Morning Oregonian., July 06, 1901, Page 5, Image 5

THE MOKNING OREG.ONIAN. SATURDAY. JULY 6, 1901.
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEWS
JOBBING AND KETAIIi LINES BUSY,
WITH PROFITS SATISFACTORY.
Crop Reports Continue Gratifying
"Wool Movement More Active, but
Prices Are Lorr Clearings.
NEW YORK, July 5. R. G. Dun & Co.'s
weekly review of trade tomorrow "will say:
Developments of fresh labor troubles Is
a feature of a week that has made' for
conservatism In many directions, but
throughout the country Jobbing and retail
lines are busy, and are handling1 goods at
prices which yield fair profits. There Is a
reflection of this activity In the continued
Improvement In the textile markets In the
East, and the uneasiness over the money
market does not extend beyond the ranks
of speculators in stocks. Crop reports
continue gratifying, much good having
been done by rains In the middle "West.
Harvesting of Winter wheat progresses fa
vorably. Manufacturing had been inter
rupted by the elements and labor agita
tion. Numerous prostrations from heat
caused humane employers to close mills
during the most distressing hours, while
the Bheet and hoop workers were ordered
to stop work until certain disputed points
were settled. No Immediate settlement is
anticipated, because many plants need re
pairs, and others are taking stock. Until
the owners wish to resume, their position
will not be known. The reduction of 25
cents on No. 28 sheets was unexpected,
and not accompanied by any general
weakness of prices.
Footwear shops In New England are act
ive on Fall lines, but local jobbers are less
busy, and orders from salesmen on the
road are light Leather is quiet, but firm
er, with a splendid export demand for
hemlock sole. Woolens and worsteds are
selling better, and raw wool Is taken more
freely, but the average of 100 grades, ac
cording to Coates Bros.' circular, was
slightly lower, atJ 17.06 cents, on July 1.
Cottons are In better domestic demand,
but prices are held above bids of shippers
to China, and sales In the brown goods di
vision have decreased. Manufacturing, as
a whole, is unusually active for the sea
son. Staple products are quiet, speculation be
ing restricted by depressing weather, and
the lengthy holidays at most of the ex
changes preventing new commitments.
News from the West was full of promise
as to the growing wheat yield, causing a
further decline in prices, although foreign
needs are known to be heavy. Corn
steadied somewhat from the reported In
Jury from heat and drought. Receipts con
tinue light In comparison with last year's,
"but exports are equally unsatisfactory.
Cotton holds firmly at a point a little be
low 9 cents, the free movement Into sight
of the old crop being disregarded. Strength
is following greater activity in the goods
market, together with rumors of rain In
Texas and a few other states where moist
ure is deficient. Sales of N.o. 7 Rio coffee
have been made below G cents, which is
not .surprising, since receipts at Rio and
Santos ports for the crop year just ended
were little short of 11,000,000 bags. Even
this record-breaking crop will be sur
passed If the current yield Is equal to ex
pectations. Compared with the prices of a year ago
wheat shows a decline of about 11 cents a
bushel, cotton $6 25 a bale, and coffee 3
cents a pound, while corn Is not higher
than last year's price, and pork products
alone of fhese commodities show any ad
vance. Commercial failures during the first half
of 1901 numbered 5759, with liabilities of
555,804,690, against 5332 last year for $74,747,
452. In manufacturing lines there were
1265 defaults, with $21,691,048 liabilities,
while 4189 traders failed for $24,864,207. The
Improvement over the preceding -year was
most striking in brokerage and banking
insolvencies, which were 59,200,435 and ?15,
839,554 respectively, against $22,124,340 and
$25,822,682 last year. This is the more note
worthy because the violent agitation In
Wall street during May was calculated to
cause serious disturbances, and the last
week of June brought other failures
through Injudicious speculation and poor
banking methods.
While the half year's statement is grat
ifying, the second quarter makes a much
better showing, liabilities declining $7,202,
28$ compared with the first quarter, and
17,623,675 in comparison with the second
fauarter of 1900. The average liability per
failure was smaller, than in the corre
sponding three months of any year since
one records were first compiled; the pro
portion of bad debts to solvent payments
through clearing-houses was but 69 cents
to each $1000, and only one out! of the pre
ceding 103 quarters recorded a lower ratio,
while the average amount of defaults to
feach firm in business was but $20 33, only
tseven other quarterly periods making
Smaller returns.
BUSINESS SATISFACTORY.
Crop
Situation Improved Summer
Trade Lively Failures.
NEW YORK, July 5. Bradstreet's to
morrow will say:
Hot weather, holidays and stock-taking,
the first named particularly, have limited
trade In the period under review and
caused a practical suspension in Indus
trial activity In many cities. Against this
seemingly unfavorable feature, however, Is
to be noted the fact that a good busi
ness has been done in all kinds of sea
sonable products at retail, and the check
to trade at wholesale has been largely
a postponement rather than actual elimi
nation of possible business. The crop sit
uation has, on the whole, Improved, and
corn and cotton, the two leading crops
most In question at present, have gained
some of the ground lost early in the sea
son by cold weather. The wheat crop is
certainly In a fa-vorable condition, be
cause harvesting has gone forward rap
idly, and prices on the whole have been
quite satisfactory.
Corn f shows the heaviest advance for
.manyweeks, or for years past, on reports
of dry, Jhot weather damage, aided, how
ever, by, speculative manipulation and a
fairly -good export business. Wheat is
lower on liquidation. Induced by good crop
reports, and despite confirmation of the
heavy deficit in the German crop, the poor
French .crop and of the short yield in
Hungary, with doubtful prospects in oth
er countries of Europe. Oats are higher
towing to. the reports for domestic crop
Lprospects. Hog products were strong
tearller, but broke and finished lower on
ftho week on liquidation caused by bear
raids.
The feature in retail trade this week has
been the very large distribution of all
classes of Summer goods, Induced by the
hot spell. Wholesale distribution has been
(Comparatively limited, but It Is to be
noted that Western Jobbers have experL
enced a good reasserting demand, based
on hot weather conditions. The textile
situation is fully as favorable as a week
ago.
Cotton goods production has felt the
Influence of regularly-planned curtailment,
And in addition has been affected by shut
downs due to the heat. The tone of
lvalues is firmer, and the outlook is re
garded as encouraging,
i The boot and shoe trade is in good
shape. Manufacturers are making good
'sales, and get the prices they demand,
and would be freer "buyers of leather were
Xit not that dealers are slow to permit this
in view of the firmer tone of hides and
the feeling that an upward tendency in
the finished product may shortly ensue.
In the iron and steel trades, stocks and
weather have been the features leading
to unsettlement, but just how much Idle
ness Is due to the demands of labor organ
izations is hard to measure, because shut
downs of iron and steel mills for renalrs.
Lbecause of weather conditions, are the
ecessary ana. usu&i imag at una period
of the year. The fact is that non-union
mills not affected by the strike of. the
Amalgamated Association are now run
ning at full capacity, and the employers
claim that they welcome the shut-down
of the union works, so as to allow of
needed repairs .
Dullness due to exceptional weather
conditions and to the closing of the Stock
Exchange from "Wednesday until next
Monday deprived New York stock mar
ket transactions of Importance. The effect
of unfavorable crop advices on the Gran
ger and Pacific railroad stocks was modi
fied by subsequent reassuring news.
The feature of the market was the
United "States steel stocks, which, after
the declaration of 1 per cent on the
preferred and 1 per cent on the common
shares, broke moderately, partly on realiz
ing, and partly on fears of an extension
of the labor trouble at the American sheet
steel mills to other constituent concerns.
June failures were the smallest of any
this year, but liabilities were swelled by
a few heavy suspensions of banks, and
were the heaviest for more than a year
past. Considering the increased volume of
business in the past two years, the six
months' record is a very favorable one, as
the total number of failures for the year
was 5465, with liabilities of $66,133,362, and
assets of a little less than one-half this
amount.
Wheat (Including flour) shipments for
the week aggregated 3,787.639 bushels,
against 4,364,147 bushels last week, 3,018,832
bushels in the corresponding week of 1900,
3.75S.872 bushels in 1899, and 2.728.642 bush
els In 1898.
Wheat exports for the year 1900-01 are
217,138,361 bushels, against 200,679,750 bush
els the preceding season, and 227,715,464
bushels in 1898-99.
MARKET WAS NARROW.
Short Week in Financial Circles,
With Light Business.
NEW YORK, July 5. Bradstreet's Fi
nancial Review tomorrow will say:
Only three days of this week were de
voted to business In Wall street, and the
market, especially on Monday and Tues
day, was narrowed by the torrid weather
and natural curtailment of outside inter
est. Transactions were on a very small
scale, and this fact was as effectual as
the discomfort which the financial commu
nity experienced in causing the New York
Stock Exchange members and governors
to reverse a previous decision and deter
mine to close the board on Friday and
Saturday, as well as for the legal holiday
on Thursday. In the street Itself the
unusual step Involved was generally ap
proved, even In banking circles, though It
was noted that the banks and other lend
ers, in view of the four days' holiday,
took the precaution to call In Joans ex
tensively, putting the money In some
case? out at a much higher rate of in
terest and exacting pledges to be prepared
to repay the loans on Friday If It was
deemed necessary to call them. This
process led to a decided hardening of
call money Wednesday, the rate advanc
ing to 1520 per cent, and a good part
of the loans made oyer the holiday were
at from 8 to 12 per cent. Prior to this
the money market seemed to be reverting
to an easier condition.
Rank Clearings.
NEW TORK, July 5. The follcvlne table,
compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clear
ings at the principal cities for the week ended
July 4, with the percentage of Increase and
decrease, as compared with the corresponding
week last year:
Clearings
New Tork . $1,364.122, 000
Boston 12S.701.000
Inc.
41.9
11.6
35
8.2
61.3
40.4
104
16.0
27.4
23.1
21.8
Dec.
cmcago i43.4W.wo
Philadelphia
92.288.000
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Baltimore ..,
San Francisco ......
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Detroit
Cleveland ............
Louisville
Providence
Milwaukee .... ,"....
St. Paul
Buffalo ...............
Omaha ...............
Indianapolis
Columbus, X... .....
Savannah
Denver ..............
Hartford ...L.'.;:...
39,057.000
S5.553.000
22,033,000
22,127.213
16,532.000
14.348,000
8,783.000
9.370.000
13,587.000
8,380.000
6,355,000
6,605,000
4,312.000,
6,103,000
6.450.000
7,200.000
B.W7.000
2.110,000
3.407,000
8,074,000
4,210.000
2.300.000
2,820.000
1,670,000
2,659.000
1,500.000
1,620,000
1,546,000
4,333,000
1.617.000
2,126,000
1,259,000
2,062.181
3.693,000
2.286,000
L2O0.OOO
1,174.000
1,356.000
1,278.000
818,000
725,000
1.294.000
1,122,000
801.000
42S.000
1.055.000
2.337.157
928,312
038.765
1,151.000
'458,000
482,000
893.000
873.000
494.000
315,000
300.000
200.000
483,000
486.000
370,000
446,000
306.000
2S1.000
176.000
118.000
1.053,000
1.063.000
6.714. 000
7,300.000
047,000
640.000
307.000
483,000
638.000
524,000
8.0
66.5
1.8
84.7
1.7
7.a
23.0
39.1
5.6
41.3
17.7
7.3
623
12.4
"6.4
10.0
19.0
13.5
5.4
2.0
19.3
hZA
10.2
ii.i
38.3
Ts
10.4
19.S
23.5
Richmond ...........
Memphis
Washington
Peoria ,
Rochester .......'.
New Haven
Worcester ,
Atlanta ,
Salt Lake ,
Springfield. Mass....
Fort Worth ,
Portland, Me ,
Portland, Or... ....
St. Joseph ,
Los Anceles
Norfolk
Syracuse
Des Moines
Nashville
Wilmington, Del....
Fall River
Scranton
Grand Rapids
Augusta, Ga... ....
Lowell
Dayton, O... ... .
Seattle
Tacoma
Spokane ...
Sioux City
New Bedford -.
Knoxville, Tenn
Topeka .
Birmingham
Wichita
Blnghamton
Lexington. Ky ......
Jacksonville, 31a...
Kalamazoo
Akron
Chattanooga
Rockiord 111
Canton. O...
Springfield. O
Sioux Falls. S. D...
Fremont. Neb... ..
Davenport
14.1
io.'o
8.0
10.7
10.0
5.3
24.6
24.3
11.2
8.1
121.5
19.0
15.5
25.1
14.6
8.4
33.6
6.0
34.3
3.2
6.9
11.0
Toledo
Galveston
Houston
Evansvllle
Helena
Toungstown, O.v...
Springfield. Ill
Colorado Springs ...
Wheeling
32.2
68.2
41.3
11.4
21.1
17.8
Totals U. S $2,040,373,610
Totals outside N. Y..$ 676,251.010
27.5
5.0
DOMINION OF CANADA
Montreal $ 15.183.764 19.0
Toronto
11.692.174
2.050.299
1,787.081
754,678
772.371
1,578.825
1,021.706
437,513
8.6
Winnipeg
Halifax
Hamilton
St. John. N. B...
Quebec
Vancouver .......
Victoria ,
20.2
7.7
23.6
27.8
Totals .... $ 33.700.5S6 12.4
RUN OUT OF TOWN.
Dorvleites Chased by a Mob at Ev-
anston.
CHICAGO, July 5. Twenty-one disciples
of John Alexander Dowle visited Evans
ton, a Chicago suburb, tonight, and
despite the efforts of the entire police
force of the place, a mob of 1000 people
drove them out of town. Several dayB
ago four Dowle missionaries were egged
and driven out of Evanston, and tonight'
visit of the 21 was intended to convert
the people of Evanston and show them
the error of their ways. The Instant the
Dowleltes began their meeting they were
assailed with eggs, vegetables and other
missiles. The guard of policemen was
too small to afford much protection and
the crowd soon began to hustle the mis.
slonarles along the street In a manner
that looked serious. Chief of Police
Knight called the entire police force to
the rescue, but it Includes only 30 men and
was unable to cope with the mob. Sev
eral of the male Dowleltes were knocked
down and both women and men were lib.
erally bespattered with eggs and mud.
The Dowleltes finally abandoned their
meeting and fled from the town, the police
protecting them as they ran for the cars.
Will Afiliate With Foremen Branches
BUFFALO, July 5. The National board
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians In
America voted today to proceed at once
with a plan promulgated some time ago
whereby the Ancient Order of Hibernians
in America will affiliate with the branches
of the order In Great Britain, Australia
and several of the smaller colonies of the
i urlUsn pr.
WAS LETTER A THREAT?
NEW DEVELOPMENT IN MEREDITH
CONSIDINE TRAGEDY.
Mayer Humes Ik Saspected by His
Friends of Forming a Combina
tion With. John I, Wilson.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 5. It is 10 days
slnoe W. L. Meredith met his death at
the hands of John W. Consldlne. Usually
the excitement following an event of this
kind dies out In a few days, but in this
instance the murder and the causes lead
ing up to it are being discussed with ani
mation, even exceeding that of' the few
days Immediately following the killing.
There were many incidents In connection
with the shooting that have not yet been
told. Some of them will have direct bear
ing on the trial of the Consldlnes for mur
der. One of the most prominent lawyers
of Seattle, an intimate friend and coun
selor of the dead Chief of Police, told
The Oregonlan correspondent that subse
quent to Meredith's resignation Meredith
received an unsigned letter written on
the letter-head of the People's Theater, of
which John W. Consldlne Is the proprie
tor. This letter contained a copy of a
police order made by Meredith regulating
the sale of liquor in the theater. Under
the order was written the words, sub
stantially: "This Is the last iorder you
will ever issue."
In the words of the lawyer who tells
the story, "the last order" may be given
different constructions by a Jury.. This
story Is interesting in view of the fact
that the partisans of Meredith are per
sistently alleging that Tom Consldlne fired
the first shot that led to the bloody af
fray. They also hold that the shot al
leged to have been fired by Tom Consl
dlne provoked Meredith to use his sawed
off shotgun, which friends say he had
simply wrapped up to take home, In de
fense of his own life.
Another story being told Is that Police
man Mefford, who was, according to his
own story, talking to Consldlne when the
shooting began, turned and ran down an
alley. There is also a wild rumor that
Tom Consldlne's gun was found on Mef
ford. This cannot be substantiated; but
Tom Consldlne was found unarmed after
the shooting, and while he says he never
was in the habit of carrying weapons, his
acquaintances tell a different story. The
prosecution will not discuss either the
unsigned letter or the Tom Consldlne gun
incident.
The Political Side.
In view of the denial by Senator Wil
son's organ that politics had anything to
do with Meredith's death, an Interesting
story can be told. Monday evening the
Seattle Times charged openly that the
feVerlsh desire of John I. Wilson to be
returned to the United States Senate was
the cause of the trouble. A State Sen
ator who lives In Tacoma says that that
same evening he counted 41 prominent
people walk over to where Colonel Alden
J. Blethen, the editor of the Times, was
eating his dinner in the Butler grill room,
and take occasion to congratulate him
upon his attitude. In view of this Inci
dent, some Idea can be obtained of senti
ment here.
The assertions of the Post-Intellgencer
Its hysterical cry of "not guilty' would
be ridiculous were the subject not so aw
ful. Everywhere In Seattle the story Is
the same. At every place where men are
wont to gather together, Billy Meredith's
death is charged to the account of the
Wilson organ.
Lair and Order League.
Curious doings have been going on in
Seattle for several weeks. There has been
a. law and order league attempting to
close gambling. After Chief Meredith had
closed up Consldlne's gambling house, In
punishment of Consldlne's testimony in
the Cayton libel case, the big gambler
himself joined forces with the law and
order league, and in the language of the
fraternity, "steered them right" In the
swearing out of search warrants and the
like.
After this had been going on for some
time Consldlne Is said to have gone to
some of the other gamblers and stated In
the most positive terms that If he were
permitted to open his house and do busi
ness as he had in the past he could guar
antee protection to the other houses from
the league. In support of his assertion
he offered, it is said, to put up a bond of
$10,000. In brief, Consldlne, gambler, thug
and blackleg, made the open assertion
that he could "deliver the goods" from
the law and order league, and offered
to put up a bond In support of his decla
rations. This organization Is the one
which the Post-Intelligencer has heralded
to the world as embodying In concrete
form the Christianity and respectability of
Seattle.
The head of the law and order league
Is a man whom the Humes forces defeated
for the nomination for County Auditor In
1S98, and who was a candidate for the
nomination for Mayor against Humes in
1900. The attorney for the law and order
league Is John H. Powell, a Wilson poli
tician, and the league detective is a man
who has served a term In the penitentiary
for smuggling, and whose reputation In
Seattle Is that of being a professional Jury
briber for large corporations. This man
Is now busy at work In Consldlne's de
fense. The Post-Intelligencer is also at work In
Consldlne's behalf. This, too, Is an Inter
esting story. Consldlne's former gambling
associates have subscribed $100 each to
a fund to prosecute him. In order to
head this oft a reporter on the Post-Intel-llgencer
visited a certain gambler In Se
attle only yesterday, and attempted to ex
onerate Consldlne from the charge of hav
ing the gamblers raided.
"John was not responsible for your be
ing raided," said this reporter, "and I
don't want to see you blame him. I was
the man that put up the scheme myself,
and I am willing to take full responsibil
ity." This conversation took place after a con
sultation between the representative of
the Post-Intelligencer In question and
Consldlne's attorneys. In the language of
the gambler who told the story, "the re
porter was willing to be the fall, guy to
save John."1
The Intimate connection between Consl
dlne and the Post-Intelligencer was
vouched for by Consldlne himself when
he made his offer to put up a 510,000 bond
that he could "deliver" the law and order
league. He further promised, If he
were granted privileges and Immunities,
to stop the fight of the Post-Intelligencer
on the gamblers. This he said he could
do because of his having furnished the
paper and the league evidence against
Meredith.
Consldlne Has Books.
There Is a very serious feature to this
gambling side of the question. Before
the trouble between Consldlne and Mere
dith reached the boiling point Consldlne
confiscated the books of the Standard
gambling house. These he still has In
his possession. They contain, among
other things, the name of every man In
Seattle who has received money from the
gamblers for "protection," together with
the amounts paid. The publication of
their contents would probably cause a
moral earthquake In this city, which
would Btartle the Inhabitants even more
than the assassination of Meredith did.
Now that Consldlne has these books, It
Is alleged they will be used to make peo
ple -who fear disclosure "go to the front"
for him In his murder case. Some of the
men whose names are said to be on the
books are high In business and social cir
cles In the city. They have been paid
for their Influence In keeping gambling
open.
If the evidence be admissible In court
during the murder trial. It will be Intro
duced to show that John L. Wilson, the
editor of the Post-Intelligencer; John W.
Consldlne and Detective E. A. Gardner,
held frequent consultations, counsel
ing how the more surely to "break"
Meredith. The two Consldlnes and
I WUoa have been teen talklnr to
gether upon several occasions upon
the streets, and yet one of the
main charges against Meredith was
that he -was friendly with blacklegs, bun
co men and gamblers! Apparently there
Is a vast difference between a. Chief of
Police being acquainted with gamblers
and violators of the law, and an ex-member
of the Senate of the United States
consorting on the streets of Seattle with
an ex-convlot detective and "Pool Table
Johnny." It will be observed that since
Wilson became a moral crusader very
fine distinctions are being drawn In Se
attle. While on the subject of Consldlne It
might be well to remark that many peo
ple are afraid that Justice George, be
fore whom he Is to be given his prelim
inary examination, will release him upon
ball. Friends of Consldlne are boasting
that he will, but those Who know the
court best believe he will do nothing of
the kind.
An Investigator Protected.
Meredith was a thoroughbred. While
the special Investigating committee of the
City Council was In session he was
summoned before It as a witness. Among
other questions, he was asked why he
had allowed a certain lottery to run. He
briefly defended himself, assuming full re
sponsibility. He might have answered that a mem
ber of the very investigating committee
that was condemning him behind closed
doors In the darkness of night had asked
him to let the lottery run. The very man
who made the request that the lottery be
allowed to run was In the room at the
time the question was put to Meredith
but the young Chief protected him by not
opening his mouth. In the face of this
fact this same man signed a report declar
ing that Meredith was unfit to be Chief of
Police.
When Mayor Humes sent for Meredith
and told him that he must resign, the lat
ter protested. The two had a long talk,
and, among other things, Meredith said:
"Judge, you say that you cannot stand
against the newspapers. I want to say
to you that I have the assurance of Colo
nel Blethen that If you refuse to remove
me at the demand of this Investigating
committee, the Times will defend that ac
tion to the bitter end. What more can
you want?"
"Colonel Blethen Is a Democrat." was
Mayor Humes reply, as reported by Mere
dith, "and I don't want any support from
that side of the political house."
"My God, Judge!" exclaimed the Chief,
who saw dismissal and disgrace staring
him In the face, "do you mean to say that
the P.-I. Is on your side of the political
house?"
The dismissal of Meredith by Humes Is
being condemned by many of the Mayor's
friends. A committee of prominent Re
publicans waited oh the Mayor on the
afternoon that he forced Meredith to re
sign, and urged him to stand by his guns
and retain the Chief of Police. It was
pointed out to him that the public would
support him because of the intense oppo
sition to etar-chamber Investigations and
inquisitions. And here occurred a curious
thing one which may have great bearing
on the political future of the state, and
which may not amount to anything.
For many years the foremost friend and
public spokesman of Tom Humes "was
Attorney Samuel H. Piles, general coun
sel for the Pacific Coast Company. How
ever, when Humes tried to get the Re
publican Gubernatorial nomination last
year, the Pacific Coast Company's offi
cers forced Mr. Piles to fight him. Wil
son was the politician with whom, the
company was allied, and Mr. Piles went
with his corporation, to the great wrath
of the Mayor, who denounced Piles as be
ing all kinds of an lngrate. Before Humes
had talked with Meredith he eent for Mr.
Piles and asked him to urge Meredith
to resign. Piles has always been Mere
dith's friend, and his word had great
weight with the harassed officer. Query
Was Mr. Piles acting as Meredith's friend
or as a Wilson politician whence urged
Meredith to resign? Query No. 2 Was
Humes trying to curry favor;, with the
Wilson "organ when he sentjfor Piles,
whom a lew short" months' ago7 he" de
nounced as his arch enemy?
Has HHmes Changed Front? j
There is "ho denying the fact that many;
of Humes former' friends fear that he is
about to make an alliance with Wilson.
His pliant subserviency In forcing Mere
dith out first aroused suspicion, and this
has been augmented by the fact that tha
Post-Intelligencer has of late been patting
Humes' new Chief of Police on the back
and saying all Hinds of complimentary
things about him. Moreover, gambling 13
still going on openly, and the once virtu
ous Post-Intehlgencer Is saying naught
about It In condemnation, contenting Its
sanctimonious soul with merely printing
the news concerning it.
One of Humes' earnest supporters today
expressed his fear that a Humes-Wilson
alliance was In process of formation. Ho
gave expression to this In the presence
of The Oregonlan correspondent.. Other
friends of Humes are echoing the same
fear.
In disrupting the Republican party In
King County, as he has, Mr. Wilson has
unwittingly played Into the hand of Levi
Ankeny, his great rival, and made the
latter's firm grip on Senator Turner's toga
all the more secure. This is easy of ex
planation. Mr. Ankeny's greatest fear Is
from King County, where the sentiment Is
overwhelming for a King County man for
Senator. With the party In King County
broken and disrupted, and with the al
most certainty of the Democrats carry
ing the county, Mr. Ankeny has just that
many less votes against him In a Repub
lican caucus.
There Is no danger of the Democrats
carrying the state, regardless of what
King County may do. Consequently party
disruption In King County will benefit
Mr. Ankeny. For every ounce of harm
that Wilson has done the party in King
County he has done two ounces of good
for the man he hates so bitterly Levi
Ankeny, of Walla Walla.
Before the party judgment seat men
will be summoned to explain why this
condition exists In King County. Upon
John L. Wilson's shoulders will fall the
major portion of the blame, but Tom
Humes will also be summoned to an ac
counting. Those who say he is tying up
with Wilson say Sam Piles has agreed to
take care of his old-time friend and later
enemy. f
A member of the State Senate said to
day: "The people of Seattle will not tol
erate the blood of political martyrs and
scapegoats flowing In the streets of Seat
tle. They will charge up such a condition
to the Republican party, and to our party
brethren In other counties we must look
for the state to be carried against the
Democrats and Populists.
Bad Moral Condition.
Any one who takes the time to read this
truthful tale of local conditions will be
Impressed with the Idea that Seattle's
body politic is cancerous. Politically and
morally speaking, Seattle has sown the
wind, and she is now reaping the whirl
wind. The blood of Billy Meredith stands
In eternal protest against the ambitions
of a would-be United States Senator. It
also stands as a solemn warning against
the mixing of politics and legalized crime.
Billy Meredith went to his grave because
he carried out a policy planned by others.
He was a martyr to greed, political ambi
tion and personal hate.
Standing on the streets of Seattle and
hearing the people whose home city has
been so tragically disgraced talking of
the future, one cannot fall to be Impressed
with the fact that Seattle will rise out
of the mud and dirt and filth Into which
warring politicians have dragged her. A
moral revolution, Irresistible in force and
earnestness, Is coming, and woe betide
the man who attempts to Impede Its
progress.
Dae to tiie Mansfield Failure.
MANSFIELD, O., July $. Following the
failure of "William M. Sturgess, owner of
the Sturgess Bank, and the appointment
"Wednesday of a receiver for the Mans
field Machine "Works, today came the fail
ure of Lyman A. Strong, of the Strong
Elevator Company, who also had an In
terest In the grain firm of Strong & Tauk,
of Bucyrus, O. Mr. Strong was a de
positor In the Sturgess Bank. No sched-
1 ule has yet been nied.
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our $9.85 MEN'S SUIT SALE. It would seem like a
fairy tale if we told you how many of these suits
we have disposed of during the last three months.
We are so well satisfied that we intend continuing
the sale right along. As one lot is sold out we add
othersalways $15.00 and $18.00 values so that
the late purchaser secures as good a bargain as
former customers. They are ALL-WOOL fabrics,
in tweeds, cassimeres and cheviots, and would be
cheap at our regular prices. Bring us $9.85, and
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Men's Balbriggan
Blueand white stripes; a sea- iCp
sonable garment; all sizes.. "'
MEN'S FANCY RIBBED
Balbriggan Underwear..
BOYS' OVERALLS
All sizes; good quality..
MEN'S GOLF SHIRTS
New patterns
WHEN
OVER A BLUFF TO DEATH
FATE OP MAMS PASSENGER ON
STAGE IN A RUNAWAY.
Driver "Was Thrown From Seat and
Team Raced Down Mountain
One Man Injured.
TILLAMOOK, Or., July 5. A terrible
accident on the Tillamook and North
Yamhill stage line occurred yesterday this
side of the mountain. The stage was
going down a grade when the wheels
struck a rock, throwing the driver, Er
nest Baker, from his seat to the road,
whereupon the team of four horses ran
down the hill and the stage went over
the grade. There were two passengers
R. M. Strowbrldge, of the "Willamette Val
ley, and D. S. Strowbrldge, of Fresno,
Cal. and they went over the grade with
the stage. R. M. Strowbrldge' s arm was
broken, and D. S. Strowbrldge'a skull was
frightfully fractured and his arms and
legs were broken, Killing mm on me
spot.
The driver managed to reach the "Wil
son tollgate to procure assistance. C. H.
Smith, proprietor of the tollroad, was In
this city when word of the accident ar
rived, and started out with a doctor. It
was evening before the body of the dead
man reached the tollgate.
The Strowbrldges are brothers, the one
killed being 66 years old, and the other 80.
They were coming on a visit to their rela
tives here. R. M. Strowbrldge was at
one time a resident of Tillamook. D. S.
Strowbrldge's wife had left Fresno tne
same day he did to visit friends in Co
lumbus. O. The body of the dead man
was brought to this city this morning.
It appears that the stage-driver was in
experienced, having only just been em
ployed to drive the stage on the moun
tain division.
NEARLY DROWNED IN SURF.
Occupants of Buggy Rescued by
a Human Lifeline.
TILLAMOOK, Or., July 5. Sheriff H. H.
Alderman, in returning from Nehalem
yesterday, was nearly drowned with Mrs.
Chris Larson and her little boy. Mr. Al
derman and party were en route to Ne
halem Beach, but the tide was in at the
time, and in passing a log on the beach
his horse took a lunge in the water, tak
ing the buggy and occupants into 20 feet
of water. The Nehalem ballplayers, for
tunately, were close by, and, stringing
themselves Jn the water, managed to get
them out, though they had some difficulty
In doing so, for the boys at the end of the
string- were out of their depth, and Mrs.
Larson was held quite firmly by the top
of the buggy. Mr. Alderman had two of
his fingers badly cut. After the occu
pants of the buggy had been rescued, the
horse and buggy were dragged out, the
former more dead than alive.
Baby Fell In Well and Was Drowned
BAKER CITY. July 5. The lG-months-old
son of Mrs. Buchanan, of Beaver
Creek, fell into a well here yesterday
and was drowned. Mrs. Buchanan was
visiting at the home of M. D. Stalley.
After searching high and low for her
baby, she went to the well and found
that the child had removed a piece of
wire netting, which was on top of the
boards covering the well for ventilation
purposes. The child was still alive when
taken out, but died In a short time after
ward. Accident to Bicyclist.
FOREST GROVE, July 5. Henry David
fell off a bicycle here yesterday and broke
his collarbone.
BUDGET OF NEWS FROM JUNEAU.
Many Excursionists Arriving Easi
ness Bt City Picking- U.
JUNEAU. Alaska, June 26. (Special cor-
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TILL KEEPING
we will give you the equal of any
Fifteen Dollar suit in town.
Underwear
STRAW HATS
In all the new shapes for Ci rn
men. 50c, $1.00 $I.JU
BOYS' STRAW HATS aii siZes
50c
25c
50c
25c, 50c, $1.00
BOYS' WASHABLE SUITS
Sizes still complete. Good icp; t
50c values JjG' i
Better grades 75c, $1, $1.50. .
YOU SEE IT IN OUR AD, IPS
MOYER CLOTHING
BEN SELLING. Mgr. Ccr. THIRD and OAK
I rospondence.) The annual excursion sea- I
son Is on.
xoe Bieiiiuamp vuecu unicu.
yesterday morning from Seattle witn sevs
eral hundred passengers. "While manyvj3
the passengers were tourists, coming ato
Alaska to see the many wonderful slgntsj
that can be seen only In Alaska, tfieg
list contained the names of a number)
who were going to spend all Summer in
various parts of Alaska, principally In the
vicinity of Dawson, engaging in prospect
ing, developing- or working in the mines.
Just now Juneau is experiencing a fresh
impulse in business. All lines, partlcu
lary transportation, are looking up, and
the feeling seems to prevail that the fu
ture of the town Is going to be a bright
one. The mines adjacent are being worked
constantly and large shipments of ore and
concentrates are being made almost every
day.
"Within a few miles of Juneau T. J.
RInehart has lately found what is thought
to be lithographic stone. It takes a fine
polish and the ledge seems unlimited.
Juneau will celebrate the Fourth of July
with all the accessories. The parade,
headed by the Skagway band, promises
to be of unusual excellence.
The City Clerk, In his annual report,
shows Juneau to have a cash balance of
about $1000 on hand.
Miss Mamie Hills, of Spokane, wasn..
Is visiting her brother, who Is Clerk of
the Court.
Judge Brown has started for "Wyoming,
where he will spend the Summer.
J. G. Day, of Portland, Is here to start
work on the two lighthouses ho Is to
build for the Government In the waters
contiguous to this district.
J. A. C. BRANT.
Ne-rr Forest Rangers.
SALEM, July 5. S. B. Ormsby, Superin
tendent of the Forest Reserve, today an
nounced the appointment of the following
forest rangers by the Department of the
Interior at "Washington, D. C. The rang
ers have been assigned to different reserves-
In Oregon:
Northern division of the Cascade re-serve-O.
L. Paquet, Joseph H. Proutt,
Milton D. Markham, Millard Hyatt, Wil
liam E. "Wells, B. Gates Cochran and Ju
lius Paulsen.
Central division Frank Vandervert,
Frank L. Kent, Robert J. Watson, W. A.
Hlckson and Samuel R. Thurston.
Southern division Harry Langell, Irwin
J. Carson, Lewis H. Smlck, James Ed
ward Thorton and Burton L. Cunning
ham. Bull Run forest reserve John DImick
and Richard Beadle.
Report of Health Officer.
SALEM, July 5. Governor Geer today
received from Dr. Alex Patterson, health
officer at Gardiner, Or., his report for the
quarter ending June 30. 1901. The report
shows that eight vessels arrived and de
parted from Gardiner during the quarter.
The sanitary condition of each vessel was
"first class."
County Court Convenes.
SALEM. July 5. The County Court of
Marlon County convened today. The day
was given to routine business.
Idaho Notes.
Lewlston has a very prosperous free
library with 1500 volumes and 285 steady
patrons.
Horse mange has appeared In the
reservation and Craig Mountain country,
and many animals are dying. It Is said
to have been brought from the Umatilla
reservation by Indian horses.
Steel Companies Reorganised.
PITTSBURG, July 5. A reorganization
of the executive personnel of the Na
tional Steel Company and the American
Steel Hoop Company was effected at
meetings of the board of directors in
New Tork Wednesday, July 3, by the
election and appointment of the following
officers for both companies: W. E. Corry,
president: H. P. Bope, first vice-president;
W. W. Blackburn, second vice-president
and secretary; W. Caualand, treasurer;
Henry P. Bope, general manager of sales;
J. P. Kessler, Jr., general agent; D. G.
Kerr, ore supply agent. The result of
the reorganization is that all of the new
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Bier of the Dead. Cwv'ernJ
Detroit, July 5. Thousands of
rowlntr friends and admirers of Haztml
Plngree, ex-Governor of Michigan-,, liJ
passea in line inrouga me cyrow
the City Hall, where the ex-Gv
body lay in state amidst a prsfusiesi-I
beautiful flowers. Detroit Post G-. Ai
of which Mr. Plngree was a member.!
escorted the remains from the tallroad'
"4 J
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station to the City Hall. The exterior"
this building was appropriately drap-
with black and the National colors. Thi
long corridor was banked In palms aag.
hung with funereal black. At the centey
of the corridor a catafalque had been
erected, and here the casket was pliced
with an American flag draped over It.
and citizens silently filed by. A military
guard of honor stood near the casket.
All day and until 11 o'clock tonight the
line of humanity continued unbroken.--At,.
tlmes It extended but two blocks aclc
from tho entrance of the City 'HallTnmt --"-1
from 6 this evening until 11 the cfowSras ji
enormous. Three and four abreast?3the-''-l
line extended from the Michigan avenua '
entrance of the City Hall five blocks dis
tant. It was the great army of worki
Ingmen that had come to pay a last; trib
ute to the man whom they regarded", a ,
their friend. "When the doors wer-
closed those who had been in attendacj, u
an aay estimated mat more ran 9Vgt 1
noonlo had nassed the bier of the dMkit 1
Onvpninr. The remains -were left In tin I
corridor of the City Hall all night wn0''r
guard.
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Steel Dividend. t
NEW YORK. July 5. The following-1
ficlal statement was given out this ei
ing by the United States Steel Corpor
tion:
"Apparently some misunderstanding
has arisen In the minds of the holders of
shares of stock of the United States Steell
Corporation concerning the terms Intend'
ed to bo covered by the dividends ir
clared at the last meeting of the board. tl
directors. The dividends were intended: to
be quarterly dividends covering the qa
ter ending June 30, 1901. The reported ear.
Ings of subsidiary companies for this
quarter, of course, are In excess of the
amount of these dividends." v . '
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Xvnisrhts of Pythias Investing tl'
CHICAGO. July 5. Investigation into,
the cause which led former officers of
the Supreme Lodge of the Endowment
Rank of the Knights of Pythias to mako
certain alleged injudicious Investments,
was begun here to-day. Seven officers
of the society, comprising the board of
control, went Into secret session and
heard evidence dealing with the invest
ments. July 10 the board of control will
make a report to the convention of the
Supreme Lodge.
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