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VOL. XLIL XO. 12,871. PORTLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WRITE US FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES OF 8 HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL . K GOODYEAR RUBBER COMPANY, F. 3L SHEPARD. JR.. Treasurer. PORTLAND, OREGON. "Good as most 10-cent cigars" That is what smokers say of the BEAU BRUMMEL, the best and highest-grade nickel cigar on the market. Ask for it. Everyone sells it. DISTRIBUTERS. BIumauer-Frank Drug Co. "WHOLESALE AXD IMPORTING DRUGGISTS. SHAW'S PURE SHAVES IHZHM D BLUMAUER & HOCH 108 and 1 10 Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon HOTEL PERKINS Fifth and Washington Streets EUROPEAN PLAN First-Class Check Restaurant Connected "With Hotel. 3. F. DAVIES. Pres. St. Charles Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED). FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON American and European Plan. ALL LEATHER 9&w0te&ffiw WHOLESALE SHOES. ROSES CAM EL IAS ett SySEEDSjfe. VW FRONT ST. BUY WIRE GOODS FROM THE WIRE WORKS POULTRY NETTING, Wire and Iron Fencing of all kinds, Bank and Office Railings and all kinds of useful and ornamental work. PORTLAND WIRE & IRON WORKS 147 FRONT STREET DANGEROUS TOOTH TROUBLES The lack of the full use of the teeth In the mastication of food not only Im pairs digestion, but renders te teeth un healthy. It's a fact. The use of the teeth causes the blood to properly circulate around the gums and stimulate the teeth Implanted In them. So you see a dentist who is well up in his calling can be of more service to a pa tient than simply to put on a crown or fill a tooth or build a piece of bridge work. The scientific dentist can ward off many a serious complaint by his advice regarding the use of the organs of mastication. Open evenings 7 to a. upen Sundays, a to 12. WISE BROS. It Is Not Automatic Herein lies the secret of The Pianola's success. Prominent musi cians in this country and Europe have given it their enthusiastic in dorsement, BECAUSE it is NOT a "mechanical piano player." CATALOGUE "W" OX REQUEST. THE AEOLIAN COMPANY M. B. WELLS, Sole Northwest Accat Aeolian Hall, 353-355 Washington St. Object to Going to Savannah. QUEBEC. March 12. Colonel Gaynor and Captain Greene had another interview today with their counsel. It Is eaid that both men would willingly stand their trials in New York, but object to going to Sa vannah, where, tlioy believe, strong preju dice exists against them. If extradition proceedings are instituted to force them to return to Gerogia, it Is said they will fight, and expect to be successful. G AND HSE KINDS OF RUBBER GOODS. America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today MALT PORTLAND, OREGON Booms Single 76c to 1.50 per day Booms-JDouble 1.00 to $2.00 per day Rooms Family S1.SO to $3.00 irtUy C T. BELCHER, Sec. and Trea. American Plan .. European Plan ., .51.23. 11.50. I1.7& ..BOc, 75c. $1.00 K. & P. SCHOOL SHOES complete line child's, misses boys', youths and little gents' SEND MAIL ORDER 87-89 First St. ?tyC& Portland, Or. I DAPHNES 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213 FAILIKO EUILOIHO Cor. Third End Washington Sts. Cat Cause a Baby's Death. DENVER, March 12. While the month old baby of Gustav Brown, a traveling salesman for Brown & McCreery, was In Its carriage In the back yard of the resi dence, at 1214 Gaylord street, a- large cat Jumped on the Infant and. despite its screams, the child was suffocated. The mother, hearing the child's shrieks, rushed out of the house, but all efforts at resuscitation failed. 5 LILIES piyiHPJjHMii HEPBURN BILL WINS) Senate Committee Favors the Nicaragua Route. VOTE WAS 7 TO 4 TO REPORT IT Hanaa Tries' to Delay Fa vo ratio Ac- tlon, but Mitchell Succeeds In Bringing: It to a Vote. WASHINGTON', March 12. The Senate committee on Isthmian canals has decided, by a vote of 7 to 4. to report the Hepburn pill providing for the construction of an isthmian canal via the NIcaraguan route. The action of the committee was takeu at a called meeting held during the after noon, and came after a brief report by Senator Morgan, chairman of the commit tee, detailing the result of a conference with Secretary Hay as to the status of diplomatic negotiations with the Central American Republics concerning the canal. He stated that the Secretary had told him that there are.no negotiations pending be tween the United States and Colombia concerning the Panama route, and that the new Minister from Colombia had not even presented his credentials, but that, on the other hand, the representatives of this country and those of Nicaragua and Costa Rica had been In consultation and had agreed upon practically all the points to be covered In concession treaties, noth ing really being left in that connection but to put the agreements In writing. He said that the governments of those two countries had manifested a disposition to make all the concessions the United States could ask to aid in the construction of a canal, and that among these concessions lb one for perpetual right of way. When the recitatlbn of the report had been completed. Senator Hanna suggested that probably the Colombian Minister had been detained by untoward circumstances and proposed that action by the committee should be delayed until an opportunity could le had to ascertain Colombia's po sition. This suggestion met with strong prstests from the friends of the Nicara gua route, and Senator Mitchell moved to report the Hepburn bill- as it passed the House. Senator Klttredge moved to post pone action until next Monday, but his motion was lost. Senator Mitchell's mo tion was carried. Some of the members of the committee were absent, but as their positions were understood, jthelr votes were counted. The vote for the Hepburn bill stood: Teas Morgan, Mitchell, Hawley, Piatt (N. Y.), Harris, Turner, Fostei (La.). Noes Hanna, Prltchard, Millard, Kltt redge. Senator Morgjin, after adjounmient o. me commutes, saia mat ne probaoiy would report the bill to tho Senate to morrow. The Hepburn bill authorizes the Presi dent to acquire territory for right of way for a canal from. Costa Rica and Nica ragua; uirecte the construction of a canal of sufficient capacity to accommodate the largest ships from Greytown, on the At lantic, via Lake Nicaragua, to Brito, on the Pacific, tinder the supervision of tho Secretary of War; authorizes surveys of tho harbors at the two ends of the route; guarantees the use of the canal "to vessels of Costa "Rica and Nicaragua, and appro priates $10,000 000 for beginning the work. LONG DEBATE IX PROSPECT. Opponents of the Bill May Canoe Muck Delay. WASHINGTON. March 12. Now that the Hepburn canal bill Is out of the com mittee, there Is high hope among Its friends that It will soon receive consider ation in the Senate. Two or three meas ures apparently have the right of way. After the subsidy bill Is disposed of Mon--day, the bill to protect the President will come up and be pushed by Senator Hoar. This Involves something of a Constitu tional question, a states' rights question, and may cause considerable debate. After that there seems to be an understand ing that the oleomargarine bill shall have consideration, but the probabilities are that it will be antagonized by the Nica ragua bill, and if so it Is more than likely that the oleo bill will wait until the Nic aragua bill Is finished. Just how long the debate is going to last on the canal bill Is difficult to say, but If the opponents undertake to cause much delay, they can no doubt succeed, as there Is an abun dance of testimony to read and debate which has been taken In committee. Some of the friends of the Nicaragua bill are hoping that Senator Morgan will content himself with one speech of not more than three or four days, and will not be drawn Into long arguments by those who are seeking to delay the bill with debate. THE KAISER'S THANK'S. Cablegrams That Passed Between Emperor William and President. WASHINGTON, March 12. The follow ing cablegrams were made public here to day: "Wllhelmshaven, March 12, 1902. Presi dent of the United States of America, Washington: Now that my brother has left the hospitable shore of the United States homeward bound, I feel It a pleas ing duty to exprese to you how deeply grateful I and the whole of the German people are for the splendid hospitality and the cordiality of the reception which was accorded to Prince Henry by all classes of the American people. "My outstretched hand has been met by you with e firm, manly and solid grip. May heaven bless our relations with peace and good will between the two great na tions. My best compliments and wishes to Miss Alice. WILLIAM. L R." "Washington, March 12, 1SQ2. Emperor William, Wllhelmshaven: Your brother's visit to this country has accomplished much in showing the depth of kindly feel ing which exists between the two. na tions. It has been most fortunate In every way, and I trust you will permit me to congratulate you on the admirable man. ner in which he has borne himself. He has won the genuine and hearty sympathy and regard of all with whom he has been brought In contact. Wo have welcomed him for his own sake, and we have wel comed him still more heartily as the rep resentative of yourself and of the mighty German people. I thank you In the name of the American people for what you have dono, and I thank you personally In addi tion for the gracious form- which, your courtesy took. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Germans Express Their Appreciation BERLIN. March .12. The semi-official North German Gazette, commenting upon the departure of Prince Henry of Prussia from the United States, referred In the warmest terms to the generous hospital ity and unvarying courtesy and good will extended to the Emperor's representative, and continued: "In the strengthening of the traditional friendly relation between the great, pow erful and progressive nations, In the re newal of the new confidence, we couple In our thoughts with gratitude the countless thousands of American men and women who everywhere gave Prince Henry a Joyful and sincere welcome. It is these perfectly spontaneous demonstrations of friendship coming from all classes of a proud people that give us confidence that the good feeling which has been engen dered and manlfceted both here and there, by the visit to the land of Washington will continue Its Influ-nce In the relations betwtcn Germany and the United States, politically untroubled as they are. In a way to the advantage of both people." Besides the seml-ofilclal declaration In the North German Gazette, which un doubtedly originated ln.the Foreign Office, other papers refer to Prince Henry's de parture and express their appreciation of the regard of the United States for Ger many as evidenced In the honors showered upon Prince Henry. i JAPANESE FINANCIERS. Party of Prominent Men Coining to the United States. NEW YORK, March 12. A party of Japanese financiers who are to make a tour of the United States and Europe left EX-GOVERNOR OF JOHN P. Yokohama for Seattle yesterday on the steamer Kaga Maru. The party Is headed by Count Masayoshl Matsukata, several times Premier, and for many years Min ister of Finance of Japan, and includes among others T. Megalo, director of the Bureau of Taxation In the Department of Finance and K. MIsako, vice-president of the YoKohama Specie Bank. Count Matsukata planned and put Into operation the present financial system of Japan, and It was largely through his efforts that the country adopted the gold standards His countrymen regard him as one of tho builders of modern Japan. He and his party will visit the principal cities of the United States, and their countrymen are planning for their reception and enter tainment. They will spend two or three weeks In New York, the Japanese Consul Gcneral here has been advised. STEAMBOAT OVERTURNED. PTrenty-One Passengers and Crew Drowned on Lower Mississippi. VICKSBURG. MIssT, Mirch 12. Tho steamer Providence, plying between this port and Lake Palmyra, was overturned at 2 o'clock this morning by a sudden squall at Lone Landing, and 21 of her pas sengers and crew were drowned. The dead are: CAPTAIN WDLLIAM CASSIDY, Vicks burg, master. CHARLES ROUP, Vlcksburg, chief en gineer. CLYDE SCOTT, Vlcksburg, cottonseed buyer. DR. N. A. LANCASTER, a prominent physician and planter, of Palmyra. Seventeen colored roustabouts and deck passengers, whoso names have not been reported. The Ill-fated boat left here at noon yes terday on her regular trip, carrying a large miscellaneous cargo of freight and a large number of passengers. At 2 o'clock this morning. Just as the steamer was entering Lake Palmyra, a sudden wind and rain storm of cyclonic propor tions came out of the west, catching the Providence broidslde on. The little ves sel was lifted almost entirely out of the water, her upper works blown away and the hull turned bottom up In 40 feet of water. Most of the crew and passengers were asleep at the time, and had abso lutely no chance of escape. Only nine of the boat's entire company were saved. The property loss will amount to several thousand dollars. Messrs. Cassldy, Scott, Roup and Lancaster were all married men and leave large families. A steamer will leave Immediately to attempt the recov ery of the bodies. Wnnts Xo Undesirable Visitors. TUTUILA, Feb. 26. Captain St:bree, U. S. N.. the commandant of the station, his issued a regulation concerning in digent and undesirable passengers land ing within the limits of the naval station of Tutuila. This Includes the whole of the Island under the control of the sta tion. Henceforth no one will be allowed to lnnrt unless he can dennslt th sum nf $50 with the Collector of Customs upon ! the demand of the commandant. The deposit Is Intended to be returned to the depositor upon his leaving1 the Islands. Hay and Root Take a Rest. WASHINGTON, March 12. Secretaries' Hay and Root left here today on the President s naval yacht Sylph for a few . days' rest and recreation. Tho Sylph will cruise on Chesapeake Bay. They expect to return by Monday at the latest. Movements of North Atlantic Fleet. COLON. Colombia. March 12. The North Atlantic, squadron, under Rear-Admiral Hlgglnson, left here today for Trinidad. Ip8I5' IsHsHsBBf f y j $ vS H''BBiHHHB9EBlP!IH9HiHiH FAVORS BEET SUGAR Proposed Cuban Concession of No Effect. CONTEST A VERY SPIRITED ONE Xlonse Organization Found the Fight Hardest In Its History Favorable Report on Lacey Forest Re serve Indicates Its Passage. WASHINGTON. March 12. If the beet sugar men decide to accept, the com promise which has been proposed, they cm lay claim to a substantial victory, as the limit will practically make the con cession to Cuba harmless to the beet sugar Interests. Some, however, have so I far committed themselves, and wrought -- ILLINOIS DEAD . AI.TGELD. att4 up their constituents, that they feel they must "die in the last ditch." As a mat ter of fact. It Is quite a substantial vic tory for the organization of the House, although this Is the hardest fight it has ever bad. The contest over Porto Rico and the Philippines, In which many recalcitrant Republicans had to be "whipped Into Une," was rather a small affair compared to this contest which the beet-sugar men have made against the ways and means committee, the Speaker and the President. They had more men interested than ever before, and Henderson, Payne, Dalzell and Grosvenor were all at one time against granting Cuba, anything. After secur a majority of the Republicans, the diffi culty of the House managers will be to prevent any general tariff revision, but they feel confident of doing that before & vote is reached. Mitchell Exclusion Bill. Some surprise has been occasioned that the Mitchell Chinese exclusion bill should have been reported Just as It was Intro duced, as considerable opposition had de veloped In the committee to many of Its provisions. It is probable that several Senators who do not agree with all the provisions of the bill will make a fight In the Senate, preferring to do that rather than spend time trying to alter the meas ure In committee. Sentiment has been growing in favor of more drastic legis lation, and labor Interests have made It plain that any temporizing with the Chl- THE LAST DAY! 1000 CAN REGISTER! "Will you be one of the 1000 to be reg istered today? Yesterday a total was reached of 739, and the force at the Courthouse can handle 30O more. It you want to vote the "Independent" ticket and smash the machine, register today. Two tickets will be on the bal lots. The "Regular" stands for Sena tor Simon and his ganje. "Independ ent" means honest government and hon est official?. To vote against the boss you must register. BE ONE OF THE 1000! DO IT TODAY! nese is decidedly unsatisfactory, and there are few Senators or Representatives who care to antagonize organized labor in the coming Congressional campaign. Looks Good, for Forest Reserve Bill. The action of the House public lands committee today In favorably reporting the Lacey bill to transfer the actual con trol and management of forest reserves to the Agricultural Department probably Indicates that the bill will become a law. It is indorsed by the President, and the Secretaries of the Interior and Agri culture, and was supported by a major ity of the committee, although Jones, of Washington, Mondcll of Wyoming and others will file a minority report. The bill, as reported, transfers to the Agricul tural Department the management of all forest reserves whose boundaries are now definitely marked, and authorizes the transfer of all others as soon as they are surveyed. The control of surveys, and titles to lands In reserves, Is to remain In the Interior Department,- The bill was amended by the committee to provide that hereafter no new forest reserves shall be created by the President, except upon a petition of the Governor of the state or territory where the pro posed reserve Is located. The President Is authorized to set apart portions of ex isting forest reserves as fish or game pre serves. Should the bill become a law, one of the chief functions of the General Land office will be destroyed, and placed In the hands of GlfTord Pinchott, chief forester of tha Department of Agriculture, who, by the way, is a close friend of the Pres ident. , In Washington there Is general satis faction with the proposed change, for the opinion generally prevails that the for estry service of today is, not near what It ought to be, and the change is looked for ward to as for the better. This bill places all forest superintendents, supervisors and rangers under the Agricultural Depart ment and allows that department to con trol the matter of grazing, timber cutting, and In fact everything but the mere ad justment of title. FUNSTON'S BUSY DAY. Scries of Entertainments Provided by Ills Chicago Friends. CHICAGO. March 12. General Frederick Funston was a busy man today. The en tertainers had him routed up at 9:30 In the morning, and it was midnight before he regained his hotel again. A decidedly In teresting feature was General Funston's reception at the Press Club. After the handshaking was over, a small platform was rolled Into place before the General, whose short figure did not reach above the shoulders of the men around him. Homer J. Carr, president of the club. Introduced General Funston In a complimentary speech, to which the General responded in humorous vein. "President Bush, of the Marqutte Club, and a committee of members called on the General in the morning, and escorted him to the Board of Trade. His coming was eagerly awaited by the traders, and they gave him a tumultuous greeting. There were repeated calls for a speech, but General Funston declined to respond. The traders were Insistent, however, and then, after having been introduced by President Warren, of the Board of Trade, tho General briefly thanked the traders for their warm welcome. From the Board of Trade, General Funs ton was driven to the stockyards, where he. spent three hours watching the various packing processes. He was entertained at luncheon by the packers, and then re turned to the city, spending a short time at a matinee, preceding his reception at the Press Club. In the evening he was a guest at a dinner given In his honor by the members of the Chicago Yacht Club, and at the conclusion of the dinner he visited the theater once more, this time, the Studebaker to witness George Ade's new opera, -"The New Sultan of Sulu," constructed on life in the Philippines. General Funston will depart fpr New York tomorrow. ' ,- - GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP. Advocated by Chalrmnn Knapp, of Interstate Commerce Commission. NEW YORK. March 12. Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the Interstate Com merce Commission, delivered a lecture to night In Cooper Union on transportation. In which he advocated tho Government ownership of all .railroads. In part Mr. Knapp said: "As I view this matter, the state has as much right to farm out the business of collecting Its revenues or preserving the peace, and allow the rartles Intrusted with these duties to vary the rate of taxation according to their own Interests, or to sell personal protection to the highest bidder, as It has to permit the great function of public carriage to be the subject of spe cial bargains or secret dicker, to be made unequal by favoritism or oppressive ex tortion." Mr. Knapp went on to 6ay that the highways, from the earliest period of man kind, were considered as public property, and that It was no more than Just and proper that all railroads should be under Government control. As long as the rail roads are owned by private corporations, he said, those railroads would be taking unto themselves civil rights which be long only to the Government. PRESIDENT OF WESTERN UNION Colonel R. C. dowry Plncetl In Gen eral Charge of the Company. NEW YORK, March 12. At the quar terly meeting of the Western Union Tele graph, Company, General Thomas T. Eckert was elected chairman of the board of directors, and Colonel R. C. Clowry. now vice-president and general superin tendent of the Western division at Chi cago, was elected president and general manager of the company. (Colonel Clowry has filled positions with the Illinois & Mississippi. Missouri & Western and Western Union Telegraph Companies, as messenger, operator, man ager, superintendent, general superintend ent and vice-president. At the beginning of the Civil War he was commissioned by President Lincoln as Captain and as sistant Quartermaster and placed In charge of the United States military tele graph in the Department of Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas. At the close of the war ho received a brevet commission as Lieutenant-Colonel from President Johnson for meritorious service and de voted application to duty.) CAPTURE OF CHIRIQUI. v Colombian Liberals Have Taken the Isthmian City. COLON, March 12. Information was re ceived here that Chlrlqul has Just been captured by the Liberal forces. Chlrlqul Is extremely rich in cattle, and the isth mus usually depends on that district for Its supply of beeves. It Is rumored here that during the at tack of the revolutionists on Agua Dulce. February 20. General Jose Antonio Ram Iroz was killed. His death Is deplored by the Liberals, a3 he was one of their best leaders. Boer Treaty With the Swnsis. LONDON. March 12. Cabling from Brussels, the correspondent of the Stand ard says he has heard that General Botha jlast year concluded a treaty with the Queen of Swaslland, under the terms of which the Boer forces were enabled to enter the Queen's territory If hard pressed by the British. American Tourists in Egypt. ALKXA.NDRIA. Egypt. March 12. The party of American tourists who arrived here yesterday on board the White Star liner Celtic, from Calffa, Palestine, but whose debarkation was delayed by the heavy sea then running, landed this morn ing and proceeded to Cairo. FAVORABLE REPORT Mitchell Chinese Bill Will Be Presented to the Senate. NO MATERIAL CHANGES MADE One of Its Sections Provides for Ab solute Exclusion From the Phil ippinesThe Matter of Penalties. WASHINGTON, March 12. The Senate committee on Immigration today agreed to report the Chinese exclusion bill, known as the MItchell-Kahn measure. It is substantially the same as the modified bill submitted by the Pacific Coast "com mittee, only a few verbal corrections having been made. A point which occasioned much consid eration by the committee was whether or not Chinese should be excluded from the Philippines, or whether the whole propo sition should be left to the Philippine Commission. The committee agreed to retain the proposition of absolute exclu sion. taking the ground that the United States wants to retain the Philippines for the Filipinos, and that the latter are as much opposed to the admission of Chinese as are the Americans. Another section of the bill about which the committee debated at length was that; excluding Chinese sailors from ships of American register. This provision also was retained in the bill, but with a pro viso to the effect that in case of accident, stress of weather or serious Illness, the captain of a vessel may ship a Chinese crew for the voyage upon which he may have entered. The provisions regarding the privilege of transit of Chinese across the United States are changed in phraseology, but remain practically the same In effect. There also are verbal changes In the pro vision concerning the detention of Chi nese who seek entry at American ports, and the following penalty Is provided for failure to observe this provision. "Every person bound under this sec tion to detain a Chinese person who shall refuse or willfully neglect promptly to perform such duty shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and. on conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ?1000 nor more than $5000, or by Imprisonment for a term not less than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment." The paragraph concerning the return of Chinese Is changed so as to read as fol lows: "The duty of returning said Chinese per son Is hereby Imposed on the master, owner, consignee or agent of the vessel and on the railway corporation, its gen eral officers and agents', and on the owners or general officers and agents of other transportation lines or modes of convey ance, collective and severally, bringing him to the port at which entry Is denied him or aiding him thither to." Every person bound under this section to return a Chinese person who shall re fuse or willfully neglect promptly to per form such duty Is subject to fine and Im prisonment, and subordinate officers, agents and employes also are subject to penalties. Aiding In the escape of Chinese held In detention is made felony, punishable both by fine and imprisonment. A new provi sion applies the exclusion provisions of the bill to Chinese who enter as mer chants, students and the like and become laborers. The Fight on Oleomargarine. FORT WORTH. Tex.. March 12. The feature of today's session of the Texas cattleraisers convention was- the ad dress of John W. Springer, president of the National Livestock Association. Mr. Springer advocated the passage of tho National lease law and scored the manu facturers of shoddy. Referring to tho legislation concerning oleomargarine. Mr. Springer told of the fight the executive committee of the National Livestock As sociation had waged In Congress in the past, and how. Instead of the bill passing Congress by a majority of 110; as had been expected, the majority was only 2S. The bill being now In the Senate, he said, there are still hopes of defeating It. Dewet nnT Steyn Crois the Line. HEILBRON. Orange River Colony, "March 12. It Is reported that General De wet and ex-President Steyn crossed the main river line during the night of March 9, four miles north of Wolvehoek. going west. SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS. Congress. The Senate canal committee voted to report tbo Nicaragua bill favorably. Page 1. The proposed Cuban concession is a victory tor beet-augar men. Page 1. The Mitchell exclusion bill will be reported fa vorably to the Senate. Page 1. A compromise Is proposed on the Cuban tarig concession conflict. Page '2. Corliss and Richardson had a da3h in the House on the Pacific cable bill. Page 2. Depew and McCumber spoke for the subsidy bill In the Senate. Page 2. Foreign. A Russian Colonel was shot at "Warsaw (or re vealing military eercets. Page 5. King Edward has canceled bis proposed visit to Ireland. Page 5. Russian sugar exports show a falling off. Page 5. Domestic. Ex-Governor Altgeld is dead. Page 3. Twenty thousand men are Idle by reason of the Boston strike. Page 5 A gang of black and white murderers has been unearthed at Beaumont. Page 2. Puclflc Const. Representative Tongue condemns move to ham per Improvement of Lower Columbia by pit ting It against upper river. Page 4. State of Washington wins big tldeland suit. Page -1. Umatilla County Republican Convention de clares for 'Williamson for Congress. Page 4. Marine. Seventeen lives lost by sinking of Mississippi River steamer. Page 11. Grain freights have fallen to 23s 9d in San. Francisco. Page IL Pacific cablo steamship launched on the Tyne. Page 11. Bark Gwyder Castle has a narrow escape from destruction. Page 11. Portlnnd anil Vicinity. Judge Bellinger renders Important decision ad verse to building and loan associations. Page 12. Republican County Central Committee pulls down decoy Independent tickets. Page 14. Floaters and repeaters will be arrested Satur day. Page 10. Ordinance to check spread of contagious dls eace3 Introduced In City Council. Page S. . Hillsboro citizens ask for franchise for elec tric motor line. Page 10. V