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1. VOL. XLIV. 2sT0. 13,707. POBTLA2TD, OEEGON, MOm U, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BRYAN ISTfEDUP Populist Watson's . Opin; ion on Situation;. LOST GHAHGE AS LEADER Election a National Protest on Plutocratic 'Dominance. DEMOCRATIC PARTY A WRECK Success of Reform Movement De pends on Building Up Jeffersonian Organization to Include Men of Like Thought. NEW YORK.-NOV. 13. Thomas E. "Wat son, to-day gave out the following state ment: "It ebould be borne in mind that-at the time the Springeld convention tendered ' me the Presidential nomination, (the Peo ple's party had ltad no real existence" as a factor In National politics for eight years. In the Presidential election of 1900 It gave to its nominee only 6000 votes. To that extent had the fusion of 1896 swallowed up a movement which in 1894 counted nearly 2,000,000 of votes and about 1500 active newspapers. Therefore "we had to build from the ground up in 1894. "We had almost nothing to start with in the way of party -organlzaton, campaign funds and newspaper support; we had only three months In which to work. "These things first considered, some idea of what was accomplished, can be had only when the official returns are known. Up to this time no official statement has been made of the vote, and I can only guess what it was from information con veyed to me by friends in various parts of the country. These sources, of course, Are not very reliable. Claims 500,000 Votes. ''Basing an estimate upon them, how ever, my opinion is that I received .some thing" like '600,000 votes scattered through so many1 states, 2?orth. and South, East and "West, as to indicate that the, senti ment which jslvesitg, ttbrdfcrttfyrarr' to the People's party 1s National and not sectional. I have found everywhere that the current wasstrong. and deep., in f ayOr of JefCeraonlan Democracy. I believe to day Jibat if all -those -who believed in that theory .of government could be -united in harmonious action we could sweep the country. "Mr. Roosevelt's overwhelming major ity was not so much due -to the fact that our people believe in class legislation, and the j-elgn of special privileges. It was not by any means an indorsement of cor poration tyranny, the greed of the trusts or the methods of combined capital. "Mr. Roosevelt's majority over Mr. Parker was duo mainly to two things. One was the Immense personal unpopular ity of Mr. Cleveland's second administra tion. Unfortunately for Mr. Parker, h became so completely identified with the marauders who plundered the Government during Mr. Cleveland's administration that he had to bear all the odium which they1 had incurred. People Found Their Chance. "The people have never had a chance to show Just what they thought of that second administration. Mr. Bryan's two campaigns -did not give them the oppor tunity. It was only when the old Cleve land commission Retired the defeat of Bryan and Hearst and dictated the nomi nation of Mr. Parker that the masses got the opportunity to vent upon a National candidate the intense hatred which they had been nursing for years against such men as Olney and Belmont and Carlisle and Cleveland himself. "They knew that I could not be elected and they were so eager to make the best of the opportunity to safeguard "the coun try against a repetition -of that saturnalia of class legislation which marked Cleve land's second administration that they rushed to Roosevelt and gave him a ma jority which does not under ordinary cir cumstances Jbelong to the Republican par ty. In other words, the personality of Mr. Roosevelt and the unpopularity of Mr. Parker's environment carried into the Re publican columns vast multitudes of men who under ordinary circumstances would not be found there. Rebuild on Jeffersonian Lines. "My own plans for the future embrace a complete organization of the people along the lines of Jeffersonian Democ racy, the re-establishment of reform and a systematic propaganda of .Jeffersonian principles," in order that in 1908 there shall be a party of genuine opposition to the Republican party and its present poli cies. If political history teaches any thing it Is that old parties never accom plish any reform unless they are irresJst-M ibly driven to It by pressure from with out. I hope at least to be of some use to my country in aiding those who will apply that pressure. It is immaterial to me who does the work which the reforms want done, so that the work itself is done. "I have no faith whatever that reforms will be accomplished- by the Democratic party. It is discredited in the eyes of the people by a series of crushing defeats, but it has been so vacillating in Its course, it has changed' its principles so often, has run frqm one extreme to another so re cently, had such a magnificent opportun ity in 1S92 to . work out the reforms to which -it stood pledged and made such wretched use of that opportunity, that it eannot Inspire the confidence which leads to success. Wtttfinf of Democratic Partyv "Since IMC, the Democratic party has al jasst entirely boxed "the compass in poli tical profession of faith. It has been for pretty much everything until this year, wfeea tt stood for everything or nothing. according to the Interpretation which the voter chose to put upon its ambiguous platform. "'Mr. Bryan, while a. great Democrat, is not the Democratic party. There are other distinguished Democrats, who are yet to be heard from, and they may not indorse his Populist platform. There is John Sharp "Williams, of Mississippi; thero is Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas; there 13 Senator Ben Tillman, of South Carolina; hrrv is senator Morran. of Alabama: 'there is Senator John Daniel, of Virginia; in fact, there are Quite a number of dis tinguished Democrats, who may claim the right to put in a word before 'the next National Democratic platform is fixed. "They may not be willing to take, for instance, Mr. Bryan's 47 different systems of Government railroads; -they may not be in favor of some other planks in hl3 platform. Be that as it may, Mr. Bryan ihas no more right at the present to say what the Democratlp platform shall bo. In 1903 than any other distinguished Demo crat. For the next four years the Demo cratic creed must remain what the St. Louis convention has made it, andlhe machinery of the party must renfldn in the hands of the men who now holdTlt. Bryan Tied Up to Platfar.rri "The air still rings with the eloquence with which Mr. Bryan indorsed the .candi date of the St. Louis convention, spoke of him as the Moses of Democracy; spoke of Parker's ideals as his own ideals and pro claimed the 'sincerity with which he iwas advocating both the platform and the nominee of 1904. Mr. Bryan himself will remain far four years 'as muclfboand by the action of the St Louis convention as he was when he made his whirlwind trip through Indiana. "If the action at the convention bound him then it binds him now. The election did not release him. He can only be re leased by another National convention, and the National-convention will not meet till 190S. Therefore, when Mr. Bryan cuts loose from a platform which he so recent ly asked the people to indorse in behalf of Judge Parker, he takes a position which is that of Bryan the individual, and which cannot bind any other Democrat whatsoever. "'For four yearn the Democratic sarty3r; has got to stand by the action of the St. Louis convention, whether they wish to -do so or not. "What they did there Is official and binding. Mr. Bryan himself gave it his sanction. "Again, Mr. Bryan has no substantial reason for believing that he can ever get the National Democratic party to adopt the Populist programme which he has just formulated. The Ttemocratic party never did do It and the presumption is that it never wllL The plutocratic ele ment has Just, as much power within the party now as It had when the St. Louis convention met Indeed, it has more. It has all the machinery now which the Bryan men then had; it has the same con trol over the newspapers which it then had; therefore it is as certain as any thing can be that they will again be able to defeat Mr. Bryan in the" National con vention when he comes before it with his Populist platform. Knife Would Again Be Ready. 'Suppose, however, that he should be victorious over them in tht National in vention can they not knife him as "suc cessfully as they did in 196? Is it not ab solutely certain that they are just as 'much Joined td their idols" hoy as they were then? wax tney. not oe as aesperato and as unscrupulous in knifing their own ticket as they were in" 1SS6? Every argu 'rnent based -on human nature' says they will. "Then, if Mr. Bryan should win the nomination on his- Populist platform' In 1908, the plutocratic element in his own party will bar his progress and compass his defeat Just as they did before. Again, suppose that the plutocratic element should triumph over Mr. Bryan In 190? as they did In 1904. then Mr. Bryan will have to submit just as he did submit in 1904 after having declared publicly and positively that he would never support a gold-standard nominee of the Democratic party. Mr. Bryan could not bolt in 1908. The time to have done that was in 19M. That opportunity will not return. Ho himself has set the example of submitting to what was wrong because, although it was wrong, it was regular. "In short, the Democratic party .has this hopeless situation: The Bryanltes cannot drive out the plutocratic element the plu tocratic element cannot drive out Mr. Bryan. They exhaust their strength with Internal struggles, leaving the party whero its enemies can always defeat it at the polls. There is this further-weakness ia the programme of Mr. Bryan. The pluto cratic element has shown that it can safe ly defy him and combat him, although ho is the nominee, whereas he submits to them when they put up a plutocratic nominee. "From a party so hopelessly divided, it Is the rankest folly, In my Judgment, to expect any reforms. From year to year it is a dreary go round and round of one faction fighting another faction, each of which alternately whips the other and neiuer ot wnicn ever wxups me enemy. "I should bo only too glad to co-operate in parallel lines and honorable terms with any Jeffersonian Democrat like Mr. Bryan or Mr. Hearst or George Fred "Williams to accomplish a purpose which is common to us all, but X believe that the best way to assure the final success of the reform movement is for us to build up a party of Jeffersonian Democracy on solid founds.' tions where unity of sentiment, goes hand In hand with unity of purpose and' where. therefore, some hope of accomplishing that which wo wish to accomplish can bs reasonably entertained. Solid South a Tool of Wall Street. "In the South there are peculiar rea sons why the present policy of the Demo cratic leaders should be defeated, and a better line of policy adopted. For the last 23 or 30 years the Democratic machine politicians have made that great section a mere tool in the hands' of "Wall street and a handful of Eastern Democrats who have no purpose in common with us, and who use the electoral vote of the solid South for their own selfish purposes. - ."In this manner, our Southern country. which is an empire in itself, has been made a province for a few great financial magnates who exploit it for their private gain without the slightest reference to the welfare of the Southern people. The sit uation Is pitiable. The degradation ot It finds expression in tne pnrase, the solid South would vote for a yellow dog on the Democratic ticket As a Southern man I am ashamed of such a state of affairs and resent it profoundly. If I can do anything toward accom plishing the political Independence of my own people from this slavish servitude to a handful of "Wall street politicians, I consider it a duty to do so. If the Peo ple's party had no other mission than to relax the grasp which the great railway corporations have upon the commercial throat of the Southern States, a grasp which is maintained by the alliance be tween Democratic bosses and "Wall street financial kings, then it would have suffi cient mission to warrant its continued ex istence. Under the Thumb s.f Morgan. "My own State of Georgia is as com pletely under the thumb of .Morgan and Belmont one of whom control the South ern Railway combine.'' the other of whom 4Coaclifid oe RUSH BIG GUN Govern ment Factory at Work-Night and Day. CAPACITY IS OVERTAXED Better Provision Must Be Made for. Naval Ordnance. REPORT OF ADMIRAL JAAS0N No More Smokeless Powder Produced at United Statei and Private Factories Than Is'Flequired to Meet Immediate Service. CONDITION OF WORK. Male Made, ins. 12-Inch sun. Virginia, class. 'JO 32 10-lnch suns .. 9 8-inch suns, Pennsylvania class 2 164 K)-calIber gun. Pennsylva nia, class 118 60-calIber guni. Tennessee - -clas - 1 3-lech guas 1..125 863 "WASHINGTON; Nov. 13. Lack of. offi cers "for ordnance duty and the overtaxing of the naval gun, factory, at "Washington continue to be the two most serious problems facing the Bureau of Ordnance, according to the annual report of Bear- Admiral Mason, Chief of Ordnance, Just approved by Secretary Morton. The re ports recommend a plan of reorganization of the bureau and will be submitted later with a view to Increasing the supply of ordnance experts. Of the rush of work at the naval gun factory Admiral Mason eays: "The naval gun factory has been run ning night and day at full capacity," and, although good progress has1 been made. the congested condition of all work there gives assurance that its capacity is being overtaxed, and must. unlessthls capacity Is materially iBcriased. eveaAaally .result in failure to supply the ordnance- ouc. of ships in time to meet the demands of the contractors. Guns Made and-Under 'Way. "Of the 52 12-Inch guns required, the 20 for the Virginia class have been com pleted, six of the 54-callber guns are being machined', and the forgings for 22. of the remaining have been'ordered and are be ing delivered. Nine ten-Inch guns are under construction. Of the 128 eight-Inch guns required, 24 40-callber guns for the Pennsylvania class of armored cruisers are nearly completed. The naval gun fac tory will make 16 of the SS seven-Inch guns required, the others having been contracted for by private companies. "Of the 230 50-cailber guns required. those ot the Pennsylvania class armored cruisers .have been completed and 144 guns required for the battleships of the Vir ginia class ard the armored cruisers of the Tennessee and St. Louis classes are being manufactured. "For the armament of all vessels build ing, 4SS three-Inch 50-callber guns are required. One hundred and twenty-five of these have been provided for and other orders have been suspended pending the development of an efficient semi-auto matlo gun of this caliber. A vast amount of. work has also been done by the gun factory In alterations a,nd repairs of ord nance material. Estimates for the im provement of the gun factory and in creases of the plant are renewed." Powder Used as Fast as Made. Smokeless powder has received atten tlon. The report says the normal output of private powder factories and ot the Government factories at Indian Head and Newport News is not greater than is re quired to meet-the demands of the service. Armor deliveries in the year have in creased and the 'manufacture Of armor. the report says, has progressed, in a sat isfactory manner. There have recently been some delay by contractors caused by the non-delivery of armor, but the opinion is expressed that this was due not to be lated armor deliveries, but to unusually heavy orders. To obviate the recurrence of this, a reassignment of, armor con tracts has been made by the bureau. Dur ing the year 14.S49.80 tons of armor have been delivered. Projectiles, however, recently caused the bureau difficulty, some of them falling to meet the severe ballistic tests required. Experiments recently have been made to develop a special design of telephone for use in communication on the ships. Two hundred and seventy-four torpedoes are required completely to outfit the ves sels now In the Navy and the. demand is greater than the supply at present. As soon as the latest type has been devel oped and tested, contracts will be'mada for reserve, torpedoes. TELLS OF ALASKA CABLE. Material of .American Manufacture Laid by American Soldiers. WASHUfGTON, Nov. 13. General Greely, chief signal officer of the United States Army, in his annual report, gives an interesting account of the work per-; formed by his corps in establishing an all-American telegraphic system in Alaska, saying that the undertaking is unique in the annals of telegraphic engineering. The cables used in the Alaskan system would reach from New foundland to Ireland, and the land lines from "Washington to Texas, there being iwa mues oi came, uss miles of land lines and 107 miles of wireless lines. General Greely says the United States has brought Southeastern Alaska, the Yukon Valley, and the Behrlng Straits region into -direct communication with th rest of the civilised world. General Greely say3 that after thor ough const ration he has ec$4d to 3 install material of Asserlcan manufac ture, to be operated fey American sol diers, and to be laid fey American ships. except some cable, instruments and ma chinery. A select, force of men has been so trained that today the signal corps or the Army,- is competent to operate in war emergencies a, subma rine cable of any leagth. ".Repairs la Alaska are maintained," the report says, "by parties stationed at log cabins about 4 miles apart, one signal corps repair man with two as sistants ot the Use of the Amy .and a dog team being at .each cabIa-The men meet the terrible conditions of hard ship and privation uncomplainingly 'and wnn a iorutuae characteristic Of the American soldier." The report says the same wireless station has dally and uninterruptedly transmitted .the entire telegraphic busi ness of the peninsula, 5800 words being exchanged in one afternoon Isptween Safety Harbor and St. Michaels. The signal corps of the 'Army, he says, is now regularly operating the longest wireless section of anycoramercial tele- ficaiia system in me woria. xae annual business of the Seattle cable is esti mated at J2o,000, .nd .during the year tnere nas oeen spent Jt,33b lor Alas kan telegrams handled by the signal corps. Speaklngrof the Philippines he said thatvtfeer.16 most ImDortant Island of jJve archipelago are nojv connected by caoie, wnicn lines, ne .aaos, are recog nized as Indispensable both by the mill' tary and civil authorities. During the year there has been 'collected and de posited In the insular treasury of the Philippines telegraph lines receipts to the amount of 558,675. there having been sent, including Government busi ness, all told, mora than 2,000,000 mes sages, the net expense beng $325,901. The report says it Is a matter of the utmost Importance that signalling ap paratus of suitable character be in stalled at the more important military defenses at the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts, to permit of later-cotnmunlca-tlon between the Army and the Navy. It is strongly urged itf the report that steps be taken by the United States to adhere to'the International Telegraphic Association and that ' international reg ulations to govern telegraphy In time of war be adopted. Government Does Ne&Need Loan Now WASHINGTON, Nov, 13. In view of the published statement that Secretary of the Treasury Shaw woulft call on Govern ment depositaries for a loan of $20,000,000, It can be positively stated tonight that no such call In the immediate future Is contemplated. There is, at the present time, it was said, no pressing need for such a call. Should It be made at all, the probabilities are that It will be some time during the month of January. Secretary Shaw, when seen tonight, said posed issuing the "call, but It may be stated on authority that the call will not be issued until January, and that may be not then, unless some reason develops for its issuance sooner, which at the pres ent time is not felt to be the case. Bears Message From the Pope. "WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. pnsl5ror Chapelle, archbishop of. New Orleans, ar rived in "Washington -last- night from a two raonths stay Inianrtjoe, during which time- he had- several audiences with the pope. He saia mass at St. Patrick's early this morning, and Utter spent a portion of the -day at the Catholic university. Tomorrow he will call on President Roosevelt and deliver to him. a message of good will 'from Pope Pius He will leave for Now Orleans tomorrow night. Mexico With Export Sugar. MEXICO CITY. Mexico, Nov. 13. The Sugar Planters' union, at a meeting here, have considered the disposition of the sur plus stock from last year's crop. It was decided to export 10 per cent as soon as the planters commence grinding early next January. Another 10 per cent also will be exported in February or March. Conservatively estimated the sugar crop of 1905 will reach. 250,000,000 .pounds, of which the planters will control 150,000,000 "pounds. CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER A The "Weather. TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds. YESTERDAYS Maximum temperature, GO deg-.; minimum. 47. Precipitation, 0.03 Inch. War la the Tar East. Russian cruiser Oromobol reported badly dam aged ax Vladivostok. Pare 4. Cndrmlabes between the Russian and Japanese armies. Page 4i Proposed Increase of tax on Imports at Jap anese ports. Page 4. Revolutionary riots in Rlo e Janeiro at at tempt at compulsory vaccination. , Page 3. Russia is facing- & grave Internal crisis. Page 2. Natlesal. - Naval gun factory at "Washington Is overtaxed. Pago 1. General Greely tells of isying of the Alaska. cable. Page 1. Commissioner Richard says Governor Cham berlain'c yjarner Valley letter was not marsea "personal ana connaentiaa. .rage 4 Political. "Upbuilding of Populist party Is the only hope of reformers, says Thomases. "Watson. Page 1. Municipal election contest will be very brisk at Salem. Or. Page 12. Domestic Schooner piles up on ledge in plain sight of Tarpaulin Core lighthouse, on Maaeachnsetts coast. Page 1. TWabash train trreclced in North St. Louis; 14 persons Injured. Page S. First snow of mason cuts off "Washington from wire communication with oatslde. Page 1. Raln and wet snow stops telegraph service from New York to South and "West. Page 1. Cattle rustlers caught skinning steer are shot by officers In fight. Page-3. Pacific Coast. Prank Natter fatally shot at Heppner. Or., by T. C Creaswell, after a quarrel. Page 1. Adolpb. "Weber taxes arrest .for murder of father's family very -coolly.' Page 12. American Federation of Labor Begins two weeks' cession in San Francisco today, Page 12. University of Oregon team na hard game ahead In contest with Agricultural College men. Page 9. Multnomah and Oregon prepare for great Thanksgiving unc. Page 8. .Portland loses, double-header to Los Acgelea. Page S. PerUasd aad Vlciaky. Tanner-Creek sewer report Co -be made today. Page 13. Appointment of John Rail as United. States District Attorney 'sets politicians agog; Page 14. Social .(Ulement. .project discussed by MIsa Prltckard. Page J3. Visiting war correspondent describes battle of IJao Yang. Page;8. , Many buildings belsg erected on the East Side. Page -8.- ...-" Dr. 'BrogBerv diaeasees the 'church and the worklsgmaa. Page S. , Amy of peaniK-Ters waata Tfclr . coacea- . stoats. Pge H;i , Sotaorsma mall ta'be asi'i lLdiay-Traggm taste4 Ckarle svwartfheiissijMir. "hotel &d pol- Schooner Piled Up on Bay -State Coast' f CLOSE TO A LIGHTHOUSE Driven by Terrible Gale Vessel Tries for Cove. AID CANNOT BE GIVEN CREW Sailors -Seen Clinging to Rigging as Darkness and 'Storm Shut Out the View No Hope Is Entertained. WOODS HOLE, Mass., Nov. 13. The two-masted schooner 'Arcularius, 'Captain Naeon, of Rockland, 2e., tvent ashore In a aevere northeast gale shortly before dark tonight about three-quarters of a mile west of Tarpaulin Cove, on the Island of Kaushon. At sunset the waves were breaking over the craft. No trace of the crew has been found and fears are entertained for the.r safety. The Ves sel ia in a particularly exposed condition and the chances of her being saved are slight Keepr Carson, of the Tarpaulin Cove lighthouse, and a man named Robinson, one of the keepers of the Forbes' estate, saw the schooner when she struck. It was just before dark and a terrific gale was blowing. The schooner was coming through Vineyard Sound from the east ward and was proceeding under her fore sail, the gale being too fierce to permit more canvas being carried. Effort to Make the Cove. The schooner tacked and tried to work into the cove for anchorage, hut tha wind bore Tier off, "and as she swung away she struck with a crash upon a ledge of rock no more than 100 yards from the lighthouse. Carson and. Robinson were unable to render any assistance to the men on board of the schooner. The crew numbered four men and all were plainly een when the vessel e track, feutrdarknesa set in almost immediately and nqthlng more was seen of the men or the vesseL- The nearest life-saving station oh 'the north- side ot "Vineyard Sound is at Cut- tyhunk. 20 miles from Tarpaulin Cove. On the south, side of the sound there Is a life-saving station at Gayhead, but that is too- far away to be of any service in today's disaster. Keeper- Carson had no boat that could be launched, and -besides, the seas were so high that nothing but a surf boat could possibly escape almost Instant destruction. 2q. lights were shown from the schooner after she struck, and no answer was given to the frequent halllngs of Carson and Robinson. A careful watch has been maintained since the schooner struck, in the hope of rescuing any sailors that might be swept ashore. According to Carson it would mean certain death for the ill-fated men on board the vessel to attempt to reach the shore in a small boat. At 9 o'clock tonight, it was feared that ail on Doara Una perished. The seas were "breaking over the craft, and it was not be lieved that eh would hold together until daylight. She struck in a particularly ex posed position, and no vessel could be ex pected to stand the terrible pounding on the jagged rocks to rbich bo was sub jected. Crew of Nautilus Rescued. BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 13. So far as Is Jrnown only two vessels met disaster. At Tarpaulin Cove, Naushon Island, the. Rockland, Me., schooner Arcularius struck on the rocks and will be a total loss, and It is believed that tho four men comprls Ing her crew have perished. Another Rockland schooner, the Nau tilus, flying before the gale, anchored in a perilous position near the newDog Bar breakwater, Gloucester Harbor, and will be a wreck. It is believed, before morn ing. Her crew was saved through the ef forts of the life-saving crews of the Dol liver's Light Station. The schooner Bessie Parker,, anchored at Vineyard Haven, parted her anchor chains and drifted, ashore, but she can be floated, it is thought, when the storm, has subsided. RAIN AND SNOW IN NEW YORK Fierce Blow Sweetie the Atlantic Coast From South. NDW YORK, NOV. 13. New York Is en tirely cut off from the South and West tonight by a fierce hurricane, accompanied by rain and enow, .which is sweeping the Atlantic Coast. Starting from Florida last night, the storm of .wind and rain, has come up the coast with almost cyclonic speed. Early this morning. It was off Cape Hatteras. although its ever-gathering' force was felt far to the northward. Rain began falling In New York at 5 A II.. and earlyln the morning changed to "wet snow. The wind, which had been blowing -moderately, veered to the south east and shortly assumed hurricane pro portions. . At 6 o'ciock tonight the local Weather Bureau noted a velocity of 43 miles an hour, which Increased to 46 saUes an hour at 830 o clock. That speed kept up for several hours. At 10 o docs the storm center was Block Island, where the bar ometer showed a pressure of, 38.92 inches. with, the, wind blowing 7S miles an hoar. At Nantucket, tho baroBaeter was a trifle .higher, and the wind 99 sues. Wire service out of New York is tied up more effectually tonight than at any other time since the bosmrd of las. The Western Union and Postal Telegraph Cem panles have no direct ceouatiafeatieB with cities fartHer south thR Baltimore, an( all Western points are cut off. , T3m Postal ba been eabMnc seat oC its jHOftt Hrgnt mcssmgt to Catsto. N. S.. from wirfeh point thr are wired to Xe treat aifrd thence forwarded to- Chicago over csawrtlen pucwe wlreev. , atytfrUy' after wxxl. the tsOr9b panles .commenced to feel tne effects of tne storm. Aa wire after wire went down and city after city was lost repair gangs were notified, but owing to the- heavy storm It was long after dark before the ralUforce could be mustered. Late in the afternoon it was reported that 100 poles along the Srie Railway had gone down, putting the New York-Buffalo-Chicago wires by that route completely out of "service. Recourse was had for a. short time to wires via Albany and Syracuse, but a few hours afterward the pressure of the Ice on the wires carried them, poles and all to the ground outside Poughkeepsle, thereby eXectively closing that service. The "Western Union was able to keep open to Baltimore, Philadelphia and most places In New jersey, but business for other, points save New England was only accept ed subject to delay.7 Communication be tween New York and Boston over all lines was uninterrupted. The telegraph officials are unable to state the damage until they can com municate with the territories affected. Every effort is being made tonight to make repairs so that a few wires may be opened up to the South and "West by the time business opens tomorrow. Owing to the" completeness of the tie-up, the men do not expect to accomplish much in the way of repairs, until daylight en ables them to examine the extent of damage. The long-distance telephone company has also been badly handi capped In Its service. Many of its wires are down in the southwest area, but as its poles follow highways rather than railway tracks, they are not as likely to give way to washouts. The Weather Bureau yesterday sent out warnings, advising sea captains to .remain In port over Sunday. 1 Owlnir to tha fierce downtxiur the streets of New York were practically de serted today.. The high wind played havoc with the street signs, which fell In showers. Many windows were broken, and a few. passers-by were cut byjthe signs and flying glass. Several boats anchored off Staten Island dragged their anchors. ILate in the evening a freight: barge, apparently unloaded, was blown ashore during the height of the gale In Sandy Hook Bay. Tho vessel lies n a very bad: position, with every sea sweeping over her decks. The llfesavers are standing by, but are unable to board the wreck. The fate of the crew Is un known. Owing to the high seas in the upper harbor the ferryboats were compelled to tie up. At Bellevue Hospital the storm was felt severely. One of the large elma standing on th campus was blown down. and half a dozen men narrowly escaped being crushed. Later on a tent occupied by IS tubercu losis patients was wrecked by the wind and the suffering people were exposed to the elements. They were removed to the hospital as soon as possible, although most of them were drenched to the skin. At midnight the local Weather Bureau said 1.4S Inches of rain and melted snow had fallen. It was predicted that the storm would be centered off the Provinces tomorrow,- thence passing, out to sea. RESCUE IN NEW YORK HARBOR Volunteer Police Crew Man Launch to. Save Ferry. Pasceniers. NEW XORKr Nov.rlX--Afterone dfth most desperate 'attempts at rescue ever Been - in -New TorK harbor;,' tho 11' men who were passengers orr the- 'wrecked ferryboat Port Morri3 were taken off in a small steam launch 'manned by a vol unteer crew of harbor police. The Port Morris left Nlnty-nlnth street for Col lege Point at 6:30 o'clock with 11 passen gers and four large trucks and their drivers. The wind blew a hurricane across Bowery Bay, and the waves were lashed half way to the top of the craft by the fury of the storm. The vessel was proceeding slowly, pick ing Its way through .the tortuous chan nel, but the snow blinded the pilot and shut out familiar lights, so that, when a short distance from College Point, the Port Morris struck a ledge. The heavy sea forced the vessel into a rocky trap, and she soon settled in a helpless posi tion. The steamer's signals of distress were answered by the Health. Department steamer -Franklin Edaon, which made many attempts .to stand by. The tide, wind and darkness made this so perilous that the Edson returned to New York and sent word to the police boat Patrol, a smaller vessel. The Patrol made five Ineffectual attempts to reach the Port Morris, and narrowly escaped going on the ledge the last time. Unable to suc cor the storm-bound craft, the Patrol steamed to New York and called, for vol unteers to man a- lifeboat. Six men re sponded, and in the face of the biting gale the boat started for the ferry-boat. Before the life-savers could reach the Port Morris, a small steam launch, sent out by the captain of the Edson, got un der the lee of the wreck and, after ex treme difficulty, in which they we're sub jected to great danger,, the 11 passengers were, lowered into the launch. The four truckdrivers refused to desert their horses. The launch attempted to land the pas-I sengers, out, wita lis gunwales almost at the water's edge and the waves sweep Ins over the little craft, this was impos sible, and after much labor the passen gers were transferred to the Patrol, which landed them at East One Hundred and Thirty-second street. Washington Temporarily Cut Off. . WASHINGTON, Not. 121 As the result of a snowstorm, which set in here short ly before 11 o'clock this morning, Wash ington . tonight for several hours was completely cut off from telegraphic and telephonic communication with the out side world. Later a wire was obtained west, but none south, cast or north. The Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies report great damage to their, wires and their-inability to get -arty mes sages through. ' Inquiry at the railway stations devel oped tho fact that trains were departing on schedule time,- but that Incoming trains. were three or four hours late. The "snow fall of today was the first of the season, several Inches covering the ground. The local telephone service was seriously hampered. Little Damage In Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA; Nov. 12. The south ern storm wnicn oegan nere aoout o A. M. today seriously interfered with the tele graph and telephone communication in this "vicinity. The telegraph companies re port that wires are down In nearly all di rections excepting- in New York and Bal timore. Communications with the interior of the state is entirely cut off. Beyond the interruption of telegraph and telephone service the storm did little dam age here. Two Hrm In Collision. BALTIMORE, Nov. 13. It is apparent from the meager ana fragmentary reports afetateaeie by the local weather bureau that the two storm b one from Florida, the other from, the Great Lakes and Can adanet. a few miles south of Washhie; "toe .at about 3 o'clock this afternoon. Rein, siftet, mow and wind continued un til a lata feiour toift causing- an almost eestatote prostration of telecrspfc and tei pfcooe .wire oat at SaltiBsore.. There Jkfwms, bo MrtoaB name ia. tins ettr. THBEESHOTS HIT Frank Natter, Heppner Saloon Man, fs Dead. . FATAL END TO A QUARREL Was Twice in Altercation With T. C. Cresswell. f(rst time is hit by missile After Opponent Is. Arrested Natter Follows Him Up. and is- Killed Dee Matlock Takes a Hand In. the Tragedy, HEPPNER, .Or., Nov. 13. (Special.) Frank Natter, a saloonkeeper, ...wa3 shot and instantlykllled-by T.'C Cress well at 11 o'clock- last night. During the evening Frank Natter and T. C. Cresswell became Involved in a quarrel In which Cresswell struck Nat ter over the head with a missile. For this assault, Natter caused Cre3sweU's arrest. At the suggestion, it is- al leged, of Dee Matlock, Natter, In com pany with Matlock, followed Cresswell and the City Marshall to the Recorder's office where Cresswell had been taken, and there, notwithstanding- Cresswell was under arrest, the altercation was started anew. Hot words were fol lowed by Cresswell's drawing- a revol ver and shooting Natter three times. The first shots hit Natter In the head and breast, causing instant death. The third struck a bank book In Natter's vest and was deflected. During the melee Cresswell was struck In the mouth by a gun which knocked out several of hi3 teeth. He also received a flesh wound in his neck. This shot was presumably from Mat lock's revolver, as it 'appeared to have been freshly discharged, while Natter's, on the other hand, was - fully loaded with, unexploded cartridges when it was examined after the affray. Natte.r was the proprietor of the Brewery saloon... Ha was well thought of in tha community. He was married about three months .ago and left besides? his widow, an. ag-cd father and mother. The. inquest will, not be held until after the .District Attorney, who i3 in Pendle ton, haa been communicated with. gUSTTTTTA VISITS CHICAGO. Says His Mission Is Not Connected Vith War With Russia. CHICAGO, Nov! 13. Prince- Fushlma, member of the Japanese royal household, and special representative of the Mikado, accompanied by three of his -countrymen and a retinue of servants, arrived in Chi cago today on his way to Washington to call on President Roosevelt and to visit the capital and Government officers. On arrival in Chicago the party was taken in charga by the Japanese Consul, wbo. looked after their interests until tonight at 6 o'clock, when they- loft for the East over the Pennsylvania railroad. r "There is no question of National Im portance or phase of Eastern conditions that I care to discuss," said Prince Fu shlma through his Interpreter. "While Japan It not at peace, we hope for & ces sation of hostilities before long. My visit has no particular significance except in so far as it may serve to strengthen the friendship that, exists between -Japan and the United. States, but hls visit has no connection with the war with Russia." Double Purpose of Visit. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. His Imperial Highness, Prince Sadanaru Fushlma, who is on his way; to Washington from Japan, visits this country by order of the Em peror with a double purpose. First, to de liver to the President of the United States . a special message of good will' from the Emperor of Japan and, second, to -visit the World's Fair at St. Louis, where Japan has a large exhibit. While in Washington, the President hM designated Mr. Pelrce, Third Assistant Secretary of State, as his personal repre sentative to attend upon the Prince and arrange for his entertainment. Mr. Pelrce will be assisted by Colonel Symone and already several functions have been planned, including a dinner at the White House, a -visit to the Capitol and' Congres sional Library, a lunch by the Secretary of State, a reception by the Prince to the gentlemen of the Diplomatic Corps at the Arlington' Hotel, a trip to Mount Ver non and' a dinner at the Japanese Lega tion to the Prince. From Washington the Prince will go to tho World's Fair, where preparations for his reception are being made by the Fair authorities and the- Japanese commlsslori ers. He will assume his, official character only in Washington and St. Louis and thereafter will travel incognito to New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago. He may also visit several other large cities, but as he will sail from San Fran cisco on the Mongolia on December 38, his stay In this country is necessarily much restricted. ITAIIAK W0KES IS MOT. Tear Gowns of Ecclesiastics and Are Dispersed by Troops, ROME, Nov. 13. The second balloting today for members of the Chamber of Deputies paseed off without notable inci dents except at Forto Maggtore, near Ferrera, one of the constituencies where the Socialist Ferri was the candidate of the Interventionists. The church vote, was against Ferri. and this fact provoked a hostile demonstra tion on the part of the Socialists, whose women violently attacked the ecclesias tics, beating them and tearing their gowns. The government had anticipated trouble at this place and taken, pre cautions accordingly. A company or cav alry was ordered Ait and scattered the rioters, making' many arrests and occu pying the streets. SKgnor Ferri, from -a balcony exhorted the people t be calm, and predicted the triumph of Socialism. Definite results will not:, be known until tomorrow, but tonight's resalts confirm rad emphasise the meaning; of last. Son day's election, vise, condemnation ef ' the ftSQSjgtr ftrlks 4wd its ltttecsv 1r