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Vr 4V' VOL. XLIL NO. 13,023. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1S02. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WRITE US FOH SAMPLES AND PRICES OP 6, PACKING AND Headquarters fer All Kinds of Rubber Gestf 1 GOODYEAR RUBBER COMPANY 73 and 75 First Street. R. IT. PEASE, President. Portland, OreffOB. Cameras Taken in Exchange Jltl in perfect condition. We are disposing of them, at the following low prices: ADLAKE MAGAZINE, 3x4, regular $10.00 $4.00 CYCLONE MAGAZINE, 4 x 5, regular $8.00 $3.50 DAYPLATE MAGAZINE, 3 x 4&, regular $8.00 $2.50 "We are also offering the Eastman Kodaks, new, at 20 "per cent less than cata logue price. Blumauer-Frank Drug Co. "Wholesale and Importing: Druggists VlC MAI- SHAW'S PURE America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today, BLUMAUER & HOCH 1C8 and 1 10 Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon MALT i. T. DAYTKS, Pres. C T. EELCH33R, fee. a4 Ttme, St. Charles Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED). 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Old-established and reliable dentists, where all work is-guaranteed absolutely painless. jQ PLATES HHgK Fuli Set Teeth $5.00 RE9Ul5finHPA Gold Crowns 5.00 jjY Gold Fill 1.00.. Our offices are not managed by ethical dentists, but by Eastern graduate specialists. NEW YORK DENTISTS F-rtVtnrcdcRLorr,son 'WELL BRED, SOON WED." GIRLS WHO USE The Guild's Lake tract, at the foot of 'Willamette Heights. Is tho unanimous choice of the Lewis and Clark executive committee as the' site for the 1805 fair. It includes an area of 270 acres, 155 of which are water and 115 land. Engi neers appointed to examlno into the matter reported that the lake could be kept at the desired height and fresh at a comparatively light expense, and this was the deciding factor. It is also easy to get adequate' transportation by both street railways and steam railways to that locality. Thcro Is no doubt that tho board of directors will approve the selection of the committee, for the com" mlttee Includes a majority of' the dlrec- tha favor .of tha comrntt" - tors:'-Thou We3"i folSw'wadftloned ufcrnlh roaxinff.pi suitame arrangements with the owners of. the land and with the transportation companies. It is .under- stood that such arrangements have al- ' ready been informally made, and only , remain to be put in satisfactory legal i form. ARE QUICKLY MARRIED. EFFORTS OF DIAGRAM ARTISTS TO THE CONTRARY PONT BE DECEIVED Our Address Is 353-355 Washington Street, and 108 Park Street- THE AEOLIAN COMPANY Aeolian Hall,. Cor. Parle and Washington Sts. PORTLAND, OR. Chairman Corbett presided at the meet ing of the Lewis and Clark executive com mittee yesterday afternoon, and the di rectors present wore Dresser, Ladd. Mal lory. Mills, Scott, Wesslnger and Wheel wrightthe full committee. On sugges tion of Mr. Ladd, newspaper reporters were excluded from the meeting. The report of the engineers emplfiyed to ex amine the tract offered for a fair site at the foot of Willamette Heights was read by Secretary Reed, and then followed a general discussion of the various sites of fered for the 1905 exposition, which dis cussion occupied more than an hour. Chairman Corbett returned to a discus sion of the advantages offered by the City Park. He thought it would be possible to carry people from the cars at Washington street up into the fair grounds in the'park by a cable-car line, to pass up the ravine where the asphalt walk is now. Of City View Park he also spoke favorably, say ing that it could be reached by both river and rail, and was a spot which the city ought to have for a permanent park. Mr. Scott said that, in his judgment, the contest had narrowed down to a choice between Hawthorno Park and the Willamette Heights tract He said the latter place was very accessible, and there was no doubt that Guild's Lake could be eaBlly controlled and held at the required level, but he did not approve of any per manent Improvements there to remain for the benefit of the city. He spoke de cidedly in favor of Hawthorno Park, ar guing that it was situated just where a permanent park Is wanted for tho city. He would have the Park Commission au thorized to buy it. Then it could be large ly Improved by the Park Commission, and money would be saved to tho Lewis and Clark corporaUon. The Park Commission could also erect one or more permanent buildings, which could be used for public library, art gallery, museum, hall for as semblies. The central location of Haw thorne Park made this use possible, which could be said of noother site. Hawthorne Springs, discharging 1,500,000 gallons per day of pure -water, would be a perpotual boon to that part of the city. That park could be reached easily by all the street railways, and also by tho main railway lines. To tho 12 acres which could be bought 20 acres more could be added by leaso from the Hawthorne estate for the exposition, and this, with the use of a portion of Ladd's field adjoining, would make land enough. Mr. Ladd said that by all means the city should own Hawthorne Park. It was Just where a public park was wanted. But it seemed to him that selection of a site for the fair and the purchase of a park for the perpetual use of the city were questions not necessarily the same. Messrs. Wheelwright and Mallory spoke briefly. The former favored the yillam .ette Heights tract, while Mr. 'Mallory was still of opinion that University Park was the more desirable place. There was much Informal discussion, but finally it was settled to a point that left the choice between the Willamette Heights tract and Hawthorne Park. Upon this it was suggested that a vote be tak en, since a report was to be made by tho committee to tho Board of Directors at the next meeting. A motion to take a vote was carried. Upon casting the bal lot. It was found there were six for tho Willamette Heights or Guild's Lake tract. one for Hawthorne Park and one for University Park. Thereupon Mr. Scott moved to make the tract at tho foot of Willamette Heights the unanimous choice of the committee, and It was so voted. Mr. Wheelwright moved that the ex ecutive committee, having declared unan imously in favor of the tract at the foot of Willamette Heights as the site for the Lewis and Clark fair in 1905, recommend said site to the Board of Directors for final selection, on condition that suitable arrangements shall be made with the owners of the land affected, and with the transportation companies. The motion was carried without dissent, and this, 13 the report that will be made to the Board of Directors,- at Its meeting next Friday' afternoon. It is not doubted that" the Board of Di rectors will confirm the selection made by the executive committee, for this commit tee includes a majority of the full board, and several directors not members of the executive "committee are known to be in POLITICIANS AT SEA Washington Convention Pre sents a Puzzle. PLATFORM IS STILL IN DOUBT Only Certain. Thing ! That the Bullc of the Delegates Are Looking: tor the Beat Place to Light on the Railroad, Issue TACOMA, Sept. 5. (Speclal.)-No Re publican state convention in Washington has even been called at the end of a more uncertain and iriystlfying preliminary CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS FROM WASHINGTON. K. IT. BROWNELL, OF EVERETT. EVERETT, Wash., Sept. 5. (SpecIal.)--lt Is now generally conceded- that the principals in the contest for the nomination for the third member of Congress 'rom this state, to be elected for the first time this Fall, are: F. H. Brownell, of this -city, and Will G. Humphrey, of Seattle. There ,1s no question of the re nomlnatlon of Representative W. L. Jones, of North Yakima, but there Is some opposition to Representative Francis W. Cushman, of Tacoma. His most formjd tblo opponent is regarded as A. J. Falknor, of Olympla. Mr, Falknor is an active, candidate, and if N. V m wmi u the general opinion that he must V' ..iSef eat. Mr.Cuti;mJin. AU three :Re preventatives-.will be elected -at larger Aa cuort is Deing rcaae to umie uie nurtnwest caunucs in uia interest ot wo .canui dacy of Mr. Brownell This combination was' effected at the state convention two years ago, and the1 northwest captured several nominations' for state 'offices. If It is successful again Mr. Brownell' s chances will be greatly improved. F. H. Brownell Is a prominent attorney of this city. He la about 3S years of age. He is a close relative and the Washington representative of L. S. J. Hunt, he well-known Seattle promoter and ex-newspaper man. Ho is also the agent of the Everett Land Company, and the attorney for other large property Interests In this section. i favor of the site at the foot of Willamette Heights. Choice was made of that site because of the facilities for boating in Guild's Lake adjoining. This was the deciding factor. There need be no doubt that the lake can bo kept full and pure. The artificial out let cut by the Northern PekIAc Railway may be easily dammed to hold the lake to the required level. Introduction of fresh water will keep the lake pure. It was the unanimous sense of tho com mittee that Hawthorne Park should be bought by the 'city and converted Into a park" for the use of the public. It was agreed that the Park Commission should be empowered by the Legislature to levy a tax for this purpose. REPORT OP THE ENGIXEERS. Entirely Practicable to Use Guild's Lake as a Fair Attraction. Following Is the report of the engineers employed to examine the Guild's Lake tract at the foot of Willamette Heights, with reference to Its use as a site for the Lewis and. Clark Exposition to be held In 1905: "To the Committee of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, Portland, Or. Gentlemen: In accordance with your request, we hereby submit a report, with map, on the subject of Guild's Lake and adjacent grounds. "Guild's Lake is located in sections 20 and 20, township 1 north, range 1 east, Willamette meriillan. "The land adjacent and lying to the south', between the lake and the St. Hel ens road. Is being contemplated for Ex position concession purposes and uses of experimental gardening, and the land be tween the St. Helens road and Thurman street for the main grounds of the Ex position. "The distance from Third and Washing ton streets to Twenty-fifth and Thurman streets In an air line Is 1 miles, and by the present streets from Third and Wash ington streets to Twenty-third and Wash ington streets 1& miles, from Twenty third and Washington streets to Twenty third and Thurman streets three-quarters of a mile, and from Twenty-fifth and Thurman streets to Twenty-sixth and Up shur streets one-half mile total, 2i miles. - "The area of Guild's Lake at a six-foot stage of water (the depth as desired by your committee), 270 acres'. Area of ground of main exposltlontlW Experimental station grounds. 40 Peninsula 25 Total .'. 115 "At the present stage of water there Is an average depth of 2.5 feet; maximum depth, 3.4 feet. "The hills to the west and extending for several miles, forming the watershed, are from S00 to 1200 feet In elevation, and are wooded with flrf cedar and a heavy under growth. "The main stream is Balch Creek, and there are also a number of living springs and subterranean streams. Guild's Lake. "The outlet from Guild's Lake is at the northern side, and, was cut by the North ern Pacific Railway. It has a cross-section of 14 feet In width, .at the bottom depth of 12 feet, and sides slope 1 to 1. It crosses tho Northern Pacific Railway and empties Into tho Willamette River, about 200 yards from the Northern Pacific Concluded on P&ze 0.) situation than the one to be held hero next Wednesday. The chairmanship has hardly been mentioned, the platform la In great doubt on every topic of interest, and the only certain thing about the attitude of the convention onvthe "paramount" is aue of a railroad commission Is that the bulk of the delegates are looking for tho best place to light. What they will do they don't know, and it will largely de pend upon what strength the opposing forces develop out of a condition now un ascertained and unzrscertalnablc. Talk of an elective commission is increasingly In tho air. Though It Is stated that Gov ernor McBrlde would rather havo no com mlfslon at all than an elective commis sion, and though the railroads themselves want neither an elective nor. an appoint ive commission, this process may yet be found the most available method of de feating McBrlde and yet 'saving the face" of those nominally Instructed for his scheme. This surface Indorsement of the commis sion has gono so far that it begins to look as If defeat of the Governor may have to be compassed with an elective commis sion plank. It Is known, for example, that the railroad leaders were perfectly satisfied with the result in Pierce County, where a declaration In favor of an elect ive commission was made. True, they had expected to ignore the issue entirely, as ha3 been the railroad policy In every county where friction was apt to arise over an attempt to turn the Governor down entirely, but tho Indorsement of an elective commission was satisfactory. An elective commission means almost anything one desires to construe It. There are precedents that railroad men can ad vance to support the Issue and a call of politics can be offset by the declara tion that It Is as free from political In fluences as any organization named by the Governor. Stand of Representative Jones. Representative W. L. Jones, of North Yakima, has declared In favor of an elect lve commission, and the delegation sent from his county to the Republican state convention, instructed for a railroad com mission. Is understood to be pledged to follow Jones' advice. The convention in Lewis County liMorccd a railroad com mission, but left the question of selection open. Thurston County turned down a commission plank, but A. J. Falknor, the county's candidate for Congress, put him self In a hole prior to the gathering that would make an elective commission an easy proposition for him to adopt. Then there arc a number of other delegates including the number from Pierce, wno would welcome the elective commission movement, and around these the rail road's move in, favor of an elective com mission will be centered. The antl-rallroad men have claimed that .Asotin and Douglas Counties were in structed for the McBrlde ocheme. They nave countea conuaently upon Whitman's votes nnd lined up Spokane solid. These four counties will serve to Illustrate the situation In Eastern Washington. Th railroads have persistently claimed that ootn Asotin and Douglas Counties wi friendly to them. For that matter, they havo Included Franklin as well, and this has been put down in the McBrlde col umn. That, however, Is digressing. The platforms of the two counties,- Asotin and , Douglas, do" not support either claim, and only a personal canvas of the delegations could settle tho controversy. . In Whitman County the railroads un doubtedly had the convention. It is to be presumed, even though tho commission was Indorsed, that friends of the railroads were put on the delegation. Certainly none of the Legislative nominees -were strong McBrlde men. The same condition exist ed, to a less extent, in Spokane County, where John L. Wilson was handling the railroad deal. He, however, took to the woods whem the commission threatened his prestige. But it is understood the roads have a number of good friends on the delegation who would like to find a way of lighting. Railroads' Manner of Escape. Now the railroads have provided a man ner of escape. Through the pressure they have brought to bear from Influential wheat-raleers upon tire delegates, they have created a feeling that perhaps the sentiment on the East Side has changed since the conventions wero held. The farmers, at that time, took occasion to denounce the politicians, and railroad men have kept alive the feeling that McBrlde was using the commission plan as a good political move. With a showing of a re versal of sentiment behind them and the elective commission offered as an oppor tunity to keep the commission out of Mc Bride's hands, it Is not difficult for a num ber of East Side delegates to bo won over. It is not Intended to say-that any part of this plan has been successful. It may end in a dismal failure, but It can be readily seen how the roads can have made inroads upon the McBrlde support, and this Is what they have been trying to do, and the manner of accomplishing It on the East Side has been outlined. The railroads have a good argument against an appointive commission to ad vance by pointing to the record of the last Legislature. Then Governor Rogers urged an appointive commission, to be named by the Governor, and McBrlde fought the scheme bitterly. He conduct ed a fight In favor of a commission se lected by the Lieutenant-Governor, Secre tary of State and Auditor, and It was an open secret that ex-Governor McGraw would have headed the commission, and McBrlde have been the central figure in Its management. That the scheme was largely political Is general admitted. Now McBrlde haa abandoned his original plan of a trl-headed appointive power, and asks for the sole management. There is a feeling In some quarters that McBride's Interest In the fight is aroused simply because he sees an opportunity for political advancement, and this little story lends color to the version. It Is not hard. under such circumstances, to argue for an appointive commission which would bo kept out of McBrlde's hands, nor 13 it difficult for the railroads to" plead that they are simply endeavoring to. keep Mc- iiride from hampering them. One could sit and figure for hours on the probable complexion of the coming stategconventlon, and when he finished his figure would bo valueless. For p-jcamnlo. in all the tables of strength that have been prepared Yakima County, which has al ready been cited as an elective commis slon delegation, is set down In the Mc- .uride column, and so Is Lewis, which might be won from him. Then, politicians wno nave attempted to draw the lino bo tween AIcBrldelsm and the railroad sup. part place a xrmjortty ofTclmr and Pierce County, delegation against him., If the issue were drawn in this manner, both delegations would show a majority against tne roads. This was Illustrated the other day In Plerco County, where 31 or tne 49 delegates voted to irive Cush- man's steering committee absolute power in an matters. Yet the whole delegation ie ucu up uy instructions to vote lor an elective commission and against McBrlde's appointive scheme If the Issue Ir forced. The railroads. In King County, claim 65 or tne so delegates, whJle the McBrlde forces valiantly assert they have 60 men pledged. As a matter of fact, both ficures are probably wrong, but an elective com- 'mlsslon would show a good maiorltv. and the larger share of votes would be cast for McBrlde's policy in the event that that was the only commission plank of- lerea. Another Line on the Outcome. Here Is another example of the way fig urlng on the outcome Is donei The rail roads controlled the Clallam County con ventlon. One indication is that Senator Clapp, an out-and-out railroad man, was unanimously Indorsed for rcnomlnatlon. and his friends will come to the state convention. Intentionally the railroads ignored the commission scheme. Mc Bride's friends claim half the deleErntlnn Chchalis County turned down a commis sion resolution, yet McBrlde insists he has six delegates out of the eighteen. The as sertion Is made that Snohomish, notorious ly a pro-railroad county, will tfade off this sentiment for votes for Brownell. The knowing ones realize Brownell was sprung by the railroads to help out their fight. For that matter, so was Pickerlll in Whit man County. After all Is said, however, the fact re mains that If the railroads were put to the fight of attempting to do away with a railroad commission altogether they would lose. It will require 2S6 votes to control the state convention. Already 237 have been elected and instructed to vote for a commission, without even an elect ive commission qualification. King would add at least 4 votes to this number, and Pierce about 33 more. And there is a big scattering vote that McBrlde would have. But, ac already pointed out, an -elective commission movement would cut a big hole In this vote: In fact. It ought to de feat McBrlde. Railroad politicians realize this, and there Is the best of authority for the assertion that they will use the scheme. The railroads will have to protect their Legislative nominees In some way. There Is no question but that the roads have enough votes, In the hold-over list nnd the number of recently nominated State Sen ators, to defeat a commission bill In tho State Senate. But they cannot afford to put their friends up against a strict in junction by the party platform to pass the McBrlde bill. Unquestionably a num ber of friends of the roads would weaken under such circumstances. And that is the reason a desperate effort will be made to protect them. POPS AND YOUNG TEDDY. Sontlt Dakota 'Farmer Did Xot Set Their Dogs- on President's Son. ARLINGTON. S. D., Sept. 5. There is no truth In reports that Populist farmers set their dogs upon young Teddy Roosevelt and his hunting party. Farmers had post ed notices to enforce the game laws and prohibit transients from trespassing. Federal Court to Try Kid Carry. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 5. Harvey Logan, alias Kid Curry, the alleged ring leader In tho Great Northern train rob bery. In which $40,000 worth of unsigned Montana bank bills were stolen, has been turned over to the Federal authorities, Judge Sneed, of the Circuit Court, having ruled that the United States authorities be given concurrent jurisdiction of Logan under an agreement that they would not take him out of the state for trial. Logan can now be tried for having unsigned bank notes In his possession, and on the charge of having forged the names of bank officials to them. IWENACEOFPELEE Half a Million Lives Are in Danger, FEARS OF CONSUL AYME Terrible Tidal Wave Sure to Follow Explosion. WOULD SWEEP ADJACENT ISLES French Official at Martinique Calls! on His Government to Take Steps to Remove i ; .. People., CHICAGO, Sept. 5. T am seriously alarmed at the news of the renewed ac tivity of the Martinique and St Vincent volcanoes," says Louis H. Ayme. United States Consul at Guadeloupe, who is in Chicago on sick leave. "Should Mount Pelee 'blow its head off,' the loss of Ufa would be appalling. With Pelee as a cen ter, a chain of islands extends northwest ward, embracing a population of some 750,000. Almost without exception, tha cities and villages are situated along the coasts, and but slightly elevated above the sea. A tidal wave 40 feet high would probably destroy 500,000 Hve3 before it dashed against tho shores of Porto Rico with its 1.000,000 Inhabitants. "The people of these Islands are in a hard situation. Their communication with the outer world depends chiefly on a sin gle line of steamers, which call at Inter vals of from 10 days to three weeks at some of the islands, when freight offers. Tho whole fleet of this line could not car ry 3000 persons." BOTH VOLCANOES ERUPTING. No Lous in the Last Outbreak of Mount Pelee, CASTRIES, Island of St, Lucia, B. W. I., Sept. 5. The report brought by tha Royal Mall steamer Yaro, which arrived here yesterday., of- the loss of 2000 lives through the recent outbreak of Mount Pelee, referred to the deaths since Au gust 30. and not to the loss of life result ing from the reported outbreak of Wednesday, September 3. The eruption of Mount Pelee September 3 was not re markable, but there was a terrific explo sion from the Souffrlere on that date. The captain of the steamer Savana con firms tho report cabled to the Associated Press last night that she ran into denso clouds of dust when 20 miles south of St, Vincent at 2 o'clock In the morning of Wednesday, and adds that absolute dark ness prevailed soon afterwards, and. that he changed his course to due west. In order to avoid the ashes, which were falling thick. The first officer could not see the captain two feet away, and only knew him by his voice. They did not seo the sun until about 10 A. M. the same day. The steamer Yaro further reports that (Concluded on Second Page.) CONTENTS 0i? TODAY'S PAPER. Foreign. ' Lives of half a million people are Imperiled by the threatened destruction of Martinique. Page 1. British Trades Union Congress denounces trusts, rage 3. The pope ratifies the appointments of tho prop aganda. Face 3. Energetic action taken by Commander llo Crca in Haytl. Page 3. Professor Rudolf Virchow Is dead. Page 0. Domestic. President Roosevelt begins his Southern tour. Pace 2. The war maneuvers In Long Island Sound will end today. Page 2. Closing session ofthe mining congress at Butte. Page 14. Sport. Seattlo defects Portland 3 to 2. Pago 5. Tacoma defeats Butte 0 to 8. Page 5. Spokane defeats Helena 7 to 3. Page 5. Grim In bad favor at Spokane. Page 5. Prince Alert beats Anaconda in the special race at Hartford. Page C. John A. McKerron wins the Boston challenge cup at Glenvllle track. Page 5. Pacific Coast. Politicians are all at sea as to any plan o work for the Washington State Republican Convention Wednesday. Page 1. Ticket formed by King County Democratic Con vention. Page 0. Masked men shoot 400 sheep on Grant County, Oregon, range. Page 4. Runaway enslne traverses many tracks at Oakland Mole, and then plunzes into San Francisco Bay. Page 4. Idaho Republicans again nominate Frank W. Hunt for Governor. Page 4. Good-sized ' sawmill Is to be constructed at Hoqulam. Wash. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Tradi reviews show a brilliant outlook for the future. Page 15. Wheat makes a good upturn in the East. Pase 13. Another flurry In call money rate In Wall street.- Page 13. German ship Alsterthal coming from Callao In ballast for wheat, for a very low rate. Pago 7. Marine engineers do not expect to strike at the present time. Page 7. White Star Line to build the b!gge3t ship In the world. Page 7. poal cargoes coming from Swansea for New York. Page 7. ' Portland nnd Vicinity. Tract at foot of Willamette Heights selected for 1005 fair site. Pace 1. Babies win prizes at Elks' Fair. Page 10. Civic Improvement Association discusses pub lic nuisances. Page 1G. Oregon politicians speculate on organization of the Legislature. Page 12. Portland musicians talk on proposed munici pal band. Pace 14. Edward Shields announces Intention to start new theater. Page 1G. Lawyers decide to test legality of license' tax Page 11. Federated Trades Council makes charges of injuring the city agaln3t Port of Portland Commission. Pace 14.