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The Washington times., 1909-07-21
Report of Tariff Conferees
May Be Ready by Saturday
Echo of Clash Between Payne and UiraProtectonists
Dies Away-Members of Congress Go to White
House to Lay Their c ases Before President.

Payne practically served notice that,
unless there were concessions. he would
not sign the conference report, was the
lumber schedule and Fordney's support
of the Senate rates.
= number Of members OF House and
Senate went to see the President to-
day. All came back to the Capitol with
the story that the President was stand
ing firm for free hides, iron ore, and
oil, with low rates on coal and lum-
Der, and that. along with free hides. he
wanted reductions in the duties on shoes
and leather.
Presidents Desires.
In a general way, it was reported the
President wanted various reductions on
manufactured articles. II was said he
would like lower rates on iron and steel
manufactures to coincide with free ore.
This is what the progressive Repub-
leans Of the Senate and House want
They say they will not be satisfied
merely with lower duties on raw mate
rails or free raw materials; that there
must be lower duties on the manufac-
tured articles.
The Senate insurgents, in their con-
ference Thursday afternoon, practically
came to this conclusion Senator Borah,
who was one Of those at the conference,
visited the White House today, and
talked IN q general way with the Presi-
dnt about how the progressives felt.
Talks of Free Hides.
He also talked on free hides, and took
the position that If hides were to be free
there should he low rates on leather
and shoes. The President accedes TO
this view.
At the dinner tonight, the President
will be shown compromise program
which will be tolerable to the opponents
Of free raw materials. II IS expected
to provide for q low rate on hides,
about ~ per cent. cor free oil and iron
ore. and about s125 on lumber, ard
81 cents on coal
1t is expected the reciprocal provision
as to coal will be none away with
The question is whether the President
will be in a mood for compromise. II
is generally believed, however, that he
will give way to some extent.
A deadlock at the meeting tonight
might mean weeks of controversy, and
IL is generally expected everyone will
strain q point 10 come TO terms. No
body doubts that tire President has the
whip hand, and that II the conferees
venture to fight him, he can carry the
day against them.
The Washington times., 1909-07-21

DESPITE the echoing Of the row among
the .conferees on the tariff bill and the
strenuous talk OF opposition against the
measure in various quarters III the
House and Senate. the indications to-
day are that the tariff controversy IS
travelling steadily ahead to the end.
In the best-informed quarters the eN-
pectation is that the conference report
viii be in shape 20 report by SATURDAY
night and. perhaps, earlier.
Fae meeting at the White House To-
night. when President Taft VIII Talk
tariff with the conferees over the re-
mains of a good dinner and amid the
f,7ue of good cigars, is expected TO mark
the ton of the hill It Is believed the
basis of an understanding viii be reach
cd and from then on it will not be dlt-
6cult to arrive at an adjustment IN con
ference.
No Signs of War.
No signs of grim-Yisaged war were
visible when the conferees met at 10
O'Clock this morning The Honorable
Serene Elisha Payne who allowed his
dander to rise to a high pitch az the
meeting Tuesday morning, or, accord
ing 10 other reports. on Monday, walk
ed into the Senate office building this
morning looking as calm and unruffed
as q dove. II q storm was surgtng be-
meath his capacious waistcOat, there
were no signs oft. The other con-
ferees also looked peaceful
It appears. however, that there has
been a good deal of wrangling in con-
ference. 1t has not been confined to
any particular day.
an along Chairman Payne has been
resentful OF the fashion in which
Sneaker Cannon stacked the conference
committee Of the House with ultra high
tariff men. He las never liked IL and
he constantly has demanded eZplana-
lions Of Senate Increases
No Love Lost
II Senator Aldrich and he have not
been at war, it has not been because
Of any good feeling between them. The
constant tendency of the high tariff
men on the House side Of the confer
ence committee 70 support the Senate
rates instead of the House rates has
annoyed and angered Payne and he
was nightly pleased when President
Taft got into the game.
The particular thing that brought the
trouble in conference to a crisis, when
The Washington times., 1909-07-21
KILLS WIFE'S FRIEND
AFTER A SCUFFLE
Scranton Man Surprises Manager
of Bottling Works and
Shoots.

SCRANTON, Pa, July H.-Believiug
that his wife, from whom he had part
ed, was unfaithful to him. amos 9.
Blakeslee, thirty-nine, an iron worker,
burst through a window in his home
late last night. and brushing ASIDE his
wife, confronted Garrett s. Berry, the
general manager of the A. w schrader
Bottling Company. who was IN the room
After an exchange OF words and a
scufhe, Blakeslee shot Berry TO death.
Biakeslee surrendered.
THE big bully was too friSndIv with
my wife, he said. Il was armed, be-
cause I wanted TO protect myself If Ber-
~ attacked me. was going 10 catch
him, and then tell his wife on him: I
did not intend 10 XIII him"
Berry leaves a wife and family.
The Washington times., 1909-07-21
NEW CHURCH READY
FOR CORNERSTONE
Ceremonies at Colonial Beach Edi-
fee Are Planned for
August IL.

In the presence OF distinguished 'EpIs-
copal clergymen and prominent laymer,
the cornerstone Of Christ Church. a,
Colonial Beach. will be laid on August
II. Bishop Gibson, Of Richmond. will
lay the stone and the speakers viii in
cIude a number Of prelates prominent
in The South.
The cornerstone is of Parian marble
On Il IS inscribed Christ Church
Erected to the Glory OF God. and in
loving memory of William 3. Latane. .
The building VIII be fireproof and will
he o. cement blocks. Alexander H
Sonnerman, Of Washington, is the archl-
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NO FOOD IN TEN DAYS,
ONE OF CREW IS DEAD
Sailors Take to Boats Without Waiting to Get Sup
plies When Ship Loaded With Dynamite, Takes
Fire-Explosion Overturns One Of Lifeboats

Captain Burke, in travelling about the
island. discovered a bed Of shell fish,
and one these the men lived for ten
days Harry Nordeck, cook of the
schooner had succumbed before the dis
covery Of the food.
The men built q huge signal fire which
was seen from the island Of Madre
Maria, from where a boat was sent out
TO find them. The rescueis found four
Of the men unconscious and the others
little better of. They were taken To-
Madre Maria, where they were picked
up by the Newport.
The Washington times., 1909-07-21
HIPPOS THREATEN
LIFE OF ROOSEVELT
Surround SkifF and for a
Time He Is in Serious
Danger.
Continued from First Page)

the impact of the bodies of the attack
ing hirpos threatened at every moment
TO overturn the small boat Shouting
to his rowers to sit still, warning which
they were too frightened TO heed, Col
oneI Roosevelt seized his heavy express
rifle and selected magnificent COW hip
DO which seemed to be the leader of the
attacking school. This hippo he killed
with one shot and with the next snot
he killed a magnificent bull hippo, the
finest taken in this vicinity in years.
Firing rapidly. and with unerring aim,
Colonel Roosevelt killed the monster
animals, and the others took fright and
II was some time before Colone!
Roosevelt could calm his fTighteneG
roWers sufficiently TO make them row
his boat alongside the dead animals,
which were floating in the water.
Colonel Roosevelt had been gone so
long that his party in camp here mad
grown alarmed and bad put out IN a
launch TO search for him There was
much anxiety in camp at MS prolonged
stay.
At 3 o'clock this IRONING. however.
the launch arrived back in camp. IEere
had been no sleep amCug the members
of the party, and they were al on the
beach at the first sound OF the launch s
siren.
Colonel Roosevelt ha6 declared when
the launch came up to 4 In In the tar end
of the lake that the hipros he had killed
in his deadly struggle we're too me 10
lose. de insisted that they should be
towed back to camp, and II took the
launch several hours to tow them In,
where they were eagerly seized upon by
the Smithsonian members, who declared
they were the finest secured during me
entire hunt.
Trip Is Delayed.
Colonel Roosevelt's narrow escape from
death and the time takeI up in towing
the hippos back to camp has delayed
his trip TO Nairobi. and he will not
start for that point until tomorrow morn
ing. He viii remain there Ter some
time.
While Col. Roosevelt is. not Inclined
to magnify his dangers in his encoun-
tiers with the hipp0s the native boat
men declare they have been In many
close situations, but that this was the
closest.
The ppOs. they say. were in a cav
age mood, and there would have been
no escape had the boat been over
turned. They attribute their escape to
Bwana Tumbo's GOODNESS and splendid
shooting, together with his sagacity in
selecting the leader of the school as his
first victim.
Edmund Heller. a member of the
Roosevelt party, has killed an immense
leopard, which was caught in q trap
near the Roosevelt camp.
The Washington times., 1909-07-21
VERM0NTERS KICK
ON NEGRO TROOPS
Aroused by Action of Government
in Quartering Them at Fort
Ethan Allen.

BURLINGTON. VT. July s1-When
the War Department decided 20 quar-
ter !, 200 colored troops at Fort Ethan
Allen near here, 1t stirred more excite
ment than this town has seen since
il was wrought up on the abolition
question just before the civil war.
More than half of the restaurants In
town, where the colOred soldiers have
been seen 10 eat. have been boycotted
by white people, and separate street
cars are being urged
This IS the first instance where this
number Of colorcd troops have been
quarteTe5 in the North, on even east Of
the Mississippi river.
The Washington times., 1909-07-21
ELECTROCUTED IN IRE

BRIDGETON. n. J., July IL
the eighteen-year-olj son of LOy .e
yard, living on the road from f. G..
Cedaryille, and what is known 80 the
Run, climbed into a cedar tree and came
IN contact with a live trolley wire. which
killed him instantly.
The Washington times., 1909-07-21
IMPRISONED IN FORTRESS.

ST. PETERSBURG. July 2L-aL Alb
ramoff. a member Of the second douma,
has been sentenced to two years and
two months IN fortress for the publ
cation Of a chronicle Of the Manchur-
ian war containing charges against the
imperial family.
The Washington times., 1909-07-21
LLOYD LINER AGROUND.

SOUTHAMPTON. July 2L-Ihe North
German Lloyd Line steamer Derfninger.
bound for Yokohama, grounded on Dol
phin Bank, Of The Needles. Tugs are
ST. nding by the vessel, whicn DrOba-
Dl,y will be foated at The next tide.
The Washington times., 1909-07-21
ATTACKS HIS WIFE,
COMMITS SUICIDE
Connecticut Mans Act Caused by
Fit of Insane Jeal-
ouSy

HARTFORD. Conn, july a.-In a fit
Of jealousy, William Arnold, thirty
two, cut his wice's throat with a razor
here early today. and then shot himself
through the head with a revolver.
Arnold died on his way to the hos
pital. His wife is in a critical condi-
ton
The Washington times., 1909-07-21
WHITE ROBIN FOUND.

MOUNT JOY, Pa. July GA half
grown pure white robin was found dead
nv Mrs. John A. Monk, of FlOTinel, an
sent TO the State zoOicgist
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-07-30

have been forbidden to hold meet
ings protesting against the war IN
Morocco. The workmen made mani
festations In the streets, cut the tele-
graph wires and surrounded the sta
ton, preventing a train from leaving
for Barcelona. A general strike has
been declared in Barcelona as pro-
test against the Spanish-Morocco
war. The government replied by
proclaiming a state Of siege. which
is equivalent to martial law.
The Madrid newspapers have been
notified that hereafter they will not
be allowed to print special dis
patches from the seat of war until
their accuracy has been confirmed
by the general staff.
The Kings action In Furnishing
his cousin Don Alfonso Bourbon. for
his romantic marriage with Princess
Beatrice Of Coburg is actually also
made a ground of attack. He is de-
nounced as being merely tool Of
the Clericals, and his hostile meas
ures against his cousin, which he
took entirely out of Difference to
Spanish feeling. are attributed to
foreign influences also.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-07-30
IRRIGATION AND CONSERVATION

The First National Conservation
Congress of the United States which
will be held in the Auditorium Of
Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition
August 1928, 1909.
The proposed Conservation Con-
gress is the first of it's kind to be
held in the United States. 1t will
probably appoint delegates to the
Worlds Conservation Congress at
The Hague, to be held this autumn
when a general plan for conserving
the natural resources of lane an'
lea will be inaugurated. The sub
iects for discussion are of inter-
national interest, and include ilri-
CATION, water, forestry, mining,
soils, good roads and other M ans
of transportation, public health and
morals. and the regulating OF {, pi-
tai and Labor in the work IF ,on-
serving, protecting and perpe' ua-
ting the natural resources If the
earth.
Joel Shoemaker, Chairman of the
Washington, Conservatives en- mis-
sion, has opp. dated the folio. ing
delegates to the Seventeenth Natlon-
al Irrigation Congress, at Spokane,
August 9-14, inclusive:
Walter n. Granger, Zillah; |. A.
Navarro, tc!,ee; DR.. X G.
Blalock, Walla Walla; J. J. bono
van, Beill.ghan. aid Mi. j.. w.
Allen, Spokane. The del, gates
were named at the solicitutl u Of
the board of control of the | iga-
ton Congress, and on s,eci re-
quest of Clifford Pinchot, Cha1m man
II the JOINT Committed nU t. SER
walton between the States and
Nation.
The delegates will invite members
Of the Irrigation Congress to attend
the First National Conservation
Congress of the United States, in
the Auditorium of the Ala ska
Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle,
August 1928. A special meeting of
the State organization has been call
ed for the purpose of receiving dele
gates from all parts of the world,
who are interested in the many
sides of practical and financial con-
servation.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-07-30
Ballinger and PinchOt at War.

Washington, July 26-NO one any
longer pretends to doubt there is a
deadly feud between the interior de-
partment and the forest service.
which is a branch of the agricultural
department. Secretary BalHnger
has been opening to settlement lands
which had been withdrawn by advice
of Chief Forester Pinchot. and some
and power sites, which Pinchot' g
friends say will now be gObbled up
by the trust which has secured pretty
much all the water available for
power in Oregon, Washington and
California.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-07-30
CONFEREES DIFFER
ON HIDE DUTY
WEEK OCCUPIED IN EFFORT TO
SETTLE QUESTION.
RATE ON IRON ORE REDUCED
Coal Will Be Made Dut1able at AZ
Cents Il TOn-Lumber 81 %
or ST so q 1000 Feet.

Enthusiastically one full
week has been occupied by the con-
ferees In an effort to settle the hide
question. This statement is COM
plicated by statements coming from
boot and shoe interests that they are
ready to agree to substantial re-
duction on leather goods ii hides are
put on the free list. These Interests
apparently felt sure that there could
be no reductions On boots and shoes
below Is per cent ad valorem, the
house rate.
Advocates Of protected hides de-
clared that there must be a proper
tionate reduction on leather to Off
set the abolition of the duty on
hides. If their votes were to be count
ed In favor of the conference report.
As a result of the declaration of
the men interested In protected
hides, some Of those who were look
ing for an early adjustment of the
tariff differences We're filled with
CONSERVATION.
Some of the Western senators are
said to be greatly dissatisfied with
the action taken by the conferees in
decreasing rates on lead and Its
products.
1t is settled that coal will be made
dutiable at IS cents a ton, print pa
per at 1915, iron ore at l 5 cents a
ton, oil free. lumber at $125 or
$3.50 a thousand feet. and gloves
and hosiery at rates slightly under
the advances over the Dingley rates
The conference committee has
agreed to fix the duty on hops at 16
cents. compromise between the
house rate of IL cents and the senate
rate Of 20 cents.
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Young Boy Is Murderer.

South Bend-Alfred Stringer, q
farmer near MenlO. was shot to
death Sunday morning by a young
man named c. E. Drake during a
quarrel over a cabin which Stringer
wished to buy. but which Drake sold
to another man. Drake came to this
place and gave himself up to the
sheriff. He is but Is years old and
Is the sole support of a widowed
sister and her two children. Stringer
leaves q wife and seven children.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-07-30
EVENTS IN OUR STATE
Interesting Happenings From
All Parts Of Washington.
Railroad Makes Cut in Rates.

Railroad Makes Cut in Rates.
Tacoma-One of the most sweep
ing innovations in Northwest rail-
road traffic will be the absorption
hereafter of all switching charges
on grain at Tacoma and Seattle ter
mini. 1t has been announced by
the Milwaukee railroad that 1t will
deliver grain at any dock or mill
on any railroad in either city free
Of switching charges collected by
other roads. The ruling will be an
increase of approximately one-halt
cent per bushel in the price paid
growers by Tacoma and Seattle ex-
porters. 1t is believed the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern will take
like action.
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FOR sale

(Man or woman) A 800 acre South
African veteran land certificate issu
ed by the Department of Interior OF
Canada, Ottawa, under the vOlun.
teer bounty act, 1909. Good for any
DOminion.land open for entry in AL.
berta, Saskatchewan, or Manatoba.
Any person over the age of Is years
OF age. Man or woman, can acquire
this land without further charge
F 'mmr'l sale $500 90. Write
or Wire l.. F. ford. III Shr'er st,
Toronto, Canada.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-07-30
Straw Improves Roadbed.

Walla Walla-After months OF
study. the good roads problem in
this city seems in a fair way to be
realized and the first step in this
direction has been taken by w. H.
Case. who has secured thousands Of
tons Of straw which he will have
spread upon all the roads In the
county This custom will be carried
into effect for the next few years.
and by then 1t is expected that the
highways will need no more repairs.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-07-30
REVOLUTION ARISES
AGAINST ALFONSO
TURMOIL IN SPAIN POSTPONES
VISIT TO COWES.
COUSIN IS POPULAR HERO
King Is Denounced as Reing Tool
Of the Clericals and Under the
Influence Of England.

Madrid. July 2S-Owing to the
grave situation here. especially the
revolutionary propaganda among the
established over all kilograms 1t
is impossible to send anything d.
rect from Madrid. Revolutionary
activity has assumed astonishing pro-
portions. characterized by fierce at
tacks upon King Alfonso for being
Influence He has. therefore, can
celled his projected visit to Cowes.
The wOrkmen and Democratic Or
CARNATIONS in Catalonia province
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-07-30
Fatal Railroad Wreck.

Kansas City. July 26.-Six lives
were lost and &c persons were In
jured. three perhaps fatally, in the
wreck Of Il Wabash passenger train
when 1t plunged into the Missouri
river, 80 miles east of here, Sat-
urday night. For days flooded waters
have been undermining the roadbed,
and when the train was on the track
parallsling the river, fifty feet sud-
denly gave way.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-07-30
Spokane Boys Released.

Spokane-Judge Egbers, Of Occur
dAlene, Idaho. Saturday morning
rendered a decision in the case OF
Percy Thompson and Horace Peyton,
Of Spokane, and Marshal Newlan. OF
Los Angeles. charged with holding
up and robbing Chas. Reyn. Thomp-
son and Peyton were discharged and
Newlan was bound over to the dis
trict court under $1,000 bond.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-07-30
HER DREAM COMES TRUE
Woman Has Vision of Friends
Tragic Death.

Aberdeen-Mystery surrounding
the death of VIM. kittrell, aged 81,
OF Montesano. whose body was found
in the Chehalis river at Chehalis
boom. is deepening into suspicion
that Kittrell was the victim OF
robbery and murder plot.
Mrs NJ Biri, an employee OF the
boarding house where Kittrell lived
while in Montesano, says that two
weeks ago she dreamed that Ktttrell
had been murdered and his body
thrown into the river. Mrs. Biri
says that the day Kittrell disap-
peared he told her that she would
never see him again. This state
ment. she says. made an unusual i'm
preston on her. inasmuch as she had
never seen Kittrell before that time.
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COMBINE AT RATE HEARING
Saa Francisco Asks Other Ports to
Join Againt Interior.

S20 FRANCISCO ASKS other Ports to
Join Againt Interior.
San Francisco. July 26.-It Is
stated authoritatively that the meet
Ing Of the governing body of the
San Francisco Traffic Bureau recent
ly held was to devise some means by
which the bureau could appear as an
intervenor in the coming rehearing
of the Spokane and Reno cases by
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion
If the Spokane decision is upheld
and its provisions applied in the
Reno case, 1obbers fear that their
monopoly of Nevada trade will be
wiped out and that Reno will be-
come its own distributing center.
The aid of Portland. Tacoma, Sc
attic and Los Angeles jobbers. 1t is
said, will be invoked.
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Convict Baptised in Tank.

Wana Walla - Baptismal rites
were administered to Charles Filpot.
under sentence of death for the kill
ing of Mes Cole, who was muir
dered at Spokane three years ago.
The baptism was by immersion in
the big tank where the prisoners are
bathed. Filpot is sentenced to die
August 2.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-07-30
Saloons Are i'm Danger.

Seattle - Half the saloons Of
Greater Seattle may be closed as
result of the enactments Of the last
legislature, which prohibits any
manufacturer of or wholesale dealer
In intoxicating liquors from owning,
operating or having any financial in
terest in any saloon or retail liquor
license in the state Of Washington.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-07-30
Jones Is for Income Tax.

Washington, July Ex-senator
Jones has written Gov. Hay of Wash
ington, suggesting that when the
legislature recOnvenes in special ses-
sion August IL, it be urged to ratify
promptly the proposed amendment
to the federal constitution authOriz-
ing the ievying Of the tax lpon In
comes.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-07-30
Three Lives Lost in WaitsburR Fire.

Three Lives Lost in Waitsburg Fire.
Waitsburg, Wash, July 26-In q
fire Sunday morning which destroyed
the Farmers Lodging House, three
men lost their lives They are: John
Frey. Cottage Grove. Ore; George
Burkhardt, Redmond, Ore, and an
unknown man who was selling q
soldering fluid for a Spokane COM
pany.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-07-30
Guard Kills Convict.

Walla Walla-Because they re-
fused to heed the command OF Fred
STAFF. guard at the state penitentiary.
to cease fighting. convict John Allen
is dead, and Josh Read, alias Alex
Rene. another convict, Is in the
prison hospital, shot through the
right arm. .AxN
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FOR RENT.

Several good farms near kennewick
TO be summerfallOwed this spring
For terms of lease apply to Wash
iptOn Loan & Trust Co, Seattle.
Wash, or David Vaughn Walla