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BAT.EM, OREGON, miDAT HORNING, AUQUST.18, 1905. ,
SECOND SECTION SIX FAGE3.
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NEED REVISION
OF THE LAWS
CHINESE EXCLUSION QUESTION
IS UP FOB DISCUSSION,
M-:;r- ' 1
A DISCRIMINATION. IS SHOWN
Against Better Class of Celestials and
Locs Stringent Law Is
Needed. "
Day's Session of Congress Brought to
Sudden and Unpleasant End by Un-
just Motion Made by a Thoughtless
Delegate to Forego Two Address,
PORTLAND," Aug. 17. That better
classes of Chinese are discriminated
against to an unwarranted extent, that
a less stringent administration exclu
sion law, or, if necessary, a limited re
construction .as advisable, was urged by
-tne speakers on Oriental trade at the
second day's session "of the trans-Mississippi
congress tolay.
These ideas were brought out with
especial force by Hon. John 3 Barrett,
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United states juinisier io uoiomoja,
aot by Theodore . B. Wilcox, president
of the" congress. ..
An unfortunate incident was effeet
e'l. prior to- adjournment for the day,
which materially marred the success of
the' session- After listening to the
flood of orators that extended over four
hours, barring interruptions from the
resolutions committee, which was im
patient to get started in its work, the"
delegates openly rebelled against fur-,
tner continuation of the program, and
a slight east ufrfm two of the speakers,
which, though unintended, nevertheless
caused keen hurt.
The, -injudicious motion was made af
ter J. W. Dickie of San Francisco had
concluded bis address, that the remain
ing seeches, those of P. J. Von Loben
Sels and Benj. (7. vYlght, of San Fran
ciseo, be read .by title and placed an
the records of the congress and copies
furnished to the president. The chair
man refused to entertain the motion,
but the damage'" had been done, and
both speakers were offended at the eon
duct ef. congress, declined to speak. A
motion was hurriedly made to adjourn
and the session came to an abrupt end.
The meeting was presided over by
lion. John W. Noble, first viee-presi-dent
of the congress. After a few re
starts regarding the importance of the
v program of the7- day -to', the western
state. Chairman Noble introduced" Ma
jor W. C. Langfitt, U. 8. A., whose sub
ject was the "Columbia River." Ma
jor Langfitt said in part: t
Major langfltt 's au'lress was a com
pilation of figures showing the vast
srea drained by the Columbia river and
the amount of government effort ! ex-
. fended on the deepening of it and the
removal of the different obstroetions.
"The natural outlet for the product
- of . the-, fertile weat lands of eastern
Oregon, eastern Washington and Ida
ho,'' the sneaker said, "is down the
Columbia river to the ea and thence
to the markets of the world. Unfor
tunately in its natural state there exist
ed several complete barriers to ordi
nary river nav.gation between the east
ern and. western 'portions of the drain
age area. . These are the cascades of
the Columbia, the dalles of the Colum
bia, between The Dalles and Cejilo,
I'riest rapids and other obstroetions not
necessary to mention here, lie added
that the Snako river which empties in
to the Columbia seventy-tuee miles be
low Priest rapids, also reaches a large
portion ef the wheat and fruit lands
of the eastern areas already mentioned.
He continued: "The Columbia be
tween Celilo and the mouth ' of the
Hnake needs but a relatively small
amount of work to render it easily nav
igable for river boats. The stretch be
tween The Dalles and Celilo is now un
der , improvement, work on Three Mile
rapids having been prosecuted last sea
son and to be completed this year, T-e
first contract ihas been let for begin
ning construction of The, Daljes-C'eiilo
canal which will pass river ' boats
round the Five Mile and Ten Mile ra
pids and Celilo fals. overcoming at ow
water a total of eighty feet in eight
miles."
Major Langfitt .spoke 'at length on
the difficulty of keeping the lower Co
lumhia river open to navigation by
dredging at a temporary makeshift and
urged the necessity of permanent im
provement. .
In speaking of , tbe Columbia river
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Fillings;
bar Major Langatt described the eon
tinual shifting of the channel, and as
sert e l tnat the conditions there Involve
much delay to loaded vessels, whicu
nas prevented general development, an
creased tne cost of freights and cause
much commerce, naturally tributary to
min ouuei to sees otner ports.
The extension of the jetty authorize!
oy ) congress is now proceeding as rec
ommended by the board of engineers
and is now. being vigorously pressed.
In order to complete it, he said, further
appropriation of $850,000 in addition to
the ,"s300,0w authorized but not appro
priated by the last session of. eongressv
is necessary. '
'"That work on the jetty should pro
eeed without stoppage, the speaker
: .1 i - . - .
nam ia conclusion, - - is, most important,
both from a standpoint of early results
as well as from that bf economy, and
it is to be noped. that! lands will soon
be f forthcoming, for the reason that
money now available or authorized will
be expended by the end of the calendar
year." ' ' ---
' John Barrett, United States Minister
to Colombia followed T. B. Wilcox
Mri Barrett said: i
1 Onr Trade With China,
; Mr. Barrett predicts that the next
year will determine whether we lose or
retain our share of the trade of China.'
The Chinese boycott he pronounces the
culmination ef years of protest at wnat
the Chinese believe is discrimination
on the part ef this country toward their
countrymen! China is now in the pro
cess or awakening to a sense of her la
tent power.1 She is coming to a realiza
tion of the true value of her markets.
China as a government can have no
cause for resentment toward their gov
eminent but the people of the. higher
class, and Mr. Barrett emphasized the
point tnat there is no greater mistake
than to believe that the Chinese as a
nation is composed entirely of coolies,
cannot understand why they should be
treated differently from corresponding
classes of other nations. The higher
classes ot China, according to the
speaker, are prouT of their own pecu
liar civilization, of their philosophy and
philosophers, of their unrivaled anti
quity as a nation, of their customs and
characteristics, social fabric, homogen-
leiy, vast population ana great poten
tial wealth, and tnat they have not tak
en the same advantage as has Japan in
world political 'development is no sigu
that it does not exist. He predicts
that it is only a question of time, how
ever, before China, like Japan, will
startle the -world with . her onward
movement. '
Mr. Barrett deprecated the spirit of
patronage, the " holier than thou" at
titude with Which foreigners are wont
to treat the Chinese, instead of sym
pathetic co-operation. This spirit among
traders travelers, soldiers and sailors
has had a cumulative influence which
had added strength to such movements
as the boycott. .The speaker minimisea
the so-called yellow peril," terming
it a "bogie" and thinks that the day
will come when it may become a "yel
low blessing." In support of this as
sertion, he called attention to the fact
that synchronously with Japan's indus
trial development she has become a
greater purchasing nation. Since China
has commenced to fwster her own in
dustrial interests' at the treaty ports,
her trade with the United States has
grown to a value of $92,000,000 per an
num, triple what it was a decade ago.
' It is illogical "he said, in view of the
example of Japan, to predict that with
the material,' social and political awak
ening of China she will become threat
ening to the welfare and happiness of
the world' at large. The crying need
Cn the development of 'hina is the in
crease of her purchasing capacity, fro
vide the Chinese masses With money
and they will purchase correspondingly
with other people. China's foreign
trade amounts now to less than one dol
lar per capita. Japan's to seven dol
lars, although barely twenty, years ago
it was no more than China's is. If
China's trade is developed to five -dollars
per capita, we would then have a
trade of $2,000,000,000 per annum. To
prepare the way lor winning our share
of this increase is surely worth our
best efforts.' The marvelous growth of
the Oriental and Pacific trade of this
Country, now amountm gto $350,000,000
was pointed out. Particularly was stress
laid upon; the fact that our exports to
China are double our imports; and the
ipeaker advised his hearers that harsh
measures tnat may tehd to injure such
a mighty traffic must be well consid
ered. -".:"- -s
Mr. Barrett did not. discuss the mer
its or denjerits of te Chinese exclusion
law. So far as the Japanese are eon
eerned, be believes that the demand for
labor in Ciorea, Japan, Manchuria, Sak
halin and Formosa ,together with losses
of. able-bodied Japanese in battle, will
follow the ending of the war, and that
for years to eoiue there will be only
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RECIPROCITY
VITH WORLD
TO:
BETTER TEADE .RELATIONS
BETWEEN ALL NATIONS.
PERMANENT TARIFF COMMISSION
Created by Congress and Appointed
by President Is One of
t ' ' :J - t Foggestions. :" : .-
Reciprocity Conference at Chicago
Completes Work After Organising
American Reciprocal Tariff League
Maximum and Mlnlmnm Tariff.
CHICAGO, lAug. ?17. The reciproc
ity conference to devise means of bet
tering the trade relations between the
United States and foreiirn countries
hnished its work today, arranged for
a committee to prosecute the plans of
the convention and formed a permanent
organization styled, the American Reci
procal Tariff League. A committee of
fifteen is to be appointed bv the chair
and given full power to organize and
"promote the work. 5
JtCesolutions to advocate the maxi
mum and minimum tariff as a means of
relieving the situation with which the
country is confronted and suggest that
such reciprocal concessions be arranged
by a permanent tariff commission cre
ated by congress and appointed by the
president. ' The principal speaker to
day was Governor Cummins of . Iowa,
wno hurled defiance at the enemies of
reciprocity, j Other speakers . were Ed
ward Kosewater of Omaha, W. C. May-
sylvania 8. F.. Hower, Wisconsin; E.
ickriuge, Indiana. , ...
an inconsiderable . proportion that will
seek entrance to the United States.
As tor the Chinese, he asserts the
number of coolies who might wish to
eater our borders are controlled , to a
large extent by powerful guilds which
are interested in seeing that the supply
of coolies in America shall not exceed
the- legitimate demand. Furthermore,
said he, ; with China 's increased devel
opment there will be a demand at home
for laborers and the Chinaman,'s known
preference for his own land will help
to linjit emigration to this country.
Another aspect of the original sub
ject was treated by Con. F, B. Thurber
of New York, who spoke on the "Fu
ture of tne Oriental Markets." He
said:.' i ; . .a -' ; ? ' .,.
"r How to Develop Ind nstries. .
Mr. : F. B. " Thurber president of the
United States export association, rend
paper which contained the following:
tTo develop our great reseources in
fields, forests, mines an 1 factories, give
remunerative employment ts labor and
capital, and propsperity to all the peo
ple of the United states, we need: .
"lirst To foster our transportation
system both on 'sea and. Ian 1. Help it,
don 't cripple it. j :; ' i
Bccond We need to appreciate that
this is the age of steam, elcftricHy,
machinery and organization nud tnat
ontrammelled American individualism
controlling these forcese will provi.le
better results than officialism, socialism
and communism. Yellow jonrnalism in
daily, weekly and monthly teaching the
contrary. Don't shy r.t tnnts' whctli
er of labor or capital;-th?y represent
organization; control, b-it don't cnpple
them.' We are dependent upon . them
for progress.
-Third Our foreign policy should
favo ran open door' and to get this we
should make reasonable concessions i
our taritf policy, thrmiga recipnwiij or
otherwise.. .. f .:
, Fourth Systematize our consular
service on the. basis of p rrosHcr.cy,
promotion and an equal complication.
We have superior talent in our. consu
lar service as a whftle, but it In dwarf
ed and discouraged by the lack of thtte
prime requisites. '
Fifth Revise our treatice with
Oriental countries so that while pro
tecting American labor against "the
yellow peril,', it will give both Ameri
can labor and Amorican capital the
yellow opportunity' to supply c'bt
hundred and: ninety million Asiatics
with what they want to buy and with
what we want t0 sell. In otner words,
don't let the unreasoning fears of the
American trades : unionism insult the
Asiatics who come to trade with os or
study with ns even is a few 'coolies' do
get ia under false pretenses. I believe
in the dignity of peaceful American la
bor and that American capital should
asaist'ia maintaining it, but I also be
lieve that 'yellow journalism which
eeks ' to play "Chinese prejudices and
feass.of organ ixed labor is a greater
peril than either, eastern or ; western
t mm! oration." .?,; ,;-';..:'. f-:.i
The last spraker of the day was Hon.
George W. Dickie of San Francisco.
. During the proeeedingf today sever
al important resolatiousT were intro
duced, among which were those endors
ing statehood for New Mexieo, the re
clamation of arid lands, favoring the
merchant marine, and the establishing
of a department of mines and mining.
An amendment to.tbe bylaws was made
by' the congress today in order to rem
edy the conflict as to the selections of
the vice-presidents. According to the
new amendment the vice-presidents,
hereafter, will be elected by the eoa-
gress. ":) " .
in the length of the nroernm
today the speeches of P. J. Von
Sels and Benj. a Wright, ' be4hr of San
Francisco, were read by title -ot the;
trans-Mississippi congress ana wm oe
made a part of the reeorus of the eou
erese. Mr. Wright's paper . was ia
cress.
part:
AEE CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
Two Boys, Escapes From the Indian
Ecnool, Picked up by Officers
: at Albany
ALBANY, Avg.
13. (Spechi . t-J
Statesman).' Two boys, at first thought
to have been escapes from, the reform
school, were taken in by the - officers
here tonight, but later developments
proved them be runaways f rom tt.
themawa Indian school, from which
place they took fight yesterday aft er.
aoon. One of them gives the name of
tred islodgett, says he . is i rom Baera
mento, tab, aad is fourteen years of
age, and claims to nave been .in the
school for six years, while the ether
gives the name of Leonard MeDaniel,
says he is from Bedding, CaL, and is
thirteen years pld. One ef them wears
underclothing marked No. 128, while
the other has on the regulation school
uniform trousers with, red stripe down
tne leg. Upon being put through the
ing run -away from the school at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon, by board
ing the ngene local, and were- trying
to proceed further noon' their intended
journey back to California on the night
overland when apprehended. ..
LOSS OF LIFE
IN EXPLOSION
NITROGLYCERINE FACTORY
BERKELEY BLOWN UP.
AT
ONE KILLED, OTHERS WILL DIE.
Buildings for Considerable Distance
' Around Were Wrecked and' Sky '
Darkened by Smoke.
Second Explosion Follows an 'Hour
' After the First and Officers, Employes
' and Newspaper Men Have Very Nar
row Escape Cause " Not Known. -
BERKELEY, Cal Ang. 16. One
man was killed and a dor.en seriously
injured in an explosion which destroyed
the nitro-glycenne house of. the Jud-
son Dynamite at Powder Company at
Point Isabella this afternoon. Edward
Edris, foreman of the nitro-glyeerine
department, lost -his life. He was
blown into atoms, with tho building
where he worked. The injured, who
all survive, are Chinese employed in
the mixing room 200 feet from the
nitro-glyeerine plant. , ,
A second explosion, followed an hour
after the first, destroying the maxing
works, about C00 feet from the wrecked,
nitro-glyeerine plant. The shock was
greater than the original explosion,. the
sky being darkened by the enormou
volume of smoke thaS arose. - - Explo
sion No. 2 was dne to the igniting
powder particles ' and acid en the
ground in the vicinity. Twenty men
had a narrow escajie in the-second ex
plosion, being saved only by the warn
ing of an employe of the powder works,
who sew. the acid trickling from the
building to the ground near where a
number of men, including employes, of
ficials, newspaper men and others, were
investigating the cause of the original
explosion. L . .
IS IT ON AGAIN?
RAILROAD MEN PREDICT ANOTH
ER STRTJGGLB BETWEEN HAR
RIMAN AND THE N. F.
May Be Precipitated by Believed At
tempt by Harrlman to Exclude
Northern From Most Feasible" Rente
Down North Bank of Columbia Biver
. PORTLAND, Aug. 17.-The incor
poration of the Wallula Pacific Rail
way Company at Vancouver, Wash., 1
supposed to have been taken at thein
stance Of the Ilarrimaa officials for the
purpose of seenring a right of way
down the. north bank of the Columbia
river, shutting out the Northern Pa
cific or depriving it of the most feas
ible route. The step is said to be the
result of the formation of ,the Colum
bia River Railroad A Navigation Com
pany, thought to be a ' Northern I a-
eifie creation. ' Railroad men believe a
struggle between Ilarrimaa and. the
Northern Pacific is again imminent.
IS SAD DISASTER
OPEN DRAW OF BRIDGE IS RE
SPONSIBLE FOR WRECK
, IN VIRGINIA
Engine and Six Coaches of Coast Line
Excursion. Train irlunge Through the
Opening and Believed Every Person
in First Coach Perished.
NORFOLK, Va, -Ang. 17. Between
twenty and thirty, negroes, occupying
a ear on. an Atlantic coast t line excur
sion train were killed and injured , to
day. The - train, consisting of an en
igne aad six coaches plunged through
the open-draw of a bridge at Bruce
station, the 'engine sad one coach were
completely submerged in the water and
the second cm
,t H ,iifl5Cait
of jt
eoacB was partly submerged.
to establish the number
Is believed every person
in the first car perished, as none as yet
have been accounted for; I The engineer
aad fireman discovered the open draw
ion me to mny. , ,
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VIEWED YELLOWSTONE SIGHTS.
. JiuTTK, iiont-, Aug. it. secretary i
.Locb Snd wife this afternoon eomp'et-.
ed a month s towr of , the Vc'l'iwatone , aioo, was the conservation of the hnl
.'N.itionat Park, and tnirnt irted oa ance remaining of the -appropriation of
their return Jo Vahii!-'ua. -
PRESIDENT MAY
YET TAKE HAND
PEACE ENVOYS CANNOT AGREE
UPON TWO MAIN POINTS.
PESkuulSM AGAIN THE NOTE
But Final Rupture of Proceedings May
Bo Avoided at Today's
.Session. .
Both Sides to Dispute Are Cautious and
Prefer to Postpone Final Action to
the nd The Only Show Now xs a
Compromise. .
PORTSMOUTH. N. IU Aujr. 17 -The
crisis in tne peace conference has been
reached and pessimism is again the note.
But the darkest hour is just before tne
dawn and there is still hope. The pre
dictions of a final rapture tomorrow
will certainly not be justified unless
Komura, figuratively, picks up bis hat
and announces it is useless to proceed
further. Witte at least wiU not be pre
cipitate. At tomorrow's session, after
article two (the limitation of Russia s
naval power in the ar east) and article
twelve (the fishing rights on the Russian-littoral)
are disposed of he will
favor adjournment until Monday to
hear the last word .rom St. Petersburg.
The pessimism tonight : is based "on
the fact trfat no progress was made to
day. XSi exchange of views at the
morning session on article nine (rem'u
neration for the cost of the war) show
ed that the plenipotentiaries were as
far apart as the poles and it was pass
ed over. Article ten (the surrender of
the Interned Russian warships) was
aso passed, ' not, in the opinion of one
of the plenipotentiaries, becaese it
could not. have been arranged, but be
cause it was within the shadow of the
two main points.
In the dispute hanging over the con
ference, botn sides were cautious and
preferred, to postpone it to the end. Ar
tiste two (limitation of the sea pow
er) la also adjust ible after modification
and article twelve will present no diffi
culties. So tonight- the situation is
practically where, it was last Saturday.
The only ehance now is a compromise,
Russia tojrield "Sakhalin, and Japan tho
indemnity. Neither will yield both and
perhaps Japan will yield neither. . .
A few words from Witte, said to the
foreign correspondents, were as usual,
not .encouraging. No very, great hope
was vouchsafed in the Japanese camp
and from aji authoritative source the
Associated rress correspondent received
a distinctly bad impression regarding
the outlook, coupled, however, with an
expression of hope that if it developed
that the conference was going to pieces
President Roosevelt might again step I
in.- - - - -
Japs May Force Issue.
Portsmouth, N. 1L, Aug. 17. The As
sociatel Press learns at midnight that
during the conference the Japanese
plenipotentiaries several- times mani
fested a desire to compete consideration
of the disputed points. Mr. Bato is
quoted as saying that the 'Japanese will
tomorrow propose the again taking up
of the, articles which Were passed over.
If that is the case the Japanese may
decide to openly propose joint consid
eration. Baron Hayashi Optimistic ,
London, Aug'. ,17 Baron Hayanbl, the
Japanese minister to 0 rest Britain,
said today that the pessimistic dis
patches from Portsmouth were not
worthy of consideration.
"It the war continues" said he,
"our forces will capture Vladivostok
and Harbin, taking by force a territory
of greater value than the payments de
manded by Japan." v -
' The. baron said the plenipotentiaries
on both' side possessed full power ' to
conclude peace and the ratification of
the terms will only be a matter of for
maity. . ?
. Pay Tribute, Political Death.
Portsmouth, Aug. 17. Mr. De Mar
tens, Russian delegate and anthoritv
on international law of the world, said
there was no precedent where a coun
try whose territory was not occupied
in whole or in part by the enemy has
paid a war tribute upon the conclusion
of peace. Russia, De ' Martens said,
was not crushed. . Japan had not ap
proached the true 'Russian frontier.
"Should Russia consent to pay trib
ute to Japan in any' f erra, Jt would be
her political depth. The powers wouM
understand she had accepted the prop
osition of President Roosevelt, not be
cause she was desirous ef honorable
peace, but because her power had been
annihilated and it was impossible for
her to continue the war."
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OMAHA WOMAN BOBBED.
Mrs. Lucrecia Mahon Reports Loss of
. Vauable Jewelry Between Port- '
land and Frisco
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17-Mrs.
Lucrecia Mahon of Omaha, Nebraska,
who came from Portland on the steam
er CbVumbia yesterday reported that
she had lost several hundred dollars
worth of jewelry en the voyage. Among
the mewing articles are several diamond
"ngs. ' , , ,
WILL HAVE MONEY ENOUGH.
Isthmian . Canal Commission Will Be
Able to Continue Work With
Y out Bond Issue.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. One of
tbJ fir,t imprtant tasks awaiting Mr.
shonts. wbea h sssaraed ne presi
dency. of the Isthmian canal commit
three million! to guard against tbe s'ep-
page of the work of canal building. I
By calling to his aid expert account
ants, the exact state of the finances of
the commission was ascertained aad it
was found the work could be prosecut
ed until congress will have an oppor
tunity to provide more funds. The
balance on hand is divided into monthly
allotments, and will be closely adhered
to save in one case." The commission
believes it has avoided the necessity
of availing itself of the privilege of
issujng bonds to meet the expenditures'.
BOTH VESSELS DAMAGED.
Cruiser Chicago Runs Aground and
Then Afoul of Bennington, Which
She Was Towing.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17. The
cruiser Chicago 'went aground'close to
the lighthouse an Angel island in t he
harbor today. She was towing. the dis -
abled cunboat Benniajrton. A strong
ebb-tide was running snd the tow-line
parted. The tng Fortune pulled the
Chicago clear of the bottom, but when
ahe came off sne took a sheer that went
her straight for the Bennington, and
there was a smashing of metal when
they earae together. The two vessels,
afoul of each other, .went drifting on
the tide. Both vessels are considerably
damaged.
BEAN PROBABLY WINNER.
PORTLAND, Aug., 16. "I 'wsuld
not be surprised if Judge Mean were
. . a . .... - . .1
appointed," saiu oenaior ruium, wnm
discussing the appointment, of a suc-
censor to the late rederai wuuge wi-
lincrer. in Portland yesterday. The
senator averred, however, that he had
received no information from Wash
ington, or elsewhere, lo th -ffect ihat
Judge Bean would or would not be
appointed. ' . -
senator Kulton saii tnat tne m-
prenie judge was on the list of those
whom he sent to Washington, but that
he had made no recommentlation of
him more than; of the other candi
dates. "I'tnade no selection at all, 'r
said the senator. I recommended all
of them as capable and qualified men
for the poidtion." Senator Fulton saia
be was looking, for an announcement
of the appointment at any time.
' Should Bean be appointed to the fed
eral bench Governor Chamberlain will
probably appoint T. G. llailey of Pen
dleton or W. M. Ramsey of La Grande
to the state bench.
HUSTON FOR CONGRESS.
Hillsboro Man Makes Tour of Valley
, and Then Makes Known
His Aspirations. -
HILLSBORO, Or., Ang. 16. S. B.
Huston of Hillsboro, one of the promi
nent attorneys of the state, definitely
declared himself in an interview today
as candidate for congress in this dis
trict to succeed Binger Hermann.
While Mr. Huston has been looked on
as a possible candidate, he has hitherto
been reluctant about expressing him
self, and this is his first announcement.
Mr. Huston returned yesterday after
noon from a trip through the Willamette-valley
to view the political situa
tion, lie declares he will make a vig
oYoud campaign, and that be has every
assurance that he will win. The war
ring factions of this county are united
for him. pther aspirants are all warm
friends of Mr. Huston, and should any
of them be successful in landing the
nomination, the' fortunate one will re
ceive Mr. Huston s cheerful support.
He is a strong Roosevelt man ami a
loyal Republican, having taken an ac
tive part in politics for yearn, and is
very well acquainted ; throughout this
district. .
HOME FROM THE PHILIPPINES,
G. W. Aschenbrenner and Wife. Who
Have Been in the Islands,
Bring Good Report.
O. W. Aschenbrenner and wife, nee
Cnrrin, who have leen for the past
four years in the Philippine islands
teaching in the government schools,
have returned and are visiting friends
in Salem preparatory to taking up their
residence in California.
I Mr. Aschenbrenner expressed himsdf
as being well pleased with the Philip
pine islands, liking the climate, an
enjoying the life there. He reports a
great improvement in that country dur
ing the past four years, and especially
is this noticeable in the character of
the people. When be first went there
they were sullen,-difficult in iret'ae-
qnainted "with, while now he finds them
very friendly. He thinks the future
of the Philippine islands is full of
promise and thinks there are' a greal
many opportunities there for men with
capital and energy,"
MORE ALLEGED GRAFT.
Geological Survey Now Under Suspt-
Clon cnarged That Officials Used .
' Office to Aid Publication.
WASHINGTON, Aug. lr,.ln re
sponse to published charges that offi
cials of the United States geological
survey used informal ion belonging to
tbe government for the benefit of the
Mining World, a fiaguzitve in which
certain members are said to hold stock',
Director Charles V. Wolcott today tele
graphed to Acting Director II. C. Riser
for an explanation from Drum mond,
Mont., where be is in camp. , Director
Riser replied that members of the geo
logical, survey do 'not own or control
Mining World," though some members
of tbe survey, pnrely ji a privste mat
ter, subscribed, a fraction of the stock.
The director stated that a request made
to Dr. Day to nominate competent writ
ers to tbe journal was approved by the
director, subject tf the usual snrvey
regulations. He denies that the World
was given any advantages not enjoyed
by other, outriders; and says that he
courts investigation. , t
COLLINS WILL TAKE APPEAL.
VICTORIA, Aug. 1 7y The extradi
tion caae against George D. Colli n,
lawyer, of San Francisco, wanted for
perjury, was concluded this afternoon.
A decision is expected Saturday. If
fudge Lampman decirlcs aurainst him,
Collins s'ys he will appeal, if neccsnarr,
to the privy council of Hvhnl.
ROOSEVELT IS
INTERESTED
CONFE23 WITH INSURANCE HEN
ON FEDERAL CONTROL
WANTS IT IP CONSTITUTIONAL
Disclosures in Equitable Investigation
Shows Need of Supervision for
Benefit of Insured,
' President Also Holds Conference with
r - Man Who Undvered Imnroner Prac-
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I .
I co Awwifui
OYSTER BAY, Aug. 18 Federal
supervision of insurance was the sub
ject of a . discussion today between
President Roosevelt and James M.
Beck, formerly assiatant attorney gen
eral of the United States and now tho
counsel for the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York. Senator Dry
den of New Jersey, president of the '
Prudential Insurance Company, also
participated in the conference. Presi
dent Roosevelt, especially since the dis
closures were made in the Equitable
Society has manifested deep interest in
the problem of national control of in
suraree. business. lie is known to fa
vor it if it can be brought about con
stitutionally. " . i
The president slso saw Assistant
Secretary ef the Treasury Cnarles II.
Keep, chairman of the "Keep Com
mission," who reported to him regard
ing the dispute concerning the pur
chase of typesetting machines in the.
povcrnmckt printing office. All hough'
the president and Keep both declined
to discuss the matter it is known that
the commission developed an unfortu
nate condition of affair in tue printing
office, a condition not necessarily dis
honest, but detrimentl to the interests
of the government.
DECADENCE OF MEN.
The Superior Brain of Woman Will Win
Ascendance Over the Brawn
" of Man.
DETROIT, Aug. 15. At the annual
convention of the International Asso
ciation of Factory lnsjectors, which
9ened here today, Mr. Bodine, super
intendent "of compulsory education at
Chicago,' made a speech which created
a mild' sensation. He declared that
women are destined to be the ruling
sex in industrialism and continued:
. "Man, like the Indian, is dying out
and leing driven out. The birth rate
among females is increasing and the
death rate decreasing. It is just the re
verse among males. We are rapidly
drifting to the age of the 'eternal fem
inine,' when man will be a back num
ber, and Ik? forced to return to the soil
and thone fields of labor where only
his physical . endurance will save him
in the struggle for survival."
Society has mothers who are slaves
to the siren called fashion and frivol
ity, who look more often into their mir
rors than into the faces of their chil
dren. With the fashionable mother,
gadding about at social functions and
tho fashionable father at his club, the
result will be that within a decade the
question tf the neglected children of
the rich will become ai great a problem
as the neglected children ef the poor."
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PROPER TREATMENT WANTED.
To Secure This Is Only Purpose of Boy
cott Started by Chinese, Says
Acting Consul General.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13. J.' W.
Davidson, acting consul general at
Shanghai, who arrived from the Orient
today, says the cause f the Chinese
boycott is the discourteous treatment
which sons of - influential Chineao offic
ials received at the hands of immigra
tion officials on landing ot San Fran
cisco. Davidson thought the fact that
orders have already been placed for six
months ahead for delivery'of American
goods would prevent tne boycott being
sucesiul. But he admitted that a pop
ular anti-foreign feeling miht bo easi
ly aroused which would carry the fight
beyond .control and result in serious
consiliences. "The purpose of tbe boy
cott," he said,i"haa never been to so
cure the admission of cooljes but to
gain projM?r treatment for the eiempt
Classes.'
CHURCH FEDERATION.
Conference to Be Held in Carnegie Hall
- in Novemoer.
NEW YORK, Aug. 15. The general
committee of arrangements for the Inter-Church
Conference Federation, to be
held in Carnegie hall, this city, Novem
ber, 15-21, is hsrd at work on the pro
gram and other details of the coining
meeting. It is now an assured fact that
th re will be present at the conference
official representatives of practically all
the important Protestant religious bod
ies of the United State. Episcopalian
will be represented by members of their
"Commission on Christian Unity." The
Orthodox Friends, tbe United Brethren,
and the Lutherans are other bodies that
have recently voted to co operate in
the movement. All told, over L'O.ooo,.
WK) American Christian communicant
will be directly represented at the con
ference, which wih be the greatest in
terdenominational ofTicfal gathering rv.
er held in this country, if not in t,
world. It is expected thtt the tu!l j r.
gram will bo announced in a few days.
four i.to hi: dhattis.
NEW 'ORLEANS, Aug. 17T1 r
cial report of the yellow T-v-r t
tion to- (1 o'clock: New !.(., 77. ,.',",.
l.L'L'.l; death-, 4; t .: --.!. J . '
cr;r vn-'cr tr ; . ' ;.