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Jig. ' rMtfttt att jJWWw k VOL. XLII. NO. 12,903. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ?U4L ttmmsm Be sure the heels are stamped. :SS:.Sil Beware of Imitations. GOLD .SEAL CROCK-PROOF MINING BOOTS Be sure that the heels and knees are stamped as per cut. and that each boot has our "Gold Seal" Etamp on the leg. Manufactured only by GOODYEAR RUBBER CO. R. H. PEASE. President. 73 & 75 First St. Portland, Or. PRIZE WINNERS The Beau Brummell Cigar Always takes the premium for excellence and merit as the best nickel smoke on the market. Blumauer-Frank Drug Co. Wholesale and Importing: Druggists. tRowx: SHAW'S PURE America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today BLUMAUER & HOCH 108 and 1 10 Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon MALT HOTEL PERKINS Fifth and Washington Streets PORTLAND, OREGON EUROPEAN PLAN First-Clans Check ReitanrsBt Connected With Hotel. 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A SNAP FOR CROOKS Bunco and Sure-Thing Men Flock'to Portland. WHY DO THE POLICE ALLOW IT? Don't Buy Ready-Made Suits We sell unclaimed Tailor-made Suits from $10 to $20 Worth $20 to $40 ' FARNSWORTH-HERALD TAILORING CO. 248 "Washington. Street, near Third. New Falling: Building-. NO PAIN! NO GAS! NO COCAINE! The former ethical dentists 01 Portland do not And the public so easy to lead hack to their fold. Those who have been deceived and mistreated by exorbitant prices and old-fashioned methods. For years and jears the dentists of Oregon barricaded themselves against all new-comers, regardless of their ability and rights. But the New Tork Dental Parlors like the house built upon the foundation of stone, withstood their jealous attacks, every attack giving us power to see our weak places and profit thereby. Our experience has been PUR CHASED DEARLY, but, no matter, we are coining that experience into assets, and there are no more valuable assets than SATISFIED PA TIENTS. It is a fact that every one makes mistakes. "We make our share but stand ready at all times to rectify them No reputable dentist could do otherwise. We employ only graduate Eastern specialists to do our work, and state plainly to you our prices, which are as follows: Full Set Teeth, $5.00 Gold Crowns, $5.00 Silver Filling, 50c And remember we only extract teeth FREE wnen other work is or dered. OUR PAINLESS METHODS are the envy of all those who try to ionow in our footsteps. Fourth and Morrison Sts, Portland, Or. NEW YORK DENTAL PARLORS Hours, 8:30 to &$' clock; Sundays, 8:30 to 2. Lady always in attendance. Innocent Person Victimized Dally by Notorious "Operators" "Who Manage in Some Mysterious Way to Evade the Law's Vigilance. The Pianola wil! do it Portland has become a Mecca for bunco and eure-thing men. Crooks who have been driven out of other cities are permitted to remain here without police molestation. "Big-mltt" Joints are running In full blast, and swindling shooting galleries dally fleece innocent persons. So far as the rec ords show, not a single arrest of a professional confidence man has been made In Portland for i long time; and there hae been many victims. If the police are Ignorant of the shameful sit uation which is Incredible they may learn by reading what follows. daily; The police alone seem to know nothing of these fellows, and their do ings, and yet It Is a safe guess that In the police station somewhere probably not In the public rogue's gallery are the pictures and the records of at least ten of the thirty "inside" and "outside"' men who have been publicly and openly rob bing strangers for so long. All of the fellows are In mortal fear of arrest, and but a word from a policeman with au thority to speak It would rid the city of tnem. But the word is not spoken, and they continue to ply their calling, to wear expensive clothes, to gamble, and to spend the money they steal from their victims lavishly and freely. How Strangers Are Buncoed. The "big mitt" Joint formerly on Alder street Is now on FIr3t street between Al der and Washington (upstairs). "Scotch Aleck." "Big Burke" and "Big Kelley" are the proprietors. The two latter are the Inside men. It is ostensibly a mining office. The victim Is steered up there by one of the dozen "boosters" and Is there introduced to "Judgo Smith" or "Dr. Jones" or 'Colonel Blank." His mind Is upon the very interesting conver sation going on between the proprietors, and one or perhaps all the professional or titled gentlemen referred to. He has money, and he Is diligently In pursuit of some way in which to get rid of It. He PARTY SPLIT WIDENS Republican Break on Cirban Bill Leaves Bad Blood. LEADERS ARE MUCH CAST DOWN First Reverse Under Recti or Hen derson Democrats Stand Togeth er nt Last to Pat Oppo nents' "In the Hole." WASHINGTON, April 18. There Is a general feeling tonight that Cuban reci procity received a death blow in the With the Pianola you can play every style and class .pf music ever composed Liszt aapsodIes. Chopin's Nocturnes, the grand operas df Wagner and Verdi, light operas of Sullivan and De Koven, and all the latest rag-time favorites. In iact with the aid of the Pianola, you can play upon your own piano any selection you wish you can have dance music or song accompaniments, and the question of "finding some one to play" need never arise. THE AEOLIAN COMPANY. 31. B. "WELLS, Sole Northwest Agt. 353-355 Washington st., cor. Parle With apparently full knowledge and consent of the police, Portland has come to be known among bunco and sure-thing men as the best place to work In the United States. Never in the recent his tory of the Pacific Coast, even when cities have been made free to all comers for a week or two during a carnival, fiesta or fair, have conditions been so propitious for the robbery of strangers as those which exist In Portland today. "Scotch Aleck," one of the most notori ous of bunco men, proprietor of a half Interest In a North End shooting gallery and of the controlling interest in a "big mitt Joint" on First street between Alder and Washington, has within the last 'two weeks written more than a dozen letters to other bunco men throughout the coun try, advising them to hasten to Portland with all possible speed. The Incredible number of 30 card and dice sharps and steerers have already gathered In Port land, and not a day passes that 6ome countryman or other visitor In the city is not robbed of the- last dollar In his possession, either In a private cardroom, a saloon, or a shooting gallery. Stand ing yesterday on the corner of Fourth and Washington street, a man who has made it a point to know sure-thing men when he sees them counted twelve of these gentry within an hour. Two of them stood for 15 minutes pn the corner of Fifth and Washington, and finally walked off with a stranger a third brought up acd Introduced to them. These men are not strangers to the police at least not to the police of any city but Portland. There ls not one in all the crowd of "Bigs" and "Scotches" and "Cons" that dares set foot on the streets of San Francisco. Los Angeles. Seattle or Tacoma. As they well know, their presence in any one of these cities would be detected within an hour, and, if they did not immediately leave town, they would be very shortly thereafter on their way to the county Jail to. serve out a sentence for vagrancy a mild sentence for offenses such as theirs, but one which ls easily imposed, and which always serves to prevent a second visit. The money that these men must have accumulated during the six months or more that they have enjoyed the freedom of the city certainly would astonish the business men of the city, were It possible to keep track of all the robberies they have committed In that time. "Scotch Aleck." who Is the most sagacious and, experienced of the gang, plays steadily In a well-known gambling resort, and has left hundreds of dollars there within the last few months. "Big Burke," another "con"' who is known from New Orleans to Skagway, also plunges heavily at the faro table, and has never been without the means to gratify his passion for the game since he has been in town. Another well-known bunco man, called "Palo Alto Kid," whose tastes run to clothes, came here four months ago in an exceedingly shabby array of garments. Now he ls appareled In a style which would make the dressiest of negro minstrels look beg garly. A Startling: Situation. The boldness, the coolness, and the en tire absence of all fear of police which these criminals exhibit ls something start ling. The corner of Third and Oak streets, but half a block from police headquar ters, was for a long time their favorite rendezvous, and for weeks a number of them could be seen standing there at any hour of the afternoon. Later they con gregated on Fourth street, near a dive kept by R. "W. Patterson, and now. em boldened by the great success which has attended their every venture in Portland, they mingle with the throng on the prin cipal business streets, hold discourse with each other before the largest and best patronized business establishments, and flaunt their frequently "mugged" feat ures in the faces of men and women who would shrink from them with horror it they knew their occupation. The methods by which these fellows plunder the unwary are many, and all of them have been so fully explained that one would think further warning would be needless. There Is always, however, a class of people who are in need of pro tection, and it ls this class the bunco man singles out to steal from. Once he has the money in his pocket, he relies on the dislike of his victim for notoriety for his protection, and In three cases out of five he ls safe, for the scales drop from the victim's eyes very suddenly af ter he has been robbed, and he hates to own his Ignorance, even to his friends. Occasionally a man tries to get his money back, and Is put off with promises, or frightened with threats. Apparently the men who have been robbed In Portland thus far, and there are many of them, are of a good-natured, easy-going variety who never complain to the police. At any rate, although these bunco men have been working In Portland steadily and profitably for six months, the police have not given out any information of the arrest of one of them. Many Robberies Occur. Besides the cases In which delegates to one of the recent conventions were robbed, the particulars of which crimes have already been published, many oth ers have . occurred of late. One of the most profitable to the bunco men was that of two brothers, proprietors of min eral sprjngs near Portland, who lost be tween $300 and $400 as a result of a friendly game with two or three crooks disguised as strangers In the city. This state of affairs has continued un interruptedly for so long that most men whose business keeps them on the streets have become familiar with the faces of the bunco men who now congregate there YIP! YIP! YIP! Hurrah for the distinguished son Of grand old Eastern Oregon! Let's shout and sing and howl and shoot To welcome home our own great Newt! ft. ' ' J1' S "5oz- against the amendment to the river and harbor bill authorizing the construction of a canal at The Dalles and Celllc, pro vided the Senate accepts the amend ment made by lt3 committee. The House conferees, and in fact practically the whole House committee, entertain the belief that this canal can be built for much less than 'the estimate of Captain Harts, and they assert that they do not want to undertake the work until they know what it is going to cost. At the same time, there Is a belief among the friends of the canal that this excuse -is merely superficial; and that the commit tee In fact does not want to authorize the construction of a canal, merely put ting forward the new survey proposition as a means of delay. There has been some hope that a compromise might be brought about whereby the House con ferees would consent to allow the author ization of work on the canal, and the Immediate expenditure of the railway bal ance now on hand, cutting off the addi tional authorization of 5400.000. They say they are working for a principle, and not to save the amount of money Immediate ly Involved. The friends of the propo sition have not given up, but are en deavoring to show their conferees that the authorization of the work does not compel the expenditure of the full amount of Captain Harts' estimate; that If the work can be done for less, as they be lieve, a less amount will be expended. MAN WHO HITS IDE R. A. Hutchinson Signer of Damaging Evidence. t WILSON WILL BE PROMOTED. Not Likely to Go to Cuba, hut Will Be Transferred From Chile. WASHINGTON, April 18. Henry L. Wil son, Minister to Chile, left Washington for his home In Spokane tonight. He had a conference with the President re garding his desired transfer from the Chilean post, and the President assured him he had considered him in connection with the Cuban mission, although at present he did not believe that position could be given him. If not, the President said, something better will be found later. The President is greatly pleased with the manner in which Wilson has conducted himself In the diplomatic serv ice, and is anxious to give him a pro motion. To Collect Irrigation Statistics. Representative Tongue today intro duced a resolution authorizing the Di rector of the Census to collect statistics relating to irrigation and arid land rec lamation in the United States. Appropriating; Money for Sex Perces. Senator Turner today Introduced a bill appropriating $3S2.827 to pay Chief Jos eph's band of Nez Perces Indians for their share of a tract of land in Okla homa, relinquished by the entire Nez Perces tribe. soon finds It. During the course of the visit to the mining brokers' office, a news paper is accidentally brushed from the table, and there is exposed a deck of cards, and some poker checks. Of course the occupants of the office prior to the advent of the "gray" and his confidential friend are somewhat embarrassed, and explain that while waiting the arrival of a party wnn wnom a very important ., ,. If -rt,,M tV, ,.,nnr vnta i y,a mining deal Is pending, a social game of ' , . .. ' . JV . ..., .. . .! z yA tJ3..iA i Za , House for the amendment Indicates that GG-UUk A1UU UCdl lliUUlgCU HA, CIA4U b.M.1- I when the approach of the visitors was House today. The differential on sugar ls very Important to the sugar trust, and It Is believed the stronsr effort which has been made heretofore by that powerful combine In favor of Cuban reciprocity will not be directed toward defeating the House bill. It 13 doubtful if the Senate can eliminate the Morris amendment, and NEW CHARGE AGAINST MILES. Said to Have Given Democrats Mat ter to Bombard. Administration. ' WASHINGTON, April 18. The latest ac cusation against General Miles is that he has been furnishing the Democrats of the Philippine committees with ammuni tion with which to bombard the Adminis tration and the War Department, and especially the management of the war In the Philippines. Several things have transpired to indicate that this Is true. The whole trouble with the War Depart ment, in regard to the unpleasant troubles In the Philippines, is that it never made them public until seemingly forced to do so by the publication of dispatches from Manila, Or when brought out by demands of Congress for various papers bearing on the situation. Whether this ls Secre tary Root's fault can not be determined. He has been very frank In saying that nothing but relentless war can put down the Insurgents, and he has been willing that It should be waged. At the same time, the Secretary has been inclined to secretlveness regarding affairs in the Phil ippines, consequently when reports are made the Democrats make the best of them. It is true that General Miles, as Commanding General, has access to all military reports. That Is one of the func tions of his- office that has not been abridged, except In rare cases. HE REFUSES TO TALK OF IT Allegation That Henstis Brought 35,000 to Elect Wilson, and That Ide Made Offers for More Than One Vote. r-- o m m t R. A. Hutchinson, member of the Washington Legislature of 1S93-03, ls the man who has made an affidavit that Clarence W. Ide attempted to buy votes to elect John L. "Wilson United States Senator. The amount of the corruption fund for use of the Spokane man, after he had given up hlb fight. Is placed at ?35,000, in an alleged conversation between Hutchinson and Ide. John L. Wilson Is said to be much alarmed over the disclosures. heard, the game was suddenly dlscon tlnued for the reason that the Important factor in the deal was a very pious man, and they feared to prejudice the sale by being known to be of that character of men who Indulged even in a social game, of cards, and so concluded to conceal the fact by hiding the deck acd checks. But there would be no surrender In a contest between the houses. The beet-sugar men do not want the differential removed, but put the amendment on the bill to kill It. The Democratic vote was mainly for the purpose of "putting the Republicans in a hole," and they are consequently Jubilant, for they believe they" have accomplished their purpose. Many Republicans believe that failure to put the relief bill through, now that since It was not the goody-goody pros pective investor, and presuming the new piimlntnnr" to be a sensible man of af fairs and of th "world worldlv." thev suggesc they can proceed with the pas- ! tnQ differential has been removed, will be time game, and invite the "sucker" to j very harmful to the party In the coming Join. The steeer thinks It would bo a j campaign, and because of this view a little more interesting if they play for . strong effort will be made to secure some a ji&ar ui cue uriutia. "Colonel Blank's" Strong Hand. In this way the game of hold-up com mences, and It proceeds until "Colonel Blank" gets a phenomenally strong hand, and Incidentally remarks that If he were in a game for any considerable stakes he would wager an amount equal to all his possessions. At this peculiar Juncture action In the Senate, In which event there will be a long contest. It is the first reverse that has come to the House leaders, either under Reed or Henderson. Many a time the rules have been Invoked to carry them through, but today the rules were overturned, and these leaders are consequently much cast Sf, ".JfJIS? ?? .?nd.i!!! down, for the dose may be repeated. The vvuuucauai oii;t:At:A lycexvo mil. bite lltliill of the victim," discovers that he, too, has a oat hand, and makes comment calcu lated to stimulate the confidence of the HENDERSON "SMOKED OUT." Has Not Declared His Opposition to Ship Subsidy Bill. WASHINGTON, April IS. Shipping bill prospects have been discussed during the past few days, and a statement has been made that the whole Iowa delegation. In cluding Speaker Henderson, was against it. Probably most of the Iowa delegation are against the bill, but It ls not believed that Henderson Is opposed to It, for If he was it would mean that It could not be considered. The Speaker has absolute control over such matters. In fact, dec larations have "smoked out" Henderson to the extent of making him assert that he had made no declaration. The fact is, however, that the subsidy bill cannot pass at this session, and It ls extremely doubt ful whether It will get through, even next eesslon. Sentiment seems to be growing against It all the while. SPOKANE, Wash., April 18. According to a dispatch received from Washington last night, there is reason to believe that President Roosevelt may -withdraw the nomination of Clarence W. Ide for Col lector of Customs. It says: "The affidavit charging Mr. Ide with an attempt to buy votes in the interest of John L. Wilson In 1S95 has been shown the President, and he Is considering the pro priety of withdrawing the nomination and ordering a complete investigation of the accusation against Mr. Ide. "The man who has signed the affidavit against Ide Is R. A. Hutchinson, who represented Lincoln County In the State Senate in the sessions of 1S93 and 1S95." A Spokesman-Review reporter called upon Mr. Hutchinson yesterday, and asked: "Mr. Hutchinson, ls It true that you have signed an affidavit charging Clarence Ide with attempting to bribe you to vote for John L. Wilson In 1J95?" "I decline to answer that question," re plied Mr. Hutchinson. "Do I understand that you do not deny having signed such an affidavit?" was the next question. "I refuse either to affirm or deny It," replied Hutchinson. "I don't want to talk about It, and I won't talk about It. There Is no use asking- me any questions about the matter." Hutchinson's affidavit was acknowledged before R. N. McLean, a member of the Legislature from Spokane County In 1S9. There are several men In Spokane and other parts of the state who have seen the affidavit, however, and from one of them a portion of its contents was ob tained. The affidavit charges that after Wilson's vote had dwindled to seven, and after he had closed up his headquarters In despair, Ide approached Hutchinson and offered him 51000 to vote for Wilson. Hutchinson alleges he asked Ide where he got his "fresh supply of money." "Huestis has just come up from Tacoma with $S5,C00 that he got from the railroad company," is Ide's reported reply. Subsequently, Hutchinson alleges, Ide offered him J30C0 if he would vote for Wil son, and induce Senators J. G. Campbell and Louis Foss, of Pierce County, to do likewise. Hutchinson hays he turned down both offers. Wilson, at that time, had seven votes. A few days later he had sufficient vote3 nj nominate him in the Republican caucus. and as a result of the caucus nominat.on he was elected to the Senate. Wilson has known for some time, so his friends say, that Hutchinson has made an allidavit of character set forth. He discussed the mat ter freely yesterday with his friends, and admitted that he feared the effect of Hutchinson's allegations, not alone upon Mr. Ide's chances of confirmation, but upon his own future as well. Republicans who accomplished this re sult are In bad odor with these leaders, and the split In the Republican party has already confident victim In the relative left bad blood. On the Cuban reciprocity strength and value of his cards. The I proposition, the Democrats, as well as steerer gets an opportunity to learn the f. nHlB, v-,. , i.. ..., exact value of the "Colonel's" hand and the Republicans, have been divided, and Droceeds very covertlv to nut the "suck- there has been no party capital for either er" in possession of such knowledge. In the meanwhile all players have dropped out, except the "Colonel" and the poor "gray," Much Interest ls manifested by the erstwhile players (now entirely dis interested), who are allowed to see the different hands, and some one or more accidental exclamations are unintention ally breathed, making the victim sure of winning a large amount or at least an side until today. The Democrats, by unit ing, enlarged the rupture In the Repub lican ranks, and to that extent have achieved party capital. The outcome Is unsatisfactory to both factions of the Re publicans, as the votes show, and even the beet-sugar Republicans are not entire ly happy over the result. The Oregon members voted with the House organlza- uaiuuut enuui lu uia onii Jeauy cupiuu. i - Working the Sucker to a Finish. I . . .. ,. . ., . ... . . . . . , i members against it on every question. The betting is finally arranged to begin, j and of course a raise ls to be considered ! by the sucker. Then follows more par- FIGHT ON THE DALLES CANAL. leying, more betting, and more raising. ! . The sucker Is getting nervous, when I House Conferees Want Matter De comes a proffer of a loan from a gentle- j layed Until New Survey Is Made. man who has all the while been Intently WASHINGTON, April IS. There are re looklng Into the hand of the sucker, and neWed Indications that a strong fight will (Concluded oa Pare 10.) ' bo mao la the conference committee PANAMA ADVOCATES GIVE UP. Will Now "Work to Have President Chooie Cnnal Route. WASHINGTON, April 18. The ad vocates of the Panama Canal route seem to have practically given up accomplish ing anything, and wiH concentrate their opposition to the Nicaragua Canal an opposition that will leave the matter with the President to decide, as provided by the Spooner amendment, it now seems probable that if Spooner's proposition Is not adopted the Nicaragua route will "be chosen by a vote of the Senate, although a great many Senate leaders are deter mined to "shunt" the canal bill. If they can, through the appropriation : bills, yet the vigilance of the canal advocates Is such that It will be very hard to secure an adjournment without acting on the canal hill. It is the Impression that If It Is once up and before the Senate, either the Nicaragua Canal bill or the Spooner substitute will pas3 before adjournment. Minister Hunter Leaves for Home. NEW YORK, April IS. United States Minister Hunter left suddenly for home Tuesday, according to a Herald dispatcn from Guatemala City. The object of his trip, the correspondent adds, is not known. Zionist Federation Meeting. NEW YORK, April 1S.-J. D. Harrison, honorary secretary of the Federation of American Zionists, announces that the date of the fifth annual convention of the federation has been changed from June 23 to May 25 and 26. The convention will Ijold Its business sessions at Faneull Hail, Boston. One hundred and sixty-five socie ties will be represented at the convention, and delegates will be In attendance from as far west as Portland, Or., and as far south as Key West, Fla. CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Congress. The House passed the Cuban relief bill by an overwhelming majority. Page 2. The Senate took up-the Philippine government bill. Pace 2. China protests against the exclusion bill. Page 5. -Philippines. Orders bearing on the conduct of the war were sent to tho Senate committee. Page 0. LleutenantrDay testified In his own behalf. Page S.i" There have been 651 cholera cases In the Phil ippines. Page 5. Foreign. The Belgian Chamber votes against revision. Pago 3. A seTlous riot occurred near Brussels. Page 3. Boers were granted more time to consider peace terms. Pago 3. The modified Colombian canal protocol was presented to the State Department. Pago 3. Colombia Is collecting her troops on the Isth mus to crush the rebellion. Page o. Pnelilc Const. More sensational statements against Ide n fight to keep from getting Washington Col lctorshp. Pago 1. Diversified farming ls fast forcing wheat to the rear In the Willamette Valley. Page 4. Oregon blind school pupils are becoming ex perts on a tandem bicycle. Page 4. San Francisco street railway man vote to strike Sunday. Page 4. State of Oregon brings suit to collect Insurance on burned Reform School building. Page 4. Commercial. Dealings In Wall street wero by large specu lative forces. Page 13. Fear of rain causes light trading In wheat at Chicago. Page 13. Portland and Vicinity. Bunco and confidence men overrun Portland. Page 1. Lewis H. Adams shoots and capture Burglar Henry Betts. Page 14. Port of Portland Commission engage James H. Blackwell, of Seattle, to build drydock. Page 8. St. Louis Commissioners meet Lewis and Clark board. Page 10.