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tongues with the three languages spoken
in Great Britain. English. Irish and
Scotch, saying that that nation had no
difficulties in the matter OF self-govern-
ment- This statement brought forth an
uproarious outburst OF laughter from the
Congressman present.
All of the speakers were subjected TO
-yolleys of questions by Senators New
lands and Warren and Congressmen War
rem, Hepburn, Grosvenor and Cooper all
finally admitting that they had not given
the subject sufficient study to determine
just how to handle the question of inde-
pendence. II 1t were given to the islands.
Congressman Cooper Of Wisconsin, dur
ing the course Of. an interview. said:
1T is quite apparent to any one who
has looked into the matter. even super
ficially. that self-government for the FIJI
ipinos. at the present, is out of the ques-
tion. Within very few months after
Independence was granted them there
would be a factional fight going on simi-
lar to the Aguinaldo-Luna feud, which
would give some of the powers an op-
portunity to intervene and divide up the
islands.
The meeting viii be continued to-mor-
row.
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INTERESTING MYTHOLOGY.

After a time the Creator makes the various
animal-people ARD the deer and for while
ali live together
The use OF obsldian for knives ana arrow
points is discovered mankind is made and the
ote for the mastery the former desirous that
life shall be easy for the man he has made
the latter wishing conditions to be hard.
wins. death is brought into the world; his own
child is the first to die
:. The Creator. having at length tried TO de-
stroy the Coyote in vain. events described In
the tale Of the Loon-womsn among the Maidu
and Ysna take place. all try to escape the
sky. Coyote as usual. is responsible for their
fall and al are burned TO death with few
exceptions.
Ife and then Silver Fox gives 10 each ami
rnal-person his her peculiar markings and
cries and sends them off to different parts OF
with the Shasta, the development of the
Creator and the episode OF the creation Is
practically wholly lacking and the dvalism
still clear in the Achomawi quite disappears.
The most that can be found is confused
account Of 1cod brought on by mysterious
After the subsistence of the water the Eagle
largely shapes the world and then sends down
a boy and girl, brother and sister, VINO
marry and are the ancestors Of the human
race.
DIR. c. Hart Merriam. chief of the Bio
logical Survey. Washington, D. C.. read
a paper on 1.-THE Aboriginal Indian Popu-
lation of California; and Miss Constance
Goudard Du Bois of Waterbury, Conn,
read a paper on mission Indian Re
ligious Myths which was accompanied
with phonograph records. President Put
nam exhibited bones possibly showing
the work OF man, from Quaternary Caves
of California" He had taken from the
surface of one mound in Sausalito bone
which has so far puzzled not alone him
self but other men of eminence. None
can discover its connection.
The meeting viii be resumed this morn
ing at the Academy Of Sciences Hall. and
this evening the visiting members OF the
association will be entertained at BAN
quet at the St. Francis Hotel by the
local members. There were. thirty new
members added to the list yesterday.
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MORGAN SELLS
ROAD TO CHINA

NEW YORK, Aug 29.-As result of
the conference between the President
and ]. P. Morgan. yesterday. the Ameri-
canChina Development Company held
a meeting to-day and ratified the sale
of the Hankow railroad to China. 1t
may be said that the plan was arranged
at the meeting between the President
and Morgan and is satisfactory to
both of them.
The development company owned, be-
side the railroad, already built, con-
cession of right to extend IL 500 miles
into the interior OF China.
1t was announced by President
Roosevelt that China had Cancelled the
rights and concession Of the Canton
Hankow railroad, and that. as an in
demnity, the Chin ese- Government
would pay to the owners OF the road.
the American China Development Com
pany, the sum of s6,75o.O00. The de.
cision to abide by the determination of
the Government of China to cancel the
franchise was reached at the confer
ence yesterday between President
Roosevelt and Morgan. The announce
ment was ISSUED In the form of the
following official statement:
After full discussion with Mr.. Morgan. II
was decided to accept the offer Of the Chinese
for the cancel llation of the contract for the
building of the Hankow-Canton Railroad. The
Imperial Chinese Government, having Cancelled
the contract and at the same time expressed
Willingness to pay any oamage. left only
the question of the indemnity and sstfsfac-
tory amount having been offered the stockhoid-
ers have agreed to accept the terms
Mr. Morgan has consulted with the admins
tration and shown every desire TO do what
American interests In the Orient demanded,
and only consented TO the arrangement pro-
posed by the Chinese Government In view OF
the fact that the attitude or The Chinese Gov
ernment rendered It obvious that there was nc
other course which he could take with due re-
gard to the interest Of the stockholders he rep
resented He could not finally decide until he
President had stated that far he coul
see, no other course was open than to accept
the offer. s
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OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE
OF THE PACIFIC COAST
Postal Change for California md Pat
ents Issued to Residents Of
the State

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-The follow
ing change of fourth-class postmaster
has been ordered for California: Paynes
creek, Tehama County. Harvey Folger,
vice Jessie G. Anderson.
Patents have been issued as. follows
to Californians:
S. F. Baker, Santa Barbara. faucet;
James Beard, Westport. plow; Louis c.
Graupner, San Francisco, centrifugal
wet crushing and grinding .mifl for
quartz; C. P. Hale, San Francisco, fish
trimming and splitting machine; Dewls
Landau, San Francisco, siphon head and
neck; A. j. Locher and j. "A. Predom,
Auburn, pneumatic tire protector; G,
Malcolm, Oakland, sash HOLDER j. o.
Rollins. Tuolumne, tool attachment for
sewing machine; NJ. J. Thomas. Ingle-
wood, means for securing hold straps;
George Woke, assignor of one-haf to
E. p Kirbay and w. h Mclaughlin
Jacksonville, ILL.,. air cooling. deyice for
engines; II. Wrinkle and n. Keller
smelling furnace.
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Assassination of an Armenian.

CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug 2s.-The
palace and other ofacials here are max
ing inquiries into the mysterious DEATH
by assassination on August 26 of Apik
Undjian. a prominent Armenian. who
was shot by a man named Vartinian.
who claims to be a nattralized citizen
OF the United States. yartinian says he
was ordered to kill Undjian. but re-
fused to say by whom Undtian was
arrested as. a revolutionist during the
massacres of 1895. but had since dis
continued his connection with the revo-
lutionary party.
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SONS OF HENRY PHIPPS
EX JNERATED BY A JURY

EDINBURGH, Aug. 29.-The jury in the
case of J. 8. and H. C.. Phipps. sons of
Henry Phipps of Pittsburg. returned a
verdict of not guilty to-day. The defend
ants were charged with shooting and
wounding three salmon fishers on July {
on the Beaufort Castle estate. Inverness
shire. which is leased by Phipps Sr.
Alexander McPaw, head salmon usher
for the estate, said they made the mis-
take of fishing at midnight without noti-
flying Phipps.
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of neignboring tribes was made, and
number of interesting myths were re-
lated
Following is a part of DR.. Dixon's
PAPER:
In outline the Achomawi account OF the
creation runs something ike this:
IN the beginning all was water. Every
where was nothing but the sea and the clear
sky. In the clearness cloud formed and
from it the Coyote appeared fog then
arose from the surface OF the water ana from
IL the Greater, Silver Fox. appeared .
The prior appearance OF the Coyote Is mere
TO be noted
Wearying of suspension in midair, the Crea-
tor thinks a canoe. into which Coyote and
Creator descend and for a long time float
about
At length the canoe becomes old. moss
grown and rotten. and the Creator determines
to secure some better abiding place
T: While the Coyote sleeps he combs out from
his own body a mass of hair. forms il into a
dat disk, sets II ahoat on the water and on 1t
places what to be trees, plants. etc.
The world Is thus created and the canoe
floats gently ashore. when the Creator arouses
Coyote who wakes to find himself overshad-
owed by dropping branches of fruit. The two
step ashore build for themselves houses and
live there together
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lists, with a party from Manila, includ-'
ing General Corbin and wife and Ad-
miral Train. will. arrive here about
September II, bringing new legation
guard. Officialdom is greatly interest
ed in Miss Roosevelt's visit. The Dow
ager Empress is preparing a palace for
Miss Roosevelt's. reception and will in
vite her to stop there as her guest.
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ChoIera spreadinE i'm Manila.

MANILA, Aug. 2s--The cholera epi-
demic has taken rather unfavorable
turn From o'clock this morning until
in the, evening there have been eleven
new cases reported among the natives
The total number of cases treated since
the outbreak totals forty. with deaths
numbering twenty-five.
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Fountain Pen Talk.

Waterman or Marshall fountain pen il
practically bought when you come to investi-
gate. They write when you want them to
write with housekeeping regularity caused
.by a feed that conducts the ink from the res
ervoir to the pen point with absolute uniform
ity and certainty 81. SO 30 and UP. Sanborn,
Vail & Co., 741 Market street.
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A Fact worth knowing.

For. style, durability and price our San Fran
cisco business buggy has no equal. Specially
built for general business use. To see 1t is to
buy it. Leibold Harness Co.. 211 Larkin st.,
opp. City Hall
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To Meet Next I'm Dubuauc.

JOLIET, ILL.,. Aug. 29.-The business
session of the -.ational Kriegerbund
was completed to-day Dubuque, Iowa,
was chosen. as the next meeting place.
Jacob Meyer of Joliet was elected presi-
dent.
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BOY FATALLY HURT WHILE
TRYING TO LOOP THE GAF
Goes Down steep Hill ON Bicycle, In
tending to Clear a Creek ut
the .Baffom.

EVANSVILLE. Ind, Aug 29.-Arthur
Heeger, 10 years old. was fatally in
jured YESTERDAY while trying to loop
the gap" lie started down a long hill
on his bicycle, thinking the momentum
of the machine would carry him across
a creek fifteen feet wide at the bot
tom. He lost control of the wheel and
was thrown several feet. fracturing his
spine and injuring himself internally.
The recent. visit of a circus here had
inspired the attempt.
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REMARKABLE ADDRESSES.

came a paper by Dr. Charles Hill-Tout,
chronological survey Of Canada, on THE
Heterogeaeity. Of the Selfish Tribes" in
which DR. Hill-Tout discussed totemism.
saying: 'Ethnologicsl study here has
made il perfectly clear that totemism
prevails in one form or another in an
our American tribes. Totemism in this
country Is primarily a religious institu-
ten or manifestation Of the attitude of
savage, unsophisticated man toward ma
ture, and not a social institution.
A general discussion. of the topic was
held al the close of this paper.
A paper by DR.. r. B. Dixon Of Harvard
University on .sShasta-Achomawi Myth
ology" U6s. next read. A comparison Of
the mythology Of these Indians with that
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-30

N.s.G.w cards for Sept. celebration. 75c 100.
Order now. Gabriel Printing CO.. 4le sac'mento.s
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PALACE FoR MISS RoosEvELT.

PEKING, Aug. 29.-Miss Alice Roose-
velt and thirty Philippine excursion
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$3.50 Center. Pieces, CSC
These are some of the prettiest French renaissance,
handmade center pieces that have had this sea,
son. SO designs from which to select both round and
square pieces all lace and linen centers. regularly +
and $50 each, beginning this morning. EQn
special at -.
Antique Lace Centers and Squares-A small case, Just
in from Pa. revival of the designs in lace used many
years ago. All strictly hand made Of strong linen thread
with linen centers positively wear-ou to them
I8n Ceneu s. 75to S. 25 36-in Cene So so to so
24n Cen.er. So 90 to S375 Bureau Scas 90 90
3O-n. Centers 81 0Oto s.. so
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-28
ter hymn and prayer. the union adj
journed to meet at $3.50 p. NJ
Afternoon Session.

The session yesterday afternoon was
full Of enthusiasm and good ERill Mrs.
N. X (iuthere, of Charlotte QsSSi house.
conducted the devotional exerci, and
gave a. short but beautiful explanation Of
the Twenty-third Psalm. The Rev, j. ~
Booker, Of Lexington, then spoke OF the
need OF evangellzation In our own state
and put before the union some plain
facts concerning the ignorance OF the Viz
glnia mountaineers He said: I'VE can
not build UP foreign missions without
home missions as a basis he introduc.
ed Mr.. Gilman, chairman Of missions Of
the Abingdon Presbytery, who further
developed the subject. Mr.. Gilman gave
some statistics to the effect that only
eleven per cent. OF tho adults in Carroll
county belong to any Protestant church
per cent. are processing Christians Ho
road n report from Il young theological
student Of slavonlc birth. who
worked among the / moq ,rtil sr
port showed forcibly the difficult
ty OF reaching the people and tho
need of more native missionaries. AT the
close of his address he made an appeal
to the ladies of the Synodlcal Union 10
support native missionary among the
foreigners. who arc pouring Ia, the conl-
fields Of Virginia. A recommendation was
made that the delegates should lay the
matters before their respective unions and
take action at once.
j y ne Collllllttee dp)oiHteu III NV 10y 10
Ion Of the constitution reported two
amendments. which were adopted by the
union.
Tho society then went into the cleo
ton Of officers. Mrs. j Calvin Stewart
Of Richmond, was reelected president by
2acclamation, and it was further voted
that all the officers should be reelected,
with the exception of the treasurer and
the secretary of Young Peoples socie-
ties, both OF whom had to resign on
account of ll-health. Mrs Randolph
Cannon, of Richmond, was thereupon
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-28
WOMAN'S AUXILIARY.
Morning Session Took Form OF
Memorial to Mrs. Price,

The meeting OF the Womans Missionary
Union on Friday morning took the form
of a memorial to Mrs, Sarah Minor
Price, founder Of the Womnn's Foreign
Missionary Union of East Hanover Pres
bytery. Miss Maria Blair conducted the
devotional service and Mrs. Margaret
Cannon, of Richmond, read memo-
rial paper Mrs. iliugh4Blnir, charter
member of tho Woman's Foreign Missions
airy Union of East Hanover Presbytery,
gave a slsetohLiIof the union from lis
organization Her report showed that
the collections had made gradual In
crease from $500 tho first year to over
SO. 900 at the present time.
Mrs. NJ NJ Caldwell, OF Wytheyile.
who was down on tho programme for a
paper, was unable ito be present on ac-
count OF sickness, and Miss Katharine
HAYES read the paper prepared by Mrs.
Caldwell on the subject: Variety In
Methods and Meetings.. Miss Katharine
Spear, from Baltimore, read a very
Interesting ESSAY ION 51fisslul $Nln1y
Ciasses," after which there was q general
discussion of the subject, engaged In by
nearly all the delegates.
Mrs John r. Sampson, who substituted
for Mrs. II. B, Webb, who could not at
tend, made helpful address on Do.
tmniop.'s Mrs. J. Leighton stuart who
has been a missionary TO emma for
thirty-one years and whose TWO sons
will both enter the field, spoke very
feelingly on "a Message from CHINA Az
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MILLER TELLS HOW.
PRICES WENT Up
Of Independent Tobac
co Mfgs' Association Says
Trust Controls Licoricc.
WANTS FAIR COMPETITION
Manufacturers Urged 70 Stand
Shoulder to Shoulder for
Open Market.
nv Associnted Press.l

NEW YORK, October T.--Flgures
showing how the so-callcd tobacco trust
has raised prices and how the lndepen.
dent manufacturers are combating thesc
prices were given to-day by Hiram y.
Miller, Of Philadelphia, president Of the
Independent Tobacco Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION of the United States at the fifth
annual convention OF that organization.
lie said In parts
,'To-day the manufacture OF licorice
paste is almost exclusively In the hands
Of the tobacco trust.
LIcorice, which a few years ago cost
us five or five and onc-half cents per
pound is now costing US ten and one
half cents to eleven cents per pound. I
believe 1t 10 be TO our interests 10 appeal
to Congress to aid US against this unfair
monopoly.
I'VE have to-day fair competition with
the tobacco trust In the purchase of leaf
tobacco and in the dsposng OF our
manufactured products. year ago the
trust had the leaf tobacco interests In
such shape that 1t was hard
for some Independent manufacturers to
procure leaf even at an advance Of 10
10 100 per cent over the actual value. 1t
was almost impossible in come sections
Of the country for independent manufac-
turers TO get their goods distributed.
To-day these conditions do not exist,
and II we stand shoulder TO shoulder and
work as n unit with the investigating
committee appointed In Washington,
which Is now Investigating the conditions
and manner OF doing the business OF the
so.c.,jlad toha cco trust I believe. the omen
market, with fair competition, will be
established.
The association decided to have a label
put on all goods made by its members
but did not designate the kind OF mark
To- be used.
Officers Elected.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
President. Hiram D. Miller. OF Philn-
dclphia. Vice President Hugh Camp
bell, Richmond. Secretary, Walter II.
Friedlandcr, Cincinnati; Treasurer. John
w. surburg. New York.
The following Executive Committee
was chosen: Samuel Bloch. Wheeling,
W. Va; George r. Brown, Winston, ~.
C.; Samuel Harris. New York; Albert
welsert. st. Louis, and G. y. larus,
Richmond.
committee consisting Of President
Miller and vlce-President Campbell was
appointed to look into the iIcoricc sit.
uation. especially with a view to the
establishment Of a plant for the manu-
facture OF licoricc paste under the con-
troll OF the Manufacturers Association.
The committee Is to report the result OF
its Investigations to the ASSOCIATE at
q speciai meeting to be held In Cin-
cinnat within six weeks.
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Now The Opportunity.

= = 100. : n
He ,old of how missions had been es-
tabllshed in Texas for the Mexics, ~ ~
Oklahoma, In the lndian IeIittoLS ai,a
in a number Of other places, where tnere mere
are thousands who do not near e''e - :
NOW is the opportunity. he continuee aa
s".for there are unnumbered unoccuPleu
fields and in these the seea r lus is
y strenuous call for laborers, but ne - Is
unable 10 find willing workers or me me
means to send them. He appealed 70 tne
women for the aid Of prayer. ., 10y es, =,
pr de .G '' Impressed with the value Of
n,ayer that would rather nave prhyer
than money. lay the cause OF mss Iniss.o ".
on your heart and conscience. we mus.
save the wcrd sk bst save lv I ner for
children and for the sake Of your chill
dren's children
Rev. j. l.. OReavis, OF Nashville, CO.
ordinate secretary or the Io't NM sand
He viewed the apostolic spirit OF missions
with which the first followers started our
TO win the world for Christ. lie snoWeu
how in all revolutions, IN an t sHu caim
And the greatest need Of the missionary
field, he said. is the calm OF prayer nnd
for the home and foreign field ne asked
those before him to contribute ttienlsa,uus
In a powerful portrayal of the needs OF
foreign fields. realistic In Its beautiful
imagery, and touched with the pathos Of
one who has seen and knows he made
the appeal of the evening. In q. tremb-
ling voice and With almost divine ear
ncstness and magnetic in Its pleading e!o-
uuence, he pictured the pagan peoples
crying with uplifted hands for the aid
and prayers Of the followers Of Christ;
1t was the address OF the evening", and
there could not have been one In az tho
house who was not impressed with Its
forceful elouuence and pathos..
And so the second day of the session
came to an end. to meet again this morn-'
ing at 8 o'clock.
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WOULD STOP ALL
FREIGHT TRAINS
lcontinued NON le1rst Page.)

attention Of all may be vouched as an
expression OF the deepest feeling, the
two preachers who have devoted their
lives to this work may depart from this
meeting of the Synod OF Virginia in the
knowledge that will have won the prayers
OF all for the aid of their cause.
In the afternoon the members OF the
A,nod were entertained at the Presby-
tartan r Publishing House, where they MIN
vled In good fellowship, renewed old ac-
quantanceship and made new friends.
Refreshments were served. and the hours
were passed in most enjoyable fashion. 4
Will Lay Cornerstone.
This afternoon al half-past will take
place the laying OF the cornerstone Of
the Church of the Covenant, corner Of
Park Avenue and Harrison Street. The
. occasion will be notable in that not only
prominent ministers from many sections
OF the State and many citizens of the city
Will be present, but because the whole
Synod OF Virginia Will gather at the
church to witness and take part in the
laying of It's foundation stone.
The ceremony will be conducted under
the auspices OF metropolitan Lodge, No.
~, A. i. and a. NJ. DR.. ]. ". Eggleston.
grand junior warden, will preside, and the
address of the occasion will be delivered
by Rev. DR. Russell Cecil. Rev. Newton
Donaldson, recently elected moderator of
the synod, will offer prayer. and DR..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-28

Dr. w. w Smith. chancellor of the
Randolph Macon system of colleges and
schools, appeared before the Synod and
that the Methodist Church Of the State