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VOL. XLIL NO. 12,938. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FOUR LOST IN RIVER REWARD M'LAURI YELLOWSTONE Has a place on every well-appointed sideboard. FOR SALE EVERYWHERE ROTHCHILD BROTHERS Agents. Fatal Boating Accident Near Kaiama. Loyalty to Principle Will Win Him Life Position. FOR THIRTY ' DAYS jjUyil ADLJj Assets $330,862,861.14 "STRONGEST IN li. Samuel. Manager, 305 Oregonlan fHUi METSCHAN, Pre. SEYEHTH AKO WASHIX8T0H STBEETS, PORTLAND, fJnE&Ql CHANGE OF MANAGE1TEOT. European Plan: .... $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 per Day SHAW'S PURE TlKTHAl BLUMAUER & HOCH 108 and 110 Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon Wonderful I Ingenious! -New-!- We can light your gas without matches batteries or electricity. Our e how ox sale NEW GAS LIGHTERS kkm 0H mE ' BOTH PHONES. T JOHN BARRETT CO. Corner Sixth nnd Alder Sts. Nothing is concealed from the customer in our- furnaces or ranges. . We do not cover them with cases and sell a cheap furnace for a good one. Quality is our motto. You get what you pay for. w. g. Mcpherson Heating and Ventilating Engineer 47 FIRST ST., bet. Ash and Pine fcHyv. COPYfttCMT eefieie69teetitatiei(Mtiiitciet GOING TO BUILD? To householders and persons about to build, our EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS in Gas and Electrical Fixtures Are now on sale at PRICES NO OTHER CON CERN CAN DUPLICATE. PARQUET FLOORING. INTERLOCKING RUBBER TILE. American Tank & Fixture Co. visitors welcome, estimates given, Welch & Rlner, Sole Northwest Agents, Illustrated catalogue tree. ,75 Fourth St.,'near Yamhill. ceoctctooei THE MORE YOU SAY THE LESS PEOPLE REMEMBER." ONE WORD WITH YOU, WHAT THE GREAT MASTERS SAY: EMMA CALVE says of THE PIANOLA: t j 0 "Every one who loves music should have a Pianola. No one is' a reatepifldmirer of it than I." Our Latest Polder is Very Tasty, You Can Have One for the Asklnr. . .,, THE AEOLIAN COMPANY, 31. B. Wells, Sole Northwest Asrt. 353-350 Washington t cor. FrlG OUR IMMENSE STOCK OF PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS with the exception of contract goods, will be sold at I eo LESS than any advertised prices lUo on the Pacific Coast. BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO. Wholesale end Importing? Druggists1. J I J Surplus $71,549,937.86 THE WORLD. Building. Portland. Oregon. c w. knowles, acx America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today MALT NEW STORES opoite the Orcgronlan SIdgr. Pretty Spring Patterns In the newest carpets that are good to look at and better to buy, on account of their splendid quality and money-saving prices. EXCLUSIVE CARPET HOUSE J. G. Mack & Co. 86 and 88 Third St Opposite Chamber of Commerce. iseec YOUNG PEOPLE ABE DROWNED Herbert Martin, Saves Lives of Moth er and Sweetheart, hut Himself Succumbs With, a Sister and Two Misses Durkee. In a boating accident In a lagoon off the Columbia River, six miles from Ka iama, about 10 o'clock Wednesday night, four joung people "were drowned and a mother was compelled to cling to a cap elzed boat and watch her son and daugh ter and two young lady friends drown be fore her eyes. In a most heroic manner Herbert Martin, 21 5 ears old, saved the lives of his mother and sweetheart, and then he fetarted back to try to save the lives of the other yqung women, but was drowned himself. The accident was caused by a loose plank allowing water partially to All the row boat, and It is suppoeed In the excitement the occupants rushed to the- other 'side of the boat and the frail craft became overbalanced. Those who are drowned: HERBERT MARTIN, 21 years old. IVY MARTIN, IS years old. NELLIE DURKEE, 20 years old. MYRTLE DURKEE, 18 years old. The Durkee nnd Martin families are neighbors, and their homes adjoin each other at Martin's Bluff, Wash. Mrs. Will lam Martin, whose con gave up hia llfo to sae hers, owns a small farm, hsr hus band having died about two years ago at St. Vincent's Hospital from dropsy and the results of an operation. Joseph Durkee, father of the two girls who were drowned, runs a small farm, and both the Durkee and Martin families have been In the habit of participating In river excur sions with each other. Wednesday even ing, about 7:S0 o'clock, the young people talked of rowing over to Martin's Island, about 150 yards distant, and persuaded Mrs. Martin and a neighbor, Mrs. Jones, to accompany them. They were a jolly party of eight as they stepped Into the boat. In addition to Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Jones, there were: Herbert, Ivy and Ella Martin, and Nellie. Myrtle and Llilie Dur kee. Herbert Martin was engaged to marry Llilie Durkee. After tying up the boat at Martin's Island, the party went to visit Gilbert Scott, a ron cf Richard Scott, of Mliwaukie, and his assistant, Charles Hahlenberg. The young folks spent about two hours with their hosts, talking and singing. Herbert Martin was good-naturedly bantered as being the only ,yauns man In the crowd, and He laugh- Ingly declared that he could take care of all the girls under hl escort. It was about 10 o'clock when the mem bers of the merry little party announced they must go home. The weather was mild, the water smooth, and the lagoon In vhlch the boat floated reflected a perfect Summer picture. As they floated the young people eang "Bury Me in Old Vir ginia." Home was only a short distance away when the catastrophe occurred. It had ben noticed that one of the boards In the boat had become separated from the framework, and, although a small quan tity of water lay at the bottom of the boat, nobody was uneasy about the mat ter, as the distance between the Island and mainland Is short But during this eventful journey home, on the return trip, It was noticed that the boat leaked quite a good deal and a cry arose that it was sinking. Instantly the women and girls lost all control of themselves, and in the confusion they probably went to the other side and the boat became overbalanced and sank. The screams of the women were heartrending. Herbert Martin, who was not an expert swimmer, seized hold of his mother as he was sinking and swam with her to the overturned boat, telling her not to let go until help came from the Island. Then he went back to the spot where the girls had disappeared. The mother knew he had gone after Llilie Dur. kee, his sweetheart, and, sure enough, he appeared with her the next minute, and also told her to cling-to the upturned boat. Then he went back to try to save tho other girls. By this time the young man's strength was spent, and he was weighed down by his wet clothing and boots. He felt he had not breath to struggle any more, and as ho sank he turneJ instinctively toward his mother and sweetheart and was heard to say as good-bye: "Well, I have caved mother and Llilie." Ella Martin, 10 years old, had seized hold -of a plank of wood as It floated past, and she was In comparative safety. Mrs. Jones was somo little distance away from her, and appeared to be able to keep afloat by lying with her back in the water, but she could not swim. By this tlmo the women's screams for help had reached Scott and Dahlenberg, on the Island, and already these two we're rowing to the scene of the disaster with all the speed of which they were capable. Mrs. Jones felt that she could not keep afloat much longer. She was fervently praying for help. The two young men appeared with their boat in the nick of time. Mrs. Jones and the little girl were promptly hauled in, also Mrs. Martin and Llilie Durkee. Search was made for the other mirelng girls nnd Herbert MarUn, but without avail. The reecued ones were taken home and tendtrly cared for, and the men of tho neighborhood got out boats and cruised around the scene of the accident, hoping that they might yet And some of the victims. At daylight yesterday morning a party headed by Ed Gocrlg, of Kaiama, started to search for the bodies. Ordinary hooks were found to be useless, and barbed wire hooks were used. Tho four" bodice were speedily found, about 20 feet apart, in about 10 feet of water. The funeral will tako place this afternoon, at Martin's Bluff, under the direcUon of Dunning & Campion, undertakers, of this city. The Martin family Is a highly respected one in the section. Herbert Martin's grandfather settled at Martin's Bluff about tho year 1850, and the property has been In the family since then. Herbert Martin was an v only son. His other sur viving sister Is Mrs. H. M. Madden 35? College street this city ' Pneumatic Tube Mall Service. "WASHINGTON, May 29. Postmaster. General Payne called for bids to be opened here on July 12 next for the contracts for installing pneumatic tube mall service in Boston, New York, Brooklyn, Philadel phia, "Washington, Chicago and St. Louis. The ultimate limit of annual expendi ture In all the cities of the country for thle purpose, prior to July 1. 1904, as al lowed by Congress, Is JSOO.OOQ, and each city Is limited to an annual expenditure not to exceed 4 per cent of the gross an nual revenues for the preceding year. fa I Tfmw&JBmLaM,. &Mm vmi "Mist mSkm. t I ill. M yBft vMflik I - 111 k iKI HM? RtoW WHEREERE-S3E'FrYEI:OYAL SONS; A -GftRlhCND FAIR TOR-YOUf - tonn BRIGHT FOR PENSION BILL INDIAN "WAR. VETERAN MEASURE SURE TO GO THROUGH. Representative Tongue Informed of Speaker's Intention to Let It Come Up This Congress. "WASHINGTON, May 23.-Slnce the re port on the Indian War Veteran bill, Rep resentative Tongue has been endeavoring to secure a time for the consideration of the measure by the House. Chairman Loudenslager told him today that Speak er Henderson has agreed that either Tongue or Ixjudenslager will be recog nized to call up the bill under suspension of the rules. The bill must either come up In this manner, or by unanimous con sent, and as in the latter case a single objection would kill the measure, It his been decided to an ait suspension day. It Is possible that the bill may not be reached for several weeks, but if not be fore. It will have a hearing toward the close of the session, as the last 10 days are always devoted almost, exclusively In the House to suspension matters. Mr. Tongue feels confident. In view of this promise of the Speaker, that the bill will pass at the present session. This Is the first time the Speaker has ever agreed to permit the bill to bo. called up, and the first time Mr. Tongue has been really hopeful during the present session. Rich ardson of Tennessee, the Democratic leader, has promised not to embarrass the bill In any way. Should this be the case, it would not be surprising to see the bill accepted by an almost unanimous vote. All in all, Oregon has fared exception ally well at the hands of the present Con gress. By tho lerms of the river and har bor bill, the Columbia RIVer is to be opened from its mouth to the head of navigation in the Snake River, and the mouth is to be adequately Improved to meet the growing demands of commerce, two projects that have been repeatedly turned down heretofore: the Indian "War Veteran bill that has been held up for so many sessions Is now In a position where it is almost certain to pass; and this, coupled with the benefits to the state resulting from the construction of an isthmian canal, which 13 practically assured, leaves little cause for complaint. So much has not been done for Oregon In any one session in many years. MORGAN SURPRISES HIS PARTY. Democrats Had No Idea He "Was Such a Strong Expansionist. "WASHINGTON, May 29. Democratic Senators are expressing their disgust at 8enator Morgan's course in no uncertain termc His speech was a complete sur prise to them. No one knew that Morgan intended to talk at all, and then for him to take tho floor and make such a speech as he did, supporting the Administration, defending the Army, and showing how futile were the arguments that the Dem ocrats have made regarding the Philip pine policy, caused bitter denunciation among the Democrats, who express them telves privately with great vigor. Mor gan's speech is more than an offset to that of Senator Hor, because tW latter u 1 J has been most offensively an antl-expan- sionlst and has paraded his vlcns so of ten and so persistently that a declaration from him carries very little welgnt. On the other hand, Morgan has been rather reticent, and has declared himself In op pos'tlon to the dominant feeling of his party. "While he has been generally In favor of expansion, It was not known that he had such pronounced views. The declarations, coming from a Democrat a Southern Democrat at that and a man, whose Integrity Is unquestioned, threw the minority Into consternation, and they do not know which way to turn or what' to do to counteract the effect of Morgan's speech. It Is understood that Pettus. Morgan's colleague, has the same views." It Is known that men like Cockrell and Vest' o'f Missouri, Harris of Kansa? and McEnery of Louisiana share "Morgan's views to a great extent, especially in opposition to the attacks on the Army. They may vote( against the Philippine; bill, but they Yhave not approved the Democratic method. Senttle-Tacomn Bill Reported. The House committee on , ways and. f means today favorably reported 'Repre sentative Cushman's bill granting the privileges of Immediate transportation on dutiable goods to the ports of Seattle and Tacoma. -T VOTE) FOR TWELVE. ' You hae a rlchf to vote for 12 men for the House of Representatives from t Multnomah County. In the "arrange ment of the official ballot, the Instruc tion to vote for 12 Is placed over the Citizens ticket only. Explain the mat ter to your friends, and see that all tho Republican candidates are voted for. Don't let the arrangement of the ballot deprive any roan of his right to vote for 12 men. THE FORD TRAGEDY. Story a to the Cause of the Murder and Suicide. NEW YORK." May 29. In connection with the Ford tragedy which occurred re cently in this city, a story hitherto un published is in circulation regarding the cause of the shooting which cost the lives of the author, Paul Leicester Ford, and his brother, Malcolm, the athlete. It Is to the effect that Malcolm, who was not provided for In his father's will, notified Paul a week before the shooting that he must have 325,000, which he claimed was his due because he signed a waiver per mitting the probating of the will. He is said td have declared he needed the money badly, and to have become much Incensed when Paul replied that he did not have the sum on hand, adding that he should consult other members of the family. Malcolm is said to have replied that one of the heirs had kept the agreement, but that he would not consult tho others, and departed with the declaration that he would return a v. eek hence for the money, falling to receive which he would resort to desperate means, Kenne Does Not Believe It. " DUBUQUE, la.. May 29. Archbishop Keane does not believe the reports of his succession to the late Archbishop Corrl gan. He says Archbishops are not trans ferred from see to see without cause, and, so far as he knows, he will remain la Dubuque. WILL PUT ON FAST TRAINS TO SHORTEN TIME BETWEEN NEW YORK AND PACIFIC COAST. New York Central nnd Pennsylvania Arrange a Tvrenty-Hour Schedule Between Atlantic and Chicago. CHICAGO, May 29. The Chronicle to- morroiv will say: '"The 1st of June will witness the first great step toward faster time between New York and the Pacific Coast. There Is a well-founded report that there has been an agreement between the Pennsyl vania and New York Central officials for fast trains to go on at once, and that the fast time to be made between New York and Chicago is to be 20 hours. "This schedule la generally looked on as a compromise which relieves the sit uation of the possibility of pressing the speed to undue limits. The matter has progressed to the point where there has been a meeting of tho New York Cen tral's passenger heads, called for the pur pose of arranging the time schedules be tween New t York and Chicago. Similar action will b'e taken by the Pennsylvania. This meeting -will be held the present week, and the settlement of this detail will be followed quickly by the announce ment of the train. "This Is a shortening of the time be tween New York and Chicago by four hours below the fastest trains now run ning, and almost six to eight hours below the ordinary trains. "Following the -determination of the Chicago & Northwestern to put on a fast train from. Chicago to Denver by June 1, the action of the Eastern lines Is regard ed as haIng a direct bearing on the plans for quicker time to the Pacific Coast." GRAVEL TRAINS COLLIDE. Consulting Engineer of Burlington Killed, Other Officials Injured. ALMA, Wis., May 29. One man was killed and four seriously wounded, some probably fatally, In a wreck on the Bur lington road here today. A gravel train, on which there were six officials of the road, including Superintendent Cunning ham, was going" on the switch, when an other gravel train, coming from the north, crashed into It E. J. Blake, con sulting engineer of the Burlington sys tem, with headquarters at Chicago, was killed. The Injured are: S. D. Purcy, roadmaster Northern division, both legs cut off, will die; D. C Cunningham, su perintendent Northern division, one leg cut off, may die; W. L. Breckenrldge, chief engineer of the system, seriously hurt, nnd J. B. Bessler, general superin tendent of the system, seriously hurt. CURED OF LEPROSY. A Case Is Successfully Treated Si. Louis. at ST. LOUIS, May 29. Dong Gong, the Chinese leper, who has for four months past occupied an Isolated house near Quarantine, has apparently recovered from his malady and will be released within two months unless the disease re turns. A remarkable oil, the product of an East Indian tree, has been the sole treatment administered by Martin C. Woodruff, Superintendent of Quarantine. Discoloration has disappeared from the patient's face and limbs, and feeling has returned to the spots of flesh which were Insensible to the pricking of pins or the touch of hot irons. Only on one of the patient's legs and one '- o he faint est redness visible. SLATED FOR COURT OF CLAIMS South Carolina Senator Sacrificed, Himself, Politically, in the South by Standing: Firm for a Progresshe Democracy. Since hUv Arm stand for expansion and other progressive policies have left Senator John L. McLaurln. of South Carolina, without hope of bmtness suc cecs or even social relations In his own state, the Administration, by way of recompense. Is considering the Idea of giving him a life position on the Court of Claims. McLaurln has been bitterly assailed, both at home and In the Senate by Tillman ard other Demo cratic leaders, but has eer stood true to his convictions. WASHINGTON, May 29. It 19 about set tled that Senator McLaurin, of South Car olina, is to get a life position on the Court of Claim's. McLaurln sacrificed himself, politically. In the South for an Idea of the late President McKlnley. which was to build up a progressive busi ness clement la the South opposed to the old Democratic idea, thd anti-protection Democracy and ' the antl-cxpanslon De mocracy. McKlnley believed that there tvaa a large element In the South which would gather around a Democratic leader who would abandon tho Chicago and Kansas City platforms, and who would support commercial and territorial expansion, and which wculd tend to break, up the solid South. McLaurln was selected as one of the leaders of this movement, and some other Democrats, not In official life, were expected to join him. Till man, Jone3, Bacon and other Democratic leaders took prompt steps to prevent any such change of policy in the South, or at least within the Democratic party. They made it plain that any man who gave countenance to such Ideas would be read out of the Democratic party, as McLaurln was, and they went even fur ther and ostracised McLaurln in the Sen ate, as white Republicans in tho South were ostracised 20 years ago. XcLaurin made, a- futile effort to keep up the fight, but he and his followers were browbeaten and bulldozed by the Tillmanites until he was compelled to give up the contest. He ly without hope of arty business success or even social relations with his former associates, and the Judgeship will prob- jgMy be given him as some sort of a rec?mpense for the effort he has made HJs confirmation wm De -vigorously xougnt by Tillman and those other Democrats who have succeeded In destroIng Mc Laurln's usefulness In the Senate and his prospects In his own state. State Control of Charity. DETROIT, Mich.. May 29. The question of state supervision of charities, private as well-as public, was discussed at today's session of the National Association of Charities and Corrections. Jefferies R. Brackctt, of Baltimore, read the report of the committee which has been inestl gatlng the question. The committee agreed that the state should exercise some sort of supervision over prlate Institutions as well as public, but disagreed as to 'the way this should be done. Mr. Brackett, and those who signed the committee re port with him, favored a state board of supervision, while several members fa vored a board of control, which should have administrative functions as well over all charitable institutions. CONTESTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. ConBrem. Morgan and Spooner spoko In the Senate for the Philippine bill, and Clay against 1C Page 2. The Senate agreed to the conference reports on the public buildings and fortlfteatlois bills. Pago 2. . The House passed the slher coinage bill. Page 2. Philippines. A general strike !s threatened at Manila. Page 2. Colonel Wagner explains the concentration pol icy. Page 2. Situation In Mindanao. Page 2. Foreign. The Anglo-Boer peace proclamation may be an nounced Monday. The International Red Cross Conference opened at St. Petersburg. - "" The Russian famine situation grows worte. Page 3. Domestic. V Railroads will shorten the time between New York ard the Pacific Coast.? Page 1. A. new plan Is on foot to end the miners strike. Page 3. r Democrats will make trusts gnd tariffs lssue3 In the Congressional campaign. Page 3. Britt defeated La lgne af te eight rounds of fighting at San Frnclsco. Page 5. ' Pacific Coast. McMlnmllle evinces great Interest In 10C5 fair. Page 4. Z Supreme Court of Washington to- decide how many offices shall be Bllti at Fall election. Page 4. Mrs. Craen abandons her fight for the estate of the lae James G. Fair. Page 4. Marine and Commercial. British ships DuTbrldge and Dundee chartered. Page 12. Steamship Washtena win load salmon at Aa torla fop New York. Page 12. Steamship Oceano en route fronr Mororan for Portland. Page 12. Shipbuilding in Great JBritaln Is checked. Page 12. 7 Stocks continue dull.fdesplte fact that condi tions are favorableT Page 13. General slump In grain prices at Chicago! Page 13. Weekly trade review. Page 13. Portland and Vicinity. Four persons drowned near Kaiama by beat turning over. Page 1. Circuit Court allocs strike pickets to remain. Page 1. T. P. A. solldts.roses for its guests. Page 14. Veterans of two wars attend school exercises. Page 14. No let-up In tension of strikes. Page 10. Judge Williams addresses large meeting at Boys' Brigade Hall. Page 11.