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FORTY PAGES PAGES ,T0 2. PORTLAND, OKEGON, SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 14, 1903. PRICE FIVJ3. CENTS. VOL. XXH.-NO. 24. MIL FORIl Wall Street Now With Roosevelt. SUPPORT WILL BE STRONG Developments in MergerCase Win Many Over. WHATPROMIMENT BANKERS SAY Suit of the Government I Xov Re garded a a. Benefit Instead of a Detriment, and Condemna tion Gives Way to Praise. velt is not popular In "Wall. street" Very little money could be raised for him." A foreign banker is quoted as saying that he thinks "Wall street will come around all right -when Roosevelt Is nom inated, and adds: "The Northern Securi ties litigation, although a bitter pIU 'to swallow at the time, has since received the approval of many conservative Wall street men. They see It in a new light now. 6lnce the overissue of securities has been plainly demonstrated, ana tney re gard It as a good thing. Knowing wnat struggle it meant to begin the suits, they admire a President wno naa tne courage of his decided convictions." The Post was led to make the Investiga tion by remarks of two prominent men in the financial world. J. Pierpoht Morgan said if Roosevelt were renominated, he could not get $10,000 In "Wall street for a campaign fund. President Mellen, of the Northern Pacific, is said to have offered to subscribe that amount himself. This remark was telegraphed from Spokane to the East, and aroused considerable In terest, as Mellen's road was one of those affected by the merger suit. The general Impression is that, since "Wall street has found that It cannot de feat Roosevelt by bluff or combination. It will quietly acquiesce In his nomina tion, and not viciously oppose him. The utter collapse of the Cleveland "boom has been responsible for this position, as Cleveland is apparently the only man In the Democratic party that the great finan cial Interests would care to support. UPTON BOAT lit An Incident of President Roosevelt's tour of the Pacific Northwest has had a great effect In proving to "Wall street the futility of Its opposition to his re nomlnatlon. The statement of President Metlen. of the Northern Pacific, at Spo kane, that he would give $10,000 to the campaign fund. In noticing a re-, mark-by J. Plerpont Morgan, that the whole of Wall street would not give this amount, has opened the eyes of the financiers. They wre making their principal fight on the Merger suit, and the offer of Molten, an Interested party, completely nonplussed them. Cleveland was the only Democrat Wall street would support, and Jt now realizes that his boom was a failure. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash lngton. June 13. The New York Evening Poet has made a canvass of "Wall street to a considerable extent to ascertain the fpelinc for or against President noose van ThR naner nubllshes the result. summed up In three interviews with un named bankers. Quoting "one of the shrewdest bankers In the country, who has been In touch with what has been done toward accumulating campaign funds In the Post publishes the follo'wlng: Wall "street .will cpine up' to .the cm-ntrti -wlipn the time comes. "What else can moneyed Interests do? "Suppose Cleveland should be nominated against Roosevelt which will never be what good could he do unless he had his nartv with him? It is too long before election to say how "Wall street interests will respond to requests for campaign contributions, but I see no reason In the world for supposing that the Roosevelt managers would be turned down. If he should be renominated. He will get the money all right. If he runs." The Post also quotes the president of one of tho largest banks as saying: "It all depends on who the Democrats run against Roosevelt. Judge Parker or Mr. Cleveland would receive the enthusi astic support of many "Wall street men, who fear the President's position towards corporate interests. But the things that has antagonized these interests more than anything else Is Roosevelt's sympa thetic attitude toward labor. No, Roose- FRAISE FOR WASHINGTON GUARD. War Department Inspector Finds Militiamen Well Drilled. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, June 13. The War Department has received the report of Major George E. McGunnlgle, who recently inspected the Washington National Guard. He re ports that the drill of the regiment, as a whole. Is very good, especially that of two companies of Seattle. Major McGun nlgle concludes his report by saying that the guard of this state has made rapid strides towards the nationalized idea which the militia bill contemplates. The organization and practice are both based upon military principles, and favorites cut no figure In the appointment of of ficers. Promotions are made according to merit, and only after a satisfactory exf. amlnatlon before the duly appointed board. Shamrock Arrives Sandy Hook. Off PASSAGE A STORMY ONE nonor of Bourke Cockran. of New York. John Redmond occupied the chair, and all tho leading Nationalists were present to hear Mr. Cockran make an impassioned speech, prophesying Ireland's future pros perity. The speech developed into one of the strongest Indictments of Colonial Sec retary Chamberlain's preferential ' pro gramme delivered on this side of the water. Cup Challenger and Old Boat Are Together. ALL ON BOARD ARE WELL Meaiagc Is Received by Wireless Telegraphy, for Transmission to Sir Thomas, AnHonncing Ar rival of the Tachts. NEW YORK, June 4. The Deforrest wireless telegraph station at Coney Isl and reports at midnight "being In commu nication with the Erin, which then was about 95 miles off Sandy Hoolc The Erin J was towing the Shamrock III. All four boats were together the Erin, Shamrock , III, Shamrock I and her conveyor. The j Erin' reports a stormy passage and all ; well. The boats should reach Sandy Hook j about 6 A. II. At BEGGED FOR LIFE CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. National. Wall street now favors the renomlnatlon of Roosevelt. Page 1. Civil Service Commission finds politics and not merit count In appointments at Wash ington, D. C office. Pare 1. Alvord Cooler. o& Rochester. X. T., is ap pointed a Civil Service Commliioner. Pas 3. Domestic. Sir Thomas Upton's boat fleet Is sighted oft; Sandy Hook. Page 1. Letvls Nixon resigns as president of the ship building trust. Page 2. u Cutting of a levee at St. Louis almost causes a lynching. Page Chicago, waiters are losing ground In their strike. Pago Foreign. King Alexander of Servia begged plteotuly for his life when discovered by assassins. Page.l. . Bulgarians are deserting onany villages in terror of the Turks. Page 3. -Italian Consul at Havana narrowly escapes assassination. Page 3. Sports. Herrera knocks "Kid" Broad out In the fourth' round. Page. Hi Horatlus wins the second Seattle Derby. Pago 8. Jack O'Keefe fights a draw with Jimmy Brltt Page 14. Forty horses still In the fleld'for the American Derbyv Page 14. Walcott and Jackson train for their go. Page 14- , Scores of Pacific National League: Portland 3, Seattle 2; -San Francisco 7, Butte 0; Spo kane 6. Tacoma 5; Helena 4, Los Angeles 3. Page 14. Scores of Pacific Coast League: Portland 4, Seattle 1; 'Los Angeles 5, Sari Francisco 1; Sacramento 7. Oakland 3. Page 14." Pacific Coast. Muddle at The Dalles over municipal elections A. M. the two Shamrocks and the L " , Tr.., , Erin were about 0 miles off Sandy Hook. . ' one order. Pairo a The following message was received for , c B Corder Mtt. to death on flywheel of King of -Servia- Cried AGREED TO DESERT QUEEN Soldiers Assured That Any Demand Would Be Met. A BULLET IS THEIR ANSWER Palace Was Searched for Two Honrs Before. Hiding- Place of-. Sover eigns Were Discovered Queen. Suffered Great Indignities. ARMY POSTS TO GO. Two Stations Will Be Abandoned as Soon an Funston Report. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, June 13. At some time In the near future two Army posts In Alaska are to be discontinued, and the troops at those stations brought back to the United States. General Funston has been dlrectr ed to Investigate and report which two posts can best be dispensed with at this time. More Water fpjr Jadlan School. OREGONIAN ,NES BUREAU, Wash ington, June 13. The Indian Office has decided to reinforce the water supply of the Umatilla Indian School, In Oregon, by laying a system of pipes connecting with the springs a short distance from the schooL The wells from which water has heretofore been obtained do not yield a sufficient quantity to meet demands, and at times go dry. Victim of a Rare Disease. NEW YORK, June 13. Pauline Burk hardt, aged 16. has been found by the authorities of St Luke's Hospital to bo the victim ofone of the rarest diseases, myelitis. It Is a form of paralysis, and in two weeks has deadened every muscle in the girl's body below the hips. The girl .never had been 111 until this disease attacked her two weeks ago. Well-Knovrn Antomobllint. PARIS. June 13 Orraine Barrow. tho well-known automoblllst, died here today of the Injuries he received In the Paris Madrid automobile races on May 23. transmission to Sir Thomas Upton: "LIpton: Arrived safely off.. Sandy Hook. Experienced rough weather during voyage. Shamrock all right. "MATHEWS." At 2:15 A. M. the Ldpton fleet has been sighted off Fire Island. POPE IS ALIVE AND WELL Report of His Death. Is Entirely Without Foundation. ROME, June 13. The rumors published today In Vienna papers that the pope had died suddenly are entirely without foundation. His Holiness Is In good health, and Dr. LapponU his physician, did not visit the Vatican either today or yesterday. X.eo today received Cardinal Resplgbi. vicar-general of His Holiness. Report Greatly Excites Rome. ROME. June 13. General astonishment was produced here by telegrams which poured In today, especially from Vienna, and Berlin, announcing the death of the pope,, although not even a rumor of the death - of His Holiness had been heard here. These dispatches created a mo mentary sensation, and a rush was made for the Vatican to obtain news regarding the pontiff's health. It was found there that there was no change In the condition of. the jope. His Holiness, though not quite so strong as before, owing to his last attack of hemorrhages, leads his ordinary life, except that he grants fewer audi ences. He received several persons today. sheepshtarlng engine near Baker City. Page 4. Dan Beer walks over 00-foot bluff at Oregon City, and Is uninjured. Paco 4. Butte union miners hare a holiday; all busi ness is suspended. Page 5. Commercial and Marine. First early melons reach Portland market. Page 15. Wheat closes firm and a shade up at Chicago. Page 15. Numerous offerings cause declines in stocks at New Torkj Page 15. Week in "Wall street. Page 15. New York banks gaining in surplus. Page 15. Cabins of old Telephone to be moved to new hull. Page 8. Rivers are still rising. Page 8. Schooner Washington B. Thomas is wrecked off Old Orchard, Me. Page 8. Portland and Vicinity. Oregon Congressional delegation holds an Im portant meeting to discuss deral patron age. Fags .13. State Lewis and Clark Commission IRISH-ENTERTAIN COCKRAN Prominent Xew York Man Attacks Chamberlain's Policy. LONDON, June 13. The deserted corri dors of the House of Commons rang tonight-with tho strains of "The Wearing of the Green." when the Irish party took possession of Parliament with a dinner in Admiral Bradford, talks of BremertonBavy- yard. Page 10. More than & thousand pioneers to assemble In Portland this week. Page 11. New- empire Theater to open this week. Page 24. Bast Side people protest against two' bridges over Sullivan's Gulch. Page 10. Features and Departments. Editorial. Page 6. Church announcements. Page 22. Classified advertisements- Pages 16-21; Oregon, past and present. Page 34. Russia and Japan; an inevitable conflict. Page 1&. Frank G. Carpenter's letter. Page 35; - Who "Elisabeth" Is. Page 40. ' Tho Two Vanrevels. Page 38. The city and its dependent classes. Page 33. Ade's Fable. Page 40. MuslcalT Page 17. . Dramatic Page 26. Social. Page 23. ' . , . Fashions and household. Pages 36-37. SEMUN, Hungary, June 13. From an intimate personal friend of the new Pre mier of the Servian provisional govern ment, Avakumovlcs, the Associated Press correspondent has received the following account of the tragedy In Belgrade, which j he is assured Is absolutely authoritative. These facts will be set forth In an official protocol, which has not yet been drafted, owing to the pressure of state business, all that Is yet known officially being con tained in the verbal report made to the Premier by the officers concerned In ex ecuting the plot Six weeks ago one of the officers in the secret warned tho King of what was going on, when all the officers concerned were transferred to points In the interior, the King fearing to take stronger measures against them. About the same time a certain woman was sent to Geneva to see Prince Peter Karageorgevlch and submit to him a proposition that he come to Ser via as King upon his agreeing to accept a new constitution based on liberal prin ciples. Prince Peter accepted the condi tions. As soon as the conspirators ob tained the assurance that the kingdom would have a new sovereign, they decided to kill King Alexander and Queen Draga. Leader of the Conslpracy. Colonel Maschln, Queen Draga's broth er-in-law, 'was the leader of the CQnspIr acy. A number of officers came to Bel grade from Interior posts on the night of the tragedy and suped together at the Serblsche Kron restaurant, where the final details were arranged. At midnight they proceeded from the restaurant to the palace and" forced the door leading- to the royal apartments, using dynamite. When the officers entered they could find nobody, the King and Queen, alarmed by the noise of their approach, having concealed them selves. For two whole hours the officers hunted through every nook and corner of the royal apartments without success. Then they found the King's adjutant. Lazar v Petrovics, and compelled him to lead them to the King's hiding place. He took them to the bathroom and pointed to "a secret door In the wall, opening upon a staircase leading to the roof. Behind this door crouched the King and Queen. King? Begs for His Life. When the conspirators were assured of their prey they shot and killed the adju tant. Meanwhile the King fell upon his knees and begged for life, offering to yield to every demand, to sign any docu. ment, to agree to leave the country or to send Queen Draga. away; anything, every thing, if only they would ,not kill him. The officers answered roughly; "It Is too late," and fired at him. The Queen also fell on her knees and asked pardon for her conduct, but one of the . officers, calling her a degrading epithet, told her she had .been Queen long enough. One. bf the con spirators, after submitting the Queen to gross indignities, slashed her with his sword" and tho other officers fired at her. The King was also slashed with sabers. The conspirators then dragged .the' King and Queen Into the front apartments and threw them over the -balcony -upon the lawn in front of the palace, which is sep arated from the street by art Iron fence. The King and Queen lived for one or two hours afterward. Killing- of Raler's Sympathisers. Meanwhile two of the officers summoned the QueW's two brothers . from their home to the house of the commander of the Belgrade division, where they were offered a glass of water and told to bid each other farewell. In the very moment they embraced each other, tho officers Bhot and killed them. One hundred sol diers, commanded by two officers, at tho same time surrounded the house of Min ister of War Pavlovlcs and summoned him to open the door. The Minister looked from a window, and the soldiers fired at him. wounding him. The Russian military attache, who lived In the same house, hearing the noise, rose and dressed himself in his Russian uniform, and at tempted to remove the Minister to his apartment- The officers ordered nlm to go away,, and he, seeing the hopelessness of the situation, departed. The soldiers then entered the house and shot and killed" the Minister, whose body was left on the floor, and wa3 not discovered until 10 o'clock, in the morning, when It was found y. his son-in-law and daughter, who had escaped. Poisoning Plot Failed. Since the tragedy occurred, the- real facta of an attempt upon tho persons of the King and Queen a month ago have be come "known. The conspirators at that time engaged the services of a young Bo hemian, the son of a tailor living In Bel grade. He obtained a position In the kitchen of the Grand Hotel of Belgrade to learn cookery. He proved so intelli gent that a little later he was given em ployment In the royal kitchen. Here he again proved very efficient and was en trusted with the duty of preparing the food for the royal table, taking it from the cooking utensils, and placing It in dishes which he handed to lackeys. He now began to appear very prosperous arid took French lessons. He came one day to his teacher, a widow living in Bel grade, In a jubilant state, wearing a new suit of clothes, and saying that he was earning 160 clnars (about ?32) per month. The same evening, while preparing a. dish for the King, he mixed poison with the food." The head cook detected him in the act and promptly informed the King, and the youth was shot immediately. His parents were brought to the palace and told the facts of the case, and were com pelled, under threats of death, to tell everybody-that their son.. had. killed him self. Since the tragedy the youth's parents have revealed the plot Belgrade Is Remarkably Quiet. Since the first excitement caused by the news of the assassination subsided, Bel grade has been most remarkably quiet. The shops are open, the people sit In the cafes and everything Is as usual, except that the public buildings and private houses are decorated "with Servian flags. The-latter fact, however; Is no Indication of the real' public sentiment, since In this part of the "world such demonstrations result from occasional Instructions which private citizens find It unwise to disre gard. The" military still occupy the govern ment offices, and a number of soldiers are stationed around the palace. The gar rison also Is being constantly Increased THE I Politicians Pack Postal Rolls.: MANY VIOLATIONS FOUND Head Officials. Directed e Irregularities, MERIT SYSTEM HQTBECOGNIZEB Great Scandal Attaches to the Ap pointment of Clerics aadv Messen . gers In .the RnraL Free Deliv ery Service at Washington.. The Civil Service Commission" finds that politics enter too much in the ap- polntments to , the postal service at Washington, B. C The rolls have been found to be packed, at the behest of politicians, and the service greatly damaged. The Postmaster Is practically exon erated of the irregularities, which are charged to high officials In the Postal Department. The commission con cludes by saying that the Washington, D. C, postoffice, as now constituted. Is nothing more than a bureau. (Concluded on Second Page.) WASHINGTON, June 13. Chairman John R. Proctor, of the Civil Service Commission, today submitted to Post master-General Payne the report made by the Commission at the request of the Postmaster-General, with reference to the charge of violation of the civil service regulations in the Washington Postoffice. The Inquiry included the following points: First Whether all of the. employes out side the force of carriers were regularly In the service and entitled to their posi tions. Second Whether the civil service rules had been observed In the employment and assignment of laborers. Third Whether there had been a gen eral observance of the civil service Jaw and rules In the administration of the Washington Postoffice during the Incum bency of the present Postmaster. In addition to the report proper and a transcript of the testimony taken. Mr. Proctor' presented- a -summary of the findings. This summary concludes as fol lows: ' "A departure from the observance of the civil service rules appears In the promo tions of certain employes In the Wash ington Postoffice, which have been direct ed by the Department, although reports of efficiency, are neither requested nor re ceived by. the Department. A case In point Is that of a woman who was nomi nally appointed In Moorestown, N. J., Postofflce; "but' never left ' the Washing ton Postoffice; .who owed her appointment to the classification transfer methods; was promoted from September 1, 1900, to July 1, 1901, from SOTO to 51600 per annum by direction of tho Department, and Is doing the work formerly aone by an employe who received a compensation of only $1000 per annum. "The- information disclosed by the ln vestigationeems ta warrant the .state ment that a&jJo'Intments to classified posl- (Concluded on Second Pase.) THE FIRST CLASS OF 42 MEMBERS INITIATED IN THE NEW CATHEDRAL OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE MASONS C. M. Xaah W. J. Holni&n J. M. Bargard G. J. Currln C. O. Portvroea R. R. Wolf -rrrboTt i.nfL-bart A. Tl Me- n dealt all - J. W. Morrow H. A. Beldlasr "Goals Hexter C. H. Merchant E. V. Carter . P. sW. Paalsea X. A. Leach Ed. D. Cartls L,Tft S. D. Magncs IT. P. Galaraeaa E. F. Log mis V C Richards F. P. Robinson A J. Richardson J. E. Teg C. C. ."VeiTeastle -a F. "Belt E.-B. Pickel -' S. Si. Spencer W. TV McNsbli W. A. Camming J". J. FIhh F. W. Yaille J. P. Rhea- .Cv Feldenhelmer Philip Scu. n t WVJ.rBIake,4.. t-.- W. D. Ssiith Photo by McAlpln. 129 Sereuth street. J. W. Xevrlilrk: A.'G. Bachrodt Wallace JHc Cum ant - C. O. Hill Frank Robertsaa -