Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1904)
VOL. XLIV. INO. 3,712. PORTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ID TO striker: Federation Votes Money to Fall River. $75,000 IS APPROPRIATED This Amount to Be Expended ' , in Three Weeks, ALL UNION MEN ASSESSED They Will Contribute One Cent Per WeekIf Manufacturers Still Hold Out Exeeutiveotincii May ContiiutfttHe Donation. AFFECTS 2,100,000 MEN". "Tie total membership of the Amer ican Federation vof Labor is in the neighborhood of 2,100,000. Thus, an as sessment of one cent per member 'will create a fund of $21,000 a -week. The Federation Is composed of 114 affiliated National unions, SO state branches, 550 central unions, and 1S23 local unions. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18. By an un animous vote, the delegates to the American- Iteration of Labor today decided to aid financially the striking? textile -workers of Fall River, Mass., to the ex tent of 523,000 per week for three weeks. If by the end of this time It is found that the strike Is not broken, the execu tive council -will, if it sees fit, continue the donation. The money for the pur pose is to be raised by an assessment of 1 cent per -week, levied on each mem ber of every labor organization affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Some stirring: and impassioned addresses on behalf of the workers of the Fall River district were delivered. Delegate Drlscoll, of Boston, put the motion, before the house, which was carried amid the cheers of the members. Many delegates arose In their seats, and. on behalf of the organi zations which they represented, offered then and there to hand over to Delegate Golden checks to cover tho amount of their respective unions assessments. Dele gate? Xeefe, of Chicago, hanaed over a check for 11600 on behalf of the long shorement, dock and marine workers of his city. Others quickly followed suit, a delegate from the Brewers' Union even of fering to turn over the actual cash if given a few moments time to get It. Depicts Terrible Scenes. Delegate Mrs. Mary Kenney O'Sulllvan, of the National "Women's Trade Union League, characterized the conditions existent as more terrible than those attendant on the anthracite coal strike. One meal a day, consisting of soup and two slices of bread, was, she alleged, the fare of 1400 women and chil dren. To safeguard tho virtue of these unfortunate women and protect the health and perhaps the very life of the children, she prayed that financial aid might bo given until tho strike was won. Further than considering a few resolu tions, no other business was transacted by the delegates, and an adjournment was taken until tomorrow morning. During the evening mass meetings in nearby towns were addressed, by different labor leaders. Many resolutions came before the con vention today. 6ne asking that the Milk ers of California be organized into a state organization was presented by the com mittees without recommendation and submitted to the executive council for fur ther consideration. Ono of the matters which has created great interest among the delegates Is that of the exclusion of Mongolian; from the United States. There seems to be an un dercurrent of sentiment among all present that Congress be memorialized to pass an act of nature similar to the Chinese ex clusion law which shall apply to Japanese and Coreans. A number of such resolu tions have teen presented, but so anxious are the delegates to make the petition as acceptable as possible that the committee has withheld the matter until it in a measure can be presented to the delegates in & form that will meet the approval of all. Several radical resolutions, designed to commit the American Federation of La bor on Socialism, will be Introduced by the Socialistic clement. One will ask the convention to go on record, as favoring nationalization of trusts for tho people's benefit Another will instruct the incoming ex ecutive council to work with Congress for passage of a bill giving a pension of not less than $12 a month to all citizen wage earners in the United States who have earned less than 51000 a year and are 60 .years old. Another reads: "That we declare our intention, and hereby instruct all affiliated 'bodies, to hold absolutely aloof from all connection with the militia, until the mili tary system in vogue In Switzerland is adopted in the United States." UNION MEN MUCH ENCOURAGED Employers, on the Other Hand, De clare Action Can Have No Effect. FALL RIVER. Mass.. Nov. IS. The news that the American Federation of Labor had voted to raise Immediately 975,090 in aid of the textile strikers was received Joyously by the officers of the various textile unions and the strikers in general. The newspapers Issued extra edi tions containing the announcement. The action at San Francisco is regarded by most of the union officers as the only accessary to enable the strike to be carried to a finish. It is estimated that it cost sabout 510,000 weekly to conduct 'the contest against the Mlllowners' Asso ciation. President N. . F. Borden, of the Fall River Manufacturers' Association, When told of the labor body's action, said: "The assessment levied by the Ameri can Federation of Labor will have no ef fect whatever on the manufacturers. They cannot and will not make any conces sions." Mr. Borden further said the question of reopening the 75 mills on Monday de pends on the disposition of the operatives. Thomas A. O'Donnell, secretary om tho Mulespinners Union, said: " consider the report from San Fran cisco very encouraging. I think that the manufacturers now will see the wisdom of doing something to end the controversy." "The action of the American Federation of Labor," said Secretary James "White head, of the "Weavers' Union, "means added strength ahd support for the strik ers, and will be the means of prolonging the strike if the notices of the reduction arc not taken down. The next step now must be made hy the manufacturers. No concessions will be made by the la bor men." Nine of the cotton manufacturing plants which started last Monday in an attempt to break the big strike were shut down today. Three others say they have made gains. . KEEPING AN EYE ON KAISER British Admiralty Has His Fleet in Mind When Giving Orders. SPECIAL. CABLE. LONDON, Nov. 13. There Is no doubt whatever that the British Admiralty has its eye on -the Kaiser's fleet of warships and counts it a quantity to be reckoned with in its naval dispositions. This ex plains the recent additions to the strength of tho home fleet, as well as tho determi nation to retain Admiral "Wilson in com mand of that fleet Instead of transferring him ''to tho Mediterranean squadron as successor to VIce-Admiral Domville. In tho judgment" of the Admiralty "Wilson's post may become the most Important sea assignment of the entire British navy, and all because of Germany's naval strength, which the British authorities consider as possesslngan unfriendly potentiality. They do not expect to have to light the German fleet, but it is part of the British naval policy to be ready to meet any and every possible danger. Tho Times publishes an article evident ly written by a naval expert, who says: "A great and rapidly growing naval power has arisen In Northern Europe, and tho man who rules the German Empire will no doubt be tho last to question tho wisdom of tho British Admiralty in taking into account this fact and making dispo sitions accordingly. Tho German fleet is a factor In the balance of naval power which must at all times be reckoned with by a country resolved not to neglect things which belong to. its peace. The naval cen ter has not been transferred, and in waters where that center is located is the station for tho most important British commander afloat." MORTON AN ILL HAN. Secretary of the "Navy Is Forced to Leave a New York Banquet. NEW YORK. Nov. IS. Secretary Paul Morton, of the Navy, was taken ill tonight at the dinner of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine. Engi neers at Delmonico's Ho had been as signed to respond to the toast, "Tho President of the United States." as h represented President Rooseelt at the banquet. The. Secretary had spoken but a few moments when he excused himself and left tho banquet hall. Ex-Rear-Admiral Bowles, who pre sided, told the guests that Secretary Morton was 111 and wished him to offer his excuses for leaving them sjj. soon. The Anniral said tho Secretary was not seriously sick, but did not feel well enough to remain longer. OXYGEN IS BEING GIVEN. Colonel Breckinridge May Survive Until Daylight. LEXINGTON, Ky., Nov. 19. Although desperately 111 at midnight. Colonel Breck enridge has. shown marked Improvement during the "last few hours. Oxygen is being administered, and it is believed he will survive until daylight. WILL COMPETE WITH. TRUSTS Schwab Will Make Bethlehem Plant One of Best in World. NEW YORK, Nov. 18. The Herald to morrow will print an interview with Charles M. Schwab, ex-president of the United States Steel Corporation, in which Mr. Schwab is quoted as saying that he intends to make in his Bethlehem plant all sorts of guns, machinery, tools, etc, which require the highest workmanship. Mr. Schwab's plans, according to the in terview, are to put tho plant on a par with the Krupp works, in Germany, and those of Vickers'.Sons & Maxim Company, of England. New machinery is construct ing for tho works. He Is quoted as say ing: "Our products will come In competition with tho United States Steel Corporation. The two companies will work in harmony at points where the lines of production meet, and prices will be maintained." HOLLAND PAYORS PEACE PLAN Invitation of Roosevelt to Join in Sec ond Congress Is Gladly Accepted. WASHINGTON. Nov. 18. The govern ment of the Netherlands has formally ad vised Secretary Hay that it. gladly ac cepts the suggestions that the peace con ference be reconvened a The Hague. So far no formal acceptance of the Amer ican invitation in its full breadth has been received, but it is stated that nearly all of tho European powers have already indicated through their representatives here, or through the American Ambassa dors and Ministers abroad, that they ac cept the President's invitation in prin ciple, leaving to future negotiation the arrangement of the programme for the conference and the limitations to' be placed upon Its work. ITALY RECOGNIZES MORGAN. Honorary Citizenship His Reward for Returning Cope. ROME, Nov. 18. The municipality of Ascoll has by acclamation conferred hon orary citizenship upon J. P. Morgan in recognition of his action in restoring to tho city the famous cope. It was also decided to place a bust of Mr. Morgan Jn the City Palace, together with a marble tablet recording' his generous action, and to bestow his name upon one of the prin cipal streets of the city. BLOWN TO DEATH Four People Are Killed by Gas Explosion. SCORE INJURED AT CHICAGO Overpressure Is Believed to HaveXaused the Accident HOUSES SHAKEN FOR BLOCKS Wrecked Plant at Once Takes Fire, and the Blaze Spreading Gives the Department a Hard Tight for Hours. CHICAGO, Nov. 18. Four persons were killed and a score Injured today bya series of gas explosions that de stroyed tho plant of tho Pyle Electric Headlight Company. The shocks of the explosion were so severe that all the buildings near the demolished plant were damaged, and windows were shat tered for blocks, while persons were thrown from their feet. Overpressure Is believed to have caused the accident. The dead: RALPH WELLS, superintendent. " AMOS WATKINS. assistant superintendent. OEORGS3 MUEHL. draftsman. THOMAS JENNINGS, employe. The injured include: John Kennedy, struck by flying Jrtcel; J. F. Logan, blown out of wrecked plant and bruised; Max Wrabble, right foot blown off. Internal Injuries, arm and 'leg broken; C W. Grant, blown 100 feet from building; both legs and arms fractured; William B. Moloney, blown from third floor of building, body crushed, may die; Alfred Cox, internally Injured, -will probably die; Edward Boese, both legs broken; will recover, v Nine Explosions In All. Tho Pyle Company supplies Illumina tion, for railroad coaches. This illumi nant Is forced into small retorts, which, when attached under the floor of a car, will supply It with Ught for months. In order to make this possible the re torts are subjected to an extremely high pressure. It was such a tank that caused the. first explosion. While work men, and wreckage filled the air, other retorts exploded In such rapid succes sion that it was- almost impossible to distinguish tho separate detonations. There were nine such explosions In all. and these left the plant In flames, which kept the Fire Department busy for several hours. The total loss to property Is $75,000. The fire spread among property of the People's Gas Light & Coke Com pany and threatened to reach the largo storage tanks of that company. Police men were sent about for a mile radius, warning persons to movo from their homes. To prevent the explosion of the gas in the mammoth tanks the wasto pipes were opened. These pipes run outside of the plant, and In short time the big tanks were discharging the gas into the air. This was a dangerous under taking, but It was chanced, and, prov ing successful, prevented a larger de struction of property. Across South Chicago avenue, direct ly opposite the gas storage buildings, was a large coal shed, stored with coal used In the manufacture of gas. Tho huge coal pile was ignited, and in a few.mlnutes was beyond control. When the danger of the larger tanks exploding had been reduced to a mini mum, Chief Engineer Eustace, with several assistants, entered the grounds and shut off the supply pipes from the ruined buildings to the largo tanks. Ho said it was almost miraculous that the fire had not entered the larger tanks. Buildings along Greenwood avenue, within a block, of the place, were so severely shaken that many will no longer be fit for occupancy. A two story building at Seventy-third street and Greenwood avenue- was totally wrecked. FOURTEEN MINERS KILLED. Gas Explodes in a Coal Mine Near Mcrrissey, B. C. ST. PAUL, Nov. 18. A Fernle, B. G, special to the Pioneer-Press says: Four teen miners were killed at the Carbonado mines near Mbrrlssey this afternoon as a Yesult of an explosion of coal gas. The disaster occurred in NO. 1 mine, ten miles west of Fernle. Work of rescue was kept up all afternoon and all the bodies have been recovered. The dead: A. R. JENKINS. LOUIS CARTER. PETER KENNY. ALBERT JOHNSON. , PATRICK BOYLE. WILLIAM PLETT. MIKE GUSTICK. ' ANTON PREBNOCK. VENSLA VENECKA. MARTIN TOMZACKY. ANTON AND JOHN KROUDSOE. brothers. JOSEPH SUCHY. JAMES GREENMAN. . Drowned While Crossing Lake. EAGLE RIVER. Wis., Nov. 18. Horace Bent, Frederick Anderson and an Eastern tourist were drowned in an attempt to cross Tenderfoot Lake in a canoe through a heavy sea. Bent, it is thought, lost his life in an effort to help his guest Denver-Boise. Company Incorporated. DENVER, Nov. IS. Articles of incor poration of the Colorado, Wyoming Sk Idaho Railroad were filed at the office of the Secretary of State today by E. S. Chenoweth and John D. MUliken, of Kan sas, respectively secretary-treasurer and general , counsel of the company. The company is Incorporated for $10,030,080, and proposes to build a railroad from Denver to Boise, Idaho, a distance of about S00 miles. The enterprise Is backed by Chicago and New England capitalists and is said to have a large per cent of Its capital stock already subscribed. Much preliminary work has already been don and tho promoters say that the road Is on a sound financial basis and will be rushed to completion. They deny connec tion with any other railroad corporation. PROMINENT SOCIETY MAN DIES Arthur Caton, of Chicago, Stricken in New York. CHICAGO. Nov. 18. A dispatch tonight announced the sudden death in New Tork City of Arthur Caton, a lawyer and club man of this city. Mr. Caton had gone to New Tork to meet his wife, who had Just returned from Europe. The cause of death was said to be peritonitis. He was perhaps the most widely known society man In Chicago, and it waa largely to him that the entertainment of such celebrities as visited Chicago from time to time was left. Chicago Judge Drops Dead. CHICAGO, Nov. 18. Ex-Judge Thomas A. Moran, of this city, dropped dead in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel at New Tork today. Attorney Moran was 61 years old. He was Judge In the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, for three terms, and Judge of the Appellate Court of the First district of Illinois. Cousin of Stonewall Jackson. OBERLIN. Or.. Nov. IS. Dr. E. B. Fair child, ' ex-presldent of several colleges. Consul at Lyons, France, under President Harrison, and cousin of Stonewall Jack son, a close friend Of Wendell Phillips and Henry Ward Beecher, and one of the founders of the Republican party, is dead here. Ex-Mayor of Colorado Springs. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Nov. 18. Ex-Mayor D. W. Robblns, one of the prominent citizens of this place, died tarly this morning, after a lingering ill ness. He was 60 years of age. M'KINLEY FUND COMPLETED. Six Hundred Thousand Dollars Raised for Monument. , CHICAGO, Nov. 18. Announcement was made today of the completion of the fund of $600,000 for the erection of a National monument to the late President McKln ley. Alexander H. Revell, chairman of the Illinois State Auxiliary of the McKIn ley National Memorial Association, in a report submitted to the state committee, states that $30,000, the .proportion allotted to Illinois, had been raised. In New Tork. next Tuesday, the Na tional trustees of the association will meet and adopt a design for the monument. Miss Rudolph May Recover. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 18. Tho con dition of Mies MIna Rudolph, leading lady of tho James T. Powers "'San Toy" Com pany, who was seriously Injured In an au tomobile accident yesterday, is reported critical. Miss Rudolph has not yet en tirely recovered consciousness, and is still having slight hemorrhages of the ears. The attending physician states that unless more serious complications arise sho will recover." Fairbanks to See Football Game. PITTSBURG, Pa.. Nov. IS. Senator Fairbanks and' wife passed through Pitts burg tonight en route to New Haven, where they "will see hc Tale-Harvard football game tomorrow. CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER Tha Weather. TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds. ' YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 52 degrees; minimum, 43. Precipitation, 0.21 Inch. Russo-Japanese War. America will benefit 'I largely by new naval programme of Rus-rfo. Page 1. Stoessel asks for ammunition, and Russia, or ders every risk be taken to meet his require ments. Page L Booming of .cannon is heard at Mukden. Pago 1. ' Labor. American Federation of Labor votes the Pall River, Mass., strikers $75,000. Page 1. National Founders' Association outlines new open-shop plan it has adopted. Page 6. Domestic. National Irrigation Congress Indorses 1005 Ex position and adopts & number of important resolutions. Page 1. Four people are killed and a score injured by a eeries of explosions at Chicago gas works. Page L TfatloaaL Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, will be offered a place on the Civil Service Commission when he retires. Pago S. Secretary of Interior Hitchock will refuse to see Father Schell when he comes to prefer charges against Indian Commissioner. Page 5: Foreign. Great mass meeting Is held In Rome to protest against ' the Innsbruck. Austria, affair. Page 3. , War Minister Huertas, of Panama, resigns. Page ' Hungarian Deputy creates a tumult In House by threatening President with a pair of scissors. Page 3. Commercial and Marine. Continued improvement la livestock market. Page 15. Substantial rally In Chicago wheat pit near close. Page 15. Short flurry In New York stock market. Page 15. Trade reviews show steady improvement In business. Pag 15. Improvement i m rgr -mi, B j Francisco. PagYlS. Freight steamer "Mohawk, burns In Long Island Sound. Page E. Schooner Miller reaches Fort Townsend In bat tered condition. Page 14. PacMo Coast. ' Tillamook satoqn men fined for allowing gam. bling in their places of business. Page 4. Child In flamea runs to bedridden mother in vain for aid. Page 4. Incendiary fires old SaJem mill and. destroys flax machinery. Page 4. Fourteen miners killed by coal-gaa explosion In Fernle, B. C, mine. Page. 4. Sports O. A. C. will not be able to play Captain PiUd'ngton and Halfback. Root. Page 7. Pacific University loses game to Willamette by .a score of 3S to O. Page , Another long shot wins at Oakland. Page 7. Teams ready for football contest this after noon. Page 7. Portland and San Francisco play tie game and stop for darknss. Page 7. Portland aad Vicinity. Visiting railway officials well pleased with Lewis and Clark Fair. Page 11. Attorney Ed Mendenhatt fined for contempt of court. Page 14. ' " Hold-up men get off wth conviction for-slmple assault. Pago 12. Citizens' Alliance refuses to accept peace plan of Federated Trades. Page 16. Tanner-Creek sewer Investigated behind closed doers. Page 14. i National Grange will confer three degrees to- day. Page 10. . Grand jury retams latdlctsient in poolroom case. Fuse M. TO PROFIT America Will Get Rus sian Business. GREAT JAW 18 PLANNED Plant Directed fay Yankee Brains Is Desired. WILL BE BUILT ON THE NEVA British Firms Find Their Advances Not Cordially Received Some United States Yard Likely to Build One Battleship. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 19, 2:05 A. M. America is likely to profit, both, directly and indirectly, from the execution of the large naval programme which Russia is now elaborating. Tho vital importance of sea power has been Russia's bitterest lesson of tho war, and the government is fully determined that the maintenance of the empire's position In future as a first class power will be impossibles without an adequate navy. If the losses the Pacific fleet has already sustained should be fol lowed by disaster to Vice-Admiral Ro jestvensky's squadron it will be neces sary not only to rebuild the whole navy, but to increase Its strength. The Immensity of the task seems to bo fully appreciated. "While some of the contracts will bo placed abroad, owing to the limited facilities of Russian yards and it Is expected that at least ono big ship will be constructed In America the Admiralty's plans will be directed toward ultimate divorce from dependence upon foreign shipbuilders by the organization at home of vast shipbuilding, armor plate, ordnance and kindred industries. Not Cordial to British Firms. For this purpose, it is realized how ever, that foreign builders and specialists must bo attracted, and some alluring prospects are likely to present them selves. Tickers Sons and Maxim and Armstrong, "Whltforth & Co., Limited, of England, havo already made advances, hut owing to the anti-English sentiment. British- firms "are not meeting-with a vety cordial reception. The disposition is-ta turn toward France, Germany and t the United States, and a great plant at Libau or on tho banks of the Neva, directed by American "brains, and possibly In associa tion with French and German enterprise. Is one of the possibilities of the near future. Among the Americans here negotiating with tho Russian government is J. Wil son, who Is trying to sell an Invention of smokeless powder perfected by a Scotch man named; Archbold, who once was a resident of the United States. The par ticular merit of the powder, It is alleged. which is adapted to heavy artillery. Is a quick drying quality, ordinary smokeless powder taking several months to dry. Theodore S. Darling, who has options on the dynamite guns at San Francisco, which were recently Bold by tho United States, Is trying to negotiate their sale to Russia with a view to their shipment to Vladivostok. BLOW UP ARSENAL. Japanese Succeed in Destroying Mag azine at Port Arthur. TOKIO, Nov. 13. A telegram from rojl reports the destruction of an other Russian arsenal and magazine at Port Arthur. The Japanese discovered, it is said, the location of the arsenal, and centered their artillery Are upon It. After dropping 200 shells In the vicinity, they succeeded in blowing It up. The Japanese are widening their gaps and are using them to move their guns forward. The Russians continue their spirited sor ties, using hand grenades in their attacks upon the enemy. STO.ESSEL WANTS AMMUNITION Russia Will Meet His Requirement - at Any Cost. , LONDON, Nov. 13. The Dally Mall's St. li'etersDurg correspondent says Lieuten ant-General stoessel expresses a firm conviction that ha will be able to hold out at Port Arthur until the Baltic squad ron arrives In March, on the condition that he Is supplied with munitions and stores. The government tho correspond ent aaas, nas instructed its agents aoroad to supply Lieutenant-General Stoessel's requirements at any cost. Press Eulogizes Stoessel. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 18. The news papers today devote long articles to praise of Lieutenant-General Stoessel and the heroic garrison of Port Arthur and to & general indorsement of the movement started at KiafE for-a' national .subscrip tion in behalf of the fernlies of the killed and surviving fticeta MANY RESERVISTS DESERTING. Polish Reservists Continue to Cause Great Trouble. EPECIAL CABLE TO. THE LONDON TIMES AND PORTLAND OREGONIAN. ST. PETERSBURGNov. 18. Despite the sincere efforts o?the authorities to suppress the tendency of the Polish re servists to engage In riots or desert, the conditions continue as threatening as heretofore. In some districts they have even grown worse. Hundreds of deser- tlons occur dally. The deserters cross the frontier Into Germany and Austria and drop out of sight. ' One district In Russian Poland, which was to furnish 200 men, could only muster eight. In another an officer shot himself because he could not produce one of the 40 men he was ex pected to send to his superiors.' In some Instances tho riots are provoked by the failure of the local authorities to provide properly for the comfort of tfae reservists. One detachment refused to start aad "es ' gaged In serious rictiaj? kMiw the xaii- road cars were not provided with stoves. The men had not forgotten the ghastly tales about soldiers frozen to death In the railway carriages, owing to absence of heating arrangements. RESERVES TO BE MOBILIZED. St. Petersburg Troops Can Be Spared No Longer. ST. PETERSBURG, Nor. 19, 2:05 A. M. Emperor Nicholas will leave for Cau casus on December 3 to bid farewell to tha Circassian Cavalry. The mobilization of reservists of St. Petersburg, it is ex pected, will j be announced next week. "While tho reservists of the province In which St. Petersburg Is included were called to the colors some time ago, the actual mobilization at the Russian capital has been postponed as long as possible. It Is reported on' apparently good author ity that the meeting of the Zemstvos, which was scheduled for today, has been postponed. CANNON BOOM NEAR MUKDEN. Russians Do Not Believe, However, a General Fight Has Begun. MUKDEN. Nov. 18. On the morning of November 17, after a long silence, the dis tant roar or cannon was neard, Dut wnere the fighting occurred is not yet known. There I3 no assurance yet that It means that a general fight Is beginning. No ex citement is yet displayed among Russian officers or Chinese here. Discontent of Coreans Increasing. P0SSD3T BAT, Siberia, Nov. 18. Ac cording to estimates made here, exclusive of the men atjthelr Yalu River positions, the Japanese have 25,000 men in Corea, including 600 at Gensan, 2300 at Hamheung ana aciacuracnui ax xxtuutiyuub, wucuw. scouting parties go as far as Houkchen- The discontent of the coreans is increas ing. It is reported there will be armed resistance to the Japanese. A fierce gale is raging off this coast. Army of Bandits Aiding Japanese. HARBIN, Nov. 18. The report is circu lated here tonight that 2000 Chinese ban dits under Japanese ofHcers are moving toward the railroad communications be low Tie Pass. Subscriptions to Japanese Loan. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18. The. sub scription list for the Japanese loan has been closed In this city. The total amount subscribed hero Is nearly $1,400,000. Division of Baltic Fleet Reported. FAKKEBERG. Denmark. Nov. 18. The second division of the .Russian Baltic squadron has arrived here and is an chored near the .lighthouse. Fort Can Hold Out Several Months. ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. 18. General Stoessel has telegraphed to Emperor Nich olas that Port Arthur can noia out sev eral months. THEY DEMAND Bid DAMAGES. British Fishermen Expect to Be Well Paid for North Sea Outrage. HULL, England, Nor. 18. The Board of Trade inquiry into the actual occurrences off Dosrcerbfuik'Qcto'her 23 tclowd. with yesterday's sessidn, and! th6 commission ers win report to me xsou.ru ot xmua uu tho subject as speedily as possible. The court today heard evidence regard ing the financial circumstances of the killed and injured fishermen and those de pendent on them, and claims were put in. Among others. Skipper "Whelpton, of. the Mlno. claimed 5750 for Injuries to his health and shock to his nervous system and $2500 for saving the Mlno when she was unseaworthy. The skipper of the Gull claimed $230 for Injury to his health and 510.000 for saving the Uve3 of the crew of the Crane. Others claimed from 5250 to 5500. The injured engineers of the Crane ask for 55000 to 57300 each. The next session of the board of Inquiry will be held In London to consider the wider question of- general damage conse quent upon the firing- of the Russian war ships upon the fishing eet. BRITAIN IS HOLDING OUT. French Word for "Blame" Necessary to Complete North Sea Commission. LONDON, Nov. IS. Great Britain has not yet accepted the modifications of the North Sea convention, proposed by Rus sia. The draft of the ponvention, which has now had an Interesting career, is in London, and proposals and counter pro posals on the subject of the wording con tinue to be exchanged between the British Foreign Office and the Russian Embassy. A satisfactory conclusion of these ex changes Is anticipated shortly, though it probably will bo next week before the con vention Is actually signed. One of the chief difficulties is to find a satisfactory equivalent in French for the English word "blame." Will Not Apply to Future Disputes. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. IS. The state ment in these dispatches yesterday that a supplementary article in the Anglo-Rus sian North Sea. convention will cover any similar misunderstandings in the future was inconsequent. Tho French text, pre pared by Russia, which Is a compromise between the original English and the French text proposed by Russia, Is now under consideration by the British gov ernment It Is probable that Russia will send-a fifth officer detached from tho transport Kamtchatka to Paris, will testify to see ing torpedo-boats 30. miles behind the bat tleship division, and to wireless messages which were exchanged with the flagship. American Policy Pleases Russia. ST. PETERSBURG, Nor. IS. At the Admiralty here, great' pleasure is ex pressed over the disposition manifested by &e Commander of the United States cruiser New Orleans at Chefoo to Join In the protection of the Russian torpedo- boat destroyer Raatoropny against the repetition of the Ryeshltelni affair, but this time me usgians were determined to take no chance of their vessel being cut out, and Commander Pelem's advices to the Admiralty confirm the report that he was under orders to blow up- the Raato ropny if the Japanese appeared off the harbor. POLICE ORDER KEGR0ES AWAY Reno Will Make All of Them Go to End Reign of Terror. CHICAGO, Nov. 18. A dispatch to the Tribune from Reno, Nev says: The Chief of Police has issued an order that all negroes must leave town within 24 hours. Already over a dozen negroes have obeyed the command, and more are leav ing by every train. This order Is the re sult of a number of depredations com mitted by negroes in Reno during the last few weeks. George Burns was the first offender. He. attempted to assault a white girl and narrowly escaped lynching. He was sen toBoed to 15 years In- the penitentiary. . ' FAIR IS IN FAVOR Irrigatioaists Endorse '05 Exposition. CONGRESS ELEGT8 OFFICERS Oregon Men Are Given Prom inent Positions, LAND-LAW REFORMS URGED Repeal of the Timber and Stone- and Desert Land Acts Is Declared Nec essary to Reservation of Do main to Homeseekers. RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. Approving' the Lewis and Clark Ex position. Declaring- for the repeal o timber and stone and desert land acts and the com mutation clause of the homestead law. Onnnlnff- all lunM tf lanrf r)n Permitting states to organize lrto dis- tricts for the sale of irrigation lands. Urging forest planting on denuded t watersheds, with the view of Increasing the value of streams. EL PASO. Nov. 18. Thex National Irri gation Congress today Indorsed the Lewis and Clark Exposition, elected officers, passed a number of Important resolutions and adjourned to meet in Portland, Or., In 1305. The officers as recommended by the committee on permanent organization were unanimously elected. They are: President, Governor George C. Pardee, of California. First vice-president. Judge L. M. Shurt liffe, of Utah. Second vice-president, Congressman J.. H. Stephenson. Third vice-president, BL L. Smith, of Oregbn. The following rice-presidents and mem bers of the executive committee, were named: Vice-presiQentST-NjBvada, F. G. New lands, Reno; Utah, J. H. Smith, Salt Lake; "Washington, Cyrus Happy, Spo kane; Arizona, Dwlght B. Heard, Phoenix; Colorado, F. H. Brandenburg, Denver; Oregon, Thomas G. Hailey, Pen dleton; California, Sclpio Craig, Redlands. Members of executive committee Ne vada, J. M. Jones, Reno; Utah, J. F. Kie sel, Ogden; "Washington, H. G. Scudder, North Spokane; Colorado, A. F. Francis, Cripple Creek; Oregon, A. King "Wilson, Portland; California, C. B. Booth, Los Angeles. ' C. B. Booth, of Los Angeles, was re elected chairman of the executive com mittee and authorized to select a vice chairman. J. T. Richardson, of Portland, was elected secretary. For Repeal of Timber and Stone Act. Among the most important resolutions passed was one demanding the repeal of the stone and timber act, the preamble of which reads: "It is tho sens of this congress that the remaining public domain should be sacredly reserved to all the people of the United States and rigidly reserved for actual homeseekers." Congress 13 commended for withdraw ing 40,000,000 acres of arid land and 80,000. 000 acres of forest lands from entry, and the repeal of the desert land law Is urged, together with that of the timber and stone act, the commutation clause of the homestead act, and a substitute is of fered for the law regulating the sale of stumpage. As a substitute for the desert land law It is desired to permit individuals as actual settlers to enter on. only 160 acres. Other resolutions adopted were: Approving the Lewis and Clark Expo .sitlon; opposing all Issues of land scrip; urging Government purchase of all lands' in the limit of forest reserves; favorlng-non-lnterest-bearing loans by the Govern ment to an irrigation 7fund to be used by the Secretary of the Interior and repaid under the provisions of the irrigation law. State irrigation Districts. Urging a law permitting states to or ganize into districts for the sale of irri gation lands, "and upon approval by the Secretary-of the Interior to be allowed to employ the engineers of- the reclamation service. Favoring legislation to aid beet-sugar culture. Declaring that the. "presence of the delegates from the sister Republic of Mex ico has strengthened the bond between the two countries, and In appreciation ot the cordial treatment accorded this con gress while on Mexicansoll we cordially Invite the Republic ot Mexico to send a delegation to the Portland Congress.'1 Expressing confidence in tho reclama tion engineers, forestry and weather ser vice officials, and thanking them. Thanking President Roosevelt for hi letters and for his Interest In' irrigation, and approving his policy on this subject. Commending the work of the "Weather Bureau in compiling a-climatological al manac. Urging that the remaining public do main tie reserved to homeseekers. Urging an appropriation for forest plant ing on denuded watersheds, with the vlew of increasing the value of streams still flowing and renewing those which have disappeared. Urging a consolidation of all Govern ment forestry work in the Departrment-of. Agriculture. Carnegie Library for Ngro. ATLANTA, Ga.v Nor. 13. An offer of 510,000 has been made- to Atlanta by An drew Carnegie for a. separate library- for negro,,