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4 THE MORNING OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1903. 1 GAND DATES L MEET AS FRIENDS Taft and Hughes Join Hands at St. Patrick's Day Banquet.' MEETING PROVOKES MIRTH W hole Audience Roars With Merri ment a The.v Smile on Clasping UandaHughcs Praises Taft as a Statesman. NEW YORK, March 17. Irish valor. beuty and wit were tonight the in spiration of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, and those virtues were ex tolled In prose and verse by no les dis tinguished guests of -honor than Secre tary Taft and Governor Hughes. The dinner, the most sumptuous lo cal affair la honor of Ireland's patron saint, waa held at Delmonico's, and 600 persons were present. Among those at the speaker's table were Archbishop Karley, Bishop Potter. Justice Victor J. Dowling, Augustus Thomas, ex-Jus-tlre Morgan J. O'Brien, General Fred T. Grant, and the presidents of half a dozen patriotic societies. Laugh as They Clasp Hands. Mr. Hughes, having previously attended a reception In his honor, was late and the dinner -was under way when he arrived at Delmonico's. As he, entered, a cheer was raised and the applause became gen eral throughout the room-as he moved toward the speaker's tabic. As he neared his seat at the left of the toastmaster. Mr. Taft arose, and the Secretary and tile Governor clasped hands. They stood Fo for a moment and then, as though there were something humorous in the situation, both laughed. In a moment the banquet-hall was in an uproar with laughter and mingled cheers for Mr. Taft and Mr. Hughes. Hughes Booms His Kival., Aj Mr. Taft rose to speak he received an ovation, the applause continuing for several minutes and being followed by three cheers.' Mr. Taft spoke to the toast, "The United States." Politics had no part In the speech, which bubbled over wllli good-numorcd praise of the Irish race. Another demonstration greeted Mr. Huches as he arose to reply to the toast, The State of New Tork." The Gov ernor expressed himself as gratified at the opportunity of welcoming Mr. Taft. who, said the Governor, "as judge 'and .statesman, as administrator and pacifica tor, has won the esteem and affection of - his fellow-citizens, irrespective of party." ( OCKRAX OCT WITH TAMMANY Murphy Penles His Democracy and Drops Him From Office. NEW YORK, March 17. Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, was quoted In a published statement yes terday as saying that the mason why Representative W. Bourke Cockran had been dropped from important chairman ships In the Tammany organization was that Mr. Cockran was not a Democrat. Mr. Cockran was quick to retort: "It is beyond my Intellect. It is well known that I have written all the definitions of Democracy accepted and this utterance by Mr. Murphy. He said: spproved by Mr. Murphy during the Mr. Cockran was quick to retort. In a last four rears. Which of them does he now repudiate and on what ground? "Surely he cannot wish us to Infer that he Is incapable, as his critics as sert, of understanding- the significance of expressions which he applauded pub licly. It is all very amusing and amaz ing." At the meeting of tne general com mittee of Tammany Ilall held last Tuesday Mr. Cockran was dropped from the chairmnnshlp of the committee on Irgislntlon and the committee on speak ers. The news has caused much public comment. Dcs Molncs Adopts Commission. DES MOINES, la.. March 17.-After the liveliest political campaign in the history of the city, Des Moines yester day held its first primary election un der Its new plan of government. Thir teen thousand votes were cast and practically complete returns this morn ing indtiate the nomination of A. J. Mttthis and Eugene W. Waterbury for Ma y or. Under the new plan of government there will he one Mayor and four Com missioners, mid theso will be chosen from the 10 candidates who secured the largest number of votes at the pri maries yesterday. The election will be held March 30. BLUFFED INTO CONCESSION (v'onttnued From IHrst F&ic.) to secured. Thrr was a third term to b disposed of and policies to be (JiJrrditd." Me fald the panic was planned and xrutd bv theso men and sustained his statement by fcivinR his version of the events of October 24 on "Wall street. He told of the hiprh interest rates prevailing that morning and of t he necessity of havlnjr money "or the rlose of the business day would fc-oe Wall street A mass of ruins and brinks and trust companies on the brink of collapse." Then ho" described Mr. Morpan and James Stillmiin sitting- behind the i-oenen. knowlYia; when, and how much, aid was coming;' from Washington, pooling an -quai amount and watting till 215 P. M.. when interest rates had Itone up. to 150 per cent and the price of stock was smashed. Then Mr. Mor jran and Standard Oil appeared in the center o( ;ho stapo and "sravc it away .it 10 per .-tfnt. They hud tho country terrorised: they hod 5500.000,000 from country banks, nearly all in the bisc banks which they controlled. The panic supplied bly operators with money to squeere out investors and speculators at bottom prices and take in Mock at an. enormous profit. . Only Speculative Bankers. H.wnt on: We hav record pronf of th"ir utter con tempt for commercial interests, net for t h country rneraJly. but for legitimate trade In Nw York t'tty as well. The Mor gan and Standard Oil banks oursud, in a critical moment, the cour? of speculating: hankers. They ministered to the needs of Wall street, quite deaf to the needs of com merce. Their court was that of men who ere lyine the credit of the country tor 1 purpose. La Follctte then traced the development ff'tho trusts, showlnK how the original surc.ess tempted other consolidations with a la nee paper capitalization "till a mcra handiwl of men controlled the com tncrefal Trotlintlon' ' ne5 " country. He analyzed tha directorates of the big banks to show the close alliance til Uti and Standard CHI Interest. Less than 100 men controlled the industrial interests and 62 men controlled the two greatest banks. Fourteen directors of the National City Bank' were at the head of 14 great com binations, representing 38 per cent of the capitalization of all the industrial trusts. The board of this bank; controlled a net work .of railr&ada all over the country. He .said: "These same 23 directors, through their various connections, repre sent more than 350 other banks, trust companies, railroads and industrial cor porations, with an aggregate capitaliza tion of more than $1,300,000,000." He then argued that the holders o this vast wealth had power to create panic or prosperity, advance or lowerprlces at will, and rake in the profit. He added; - "If an effort is made to make any one of theso great Interests obey the law, it is easy for them to enter into a conspiracy to destroy whoever may be responsible for the undertaking." He then attacked the railroad bond fea ture of the bill, contending that it would commit the Government to maintenance of present railroad rates under pain of being accused of attacking the credit of the securities on which the money of the rountry was based. He continued: "Could any plan be devised which would be more effective 'in blocking the way of legislation for valuation of the physical properties at railroads and defeating the final reduction of rate to- a just and rea sonable basfis?" ALTRICH HUMORS HIS CRITICS Report Important Amendments to , Bond Features of Bill. WASHINGTON, March 17. The Senate committee on finance today voted unan imously to amend the Aldrich financial bill by eliminating railroad bonds as se curity for National bank circulation. It also decided to amend the bill so as to retain the provision of the present law prohibiting the retirement by National banks of more than $9,000,000 of circula tion in any one month. The committee discussed the . proposition of increasing taxation on emergency circulation out standing more than six months. The rate under the bill as it now stands la 6 per cent. No action was taken on this feature. The amendments were reported to the Senate by Aldrich, who said that the action of the committee had been unani mous. Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, inquired whether any amendment had been offered by the committee in relation to banking reserves. "No," replied Mr. Aldrich. "the com mittee has that under consideration and will report on it in a very short time." An amendment was aiso agreed to af fecting the amount of circulation which may be taken out on bonds of the va rious kinds applicable for such purposes. The bill provides that circulating notes may be isssucd equal in amount to 90 per cent of the market value of any bonds deposited. The amendment adds the provision that the issuance shall not bo in excess of the par value of the bonds. This is intended to meet the crit icism thai certain securities might be inflated above par value through the action of speculators. BANQUET FOR SMITH50N MIXTXOMAH CIXB PLAXS TO HOXOK ATHLETE. Formal Dinner Will Be Given in His Honor. When He Returns to Portland. When Forrest Smlthson, the famous athlete of the Multnorph Amateur Ath letic Club, returns to Portland, a dinner will- be tendered In his honor by the members of the local athletic Institu tion. Such was the unanimous sentiment expressed by the board of directors and the club members assembled in the par lors of that Institution last night. The proposition was not formally advanced to the board for action, but was merely adopted (n an Informal manner by the club members. Of late some question has been raised as to Smlthson's stand ing: as an amateur, but this proved to be an attempt on the part of Secretary InBlis. of the Northwest Amateur Ath letic Association, whose own standing is in dispute, to disparage Smlthson, and no attention was paid to the communica tion. Director K. E. Morgan will be one of three members of the Multnomah Club who will be sent to Seattle as delegates to the meeting of the Northwest Asso ciation on March 28, when the standing of Mr. Inglis will be definitely deter mined. The Portland Rowing Club is also entitled to three representatives, and that organization will be urged to send its full quota. This matter was decided upon at a lengthy session of the Multnomah Club directors last night, for the business to coma before the North weM Association Is of great importance to the organization. A number of representatives of the Portland Rose Carnival Association ap peared before the cltrb directors last night and requested the assistance of the athletic club toward making the car nival week a success. The directors listened to their appeal and afterwards decided that the Multnomah Club would be represented in the Rose Festival pa rade by 100 uniformed athletes and would otherwise assist at the festivities. The club also proposes to hold a big field and track meet during that week, and plans for this event will be perfected as soon as possible. The proposition of securing a commo dious hall or auditorium In which to hold the Amateur Athletic Union boxinz- and , wrestling tournaments of the Paciric jurisdiction, which are to take place- in this city next month; also came up for dmcussion. The directors were of the opinion that the club gymnasium was too small to accommodate the large crowds expected at the three-day tourney, and are desirous of securing a more suitable place. The matter was left In the hands of a committee, which will investigate and report at a future meeting. Hoppe Again Beats Schaefcr. NEW TORK, March 17. The second night's play in the scries of games of points each at 18.2 balk line billiards between Willie Hoppe and Jacob Schaefer here tonight resulted in a victory for Hoppe, 400 to 139. In the afternoon game Hoppe beat Schaefcr 300 to 2. .Cassisnol, the French champion met Sutton twice today, win ning the first game by 309 to 25, and losing the second game by 500 to 3:5. Summary Vengeance on Xegro. CONROK, Texas, March 17. Messages from -Magnolia, a small town near here, say that last night an attempt to as sault a young white woman was made by a negro whose name has not been learned. The Sheriff at once left for the scene 'and found .that one negro had been killed and another mortally wounded by unknown persons. One of tha men was the girl's assailant. Want Fair Closed Sunday. MItIBVIL,L,E, X. J., March 17. The Xew Jersey Methodist Episcopal confer ence, in session here, last night adopted a resolution asking the United States Senate to close the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition on Sunday. Tomorrow 'and' Friday will positively be the last days for discount on East Side I gas bills. Portland Gas. Company. now ASKING LESS. Hayti Willing to Stop Summary Executions. LET REVOLUTIONISTS GO Government Authorizes Refugees in Consulates to Leave on Warships, but Reserves Right to Try Fu ture Offenders in Court. PORT AU PRINCE, March- 17. The British cruiser Indefatigable and the Ger man cruiser Bremen have arrived- under orders from their governments to give full protection to any foreign residents in Port au Prince In case their lives or in terests . are threatened. An American warship is expected to arrive here at any moment. At present the city is quiet. Positive denial is made by the Haytian officials of the reports that other execu tions, have taken place than those of Sun day morning, when ten or 12 conspirators were shot to death. 1et Revolutionists Go. Under a decision of the council of Ministers the government today author ized the sending on board the warships and out of the country of -the authors of the last insurrection who have taken refuge at the French, German and Spanish consulates at Gonaives. The gov ernment reserves for itself, however, the right to prosecute before properly-appointed courts any persons who hereafter are implicated in uprisings, this action being conditional on the representatives of the .foreign nations agreeing not to give asylum in their respective consu lates in case of further revolutionary movements. This measure of pacification, provided it is carried into effect, would contribute greatly to putting an end to agitations. " ways escaped. Deny Ba-d Foreign Feeling, o General Cclestln, the Minister of War, has returned to Port au Prince at the head of his troops, after having put down the revolutionists at Gonaives. He made a statement today in which he denied absolutely that the government entertained hostile sentiments toward foreigners. President Nord Alexis and his Ministers also gave assurance of the utmost good feelings toward all foreigners who were pursuing their du ties peacefully in Hayti. While conditions have been disturbed here for a considerable length of time, reaching their climax during the past week, there appears to be r.o present danger to foreigners residing here. The great majority of them seem to be at tending to their business affairs in perfect security. The President and the government have proclaimed that order will be maintained at whatever cost. REFUGEES SHOWED BAD FAITH Began Hatching Another Plot While Negotiating for Liberty. PARI March 17. The Haytian side of the difficulty with France aris ing " from the claim for pro tection made "by the Haytian revolution ists who have taken refuge at the French legation and consulate waa given by an official as follows: "It is true that assurances were given that General Ftimin and the other ref ugees would be allowed to depart, but while the negotiations were proceeding on the basis that the refugees were to be exiled and undertake not to return to Hayti, it was discovered that the refit gees at Gonaives and Port au Prince were in communication and that they were hatching a conspiracy against the government. . "Those caught red-handed In this plot were shot. This was the only course open to. the government.. In view of the bad faith shown by the refugees it is not possible for the government to per mit tliem to go unscathed. This is espe cially so as to General Flrmin, the leader of the revolutionary movement, who has twice previously been released under similar circumstances and after he1 had given assurances that he would not return to Hayti. "Nevertheless he did come back to Hayti and embarked in revolutionary activity. The island needs peace and rest, and this Is all that the government Is trying to obtain." MORE REBELS ARE EXECUTED French Minister Fears Attack on Foreign Legations. PARIS, March 17. Official dispatches re ceived here from Hayti indicate that the Eitnatlon there is still critical, for foreign ers. M. Cartcron, the French Minister, reports that fresh executions occurred last night, but he does not give the num ber. He says that, previous to last night, 27 had been executed. He describes M. Lecomte, the new Minister of the Interior, as "bloodthirsty." Further reprisals are feared, and there is still danger of attack on the foreign legations and- consulates. The French cruiser D'Estres is expected at Port Au Prince momentarily, ' and it is reported there that an American warship had al ready arrived at Gonaives. STREET FIGHTING ALL DAY General Massacre of Whites in Hayti Is Feared. KEY WEST. Fla., March 17. The Gov ernment wireless station here has re ceived a dispatch from Havana that a reign of terror exists in Port au Prince. A dozen revolutionists were executed at daybreak March 16, but this fact has been previously reported. Street fighting occurred all during the day. and there is fear of a general massacre of all white people in Hayti. The American war ves sels have gone from Guantanamo to Port au Prince. Says Reports Exaggerated. RERUN. March 17. The Charge d'Affaires of the Haytian Legation here said today that, according to hie advices, foreigners in Hayti were not in the least danger. His dispatch, he said, showed that the reports had been exaggerated. MAY TIE UP GOULD , ROADS Rio Grande Machinists Prepare for Long Struggle. DENVER, March 17. A. O. Warton, of St. Louis, representing the machinists employed on all the Gould railroads, ar rived in Denver today and conferred with the leaders of the shop employes of the Denver Rio Grande Railroad, who went on strike yesterday against tho "open shop' and new rules recently es tablished by the company. It is the in tention of the unions, ijcclare the "leaders, if the Rio Grande persists in its present attitude, to coll out every union employe in the mechanical departments of all the Gould railroads, which include the Mis souri Pacific. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern, Texas Pacific and the Wabash. At the strikers headquarters in this city. It is stated that nearly all of the men in the 16 shops on the Denver A Rio Grande Railroad in Colorado and Utah have gone out. The company officials an ticipate little difficulty in filling the strik ers' places. SUSPENSION' IN PENNSYLVANIA Trouble Expected Between Miners and Operators April 1 . PITTSBURG. March 17. That there will be a suspension of work April 1, when the wage scale between the min ers and operators expires, is the gen eral opinion among the miners of the Pittsburg district. The refusal of the Western Pennsylvania operators yes terday to meet the miners in joint con ference is taken as a positive indication that the interstate agreement, which was broken two years ago, will not be renewed, for the present at least, and that a suspension cannot be prevented. Pennsylvania Cuts Force Again. RENOVO, Pa., March 17. By the dis charge of oe 200 men here yesterday, the Pennsylvania Railroad has made an aggregate reduction of almost 1000 in its force at this place alone since January 1. Cocheco Mills Reduce Wages. DOVER, N. H., March 17. Notices were posted at the Cocheco' (Manufacturing Company's cotton mills at ,noon today of a 10 per cent reduction in the wages of its 2200 operatives after -March 30. BIGGY GATHERS EVIDENCE Tells Grand Jury What He Knows About Police Graft. SAN FRANCISCO, March 17. Chief of Police -Biggy today -presented to the po lice commission a typewritten folio of over 100 pages containing evidence im plicating the two suspended patrolmen, Bvatt and Be nan, and eight other police officers in graft on the Barbary coast. The reading of the evidence consumed several hours and the police commission considered the matter behind closed doors. It is understood Chief Biggy waa ordered by the police commission to sift the evi dence more thoroughly, as one of the eight men Implicated is thought to be innocent of any wrong-doing. Instructions were Issued by the com mission to the Chief to file charges against the police officers as soon as he has cleared up this point and also to present the matter to the grand Jury. RUEF IN ROLE OF -SAVIOR Sought to Impress Grand Jury That He Protected San Francisco. -- SAN FRANCISCO, March 17. Four af fidavits came from the camp of the pros ecution today in the Ruef case. ' They were those of B. P. Oliver, foreman of the grand jury which returned the graft indictments; Chief of 'Police William J. Blggyg, who was Ruef's elisor; James Foley and, James F. McCarthy, guards who had been employed by Biggy. In his affidavit Oliver tells of the con fessions of Ruef before the grand Jury. He says Ruef endeavored to impress upon the grand jurors that he "waa the savior of San Francisco" and had never commit jd a crime;, thatall the.money he had received he had received only-aa fees and that he had never asked any of the persons charged with giving bribes for money. - CROSSES LINE TO NEVADA American Car Pushing On Both French Cars Disabled. THCOMA, Nev March 17. The Ameri an car crossed the line from Utah to 'Nevada at 6 o'clock tonight, Mountain time, and kept on toward San iranclsco. MARSTON. Wyo.. March 17. The I-tal-ian car reached here at 5 P. M., tonight, Mountain time. The crew took supper here and pushed on toward Granger, nine miles west, where they will tie up for the night. OMAHA. . March 17. The German car, which reached Omaha this afternoon, will leave Wednesday morning for a fast run across the plains. The first French car Is still tied up at Grand Island. Neb., with a broken shaft and cannot get Btarted for at least two days. The sec ond French car la at Carroll, la., badly damaged. SIR HENRY'S LIFE FAILING General Anxiety for British Premier. Queen Calls on Him. I-iONDON, March 17. The strength o? Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman is ebb ing daily and his friends take the gTavest view of the dropsical - symptoms which have apppeared in his extremities. The general anxiety is evident by the constant stream of inquirers at hia house In Downing street. The fact that Queen Alexandra and the Dowagpr Hmpress of Russia called personally this afternoon to inquire as to his condition shows that the illness, la more critical than the bul letins given to the public indicate. Up to the present time the Queen had sent an equerry to inquire concerning Sir Henry's condition. Big Lumber Mill Barns. HATTIESBURG, Mis., March 17. The plant of the J. J. Newman Lumber Company, the largest sawmill in the state, burned to the ground today, with 5.000,000 feet of lumber. The loss will approximate $200,000. this wicked advertisement will cause a tirade from next Sunday's pulpit better read it! I will sell an interest in the best-paying business on earth. I think it will pay you 150 per cent this year, next year, every year we do business. 1 will guarantee you 50 per cent and deposit collateral in the bank to back my guarantee. Here's my proposition: I've got an option on all the stock of the biggest and best SALOON in Portland. One of the best-known on the Pacific Coast. N 5 I haven't got enough money, quite, to complete the purchase. I am offering you a chance to go in with 'me and own part of a real, live, - . wicked, money-making saloon! Ain't it awful? -I told a friend of mine about my option, and how I proposed to go about it to get the balance of the money. , He said, "You're crazy. You're proposition is a good one, of course; but, man alive, people would be afraid someone would findout they had bought stock! I said: "Most people worry more about the other fellow spending this so-called "tainted money" than they do about spending it themselves." Maybe I am right maybe he is right: This advertisement is going to tell, because I am not going on any extended advertising campaign. As far as I know now, this offer will be open today and tomorrow only. Now, listen: Eight now this saloon is paying; paying big. But it ain't paying what it ought to pay, by a long sight. The present owner is an incorporated company, and the stock of the cor poration is owned by two men, neither of whom understands the saloon business. How they happened to acquire it recently is too long a story.' The point is, they will sell cheap I have the option. s Now, as I told you, this saloon is, literally the biggest on the Coast. It's paying big now. Seven bartenders working overtime to take in the money, and I'll double it. It's incorporated at $50,000. But I can get it for 'less I will sell 200 J shares par value $100 for 50c on the dollar, in lots of one share "and up. -That's just half what it's worth. f Further, I said I would guarantee you 50 per cent. 1 will. ' I'll put 100 shares in the bank, with instructions that it shall be turned over to the purchasers, pro rata, if, at the end of one year, they have not received at least 50 per cent in dividends. Is that fair? Do you want a certain 50 per cent on your money, with almost a certain ty of 150 per cent? An ownership in this business will make you ten times the income from a savings account. And then some. And there isn't any guess work about it, either; it's a business that's paid regular dividends since the year 1. And it will continue to do so, too. And say, this saloon will be run clean and if you don't tell you bought, ' I won't! - , . ; Besides all I've been telling you, there's -a lot more Facts that I haven't got room to go into here. About the space sub-rented that more than pays the rent. About the billiard tables, and the big stock of goods now on hand, etc. About the possibilities in general, and why I consider this i3 the one possibility of its kind, even in a hundred. I'll give you all the particulars if you write or call on me. I've made ar rangements to use these offices for a few days, and I will be here all day today, up to 9 P. M., and tomorrow till 3 P. M. .BUT YOU'VE GOT TO ACT QUICK. REMEMBER, SHARES $50.00 EACH. 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