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P0RTLA3O), OREGON, SATUBDAX. NOVEMBER 4 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ROERDUS II
VMS KISHIHEFF
Climax of Outburst of
Mob Frenzy
JEWS SLAIN IN HUNDREDS
Whole City Is Destroyed by
Bands of Fanatics.
KIEFF IN LIKE CONDITION
Whole Southern Russia Convulsed
by Furious Outbreak Against
Persecuted Race Ten
Thousand Killed.
KISniNEFT, Nor. 4. KluhtncffV streets
run ml with blood. Jews are being slaugh
tered by scores; home pillaged, women
despoiled. Never before has HBch a violent
nntl-Betnltlc outbreak been known, rrren
here, where pin ugh tern of Jews only re
cently horrified the world.
LONDON. Nov. 4 (Special.) The. Odewta
correspondents of the London Daily Mall
and Dally Telegraph this morning; wired
their papers that Klshlneff Is In flames and
absolutely destroyed. They also add that
three suburbs of Odessa hare been devas
tated by mobs.
It will be a week before all the horrible
tale of Jewish massacres throughout Rus
sia eomes to light and then, when the full
number of dead is known, It appalling
total will be M heavy it will practically be
beyond belief.
ODESSA. Nov. 3. (4 r. 31.) A dispatch
from Kishiaeff says: A horrible massacre
ha occurred here. Hundred have been
killed. All the hospitals, pharmacies and
hotels are full of wounded and mutilated
person.
A telegram from Nleolaleff says the whole
town 1 In the hands of bandits who are
devastating bouses and shop, and beating
people to death without the slightest hin
drance. The authorities bear similar newt
from other southern cities.
IiOV " Nov. 2. A pcclal to "the
Standard from Odepsa says:
Three railway staUonshaVe been burned
between Odessa and Shmerinka. and the
postal service has been suspended. Collis
ions between armed forces continued until
late at night in three districts. Today-
casualties are believed, to have numbered
about. COO.
Among the incidents I wltnssed today
was the following: A student and a girl
were driving In a flroshky, the girl wear
ing a Red -Cross armlet. Six Cossacks
were quietly passing, wbqn suddenly the
girl fired, wounding one of them in the
leg. The Cossacks replied, shooting the
student dead. The girl attempted to flee,
but was shot, and as she foil it could be
seen that tbe feminine dress masked a
student.
The KlefC correspondent of Router's
Telegram Company, under date otovem
ber 3, says:
Klcff Given Up to Murderers.
"The Jewish quarter has been given
over to plunder, raids and murder ever
since the Emperor announced the grant
ing of a constitution. On that day, dur
ing a ntonster demonstration in front of
the town hall, a shot suddenly was heard.
The Cossacks and dragoons immediately
charged into the crowd, firing right and
left, and the police and others dragged
away the dead and wounded, numbering
more than 130, Into the neighboring court
yards, while the terror-stricken demon
strators fled, pursued by a mob of rufll-'
ans, who attacked them as they ran.
At 7 o'clock In the corning an organ
ized attack on the Jewish quarter began,
on the pretext that during the week a por
trait of the JSmpcror had been Insulted
in the town hall. The lower quarter of
the town, Podllk. was sacked, and, al
though the authorities promised a Jewish
deputation protection, the pillage lasted
all night long. "Warehouses wero looted
and people robbed; incendiarism was in
dulged in, and many were killed.
Police Only Fire on Jous.
Oa Wednesday Acting Governor Karass
again promised Jewish merchants that
Immediate -strong measures would be
taken for their protection, but the pillage
assumed colossal proportions and the po
lice and military stood absolutely impas
sive, only firing upon persons who de
fended themselves against looters and on,
houses where Jews had fired on their as
sailants. "While almost all tho Jewish
houses were laid In ruins. Christian es
tablishments were -untouched. Thousands
of families have been ruined and the
streets are filled with corpses.
"Attempts were made without -success
to wreck the offices of the Liberal news
papers, and it Is .stated that pome forth
coming lawsuits are likely to reveal the
names of the prominent organizers of
thr?se attacks.
'Many corporations have wired to Count
Witte begging protection, and he ordered
that vigorous measures be taken, but
without effect. Today the town Is quleier
aud it Is hoped that the reign of terror
has ended, but the Jews still fear to re
turn to their homes. Relief committees
are being formed."
riot to Massacre in Capital.
A dispatch to the Dally Mail from St.
Petersburg, timed J P. M.. reports the dls
covry of a plot to massacre the Jews in
that city.
It is semiofficially calculated, says the
correspondent, that' at least 1000 persons
have been killed and 10,000 seriously
wounded la the leading fttprovincial towns
of Russia InMhe last -21 hours, and the
death Toll is still mounting.
SOUTH BUSSIA HAS RED FURY
Only Christian Symbols Save Lives
From Murderers at Kleff.
LONDON. Nov. J.-All Russian dis
patches still are suffering considerable
telegraphic delay. Many correspondents
in Odessa and elsewhere report great dif
ficulty in dispatching their reports, and
they are obliged to seek the aid and pro
tection of the military. All dispatches re
ceived here go to confirm the continued
seriousness of the situation throughout
Russia, especially the anti-Jewish ex
cesses. v
The Kleff correspondent of the Daily
Mail says that the British Consulate has
been riddled with bullets. The situation
there, be adds, however, is improving, but
during the riots bands of rowdies stopped
everybody in carriages or afoot and com
pelled all to prove they were not Jews
before permitting them to go on. Ladles
drosses were torn open to discover if they
were wearing crosses. The British Con
sul was stopped by soldiers with leveled
rifles, who, however, permitted the mob
to wreck the house of a wealthy Jew.
Nearly all the houses and shops display
Ikons and other Christian emblems.
A dispatch to the Dally Telegraph from
St. Petersburg states that Prince Alexis
Obolensky has bean appointed to replace
M. Pobledonostseff as chief procurator of
the holy synod.
SOLDIERS JOIX WITH PEOPLE
Revolutionary Sentiment Makes a
Great Headway In Ranks,
"WARSAW, Russian Poland, Nov. 3. A
remarkable feature of the demonstrations
here was the fraternizing of the nconle
with the soldiers. The latter were carried
about on the shoulders of the crowd, and
were furnished with chamnacne and cig
arettes. All classes of the population
parucjpaiea in mo demonstrations. The
orchestra of the Couri- Theater led a
crowd singing "The Marseillaise." All
the stores were doeed.
Tho greatest rage is felt against the
Cossacks, whose attack on the crowd
before the City Hall was unprovoked.
Many were killed or wounded.
At a Socialist mass meeting this after
noon two Infantry soldiers In full uniform
aeuverea revolutionary addresses, assur
ing their bearers that the revolutionary
propaganda was growing in the army,
and that the time was not far remote
when the army would Join in a revolution
to overthrow a despotic throne. The
meeting resolved to exclude newspapers.
bakers and butchers, and cafes and res
taurants from the general strike.
Telegraphic communication between
Warsaw and Odessa and Jlostoff-on-Doa
has been severed.
A bomb was thrown into the telerrnnh
office at Odessa today, and 12 telegraphers
wire killAa or wounud. "
The authorities have released 330 naut
ical offenders, who were imprisontd in
the citadel.
A regiment of Dragoons has arrived
here to reinforce the garrison.
The post and telegraph employes threat
en to strike tomorrow. The strike of the
druggists continues.
A citizens' committee ha been formed
to assist in preventing disturbances.
At a rgeat meeting of railroad men
tonight it was decided to continue the
strike until the people's demands have
been granted.
DEAD DUMBER TES THOUSAND
Awrul Slaughter In Russia's Ccle
oration of Liberty.
ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. 3. (Spe
cial.) it is seml-offlclally calculated
that In the rioting since "Wednesday
fully 10.000 have been killed and as
many more seflously wounded in E0
leading provincial towns.
A plot to massacre the Jews here has
been brought to light, and the officials
believe there would have been a gen
eral uprising- against the Jews had not
the intentions of those engineering the
assault been made known to the au
thorities. AMNESTY IS PROCLAIMED.
Czar Signs Decree for Free Press
and Liberation of Prisoners.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 3 (Spe
cial.) The official amnesty ukase has
been signed by the Czar. By it the
censorship is abolished and the official
announcement has been made that all
regulations Issued by circular for the
observance of the press aro withdrawn
and the chief of the press administra
tion is prohibited from Issuing fresh
ones.
Count "Witte is advocating the Imme
diate reduction of the voting qualifica
tion, so as to Include all persons pos
sessed of 100 roubles a year.
The Czar, -It Is declared, refused to
abrogate hi title of Autocrat Prince.
KIEFF IS HORRIBLE CONDITION
Police I&ok on While 3fob Kills,
Burns and Loot.
BERLIN, Nov, . Th Tageblntt prints
the following dispatch from the Jewish
owner of three houses Jn Kieff:
Anti-Jewish excesses have bein raging
here for three days and all tho Jewish
shops and many private houses have been
totally destroyed. The number of Jew
ish victims Is large, and children and old
people have been barbarously murdered
while the military and police looked on
with cynical Indifference. The situation
is desperate.
The Lokal Anzelger'a Kleff correspond
ent represents the situation as improved.
Friday, says the correspondent, passed
quietly. The number of dead on both
ridesls abount 100. but many hundreds,
of persons were wounded and mangled,
and the city presents a horrible appear
ance. Some laborers hav returned io
work. Street railways are resuming and
other railways are making ready for bus
iness. TraJBo is expected to run regular
ly by Sunday.
MASHES
RAILROAD PLEA
Senator Clears Away Fog
From Rate Question in
Speech at Pittsburg.
LAW HURTS ONLY GUILTY
Equity, of Government Supervision
Is Explained Experts Could
Solve Problems Only Sim
ple Law Needed.
PITTSBURG, Nov. 3. The Pittsburg
Chamber of Commerce v banquet tonight
at the Schealey Hotel, which toncluded
the founders day celebration of the Car
negie Institute, was an event of National
importance, the roster of speakers being
the most brilliant in the history of the
organization. Congressman John Dalzell
was toas tin aster. Three hundred of Pitts
burg's representative business and pro
fessional men were seated at the banquet
table. i
The principal speakers were Senator
Philander C Knox. Sir Chen tang Liang
Cheng, the Chinese Minister; General a.
W. Greely. commander of the United
States Signal Service, and M. E. Stone,
general manager of the Associated Press.
General Greely spoke on The Army of
the United States, a Civil as "Well as Mil
itary Factor in Our Country Develop
ment." The Chinese Minister discussed
"The Commercial Relations Between
China and the United States. Mr. Stone's
address was on the "High Curt of Public
Opinion.
Senator Knox was then introduced, and
said: N
Knox States the TropoflUon.
The President believes that the power to pass
upon th reasonableness of a efeaHeared rail
road late or practice should he lodged In aorae
tribunal upon, which can be alio eoertltaUofi
ally east the power to fix a rearenable rate er
practice la ilea oT rate Sound br It to be
unreasonable, and. that the rat so Axed eheuW
become as nearly ltamsdlately operative as
possible.
The vtvDarlUoa thstj the National Govern
ment should exercise supervlar contra! over
the tax ujon transportation became almost
self-evident from the time that the railroad
began, through various .devices, to concen
trate this taxing power la the "hands of a few
rata. The, Government's effort to TSVeW this
concentration of power un4c the provisions
of existing la ahouidvbe suppJemeated br
les&Utioa which will prevent the abue at
th rower t.tsxlp the rwrmenl or peraoca
and property ancty any form of ofwentxsuoa
or vottr any drwmastaaee whatever.
It comtsrtads Itttil lo ta to be wiaer Mates,
main hi j to provide a remedy for a mischief.
In whatever form it appears. rataer than U
watte time in matching ta Ingenuity of the
lawmaker, in derlstnr laws to Impose a yen
alt' for a wrong as it, may appear in apeclSe
devices, against the Ingenuity rf th law
breaker In trying to avoid its provisions by
creating new ones. In other words. It would
seem to be wUer to cure the disease than
treat the aymstoma.
The Wall Street Journal Mid. la 1902. In
relation to the issues Involved in the Covrm
ment'fl attitude toward tbe Northern Securi
ties Company; "The railroads at tat moment
aland In serried ranks facing the law. and
the settlement of the present dispute Involves
a settlement oa flna principles. Abuse of the
railroad Interest on tbe one hand, and of
the Interstate Railroad Crummies! on on the
other, at this time Is puerile. ' The former
may have been guilty of Imprudent action
and tbe latter of dereliction of dull, but
theae are nasi! matters when ouertlsns of
first principle have to be settled, as they have
at present." This is .measurably true today.
CoBcress Must Regulate Rates.
Tbe proposition Is that Cangreaa can and
should at once enact a law construtag the
main features of the public demand for a per
manent ana e indent mater tnistt uajust
railroad practices and ' leave to the future
the determination of tbe wldora and necessity
or leguiaung In respect to collateral and re
lated matters. It Is the duty of Congress
to regulate commerce so a to prevent Injus
tice and Imposition by the carriers. The
proposition to correct unreasonable railroad
rates and practices goes no further than this.
It la tantamount to the propoiltloa to correct
injustice and Imposition. If you provide the
remedy, the evil will largely disappear. The
tendency for some time has been toward
fairer dealing by the railroad? with the public.
The enlarged and more effective provision
against rebates and unjust ctscrlmlnaUons
contained In the lrriilstlon of the STth Con
gress affected fewer railroads and met with
less railroad opposition than It would have
met ten years earlier, as many of the man
agers1 of the bert railroads had endeavored to
abolish ruch practices before the law went
Into effect. Ope makes a ralitake who assumes
that the best railroad conscience of the coun
try approves the extravagant propaganda now
being carried oa to convince the public that
any regulative, legislation would be unjust
to the raUroafic.
Only Affects the Guilty.
There is no railroad In the United Etale
that can be In the slightest degree affected
by legislation giving relief front unreasonable
rates aad practices unless It Is guUty of un
reasonable and unjust practices. There Is no
practice of any railroad that It adopt or sanc
tions that can be declared to be uareaaenable
or unjust unUl It Is challenged lu a ouast-
Judicial proceeding aad proved ta be unjust
ana unrt-asonsnie after the fullest bearing and
arrumenl. There Is no order that can be
made by any commission or board, now exist
ing or which it Is proposed to icreats taat can
change a rate or practice that Is unreasonable
or unjust without the order being subject to
review In a Judicial proceeding ta the United
States Court upon the ground of the unreas-
eeabtecess of the order of the oommWvIon.
and there II not a law that Zo. and probably
no taw could be enacted that could, prevent
the court. If satlcfied that Injustice, had been
done tbe railroads, from staying tb operatlca
of tbe order until the court had pasted soon
the merits of the controversy.
In other words. Mrs raltrodi enjoy a com.
pletR remedy against Injustice which It la not
propceed to take away, white the public haa
no effective remedy against InjusUce. More
than such a remedy the public doe not ask.
I than such a rerody It never abould hare
been without. Exactly" cch a remedy Con -grew
fupponed It gave under the original act
to regulate commerce, aad It was applied In
a number of cas before the decisioa of the
Supreme Court that It was not given by the
act.
lwal to Ohe CemmMfln Power.
The administrative features of the power In
herent in Coegrefo to fir reasonable rates
for transportation may be lawfully vested In
the laterptat Commerce ComalKstes. This la
Ho4es the por to vest in the commtnloti
authority to subetitute a reasonable rate for
One found by it to b unreasonable. It has
been frequently declared to be law that Con
gress cannot vt the power to fix foil. In any
cttfiMltuUena! court, bscau lbs fixing of a
toll Is a legislative, and net a JsdirUl act,
and OongTww cannot Impose the performance
of nonjodlcial duties upon the courts which
exercise the Judicial power of the T'nltrd
Elates. It Is equally clear that Cerucrra
eannot give an appeal from a twnjudlcial or
admlntstratlvf, body, to a JudfeUI body for
tbe purpose of revtewina; administrative, acts
or ejrrctlnr taem by deererlag a new act,
a in a Judicial aprcal; aad lhlSlpce ;
what Z understand to be the mala contention
between the advocate of the proposition that
a rate ased by the cosaralssloa should ao
Into effect at once aad the advocates of the
proposition that it should not go Into effect
until ' approved by a coert upon appeal. It
Is perfectly ertdeat that. If the court In the
art 'lastaace could act pexfurm the leaia
Iatlve act of axlac a reasonable future rate.
It could not perform the same act upon ap
pW No device can care the objection to sus
pending' the operation of the commission
nadtnc if passed, upon by the court. Of course,
X do not mean that ta an Independent pro
ceeding begun In the ourt the court could
not. la the exercise of Its utmetiosarr pow
ers, when ratteaed that tbe rate fixed by
the commission was unlawful, enjota its opera
Uoa until a final searlac That ta a power
that inheres la the court that need not be
conferred by statute and probably .cannot be
taken away by statute.
Expert Caa Civs XvUeaee.
The competency of the commission to paas
upon the reasonableness of a challenged rate
Is denied because of the technical character
of the work, because familiarity with Its re
quirement can only come through long train-leg-
aad experience. TSU argument might be
potent If It were propoeed to give the com
mission the power to initiate rates and prac
tices. This, however. Is not the proposition.
It Is sot proposed to coefer upon the com
mission any greater or different power than
courts of equity posers under a well-known
branch of Jurisprudence.
Tbe commlssica ait. In the first instance, to
determine the reasonableness o the challenged
rate or practice, and In so doing perform an
ordinary Judicial function. There la no art
or transaction, however technical, complex or
Important, whose legality may not be called
la question la a court. Courts listen to the
evidence of 'expert In mechanic, medicine,
art, theology and finance, hear the eludda
tlonj of advocate on either side, and, without
previous rpeclal training1 In the particular
subject. Involved, determine the right of ths
parties to the Issue.
"Without such power In an Independent tri
bunal there could be no such thing a proo
ertr right. There caa be no such thing a a
right without a method of determlniat: lu
existence.
So, In respect of a railroad rate or practice
allexed to be unreasonable and therefore un
lawful, whether It presents the simplest or the
most Involved question, the able expert who.
It 1 claimed, are alone competent to compre
hend and deal with these queetloss, may en
lighten the commltY.on aad the coaplalsinr
shipper; and it follows, of course. It the
weight of reason I with the railroad, the
complaint will be dUmlased. To conjecture
otberOae would be to assume that the com
mission could not understand, or would not
heed, a sound defease.
Upon the other hand, if the complainant
make good his charge of unreatonabieneas in
rate or practice, tbe commission, exercising the
delegated nonjudicial power of Congress, de
cide what would be reasonable under the
evidence.
A to Court of Commerce.
The different view brought forward rela
tive to the creation of new court or the ap
pdmtmeat of additional Judge have much
that may be said In their favor and axainat
them, respectively. Whether the existing Cir
cuit Courts of the United Stales would be abls
to handle the Increased business that the
passage of the law proposed might Impose upon
them la a mere matter of conjecture. A be
tween the suggestion of a permanent Court
Of Cffir.rn.rf In vt. . a .
Judges who perform no other dcty, a Court
. ui vara circuit, ana toe ua
Kertion of ih fwiiim r . ..
Judge and a Court ot Commerce, the personnel
of welch 1 to be determined by the Chief Jus-
umiea aiaxes, one may end him
self at a lOS In Atm1n K. ,
a wise TJan. In mv in'mi.. t wi-i. .V..
matter can be left to the future. Congress
um io aoioe me result of experi
ence in these matters.
Short, Staple Law Suffices.
JL V r mfenrt mrtA rfmJ. i . . . .
the root or th . ".T:
that the t rrfl iZU :""
hV them r'rrr.
fL.1, ranroadaTnd,
- . V?VB COLT
Ptas. and after full hearing before the
. vwnjinerce f-oomisilon. The
u X 7 tvare the power, it
. jT. complaint well founded.
2? fairly V
- tuNuora raie or practice
dTL6 Mlowd tn DUce of thTone
declared to be treasonable Thl order of
(Concluded on page 3.)
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The nWaer
of an inch. ""
TODAY'S Partly cloudy, with possibly an
occasional ihnv.r n- . . I i r a n
winds. ' " cnw"T.
XatloBaJ.
Indicted Congressmen have drawn salaries
regularly. Page 4.
Court-martial reprimand Commander
loung. Page
Prt"l fr line official refute to testify.
Ferelca.
W1.e ?0M Anglo-Russian agreement.
8 C 4P
Xaatla.
Fanatics massacre Jew In" Klshlneff and
uiua wooie city .rage i.
n,yrenwd la Odeasa, hundred killed.
Kleff and other cltiea scents of massacre.
Page I.
Finland In revolt repels troops. Page 1,
Soldier in "Warsaw fraternize with rsbel.
Page 4.
Amnesty proclamation signed, rage 1.
Hearst and Jerome gaining in 2ew-yrlc
Page -3. - " -
Folk speaks on grafting. Page 3L
Senator Knox discusses rate. bill. Page 1.
Chinese Minister speak plainly on exclu
sion. Page 14.
Deaaestle.
Trofeaaor Mitchell to be tried for here it
rage 3.
Hyde and Benton accused of land fraud In
Minnesota. Page 2.
Prince Lout entertained, at "Washington.
Page 14. (
Boston doctor arrested for murder cf Miss
Geary. Page 3
Surely companies py loss on stats deposit
in Enterprise Back, page 4,
rart.
Portland win from Lo Angeles with atx
runs to spare.. .Pag 7.
Tacoma is defeated by San Francisco.
PXe 7. ' ,
Seattle puts OakLan'i down. 5 to 3. Pax 7.
Eurene aud "Willamette are to battle today.
Page 7.
raette Ceoat,
State Land Board adopt strict regulations
regarding- purchase of reclaimed lands.
Page 8.
President of Seattle Breweryworkers Union
advise men to quit drinking beer.
r a.
Harry vThlta, ex-Mayor of Seattle, and as
sociates may build 400a.000 railway
into Alaefca. Page .
City Council at Oregon City flghta will cf
people in franchise grab. Page .
Cesawiertlal aad -Marino.
Last shipment of wool for season sent Cast.
. Psure 15.
Fear of corner In Reading agitates atock
market. Page 15.
All grain market are off. Pag IS.
Fan Francisco cereals close heavy. Pajr Is.
Favorable tone of trade ravtew. Pace 15.
Late addition to en route and spot grain
fleet. Page 11.
rarU4 a TicMly.
Theodore B. Wilcox goes to TVashlsgton as a
repreeintatlr of the Chamber of Com
merce to labor for appropriation for Co
lumbia Rlrer. Page 10.
Statement of thi executors ef the Corbett
estate shows large Income from properties
Page 10.
Gleascn the star witness In Japanese lottery
caw. Pago 1J.
Market Ice-etcr Amis food shop In bad
condition. Pag IR.
Augut rickon fined, for keeping open' after
hours. Pace 9;
Police fear a shake-a, Pace IS.
Broaxe nie4lr wwardeaT for .feed food
yrodwets. -Pace M.
BIGHT BF fflf
III FBDNT STREET
If Granted It Means a New
Transcontinental Line,
Says Halarkey.
COUNCIL HEARS ARGUMENT
"W. D. Fenton, tloscph Teal and Oth
ers Oppose Giving the Franchise
"With Strenuous Efforts.
Matter Goes Over.
8ATS TRA"SCONTr-r-"TAI, XJ.VE.
Railroad Interest and property-own-era
atoox Front street combined before
the Council last night in opposlex the
franchise asked fer by Thomas It.
Sheridan. The strensr opposition from
railroad circles leads to the belief that
they fear a rival Is behind the new
line. Attorney Dan J. Mklarkey an
nounced that the franchise would prob
ably be the means of admitting another
trans-continental railroad to Portland.
The matter la la the hand of the street
committee.
At an adjourned meeting of the City
Council last evening; the application
for a franchise into Portland on Front
street, made by Thomas R. Sheridan
on, behalf ot the Willamette Valley
Railway Company, -was argued, both
the promoters of the enterprise apd its
opponents being- well represented by
men anxious to show the merits and
demerits of the proposed franchise.
Dan J. Halarkey and John H. McNary.
attorneys for the company, and A
"Welch, one of the promoters, spoke In
favor of tbe franchise. . Mr. Sheridan
was present, but took no part in the
discussion.' The opposition was out in
force under the leadership of Joseph
T. Teal, "W. D. Fenton, Charles H.
Carey, Ed Lyons, "W. I. Boje and J.
Couch Flanders.
Spectators Crowd Council Hoom.
The Council room vras crowded with
spectators, most, of whom wore drawn
by the report that the Gould line-was
behind the men seeking? the franchise..
There were no developments on this
potnt other than a. .statement, by At
torney Halarkey "that negotiations
were now In progress whereby a trans
continental line would use lbs fran
chlse.Jf granted, as a means of ingress
to Portland, and that a more definite
announcement in the matter would
probably be made before the final ac
tion should be taken by the Council.
JCo action was taken last night, other
than to leave the ordinance as It has
been in the hands of the street com
mittee. After golnfr into a committee of the
whole, with Councilman Annand in the
chair, . the proposed ordinance was
read and Dan J. Halarkey opened the
argument for the Sheridan interests.
"We do not claim that the ordinance
we have Introduced is perfect," said
he. -What we wish to determine Is
whether the Council favors an ordl-.
nance of this character. If so. there
will be plenty of time to discuss tbe
details later. Every franchise Is
bound to encounter opposition from
.property-owners, who think that their
property may- be impaired, and oppo
sition of a selfish character from those
who fear that their business may be
threatened. As to the first class, we
must remember that the Interests of
the city take, precedence ot individual
interests, and the second class Is not
deserving of much consideration.
TYliy Franchise Is Asked.
"Mr. Sheridan -asks for this fran
chise as the representative of the Wil
lamette "Valley Railway Company,
which intends to build an lnterurban
line from Eugene to Portland and will
have a capital stock of $1,250,000. The
company Is backed by Rhodes, SInkler
& Butcher, of Philadelphia; J. A. Press
ing, of Chicago, and other reliable
financiers. Wo" are securing right of
way along the proposed route and have
surveying parties In the field at pres
ent. Our company means business and
asks the closest investigation as to its
ability to build the line.
"If this were to be only an lnterurban
lice. It would be to the Interest of tho
city to admit It. It should all the more
receive favorable consideration, as it will
probably be the means of bringing another
great transcontinental road Into Portland.
"Aa to the route. Front street Is in
every way the best thoroughfare that
could be cosen. Our line will not molest
the busjness of this section, as the fran
chise provides that- our trains shall not
run there between 7 A. M. and S P. M.
We are willing to havo our passenger
business stop at Morrison street, but we
wish to take our freight cars to th ter
minal yards In North Portland. It will
be a positive benefit lo Front-street mer
chants, allowing them to receive and send
freight froni their doors."
Mr. Halarkey was followed by Joseph
Teal, representing certain property-owners
along Front street, iln malntaiaed
that Front street was the on street In
Portland above all others that should be
free from railway traffic- "It will turn It
from a business district into a warehouse
district, and values will depredate SO per
cent. he said. "Why do they not build
up the East Side? There are several
streets over there where the residents
would welcome them gladly. Beside that
we have no guarantee of the financial re
sponsibility of these partiex. Without
casting any reflections. I wish to say that
I favor the Missouri idea, and want to be
shown."
Mr. Teal doubted that Gould waa hehinel ,
the project. "The transpertauoa coat- j
raittee of the Chamber ot Commerce has
kept in touch with these railway proj
ects," be said, "and there seems no rea
son to believe that the Western Pacific
has anything to do with this. We have
enough experience to warn us to use care
in granting franchises. If there Is to be a
line In this part of Portland? let the city
build a belt line down the, water front and
then open It to all the roads alike."
W. I. Boise Seconds Teal.
W. Lw Boise also spoke for the property-owners
and seconded Mr. Teal's re
marks. He asserted that such a road
would mean a loss of Jl,CCa,XO to property
owners da Front street, and that it would
be an advantage to the city if admitted
on the East Side. "Let us jrecelve them
with open anna If it is an Inter-urban
road, and all the more so If the Gould'
system is behind It, but not on Front
street," Z.
W. X. Fenton led the fight for the op
posing railroads. He called attention to
the fact that the Southern Paciflc had
made application for a Front-street fran
chise long ago and had been turned, down.
"If any one la to have this franchise. It
should go to us," he argued. "We have
been ready to build this line for years, and
will do it yet if given the opportunity.
We have a depot at Jefferson street with
1W miles of railroad tributary, and are
not able to connect with our main ter
minals. Why, we cannot transfer an en
gine from Jefferson street to the Union
depot without taking It around by White
son, a distance of 100 miles. We have al
ready considered the advisability of run
ning a line down the water front, and
would prefer that route to Front street,
if it proves practicable"
"W. D. Fenton Combats Argument.
Mr. Fenton combatted the argument
that the new line would give transporta
tion facilities to the mills and factories
in .South Portland. "There is no use
to disguise the situation," he teald.
"These Industries cannot be "served by
any other line unless we chose to deliver
their cars from our sidings to their
tracks."
Mr. Malarkey. however, took a differ
ent view. "I believe that some way can
be found nnder the law whereby we can
arrarjif?' to erve these factories," be
stated.
Charles H. Carey and Ed Lyons pre
sented the cause of the Northern Pacific
and the Northern Pacific Terminal Com
pany. They showed that the new line
would cross many of their tracks and as
serted that It would make It practically
impossible for them to operate In their
yards. "This line would cross 22 of our
tracks In going a distance. ot 300 feet,"
said Mr. Lyons. 1t would simply shut
us out and conSscato our property."
Protests ,for Dockowners.
J. Couch Flanders protested on behalf
of the dockowners north ot Gllsan street.
He said that Nprthrup street, the only
available thoroughfare, was filled up with
trafflr? almtrttt an ie ur- ii - .i
V JIUC flUC tiu-
mltted4ney would have to abandon their
oocks.
sented. a strong argument for the fran
chise. He said that his company was
willing to adjust any of the details of
tne ordinance upon any reasonable basis'
to suit the Council. "What we want."
ha said, "Is to build into the city Imme
diately, tyc intend to bridge th Wn
lamette at Wllsonville and. enter Portland
on the vest Side, and Front street Is the
only feasible route. If anyone carl show
us a better one we arc willing to change.
"It would; not depreciate nronertv
valuea on Front street or transform it
Into a warehouse district any more than
the West Side line has Fourth street. In
fact it would be of the same eharartM- a
the electric lino that enters the city oil
irirrj. street.
After hearing the argument, the Coun
cil Immediately adjourned and will take
up further consideration ot the matter at
some future nfeetlng.
G0IE1 HIM US HERETIC
METHODIST BISHOPS DECIDE
AGAIXST 3IITCIIEIiI;.
Can't Hold Chair In College, and
Will Be Tried Tor Heresypror.
Torfy Also in Danger.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 3.-Thc Board
ot Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church will irrformthc trustees of the
Boston University' School of Theology on
next Monday that the pica ot the trus
tees for the retention of Pr ofeaaor Hinck
ley Mitchell in the chair ot OIdiresta
ment criticism in that school cannot be
granted. Evidence of four students an
Professor Mitchell's book. "The World
JJerore Abraham," formed the basis of
bis condemnation.
It Is stated on the best authoritv thn
a heresy trial in Professor Mitchell's con-
- - - " .v.. ...en j. ur it-
may reultjnow. and it Is 'further said
that the logical sequence ot the ousting
of the Boston higher "critics la that Pro
fessor Torfy. of the Northwestern Uni
versity at Evans ton. III., who has writ
ten a book on "Tho Shortcomings of Je
sua, Is likely to hear -from the Board
ot Bishops.
IMPORT ENGLISH PRINTERS
Winnipeg Employers Adopt Drastic
Measure Against Union.
WINNIPEG. Man., Nov. 3. The Cana
dian Typothetae- has begun to import
printers- from England to break the
printers strike. The Typothetao waa
unable to get printers in Canada to take
th places of the strikers, although union
wages were offered for eight hours of
work ur open-shop conditions, conse
quently caMes were sent to England to
send sks to Canada and last week 3
men left London for Canada. A member.
or in iypotnetae sew today that every
week printers will be sent out from Ens-
land aatll the required' number la- secured.
State Bank Ckwctl is Iowa.
SHENANDOAH. Ta-. Nov. X The Stata
aak of Tabor, la., was closed today.
penenisg aa- examination or its affairs.
rtuMtm- H. C- Dye formerly was a
truMee of Tabor Ceitece.
FESTER OF FRAUD
D OF POLITICS
Idaho's Timber -Land
Scandal
FAGTIOHAL FEUD RESULTS
May Make or Unmake United
States Senator.
WHAT GOVERNMENT CLAIMS
History or the Expose Which Has
Set All Idaho by the Ears and
the Partisan Wrangle
Which Caused It.
By Will G. MacRae.
MOSCOW. Idaho. Novf 3. (Staff Corre
spondence.) The following is the cast of
characters in the land-fraud drama ot
the State of Idaho:
Senator W. B. Heyburn and' Senator
Fred T. Dubois, politicians.
George H. Kester, cashier tf the Lewis
ton National Bank: William F. Ketten
bach, president ot the Lewlston National
Bank; Clarence Robenette. bookkeeper
of the same bank, under indictment for
obtaining Government land fraudulently.
William Dwyer, hireling, all the time
a timber cruiser: Jackson O'Keefe, Ivan
Cornell, also under Indictment.
F. C. Cplver. lawyer. Democrat, arch
enemy to the defendants, who Is preening
himself because he brought the defend
ants under the ban of the law; George W.
Thompson, ex-vlce-presldent ot the
Commercial Trust Company, credited
head of the so-called Thompson-Johnson
faction, something of a pamphleteer and
political enemy ot the Kester-Ketten-bach-West
faction, which at present con
trols the political situation of Nez. Perces
County and has a strong grip on the
politics of Northern Idaho.
District Attorney N. M. Bulck. backed
up by Uncle Sam; Miles S. Johnson, his
assistant; Special Agents- of tbe- Govern
ment S. F. O'Fallon and F1. M. Goodwin.
S. P. Fitsgerald, timber cruiser, said
to have been cheated out of his share of
the loot in the grab 'for atate land, now
telling what he knows to the Govern
ment. Talebearers and other lesser lights, un
der Indictment or to be indicted.
Politics the Cause.
It was politics that did it politics that
has set the State of Idaho on its head, so
to speak, and caused President Roosevelt
to unleash his sleuth-hounds of investiga
tion and place them on the trail of the
alleged perpetrators of land thefts In
Idaho.
They will tell you In Northern Idaho,
especially a'round Lewlston and Moscow,
that politics had nothing to do with the
exposures ofthe land frauds that ara
now under investigation here. Let U3
see how true this Is. To begin with, It
was a Democrat who screamed from the
stump In the campaign of 1904 that Kester
and Kettenbach had robbed the state
of almost priceless white pine timber
land.
George W. Thompson, who has fought
and lost and won and lost again, head of
a Republican faction, undoubtedly had a
hand in the preparation of this bit of
Democratic Warfare, which has spread
over tho country through the medium of
an unfathered circular, and has been
thundered Into the ears of Democrats by
this man Culver. Does this sound as It
there were no politics at the beginning
of this fight and the exposures which re
sulted, from It? Hardly.
Idaho's Political Fester. .
So much for the beginning of this polit
ical fester. Now for the quiet political
game which is being played as an after
math. Senator Heyburn, whose terra ot
office has still five years to run, and who
kicked over the traces, and is at logger
heads with the powers that be at Wash
ington, because of his stand on the forest
reserve question, has been dragged Into
the maelstrom of accusation and denial.
This, he declared In a conversation, that
I had with him at Lewis ton. was done to
injure his prestige in the state. He feels
keenly the insinuations that have been
sent broadcast that he had any band
In questionable operations, either In re
gard to timber lands or anything else.
Senator Heyburn's visit to Moscow and
his visit to Lewlston may have been
purely for business purposes, but at the
same time he was busy very busy
mending his political fences and strug
gling to hold his position with the people.
It cannot be denied that these rumored
stories, baseless and malicious perhaps,
have worked political Injury to the Junior
Senator from Idaho, and it will take her
culean efforts on his part to destroy
them.
And watching the merry battle as It
wages and perhaps stirring the fires ot
turmoil cautiously and surreptitiously to
keep the pot of noisomft accusation a-boH
ing. Is Senator Fred. T. Dubois, i His
chances of returning to the Senate until
this land-fraud muddle began were even I
ha also has been busy. This astute Dem
ocratic politician, cold-blooded, plausible,,
suave, magnetic man, in spite of bis po
litical past, has the ears of the adminis
tration at Washington. He known H and
maybe you think he is not making good
use of It. He also was. at Lewferton.
Senator Dubois was quartered at the
same hotel as Senator Heyburn. There
(Cbacl4 oa rage 5.)