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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1902)
IS THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, 'OCTOBER 18, 1902. HEAD PRINTER HERE President of Typographical Union in Town. MAKING A TOUR OF THE COAST Jolly Man. "Who Leads One of the Strongest Unions in the "Nation Fighting; Los Angeles Paper to a Finish lor Unionism. James M. Lynch, president of the Inter national Typographical Union, arrived in Portland yesterday from San Francisco, and -will remain In the hands of Multno mah Union, No. 5S, till Sunday evening, -when he -will go to Seattle. Mr. Lynch Is on his official trip, and reports that everything on the Pacific Coast is pro gressing satisfactorily to the unions ex cept the matter of the disagreement with the Los Angeles Times. The owners of the paper will not recognize organized labor, and the Typo people are making things hot for them. Mr. Lynch's home Is in Syracuse, N. i., tut the headquarters of the union are at Indianapolis, and for the time being the president has to live In the Indiana city. He Is a large man, stout, and has a merry twinkle about his eye. He dresses sim ply, with an Elk's, tooth charm in his -watch chain, and a little round Typo em - blem in his Japel. He has a jolly man ner of talking, that does not seem in ac cord with the fact that he is at the head of a labor organization numbering over -40,000 men and GOO branches. He was taken out yesterday afternoon to see the city by some of he members of the re ception committee, and In the evening he strolled around the streets with some of the local printers, and finally wound up at the theater. The local union has appointed a com mittee to care for Mr. Lynch while In the city, consisting of the following members: J. J. Price, T. L. Johnson. W. H. Barry, Wilkie C. Dunlway, J. TV. Green, E. Kleist, A- A. Bailey, Hugh Glenn, L. De Yarmond, Artie Lawton, TV. J. Cuddy, Marcus Holllns arid H. T. Winters. This committee will entertain the president during the short time that he remains in Portland, and will give a smoker in his honor Sunday evening at the Foresters' TTall. Sixth and Washington streets. When seen last evening at the Imperial Hotel, Mr. Lynch said to an Oregonlan reporter: "Well, I have been on my trip about five weeks. I have passed through Salt Lake City, Denver, Colorado Springs, Og . den, and in fact all the towns and cities on the Southern Pacific and Central Pa cific I find that the Typographical Unions on the Pacific Coast are remarkably strong, and am very much pleased to have them in that condition. The matter at Los Angeles will come out all right in the end for us, for we will fight to the last stand. The proprietors ought to know that they can't get along without trades unions, and they should give in now. We have lots of money back of us, and it has even been suggested that the money for the coal miners be divided, and some of it sent to aid the California boys. We have cut In on the circulation of the Times, and are at work on the advertis ing. Ob, they will have to give in, all Tight, In the end. "Well, I think that the best people, the finest country and the greatest climate In the United States Is In the Western part. Why, look at this bunch of roses. In the middle of October, too! You wouldn't see that very often any where . else. "I will go east via the Puget Sound cit ies and Spokane. I hae been gone some time, and I think I'm getting thin." Here the speaker swelled up his chest and patted himself, as he stood, over six feet tall, and about six around. "What are you laughing at? Don't you think I'm getting thin? "I have had a fine trip, and will always think of it. ..The Los Angeles incident mars it a little, but on the whole it Is a trip well worth the while," tercllff, England, a 'watchmaker named Huntsman. He became dissatisfied with the -watch springs in use, and set himself to the task of making them homogeneous. He succeeded, his steel became famous, and about 1770 a large manufactory of this, peculiar steel was established at Atter- cllff. The process was wrapped In mys tery, faithful men were hired, high wages paid and stringent oaths administered. One midwinter night, as the tall chimneys of the Attercliff steel works belched forth their smoke, a. traveler knocked at the gate. It was bitterly cold, and the stran ger awakened no suspicion. Moved by motives of humanity the foreman let him in. Feigning to be worn out with cold, the fellow snk upon the floor, and soon appeared to be asleep. That, however, was far from his intention. He saw workmen cut bars of steel Into bits, place them In crucibles and thrust the crucibles into the furnaces. The fire was urged to extreme heat until the steel was melted, and then drawn out and poured in liquid forms Into molda Mr. Huntsman's factory had nothing more to disclose; the secret fit making cast steel had been stolen. THREE YOUNG RUNAWAYS They Tell Judge Stories of Ill-Usage as Excuse. A sad, but rather amusing, scene was presented at the Police -Court yesterday, when three little boys, all .under the ago of 16, were taken before Municipal Judge Hogue, charged with . vagrancy. They DUTGROfoS ITS QUARTERS PORTLAND POSTOFFICE SEEDS 1 " MORE ROOM XOW. Delay in Erecting Addition Makes Renting of Rooms JTecessary Figures on Business. Every month that passes increases the urgent necessity of extended accommoda tions for the rapidly increasing busi ness of the Portland Postoffice, and still Postmaster Croasman is unable to obtain any Information as to when the proposed addition to the office is to be started. As the lack of room grows more and more a hindrance to the transaction of business, he becomes more and more wearied of the situation. Some months ago he induced Senator Mitchell to join with him in a letter to the Supervising Arcltect at Washington, urging that every possible means be taken to hurry up matters connected with the addition to the Postoffice. In August last, when Senator Mitchell" was in the Hawaiian Islands, he received a note from the Supervising Architect acknowl edging the. receipt of the communication mentioned, and stating that It would re ceive Immediate attention, and a full re- ja'mes m. lynch. to mine Coal and iron. Columbus County Man Says He Has Mountains of Coal. In Columbia County, H D. Staley, of this city, tells the Manufacturers' As sociation that he has one mountain of iron ore ana another of coal. He says he has good chances of enlisting the Inter est of Eastern capital. He has asked the association for infortriation about the possibility of producing" iron and coal on this coast and of marketing them. Sec retary Mclsaac has responded as fol lows: "You will find no difficulty in -disposing of an unlimited supply of coal and iron, price and quality considered. The cost of producing iron now Is a difficult question to answer, as. no iron Is at present produced here. Several years ago the Os wego Iron Works made iron with char coal on a 30 -per cent iron basis and It cost at that time -ibout $19 per ton, but varied with existing conditions. "The cost of producing coal at the ; Washington mines' Is about $1 25, from, the "best Information n can secure. The sell Ing price of good' steamer coal is $3 50 per ton; tne sewing .price ol iron is 53 to S24 per ton. It costs delivered here $23 50 per long ton. This Is plgiron from the Pacific Iron &,; Steel Company, of Iron dale. Wash., the only producer of iron in the Northwest There is a modern blast lurnace at uswego, ana Deneve tne present ownefs would be willing to make favorable terms to anyone meaning busi ness.' ; Mr. Staler says his ore contains 78 per cent iron and that ms coal is bituminous. Rl WISE ON ZOLA: Addresses Congregation on "Truth's S Own Knight.' t : Dr. Stephen S. Wise, at the Temple Beth Israel, last night, made an address on "Truth's Own Knight, Emlle Zola.' He said -In part: "I speak not of Emlle Zola as the de fender. -oX the Jews, for he was not such. '. speak -of Emlle Zola as the defender of justice 'at a time when the people, of France, or rather the administration headed.by the cowardly Felix Faure, hav ing been saturated with the spirit of antl-SerhltIsm, picked upon Dreyfus as the victim of the conspiracy. In the dark days -when Zola stood In defense of the prlsonqr, he risked his life and reputa tlon. "The mob which cried "A bas Zola!' might -have his head, the gibbet might have his body, but he stood firmly for justice. He had been told that If Drey fus sas acquitted, the Franco-German alliance, the most Important alliance of France, would be broken, and the Ger mans-would again be bombarding Pari 'Better, said Zola, 'that Paris should be destroyed than that Injustice should go unDunlshed. He was warned that St. Bartholomew's eve would be repeated and that the streets of Paris would flow with Jewish blood. 'Better,' cried Zola, "that all France be drenched In Jewish blood, i than that one blot remain upon our nktlonal escutcheon.'1 "Emlle Zola was right's own champion, ho was truth's own knight." HEAD OF THE INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. testified that they were homeless anu two of them had recently come from Baker City on a freight train. The third was a young fellow of determination, and had left the Boys' and Girls' Aid so ciety because he had been compelled to file: potatoes and do other work which he did not thinK was Decoming a coy ui his standing. Sam Chambers and Rich ard Carroll, the boys from Baker, were turned over to Special Officer H. H. Haw ley, of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society, and will be cared for. The third, Walter Vincent, was not accepted, and the om cer recommended that he be sent to the Reform School, as the aid society was unable to handle him. ' The first one on the stand was Cham bers. "My' people are on the road to .Fort land," said he. "They left Baker City about the same time that aiu, ana are coming with a wagon." "How did you get here.'" asuea. xne Judge. , , "Oh, I took the train for It." said he, and he gave a wjse look that made every one smile. "I have some relatives on tne coast at a place called Norton," he con tinued. "Their name Is Lord. I thought that if I could get there I would stay with them. I did not want to stay with my people." when asked how he had been living since he struck out, he re plied: "Oh, I have had money. I had money when I started." 'How much money?.' asKea tne juage. 'Four-bits," he replied proudly. Butahe Judge did not seem convinced that ne had had enough to Keep mm. ie men confessed that he had begged his meals and a kind man had let him sleep in his room. v ' Richard Carroll -was then brought up, and said that he also had relatives on the Coast that he had been looking for, but he could not think of their names just then and did not know exactly where they lived. "You boys have made up your story," said Attorney Fitzgerald, but they pro tested that they were telling the truth. "Where are your people1' asked the' Judge. "In Baker City," said he. "My father is there, but my mother is dead." "Why' did you leave -home?" said the Judge. "My father gets drunk," said he, "and every time that he comes home drunk he makes me take off my clothes and then beats me with a blacksnake that has lit tle pieces of wire in it. I would not stand It any longer, and told him that I was going to leave." "What did he say when you told him.?" he was asked. "He didn't care. I guess he was glad to get rid of me," said the boy as the tears came to his eyes. "I have had a hard time, but I would rather bear any thing than to stay at home." He had to beg his. way. People had often given him money to buy his meals, he said, and when he told the freight conductor his story he put him In a car and brought him to Portland. Officer Hawley then stepped to the stand and said that the aid society would care for these boys, but that It would not do anything In the case of Vincent, and that he had better be sent to the Reform School. "Why did you leave the aid society?" he was asked, as he took the stand. "Because," said he, "they ma.de me do work that they would not do themselves, and I will not be any one's lackey." x "What did they make you do?" asked the Judge. The boy studied for a moment and then said: "They made me dig potatoes, dig in stables and many disagreeable things.". The people all smiled, and some one re marked that the boy ought to be fur nished with more luxuries. "My boys have to do more work than that," said an old man, "and they think they have a pretty good time." The case was continued, but the boy will probably be sent to 'the Reform School. ply would be sent at the earliest possible moment. Senator Mitchell wrote from Honolulu to Postmaster Croasman telling him what had' been promised. That is the last Mr, Croasman has heard in regard to the ad dition to the Portland Postoffice, as he has not been able to eee Senator Mitchell on the subject since his return here, and does not know whether he-has received that reply which was to be sent "at the earliest possible moment" More rooms are absolutely necessary to accommodate the postoffice business and Postmaster Croasman. Is now looking around to find suitable rooms wnich he can rent to be occupied by several de partments. The prospect is that the rental of such rooms will cost the Gov eminent about $1000 per month. The pay ment of this amount for a while may stir up some of the Government officials to obtain Information from the Supervising Architect. In regard to the prospects for the beginning of work. The following statement In regard to the magnitude and growth of the business transacted at the Portland Postoffice which was prepared by Postmaster Croas man for the information of some of the Eastern bankers lately visiting this city, might be of interest to the Supervising Architect and other Government officials who have anything to do with getting work started on the addition: Portland is the forty-second city in size In the Union. The receipts of the office -for the past year place the Portland office In rank the thlrty-sbcth. The Portland office began business In the year 1830. Its first year's receipts amounted to ?S2 02. . The receipts for sale of stamps, postal cards ana envelopes ior me year ending June 30, 1002, were f271,131, an Increase over the pre vious year of 540,000. We dispatch and receive 60,000 letters dally We dispatch and receive 12,000 packages dally V e dispatch and receive 200 pouches dally. TVe dispatch and receive 300 sacks of paper man uauy. We dispatch and receive G2 malls. Our pay-rolls contain 250 names, and $250,000 is paia annuauy ior laDor. Some 800 Postmasters In Oregon and Wash ln'gton remit their postal funds to the Portland office. Two hundred money order offices remit surplus funds here, amounting to $2,341,544 28, The Postmaster receives on an average from 1-1K) to 1500 letters dally. The money order business for one year. 1902, amounts to $5,400,593 53; for 1901, $4,5S7,704 77, snowing an increase or $008,828 7G The receipts and disbursements for the year amount to over $10,000,000 showing an increase over the previous year of more than $1,000,000. The office holds the record for the United States for Issuing 150 money orders to one person for ?100 each, on Germany. The following will show the number of orders Issued at the main offices In the country since the beginning of the new form: Cincinnati, 0 1G0.03T Portland. Or. lCo!820 Minneapolis.' Minn 152.75-1 Seattle, Wash 121,146 Spokane, Wash 118,043 San Francisco 115)343 Tacoma, Wash. 91,478 "Nobody else on earth thinks so much of his mail as the American citizen, and he never gets enough of it. It Is the one way to mingle our thoughts, either of Joy or sorrow, and much depends on the safe transmittal of mes sages, grave or gay, words of consolation, wedding cards, sweethearts' missives, the com ic valentine, Christmas gifts and the grocery bills. We are expected to be as regular as tho sun. as prompt as the first of the month. If you were to strike a light in a postoffice at 2 o'clock In -the morning. It would not be 10 minutes before some one would be hanging around trying to get In. If, for one single day, the mail should stop, there would be about as much astonishment and dismay as If the sun should fall to rise. Store open tonight until 9.30 Usual Concert on 3d floor Meier Frank Compaiw v. MEN'S The famous "Hawes" and "Stetson" brands. New est shapes in Derbys and Fedoras. None better at any price. $3.00 and $4.00 'each. HATS LA GRECqUB" CORSETS Immense shipment of new models re ceived yesterday, every size. A French corset for the American form'. 2d floor Ladies' Neckwear Greatly under-priced for today Two values in the niost attrac tive styles we have. Florodora scarfs Plain and Persian effects Beautiful color ings and designs Regular $2.25 and $2,50 values $1.8? Each Real lace .turn-over collars Assorted patterns Rich styles Regular 50c values 28c Each Silk boa and muff sets in very attractive styles. New, ostrich boas in black, gray and mixed. Secret of Malcins: Cant Steel Stolen. Mining and Engineering Review. The Ijlstory of cast eteel presents a cu rlousl instance of a secret stealthily ob tained under the cloak of an appeal to ohllajithjppy. In 17G0 there lived at At- FORTLAND-CHICAGO. Seventy hours is the time of the "Chicago-Portland Special" from Portland to Chicago. Leaves Portland every day at 9 A. M. Ticket office Third and Wash ington. O. K. & N. Co. MORE POPUJOAR THAN EVER. The Rio Grande personally conducted excursions to the Eat. through Salt Lake City and Denver. -Leave Portland every Tuesday. Call at 121 Third street. SATURDAY'S SPECIALS At the Brownsville "Woolen i Mills Store. Men's suits and overcoats at special sale prices are the attraction at the Woolen Mills. store today; 510 gets the suits they have always ' sold at $15, and $12 50 the $17 0 ones; $15 for a $20 suit. We have SO overcoats left of the $12 50 Oxfords, which were made to sell at $17 SO, and a new lot of the long coats, which we shall ask only $15 for, although they were made to sell as high as $25. Friday we received from the mill a large shipment of blan kets, which we will place on sale today at our Washington-street store.. BROWNSVILLE WOOLEN MILLS, Washington and Second streets. Scrofula and all diseases caused by Im pure blood, yield to the great medicine, Hood'e Sarsaparllla. . jp- r- Men's Furnishing Goods If sqifere dealing is what you are after this is the store for you. More for your money and better goods than can 'be found at any haberdasher's in town? The Saturday bargain budget must interest every man who has a want toupply. Men's stiff bosom percale shirts in good patterns and colorings All sizes, extraordinary value for today at, each Men's high-class neckwear English squares and im perials Handsome Patterns and colorings De sirable Fall styles Great bargain at, each Men's wool underwear in camel's hair and natural grey Winter weight All sizes in shirts and drawers Special bargain today Men's pure linen handkerchiefs 3 or 1-inch hem Special value for today only at two for - Great sale of men's shoes at $3.05 pair for today. 63c 78c 25c BLANKETS Oregon, California and Ohio blankets in'' all grades, from $3.50 to $20.00 pair Pendleton In dian robes Comforters at all prices. 3rd FLOOR LAMPS BASEMENT Our stock of lamps is the largest in town Every style and size from the cheapest night lamp to the most elaborate parlor lamp. Umbrella Sale Today the last day of the great umbrellas' bargain at $1.57. Ladies union taffeta and gloria silk umbrel las in princess, pearl, horn and metal handles Plain and trimmed . Immense variety to select from An unusual bargain at $1.57 See Fifth-street window. In addition to this sale we offer 100 men's gloria silk umbrellas in all the best-style handles, 28 inch L.lose rollers ffp Great bargain, J -9 oniy Gloves 86c Pair j ii i ill i'L ii Glove bargain of commanding im portance for today 400 pairs ladies' two-clasp pique gloves in white and street shades at a price far below reg- 'i. iiei irnlna TrVirstio'o oil o I t o o from Cl uiai v axui x o an oilwo i.i win j to 7 A glove bargain no economical woman can afford to let pass by. See the new chiffon veilings Dotted and figures. HQSIER.Y 35c PAIR Ladies' lace, lisle and fancy-embroidered ankle hose in large variety of patterns All sizes Hermsdorf dye Regular 50c value, per pairw PLAID DRESS GOODS Uc Yd Only 2500 yards of plaid dress goods "suitable for children s school dresses Good patterns and colorings 17c 50c Ribbon Marvelous ribbon value is this great lot we're offering today at 30c yd, and thousands of yards of the finest quality Liberty satin and satin taffeta in 4 and 4 in. widths, and all the leading shades White, cream, maize, cardinal, pink, blue, navy, black, etc. Reg ular 50c value The town has never before met it at 30c yard Toilet Articles Reduced Colgate & Co.'s Rose Toilet Water, special, bottle 49c Ed Pinaud's Brilliantine, a well-known tonic for the hair Violet, helio, lilac, white .' 29c 1 Oc tooth brushes 7c 25c tooth brushes, each 1 3c Richard Hudnut's Toilet Water, bottle 43c Osgood's Violet Toilet Water, bottle 27c hoe Sale t tor street wear $2.95 Last day of the important October shoe sale Rare tiar gains in desirable footwear for men, women and boys Take note of these values J. & X. Cousin's shoes for women; rtioh-oiit stnrm shoes in box calf with heavy extension soles, just the kind of footwear vou'll want for street wear during the next six months, .all sizes, res. $4 value, at 3nn nnirs nf Indies' hifrh-CUt Storm shoes in box calf, enamel and vici kid, heavy soles, all sizes, all the 1 C reeular $3 values, for & 1 7m. this sale, per pair Men's box calf and vici kid shoes, Goodyear welt, latest styles, double soles, leather or drill lined, Union-made, all the best $3.50 shoe during this sale, your UlUltC pti pan ai - - Boys', youths' and little gents' Kangaroo calf lace shoes, all new and reliable makes, all sizes from 10 to 54 Regular $1.75 values $1.52 pair Regular $2.00 values at $1.72 pair Regular $2.25 values at $1.92 pair. $3.05 ictures Specials for today New lot of 20 x20 and 15x20 matted pictures Great variety of sub- in jects yc Framed art nouveau pictures colored 7x9 gilt trim med "The Young Mother," framed in a green and white frame, 'size 7x14 Special bargain, Whist prizes Colored pictures Heart opening, at jj 25 Picture framing to your order Best workmanship Largest line of mouldings and very lowest prices. Statuary and novelty pictures, new lot Second floor. Men' s and Boys' Clothing Saturday offerings in our men's and boys' clothing section on second floor The mecca for those who want to save money Theclothing store that sells good clothes for 25 per cent lower than the exclusive clothier. Men's fine grade tan covert top coats in all sizes The cmc regular $18.00 grade today for yiu.vj Men's all-wool single or double breasted sack suits in ca jc good materials and patterns for. pyAJ Men's covert top coats in best styles at $10.85 CA Men's Cravenette rain or shine coats, special. piu.o Boys' Clothin; Boys' all-wool knee pants Brown, gray and green mix tures Cassimeres, QQp cheviots 4 to 15 yrs y Little boys' Russian and box overcoats 3 to 8 yrs Dark blues and Oxfords ea. $4.00, $5.00 and Young men's fine quality chev iots and tweeds New brown and green mixtures cjj oe sizes 32 to 36 p.OJ A new line of boys' flannel waists and blouses am aa at each, 50c, 75c and sM,uu Meier & Frank Company Meier & Frank Company Meier & Frank Company II Meier & Frank Company WILDCAT AND DOG. Former Alvrays Flglits Bent if In tlie Water. New Orleans Times-Democrat. "Few dogs are capable of coping with a wildcat single-handed,, if the beast hap pens to get to the water," said a man who Is fond 6f" the chase, "and I have seen enough to convince me of the fact on more than one occasion. The wildcat Is a good fighter under any circumstances. He. Is game to the core and as quick as a flash. Coons have a way of wrapping them- selves around .a -dog's head In the fight In an effort to smother the dog, and In not a few Instances I have seen them almost succeed in' doing this very thing. They are -hard to shake off when they get In this position. With .the wildcat it Is different. They 'flgh't at arms' length, as a rule, and when they strike a dog's ear with their claws they cut It like a knife. Once let a wildcat get In the water and the dog which tackles him is In for a good, swift game, and If he, gets off with his life he Is lucky. I remember a rather striking . illustration of the wildcat's method of fighting In the water, and I came very near losing the best dog I had. "The dog was one of the gamest I ever saW. He was desperate and daring. We had gone out on a wildcat chase some miles from Shreveport, and .we finally struck a trail and the fun began. We had run the cat for some time, when he sud denly rushed out Into a lagoon, where he. growled a defiance which simply made the dogs wild. My game dog plunged into the -water after him. It was the fiercest flirhtlner I ever saw. The little lasoon looked like a water-spout; sprays were flying but In all directions, and part of the time we could not see either the dog or the cat. When they would break away we could see the wildcat's method of fight ing. He was trying to drown the dog. He would grab the dog's head and souse It under the water and attempt to hold it there, but the dog would always manage to get above water In some way, and then the battlq would be on for a while again, cat and dog being completely lost in the splashing of the water. We allowed the thing to go. on for some time, in fact, un til I began to get uneasy about my dog, for I knew from the outlook that it was only a question of time before the cat would drown, the dog. I waded Into the pool. This "gave the more cautious dogs courage, and they went to the game fel low's rescue, and In a short time the cat was out of the struggle. But he came very near drowning the best dog I had." Not Held In Fond Memory. Eugene Guard. ' An exchange says the Belgian hare Is no longer thought of. A mistake. A good many people still think of the expensive long-eared animal. They have financial reasons for remembering It.