Morning Oregonian., July 23, 1902, Page 2, Image 2

THE MORNING OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1902.
TWTORAVR
Hitchcock Advised to Set
Aside Large Oregon Area.
MOVE TOWARD GREAT-RESERVE
Tracts -Are Located in Eight Coun
ties in Eastern Part ot the State
Irrigation Projects Taken Into
Consideration;
i
Tho temporary -withdrawal of 3,510.
000 acres of land in Eastern Oregon,
for the purpose of protecting the timber
and water supply In eight counties, has
been recommended by Commissioner
Hermann, tho Geological Survey, and
Forest Superintendent 6 B. Ormsby.
of Oregon. Action on tho recommenda
tion may bo taken at any time, and
It Is highly probable that It will bo
favorable.
OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash
ington, July 22. Land Commissioner Her
mann, TFprest S.erintendentOrmsby and
tho Geological Survey have united In rec
ommending to the Secretary of the In
terior the temporary -withdrawal of three
tracts of land In Crook, Grant, Harney,
Baker, Malheur, Umatilla, "Union and Wal
lowa Counties, embodying the peak? and
heavily-timbered regions of the Straw
berry, Blue and Powder River Moun
tains, the total area being approximate
ly 6000 square miles.- This withdrawal, If
made, will be the first step In the direc
tion of creating a vast orest reserve in
Eastern Oregon, where, In the opinion of
the Survey and Land Office,, there Is a
crying need for protection of the timber
ond water supply, especially as it Is corl
templated to construct storage reservoirs
In these sections.
The largest withdrawal recommended
Js roughly L-shaped. the base of the "L"
running north and south Along tho Blue
Mountains, , and the upright running east
and west along the Strawberry Moun
tains. The latter section is approximately
320 miles from east to west, varying In
width from six to 08 miles. The Blue
Mountain section-varies in width from 15
to 40 miles, and extends duo 60Uth from
the Umatilla Indian reservation for 100
miles, to its Intersection with the Straw
berry Mountain withdrawal, the two
forming a right angle. These combined
withdrawals embrace about SO townships,
including tho headwaters of the John
Day. Silvies, Crooked Malheur, Grand
Ronde and Powder Rivers ancL number
less tributary streams. "
The recommended "Eorcder River Moun
tain withdrawal embraces about 23 town
ships in Baker. Union and Wallowa Coun
ties, the tract "being 4S miles from east
to west, and IS miles north and south,
with a corner of tho 30 square miles added
on the northwest. This tract includes the
headwaters of the Wallowa and Grand
Ronde Rivers and their tributaries south
and west of Enterprise.
The third withdrawal recommended is
almost wholly in the northern end of
Union County, and embraces about 14
townships in the Blue Mountain Range
that extends into Washington. It forms
the watershed of a" portion- of tho Grand
Ronde River.
Commissioner Hermann and Superin
tendent Ormsby, in addition to those
tracts, also recommond tho temporary
withdrawal of about 44 townships lying
eouth and adjoining the first recommend
ed Strawberry Mountain withdrawal, be
ing a tract 24 miles from north to south,
and 90 miles front east to west. All of
the recommended withdrawals are Irreg
ular in shape, and are laid out to exclude,
as far as possible, all lands' that are agri
cultural in character, or are now owned
by settlers. The lines -have been drawn
to eliminate the towns of Canyon, Izee,
Silvies, Seneca, Prairie, Clifford, Sumpter,
McEwen, Meacham, Joseph and others.
Superintendent Ormsby has made an ex
amination of this vast area and Is con
vinced that it is most -valuable for its
timber and as a protection to the water
eupply, a view that is concurred in by
Commissioner Hermann and by the Geo
logical Survey, which has made a consid
erable examination of this region, and
now has a lorce in the field for further in
vestigation. If the withdrawal is made,
It -Trill be temporary but indefinite, so as
to give all Interested parties opportunity
to suggest any changes 'deemed advisable
and to show cause why portions should
not be Included within a Teservo or why
other near-by lands should be added.
It is probable that tho additional with
drawal south of tho Strawberry Moun
tains will not be reconsidered by the Sec
retary until the Geological Survey makes
a report on tho same. Action on the other
sections may be taken at any time.
PORTLAND "WORK BY CONTRACT.
Department "Will Call for "Bids on
Postofflce Improvement.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, July 22. Edgar M. Lazarus, who
superintended the construction of the
Portland Custom-House, had a conference
with tho supervising architect of the
Treasury today, and sought the privilege
of making the contemplated enlargements
and alterations in the Portland Postofflce
and Courtrooms. He was told this work
will be done by contract, according to
plans to be prepared by the department,
and that the award of the contract would
be based on bids submitted after duo ad
vertisement within a short time. Tho
architect's office will decide on the scheme
of enlargement and prepare plans accord
ingly. Colonel J. P. Lowe, of the supervising
architect's office, has been ordered to in
spect sites for public buildings in West
ern States. He expects to reach Tacoma
and Spokane by the middle of August,
PROTECTION TFOR AMERICANS.
New Alaskan Army Post Shows
Stand of Government.
OREGONIAN NEWS 'BUREAU. Wash
ington. July 22. The order pf the War
Department authorizing the immediate
construction of a battalion post at Haines
Mission, Alaska, is generally approved in
Washington, as this will establish in the
midst of tho disputed region of Alaska an
Army post as large asany ontbe Cjpnst,
save at "Vancouver Barracks and Sa"n
Francisco. By stationing a battalion of
Infantry at a point; freadlly; accessible to
Ekagway, the scene of tho moat violent
disturbances, and in, th region covered
by the modus Vivendi, it'ls apparent that
the Government stands ready to defend
interests against further foreign encroach
ment and to maintain the rights of Amer
ican citizens.
Not Snbject to Homestead Entry.
OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, July 22. The Secretary of the In
terior has decided that undor the law
opening of the Fort Hall Indian reserva
tion to homestead entries cannot be made
of lands lying within five miles of Poca
tcllo. All such lands must be sold at pub
lic auction, unless the law Is altered, as
it undoubtedly will be at the next ses
sion of Congress.
The Bannock National Bank, of Poca
tello, Idaho, was today authorized to be
gin business with capital of $50,000.
FOR SAKE OF HIS FAMILY.
Charge Against Putnam Brndlee
Strong Is Wlthdravrn.
NEW YORK. July 22. The charge ot
grand larceny that was formally made at
police headquarters yesterday by May
Tohe against ex-Captain Putnam Bradleo
Strong, who has mysteriously disappeared,
has been withdrawn. May Tohe's lawyer
notified the police tonight that his client
wished formally to withdraw all charges
against the missing. Captain,, and that
the reward of $1000 offered for informa
tionasito his whereabputs al6o "was with
drawn. The lawyer would only say that
the charges were withdrawn for the sake
of Strong's family.
SWORE ON THE GALLOWS.
Coclce, the Mississippi Murderer,
Died Unrepentant.
GREENVILLE. Miss., July 21 Ashley
Cocke and Tom Lauderdale were hanged
here today in the presence of 6000 people
for the murder of Engineer G. W. Wray.
After" the death warrant had been read
to tho men in their cells, Cocke yelled
through ' the window to the great crowd
which had gathered outside: "Oh, d n
you,' don't be impatient; we're coming."
When Ihe Sheriff and the doomed men
mounted. the scaffold, Cooke again began
to'berate those about him, and. turning
to the -crowd, tld: "It's all a plot to
kill me; d n you all, d n everybody.
I'm going to die like a man. I am killed
for nothing, but I am the bravest man in
the State of Mississippi. There Is $11,000
waiting. for anyone. who "will kill the 11
men,-who .made this plot. I will be re
venged, for everj' one of these 11 will be
killed and no questions will be asked.
They have murdered me,, but revenge, re
vengq, revenge" Before he could say
more the "bfack caps were adjusted.
"Are you both ready?" asked the Sher
iff. "Yes," yelled Cocke, through the folds
of the black cap. "D n you people of
Greenville. Go to h 1, all of you." The
trap was sprung and the men dropped
Into space.
The crime of -Ashley Qocke and Tom Lau
derdale was committed on .a Yazoo & Mis
sissippi Valley passenger train in Decem
ber, 1901, near Elizabeth. Cocke. Lauder
dale, Will Blackburn and G. M. Phlpps,
nil more or less under the lnfiuonce of
liquor, boarded the train for the purpose
of. returning td their homes at Shelby.
Phlpps fell against G. M. Wray. an engi
neer, who was asleep on a seat. Wray
asked Phlpps what he meant, and the
reply came from Cecke that it meant that
he (Wray) must leave the" coach. As
Wray started to walk out Blackburn said
to Cocke: "What shall we do with that
fellow?" "I vote to kill him," replied
Cocke. Cocke. Lauderdale and Blackburn
then began thootlng at Wray as the latter
was trying to leave the coach. Wrav was
riddled with bullets and fell dead In the
aisle.
AKEXTUCKY FEUD.
Murder of Cockrell Likely to Lead
to More Bloodshed.
JACKSON. Ky., July 22. James Cock
rell, assassinated yesterday from an up
per window of the Courthouse, will be
burled tomorrow morning. There was no
demonstration today when the remains
arrived from the Lexington Hospital, and
the town is quiet tonight, but the general
Impression Is that after the funeral the
friends of Cockrell will assume the ag
gressive and the Harris faction the de
fensive. It 1s generally known that both
sides have their arms stored about town
and are ready to line up at any time.
Samuel Jett, uncle of the dead boy, is
expected to become the leader now of the
Cockrell faction- With the exception of
Thomas Cockrell, now in jail for the mur
der of Benjamin Harris, the eldest In the
family is McKInley Cockrell. aged 19, and
too young to.be made a leader In such a
contest as Is' expected. The funeral to
morrow must take place from the Cock--toII
farm, near Jackson. McKInley Cock
rell said tonight that ho would leave as
soon as the burial of his brother was
over, and many others are leaving town.
TRIED TO DESTROY FORT.
Story of Incendiarism nt Fort Stev
ens by Way of Neiv York.
NEW YORK, July 23. Incendiaries are
making repeated attempts to destroy
Fort Stevens, the new military post near
this city, says a dispatch to the World
from Astoria, Or. Had their plans suc
ceeded they would have blown the fort to
atoms and perhaps killed hundreds of per
sons. They set fire to tho torpedo store
house, but the building Is fireproof, and
the attempt failed. Almost simultaneous
ly, fire was discovered In the barracks,
but this too was extinguished. The incen
diaries had saturated the floor with olL
After the fires were extinguished a note
is said to have been found, signed, "The
Twelve Dynamiters," declaring that the
jtflters had determined to destroy the
fort, 'and that their efforts would be con
tinued. A Mob Either "Way.
GUTHRIE, O. T., July 22.-Governor
Ferguson was forced tonight to withhold
his decision on a requisition for the com
mutation of sentence of death Imposed on
Cephus Bruner, a half-blood Seminole Indian-negro
boy, convicted of murdering,
December 24 last, a white boy, Martin
West, hear Violet Springs, O. T. Today
the Governor was notified that if the
sentence was commuted there -was great
danger of a mob taking Bruner from the
Tecumseh Jail and lynching him, and If
not commuted that a party of Bruner3
friends are ready to cross the Seminole
line Into Oklahoma and liberate him. It
was a mob either way, so the Governor
Bent a sealed verdict to the Pottawatomie
County Sheriff, and Bruner will be re
moved before either Dartv can reach Mm.
On account of the boy's extreme youth'
oniy it years tne general opinion is that
the sentence Is to be commuted. After
'the murder of West, a mob, falling to find
young Bruner, lynched his older brothel- In
the Seminole nation.
Victims of Elbe Disaster.
HAMBURG. July 21 The Primus has
been partially raised and brought nearer
shorts. The total number of missing is
now placed at 104. Sixty-one bodies have
been recovered. Inquiry into the circum
stances of tho disaster shows that there
is a great lack of life-saving appliances
on .the Elbe excursion steamers. The
Primus is known to have had on board
only six lifebelts and a single boat. The
steamer Dolphin, which came up later
with. 400 passengers, also had only one
boat,, capable of carrying seven persons.
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LINOLEUM PROTECTED.
Crown Linoleum Coating will make your
linoleum last. Fisher, Thorsen & Co.,
Front and Morrison streets.
Mexican servants are said to.be almost worth
less; Judged by tho American standard of food
BcnrlcCx
OTO DEFEAT . HENDERSON
MILLING INTERESTS LEAGUED TO
PREVENT HIS RB-ELECTION.
Resentment Dae to the Speaker's
Action In Holding; Up, the Lon
don Dock Charges B11L
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. .July 22. K. S.
Kennedy, secretary of the National Fed
eration of Millers, tonight announced that
the milling Interests of the country are
In league to procure the defeat of Speaker
Henderson In his race for re-election to
Congress. The announcement was made
prior to Mr. Kennedy's departure for Des
Moines, la., to attend a meeting at which
measures and means to encompass
Speaker Henderson's political downfall
will be discussed.
The resentment of the millers arises
from Speaker Henderson's action In hold-
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CAPTAIX WILLIAM TURNBULL BURWELL.
Captain William Tumbull Burwell, who has been appointed to the command of
the battle-ship Oregon, which Is about to sail for the Orient, nan been In tho
service for nearly 40 je'ars. In September of the present year he will hav tho
privilege of retiring, but Ja some years Junior to the compulsory retiring age. He
Is at present Commandant at the Puget Sound Navy-Tard. Captain Burwcll,
bern In Mlfwlf.ilppl. entered the Xaval Academy In 1SC2, and upon his gradua
tion, four 3ars later, was assigned to the Asiatic squadron, where he remained
until 1871. With the rank of Lleutonant, In 1872 he was assigned to the Worces
ter, the Aagshlp of the North Atlantic fleet. Later he was stationed on the
Hartford, of the Xorth Atlantic fleeet, and did special duty in New York in 1877,
and nt the Xaal Academy from 18S1 to 1883. His first command wait the Juniata,
during a cruise to the Asiatic station. Subsequently he was promoted to Lieutenant-Commander,
and was stationed at the Xavy-yard at Norfolk. Captain Bur
well was in command of the Pinto, jfor twd jears, and at the conclusion of his
Alaskan cruise was made a Commander. He has since nerved on fce Dolphin, as
Lighthouse Inspector in Tennessee, and as Commandant at Puget Sound.
ing up the London dock clause amend
ment to the harbor bill, designed to do
away with what American exporters re
gard as unjust discrimination against
United States flour in the unloading
charges at London. - -
TRAINING OF TILE ARMY.
Root's Farewell Order .Before Ills
Departure for Europe.
WASHINGTON, July 22. " Secretary
Root, before leaving Washington today,
issued tho following:
"With the reduction of the. Philippine
force and the withdrawal from Cuba, the
Army Is called upon to resume Its most
Important work in time of peace the
work of perfecting itself 'in military sci
ence and skill, and of promoting the post- I
uon ot tne unuea states against ruture , partmental emplove lost his usefulness af
wars. I wish to call your attention to the ter five years In Government work were
condition which now requires especial ef- S3 ridiculously Improbable that they were
fort and zeal on your part in the per- nevor dignified by a denial. That a great
formance of this duty. I many people have taken these articles
Since the declaration of war with . seriously has been demonstrated by the
Spain. In April. 1S9S. there have been ap- number of inquiries, not only from Wash
pointed in the line of the Army 1542 Lieu- i higton. but from nil over the country.
tenants, in addition to 275 appointed from
the Military Academy. Of the.e. C16 were
appointed from officers of volunteers un
der the act of February 2, 1901; 414 were
appointed from the enlisted men of the
regular and volunteer Armies, and 512
were appointed from civil life,
"The abandonment of the military i
schools for commissioned officers, which I
followed the employment of the entire .
Army In active military operations, has
left these 1542 new Lieutenants substantl- ,
ally without any means of acquiring a ;
systematic military education. While
many of the former officers of volunteers
have acquired the most valuable experi
ence by active service In the field, 'yet It
is of great importance to them, as well as
to the untrained appointees from civil life
and from the ranks, that they shall have
an opportunity for broad and thorough
training, both practical and theoretical.
under competent masters In the art of
"Congress has now, with wise liberality, 1
made provision for the reopening of tho
Army schools, has given Its' sanction to t
the general system of military education '
embodied in the general order of Novem
ber 27 last, including the enlargement and
development of the Fort Leavenworth '
school Into a general service and staff
college, the establishment of a war col-
lege at Washington with a suitable build
ing and the rebuilding of the engineers' I
school, and has made ample approprla- j
uons ior tnese purposes.
"Even' effort will be made bv tho War 1
College Board, which has general suner-
vision and charge of tho whole system,
to onng its advantages to the new off!
cers of the Army as speedily as posslblo
and to organize officers' schools at all the
considerable posts without delay. I ask
Lfor hearty co-operation with them on the
part of every officer of the Army. There
are 1452 graduates of the Military Acad
emy now holding commissions. They
especially havfc an opportunity to demon- '
strate their loyalty to the principles of report the facts at once, not only to the
that Institution by helping to diffuse 1 department, but also to Senator Hanna. In
throughout the service the benefits which adaltion, the Consul was directed to use
have come to them from their lour years, his good offices with the NIcaraguan au
t)f hard. work. thorltles in favor of young Wilson, as
"Careful attention to the Instruction of
tho newly appointed officers Is enjoined
dn all regimental, troop, battery and com
pany commanders. They should be Im
pressed with the importance of the faith
ful performance of every duty, however
unimportant it -may appear to them, and
with their responsibility for such conduct
and bearing in all their relations as shall
do honor to the service."
WILL VISIT "STATE CAMP.
President Roosevelt Goes to Seagirt
Tomorrow.
OYSTER BAY. July 22. President
Roosevelt and Assistant Secretary Loeb
disposed of an unusually large amount of
business today. The mall from Wash
ington was very heavy and contained
several matters of exceptional Import
ance demanding the President's atten
tion. This afternoon Miss Alice Roosevelt
was the guest of honor at an elabort
Jluncheon and lawa party givca by Misa
Helen Beekman at her country place.
Just east of Oyster Bay. Fifteen ladles
were invited to meet Miss Roosevelt.
The President is preparing for his trip
to Seagirt. N. J.. Thursday. General
Manager Resler, of the New Jersey Cen
tral, has placed his private car Atlas at
the disposal of President Roosevelt, and
the train throughout will be of the latest
pattern of the carbullders' art. fThe
Presidential party, will leave the state
camp by special train about 3 o'clock, re
turning to Atlantic Highlands, where
they will embark on tho Mayflower for
Oyster Bay.
President R"oosevelt has determined
upon the appointments for several offices
at New Orleans, and the announcement
of them was made at Sagamore Hill to
night, as follows: Elmer Wood, naval
officer, vice John Weber, deceased; Hen
ry McCall. Collector of Customs, vice
AuguBt L Wlmbcrley, to take effect next
Decembert R. B. Kennedy (colored). Re
ceiver of Public Moneys, vice Charles
P. Johnston, to take effect January 1,
1903.
Frederick S. Glbbs, Republican Nation
al committeeman from New York, was a
guest of the President at luncheon. At
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much length they discussed the political
situation. iti New Y0rk State. .Mr. Glbbs
returned bjl a lato afternoon train to
New York.
SHAW NOT A HEADSMAN.
Did Not Place Five-Year Limit for
Service In Department.
WASHINGTON, July 22. The following
statement was made public at the office
of the Secretary of the Treasury today:
"Numerous inquiries have been received
at the Treasury Department relative to
the truth or falsity of the alleged asser
tion of Secretary Shaw that he was In
favor of a five-year limit for service in the
Treasury Department. The original news
paper article and those that followed It
statlng that the Secretary believed a de
"T0 avoid anv further mlsconeentlon nf
the facts In the case. It may be an
nounced on absolute authority that no
such remark or expression was ever made
by Secretary Shaw, and that the ar
ticles purporting to represent his attitude
as a headsman are made out of whol
ninth, nn tii Mnnrr i t,. , .1,1
-with equal authority that Secretary Shaw
i8 heartily In accord with civil service In
every respect. As an illustration of his
attitude on matters of personnel may be
cited his signing yesterday of a set of
regulations nlnclm? th inhnrr nn thw
unskilled positions under the control of
the civil service commission, removing
thereby the last bit of patronage at the
disposal of the Secretary ot the Treas
ury." TRYING TO SAVE AN AMERICAN.
1 Ohio Doctor Under Denth Sentence
in Nicaragua.
WASHINGTON. July 22. The State De
partment has taken active steps to save
the life of Dr. Russell Wilson, a young
Ohio physician, who Is held under arrest
at Bluefleld3 by the NIcaraguan military
authorities. Wilson was a member of a
filibustering party that made n landing
near Monkey Point, four miles from Blue
fields. Most of the party were captured,
owing to the Inability of the commander
of the expedition to land reinforcements,
owing to heavy weather. The Xlcaratruan
General was about to execute him sum-
rnarlly, but was induced by the Dleas of
some of the English-speaking people of
Bluefields to allow the law to follow Its
course. This meant a trial by court
martial, and It Is the understanding that
the death sentence was almost inevitable.
Wilson lives at Milan, O.. and Senator
Hanna has interested himself In his case.
Today Acting Secretary Hill telegraphed
to the United States Consul at San Juan
ael orto to make an investigation 'and
Senator Hanna has represented that he
was not a combatant, but wag attached
to the revolutionary expedition In a med
ical capacity. The department has been
Informed officially of the facts connected
with Wilson's capture, and In this case
Is acting entirely upon Senator Hanna's
representations.
Colonel Ward Becomes General.
WASHINGTON. July 22. Golonel Thom
as Ward, chief of staff to General Miles,
today was appointed a Brigadier-General
in the regular Army, vice Jacob Smith,
retired. General Ward himself will re
tire In the course of a day or two, when
Colonel Joseph P. Sanger, Inspector-General's
Department, now In the Philip
pines, will become Brigadier-General.
General Frederick D. Grant, at present
in the Philippines, has been tendered the
command of the Department of Texas,
and it is thought here he will accept It!
This Is the department to which General
Smith originally was assigned. The pro
motion of Generals Ward and Sanger ad-1
fi
Root hlghjy recommended for kidney-
trouble, but I never had any Idea that
my kidneys were effected. I thought I
would try a fifty-cent bottle of' Swamp
Root and see what the effect would be.
I commenced taking it according to di
rections, and In a few days I saw that it
was helping me. I used the fifty-cent
bottle, and then bought two more dollar
bottles, and they completely cured me".
I have got back to my original weight,
one hundred and ninety-five pounds, and
I am a thorough advocate of Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root. Very truly,
Feb. 17, 1502. WM. M. PARTCH.
You may have a sample bottle of this
wonderful remedy. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, sent absolutely free by mall, also a
book telling all about Swamp-Root. If
you are already convinced that Swamp
Root is what you need, you can purchase
tho regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size
bottles at the drug stores everywhere.
Don't make any mistake, but remember
the name. Swamp-Root. Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, and the address, Blngham
ton. N. Y., on every bottle.
vances Lieutenant-Colonel H. S. C. Hels
tand to be Colonel In the Adjutant
General's Corps, and Lieutenant-Colonel
Charles H. Heyl to be Colonel In the Inspector-General's
Corps. The vacancies In
these corps will be filled by detail offi
cers from the line.
CoRhlan Will Join the Fleet.
WASHINGTON, July 22. Rear-Admiral
J. B
Coghlan, who has been engaged In
special duty In connection with the trans
portation" of the remains 6f the late Lord
Pauncefote to England, and who Is now
en route back to the "United States, will
Join the North Atlantic squadron with his
flagship Brooklyn and take part in the
Summer maneuvers.
GpnKres.ftionnl Nominations.
. COUNCIL. BLUFFS." la., July 22,-Con-gressman
W. L." Smith was renominated
today by tho Republicans of the Ninth
District.
OSCEOLA, Mo., July 22. The Republi
cans of the Sixth Missouri District to
day nominated John B. Lindsay for Con
gress. Work on Battle-Ship Connecticut.
NEW YORK. July 22. Orders have been
received at the New York navy-yard to
proceed with the preparations for the
building of the new battle-ship Connecti
cut. Work on the launching ways has
been started and bids for the piles and
Iron will be opened In a few days.
Actlno: Adjntnnt-General.
WASHINGTON. July 22. Brigadier
General W. H. Carter has been detailed
as Acting Adjutant-General during the ab
sence of General Corblu In Europe. In ad
dition to duty as member of the War
Board.
Albany Goes to Stockholm.
CHRISTIANIA, Norway, July "22. The
cruiser Albany sailed henco today
Stockholm, Sweden.
for
PORTLAND AND RAILROADS
W. A. Menrs Wonders How the City
Manages to Hang- On.
"When a person thinks about the way
tho railroads treat Portland In Its distrib
utive Jobbing trade. It makes him wonder
how this city has held on to Its Interior
business as well as It has done."
Thus spoke W. A. Mears yesterday, a
member of the Chamber of Commerce
transportation committee. This commit
tee has been gathering comparative data
from distributive freight schedules of
other railroads, that run out of such cities
as Spokane, San Francisco, Houston,
Tex., New Orleans, Ogden, Salt Lake
and St. Paul. None of these cities has
to pay as high distributive rates as does
Portland, for equal mileage. Where the
railroads here have water competition
rates are as low as anywhere, but be
yond steamboat routes rates are mgn
again.
The Chamber of Commerce transporta
tion committee has been wrestling with
this subject for a number of year.. Mer
chants hero have seen the circle of their
Jobbing trade drawing closer and closer
until their northern limit In the Interior
Is the Snake River, whereas it used to
reach up to Spokane and further. In
Southern Idaho Portland has been re
treating likewise.
"We have been after railroads actively
for the past four years," said Mr. Mears
yesterday, "but they have forestalled us
by each playing off against the other.
"For example: We show them that a
serious dlrcrlmlnntlon exints fn the Pa
louse or a certain community. We go
to the officials of the O. R. & X. They
tell us that the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific men are the ones we
are after; that the O. R. & N. Is doing
all It can to help u, but Is powerless
to act alone, because the Northern roads
would retaliate and thus Involve the en
tire system of both roads In war; In other
wordsr that a world-Involving war would
come from any change In a particular
rate.
"We are then assured that the proper
way for us to proceed is to have the
Northern roads mod.lfy their Intermediate
commodity rates so as to enable Coast
cities to bring goods through from the
East In carloads and transport them back
to tho Interior In email quantities.
"Officials of the Northern roads shilly
shally and equivocate the same way.
Really they are striving hard to help
out the Coast cities. But Indeed they
can't do anything either, because Spo
kane or Helena or some more distant
point would begrlevouslj- hurt. What we
should do, they say. Is to get the O. R.
& N. to reduce Its rates into the Interior.
"So there you have It, a complete dead
lock. Everybody's hands are powerleaa,
every means of relief Is tied up, and
nothing can be done.
"What is thevresult? Does It take divin
ation to guess? No. The result is as
plain as the nose on your face. The
distributive territory of this city la grow
ing smaller and smaller. Competitors are
encroaching on us on every side, a lew
years ago we had a good business in
Spokane and beyond and in Boise City
and beyond. Now both are outside of our
reach.
"Meanwhile, strive as we may with the
railroads, the trouble waxes greater and
greater, matters drag on without im
provement; pigeon-holing and rush of
business prevent railroad officials from
taking hold; time rushes by and nothing
is done.
"It Is time for us to make ourselves
heard. It is time to awaken Interest In
this subject in the Interior. Citizens
outside of Portland are as much interest
ed in this as those within. And -we must
keep at it, until the demand becomes so
loud and so universal that the railroads
cannot pass it by,"
OH Furnished Like Water.
Philadelphia Record.
The rapidly Increasing use of oil as fuel
has given rise to the suggestion that It
may readily be supplied to dwellings and
factories by means of pipes, just as water
is. The suggestion has taken practical
shape in a town In the oil regions, where
an old water reservoir Is to be utilized
for the storage of the oil. This arrange
ment will enable the consumer to get at
any time exactly what quantity of oil he
needs, merely by turning a. faucet. No in
formation has been given yet as to -how
payment fOr the oil will he made, - .
A LETTER TO OUR,READER.
NEW HAVEN, Addison Co., Vt
Dr. Kilmer & Co., Blnghamton, N. Y.
Gentlemen About a year ago I was
suffering from what I supposed was
rheumatism. I became so bad that I
could hardly get on my feet from a sit
ting position. I run down In weight from
one hundred and ninety-live to a hundred
and forty-five pounds. I tried different
kinds of medicine, but received little or
no . help. I saw Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-
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PRETENTIOUS SALOONS.
Places Where Immorality I Encour
aged Among the Yoansr.
PORTLAND, July 22. (To the Editor.)
The writer hereof assumes that In. the in
terests of morality and decency no one
will dlsmite that a "wide-open" town is
harmful to the general tone of a city of,
Portland's proportions. I commend tne
zeal of Mayor Williams In closing the
hell holes In the North End of our city.
As a citizen who believes In purity of
home, and In zealouslj guarding the
young, I indorse the action of the "Grand
Old Man" of Portland.
While It is generally accepted by mor
alists that the formation of character be
gins under the parental roof, and while
this is true In the main, yet we must look
at thing3 as we find them, and act ac
cordingly. Many a young man In our
city must set out for himself; before he
has reached the age of judgment, and
before he fully appreciates the strictest
ethics of morality; many of our young
women must be self-supporting before
they are surrounded and supported by
that purview of the world which is a
guard of integrity to their virtue and rep
utations. Once away -from home, and to
youth, the snares of temptation are oft
times gilded In such a manner as to am
bush probity and strength of character,
whero with temptation Temoved, our
young men and women would become use
ful citizens and matrons.
While the good work of our Mayor Is
being pursued he owes It to the citizen
ship which elected him to clean the city
from every den where the morality of our
young men and women Is endangered. I
am told that In the very heart of our
city are found places not yet under the
ban, which are veritable pitfalls for the
young and unsuspecting worse, even,
than the unspeakable North End. In the
Bad Lands our young women see horrible
examples: in. these glided places up town,
surrounded by respectability, the object
of example Is lost. I am reliably told that
these places exist, and they should re
ceive attention at once. I nime the
, centrally located, with Its inviting
side entrance, and the , another, also
centrally situated.
I am reliably informed that In these
places young men nd women of respect
ability revel In undisturbed enjoyment.
There, I am told, the harlot can meet and
destroy the youth ot spirit who wants to
see life, and yet would hesitate to de
bauch himself in the whirl of the no
torious North End. In these places, they
say, the young man of Bohemian traits,
covered with a respectability, leads the
young, woman of society for refreshments
and the end is dissipation, with all Its
horrible ultimate. Let the strong arm of
the Mayor reach out and strike these
places, which are more replete with dan
ger than the bad lands.
Let all the dives of this kind feel that
we have a Wallace for their Edward. Let
It be known that while evil exists, and
always will, we yet have an executive
who will fearlessly do his duty,- when
evidence of evil Is shown to exist. These
places of Infamy, I repeat, are of menace,
and should be driven, to the wall, so far
as their side doors are concerned: and as
to their rooms, which breathe an Immor
ality that Is more disgraceful than Whlte
chapel, they should be classed with their
base competitors, and receive the same
treatment by city officials.
Vice IS all of one color. Here are mat
ters which will bear the searchlight of
Investigation, and their presence in the
heart of the city, where rheum-eyed vice
Is supposed to be a stranger. Is respect-
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The Great
KIN-KIN
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fully made public that Mayor Williams
may swell the crusade against purveyors
to fllthlness, whoever or wherever they
may be. . W. H. MACRAE.
We have taken the liberty of excising
from Mr. Macrae's letter the names of
the saloons he mentions, partly because
others are equally deserving of atten
tion, and also because such places are
sufficiently well known to all whose ac
quaintance with them is likely to promote
reformatory steps. The central portion
of tho city Is thickly strewn with them,
and It Is possible a free advertisement of
any of them might do more harm than,
good.
TIME CARD, STEAMER T. J. POTTER.
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July 22, 9 A. M.; July 23, 9 A. M.; July
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