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TRADE SUPPLICD BY BIumauer-Frank Drug Co. "WHOLESALE AND 3IAXCFACTURING DRUGGISTS. America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today MALT PORTLAND, OREGON Booms Single ........... ..7So to Room Double ..........$1.00 to : Room Family .....11.50 to . i.eo -pr day 2.00 per day 3.00 per 4y C T. BELCHER, So. tad TrtM. American Plan fl.23. 91.60. fl.TS European Plan 60c, 75c, fl.00 Wholesale Shoes! All new Spring styles now in. MEN'S, WOMEN'S, BOYS', MISSES' and CHILDREN'S. ORDER EARLY. 87-89 First St. Portland, Or. wwee JAP MAPLES Variegated. ROSES DENTISTRY 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213 FA1LIK0 BUIUIKB Cer. Third and Washington Sti. Open evenings till 9; Sundays from 9 to 12 IT'S II NEW DEAL Republican County Con vention Meets. INDEPENDENTS IN CONTROL Political Offices Filled, Then Week's Adjournment, HENRY E. M'GINN FOR SENATOR Twelve Strong Candidates for Representative!- Regular Are Outnum bered, "bat Slake Game Fight Good Feeling Manifest. The Multnomah County Convention met yesterday, and was organized by the Independents. A Legislative ticket and delegates to the state and Con gressional conventions were named. A committee was appointed to select & Central Committee, and adjournment wa taken till Thursday, 'March 27. t. .... ...... .... REPUBLICAN LEGISLATIVE TICKET. State Senator. HENRY E. M'GINN. Representatives. A A COURTENEY GEORGE M. ORTON SANDERSON REED JOHN GILL DAN J. MALARKEY J. S. HUTCHINSON 8. B. COBB H. J. FISHER W. R. HUDSON a W. HODSON A A BAILEY W. W. BANKS By the decisive vote of 101 to 57, the In dependent Republican delegates elected at the primaries Saturday captured yester day's county convention, assumed control of tha naming of a candidate for State Senator and 12 candidates for the Legis lature, elected G7 delegates to tho State Convention, and named a committee of seven to select for election members of the County Central Committee. A boister ous but good-tempered, minority strenu ously endeavored to secure recognition on the list of delegates to the State Conven tion, and otherwise made its presence felt, but with the election of A. A. Courteney as temporary chairman it became appar ent that the expression of public sentiment at the polls was to be confirmed in the convention, and the majority continued in Jubilant control until the appointment by the chair of a committee to select mem bers of the City and County Central Com mittee, when an adjournment was taken until next Thursday, at wHich time the work of the convention in making city and county nominations will be taken up and completed. Early in the day a resolu. tion, offered byA. L Mills, and pledging the nominees for Senator and Representa tives to support the charter. Just complet ed by the board appointed at the last Legislature was sent through with a hur rah, and another resolution, offered by George H. Howell as a representative of the Federated Trades, and declaring In favor of the MItchell-Kahn bill excluding Asiatics, was also passed with unanimous enthusiasm. Although evidence of fac tional feeling was everywhere present, oven the most spirited debate failed to arouse any rancor or bitterness, and at the end of the session the minority leaders conceded that the majority had done noth ing out of reason, and had annexed no more of the party machinery than could be expected under the uneven circum stances. Candidates and rumors began to drift Into the A. O. U. W. Hall, where the con vention was held, as early as 9 o'clock yes terday morning. They were followed by the delegates, who dallied with both, dis credited them with equal facility and passed. on to their seats. It was known that both factions were organized, and would act as units, and therefore, in spite of a persistent report that some of the Simon men were going to walk out, there was a lively prospect of a dull day. The election of Mr. Courteney as temporary chairman and of John P. Kavanaugh as temporary secretary served as a "show down," Mr. Courteney defeating Judge H. H. Northup, the candidate of the reg ulars, by a vote of 100 to 57, and there was nothing that promised even passing Inter est in the appointment of the committee on credentials and permanent organiza tion, on both of which recognition was accorded the minority. There was, nevertheless, something In prospect. After the noon recess, on mo tion of Charles H. Carey, the choice of the independent caucus for permanent chairman, the temporary officers were made permanent, end Clarence Gilbert, a regular, was elected as an additional sec retary. After the adoption of the resolu. tlons pledging the Legislative nominees to support the new charter and declaring In favor of the exclusion bill, the order of business became the selection of delegates to the State Convention, and F. P. Mays moved that the chair appoint a commit tee of seven to attend to this duty. This was the signal for the minority to speak, and its mouthpiece was Dr. C. A. Macrum, by M. L. Pipes, proxy. Instantly the doc tor was on his feet with a neatly-folded paper In his hand, which proved to be a resolution to the effect that the dele gates be elected by wards and precincts a plan which would have had the result of landing a very goodly number of the partisans of Senator Simon In the State Convention. The doctor was seconded by C. H. Prescott, by Richard Williams, proxy. Mr. Prescott, through his eloquent proxy, made a ringing speech in favor of harmony and unison. He frankly admit ted that tha voters In the primaries had definitely settled the Senatorial question; that they had said who should not go to the United States Senate In such terms aa to make no question as to the right of the majority to name the Legislative ticket. But he believed that the Issue ended there. He knew the minority In the convention would vote the Republican ticket, whatever action they took, but there had been enough machines. The party did not want ANOTHER dose cor poration. There was but one way to se cure peace, and that was by recognizing tho minority on the delegation. Mr. Prescott. by Mr. "Williams, proxy, was loudly cheered, particularly by the Independents, who regarded his views on the machine and the Senatorial situation as highly gratifying. He was answered with calmness by Charles H. Carey, who called attention to the political significance of the dele gation; by Dan Malarkey, who made the most effective and telling speech of the day against the amendment, and by Whit ney Li. Boise, while Dr. Macrum, the man who Introduced the resolution, again got the floor by M. L. Pipes, proxy, and ex- REPUBLICAN NOMINEE 23&&t sp j, 'ww BBBELPBiB&BBsBBBE!?' 't k&aKttBB&SHBKlv3&f'' HBi3HlfllK!HH&l9Hlia '&BHKyi? HHIH!HHHH9SHHHHS HEWRY B. X'OXTflT. Henry E. McGinn. Republican candidate for State Senator for Multnomah County, la a native Orerontan. and la .recognized as one of the most brilliant attorneys of the state. He served two terms as Prosecuting Attorney of the Fourth Judicial District, and In If 02 he was elected to the State Senate. In 1S93, upon the death of -Judge Hartwell Hurley, Mr. McGinn was appointed Judge for the Fourth Judicial District. Judge McGinn remained on the bench 'for one year, and since his retirement has been engaged In law practice. . Judge McGinn is an orator .of fine ability. He was born. In 1659, and is the eldest son of a promi nent pioneer family. . plained the desire of the minority at much length. s "It has been said on the floor of- this hall," 6aid Mr. Pipes, In conclusion, "that what Is wanted is a new deal. From what I have seen of the majority, I think that they do not want a new deal so much as a new dealer." At this Juncture, when every one had begun to clamor for the question, E. R. Becket, who had for some time been acting excitedly by George W. Stapleton, proxy, got tho floor and waved a paper over his head. "Mr. Chairman," began Mr. Becket, im pressively, speaking through the lips of his proxy, "there has been a mysterious paper going the rounds of this convention. It contains the names of 67 men, and it is entitled 'Delegates to the State Conven tion. What are these delegates? Who are these 67 men?" Mr. Becket then pro ceeded to arraign the majority severely, still speaking with the voice of Mr. Sta pleton, but no one seemed to know the answers to his questions, and, there being no further champions -or opponents of the measure. It was put-to a vote. C. H. Prescott, Dr. C. A. Macrum and Robert Warwick sprang to the feet of Richard Williams; M. L. Pipes and J. T. Ross, proxies, while shoulder to shoul der with them rose Wallace McCamant and H. H. Northup. Said the Ave in one voice, "We demand a vote by ballot." A resolution authorizing five delegates to call for a vote by ballot had previ ously been introduced, and the chair was about to order one when he observed C. H. Prescott, by Richard Williams, proxy, still standing and shouting defiance across his right ahoulder to W. L. Boise. "What were you saying?" he inquired. "I I was about to ask for a vote by ballot," said Mr. Prescott, by Mr. Will iams, proxy. "You have already asked it, and you shall have it," said the chair. "Be seated." Mr. Prescott sank Into the seat of Mr. Williams, proxy, and the vote was taken, resulting in the rout of Dr. Macrum's res olution by the regular 101 to 57 votes. But Mr. Becket, by Mr. Stapleton, proxy, was not to be squelched so easily. "Mr. Chairman," said he, "I move that the list of delegates that has been circulated in this convention be adopted by the con vention as our delegates to the State Cen tral Committee." "There is no list before the convention," said the chair. Mr. Becket strode forward and placed the list on the secretary's table. "I move that it be read," said he. The secretary read the list. "Now," said Mr. Becket, "I move, as a substitute for Mr. Mays' motion, that this list be adopted as our list of delegates." Mr. Mays accepted the substitute. Mr. (Concluded on Tenth Page.) ANGRY AT HANNA Beet-Sugar Men Resent His "Pull" in Cuban Fight, NOW THREATEN TO RETALIATE Propose to Detent Ship Subsidy Bill Senator Mitchell Takes Up Nica ragua Canal Bill With Steer lBg Committee. WASHINGTON, March 19. The beet sugar men In the House of Representa tives are exhibiting considerable resent ment because Senator "Hanna Interfered FOR STATE SENATOR. and pulled away a lot of their strength, bringing them Into the support of the Cu ban reciprocity plan. They assert that they will take revenge by defeating the subsidy bill. But they will do nothing of tho kind if the present plan of postponing the subsidy bill until the next session Is adopted. These so-called "Insurgents" have several times made big demonstra tions and finally yielded. They made a great to-do about the Porto Rlcan tariff, and again about the Philippine tariff. Nearly the same crowd that made so much noise on the former occasions were the leading spirits in the beet-sugar fight ngalnst the ways and means committee. This time they had a larger following than ever before, but It was only a ques tion of time before they were "picked off" one by one by the managers of dhe House and by the friends of the Administration, who insisted that pledges made to the Cuban delegates for the reciprocity ar rangements must be fulfilled. Some of the beet-eugar "Insurgents" would vote against the ship subsidy bill now, and they might give as an excuse Hanna's in terference, but they are men who would vote against it anyway, and would Beek this method of excusing themselves to Hanna and the Republican organization. On the other hand. If the subsidy bill goes over until the short sasslon, they will have forgotten Hanna's Interference, and only those who are conscientiously opposed to the bill, or fear that they may be perma- nently retired from public life If they should support the bill, will vote against it. Mitchell and Xorgaa Confer. A great many Senators are heard talk ing about the great cost of the Nicaragua Canal, and some of the most Influential leaders say that the engineers' estimates cannot be relied upon, and the canal may cost double the amount estimated. These Senators say that when they are face to face with such tremendous expenditures it causes them to hesitate about embark ing in the great enterprise. Senators Mitchell and Morgan have been confer ring today, and Mitchell has been endeav oring to secure favorable action from the steering committee. Ho recognizes, how ever, that It is necessary to dispose of the Chinese exclusion bill at an early date, and for the present he Is unwilling to consent to any drastic move to force the Nicaragua Canal bill In, regardless of the Indorsement of the steering committee. The friends of Nicaragua believe that they have a clear majority In the Senate, and will be able to force consideration as soon as It seems apparent that any of their opponents are scheming to set the bill aside for this session. Would Have Aftnlnaldo night. Tho tenor of the questions which the Democratic members of the Philippine committee have been asking Generals Otis and Hughes are la the direction, of an effort to prove that the United States was wrong and Aguinaldo was right, previous to the beginning of hostilities betw'een the Americans and the Filipinos. About the only reason for examining these general officers, who were In responsible command In the Philippines, is to prove that hostili ties might have been averted. So far, the Democrats have not been successful. The Republicans are willing that they shall pursue this line, as the dominant party believes that Democrats know differently as to what was done In the beginning. The present conditions must be dealt with regardless of the past. The Democrats of the committee did not make a very strong showing, and so far they have been unable to cope with Taft, Hughes and others who understand the situation much more clear ly than do the Senators .who are examin ing them. The determination of the ma jority of the Democrats to continue the fight on the Philippine question Is very annoying to othery who are more practi cal, and think that new Issues must be found. Report on Washington Land Bill. Repreixmtative Jones today secured a favorable report on his bill confirming the title of the State of Washington to lands selected by the several County Com missioners In lieu of sections 16 and 35, In Instances where settlere had gone upon the school sections prior to the filing of state selection?. Army Officers AnnlRned. First Lieutenant Hiram E. Mitchell, son of Senator Mitchell, has been assigned to duty with the Twenty-sixth Battery, Field Artillery, and will soon take his station at Vancouver Barracks. First Lieutenant Percy Willis, of Port land, has been assigned to the same com mand as 'Lieutenant Mitchell. DANISH WEST INDIES. Perfecting: Details of the Programme for Their Acquisition. WASHINGTON. March 19. Although the details of the programme for the ac quisition of the Danish West Indies have not been 'perfected, the discussion of the sublect bv the Cabinet has Indicated a purpose on the part of the President to erect a provisional government In the Islands at the outset. The American flag having been raised by an officer of the Army or Navy (just which is not jet certain, though It may be noted that the United States Gunboat Machlas Is now at St. Thomas) some person, probably a civilian, will be dispatched from the United States to take charge of affairs as provisional Governor of the islands. Meanwhile, a scheme for a permanent government will be submitted to Con gress, probably approximating the Porto Rlcan government act, and If this Is fa vorably acted upon, a permanent Gov ernment will be installed before the end of the fiscal year. Ammred of Ratification. COPENHAGEN, March 19. The Land thing, the upper house, in committee of the whole and In executive session", voted today to ratify the treaty providing for the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States. The opponents of the treaty are playing for delay, but the measure Is now assured of a majority of two votes In favor of ratification. Chun'n Gift to the Kaiser. BERLIN. March 19. The presents, given to Emperor William by Prince Chun, who came from Pekln to Berlin last jear to make atonement to Germany for the mur der at Pekln of Baron von Kctteler, Ger man Minister to China, have been In stor age here since Emperor William refused to accept them. The Emperor took this action since he believed their acceptance would be Incompatible with the character of Prince Chun's mission. The presents, which consist of costly silks and objects of art. will, upon the second request of the Chinese Prince, be sent to a certain German museum. Boston Strike Practically Over. BOSTON. March 19. With less than 200 men Idle of the 20,000 who participated in the sympathetic strike here last week, traffic In the various trades affected by the trouble has resumed normal condi tions. Prominent business men. labor representatives and members of the State Board of Arbitration are still In touch with eacn other, endeavoring to secure the reinstatement of the men now Idle. The only difficulty In the matter Is the question of finding places for the old men. and the strike Is considered as practical ly settled. SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS. Congress. Beet-ugar men angry at Hanna for his part in Cuban tariff flrht. Page 1. The Payne Cuban reciprocity bill was Intro duced In the Houe. Page 2. The Senate considered the bill for the protec tion of the President. Page 2. The House disposed at 27 pages of the river and harbor bill. Page 2. The Senate canal commlttf-e filed majority and minority reports on the question of al!dlty of title to Panama Canal. Page 2. Foreign. Prince Henry lands .at Kiel. Page 3. Cecil Rhodes was slightly stronger last night. Page 3. A Russo-Ftench declaration of policy in tho far East was sent to the powers. Page 3. , Domestic. Indications point to a strike of the anthracite mlncrm. Page 1. A Kentucky reform school burned, but with out loss of life. Page 5. Further particulars of Waller's march across Samar. Page 5. Pnciflc Coant. Samuel L. Harden, prominent Salem lawyer and Democratic politician, dies suddenly. Page 4. Big Irrigation system In Baker County is Hear ing completion. Page 4. Columbia County Democratic Convention de clares President Roosevelt unpatriotic. Page 4. John M. Hill, of Pullman. Wash., may succeed Warden Catron at Walla Walla. Page 4. Commercial and. Marine. Wheat market in the East took another turn downward. Page 13. Sensational movements in stocks on special list at New Tork. Page 13. Big lumber fleet now loading at Portland. Page 12. Spot ship Agnes Oswald , chartered yesterday to load wheat. Page 12. Adato arrives from the Orient with hemp. Page 12. Bark Ostara. now due at Portland, will be or dered north for lumber. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. Republican County Convention meets, and names Legislative candidates. Page 1. Socialists nominate state ticket. Page 14. Common Council passes rigid health ordinance. Page 8. Railroads asked to take Lewis and Clark Fair stock. Page 7. Pomona Grange starts mov ement for city market-place. Pago 12. LOOKS LIKE A STRIKE Hard-Coa! Miners on the Eve of Another Struggle. OWNERS REFUSE TO MEET THEM The Demand for an Agreement c the TV'nge Scale Is Refused, an It Involved Recognition of the Union. y The anthracite miners of Pennsjl vanla and West Virginia are on the eve of another creat strike, which. If de clared, will throw over 100,000 men out of work. The operators and officials of the coal-carrj lng roads refuse to treat with the officer of the union In the matter of arranging a wage scale. The sentiment of the miners' convention at Shamokin is in favor of a Htrlke. & SHAMOKIN. Pa. March 19. The Miners Convention today began the consideration of the Important matter which will decide whether the notices posted by the oper ators at the various collieries announcing a continuance of existing conditions shall be accepted or rejected. When asked If he would make any further effort to see J. Pierpont Moigan. President Mitchell said ho had made no arrangements to that end. The sentiment of the delegates was for the first time officially expressed at the morning session of the convention. Presi dent Nicola, of District No. 1, speaking on the question of the scale schedule, ald: "The men of our district want their coal weighed, and they want It weighed so badly that they are ready to fight for It If necessary." This assertion elicited vigorous applause. , A letter signed by several victims of the Lattlmer strike, appealing for aid, wag read, and on motion a collection was, taken u: for the benefit of the sufferers. A request for admission to the convention from delegates of the Firemen's Union was adopted. It was decided to appoint a scale committee of 21 members, seven from eacn district, and a committee on resolutions. President Nlcols was asked whether the scale commltteo would draw up a uniform wage rate, or whether several scales would be presented by each district. "Conditions are different In each dis trict." said Mr. Nlcols, "and It would bo difficult to arrange a uniform rate." The report of the special committee, consisting of President Mitchell and tho district presidents, appointed at Indian apolis to seek a conference with the opera tors, was then heard. President Mitchell announced that letters had been received from the. operators declining a conference, and he deemed it advisable for the con vention to consider them In executive ses sion. His suggestion wns adopted, and the convention went Into executive ses sion. During the executive session the conven tion appointed the committees on scalo and on resolutions, and heard the report of the special- committee appoint 'd to seek a conference with the operators. After the adjournment this afternoon Pret-Itfent Mitchell, speaking for the press commit tee, made this statement: "The committee selected by the Hazle ton convention lart August to go to New York and see the highest authorities of the coal companies and arrange for a joint conference reported the refusal of E. B. Thomas, chairman of tho directors of tho Erie Railroad, to receive the committee. The same committee, selected by the In dianapolis convention to Invite the oper ators to confer on tho question of a wage scale for the year beginning April 1, 1902, reported the result of Interviews with tho railroad presidents and presented letters from railroad companies In reply to the invitations. The letters, while couched in different language, are all of the same purport a positive refusal to confer with tho representatives of their employes upon the wages to be paid and the conditions of employment which should obtain. "It Is needless to say the d5legates ex pressed keen disappointment, and the op position to continuing work under the present low wages and unfair conditions was unanimous and emphatic." President Mitchell addressed the conven tion, and he stated that he advised cau tion and. prudence In arriving at any de cision as to further action. "What the final outcome will be Is at this time purely problematical,1-' was the concluding sen tence of the press committee's statement. The Indications hero tonight point strongly to a strike declaration, as the op erators' letters seem to have caused much bitter feeling among the men. The Operators Refnnal. PHILADELPHIA. March 19. It was learned here tonight, from a trustworthy source, that In refusing to enter a joint conference with representatives of the United Mlneworkers, the officials of the great coal-carrj lng railroads? and coal companies were careful to word their dec lination In such a way that it was not a direct refusal to meet the miners' repre sentatives because they were such. The companies generally answered the request of the miners by letter, sajlng that It was Impracticable to arrango a wage scale that would be uniform, because of the dif ferent conditions of mining in the differ ent fields, and on the ground that noth ing could come of a conference, they de clined to meet the miners as proposed. THE HUNTINGTON ESTATE. Inventory Shows It Will Amount to Nearly 929,000,000. NEW TORK. March 19. The Tribune will say tomorrow: The Collls P. Huntington estate, now being inventoried by the state's tax ap praisers, acting with the executors, Charles W. Tweed and Isaac W. Gates, will amount to about $2S,0O0.O0Q or $., 000,000. The transfer tax will approximate $SOO,000. This Is the unofficial Informa tion about the schedule of property left by Mr. Huntington. The report of the State Appraisers will not be filed for sev eral months. It Is understood that the delay Is due In large part to the over hauling of claims and notes against friends of Mr. Huntington. These amount to an astonishingly large sum. it is said, and are In such shape that It Is difficult for the executors to tell how much they are really worth. The major part of the assets have been known for a long time. According to the Tribune's Informant, Mr. Huntington lent personal friends a great deal of money, most of which Is not collectible. "The scheduling of tho estate," said this authority, "shows that Mr. Huntington's heart promptly respond ed to appeals for assistance."