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CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 10. The first
conference of the American Federation of
Catholic Societies convened here today
with about 500 delegates present, repre
senting an estimated actrreirate of about
I 600.000 members of the co-operating so
cieties. At 8 A. M. the parade, consisting
of the local societies, acting as an es
cort for the delegates and visitors, pro
ceeded to the Cathedral, where Bishop
Horstman, of Cleveland, celebrated mass.
The delegates proceeded direct from the
cathedral to the Auditorium, where Gov-
ornnr Xfish. on the nnrt nf OVitn- fnvn
ernor Nash, on the part of Ohio; Mayor
Flelschmann. on the part of CInclnnitl,
and President T. B. Mlnahan. of Colum
bus, on the part of the Ohio Federation,
delivered welomlng addresses. President
Fries and Judge Thomas Fitzgerald, of
New Tork, vice-president of the Federa
tion, responded to the addresses of wel
come, after which the Federation pro
ceded with the business of the meeting.
French Ship Subsidy BUI.
PARIS, Dec. 10. The Chamber of Dep
uties today passed the bill granting boun
ties to merchant vcssels.
ALL FOR EXCLUSION
Chinese Question Before the
Labor Convention.
THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS
Regarding the Japanese There Was
& Difference of Opinion, and
the Matter Was Laid on
the Table.
SCRANTON. Pa.. Dec. 10. The report
of the special committee on the Chinese
question went before the labor conven
tion this afternoon in two sections. I
made the opening speech on the first
branch of the report calling for re-enactment
of the Chinese exclusion law and
was followed by several others, and it was
unanimously adopted. I then moved
adoption of the second branch of the re
port, demanding a similar law against
Japanese and other Asiatics and support
ed my motion in a speech, but in this I
stood alone, all other speakers opposing
me. After much debate it was moved to
refer the matter to the executive council.
In a third speech I made a battle against
this motion, insisting that the convention
and not the executive council ought to
pass on the matter. After some more
discussion it was moved to lay the mat
ter on the table. This motion not be
ing debatable, I could fight no longer.
It was carried by a big majority and thus,
so far as the second, branch of the re
port is concerned, the contest ended in
a sort of a drawn battle.
J. T. MORGAN.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION
Debate on Ticket-Scalping and Chi
nese Exclnsion.
SCRANTON. Pa.. Dec. 10. At today's
meeting of the American Federation of
Labor tho committee having charge of the
secretary's report reported that the sug
gestions made in that report be accept
ed, with the exception of that referring
to per capita tax of National and inter
national unions. The committee recom
mends that the tax be increased from one
third to one-half per cent per month. The
recommendations were adopted.
The committee on resolutions then pre
sented a voluminous report. Among the
resolutions was one asking all unions to
give the status of the Jurisdiction over
which they claim to exercise authority.
This brought up the question of autonomy
and First Vice-President Duncan made
the Important announcement that he will
ask for the appointment of a special com
mittee to consider the whole question of
autonomy TJiis had thv effect of killing
ltheresolutl6n, there'belhg no opposition
to the motion, to adopt the recommenda
tion of the committee.
The resolution pledging the American
Federation to use every honorable means
to prevent the passage by Congress of
antl-scalplng legislation was favorably
reported by the committee. State Senator
Tanquary. a member of the Railroad Tel
egraphers Union, and John- B. Lennon. of
Bloomlngdale. Ills., of the Journeymen
Tailors Union, vigorously opposed the res
olution. Senator Tanquary declared the
Federation was going outside of its legit
imate field In considering such a resolu
tion and the organization was treading
on dangerous ground. Mr. Lennon said
many of the ticket scalpers were crimi
nals, and told of a case where 45,000 tick
ets had been forged on one railroad and
sold by scalpers.
Lee Hart, of Chicago, of the Theatrical
Stage Employes National Alliance, and
E. A. Eagard, the Mayor of Falrbury,
Ills., who represents the Glass Bottle
Blowers, led those who favored the reso
lution. They maintained that ticket
scalping was a legitimate business, and
was the means of cheapening railroad
travel.
The previous question was moved after
Mr. Lennon had made a motion to lay the
resolution on the table, which was lost.
The resolution was then adopted by an
overwhelming viva voce vote. The dele
gates representing the Railroad Tele
graphers went on record as being opposed
to the resolution.
Among the resolutions adopted by the
convention were these:
Giving the right of suffrage to the citi
zens of the District of Columbia; to aid
the Actors" Protective Union to organ
ize actors: opposing the sale or cession
of Irrigated lands to corporations or spec
ulators; that musicians and skilled me
chanics be included In the alien contract
labor law.
Mr .Duncan made a motion that a spe
cial committee of five, one of whom shall
be President Gompers, be appointed to
take up the question of autonomy, and
that this committee make a report be
fore the convention adjourns. At noon
the convention took a recess until 2 P. M.
The committee having charge of tfte re
port of the executive council was not
ready to present It at the afternoon ses
sion and the reading of the report was
deferred until tomorrow. This cleared
the decks for the consideration of the
Mongolian resolution, and the convention
Immediately plunged Into the matter. The
report of the special committee on exclu
sion was read by James O'Connell. of
Washington, D. C, International presi
dent of the machinists. It provided that
the federation use every means In its
power to hnve a law passed by Congress
excluding the Chinese. Japanese and oth
er Asiatic races. The committee was
not a unit on the report; so the committee
decided to separate the resolution and
consider Chinese exclusion first. J. T.
Morgan, of the Federated Trades Council
of Portland. Or.; Andrew Furuseth, of
the National Seaman's Union, San Fran
cisco; Max Hayes, the well-known So
cialist, of Clc-eland, and T. F. Tracey, of
the Boston CIgarmakers' Union, made ad
dresses. All of the spokesmen went over
the question thoroughly. Mr. Hayes
charged that coal mine operators and iron
and steel manufacturers want to drive
out the Poles and Hungarians who have
become assimilated and place In their
establishments the Chinese because their
price of labor Is cheaper. He further
charged that these interests and other
corporations have a powerful lobby at
work in Washington. When the ques
tion was put to a vote there was one
great roar f ayes and the resolution was
adopted.
A motion to refer the Japanese part of
the resolution to the incoming executive
council provoked a long discussion, which
was ended by the question being laid on
the tabic. On this section of the report.
President Gompers took the floor and
made the principal speech. He said that
the convention would make a mistake If
It attempted to secure anti-Japanese leg
islation at this time. There Is already a
powerful lobby at Washington, he said.
backed" up by the Empire of China. If
the proposed Japanese exclusion is
pressed. It would Incur the enmity of the
Japanese government and other inter
ests, who would Join hands with the lobby
already at work. "We want to get at the
cheap man and the Chinaman Is the
cheapest of all," he said.
Mr. Gompers concluded by saying that
the Japanese danger does not confront
the country today, while the Chinese does.
James O'Connell and Thomas West
abey, of San Francisco, spoke along the
same lines as Mr. Gompers, Just as
the debate was getting rather Interesting,
J. C. Darnell, of the CIgarmakers Union,
moved that the matter be laid on the
table, and it was carried by a large majority.
DEMOCRATS CARRIED BOSTON
Elected Collins Mayor by the Largest
Plurality In Quarter of a Century.
BOSTON, Dec, 10. The Democrats com
pletely overwhelmed the Republicans in
the city elections today. General Patrick
A. Collins being elected Mayor over Mayor
Thomas N. Hart by the largest plurality
In a quarter of a century. The Demo
crats likewise obtained control of both
branches of the city government, elected
their Street Commissioner, S. A. Charles,
and practically all their candidates for
the School Commission. As usual, the
city voted strongly in favor of license.
The result of the canvass was as much
a surprise to the Democrats as to their
opponents. The most sanguine Demo
cratic prophet last night only gave 7000,
yet the plurality was nearly tripled. Two
years ago Mayor Hart defeated General
Collins by 22S1 votes and polled some
thing over 40.000. This year the total
Republican vote for Mayor was a trifle
over 33,000, the smallest given a party
candidate for Mayor since 1S93, despite
a registration almost 50 per cent larger
than tncn. Yet General Collins received
over 52,000 votes, the largest in the his
tory of the city, and he carried 18 of the
23 wards. The Republican leaders were
inclined to blame the weather tonight,
but this does not account for the tre
mendous gains made by the Democrats
in Republican wards.
Of the 18 city elections In the state, the
Republicans carried 11 and the Democrats
four, the other three being nonpartisan
contests. In Worcester, Mayor O'Connell,
a Democrat, was defeated. In Woburn,
Mayor Feeney defeated the present May
or, and the city changed from no license
to license. In Chelsea, where the Re
publicans swept the city, there was a
change from, no license to license for the
first time In 11 years. In Ncwburyport,
where license has had firm hold for 20
years, the city voted no license by over
300 majority. One of the most stubborn
contests was in Salem, where Mayor
Huely's administration was indorsed by
the vote. The majority against license
was reduced from 558 last year to 75 this
year. There was likewise a warm con
test In Cambridge, where the Democrats
succeedf-d In electing John McNamee over
Victor Dickinson.
Movement Against Hanna.
CINCINNATI, Dec 10. The 13 Repub
lican Senators and Representatives from
Hamilton County, who will hold the bal
ance of power in the organization of the
Legislature as between the friends of
Senators Foraker and Hanna, met to
night and resolved to act upon the ad
vice, of George B. Cox In the coming or
ganization. There is renewed talk of a
movement to organize the Legislature In
Foraker's Interest and to oppose Hanna'a
re-election In 1903, and Charles L. Kurtz
Is credited with heading the movement.
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IT WAS NOT A TREATY.
Agreement Entered Into at Managua.
Was Merely a Protocol.
WASHINGTON, Dec 10. The arrange
ment entered Into at Managua yesterday
between United States Minister Merry and
the Minister of Foreign Affairs was In the
nature of a protocol, and was not, strict
ly speaking, a treaty. It is in effect a
definition In advance of the character of
a treaty that Nicaragua Is willing to en
ter Into with the United States In the
event that the Hay-Pauncefote treaty Is
ratified by the United States and Great
Britain. A similar arrangement has or
will be made with the Government of Cos
ta Rica, to secure the necessary rights on
that part of the San Juan River essential
for canal purposes and possibly subject to
Costa Rlcan sovereignty.
November Postal Receipts.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. The statement
of gross postal receipts at the 50 largest
postotttces in the United States, for No
vember, compared with November of last
year, shows a net Increase of J4S2.013, or
over 11 per cent as a whole. All but six of
the ottlces show Increased receipts. There
was a decrease of 25 per cent at Jersey
City, and Baltimore showed a. decrease or
five per cent. Following are the percent
ages of increase of all offices whose gross
receipts exceeded 5100.000:
New York 16Cinclnnatl 13
Chicago SiBrooklyn 3
Philadelphia 17 (pan Francisco 12
Boston 6Plttsburg 22
pt. Louis 13)
SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS.
Congress.
The Senate considered the canal treaty In ex
ecutive session. Page 2.
Speaker Henderson announced the new House
committees. Page 2.
Oregon Congressmen fared well In committee
assignments. Page 1.
Payne's Philippine bill was agreed to by the
House ways and means committee. Page 2.
Foreign.
The Polish question was debated In the Reichs
tag. Page 3.
Prince Tuan la planning a rebellion in Mon.
golla. Pace 3.
The date of King Edward's coronation Is fixed
at June 20. 1002. Page 3.
Domestic.
The Scran ton convention was unanimous for
ChlneHo exclusion, but not for Japanese ex
clusion. Page 1.
Henry Wattereon was the principal speaker
at the Boston merchants' celebration. Pago 3.
Schaefter won the deciding game In the bil
liard tournament. Page 3.
Pacific Coast.
Yukon miners are unknowingly throwing away
thousands of dollars' worth of platinum.
Page 4.
Long trolley line through Clackamas County
Is projected by new Oregon General Electric
Company. Page 4.
Insane man who escaped from ofllcer In East
ern Oregon gave himself up at Corvallls.
Page 4.
Marine.
Bark PInmore wrecked off "Washington coast.
Page 1.
Collier Matteawan overdue at San Francisco.
Page 5.
Steamship Guernsey clears for Orient with
flour and lumoer. Page 5.
Twelve French ships now In port for wheat
Page 5.
French bark Ernest Beyer breaking up. Page 5.
Portland and Vicinity.
Jack "Wade tells his story of the Morrow mur
der. Page 10.
Second trial of the Oregon King mining suit
begins. Page 10.
Lewis and Clark stockholders are called to
meet January 13. Page 8.
Party of 35 Ohloans coming to settle la Ore
gon. Page 10-
ABANDONED AT SEA
Bark Pinmore Lost Off the
Washington Coast.
SIX SAILORS DROWNED IN SURF
Other Members of the Crew, "With
the Captain, Were Tossed About
for Two Days Before Drift
ing Ashore.
HOQUIAM, Wash., Dec 10. The four
masted steel bark Pinmore, of Glasgow,
Scotland, Captain Jamleson, Is supposed
to have foundered off Gray's Harbor last
QUEEN WILHELMINA
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From a photograph taken last June.
Madame Van Beck, tho well-known milliner, at 352 Morrison street, has re
ceived from Holland an original photograph of Queen "Wllhelmina and her
scapegrace consort. Prince Henry. It was taken last June and Is, therefore, ono
of tho few photographs extant of the loving young royal couple taken after
their troubles had probably begun. Tho marriage ceremony took place last Feb
ruary. Prince Henry Is shown In a Dutch Admiral's uniform. Madame Van
Beck, who Is a native of Holland, la naturally greatly Interested In tho de
tails of tho great domestic scandal that circles around a throne. "Queen Wll
helmtna Is exceedingly popular In Holland," she said yesterday, "and thero
Is none of her subjects who believes she Is in any wise to blamo for the deplor
able troubles that have followed her marriage. She has not only an amlablo
and loving disposition, but she has strong Intellectual qualities that admirably
qualify her to rulo over her people. Her court Is loyal to her to the last
man and woman, from the highest member of the nobility to the lowest menial.
The fact that Prince Henry Is a German has not greatly conduced to his popu
larity In Holland." Tho above Is a reproduction of the photograph In Madamo
Van Beck's possession.
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Wednesday night. She was abandoned
by the captain and crew, who took to
the boats, and were tossed about for two
days and finally drifted ashore at the
mouth of Raft River, 50 miles north of
Gray's Harbor. They walked down the
beach, and arrived at Hoquiam today.
Of the crew of 30 men. six were drowned,
and one died from exposure after land
ing. The drowned are: Joseph White,
Nova Scotia: II White. Scotland; II.
Draak, Germany; T. Prior, Ireland; H.
Deeven, Holland, and Stanley Sherren,,
Sweden. Carl Nelson, Swedish, died from
exposure.
The Pinmore Is owned by Kllnk Bros.,
Glasgow. Scotland, who also owned the
Zlnlta, which went ashore at the same
place two years ago. The Pinmore came
from Santa Rosalia. Mexico, In ballast,
bound for Portland. She is the vessel re
ported on the beach north" of Gray's Har
bor Sunday. Captain Jamleson reports
that he was off the Columbia River Nov.
22, but could not get a tug. On Decem
ber 4 he tried to make Gray's Harbor, but
adverse winds and current carried her
by, and to keep her from stranding two
anchors were thrown out. She was leK
Ing and soon after anchoring she was
abandoned by the crew, who went ashore
in two boats. The first boat gained the
shore in safety, losing one man. who
was sick at the start and who died dur
ing the 16 hours' exposure In the open
boat. The second boat overturned in
the surf, and lost six men. The surviv
ors, 23 men, made their way to Hoquiam
Tuesday.
(The Pinmore was quite well known In
this port, having loaded here twice In
the past five years. She was a four
masted steel bark of 22SC tons net register,
and on her last outward trip from Port
land, carried 132.S60 bushels of wheat.
She was built at Port Glasgow in 1SS2.
by John Reed & Co. Her dimensions
were: Length 310 feet, beam -13.7 feet,
depth of hold. 24.7 feet. She left Port
land on her last outward trip from here
'In June 1300, and made a very fast run
to Europe. She was coming to Port-
land under charter to the Portland Flour
ing Mills Company, and had made a very
good run up the Coast from Santa Rosalia.)
Ernest Reyer Doomed.
A dispatch was received from Hoquiam
last evening stating that the French bark
Ernest Reyer had broken her back, and
was fast becoming a hopeless wreck.
The crew, which had been staying near
her, have abandoned all hope of saving
her and will reach Hoquiam today. The
vessel will piobably be a total loss.
TAGALS ATTACKED LIPA.
People Leaving Bntnngas for Placei
of Safety.
MANILA, Dec. 10. Thousands of peo
ple are leaving Batangas Province for
places of safety. A large force of insur
gents recently attacked the town of Lipa,
killing one soldier and several amlgos.
Troop H, First Cavalry, killed 10 of the
enemy before the remainder of the in
surgent force escaped. The Filipinos evi
dently expected a victory, for they had
cut the wires and carried off 100 yards
of the line.
The natives are stirred by the closing
AND PRINCE HENRY.
of the ports and bitterly object to re
concentratlon. A Filipino force consisting of 200 rifle
men and 400 Bolomen, recently attacked
Nagpartian. Province of North Ilocos.
Company M, Eighth Infantry, acting on
the defensive, drove off the enemy, killing
11 of them, with no loss to themselves.
The Americans and Fusion Federals
elected their full ticket at the local elec
tions held In Ilo Ho. The constitutional
code allowing soldiers to vote played an
important part in the elections.
William B. Preston, formerly a Cap
tain in the Forty-third Regiment of In
fantry, U. S. V., has committed suicide.
General James M. Bell reports an Im
portant engagement between a force of
Insurgents at Labo, Province of Cam
arlncs. and a detachment of tiic Twen
tieth Infnntry. Three Americans were
killed. The loss of the enemy Is not
known, but Is believed to have been
heavy- General Bell anticipates a speedy
extermination of the irrcconcllables.
Morgan's Cnnnl Hill.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Senator Mor
gan today introduced a bill providing for
the construction of the Nicaragua Canal.
I The bill provides an aggregate of JlbO.000.-
000. of which $3,000,000 is made immediately
available, and of which aggregate sum
such amounts as are necessary are to be
appropriated by Congress from time to
j time. The control of the canal and of the
1 canal belt Is vested in a board of eight
citizens of the United States, in addition
to the Secretary of War, who Is to be
president. These members of the board
are to be paid a salary of ?S0OO a year
j each, and they are to be chosen regardless
, ui inmiicui ;iiwiiH.uui!. ine cmei engineer
is to receive a salary of $0900, and his as
sistants S3CCO.
Cruiser May Go To I'nnnmn.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 10. The United
States cruiser Philadelphia has come down
from the Mare Island Navy-yard, where
she has been undergoing repairs, and is
I now awaiting orders. It is expected tha
, she will go to Panama,
j The Army transport Hancock is sched-
uled to sail for Manila on the 16th, with
J 1100 soldiers of the Twenty-seventh In
fantry. The Sheridan will be in readiness
to sail at the same time. She Is to carry
1700 soldiers and passengers.
BETTER FOR OREGON
Congressmen From This
State Fare Well.
BILLS INTRODUCED BY TONGUE
Opposition Among Senate Democrats
to the Canal Treaty Xo Conces
sions Likely to Be Granted
, . to the Islands.
WASHINGTON. Dec 10 Undor tho
new committee assignments, Oregon now
holds more advantageous places than It
has had in the house for several years,
and is much more fortunate than Wash
ington. Representative Tongue retains his
position or. rivers and harbors, and re
mains chairman of irrigation of arid
lands. Mr. Moody holds his position on
public lands, mines and mining, and is
promoted from expenditures of the In
terior Department ta the conrmltiee on
Indian affairs, which, considering tho
number of reservations and large schools
of Oregon, Is an Important assignment
for tho state. Representative Jones
merely retains his old committees, public
lands and merchant marine and fisheries,
while Cushman holds his place on. coin
age, weights and measures and territories,
having an additional assignment to private
land claims.
The greater part of legislation Import
ant to Oregon will necessarily be referred
to the committees to which its members
are now assigned, and under the present
Administration It is expected that mora,
prominence will be given to public land
and irrigation legislation than ever before.
The appointment of Representative Mc
Lachlan, of California, to the committee
on rivers and harbors has removed one
obstacle that has been In the way of
Senator Mitchell's appointment to the
committee on commerce, as Senator Per
kins promised the Senator that if a Cali
fornia man was appointed to rivers and
harbors, he (Perkins) would withdraw
from the race for a place on comnurce.
Hills Introduced by Tongne.
Representative Tongue introduced a
number of bills, as follows:
To establish an assiy office at Portland.
Authorizing the payment to the State of
Oregon of claims growing out of the Caj
use War.
Appropriating $10,000 for a life-saving
station at Tillamook Bay.
Appropriating $60,000 for a public build
ing at Oregon City.
Authorizing the creation of Crater Lake
National Park.
Confirming a treaty with the Klamath
Indians.
To pension Indian War veterans.
Extending the privilege of bounty land
warrants to persons who served in In
dian wars subsequent to 1SC3.
To pay to the State of Oregon clams
growing out of various Indian, wars?.
To authorize the admission of Ind!n
war veterans to the State Soldiers' Home
on the same terms as the veterans of the
Civil War.
Practically all are bills that were In
troduced by Mr. Tongue la previous
Congresses.
Bills by Tnrner.
Senator Turner today Introduced a bill
appropriating $3GO,000 for a public bulM
Ing at Spokane, and limiting the cost to
$500,000. also a bill appropriating ?20.
000 for a mint at Tacoma,
In view of the long recess proposed b
the House resolution adopted today, It Is
more than likely that some members of
the Pacific Coast delegations will avail
themselves of the opportunity to spend
their holidays at home.
Opposition to the Canal Treaty.
An attempt Is being made by some
Democrats of the Senate to organize op
position to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
The objections are of a trivial order,
however, and have no real support. The
desire for the canal predominates, and.
It being well understood that the defeat
of the treaty would carry with It tho
defeat of the canal, the opposition is
making but small headway. Tho effort
to make a party issue of It will probably
result In failure, as a number of Demo
crats have already declared their Inten
tion of supporting the treaty. From tlmo
to time various suggestions of opposition
to the canal bill are heard, and dlfferenc
schemes for defeating It are presented,
but 'all are so insignificant as to make
them absurd when brought to the full
light of publicity.
o Concessions to Islands.
It seems well understood that the action
of the ways and means committee today
means that none of the former Spanish
Islands which would In any way Inter
fere with the protective system are to
receive any consideration at the hands of
the United States Government as lon
as present policies prevail. Not only In
levying the full DIngley rates against tho
Philippines, but In postponing any con
sideration of Cuban reciprocity, do tho
Republicans members of tho ways and
means committee emphasize the fact that
they have no intention of granting any
concessions, but It Is evident from tho
statements already made by members of
the committee that they do not Intend
to grant Cuba any concession, and tno
move today was In that direction.
It Is rather strange that the proposition
to levy full rates upon Philippines prod
ucts excites little or no comment In the
East, and members of both houses of
Congress do not seem to be In the least
concerned over the proposition to treat our
new territories as absolutely foreign in
our commercial relations. If tho Payne
bill should pass It would mean that tho
coastwise laws will not be applicable
to the Philippine Islands, and In the mat
ter of shipping, the Islands would be up3n
the same basis as foreign terrltorj . In
fact, the whole tenor of the proposed legis
lation Is to treat the Philippines as ab
solutely foreign territory In everything
except name and control by the United
States.
Antl-Aiinfchist Bill.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10 Senator Gal
llnger introduced in the Senate today a
bill to protect the President. Vice-President,
pereons in line of succession to tho
PreMdency and Ambassadors and foreign
Ministers. The bill provides for punish
ment by death of any persons who shall
intentionally kill or who with Intent to
kill shall assault either of them. The
same penalties are prescribed for persons
who shall incite others to any of the fore
going deeds
IJonton fc Montana Injunction.
BUTTE, Mont., Dec. 10 The suit of F.
Augustus Heinze and others against tho
Boston & Montana Mining Company, in
which an Injunction is asked against the
different companies, restraining them
from extracting ore from the Mlniiio
Henly claim, came up for a hearing in
Judge Clancy's court-