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VOL. XLIL 0. 12,995. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Mechknichl Rubber Goods Steam Hose, Suction. Hose, "Water Hose, Sheet Packing, Piston Packing: GOLD SEAL THE BEST THAT- CAX BE MADE OF RUBBER GOODYEAR RUBBER COMPANY, R. II. Pease, Pres. T. "M. Shepard, 73 AXD 75 FIRST STREET Close Out Balance of We will sell all we have left of this year's PHOTOGRAPHIC ANNUALS, at TWENTY-FIVE CENTS EACH. A rare chance to obtain a wealth of photographic information and pictures at a nominal 'price. Blumauer-Frank Drug Co. Wholesale and Importing DrajtKlat. SHAW'S PURE SHARKS ik: mat , BLUMAUER & HOCH 108 and 1 10 Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon HOTEL PERKINS Fifth and Washington Streets EUROPEAN PLAN Ffrst-CIasB Check Restaurant Connected. With Hotel. i. I. XAVTES, Pres. St. Charles Hote 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 sraduatea and former pupils during the paat 24 rears Indicate the merit of bis methods. Prepares for college In Classical, Scientific and English course. Regular course Is practical training for business life. Manual training JUidV, mechanical drawing. Special courses In modern languages and muule. "New bujjdlng; ro0dern equip ment; private eleeplng-rooms; no open dormitory, recreatwi-roomi; lar arm- A, board: ng and oay tdiool for boy of all agea;. younger boys separate. Fall term opens September 17. For catalogue, etc;, apply, to ' DR. J. W. HILL, Principal. MARSHALL, AND TWENTY-TOURTB: STREETS. PORTLAND, OR. "V? War, IT A ''ffl - Washington & Oregon Electric Railway Light & Power Co. Tfow under construction. A population of 40,000 distributed over the wealthiest farming country of the world la tributary to this road. First Issue of 1000 chares, par valu (100 each, now Belling at (90 per share. An Investment, JTot a Speculation. Low capitalization; $1,500,000; 15,000 share. rXt $100 each. Shares fully paid and nonassessable.. MILTON JSV- ifaifofl Helix Athena kfams PENDLETOtf Our Orchestrelles H o T E L S ARB TO BE KOUXD IX THE PORTLAND. . Portland THE RAX1ER-GRAXD Seattle THE TACOMA Taconia THE BREAKERS Long Beach. THE KXOEBER Green River Hot Spring Any leading hotel desiring: Information, send for literature to THE AEOLIAN COMPANY 31. B. WclU, Sole yortlrrrcBt Agent 353-355 Washington St., cor. Park: CAN SEE THE ABBEY. Visitors to Be Admitted After the Coronation Ceremonies. LONDON. Aug. 4. Visitors to London who will not be able to see the interior" of Westminster Abbey before the corona tion may do so after that event, it hav ing been officially announced that the edi fice will be open from August 12 to Au gust 2C. The colonial and. the native In dian troops will be admitted free on Au gust 12. On other days the entrance fees will run fom Gd to lOd. Invitations to the coronation ceremony have been tele graphed, by the King's command, to the Mayors of all cities of more" than 20, 000 Inhabitants. Rehearsals of the cor onation ceremony are held with the ex ception of the musical programme, which has been made a special order for Fri day. A structure is being erected between the Abbey and the Parliament buildings through Svhlch members of the House of ouse of I )ns wllJj Lords and of the House of Commons have private, access to the Abbe; RUBBER BELTING Jr., Treas. J. A Shepard, Sec. PORTLAND, OREGON Stock America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today MALT PORTLAND, OREGON Roctno-Blnglo . . . . . Roonu-DoubU ..... Room Faally .... ........TBo to fl.60 per day $1.00 to S2.O0 per dy tl.60 to 3. 00 per Ar C T. BELCHER, gee and Treasv American Plan ........... ...fLS, JJ1.30, $1.75 European Plan ...............SOc, 75c, L00 . - Huntsvtlle Wiley Grove Wxe. Wiy Creek (D Unincorporated fcollege Pface- tire stock In the Eastern Pi Afci? Mountain V&Ucr However, by way of cour- ite? a bloclc of 1000 shares eubscriotlon for the period of 30 cays from juiy iu, lyjz. Appucauons coming in iausr than Aug. 10, 1002, will sot be considered. Apply to L. Y. KEADY & CO., Failing BIdgr., Portland, Or. Or to Main Office, Dooly Bulldinsr, Walls. 'Walla, "Wash. H O T E L S LONG TRIP IN A ROWBOAT Tiro 3Ien to Go From Cincinnati to Rio dc Janeiro, Brazil. MADISON, Ind.. Aug. 4. Nelson Morris. B. A.. Ph. D., graduate of Berlin Uni versity, and Chevalier Tancrc-d vella, son of the Roumanian Consul at Malta, have arrived here from Cincinnati in a row boat 18 feet long, on their way to Rio de Janeiro. South America. They . represent the London and Berlin Geographical So cieties, and say they will make the trip down the Ohio and Mississippi over the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, roughing it the best they can all the way to Rio de Janeiro. Tangled FIshllne Gauses Drowning. TOPEKA. Kan.. Au. 4. Rale Paslie. ased 20 years, employed in the Santa -Fe offices, was found in the Kansas River to day. dead, with a fishllne wrapped around hie les:. He went in swlmmlnc: late Suri' day and was caught in the line. TO LOWER RATI Railroads Make Con cessions on Grain. A JOINT MEETING IS HELD Three Railway Presidents Confer With Farmers. KILL, M ELLEN AND MOHLER Amount of, the Redaction In the. - Charge to Tidewater Points "Will Be Made Known at Colfax Today. SPOKAN'E. Auff. 4. Grain rates will be reduced from all points In Eastern Washington, and the reduction will take place in time to benefit the farm ers on this ear's crop. The amount of reduction Is yet to be determined, but conjecture ranees from 1 to 2 cents per buehcl. The Great Northern and the Central Washington branch of the Northern Pacific will be connected by a cross road, to run from the terminus of the Central Washington, in the Grand Cou lee, to Adrian, on the Great Northern. It will be 18 miles In length, -will cost about $350,000, and will be built as soon as the surveys can be completed. contracts1 let, and the work done under pressure. It may be completed before January 1. As a result of thla arrangement, the Northern Pacific will ceaEe hauling grain eastward to Spokane and thence westward to the coast, and will move Its share of the tonnage to the termi nus of the Central Washington branch. There It will be taken by the Great Northern and carried to Seattle, Instead off to Tacoina, aa heretofore. DAVENPORT, Wash., Aug. 1 (Staff Correspondence.) The greatest aggrega tion of railroad talent that ever came in- Davenport '-at 9kGcIockthTB mrirnlntr on a special ot six cars, and before the magnates took the back track to Spo kane in the afternoon they substantially agreed to make a lower rate on rgraln to tide-water points. It was a great day for Davenport and the Big Bend, but the effect of the as surances made by the railroad presidents will reach beyond the confines of Big Bend and beyond the Snake River for, in the language of President Mellen, "the transportation interests of the entire Northwest are so closely Interwoven that. like a card-house, when rates tumble in one part of the country, they must como down all along the line." As a reason lor making -the reduction, Mr. Mellen announced that his company would at once extend tho Washington Central from its present terminus, at Coulee City, to Adrian, on the Great Iforthern, thus saving a haul of 150 miles. This announcement created wild enthus iasm among the large audience of farm ers which had previously listened to a very Interesting speech by President James J. Hill, in which the reduction had been hinted at only in the faintest pos sible manner. The Big Bend is exclusively Hill and Mellen territory, and for that reason. President Mohler, of the O. R. & N., RAILWAY k: ;- .... - .... ::,;.. ,v,- -- PfaotoMJr McAlpln when called on, very aptly announced that he was a railroad man without a raUroad, so far as this section was con cerned. The meeting was very enthus .iaotic, and the speeches of Ithe three rail road presidents were gems of the first water. The amount of reduction and the time of Its taking effect will -not be decided until after the meeting, at Colfax to morrow. At tho conclusion of the mass-meeting 'this morning, a conference was held be tween a committee of farmers and the railroad men. At this conference, both sides submitted arguments in support. of their respective claims regarding the amount of the reduction, and the matter is under advisement until the rest of the territory affected shall be heard from. The special train which came in this morning after resting all night on a siding "20 miles west of Spokane, brought a, 'party which would have attracted at tention anywhere. President Hill, of the Great Northern, was accompanied by hl3 son. L. W. Hill. John F. Stevens, gen eral manager, and ,F. S. Forest, superln-i tendent of the Spokane Falls & Northern, With President Mellen were General Slanager Thomas Cooper,.- Second Vice President J. M. Hannaford, and Chief Engineer W. L. Darling. With Presi dent Mohler, of the O." R. & N., were R. B. Miller, general, freight agent; J. P. O'Brien, superintendent, and W. W. Cot ton, general attorney, while B. Camp bell, assistant traffic director of the Har rlman lines, came from Chicago to assist in taking care of the Harrlman Interests. The Snave Mr HI1U Shortly after the arrival of the special, a train from Spokane brought a delega tion of business men from, that city, and ; at 10 o'clock the meeting was called to order by Chairman James Odgers. In a j neat speech, the chairman Introduced James J. Hill, and that eminent "farmer proceeded to talk his way into tho hearts of his large audience with an -ease and grace that would have turned a political spellbinder green with envy. He talked of steers and hogs, silos, diversified farm ing, etc., so entertainingly and intelli gently that at times his audience was in doubt as to whether he shone brightest as a farmer, railroader or orator. Mr. Hill stated that when he first saw the Big Bend country, as well as other por tions of Eastern Washington, he regard ed It very lightly as qn asset for a rail road company, and "at . that time never expected to live to see It produce one-half of tho wheat It was" now turning off. He paid a high tribute to the farmers, and said that they had at all times been the one saving element of our civiliza tion. He regarded the farmers and the railroads as partners In a business where it was Impossible for one to prosper "with out the -other. He made a droll allusion to the apparent dissatisfaction which was being mildly expressed by the farm ing partner over tho manner In which the railroads were conducted, and to get to raise hogs and cattle, and find some thing to occupy their minds when they were not raising wheat. Mr. Hill stated as an Incontrovertible fact that the rate on wheat from Wash ington points to tide-water was lower than the rate from Iowa to Chicago for the distances, while Iowa produced 10 times as much for traffic for the rail roads as was produced In Washington. The profit on wheat-hauling in this state, according to Mr. Hill, is but 30 'cents per ton per 100 miles, and he followed this with the declaration that If the railroads would haul the wheat for nothing, tho farmer would get no more than he is receiving at the present time, as tho buyer bought the wheat at Interior points and paid the freight. In proof- of this, he said that If he made a free' rate on lumber from Puget Sound to Davenport the Puget Sound mills would not receive any more for the lumber than they get now, as the farmer who bought It would take It away from the mills and load It on the cars himself. As a remedy for unsatisfactory prices for wheat, Mr. Hill spoke upon the hobby which has made him famous, and urged the farmers to seek new markets and (Concluded on Second Page.) PRESIDENTS WHO CONFERRED TROOPS ARE ACTIVE Vigilance Deemed Necessary .to Prevent Disorder. . UPPER HAND AT SHENANDOAH Xo Movement Toward Operntlon of the Collieries Miners Ask for Aid Tinplntc Workers Decline to Accept a Redaction. SHENANDOAH. Pa.. Aug. 4. "While the 'situation In this region Is calm, the troops encamped here showed more activity to day than they have on any day since they were ordered to Shenandoah. The greater part of the vigilance was due to the fact that the funeral of Joseph Bcddall. who died us a result of injuries received' in Wednesday's riot, cook place today. Bed dall was a brother of Deputy Sheriff Bcd dall. who was one of the principal figures in the fight. -and a nephew of Sheriff Bcd dall. These men attended the funeral, and in consequence there were many ru mors floating that they would be at tacked. These storks reached brigade headquarters, and General Gobln decided lo take every precaution possible to pre vent any" untoward Incidents while the fu neral was being held without too great a display of military force. A platoon of the Governor's troops was stationed in one of the town's principal streets near headquarters, and one bat talion of Infantry of the Twelfth Regiment was held in readiness in camp to march on short notice. The funeral services, were held at Ayilllam Penn, a mile from here. The body was escorted by th Shenanaoah lodge of the Masonic order to Shenandoah and through the principal streets to the cemetery, which Is situated on a mountain north of the city. A crowd lined the streets, the majority of the peo ple being striking mlneworkers. Nothing occurred to disturb the funeral, and after It was over the platoon of cavalry was withdrawn from the town. Company H, of the Twelfth Regiment, was placrd on duty at -the Indian Ridge Colliery of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company, near the foreign headquarters. This was done, so that the town Constable could be assisted In case he was attacked while making arrests of persons who were In last week's riot. Tho services, of the soldiers, however, were not needed. ; Rumors of resumption of work In this territory are stiil In circulation, but there Is nothing to Indicate that these reports have any foundation whatever. There are in the Shenandoah district nine collieries operated by the Philadelphia & Reading, Company, which formerly employed 12,000 men, and six collieries owned by the Le high Valley Coal & Iron Company, which employed 3000 mlneworkers. Besides'; ther . The mine Itiapiolocgtt'lhla 'district safo to place a mine in operation it is Compelled, by law to notify the mine inspector of the district in which it is located, so that he can make an inspection to see whether it is safe to permit men to enter it. Up. to this time, he said, he had not received the slightest intimation that the companies are about to resume work. The Eighth Regiment had another call to arms last night. The pickets in the vicinity of the stable saw a .man stealthily approaching the horses, and he was com manded to stop. He probably did not see the sentry, because the Instant he heard the soldier's command the prowler turned and fled down the side of the hill. Three bullets were sent after him. but he es caped. The sentry on the next post also saw a .man running In the darkness, and he, too, fired at the fleeing figuvev The sound of the shooting aroused tho'guard and the bugle call to arms was Imme diately sounded. The whole regiment was quickly In line, and Company H was sent out to Investigate, but the mysterious per son had disappeared. After that the men were not again dis turbed. Colonel Hoffman Is, of the opinion that the intruders were about to make an attack on the horses by hamstringing them or otherwise injuring them so as to make the animals useless. The camp today was quiet. Both regi ments were, put through drill and other camp routine. The commands have been indulging In some test maneuvers. The WITH FARMERS AT DAVENPORT, WASH. Eighth Reginient on a test call to arms had one company on - the double-quick march in two and the whole command In three minutes.. The arrests of the men who took part in the' riots of last week were made to day. Everything was quiet in this region today. Orders have been Issued for the First Battalion of the Twelfth Regiment, com manded by Major TJpdegraff, to hold itself in readiness for instant marching. .Com pany H, of the same regiment, did duty today at the Indian Ridge colliery 'of the Philadelphia & Reading Iron Company, close to the camp. WON'T ACCEPT REDUCTION". Tlnplcte Workers Stand hy Wales Brethren. PITTSBURG. Aug. . The proposition made by the American Tinplate Company, to Its employes that they accept a reduc tion In wages of 25 per cent has been re jected. The vote, which has been In progress for several weeks', was tabulated today. The proposition was thoroughly understood by the workers, it having been explained that in order to secure for eign trade and a big contract with the Standard Oil Company, amounting to about 1,300,000 boxes, the general wage re .ductloh would not be more than per cent, and that the production would be In creased fully 16 per cent, which would increase the earnings of the workers about 12Hs per cent. It Is expected that while the majority of the men would work at a slight reduction in order to secure more employment, most of them are friendly to their fellow workmen across the ocean. If the proposition had been accepted the tinplate workers in Wales would be deprived Of employment. Thla fact influenced many to vote against ac cepting the offer. The American Tinplate Company will now be unable to secure this Increased business, and as stocks are large, it will close a number of its plants. The larg est In the world, the Shenandoah works at Newcastle, Pa., have been shut down indefinitely, and several In Indiana have closed. The two works at New Kensing ton also arc Idle. AH the nonunion plants of the company are In full operation. ainrconl Telesrrnph on Warships. ROME. Aug. 4. The government has or dered that the Marconi wireless telecraph apparatus be established on all Italian warships. CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Foreign. Revolutionists are raid to have been defeated In Panama. Pace 2. Remount scandals are raked up asaln In Brit ish Commons. Page 3. Emperor William Is out of sympathy with King Emmanuel's suggestion to reduce arm aments. Pace 2. Domestic. Troops were active at Shenandoah and pre vented disorder. Page 1. Cuban Conjrress authorized borrowing 533,000, 000 in the United" States. Pase 10. Livestock president says packers have gone far enough towards combination. Page 2. Slsteen convicts escaped from the Tennesaeo Penitentiary. Page 3. racLflc Const. Railway Presidents Hill, ifellen and. Mohler upr5uhe CouffOrf gonldsnnentBuncr' old wndTiJons extends 'as' lease afien it 'has expired. Page 4. Two lakes which are covered with lee all year discovered in Baker County. Eage 4. Row between architect and contractor may tie- up work on "Washington State CapltoU Page 4. Outlaw Tracy spent day la hiding near Har rington, Wash. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Stocks become more than flat as result- of ap prehension as to future of the money mar ket. Page 13. Shorts secure more Injunctions In effort to eat July corner on oats. Page 13. Wheat Jumps up on report of deal In Septem ber, then declines. Page 13. Sport. Dwyers Francesco won the $10,000 Saratoga handicap. Page S. Grand circuit at Brighton Beach offers the largest prize list ever given in one week, ?CC,500. Page 5. Portland anil Vicinity. President Gompers addresses big labor rally. Page 1. William Locklngton. stevedore, attempts to kill his wife and commit suicide. Page 14. Police will probably order suppression of fan tan games. Page 7. Bill-board owners will have to pay hlgher license. I'age xi. Eastern packing concern wants to establish meat plant In Portland. Page 14. City Councllmen discuss ordinances and fran chises In caucus. Page 10. B G LABOR BALLY President Gompers' Great Reception. SPEAKS ON UNION ISSUES Demands Full Fruition .of Workmen's Toil. AGAINST ARBITRATION BY FORCE Ilend of American Federation and Labor Lenders Deliver, nt Maa ileetlnsr. Stirring Addresses on Union Principles. "We want more, we demand more, and when we set that more, we shall Insist upon again- more and more and even more, until we get the full frui tion of our labor." "One-of the most foolish, 1 may say dangerous, proposals for obviating la bor troubles la the proposal for com pulaory arbitration. Working people will never surrender their rleht of de termining for themselves whether they will serve a particular employer or not." These were the striking exprefsions of Samuel Gomners. nresident of th Amerl- (can Federation of Labor. He delivered tnem with telling effect, and they won the applause of 1200 people assembled last night in Cordray's Theater. It was a great .mass meeting of work ing people, men and women, where union principles, rights, privileges", and ambi tions ehone forth In a splendor never before seen In Portland. IVery person who heard the arguments wrought out upon the stage before him. felt the far reaching Impetus of an organization which is directing the destines of the country, labor and capital alike. Union ism showed itself to be a world-wide force to which doctors, lawyers, preach er?, merchants, capitalists, laborers, all and, every body frefa EubJectdtj-!'The lKht bx, latior tojjomb'ln'ai, fDrrtfie conifSercfal PBSJJS ClM1)1?. sendees:, at their uisatst vuiue tus luduc iu appear uie same Identical right which .prevails Jh'the ethics of the entire business world. The RIsht to Combine'. "What Is your city but a union of men and women surrendering a portion of their rights and privileges In order that the great good of all may be conserved?" declared Mr. Gompers. "What is your state but a greater union? and what la the United States but a vast union?" - G. Y. Harry, president of the Oregon State Federation of Labor, presided. On his right hand was ilr. Gompers, and on his left Max Morris, fourth vice-president of the American Federation of Labor and secretary-treasurer of the Retail Clerks" International Union, and W D. Mahon, International president of the Amalgamated Areociation of Street-car Employes of America. The last two men made winning speeches, especially Mr. Mahon. who swayed the audience hardly less than did Mr. Gompers. Others prominent In local labor circles were: Charles Mlckley. president of the Portland Federated Trades Council; A. W. Jones, president of the Cigarmakers Union: N. T. Jorgensen. treasurer Feder ated Trades. L. D. Reed, president Build ing Trades Council: J. H. Howard, district organizer American Federation of Labor and secretary Federal Labor Union, No. jT68, Oregon City: J. N. Raulton, president Tailors' Union: G. Hoffman, sergeant-at-arms Federated Trades: Louis Wise,, finan cial secretary Retail Clerks: L. M. Dobyns. recording secretary Painters Union: W. XofTke, treasurer Painters" Union; H". S. Adams. second vice-president Retail Clerks Union; Fred Hemer, of the Brew ers' Union, and others. There were also present H. A. Duke, organizer of the American Federatidn. and J. E. Wilson, financial secretary Amalgamated Associa tion of Street Hallway Employes of America. Gompers Orntorlcnl Poivers. Mr. Gompers may be characterized as a speaker of strong oratorical powers. Ho has a gift of terse, pithy, epigrammatic expression when drawing conclusions from hi3 Incidents, and pictures of common workday life. His intonation and gesture come In a manner which reflects long training as a speaker. His shifts, his transitions come with enlivening effect upon hi3 hearers. He is not a big man; in fact, he might be classed as a little giant. But he has a large, full-rounding head set upon a strong jaw, bright eyes, set under a beetling brow, that flash In his climaxes, a firm mouth, and withal a. -benevolent Intellectual expression of face, through which shines the light of a sym pathetic nature and a thoughtful mind. Mr. Gompers applied himself first at meeting the charges of evil that are brousht against labor unionism. These he refuted to the entire satisfaction 6f his hearers. Then he spoke in general of the widespread -tendency In all lines of effort toward organization. He declared that labor organizations would keep on demanding more and more until they ac quired the full fruition" of their labor. Rlprht to Products of Labor. "I know of no class of people entitled to more of the. products of labor than those people who produce the wealth of the world," he asserted. He laid down the principle that workingmen have the same right to set a price upon their labor and demand It as has the person who ha3 anything to sell. "Organized labor does not stand for strikes," he declared. He delivered him self in strong terms against compulsory arbitration, "for." said he. "as soon as Government steps In and says yqu shall arbitrate,' and directs for whom you shall work, then confiscation of property has fct in; then slavery has been re-eatab-llshed." j Speech of Max Morris. The first speaker Introduced was Max Morris. He spoke for the union of retail clerk3. "We have concluded that, in or- tConcluded on Page (11.) j t. . .i . .