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Ik YOL: XJLTY.XO. 13,717. POBTLAND. OBEGCXN, PKIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS.- CLUB BOYS WIN MultnomabDefeats Ore-goh.bnGridironi WAiA ICIOKFHG OKjTE ST University Team Proves Strong Opponent forM. A, A, C. GREAT CROWDS WATCH GAME Sixty-Yard Run Was a Feature of Snappy Match That Will Go Down In" Football History as Hard-Fought Battle. GAMES OF FORMER TEARS. il. A- A. C Oregon. 1896 12 6 1808 21 O 1889 First game 5 0 Second cme ...... O '0 1900-Flret frame 5' .0 Second, game 0 'O 1801 First game 5 0 Second rune........ 17 0 1902 10 0 1803 ... 12 - .0 1804 7 ,0 Totals 100 6 Multnomah, 7; Oregon, 0. Some one might have "whispered to Mult nomah that ehe had easy picking with Oregon, but -when the clubmen lined up .against the students they found them ever ready to bring the battle straight Into their Jaws, and the -whisper became a ringing clamor for the sons of M. A. A. C. to play the game of their lives. They did, my hearties. They had to, for Coach Dick Smith sent against the athletes eleven of tho gamest, snappiest students that ever graced the Multnomah field. Outweighted IS pounds to the man, and in the last of the second half fully SO pounds to the man, Oregon fought the clubmen almost to a standstill, forcing them into making a kicking game of it And it was in this department of the game that tho M. A. A.JC outplayed the students. JJever in the 'history of all the games that M;. A. A. .C, liis played against Oregon has she ever met a. team of such light weight that gave J hersais such a mo!jtent grtair.bitUi'Vir lias she been fbrced to accept so near a scoreless game as she did yesterday, and when the whistle blew, announcing the end of the game, wonderment and surprise, regard for a formidable and worthy foe and praise for the splendid showing that Ore gon made was on the lips of every Mult nomah player. First Half Scoreless. The first half. 30 minutes long and score less, the "battle was fought with neither goal in critical danger. Oregon, by her wonderful team work, her snappy play and the courage of her sons, made Chester Murphy and the ten men behind him "sit up and take notice." Tho crack Quarter back of the Coast had planned his battle a kicking game before the contest, but he never dreamed that he would bo forced to his limit at every minute of the play. Multnomah's score was duo to his mar velous punting and the returning of Joe Templeton's punts. Murphy was as fleet as a quarter-horse, determined as a lion and as elusive as a day dream. Latourette's game on this score was al most as brilliant, but he was a bit shy on head work, and It was this that won for Multnomah. The clubmen fumbled griev ously In the first half. Out of seven times that the ball "was passed by Multnomah they allowed the slippery oval to get from their grasp, and when the half was over Murphy delivered himself of an emphatic talk while the rest was on. Horan's Spectacular Run. This talk was productive of good, for when the teams lined up for the second half Multnomah, after a spectacular 60 yard return of Joo Templeton's punt by Murphy, a couple of smashing gains and a cleverly delayed pass -which was handed to Horan, made the first and only touch down. The trick was a heady one, one of Murphy's best. It caught Oregon off guard, and Horan, after shaking off two of the students as if they were particles of the sawdust which was strewn on the field, raced across the line and fell on the balL Murphy missed an easy goal. His won drous light foot that had done such won derful execution lost Its cunning and the ball failed to pass between the posts. It took. Just minutes to make the touch- And what a game Oregon played! Truly the names of Joe Templeton, Lntourette, Ktrron. Chandler, Arnspiger and Substi tute Crow are ones to remember. These lads were veritable towers ot strength to Oregon. XJke demons endowed with al most superhuman courage and strength they always brought the fight to the clubmen. Beld must also be counted in this, for he fought, and, like Joe Temple ton, until serious injury forced them both out of the game. They fell like the glad iators they are, and If ever a wreath to a football hero should grace the brow of a player, it should he, placed upon plucky Joe Templeton. He stood the brunt of the fight In the 'Washington and Coryallls games. He entered yesterday's game like a scarred veteran' of a dozen wars. He was almost carried from the field, due to an Injury to his left knee, which was al ready sorely hurt, but he would have stayed and fought on if he had been al lowed. Bruised and bleeding as he was, almost delirious with pain, he Ttnew that Oregon bad used up her four substitutes and that his team was hopelessly weak ened. But the heart that was willing to do or die was forced to give away to phy sical distress. His was a fitting close to his college football career. Ross Was the "Star. For Multnomah It was Boss, Xirkley, Jordan, Stow, Murphy and Corbett Boss was the star and time after time he broke .through Oregon's line and blocked plays that seemed'beyond.ihuman endurance to atop. He found a weak spot In .Mclntyre ana he bowled him and the rest of the Oregon players down and he threw them back for repeated losses. His physical en durance was wonderful and at the end of the game he was sot tired. It was Kirk ley who made the openings lor Stow, and he did It with a persistence that was one of the spectacular features of the game. Corbett was not called on very often, but whenever he was he delivered the goods In masterful style. It was Horan who stood the brunt of the hardwork. He re sponded gamely 'and the reward of his hard labor was his touchdown. Taking- the game from any angle, fum bles and all, it was a wonderful game to watch. Latourette's Judgment was not the best at times. Once when he had the ball on M. A. A. C's 20-yara line, he might have scored, had he called fora punt. It was the gambler's chance, of course, but he did not take It, and the ball went to Multnomah on downs. Another year on his shoulders will teach him many things, and if he is under the careful eyes of Coach Smith, Oregon will have another star that she might well be proud of. The truth about the game is that when it came to teamwork and general all-around football, Oregon outplayed the clubmen. The institute of learning sent to the Mult nomah field one of the best lightweight teams In the Northwest and one of the best that she has ever sent against the clubmen. Oregon also met and went down to defeat before one of the best teams that the .club ever put on the gridiron. Fenland's Play Excusable. Multnomah's extra score of two was due to a bad pass by Penland, a substitute tackle, who took Joe Templeton's place. Penland had never passed the ball,: and for this reason his mis play Is excused. His bobble was a bad one, for when he sent the ball back it was over Latou rette's head and rolled across Oregon's line. Both of the officials declared after the game that they were agreeably surprised at the gentlemanly manner of both teams. Other visiting teams' have gone away saying unkind things about Multnomah players, and Oregon was rather on the outlook for rough play. They were pleased that they did not find any such deplorable occurrences. DETAILS OF THE GAME. How the Teams Fought Each Other for Supremacy. The first half was a see-saw up and down the middle of the field with a long punt to Oregon's six-yard line in the last minute of puvy. Stow kicked off to Ore gon's 15-yard line, the ball being returned to the 32-yard line beforo it was downed. For the first eight downs Oregon gained steadily. Joe Templeton ran against Kirk ley and lost ground. This forced a punt to Multnomah's 25-yard line, Donergan running 25 yards up the field. A fumble in the tackle and Oregon had an oppor tunity to hammer the Multnomah line again. A punt was forced. Templeton's second punt was short and Lonergan ran it back. Horan took, the ball for two downs, gaining two yards and then losing as much. This forced a punt and Murphy sent a twister from the center of the field to Oregon's 15-yard line. Latouretto brought it back 25 yards before he was downed. Oregon made one good gain on the line, but lost ground on a fake formation play, Templeton booting the "ball 37 yards. Mur phy going down with it on the 4S-yard line. Murphy made a Quarterback kick -of 30 yards. Oregon gained again, this time for five downs, finally punting well into Multno mah territory. A 15-yard penalty -against Multnomah tor holding in the line-placed the ball on its 25-yarfl line. Murphy's punt of 40 yards was returned by Templeton with ono for 22 yards, Multnomah at this point making yardage for the first time during the game. Horan and Corbett broke over the line for four downs and Horan rushed right tackle for eight on a fake. Multnomah was held for downs and Frank Templeton in two downs all but made yardage. Brother Joe, who was the surest ground-gainer Oregon had, ran foul of Boss and Jordan and Multnomah was again on the offensive. Two small gains by the back field, and Sceley plunged ten yards on a delayed pass. Murphy attempted a quarterback run, but was brought down by Chandler ten yards shy. A penalty of 15 yards on either side for fumbling and Murphy made 20 yards on a fake kick. Two failures to gain by the oackfleld and he punted 35. Oregon was expected to punt, but there the Oregon pluck showed and Latourette sung out for Joe Templeton to pound cen ter. He made a yard by that, and four more though a hole In left tackle, and Chandler circled the end for two yards, when time was called. Score, first half, 0 to 0. Tho second half opened with Murphy's sensational run, which gave Multnomah Oregon cent aaginst us today one of the best teams In the history of the games between Multnomah and Oregon. I had planned on a kicking game, and it was this that won for us. The brilliant work of the Oregon team speaks -wonders for Coach Smith. Be has certainly built up a great lot of players, considering their weight. We should have scored two more touch downs, but our iumbUng was costly. Thlz, however, must be expected when the 'field is as wet as it wteu Chester Murphy. Its chance to score. Templeton's kick-off to Multnomah's ten-yard line was caught by Murphy, who tucked It under his arm. and, aided by two or three pieces of good interference, ran 60 yards down the field before he was boxed and downed. Corbett ran the end for ten yards on a delayed pass. Stow and Horan netted five more and then Murphy, taking the ball snapped to him. turned dead around in his tracks, holding It close till both teams had plunged off to th right after a fake for mation, then slipped it to Horan, who charged through two men and ran 25 yards for the only touchdown of the game. Mur phy falling to kick the goal, the score be came 5 to 0 For ten minutes following the game re solved Itself into more of a kicking match than ever, all on Multnomah territory un til Murphy sent the ball past the center of the field with a 45-yard punt. Temple ton returned it, but Murphy executed a successful run to the center of the field on a fake kick, netting 20 yards. A down, or two later Captain Joe Tem pleton was carried off the field. He had played a brilliant game, was unexcelled by nobody but Murphy on the field, hut was tired out and was the more readily in jured. Multnomah finally lost a few yards, was penalized 15, and 'Anally from the 50-yard line Murphy punted three times, each punt rolling over the -Oregon goal line. At last one was returned from the 20-yard line by Latourette, and Klrkley, Seeley and Stow, all linemen, advanced the ball to Oregon's 22-yard- line, where Horan. and Corbett failed to make yardage. Oregon made ten yards In four downs, when Multnomah's "line held. A penalty of ten yards placed Oregon on its 15-yard line, where Latourette dropped back for a punt. The ball was passed "over his (Concluded oa Pare 8.) MANY MEN FALL Japanese Suffer a Se vere Repulse.. ATTACK POOTLAFF HILL Russians Drive Most Daring Back at Bayonet's Point THEIR LOSSES WERE SMALL Large Band of Chinese Bandits Under Command of the Mikado's Offi cer Are Also Badiy Routed. MUKDEN, Nov. 24. The Japanese made a fresh attack on Poutlloff Hill the night of November 22. The advancing ranks were decimated by the Bussian shell fire. Some of the Japanese, secured lodgment on the slopes of the hill, but were driven out at the point of the bayonet, when the whole Japanese contingent fled. A similar attempt was made the same night south of Erdagzou, which also was repulsed with a bayonet charge. Tho Japanese lost heavily, while the Bussian loss was 30 killed. A band of 1500 Chinese bandits, with six guns, under Japanese officers, coming from the direction of the Uao Blver, was in conflict with three sotnlas of border scouts near Kaiuan early on the morning of November 23. The scouts charged without giving the bandits bat tery time to come into action. The ban dits made feeble resistance and fled in all directions, leaving 200 of their number dead. The Bussian loss was trifling. A Japanese column of two companies at tempted to penetrate the Bussian east flank on. November 23, but they wero met "by two separate divisions of Bussian cav alry and driven off with severe loss. ' Indicates Important Operations. ST. PETEBSBUBG. Nov. 25 (2:10 A. M.) Unofficial advices only bring affairs at the front up to November 23, and the ab sence of official news of later date, either from the Japanese or from the Bussian side, causes the belief that more impor tant operations than heretofore may be progressing. Reports from the corre spondents at the front indicate renewed skirmishing, culminating the night of No vember 22 In, a. fierce attack on PoutlloC Doha TreeJ Hill, In which the Japanese were repulsed with heavy loss, and also a severe fight with Chinese bandits near Kaiuan. In which 200 Chinese were killed. Russians Are Repulsed. FIELD HEADQUABTEBS GENERAL OKU'S ABMY, Nov. 23 (4 P. M.. via Fu san, Nov. 250 The Russians are showing some activity in front of General Oku's army., At dawn today detachments at tacked in two places the left and center divisions. The center repulsed the attack immediately and the left did also after a hard fight. As a result of the repulse, the Japanese occupied Poutuen. The Rus sians left many dead on the field. SLAV SHIPS AT PORT SAID. Every Precaution Taken to Assure Safe Passage Through Canal. POBT SAID, Nov. 24.-A division of the Bussian second Pacific squadron has ar rived here. All precautions have been taken to prevent any untoward incident during -the passage of the vessels through tho Suez Canal. The division consists of the battle ships Slssol, Vellky and Navarin, tho cruisers Zemtchug, Alroaz and Sviet lana, the torpedoboat-destroyers Bod rl, Blestlaschy, Bezumprechni, Bystral. Bravi, Bcdovi and Bulny, and the trans ports Cortschakoff. VoroneJ, Kitai. Tamboff, Kieff, Jupiter; Merkur and Vladlmiroff. The warships exchanged salutes with the town on entering and the Bus sian bands played the British national anthem In honor of the presence of tho British guardship Furious. The local Bussian representatives visited Bear Admiral Volkersam's flagship. All the warships are fitted with wire less telegraph apparatus. The ships are not ordered to coal here, but will take water, fresh provisions and hay for their livestock. The Bussian Admiral exchanged visits with the commander of the Furious. Though the last warships were hot or dered to coal here the torpedoboat-destroyers are coaling from the transports and will enter the harbor at dawn, to morrow morning, the rest of the division an hour later. Admiral Volkersam indignantly denied that the Baseian , officers . or sailors cre ated disturbances at .Canea, Island of Crete. He says'- -that a few drunken sailors were carried on board, but no one was killed or wounded, and there were no deserters, as reported by an English newspaper. YACHTS TRAVERSE CANAL. It Is Suspected That They Are Con nected With Russian Fleet. LONDON, Nov. "24.-JA. telegram from Port Said says? There is considerable interest here in the movement of three fast yachts, the Florentlna, Catarina and Emerald, which have Just traversed the canal to Suez. The Florentlna Is owned by Count DI vollaf, of Marseilles; the Catarina belongs to the firm of Camper & Nicholson, of Gosvort, and the Emerald, a turbine boat, belongs to Sir Christopher Furness. The latter, however, is not on board, and it appears that both the Emerald and Ca tarina have been chartered by individuals whose names the agents refuse to divulge at the special request of the charterers. The Catarina and Emerald have been in the Mediterranean since November 3 and November 1, respectively. The Catarlna's Rvowed destination is India. The Emerald was at Jaffa, November 39. The Florentlna files the French flag and tha. Emerald and . Catarina fly the British flag. The mission of the yachts is a mys tery, but It is suspected that the boa is have some connection VJth. the Prussian Admiralty and that they will precede "Vice-Admiral Volkersam's division of the second Pacific squadron to explore the reefs in the Suez Canal and around Shadewan Island. At the request .of the Bussian officers, the port rules .have been relaxed sufficiently to allow gunboats alongside the warships. Furness, "Withy & Co. say the Emer ald was chartered for a pleasure cruise, and emphatically deny the suggestion that the charterers were either Bussian or Japanese, or In any way connected with the people -of those nations. Submarine Boats on Board. 1, LONDON, Nov. 25. The Daily Tele graph's correspondent at Port Said as serts that the Bussian volunteer steamer Voronetz, which passed the Dardanelles as "a transport, has three submarine boats on board, and that the Yaroslav, which passed the Dardanelles, similarly has a large armament of Hotchklss guns. "Evidently once through the canal," sold the correspondent, "they will emu late the volunteer steamers St. "Petersburg and Smolensk." SURE FORT WILL SOON FALL. Japan Now Willing News From Ar . thur Be .Made Public. SPECIAL CABLE TO THE LONDON TIMES ND PORTLAND OREGONIAN. TOKIO, Nov. 25. Permission has been granted to tho newspapers here and in the provinces to publish unofficial news from Port Arthur, the government evi dently considering the campaign there closed and the fall of the fortress but a matter of time. Accordingly exhaustive reports are published today. According to one of them, the work of the besiegers is progressing rapidly in spite of numer ous petty sorties by the enemy, all of which were made at night. It Is notice able that the leading Journal which re cently urged an Immediate assault, re gardless of the loss of life, now depre cates haste, inasmuch as the end Is cer tain in the near future. This reflects the national mood, which Is calm and con fident. The prospective arrival of the Baltic fleet Is a cause of much exhilaration to Vice-Admiral Togo's squadron, which is longing to exchange the monotony of blockade for a decisive fight. Lists published in Tokio of casualties resulting from the assaults- upon perma nent fortifications on August 13 to 24 show a total of 1400, among thtm 200 killed. This assault failed as regards the main fortress, but resulted in the capture of two of the Panungshan forts, thus fur nishing commanding positions for the siege guns and materially hastening the end. For this reason the Japanese are not dismayed at the terrible cost. Bus sian prisoners state that the effective strength of the garrison does not exceed 8000 men, of whom only one-third are pro vided with "Winter clothing. The number of Russians who died in battle and from dysentery, from October 28 to November 12, is given as 2000. Rumors of the sinking of a Bussian hos pital ship and of injury to two others apparently find some credence In Tokio. It is pointed out that it is impossible to avoid such accidents where the harbor is behind a fortress which Is being perpet ually bombarded. Garrison Being Starved Out. LONDON, Nov. 25. The correspondent at Moscow of the Daily Telegraph claims authority for the statement that General Stoessel's dispatch, sent by the torpedo boat Baitoropny informed Emperor Nicholas that tha Port Arthur garrison was being starved out, with other frank detail of Its actual condition, showing that the fall of the fortress is inevitable. TWO KILLED Iff ESPL0SI0N. Boilers in Cotton Gin Explode Sev eral Persons Are Injured. VICKSBUBG, Miss., Nov. 24. By the explosion of the boilers in D. B. Middle ton's cotton gin in the town of 'Walters, a suburb of this city, two lives were lost and several persons Injured, two of them seriously. The dead: WEST SMITH, colored. HENRY HEBRON, colored. Seriously injured Luther Hebron, In ternally; Andrew B. Land, leg broken and head crushed. The financial loss Is $10,000. CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPEB The Weather. TOrATS-?laln; southerly wind. YkJSi.attDKT'B Maxlmmu temperature, 31 deg-.; minimum, 41. Precipitation, 0.04 tech. Thaakjirlrlajr. Sir Edward Clarke protests against word 'American,' holding Is wrongly Implies domination over enUre "Western hemisphere. In speech at London banquet. Pago 1. Boosevert attends to private mall and consid erable routine business, then goea for, a ride. ' Page J. Receptions are held by numerous American diplomats la foreign capitals. Page 1. Terelgn. Cuban health officers challenge Ameriea'tKMs rlne Corps to prove yellow fever (has ap- pearea m that country. Page 3. Socialist creates tumult In 'Aosfrian house by attacking Premier" -T5llcy regarding Inns bruck school: Tage 3. Domestic Crime is greatly en the increase In the United States. Page 1. Shooting of sporting man on crowded New York avenue creates a great eensaUaa. Page 6. President of ironmolders returns to Cincinnati to face accusers, and declares charges against him have been trumped, up. Page 6. Rassc-Japaaese War. Japanese again assault PouUIoft Hfll and are" repulsed with heavy loss. Page 1. Ships of Baltic fleet arrive at Port Said. Page 1. Pacific Coast FoetbaH. Stanford University S3, "Cnlrersity ojt Colorado 0; University o California. 6, University of Washington 8; Willamette University 18. Albany College O; McMinnrllle College 0; Columbia University O. Page 8. 2acMc Coast. Shooting- scrape In Co liar, -Wash., depot cre ates a great panic Page 4. Governor-elect Sfead talks.cn Lewis and Clark Fair to High. School paella. Page -4. Fishing tackle ebtruld not occupy more nw a third of Oregon streams, ' says Master Flth "Warden. Page 4. Sports. Pennsylvania eleven defeats Cornell, 34-0. Page S. Claude, favorite, wins handicap at Oakland. Page 9. Portland loses double-header. Page 9, Multnomah defeats Oregon .pa gridiron by score of 7 to 0. Page 1. Crew of Italian ship Celeste wins Thanksgiving- international boat race. Page IS. Miss D. B. Howard, on Jim Budd, wins Kerr cup. Pago 12. PsrUasd aaa Ylctetty. Government witness proves that aSHavlts in land-fraud cases are false. Page 10. Ansel otfiare has dl??TeS" one Mount Tabor home. Page 12. . rMayor Williams may bow "jnaJcs charges against City E&glaeer. Page ii. Newsboys, enjoy Thask?siviar aicner. ' Page 10. Lewis and Clark; Pale arouses poets to action. Page 12. . r v f. - . -. . n ThankzglrlBg services la the churches. Page 12. TITLE 11 THORN Briton Objects to the Word "Amenieari." IT. IMPLIES TOO - MUCH Clark Holds the Whole West ern Hemfsphere Is Taken Iii.' SUGGESTS:UN0NA INSTEAD Speaker at London Thanksgiving Ban quet Declares United States Is Notj and Should Not Be, Greater Power Than Britain. LONDON. Nov. 24. The annual Thanks giving banquet of tho American Society at the Hotel Cecil tonight was marked by the presentation of a portrait of himself to Ambassador Choate, painted by Hubert Herkomer, and paid for by subscriptions by members of the society. An unusual note for such a gathering was Introduced by Sir Edward Clarke, who proposed Mr. Choate's health, sarcastical ly derided the title "American Ambassa dor," declaring the" word "American" im plied domination over the whole of the "Western Hemisphere, which the United States docs not possess and is not entitled to, as Great Britain had a larger power territorially on the American Continent than the United States. He suggested that a more suitable title would be "Unona," signifying "United States of North America. Having, in the first public criticism here of the State Department's suggestion that embassies hereafter shall be called "Amer ican," thus uttered a "respectful protest" against the assumption of ' the larger name. Sir Edward proceeded to refer to the miserable underpayment of American Judges and America's waste of energies in providing for survivors of the Civil -War and In Ijulldlng ironclads which she would never use. Americans, Well Satisfied. Ambassador Choate, replying, said that Americans were satisfied with their name, and then referred to the recent election In the United States as a splendid tribute to a gteat man. . .v-i ; Having remarked upon the regeneration of public life in America, regardless of party,' Mr. Choate" alluded" tothe ''ever growing friendship between Great "Britain and America as reason for thanksgiving, and added: "I asked Lord Lansdowne if he was ready to negotiate a treaty of arbitra tion. " 'Why,' said Lord Lansdowne, 'it goes without saying.' " Continuing, Mr. Choate maintained that many things go without saying between Great Britain and the United States, above all that they should avoid all possible causes of offense and settle all differences by peaceful means. He paid a high tribute to the Archbishop of Canterbury's "rediscovery of Amer ica," andfdUated upon the value.Lof Tislta, tto America oy sucn men as tnearcnusnop and John Morley. The Archbishop of Canterbury; propose lng President Boosevelt's health, ex pressed .sincere thanks 'for th&j great hos pltallty with which he was received in America. He said America faced prob lems greater than the -world had7 ever seen, but by a stroke of genius had found the man to conquer the difficulties. "We on this side," said the archbishop, "not leas than brothers to you across the Atlantic, thank.God and take courage be cause the destinies of America are safe in Booeevelt's hands." Press Approves Choate's Speech. LONDON, Nov. 23. Ambassador Choate's speech, at the banquet of the American Society last night Is commented upon by the London morning newspapers in terms of the strongest approval, and "it la taken for granted that the arbitration treaty to which he made allusion will be concluded and ratified promptly by the United States Senate. The Dally Telegraph remarto that the great affection and qsteem 1b wblch-tMr. Choate Is held in Eagland Is largely apart from his personal qualities and be cause of the affection in which he was held by the late Queen Victoria. DAY WITH ROOSEVELT. President D!ps f- Personal Mail and Much Routine BucIneM. WASHINGTON, Nov. 24,; With the ek-2 ception of a notable number of callers, business at the "White Hoase proceeded quite as usual during the aoralhg hours of today. President Boosevelt appeared early at his private office in the Itxecatave building, and, with Secretary Loeb, trass acted a considerable amouat of retlne business and disposed of 'hie persaaal saalL Shortly after 11 o'clock, accompanied by Mrs. Boosevclt, Theodore, Jr., and Miss Ethel, the President left the White House for a long horseback ride. They were ab sent for several hours. The President has completed his anii message to Congress and it is bow in the hands of the printer; Indeed, printed cop ies of tho document already; have been placed before the Preeldeat. Mr. Koee velt was anxious to finish the message be fore he started to St. Louis, and for a week or more has devoted every nateute of his spare time to the preparation of the paper. The clerical force at the White House was dismisced at 1 o'clock to eaable the clerks to enjoy their Thanksgiving dianer. Work at the offices was resumed, how ever, later in the day la order that the desks might be cleared sefsre the Presi dent's departure. Tonight the' Presides? had a family prty at the' White House for the ThaaksgiviBg diwMr. Those present Included the acmtwo ef the. immediate family of the President aad the .house .guests, aaeag whom were -Mr; tmt: Mrs. Douglas BeKsson aaa Miss. Xobta- Thanksgiving- day was observed gener ally throughout the city. The Government departments were closed for the day and most of the business houses were not opened during the afternoon. f . THRONG AT ST. LOUIS FAIR. r . . Special Services AreHeld and a Foot ball Game is Played". ST. LOUIS,' Novv 24. Thanksgiving day developed one of the most memorable cele brations on the World's Fair calendar. Cold weather, coupled. with the promise bt, special events, attracted an estimated at tendance of 200,000. The main Interest of the day centered in a football contest in the Stadium between the Haskell Indians and Washington University. The Thanksgiving day ceremonies con sisted of union religious services in Fes tival Hall, Archbishop Glennon presiding. Addresses were made by St. Louis minis ters. President Francis, of the Exposi tion, opened the meeting by reading Pres ident Roosevelt's proclamation. ' At the close of the exercises the audience dispersed to. all quarters, of the grounds,, where Thanksgiving dinners were held. Among the most prominent was that served at -the Model Play Grounds. Sev eral hundred children, representing SO dif ferent nations, partook of a New England Thanksgiving dinner. Interest centered in the dinner served in the Indian School to savage tribes at the Fair. ..At the Philippine reservation the. day was observed by early mass in the Vlsay an village chapel, followed by a Thanks giving dinner. The day's fete concluded with a recep tion to the Philippine scouts and con stabulary by the World's Fair Young Men's Christian Association- Societies. This function was arranged by Miss Helen Gould before her departure for New York. New Yorkers Flock toCountry. NEW YOBK. Nov. 24. Hundreds of bas kets of food were distributed among the poorer families in the lower section of the city, and liberal Thanksgiving din ners were served to the needy in many quarters. At the Bowery Mission alone, plans, were made to serve dinner to 1000 homeless men tonight Scores of similar institutions had the city's unfortunate ones for their' guests. More persons whose homes are In New York spent the day in the country than ever before on a Thanksgiving, to judge by the records made in the various rail road stations. At one terminal about 650 trains, with more than 3000 cars, were handled, which carried about 70,000 passen gers to New England and points up the state. It is estimated that more than 400,000 turkeys were necessary to fill the demand in this city alone, and most of this vast number were sold at SO cents a pound. Rhodes Students Assemble at Dinner. OXFORD, England. Nov. 24. The Bhodes students at the university assem bled for a Thanksgiving dinner tonight Henry White, secretary- of the American. Embassy, responded to' the 'toast, "The Day We Celebrate"; Dr. B.. G. Parkin, principal of Upper Canadian College, Toronto, Ont, to. "Absent Bhodeans from His Majesty's Dominions and to the Mem ory of Their Benefactor," and Sir Fred erick; PplTock "To Our Sister University of Cambridge and Our Universities of America." Union Services Held at Detroit. PETBOrrMifch., Nov: "24. With "Unity ;I4 Things Necessary -Liberty In What Is Doubtful: Charity In Alt Things," as tha motto for the day interdenominational ThankEglvingr services were "held in the RDefroi. OpjSra-Hopse- today. - participated in by ministers of tne nine denominations. They included a Jewish rabbi, a Catholic priest and Baptist. Congregational, Pres byterian, Eplscopaljan. Methodist, Univer salist arid Unitarian pastors. Customary Reception Not Given. ST. PETEBSBUBG, Nov. 24. The Amer ican flag flying- from the Embassy was the only - official observance of Thanks giving day here. The customary reception and dinner at the Embassy, were not given on account of the absence of Ambassador McCormlck In the United States. W. E. Smith, a prominent American resident of this- city, however, gave a dinner to- the members of the small American colony. r; " .- Generally Observed in Constantinople CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 24. Thanks 'glving day was generally observed Tjy Americans here by a short church serv ice in the foreign colony and a holiday at the American colleges. Flags were hoist ed over the Legation and Consulate build ings. There--was a dinner party tonight at Hlssar.. Charge Jay" and other members of the American Legation attending. Americans In Berlin Attend Banquet. BEBLIN, Nov. 24. Thanksgiving day was observed by 200 American residents of Berlin with a banquet at the Kalser hofv Consul-General Mason- presided 'and addressed' the, company on the prosperity"' of the United States. A telegram o.fe llcltation was sent to the President. MITCHELL UT WASHETGTOX. Oregon Senator Is Interviewed Re garding Tariff Revision. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2t Special.) The President, after holding conference now and then with members of Congress from all parts of the country, thinks the present . time too early tb comment on tariff revision In bis annual message. It is therefore certainlv Senators and Representatives thfnv, xor vnemio. expe apisieHis, lavp raw e t,re vision lAlsaost; to 'a'naarithey agree that more ght mast br shed on the ques tion' before committing themselves to an out and out policy of revision. Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, .who ar rived today, announces that" there is no revision sentiment in his State. As near as he could telh; he thought the Pacific Stetes would . prefer letting well enough alone. ... unvmLs xraiEY xojtoicext ; ' San Francisco Honors Memory of the Martyred- President.' ' SAN FRANCISCO, 20 v. 34i A monu ment to the "menibry of ex-President Wil liam McKlnley was unveiled today at the main entrance of .Golden Gate Park. It Is a symbolical statue of " the Republic, modeled by Bobert Aitkin, a, sculptor of this city,, and cast in bronzes The figure, on a granite pedestal, represents a woman of heroic sise with a large "sword in one ha&4 ar.4 an uplifted palm, in the-other. Tfce presentation, was made by ex Mayor James D. Phelan. Reuben "Lloyd, repwwitfnc the Park Commission, re ceived tho gift with, a fitting tribute and Jobs. McXaagit followed as the orator of th day. I Madaf CenfacrW en Singer. MTJXICX J?ov.34. The Ludwig" medal of Bavaria' for'the Department ot: Science and. Art has been conferred on Albert 1MM, 1 tJt "statrert mw enffered af tM Metreaolltaa Oyera-ltouse, New York. MURDER Crime on the Increas iff United States. REMARKABLE SINCE; 1899 Homicides Four Times Greater J. 7 - 7 . f tL Now Than in 1881. CHICAGoioiiDON FIGURES With Less Than One-Third the-Popu-latldn, the Windy City Had Five , Times as Many Tragedies as the Metropolis Last Year HARVEST OF DEATHS Br CRXMS IN THREE VEABS. Homicides in 'T?nltef States'.... 1.31,335 British loss in Boer "War.. 22.000 Killed on. railroads 21.847 NEW YOBK. Nov. 24. (Special.) There are at present four and a half, times as many murders and homicides for each 1,000,000 people in the Unltpd States as there were in 1SS1. With this statement of tact, based upon statistics, S. S. Mc Clore makes a startling showing of the increase of lawlessness in this country, and follows with a stinging criticism of the reign of "criminal oligarchy," of chronic infraction of the law by many classes, of general failure in. the, enforce ment of the statutes, to which causes the condition is attributed! Comments on the prevalence of crime and lawlessness taken almost at random from representative and serious newspapers and from published statements of Judgesand citizens form the supporting evidence. In the United States last year there were S37S murders and homicides In a pop ulation oft about S0.000.O00. In 1SS1, when the population was 51,216,000, there were only 1265 crimes of this class. The high record was reached in 1SW, when there were 10,654 murders- and homicides, in a population. of'TO'cCO.OL.lr. 18W conditions improved, but since then the&have stead ily grown worse. Conditions in Chicago are strikingly set forth by comparisons with the- criminal records of the two leading cities of Eu rope. London, with an area of 6S8 square miles and a population of 6,500,000, had 24 murders last year: There was' no "un discovered crime," as the murderers wer all ' arrested except in four 'cases,, where they- committed suicide. Chicago, with less than one-third of this population and area covered by the Lon don, or metropolitan police, had 128 homi cides. In IS cases the murderers were ktllled at the time of the crime or com mitted suicide; four other cases were those) of pflcer who did the killing In the performance of, their duties, leaving 108 cases for the police to work upon. Out of that number 34 convictions were se cured, while In 19 cases no arrest was made, and In S3 cases arrests did not re sult In conviction. Only one man was hanged' In, Chicago. In Paris, only 15 murders or attempted murders were committed in the- same period. More than eight times as many murders in Chicago as In Paris, six times as many as in Londop. The loss of life through crime is made more- prominent when compared with fa talities In war and on railroads. ' In. three; -years the homicides in the United States numbered 31,23a. The British loss in the 'Boer war was 22,000. In the same period there- were killed on railroads- 21,547. Labor troubles, the burning of negroes, lawlessness in.v Colorado, riots and mur ders in. New Yo'riSare referred to in-detajl. . Distinguished jurists and educators are . quoted as saying, that the increase in law lessness endangere the future of tha Nation. CiLKTiir f H&HT NOT SETTEE) Cheyenne Leads, but Fails to Recciv Two-Thirds. Vote. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 24. Cheyenne failed lis. the recent.electioa' insecure the permanent location of-'the state capital, although it will remafehere until the question is settled, which will not prob ably be for many years. There wag a. total of 11,733 votes cast for Cheyenne aad 12,797 against Cheyenne, no city getting the necessary two-thirds vote. Lander received SS33, Casper 3568 and Bock Springs "6. A bitter fight was waged, -which, prom ises to become even more bitter in future years. The Legislature In January will probably arrange to have the question submitted to the people again in two years. XEC0YERS JEW3XS. . Found en Table In Room Adjoining That ef Noted Visitor, ST. LOUIS, Nov. 34. It was learned to night that Piiacs FusUaa has recovered the jewels the report of which caused gen eral coseternatlon yesterday. The jewels were discovered on a dreoslng table hi aar adjolnlng room to the oae occupied by the Prince. iaux x newif TJ?. Number f Men Seeire S3040 From MaryiMHl inetitKtisn . LA PLATA. Md.. Nov. 3L A nvmeer oC men blew up and destroyed' therfeettilag of the Southern Xaryteas? Savings- Soak today. aBd.secuped caafe. tNltre-Iy-cerin Is ms?eee to'kave eeea the osw- ptotive aseo. S