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2 ' THE MORNIXG " OltEGOXIAN, THURSDAY. AUGUST 20, 1903. , 1 . 1 1 ' " T DUTCH WILL NOT' INSIST ON WAR Decide to Avoid Taking Of fensive Unless Compelled to Do So. AWAIT DE REUS' RETURN Cabinet at The Hague Maps Out General Plan of Procedure Hos tile Preparations in Naval Dockyards Continue. THE HAGUE. Aug. 19. After a nine hours' session, during which the dispute between The Netherlands and Venezuela was canvassed exhaustively in all its phases, the Cabinet dispersed shortly after midnight last night, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Van Swtnderen pro ceeded to the royal chateau at Het To. to acquaint Queen Wllhelmina with the result of the council. Tbe terms of The Netherlands answer to the letter of President Castro, of Vene zuela, were fully discussed, and It is un derstood that the actuai trxt as well as the broad linea at action, drawn up to meet any possible eventualities, were agreed upon. In diplomatic circles here the view is entertained tb,at the present difficulty be tween Holland and Venezuela Is not of a nature to be settled by arbitration, and in explanation it is pointed out that the dispute is not of a private commercial character, like the difficulties that have arisen between Venezuela, Germany and America. National Honor Wounded. In these cases the governments in ques tion sought satisfaction tor claims, but Holland has no claim against Venezuela. It is maintained that the present question is rather one of sovereignty and national honor, matters which are not so suscepti ble of solution by arbitration. The Netherlands government is inclined for the present to adopt a waiting atti tude, but it is ready to take energetic steps whenever the developments from the situation demand. It Is agreed to push all necessary preparations in order to be ready to support an ultimatum, should it be decided to forward one to President Castro. Work will be rushed night and day at the naval dockyards to complete the preparations needed by the warships, so that they will be In readi ness to reinforce the vessels now in the Caribbean by the end of next month. Seek Pacific Solution. In the meanwhile every effort will be made to find a pacific solution of the dis pute, and especially in view of the fact that Queen Wllhelmina is opposed to re sorting to war until all other methods and avenues have been tried. The Neth erlands Cabinet, although it has outlined tentatively a general plan of procedure, has decided to await the arrival of M. de Reus, the Minister, who was expelled by President Castro, before coming to a def inite conclusion, and it will not take the offensive unless compelled to do so by Venezuela. In the event of warlike measures it Is understood there will first be a naval demonstration of La Guayra. Subsequent action will depend upon the result of this . course. M. de Reus is expected here about August 24. FRENCH INTERESTS NEGLECTED Castro Forbids Brazilian Minister to Care for Them. CARACAS, Aug. 17 (Via Wlllemstad, Aug. 19). A sensation has been caused In diplomatic circles by the refusal of Pres ident Castro to permit the Brazilian min ister to take charge of French interests in Venezuela, although Dr. Jose Paul, the Venezuelan minister of foreign af fairs, originally agreed to this arrange ment. As a consequence of the attitude of President Castro, the foreign minister fcaa indited a second note to the effect that the government now refuses to ac cede to this arrangement because the dis pute between Venezuela and France bears v close relation to Venezuela's dispute with the United States, end the proposed arrangemeiu would therefore endanger the continuance of friendly relations with Brazil. The French Interests are necessarily being neglected and many month's in stallments due to French claimants are till uncollected. It Is very unlikely in view of the present state of affairs that President Castro will permit the repre sentative of any foreign country to take the French Interests In hand. President Castro left today for a trip to Barquisimeto, embarking on the Ven ezuelan gunboat Cabello. The president Invited the British minister to accompany him. which Is believed to be significant In View of the present crisis. CREEL IS HIGHLY PLEASED Praises United States for Guarding y , . ; Mexican Border. WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. Having successfully accomplished the mission which caused 'his hurried return to this country from Mexico several weeks ago. at the time of the revolu tionists' activity on the Mexican bor der, Senor Enrique C. Creel, the Mex ican Ambassador, will leave next Fri day for Chihuahua. Through the prompt action of the United States Government in sending troops to pa trol the border, quiet has been corn pletely restored, and Mexico is no longer threatened by outlaws who make this country their haven of ref uge. Senor Creel was elected Governor of the State of Chihuahua while serving as Ambassador to this country, and was permitted to hold both offices, al though residing in Washington. " It was while on his way to Chihuahua after his election that the outbreak occurred, and he was compelled to hasten back to Washington to look after the Interests of his .country. "I am highly pleased with the re sult of my mission." said Senor Creel today to the Associated Press. "I am very well satisned with the prompt action of the United States in sending troops to the border to assist my country In restoring and preserving order. I do not believe there will be any further trouble." Senor Creel said he possibly would return to Washington late in the Fall. AMERICAN WILL BE SHOT Honduras to Teach Alien Revolu tionists Severe Lesson. PUERTO CORTES, Honduras, Aug. 18. Til Mobile, Ala., Aug. 1. General Lee Christmas, who was reported some time since as occupying an island with in 18 miles of Puerto Cortes, has not been absent from Guatemala City. He Is there now sick with pneumonia. T W - r r,Tlcn An. the United States in the meanwhile have served notice on President caDrera oi Guatemala that he will be held re sponsible for any violation of neutral ity agreements or Invasion of Hondu ras proceeding from Guatemala. Through the intervention of the American Minister . foreigners impris oned by Cabrera in Guatemala have been released, and finally an order was made releasing all the Hondurans and Nicaraguans, the last being Senor Mln dericl. Reports from all parts of Honduras indicate tranquillity. No armed Insur gents are in the field: The leader at Choluteca, General Orltz, was captured with a few followers on the mountain Serrlo de Hule. The government troops also cap tured an. American, Colonel Leroy Can non, who was formerly Chief of Police at San Miguel, Salvador. They are in the penitentiary at Tegucigalpa, and the government organ. El Monitor, re ceived here yesterday, indicates that the full rigor of the laws of war will be meted out to Cannon as a warning to all foreigners to keep out of pol itics and revolutions of the country. The Indications are that Ortiz and Can non will be shot- PARKER LEAVES FOB SOUND GREATLY ENJOYS TRIP UP CO LUMBIA RIVER. New York Jurist Also Visits Hood River and Inspects . Apple Lands In Valley. After devoting two days to sightseeing In Portland and vicinity. Interrupted only by delivering political addresses at the Helllg Tuesday night. Judge Alton B. Parker and De Lancy Nicoll, ex-District Attorney of New York, left last night for points on Puget Sound. Yesterday was spent in a ride up the Columbia River and an Inspection of Hood River or chards. "We have been amply repaid for this, our Brst visit to Portland. Bald Judge Parker last night. "In fact we have not wasted a .minute since reaching your city. We were greatly impressed with the beauty of the Columbia River, and Ju dicially have been comparing It with the Hudson. It is difficult to make a com parison of the two streams, since they differ so widely, and it is for that reason I would not undertake to say which Is the more beautiful. But the Columbia cer tainly Is one of the most scenic rivers I have ever seen. "We left the train at Hood River, and while Mr. Nicoll got something to eat, I accepted an invitation for an automobile ride through some of the magnificent or chards surrounding that place. I was particularly Interested in an Inspection of the apple orchards and the success with which this fruit is grown in Oregon, for I am an orchard 1st in a small way my self. At home I have 25 acres of apple trees, but I never could satisfy myself as to why the trees did not grow as rap Idly as they do In your state. It was not until today that I learned the reason. I knew It was not because of lack of care, for I give my orchard my personal at tention and spray just as thoroughly as any other orchardlst. The secret of the remarkable tree growth, to say nothing of the productive qualities of your or chards, I am convinced lies In the fact of a longer growing season in this state than we have In New York." Upon returning from his . visit to the apple orchards. Judge Parker was pre sented with a supply of Hood River's choicest apples, which he relished in lieu of a hotel meal. HINSEY'S NAME CLEARED Prominent Knight of Pythias Rein stated After Many Years. CHICAGO, Aug. 19. John A. Hlnsey, the Captain Dreyfus of the Knights of Pythias, after suffering for several years expulsion from his lodge on a charge of embezzling half a million dollars, has been exonerated and reinstated. Hlnsey, who Is head of the claim de partment of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, and one time was a polit ical power In Milwaukee, was restored at the recent biennial convention of the Pythians In Boston. The official action of the order was announced here last night The charge against Mr. Hlnsey .was made by Optlen Fethers, of Janesvllle, Wis., when Fethers was supreme chan cellor. Hlnsey was Indicted and charges preferred against him in his lodge. He fought the indictments, and they were quashed, and all the subsequent civil suits which were started he either won or they were dismissed.- Throughout It all he had one friend John C. Burns, also of the Chicago. Mil waukee & St. Paul Railway. Mr. Bums worked constantly to have the whole af fair Investigated. On the final rollcall, at Boston, which resulted 99 to 80 in Hin sey's favor, the end came. Hlnsey, after a seven-year fight, was restored to all the rights and privileges and his former good standing as a true Knight of Pythias. EVANS . REVISES ANECDOTE Admiral Tells What He Said Con cerning Spanish Gunnery. NEW YORK. Aug. 19. A special dis patch from Lake Mohonk brings the fol lowing story of Admiral Evans. The other day a friend asked him: "Admiral. Is there any truth that after the battle of Santiago you called out from the bridge of the Iowa to a captain of another battleship: 'Those Spaniards can't fight a damned thing except waterT " Admiral Evans laughed and replied: "I will tell you what I realty said and what the incident really was." he said. "One drizzly day during the blockade we stood in toward the harbor and shelled the shore batteries. It was not as excit ing as It might have been, for whether we hit anything or not. I know the Span lards did not quite come near us. After the Bhelllng was over a press, boat lay alongside of my ship and a newspaper man asked if we had been hit. I shouted back: 'They didn't touch us. 'n.e Span iards didn't hit anything except water, and they couldn't have hit that If there wasn't so damned much of it.' " Chicago Man Decorated. CHICAGO. Aug. 19. Alexander H. Re vell was officially notified yesterday of bis decoration by the French government with the cross of the Legion of Honor. Mr. Revell won the distinction through his services In connection with the move ment of American school children who gave to the government of France a statue of General Lafayette. Hearst Men Bolt Ticket. SCHENECTADY, N. Y., Aug. 19. At a meeting here last night of the central body of the Independence League of Schenectady, the ticket of Hisgen and Graves was repudiated and a strong reso lution Indorsing Bryan and Kern and urg ing all Independence Leaguers to worK and vote for them was adopted. Laundry Bags 39c ea. Fluffy Ruffles Designs in Laundry Bags, made of good quality materials, prettily tinted and stamped in six different sub jects. Regular price, 60c each;' OQ special Thursday OJC Applique Centers 9-inch to 22-inch size. Several designs. For 1A. I Thursday .-. JeSS i - r - ' r--tT-iifWiri..nrnwisTlastiffisl7 Fireless Cookers $6 See the sanitary Fireless Cooker demon strated in pur kitchen furnishing depart ment, third, floor. No openings or pads to absorb odors or moisture and become musty. Every part easily scalded out and kept sweet and clean. 75 per cent of fuel and labor saved. Shown on flf third floor. Price :.pU.VU PTT71 TT TT it it 77 it ousek&epeTS 9 rn way Witch Hazel For Thursday, we offer a regular 30c bottle pure "Witch Hazel 21c Turkish Bath Soap, worth 5c the cake; special Thursday 3 Hard-Rubber Dressing Combs Regular 35c values, special. 25 Paper Doilies "With lace edge, worth 10c the dozen, special 5 Crepe Paper Napkins Dozen 4 Writing Paper, -lb. pkg 9 Dress Shields, light weight, per pair, only 10 Ironing Wax, special, each ..4 Cotton Tape, -2 pieces for....5? A Thrilling Thursday Sheet Sale Standard quality Sheets, in full size ; Thursday at prices decidedly small. Size 72x90 inches. 7f Special Thursday, ea..."' Size 81x90 inches. 7C Special Thursday, ea. . . White Embroidered Flannel With scalloped edge; hand-embroidered in neat design with the best quality silk. Regular $1.35 the yard. QQ. Special 57 Agents Richardson's Linens 29c the kind preferred by discriminating housekeepers; on sale Two sizes featured and both nanasomeiy Dargaimzea. Bath Towels Large size, full bleached: regular price 40c each. Special Thurs day, only Linen Table Sets Napkins and . table cloth to match; fringed edges; $7.00 &a qc val. Thursday p'.57iJ 'Linen Finished Crash Toweling 1500 yards for Thursday, one of the best specials of- r fered in many a day, yd. . Kitchen Needs Patty Pans, worth 24c dozen 18 Cake Centers, worth 3c each 2 Perforated Pie Plates, each..4d Handy Strainers, 5c value . .4? Skimmers, worth 10c each, at 7c Dishpans, 10-qt. size, 20c val. 16 Dishpans, 14-qt. size, 25c val. 19V Sink Strainers, worth 25c ea. 19 Muffin Pans, worth 30c each 23o We are showing new lines of Aluminum Cooking Utensils, the most perfect ware to use with gas stoves. New lines Baskets and Hampers. All Lawn Kimonos Half All long or short Lawn Kimonos in our stock, LJlf Print regularly 75c to $7.50, Thursday only for MT1U.U 1 TiC-ifc? Short Kimonos, regularly worth $1.50, special price Thursday 69c White or Colored Wash Skirts, nearly all sizes, regu- QQn lar values up to $2.50, specially priced for Thursday at Good Time to Buy Shoes At Three Dollars and Nineteen Cents we are offering values worth up to $6.00 in Women' 8 Oxfords. We are selling white Canvas Shoes worth up to $3.00 at only 99c Beside these, there are many other tremendous bargains for men, women and children. All wanted styles especially reduced. Wash Boilers Anti-Rust Wash Boilers Regu lar $3.00 grade; special Thurs day $2.39 Wash Boilers Extra heavy tin, with copper rim and bottom ; worth $2.15 each, special $1.75 Ironing Boards Regular 40c val ues 32 Galvanized Tubs Good size, worth 85c each, special 65 Dish Mops, 5c values 4tf 4-Qt. Sprinklers, 25o values. 19 8-qt. size, 50c value 39 10-qt. size, 60c value 47 12-qt. size, 75c value. 57 Jelly Masher and Strainer Com bined Very useful for canning time, 25c value 19? Fruit Jar Filler, 5c value.... 3 45 Styles Lace Curtains $3.85 Up Thursday, in our fourth-floor Homefltting Shops, a sale of extra good Lace Curtains has the board. Improve the looks of your home at a small cost by rich hangings, and let us share the expense through these remarkable reductions. SALE OF BLANKETS Regular $ 5.00 values Regular $ 5.50 values Regular $ 6.50 values Regular $ 6.75 values Regular $ 7.50 values Regular $ 8.00 values Regular $ 8.50 values Regular $ 9.00 values Regular $ 9.50 values Regular $10.00 values Regular $10.50 values Regular. $11,00 values Regular $12.00 values Regular $13.50 values Regular $18.50 values .S 6.85StS"Mfe-.i An echo from the phenomenally success ful sale of last wees. Plenty oi colors left, but gray and brown blankets face Rvt.ra reductions, and tomorrow, aeain. the selling will be on in earnest. . Come. Regular $5.00 values $3.00 Recnlnr ts5 and 6 values. .S3.50 Regular $8.00 values; .$4.00 Regular $8.00 values $4.50 iRegular $6.50 values $4.75 iRegular $8.00 values $5.00 'Regular $9.00 values '.$6.50 Klitrhrlv djimse'ed' Blankets. $11.50 values... $6.50 Summer Needs We are making extraordinary low prices on Refrigerators, Lawn Mowers, Blue Flame Cook Stoves, Lamp Stoves, Window Screens, lee Cream Freezers, and many things that go to make Summer more liveable. Let the thrifty buy without delay, for all the above mentioned articles are on snecial sale on our Third Floor. and those who buy now will save Glass Lemon Juice Extractors Medium size, 5c value. ...... .4 Glass Lemon Juice Extractors With strainer, 10c value 8J Jelly Glasses Regular 35c the dozen. Thursday only 25if Mason Heavy Jar Rubbers Reg ularly 8c the dozen; special at only 5 13 ScNel For the Ladies HotneJourn a it Autumn uarmriy Number No investment you can make will bring you the returns in style news that you'll get from the Fall Fashion Number of the Ladies' Home Journal Quarterly Style Book. Here in fullest detail is illustrated and described the latest whims of fashion for those who want the best Absolutely authenticTn formation as to what is to be worn, pictures how the Garments look, AND WL HA VL I tit. fAl- UUI1C- JJ . w z TERNS THAT TELL HOW TO MAKE THEM. You simply can't afford to be without it if you care tor xmnrtness in dress. Your whole investment is but 20c, and the book contains a coupon good for one 15 -cent After vou've looked thru all the pageTand selected JUST THE PATTERN YOU WANT, bring the rThlrTTGET IT FREE. NET COST OFSTYLE BOOK FIVE CENTS-COME WHILE WE'VE PLENTY MULE SHOWS HIS TRICKS PET PRESENTED TO BRYAN THROWS CORRESPONDENT. Venturesome Writer Nurses Many BruUes as Result of Adventure With Minnesota's Gift. FAIRVIEW, Lincoln. Tseb., Aug. 19. The advent today of the trick mule which was presented to William J. Bryan by the Minnesota State Agricultural Society was made memorable by an Incident which oc curred during the afternoon. In which the mule and an Eastern newspaper corre spondent were the central figures. W hen announcement was first made of the fact that the animal had been presented, the particular correspondent served notice that he would' be the first to ride the mule. Today the opportunity came, with the result that the correspondent tonight Is nursing a sore head and a badly bruised leg. caused by being hurled Into the air by the mule, which had been trained to permit no one to ride him. Mr Bryan witnessed the proceedings and 'exhibited a" good deal of solicitude for the injured newspaper writer. The mule was taken back into the stable, and there is every likelihood that he will not be permitted to display any more of his talents. , , . . . When Mr. Bryan starts on hte ten days' trip tomorrow night he will have complet ed nearly all the set speeches he will make during that time. He practically denied himself to all -visitors, desiring to utilize every available moment In com pleting his work. Lusitanla tovrcrs Record. NEW YORK, Aug. 19. Ocean rec ords for th bt day's run have again been lowered by the Cunard Uner Lusi- tanla. In a wireless dispatch last nlgnt Off Cape Race the captain of the Lusl tanla said the steamer had traveled 650 knots in the 24 hours ending Mon day noon, August 17. The previous record run, 643 knots, was made by the Lusltana, July 6. DYNAMITE WRECKS VESSEL Thirteen Men Injured In Explosion on Detroit River. DETROIT, Mich.. Aug. 19. Thirteen men were seriously Injured, six of them probably fatally, today in the lower De troit River when a charge of dynamite exploded under the drill vessel Destroyer, which has been working on the new Liv ingston channel. The day shift started to clean out a hole over which the drill lay, prepara tory to a blast, when a charge of dyna mite left in the hole by the night shift exploded without warning. The fatally Injured are: Foreman Gilbert Montmonceny, Stephen Autin. Alex Amllle, Gus Bellecourt. Er nest McGee and John Bellecourt. When the tug Columbia reached the scene the Destroyer was found badly wrecked, with her boilers standing on end and the decks strewn with maimed and bleeding workmen. The injured were taken on board the tug and hurried to Amherstburg for medical attention. Why James 1m Got WelL Everybody In ZanesvlUe, knows Mrs , Mary Lee, of rural route 8. She writes: "My husband, James Lee, firm Iv be'ieves he owes his life to the use of Dr Kng's New Discovery. His lungs were so severely affected that con sumption seemed inevitable, when a friend recommended New Discovery. Wo tried It, and Its use has restored him to perfect health." Dr. King's New Discovery Is the King of throat and lung remedies. For coughs and colds it has no equal. The first dose srlves relief. Try it! Sold under guar antee at Woodard, Clarke & Co.'s drug store. 50c and 1.00. Trial bottle free. gee Roeentbal'a window, snoe bargalna. ROB RUSSIA OF MILLIONS STAMP SWINDLERS DETECTED IN IMMENSE FRAUD. Leading Moscow Merchants Involved in Renovation and Reselling of Cancelled Stamps. MOSCOW, Aug. 19. The' Moscow police are only on the threshold of their investi gation of fraudulent postage stamp busi ness for which 30 persons were yesterday reported as having been arrested. It Is believed the operations, which consisted in the systematic traffic in canceled stamps, will develop Into one of the most colossal swindles of recent times in Rus sia. The figures already reported of 6.000.000 stamps cover only the sales at Moscow for three months. Two well-known merchants of Moscow are among those arrested. The business was so lucrative that a rival organization recently entered the field at Moscow and began to cut prices, which led to the discovery of the swindle. The canceled stamps were procured through -members of an organization pos ing as philatelists, then sent to a labora tory In Warsaw for cleansing and sold through accomplices in the postoffice or direct to commercial houses by the wholesale. Perfect Score With Big Gun. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. A report Just received at the War Department shows that the One Hundred and Forty-eighth Company of Coast Artil lery Corps. Captain R.t H. Fenner com manding, in its target' practice at Bat tery Wagner with five-inch rifles at Fort Baker, Cal., on July 21, made 10 hits out of 10 shots fired at a ma terial target 10 feet high by 24 long. oving at the rate of 9.4 miles per hour, at a mean range of 2150 yards. The series of 10 shots was fired in one minute and 58 seconds. The chief of the -Coast Artillery has recommended that the officers and men of this com pany be commended for the excellence of this practice on which 100 per cent of hits was made. DUKE FLIES IN AIRSHIP Parseval's Craft Travels 29 Miles Hour Against Wind. BERLIN. Aug. 19. The Duke of Sachseh-Altenburg was at the helm of the Parseval airship this evening dur ing half an hour of most intricate maneuvers. He also undertook a short trip against the wind and attained a speed of more than 29 miles an hour. The Duke, who is president of the Aero Club, on landing expressed as tonishment at the wonderful ease with which the craft was steered and the balloon's rapid response to the move ments of the rudder. NEW MOTOR FOR HIS AIRSHIP Orville Wright Starts to Test It for Government Use. DAYTON, O., Aug. 19. Orville Wright started for. Washington tonight. His aeroplane was shipped last Sunday. Mr. Wright said, todays "I have the best motor we have ver had and I am more than pleased .yith it. It gives more power for the weight ban I ever have seen. I shall make short flights until I have thoroughly sur veyed the ground and measured the dis tances," Merry Widow Back Number. NEW YORK, Aug. 19. Miss Isabella Holland and Miss Mary S. Moore, mil liners of Boston. weTe returning pas sengers on the Kaiser Wllhelm. Both passengers declared that the large- brimmed hat had disappeared In Paris. and next season the popular hat would be exceedingly small. Mrs. Moore said the new hat was to the Merry Widow type as a plnhead is to an umbrella. TO BUILD CLEAR LAKE DAM Reclamation Service Authorized to Begin Construction. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Aug. 19. The Secretary of the In terior has authorized the Reclamation Service to begin construction of the Clear Lake dam In the Klamath Irrigation proj ect, by force account. The total esti mated cost of this work Is $165,000. Bids for erection of this dam have been re jected on the ground of excessive cost and it Is believed that work can be car ried on effectively and conomlcally with the force In hand. Dr. Price, the famous food expert, has produced a product called m Plies s WHEAT FLAKE CELERY which is considered to represent the highest food production. Its healthful qualities are unsur passed. 9 , For sale by all Grooer 1
