OOURIIE STILL
FOR
T
Reiterates Belief That Popular
President Will Be the Norn.
Inee.
ftiton hayh taft hut
'KNOX HAS CIIAXf'K.
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Southland Kitrtlmciu strong for
iVniiMylvaiiUn WhMt May Ilrlp
111m In Ui Struggle Taft I In
Too Many Favorite Hons In 1ijmniI
tkm to Illin Iultlc Opinion, Says
Bourne, Will Mtaniprdo Convention
fiir Teddy Nebraska Action Cauw
Revival of lUwarvell Talk.
Biilcm, Ore., Teh. 17. In a letter
to the Capital Journal, Senator
Bourn main reiterated iht belief that
Hoonevtilt would b thn n-pulil ran
nnniliiK at Chicago,
Senator Pulton declared hi belief
that Tuft would ba tha man, although
atntlment la tha ' aouth fo- - Knot
might land tha prlaa for tha Penn
sylvanlan. Bourne said: "Tuft will not be
nominated. In my Judgment Itoose
velt will ba nominated. Too many
favorite sons art opposed to Tuft,
who la not popular In hla ocn right.
Public op'nlon will stampede the con
vention for Roosevelt" - ,
Pulton aald; 'Tim Tuft sentiment
la growing In tha east It look aa If
hla nomination waa certain. There la
qulto a sentiment for Knox In to
aouth and ha nmy ba tha nomlnaa.
Knox la a food man."
ItmMPvrii Tnlk Renewed.
Washington. Feb. 17. Tha action
of tha rxpubl ran county convention
at Lincoln, Neb., In Instructing ita
doli-gates to the state convention to
work for Roosevelt's nomination. haa
cnuneil n renewal of Roosevelt talk
hara,
Iti-preitentntlvo Hule of Tennessee,
aahl today that If Roosevelt's nama
wo presented at Chicago, It would
cause mich an explosion that pieces
of other candldatea rould not ba
found.
t:i:t')i M).n tn- wiir.tr.
Second largest Cargo of Grain Ever
HltlHHt From rnclflo Coaat.
Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 17 The aoc
end lurgest cargo of gra'n ever ship
ped from the ParlDe coast In one vea
ael, and the largest from Taroma. Is
being carried from Tacoma by the
Itrltlah steamer Imlea. which haa 8800
long oiu, or 3U4, 4(1 buahela of wheat.
The Indra lenve for MoJI and Slnga
pore for ordera.
The (learner was loaded In the re
markably abort time of 83 working
houra, which eatobllahea another rec
ord for the port. The ateamer arr v
e only lent Saturday afternoon, and
haa been dispatched ao quickly that
ahe will not be able to await aome
passengers who were to Join her here.
The veaael would hnve taken J00 tone
more, but ta limited by the water
load line.
BACK TO OLD PRICES.
Tacoma Hirsute ArtlnU IH-jilay Flag
of Truce and Resume t.it Rate.
Tucoma. Waah.. Feb. 17. The
barbara' war la over, a.ni prlcea (or
lialrcuta are back to the old rate of
It eenta, Thlnga were lively (or the
lout three day In the barber ahopa,
and more men have good halrouta
now tlmn hnve been cropped at one
time In all the history of Tacoma.
When the bone barbera finally tot
together they began comparing notei
and found the war . waa rumoua.
Everybody waa getting halrouta and It
promised to knock out the naircui-
tlng bualnesa for the next month at
leant, They hastened to ilgn a trea
ty, and an agreement waa made to
get buck to the S5-cent mark.
MOUSE WILL FIGHT.
rifmN Not Onllty and Arranges to
1'iif Up IXTOto Battle for Free
dom. . New York, Feb. 17. Charlea W.
Morse, the Indicted ex-toe king and
one time bank owner. Is putting up a
ilcupernto buttle (or (reedom.
Todny he was arraigned In court,
plead not guilty,, through, hla attor
ney, Phillip Brttt, and then demahd
, ed the minutes of the grand Jury that
Indicted him. . , - V . V.
; Morse, It Is aald, hopes to a'-U off
i fc Wiii Hum he
free to go to work and rehabilitate
the concerns which suffered so' In
' tho crash:
Morse ws released on bond and
given until next Monday to prepare
his motions,' i ' t
emit r - Awownrn mrmcija
Flllnlno Junta Scnres Vp a' Nev?
Theory of Possible Extinction of
Fleet - ' j
Toklo, Feb. "17. The Filipino Jun
ta at Toklo. claiming to be In touoh
with Japanese officialdom, continues
to send to disaffected politicians In
. Manila, predlotlons of a Japanese m
vnsion of the Philippines.
V Undismayed by the fact that their
tirffl let Ion of the blowing up . of the
fleet in he straits- did not material'
lae, the Junta, now declares the Jap
anese program Is to await a division
of the American naval strength and
destroy the fleet In sections, if It at
tempts to return via Europe.
ROOSEVEl
BLEW HIMSELF TO FIRCHa..'
lOtllMtu'a KMroiary Use SlKHg-ua fo
Muled! Wife Kavncl from lUlllnff
llcwlf. ; .
orange, N, J Feb. IT. J. B. Ran
lotph, IVeaaurer of tha Xdlaoo phono
graph workt and private secretary (or
cldieun committed sub-Id today In tha
cellar of liN bum. Ila Utterly blow
'IniHt'lf to pieces w'.'h shotgun. Ed
ison, who had been called to Ran
dolph'i home, arrived Just In time
to mva Mr. Randolph from throwing
herwlf from tha window,
' lloclokliis on Chain Gang-.
Toppenlah, Waah., reb. 17. A
strange light greetg the eye of the
old time Indian aa ha cornea riding
Into town theaa day. It I half,
doaen aborlglnea, who In all their
Uvea were, never known to do a days
work, but here they are. under the
guidance of a big pelloeman, d'eea.
lug up and burning tha weeda on the
vacant Iota In Toppenlah, repairing
Idewalka and filling tip chuckhola
ln tha atreala. This chain gang, (or
urh It la, la tha reault of Mayor
Urant'a determination to put' atop
to Indian drunkenness. -
Struck by How-ball, Boy Die.
Seattle, Waah., Fob. 17 Frank
Lee, eon of Joaeph Lee, now in Alas
ka. died Saturday aa a reault of being
ftruck on the head by a baaeball. Hie
death' waa due to concussion of the
brain. The boy waa II yeara old. He
waa playing ball In Woodland park
Friday afternoon when be waa aocl
dentally hit on the hit with the ball.
In a few houra he waa unconacloua
and had to be carried . home.
He neve regained consciousness The
attending phyilclan aald that he Buf
fered concussion of the brain.
May Not Send Troopa to Fair bank.
Waahlngton, Feb. 17. Unleaa the
altuatlon at Fairbanks, Alaaka, takea
radical change for tha woree with
in the next few days the troopa order
ed from Fort Olbbona will not be aent
there. The troopa will be held In
readiness, however, for aome time yet
Frlenda to llltrhoook'e Aid.
New York. Feb. 1 7. Frlenda of
Raymond Hitchcock, the corned laa
accuaed of enticing young glrla Into
hla home, have ralaed 1 11.000 for hla
detenae on condition that hla attor
neys aliow to their aatlafactlon that
he la the victim of a foul conaplracy.
niKNl.t ItKlXFORCES HION-
Tll.lt I OHT8 IN CAUCASUS
MolillUIng Troopa at Datonm la Ad
dition to llHiae Anaeuibllnf at Odea-
m and Keif Indicate Seriooa De.
veoira n Eaatern Aroublea -Military
Road from Batonm to Turkey
tloanl to All Unleaa Travolta- Haa
Kpeoinl Military Order, "
Paris, Feb. 17. -No we via London
to the effect that Ruasla Is mobilis
ing Its Caucasus forces at Batoum,
tnken In connection with Saturday's
report that Russia was assembling
troops at Klet and Odessa, la taken
hee aa Indicating that very serious
developments are pending . In . the
Turko-Ruailan difficulties.
All the csar's frontier forts are be
ing reinforced and the military road
leading from Batoum to Turkey Is
closed to all unless a special military
order Is Issued for the traveler.
ourcd Boiling Water on Child.
Chlcnuo. Feb. 17. Michael Dowala,
aged 41 years. Is under arrest charg
ed with the murder of Joseph Deve
nlck, the 3-year-old son of John Da
venfrk. Dewaal, who waa a boarder at the
Deventck home, quarreled with Mrs,
Devenlck, after whlca ha alesed the
child and held It between his knees
while he poured boiling water from'
a kettle over the child's ' head and
down his back. The child died In
a hospital. ,
Arguments In Rucf Cnse Resumed,
San Francisco, Feb. 17. Argu
ments on the motion of the defense In
the Ruef case to dismiss the Indict
inont against the former bosa, accus
ing him of the bribery of ex-Super
visor Jennings Philips In the over
head trolley matter, were resumed
today. " i -
Nevada's Police Will Be Ready.
Washington, Feb. 17. Senator
Nixon today informed the president
that the Nevada state police would be
ready for work on March 7, the date
set for the withdrawal of the federal
troopa ' . ''. .
Great Hord of Cariboo.
Seattle, Wash., Feb., 17. A t
port from Dawson City states that the
largest herd of Caribou ever seen In
Alaska Is now in that vicinity, - est!'
mates as to the number of animals
ranging at from one to two millions.
Bclk to. Dance With Tans.
San Francisco, Feb. 17. Thousands
of Ban Francisco's aoclety damsels
will entertain the tars of the battle
ship fleet of Bdmlral Evans at a
great ball to be given shortly after
the arrival of the fleet In May.
Aged Couple Died Together.
Fort Worth, Tex., Feb. 17. After
living together 60 years, Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Legett, both past $0, were tak
en suddenly 111 at the same time and
died simultaneously, from natural
causes, at their home In Keller, Tex.
' A vote will be taken In congress on
the Aldrtch .financial bill In , two
weeks. t ' ' .lff.
TURKU-RUSSIAN
WAR IS IMMINENT
II
FOR THE RIDDLE
Underlying Causn of Pacific
fleet's Long Cruiso Finally
Figured Out.
TO AIM IN PHF-KKItVATION
OK CHINA'S ENTITY
Will l'.nable t'nliMl Kialra to Era-
pliatloally I'rotint AgaliMt Japan's
AggrvaNivencas ill Manchuria po
sition of United HlaUt In Heganl to
China Clearly Staled In Ilay'g Let
ter Japan's Altitude Has Been
One of Extreme Insolence In Maa
ctnuian Matters.
Washington, Feb. 17 Tha preser
vation of the entity of China by being
in a position to emphatically protest
against any proposed Japanese ag
greaalona in Manchuria, it Is stated.
Is the real underlying cause of the
Pacific fleet around the world Jour
ney.
Heveral montha ago It waa stated,
rather obscurely, that the real sig
nificance of the fleet's tour was based
on affairs within the flowery king
dom rather than any fear of the even
tualities growing out of the Immigra
tion question with Japan.
As time goes on It Is apparent that
the Immigration question will never
become the basis for a crisis In the
American-Japanese relatione. , Ja
pan's almost avowed Intention to
make Manchuria nor own, however,
may soon give Baron Takahlra.' the
new ambassador, plenty to do.
The position of the United States
on this question Is plain. The late
Secretary Huy's famous note of July.
1900, settled the policy of America in
relation to China for many years to
come.
In a circular note he stated that
the efforts of the United States
would always be devoted to the so
lution of Chinese affairs which may
bring about permanent peace and
preserve tho Chinese territorial and
administrative entity and safeguard
to all the world equal and Impartial
fade with all parts of the Chinese
empire. This la stilt the attitude oi
the government.
Japan's Increasingly arrogant alti
tude toward the empire and her ap
parent disregard for all treaty stipu
lations In relation to railroad, tele
graph and trade and her refuaal to
reduce and retire the armed force In
the province, if continued, may bring
about a situation In which the pres
ence of a large American fleet close
at hand will do much towards
strengthening our hands when the
time of sharp protest arrives.
WHIPPED THE TEACHER.
Nettled Rancher Punlstiea Maa Who
Wlilpped Hla Younger Brother.
Firm In teh belief that F. E. Hos-
klns. a school teacher at Deer Park,
Wash., had "tanned" his young broth
er with unnecessary roughness, John
Ward, a rancher, living near the
town, Was on his way to the office of
a Justice of the peace to seek legal
redress when he met the pedagogue on
the street and taking the law Into his
own hands, administered a severe
drubbing to the Instructor, (or whioh
he was fined 310 and costs by Justice
U. Hlnkle yesterday, says the
Spokesman Review.
'I am principal of a school at Deer
Park." testified Hosklns. "I was
walking along the street with Dr." Mc
Coy when this man Ward, who was
going In the opposite direction, sud
denly made a wicked pass at me whioh
I sidestepped. . Just previous to his
aoing tnis I heard some one say,
'There he Is.1 "
RECALLS PORTAGE ROAD.
Spokane Paper Tells of Paul Mohr.
Formerly of The Dalles.
Paul F, Mohr once one of Spo
kane's best knewn men, now a rest'
dent of San Francisco, has been trav
eling along the west coast with Sir
Edgar Vincent of London, England,
who Is a multl-mllllonalre and one of
the foremost financiers of Europe,
says the Spokane Chronicle.
: Mr. Mohr Is the man who built the
old portage road from The Dalles to
Columbus, the strategic link In what
la now the North Bank road.
It was the purchase of this line by
the. Northern Pacific tnat enabled
that system to construct the North
Bank road, says the Oregonlan. Mr.
Mohr also built Seattle, Lake' Shore
& Eastern,, which was also acquired
by the Northern Pacific, and is now
known as the Seattle & Internation
al. '
Another line constructed by him In
the Paclfto northwest was the Spo
kane & Palouse, and his latest work
has been the building of tha Yoaem
te Valley road, which taps the Yose ra
ft e national park. - This line he. com
pleted about two years ago.
Gold Stndded Quarts.
An exhibit of nearly 100 pounds of
quarts studded with gold,, created
quite' a sensation In Greenhorn camp
a day or so ago. The ore was brought
Into camp by a Mr. Clark, who has
charge of the J. W." Fieegle mine
near the well known Psyche proper
ty, . In running a cross-cut the ledge
was cut five feet and no wall struck.
Ore front the ledge v was simply
lousy with gold and Its extent is not
yet known. Those who saw the sam
ples say the find Is something phe
nomenal. Baker City Democrat
SQLUTIO
'FRISCO PREPARES
TO M OOT BATS
Greatest Campaign Against
Rats and Vermin In History
of City.
HfcWKItH TO BE REPAIRKD
AND GARBAGE LAW ENFORCED
City Aronwd Over Ilninrls Tliat Have
im-n Kent BroadoaM Tint (jolden
Gate C ity Is Plague Hidden Hun
dreds of Inspectors Hired and Cru
sade Will Be Aided by An Menk
pal Organisation Dr. Bluem Will
Have Charge of Uie Work.
Ban Francisco,' Feb. 17. Aroused
by reports that have been sent broad
cast that the city of the Golden Gate
was plague ridden, San Francisco has
begun to fight for a general clean
ing up which will be one of the great
est In the history of the city.
Municipal organisations of all kind
are to take part. Rata will be ea
terminated, sewers repaired and re
lald, where necessary, and a strict
garbage ordinance will be enforced.
The work will be In charge of Dr.
Rupert Bluem. who was sent to this
city to take charge of the fight
against the bubonic plague.
The health committee of the e'tl-
sena' league has authorised the em
ployment of 200 additional Inspectors
for the realdence districts, making a
total of about 769 Inspectors now
employed In the city.
Summary action will be taken
against all who do not comply with
the orders to clean up their premises.
TWO BIG ROBBERIES.
Thieves Enter Homes of Prominent
Portland Residents.
Portland. Ore., Feb. 17. The home
of John Paulson, the well known
lumber magnate, waa entered late
Saturday and robbed of several thou
sand dollars worth of Jewelry.
The thieves then entered the home
of Paul C: Bates, near the Paulsen
home and secured almost a thousand
dollars worth of Jewels there.
The robbery wts kept a secret by
the police until today. .
But the Dos; Came Back.
Oakland. Cal.. Feb. 17.--A grey
hound sent to Montana last Decem
ber by Mike Ryan, an Oakland man,
has returned to this city, having pre
sumably walked a distance of 1100
miles. . :
QUEER GOLD MONET.
Expert Counterfeits of SB and
$10
Pieoea Found In Pullman.
A Pullman, Wash., ltera says:
What are believed to be the most
dangerous counterfeits of gold coins
ever seen here have been discovered
and are being Investigated. Two of
these coins were presented at the
First National bank, and J; J. Rouse,
the cashier, has -taken them to Spo
kane for examination. One of the
coins la a IS gold piece, beating th
date of 1901. It la of perfect work
manship and would deceive the most
expert eye, ut it Is faulty tn ring, be
ing perfectly flat when thrown upon
a hard surface. Instead of ringing, as
do the good coins.
The coin weighs . exactly the same
as the perfect coin, and would not
yield to the acid teat It Is believed
to be heavily plated with gold, which
accounts for It not ahowlng base -met
al when tested with acids.
Tha other coin la a $19 gold piece
of almost perfect workmanship, col
or and every outward appearance of
being genuine, but has a leaden ring
when thrown upon a hard surface.
and will not bound, aa does a good
coin. ' Experts who have seen the
coins declare them to be the best
counterfeits ever seen,' If they are
counterfeits, and It they are not, they
lack of the true metallle ring can not
be explained. Word cornea from Pa'
louse that a $5 gold piece of the same
"vintage" has been discovered there,
but the Palouse coin la so light In
weight and can be bent between the
finger and thumb, and ' a ' Palouse
banker bent It out of shape In thla
way. Bankers are- anxious to have
these coins investigated, for their ap
parent genuineness will deceive most
any one.
' BIG LAND DEAL CLOSED.
Realty . Transaction at Yakima Rep
resents $300,000.
One of the largest deals ever con
summated in this part of the state
has just been closed, soys the Yaki
ma Republic It Involves a consider
aion of a little over 1500.000 and con
veys the entire holdings of the Grang,
er Land company to a new corpora'
tlon composed of Calhoun, Denny ft
Ewlng and allied financial Interests
of Seattle and Tacoma, ..-
The property thus acquired Includes
all the realty consisting of town lots,
acreage, buildings, mercantile, estab
lishments, fruit canneries, industrial
enterprises and all personal property
of the Granger Land company. The
consolidation of these various Inter
ests makes probably the strongest
aggregation of capital ever . Invested
in , Yakima valley lands under one
management. .
The . townsltes of Granger ,. and
Grandview are Included In this big
deal. , This property (or the past two
years haa been extensively advertis
ed throughout the east as the Gran
ger . Basin country. . In reality, how.
ever, It is the Sunnyslde country.
IiOfiFA FORTUNE IN TAXES.
feipreaiui f'onrt DecMon Canoes Sno-
honiMi County Lowe of $aa,00.
Exerett, Feb. 18. Hy tha decision
of the supreme court rendered In the
Snohomish county tax case the coun
ty Inee 3S0.0OO In tax receipts from
the railroads. .
The supreme court held that the
action of the Snohomlnh county tax
officials of l0i in disregarding the
orders and directions of the state tax
commission In fixing the values on
railroad properties waa void and of
no effect, thus reversing the Snoho
mish county . superior court.
Tha decision hinges on that portion
of tbs state tax commission law of
1305 which gives the commission gen
eral iiupervlaon over assessors and
county board of equalisation.
In l0i the tax com mission fixed
the value of main Hen railways at
14, ISO a mile. Snohomish and one or
two more counties raised the valua
tion to 325.000, and the Great North
ern sued to restrain tha county tn
urer from collecting tha tax.
LA HeX) INSANE VIOLINIST.
Artist Suddenly Loses Mind and Is
Captured Only After Strenuous
Tuns, ,
Santa Barbara Feb. 13. Schue-
mann Johnston, an accomplished vio
linist with a class of students here,
but whose home is in Tacoma. Wash.,
went suddenly insane today while on
vslt to Santa Ynes.
He ran down the road discarding
his clothing and was not captured
until he was lassoed by a couple of
mounted vaqueroa.
Ha was then shut up In a rickety
calaboose but soon kicked down the
door and escaped to the hills, where
he was again captured by mounted
men and brought to this city (or
medical care. ,
DEATH IN SCRAMBLED EGGS.
Cook Shoots Man Who Dedans the
Egg Not Properly Prepared.
San Francisco, Feb. It. In a quar
rel over the proper consistency of
eggs when about to be scrambled.
Jacob Grossman, foreman of a grad
ing gang, was shot and killed by Lar
lie Taylor, a cook. The shooting
took place at C:30 this morning when
Grossman declared he could not eat
the eggs.. .
TAFT AND FORT
RE SL
NEW JERSEY'S REFORM GOV'
ERNOR FOR TAIL OF TICKET
RepubUcana May Choose New Jersey
Man for Tart's Running'
Guild, of Maasadiaaetta,(
Mentioned aa a Possibility Fort
Made Nominating Speech for Vice
President Hobart in ,' 18M Is 86
Years of Age and a Lawyer. ,
Washington, Feb. 18. Governor
Fort of New Jersey la being proml
nently mentioned for -the tail end of
the Taft ticket Tatt and Fort" may
be the republican slogan after the Chi
cago convention. Governor Guild, of
Massachusetts, la another state exec
utive that has many supporters for the
position. - -
The recent fight for state reform In
New Jersey has, (or a time at least,
turned the republican party organ
ization from the hands of the old ma
chine men to those of the Fort group.
This has made Fort loom large In
Taft circles.
In 1890 Fort made the nominating
speech for Vice President Hobart He
Is E6 years old and a lawyer.
MINERS RUSH TO ALASKA.
Spring Rush Opens to Klondike Gold
.. , Fields.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. IS. The spring
rush to Alaska Is now on and bids
fair to rival in extent that to the
Klondike regions a decade ago.
Indications are that 20,000 miners
and prospectors will go to northern
gold camps during the next few
months. . Prosperity and high wages
reign in every mining camp in Alas
ka and the British Yukon. In addi
tion the Morgan-Guggenheim-Haver-
meyer interests are . building the
Trans-Alaskan railway up the Copper
River valley to reach . what Henry
Bratnober for years the London Ex
ploration company's copper expert.
declared is the greatest and richest
copper district yet discovered any
where. ;. v -; V":
New gold strikes are reliably re
ported fr,om the outlying Klondike
creeks and from the Stewart, White
and Pelly rivers, Tanana, Koyukuk
and Copper river districts.
TOO FREE WITH HIS PEN.
Author of "Bathsheba" and Editor
of "Town Crier" Arrested In San
Joe, Cat. '.
San Jose, Cal., Feb. 18. William
Fraser Herron, who won fame as a
writer when he published hla poem.
"Bathsheba," In the Stanford Unl
verslty "Sequoia," of which he was
editor last spring, and who was later
suspended from the editorship, was
arrested on a charge of criminal libel
today by Emll P. Mayer, a baseball
magnate.. f
Mayer declares Herron libeled him
in an article In the "Town Crier," of
which Herron Is now the editor.
Gillette Denied New Trial. '
New York, Feb. 18. Crester Gil
lette, the murderer of Grace Brown,
whose body waa found In Moose Lake,
was denied a new trial today by the
court, of appeals.
Ill SPEED FLEET
TQMAKESGHEDULE
Evans Will Push Battleships
to More Than Eleven Knots
After Leaving Caflao.
PLENTY OF COAL TO HOLD
OUT On'fAST RUN
t ' - - , .
Hurry to Iteach Hagrtefeoa Bar oa
Appointed Time, Martih lichv Cos)
Increase Speed and Have) Coat to
Spare Target PracUoai at Magde
lease Fleet Sighted Off OalkM SM
Miles .. Draaaatlo Scene ba Howe
Over Hentloa of CanssNr Name loa
the Presidency.
Washington, Feb. 11. Rear Admir
al Evans, commander In chief of tha
United States Atlantic f fleet, will In
crease the speed of the battleships to
more than 11 knots after tha fleet
leaves Callao In order to reach Mag
delena Bay March 14. "
The 10 days shore leave will not
be reduced If possible to avoid it.
The department officials believe that
the fleet can easily increase the speed
and have plenty of coal to spare when
they reach Magdalena Bay.
Special inspectors will be with tha
fleet at Magdalena Bay to report on
target practice. Tha time which tha
fleet will remain there baa not bees
definitely settled.
Squadron Sighted Near CaBa.
Lima. Pero, Feb. IS. A wireless
from Rear Almlral Evans fleet at t
'clock says that the aaoadron Is SAO
miles from Callao.
Dramatic Speech la Howse.
Washington, Feb. It, In a dra
matic speech today Congressman
Boutell of Illinois. sraclnitAtad e, rat.
markable demonstration In tlrglng the
nomination of "uncle Joe Cannon
for the presidency.
It waa the 14th annlveraarr at Cut.
non's first speech In the house and
the occasion was taken advantage of
by Boutell to recall the tact
TOO MUCH DRINKING
CAUSES RADICAL ACTION.
Arthur B. Clark, Former Prohibition
Mayor of MayfiekL Is Appointed
Chairman of Special Advisory
Committee of Faculty Mm to Make
Special Interest to Aaafc la Pat
tins; an End to Student Indulgence
In AkwhoHa Beveragce. '
Stanford University, Feb. It.-De
termined to put an absolute stop to
all drinking among the students,
David Starr Jordan, president of the
university, today appointed Arthur B.
Clark, head of the art department
and former prohibition mayor of
May field, Cal, chairman of the
special advisory committee of the fao-
ulty men who will make It a special
Interest to assist in putting an end to
the student Indulgence in beer and
California wine. .
When Jordan announced his Inten-.
tlon to attempt so radical a step, the
former student affair committee re
signed in a body as many member of
the (acuity are not In sympathy with
the president's attitude.
They assert that there Is but a very
little drunkenness at Stanford and
the action of Jordan Is uncalled for
and will tend to create friction and
excitement on the campus.
JAPS WILL SUE CANADA.
If Recent British Columbia Naial
Act Is Dlanaowed by Dominion.
Government. ''
Belllngham, Wash., Feb. 1. A.
special from Victoria, B. C, states
that very probably 1( the Briusa Co
lumbia natal act. recently ' passed
with the Intention of excluding the
Japanese, is disallowed by the domin
ion government that the detained
Japanese will immediately institute
claims for damages against the do
minion. "
Their detention is Justifiable under
the Natal act, but absolutely unjus
tifiable under the treaty. R Is not Im
probable that - after - allowing the
claims the dominion government will
start suit against the province te re
cover money. -
JAP MARRIES WHITE GIRL.
Subject of the Mikado Takea Ameri
can Damsel for His Better Halt
Vancouver, Wash.. Feb. IS. Klnta
ro Tanaka, a subject of the mikado
of Japan, and Anna Beggman. an 1?
y ear-old girl, who statea that her
home is in San Jose, Cal., were grant
ed a marriage license here today by
the county clerk. ' ":. . "
There la no legal obstacle In Wash
ington to prevent such a marriage.
Millions for Cheyenne's Post
Cheyenne, Feb. 18. Contracts call
ing tor an expenditure of over on .
and a half million dollars' and the
erection of 8S building at Fort D. A.
Russell will be closed within the next
few months by the government and
work of improving the fort and sur
roundings will begin late In spring.
Appropriations have been made by
congress to meet tha expense of this
work, and the fort when completed
will be one of the best equipped In
the entire country. Garrisons will ba
erected, and houses and cottages for
the officers will comprise a part of
the work to be done here.