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VOL. XLV. 2sO. 13,881.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JTJXB 5, 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
POLITICAL HOSTS
READY FQR FRAY
Battle of Ballots Is at
Hand.
BOTH PARTIES ARE CONFIDENT
Two East Side Wards Appear
in Doubt.
CANDIDATES HARD AT WORK
Republican and Democratic Head
quarters Crowded Yesterday by
Politicians Discussing, Every
Phase of Municipal Battle.
Tolling- for today's election, leaders of
the Bepublican and the Democratic hosts
yesterday -wrought mightily from dawn
till dusk and Jnto the night. The head
quarters of the two camps were thronged
with patriots the livelong day and they
staved so lone that the floors grew tired
of their weight. Meantime the betting
hardened from 2& to 1 on "Williams to
2 to L
Hither and von bustled Chairman Mon
tacue of the Democratic host; likewise
Chairman Colwell, of the Republican host.
And between whiles, as they took a re
spite, they spoke somefhmg like this:
"Our candidate for Mayor has a walk
o(r: we're dead sure of IL"
Quoth Chairman Colwell: "Lane will
not tret more than 4500 votes. Williams
will receive between S500 and 9500."
Unto which Chairman Montague re
sponded that he was figuring not on
Pluralities, but on Lane s election. Still
If he were to guess he would say that
Lane would pile up 2500 plurality on the
Kast Side and hold down Williams on the
West Side to such an extent that Lane's
lead for the whole city would probably
reach 2000 votes. .
West Side to Williams.
Democrats concede th& West Side to
Williams by between 500 and 1500 vpjes,
but aver that the East-Side is theirs by
between M00 and "2000. By their estimates
the contest is much closer than by Be
publican. Backers of Williams say that
their man will caw the West Side by
at least 2000, and that even If the East
Side shall go against him by 1000, his
plurality for the city will be 1000. But
many of them think Williams can carry
the East Side, amonc them being Chair
man Colwell, who says Williams will
have a big lead in that part of the city
Yet there is no question that the doubt
ful district is the East Side. There near
ly all the campaign speeches were made
and there precinct workers have been
most active. The wards conceded by Re
publican leaders as being the most un
certain are the Eighth and the Tenth
on that side of the Willamette. The two
other wards on that side, the Ninth and
the Seventh, Republicans look on with
more complacency, yet still with anxiety.
Democrats Busy.
The Democratic headauartcrs vaster
day was a center not only for votaries
of the Democratic ialth, but also for
members of the Municipal Association
and for adherents of the "citizens" or
canizatlon. C. W. Nottlnnham and
George H. Howell. . leaders of the Re
publican bolt from Williams and signers
of the circulars which Williams has de
nounced, were nresent: likewise O. P. M.
Jamjson, president of the Municipal As-
fc ociatIon.
Amoncr the heaviest Democrats is evi
dence was a trinity of party chairmen-
Alex Sweek. of the state committee: John
Van Zantc. of the city committee: Rich
ard W. Montague, of the cltv camnaltrn
committee. J. B. Ryan, secretary of the
state commlttc. and Bert E. Haney, secre
tary of the city committee were conspic
uous ugurcs.
Nanoleon Davis came In from his bueo
lie retirement to get a whiff of politics
and to occunv the easiest scat In tho
council chamber. T. G. Greene expounded
the law as to voting or challenged elec
tors. And among the. other celebrities
were such as N. A. Pccry, who said "he
had been in quest of the much-vaunted
Williams bet money, and had found it all
ficd to cover. H. B. -Nicholas, one of the
foremost oracles of the party; William
Horan, one of the party's most resonant
orators: John Lamont. one of the main
stays: and W. L. Brewster, another of
the same sort.
Dr. Lane Was There.
And thero were still others: Dr. Lane
himself: likewise "Citizen" H. w. Parker.
candidate for Councilman in the Sixth
Ward lu South Portland; Robert Brady, in
tne Tiura; t. vaugnn. in the Tenth;
Charles Petraln, candidate for Municipal
Judge.
Among the Republicans in evidence
were: a. . Garabell, citizens candidate
for Auditor; T. B. McDevlU. Citizens
nominee for Municipal Judge.
C. B. Williams, nresident of the Mtilt
nomah Democratic Club, was one of the
distinguished notables: another wur S r
Armltage. secretary of the Young Men's
AJtiuucrauc v.iuo; UT. o. A. JLsrown, tatl
sens nominee for Councilman-at-large,
was in the throng; also Thomas Hlslop,
who tolled in the Republican primaries
lor the nomination of H. S. Rowe. and
then went over to the Lane cnxnn. J. T.
Wllson, prominent in "reform" and Mu
nicipal Association circles and" the "C1U
zens " camn. was nresent. too.
Then there were W. T. Burney. Henry
M. Warner. L. Wllhelm. Newton McCoy.
John M. Quinn and Frank Le, and ever
so many more.
Republicans Out in Force.
Meanwhile the Republican headquarters
were as tightly jammed with celebrities.
Sig Slchol. State Senator, was one or tne
mllers. and others were Frank C-. Baker.
W. P. Heady. W. B Glafke. Ralph W.
tt.. tt'iiho TVtiniwBv- WllU&m Bodman,
J. G. Mack. John M. Mann. Willis Fisher
and J. C Jameson.
Still others of not were Charles -
Txpkwood. T. D. Smith. Robert iiume.
Joe Ryan. Jay Upton. Dudley Evans. W.
A. Storey, C. E. Rumelln, Fred BuchteL
Jr. Among the nominees on the Repub
lican ticket were: George J. Cameron,
candidate for Municipal Judge; L. A. Mc
Nary. for City Attorney; Thomas Gray,
for Councllman-at-largo; and the follow
inr candidates for Ward CouncIlir.cn:
Robert A. Preston. L. M. Sullivan, George
D. Dunning, Henry A. Beldlng. A. u.
Rushlight, Frank S. Bennett and E. L.
Shaffer
A new law will -be in cnect tor too
first time this morning, requiring unreg
istered electors who wish to vote to make
affidavit as to their electoral qualifica
tions in the presence of one or more of
the, election ludses and to produce their
six freehold witnesses at the polls for
signing their affidavits. Heretofore it has
been lawful to take the oath ana sign xne
amrtnnMta before, a. notan public THIS
law is expected to play a part in North
End politics today.
Election Bets Made.
"relation bets have been made at 2H
in i on Williams and some at 3 to L
but yesterday afternoon the odds slid back
initfll At those odds Williams money
was posted in a cigar store on Washing
ton street.
snturrtnv nlcht 2V; odds were demanded
by the Lane bettors and were granted by
the Williams cash holders. Tne sum 01
$700 was offered on Lane, said to have
come from the pocket of W. G. McPher
son. and Frank- C. Baker covered It with
51750. Dooutles In Sheriff Word's office
wpr rnorted to have pooled to Dei
on Lane, but wherever the cash came
fmm It was matched by Mr. Baker wnn
sjvZ- Even money has been offered that
-Williams will be elected by 10M plurality.
Th sum of $100 was posted by a Lane
man Saturday that Williams would not
receive 1500 nluralltj'.
Frank C. Baker offers to cover au tne
Lane money that bobs up, but was out
of -the rinr yesterday on account of Sun
dav. This morning he will be on hand
hrlrtit and early. Said he last night:
"Yes. sir. it is a fact that saiuroay
niirht I notified stakeholders I would do
no betting today. If the Democratic yell
of 'Cold feetl will avail tholr candidate
any prestige, -well and good; they are
welcome to it. But it does seem, and I
say it in perfect kindness, that a decent
resDect for the religious element of the
eltv. on whom they are banking to sup
port their candidate for Mayor, would
influence them to not bet on Sunday.
Moreover. In order to convince them
that thyelfW-Cold feetf "was simply
Xor political effect, I will bo on hand in
the morning between E and noon -and
cover all the Lane money they care to
pool."
LIST of polling places.
Cltv Auditor Announces Precinct
Booths for the Electors.
As finally corrected by City Auditor
Devlin, the polling-places for the dif
ferent precincts at the election to
morrow will be distributed as follows
1 800 Thurraan street.
2 301 North Eighteenth street.
3 331 North Twentieth street.
4 327 Flanders street.
n 04 North Fourteenth street. -C
100 North Fourteenth street.
7 173 North Twenty-First street.
8 283 North Nineteenth utreet.
O-Tent, North Eighth and Davis streets,
in mi t rWn- street.
11 Merrill's building-. Seventh and Oak
streets.
12 ICS Burnside street.
13- 33 North Nineteenth street.
14- 330 Alder street.
10 120 Washington street,
1C 28C Yamhill street.
17347 Yamhill street.
15 Tent. Fourth and Salmon streets.
10170 Sixteenth street.
20 West end Exposition building.
21 Tent. Third and Madison streets.
22 Tent. West Park and Madison streets.
23 224 Columbia street.
24 353 Second street.
23-Tent. Seventh and Mill streets.
20 Tent. Eleventh and Columbia streets.
27- S1S Jefferson street.
28- 26S Harrison street.
2l 435 Sixth street.
30 Hote house. Chapman street.
31 594 Fourth street.
32 017 First street.
rt5r.r." Tlrf street.
34-Portlnd Carpet Cleaning Works. First
and ulhbs streets.
35 S43 Corbett street.
301401 Macadam street.
37 Fireman's Hall. Scllweod.
3S CM57 Powell street.
30292 Grand avenue.
in trt -f-... TM.vrnth utreet -South.
41 Corner Twenty-Sixth and Po well street.
45 Tent. Eighteenth and East Morrison
streets.
44 ISO East Thirty-Fourth street.
45 71 Union avenue.
ic r:st Rurntld street.
47 Tent, corner Eighteenth and East Ash
streets.
48375 Holladay avenue.
40341 Williams avenue.
50 32S Mississippi avenue.
51 134 Russelt street.
52 200 Russell street.
5.1416 Union avenue.
54 859 Mississippi avenue.
!ir&Al Vinranwr avenue.
56 East Eighth street and Dekum avenue.
58-Portsmouth Grocery Store. Porumouth
Station.
ANOTHER CAXAKD PUNCTURED
How Ex-City Engineer Elliott Was
Briefly Employed.
Those opposed to the re-election of
Mayor "Williams are endeavoring to make
political capital out of the fact that cx
rttv EniHncer Elliott -was riven employ
merit for a brief period by the municipal
ifv nftnr his forced resignation. The fol
lowing letter on the subject from City
Engineer Wanzer was received by the
Mayor Saturday, ana is seii-expianatory:
Hon. George H. Williams, Major of the Cltr
of Portland Dear Sir: Complying with your
-erhal rauest a to the lnficesces which led
me to request the employment of William C
Elliott, former City Engineer, as an inspector
on the Morrion-trecl onage. I would aanse
51 i fallows:
On the 1st day of January. Mr. Elliott and
his principal awl slant. Georg Scogrtn. both
severed their connection with the Engineer
ing Department oi xne ciiy. asa on assam
. (Concluded on Fifth Page.)
CSS TRUST WINS
N NEW YORK CITY
Bill Is Tampered With on the
Way to Mayor McCIel
Ian's Hands.
PEOPLE ARE MUCH EXCITED
Great Oration Given Glasgow Rep
resentative of the Municipal
Ownership Idea as Regards
the Street-Car System.
NEW YORK. June 4. Special.) New
York's campaign against the iniquities of
the gas trust, which started in excitement,
and was prosecuted with .energy, has
wound up with the people paying Just aa
much as they ever did before.
The Consolidated Gas Company controls
all the electric and gas-lighting plants In
the city. The bill reducing the price of
gas from ?1 to SO cents was lost in the
Senate, after having enthusiastically and
unanimously passed the House. Despite
this, however, the taxpayers had one
source of satisfaction, the bill reducing
the price of electricity from 15 to 10 cents
per kilowatt hour bad been pasted, and
Mayor McClellan promptly approved it
when it came before him. In New York
State, it should be explained, all purely
local bills must be approved by the Mayor
of the city before the Governor can act
upon them. And Governor HIggins had
promised to approve this measure, so all
was serene. Just at the last moment.
however, the attorneys of the trust called
attention to a fatal defect.
Fatal Defect In the Bill.
The copy of the bill sent to the Mayor
was not a correct one. An amendment
which Senator McCarren. the trust's offi
cial Senator, had caused to be passed at
the last moment, was not printed in the
measure as submitted to McClellan.
Probably the printer made a "mistake,'
but anyhow It was not discovered until it
was too late to be remedied. So the bill.
passed In response to public sentiment, is
dead, and the consumers of electric light
rage, while the trust magnates smile hap
pily.
Of course the District Attorney of Al
bany County Is "investigating" theon
duct of State Senators who voted against
cheap gas when they had promised to
vote for it, and of course the Governor
Is "investigating" the conduct of the un
fortunate printer, but nobody has the
slightest Idea that anything will" result
from It.
The nuscarriage of plans has caused
great Joy .among the advocates -.of-municipal
ownership, who Insist that it ' will
make them many votes at the , coming
election. 'They are conducting a regular
house-to-house canvass, and declare that
they aregalning recruits every day.
City Ownership Idea Is Spreading.
It cannot be denied that" the municipal
ownership idea Is spreading In New York.
This was conclusively shown the other
day, when James Dalrymple arrived from
Europe.
Mr. 'Dalrymple is a plain, unassuming
Scotchman, who has charge of all the
street-car lines in Glasgow. The city Is
the owner of these traction utilities, and
Mr. Dalrymple has been called to Chicago
to aid Mayor Dunne of that town by ad
vice, for Chicago Is preparing to take
over its own street-cars.
To a disinterested observer, the value
of Mr. Dalrymple is not manifest. He
knows nothing about the United States,
or Chicago, and is utterly ignorant of
traction conditions. His own road is run
on the "zone system," a fare graduated
according to distance, which, while it
may do all right abroad, would be utterly
Impracticable in the United States.
Mr. Dalrymple was the guest of tbo
New York Municipal Ownership League
during a 24-hour stay in this city, and
bad a busy and exciting time.
Scotchman Made Popular Idol.
He was dragged around town in an
automobile, given a lunch or a banquet
every few hours, and forced to appear at
a grand reception and talkfest In cooper
Union. Probably never before in the his
tory of traction roads was a salaried em
ploye given such an ovation. Mr. Dal
rymple. who, apparently, is a modest man,
seemed thoroughly to realize It. and dur
ing his few moments, of leisure would
sink gasping into some quiet corner and
mop his brow. And be was a popular idol
simply because her represented municipal
ownership. Crowds awaited him at the
pier and checrd him as he progressed
through the streets. Other crowds In
vaded the Hoffman House, and would
burse Into bis suite to grab 'blm by the
hand. His few words at Cooper Union,
chiefly an amplification of the old -chest;
nut. "I am glad I am here," was applaud
ed to the echo, and he was called on for
an encore.
Popular as Nan Patterson.
The modest Scotchman for St hours was
the city's IdoL More popular than Ad
miral Dewey or Prince Henry, and almost
as much of a favorite as Nan Patterson
when sne made her triumphant and spec
tacular march from, the Tombs.
And August -Belmont is reported to have
told a friend afterward that he doubted
exceedingly whether Dalrymple would be
be a success as a guard In the subway.
The demonstration showed, however,
that the people of New York are taking
& great interest in the subject of .munlcl-
pal owr.-rshlpV and many ndensaf4aryalofcthe order- to -fl being" -glvetf,
learning to talk about It and gas. "
Police Look After Newsboys.
The fact that numerous duties devolve
(Concluded on Pa go 2.)
THE VOTER'S DILEMMA; BUT IT'S EASY
mm?
BLOODY RIOT III
mm, mm
Ex-Mayor of Baku Denounces
the War Before Cheer
ing Thousands.
POLICE CHARGE THE CROWD
Repulsed at First With Chairs and
Sticks, the Officers, Reinforced,
Drive All Before Them
"With Drawn Swords.
LONDON", Jose 4. A telegram from
St. PetcrsbarK to Heater's TelegraHj
Lsspaajr aayx tfcerc are esalaeas re
ports! of the Iraralacsre ef a central
strike sad that the Cossack tealKht
dispersed 499 irorlcatea at Staraya DI
revala, a aabarb, aid arrested 49 per
sons, iacladlair aercral irell-dreased
ST. PETERSBURG, June 4. At
great demonstration this evening in
the Pavlovsk Gardens, near Tsarskoe
Selo. the 5300 persons present clam
ored for a funeral march In memory
of the Russian sailors who had lost
their lives In the naval disaster In the
Sea of Japan. The members of the or
ohestra became alarmed and fled from
the platform, when M. Xovikoff, ex
Mayor of Baku, rose and said:
"Let us all by rising show respect
for the victims. Down with the war.
We have had enough blood."
Some SO policemen entered the
farther end of the hall and elbowed
their way through the crowd towards
M. Novlkoff. whereupon cries were
raised of: "Let us attack the police.'
Chairs were seized and hurled at the
police, the crowd being led by a Col
oncl with a drawn aword. The police
men fled precipitately. Order being
restored a number of speeches were
delivered on the national crisis.
Suddenly tne police, reinforced to
between 200 and 300, again Invaded the
hall and rushed on the audience with
drawn swords. The people defended
themselves with chairs and sticks, but
j after ten minutes were driven from the
hall Into the garden, where there was
a battalion of tirailleurs, who raised
their rifles to their shoulders prelim!
causing a panic The public fled toward
the exits and finding them closed
smashed the doors and windows of the
hall and so gained the street. Many
persons were injured, some so serious-
TO SOLVE
ly that they had to be taken to the
hospital.
M. Novlkoff was arrested and the
gardens were occupied by polica and
Cossacks. A strong military force was
placed on the road leading from Pav-
lovsk to Tsarskoe-Selo and to St. Pe
tersburg and at the railway stations.
People returning to St. Petersburg from
the gardens spread accounts of the af
fair which soon became a general topic
Pavlovsk is 13 miles from St. Peters
burg and is a Summer resort for In
habitants of the capital. Concerts are
given in the gardens there daily and
are frequented oy xasmonaDie audi
ences, largely composed of people from
St. Petersburg.
RIPE FOR A REVOLUTION.
Feeling- Against the War Is Running
High in Russia.
SPECIAL CABLE.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 5. Conditions
arec. Indeed, ripe for an uprising through
out Russia which will be of a widespread
character. At the Pavlovsk concert-hall
last night a gigantic demonstration was
held, at which a dozen prominent speak
ers, throwing discretion to the winds, de
nounced the Czar and the government
for continuing a struggle which could only
result in the nation being plunged deeper
into debt and in the useless sacrifice of
thousands of loyal subjects.
The excitement was Intense and on or
der of General Trepoff. the police attempt
ed to clear the building. A free-for-all
fight followed, in which the police used
their whips and club?, but the excited peo
ple fought back, and for a time It seemed
that they would gain the mastery. The
crowd was eventually dispersed when sol
diers arrived on the scene and threatened
to Are.
The officers of the guards regiments;
who have been sent to outlying barracks
to instruct the reserves, have openly re
volted and refused to- do so. A number
of them have been placed under arrest.
and are likely to be shot this morning.
From all over the country come reports
of anti-war meetings which the police
have been powerless to suppress. Only
the official class favor the continuance of
hostilities, ana the pressure in favor oi
peace is very strong. It Is reported that
several regiments of reserves at Sevas
topol and at Odessa have mutinied and
openly defied their officers. Trouble Is
looked for here during this week unless
some steps are taken to placate the mal
contents.
President's Course Is Commended.
VIENNA June 4. President Roosevelt's
peace utterances were read here with
the keenest Interest. They are the sub
ject of much speculation, and in the
newspapers receive universal commenda
tion," but there Is some-doubt concerning
uccessful outcome in line with the
President's views. The Frele Press Bay a:
"Very lmoortnnt news comes from
Washington. Now, for the first time one
of the greatest states of the civilized
world through its official head has made
Official efforts to end the war. Those
efforts, doubtless, will encounter the
greatest difficulties in St. Petersburg, but
three things work in their favor; Presi
dent Roosevelt's unentangled position, the
fact that the appeal was made In the
name of humanity, and because Japan was
aware of President Roosevelt's Initiative."
Bombs In Armenian's House.
BAKU. June 4. Bombs have been found
in the house of an Armenian adjoining
the house of the Governor-General.
PflNTrNT TODAYS PAPFR
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 61
&g.Z minimum. 52 des.; total precipitation.
0.04-Inch.
TODAY'S Threatening-, with rtiowers: winds
mostly westerly.
War la the Far East.
Rumtan vessels will be allowed to make re
pairs In Manila harbor. Face 3.
Refugees at Vladivostok tell of the battle In
the Straits. Page 4.
Russia.
Governor-General Trepoft Is Invested with
dictatorial powers by the Czar. Page 4.
Police charge meeting In fashionable St. Peters
burg gardens, where war Is denounced.
Paze J.
President Roosevelt's tender of good offices
pleases people In St. Petersburg. Page 1.
Foreign.
King Alfonso Is given an ovation at th sta
tion on departure for home. Page .
German Emperor looks to Morocco as a field
for exploitation. Page 4.
National.
Washington and Baltimore defenses to be at.
tacked by fleet of warships In mimic war.
Page 2.
German Ambanador has long conference with
President Roosevelt. Page 1.
Sighting the Trait.
Victory of gas trust rouses great Interest la
New York In munlclpaf ownership. Page 1.
Committee, of 70 In Philadelphia outlines lu
principles. Page 1.
Domestic
Rival factions In Illinois church try to hold
separate services' at the same time. Page 1.
Peace negotiations with Chicago strikers are
off for the time being. Page X
Lightning destroys two churches fh Chicago
and Injures a third one. Page 3.
Northwest.
Ex-Senator Turner Is to build playhouse at
Spokane. Page 6.
Vice-President Fairbanks Is cheered at La
Grande. Page 0.
Sport.
Baseball winners Pacific Coast, Oakland (2),
Jjo Angeles: American. St. Louis, Cleve
land; National, Cincinnati. St. Louis, Pitts-'
burg (2). Page 5.
Marine.
Three American cruisers and one Italian will
be here soon. Page 4.
New development In dispute over schooner
disc's cargo. Page 4.
Sunken- bark Afghanistan well known here.
Page 4.
Lewis aad Clark Ezposltioa.
Attendance Sunday, 0488. rage -12.
Oregon cities will have day at the Fair.
Page 12.
Traveling men make plana for Saturday at
the Exposition. Page S.
San Francisco press gives generous space to
Exposition's opening day. Page 11.
Rain does not dampen the World's Fair spirit.
Page 12.
Fsrtlaa aad Yiclalty.
Motor fuse blows out In street-car; two pas
sengers Injured- Page li.
Politicians ready Tor today's municipal bat
tie. Page 1.
Jndre Fraxer tells of the Juvenile Court's
workings la Denver. Page tu.
I Topics Is the city churches. Page 10.
4 -ft'oodjaea do honor to the iei, Pas T.
TWO-RING GiRCUS
GIVEN IN CHURCH
Congregation Wins Honors in
Hymn-Singing Contest
With Paid Choir. ,
POLICE PREVENT A CLASH
Illinois Pastor Denounces Card-Play
ins and Dancing and Refuses'
to Be Discharged by . the
Progressive Element.
WACKEGAN. 111.. June 4. (Special.)
A double-ring performance.-with jtwo
hymns going at the same time and the
Chief of Police looking on to see that
there was no bodily clash, was. the
spectacle which presented Itself to the
attendants at the morning services of
the Christian Church here today.
A singing-match, in which the paid-
choir contested on the one side, and
most of the congregation on the other,
was clearly won by the latter. The
discord in the music was even mora
pronounced than the schism that has
rent the. congregation in twain and
has aligned it for and against the Rev.
E. N. Tucker.
As pastor of the flock, Mr. Tucker
denounced card-playing, dancing and
theater-going- as agencies employed by
the evil one to lure his victims to de
struction. The majority of the con
gregation and of the trustees resented
this arraignment of their personal
habits and the attempted abridgement
of their liberties.
Pastor Refuses to Be Discharged.
The pastor had too much puritanism
to suit his up-to-date parishioners and
he was formally discharged. He would
not stay discharged, and therein lies
the kernel of the confusion this morn
ing. Rev. Tucker had announced he was
going to preach. The anti-Tucker fac
tion had employed Professor Traynen.
of the University of Chicago, to All
the pulpit. The townspeople thought
of the truism that two preachers can
not occupy the same place at the same
time, and nearly everybody went to
church to see what would happen.
Mr;. Tuf.ker and his adherents found
the church doors locked, but they got
In, anyhow. The enemy came "soon af
terward, and the trouble began imme
diately. When Mr. Tubker read the
names of seven male pillars of the
church whom he wished thrown out of
fellowship the two-ring performance
was on.
Choir Heard in Breathing Places.
One hymn was announced by the ex
pelled pastor and another by a trustee
of the faction unfriendly to him. The
choir did its work nobly and led the
competition for two stanzas, and then
the congregation warmed to its work.
simply overwhelming the paid vocalists
Pvno couId only De heard between verses.
vv nen tne uanie oymns were enaeu.
Mr. Tucker and his partisans marched
out of the church. The others stayed
for a business meeting. Several radi
cal things were done at this meeting.
A committee was appointed to see
that the discharged minister did not
again enter the building - and pulpit,
and to use any legitimate means to
execute the ban on him. A resolution
was adopted refusing to pay him any
salary or to pay any debts Incurred by
him after June 1. This afternoon a
notice was posted on the dopr by the
Tucker faction, reading as follbws:
"This house is closed by order of the
trustees until further notice. Any one
molesting or entering will lay himself
liable to the penalty of the law."
CONFERS WITH PRESIDENT
German Ambassador at White Houso
for Two Hours.
WASHINGTON, June 4. Baron Speck
von Sternburg, the German Ambassa
dor, spent two hours in conference
with President Roosevelt at the "White
House tonight. As he left the "Whlta
House, at 11 o'clock, the Ambassador
said he could not discuss the subject
of his talk with the President, as it
related to matters of an entirely, con
fidential character. There Is every
reason to believe, however, that much
of the time was occupied with a dis
cussion of the general question of the
war between Kussia ana japan ana
the possibility of peace.
The Ambassador, in response to a
direct question regarding the pros
pect of peace, said that so far as he
knew there had been no progress in
that direction in the past 24 hours.
No official word has reached Wash
ington regarding the probable attitude
of the Csar toward the ending of. the
war. Meantime exchanges are in
progress between Washington. Berlin.
London, Rome and Paris regarding the
whole situation, and. an entirely in
formal discussion is taking place as to
what would be the best measures to
adopt when Russia has the opportun
ity fully to realize her situation.
Mr. O'Beirns, the British Charge
d Affaires, was at the White House to
day and dlscussea tne question wita
the President.
It Is fully expected nere that weess
may elapse before Russia decides upon
her course. Until" Count Cassini has
had some reply to his cablegram to
his government and Is in a position to
speak authoritatively ana omciany on
the subject oi peace, it ia improoaDis
he will have another conference with
the President.
Pension for Assassin's Wife.
ST PETERSBURG. June 4. The Engi
neers' Association has voted pensions to
the wife and mother of Invan Kaleleft,
assassin of Grand Duke Sergius.