The Sunday Oregonian., May 08, 1904, PART TWO, Page 13, Image 13

THE SUNDAY OREGCXNIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 8, . 1904.
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TENDERON DRVDOGKl
Columbine Will Be Lifted -at
St Johns,
ALSO REVENUE CUTTER PERRY
Dalles City Wins Another Race From
Charles R. Spencer-Poor Year
for Northern Sealers-Arrival
of the Nat.
It Is probable that the next vessel to
be lifted by the Port of Portland dry
dock, after the "revenue cutter Perry,
will be the lighthouse tender Columbine.
The tender Is badly in need of cleaning
and painting and Major Langfltt invited
proposals from the various p3rts of this
district on the work. Three bids were
submitted by Portland firms and one
each came from Seattle and Tacoma. The
Morans of Seattle, asked $301 for doing the
work and the Quartermaster Harbor dry
dock, ?250. The lowest Portland bidders,
Anderson & Crowe, offered to perform the
Job for a few dollars above the Tacoma
price. As this bid, all things considered,
was the lowest, the work will doubtless
be done here.
The revenue cutter Perry, in addition to
cleaning and painting, requires some re
pairs to her propeller and stern bearings.
It was the intention at first to have this
work done on Puget Sound, but the plans
have been changed and the cutter will
como here from Astoria in a few days to
be docked.
Robert "Wakefield, the builder of the dry-
dock, hoped to secure the big German
bark Nal, which arrived up yesterday, for
the builder's test of the dock, but did
not succeed, as Captain Schutte said the
vessel did not require docking and he
declined to lend her for that purpose.
Negotiations have been under way for
come time that may lead to the docking
of the O. R. & N. Co.'s sidewheeler, Olym
pian, but up to the present time the
terms have not been agreed upon.
The close figuring for the work on the
Columbine shows what the Port of Port
land and ship repairers here will have
to expect In the way of competition. There
is a rate war an between the Seattle
and Tacoma drydocks and as the com
panies owning them also do the work
on the vessels docked, they are enabled
to eliminate the cost of lifting a vessel
In making their bids. The Port of Port
land Commission, on the contrary, only
operates the drydock, and the repair work
done to vessels by firms or Individuals
must necessarily be an additional item.
Furthermore, there are a drydock and
large marine ways at Esquimalt, which
are also looking for business. To add
to the facilities of the North Pacific Coast,
Everett will soon be provided with a dry
dock and Vancouver, B. C, with another,
which, it is said, will be a $1,000,000 steel
sectional affair of a capacity equal to
the dock at St. Johns.
POOR YEAR FOR SEALERS.
First of Fleet to Return Made Poor
Catches.
VICTORIA, B. C May 7. Through the
return of the schooners Jessie, Victoria
and Rainbow, the results of the Spring
sealing of 1S04 can now be approximated,
and it is found that again the profits will
be infinitesimal. If anything at all. The
average catch per schooner of the two
thirds of the fleet as yet heard from, will
Tiot run over 312. nor is it expected that
the late-comers have fared much better.
The month of April saw favorable sealing
weathor, but the previous months were
generally too rough to permit of boat low
ering. The Jessie, Victoria and Rainbow are
the forerunners of the fleet In homing, and
each has some grim tale of storms and
dread.
The Jessie brings as well an omnlous
token of the fury of some of the storms
that swept the Pacific during the last six
weeks. It Is a piece of the boom of some
large vessel with a portion of the sail
attached. The hoops that held the can
ras are still In place, as if suggesting
tho tremendous wrench which must have
been received to separate It from the
vessel. It bears evidence of having been
In the water but a little while, and there
are other relics, such as broken bits of
hull, scraps of rope, and other deck fdr
Tilture but nothing that bears a name or
other mark of identification. Captain
Haan is of opinion that some coasting
schooner of large size has come to grief.
DALLES CITY IN FIRST.
For Third Consecutive Time She Ar
rives Ahead of Spencer.
For the third consecutive time, the
Regulator steamer Dalles City yesterday
beat the Charles R. Spencer to her dock
In this city. The Regulator boat ar
rived at the steel bridge, on her run down
from The Dalles, at 1:36 P. M., 10 min
utes ahead of tho opposition steamer.
Both boats left The Dalles together at
7 A. M. The Spencer, on this trip, had
the most landings to her credit, but both
boats brought down an equal number of
through and way passengers, about 40
landing from each. They also had good
freight cargoes.
The Dalles City's log showed that she
landed at Lyle. Hood River, Carson's,
Stevenson, Locks, Cape Horn, Mount
Pleasant, Washougal and Vancouver.
Purser Charles R. Spencer, of tho other
boat, reported that he stopped at Lyle.
Hood River. "White Salmon, Cook's, Col
lin's, Carson's, Stevenson, Locks, Was
hougal, Remington and Vancouver.
The usual large crowds were at the
Alder and "Washington street docks yes
terday to see tho boats arrive. Up to
the present time, regular fares have been
charged by both lines and there has been
no talk of a rate war.
Nal Comes After Wheat.
The German bark Nal, a well-known
visitor here, arrived up yesterday morn
ing and was made fast to Banflold's bal
last dock. The Nal Is under charter to
the Portland Grain Company to carry
wheat to the United Kingdom. She sailed
from San Francisco April 15. and though
she made a long run up the coast, the
paasago was uneventful.
Heather Coals Up for Alaska Trip.
ASTORIA. Or.. May 7. (SpecIaL)
The lighthouse tender Heather took on
coal and supplies today and will leave
on Monday to visit the light stations In
Alaska.
Domestic and Foreign Porls.
ASTORIA, May 7. Arrived down at 3 and
a.d at 5:30 A. M. Steamer Go. TV. Elder,
for San Francisco Arrived down at 3 and
fared at 6 A. M. Steamer Georro Loorals. for
San Francisco. Arrived at CHS A- M- Schoon
er A. F Coats, from San Pedro. Outside at 7
A. M. Schooner William Benton, from San
Francisco. Arrived down at 0:30 A. M. Bark
cntine Newsboy. Left up at 11:40 A. M.
Schooner A F Coats and barkentlne John
Smith. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M.,
emooth. wind northwest; weather clear.
San Franclaoo. May 7. Sailed Schooner G.
"W. Watson, 'or Portland, Sailed at 11 A. M.
Steamer Oregon, for Portland. Sailed Schoon
er Transit, for Columbia River. Arrived last
nlsht Schooner Ida Schnauer, from Astoria.
Sailed Steamer Mongolia, for Hon Kone. via
Yokohama; sahooner Llzxle V&rce. for Graye
Harbor; schooner Melancthoa. for Coos Bay;
schooner "Wobfoot, tor Coos Bay; steamer Nu
haak. for Bristol Bay. Arrfved-Brftish
steamer Wyckfleld, from X&s&lxso; schooner J.
M. Cobnan, from Anacortea; echooner Roy
Somers. from Gray Harbor.
Iqulqce. April 25. Sailed Brtuan earK xor
enbr, for Portland.
Queesztown, May 7. Arrived Etrnrla, from
New York.
Plymouth, May 7. Arrived St. Louis, from
New York.
New York, .May 7. Arrived Ia Lorraine,
from Havre. Sailed Germanic, for Cherbourg
and Southampton; La Gaecojrne. for Havre;
Lucanla, for Liverpool; Vaderland, for Ant
werp; Princess Irene, for Genoa and, Naples;
Bulgarian, for Hamburg: Mlnnetanka, for Lon
don. Liverpool, May 7. Sailed Campania, for
New York.
Havre, May 7. Balled La Bretasne, for New
York.
Cherbourg, May 7. Balled Philadelphia, from
Southampton, for New York.
Copenhagen. May 7. Sailed United States,
for New York
Southampton, May 7. Arrived St. Louis;
from New York, via Plymouth, etc.
London, May 7. Sailed Maine, for New
York; Minneapolis, for New York.
Hoqulam. "Wash., May 7. SpeclaL) Arrived
Schooners Schome, Charles- Wilson and Henry
Wilson, from San Francisco for Aberdeen.
COUHKED TO HIS BED.
Postmaster Bancroft Cannot Discuss
Charger-Bondsmen In No Danger.
Postmaster Bancroft stayed In bed yes
terday In consequence of the wound In
his foot. No explanation could be secured
from him of affairs in his office or of the
report filed against him by postal Inspec
tors. Mr. Bancroft will be confined In
his home several days. He was improved
last evening, though still weak from loss
of blood.
The wound was made by the bad stroke
of an ax while he was splitting wood
Friday afternoon; The mishap. In con
nection with his postoffice troubles, started
rumors of attempted suicide, which were
flatly denied by the family and friends.
Nothing further has come of the Post
office Department's order for a fresh In
spection. Mr. Bancroft's bond offers a
subject of interest- The bond was se
cured after considerable difficulty, more
than a year ago. It amounts to $150,000
and is secured as follows:
E. "W. Spencer $ 25,000
F. P. Mays 25.000
Adolph Burckhardt 25,000
D. C. Burns ..' 10.000
TV. B. Ayer.... 15.000
F. C. Baker 10,000
James M. Stott fi.000
L. Gerllneer 15.000
F. H. Hopkins 15.000
Ben Selling - 5,000
Total ... $150,000
These bondsmen are themselves secured
by an indemnity bond, which was renewed
not long ago, and for which Mr. Bancroft
owes $300 premium. Should any one of
the sureties demand to be relieved, an en
tiro new bond would be required, and the
present sureties would be responsible only
for the defaults up to the time they were
relieved.
But the bondsmen have no cause for un
easiness. There Is no deficit In Mr. Ban
croft's accounts: besides, the bondsmen
axe secured by the Indemnity bond.
Mr. Bancroft's friends many times re
monstrated with him against the use of
postal funds. They set before him the
risk he was incusing from a sudden visit
of inspectors. These protests were un
availing. But a few days after tho inspec
tion which revealed Mr. Bancroft's prac
tice, ho was at it again.
If Mr. Bancroft can be held accountable
to tho law, no movement In that direction
has yet begun. Under strict enforcement
of the law he could probably be put to
considerable trouble. Section 1574 of the
statutes regulating the Postoffice De
partment ordains:
"Every officer or other person charged
by any act of Congress with the safe
keeping of public moneys, who falls to
safely keep the same, without loaning,
using, converting to his own use, de
positing in banks, or exchanging for
other funds as specially provided by
law, shall be guilty of embezzlement of
the money so loaned, used, converted, de
posited or exchanged, and shall be impris
oned not less than six months nor more
than ten years and fined in the sum equal
to the amount of money so embezzled."
utner sections of the code might also
be Invoked against Mr. Bancroft. At one
time he withdrew money from the money
order department Against such an
offense section 1571 says:
"Every Postmaster, assistant, clerk, or
other person employed in or connected
with the business or operations of any
money order office, who converts to his
own use in any way whatever, or loans
or deposits in any bank except as author
ized by this title, or exchanges for other
funds, any portion of the money order
funds, shall be deemed guilty of embez
zlement; and any such person, as well as
every Other person advising or participat
ing therein, shall, for every such offense,
be Imprisoned for not less than six months
nor more than ten years and be fined in
a sum equal to tho amount embezzled."
.
SAID TO HAVE DECEIVED GLBIS
St. Louis Woman Arrested for Bring
ing In Young Germans, l
ST. LOUIS. Mnv 7 n ,r7i..
Inspector James R. Dunne, of the United
oiaies .department of Commerce and
Labor, Mrs. Sophio "Wenzeil was today
arraigned before a United States Com
missioner on a charge of Importing
girls to St. Louis from Europe, especial
ly Germany, for Improper and unlawful
purposes.
The arrest followed tfc nrrimi ...
week ago of ten girls from Germany. It
is. aucBcu uy uunne mat they camo
to St. Louis in answer to advertise
ments In foreign papers of good posi
tions with good salary at light house
keeping St. Louis. It was these ad
vertisements, it is alleged, that first at
tracted the attention of the Department
of Labor.
Inspector Dunne states the girls were
taken to Mrs. Wensell's home, and that
proposals were made to them that they
engage in Improper and unlawful pur
poses. Mrs. "Wenzeil was held in $2000 bond,
pending a preliminary hearing next
Monday. The girls will be taken care
of by the Federal Labor Bureau pending
the settlement of the case. The girls
come from Munich. They are all with
out means, according to District Attor
ney Dyer, and their parents are poor.
Mrs. "Wenzeil, who Is a native of Ba
varia, but who has been in America for
ten years, said she was employed at a
restaurant on tho Chicago Midway, and
had charge of German girls who sold
refreshments and who also had been
brought from Germany. She was en
gaged, sho asserted, by a company of
St. Louis, who have a concession on the
Pike to secure Bavarian girls who could
sell refreshments there. It was declared
that the state laws prevented the girls
from selling refreshments or spirits,
and It was decided to employ them in
selling flowers and souvenirs as soon
as the exhibition, which Is not ready,
opens. Mrs. "Weinzeil says sho adver
tised for tho girls in the Munich papers
in good faith.
District Attorney Dyer say that under
the statutes the steamship companies
that brought the girls to America,
would have to return them.
Tube of Radium Disappears.
CHICAGO. May 7. A glass tube one
half inch long containing radium has dis
appeared from the office of Dr. "William
Allen Pusey. "Whether" It was lost or
stolen, the loser does not know. The
radium was received by Dr. Pusey a few
days ago from Paris. He was treating
a patient for an affection of the face
when the precious substance disappeared,
The missing radium was of the usual
grade for scientific use, worth about
$200,000 per ounce Troy.
M'MINNVILLE MEN WN
CLOSE CONTEST WITH DALLAS
. COLLEGE ON ITS TRACK.
Gates Falls and Is Slightly Injured
When He Has the Hurdle
Race Won.
DALLAS. Or., May 7. (Special.) Mc
Mlnnvllle defeated Dallas College on the
local oval this afternoon by a score of
68 to 58. Tho meet was hotly contested
from start to finish, each college taking
seven first places, but McMinnville, by
securing enough seconds and thirds, won
out
Dallas was strong in field events, tak
ing all of these. McMinnville won every
track evmt with the exception of the
half mile, which Poling took from Cum
mins in a hard finish. For the visitors.
Day was the star, winning a majority of
the points for McMinnville. Poling took
5 of the 58 points made by Dallas!
The only accident marring the sport
was the fall and temporary Injury of
Gates In the 220-yard hurdles, when he
had the race won by eight yards. Castle,
the local weight man, made a great show
ing. There will ba a return meet be
tween the colleges early in June. The
following Is the summary:
60-yard dash Day and Gray, of Mc
Minnville; Poling, of Dallas: time, 0:05,
Shot put Castie, of Dallas; Dodson, of
McMinnville; Poling, of Dallas; distance,
32 feet 7 inches.
Mile run Selver, of McMinnville; Laun
er, of Dallas; Patty, of McMinnville;
time, 5:19.
100-yard dash Day and Gray, of Mc
Mlnnvlile; Green, of Dallas; time, 0:11 2-5.
Discus throw Castle and Poling, of
Dallas; Dodson, of McMinnville; distance,
S9 feet 4 Inches.
8S0-yard run Poling, of Dallas; Cum
mins, of McMinnville; Morton, of Dallas;
time, 2:19.
120-yard hurdles Day, of McMinnville;
Gates and Teats, of Dallas; time, 0:19 4-5.
Hammer throw Poling and Castle, of
Dallas; Calavan. of McMinnville; dis
tance, S3 feet 7 Inches.
220-yard dash Day and Gray, of Mc
Minnville; "Williams, of Dallas; time, 0:26.
Pole vault Launer, of Dallas; Cummins
and Thompson, of McMinnville; 10 feet
220-yard hurdles Day and Gray, of Mc
Minnville; Wilson, of Dallas; time, 0:31.
High jump Poling, of Dallas; Hoskings
and Dodson, of McMinnville; distance, 5
feet -3 inches.
Broad jump Poling, of Dallas; Gray
and Thompson, of McMinnville; distance,
19 feet 3 inches.
410-yard dash Day, of McMinnville;
Van Orsdel and "Williams, of Dallas;
time, 0:69.
Starter, C. X. McArthur; referee, J. A.
Van Orsdel.
COMPANY H IS CHAMPION.
Final Indoor Game at the Armory Is
Mistaken for a Riot.
Everybody living within 11 blocks of tho
Armory saw Company H wallop Baftery
A for tho indoor baseball championship
last night "with one to the good in the
tenth. The score was 7 to 6. AH the
bed-seekers within yelling reach of Tenth
and Davi3 did not see the beginning of
the game. But they began to get rest
less at the end of the second inning, when
,a few hundred beautiful damsels hung
over balconies at the Armory and began
to pound tin platters they had brought
for the purpose. It must have taken them
weeks to pick out the instrument that
would make the most noise. At the end
of the third, people were looking out of
their doors, and when the Battery made
four In the fourth, they ran to the scene
of action.
A man in a house nine blocks away was
just going to bed for the first time In
three weeks. The one H made in the
fifth could not keep him awake. But when
the score was tied In the eighth he got up
and killed the baby. When the Battery
did not score in the ninth he murdered
the cat, his wife not being at home, and
when H made the final run at the end of
the tenth that won the game, he Jumped
Into the river. Ho need not have done
the last act however, as half the girls in
the audience fainted at that point
The game goes on record as a rough
house superintended by an umpire. When
the pitcher threw a ball, two fake batters
would run at him. The shortstops, of an
cestry probably arboreal, stood at the end
of the batter's stick and shrieked in his
face, waving their hands before him. A
runner always had two assistants, and the
baseman would have to put out all three
to get the right one. The catcher would
covertly place the ball beneath his arm
and duck around the bases to see if he
could not catch some ono off. Everybody
wore two pairs of breeches In order to
have covering after sliding a base. But
the game was not a farce. H won a cup
and was presented with a wreath by Miss
FJIse Craemer. The score:
Battery A 0 00402000 0-6
Company H 0 00014010 17
Batteries Battery A, Lyman and Otter
stead; Company H, Austin and Doble.
LAST OF THE PAPER CHASES.
Mr. McRath Wins Hunt Club Events
Races Come Next.
T. S. McRath, master of hounds of the
Hunt Club, on Oregon Kid yesterday af
ternoon won the paper chase. V. S. How
ard, on Jim Budd, was second, and Mrs.
F. G. Buffum, on Bernato, was third.
Fourteen riders redo through, and they
were all close together when the red paper
was found. Mr. McRath dropped back
in order to signal the field that the paper
was reached, and, when all the riders
were straightened out for the Irvington
track, where the finish was, he set sail
for the leaders. One by ono he rode over
the field. Mr. Howard was in front when
the riders struck the stretch, but Mr. Mc
Rath set the Kid down and won by a
neck. Mrs. Buffum was back only a length
and Bernato was gradually overhauling
the leaders at tho finish.
Yesterday's ' chase Is the last of the
Hunt Club events until after the annual
meet, which will be held at the Irvington
race track. From now until the day of
the meet the members will devote their
time to fitting their mounts for the com
ing races, which will be one of the larg
est events ever attempted by the club.
Within the past couple of months a num
ber of very fast horses have been bought
by certain members, and great things are
expected of these new mounts at the June
meeting.
The hares of the chase were Miss Ann
Shogren, Ambrose Cronln and Mr. Jen
kins. Tho judge at the finish was N.
Coghlan. Those who rade through were:
Mrs. F. G. Buffum, Bernato; Mrs. F. O.
Downing, Tony; Mrs. Rousefell, Dennis;
Miss Wrenn, Nigger; William Walters,
Frank; E. T. Chase. Wonder; T. S. Mc
Rath, Oregon Kid; Joseph Menhe, Baby;
V. S. Howard, Jim Budd; James Nlcol,
Will Wehrung; J. T. Dillon, Rifle; Judge
Tanner, Banner; Mr. King, Bettie; T. T.
Strain, Sable.
' Yale Crew Defeats Annapolis.
ANNAPOLIS. Md., May 7. The Yale
eight defeated the Naval Academy boat
crew this evening: by a boat length In
a two-mile race on the Severn River.
The water was very rough and the race
did not take place until after sundown.
Yale won out in the last half mile by a
spurt Time, Yale 10:28, Navy 10:31.
Southwestern League Season Opens.
HOQUIAM, Wash- May 7. (Special.)
The league season for the Southwest
Washington championship starts to
morrow in this city. Hoqulam loses
Yattrlck, their star pitcher, today, as
ho was called? home to tho deathbed of
I his mother. Philbrlck will occupy for
the locals and Bell will pitch for Aber
deen. Moose Baxter, who is captain of the
Hoqulam bunch, is well pleased with
his players, and expects to win tomor
row's game. Mayor Frary will pitch
the first ball and the opening will be
an auspicious one.
WESTEEK MILLS INVADE HELD
Eastern Shlnglemen Will Curtail
Product Until Prices Are Better.
CHICAGO, May 7. A dispatch to the
Inter Ocean from Escanaba, Mich., says:
Representatives of 31 shingle manufactur
ing companies of Northern Wisconsin and
the Peninsula of Michigan, under the
name of the Northwest Shingle Manufac
turers Association, have met here and
agreed to curtail the production of shin
gles until the price of the product is raised
to the normal leveL The manufacturers
claim they are unable to make shingles
without loss at the present price, and
some mills may not open for work at all
this season.
The- price of shingles in the Central
West it was alleged by members of the
association, has been driven to a bedrock
basis by shipping Into the territory great
quantities of shingles from the Pacific
Coast
Completing Coal Monopoly.
NEW TORK. May 7. An important step
has been taken toward the completion of
the Central Pennsylvania bituminous coal
consolidation, says a Herald dispatch from
Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Coal &
Coke Company, through its president
William Lathrop, has announced that as
a result of negotiations extending over
several months, it has nurchased all of
the capital stock and franchises of the
Beech Creek Coal & Coke Company. The
terms were not made public
Negotiations for the purchase were be
gun last -year, but owing to the unfavor
able financial situation and the demorali
zation of the bituminous market, the plant
was temporarily abandoned. Through this
addition to its property the Pennsylvania
Coal & Coke Company now controls up
ward of 117.000 acres of coal and surface
land, chiefly in Blair, Cambridge, Cam
bria. Clearfield and Indiana counties, con
taining more than 1,000,000,000 tons of coal.
Upon these lands are located 44 oper
ating collieries with a dally shipping ca
pacity of 25,000 tons. It owns also about
2000 coke ovens, with a dally capacity of
2000 tons. v y x
State Makes Point in Trust Case.
TOPEKA. Kan., May 7. The Su
preme Court today upheld tho decision
of District Judge Hazen in the coal
trust cases, so-called, who last Winter
sentenced two Kansas coal operators
for contempt of court for refusing to
answer questions put by a county at
torney in a state Investigation into
the wnrklne-s of nn niior-oi kii
blne. The decision is of the utmost
Imnnrtnnoo in fi ctnta oe? ! M.i- t.
possible for tho Attorney-General and
uuiuy Aiwrney 10 investigate alleged
violations of the law by trusts.
Slump In Cotton Caused Failure.
NEW YORK, May 7.-John Campbell,
of this city, formerly a paper merchant,
who Inherited more than $1,000,000 five
years ago, has filed a petition In bank
ruptcy, with liabilities of J40S.300 and as
sets doubtful. The petitioner was em
ployed as salesman In the paper business
by his grand uncle. Augustine Smith, who
died in January, 1S97, leaving a large for
tune, of which Mr. Smith inherited $1,
000,000. He engaged in the paper trade,
retiring in February of this year. Friends
attribute the loss of his fortune to the
slump in cotton following the Sully fail
ure. APPOINTMENTS TO WEST POINT
President Names the Sons of a Num
' ber of Army Officers.
WASHINGTON, May 7. The President
today made tno following appointments
at large to West Point:
J. L. Clem, Jr., eon of Colonel J. L.
Clem, .Quartermaster; William H. Emory,
Jr., son of Captain Emory. U. S. N.; Jack
,W. Heard, son of Captain Jack W.
Heard, U. S. A.; Jeremiah Drennan, son
of Ordnance and Cavalry Sergeant Dren
nan; Garischo A. Ord, son of Captain E.
O. C. Ord. U. S. A., retired; Horace
Hayes Fuller, son of Major Ezra B. Ful
ler. U. 6. A.
Two alternates for each of the six ap
pointees were selected, and in case of the
failure to pass the alternate standing
highest In his examination will be select
ed. The 12 alternates are as follows:
Joseph F. Alshlre, son of Major Alshire,
Quartermaster; Richmond D. Smith, son
of Lieutenant-Colonel F. A. Smith, U. S.
A.; Theodore Mosher Chase, son of the
late Lieutenant-Colonel Chase, U. S. A.;
William Stannard Kellar, son of the late
Colonel Kellar; Robert H. Fletcher, son
of Captain Fletcher, retired; William
Trent Rossell, son of Major Rossell, En
gineer Corps; Chester Mills, son of Col
onel A. L. Mills, Superintendent of Mili
tary Academy; Miles SJocum, son of
Major H. J. Slocum, Second Cavalry;
Stanley Maddox Rombough, son of Cap
tain Rombough and grandson of General
David Stanley, retired; Edmund Russell
Andrews, son of Major Henry M. An
drews; Herbert Baldwin, son of Major W.
H. Baldwin, Commissary; A. P. Barryj
son of Chaplain Henry Barry.
For the District of Columbia, the Pres
ident appointed Herbert Harries, eon of
General George H. Harries, with Logan
Cunningham and Kenneth Taylor as al
ternates. Cunningham is a relative of
the late General John A. Logan.
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STILL THLNZ FOLK IS THE MAN
Delegate Rodey Says Parker Cannot
Win in Democratic Convention.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, May 7. Delegate B.odey, of New
Mexico, who has quite a reputation as a
political prophet is out today with the
following forecast:
"Neither Judge Parker nor any other
Easterner Is going to get the Democratic
nomination at St Louis. The convention
will find itself tied up by reason of the
strength of Hearst, and the only way out
of the difficulty will lie in the nomination
of Folk, the young St. Louis lawyer,
whose fame has already become National.
Furthermore, Folk Is the most formidable
man in the Democratic party, and the one
man that will give the Republicans the
hardest tussle to keep out of the White
House."
In the course of political speeches in
Congress toward the close of the session,
several Democrats referred to the possi
bility of the young lawyer from Missouri
being the Democratic candidate. Demo
crats of the West do not warm up to
Judge Parker, and the unpopularity of
Dave Hill seems to be making the way of
tho New York candidate very hard.
While Southern men have shown a dispo
sition to support anybody that is satisfac
tory to New York, the large states west
of the Alleghenles do not seem to think
that Parker Is the right kind of a man.
France Buys American Painting.
PARIS, May 7. The Government has
selected a number of the best paintings
exhibited at the two salons for purchase
by the state. Most of those are by
French artists, the pictures representing
Incidents In French life, Including ZUlot's
"President Loubefs Visit to the Guild
Hall in London." A notable exception Is
the Government purchase of a picture by
Jthe American artist, Walter Gay.
REMEOYFORSTRIKES
John Mitchell Advocates the
Trade Agreement. -
IS NOT FOR ARBITRATION
President of Miners Says It Is Only
Preferable to Walkouts-National
Civic Federation Ap
points Committee.
NEW YORK, May 7. Capital and labor
met again today at the continued meet
ing of the executive committee of the
National Civic Federation, . The object of
the meeting was the discussion of joint
trade agreements, one of the subjects
which the late chairman. Senator M. A,
Hanna, believed was the closest to the
work of the Federation.
John. Mitchell strongly advocated the
joint trade agreement idea. He said In
part:
"The idea of the joint trade agreement
Is the 'essence of trade unionism. We
have now 350,000 men working under con
ditions which are fixed by joint agree
ment We adjust all differences by agree
ment: we leave no Question to arbitra
tion; arbitration is preferable to strikes
that is all.
"The outsiders called in have said they
did not understand conditions, and the
result of the arbitration has been un
satisfactory, both to employers and em
ployes. "I believe in strikes. I also believe In
lockouts. Neither side must surrender
either of these fights. But I believe
neither thing should be resorted to until
each side has exhausted every peaceable
means of settlement Nothing can make
so much industrial peace as the recogni
tion of the independence of labor and
capital officers of the companies have
opened their books to me frequently when
there was some question of the returns
made. We know what the operators are
making, and in this way we have come
closer together. We believe the answer
to all questions is the trade agreement"
Questions He Won't Arbitrate.
In reply to questions put to him by
members of the Federation, Mr. Mitchell
said that under no circumstances would
he consent to the arbitration of some
fundamental questions. He said he would
never consent to arbitrate the eight-hour
day or his right to belong to a union. As
an instance of his position on the ques
tion of arbitration, he cited a case where
he had advised the miners in Kentucky
to accept a wage reduction of 4 per
cent rather than accept arbitration which
the employers were perfectly willing to
grant He believed thl3 preferable to hav
ing outsiders come in to adjust affairs
which they did not understand.
A committee on trades union agreement
was appointed, subject to the call of its
chairman, Francis L. Robblns, president
of the Pittsburg Coal Company of Pitts
burg. Among those who will act on this
committee, in addition to .a number of
prominent New York men are Isaac W.
Frank, president of the National- Foun
ders' Association, Pittsburg; John D."Hib
bard, president of the Chicago Metal
Trades Association; Edward Storm, presi
dent of the National Typothetae, Phila
delphia; John Ralstonr chairman of the
Glass Bottle Manufacturers' Association,
Pittsburg; W. C Brown, vice-president
Lake Shore Railway Company, ' Chicago;
John Mitchell, president of the United
Mlneworkers of America, Pittsburg;
James H. Lyncht president of the Inter
national Typographical Union, Indianapo
lis; JaTies O'Connell, president of the In
ternational Association of Machinists,
Washington; James Duncan, secretary
Granite Cutters National Union, Wash
ington; Frank Buchanan, president of the
International Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers, Chicago: Dennis A. Hayes,
president of the Glass Bottle Blowers'
Association of the United States and
Canada; W. D. Mahon, president of the
Amalgamated Association of Street Rail
way Workers of America, Detroit; E. E.
Clark, Grand Chief Conductor, Order of
Railway Conductors, Cedar Rapids; P. H.
Morrlssey, Grand Master Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen, Cleveland, and J. J.
Hannahan, Grand Master Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen, Peoria.
UNION DRIVERS ARE OUT.
San Francisco Owners Resent Alleged
Interference With Their Business.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 7. Every
hack, coupe and carriage in San Fran
cisco, owned or controlled by the Stable
and Carriage Owners' Association was
without a union driver tonight. The
state of affairs was brought about by the
action of the carriage owners in resent
ment of what they consider dictation in
their bugines3. They are backed by the
Citizens' Alliance.
4500 Bricklayers Locked Out.
VIENNA, May 7. The Builders' Associa
tion today locked out 4500 bricklayers,
stone masons and laborers. This step
was taken for the purpose of defeating
other strikes on certain buildings, the
completion of which Is urgently neces
sary. A year ago the men demanded a
10 per cent increase in wages, but the
masters refused to grant their demand,
though they did concede a higher mini
mum wago which did not however, sat
isfy the workmen. The employers are
confident that the present step will com
pel the men to accept their terms.
Chicago Bakers' Strike Settled.
CHICAGO, May 7. The bakers' strike
was settled tonight The union yielded Its
demand that no work should be per
formed on the five leading holidays of
the year, agreed to the usual amount of
holiday work with pay for the hours of
work only and not for a, full day irre
spective of the amount of work per
formed. When this concession was made
by the men, five of the largo bakeries In
which men struck signed the scale. Two
bakeries which have a full complement
of non-union men would not sign the
scale.
Marine Strike Will Go On.
CLEVELAND, May 7. The conference
between the Lake Carriers' and Master
Pilot Association was abruptly terminated
late this afternoon, and the announcement
made that no agreement had been reached
and a settlement was as far away as at
any time since the opening of the nego
tiations. The conference adjourned. This
means that commerce on the lakes will be
practically tied up for an indefinite period.
It is said that fully 70 per cent of all the
vessel tonnage on the Great Lakes Is rep
represented in the Lake Carriers' Associa
tion. Railroad Will Reduce Force.
BOSTON, May 7. Second Vice-President
Van Etten, of the New York Central &
Hudson River Railway, received instruc
tions today to discharge 400 of the 5400
men In the employ of the Boston & Al
bany division of that system before the
closo of the month. This Is In line with
the reduction of expenses being made on
the Vanderbilt roads.
May Call Out 6000 Bakers.
BOSTON, May 7. A convention of the
union bakers of all the New England
States has been called for this city to
consider the advisability of ordering a
general strike of bakers la New England.
The union believes that the only way to
stop bread coming Into Boston to supply
bakeries where the men are out Is to
order a general strike. The International
Union. It Is said, is prepared to send $25,
000 to New England to assist the bakers,
should they leave work. About 6000 jour
neymen bakers will be affected in case of
a general strike.
PBESLDEHT OF PEBTT IS LEAD.'
Ail Political Elements Express Deep
Regret.
LTMA. Peru, May 7. President Canda
mo, who has been ill for some time at
AreqHlpa, died today,
The President's death is deeply regretted
as all political elements, regarded him as
an honorable man, devoted to the true in
terests of the country.
Manuel- Candamo was the man ac
cepted for tho provisional Presidency of
Peru In 1SS5 by the revolutionists under
the leadership of Nicholas de Pierola and
President ?aceres, whereby they agreed
to stop flghtlnjr. Senor Cimflamo rhos
his cabinet from all factions, and he was
able to unite the country. Four years
later he was elected President by a great
majority.
Prominent Nebraska Politician.
OMAHA, May 7. St A. D. Balcombe.
prominent In state and National politics
for 11 years, publisher of the Omaha Re
publican, and for 50 years identified with
the development of the West died at his
home In this city today, aged 74 years. He
had been, according to his own statement
a Republican for 50 years, having been
one of the organizers of that party, and
having cast his first vote for John P.
Hale, the "Free Soil" candidate for Pres
ident, in 1S51 He held' a number of
Important appointive Government state
and city offices.
Mexican Editor and Soldier.
MEXICO CITY. Mex.. May 7. Governor
Vlllada, of the State of Mexico, Is dead
at Toluca, capital of that state, of pneu
monia, aged 63. He took an active part in
tho war against the French and Imperial
ists, winning promotion for skill and gal
lantry. After his campaign days were
over, he became a newspaper editor here
and In 1892 was elected Governor of the
State of Mexico.
Won High Rank In Civil War.
PHILADELPHIA, May 7. Clarke Mer
chant, president of the firm of Merchant &
Co., metal workers, died today of pneu
monia, agea gj years. He was a graduate
of the United States Naval Academy, and
In the Civil War rose to the rank of
Lieutenant-Commander.
Andrew McNally, the Publisher.
PASADENA, Cal., May 7. Andrew
McNally, head of the publishing house
of. Rand, McNally & Co., died here to
day. Death was due to heart disease.
Mr. McNally was one of Chicago's
wealthy men, and was rated well up
among the city's millionaires.
Mother of Mrs. George Pullman.
PASADENA, Cal., May 7. Mrs. Mary
C. Sanger, the mother of Mrs. George M.
Pullman, of Chicago, is dead at the Pasa
dena residence of her daughter, of heart
disease. The body will be taken to Chi
cago for interment
San Francisco Business Man.
LKALAMAZOO, Mich., May 7. George
w. .farKer, the San Francisco business
man who was knocked down by an auto
mobile here yesterday, died today as a
result of tho injuries sustained.
Ex-Commissioner of Land Office.
ST. LOUIS, May 7. W. A. J. Sparks,
Commissioner of the General Land Office
under President Cleveland, and for 17
years a member of Congress, died at his
home here today.
AN0TEEE HEAEST PAPEE.
With James J. Hill He Will Enter
the Victoria Field.
VICTORIA, B. C, May 7. It is an
nounced here tonight that James J. Hill,
of the Great Northern Railway, and
William R. Hearst candidate for the
Democratic nomination for the United
States Presidency, will start a first-class
morning newspaper in Victoria at an
early date.
Mr. Hill Is very desirous of extending
his railway and steamship business to
Vancouver Island and British Columbia,
and Mr. Hearst has planned to establish
Hearst newspapers all along the Coast
In the principal .cities from Cape Nome to
Los Angeles. These are given as the
ralson d'etre of the proposition.
PEBTJ 0EDERS OUT TE00PS.
She Proposes to Repulse Brazil af
Alto Jurua.
LIMA, Peru, May 7. The General Staff
has ordered two line battalions and one
battery of machine guns to proceed to
Alto Jurua by way of the River Amueya
to repulse any Brazilian troops that may
be in that territory, and one battajjon
with two machine guns has been ordered
to Chandless, on the River Purus to sus
tain Peruvian sovereignty there.
Tho General Staff also ordered that
Iqultos be placed in a state of defense;
that the harbor be mined and that a di
vision be formed there of 3000 men which
shall under certain circumstances oc
cupy Tabltanga and Manos, Brazilian
towns on tho Amazon.
Finances of British Columbia.
VANCOUVER, B. C, May 7. A state
ment of revenue and expenditure In the
Dominion for the ten months ending
April 30 shows the revenue to be $56,-
728,716, compared with $52,616,S41 for
the same period last year, an increase
m. a ' fl'tf.4
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Prominent St. Joseph Liveryman Im
plicated by Prisoner.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May 7. Robert S.
Kearney, a prominent and well-to-do liv
eryman, grandson of the famous General
Kearney, is in jail here tonight under ar
rest on a charge of leading a gang of
highwaymen. Frank Johnson, a wealthy
horseman of Hemple, Mo., while out
driving, was held up and robbed of $200
here last night. James Troutman, another
horseman, was arrested today, and mad 3
a full confession, Implicating Kearney
and David H. Mason. All are under ar
rest. Denver Brick Building Destroyed.
DENVER, May 7. The five-story brick
block known as the Hover building, at 1455
Lawrence street, and occupied by tho
wholesale department of the Hurlburt
Grocery Company, was destroyed by Are
tonight. Loss to Hurlburt, $40,000. Tho
building, which Is owned by Boston par
ties, was damaged $20,000. The origin of
the fire Is unknown. Both are fully in
sured. e
To Check Spread of Consumption.
NEW TORH. May 7. Tests arc being
made of various chlorides and other
chemicals In connection with a project
now under discussion by the Health De
partment to check the spread of tuber
culosis here. It Is planned, should tho
tests prove successful, to use disinfec
tants In the water with which the streets
are sprinkled.
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