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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-12
THE LIAR OUT
ON RATE BILL
HEAVY MONEY GOING IN WASHINGTON FOR MISLEADING ht-
PORTS AS TO RoosEvELT's ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
HASN'T CHANGED AND WILL CALL EXTRA
SESSION NECESSARY

WASHINGTON, March ID '-All
kinds of confusing reports are be-
ing maliciously circulated IN re-
gard to President Roosevelt and
the railroad legislation.
Senators in the pay of the great
railway trust are chiefly RESPONSE
BILE. They have their paid agents
now at work in Washington putting
out misleading literature. They al
so have at least one of the great
Washington dailies under heavy
subsidy.
President Roosevelt has not
Compromised"
President Roosevelt has not
yielded"
President Roosevelt has not been
coerced by his party leaders or
bamboozled by the corporation
lawyers in his cabinet.
President Roosevelt has not
changed one scintilla of his policy
on the subject of rate legislation.
President Roosevelt is convinc-
ed that the Hepburn bill, as it pass
ed the house of representatives, Is
defective. He has been advised by
good constitutional lawyers that it
will have to be amended. Atty.
General Moody, Secretary of War
Taft and Secretary of State Root
all think the bill unconstitutional
in it's present shape.
He is willing to abide by their
judgment and is going to try to get
the bill fixed so that it will hold
water. He is not acting on the adj
vice of Senator Aldrich, Senator
Knox, Senator Crane, or any of the
so-called conservative" members
of the senate.
The three points to which amend
ments will be irected-amend
ments acceptable to the president
will be as follows
Empowering the Interstate Com
merce Commission to exercise its
discretion in fixing a reasonable
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HIGH FINANCE
IN OUR NAVY
(Scripps News Associa tion.)

WASHINGTON, D. c., March IL.
John H. Merriam, u.
S. NJ, on duty at the Washington
navy yard, narrowly escaped loss
of 800 by the failure Of someone In
authority to notify him officially
that Warren e. G. High had been
dropped from the U. 8. navy as an
assistant surgeon last November.
Since that time the navy paymas-
ter has been sending periodical
checks to High, who has evidently
accepted them. 1t was only by ac-
cident that Paymaster Merriam
discovered Highs separation from
the service, and he started out at
once in pursuit of the former naval
surgeon, and the latter was found
at Erie, Pa.
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They'd MOVE CAPITAL FROM
WASHINGTON TO AURORA, MO.
The Trouble With Congress is
Malaria, But When 1t Gathers en-
the Side of the Ozarks, as Plan
ned by Millionaire Elliott and
Others, All Will Be Different.

Just as soon as they can get the
necessary legislation passed, Au-
rora, Mo, is going to have the ma
tional capital at Washington NOV
ed into its midst.
S. G. Elliott, who has made a
million in mining and who also
runs a bank has had the Lawrence
county Editorial association pass
resolutions calling attention to the
fact that Washington is malarial;
malaria breeds physical and men
tai inefficiency and consequently
official crookedness. That's what
lis the matter with congress. SO
the capital should be removed and
Aurora, Mo, on the sunny side of
the Ozark mountains, in southwest
missouri, arises to call attention
to its salubrity and to put in a
claim for the national capital.
Among the reasons advanced is
that Washington is at one extreme
of the country and liable to cap
ture or destruction in case of war
with any European power. Aurora,
Mo, would be perfectly safe.
Washington is fncOnveniently
reached by 90 per cent of the popu-
lation of the country. Aurora, Mo,
is within a hundred miles or so of
the geographical center.
Washington was established as
capital when most of what is now
the United States was uneXplored
wilderness. Great states and cities
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power of the merchants guilds. 1t
may be surmised that officials, past
and present, and even the Chinese
government itself, have connived
at this unfriendly act, but as yet
proofs are lacking. 1t is certain
that the Chinese merchants of San
Francisco were at least aware of
the intended movement, predicted
it and gave it encouragement. |
shall not readily believe it was in
the interest of the coolie. Whether
the purpose was only to secure less
rigorous conditions of entry into
the country for the admitted class
es or a general relaxing of the pol
icy of exclusion, only time will
show. The Ju Foy decision may
be only coincidence, but it cert
ainly stiffens the exclusion law.
In my opinion, it would be both
weak and hur.ful to yield to a de-
mand from China to modify Our
Foley under pressure Of the boy
colt. Any concas sion. intended, as
it would be, in the most liberal and
friendly spirit and because of the
fee ling that cer:a n individual Chi
rcse had been ha SHY dealt with
here, would be accertel by China
as an evidence of weakness and a
trucking acquiescence in the de-
mands. 1t would be followed by
other and more extravaganza de-
mands.
1t is urged that our treatment of
the Chinese has sometimes been
harsh in the extreme, CALLING to
their pride. wounding to their sens.
Utilities. Two cases are always
marshaled in support OF the charge
the case of the King family, sub.
jected to indignities In Boston, and
! the case of the military attack In
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have been formed in this new ter
ritory of which President Washing
ton never dreamed. Eighty-fve
per cent of the meat and bread
products of the country are prOduc-
ed in the west. Ninety per cent of
the silver and gold is mined in the
west. In the opinion of Aurora,
Mo, the west constitutes the big
end of the country and is becoming
bigger every year.
S. G. Elliott has undertaken a
systematic campaign for the pur-
pose of having the capital removed
to Aurora, Mo. Printed matter has
been sent to President Roosevelt,
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to his cabinet, to senators and rep
resentatives and to men prominent
in the nations affairs wherever
they may be. Elliott does not ex-
pect to have the removal effected
Immediately, but he believes it is
only question of time.
Meanwhile Gazetteers contain in
fine print the following:
AURORA, MO, pop. 6191; Law
rence-co, 81 mi s. w. of Spring
field. st. Louis & San. Fran. Ry.
Tel. Exp. Banks. Lead and zinc
mines employing many men. Fer
tile farming and fruit growing
district.
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give new QUEEN
$4,000

MADRID, March ~. - Premier
Moret today officially communicat-
ed to the cabinet the kings be.
trothal to Princess Ena. She is of.
fcially known as Victoria Eugene.
Parliament was notified. Fifty
thousand dollars annually will be
appropriated for the future queen.
June 2 is fixed as the date of the
wedding.
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Written by the Hon. Edwin DENLY.
Affairs in China are attracting
the earnestan almost fearful at,
tention of the world. Not since
1900 has so serious a condition
seemed to exist in that storm-toss-
ed empire as prevails today. The
situation is undoubtedly viewed
with keen anxiety by our govern
ment. Trade has already suffered
severely, but | believe that the
lives of our citizens are in no pres
ent danger.
The boycott of American goods,
as an outward sign of hostile dis
position, is worthy the most pro
found study. The weapon employ
ed is consonant with the theories
and traditions of Confucian society.
1t is, or may become, almost as dis
astrous to our trade as open hos
tilities, yet it is not war. The
Chiese philosophers hate and con-
denim the spirit of warfare, but
with consummate cunning they en-
ploy the keen-edged weapon of
peace.
The boycott as method of pub
lie protest is centuries old in China.
The American boycott began in
Shanghai on May II, 1905. The
two large meetings were held and
1t was declared that if the United
States should demand that China
sign a new exclusion treaty a boy.
colt Of American goods would fol.
low. Almost Immediately similar
statements were made in Hang,
chow, Foochow, Neuchwang, Sing.
apore (Straits SettlemenD, Bang.
kok, Chefoo and Chinkiang, prov.
ing the movement to have been pre-,
concerted. No such demand was
made by our government, but on
May s the famous Ju Foy decision
was rendered by our supreme court
which cut off the habeas corpus
loophole under which so many
Cinnamon managed to become resi-.
dents despite the exclusion law.
The boycott went into force even
before the news Of this decision
reached China. The chief articles
of export affected are oil, sewing
machines, cotton goods, tobacco
condensed milk and canned goods
All OF these are, it should be noted
In sharp competition with similar
products Of other nations. Certain
other articles of a noncompetitivt
nature show no decrease.
The origin of the boycott is mo-
clearly determined. nor is it's pur
pose quite clear. We only know
that 1t exists and that 1t is a re
markable demonstration of tn,
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The author of the accompanying
article on the Chinese boycott, Hon.
Edwin DENLY, representative in
congress from Detroit. is the con OF
former Minister DENLY who repre-
scented the United States in China
many years. Mr. DENLY lived in
the celectial empire and was for
some time in the Chinese customs
service. He is probably the best
authority in Washington on the
subject of China.
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Dad STORM
IN h[VA,4,
(Scripps News Assocfation.)

(Scripps News Assocfation.)
VIRGINIA, New, March 12.-The
storm last night destroyed five
buildings with damage of 100000
Chinatown suffered most. Many
houses were blown from their foun-
dations. None were injured.
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TRIALS OF CRUISERS
(Scripps News Association.)

WASHINGTON, D. c., March IL.
The 14,500 armored cruiser Ten
nessee, built by Cramp & Sons,
will be officially tried On the Rock
land, Me-, course toward the end
of this month, while the sistership
the Washington, built at Camden,
N. j., will be tried over the same
course on April 1.
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DEAD SOLDIERS
PARENTS LIVE
in THIS CITY

Purl De Busk of Spokane was
among the killed at the battle with
the Moros at Jolo, Philippine
islands. His parents are Mr.. and
Mrs. John V. De Busk of the Hotel
Europe. Purl De Busk is % years
of age. His parents will try to get
the body sent to them.
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GREEK MUlDfDfl
Will HANG

ATHENS, March 12-Gherakaris,
a gambler, who on June 13 killed
former Premier Delynnisat, was
sentenced to death today. His ac-
complete, Mitsa, was sentenced to
prison for eight years.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-12

CHICAGO, March 12.-Attomeyi
General Moody attended the pre-
sentation of evidence in rebuttal in.
the packers case today. He said
he had no present intention of re-
firing from the cabinet
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(0(kR|[[ THINKS
R0Q[R5 WILL TILL
(ecripps News Association.D

KANSAS CITY, March 12.-For-
mer Senator Cockrill of the inter-
state commerce commission init
mates he believes Rogers will tell
all Hadley wants to know the next
time he Is placed on the stand. He
thinks Rogers will fear punish
ment.
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THROUGH TICKETS TO
ALASKA.

Via all lines. Berths reserved
and all arrangements made. For
particulars, sailing dates, ETC., call
at city office, Great Norther rail-
way, 701 Riverside avenue.
e. l.. Blair,
sss General Agent.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-12

Herbert Alberson of Kentucky
and a brother of Mayor Daggett's
secretary, has moved his home from
Summerville, KY, to Spokane. He
will enter into business here.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-12
SUSAN ANTHONY
Dl|hQ, TALKS
Of OREGON f|0nT

(Scripps News AssociationD
ROCHESTER,, March 12.-Susan
B. Anthony Is sinking rapidly. She
is expected to die before night. In
a delirium she spoke of the work
in Oregon where battle for WON
an suffrage is being fought.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-12

Member Of Congress From Detroit,
Who Was Former Chinese Of
fetal, Says 1t Would Be Weak
and Harmful-China Would Pre-
sumo on lt-Tells About the
Great Boycott.
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POPE GRANTS
MORGAN AUDIENCE

fScripps News Association
ROME, March 12.-J. P. Morgan
and number of New Workers were
granted an audience by the pope
today.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-02
The American Tea Garden.

The Pinehurst gardens embrace at
present about 80 acres Of tea plants
in various stages of advancement and
produce from a considerable variety
of seed over 10000 pounds of dry tea
annually. The original seed for the
Pinehurst tea gardens was procured
through the Offices of the United States
Department of State and the Chinese
Government from the celebrated Drag
on's Pool estate near Hangchow. China
whose output commands too high a
local price to admit of its expectation
Picking tea at Pinehurst is done by
a carefully trained and well superin-
tended corps of colored children who
show great aptitude in this direction. In
stances have occurred of rne plucking
by one child in a day of over 80
pounds of greenleaf whereas the aver
age in the Orient hardly exceeds 20 to
30 pounds. Experiments at the@Pine-
hurst gardens show that tea from all
modern climates could be made az pro
ductive here as at their source. a
change in climate and the difference in
cultivation and manufacture having a
tendency to affect the quality Of tea
when prepared for the table. This Is
the reason assigned for the difference
in the American grown tea from that
son tea is considered more delicate
and milder than that of cooler climates
The autumn season tea is stronger in
color and taste and resembles the
product from the more southern re
gions of the Orient.
The Secretary of Agriculture believes
that there is an excellent field in the
United States for home tea indus
dustry for we consume approximately
75,000.000 pounds of tea annually or
little less than one pound per capita.
Our people, he says, pay at retail about
sf0,O00,O000 year for tea as against
$50 100000 for coffee and $1,2OO,0OO.-
900 for alcoholic beverages 1t has
been calculated that the American peo-
pie drink 40o. 100000 gallons of tea an
nuaily. We are primarily nation of
coffee drinkers; in proportion to our
population we consume only about one
sixth as much tea as the Britain,
whether at home or in the colonies.
While the United States does not i'm
port the cheapest kind of tea, never
theless our importations are chiefly
of inferior qualities. The first demand
of the American consumer is cheap
ness, and often-times he will purchase
tea of poor quality on account of ac-
companying allurements of crockery
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-02

In these tablets is not imported, but,
on the other hand. is grown at the
experimental tea gardens of the De
partment of Agriculture at Summer
VILE, S. c. A few weeks ago DIR. B. t.
Galloway, chief of the Bureau of Plant
Industry received a large box of sam
pie packages from Summeryille.
Each box of compressed tea contains
twenty tablets about the size of cent,
but probably twice as thick. The
various kinds of tea such as Oolong,
American Breakfast, black and green,
etc, are all prepared in tablet form
ranging from sepia to dark green in
color. The tablets as heretofore stated
are made from tea grown at the Pine
hurst tea gardens Summerville, 5. L.
and contain the purest of leaves
thought to be unsurpassed by any i'm
ported tea The tablet form is accom-
plished by compression with machin-
cry. The directions furnished for us,
ing the tablets are rs follows:
Drop one tablet in teapot for each
cup OF tea desired Pour in freshly
boiled water. and after allowing II TO
stand four minutes, stir gently, strain,
hG t5Slet Tea y viii H'i'i INN, .ateiy settle to
the bottom of the cup, then strain the
liquor into another cup, ara sugar ana
cream as desired.
While it is explained by officials OF
the Department that this new form of
tablet does not improve the flavor or
taste of the tea, the chief value lies
in the fact that the product occupies
less space. A pound package OF or
dinary tea, 1t is stated, would occupy
about twenty-five times as much room
as one of these little packages OF TWEEN
ty tea tablets prepared by the Agri'
cultural Department
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-02
Malt Coffee as Food.

A Russian army doctor attached to
the ed Turkestan Rife Battalion has
been making some interesting expert
ments in the matter of nourishing sol
diers. DR.. Cyrillus Koljago admins
tered to ten men for ten days malt cof-
fee as their sole beverage, with the re-
suit that their weight increased during
the time to the extent of S32 grammes
man. A like experiment was made
by giving tea to the same number of
men Of similar constitutions and for
the. same number of days, and in their
case the doctor certified a decrease of
weight per man to the extent OF $40
grammes. He then put the twenty men
together back on to tea, and those whose
weight had been so signally increased
by the malt coffee had within ten days
lost 600 grammes head. The doctor
now states what is very important to
note namely, that his experiments have
led him to believe that it is not merely
the nourishing attributes of the malt
coffee which mark this increase, but
that its effect is mainly to increase the
action of the digestive organs, enabling
them to draw from all other food taken
the utmost quantity OF nourishment
each may contain.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-02
Death.
&c. E. NJ

7 am n microbe of vast and fearful power.
NV name is Death where e'er l m found.
I float through the air and sink
into the vitals of the sons of men:
The youth in joyous spring of life;
The man mature in years and strength
The newborn babe and she
Who watches tenderly his breath Oh
life:
The coyish maiden, and the sage
OF tottering steps and silver locks'
All alike grow faint and listless.
Weak and wan. and sink at last
To their eternal rest. beneath my s.-lce;
Quietly at first l work. mid Jest ana
laughter,
behind
The western hills
Than 1 make felt my power
Through every limb and fibre OF my VIC
TITS said that he laughs best who iaugheth
last:
And laugh last, yea many a million time
AS perceive my victim gaze with hollow,
vacant stare
And note his breath come short, and
gasp and-cease.
IIa! Ha! Another triumph of my prowess!
And now I float away to murder once
To snatch some maiden from her lovers
arms;
To strike youth, his mothers all:
Ceaseless my work. know not pity.
GREEDY am l. and each one whom slay
adds fuel to my greed.
| So do I live and reap my harvest day BY
day Of Death.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-02
<ANHY6VSy15 TEA RAISING IN THE UNITED $SNX6yN2
TSNTHxUE4 STATES. SSA1NsJkeesze
o Aprcunur Present.

apartment OF Agriculture Presents American
Tea in Tablet Form,
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

people of the United States are aware
that tea is grown in this country. AS
matter Of fact. however, this coun-
try not only raises tea but produces
an article, said by experts, to be OF
a higher grade than imported tea and
which has no equal for cup qualities
For years there has been gigan-
tic struggle between British and Chi
nese tea growers for supremacy IN
the worlds tea trade. The most i'm
portant feature of this struggle has
been the substitution by the British
of modern and specially constructed
machinery in place of the ancient man
ual operations which the Chinese seem
to envelop in mystery. Labor in In
dia, while cheap, was not cheap enough
to accomplish the overthrow of the
Chinese producers and leave a margin
of profit The conflict between the
rivals thus settled down to trial OF
watch, thermometer, and steam or
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-02

The Department OF Agriculture has
been making some experiments, which
from present results seem to promise
a revolution in the method of pack
lng and preparing tea. The usual
method adopted by tea raisers here
tofore has been quite crude in that the
dried tea leaves were merely slowed
in a loose and bulky package. The
effort of the Department of Agriculture
is to furnish pure tea in most con-
venient form and in manner to pro-
tect the leaves from losing any of
their strength through exposure to
the air. This has resulted in meth
cd of COMPRISING the leaves into tab
lets, each of sufficient size TO make
delicious cup of tea What would Or
dinarily make a big package of tea
can by this unique method be placed
in a space about the size of safety
match box. Another significant feature
OF the experiment is that the tea used
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-02
The Docking of Horses.

Agitation is promised to urge the pas
sage of laws against docking horses,
and owners of horses are being petit
toned to join in the crusade. Dealers
never dock horses, except at the re-
quest of buyer. To offer a horse for
sale with bob tail is to create the sus-
picion that it is second hand" one that
has seen service before in the city, IN
stead of being fresh from green past
ures. Yet the dealers rarely sign such
petitions They declare that the opera
ton of docking is not excessively pain
ful and is atoned for by the easy life
it leads to. To have the tail shortened
is the initiation the rough horse pays
to gain the comfort and light duties OF
a private stable.
Fashion is not the only reason to act
uate the buyers in having their horses
docked, but it is the principal one. A
few say that the shortening of the tail
makes for cleanliness, as the tail does
not become draggled with mud and dust
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-02-02

interest in the United States. A hum
dred years ago the first tea plant was
introduced at Middleton Barony on the
Ashley River near Charleston, S. e.
Mr.. Junius Smith in the forties made
experiments in tea culture at Green
Vile, S. C. and in the fifties the Uni
ted States Government collected in
Asia and distributed tea seed by the
Patent Office through the south Attain
tic and Gulf states, which later gave
rise to many thrifty little gardens
capable of supplying all domestic
wants. While these experiments prove
the adaptability of the tea plant to the
United States they did not prove the
possibility of a lucrative industrial un-
dertaking. The United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, however, in the
last quarter of the 18th century un-
dertook an investigation along this lat