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TO VOI. XLV.- 3STo7l089? EH TELLS II GBJPI STORY Hostile Inspectors Are Moved to Tears. THROWN SENSELESS ON BEACH Wife arid .Child Torn From His Embrace by Waves. CLIMBS CUFF FOR- HELP "Wretched -Party of Refugees Makes Telegraph Hut With the News, but Members Arc Too' Worn-Out to Kctarn. ' MSTCALF SENDS ORDERS. Inspectors Whitney and Turner at Seattle yesterday received the follow ing instructions from Secretary Met calf; "Make thorough and searching In vestigation of Valencia; also full In vestigation of conduct of officers on steamers Topeka and Queen, pursuant to sectlpn 4450, Revised .Statutes. Also investigate all 'causes of wreck, the Iocs of.' life and any misconduct or neglect- -of ; duty on the part of any connected therewith. ' "Give public hearings and take testi mony of all available survivors of Valencia and of any witness who may desire to be heard. Toiir investiga tion must be thorough and complete and your report with all evideSce for warded to the department. .Iso for ward mo Immediately full preliminary reports of facts as now understood." This Is probably the basis for an Associated Press dispatch sent oift from -"Washington today to the effect that a thorough investigation had been ordered, though In a private tele gram to the Commercial Club, Secre tary ix)Cb. says id er a. "complete the local Inspectors is practically an "tshea. ' running through the surf with Captain Kllgoro's feo&t from the Grant trying: to set the bodies off the beach." Bunker came to Seattle today from Vic toria and asked City Superintendent F. B. Cooper to let him" begin his school duties at once, to try to forget .hi experiences on the Valencia in an active school life. He also asked to be allowed to drop out of all future Valencia agitation. Aside from the Bunker testimony today the Valencia hearing was confined largely to a defense of the crews of the wrecked steamer and the Queen. B. P. Gill, busi ness agent for the Sailors Union, declared all members of the Valencia crew were union men who had passed an examina tion In seamanship. Chief Cook Samuel Hancock declared there was order Among the crew on the wreck and Max Stcnsler. a sailor, corroborated him. Captains Bcecher and Langley Justified the Queen's action. Graphic Story of Wreck. Because of his prominence. Professor .Bunker s story this afternoon was taken In. greater detail than that of any other witnesses. He told of being called by;a member of the crew who took one of his children to a lifeboat. Professor Bunker with the other child and his wife, fol lowed. Continuing his story. ProfesW bunker saldf VMcn had hold of ropes "to tower the boat and the boat was Rwincinr out and m towards the Valencia. The lifeboat crashed against the Valencia as we cn tered it and it was banged against the side of the wrecked steamer several times an we were lowered away. The life boat was not lowered evenly. Sometimes one end was tipped up and then the other aad this, with the constant smashing against'the side of the Valencia convinced me that the lifeboat would never reach water. A man with long rubber boots on had an oar with which he tried to keep the nienoat clear of the side of the Valencia. I aleo had an oar and shoved with all my might to keep the boat from being oasneu to pieces against the steamer. PORTLAyp OREGON, FBIPAY. FEBRUARY 2, 1906. DEEP, Oil PLOT , SJfS C,T. YERKES Son of pead Millionaire Dis credits Marriage of Widow. The relatives, however, believe there was a much deeper motive. Big Game, but Bungled. U "It wa a. bijrvrame." they assert. ."and the people yfng it kriew what they wanted, but they have bungled." a. striking feature of the wedding; mystery is the fact that Mrs. Yerkes did not notify any of her friends of her approaching marriage. She did not I breathe a hint of It to her doctor, her ;Uwyer or any others who might have a, natural interest in such an Important step. All those actively engaged In tho reported marriage ceremony wet Intimate friends of Mr. Mlzner, cvei Including Mrs. GoodsclL r; Insists Tlicy Arc -Married. DHL WILL E DON COPPER wars, especially when the judiciary and legislature were at stake. Underground battles were fought In the Butte mines, and not a few Uvea sacrificed. But all this has ceased, and everything Is as calm on the surface as a billiard table. Again, In none of the official organs of the parties do there appear denials of the rcporta. Clark Also In Deal. Amalgamated and Heinze Are connectcd with the -settlement." it being p ' ; t il -"tea mat, as part of the deal, he Is to UOmmg I Ogetner in rraea to the Senate next year, while is -Mill J -rieinze is to become general manaccr of xnUlliaria. I the Amalgamated properties. Heinze came to Montana practically penniless 13 years ago. found employment as. an, engineer In the Amalgamated mines. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SENATE IS ANGRY ABOUT COERCION Balks Against the Rate Legislation. aiierea victim and that hr minion. .. Woman Leaps Oat of Lifeboat, H!81 tne strong motive for the schemS "As we neared the waten'lhe big waves washed Into the lifeboat arid we had hard work to keep her clear of the wreck. One woman in the boat, frightened by the big waves and the constant danger of smash Ing against the Valencia, got up on the seat of the lifeboat Just before we struck the water, and leaped to catch the rail of the Valencia. She clung for an. in stant, and men on board the Valencia pulled Jier back to the wrecked vessel. A moment later a man wearinc rubber ooots m our boat leaped upward . and caught hold of the ropes, pulling himself wick to the Valencia. "The lifeboat was In the trough of the sea. we had only two oars, and they were used on one side of the boat- We finally pushed ourselves clear of the side of the Valencia and moved under her bow. a few yards out to sea. A bic te resident 2&i&pr A I fno In. b)te ' vr v arid cap. inquiry. -Theuwork of 7 l ca -cur ooax. nvhtn 1 oame UD'lcouId see the baat, though It was' very dark, far tne oo&t was 'painted -whit t i nvfl rjfl It aii J. ..... I. . , -i i - aniurer mis wave wasneo. ii tawara me. i tried to. climb on too of SEATTLE, Wash.,. Feb. L-(SpeclaL)- It but could only get a finger hold. The Inquiry conducted by Inspectors Whit ncy and Turner into the causes of the Va lencia wreck and the steps taken by. the crew and the Pacific Coast Steamship Company to save the passengers will Finds Wife After Upset. While 1 was clinging there another big wave dashed over me and turned the boat completely over again. The boat was now right side up, but filled completely probably end tomorrow. Captain Cousins, w,tn water. I climbed In. and much to of the steamship Queen, which sailed my surPri6e, I found my wife clinging to away from the wreck, will be one of the a seat last witnesses, uoolc for the children sho said. Captain Cousins should reach Seattle to- .wnen wo entered the lifeboat I had morrow morning, and he will be subpe- put J --year-old boy under the scat, so naed Immediately.- Captain-Cousins has - tat he Tou,d be out the way of the alleged that he left under orders from As- 1 oars" 1 Ielt m tne "ater under the seat sistant Manager J. E. Pharo. Mr. Pharo and felt h,s little bod'- 1 lifted Wm out himself is at Bamfieldbut General Man- ut he send to toe dead. I laid him ager W. E. Pearce. of the steamshln race down on m' knees and rolled him. Company, declares officially that after J f'11 to set the water out of his lungs, the Topeka. a lighter draft boat, arrived. He soon tsan to cry, and I knew that Cousins should have left. Pearce ap- 116 was "im proves his sailing. 1 heard the voice of a man in the dark- The first witnesses from the Queen tes- ncss oylnff for help, saying that he could tlfied today. Both of them. Captain not hold out much longer. A wave brought Beecher, a company pilot, and Captain n,m nearer, and I grabbed him under the Wallace Langley, an old Puget Sound arms and uragged him Into the boat. I navigator, swore the Queen could not get dld not. know the man then, but learned In close enough to the Valencia and that afterward that it was Mr. Richlcy. lifeboats could not pull out from the "My wife complained of belnjr very cold wreck to the waiting boats, If they sue- and said she could not hold up much long ceeded In reaching the doomed vessel. er. I glanced up for the first tim on Captain Langley, Incidentally, declared saw a bis shadow arainist th v-v the Queen steamed away first to notify concluded that we were near the shor the tugs Czar and Salvor of the wreck's location. He stated, too, that the Czar claimed to be under orders from the SaJ vor and could not go in without specific instructions. He said the Czar did not go I told her to hold on, for we must be near the beach. Slammed Up on the Beach. "We were dashed in close to the edge of as close to the wreck as tne Queen and tne surf by this time, and the next big reported after one look that there was no life aboard her. Bunker Defends His Actions roller shot us through the surf at a ter rific speed. The boat was crashed into the rocks and turned partly on one side tnougn it aid not turn over. I clung to my wife and baby boy. My little girl had been washed overboard the first time the lifeboat capsized, and I did not. see her again. Another giant wave sent us with awful force against the rocks and something hit me on . the head. The rest of -what hap pened then is something of a blank to me. iiy next recollection Is that of bolne- Dlspa'hcs tonight from KewtYork U1U SHfc ' mAnnT MIZNER7 "Lf "'L110- wlth-J-. iff dRKv Al on TMTtrDtro-rr-n and ?tcr went to h'3 fr ork . oimou, Tviinvnscu fne cercraonj', riw lit I UilUO 1 LU I "rsanizcd a company which has hemm possessed of valuable nrooertlM could not be located. His wife, how ever, while sho did not witness the ceremony, talked freely of iL "All this talk about a plot Is ab surd." said Mrs. Bruglerc. "I do not know Mrs. Ycrkcs. and have never been In her house, but my husband, as-a -friend of Mr. Mlzner. certalnlv jif the witnesses to the ceremony Tucs- Jday night, when Mrs. Ycrkcs ;was mar ried to Wilson Mlzner. I cannot under stand Why hese dentals or Hin- -jwvy, xoa. opcciai.; - xncre is made, but there Is no plot. I know She.SajSjXoTjHt Mlzner and Wit Jiejci5.Say Yes Qiiarrcl Has - Sci; Rcsalt Anotbcc Wo ; 1 1 V 'ft. . -C -JaH ClalHM5'3Ilzncr. urcai contest or Litigation Which "Has 'Torn Montana for Years to Bc Ended by Deal Involv j .. ing Smelter Trust. Charles R Yerkes, son of the late trac- I Cn,ca'"o relatives were akl tenHcht Hhe, famed copper war Is at an end are "".wi. . proved a veritable thorn In thr. side, of the Amalgamated. Montana pro duces nearly one-fourth of the world's copper supply, and this is practically all mined at Butte. AXJfOUafCEMEXT OP DEAL XEAR Amalgamated, Guggenheim, Ameri can Smelting: and Helnit Tnvnlrtul an amazing plot at the bottom of all this, that much of the affair. The marrfag' JL i.-l&pcclal.)- .NEW iORK, Feb. l.-(SpeclaI.)-Amal- THO fJUhllr ma V not im1initan If tf If I Q ISKC -BIACC Tnn v- K cu- ' nflki r --o uia, i vwaj- was Very active. Is'lalrly plain to the relative RM that." " .Bton and other financial centers that 0Ter f0'000 shares changing hands. Hold- juu.a were somewnat dls appointed o-er the fact that th m..nh talked-of favorable announeement affect ing tne Amalgamated and Heinze panles was not forthcomlnir. In excellent circles a bic- deal covering the properties affects and American Smelting, to be financed through tVi xr .i ft - .. .iuuu v.uj- uanK. is ex pected to develop shortly. It was au thoritatively admitted tonight that the Guggenheim interest at least had become much Interested in United CoDDer. WhHo Amalgamated shares dropped Ts today. umicu copper common rose 2 points mnrp nn th. . .... ... . uc iuiu LU to. At tn vnrv least, a settlement will be reached, ac cording to a Guggenheim authority, by whlch Amalgamated and United Conner wu cease tneir fighting. The statement that, as -k result of the present deal, the united conmanv will on juiy l ue able to show J20,X,X cash on hand Is believed. A large part of this money will, it Is supposed, come from SAYS ROOSEVELT THREATENS Talk of Adjourning Without Action on Bill. EXTRA SESSION IS RESULT I V. 1 J . . i - 3 . ,.. ... , I uiu usisc iicm 19 mut tn Pu,.ns .H.Uon .New To. ZSZZfJ2$Z&t wuo. jviau pcraisieuuy ocnies anotner I marriage had txkwt " b1JW mi at marriage, while Wilson Mlzner, the 1 some mock affair' U .f wimmr .ttie MMlj bridegroom, the minister who performed I of a conspiracy wrti WfKtwe o th the ' ceremony and two witnesses ara I widow as the mtIbb . " 'jr. !- and two witnesses equally positive she did become the wlfi of Mr. Misnen Chicago relatives say the wide publicity of the whole affair is part of the plot or conspiracy of which -Mrs. Yerkes Is Mm XJfOWX.IX SPpXANE! - - - - and jaizner g Dispatches received here tonight say she is now ulte Ul and In strict seclusion. Preacher Conceals Hecoid. JJr. Sdward Sternbcrger, her phy sician, says he has not the slightest douK of her statement that she was not mar-, ricd to Mr. Mlzner. When Dr. Stern- bergcr was Informed that Rev. Mr. Gillies, who perfotThed the- ccrembny, refused to permit ztearone to see the record of the marriage, he said that seemed to bear out the statement .of Mrs. Yerkes that' she had not been married. It is jqild that one of Mr. friends. In his anxiety to give a sensa. tional paper a 'sc6op,', gave up what was puppostd to be strictly private isform uon tnat the wedding was to take place. but the paper secured this Infonnatloa several hours before the date for the wed aiag. It Is kfso "said that on he" eveolnf waen .rBC-weddiBc. aapoeel to hav tahea pktsc Tthc Aoaee atrvaats at lerxes mansion were all sent to a nous across the street, with orders to remaia there until -sent for. They were su- moned pack .after the cere cony had takeit' piace. Publicity Causes Quarrel. There Is. also, a story Jn circulation ta the effect that Mrs. Yerkes and Mr. Mlz ner have had their first serious quarrel due to the fact that the -marriage was toreed- Well Xmwr In Trtcrioln, Xa4tc Attswfpt as Actor. r Wj., Feb. 1. SpecIaI. ta er." groom of Charles T. X"1 f. an1 erstwhile tenderloin lty taaif thane, was well-known here a.. MtMt., aa under the cognojeen of "Llttte ynmtT Mlzner. Old Havers say he wa qHe a character around the red Kght dMcrloc, having dazzled that sec tiM wr Wc actions. At - - trow he took part In a local Wiatrteal,aliaw,rIn the role of an animal . Mns guyed fiercely, was retire from the stage. Being pa-modern Apollo 30 years of age. Ired by sportsmen In gen- aprf'gftecd by women of all classes. nBimwSfri physique, a singer of no M well as a piano-player, he 9 . Bmmmt a favorite, and frequenters M- tfm Lswrij variety hall are not sur- ma of his success In winning zfVen vin- n-Monn, ir, tnnt ,4- e , . i mii. ui mi; nut. iiaa wcu uic scene f af;: Z Zr OJ at might with propriety be termed TZzt I the most far-reachlns: feud In the Wstonr of 'any state in the fnion. Practically every Industry, society. Judges, courts, commerce. Legislatures, and. In fact, the very life of the state, have been Involved In the quarrel, and even' lives have been sacrificed. I Heportcd Decision on Such Coarse Kouscs Dignity of Xoble Lords.. Roosevelt, With Laugh, De nies Threatening. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. - (Sncel&M Grave rumors are current tonight that the aenate nas fully made up its mind to balk against what it declares to be unbearable coercion on the part of the President in connection with railway rate lesislation. There are modified whispers that the lead ers pf the majority have decided to put tnis legislation last on the Senate pro gramme, and then, If the opposing forces cannot agree upon a measure, adjourn without action, as it did last Congress. Threat of Extra Session. The Senate has become really defiant the AmaleamatPrf " puuiicauon or. a report that the .f r7,Z" . p -resident has decided mnt tr.y tt. ... " I -". uwiucu uuua an extra ses ... -'" mmuiK claims ana nart- i oi n ....... in payment for a legally defined division legation givlng to of territory- tw. .tfi. v. .1' v-ommerce commission the rf - wfc.awMciib iitLviiiir ueen reacneu, it 13 stated a general comblna P. Aaxatas He laze. Wlaaer of Cep Pt War. tion of the sort above referred to mav aeveiop. liMMed. AtaMka, power to fix a contested rate Is not enacted. Some of the Senators affirm that the President inspired the announcement. They declare that It Is a reflection upon tneir well-known characteristics of wise deliberation to prejudge action by an un- fMrmmxiu Bc1ativc3.hbwBver "Mm 'aaatetaace aad. on being re- a:ls reported to have gone to It Is said, he prospered. Elcapjr Robson In Xcw Play. j i-cd. i. Before a large and fashionable audience tonleht at calIed-for threat. They say there are tne .Euclid Avenue Opera-House. Miss montns of time ahead for action and In- Ete9cItobon appeared in the new com- sl3t that lt would be more becoming to th? edy written for her by Clyde Fitch, en- d'snity of the Senate for the Executive to tiuedi "The GIrL Wha Has" Evferythinsr.' walt untu- its demonstrated that the Miss Kobson assumes the part of 3ylvia "PP61 oody of Congress had failed In Its i-ang in Uie new: plai which presents a Purpose. DENVER GIRL CLAIMMD' BY - . V. 'XfzoMr Titrcatencd With Brcach-of-Promisc Suit by Edith Crater. pretty loVe story with many unique and numerous situations, Makes Roosevelt Laugh. Frlend3 of the President lauch at the charge. They declare that the President has not made any threats, but explain W. Va.. Feb. t rw ,. j...... miner was killed and th othnr, 13 earnest and say they Litigation Is Suspended The reports are given every credence in this, the most Interested state, and the ie ,We th s being blXofuSe8 FCb' -S- for th,s 'ound principally Knob mine No. 2 taStf It tiTt3i ca,,cd' " the attempts to thwart upon SrSrnmSSf ?i!TtsL beautiful Denver girl now In the fact that, while there are pending that other victims still i underground I ?c wishes. to In the lower courts recovery suits to the P"g"q. It Is significant that the Senate is doine All the time Is occupied upon the. presumption, .that. tAey . were nvi . Explosion Jvllls Several Miners. BLUEFIELD. l aim LuiLT otnnra iArinria. I - ly Injured by an explosion ih th tm nave " aouDt an extra session will be Clarence Knlcht or thi - ine Mrnia amount or nearly W.OW.00O, and the value rears eonflcfcmHal snra,v r hV ilil m.iran "l40- Dose marriage to Mrs. of tho property, amounts ears confidential attorney of the late Charles T. Yerkes, and now of his widow, reiterated his declaration to- young Call- I gatlon between the elements to the quar rel F. Augustus Heinze and the Amal gamated Copper Company the Supremo ... iwk. piace in .-sew iw, yet ror nearly a year not a step has lor eonesday. defendant In a breach- been taken to prosecute a single one of day that the story of her marring to ' a tne numerous suits. Because of the lltl Mizncr was preposterous and an out- ,n,ZS, JSLTJ rage. He Intimated that Mr. Mlzner wa. v L- JL whISS?fc S SCnsat,n-mocr' marked attenUon to m! Crater has beeJ 7t U?n?' B81r70lVhi.PU,?Oue kno Ia Dcnr. California and of bringing himself into the limelight. York for lndod a year ago a report vras current that he hzdf married her and e. relative of Miss Crater Is authority for the statement that about that time several packages sent to the Denver actress In this city were ad dressed to "Mrs. Edith Mlzner." irS; CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. iMiuiuAi s .Maximum temnerature. Si minimum. 42. Precloltatlon.' nnm. .iuj,Yi a irair. Easterly winds. rorelga. ver' Httle now. In discussing the ship subsidy bill, which wui not pass, the House. It will soon be time for the appropriation hills. are 11 great supply bills. One has passed the lower branch. CONGRESSMAN H1TT ILL. Frank F. Bunker, the assistant supcrin tendent of the Seattle public schools, who was saved, testified this afternoon.' Tho Inspectors at first gave him a hostile hear ing, but 'toward the close he was treated courteously. Bunker made a statement in his own defense before he left the room. saying: "I -understand I have been criticised se verely for not standing by tne wreck I understand it has been aald that I had sucked toward the sea by the undertow stated that my wife and babies were lost ana slrusrgHng desperately to get a finger in tne wreck and that I had no further 1 DOia every time I was hurled upon the interest in humanity. Jf those statements rocks. I finally got hold, and, only half- nave teen credited, I do not like them to conscious, I held on until a big wave re. stand. But I think the parties making ceded, climbing up a few Inches before the tnem oid not understand, and In charity I next wave came In do not want to criticise them." "When I finally got out of the reach of xne inspectors assured roressor Bunk- the waves. I tried to stand up and walk. cr uiai me cnarges were not credited and but 1 fell down. I. broke the strings of he added he would not answer them in my llfc-prescrver, for it was so heavy that d'S?r Jf hC 8tated: U ,mpeded my I crawled on my ... . .. .v, iur numan- nanas and knees for quite a distance ity I do not think I should have remained looking for my people. It was very dark! . .wc wv uuuics oi and i did not find them. and fearing every moment the bruised and IIudd,cd TogcUicr to Keep Warm. broken bpdies of my loved ones might "When I reached the foot of the bluff I wuuu ui. i uraun me voice a man shouting. I "I don't think, if I cared nothing for answered, and soon the Ine survlvora of numaniniy. mat I would have taken off the two boats were gathered at the foot my coat at nignts to cover some poor un- of the bluff. There was a strong wind, fortunate who needed It worse than I did. and this, with the heavy rain and some Fought Surf for Dead Bodies. sleet, chilled us all to the bono. We "J do not think I would have attempted cl,mbcd, to a 5501111 bWnd the reach of to swim across the Darllmr. which anv h,sh Ude ana hutMled together for one who knows that stream can imflr. trarmth' Paying for daylight. stand was then a raging torrent: foucht .oeiore oajngnt. nowevcr, T crawled 'ut through the surf to get over and reach back to our rurned lifeboat, hoping Logan and his party to help them save a&int hope that I would find my wife the dead bodies washed in to the beach anQ 1 elt nd.r the boat, but .found -through tho surf. nothing but kcaa teshe te the -mat. I "If I cared nothing for humanity I do took this back to .where t ray corapaaloas ri uiwk x would have risked my life Court calendar. rirnniu1 yUm t..ij I . ... . , . "T -rr-..nv.J..uUuU, x.ntorcement ot church separation bill causes " iuuc is' not v .single. suit De- I now in r mace, rase s mn tnem pending m that -court. War of Words and Bludgeons Both principals to the quarrel have for years maintained .dau newspapers In -the principal cities to exploit their respective Britain may have to reform army to please Japan. Paie- 5. Vladivostok rebels drive out Cossacks and caiorco arcnea truce. Fage 5. National. XO C03IPROMISE HIS WAR-CRY Roosevelt Confers Who Favor Rate Bill. WASHINGTON. Feb. l.-Scnators Dolll- ver and Clapp, authors of one of the sev eral bills for the regulation of railroad Seot.,.v'? tha,k. at !,ate b'!1- accusln rates which are pending in the Senate, to- CALLS STORY RIDICULOUS. RENOWNED ACTOR WHO HAS WON A itOfiCO D.1MAGE SUIT. IIIlBels Member Paste CrtU of Heart Diseate. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. Itepreiea'. tatlve R. R. Hltt o. Illinois, who has bta III at his home for more than a week put. Is reported to b Improv ing, having; patsrd the crlsU of the heart disease. recovery Is now looked for. (Conjrrersman Robert Roberts Hltt. chairman of the House committer on foreign relations, who announces his retirement from public life with tha expiration of his present term, has been a member of Congress continu ously since 1SS2 frorn -what Is now tht lth Illinois Ulrica When elected to 311 the vacancy caused by the death of R. It. A.' Hawk he al ready had tee first seereUry of tho legation at Paris and Assistant Sec retary ot State under James G. Blaine. In Congress his achievements have been In connection with the foreign relations committee, of -which he has been a member since the -IBth Con gress. In the Cutting cao he saved Congress from a mistaken menace against Mexico and has rendered bril liant service in numerous other dip lomatic crises. His first work was as a newspaper reporter in Chicago; then he .became official reporter of the State of Illinois. He was born In Urbans, O.. in ?S35; but was reared In.Mount Morris. 111.) . "- " vj w uikut respective I p,,r,i, r .s. , I ' " ie ocnaie, to- sides, and. while these are still published, yi5 Lt JZ, l ol Tate bin U lT, Resident Roosevelt no charges ot.'any kind are' now ven: Z" a "t0 bU1 ,a Ho 1 terance. whereas befora dlctinnario I Senate passs Alaska. delera.t hiu p. a unable to supply adjectives Impressive roMon"' "veral GeneraU Ket Pro1 Son of Yerkes Receives a Message WOOK" lo cney tne desired condemna- Report of Philippine Commission. Page 8. -EVom . , ... elections pecame miniature pwin tesiinej In packerV trial. Page 4. CHICAGO. Feb. I. Charles Ts Yerkes, early today, in response to a telegram sent to Mrs. Yerkes (Mlzner) last fiigflt received the following: XEW YORK, Feb. 3. Telegram re ceived. Story Is simply ridiculous. "MRS. a T. YERKES." After reading the message, Mr. Yerkes said: "That is in response to a message sent b me. We are sure now that this great publicity Is being played as a game In Ncv York by some people who are conspiring a certain end." TVTiat is their motive. If their story Is not truer he was asked. "I cannot discuss motives." said Mr. Yerkes. ROCKEFELLER IS FOUND Entertains Aged Eather at Home in Pocanto Hills. KEW YORK, Feb. L The Herald today says: . John D. Rockefeller is at Boxwood, his home In the Pocanto HULs. and has a guest who is 'understood to be his father. William Rockefeller. John D. Rockefeller has been reported recently as in the South and at various Winter resorts, but It was learned positively last night at a recep tion to the Bible class of his son that he was at Boxwood. Little has been known of the father of John D. Rockefeller for many years. He has been reported as living on a ranch In North Dakota with one of his sons, Frank Rockefeller, and also as living on a ranch In South Dakota. PIncro's Xcw Play a Sacccss. LONDON, Feb. L-Arthur Wing Plnoro's new play. "His House In Order w- produced here tonight with George Alex ander ana irene vanBrugh la the princi pal rdlca. The audience was extremely enthusiastic aad repeatedly recalled the prlnclfials.' Mr. Plnerowas called before the curtain and trfven an .avatlnn Th play deals with the proMesm confronting the second wife of a. mas who-reveres the "Mwory of his first wife. The critics are UnMimW-R.!nbtOwinr.ltnwl!n,1 nnta on th play. ,-rwHlEg " it as 'a. return to Mr. PBreV style. " . " r i PoUtlca. Grat contest of millionaires for Michigan utuaiuuuiii. rage 1. Domestic. insurance convention, opens in Chfeam Graft in Pennsylvania Insurance department. Livestock convention Indorses rate bill and reciprocity, .rage iv. I Mrs. Terkes- friends deny marriage to Mlzner una say mory is pari ot plot against her. rage - Heney will try land-fraud cases missing witnesses. Page 6. Probable strike of all coal miners In United siaies. .rage 3. and the prospects for favorable action on an Administration measure. ine resident took the position that there should be no compromise with th opponents of such legislation. BUTTLE OF MILLIONAIRES THREE LUMBER BARONS WILL FIGHT FOR SENATORSIIIP. without mm Tomsuue Salvial. Tommtio Salvia, who recently won a verdict of J20.000 In the Supreme Court against Uebler & Co., theatri cal agents, for breach of contract. Is one of the most famous living actor. He was born at Milan. Italy, in 1S30. and at the age f-14-Joined -the cele brated Italian actor. Gustavo Modena. By earnest study and application he rose rapidly in his profession, and, wrSn comparatively a young man won distinction In his native country. He has traveled all over the world and has been decorated by the Czar and by the monarcha ot Italy. Roumanla and Portugal. When Dom Pedro ruled In Brazil he also conferred -an order on Salvia!. He lives In Florence, and has not appeared In public for some time. The burning of the Iroquois Theater In Chicago was In part the cause of the annulment of the con tract and of the damage suit Just decided In his favor. 0 Amalgamated Copper Company and Heinze uoui to ecu war. nr. j. Pacific Coast. Professor Bunker tells his story of the wreck ot tne v aiencia. i are J. Three persona are killed In fire on the trans port jdeacie at san Francisco. Page Mayor Wright, of Tacoma, is exonerated by im K.iiy vouocu. rage u. Edmonds. Wash., woman fleeced by alleged messages i.ru in tne aeao. rage o. Sport. mcago and .ortft-arestern Universities de clare xor retormed football. Page 'i Motorboat races at Palm Beach. Pas Commercial and Marine. California hopmen will lay proposition be Alger Has nill and 3Ic31Ilian for Rivals In Michigan, and Money bags Are Trumps. DETROIT. Mich.. Feb. l.-.rsnMfoi.i The Michigan senatorial leading up to the election hv Legislature of a Senator to succeed General Russell A. Alsrcr. the nre.nt Incumbent, promises to be a battle r the millionaires which will rival thA famous, struggle In which A. T. Bliss, D. M. Ferry and Justus S. Stearns fought It out for the governorship In 1300. General Alger has formally an nounced that he Is in the field and has been campaigning at Washington for several weeks. Arthur Hill, a lum ber baron of Saslnaw. declares that v. has gone too far to turn back, although fn Hr.rnn -,r. f V... - I . . . - " u u market. Tht 1K V. . " uou it wu3 inougnt .J Chicago wheat market gains a quarter-cent. rage lo. Wheat options stronger at San Francisco. fage io. Wide fluctuations In stock prices. Pare is Portland will ship large quantities of lumber uunng rcoruary. .rage 14 Steamer Columbia cuts log raft In twain, but co.jca injury, i'age n. rortlaad aad Tickdty. tnat Alger would not be a candidate for re-election. The latest asnirant t W. C McMillan, oldest son of the late Senator James McMillan and the head of the vast McMillan Interests In Mich igan. .His formal declaration was given out today. During his father's campaigns -rr MIHan bore an important part In the direction of political,, machinery, and in apiio ui me xacu mat many ot the Elks dedicate their temple with Impressive present Federal ofIicial3 owe their of- -v.,. .-. ,v . nce3 lo AiKer. it is neiicved that the Nurse-discovers that patient dying In her I remnants of the old McMillan appa ward at St. Incenfa Hosplui la her ratus would more than offset thl in fluence. To a great extent the campaign will undoubtedly be foucht in the Rmih- Hcan primaries throusrhout the stat when State Representatives and Sen ators are chosen. isutct. rug; xi. Gas Mils for January bigger than ever Page 3. Willamette Valley Traction Company will withdraw application for Front-street franchise and will ask for one on Colum bia street. Page 0. Professor who lectures on beauty leaves Portland on first train following his talk Page 12. Lawyers who resort to technicalities re buked by Judge Frazer. Page 11. Tax Commission propose to make net earn ings, ox corporations basis ot taxation and to follow the Washington law regarding dclLaeaeat taxes. Page 18. Disapproves Shaw's Plan. NEW YORK, Feb. l.-Secretary Shaw's plan for the relief of the occasional stringency of the money market was dis approved by a committee of the Chamber of Commerce which made its report today.