pnpTT.ivn. OREGOS. MONDAY. NOVJliSK xo, xauo,
M. M-W ' j w -
HEHEY IS MAKING
RAPID PROGRESS
Jokes With Surgeons
in Hospital.
INVESTIGATE HAAS SUICIDE
District Attorney Thinks That
Someone Gave Him Pistol.
MASS MEETINGS ARE HELD
Ministers Refer to Shooting in Ser
mons and Speakers Rekindle
Determination to Continue
Graft Prosecution.
SAX FRANCISCO, Nov. 15. The con
dition of Francis J. Heney Is still most
satisfactory and the attending surgeons
report that he Is making excellent prog
ress on the road to recover?'- He passed
a comfortable night, sleeping most of
the time, and rested easily today.
Although the bullet has been located,
embedded in the left Jaw. about an inch
in front of the ear. the surgeons have de
cided not to extract It until Mr. Heney
gains more strength, as It has as yet
given no trouble.
The swelling in the throat is less than
at any time since the patient was taken
to the hospital and he is breathing nor
mally. Jokes Wllh Physicians.
Mr. Henry spent an hour today in the
examining-room of the hospital while the
surgeons were removing grains of pow
der from his face and head.
While this was going on the wounded
man sat upon the table and made jocu
lar remarks.
When . told of the mass meeting held
last night at Dreamland rink, he showed
Kr-at Interest, and on being informed
that his assailant had taken his own life
at the County Jail, he said:
It Is too bad he did it before giving
his reason for shooting me."
Another X-ray photograph of the
wounded Assistant District Attorney's
h.H k taken todav In order to get a
different view from those taken yester
day.
Two Theories of Haas Weapon.
The suicide of Morris Haas, who tried
to assassinate the noted prosecutor, was
the subject of much discussion today and
the police authorities were Investigating
how Haas was able to conceal the weapon
with which he took his life, after being
thoroughly searched two or three times.
Two theories were advanced, one was
that he had the pistol hidden In his shoe
from the time he attempted to kill Mr.
Heney .and It was overlooked by the po
lice: the other theory, the one that the
District Attorney's office holds. Is that
the pistol was passed to Haas by some
Interested person while he was in cus
tody.
Haas in Charge of Police.
It is pointed out that the size of the
weapon, an old-fashioned Derringer of
41 caliber, precluded Its concealment in
his shoe. The only persona who were
allowed to approach. Haas while he was
confined were his wife and the police
guard. Although Haas was In the County
J all. he was In charge of the police de
partment.
The clergy branch of the League of
Justice held two mass meetings today
'one at Calvary Presbyterian Church, the
other at Grace Methodist Episcopal
t'hurrh. The Incidents of the past two
days and the course of the graft prose
cution were discussed by a number of
speakers, clerical and lay.
Civic Pride Rekindled.
At the evening services of the churches
in the clly. references to the tragic events
of the week and their lessons a ere made
in the sermons.
The attempt to kill Mr. Heney has had
the effect of rekindling civic pride and
overcoming Indifference and criticism of
the prosecution of the bribery graft cases
and has evoked a determination to sup'
port the District Attorney In the presecu-
tlon of all charged with debauching the
public service to a conclusion.
It is the intention to proceed tomor
row with the interrupted trial of Abra
ham Ruef. extra precautions having been
taken to prevent a recurrence of vio
lence or disorder.
Mr. Heneys place will be taken by
Attornevs Matt I. Sullivan and xilram
W. Johnson.
WHERE DID HE GET PISTOL?
QncMkm of Great Import Puzzling
San Francisco Follcc.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 13. How
Morris Haas, the assailant of Francis
J. Heney. who committed suicide in his
cell in the County Jail last night by
firing a bullet into his brain, obtained
the pistol with which he ended his life
is the question that Is puzzling the po
lice and the special agents of the graft
prosecution today.
The police appear to be divided. Cap
tain Duke, who talked with Haas In
Judge Uiwlor's courtroom immediately
after the shooting and later at the Jail,
claims that Haas could not have had
another weapon In his possession wnen
srres'ed. while captain Kelly, who was
in charge at the Jail, maintains that no
opportunity to secure a gun was afford-
tCoacluded ea Fas 4.J
PROSPERITY HERE;
ASSOCIATION QUITS
SO FURTHER XEED FOR SERV
ICES, SAYS PRESIDENT.
Sends Out I-etter Declaring Best
Hopes Have Been Exceeded
by Rapid Improvement.
ST. LOUIS. Nov. 13. President E. C.
Simmons, of the National Prosperity As
sociation, today made public a letter
which he has sent to all members of the
Association, announcing the completion of
its work.
The Association, says the letter, pre
vented President Roosevelt from sending
any more messages to Congress that had
the appearance of an attack on large cor
porations. -
The letter of President Simmons in pan
follows:
The work of the National Prosperity
Association la finished. The object for
which It was organized, viz.: to hasten
the return of prosperity, has been ac
complished. Results far better than we
had expected were oDtamea. auiuus ..
mn.r important of these was the visit
of President Roosevelt, which resulted
In 4iis not sending any more messages 10
rvtr, or doing: anything that had the
appearance of being an attack upon rail
roads or other large corporations.
"Perhaps the most important, imug i
the change in public sentiment toward
railroads and large corporations espe
cially in the South and in the Southwest.
i.-r.L-ra if-i-v have ceased to show their
heads: demagogues have quit talking, and
a very healthy state of mwa prevails
town rd these industries, whereas, previous
to our work, there was a vicious antagon
ism clearly evident among the masses oi
the people."
ALONE WITH DEAD FATHER
Lad of Six Lived in Igndrance of
Parent's Fate.
VICTORIA. B. C, Nov. 13. (Special.)
.iinitA in ihf house for four days
.irx h Hoari hnriv of his father, is
the sad tale of a little six-year-old boy
that comes from the Nass Kiver, in me
northern part of this province.
A white man named Haines, who was
m.-Hci t n an TnHiftn woman, was the
unfortunate who met death under such
strange circumstances. Haines wire
had gone on a visit to her people, who
lived some distance up the river, leav-
. ti a iittiA hnv -lth bis father. Dur
ing her absence Haines' boat got adrift.
and the man swam out into me ice-com
waters of the Nass to recover It.
-it. oai.irht mid and. finding he was a
ir-k mnn- cooked ud a Quantity of
food and told his little boy that he
was sick and was going to sleep tor a
long time and that he must not be
frightened. The lad was told to cover
hi. fath,.' fnr-e -with a cloth when he
found he was asleep, and not to disturb
him and. as there was lots or rooa, ne
was not to bother but to eat all he
tni.i when h was hunerv. and the
mnthoi- would he home again in a short
time. Haines died, and the little Doy
was alone in the cahin for four days
v-.-ith the dead body of his father before
any one reached the cabin.
ACCUSED WOMAN VERY ILL
Mrs. Allen F. Read's Mind and
Health Rapidly Failing.
DENVER. Nov. 15. Mrs. Allen F. Read,
who threatened Monday to kill Mrs. Gene
vieve Chandler Phlpps with dynamite un
less 120.000 was Immediately- given her. is
reported by members of her family who
have had her in charge since her release
from Jail, to be in a critical condition,
and to be steadily sinking, as her stomach
refuses to retain nourishment. She is
said to be laboring under the impression
that she had caused the death of some
one and to be evincing heartrending re
morse.
Convinced that Mrs. Read wss demented
when she arrived In Denver, Chief of Po
lice Armstrong has directed a discon
tinuance of the Investigation of the case
by the police detectives until the woman
recovers her mind sufficiently to give
coherent account of the Incidents leading
to the attack on Mrs. Phlpps.
Mrs. Read's sister. Miss Jessie Campbell,
after further consultation of the memo
randa gathered by tier, stated that Mrs.
Read may have left Chicago" prior to
November 2, when a woman giving the
name of Alice Cheney Brown fraudulently
obtained bonds worth J3O.O0O from Babcock.
Rushton ft Lauderback. which were sur
rendered when she was overtaken at the
station Just before leaving for Denver.
ELECTRICITY FROM SPARKS
Rumor Harrinian Is Trying to Con
trol Electric Power.
RENO. Nev., Nov. IS. It is rumored
that the Southern Pacific will electrify
its road from Sparks to San Francisco,
that E. H. Harrinian is behind the
Flclschaker Interests, and that the
Truckee River General Electric Company
Is already In Southern Pacific hands. The
authenticity of the rumor cannot be ver
ified at present, but the news is gleaned
from a source usually authentic that Mr.
Harriman is trying to control the electric
power of this part of the country.
The Truckee River Company has passed
to the Fleischaker Interests, and the ac
tual sale should be consummated within
a few days. General Manager Baum and
Superintendent Nappaly were In Carson
City and Virginia last week, looking over
the old property of the company at those
points. The men are conferring with the
main officers of the Fleischakers In San
Francisco, and aa soon as their report is
made it Is expected the money for the
property will be paid over and control
established.
BRYAN IN STEPS
OF
IMebraskan Plans to
Attain Toga.
WILL FOLLOW OREGON PLAN
Legislature to Enact Direct
Primary for Him.
DEMOCRATS IN CONTROL
Little Doubt of His Selection if
Primary Is- Enacted More Sen
ate "Undesirables' Soon
to Be Eliminated.
BT HARRY J. BROWN.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Nov; 15. (Special.) William J.
Bryan is going to adopt the Oregon
method of running for the United
States Senate. He is planning to have
the Nebraska Legislature enact a pri
mary law patterned after the Oregon
law, satisfied that, ir It does so, ne win
be elected to the Senate two years
hence, whether the Nebraska Legisla
ture is then Democratic or Republican.
He expects to do exactly what Governor
Chamberlain has done in Oregon.
The Nebraska Legislature ana tne
Nebraska Governor elected this Fall
are Democratic. With the Democrats
in control in the state government,
Bryan will be able to dictate, ana it is
hi announced desire, according to dis
patches from Lincoln, that the Oregon
primary law be aaoptea in nis state.
also the initiative and referendum,
which is in vogue in Oregon.
Legislature Will Obey.
With Bryan making these demands
there is not the slightest doubt that
the Nebraska Legislature will act as
he directs, and. of course, the new Gov
ernor of Nebraska will sign whatever
legislation may be passed by the Legis
lature at the request of the recent
defeated candidate for President.
Nebraska, like Oregon, Is normally a
Republican state, and the probabilities
are that the Legislature elected two
years from now will be Republican.
Under normal conditions that Legisla
ture would elect a Republican succes
sor to Senator Burkett. Mr. Bryan
realizes that fact, and that is why he
favors the adoption of the Oregon
primary law, for he is an acknowl
edged candidate for the Senate, and
he has decided to make sure of the
seat now filled by Mr. Burkett.
Direct Primary Would Elect Bryan.
If a Drimary law is enacted similar
to that now in force in Oregon, there
is no Republican in Nebraska who
onniri defeat Brvan for Senator. With
the popular vote of the people behind
him, Mr. Bryan could compel a Repub
lican Legislature to elect him to the
Senate, for, under the Oregon system.
Republican as well as Democratic
members of the Legislature would
then be bound by pledge to vote Xor the
"peerless leader.
Bryan's Move Shrewd.
In favoring the adoption of the Ore
gon law, Mr. Bryan has made a shrewd
political move, and if he succeeds in
having the law adopted, he will have
Insured himself a Job to which he has
inn nnnlred. a lob he considers sec
ond only to the Presidency, which Is
mnnlfentlv hevond his reach.
Of course, if the Nebraska Legisla
ture should remain Democratic after
the next election, Mr. Bryan could have
the Senatorshlp without the enactment
of the primary law. But Bryan himself
i unwilling to take chances, and there
fore is planning to do in Nebraska
what Governor Chamberlain appears to
have done in Oregon, it is a reason
ably safe bet that William J. Bryan
will succeed Elmer J. BurKett in tne
Senate on March 4. 1911.
More "Undesirables" to Go.
The elimination of "undesirable
Senators, which was begun at state
( Concluded on Pass 2.)
CiiEU
THREE SO-CALLED "UNDESIRABLES'' OF SENATE, WHO ARE TO BE RETIRED
. . A I i ' . . - -
V' . i ( '. ' . . s
L
Koraker of OMo.
HIRSCHURGESTHAT
JEWS INTERMARRY
HEBREW LEADER BAYS WOULD
SOLVE JEWISH PROBLEM.
Openly Declares That Bible Prece
dent Must Be Set Aside as Only
of Historic Interest.
CHICAGO. - Nov. 15. (Special.) Inter
marriage into other races in violation of
accepted scriptural injunctions and years
of custom was boldly advocated as a solu
tion of the Jewish problem by Dr. Emil G.
iirsch, in a sermon before the. Sinai
congregation this morning. The . sermon
was the first of a series dealing with the
Intermarriage of Jews with non-Jews and
the solution of the Jewish- problem.
As the only alternative to intermar
riage Dr. Hirsch offered emigration and
segregation, and the ultimate decline of
the Jewish people in the world's civiliza
tion and progress. In declaring In favor
of intermarriage, the noted Hebrew edu
cator attacked the "racial purity" argu
ment of orthodox Jewish leaders who op
pose intermarriage, declaring tnai no
.nrfi thine- a . distinctive Jewish race
exists and that vaunted racial purity and
unmixed blood is a myth.
We, who believe Intermarriage is the
only rational solution of the proDiem,
cannot appeal to the Bible for precedent,
as our orthodox opponents do. or point
to the injunction of Abraham against in
termarriage," declared Dr. Hirsch. "But
n thin nnrtion of the Scripture, is Only
of historic interest as mirroring the ideas
and aspirations of the time and the people
which gave it birth.
OPENS NEW CHURCH EPOCH
First American Catholic Missionary
Congress Meets in Chicago.
cHininn -nv. 15. The first American
Catholic Missionary Congress, pronounced
K- it0 momiu.r i destined to open a new
epoch in the progress of the church, con
vened for a four-days' session nere looay
in the presence of prelates, clergymen and
laymen from many parts of the United
States and Canada. Pope Pius X was
represented by Most Rev. Diomede Fal
conio. Archbishop of Larrlssa, and Apos
tolic Delegate to the United States, who
In the Initial ceremony presented tne
apostolic blessing and congratulations.
Preceded by the procession oi prelates
from Cathedral College, solemn pontm
cal mass this morning was -held at Holy
Name Cathedral, the celebrant being
Archbishop Falconlo, assisted by tne
Most' Rev. James H. Blenk, Archtnsnop
Af Vnw Orleans.
In the afternoon, a luncheon was given
to the visiting prelates by ArcnDisnop
n.,i.v sir r-hir-nsro. In the evening, ponti
fical vespers were held in all the Catholic
churches, with sermons on the missionary
spirit.
SCORE FORESTRY POLICY
Idaho Woolgrowers Disapprove Cut
In Range Allowances.
BOISK, Idaho, Nov: li. (Special.') The
Idaho Woolgrowers' Association, in exec
utive session today, severely criticised the
Forestry service for the recent 20 per cent
cut in the number of sheep to be allowed
on the range.
The Association further adopted the plan
promulgated by the National Woolgrow
ers" Association and Chicago Association
of Commerce and signed an agreement to
deliver at least 2,500,00 pounds of next
year's wool clip to the big warehouses to
be erected at Chicago and held there
together -with wool from other Western
states until the right market prices are
obtained.
The Idaho wool men consider that they
have won a victory in their aotions rela
tive to the storage of wool., for they
will no longer be at the mercy of the
Eastern buyers.
REFORM SCHOOL IS BURNED
Loss at Jerfersonville, Ind.,
mated at $250,000.
Estl-
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 15. Five build
ings of the Indiana State Reformatory
and nearly tha entire plant of the Indiana
Manufacturing Company at Jeffersonville,
Ind., across 'the Ohio River, were de
stroyed by fire late today. The loss will
total about 250.000.
There were no fatalities, the 1300 inmatea
of the reformatory remaining locked in
their cells, a portion of them sending
cheers through the grated windows as
they watched the work of the firemen.
Hanabrough of. North -Dakota.
..- .
RAGE RIOT GRAZES
T
Eight Persons, Killed
and Ten Injured.
NEGRO IS BURNED TO DEATH
Sets Fire to Own House Where
He Was Barricaded.
FIGHT STARTS TROUBLE
Xegro Beats Indian Boy Insensible
and Resists Arrest, Killing Offi
cerPosse Formed and Gives
Battle Militia Called Out.
OKMULGEE, Okla., Nov. 15. Eight per
sons were killed and ten others injured
this afternoon in a fight between Jim
Deckard, a negro desperado, and local
officers.
The dead:
Edgar Robinson, Sheriff of Okmulgee.
County.
Henry Klaber, Assistant Chief of Police
of Okmulgee.
Two negros named Chapman, brothers
Jim Deckard, negro.
Three unidentified negroes.
The wounded:
Steve Grayson, Indian boy, fatally.
Vic Farr, Chief of Police, shot through
shoulder.
DeDutv Sheriff, name not learned, arm
broken.
Seven others slightly wounded.
Fight Starts Trouble.
The disturbance began at the St. Louis
& San Francisco Railroad station, where
Jim Deckard engaged in a fight with an
Indian bov. Steve Grayson, and beat
him Into Insensibility with a rock.
Friends of Grayson notified the police
and when Policeman Klaber went to the
station. Deckard fled to his house nearby
barricaded himself in and when Klaber
approached, Deckard shot and killed him.
Sheriff Robinson gathered a posse in
a few minutes and hurried to the scene.
Part of this posse was made up of s
rmm nt neeroes. whom the Sheriff
nnmnttgnlnn AR deOUtteS.
As the posse approached the house
TWVarri- onened fire with a rifle, firing
as rapidly as he could load his weapon,
Negro Is Cremated.
Sheriff Robinson fell first, instantly
killed.
Then five of the negro deputies were
slain.
Deckard's house was surrounded by
a frenzied mob of armed men. Fire
was set to a house Just north of Deck
ard's, volleys were poured Into Deck-
rr bouse, and he was shot down.
roll over oil the floor.
triko a match and set fire to his own
bouse, which was soon roaring furious
ly. His body was cremated.
Deckard evidently had a large, quan
it,, of ammunition stored in his house
for many cartridges exploded while the
house was burning.
Militia Called Out.
Governor Haskell, at Guthrie, was
notified of the trouble and of the bad
feelina- between whites and negroes
that had grown out of it and threat-
.nl A. 1-flCA riOt.
Th finvernor at once ordered the
mintio fomnanv at Muskogee to pre
pare to go to Okmulgee, and a special
train was made ready to carry me
troops, the Governor remaining at his
r. t keen In touch with the situa
tion. News of the preparation to send
inti. here had a good effect on the
disorderly element of both races, and
At 7 o'clock tonight the crowd had dis
,i a nH further trouble was not
When it became known that no other
nes-ro had assisted Deckard against
the officers, the talk of reprisals sub
sided.
1'latt of New York.
OKLAHOMA
OWN
?ifiIKMill
I
J
CHILDREN'S ONLY
HOPE IS CURFEW
CHICAGO TO KXFOKCE LAW ON
LARGE SCALE.
Plans to Keep Youngsters Under 1 4
From Streets After 9 in Win
ter and JO In Summer.
CHICAGO. Nov. 15. (Special.) Chicago
proposes to teat the value of the curfew
law on a large scale. With "white slav
ers" lying in wait at every corner, ana
young girls and boys disappearing almost
dally, the police ana all genuine reiu""
olnmAnta ara In favor tt trviruT the Plan
of driving all children under 14 years of
age to their homes at 9 o'clock In the
Winter and at 10 o'clock in the Summer.
The Juvenile Protective League is tne
principal backer of the plan. It Is pro
nnsed to clear the streets of all children
except those bearing written permission
from their parents, ana engaged in
necessary errand. It has been shown
that the law can be enforced here, for
the settlement back of the stockyards,
which fairly riots in children, has en
forced the curfew law for more man a
year, with remarkable results.
The police say the currew law rigiaiy
enforced is the only salvation of the chil
dren. .
ROUND-UP OF BISON FAILS
Buffalo Escape to Reservation and
Freedom for Another Year. ,
visani-T J Mont.. Not. 15. The stren
uous work of the past two monins on.
the Flathead Reservation in rounums
and corralling the 230 bison of the Pablo
herd, purchased by the Canadian govern
ment, has come to naught and there will
be no shipment of the animals to Canada
this year.
Tioanito all the nrecautlons that naa oeen
taken to insure the Buccess of the drive,
the enclosure into which the buffalo had
been driven preparatory to loading them
into cars at Ravalli proved Insecure and
the herd is now roaming at will on the
reservation.
-uirhnel Pablo, former owner of tne
herd: Superintendent Douglas, of the
Ttanfr x-atinnnl Park, and M. Ayotte,
agent, -have agreed that it is not practi
cable to make another attempt at. mis
tima r,r vear on account of the danger
that lies in the shipment of the animals
by train in cold weather, ana an enort
has been suspended until next season.
ACCUSED, TAKES OWN LIFE
Dr. von Tiedemann Shoots Himself
in Nevada Jail.
AUSTIX, Tex., Kov. 15. Dr. von Tiede
mann committed suicide this afternoon in
the County Jail by shooting himself
through the head, death resulting almost
instantly.
Dr. von Tiedemann yesterday tried to
end his life by inhaling chloroform, pro
cured In some unknown manner. He was
found in a semi-conscious condition and
resuscitated. Afterward he claimed to
have used the drug to relieve a headache.
tv vnn Tiedemann was held charged
with embezzlement of Postoffice funds
amounting to J4300. He was to have been
taken to Reno in a few days and tried
by the Federal authorities on the above
charge.
The doctor's self murder was not much
of a surprise as he had been highly
nervous and distraught since the discov
ery of the defalcation. He protested his
innocence to the last and. in a letter de
nounced the Postoffice officials.
BALLOON HOVERS OVER SEA
America Located 1500 Feet in Air
in Ballona District.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15. But vague
and indefinite reports have been re
ceived from the balloon America since
shortly "before 6 o'clock, at which hour
it was near the ocean. Two or three
reports from reliable sources up to 7:15
located the balloon In nearly the same
spot, which was in the Ballona district,
about three miles from the ocean. It
was said to be still at a height of 1500
feet In the air, and scarcely moving in
any direction.
There is but little likelihood of the
America being blown out to sea, as
Captain Mueller is believed -to be too
experienced an aerial pilot to allow
this to occur with only a light wind
to contend with.
ELKINS MAKES DENIAL
Says Positively Xo Engagement of
Daughter With Duke.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15. Senator
Stephen B. Elklns tonight made the em
phatic announcement that no engage
ment exists between his daughter. Miss
Katlierlne Blkins, and the Duke of the
Abruzzl.
The announcement was made with the
knowledge and consent of Miss Elklns.
who desires that it should be given to the
public, which has manifested so great an
interest in the matter.
SHIPS LINE UP FOR REVIEW
Japanese Battleships Salute the
Emperor.
KOBE, Nov. 16. Preliminary to the
great naval review November IT, 30 bat
tleships and many torpedo-boats are in
position off this port. The assembled
fleet simultaneously saluted the Emper
or's train when It arrived today from
Tokio.
Hundreds of people awaited the train,
ut It did not stop at Kobe, owing to the
reported presence of the plague.
The Emperor went to Maiko, causing
..much disaflnointment here,
TSI UN DIES IN
REGAL SOLITUDE
Empress Dowager of
China Passes. .
THREE-YEAR-OLD ON -THRONE
Prince Chun as Regent Gives
Satisfaction.
PEKIN IS IN MOURNING
Red Gives Place to Blue in City.
Troops in Readiness, hut Disor
ders Are Not Feared Because
of Government Transition.
PEKIN, Nov. 15. Tsze Hsi An, the
Dowager Empress of China, autocratic
head of the government, which she had
directed without successful interference
since 1861, and without protest since 1SS1,
died at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
The announcement of the Dowager Em
press- death was official and followed
closely upon the announcement that
Kwang Hsu, the Emperor, had died yes
terday at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, but
it is believed the deaths occurred a con
siderable time, before that set down in
the official statement.
Three-Year-Old Heir Presumptive.
An edict issued at 8 o'clock this morn
ing placed upon the throne Prince Pu
Ti. the 3-year-old son of Prince Chun,
the Regent of the Empire, in accordance
with a promise given by the Dowager
Empress soon after the marriage of
Prince Chun In 1903. An edict issued Fri
day made Prince Pu Yl heir presumptive.
The foreign legations were notilled
hr the Forelen Board of the death of
the Emperor, and the succession of
Prince Pu Ti. Troops have been In
for several days to quell any
disorders that might arise on the death
of Kwang Hsu. The possibility of up
risings was made greater because of
the fact that the death of the Dowager
Empress was known to be close at
hand. Two divisions of troops have
been held in reserve and these are now
stationed in various quarters of the
city. Twenty gendarmes were dis
patched to guard the legations, but up
to the present the duties of the forces
have been slight.
Hundred Days' Mourning Ordered.
It was announced that the Legation
Guard was ordered out at "the special
call of the legations, on account of the
Emperor's death."
Prince Chun, the Regent, has ordered
the Viceroys and Governors to take
precautions for the continuation of the
administration of the provinces as
heretofore, and he has ordered a hun
dred days of mourning. The court will
go into mourning for three years
Peking already has been greatly
transformed. All red objects have been
removed and blue substituted. The
peopla learned this evening of the
death of the Dowager Empress, and.
although the Chinese are in no wisa
emotional, they show they were pro
foundly Impressed by the passing of
their powerful ruler. The foreigners
in the city are watching the stivnga
ceremonies with great Interest.
Both Die Alone.
At the palace elaborate rites are be-
(Concluded on Paste 4.1
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature 53.1
deRTeee; minimum, 4.',.6 deRreea.
TODAY'S Portland and vicinity, rain;
southeasterly winds.
Foreign.
Empress Dovacn of China Dies. Pase L
National.
State Department denies strained relations
with Japan ovq Manchurlan question.
Page z.
Domestic..
Eight ' deaths la race war in Oklahoma;
militia called out. Page 1.
Delegates to 1-abor Convention make aide
Hip from Denver. Page 4.
Prosperity Association announces its work
done. Page 1.
FolHicuL
Bryan laying plans to enter Senate from
Nebraska. Page 1.
Sport.
Washington football team hopes to defeat
Corvallis for championship. Page o.
Pacific Coast.
Fire at Tillamook does J13.000 damage.
Page 5.
Frank E. Guild. Salem store clerk, bound
and clubbed by robbers. Page 2.
Honey's condition continues to Improve;
patient Jokes with doctors. Page 1.
Edna Clark, missing Alameda girl, found In
Chicago. Page 4.
Industrial.
Extension o Fall River Railroad means In
creased business development lor tea
lem. Page 12.
This year s realty sales at Medford will ex
ceed $1,500,000. Page 12.
First Fruitgrowers' t:nion on north bank
organized at Underwood. Tago 12.
Portland and Vicinity.
Political opponents plan defeat of Bower
man and MoArthur. Page 13
Jack Ia Rose, convicted of. murder, will tia
tried for assault. Page 8
Mavoraltv fight starts with many candidates
In field. Pago 1.
New Forbes Presbyterian Church Is dedi
cated. Page
Tug Hercules makes nrit voyage te PocU"
Page .
fFD 1 05.0