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mtaman w- w , v LIBRARY, Portland, - Oregon. VOL. XLL NO. 12,70:. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FIELD FOR INDUSTRY FAMINE IN RUSSIA A RARE BREW..., f P0RTLAND RAILROAD MEN PROMOTED. 3 -, i-.v .sv? s . w iyv -jrweMMs-AiH . jk. ;?. aiirtiitrrfriir ii&B fiJratitttH'W'frfr "'.- is. . --.. ir i ix w isa ac mm saw m bbi bbi -n ?rrr;-ut),AriC7aFC' IBM isk &. h ibb n in m m im x9 sm hi hi iPi Mis mJmJ& J$ms- Jm. m m m LJL1 c:-ix&J2Cwfe m E 1 A. II ft 'I 1ft a I, ft LI Ws TRY A CASE BLATZ WEINER u VnJ1"3 rvtE!ri3R' BRAND OF BEER Possesses a flavor so peculiarly Ood that it has gained a most enviable reputation. Judges of beer quality have declared Weiner Blatz an unetqualed American brew. ROTHCHILD BROS., Agents, 20-26 N. First St. Novelties in Lamps We have just received a lot of large size darkroom lamps, having a new patent draught and both ruby and orange glass. They are selling for 60c. We have lots of other lamps also. AH the- way from 20c to $1.50. Hull Impressed With Possi bilities of Philippines. PLACE FOR BRAINS AND ENERGY Take elevator to Biiimauer- Frank Drug Co., WH0LE5ALE AND IMPORTING DRUGGISTS. Photo Department THESE ARE SOME OF THEM AND iU U Pi iv i Regular Special A 4x5 Premo St., $30.00 $15.00 A AvZ Donir Dromn A Art 10 Z( A5x7PonyPremoNo.4 30.00 16.50 BARGAINS WE-ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMICALS WOODARD, CLARKE & CO. . "d WASH' Kr.ee Baric Room. Pree Instruction. STRONGEST IN THE WORLD" Assets $304,598,063.49 Surplus $66,137,170.01 Jj. Samuel, Manager. S0G Oregonlan Building. Portland. Or. Willi METSCHAX, Pre. .C W..KOWLESMbt. fc v JMm$fm$&& SEYEKTH AND WASHINGTON STREETS, PORTLAND, OREGON CHANGE OK 3IAXAGE3IE.VT. furopean Plan: $1.00, $1.0, $2.00 per Day The Perfection The Iowa. Congressman Believes the Filipino, With Proper Training: and Treatment, "Will Slake a Patriotic American Citizen, gAN FRANCISCO. Aug. .-Congressman Hull, of Iowa, chairman of the House committee on military affairs, who has arrived here from a five, months' tour of China, Japan and the Philippines, is deeply Impressed with the possibilities of the new American possessions in the Orient. He says: ''If I were a young man, I don't know where I would rather go than to the Phil ippines. For a man of brains and In dustry the Islands open a vast prospect in most every line of business for one who has the grit to go there and stick to it. "The mineral, agricultural and timber resources of the islands constitute a field for commercial enterprise that is prac tically unlimited. Of course, the present conditions of brigandage make It ex ceedingly unsafe for people to settle In the Islands away from the protection of the military posts. But the people, or the great majority nine out of 10 of them desire peace and safety and are doing all they can to help the troops attain this end. "Of course, it is Impossible to make an Anglo-Saxon out of an Oriental, there fore the Filipino will probably never be an American citizen in the broad sense that is understood by all that term con veys to the man born in the United States of white parents. But as soon as he gets sufficient education and become a lit tle more impregnated with our ideas and loses some of the Ideas acquired by a 300 year association with the Spaniard, the Filipino will be a citizen in spirit, pa triotism. Industry and education, and will be worthy of participating, to the fullest extent, In all the benefits of this Glov ernment. "Of -course, we will have to govern them with firmness, as well as with kindness. I think that 40,000 troops Is about the right number to keep there for some years to come." 9S09 of Wall Plaster Is applied to over one million buildings throughout the United States. Made in forty different factories. It is no experiment. Investigate. For information address Phone North 2091. THE ADAMANT CO. Foot of 14th Street, PORTLAND, OR. if rSL STOVES AND RANGES Are tlie product of 05 yenr' experience. The ALUMINUM FIXISH STEEL RAXGE is a combination of every known improvement vrhich places it in the highest grade of perfection. PHILIPPINE MAILS. Director-General Cottcrman Reeom- mends Some Changes. WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. The Division of Insular Affairs of the War Department today made public the annual report ofj! jc. jju L-oiiermaRtJJirecigr-uenfirii oj. posts.in the -fmuppines. vyniie.tne-gross, receipts from the postal service dulrig the last fiscal year showed an increase over the preceding .year, ;the expenses were increased 'to a considerably , greater extent than the receipts. This apparent de ficiency is explained by a statement that considerable amounts had to be expended during the year on mall transportation" through foreign countries, the debt hav ing lapped over from the preceding year. The number of regular postofflces In the archipelago was Increased from 19 to 23. Mr. Cotterman urges the application of United States postal rates to the islands. He comments upon the Irregularity of inter-island mail transportation and recom mends that authority be given to adver tise for bids for a regular service to all important points in the islands and that steamers awarded contracts be required by law to run on a set schedule. Charles H. Markham, who has just been appointed assistant freight traffic manager of the Southern Pacific, in San Francisco, was Torn May 22, 1861, In Clarksville, Tenn. He entered the railway service in 1SS1, since which he has been consecutively to May. , 1881 section laborer on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad; May, 1SS1, to February, 18S7, in various positions in station service with tho Southern Pacific Company at Demlng, N. If.; February to July, 1SS7, agent at Lotdsburg, V. M.; July. 18S7. to February, 1800, agent for the same company at Benson. Ariz.; February, 1S0O, to March, 1S01. agent at Reno. New; March. 1801. to July, 1807, agent and district freight and passenger agent at Fresno, Cal., for the same company; July. 1807. to date, general freight and passenger agent of the Southern Pacjflc Company's Oregon lines. Jt. S. Miller, who becomes general freight and passenger agent of the Southern Pacific's Oregon lines, was born in Owyhee County. Idaho, in 1870. He commenced railroad work with tho O. R. & N Co. In October, 1SS0. Since then he has occupied various positions in the freight department, being appointed assistant general freight agent in 1807. Upon tho resignation of J. G. AVoodworth as general freight agerit a ,year ago last December the duties of the position devalved upon Mr. Miller, and for nearly two years he has been the v actljig general-freight agent -of- the O. R. & N. Co. He was also appointed assistant general freight agent of the Ilwaco Railway & - Navigation CoyyDac3t; wV&i lhat concern.; came Into control ot tho a IU & X. Co.. and,, of tho Portland & Asiatic Strahip lino early this yeai1. " ' ' , TV. JE. Coman, the new assistant general freight agent of tho O. R. & N., was born in Portage City. Wis., in 1S69. He began railroading at the age of 15, and until September, 1888, he worked in the offices ot the Missouri Pacific, Burlington & Memphis route at Kansas City as messenger, and later as clerk. From Kansas City he came to Pqrtland as clerk in the O. R. & N. Co.'s local office. In September, 1890, he was transferred to the general freight office of the Union Pacific in this city, -and in 1894 was appointed traveling freight agent for the O. R. & N.. In October, 1S0O, he accepted the position of rate clerk in the general freight office. The following Spring he was appointed general agent for the same road, at Bute. Six months later he returned to Portland as traveling freight agent for the Oregon .Short Line. This position he held two months, when he was made general agent for tho same road at Portland. December 15, 1000, he was appointed general agent of the Oregon Short Line in Salt Lake City, which po sition he resigned a few weeks ago. Will Consolidate Governments. MANILA, Aug. 29,-CIvIl Governor Taft returned here today from the north. He Is pleased with the conditions in the parts of the country visited. During his trip he established civil governments at La union, Illocos (South and North), Abra, Cagayan, Isabela, Zambales and Bocol. He Intends shortly to amalgamate the provincial governments, abolishing the cumbersome machinery of the smaller provinces. WE ARE SOLE AGEfcTS Hooeymen Hardware Company, 4th and Alder Sts. Hospital Ship Solace Arrives. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29. The naval hospital ship Solace arrived today from Manila via Guam and Honolulu. The ves sel brought a number of passengers, among them the wives and children of naval officers. The Solace Is to be laid up for repairs at Mare Island. She has been in service for several years and has made a number of trips between here and the Philippines. More Teachers for the Philippines. WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. The transport' Sheridan will leave San Francisco next Saturday with a number of teachers for. Philippine . schools, and the transport Sumner will follow on the 12th with an other laTge delegation of teachers" for the same destination. working, card being- continued until the question of a general working badge for the bituminous and anthracite regions is decided upon at the next national conven tion. The resolutions, after reciting the al leged violations Jf contracts on the part ot the coal companies, make the following recommendations: "That the unions continue to collect the working cards of the union men. and use all honorable means to induce those who are not 'yet members to become such; that a committee composed of the national and district presidents be Instructed to pro ceed to the highest authorities of the coal companies and endeavor to overcome their objection to the Inspection of work ing cards, to call their attention to the many violations of contracts by their agents In the coal fields and insist upon the contracts being" lived up to, and to make such preparations for a joint con ventionof operators and miners to be held before tlie 1st of April next as they possi bly can. This 'committee shall have dis cretionary powers In the enforcement of the contracts now existing, even to tho extent of ordering a suspension of work for the purpose of enforcing it. THE BARODA IS ASHORE BALLAST SHIP STRANDED NEAR MOUTH OF COQU1LLE. PORTLAND PORTLAND. OREGON - -w AMERICAN PLAN W 53.00 PER DAY and upward. COST ONE MILLION DOLLARS HEADQUARTERS FOR TOURISTS AND COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS .Speclnl rates xiimle to families and sinsrle centlcmen. The manage ment tvlll le pleased at all times to show rooms and trlve prices. A mod. era TnrUisb Iiuth establishment in the hotel. H. C. BUWEUS. Mnnnizer. FOR WRITTEN AGREEMENTS. 1 b rek! WM do a few turns at ONE O'CLOCK, TODAY. The Inspection of Loggers and their friends Is cordially Invited. Willamette iron & Steel Works Resolutions Adopted by the Mine vrorlccrs' Convention. HAZELTON. Pa., Aug 29. With the adoption of the report of the committee on resolutions, the United Mineworkers this afternoon practically finished their work. The convention will adjourn to morrow. The resolutions recommend writ ten instead of verbal agreements with all the coal companies, strict compliance with the present contract and continuation of the card inspection, system as now con ducted, and instruct President Mitchell and the district presidents to confer with the coal companies regaraing card inspec tion and violation of agreements and to arrange for a joint conference. These officers are vested with power to declare a strike if contracts now In force are not lived up to. The resolutions call attention to the ad vantage resulting to both miners .and op- erators by a written contract covering tne wage rate for a stated period and specify ing the conditions of labor. The commit tee alleges that Instead of agreeing to the request for a written agreement, the various companies posted notices of an in definite character. In many Instances, the resolutions state, written notices posted and verbal agreements made by superin tendents with committees have been vio lated under various pretexts. The com mittee states in. the resolutions that if the miners are required to live up to their agreements, then the coal companies should do likewise, instead of seeking to destroy the mineworkers' organization by intimidating the men. Hereafter the miners will Insist upon written agreements which shall be signed ln joint convention before the present contract expires, and they will also insist upon the present Cautioned Against Striking:. NEW YORK, Aug. 29. The Interna tional Union of Cigar-Makbrs has Issued a circular urging upon its members the ad visability of careful investigation of con ditions before going Into strikes. Among other things the circular says: "Before unions go Into a strike the em ployers' strength and resources should al ways be known and never underestimated, while the union strength should never be overestimated. Our cause should also be In. a position to enforce our demands. "Foolish people engage in a fight first and make mutual explanations afterward and then wonder why they fought. A good plan is first to know your own as well as your employers' strength; arbitrate first and fight afterwards if necessary." t The Shirt Waist MnUers Strike. NEW YORK, Aug. 29. At a special meet ing of the Shirt Waist Makers' Union last night at the university settlement build ing more strikes of- shirt-waist girls were -ordered. Secretary Solomon, of the union, announced after the meeting that it had been decided to increase the number of girls on strike to 6500 before the end of the week. Protecting: iVonnnion Men. FORT SCOTT, Kan., Aug. 29. In antici pation of a serious strike at the Big Four coal mines in Southeastern Kansas, the companies have representatives here em ploying guards to protect nonunion men or those who refuse to strike. The feed ing is becoming stronger dally that a majority of the 4000 men In the district will- go out September 1. Porto Ricnn Union Chartered. WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. Ahe Ameri cna Federation of Labor, with headquar ters In this city, has granted the first charter for a general branch of that or der in Porto Rico. The organization .in that island is treated like any other state organization. Declared the Strike Off. PITTSBURG. Aug. 29. The seven hun dried strikers at the plant of the McClIn- i that she has gone down with all on board there She Was Bound From Cnllno for Portland to Lond Grain Other Disasters to the Wheat Fleet. MARSHFIELD, Or., 'Aug. 29. The Brit ish bark Baroda. bound from Callao for Portland, Or., went ashore at 1:30 this morning nine miles south of the Coquillc River. She struck head on and swung around.'and is now lying with Tier bow to the sea. She has two heavy anchors out, and if the sea remains smooth, as it is now, the captain has hopes of floating his ship off, but men who have had ex pearenqe on the beach in that locality claim that the chances are against her be- I ing floated. She has about 100 tons of coal forward and same ballast aft. (The Baroda is a steel three-masted bark of 1353 tons net and 1417 tons gross register. She was built at Dumbarton In 1S91 and Is owned by the Baroda Ship Company, Limited, of Greenock. Her di mensions are: Length, 237.5 feet, beam 3S.2, depth of hold 21.5 feet. The vessel sailed from Callao June 28. under charter to the Portland Flouring Mills Company, of this city. Seafaring men in this city are unable to account for the presence of the vessel so far Inshore at that point, except on the theory that the cap tain In beating up the coast stood too long on a course that took him toward the land, and was caught in the fog and drifted ashore before he learned his exact position. Wrecks on the Oregon coast are very rare compared with those of the Washington coast and for this reason It Is difficult to estimate what chances the Baroda has for escape. Every year a certain percentage of the big fleet "of grain vessels which make up the Portland fleet, meet with disaster while en route to this port from various parts of the world. Last season half a dozen of the ships chartered to arrive failed to reach port, at least four of them, the Andrada, Bertha, Cape Wrath and Rathdown disappearing in the North Pacific. This year, with the season not yet two months old, there have been two of the chartered Portland fleet wrecked and a third so long overdue that she has been practically given up. The Baroda disaster, which occurred yesterday, was preceded by the total wreck of the French bark Fervaalt which was en route to Portland with' a general cargo from Ant werp, under charter to load back from this port with wheat. The Fervaal foun dered near Staten Land and lost part of the crew, the remaining members being landed at Puerto Gallegos. The third of this unlucky trio Is the overdue sh p C;unty of Hadd'ngtcn, wiich Is now 20S days out from New York for Shanghai. The vessel Is a very fast sailer and was expected to make the run to Shanghai and across the Pacific In time for September loading at this port. She has never been spoken since leaving New York, and for that reason It Is feared board on the California coast while out ward bound from Portland a few years ago.) OFFERED TWO MILLIONS. Proposition to Buy Oat the Rival of the Bell Telephone Compnny. NEW YORK, Aug. 29. Charles W. Morse, a director in the Garfield National Bank and tha Bank of New Amsterdam, has made a proposition to the board of directors of the Telephone, Telegraph & Cable Company of America to purchase that corporation outright for $2,000,000 in cash. This te the only formidable rival of the Bell Telephone Company. Confi dential circulars announcing the offer made by Mr. Morse were mailed to the stockholders of the company, today. In which the hoard of directors recom mended the acceptance of the- offer, in view of the fact that "a large number of stockholders are not willing to ad vance additional funds." Mr. Morse rep resents himself only in the proposition. This company was Incorporated with a capital of ?30,000,CCO under the laws of New Jersey on November 9, 1899. Since the offer of Mr. Morse, which was made about 10 days ago, the boards of direc tors of the various subsidiary companies of the Telephone. Telegraph & Cable Company of America have held meetings and approved of his proposition and a day or two ago the directors of the pres ent organization met with the result that the circular of today followed. Gins Works Will Resume. INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 29. At a meet ing today between President Burns, of Local Assembly, No. 300. of the National Glassworkers organization. President Cole, of the Independents, Vice-President Hart and Secretary Phillips, of the Am erican WIndowglass Company, officers of the National Federation of Co-operatives, President Grey, of the Jobbers As sociation, and Captain Brown, of the Pittsburg Glass Company, it was decided that the Co-operative factories shall re sume work October 15, and the Ameri can and Independent organizations, known as the two trusts, will begin their fire November 15. jii-M iS- "' Government Preparing to Feed the Destitute. GLOOMY WINTER IN PROSPECT The Population Is Threatened "With. Starvation in Many Districts Of ficial Crop Reports Show a Serious Condition. ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 15. The day on which the first fruits of the harvest were blessed" In the churches, which was celebrated throughout Russia this week, must have been a day of mourning in many" of the provinces. The outlook has grown worse almost every week during the last four weeks. Even vegetables, including potatoes, have been largely burned by the scorching heat In some districts. The approaching Winter will be one of the gloomiest Russia has ever seen. The government already has begun preparations for the feeding of the pop ulation In districts where starvation is threatened. By a law adopted some time ago, the Zemstvos, or district assemblies, are relieved from all responsibility in the matter, the famine relief funds being now turned over to the central government. Agents of the Ministry of the Interior are engaged in buying grain, though the Rus sian press is forbidden to mention the matter. The precise object of this prohibi tion Is difficult to divine. It cannot be possible that the government thinks the grain speculators can be taken unawares and the secrecy with which the prices and the localities of purchases are In vested can hardly be conducive to econ omy. The latest trustworthy reports show the crop condition about August 1. Ex cessive heat and aridity prevailed during the preceding six weeks. This cut off the development of the grain and unduly hastened maturity. Sufficient rainfall was had only in the western and Baltic prov inces. The Winter grains naturally suf fered comparatively little from the weather, and the harvests of Winter grain will be good in the provinces of Kieff. Podolia, Beswirabla and Kherson, in some portions of the black earth districts, pr tlcularly the provinces of Tchernigoff Pcltava. Volhynla. Kursk. In the prov inces of Minsk, Grodno, Kovno, Vitebsk and Smolensk, In portions of the Baltic territory. In Finland and In a portion of the central region. In the remaining por tions of the Empire the Winter grains will shade off from below medium H wery bad, and the official report adds that "the condition of Spring grains Is below that of Winter grains." The harvest of Spring grains will b "sa-tlafactorv" in the south west, the Vistula provinces and portions of the northwest. It Is bad throughout the Immense southwestern territory be tween the Dnelper and the Ural. Per. centage estimates have not been given. REVISING THE CREED. Work of the Presbyterlnn Committee at Sarntojrn. SARATOGA. N. Y7"Aug. 29.-The Fres byterlan committee onthe revision of the Westminster Confession held two execu tive sessions today and made Important progress. Dr. Jordan's section has been engaged upon a short statement of the reformed faith. Dr Hfckey's section has devoted its time to amendments to the confession by a declaratory state ment. Dr. Niccol's section has made progress In outlining a statement supple mentary to the confession respecting the love of God for the world and for missions. Forminj? the Plow Trust. CHICAGO. Aug. 29. Nearly 30 plow manufacturers of the United States were In session here today discussing plans for a consolidation of all the plow interests in the country. After the meeting It was announced that the proposed consolida tion was practically a sure thing from present prospects and that about $30,000, 000 would be represented in the organiza tion when It should be completed. The recent r.se of 10 per cent In the price of plows and the proposed consolidation Is the result, the manufacturers say, of an increase in price of every kind of material and a ruinoous credit system that has prevailed for years. tock-Marshall Company, at Rankin, Pa., met today and declared the strike off. They Jro back at the terms offered by the company. Superstitious people might think was something In the name of the miss "Ing "County," for a vessel named the Haddingtonshire was lost with all on New York Census Statistics. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. According to a bulletin issued by the Census Bureau today, there are slightly more females than males In the State of New York. The percentage 13 50.3 females to 49.7 males. Out of a total population of 7,268, 94, there are 3.614.7S0 males and 3.654.114 females. Of the total population of the state, 1,900,425, or 26.1 per cent, are foreign born, and 112,013, or 1.5 per cent, colored. Of the colored people, 99,232 are negroes, 7170 Chinese, 354 Japanese; and 5257 In dians. New York City has 1,067.660 native males and 1,099,462 native females. SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWi Philippines. Congressman Hull says the Philippines are an ideal field for American enterprtae. Page J. Luzon provincial governments will be eenselt dated. Page 1. General Fred D. Grant la returning to Munlfci. Page 2. Domestic. Steel trust officials are training raw men to open Idle mills. Page 2. A Pullman car on a Rio Grande train over turned, killing the Mother Superior of Colo rado. Page 2. The Knights Templar conclave at LoutevHlo adjourned. Page 2. Francis, the Missouri negro murderer, 1 sttil at large. Page 10. Forelgrn. Famine threatens a large district in Russia. Pase 1. The Kurds are determined to exterminate the Armenians. Page 3. Austrlans protest against Russian intrigues in the Balkans. Page 3. Sport. Tacoma shut out Portland, 2-0. Page 3. Seattle defeated Spokane. 5-4. Page 3. Constitution Is ready for the final trial raees. Page 3. Pacific Coast. The present Astoria regatta easily surpasses those held heretofore. Page 4. Good indications of oil have been diseeverod In Malheur County. Oregon. Page 4. Warehouses of two Orezon City paer mtHs were burned, causing a loss of 510.000 to $15,000. Page 4. Dr. Cuslck, a prominent Salem RepubHoan. says the 'protective tariff should be abol ished. Page 4. Commercial. Vancouver, "Wash., sawmill Idle for six menttw will be put In operation. Page 4. Tradlnc In New YorJc stock market la very small, and strictly professional. Page 11 December wheat at Chicago Is easier aad closed c lower. Page 11. Large Inquiry reported for 1002 steel rails. Page 11. Marine. British bark Baroda ashore near the Cequliie River. Page 1. Indrapura makes a fine run from Portland to the sea. Pane 10. Northern Pacific to build two big Trans-Paalfla liners. Page 10. Steamer Deutschland makes a new Trans Atlantic record. Page 10. San Francisco srraln shippers say the strike Is broken. Page 10. Portland and Vicinity. Charter Commission considered the report of the finance committee In committee of the whole. Pase 12. Details of death of John C. Topping In New York. Pase 7. City Attorney Long decides that the eity must pay warrants Issued for the opening ot "Vaughn street in 1800. Page 12. Hopplcklnff will be In full blast next week. Page 8. Boulevard is proposed to carry heavy street traffic south of the East Side. Page 3.