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Newspaper Page Text'IftitfttHtiT ! US &&$" tt$$nu r VOL. XLIL NO. 12,892. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS.' PONT OVERLOOK THIS CUE We can supply you with everything in Bar Fixtures, Billiard Supplies Don't purchase without first consulting us. ROTHCHILD BROS. MUDDY COMPLEXIONS BIumauer-Frank Drug Co. "WHOLESALE Or, to "be exact, $331,039,720 34, this represents the assets of the Equitable Life. 571,129,042 OS surplus. Strongest company in the -world. Rates no higher, security much greater. Our latest policy is the perfection of a life insurance contract, lu. Samuel, Manager, 305 Oregonian Building, Portland, Or. BIIi METSCHAN, Frea. SEYEHTB ARD WASRIX8T0K STREETS, PORTUKD, OREBM CHANGS OF MANAGEMENT. European Plan: . $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 per Day Adamant Is applied to over one "million buildings throughout the united States. Made in forty different factories. It is no experiment. Investigate. For information address Phone North 2091. OLD KENTUCKY' HOME CLUB O. P. S. WHISKEY Favorite American Whiskey BLUMAUER & HOCH. sole distributers Wholesale Uqaor and Cigar Dealers, 108-110 Fonrth St GREAT BARGAINS Are now obtainable, prior to moving into our new stores. Come early and do not miss your opportunity. Special prices on "Wood Mantels. Five thousand dollars' worth of fixtures at less than factory prices. Surprise Sale. Tuesday Night 'Andirons, Fire Sets, Silk Shades, Globes, etc. THE JOHN BARRETT CO. 01 FIRST STREET, BETWEEN STARK AXD OAK. We Believe It Will Pay You, As it has paid over two thousand other people on the Pacific Coast, to have your heating system installed by us. Call'or write and we'll be pleased to tell you why. - w. g. Mcpherson Heating and Ventilating Engineer 47 FIRST STREET PORTLAND, OREGON before and after These illustrations are typical of scenes that occur in our dental offices every day. Persons come in with their jaws bandaged, the pic ture of pain and dis tress. In a few mo ments they depart with smiling counte nances. Our system of extracting is ab solutely painless; no bad after effects. "Wo aim never to ex tract a tooth that can be saved. He J)Ul H1i9kI -IssssB Issut'aHllsaH "It didn't WISE BROS. Both Phones: Or. South 2291: Col. 2CS. &&& ZJ-iStt remedy thai cores a mM la tfagt Suspected Train Robber. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., April C George Carson, a well-dressed stranger, was ar rested at Union .Star, Mo., today and Is being held on the supposition that he is a member of the gang that held up the northbound Burlington train near this city Thursday last. The Burlington engineer and fireman believe Carson Is one of the robbers. He declines to give an account of himself or his movements. 20-26 North First Street Portland, Oregon ARE AVOIDED By Using ROBERTINE AXD MANUFACTURING DRUGGISTS. A LL LU $2. W. KNOWLES, Xsrw The Perfection of Wall Plaster THE ADAMANT CO. Foot of 14th Street, Portland, Or. tUSHwf; . - -sHli hurt n hit." 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213 FA1LIHG BUILDING Dentists, Cor. TSIrd at Washington Sts. Open evenings till 9; Sundays from S to 12 This signature is on every box of the gdaulaa Laxative RrnmnOfrinine Tablets Army Withdrawn From Cuba. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 6. Lieu tenant Brown, of the Seventh Cavalry, arrived here today and announced that the First Squadron of the Tegiment will reach Chlckamauga Park April 15 and 25. The other squadrons will jemaln in Cuba to participate in the inauguration of President-elect Palma. The Seventh Cavalry Is now stationed at Columbus Barracks- near Wavan- GEER'S NEW BOOM The Governor Is in the Sena torial Race. BUT DECLINES TO TALK OF IT His Name Mar Be Placed on the Bal lot at the Jane Election as a Candidate Strength In 'a lu .. . Marlon. ,j BALEM, April 6. Governor Geer's prob able candidacy for the United States Sen ate -will soon be the chief topic for dis cussion in political circles in this state. It is already a subject for considerable talk in this city. When seen tonight, Gov ernor Geer declined to be interviewed on the subject. Last September Geer's opponents became quite active in their opposition to his re nomlnaUon and It seemed as If the polit ical storm was on. It is known that at that time Governor Geer told some of his political friends that if he should be turned down by the Republican convention he would go before the people for indorse ment for United States Senator. As the agitation against Geer died out, nothing more was heard on the Senatorial mat ter, but since the convention was held Governor Geer's friends have been urging him to become a candidate to succeed Sen ator Simon. That he will enter the Sen atorial race Ib believed by local Repub lican workers who keep track of political movements. To one looking at the present sltuaUon from the outside it would seem that the time Is now favorable for the launching of the Geer boom. The only avowed candi date for Senator is C. W. Fulton. It has been Fulton's Idea that the people should express their choice for a Senator, and to that end he believed the Senatorial candi date should be voted for in June. Now It happens that Geer counts his chief po litical strength in the ranks of the com mon people, far removed from the influ ences of v politicians. It la quite in the cards, therefore, that Geer and Fulton will be opposing Senatorial candidates before the people at the general election in June. By an act of the last Legislature it is provided that names of candidates for United States Senator may be placed upon the official ballot the same as the names of candidates for state offices, and that the result of the vote shall bo certified to the Legislature for its Information. The names may be placed upon the ballots either by nomination in a convenUon or by petlUon. If Governor Geer's friends place his name on the Republican ticket in that manner Fulton's friends will almost be compelled to take a similar course. In or der to prevent Geer from being the unani mous choice of the Republicans. And jtnen there.-would be -one -of the" prettiest political fights Oregon ever saw. Both Geer and Fulton are good campaigners, and they would create so much interest in their own contest that the people would lose, sight of the Gubernatorial battle. The one who won would claim the right to an election at the hands of the Legislature. Should the contest not take place before the people In June, both Geer and Fulton would still be in the Sen atorial race when the Legislature meets in January. There Is another circumstance that leads to the belief that Geer will be a promi nent factor in the Senatorial light. It is learned upon what seems to be good au thority that Senator-Simon said last Fall that he would either be the next United States Senator or his friends would name the man. The course of political events during the last two months leads at once to the conclusion that if Simon names his successor that man will be T. T. Geer.' In the recent Republican County Conven tion in Marion County the Geer people were in control. Out of seven candidates nominated for the Legislature all are per sonal friends of Geer and six are sup posed to be political friends to the extent that they would favor him for United States Senator. At the state convention the Geer people refused to-nomlnate Dave Looney for Joint Senator with Linn Coun ty, because Looney refused to promise to vote for Geer for Senator. W. H. Hobson was given the nomination. While It is not believed that Hobson made any kind of a promise, he is known to be a friend to Geer and the Geer people doubtless thought they could count on him. It is often remarked that if Geer is playing in the Senatorial game he made a mistake in falling to play a trump card at the state convention. A prominent Re publican said today that if Geer had gone upon the floor of the convention and moved to make the nomination of Fur nish unanimous and then stumped the state in support of the ticket his Sena torial chances would have been decidedly in the ascendancy. PLEASED "WITH STATE TICKET. Marion County Republicans General ly Are Satisfied. SALEM, Or., April 6. After taking three days to think it over, Marion County Re publicans -are quite well pleased with the ticket put up at the state convention. "When the news was received in Salem "Wednesday evening that "W. J. Furnish had been nominated for Governor, there were many warm friends of Governor Geer who complalnd bitterly. But the ad verse comment has grown rapidly less, and Republicans generally declare their intention to support the ticket loyally from top to bottom. In fact, there Is no Republican who openly says he will scratch the ticket. Those who were In Portland during the convention and met Mr. Furnish express themselves as well pleased with his appearance, and say they arc confident he will make a good Gov ernor. Furnish is not well known In this bounty, but wherever he has made an ac quaintance he has also made a friend. In the heat of the preliminary campaign the Pendleton candidate was pictured out as a man whose only power in politics was the Influence of his wealth. But not one of those who attended the state con vention believes that Furnish used, or would have used, a single dollar In a questionable manner. The heat of the battle over, the campaign extravaganzas have ceased, and Republicans are ready to rally around a man who was the nominee of their convention by the remarkable Lvote of 248 to 92 over so popular a man as Henry E. Ankeny. It Is doubtless true that there will be some quiet ballot-scratching In Marion' County on election day this is always the case. There are a very fefcr who were personally Interested in Geer's nomina tion who cannot be expected to forget their Disappointment, tout the number of the disgruntled will not exceed the usual number. No difference who had been the Republican nominee for Governor, there would have been some scratching done In this county. But all Influential members of the party have fallen In line with the Marlon County delegation in voting to make the nomination of Furnish unani mous. Republicans Stronger Than In 180S. Looking at the situation from the Ma rion County standpoint, there is no reason why Furnish should not defeat Chamber lain by as large a majority as Geer de feated King four years ago. It Is true that Furnish is not so good a stump speaker as was Geer, but he is ; a far better organizer. It is also true that Chamberlain has a wider acquaintance than had King, but Chamberlain has not the support of a three-party fusion, as had King. Many of the Populists and Free Silver Republicans have dropped back Into the Republican ranks, and in the Presidential campaign of 1900 many Democrats who voted for King In 1S9S were allied with the forces upholding the hands of William McKInley. And these men who have come Into the Republican party of their own free choice are not going to leave it because th6 Republicans nominated for Governor a man who did as they did. Democrats Not Enthusiastic. One has but to compare the enthusiastic fusion conventions of four years ago with the quiet Democratic conventions of the past week to realize that the opposition to the Republican party has grown won derfully less. Four years ago there was REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES HTLLSBORO, March 31. Republican candidates for Representative from Washington County are all well-known men. They are D. M. C Gault. of HHlsboro, B. F. Purdy, of Gaston, and Dr. Charles Hlnes, of Forest Grove. Mr. Gault la editor of a riewspaper in this city, Mr. Purdy Is the owner of a flouring: mill at Gaston, and Dr. Hlnes is a very successful physician at Forest Grove. An aggressive campaign will be made In their behalf, and the Republicans are confident of their election in June. The entire Republican ticket Is con sidered one of the strongest ever nominated in the county. a scramble for places on thof uson ticket In. this county. Atrthe Democratic" con-, ventlon, held in this city yesterday, the entire Legislative ticket was nominated by acclamation, there being only enough candidates to nil the places. On the county ticket several men declined nom inations, and the convention was finally compelled to nominate men who were not present, and who could not, therefore, de cline. The old Democratic giants were conspicuous by their absence. There was no cheering over the mention of the name of Jefferson In fact, the name of Jeffer son, even, was forgotten. There was no talk of a cross of gold or a crown of thorns, and, so far as nolso was con cerned, a bystander might have Imagined himself in a Prohibition convention. All this speaks strongly of the change that has come over the political thought of the people, and gives assurance that the principles and policies of the Republican party are more popular today than . they were when Oregon elected a full Repub lican ticket in the state election four years ago. Harmony In Marlon County Affair. In local affairs Marion County Republi cans are entirely harmonlau3. The county ticket has met universal approval from members of the party, and is said by old timers to be the strongest the Republi cans ever put up. There, are no sore places to be healed. Not a man on the ticket will have enemies in the Repub lican ranks unless something now not in evidence shall transpire to make trouble. An effort may be made to extend the Multnomah County muddle so as to affect the campaign In Clarion, but there is no present Indication of such a move being made successful. t Joint Senator for Marlon and Linn. Marion County Democrats think that be cause Linn County is quite evenly divided on party lines, with the majorities fre quently on the side of the Democracy, there will be some chance of their elect ing a joint Senator for Marlon and Linn. In the county convention, held here yes terday, it developed that there are two candidates for the nomination for that of fice on the Democratic ticket J. A. Jef frey and "W. H. Holmes. During the pro ceedings of the convention, a motion was made Indorsing Jeffrey for the nomina tion. A vote was taken on the motion, but before the result was announced the motion was declared out of order. It was stated in the report of the convention in today's Oregonian that the motion was voted down, but this was incorrect. There was a difference of opinion as to the re sult of the vote, and as the motion was disposed of on a point of order, the result was not determined. Marlon County Dem ocrats will not make their choice for joint Senator until they meet with their Linn County associates at the state con vention. Linn County may also have some candidates for joint Senator. Marion County Republicans have no fear of losing a joint Senator because of Linn County's inclination to go Demo cratic at times. The Linn County cam paign is In the hands of N. M. Newport, who was chairman of the Linn County delegation to the Republican state con vention, and who, with his associates, secured the nomination of J. R. "Whitney for the office of State Printer. "With a place on the state ticket, and such men as Newport and Kelly for leaders, Linn County Republicans are likely to roll up a much larger vote than they ever have In the past. Extinction of the Barmaid. LONDON, April 6. The cause of the Glasgow barmaids, who are threatened with extinction. Is being taken up vigor ously throughout the United Kingdom. Lawyers have been engaged to look after their interests, and the Glasgow City mag istrates will not accomplish their alms without a bitter legal struggle, in antici pation of which Thomas H. Shaw, Liberal member of Parliament for the Harwlck district, has been retained by the magis trates. The London Brewers' Association and other liquor dealers' organizations are watching the case closely. Most of the temperance societies are rejoicing over the developments at Glassow. HARTS RIVER FIGHT Boers Repeatedly Attacked the British Camp.' EXHORTED BY THEIR LEADERS Canadians Gallantly Repelled Every Attempt Made by the Dutch to BrcnU Through Tbo Casualties. .. j - KLERKSDORP, Transvaal, April C Details received of the battle at Dornbalt Farm, March 31, in which the British had three officers and 24 men killed and 16 of ficers and 131 men wounded, while the FOR REPRESENTATIVE FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY. rfS Boers had 137 killed or -wounded, show that quite 2000 Boers opened a strong at tack from different points, with three guns and a pom-pom. This attack was made at a moment when the British had left their luggage In a laager- In charge of a Canadian contingent and were gal loping across the open plain with the in tention of capturing a Boer convoy which had been discovered five miles ahead. The British retired solidly and, having dis mounted, opened a return fusillade on the Boers. "While the luggage in charge of the Can adians was sent for, the British formed a camp and started digging trenches. The shelling of tho Boers stampeded the mules and caused confusion, but otherwise It was not very effective, as many shells failed to explode. The Canadian front was attacked in strong numbers, but they gal lantly repelled every attempt made by the Boers to brertk through. One party of the Canadians fought until all were killed or wounded and the last man of this party, although mortally wounded, emp tied two bandoliers of cartridges at the enemy and then broke his rifle. The fighting was severe and general for fully three hours, but after the British had entrenched and the guns got into action, the forces repelled numerous and deter mined attempts made under tho personal exhortations of the Boer,leaders. Toward night the fire gradually ceased and the Boers retired. The British then tele graphed for aid and further entrenched their camp for the night, to await the ar rival of General Kitchener, but the Boers made no attempt to renew the attack. Casualties! Among Canadians. OTTAWA, April 6. A cablegram from Bock Neck, South Africa, to Lord MInto gives the following incomplete list of casualties among the Canadian troops in the engagements at Hart's River: Killed Sergeant John Campbell Perry, Guelph: Private "W. T. Peters. Cranbrook. B. C; Corporal Sherrltt, Guelph; Private "W. "Vollworth, Revelstokc, B. C; Private M. G. Hustin, London: Private C. D. Ev ans, London; Private "W. P. Milllgan, Peterboro. Since dead Private A. "West, Montreal; Private D. Campbell, Brandon, Man. Dangerously wounded Corporal F. S. McL. Howard. Montreal; Private S. M. Liezont, Cranbrook, B. C; Private J. C. Grafnns, Cranbrook, B. C. Severely woundcd-43ergeant A. Milne, Calgary, N. "W. T.w S. "W. H. Hunter, "Winnipeg; Private J. C. Fisher, Van couver; Private L. Shelton, Moosemln, N. "W. T.; Privato F. B. Hodges, Verdln, Man.; Private F. "W. Dennelsey, Calgary, N. "W. T.; Chalmar A. Devah, St. Johns, N. B. Slightly wounded Sergeant C. Rothen, Brandon, Man.; Sergeant Thomas "West ern, Portage la Prairie, Man.; Private A. Fortey, "Winnipeg; Private J. SImms, Nel son, B. C; Private P. Henby, Rossland, B. C; Private Alexander McDonald, Fort Steele, B. C.;, Private Harris, Halifax, N. S.; Private G. N. Bossmanger, Hall fax, N. S. Field Hospital, severely wounded J. G. Gunn, Londop. HAXD TO IIAXD STRUGGLE. Dctnils of the Renr-Gunrd Action Sicnr Hoschmnn's ICop. PRETORIA, April 6. Details received here today of the rear-guard action during the night of March 31, between the Second Dragoon Guards, of Colonel Lawley's , column, and the Boers, near Boschman's Kop, show that a force of 200 British, while endeavoring to sur prise a Boer laager, rode straight into a force of 400 Boers. The night was dark. The Boers were hidden In a drift, and opened fire from almost under the legs of the British horses. A fierce hand to hand struggle ensued. In which both sides freely used the butt ends of their rifles. The British regained the ridge they had Just left and began a rear-guard action. In the meantime, a strong force of Boers had barred the road back to the British camp. The coming of daylight enabled Colonel Lawley to see that the guards were hard pressed, and he dis patched reinforcements, with two guns, to their assistance. The reinforcements soon compelled J,he Boers to retreat. The guards had had a very hard light, and were ordered to retire by squadron. The Boers disputed every inch of the road and continually attempted to Yush the guards, shouting -"Hands up!" At each successive position taken up, the British, appeared in diminished numbers, .for as It grew lighter the aim of "the Boers Improved proportionately. The following incident of the fighting is recorded: Commandant Pretorius, who was captured the previous day In a Cape cartt was In guard of same Natal scouts. The scouts rode into a party of Boers dressed In khaki, sup posing them to be British troops. The Boers opened fire and Pretorius escaped In the coufusion. One report says he was shot as he fled. Commandant Prlnzloo is also reported to have been killed in the fighting, as well as other Boer officers. The British wounded who fell Into the Boer hands were well treated by the enemy. Little Progress Toward Peace. KROON5TAD, Orange River Colony, April 6. Owing to the great distance sep arating the members of the Transvaal mission here from Mr. Steyn, the ex-President of the Orange Free State, and Gen eral Delarey, the negotiations between the Boer leaders in South Africa looking to the conclusion of he war make little progress. It Is expected, howeer, that Mr. Schalkburger and his colleagues on the mission will shortly leave here for a more convenient center from which to con duct the negotiations. Botha Snved Mining Property. JOHANNESBURG, April 6. A meeting of the Chamber of Mines, the first since the beginning of the war, has been held here. The president of the chamber said in an address that it was greatly due to General Botha that much wanton destruc tion had been avoided, as he had held the Commandant of the town personally re sponsible for the destruction of any prop erty which might occur. The president also said it was highly probable that by next July half the mining Industry would bo In operation and that before many months full working would be resumed. Xruger's Son Takes the Oath. PRETORIA, April 6. Casper Kruger, the eldest son of President Kruger, and 24 other relatives of Mr. Kruger bearing the same family name, are among those who have recently taken the oath of allegiance to Great Britain. Strength of Boer Commandoes. PRETORIA, April C Careful computa tion gives the strength of the scattered Boer commandoes at between 8000 and 9000 men. STORM CLEARS A PATH. Rain and Hail Do Great Damage In Texas. PRATTVILLE, Tex., April 6. A de structive storm swept over this place last night between 8 and 9 o'clock. No lives were lost, but much property was de stroyed. The storm came from the north, and for 20 minutes there was a perfect flood of rain and hail. As far as known It extended only between Prattvillo and Praclo, towns eight miles apart. Along the path of the storm, which resembles a railroad track, not a leaf or particle of fruit Is left. Hall fully two Inches deep is still lying on the ground. The Metho dist Church at Prattvllle was blown from Its foundation and a dwelling-house at Lake Creek, belonging to H. N. Pierce, was lifted up and carried Into an adjacent field. The stores of Joe Miller and J. M. Evans, at Praclo, and a house on the Ev ans iarm were blown down. Charles Pratt's store at Praclo was completely wrecked and the goods scattered for miles. Pratt escaped with a few bruises. J. "W. Pratt's store at Prattvllle was damaged. BllKznrd In Northern Michigan. MARQUETTE, Mich., April 6. Northern Michigan is in the grip of a howling bliz zard tonight. Heavy snow Is falling and a gale is lashing the lake to fury- The weather yesterday was balmy and warm. CABLE TO HONOLULU. Will Be In Working Order by the Last of October. SAN FRANCISCO. April 6. George G. "Ward, of New York, vice-president of the Commercial Cable Company, arrived here today to select a landing place for the projected cable between this coast and the Philippines. Mr. "Ward Is accompanied by Charles Curtis, the company's chief electrical engineer. "While here Mr. "Ward will consult with John "W. Mackay, presi dent of the company. Mr. "Ward said to night: "We are going to build the cable. Ir respective of Congressional action. The first link between San Francisco and Honolulu will be completed by the end of next October. The cable will be shipped ffom England next July. It has not yet been decided wherewe will land on this coast. It will eithe'r be at Mon terey or this city, probably the latter." Brooklyn Leaves Port Said. PORT SAID, April 6. The United States cruiser Brooklyn left here today foY home. She will stop at Gibraltar. ASK FOR MORE TIME St. Louis Fair May Be Post poned Until 1904. ACCORDING TO JOHN BARRETT Foreign Governments Say They Can not Make Creditable Exhibit on Such Short Notice J a v . pan's Request. '""' CHICAGO, April 6. John Barrett, Commissioner-General to Asia for the Louis iana Purchase Exposition, left Chicago to night for San Francisco, en route to the Orient. All Mr. Barrett has just returned from "Washington, where he had access to the Diplomatic Corps of foreign gov ernments on world's fair matters, and as he has also been in recent conference with the fair officials at St. Louis, the follow ing statement made by him tonight in reference to the reports of a possible post ponement of the St. Louis exposition has a special significance: "The world's fair management in St. Louis has been bending every energy to have the exposition open promptly in 1903, but a grave condition has arisen which It cannot control, and for which It Is not responsible. Nearly all of the foreign governments have unofficially notified the United States Government or the world's fair management that it Is a physical Im- possibility for them to be creditably rep resented at St. Louis In 1903. On the other hand, while the majority of them have accepted for 1903, and will do" the best they can, they have Informally Inti mated that if the exposition is postponed they will endeavor to surpass even what they did at Chicago and Paris. As the success of the world's fair as a. great in ternational exposition must depend large, ly on foreign participation, It can be seen that this Is a moit serious -consideration, which neither Congress nor the exposition officials can overlook. In short, if the world's fair at St. Louis is postponed, it will ba done largely In deference to the wishes of foreign nations. For Instance, the Japanese Government has informally notified me that Japan will welcome post ponement and will participate according ly, because In 1903 the great exposition Is to be held at Osaka, which will interfere with the worthy representation at St, Louis, but in 1904 the best of the Osaka exhibits could be brought to St. Louis." WRECKED AT A SWITCH. One Passenger Killed and Several Hart by the Ditching of a Train. LANSING. Mich., April 6. "Whll Grand Trunk passenger train No. i was passing through Millets, a tank station seven miles west of here early today, the rear coach and the Pullman sleeper were thrown off the track. Abb Burnsteln, of Chicago, was killed and four were injured: C. Minnepa, of Provi. dence, R. I., compound fracture of skull and fractured leg; Rev. J. M. Ozeoskl, of Chicago, a. Jesuit priest, two bad scalp wounds; J. T. Gordon, of Roches ter, badly bruised; Frank Thomas, o Mount Clemens, Mich., badly bruised. The wreck occurred at a switch on which a freight train was standing. The first seven cars of No. 6 crossed the switch safely, but as the last coach was passing over, the switch points caught in such a way as to throw it and the Pullman car following off the track and qver on to the engine of the freight train. The two cars and the engine were thrown into the ditch. It Is said thaj the switch had been tampered with. Th injured were taken to Detroit. President Draper Hurt. CHAMPAIGN. 111., April 6. President Andrew Draper, of the University ol Illinois, and Mrs. Draper ware thrown from their carriage while driving this afternoon and the president's left leg was broken above the knee. Mrs. Dra per escaped serious injury. JAPAN INTERESTED IN ODL An Expert Is Studying the Beaumont Field. BEAUMONT. Tex.. April 5. I. Otsuka, Imperial Geologist and Engineer of the Imperial Steel Works of Japant arrived In Beaumont this morning, and wll re main here three or four days. Mr. Otsuka Is here as a representative of the Jap anese Government to stuuy the Beau mont oil fields. In an Interview he said today that he thought the rotary drilling system employed at Beaumont would greatly facilitate the prospecting for oil that is now receiving a new Impetus in Japan. Asked If It is likely that Japan will become a large purchaser of Beaumont fuel oil, Mr. Otsuka replied: "Oil is now being used for fuel on a few locomotives In Japan, and there is much Interest there In oil as fuel. If the olL can be exported to Japan at a price that will permit It to compete with coal, there is no doubt that It will find a market." SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS. Domestic. The St. Louis world's fair will probably ba postponed until 1904, Pase 1. . The battle over the Cuban reciprocity bill will be fought out In the House this week. Page 2. New Tork had a dry Sunday yesterday. Page 2. Three men were killed and sewn wounded In the attempt to arrest an Alabama negro. - Page 2. Foreign. Particulars of the fighting at Hart's River, Transvaal. Pase 1. Oxford professors approve Rhodes' educational plans. Pase 2. The Glasgow disaster resulted "In the deaths of 21 persons and Injury of 230- Page 2- Pacific Coast. Governor Geer Is a candidate for the United States Senata. Page 1. Congratulations are pouring In on Furnish. Page 3. A new railroad 13 projected In Southern Oregon- Page 3. Portlnnd and Vicinity. Gottlelb Zuercher, milkman. Is shot by high wayman on Slavin road. Page 10. Democrats line-up candidates for state ticket. Page 8. Odd Fellows plan big celebration. Page 8- Seventeenth Infantry arrives en route for Van couver. Page 10. City Physician stops public funeral for Bertla M. Cuddy. Page 10. Baseball practice begins this week. Page 9. Fast horses limber up on Irvlagton. track. Page a . .