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THE MORNING OBEQPNIAy, WED2JESDAY, ,3IAY .1SW3. ,
R . LAS E BEGINS
HIS CAMPAIGN
THE FOUR DEMOCRATIC CRUSOES DISCOVER A FOOTPRINT
PURE '
HEALTHFUL
REFRESHING
Makes His Opening Speech to
'a South Portland
Audience.
PARTY ORACLES PROPHESY
Democratic Xomlncc -for Mayor- De
clares That His Opponent Has
the Votes or All the Wicked
Element in .Portland.'
Nearly 150 Democrat1; gathered in
Hobkirk Hall, on Corbett street, South
Portland last night, under the auspices
of the Young Men's Democratic club, to
Jblow the trumpet unto their party's
Mayoralty candidate. Dr. Harry Lane, and
to hear him tell In a 45-minute speech
what he -would do should he be elected.
The most precious gems in Democracy's
diadem shed their luster on the scene and
when the electric bulbs went out, the ora
tory was kept bright by those unseen
lamps which have lighted the Democratic
way through thick darkness until a
Democratic Governor for Oregon, and a
Democratic Sheriff and ProsecuUns"vAt
torney for Multnomah Cjuirty-jhave beej
set in the political- .Armament as bea
cons .of hope. .
Dr. Lane was reserved for the last
speech, and so many brethren were
called on for remarks before It came his
turn, that the audience was keyed up to
an impatient pitch when at last G. W.
Allen, president of the club, announced
that the doctor was next.
The Other- Oracles.
And who were the oracles whose tones
rumbled through the hall ere Dr. Lane
came forward? "Well, there was Judge
Alien mmseii, the chairman; Colonel Bob
Miller, known far and wide as one of the
most faithful of the dved-In-thc-wool
brethren; Charles Petrain. candidate for
.Municipal Judge, whose favorite author,
Victor Hugo, never falls of a tribute
wherever' he may speak: E. C. Bronaugh,
said once to have been a Democrat, then
a Republican, next a Prohibitionist, but
now accounted back in the Hock; "Citi
zen" H. W. Parker, candidate for Sixth
Ward Councilman, proclaimed in some
quarters as the original Lane boomer; A.
F. Flegcl, candidate for Councllman-at-large,
who declared that he was a Demo
crat and didn't try to conceal the fact,
and "William Horan. who shouted that
records should be examined, regardless of
gray hairs or red hairs.
Nor were the.e all the Democratic ce
lebrities, for Alex Sweek. chairman of the
whole Democratic party in Oregon, was
there; S. C. Armltage. secretary of the
club; L. Wllhelm. the man whose boost to
A. N. Gambell in the citizens' conven
tion last week secured that gentle
man the Independent nomination for
City Auditor: John Mpntag. known as
one of the biggest Democratic chiefs
In the Sixth Ward ; Harry Gurr, prom
inent leader in labor circles: "W. R.
"Walpole, secretary of the City Board
of Charities: Rev. G. L. Tufts, "superin
tendent of the Anti-Saloon League:
Henry M. "Wagner, one of the most
celebrated of the elder warhorses of
. Iheparty; Oglcsby Young, J. G. Mey-
brunn and E. Versteeg. of the younger
lireed of gallants; Patrick Powers,
never known to scratch a Democratic
candidate.
President Alien opened the ceremo
nies by saying that the time was at
hand for citizens to put down partisan
politics and cure municipal evils, and
introduced Colonel Miller, who handed
Lane elegant bouquets of praise and
who then yielded tho platform to
Charles Petrain. The latter paid rather
nard .compliments to his rival nomi
nees, Cameron and McDcvitt, and pro
claimed Vnat the Republican party
had put a foul stain on the city. E. C
Bronaugh came next to say that the
city was not on the verge of bank
ruptcy when "Williams became Mayor
and to offer figures in proof thereof
and to declare that men who were bent
on debauching young manhood and
womanhood were not going to vote for
Lane. ,
Dr. Lane's Speech.
Then, after Citizen Parker and Wil
liam Horan and A. "F. Flegel had
thrummed the harp of oratory. Dr.
Lane spoke as follows:
I am thankful for one thinr. that In the
speeches this evening, many of which were
eulogistic of myself. I have not yet heard
any man refer to me as that "peerless" citi
zen. (Laughter.) I brought about half a
brick for that gentleman, and I Intended to
hit him with-it. (Laughter.) "Writing com
easier to me than t-peech-maklng.
I have heard It arcued as a point in favor
of the election of my opponent, that during
the World's Fair, which Is to be held here
shortly. Brother "William, or General "Will
iam!', or Mayor- TVHlhms,' would be able to
receive the people from the 'East with a.JtowerJ,
talk which 1 would not be able o d: I think
that that i pretty good logic: fie could beat
me at that, and I told my Republican friend
who expressed that to me as hla opinion, that
If the people of the city would elect me Mayor
I would get Judge Williams to do the talking
and 1 would do the work and we would have
a thundering fine administration. (Laughter
and applauce.) It would be not only useful,
but ornamental. (Laughter.)
I claim the privilege which the other candi
date takes, of defending my record. He
stems to have put In about an hour at that
last night I want five minutes for the same
purpose. 1
Boiled Beef at tho Axyltim.
I was accused, as you w It published the
other day. of feeding too much beef to the
patient at the Oregon State Insane Asylum.
That has been whacked at me a good many
times, and I want you to understand it. "When
I took charge of the Asylum, 1 found that
patients were fed on boiled beef.
Now. I like boiled beef once in awhile my
self, but I found they had boiled beef each and
overj- day. 1 acked the cook. "How long have
you been serving boiled beef?" He replied,
"I have been here for sixteen years." I said,
You have always cooked boiled beefr He
answered. "Ves." I said. "Maybe God will
forgive you. I don't know." (Laughter.)
I said to him, "Before you cooked here, your
brother, was the cook at the Institution' for
I knew him, "how long had he cooked?" He
said, "Bight yearn." "Well." paid I. "sixteen
years and eight years make twenty-four
yeans, which is a -considerable while to be
living on boiled beef for dinner every day; a
long time. I don't know what I would do to
a man who tried to do that to me, but I would
make trouble for him ir I could get hold of
him." Then we roasted the meat and the
patients ate more meat.
How Public Money Is Wasted.
if our public officials would be governed b,
Just and honest criticisms there would be less
scandal and .less unnecessary expenditure of
money. There is more money frittered r away
in tho administration of public affairs than
l actually stolen. A good deal may go
wrong through theft, but more through care
lessness and lack of attention .to details, as
you may learn In your own households.
Xow, I was never in Grant's Cabinet, nor
any one else's; I am a. young man. was bom
la Qregoa and have . 11 red 'la Portlasd- since
1S65. My sen-lee at the Oregon State' Insane
As'lm was the only publlcpbsltion rever'h'eKC
"but when T took It I felt that Iliad a sacred
trust; I believe that Is true of any office. It
Is not his business that the officeholder han
dles, but of the public. Those Interests are
not only the Interests of the hale and hearty
and- the rich men, but of the growing child
and the widow and .orphan, and if the official
docs not do his duty he in not a square man.
He does not have to steal; neglect of duty is
as much of a crime as theft, and It Is about
as good to have a rascal In office as a fool
and about as profitable. (Applause.)
Declares Himself a Democrat.
Xow. ladles and gentlemen, in this campaign
I have come plainly out before you. I belong
to the minority party; I am a Democrat, was
born one, my father was one before me. I was
a Democrat before I knew what I was, for
that matter, and I don't want to conceal it
from any one. However, over and above that
1 am a citizen. I am not the beet man in
this community by a Jugful, and I do not think
it; there are lots of you gentlemen sitting In
this hall that know more about many things
than I do, though there may be some things
I know mere about than you do.
I come before you asking for your support
in the first place because I am a citizen, and
upon the ground that If I am elected to the
office of Mayor of this city 1 will consider
it a high honor, and that you have placed in
my hands a pledge which I owe to my chil
dren, m that when 1 go home I -can look them
in the eye and feel that I have given you the
fquarwt deal that I know how. (Great ap
plause.) I will build up no machine except
that I shall endeavor to administer the office
in the Interest of the people who live In the
city and who. pay the taxes. That is the only
kind of machine I shall try to build up.
(Appfawe.)
If I don't know what Is the wisest course to
pursue then l will go to some one .who does
know, who Is an expert In that line, and I
will borrow his information and use It for
the benefit of the people of Portland'.
TelU Who Ills Enemies Are.
I have got to make my appeal to the me
chanic, to the worklngman, to the honest,
straightforward man who does not want any
thing out of the city for his special benefit.
Lined up against me Is the other clement In
the community which wants to make mme
thlng out of the city. It would astonish you
to knpw how many of such people there are
In a city of this size. Ever man who wishes
to make money by crooked work, the expense
of the city, will have no use for me. Lined
up against me is the gentleman who goes
down the street with a string at one finger
attached to a little dog with a blanket on
him, a poodle dog perhaps; that fellow don't
want me, and I don't mind telling you I feel
like booting him. (Laughter.)
And I shall have lined up acainst me in
this campaign the Wholesale Liquor Dealers
Association, the Retail Liquor Dealers' Asso
ciation, Knights of the Royal Arch, the Cigar
makers Union and the Beermakers Union
and other unions. Somebody has. mid that
those people know what they want. I don't
wish to say anything unkind of my opponent;
I don't mean to intimate to you that per
sonally he Is dishonest, but those people think
that through the election of someone besides
myself they can do better for their own In
terests, and they are people who guard their
Interests well. So they will be lined up
straight through against me, and there is
nothing 1 could do which would bring their
votes to hcla me one. bit.
Will Rule the Executive Board.
If I am elected I will be the president of the
Executive Board and of tho other boards,
and If the- Executive Board enters Into some
method of public business, the management
of which will reflect discredit on me. In a
secret session. 1 will make It very warm for
them. Just as soon as I find it out. (Ap-
jilause.) If I am elected, I shall endeavor
to sgnauct it wttnout Pitting on any airs,
without any ffaTse prewnsca, and"-hall not
have towmake a long string of explanations
which will require an hour and a half of the
best eloquence I can dig up. But I will come
out able t look you squarely in the eye. tell
ing you I have done the best I could and all
I could, and it It suits you. God bless you.
and if It docs not, may God bless you Just
the came.
Tromlfce to Enforce Law.
-
It is easy to make promises, but they are
hard to fulfill If you make too many of
them. I have avoided making any pledge of
any kind to anyone, further than that I will
follow the letter of the law; ..that Is nJt hard
to do. The law Is easily interpreted. Vit is
our duty as citizens to follow the law, my
duty as your' representative, should I be
elected, to see that ths law6 are . executed.
It is wonderfully easy, after you get a correct
interpretation of the law, to use a reasonable
amount of Judgment to enforce it; It is not
hard to explain to a man when necessary.
There are some people, who object to the
law; they beg us to make a special exception
for them: they aay, "Let roe off on this, I
won't do It again." That, of course. Is for
the Department of Justice, but they will come
to the Mayor and try to get around certain
ordinances which you can let them do It you
are negligent. But I can tell them I could not
do Ihelr-blddlng without perjuring myself, and
they as friends of mine would not ask me to
do that. And I can say further "I have to
make explanations to the people, while you
fellows l!p out like dirty cowards that you
are and leave me to face the -public and make
the explanations.' Xow. ladles and gentle
men. I don't Intend to do that. (Applause.)
Cheatiag the City.
It is astonishing how easy it is, If you once
5?J?i-7Jt thC Un,r1to.Ket yourself landed,
finally, into a position where the city gets
no equivalent for Its money. A man makes
a contract with the city, perhaps, for so
many barrels of cement and slights it a littu
tips you the wink, and it is all right. It
ay be only three or four barrels out of
the -400; does .not hurt the city aay; but
the next ftllow shorts it eight barrels, and
after a while it goes In & progressive ratio
and you get nothing at all. I tell you that
if you once start in to feed. them thera Is
not money enough in the community to fill
their pockets or to stop their mouths. They
are the most uagraterul lot of scrubs you
ver dealt with 1& yeur lift, X am
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not going to occupy any such position as
that.
I should not like to have -the backing
fcnd the moral support of the dlvekceper'who
gives knockout drops; or the criminal with
his den and pocket-picking. I think that
;man should be out earning an honest living,
which God intended, him to do. If I am
fleeted Mayor. I am going to carry out as
nearly as I can. the wishes of the Almighty.
Great applause.)
I am told that for a long while the city
levied a fine upon the gamblers to buy cer
tain things which the cits- thought it needed.
Ladles and gentlemen, there is no money
which you get out of the gambler that he
'has not robbed somebody of. maybe a bet
ter man than yourself. He has taken that
money from men who. If they had done their
duty, would have taken It home or bought
sbmcthing for their wives to wear or their
children to eat. It Is bad money for the
city to dirty its hands with, and we will
have none of It. (Applause.) Much more
sympathy have I for the people at home
who need that money than for the gambler
who ought to be out making an honest
living and producing something of benefit
to -the .community.
Tells of Specious Argument.
They offer a very plausible and specious
argument to the effect that this money comes
out of those who are not our own citizens;
that It Is taken from the logger down the
Columbia, who works all Summer knocking
out fr.O or ?00 a month, and comes to the
city at the end of three or four months to
get a new suit of clothes and some shoes.
dui goes up town to have a good time and
runs up against the game and is skinned.
Xow, gentlemen it the city must have money
by robbing people, if we have to get the
money out of those loggers, even If we
steal it. In God's name, let us act square
and like gentlemen and meet the logger at
the landing of the steamer, and slug him
and sandbag him and take It all. (Laughter
and applause.)
For If we keep on robbing all the strangers
who come here as our guests, after a while
they will avoid us and we shall have be
come so used to theft and stealing that we
shall fall upon one another, and then great
will be tlfc cry thereof, when they begin
to shear the wnnl off nno annlh.r'a TnAk
f Laughter.) So I don't propose to enter
into any such arrangement as that, but if
by legitimate taxation and careful expendi
ture of the city's money and with careful
supervision we cannot get along, the city
ought to go Into bankruptcy; It Is not fit to
exist.
In Relation to Public Works.
Xow. in relation to public works, I tell
you that Is a matter of supervision. If the
city has a competent engineer, the Mayor
can go with him and look over any par
ticular work, and If he is an honorable
man. the engineer can show him where It
is wrong. If it Ts wrong, all the Mayor has
to do to the contractor is to say. "My friend,
this Is not up to the contract. I can't ac
cept It." That la all there Is to It. and
the contractor hah to fix it. Of course, an
incompetent engineer could deceive one,- I
will allow, and throw him pretty hard. 1
don't know whether that fellow would get
any benefit of the law If he did that to
me, or not: I would be somewhat disposed
to give It to him myself, because It would
be my personal Injury", and I would feel like
holding him personally responsible.
I have got to have the help of every clean
man In this city if I am elected. I want
the women to help me to get the help of tle
men. If you give It to me and place this
position in my hands I will do nothing to
make you ashamed of It. I make you no
rash promises; I would not run the city gov
ernment otherwise than as I believe to
be right, even If you wanted me to; 1 have
too much respect for my children and my
famlly. and the pride I have In the name of
my family. There are a good many of my
people- in this country, and we have kept
out of the penitentiaries- so far.
As I have told you I do not pretend to
be better than my neighbor. I will be willing
to take the honest advice and Just criticism
of any man In the community and be glad to
get It. Oftentimes, persons outside of an
office have a better - view of the actions
of the officer than the officer does himself,
and when one sees that things are not right
It Is his duty. If he Is a good citizen, to let
the official know and glvr him a chance to
correct the abuse Jt he wishes to do so, and
If he does not then you know what kind of
a man he Is. y
WHOLESALE SHOE STORE
Eastern Capitalists Plan to Start It
in Portland.
'A wholesale boot and shoe store will
shortly be installed In Portland, to be
located on Fifth street, between Oak and
Pine streets, where Leo Friede is to erect
a building 50 feet wide and SO feet in
length for the establishment. The con
cern Is to be financed by J. A- Dough
erty, who for several years has made
Portland his headquarters as a represent-,
ative of a St. Louis shoe house; O. H.
Flthian, Timothy Kinney, a Salt Lake
banker, and Gideon Chapman, a million
aire oil man of Pittsburg. There Is a
backing of $203,000 for the new shoe house.
Those who are interested in the con
cern say it is their intention to carryone
of the largest and most select , line of
ladies' and misses' shoes and alio a line
of specials, of any firm transacting busi
ness on the CoasL Both Mr. Dougherty
and Mr. Fithian have been in the shoe
business for years and are experienced
and capable men. It is expected that the
new stoe will be open for business by
August 13. As soon as practical, work
will begin on the erection of a factory
for the new company, which will be situ
ated on the East Side. About 500 people
will be employed In the factors. The site
has been decided upon.
To Help Build Wagon Road.
BOISE. Idaho, May 23. (Special.)
The Sjate Wagon Road Commission to
day made the first appropriation from
the wagon road fund of $50,000 pro
vided by the last Legislature. It sets
aside 510,600 to build the road from
Warren to Big Creek, a distance of 30
miles. The raining companies In Big
Creek and the citizens of Weiser and
the upper country have agreed to con
tribute an equal amount for the pur
jois. -" -
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Rumelin Jury Divides and New
Trial Must Follow.
RUMOR OF BRIBERY Olfr
Court Thinks It Is but StrccUTalk,
but the Matlcr Is Referred
to the Grand Jury to
Investigate.
The jury In the C. E. Rumelin case was
discharged by Judge Sears yesterday
morning at 9 o'clock after having been
locked up for 30 hours. The members re
ported that they were unable to agree
and stood the same as when they retired
for deliberation five for conviction and
seven for acquittal.
Albert Brlx, W. M. Taylor. C. 'h.
Thompson. B. C. Johnson and W. M.
Cake. Sr.. voted guilty, and the remaining
jurors. X. P. Tomlinson. Henry A. B eld
ing. Al Cleveland, William Price. 31.
Apach, J. L. Vestal and Carl Abendroth
not guilty.
The leaders for Rumelin were Henry
A. Bclding, cx-Councilman, and now a
candidate for the office, and Mr. Tomlin
son. The date for the second trial has
not yet been set. but it probably will not
be delayed long.
Yesterday a report reached Judge Scars
that one of the Jurors had been bribed,
and while the court concluded that It was
perhaps only a street rumor, the matter
was reported to the grand jury now In
session, and will be investigated.
RUMELIX DENOUNCES RUMOR
Demands Xante of Man Who Started
the Bribery Story.
PORTLAND. Or.. May 2X (To the Ed
itor.) In a last night's publication appeared
an article headed "Price Paid for Vote of
Jurymen." "Councilman Rumelln's Mistrial
Said to Have Been Due to Bribery." "Jur
ors Xot Locked I'd and (Tush Vic lfanrirl tn
One Man." In this article appeared nosltlvo
statements that "startling charges have been
laid before the grand Jury that money was
paid to one of the members of the Jury In
the trial of Councilman Charles E. Rume
lin." This Is an Infamous He, and I hope
every juryman will insist on the fullest
investigation. As for myself I have endured
these wanton assaults as long as I Intend to,
and silence has ceased to be a virtue. On
my trial the only witness who testified as
to the alleged bribery was William C. El
liott, himself now under Indictment by a
grand Jury, and who was to have been tried
April 10, but his , trial was that day put
Off (ancf la still nut nff nr. A f A-.. t,
Mr, Manning filed an Information against
me. a thlnr he never rnnlri mnri
Jury to do. The publication to which I refer
had my picture on Its front page, and knew
of this Information before it was filed. This
paper at once began an assault on me for
every crime and corruption conceivable, an
assault so studied, mn limits in
hcKnucd that Its purpose to poison the
popuiaptjp wa eviumt. Does the state
so desire thTfi"ohrant of any-mao.tbat
it cannot afford him fair Trial? T. ri.
on this general howl that I was tried, not on
.ir. binoii-s bare assertion. I simply desire
to say that all these accusations are false
and I ask tn ho hrnnrhf farm, in fm.. viih
any respectable accuser, and that this last
lauiEuk mm. any ciiuri wnaiever was
made by money or otherwise to influence this
Jury is a cowardly He. Where Is the man
who saw this? I demand his" name. "Who
is the man who anreared before .the exand
jury? I demand his name. How does this
paper learn all the secrets of the errand
Juryroom? Does the District Attorney's of
fice leak for political effect?
I now -denounce every accusation against
me as a malicious falsehood, and call for
proof. I have heard It said the information
against me is to be delayed till after elec
tion and then be dismissed. I want to say
It will- never be dismissed with my consent.
I am an Innocent man and I Intend to be.
declared such by a Jury of my f ellow-cltizens
or to find out an Innocent man can be sent
to the penitentiary.
a E. RUMELIN.
BRIEF TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
The new Waldorf Theater in London
was opened on Monday night with a per
formance of "I PaglaccI" by an Italian
opera company. x
President Loubet has sent as wedding
gifts to Prince Frederick William or Prus
sia two Sevres vases and some tapestry
woven at Beauvais.
Baron Rudolph von Seckendorf has been
chosen by Emperor William for Chief
Justice of the Imperial Supreme Court.
An explosion of firedamp in the Bosruck
tunnel in Styria has killed 17 men. and all
("attempts at rescue have" failed. The tun
nel is for a railroad from Vienna to
Trieste.
William T. McKce has been arrested in
Chicago, charged with being' the manager
of a "get-rich-qulck" concern, which has
branches In many other cities and has
swindled thousands of persons.
The open parliament et the Metropolitan
Temple In. New York on Monday was e tid
ed by th exu!io oI bp- ejjdjggej by.
the pastor and Its dispersal. by the" police,
Socialists having stirred up a wrangle.
' A south-bound passenger train on the
Louisville & Nashville railroad was
wrecked near Columbia. Tenn.. and eight
persons were Injured yesterday.
The United Real Kstate Owners Asso
ciation of New York, composed of 8000
owners of property worth. J320.000.000. pro
poses to form a co-operative fire insurance
Company to carry its own risks.
The stables of Maxwell & Crouch and
Sparks Bros., at East St. Louis, were
burned yesterday and 400 mules perished.
Loss, $100,000.
ENDS HEARING ON RATES
Senate Committee "Will Xow Prepare
Report on Bill.
WASHINGTON, May 23. The Sen
ate committee on interstate commerce
today closed the hearing on the regula
tion of railway rates, but will devote
the remainder of the week to consider
ation of a plan of report and other sug
gestions to facilitate proceedings when
Congress assembles.
Samuel Spencer, president of the
Southern Railway, today made a brief
oral statement to be supplemented by
another which will be filed with the
committee. He pointed out that the
railroads were not advocating regula
tion of rates by the courts, but main
tains that, if a Question of rates must
be passed upon by any tribunal, it
should be by the courts, as otherwise
the property of the railroaJs would not
be protected.
A. R. Orion, general counsel for the
Armour car lines, made an argument
against any legislation which would
place the private car lines under con
trol of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. He demanded exclusive rights
which, he claimed, were in the interest
of the fruitgrowers and other users of
refrigerator cas.
Smuggling Chinese From Mexico.
WASHINGTON, May 23,-Secretary Met
calf. of the Department of Commerce and
Labor, has made a request upon the State
Department, with which it is coupled,
that the Mexican government be asked
to assist the American immigration in
spectors on the Texas border in their
efforts to prevent the wholesale smug
gling of Chinese across from Mexico Jnto
the United States. The Secretary bases
his requey: upon a report frpm T. F.
Schmucher, inspector In charge at El
Paso, Tex. This shows that in Juarez,
Mexico, across the river from El Paso,
there are three Chinese firms or compa
nies engaged In this 'smuggling.
New Office Among Trainmen.
BUFFALO. N. T.. May 23. The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, in
session here, has devoted a session to
the consideration of the report of tho
committee on constitution. "The only
amendment of Interest to the general
public," said Grand .Master Morrissey,
"was one creating a new office, that
of assistant grand master. He will
rank next to the grand master and
ahead of the four assistant grand mas
ters." Order Restored in Maui.
HONOLULU. May 21 The situation at
Lahaina ie quiet. The strike is reported
unsettled, but the authorities are now
thoroughly in control. Owing to a break
to .the overland communications from the
wireless station on the Island of Maui to
Honolulu, there has been practically no
communication with Lahaina today. The
Japanese Consul. In a message which 'was
brought overland tonight, says there will
be no further trouble.
Internal Revenue Shows Decrease.
WASHINGTON, May 23. Tho monthly
statement of the collectoins of internal
revenue shows that for the month qf
April, 1S05, the total receipts were 517,-
453,231, a decrease as compared with April.
1904, of $197,152. For the ten months of
the present fiscal year the total receipts
were $193.4S1,0SS. which is a decrease com
pared with, the corresponding period of
1S04 of J616.S10.
No ConvictIjabor Allowed.
WASHINGTON,. May 23. The Presi
dent has issued an order prohibiting
the employment of convict labor on
Government works.
Police Chiefs Study Criminals.
WASHINGTON. May 23. The Interna
tlonal Association of Police Chiefs today
heard reports from the various offices of
the National Bureau of Criminal Identln
cation," In which attention was called to
the. beneficial results of .the exhibit at the
St '.Louis Exposition. The recommenda
tion was made that the head of the Bu
reau should go into the study of criminals
and their methods, and Introduce new fea
tures to bring the institution up "to trie
present day expectancy." A new subject
discussed was the propert training of the
patrolman in the use of the revolver be
fore he Is permitted to be armed with It.
Artesian AVelL at Aberdeen.
ABERDEEN. Wash;, May 23. (Special.)
rt'he first artesian well dug- on Gray's
Harbor spouted water today at a depth of
179 feet.'- It was sunk by the Aberdeen
Brewing Company. The water wHl be
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Worthington at the Head of
Wabash System.
REPORT SEEMS CONFIRMED
He Will Have His Headquarters
Either In Pittsburg or St. Louis
and Receive Ten Thousand
a Year Salary.
CHICAGO, May 23. (Special.) B. A.
Worthington, retiring general manager of
the Harriman lines of the Northwest, will
be the president of the Wabash system,
with headquarters either at Pittsburg or
8t. Louis, at a salary of 510,000 a year.
Thl3 is the story current here, and though
It cannot be verified, it Is supposed to
come from sources that are in possession
of the facts relating to the change.
It an be stated positively that Mr.
Worthington is not going to be the gen
eral manager of the Western Pacific, and
that he will not be identified with that
line in any way other than It is a part
of the Gould system. But following this
denial is the persistent rumor to the ef
fect that he will become connected with
the Wabash.
If the story is correct, and Mr. Worth
ington does take the presidency of the
Wabash, he will succeed J. Ramsey. Jr..
now at the head of that system. He will
also be in control of one of the most im
portant of the Gould lines and will have
more than SOOO miles of track under his
charge, reaching from St, Louis to Pitts
burg. In connection with the story sending Mr.
Worthington to the Wabash Iz is also
rumored that B. B. Buckingham, now
general manager of the Oregon Short Line
at Salt Lake City, will be sent to Port
land to succeed Mr. Worthington. Mr.
Buckingham Is now In New York, where
he is supposed to be In conference with
Mr. Harriman.
E. W. NASH IS PARALYZED
Head of Smelter Trust Stricken
While at Dinner.
OMAHA, Neb.. May 23. E. W. Nash,
president of the American Refinins &
Smelting Company, was stricken with
paralysis early today. His condition is
believed to be critical.
Mr. Nash was stricken while attending
a dinner at the home of Herman Kountze,
a prominent banker. The facts of Mr.
Nash's condition were not given out until
this morning, when it was learned that
several physicians had been summoned
during the night, and that he was un
conscious and suffering from hemorrhages
of the brain.
Mr. Nash, besides being president of the
Smelter "trust," is a director of the South
Omaha National bank, ana a large stock
holder In several Omaha concerns, and
has lately been elected president of tfhe
Amcrlcn Smelters Exploration Company.
Later in the day it was announced that
Mr. Nash's condition was slightly im
proved, and that there was hope for his
recovery-
There was little change in the condi
tion of Mr. Nash up to midnight. He had
not regained consciousness and his nhv-
slcians state that there is little hope
ror nis recovers', two specialists were
called from Chicago and reached hero
tonight. They stated that they could
hope to do little to relieve the patient
until he shall regain 'consciousness."
Chicago's Wealthy University.
CHICAGO. May 23. According to th hf-
ennial statement of President Harper, of
the University of Chicaco. the unlversitv
is now worth between 51S.000.000 and 513,
000,000. The exact amount of assets a3
shown In the auditor's renort on June 30.
1904, is 518,047,910, an increase over the
amount of the same date the nravfnnn
year of 5963,215. A corresponding increase
tor tne year since the auditor's last re
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port would make the present worth fully
exceed 519.0CO.000.
President Harper presents the report of
the committee on the establishment of a
school of technology which recommends a
curriculum consisting of mathematics,
chemistry, physics and languages. The
president also reports the establishment
of museums in the department of geol
ogy, paleontology, anthropology, his
tory, commerce and zoology, as well as
the other museums of the botanical and
biblical departments.
-SOUm-NEEDS ; SETTERS
'Convention Rears Denial of Charges
That Negroes Are Oppressed.
WASHINGTON, May 23. The Southern
Industrial Parliament, having for its ob
ject tho exchange of Ideas regarding tho
best means of directing attention to the
resources, industries and climatic condi
tions of the South, was formally opened
here today. Delegates were in attendance
from every Southern State.
Governor Robert Glenn, of North Caro
lina, was elected presiding officer. In hi3
opening address he aroused his audience
to. a high pitch of enthusiasm when he
denounced the methods of certain immi
gration agents of Western railroads to
turn the tide of settlement' from the South
by picturing the Southern States in lines
of black in order to show that the negroe3
have superiority over the whites.
In the South, the Governor stated, the
negroes are given every legal right they
are entitled to. "but." he added, "there is
one distinction, one line we draw, and
that is the line of sbcial equality." That,
he proclaimed, could never be.
WILL OWN STREET RAILWAY
San Francisco Takes First Step to
Municipal Ownership.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 23. The first
tangible step loward municipal ownership
of public utilities In San Francisco was
taken last night, when the finance com
mittee of the Board nf Runorvlsnrs nro.
sented its budget for the next fiscal year.
The budget called for an appropriation of
57.2S7.000. of which $716,000 is for perma
nent improvements. This includes 5330,000
for the reconstruction and conversion of
the Geary-street railroad to an electric
road with an underground conduit system.
This appropriation will permit the ac
tual operation of the road in the early
part of the fiscal year of 1906-07 by the
purchase in that year of the necessary
rolling stock and other equipment. The
road runs from the junction of Market.
Kearny and Geary street to Golden Gate
Park, and is at present operated by ca
ble. There is great rejoicing among the -advocates
of municipal ownership here to
day over the action of the Supervisors.
Quiet Night Before Convention.
COLUMBUS. O.. May 23. Seldom in the
history of Ohio Republicanism has there
been a quieter night before the conven
tion than tonight. The uncontested nom
ination of candidates for all offices save
Lieutenant-Governor has been assured for
several weeks. Secretary of War Taft,
who Is to be temporary chairman of the
convention, Is not expected until tomor
row noon, and Governor Herrick Is dua
home at the same time.
Secretary Taft will be a guest of the
Governor, who bas also arranged for a
public reception at the Statehouse on
Wednesday evening in his honor. It is
believed at this time that the temporary
organization will be made permanent and
the work Thursday will be- completed in
one comparatively brief session.
Stockmen Choose a Secretary.
DENVER, May 23. Tho American
Stockgrowers Association, recently or
ganized in this city by prominent stock
men of the country, has engaged the
services of T. W. Tomlinson, general
agent of the Chicago Junction, Railway
Company, as secretary. He will take
.charge of the affairs of the association
June 1, with headquarters at Denver.
Mr. T-emllnson was" recently traffic- man
ager . of tho Chicago Livestock Exchange,
and made the fight againt the railroad3
on the terminal charge question, and in
the matter of relative rates on livestock
and its products.
Released on Cash Ball.
Albert Raymond, jointly Indicted with
Fritz Pulleikeif and Fred Powell for steal
ing a cow owned by M. E. Bramstrup. was
released from custody by Judge Cleland
yesterday on 5250 cash bail.
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