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PART TWO
PAGES 9 TO 16
VOL. XXII
PORTLAND. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1903.
NO. 6.
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THE FAMOUS
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OF PORTLAND
The original full size "Tollman's" Panorama of Portland Is displayed In one of our
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9x42 inches, are on sale at 10c each. Postal Card reproductions, multicolored, are on
sale at 5c. Collectors of Souvenir Postal Cards In all parts of the United States arc writ
ing for these Postal Cards as they are already famous on account of their unusual
beauty and fine workmanship.
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New all-wool Crepe Egyptas, 40 to 46
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New weaves In Cream Wool Fabrics,
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CONTINUATION OF GREAT SALE OF PETTICOATS.
ARE SECRET ALLIES
Germany and Italy Closely
Bound Together
IN VENEZUELAN AFFAIRS
Italy to Hp Given Same Treatment ns
Gcrmnny and Britain All Pro
tocol to Be Identical Facta ot
BoTren.Herbert Quarrel.
The negotiations la regard to Ven
ezuela have brought to Ucht a secret
alliance between Germany and Italy,
by -which the latter Is assured the same
terms as the former.
The Ambassadors and Mr. Bowen are
arranging tha terms of the protocol
submitting the question of priority to
The Hague. They will be Identical.
The correct story of the warm dis
cussion between Minister Bowen and
Ambassador Herbert came out .yesterday.
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Disclosures of
a secret alliance between Germany and
Italy constituted the most Important de
velopment In the Venezuelan situation to
night. This fact has been made known to
the British Ambassador and It -will put all
of the negotiators more closely on their
guard In the drafting of the protocols
which they hope to submit to Minister
Bowen during the next few days.
The German-Italian alliance was old
news to Mr. Bowen, the fact having
leaked out In Caracas before he left there.
Generally speaking, the alliance Is Intend
ed to secure to Italy the same treatment
in the allies" settlement with Venezuela as
that received by Germany and Great
Britain. Mr. Bowen has made It plain
both to the British Ambassador and to the
German Minister that he canot affix his
signature to any protocols they may pre
sent to him which are not substantially
of the same character as that to be sub
mitted by the Italian Ambassador.
All three of the first set of protocols to
be signed which will contain the conditions
precedent to the raising of the blockade
and the provisions for referring the ques
tion of preferential treatment to The
Hague for decision, have been received at
the Italian, British and German Em
bassies. Their contentsTare.not known to
Mr. Bowen, nor have the allies' repre
sentatives been acquainted as yet -with
the details of each, other's convention.
Several Important conference! have oc
curred thrcusnout. the day at the Brittsn
Embassy In -an effort to reach an agree
ment upon the protocols.
Regarding reference to The Hague, Mr.
Bowen has Informed the allies that he -will
not consent that one man be selected from
the personnel of The Hague tribunal to
sit as an arbitrator on the question of
preferential treatment. He wishes that
this court shall consist of three and pref
erably of five members.
Several more or less sensational stones
have been In circulation during the last
few days, which have caused much an
noyance to the British Ambassador and
the other negotiators regarding the note
Mr. Bowen addressed to the former on last
Monday, proposing that the question ot
preferential treatment go to The Hague.
That these reports may be corrected, the
negotiators are desirous that the facts be
stated. On Tuesday, after the sending of
his note to the British Ambassador, the
latter called on Mr. Bowen and asked that
he withdraw the entire note on the ground
that It was not diplomatic in character.
Mr. Bowen was compelled to refuse to
grant his request. ' The Ambassador then
asked that the sentence beginning: On
this side of the water we want peace and
not alliances," be withdrawn. Again Mr.
Bowen regretted that he could not grant
the Ambassador's request. Finally the
Ambassador represented that the latter
part of the sentence regarding the con-
tlnuance of the alliance of Great Britain
and Germany' and Italy would cause him
embarrassment when submitted to the
Italian Ambassador and the German Min
ister, Mr. Bowen replied that he would
be only too glad to do anything that would
further the negotiations and at once
struck out the objectionable clause, which
read as follows:
"And It will occasion great surprise and
regret when It becomes known that Great
Britain has even proposed continuing her
present alliance with Germany and Italy
one moment longer than she must."
With this one change, the note was
finally transmitted by the British Ambas
sador to the German and Italian Ambas
sadors.
DEFENDS GEHMAX ALLIANCE.
British Minister Attributes OppOst
tlon to Quarrel Dnrlnsr Boer War.
LONDON. Feb. 7. Lord Hamilton, the
Indlm Secretary, spoke at Bradford to
night. The Secretary was present at the
Cabinet meeting this morning. In his
speech he said he sincerely hoped that
In the course of a very few hours the
Venezuelan controversy will be concluded.
Defending Great Britain's alliance with
Germany, he said the .uermin govern
ment throughout had behaved with per
fect propriety and tact.
"The objections to this alliance with
Germany," said the Indian Secretary, "are
In part bised upon the recollections of
the Insults launched agalnet the British
army by a certain section of the German
press during the South African War. but
the effect of Great Britain s action in
Venezuela will be to Inform the world
thij she Is apt to resent Insults."
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OPINIONS OF LONDON' PAPERS.
American Connlltutlon Will Hamper
Diplomacy Question of Priority.
NEW YORK. Feb. 7. Referring to the
arbitration of the Venezuelan difficulty.
the Westminster Gazette says, according
to the Trlbiine's London correspondent. It
Is a pity a' serious quarrel between the
two great friendly JSngllsn-speawng pow
ers cannot be amicably settled, and then
remarks:
"If, as seems likely, the United States
each year extends the scope of her dl
plomacy. her Ministers will And them
selves Increasingly hampered by the pow
er which the Constitution gives the Senate."
The Daily Telegraph says:
"If the question of preferential claims
Is referred to The Hague tribunal and a
decision Is given In favor of equality of
treatment. England will accept the Judg
ment with subdued delight, but the prin
ciple must be definitely and authorita
tively includedamong the recognized rules
or international law wherein at present
it has no place known to jurists."
GLAD OF THE AGREEMENT.
London Sympathise With Herbert's
Ruined Feelings Fear of Delay.
LONDON. Feb. 7. The announcement
from Washington that the Venezuelan
protocol 'Is In the course of preparation.
confirming the hopeful views of the sit
uation expressed here, has created great
satisfaction. During the latter part of
the week official circles here evinced
quiet confidence that in spite of alarm
ing reports a settlement was. In sight.
mere have been private expressions of
Intense Irritation at Minister Bowen's al
leged breach of etiquette, but these have
never been allowed to Interfere with the
determination voiced by both the British
and the German diplomats to secure a
termination of the difficulty through any
feasible cnannel. Ambassador Herbert's
strictures found sympathetic support In
TO CLIMB NIT. HOOD
Colonel Hawkins Leads
Winter Expedition.
PARTY IS EQUIPPED WITH SKIS
31. W. Gorman and T. Brook White
Are Ills Companions In the Dar
ing; Attempt to Make a
Winter Ascent.
Equipped with ten-foot skis Colonel
L. L. Hawkins. M. W. Gorman and T.
Brook White started yesterday morning
to climb Mount Hood. All of the party
have made the ascent during the Summer,
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PROMINENT CHRISTIAN SCIENCE WORKER.
Carol Norton, the Christian Science lecturer, who will speak in Portland to
day, has addressed between 40,000 and 50,000 people In 15 states since leaving New
Tork. September 15, 19J2. Mr. Norton is a lecturer at large for the United States
and Canada for a lectureship Instituted by the mother church of the denomination
la Boston.
In the cold season Instead of In the Sum
mer Is a question which every member
of the "mountain goats" will ask himself
If Colonel Hawkins and hU companions
declare that the only time to climb the
mountain Is during the Winter.
A few friends of Colonel Hawkins have
suggested to the genial father of the City
Museum that he would cut a peculiar fig
ure on the long skis, but the Colonel
scouts the idea, and says that skees are
nothing new to him, and that he will
lead the party. He points out that hla
weight will make him the fastest coaster
of the party, and any one who has un
dertaken to keep abreast ot the Colonel
on a bicycle can testify that his endur
ance should be equal to such a trip.
RELIEF FOR FINLAND.
Fund Sent From America. Go to Fin
nish Relief Committee.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 7. The cor-
rpsnondent of the Associated Press re
turned yesterday from Helstngfora. He
found the measures for the relief of ffie
distress In Finland apparently well or
ganized. The distribution of funds Is care
fully supervised. The Finnish national
relief committee has received up 10 ma
present il6,000 from American relief or
ganizations. General surprise and gratl
tiirti. Is emressed at the large contribu
tions which the committee has received.
Other foreign countries have contrtbutea
J3000 and In Russia J23.O0O has been col
lected Including J14.000 from the Russian
Red Cross Society, of which the Dowager
Czarina is the protectress: Jiouo from ine
Czar and $1000 from the Czarewltch.
The Finns were agreeably astonlsnea at
the' fact that the imperial gifts and the
Prussian contributions, through the offi
cial St. Petersburg committee agreed to
by the Interior Minister. Von Plehwe.
with Admiral Craemer as chairman, wera
sent to Finnish committees instead of to
Governor-General Brobrlckoff. The Gov
ernor, however. Is receiving the funds
collected by the Novoe Vremya.
All 'this Is regarded as significant since
General "Brobrlckoff In his official organ
declared that Justice demanded that In
the distribution of governmental funds,
decided preference must be given to com
munities whose inhabitants obeyed the
military service decree. The Flnlanders re
gard this as tantamount to an aamission
that the money passing through General
Brobrickoffs hands is used against the
Finns' committee.
Owing to the demoralization caused by
the money distribution at the time ot
the last famine the committee now re
stricts heip, except In extreme cases, to
the distribution of foodstuffs, seed and
materials for- cottage industries, as loans
or In return for work. In some cases,
on the advice of the agricultural experts
who have been throughout the country,
small loans ot money for farm Improve
ments afe granted on the condition that
If the Improvements were actually made
the committee will cancel 50 per cent of
the debt If repaid by. 1906.
Needy school children are housed,
clothed, boarded and Instructed free. The
committee's accounts are audited by the
Bank of Finland and are regularly pub
lished In the newspapers, separate from
the provincial funds and the Senate ap
propriation, that share being used for
building roads and canals for drainage
purposes.
Taking? Help From America.
NEW TORK. Feb. 7. Among the pass
engers sailing today on the steamship
Blucher. of the Hamburg-American line.
Is Dr.- Louis Klopsch. who will visit the
famine-stricken provinces of Finland,
Lapland and Sweden, in the Interest of
the Christian Herald relief fund. A third
remittance of $10,000 has been cabled to
the central relief committee at ,Helslng
fors. and J5000 to the Swedish famine
commission, Stockholm, for the relief of
suffering Swedes, making a total of $30.
000 thus far cabled from the famine fund.
Downing street and apparently formed the
subject of exchanges of messages between
Berlin, London and Rome, whence the
representatives of these powers at Wash
ington were Instructed to present a
united front and prevent the recurrence
of the publication of news of the nature
of which he had complained.
The refusal of President Roosevelt to
arbitrate-the question as to whether the
powers shall receive preferential treat
ment In the settlement of their, claims
against Venezuela Is regretted, but as
cabled yesterday it was anticipated here.
The strong disinclination of the British
Foreign Office to have recourse to The
Hague court of arbitration was founded
chiefly on the fear that between now and j
the rendering of the court's decision new
complications may arise and the decision
to refer the matter to The Hague was
only arrived at as a last resort when the
negotiations threatened to drag on Indefi
nitely. The officials here are confident that The
Hague court will give the allies at least
some measure of different treatment In
the settlement of claims from that ac
corded to the other nations, who did not
take aggressive steps to secure their al
leged rights.
Beyond some comparatively slight de
liberations over the wording of the pro
tocols no further trouble Is expected here,
where the raising of the blockade will
be regarded with almost as much relief
as it will be In Venezuela.
BIG TOBACCO DEAL.
Scattered Fishermen Return.
CHICAGO, Feb. 7l Two nights ot cold
weather has put the Ice on Saginaw Bay
In good condition, and many of the shanty
fishermen who were driven In alt direc
tions over" the bay by the recent terrible
storm, are returning to their shacks, says
a dispatch to the Record-Herald, from Bay
City Mich. The leader of a searching
party says that If any of the men died In
the storm the fact will not be known until
the Ice goes out.
Meteor Hursts Over New York.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7. Many persons In
different parts of the city whose view was
unobstructed by high, buildings, were star
tled last night by a meteor which burst
into a flame immediately over their heads
and sped swiftly toward the south. From
a point directly over the center of the
city it sped south with marvelous speed.
Its first white light dimming away to a
fine point of flame.
Couldn't Ajrree on Dnmacea.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.. Feb. 7. The
Jury In the action for $230,000 brought
against the New York Central Railroad
by the four daughters of Alfred M. Perrin.
who was killed in the Park-avenue tunnel
disaster, failed to agree after 77 hours of
deliberation, and was discharged. Eleven
Jurors were said to favor a verdict for
$75,000, but the other Juror stood out for
one of only $25,000. -
Senator Cannon Is Improving:.
SALT LAKE. City. Feb. 7. The condl
tlon of Former United States Senator
Frank J. Cannon, who -was operated on
Tuesday for appendicitis, is reported to
be greatly Improved today, and strong
hopes ot bis recovery are now entertained.
and the view of the , snow-clad peak ris
ing lii all its chilly majesty on the clear
Winter days has inspired them with a de
sire to clamber over the mountain when
It wears its Winter coat.
The use of the long, narrbw skis Is
the novel feature of. the adventure. With
them these ardent mountalnecre expect
even say that they can easily work their
way up any but the steepest Inclines. On
the level the mountaineer may glide
along with an occasional push from his
balancing pole. It 13 on the down grade
that the skis are the most useful, for all
that is required Is a firm grasp of the
pole, a clear head and the ability to bal
ance on the narrow skis while sliding
down hill at a break-neck speed.
The trio does not expect to return for
at least ten days. The party left Port
land on the Sandy River stage at
o'clock yesterday morning, and will start
from the end of the stage line this morn
ing. Yocum's- ranch, at the snow line,
will be reached In about four days, and
from .there they will travel as far on their
skis as possible up the Me of the
mountain. -If the weather conditions are
extremely unfavorable the party may
wait at the Yocum ranch until it Is safe
to make the ascent. They will be pre
pared to camp In the snow over night.
and have taken sufficient food to last
them for several days should they be
snow bound.
Every member of the party is an ex
perienced mountaineer. As they are well
acquainted with the surface of Mount
Hood, they anticipate little trouble in
ascending the mountain for a considerable
distance. No attempt will be made to
reach the summit, for sudden storms
might make them prisoners for days, and
there is the constant danger of losing the
track during a blinding squall. Each man
carries a pair of web snowshoes In case
the wooden skis should break. The
web shoes are not so useful In any way
as "the long skis, for even In the soft
est snow the broad webs will sink while
the ten-foot skis will hardly make any
Impression on the surface.
Colonel Hawkins Is the man who de
signed the skis with which the party Is
equipped. They are ten feet long and
about six Inches In width, tapering from
the front to the back. This shape pre
vents them from acting as a wedge, which
would retard progress materially. A bal
ancing pole about nine feet long Is a very
necessary part of the equipment. With
this the traveler helps himself along in
climbing a steep place, and on the down
grade It Is used as a balancing pole and
also as a rudder. Colonel Hawkins has
added an Improvement to the pole as
used In Canada and Norway. On all three
of the poles of the Mount Hood party Is a
wooden disc five Inches wide, fastened
to one end of the pole. This, he says, will
be a great help In traveling over soft
snow, and will make the pole more ef
fective as a drag in coasting on a down
grade.
The three Portland men are probably the
first to start on -a skee expedition in Ore
gon and their success wilt be eagerly
awaited by the many enthusiastic moun
tain climbers who form the Mazama or
ganization. Whether the beauties of a
Winter trip among the snow fields and
glaciers of Mount Hood will retult In the
Mazamos making their annual excursion
Larse Louisville Ilcbnndllnar Plant
la Absorbed by Trust.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 7. The Courier
Journal this morning says: The enormous
plant of W. S. Mathews & Sons, of thla
city, the largest rehandllng tobacco ea-.
tabllshment In the world, has been ab
sorbed by the British-American Tobacco
Company, the English adjunct to tha
American Tobacco Company. John V.
Mathews, the head ot the Mathews plant,
will leave today for New York to com
plete the final details of the deal, which
is the biggest of the kind for some time.
All the main terms have been agreed
upon, the purchase price being In the
neighborhood of $2,000,000.
"For many years Mathews & Sons have
done the bulk of rehandllng. their busi
ness extending through many countries.
Negotiations have been in progress for
over a year between the firm here and
the tobacco company which controls tha
British-American Company. It was only
a few weeks ago, however, that the ne
gotiations which led directly to the pres
ent deal were begun.
The New Orleans rehandllng plant, tha
largest under the control of the Ameri
can Tobacco Company at the present
time, will be transferred here and will b
merged with the Mathews plant. Other
business ot a similar nature also will ba
transferred to Louisville. The new own
ers of the plant will Incorporate, the capi
tal stock being placed at about $2,000,000.
Ancient Cnrvlnjrs Brlnsr Good Price.
NEW YORK. Feb. 7. The sale of an
cient Japanese and Chinese temple and
palace wood carvings at the Fifth-Avenue
Art Galleries yesterday brought about
$3000. The highest price paid was $360 for
a lacquer ram ma or panel, an elaborate
carving of peonies In green, yellow ana
red. .The piece dates to the early part o
the ISth century, and for many years was
in the library of the Prince of Nagoya. A
chest six feet in, height, of black lacquer,
the front Inlaid with mother-of-pearl and
the Interior a maze of red and golden
symbolic carvings, surrounding a Bhrlne,
was sold for Hw. lull carved doors ol
sugl wood, natural color, date 1650, sold
for $315. Four temple aoors, lou years
old, fretwork, finished In gold, sold for
$100. Two old wood carvings of Coreans,
from Shinto Temple, for $300. The old
Guardian Saint, Jlsc,- date 1663, brought
$135.
Wyoming Cattle Dying; of Disease.
CHEYENNE. Wyo., Feb. 7. State Vet
erinarian Seabury has returned from tha
northern part of the state, where he has
been battling with unknown diseases
among cattle and glanders among horses.
Near Alladin. in Crook County, 40 head
ot cattle died of an unknown disease,
which It Is believed has .been checked. In
Big Horn County, Mr." Seabury killed a
number of horses affected with glanders.
Twice the officer had started home when
he received telegrams announcing the ap
pearance of the disease at other places
than the ones visited, and be returned to
stamp out the contagion.
Tontine Savlnfra Was Defrauded.
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Feb. 7. Georga
P. Flannery, receiver ot the Tontine Sav
ings Association, was today given Judg
ment for $1CO.OOO against S. W. Devore.
Edward D. JleseL N. A. Sprong, Henry
W. Moyer and E. O. Edson. directors of
the defunct association. The findings
show that the money was fraudulently di
verted from the redemption fund to tha
expense fund tor the benefit ot the directors.