do not require any change. They are only reasonably protective ami business for ten years has adjusted Itself to them. The schedules where changed conditions have rendered alteration advisable are not so numerous as to require as loug consideration as was given to the appropriation of the present law. In short, with regard to many Items of th» schedules there is no demand for any change. Con gress can address Itself to the consid eration and modification cf those which are subject to criticism and (Continued on Page Six.» White Linen tailored waists have arrived vlr’il 1 \ Ki ML ADMIRAL EVANS AT SAN DIEGO FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT Gloves . , , . I "I «iffeta Silk e If '-<x inch taffeta just arrived; >wn, navy, Copenhagen, garnet slid eray; others get *1.75; our price. The yard................................................. $1.50 The new Easter Sult calls for new gloves. We are ready with kid. s>lk and fabric, two clasp tw 16 button leng'hs, *1.25 to *3.75; silk 1« button, black or white, *1.5ii to miner« in the Pittsburg district are Idle as the result of the failure to reach an agreement upon wages. It Is believed the present suspension will not continue longer than thirty days. .$i.oo Royal Worcester Corsets There is more corset value In a Royal Worcester Crset fhaa ary ror-> tuad ■ Short hip. long hip, short, medium and long waist; in fact w.» can fit any form. Try one—*1.00 to *6.S0. Columbus, April 1. Accurate re port« from the Ohio mining district« state that 40,000 workmen are Idle as a roswtt of the iMtbiiUy hu rewsi« agreement with the operators. What Are You Going to do for Easter Clothes? Here’s a clean-cut, dignified Spring Suit style that we are show’ng to men who like distinction in clothes with simplicity. It comes in a variety of choice fabrics and we guarantee a correct fit and the best tailoring you Ail-wool fabrics and right style Harf Schaffner & Marx ought to see them Suits or Overcoats from $18.00 to $30.00. This Store is the home of HART SCHAFFNER & ciothes, Copyright 1908 by Han Schaffner & Marx H ats X Mill yob listen to plain bnsf- talk? The next time you •ant a hat get a Mallory Crav- Mett ' Hat; it will pay you; each .............................. $3.50 Hampton Bros Where Cash Beats Credit i tfj EUGENE'S ♦ + + + + ♦ + + <■ + $40.000 OFFICE BUILDING, OPENED MAY eg ition ix »—NO POST- TO BE ATTEN- < ongress to Special to Daily Guard. Washington, D. C., April 1. Blds for the construction of Eugene's public building to cost *40,000 have been advertised for by the treas ury department and will be opened May 9, and the con tract awarded shortly after ward. ♦ ♦♦♦*>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ + ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ t This action of the department in dicates that no attention i being paid to the efforts of Oregon's «•-»' egatlon to secure an additional 1 propriation. Congressman Hawi has a bill pending in the house f< *30,000 additional and Is pushing 1 vigorously The Cost of the pro posed building, *40,000, represents the residue of the original ,.'>0.000 appropriation, after paying for the site and meeting other necessary ex penses outside of build. the Ing proper. It Is not enough to erect such a building as Eugene needs. even now. and there will be no provision for rapid Increase in population and business. Peorla. April 1.— When 8000 min ers of thin district reported for work today they found the mines closed and the operators preparing for their spring vacations. From Various Points. Springfield, April 1 All th« coal I mines of Illinois are closed, celebrat-, Ing the anniversary of the eight-hour law going into effect. The mines will remain closed until an agreement Is reached with the operators regarding tho scale. Pittsburg, Aphll 1. Everett, April 1. By the explo sion of a boiler in the shingle mill of Harman Ar Emmons near here, three men. residents of Everett, were killed and three Injured, two probably fa tally. The dead are: A. O .Garmon, T. B. Anibuhl and Edward Olson. Th» cause has not been ascertained. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ + VOL! X I EEIt ARM* ♦ TIIIXG DE THE PAST ♦ Ixirxfnn 'April 1.—At the ♦ ♦ strike of midnight Great Brit ♦ ♦ ain's volunteer army became ♦ a thing of the past, after an ♦ existence of 4 9 years. ♦ ♦ ♦ Philadelphia, April 1. The miners In the anthracite coal fields of East ern Pennsylvania are celebrating the annlversry of the eight-hour day. It Is expected the mines of this region will work full blast all, summer, as the winter stocks are practically ex hausted and practically no coal Is on About 40.000 hand at any of the storage plants. ---- — — BIG LAND FRAUD -- The senate Washington, April 1. committee on public grounds and buildings today reported a bill ap- preprinting *220,000 for a new building at Walla Walla. 1 ~ I PRINCE OE SAGEN CHARGES AGAINST WÛÜLDiMARRY CHANCELLOR DAY ANNA GOULD New York, April 1,—That Prince New York, April 1. The charges Washington, April 1.—The trial of against Chancellor Day. of Helle de Sagau is a sqltor for the tho land fraud cas«*s against Freder- preferred . _ ................. , by Rev. hand of Madame Anna Gould Is an lek A. Hyde, John A. Benson, Henry tho Syracuse University, Brandon. Vt.. nounced by the prince himself in a P. Dtmond and Joost H Schneider, ‘ George A. Cooke, of Hr involving an alleged conspiracy to de. were ruled out of court by Bishop statement In which he says Mme. Gould will sail for France soon after fraud the United States out of val David H Moore at the opening of Ills departure on April 11». The uable lands In several Western states, I the 109th session of the New York I begun here today before Justice Staf Methodist Episcopal church confer prince's announcement Is coincident Bishop Moore said he with the circulation of the reports ford, In the criminal court. Upward ence today. of 200 witnesses from fourteen states regarded the complaint against Chan that Mine. Gould has quarrelled with cellor Day a direct attack upon free her family becaus.' of her determina in the West are here for the trial. tion to marry de Sagan. The case has been on the docket s perch 1 nd a 11 ■ «• press Mme. Gould Is quoted as saying Cooke's charges were based on here and in California for the past that she will not "longer be oppress four years, the trial having been Chancellor Day’s utterance against 1 President Roosevelt and In defense ed and ruled by her family," etc. postponed from time to time. An appropriation of *60,000 was of Rockefeller and other men of ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ present ses sew-| made by congress at the pres«»nt great wealth. ♦ ♦ sion to cover the cost of the trial. L » t AMERICAN ('All ♦ ♦ which it Is believed will continue fori HOP CONTRACTORS HOI XD BOI Xli FOIl M.ASK A ♦ ♦ at. least three months. It Is alleged ( TO I 1 IlNISII RIGHT QI *1.11* ♦ the quartet, operating through fictl-l Seattle, April ♦ 1 The ♦ tlous persons, acquired school lands I Under the ♦ American car Salem, Or., March 31 In the New ♦ In Oregon and California by lais en derision of Judge Galloway, of the ♦ York to Paris race was pla< d tries and forged signature« by which ( entries were later transferred by the! circuit court. In th<- case of Ixonia j ♦ on board the steamer Santa Lachrnund k Co. vs. Lope Sing et al. | ♦ Clara today in the presene«» ♦ help of Information from subsidised If It should be upheld by the «u-1 ♦ of 3000 enthusiastic people. ♦ clerks In the general land office. preme court, to which an appeal has, The vessel sailed for Valdez, been taken, hereafter hop dealers will ♦ Alaska ♦ be bound by the provision« of their , ♦ contracts to tak«» such of the crop of! ♦ ♦ hops contracted with a grower as ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ measure up to the standard of qual OFFICIAI« FORECAST The Newport military Organisation FOB NORTHWEHT ♦ ity specified in the contract price, Western Oregon and Weat- ♦ and the balance, should the quality has petitioned the Commercial Club of that place to confer with the ad n Washington Fair to ♦ fall below th« standard of grade spec night; light frost, except near ♦ ified, at a reduction in price In pro i jutant-general of the Oregon Nation al Guard relative to the establishing ♦ portion. coast. Westerly winds of a regular National Guard Com Eastern Oregon and East ♦ Is the first time that a decis pany there. ♦ ion This ern Washington and Idaho has been given by a court in I Fair tonight; light frost; ♦ Oregon upon this point, and It Is of ♦ vast Importance to all concerned In I It never rains but It pours. At Thursday, fair. Marshfield recently In one day Mrs. ♦ the bop Industry In the state, in oth- j Sjausman had the following bad luck ♦ er words. It will operate to revalu- —some one broke the windows out of I lionize the present system of hop-bny« her launch and sank It, h«r cow got I Ing and selling, and will operate as a In the city pound, costing her *5, her Premier Improving. protection to the grower, under any pet rabbits caused trouble tn a neigh Ixindon, April 1 Premier Camp- condition of market, which he has j bor's yard, and her son fell off the not heretofore enjoyed. ■ll-Bannrrman Is improving. dock and was nearly drowned. ♦ made clothes; our store is full of these goods M arx AT -4 i can find tc and gave the admiral his full share of credit. He expressed the hope of the speedy restoration of Evans' health. Captain Royal R Ingersoll, chief of staff to Evans, was also a passen ger on the Connecticut, leaving this afternoon for the East, on account ol the Illness of his son Admiral Evan-' car was attached to the regular northbound train this afternoon and he will arrive at San Luis Obispo tonight. Magdal na Bay, March 26. By United States flagship Connecticut to San Delgo, April It The first oc currence approaching a serious acci dent since the present target prac tice of th«> Atlantic fleet began took plae • on the battleship Missouri nt 2:30 this afternoon. The muzzle of a 6-lnch gun on the starboard side was blown completely off with th«' first discharg«* and pieces were hurl ed with terrific force over th«> ship. Fortunately no one was struck or other damage done. About twelve feet of the muzzle of th«» big gun was blown away. Th«» noise of the explo sion was deafening, but there was no excitement, not even among the crew of the gun which exploded. The Missouri continued on across the range at regulation speed, and when she hove to on the return tack an examination was made. The gun had bts'n fired at previous target practices, and the accident is as yet unexplained. DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON ASKS I s »It BlltS BOILER EXPLOSION THOUSANDS OF COAL KILLS THREE MEN MINERS GO ON STRIKE Foulard Sfiks— New arrivals of Foulard Silks; the kind with quality back of the name I lie yard-_ TIIEASI RV ON San Diego, April 1 The flag-thip Connecticut with Admiral Evans on board arrived off Coronado early to day and shortly before noon the ad miral was taken off on th«» tender Yankton, which arrived yesterday, and brought to this city, where a prl- vale car is at his disposal. The ad tuiral plainly show. d th«» effects of hl« Illness, and leaves this afternoon for San Luis Obispo to receive trea.- m«'nt at the mineral he springs. To an Associated Press < orr> -p m- dent Admiral Evans sai l he regret ted having to leave the fleet, but 'be orders of his physicians were so Im perative he could no I inner ignore their advice, and expressed the hope that he would soon he able to ar range for a visit to th«» fleet. The Connecticut returns to Magda lena Bay .Immediately. Rear Admiral Thomas Is temporarily In command of the fleet. Evins was accompanied ashore by his son, Lieutenant Frank Taylor Evans, of the battleship Louisiana, Lieutenant C. II. Train, Ills f'ag lieu, tenant, and by Past Assistant Surgeon McDonald. He was greet«»d by a conslderbale crowd on the dock, and was assisted Into the car. The Con«»cticut left Magdak»na Hay early Monday morning, making th«» run to San Delgo, 620 miles, in a lit tle more than 4 8 hours. Admiral Evans today received a long letter of congratulation and recommendations from President Roosevelt. In the warmest terms the president spok«» of the achievements i of the fleet on the cruise to the Paclf- Indianapolis, April 1. Bituminous coal miners numbering 250,000 are idle today on account of the failure of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica and the coal operators to agree upon a wage scale to go into effect today. District meetings are being held in an effort to reach an agreement In different states and it is believed the strike will be of short duration, Cen- trai Pennsylvania and Indiana mines are In operation, the miners agreeing to work pending th«' outcome of ne gotiations, which are pdogresslng. We have t'.<e new spring shades: green, brown, tan, naw and Copenhagen. CONSTRUCTION OF P. 0. BUILDING BOYS’ CLOTHI l S Every s’ore will sell you boys' clothing, but If you will buy the next suit here, we'll show we sell the best kind for money SI 'ft fn *
