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VOL. XLO. NO. 13,36
POETLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1903.
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Prices 15e. 25c, S5c, 40c and 50c. Box Seats, $L Phone Main 932.
John F. Cordray and IV. M. Russell, Portland's Popular Family
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VILLAGE SINKS IN GROUND
Four Persons Killed in Peat Land
Fire In Hungary.
BUDAPEST, Oct 1L Nine thousand
acres of moorland in the neighborhood
of Etsed is on fire. The peat is burning
to some depth and intense heat has loos
ened the ground causing a general sub
sidence of the village of Boervely.
Several houses have collapsed and four
persons have been killed. Troops are
trying to extinguish the lire.
Weather on the Bar.
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OREGON
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AND UPWARD-
Third and "Wuahlnston St a.
TIRED BY HIS TRIP.
Clevelnnd, on the Way From Buf
falo, Is Delayed by Flood.
PRINCETON. N. J., Oct lL-Ex-PresI-dent
Cleveland arrived here this morning
after a tedious journey of 36 hours from
Buffalo, having been delayed by the flood.
He said:
"The trip was exceedingly tiresome, but I
felt resigned to my fate and knew that
the delay was Inevitable. All I suffered
was inconvenience."
Mr.'CleveJund leaves Tuesday to deliver
a speech at Chicago before the Commer
cial Club.
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PUT WILL DO IT
Divided Labor Vote Will
Elect Crocker.
DEMOCRACY IS HALVED
Lane Now Trying to Break
Schmitz Forces.
THE REPUBLICAN VOTE IS SOLID
Business Men Ask "What the Present
City Executive Has Done for
Business Intercut and Criti
cize Appointments Made.
THE CANDIDATES.
DEMOCRATIC Franklin K. Lane,
City Attorney, a brilliant lawyer,
clear thinker and student.
UNION LABOR Eugene E. Schmitr,
two years' experience as Mayor In
which be has appointed notoriously
Inefficient men; before time fiddler
at the Columbia Theater.
REPUBLICAN Henry J. Crocker,
director of large commercial In
terests in California; a conserva
tive and cautions business man,
with a broad experience In the af
fairs of life.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.f Oct 11. Spe
cial.) The municipal campaign in this city
has developed into the old-time mud
throwing contest, and although the candi
dates themselves have not plunged their
arms to the elbows In the mire, their
friends have gone all the way down to
their shoulder-blades.
This phase of the situation has devel
oped only this week, greatly to the sur
prise of the public All three candidates
for Mayor, Eugene E. Schmitz, of the
Union Labor Party; Franklin K. Lane,
the Democratic nominee, and Henry J.
Crocker, the choice of the Republicans,
represent the better and reform element
and it was thought that this would Insure
a campaign which would not necessitate
the constant presence of a strong disin
fectant Candidates Men of Character.
Lane, Schmitz and Crocker are men
whose characters have never been as
sailed and even now when the family
scandals of three generations are printed
on the front page of the daily paper as
campaign argument, the respectivo heads
of the three tickets remain unsullied. Not
so with their fellow nominees. Every rep
utation that has a vulnerable spot has
been sore wounded by an arrow sped
to that very point
Of the present status of the contending
parties, a definite conclusion is impos
sible, but Important developments have
served to throw much light on to what
earlier in the week was an incompre
hensible problem. In a speech recently
delivered Schmitz stated that he feared
only Crocker. Lane, he stated, could hop
for only the scattering vote of a party
rent by internal dissensions. The state
ment was not haphazard. It was the re
sult of calculation and subsequent facts
have borne It out
Lane Is Third Chosen.
Among the knowing It is common tniv
that were the election to be called for
tomorrow. Franklin K. Lane, to whom
San Francisco gave a 10.000 (majority one
year ago, would make no better than
third place. The reason for this Is obvi
ous. The Democracy is sDlIt in ' twnln
with McXab holding tho whip hand over
the majority and blocked by the "horses
and carts," a stubborn minority.
Lane is. the creature of McNab's tar
tlon. The enmity within the ranks of the
Democrats is such that the horses and
carts will throw their support where it
will do their rival boss most harm. Allv
to this fact Lane has adopted a policy
of conciliation. He argues that he must
heal tho wounds which his cartv has in
lllcted upon itself before he can hope to
reach out for votes beyond.
Good Up-Hill Horse.
So far Lane has been successful In his
endeavors to a great extent but his work
has only begun. His task is crcat but
ho is a fierce campaigner, a magnetic
orator and possessed of an imagery 6f
language and a forcefulnefo of logic that
convince as they persuade. His fight Is
an uphill one, and as one of his stalwarts
says: "Lane is an uphill horse.'
There are those who are anxious to
make this a candidacy of men and not
platforms. None is more eager to do this
than Lane. In his last speech he said
"This campaign is not a question of poll
cles, it is not a question of platforms, it
it not a question of pronunclamentos.
it is not a question of proclamations; it
Is a question of men."
Union Labor for Schmitz.
The union labor vote, always stronjr"in
San Francisco, is fast about the banner
of Schmitz. Every car conductor, every
grlpman, the factors hands all wear but
tons upon which is the picture of their
leader. They are firm in their devotion
to him and the efforts to gain from him
for Lane have so far been baffled.
As zealous in his behalf as are the la
boring classes. Just so bitterly opposed -to
him Is the commercial world. The choice
of the latter is Crocker first Lane next
and no third. ' "Rather an empty chair
than Schmitz," is a bye-word below Mont
gomery street
This statement is not without reason.
Ask a business man why he is so bitter
against the present Mayer and he will
answer: "what has Schmitz ever done
for us?" If you are a San Francisclan
you will pause a mbment to think and
then answer: "That's right what -did he
ever do for the business men?"
Appointments Against Him. '
The appointments of the last admlnls-"
tration have been notorious. From the
inefficient president of the Board of Pub
lic Works, Michael Casey, who before his
grand entre into politics guided a truck
through the crowded thoroughfares, down
to the selection this week of Reagan as
Newhall's successor as a Police Commis
sioner, his appointees have been picked
out solely for their union proclivities.
Business men have been removed from
handling the city's business affairs and
marble-cutters and street sweepers sub
stitutedmen who utterly lack in the ex
perience which the positions demand.
It Is no wonder then that in this ex
tremity the business interests have Joined
to break the bounds which have made
them the financial supporters of San Fran
cisco, but rank outsiders in the. adminis
tration of Its affairs. "Let us have
something to say as to the expenditure
of the millions we contribute," they ar
gue. So reasoning they have chosen a
representative business man and hope to
install him on January 1. The most en
thusiastic, however, admit that Crocker's
is a hard fight and that Schmitz is an ob
stinate enemy.
The Crocker managers have taken their
candidate into the heart of the enemy's
country. Below Market in the Mission
district Crocker unfolds his plans for city
government to the. crowds of union men
who dwell there.
"If 'I am elected Mayor," he says, "I
shall see to it that the worklngman gets
all that Is due him, but I shall also see
to it that the taxpayer gets full results
for the money expended."
A peculiar phase of the situation is the
stand the newspapers have taken on the
coming election. The Chronicle, Call and
Post are enthusiastic for Crocker, the
Bulletin Is Lane's mainstay, while the
Examiner is showing an equally motherly
interest In Schmitz and Lane, somewhat
to the latter's advantage, it Is thought
M. H. de Younr and John D. Spreckels,
respectively of the Chronicle and Call, are
the moving spirits of the United Repub
lican League. By the Bulletin it Is point
ed out that De Toung has not backed a
winner in 12 years, and that paper has ar
gument to show that the. hoodoo will re
main. In the first placo Ruefs bolt to
Schmitz left a gap In the Republican
League. Today George P. Adams, assist
ant secretary of the League, crossed
through tho lines to the Ruef camp, wid
ening the chasm In the Republican file.
Comparison of Candidates.
. Roughly summarized, in character Lane,
Schmitz and Crocker stand. high among
their fellow men. In experience, Schmitz
has his two years of office alone. Before
he was a fiddler at the Columbia Theater.
Lane has long been a city official, serv
ing at the present time as City Attorney.
He is a brilliant lawyer, a clear thinker
-anti a- RtudenV He was educated iii Call-
..S.444U. &444U .44 4,441 V iXU Cf 1U1 J Laid
employed on the Chronicle and served for
a time as managing editor of the Ex
aminer. Crocker was raised in California and
has been Identified with the growth of
the state. He Is the director of large
commercial Interests. He Is conservative
and cautious. He has had a broad ex
perience in the affairs of life.
Tn associations It is safe to say that
the party machine would not be allowed
to clog the wheels of government with
Lane or Crocker to a greater degree than
under the Schmitz regime.
Crocker Depend on Labor Split.
At the end of the week Schmitz finds
himself as strong as before with the la
boring element, but with no vestige of
sympathy elsewhere. Lane Is forming
plans to break into Schmitz forces and
claim their votes. This done, Crocker will
be Mayor. If Union Labor splits, Democ
racy, being already halved, a solid Re
publican vote will place Crocker In the
City Hall. Crocker is sure of his party's
backing and of the aid of the unclaimed
wing of the Democrats.
Lane to win must cement his party and
rout Schmitz, not merely defeat him, but
annihilate him. ' But then Schmitz is hot
in a position to be easily annihilated, and
as he stands he Is a formidable opponent
Schwab Is Uncommunicative.
NEW YORK, Oct. 11. Charles M.
Schwab spent part of today In this city,
where he was in the company of Max
Pam. He was not willing to make any
statement regarding the charges of coun
sel for the bondholders of the United
-r Company, but he con
tradicted yi report that he was evading
service of a subpena.
GREAT FIGURES IN
Alfred Lyttletoa, the Xew Colonial Secretary.
FLOOD AT C
REST
Paterson People
Relief.
Reel
RETAINING WALLS HOLD
Work of Rescue Goes On in
Submerged Djstrict,
SOAKED BUILDINGS COLLAPSE
Passaic River Cutting the Town In
Twain, Carries Away Bridges,
Cutting: Off Communication
Men in Perilous Position.
DAMAGE TO PATERSON.
Submersion of mill plants and
great quantity of raw material has
thrown out of employment thousands
of people at Paterson, N. J. It will
be a long time before they can re
turn to work. It Is estimated that
the loss from flood will be far in
excess of that caused by Paterson's
recent disastrous fire, when $6,000,000
worth of property went up in smoke.
There was an insurance on this of
moro than $4,000,000, while the loss
In excess of $3,000,000 now estimated
from water Is without Insurance.
PATERSON, NT. J., Oct 11. With- the
waters of the Passaic River falling at
the rate of an Inch an hour above the
falls and at double that rate below them,
apprehension of further great disaster to
the city from the flood has almost disap
peared, the sole question being whether
Spruce Street Hill, the narrow embank
ment that holds the water above the
falls, can continue to withstand the
strain until the river recedes to Its normal
proportion.
At the height of the flood this hill,
standing between the- river basin above
the falls and. tho .lower valley, was Cav
ing rapidly Into the gorge below the
falls. It was feared today that the flood
would wash away the dike and precipi
tate Itself in a huge wall upon that por
tion of the city lying- below.
Dike Holds Back: Flood.
A dike but little wider than the Spruce
street roadway stood between the city
and this disaster, but tonight it was hold
ing firm and the police felt reasonably
sure of Its permanency, though prohib
iting access to It for fear that It might
be undermined.
Below the falls a large part of the city,
situated in the valley on either side of
the river, was still inundated tonight, but
the waters were receding rapidly, having
fallen 2S inches from flood height at 6 P.
M.. though still several inches above the
maximum height of the flood of 1D02. -Care
for the Homeless.
Thousands . of persons are temporarily
homeless, most of them being received at
the houses of friends in the unflooded
district, while 1500 were sheltered tonight
at the Armory, fed and cared for by the
organized charity of the city. No as
sistance has been asked from outside, and
the city Nyill look after Its destitute.
Today many persons who had remained
In their homes in the flooded districts
were removed and food was conveyed to
those who remained, the fire department
for that purpose rigging up emergency
lines from roof to roof with cars sus
pended thereon. It will be Impossible to
closely estimate tho loss until the flood
subsides, but it will exceed $2,000,000.
Three Bridges Still Stand.
But three bridges and part of a fourth
of the seven below the falls remain, and
the cost to the country to replace those
destroyed will be at least $500,000. The
THE PRESENT POLITICAL UPHEAVAL IN ENGLAND
three bridges standing 'are on substantial
concrete , They are completely covered
by ' water,
OnIy three fatalities have been reported.
Seven 'men . who had been' imprisoned In
Kearns Bros.'- dyehouse - on the river
front sbnee Friday without food were "res
cued late today.
Throughout Passaic County bridges have
been washed away, roads destroyed and
property and crops ruined. The loss In
the county outside o Paterson will equal
that inside the city.
; Pneumonia Epidemic Feared.
On account of the exposure of many of
the sufferers, to the downpour of " cold
rain" last night an epidemic of pneumonia
is feared.
WORIC OX" RETAIXIXG "WALLS.
Mayor Superintends Large Force of
Workers.
PATERSON, N. J., Oct. 11. Flood con
ditions at Paterson Improved but little
throughout the night Early morning
saw the waters .at their maximum and
although the danger to life and property
still Is great there was a general feeling
of relief today because of the fact that
several of the bigger retaining walls and
water gates had been able to withstand
the rush of the flood.
Throughout the day hundreds of men
under the superintendence of Mayor
Hlnchcllffe were at work ' strengthening
these walls and gates.
Little Loss of Life.
Scores ri persons were rescued from
their homes. .A great many dwelling
houses collapsed, and many more are
ready to collapse, but it 13 believed that
there has been little loss of life.
For nearly 4S hours Paterson has been
at the mercy of the Passaic River. The
waters have maintained a height suffi
cient to cut the western half of the clty
from the eastern, and almost all means
of communication by bridges have been
destroyed. Two bridges above the falls
remain, but approach to them Is impos
sible. Three bridges below the valley of the
rocks still stand but It is impossible to
live In reaching them. Seven other bridges
I-
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CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER.
Foreign.
IT. Lessar, Russian Minister to China, an
nounces the lapse of the Manehurian con
vention. Pace 1. -
Marquis of Salisbury entere the British Cabinet
as Lord Privy Seal. Page 2.
King; and Queen of Italy will have a most
cordial rtceptloa to France. Page 2.
Flood.
The Passaic River Is falling aa Inch an hour,
and danger seems passed at Paterson.
Page L
Loss to the city Is estimated at $2,000,000.
Page 1.
Passaic has 800 flooded houses; 10,000 have left
-.their homes. Pare 1.
Burlington Is shut o. from supplies, and
famine Is threatened. Page 1.
Only one bridge remains over Delaware be
tween Trenton and Kaston. Page 1.
General.
Edward Doheny, National baseball pitcher goes
violently Insane, and nearly kills nurse with
poker. Page 4.
Glory of the Mississippi of olden days has de
parted. Pase 10.
Storm on the Atlantic Coast leaves- wrecks on
shore; gallant rescue by surf man. Page 3.
Seven Indians are killed on the Blackfoot
reservation as a result of a drunken row.
Page 3.
Nick Haworah, convict escape from Utah
rrlson. Is captured near the city. vPage 4.
Pacific Coast.
T. J. Gibson is-found guilty of murder In the
second degree for the shooting of B. Schon
bacheler. Page 5.
Sheriff Storey on his way from "Washington
with Charles Hoehn, one of the O. R. & N.
bandits. Page 3.
Oregon Presbyterian Synod favors plan that
will prevent clash with other denominations
In church work. Page 5.
Fire at Walla "Walla destroys lumber yard and
mill of Whltehouse & Crlmmlns. Page 0.
Smelter company capitalized at $3,000,000 pro
poses building large plant In Union County.
Page 4.
Sports.
Pacific Coast League games: Portland 13-4,
Oakland 2-1; Seattle 3-7, Sacramento 2-2;
Los Angeles 5-3, San Francisco 4-4. Page, 11.
Y. M. C. A. gymnasium opens with phenomenal
attendance. Pge 11.
Portland and Vicinity.
White man arrested for robbing Chinaman Ol
his certificate. Page 10.
Closing session of African Methodist confer
ence; appointment of ministers. Page 14.
Japanese arrives to establish Japanese hotel
at St. Louis Fair. Page 14;
Food Commissioner Bailey seizes more adulter
ated vinegar. Page 10.
Bookkeeper for liquor merchant mysteriously
disappears. Page 14.
Earl of Sncncer, Who May Be Prime Minister if
Liberals Win
HUT THE
DELHI?
China Was Guilty of
Bad Faith.
80 SAYS MINISTER LESSAR
But Neglects to Specify the
Agreement Violated,'
SAYS CONVENTION HAS LAPSED
Russian Minister to Japan Still
Awaits Instructions From HI
Government ReRardlnp Nego
tiationsRussian Regiment.
JAPS TAKE INITIATIVE.
BERLIN, Oct. 12. A dispatch from
Shanghai to the Frankfurter Zcltnng
states that news has reached there
from Chefoo to the effect that the
Japanese have occupied Masumpho,
and that an ofilclal declaration of
war Is expected.
YOKOHAMA, Oct. 11. Baron Von Ro
sen, the Russian Minister to Japan, is
still awaiting instructions from his gov
ernment in the matter of the negotia
tions now proceeding between Japan and
Russia.
A Russian regiment from Baikal mili
tary district Is reported to have arrived
at Fong Cheen Ting, about 150 miles
northwest of Pekln. and SO miles from the
Russian frontier.
M. Lessar, Russian Minister to China,
has announced that the Manohurlan con
vention has lapsed.
The Manehurian convention between
Russia and China was signed April S, 1902,
and, according to it, tho evacuation of
the three Manehurian provinces was to
be carried out in three successive periods
of six months from the signing.
Xote, That Gives Excuses.
A note of M. Lessar was appended to
the. convention declaring that "if the
Chinese government, notwithstanding the
assurances given by it. violates any pro
vision of the convention, the Russian
government will not hold Itself bound
either by the terms of the Manehurian
agreement or by the declarations previous
ly made in connection with the matter
and will bo compelled to repudiate any
responsibility and consequences that might
arise therefrom."
China was to be permitted to maintain
whatever force she thought necessary in
Manchuria after the evacuation of that
territory- Russia also agreed. If Tientsin
was restored by the allies to the Chinese
within the first six months to evacuate
NIn Chwang at the time this restoration
was made.
Allies Turned Tientsin Over.
The allies turned over Tientsin to tho
Chinese on August 15, last year. Tho con
vention was to have been ratified within
three months, but this was not done.
Last month M. Lessar, In his note to
the Chinese Foreign Board, promised to
begin the evacuation of Manchuria Octo
ber 8, providing China accepted several
conditions, which China has refused to do.
under pressure principally from Japan and
Great Britain.
XOT TOO LATE YET.
TV'ar Between Russia, and Japan Can.
Be Very Easily Prevented.
BERLIN', Oct. 11. Russia and Japan act
as though either would fight If the other
should hold immovably to tho position
taken at the last exchange of communica
tions. This is the actual situation as un
derstood officially from reports Teeelvcd
from the German Embassy at St. Peters
burg and the German Legation at Toklo.
Yet this mutual attitude at hostile prep
arations by both countries Is still regarded
here as not excluding; an honorable ar
rangement. Neither government has gone so far that
it must fight or be humiliated, but either
Cabinet by a single step can put the other
in that position. This delicate balance
may, of course, be violently disturbed any
day, though no ultlmatun has yet been
thrown on either side.
It is believed here officially that war,
should It occur, would be between Russia
and Japan alone, and that neither Eng
land nor France would be Involved. Fred
erick the Great's remark was quoted to
the Associated Press correspondent as Il
lustrating the present posture of affairs:
"Negotiations without weapons behind
you are like a "musical tone without In
struments." RUMORS THAT DISAGREE.
Hostilities Are Nevertheless
Be.
'lleved to Be Imminent.
LONDON, Oct. 11. The correspondent of
the Morning Post at Chefoo, telegraphing
October 10, says: .
"It is stated that the Japanese have de
cided to declare hostilities tomorrow on
the expiration of their ultimatum to Rus
sia, The Russian fleet has cleared from
Port Arthur. It Is reported ,that the
Japanese are landing troopoVit Masanpho,
Corea.
"There are strong Indications that Ger
many favors hostilities on the ground that
it- would enable her to extend her sphero
of influence In China.
"A number of field guns were embarked
at Port Arthur yesterday for an. unknov. .
destination. All the available forc o"
workmen Is employed on the fortifications.
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