Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, October 09, 1905, Image 1

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VOL. XlV. NO. 13,989.
PORTLANB, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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POLICE FORGED
RIOTS IN TOKIO
People Intended Only
an Earnest Protest.
PEACE TERMS ARE UNPOPULAR
Mob Resented the Attempt to
Shut Off Free Speech.
RESPECT FOR THE FLAG
.Display of Stars and Stripes "Would
Have Saved an American Church
From Destruction, Despite
Anger Aroused. .
By Annie-Laura Miller.
YOKOHAMA, Sept. 22. (Special corre
spondencesHere in Yokohama, not war,
but the rumors of "war. have been our
portion, and the fleet-footed "gohei," with
his Jangling bells and his pink paper ex
tra, fresh from the press, has been the in
dividual of most importance. He It was
who brought us the news of the unbeliev
able naval victory in the Sea of Japan;
two weeks ago, dressed. In honor of the
Importance of his message. In a short coat
with a design of tire-spitting dragons, he
brought news of the accomplished peace;
the other day. the Tokio riots; next, per
haps. It will be the resignation of the
Ministry.
Iq the past five months only one big
body of troops sailed from here, the regi
men who later fought In Sakhalin.
They were quartered on the people of the
town for several days, and marched in
squads about the streets. The one thought
that came to me when I saw their sturdy,
plodding figures and calm, determined
faces was, "Tfiey will go till they drop;
It Is written In every line and movement."
Ten transports carried thm away with
such thorough- preparation and expedition,
that those fit us who remembered the
sailing .of troops for Cuba, yfound some
thing nettling in the memory.
The fruits of the fighting la Sakhalin
came soon in strings of Russian -prisoners,
poor, disconsolate .peasants, unshaven and
unwashed, disheveled children and forlorn
women, mere helpless pawns in the war
game, stunned by what had befallen them.
Other fruits there were, too. Many of
the stocky little soldiers came back and
were laid to rest with their ancestors.
Tears Shed in the Dark.
Off in a side street, we heard the wall
ing notes of a march and watched the
Buddhist priest in his temple brocades,
tbe cart with two cypress trees to be
planted on the grave, the band of Japa
nese boys In uniform, men carrying ban
ners and sprays of sacred'gold-lcaf lotus;
others carrying aloft a square box with a
picture of the dead, framed In evergreen
on the front, his soldier cap on top. and,
concealed from sight within, his aBhes;
then came the women mourners, dressed
in white, with faces veiled; men wearing
straw mourning hats, and finally many
friends bringing up the rear. Just a com
mon Japanese soldier, dead for his coun
try and his Emperor, but the sight of
these frequent, pathetic processions brings
a lump to one's throat and tears to the
eyes.
One hears so much of the Japanese re
pression of feeling which ends often in
insanity that we asked our amah, whose
husband is at the front, if the Japanese
women ever cry when husband or son Is
killed.
"I think every woman all same," said
amah. "Maybe daytime no cry. but night
time they cry."
Yet the war was popular, for these peo
ple understand fighting until they die, but
the peace Is unpopular. Why stop and
conclude a shameful peace when Japan
might have won greater victories and
greater possessions? The people recall
the time, at the close of the China-Japan
War, when the fruits of victory were
snatched from them. They trust their
Admirals, their Generals, the old fighting
stock: their Emperor, the descendant of
the gods; but their diplomats they do not
trust. They think Russia in the council
chamber has proven a worse enemy than
Russia In the field.
Riots Were Prophesied.
Old-timers among the foreign residents
prophesied the riots that have just taken
place. They know the mercurial tempor
of the people, and realize that the leaders
of Japan were propelled violently out of
feudalism into the high hats, long coats
and parliaments of European countries,
while the fishermen arc content with loin
cloths and coats of tan, and hetween the
two classes are the people, striving to un
derstand something of the new education.
the new Industry, commerce, government
and the strange young world-relationship.
The home papers, of course, published
news of the Tokio riots, which, by the
way, are the first since Tokio has been
the capital, and you have read all of the
details. Those who' know say that had It
not been for the Interference of the po
lice with the Hiblya Park meeting, the
leaders of the movement would have spent
ttifcir strength in harmless harangue, pro
test and petition. They wanted the Em
peror to know that their diplomats had
not represented the sentiment of the peo
ple; the people had furnished the soldiers,
paid the taxes; such peace terms as those
agreed upon were not fair to them. That
was all that they wanted, until resistance
came. Then even the law-abiding sane-
tloned the riot.
Police Hated by Lower Classes.
It Is a rule In Japan that permission for
public meetings Is given by the police,
who attend, -keep order, and, when any
thing violent against the government Is
said, stop the speaker. One of the strange
things to a. foreigner is the sight of a
dinky (will you admit the expressiveness
of .the word, even though Webster arid
the Century do not?) and very grave
little policeman, over-officious, holding a
restlcs crowd In check by an upraised
hand.
Some one told me, perhaps with, more
poetry than truth, that the police all be
long to the families of those' (old two
sword ed samurai who would not go Into
defiling" trade when Japan gave up feudal
isolation and adopted commerce. How
ever that may be, their offlclousness has
made them much hated by the lower
classes and all who arc lovers of turbu
lence. So the resistance of the police
turned the meeting into a serious riot, in
which several people were killed and sev
eral hundred wounded.
The street-cars were burned because
the riksha men hate the cars, which make
their earnings leas". Then, too, the hUse
which put out the fire stft by the mob
at the .Home Minister's place, was bor
rowed from the car -station. The police
boxes were burned because of the police
opposition. Foreign and native churches,
12 in number, wre burned, not because
of anti-foreign feeling, but because the
pastors had preached peace, and here was
a peace that was worse than war.
A native pastor at an ill-chosen moment
went out to talk of the dove and olive
branch to the mob. withr the result that
the mob marched Into the house of the
missionary leader, a foreigner, burned
his furniture' and gave him half an hour,
to leave the house with his family. Per
haps you have heard of the American
church that was attacked by the mob.
As they parleyed before the door, the
man on guard said to the rabble:
"You don't want to burn this. It is an
American church."
"Show Your Flag' Cried Mob.
"Well," the mob leader replied, "if it
Is an American church, show your flag."
The guard hunted vainly for a flag and
finally admitted there was none. Where
upon the mob leader, with true mob wis
dom, replied:
"It 1b a lie, what he says. This Is no
American church." So' the rioters car
ried out the organ and seats and burned
them In the street Aftfer the first day's
rioting the reputable citizens took no part
and the disturbance was kept up by a
band of roughs and professional thugs.
The trouble in Yokohama was very
slight in comparison with that in Tokio.
Sunday evening some missionaries living
among the Japanese called to prophesy
trouble that night. And sure enough,
along in the solemn dead of -night
my door opened and, through the volu
minous folds of my mosquito net I saw
my sister standing with a frightened ex
pression on her face, nocturnal pigtails
about her shoulders and a kimono drawn
hastily over her nlghtclothcsCv
"Are you awake?" she said; "there's a.
big fire In the Japanese quarter It must
be those missionaries. Father and mother
are up on the roof." .
From the roof we could see the flames
die down and the black smoke curl up,
but a nothing else happened, we went
back to bed and fell asleep wondering
what would be next. Next morning the
servants told us that It wag a Japanese
house that burned accidentally. However,
on Tuesday night there was rioting on
Theater street.
Riot Over Lack of Orators.
Theater street is the street of Japanese
shows, wrestling and other amusements;
on ordinary occasions it Is thronged with
pleasure-seekers, and 'on this particular
night a big crowd gathered to attend an
oratorical meeting. Ten sen was charged
for admission .Of the six orators who
were, to spout about the peace terms,
four only appeared; the people demanded
the price Of admission back, but the man
ager had left with the money.
Meanwhile the crowd outside which
could not get into the overflowing house
became unruly and the police were
obliged to interfere. Then the troublo
began, many arrests were made, 12 police
boxes were burned and 23 constables
wounded.
The Yokohama police, taking warning
from the Tokio trouble, offered no re
sistance to the meeting of the people,
turned deaf ears to all criticism of the
government, so that the leaders, meeting
with no opposition, becameasharaed and
withdrew. Wednesday morning the resi
dents of Yokohama awoke to find them
selves under martial law, with, a double
number of police officers, and small camps
scattered about the town.
We foreigners, who cannot understand
this people, who find one trait which Ve
adopt as the keynote of the Japanese
character only to reject it then we find
another entirely contradictory, cannot
know how much antl-fcrelgn sentiment
there was In the recent rioting. The -sentiment
was chiefly against the govern
ment, ' against the police, but certainly
that Wednesday morning, when I went
shopping down In Honcho-dori, the air
was electric and many of the rikshaw
men and coo!les wore an unwonted, con
temptuous expression which I saw with
out seeing as I went by.
Attack That Did Not Develop.
A police inspector called that morning
to say that an attack was expected oa
the police station. Jupt across the street
from our house, and a "gohei" came
jangling into the servants' quarters with
an extra containing the same rumor. That
afternoon a guard of seven soldiers
stacked their guns and dropped their
knapsacks in our front yard. The serv
ants were frightened; but, above all
things on earth, they adore soldiers, so
they trotted out chairs to them, and a
bountiful meal of fish and rice, while the
muck Impressed cook ran back and forth
with Innumerable pots of tea.
The station was not attacked, the sol
diers are withdrawn. Baron Komura,
against whom the people are especially
Incensed, is delaying his return, the troops
are soon to come back from Manchuria,
Japan will settle down to housekeeping,
in all likelihood, with a new Ministry, and
time 'will tell many things that one can
only guess at sow. -
PEDUM BANKS IN
DANGER OF A RON
Money Has Been Rushecl to the
. City to Meet-the Ex
pected Crisis.
DOUGHERTY IS DEFIANT
Confesses ( to Shortage In School
Funds, but Expects lb Settle All
Trouble by Refunding the ,
Full Amount.
PEORIA, 111., Oct. 8. (Special.) Will
the banks of Peoria suffer tomorrow
morning from runs due to the excitement
following the Indictment of N. C. Dough
erty for embezzlement of the school funds
and the consequent closing of the doors
of the Peoria National Bank, of which
he was - president, and the run on the
Dime Savings Bank a few hours after
the announcement of the closing of the
doors of the Peoria National?
Saturday afternoon bank presidents and
directors met In hurriedly called meetings
to devise ways and means for protecting
their institutions from threatened runs.
Out-of-town banks holding their money
were communicated with and today large
sums of money were received, so that
ever bank Is now fully protected against
a possible run. The public nervously
awaits the coming of Monday morning,
and no one attempts to predict what tbe
day will bring forth.
One hundred and fifty true bills, based
on defalcations and forgeries amounting
to not less than $150,009 and uncovering a
shortage which will amount to not less
than half a million dollars, will be re
turned in open court against Dougherty
tomorrow morning. Forgeries, false
bookkeeping, padded school lists and plain
robberies, amounting to soma which are
far beyond the limit to which it was con
sidered the defalcations of Dougherty
could mount, were uncovered in the grand
jury room yesterday.
Difficult to Get Sureties.
Within a few minutes on Monday morn
ing the grand Jury will complete Its work
and at 10 o'clock It will file into the
courtroom and return to Judge Worthlng
ton the most ominous report that has ever
been offered In a Peoria court. This re
port will contain indictments on whlclJ
ine oau oi ine now iree man win oe in
creased to' a sum not less than 5100.000.
and there is not one chance In a hundred
that ' he will be able to obtain sureties.
The only alsernativo will be the custody
of the Sheriff and the Jail.
It can be positively stated that immedi
ately following the return of the Indict
ments against Dougherty will begin the
investigation of the books of the -Peoria
National Bank. Cashier S. O. Spring and
Teller Fred Bracken, who had the handl
ing of the school board funds, will be
called before the jury and asked to ex
plain certain transactions.' It was given
out today that one check was given by
Dougherty in school script and cashed
by the bank without the check being in
dorsed. The check was for (13,000. At
torneys say that the bank can be held
for this sum. Further sensational dis
closures are expected as the Investigation
proceeds.
Should the defalcations of the resigned
Superintendent reach the maximum which
Is now predicted by conservative people,
the school board of Peoria will lose not
less than $100,000 and. the deficit may run
to double this amount;
Securities of Doubtful Value.
Mr. Dougherty has put up securities of
a possible valuation of $190,000, but they
are so tied up that It Is doubtful If much
more than half this amount can be real
ized fom them.
It is now an open secret that Dougherty
has confessed that he is short at least
$30,000 and Insists that it will not exceed
$40,000 under any conditions.
"Thirty thousand dollars will cover it,"
he has said to his friends. "I have the
money to pay the amount, whatever is
found, and I Intend to do so."
When asked why he did this, Mr.
-Dougherty offers no explanation and re
verts to this determination to square all
shortage with tho school board. His
friends say: .
"We have never seen such bravado as
he displays. He does not seem to ap
preciate the circumstances at all. He
thinks his refunding the shortage will
make it all right and that there is no
one yet to settle with. We do not be
lieve be thinks of the criminal part of
the affair and the fact that he may re
pose behind the bars."
ELECTION SOON IN CUBA
Delegates Chosen for Convention to
Name Electoral Boards.
HAVANA, Oct. 8. All the local boards
of registration elected September 23 met
today and selected one delegate each - to
meet in the provincial capitals October 16
for tho purpose of choosing provincial
electoral boards which are to certify to
the nominations of Senators and Repre
sentatives as well as provincial council
lors arid canvass all the results of tbe
presidential election.
Returns received by the government in
dicate that all the provincial boards will
be composed of Moderates and followers
of General Nunez, with the exception of
the Province of Santiago and Plnar del
Rio, in which It Is probable the Liberals
will be represented on the boards of
minorities. Each board will be composed
of seven members.
The Province of Havana elected ten
Moderate and eight Nunez delegates.
General Freye Andrade. Secretary of the
Interior, today informed the Associated
Press of his intention to'reslgn from the
Cabinet and become a candidate for Con
gress from the Province of Matanzas. He
predicted-safe majorities In both branches)
oi congress, namely is to nine in tha
Senate and 40 to 30 In the House.
counting several Nnuez men in the latter
majority. He asserted that none ot toe
retiring Liberal Senators would be suc
ceeded by a Liberal.
Weeds Choking the Lake.
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 8. That the de
struction of Lake" Chapala as a pleasure
resort adjunct and as a .commercial ave
nue for the great haciendas In the vicinity
is a probability In the next five years Is
the opinion of a well-known contractor,
who has just returned from Guadalajara.
Tbe cause of this condition is the ad
vance into the waters of the lake of the
water hyaclnthe.
It is reported that the government has
made an offer of $150,000 to. anyone who
will point out a way of ridding the lake
of the weed.
Mexican Central Is Tied Up.
MONTEREY. Mcx., Oct- S. The Mex
ican Central firemen went on strike yes
terday and an a result traffic along the
line is now practically at a standstill. The
firemen, it is said, demand three cents a
kilometer. Alabama coal' for fuel and
helpers. The company. It Is said, is will
ing to concede everything, but Alabama
coal, deesJpg Jt too expensive.
EXECUTED BY THE MILES
ELEVEN BANDITS GIVEN SUM
MARY PUNISHMENT.
Four Others Who Took Part in tho
Murder of Mexican 3Ilnc Fore
man Are Sought.
GUADALAJARA. Mex.. Oct. S. Eleven
of the bandits engaged in the hold-up of
Manuel Parades, foreman of the Buena
Vista mines, and his two assistants, six
miles west of Hostotipaqulllo. Jalisco,
have been captured and shot by the ru
rales. It was learned that 15 men participated
in the hold-up. The search for. the other
four bandits is still in progress.
The bandits killed Parades and one as
sistant, wounded the other assistant and
secured $3000. which was being taken out
to the Buena Vista mines to pay the min
ers. The greater part of the money was
recovered.
PULLED TRIGGER WITH TOE
National Guard Captain Kills Him
self in His Room.
NEWARK. O., Oct. 8. Lying on a bed
at, his home this afternoon Captain Carter
B. Allen, formerly Inspector of rifle prac
tice In the Fourth Regiment, and who
recently accepted a position as purchas
ing agent for the American Hide &
Leather Company of Cincinnati, com
mitted suicide. Allen removed his left
shoe and stocking and with his toe pulled
the trigger of a rifle which sent a bullet
through hUr heart.
Captain Allen was thirty years of age
and leaves a. widow and one .son. He
had recently been despondent, 'due, it is
said; to the loss of his position with a
Detroit leather firm. He was widely
known Among Ohio marksmen.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 57 de
grees' minimum, 46 Ztg.
TODAY'S Showers, probably followed by fair
weather; westerly winds. x
Japan.
Riot in Tolcto on receipt of peace news, an
eeen by -a woman. Page 1.
MIh Roosevelt given enthusiastic reception
at Nikko. Page 1.
Huanla.
Riots of strikers brings about reign of terror
In Moscow. Page 1.
Vast concourse"- views the military funeral of
Major-General Kondratenko at St. Peters
burg. Page 2.
Political.
Republicans from all parts of state pledge
pup port to make coming harmony meeting
a succeus. Page 3.
"Jawn" Kelly comments on the foregoing.
Page B.
Senator Fulton talks of appointments to Judge
ship and Land Office. Page 8.
C E. . Hugces may decline to run for Mayor
of New York on the Republican ticket.
Page Z.
National.
Railroad Senators are endeavoring to .make
the rate bill innocuous. Page 1. .
Major-General Randal (retires from tbe Army,
page 3.
Domestic,
Peoria, 111., banks expect a run as the result
ot N. C. Dougherty's embezzlement. Page 1.
Allanaon Graham Is arrested for the triole
murder near Mlddletown, X. Y., and Is
released. Page 3.
Proposal of New Hampshire Episcopalians to
form a union with the . orthodox Russian
Church. Page 1.
John. Budentk shoots sister, brother and
brotber-ln-law orer mother's dead body.
Page 0.
Three men and a carload of racehorses killed
on branch ot the Pennsylvania road,
Page 1.
Tale freshmen perform some remarkable
pranjks. Page 13.
Kereljra.
Eleven ot the IS Mexican bandits -who killed
the foreman ot the Buena Vista mine-are
executed. Page 1.
Pacific Coast.
Movement to consolidate Aberdeen. Hoqulam
and Cosmopolls into one city. Page 4.
Forest fires are doing Immense damage near
Santa Barbara. Cal. Page 4.
Sports.
Pacific Coast scores: Pmland 7, Tacoma 2;
Lo Angeles 8-4. San Francisco 4-3; SeatUe
3-4, Oakland 0-3. Page IX.
Ruis Hall will probably manage the SI washes
next year. Page 13.
LeirU aad Clark Expesltlee.
Admissions 13.913. Page 8.
Today Is Music day and elaborate programmes
have been prepared. iage s.
Last day of Fair wlll.be named in honor of
President Goode. rage 8.
Reception to women employes of Exposition.
Pace 8.
pertlasd asd Vicinity.
Harriman roads hold option on A. &. C R.
R. R. and will probablr buy It to shut
out Hill and Santa. Fe Interest. Page 14
Steamer Telephone easily defeats the Charles
R. Spencer In race to Cascade Locks.
Page o.
Attorney Teal nays Chamber of Commerce is
working -for deep river from Lewlston to
the sea. Page 4.
"Western Pacific engineers survey line from
main nystem at Reno to Portland, via
Lakevlew and Eugene. Page 3.
Monument to toldlirs who fell In Philippines
nearly ready for erection. Page 14.
Hebrews celebrate Kol Nldre and Yotn .Klppur.
Page 5. - .
'Senator Fulton back from -"Washington., to tes-
4 .tlfy In lan.d;fiwudcas.- tPag S. , .
'Eye-witnesses .'trtl-howj Lou lie . Jenkins was
i .murdered. -Pare- IV.
gutters
WITH BLOOD
Cossacks Trample Parading
Strikers -Under the Hoofs
of Their Horses.
TROOPS FIRE POINT-BLANK
Prefect Has Issued Proclamation Au
thorizing Indiscriminate Arrests
by Police, With Order to
Kill All Resisting.
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SPECIAL CABLE.
MOSCOW, Oct. 9. A reign of terror
again exists throughout the city and ad
joining country, as the result ot renewed
rioting between the strikers and troops.
Desperate fighting has taken place In
every quarter ef the city, and dozens of
strikers have been killed and wounded.
The rioting began early Sunday morn
ing, when a band of Socialists, carrying
red ilags and banners, bearing deroga
tory Inscriptions commenting on mem
bers of the royal family and local author
ities, tried to parade through the prin
cipal streets. The police attempted to
disperse them, when someone fired a shot
from a revolver. The bullet severely
wounded Police lieutenant Nicholas Pont-
chevltcb.
The police then fired a volley into the
crowd and charged It, only to be driven
back with some loss. Troops were then
called and a sortie of mounted Cossacks
drove the crowd Into a side street, tramp
ling -the leaders under the feet of the
horses.
The situation is considered serious, and
troops were last night brought from out
lying barracks and placed on guard about
the various, public buildings and large
manufacturing establishments.
The temper of the populace Is ugly.
as the strikers are suffering severely
from hunger, and rioting will likely be re
newed today.
Thursday's and Friday's rioting were
as nothing compared with those of Sun
day, and the details of the bloody work
which are slowly filtering out indicate
the number of killed will exceed 50, while
the number of wounded will run well Into
the hundreds. .
The strikers and the military last night
fougbtv a bitter battle on the Tversky
boulevard. The strikers withstood two
charge, and not until . the soldiers fired
three volleys Into the heart of the crowd
did It. break and run. All Information re
MOS
ow
, . , in . . ' . . .organization is the outgrowth of tha
is known many were killed and ounded.., aerv,ce at cri8t church at
The Prefect has published one of the
most barbarous proclamations ever pub-
nsnea in an Russia, mc autconzes tne
police to arrest anyone they please and
directs them to shoot to kill all who re
slst- The proclamation has so exasper
ated the people that It is feared 20.COO
operators in the factories will jotn the
strike today.
Up to midnight more than 2000 arrests
have been made, many of those taken into
custody being wounded.
Forced to Run Gauntlet.
LONDON, Oct. 9. Special dispatches to
the London newspapers describe the des
perate state of affairs at Moscow Satur
day and Sunday. Many persons were
killed or wounded in the rioting on the
Tversky boulevard at the site of the
monument to the poet Pushkin and in the
great square fronting the monastery.
"where the troops used sabers and rifles.
firing point blank Into the rioters. The
authorities have Issued a proclamation
giving the police absolute power to pre
vent assemblages.
The correspondent of the Standard de
scribes how many of those arrested were
made to run the gauntlet of .a double
line of Cossacks In a long narrow court
yard, the soldiers brutally striking them
with knouts and the butts of rifles until
they dropped fainting or dead at the end
of the line.
BOMBS FOR THE COSSACKS
Many Rioters Killed in Fresh Out
breaks in the .Caucasus.
SPECIAL CABLE. V
TIFLIS, Oct. 9. Fresh rioting has
again broken out In the Caucasus. Sev
eral bombs were hurled at Cossacks en
gaged in patrolling the district. The
troops fired upon the rioters, and many
were killed and wounded.
MEN UNO' HORSES KILLED
ERIE MAIL CRASHES INTO CA
BOOSE AND CAR.
Freight Had Preceded Passenger
Train and Lost Time in
a Heavy Fog.
MILLERSBURG, Pa., Oct. S. Three
men were-killed, one man was injured and
a carload of race horses was either killed
or so badly hurt that they had to be shot,
as the result of a collision at the Junction
of the Lykcns Valley branch of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, south of this place, to
day. The dead:
THEODORE SCOTT. Northumberland, p.,
fireman.
RALPH HENDERSHOTT. Northumberland,
Pa., freight brakeman.
CHARLES E. BBRRT. Sunbury. Pa... freight
conductor.
The injured man Is Julius Lesh, ot'Sun
bury. - engineer, whose leg was crushed
and badly bruised. AH the victims were
married.
The .collision was between the fast No. 2
Erie man traln.westbound, and a caboose
and boxcar containing a load of race
horses. The mall train was bound from
Harrlsburg to Erie. It was preceded out
of Harrlsburg by a fast freight, which,
owing to a heavy fog. lost some time. The
caboose and box car accidentally un
coupled aV tbe junction, and the mall
train overtook them.
Berry and Hendershott were In the
caboose when the crash came, and were
killed Instantly. The horses were bound
for the Bloomsburg, Pa., fair, and be
longed to several Eastern horsemen.
BOASTED IX WRECK OF ENGINE
Firemen and Brakemcn Cannot Be
Rescued.
POTTSTOWN. Pa.. Oct. S. (Special.)
While a Reading Hallway coal train was
lying at a siding at Aramingo. taking
water today, a Harrlsburg fast freight,
southbound, crashed Into It.
Fireman Christian Zimmerman, of Har
rlsburg, and Brakeman George W. Emery,
of Heading, who were In the cab of the
Harrlsburg engine, were pinned between
the firebox and tender and scalded to
death by escaping steam from the
wrecked engine. Their companions made
heroic efforts to rescue, but failed. The
engineer of the Harrlsburg train was
swept out of the cab when the crash
came, end escaped with a fractured leg
and bruises. The crew of the coal train
saved themselves by jumping.
Engineer Helsler says he could not see
the danger signal at the entrance to the
switch, owing to the "dense fog.
Michigan Autoist Is Killed.
ATHENS, Mich.. Oct. 8. Walter Palm
er, of Athens, was Instantly killed. Chauf
feur Blake, of Kalamazoo, was fatally
Injured, and Mrs- Walter Palmer and her
daughter Frances were badly bruised in
an automobile accident today 24 miles
west of this place. The automobile while
traveling at .good speed swerved out of
the road into a marsh and capsized.' Mrs.
Palmer and Frances are not dangerously
hurt.
Electric-Car Hits Auto.
NEWTON, Mass., Oct. 8. In a collision
between an automobile and an electric
car here today Senator George F. Ful
ford, a wealthy manufacturer of Brock
vllle, Ont.. was seriously Injured, while
his chauffeur. Louis E. Vessat, of Al
bany, sustained a fractured skull and Is
expected to die.
Win T. Shannon, of Schenectady, was
also injured but not seriously.
UNION WITH GREEK CHURCH
PLAN OF EPISCOPAL CLERGY IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Outgrowth of Thanksgiving Services
Held at Portsmouth Church
- After Peace Treaty.
CONCORD, N. H.. Oct. S.-rA number of
the Episcopal clergy of the diocese of New
Hampshire have made preliminary ar
rangements for the formation of an as
sociation which will have for Its ultimate
object the union of the Anglican Church
with the orthodox church of Russia and
othcr ancient churches of the East. The
Portsmouth, which followed, the signing
of the peace treaty between Russia and
Japan, and at which priests of the Episco
pal and Russian churches officiated.
The new organization will follow the
lines of the Eastern Church Association
of the Church of England, and will have
branches In nil dioceses of the Episcopal
Church in this country. If the plans of
the promoters are successful.
It Is said that within the past half
dozen years the relations between tha
Russian and Episcopal Churches have
been growing closer, but until the thanks
giving evensong held at Portsmouth there
had been no general participation In one
service by both churches.
ON THE WAY TO SAVANNAH
Gnynor and "Greene to Be Tried for
Robbing the Government.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 8.-r-John F. Gaynor
and Benjamin D.' Greene, who are being
taken to Savannah, Ga., to stand trial on
a charge of conspiracy to defraud the
Government out of a large amount of
money In connection with the river and
harbor improvements there, . passed
through Washington today. They reached
the city early in the morning in charge of
Secret Service agents, who turned the two
men over to United States Deputy Mar
shal George E. "White, ot Savannah, and
one of his assistants, who left with them
over the Southern Railway for Savannah
at 10:1 A. M.
Gaynor Hopes for the Best.
SAVANNAH. Ga.. Oct. S. A represen
tative of the Morning News Interviewed
John F. Gaynor tonight aboard the train
that Is bringing him and Benjamin D.
Greene to Savannah. Gaynor said:
"I am glad that we are going back to
Georgia. I know now what a mistake we
made In leaving. But we cannot always
tell which Is for the best, and If we had
known then what we know now. we never
would have gone."
"Do you anticipate an acquittal?" was
asked.
"My dear sir. the case has not been
tried yet. I anticipate nothing. We, of
course, hope for the best. We feel justi
fied In every act we committed In Savan
nah while performing our contracts with
the Government. They got value re
ceived." "Does the conviction of Captain Carter
lead you to believe that the cases will go
against you?"
"I would not venture an opinion. This
Is not Captain Carter's case. We did not
hold the office of engineer at Savannah.
We made bids, and when we, secured the
contracts we carried them out."
KILLED IN FOOTBALL GAME
Pennsylvania Player Kicked in Ab
domen and Head.
CHESTER. Pa., Oct. 8. John S. Sum
racrsgill. aged 21 years, a member of the
Franklin football team, of this place,
died in the hospital here today from In
juries received during a game yesterday.
Summersgill was rendered unconscious by
a blow In the abdomen. He revived and
resumed playing.
Later he was. accidentally kicked In the
head and again became Insensible. He
was resuscitated and watched the game
from the side lines. Ou the way home
he fell to the ground and was removed
to. the hospital. His death was due to
hemorrhage. . Susimersglll was married
three months ago-
SETTING TRAPS
FOR ROOSEVELT
Railroad Senators Scheme to
Make the Rate Bill
Toothless.
AVOID TARIFF REVISION
Will Seek to Foist AVorthless Rate
Bill on President on Condition
He Will Not Insist on
Tariff Reform.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Oct. 8.-Between this time and
the assembling of Congress on December
4. President Roosevelt will hold a series of
conferences with men prominent In the
Republican party In Congress relative
to the prospects of railroad and tariff
legislation. Those who have talked
with him at Oj-ster Bay during the
Summer, when his time was not taken
up with peace negotiations, are satisfied
that the President will place rate leg
islation ahead of everything else, and.
If Jt has to be done, will sacrifice
tariff legislation In order to get the
railroad rate bill through. And there
Is every reason to believe that the
President will adhere to this Intention
But the President will have confer
ences with hl3 supporters with a view
to outlining a campaign In support of
the railroad rate bill. He knows, and
his supporters know, that the oppo
nents of the bona fide rate regulating1
bill are going- to resort to all manner of
means to prevent the passage of a bill
favored by the President, and the Pres
ident is Just sharp enough to start In
way ahead of the session to head off the
opposition. He knows he will have to
outwit or outgeneral some of the most
adroit men In the Senate, but the Pres
ident Is no slouch when It comes to
dealing with smooth Senators, and he
ought to succeed even better than be
fore on this issue, because he has the
great mass of the people behind him.
Want Tariff Let Alone.
The latest announcement that comes
Ifrora the opponents of the President's.
rorm or rate bill' Is that the tallroads of
the country will withdraw their appo
sition to the rate bill If they can have
assurance that Congress will let the
tariff alone. It is announced that the
roads have more to fear from a revi
sion of the tariff than from any Gov
ernment regulation of freight rates,
and they will submit to the. latter, if
thereby they can escape the conse
quence of tariff legislation.
In the first place. It is very much to
be doubted if any such sentiment really
prevails among: tho men who' are au
thorized to speak for the railroads. It
Is very much to be doubted if the rail
road interests, given the choice, would
take rate legislation in preference Ip
a remodeling of the tariff, as Is pro
posed by florae Republicans. And sec
ondly. If the railroads made any such
proposition, the Administration would
have to have a care to see that It was
not tricked. Such a proposition coming
from the railroads would arouse the
same suspicion as the declaration, of
Senator Elkins, chairman of the In
terstate commerce committee, that he
.was favorable to rate legislation.
Pa? Toothless Rate Bill.
The fear has existed all along- that
the anti-Roosevelt Republican Senators
that is the Senators who disagree
with the President on the 'question of
rate legislation are going to pass
through the Senate some harmless sort
of railroad rate legislation, a bill that
will not satisfy the President or dis
please the railroads, and, having gone
that far, refuse to amend their legis
lation to conform to the Ideas of th
President. That would be an effective
way of fighting and men like Elkins,
Aldrich and others are just tricky
enough to try that method of beating:
the President. And there would be rea
son to suspect the railroads of favoring
such a plan" if they should suddenly
surrender, and consent to the passage
of a rate bill.
NIKKO 15' MUM
3IISS ROOSEVELT IS MADE TO
FEEL WELCOME.
Journey to Interior of Japan Is One
Continuous Ovation to the
President's Daughter.
TOKIO, Oct. 9. (Noon.) Miss Allct
Roosevelt was given an enthusiastic re
ception at Nikko. Nearly all cf the prom
inent families were represented at the
station to receive her. During the Jour
ney she received greetings of welcome- at
the principal stations.
At Utsunomlya she was met by the Gov
ernor and delegates from the Ladles' Pa
triotlc League, who presented flowers.
NEGROES LYNCH A NEGRO
Resident of Georgia Had Assaulted
a rCoIored Girl.
BAINBRIDGE. Ga.. Oct. 8. News has
just reached Balnbrldge of the lynching
of a negro eight miles west of here by a
mob of his own race. The negro had as
saulted a' negro girl and had attempted
to assault another, when she cut him in
the breasf-