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4 VOL. XLIII. M). 13,376. . PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AXY SIZE. ANY STYLE. AXY QBASTITr, RUBBER AXO OIL CLOTHIKG RUBBER BOOTS AKD SHOES. BELTING, PACKING AND HOSE i GOODYEAR RUBBER COMPANY ii R. H. PEASE. President. 1T3 AND TO FIRST STREET PORTLAND. OREGON. Last of the Be rga i ns Slzp. Regular. Imperial Magazine 4 x5 $10.00 ,'Eastman Eureka 4x5 6.00 Adlake Magazine 3x4 9.00 Imperial Long Focus, reversible back 5 x7 20.00 See our window for the rest of the snaps" BLUMAUER-FRAINK DRUG CO. 142-146 FOURTH STREET SHAW'S PURE BLUMAUER & HOCH 108 and 1 10 Fourth Street . Sole Distributers lor Oregon and Washington. HOTEL PERKINS .'Fifth, and Washington Streets EUROPEAN PLAN Rooms, 91.00 to ?3.00 Per Day According: to Location. VJ. F. DAVIES. Pres. St. Charles Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED.) 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Broadhurst & Currle present Edward Garvie in the big musical comedy MR. JOLLY, OF JOLIET A laugh for everybody amazing richness of costume a chorus of dazzling beauty a wealth of wit and merriment bewildering novelties! fa FAIR COMMITTEE IS NAMED. France Puts Prominent Americans on St. Louis Board. NEW YORK, Oct. 23. Franco Is making great preparations for its participation In the exposition at St Louis next year. The French Minister of Commerce has Just appointed an American committee of the French section. This committee, which will be under the presidency of James H. Hyde, includes E. H. Harriman, George J. Gould and Melville B. Stone, of New York; James Deerlng and William R. Har per, of Chicago; Henry Cachard, of Paris, and Pierre Chouteau du Mesnll and Daniel B. Nugent, of St Louis. General Horace Porter, American Am bassador to France, has accepted the posi tion of honorary president of this com mittee. Snow in Wisconsin. 3KLDWIN, Wis.. Oct 22. An Inch "ir fell here last night of Special. $ 4.50 2.00 4.25 12.75 America ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today MALT PORTLAND, OREGON First-Class Check Restaurant Connected With Hotel. C. O. Davis, Sec and Trees. :THE ESMOND M0 . FrMt n4 ftferri -Streets PORTLAND OREO ON FREE 'JSCS TO AND THO Iff ALL TRAINS. Rate European pis. 0c, 75c, J LOO, $1.60, $2.00 per lsy. Sample rooms In coanectloa. PORTLAND, OREGON XEW BUILDING NEW EQUIPMENT LOW TKICES LINOTYPERS LIKELY TO BE AMBASSADOR. Sir Henry Durand Slated to Succeed Herbert in America. LONDON. Oct 23. The Exchange Tele graph Company says Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, the British Ambassador at Mad rid, will probably succeed the late Sir Michael Herbert as Ambassador of Great Britain to the United States. Nothing definite Is yet obtainable here In connection with the appointment of a suc cessor to Sir Michael Herbert At the Foreign Office this evening, a representa tive of the Associated Press was Informed that JQng Edward had not yet approved of any one to fill the vacancy, and, there fore, any announcement Is premature. Tho best Information obtainable here, however, points to the ultimate selection of Sir Henry Durand. Cotton Plant Is Destroyed. MACON, Miss., Oct 23. The Macon compress and warehouse burned today. Loss, f200,000. t LIKE LOW Fusion ists Are Gaining in New York REGISTRATION HELPS THEM Record Is Broken, but Demo cratic Districts Are Shy.. SPORTS AGAINST TAMMANY Many Heavy Wagers Are Being Made at Odds of Ten to Eight Jerome the Prize Vote-Winner. According: to precedent, Tammany Trill bo routed In the coming: New York election. A heavy registration has always been the signal for a large antl-Tlger vote, and this year there are 15.000 more electors on the rolls than at the last campaign. The Democratic strongholds, . however, show decreases ranging iron 05 to 301. Jeromo's action In taking tho stump for Low, when he had opposed his rcnomlnatlon. Is a hard blow to Tammany, for he Is one of the best campaigners In the stato. . Leader Hugh McLaughlin. of Brooklyn, .although practically de posed by his organization Indorsing the Tammany ticket, continues his fight. The registration In Brooklyn Is also a cause for elation to the Fuslonlsts. NEW YORK, Oct IS. (Special.) It looks like Low. ' For the first time in this exciting city campaign, the Tammany men are disheart ened. The tremendous registration which brines .the totals up to a higher figure icanthat-of two years, ago "hAsconvinced j them tiiat- -thftlrc cause' doomed!' They, Jwokoti jjAcTyi ofcc"nVlDjt?any numact oc ;ieHuers thuuc jinyypjiy tnac tho tide is" setting jjlronger end stronger against them, and unless something in their favor happens very soon Mayor Low will be re-eleoted. To 3how how the tide is running, sport ing men axe giving odds of 10 to S on the election of Low. About $10,000 has been wagered on Wall street at these odds. The largest bet of the day was mado by a syndicate of Italian bankers, who bet ?5000 against 54000 on Low. W. Marks put up 53000 to $2400 on Low with J. L. Deverell. Kenneth Sutherland waged 52000 to $5000 that Low will get 5003 majority In Brooklyn. The amount wag ered is increasing daily, and It is believed all records for municipal campaigns will be broken before the election. Hugh Mc Laughlin, leader of Brooklyn for 40 years, continues to fight against Tammany single handed, although the Bronx has Indorsed the ticket He says he must defeat the tiger to protect his home against the vice Tammany methods would bring. McLaughlin is practically de posed as leader by the indorsement of the Tammany ticket A canvas by the World shows Low ahead. Both parties are hold ing many big meetings, and the campaign Is the hottest in years. The total number of voters registered this year is 62S.80S, which Is 15,000 ahead of the figures of two years ago, when the citizens were thoroughly aroused by the crusade against Devcry and tho red light methods. In Manhattan and the Bronx where the Increase over 1901 Is about 10.000 there are losses in the down town Tammany districts and gains in the up-town districts where fusion is the strongest In Brooklyn the Fuslonlsts have reason to be elated over the result of the regis tration, which exceeds by over 15,000 the figures of 1901. In that year the Fuslon lsts carried 14 of the 21 districts, and this year seven of the districts that Low car ried In 1901 show an increase of 4519. Six of the districts show a decrease of 1322 and one district Is a stand-off. Loss in Democratic Districts. In each of the seven districts that the Democrats carried in the last mayoralty election there is a decrease ranging from 55 to 391, making a total decrease In the Democratic districts of 1351. According to the analysis, the Fuslonlsts are be tween 4000 and 5000 ahead on the registra tion. Of course the leaders on both sides pub licly profess to ber greatly cheered and en couraged by the great registration. They always make these statements, and no one pays any attention to them or be lieves them. The fact remains, however, that experience of past years shows that a big registration in New York City means a big anti-Tammany vote, and the registration figures this year seem to clearly foreshadow the slaughter of George B. McClellan at the polls. Now that the voters have been safely registered the noisy work of the cam paign, that of haranguing the voters, has begun. The shifts and changes In the tickets have practically prevented this up to date, and there Is only two weeks left for oratory. In consequence the "welkin" In every portion of the greater city will ring with eloquence day and nlghf." and the spell binders will be an exhausted lot by elec tion day. Tho proper thing In New York politics of late years Is to' use automobiles for candidates, and the streets are filled with high-power machines carrying orators from meeting to meeting, with a rush and a pronounced smell of gasoline. A good, active man can attend a dozen meetings a night now, and many of them are doing it Mayor Low and District Attorney Je rome are the principal speakers on the Fusion eldc The Mayor is a good talker, although not what would be called an orator, and Is naturally In great de mand. He is a believer in small meet ings as against great "campaign rallies," and gets to as many of them as pos sible. Prize Card in Fusion Pack. District Attorney Jerome, however, is the prize card In the Fusion pack. He appeared at a meeting in Cooper Union last week, and formally announced his adherence to tho anti-Tammany cause. Mr. Jerome was careful not to take back a single word ho had said about Low's personal weakness, but vigorously de clared the fight was not one of men but of principles, a fight of decency against Indecency, a battle of honest men against crooks. He set his audience wild with enthusiasm, and from now until tho campaign xsloses will make from five to ten speeches a night One of the shrewdest of the Tammany district leaders In the course of a con versation today said: "Jerome's action in suddenly taking the stump when everybody had expected him to' remain quiet Is one of the worst blows that Tammany has received. He did what none of tho .2uslon leaders had succeed ed In doing, ho roused tho masses. The first two days' registration gave us by q far the best of the battle, and we were convinced that tho masses of the Re publicans and Independents were Indiffer ent as to whether Low won or not "Suddenly Jerome butted in, and look at the difference. On the first two days of registration the total was 75,000 behind that of 190L On the four days it is 10.000 ahead. That means that In addition to the normal third and fourth days' regis try S5.O0O men put their names on the books. The storm on the first two days was responsible for some of them, but Jerome aroused a good many more. I think that his action is worth fully 20, 000 votes to the Fusion ticket Ho is a tireless worker, a magnetic speaker and has a bigger following than any man in the city. He's a wonder, that District Attorney. I wish we had him with us." Horrifies Old Campaigners. Jerome has a direct method of speak ing that attracts his auditors, yet says things on the stump that horrifies old political campaigners. For example, most of the Fusion orators while re proaching Controller Grout have been careful not lo hurt his feelings too much. For example, at the Cooper Union meet ing where Jerome spoke, jone of the .men who preceded him made this reference to the' Controller: . , "Edward iTK Grout,' having been honored by the ifrlends'o'f; 'goo4 s government- has seen-'fit In tf: J camjxuigV to' ally himself irtth "Its enerie. i;He- Joints with vri&e. no liia.nftoriliSK Onntfdller, which. IsTgood, but hecannot-explain- away the fact-that she is now .standing with Tammany Hall, "the anemv of erind eovfimment. nnfl that jvlll be Judged, not as he wishes to be Judged,-but by the standard of Tam many Hall." The mention of Grout's name caused hisses, hut the speaker's remarks fell flat- It was too Involved, the sentence contained too many words. Then Jerome took the stand. When he got really to pay his respects to the Controller he said explosively and convincingly: '"Edward M. Grout Js a political prostitute," and the audience went wild. It might be men tioned In closing that Jerome's speech caused Grout more bitter anguish than anything that has happened In the cam paign. In politics Jeromo does not re semble a Frenchman with a rapier; he could more appropriately be likened to Carrie Nation with an ax. No matter how the election turns out, the result will be that a big political leader will be retired to private life. If McClellan Is defeated Tammany Hall will undoubtedly have a new leader, for all the blame for the defeat will fall upon" the shoulders of Charles H. Murphy. Tammany men can stand anything but de feat Big Chief William S. Devery. who Is quietly running for Mayor on an inde pendent ticket, although few people out side of his immediate circle seem to know it, stood u$ against his famous pump the other day and commented free ly on the political situation. "It's the most mlxed-up affair I ever heard of. Sport" he said. "All that Is needed now Is for Tammany to withdraw McClellan and Indorse Low. Then the Republicans would get mad and force Low off their ticket, and put McClellan on In his place. The next act would be to have both candidates drop dead on election day. I wouldn't be a bit surprised If It happened, now that Dowle's In town." SHOWER BATH FOR ORATOR. 1 Fusioriist Campaigners Are Having Rough Experiences. NEW YORK, Oct 23. Fuslonlst cam paign orators have had a rough experience while trying to deliver open-air speeches In Avenue A on the lower East Side. Ex Asslstant District Attorney Hawecke sus tained the most damage. He was endeavoring to make himself heard from the tall end of a truck when, after repeated interruptions, some person dropped from a window high above, a paper bag of good size. The bag contained water, and it struck the orator's silk hat neatly In the middle of Its crown. Of course the bag exploded, and half a dozen Intending speakers ranged about the tem porary rodtrum received a shower bath. Apparently the deluge was a signal for general action, and missiles came toward the truck from . all sides. No one was hurt hut efforts to propagate fusion Ideas thereabouts had to be postponed. The speakers moved off a few blocks and held a large meeting without further In terruption. Men in Skiff Swept Over Dam. PITTSBURG. Oct. 23. A skiff contain ing five laborers was swept over the Sprlngdalc dam near Colfax station in the 'early morning fog, and four of the occupants were drowned. The men for some time have been In the habit of crossing the river to their work without accident, but on this occasion the heavy fog prevented them from seeing their proximity to the dam until the current caught their boat and carried it over. 0 T CU T President Wants Him to Control Reserves. WILL APPEAL TO CONGRESS Land Frauds Given as Reason for the Change. HITCHCOCK ALSO FAVORS IT With Chief Forester In Charge Money Would Be Saved and Existing Chaotic Condi tions Remedied. ' OREGONIAIjr NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct 23. President Roosevelt aft er several conferences with Secretary Hitchcock, Land Commissioner Richards and Chief Forester PInchot has come to the conclusion that before there can be a systematic, or even an Intelligent, ad ministration of the forest reserve system of the West, the management and control of the, reserves must be placed in one single office, and this the Bureau of Forestry. J The four officials are united in this opin ion, and it has been determined to use the Administration's influence, at, the coming regular session, to lnducftCon gress to transfer to the Bureau of For estry, under the Agricultural Department, absolute control of forest resorves, save mattere pertaining to titles to lands, which must necessarily remain In the In terior Department This transfer will not only be urged In tho forthcomlpg an nual reports of Secretary Hitchcock and Commissioner Richards, but will In all probability be recommended by the Presi dent in his message to Congress. PInchot Will Have Full Swaj fcthe change i3 authorIe4GIqr -PInchot wlth his force .of -'experts.'-roost -of., them scientists, will ti.jca.up' ike. 'ad ministrations of reserves, - ad will Im given full sway In dictatisti., future reserve policy, and desipati;jau'dtf Oxat'.' -may pereaiter be. -converted into re serves. The useless division of forestry in the Geological Survey will be dispensed with, and the forestry force of the Gen eral Land Office will be transferred to Mr. Plnchot's bureau. 1 With four offices handling forest re serve affairs at present, there is neces sarily confusion, duplications of field work, and a lack of uniform policy. The several offices are to some extent working at cross purposes, and, all In all, for estry matters are admittedly badly tangled. President Roosevelt has been made aware of the chaotic conditions that ex ist and has every confidence in the ability of Chief Forester PInchot to readjust matters and evolve a policy and plan of administration that will work harmon iously and In tho Interests of the West. Change Urged In Last Congress. An attempt was made In the last Con gress to pass a bill authorizing the very transfer that Is now advocated by tho President, but a few enemies were able to secure its defeat During the past Summer the opposition has become better acquainted with tho foresters' methods, and Is now generally ready to support a bill providing for the change. The Administration Is confident that the1 necessary legislation can be secured early in the session, particularly as It requires but a vers' slight appropriation. TO STOP ADVANCE IN SILVER. Philippines Withdrew From the Mar ket With THis Idea. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct 23. Governor Taft's cable to NOTED HISTORIAN A VICTIM OF HEART DISEASE HON. WTXUAit Washington yesterday stating that the Philippine government will purchase no more sliver for coinage purposes is a final effort to stop the rapidly rising price of the white metal, x When coinage of Philippine money be gan, . silver was 4S cents per ounce. It Is quoted today at over 62 cents, or with in less than 2 cents of the bullion value of the Philippine peso. Should the price go above 64 cents, as now seems proba ble, Philippine money would be retired from Philippine circulation by bullion speculators. Some weeks ago purchases of the silver of the Philippines were sus pended. Holders of the silver did not believe this policy would be permanent, and the market price did not sag. In fact, quite the contrary. As tho purchase suspension notice had no effect notice that the Government Is permanently out of the market has fol lowed. While the statement Is made that there Is now enough silver In circulation In tho Philippines for all exchange pur poses, the demand is constantly growing and holders of tho silver bullion will not be stampeded thereby to such an extent as to cause a slump In the market The American Smelting & Refining Company controls 80 per cent of the sll ver output and shares by contract with the many of the ore producers all over 60 cents received for bullion. This Is the first timo since such con tracts were made several years ago that the smelters have derived any profit therefrom. ' Strong influences will support the mar- ket and the Philippine government may not be able to escape an embarrassing money situation In the near future, even by retiring as a buyer at this time. Tho situation Is being watched with keen anxiety by the bureau of insular affairs under the War Department here and necessarily so by the Philippine Com mission. , Silver is seldom held by those who are forced to sell, and a contest of endur ance between the bullion sellers and the Government Is a possibility, with the odds rather against the Government, and its fixed ratio of 32 to 1, upon which tho Philippine coinage system Is based. TO BETTER PORTLAND SERVICE. Free Delivery for Suburbs Is Urged by Senator Mitchell. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Oct 23. Senator Mitchell today called on the Postofllce Department and strongly urged the extension of the free delivery system to several suburbs In the City of Portland, as well as the appoint ment of ten additional letter-carriers needed to supply the new service. He explained to General -Bristow, the lnadeauacyi of the oresent svstem. and urged' -the extension - of tfiV city carrier servicd to .University park.. Peninsular. Eiediriontf arid Woodiawn aswell as -to . the. section of the .city .lying north of Al 'bertastrt-et and- east o'S Vancouver ave- ;nue "H9 -also" urefl" free uellvery 'for the. suburb of Fulton. - In support of this request he presented the petition of the Portland Chamber of Commerce and numerous clippings from Portland papers. General Bristow prom Ised to examine personally Into all the papers and to pass upon the question at an early day. He could not off-hand. however, make any statement as to what action the department would take. Oregon Man Seeks Class Honors. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Oct. 23. J". R. Raley, of Oregon, Is a prominent candidate for president of the senior class In Columbia University, In this city. His leading adversary Is I. E. Wllley, of Utah, against whom the Mormon Issue has been raised. It Is possible the Mormon question may decide the case in Raleys favor. New Northwest Postmasters. OREGONIAN NEWS BTTREAU, Wash ington, Oct 23. Northwest Postmasters were appointed today as 'follows: Oregon Holbrook, John D. Stevens, vice Andrew E. May, resigned. Washington Clinton, August Bloom quist, vlco Henry C. HInman, resigned: Melmont, John McDowell, vice Henry L. Hawkins, resigned; Yelm. James L. Mos man, vice P. B. Van Trump, resided. Bridgemen's Convention Ends. QUEBEC, Oct. 23. The annual conven tion of the International Association of Superintendents of Bridges and Buildings has concluded Its work here, and will meet next year at Chicago. The election of officers resulted as follows: President A. Montzehelmer, Jollet, 111.; vice-president, A. S. Hane, Frankfort, Mo.; secre tary, S. T. Patterson. Concord, N. H.; treasurer, C. P. Austen, Andover, Mass. E. II. 1ECKY. Zionist Leaves. New York in the Night. FAMILY GOES WITH HIM Not Known Whether He Pro vided for the Host. AUSTRALIA HIS DESTINATION Son Tells Newspapermen to Get Out of the Way When They At tempt to Learn Reason for Sudden Departure. NEW YORK. Oct. 24. The Times Is authority for the statement that, guarding his movements with all possible secrecy, John Alexander Dowle, "Elijah the Re storer," left New York at midnight fdr Boston, carrying air the family and bag gage with him In his private car. He ab solutely declined to indicate in any way when he will return to this city, and the information obtained was that he Intends to sail with his family for Australia. It was Impossible to ascertain last night whether any provision had been made for the members of the Zlon Restoration Host now at Madison-Square Garden, either for their return to Zlon City or for their maintenance while here. Upon arriving at the station Dowle and his family made for the private car Iolanthe. which was In the yard, but before reaching It he was approached by a press representative and asked when he would return to New York. "Peace be to thee," was his only reply. "Yes; I understand that; but when are you coming back?" was urged. "Get Out of the road;" yelled' the son, as he 1 hurried, his father into ' the car, quickly following with Mrs. Dowle. ks soon as Dowle and his family were 'In the car th curtains were pulled down and -, every attempt, made, to prevent dis turbance of Interference. .There Was no demonstration of any sort about the sta tion, and the" only persons-gathered outside of the few members of the "Host" were travelers, who were waiting for trains, and who showed a lively Interest in the affair. THE FAREWELL MEETING. Dowle Gives No Hint of His Intended Departure. NEW YORK, Oct. 23. The Dowle meet ing tonight was given over principally to a farewell to Mrs. Dowle and her son, (Concluded on. Page 7.) CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. National. Land frauds will prompt President Roose velt to ask Congress to give control o re serves to forestry bureau. Page 1. Speculator Benson, of San Francisco, shows there Is a "leak" at Washington when forest reservos are to be created. Page 1. Commissioner Sargent's annual report shows 1 Increase In alien Immigration. Page 7. Captain E. M. Johnson will likely- be de tailed to Instruct Oregon National Guard. Page 3. Foreign. Historian William E. H Lecky dies In Lon don. Page 7. Lloyds now charges more Insurance on ves sels bound for Japan. Page 3. Sports. Lou Dillon postpones race against time at Memphis on account of weather condi tions. Page G. Pacific Coast League games: Portland 11. San Francisco 2; Seattle 23, Los Angelei 5; Oakland 4, Sacramento S. Page C. Multnomah eleven meets Agricultural Col lege today. Page Q. Domestic. Mayor Low's chances of re-election are be coming brighter; betting, is ten to eight. Page 1. Henry Watterson again severely arraigns the "400" In society. Page 3. Dowlo leaves New York suddenly, and it is not known whether he has provided for the "host." Page i. Commercial and Marine. Increasing conservatism In trade shown by weekly reviews. Page 13. "War rumors help wheat prices at Chicago. Page 15. Copper the feature of stock trading at New York. Page 15. San Francisco produce quotations. Page 13. Arrival- of steamship Algoa to carry flour to Orient. Page 14. Investigation into South Portland wreck will be rigid. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. t Frank C Baker plans to visit Washing ton. D. C. Page 10. County wins Almond Branch damage suit. Page 11. Southern Pacific makes prohibitory rate In lumber shipments from Portland to San Francisco. Page 12. Unprecedentedly low rates on ocean vessels. Page 12. Good Roads convention discusses use of con vict labor in roodbulldlng. Page 14. Mysterious disappeaifince' of $300 taxes paid by First Presbyterian Church. Pago 10. Grand Jury finds two Indictments and takes evidence against land frauds. Page 1(5. Pacific Coast. Shutting down of the Amalgamated prop erties in Montana has disastrous effect on all business in the state. Page 2. State Press Association elects S. L. Moor head, ot Junction City, president and names Hood River as the next meeting place. Page 4. Mrs. Jagger. living near Colvllle. Wash., victorious In fight with two womea twice her size. Page 4. "Quaker doctor" strikes Vancouver "pa tient." who is not satisfied with treat ment, and Is nearly mobbed. Page 4. Prinevllle jury' acquits C II. Donkel of the murder of his father, S. P. Donkel. Page 5.