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3 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JUNE 14, 190O. MURPHY WORRIES ABDUT MAYORALTY Finds Many Things Unite to Weaken Tammany Next Fall. MAY FUSE WITH HEARST 111 Kb Taxes, Bine Laws, Legal Ob stacles to Voting Floaters and Independents' Activity All Make Result Dubious. consent to take his poor, bedraggled oia party in out 01 xne -wet. MAX M. SHILLOCK NAMED BY lAXTTCr F. LONERGAN. NEW YORK, June 13. (Special.) Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, after a series of conferences -with his district lieutenants, has decided not to take a vacation this Summer. Orders have gone out that every worker must be "on the Job" all through the heated months. Murphy, who had planned a Canadian trip, has called it oil and will never be further away from headquar ters than "Good Ground," his Long Island Summer home. Ever since early In May Murphy has been sounding his leaders as to the sit uation In their districts. He has sum moned them to the hall one after the other for private conferences. "I want to know where we stand," he said to each man. "Make a careful canvass, Just as if election were only three days away. Find out whom we have lost and why we have lost them. No rainbows, mind you. Give me the exaot situation, no matter what it is." Now his emissaries have filed their reports and although Murphy has not published them his sudden activity in this period of political vacation lndl cates that they do not make him happy. Regardless of what one may think of it, no man who knows can deny that Tammany is great as an organization. In every big tenement house is a man who keeps track of his neighbors and generally can tell when they mean to kick over the traces. So. as a result of Murphy's command, there has been practically a house-to-house canvass of the city. .t.t the election last Fall Taft carried the greater city. In Manhattan the democratic plurality was only 30,000, and that is too narrow a margin for comfort. High Taxes First Grievance. From the admissions of a number of leaders it Is plain that the organiza tion is in a bad way. Here are the principal danger points: The tax rate. Coney Island, the iden tlncatlon law, hostility in Krooklyn, op position of Independents. Tammany ) n declare with bitter ness that it Is a drawback to their or ganization to call on taxpayers to set tle up In October. "To all intents and purposes." says one district leader, "they walk directlv from the cashier's office to the polling place and that counts heavily against us. This can be better understood when it is realized that in Greater New York there are about 200.000 small wage- earners who own their homes. Thi of course. Is exclusive of the. wealthy persons who own Fifth avenue man sions, and to whom the call of the tax collector is merely an Incident. These" 200,000 live In Brooklyn, up in the Bronx or over in Queens or Staten Island. An increase of from 35 to 60 per cent in the amount of their taxes is a serious item and their lamentations have been loud and prolonged. For example, there is a friend of mine in Brooklyn who last year raid $92.50 as taxes on a modest house in Flatbush. This year his bill Is $141.50 and he cannot understand why he should give up the difference. "They tell me that my property has Increased in value." he said. "Perhaps that Is so, but It is merely paper value. I have bought this place as a home and am not anxious to dispose of It. But the taxes are Increasing all the time and I know that the value of the land is not Increasing in the same propor tion as are the taxes." Every one of these 200,000 is paying a little more this year than he did last Perhaps the case of my Flatbush friend is unique, but every householder finds that the city has added to his expenses and he Is indignant. In many cases it Is all he can do now to meet the monthly payments, for a big proportion of these houses represent the entire savings of a family, and It-takes vears to clear the land of debt. Now these men will pay their tax bill in October and are likely to keep angry until the pons close, wnlcli explains one of Mur phy a troubles. Hard to Vote Floaters. The new identification law made such a hit from a Republican vlewnnlnt thai the recent Legislature strengthened it ny amendments. The expert opinion is that it now costs Tammany about 30,000 votes, a yeiw. as it is almost impossible to oper ate Hosiers - under its provisions. Tin loss of these 30.000 ballots naturally causes Murphy much worry. Murphy has also discovered that the independ ents are marching and countermarching this year much earlier than usual, lie hopes to annex a fair share of this vote, but admits that at the present time it is doubtful. The Mayoralty boom of William Trav- ers Jerome gave up the ghost shortly after it tirst butted into our best nolit- ieal circles. Even Jerome's best friends admit he is out of it. but they hope to ee mm renominated uy Tammany Hall lor his present office. One well-knowi newspaper man, who is on Jerome's stair, said today: "Of course the Judge never really wanted to be Mayor. He will stay right wnere tie is. Murphy and Hearst at Peace. A. rumor which has disturbed the Jerome forcea amazlnglv is that Will iam Randolph Hearst and Charles F. Murphy have decided to bury the hatchet and jointly dine on fatted calf. Hearst's reward, so the ftory goes, will be a Tammany indorsement of Clarence J. bhcarn for District Attorney. Shearn. who is Hearst's lawyer. Is one of the few Hearstites who have been faithful, no matter by what name the party called itself, or with whoi it was allied. Ha was the candidate for District Attorney in 1905 and the nominee for Governor in 1908, so he . knows what It Is to run for office. Apostate Leaguers say that Sheam's loyalty Is due to the fact that his annual legal stipend is largo, and he can afford to be good. But Shearn's friends say that his faithfulness springs rrom a purer source than mere money. There is also a rumor that Hearst will tie up with the fusionlsts if Shearn Is run for District Attorney or given nomination for Supreme Court Justice. The fact of the matter Is that Hearst will Join hands with anybody who will Appointed Superintendent oC Wal lowa River Hatchery. Max M. Shlllock, for years an active newspaper man of this city, has been appointed superintendent . of the state fish hatchery on the Wallowa River, two miles below Minam. He will as sume the duties of the position July 1. Mr. Shlllock was first appointed super intendent of the hatchery at Ontario, which was the largest in the state, but the state authorities found It neces sary to abandon this hatchery because of the Immense amount of sand in the Snake River, which was killing the young fry. For the last year Mr. and Mrs. Shil-' lock have lived on Alder Slope, Wal lowa County. They went to the Wal lowa River hatchery last week, where Mr. Shlllocli will spend the remainder of the month familiarizing himself with the duties of superintendent prior to assuming -charge next month. Mr., and Mrs. Shlllock went to Wallowa County for the benefit of Mr. Shlllock's Impaired health, which has been Im proved greatly. TWAIN PICKED AS THUGS Laborer Accuses Men of Beating and Robbing Him in Room. E. J. Farrell and George .Rande, la borers, who claim Oregon City as their home, were arrested late last night on 1 . . " i - . r Charles If. Murphy, Who la Busy Orfcaolzlnfr Campaign for New York Mayoralty. Burnslde street on tin complaint of James Leddy, also a laborer, who In formed Sergeant Goltz and Patrolman Annundson that the two men had taken him Into a room In the Alabama House, at Sixth and Burnside streets, and, after plying him with beer, bern. and robbed him of $5.25. All were un der the influence of liquor. Leddy's jaws were swollen and his lips cut. The suspects were locked up In the City Jail and Leddy was held as a witness. MAN BURNED BY. HOT TAR! Slips " on Ladder, Molten Substance Splashes Face, Hands and Arm. . J. Knight, an employe of Thompson & Sterrit, contractors, met with a painful accident yesterday afternoon which re sulted in serious burns. Knight was working on the roof of the new Meier & Frank building and was climbing a ladder with a pot of hot tar when his foot slipped and he fell, the molten tar splashing over his hands, face and one arm. Before it could be removed from his flesh he was burned deeply on the hands and arm. The burns on his face were not more than skin deep. Sur geons dressed his injuries and he was able to walk home. VICTORIA N EARING NOME Other Steamers Still Held in Icefloes East ol St. Lawrence. SEATTLE, June 13. Definite news of the Nome fleet was received today In a cable dispatch which announced that the Victoria arrived in the roadstead at 2:15 A. M. Saturday and the St. Croix at 10 A. M. The St. Croix, a wooden steamer, showed the effects of her battle with the ice, the timbers being ripped from her bow. She left Saturday afternoon for St. Michael. The Ohio, Olympia, Senator and Uma tilla are believed to be still in the floes east of St. Lawrence Island. These six boats carried 2500 passengers. The St. Helens, Falcon and Tampico are also on the way to Nome. WESTON WEARS OUT SHOES AVaits at Station -East of Granger for Xew Pair. GRANGER, Wyo., June 13. Edward Fayson Weston is at Marston, the firs't station east of Granger, tonight. He is waiting for a new pair of shoes. He ex pects to resume his walk at midnight. LIGHTNING HITS CHURCH One. Man Killed and 16 Injured by Bolt Whfch Falls at Mass. GREEN BAY, Wis., June 13. Light ning struck the Holy Cross Catholic Church at Bay Settlement, north of here, during maps today, killing one man andshocking and injuring 16 oth ers, two of whom may die. The crash caused a panic. ' THREE DROWN FROM BOAT Two Women Also Lose Lives Near St. Louis, Mo. ST. LOUIS. June 13. Three men were drowned today by the overturning of a rowboat on Grove Couer Lake, a resort 25 miles west of St. Louis. Two women were drowned in Cahokia Creek near here. Join Our Sewing Machine Club m well $1.00 TOg, We are agents for Standard Sewing Machines in all gradesexclusive agents. The Standard Sewing Machine Co. have the largest single factory in the United States devoted solely to the manufacture of sewing machines. They are the largest, most modern and newest makers of good sewing machines. Machines tinder the Club plan &t such easy terms anyone can buy AND THEY SELL FOR EVEN LESS THAN THEY REGULARLY BRING AT CASH-DOWN PRICES. To join the club you pay a membership fee of $5.00, then you pay $1.00 a week until you have paid the balance on whatever ma chine you select. The club numbers 200, no more. Just a carload of Standard Sewing Machines. Join early. You have five grades of machines to choose from The Favorite, at $18.00, The Olds, Wortman & King Improved, at 26. OO, The Standard Vibrator, at 32.50, The Standard Grand at $35.00, and The Standard Rotary, price 40.00. Machine delivered as soon as you pay initia tion fees. No waiting. Join the club and the machine is yours to use at once. Then pay your dues of $1.00 a week, and pay the balance in that manner. Choose any ma chine you wish. Muslinw'r Up-to-date women who seek studiously after perfect com fort in the most desirable muslin garments are strongly in favor of the combination suit. We are offering a splen did special on . combination suits in corset cover and skirt or, corset cover and drawers. Reg. value Of) QQ $4.00, special at. ... . OZiO J CHEMISE, with plain or trimmed skirt. Any domestic chemise in our stock r j jf Monday at just aICLIi Olds. Wo rtman & King Jap Parasols V4 Less You ought to see these handsome Japanese Silk Parasols. . They , are hand-embroidered af fairs, more beautiful than you can imagine un til you have examined them. 'They come ixi white, pongee, pink, heliotrope, light blue or gray, some nand-pamtea designs A W included. Values up to $25, all at. .ess Refrifreratnrs &7.7f) Tin 1 We are exclusive Portland agents for the best refrigerator made the Automatic They are on sale this week and they are priced up from $18. 90, and other refrigerators and ice boxes as low as $7.70. Have our salesmen show you the many superior advantages of the splendid Automatic refrigerator You will buy no other if you see these. Col'dMohair Something you will surely need for making up bathing suits and smart shirtwaist suits, etc., for Summer wear. Splendid for skirts, too, and decidedly popular this season. A splendid range of colors. Five qualities bargainized. Regular 50c quality AHn selling for, the vard-.-fu PONGEES, YARD, $1.19 A fresh shipment of genuine hand-loomed Chinese pongee silk, 34 inches wide. Regular price $1.50 the yard, CI 1 Q .3 days only, price. . . .0 1 1 1 J f Silk Petticoats $3.49 Bought for nearly two-thirds below their regular wholesale price because the manufactur er had an immense surplus and wanted to close them out quickly. We took the entire assortment an even 500 off his hands at OUR price. Ev ery wanted color contained in this lot, splendid quality, silk, made with deep flounce, nicely shirred. Values up to Q Q Jj Q $10.00, choice at, each GO ifu Superb Silk Waists $4.95 A superb lot of messaline and taffeta silk waists: also an im mense lot of handsome net bodices. The messaline silk waists are decorated in handsome braided designs, done in soutache braid, buttons and tucks. Some with lace yoke in cuffs. There is an assortment too large to attempt description, but every one is a beauty. The Lace and Net Waists are marvels of rich ness come in black or colors with braided designs done in silk cord. The taffeta waists come in solid colors or fancy effects and in extremely smart tailored styles or prettily trimmed. Reg. values up to $18.50, choice of the lot at. Notions and Toilet Goods kind 39c .S4.95 MASSAGE CREAM, the that keeps the skin soft. A regular 50c jar at, ea.. GRAVES' TOOTH POWDER, unequaled for cleansing and beautifying the teeth, a 17 regular 25c bottle for. ... lib PONY POCKET PENCILS, ex tra special in the station- Fp ery aisle for Monday at. . . . Uu COMMERCIAL ENVELOPES, a good size, splendid qual- Jn fine 7c ity envelope ,the package. PIN CUBES, good size, toilet pin, regular 15c value, for today's selling.. TOILET PIN SHEETS, con taining 144 pins, a regular 15c value, special at, sheet. UU TOILET SOAP, the real Boca Belli soap, large-sized CQn bar, worth 75c, special. . . Uuu ALCOHOL GAS STOVES, something needed in every house, especially for sick IQn room, nursery, etc., sp'l.. TJu White Hose at 19c women s white hose, always cool and neat foifc Summer wear, in plain, lisle or imported boot effects. Regular IQn price 35c per pair, special price 1 3 C WOMEN'S LACE HOSE in boot lace, silk imported boot or all-over lace 9 On styles. Regular values up to 65c pr..UdC WOMEN'S FAST BLACK HOSE, sizes 8, 8, 9, 912 and 10. Extra 35c -l Qft quality on sale at the low price of . . I 0U CHILDREN'S UNDERWEAR The most complete assortment in Portland. rnn Boys' Porosknit Underwear at 3Uu A Great Sale of Hats $10.00 Values $3.50 Look in our windows and see for yourself what extremely stylish hats we are selling for this small price. Hats chuck full of originality, decidedly different from millinery you will find in any other store hereabouts for even a much higher irice. Possibly the hat you purchased earlier in the season or the one that you have decided to make go over from last season, is a trifle shabby-looking now. Replace it with one of these at . about a third its value. Immense assortment of hats fro rn worth to $10.00 on sale at this very low price, each. . .Ouiwl) Children's Barefoot Cvo THE SPLENDID oanctais "feel easy" kind If you want your grow- v . i :i m-r - J S-Tlwr( lug uuja nuu gnu w stv.-V?0w!35i?tA know real . Summer mW&mi: ' vafcrVX. nfArt in warm weather buy Barefoot Sandals for them. They give splendid wear, and contain every advantage of letting the children run barefooted without the disadvantages of stone bruises and "stubbed" toes. You did not like to bruise your feet when you were young, but you always would, like to go barefooted. Take advantage of the strides that modern shoemaking has made in your children's favor. SPECIAL Infants', child's, misses' and young men's oxfords, pumps and colonials at very spe cial prices. Come in patent, tan or black kid leathers, heavy or light soles, and at a saving of 50c to $1.00 the pair. All go at one scale of prices. Sizes 5 to 8, 01 1 Q u Sizes 11 to 2,Q-1 A Q special at O 1 1 I 3 special, pair. ..01 iHu Sizes 8y2 to 11, M QQ Sizes 2 to 7, CM "7Q special, pair. . . 0 I iZvl special, pair. . .0 1 1 1 u Garden Hose Specials GARDEN HOSE, 50 feet, three-quarter On nn size, 3-ply, special, 50 feet for.-. OwiZU LAWN MOWERS, good quality, 12-inch On An size, special for Monday's selling OZinrll 16-inch size, special at this low price $2.75 LAWN MOWERS, with high wheels, 4 OA jin knives, ball-bearing, 16-inch size, special. .OHiHU GREAT 77- npr J f J , J sale of jt me 1 ablecloths An extra-ordinary spe cial sale, be ginning today on fine quality table cloths in drawn work or em broidery de signs. There are no two alike. A line bought from a manufacturer at a tremendous discount from regu lar prices. Savings average about one-third. Extra high-grade goods at less than you ever saw the same qualities priced before. If you have a taste for un usually handsome linens, be sure to take (1 flfl advantage of this opportunity. $60 cloths u4UiUU Laces Worth $1 48c Yd. $2.00 Values at 98c $4.00 Values at $1.98 98c $65 cloths, special $44.00 $75 cloths, special $52. OO TABLE CLOTHS, napkins, towels, short lengths of table linen, etc., slightly soiled and mussed, leftovers from the most successful white sale we have ever had, on a special counter in the linen aisle, priced at figures almost unbe lievably low. $85 cloths, special $59.00 $100 cloths, special $72.00 GINGHAMS, in choicest pat terns. Thousands of yards, fresh, new goods, at 10, 12V and.. KINDERGARTEN CLOTH, a fine imported fabric for chil dren's dresses and boys' Blouse waists, special values at, the yard 15c 20c VENISE AL L-O V E R LACES, in whit?, cream, cru or black, very hand-tiomt- designs Reg.ilar val ues up to $1.00 the I On yard, on sale at only. . HUu Regular values to $2 the yard, sale price. Regular values to pi in $3 yard, selling at.. 01 iHO W Regular values up to $4.00 the yard at. . .S1.98 WHITE APPLIQUE LACES in bands, galloons and festoons. Just what you want for trimming Summer dresses. Regular values up to 1 Qo 35c the yard, on sale at this low price, yd. . . I JU Values up to 50c the yard, on sale now nn at the remarkably low price of . . ZuU HAIR BOW RIBBONS, made of extra good qual ity silk, 6 inches wide, all staple shades OCn included. 14-yard lengths, selling at. ZuC NOVELTY RIBBONS, in warp prints, plaids, stripes and plain taffetas, 3 to 6 inches wide. Regular values to 50c the yard, on special QOn sale at the very low price of, the yard Z Ju FACE VELLS AND NEW AUTOMOBH.E VEILS, IV2 yards long, all staple shades, Q-1 MQ regular values up to $3.50, on sale at 01 iHO EMBROIDERIES in nainsooks, cambrics and swiss, bands, edges, galloons and headings; 3 to 12 inches wide. Regular values up to 35c in, the yard, now on sale at this low price I ZZu ROADS TOJIJT RATES STEAMERS Wllili GET Bl'LR OF IEWISTON FREIGHT. REGENT SPEEDS ROCKHILL Prince Chun Receives Retiring Min ister in Audience. FEKIN, June 13. W. W. Rockhlll, fetirlni? American Minister to China, was received in . farewell audience to day by. the Repent. Prince Chun, -who expressed cordial sentiments toward Mr. Rockhlll and the United States. Merchants of Idaho City Inclined to Sunnort Company That liowered Charges. LEWTSTON, Idaho, June 13. Opera tion of the Independent steamers between Portland and Lewiston, which has brought about a 25 per cent reduction In freight charges has also resulted In the railroad companies taking steps to meet the cut on a number of commodities, ac cording to a letter received In the city from General Manager Dorsey Smith, of the Open River Transportation Com pany. The merchants of Lewiston are paying weekly to the Open River Transporta tion Company approxima-tely J1600 for freight charges between Portland and Lewiston, and with a probability of the steamers being kept continually in opera tion throughout the year, the rail com panies are planning to inaugurate a cam paign regain the business that was formerly In their hands. Portland is now the terminal point for all of the business formerly handled through both Portland and Seattle, aside from a heavy business enjoyed by the Portland jobbers that was formerly divided between Portland, Seat tle and Spokane houses. It Is stated the rail companies' proposed tariffs will not be as low in many re spects as the Open River Transportation Company but because of quicker delivery and daily service the rail companies hope again to command the freight business between Lewiston and the coast. The new tariffs will be effected at all points now served by the river steamers, but Lewiston Is considered one of the most important points as the car goes brought here range from 125 to 140 tons each week and several cargoes are now in the Celilo warehouses await ing transportation to Lewiston. A canvass among the business men would indicate that the freight trafflo would be reserved for the Open River Transportation regardless of what rates might be quoted by the railroads. ROAD'S ROUTE CHANGED SOIFTER VALLEY WILL EXTEND TO SUSAXVILLE. SELJA REACHES ASTORIA Portland-Asiatic Liner Makes Quick Trip From Yokohama. ASTORIA. Dr., June 13. (Special.) The Norwegian steamer Selja, of the Portland-Asiatic line, reached port this morning two days ahead of her sched ule, having made the run from Yoko-' hama in 16 days and 11 hours. She will remain here until tomorrow morning before proceeding up the rier. The Selja engaged a Chinese crew at Hongkong, so that she now has two crews on board, but the Europeans will be discharged at Portland. Easier Grade Is Found Down Middle Fork of John Day Than to Prairie City. STJMPTER. Or., June 13, (Special.) It has been officially announced by the Sumpter Valley Railroad that the pro posed extension of the road from Austin will be made this Summer, and that the road will not go to Prairie City, but down the middle fork of the John Day River. How many miles will be built has not been stated, but It Is "sure, so officials of the company state, to go as far as the Thomas ranch, about 14 miles, and may be built on as far as Susanvllle, a total of 22 miles. , It has all along been the contention of many people familiar with the condi tions of the country through which the road is to be built that this is the route that would finally be selected by the company. By going down the middle fork a good water grade is obtained all the way, while to go over the divide to Prairie City the grade would not be less than 3 per cent and in places even greater, while construction would be very expensive. It has long been the policy of the com pany to build its road so as to tap the timber belts, and there are many sec tions of timber land on both sides of the middle fork which will be easily reached by the extension toward Susanville. Again, the Susanville country has for several years been a heavy shipper of ores, and with the advantages obtained by railroad transportation the increase in this class of freight will become an im portant item to the company. Austin, the present terminus of the Sumpter Valley Railroad, is 30 miles southwest of this place. In Grant County. The extension of the road will all be within the same county. According to a cabinet ordinance recently issued in Tokio, the onerous restriction on the use of Western ink in Japanese official documents has been removed after 32 years. Wholesome and hearty, perfect food for all, a guaranteed steak never could pall. Demand it of your dealer.
