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Portland, Or. e HOTEL PERKINS Fifth and Washington Streets PORTLAND, OREGON Speakership at Oiympia Not Yet Settled.' BETWEEN WILSON AND HARE Appointments in the Senate Ail Cut and Dried. SMITH SURE TO BE PRESIDENT Wilson of KIttltn Can't Make Term AVI tli Prcxton McBride "Win a Point by Securing 31 e fi ler's Withdrawal Caucus. EUROPEAN PLAN Ptrt-CT Checlc Retaxxrt Connected WltU Hotel. Room Stnglo ,.T5o to fl.BO pr -flay Room Double .....$1.00 to SZOO per day Room Family 1.50 to 3.00 per day POLITICIANS REQUJRIING A STRONG PULL SHOULD PATRONIZE OUR Logging Engine Department WILLAMETTE IRON & STEEL WORKS, p8RSooS' PORTLAND SAFE & LOCK CO. HIGHEST GRADE FIRE-PROOF SAFES Have Stood the Tet of 57 Years. "WE HAVE REMOVED TO 76 FIRST ST., CORNER OAK Equitable Savings an,Lo?v Association 240 Stark Street, corner Second. GUARANTEED MATURITY CERTIFICATES INTEREST-BEARING CERTIFICATES ' INSTALLMENT LOANS Chas. E. Ladd, Pres. Theo. B. Wilcox, Vlce-Pres. F. JiicKercher, Secy. FOR POOR CONSUMPTIVES i BUILDERS MAKE PROTEST 1 Henry Phippx Liberally Endows JIo- pital at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA Jan. 9. Dr. L. P. Flick, president of the free hospital for poor consumptives here, tonight an nounced that Henry Phipps, of New York, formerly a partner of Andrew CaYnegie has contributed ?300,O00 for the establish ment of an lnstituiton in this city for the treatment and study of consumption. It will be so endowed as to derive an income of about $30,000 to $40,000 annually. Dr. Flick will be director-general of the in stitution. Dr. Flick said tonight that he would in troduce the Finsen treatment, now In op eration at Copenhagen, which is a new method of treating the disease by sunlight and electric light. The object of the In- stltutlon is the eradication of tuberculosis from this country. While Mr. Phipps original contribution amounts to $300,000, the endowment will In crease the fund to about $1,500,000. - , FORESTS OF PHILIPPINES Declare Treasury Department DIk- criinlnates AgainKt American Tin. BOSTON, Jan. 9. The National Asso ciation of Builders, through their offi cers -here, have entered a protest to the Treasury Department in Washington in relation to what they claim is discrimina tion against American-made tin. They say that the supervising architect of the Treasury Department has invited bids for the erection of the -building for the Bu reau of Standards in Washington and in specifying for tin roofing makes a require ment which compels the use of foreign tin, ihasmuch as the charcoal iron plates called for are not used by any American manufacturers of tin. Great Exhibit Will ne Made at St. LouIk ExpoHltlon. ST. LOUIS. Jan. 9. Gifford Pinchot. Forester of the United States Govern- j ment and honorary chief of the Depart- : ment of Forestry of the Louisiana Pur- ! chase Exposition, has just returned from . the Philippines, where he went upon the , invitation of the Insular government to make an examination of the forests and I to formulate the policy under which the Philippine forests are to be managed in ! the future. In collaboration with Captain ' Aliern, United States Army, in charge of the forestry bureau at Manila; a plan for an exhibit of . Philippine forestry at St. Louis has been prepared. Mr. Pinchot states that the collection of fishes and birds from the Philippines will be on a, rrand scale. . SAYS CHARCOAL TIN IS BEST. Treamiry Architect Claims He Will Continue to Ue the. Same. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. Mr. Taylor, the supervising architect of the Treas ury. - has recently recolved a number of protests from building contractors against his intention in stipulating for the use of charcoal tin for the roof of the new Bureau of Standards building to be erect ed In this city. Mr. Taylor eays that during tne last six months he ha3 stipu lated that charcoal tin should be used in roof construction of Government b'ulld. Ings forrthe reason that it was the best tin obtainable, and that he shall continue to' do so. He is not certain whether tin of this, character Is made in this country or not. but is Inclined to think It is not. Nevertheless, he believes "it Is for the best Interests of the Government that it he used. The question who rtiall be Speaker of the House In the Washington Legisla ture remains .undecided, but It appears to lie between Dr. Hare, of Yakima, and It. B. Wilson, of Kittitas. An attempted deal between Wilson and Preston fell throuch. Prestoa wanted Wilson's support In ' exchange for his own. "Wilson wanted a. pledge of all the King County votes for the Railroad Commission bill. Preston could not deliver the Roods. Governor McBrlde's forces, are well organized, and he made a shrewd move In Inducing Megler to withdraw In favor of Wilson. The election of Dr. J. J. Smith as President of the Senate Is probable, and he has decided on the chairmen of the committees. SEATTLE, Jan. 9. (Special.) Despite the strenuous efforts of the Republican leaders in the House of Representatives of the next Legislature, nothing has been accomplished today In the direction of the 'selection of a Speaker of the House. Dur ing the, past week there. have been dally conferences among the leading men, and the most Important of these' came today, when a number of- the j)romlnent Repre sentatives-elect, with party leaders, met at Tacoma, in an effort to bung something tangible out of a situation that can only be described as chaotic. In contradistinction to the situation with the House members, there Is little to do in the way of organization in the Senate. As The Oregonian has told. Senator J. J. Smith has been selected as President and he has made up a practically complete slate of his committees. The list has been shown to no one, but The Oregonian is able to forecast the important committee chairmanships with reasonable accuracy They will be as follows: Railroads, George H. Baker, of Klick itat; appropriations, Hamilton of Pierce; fisheries, A. T. Van de Vanter, of King; judiciary. Rands of Clark; revenue and taxation, either Sumner of Snohomish or Warburton of Pierce. The Speakership fight tonight lies be tween Dr. W. H. Hare, of Yakima, and R. B. Wilson, of Ellensburg. The chances are now all In favor of Dr. Hare, should he energetically enter the fight. Dr. Hare has until today refrained from taking an active part In the contest, although favor ably mentioned as a compromise candi date. The failure of Wilson, who will on Monday begin his third term in the Legis lature, to effect a combination with King County, has brocght Dr." Hare prominently to, the front Wilson has been until the past two or three days the favorite of Harold Preston for the Speakership. He was reported as friendly to Preston three weeKs ago, when he visited the Sound in quest of votes for his Speakership campaign. Certain lntl mute friends of Wilson stated that he would not vote for Ankeny. Preston, by the authority of a majority of the King Countv Representatives, promised Mr. Wilson the support of this county provid lng he would pledge himself unequivocally to Preston for Senator. Mr. Wilson took the matter under advisement, but finally told the King County candidate that he would vote for him providing Preston de livered the solid 17 Representatives In fa vor of the commission bllL This mani festly was out of the question, and the deal was last night declared off. As the matter stands now. King County is in the air regarding the Speakership, and will probably have little hand in nam ing the successful men. Five of the Rep resentatives from this county would not support Wilson under any circumstances, it is stated. Pierce is taking the Initiative and is fllTting with Hare. He has a con siderable following in the Northwest, and will undoubtedly rally to his standard the bulk of the Ankeny strength In Eastern Washington. He is, therefore, within sight of the 42 votes necessary for a cau cus election. The matter will, undoubted ly, be settled tomorrow night at Oiympia. who arrived today. J. G. Megler, of Wahkiakum, has been here for several days. This was the date set for an ad journed meeetlng by the caucus recently held In Spokane In an attempt to center on Wells for Speaker, but which failed to act and adjourned to meet In Oiympia. The failure of so many of the Eastern Washington Representatives to arrive is given as the reason for calling off the caucus. Wells claims to be only a recep tive candidate. In the preliminary skirmish the Gover nor seems to have his forces better or ganized than has the opposition. Indica tions are that he has executed a most diplomatic stroke tonight in securing the withdrawal of Megler from the Speaker ship race, which leaves him in a position to center all his strength on R. B. Wilson, of Kittitas. Both Megler and Wlleon are strong friends of the Governor, and up to this time the Governor has showjt a dis inclination to favor either one as against the other. It is said that Megler with draws from the race for Speaker to be come chairman of the appropriation com mittee, next in importance to the Speak ership Itself. Wilson is a Preston and railway com mission man, and, it is claimed, is accept able to the Eastern Washington friends of the Governor by reason of his residence on the East Side. He has been spending the -last few days in Seattle in hl3 own behalf, and tonight openly claims that the King County delegation Is solidly backing him. Neither C. I. Roth nor Thompson, of Kitsap, both regarded as candidates of the railroad forces, are on the ground, and it is said that Roth is out of it This leaves the railroad forces to choose between Thompson and Wells, of Spokane, of the candidates so far mentioned. None of the prominent members of the "railroad lobby" are In the city, and, if the railroad interests are to make a fight for the organization of the House, they have not yet shown a strong hand. innar mm man bum. iii! ill WW General Gobin Tells of Strenuous Time. SOLDIERS WERE BOYCOTTED Could Not Get Wagons toj Haul supplies to Lamp, NEVER HAD TO SHOOT TO KILL FOR PORTLAND IN 1904. Great Delegation From Oregon Go ing to Livestock Convention. KANSAS CITY, MoT, Jan. 9. The sixth annual convention of the National Live stock Association will be called to order in this city next Tuesday and continue four days. It will be the most Important meet ing of stockmen ever held in this country. Every state and territory will be repre sented by delegates, many of whom are coming In special trains. One of the most enthusiastic delegations will be from Ore gon, consisting' of 200 men, all anxious to have Portland, the metropolis of their state, named as the convention city for 1904. Charles F. Martin, secretary of the association, today said that he expected 70) stockmen to be present at the con vention. The programme contains many interest ing features. Besides ' the' riutlHe" busi ness and scores of addresses by prominent stockmen and distinguished men in pub lic life during the sessions of the conven tion, the delegates will be called upon to attend receptions, balls, smokers and other entertainments which have been planned. A special effort will be made to afford enjoyment for the women visitors during their sojourn in the city. The president of the association, John W. Springer, of Denver, will arrive in Kansas City tomorrow, and the executive committee will meet on Monday. EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH Great Meeting in New Yorlc. DI cnsscii Prevailing Illiteracy. NEW YORK, Jan. 9. A meeting was held tonight In Carnegie Hall in the in terest of education in the South, under the auspices of the Armstrong Associa tion. Morris K. Jessup, president of the Chamber of Commerce, presided. Gover nor Montague, of Virginia, was among those on the platform. Dr. Charles Dabney, president of the University of Tennessee, was the princi pal speaker. He deplored the lack of His Famous Order Did Avray With Necessity, He Tells Strike Com juIshIoii Passages at Arms With Miners Lawyer. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 9. After occu pying eight days, during which time they j presented about 150 witnesses, the non union men closed their case today before the coal strike commission. The coal fairs in the coal region during his stay there, and of the stoning of his troops, insults to his men, frequent cases of dyn- i amltlng. and other acts of lawlessness. He said the Sheriff of Carbon County re fused to call on the Governor for troops. Counsel for miners took exception to this statement, and Mr. Darrow referred to the General as a "wise and great man." This nettled General Gobin. and he said he had been invited to testify by the strike commission, and if the "gentleman from Chicago refers to me again as he has just done. I will refuse to answer any of his questions on cross-examination." Mr. Darrow disclaimed any intention of being disrespectful. The General said he had beon asked by the coal companies to protect nonunion men. but he refused because he had not sufficient troops. He said the sltuatlbn was most serious. He feared the railroad men would be intimidated and he would be unable to move troops. Threatening letters were also sent to him. During the cross-examination, General Gobin had several tilts with -Clarence L. JDarrow, counsel for the miners, but they never reached a serious point. The wit ness said that when he first went into the coal region with his men, as a result of a riot at Shenandoah, he was unable for a time to get vehicles to carry his supplies, teamsters refusing to furnish them. In Shenandoah and In 'the Panther Creek Valley, he said, there was no civil ' authority at times. Committees of the union called upon him and assured him that the striking miners would give him all the assistance they could, but, as far as the witness could remember, they never gave him any help, nor did he ask them for any. After his entire brigade had been called out, General Gobin said the situation became extremely serious In several parts .of the territory, and he ORIENTAL COUNTRIES WILL EXHIBIT AT PORTLAND. John Barrett Announces That Lewis and Clark Expo sition Will Receive Liberal Support. (By Special Cable to The Oregonian.) BOMBAY, India, Jan. 10. I have completed my St. Louis Exposition work in Asia and am returning to America with as surance that the principal countries of the Orient will make un surpassed exhibits at St. Louis and that they will continue the same at the Lewis and Clark Exposition at Portland in 1905. In all the negotiations I have been inspired by a desire to pro mote the interests of Oregon and the Pacific Coast. I am confident Asia's representation at St. Louis and Portland will inaugurate a new era. of development for Pacific Coast com merce. - - ' JOHN BARRETT, ;" Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commissioner to Asiatic Countries. Sugar Interests May Combine in Fight TO DEFEAT CUBAN TREATY Louisiana Planters Drum Up Southern Votes. SEEK ALLIANCE WITH BEET MEN Michigan May Help Them anil They Clnini Pledges From Southern State, hut Will Not Be Able to Tnlk Treaty to Death. companies will open their case tomorrow, and, according to the plans of the oper ators, the companies will present their case in the order of the geographical loca tion of their mines. The Delaware & Hudson Company, whose collieries are further north, will first present its wit nesses, and the Philadelphia Coal & Iron Company, whose mines are in the south- feared he could not cope with the situa tion if it grew worse. He so Informed the Governor. The now famous "shoot to kill" order issued by him after his soldiers had been attacked by stones was touched upon by Mr. Darrow. The General said It meant every word it said, and that the issuance of the order had a most salutary effect P. S. Gobin, senior Brigadier-General of the NaUonal Guard of Pennsylvania. Go bin was In command of the third brigade while the troops were on duty In the hard coal fields. He was quesUoned 3& hours, and during most of this time was ensraced schools in the rural districts of the South f in a recital of conditions as he found ern nart of th roal ft.M. wfil ha ,OD uPon -he communities which his soldiers laak covered. It had suqh a good effect that mw t t I. . . ! was not necessary to fire one shot. The The principal witness before the com- ordei. ne further d,d mission today was Lieutenant-General J. I ,,.. L ' , ""-,uue lue and the poverty of the inhabitants of those districts, which compelled a major ity of the children to seek work as soon as they were a.ble. President Edwin A. Alderman," of Tu lane University, New Orleans, said: "The Southern white mdn wants to for get the negro In the past and think of him only as an economic human problem that must be considered in the future. The negro must get to know that It Is no longer a question of whit the white man is going to do for him, but what he Is going to do for himself." them in the territory he covered. From his observation, and from reports made to him by the officers. It was his opinion. Mr. Darrow called his attention to the fact that the order did not except them, and the witness replied that his men wee not engaged in fighting women and chil dren. There was much cro3s-fire between Mr. Darrow and the General over the right of a s'entry to fire upon a man skulking about the camp of the soldiers after dark. The witness finally save it as his Judgment that a sentry has a right he said, "that an excited state of lawless- , to shoot In guarding the men in camp. -bnao" n.l.t.J I 41 I .1 j,. '! Tl, .31 1 , ... .- . ness" existed In the regions; that dis- j turbances were numerous; that the pres- ence of the troops was absolutely ncces- , sary to preserve law and order, and that it was difficult to maintain the law. even after all the troops in the 'state had been placed in the disturbed territory. He told in detail of the condition of af- ' Pomona Collides With Mnrblehead. ' SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 3. In a heavy fog this morning .the steamer Pomona ran Into the cruisor Marblehead. The Pomona was slightly damaged- GATHERING AT OLYMPIA. McIIrlde'K ' Forces Well Organized nntl He Win a Strong Point OLYMPIA. Wash.. Jan! 9. (Special.) Oiympia today shows the first signs of Its biennial awakening. All trains and boats have brought in members to the coming session of the Legislature, though but very few of the county delegations are represented in enUrety. Probably one fifth of the members of the Houso are here. Harold - Preston, of Seattle, Is the only. candidate for United States Senator yet on the ground, and none of the Sena torial headquarters are open. Senator Preston arrived late tonight, with a part of the King County delegation. The elecUon of- a Speaker of the House is given the most attention. S. A. Wells, of Spokane County, and R. B. Wilson, of Kittitas, are two Speakership candidates. FIGHTING FOR RE-ELECTION TO UNITED STATES SENATE T" EDWARD O. WOLCOTT, OF COLORAD O. The discussion was broucht about by Mr. Darrow reading a communication to the Brigadier-General from the late Col onel Theodore Hoffman, of the Eighth Regiment, in which he replied that a sen try fired on a man who was skulking around the camp at night, and In which the Colonel added that he regretted there was no reason for the sentry's shooting. ; In the sparring that followed this. Gen ; eral Gobin. who is a lawyer, would not approve nor condemn the sentiment ex pressed by Colonel Hoffman. The latter died of pneumonia while on duty In the coal fields. Just before the cross-examination was concluded, Mr. Darrow want ed to know If General Gobin had ever mot certain coal operators. He was asked by Commissioner Watkins the object of his question, and Mr. Darrow repled: "To show that "his relations were much , more friendly to the operators than to 1 the workers.". "That Is not true." warmly replied the General, and the discussion was stopped j there. i Counsel for the nonunion men opened i the proceedings by presenting the indlct- ments and pleas of certain guilty union . men for acts of lawlessness, and showed j .that members of the miners union Invari- ably became their bondsmen. Counsel for the nonunion men then called John Mitchell to the stand and J asked him if he knew William Fettrey. who was yesterday elected president of . the union In the Seventh District. Mr. Mitchell replied in the affirmative, and then counsel called John Sherman, of , Neuremberg. - Sherman testified that he heard Fettrey say that anybody who worked during the strike ought to have his throat cut. Frank Kehley, of Oneida, a fireman, who worked during the strike; j said he- heard Fettrey say that all men caught working should bo given a "good thumping." This remark was made at a 1 meeting of a local union, he said. ' Rev. Carl Hauser. a Lutheran Slovak I minister, of Freeland, said .when he was I called upon to officiate at the funeral of a nonunion man In the Panther Creek Val j ley he experienced the greatest difflculty in securing pall-bearers. When the boQy was taken from the house. Rev. Mr. Hauser said the strikers yelled "scab," and spat upon the coffin. Some of them made such remarks as: "It's a shame to bury a 'scab; throw him to the dogs." The testimony of a number of other witnesses called during the morning ses sion was along the same lines as that presented during the last eight days of the commission's session. Commissioners Gray and Wright were both absent from the sessions today. Judge Gray" was slightly ill., and Colonel Wright had business to attend to in Washington. In the chairman's absence General Wilson presided. The Cuban reciprocity treaty will not be ratified without opposition. The cane-sugar men of Louisiana are making a flsht,. and claim to have pledge? of th votes of several Southern Senators. They are try Ins to make a combina tion with the beet-sugar men of Mlch ' lgan. and may secure the votes of the Michigan Senators. It Is not likely- that the friends of the treaty will allow It to be talked to death. OREG ONLN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Jan., 9. The Cuban treaty is not going through unanimously by any means, and there Is a movement on foot to hold it up as long as possible. The Louisiana sugargrowers always In a fight for protecUon to the cane-sugar industry of that state, have ben making a can vass industriously with a view "of securing Democratic votes against thetreaty, and claim to have the Senators from Texas, Florida and Alabama pledged to their support, with the hopes of getting the Senators from Mississippi and Georgia. They are trying to form an alliance with the Michigan' beetsngar interests, which, may be able to force the Michigan Sen ators into opposition to the treaty. They will further reach out and try to get Min nesota -Senators, but it is not believed that any of the Northern Senators, save Michigan, will be drawn into the fight against the Administration, as such a fight has become very unpopular, al though Dietrich, of Nebraska, who may do anything. Is counted upon to join the Louisiana and Michigan combination. The position of the Oxnard interests in favor of getting a settlement of the Cu ban question has gone a long way toward securing the ratification of the treaty Unless a sufficient number of votes can be obtained to prevent ratification, there will (Concluded on. Second Page.) CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER National. Louisiana sugar men renew the fight on Cuban reciprocity. Page 1. The' Howe passes many private pension bills. Page Coal famine under Investigation by Senate In Washington and by grand jury in Chicago. Page 3. Domestic. General Gobin testifies about coal strike before commlsrfon. Page 1. Utah Legislature will elect Smoot. the Mormon apostle. Senator. Page 3. Ex-Governor D. H- Hastings, of Pennsylvania, dead. Page 3. Foreign. Ambassador Von Holleben has Incurred tha KaUer's anger. Page '2. Sultan of Morocco defeats the pretender. Page 5. Castro' reply acceptable to the allies; he de feats the rebeU In Venezuela. Page 11. Pnclflc Co?..it. John Barrett gives assurance that the Orient will be well represented at the Lewis and Clark Fair. Page 1. Advent of new administration will make few changes at state capital. Page 4. New Pacific Coast steamship company Is or ganized In San Francisco. Page A. TlngWy-Tlmea trial has a day of oratory. Pace 3. Fight tor Speakership of "Waehlngton Legisla ture still unsettled. Page 1. Government will soon let contract for dredge Grant for the Columbia River. Page 2. Sports. Conference of bie baseball leagues arranging terms of peace. Page 5. Commercial and Marine. Unexpected decline In sugar. Page 13. nenewed activity In hop market. Page 13 Chicago wheat closes strong and higher. Paga 13. Heaviest business in stock market In flva months'. Page 13. Trade reviews report new year making a good start. Page 13. Fire on ship Glcnesslin at Astoria. Page J4 Supcrlntendent of Port of Portland reslcns. Page 12. Charters for Australia and Japan. Page 12. Particulars of the wreck of the Prince Arthur. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. Council grants City & Suburban Railway Com- pany and Portland franchises for 30 years. Page 14. Senator Mitchell wires Chamber of Commerce that he will make all possible effort to ee cure early work on Columbia River bar. Page 12. Hot fight over organization of Oregon Legis lature. Page 10. Oregon politicians flock to Portland and dlscusa legislative measures. Page 10. Lewis and Clark Fair Board sends commission ers to urge appropriations from State Legis latures. Page 14. Oregon delegates to National Livestock Asso ciation convention leave for Kansas City la special car. Page 11. Health Officer Blersdorf appeals, to Governor to urge action against bubonic plague. Paga 12. Martin L. Pipes makes strong contention that Governor-elect Chamberlain cannot " be In stalled until he resigns his position as Dis trict Attorney. Page 10.