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10 .THE MORNING OREGON J AN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 19Q2. AFTER THE, HONOR Eastern Oregon Would Like to Name the Senator. NO DEARTH OF ELIGIBLE MEN Ex-State Senator Hilton for Malcolm . A. Moody Will Democrats Go for Geerf Application for !eg iNlativc 3obs. "Quite naturally. Eastern Oregon feels that that section of the state should have a Representative In the United Staes Senate," sr.ys cx.-State- Senator Charles Hilton, of Wasco Count. Mr. Hilton now has his residence In Portland, butall his property and business interests are in Eastern Oregon, and he counts himself a resident of that part of the. state. "A Senator has never been elected from Eastern Oregkon," he continued, "and we feel that Jt would be no more than Just that one ofour citizens should be -sent to the upper house of Congress to act -with a man from the western part of the state in representing Oregon's interests. "While we think we are entitled to this representation, we have little expectation that it will be granted, and I cannot say that any one is working to accomplish that end. We are not demanding anything, but think that possibly if the Legislature has trouble in agreeing upon a man from Western Oregon, 'tfle Republicans may get together on some man who lives east of the mountains. "We have plenty of good men over there out of whom good Senators could be made. Any of the Eastern Oregon men suggested by Senator Daly the other day Tvould be competent to represent the State of Oregon In the United States Senate. He mentioned only .the names of men who have not been talked of In that connec tio. To his list I would add the name of Malcolm Moody, who has been mentioned, and who could well represent not only Eastern -Oregon, but the whole state. He is a broad-gauge man, very energetic, and already well Informed uppn all National and state topics. His experience in the lower house of Congress would make him a particularly strong man in the upper house. I am told that there are few men in the National House of Representatives who have as large a circle of warm friends in official life "as has Mr. Moody. "So far as I have learned the sentiment of the people of the eastern part of the state, I find that there Is unanimity of opinion in favor of a liberal appropriation for the ewls and Clark Fair. I have not heard many express an opinion as to the reasonableness of the amount the Fair Beard has asked for $500,000 but the opinion is general In my section of the slate that the appropriation should be lib eral." Governor Gcer and State Senator Ful ton were in the city yesterday, andwere around the hotel corridors occasionally. But few of the out-of-town members of the Legislature were in Portland, so there was little doing in the way of Senatorial campaigning. Representative N. Wheal don, of Wasco County, was in town for a few hours, but was busy with personal affairs, and did not have much time to talk politics. B. F. Jones,' of Polk and Lincoln, was also in the city for a day's visit, and was greeted with the glad hand of the hope-to-be Senators. The Governor and Mr. Fulton are the best of friends personally, and always have a pleasant chat when they meet, .bilt they don't go very deeply into a discussion of politics. It fe said that when Mr. Fulton goes to Salem he always calls at the executive office to pay his respects to the Governor. "If Geer can get 29 Republican votes for Senator he will be elected," said a prom inent Geer man in the Legislature a few days ago. "Hqw will 29 elect him?" was arfced. "Twenty-nine and 17 make 4S. which is a majority of the 90 members of the two houses." "Well, what has that got to do with It?" "There are 17 Democrats In the Legisla ture. If Geer can get enough Republican votes so that thb vote of the Democrats will elect him, they will go to his sup port. The Democrats feel under some ob ligation to the Governor." A bystander Interrupted: "Perhaps, but I don't believe a word of It The Demo crats will stand by their candidate. C. E S. Wood." "Isn't there some kind of a job around the Legislature that I can get, where the pay will be about $4 a day?" This question was put to a member of the Multnomah delegation yesterday. "Yes., there are some clerkships that pay that much, but I can't say whether you could get one of the places." "A clerkship would not do, as I would have to have a job where I would not have any writing to do." "Well, there are the positions of door keeper and sergeant-at-arms; no writing to do there." "Much work attached to those posi tions?" "No." "Believe I will put in an application for them." "For both of them?" "No; only one." This is a sample of some of the appll. cations the members of the Legislative re ceive. One pf the men who was employed in the last Legislature says he is going to apply for a janitorshlp. as he under stands there are great possibilities in that position. NEW LINE FOR" SANTA- FE "Will Enable It to Cut 12 Honrs Out of Time to California. LOS ANGELES', CaL. Dec. 18. Presi dent E. P. Ripley and his associates have incorporated the Eastern Railway Com pany of New Mexico. The charter is for a period of 50 yenrs. It Is intended to construct the new- line from a point at or near Rio Puerto, on the Santa Fe-Pacific. in Valencia County. New Mexico. The road will run in a southeasterly and east erly direction, through Valencia and Guadeloupe Counties. New Mexico, to a point of connection wjth the Provos Val ley & Northeastern Railway at or - near Texico. near the Eastern New Mexico boundary. The estimated length of the line will be 2(5 miles. Branch lines will be constructed to tap many sections. Headquarters of the new company will be in Los Angeles. Under the charter the new company has seven directors, including President Rip ley. Victor Mcrawetz and Edward J. Ber wind, of the Santa Fe, and Henry L. Waldo. R, E. Twitchell and Charles Spiers, all of Las Vegas. Officers in the corporation include the general officers of the Santa Fe system. It is estimated that the new line will require a year to build and equip. Its completion will gfve to the Santa Fe two separate routes be tween Chicago and Los Angeles, and by shortening the route between Kansas City and Chicago wlll enable the company to operate overland trains to Los Angeles and San Francisco in at least 12 hours less time than any of its competitors. $2,000,000 CONTRACT LET. For Contraction of 30 , Mile In Monntains of Colorado. DENVER, Dec. 18. Important grading contracts on the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railroad were let here today by th Colorado-Utah Conduction-Company to Ortnan Cook; of Pueblo, and George S. Good. & Co., of Lockhaven,' Pa., railway contractors. The contracts are for the grading of 36 miles of the new Moffatt Ralway, )n the front range of mountains between Denver nd the projected tunnel through the crest of the continental divide. The work on this section of the new road, is heavier and more expensive than upon any other portion of the line between Denver and Salt Lake City. The contracts let today call for cash payments amounting to $2,000,000. The contractors, will begin work within 10 days and wilr furnish steady employment for 4000 men for several mdntns. Further contracts will soon be let for additional work. - CALIFORNIA GETS LOW RATES. - Southern Line Take Steps Northern Llne JHad Taken. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 18. New colo nist rvtcs to Southern, Central and North ern California will be in effect from Feb ruary 15 to April SO. The Santa Fe and Southern Pacific have joined i a"request to the Transcontinental Passenger Asso ciation to permit rates to be effective at that time. It is said if permission Is not granted both companies will act regardless of the- wish of competitors In the North west. - (This Is precisely what the Portland lines did acted independently of the Transcontinental Passenger Association, which had refused to assent to the move ment. The result will be no different than as if the association had authorised the rates in the first place, all the lines be driven to make as low rates as Its com petitors, and all transcontinental territory is now affected.) ' Heavier Rail for Santa Fe. TOPEKA, Kan.. Dec. 18. The Santa Fe management has decided to replace all the light rails on the road with 75-pound rails. During the next year the road will lay 335 miles of the new rail between Chicago and Albuquerque. The Pacific Coast lines will receive like treatment It is the in tention of the road to have nothing but 75-pound rails in use, and thus take away much of the danger of wrecks occurring. Immigration Agent Leave St. Paul. MILWAUKEE. Dec. 18. William E. Powell, general immigration agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, has resigned to take effect January 1. Mr. Powell is well known in railway circles, and has been with the Milwaukee Com pany for the past 37 years. GUATEMALA LAID WASTE. Crops Ruined by Eruption and Prices at Prohibitive Fisares. GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, Dec. 1. It Is probably due to some government Instructions that the papers here have not said anything with reference to the erup tion of the Santa Maria volcano, which can be considered, because of it3 magnitude, as a national calamity. The losses suffered by German capital are not less than $6, 500,000, consisting of houses and machinery destroyed, and the destruction of the pres ent coffee crop. If the total destruction of many other properties belonglrig to other foreigners, as well as to natives, is added to this amount, the actual losses ascend to a fantastic sum. The volcano is still in activity and a' new eruption is feared at any time. Suffering Is Indescribable, for, besides the loss of coffee, which Is estimated at about 300,000 quintals, the corn arid wheat fields are ruined. -Owing to the unusually high rate of ex change, business Is entirely paralyzed, for all imported articles have reached such prices that very few persons can afford to buy them, and most of the merchants sell just enough to cover their expenses. The worst part of the present bad condi tion is that no one knows how or when it will change, and It is almost unendurable just now. Articles of first necessity have reached inaccessible prices, and the poor class of people is suffering, therefrom. Xevr Ministers of Ecuador. GUAYAQUIL. Ecuador, Dec 18. Victor M. Bender has been appointed Ecuadorean Minister to France. Colonel Enrique Roca has been appointed Military At tache of the Ecuadorean Legation at Washington. Rebel General at Panama. NEW YORK, Dec 18. General Herrera, accompanied by several members of his staff, has arrived hero on the gunboat Berlaca, says the Herald's correspondent at Panama. Public order has not yet been established. Made President by the Army. PORT-AU-PRINCE. Haytl. Dec 18. General Nord. having been proclaimed President of Haytl by the army, took pos session of the national palace this morn ing. Reducing: Colombian' War Taxes. COLON, Dec 18. The abolition of the passport fee was announced yesterday. Thle is the first step in the reduction of war taxes. NO GREAT EXPECTATIONS Carnegie Does Not Believe In Start ing Life Rich. NEW YORK, Dec. 18. The Evening Post today prints the following: "In our real estate columns yesterday, in our reference to the sale by Mr. Car negie to Mr. Burden of certain lots in the 'Highlands' of Fifth avenue, we spoke of Mr. Carnegie's own house, which is to be a Christmas gift to his little daughter. This item had been printed before, and we took it to be an undisputed fact. "We now learn that it has no foundation whatever, and that nothing could be less In harmony with the ideas of Mr. arid Mrs. Carnegie than that their daughter should now or ever be burdened .with great wealth. Least of all Is she .to be taught while in youth that she has 4great expectations or any expectations at all beyond a moderate competency. Neither of her parents deems great wealth a de sirable possession for the morning of life, or for any part of life, except as it may be employed for the advancement of the human race." To Foreclose on .-vsphalt- Company. TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 18. The Land Title & Trust Company of, Philadelphia, as trustees for holders of gold certifi cates of thfe Asphalt Company of Amer ica, today Instituted suit in the United States Circuit Court against Henry Tat nell and John M. Mack, receivers for the Asphalt Company of America, and the Na tional Asphalt Company. The object of the suit is to have the holders of the gold certificates given preference 6ver the hold ers of preferred and common stock, and also to foreclose a mortgage held by the Land Title Company. The petitioners ask that. securities amounting to nearly $1,000, 000 and "$1,080,040 in cash and demand notes of the subsidiary companies be devoted to the payment of holders of the gold cer tificates of the Asphalt Company of Amer ica. Italian Fencers Woaiided. NICE, Dec. 18. The duels following the bombastic challenge, of the Italian feno lng champions. Vega and Pea?lna, to the French champions, Merignac and Klrchof fer, were fought here today and resulted in both Italians being wounded. Their wounds are not dangerous. ST. LOUIS AXD SOUTHEAST. A Kevr Tourist Service Ins-agnratetS by the O. It. fc X. If you are going to St. Louis. Memphis and other Southeastern points, better call up O. R. & N. ticket office. Third and Washington, and ask about the new tour ist service Inaugurated by the O. R. & N. via Denver and Kansas City. PftR HftTPI ! ftnr.STDC IWUvJ I1U I LL LUUULlto HOBO TAKES' fl20 FROM THREE SLEEPING VICTIMS. Tkeft Is Committed in St. John's .Hotel Other Daring Robberies by Prowlers of tke Night. Some hobo, supposed to have arrived by the brakebeam route from Seattle, scooped up $120 in cold cash as the result of three robberies, hp committed Tuesday night at the St. John'sxHotei, 315 North "Fourteenth street, and at the Phoenix Hotel; 521 Sa vier str,eet- He spurned a gold watch and chain as being beneath hfs notice, al though he could have 'annexed them as easi.y as he aid the mqney. Victor Kllntberg. a driver for the Union T WHAT THE NEW YEAR'S OREGONIAN DOES N FOR OREGON. The following letter received, by The Oregonlan yesterday afford a striking example of the great value of the New Year's Oregonlan, in the attempt made by the publishers of this paper to show the world at large what Oregon has to offer 'to the best Immigration now seeking homes in the West. Since the first pf January last The Oregonlan has received hnudreds of similar letters from all parts of the United States. After the first big demand for copies of the New Year's issue published lai't January had been met. The Oregonlan printed an extra edition, large enough, it was thought at the time, to meet 'every call that might be made during 1902. This edition was entirely exhausted before May 1 last Orders for the New Year's edition of 1902 have con tinued to reach this office during the entire year. It may be said in this connection that a number of the leading peo ple of Portland have already subscribed for thousands of extra copies of the New Year's Oregonlan- tha t will be published on January 1 next. These papers will be distributed to the beet advantage. The people of the state at large could secure a lot of invaluable advertis ing for Oregon's resources by making some concerted effort to secure as'wide a distribution of the forthcoming annual number as possible. The edition of the New Year's Issue on January 1 next -will be the u'6"' cci puuiii'.ieu uy mis paper. Letter referred to above Is published herewith: GALLATIN, Tennessee, December 11, 1S02. Editor of The Oregonlan, Portland, Orcron: Dear Sir: Through the kindness of your Honorable Secretary of State, in August last. I received a copy of your New Year's 'issue. This, I must say, .Is the most Interesting and most valuable paper I have ever rend. I have since that time corresponded with some of your -contributors. They seem to think, your state (Oregon) i3 well advertised. They arc sadly mistaken. Not one mac. In. 50 m the country south of Mason's and Dixon's line, and east of the Mississippi can tell you anything about your state, or its wonderful resources, and especially about your grand climate. , . In know this from mixing with the people. If you could reproduce this paper next New Year's day, and Induce 1000 sub?cribers ;from each county in your state to distribute among their friends In the E'asY this paper, it would help wonderfully in advertising your state, and It would be the means of securing a great many good people that today, know nothing of Oregon. You will spend a great deal of money In exhibiting your re sources at the St. Louis Exposition. The" people, though, who will at tend Ihis exposition will ot be the people that will Immigrate to Ore--gon. The class oi 'people that have money to attend expositions do not want to change their, homes. There is nothing that does so much good in advertising a country as good newspapers. People do not seem to read - railroad or real estate matter seriously. If you could distribute thoroughly through the East ern States such a paper as your last New Year's issue, you would do more good in efforts made to turn immigration toward Oregon and would se cure capital for investment in Oregon than the efforts of -all the railroad companies combined. The railroads could co-operate with you In this work by offering an exceptionally Jow immigration rate. - I could send you 1200 to 1500 good names in as many counties In 12 states. If you so desire, .it would be a wise thing for you to induce each county in Oregon to contribute for the purpose of securing this wide dis tribution of your paper. This is only a suggestion. I write from experi ence, after reading one copy of your paper. I have given this- paper to others here to read.suntil the paper was not readable at all. I wanted to preserve the copy sent me. I have secured promises al ready from .25 people, who will go with me to Oregon lit February next. This Is one direct result of the New Year's Oregonlan's work. The Im migration from the East to Oklahoma, Arkansas and West Tennessee as well asto Texas, Is very heavy at this time. Over i400 Immigrants passed through Memphis on the 2d Inst. Three thousand immigrants passed through St. Louis during the jsame week. On the 5th Inst 1500 immigrants parsed New Orleans. This makes a grand total of 6000 Im migrants seeking homes In one week in the Southwest, who have no knowledge whatever of Oregon. The Union Pacific and Northern Pacific Railroad Companies would act a wise part in subscribing for at least 10,000 copies of your New Year's number each. They certainly would profit by the distribution of these papers. Yours truly, s FEASOR. Laundry Company, lost $56, mostly of his employers' money, and William Broden, employed by the Northern Pacific Lumber Ccmpany, lost $4. Both these men board at the St John's Hotel. A young man, who is unemployed at present, and whose name could not be learned, and living at the Phoenix Hotel, lost $60. Kllntberg and Broden occupy rooms near each other, on the ground floor, and late Tuesday night, when all the roomers were asleep, tired with their day's work, the thief com menced operation at St. John's Hotel. The front door was unlocked, as is un fortunately the custom in a few North Portland boarding-houses, the boarders refusing to carry around cumbersome keys, and Mr. Robber quietly entered the rooms of the sleeping men and stole the money from their trousers pockets. Kllnt berg's watch and chain lay invitingly near on his bureau, but tic robber evidently know better than to take them and run, the risk of dettctfon when he tried to sell or pawn them. The unemployed young man at tne Phoenix Hotel has been sick for some time, and slept with his door un locked. The robber pursued the same tactics as he had used at the other place, and walked off with $60 taken from his sleeping victim. Most of the people living at the3e two hotels are working men, who can ill afford to be- robbed of their 'earnings. Kllnt berg. Who is a laundry driver and col lector, arrived .home Tuesday night tired with his rounds, "and thinking that the collections he had made were safe for the nig'ht in his room, did not trouble to place the money elsewhere. The, next morning he had to make good the loss to his em ployei s. The people who run the St John's Hotel only moved Into the place Monday, and they were busily engaged mqving furni ture when a hobo came In, with his right hand cut and bleeding. He said that he had jumped off a freight train some dis tance from the Union terminal yards, and had fallen Into a rock pile, where his right hand had been cut " "But I escaped the cops," he went on gleefully. "What I'm to do- next I don't know. I'm a stranger here, and have no place to go to get my next meal." He said that he was willing to do any . work In which, lie could earn an honest living, and after eating supper he went to work helping to move the furniture. But after twohours of this sort of pastime he grew tired and suddenly disappeared, without promising to call back, Yesterday morning about 7 o'clock a vthlef tried to force his way Into the New sork loan office, 7 North Third street but seeing that a padlock prevented his entering the front door, he smashed a pane of gass in his anger. Then he seized a handful of hard mud, banged It through the glass window at L Dushong's store, almost next door, quickly stole. .an um brella and. leisurely walked oft, although a person Inside the store saw the whole transaction. It is even said that as he walked off with the umbrella he was heard to remark: "I'm from Oregon." vTuesday a thief stole clothing and a small quantity of Jewelry from Mrs. Lev ins' house. Fourth street near Stark. Some one opened the safe, the combina tion of which was not locked, at T. J. Rowe's store, 112 Grand avenue, Wednes day night and stole $65 In money. Rob bers broke into B. B. Rich's cigar store. Fifth and Morrison streets, Wednesday I nISbt but.werc evidently scared awayf as nothing of value has been missed. The prize collection ol money In a glass jar, which they were evidently after, had been moved away in time to a place of safety. COLLECTS OSAKA EXHIBIT Commissioner H. E. Dosch Gets Dis plays Ready for Shipment. Colonel Dosch will begin collection of Osaka exhibits next Monday. He asks that they be sent to upper Alaska dock. "They will sail on the Indrapura, which will leave Portland early in January," said Mr. Dosch yesterday. "The merchants and manufacturers of Portland have contrib uted generously to this cause. Yes, I am very sure that the Oregon display at Osaka will help to build up Portland's Oriental trade. This city will certainly never have opportunity to display Its articles of com merce to better advantage. "I have called upon every manufacturer and merchant whom I thought might wish to exhibit. If l have overlooked any one, I J trust that person will let me know, so that he may not be neglected. I have certainly no desire to slight any person." The following persons and firms will send exhibits: Abbott & Church Co. ' Acme Mills Co. Albers & Schneider Co. American Linseed Co. George Ainslle & Co. F. C, Barnes. F. E. Beach & Co. . c Columbia Pharmacy, O -' Closet & Devers. . f. Columbia River Canneries Co. , . D. 31. Dunne & Co. -4.'..', W. P. Fuljer & Cd Great Western Yeast Co. . ,"'s W. B. Glafke & Co. . .' y'.b Gambrinus Brewlnsr Co. " "' " Hand Manufacturing Co. N, .-' , Harris Ice Machine Co. P. Johnson & Co. Knight Packing CoT . Luckel, King & Cake Soap Co. Kelly, Clarke & Co. ( Loewenberg & Going Co. La Camas Paper Co. Montag Foundry Co., . Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co. i Multnomah Trunk Co. . II. Metzger. '.,-. Mason, Ehrman & Co. ' Nlcolai Eros. . Northrop & Sturgis Co.' -Northwest Door Co. O'Neil & Callaghan. Oregon Packing Co. Oswego Iron Works. . Oregon City Woolen Mills. v ' ' ' Portland Woolen Mills. . Portland Soap & Clwsmlcal Co. V . Faclnc Metal Works. . i- . Portland Canning Co. Pacific Coast Biscuit Co. T Portland Spice and Coffee. MM. . J. ' Portland Cordage Co. " '. Portland Flourlns M11U. ' - Gilbert J. Mann Seod Co. " -r t Blumauer & Hoch. - Standard Box Factory. ' " (. . Star Brewery Co. Union Meat Co. , , - H. Welnhard. ':'' Wadhama & Kerr Bros. Woodard. Clarke & Co. Willamette Iron Works. :.'J . '.' Western Lumber Co.- - ' " " Pacific Coast Condsented Milk po. ' Colombo ItaUan Paste Co. -.. F. A. Schublngcr. 7 . . Fl3her. Thorsen & Co. " '" Anchor Fence Co. ' Oriental-American Co. ' Portland Pulley Co. Willamette Valley Prune Co. Pendleton Woolen Mills. T. S. Towneend & Co. J. M. Russell & Co. Mr. Dosch has directed thp fniintvfnn- it ! ter to each exhibitor: ' Dear Blr: I beg to Inform you that the ex 1 biblt ju are preparing for the exposition at Osaka, Japan, will be received, on the upper ( Alaska Dock, foot of Flandep. street, on Mon- day. December 2. and for several days thre , after. Kindly mark the cases and packages "Henry E. Dosch. Exposition. Omka, Japan." 1 nd mail to me shipping receipts, together with blllof goods, advertising matter, business j card and such otheraformatlon as you desire J for me to possess. If there Is anything In which I can serve you further, please call me up phono. Main 093. Yours very truly. HENRY B. DOSCH. Special Commissioner. Habitual constipation cured and the bowels strengthened by the regular use of I xjime lJiver x-ius m smaa dosea. j Don't forget Uiis, FALLS FOUR FLOOR Elevator Boy Meets Serious Accident in Hotel, HIRSCHEL STUMP WAS VICTIM - ' Leg; and Nose Brolcen and Deep Gash Cut in CnTn-J31eva.tor Jumped Suddenly and the Boy "Was Thrown Dovrn the Shaft. HIrechel Stump, bellboy at the Imperial Hotel; fell down the elevator, shaft vfrom the fourth floor at 9 o'clock last night. His right leg wae broken, his nose brolcen and a deep gash cut in his chin. Whether serious internal Injuries were sustained Is, not yet known. Stump's home is at Monmouth, from which place he came last Tuesday and secured employment at the hotel The accident happened while the ele vater wae going up. The regular elevator boy, Richard Davis, and Hirschel Stump were In the car taking a patron of the hotel to the fourth floor. The story told by Davis in that just as the passenger stepped out, the car shot upwards very rapidly andln an instant Stump was jerked out of the car and hurled down the shaft. The paiisenger heard a noise just as he stepped out, but when he turned around the elevator had reached the roof and there was nothing to indicate 'what hadhappened except 'that the cage In closing the shaft was bent outward just at the top of the door. In a dazed and Incoherent manner the Injured boy said, soon after the accident that he was trying to get out of the car. From all the circumstances It is evident that when the car started Stump was standing in the doorway of. the car. His body struck the grating at the top of the door, bending it outward far enough so that his body waa forced through the nar row space between the floor of the car and the grating around the, shaft, when he fell to the basement below. The Iron bar over the door, a strip of Iron two inches wide and a quarter of an Inch thick, was bent outward, showing that tremendous force had been applied against It. The grating was also bent outward. Stump was either trying to get out of the car, or when the car started he lost his balance and in falling forward was caught by the top of the door. Elevator-boy Davis was so badly fright ened that he did not know, how the acci dent happened. He had turned the power on after letting the passenger off, and the elevator' shot upward at an unusual rate. He explains this by saying .that air fre quently collects In the water cylinder, by which the power io transmitted, and that In such cases the elevator moves with great-rapldity. After the accident occurred Davis did not attempt to stop his car, but let It run to the roof, two floors above, where it was stopped by the automatic shut-off. He left the car and walked down to the ground floor. When the accident happened Night Clerk H. H. Hamilton was on duty and a num ber of men were seated In the corridor. Several men heard the dull thud of the body of Stump striking .the ground In the basement but no one realized what had happened until Engineer Richard Tatum. who was working in the basement, rushed hp the stairs with news of the accident. Hamilton telephoned for Drs. A. C. and J. J. Panton, and then went to Stump's assistance. Stump was lying as he had been found by the engineer, at the bottom of the elevator shaft, a great .gash cut in his chin and his face all covered with blood. He was placed on a mattress and upon the arrival of the doctors a moment later his wounds were hastily dressed and he was taken to St. "Vincent's Hospital. Stump did not entirely lose consciousness, but was badly stunned andvsuffered great pain. Elevator-boy Davis said last evening that the elevator had been giving trouble during the afternoon, and he had reported it but that the difficulty was not reme died. Engineer Tatum, when asked about the matter, said that the elevator was shut down during the afternoon and re packed, so that It was In the best of con dition. After the accident he went up and brought the elevator down, and it was used all the rest of the night without any indi cation that anything was out of order. Manager Kribwlea, who was on duty, part of the evening, says that the boys had been playing, andkthat the accident was probably due to carelessness. When the engineer went up to bring the elevator down, he found the shaft doors open on three floors. Stump Is a boy about 17 years old, and Is the son of Solomon Stump, a well-known Polk County farmer now in Dawson, where the boy'o mother died over a year ago. He had been working three days, and knew but little about an elevator. Davis has had considerable experience in that kind of work. TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD. Admirer of the Dccenned Solomon Hirflch Tclln of His Life. PORTLAND, Dec. IS (To the Editor.)- Wealth Is wide-extended power, Whene'er with genuine worth combined Man leads It forth In Fortune's favdrlng hour, And friendships throng behind. Solomon HIrsch was, as was so elo quently said by Dr. Wise In his funeral oration yesterday, a distinguished citizen of his adopted country. But should the memory of Mr. HIrsch be cherished in fu ture by those who knew him, aside from his immediate family and relations, it will not be because of his labors as. legislator or diplomat. Other men who won for themselves and their country greater po litical renown than that which fell to the. lot of Mr. HIrsch have been quickly for gotten hy the chief beneficiaries of their labors. He will not be rememberer sim ply as a man of wealth. In this age of great Individual fortunes the" memory of a mere money-maker scarcely live3 beyond his funeral day. To walk in well-beaten political paths and-to practice the sordid methods of the successful i. surer success ful in the acquisition of money only will not secure for any man a niche In the temple of fame. Without doubt Solomon HIrsch, as a man of wealth and position, regarded himself as a steward only, and as one who would be called upon for an accounting concerning the wealth com mitted to his keeping. In the manage ment of that wealth lt may be assumed that he has already received the com mendation due the worthy steward from his Lord In the existence beyond the grave. While here upen the earth In Portland, Or., the many hundreds of re spected and "respectable men and women who have wrought with this steward in his factories, developing tho talents commit ted to his care, wnl bear witness to the benevolence of his character, and in their hearts and recollections will ever hold him a great and an honorable man. ' In augurs well for any country that much wealth should be committed Into the care of men like Solomon HIr3ch, who, having the ability, have the disposition to employ that wealth In such way that It not only adds to Itself, but brings also the necessaries and the comforts of life to those in whose midst its accumulations arp made. Such captains of industry are no menace to economic conditions, for the reason that their own success Is dependent upon, the Intelligence and the well-being of the rank and file tq whom employment is given, and without whose co-operation nothing could be accomplished. i It Is not only "behind," but around such men that "friendships throng." William II, Emperor of Germany and 165 Third St.- THE LION STORE - - FOR - - CHRISTMA Buv That Rov A oi tthp jl x or yj V tKLUA I F.ithpr will nloca n'.t-U " "" r,t4os mm wmci win luutic a rar marc sensible present than some nick-nack. We show a splendid selection of Clothing for Boys of All Ages rhT tffitmi i6 to dress the boys here. Couldn't be 'better rwc th a?11- eve" if J0" Pa,fl much more than our prices. Think of these offers before spending your Christmas money Sailor, Norfolk and Three-Piece Suits, nobby CI OC A CC CA styles, splendid finish; from pl.0J 10 30.31; Boys' Well-Made Two-Piece Suits, all wool C? n C7 kA and nobby styles; from 4L.JJ lU Jl .3U Boys' Long-Pants Suits, everyone well tail- GT xA CI? CA ored and stylishly made; from 33 LU 3 l.3U Boys' -Overcoats, long, medium or short; all (TO OC xA (Tift sizes, all colors, newest styles; from ).03 L0 Boys' Reefers, double-breasted, with or with-C OC fft (T1 or out velvet collars; sizes 3 to 14 yrs; from 3 0 J I" P.03 Come and see us. We will save you monev on boys" suits, overcoats, trousers, hats, caps, shirts, ties, sweaters, gloves ' suspenders, neckwear, Ptn. .. 1 . FREE Christmas Gifts for the Boys Prussia, walking with bared and bowed head In the funeral train of his dead sub ject the great gunmaker Krupp, paid In that act the highest tribute in his power to the personal worth and Influence of a man of the common people a plain man, but one who had the brains for the or ganization and development of a business directed by himself and carried on with the aid of 23,000 of, his fellow-laborers called employes a man, too, who had the moral courage t'o decline, and who did decline, to receive from the hands of his Emperor a title of nobility. Political honors and titles of nobility could add nothing to the fame of such men as were Solomon HIrsch and Herman Krupp. Men of their stamp are The dead but sceptered sovereigns who still rule Our frlrlts from their urns. NAPOLEON DAVIS. PERSONAL MENTION. B. F." Brock, a sawmlil man of Eufaula. Is at the Imperial. J. R. Whitney, State Printer-elect, Is reg istered at the Imperial from Albany. C. B. Hopkins, Collector of Customs for the State of Washington, is a guest of the Portland. Nelson Bennett, the well-known con tractor, who built the Cascade tunnel. Is registered at the Portland. M. G. Shipley. New York renresfmtn.- tlve of Ofds, Wortman & King, Is spend-; ing a iew weeKs m .Portland, combining business with pjeafiure. 1 Mason Roberte, son of Jailer Roberts, 491 Everett street, who has been seriously III' during the past few weeks, is now out of danger, and expects to be well enough to see his friends shortlv. Charles J. Schnabel leaves this morn ing for the East to spend Christmas -with his grandmother, who resides at Fort Wayne, Ind., where he attended school. He will be gone about 10 days. SALEM, Or., Dec. 18. (Special.) Leon ard Krebs, an extensive Marion County hopgrower and dealer, left today for the East. 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The Century Co., Union Square, New York 165 Third St. mkm an x s V t r A Pretty Toy will be presented with any pur chase of Boys' Cloth ing, Hats and Furnishings Cltyr and will be gone about Ave months. In the interest of his Arm. Mrs. Krebs will spend the Winter In California. NEW. YORK, Dec. 18. (Special.) North western people were registered at New York hotels today as follows: From Tacoma H. J. McGregor and wife, at the Hoffman. From Spokane C. F., Clough, at the Im perial. From Seattle A. E. Murphy, at the Grand; Miss Thomson, at tho Albemarle; S. T. Harper, r.t the Manhattan. Pleasant Home Notes. Orient Camp, No. 441, Woodmen of the World, has elected the following officers: Council commander, William Hllyard; ad viser lieutenant. Earl Jack; banker, How ard Lake; clerk, C. M. Lake; watchman, Alfred Haworth; sentry, James Jones; manager, J. Caming. Ambrosia Circle, No. 366, Women of Woodcraft elected the following- iifllcors for the next term: Guardian neighbor, Mrs. De Haven; adviser, Emma Manary; magician, Ella Hlllyard; clerk, Minnie E. Roork; attendant Mrs. D. D. Jack; bank er, Howard Lake; Inside sentry Flora Nelabeaur; outside sentry, Willie Roork; manager. Milton Lake; captain of the guards, Tlllle Hlllyard. Fairview has been furnished with a reg ular agent and telegraph operatdr by the O. R. & N. Co. J. Ellison, of Mosler, Or., will fill both positions. An express office will be opened there, and the railroad ap pointments In general will be enlarged to meet the Increased business at that point Telegraph instruments .are beings put In, and the office will soon be ready to do business. Fairview has become one of the largest shipping points for potatoes in the state, and in other lines considerable traf fic is done over the railway. Another "Railroad Raised Wages. CINCINNATI, Dec. 18. An increase In the wages of employes of the Cincinnati Southern Railway, amounting to from 5 to 10 per cent, and taking effect December 1, was announced today. From 1500 to 1S0O employes are affected by the order. January Sugar February OH, etc. r