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7 TV- PAGES 9 TO 16 PART: TWO VOL. XXI. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1902. NO. 32. mmTIC FICTURE YR8MS MflDE TO ORDER EXrEKTrWlMEftS-BEST MOLDINGS-LOWEST PRICES NEW AUTUMN STYLE OUTING HATS JUST RECEIVED FREE LESSONS GIVEN IN ART EMBROIDERY A remarkable purchase by our suit-buyer in New York of Ladies' PONGEE SILK SHIRTWAIST SUITS Real value $17-50 to $27-50 On sale tomorrow at $9-95 FINAL CLEAN-UP OF WASH GOODS 3000 yards of madras, dimity, batiste, fig ured lawn, fancy white goods, novelty zephyrs; this season's styles and designs a;id colorings; regular I -price 15c to 60c yard . . . .-V- Yr Q This extraordinary price is made to effect . a speedy clearance. No goods will be exchanged, none sent on approval. A BIG SHIPMENT OF LADIES-' BLACK LACE LISLE HOSIERY Extra quality, newest de- O T rt signs. On sale tomorrow Ul WALKING SKIRTS The balance of our $6.50 Melton Walking Skirts in blue, brown and oxford; this season's most approved style and fin ish. Will be closed out i Qjj) LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS 1200 ladies' plain white hemstitched hand kerchiefs, 1-4 inch hem. s r CA special o ror 50c LEATHER GOODS BARGAINS The balance of our ladies' leather belts will be closed out tomorrow as follows: 35c belts at 13c 50c belts at 23c .... 75c belts at 39c r $J.00 belts at 4,9c STILL FOR THE PARK Figures Given by The in tor Building to the jClty Parle He Declares Are Preposterous, and lie Tells Why He Thinks So. "It's all a bluff a case of tall wag doc. The street railway companies have made stuffed bogle In order to scare out the City Park' fair site and block the game." This wao the declaration yesterday of CoIorTe! Hawkins; Criticises Street Railroads. HEY'RE BLUFFING, HE SAYS beautiful lake. This lake has been the scavenger bed of the city for years. It abounds In rich odors, and la a great har bor for rats and other vermin. Mosquitoes float off Its green surface In Summer time, also sundry ills, distempers and disorders. . "It Is said we can dam the outlet of the lake, pump water into It. cover the mud flats and fill the plague spots with fresh water. As If .this were possible! "Why. all the pumps on the Pacific Coast could not keep that lake above the sur faco of the river. We could expendall of our $350,000 fund trying to keep the water up. and still the level of the lake would fall with that of the river ana show up mud flats. All the water we could pump In would only leak out underground Into the river. The bottom of .the lake la loose gravel and mud. In which there Is perfect seepage. The railroad embank ment Is composed of slabs and sawdust, and would leak water like a sieve. "In order to retain the water In Guild's Lake, we should have to sink a dike all around It down to hard clay. Just think of the expense! And where do you think wo should get off at? How much of our $330,000 would be reft for the fair? "We don't have to achieve great engi neering feats In getting a site. We don't have to monkey with risks when we can get safe sites anywhere else. "In last Sunday's Orcgonlan an .anony jmous wag proposes Multnomah Field and WAITING FOR WHEAT " " Salem Flouring Mills Unable to Obtain the Grain. ARE OPERATED ON SHORT RUNS Farmers Find Dairying: and Diver sified Crop More Profitable Than the Cultivation of Wheat, and Cense to Groir for Export. SALEM, Aug. 9. (Special.) When It Is said that 10 or 15 years ago the farmers hauled 400.000 bushels of wheat Into Salem every year, but last year the buyers here could get only 45,000 bushels, some lnfer- fchanges ' will be more gradual. Prior to the time when the Southern Pacific took up the task of encouraging dairying, the farmers were" neglecting their cows, leav ing them to pick their feed In pastures. There was no market for country butter. But with the advent of the creamery, but ter "was put Into shape for shipment. Large quantities were shipped out of the country, the price advanced when the lo cal demand was relieved, and dairying be came profitable. Farmers Immediately be gan taking care of their cows. The wheat fields were reduced to make" room for oats and clover, root .crops and vetches. Cows were fed with a view to producing a heavy yield of milk. Thus the demand for feed Increased very rapidly, though the number of cows In the country had varied but little. Building up dairy herds Is a work that takes time, especially when the price of beef cattle leads farmers to sell cows that might be used for breed ing purposes. It Is therefore apparent that the increase of hay and pasture acreage will hereafter be slow and In proportion with the development of the dairy industry. Why Oats Supplanted Wheat. The reason for the change from wheat to oats Is evident. The average price of oats for the last 12 months, according to an estimate of D. A. White, of Brewster & White, has been 32 cents, or 1 cent a pound. The average price of. wheat has TERMS- FOR CABL ConditionsPacific-Orient Line Must Meet. MEMORANDUM OF ROOSEVELT DIGNITARIES WHO TOOK PROMINENT PART IN CORONATION CEREMONIES. ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. Who Crowned the Kins. DUKE OF XORFOTLK, Manager of Coronation Ceremonies. ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, Who Crowned the Queen. DUCnES'S OF BUCCIiEUCH, Mistress of the Robes. L. L. Hawkins. "There are 15 strong men on the Lewis and Clark board," he went on. "They have been bluffed, or at least partly so, by the car companies, who say they would not extend their lines to the City Park site because extension would coat $640,000, exclusive of right of way. Think- of St $610,000 for two miles of tra'clf ! Tnats JZO,wo a muo: -jum anyDoay ever hear of the like? "Why, It's preposterous It's absurd! It's case of tall wag dog. The fair should wag the car lines, not the car lines the fair. The Lewis and Clark board should stand up and say to the car men. 'Gen tlemen, we will choose this fair site ourselves.' "Mr. Swigert, of the City & Suburban Company, and" Mr. Fuller, of the Portland Railway Company, were Invited to say whether they would extend their lines. They preferred to have the fair at some other place which It would cost them noth ing to reach. Therefore, they said they did not like the City Park, or words to that effect, and everybody flocked off like a band of sheep down to Guild's Lake. "Let me say right here that I speak In entire good humcr. I Impeach nobody'3 motlvea But I desire to call the attention of the public to the absurdity of the posi tion of the car companies. I do It without reference -as to whether the City Park is a good site or not. - Board Shoald Investigate. 'JThe Lewis and -Clark board has ac cepted the report of the street-car engi neers apparently as final. It seems to agree that what these engineers have re ported as to grade and probable cost Is Just right. But why should the board not engage engineers of Its own? Why should It run the risk of the car companies not being biased? 'We are told, that a route from Jefferson street would cost $350,000 at a maximum grade of between Ai and 5 per cent. The route from Washington street would cost $290,000, at a maximum grade of 10 per cent. but I have been told on unimpeachable authority that .the steepest grade would not be more than 7 per cent. "This Is an unheard-of expenditure. Did anybody ever hear of a railroad that cost $320,000 n mile to build? Why, the -money the companies estimate, or rather allege, the extensions would cost wourd pave the routes with gold. The companies have laid themselves open to discredit if not ridicule. "The only argument that seemed to hold water against the City Park was this seemingly impervious one of transporta tion. But what does the argument look like when it has such a discreditable punc ture in it as this? I say It looks like 30 cents. And everybody who knows about railroad building estimates Its value at the same fraction of a dollar. Who Are the Financiers f "Why, $60,000, under the most adverse conditions, would build and equip 32 miles of road at $30,000 a mile. But do we want 32 miles, or only two? The Hlllsboro electric line la building a road over the hills back of the city. Will that road cost $320,000 a mile? If so, and If Its promoters calculate a return on the Investment, why cannot the other companies perform the same feat? What kind of financiers have our two street-car companies, anyhow? Do they need brain food or do they want the fair to be at a place to which it will not cost them anything to extend their roads? "I say, with all 4ue respect to the Lewis and, Clark, board, its members should choose the site. If they wish to choose It, they should have estimates of their own. Otherwise they must swallow what ever the car companies tell them and go to whatever site the companies pick out. "I believe the board has sufficient stam ina to say to the- companies. 'Here is the site for the fair, and here the fair will be. We are not going, to build up to you, but you will have to build up to us.' "In the Eastern cities they do not stop for grades,. When the grade Is too heavy for the power of the car, they run the car on an elevator, and pull car, passen gers, carriage and all up any kind of a steep incline. And they don't get tired at It, either. Do we get tired before we be gin? "I believe it Is easy to lift people up to the CJty Park site and to lift up any num ber of them. If the car companies will not build jjp to It. well and good; we can devise more popular ways of lifting the public. But the companies will build. And if they plan to expend $320,000 a mile they will have more money when they are done than they know what to do with. . "Now. as to the Willamette Heights site. The great charm of this site Is the the Exposition building as 'a site. His suggestion was more sensible' than he Imagined. Next to the City Park. It Is the best location offered. Just think about it. It is in the heart of the city: It Is touched by all the street-car lines. It has plenty of area. It has plenty of water, for Canyon -Jrtek- fles'uiid'erneat'n' and -any number of weih? eoiifd be sunk. - It has beautiful hills encircling it. which could be made Into bankfi for lagoons. Haw thorne Park, of course, has the same'nd vantages. 'but It Is not near enough the center of the city.' "As one advocate of the City Park, I am glad sentiment has had a chance to troop off to Guild's Lake. It has shown that "objections can be raked against any site that ls'offercd: We can1 troop off to any site and find disadvantages. If we should go over to Hawihorno" Park we should find them also, although many good people deny IV PRINCE CHEN ARRIVES. Xevr Chinese Minister to United States Accompanies Him. NEW YORK. Aug. 9. Prlnc Chen, who was to have represented the Chinese Im perial Government at the" coronation of King Edward, when that "event was ex pected to take place In June, arrivedhere today by the steamship St. 'Paul from Southampton. The Prince was accompan ied by a numerous suite, and by Sir Liang Chen Tung, who is to succeed Wu Ting Fang as Minister to. this country next January. The distinguished Chinese were met at quarantine by Assistant Secretary of State Pierce, representing this Gov ernment; Wu Ting Fang, James B. Reynolds, private secretary to Mayor Low; the Chinese Consul and the Vice Consul. The Prince greeted the receiving party heartily, arid after the exchange of salutations he addressed the assembled newspaper men as follows: "Her August Majesty the Empress of China desires mc to express her thanks to the American people for their kindly feeling toward us, and sends her gopd wishes to all," and adding: "Every Amer ican 13 my friend." Upon disembarking. Prince Chen and his party were driven to the Waldorf-Astoria. Monday the Prince will go to Oys ter Bay at the Invitation of President Roosevelt. His stay in this city is limited to three days. . t Sir Liang Chen Tung said he was pleased beyond expression at. his appoint ment as Minister to the United States. "I was satisfied they would send .me to Paris," he added. Drowned Man nn Airship Inventor. NEW YORK, Aug. 9. It Is believed the body of the man found drowned lnf the sound near Marnaroneck Thursday with a satchel containing machinists' tools tied around the neck was that of Hugo "Ring well, of this city. Rlngwell, who was a machinist, was about 30 years old. and a native of Switzerland. Ho was highly educated and spoke four or five languages. As an Inventor he had perfected .plans for an airship and had learned the ma chinists' trade in order that he might build the craft. His employer said Ring well seemed to be In comfortable circum stances, but spoke little of his personal affairs, of which nothing Is known. Before leaving his boarding-house "In this city, the Inventor destroyed all his drawings and models, and told the land lady to say he had gone to Germany. ' . Movement Profits by Riot. NEW YORK, Aug. 9. As a result of the riot at the funeral of Rabbi Joseph, a movement started several months ago for the organization of a Hebrew-American regiment In this city has received a new Impetus. Four hundred members al ready have been secured. ence may be made of the change that has taken place In the wheat-growing' Indus try In this vicinity. Ten years ago, when the wheat had been threshed the farm ers would begin hauling to town. The wagonloads of grain would be strung out for. one or two blocks waiting for a chance -to Unload at the, mills, and the farmers could not go home to supper un? til 9 or 10 o'clock at night because they had to take their turn at the mill. Now tho mill operators are doing the waiting, and they look Impatiently up the street for the loads of grain that come strag gling in, Even with the Inducement of 5 cents per bushel premium over market quotations, one of the Salem flouring mills could not get grain enough to supply Its orders for flour. The wheat was not to be had In the local market, and the mills had their choice of closing down or shipping in wheat from a distance. Competition will not permit the payment of freight charges, and the other choice was ac cepted. The wheat hauled to Salem, did not supply the local demand. -Past and Present. Twelve years ago two large mills, one on North Mill Creek and the other on South Mill Creek, were In operation. The big brick mill, of which Salem was Justly proud, had a dally capacity of 00 barrels. The other mill, destroyed by fire In 1S99, had a capacity of 600 barrels. The two inllls were operated the whole year round, with the exception of the few days when they were closed down for repairs. The brick mill la now as silent as the tomb, except when it Is In use by the flax man. who uses a small part of one floor. Tho mill that was burned was replaced by a nw mill with a capacity of 350 barrels per day, and last season's run was only 72 dnys. Bryant & Reeves, formerly of Aumsvllle, erected a small custom mill last year and handled some 10,000 busnels Volcanic Activity Story Denied. WASHINGTON. Aug. 9. Senor Calve, the Costa Rlcan Minister, has received a cablegram from the Secretary of State for Foreign Relations of his country, deny ing the accuracy of recent reports regard ing volcanic activity In Co3ta Rica. Convention Date Changed. DENVER, Aug. 9. Chairman Smith, of the Democratic committee, today an nounced a change In the date for the Democratic State Convention from Sep tember 3 to September 9, owing to diffi culty in securing a hall for the former date. of wheat, but could not get near all the 1 grain they wanted. A part of the scarcity was doubtless due to the operation of mills and warehouses at other places In the country. A dozen years ago wheat was brought to Salem In large quantities by boat, and some Is'stlU brought in that manner, but the decrease in the amount hauled In by wagons, and the falling off in the amount of flour manufactured, shows that this section of Marlon. County has practically abandoned wheat-raising. Back from the river the' change has not been so greatj but In all sections there Is a very notice able drift from wheat to other branches of farming which are believed to yield greater profits and more certain returns. Hop yards prune orchards, hay fields and pastures have taken the "places for merly occupied by grain fields. Wheat has also given way to oats, and though the local premium on wheat for home consumption la likely to keep the aver age nearly up to the present area, the day of wheat-raising for export has al most passed In Marlon County. Good Quality of Wheat. Tho first lqad of 1902 wheat was received in Salem the .other day. In color, texture and weight It was up to the highest stahdard, and there Is every reason to be lieve tHat the whole crop will be first class. This, of course, was Winter wheat. There have been reports to the effect that the hot weather Injured Spring wheat by shrlvcllng it, but the story has not been confirmed. Local grain-buyers who have been watching the crop, and who have been oit in the country the last few diys. Bay that they see no reason yet to think that either Fall or Spring-sown grain will be pther than first-class. Threshers arc now running In several fields near here, and soon the grain will be coming to market. J. G. Graham, of Balfour, Guthrie & Co., and Bryant & Reeves, estimate that the wheat acreage of this county Is 10 per cent less this season than It was In 1901, but the wheat fields abandoned have been given to oats. The average of grain re mains unchanged. Both these firms esti mate that the yield of wheat per acre will be enough better than last year to make up for the loss' Jn acreage, so that the total yield of wheat In 'bushels -will re main undiminished. The yield per acre of oats Is also' greater than last year, and It Is estimated that tho combined increase, of acreage and yield will make the total crop 15 to 20 per cent greater than In 1901. Some have estimated the Increased yield of oats at 30 per cent, but 20 per cent Is probably more nea?ly correct. The rapid development of the dairying Industry made a very marked change In the production of wheat, oata and, hay i during the last two years, been about SO cents, or perhaps a little better. Oats yield 30 to AO bushels per acre, while wheat on the same ground will produce from 13 to 25 bushels. The difference in financial results Is too great to be overlooked. Not so much" wheat land has been given up-to hay this year as-misht be expected. This is accounted for in part by the gen eral tendency toward the abandonment of the practice of Summer fallowing.1 While many farmers still believe ln.lettlng the soli lie Idle one season while It is culti vated, many are adopting thej?lanof rotating crops and put In clover, corn, or potatoes, and thus the average of -Idle land Is diminished. Back In the hills It is said that there is the usual amount of Summer fallow this season, but in the region that has been reached the most by creamery routes other means of keeping up the productiveness of the soil are be ing pursued. 'Tho progress the dairying Industry has made," says Mr. Reeves, of Bryant & Reeves, "has resulted In large quantities of wheat and oats being fed to hogs. The farmers who now have skim milk keep hogs to consume the milk, and must also have chop-feed to go with It. Since deal, ers have commenced buying eggs for ship ment, the market has Improved and all the farmers are keeping poultry. Fruit growers, hopgrowers and many others do not raise wheat and'must buy their chicken-feed. The amount of wheat that Is. hauled to Salem and sold to the dealers and by them retailed to people in the country, where it Is fed to poultry and hogs, 13 by no means small. The man who wants wheat for chicken-feed will pay more for It than It will bring for milling purposes." Diversified Farming. All these observations show- a strong drift toward diversified farming in this vicinity, andthough each Individual pro ducer may glye his chief attention to one commodity, the effect in the aggregate Is to give tha community the advantage of a condition which makes a complete crop failure Impossible. NO CONSIDERATION FORLIFE Medical Officer Reports Terrible State of Affairs on Transport. MELBOURNE. Aug. 9. Captain Shields, medical officer of the transport Drayton Grange from South Africa, has made a report, in which he says: "The overcrowding of the ship .was shameful and scandalous, and with out consideration for health or loss- of life. The air was poisonous and foul, and the decks were always, wet, causing oleurisy and pneumonia." Captain Shields adds that the supply of medicine on board was aosura, ana that the conditions of the ship were di rectly responsible for the epidemic and deaths on board. (A dispatch to the London Times from Melbourne. August 7. reported that the Drayton Grange had arrived there from South Africa, greatly vercrowaea, ana with many on board ill. Five men died on the voyage and SO were taken to hos pitals In Melbourne.) Usurpation of Judicial Functions. XEW YORK. Auk. 9. The Board ot Classification of the United 3tat.- .Gen eral Appraisers has renderci a decision of sreat importance to" all classes of Im porters. It relatesto the jurisdiction of the board. It is neia mac uie jurisdic tion and authority of tho board as laid down under the law Is absolute and is not shared by the Treasury Department. For some time past it is said there has been a growing practice on the part of the Treasury Department to withdraw Drotests that come before the board, pre sumably to correct errors, and thon never bring the cases before the board again. Instead of that, the department would simply announce a ruling which would cover the case In question. The Board of Classification now lold In effect, that such action rjally amounts to an attempt on the part of the de partment to exercise Juliciol functions concurrently with the board, and that It Is a usurpation of Judicial functions wholly without warrant tn the law.- While Requirements Are Strlngeat, It Is Believed the Applicants for the Franchise WIll.Accept Them,' and Besin Work at Once. OYSTER BAY. N. Y.. Aug. 9 PresI-. dent Roosevelt today made public tho full text of the conditions under which he will approve of the plan to lay a sub marine cable in the Pacific to connect the XTnlted States with its Pacific Orient al possessions. The subjoined memoran dum clearly states the position of tho President. To the conditions which he formulated, the Pacific Commercial Cable Company, or any other similar organiza tion, must accede before President Roose velt will stamp the project with his ap proval. The memorandum Is not a con tract. It simply defines a situation in which the President will consent to the laying of the cable. It is qulto probable that an act of Congress ratifying the condltlpns imposed will be necessary, but that is another story. Thus far, the only proposition of a responsible and definite character that ha3 been made to the Government to lay a Pacific cable ha3 come from the Pacific Commercial Cable Company. That this proposition made by Thomas F. Clark, on behalf of the com pany, was not born entirely of a phil anthropic desire to aid the Government Is pretty clearly lndlcaed by the follow ing letter of Attorney-General Knox to the President: "Marlborough House, Atlantic City, N. J.. Aug. 5. 1902. To the President: "I herewith return, as per your direc tion, letter of Thomas F. Clark, dated July 2S, addressed to the Secretary of State, and by him transmitted to you, and by you to me. with direction that answer bo furnished you. The answer to this letter is that the Interests of the Government. In respect to tho matters referred to therein, have been carefully considered and safeguarded. I Inclose for your Information a copy of the conditions upon which you were willing to consent to tho laying of tho Pacific cable. Mr. Clark's letter seems predicated upon the theory that the Government did not un derstand the full situation. You will ob serve that the conditions you have ap proved go much further than Mr. Clark's suggestion for the protection of the In terests of the United States v and the commercial Interests of its people as well. "Very respectfully. P. C. KNOX. "Attorney-General." The memorandum of the conditions im posed bythe 'ExeciitlVevwas 'as' 'follows; 'The President, having duly considered said application, herewith' consents thajt the company may lay, construct, land, maintain and operate telegraphic lines of cables on the Pacific Coast of the United States and the various territorial waters of the United States, to connect the Clty of San Francisco, CaL, the City of Hono lulu, Island of Oahu. Hawaiian Islands, and by the way of Midway Island and the Island ol Guam, the Island of Luzon, Philippine Islands, and a point on tho coast of the Empire of China not yet de termined. "It is conditional to the granting of con sent that the company was to file Its writ ten acceptance ot the following terms and conditions ora which consent is given: "The company has not received any ex clusive concession or privilege, and is not combined or associated with any com pany or concern having such concession or privilege, such as would exclude any other company or concern formed In tho United States of America from obtain ing the privilege of landing Its cable or cables on the coasts of China, and will not receive or become -associated with a concern having any such excessive conces sion or privilege.- The company's cablo shall touch at no other than American territory from the United States to tha Chinese Empire. 'The line from .the Philippines to China shall be constructed bj said company and operated Independently of all foreign companies or concerns. "The rates to be charged for commercial messages shall be reasonable, and In no case In excess of the tariff- set before tha 57th Congress by George G. Ward, vice president of tho Commercial Pacific Ca ble Company. "The Government business shall havo priority. "The United. States shall at all times have the right to purchase tho cable lines, property and effects of the said company at an appraised value. "The Government shall havo authority to assume full control of the cable when at war or when war 1b threatened. "All contracts entered Into by the said company with foreign governments for the transmission, of messages shall bo null and void when the United States 13 engaged In war. "The operators and employes - of said company (above the grade of laborer) after saTd cable shall have been laid, shall bo exclusively American citizens. "The company shall agree to maintain an effective speed o.t transmission over the main cable route from California to .Luzon of not less than 23 words per min ute.. "The line shall be kept open for daily buslness and all messages in the "order of priority heretofore provided for be transmitted according to the time of re ceipt. "No liability shall be assumed by tho Government of the United States by ves ture of any control or censorship which it may exercise over said line in the eveht of war or civil disturbance. "The United States Government does not Insure or Indemnify said Pacific Cable Company against any landing rights claimed to exist In favor of any company or companies In respect to any of the In sular possessions of the United States. "The consent hereby granted shall be subject to any future action of CongrPS3, or by the President, affirming, revoking or modifying, wholly or In part, the said conditions and terms on which thio con sent Is given." While the conditions are regarded as stringent. It is believed the company will accept them, and that the work of lay ing an American cable to the Orient will soon be begun. Hackett Wins Wentworth Cup. WENTWORTH, Newcastle. N. H. Aug; 9. H. H. Hackett beat E. H. Leonard In the finals of the singles for the Went But future 1wrtn CUP 7"9 Public Bequests of Cheever. SALEM, Mass.. Aug. 9. More than $400. 000 In public bequests are given In the will of the late Captain William J. Cheever, of North Andover; Mass., just filed for probate here. Among the be quests are these: $23,000 each to the Den ver Orphans' Home, of Denver; Colo., and the Woman'6 Christian Relief Asso ciation, in charge of the Ladies Home; $20,000 for a suitable memorial to the testator's brother, Charles E. Cheever. ot Denver. Colo. 1