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y r i . i ui-1 t s, : I 1 yi' '"ifiT rivfirlTrllTf'' USCIU I3C 8KMI-WEEKLY , IZCTIOXS , SACS - TUESDAY AJTI FRIDAY. 53d TEAR-NO. 4. SALEM. OREGON. TUESDAY, A PRIL 7. 1903. FIRST SECTION EIGHT PAGES WORKER AND ' THE TILLER t President Speaks fo 6000 Pec pleat Sioux Falls TALKED TO THE CHILDREN And Was Glad to See the Stock Was Not Dying OUt ENCOUNTERS HAD -WEATHER BUT IS WELL EQUIPPED FOR IT AND THINKS IT EXHILI RATING WILL. REACH THE YELLOW- STONE PARK TOMORROW. SIOUX FALLS, , 8." D April .6, lresldent Roosevelt began ' the .second week; of his tour lit a strenuous way lie rose early, feeling much refreshed from yesterday's rest, and at 7:50 Jie started on dud rive with Secretary Loebf Senator KTIttredge and Mayor Bum side. Despite the early hour and the, dreary weather, the streets were lined with people.; who' greeted the President enthusiastically, and at 8:30 tbe Pres ident arrived at the big Auditorium, where he addressed 4,000 children. ' ! As the President left the Auditorium! he was greeted with tremendous ap plause, i He was driven rapidly to the stand which had been -erected.- where a crowd of 6,000 people had assembled. The President spoke on "The Wage Worker and the Tiller of the Boil." He was frequently interrupted by ap plause. During his speech snow legan to fall, but the President was clad Jn a heavy overcoat and was well pro tected. He said he was glad to be again In the "banana belt. which cre ated much laughter. : , - ji Aberdeen. S. D., April . President Roosevelt today traversed South Da kota and made more speeches than On ony other day during the present trip lie began with two speechea-at Sioux Falls this morning and endtd his twelfth speech this evening it Aber deen. The speeches were confined for the most part to the. tariff- and to the genera! prosperity of the country. j In all his speeches today he followed Vf ry i closely the lines of his former address ' es on these subjects, j The President was accorded a -cordial welcome at the different stopping I place and at many stations Wherethe train did not stop crowds gathered and ? cheered as the special train sped by. One feature of the day was the lurg number of children in the various a dienees. and the President referred ( to thorn several times, saying that he was glad to see that the stock was not dy ,' Ing out. . . 1 if , The. President had as his guests dur ing the day Senators Klttredge and Gamble and Representatives Martin and Burke, the South Dakota del-nation to Congress. ji At Tulare the President departed from the usual custonf. and, descend ing from the car. shook hands with the people gathered . at the station. Yankton was the first stop tfter ' the train left Sioux Falls. To the .Multi tude at Yankton, the President' spoke on th tariff and the qualities of, good citizenship. At Mitchell, the ,iresl - dent made the longest address -Of the "day. His audience was large and; his speech, was frequently Interrupted by applause. Here he discussed the work of individuals and the Important Fart they play In the upbuilding of the Na tlon. . . . ; : I; '. -. Other stops of the day were made at Woonsccket. Scotland. Tripp, Park-ton, Alpena and Redfiehl. There Is a jpos sibility of the President spending a, day la Deadwood. He has made a condi tional promise to Captain Seth Bul lock. -''.-- : : "; . ; The President Is scheduled to arrive at Fargo, N. D.. tomorrow morning. At Fargo the President will deliver j one of the longest speeches of his todr. He will spend' tomorrow' in' North Dpfcota and will enter the Yellowstone s . Wednesday afternoon. The President said. "Fellow Cltlxens: There are many, many lesser problems which go to tnake up in their entirety the huge andicom plex problems of our modern-Industrial llff. Each of these nroblems Is. moreover, connected with many f the others. Few Indeed are simple or stand by themselves. The most Important are those , connected with the relation of the farmers, the stock growers and sotl tillers, to the community at large, and those affecting , relations between employer and employed. In a country like ours It Is fundamentally true that .Au.hinF of the tiller of the soil and the wage-earner Is the well-being ! . a It ft tkflM Of the State,. -II tney are "" we need concern ourselves but little as to how other classes stand, for they will inevitably be well oft too; "and. on the other Band there can be no real t nroknerity unless based em the foundation 4 of the prosperity of the wage-worker and the tiller of the soil. -.. vio nxx3a of these two Classes are often not the same. The tiller of the soil has been of all our citizens the one on the whole the least anectea in hi. uv. nt wtm and methods of Indus try by the giant industrial changes of . th List half century. Tnere nw oeen change with him. too. of course. He can work to best advantage if he keeps in close touch with his fellows; and - the success of the national Department of Agriculture hat shown how much i. . --tf . - . tan be done for him by rational action of the Government. Nor U;lt only through the Department that the Gov ernment can act. One of the greatest a nd most beneficent measures passed by th last Congress, or indeed by any Congress in recent years, Is the Irriga tion Act, which will do for the states of the great plains and the Rocky Moun tain region at least as much as ever has been done for the states of the humid region ,by river and harbor Improve ments. Few measures that have been put upon tbe atatute hooks of the Na tion have done more for . the people than this law wilL I firmly belfeve, di rectly and Indirectly accomplish for the staU-a In question. ' "The Department of Agriculture de- votes Its whole energy to working for the welfare of farmers and stock grow ers. In every section of our country It aids them In their constantly increasing search for a better p.gricultural educa tion, jit help not only them, but ail the" Nation. In seeing that our exports of m-uta have clean bills of health, and that there Is rigid Inspection of all meats that enter Into Interstate com merce. Thirty-eight million carcasses were Inspected during the last fiscal year. Our stock growers sell forty-five million dollars' worth of live stock an nually, and these animals must be kept healthy or else our .people "will lose their trade. , Our export of plant pro duct to foreign countries amounts to over nix hundred million dollars a year, and there Is no branch of its work to whic)i the Department of Agriculture devotes more care. Thus, the 'Depart ment has been successfully Introducing a mac-aron! wheat from the headwaters of the Volga which grows successfully In ten Inches of rainfall, and by this means wheat growing has been success fully extended westward Into the'aemi arid region. Two million bushels of this Wheat were grown last year, and being suited to dry? conditions it can be used for forage as well as for food for man. "The Department of Agriculture has been helping our fruit men to establish markets abroad by studying methods of fruit preservation through refrigera tion' and through methods of handling andjpaoking. On the Gulf coasts of Lcufciana and Texas thanks to the De partment of Agriculture, a rice suitable to the region was imported from m the Orient and the, rice crop is now practi cally equal to our needs in this coun try. ' whereas a few year's ago U sup plied but one-fourth .of them. The most Important of our farm products is the 'grass crop; and to show what has been done with grasses, I need only al lude to the striking change made In the entire West by the extended use of al falfa. !;. y .--'; ' ; "Moreover, the Department has taken the lead in the effort to prevent the de forestation of the country. Where there are forests we seek to 'preserve them; and. on the once treeless plains and the prairies w-e are doing our best to, foster the habit Of tree planting among our pepie. : In my own lifetime I have seen wonderful changes brought about hf this tree planting here In your ofh state and : in the states immediately around it. ' ' - . , x , . - . . ' - "There are a number of very Import ant questions, such as that of good roads, with which the states alone can deal, and where all that the National Government can do Is to co-operate with them. The same Is true of the ed ucation of the American farmer. A number of the states have themselves started to help in this work and the De partment of Agriculture does an Im mense amount which is in the proper rense of the word educational, and ed ucational In the most practical way. "It Is therefore clearly true that a great advance has been made in the di rection of finding ways by which the Government can help the farmer to help himself the only kind ; of help which a self-respecting man accept, or I may add which will In the end do him any good. Much has been done In these ways and farm life and farm pro cesses continually change for the bet ter. Ther farmer himself still retains, because of his surroundings and the na ture of his work, to a pre-eminent degree the .qualities which we like to think of as distinctly American in con sidering our early history. The man who tills his own farm, whether on the prairie or in the woodland, the man who grows what we eat and the raw material which is worked up into-what we wear, still exists more nearly under the conditions which obtained when the 'embattled farmers of '78 made this country a nation than is true of any others of our people. ; I "But th wage-earners In our cities, like the capitalists In our cities, face totally changed conditions. The devel opment of machinery and the extraor dinary change In business condition hav rendered the employment of cap ital and of persons In large aggrega tions not merely profitable but often necessary for 'success, and have special ised the labor of the wage-worker at the same time that they have brought great aggregations of wage-workers together. More and more Irt our great industrial centers men have come to realise that they can not live as inde pendently of one another as In the old days was the case everywhere, and as Is now the case In the country dis tricts..-.; '' - .v . " ; ; "Of course, fundamentally each man will yet find that the chief factor In determining his success or failure in life is the sum of his own individual qualities. He' can not afford to lose his individual Initiative his Individual win and power; but he can best use that power If for certain objects he unites with his fellows. - Much can be done by organisation, combination, union among the wage-workers; , finally-. something can be done by the direct action of the state. It is not possible empirically to declare when the Interference of the state should be deemed legitimate and when illegitimate. . " "r the line of demarcation between un healthy over-interference and unhealthy (Continued, on .page 3), PENNELL WAS A DEFAULTER Swindled Family Friends f of "Nearly $200,000 ACTING FINANCIAL AGENT Would Send Him Investment Money Which He Would I Spend Himself AND WOULD PAY INTEREST PAY MENTS OUT OPHIS OWN POCK ET WHEN DUE CONTEMPLAT ED SUICIDE OFTEN. BUT IUS ; NERVE WOULD FAIL. -'' BUFFALO. N. Y . April t The Commercial says that' Arthur Ji.' Pen nell, who was allied in an automobile accident. March " 10th. 'was a defaulter to the amount of nearly $200,000. The story leaked out as a result of a legal dispute over two life insurance polices. Perinell induced friends in the East, who had known his family and the family of his wife, to place money In his hands for investment. ,' He acted in fact as their financial agent. He would inform them of some good investment which he had come across which would pay an excellent rate of Interest and they would send him money. The mon ey which was sent to him for invest ment, it is alleged, he spent and, when the interest payments fell due he made the payments "but of his own pocket. The fact is known ' that Pennell two years ago plantied to throw himself in front ot a train at , Peekskill and to make It appear that his death was an accident. He stopped at Peekskill on the way back from New York with the intention of committing suicide In that way, but his nerve failed. During the Pan-American Exposition he sought for days for an opportunity to commit suicide in a manner that would make It appear accidental. He had an idea that he could he run over In some way, but he never could nerve him self up to the point where he could throw himself under a train. Left a Statement. - . . i . Buffalo. N. Y April . It 'la .now stated' that interesting developments may .be looked for at the Pennell In quest. It ,1s known .that Pennell - left a statement in defense of himself. i He said in this statement that .- Burd!ck was killed at midnight; that an ; un known man killed him; that he pro tested his own innocence and said he had nothing to do- with the crime.; He told of his strained relations with Bur- dick, but Insisted that his relations with Mrs. Burdick were purely pi a ton ic. This statement was furnished by Pennell the day before his death. A FINE RECEPTION LADIES' AUXILIARY OF Y. M. C. A. ENTERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. A reception Was given last evening to the members and friends of the Y. M. C. A. at their building. A short business session Was held in the parlors; after which they went ; ' to the gymnasium where numerous gajnes were enjoyed and a short and very In teresting program was given by , the ladies. - ; ' ; , - When the evening was well spent the boys were again Invited down to the parlors, where refreshments were served.; The boys showed their appre ciation of the efforts put forth by the good ladies by a vote of thanks and hearty cheers for them. Several songs were sung by all in an informal way and every one. considered it an even ing well spent. To' say the boy.- had a good time is to express it mildly. These quarterly meetings have been neglected In the past, but 'Judging: by the enthusiasm manifest af this lime they will be look ed forward to with eagerness in the fu ture. Thirty-seven members were In attendance.; ' WILL BREAK RECORDS IMMIGRANTS, RUSinNG TO THE r PACIFip NORTHWEST BY ' THE ' THOUSANDS. CHICAGO, , April Between , 2,000 and 3.000 immigrants passed through Chicago, today for the states of the West and Northwest. This is the larg est movement of the kind ever handled In a. single day, by the railroads enter Ing here. ": The Immigrants came ftom nesriv everr country in1 Europe. - The immigration agents here declare - ttat the present year Will see all records for Immigration "and settlement hi the Northwest broken by a large majority. ANOTHER BOWLING CONTEST t The 'Commercial Club bowling team, of Portland, will come to "Salem on Sat urday next and contest with the IUIhee club's team on the Illlhee alleys on Sat urday night. ' These " two' , teams " are pretty 'evenly matched " as the Illihee club won one seriesof four' games In Portland by one IMn. and ' Commercial Clob defeated7 the nilhees ' in ' another mftm titr nniT two noints. The' Illihee players are doing some good work now I rw a - A ru,"n hirlnr amml 81 TtoIntS jtast night ouof, possible 90. : 1 ' CINCINNATI IS REPUBLICAN Fleishmann Elected Mayor by Biz Majority , ADMINISTRATION OF CITIES Notwithstanding Republican Gains Is Not Materially Changed ' JEFFREY, REPUBLICAN, DEFEATS t JUNKLE, DEMOCRAT. ; FOR MAY OR OF COLUMBUS BY SMALL PLURALITY . THE REPUBLI CANS CLAIM CINCINNATL CEVCINNATLO, April 6. While the Republicans made material gains in the municipal elections today, they did not secure many changes ' in ; the administration of the clries. "Te most notable exception ' was at c Columbus, where Mayor Hinkle. Democrat,4' Is succeeded by Robert' H. Jeffrey, Re publican, with a plurality of 1500. The mayors of all the leading cities except Columbus were elected., Republicans claimed control of Cincinnati and the Democrats of Cleveland," and Samuel H. Jones Was elected as Independent for the fourth time as mayor of To ledo.":' ."'""'. -' ' !. " The Democrats re-elected their tick ets at Daytoi), , Sandusky, Chillicothe, Hamilton" and other ' cities tiormally Democratic, and the Republicans at Steubenville, Youngstown, s Warren, trbnton, Portsmouth and other towns that they, have heretofore controlled. The fusion tickets as a rule were de feated In a dozen ormore cities where they were in the field. One of the most notable gains of the Republicans was at Mansfield, and of the Democrats at Springfield, Where the local issues controlled the results, as was the case In most of the .changes. ( There Is much diversity of opinion as to the effect of these municipal elec tions upon the next Republican nom ination' for' Governor, but it is conced ed that Mayor Tom L. Johnson. ; of Cleveland, will now become a formid able candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor a few months hence, and that the Ingalls organiza tion will be continued with a view of making Mr. Ingalls the Democratia op ponent of Hanna for Senator. ' ! i - . -There is much gossf Bre' tonight about the Incipient boom of 'Mayor Fleishmann for the Republican' nomin ation for Governor.' It Is conceded .that the endorsement of ; Mayor Flelsh mann's administration mainly produc ed the result in Cincinnati, the largest plurality of ; the; largest total vote in the history' of the city. .' : , " - Republicans Make Sweep. Cincihnatr.' 04 April 6. Complete re turns from 828 precincts in Cincinnati give Fleishmann, Republican, 42,907; Ingalls, fusion, 26,287; Swing, Socialist, 3774 Martin, Prohibition. 845; total. 73,813. Fleishman's plurality is 16,620, majority. 12,001. The council and ithe school boards each stand twenty Re publicans to four Democrats. The en tire Republican city ticket,' Including all the boards, was elected by about the same vote as that of Fleishmann. ChincInnatL OJ Anrll One hun dred and thirty-five precincts out of 228. in Cincinnati, give Fleishmann, Republican,, 24.409. Ingalls, fusion, 14,- 555.- -; ' .. ' Democrats Take Cleveland. Cleveland, O April 6. Tom L. John son was re-elected to the office of may or today by a majority of about 7,000 oyer E. D. Colder. Republican. Alt the other Uemoeratie : candidates for the city offices were elected. . Montana Socialistic Anaconda, i Mont-. April . The": So- Q Are You Thinking? W0. cialista today electer ' John Frlnke, mayor; Pat McHugh, police judge; Mike Tobin. treasurer, and three out of six alterdmeiu' The Democrats get two aldermen and the Republicans one. In the ' new council the Democrats " will have four, the Republicans five and the Socialists three. 1 ;. Michigan Republican. Detroit, Mich, April C. The Repub licans of Michigan today elected their state ticket by a majority estimated at between 23.009 and 40,000. A Justice of the Supreme court and the Regents of the State University were chosen. Fusion In Butte. - Butte. Mont, April . Late returns tonight from seven1 out of eight wards give the mayoralty to Pat Mullins, fu sion, by about 50 to 10O' votes. Muel ler.: Democratic; Republican and" the Citizens' candidate. : is second ; Leary; Socialist, 'third,' and r Duggan, : Labor, fourth. j.' ? ; ' A COMPLETE VICTORY DALLAS PEOPLE VOTED FOR WA k TER WORKS SYSTEM AND - FOR BONDS. ' : DALLAS. Ore April 6. (Statesman Special.) The city election took place here today whioh was the most Inter esting and exciting contest ever Wag ed by ballot over a municipal question the principal issue being "water works or no water, works," and resulted in a complete though narrow marginal victory for the water works champions by a majority of only thtrty-flve votes, and the following ticket was elected: Maypr, J. C Hayter ; police judge. D. P. Stouffer: marshal, j. M. Grant; Coun cilman. First ward, W. V. Fuller; coun cilman. Second ward Walter Williams; councilman. Third ward. Andrew Miner, and councilman-at-large, Harry Cos per. :" ' This means that condemnatory pro ceedings will be instituted at an early date to obtain water rights and right of -way through land where the requir ed rights are disputed, and that " the necessary bonds will be issued. A RARE TREAT ; MEMBERS OF A. O. U. W. AND DE GREE OF HONOR ENJOY IL LUSTRATED LECTURE. ; A large audience, of members of the A. O. U. the Degree of Honor and Invited guests enjoyed a rare treat at the Holman hall last night, in the form Risks Written .$86,480,412 01 . 7,785.382 34 I 10.323.282 05 ., 14.994,987 00 Gross Premiums. $1,913,392 85 91.590 54 1,221.930 14 .129.625 84 3.035 80 4,074 S7 , 31.757 M Fire . Marine..; ... , XIfS a Accident.. ;.' PT&te Glass . Steam .Boiler, Surety.. .. ..' .., of an illustrated lecture by Rev. O. W. Osborne, vwho is employed . by . the Grand Lodge' of Workmen for the pur pose of giving these Instructive and Inspiring entertainments, lie presents a set of magnificent stereoptlcon views with his conception of the creation.' the life and the destiny of man, interspers ing them with appropriate songs. Which he renders in splendid style. -The sec ond part of the lecture consists of views emblematic of the order. Its principles' and lta practices, which he elucidates with an eloquence and force at once Impressive and convincing. He had also a fine picture of the A. O. U W. drill team that won the prize -in Portland last year, besides pictures of Grand Master Smith, Grand Recorder Clark and' other prominent members of. the order. The whole performance waa of a high order and should have beeii enjoyed by all the people of Salem. ANOTHER CARNEGIE LIBRARY. WHATCOM, Wash, April Andrew Carnegie has offered to give , the city Of.Fairhaven a $12,500 library on hi usual condition that the city maintain it. U;. .- - v - . ; Tommy What did your : mother dp for your cut finger, Johnny? . Johnny She. didn't do no thin but lick me for cuttin . IC Tbinting what kind of a suit of clothes to buy ? If you are thinking seriously1 you are" thinking of your spring antl surninef iie3s arid tne Best place to buy ; therri. If you are not considering Meyers t fens in the deal, then you are pot thmking right, because the bt Ihinkeijs al ways think of Meyers' first when thinking of good clothes. The kind that fits, the kind that you' are proud to wear of course Hart, Schaffner &' Marx's clothes are the best, then we show other good inaki at o large range of pric-e?. Come in arid see the new styles. When you see them you ' won't need to think long. V , , ' COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE Makes Annual Report Show ing. Amount of Insurance -" ; Business in State ; LIFE AND FIRE? INSURANCE COM PANIES TAKE THE LEAD S NET PREMIUMS LICENSES PAID FOR THE YEAR AGGREGATE SUM OF S 43. 03.90. . . There has been just issued from, the Secretary of State's office the. annual report of1 the . Insurance "Commissioner, showing the aggregate Insurance busi- liens. transacted within the state since 1895; 'amount of losses and taxes paid into the--tate treasury since 1SS7; list of all insurance and surety companies authorized to transact business in this State April 1.. 1903; statement of total rlks written; '"gross premiums receiv ed; premiums returned and Josses paid for thie year'endlng "December 31, l'J02, . and a statement of the business trans acted ; by the mutual fire Insurance companies within the state, ; " On April 1. 1902. there' were fifty-nine fire and marine, thirty-five life and ac cident, six plate glass, two steam boiler Insurance companies and nine surety companies authorized io transact busl in the state, since which- time four life and accident companies have com piled with the laws and been admitted to do business the Hartford, of Hart ford. Conn; the Minnesota Mutual Life, of St. Paul: Royal Exchange Assurance of London: United States Health and Accident, of Saginaw. M Teh.; aiso one surety company the Fidelity and Cas ualty, of New York. During the same time four fire and marine companies have withdrawn the Imperial, London: -Merchants. Newark, N. J.;1 Reading, of Reading, Pa.: United States Fire, N. Yt, and also one life and accident the Oer mania Life, N..Y. This leaves at pres ent fifty-five fire and marine: thirty eight: life and accident, six plate glass, two steam boiler and two surety com panies. '" ?""''.. ' . .-""'. The following table shows the amount of business done by each class during 1902: " " ' .,- .. The Mutual Fire Insurance companies wrote $6,526,553.00 Of new risks, making Losses Paid. $639,148 77 163.127 09. . 289,662 22 . 41,975 55 702 19 Premiums Returned. $411,511 97 .. 1.723 44 58,172 04 J7.919 92 . 174 34 404 65, .4.986.89-. - Net . Premiums. $847,073 10 42.56 91 987,621 92 . ,730 37 2,159 27 3,670 32 1X113 75 18.651 25 a total Insurance: of $ 15. 045,777. 00; the total income was $74,369.97; losses paid. $46,099.92: total expenditures, $58,602.35. The following table. Which gives the amount of licenses and taxes paid Into the. State Treasury by insurance com panies since 1887, shows the 'steady In crease of revenue from that source and alfeo indicates a proportionate Increase of the business done: Amt. ree'd Amt. ree'd from licenses, from taxes. Total 1887.. 1S88.. 1S89.. 1890., 1891.. 1892.. 1893.. 1894.. 1895.. 1896.. 1897.. 1898.. 1899.'. 1900.. 1901.. 1902., .$2,921 72 . 2,345 10 . 2.503 75 . 2.666 S3 . 2.975 10 . 3.634 38 . 3,552 27 . 3.336 25 . 3.312 14 . 3,200 11 . 3.450 00 . 3,593 94 . 3.860 33 . 3.8 19 69 . 5,927 36 " . 4.99 34 $ 2.921 72 2.345 10 6,004 19 6,983 61 , C.703 42 5,924 63 C.974 73 5.165 79 19.455 86 18,048 07 19.386 28 25,058 49 S0.231 81 ' 35.098 53 39,915 7$ 43,503 90 $ 3,500 44 4.316 78 2,728 32 2,390 25 3.422 46 1.829 54 16.143 72 14,847 96 15,936 26 21.4C4 55 26.371 48 31.248 84 33.988 40 38,507 56 1 - n xt- 4. " 4arti lie Ihj fsa ,. Writ 1 i - 5t-krri' -