THE MORNING- OEEGONIAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1S03. HE BEATS 2:00 Cresceus Sets Pace for World at JflKD. SHIELD NOT USED Admirers Nearly Sm'other the Horse to Death. THEY ALL WANT TO TOUCH HIM rOrraer Ketclnun la on the Sailer, and the Trade at Wltchlta I Exceed ingly Faat Mike the Tramp Faces Champion. RECORD SINCE 1874. Time. 1874 Goldsmith Maid 1878 Rorus 1SS5 Maud S 1S91 Bunol 189 Nancy Hanks . 1804 Allx 1000 The Abbot .... 1901 Creeceus ...... 1003 Lou. Dillon .... 1D03 Cresceus 2:14 2:13Ji 2:0S 2:0SVi ..'....2:04 2:03i 2:03 2.-02K .......2:00 ... .!: WICHITA, Kan., Oct. 19. Such an ova tion as was given Cresceus when he trot ted a mile In 1:59 today and made a tt TrnrH's record, has been rarely wit- e'red to death, so eager were the people to pat or get near enough to touch him. The day was simply perfect, and the track In prime condition. He was paced by a running mate, Mike the Tramp, to a eulky. Cresceus had no windbreak what ever. The first quarter was made in 30 seconds, the half In the three-quarters in 1:20. and the mile in 1:59& George H. Ketcham, who owns Cres ceus and who drove him today, said: "This is the best track out of doors, and the conditions were perfect. When I was here week before last the track was wet, but I saw Its advantages and de termined to come back. The result justi fied my expectations. I knew before the race that the stallion would beat his rec ord, but I did not anticipate a triumph so complete. I shall go to Oklahoma City and Fort Scott right away to keep en gagements, and that will be the last time he will appear in public" At St. Louts. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 13. Fair Grounds sum mary: Five and a half furlongs Merrie George -won, Tom Mankln second, Orient third; time, 1:09- Six furlongs Optimo won, My Surprise second, Aylmer Bruce third; time, 1:14& Mile and 7t yards Burke Cochran won. Pour Quoi Pas second, Tracy third';' time, 1:47. One iSPle and one-Blxteenth, handicap- Dan W. Jenna won. Little Scout second, Flintlock third; time, 1:14. Mile -and one-eighth Klngstelle won, Heglra second, Morris Volmer third; time, 1:55. Seven furlongs Dave Sommers won, Helen Print second, Ingol Thrift 'third; time, 1:2S4. At Worth. CHICAGO, Oct. 19. Worth summary: Five furlongs Tokalon won. Testimony second. Witchcraft third; time, 1:001-5. Mile and 100 yards Thane won, Ethel Wheat second, C. B. Campbell third; time, 1:411-5. Six furlongs Golden Rule won, Toah second, Grand Opera third; time, 1:12. Mile and a sixteenth, handicap Sidney C. Love won. By Ways second. Dr. Stephens third; time, 1:45 2-5. Seven furlongs Foresight won, Vir ginia Boy second. Palm Reader third; time, 1:27,4-5. One mlje Ivernia won, Frank M. second, Pronta tjhird; time, 1:40 2-5. At Brighton Beach. NEW YORK, Oct. 19. Brighton Reach summary: Mile and three furlongs, hurdles Cryp togram won, Ohnet second, The Rival third; time, 3:17 2-5. Mile and a furlong, selling Baikal won. Blue Victor second. Cottage Maid third; time, 1:53 .2-5. Six furlongs Mamie Worth won; Fu turlta second, Contusion third; time, 1:14 2-5. Five and a half furlongs, Peconic stakes Ocean Tide won; Wotan second, Flam mula third; time, 1:05 3-5. Mile and a sixteenth, handicap Hurst bourne won. River Pirate second. Ascen sion third; time, 1:46 2-5. Five and a half furlongs, selling Piquet won. Pristlna second. Dutiful third; time, l:0S3-5. 3Tevr TorXc aaa Chicago Raeei. Direct wires. . Commissions accepted. .Portland Club, 130 Fifth street TEAM IS "WEAKENED. Fate Seems Agalnxt Willamette University. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem, Or., Oct.: 19. (Special.) Although the students of Willamette University are making every effort to put out a winning football team, fate seems to be against them. Lioyd Marquam, Willamette's best end, and one of the stars of the team, re- .cently fell from a scaffolding and broke lis. ankle, injuring it ao seriously that hevmust keep off the field this season. Last Wednesday In a friendly scuffle on the campus Ralph Zercher, the famous all-Northwestern guard, sustained Pott's fracture, and will not wear a suit again this year. Today Hlnkle, the 'var sity's new halfback, became sick and has returned home. He says he will not come back this term. The 'varsity feels these losses heavllv, and although they are making strenuous efforts to be ready for the game with Monmouth next Saturday and the Uni versity of Oregon game in Eugene, Oc tober 31, still the team is sure to bo weakened. WHITMANS IilGHT TEAM. Will Rattle WithScnttle Next Sat nrdny. WHITMAN COLLEGE. Oct 19. (Spe cial.) Although their light little team showed up pretty well Saturday in the game with the Spokane High School, Whitman football enthusiasts are not very confident of winning the game with the Unli-ersity of Washington In Seattle next Saturday. The game 6howed that Whitman's team, although even faster than was thought, was pretty light to do much against a 'varsity team. The team that leaves for Seattle next Thurs day will not average over 150 pounds to the man. On the other hand, the team will be immensely strengthened by the addition r ,ainard -as quarter and field captain. He has been out of the game for a -week, but will be all right again tomorrow. Ho Is a wonderful man at quarter, distin guishing himself by his heady work last year, wiiey Lasater win prooaoiy uo back in school this .week also, mo was a tower of strength as fullback last year, and will strengthen "Whitman's right end a great deal. Washington University's Team. UNIVERSITY OP WASHINGTON. Se attle, Oct. 19. (Special.) Next Saturday the University of Washington will open Its home Intercollegiate season. It Is the belief that the coming game against Whitman College will be a comparative ly easy one. Last year Washington won from Whitman by a score of 11-5. The university's back field Is now in fairly good shape. Fred M'Elmon la at right halfback, with Strauss at left and Lantz at full. This combination, together with Captain Speldell, should make one of the strongest set of backs In the Northwest. Hill and TIbbals at the end positions are doing good work, and as this is the second year that the boys have worked under Knight, it Is expected by the col legians that they will put up an exhi bition of championship ball. At center, Owen Crim is doing good work, and the coach expects to have him develop Into fully as strong a man as Schorer. The guards are now the most uncertain quan tity. STAYS THE LIMIT WITH GANS. Joe Grim, the Italian Pugilist, is Severely Pounded for Six Rounds. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19.-Joe Gans, the light-weight champion, and Joe Grim, the Italian pugilist of this city, who stood six rounds before Bob Fitzsimmons and received punishment last week, met to night in a six-round fight at the Wash ington Sporting Club. Gans had the bet ter of the fight from beginning to end. The Italian received a severe pounding, but the colored champion was uhabla to knock him out. Xeir Record for Dressing a Beef. DENVER, Oct. '19. By dressing a 1200 nound steer in 3 minutes and 3S seconds. Jacob Baer, employed in a local packing plant, has reduced the world's record by 20 seconds and Incidentally won the West ern championship. The feat was accom plished at a contest held at Broadway Park in this city. WHAT IS A KNOCKER? He. Serves a Useful Purpose Though Not Alvrays Intentionally. PORTLAND. Oct. 19. (To the Editor.) Never a jrenlus that has helped the world along but has had to do some vig orous knocking. Whoso would disparage the knocker sots himself against progress. To -he sure, there Is a knocking that is whollv unnroductlve of good the knock ing of malice and envy. And yet, were it not for the high, fierce joy a leuow aas in achieving things In spito of the de tractor, the backbiter, the knocker, now much of Incentive would be gone from effort? The essence of the exultation of victory, after the achievement Itself, is showincr the fellow who told you yoa could not (and who hoped in his heart vou would not) do It, that you coma, and had done it. The knocker is neces sary to prod us on. If everybody told us we -were all the mustard, we'd soon be gin to believe it, sit- down and do notn in. The fellow who knocks you hard est is your best friend! In a broad sense, knocking never yet succeeded of itself. The man -who falls must be in the con- Rnlmrr aeralnst himself. The backbiter does little real harm or the slanderer oithM-r the hurt does not come from them. The thing that hurts is the truth, and If a knocker tells things about you that are true, you should proceed to cor rect the fault. He Is your friend in fact, though your enemy in intent, The knocker is not a pleasant being at all. but neither Is the snake or the worm, yet they fulfill some valuable purpose In the scheme of things. Criticism is knocking, yet but for criticism we should have no advancement. Knocks are a valuable part of the men tn! nnc Tihvrfeal training a man must have to fit him for the work to be done. The knocker at his best Is the man who sends the world along; at his worst he is the fellow who keeps the knocker for truth up to his best. Let our good people knock In the same old way I Let ine KnocKer knock the knocker In his pride of heart, onlv that he knocks righteously! Let each knocker knock away, and if he doesn't knock the Tight thing in the right way. we mav be sure that the thing knocked wllL come back at him somo day and knock him out. Therefore, let the knock ing nropfied. and "damned be he who first cries 'Hold, enough.' " Do I meet many knockers who are op- nosed to the 1905 Fair? Well, yes, a few. But then they so entmea io ineir indi vidual opinions, and have a right to ex nress them. Reasons? Well, the prin clpal reason is the increase in rent ior both business property ana aweiungs without an adequate Increase, they say, of Inoome, Then there are people who are opposed to the present Fair site. It should have been here or there, principally there, where It would best serve the individual Interests of the objector. Various rea sons are advanced which, from the view point, of the person advancing same, aro rood. It Is well known tnat .roruana holds a peculiar position on the coast. Our people are divided among themselves. In the city we lack enthusiasm an es sential to success in any enterprise. The state, outside of the city. Is against us, They think we derive all- the benefits of their labor, and when we undertake to promote any enterprise of mutual benefit to the entire state, the people act sui lenly and hold back. A current of thought Is a positive force, just as much as a cur rent of electricity. Electric power can te generated and directed, and stored, if necessary; then why not generate a cur rent of thought in the minds of the poo jle which shall bring success to any move ment calculated to promote, tne puduc welfare. Such a current of thought springing simultaneously from a- multi tude of minds is an irresistible force, and that Is the force we want to make the Fair a success. The State of Washington is a little Jealous of us, and Inclined. to knock. Its people aro our detractors whenever an opportunity presenTs itself. Idaho Is re moved from us by distance, and as the conditions there in the way of climate, crops and other resources are the same as our own, she naturally" is looking east ward for a market for her product, and for capital for her mines. And it Is the same with Montana and Utah. California, on the south, is Jealous of our growth. She owned Oregon for years before railroad facilities placed us in position to help our selves, and now she Is not disposed to help us when we are drawing atten tion from California to ourselves. Brit ish Columbia is removed from us on ac count of tariff duties, but apparently there Is a kindlier feeling there toward us than anywhere on the -coast This does not signify that our sister states are knocking us. They are look ing out for their own interests. They are very properly building up and develop ing their own resources and Industries. So, summing up our position in brief: We must do for ourselves; the success of the Fair in accomplishing all that we desire that It shall accomplish, rests with us, ourselves, here in Portland; we must draw to us the favoring thought-forces frqhi all directions, and thus bind, with the bonds fit friendship and good-will, all the Coast States into one great common wealth for our mutual benefit Another important feature tending to ward the success of the Fair and the in dustrial growth of this city and Oregon is the "patronage of home Industry." be cause the money paid for home products Is all retained1 In the state, thus keeping In circulation among our own people vast sums of money tljat would, In the pat ronage of Eastern goods, bo all sent out of the state. C. H. M'ISAAC. LOWERS THE CHAMPION HURLED TO DEATH Great Crane Gives Way and Twelve Men Lose Lives. FIVE ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED Two-Inch Cable Pulls Loose From Its Fastening, . and Five Beams Be ins Carried toRailrond Bridge Come Crashing Dovra. PITTSBURG, Oct 19. By the breaking of the ropes carrying five beams to their position, letting many tons of .iron fall upon the movable crane at the Plttburg end of the new Wabash Railroad bridge being built by the American Bridge Com pany over the Monongahela River, al most a dozen workmen were hurled to death by a fall of more than 100 feet striking the water and two barges be neath. Ten of the dead have been re covered. Five men were seriously in jured. Several bodies are yet buried in the wreckage. The-part of the bridge extending out over the river from the Water-street side is a total wreck. The dead: W. J. McCLOUD. GEORGE WELLS. J. W. KBITLINGETt, EDWARD MORRIS. JAMES SIMMONS. WILLIAM KEMPTOJC. C L. FLEMING. FREDERICK SALLLNGER. FRANK DALBY. j J. CAMPBELL. Missing: Edward Farrls, James Hlm mons. The injured: Adolph Vosburg, ofDu quesne; Frank Hoover, Allegheny, re covery doubtful; William Jay, of Beaver, Falls; A. M. Fowler, of Paterson, N. J.; Earl Crider, of Allegheney, hurt about head. Deputy Coroner L. C. Houchct made an Investigation at the scene of tho disas ter. He believes the blame rests on who ever was In charge of the fastening of the beam. He says a failure to prop erly secure one derrick-load caused the breaking strain to fall on the crane. Tho accident was caused by the giving away of a two-Inch steel cable which was used as one of the guys to support the big crane. This cablo was tested to bear a strain of 100 tons, and it is said it did not break, but nulled loose from Its fastenings. There were 34 men at work on the superstructure of the bridge and In the barge below, from which the beams were being hoisted by the crane, 175 feet above the river level when the booms collapsed. Of the men who were in tho barge some escaped with their lives by Jumping Into tho river the moment they heard the crash above. Some of the men on the superstructure who were engaged in riveting and handling the bars that were lifted from the barge also got away uninjured. TRAIXMEX KILLED IN COLLISION. Passengers Escape With a Shaking' Up Five of Crevr Injured. RICHMOND, Va., Oct 19. A head-on collision occurred on the Southern Rail way between Keysvllle and Meherrln, Va., today. Four trainmen were killed and five Injured. Each train was crowded with passengers who suffered from tho shock. The dead: M. E. WILLIAMS, postal clerk. L. S. DILLON, flagman. DANIEL. PINCKHAM, fireman. E. IL- AT WELL, engineer. An accommodation train which left Keysvllle this morning collided this sido of Keysvllle with the passenger train from Richmond. Iilmlteil Train Crashed Into Frelcrht IOWA CITY, la., Oct 19. The Rock Island Limited, eastbound, crashed into an extra freight train, westbound, while running at a high rate of speed at Ox ford, west of this city, this morning. A dozen passengers were injured slightly, bufcxnp one was seriously hurt The pas senger engine was turned over on its side and was demolished, while tho freight engine was badly wrecked. Passenger Train Is Ditched. JOILET, III., Oct 19. An Elgin, Joilet & Eastern passenger train running be tween Joilet and Aurora went into tho ditch near Plalnfleld today. The coaches were turned upside down. Several pas sengers were injured, but tho only person fatally hurt is Patrick Mallory, a brake- man. Run Down and Killed by Street-Car. YOUNGSTOWN, O., Oct 19. Four men, two unknown, were run down and killed on the Mahoning street railway last night The two known victims aro Lulgo Mar- mil o and Eugenio Zarlengo. Vandnlft Dentroy Watting-Roora. Sunday morning between 2 and 4 o'clock the four waiting-rooms south of Powell road and east of East Twenty-sixth street on tho Woodstock branch of -ho City & Suburban Railway Comgany, were over- "X" THE WORLD'S RECORD FOR TROTTERS STALLION CRESCEUS, OWNED BY GEORGE KETCHA3I. turned and destroyed. The stations were tho Harrison, Helman, -Howe and Mann. These are all the stations from Kenll worth to Woodstock, excopt that at Ivan hoe, and are used dally by residents. In the Winter and wet weather they are a groat convenience. The offense Is in line with the damage that was done to tho wagons and harness of Henry Faust about two weeks ago. Young vandals living in the southeast portion of the city commit ted this outrage. DRIVING BARGAIN ON CANAL Colombia Is Satisfied America. Will Yield, So She Will Wait NEW YORK, Oct 19. Ismael Enrique Arolnlegas, of the Colombian diplomatic service, has arrived In this city on his way to Washington with special dis patches containing instructions for Dr. Toraas Horran. 'the Colombian Minister, concerning the Panama Canal treaty. Ho also Is the bearer of the text of the amendments to the treaty made by the Senate of Colombia and President Mar roquln. The only condition on which the Colom bian government Is now prepared to con clude the pending treaty, he said, is the payment of J23.O00.000 by the United States for the advantages It would receive and an agreement to let the territory remain as a part of Colombia. "There are Just as strong advocates of the construction of the canal In my country as In tho United States." he said. "In fact everybody understands it would be -of some material benefit to us, and that the relations Into which it would bring- us with such a great country as the United States would be of great use to a small country, such as ours. The people want It, have wanted it for a long time, and know that they will get It some day. "However, there is a pretty general feeling- that the United States will gala a great deal more out of this canal than w.o, not --only in the long run, but from tho very start so It Is argued that while we should not exactly drive a sharp bar gain, wo should look out for our own In terests. You cannot blame anybody for doing that Should the United States refuse to ac cept our terms, we shall simply wait un til she gets ready. we should gain by waiting, since she is at the present time willing to pay the French government something like 540.050,000 for their fran chise. That expires in six years, and re verts, of course, to us. But in waiting we should not consider the offers of any other country to build the canal, since wo feel tho United States is about tho only one -which would stick to Its treaty after It made one." Colombia Still Considering Matter. WASHINGTON, Oct 19. Minister Beau- pre, at Bogota, has Informed the Stato Department that the Colombulan govern ment is still considering the canal question and the committee having the matter in charge has submitted a report upon the" concession to the Panama Canal Com pany from 1S04 to 1910. The dispatch is ambiguous and the 'department cannot say whether the committee has recommended tho invalidation of tho concession and a return to the company of $1,000,000. which was paid for It or whether it favors con firming the concession. The report is to be printed and discussed in the Colombian Congress next week. The Colombian gov ernment having intimated that it desired the construction of a canal, this Govern ment will not act until It has been deter mined that a reasonable time has been given to the government at Bogota to forfulate and present a proposition. Claims Against Venezuela Adjnsted. CARACAS. Oct 19. The mixed commis sion for hearing tho 'Spanish claims against Venezuela has closed its sessions. Of the total amount of claims presented before the commission, $354,954 wero awarded, $205,253 were withdrawn, and $31,004 were refused. Considering tho Spanish population of Venezuela, amount ing to 40,000 persons, tho total of claims presented to this commission is consid ered to have been small. Bolivia Will Have a New Cabinet NEW YORK. Oct 19. It is reported that a new cabinet will be formed before the end of the month, says a Herald dis patch from Lapaz, Bolivia. The Chamber of Deputies has approved a law prohibit ing new convents In Bolivia. Marshall Against Hard Game. Captain Carl Marshall, of the Harvard football team, has a hard season' ahead of. him. Harvard Is .notoriously weak this year, and can only hope to win by Marshall's good generalship. He Is recog nized, however, as the most competent quarter-back in America, and has already led Harvard to victory one year and saved her from utter rout another, and the way he braced his weak line against West Point last Saturday shows that ho can get more out of his men than the average captain. Yellovr .Jack Claims 3Iore Victims. LAREDO, Tex., Oct 19. Tonight's yel low fever bulletin shows: New cases, 36; deaths, 5; total cases to date, 436; total deaths, 32. Neuvo Laredo reports 13 new cases and one death. Nevr Pontifical Major Domo, ROME, Oct 19. Monsignor Blsletl has "been named pontifical major domo In suc cession to Monsignor De Azevedo. Alderman Arraigned for Bribery. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Oct 19. Alder man John Blbley was arraigned today in tho District Court on the charge of brib err. He 13 tho third member of the Council of 1501 to be so arraigned. He gave $3500 bonds, and will demur to the Indictment tomorrow. EAST'S- DEBT TO WEST. For Orders and Operator as Well as the Products Themselves. Wall Street Journal. The business Interests of New York owe no small debt of recognition to the banks of the West during tho recent strain in the money market At the very time that the New York banks, with their resources strained to the utmost and with confidence In the situation much shaken, withdrew from the mercantile paper market and thus cut off ordinary supplies of credit from the merchants, the country banks, in largo numbers, displaying a commenda ble courage and unsuspected strength. came Into tho market and bought mer cantile paper in considerable amounts. Their action not only kept down rates to lower figures than would have ruled but for this supply, but It gave relief when relief was most needed. Now that the West and South wants Its money to move the crops, it is not likely to buy so much paper, but In the meantime the New York banks have worked Into an easier posl tion, and aro amply able to take care of all mercantile needs. This statement of conditions, which is made by leading bankers. Is of special significance because it Illustrates anew tho Interdependence of tho different sections of the country We aro closely knit together by ties of the common interest not only of a polltl cal nature, but more still of a business character. One section can not get along without the other. If there had been no railroads to annihilate distances and bring the most widely separated parts of the land closely together in point of time, it is not improbable thai, there would now be three and perhaps four different coun tries in the territory embracing the United States. As It is, wo are one peo ple. In name, In deed, in history, and in destiny. ' Concentration of capital In big busi ness enterprises is also, In no small measure working toward closer union of the people. But In nothing else does the dependence of one-section upon another appear clearer than In the various move ments of money. The West has long de pended upon the East for the capital to develop its vast resources, and the East has depended upon the West for tho profits of Its investments. As the West has grown richer it has paid much of its indebtedness to tho East, and has lately been disposed to boast of its financial in dependence, but as a matter of fact while less dependent than It was, it is still de pendent In no small degree, and every Fall there is tho same spectacle of mil lions of money flowing from the East to the West and the South to help in the movement of the crops. This year the movement has been delayed by the late ness of tho crops, and Its volume may be affected by the action of Secretary Shaw in making larger deposits in the banks and by anticipating the maturity of the 5 per cent bonds. Nevertheless there is no change in the law of tho Fall drain to move the crops. Meanwhile the East rich as it is, finds that it is becoming more and more de pendent upon the West, even in a financial way. Much of the Wall street speculation has had its source in the West From the West have como many of the larg est orders, and the Western operators have been at times the leaders In the stock market But more than this it has been a development of the past three or four year, that a large part of the credit available for speculative purposes, have been supplied by Western Institutions, and if Wall street has abused Its opportuni ties and gone Intp speculative excesses, the West is largely to blame. And now It appears how useful the country has been to the city In relieving it at a crit ical moment of a large part of the bur den of supplying the credit necessities of the merchants. It is altogether desirable that thl3 in terdependence between the seotions should exist It immensely strengthens the country as a whole. For when one sec tion is In need, the others may be able to como to Its relief, and In turn the sec tions giving aid now may soon be in need of help themselves. The prosperity of the West by reason of the abundance of its recent crops, is now the business salvation of tho country. Thero can be no serious collapse when the great agri cultural territory is prosperous. Refuses to Grant Concensions. NEW YORK. Oct 19. The Inter-Bor ough Rapid Transit Company tonight re fused to grant any concessions to the for mer engineers now employed as motor- men, and tho former firemen now em ployed In.varlou3 capacities by tho com pany. The action of the company prob ably "will result in the men going on strike. Confidential Adviser of King of Slam WASHINGTON, Oct 19. Edward B. Strobel has been appointed confidential ad viser of the King of Slam and will leave for his new post of duty In about a week. He was formerly Third Assistant secre tary of State, and also was Minister to Ecuador and Chile. Nerrnpaper Man Commits Snicide. CHICAGO, Oct 19. H. S. Canfield, writer and newspaper man, committed suicide last night by cutting his throat with a razor. while temporarily insane. THE OVERWORKED EYE, The faded Eye. the red and inflamed Eye, ia kva that netds care, relieved, by Mur ine. Murlno Eye Remedy Co., Chicago. TAMMANY DOWNED Kings County Refuses to In dorse Entire Ticket VOTE PROVES VERY CLOSE Leader 'McLaughlin Gets the Entire Matter Referred to a Harmony Committee, hut Peace Is No Nearer Than Before. NEW -YORK, Oct 19. The meeting of the Kings County Democratic Commit tee tonlcht. called by Senator P. J. Mc- Carren to force an indorsement of tho entire Tammany ticket resulted In a victory for Leader Hugh McLaughlin. who carried ten of the 21 election dis tricts. The vote was very close, four teen delegates whose votes might .have changed the result being absent when the meeting was called to order. McCarren made a speech in support of a resolution offered by him to Indorse the entire Tam many ticket John L. Shea, chairman of the executive committee, offered a' sub stitute resolution that the whole matter involved in McCarren's resolution be re ferred to a committee of 15, and the committee be directed to report Its rec ommendations to the County Committee as to-the best means of bringing about harmony of action on tho part of the or ganlzations of the various assembly dls tricts. This substitute was carried by the adherents of McLaughlin by a stand ing -ote of 148 to 141. But slight hopes are entertained that the harmony committee will succeed In its mission, and it is generally consid ered that a bitter fight between the rival factions of McLaughlin and McCarren will be waged during the campaign. The Fusion and Tammany organiza tions opened the campaign tonight May or Low addressed three meetings on the East Side, and Mr. McClellan spoke In Manhattan and Brooklyn Boroughs. A POSTPONED DINNER. Trip Across Street as Interlude in an Embarrassing Evening. New York Sun. Tho struggler on the outskirts of soci ety certainly has his troubles. How he Is able to meet them depends, of course, on the- amount of his experience and largely on his personal characteristics. There Is no better example of the composure wun which these men can sometimes confront extremely embarrassing situations than the artist who recently gave a dinner at a Fifth avenue restaurant He had invited 12 persons to a dinner, to bo served In a private room. Most of them stood high In the set that he so assiduously cultivated, without having so far gained any material profit from their friendship. The men and women he had invited arrived and waited. They waited very much longer than necessary and nobody seemed to know Just what had happened. Tho smug face of the host showed no apprehension and his guests felt reassured in spite of the delay. "'We'll have the cocktails, anyhow," ho said. "Waiter, bring up the cocktall3 right away." Tho waiter retired. Then there was an other appalling delay of fifteen minutes and the guests began to feel certain that something must be wrong. Presently head waiter appeared. 'I've been .wanting to see you for half . an hour," said the host with a fine show of indignation. "What in the world does it mean that we are compelled to wait for dinner so long?" "I'm very sorry." the waiter answered, 'that Mr. X has asked mo to tell you that It will be Impossible to serve t an other dinner for you until your present account has been settled." Most of tho men and women In the room heard thi3. The silence that fol lowed It was awful. The embarrassment everybody felt so acutely was more for the host than for themselves. But he was the one person In the room who seemed not In the least flustered. 'Indeed!" he said, with- as much scorn as tnougn ne wouiu unaer no circum stances consent to eat in such a place. "My bill must be settled, eh? I had no Idea that I ever had an unpaid account here. But tell Mr. X not to be dis turbed. I will send him a check so soon as I get home." The feelings of his guests had under gone an. entire change since he began to speak. He was so indignant and with such evident justice that they sympa thized more than ever with him. The women, who had been flurried at the out set were not quite composed. "This is such a ridiculous affair," he said with a smile at all of his guests, "that I am at a loss to account for it Only I hope It will not be allowed to spoil our evening. There are other restaurants in New York, and the best of them is just across the street I beg of you all to ac company me there that we may enjoy ourselves, if It is a little late." He-13 a magnetic fellow, and there was an evident disposition among his friends to feel sorry for him. So there was a murmur of assent the one or two hesi tating women followed the drift of feel lng, and all decided that they would have the dinner after all. "I'll go ahead of you." the host said, "and expect you all across the 6treot within ten minutes." That seemed a bad sign. Nobody knew why he should be so anxious to get across to the restaurant first But the whole party went down to the first floor, put on their wraps ana started to tne otner restaurant Luckily tho weather was clear. The women had sent their car riages away. The spirits of the party were splendid now. Not all of them haa been well acquainted at the outset But bv the- time the second restaurant was' reached they all felt like old friends.. The host was awaiting them when they arrived. It was after 8 by this time, and not even a cocktail had helped to sustain the party. But they found them on the table, and the dinner that followed was exaulsltely chosen. The wines wero rare and lavish. Only one more anxious moment came during the evening. The check was handed to the host Try as they might it was Impossible for the others not to look conscious. But It was signed. $5 was laid on the plate for the waiter, and the party left the restaurant without any fur ther unpleasantness. In tho corridor the guests stopped to say good-night to the host The last man shook hands and said: "I was glad you acted as you did across the street You carried off an embarrass ing situation very well." "I'm glad you think so. responded the host "I suppose some fools would have allowed that man to interfere with their dinner. But I didn't propose to have that happen." Dovrle in Portland, PORTLAND, Oct 20. (To the Editor.) Fourteen years ago about this time, J. Alexander Dowle, accompanied by a retinue, and private secretary, landed In Portland, from Australia, having stayed a- while in San Francisco and San Jose, California. On arrival here, he formed an alliance with C. W. Beers, secretary of the Y. M. C. A., from whose office he sent forth a notice to each pastor In the city to meet him and receive in structions relative to his establishing a faith-healing mission. To this call not a soul responded savo ono German Evan- CHOICE PIANOS LOW PRICES Not cheap pianos at small prices, but good pianos, first- class pianos yes, exceed ingly choice pianos always at low prices. Eiters Piano Hotise Washington Street, Corner Park. nus. ooi, ooo ana ooo. The home of the Chickering Piano of Boston, the Weber of New York and the Kim ball of Chicago, besides 23 other standard makes. Sole Northwest agent for the PIANOLA Other Large Stores: Spokane. Wash.; San Francisco and Sacra mento, Cal.; Seattle, Wash. gellcal minister named Schentnecht, who. like a green Dutchman, parent probably more to see what the racket was all about anyway. Moved by this frost Dowle issued hur riedly to every preacher a bench war rant to appear at "headquarters" and "show cause" why he should not open a mission in the City of Portland, to which all manner of suffering- folk should fly as doves to the windows for healing. Still nobody heeded, this time , not even the Dutchman, whereupon Dowle formal ly opened hostilities in the old Tabernacle, or the rink, as It was then called, on the corner of Twelfth and Morrison streets, healing In a pig's eye from night to night many diseases. Finding Portland soil rather unproduc tive In shekels, after two or three weeks the second Elijah moved on, leaving a band of a dozen or so behind, with one Rev. Mr. Ratroy, a wild Spanish-bishop-looking sort of fellow,, in charge. In a brief period the net results were: C. W. Beers found It necessary to resign from the secretaryship of the Y. M. C. A.; Ratroy was cheerfully and promptly ex cused from the pastorate of Emmanuel Baptist Church, and lay for months after at the point of death, and that while at the head of a mission for divine healing, some physician In Portland finally was fool enough to pull him back. Just what became of the divine healing plant, no one seems exactly to know. C. E. CLLNE. LEFT TO OPEGON MEETING Independent Packers Elect All Of- fleers, Save President. DENVER, Oct 19. The directors of the Independent Packing Company met hero today for the purpose of electing of ficers and outlining the future policy of the company. There were present: M. K. Parsons, Utah; G. L. Williams, Indian Territory; R. R- Selway. Wyoming; John W. Springer and Frank Benton, Colorado; J. T. Brown, Montana: B. F. Deathrldge, Missouri; Paul Russell, Kansas; F. W. Flato, Jr., Missouri; Noah Newbanks, South Dakota; I. F. WilsOn. Texas; A. W. Atkins, Nebraska; H. A Jastro, Cali fornia; E. S. Gosney, Arizona; Jesse M-. Smith, Utah; J. H. Gwinn, Oregon, and C. F. Martin. Colorado. The trust agreement, by which 51 per cent of the stock Is to be held in escrow by the directors, was adopted and a trust committee appointed. It was decided to postpone 'the election of president until the meeting of the National Livestock As sociation In Portland, Or., on January 12 next L. F .Wilson, of Texas, was elected vice- president; F. W. Flato, Jr., of Missouri, treasurer, and C. F. Martin, of Colorado, secretary. The Continental Trust com pany of Denver, was designated as tho depository of the company. The meeting will be in session tomorrow when the future policy of the company will be outlined and arrangements made for the financing. The capital stock of the company Is $5,000,000, incorporated under the laws of Arizona. Finances of Hooley. NEW YORK, Oct 19. The schedules of the Stock Exchange firm of Edwin S. Hooley &, Co., which failed on July 27, which will be filed tomorrow, will show that 52,079,500 Is due secured creditors for principal and interest, and $&19,S72 13 due unsecured creditors. The assets are placed at $9,2,057 nominal value, and $2,417,173 actual value at this market These, as sets are applicable to both secured and unsecured liabilities. OREGON MEN AT ST. LOUIS President Myers and Commissioner Wehrung Worlc for 1005 Fair. ST. LOUIS. Oct 19. Jefferson Myers, president "of the Lewis and Clark Cen tennial Exposition Commission, of Ore gon, and W. H. Wehrung, the Commis sion's General Superintendent, visited tho World's Fair today. This Commission will also havo charge of Oregon's display at the World's Fair next year. The Com mission Is authorized to spend $50,000 on this display, and also to bring to St Louis many of the exhibits that are to be shown at Portland In 1903. Length of Football Kicks. New York Sun. In the Sun of last Sunday week men tion was made of a place kick of a foot ball in Great Britain of 231 feet 6 Inches. A better Idea of the distance may be had by reckoning it In yards 77 yards 6 inches. Our football fields are 110 yards long, 6o that this kick was 22 yards and 6 Inches more than half the length of the field a pretty long place kick. It is not easy to compare this kick with long dis tance place kicks in this country on ac count of the scarcity of records here. There is a record of 200 feet S inches for a place kick made on this side of tho water, but It was a long time ago, and it is a certainty that longer place kicks have been made In games since that time. .Often the ball travels over the goal lino from a kick-off at least 20 yards, making a total distance of 73 yards. Dave Fultz, the old Brown half back, says tho best kicker from placement he ever saw somebody holding the ball for the kicker was one Mosse at the University of Kansas. Mosse was an Englishman. "A3 a matter of fact," says Fultz. "the punt Is the best kick for yielding distance. A punt In the neighborhood of SO yards is said to have been made by DeWltt, of Princeton. The spiral punt yields tho most distance, and the spiral can be ap plied only to the punt The ball hits tho foot lengthwise and slightly oblique, and revolves on its long axis. It docs not turn over and over lengthwise, but tho same point always In front These two forces" are propelling the ball. It Is boring its way ahead, the same point In front always, like an airship, but whizzing around the axis extending from point to point. And when tho boring movement is Imparted to a ball the twist and the small resistance to the air afforded by tho point carry it further than any other kind of a kick." WILL WOLF & CO.'S SHOW WINDOW Have you seen those Sweet Orr & Co.'a make of pants for $L95, 229 Morrison. The success of Hood's Sarsaparllla for rheumatism Is vouched for by mahy whom it has cured.