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S3 Stevenson; Hotel St. Francis News Stand. Washington, D. C. Ebbltt House News Stand. PORTLAND FRIDAY, NOV. 25, 1004. VOTE OF-THE MINOR PARTIES. Just what proportion of the 600,000 votes cast in the late election. for Eu gene V. Debs represents an actual gain for socialism and what proportion is merely a negative Democratic protest against Parker and plutocracy we shall never know. But the figures afford a curious study. Take the returns from Illinois, for example: 1896. Republican 607,130 Democratic 464.523 Prohibition 9.796 Debs - People's ...... 1900. 637.0S5 503.161 17,620 9.687 1.141 1901. 628.024 27,245 35.035 64,530 6,877 Totals 1,090.869 1,181.897 1.061.221 Here we find that the socialist vote has increased nearly seven-fold since 1900, while at the same time the Prohl bitlonlsts have about doubled and the Populists have increased nearly six fold. There is an active Socialist propa ganda in Chicago, and it is fair to sup pose that the accessions are in large part real gains; but It is to be noticed that the other minor parties also gained heavily. "Why? No intelligent observer uf conditions will say that the prohibl turn movemest is stronger throughout the United States than four years ago and the remarkable personality of "Wat son, and th5 .sympathy and enthusiasm he excited, rather than Jhe principles he advocltes, undoubtedly were, main factors in preventing entirely the dlsap pearance of the Populist cause. The total Roosevelt vote In Illinois represents a republican gain of 5 per cent over McKlnley in i03, 3 per cent over 1896. The total for all candidates was less than In either year. The significant feature, of the returns was a loss for Parker of 35 per cent from 1900. "What became of the Democrats? Unquestionably some voted direct for Roosevelt, some for Debs, some for Watson, some for Swal low. and others remained at home. The consequence was that the Roosevelt plurality reached the astonishing total of 301.000. Take Oregon: The Roosevelt vote shows an actual Increase of 33 per cent over 1900 and 25 per cent over 1S96: while the Parker vote shows a loss of 50 per cent from 1900 and 6: per cent from 1896. The Socialists in creased about five-fold over 1900, but, singularly enough, they cast less than 2000 votes more than In 1902. The Pro hibitionists gained about 50 per cent over 1900, but lost nearly 40 per cent over 1902. The Republican candidate gained more than SO per cent over the record-breaking Republican aggregate of 1902. It may be roughly said that this 30 per cent represents President Roosevelt's personal popularity, and that It Is likewise in part concrete ex pression of Democratic dissatisfaction with Parker. Other elements of Demo cratic discontent appear in the vote for the minor candidates, and In the heavy Democratic falling off. The total vote for Debs in the United States is about 600,000, against 100,000 four years ago. The greatest propor tionate gains have been in Milwaukee, "Wis., the Socialist center. There in 1900 the total was 445S. In 1902 10.704. and In 1904 18,120. Four or five Assemblymen nd one State Senator were elected In "Wisconsin. In Wisconsin. California, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsyl vania the Socialist vote exceeds 30,000 each, while in darkest Mississippi it is . 20.000. In Massachusetts the Socialists fell off. probably owing to the Douglas campaign. In 1900 the Prohibitionists had 20S.OO0; now they have Increased to about 300, 000. Watson had about "23,000 In his own state (Georgia), but his total throughout the country will not be greatly In ex cess of 100.000. Not the least grateful of the many who gave thanks yesterday undoubt edly were the survivors ot the "crew of the dismasted, waterlogged schooner Webfoot. which was towed into Astoria Wednesday evening. The experience of this ancient lumber drogher presented no new elements that are not notice able in nearly all of these tragedies of thf sea. -Sitting cosily "around the fire aide andstenlrig to the wind, whistling free and the rain beating against the window pane, we have " a passing thought that "this is a bad night for the men at sea." but there it ends. Stories like that of the Webfoot crew are told so frequently that we accept them In a sense as inevitable and al most commonplace. Out ot all seaports have sailed ships that never returned. and into all of these ports have drifted battered wrecks half -manned by starv ing crews whose drawn and hag gard features reflected the terrible strain of staring death in the face for hours and days. The commerce of the world demands ships, and there must be men tOoperate them, but In few if any other mailing- does death seem ever near as with these argosies of trade when they drift beyond the sky line and vanish into that land of mystery the sea. The survivors of the Webfoot have cause for Thanksgiving-, but somewhere out on . the ocean or in its depths are three' of their companions, and s6me- wfeere on shore are loved ones "waiting their return. Truly the sea is pitiless. even when the wind and waves are low. but when the November gales sweep over it and death rides the wave thanks indeed are due from those who escape Its fury. MB. SCHWERIN'S "FRIEND CAKKFJU Among the immortal pen pictures drawn by the late Charle3 Dickens was one of a gentleman who at all times and under all circumstances would ' argue with the greatest perversity that hlack was white and white was black. On this Individual, Dickens bestowed the name Carker. The original Carker long 1 ago passed on to that land wnere points i of this nature cannot be argued, but he 1 has Imitators. One of them enlivens the editorial page of the Tacoma Ledger with RtntfmMits reeardlnsr -Portland which contain the same amountofftruth that was carried in the .-original Car- kers contention that black was white and vice. versa. Taking lor a. text- The Oregonian's comment on the Schwerin policy, which permitted ships to.ileave Portland In ballast at the same time cargo was being -sent, by rail to rival ports, Mr. Carker, of the Ledger, states that "it is hardly fair to blame jar. Schwerin. for Portland's failure as a seatfbrt," and that "if Portland pos sessed anything like the natural advan tages and terminal facilities which are to be found at Tacoma, together with an open route to the sea, there would be some ground to expect Mr. Schwerin to handle the traffic from Portland." Mr. Carker, of the Ledger, also states that Mr. Schwerin told the Portlanders that, his steamship line was a "losing venture," and that the'trafnc will seek natural and profitable channels. By a line of reasoning as lucid and clear as that employed by the Hatter whom Alice found in Wonderland explaining . problems to the March Hare, Mr. Car ker, of Tacoma, decides that Portland will, sooner or later. Use forced to admit that In competition with Tacoma. she cannot hope to handle more than small share of the trans-Paclflc traffic San Francisco and Tacoma br the process of natural selection and through superior ad- vantasee.have become the leading seaports or the Facmc coast, ana win conunue 10 enjoy their distinction In this respect. It is a commercial axiom known and recognized wherever ships float that the ship will always go as close to the cargo as possible, Instead of having the cargo . carried any farther by land than Is ab solutely necessary. This fact makes Tacoma, and not Neah Bay, the princi pal shipping port on Puget Sound, and Portland, and not Astoria,..the. principal shipping point on the' "Columbia and : Willamette Rivers. Philadelphia, New ' Orleans, Manchester and a large num ber of other similarly situated ports In different parts of the world offer fur ther examples of the recognition of this great commercial law. The "process of natural selection" which made Tacoma a seaport Is not yet forgotten. To be sure, some of the manipulators of the "process" escaped the pententiary by committing suicide, but their "deeds in connection with robblngnhe stockhold ers of a railroad In order to boom townslte are still fresh in the minds of a great many people. Portland's "route tq the. sea" Is satis factory and it Is steadily Improving. Over that route have been dispatched more big cargoes of flour and lumber than have ever been shipped from any other port In the world, Tacoma,- Seattle and San Francisco rrot excepted. Port land-is not blaming Mr. Schwerin for "failure as a seaport" because this city was. never farther away from failure than it is at the present time. The one particular grievance that we have against Mr. Schwerin is that he will not provide shippers with steamer space when they have freight to ship. Edu cated in that old Huntington school where It was taken for granted that' nothing could get away without paying toll to the octopus, Mr. Schwerin finds dlfllculty in adjusting himself to condi tions which obtain In that free country lying north of the California line. Port land shippers will not pay toll ' to the Pacific Mall simply because they are not given a satisfactory service out of Portland, but they may temporarily be forced to" ship a few flour cargoes by way of Puget Sound, or to charter tramp steamers to handle their busi ness. This is only, temporary, however, and eventually Mr. Schwerin will quit dreaming and give Portland the kind of a steamship service that was promised us by Mr. Harrlman If he falls to do so his "waking may be pain." Portland Is too big, rich and powerful and has too much steamship traffic originating in her exclusive territory to permit this present farce of a steamship service being carried too far. The line will never cease being a "losing venture until It Is conducted on business princi ples, and not on a narrow, contracted. California plan. CHARTER CHANGES TO BE PEW. The present charter of the City of Portland has been in operation not quite two years. It is an elaborate body of law, and pretentious for a city of 125,000 Inhabitants. As Its framers were many men of many minds, so It Is a mixture of varied ingredients. . It has not reduced burdens of taxation, though it must be said that the government of Portland has been one of the least ex pensive in the United States. The cher ished wish of the charter framers namely, that political cliques should be banished from municipal departments- has not been realized. Nor. has the charter kept city affairs free from the taint of scandal. However, the Instrument has prob ably worked as well as any other could have done; perhaps better In .many re spects. Tonight several amendments will be. proposed at a conference- of the framersyand the legislators from this pourity. It has been agreed that the changes shall be few and of minor char acter such as for reducing the cost of advertising special assessments; for re quiring deposits of city funds to be safeguarded -by security bond; for im proving several streets In a given dls trlct simultaneously; and for facilitat ing grant of franchises for street rail way connections and short extensions. Little else than this Is likely to be proposed, for it is the common agree ment that the charter needs few altera tions, and, so -far as known, there is no disposition in the legislative delegation to go beyond this sentiment The prin ciple of referendum, established two and one-half years ago, when the people ratified the charter at the polls, should be adhered to in cases of radical amend ments, and the plan to make the change, now proposed, operative only by referesdmm will not be regarded of heavy importance; in fact, the differ-, ence will be nothing either way, for the amendments proposed are sustained with such unanimity that they would certainly be ratified at the polls. This is the common-sense view of the mat ter, yet it will be for the legislative delegation to decide whether rigid ad herence to referendum in all cases will better safeguard the instrument In fu- -ture. Trr.THTNATioy of cm GRAFT. No public work, scandal of the Tan ner-Creek sewer class will ever arise In the City of Galveston, Tex., under the administration, which has "been running that prosperous Southern city since It emerged .from' the shadow of ruin which followed In the wake of the great flood of 1900. The ideal city government, for which we have allMonged, Is that by -which the public suslness is transacted by the came taflexlple-buslness rules that govern commercial transactions. Under such a government merit, and not a political pull, would be the cre dentials that would secure for the. City Engineer a job, ana .that official would select his -suttordinates not because they were misfits In other walks of life and had to-be taltencare of, but be cause they were qualified for the posi tion; and could earn the salary paid. It required a tidal wave which prac tically destroyed the city to overturn the old spoils .system and bring this Ideal goverhmeSt 'into existence in the Texas city, and, were it not for the ap palling loss of life, it might well be said that the change was worth a large por tion of the cost. Galveston, before the awful cataclysm, like nearly all of our American cities, was run by politi cians, and from all accounts there was the same old system of graft in nearly all avenues of public work. But the storm broke and the havoc was so nearly complete that when the work of reconstruction began any attempt at grafting would have been so nearly like robbing the dead that the political spoilsmen all remained under cover. At tne- critical moment, when the future of Galveston was trembling In the bal ance, five patriotic business men stepped to the front and assumed the burden of rebuilding the city and han dling what little remained of the ma chinery of government. It was a patriotic duty, and the polit ical belief of the five men who formed this impromptu relief and reorganiza tion commission cut no figure in their work. Four years have passed since the business men succeeded the politi cians In conducting public affairs for Galveston, and the results attained have been remarkable. The commis sion consists of a president and four members', each member being charged with specific duties, the president being the controlling power in the regulation of each department. The operating ex penses of Galveston under the new re gime are now $100,000 per year less than they were under the old system of ward politics, and the money that comes Into the hands of the five business men is being expended as it should be ex pended. There is no huge graft to be divided , among robbing sewer contractors, nor to be used in buying: up thieving city officials. Every dollar raised for street and other improvements is expended to the best possible advantage, because the men who are disbursing It are bus!-I ness men Influenced solely by patriotic motives for the welfare of the city. Ot course the personnel of the commission has much to do with the results at tained, arid five corrupt men would nat urally make a poorer showing, but- even then there would be . advantages over the old ward system when a much larger number of ofllclals, each fighting ' for distinct privileges and Improve ments In his own ward, could not show as good results for the city as a whole. The size of the Galveston commission also serves as a check on open rascal Ity, for with the city government in the hands of but five men, each charged . with responsibility not to any partic ular ward, but to, the whole city, they could be much easier held In check. No perfect system of city government has. yet been discovered, but the experience . of Galveston has demonstrated that scandals of the Tanner-Creek nature would be impossible under such a sys tem, and also, that the man who re ceived a dollar from the city would be obliged to render an equivalent for that dollar. THE THANKSGIVING SPIRIT. Formerly Thanksgiving day was de voutly and pIouBly "observed"; now It is energetically and more or less joy ously "celebrated." Each method was in accordance with the spirit and devel opment of the tlme3, hence both may be-accepted as the correct method. We regard with reverence and ad miration the procession which history and tradition present of the entire fam- I ily In the old Plymouth colony. clad in Sunday best, moving break fastless and decorously to church to return thanks to the Giver of All Good, In long prayers, longer sermon and sonorous hymn and psalm-slnglng. But It must be confessed that our spir its rise somewhat even at this chrono logical distance as we observe these de vout and thankful people, later in the day, supplementing their rigid devo tions by feasting bountifully upon the best that the land afforded. Who shall say that there was not as much expres sion of true thankfulness In the feast as In the gospel service, or In the decor ous family greetings around the festal board, as In the pious glanoes heaven ward during the sermon, or the devout attitude during the long, prayer In which hands were clasped tightly over empty stomachs? Regarding the old-time observances of Thanksgiving with reverence, shall we not regard with admiration the cele bration of the day that has grown with the Nation's growth Into an expression of more comprehensive thankfulness? The football player is the embod iment of thankfulness. Though in his case It may take the form of .being thankful that he Is alive and possessed of lusty strength and opportunity it Is thankfulness stllL Riders in special Thanksgiving races start out with a jubilant spirit that is the very essence of thankfulness. Those who are fortu nate enough to pass through the possi bilities of danger unscathed return with an added degree of thankfulness; those less fortunate would be ingrates, indeed. did they not feel thankful that they es caped with their lives from what easily might have been fatal Injuries. And so along the whole line. The tired housewife presiding at the family feast Is thankful that dinner Is ready and that it meets her expectations. The children are thankful for a day on which school does not keep; the shop girl for a day on which the store closes; the hotclkeeper for increased patronage; the minieter for an opportunity ta ex hort his people to acts of charity and humanity; the poor for a day that brings plenty to their tables; women school teachers for a day in which they can sew on buttons, 'darn stockings and read the latest magazines; men school teachers for a day In "which they can escape the routine of school, life and cheer on the rooters in the football game; the editor-for a topic upon which it is easy to write; the newspaper re porter for the grist that the occasion brings to his mill. . All depends upon-the point of view. But looking over -the wide range one must conclude that though the old spirit of thanksgiving that pervaded the Puritan colonies In the years when plenty was new to them and freedom from Indian wars and religious oppres sion was taken as a direct gift from God, given in answer to their supplica tions, has been superseded by change. thankfulness still abides with the American people and finds expression in a .multitude of forms. Could old thanksgiving services be revived there are few who would enjoy them But the multitude goes out to meet the newfThanksglvlng day gladly thankful, for-its. coming thankful for Its pleasures, each from his or her own point of view and finally thankful for its passing. And who shall say that the quality of this modern spirit of thank fulness as expressed throughout the length and breadth of the land on our latest yesterday was not equal In sin cerity, in charity, in humanity and in gratitude to that of the Thanksgiving spirit of the far-away yesterdays of the New World? All of the world has been wondering over the enormous shipments of wheat that have been coming out of Russia for several months. Week after week they have exceeded all previous records for a corresponding period,, and In the past fortnight have reached the enor mous total of more than 13,000,000 bush els. Some explanation of these condi tlons is found in the following extract from a Berlin letter in a New York pa per: The. peasants all over Russia are clamor ing or foodL. and the . flood of men who re turn from the cities to which they had. Wan dered in search of work, to their native vil lages, has turned, hunger into starvation. In East Russia, only two months after the har vest, peasants are eating roots, blrchbark and weeds, and a handful of rotten grain mixed with six handfuls of potatoes, acorns. chopped grass and bark is now Russia's recipe for making bread. It is apparent from this that these enormous shipments are being made at the expense of the Russian people, who" are in actual need of bread themselves, The great portion of Russia's wheat is owned by the nobility, and the serfs Who grew It for them are now forced to starve while the rich owners take ad vantage of the high prices and flood the European, markets with supplies which are sadly needed at home. The steamship Main, which arrived at New York yesterday, brought 2551 -steerage passengers. . Considering that the cut rates have ceased and the emi grant season is usually, supposed to be over before this time, it is apparent that there is an unusual longing on the part of Europeans to reaoh the land of the free. The continued large ar rivals of steerage passengers from the Old World dojiot argue well for the future of the American laborer In the large cities -of the East, w, for. that' Lmatter, in the West Most of this-labor comes from congested centers In Eu- rope; where the candidate for- position is not looKea over very careruiiy ror the union brand. There it has always been a case; of long hours and low wages, and to- such people the shorter hours and . greater pay, even if It Is slightlybelow. the union schedule, can not but appeal powerfully to them when they reach this country. From a'labor l.standpointr closing our gates to the Chl- nese and leaving them open to all kinds of European offscourings savors some- -whatf stopping a leak at the vent and leaving the bunghole open. Berlin and Paris bankers are reported to have made all arrangements for financing 5260,000,000 of Russian treas ury bonds bearing 5 per cent Interest. Of the amount named the Germans are expected to take $100,000,000 and the French the remainder. As the French have already Invested a good many mil lions In Russian" securities, their finan cial Interest In the success of the Czar In the Far East Is becoming quite Im portant. Russia could continue to back up from the shores of the Pacific for a number of miles beyond the border of the .territory which. the Japanese desire and still retain considerable prestige as one of the big powers of the world amply able to meet her obligations. At the same time, when she is assuming these obligations at the rate of $260,- 000,000 at a haul, her financial backers may be excused for displaying an Inter est In Russian success that Is some thing more than impartial and unpreju dicedv A British ship which sailed from Hamburg for Portland In December, 1903, did not reach Astoria until yes terday. Her master probably took ad vantage of the day and was duly thank ful that he reached port before 1905. Drake, Cabrlllo, Juan de Fuca and the rest of the old-timers who called around the Horn several hundred years ago used to make better time than this with the diminutive boxes that passed for ships in those old days. In justice to the master of the Holt Hill, which is the name of this successful candidate for long-passage honors, it might be stated. that Drake and his fellow navigators were not obliged to put in on the way, for repairs. This might have been due to the fact that there were no known places where repairs could be made. The psychological causes of prohibl tlon In the several towns and counties that went dry November 8 are easy to find. In every case they came from In decency and lawlessness of gamblers and saloon-keepers. The lesson will have a wholesome effect Public sent! ment. will not be affronted in future as it has been at Condon. Corvallls. Mc- Mlnnvllle, Tillamook and Marshtield and North Bend. If Oregon mlHtla boys shall go to China to organize the Empress Tsi An's army, that lady will find them a stalwart, handsome set and gallant with the ladles. Evidently the Empress has heard the fame. ,of the Oregon boys. Mavbe brewers have formed a pool of their own "to stay out of the market 1 The price. 31 cents, looks bigger than It iid a little while ago. With Turkey at 25. cents a pound we ought all to consider ourselves both. lucky and thankful that we had the price. " TRIBESMEN WORRY RUSSIANS. Camp Followers at Mukden Arc Com mitting Many Dearest I ens. MUKDEN, Nov. 24. Muca Qlflsculty is being experienced with. camp fol lowers, mostly Circassians, Tartars and other tribesmen from the Cauca sus. They swagger around in cloaks and fur hats, with daggers at their bolts, and have committed so many depredations that severo measures have been adopted to get rid of them. The general question of housing the people of Mukden is serious. Chinese from all the surrounding country are flocking in for the Winter, and, be sides the military, quarters must be found for many civilian employes. members of sanitary corps, etc A small room with no conveniences now costs $3 a day, whereas before the war half a dozen small houses In the corral, were Tented for $50 a year. The ques tion of heating is even mora serious. Wood is worth a cent a pound. The commissariat is struggling to make ample provision, still there is bound- to be much suffering, especially at the front. Fortunately warm clothing for the soldiers has arrived. RECRUITS FAIL TO SHOW UP. Russian Defections Constitute a Very Large Percentage. SPECIAL CABINS TO THE LONDON' T1ME3 AND PORTLAND OREGONIAX. ST. PETERSBURG. Nov.. .25. Defections on the part of recruits for the army this year are not only exceptionally lareo. bu they are completely defeating the efforts of the military authorities in many thick ly populated recruiting areas. Of these areas Southern Russia and Poland are typical." There Is no getting over the diffl culty, for the recruits simply fall to appear at the centers of military registration. At .ttishiner, while the great majority of the Christian recruits turned up fairly punctually, over 30 per cent of the Jews failed to aooear for registration. In the majority of cases inquiries by the military authorities show that prudent young Jews have shaken the Russian dust off their feet betimes and are now over Russian frontiers. Immune from punishment. In certain districts of the Kherson govern ment the defections are approximately 50 per cent Jewish. At SImerpole, Jewish sources state, a record was created, 90 per cent of the Jewish recruits falling to appear, and the bulk of them can nowhere be found. SHELLS CAUSE FIRE AT ARTHUR Huge Pile of Coal Is Ignited by the Japanese. CHEFOO. Nov. 24. A huge pit of coal near the railway station at Port Arthur was ignited by Japanese shells on No vember 20. and. according to unmese ar- rivine here by Junk today, it was still burning when they left the besieged town on November 22. A Japanese torpedo-boat destroyed over- hauled this junk, but allowed it to pro ceed. Another Junk with six Hindoos on board was taken ashore, where the Junk was burned. The passengers were sent to Dalny. Russians Set Fire to Village. TOKIO, Nov. 2i. Manchurlan headquar ters. In a telegram dated November 23, re ports. "At midnight November 22, TOO oi tne enemy's infantry attacked Slnglung tun. Our advanced picket, after resist ing the attack for several hours, safe ly retired to tho main body. The vil lage was entirely burned by the enemy. "At dawn. November 23, the enemy made several surprise attacks near me Shakhe railway bridge and at Paot- suyen, but the attacks were entirely repulsed." Russia Will Float Loan in January. LONDON. Nov. 24. In London financial circles, it is understood that the negotia tions have practically been concluded for the issue 4n Berlin and Paris simultane ously in January of 5 per cent Russian treasury bonds to the value or sso.cw.wq for five or seven years, the price of the issue to be about the same as that of the last Paris loan, Berlin taking JIOO.000,000, and the same French bankers who made the last loan taking $160,000,000. Capture of Steamer Confirmed. unJu UU. iluv. xi. jLilt; icjiuit, buai. tuc nnmn TT,o-V.r.Tr- Innn nritVi 5rt Ylrt tin )f meat was captured by the Japanese- vootcrilflv -rc-hiu trvlnir to enter Port Ar- thur, appears to be correct. Tne Tung- chow was a British vessel, and belonged to Butterfleld & Swire, of Shanghai. Last Monday, when leaving Shanghai, she was transferred at the last moment to a man believed to be acting for the Russian government Presents for Japanese Soldiers. TOKIO, Nov. 24. Several charitable organizations, headed by the ladles of Via nntrlntlr societies. ar arrnnerlncr in BPnd New Year presents to every In thn flflld. TVia rrfntrlVmMnn already assured Indicate that there will j be enough to give each soldier two I presents. The people of Tokio are con- XriDuling lauustuiuij ui patnasca, ettcii containing a number of useful articles. Coal Stores Probably Burned. TOKIO. Nov. 24. Telegraphing today. the headquarters of the army before Port Arthur reports: "The conflagration in the buildings near the arsenal, caused by our naval guns. which, as reported yesterday, began about noon, November 22, continued until o'clock on the morning of November 23. It is probable that the coal stores have been burned. Catenas Will Be Released. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 24. A bond to cover the value or tne untisn steamer Calchas, captured by the Vladivostok sauadron while bound from Puget Sound ports to Japan. Pending a final decision In her case, has been filed, and orders have been telegraphed to .Vladivostok to release her. Another German Red Cross Train. BERLIN, Nov. 24. The German Red Cross Society has prepared another 'sanitary train for nursing the Russian sick and wounded. The tram will pro ceed to the frontier in a few days. -txrhnrA -will h turned over to the Russian officials. Spanish Pretender Decorated. SS. PETERSBURG. Nov. 24. It Is an nounced from Mukden that Don Jaime, of Bourbon, son of Don Carlos, the -Spanish "pretender has been decorated with the order of st" Anne with sworcs tor gallan try In several engagements. , General Mobilization in Russia. LONDON. Nov. 24. The correspondent government has decided to start i- January a general mobilization In January a general throughout European Russia. Kuropatkln May Ciange Tactics. MUKDEN, Nov. -24. The, artillery jias been silent for two days. The opin ion prevails that if tne Japanese ao not attack. General Kuropatkln will take the offensive again. Drexef Trying to Sell Russia Yacht, i ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. 24. It Is un derstood that Anthony J. Drexel is, try ing to sell his steam yacht Margherita, of the New York Yacht Club, to itussia. .Sign North Sea Convention Today. ST PETERSBURG. Nov. 21. The : An- glo-Ruslan convention on the Hubject of - " the North Sea incident will probably not 1 b signed until tomorrow. ROOSEVELT LIAVIS FOR FAIR. RoMcvcIt and Party Will Take In St. Leuis Expocltien Tomerraw. WASHINGTON. Nov. 24. President Roosevelt left here at midnight tonight for a -visit to the St. Louis Exposition. He was accompanied "by Mrs. Roose velt, Miss Alice Roosevelt, Mr. and Mrs-. Douglas "Robinson, Secretary and Mrs. Loeb, Surgeon-General Rlxey of th Navy, M- C Latta of the Executive of fice, and representatives of the press associations. The party occupied a special train on the Pennsylvania Railroad, which is scheduled to arrive in St. Louis Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. An interesting programme,, which will take up all the Presidents time while in the exposition city, has been prepared by the local committee. Sat urday will be spent visiting various points in the exposition grounds. At night the Presidential party will attend a banquet in the main building in tne Tyrolean Alps at which probably 600 or more people will be present. It is anounced that the President will not make any speeches on his trip, al though it is not improbable he will make some Impromptu remarks at the Saturday evening affair. Sunday will be passed quietly In St Louis, and at midnight the President and party will leave on their special train for Washington, arriving here at 7 o clock Tuesday morning. Whilo In St. Louis the President Mrs. Roosevelt Miss Roosevelt, Secretary and Mrs. Loeb and Dr. Rlxey are to be the guests of William H. Thompson, the treasurer of the Exposition. Com pany. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson will be entertained by President Francis. Train at Baltimore. BALTIMORE, Nov. 25. President Roosevelt's train, bearing the Chief Maglstrato and party from Washington to St Louis, arrived here at 1 A AL After chansdnjr engines the train or three cars left" at 1:05 A M. over the Northern Central Railroad for Jtiarris burtr. Pa., where the train will bo switched on to the main trades of tne Pennsylvania line. PRINCE LEAVES ST. LOUIS. Fushima Will Continue to Tour Amer lea Before Returning to Japan. ST. LOUIS. Nov. 24. Prince Fushima, who has been visiting the Exposition since last Saturday, departed today for Phila delphia and will continue to tour America before returning to Japan. Every courtesy has been extended to Prince Fushima ana his oartv durinsr his visit here, and every thing has been done to snow tne visitors the entire world's iair aunng tne lim ited time permitted. Mr. Sato stated that Prince Jfusnima had enjoyed his visit here, and carried away the fondest remembrances. Premier Laurier at Fair. ST. LOUIS. Nov. 24. Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Premier of Canada, and a distinguished party reached tho World's Fair grounds on board a special car today. After a tour of the grounds President Francis enter tained the party at luncheon, and they left tonight for a trip, through tne west. Vice-President of Mexico Going Home EL PASO. Tex.. Nov. 24. Vice-Presi dent Ramon Corral, of Mexico, and party passed through El Paso today en route to Mexico City alter a visit io xne unneu States. Offered South American Office rEDFORD. Or.. Nov. 24. (Special.) J, w Tiprrian. ex-suoerintenaent or tne United States hatchery on Rogue River, which he managed with marked success for several years, has been tendered nnsitlon and a Ave years' contract at liberal salary by the Argentine Republic, of South America, to go to that country and assist in Introducing the propagation of food fish in the fivers of the republic. Owintr to private business Mr. iserrian will probably decline the offer. CANN.OT PREJUDICE JAPAN. Russians Find Her Regard for Amer ica Is Very Great. SPECIAL CABLES TO THE LONDON1 TIMES AND PORTLAND OREGON IAN. TOKIO. Nov. 25. As to the attempts or I - - . - I Dno.hn 1nt"ritrUfrR to SOW QlSCOru DelWeeil Japan and America and create the feeling I in imMra that Japan's success in the present war would jeopardize Americas position In the Philippines, nothing could be m0re chimerical. It is doubtful -whether Great Britain holds" a higher place jan's esteem and affection than America. The writer says this sentiment is of long and unchecked growth. It began un der the diplomatic regime oi xownsenu Harris and the numerous instances ot America's friendship since that time have rii resulted that no Western nation is more cherished by Japan than America. I TVioa ronnlderatlonS should suffice to show how extravagant Is the suggestion that Japan would ever resent the noat- lng of the Stars and stripes over tne jriillloplnes. On the contrary, America's withdrawal from the Philippines would be regarded by the Japanese as little short of a calamity.- since ner presence consti tutes a guarantee for the continuance of her wholesome Interest in Far Eastern affairs. Townsend Harris, representing the Unit ed States in the Orient in 1858, secured tho first treaty of trade and commerce between the United States and Japan and the opening of three ports to foreign resi dents. WOULD MAKE WAR IMPOSSIBLE Britain Believed to Favor Re-Enact . ment of OIney-Pauncefote Treaty. SPECIAL CABLE. GLASGOW, Nov. 25. The Glasgow Herald comments on the fact that tne mutual acceptance of the Anglo-Ameri can treaty was announced on November 9. but that It has not yet Deen signea The oaner conjectures tnat tne aeiay may be due to the inclination of both govern ments to bring about a re-enactment of the Olney-Pauncefote treaty of 1897, there being unmistakable evidence tnat tne ad visability of such a course is being con Bldered. While the treaty or isa may not fit present conditions in its entirety. it would be an easy matter, the paper says, to change it accordingly, retaining. however, those provisions wnicn are lareelv in excess of the bonds created between the United States and other pmmtrlps by the various treaties now nondlnsr. If this course were taken, the Herald says, the possibility of war be tween Great Britain and tne unitea States would be made almost an impos sibility. Forts Occupied by Japanese ttt1. a twit A TITERS OF THE THIRD JAPANESE ARMY BEFORE PORT AB- THUR. Nov. 23, via Fusan. ov. 24. The only permanent forts In the possession oi the Japanese are the two Panlung forts captured In August They hold the ad vance works of the Rihilng redoubt called Pr. lironatkin. an intrenched hill mis -olio "P fort Kubo Hill. jacniia.K.JJW"a. and One Hundred and Seventy-Four Me ter HUL They also occupy the caponlere, galleries and moats of the two Rlhlung forts and north Keswan iutu Crews of Black Sea Fleet Mutiny ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. 24. According to a private telegram from Sebastopol a portion of the craws of the Black Sea fleet mutinied jNOvemoer i-, uuu nr th revolutionary propaganda- Tho mutiny. It Is added, was quelled by f-ro nf nrms. and several of the muti neers were wounded." No confirmation of the report Is obtainable at the Admiralty. SOTE A3U) COMMENT, Started klekins "agamr Morality seems catching. Everyone is a stand-patter -when it comes to excluding yellow lever. , It appears that the foundation was in the charges instead of in the sewer. Fits Is going to put a breakfast food on the market "A Punch In Every Pack age." , ... We are authorized to deny the rumor that the Mazamas will next tackle one of the Salmon-street humps. There Is a project on foot in London to revive the tournament No doubt Car negie stands ready to supply the Knlght3 with trusty armor from Pittsburg. The following notice, says an exchange. has been placed In a prominent .position on the walls of a music hall in Glasgow: "Whistling or cheering with the feet is strictly prohibited." Our friend General Huertas . has gone somewhere with a military band and 10) men. Surely he doesn't contemplate In vading these United States as a minstrel troupe. He seems to have all the requisites. The New York Sun chronicles, the death of the city's greatest "black eye "artist" If a man was unlucky enough to get a black eye .In a scrap he went to Tom Kean and had It painted out It was an odd profes'slon. It is with surprise one learns, that the Czar has just received a. letter from President Roosevelt congratulating him on the birth of an heir. An event so pecu liarly in accord with the Roosevelt dac- tiine, one would have thought, demand ed the Impetuous cable rather than the deliberate mail. New York may have a law forbidding any person from taking part in any con test of "speed, skill and endurance" for more than three hours out of the 24. It has been pointed out that this"" would in clude poker in the. prohibition, but the public would probably endure that if sat isfied that speech-making would come within the same category. Prince Fushlma's loss of jewels should be a timely reminder to the pagan trav eler that he Is now In a Christian coun try, where barbaric accumulations of wealth unless made In the due course of squeezing, the public are looked upon with disfavor. The Incident should also remind tho Prince that his country still has something to learn from America. The "first book of the war" is an nounced by the Scribners. Would that It were the last but we shall have many tribulations before that desirable stage is reached. This one Is called '-'With Ku rokl in Manchuria" all books on wars bear the "with" title, "With Kitchener to Khartoum." and so forth. It is a deli cate way the correspondent has- of letting the public know that he was not entirely unaccompanied and that he didn't conduct the campaign entirely without assistance. While we cannot commend the qualities displayed by Messrs. Ryan and Root in their recent ring encounter, it 13 impos sible to refrain from admiration of their acumen. "The fighters are in the box office, counting up the money," the ref eree explained to the small'crowd at the ringside, "when protests were made against the delay in starting the fight It is Just, such prudence as thlJtliat has made Rockefeller the greatest man -of his generation, and Messrs. Root and Ryan are qualified to treat with that foremost of Americans as equal3 and not Inferiors. Indeed," we think they are Rockefeller's superiors, for the oil he sells Is good stuff, while Ryan and Root got -the money for nothing. A few mornings ago one of the foremen In an important factory returned from hia usual tour of Inspection through several workshops, says Tit-Bits, and found to hia great annoyance that he had lost a cuff linkone of a pair that he greatly prized. Hoping that he should somehow hear of Its whereabouts, since he felt sure that one of the workmen would find it, he allowed the day to pass by without making any announcement of his loss. But the time for finishing work drew rapidly on with out any sign of the missing link, and so he decided that without further waste of time he would set about seeking It A notice, written- in very large letters, waa therefore placed at once in the most con spicuous position In the works. This was how the notice was worded: "Mr. M , having lost a gold cuff-link, would bs very much obliged If the finder would re turn It as soon as possible to the owner. A little later on he passed the notice, and his -feelings may be better Imagined than described when he saw the following lines appended: "The finder of the missing curt link would be very much obliged If Mr. M would lose ths. other one." . WEX. J. URGES RUSSIA MAKE TREATY Leading Paper Favors Trade Agree ment With America. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 24. The Bourse Gazette revives the question ot a new commercial treaty with the United States. Tho paper says it notes with sat isfaction that the negotiation of commer cial treaties forms a part of President Roosevelt's programme for the coming administration, and that the consumma tion is to be greatly desired between Rus sia and America. Commercial wars, the Gazette adds, are In the long run almost as costly and disastrous a3 armed hostili ties. The paper says Russia ought to be willing to meet any American overtures half way, and that the result should be equally beneficial to both countries. Kruger's Estate Worth $3,750,000. NEW YORK, Nov. 24. Paul Kruger, the late President of the Transvaal Republic, left a fortune estimated by the Amster dam correspondent of the World at $3,750. 000. He bequeathed $125,000 to various so cieties in Holland, and sums, to all the funds opened after the South, African War for the support of the Boer widows and orphans. Bequests also were made for the maintenance of the Dutch language. German Cereal Crops Improving. BERLIN, Nov. 24. Favorable weather conditions throughout Germany have worked a great improvement in the con dition of cereal crops. On a scale of two for good and three for medium. Winter wheat was rated at the middle of No vember at 2.2, which has not been ex celled since 1833. Russian Ships Sail From Cape Skagen CAPE SKAGEN. Denmark, Nov. 24. The second division of the Russian sec ond Pacific squadron sailed this morning. Entertain American Colony at Rome. ROME. Nov. 24. Ambassador Meyer this afternoon entertained the American col ony in honor of Thanksgiving day.