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. - TJ ' P 'ffiwmmjjjk v x mmm f VOL. XLL 2JO. 12,603. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 4 1901.. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ; "GARDEN HOSE" v GOLD SEAL - BADGER CONQUEROR INDIAN ELK "GARDEN HOSE" TURTLE' PIONEER ANVIL OBELISK NEPTUNE CITY LAID IN ASHES WHKff PURCHASING BE SURE TOU SECURE ONE OP THESE BRANDS. iOODYEAR RUBBER COMPANY i3-75 FIRST ST. FORTLAND, OR. R, H. PEASE. President. F. H. SHEPARD. JR.. Treastxrtr. J ,A SHU'Ann Sncrotarr. BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO. MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES Wholesale and RetaH WASHING BOXES, POTABLE BACKGROUNDS AND CARRIERS AGENTS COLLIN EAR LENSES, COLLINS MOUNTS 144-148 FOUfcTH ST., Near MorrUen. PORTLAND OREGON Hundreds of Buildings at Jacksonville, Fla., Burned, 10,000 PERSONS ARE HOMELESS The Loss Is Estimated at Fifteen i Million Dollars Several Iilves Reported Lost Fine Hotels Destroyed. J SHA.W3 haw's Pure Malt America's ORIGINAL Malt WHISKY Without a Rival Today BlUmaiier & HOCh, 108 and HO fourth Street Sol Distributers for Orcgoa Don't Buy a Broiler..., But when you buy a steel range, get a "Van' which has a BROILING ATTACHMENT (distinctly its own), on which you can broil meats or fish,.or make toast without having them filled with the gases of the fuel when done. w. g. Mcpherson, 47 First st. Heating ana Ventilating Engineer. HOTEL PERKINS fifth nd Washinfiton Sts. . PORTLAND. OREGON EUROPEAN PUN JFiret-CtsM CheeSe Restanrant Connected With Hotel. Rooms-Single Be to-SLGO per day Uooms Double $1.00 to teOOper day Booms FamUy.i.:...:.Jl.K) to 53.00 per day J.f.OAVIES,PTcj. C T. BELCHEfc-Se. rt Tr5. .,. i ? t & ' rte&Bjitol ar! CO. ONCJORPCRA.TED). i-tfip Vfiyfr. H? r - FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS' PORTLAND, OREGON 'American ind European Plan. American plan ........ tl.25, 1.80. S1.TB European plan COe, 75c. $1.00 e e DO YOU NEED A HARNESS? Our Harness Department is the most complete on the Pacific Coast. We can furnish you, anything you require, from the cheapest Buggy Harness to the finest Coach and Four-in-Hand Harness, in all the up-to-date mountings. Visitors Always Welcome. TUDEBAKER, CARRIAGES WAGONS. HARNESS ROBES AND WHIPS 320-338 EAST MORRISON ST. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 4, 1 A. M. The most disastrous Are in the history of this city began yesterday shortly after noon in a smal factory, started by a de fective wire, according: to the best be lief, and burned for nearly 10 hours. In that time a property loss estimated at from $10,000000 to $15,000,000 was caused. According- to the city map, 130 blocks were burned, many of them in the heart of the business and residence section. The estimate of houses to the block is 10, hence 1300 of them went up In smoke. Many of the finest public and private buildings were destroyed, Including hotels, theaters, churches and residences. The casualties cannot be accurately esti mated tonight. That there were several seems to be well authenticated. Among them was that of the Fire Chief, who sustained a bad fall. W. W. Cleveland, In whose premises the Are originated and who was one of the heaviest losers, dropped dead from ex citement. A stalwart negro bringing a trunk on his head from a burning build ing went crazy from the horror of the situation. He ran around a circle with the trunk on his head until he sank ex hausted and died. At midnight the mili tary was ordered out to guard the house hold goods piled high in vacant lots. The Mayor ordered all saloons closed, and has Impressed help to clear the wreckage. The Mayor at a late hour stated that he estimated the loss at $16,- 000,000, and that 10,000 to 15,000 people were homeless. ) " Along the entire length of Beaver street, from Davis street to the creek on Lib erty street, all buildings have been de stroyed. This Is 14 solid blocks of resi dences. For the same distance Ashley and Church streets have been completely blotted out When the fire reached Bridge street in its eastward course it envel oped in flames an area three blocks wide, taking in Duval, Monroe and the north side of Adams treet, burning that entire section of the city, and running 14 blocks to the Duval-street bridge. The conflagration, which broke out at 12:45 o'clock this afternoon, has covered, as far as Is definitely known, a -distance of two and a half miles by half a mile wide. When the lire reached Julia street it, wa.s a Toaring conflagration, and there was-nfr orosnect of It belnsr nut- undfer controf. The local military companies werecalled lauttos Is thought likely that the exigencies of the occasion will demand such action. It is hoped that an .appeal can be avoided. A partial estimate of the losses is as follows: Cleveland Manufacturing Co $ 25,000 Commercial Bank 50,000 First National Bank 15,000 Hubbard's block - 50,000 Industrial Savings & Trust Co 6,000 "Windsor Hotel and annex 35,000 St. James Hotel 40,000 Hotel Placide 15,000 Mohawk, block 50,000 Gardner block 200,000 Furchgott building 75,000 Seminole Club : 15,000 Elks' Club '. 35.000 Opera-House 10.000 Herkimer block .. 25,000 Palmetto block f.'. 25.000 H. & B. W. Drew .. 15,000 Hotel Richelieu , ..... 5,000 Ely block .-. t 18,000 Gllkes building ......s 25,000 Nederman block j 30,000 United States Hotel 25,000 Albemarle House 5,000 Christie, Grover & Co 100,000 McMurray Xiiery Stables 50,000 New York Steam Laundry 18,000 B. D. Knight & Co....r 20,000 S. H. Kress & Co 10,000 A. B. Campbell &Co., , 50,000 Heffley Bros., drugs........: 10,000 Catala "Piano Co 50.000 Auditorium and Skating Rink 30,000 C. C. Beets, drugs 18,000 Law Exchange ... 15,000 Police Station (rented) 8.000 Greenleaf & Crosby -IdO.OOO Merchants' National Bank 10,000 Florida Hardware Co 5,000 East Florida Printing Co 20,000 Rltzwoller Shoft Co 8.000 Belvldere saloon .' 2o,000 St John Hotel 5,000 Smith building . 28,000 Barton block 8,000 St. Mary's Orphanage 30,000 Church of the Immaculate Concep- - tlon, parsonage and St. Joseph Convent 110,000 Cookman Institute (colored school) 10,000 First Baptist Church 10,000 St. John's Episcopal Church 50,000 McLyre Memorial Church (Method ist) 35,000 W. S. "Ware's residence 10,000 Senator Taliaferro's home 10,000 J. B. parrott's residence 3o,coo Mr. Pollack's residence 15,000 Colonel H. Bisbee's residence 10,000 Judge W. B. Owen's, residence 8,000 ORIGIN OP THtJ FIRE. IN LONE STAR STATE Trip of President McKinley and Party ThrougfrTexas, THE RECEPTION AT HOUSTON Address to Negro Students of a Nor mal School Austin Decorated and Illuminated Stop at ' San Antonio Today. AUSTIN, Texas. May 3 Out of Dixie. the Presidential party today traveled Into the heart of the great Southwest. After leaving New Orleans yesterday, beautiful Bayou Teche, the home of the Acadlans received the President and Mrs. McKin ley. This function was one of the most charming yet experienced on the trip. Then followed a drive through the city to the State Unlverslsy. where the stu dents, citizens and school children greeted the President. Later Mr. and Mrs. McKinley, with the ladles of the Cabinet, dined Informally at the Governor's Mansion, and at 1030 o'clock tonight left for San Antonio, famous for its Alamo and its Spanish missions, where tomorrow will be spent. The train Is due to arrive at San Antonio atl:15 A. M., where It will remain on a side track until the rising hour. RECEPTION AT HOUSTON. Prealdeent Addressed Negro Stu 1 dents at Prairie "View. HOUSTON, Tex., May 3. The Presi dential special was skimming over the flat, broad plains of Texas when the Pres ident and his party awoke this morn ing Houston was reached at 8:15 and the party was welcomed by Governor Sayres, who had come from the State Capitol at Austin for that purpose. The arrival of the train was heralded with a salute of a volley from a battery on the bank of the Buffalo Bajou. All business had been suspended in Houston and the surrounding country seemed to have emptied itself Into the city. An TOO MANY SOLDIERS Strength of the Army in Phil ippines Will Be Reduced. THBEE REGIMENTS TO RETURN LEADING ACTORS IN THE PRUSSIAN CABINET CRISIS. eas9ssoceecfoe8ecflse9tet FAR1NSWORTH-HERALD CO. 248 Washington St ..WHY.. 248 Washington St. Buy a recdy-made suit when we can sell ysu a good Tailor Made Suit for one-half Its actual value? We have hundreds to choose from. Call and examine our Suits, which sell fr.m $9.95 .pj worth $25 to $50 a Suit. FARNSWORTH-HERALD CO. - '- 248 Washington. C. W. M'Cfsln J. W. Biggs M'CLAIIN & BIGGS .Dealers In.. HORSES AND MULES Will Sell 1,B0O Horses and Males on May 20-21-22, 1801, at Public Auction and Private Sale. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO FILLING ORDERS AT ALL TIMES. BURNS. OREGON, "HE THAT WORKS EASILY WORKS SUCCESSFULLY" 'TIS VERY EASY TO CLEAN HOUSE WITH SAPOLIO The Best Method The best war to play a piano is the simplest way, and that la by th aid of a Pianola. Tears of unremitting' work on a piano keyboard advances you merely to the point where you find the owner of a Pianola. "Why waste all this time? M, JB. WELLS, Northwest Ajcnt for the Aeollaa Company 5 Aeolian Hall, 353355 Washington SlrocC cor. Park the fire from spreading. So fleece "was the maze, nowever, ana so strong naa become the wind that millions, of sparks and fly ing' burning shingles spread 'over five or six blocks, setting the roofs of the houses on fire in advance of the department Soon Senator Taliaferro's residence, then the adjoining houses on that block were ablaze, and, lnsplte of all efforts to save the Windsor and St. James Hotels, both were quickly enveloped in flames For quite an hour the guests in the Windsor had been busy packing their trunks, and many of them had gone away loaded with trunks and grips, some unfortunate ly to the United States Hotel, but most of them to the Riverside. Leaping across the street from the Wind sor, the flames attacked the Sellls House and then the Methodist parsonage, and in a few moments the Trinity Meth odist Church was a mass of flames. The Opera-House block followed, and the Rich ards and Livingstone boarding-houses. A desperate effort was made to save the Baldwin mansion which was recently purchased by the Elks for $18,000 No earthly power could save this building, and that entire block and the one west were quickly a mass of flames. Once the Are got started on Main street, the closely adjoining buildings went, one after another. Paint shops with barrels of oil were plentiful in this district, and as they caught fire one after the other, the blaze, rising hundreds of feet high, quickly set the buildings across the street on fire. When the Hubbard hardware store be gan to burn, the people scattered when they saw what had happened. Hundreds of pounds of powder and a ereat deal of dynamite were stored in this building. In 10 minutes there was a roar, and the building collapsed like an egg shell. The dynamite and powder had exploded Here again was much danger for the firemen. Cartridges began to explode and bullets began to fly around and the effort to flght the flames at this point had for a time to be abandoned. This was only the start of the most in tense part of 'the Are. The new Furch gott building was soon ablaze, and then quickly the Gardiner building was also a mass of flames. Down the street the Are spread with great rapidity, and the en tire section of Bay street from Market to Main and extending for Ave blocks, was burning all at once. The city buildings went, the Are depart ment building, tne armory, the County Courthouse, the Clerk's oflice, containing the county records, the Criminal Court house, the County Jail and the graded school and then the Catholic Church and Orphanage, St. John's Episcopal Church and the convent All this destruction was wrought in less than four hours. Among the prominent hotels burned were the Str James, the United States, the Placide and the Windsor. At this hour the situation is one ap proaching desolation in a large section of the city. The burned district reaches from Burbridge street, on the north, to tne at. John's River on the south, a dis tance of notquite two miles. The width of the desolated area is 13 blocks. Within this space practically' everything is black ened ruins. On Bay street the principal mart of trade going west, the Western Union Telegraph Company's building Is tne first building standing. Everything east of Laura and Bay Is gone. At 10:15 o'clock the Are wasunder con trol, having practically burned itself out The suburban-settlements, with the ex ception of La Villa, are Intact ""La iVilla was badly hurt The extent of the dam age cannot be told until tomorrow. Thou sandsof persons are on the streets, home less, with practically all their worldly possessions upon their backs. The depots of the Tailroads situated in the southeast ern section have been turned into tem porary lodging-houses and hospitals. Luckily, the weather is Ane, so that there will be no suffering on that score. Meetings of the City Council, the com mercial bodies and the charitable institu tions will be called this (Saturday) .morn ing o devise ways and means for meeting the situation. It is not yet known If an appeal lor help will be issued, though It Another Account of the Burning of Jacksonville. JACKSONVILLE, via YuIeerFla., May 3 The following story Is from a special correspondent who loft. Jacksonville in the evening at a tJmeswlien the excite ment was at Its heights Fifteen million dollars' -worth of prop erty gone up in smoke and 10,000 people made homeless is the result of a bit of wire accidentally getting into the shred ding machine of the American Fiber Company today at the corner of Davis and Union streets. The Are started be tween the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock in the afternoon and owing to this fact the loss of life will be comparatively small. The Abre factory was a wooden shell, full of inflammable material and in a few mpments it was a mass of Aames. The wind, which was already blowing strong from the southwest, seemed to be possessed with a sudden fury and soon was carrying destructive embers all through the city, the fairest portion of which lay right in the course of the wind. Some delay was experienced in, sounding an alarm and he engine at the" water works suffered a inishan and noth-. inarnaore iban. JordinarTiressCire couldfe uTtl"-"c "- i''rvf,,Tilv,i,s-4HBltl,w' llshraent belonging to W. -W. Cleve land & Son, TVho -were aleot proprietors, of ihe Abre faptory. It leaped across Davis street and took a cdttfse, right through a section on which block after block, of frame buildings, mostly occupied, by negroes, had been erected. Here is where -the Are department lost control, as simultaneously in half a dozen places, some of them six blocks from the main Are, roofs were seen to burst out in flames. The wind, rising higher and higher, set on Are whole rows of buildings and ' attracted at Arsfr a crowd of curious' sightseers who seemed to be fascinated by the sight until they, learned that their residences too were In danger of total destruction. It took just' four hours for that resistless mass of Aames to consume every bulldlhg in its wake for a space of six to eight blocks' wide from Davis street, near where it started, to the Hogan-Street viaduct, a distance of over one and a half miles, and then, not satisfied with eating out, the , heart of the residential portlSn or the city, it doubled back and came .roar ing up the principal- thoroughfare of! trade, destroying everything in what was the original incorporation of Jackson ville. From the humble homes of the poor to the elegant residences of the well-to- do was but a short Journey for the Aames. After passing Bridge street the Arst house to succumb was that of ex Councilman Stanzell Then it seemed that wherever there, happened to be a shingle roof the Aylng embers found lodgement. Blocks away from the main Are other Ares would break out. Right into the heart of the town the Aames swept. The Windsor and the St. James, both Ane Winter hotels, were consumed in an incredibly short time, The Opera House suffered, and then tow upon row of elegant residences went up. As the viaduct leading over the marshes of Hogan's Creek to .East Jacksonville wasi reached, it was plain that the limit of the progress of the Aames -westward had come. The hope of the people grew strong that the worst was over, but as far as the money value of the damage was concerned the worst was yet to come. Just as the material ifor the Aames was apparently consumed, a shift in the wind sent a roaring sea of Aames south ward toward the river. Then it was be ginning to dawn upon the minds of the unfortunates who had sought refuge at the rirer side, that they, were in danger of being cut off and being suffocated. A rush was made for the South Jackson ville ferry and hundreds were carried over to the other side. Then came the most thrilling scene of the entire day. The Aames caught the freight warehouses on the Atlantic, Val dosta & Western Railroad and began from there on their march backward In the teeth of the wind. Slowly but sure ly the Are ate its way against the wind, taking either side of Bay street until it reached Jones' boat-yarcT. The whole sale grocery store of the F. & H. Dowl- ing Company, the store 'bf Muller & Co., and dozens of smaller concerns were slowly wiped up. While the Aames failed to cross the open space known as Jones' boat-yard, a new danger threat ened. The Aames swept down in the rear of the United States Hotel and that, with the Law Exchange, was doomed. Meantime, the County Court-house caught Are and another splendid edifice was soon a total wreck. From the United States Hotel the flames again Jumped across the street and the work of destruction con tinued, only to be checked when the last building near McCoy and Hogan's Creek" had been destroyed. I - Dr. .von Mlqnel, Prnmiian Minister of Finance. Count von BuIotv, Inipcrlnl cell or. Chan- and the waving rice fields of Western Louisiana were passed during the night and the new oil helds of Texas whirled by just at the peep of day, just too earjy to be seen by the President. When the party arosr this morning the train was already fljing over the plains of 'Texas which stretched away to the horizon In every direction, as level as a floor. Until 4.30 this afternoon when Austin was reached, the train passed in succes- , Tjphbs at Mexico City. WASHINGTON; May 3 ConsuUGeneral Barlow, at the City of Mexico, has tele graphed the State Department expressing the opinion that there is no reason for quarantining against that city on account of typhus fever. He reports that for the week ending May L there were4 63 deaths there from that disease, and about the. same number for each of the two weeks preceding. flrstgjimpsojof Iong-norned- Texas catlle aftd picturesque.cowboys on range b,orses Thq President's reception In the Lr6ne Star SJate was., a continuation of the ayaflbne lie has received throughout the South. Eyery hpnpr was shown him and his party and there was much enthusi asm. Governor Sayers and other-'promlnent state officials met the President at Houston, the flrst stopping place Inside the state, and accompanied him as far as Austin, the capital. There, were some interesting, features at the reception at Houston, and a picturesque scene at Prairie View, where the President ad dressed, the colored students of the State Normal School on a stand erected on the open prairie at the side of the track. He advised the colored people to learn to do one thing well. Minute stops were also made at Hempstead, where the President shook hands with a number of people; at Brenham, the home of Colonel Geddlngs, one of the President's old col leagues in the House, of Representatives, and at Elgin, atveach of which pjaces he spoke a few words. At every elation along the route ,thqre;were cheering crowds. The feature of ,the day was the reception accorded to the .party at Austin, which, like New Orleans, had neyer before had the honor of entertaining the chief mag istrate of the Nation. The city was pro fusely decorated and In the evening there was a brilliant illumination of Congress avenue. Austin never before held such crowds of people. They came from every direction, some hundreds of miles and literally swamped the hotel accommodations of the city. It, was estimated that over 20,000 visitors were here. As the population of Austin is only 23,000, the tax upon its facilities can be imagined. 'A 'procession headed by a Ane military band and consisting of ,15 companies of Siate Militia and the Confederate Veter ans' 4nd Grand Army of the Republic -organizations, marching side by side, escorted the party to the east portico of the magnificent capltof building, where the President addressed a sea of enthusiastic people. He said: ''My fellow-citizens: No more cordial or generous welcome has greeted me In my journey from the capital of the Na tion than that which now greets me at the capital of Texas. I am glad to be in this city, named In honor of the dIo neer of American colonization in Texas, located in the County of Travis, called in honor of him -tyho fell at the Alamo, whence came no message of defeat. "Texas is no longer a battlefield of contending armies. The weapons used are no longer those of war; they have long since given way to the implements of peace and husbandry, employed in the development of rich resources in which this commonwealth abounds. She has a historic past, a noble past Her states men are among the noblest, ablest; her soldiers are among the bravest She has before her a mighty future. Her battle to be waged hereafter are for trade and commerce and education and material development. vHer possibilities are too vast to admit of prophecy. God has .giv en her everything for the comfort and happiness of man and for the employment and use of his highest and best faculties. "Today it was my pleasure, in the City of Houston, to experience one of the pleasantest Incidents of my long Jour ney. Given into my hands by the widow of the last President of the Republic of Texas was the flag of the Republic. It seemed appropriate that it should have been given in the city Rearing the name of 'the soldier, statesman and hero, Gen eral Sam Houston, the flrst President of the republic. "We live in a wonderful era and our trusteeship is a large and sacred one. We must not be unfaithful to our high mission or falter before Its high respon sibilities, nor must we permit pride or might or power $o taint our motives and lead us from the plain paths of duty or divert us from the sacred principles of liberty."" ' " There Wasa delightful reception in the Sachem, wheeAtheii belles of Austin, I noted all oygfTsas for their beauty. elaborate programme was crowded into less than two hours. The Houston Light Guard, which acted as guard of honor for Jefferson Davis on his vllt here in 1ST5, and a company of cowboy rangers escorted the party In carriages through the decorated city. For, several blocks the parade moved between lines of school children, who waved flags and strewed the President's path with flowers. Before a big and enthusiastic Eton, through the cotton belt of Texas. audience at, the Auditorium, Mr. McKIn the rich aerieultural retrion bevond the Ley was formalfv welcomed bv the Gav- Braz.oa RlverSknawn as the "Black ernor, and made a happy speech. The Prairie," muchijwpded country and fine President said: f , fl&sgt&2 "h Sve expression, to me appreciation wmcu, x nave tor tne magnificent welcome -you have accorded me in" this jCity. my first stop in the State j of Texas. Nothing could be more grati fying to me than to receive from my old friend and colleague of the National House of Representatives, your present Governor, Texas' welcome to the Presi dent of the United States. I am not an old man, but remember many of the old statesmen of Texas, dome of them no longer among us some of whom I served with many years ago In the National House. Strong men they were, great rep resentatives of a great people they were, always looking after the Interests and welfare of this great commonwealth and of this country. I hesitated to call this an empire, and I was glad the Governor set the example and gave you your true disegnatlon. We are sensitive a little on ithe subject of empire nowadays, but it there is an empire state in. the Union, it is the State of Texas. But is 13 an empire, like all the other- empires of this great Republic, ( under; the dominion of the sovereign people. "As X have Journeyed' through the South, I have been more and more im pressed with the fact that the South was contributing quite" its" full share In the economic and Industrial development that has been going on in our country for the past ten years, and which has given to us the proud rank of flrst among the manufacturing nations of the world. (Ap plause). Ten years a0 you had 1,200,000 spindles in the South: today you have over 5,000,000. Your coal, your iron, your forests are lending their wealth to the gain of your people (voice "AnA our, oil") and your oil. And you will And every thing will go smoother if this oil is oily lasting and permanent" "But, my fellow-citizens, I am not here to make a speech only to receive your greetings and reciprocate the sentiments of this great people, a part of this noble Union. We are not only a union of handSi but we area union of hearts that none can ever sever. I bring you the good will of the Nation of which you form so large a part. I salute you with warm congratulations, the state which will have sixteen representatives In Con gress. It Is the sixth state in popula tion. I thank you for this cordial greet ing and realizing that you will be glad to meet the gentlemen who are associated with me in the public administration, I take pleasure in presenting to you the Secretary of State, Mr. Hay." At the conclusion of the speeches a touching Incident occurred. A feeble old lady came forward and presented Mr. Mc Kinley with a small silk flag of the Lone Star state. She was the widow of Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas. The wood of the staff was from the old Capitol building at Colum- Dla. While at Houston the President shook hands with an old Army comrade, J. U Fellows, who was a sergeant in the Third Ohio, when the President was a private in the Sams' regiment Mr. Fellows was exceedingly proud of the fact that he had at one time outranked the Chief Magis trate. At Prairie View, some miles bevond Houston, where the State Normal and Industrial School (colored) Is located, a stop was made to permit the President to receive the greetings of the students and directors. The exercises took place at a cross road on the open prairie. Th school buildings were discernible on the nonzon. mousanas or western range horses and every kind of nondescript ve hicle which had been used to bring the people, formed a novel picture. The Presi dent made an earnest speech, addressing himself entirely to the colored students. He said: "I thank you for your hearty welcome. I have visited a number of the Institu tions of learning provided for your race, notably that great institution at Tuske gee, in Alabama; another in Savannah; another recently In New Orleans; and ir has given me great satisfaction to ob serve the advancement of your race since the immortal proclamation of liberty wa3 made. The opportunity for learning is a great privilege. The possession of learn- Root Is aiaklner Arrangement ta Transfer Enlisted "Men Front the Infantry and Cavalry ta the Arltllery- WASHINGTON. May 3.-It Is expected that within a day or two a programme will be completed at the War Department for a substantial reduction of the present strength of the United. States Army in the Philippines. The regular troops' now there who have seen the most service are the Fourteenth, Eighteenth and Twenty-third Infantry, and one battalion df the Third Artillery. They went to Manila la 1S93 In the flrst expedition under Gen eral Anderson, and if the announced pol icy of the department, heretofore lived up to, is continued, these will be the flrst organizations returned to the United States. Some of these troops will bo pleased with some of the levies Just raised In this country. It has not yet been de termined how large a reduction wiU be made. The department Is already making ar rangements, to transfer a large number of enlisted men from one department to an other in order to secure a balance of pro portions recommended In the reorganiza tion, bill. Enlistments are being made In satisfactory number, and soon will bring the Army up to the maximum of 76,000 men. At present, the Infantry and cav alry, under the schedule recently approved by Secretary Root, are practically com plete, or would ba if the excess of men In the different regiments were trans ferred to other regiments in process of formation. The artillery is still short and the transfer contempltes taking men of experience in the infantry and cavalry arms and assigning them to the artillery. If they should prefer that service. If not new enlistments will have to be made for the artillery to Increase that branch to the minimum of 13,000 'men. Army Changes. WASHINGTON. May 3. The changes- In the office of Chief of Engineers, conse quent upon the voluntary retirement of John Wilson, were comrlete today, when George L. Gillespie received hla commis sion es Chief of TSnglneers and entered regularly upon the discharge of the du ties of that office. Colonel Wallace Ran dolph. Chief of Artillery, began his new duties at the War Department today. .- . -"Auditor fair Cnbati WASHINGTON May 3. Secretary Gage today recommended to the War Depart ment the appointment of Jared D. Terrell, of Michigan, as Auditqr for Cuba, at J3CC0 a year. The salary is paid out of the Cuban revenues. Mr. Terrell Is chief law clerk in the office of the Controller of the Treasury. Cromwell Succeeds Schley. WASHINGTON. May 3. Rear-Admiral Cromwell has informed the Navy Depart ment, in a telegram from "Montevideo, that he assumed command of the South Atlan tic Squadron today, succeeding Rear-Admiral Schley, relieved The latter wIIL proceed to the United States. (Concluded on Second Page.) SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS. Philippines. The strength of the Army in the Islands ' will be reduced. Page 1. City officials at TJanlla will be appointed, not elected. Page 2. Manila's population is 244,132. Page 2. Rinderpest has reduced Masbate to pov- erty. Page 2. Foreign. Von Miquel, the Prussian Minister of Fi nance, resigned. Page 2. T. P. O'Connor opened a debate on the Irish question in the House of Com mons. Page 2. British coal miners may not strike. Page 2. Russia suggests a conjoint government guarantee to China to enable her to pay the indemnities. Page 2. Domestic. Jacksonville, Fla., was nearly d3troyed by fire. Page L The President visited Houston and Aus tin, Tex. Page I. Sharkey knocked out Russell in the fourth round at Denver. Page 3. A rate war in the East is threatened. Page 3. Pacific Coast. Oregon Land Board finds It almost Impos sible to define mode of procedure un der new arid land act Page 4. Charles Houghton, of Portland, was ar rested In Seattle on a charge of assist ing to sandbag a man. Page 4. Final pavment Is to be- made on 560,000 bond on Eastern Oregon mine, and the, same capitalists will pay $20,000 on ad joining property. Page 4. Washington Labor Commissioner will offi cially inspect the Caacade tunnel, the scene lately of several fatalities. Page 4. Commercial. Portland market quotations. Page U. Domestic and foreign commercial news and quotations. Page 11. Phillips manipulated a panic in. the Chi cago corn pit Page 2. Recent heavy speculation in Wall street resulted in violet reaction, jfage ix, 31nrlne. German ship Mabel Rfckmers chartered for September loading. Page o Further particulars of the Leyland steam ship deal. Page 5. Victoria sealers returning. Page 5. Reinsurance on overdue ships advancing. Page 5. San Francisco steamship men organize. Page 5. Portland and Vicinity. City Attorney Long going to Washington, to ask United States Supreme Court for an early decision in street assessment case. Page 8. Cronln Company concedes thd demand oC the striking leather-workers. Page 8". Drydock committee of Chamber of Com merce recommends that the drydock be built north of the bridges. Page 8. Site donated for a foundry at Sellwoodr Page 7. Proposal to have National convention off American Federation of Labor held in Portland in 1905. Page 7. Firmer feellnc In Portland real estata than at any time since 1S92. Page 10. Fielding L. Polndexter, Second Oregon Volunteer, appointed Second Lieuten ant In the regular Army. Page 8. County School Superintendent Robinson suggests reorganization of school dis tricts. Page 8. Guests at Presbyterian reunion pledga ?11,701 for church work. Page 8. - - r ' & 9 t, f a