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VOL. XL. NO. 12,469. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. . Any Size Any Quantity MACKINTOSHES, RUBBER AND OIL-CLOTHING Rubber Boots and Shoes, Belting, Packing and Hose. Largest and most complete assortment o f all kinds of Rubber Goods. Goodyear Rubber Company H. H. PEASE. President. F. M. BHEPARD, JR.. Treasurer. J. A. SHEPARD. Secretary. Shaws Pure Malt The Condensed Strength and Nutriment oT Barley and Rye BllimaUer & HuCh, lOS and HO Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon 3 HOTEL PERKINS tTfth-and Washington Streets . . PORTLAND, OREGON EUROPEAN PLAN Rooms Single 75c to 51.50 per dar Vlnrt-CIasa Check Restaurant Rooms Double .$1-00 to $2.00 per day Connected With Hotel. Rooms Family $1.50 to $3.00 per day ' - J. F. DAVIES. Prej. C. T. BELCHER. Sec. and Trcnj. St. Charles Hotel CO. flNCORPORATETO. FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND. OREGON American and European Plan. ONE-tlNE'of our a U VjNLiJ vIk rV? WATCHES We have the sole agency for Oregon for PATEK, PHILLB7PE & CO., makers of the most expensive and best -watch made. We make the statement unqualifiedly. We are also sole agents for the cele brated Hawks And for the famous Cut Glass Rookwood Pottery We have some really beautiful goods In our new stock Modern, Unique and Elegant, and invite you to come in and see them before making selections for the Holidays. GOODS LAID ASIDB FOR RESPONSIBLE PARTIES. OUT-OF-TOWN ORDERS RECEIVE CAREFUL ATTENTION. Diamond Importers nnd Store Open Evening!. IF YOU HAVE A PIANO You should have a Pianola. Hundreds of flno pianos stand unused In the homes of music-lovers because there is no one to play them. But few persons have time to keep up their practice, and thus be able to play the music they enjoy. If you have a Pianola you are always in "practice," and can play any piece you or your friends wish to hear. You can play them with expression, for this part of the rendition is under your control, and affords you all the pleasure of hand-playing. M. B. WELLS, Northwest Agent for the Aeolian Company Aeolian Hall. 353-355 Washington Street, cor. Park, Portland, Or. We are sole agents for the Pianola. It Is exhibited only at our warerooms. SUPPRESSING HEW YORK VICE Organization of the Citlsens Com. xnittee Dives Closed. NSW .YORK, Nov. 28. Organisation of the citizens' committee for the suppres sion of vice will not be complete before Friday "or Saturday. This delay is occa sioned by the great amount of good ma terial, rather than the scarcity. Charles Stewart Smith, to whom was left the appointment of the -committee, insisted that the men who accept places on the committee of IS shall' be willing to con tribute liberally of their time. Funds will be forthcoming In plenty, but there will be much -work-to be -done, and this will fall upon the committee members. It is understood that one exception will be made. Ex-Mayor Abram S. Hewitt has declined to .serve as a member of the committee for the reason that he cannot give to the work the time It requires. Yet so keenly is it felt that Mr. Hewitt's advice will be almost indispensable that re will probably be persuaded to recon s'der his refUBaL It Is possible that the committee will Increase its membership to 26. so as to take in 10 who may act as adviser. "Billy" McGlory's Hall, on West Fifty n nth street, was to have been opened t night by a big balL The police were notified, and at the last moment the ball was declared off. Michael Davis, pro prietor of the Black Rabbit, the most rotorious den in this city, was permitted to plead guilty today before Justice Goff in General Sessions to keeping a disorder ly house. He was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment In the penitentiary. Honors for Pnuncefote. LONDON, Nov. 2S. Truth, which has always shown Itself particularly well in formed as to diplomatic affairs, says it is probable Queen Victoria will offer a "Viscounty r an Earldom to Lord Paunce f ote, the British Ambassador at Washing ton, on bts retirement from the diplomatic service, in recognition of his successful embassy, adding, "all the more as the mark of reyal favor will be much appre ciated In the United States." Any Style 73-73 FIRST ST. ' PORTLAND, OR. A CLEAN, SWEET SMOKE Beau Brummell THE LEADING HIGH-ORADE FIVE-CENT CIGAR BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO. DISTRIBUTERS. American plan. European plan. .. ..J1.25. $1.50. 5L75 .... BOc. 75c. $100 Holiday 0ffdrlngs6nsurpas3cd Hpct Manufacturing: Jewelers. COR. THIRD AND WASHINGTON. KENTUCKY AT SMYRNA. No Menace Against Turkey Said to Be Intended. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S. The battle ship Kentucky arrived at Smyrna this morning. The Navy Department has given no further orders to the Kentucky beyond those directing her to proceed to Smyrna for a five days' stay. The de partment has received a letter from Cap tain Chester, of the Kentucky, mailed from Gibraltar, telling of a storm which the ship passed through on the Atlantic, and the-opportunity it afforded of testlnc , the seagoing qualities of the big battle ship. The storm arose the 30th Inst, and raged that day and the next. The waves tore away the starboard lifeboat and beat it to pieces. This was the only mishap. Captain Chester says that throughout the storm the battle-ship behaved beautifully and showed excellent seaworthy qualities. All Ferrouh Bey, the Turkish Minister, called on Secretary Hay today relative to the visit of the Kentucky to Turkish waters. After his talk with Secretary Hay the Minister declared the Kentucky's visit conveyed no menace and had no bearing on the diplomatic relations between the I Turkish Government and the United States. He asserted with great positive ness that the Sultan cherished the kind liest feelings toward President McKlnley, and the relations were most amicable. Inquiry at the State Department and i Navy Department today as to the Ken tucky s mission elicited the simple state ment that the visit of the battle-ship to Smyrna had no hostile significance Meanwhile it is understood the negotia tions between Mr Griscom, our Charge at Constantinople, and the Porte, for the settlement of the missionary claims and the question as to Dr. Norton's exe quatur as Consul at Harpoot, are pro gressing, with Indications that a compro mise will be arranged. " German Anibasador Resigns. BBRLXN. Nay! 28. The North German Gazette announces that Prince Munster von Dorneburg, the German Ambassador at Paris, has resigned, owing to his ag TYPHOONINGUAM Little Island Swept by Terrible Storm. HUNDREDS WERE KILLED Wreck of the Auxiliary Cruiser Yosemite. FIVE OF THE CREW PERISHED The Steamer In n Disabled Condition Was Blown GO Miles Off and Then Sunlc NEW YORK, Nov. 2S Advices have been received from Manila that the Island of Guam was visited by a terrible ty phoon November 13, which wrecked hun dreds of houses, among them the head quarters of General Schroeder. The towns of Indrajan and Terraforo w ere swept away and It Is estimated that hundreds oJ the native population In va rious parts of the island met 'their deaths. The cocoanut crops were rendered absolutely worthless and the vegetation of the island was killed by salt water. The storm came up In the forenoon and swept across the island with amazing rapidity. The United States auxiliary cruiser Tosemite, which was anchored adjacent to the collier Justin, dragged her an chor, and was driven aground 150 yarda from the reef, her bows being crushed In. A launch with a crew of five men had previously left the ship to endeavor to find a safe anchorage for the vessel, the indications being that the anchors would not hold where she was. The men were not seen after they left the ship, and it is practically certain that the heavy sea which the storm kicked up swamped the launch. The bodies of Cox swain Swanson 'and Seaman George Anhel were recovered after the typhoon sub- HSldedliltjeiiHMtiwHIi 1'iji rssfr. V The storm, veered around after the Yosemite grounded and she was driven off and carried onto the Somaye Cliffs, where her rudder and propeller were broken. Boatswain Sweeney and 12 of the crew volunteered to take a lifeline ashore. A boat was lowered for this purpose, but It was swamped by a big sea that swept over It. All Its occu pants were carried away from the boat, but they miraculously succeeded in reach ing the land after an hour's struggle with the waves. Meanwhile, the atmosphere had become of Inky blackness and the Yosemite, which had again been blown off the land, was drifting helplessly before the gale which was blowing at the rate of 100 miles an hour. All hope of saving the cruiser was abandoned and the officers and crew pre pared for the death they thought was surely staring them in the face. A ma jority of the boats bad either been smashed or carried out off the davits and those that were left could not accom modate half the crew, even if It had been possible for them to live In tne enormous seas that were by this time running. A sea anchor had been put out and this held the Yosemite up in the teeth of the storm and prevented her from falling off into the trough of the sea. She rode to this anchor and drifted rapidly until G o'clock in the evening, when the weather cleared. The cruiser was then 60 miles north and 40 miles west of Guam. She had labored so heavily that she had sprung a leak and all hands, including her Commander, Lieutenant Brief, and an engineer, work ed heroically in trying to clear her of the water that was pouring Into and rapidly filling the forward compartments. After the violence of the storm had subsided an effort was made to start the en gines. They were finally got to work and the Yosemite, with her damaged pro peller, struggled landward at the rate of two knots an hour. The water kept fining In the hold and the ship was gradually sinking. At 1:20 P. M., November 15, the Justin, which had started in search of the Yosemite, picked her up and attempted to tow her back to Guam. Two hawsers were broken and it was then decided that it was impossible to take her into port. The cruiser was then scuttled, after which she was abandoned, all hands going aboard the Justin. The Yosemite sank bow first at 3 o'clock and the Justin stood away for Guam. Paymaster Bal lard saved $6S,000, Mexican money, from the sinking ship. Not Reported in Washington. WASHINGTON. Nov. 28. Neither the naval or war officials had received any thing up to a late hour tonight regarding the loss of the cruiser Yosemite. Tha presumption here is that the news of the disaster was brought to Manila by the War Department transport Sherman. Ac cording to an arrangement with the Navy Department officers, a War Department transport calls monthly at Guam to de liver mall for the people there, and, as the Sherman left San Francisco about November 1, with the expectation of call ing at Guam, she probably learned of the wreck on her way over, and reported It on her arrival at Manila. The Cruiser and Her Men. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. The Yosemite was first commissioned April 13, 1S9S. She had been station-ship at the Island of Guam since the days of the Spanish War. She is a 16-knot converted cruiser, of 6179 tons displacement, and is provided with a main batteyr of 10 five-Inch rapid-fire I guns ana a secondary oatiery ox six six- pounders and Colt rifles. Her measure ments are 391 feet In length, by 48 feet extreme breadth. She has a mean draught of 20 feet 1 Inch. Just before the out break of the Spanish-American War, the vessel was purchased by the Navy De partment, fitted as an auxiliary cruiser, and rendered effective service as orie of the patrol fleet, being manned In part by the Michigan naval militia. It is said that her anchorage at Guam was off the harbor of San Luis d'Apra, and that ow ing to her draught, she was obliged to stay six miles off shore. The harbor Is a particularly dangerous one, owing to the existence of a rocky shoal In the middle and a particularly crooked channel. According to Naval Register, the Yose mite was manned by 18 officers and 267 men, but in her capacity as station-ship not all of these were required, and un doubtedly a part of them were ashore engaged in duties at the naval station. This probably would be true of her 'com mander, Seaton Schroeder, who also is Governor of Guam, and who probably left the active command of the ship to the ranking Lieutenant, Augustus N. Mayer. The other officers accredited to the! ship by the register are: Lieutenants W. E. Safford, Albert Morltz. B. C. Blerer, En. signs A. W. Presseq, H. L. Collins, A. N. Mitchell and F. T. Evans, Assistant Sur geon F. M. Furling, Assistant Paymaster P. W. Delano, Chaplain L. F. Reynolds and eight warrant officers. THE PHILIPPINE" COMMISSION. Financial nnd License Laws for the Islands. MANILA, Nov. 28. The Philippine Com mission has passed a bill requiring banks to accept deposits whether in Mexican or in local' currency, and to honor 'checks In the currency in which the deposits against which they are drawn were made. A liquor license law for Manila has been prepared which will debar saloons On the Escolla and tome other streets from ob taining licenses In the same localities after the existing licenses expire. The Commissioners dad the Provost-Marshal Intend to relieve the Escolla of the pres ent congested condition, largely due to the presence of so many saloons. Under the new law, the license fee will be ?300 In gold and the term six months. Saturday the Commission will mall to Secretary Root a report covering the first three months' work, outlining existing conditions, the progress made, the present status of affairs, and the situation, gener ally, and embodying suggestions as to the future, together w 1th questions on certain matters. All the military on duty will be relieved tomorrow, Thanksgiving day, except nec essary guards on field duty. The report cabled early this morning that the United States transport Sher man, from San Francisco November 1, arrived last evening, was incorrect. Denied by Asoncillo. PARIS, Nov 2S. Agonclllo, agent of Agulnaldo, declares there Is no foundation for the statements that he resigned the leadership of the Filipino junta in1 Europe, or that he is going to Hong Kong to superintend the supplying of arms to ths Filipinos. 1 Kuit-THB- nr ittie f,TT t muoo ' GZAR!S iELLNESfiUfafatf : Jf - -- Pectoral Complications Noted From the Beginning. ST. PETERSBURgTnov. 28. While the attending physicians of the Czar until recently asserted that no complications had been observed In His Majesty's con dition, a physician in court circles de clared a few days ago that there had been pectoral complications rrom the be ginning, which, he added, explained the influenza diagnosis of the early stages of his slcknesb. He further asserted that the illness of the tzar was in the first in stance caused by the fact that he sat between an open window and an open door dictating, and that Baron Freder icks, the Ald-de-Camp-General and Minis ter of the Imperial Household, had been greatly blamed because he was present and did not remonstrate w,lth the Em peror. The Physicians' Bulletin. LTVADIA, Nov. 28. The following bul letin was issued today by $he Czar's phy sicians: "The Emperor passed a good day yes terday. He sler an hour and a half. In the evening his temperature was 98 2; pulse, 68. He slept fairly well last night. This morning His Majesty's condition and strength are satisfactory. His tempera ture this morning was 96.4; pulse, 68." On the Road to Recovery. LONDON, Nov. 29. Emperor Nicholas, according to a dispatch to the Times from St. Petersburg, is now considered on the way to speedy recovery. YERKES' LONDON DEAL. Contract Signed for Electrifying Charing Cross Road. NEW YORK, Nov. 23. The World says: Contracts were signed yesterday In London and ratified in Wall -street for the equipment of the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Underground Rail way with electricity, at a cost of about $20,000,000. Americans will furnish all the capital for the enterprise. The contract ing parties were Charles T. Yerkes, H. C. Davis, A. U. Houseman and others, of New York; J. J. Mitchell, of Chicago, and the firm of Price & Reeves, of West minster, England, electrical and general contractors. The contract provides for the excavation, as well as the electrical equipment, of the road and its various offshoots from Charing Cross to Hamp stead, a distance of about seven miles, including the contributory lines. This Is an advance for rapid transit in London, though there are two underground sys tems already In operation. The new road will probably be in operation before New York's underground road is completed. OFEICIAL RETURNS. Vote of Utah. SALT LAKE, Nov. 23. The official can vass of the vote of Utah shows that 92,038 votes were cast for the National ticket, of which McKlnley received 47,089, and Bryan 44,949; McKlnley's majority, 2140. Vote of Wisconsin. ,- MADISON, Wis., Nov. 2S.-The official vote of Wisconsin follows: Republican, 265,866; Democratic, 159.285; Prohibition, 10.124; Social Democrat, 7095; Socialist La bor, 624. Republican plurality, 106.581; Re publican loss from 1896, 2169; Democratic loss. 6238. Commissioner Wilson's Funeral WASHINGTON." Nov." 28. The funeral of the late George W. Wilson, Commis sioner of Internal Revenue, was heldTTat the Rlggs House here today. The serv ices were attended by Columbia Com mandery. No, 2. K. T a delegation of Templars afterward escorting the remains to the Pennsylvania depot. The funeral party started at 3 P. M. for Hamilton.).. i where the Interment willtake place. GAINED 48 PER CENT Washington's Increase in ' Population in Ten Years. 518.103 IN 1900 1 349.390 IN 1890 Kins County Leads Off With Census of 110,003 Count in Other Dl- ' visions of State. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. The popula tion of the State of Washington, as cfll cially announced, Is 618,103, as against 349, 390 in 1S0O. This is an Increase of 168,913; or 48.2 per cent. The population In ISSu was 75,116, showing an increase of 274,274 o Census Figures of Washington From 1850 to 1000. 1900. Adams 4,180 Asotin 3.3G6 Chehalls 15.124 Chelan 3,931 Clallam 5,603 Clark 13,419 Columbia 7.128 Cowlitz 7,877 Douglas 4,926 Ferry 4.562 Franklin 486 Garfield 3,418 Island .... 1,870 Jefferson 5,512 King 110,003 Kitsap 6.767 Kittitas 9.704 Klickitat 6,407 Lewis 15,157 Lincoln 11,969 Mison 3,810 O'ianogan 4.6S9 Pacific 5.9S3 Pierce 55,518 San Juan 2.928 Skagit 14,272 Skamania 1.6SS Snohomish 23,950 Spokane 67,452 Stevens 10.543 Thurston 9.927 Wahkiakum 2,819 Walla Walla 18,680 Whatcom 24,116 Whitman 25,360 Yakima 13,462 1S90. 2.093 15S0 9,249 '2.77i 11.709 6,709 6,917 3.161 "636 3.S97 1.787 S.36S 63.989 4.624 8.777 5,167 11.499 9 412 2.S261 1.167 4,358 50,940 2.072 8.747 774 8,514 37.487 4,341 3,675 2,526 12,224 18,591 19.109 4.429 Totals 513,103 349,390 ti9aeeootoaottitott(OBoitssetie or 365.1 per cent from 1880 to 1890. The population by counties follows: Adams 4,180 Lewis 15,lo7 Asotin 3,366 Uncoln 11,969 Chenalls i5.iZ4iuason s,mu Chelan 3,931 Okanogan 4.683 Clallam 5,603 Pacific 5.9S3 Clark 13,419 Pierce- ..., s.5lo Columbia 7128 San Juan 2.938 GowllU . 7.877 Skagit 14.272. Garfield S.41S Stevens 10.543 Island 1,870 Thurston 9,927 Jefferson 5,612 Wahkiakum .... 2,819 King 110,003 Walla Walla.... 18,680 Kitsap 6,767 Whatcom 24,116 Kittitas 9,704 Whitman 25,360 Klickitat 6,407 Yakima 13,462 Population of Idaho. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. The popula tion of Idaho by counties and minor civil divisions, as officially announced by the Census Bureau today, gives a total foi the state of 161,772, an Increase during the decade of 77,387, or 91.7 per cent. Part of the Increase is due to the total of 4163 per sons on Indian reservations, etc., not in cluded n the general population In the 1890 census. Of the 33 Incorporated places, only five have a population of over 2000, namely: Boise 5,957!Moscow 2,484 Pocatello 4,046 Wallace 2,265 Lewiston 2,425 'Other States and Territories. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. The popula tion of South Dakota Is 401,570, as against 328 808 in 1890; an Increase of 72,762, or 22.1 per cent. The population of the Indian reservations is: Cheyenne reservation, 2357, Rosebud reservation, 5201; Standing Rock reservation, 1658. The population of North Dakota is 319, 146, as against 182,719 in 1890; an Increase of 136,427, or 74.6 per cent. The population of Tennessee Is 2,020.093, as against 1,767,518 in 1890, an increase of 253,098, or 14 3 per cent. The population in 1880 was 1,542,359, showing an increase of 225459, or 14 5 per cent from 1880 to 1890. The population of New Mexico Is 195,210, as against 153,593 In 1890; an Increase of 41,717. or 27.1 per cent. The population of Oklahoma Is 398,245, as against 61,834 In 1890; an increase of 336,411, or 544 per cent. DOMESTIC ANIMALS. Result of the Enumeration of the Census Bureau. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. The Census Bureau today Issued a bulletin giving the results of the enumerating of the domes tic animals in lnclosures, but not on farms or ranges. Of 1,878,207 barns or ln closures reporting domestic animals, which was substantially one-third of the total number of farms in the United States, 784,560 contained 1.466,970 neat cat tie, L355.638 lnclosures reporting horses contained 2.833.877 horses, and the atrerre- gate of other animals reported as fol lows: Mules 162.115; asses, 12,870: sheep, 156,470; swine, 1.592.861; goats, 47,652. The number of different kinds of ani mals to an inclosure presents but little variation in the several divisions of the country. In general it Is smallest In states where there Is a large urban popu lation, and largest In states or territories in which there are no great cities. It is only LI in the cities containing over 50,000 inhabitants; 3.2 In cities containing be tween 25,000 and 50,000 Inhabitants, and 1.6 for the remainder of the United States. The number of neat cattle to the Inclosure is smallest In the North At lantic States being 1.6, and largest In the Southern Central States, where It is 2.5 per cent. The average of horses is lowest In the Northern and Central States, being 2.7 in both, and is largest in the North Atlantic division, where It is 7.0. The average of sheep, mainly report ed In connection with stockyards, ranges from 13.2 in the Western States to 31.9 in the North Central. Florida has the largest average, of swine, 8.3. Goats are more numerous in the South Central States, where the average is 3.9. The av erage Is 2.2 for the country. The number of different animals to an inclosure is smallest in the North Atlan tic States, where It is L3, and largest in the South Central, where it Is 1.7. In the North Atlantic and North Central States there Is very little variation in the average number of animals to a barn or inclosure. That amount varies from. 1.5 to 1.8, wth the exception o Illinois, In which the average is 3J. The higher average of Illinois is due to the pres- Jcnce in Chicago of stockyards, and in J Gowiiu 7.577 SKagu "",. i7S0rf n " iv iZl,J&- one night, and the next daj IDtraghoi-i.. 4,936. 5kainanlav....a,6S34heai on-Ramori: 1 (Ferry- 4,663 Snohomish 23,95oTheld responsible. The victory was a re- -rhi w6K notiw Amer, SP ?SSpokane.M 57.542 Uarkable one, though not Unexpected. hnd Jg VL chtne'a'Sr? Peoria of 'extensive feed yards. Of the Individual states, Florida reports the largest number of neat cattle to an la closure; this is 3.6. Louisiana comes next with 3.5, Mississippi and Indian Territory follow with 3.2, Arkansas 2.9, New Mexico and Colorado 2.8, Alabama 2.7, and Texas 2.5. Horses, mules and neat cattle. Includ ing dairy cows, are least numerous In the larger cities and more numerous in the smaller ones. Sheep and swine, how ever, show the reverse. The greater num ber is due to the large stockyards and packing-houses. For cities with over 100, 000 inhabitants, Kansas City and Mem phis report the largest average of horses and mules, Chicago of sheep, Indianapolis of swine, and New Orleans and Milwau kee of goats. SEEKS NO REWARD. Senator Hnnna Declines to Be a Can didate for President. CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 2S. A commit tee representing the M. A. Hanna Repub- 18S0. 1870. I860. 1850. "921 40i '2S5 Y.V.'.'. 638 40S "m '."'.'.'. 5.490 3,081 2.SS4 643 7.103 2.062 730 40G !!!. ' '.i'.Y. II!KV '.'.'.'.'.'. 1.087 626 294 '.'.'.'.'.'. 1,7L2 126S 531 6,910 2,120 302 1.73S 866 544 4.055 "329 230 "'.'.'.'. 2.C00 8SS 3S4 553 "639 "2Sa "l62 '.'.'.'.'.'. 1645 "7S8 420 '.'"'.'. 3,319 1,403 1,115 948 554 "809 "l33 173 '.'.'.'". 1,387 599 ... 4.262 996 1,215 734 ... 3,270 2,246 1,507 1,598 270 42 8,716 5.-30O L318 3,137 534 352 .-... 7,014 2,811 432 75,116 23,955 11,594 1,201 Hcan Club, of this city, which recently passed resolutions Indorsing Mr. Hanna ad a candidate for the Presidency In 1904, called upon the Senator today at his office to" present the same. President Gal lagher, of the club, who acted as spokes man, referred to Mr. Hanna as the Her cules of the Republican party. "IfMr, McKlnley had been defeated?" and the credit lay with the man who Is entitled to his reward." The reception accorded the committee by Senator Hanna was most cordial. In replying to his visitors, he laid stress upon his appreciation of the honor con ferred upon him, and said: "I believe In my heart that I have only done my duty to the country to my peo ple. I seek no public office and I seek no reward. Although I deeply appreciate the feeling expressed by my neighbors and friends It canont be the crowning act of my life to sit in the Presidential chair. I am growing old, and expect to retire after my Senatorial term expires. Your kindness and consideration in what you deem to be the proper course deeply touches me. but my candidacy for the presidency is absolutely out of the ques tion, and is not even to be thought of." THE CUP DEFENDER. Keel "Will Not Be Laid for a Month Yet. BRISTOL, R. I., Nov. 28. Information as to the new cup defender's hull was given today at the Herreshoff shops. The keel will not be laid for some weeks to come. The date will conform to the completion of the stiffening process of the hull of the "ZO-footer Rainbow In the south shop. There Is yet so much work to be finished on this big sloop that It will take about four weeks to put her In shape for launching. By that time, the keel for the new defender will he ready on the floor of the shop. The run ning of the lead keel will come two days later, or- on or about December 27. The working plans for the new craft are being printed. -While there is some evidence to In dicate that the new defender will carry a larger amount of canvas than the Co lumbia, It is believed that the area of the sails now being made will not be much greater. Another important pro Jest is the adoption of all steel spars with the exception of the bowsprit and spin naker pole. The introduction of a steel topmast would be a novel feature, es pecially if that spar Is to be of the tele, scoping variety. The oak frames for the keel mold were shaped out three weeks ago, but are not yet quite finished. The plan for the keel mould indicates a shorter and deeper keel than is on the j Columbia, and for it an order of 95 tons of lead has been placed In New York. Building of the Shnntroclc GLASGOW, Nov. 28. Though George L. Watison, the designer of Sir Thomas Lip ton's new challenger for the America's cup, admits that the lines of the Sham rock II are quite settled upon, and that the building of the yacht Is In progress, he will not tell in which Cflyde yard she is being constructed. He said he had a lesson with the Valkyrie. Every precau tion, he added, was taken then, but the American reporters gained admission to the yard and published particulars about her. He declined to give an opinion as to whether these details guided the Herreshoffs. But, h said, he was taking care to prevent any facts leaking out this time. Bryan's Consolation. LINCOLN. Neb., Nov. 23. In answer to a congratulatory address presented by the Bryan Home Guards some days ago, Mr. Bryan today sent a letter to H. F. Rookey, thanking him for the expres sions of esteem, and concluding as fol lows: "Whea a political party meets with re verses, the greatest consolation the can didate, has, aside from the approval of conscience, is the knowledge that he re tains the confidence of those with whom he was associated, and I thank the guards for this assurance. The contest between Democracy and plutocracy will go on. and those who believe In the Dec laration of Independence and the doc trine of equality before the law must still defend human rights from the en croachment of greed." TO SAVE POLTALLOCH Effort Will Be Made at Once to Float Stranded Bark. IMPOSSIBLE TO TAKE SHIP TO SEA Vessel Is About 2000 Feet Distant From Deep 'Water at Entrance of WHIapa Harbor. ASTORIA. Or., Nov. 23. Captain Young, of the stranded bark Poltallooh, arrived here this evening on the tug Astoria, and will leave early tomorrow morning with an anchor and cable to make preparations for floating the ves sel. She Is resting easy on the sands about 2000 feet from the channel, Inside the entrance of Wllllpa Harbor and is nearer to It than to deep- water at sea. The beach there runs In ridges, and tho vessel is over the outer one. rendering it impossible to take her to sea, but she is to a certain extent protected from the force of a storm. The anchor will be placed as near the Inside channel as possible with the. steel cable leading .to the vessel, and she will be kedged to It with the assistance of tugs during the high tides of next week. Captain Young feels confident the vessel can be saved, but further than that"Will make no statement regarding the wreck at present. In No Danger Unless Gale Comes Up. SOUTH BEND. Wash., Nor. 2S.-The stranded bark Poltalloch during the night drifted farther In shore and Is now on the main beach but resting easily In a ba sin foraed between two sand bars. Cap tain Young has wired to Astoria for 300 fathoms of wire cable and another tug and he has some hopes of yet pull ing her off. She will have to be pulled Into the bay a distance of half a mile as she now lies. She has taken in no water as yet and is in no danger of de struction unless a gale springs up. All of the crew have been taken off. The greatest difficulty will be to get a haw ser to her. SAVED BY YAQUIS. Narrorr Escape of Imprisoned Amer icans in Mexico. PHOENIX. Ariz.,Nov. 23. A private message received here this morning by Pedro Garcia from Tora, a small settle ment south of Guaymas, Mex, says that two weeks ago five Americans wera Im prisoned there, and escaped summary ex ecution through the Intervention of Ya quls Indians. A gang of Mexicans and Yaquls and five Americans were at work on a dredge Much ill feeling existed be tween the Americans and the Mexicans. An American named Welis and a Mexi can -named Ramon, foreman of the srantr. fought one night, and the next day a un- American had charge of the machine, and were ar rested at once, charged with planning his death. They were thrust Into jail, and the Mexicans, while drunk, decided to shoot Wells and the other Americans. The Yaquls, whom Wells had befriended, heard of the plan, and sent word If the Americans were molested, tney would at tack the Mexicans. The Indians sur rounded the jail and guarded it all night. The Mexicans finally agreed to release the Americans on the condition that they would go away. ISLE OF PINES. Cubans Object to Giving It Up to the United States. HAVANA, Nov. 23 With reference to the suggestion that the United States will claim the Isle of Pines, the Discussion says: "It Is either a canard or a feeler. If the latter, then It Is unworthy of the United States. To attempt such a rapa cious robbery .would be brutal aggression. If .Cuba Is to be free, so ought the Islo of Pines to be. Cuba should be regarded as a whole. The Isle of Pines has always been considered a part of Cuba, and has been under the government of the Prov ince of Havana. The people there were allowed to vote at the election and the Spaniards there had the privilege of in scribing In connection with the declara tion or nationality." SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS. Philippines. A typhoon swept Guam, killing hundreds of natives. Page 1. The cruiser Tosemite was wrecked at Guam, Pagel. The Taf t Commission passed a banking law for Manila. Page 1. China. Germany's demands are modified. Pace 2. The powers are debating' on tho wisdom of sending an ultimatum to China. Page 3. The Dowager Empress Is trying to Induce tho Emperor to return to Pekln. Page 2. Forelsn. Krnger has nothing to hope for from, Prance. Page 2. The beet-sugar conference will reassemhls at Brussels. Page 2. Tbo German Ambassador at Paris resigns. Federal Government. Washington's population In 1900 Is-018,103. Page 1. . Other census figures are announced. Page 1. Senator Frye believes the ship bill will pass this or next session. Page 3. Contracts for 11 armored ships will soon be awarded. Page 3. Domestic. Many tributes were paid to the. memory of Senator Davis. Page 2. Game wardens joined Indians In killing game in Colorado. Page- 3. Rear-Admlral McNair Is dead. Page 3. . Pacific Coast. Three men were seriously Injured by an ex plosion in the Ashland mine. Page 4. Laborer on bridge near Grant's Pass was in stantly killed in collapse of the structure. Page 4. Recommendations for membership of Oregbn'S text-book commission. Page 4. Brief review of mines In the Sparta district. In Eastern Oregon. Page 4. Commercial and Marine-. Clese of the Phillips corn deal la Chicago. Page 11. Continued dullness In the wheat markets. Page 11. Some steadiness in the Eastern wool market. Page-11. Two grain cargoes cleared yesterday. Pags B.. Fraser salmori ships. Pago 5. Effort will be made to float the Poltallooh, Page 1. Local. Mrs. Park Brandt committed suicide by tak ing carbolle aold. Page 8. Several new street-car lines will be built on the East Side. Page 8. Assessment tetals for Multnomah County show an increase of tl,19i12. Page & ti: