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PORTLAND, OREGON- P-ootns Single . Room Double , Roorae yaaaUr ri.eo to ie.09 per &y FIRE Fireproof Safe. TODAY. test for 57 years. 76 FIRST ST., Cor. Oak THE ESMOND HOTEL OSCAR AKDEBSM. Hutger. Front and Morrison Streets, PORTLAND - OREQON FREE 'BUS TO AKI FROM ALL TRAINS. Bates European plan. 50c. TSc, $1.00. $L59. J2.O0 per day. Sample rooms In connection. FRIDAY WE RECEIVED A BIG shipment of the finest Eose Bushes ever seen in the city. They are selling very rapidly, but we still have enough left to you that WE are the people that received them. Come early while the assortment is good . . . Catalogue Free. Xo Settlement at Ferule. VICTORIA, B. C, March 30. According to dispatches from Fertile, the trike at the .Crow's Neat Pass mines has not been of the Nanaimo union -received a. dispatch j today, from the Fernle secretary, both j unions being In the Western Federation j of Miners, -which- said: "No settlement in sight. 'Tell men not to move." The lat ter sentence refers to a part- of men who intend to leaves Ladysmlth and Naanlmo for Fernle as soon, as the strike w settled. OTHER S1DET0L How Simon Lost Job for 9 His Friend Steel. ANGRY WITH PRESIDENT Story Goes He Said lie Did Not Want Appointment. UNLESS HE COULD HAVE HIS WAY A erslon of Dresner' Friends In That He Wanted Blbee and Steel Ap pointed Together, Otherwise He Did Not' "Want Anything. TSia other aM of the story about Dresser's appointment to the Oregon City Land Office, which will probably be made today. Is told to The Oregonian In "Washington thus: After the President had agreed to ap point Blbee and Steel Receiver and Register, respectively. Simon asked that the appointments be cent to the Senate together. Mitchell objected, and Roose velt deferred to his wishes. Then Simon became angry, and told the President he did not want the appointment of Steel. If It came in that way; in fact, weald sot talcs It. He sever again mentioned the appointment, though he could have had it for the asking, and when his term expired his right to con trol patronage expired, and the Presi dent considered himself absolved from his written promise. ORbGONTAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash ington. March 30. Although the President has not announced the appointment of A. S. Dresser as Register of the Oregon City Land Office, the comrn lesion has been made out and awaits only his signature, which will probably bo affixed before the PresI dent leaves "WasMsKtoa. on Wednesday. There is another side to the issue of good faith which ex-Senator Simon has raised againet the President in regard to this appointment, as related to. The Oregonian correspondent, it Is as follows: There aro several reasons why the President did not at this late day feel bound by his writteri promise to Senator Simon to appoint George Steel to this office. The principal reason. It develops. Is that Senator Simon last Spring, upon the appointment of Blbee as Receiver of the Oregon City land Office, actually re leased tho President from his written promise. There had been o. long contest over the appointment of a Receiver. The two Senators could not agree, and long after Senator Mitchell recommended Blbee no action was taken, although the Presi dent had determined to appoint him. When Senator Simon learned that Blbee's ap pointment had been promised he saw the President and complained that he was not being duly recognized in the distribution of Oregon patronage. It "was then that the President promised Simon that he could name tho Register at Oregon City and put the promise in writing. Simqn lntl mated his preference for Steel and the President expressed hie willingness to ap point him. Got Mad, Said He Didn't Waat It. Before either appointment -was made, however, Simon asked that the , two names. Blbee and Steel, bo sent to the Senate at one time. To this "Senator Mitchell. It is reported, would not consent. as he had long had the promise of Bibee's appointment before Simon was assured that he could name the other officer. Upon appeal, the President respected Senator 'Mitchell's wishes, for it was on account of protests and complaints from Senator Simon that he had held up Bibee's ap pointment so long. When Simon saw the President was In earnest and would not name both officers at one time, he became angry, and n a flt of temper told the President that to appoint Steel after the appointment of Blbee would be an insult to him and he did not want tho appoint ment If it come to him In that way, In fact, he said he would not take It, As Simon appeared to be much wrought up over the matter, the President thought he might have sold more on the Impulse of the moment than he really intended especially as Simon did not go on record as releasing the President from his prom Is a. So the -written pledge from the Presi dent stood to the end of Simon's term. In all that time, Simon never again men tioned the matter to the President, either in person or by letter. He held aloof. sulked somewhat whenever matters of patronage were mentioned to him and complained that ho was discriminated against. Ceald Have Had It Any Time. If be had, at any time during his Sena torial term after he secured the Presi dent's promise to appoint Steel, pressed the case of his henchman and supporter. Steel would have been named and would have been confirmed. The President was liberal enough to hold the office open for a year, and not until Simon's Senatorial career came to an end was any attempt made by any other member of the dele gation to appoint a successor to Moores. The President very properly holds that a promise such as he made to Simon was binding only during the Senator's term It would bo a dangerous precedent to es tablish to allow Simon as a private cltlsen to name public officials over the recom mendations of the delegation In Congress, especially as the delegation Is a unit In recommending another man. Summed up. Senator Simon had a whole year In which he could, for the asking, have had Steel appointed Register of the Oregon City Land Office, but he was urly and refused to ask for the- appointment. On the contrary. In a fit V of temper he said he did not want to All the place, and. now that he no longer la In a position to make appointments, asks that the unrea sonable bo done. He baa been treated more than leniently by the Administration. HIS EYE OX SEW OFFICE. Fester Wants Canal Comralssloner- salplf Jfot Re-elected, Senator. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. March 30. Senator Poster has no comment to make on a recent special dis patch to The Oregonian from Tacoma an nouncing that two years hence he must retire from the field or fight for suprem acy In Pierce County. It can be said, however, on the best authority, that Sen ator Poster will be a candidate for re election, and will do 'his utmost to secure second term In the Senate. His four years in Washington have been pleas ant, on the average, and he has enjoyed enough of official life to want more. Nevertheless, there have been Indica tions during the Winter that the Senator has some doubt of his ability to secure a re-election. , The most significant of these was his solicitation from a number of Senators of Indorsement for appointment as a member of the Isthmian Canal Com mission. Early In the session Senator Foster, told a number of his colleagues that he would like, for various reasons. to be one of this commission, and It Is understood he secured Indorsements from some, while others declined his request. Had he been confident of re-election. It Is hardly probable he would have volun tarily sought an appointment of this sort at the hands of the Administration. It is equally true that Representative Cushman has his eye on the Senatorship In 1304, although he is not yet ready to openly . declare himself. Senator Foster expects more opposition from John L. Wilson than from any other Washington man. He regards Wilson's recent change of residence from Spokane to Seattle as being made solely with tho Senatorship in view. He knows, moreover, that WI1 son will leave no stone unturned to bring about his defeat , in the hope that he himself may return to the United States Senate. As far as Ed S. Hamilton Is con cerned. Senator Foster's friends assert that he Is now, as heretofore, a stanch supporter of Foster. They do not believe he would enter the race as long as Fos ter Is a candidate. That Foster is maneuvering for An- kenys support Is unquestioned. But, strange to say, since Ankeny arrived in Washington. Instead of enlisting An keny's support, Foster has placed himself In the .position of supporting Ankeny and acknowledging the leadership of the Walla Walla man, a fact which leaves It open with Ankeny to support Foster or keep his hands off. The relations between the two Senators have so far been cord lal, but Ankeny has .been the dominant factor. As . between -Foster pad -Cueh man, Ankeny wnuld prefer Poster. Ho would also prefer him to Wilson, but the intimation has gone- forth that Ankeny mimes a stronger man may be found in Western Washington, to whom he can give his support at the proper time, with better hope of defeating Wilson or some other candidate identified with his wing of the party. MITCHELL ALL RIGHT AGAIX. Will Take Month's Rest aad Then Come Home. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, March 30. Senator Mitchell ex pects to argue the Montgomery dock case before the Supreme Court on April 8. On the following day he will leave for month's rest and recreation and will not return to Washington again until next FalL After his rest he expects to visit his children in New York, St, Paul and Tacoma, reaching Portland just prior to President Roosevelt's arrival. Senator Mitchell Is being congratulated upon his complete recovery. He looks bet ter today than he has at any time since he arrived here last November, and says he feels splendid, although he thinks he. Is entitled to a month's vacation after a hard Winter of close, confining work. "WILL TAKE CHARGE APRIL 1. Bonds of Xctt Dalles Land Officials Are Approved. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. March 30. Secretary Hitchcock to day approved the bond of M. T. Nolan and Anne M. Lang, and wired both par ties to take charge of The Dalles Land Office on April 1 as Register and Re celver, respectively. THE DAY'S DEATH ROLL. General William II. Jackson Dead. NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 30. Gen eral William H. Jackson, a noted Confed erate cavalry leader, and the proprietor of the Bellemeade Farm, died at his home. Bellemeade. near here this afternoon. He was 6S years old. and had been In falling health for more than a year, and danger ously 111 for several weeks past. He was graduated from West Point In 1S56, and went to New Mexico, where he, participated In a number of Indian fights with Kit Carson and other scouts. He resigned his commission, however, at the opening of the Civil War to enlist in the Confederate serviec Since, the war he has devoted himself to agriculture and breed Ing of thoroughbred running horses, some of the most noted performers of the American turf having been reared at Bellemeade. Two children, William H. Jackson. Jr. and Mrs. Sellne Ellison, survive him. General Jackson was a brother of the late Howell E Jackson. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Boacovltz, the Pianist, Dead. DENVER, March 3ft Frederick Bosco vitz. the eminent Hungarian pianist. dead from general debility. He was 67 years of age. Mr. Boscovitx was the last living pupil of Chopin. He was born In Budapest. Hungary,- and had been In America 23 years. Mr. Bosco vitz came to Denver last September, and opened a school here. Illness overtook him, and he was placed.ln St. Joseph's Hospital, where he died! His only living relative In this country was his wife, who resides in Cleveland, O. She has been communicat ed -with. Admiral Cearrejollea Dead. PARIS. March 34-iviceAdmiral Cour rejolles, who commanded the French forces atTaku and Tien Tsin, during the recent China expedition, is dead. ' Captain Rapier I Dead. CHILLICOTHE, O.. March 3. Captain John T. Rapier, aged' , publisher of the Ohio Soldier. ed today. ENDS THE N Seattle Grand Jury at Last Makes Report. OFFICIALS ARE INDICTED Frivolous Grounds for Action v- in Many "Cases. PERSONAL FEELING RULED Lawyer Attempt to Force a Poll of.. Jary, -and Jarors Are Believed When it Is Denied Nothing- Ex pected to Come of It. The Seattle grand Jury reported Its indictments to court yesterday, and will adjourn today, to Seattle's relief. The indictments are those which have been announced as having been voted. The lawyers for the. Indicted men challenged the action of the. Jury, and moved for a poll, but this was denied. It Is the general belief that many .of the Indictments are based on frivolous grounds and will be quashed. SEATTLE, March 30. (Special.) After a dramatic scene in court. In which repre sentative, members of the local bar re sorted to every means in their power to prevent it, the grand jury, this afternoon returned all the Indictments which it has voted during the past two weeks, includ ing those against the Mayor, Chief of Po lice, Justices and other prominent men in the community. In all 19 Indictments were returned, seven of which are against petty offenders. A number of the more prominent ones are also withheld from the minutes of the court, the following list embraces all savo the minor ones referred to: T. J. Humes, malfeasance in .office.' Chief oCPolIce-SullIVah, -malfeasance ".la omce. Police Judge George, failure to perform his sworn duty. Justice T. H. Cann, extortion and per- Jury. - . George U. Piper, perjury. Jacob Furth, obtaining a valuable prop, erty by fraud. S. L. Suffieton, obtaining valuable prop erty by fraud. Walter S. Fulton, failure to perform his sworn duty. Charles F. Whittlesey, larceny by em bezzlement. P. P. Padden, larceny by embezzlement. W. H. Whittlesey, larceny by embezzle ment. Samuel Rosenberg, renting premises for immoral purposes. , The indictments of Mayor Humes, Chief Sullivan. Judge George. Walter S. Ful ton. C. F. and W. H. Whittlesey and P, P. Padden have heretofore been announced following the ballots taken In the jury. room. The indictment of the remainder was voted upon today after a preliminary discussion on Friday in which it was ap parent that as the jury had an oppor tunity formally to ballot It would find true bills. Grounds of Indictment. Judge Cann was indicted for failing sat isfactorily to account to the Jury for the proper notation of $3.60 paid Into his court by Fred Gardner, clerk In the United States Attorney's office, in connection with the lsuance of a warrant for a woman in San Francisco. It is claimed that Judge Conn's testimony relating to the alleged misappropriation of the fee incidentally convicted him of perjury. Messrs. Furth and Shuffleton were in dieted for their connection with the grant Ing of a lighting franchise to the former by the City Council In the Spring, of 1302. Mr. Furth, as president of the Seattle Electric Company, acquired the franchise Immediately after It had been Issued to Shuffleton. who. several Councllmen test! fled, told the municipal body that he ap plied for it for his use as the head of a rival lighting corporation, and not for as signment to any other person. All Result of Trading. A general feeling of relief pervades the ment of the grand Jury tomorrow. The bunch of Indictments returned today brought few surprises, all news Interest In tho matter having been discounted by previous publication of the voting of the Jury. The few who still assume to say that the work of the grand jury has been beneficial to the city hoped to the last minute that some of the frivolous mat ters would be dropped and that Indict ments would be reported only for real and serious cases, where such could be found. The list of those Indicted Indicates, how ever, that there. Is much truth In the charge made from time to time against the jury that personal likes and dislikes have entered very largely into Its de liberations. The' list seems to show that the strongest argument used In the Jury room has run something like this: "If you don't vote to indict Smith, I won't vote to indict Jones." and so by threats and trading the list has been made up. The Jury did" not want to be polled In open court. The Indictments reported today have been practically decided Upon for the past two weeks, but have been withheld from day to day until positive assurance was received that the hand of the .Jury would not be called. When the Jury filed Into Judge Bell's room today, the apartment was filled with men who had reason to anticipate Indictment, and their attorneys ready to challenge the action of the jury. Samuel H. Plies for Mayor Humes, John B. Hart for Walter Fulton, John F. Do re for George U. Piper and Justice Cann, G. Mede Emory for the Whittlesey brothers, each In turn demanded an open poll of the Jury, and. upon tho refusal of Judge Bell to put the. jurors severally on record, each lawyer noted his objection, laying ground for further attack upon each indictment. Jurors Feared a Poll. Intense Interest was manifest In the courtroom when Judge Emory, In mak ing his motion for the poll, declared em phatically that he had positive informa tion that no 12 votes were behind the In dictments against Charles F. and William H. Whittlesey. Forman O'Brien, of the jury, turned a bright pink and several others of the Jurymen wriggled percept ibly. There had been so many conflict ing rumors as to Judge Bell's purpose that even the Jury, brought face to face with the question, could not rely on. the assurance that It would not be polled. And the court was not very prompt with its decision. Judge Bell discussed the authorities with counsel and went over the various points brought up for several minutes before he relieved the tension.. When he decided against the poll there was a big sigh of relief, and the nervous jurymen settled back In their seats with great complacency. Among the counsel present in court. embracing many of the leading lawyers of the town, not the slightest doubt exists but that each and every Indictment may be easily quashed. None of the 12 promi nent men who were made defendants to day can be expected, under any circum stances, to plead guilty; in fact, each Is eager for the most free and full exposition of the grounds upon which the Jury has seen fit to base the Indictments. Some Chargres Are Trifling:. Just to run some of them over: Mayor Humes, Chief Sullivan, ex-County Attor ney Fulton and Police Judge George are accused of not suppressing gambling and vice in the city; Justice Cann Is said to have failed to note In his records the dis position of 53.60 fees, which he collected. and to havo perjured himself in attempt ing to account for It io the Jury; George Piper told the jury that he had returned a sum of money collected as part of a city campaign fund and expected to be reimbursed; another witness said he un derstood Piper liad been reimbursed, and for this the jury charges Piper with per Jury. S. L. Shuffleton got a franchise to light the city. Certain Councllmen said they supposed he wanted It for himself, but Shufiloton transferred It to Jacob Furth for the Seattle Electric Company; so the jury accuses both Shuffleton and Furth of getting something valuable by fraudulent moans. And so It goes throughout the list. Notb ing serious against anybody, so the law yers say, and yet enough to damage repu tations.' perhaps, and certainly enough to cause a good deal of trouble and expense to those In'dictea "But; thejrrand: jurygbad to jnake some showingaf ter its-wecKs !o't toil. Tomorrow it quits worK, ana. to say that the community will be. pleased Is mildly courteous. FOUR TRACKS ALL THE WAY Lake Shore to Re Widened From Buf falo io Chicago. CHICAGO. March 30. The management of the Lake Shore Railroad has decided to four-track the system from Chicago to Buffalo, thereby establishing a four track line from Chicago to New York. Nearly 40Q men are. already at work on the improvement, and within a short time fully 200 men will be employed. The freight congestion of the last six months was the determining factor In influencing the management to order the Improve ment. CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Xational Affairs. Germans reply to Dewey by criticising Amerl can Navy. Page 1. Secretary Shaw Investigates charges against Federal- officials In Chicago. Page 2. Domestic. Eighteen Water bury strikers arrested for deadly assault. Page 2. Burdtck Inquest dosed; Pennell Inquest may not be held. Page 2. Crevasses in Mississippi levees grow larger. Page 3- Irlsh cause riot in Philadelphia theater. Page 6. JEolitIcs. Chicago Election Commissioners disobey in Junction under police protection. Page 2. Tho other side of tho story about Simon's charge ot bad faith. Page 1. Senator Foster a candidate for Isthmian Canal Commissioner. Page 1. ' Foreign.. Great reception given General Booth In Lon don. Page 6. King Edward and his Queen will visit Ire land. Page 3. President Bonllla. triumphant In Honduras. 'Page 6. Sports. Terry McGovern the favorite in his fight with Young Corbett. Page 7. Hitch .arisen in proposed Tracey-Gans match. Page 7. Ordnung wins Montgomery handicap at Mem phis. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. . Hay market unusually strong. Page 15. Chicago wheat market clcses firm. Page 15. Accumulated selling orders cause break In New York stock prices. Page 15. Grain futures easy .at San Francisco. Page 15. Disasters to shipping on Atlantic Coast. Page 15. Pacific Coast. Twenty-thoufand-dollar elevator fire &t Cayuse, Or. Page 5. Ore.Ton Supreme Court aflrms Judgment of lower court in George Smith murder case. Page 5. Petition for rehearing filed in George W Davis cane. Page 6. Provisions of the forest fire warden law of "Washington. Page 4. Buslrvs s block burned at- Nome. Page 4. It Is too early to enter bomtsWada under new irrigation act where temporary withdrawals have been made. Page A. Seattle grand Jury reports Indictments. Page !. Efforts' to settle Seattle strike by arbitration. Page -l. Portland aad Vicinity. Binder Hermann In the lend In race for Con - gresslonal nomination. Page 16. Admiml Schley visits "Portland. Ptge 10. Zewls and Clark directors create construction departmentr President Corbett resigns. Page 11. Allen Cameron general agent of Portland AMatlc Steamship Company, discusses Or! ental trade. Page 14. Mr. ani Mrs. Edward Walton quarrel over pos session of their children. Page 10. Stale Conference of Charities and Correction opeas. Page 8. Weyerhaaser Timber Company to build logging railre&ds near Vancouver. Page 14. Fire boat coismltie- decides to build boat of o&eh- Page 10. EPLY TO DEWEY German Rushes toDe fense of His Navy, "GOULD SMASH DEWEY'S" Kaiser Is Mollified, But His Subjects Are Mot, THEY RETALIATE IN KIND There Will Be Xo "Diplomatic Inci dent," But Sewnpaper Fires a Broadside at the Hero of Slaaila Bay Kaiser "William's plumes have not been officially ruffled by the comments of Admiral Dewey on his navy, but not so with German newspapers. Count- von Reventlow takes up Dew ey's challenge and casts some reflec tions on the American Navy, saying Germany's warships could smash Iti BERLIN, March 20. The Foreign Office here Is fully satisfied with the explana tions made by Admiral Dewey to the President regarding tho interview which appeared recently In a Newark, N. J.. paper, in which criticisms of the German navy and the German Emperor were made. No communication on the subject has passed between the Foreign Office and the German Embassy at Washing ton, because the officials here, from the beginning, felt certain that if Admiral Dewey had been correctly reported, the Government of the United States would do everything proper on its Initiative without any reminder from here. Count von Reventlow, in the Tageblatt today, compares the German and Ameri can navies. He says Germany's first squadron Is homogeneous and aiwayjs jreadyfei-lnstantaheous eervice. ,'it could," "he added, "smash Dewey's hetere- geneous assemblage, which had' not a single modefn armored cruiser." The Count regards the American man euvers as "generally childish." and as "al ways resulting in defeats of the hostila fleets, the naval commanders, therefore, gaining large newspaper glory." Count von Reventlow refers to the "poor marksmanship of the West Indian fleet," to Its Insufficient number ot officers and to the low morals of the Navy; as Indi cated by the numerous desertions, and says he believes "the United States will some day have a fine fleet, but she has not one yet." "THE GREATEST COUNTRY Czar's Tribute to United States Ib Dlacasslngr St. Louis Fair. ST. PETERSBURG. March 30. The Czar today received Thomas W. Crldler, the representative of the St. Louis Exposition, at the imperial residence at tne izarsKoa Zelo and expressed his personal Interest in, and sympathy with the objects of, the St. Louis Exposition, the scope of which he discussed with llr. Cridler for a con siderable length of time. The Czar re ferred to the friendship existing between Russia and the United States, and said he hoped to see that friendship more firm ly cemented. He seemed much Impressed by the magnitude of the exhibition plans and eald he wished to congratulate Amer ica on Its marvelous development, saying to Mr. Crldler: "You have the greatest country-" The Czar promised to carefuly examine a memorandum submitted to him by Mr. Crldley, showing the economic reasons for the participation of Russia In the exhi bition. OLD-TIME STEAMBOAT .RACE. Mark Twain Baclu Up Snggentloa for St. Louis Fair. NEW YORK, March 30. Mark. Twain has recalled the days when he was- a pilot on the Mississippi River in a letter to ex Governor David ' R. Francis, president of the St. Louis Exposition, In response to Sir Thomas Llpton's suggestion that a series of old-time steamboat races be in augurated as a feature of the Exposition. Mark Twain wants a genuine reproduc tion of the old-time race, with negro roustabouts and' singers: the use of the torch-basket, rather than the searchlight, and the extinguishing of the latter-day Government lights, so that the quality- of the piloting would count where the boats are evenly matched in speed. "As a spectacle," writes Mark Twain, "nothing should add to it except an old time blow-up as the boats finished tho homestretch. . But this should not be ar ranged; It Is better left to Providence." Three Gold Souvenir Medals. COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., March 30. One of the mo3t important features con nected with the dedlcatorj exercises of tho St. Louis Exposition will be the presenta tion by the Colorado State Board of Com jnlssloners of three gold souvenir medals. '.one to Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United .States; a second to Emlle Loubet, President of the French Republic, and the third to President David R. Fran cis, of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The presentation will be made on April 30. The gold for the three souvenirs com prise about four ounces, and was con tributed by the management of a Crlppla Creek mine. Germany at St. Loais. BERLIN, March 3a Emperor William today received - In audience Dr. Xewald. the commissioner of Germany to the St. Louis Exposition, and Professor Bruno Schraltz, the architect, for the purposo 6f inspecting the plans for the German building at St, Louis.. Dr. Lewald and Professor Schmltz will start for St. Loul3 In a fortnight. The Emperor asked Dr. Lewald many ques tions concerning the German exhibit, i and made a number of .sueeestions.