VOL. 2LLVIII NO. 14,818-
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
AGREE Of TERMS
GREAT FIGHTER
NORTH CAROLINA
FORSAKES LIQUOR
PROHIBITION SWEEPS STATE.
WHiIi BE STATE-WIDE.
E
CLAIMS A SHARE
UNDER LOST WILL
OREGO.V WOMAN BEGIXS COX
TEST IX CAIilFORXIA.
DYNAMITE USED
BY RUEF'S GANG
LIKE ANCESTOR
OF
IiJ STRANGE ROLE
LAST OF BISHOPS
DESCENDANT OF MCRAT DE
FEATS TWO BROTHERS.
FORAKER
APPEAnS
MEMSTSHI
compromse
Conferees Make Cur
rency Law Possible.
CANNON TO FORCE PASSAGE
But Senators Would -Talk for
at Least a Week.
NO FILIBUSTER POSSIBLE
Appeals From Business Interests In'
flnence Senators and Stampede
for Homes Makes Difficult
Preservation of Quorum.
WASHINGTON, May 26. The Senate
and House conferee on the currency
bill held three meetings today and at
the third, which did noc adjourn until
6:30 o'clock, reached a tentative agree
ment on which will be baaed the com
promise agreement which the Repub
Ucans of the conference hope to reach
at an adjourned meeting tomorrow
forenoon.
At the conclusion of the flnal meet
ing tonight tl.e probability of the re
porting of a compromise bill to the
two houses of Congress was much
stronger than at any previous time
this session. Indeed, it was considered
a certainty.
Points of the Compromise.
Following are the main points of the
understanding that has been reached:
The reserve provisions in the Vreeland
bill, calling for retention of 25 per cent
'in central reserve cities and 15 per cent
In other reserve cities, is reduced to a
straight 10 per cent reserve wlttiout ref
erence to classification of cities.
A higher rating Is given to state' and1
municipal bonds than to other securities
upon which emergency currency may be
taken out by banks. That Is to say,
county, state and municipal bonds will
be valued at not to exceed 70 per -cent
of their market value, both without re
gard to whether they are offered as
security for additional circulation under
th National clearing-house plan or under
the individual bank, bond-security plan.
The amount of circulation Issuable upon
a commercial paper basis Is limited to 40
per oent of the capital of the applicant
bank. Instead of 100 per cent, as pro
vided In the Vreeland bUl.
The redemption fund requirement of
6 per cent under the present law is in
creased to 10 per cent for all emergency
currency taken out.
The total amount of emergency cur
rency Issuable la confined within a maxi
mum of 3500,000,000, as provided by the
Aldrleh bill.
A time limit of three years Is placed
upon the life of the bill.
May Pass House Today.
If a bill Is reported out of the confer
ence tomorrow, it will be passed by the
House tomorrow. Notices were sent out
tonight by order of Speaker Cannon for
every Republican member to be in his
seat at 11 o'clock, when it is expected
the compromise bill will be reported.
Intimates of the Speaker asserted to
day that if a bill along the lines pro
posed is brought in it could be passed by
the House after an hour's debate. This
singular remark Is taken to mean that
the Republican majority of the House
is prepared to accept whatever the con
ferees may recommend, but it is not
believed that the Democrats of the House
will be denied the privilege of some ex
pression of their views.
Frantic Appeal to Senators.
The conditions are so different In the
Senate that another situation may be en
countered there. Still, today's develop
ments have been such as to Justify the
statement that the bills will not be held
up in the Senate for so long a time as
seemed probable when compromise first
began to receive attention. It is believed
that any measure would be talked to
death.
Strenuous representation as to the
possible effect on business of a failure
by Congress to enact financial legisla
tion before adjournment has bad the
effect of causing several Democratlo
Senators to agree not to discuss the
bill too much In case it is reported.
Republican Senators have been ac
tive in spreading the propaganda, not
without success. Those who have been
won over will content themselves with
casting their votes against the meas
ure. Others may. however. Insist on
debating the bill, and the "compromise'"
at length. There are probably half a
doien of this latter class, and it Is im
possible to estimate how much time
they will consume. They assert; how
ever, that, though seriously opposed to
the provisions of the Vreeland bill,
they would still not enter upon any
proceeding that might be classed as a
filibuster, and say that after express
ing their views and forcing an explana
tion from the supporters of the bill,
they would let it go to a vote. The
time necessary for this proceeding none
will undertake to say, and estimates
range all the way from one day to a
month. It seems probable now that
from a week to two weeks would be
required in the Senate.
The Democratic Senators who opposed
the compromise realised that they would
be seriously handicapped In an effort at
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Wounds Both Plena at St. Peters-
. burg and Escapes Unscathed.
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Leader in Russian Society.-.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 26. Prince
Napoleon Murat, a descendant of Bona
parte's famous field marshal and
whose garndmother was an American
woman, Caroline Franxer, of Borden
town, N. J., fought two brothers named
Plen In duelB. here today, wounding
both of his opponents, one seriously,
but himself being unharmed.
Prince Murat Is a captain In the Che-
Rev. Wilson S. Lewis, of Sioux City.
New Methodist Bishop.
valler Guards, a crack Russian regi
ment, and the brothers Plen are well
known in the exclusive social circles of
this city.
Prince Murat's quarrel was with both
the brothers and he elected to fight
them one after the other.
MURDERED BY INDIANS
Body of Missing Prospector Found
' Xear Nootka, B. C.
VANCOUVER, B. C, May 26. The
body of one of the Waters brothers,
prospectors from Victoria, B. C, who
have been missing for some time on
the Vancouver Island Coast near
Nootka, was found today. The miss
ing prospectors seemingly were mur
dered by Indians.
The body found, presumably that of
Horace Waters, is badly decomposed.
shotgun loaded with No. 4 shot with
one barrel discharged was near the
body; also the hat of the other brother,
with shot holes in it made by No.
sho
The theory held is that the two men,
who were known to have angered In
dians of a nearby village, with whom
they quarreled over some Indian
women, were taken unawares by their
enemies and slain.
BUDDHIST PRIESTS STRIKE
Refuse to Go on Begging Expedition
at Abbot's Order.
VICTORIA, B. C, May 26. A report
is current in Japan, according to Japa
nese newspapers received here, that the
Corean Crown" Prince, accompanied by
Prince Ito, will shortly leave Japan to
tour the United States.
Marquis I Iced a Nekahire, a prom
inent Japanese nobleman, accompanied
by a suite, will arrive by the steamer
Shinano Maru tomorrow on a'tour of
the United States and Europe.
Advices from Japan tell of a strike
of Buddhist priests at a lare Kobe
temple. The trouble arose over, the -fusal
of a larpe band of students and
neophytes to make the usual rounds of
the city to beg for alms. The abbot
endeavored to have the priests take
their places and a strike ensued.
FLOTILLA F0R PORTLAND
Torpedo Craft Sail From San Fran
cisco for Rose Festival.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 26. The fourth
torpedo flotilla, in command of Captain
Freeman, sailed at 8:30 o'clock this after
noon for Portland, Or.
The flotilla is composed of the de
stroyers Perry and Preble and the tor
pedoboats Fox, Davis and Farragut.
The battleship Missouri arrival here to
day from Bremerton Navy-yard and pro
ceeded directly to Mare Island Navy
yard. ARREST CARRIE NATION
Pittsburg Police Charge Her With
Scolding in Public.
PITTSBURG, Pa., May 26. Alleged to
have scolded four men in public, Mrs.
Carrie Nation, the famous Texas-Kansas
saloon smasher, was arrested this after
noon, charged with disorderly conduct.
Mrs. Nation was released on a J30 forfeit
for her appearance tomorrow.
BREASTS STRONG WIND
Farman's British Aeroplane Makes
Successful Flights at Ghent.
GHENT, May 26. Henry Firman, the
British aeronaut, began a series of ex
periments today with his aeroplane. He
accomplished for the first time a number
of successful flights In the teeth of a
strong wind, which roused the enthusi
asm of the spectators,
taste. f-
Has Scheme for'Roose
velt Stampede.
BECAUSE HE HATES TAFT MORE
Fantastic Plan for Revenge on
Man Who Beat Him.
PREDICTS TAFTS DEFEAT
Strange Turn of Politics Due to Ohio
Senator's Determination to Den
etroy His Enemy Believes
That He Will Win.
Walter Wellman to Chlcag-o Record-Herald.
WASHINGTON. May 26. (Special.)
One of the strangest spectacles, to be
seen upon the .field of National politics
is General "Fire-Alarm" Foraker lead
ing the black brigade in a mad charge
upon the Taft intrenchments, shouting:
"Down with Taft hurrah for a third
term for Roosevelt," ,
We shall all live a long time, proba
bly, before we behold anything more
picturesque and bizarre than Joseph
Benson Foraker trying to start a stam
pede for a third term in order to defeat
the man who has beaten him in . Ohio
trying to destroy a new enemy by
thrusting undesired honors upon fn old
one.
Senators Aldrleh, Hale, Crane and
others have been driven to support Mr.
Taft because they were afraid Mr.
Roosevelt might be nominated and be
cause they dislike the latter more than
the former. Senators Foraker and Diok,
on the other Hand, hate both Mr.
Roosevelt and Mr. Taft, but the latter
most, and are trying to start a stam
pede for the President in order to de
feat the Secretary of War.
How They Would Down Taft, ..
"Roosevelt will be nominated," said one
of Mr. Forakers confidential associates.
"After we get to Chicago the members
of the party will take up the question of
success and consider it earnestly, prayer
fully. They will and that the negroes are
against Taft, but that 'Roosevelt can get
them; that the labor vote Is Just wait
ing to put the knife into Taft, but ready
to hurrah for the President, and that
hundreds of thousands of men who are
Democrats or Republicans according to
the mood of the moment, or their per
sonal likings, will either be for Roosevelt
or Bryan. A stampede will start for
Roosevelt and once it gets going nothing
can stop It. In fact, that has already
begun."
Expect Stampede to Win.
This campaign of the Ohio Senators to
start a Roosevelt stampede reads like a
fairy tale. As a matter of fact, they are
very much in earnest. They firmly be-
Continued on Page 6.
Majority Slay Reach 50,0 00 and
Carries 78 Out of 98
Counties.
RAT.KIGH. N. C, May 26. North Caro
lina was carried for . statewide prohi
bition today by a majority estimated at
40,000 to 42,000 on reports received up to
midnight.
The Prohibition ticket carried 78 out of
the 98. counties by overwhelming ma
jorities. The Prohibition ticket has car
ried 20 counties by majorities approxi-
Rev. Kdwln Huglfea, of Greenmstle,
. Indiana, One of the New Methodist
Bishops.
mating 6600. This calculation is partly
based upon estimates and the Prohibi
tion leaders say that it Is possible for
the Prohibition majority to reach 50,000. '
The election passed oft very quietly, no
disturbances of any importance being re
ported. The total vote cast In the state was
about 175,000.
Every large town in the state except
Wilmington and Durham went prohi
bition. ' -
Under the regulations of the prohibition
bill submitted to the people there will be
no manufacture or sale of intoxicating
liquors in the state after January, 1909.
McGomas Sticks by Story.-
LOS aKGHLES,1 Cal., May ' 26. Al
most the entire day in the trial of W.
P.' McCom-as, for the murder of Mrs.
Charlotte L. Noyes, was taken up in
the cross-examination of the defendant.
Deputy District Attorney Fleming led
the witness over the story of the trag
edy, but in the main his testimony ad
hered to the story he related on the
stand yesterday under the guidance of
his counsel. -
.Troops Will Stay in Cuba.
WASHINGTON, May 26. In several
conferences between President Roosevelt,
oecretary ran ana uenerai Hell, it has
been decided not to withdraw troops
from Cuba at the present time. ,
This decision was reached, it Is said,
upon the advice of Governor Magoon,
who deemed it inadvisable to reduce ouf
force in Cuba prior to the re-establlsh-ment
of the Cuban Republic next Fall,
when the entire force will return.
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HE'S TIRED; SO HE'S SOON GOING HOME
Five Ballots Complete
Election.
ONE FROM THE PACIFIC COAST
Hughes, Lewis, Mclntyre and
Bristol the Men. -
MILLIONS FOR - MISSIONS
Conference Asked to Sanction Lay
mens' Movement and to Make Ap
propriations Increasing Yearly
lor Foreign Missionary Work.
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BISHOPS OF M. E. CHURCH.
W. P. Anderson. New York
J. L. Meulsen. Berea. O.
William A. Quayle. Chicago.
Charles W. Smith. PUtsburf.
Wilson S. Lewis. Sloni City,
Edwin HushM, Graencastle.
Robert Mclntyre. Ios Ang-eles.
Prank M. Bristol, Washington,
BALTIMORE, Md., May 28. The episco
pal election of the Baptist church was
completed- today. The bishops in the or.
der of their election and votes are as
follows:
Dr. W. F. Anderson, of New York,
secretary of the board of education,
freedmen'a aid and Sunday aohools, 584
votes.
Dr. J. L. Neulsen, professor In N&st
Theological Seminary, Berea, O., 640 votes,
Dr. W. A. Quayle, pastor of St.
James' Church, Chicago, 619 votes.
Dr.- Charles W. Smith, editor of the
Pittsburg Christian Advocate, 511 votes.
Dr.' Wilson S. Lewis, president of
Momingside College, Stoux City, la., 524
votes. " '
Dr. Edwin H. Hughes, president of
De .Pauw University, Greencastie, Ind.,
511 votes.
Dr.- Robert Mclntyre, pastor of the
First Church, Los Angeles, 614 votes.
Dr. Frank M. Bristol, pastor of
the Metropolitan Church, Washington, D.
C, 493 Votes.
The last named was the pastor, inti
mate friend and even, it is said, adviser
of the late President McKlnley.
Other Officers to Elect.
The bishops elected will be consecrated
at a special service on Sunday after
noon at the Lyric.
Th episcopal election out of the way,
the conference will now take up the
election of a missionary bishop for MeX'
ico, a secretary of the general, con
ference, four publishing, agants, U edl-
Contlnued on Page 4.
Mrs- Shipley Sayjs Grandmother left
Her Part of Estate, but Her
Uncle Denies It.
SANTA MONICA. Cal., May 26. 9pe
cial.) A missing will, a rich estate and a
strange disappearance are some of the
features of the fight In which Mrs. Nellie
M. Shipley, of Portland, Is one of the
interested heirs. ' When Mrs. Margaret
Cleveland recently died here, it was
thought she had left a will, but none has
been found after diligent search. . . -
Mrs. Shipley Is a daughter of Mrs.
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Rev. Robert Mclntyre, of 1m An
geles, Yesterday Klected a Metho
dist Bishop.
Cleveland's son, William, who has not
been heard from since he landed in Aus
tralia, 20 years ago. This son's children
have reason to believe that they would
profit by the provisions of a will that
was known to have been made but cannot
be found, and the court has asked the
other brother, whose home ,1s here, to
produce the will. He denies all knowl
edge of such a document.
Mrs. Shipley has engaged an attorney
to look after her interests and those of
her brothers and sisters, two of whom,
William and Charles, reside in Oregon.
The estate is worth $50,000. One will was
found, but from it the signature was torn
and across the face the decedent had
written in her hand, "no good." Mrs.
Cleveland, last Pall, wrote to Mrs. Ship
ley concerning her will and said she had
made it, ano it is for the purpose of
discovering the document that the Port
land woman has .started the battle.
Mrs. Nellie M. Shipley, mentioned In the
above dispatch,, resides at Willamette,
a small town about four miles from Ore
gon City.
Hawaii to Have Militia.
HONOLULU, May 26. A company of
National Guardsmen of Hawaii Is about
to be-organized by young men here in
Honolulu. . .
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 64
decrees; minimum, 46 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northerly wind.
Fbreiffn,
Londoners cive ovation to President Fal-
lleres. Page 4.
peecendant of Murat wounds two brothers
In duels. Page 1. .
National.
Fulton- breaks In on Sanate filibuster with
speech. Paye 12.
Wrangla in House about printing; speeches.
Pare 3.
Battleship Michigan launched. Pare 8.
Conferees reach compromise on currency
and session will continue till It Is passed.
Page 1-
Politics. -
Johnson talks for state rig-hts.. Pare S.
Taft agrees with Bryan .on publishing'
campaign contributions. Page 4.
Foraker will start Roosevelt stampede at
Chicapb to defeat Taft. Pace 1.
Prohibition sweeps North, Carolina. Page 1.
Domestic
Sidelights on Methodist conference. Page
5.
Mrs. Harry Thaw withdraws divorce suit.
Page 5.
Presbyterians discuss home missions and
develop discord on church management.
Page 6. ,
Methodists elect four moro bishops. Page 1.
More evidence of Sn ell's senile dissipation.
Page 3.
Jerome defends action In not prosecuting
Perkins. Pas;e 6-
Sports.
Portland shut out. 4 to 0, In opening game
with San Francisco. Page 7.
Thursday's golf tournament begins at Wav-
eriy (Jiub links. Page 7.
Fernando Kelson starts to break auto rec
ord, from San Francisco to Portland.
Page 7.
Fourteen persons drdwned by flood In Red
River, Oklahoma. Page 4.
Pacific Coast.
Three houses at Oakland owned by ex
Supervlsor Gallagher blown up with
dynamite. Page 1.
Cake confident he will carry Union County
by aw majority, rasa a.
Aberdeen's cub bears attract much atten
tion in Seattle parade Page 6.
Oregon woman begins contest for Cali
fornia estate. Fage l.
Commercial and Marine.
Enormous canteloupe crop in California.
Page 17.
Two-cent advance in wheat at Chicago.
Page 17.
Improvement in the bond market. Page 17.
prices realized at Pilot Rock wool sale.
Page 17.
Barks Bossnet and Flfenhlre placed on the
en route list, raga io.
Portland and Vicinity.
Minnesota millionaire may be indicted for
Oregon land frauds, rage lO.
East Side Clubs discuss live topics at ban
quet. Page il.
Jack La Rose arraigned for Neuman mur
der. Page in-
Equipment ordered for '. North Bank Road.
rage ii.
Res. Oregonus to have splendid mount in
Rose Festival parades. Page 10.
Bolo Club Indorses candidates for election.
Page i-
Mrs. Beade L. Helfrlch granted, divorce.
page 11.
Medium in Police Court not of class that
neeas license rage iv.
Robbers ransack residence In daylight while
woman oi oouasj u t XLome, rae gt
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Blow Up Houses Owned
by Gallagher.
OAKLAND RESIDENCES WRECKED
Try to Intimidate Star Witness
Against Grafters?
PREVENTS PENDING SALE
Ex-Presldent of Board of. Supervi
sors Bad Just Closed $25,000
Deal Second Outrage
of the - Kind.
OAKLAND. Cal., May 27. Three large
dwellliig-hpuses. built by James U Gal
lagher, ex-president of the Board of Su
pervisors and the prosecution's star wit-!
ness In the bribery-graft cases, Vt Per-;
kins and Belynt streets, this city, were ;
wrecked by dynamite tonight shortly be-'
fore midnight. The houses were not yetl
occupied.
A heavy charge of dynamite, placed in
the kitchen of the largest of the three
houses, threw the building oft the founda
tions and almost completely' wrecked .it.
The houses were shattered, while many
windows In the neighborhood were broken,
by the shock.
Watchman's Narrow Escape.
John Rollins, a watchman employed by
the contractor building the houses for Gal
lagher, was sitting in a small shack near
the houses at the time, and was thrown
to the ground. He said to Captain of
Detectives Peterson that he was through
the three buildings shortly before the
explosion occurred.
It is said that Gallagher was negotiat
ing a deal today for the sale of the
houses for $25,000. Several weeks ago
Gallagher's home In Oakland was blown
up and badly wrecked at night while he
and his wife and several friends were
in the house and narrowly escaped seri
ous ftijury.
This Second Outrage.
This occurred one night following the
day that he testified In the third trial
of Tirey L. Ford.v general . counsel for
the United Railroads and but a few days
before he took the stand against Abe
Ruef.
Since that time Gallagher ' has had a
bodyguard constantly in attendance upon
him and he and his family have bean
stopping at the St. Francis Hotel in 6a a
Francisco.
DRIVES BROKERS CRAZY
Corn Takes Sudden Jump and None
Is on Market.
CHICAGO, May 26. The corner in May
corn, in which James A. Patton, of this
city, is generally accounted to be the
ruling spirit, took on new life today and
the price of May corn shot up 6 cents
from the low point of the day. It closed
4 cents above the close of yesterday.
It was the opinion of many traders that,
generally speaking, a settlement had been
made with the "Patton crowd" for the
greater part of the May delivery, and for
several days prices have been inclined to
drag and the market has been easy. The
opening today was weak and the price
of May corn dropped to 764 cents. There
was little to be had. however, and when
a few buying orders had revealed the
scarcity, the market started upward.
By noon it had advanced 2 and then
it commenced to rise with- great rapidity.
The scene In the corn pit was one of
the most exciting that have been wit
nessed for several years. Frantic brokers
yelled themselves hoarse, but there was
no corn to be had. The price of May
advanced to 78, where it closed 6 cents
above the low point of the day and
cents higher, than last night.
James A. Patton appeared on the Board
of Trade during the excitement, but dis
claimed all knowledge of what had
caused the rise. He said: "All this talk
of a 'corner1 is nonsense, but I think
corn will sell much higher than it is now.
I lust bought a lot of cash corn at
May price. 77 cents, and then turned
around and sold It to a shipper in Buf
falo f6r the same money that It cost
me." ' -
MORE PLAGUE APPEARS
Iva Guayra Xot to Be Opende Hol
land Retfents Embargo.
WILLEMSTAD. Curacao. Mav is.
The report that the Port of t,a Guavra
would be reopened in the Immediate fu
ture isA considered here to be premature,
as It Is unofficially stated that another
case of bubonic plague has occurred there
since the Issuance of President Castro's
decree.
WILLEMSTAD. May 26. The Danish
steamer Christianstad, of the Dutch Co
lonial Service.' hurriedly left here for
Puerto Cabello on the night of May 25
with a government dispatch for the
Dutch Minister at Caracas. It Is sup
posed the dispatch is connected with the
latest events regarding the closing of
Venezuelan ports to Dutch vessels, and
President Castro's decree prohibiting the
trans-shipment of cargo In the Island
of Curacao.
TJrge Nomination of Bryan.
ROCKVILLE, Ind., May 26. The Dem
ocrats of the Fifth District today
adopted resolutions urging the nomi
nation of Bryan.
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