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TIIE MORXfNG OREGONIAX, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 190G. DEAL ADMITTED BY COMPANY Payments Made in Denver Lots for Purpose of Qual ifying Employes to Vote. FAT THING FOR MR. COOK Said lo Hare Received SI 800 in Cash and Numerous Payments of SI-Per Week on Property Hint Will Soon Be Ills Again. DENVER. Colo., Nov. 28. (Special.) Admission that the company made a deal with J. Cook, Jr., previous lo the May election, by which the company made payments on lots solely for the purpose of qualifying its employes and friends to vote on the new franchise, was made in court tin's morning by General Manager Frank Frcauff, of the Denver Gas & Electric Company. Eighteen hundred dol lars cash in three weeks, taxes upon all of his mill lots for the year and numerous payments of $! per week upon exchange of 100 lots until ho has again become ab solute owner of tiie lots through defaulted payments or until he shell have received fancy prices for the 100 tlrs was and Is the consideration of J. Cook, Jr.. for his assistance in "iinalifying" tax-paying elec tors. Alter the company had paid him $700 each week for three weeks. 600 of the lots returned to Cook without any cloud what' ver to the title and ho Is still re ceiving, or was receiving until October, pay for about 100 of them at the rate of $1 per week from gas company emiiloyes r from the company Itself and thesr'pay rienls. if continued, will follow until Cook has received a fancy price for each lot. or ho will again become the absolute owner of them with all payments to date es "velvet." KrcautT admitted be hail ordered a list or his employes made and, that the names of other persons known to be interested In ti.o franchise, but w ho were not then qualitled to vote upon them, ycre to be included. Ho admitted having a confer ence wi ll Cook and of leaving the matter oi supplying the printed forms for the bonds lor deeds entirely to Cook. Furthermore Freauff admitted meeting the gas company's employes in a mass met ting prior to election and appealing to them to work among their friends for 1!te. gas company and answering questions concerning the necessary qualilicutions for liancliise voters. ROBUROT FACTORY IX G HU MAN Y KILLS HUNDREDS. Scatters 300 Dead and Injured and Keel tiers Town of Annen to Heap of Ruins. DORTMUND, Germany. Nov. 29. A "roburot" factory situated close to the town of Annen, several miles south west' of here, blew up yesterday even ing and was wiped from the face of the earth. It Is estimated that 300 persons were kiled or wounded, but the exact num ber lias not been ascertained. Up to L;30 o'clock this morning eight dead bodies bad been recoverd and SO of the severely wounded persons had been conveyed to hospitals. The work of rescue now going on is attended with tin; greatest danger from a possibility of a renewal of the explosions. The accident occurred at about 8:30. There were two tremendous detona tions, heard throughout the entire sur rounding country, which is thickly set tled. Inhabitants of the neighborhood lied in panic, fearing further explo Eions. The town of Annen Is nothing more than a heap of ruins. Houses were shattered right and left, and no house escaped injury. HEAPS FLATTERY -ON LEOPOLD Belgium Minister Praises Manage ment of Congo State. BRUSSELS, Nov 28. 0ing to the ill ness of M. Vandcrvelde. the Socialist leader In the Chamber of Deputies, the la tier's interiellatlon of the government, asking that Parliament refuse to accept the terms or King Leopold's will be- ; queathlng the Congo Independent State to Belgium with the stipulation that the royal private domains be maintained in tegrally was taken up by M. Furnemont. j Previously to this the Foreign Minister I Baron do Favareaux, read a statement reviewing the progress made by the Con- j go Independent State under King LeopolTt. Insisting on the enlightened management 1 of t lie Congo and praising the King's pa iriotisin in preparing means for Belgium to take over the great work founded and organized under Ills initiative and gener osity. The discussion in the Chamber gave no i definite indication of the probable Issue j of the parliamentary battle over the state, j Tho absence on account of ill heaith of i M. Var.ilervehle embarrassed the lrrecon- : citable opponents of annexation, but these jnemhers will participate In the debate totrorrow. Tiie Premier, M. DeSemt de Nayer, made h statement giving the government's views, saying the government favored the jiceiptamo of King I.eopold's bequest with tho atlaehed conditions relative to tho royal domains. At the same time, he loe!.n-d the government would not tol erate foreign intervention. CANNOT GIVE UP COLONIES Von Burlaw Holds Them Neccssary lo German Commerce. BERLIN. Nov. 28. Chancellor von Bue low opened the colonial debate in the Reichstag today. The galleries were crowded. In part Chancellor von. Buelow said the colonies were passing through a severe crisis. Only after a three years" war had the rising of rebels in German Southwest Africa been suppressed. Large sums weie necessary for the development of u!lthe colonies. H-! was sure that no Chancellor and no Reichstag would assume the responsibil ity of giving up the colonies. .Germany h;ul colonics, whether she wanted them or not. anil must remain a colonizing na tion so Ion.; as she had a strong fleet. Germany did not acquire her colonies with ho Idea of becoming a great coloni al power. It was an economical and political necessity. Ilcrr Dcrnburg, the new Colonial Direc- tor, who addressed the House after the Chancellor, pointed out the necessity for the final Independence of the various German protectorates and their eventual self-government, adding that it was the opinion of the British and Americans that colonization must begin with the building of railroads. Prof. Burgess. Herr Dermburg said he had been told that the United States was only able to sup press the rebellious Filipinos after the railroads had entered the territory of the insurgents. FOUCE MARQUIS TO SELL OUT Irish Member Wants to Remove Clanricurdes Blighting Erfect. LONDON, Nov. 2S. William Duffy, member of Parliament for South Gal way, introduced a bill into the House of Commons providing for the expropria tion of 57.OJ0 acres from the Marquis of Clanricarde's estates. Mr. Duffy ex plained that he desired the government to compulsorily acquire the property of the Marquis, thus permitting the latter, who utterly declines to sell under the land act. to "betake himself to some other corner of the world, where his extraordinary talents and activity will be more appreciated." Continuing. Mr. Duffy described the Marquis of Clanricarde's "blighting pres ence as a standing menace to the peace of Ireland." There is no chance of tho bill passing during the present Bession of Parliament. SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS Sudden Aetion Surprises Even Some of Its Members. MADRID, Nov. 28. Tho Cabinet has resigned. The resignation of the Cabinet came as a surprise, not only to the public, but to some of tho Ministers them selves. Senor Moret y Prendorgast, who is a. Moderate Liberal, has already had an audience with the King and been charged with the formation of a new Cabinet. The Spanish Cabinet which has Just resigned was formed July 6, 1906. The principal legislation to which the Cab inet was committed was the law of as sociations. NATIONAL BANK OP PERSIA New Parliament Adopts Alternative to Borrow ins Abroad. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 28. A dis patch received here from Teheran to day announced that the Persian Parlia ment, after denouncing the Idea of contracting a large foreign loan, had unanimously approvd a proposal to found a national bank having a capital of $4,000,000 to $7,500,000. In return for the state revenue being deposited in the bank, the bank is to bind Itself to pay the state expenditure, discharge the state's debts and advance money to the government at 7 per cent in terest. SERVIAN VILLAGES BURNED Bulgarians Kill and Wound Many of Inhabitants. BELfrRADE. Scrvla, Nov. 2S. A report here today says that a band of Bul garians has burned two Servian villages, Dovesenz and Belyakovzer. In the Vilayet of Uskub, killing 14 persons, mostly wom en and children, and wounding many others. Chinese Admitted to England. LONDON. Nov. 2S. The Immigration Board, after receiving assurances that the 32 Chinamen who arrived at Graves end November 19 on their way from Hongkong to Liverpool, would be em ployed at Liverpool, today permitted their entrance into England. The de cision ends the first attempt to exclude Chinese from landing In Great Britain under the aliens act. Boni's Creditors' Case Delayed. PAP.IS. Nov. 2S. The suit of the credi tors cf Count and Countess Bonl de Cas teilane again came up for a hearing to day in the tribunal of first instance of the Seine, but was postponed for a week owing to the fact that Maitre Cruppi, counsel for the former Countess, was not ready to proceed. Long Voyage of Aeronauts. LONDON, Nov. 28. Two aeronauts, who started from Wandsworth, near here, yesterday in a balloon, landed at daybreak at Vervi, on Lake Geneva, Switzerland, accomplishing the notable journey of 750 miles in 10 hours. The balloon has a capacity of 75.000 feet of gas. France Recalls Squadron. TOULON, Nov. 28. It became known this morning that the squadron of war ships, consisting of the Suffren, Saint Louis and Charlemagne, accompanied by the transport Lanive, which left Toulon early this morning for Tangier, was re called by searchlight signals. Gold Mcdul fdr Amundsen. CHR1STIANIA. Nov. 28. Captain Amundsen, the Arctic explorer, who re cently went through the Norjhwest Pas sage.' was presented today with the gold medal of the Geographical Society. After the presentation, the society gave a ban quet in his honor. Greeks and Bulgarians Fight. SALONICA, European Turkey, Nov. 28. There was a desperate fight on November 2tS. at Colos, 23 miles from here, between Greeks and Bulgarians, In which 25 men were killed. Turkish troops eventually put a stop to the lighting. I.ebuudy's Balloon Ascends. NANTES. France. Nov. 2S. La Patrie. the Lebaudy dirigible war balloon which has been formally accepted by the gov ernment today made Its first ascension. The flight lasted an hour and a half. France Will Not Land Troops. PARIS. Nov. 2S. No great Importance Is attached to the shooting yesterdav near Tangiers. No French troops will he landed in Morocco unless the step, la absolutely necessary. Bremen May Improve Harbor. BERLIN. Nov. 28. Tho senate of Bre men today submitted to the people a pro ject for additions to the harbor facilities, involving an outlay of $4,500,000. Again lief uses Vote to Women. MELBOURNE. Victoria, Nov. 2S. The Victorian Legislative Council today again rejected the woman's suffrage bill. Cline Leads in Billiard Match. ..EW YORK, Nov. 28. Tom Gal lagher, of this city, defeated" Edward McLaughlin, also a local player, to night in the American short-stop cham pionship tournam nt at 18.2 billiards, 400 to 361. Harry P. Cline, of Philadel phia, beat Frank Hoppe, Jr., of this city, by 401 to 82 in the nfteruoon. This was Hoppe's last chance in the tourna ment, in which he lost all of bis six games. Cline now leads the Held with four straight victories. 5TH, 6TH AND WASHINGTON li-k-2 1, - 1 1 J MJ- Were Holidaying Store Closed All Day . We Invite Your Attention CORN KING OF ALL Most Valuable Among Crops of America. COTTON IN SECOND PLACE Department of Agriculture Tells About Products of Farm Stigar Bect Fast Rising In Rank. New Alfalfa Found. WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S.-In his annual report the Secretary of Agriculture says that In the net value of leading crops, corn remains by far the most valuable crop, estimated at $1,100,000,000. Next comes the cotton crpp, which, including seed, should be worth to the growers nearly $t40.0;,000. The. value of hay. which is third in importance, is $000,000,000. Wheat, the fourth crop, may be worth $150,000,000; oats, $300,000,000; potatoes. $150,000,000. Bar ley, "with a value of $65,000,000. shows a gain of 21 per cent in production in the past seven years. The tobacco crop will be worth about $05,000,000. A remarkable development Is that of the sugar beet, now the ninth crop in value. The production In 1908 is placed at 315.000 long tons, valued at $34,000,000. Seven years ago the value of the crop was $7,000,000. The value of all kinds of sugar, syrup and molasses aggregates $75,0.000. In the Bureau of Plant industry the leading features of the work of the past year have been the co-operatiVe demon stration work with farmers, fruitgrowers and others under the careful supervision of department experts and the introduc tion of new crops of economic value. One of the most important achievements in this latter line Is the discovery of the ex istence of a Siberian alfalfa, a plant native on the dry steppes of Siberia, where the mercury freezes without snow, tlfus proving the ability of the plant to withstand without protection a tempera ture of 40 degrees below zero. STATISTICS ON MAIL SERVICE Postal Commission Loaded Down. ' Cortelyou Wants Law Changed. WASHINGTON. . Nov. 28. Postmaster General Cortelyou and Assistant Shal!en berger today presented to the Congres sional Postal Commission a mass of sta OLDS -WORTMAN-KING N THANKSGIVING DAY, more than at any other time of the year, the "Old Homestead' comes into its own. Not only from all parts of this great Union of States, but from all parts of the world, steam vessels and trains hear thousands of wanderers back to the scenes of their childhood and youth at this festal time of family reunion. It is the day when man hood harks back to scenes of " bread and butter days," to boy . and girlhood to inhale again the odors of old ovens, to recall the notes of half-forgotten music and old songs, to wander over old playgrounds and among the graves of old schoolfel lows. Thanksgiving Day is so imbued with the home-coming spirit that this great "Old Homestead" Store may very appro priately offer its big public, who look upon it as their shopping "home", sincere greetings of Thanksgiving for the liberal pat ronage and splendid friendship accorded, not only during the past twelvemonth, but during its long career of nigh onto the third of a century. "This day our Nation bends the knee In gratitude for blessings, great and small We blend our voices heartily, And send Thanksgiving greetings to you all." OLDS, WORTMAN & KING tistics bearing upon the cost of carrying the second-class matter. The Postmaster General was questioned as to the advisa bility of Increasing the rate on this mail, but declined to express an opinion on that point. He did think, however, that there should be amendments to the laws that would make possible a better administra tion of the postal service. An adjournment was taken at the close of today's session until next Monday. Senator Penrose, chairman of the joint committee, said today that a report would be made soon after the convening of Con gress. Make Porto Ricans Citizens. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. The President believes the people of Porto Rico are en titled to American citizenship, and will recommend that this be granted to them. In a special message to Congress, The President has expressed the opinion that it is lamentable that they do not now en joy the right. In this connection he noted that although Porto Rico had sent a dele gate to the Pan-American Congress at Rio de Janeiro, that delegate could not even say he was an American citizen, and this is also the case if he visits Europe or any other foreign country. The President wae very much pleased with his visit to Porto Rico, which he says is a fine country, is prosperous, and her government an excel lent one. The people, he says, are pros perous. Abandon Historic Drydock. PORTSMOUTH. N. H.. Nov. 23. From telegraphic orders received here from the Navy Department at Washington, stop-" ping all work on the old wooden drydock, it Is believed that this historic structure, which has held some of the famous fight ing ships of three American wars, is to be condemned. The dock has been In active service since 1S50. The original cost of the deck was more than half a million dollars. In the last two years mote than $100,000 has been expended In unsuccessful efforts to make It service able. Allows Pay to Bryan's Regiment. WASHINGTON. Nov. 23. The auditor for the War Department today admitted the claim of William J. Bryan's regiment, the Third Nebraska Volunteers, for $2S, 240, being the rate of pay allowed as state rates for the men of the regiment from the time they reported for duty during the Spanish-American War until they were mustered into the service. The claim does not include an Item of $5000 claimed by officers of the regiment, which amount will doubtless be approved In accordan.ee with the ruling made today. Fulton Calls on President. WASHINGTON. Nov. 28. President Roosevelt cordially greeted Senator Ful ton this morning when the Senator called at the White House to pay his respects. The call was purely personal. Later the Senator will discuss appointments and other public matters with the President. Tomorrow, the Senator will send in hp w the recommendation of P. S. Malcolm j to be Collector of Customs at Portland, i TARIFF EXPERTS IN DEMAND Secretary Root Says Efforts Are Be ing Made to Extend Commerce. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S. In appearing before the House committee on appropri ations today to answer questions con cerning the financial needs of the State Department for the next fiscal year. Sec retary Root took occasion to impress upon the committee the Importance of liberal appropriations for the employment of tariff experts, saying that the depart ment is preparing to make every possi ble effort to extend the National com merce. Root made especial reference to ' the commission to Germany and exprossed the opinion that much could be done to promote our foreign trade by sending out other similar commissions whenever the conditions Justified such a course. STOKERS PUT IN" TIIE BRIG Sixty Men Said to Have Mutinied Aboard the Tenessee. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov. 2?. Blue jackets ashore from warships in the har bor say that about 60 stokers are iu the brig aboard the armored cruiser Ten nessee because they refused to work when the vessel was put under forced draught Monday while the Tennessee and Washington were convoying the battle ship Louisiana, bearing the President home from Panama. Officers ashore de cline to discuss the matter and it Is im possible to get aboard the Tennessee to night. Another report is that the trouble oc curred on the cruiser Washington, which was supposed to have dropped ' behind during the forced draught run because of an accident to her machinery. Train-Robber's Trial Set. MARSHALL, Mo., Nov. 28. Jesse Clyde Rumsey was arraigned here this after noon on a charge of robbing the Chi cago & Alton passenger train at Glasgow on Sunday night last and the Rock Island train near the same place on November 8. He waived preliminary hearing and his trial was set for the second week at a date yet to be fixed. Early Vote on Smoot Case. WASHINGTON. Nov. 28. Senator Burrows, chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, today said that he would call up the case of Sen ator Smoot, of Utah, at the first oppor tunity. He added that he hoped to get a vote very soon, and if possible to do so before the holiday recess. Over 100 ftirla of the first families of Ko rea have been laken to the Korean Im perial palace, and from among them will be selected a consort tor the Crown Prince of Korea. STORE NEWS To the Store's Announcement in Thursday Evening's News papers, also Friday morning's Oregonian, of Remarkable Values constituting the Special Sale Bargains of our 187th Grand Friday "Economy Sale." Thrifty Folk will be Well Repaid by Doing Friday's Shopping at this Store. OLDS, WORTMAN & KING. ND OF A OUTLAW Chief of Pulajanes Killed in Fight With Volunteers. HIS BAND IS SCATTERED Pedro de la Cruz Was Second in Command of Samar Bandits and Was Believed to Be Invulnerable. MANILA, Nov. 28. Governor Curry, of the Island of Samar, reports -a des perate fight between Pulajanes and volunteers near Albate, November 26, ; Pedro de la Cruz, an outlaw chief was ; killed and 20 of his followers were , wounded. The remainder of Cruz's band was dispersed. Cruz wa3 second in command of the Samar bandits. He was recognized as i a desperate character and had been fighting since 1896. He refused to sur render to the Americans. His followers believed him to bo invulnerable. Gov ernor Curry says that the end of out lawry in' Samar is near. Thanksgiving day is being quietly observed in Manila. There was a meet ing of American's at Ayuntamento, pre sided over by General Leonard Wood. The baseball season was also opened. HEROINE OF BOXER REVOLT Mrs. Ganiewell, Who Stood Siege ot Legation, Dead. NEW YORK. Nov. 28. Mrs. Mary Q. Porter Gamewell. wife of Dr. Frank D. Gamewell, one of the secretaries of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Epis copal Church, Is dead at her home at Summit, N. J. Mrs. Gamewell was sent by the Woman's Foreign Missionary So ciety of the Methodist Episcopal Church as a missionary to Pekin. China, In 1S72. There she was married to Professor F. D. Gamewell, of Pekin University. After ward she went with her husband to West China, but they were soon driven out by an uprising. Mrs. Gamewell was mobbed by several hundred Chinese during the temporary absence of her husband from the house. . Shortly afterwards she came to Amer THE "DIFFERENT STORE" jlrfjl i Elbert Hubbard Says: That "Football occupies the same relation to edu cation that a bullfight does to farming. " Nevertheless there will be a host of M. A. A. C. and U. of O. "Rooters' out on Mult nomah Field this after noon to witness the tussle for supremacy of these two bands of modern gladiators. Better come and go along Store is closed, you know. ica much broken in health. When they re turned to China, Mrs. Gamewell and her husband again began work in Pekin. Hero they were caught in the siege at tho time of the Boxer uprising. Dr. Gamewell having in charge the fortification of tlio Legation during the siege, and Mrs. Game well rendering service in making sand bags and in other ways. Dr. and Mrs. Gamewell came to the United States shortly after the siege was raised. Mrs. Gamewell had suffered greatly from nerv ous breakdown, which culminated a few weeks ago in paralysis. F. Ij. Pomeroy, Railroad Man. NEW YORK, Nov. 28. Frederick Laur ence Pomeroy, freight traffic manager of the New York Central Railway, died late on Monlay night, at his home in Brook lyn. His death was due to heart disease. Mr. Pomeroy had been in bad health for some time. The worry he underwent in connection with the trial of the New York Central for giving rebates to the sugar trust had told heavily on Mr. Pomeroy. who was himself lined SiA"0 personally for his connection with the matter. Mr. Pomeroy was born in Cortland, N. Y., in January, 1858. Azel P. Hatch, Noted Lawyer. CHICAGO, Nov. 2S. Azel P. Hatch, who was attorney for the World's Co lumbian Exposition, and who was con sidered an authority on corporation and mining law, died here today. He was one of the founders of the com pany which published the Chicago Her ald and tho Evening Post. Says Republicans Have Reformed. NEW YORK, Nov. 28 Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews, chancellor of the University of Nebraska, addressing a Brown Alumni dinner last night said: "Out in Nebraska we have had a little quiet political revolution. Twenty-live years ago Nebraska was Renubllcan. and a more rotten government never existed on earth. And that is spying a great deal. The PopuliHts overthrew the Republicans, but the latter have gained in power and are now fully back. Now that is not pe culiar, but it is peculiar that the Repub licans, without compulsion, have re formed their party until the set of men just elected are the best men, it seems, that Nebraska has ever had in office. The best moral sense in the party has triumphed." Roosevelt Greets Pope's Delegates. WASHINGTON. Nov. 28. Secretary Taft today introduced to the President and later to Secretary Root, Monsignor Falconio, the apostolic delegate, and. Monsignor Jose Aversa, who has been appointed by the Vatican In a similar capacity to Cuba. Peoria Factory Destroyed. PEORIA. 111.. Nov. 28. Fire that started this afternoon In the building occupied by the Dally Carpet & Furniture Com pany, one of the largest in the city, de stroyed that structure. A J