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Jst wpititt 0tmm ' i VOL. XLILNO. 12,985. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY. JULY 24, 1902. PKICE FIVE CENTS. R. H. PEASE. FIRST STREET, GENUINfe BARGAINS We have a few CAMERAS we have taken In exchange for other instruments: all In good condition, we offer them at the following prices: Regular price. "We offer Tor 4x5 Cyclone Magazine , J 8.00 $ 3.50 2x44 Adlalce Magazine and 12 holders 9.00 3.50 4x5 Wlrard, R. R. Lens and Unlcum shutter 16.00 6.00 Cx7 Long-Focus Premo 45.00 20.00 And several other desirable Instruments. Including some Eastmans, at like prices. Blumauer-Frank Drug Co; "Wholesale and Importing Drneclits. IS LJ ri AW PURE mi .WAV3 tKMA D BLUMAUER & HOCH 108 and 110 Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon OTEL PERKINS Fifth and Washington Streets EUROPEAN PLAN First-CIass Cneclc Restaurant Connected With Hotel. 3. F. DAVIES, Pre. St Charles Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED). FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON American and European Plan. HILL MILITARY ACADEMY The Success and High 'Standing of many hundreds of Dr. Hill's graduates and former pupils during the past 24 years Indicate the merit of hla methods. Prepares for college In Classical. Scientific and English courses. Regular course Is practical training tor business life. Manual training and mechanical drawing. Special courses In modern languages and music New buildings; modern equip ment, private sleeping-rooms; no open dormitory: rccreatlon-rocms; large arm ory; athlptlcp promoted and encouraged; chemical and physical laboratories; ex perienced faculty. I A boarding and day school tor bos of all ages; younger boys separate. Fall term opens September 17. For catalogue, etc., apply to DR. J. W. HILL, Principal. MARSHALL AND TWENTY-FOURTH STREETS. PORTLAND, OR. 'Tf IT ffl '; i f jRof & Steel Works. tf"U lh5fc;ii U.JJ V iX-Cm, ' M "' mm QZS1GMER& MAJbfJTACTCREfl$ or , HlftH-GRADE, PQXTLANQ - NEW YORK DENTAL PARLORS Old-established and reliable dentists, where all work is guaranteed absolutely painless. M0 PtATES gMfi Our offices are not managed by ethical dentists, but by Eastern graduate specialists. NEW YORK DENTISTS Washington & Oregon Light & Power Co. Now under construction. A population of 40.000 distributed over the wealthiest farming country of the world Is tributary to thl road. First Issue of 1000 shares, par -value $100 each, now selling at $90 per share. An Investment, Not a Speculation. Low capitalization; $1,500,000; 15.000 shares. at $100 each. Shares fully paid and nonassessable. iorA-7 Ycjiur Electric Railway i . i'u i-1 . ,-i,, (St ri j!. v yTfithena I LpENOLETOtf Aeolian Orchestrelle "COFFMAN'S" Elite Ice Cream Parlors have been enlarged, and, recognizing the worth of THE AEOLIAN ORCHESTRELLE, Mr. Coffman has ordered one placed in his parlors for the pleasure of his patrons. These instruments are made and sold only by THE AEOLIAN COMPANY, SI. B. "Wells, Sole Northwest AgU 253-35G WtiklBgtas mtn ear. Parle When Purchasing GARDEN HOSE Be Sure You Secure One of Our Brands. GOODYEHR RUBBER CO. President. PORTLAND. OREGON S . America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today MALT PORTLAND, OREGON Room Slnrl We to fl.BO pr 67 Booms Double ;J1.00 to S2.O0 per day Room Family S1.50 to iZ-WDtrGUT C T. BELCHER, 8 to. sad Tret. American Plan $1.23. $1.0O, $1.73 European Plan ......tOc, TBa, $1.00 1 "- . rf P PTt .' i ,ra MACHlNRr :, J QXEGOtf - US.A. Fourth and Morrison Sts. Portland, Or. Full Set Teeth $5.00 Gold Crowns 5.00 Gold Fill 1.00 Silver Fill : 50 Fourth and Morrison Streets 0AYTOVG) MU7SBUXGI HuntsvWe Unincorporated WflLLA WALLA Vdarrison college Place Tf l tfia Int.ntlnn rt ti wfree Mate management to sell the en- - -o vaiiey wrc- i dDhie Ji 3fue Mountain VatlcY However, by way of cour- tesy, a mock or looo shares m y 0ntT& for local subscription for the period of 30 days from July 10, 1002. Applications coming In later than Aug. 10, 1002. will not be considered. Apply to L. Y. READY & CO., Fa lllne Bid?., Portland, Or. Or to Main Offlce, Dooly pulldinsr, Wnlla Walla, Wash. T I Local Importers Fight the Trust 9000 TONS FROM' ABROAD Four Ships Salt Laden, en Route; One Is Here. PRICE TAKES TUMBLE TODAY Federnl Company Flmt Lops Off $G per Ton, and Now Comes $8 More Octopus Hold at Last Apparently Broken. Cheap ocean freights between Europe and Portland are responsible for the live liest salt war that has ever been witnessed on the Pacific Coast. Four ships are now en route for Portland from Europe with salt cargoes, and a fifth is discharging In the harbor. The amount of salt Included In the cargoes of the fleet of five vessels Is approximately SCC0 tons, and it has pre cipitated a merry war fraught with great Interest and profit for salt-consumers of the Pacific Coast. For the past few years tho salt business of the Pacific Coast has been in control of the Federal Salt Com pany, better known as the salt trust, An organization which has control of the output of all the salt obtainable for Pacific Coast territory. The owners of the salt mines werepaid a nominal figure, said to be about $5 per ton, for the product, and under the benign influence of the trust the price to consumers steadily mounted to $25 and $2S per ton. While Portland Importers have brought on the war and attendant drop in prices, it was a Seattle dealer who opened the balL Had he been possessed of the nerve and staying qualities of the Portlanders, salt would have declined last "Winter. The China Mutual steamers 'WereQonJjbs- oN from Europe with hardly enough freight to keep them in ballast trim, and. In order, to secure cargo, made a very low rate on a lot of SOW tons of salt from Liverpool to Seattle. The salt trust was advised of the move, and,, before the consignment reached Its destination, they bluffed the Seattle man Into selling them the cargo, preferring to take it at a nominal figure instead of fighting It with lower prices. On arrival, the Seattle consignment was laid away in the warehouse, and the price of salt still remained way up in the air. It was held at such outrageous prices that Portland Importers saw an opportunity to make some money, .and the British bark Blerra Estrella was laid on at Liverpool to load a consignment of 1500 tons for Portland direct. Soon after the vessel sailed, the cargo was sold to several Portland wholesalers who had been at the mercy of the trust. So for as known, no effort was made by the trust to get hold of the Sierra Estrel la's cargo, but about the time the ship was due last month the trust suddenly announced a sweeping reduction of 58 per ton In the price of salt. It Is reported that even this cut was hardly deep enough to cause the Portlanders to lose much money; no when the Sierra Estrella began dis charging this week, more drastic meas ures were decided on. Yesterday the Fed eral St.lt Company made the announce ment that a further reduction of $6 per ton would be made today, a total of $14 per ton sliced off the price in about 30 days. While this of itself will depreciate the value of the Sierra Estrella's cargo about $20,000, it is apparently only a pre liminary for the fun which Is to follow. . The British ships John Cooke and Foyle dale are now winging their way out from Liverpool, with about three times as much salt on board as came on the Sierra Es trella, and the French bark Grande Duch esse Olga is coming out from Bull with a cargo of the saline staple. There is a ru mor to the effect that after the sailing of the Foyledale In June, an agreement was effected between the American salt trust and the British salt trust to stop shipments to the Pacific Coast, under threat of an American Invasion of the British salt trade. Before the truth or falsity of this rumor was apparent by actual transactions, a new factor ap peared, and it is this new factor that promises to make more trouble than any thing that has yet happened. The German ship Herzogln Cecelia, with a cargo of salt from Hamburg, sailed from the German port June 2S, for Portland, and her cargo of about 4000 tons. Instead of coming to a Portland Importer to take the risk of fighting the salt trust, is still owned by the German salt trust, which Is about as well equipped financially as the Federal Salt Company. When the big German ship reaches Portland with her cargo, the opportunities for Intensifying the conflict will be very much improved. In fact, local importers are already fig uring on a problem which might be pre Fented in this language: "If a 1300-ton cargo of salt causes a reduction of $14 per ton in the price, how great a reduction will be caused by the arrival of 4000 tons more of English salt, and an equal amount of German salt?" Meanwhile stocks of salt are large all over the Pacific Coast. The Federal Salt Company has, in addition to thousands of ton3 of American salt in California warehouses, over &000 tons of foreign salt which is kept off the market in order to hold prices up. The stock men and large consumers of salt are very much pleased with the outlook, and trust that the white winged dove of peace will keep far enough OFF THE i I ' .- c p . ' fill 'I'isMflnL -H' : i fir 'WM ;: ' ' ' r ;; away from the salt trust to avoid the dan ger of getting any of the stuff, on her tail. SLOOP CAPSIZES. Disaster Meet a Pleasure Xcar Savannah, Ga. Party SAVANNAH, Ga.. July 23. The sloop Livell Dlvello, owned and sailed by Cap tain Allen X. Calder, of Thunderbolt, and having on board a pleasure party, wa3 capsized in the Ogechee River, near Hell Gate, during a squall, and Captain Calder's aged mother and Infant daughter were drowned. Captain Calder's father and wife were seriously injured, and the former may die. Stephen A. Calder and Mrs. Allen N. Calder. father and wife of Cap tain Calder, died tonight from their In juries. CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Philippines. Professor Schurman considers tho outlook in the Philippines satisfactory. Page 2. Instances of heroism among" the Hospital Corps. Pate 2. Mlsslnc Cebu teachers were. massacred by la drones. Page 2. Forelfijn. Two hundred persons were drowned by the cap elzlne of a steamer In "West River, China. Page 3. A series of Irish debates was opened In the House of Commons. Page 3. Emperor "William is advised not to visit Prus sian Poland. Page 3. Religious disorders In Paris continue. Page 3. Domestic. Nominations by North Dakota. Republicans. Page 2. The New England Democratic League dinner will be held at Nantasket Beach today. Page 2. Three Americans held up and robbed a Mexi can train. Page 5. Pacific Coast. Charles Sweeney, the well-known mining man. may be Wilson candidate for United States Senator from Washington. Page 1. Convict Tracy is on his way East to visit his mother. Page 1. Jefferson Myers, of Salem. Just back from the East, predicts & large Immigration to Ore gon. Page 1. Vancouver. Wash., man In party which per ished in storm in Alaska. Page . Miss Sox. of Albany. Or., elected secretary of National Young People's Christian Union Convention. Page 4. Marine and Commercial. Scarcity- of sailors delaj lng ships on Puget Sound. Page 12. Another March ship reaches Queenstown. Page 12. Brltsh ship Dlmsdale arrives from Newcastle with cargo of coal. Page 12. Indrasamha brings hardwood logs from Bor neo. Page 12. Wheat Is steady in East, but corn mokes slight decline. Page 13. Oregon Short Line bond Issue shows close re lations with Northern Securities Company. Page 13. Stocks make a good show of strength. Page 13. Portland and Vicinity. Nine thousand tons of salt en 'route here, and trust cuts prices. Page 1. Warner Miller, of New York, talks on tho Nicaragua Canal. Page 10. No prospect' of early agreement on Lewis and Clark Exposition site. Page 14. W. Irving "Way comes to form book guilds. Page 10. v Fund for advertising Oregon is nearly raised. Page 8. 'i Elks will give &00 to the winning candidate for Queen. Page 14. STAGE FOR A BRIEF SEASON TRAGY ON WAY EAST 'After Seeing His Mother, He Is Ready to Give Ud. VISITING FRIENDS NEAR R0SLYN Ontlavr Is Also Reported to Be Near Salem Aprnln, and Force o Guards at Penitentinry Is Increased. SEATTLE, July 23. A special to the Post-Intelligencer from Roelyn, Wash., states that a man reported to be Harry Tracy spent Sunday and Monday at Camp Creek, 20 miles from Roslyn, in Kittltaa County. It Is stated that Tracy went over the mountains on a freight train Saturday evening. The story of Tracy's arrival at Camp Creek was taken to Roslyn by a miner named Eisner. It Is corroborated by another miner. Tracy, Eisner states, was met by frjends, and they went to Cle Elum Lake, where they camped for the night. Thence they went to Camp Creek, and there Tracy was given food and his wound dressed. Eisner says his wound Is rather -deep. Tracy, however, went fish ing Monday, and caught IS trout.. The miners at the creek, according to Eisner, are In sympathy with the outlaw,. Sheriff Brown, of Kittitas, and the Mar shal of Roslyn, refuse to believe the story.. The Sheriff reached Roslyn, however, after Eisner had left for Camp Creek. The report states that Tracy and hla friends are heavily armed, and the outlaw Is still carrying a white sack filled with ammunition. Eisner declared that tho murderer said his wife was at Palmer Junction, but that he was on his way East to see his mother. After he had seen her he said he would be ready to give himself up. HERE TRACY IS AGAIN. Says He Is Laylnpr Around to Meet Merrill's Brothe,r. TACOMA. July 23. Tracy, the outlaw, appeared at Miller's logging camp, four miles from Kanaskat. yesterday, and ate dinner. When asked why he did not take advantage of the lull and escape frcm Green River Valley, Tracy said: "I have some business to settle with Merrill's brother. I understand that the brother wants to see me." Tracy Is not wounded and looks fresh and rested. He Is wearing a derby hat. He had a slouch hat In his pocket. He still has his Win chester and two revolvers, and has a good supply of ammunition. This report comes from a reliable source to Sheriff Hartman from a brakeman who formerly worked on the Northern Pacific, and was In Miller's camp, and knew Tracy years ago as a Tacoma brakeman. Cudlhec on a Still Hunt. SEATTLE. July 23. Since Tracy's disap pearance, last Thursday, not one word has been received as to his whereabouts. Sher iff Cudlhce has left Seattle without saying a word as to his destination, and It Is pre sumed that he is on a still hunt. Cudlhee went alone last Monday night. Tracy Again Comes Out tor Meal. TACOMA, July 23. A special from Pros ser, Wash., says two farmers from the ONLY BIckleton country report that a man heav ily armed and answering Outlaw Tracy's description, held up the people at McDon ald's ranch, on Pine Creek, and demanded supper. This was freely given, and the man departed without giving any informa tion as to who he was. IS TRACY AGAIN NEAR SALEM? Penitentiary Guards Are Increased and Sheriff Starts Out. SALEM. July 23. (Special.) A report reached here this evening that a man answering Tracy's description was seen near Woodburn this evening. Sheriff B. B. Colbath" has gone to Investigate the rumor. Frank Pickens, a young man living In the outskirts of Woodburn, met n man on a bicycle at 7 o'clock whom he took to be Tracy, the outlaw. The bicycle path Is within half a mile of Woodburn. Pickens was on the path when the man believed to be Tracy rode up on his wheel and asked the direction and dis tance to Salem. He resembled pictures of Tracy, wore a brown Derby hat, carried two Winchester rifles strapped to his bi cycle, and two revolvers In a belt. Af ter securing the Information desired the stranger rode on In the direction of Sa lem. Eighty rods behind the first man came another wheelman, also heavily armed and apparently following the first. Pickens at once hastened to town and notified the authorities. At Hubbard the same men were seen half an hour earlier. Here there were three, all heavily armed, the leader answering the description given at Woodburn. The three were on bicycles and riding toward Salem. Here a num ber of reliable people saw the strangers, and oil agreed that the leader resembled the notorious Tracy's published pic tures closely. The prison authorities were at once notified, and Superintendent J. D. Lee immediately took precautions to prevent any entrance Into the prison by the out laws by placing extra guards on the wall an1 sending out a full force to surround the prison yard. Guarding the Penitentiary. SALEM, Or.. July 23. The Oregon Peni tentiary Is surrounded tonight by arnied guards, watching for the appearance of Desperado Tracy. While it Is not believed that the men seen at Woodburn are Tracy and confederates, the prteon officials are proceeding upon the theory that the report received may be correct. There is prac tically a dead line extending around the prison at the distance of a rifle shot, and prison guards tonight telephone the Sher iff not to approach the Penitentiary unless called for, as he might be shot by the sentinels. Any man who goes near the Penitentiary at night docs so at his peril. Prison ofilclals do not believe that Tracy has sufficient Interest in any convicts at the Penitentiary to induce him to attempt to liberate them. It Is felt, however, that it would be In keeping with his other bold and desperate deeds if he should return for the purpose of shooting some of the guards. Sheriff Colbath does not believe that Tracy was one of the party of armed men reported as having passed Hubbard and Woodburn. Nevertheless, he took prompt measures to learn what he could regarding the men. Accompanied by Deputy Estes and a reporter, he went to the northern suburbs of the city, where the bicyclists would most likely be seen If they came to Salem. As the supposed desperadoes passed Woodburn several hourse before the report was received here, the men would have had time to reach the city before the Sheriff went out. No strangers were met, but the recently made tracks of three bicycles, one of them led by a man wearing heavy shoes, were found. The Sheriff and deputies will be ready to answer any call that may be made for as sistance. While the men seen were proba bly hunters, Colbath believes it nossible that one of thent is Tracy. WILL SWEENY BE IT? Spokane Mining King as a Wilson Legatee. JOHFI US LATE HUMILIATION Railroad Men Outrrlt Him, end Also Secure Secret Pledge From Lcgls- latlve XonilnceH Afralnst Mc- Brlde's ltailrond Coruruissluu. AVOWED CANDIDATES. .Levi Ankeny. ot Walla Walla. John L. AVilson. or Spokane. HaroM Preston, of Seattte. Charles Sweeney, of Spokane. Senator George Turner, of Spokane. DAKK HORSES. Representative W. L. Jones, of Yak ima. Governor Henry McBrlde, of Mount "Vernon. SPOKANE. July 23. John L. Wilson has been indorsed by the Republicans of Spokane County for the United States Senate, but oven Mr. Wilson himself la beginning to wonder If the victory is not a barren one. Fear of a Democratic land slide and terror that he will lose the po tent friendship of James J. Hill are alter nating In his bosom. 1o get his resolu tion of Indorsement through the conven tion he had to consent to a number of provoking things. The circumstances surrounding Mr.WU son's Indorsement are most peculiar, and constitute an Interesting chapter in cur rent political history. Originally It had not been Mr. Wilson's Intention to have himself openly Indorsed. His plan was to nominate a fairly good Legislative ticket that he could control, and let it go at that. His own beat friends were opposed to an open Indorsement. A short time prior to the primaries, however, an "antl-machlna" Republican club was organized in Spokane, v.'ltn the avowed Intention of wiping Mr. Wilson ott the map. The club had no sooner been formed than the Spokesman-Review, the leading dally of Eastern Washington, and Mr. Wilson's open and ancient enemy, opened up a most vitriolic fire upon him. The Wilson Issue was distinctly raised agalnft him, and while he won on It, his wings were badly singed in tho winning. Attacks on Wilson. The principal arguments which the Spokesman-Review made against Wilson were ao follows: First That his business Interests are In Seattle, and that he is virtually a resi dent of that city. Second That he Is a creature of the railroads. f Third That his election is-Impossible, and that Spokane's Indorsement of him meant political humiliatlqn for the county. Fourth That his Indorsement, or tne nomination of a ticket-, pledged to him. meant defeat for the ticket In tne county. Fifth That he Is a blackguard and rowdy, and Is given to "cussing out" hl3 enemies on street corners and public places. These attacks goadedWilson to desper ate fury, and he determined to be vindi cated by a formal Indorsement, whether he lost the county In the election or not. Looks Like Republican Defeat. The result of the Indorsement looks like defeat for the Republican Legislative ticket In Spokane County. The feeling against Wilson in his own party Is ex ceedingly bitter- With no local candidate against him. the opposition polled 105' votes for their" candidate for chairman of the convention as against 241 for tho Wilson candidate. Thus nearly one-third of the coupty convention was against him. Two years ago two of three candidates for hold-over State Senators were defeat ed and Democrats were elected, merely because tho Republican nominees were pledged, to vote for Wilson In 1903. More over, 3pokane County, while it gave Mc Klnlcy 390 majority, gave Governor Rog ers 1342. simply because the Wilson Issue was raised against Mr. Frink, the Repub lican nominee, an addition to that, Senator Turner Is a resident of Spokane, and Is exceedingly popular here. Hlfl friends in the Republi can party regret his political attitude ex tremely, but many of them will support him on personal grounds, while hundreds of Republicans, preferring him to Wilson, will vote the Democratic Legislative ticket. When It was known that Wilson had won the Republican primaries, the Demo crats were even more jubilant than the Wilson men themselves. They knew ot the Intensity of the feeling toward Wil son on the part of so many Republicans, and they rejoiced with fervor when Wil son dominated his party. Wilson III Hot "Water. But Wilson Is In more hot water. He would have given his right arm to have prevented the indorsement of Governor McBride's Railroad Commission plank. He begged and pleaded wlth Governor McBrlde not to force that Issue, and when he failed he sent Charles Sweeny, the multi-millionaire mining king, up against the Governor to add his pleadings; but it was in vain. Wlkon has always tieen friendly to the railroads as such, but has Incurred the enmity of several of the railroad political agents, who will use the railroad resolu tion adopted by the Spokane Republicans as a club to bring Wilson into disfavor with the heads of the railroads. Among ihe railroad men opposed to Wil son are: George H. Stevenson, of Vancou ver, and B. S. Grosscup, division counsel of the Northern Pacific. These men can now take the Spokane resolution in their hands and point out to Mr. Hill, upon whose support Wilson has banked, that tCoacluded on Stcond Page.)