PRICE FIVE CENTS. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1903. VOL.. XLTIII NO. 14,894. HILARIOUS MINERS BURN NEVADATOWN IKIES ATTEND ACCUSED QF BIG CHICAGO THEFT EDITOR'S RIBS CRACKED BY GOAT NSURGENTS PLOT FINALLY ACCEPTS RICH ENGLISH LORD AT SEVERAL PERSON'S REPORTED . TO HAVE PERISHED. SUES MODERN WOODMEX LODGE FOR $10,000 DAMAGES. MISS MARGARET DREXEL HAS MANY PROPOSALS. MEYER ASSAILS PLAN MASS SYDNEY GUARANTY ALDRICH SUNDOING I Long-Expected Senate War Imminent. DICTATORSHIP MAY GO DOWN. Rebel Strength Nearly Equal to That of Enemy. LEADERSHIP ONLY LACKING DoIUver or Iowa Is Considered Best Available Man for Place How Opposing Forces Will Be Aligned. BY HARRY J. BROW!. OREGONIAN NEWS BURBAf. Wash ington. Aug. 23. The right of Nelson W. AMrich and other corporation Senator longer to control the United States Sen ate, dictating Its policies and shaping legislation. Is very likely to be ques tioned when the 61st Congress organizes. A revolt la threatened, and not any petty revolt at that. The. young blood In the present Senate is chafing under the Aldrlch lash: there Is widespread discontent, and during the past year there has been much talk of overthrow ing the Aldrlch dynasty. This agitation bids fair to come to a head at the beginning of the next ad ministration, and action will follow If the Insurgents can count enough vol unteers . to storm the Intrenchments which, have long shielded the corpora tion army. Whether or not the In surgents attack the enemy will depend largely upon the type of new men who enter the Senate on the 4th of March, next. Senate Remains Republican. As the Senate Is now constituted there arc SI Republicans and 31 Democrats. It is conceded that the Senate will re main Republican throughout the next administration, regardless of whether Taft or Bryan shall be elected In No vember. The majority of 30 Is too large to be overcome in four years, especially when only one-third of the Senate Is chosen every two years. Therefore, the minority can be Ignored, und the Re publican membership alone reckoned with. The Republican ranks at present are about equally divided, the slight ad vantage being with the Aldrlch cor poration crowd, because they are In con trol. But if a well-arranged revolt Is undertaken the Republicans would di vide about evenly, eliminating nine Sen ators of uncertain allegiance; men likely to flop either way, as the fight might go. Figuring on the changes which it 13 known will take place on the 4th of March, the Aldrlch crowd can count 26 Senators, the insurgents 26, and nine on the fence. These Are With Aldrlch. In the event of a fight Aldrich could count safely on the following Senators: Aldrich. R. I. Btlitio. N. J. Burnham. X. H. Burrow.. Mich. Clark, Wyo. Crane. Mm. Cullom. 111. Ipw. N. Y. Uick. Ohio. Ijupont, Del. Elkini. W. Va. Foraker. Ohio. Frye. Main. Galltnirer. N. H. Hale. Maine. Hemenway. Ind. Hfybum, Idaho. Hopkins. 111. Kean. X. J. Knox. Pa. I.odK. Mas. MeCumber. X. D. Penrose. Pa. Pcott. W. Va. Stewart. Vt. Wetmore. R. I. These Are Insurgents. Arrayed against this crowd would be 26 Insurgents certain to take part In re volt if It can be demonstrated In advance that their cause stands a good chance of winning: Bevertdjre. Ind. Borah. Idaho. Bourne, Oregon. Brown. Neb. Burkett. Neb. Clapp, Minn. Curtis. Kas. rvlxon. Mont. Dolliver. Ia. Gamble. P. T. ' La. Follette. Wis. Nelson. Minn. Nixon. Nev. Pile. Wash. Smont, Utah. Sutherland. Utah. Warner, Mo. Warren. Wyo. Flint. CaL To equalise the forces must be added to the insurgent list the successors to the late Senator Allison, Iowa: to Senators Ankeny. Washington: Hansbrough, North Dakota; KIttredge, South JJakotay Long, of Kansas; Piatt, of New York, and Stephenson, of Wisconsin. Fulton, of Oregon, if succeeded by a Democrat, will mean the loss of one vote to tho insurgents, but Teller, of Colorado. Dem ocrat, will be succeeded by a Republi can, who will probably be -of the in surgent type. This makes the two force evenly divided, with the following doubt ful: Brandeiree. Conn. Bulkiey. ronn. Carter. Mont. Dillingham. Vt Guggenheim. Colo. Perkins. Cal. Smith. Mich. Richardson. Del. Successor to Piatt, New Tork. No Insurgent Leader as Vet. Just now there is no organization among the Insurgents; neither have they a recognized leader. But plans roughly outlined last Winter are likely to be per fected during the coming short session, and the three months prior to March 4 will afford plenty or opportunity for or ganizing. Senator Beveridge wants to lead the revolt, but he is not qualified; he is too Impetuous; too headstrong, and Is utterly lacking in personal magnetism; he repels rather than attracts men. Therefore he is not likely to be the Moses to lead the Senate from under the iron rule of Aldrich. Senator La Follette also wants to lead, but La Follette is far too radical. There Concluded on Pace 2.) Walls of Boudoir Papered With Ap peals for Love Will Marry . Lord Vane-Tempest. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. 23. (Spe cial.) Miss Margaret Drexel," daughter of Colonel and Mrs. . A. J. Drexe.1, of Philadelphia, and the reigning belle of London, having covered two whole walls of her boudoir with proposals of marriage from English, French. Ger man. Italian and Spanish nobility, has Miss Mara-nrri Drexel, of Phila delphia, Who, It Ia Said, Will Marry Lord Herbert Vane Tempest. finally pledged henself to Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest, according to reports re ceived here by friends of the Drexls. According to the reports, Miss Drex el's engagement will be announced In September. Lord Tempest is the closest friend of the Drexels in London, and Is Colonel Drexel's business associate In a number of Mexican mining deals. His London house Is next to the Drex- ela', and he Is Immensely rich. He Is connected as a stockholder in a dozen English commercial concerns, and his fortune Is ea!d to compare favorably with the Drexel million. Lord Tempest is well-known in Phllr adelphla. Last year he spent two months here aa the guest of the Drex els, when they passed the Winter at the Bellevue Stratford. He attended many social functions with Miss Drexel. ARE READY FOR HOME RULE Cubans Qualified for Self-Government, According to Magoon. HOT SPRINGS, Va., Aug. 23. Charles E. Magoon. Provisional Governor of Cuba, talked with Mr. Taft today re garding conditions In Cuba. That the people of Cuba are qualified for self-government Is the positive as sertion of Governor Magoon. The Cuban people, he Indicated, are heartily In favor of government ownership of pub lic utilities. They now own the tele graph lines and the test of the popular will, which has Just been made on the question of private concessions for tele phone lines, he believes, has demon strated their desire for government ownership. The test referred to was made at the suggestion of President Roosevelt and consisted in the sub mission to the 82 provinces of the draft of a law, which, if approved and en acted, would have resulted, according to Governor Magoon, in the telephone business of the island going Into the hands of the present Havana Telephone Company. The concession of this com pany expires in 1910. whereupon the tele phone lines and plant of the company In that city will revert to the Cuban government. Governor Magoon left tonight for Oyster Bay. where he will see the Presi dent Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Taft attended St. Paul's Episcopal Church today. American Sailor Whips Australian. SYDNEY, N: S. W.. Aug. 24 (Monday.). 8:10 P. M. Prendergast, the lightweight champion of the American fleet, this af ternoon defeated Raff, of Sydney, in the fifth round of what waa scheduled to be a ten-round fight. La FoMette, WLconslo, Wh. Aspire. Vainly to In.nrgent Leadership. J- .- ... " i I t I X f W i - S i I 1 f' j I v V"V 1 . , . :. - v. I i ' "4 " ' U ' V til, ,1 ----II mm I ag" i Sub-Treasury Mystery Begins to Clear. G. W. FITZGERALD ARRESTED Loss of $175,000 Laid to Former Assorting Teller. REPORTER ACTS AS SLEUTH Traps Discharged Clerk as He Tries to Pass Bills of Large Denomina tion Others Said to Be Impli cated In Clever Conspiracy. CHICAGO, Aug. 23. The mystery of the theft of J175.000 from the United States Sub-Treasury a year and a half ago, one of the largest losses the Gov ernment has ever suffered In this man ner, is believed to have been solved by the arrest at an early hour today of George W. Fitzgerald. Others are believed to have been Im plicated in the crime, which for months completely baffled the Government secret service men. Fitzgerald was an assorting teller under Assistant Treas urer William Boldenweck. Suspicion at the time of the theft. February 20, 1907, rested on him, but so plausible was his story and so intense his ap parent Interest in discovering the real culprit that interest ceased to center on him. Secured Bills in Big Sums. Much work was done on the theory that the crime had been perpetrated by a .colored man. Meanwhile Fitzgerald was discharged from the Government employ for culpable negligence in allowing such a theft to.be consum mated under his very eyes. The money stolen had been used and was tied in packages, some of which had been marked for destruction at Washington. Any of them would readily have passed anywhere except for their large de nominations. None of the bills was under $500, and some were of $5000 and $10,000 denominations, the $10,000 ones predominating. Reporter Turns Detective. The theft created much excitement throughout the country and Congress, at the last session, was asked and re fused to release Assistant Treasurer, Boldenweck from liability, although it was- promised that Congress would again consider the matter at Its next session. Meanwhile Herbert F. Young, a former Chicago newspaper reporter and now head of the Young Secret Service Agency, became interested in the case, at first without official connection, but later as the agent of Mr. Boldenweck. Mr. Young's attention was directed to Fitzgerald. The latter, upon his dis charge from the Sub-Treasury, stated that his whole fortune consisted of $600 in cash and a stock certificate for $100). His wife had a $700 interest in the estate of her mother, which was valued at about $4000 and was in liti gation. Suspect Begins to Speculate. Fitzgerald, however, according to Mrs. Young, embarked In speculation on a scale not consistent with the size of his reputed means. There was, however, no ostentation in Fitzgerald's life. The lavish display which detectives In variably look for in tracing stolen funds was absent. Fitzgerald bought eggs for speculation and stored them. In July, 1907, he Inaugurated an egg deal which ultimately. It Is stated, involved an ex penditure of $7000 and in "March a sim ilar deal involved him, according to Mr. Young, to the extent of $15,000. Inci dentally the former teller had become the possessor, in his wife's name, of a neat brick residence in RogersPark, a suburb of Chicago, and valued at $S500. (Concluded on Page 2.) SENATORS WHO WILL HAVE PROMINENT PARTS IN IMPENDING 1 v Bveride, of Indiana. Another Can- dldnte to Ind Insurgent Forces. Missouri Newspaper Man Declares He Was Abused While Taking Second Degree. GOLDEN CITY, Mo., Aug. 23. (Special.) John A. Griesel, editor of the Golden City Register, has filed suit against the local camp of Modern Woodmen for $10,000 damages, which he says he sustained taking the second degree Initiation into the order. In his petition, Griesel states that while the foresters were giving him the work he was "set upon by members of the team, thrown violently to the floor and beaten and kicked most unmercifully while he was blindfolded." As a result of his attempt to ride the "goat" over a rough and unfamiliar road, the editor declares two ribs were frac tured, his side badly bruised and" for sev eral days he Was unable to leave the house. Griesel Is a prominent Republican poli tician in the county and two years ago was a candidate for the Legislature. He is considered a possible Republican can didate for Congress. FOUR HURT IN AUTO WRECK Women ' Are Victims of Accident Near Alhambra, Mont. HELENA. Mont., Aug. 23. An auto mobile accident occurred this -afternoon four miles from Alhambra, Mont., in which the machine of Henry Vt. Par chan. of Helena, was totally destroyed and four persons Injured. Mrs. J. G. Sanders, of Butte, received a severe cut across the forehead, and her two daughters and Mrs. D. A. Cheul, of Pasadena, Cal., were slightly injured. TURKISH CAPITAL AFLAME Fire Wipes Out 150 Houses and Shops at Constantinople. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 23. Fire broke out this afternoon in the Stam boul quarter and within a very brief period a terrible conflagration was rag ing. A strong wind carried the flames along at a great speed and for six hours they swept over the section, destroying 1500 houses and shops. The fire was still burning, at 9 o'clock tonight, but the wind had decreased considerably. INDEX OF. TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY Maximum temperature, 7) degrees; minlmrm. 57 degrees. TODAY Fair and warmer; northwest wlnBS. Foreign. Four thousand men from fleet enjoy day ashore on Sunday at Sydney. Page 1. Political. Postmaster-General Meyer assails hank guaranty deposit scheme. Page 1. Senate Insurgent plot for overthrow of Aldrich dlstatorshlp likely to come to climax in next sesilon. Page 1. How Democratic voters can fill vacancies on party ticket In Washington. Page 4. Domestic Mysterious Chicago Sub-Treasury robbing clears with arrest of ex-Teller Fitzgerald. Page 1. Sports. Portland and Oakland begin series in Port land tomorrow. Page 0. Coast League scores: Portland 5-1, Oaklond 4-2; San Francisco 4, Los Angeles 2. Page 9. Faclflo Coast. Fire at Albany destroys four buildings; loss, 116.130. page 4. Southwestern Washington Good Roads con vention Is organized. Page 4. Industrial. Tillamook ranchers log oft lands by use of donkey engines. Page 12. Linn County markets 16,000.000 eggs In one year. Page 12. Rogue River melons begin to move. Page 13. Boston company to dredge for gold In Payette River. Idaho. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. Fulton-Taft forces stirred to aotlon by ap parent apathy of Chairman Cake. Page 13. Mrs. Charlotte Hoover missing and fear felt for her safety. Page 14. Proposed Harriman road estimated to cost $2,000,000. Page 5. Oregon delegates leave today for American Bar convention. Page T. Dr. Luther R. Dyott criticises Methodists who objected to Taft because of his reli gion. Page 8. Dr. John Roach Straton preaches on In fluence of Bible. Page 8. Expert praises Oregon as livestock state. Page 14. Builders are active In all parts of Port land. Page 13. Breakwater will tow Government dredge to Coos Bay. Page 12. - ' T" or, W hose Overthrow Ia Plotted. 1 1' ' ; uAn. a: . if 2 Four Thousand Go Ashore on Sunday. BANQUET IN THE TOWN HALL Cardinal Moran Presides at Elaborate Function. TAME KANGAROO MASCOT Visitors Will Carry Away Many Me mentos . Great Crowds Lino City's Streets to View Parade of American Sailors. SYDNEY, N. S. TV., Aug. 23. Four thousand men of the American fleet were permitted ashore today, and 1200 of them, including 131 officers, attended high mass In the cathedral. The services were im pressive and special music had been ar ranged in honor of the Americans. Great crowds lined the streets and took great Interest in the parading sailors, as on the first day of their arrival. Toasts to King and President. A banquet was given tonight In the town hall by the Catholics, to 1200 men and officers of the fleet, which was at tended by the Federal ministers, Judges and other officials. Cardinal Moran, arch bishop of Sydney, presided. Toasts were drunk to the King and the President, after which Rev. Matthew C. Gleason, chaplain of the battleship Con necticut, delivered a brilliant address. He said that Sydney's reception surpassed any that the fleet had received since it left home. Jame Kangaroo for Flagship. Many cherished mementoes of the visit will be carried away, among which will be a tame kangaroo, presented to the flagship Connecticut. - Rear-Admiral Sperry, Lord and Lady Northcote, Sir Harry and Lady Rawson, and a large number of the officers and men of tho fleet attended the Anglican Cathedral. The Baptists and Congregationallets united in a service, which was also large ly attended. Church Parade 3000 Troops. . Admiral Sperry and Vice-Admiral Rich ard Poore, commander-in-chief of the British squadron in Australasian waters, accompanied by a number of other offi cers, attended the church parade of 3000 Australian troops. The troops later marched to Centennial Park, where the Governor presented the colors to the in fantry regiment. FISHERMEN IN BATTLE British Trawlers Attacked by Sein ers on Portuguese Coast. . LONDON, Aug. 22. (Special) A number of British fishermen yesterday had a fierce fight for their lives in the little Portuguese fishing town of Povoa. The British trawlers, while Ash ing off tho Portuguese coast, damaged some nets belonging to the Povoa fisher men and there has been ill-feeling, since in consequence of this. Yesterday the British fishermen landed at Povoa to buy food, and there they were Immediately attacked by tho Portuguese, who were armed with revolvers and knives. The Englishmen were surrounded, and, although they1 fought stoutly, they would certainly have all been killed had not the Portuguese gunboat which was lying at Povoa noticed what was going on and innrioH a. nnrtv to rescue the English men. The Portuguese bluejackets formed a square about the Englishmen and con ducted them to their boats, but the fight ing did not cease until tho last .ngiisn man was aboard. Several persons were injured on both sides. REVOLT AGAINST RULE OF ALDRICH Iv DolHver of Iowa, Most Favorably Mentioned as Insurgent Leader. f m' V U ! i UimriiiroiHifi'lr"'- - ' . Men Celebrating Stampede Overturn Gasoline Generator and Citizens Cannot Check Flames. RENO, Nev.. Aug. 23. (Special.) Ha zen, the Junction point of three railroads Into the mining camps of this state, 35 miles east of here, was destroyed by Are early this morning, when miners cele brating the second stampede to Rawhide, overturned a gasoline generator in their room. A loss of nearly $100,000 was t -: , -; f -v. ' -.; . .; -; ! I ' ' ' I , - - 1 V " , ws-'wW j lr Postmaster-General Meyer, who Annnlla Democratic Doctrine of Guaranteeing Bank Deposits. caused, every building In the town being burned excepting tho Southern Pacific depot and freight sheds. The Are started at 2 o'clock and, fanned by a stiff wind off the desert, burned from tho eastern end of the town to the extreme western end. before its force was exhausted. No Are brigade was available and the crowd of mining men which was spending the night In the hotels stood helpless while the flames spread. Although the report has not been verlfle'd, word has been received here that the miners who caused the Are and two others were burned to death. Reno people who own. property- in Hazen are leaving here tonight, and they will search the ruins tomorrow for tho bodies of those who are supposed to have been burned. All mails for Goldfleld, Tonopah, Rawhide and Fallon from the east, which were stored In the Hazen postoffice awaiting southbound trains, were burned. TEAM TO VISIT OYSTER BAY Returning Athletes -Will Be Guests of President Friday. NEW YORK, Aug 23. The last of the Olympic games athletes will arrive Fri day morning and that afternoon the team will visit Oyster Bay, where Presi dent Roosevelt will receive Its mem bers. Saturday a great demonstration in their honor has been arranged In New York. A monster parade of ten divisions comprising athletic, military and civic bodies and escorted by numerous bands, will march from Forty-sixth street to the City Hall. After the parade a ma jority of the Olympic winners will com pete in a series of athletic games at Celtic Park. GOES AFTER COAL COMBINE Attorney - General Brings Suit Again Xew York Railroads. ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 23. Attorney General Jackson tonight announced that he had Instituted proceedings against the various railroad companies In the state and their subsidiary companies, engaged in the transportation of anthracite coal, alleging that in violation of the so-called Donnelly anti-monopoly act they "have effected and are now carrying out an agreement which in effect constitutes a monopoly of the hard coal business within this state, and thaj; such an agreement restricts the production and regulates and fixes the prices at which coal can be sold In the State of New York." Bourne of Oregon, Who Is Classed With Senate Insurgents. I , I I i I ' i J Step Toward Social ism, He Says. BURDEN ON HONEST BANKS Would Encourage Wildcat Speculation. FAVORS POSTAL SAVINGS Postmaster-General Agrees Willi Judge Taft That This Would Be Safer System and Reach More People. HOT SPRINGS, Va., Aug. 23. Postmaster-General Meyer, who is here conferring with Judge Taft, today expressed himself ; in an Interview on the general political , situation and on the Democratic proposl- ; tionN of guaranteeing National bank de- j posits, declaring the latter to be "ona step farther tpward socialism." "There are," he said, "thousands of voters In every state who do not get out to the polls unless they feel there is a real necessity for them to vote. There fore, if Interest Is not sufficiently aroused 1 and the Importance of this coming elec tion fully appreciated, several states may be lost by default. First Sight Deceiving. "In the present campaign the Demo cratic candidate Is bringing forward a short cut and plausible panacea against panics, the guaranteeing of deposits In National banks. At first sight this would appear to be a sort of Insurance. Insur ance, however, Is a contract whereby one party voluntarily pays to another party a fixed sum for Indemnity against loss and not to exceed an agreed amount. The guaranteeing proposition compels by law the banks to pay unknown sums for fu ture losses, and to an unknown amount, and subject to an unknown risk over which they have no control. Puts Burden on Honest Banks. "The Democratic platform pledges the party to compulsory guaranteeing? of deposits for all National banks, where provisions are available for all state financial institutions desiring to use them. "The guaranteeing of deposits by all National banks would mean nothing less than that the conservative and honestly managed banks would have to pay the debts of banks which have been .badly and dishonestly managed. Under this system there would be nothing to prevent a not over-scrupulous banking officer in the competi tion of obtaining deposits by going to parties and offering them six per cent for their deposits, claiming that they had no risks, as deposits are guaranteed. The bank, In turn, would have to make Investments which would involve great risks in order to make any money. Would Encourage Speculation. "If successful, this . would tend to Increase speculation, which Is one of the misfortunes of the present day, with the wildcat schemes and high finance that have been so much in evidence wllhin the last year. "The proposed system would result In revolutionizing the methods of banks and state banks and trust companies would be forced to enter under the same ar rangements in order to have their de posits guaranteed, which would be an In justice to .the National banks, as tha stockholders In the National banks aro subject to double liability for deposits, which Is not true of state banks. "The deposits In savings banks through out the country amount to about three and one-half billions. What greater in-' Justice can be imagined than these de posits, which are made by wage-earners and Individuals of very moderate means, should be taxed In order to pay for the losses of mismanaged banks. Postal Savings Banks Far Better. "As Mr. Taft has said in his speech of acceptance. The Republican party prefers the postal savings banks as a method tried, safe end known to be safe, and as reaching many more people with out banking facilities than the new sys tem proposed.' "In the postal savings banks the de posits are guaranteed by the Government, because the Government has received the deposits and made Itself responsible. They are let hack into tha channels of trade by depositing them In the National banks in the districts where they have been brought to the postoffice. "The system of guaranteeing deposits In National banks as proposed by tha Democratic party Is one step' farther toward socialism." BIG CROWD HEARS CHAFIN Prohibition Candidate Makes Speed" at Eau Claire. BAU CLAIRH. Wis., Aug. 23 El W. Chafln, Prohibition candidate for tha Presidency, and W. T. Cox, nominee fot Governor of Wisconsin, on the Prohibition ticket, today spoke here to 40fio-people, Chafln left for Minneapolis this evening, where he will deliver five speeches tomor row. Chafln today said that he had spoken In six states already and intended to cover the remaining states before November. 1 1 .1 ra -o I