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VOL. XDILNO. 12,904. POETLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, APHIL 21, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DQNT OVERLOOK THIS CUE . j We can supply you with everything in Bar Fixtures, Billiard Supplies Don't purchase without first consulting us. DnTUPUII n DDHC 20 - 26 North First Street KUlrlLriILD fcSKUO. Portland, Oregon A REAL POCKET CAMERA THE Biumauer-Frank Drug Company Wholesale and Importing Druggists. " Ami Assets $330,862,861.14 "STRONGEST IN L. Samuel, Manager, 306 Oregonlan PHIL METSCHAX, Prcs. SEVENTH AND WASHIKCTOH STREETS, PORTLAND, OP.E60I CHANGS OF MANAGEMENT. European Plan: HAW'S PURE txr uili (g) BLUMAUEk & HOCH T: J 108 and 1 10 Fourth Street Sole Distributers for FIRE PLKCES We have a carload of Wood Mantels in transit Carload freight is 100 per cent. less. You can save the difference. We will show you 100 mantels on our floor. $3000.00 worth of new Gas and Electric Fixtures. See them before buying. The John Barrett Comfy New Stores, Corner Sixth and Alder. (Opposite The Oregonlan.) HEATING W. G. McPHERSON HeatinidnS-ntilatinE 47 FIRST STREET, PORTLAND, OREGON THE PORTLAND PORTLAND, OREGON American Plan gft SlP 3 $3anduPwIro?ay COST ONE MILLION DOLLARS. HEADQUARTERS FOR TOURISTS AKD COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS Special rates made to families and single gentlemen. The manage ment will be pleased at all times to show rooms and give prices. A mod era Turkish bath establishment In the hotel. H. C. BOWERS, Mgr. &&& j rf''TTjjiifni i BRITISH GRAIN TAX. Trades Unions Denounce It as & De parture from Free Trade. LONDON, April 20. The parliamentary committees created by the Trades Union Congress have been urged to call" a gen eral meeting to protest against the im position of the tax on corn. The trades union bodies are passing resolutions to the effect that this tax is a departure from free trade principles, which depart ure has not been before the electors of the country; that it will involve burdens double the amount of revenue It will pro duce, and will Tear heaviest on the poor. The bakers of Liverpool will announce a rise of a penny in the price of four pound loaves tomorrow. At Liverpool last week the imports of meat from the United States, as compared with the preceding week, showed 3000 fewer cattle, COOO fewer sheep, 11,003 fewer sheep carcasses and 14,000 fewer quarters of beeL Palms nt Gllmra. HAVANA, April 20. President-elect Palma 'landed at Gibara this morning. There was a great manifestation In his honor. J POCKET POCO FITS THE POCKET Uses glass plates 3Hx4. The prettiest little instrument made. Double R. R. lens and automatic shutter. To Intro duce, we Kill sell them for I 7.2 20 Surplus $71,549,937.86 THE WORLD." Building, Portland, Oregon. C. W. KNOWLES, Kg. $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 per Day America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today MALT Oregon liili This signature is on every box of tho genuine Laxative BromoOuinineT&biets remedy that cares cv cold In one day. GOTHAM'S SUNDAY. i - Laws "Were Neither Enforced Observed to tbe Letter. Nor NEW YORK, April 20. The Sunday laws were neither enforced nor observed to tbe letter In this city today. If there were fewer excise arrests than on any previous Sunday of late, it wao not be cause the saloon-keepers compiled with the law. As a rule, the Raines law hotels did a thriving business, with -the aid of the regulation sandwich, and in many cases without that. Saloon-keepers not in possession of hotel licenses conducted their places in a more discreet manner, and a great number of these were closed alto gether. On the East Side, in those precincts where last Sunday there were so many ar rests of email shopkeepers and peddlers for the violation of the Sunday law, the police complied strictly with the procla mation of Mayor Low that the Sunday laws be liberally interpreted during the pending Jewish feast of the Passover. All the small butcher shops, grocery, delicate essen, dry goods and other stores were wide open. Peddlers thronged the streets and did a thriving business from their carts. H 0 F! Fl n f: BurningofSteamerWith Great Loss of Life. ON THE OHIO NEAR CAIRO At Least 75 Persons Perish in the Disaster. MANY OF SURVIVORS INJURED Flames Break Oat In City of Pitts burg at nn Early Hoar, and Ves sel Barns to the Water's Edge. At least 75 'lives wero lost by the burning of the steamer Citr of Pitts burg, near Cairo, 111. Fire was discov ered at an early hour In the morning. The flames spread, quickly and a panlc among the passengers helped to, swell the list of victims. Survivors tell ter rible stories of the disaster. Few of the passengers or crew escaped unhurt. CAIRO, UL, April 20. One of the worst disasters in the history of river naviga tion occurred shortly after -1 o'clock this morning near Ogden's Landing, near this city. While almost all on board were asleep, the steamer City of Pittsburg, from Cincinnati to Memphis, waa discov ered to be on Are, .and in a few moments was burned to the water's edge. The loss of over ?SO,C00 on the steamer does "not Include the cargo, both being a total loss. Tho latest estimates are that there were 150 persons on board, and that not more than half of them were saved, many of the latter being burned or injured. As the register of the steamer was burned, no list can be given either of the victims -or the survivors, and in the confusion It "hap been impossible to get complete lists. Captain Phillips admits that the death list may reach -60: ' - The fire was discovered in the forward larboard hatch at 4:05 A, M.t and burned fiercely. Most of the passengers were still Jn bed when Second Clerk Phillips gave the alarm. The engineers at once started all the pumping engines, and the crew brought all the hose Into play. Amid the streams of water on all rides, the flames from the lower deck and dense clouds of smoke, the passengers rushed from their staterooms and a frightful panic ensued. The appeals of the officers and crew could not appease the terror-stricken crowds that interfered with those who. threw water on the flames, as well as those working with the lifeboats. Few could adjust life preservers or do anything else for themselves. Boats front the shore took off numerous passengers. The burning srteamer was quickly headed ior me oanic a. number of passengers who Jumped off the stern and tried to swim ashore through the swift current were drowned. Many also perished In the flames. Help, except from people living near by, did not arrive until 2:20 o'clock this afternoon, and passengers with only night clothes and without food suffered terribly. The steamer Maud Kllgore brought the survivors to this place at 6 P. M., and the several societies of the city rendered all possible assistance in the way of cloth ing, etc List of Victims. ' - The following partial lists were revised up to midnight, so far as possible, with the meager information obtainable: Pas sengers known to have been lost: CAPTAIN WESLEY DOSS, retired river pilot, Cincinnati. MISS MARIE TISSEM, Cannelton. .Ind. Throe children of MRS. McCULLUM, Leavenworth, Ind. PATRICK BURKE and seven members of his family, Owensboro, Ky. Child of PILOT AL PRITCHETT, Mem phis, Tenn. CLAY BREEZE, wife and son. Union town. Ky. Child of A. M. ALLEN, Pittsburg. MISS MARY LISTER, Carrollton, O. MR. ADAMS. Ohio. MR. DOWNS, Memphis. MISS SWEENEY. Owensboro, Ky. L. L. HUNTER, Utlntl, Pa, Members of the crew missing, proba bly Bead: JOE REDDING, Cincinnati, striker en gineer. FRED JONES, Newport, Ky., striker engineer.. TOM'SMITH. Memphis, steersman. WILLIAM R BOLLINGER, Cincinnati, first steward. HENRY THOMAS, colored, Cincinnati, second steward, v JOHN BOTTS, Cincinnati, cook. TONY GILFOYLE, Cincinnati, baker. These members of the crew, na-es un known, are also missing: First pantryman. Three colored firemen. Six cabin boys. Two chormbermaids, Six deckhands. Two cooks. Bodies already recovered: Captain Doss, Miss Marie Tissem, youngest girl of Mc Cullom children. The Survivors. Passengers saved: Emma Smith, Padu cah; A M. Allen and wife, Pittsburg; L. M. McGraw, Louisville; Mrs. Judge Mulkey, Metropolis, 111.; Miss Tunnmeyer, Point Pleasant, W. Va.; Margaret Bridges, Louisville; Jennie Bessick. Lexington, Ky.; C. K. Stations and wife, Carey ville, ivy; .miss xjsq.ch (.Dacuy Durneoj. Crew saved: Captain John M. Phillips, master: Captain Dana Scott, purser; O. D. Phillips, second clerk; Ben Bridges, third clerk; Harry Doss, pilot; Al Prltch ard, pilot; Clare Crawford, chief engineer; Harry Caluson, second engineer; Archie Schrlver, first mate; James Chriss, sec ond mate; L. E. McGowan, second baker; Fred Rentz, barkeeper; James Neville, Dayton, Ky., carpenter; Arthur Shelly, Buckner, Ky.; Mrs. Fritchard. Two women passengers were severely burned, but will recover. They are: ?Irs. S. R. Leach, of Bridgeport, O., burned about the hands, and Mrs. Ellen Fen- more, of Arbuckle, W. -va., severely burned about the face. Mrs. Mulkey, wife of Judge Mulkey, of Metropolis, I1L, Awarded the City of Pitts burg" shortly before the disaster. She said: "I got on the boat at Metropolis to take passage to Cairo. All of the passengers were asleep when I went aboard, and J: at once went to my stateroom and lay down with my clothes on. It may have been an hour or more before I noticed a bright light shining Into my stateroom. I immediately got up. and opened the door and raw that the front cabin wes en fire. At that moment the electric light went out. I put on a life preserver and man aged to grope my way by the flickering light of tho flames to a door opposite. It was the barber shop. Then I went further down to another door, which opened out Into the guards. Few passengers were aroused at this -time, Gnd I, with others, climbed out over the guards and down the railing, hand over hand, over the life boat, which was right below me. I hung suspended by my arms for a while, and wag caught by a man who was seated in the boat. "By this time others crowded Into the boat and filled it to overflowing, but provi dentially the flames reached the ropes that held the lifeboat and we dropped Into the river before the others could push their way into the boat. The lifeboat com menced to drift back toward the burning steamer. We had no oars to eteer the boat, and tho men used their hands for oars. There were people In the river air about us on every side. "After we had managed to get to the shore, fires wens lighted, and the poor men and women and children, many of them in their night drcsres, suffering with the cold and from their wet clothing, hud dled about the fires. Some were burned, but more were badly bruised and cut by coming into contact with the wreckage. People clung to shutter3 and anything they could find to float on to ehore, and only a few succeeded." At Caledonia, three miles below the scene of the disaster, the flames could be plainly ceen and the shouts fMhe passengers heard, and the people put out In skiffs to the wreck. They assisted In saving some of the passengers. Many- passengers clung by finger tips to the burning- boat with bodies submerged, until, overcome by fire or water, they sank to death. Pitiful Incidents. Tho case of Mrs. Fannie McCuIlom, of Leavenworth, Ind., is most pitiful. With her three children she was going to Ca ruthersvllle, Mo., to Join her husband. She Jumped overboard and landed In the boat, but her three children struck the water and she saw them sink from sight. She Js frantic with grief. The body of the youngest of the little ones was recov ered opposite Mound City. Another sad incident was the loss of one of the children of Pilot Prltchard. The little one was tossed from the burning Btcamer into arms waiting to catch it In the yawl, but its head struck against the side of tho boat and it fell into the river and was lost. Captain Doss, who was drowned, was an old river pilot. Hewas making the trip for pleasure with his son. Pilot Harry Doss, and when his body was found a mile or eo below the wreck he had on all his clothing and a life preserver. It Is be lieved he died from the shock. . The Plttsbarjc and Her OScers. .CJNCINNATJ, prApriFso-JKie Clty of; Pittsburg was byi at Marietta In 1899, and was valued at $80,000. She was 300 feet long and 80 feet wide, and was owned by John M. Phillips and A. L. Brahm, of Pittsburg, and Dana Scott, of Zanesvllle. The Pittsburg's officers consisted of: John M. Phillips, commander; Dana Scott, purser; Oliver Phillips, of Pittsburg, clerk; Ben Brlges, Louisville, third clerk Arch Schrlber, Moscow, O., first mate; Tom Whitley, New Albany, Ind., second mate; Harry Doss, Cincinnati, pilot; Al Prltchard, Memphis, pilot; Clare Craw ford, Ironton, O.. engineer; Harry Clossen, Zanesvllle, second engineer; William Bol linger, Cincinnati, steward; Fred Rentz, Newport, Ky., barkeeper; Harvey Brown, Cincinnati, steersman. The following are known to have board ed the City of Pittsburg at Cincinnati: John Allen, Mrs. Allen, Pittsburg; their 10-year-old son; Sylvester Doss, Cincin nati; Joseph Craig, GrandVIew, Ind., grain merchant: H. Brunock, Cleveport, Ky.; Mrs. Arch Schrleber, Moscow, O.; Mrs. Al Prltchard, Memphis, Tenn.; Sarah Prltchard and Ella Prltchard, Memphis, 11 and G years of age, respectively, daugh ters of Mrs. Prltchard. Just prior to the boat's departure she underwent her annual Inspection by United States Inspectors Dameron and Fearn, and was granted flrst-clas3 pa pers. THE MANAGUA EXPLOSION Between 100 and 200 Officers and Soldiers Were Killed. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 20. A se vere explosion occurred the night of April 1G. A large two-story barrack near the lake front, and in the center of the city was blown to fragments. Between 100 and 200 officers and soldiers are reported to have been killed and many soldiers and other persons are reported Injured. A large number of houses near fhe barracks. Including the National Hotel, the Central telegraph station, and the National palaco, were damaged or wrecked. President Zelaya was absent at Mayasa at the time of the explosion, but he hurriedly returned to Managua on horseback. He has pub lished a statement. In which attributes the disaster to the work of conspirators. He says that tons of dynamite and a large quantity of powder were stored In tho burrecks. The actual causes which led to the explosion have not yet been deter mined. After the first explosion the police noti fied people temporarily to leave the city, as It was thought the burning building still contained dynamite. Large numbers fled to the suburbs. The first explosion was followed by several minor detona tions, supposed to have been caused by the explosion of packages of gunpowder. The people who fled the city are returning today. The fragmonts of those of the dead who were not blown to atoms are lacing burled. The present lowest esti mate of the damage caused by the ex plosion In houses, furniture, cannon and war material. Is 5,000,000 pesos. Westbound Flyer in Collision. ST. CLOUD, Minn.. April 20. The Great Northern flyer, westbound, collided with an castbound freight train today near Watab, a few miles from here. Both en gines and several cars on the freight train were demolished. One lady passenger on the flyer and four of the train crew were Injured, but none of them seriously. The wreck blocked the tracks and delayed traffic for several hours. The accident is said to have been due to the failure of the freight to sidetrack at Watab. Earthquake Caused Great Damage. MEXICO CITY, April 20. The earth quake Friday evening covered a large. ex tent of territory and reached down Into Central America. The lower section of the Pacific Coast pi this country felt the shock very severely, and at Tapachula, an Important town in the State of Chia pas, near the Guatemalan frontier, the damage to property is estimated at fully $1,000,000. One wealthy man estimates his loss at J.OOO. F.R. STOCKTON DEAD Weil-Known Novelist and Story-writer Passes Away. THE END CAME VERY SUDDENLY Cause or Death Was Paralysis, Re sulting; from a Hemorrhage of the Brain His Literary Career. WASHINGTON, April 20. Frank R. Stockton, the well-knowa novelist, died suddenly here this morning. The cause of death was paralysis. Immediately re sulting from a hemorrhage of the brain. He was a guest at the banquet, Wednes day night, of the National Academy of Sciences, when he was taken suddenly and mysteriously ill. The ailment did not at that time appear to be serious, and the sufferer seemed to be improving, but a change for the worse came this morning, and death occurred at 11 o'clock. By his bedside' when the end came were his wife, who was a Miss Tuttle, of Virginia, and her sister. Tho body will be taken to Philadelphia for Interment. No funeral arrangements have been made as yet. Mr. Stockton had spent the past Win ter In New York and had done very lit tle literary work, preferring to rest. After a visit of nearly a month at Atlantic City, he came to Washington so that he might attend the banquet of the scientists, intending afterwards to go to his home In Charleston, S. C. Stockton's Life and .Writings. Frances RIchardi Stockton was born at Philadelphia April 5, 1SS4, and received his education In the common schools. He was Intended for the medical profession, but early turned his attention-to engrav ing, which he mastered, gaining a liveli hood by it for a number of years. Later hs became interested In Journalism, and found employment on the Philadelphia Post, of which his brother, John, was the editor. He began his career as an author under the name of Frank R. Stockton, by contrlbuting stories to the Southern Lit erary Messenger. He wrote also for the Round Table, Saturday Press, and other periodicals. In 1S70. he Joined the staff of Scrlbner's Monthly, and when St. Nich olas was founded became Its assistant ed itor. He first attracted general atten tion as a writer of short stories, and was made famous by the publication of "The Lady or the Tiger?' which provoked wide discussion. " 'The Lady or the Tiger?' " says the London Athenaeum, "leaves a question to be answered by the reader as he pleases. The case Is put so well Vi-it u i imrmsthi not to tease one self about the solution,, and to Ihfiik that whichever way one decides must be wrong." Among h!s works may- be mentioned "Roundabout Rambles" (1872); "Rudder Grange" (1879); "The Lalfe Mrs. Null" (1SSG); "Tae Casting Away of Mrs. Leeks and Mm Aleshlre" (1SS6); "The Hun dredth Man" (1SS7); "The Great War Syn dicate" (1SS9). and "The Squirrel Inn" (1S91). Among his recently published sto ries are: "The Girl at Cobhurst." "The Rudder Grangers Abroad," "The Du eantes," "The Watchmaker's Wife," "Afield and Afloat" and "Bicycle of Cathay." His short stories have been collected In book form under the following titles: "Tho Lady or the Tiger? and Other Sto ries" (1SS1): "The Christmas Wreck, and Other Tales" (1SS7), and "The Bee Man of Orn, and Other Fanciful Tales" (1S87). Among his best-known short stories are: "The Transferred Ghost," "The Spectral Mortgage," and "My Deceased Wife's Sis ter." On the appearance of "Rudder Grange the Atlantic Monthly said: "The charm which lies behind Its drollery Is In Its sweetness and bucolic simplicity. It stops Just short, too. of the extravagance which makes much of our fun heavy." Humor ous and quaint conceits, odd turns of the imagination, and a distinct and peculiar Individuality are to be found In all Mr. Stockton's work. He composed slowly, nnrf noiished with jrreat care. The New- York Critic happily summarized the se cret of his power: "There is nothing In the world more sweetly reasonable than the narrator's tone. By the absence of morolv snmerflclal eccentricities In the deeply eccentric persons he chooses to de pict, and the lucid sincerity of style with which he reports their doings, he pro duces a perfect Illusion." Mr. Stockton was married, but had no children. His country home was near Mor rlstown, N. J. Mother of Dr. Hillls. WOODBINE, la., April 20. Mrs. Mar garet E. Hillls. mother of Rev. Dr. Newell Dwlght Hillls, of Brooklyn, died at 2 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Hillls had been suffering for several months from the effects of a paralytic stroke. Her son came to Woodbine when she was first stricken, but returned to Brooklyn after his mother rallied. He and other mem bers of the family have been notified of Mrs. Hillls' death, and are expected to ar rive Tuesday morning. Colonel Charles Mnrshall. BALTIMORE, Md.. April 20. Colonel Charles Marshall, military secretary to General Robert E. Lee during the Civil War, and for many years one of the lead ers of the Baltimore bar, died of apoplexy at his home here late last night, aged 72. He was the only member of Lee's staff who accompanied him at the surrender at Appomattox, and the terms of the sur render were drafted by him. J. W. Langford. DENVER, April 20. J. W. Langford, 42 years of age, for many years past sport ing editor of the Oakland Tribune, died this evening from heart "asthma. REBELS AT BOCAS. Colombian . Government Taking; Steps to Dislodge Them. COLON, Colombia, April 20, 5 P. M. The government is taking active measures to dislodge from Bocas del Toro the Llb- L crals, who captured that town Friday. It has chartered tnc uerman steamer nercy nla, which is now sailing for Bocas with 500 'government troops. The steamer is un der contract to turn the troops over to the Clomblan gunboat, General PInzon, off Bocas. General Ferrara Is In command of the expedition. No further news has been received from Bocas. Two other bat talions, now on the Isthmus, will be sent there should they be required. Fighting: Near Panama. KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 20. Passen gers on the Royal Mail steamer Trent, which arrived here today from Colon, Col- l ombia, say heavy fighting was proceed- lng In the neighborhood of Panama and Bocas del Toro last Friday. The officers of the Trent declare the situation on the Isthmus shows no Improvement. GREAT STEAMER COMBINE Grlscom States Its Objects and "What It Will Accomplish. PHILADELPHIATPa., April 20. Clem ent A. Grlscom, president of the Interna tional Navigation Company,, one of the five transatlantic steamehlp companies which have been merged under the direc tion of J. P. Morgan, today said the con solidated companies would probably be In operation under the new conditions within a few months. So far as the nego tiations regarding the merger are con cerned, they have been completed, and all that now remains to be accomplished Is the organization of the parent company. It Is possible that the International Navi gation Company will be made the parent company. The question now under con sideration is the desirability of this plan as against the organization of a new com pany to control the operations of the combined lines. "The capitalization of the consolidated companies," said Mr. Grlscom. "will be In the neighborhood of ?200,000,000. Working capltel. of course, will be provided, and the profits and reeerve fund should enable us to build the necessary additions to our fleets. While control of the company will ba held In this country, it will be a strict ly International organization, preserving the various companies Included In the con solidation, respecting their national and local surroudlngs." "The object of the combination," con tinued Mr. Grlscom, "Is to try to give bet ter transatlantic service at a decreased cost. Heretofore the trade has been ex travagantly conducted, and we propose to operate more intelligently In the future. We expect In time to inaugurate a sys tem of daily departures from New York an innovation that Is a real necessity. "The negotiations have covered a period of many years, and I was interested in the subject as far back as 18S1. "The passage of the ship subsidy bill would have but one effect, so far as the new enterprls3 Is concerned. It would en able us to eall ships now building and hereafter built under the American flag on an equal footing with the ships of other countries. The published statements that the ship subsidy bill would enable us to sail our foreign vessels under the Stars and Stripes are Incorrect, as the bill speci fics that only American-built ships can benefit by Its provisions, and, further more, such a course, If possible, Is con trary to the whole scheme. We have ex isting only four small vessels that might .benefit by the passage of this bill, and they are on the Pacific. While In the coastwise trade, In which they are now engaged, the provisions of the bill would not apply to them." "The consolidation," declared Mr. Grls com, "will result In better transatlantic scrvico, more uniform rates, a Just dis tribution of traffic over all American and Canadian seaports, increased lines on the Pacific, and services to South America as traffic may justify. Having lines between Great Britain and Australia and New Zealand, and Intimate connection with the far East. American manufacturers will be able to distribute their products on through bills o lading and avoid the ex pense of trans-shipments which they now Incur. The products of the farm will be shipped from tho seaport most convenient to the point of production. "To what extent these new services will be conducted by steamships built In this country and sailed under the American flag depends upon Congress." AN EARLY HOT WAVE. Temperature Climbs to One Hundred In Nebraska. OMAHA, April 20. Today was the hot test April day In 15 years. The thermom eter at 5 P. M. reached 95, the highest previous record being 91. A dispatch from Falls City says the mercury reached 100 in the shade "at that place, and that the Fall wheat 13 suffering from the want of moisture. Other points in Southern Nebraska report heat records for April broken. Up to i0 o'clock tonight there was little moderation of the high temperature in this city, and a high wind blew. Drouth Wind in Kansas. TOPEKA, Kan.. April 20. A dry, hot wind drouth has swept over Kansas slnce early this morning, doing much, damage to vegetation of all kinds. Those Interested say the wind has done Incalculable harm to ths "wheat. Unless rain comes within two days, the wheat crop will amount to very little. IUie cf Forty Degrees. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., April 20. The mer cury began to climb about 9 o'clock this morning and at noon registered as high as 92 degrees, a change of more than 40 dcgrlees in six hours. A high south wind blew all day. Ninety-one at Kansas City. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. April 20. The high est temperature was 91 degrees today. A furious wind blew. HOME RULERS DEFEATED Result of Special Election In Fourth District of Havrnii. HONOLULU. April 14. The special elec tion held April 9 to choose A successor to the lato Representative A. F. Gllflllan re sulted In a victor' for the Republican candidate, W. W. Harris, against August Dreler, nominated by the home rulers and Indorsed by the Democrats. Republican gains were shown generally throughout the Fourth District, In which the elec tion was held. The vote was: Harris. SSI; Dreler, 670. In the last regular elec tion the Republican, Gllflllan, .polled 12S6 votes, while the Home Ruler and Demo crat polled, respectively, 914 and G50, mak ing the combined vote of the two parties 1564. Vallima, the Samoan home of Robert Louis Stevenson, which was bought by a German millionaire named August Kunst, Is to be given In part by him for a pub lic hospital. The German bark Paul Isenberg arrived here today after a long trip of 153 days from Bremerhaven. She encountered a se vere hurricane In the far South, which carried away most of her sails. The transport Sheridan, which arrived here from San Francisco with a case of smallpox on board, left yesterday for Ma nila. No further sickness broke out on tho vessel. Thq steamer Doric, from Japan, reports that she sighted a steamer April 14 ashore and almost submerged on a rock Island, 6S miles west of Yokohama. She Is -supposed to be the Talyo Maru. President Returns to Washington. WASHINGTON, April 20. President Roosevelt returned to the city at 7:30 P. M, from New York. The President's daughter, Ethel, returned with him to Washington, together with the other mem bers of the party, Dr. Urle, the Presi dent's physician, and Mr. and Mrs. Cor telyou. Mrs. Roosevelt will remain In New York for a day or twol The return trip was without special Incident. LINES ARE TIED UP San Francisco Cables Are Running, But Not Cars. THREE THOUSAND MEN ARE OUT Company May Attempt to Break the Strike by Running: Mail Cars as Bumpers Mayor Schmitz Takes Hold. SAN FRANCISCO, April 20. San Fran ciscans were without the usual facilities for rapid transit today, and many walked. The street railway strike has become most effective. Only three lines were In operation, on California, Hyde ancLUnlon streets. Business on every line of the United Railroads, or the Baltimore syndi cate, which lately took over the Market Street system, was suspended. The ca bles were running, but they drew no cars. During the day a few cars, under police supervision, were run over the different lines of the system to comply with fran chise requirements, but np attempt was made to carry passengers. The only fa cility for traveling over the affected dis trict was furnished by automobiles and carry-alls. The day passed very quietly. There were no disturbances around the various car barns. Both sides, to the controversy held sepa rate conferences during the day, the re sults of which have not yet been mado public. The striking employes were busy enrolling recruits and perfecting organi zation. They were very confident that they had the strike won, and asserted that It would be Impossible for the com pany to secure enough new men to carry on business. During the day, there were rumors that the officials of the system were willing to settle on tho basis of a 10 hour day and 24 cents an hour, but held out on the question of unionism. The ru mors were denied as fast as they wera circulated. It was evident, however, that the rail way officers were surprised at the strength developed by the strikers, who claim to have about 2000 men enrolled. The company has not yet announced Its plan for breaking the strike, but t is generally anticipated that it will make an attempt tomorrow to run with the mall cars as bumpers. The strike leaders as sert that there will be no attempt made to Interfere with the mall cars. Mayor Schmitz, who was at Sacramento, returned home today and at once entered Into negotiations with the opposing sides for the purpose of bringing about an ad justment. He also took steps to protect property. Chief of Police Wlttman held a long conference with the Mayor, during which the attitude of the. police In the contro versy was discussed. Wlttman reported that President Holland, of the United Railroads had requested him to place four policemen on each car sent out by the company with non-union crews. Wittman declined to entertain the propo sition until after he had consulted with the Mayor. The Mayor Indorsed the action of Witt man, and Informed him that the railroad company could not count upon the aid of the police at a time when there was no necessity for such Intervention. He did not believe the police would be need ed In any event. as all reports made to him during the day were to the effect that the strike was being conducted in an or derly manner, and without any show of violence on the part of the strikers. If the company culd find men to take out the cars they would not be interfered with en route. Mayor Schmitz had arranged for a con ference, to be held tonight, between tho railroad officials and the leaders of the strike, but owing to the Illness of Acting President Holland, of the United Rail roads, it was decided to postpone action until tomorrow. At this conference, which will probably bo held early In the day, tho situation will be fully discussed, and tho Mayor Is hopeful that an amicable settle ment of the trouble may be effected. It is stated lhat President Holland was greatly surprised at the effectiveness of the tie-up. and the unanimity of senti ment among the employes of tho various roads. General Manager Vinlng, of the Con solidated Lines, appeared this morning on a Sacramento-street car in the role of conductor. He was chaffed good-naturedly by those who knew him, and jeered at by a few, but attended strictly to his duty as a volunteer emergency man. Hathbone Still in Jail. HAVANA April 20. The Supreme Court decided today that tho Audiencia did not have the right to demand that tho bond for the release of Estes G. Rathbone be Inscribed as a public deed. This was the point on which Rathbone'a lawyers ap pealed and filed a writ of habeas corpus. Notwithstanding the decision in his favor, Rathbone still remains In jail, while the Supreme Court Is considering the question whether the Spanish or tho English language shall govern its offi cial acts. - Drink Causes Suicide. LAS CRUCES. N. M., April 20. Tom Brown, an employe of the Bisbee Rail road Contracting Company, committed "suicide this morning by cutting his throat. Drink is supposed to be the cause. "He leaves a wife and two children, who are now In California. CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Domestic. Seventy-flve lives were lost by the burning of an Ohio river steamer. Page 1. Frank R. Stockton is dead. Page 1. ' Bad fires occurred at Dallas, Tex., and Kan sas City. Pace 2. Foreign. The Belgian strike was declared off. Page 2. The Dutch Cabinet -will meet today to discuss the regency. Page 2. A tentative agreement Is said to have been reached between British and Boers. Page 2. ' Pacific Const. The street-car tie-up at San Francisco Is al most complete. Page 1. Tho Republican party of Marlon County is united. Page 3. There are no further developments In the Ful ler murder case. Paga 3. Portland and Vicinity. Simon managers work on legislative slate. Page 12. Lively building movement and active real es tate market. Page 8. Colonel French conducts rousing Salvation Army rallies. Page 8. Odd Fellows plan dedication of new Home next Saturday. Page 7. Portland professionals defeat Monograms, 8 to 1. Page 4. Portland General Electric Company plans ex tensive Improvements. Pace 12.