THE flrnflftSG ORECrOKIAK; S&l'.UKDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 190X.
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CROWDS AWAITED NEWS
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SURROUND
THE BULLETIN BOARDS.
aiourninp Wa Changed to Joy Only
to Change Again to Grief
and Sorrow.
From 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon until
late last night the streets at the front
and side of The Oregonian building were
thronged with people anxiously await
ing each -word of news from the suffer
ing President's bedside. It is estimated
that the crowd at one time numbered
over 3000. It was a sympathetic crowd,
- and expressions of deep sorrow dropped
from the lips of every man and woman
who stood patiently scanning the bulletin
boards. The crowd was greatly in ex
cess of the number that watched for bul
letins on the day of the shooting at
Buffalo. Not until yesterday, when it be
came evident that the President could
not survive his wounds, did the people
seem to feel the shock In all its inten
sity; but when it became known that
death was but a question of time, that
the President's life was hanging by a
thread, and that any moment the news
of his death might come, people In every
walk of life seemed to realize the awful
gravity and the appalling sadness of the
tragedy.
"When the mistaken bulletin announc
ing the President's death was sent out
in the afternoon, tears filled many eyes,
and lamentations were heard on every
hand. The reason why this bulletin was
sent out is explained in detail in this
morning's Associated Press report. It
was caused by the filing of a private
message in Buffalo to the effect that the
President was dead. The operator
jumped at the conclusion that the news
was authentic, and notified the White
House at "Washington. Almost in an In
stant the mistake had gone out over
the whole country. While the crowd was
giving vent to expressions of its sor
tow, a man rushed out of The Oregonian
building and posted the bulletin "The
President is not dead." A wild, pro
longed and joyous enthusiastic cheer
went up from the assembled watchers.
It was a rift In the cloud of misery
which had enshrouded not only the multi
tude gathered around the bulletin board,
but the people of the whole city as well.
Flags that had been lowered to half
mast all over the city were flung joy
ously to the breeze. The people seemed
j to awaken from their spell and for a
r lew moments hope ran high; but this
hope was" dashed a fow moments later
by the posting of a bulletin to the effect
that while the report of his doath was
premature, there was no possible chance
for recover?'.
From that time until the receipt of the
message announcing the death of the
President, the crowd kept Its sorrowful
vigil. Men spoke in low tones women in
-whispers. Even the children who were
attracted by the presence of th. crowd.
seemed to realize the terrible situation,
and their playful noise was silenced, and
the little ones joined in the weary wait
for death.
It was a terribly earnest crowd. Ex
pressions of loathing for the man who
caused the death, and for the bloody
doctrines which actuated him, were as
frequent as expressions of sorrow and
sympathy for the President and his
stricken wife. Short shrift would have
been given the man who would have
dared give utterance to expressions of
joy at murder or sympathy with mur
derer. When finally the telegraph wire con
veyed the news at last that death had
ended McKinley's sufferings, the crowd
received the news in silence, a silence
that betokened the grief and shame of
loyal Americans grief for the dead,
Shame that such a deed could have "been
perpetrated on American soil. Until a
late hour men and women stood around
In little knots and discussed the tregedy,
and the future of the Government under
President Roosevelt.
FORETOLD IN JANUARY, 1900.
Philadelphia "Woman Said MclClnley
"Would Be Asuusslnated.
President McKinley's assassination was
foretold as long ago as January, 1900, by
a Philadelphia woman who goes into what
is described as the "clairvoyant state."
Five months before the Republican Na
tional Convention of 1900 this woman said
that McKlnley and Roosevelt would be
nominated, that McKlnley would be as
sassinated, and that Roosevelt would be
President. Mrs. Alex Bernstein was in
Philadelphia at the time of the conven
tion, and in a letter to her husband dated
June 26, 1900, she gave the following ac
count of the clairvoyant's prediction:
"If McKinley Is saved it Is Teddy who
does it. They fought against him and, 1
understand, had to make great promises
to him to get him to take the nomina
tion. That reminds me of something 1
was told the other day. A friend of the
person who told me sometimes goes Into
a clairvoyant state. She is not profes
sional. Last January she went into that
state and this party asked her how about
the Presidential nomlpatlon. She said It
would be McKinley and Roosevelt, that
Roosevelt would hold out till the last and
try to get out, but the nomination would
be forced upon him, but that would not
prevent his becoming President, as the
same thing would happen to McKinley as
to Garfield, and Roosevelt would be Pres-
idenL Now the first part has come true;
it will remain to see if McKinley is elect
ed and assassinated. Tou will please re
member If it happens on what date 1
wrote this and make a note anyhow. I
was told this before the nomination."
Mrs. Bernstein's letter Is in the posses
sion of The Oregonian and there can be
no question of Its genuineness.
THE SEWS IX PORTLAND.
Official Messagre Received on Associ
ated Press Wire at 11:19 P. M.
News announcing President McKinley's
death reached Portland at 11:19 o'clock
last night, four minutes after it was an
nounced at Buffalo. The first man in
Portland to learn of the President's death
was Charles E. Branin, the night opera
tor for the Associated Press, who took
the message off the wire.
Once yesterday afternoon, and once last
night, the news was flashed over the
wire that McKinley was dead, but both
times it proved to be a mistake. The
statement issued by Secretary Cortelyou,
was the first official news of the Presi
dent's death, and as such was received
by Mr. Branin.
Immediately upon receipt of the news
The Oregonian informed Chief Campbell,
of the fire department, and he ordered
the fire bell tolled 58 times, once for each
year of President McKinley's age. The
first bell to ring was that of Trinity Epis
copal Church. When the official bulle
tin came The Oregonian telephoned to
the sexton, and within one minute the bell
was announcing the sad tidings. The
fire bell did not begin tolling until 11:57,
as it was necessary for Chief Campbell
to make necessary preliminary arrange
ments before sounding the big bell.
His Domestic Life.
A Portland woman recently received a
letter from United States Consul-General
R. P. Skinner at Marseilles, France, con
taining this paragraph:
We have been .much shocked today to hear
of the probable death of poor Mrs. McKinley.
When I saw her in the White House, a day or
two before sailing, he seemed better than
ehe had for many years. I spent the better
part of one day in her presence, during which
she had not one o her tainting spells, and
her conversation was brighter than any I
had heard from her. If she dies, the blow
to the President will be a very severe one for
while many people think that his constant
devotion to her arises from a Eense of duty
and propriety, I have been with them enough
to know that he really worshlas her. She
has been to him like a little child for 40
years. I have bee trying to think this morn
ing of some other conspicuous figure in the
governments a the world whose privato life
might be compared with his, but really I
think of none. Dramatic incidents have been
noted in the careers of great tnen, but his
has been a simple, honest daily life, with
never a break in his affectionate gallantry.
NATIONAL GUARD ORDERS.
Headquarters O. N. G Adjutant-General's
Office, Portland, Or., Sept. 14, 1901.
General orders No. 8.
It la with deep sorrow that the Commander-in-Chief
announces to the Na
tional Guard the death of Major William
McKinley. ex-President of the United
States, which occurred at Buffalo, N. Y.,
Saturday, September 14, 1901.
A citizen of exemplary character, a
brave soldier of the Civil War and a
wise, patriotic statesman, he was justly
entitled to and received the confidence
and eBteem of the Nation. His death
coming as the direct result of his posi
tion as Chief Executive of a great and
law-abiding people, la peculiarly sad. His
life was given for his country. His fellow-citizens
will mourn his loss.
As a mark of respect, the officers of
the National Guard will wear a knot of
black crape upon the sword hilt, regimen
tal colors will be draped and flags at the
State Armories will be displayed at half
mast for a period of SO daya from the
date of this order.
By order of the Commander-in-Chief.
C. U. GANTENBEIN,
Adjutant-General.
ASKS FOR A RECEIVER.
Suit Against the Union Savings fc
Loan Society.
A suit asking for the appointment of
a receiver for the Union Savings & Loan
Society, of which Moses D. Billings is
the president, and L. D. McArdlc secre
tary, was filed yesterday in the State
Circuit Court by Mattie A. North. She
is the owner of 10 shares of stock in the
company, fully paid up, of the par value
of ?1000. The complaint sets forth that
January 15, 1901, the defendants endeav
ored to have her surrender her stock,
and take stock In the Co-operative In
vestment Company, as the Union Savings
& Loan Society was In bad financial con
dition and was endeavoring to liquidate
its affairs by the transfer of the securi
ties of the former to the latter. It Is al
leged that the real purpose was the en
hancing the value of the stock of the
Co-operative Investment Company. The
Union Savings & Loan Company, it is
stated, falsely reported Its condition (to
the Secretary of State, in that mort
gages .were reported unpaid which in
nearly all cases had been greatly re
duced by payment on the same, and some
mortgages fully paid off were reported
unpaid. To the Secretary of State It Is
averred that it was reported by the com
pany on September 17, 1900, that its assets
and liabilities each amounted to $S2,
704. This Is charged to have been un
true, and that the value of the assets at
that time did not exceed J15.000. Mrs.
North avers that a statement made to
her by the company's officers on Feb
ruary 18, 1901. showed the assets to figure
up $59,627, of which $53,377 were real
estate loans and 52436 Interest, showing
$13,750 real estate to have been disposed
of since the statement was made to the
Secretary of State. It is charged that
although the corporation is Insolvent It
is paying dividends to certain preferred
stockholders varying from 6 to 12 per
cent, and 6 to 8 per cent to others, also
large salaries to officers for pretended
services. Mrs. North says she has been
unable to obtain her money, notwith
standing she has made frequent de
mands for it.
Irrigation Company Suit.
The suit of D. D. Warren against the
Oregon Irrigation Company, R. V. Pratt,
A. A. LIndsley and C. C. Hutchinson, ask
ing for the appointment of a receiver to
take charge of the affairs of the com
pany, was argued before Judge Frazer
yesterday by A. King Wilson, attorney
for the plaintiff, and E. B. Seabrook
and W. A Munly for the defense. The
case as stated in behalf of Warren is
that he paid $1 for one share of stock
in the Oregon Irrigation Company, and
afterwards paid to Hutchinson $1800 for
which Hutchinson agreed to deliver to
him stock and failed to do so. In Novem
ber, 1889, H. N. Ross and Hutchinson or
ganized the company and over a year
subsequent LIndsley and Pratt claimed
to have been elected directors of the
concern and Hutchinson president. In
April, 1901, the company voted 9995 shares
of a total of 10,000 shares to Hutchinson
for services rendered. These Hutchinson
assigned to C. E. S. Wood, and also de
livered to him $5000 notes of the corpo
ration. It was explained that Wood's
connection with the corporation was that
he secured an option on its property. The
scheme was to Irrigate lands adjacent to
the Deschutes River.
Mr. Wilson contended that Warren ad
vanced the money to Hutchinson to de
velop the property and did not get the
stock promised. Nor was the money re
paid. He asked for the appointment of
a receiver. The attorneys for the defense
argued that the transaction was an in
dividual one between Warren and Hutch
inson, in which the company was not in
terested. They filed a demurrer to tho
complaint. The case was continued for
further hearing.
United Stntes Court of Appeals.
The United States Circuit Court of Ap
peals of the ninth district, Judges Gilbert,
Morrow and Ross on the bench, will con
vene In the United States courtroom In
this city at 10 A. M. next Monday. All
the cases to come up for hearing have
been set for Monday, and it Is possible
that the court may be in session only for
one day.
The matter of a stay of proceedings
in regard to the demolition of Jesse D.
Carr's fences in California, which was
heard by the court at Seattle, was taken
under advisement, and it is possible that
a decision may be announced while the
court Is in session here, but this is scarce
ly probable.
Court Xotes.
Judge Sears will announce a decision
this morning in the case of the Portland
General Electric Company vs. the City
of Portland.
Ed Wilson has sued John Cordano, de
tective, for $2500 damages, because the
officer on July 2 last compelled him to
go to the police station and restrained
htm of his liberty for a quarter of an
hour against his will, and without any
authority to do so. This Is the full text
of a complaint filed In the State Circuit
Court yesterday by C. H. PIggott, attor
ney for Wilson.
The petition of Stanley S. Soule against
H. J. Eilers, E. S. Johnston and C. U.
Ridgway, asking for the appointment of
a receiver for the business of Soute, John
ston & Ridgway, was denied by Judge
George yesterday. The cross bill of H.
J. Eilers asking that a receiver be ap
pointed to take charge of the affairs of
the firm- of Soule Bros. & Johnston
was also denied.
Assistant United States Attorney Edwin
Mays yesterday filed an information in
the United States Court against Julius
Andrews, charging him with selling
whisky to Charlie Weiss, an Indian, a
ward of the United States Government,
residing at the Warm Springs agency.
Andrews was arraigned before Judge Bel
linger and pleaded guilty. He was fined
$100 and sentenced to Imprisonment in
Multnomah County Jail for 60 days.
Jessie M. Stilson yesterday begun suit
In the State Circuit Court against J. H.
Keating to recover $20,000 for breach of
promise. Miss Stilson was at one time
a teacher In the Stephens school. In her
complaint she alleges that in June, 1897,
it was mutually agreed between her and
Keating that they would marry within
a reasonable time. She avers that ever
since the agreement she had been ready
and willing to keep her part of the obll-
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PRESIDENT SHOULD BE GUARDED.
X General Nelson A. Miles Thinks the Country Has Been Too
Lax in Exposing
T
f LIEUTENAXT-GESfERAL KELSON A. MILES. If
"That Is sad news," said Lieutenant-General Nelson A. Miles, of the United
States Army, when he was told last evening that President McKinley was nearlng
his end. General Miles had arrived at 8:45 last evening from Seattle on the
special train of James J. Hill, of the Great Northern Railroad.
"I shall proceed Immediately to Washington," continued General Miles. "I
was ready to turn back at Helena when we first received the news of President
McKinley's assassination. The first news we received was very startling, that
the wounds from tho assassin's bullets had been fatal. Then we received a re
port that the bullets had been extracted, and that the President was getting
along very satisfactorily toward a complete recovery. "When we received the
news today that President McKinley was fast sinking and that death was ex
pected, we made our plans to start back to Washington. Mr. Hill kindly offered
to take our car on his special, and we came hastily to 'Portland.
"While there Is no special exigency that I fear in the way of guarding the
new President, or any danger of that sort In connection with his taking his of
fice, I feel that my place at the present time is at Washington. I also wish to
be present, if possible, at the funeral of the President.
"I feel that we have been, lax In guarding the President. When you consider
that three Presidents in 33 years have met the assassin's bullet, It shows that
we are too free in exposing the President to unnecessary dangers. I believe that
the President should be safely guarded, and that he should not take part In pub
lic functions that would render him liable to attack from any anarchist and
lunatic that may be privileged to mingle in any such crowd.
"Aa to the punishment of anarchists, I believe that Congress should pass a
law which would Inflict the death penalty for any attempt to take the life of the
President, or for any conspiracy on tho part of an anarchist circle against the
office, whether the attempt were sucessful or not.
"As far as the stability of the Government Is concerned, the crisis is not
dangerous. Vice-President Boosevelt will a&sume his office, and time will disclose
his policies.
"The present trip of mine was taken primarily to Inspect the Western fortifi
cations. The Army has been reorganized, and its present strength Is now 70,000.
Of these there are GO.OOO in the Philippines. We hope to reduce this further to
about 30,000, and we are re-posting the soldiers at the various stations In the
United States. I intended to visit the very important fortifications at the mouth
of the Columbia Biver, and also to so to San Francisco, and as far south as
San Diego. The serious turn of the President's illness ha3 led me to abandon this
plan, for the present, at least."
Politics the General resolutely refused to discuss, with the exception to vouch
safe a vigorous denial that tho trip of his to the West had anything to do with
his political ambitions.
Views of James J. Hill, Pros Ident of the Grent Northern.
When James J. Hill was found in the center of a group of railroad men, and
was informed as to the latest hopeless news of the President's approaching condi
tion, he said:
"It is something we all feel deeply. It strikes to everyone's heart, for there
never was anything done by President McKinley in his whole life, while he was
a Major in the Army, while he was in Congress, while he was Governor of Ohio
and while he has filled the office of Chief Executive of the Nation, that would
warrant the cruel wound he received from the assassin's bullet. It was a' cruel,
sad thing that such a man as President McKinley should be shot down in this
way.
"If this is the way our Chief Executive is to be treated, if because a man ac
cepts the office of President of the United States and endeavors to execute faith
fully the, laws of the people, he is to become the victim of people who desire to
overthrow all government and all law and to live in a state of anarchy, I say
that the sooner we rid our land of such people the better. They are the foe not
alone of the official that occupies the position of Chief Executive, but also of
every man and woman in the land, and they ought to be gotten rid of.
"As to the effect of the serious illness and death of the President on the stock
markets and business in general, I would say that, much as we are grieved over
the President's death, saddened as nny patriotic Americans must feel, yet there
is absolutely no occasion for any alarm or worry as to the business Interests of
the country. The country Is rich and prosperous. There will be just as much de
mand in all branches of Industry; there will be just as many breakfasts eatjen to
morrow, the country will be just as wealthy and prosperous, and the business of
the country will have to be done. It is a sad thing, the death of the President,
but there Is nothing to occasion any alarm In the business world. The Govern
ment will go on on lt3 same stable, solid basis under the new administration.
"As to the stock market, I never dabble In it; but I see no reason why there
should be any flurry or a panic."
T "I shall proceed Immediately to Washington," continued General Miles. "I
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gatlon, but that Keating continually
postponed their union, and on July 31,
1901, he was united in marriage to an
other. George W. Joseph appears as at
torney for the plaintiff.
The will of Mary P. Spiller, deceased,
was admitted to- probate in the County
Court yesterday. The. estate is valued
at $14,400. To Elizabeth T. Boise, a sister,
Is bequeathed notes and mortgages val
ued at $2000. The Income of five shares
of the Aetna Insurance Company, of
Hartford, Is devised to St Mary's Epis
copal Church, Eugene, to be added to
the salary of its pastor, provided it shall
never fall below SS00 per annum. In case
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the Chief Magistrate.
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the church shall reduce the salary be
low $600 the shares are to go to the
estate. The rest and remainder of the
estate is bequeathed to Elizabeth T.
Boise, Rebecca Davis Boise and Reuben
P. Boise. Elizabeth T. Boise is named
as executrix, and Reuben P. Boise as ex
ecutor. Old Resident o Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 13. Charles
Burnell, for many years a resident of
Vancouver, died at the house of William
Morris, at Fruit Valley, this morning,
after an Illness of only a few days. De
ceased was 66 years of age and leaves
a family of several children. He went to
Fruit Valley the fore part of this week
to pick prunes and was taken the same
day with severe cramps in the stomach.
Complications set in from which he grad
ually grew worse until his death.
CRICKETERS STOPPED.
International Game Abandoned Upon
False News of President's Death.
The cricket match between teams repre
senting Portland and Vancouver, B. C,
opened yesterday on the baseball grounds
at Twenty-fourth and Vaughn streets,
and an enjoyable game was played until
about 3:25 o'clock, when a rumor reached
the players that President McKinley had
died, and out of respect to his memory
they stopped playing. When the stumps
were drawn the scores stood: Portland,
133; Vancouver, 90, for six wickets.
Pordand went to bat first, facing the
bowling of Jukes and Senkler. Lumgair
and Wyld were the two Portland bats
men, but their partnership was of short
duration, and Wyld was ouf for two,
clean bowled by Senkler. Lawrence was
the next man, and the crowd expected
the score to rise rapidly; but it was evi
dently an off day for Lawrence, for after
one four and three singles, he, too, was
bowled by Senkler. All this rime, how
ever, Lumgair was playing a splendid
game, and the manner in which he sent
twos, threes and fours over the lot made
the fielder weary. His was the best
cricket seer, in Portland this season, and
he gave few chances. Bowler after bowlet
tried their cunning breaks on him, but
he blocked he straight balls and hit them
when they were safe, and woe betide th&
offballs that came his way. One bah
Jukes sent crashing against him was sent
over the fence for six, the hit of the day.
Barfoot and he made excellent partners,
and gradually the score arose to 133,
thanks mainly to Lumgair. The fielding
of the Vancouvers was excellent, and
Jukes' bowling especially was well on ths
wicket.
Then Vancouver went to bat?, and from
the Avay Morley and Ferrie started to
smash the bowling. It looked as if their
side would run up quite a high score. The
tnird ball Lumgair bowled was sent away
by Ferrie for four. Lawrence, the
bowler, start'ed by bowling two maiden
overs, and at first he was nearly unplay
able. The score continued to rise, how
ever, until Morley and Ferrie were sep
f ted. wltn the score at 40 for one wicket.
That made a high average, and the critics
said that Portland was against it, and
that the red-cheeked youths from Van
couver would probably roll up 200 or so.
Eut the opposite" happened. Barfoot was
substituted for Lawrence, and he and
Lumgair developed unexpected bowling
strength. Morley was retired at 34.
Branch made a fine stand for his 16, and
Woodward and Tait were just warming
to work when some one hoisted a flag at
half-mast from the Chapman public
school, and the rumor spread that Presi
dent McKinley had passed away. By
universal consent, every cricketer present
stopped play, and the game was Indefinite
ly postponed. Portland's fielding showed
much improvement, and the work of Fos
ter In this department was admired. The
partial score Is:
VANCOUVERS.
H. L. Morley, c. Gllman, b. Barfoot.... 34
W. B. Ferrie, b. Lumgair 15
J. H. Senkler, b. Barfoot 0
Lieut. B. M. Waters, b. Lumgair 4
A. Malins. lbw. Lumgair 2
C. S. V. Branch, b. Barfoot 16
R. Woodward, not out 9
J. S. Tait, not out 3
A. Jukes, A. G. Thynne and H. Lock
wood did not bat
Byes, 3; leg byes, 3; wide, i
Total for six wickets....? 20
Runs at fall of each wicket, 4, 26, 33, 40,
47, 64,. Id., 131. 133, 133.
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
Overs. Maidens. Buns. Wickets.
Jukes 20 6 50 4
Senkler 13 1 49 4
Morley 10 9 0
Woodward... 2 0 8 0
Tait 6 0 9 2
POBTLANDS.
J. B. Lumsrair, c. Ferrie, b. Jukes 84
A. E. Wyld, b. Senkler 2
C. W. Lawrence, b. Senkler i
C. Dakyns, c. Woodward, b. Jukes 1
A. E. Cawston. b. Senkler 3
W. N. Pattullo, b. Jukes 4
W. IC Scott, b. Senkler 0
R. A. B. Barfoot, b. Tait 19
T. B. Foster, b. Tait 4
W. L. N. Gllman, b. Jukes 1
W. D. Smith, not out 0
Byes, 7; leg be, 1 &
Total 133
Runs at fall of each over, 40, 41, 56, 53,
75, 87.
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
Overs. Maidens. Buns. Wickets.
Lawrence ... 7 2 7 0
Lumgair .... 8 1 30 3
Barfoot 6 1 26 3
NOT SO WELL AS LAST YEAR
Hopplckers' Earnings Were Smaller
Because the Hops Were Smaller.
Hopplckers are beginning to return
from near-by fields In Clackamas County.
They report poor success In making
money, as the hops were small and did
not hang on the vines In large clusters,
as they did last year. A number of fields
further away from Portland, In Yam
hill County, have yet to be picked, but
the most of the pickers who have fin
ished the fields near Champoeg and Butte
ville have scattered to their homes, as
they did not think they could make
wages in the new fields. Steamboats ar
riving In the evening from up-river points
will bring back hopplckers for the next
week, and at the end of that period the
season will be over.
A hop dealer said yesterday that "pick
ers had the short end of the bargain this
season, because they picked by the box,
instead of by the pound. Those small
hop bulbs weigh well, but it takes a good
many of them to fill a nine-bushel box.
If the pickers hafl been paid at the rate
of SO cents per hundred pounds they
would have made wages, and the hop
grower could have stood it all right.
The proper way is to pick by the pound.
In any year, as then the producer knows
what he is paying for, and the picker
cannot be cheated.
"The Indians in the Yakima Valley
are paid 51 for every 18-pound box they
pick. No tickets are used, but the picker
Is simply handed a silver dollar for every
box he fills. But large boxes take a long
time1 to fill, and the hops have time to
settle down before the top layer is placed
In the boxes, which, therefore, contains
about 20 per cent more hops than the
pickers get paid for.
"The hops of Oregon will be saved in
good order as a rule, this year. The
fields in the bottoms have all been picked
in dry weather and those on the uplands
are in no danger of damage, even should
a few light rains fall. There is no good
reason why the entire crop should not be
choice hops, as spraying could have been
resorted to In June and July, when lice
appeared. Wherever, the hops are not
strictly AT it is evident that business
methods were not observed In their cul
tivation and care."
Miners In Alaska Short of Food.
VICTORIA, B. C, Sept. 13. The steam
er Cottage City, which arrived here short
ly aSter midnight, brought news that' the
town of Little Minook, on the Lower Yu
kon, has been swept by fire, and that all
the cabins and much valuable property
were des'troyed. Forest fires were the
cause.
In a letter from Nusbagag, Lieutenant
Satterlee, of the United States cutter
Grant, says he met two nien from Bethel
Mission, on the Kuskokwim River, who
reported that miners in that district
were short of provisions, and that Indians
were living entirely on fish. The schoon
er Pearl, of the Alaska Commercial Com
pany, which was taking provisions to that
district, was a month overdue July 12,
and much alarm was felt for her. The
indications are not very bright from a
mining standpoint In that district.
APPEALED TO THE LAW
AXARCHIST PETITIONS WHICH
JUDGE BELLINGER RECEIVED.
Cited Constitutional Right. 'While
Seelclnjr to Destroy Both Law
and Constitution.
Judge C. B. Bellinger, of the Federal
Court, has In his possession a number
of petitions that were sent him at the
time Abraham Isaak and his co-laborers
In the anarchist vineyard were under
arrest in Portland on the charge of vio
lating the postal laws. These petitions
are a curious study. They bear evidence
of a preconcerted action among all the
anarchist societies of the United States,
for in each Instance the wording is the
same. Some of them, many of them in
fact, are printed, while others are writ
ten. Whether written or printed, how
ever, the verbiage is the same, and It is
apparent that the original of the peti
tion was drafted in some central anar
chist headquarters in one of the large
Eastern cities, and forwirded to every
anarchist society in the United States
to secure signatures.
The most curious fact in connection
with the petitions is that the protests
against the prosecution of Isaak et al.
are based on the ground that such prose
cution is contrary to the Constitution of
the United States. In short, the an
archists, whose avowed object is to de
stroy all constitutions and all law. ap
pealed to the Constitution to protect
themselves In the propagation of their
doctrines. The section of the Constitu
tion cited is the one that prohibits Con
gress from passing any law that will
abridge the freedom of speech or the
freedom of the press.
Another Interesting feature of the peti
tions is the names signed to them. There
Is not one Anglo-Saxon name among 10,
and the majority of the foreign names
are not ordinary ones, but of the most
outlandish and jawbreaking varieties.
Hungarians, Italians, Russians and Poles
seem to predominate, and there are very
few German or French names among
them. One can easily imagine, how
ever, upon reading the petitions and ob
serving the names attached thereto, that
not only is plain, ecery-day anarcny
pleading for the right of Tree speech, but
that there Is a fair sprinkling of members
of the Mafia and nihilists among the
petitioners.
Speaking of his receiving the petitions.
Judge . Bellinger yesterday said:
"I must have received over 25 of them,
all of them liberally signed. Usually the
petitions did not have any date line,
and the only way to tell where they
came from was to study out the post
mark. Nearly, If not all, the large East
ern cities were represented among the
petitioners. The fact that they were pro
testing against the punishment of an
archists on the ground that such pun
ishment was contrary to the Constitution
of the United States, which they would
destroy if they could, struck me as be
ing most peculiar."
Judge -Bellinger was asked if he had
received any threatening letters during
the, progress of the prosecution, and he
replied in the negative.
"Aside from the petitions," he said,
"I received but one letter from an an
archist. That one was couched In most
courteous language and asked me to In
form the writer, If I could do so con
sistently with my sense of judicial pro
priety, under what statute and by what
authority Isaak and the others were be
ing prosecuted. I answered that letter,
and clttJ the statute under which the
Indictment was drawn. My answer was
very brief.
"The man to whom my letter was writ
ten did not reply, but I did receive a re
ply from someone "Cho. was evidently
the secretary "of anyanarehlst society,
and to whom my letter had. evidently been
turned over. He made the astounding
statement that from my reply it "was
plain that the pope of Rome was behind
the prosecution of the Isaak crowdi
What connection there was between my
letter, which merely cited the statute
of the United States upon which our
grand jury acted, and the pope of Rome,
the writer did not explain."
HOODOO ON SNAKES RUN OUT
Snakes Have Appeared In. Ireland's
Grain Fields.
P. McMurtagh, of Payette County, Ida
ho, was In the city yesterday on his way
home from a visit to Ireland. He says
he had a delightful visit to the ould sod,
and found that the hospitality of the
Irish people Is as boundless as ever. He
was made much of everywhere, and the
people were never tired of asking him
questions about America.
White In Wexford great excitement
was created there by a report that two
snakes had been seen in a field in the
outskirts of that town, one of which had
been killed by a laborer, but the other
escaped. This, with the fact that two
snakes had been killed in the same
county a few weeks before, caused many
to imagine that St. Patrick's hoodoo
on snakes had run out, and that here
after any one going Into the country
would be In danger of being bit by one
of these venomous reptiles.
In Tipperary County Mr. McMurtagh
witnessed a sort of woman's rights dem
onstration In the shape of a public pro
test by a large number of women against
the employment of machinery In the
binding of grain. The women of Nenagh
were summoned by the town bellman
and assembled at the town hall to make
a protest against the farmers employ
ing machine binders, and a very lively
and noisy protest they made, till a heavy
rain came on and dispersed the crowd.
Mr. McMurtagh says he wished that he
could have brought a few hundred of
these stout, healthy women to the Pa
cific Coast to get situations as cooks and
housemaids, but the contract was too
big for him.
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PORTLAND. Sept. 12. (To the Editor.)
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