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1 VOL. XLVI.-XO. 14,193. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1906. PRICE FIVE . CENTS. MULTiJDMAH GIVES BOUHHE PLURALITY Chamberlain Leads Withycombe. LIGHT VOTE CAST IN COUNTY Woman's Suffrage Amendment Is Defeated. WORD AHEAD FOR SHERIFF New Liocal-Optlon I. aw Is a Few Votes Behind Republican State, County and Legislative Candidates Win. ESTIMATED PI.VRAIJTTES IN MULTNOMAH COUNTY. United States Senator, Jonathan Bourne. Jr. (Rep.). 1SOO. Governor, George E. ' Chamberlain (Dtm.), 400. Supreme Judge, Robert Eakln, 6000. Representative in Congress, Second District. W. R. Ellis (Rep.). 10,000. Circuit Judges. Fourth District, Al fred F. Sears, Jr. (Rep.), 4500; C. U. Gantenbein (Rep.). ROOO. Sheriff, result in doubt. Word leads by 65 votes. Against equal suffrage amendment, 4000. Against new local-option law, 200. Multnomah County gave the Repub lican ticket a sweeping victory yester day. Democrats concentrated their ef forts on United States Senator, Governor and Sheriff, but they made no impression on the solid pluralities returned for the Republican candidates except on Gov ernor and Sheriff. With some of the country precincts missing- the Incomplete returns Indicate that Bourne, Chamber lain and Word have carried the county. The vote cast yesterday was light. Ttie total registration was '23,266 votes, while the total vote cast in the county was about 18.000. Women workers at the polls added a picturesque element to the ordi nary election scenes, and the woman's suffrage issue was one of the most Inter esting In the campaign. At 1 A. M. the Incomplete returns -gave the majority of 621 votes against the amendment. The proposed local option law was also Ijhe source of keen rivalry at the polls, many ELECTED IN MVLTNOMAH COUN TY JUSTICE OK PEACE DISTRICTS. Portland District Justice of the Peace, "William Reed (Rep.); Con stable, Lou Wagner (Rep.). East Portland District Justice of the Peace. Fred L. Olson (Rep.); Constable. Charles Mauts (Rep.). Mt. Tabor District Justice of the Peace, T. C. Shreve (Rep.); Con stable, F. A. Bowes (Rep.). Multnomah District Justice of the Peace, H. L. St. Clair (Rep.). of the ministers of the city appearing; to urge voters to cast their ballots against "the proposed law. The Incom plete returns show that the amendment Is a few votes ahead. Although tha count is not complete, the returns indicate that Jonathan Bourne, Jr., for I'nited States Senator, will carry the county by a plurality of lfloo. At this hour he leads Gearln by 39 votes, with one-fourth of the votes counted. Chamberlain for Governor is running ahead of Withycombe. He now leads by 102 votes, and if the same ratio continues he will carry the county by 400 votes. Tom Word, Democrat, for Sheriff, is 66 votes ahead of Stevens, Republican. A. A. Bailey, Republican, has defeated A. F. Flegel, Democrat, for Joint State Senator for Multnomah and Clackamas Counties. James U. Campbell, Republican, is elected Joint Representative for Mult nomah and Clackamas Counties. S. C. Beach, Republican, is elected State Sen ator from the 18th Senatorial District. The entire Republican legislative ticket ls elected. W. R. Kills for Congress, Robert Eakin for Supreme Judge, Frank W. Benson for Secretary of State, 'George A. Steel for State Treasurer, J. H. Ackerman for Superintendent of Public Instruction. A. M. Crawford for Attorney-General, Willis S. Dunlway for State Printer and O. P. Hoff for Labor Commissioner. All Re publican candidates have carried Mult nomah County by large pluralities. Alfred F. Sears for Circuit Judge leads Oglesby Young. His. election is certain, as is that of C, U. Gantenbein. Lionel R. Webster for County Judge has a lead of 1025 votes over John Van Zante. The other Republican candidates for county offices are elected with practically no opposition. The vote in detail so far as counted follows: For County Judge . M. B. Meachem, Portland. Pro 205 John Van Zante, Portland, Dem 1415 Lionel R. v ebster. Portland, Rep 2410 Webster s plurality 1025 For County Commissioner Frank C. Barnes, Portland, Rep 3152 Thomas Sladden, Portland, Soc 65 Barnes' majority 2467 For Sheriff N. P. Folen, Portland, Soc 131 J. E. Simmons. Portland, Ind 47 Robert 1 Stevens, Portland. Rep.. ..2319 Tom M. Word. Portland, Dem 23S4 Word's plurality 65 THE WINNING TICKET IN MULT NOMAH COUNTY. United States Senator. Jonathan Bourne. Jr. (Rep.). United States Senator (to fill va cancy). F. W. Mulkey (Rep.). Governor, George E. Chamberlain (Dem.). Supreme Judge, Robert Eakin . (Rep.). Secretary of State, Frank W. Ben son (Rep.). State Treasurer, George A, Steel (Rep.). Superintendent of Public Instruc tion. J. H. Ackerman (Rep.). Attorney-General, A. M. Crawford (Rep.). State Printer, Willis S. Dunlway (Rep.). t. Commissioner of Labor, O. P. Hoff (Rep:). Representative In Congress. W. R. ' Ellis (Rep.). Circuit Judges Fourth Judicial Dis trict. Alfred F. Sears (Rep.). C. JJ. Gantenbein (Rep.). Joint State Senator Multnomah and Clackamas, A. A. Bailey (Rep.). State Senator ISth District, S. C. Beach' (Rep.). Joint Representative Multnomah and Clackamas Counties, James U. Campbell (Rep.'). Representatives L. H. Adams. J. C. Bayer, N. D. Beutgen, Joseph W. Beveridge. David C. Burns, Willard H. Chaptn, John B. Coffey, John Driscoll. Robert S. Farrell, Frank F. Freeman. Harry E. Northup, Robert W. Wilson, all Republicans. County Judge, Lionel R. Webster (Rep.). County Commissioner, Frank C. Barnes (Rep.). Sheriff, Tom Word (Dem.) lead; result in doubt. County Clerk, Frank S. Fields !(Rep.). County Treasurer (Rep.). ' County Auditor, Carl A. Brandes i (Rep-)- I Courity Surveyor. Phllo Holbrook, t , Jr. (Rep.). I " Coroner. J. P. Fir-ley (Rep.). 4 John Lewis, For County Clerk Frank S. Fields, Portland, Rep.. Samuel Osborn, Portland, Soc... L. L. Paget. Portland, Pro Fields' plurality For County Treasurer: M. E. Dorfman, Portland, Soc. John M. Lewis, Portland, Rep.. Karl A. Miller, Portland, Pro.... F. A. Watts, Portland, Dem.... Iewis' plurality For County Auditor Carl A. Brandes. Portland, Rep.. 3273 44(4 2K 2S69 2W 28H 188 724 2172 MULTNOMAH COUNTY INCOMPLETE- PRECINCT. W. Side 1 2 3 4 5 Totals. K Slde- 37 3S 39 4(1 41 42 411 44 45 46 47 4S 49 50 51 52 53 54 U. S. Sen. Governor. Sheriff. 32 2I 4 60 1 60i 3.1 461 43 4: 2:t 4S 2; 53 55 2Sj 311 411 ' 13 35 ?7I i! 421 3.f: 25 i 2S 35 2fi 37 18 36 26 21 j 3l! 30! ??! 231 36 30 "I, 291 1,165 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Total. County- 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 1 is 29 31 31 311 23j 26 1 19 33 26 33 1 491 3fl 31 1 38 1 24 4S 20 2sj 8 22 14 16 12 50! 32 271 46! 40! 41 26! 29! 49 261 401 23 34 37 2S 41 30 32 i 571 28! 941, 13 5 IS 25 28 17 17 22 32 35 I 19! I ;i 2S 20! I 27 341 25! I 44 26 33! I 37 30 1 19! 191 00 1 10 22 22j 25 77S 6S2 16 15 3S 8 20 24 161 18 13 ! 20 15 Ml 16 8 3 .... 11' l"l IS! 10 23: 191 16! 3 16 "II II 2.1 25 14 24 24 30 87 36 20 25 22 31 1 32 45 23 ;s 2fl 25 41 14 16 l 26 14 17 13 1,192 17 13 2:i 34 35 IS1 12 30 281 35 19 33 31 19j 32; 33j 30 1 461 37! l 38! 33 j 301 34 j 36 14 16; 22 1,423 73oj S02I 261 32 29 20 1 26 23 12 23 32j 19 12 28 9! 25 24 2fi 24 29 7 2S 25 30 25 34 22 21 1 7 16 j HI 16 10 1,056 21 12 27 33 40 24 21 23 40 60 31 50 34 17 40 41 35 46 32 50 41 33 38 31 31 18 30 28 32 10 -I 6661 972 14 121 26 17 19 20 10 23 18 27 9 13 3 -II- 13; 25l 14 10 19! 20 151 7i 8;l 3 8 17 14 1 10 13 14 19 I !. I II- ! II I- 1S 37 14 11 S 16) -! II 30 32! 5! I "II Si 14 271 Total.. Gr. fl. 245 226! I 292 231! 230 356 2.1SS 1.849; I 2.1231 2,225i j 2,319 2.3S4 Complete. .. 309 .. 704 .. 253 ..2070 E. P. Norfhrup. Portland. Pro.. M. D. White, Portland, Dem.. G. M. Zahm. Portland, Soc Brandes' plurality For County Surveyor Philo Holbrook. Jr.. Portland, Rep.... 2698 Emil Ladd. Portland, Soc 333 W. N. Neville. Portland, Dem 932 Holbrook's plurality 1766 GO E RNDRSHIP IS IH GREAT DOUBT Hot Race of Withycombe and Chamberlain. BOURNE BEATS GEARIN Hawley (Rep.) and Ellis (Rep.) for Congress Both Win. WOMAN SUFFRAGE LOSES Majorities for the Republican State Ticket Will Be Very Large Local-Option Amendment Is Defeated. WINNING STATE TICKET. For United States Senator, Jona than Bourne, . Jr.,. of .Multnomah, Republican. For United States Senator (to fill vacancy). Fred W. Mulkey, of Mult nomah, Republican. For Governor. James Withycombe, of Benton, Republican, or George E. Chamberlain, of Multnomah, Demo crat. For Suprene Judge, Robert Eakin, of Union, Republican. For Secretary of State. Frank W. Benson, of Douglas. Republican. For State Treasurer, George A. Steel, of Clackamas, Republican. For Superintendent of Public In struction, J,. H. Ackerman, of Mult nomah. Republican. For Attorney-General, A. M. Craw ford, of Douglas, Republican.. . For State Printer, Willis S. Dunl way, of Multnomah, Republican. For Commissioner of Labor, O. P. Hoff. of Multnomah, Republican. For Representative in Congress, First District, Willis C. Hawley, of Marlon. Republican. For Representative In Congress, Second District W. R. Ellis, of Uma tilla, Republican. Woman suffrage, defeated. Local option, defeated. At the Oregon state election yesterday Jonathan Bourne, Jr., Republican, de feated John M. Gearin, Democrat, for United States Senator by a plurality es timated to be about 6000. The contest be tween James Withycombe, Republican, and George E. Chamberlain, Democrat, for Governor, is extremely close, and it will take the full returns to decide. On the face of the incomplete returns and estimates on the uncounted vote, Withy combe appears to have a slight advan tage, but it is not at all certain that the complete count will enable him to hold his advantage. Chamberlain appears to have carried Multnomah County by a small plurality, which will probably not be over 400 and it is likely to be less. On the other hand, he appears to have been successful in several counties which he lost four yeara ago, such as Clatsop, Crook, Josephine and possibly Klamath and Lake. Baker County, however, where Chamberlain won in 1902 by a large plu rality, appears to have cut down his vote, and so apparently have Union and Marion. It is quite impossible at this writing, from the returns received, to say other than the result is In extreme doubt, and that the plurality for either candidate will not in any case be more than a few hun dred. W. R. Ellis, Republican, for Representa tive in Congress from the Second District, has defeated James Harvey Graham, Democrat by a very large vote, and will have a plurality of 15,000 or more. In the First District Willis C. Hawley. Re publican, has defeated Charles V. Gallo way, Democrat, by a plurality estimated at about 3000. Full returns are more like ly to Increase Hawley's vote than to de crease it. The Repuolican state ticket, with the exception of the Governor, which is in doubt, has been elected throughout by a very large vote, with pluralities for the various candidates ranging from 25,000 to 35,000. Woman Suffrage has been de feated, and so has the local option amend ment. In the accompanying tables the pluralities are in every Instance esti mated from the incomplete returns so far received; Marion County. SALEM, Or., Jane 4. (Special.) UNITED STATES SENATOR PLURALITIES ( ESTIMATED) . County Bourne. Gearln. Baker 200 Benton 250 Clackamas 750 .... Clatsop 350 Columbia 200 Coos 200 Curry 100 Crook 100 Douglas 100 Gilliam , 200 Grant Harney 100 ... Jackson 2K Josephine 100 Klamath Lake Lane 150 Lincoln 100 Linn Malheur . 50 Marion '. Morrow 1 . ... Multnomah 1200 Polk Sherman 125 Tillamook 200 Umatilla 100 Union 500 Wallowa Wasco Washington. 200 Wheeler Yamhill 200 Totals ....5275 ' 425 Eighteen precincts (partial) in Marion County give Chamberlain 536, Withy combe 545; Galloway 461, Hawley 702; Bourne 447, Gearin 471. The whole Re publican Legislative and county ticket is elected by big majorities. "WOODBURN, Or.,-3une 4. (Special.) Ninety-six out of 445 ballots give Bourne 42, Gearin 35. Chamberlain 39, Withycombe 49, Hawley 43, Galloway 45; equal suffrage, yes 35, no 49. Baker County. BAKER CITY, Or., June 4. (Special.) Although returns from but one or two of the small outlying precincts have been received, and the count Is now in progress In every precinct in the city, the indications are that Gov ernor Chamberlain will carry Baker County by a much smaller majority over Withycombe than was anticipated. It is believed tonight that his majority will not exceed 200 against bis 581 four years ago. The race of the United States Senator is neck and neck be tween Bourne and Gearin, but the strongest precincts for Bourne have not been heard from as yet. Graham is running ahead of his tick et for Congressman -against Ellis, and will have a good majority in the city and probably the county. Benson will have a big majortfiffor Secretary of State. It is believed now that woman's suffrage has met dvfeat in this county, although a strongs-fight was made for It. The amepdjDent to the local-option 1b,w Is believed to have carried. indications are that' Hart has a large majority for Joint Senator from Baker, Harney and Malheur Counties, over his Democratic opponent, Saxton. The race for Representative between Moore (Rep.), and Beck (Dem.), is very close. It is believed that the entire Republi can county ticket is elected. Clackamas County. OREGON CITY, Or., June 4. (Special.) Bourne has a safe lead over Gearin, while Galloway leads Hawley in the Ore gon City precincts so far as counted. Chamberlain's slight lead in the town will be reduced and a plurality gained for Withycombe when returns are received from country precincts. Benson and oth er candidates on the Republican state ticket have big- leads. On the county tick et, Huntley and Jones, Republicans, are elected Representatives, with Dye, Rep., having a good lead over Eby. Dem., for third place. The election of Dye is rea sonably certain. For State Senator the race between Brownell, Rep., and Hedges, Dem., Is close, indications pointing to the probable election of Hedges by a small plurality. - Latourette, Dem., is elected Clerk over Greenmah. Rep., pres ent Incumbent. The vote on Sheriff is close, with the election of Beatie, Dem., probable, over Maddock, the former hav ing a lead tonight, A big negative vote was cast against the woman's suffrage amendment, with the result close on the local option measure. All other proposed constitutional amendments and proposed laws. Including referendum on the appro priation bill, are receiving a strong af firmative vote. Washington County. HILLSBORO, Or.. June 4. (Special.) The incomplete count gives Bourne 109, Gearin 73, Chamberlain 103. Withycombe 100. HA.wley ,101, (lBiay 85; local-option (Concluded on Page 4.) REPRESENTATIVE IX CONGRESS.. FIRST DISTRICT, ESTIMATED PLURALITIES. Gal- HaW Counties loway. lev. Benton Clackamas Coos Curry Douglas Jackson .'. Josephine 100 Klamath Lake .. ... Lane ... Lincoln Linn 100 Marion Polk 100 Tillamook Washington Yamhill 400 300 300 400 100 400 200 100 150 300 200 1.000 200 700 Total ; 700 RATE BILL IS NOT OUTOFTHE WOODS Congress Will Return It to Conference. OBJECTS TO NEW PROVISIONS Rules Violated in Injection of New Matter. FIGHT ON PASS AMENDMENT 3,750 Railroad Employes Object to Losing Their Privilege of Hiding Free. Battle on Statehood Is Coming Again. WASHINGTON, June 4. It is expected that the conference report on the rail road rate bill will be sent back to con ference as a result of the injection of new matter in Uie bill. Efforts to induce the Senate conferees to ask for the recom mitment of the bill have been unavail ing, however. They met with the House conferees today and considered the criti cisms. Leaders of both bodies decided to "stand pat" and. not to reconsider the report unless it is sent back on points of order. It Is conceded that there are four changes in the bill to which points of order might be sustained. The first Is the incorporation of the words "trans portation or facilities" in the provision requiring every common carrier to file with the Commission copies of all con tracts with other common carriers in re lation to any traffic, "transportation or facilities" effected by this act. In section 4 the words "or transporta tion" were added to the provision author izing the Commission to paes on the rea sonableness and Justice of "any regula tions" or practices whatsoever of such carrier or. carriers affecting such rates." Another amendment of the same charac ter was made to this section. The fourth amendment subject to a point of order is that declaring that the act shall take effect 60 days after Its passage. The conferees have held that the pro visions in relation to lateral or branch lines, fixing the salaries of the secretary and assistant secretary of the Commis sion and a number of others to which ob jections have been raised are not sub ject to points of order for the reason that, while they are new matter, they were inserted in amendments under dis pute and are germane to such amend ments. The pass amendment was considered and trie indications are that it will be amended except railroad employes and their families, if the bill sent back to conference. A campaign has already be gun to defeat' the anti-pass amendment. CONDITIONS IN PACKING-HOUSES Facts Found by Commissioners Neill and Reynolds. "No statement as a fact which was not verified by personal exam ination." Floors, carts, tubs are of wood, water-soaked, only half cleansed, meat scraps and grease adhering to them and collecting dirt. Meat racks and conveyors Inadequately cleansed, grease and meat scraps adhering to them, even after they are washed. Closets for both men and women cut off from workrooms by thin wooden partitions. Lunchrooms often adjoin them. Washing sinks not furnished at all, or small and dirty, with neither towels, soap or toilet paper. Men and women directly from the closets plunge unwashed hands into the meat. Men sometimes relieve themselves on killing floors and swell the sum of nauseating odors from dirty, blood-soaked, rotting floors. One New York slaughter-house is model in contrast with Chicago, con structed largely of iron and cement, flushed and thoroughly cleansed every day. Workmen climb over heaps of meat, select piece they want and throw it on dirty floor. In cutting, they hold meat against aprons of leather or rough sacking, indescribably filthy. They stand with dirty shoes on tables on which meat Is handled. At lunch hour they sit on these tables. All this is under eye of superintendent Meat shoveled from dirty floors, which are damp and soggy, piled on tables rarely washed, pushed in wooden box-carts, gathering dirty splinters, floor filth and expectoration of tuberculous and other diseased workers. Best grade of sausage prepared for export to be eaten uncooked is carted in barrow with handles filthy with grease, thrown on table, on which em ploye climbs, handles meat with unwashed hands, kneels with dirty apron and trousers in contact with meat Inspection does not extend to prepared meat food, though these prod ucts bear label stating they have passed Government Inspection. Not yet prepared to report on use of dyes, preservatives and chemicals. Fresh meat shoveled into barrels and regular proportion of stale scraps added from dirty floor. Meat scraps, dry, leathery and unfit to be eaten, among which were found pieces of pigskin, bits of rope and other rubbish, to be used in mak ing potted ham. All these canned products bear labels saying they passed Government inspection and quality is guaranteed. Labels washed from old canned goods, which are then heated to "liven up" contents and given fresh labels. . , Superintendents seem to ignore all considerations except those of the account-book. Tuberculosis is disproportionately prevalent in the stockyards, and vic tims expectorate on floors of workrooms, from which falling scraps of meat are shoveled up to be converted into food. Callous disregard is shown for comfort of employes. Girls stand ten hours a day at work which could be as well done sitting. Conditions are a degradation to morals and menace to health of em ployes. ' - Meat should be inspected after slaughter on killing beds. Hogs should be inspected for trichinosis for American as well as foreign consumer. No meat should be marked inspected unless inspected at every stage of prep aration. Secretary of Agriculture should be given power to make rules regarding sanitation and construction of buildings. Transportation of unin spected meat from state to state should be prohibited. Number of In spectors should be largely increased. Special Government inspection should be carried on continuously. Standards of Inspection in other countries should be studied and published. Many telegrams have been received by members of the House, signed by of ficers of organizations of railway em ployes, reading: "Please use all means within your power to stop passage of bill prohibiting the issue of passes to railroad employes and their families." POINT AGAINST STATEHOOD Foraker Will Lead Opposition to Union of Territories. WASHINGTON, June 4. When the con ference report on the statehood bill Is called up for action In the Senate, a repre sentative of the opponents of the union of Arizona and New Mexico probably Senator Foraker will make a point, of order against the compromise provision on the ground that it is new legislation. The fact that the new proposition is in the language of the Foraker resolution of the previous Congress, they contend, will not relieve it of this charge, and they will make an effort to have the re port rejected on the ground that the con ferees had no right to initiate legislation. The anti-statehood Senators confess to having lost a few votes on the real ques tion, but they hope to gain others on the parliamentary point. The friends of the bill still claim to have 41 votes assured and say that there are nine other votes which are doubtful, from which they hope to draw the three additional votes necessary to insure suc cess. They do not count upon any Dem ocratic votes, notwithstanding Senator Clark, of Arkansas, voted with them when the bill was original Uy before the Senate. FILIBUSTERING IS ENDED. Williams Quits, Now Statehood Con ferees Have Reported. WASHINGTON, June 4. Peace spread its pinions over the House of Repre sentatives today, the leader of the mi nority, John Sharp Williams, of Mis sissippi, being willing to call oft the forces of opposition now that the re port of the conferees had been made on the statehood bill. This being suspen sion day a number of bills both of local and National interest were passed with little or no debate. The House being officially notified by the Senate of the death of Senator Arthur Pue Gorman, of Maryland, Tal bot, of Maryland, presented resolu tions of condolence, and after the ap pointment of 17 members to attend the funeral services, the House, as a fur ther mark of respect, adjourned until noon tomorrow. Previous to adjournment It was unanimously agreed that the first two hours of tomorrow shall be given over to bills under the suspension of the rules. During the passage of bills under suspension of the rules the message of the President relating to conditions in the packing-houses was read and re ferred to the committee on agriculture. The bill for the control and regula tion of the Niagara River and the pres ervation of Niagara Falls was passed. American Court in China. WASHINGTON, June 4. The House to day, under suspension of the rules, passed a bill creating a United ' States District Court for China and prescribing its juris diction. The laws of China differ in spirit and execution so radically from the laws of the West that the nations have found It inadvisable to permit their citizens to be subject to Chinese jurisdiction. The iblll provides for the creation of a United States Circuit Court for China and the appointment of a Judge, District Attorney, Marshal and Clerk. The court Is to have exclusive jurisdiction in all criminal cases involving more than $100 fine or 60 days' imprisonment, and in all civil cases involving more than $500. Court is to be held annually at Shanghai, in the East, Hankow in the Interior, Tientsin in the north. Canton in the south, and In other consular Jurisdictions if deemed ad visable. The Judge is to receive an appointment for fifteen years at a salary of t8000 and expenses when on circuit, not to exceed $10 per day. . The District Attorney is to receive $4000 per year and expenses of $5 per day. The Marshal is to receive $3000 and the Clerk $3000. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TESTERIAYS Maximum temperature. 61 deg. : minimum, 49. Precipitation, 0.38 of an Inch. TODAY'S Showers. South to west winds. Foreign. Russian Parliament will rusH bill abolish ing death, penalty. Page 4. Great military review at Madrid. Page 2. Rebels join forces In Guatemala. Page 4. The Meat Investigation. Neill and Reynolds make horrible disclos ures about conditions In packing-bouses. Page 1. Roosevelt sends report to Congress and rec ommends drastic action. Page 3. Packers deny charges and say they got no square deal. Pae 5. British seize opportunity to boom their own colonial products. Page 3. Medical Association, demands more rigid in spection. Page 3. National. Conference report on rate bill will be re jected. Page 1. Foraker will lead fight on statehood report. Page 1. Bill passed creating Federal Court in China. Page 1. Prosecution of drug trust will continue In spite of protests. Page 4. Politics. Senator Burton resigns and Coburn Is ap pointed his successor. Page 4. Domestic. Death of Senator Gorman. Page 4. Death of John C. New. Page 2. Dr. Woods Hutchinson Indorses Osier's the ory. Page 5. Revelations in Denver election frauds. Page 3. Battle between Ohio miners and guards causes troops to be called out. Page 6. Peace restored by troops at Cananea. Page 6. Kport. Los Angeles-Portland game postponed, rain; manager of Angets feels hopeful. Page 0. Pacific Coast. ' Heney blocks Vnited Railroads measure of Ruef in California Legislature. Page 12. Corner grocery store groggery to be abol ished in San Francisco. Page 12. Snake River falls to supply power for Utah cities. Page 12. Senator Stanford's niece brings suit against estate. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. R. F. D. carriers select Portland for next convention meeting place. Page 14. Women workers at polls pleased with their treatment, even in North-End precincts. Page 8. Eight saloonkeepers arrested for selling liquor during election hours. Page 9. Betting on election displays freakish turns. Page 8. Bitter feeling over prohibition election in Sell wood; fight barely averted. Page 9. Woman suffragists disappointed but not dis heartened; plan another campaign. Page 7. Few politicians watt for late returns from election. Page 4. PACKING HOUSES REEK WITH FILTH Report of Commission ers Tells All. CONDITIONS MOST DISGUSTING ) v Neill and Reynolds Describe , What They Saw. HOW MEAT IS PREPARED Words Not Minced, Repulsive Facta Not Blinked In Telling Unsani tary Conditions Radical Reform Needed. FOISO?fEI WITH CORNED BEEF. PUNXSUTAWNEY. Pa., June 4. Forty miners employed at the Eleanor shaft became suddenly 111 Saturday and were obliged to quit work. The men had been poisoned by eating; corned beef. All will re cover. "WASHINGTON. June 4.-The report of Charles B. Neill, Commissioner of Labor, and James Bronson Reynolds to the President on the sanitary condition of the meat-packing- houses of Chi cago, which was transmitted to Con gress today, together with the Presi dent's message on the same subject, is as follows: "As directed by you, we investigated the conditions In the principal estab lishments in Chicago engaged in the slaughter of cattle, sheep and hogs and in the preparation of dressed meat and meat food products. Two and a half weeks were spent in the investigation in Chicago and during this time we went through the principal packing houses in the stockyards district, to gether, with, a few of the smaller houses'. A day was spent by Mr. Rey nolds in New Tork City in the investi gation of several of its leading slaughter-houses. During our investigation, statements of conditions and practices in the packing-houses, together with affidavits and documentary evidence were offered to us, fflom numerous sources. Most of these were rejected as being far from proving the facts al leged and as being beyond the possibil ity of verification by us. Tell Only Verified Facts. "We have made no statement as a, fact in the report here presented that was not verified by our personal ex amination. Certain matters which wo were unable to verify while In Chicago are still under investigation. The fol lowing Is therefore submitted as a. partial report touching upon those practices and conditions which we found most common and not confined to a single house or class of houses. "A more detailed report would con tain many specific instances of defects found in packing-houses." The opening paragraphs of the re port are devotel to descriptions of tha stockyards and the buildings occupied as packing-houses. The difficulty of keeping the open yards and pens closed, especially in wet weather, is emphasized. The buildings are stated to have been constructed with little regard to either light or ventilation. The workrooms as a rule are poorly lighted. Many of the inside rooms are described as vaults in which, the air rarely changes. Describing the equip ment of the packing plants, the report says: Filthy Wooden Receptacle. The working tables upon which the meat is handled, the floor carts on which it Is carried about and the tubs and other re ceptacles into which it is thrown are gen erally of wood. In all the places visited, but a single porcelain-lined receptacle was seen. Tables covered with sheet Iron. Iron carts and iron tubs are being Introduced into the better establishments, but no establish ment visited has as yet abandoned the ex tensive use of wooden tables and wooden receptacles. These wooden receptacles are) frequently found water-soaked, only half cleansed, and with meat scraps and grease accumulations adhering to their sides and collecting dirt. This is largely true of meat rAcks and meat conveyors of every sort, which were In nearly all cases inadequately cleansed and grease and meat scraps were found adhering to them, even atter they had been washed and returned to service. Conditions Are Abominable. Nothing shows more clearly the Indiffer ence to matters of cleanliness and sani tation than do the privies for both men and women. The prevailing type is made by cutting off a section of the workroom by a thin wooden partition rising to within a few feet of the ceiling. These privies usu ally ventilate into the workroom, though a few are found with a window opening into the outer way. Many are located in the In side corners of the workrooms, and thus have no outside opening whatever. They are furnished with a row of seats, gener ally without even side partitions. These rooms are sometimes used as cloakrooms by the employes. Lunchrooms constructed In the same manner, by boarding off a sec tion of the workroom, often adjoin the privies, the odors of which add to the generally unsanitary state of the atmos phere. Abominable as the above-named condi tions are, the one that affects most directly and seriously the cleanliness of the food products Is the frequent absence of any lavatory provisions In the privies. Washing sinks are either not furnished at all or are small and dirty. Neither are towels, soap or toilet paper provided. Men and women return directly from these places to plunge their unwashed hands into the meat to be converted into such food products as saus ages, dried beef and other compounds. Some of the privies are situated at a long dis tance from the workrooms and men relieve themselves on the killing floors or in a cor. (Concluded on Fags 4.)