VOL. XLVL-XO. 14,297.
PORTLAND, OREGOX, THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 4, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HUGHES 111 FIELD
TO BEAT HEARST
Says Decent Govern
ment Is Vital Issue.
CALLS OPPONENTS MASKERS
Will Apply Roosevelt's Princi
. pies to State.
WILL YIELD TO NO BOSS
In Speech of Acceptance, Republican
Candidate Exposes Pretensions of
Independents and Promises
Government for All People.
XEW YORK, Oft. 3. With the declara-
tion that the Issue in the forthcoming
campaign In the State is not to be one of
. Republican principles or Democratic prin
ciples, or a partisan issue at all, but the
vital issue of decent government, Charles
E. Hughes, of this city, tonight formally
accepted the . nomination for Governor,
which was brought to him by a committee
from the Republican . State convention,
recently held at Saratoga.
The ceremony of the notification of Mr.
Hughes and of the other candidates -was
held at the Republican Club in West For
tieth . Street, and followed a dinner at
which Mr. Hughes met the members of
the new Republican State Central Com
mittee, which has been in session here
today. Among the other guests at the
dinner were ex-Governor Odell and ex
Governor Frank S. Black, and they were
among the . first to- . congratulate Mr.
Hughes on .the conclusion . of . his brief
speech.
Inspiration From .'Roosevelt.
Mr. Hughes spoke as follows:
Highly appreciating the honor you con
ferred and realizing keenly the responsi
bility rv be assumed, I accept the nomina
tion. As a life-Ion? Republican, as one
loyal to the principles and best traditions
of the party, I respond to the unanimous
call of the convention.
We enter upon the campaign inspired
hr the example and fortified by the
achievements of our great leader, Theo
dore Roosevelt. The National Adminis
tration, with a record of established re
forms, has strengthened its hold upon the
confidence of the people. The activities
of Congress in the interest of all the peo
ple has been attested by the passage of
the railroad rate act, the meat inspection
act. the pure foo4 act, and the employers'
liability act.
State Issues Paramount.
' In referring to this record of the Fed
eral Administration I should not be under
stood to imply that this is a campaign of
National issues. The paramount issues
in this campaign are State issues. But
in the matrprp which I have mentioned we
llnd a notable record of achievement
which presents a striking contrast to the
noisy pretensions of the hour.
Our State administration has also ac
complished many genuine reforms.
Here Mr. Hughes enumerated the re
forms with special reference .o life in
surance companies. He then proceeded:
'What do we find in opposition to us?
A masquerade. An Independence League
whose independence has been betrayed,
end a so-called but spurious Democratic
party which has violated every principle
of Democratic government.
Parade in Virtue's livery.
Vain is it for our opponents to parade
in the livery of virtue. Empty are their
professions and hollow their declarations
and promises. '
If you would know the sort of adminis
tration we would have in event of their
success, look at the Buffalo convention;
for there you will find their motives and
their methods mirrored: their motive,
selfishness, and their method intrigue.
We test the sincerity of their indepen
dence by their efforts to procure the Dem
ocratic nomination. We test the sincerity
of their appeals to American ideals by
their despotic proceedings.
We test the sincerity of their attacks
upon the question of money !n politics
by their use of money in politics. We
test the sincerity of their devotion to the
interests of the people by their efforts to
foment disorder and exploit ignorance in
jthe interests of selfish ambition.
f. Decent Government the Issue.
What then is the supreme issue of the
campaign? It is not. an issue of the Re
publican record. It is not an issue of
Republican principles or Democratic prin
ciples. It is not a partisan issue at all.
It is the vital issue of decent government.
The question is whether the unholy al
liance that succeeded at Buffalo shall cap
ture the State of New York.
In my message to the convention I stated
that, if elected, it would be mv ambition
i to give the State a sane, efficient and
honest administration, free from taint of
bossism or of servitude to any private
interest. This is my position in a nut
shell. Will Recognize No Boss.
It will be an unbossed administration.
I believe in party organization in clean,
efficient organization. I promise all mem
bers of the party fair treatment and just
consideration. No individual or group of
individuals and no private interest will
be permitted to dictate my policy.
I shall decide and act according to my
conscience and as I believe the public
interest requires. I promise an honest
administration. Tt will be my aim to
make the administration of the govern
ment efficient and economical. I am not
committed to specific measures. I prom
ise an examination, careful and impartial
of all matters within the scope of my
authority and such action as my honest
Judgment shall approve.
.every pracuc-ai measure ior the real
benefit of labor will have my cordial
support.
Insurance Reform Effective.
I shall spare no effort to make effective
the reforms in the business of life In
surance so 'essential to the interest of
policyholders.
I promise the enforcement of the law
with equal severity and in equal justice
to all. rich and poor, corporations and
individuals.
We make our appeal to the common
tense of the American people, which has
never failed to express itself decisively
in a great crisis. We are pledged to
achieve reforms in the American manner,
in accordance with the genius of our in
stitutions and with love of truth and even
handed justice.
Jt is in this spirit and with these
pledges alone that I accept the nomlna
tion.
DENOUNCE BOSS OF THE STATE
Rhode Island Democrats Name Hig'
gins to Fight Aldrich.
PROVIDENCE. R. I.. Oct. 3. James H
Hlggins, Mayor of Pawtucket, was noml
nated for Governor by acclamation by the
Democratic state convention today. The
ticket was completed as follows:
Lieutenant-Governor, Charles M. Sisson,
Providence.
Secretary of State, William Palmer,
Providence.
Attorney-General. Edward M. Sullivan
Cranston.
State Treasurer, John K. Archabault,
Warwick. .
Mr. Hieeins. in his speech of accept
ance, said that in Rhode Island "the
money and rights of the people have been
bargained away for individual pront ana
the good name of the state dragged in the
mire." and that "a brutal boss with
warped conception of public morality and
hideous disregard of even the outer forms
of political decency has sold our laws and
offices from an auction block in the State
House."
The platform adopted denounces the
"Boss system." which it declares dom
inates National and state affairs. "The
Government of the state," it asserts,
"has passed to the boss, has robbed
Rhode Island of millions of dollars' worth
of franchises and privileges and bestowed
them on men who have contributed out
of their ill-gotten wealth to the support
of the system, not out of gratitude, be
cause that system exempted from tax
ation that wealth it has so corruptly given
them. Under this system the people of
the state have been deprived of a revenue
from taxation of millions of dollars and
a portion of this money so unjustly
withheld from the state has been used to
corrupt a controlling element in com
munities where the forces of civic honesty
could be overcome by the forces of organ
ized corruption.
The establishment of the eight-hour day
for all state and municipal work is de
manded, as are the calling of a constitu
tional convention with representation
based on population and the enactment of
a corrupt practices law applicable to elec
tions and primaries.
The platform also favors the election of
united States Senators by direct vote.
Bryan Speaks at St. Joseph.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo., Oct. 3 W. J. Bryan
spoke in St. Joseph tonight to 10.000 per
sons. His train was late In arriving and
it was nearly 10 o clock before he began
his address. Many sat five hours in the
tent in which the speaking occurred,
waiting to hear Mr. Bryan. The Ne
braskan was introduced by C. F. Booher,
candidate for Congress,- as the next
President. He thanked the chairman
saying the announcement was very pleas
ing to mm.
Bryan Starts on New Tour.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Oct. 3. William J,
Bryan started today on a tour of cam
paigning which, with few interruptions.
will continue until nearly election day
After bis speech tonight at St. Joseoh.
Mo., he will return to Nebraska and will
make addresses Thursday. Friday and
Saturday. The week following-, and nos-
sibly longer, will be epent in Kansas, and
from jnere the Central States will be vis
ited.
GUlttt Resigns Seat In Congress.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Oct 3. Con
gressman James N. Gillett, Republican
candidate lor Governor, tendered Gov
ernor Pardee today his resignation as
congressman of the First District.
Governor Pardee will issue a procla
mation tomorrow calling an election
tor the purpose of electing- a Congress
man for the unexpired term.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer:
winds.
northwest
iwitjiUAit Maximum temperature, 63
deg. ; minimum, 51. Precipitation, .12
Cuba.
Magoon appointed Governor and going in a
hurry. Paeg 4.
General Bell prdef-ed to command army of
occupation, rage 4.
Boot and Taft Induce Quesada not to resign.
Page 4.
Rebels readily lay down arms and marines
guara towns, rage o.
Yellow fever at Havana worse than reported
Page 4.
Foreign.
Russian rebels hold up steamer on Black
fcea- fage a.
Abortive attempt to rob customs cashier In
oi. .reiersourg. .f&ge 3.
Strikers riot In Italy and force employes'
surrender. Page 5.
National.
Roo6erelt and Ehonts agree on contract sys
tem ior canal, rage .
manges in meat Inspection rules. Page 15.
Politic.
Hughes makes speech of acceptance to Re
publicans. Page 1.
Hearst's letter cf acceptance to Independ-
rase i -
Roosevelt insists on fair count tn statehood
election. Page 2.
Domestic.
Baby's body found in trunk in T. W C. A.
building in Philadelphia. Page 4.
Senator Piatt collapses at prospect of meet
ing his wife;, she slugs a photographer.
Page I.
Explosion in Pocahontas mine entombs 75
men. Page 4.
Transport Thomas on fire at Manila. Page 1.
Sports.
Sillco wins great race at Lexington, though
fouled by The Abbe. Page 7.
Chicago Americans win pennant. ' Page 7.
Pacific Coast scores Portland 12. Los An
geles 12; Seattle 8. Oakland 8; San Fran
cisco 2, Fresno 0. Page 7.
Pacific Coast.
Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Asso
ciation will sue the Northern Pacific
Page 1.
Steamship Santa Ana Is beached' at Neah
Bay. after all-nignt light with waves.
Page 6.
Judge Chadwick upholds the Washington
Railroad Commission. Page 6.
Brisk contest at Newberg for the presidency
of the Oregon W.-C. T. U. Page 6.
Nitqually Indian elopes with the young beau
ty of the Yakima tribe. Page 6.
The Washington County Coroner recalls Jury
in the Snyder case. Page 6.
Portland and Vicinity.
Wheat exporters will preserve city's prestige
as grain shipping port in face of strikes
Page 11.
Big taxpayers appear before Equalization
Board. Page 10.
Association workers raise but $6300 for build
ing fund. Paae 10.
Fneasant hunters accuse game
not enforcing law. Page 7.
wardeas of
Jewish Women's Council holds first meeting
of year. Page 14.
Platinum from Oregon mines brings higher
price. Pase 14.
Councilman Wills attacks City Engineer Tav.
lor. Page 10. 1 y
Council passes Portland 4s Seattle franchise
over veto. Page 10.
Many surveying crews ready to take the field
on final locations of Oregon & Washington
Railway. Page 11.
Follce refuse to hold man arrested by Dis
trict Attorney's office without warrant
Page 8.
Charles Sweeney, of Spokane, purchases an-plg-e's
Dekum bulllljl tot about S150.000.
HEARST TILTS AT
BIG CORPORATIONS
Calls Hughes One of
Their Lawyers.
WHAT HE WOULD 00 IF HE WON
Writes Letter" of Acceptance
to Independents.
STANDS BY OWNERSHIP
Promises to Clean Ont Banking and
Insurance Departments laws for
Honest Elections and Against
Corrupt Practices.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3. The Inde
pendence League, which nominated
William R. Hearst for Goverpr, today
received from Mr. Hearst his letter
accepting the nomination.' In his let
ter he says:
The great problem of the hour, the
problem that the people must solve
with their ballots and irr legislation,
is to do away with corporation con
trol of the Government. That control
is now practically absolute. It rests
mainly upon our system of partisan
policies, directed bv boss rule and sub
ject to trust ownership.
1 accept your nomination witn tne
full knowledge that the Independence
League and its candidate for Governor
are pledged in nonor to tne extermi
nation of bossism by putting into op
eration throughout our state the sys
tem of direct nominations and open
primaries.
The league has so aroused the peo
ple ur-on the fundamental issues of
government . by. trusts or by citizens
that already ' they have called forth
Democratic action by the masses of
the Democratic party.
Hugbea Corporation Lawyer.
You see a eomoration lawyer nut
forward as the standard-bearer of the
Republican party in this campaign.
You see corporation lawyers and vio
lent partisans of monopolies held ud
to you as the only men fit to select.
your juages.
1 he people know that their enemies
are the originators and managers of
oppressive trusts. Thev know, that
these trusts are in control of the ma
chine of the Republican party in this
state. Thev seSV Mr. fhel.lon chosen
treasurer to raise and srjen.i the
money for Mr. Hughes, the corpora
tion attorney. And when they realize
that Mr. Sheldon, director in 11 cor
porations, notoriously connected with
the collapsed shipbuilding trust. Is the
financial reliance of the ticket which
Mr. Hughes heads, they cannot look on
mat tiCKet as promising much for the
prosperity of the mas3 of the people.
Inspect Banks Rigidly.
In regard to the violation's of finan
cial trusts and the uneasiness repeat
edly caused by revelations of dishon
esty in banks, trust companies, build
ing and. loan associations, such a tha
Merchants" Trust Company. the Ger
man Bank, of Buffalo and h v
York Building and Loan Association,
there is no question that the public
welfare demands drastic action. It Is'
alarming that these instances of faith
lessness and dishonesty 6hould occur
without effective opposition or rebuke
from the banking department, if not
with its connivance. I purpose. if
elected, to remove Kllburne, reorgan
ize the department and have it admin
istered so as to carry our both th
letter and the spirit of the law.
ine corporations have ini-i-u n.it-i
the funds of insurance companies in
open disregard of common honestv
BUT THERE'S
contempt for the penal code and for
the . insurance law. There is incom
petence in the state department cre-
aiea tor tne especial purpose or de
tecting and preventing these crimes
and breaches of trust. I purpose. If
elected, to remove tne present incum
bent and reorganize this important de
partment.
I purpose.' if elected, to exercise fear
lessly, with due regard for the princi
ple or nome rule, the power or re
moval given by the people to the Gov
ernor. I purpose to end control bv the cor
porations, not only in these state de
partments, but in the county offices
charged with laxity of enforcing the
original laws of the state. I purpose
to put a premium on the enforcement
or tne law instead or encouraging its
violation bv tolerating in office offi
cials who grant immunity to powerful
ana lniiuentiai onenaers.
Honesty in Elections.
I advocate makins: the public off!
cials' term of office so short that he
will not ha-e time or inclination to
forget who it is that elected him and
tnat ougnt to control him. In particu
lar I favor undoing the mistake that
lengthened the term of office of the
Mayor of New York from' two to four
years, and I advocate a material short
ening of the terms of office for all
judges.
An honest election law. an efficient
corrupt practices act and especially a
measure that -will make it possible to
nave a. juaiciai review or an election
upon proof of fraud or mistake must
be enacted as part of that campaign
against corporation domination upon
which the people haye entered so en-
inusiasticany.
I stand for Irreconcilable hostility
to the appropriation by Congress of
property belonging to the community.
Stands by Public Ownership.
I shall continue to work for the
enactment of a statute empowering
cities to acquire and operate all pub
lic utilities at their option.
Railroad rates must be reduced and
New York must be placed In line with
other progressive states that are en
forcing a maximum rate of two cents!
a mile to every railroad not specially
chartered to exact a greater charge.
I accept the nomination and pledge
myself to . strive in the future, as I
have in the past, to retain for the peo
ple the rights they still have and to
restore to them the power of govern
ment which they have lost.
WILL CAMPAIGN IX BOX-CAR
Ownership Candidate Will Pursue
Hearst Through State.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3: The state and mu
nicipal ownership party held a conven
tion today and nominated a full state
ticket, as follows:
Governor, J. W. Cody, New York City;
Lieutenant-Governor, C. Stienke. Buffalo:
Controller, Herman Robinson. New York
City; Secretary of State, George E Sands,
Troy: Attorney-General. Fred W. Clifford
Stapleton; State Engineer, Horace Sey
mour, Utica; State Treasurer, Samuel
Gress, Ithaca.
Mr. Cody said he would make a whirl
wind campaign in a boxcar, following
closely in the wake of Mr. Hearst.
TRANSPORT IS IN FLAMES
CARGO OF THE THOMAS BE
COMES GREAT FURNACE.
Fire Starts in Vast Quantity of Hay
and Steamer May Be Sunk
to Save Her.
MANILA, Oct. 4. The transport Thomas
is on fire. The fire originated in the
hold, where there are 650 bales of hay.
The flames have spread to the bunKers.
The hold of the vessel has been flooded.
It Is thought that the only hope of sav
ing the vessel Is in sinking her. The
water at her dock is shallow.
WASHINGTON, Oct 3.-The Thomas,
on fire at Manila, is one of the half-dozen
Belfast-built teel ships In the War De
partment's transport service. She was
formerly the British steamer Minnewas
ka. She was first used in the Atlantic
service, but six ytrs ago was transferred
to the Pacific Coast and has been in reg
ular service from there to the Philippines.
She is of 3653 net tonnage and was built
in 1S94.
No word of the fire on the vessel
reached tha War Department tonight.
NOT A WORD ABOUT GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
TO
SUE RAILROAD
Northern Pacific Does
Hot Supply Cars.
DISCRIMINATION IS ALLEGED
Washington Mills Are Raising
a Large Sum.
TO EMPLOY KEEN COUNSEL
Interstate Commerce Commission Is
to Be Shown How Manufacturers
Suffer Heavy Loss Through
Lack of Transportation.
SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. S. (Special.)
The Pacific Coast Lumber Manufac
turers' Association will bring suit be
fore the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion against the Northern Pacific Rail
road, alleging discrimination in the
distribution of cars and holding the
Hill line liable for business losses be
cause the timber Interests have not had
enough equipment to make eastbound
shipments. It is alleged not more than
45 per cent of the number of cars re
quired are being furnished by the
Northern Pacific.
A committee representing the mill-
men is working quietly to secure a
fund of $8000 to carry on the prosecu
tion of the suit against the Northern
Pacific. This was authorized at a re
cent meeting of tha lumber association
but the facts have been kept quiet
pending the organization of tha fight.
Lumbermen say that the Great
Northern has plenty of cars and that
the mills on this system have been
able to ship promptly. But 80 per cent
of the Washington "rail" mills are lo
cated on the line of the Northern Pa
cific, and prosperity on the Great
Northern does not help them.
Stock Jobbery Is Alleged.
It was alleged today by mill Interests
that the Greet Northern could relieve
tha car shortage on tha Northern Pa
cific if it would. Northern pacific offi
cials have alleged they have sent as
high as two tralnloads of lumber dally
over the Great Northern, but the mill-
men insist thay have figures showing
the relief granted has not averaged
20 cars a day.
It was said by a high official of the
Lumbermen's Association that since
the Great Northern and Union Pacific
are fairly well equipped with cars, the
mill interests now believe that the
failure of Northern Pacific to furnish
enough equipment is due to stock: job
bing operations and a desire to keep
down Northern Pacific earnings.
The lumbermen say-they have inves
tigated and can prove that during tha
first eight days of September, when
west-end officials of the Northern Pa
cific refused to haul any new ship
ments of non-perishables billed east
of Spokane, plenty of cars were fur
nished In the Coeur d'Alene and Pend
d'Oreille lumber districts. This, it is
LUMBERMEN
charged, is a direct violation of the
new railroad rate bill, in that it Is a
discrimination in the distribution of
cars.
Plenty of Cars for Wheat.
Lumbermen Insist that at present the
Northern Pacific is gathering plenty or
cars in Eastern Washington to handle
the wheat shipments. The millmen de
clare that wheat is not entitled any
more than lumber to bs regarded as a
perishable commodity, and that this
action is discrimination under the rail
road-rate bill.
The bitterest pill in the railroad sit
uation is the claim that Oregon lum
ber manufacturers are getting plenty
of cars, and that the failure of the
Northern Pacific to provide sufficient
equipment is resulting in orders orig
inally offered mills in this state being
placed In Oregon. Washington lum
bermen say they are losing to Oregon
a part of the trade they spent years in
building up.
Fight to Be to a Finish..
Because of the mora serious situa
tion on the Northern Pacific, the fight
before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission is to be directed toward that
road. It is said papers will be ready
within a short time and that the con
tributions of millmen are sufficient to
carry through tha fight.
Northern Pacific officials have an
nounced heavy purchases of freight
cars and locomotives, but the millmen
disregard these announcements.
EXTINGUISH OPIUM TRADE
Chinese Minister Proposes Plan for
Execution of Edict.
LONDON, Oct. 3 Tha Chinese Minister
at London sent an exhaustive dispatch to
Pein last July advocating the abolition
of the opium trade, and his proposals to
this end may be taken as an indication
of the shape to be given the regulations
to enforce the recent governmental edict
against the traffic.
Tha Minister counseled the gradual
diminution in the cultivation of the poppy
by a system of registration and licensing.
under which native cultivators would re
duce yearly the area under cultivation un
til the induirtry ceased entirely. He fur
ther urged a system of permits to aged
opium smokers, the limiting and gradual
reduction In the consumption of the drug,
the prohibition of smoking to the young.
the closing of opium dens and shops, the
concentration of the trade in the hands of
a single company recognized by the gov
ernment, whose shareholders shall be the
chief drug merchants of the larger towna,
and that this company's license be re
newed yearly and its capital reduced 10
per cent a year in order to insure a cor
responding reduction in cultivation.
The importation of opium from India Is
to be limited to meeting any deficiency In
the supply. Provision is to be made in
the government workshops for the care of
an those suffering physicaly or mentally
as a result of their endeavors to forsake
the opium habit, while thosa declining to
aoanoon smoking, after the prohibition
comes Into force, are to be forbidden from
taking any office under tiie goverr-mect or
in any governmental institution.
Germans Brutally Kill English Girl.
ESSEN, Prussia, Oct. 3. A great sensa
tion has been caused here by tha murder
of Miss Madeline Lake, daughter of an
English army officer, whose body, terri
bly mutilated, was found Monday evening
in tne uiiy .rark.
Both the girl's temples were beaten in
her throat was lacerated by the hands of
her murderers, who evidently strangled
her, in addition to beating her terribly
about the head, and her arms and body
were severely bruised.
Miss Lake is reputed to have been re
lated, distantly, to the British royal fam
ily. . The brother of her grandmother, it
is stated, married a daughter of Caroline
Amelia Elizabeth, of Brunswick, divorced
wire 01 lieorge iv or England.
Pronounce Dreadnaught Success.
LONDON, Oct. 3. The battleship Dread-
naught today started a 30-hour consecu
tive 6team trial. In several preliminary
short trians she Is said to nave proved
a distinct success from the point of view
of handiness in maneuvering. This was
in spite of the weather conditions, which
were far from favorable. As the Dread-
naught is the first example of the use of
turbine engines in a warship intended to
maneuver and fight in company with
other units of corresponding power: her
success is regarded with great satisfac
tion in naval circles and attributed en
tirely to her double rudders.
Urge Soldiers to Desert.
ROUEN. Oct- 3. A large number of
posters were placarded on the walls here
during the night, signed by the Anti-Military
Association, summoning the new re
cruits to desert from the army if they be
lieved they were "unable to endure the
insults, punishments and vexation of bar
rack life." and concluding with an Invita
tion to the women of Rouen to form an
"International society of mothers to re
sist the despots of the government, which,
is still thirsting for human blood." The
police tore down the proclamation shortly
after daylight-
Indians Raid Mexican Town.
MEXICO CITY. Oct. 3. Indians in the
eastern end of the Isthmus of Tehuan-
tepec around the Town of Chinameca.
having become disaffected with the status
of land claims and feeling aggrieved, as
sembled to the number of 50 and attacked
the Town of Acayucan, in the State of
Vera Cruz. The only damage done in
the town was the. breaking of a few
windows and some of the rural guards
were hit with stones. The next mornine.
October 1, a force of 100 troops arrived
and citizens resumed their usual occupa
tions, ine matter is being investigated.
Polish Agitation in Posen.
POSEN. Prussian-Poland. Oct. 3 The
police today seized 10,000 copies of an ap
peal, couched in fiery language, to Polish
parents, urging them to make a demon
stration October -17 against religious in
struction being given .In, the German
language in the schools here and in this
vicinity. Measures have been taken to
prevent any disturbance on that date.
Roosevelt's Trip to Harrisburg.
HARRISBURG,- Pa., Oct. 3. Thousands
of visitors have already come to Harris
burg for the dedication of the new State
Capitol tomorrow. President Roosevelt
and his party will arrive from Washing
ton on a special train at 11 o'clock to
morrow morning. He will be met at the
railroad station by the Capitol dedica
tion committee and Mayor Gross of Har
risburg. The party will be escorted by
the Governors troop to the Capitol,
where Governor Pennypacker and dis
tinguished Pennsylvanlans will receive
the President
SENATOR PLATT
HAS COLLAPSED
Carried From Hotel to
Office by Son.
WIFE'S RAGE GROWS COOLER
By Smashing Camera and
Punching Photographer,
DELAYS TRIP TO NEW YORK
Old Man's Terror of Her Arrival
Comes Too Soon Denies He
Will Resign or Mind Is
Impaired.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3. (Spec.Ial.Tt-.
Senator Thomas c. Piatt, In a state of
collapse, was borne out of the Hotel
Gotham today and carried off to his
suite of private offices in the United
States Express Company's building an
hour before the time of the expected
arrival of his wife from the Piatt es
tate, near Highland Mills, with the
avowed intention of taking her place
at the side of her aged husband.
Mrs. Piatt's Wrath Finds Tent.
But he might as well have stayed
in bed, for Mrs. Piatt, abandoning her
announced Intention of yesterday, did
not come to town. She -was still at
Tioga Lodge this afteroon. boiling mad,
although she hud been able to take off
some of the edge of her temper by
smashing tha camera and punching the
nose of a photographer, who tried to
snap-shot her in the main street of
Highland Mills. .
Lawyer-Son Has Piatt in Charge.
Mrs. Piatt's intention to rejoin her
husband was supposed to have been
due to the knowledge that Mr. Piatt
had been disposing of his fortune, pos
sibly to prevent her from forcing a big
money settlement with him. and fa ex
clude her from any substantial pecuni
ary benefit In the event, of his death.
Because of this state of affals, there
Is probably significance in the fact
that it was the Senator's lawyer-son,
Frank H. Piatt, the son who has never
noticed the former Mrs. Janeway since,
she married his father, who took tha
old Senator away from the Hotel
Gotham.
Does Not Intend to Resign,
While Mr. Piatt was intrenched in
his offices this afternoon, there arrived
a correspondent for a Washington pa
per, who had come here to investigate
a report that the Senator had gone to
pieces mentally, and that he meant to
resign his seat in Congress at once.
Secretary Howe carried in the Wash
ington man's questions and brought
out this answer:
"The Senator has no Intention of re
signing. The Senator says his mental
faculties are unimpaired."
EQUITABLE MUST ANSWER
Court Says Waste of Funds Is Good
Cause of Action.
BALLSTON. N. Y., Oct. 3 Justice
Van Kirk today dismissed the demur-
rers of the defendants in the suit
brought by Mrs. Mary s. Toung. as pol
icyholder and stockholder, against the
Equitable Life ,Assurance Society to
compel a restitution of the funds of
that society, which she alleges have
been wasted. Justice Van Kirk decid
ed an Interlocutory Judgment that tha
allegations of the plaintiff constitute
sufficient cause of action and that the
demurrer of none of the defendants Is
sufficient to entitle them to a Judg
ment, ,
The court also ordered that, if the
defendants do not within 20 days after
service of a copy of the judgment an
swer the complaint and pay the costs,
final judgment may be entered.
BURNED TO DEATH BY GAS
explosion in Furnace at Pueblo
Costs Five Lives.
PUEBLO, Colo., Oct. 3. At an early
hour today a "blow-out" of blast furnace
D of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company's
works in tnis city caused the instant
death of two men and two others were
so badly injured and burned that one
died this afternoon and the other cannot
live.
The explosion is supposedly due to gas.
A fifth man was believed to have been
caught in the falling debris and crushed,
but this has not been definitely establish
ed. An eyewitness says he does not
believe more than five persons were hurt.
All the men are foreigners.
SIGN OF RAILROAD DEAL
Change in Chairman of Wisconsin
Central Board.
NEW YORK. Oct. 3 W. L. Bull, chair
man of the board of directors of the
Wisconsin Central. Railway Company, has
resigned and has been succeeded as chair
man by George M. Cumming. of this city,
president of the United States Mortgage
& Trust Company. John Crosby Brown.
James C. Colgate and Gerald Hoyt re
signed as directors, but no successors
to them were chosen.