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.!' f! Si flflE. .V ' "'. Jtttttt OTtttttk VOL: XLIH. XO. 13,549. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1904. PRICE FiyE CENTS. HflSI IES0FFL1E! Conflagration Destroys Three Lumber Plants ESTIMATEDL088$355,000 Firemen Powerless to Cope With Fury of Flames. WATER SUPPLY INADEQUATE Plants of Multnomah Trunk & Box Company, Day Lumber Company and Ira F. Powers Furniture Company Are Destroyed. ESTIMATED LOSSES. Multnomah Trunk & Box Com pany, plant $150,000 1.000,000 feet of lumber 10,000 Day Lumber Company, plant.. 130,000 000,000 feet of lumber 0,000 Ira F. Powers Manufacturing Company, plant ... 60,000 Total $335,000 INSURANCE. Multnomah Trunk & Box Com pany $30,000 Day Lumber Company 40,000 Ira F. Powers Manufacturing Company 30.000 Total ...... .. $106,000 A little tongue of flame among some shavings In the engine-room of the Day Lumber Company on the Macadam, road grew In a moment to a roaring blaze that chased the frightened -watchman from the building, leaped to the roof, ate up acres of piled lumber, and destroyed utterly the plants of the lumber company, the Powers J-urniture Company and the Multnomah Box & Trunit Company. For two hours the fire laughed and mockeu at tho toiling firemen. Giant bil lows of flame tossed hundreds of feet high in tho air. The puny streams of water which the laboring engines threw into the .jalstroms of fl wera swajkvwedjip like' tho trickle from a watering can. The fiery tempest beat the flremon back from the long elevated roadways lined with lumber, and then rioted untrammeled and unhindered among the sawmills, offlccs and storehouses of the three stricken com panies. So terrific was the heat engen dered in tho blazing area that at one time a miniature cyclone of flame or a fire spout formed in tho air and a twisting column of fire reaching at least 200 feet Into the air tore across tho burning dis trict like a tornado. In three separate columns the flames advanced respectively from tho Day, the Powers and the trunk companies toward tho railroad track. To stay this onward march was an impossibility, to attempt it would have been an idiotic waste of en ergy. But at the railroad the firefighters made a stand. As each column of flame reached the track, the big streams pumped by doubled-up engines were turned on the whirling tongue of fire, and in each case tho flame tas unablo to Jump the railroad and reach tho piles of dry lumber on tho other side. From tho railroad to the river this morning there Is naught but ashes. Had the flames crossed the railroad" track, the Are v. ould have been burning yet with a battle front more than half a mile wide. Tho lack of water hampered tho Fire Department. Only four engines could be used to advantage, and ono of these had to be placed on tho rior bank far from tho fire. Whon a few pounds of dynamite would have made a gap In the long front of tho flames, there was no explosive to bo had. And so it went. Within the boun daries of the Are the flames held high carnival and devoured everything that was combustible. All that the Fire De partment could do was to wait by the gap which the railroad tracks made until tho flames reached them and then to keep the Arc from crossing. This they did. ORIGIN OF THE FIRE. Started Among Shavings In Engine Room of Lumber Company. The Are started in the engine-room of the Day mill, while Nightwatchman Sher man Haines was feeding sawdust to the furnace through the chute that leads from the fuel bin to the fires. Haines says that while poking tho shavings and sawdust through tho chute a sort of explosion took place In the furnace, throwing the Are back up the chuto and Into the bin. "I was poking sawdust through the chute to the Ares about 11 o'clock," said Haines. "Suddenly there came a puff of Are ijp the chuto and into the bin. Before I could make a move, the shavings in the bin were on Are. I tried as best I could to extinguish thorn, but In three seconds tho whole bin was a mass of flames, and I barely escaped with my life. When 1 jumpcu from the bin the Aames had leaped to the roof, and I hurried to the whistle and summoned what aid I could in that DEMONSTRATION ON SEPIA PAPER 'An Expert from the Factory will demonstrate the use of EASTMAN'S SEPIA PAPER In our Photographic Department on SATURDAY AFTERNOON from 2 to 5 EVERYBODY INVIT- D BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO. 142-146 FOURTH STREET manner, and then ran to the flre-alann and sent In a calL" When seen by a reporter, Haines was In bed at the Riverside Hotel, where he had been taken to have his wounds dressed. HIs face and hands were badly burned and he was suffering much pain. . The alarm came from box No. 73, at the corner of Macadam and Thomas streets, at about 11:30 o'clock. The first alarm was quickly followed by the second, and Engines 1 and 5, Hose 2 and Truck 2 responded. The second alarm brought En gines 3 and 4, Hose 1 and Hoso 3 and Truck L The different equipments re sponded In good time, and the 72-mlle run was covered in a remarkably short time, the big Truck No. 1 making the run in a little less than 15 minutes. Fanned by the light southwest wind that was blowing the flames spread with Incredible rapidity. Ten minutes after the Are started in the Day mill the entire mill was a mass of flames, and all hopes of saving any part of the concern were r.lven up, and every effort lent to protecting the Powers mill, some small buildings of which had already taken Are. The Powers mill started burning about 11:40 o'clock, and the flames licked up the dry wooden buildings as though they were made of paper. The flremen worked like demons, but the cause was a lost one al most from the first, and ten minutes after the Powers mill caught flra the Multno mah Box & Trunk Factory was In flames. At 1 o'clock the hottest Are that ever raged In Portland lit up the river front and surrounding country for miles around. The Are at that time extended from the river nearly to Macadam street, and from the Day mill docks, to the Multnomah Box & Trunk Factory supply yards, a distance of more than a quarter of a mile. The heat became so intense that the crowds of people standing Ave blocks away from tho Aames were driven back up the hill that rises from Macadam street. While the roofs of the Powers mill were yet burning the plant of the Multnomah Box & Trunk Company caught and within half an hour practically every building of the big plant was either afire or smolder ing. This was the crisis of the conflagra tion. Ten acres of lumber and tinder-like buildings were a roaring furnace, and the puny streams of the fire engines were use less. Many Men Save Trunks. Some 200 new trunks were stored in the storehouse of the Multnomah Trunk & Box Company. Led by S. E. Wrenn, pres ident of the company, a gang of men smashed in the doors of the warehouse and hauled away the trunks to a place of safety. The trunks were practically all that was saved from tho three plants ex cept the books and a few pieces of small machinery. "In tho trunk factory alone seven build ings were on Are. The Aames ate their way along a level roadway, and the hot breath of the Aro touched off every abut ting structure In a few moments. Less than 45 minutes after tho trunks had been rescued the warehouse was a mass of Aames. A stream of water was kept playing on tho western wall that It might act as a barrier to the pnward march of the Arc. This scheme was suc cessful, and at 2 o'clock the Are was un der control. Two dozen residences and the factory of the Day Lumber Company, threo blocks northward on the Macadam. Road, were saved by tho wall of cold water. At no time did the Are cross the track of tho Yamhill division of the Southern PaciAc to do serious damage. Three shanties near the Day factory were in great danger, and constantly caught Are. Officer Connors smashed In the door of one, whoso neighbor's roof was just catching from tho heat. In the shanty he found two men, peacefully sleeping. "Carry out my trunk," ordered one of the sleepers. High up on the root of the annex of the Day factory three men directed a small and trickling stream of water upon the warmed surface of the main building. By this time tho wind had set in more from the westward and the heat was directed away from this building, the only struc ture of any size In the three plants to escape. Fire Under Control at 2 A. M. At 2 o'clock Chief Campbell declared the Are under control. At many points the heat was yet insupportable to the Are men. They could scarcely procure a drink of water except from tho leaks in the hose. Chief Campbell tried an experiment in hitching together two engines out of the four on the ground and pumping water 2000 feet to tho Are. This had never before been done In Portland, but under the cir cumstances such action was necessary. Another engine was placed south of the trunk factory, and gained. Its water di rectly from the Willamette. Practically every piece of apparatus In the city was called out by the repeated calls, but only four could be placed to advantage. The Aro covered a great area, but there was not enough water to go around. All the buildings had private hose of their own, and the emplojes as they ar rived on the scene from their homes near by hitched these to the hydrants out in the lumber jards. When the Are gained so much headway as to drive back every bne from these pieces of hose, the hy drants could not be closed, and the pres sure at the hydrants on the street to which the Are engines connected as soon as they arrived later was greatly reduced thereby. From all sides of the Are the great cry was for water. Assistant Chief Lauden klos looked disgusted. "It isn't poor water. It's just simply no water," he said. Chance for the FIreboat. Although the firemen responded prompt ly to the call, when they arrived the Are had gained such headway that little could (Concluded on Ninth Pace.1 SUTED T LEAD Iowa Man May Be Cam paign Manager. WEST TO BE HIS FIELD J. W. Blythe, a Prominent At torney, Is Much Favored. BLISS NAMED AS HIS CHIEF New Yorker Will Take Care of the Eastern End of the Fight for RooseveltPresident Has Com bination Under Advisement. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 12. At the present writing it Is probable that the management of the Republican campaign will be placed in the hands of Cornelius N. Bliss, of New York, as chairman. While Bliss will be In control of the Eastern headquarters, the actual control of tho campaign will ba under J. W. Blythe, attorney of the Burlington railroad, with headquarters In Chicago. Just how 16ng this combination will be allowed to stand Is liard to predict. No body can truthfully say that this comes direct from the President, but it does come from, men who have talked with tie President and who hope such arrange ment will be made. Blythe is one of tho most popular men In Iowa, and is really at the head of the Republican organization of that state, and has extensive acquaintance every where. His selection to manage the West ern end of the campaign would bo emi nently satisfactory to many of the East ern men and corporation Interests, and his personality Is such that Western men would acquiesce In his selection. It is not tho Arst time his name has been mentioned In conection with the management of a campaign, and there have been so many suggestions and so many men have been rejected that it would not bo at an surprising If the com bination of Bliss and Blythe should be adopted.' Bufllke 'many other things" in politics it Is extremely uncertain. HEARST MEN BENT ON BOLTING St. Louis Convention Is Almost Sura to Be Devoid of Harmony. OREGpNIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 12. The tactics of the Hearst men indicate a bolt at the St. Louts Dem ocratic National Convention. The fact that rump conventions were held in In diana and the District of Columbia to day, after the Hearst men had been rout ed by largo majorities, seems to show the desperation of the element which is opposed to any reorganization of the party. If Hearst is responsible for what is going on, ho evidently realizes that bolters are not forever debarred from voice in the councils of any party, as there are many instances where bolters have been taken back and given hign seats. The argument of Hearst men Is that loyal Democrats who followed the Nation al Democracy In two campaigns are now being displaced by the so-called reorgan izes, and the old guard has an absolute right to work independently and go to St. Louis demanding recognition. The attitude of the Hearst faction is giving a great deal of concern to Demo crats who hoped to recoup from past disasters. They are aware that it will be almost impossible to achieve success with tho Bryan element and Hearst pa pers against them. At the same time, there are many men in the party who do not propose that the nomination shall be bought outright or the convention con trolled by the strikers of any candidate. Every act of the Heaerst men makes Par ker's nomination more probable, as many Democrats will vote for him at once in order to prevent seeming control by the Hearst faction at St. Louis. NO CHANGE IN BANCROFT CASE Bristow Departs for Kansas to Look After His Senatorial Boom. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, May 12. Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General Bristow has gone to Kan sas to see to it that his Senatorial cam paign for Burton's seat does not lapse. During his absence It is not expected that Anal disposition will be made of Post master Bancroft's case. Bristow is more fully acquainted with the facts than any other man in the department, and will be consulted by the President when he comes to take action. Northwest Postal Orders. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, May 12. Rural Tree-delivery car riers were appointed today as follows. Oregon Montavilla Station, Frank M. Moore, regular; May W. Moore, substi tute. Washington Auburn, H. Hart, regular; Thomas A. Hart, substitute. H. Layson appointed postmaster at Lime, Or., vice J. J. Ellis, remoed. Settlers Will Be Disappointed. OREGONLVN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. May 12. The Interior Department Is advised that settlers have recently rushed upon agricultural lands within the Olympic forest reserve, in Washington, believing those lands to have been opened to entry under act of the Congress just adjourned. No such act was. passed, and the ush of "sooners" is without justifica tion. All such persons found upon the reserve would be ejected as trespassers. Will Investigate Oregon Case. WASHINGTON. May 12. The Secretary of the Interior, under authority of the act of February 26, today Instructed Com missioner Richards to appoint a special agent to go to Oregon and conduct an in vestigation Into the cases of the Sherman County settlers, who were dispossessed of entries or settlements within conflict ing limits of the grant to the Northern Pacific Railroad and The Dalles military wagon road. The Information gathered will form the basis for legislation for the relief of those settlers. v HOT SHOT FOE BALF0UB. Israel Zangwill Defends His Position on Anti-Semitic Question. SPECIAL CABLE. LONDON, May 13. Israel Zangwill has written a letter printed in the London Times this morning. In which he says: "I see from your" columns that tho state ment of England's catching the epidemic which is raging everywhere against the Jew being quite untrue is believed by Mr. Balfour. As this statement is mine, per mit me to wonder at Mr. Balfour's ap parent ignorance at what is going on. I did not, of course, Imagine that the leader of the party reconstructed by an alien immigrant's grandson was himself anti Semite, but the design of the bill intro duced with the sanction of government to restrict immigration and its effect are two distinct things. Although the gov ernment may be free from anti-Semitism, the bill In question was drafted by antf Semltes, and will relnsplre them- "There Is also Aagrant Jew-baltlng in Wales, Jew boycotting In Ireland, and anti-Semite pamphleteering in Scotland. In fact, tho whole country shows signs of infection. How then, can my diagnosis that England Is catching the epidemic be quite untrue? Anti-Semitism is a most se rious national misfortune, and Mr. Bal four is peculiarly careless, in the neigh borhood of gunpowder." 'DEAW the coloe line. Bartenders Want to Get Negroes Off Buffet Cars. ROCHESTER, N. T., May 12. Tho dele gates to the Hotel and Restaurant Inter national Alliance and Bartenders' Inter national League unanimously adopted a resolution thatno charter bo granted here after In any city to colored bartenders in the States of Tennessee, Missouri, Ken tucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma and Indian Territory, unless by permission of a majority of locals, and that no colored bartenders bo permitted to work on a traveling card In any of tho states men tioned. Tho'last provision Is intended to strike down the employment of negroes on buffet cars. One reason for tho resolution Is tha' norkJide 8 .a ih$- So.tth; are un skilled workmen. Large Bank to Wind Up Affairs. PROVIDENCE, R. I., May 12. The di rectors of the National Bank of America, of this city, voted today to recommend to the stockholders that the institution be placed in liquidation. The directors state that active competition in the banking business of this city and tho difficulty at tending the securing of safe and remun erative investments render it expedient that the affairs of the institution be wound up. Tho bank is one of the larg est National institutions in Rhode Island and has a capitalization of 51,000,000. Reduces Membership of 'Change. NEW YORK, May 12. The board of governors of the Consolidated Stock Ex chango today adopted a resolution to re duce the membership of tho Exchange to 1400 by the purchase of memberships. In announcing this action, President Ran dolph said that when the number of seats necessary to effect this reduction has been purchased authority for still further re duction may bo obtained. Fight With Herreros. BERLIN, May 12. A dispatch was re ceived today from the Governor of Ger man Southwest Africa, Colonel Leut wein, anonunclng that Lieutenant Volk mann, with 22 men, engaged a detach ment of Hereros east of Okankawlndl, April 2S, killing 31 of the natives and los ing one man killed. CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Russo-Japanese War. Japanese investment of Port Arthur, from land aide, is well under way. Page 3. Russians blow up docks at Dalny to render landing of Japanese moro difficult. Page 3. General Kurokl Is rapidly moving on Llao Yang. Page 3. Russia denies she will float a second loan in Germany. Page 3. Domestic. Body of long-missing New York child Is found In chimney. Page I. General Methodists' Convention makes little progress. Page 5. Texas minister fires two shots at another on a train. Pace 5. Political. Ex-Senator George Turner may run for Gov ernorship of "Washington as a step toward the Senate. Page L. Governor McBride sajs the railroad commis sion Is not slain In defeat. Page 4. Hcarrt men are routed in Indiana, convention Instructing for Parker. Page 12. Hearst forces in District of Columbia bolt convention. Page 12. raciflc Coast. Governor Chamberlain sajs the etate will not Interfere In Crook County range war. Page 4. Immense body of copper ore" uncovered In Montana by ex-Governor McConnell's pros pectors. Page 4. -Plans to be carried out at the American Lake encampment. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Caus of strength In tea markets. Page 13. Chicago wheat weak on lack of outside sup. port. Page 13. Heavy pressure to fell stocks at New York. Page 13. Grain freights qult at Sun Francisco. Page 12. Port of Portland makes another payment on do dock. Page 12. Steamboat captains arrested for racing in the harbor. Page 12. Sports. Pacific Coast League scores: Tacoma 0; Port land 7; Oakland 5, Los Angeles 1; Son Francisco 13. Seattle 3. Page 0. Portland and Vicinity. Charges of lax administration of Postofflce made against F. A. Bancroft. Page 14. Witnesses tell of pension methods of the Woods. Page S. Warm weather sets rivers to rising. Page 8. Big fire destrojs plants of three lumber manufacturing companies. Page L IN Ml Ex-Senator Has Eye on Gubernatorial Seat DOES NOT DENY ASPIRATION Step on the Way to the United States Senate. HOPES TO SUCCEED FOSTER Chance That as Candidate for Gov ernor He Could Carry Enough of Legislative Ticket to Insure Senatorship. SEATTLE, "Wash., May 12. (Special.) Thero Is a possibility the nomination of A. E. Mead, of Belllngham, for Governor, may be followed by the selection of George Turner as the Democratic nominee for that office. This Is expected by some Democratic politicians, and the tone of a special dis patch from Spokane today gives strength to the rumor that Turner Is seriously con sidering the plan. Instead of making his usual declaration that he would not ac cept tho nomination In any circumstance, ho told a newspaper man who interviewed him: "I do not care to say anything at pres ent, and shall not until matters have shaped themselves." Turner Pledged to Tolman. Turner is in a peculiar position to make a straight-out announcement of his can didacy for Governor. He has given his pledge to Warren W. Tolman to support the Democratic State Senator for Gover nor, and Tolman has been counting upon McBride's defeat as a contingency that would make him the logical Democratic candidate for tho office. Tolman wants the place, and wants It badly. He would not consent readily to step aside, though of course Turner could force him out of the way. Then, again, Turner has asked the dele gation from this state to the National Convention to support him as a Vice-Presidential candidate. Turner, It is generally understood, among those who know him, wants the prestige that would follow men tion in the National Convention for Vice President. In the event of Democratic success, he would be a possibility for a Cabinet position, preferably the Attorney General's office. Sacrifice Would Be Great. Tho question of finances is to be con sidered in debating Turner's probable ac tion. He does not live within a salary such as is paid the Governor of this state, and to forsake his law practice would mean to Turner a big sacrifice of income. Ho has a single client which pays him more than the Governor receives. But Turner's ambition rises above the Governor's office. He wants to go back to the United States Senate or to occupy some other exalted position in the Fed eral Government. If ho believed that he, as candidate for Governor, could carry the Legislative ticket and insure his own elec tion to succeed Foster, there Is no doubt he would make the fight. According to well-informed Democrats who attended the Republican State Con vention, the probability of McBride's de feat and the programme the Democrats would follow was discussed at the .last State Convention in Olympia, and decided against Turner's candidacy. Such men as Henry Drum, ex-chairman of the Demo cratic State Committee, and long a Turner leader; A. C. Little, Governor Rogers' right-hand man and ex-State Fish Com missioner; Martin Maloney, an intimate friend of Turner, and others equally as prominent in tho old Rogers-Turner clique,, were at the Tacoma convention, and they all Insisted Turner was not to be considered a Democratic candidate. Expected McBride Defeat. "We knew v hen the Democratic conven tion met to elect National delegates that McBride would be defeated," it was ex plained by Henry Drum. "At that time we talked over the possi bility of Turner's nomination, and he re fused to make the fight. The actual com pletion of the anti-McBrlde programme makes no change In the situation as we foresaw it. I know that Turner will keep out of the contest." This same view was expressed with equal posltlveness by other Turner lead ers. They expect the Democratic fight to be made on the railroad commission Issue, and believe that a strong East Side candi date will be put at the head of the ticket. PALMER A WILSON MAN. Selection of Chairman a Victory for the Senator. SEATTLE. May 12. (Special.) The elec tion of B. B. Palmer as chairman of the Republican State Committee has been generally interpreted as a victory for Wil son over the other Senatorial candidates. This Is strengthened by Lyson's selection as secretary. No matter how strongly Palmer endeav ors to preserve a neutral attitude, .the moral effect of his selection as state chair man will be to strengthen the Wilson fight Palmer was one of the two Wilson men on the King County delegation of 1SS9. and he was in complete sympathy with Wilson two years ago, though held by instructions to Preston. It was Pal mer who broke with C. J. Smith, of the Piles business men's committee, when the negotiations were under way a short time ago to appease the hold-over Senators. Piles approved Palmer's selection as the committeeman from King, which carried with It the state chairmanship, and on be half of Pierce County. Cushman assented to his election as to chairman. But these facts do not alter the feeling of politicians that Wilson will contest the state organ ization. The announcement of Palmer's executive committee to be made later is expected to strengthen this view. Repub lican politicians expect a hard fight and will prepare for a systematic canvass of the state. T0ETUEED BY THIBETANS. Flesh of Servants of British Is Cut Off in Small Bits. SPECIAL CABLE TO THE LONDON TIMES AND PORTLAND OREGONIAN. GYANGTSE. Thibet, May 12, via Klatso, Thibet, May 13. Colonel Brander and. his command have returned from Karo Pass and on Wednesday made a reconnaissance in force in the hills behind Jong and the fortified Buddhist monastery. Antic ipating a serious battle, as the Thibetans were believed to be in force in the hills east of Jong. Colonel Brander took with him nearly all of the Gyangtse garrison. He pushed forward until he arrived at a small monastery, where it had been re ported by scouts that a largo number of Thibetan horses had been concealed. They wcre not found, however, and the struc ture was apparently Inhabited only by a few aged monks from Gompa and they were not harmed. No opposition was of fered by the Thibetans and Colonel Bran der"s column returned from the hills with out encountering the enemy. They were not to get to Gyangtse unscathed, how ever, as while still a short distance from the gate of the compound, the enemy in Jong opened a hot fire on the British. No one was killed, and the column made the position without returning the shots. The Thibetans continued their bombard ment of Gyangtse for an hour after Col onel Brander and his command had re sumed their stations. Owing to the fact that Jong is situated on a high bluff, the Thibetans have a superior position, and are enabled to keep up a plunging fire which is somewhat too warm for comfort. They have the exact range of the British position, and few of their shots go wild. The Thibetans are constantly receiving re inforcements, and are working night and day extending the fortifications at Jong. The two Indian servants of Captain Parr, who were captured during the initial at tack on Gyangtse on May 6, were put to death by the Tnibetans after horrible tor ture. The flesh was sliced from their bones in small bits, the vital spots being avoided so that the torture could be prolonged for some time. Sung, the Chinese official who was captured yesterday, has been re leased. He admitted that General Mar, the Chinese commander in Thibet, was di rectly responsible for the attack on Gyangtse, he having been warned that it was planned and failing either to try to stop It or to give warning to Colonel Younghusband and his staff, despite the fact that he (Mar) had promised to report any hostile plans against the British. The Thibetans- in Jorig are armed with rifles that are decidedly superior to those of the British and fire he-Vy-caliber bullets. The exact distance from Younghusband's houso to the top of the hill at Jong is 1450 yards. Communication with the rear is not as yet cut off, but may be at any time. AGAIN SPEAKS FOB TABLET. Chamberlain Is Given a Great Recep tion at Birmingham. BIRMINGHAM, Eng., May 12. Joseph Chamberlain made his first speech since his return to England at a meeting of the Liberal-Unionist Association here tonight, and received a magnificent reception. After paying a tribute to the late Jo seph Howell Williams, member of Parlia ment for South Birmingham, who died last February, Mr. Chamberlain plunged Into his fiscal policy. He said the ques tion could not be disposed of by waving old rags or by the clattering of worn-out cans, but that it would remain until it was no longer a question, but a fact The Unionist party, he said, was pledged to the policy of retaliation, and already the fiscal agitation was having its effect Mr. Chamberlain said there had been less "dumping" recently, but he could not rest satisfied until the fiscal policy became effective. A general election would not come soon, but It would come in a reasonable time and might go against the Unionists. Perhaps, however, the cause would not suffer if the scene should be changed, Mr. Chamberlain said, and a new piece produced which would soon be hissed off the stage. Mr. Chamberlain spoke for an hour and a half, devoting his speech almost exclu sively to his proposed fiscal policy. He repeated most of his former arguments and appealed to the patriotism of the peo ple for the preservation of the empire. GEAY TO SUCCEED HANNA. Noted Jurist Is to Be Elected Head of National Civic Federation. PHILADELPHIA. May 12. It has been learned that Judge George Gray has been chosen by the nominating committee of tho National Civic Federation to succeed the late Senator Marcus A. Hanna as president of the Federation. At the re cent meeting of the Federation the mat ter of filling the vacancy caused by Sen ator Hanna's death was delegated to a nominating committee composed of Bish op Potter and President John Mitchell, of the United Mineworkers. The election of Judge Gray is to be de ferred until after the National Demo cratic Convention in St. Louis, for fear it might seem that the Federation is aiding In making a possible Presidential candi date conspicuous or important Gray Has Not Heard of It. WILMINGTON. Del.. May 12. Judge Gray, when informed tonight that he had been agreed upon for the National Civic Federation to succeed the late Senator Hanna, said he had not heard of his se lection. Judge Gray was not inclined to discuss the matter. Mothers' Congress Opens. CHICAGO. May 12. The first business meeting of the National Congress of Mothers opened here today, with Mrs. Frederick Schoff presiding. Mrs. Schoff declared that the organization is respon sible for the Washington investigation of Senator Reed Smoofs right to a seat in Congress. President Schoff admitted that some ethers had. also gone to the front in the Smoot matter, but she held firmly that the mothers' congress won and should wear the success feather. Cor responding Secretary Mrs. Edwin C. Grice, in suprcrt of Mrs. Schoffs claim, said that nearly all thf mothers had written letters on the subject to United States Senator.. BODYINGHIMNEY Remains of Missing Girl Are Found. MET DEATH WHILE AT PLAY Parents of Youngster Feared She Had Been Kidnaped. REWARD OF $3850 OFFERED Part of the Masonry Has to Be Torn Away Before the. Body Can Be Taken Out. NEW YORK, May 12. The body of 6-year-old Joseph McCahlll, who had been missing since May 2, was found tonight in the chimney at her home on Third avenue. The body was lodged near the top of the chimney, and It was necessary to tear away part of the masonry to release it The McCahlll case has attracted much attention, the belief being that tho child was kidnaped. Rewards aggregating $3830 were offered by various persons for her recovery, and mass meetings were held to consider plans for conducting the search. An examination of the body disclosed that It was decomposed but that It had not been mutilated. Children of the neigh borhood have been accustomed to hiding in the chimneys while on the roofs at play, and the police believe the McCahill girl climbed onto the chimney and fell into it. TELLS OP SALE OF OFFICES. Former New York Policeman Now in Prison Talks Freely. NEW YORK, May 12. Rudolph Bey ers, a former policeman, now serving a six montJis' sentence In the penitentiary for taking money from police candidates, has made a statement, according to the World, In which he gives tho names of the Influential persons through whom candidates were secured positions In the police and fire departments by the use of r money. Beyers, It is said, corroborated in detail a statement made to the Dis trict Attorney by E. A. Sonner, who la serving a short sentence on charges sim ilar to those against the ex-pollceman. A vigorous examination is being made and developments are expected in tha near future. According to the World, "the man higher up," who received tha bulk of the money collected for Jobs in tho Fire Department, is one of the best known men in town, and held office un der the city government for several years. One of the men influential In the Po lice Department Is said to have been formerly a high official, while the other is still in office. FATE PALACES INSPECTED. St. Louis Officials Visit the Varioua Exhibits. ST. LOUIS, May 12. After a five hours tour of Inspection of the World's Fair grounds by the different officials and heads of departments, comprising the entire management of the Exposition, the fol lowing statement was given to the Asso ciated Press as expressing the sentiments of all: v "The National Commission, the officers and directors, the board of lady man agers and the foreign and domestic com missioners, have just completed a fivo hours' inspection of the 12 exhibit places, We wish to announce to the public that the exhibits are installed in all exhibit palaces and present the most marvelous collection of the accomplishments of man kind ever witnessed. (Signed.) "DAVID R. FRANCIS, "President of the Louisiana Purchase Ex position. "THOMAS H. CARTER, "President National Commission. "M. MARGARET MANNING, "President Board of Lady Managers." M0B0S WILL BE PUNISHED. General Wood Will Promptly Avengs Slaying of Americans. WASHINGTON, May 12. The War De partment has received from General Wade, commanding the United States troops In the Philippines, the following cable report of the ambushing of a de tachment of Company F, Sixteenth In fantry in Mindanao, dated Manila, today: "W.iile on a reconnaisance to locate Datto All, who had been sending la threatening messages and trying to stir up trouble, a detachment of Company F, Seventeenth Infantry, consisting of 33 enlisted men, was attacked by Moros near Lake Liguasan, Mindanao, on tha 8th inst. First Lieutenant Harry A. Woodruff, Second Lieutenant Joseph H. Hall and 15 enlisted men were killed, and five enlisted men wounded. "General Wood has ordered troops to proceed and recover the bodies and arms of our Injured and to punish the offen ders. No further details have been re ceived." Will Support Miles for President. TOPEKA, Kan.. May 12. David Over meler, one of the delegates-at-large from Kansas to the Democratic National Con vention, announced tonight that he would make every effort to have the Kansas del egation support General Miles for tha Democratic nomination for President. Kansas Democrats have chosen an unin structed delegation. Hearst claims half of the lumber. Overmeler has been looked upon as a Hearst man. He sas the Dem ocrats could easily elect General Miles. Killed During Target-Practice. JUNCTION CITY, Kan.. May 12. Pri vate Chaiter, of Troop B, Fourth Cavalry, was killed at Fort Riley today during tar get practice. He exposed himself behind the target and was struck in the head by a bullet j ;