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VOL. XLIII. ISO. 13,258. PORTLAOT, OREGON, IT BSD AY, JUNE 9, 1903. "KICK FIVE CENTS. WRITE US FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES OF K PACKING AND HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL KINDS OF RUBBER 600DS GOODYEAR RUBBER COMPANY R, II. PEASE, President. 73 AND 75 FIRST STREET, PORTLAND, OREGON. EVERYTHING PHOTOGRAPHIC ONLY THE BEST ense!,' Paper?" All OF THE BEST r PLATES, FILMS. BLUMAUER-FRAINK DRUG CO. 142 FOURTH STREET. SHAW'S PURE America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today BLUMAUER & HOCH 108 and 110 Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon and Washington. MALT HOTEL PERKINS Fifth and Washington Streets PORTLAND, OREGON EUROPEAN PLAN Firat-Cln." Checic Restaurant Connected Wltli Hotel. Rooms, $1.00 to $3.00 Per Day According: to Location. i. F. DAVIES. Pre. 3. "W. BLAIX. See. an Trta. St. Charles Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED). FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON European Plan Rooms 50c to $1.50 First-Class Restaurant In Connection THE ESMOND HOTEL OSCAR ANDERSON, MJElJtr. Frost aad MerrlsoH Streets, PORTLAND - OREQON FREE 'BOB TO AND FHO ALL. TRAIN B. Rates European plan. 6c 75c. $1.00. $La. $2.00 per day. Sample rooms In connection. ST OF ALL ! MANRARA'S BOUQUET CLEAR HAVANA CIGARS LANG & CO., DISTRIBUTERS PORTLAND, OR. LOGGING ENGINES SAW MILLS EDGERS, TRIMMERS, STEAM FEEDS, SAW MILL MACHINERY of All Kinds CALL ON US Smith & Watson Iron Works Front and Hall Streets MECHANICAL DRAFT IS ACCOMPLISHED By means of blowers, delivering a constant supply of air at a constant pressure ana proaucing a uniiorm lniensiry or ararc in ine snort stacK, which need not proiect more than six feet above the roof of the buildine. How much does your high stack cost you in repairs and interest per year? w. g. Mcpherson co. Portland, Oregon, U. S. A. Engineers and Contractors THE PET PONY- Deserves a neat outfit. Harness him to one of our; clever little pony rigs. WE HAVE Carts, Buggies, Surreys, Traps. Prices from $40.00 to $100.00 They are attractively built and finished, strong and durable. MITCHELL, LFWIS & STAVER CO., First and Taylor VEHICLES HARNESS WHIPS ROBES KILL HURTS PLAN Engineers Have New Celiio Scheme. THEY FAVOR SHIP CANAL Submerged Dam Is Held to Be Impracticable. WORK NOW HELD UP UNTIL 1904 Major Xanfffltt In Ordered to Make Survey to Be Used In Deter mining; the Merit of the Latest Project. A continuous ship canal to overcome The Dalles-Celllo obstructor! Is again proposed by Army engineers, and at the same time the Harts plan, which was conditionally approved by Congress, Is rejected. The water Is found to be too deep and swift to make the Huts plan of a submersed dam a success. A rhlp canal was favored by the en gineers board, which reported on the Improvement Just prior to the time Captain Harts submitted his plan. At that time. It was estimated the canal would cost $10,000,000. The present board will not discuss this matter prior to making its official report. Had the Harts plan being approved, work would have been begun this year. Now, It will be delayed until 1904 at the ear. Hest. OKEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Juno S. The Board of Army En glneers that recently visited the obstruc Hons In the Columbia Rlyer. between The Dalles and Celllo, has decided to abandon the Harts plan for opening the river at that point, and In lieu thereof -will pre pare plans and estimates for a conUnuous ship canal from tho foot of the dalles rapids to the head of Celllo Falls. TJie Harts plan, as has been heretofore ex plained, contemplated the construction of a submerged dam In th.e Columbia. with a view "to draining out Five Mile Baplds. The river was then to be opened around other obstructions by means of two or three short canals. The Wealc Point in Harts' Plan. The engineers, on their recent trip to Oregon, visited the scene of the proposed improvement, and, after studying the natural conditions and surroundings, con eluded, by unanimous vote, that the dam proposition was altogether impracticable. In the first place, while Captain Harts proposed constructing this dam at a point where the river Is but 200 -feet wide, he supposed its depth was only 40 or 50 feet. and so based- the calculations. Major Langfltt determined, after careful sound ings, that the depth was over 150 feet, and the velocity of the current so great that It would be practically Impossible to place In position the material for the dam. The members of the board concluded that a stream of sufficient volume and great enough Current to cut a gorge 200 feet wide, and of nearly the same depth through solid rock, could not be dammed artificially for anything short of an un warranted sum, and they entertain grave doubts whether a dam could ever be suc cessfully built there at any cost. When they found that the keystone of Harts' plan could not be considered, and determined that even a modification of the Harts plan, on a practical basis. could not be carried out for the amount that has been authorized for this Improve ment, the board -determined to prepare rough plans and estimates for the con struction of a continuous canal, extend ing around all the obstructions between The Dalles and Celllo. Survey to Be Made for CannL In accordance with this determination, the board requested authority for the making of necessary surveys for such a canal, and authority has been granted, the -work to be carried out under direc tlon of Major Langfltt. At this time the board will venture no rough estimate of the cost of a continuous canal, although an estimate made by an old board placed the figure at 510,000,000, whereas, the Harts project was estimated to cost approxi mately 51,000,000. It is by no means as sured that the new estimates will be as high as the former figure, as the board before reporting, will have a" comprehen sive survey upon which to base Its estl mates, and a fairly accurate estimate of the cost of the Improvement Is expected. Xo Permanent Work This Year. The board has not reported to the Chief of Engineers, and probably will not do so until it has completed the estl mate for a continuous canaL This delay means that no work will be done looking to the opening of the river during the present season. Should the War Depart' meat approve the board's report In favor of a continuous canal, and this will un questionably be done, since there has al ways been doubt as to the thorough prac tlcablllty of the Harts plan, no work can be undertaken until Congress has author ized the new project. The last river and harbor bill authorized the work, provided It could be done within the estimate on the Harts project, but not otherwise. Ontloolc for Appropriations. There has been a growing sentiment In Congress In the last two years In favor of The Dalles Improvement, and while the state will be handicapped in getting necessary appropriations, having lost its member on the house committee, the new member to be appointed will be either Jones, of Washington, or one of the new Oregon Representatives; or should .Sen-' ator Mitchell procure a place on the Sen ate committee, the outlook for the needed committee strength would be good. Jones, like the entire Oregon delegation. Is an enthusiastic supporter ot an "open river." ' The adverse action on the Harts plan means that no active field work can be done looking to the construction of The Dalles canal before July 1. 1504. when the next river and harbor act will become operative. QUAY WANTS HANNA'S PliACE. Pennsylvania Bosh Aspires to the Position of National Chairman. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. D. C, June 8. Since the Hanna- Foraker Incident, preceding the Ohio State campaign, there has been consider able speculation as to the man who will be selected as chairman of the Republic an National Committee to conduct the campaign for Roosevelt. It Is currently rumored that Senator Piatt, of New York, has a kindly feeling toward his old friend Quay, but it Is not known whether Quay seeks the position. On account of Han- na's antagonism to him, and the fact that Hanna's" vote kept Quay out of the Senate, on the appointment of Governor Stone, it Is thought by some that the Pennsylvania boss would take heathen ish delight in crowding Into the place filled by Hanna in the last two cam paigns. As Mr. Roosevelt will name the chairman. It cannot be known for some time who will be chosen for the leadership. Army Officer to Make Inspection. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. June S. Lieutenant-Colonel John E. Greer, Ordnance Department, has been ordered to Inspect the field material and armament at Vancouver Barracks and Forts Walla Walla, Columbia, Casey, Flagler, Worden and Stevens, In Oregon and Washington. SEATTLE CAR HELD UP. Eight Passengers Are Forced to Sur render Their Valuables. SEATTLE, June 9. With a revolver leveled at their heads, eight passengers on the Madronna Park electric car line were forced to surrender their valuables to two robbers shortly before 12 o'clock last night. The men entered, at a lonely spot on tho road, through the rear of tho car. They forced the conductor to give the signal to stop, and making him and the motorman go inside, one went through the passengers pockets while the other held a revolver. About $30 and several watches were se cured, no resistance being offered. After riding a lew blocks the robbers Jumped off at Thirtieth avenue and East Union street. They are supposed to be two boys. The mask dropped oft one of ffiem and tho passengers had a good look at his face. KING HONORS AMERICA. Medal Awarded Architect a Marie of National Association. LONDON. June 8. In order to assocl ate himself with the American Nation and President Roosevelt In the partial re modelling of the White House, King Ed ward has awarded the royal gold medal of the promotion of architecture to C. F. McKlm, the New York architect, who de signed the model. Senators Arc Planning Alaska Trip, WASHINGTON, June 8. Senator Dil lingham, of Vermont, has been in Wash ington the past few days arranging the details of a visit to be made to Alaska by a subcommittee of tho Senate com mittee on territories, of which he is chair man. The purpose of the visit is to make a general investigation Into affairs In the territory with a view to making recom mendations for legislation. CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. National. Beard of Ann engineers decides to abandon Harts' plan .for The Dalles-Celllo improve ment. Page 1, Governor Taft refutes charges of General Miles that a large profit was mode in Manila rice deal. Page 1. North Atlantic squadron Is ordered to Valpa raiso to protect American Interests during Socialist demonstrations. Page 2. Domestic. Flood situation at St. Louis and along the Missouri River is appalling. Page 1. Kansas Legislature Is almost sure to be con vened to vote aid to flood sufferers. Page 1. Factional fight causes the disruption of one o: the most powerful labor organizations in the country. Page Foreign, France opens war on Arabs In Algeria as pun ishment for attacking Governor-General. Page 3. Visit of President Loubet to Rome promises to shatter precedent of Vatican. Page 3, British Cabinet Ministers take exception to Chamberlain's strong letter for preferential trade. Page 3. Sports. Two Important changes will bo made in foot ball rules next year. Page 11. Fog prevents race between America's Cup yachts. Page 11. Savable and Irish Lad are running neck and neck as favorites in the American Derby. Page 11. . Pacific Coast, Hot wave has not hurt crops yet, but rain would help. Page 4 Body of L. B. Baker, who was charged with forgery, found In Boise. Page o. Walkeriz, alleged murderer of aged California colored woman, has bean captured. Page 4. Mrs. Mulvey la robbed by masked men near Oregon City. Page 4. Eppinger & Co. will bo penniless when affairs are settl.d. rage . Commercial and Marine. Sudden advance In price of lemons. Page 13. Renewed liquidation and lower prices for stocks. Page 13. "Wheat weak at Chicago on better weather. Page 13. Cotton markets again booming. Page 13, San Francisco produce prices and comment. Pags 13. Upper rivers continue to rise, though slowly, Page 12. Portland and .Vicinity, Charge that policemen have been paid Illegally under new charter. Page 10. Bastem Star grand chapter begins series of Masonic gatherings. Page 12. Oregon Congressional delegation soon to meet and distribute offices. Page 11. Rivers continue to rise, but slowly. Page 12. Licenses of unsanitary barber shops revoked. Pago 14. Soldiers accused of robbery brought to Port land an! again Identified. Page 14. Argument In suit against lumber trust. Page 8. Dramatic incidents of McCarty-Heryfcrd breach-of-promlse suit. Page 14. . Oragon Congressional delegation-will meet, this week. Page 1L i w Manila- Rice Deal Not One of Big Profit. TAFTMAKES OFFiCIALREPLY Natives Secured Foodstuff at a Little Above Cost. DANGER OF FAMINE PASSING There Have Been No Calls for Aid as Yet Miles' Plans to Import Cattle nnd Supplies by Trans ports Is Not Practicable. ' WHAT MILES SAID. Lleutenant-General Miles, in his re port to the War Department, February 19, which Governor Taft replies to, went on to say that the law wa3 vio lated in handling and buying large quantities of rice, which were sold at f a profit. The people who were In the re concentration camps were, says Gen eral Miles, "considered prisoners of war, but were compelled to buy food from those who held them at a large profit." General Miles characterizes this as unprecedented. He speaks of the mag nitude of the transaction,, which In volves 21.000,000 pounds of rice and other supplies at a cost ot ?20$,320. He says that an extraordinary feature of this transaction Is the action which was disapproved by a division com mander, who assumed command, and who turned the matter over to the civil authorities, and that it has been carried on under an act of the Philip pine Commission. WASHINGTON, June S. The War De partment today made public a report re ceived from Governor-General Taft re plying to statements made by Lleutenant General Miles, after his visit to the islands last -year. The report is dated at Benguet, April 18. and-fjays: "I am in receipt by reference from the Chief of the Bureau of Insular AfTalrs and the Adjutant-General of the Army, of an excerpt from the report of the Lleutenant-General of the Army relating to the conditions of agriculture In the arch ipelago, and the means of avoiding a probable famine, and in accordance with the direction in the reference, I have the honor to make the following comment: "That there is a shortage in tho Islands of the usual supply of rice is undoubtedly true, but I have been surprised to find thus far how little famine or hunger there Is. I have not received a single call from a single provincial governor for rice for free distribution In the entire archi pelago. In the Province of Ba tan gas, Cap tafn Broughton, in managing the so-called war famine fund, the history of which has been already officially reported to you, has made a very small gratutlous distri bution of rice, noe exceeding, I should think, in quantity more than $2000 worth. People Provide Against Famine. "The action of the commission In direct ing a proclamation by the Civil Governor calling upon the people everywhere to plant corn, camotes or eweet potatoes, rice and other quick-growing food pro ducts had a very wide influence In stirring up the people to provide against the com ing of famine. It Is true that an unex ampled drouth In the Islands has pre vented this planting from being as produc tive as It otherwise would have been. and that tho locusts, too, have been in terfering with some of the crops, but on the whole, I have been greatly surprised to find the suffering so much less than we expected It to be in May, June and July.- "We may have calls for aid, but we will be able to respond promptly to them, es pecially now that $3,000,000 have been ap propriated for them. Loss of Cattle the Most Serious. "The most serious feature of the situa tion is the loss of the cattle from rhlnderpest- It Is not feasible to bring cattle Into the Islands without making sure that they will not catch the disease after coming here and die from it. The fields of the Islands are affected with rhlnderpest eo that cattle from other Islands brought hero are almost sure to have It. It is nec essary, therefore, that all cattle brought here shall be Immunized, having a serum Injected Into their veins which will render them Immune for three or four months, and at the same time by being inoculated with the rhlnderpest virus, which renders them Immune at least for live years and probably lonser. We have made a con tract for 10,000 carabos in the islands after the permanent Immunization. These are to be brought from China. Our insular purchasing agent, together with a cattle expert of the Agricultural Bureau, is now visiting the various ports of the Orient with a view to making further contracts. Use of Transports Unfeasible. "I am unable to see that the Government transports could be made useful to us either In the transportation of rice or the transportation of cattle. We can charter steamers adapted to our purposes at per haps one-fourth or one-fifth of the cost of operating transports as proposed by the Lleutenant-General. We have a number of coast guard vessels, which can trans port rice quickly to any part of the archi pelago, and we can purchase rice in the Orient at a much cheaper price than we can bring corn or wheat from the United States. The rice which we can thus bring to save the people from starvation is the food which they are used to eating, whereas they would have to be taught to eat wheat. "It Is exceedingly Important that we shall not pauperize the people of these Islands by unnecessary gratuitous dis tribution of rice. In anticipation of a cor ner in rice, we made a purchase of rice involving the expenditure of about $300,000 gold. We succeeded in breaking the cor ner, and keeping down the price of rice. and should the price of rice advance again, we may have to do the same thing. We have sold the rice in various parts of the archipelago nearly at cost, whenever the merchants in that neighborhood insist ed on Increasing the price of rice beyond what was reasonable. We have on hand some 50.000 pounds of Bangkok rice which is the best In the market, and we have recently disposed of 100.000 pounds of what is called Calcutta superior family rice to be sold throughout the archipelago at a J moderate price which was fixed in the contract of sale. If more than the rice we have on hand is needed for the purpose of feeding starving people, we shall be able to buy It in the market and distribute It without tlie use of Government trans ports. Carabos "Will Be a Boon to People. "The purchase of cattle and the land ing of them on the islands are threatened with the greatest difficulty for the rea sons I have stated. We cannot hope to bring into the Islands as many cattle as have died. We can only hope to bring a sufficient number to keep agriculture go ing. The price at which we have con tracted for the purchase of the first 10.000 is $88 (Mexican) delivered in Manila com pletely immunized. We hope to be able to make purchases-of our own at a some what lower price, though hardly less than $S0 (Mexican). If we are able to sell the carabos In the provinces at Mexican, it will be a, great boon to the people, espe cially if we do not require a deposit of more than 50 per cent of the cost price, and allow a credit .of six months for the rayment of the balance. "I think, generally stating, the facts in the report of the Lieutenant-fcJeneral are correct, eo far, at least, as to the dreadful depression In agriculture, by reason of the loss of the cattle, Is concerned. The remedy which he suggests by the use of the Government transports, however. I do not concur In. The danger from famine has not been as significant as I supposed it was. In any event, with the funds pro vided by Congress now, I feel confident that the Philippine government Is In a position to meet any emergency of this kind which may arise." PER IS ACUTE Water Still Creeping Up at St. Louis. HUNDREDS FORGED TO FLEE People Are Piling Sacks of Sand on Levees. APPEALS FOR RESCUE POURING Business in East St. Louis Ix Sus pended Wlille the People Fight Bade the Waters Thieves Con tinue to Loot Homes. ST. LOUIS, June 1 0. The crest of the flood has been reached,, and the river is falling. At ISO A. M. the gauge registered 37.1. Indicating- a fall of .4 since 7 o'clock last evening. Re ports from along the river lndlca.e thai It Is falling. The high-water mark o the flood of 1S93 as established in St. Louis is 37.5. NOTED MICHIGAN LAWYER AND POLITICIAN DEAD GEORGE H. DURAND. FLINT, Mich., June 8. Judge George H. Durand, Democratic candidate or Governor at the last election, until he was stricken with paralysis and compelled to withdraw from the ticket, died suddenly today from a stroke of apoplexy at his farm, a few miles from this city. A thrilllnjr chapter of his life was his part as special counsel for the Government In undoing the Pacific gang of opium and Chinese smugglers during President 'Cleveland's Administration. Ha was in. the West engaged In the prosecution-of smugglers for four years, and con victed 24 of them. ' ' : y ST. LOUIS, June 8. So great an extent of territory is covered by the flood, so constantly changing are the conditions as the water creeps higher and renders the situation the more chaotic, and so unre liable are the various rumors of the devas tation, that a substantial summary of the losses of life and property cannot be ob tained, but up to S o'clock tonight in formation from the most reliable sources showed the situation to be as follows: Twenty lives knwn to have been lost; more than 200,000 acres of rich farming lands under water; all of Venice and the greater parts of, Madison ana Gran ite City under water'; 25,000 ieople rendered homeless; freight traffic completely paral yzed and passenger traffic practically stopped. The shipping and manufacturing dis trict of East St. Louis for three miles along the river front is under from three to eight feet of water. Hundreds and probably thousands of head of stock have been drowned. East St Louis is threat ened with complete inundation. St. Louis is flooded only along the water front. The entire property loss Is estimated at $3,000,000. The general situation is appalling. The climax came last night, when, by tho breaking of a levee near Granite City, a wall of water six feet high rushed down, upon Madison and deeper engulfed that already stricken city, sweeping houses from their foundations, and drowning 15 people who were vainly fleeing for their lives. The report was current, that 13 workmen In the St. Louis Car & Foun dry .Works had been drowned, but later It was found that while seven employes had lost their lives, IS others, men, women and children, had perished. Hundreds of persons were forced to the roofs of their floating houses, and an appeal was sent to St. Louis for assistance. Every effort was made to force steamers against the I heavy current four miles north of tho stricken town, but it was noon beforu the steamers Mark Twain and Annie Rus sell, lashed together, and their engines working under every ounce of steam, after five hours of battle with the cur rent, were able to reach Madison. The Worlz of Rescne. For the remainder of the day, and into the night, the work of rescuing people from floating or flooded houses, tree tops and various high places proceeded, and there being no place to take them nearer than St. Louis, they are tonight pouring into the city by hundreds, weak, hungry and despairing. It Is probable that the estimate of 20 lives lost Is far below the actual number. The known dead are aa follows! . John Crittenden, aged 10, drowned near the Merchants' bridge in Venice. A woman and seven children, swept from a fence by the flood in sight of the Terminal Railway operator at Madison, who was attempting to save them. A woman was drowned in Madison, near the American Car Works. A woman and baby, seen clinging to a telegraph pole In Madison. The pole turned In the water, and both disap peared. Manager Shipley, of the Madison Car Works, reports seeing seven employes qt the. Madison Car & Foundry Company drown. Henry Edmunds, farmer, drowned near Granite City. His wife was rescued. Four boys, ranging .in age from 12 to 15 years, were drowned In the freight yards of the St, Louis Valley Railroad, on the Island, Bast St. Louis, near the eastern end of Eads bridge, this afternoon. They were playing on a raft at the time. Three of the boys were Harris Screiber, WIUlo King and Eddy Amyx, and they lived in St. Louis. River thieves are looting the various vacant houses in Venice, Madison and Granite City and carrying away every thing of value they can find. Throughout the entire flooded district men "with riot guns are patrolling the levees to prevent pillaging, and anxious to try their markmanship upon some pos sible thief caught in the act, but the thieves pillage houses situated far from the levees, where they are safe from de tection. All Business Is Suspended. An Associated Press reporter visited East St. Louis today, and the situation there Is desperate. Mayor Cook had; is sued a proclamation ordering all business suspended, and calling upon every male citizen to lay aside his employment and render service in preventing the inunda tion of the city. Mayor Cook went about "seeing that signs were posted offering men 31 cents an hour to help build the. levees, but the offers of employment were (Concluded on Second Pass.)