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Quintan -Mlfe ? apttwti. ! PAGES I TO S 44 PRGES VOL. XXIIL ISO. 16. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FURTHATAS I Wilson Only Releases Him From Promises. HIS HELP GOES NO FURTHER Pressure Brought by Seattle Banker's Friends Is Useless, SITUATION UNSATISFACTORY Governor McBrlde Is on Very Friend ly Terms With Furth, and Might Help Him Out in His Polit ical Ambitions. SEATTLE. April 16. (Staff Corre spondence.) All of the pressure which numerous Influential personal and politi cal friends could bring to bear last night and today failed to Induce ex-Senator "Wilson to help, the Furth boom along any further than to release the banker from his promise of support to "Wilson. This does not satisfy Mr. Furth and his friends, and, as stated yesterday, the Furth faction in this three-cornered fight in the abstract still remains a following without a candidate. The Wilson faction as viewed by the enemy Is but little better than a candidate without a following. This classification, if correct, leaves Mr. Piles alone in his glory as a candidate with a following. "Viewing this matter from a Seattle standpoint, It will be "well to remember that King County Is the State of Wash ington and Seattle is King County. This "Seattle habit of getting a focus on the rest of the state by peeping into the big end of the telescope is, of course, pro ductive of a misleading view and usually at the end of a campaign shows the Queen City as only a dim smudge on the political map. So long as she is In the running, however, Seattle is the big feature of a campaign, and at present the antics of the performers In her three ring Senatorial circus are of greatest in terest to the rest of the state, which will be sparring for her solar plexus when the time is ripe. Blethen Did Piles Damage. Of these performers, Mr. Piles began early, and made a bad start. His politi cal 'boom was launched by Colonel Alden Blethen, a Democrat. Colonel Blethen owns and edits the Times and during the Preston-Ankeny fight two years ago had much to say about certain members of the King County delegation in the Legis lature. Day after day the editorial col umns of the Times fairly reveled In abuse of certain Senators from King County. The gallant Colonel poured out his soul in a wealth of vituperation, set forth in full-face type. Interspersed with blanks where ihe stringency of the postal regu lations prevented his saying what he wanted to. According to his statement, a large number of the King County delega tion were "grafters," "traitors, "bribe takers," etc Severaf of these alleged grafters, traitors, etc, are hold-over Sen ators, and these will participate In the election of a United States Senator next Winter. Naturally when the Piles boom was launched with Colonel Blethen for a sponsor, these hold-overs, in the language of the street, "went up in the air." Some of them nave not come down yet. I met one yesterday, and in language that cut blue streaks In the air he Informed me that he would never vote for Sam Piles. And there are others who are of the same opinion. Enemies Are Powerful. Mr. Piles is a man well equipped for the position he seeks. As an orator he has few equals and no superiors in the state. He has much personal magnetism and his past will bear Inspection, but the bad start he made has handicapped him greatly. He cannot depend to a certainty on the support of King County and when he forced Dr. Smith out of the race for Governor he incurred the bitter hatred of George Stevenson, "who will fight him to the finish, not only in his own county, but out xf it. Then there Is George Piper, who was flattened out by tho Plles-Mc-Graw crowd about two years ago. Piper has been a little slow in getting back into shape since that drubbing, but he Is any thing but a political corpse. As one of his political enemies expressed It, "George can still raise more hell In certain dis tricts in Seattle than any other man in King County." East of the mountains, where the anti-corporation sentiment Is strong, the delegations will come to Mr. Piles like a bull comes to a red flag, and, if he has any support in the southwest, his brand is blurred with that of some other candidate. In the northwest similar conditions exist Ex-Senator John I. Wilson, next to Piles as an avowed King County candi date, Is at the present writing resting under the almost insurmountable handi cap of being In a flght with hardly a faction of his own county behind him. Even this small faction is not secure, but the fex-Senator is hopeful. The Wilson machine, orfce such a powerful factor In Washington state politics, was not like the deacon's one-horse shay, and not all of It is in the scrap heap. When it ceased running some of its important gear was borrowed by the enemy, but John Jj. has been making an effort to replace these missing cogs and will hard ly get out of the way for tho Firth ma chine until he has at least a trial heat himself. Wilson's Strength in the State. Outside of King County Wilson can undoubtedly muster more strength than Piles. He has in his favor a good rec ord for securing what Washington needed while ho was in the Senate, and through long experience he knows the game of politics more thoroughly than any other candidate that has been mentioned. He is also the owner of the largest and most Influential newspaper In the state. There Is a disposition among the Furth men to place a very light estimate on his strength as a candidate, but it Is not yet forgotten that he once captured the Senatorial prize after his strength had fallen to but seven votes, and even bis own manager had given up the case as hopeless. Lightning may strike again and John L. desires to have his lightning rod in position when it does. The men who seek to eliminate him from the Sen atorial flght have a difficult task and they cannot elect Furth or Piles so long as he remains in the race. Mr. Furth, the third candidate, or rathor the third representative of a following, is in some respects stronger than either of the- canuldates mentioned. He is a man who has always ranked high in tho councils of his party -and has a very keen knowledge of Washington politics. In politics as in business, his work has been marked by rare jJE11161 ant diplomacy, and for this reason he has fewer political enemies than any other man of equal prominence in tho state. If Ills followers can jar him loose from his loyalty to Wilson, he will be a very formidable candidate and one who could draw support from the best Interests of King County; In fact, some of the more enthusiastic M his followers assert that he can draw some votes from Foster in Pierce County. Furth and McBrlde Friendly, While a millionaire banker, heavily in terested in street-car and railway prop erties and closely allied with the largest corporations in the state, Mr. Furth is a warm friend of Governor McBrlde. Thia friendship, It Is believed by some, Is suf ficently strong to admit of an exchange of strength in the coming struggle. When the matter was broached to Governor Mc Brlde yesterday he declined to discuss it. Mr. Furth admitted that McBrlde would get some votes from King County, but declined to state positively that he would support him, although he said he was very friendly to McBrlde and was al ways glad to help a friend when he could do so consistently. Mr. Furth is friendly to the railroad commission idea. He be lieves it would be a good thing for the railroads as well as the people. After telling me this he spoiled a good MoBride argument by stating that he did not think railroad rates In this state were too high at the present time. This be lief, if adopted by the McBrlde men, would spike one of the Governor's heaviest guns. It will be noticed that I fcave mentioned none but King County Senatorial candi dates. This Is In a measure due to my environment for the past few days. It is an Impossibility for the average. Seattle ite to understand why the rest of the state could or should have the Senator ship. The spell will be broken, however, at Olympla next Winter when she begins giving exhibitions with her three-ring circus all under one tent B. W. W. HLMTZ m PERIL POB, TIME. Large Hotel is Burning, but the 300 Guests Are All Out. INDIANAPOLIS, April 17. The Occi dental Hotel, one of the oldest hotels in the city, caught fire at 2 o'clock this morning. More than 300 guests were in the hotel at the time and It was with difficulty that they were removed to places of safety. There were a number of narrow escapes. The hotel "is situated in the heart of the retail district and the fire threatens to spread through the center of the city. A number of the largest department stores In the city are threatened. The Sentinel building is In imminent danger. The hotel is a four-story structure, valued at $60,000, and is probably a total loss. i v 'A CHANCE FOR THE CARNEGIE HERO FUND '..,. -.',-. WITT NOT GIVE IT TO THE MAN WHO WILL ACCEPT THE DEMOCRATIC IJRESID ENTIAL NOMINATION? f .-. . . . . . . ,.?..,. I . ,v; . . ,', ; '.yy; ?...,.. ER WORK Mitchell Moves to Amend Emergency Bill IN INTEREST OF COLUMBIA Steady Improvement of Lower Willamette Also Asked, OTHER STATES PROMISE AID They Have Important ProjectsWhich Will Suffer by Delay-Committee on Commerce Authorizes a Number of Surveys. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, April 16. In the hope of securing sufficient money to hasten the improve ment of the mouth of the Columbia River, and of the Willamette and the Co lumbia from Portland to the sea. Senator Mitchell today offered amendments to the emergency river and harbor bill, increas ing the aggregate appropriation from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000. and increasing the amount which the Secretary of War can expend on any one project from 550,000 to $200,000. It Is believed In the Engi neer's office that there 13 now enough money available to continue operations on these two improvements throughout the coming year, although it may be necessary later on to reduce the force. It is acknowledged, however, that more money could be expended to advantage. On March 1, there was still available for the mouth of the Columola $957,101, and for the Lower Willamette and Columbia $93,380. By stringing out the work the engineers can make these amounts last until the regular river and harbor bill passes next March. Hope of Mitchell. There will be no specific appropriation this session for any river and harbor Im provement in Oregon, save The Dalles Celllo Canal, which Is a continuing con tract for which $100,000 Is appropriated In the sundry civil hill. Senator Mitchell, therefore, hopes to secure the ..adoption of his amendment to the emergency bill, his hope being that the Oregon delegation will then be able to Impress the Secretary of War with the necessity for having more mbney for these two Columbia River Improvements, and will be able to get sufficient allottments out of the lump ap propriation to enable the work to proceed without interruption or without delay. If the amendment Is adopted, Senator Mitchell hopes to get the maximum amount of $200,000 for both projects. At a meeting of the committee on commerce today, where the emergency bill was be ing considered, a disposition was shown to hold down appropriations to the figure agreed upon by the House, although many Senators having important projects in their states are favorable to the Mitchell amendment and will labor for its adoption. In order that Congress may have some- thing to work on when It comes to frame the regular river and harbor bilr next session, the Senate committee on com merce attached to the emergency bill a number of items authorizing surveys to determine ' the necessity for, and the probable cost, of proposed Improvements. The only Oregon item authorized Is the survey of Astoria Harbor, Youngs Bay and the Columbia River between Tongue Point and Fort Stevens with a view to deepening the channel to the docks at Astoria. Items for Washington are as follows: Everett harbor, Columbia River, between Wenatchee and Kettle Falls, with a view to improving the stream to accommodate stern-wheel steamers: Belllngham Bay, with a view to the re moval of Starr Rock; South Bend and Wlllapa harbors: Chehalis River, between Aberdeen and Montesano. A survey was also authorized of the Salmon River In Idaho, between Salmon and the mouth of the river. DEMOCRATS ARE GATHERING Empire State Hosts Will Meet To morrow to Elect Delegates. ALBANY. N. T., April 16. Democrats from all parts of New York State gath ered here tonight in anticipation of the Democratic State Convention. Some of the more important leaders, including ex Senator Hill and leader Charles F. Murphy, of Tammany Hall, were not In evidence tonight, but will arrive later. It Is now practically settled that the New York State delegates at large to the National Convention at St. Louis will be ex-United States Senators D. B. Hill, of Albany, and Edward Murphy, of Troy; James W. Ridgeway, of Brooklyn, and Congressman Bourke Cockran, of New York. The State Committee will meet Mon day morning. The convention will be called to order at 2 o'clock Monday after noon. Will Not Be for Parker or Hearst. CLEVELAND, April 16. The Demo crats of the Twentieth District today nominated Charles W. Lapp, of Cleveland, for Congress. The National delegates re ceived negative instructions to the effect that they were not to vote for either Judge Parker or W. R. Hearst. Socialists Will Move to Chicago. OMAHA. April 16. The count of the referendum vote on the question of re moving the National headquarters of the Socialist party from Omaha to Chicago was completed today, resulting In a vote of 5 to 1 in favor of Chicago. HOSPITAL PARTIALLY BURNED Patients Try to Jump From Windows Ten Are Injured. INDIANAPOLIS, April 17. St. Vincent's Hospital, the largest in the city, was partially burned this morning. There were about 50 patients In the building, besides many nurses and sisters. Harriet Lee, aged SO years, was killed by Jump ing from the third-story window. Ten are Injured, tnree fatally. The property lcos Ls T500C. The three fatally Injured are patients who were operated on yesterday. They made an effort to jump from the top windows, but were prevented byt the nurses and sisters in charge. There was a panic and a wild rush for the exits. Several were seriously injured in the stairways, which are of polished wood. St Vincent's Hospital is a four-story brick building. The institution is con ducted by the Roman Catholics, and It was there that President Roosevelt was operated on. The fire was In a part of the city distant from the Occidental Hotel, which burned earlier in the night. Two of the patients taken from the hos pital are dying and four are believed to be fatally injured. Catherine Beach, a nurse, in an effort to let herself from a top window by means of sheets tied to gether, fell to the ground and Is badly Injured. The hastily-made rope broke with her weight. Sister Josephine, In chargo of the hos pital, said at 4:30 this morning that thore are three yersons yet unaccounted for. iTS HE SIM IT Togo Reports Makaroff Hit One of His Mines. SEAMEN SHOW BRAVERY Torpedo-Boats Run In Despite x Enemy's Searchlights, DETAILS OF TWO BATTLES Japanese Admiral Says Fact He Lost No Men or Ships Must Be Attrib uted Largely to Heavenly Assistance. TOKIO, April 16, 9:30 P. M. The long awaited report of VIce-Admiral Togo, de scribing the seventh Japanese attack on Port Arthur reached the Navy Depart ment tonight. The report is as follows: "The attack opened April 11. Two de- strover divisions of our torncdo flotilla and one steamer reached the mouth of the harbor at midnight, April 12. Despite the enemy's searchlights, they succeeded in sinking mines quickly In several places. Another destroyer flotilla, with the spe cial mission of drawing out the enemy, while reconnoltering April 13, southeast of the LiaoThie Shan promontory outside the harbor, encountered a four-masted de stroyer of the enemy, which they attacked and sunk in ten minutes. "About the same time they observed another destroyer coming from the di rection of Llao Thie Shan. They attacked it, but owing to the long range did not succeed In sinking it. It fled and took refuge In the harbor. Our casualties were only two sailors slightly wounded. We had no time to pick up the enemy's drowning owing to the approach of the enemy's cruiser Bayan. "The third squadron, reaching outside the harbor at S o'clock In the morning, protected the second destroyer flotilla and reconnoitered at the same time. At 9 A. M. the cruiser Bayan attacked us at long range, but was Boon repulsed. The ertamy's cruisers Novik. Askold and Diana, together with the battleships Petropavlovsk, Pobieda, Poltava and other vessels Joined the Bayan and at tacked us. The third squadron gave bat tle and gradually drew the enemy to the southeast for about 15 miles. Sunk Mine Makaroff Struck. "At this time tho first squadron, which was hidden in a fog 30 miles distant, re ceived a wireless message, quickly ad vanced and attacked the enemy, who re treated. We chased them to the harbor entrance, where a ship of the Petropav lovsk type was seen blown up by a mine, sunk by us the night before at 10:30. "Two other of the enejny's .ships seeing this showed utter confusion. Another ship was seen also blown up by mines, but she could not be identified, owing to the confusion which prevailed for about an hour. "The remaining of the enemy's ships, shooting water from both sides, gradually went into the harbor, and by noon none of the enemy's ships was seen outside the harbor. "There was no casualties In the third squadron. The enemy's loss likely is slight. Our first squadron had not reach ed the gun range at 1 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day and our squad ron left the mouth of the harbor for our temporary rendezvous. "Again after preparation at 4 P. M., ', April 14, we went toward Port Arthur with the second, fourth and fifth de stroyer flotilla. The ninth torpedo flotilla reached the mouth of the harbor at 3 o'clock in the morning, April 15, and succeeded In effecting Its mission. At 7 A. M. the third squadron appeared be fore the harbor, but was not observed by the enemy. The squadron found the inner harbor quiet. The first squadron reached Port Arthur at 9 o'clock the same morn ing. Observing three floating mines laid by the enemy, the squadron shot and sank them. The Fortress Silenced. "At 10 A. M. the cruisers Niasshln and Kasaga were detached to go under the Llao Thie Shan promontory and open an indirect cannonade on the inner harbor, which was kept up for about two hours. The enemy's forts and ships inside re plied but without damage. These two ships In their first trial against the enemy must have had a good effect, as the new fortress west of Llao Thie Shan was silenced by them. At half past 1 In the afternoon they ceased firing and re turned to the fleet. "The fact that not a single man was (Continued on Second Page.) CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER Russo-Japanese Yi'ar. Togo reports that he planted the mine which caused the loss of the Petropovlovsk. Page 1. Russia will not believe Togo planted mine which sent Petropovlovsk down. Page 2. Chinese and Russian troops nearly clash In Manchuria. Page 2. Russian press regards Anglo-French treaty as a hard blow to German prestige. Page 2. National. Attorney-General Knox Is of opinion de nunciation of treaty by China does not affect other exclusion law. Page 2. Two seamen proved themselves heroes In the explosion on the Missouri. Page 3. Confess. Senator Mitchell Introduces amendments to emergency appropriation bill to continue Improvement of Columbia and Lower "Willamette. Page 1. Senate hears discussion as to whether home stead act has outlived its usefulness. Page 3. Patterson, of Tennessee, tells the House Roosevelt will be tho issue of the cam paign. Page 0. Domestic. In riot between police and bluejackets at Pensacola, Flo., one man Js shot and four are wounded. Page 3. President Moyer, of Federation of Miners, declares Governor Peabody, of Colorado, violated his promise. Page 3. Court refuses to oust W. J. Bryan as exe cutor of estate of P. S. Bennett, as re quested by the widow. Page 2. Northwest Politics. Ex-Senator Wilson does not help along Banker Furth's Senatorial ambition. Page 1. Harmonious Democratic conventions held In several Oregon counties. Page 0. Sports. Pacific Coast League scores: San Francisco 1, Portland 0: Los Angeles 3, Tacoma 2; Seattle 12. Oakland 4. Page 14. Academic baseball teams in race lor city championship. Page 22. Many entries for Kennel Club Show. Page 22. Agricultural College comes out ahead in Co lumbia field meet. Page 14. Yousef. the Turk, defeats Pearson In fast wrestling match. Page 14. Multnomah defeats Astoria in bowling match. Page 14. Stanford track team defeats University of California men, G9 to 53. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Directors appointed Tor open-air sanitarium for consumptives and funds raised. Page 1C. Delayed trains on the Southern Pacific Rail road arrive, but O. R. & N. is still blocked Page 10. Gamblers are all fined In Circuit Court. Page 12. Moement in Lewis and Clark State Com mission to have livestock exhibition and provide funds for Memorial building; Clark's plan of Fort Clatsop discovered. Page 10. Council committee hears arguments on an nexation of East Sldo suburbs. Page 13. Hearst resolution is turned down by Demo cratic County Convention. Page 1. J. C. Stubbs and party of Southern Pacific officials arrive. Page 13. "Will G. Steel drops his excursion project. Page 12. Pacific Coast. Three thieving tramps captured at Ashland. Or., after rifle battle with officers. Page 7. Code of moral laws laid down by the United Evangelical conference at HUlsboro, Or. Page C. Grand Rondo Valley a vast lake; thousands of acres of wheat flooded. Page 8. Commercial and Marine. New Tork stock market sluggish and weak. Page 15. Review of the week In Wall street. Page 15 New York hank statement shows large ex tension of loans. Page 15. San Francisco cured fruit demand slow Page 15. Bearish grain markets at Chicago. Page 15. Drydock will be completed by April 25 Page 12. Portland may get Government forage con tract. Page 12. Feature and Departments. Editorial. Page 4. Church announcements. Page 30. Classified advertisements. Pages 25-30. Book reWws. Page 40. With soldiers, sailors and citizens at the seat of war. Pago 35. How it feels to be shot at for a week Page 44. Palaces at the World's Fair. Page 38. Dr. John McLoughlln'a four-posted bed. Page 34. Lighthouse service on the Oregon Coast. Page 32. Today's opportunities for young men. Page 33. Cartoons. Page 41. Play as an education. Page 34. Mayor McClellan on Greater Now York. Page 33. Why Immigration from Italy is on the In crease. Page 44. Social. Pages 20-21. Dramatic Pages 18-19. Musical. Page 24. Household and fashions. Pages' 30-37. McLoughlln and Old Oregon. Page 43. Recollections of Father time. Page 30. Youth's department. paBe 42. I Democrats Refuse to Endorse Him. RESOLUTION TURNED DOWN Debate Creates Wild Scenes in Convention. RIOT FORCES ADJOURNMENT Hearst Faction Refuses to Disperse, and Continues to Hurl Epithets at the MajorityComplete County Ticket Is Named. Resolution That Caused the Strife. We indorse the achievements of Rep resentative William Randolph Hearst, of New York, In securing from the Fed eral Supreme Court a decision averse to the coal trust, and declare our ap preciation of his -valiant labors In bringing to bar the Illegal combinations that are openly operating in defiance of law, without let or hindrance of the National Administration. Multnomah County's Democratic Con vention refused to yield to the blandish ments of William Randolph Henrst. Nor did any Mexican toreador ever get a more sudden or furious rie from a corral of blooded bulls than did the Hearst fol lowers yesterday when they forced a set of resolutions upon the convention. Scenes of the wildest disorder prevailed while the resolutions were debated and driven down to final and complete defeat. Epithets were hurled right and left. Men shook their fi3ts menacingly in each oth ers' faces. During the midst of thin in cipient riot, the convention was declared adjourned sine die. But even this did not quell the ex citement. No sooner had Chairman L. T. Peery declared the convention adjourned than Colonel J. P. Burkhart, a Hearst delegate, climbed to the stand. "The convention may be adjourned, but we are not. We'll get together some where else and raise h !" thundered the Colonel. And this the Hearst faction proceeded to do right then and then without the loss of time. They banded together in the front part of the Hibernian Hall and de claimed against the majority. Five Hearst men tried to deliver addresues at once. John Horan and Colonel Burk hart were the only ones who succeeded In making themselves heard. During the midst of their speeches two of the dele gates, James Povey and Dr. J. D. Fos ter, nearly came to blows over the Issue. "Hearst killed the coal trust, and you declare against him. You want the poor people to freeze!" shrieked Dr. Foster. "You are after Hearst boodle! You aro boodlcrs, I say!" shouted Povey. Foster stepped forward threateningly, and Povey, too. advanced In a bellicose at titude. Friends of the two delegates here seized them and drew them apart. For half an hour tho clamoring con tinued. It kept diminishing in volume, however, until with the exit of the last of the delegates the hall rang with sil ence. The controversy was carried to the street, but not until it had losat most of Its ardor. The Hearst resolution did not indorse Hearst for the Democratic Presidential nomination. Hearst's agents and his sup porters had foreseen that such resolutions would have met an ignoble death at the hands of the committee on resolutions and would never have gotten before the convention. So they contented themselves with presenting an apparently harmless document Indorsing Hearst In his tight against the coal trust. Even this came near to decorating the resolution com mittee's waste-basket, for Peery's men were in control and, as they have main tained right along, they Intended to fight Hearst should followers of Sweek essay to parade his name before the conven tion. Hearst Resolution Mild. So the milder form of resolution was adopted. It read as follows: "We indorse the achievements of Con gressman William Randolph Hearst, of New York, in securing from the Federal Supreme Court a decision adverse to the coal trust, and declare our appreciation of his valient labors in bringing to bar the illegal combinations that are openly operating in defiance of the law without let or hindrance of the National Admin istration." It was the fact that this resolution could not pass that brought all the bit terness Into the convention from those favoring Hearst. It was their contention that to oppose such a resolution was to side in with the bloated trusts against the American people. The anti-Hearst element on the other hand insisted that the resolution was a political wolf clad in sheep's clothing. And thus the war went merrily on. The resolution was signed by Commit teemen E. J. Halght and A. P. Nelson, while Committee Chairman H. H. Mercer was signed for by his proxy. G. H. M. Wagner. This caused an objection, which was raised by Fred V. Holman, to tha signature of a proxy for the chairman of the com'iiltt-je. However, this objec tion was done away with, as the signa tures of a majority of the committee ap peared on the resolution. J. T. Mllner then moved to table the resolution without action, and this mo tion received a second from R. W. Mon tague. Thomas Guinenn then arose for a brief seance. Although shorn of the resplend ant curls which he has worn in the past, Mr. Gulnean's powers of. oratory have not " diminished by any means, and he poured for an appeal for Hearst. "We should give our support to Will iam Randolph Hearst, for he today is the greatest living man In America," con cluded Guinean fervently. "Yes. or in the world," shouted an un- Concluded on Page 10.J, E: 105.2