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Roosevelt Discusses Factors
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"IMPERIALISM." 16 TO !. AND TRUSTS
Says Sines Expansion- Is Accom
plished It Is Novr a, Question cf
Contraction. "
OYSTER BAT, N, T., Sept. 16 Follow
ing: Is Theodore Roosevelt's letter ac
cepting .the Republican Vice-Presidential
nomination:
Oyster- Bay, N. T.,rSept. 15. Hon.
Edward O. Wolcott, Chairman Commit
tee on Notification of Vice-President Sir:
I accept the nomination' as Vice-President
of the United States tendered me
by the Republican National Convention
with a very deep sense of the honor con
ferred upon me, and with an" Infinitely
deeper sense of the vital importance to
the whole country of securing the re-election
of President McKinley. The Nation's
welfare is at stalce. We must continue
the work which Iras been so well' begun
during the present Administration. Wo
must show "in fashion incapable of being
mlsunderstood-that the American people,
at the beginning of the 20th century, face
their duties in a calm and serious spirit;
that they have np intention of "permitting
folly or lawlessness ,to mar the extraor
dinary material wellbelng ' which they
haVe attained at home, nor yet of per
mitting their flag to be dishonored abroad.
KbtMerely Partisan Politics.
I feel 'that this contest is 'by r no means
one merely beween Republicans and Dem
ocrats. tWe have a right to appeal to all
good citizens who are far-sighted enough
to see what the honor of the. Nation de
mands. If put into practice, the princi
ples embodied in the Kansas City plat
form would mean grave disaster to tho
Nation, for that platform stands lor re
action and disorder; for an upsetting of
our financial system, which would mean
not only great suffering, but the aban
donment of-the Nation's good faith; and
for a policy abroad which would imply
dishonor of the flag and an unworhy sur
render of our National rights. Its success
would mean unspeakable humiliation to
men proud of their country, "Jealous of
their country's good name, and desirous
of securing tho welfare of their follow
cltlzens. Therefore we have a right to
appeal to allrgood men, North and South,
East and, W.est,v whatever their politics
may have been In the past, to stand with
us, because we stand for the prosperity
of the country and for the renown of the
American flag. . ,
The most important of, all problems is,
of course, that of securing good govern
ment "and moral and material wellbelng
within our own borders. Great, though
the need Is that the Nation. should" do Its
worjc well abroad, even, this .comes seeona"1
tu ic uiumugu jjejALumtuiuti uj. auiytuir
home- Under the Administration of Presr
.ident' MbK3nleyhls 'country ,shas,l'be.en
bleksea!wlth a flegtta of prosperltyrab-
solutely unparalleled even in its previous
( vujc y us. ,iiiis w
Ci..r eiZ' -r.VH,! .i I.j, .jiIC.,Ii
TTUB -tMbHAtU
THtion &rf-tfrra&
are not stout or Heart, 'cooie or 'head ana
Tfeady of liand, yet it is -no lesa true that
-the individual capacity of each man to
get good results for'himself can'be-ahso-lutely
'destroyed by bad-legislation ror bad
administration; while under the reverse
conditions the' power of -the individual to
do .godd.work Is asafured' and' stimulated;
This is 'what has beencdone 'under the
Admlnistrdtlon of Prcfsfdent McKlriley.
Thanks to his'' actions' and the wise' log-.
isiaoon'-oi congress - on- tne tarin: ana
finance, the conditions of 'our industrial
life have been rendered more 'favorable
than ever before, and. thtey have taken
advantage Fof. it to the full byl American
thrift, Industry.-and enterprise. Order
has, been i observed, - the courts upheld,
and the fullest liberty secured to. all' citi
zens. The merchant and manufacturer,
- hut above,, all the, farmer aidthe wage
worker," have profited by this state of
things. v . .-," Y- " ,r
Oar financial and Economic Systems
J Fundamentally and primarily, .the, pres
ent contest Yls' a contestfor-the continu-
.uiwu vj. i.ii. wuuiuuiu nriiiun iiuye iuiu
in favor of our -material welfare, and of
our civil and political' integrity. . If this
Notion Is to-'retain either iti wellbelng
or Its self-respect, if cannot afford to
plunge into financial and economic chaos;
it cannot afford to indorse governmental
theories which would unsettle' the' stand
ard of Nallonal honesty a'nd'destrpy the
integrity of "our system of justice. The
policy of- the "free 'coinage of silver at
a ratio of 16 to 1 is a policy fraught with
destruction to 'every home in tfie Jland.
It means untold-misery to! the 'head of
every household, and, above-rill, to "the
women andchlldren'of every- home. When 1
our opponents champion free silver at
ifl to 1 they are either insincere or sin
cere in their attitude - If 5 insincere in
their championship, they, of course, for
feit all right to belief or support on any
ground. If sincere,' then they are aimen
ace to the welfare of the country?-Whether
they shout their sinister -purpose or
.merely whisper it-mako3 but little dif
ference savoi. as It reflects their own 'hon
esty. No issue can be paramount' to the
issue they, thus make, for? the para
mountcy of such an 'issue is to "be de
termined not by the dictum of any man
or body of men, but, by the ,f act that it
vitally affects the wellbelng ofj every
home in the land. The financial question
1b always of suph far-reaching and (tre
mendous Importance to tho National -wel-f
ar& that it can never he (raised in; good
faith tunless thlB .tremendous importance
is not. merely conceded, but insisted on.
Men who are not" willing to inake such
an is?ue paramount have.no possible Jus
tification lor raising it at, all, for unaer
any, conceivable circumstances their act
cannot do aught but grave harm. 3
AH Industry Meniwed.
The success of tho pjirty representing
the principles embodied In: the Kansas
City platform would bring about the de
struction of all the conditions -necessary
to the continuance of 'our prosperity. It
would also unsettle our whole govern
mental system, and would therefore dis
arrange all tho vast and delicate machin
ery ofour complex Industrial life. Above
all, the effect would be ruinous, to our
accounts. If we are. to prosper,! the cur
rency of this country must hp .based, uppn
the gold dollar worth 100 cents. The sta
bility of our currency""hHsv.been greatly
increased by the excellent -financial-act
passed by the last Congress, But no law
can secure our finances against the effect j
or unw lse ana disastrous, management In
tho hands of unfriendly administrators.
No party can safely be intrusted with the
management of our National affairs un
less it accepts as axiomatic the truth rec
ognlzed'in all progressive countries as es
sential to a sound and prpner, system of
flnonce.JvIn thelr,essence,.. these must be
znej3aroe ior an great cmiizeaipeopHys,
In different .stages of development- dif.-
TPTifr ftrtiiTitrifE rant nrnrviTrcr Annnnmin 1
fcrent countries face, varylne 'eqonomlo
conditions but nt every stage and tinder
au circumstances tne most important ele
ment in securing their economic well-be
ing Is sound finance and honest moneyv
So In mate is the connection between ihj
dustrlal prosperity and a sound currency
that the former is jeopardized, not mereljr
ty unsound finance, hut by the very
threat of unsound finance. The business,
man and the farmer are vitally interested
in this question; but no man's interest. i?
so grert as thajt of the wage-worker. A.
depreciated currency means Joss, and dis
aster to the business man; but it mean's
grim suffering to tho wage-worker. The
capitalist will lose much of his capital,
and will suffer wearing anxiety and. the
less of many comforts, but the" wage-
worker who loses his wages must suffej
cna p-e his wire ana cu'iaren suirer ror
the actual necessities" of life' Throne'
absolutely vital need of our whole indUs
trial system is sounci money. v .
The Matter of Trusts.
One of the serious problems jWith whlch
we are controntea unaer tne conamons
of our medern industrial civilization- is
that presented by the great business com-t.
uumuonp wnicn are Beneratiy Known unf
der the name of trust3.
The problem is an exceedingly difficult,
one, and the difficulty Is Immensely1" aggravated,-
both by( honest but wrong-head-ed
attackB on our whole industrial sys-,
tem In the effort to remove some of tho
chievous advice of men who either thins;
crookedly or wno advance remedies know
ing them to be ineffective, but deeming
that they m-iy by darkening counsel,
achieve for themsplves a spurious reputa
t'on for wisdom. No good -whatever is-
subserved by indiscriminate denunciation'
of corporations generally and of all forms'
of Industrial combinations- in' particular,"
and when this public denunciation is ac
companied by private membership in the
great corporations denounced, the effect-
is of course, to give an air of Insincerity-,.
to the whole movement. jNevertneless,
there are real abuses, and there is reason
for striving to remedy these abuses. A'
crude or ill-considered effort to4 remedy
them would either be absolutely without
effect or else would simply do damage. "
The first thing to do is to find out" the
factsf and for this purpose, publicity as
to capitalization, profits and all , else ? o t
Importance to the publlc,is the most use
ful measure. Themere factvQf this pub
licity would, in itself, remedy certain evils
and as to the others, it would in some1
cases point out the remedies, and "would
at least enable ua to tell whether, or not
certain proposed remedies would be use
ful The state, acting in its collective ca
pacity, would thus first find out the facts
and then be ablo to take such measures
as wisdom dictated. Much can be done by
taxat'on. Even more can be done by reg
ulation, by close supervision and the un
sparing exclusion of all unhealthy arid
destructive elements. The separate state,
governments can do a great deal, and,
where they decline to co-operate the Na-'
tionol Government must step in '
The Expansion Question.
While paying heed to the necessity of
keeping our house in order at homo, the
American people cannot, if they wish 'to
retain their self-respect, refrain from d,g
ing their duty as a great nation, in ttoe
world. The history of the Natfqn is'Jnj
a large part the history of the Nation
expansion. , When the Firs CdntlnentM1
Congress" met in Liberty Hajl ftnd ,thev
13 orjglnaj, states tdeqlared therftsejyesia-Natloh'-'the
Westward 'limit of the eountijy
was marked by the AlleghTnKtMou)ritainsr
lvntdurinvhe,RfevMVonfb:( War th
msion wenr.ntt..s.KjflniucKY:
1 ihergreJfrrkeWf tnen
knownmsthBjJUInOis-,, c&upf rV,. ,3Hr6r cd1"
queretii irom ourwnuB, ana naittir ioes
during the,. Revolutionary struggle, and
was confirmed to" us by thetreaty of
peace in 1783 'The land thua confirmed
was not then, given to ,us- It, was held by
an alien foe .until the4 army under Gen
eral Anthony Wayne freed PhiO from the
rod, man while; the treaties, qt, Jay and
Plnckncy secured from the Spanish and
British Natchez1 and Detroit.
Jeltrnon andJ"CpnsenbJt 0p-rerneV
- In. 18Q3,, under JPresidept Jefferson, the
greatest single stride in expansion that
we ever took was taken by the purchase
pf the Louisiana territory. This so-called
'Louisiana, which included what are now
the States ofv.Arkan.saB Missouri, Louis
iana, Ionva, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska,
North and South Dakota, Idano, 'Montana
and a" large part of Colorado and Utah,
w.a8 acquired by the treaty and purchase
under President Jeff erson, exactly tand
precisely as 'the Philippine haVe been
acquired by treaty and purchase under
President JVIcKlnley. , The doctrine of -tle
"consent of the governed," the-doctrlne
previously, enunciated by Jeffersonln the
Declaration T of Independence, was not
held by him or by any other Ane man
to'apply to tbe Jndlan tribes In theLouis
iana territory which he thus acquired,
and there was no vote takeri.even of .the
white Inhabitants i not to speak of the
negroes and Indians, as to whether they
.were willing that their territoryr should
be annexed The great majority of trie
inhabitants, white and colored alike, were
bitterly opposed to the transfer. An
armed, force of United States soldiers had
to be hastily sent Into the territory, to pre
vent , Insurrection, t Presidents -Jefferson
sending these tfcops to Louisiana f or ex
actly the same reasons and wlthfexactly
the same purpose that President' McKIn
ley has -sent troops to theh!Jlpplhes.
Jefferson distinctly stated that he Louls
ianans were" "not fit or ready for self
goernment," and years elapsed before
they, were given self-government. vJefter
son appointing the Governor' a,n$ other
officials without any consultation with'
the Inhabitants of the neyflyacquired
territory. The doctrine ''that ttieCousti
tutlon followed the flag"wgij 'JmA Hen
even -considered, either by Jen?raonqt by
any party leader, for it necwr entered
their heads that a new territory should
be governed other man m jtho way in
which territories of Ohio and Iil.iriOls-had
already been governed under Washington
and the elder Adams. The theory kjiown
by this utterly false and " misleading
'phrase was only struck out lnja'polltlfeal
controversy at a much later date for the"
sole purpose of justifying the extension
of slavery into the territories f
A Parallel for 'ToclAr.1 "
' The parallel between "what Jefferson did?
with Louisiana a.nd?what is now belug'
done in the Philippines is" exact. Jefferaon,"
he author of the Declaration of Indepen
dence and the "consent of the gpyerned"
doctrine, saw no incongruity between this
and the establishment of a governmention
common sense grounds " in .the now terri
tory, and he railed at the sticklers f or
an Impossible application of his prlncll
pie, saying in language that in 'the
present day applies to the,, situation., in
he Philippines -without the change, of a
word, "though it is acknowledged? tha,t
our new fellow-citizens are as'-yet.as'jin-capable
of self-government as children
yet some cannot bring themelvas to sus
pend its prlclplos -f or a single moment.-
He Intended that ultimately self-government
should be Introduced throughout?
territory, but only as the different parts
bepame fitfor it, and no sootier.' This, Is
Just the pojtlcy that has beeh pursued. Mr
np ,part of the Louisiana purchase wa ,
complete self-government Introduced 'for
a nujhber of years;; fn one part of It," the
Indian Territory, It has not yebeen ln
troduced, aitnougn nearly a century has
elapsed. Over enormous tracts of.lt, in-
- al. f"-2 . ? A j.m
eluding the various Indian reservations,
(Concluded oa. Sixth S6'),,,
M0RETR00PS READY
British to Have-Men Conve
nient for China.
SOLDIERS FROM" S?OUTH ' AFRICA
, Americana Bavc BearansCoHstractlon
of Permanent Telegrrapa Betxreen
Tien. Tsln 'and Pelcla.
p- s-1
LONDONxSept. 17, 4 A.M. In accord
ance with the nredlctlon of Sir Hobert
'Hart that there Vill be further hostili
ties fn China In November, the Associated
Press, understands that the British Gov
ernment Is already considering the trans
fer of troops from South, Africa to India
In order to -.make it practicable to send
' COLONEL THE.ODORE .ROOSEVELT.
more- British troops to China. The mili
tary authorities consider the war in
ibuth'' Afriea. so far ended tha,t tzpajfct
may -now bV sat elymdvl3:i: A rY
'.It f. nnfclkliv tha AVfcittm&A EftSriuonl
' 'V" "K?-rZZL.i rvz&" fir-r.v: -r; j
naa' aareaayjBeBjrematpuiroinxehiiiu
TI6n Tsln, bdt 'theVeisv'npideflnijteTnt,'ws
as yet as to wheth6r-LI Hung Chang will
after all go 'to Pekln. General Dorward
is going to the,j capital, leaving the,Blt
lsh troops at Tien Tslmunder command of
Brlgadler-Generai Cfimpbell Ylce-Admlral
Alexleff hasTeturnedtto Taku.' i h ..' f
The A.merlcans"havebegua at; Ho SI TWU
a permanent telegraph Jlne, between Pekln
and Tien Tsln. ' - ' f w . - ' - T
The Pekln cprrespondentt ofTthe Dally
News says that the assassin of Baron von
Ketteler has been shot - , t- , '
The Morning' Post's representative tit
Pekln says that the question isbeing dis
cussed of sending relief tp a few ,Brltfsh,;
French and American engineers, who are
besieged' in a city 200 miles southA of
Pekln. A .
'Shanghai advices say that a house hasf
Deen engagea mere ior uountvvofi ti
dersee, who Is expected to arrive next
Sunday. . , '
Chinese- officials estimate that 20,000 dis
banded Chinese soldiers, by the .simple
expedient of turning their coats, .man
aged to remain behind In Pekln? Other
.dispatches confirm the report that In. ad
dition to Hsu Tung, the guardian of tne
heir apparent, Tu Lu, "Viceroy br,Chl,L'f,i
and Wang Yl Yung, president of the Im-'
perlal Academy, with 200 memberslpf offl
clal families, committed suicide when the
allies entered Pekln.' '
Chinese regulars are reported to have
relieved the Roman Catholic stronghold
at Ho Chien, In the Province of .Jhl L'l,
which the Boxers had been besieging
there since June. '
.The Shanghai correspondent of the
Times, wiring yesterday says: r.
' "LI Hung Chang has been notified from
Berlin that he must submit his credentials'
to the German Minister at Shanghai, who'
will then communicate with TJmperor
William and await the result.
' "Dr. Mumm von Schwarzensteln In an
Interview expressed the opinion that, al
though the powers 'were" a'dverse to the
partition of China, any-delay in negotiat
ing was calculated to produce that result,
and that Germany was prepared to re
main in occupationindeflnltely pending a
satisfactory settlement. Earl U accord-,
lngly 'telegraphed General Yung Lu. to use
every effort to persuade ,the Empress
Dowager and Emperor to return to Pekln
and 'to remove Prince Tuan and his en
tourage ""I learn on , trustworthy authority that
before his departure LI Hung Chang, hav
ing been convinced by his Interviews with
Mr. Rockhlll and Dr. Mumm von Schwar
zensteln that It would be useless to dis-cubs-
any settlement excluding the pun
ishment of theEmpress Dowager and her
chief advisers,' sent a telegraphic memo
rial to 'the throne , Impeaching Prince
Tuan, Prince Chang and Tsalan, Prince
Tuan's brother, as well as Kang YI, presi
dent of -the War Board, and Chao Chu
Chlao, Commissioner of the Railway and
Mining Bureau, and president of the
Board of Punishment. Earl LI being un
able to consult the "Viceroys of Nankin,
and Woo Chung, inscribed their names to
the memorial, taking their consent .for.
granted, but It appears that- the Woo
Chung Viceroy disapproves of the use of
his name. This means a rupture with a.
large and Influential party.
-"The staff of, Ll Hung Chang Includes
a son of Marquis Tseng, Yang Tsung XI
and Liu Hseuh Sung. The scene of em
barkation was almost squalid. Sheng de
clined to accompany Earl Ll, on the plea
of Illness. It lsf asserted that Earl Li en
deavored to obtain from the Shanghai au
thoritiea 20,000 taels. the cost of his re
cent telegrams a to St Petersburg. Tho
Taotal refused to pay in the absence
ofrders.". '.
It" Is runiored. from Shanghai that the,
Russians nave seized yaluable railroad
property at'Tien Tsln in defiance of the
protests of UheBritlsh commander-
DrorriflOnr the Pekln correspondent
of,,ie 'Times, in tho course of a long
dispatch 'dated -September 5, continues to
protest against the evacuation of the cap- j
ital, but he agrees with the Pekln cor
respondent of the Morning Post that tho
withdrawal of the Russian troops, owing
to their barbarous habits, would be a.
benefit. He asserts that further convinc
ing proofs have been obtained that it was
the Intention of the Empress Dowager to
massacre all the foreigners. Prince
Chlng, he says, fails to realize the real
situation, evidently being convinced that
all the powers can be squared by the pay
ment of a money Indemnity.
LOOTING TO CEASE.
Chinese to lie Eneanraa-ed to Return
, to "Work Boras Criminal.
PEKIN, "Sept. 11, via Taku, Sept. 14.
The allied Generals were In conference
four hours today, the principal topic
being how best to encourage the Chinese
to return to work. It was agreed that
looting should cease, and that foraging
parties shoula hereafter be accompanied
by an officer who should give receipt for
all supplies' taken.
The question of wintering at Tien Tsln
was brought up with a view of ascer
taining if possible the attitude of the
Russians. General Llnevltch admitted
that most
of his troops would winter
there."
'Ath Japanesa gatloh it Is not be
MeVdd'ihat the jnan.whoe'alm3 to hive
f kllt'ed, Bardnkv?on Ketejer-ds, the actual
rfiat'TheJaparieebeiieve'jthat he
(nas "been paid to accuie. himself by the-
Russians in order to discredit Prince
Chlng. The Japanese favor Prince Chlng
and Russians Li Hung Chang.
The Sixth United States Cavalry will
leave tomorrow for the western hills,
where ' is located the summer house of
the United States Legation.
Two thousand Germans, under General
Hoepfner, have left for Slang Hslang., a
walleft Tclty -occupied by Boxers, who
recently attacked a party of German
soldiers. The city has one gun.
Russians Seise Japanese Schooner. .
VICTORIA, B. C, Sept. 16. The steamer
Beaconshlre arrived today from the
Orient. She brings news that the Rus
sians have seized the Japanese sealing
schooner Seisho Maru and the boat's crew
ofanother sealer." Thoy, together -with
three fishing schooners, were taken to
Petropaulovskl by the Russian steamer
Kotlk. Some American sealers are among
the crew of tho seized vessel.
AtfHahkow. 28 reformers of Kang Yu
Wei party have bee'n arrested, and 13 ex
ecuted. Japanese colliers have contracted to
(supply the Manila 'fleet of the United
States Navy with 60,000 tons of coal Inside
of four months.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS
. China.
Americans aro building-a permanent tele-
graph llne to -Pekln. Pago 1.
Great Britain Is preparing to have more
troops'in readiness- for service In China.
Poge.2.
Li Hung Chang sends memorial to the
throne, advising the impeachment of
1 several antl-forelgn. advisers. Page L
Troops of various nationalities are hust
' ling for Winter quarters at Tien Tsin.
Page L
Troops may be sent to rescue a party of
i: engineers besieged 200 miles south of
Pekln. Page 2.
Commissioner Rockhlll Is on his way to
( Pekln. Page 2.
ITorclsm.
Portugal has authorized the departure of
' President Kruger from Lourenco Mar
ques. Page 2.
Cuba had an orderly election, and closer
relations with the United States are
desired. Page 2.
President Loubct has rendered a decision
against Colombia in boundary dispute.
' Page 2.
Political.
Roosevelt's letter accepting the Republi
can Vice-Presidential nomination dis
cusses the financial question, trusts and
"Imperialism." Page L
Colorado Republicans will nominate a
state ticket today. Page 2.
Roosevelt has a novel day In Montana.
Page 2.
Domestic'
The dead of Galveston are estimated at
8000. Page 2.
The otrike of Pennsylvania coal miners
will be on. today. Page 2.
' Commercial.
Our agricultural imports amount to J366,-
934,708 yearly. Page 2
It Is recommended thaf cotton be raised In
Great Britain to provide against too
high price. Page 2.
' Pacific Coast.
Washington school patrons complain of
the expense entailed upon them by the
new school-book contract. Page 3.
The chairmen of the political organizations
In Idaho tell of prospects at the coming
election. Page 3.
Commissioner Hermann opened the Ore
gon campaign at Corvallls. Page 3.
Local.
H. R. Dickel clubb:d to death In his sa
loon. Page 1.
Public schools open today. Page 10.
Rev. Roland D. Grant gets a church at
Vancouver, B. C. Page 8.
Horse abattoir at Linnton clofled for good.
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CLUBBED TO DEATH
Brutal Murder of Saloon
Keeper H.R. Dickel.
MOTIVE WAS CLEARLY ROBBERT
liter Killing: Their Victim the Thusa
Looted the Safe They Aro
at Large,
A brutal murder, followed by robbery,,
was committed at an early hour yester
day morning In a -saloon on the south
west corner of Fourteenth and Marshall
street", H. R. Dickel, the proprietor o
the place, being the victim.
Although the tragedy occurred about 2
o'clock, nothing was known of it until
nearly 4, when Patrolman Wheeler, on
his regular rounds, was passing the prom
ises. He noticed that the saloon was
lighted up. wheh was something unusual
and he proceeded to investigate. On en
tering a little cardroom at the rear, he
found the body of the murdered man In
a corner, leaning against the wall, where
the murderers had placed It after rifling
the pockets and helping themselves to
the contents- of the safe, which It is
thought amounted to over J25Q.
A pool of blood on the plank floor or
the yard and blood spatters on the gata
aid fence indicated that Dickel had been
struck with some blunt instrument after
he had confronted the robbers and per
haps torn the masks off one or both. The
marks of a fierce struggle are plainly vis
ible, and the many wounds about the
head, as well as the torn clothing of tho
murdered man, Indicate that ho had.
grappled with all his strength until un
consciousness resulted from the terrible
blows. A trail of blood marks the floor
of the back room "where the body was
dragged across into the cardroom, and
blood on the back doorknob shows how.
the thugs retreated after their fiendish
work was done.
The "Mechanics' Saloon" Is a little, yel
low, one-story, frame building, occupying,
the corner of an otherwise vacant lot. A
woodshed and stable on the west would
cut off all outcry toward that quarter.
The locality is devoted to substantial
brick warehouses, interspersed with com
fortable cottages, and In the small hours
of the morning Is a very lonely one. The.
dead brick walls of the Portland Cordage
Company occupy the block obliquely
across the street, and the watchman, L.
H. Manning, In making his 3 o'clock In
spection of the premises, noticed that
the little saloon was still lighted UP,
though no sound came forth. He crossed
the street, looked in at each front win
dow, and saw nothing but the bar, bll-llard-table
and cardtable. which were un
disturbed. He then stepped to a window
facing Marshall street from the rear of
the saloon, and, peeping through a place
where the paint had been rubbed off the
glas3, he saw a man's foot on the floor
of the cardrodm. Presuming that this
was the saloon-keeper asleep, he thought
nothing more of It; and returned to his
duties at the cordage works. This Inci
dent proves that the murder was dona
it A -4?f.tTA .ntlm 4l1..l( t ot.j MAlr.titti.rn
who had been playing' pool "with Dickel
left "for their homes, suspecting- nothing
of what was about to happen their
friend. These Wen were- Conrad Kemp
an employe of Welnhard's brewery, and
Charles Larsen. a painter. Both men say
no one was In the saloon when they left
but the proprietor, who was In his usual
good' spirits.
RobDery the Blotlve.
When Coroner Rand arrived on tho.
scene ho' took pains to examine the sur
roundings. The safe wa found un
locked and depleted of what coin It hudv
contained, though the till In the counter
had not been molested. The murdered.
i man's pockets had been turned lnsldo
out, showing that the murderers expectedi
I lu jiuu vuiuamca uii ws, vctauu.
Dickel an Old Resident.
Deceased was a native of Germany. 4S
years of age, and had been a resident
of Portland for over 20 years. He left!
a widow1 and four children to mourn his
loss. Mrs. .William Hllgers. residing at
Fourth and. College s.trets, Is the eldest
child, and a boy of 16 Is the youngest.
An elder son had been In the habit of
assisting the father about the saloon.
Mrs. Dickel was prostrated by the ter
rible misfortune yesterday. Tho family
resides at 149 Thirteenth street, a few
blocks distant from the saloon, and Mrs.
Dlckel. feeling uneasy over tho non
arrival of her husband, arose about 4
o'clock and made her way to the saloon,
where tho police were making an Inves
tigation of the premises. The sight that
met her gaze gavo her a shock which
will take some time to recover from, and?
the stricken family hovered about tho
mother yesterday trying to console her,
while their owu tear mingled with thoso
of the sorrowing widow.
Police at Worlc.
The police are working on the case
with such slender clews as can be ob
tained. They are rather inclined to the
belief that the perpetrators of this hor
rible crime live not far from the scene
and they are In hopes of bringing them
to justice. The locality has become
somewhat noted for saloon hold-ups with
in tho past few years, but as no resist
ance "was offered the robbers, no mur
der accompanied the spoliation of bar
keeper and patrons.
The amount of money taken from tho
safe Is thought to be considerable, as
Dickel was preparing to renew his li
cense, shortly to expire. Ho was prob
ably In the act of counting his cash re
ceipts for the day when. Interrupted by
the robbers; who In some way enticed
him to the back door, where the killing
took place.
The body of the murdered man Is at
the morgue, "where Coroner Rand will
hold an inquest this afternoon, at 4 30.
CAPTAIN M'QUESTON SHOT.
And He Died of the Wound Resplt
of Insane Attack.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 The War De
partment today received Information from
General MacArthur of the tragic death in
the Philippines of Captain Charles Mc
Queston. of the Fourth Regiment of the
United States Infantry, the result of a
vound of a private soldier. General Mao
Arthur's dispatch follows:
"Charleb McQueston, Captaiu Fourth
United States Infantry, died yesterday at
Mangonone. Bacoor, Cavlte Province, 930
evening, from gunshot wound caused by
private soldier. Captain McQueston. in a
fit of temporary Insanity, attacked men
of the company; shot one or more and
was shot himself In self-defense. Further
particulars when received."
A Knight of Honor Dead.
ATLANTA, Go., S,ept. lS.-J'ohn P.
Shannon, supreme director of, the Knights
of Honor of the United States, died at
Elberton, Ga., today.