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2x a promt t VOL. XLIL SO. 13,037. PORTLAND, jORGON, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 23, 1902. PK1CE FIVE CENTS. Any Szc Any Qaantlty Any Style SLQWATTHEBA MUSTHELP CUBA Roosevelt's Strong Plea for Reciprocity. MACKINTOSHES, RUBBER AND OIL-CLOTHING Rubber Boots and Shoes, Belting, Packing and Hose. Largest and most complete' assortment of all kinds of Rubber Goods. Goodyear Rubber Company R. H. PEASE, President. 73 and 75 First .Street. Portland, Oresua. i The S. B. SHAW'S PURE BLUMAUER & HOCH 108 and l'lO Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon S. T. DA.YIES, Pres. :2 C T. B2ZCHXR, Sc. &&0. Tres St. Charles Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED). FgONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON American and European Plan. g :""::::V?&' S e Wholesale Shoes o , 87-89 PIrst Street, Portland, Or. o - o o wo shall be pleased to have merchants u'hen vKltlnjc the city make our store their headquarters. Oar FALL STOCK of shoes 0 Is select and complete. In fact, ttc know we can make it an C object for dealers to place their orders with ni, e Fifth and Washington Streets EUROPEAN PLAN First-Class Check Restaurant Connected With Hotel. IS JroS & Steel Works. U - i 1 -j- The Smart Set We would respectfully call the attention of readers of the Smart Set to our four-page advertisement In the October number. It contains a crit ical analysis of Indorsements given the Pianola by euch great artists as Faderewskl, Hoffman, Sauer, Rosenthal. The Aeolian Aeolian M. B. "WELLS, Sole Agrent Oregon. "Washington and Idaho. 353 - STRATTON IN SECLUSION. Flees From Reporters to Think Over His Father's Will. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sept. 22. The chief development of today In the Strattcn will situation was the departure from the city of Isaac Harrison Stratton, the son and heir. Considerable speculation was Indulged in as to where he had gone, It being reported that he had returned to Illinois to secure legal counsel from that state. It Is stated he has gone only to the Donovan ranch, a few miles south of the city, and that his chief purpose in doing, bo was to avoid further interviewing by the papers before he shall have made up his mind as to the course of action. It was stated on good authority that he has not yet formed any conclusion whether he will make a contest over the will of bis father. ELEPHANT ON A RAMPAGE House Broken Into and a Child In Bed Hurled Across a Room. VINCENNES. Ind., Sept. 22. An ele phant on exhllbtion at the Elks' carn ival here, went on a rampage last night and broke through a window at the home of Clarence Duncan, a candy manufac turer. "With Its trunk, the elephant up set a bed on which Mrs. Duncan and two children were sleeping, and hurled one child across the room. The elephant then broke down the door of the house before it was subdued -by its keeper. Mrs. Duncan is In a critical condition from fright. The child was badly bruised. Appeal to Hay for Armenians. ST. LOUIS. Sept. 22. Ardash H. Kele ian, president of the Armenian National "Union, composed of 20.000 Armenians In this country, has written a letter to Sec retary Hay requesting his Intervention with the European powers In behalf of the Armenians In Turkey. Xnmed to Rcircsent Porto Rico. SAN JUAN. Porto Rico, Sept. 22. The Republicans have renominated Fredrico Degeteau-to be Porto Rican Commission er to Washington by a majority of 5S votes. Headaches Liver Cure Will -wake things up for you. Shakes up your torpid liver and makes you feel like a new man. Guaranteed to be the best tonic on the market. Try a bottle for your liver's sake. BIumauer-Frank Drug Co. Wholesale and Manufacturing Druggists America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today MALT PORTLAND, OREGON Booms Clntfe ...... Rooms Doublo ..... Room Fmlly Wa to fl.BO cer toy 1.00 to i2.00 per &T do to ss.00 ocr aur r 1 1 ' -1 , , T -,, Company Hall, 355 Washington St., Cor. Park CONDITIONS IN MARTINIQUE Northern Part Is Devastated, but the Southern District Is Thriving. NEW YORK, SepL 22. The Quebec Steamship Company's steamer Koranna has arrived from the West Indies. Among her passengers was Captain Walter Mc Kay, agent of the steamship company in the West Indies. Captain McKay -said: "I was at Fort de France August 30, the day of the most recent eruption of Mont Pelee. The explosion was terrific, and the rumblings and detonations were continuous for a long time. This explo sion. It is estimated, caused the death of 2000 people, and covered an extent of territory 10 times greater than did the eruption in May last. "Martinique, in the northern part. Is greatly devastated, but the south is in full blossom and is thriving. We are shipping more freight now than before the ruDtlon. It Is a mistake to say the people are starving and arc crowd ing the fertile parts of the Island. The fact is, considering that so many have been victims of the eruptions, the fugitives are comparatively few In num ber. There Is no need of food supplies." SAYS AMERICA IS PRYING Brazilian Paper Objects to Presence of Iowa In Those Waters. K.V YORK, Sent 22. The Correlo da Manna, a newspaper, complains of the United States battle-ship Iowa's visit to Brazilian waters, cables the Rio Janeiro correspondent of the Herald. It says the warship is making surveys of the Rio Janeiro Bay, especially observing the strategical points and talcing photographs of the lorts. The newspaper .asks the Government to stop the Iowa's "prying." An Italian Deputy, Signor Gavottl, has arrived here, and will confer with the Minister of Foreign Affairs in retard to the Immigration of his countrymen to Brazil. Fire at Birmingham. BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Sept. 23.-At 2:30 A. M. the building occupied by Louis Saks, a clothier, is burning, and the flames are beyond control of the fire de partment The loss will be over- $220,000. No Early Relief at River Entrance. DOUBT ABOUT A DREDGE Cost, About $400,000; Op eration, $200,000 More. IF JETTIES, DELAY FOR A YEAR Engineer Board to Inquire Into Cc lllo Project Meets and Goes Up River to Investigate Cap tain' Harts' Plan. It does not look as If navigation on the Columbia River bar will have re lief for a year at least. The Govern ment board of engineers will make Its recommendations probably within a month, but the- cannot be carried out .until next Spring or Summer. If jetties are to be built at the mouth of the Columbia, construction will not begin for almost a year, and the time till then will be taken up with preparatory work. If a dredge Is to be stationed at the mouth of the Columbia, It will not bo available for six months or a year. It would therefore appear that navigation is up against It for a good while yet, and even if the bar gets worse this Winter It will have to be left to do as it pleases. A bar dredge could be provided for about $400,000, and the operating expenses for two years would amount to about $200,000 more. It Is believed that there is money available from the Government appropriation provided by the last ses sion of Congress. A dredge could be re modeled out of an ocean-going steam vessel In six months, perhaps, or at most 12 mdnths. There are serious doubts whether it would be effective In the heavy swells of the bar and the Tough seas which are peculiar to the mouth of the Columbia. At all othor. places tinder the observation "of the"" engin eefs" where" ocean dredges have been successful there has not been anything like the roughness that prevails at the entrance to the Co lumbia. Engineers Are Reticent. The engineers decline to reveal their opinion about the efficacy of a dredge, and their opinion .will not be announced until they have reported to Washington. They will submit the result of their In vestigations some time next month. An Important question Is whether periods of good weather last long enough on the bar for the dredge to do the continuous work that would be necessary. If the dredge operated only a few days, and then had to wait for favorable weather for a long period, Its cost of maintenance would be out of proportion to the bene fits it would accomplish. How About a Jetty? As to whether the present jetty is to be extended or a new one Is to be built from Cape Disappointment, the engineers are extremely reticent. It Is evident that their investigations have showed thenr the bar is too wide and that the cur rents should be confined to a narrower course. They havo gone through all the reports that have been submitted by those in the Government service who have pre ceded them. It has taken a long time 'to do this. To Look Into Cnnnl Project. The special board of Government en gineers which is to investigate the feasi bility of Captain Harts' canal project above The Dalles will inspect the line of the canal today. Last night the engi neers went to The Dalles, escorted by Representative Malcolm A. Moody and Captain W. C. Langfitt. A special car was placed at their disposal by the O. R. &. N. Citizens of The Dalles have prepared-for their entertainment. The board Is composed of Lieutenant-Colonel Will iam H. Hr-HPiv ATnlni- Wllllom T. -.. hall. Captain Edward Burr. Captain Cas- sius umette and Captain Charles H. McKlnstry. Major Marshall. Captain Burr, Captain Gillette and Captain Mc Klnstry are also .on the bar board. The canal board met yesterday on the sixth floor of the Worcester block at 10 A. M. It adjourned about noon and came together again about 2 o'clock. The con clave was a very secret one Indeed, so secret that not a single breath of it got outside the close-fitting doors. The engineers will spend today Inspect ing the ground over which the canal Is proposed. At Celilo Falls they wlU ex amine the problem of the canal and lock on the Washington shore. This canal is to be about 4500 feet long. Below Celilo Falls, between Big Eddy and Old Mess house, a distance of about 9000 feet. Is to be a second canal. At the head of this canal the river Is only ISO feet wide. Above are rapids, and the plan is to make them navigable by means of a dam at the narrows, which would reduce the turbulence of the rapids. The engineers will determine whether this dam could be built and whether It would withstand the might; rush of the river. Between Big Eddy and The Dalles the river is already navigable. Tonight the engineers UI11 return to The Dalles. Wednesday morning, accom panied by Mr. Moody and Captain Lang fltt, they will leave that city for Port land by boat, 'The Regulator and White Collar Lines have accorded the board the freedom of their Eteamboats. The engi neers will make a short stop at Cascade Locks, and will reach Portland tomorrow nlghL Thursday morning they will prob ably return to their respective stations. PORTLAND PAYS OUT BIG SUM. Xot Less Than 91,3(30,000 for Colura "uia Improvement. The Government engineers detailed to investigate the Columbia bar and the Harts canal project have exprcsed sur prise that Portland has mode so good a channel to the eea with such little as sistance from the National Government. At the meeting which .they held with citizens last Saturday they were Informed that Portland had already expended fully $500,000 of Its own money on' the water way. They were told that this compara- "StWRISE" CUSHMAN "The Washington platform indorses'ME. The mention of Presi dent Roosevelt is mere airy persiflage." tlvely small city had practically main tained a channel so that the products of a region as large as New' England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland combined might have outlet to the markets of the world. This Intelli gence awakened their admiration as well as their surprise. But the fact is that 5S00.0G0 Is only about two-thirds of what Portland has expend ed on the river. Up to September 1 the Port of Portland Commission had dis bursed $1,073,956 93. By the end of this month it will have paid out $60,000 more. The commission was created by the Legis lature of 1S91. Before that time the chan nel had been kept open by the regular city government and public-spirited citi zens, who subscribed money for the work. Before 1E91 Portland spent in round num bers no less than $200,000, according to the authority given yesterday of several citi zens who were in close touch "with the wcrk. Henry Hcwett says that figure Is approximately correct, and R. L. Durham says It Is not far from the real amount. It appears, therefore, that Portland has put not less than $1,300,000 Into Its chan nel. If there arc 100,000 people In Port land this sum means $13 for every man, woman and child In the city. To give an example of how the river channel has been deepened, Henry Hew ctt said yesterday that In 1871 at St. Hel ens there was only 15 to 16 feet of water! At Swan Island there was only 14 feet 10 Inches. In the pa"st two years about $110,000 has been expended for dredging. .A big' dredge Is now under construction which will have cost when complete $225,000. About $122, COD has been paid out for It already. The dredge now In service waa recently re paired at a cost of J2S.000. In the pas.t year the commission has paid out about $300,000. Up to October 31. 1S01, its total disbursements wero $S30,629 69. BOAT TO DREDGE COLUMBIA BAR. Cnptnln Sanford "Was In Seattle Try ing to Secure One. SEATTLE, Sept. 22. Captain James Clark Sanford, of the Engineering Corps of the United States. Army, was In -Seattle today, trying to make arrangements for a boat to be used In dredging opera tions on the Columbia River bar. Captain Sanford was very reticent about the nature of the work to be done on the bar, but it Is understood that opera tions will be commenced In about two months. He wants a light-draft boat, drawing from 12 to 14 feet of water. H Captain Sanford was to have met Cap tain E. E. Calne, of the Pacific t Clipper Line, to see about a steamer and' an old hulk to be used by the Government, but Captain Calne was unable to keep the appointment, and Captain Sanford left for Portland this afternoon. Captain Calne will probably take the matter up with Captain Sanford by letter and" learn Just what kind of a vessel Is desirea. Roumanla Will Ianaore PoTrers. LONDON, Sept. 23. In a dispatch from Vienna the correspondent of the Times says he fears there is little doubt that the Roumanians have resolved to accept the consequence of setting at defiance the signatory powers, and the public opinion of the civilized world, and continue the persecution of the Jews. In order to com' pel them to seek asylum abroad. - OREGON MOVING UP Postal Receipts Show Big 1 Increase for Year. PORTLAND'S GREAT- SHOWING Its Business Gained $35,000 of the $58,000 Credited to the State Sev eral Washington Presidential Offices Go boVra Hill. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, SepL 22. The gross postal receipts of the Presidential postoffices of Oregon and Idaho for the lart fiscal year show a marked increase "over corresponding re ceipts for the year previous, and In Wash ington the advance Is phenomenal. For 101 Oregon's total gross postal receipts from Presidential offices was $104,340, and for 1902 It reached $462,101. Washington's receipts have advanced from $60S,572 to $729,295; and Idaho's- receipts from $112,749 to $135,672. Following are the receipts of the prin cipal offices of Orcgcn In 1902 and 1901: ' 1902. 1901. Portland $253,465 $223,684 Astoria 12,138 13,2o0 Baker City 13.1S9 13.5&8 Pendleton 11,301 12,6a5 balem 1S.&24 21,33 The Dalles 9,700 10,4u Arlington is the only Presidential office In Oregon-which falls to show an Increase. The receipts In " Washington for the same years were as follows: 1901. 1902. Seattle $206,621 $244,222 Tacomn, 73,811 88,376 Spokane 97.516 113,331 Everett 16,750 22.S07 North Yakima 11.233 12,970 Olympla 11,994 13,073 Vancouver 5,992 10,000 Walla Walla 17.970 20,290 Whatcom . 16.473 22,12 Idaho's receipts- were as follows: 1901. 1902. Boise ' $ 23,574 $ 25,905 Pocatello 11,043 13,436 Republic and Cosmopolls, in Washing ton: Granseville, Montpeller, Silver City and Wallace, In Idaho, all show retrogres sion. FOR EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS. President Is Being: Urged to An nounce Such a Step for 1003. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Sept. 22. Close friends of Presi dent Roosevelt, including some of his : 90 7 . . Cabinet officers, arc quietly advocating an extra, session of Congress after March 4 for the purpose of taking up quctlons that are prominent in this campaign, in cluding the tariff and trusts and recipro city treaties. It has been suggested by more 'than one Cabinet officer that a semi-official announcement of this kind should be made. Secretary Root will talk on the Phil ippines this campaign, notwithstanding he has said that it is no longer an Issue. He will bring out the fact that the Democrats devoted over 100 pages of their campalgnv book to the Philippines, and have then practically abandoned the issue because their position was unpopu lar. Secretary Root's political speeches will be devoted to showing how the Demo cratic party has opposed everything that has been done In the Philippine?, and that It has been wrong all the time. SUSS GILFREY'S WEDDING DAY. Portland Belle Will Be Mnrried to -Armor Ward in London, Oct. 1U. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Sept. 22. The marriage of Miss Sara Gllfrey, of Portland, Or., to Mr. Armor Ward, of New York, Is announced to take place at St. Margaro.t's- West minster Abbey, London, October 16. Tne honeymoon will be spent automoblling in England. Miss Gllfrey is the daugh ter of Henry H. Gllfrey, Reading Clerk of the United States Senate. BARD OUT OF DANGER. . Recovery of Senator Is but a Matter of Time. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22. Physicians In attendance on Senator Bard announced today that the patient is now out of dan ger and his recovery a matter of time. May Be Forced to Resign. NEW YORKi Sept. 22. Although Sen ator Bard has passed the critical stage of his Illness and Is recovering from ty phoid pneumonia that for one week has kept him in the shadow of death. It Is feared by his friends, says a Tribune dis patch from San Francisco, that he may be forced to resign, as the physicians will, It is believed, object to his taking up his duties at Washington during the Win ter. Congress meets more than a month before the California Legislature, and it would be necessary for the Governor to appoint a Senator for this Interim. No Change In Death List. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Sept. 22. It seems almost impossible to ascertain accurately just how many deaths have occurred as a result of the panic Friday nicht at the Shiloh Baptist Church. The number ap pears to bo not less than 104. and may reach 106. No additional deaths were reported today. Donations, almost en tirely from white citizens, amount to $70J so far, and this fund Is being used to bury such dead as have not been buried for lack of money. OUR DUTY H3T YET ENDED President Addresses Spanish-American Veterans. DAY AT DETROIT A BUSY ONE Citizens Vie With Each Other la Honoring the Chief Executive He Acts as Escort to Miss Clara Barton at Soldiers' Meeting. Today the President will visit Indian apolis and Fort Wayne. In Indianapo lis three or four hours will be socnt. and the President will attend the third tnnual encampment of the Spanish American War Veterans. The party will be entertained at luncheon at the Columbia Club. One hour will be spent at Fort Wayne late In the afternoon, and Milwaukee will be reached during the night. DETROIT, Sept. 22. President Roose velt's two days' visit to Detroit came to an end today, at the conclusion of a banquet -tendered him In the Light Guard Armory by the Spanish War Veterans, the opening of whose third annual re union he attended this morning. It was a brilliant event. Nearly 800 men sat at the tables on the floor of the big Armory, and the galleries were crowded to their utmost capacity by handsomely gowned women and their escorts. The Armory was decorated In gren and white, and electric lights were everywhere. When the President rose to begin his address, which was the first of the even ing, he received an ovation. The men on the floor stood up and cheered again and again, while the clapping of hands from the gallery was like .the crackle of mus ketry. The President, after speaking of Michigan's Important part in the Spanish-American War, said: "The war itself was an easy one. The tasks left behind us, though glorious, havo been hard. You, the men of the Spanish War you and your comrades In arms who fought In Cuba, Porto Rico and in the Philippines, won renown for the country, added to its moral grandeur and to Its material prosperity; but you also left duties to be done by those who came after you. In Porto Rico the duty (Concluded on Third Page.) CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Politics. President Roosevelt makes strong plea, for reci procity In addressing: Ssanlsh-American Vet erans at Detroit. Page 11. New York Republicans nave agreca on all but one nomination to be made today. Page 11. Nominee to succeed Henderson will be one of his sympathizers. Page 11. Secretary Root will make political speeches In Ohio and Illinois. Page 11. General. Postal receipts of Oregon show good Incrcasa for past fiscal year. Page 1. Roosevelt is being urged to announce an extra session of Congress In 1903. Page 1. Murderer Hooper Young 13 located while tryisig to pass as a Portland man. Page 2. Troops ordered to scene of strike at Pennsyl vania coal mines. Page 2. Venezuelan-Colombian Troubles. Great Britain and Venezuela may sever diplo matic relations. Page 12. Commander McLean transports Colombian, troops, but without arms. Page 12. Colombian legation at Washington believes Mc Lean is infringing on rights of Colombia. Page "Foreign. King Leopold still refuses to meet his daughter. Princess Stephanie, and she does not attend her mother's funeral. Page 3. Attempt to wreck Czar's train. Page 3. Edmund Havlland-Burkc and Michael Reddy, members Parliament, arraigned under crimes act and remanded to Jail. Page 3. Sport. Races at Irvlngton Park begin today. Page 5. Portland defeats Tacoraa at baseball. 6-1. Page 5. Indianapolis nine wins the American Associa tion championship pennant. Page 5. American rules will govern Chicago games in 1904. Page 5. Commercial. Opening sate of Oregon hops at 20 cents. Paga 13. September wheat makes great advance at Chi cago. Page 13. Heavy liquidation in New York Stock Ex change. Page 13. Marine. Preparations for raising the steamer Lurllne. Page 12. Steamship Lime Branch, largest vessel that ever entered the Columbia, now in port. Page VI. Steamer Alliance rails with part cargo of bar ley for San Francisco. Page 12. Pacinc Const. Walla Walla fruit fair opened yesterday with an attendance of 5000 people. Page 4. The Oregon hop crop, which is about gathered, is as good as any In the world. Page 4. Henry Myers, of Salem, sues his father for ap pointment of receiver, claming he has not received his 'share of the Arm's profits. Page 4. Captain Sanford was In Seattle yesterday, look ing for a steamer for dredging work on Co- lumbla River bar. Page 1. k Portland and Vicinity. No prospect of Immediate Improvement of Co lumbia River bar. Pago 1. Three men badly hurt in explosion at Willam ette Iron Work3. Page 11. Republican League of Oregon elects delegates for Chicago meeting. Page 10r Difficulties in way of securing G. A- R. Na tional encampment. P&ge 11. Nice question of law In the administration of an estate. Page 10.