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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1901)
--. . -J"- -Z- T 'syrr ...-irun" 7 T.-B V m-r'- -T- -Tfi r-w-rj w ' RUBBER GOODS OP EVERY DESCRI PTION. GOQDYBHR RWBBBR COMPHNY Portland Raises Over $300,000 for '05 Fair. Terrible Disaster on the Wabash Road. R. H. PEASE, President F. M. SHEPARD. JR.. Secretary. J. A. SHEPARD. Treasurer. Nob. 73 and 75 First Street, PORTLAND. OREGON. FOOTBALL! " f7"I if " W .. " '"-J 'v5-yj;is'l?"C5-"r" VOL XLL NO. 12,781. PORTLAND, OIM'W THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ANY SIZC ALL STYLES ANY QUANTITY 1 PI 1 IB fl IP 11111" IIR 9 I fl H F" H 8 1 I! f) BT I 0 f" IH A fl w n .jB A B H . H Bi yMIB B 9h S IMKP TmI t ii Lots of kicking at the game; but no one kicks at the BEAU BRUMMELL Best 5-cent cigar on earth. Smoke one after dinner. THE END 18 NOT YET Distributers t Blumauer- Frank Drug Co. Wholesale and Importing Oragglsts. ISh SHAyfS 1 awsr lire Ma America's ORIGINAL Malt WHISKY Without a Rival Today BilimaUer & HOCII, I08 and 110 Fourth Street Sole Dlstrlbutars for Oregon If you have 66 59 wherewith to keep warm and a John Van Range "With which to roast your Thanksgiving turkey, then. Indeed, "you have much to be thanwful for." If jou have not these two sources of comfort, you can get them from w. g. Mcpherson, Heating and Ventilating Engineer. 47 FIRST, PORTLAND, OR. HOTEL PERKINS fifth and Washington Streets .... PORTLAND, OREGON EUROPEAN PLAN First-Class Check Restaurant Connected With Hotel. Rooms Single Rcoma Double , Rooms Family .... ..... 75c to $1.50 per day $1.00 to $2.00 per day $1.50 to $3.00 per day J. F. DAVI2S. rrea. C. T. BELCHER, Sec. and Treas. St Charles Hote CO. (INCORPORATED). FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON, - ;?A?3fcsr1fe K GOOD CHRINC SET MightyTriumph for the City's Public Spirit. NEW MARK IS SET AT $500,000 Actual Aggregate Reported to Exec utive Committee I $270,310 Others to Hcnr From 100, OOO From Railroads. Portland has subscribed the $300,000 necessary to capitalize the legal corpora tion for the Lewis and Clark celebration. Signatures for the full amount have al ready been obtained, without Including the railroad companies, the corporations controlled outside' the city, the banks of the' town, and many other important business Interests, and with only partial reports from the canvassing committees. Reports presented at the meeting of the canvassers in the Chamber of Commerce building last night footed up $279,310. Sec retary H. E. Reed sajd he personally knew of subscriptions in the hands of committees that made no reports at the meetings, that carry the total already in black and white beyond the $300,000. Be sides this a number of thousands were said to have been decided on, but had not yet been actually subscribed. These were not counted among the subscriptions. Nothing was counted that was not actual ly upon the authorized list. This result was made known at what was probably the most enthusiastic meet ing of business men. ever held in Fort land. When it was announced cheers burst from every throat, and tho skylight over the court will probably leak today. After this spontaneous demonstration somebody proposed three .formal cheers and a tiger, and they went with a spirit "that" would put' to shame 'any political, dwmuwiiipii OVER 100 KILLED Immigrant Train Collided With a Limited Mail. THEN THE WRECKAGE BURNED There's lots of great big turkeys For eery one this Fall, But don't you think that this one Is about the best of all? O -- Is necessary to artistically and properly carve your THANKSGIVING TURKEY You will find the most complete assortment In the city, prices ranging from 90c to $25 per set. PRKEL, HEGELE St CO. Headquarters for FINE CHINA and RICH CUT GLASS. 100-106 Fifth Street, cor. Stark. BUY BRONZE MONARCH Office, room 607 The Mar-Quam. Telephone Oak 551. Flr3t Call, Oregon Mining Stock Exchange December 2, 1901. On MONDAY Take a flyer on the best thing In the St. Helens dis trict NEVER SO CHEAP AGAIN I with considerable rapidity, the main ob ject being to get the amount actually on the subscription papers. It was deemed best not to publish the list as presented, It being so fragmentary that it would do injustice to many who have already sub scribed, and to those willing to subscribe but who have not yet had an opportunity, and even to the committees themselves, the classifications In some cases overlap ping, and subscriptions really obtained by one committee being finally put on papers in the hands of another. Publication of the subscriptions will not be made until the lists shall be completed and each sub scriber and committee may appear in proper light. Significant, though Incomplete reports were made by C. E. Rumclin, of the com--mittee on breweries' and liquor dealers; by jubilating ever hear,d. There was nobody! Samuel Cor.nell, of the commmittee on manuiacturers exclusively; Dy james Steel of the committee on physicians and dentists; by W. D. Fenton, of the committee on lawyers; by A. H. Breyman, of the committee on real estate owners and capitalists; by L. Samuel, of the committee on fire and life Insurance companies and real estate agents; In fact, by nearly every commit tee that was heard from. The number of refusals to subscribe was surprisingly few. The following report was made by the committee on places of amusement: "We, the undersigned, managers of Marquam Just What You Want The Pianola places at the command of everybody the power to play any music they like, and in Just the way they like to hear It. The Pianola is reclaiming thousands of the practically lost efforts of great geniuses. The great works of Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Chopin, Wagner, are at the command of the Pianola-player, as well as the lighter music Call at our store and let us show you the Pianola. It Is all that we claim for it and more. PRICE, ?250.00. Can be bought on moderate monthly payments if desired. THE AEOLIAN COMPANY M. B. WELLS, Sole Northwest Agent, Aeolian Hall, 353-355 Washington St. ANCHOR WIRE FENCE TRUST INSURGENT ACTIVITY. Combination Which, It Is Said, Will Take in the Portland Company. OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 27. A combination to control the anchor wire fence business of the territory west of the Mississippi j River Is being formed with John W. Gate3 as Its probable head. The headquarters of the concern will be in this city, where Its principal plant will be located. It , will be known as the Western Ancnor Wire Fence Company, but the amount of Its capital stock has not yet been deter mined. The concern has already brought the largest anchor fence plant In this city, two In. Texas and one in Denver, and has jan option on another at Port land, Or. Mr. Gates, who was In the city a short time yesterday, has gone to Denver and Portland to close deals with other Western concerns. The new com pany has secured a contract for 10,000 miles of fence on the Santa Fe system, another for several thousand miles on the Burlington road and several other large contracts. By new machinery now teing placed In the factories, the fence will be clamped in the factories and shipped to Its destination in rolls Instead of being clamped when put up, as is be ing done at present. (The Portland company referred to is the Portland Anchor Fence Company, of which William Ladd Is president; Henry F. Bund, of San Francisco, vice-president, and N. E. Ayer, 'treasurer and man ager. The plant is at Twenty-second and Nicolal streets. It Hr.s Had Good Effect. BERLIN, Nov. 27. The effect of King Edward's generous tribute to the memory of the late Count von Hatzfeldt-Wlnde-burg is already visible in the milder tone of the utterances of the newspapers here, Eome of which comment on the impolitic character of, the recent anti-British demonstrations. Attacked a Commissary Wagon and "Wounded Two Men Captured Tvro. MANILA, Nov. 27. The insurgents have attacked a commissary wagon betweem Magdalene and Gajayajasa, seriously wounding a Sergeant and a private of the Eighth Regiment and capturing Privates Dunn and Frenning, two horses, three rifles and 300 rounds of ammunition. There has been a recrudescence of In surgent activity at Tananuan, Province of Batangas, Southwest Luzon. An In terpreter named Alberto has been killed In the market place for refusing to give a percentage of his salary to the Insurg ents. Other government employes have been similarly threatened. AMERICANS GAVE A BANQUET John Barrett the Principal Speaker at the Pan-American Dinner. CITY OF MEXICO, Nov. 27. The ban quet given tonight at the Chapultepec restaurant by the United States delega tion to the Pan-American conference, in honor of their colleagues of Mexico and the other republics of America, was a great success. In addition to the delegates from Mexico and Central America, United States Ambassador Clayton was present, and also several prominent men of Mexi co's official world. John Barrett made the principal speech of the evening on behalf and in the name of the United States dele gates. Arms for Vcneanelnn Rebels. BARBADOES, Nov. 27. The agents here of the Venezuelan revolutionary party received information of the departure yesterday from a British port of a steam er loaded with war munitions for Venezu elan revolutionists. It is said she will touch at Tabogo Island, In the Windward group. of opposing opinion to dampen the ardor of the occasion. Mr. Wolfe was so eager to have the news go out to the world this morning that the whole amount had been reported at this meeting that he started in to raise the balance on the spot. "Let's round out the sum right here," said he. "It's so near the mark we aimed at that we ought to complete it. I'll give ?500 more, who'll be next." Mr. Wolfe's suggestion would probably have been carried out but for the state ment that it was entirely unnecessary to add to the subscriptions of those who had already done so much for the cele bration, Secretary Reed saying that her had seen a number ot partial reports not represented at this meeting and he could give assurance that the iotal sum had already been subscribed. It was apparent to everybody that the subscriptions already arranged for would go far pver the 5300,000, and the sentiment at once was for 1500,000, supplemental articles to be filed to cover the additional capital. This Is the new mark set for Portland. Even many of those who had before doubted the wisdom of putting so much capital Into the enterprise were In favor of the new mark when they saw what general and generous response had been made and how easy it would be for the united community to carry the larger load. Mr. Scott called the meeting to order, and. in the absence of Mr. Corbett, P. L. Willis was again made chairman. The business of the meeting was at once taken up on motion of General Summers and the Secretary began calling the roll of the canvassing committees for reports.. No committee of the entire 60-odd pre sented a full report. From fully one third the number there was no report at all, a few appointed late not having yet begun their' work, and others being still actively at work, and so greatly Interested in It that they could not spare the time to attend this meeting while their portion re mained uncompleted. Indirect verbal statements came from some of these to the effect that considerable sums had been bUbscrlbed, but no record was made of any of these Indefinite reports Roughly, It appeared from the reports presented that less than two-thirds of the ground had been worked. There was no report at all from the very first committee, that on bankers, brokers and safe deposit and security companies, which is sure to bring in a total well up toward the front rank, per haps second only to that on transporta tion companies. Chairman Cruthers, of the committee on corporations other than merchants, real estate and manufacturing, said of the 50 corporations within his classification, he had called on a majority of those controlled outside the city, had found the local managers all favorably disposed, and he expected to close up those subscriptions in about 30 days. H. W. Scott, of the committee on trans portation companies, told of the work done by his committee, and said It was ex pected that the bulk of the subscriptions to his part of the fund would come from the large railroad corporations, to the controlling powers of which appeal had been made. He estimated that $100,000 would come from that source alone. He said private business would take him Last next week, and he promised to do what he could while there to present this matter properly before the railroad au thorities and get favorable action. This report was greeted with applause. The roll of the committees was run over 4vimU . -TCi . rrmvr- CMU?tfAhl VLUS slderatlon the above proposition, and If ac cepted we are ready to enter Into any written agreement nu may deem necessary. CALVIN HEILIG. Manager Marquam Grand Theater. JOHN F. CORDRAY, Manager Cordray's Theater. GEORGE L. .BAKER, Manager Baker's Theater. JOHN F. CORDRAY, Chairman of Committee on Places of Amuse ments. This offer was accepted by the meet ing, not exactly as taking the place of if n my Grand Theater, Cordray's Theater and Baker's Theater, of Portland; Or., respectfully submit the following proposition, to-wlt: Each of the above theaters will give 2V5 per cent of the gross " receipts of each and every performance given under our controj duilng the date of the Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair. Eslmntlng the amount that would be derived a present subscription or as binding on the corporation, but as properly courte ous treatment of an offer that was rec ognized as generous. On motion of O. F. Paxton a commit tee consisting of George M. Cornwall, S. 'Benson and H. Alger was appointed to canvass the Columbia River loggers for subscriptions to the fair. Features of the Canvass. After the good news that the entire fund was safe was known, there was a free discussion of some of the features of the canvass. This was rather good natured, but it came- out that some of the business men of the city had failed to come up to expectations. The ap pointment of a leveling committee was suggested by several. Some made ob jection to this because It might be mis construed as designed tv be objectionable and would therefore fall of accomplish ing good. Mr. Scott said there should be no cen sure of anybody A work like this must be a voluntary movement. If there were persons who did not wish to assist Iln this undertaking there was no way to compel them except the indirect one . of taxation, which, however, would bear ! alike on all. He would favor support i of this undertaking by the municipality of Portland, to the extent of authorizing the city to provide grounds and Improve them. This could be done under tho authority of a Park Commission, and the Common Council might authorize the use committee had taken It at the time without demur. When other subscrip tions properly comparable to this one were made, it was. apparent that the one in question was too low. Mr. Pax ton had gone quietly to the subscriber and put the matter to him in Its proper light, pointing out that he made a poor showing alongside others no better able to contribute. The man saw the point at once, saw that there was reason to expect more of him than he had put down, and he cheerfully Increased the amount of his subscription to a sum two and a half times as great as he first sub scribed. This is the kind of work he had in mind for a special committee, to go over the field after the regular can vassing committees completed their re .ports; not. to make offensive demands, but to present the matter In its true light to men who are ready to do their duty in the community when they see it clearly. Committee for Revision. W. D. Fenton also favored the idea of having a special committee take charge of the field and "true-up" the list. For Impromptu, almost unorganized, work Portland had done nobly, and he did not feel like uttering any criticism. "There was glory enough for us all." But there were many business men. he said, who were vsry busy attending to the most prosperous trade Portland ever enjoyed, who had not followed the prog ress of the xLewls and Clark project as members of the committees had, and he deemed it but Just to those that they be made acquainted with the full Import Farmers Began the Work of Rescue Relief Trains Rushed From De troit and Other Cities Or ders Were Disobeyed. DETROIT Mich., Nov. 27. From 100 to 150 persons wore killed or injured tonight In a wreck on the Wabash Railroad. Two heavily loaded passenger trains col lided head on at full speed one mile east of Seneca, the second station west ot Adrian. The west-bound train, com posed of two cars loaded with Immi grants and five other coaches, was smashed and burned with awful loss of life and fearful injuries to a majority of its passengers. The east-bound pas senger train, the Continental Limited, suffered in scarcely less degree. The track In the vicinity of the wreck is strewn with dead and dying. Many physicians from Detroit have gone to the 3ccnc. The Continental Limited, the east bound train, was driven by Engineer Strong and was in chaige of Conductor G. J. Martin. The west-bound immi grant train was a double-header and was driven by Engineer Work and Engineer Parks, the conductor being Charles Troll. Orders Were Disobeyed. The east-bound train. It is believed, disobeyed orders In not waiting at Seneca for the west-bound train, thereby causing the wreck. The track at the point where the collision occurred was straight and at first the officials could noc un derstand how the accident could havo happened. The west-bound train, which ordinarily Is duo to leave Detroit at 2:30 o'clock, was two hours late, leaving at 4:20 P M. The two trains are sched uled to meet at Montpelier, O., but, aa stated, had been ordered to meet at Sene ca. The blame is, therefore, placed on the conductor or engineer of the east bound train, as "the accident would not have occurred had this train been held at Seneca. Apparently, orders to wait were disobeyed. Farmers Began Rescue Work. Advices from the wreck at midnight state that the country for miles around is lighted up by the burning cars and that the flames could not be quenched because of lack of proper apparatus. Mangled bodies were picked up along tho track by the farmers before the special train sent from Adrian arrived on the scene. In some Instances, the bodies were mangled beyond all recognition. The bodies which the rescuers managed to pull from the burning ruins of the Immigrant cars were so badly burned that their identity will probably never be ascertained. The westbound train was a regular train composed of seven coaches. Reports differ as to the number of coaches carry ing Immigrants. One says there were but two, and another says there were five or six coaches carrying this class of tourists. It is not' thought that any Detroit peo ple were Injured, as train No. 3, Imme diately behind the immigrant train, car ried the Detroit passengers for Chicago. The eastbound train was made up of an engine and baggage car, combination coach and sleeper. Collided at Full Speed. The trains came together one mile east of Seneca, under a full head of steam. All but the two rear coaches of the west bound train were demolished, and tho coach on the eastbound train was te'e scoped. Five of the cars of the Immigrant train caught fire and are still burning. The loss of life Is estimated at 100 on this train. The loss of life on the east bound train Is said to be 25. One of the WK -- PORTLAND'S GREAT WORK. Having been In touch with all the committees throughout the canvass, and knowing what Is being done by those that have not yet reported, and knowing also the subscriptions that are as good as In the hands of the executUe com mittee. I estimate the stock taken at the close of the canvass at $305,000. This Is exclusive of the work of the committees on transportation companies, on cor porations other than merchants, manufacturers and real estate, and on bnnka and on mines. From the three last-named committees It Is reasonable to expect $45,000, If not more, as they have charge of large Interests and are carrying on a careful canvass. The transportation committee has reported through Its chair man, Mr. H. W. Scott, that It has a reasonable expectation of raising $100,000 more. This makes the amount In sight for the exposition about $450,000. Portland raised In two days $305,000. This Is the largest amount that has ever been sub scribed for a public undertaking In the same time by any city on the Pacific Coast. It was very good and quick work, considering the area that had to be covered, as Portland Is a larger city territorially than Baltimore or Buffalo, and nearly as large as San Francisco. HENRY E. REED, Secretary Executive Committee. and scope ot the enterprise on complete knowledge of the circumstances. There fore he moved that a special committee i of five for the purpose indicated be ap- pointed by the chairman, with power to call others to their aid. The motion I was carried without opposition. Teih I porary Chairman Willis left this appolnt ! ment to Chairman Corbett. Felicitous and felicitating remarks were made by several of the committee men, and the meeting adjourned at 10:30 subject to call of the chair, the can vassers to pursue their work to comple tion In the meantime. (Conclude' on Second Page.) from a proposition of this kind, we will state that a low estimate of the gross receipts at the present time arising from tho three thea ters will average $10,000 per week. At this rate this would give the fair managers during the run of the fair. $8000. We expect an In crease of at least 25 per cept during the Fair. This would swell our subscription to $10,000. Wo respectfully submit 'for your careful con- of the grounds for the Exposition. It ' would be paid for by taxation, and we ' should have a park for all time; and I there must be a park on the East Side, j Mr. Paxton told of a certain subscription he had obtained. The man had sub I scribed willingly a certain sum, and the PORTLAND HAS RIGHT IDEA. Lewis and Clark Centennial Not a Mere Commercial Enterprise. "You've got a historical idea and a strong and healthy sentiment behind this move for a Lewis and Clark celebration; therefore It Is likely to be a great suc cess,'.' said Henry Loewenthal, managing editor of the New York Times, who has been spending a few days In Portland. "That Is the thing that will appeal to outsiders and bring aid to the enterprise. The project of a mere industrial and trade exposition will not itself engage much at tention in the East; those things are too common nowadays. But the historical and sentimental side of it is Important and will bring support from quarters that would find no Interest whatever In the ordinary exposition of industries and trade. The Oregonian, I think, has struck the right note, and it will do the Lewis and Clark enterprise good service by keeping thls Idea in the foreground. "But, after all. the benefits to come from this celebration will depend on the 'Concluded on Second Paa-1 SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS. Fnlernl Government. Roosevelt will recommend reduction of duty on Cuban and Philippine sugar. Page 2. The. Postmaster - General's annual report Is made public. Page 2. The rural free delhery service is brought Into the classified service. Tage 2. Foreign. The Colombian gunboat bombarded Porto Bello. Page 3. The Blaskowltz duel was discussed In the Ger man Reichstag. Page 3. France Is stirred up over the Pekln looting scandal. Page 3. Domestic. In a wreck on the Wabash road, from 100 to 150 persona were killed. Page 1. Hon. Clem Studebaker, of South Bend, Ind.. is dead. Page 2. Ex-Gocrnor Walte, of Colorado, Is dead. Page 2. Trainmen at Pittsburg decline to aid the strik ing switchmen. Page 3. Pacific Coast. Pansengers on stranded ship In Alaska appeal to Government for aid. Page 4. Special Chinese emissary arrives at San Fran cisco to work against any exclusion law. Page 4. Governor Geer"s letter to Governor Van Sant on movement to stop great railway combine. Page 4. Marine. Ocean freights again show firmness. Page C. Steamer Rogue River to sail south on Sunday. Page 5. Wrecked ship Flottbek well known on Paclflo Coast. Page 5. ' Schooner Wing and Wing still at sea. Page 5. J Portland and Vicinity. Portland has subscribed more than the $300,000 for the Lewis and Clark Celebration; $450,000 Is already in sight. Page 1. Congressman Moody on Upper Columbia Im provement. Page 11. Murderer Wade plead guilty; Murderer Dalton not guilty. Page 10. Portland consumes 10.000 turkeys for Thanks giving. Page 14. Grain exporters prepare for conference with Chamber of Commerce trustees. Page 8.