ittuutgr 48 PAGES PACES 1 TO 12 VOL. XXIV-NO. 44. PORTIAOT), OHEGOX, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WITTE WRESTLES WITH AUTOCRAT Nicholas Reluctant to Grant Liberty. REVOLUTION GAINS IN POWER Trepoff Fears to Prevent the Meetings He Forbids. REBEL GOVERNMENT SET UP Great Cities oX Russia Lighted Only by Soldiers' Fires Conflicts on Streets Rumored Mutiny on Black Sea. COUNCIL SITS ALL NIGHT. ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 29. (1:80 A. M.) (Special.) All the members of the Council of Ministers received a hasty summons late laet night to Petcrhof. The Council Is still In conference with the Czar. It Us believed that an Im perial edict will be published granting a constitution to Russia cither today or tomorrow. LONDON., . Oct. 20 (3 A. M.) (Spe clal.) A, St. Petersburg; dlnpatck to the Sunday Obwervcr ttayn It Is rumored that Admiral Blrlloff, Minister of Ma rine, and Admiral Chukaiae hare been killed br bombK. The bulk of the population believe that the Imperial family fled after the Czar had invested Count Wltte Tilth full povrer. ST. PETERSBURG. Oct 28. Day after day passes without the promulgation of Russia's Jiew governmental organ, a re sponsible Ministerial Cabinet to bring or der out of the present administrative chaos. Count Witte, to whom all factions look to assume thePremleriihlp, has spent almost the entire- time of 'the past two days at Peterholf wrestling with the Em peror, insisting upon conditions in connec tion with his appointment which His Maj esty was unwilling to grant. Upon his return to St. Petersburg to night. Count Wltte announced that the Cabinet project, which has been lying signed for three days on the Emperor's table, will not be promulgated tomorrow, intimating thereby that his programme, which is known to include a species of constitution Involving the granting of "four liberties" freedom of speech, free dom of assembly, freedom of the press and freedom of the person has t not been accepted. It Is felt here that the delay cannot be long protracted, and that it is only a question of hours when the Em peror confides the fortunes of the dynasty and the government to Count "Witte's hands. Revolutionists Grow Bolder. Meanwhile the situation Is passing from bad to worse, with matters at the mo ment In a stale of unstable equilibrium. The chiefs of state arc at a loss how to act, and the revoltulonists, encouraged by the inactivity of the government, are growing bolder and more insistent In the demands made in their .speeches. It is true there has been no disorder In St. Pe tersburg, and that Geenral Trepoff, the Emperor's strong man, has taken every measure to put down an uprising In its in cipiency, but he has not felt sure enough of his position to act boldly with regard to the revolutionary meetings at the uni versity, and has contented himself with Is suing warnings which, not having been enforced, are taken by the agitators as evidence of lack of backbone. As before Friday night's giant meeting at the university, it was again announced today that further meetings there would not be permitted, but the college portals were again open tonight an dthe hospital ity of the university was extended to a group of lawyers and other professional men, one of whose orators, referring to the old Russian folk-legend that the world is supported on the backs of three whales, said that the autocracy rested on three cetacea money, the army and the loyalty of the people but that Russia Is now bankrupt and the moral sympathy of the people alienated, and that the army alqpo remains true, and this, he predicted, would not be long. Another speaker openly preached ter rorism and advocated "making an exam ple of a number of high penwnages." Trepoff Allied With Witte. Count "Witte's ally in the stupendous task he is about to take will be General Trepoff, who, though all his life has been spent as an instrument of oppression and though he twice has escaped attempts by the terrorists' instruments of death, has come to -realize that the old order of things Is changing and giving: place to a new, and is now a genuine convert to the policy of giving the people a share in the covcrnment. s The best opinion is that nothing will save the present goevrnment from com plete ruin. Many 6hrewd observers he Heve that Witte comes too late. Soldiers Camp on Streets. The condition In St. Petersburg In that of one fairly under siege , and one with surprises threatened from within, almost completely Isolated and its scanty store of provisions being rapidly exhausted. The garrison, however, is overwhelmingly large. General Trepoff has 90,000 troops under his command, which are distrib uted In. evsry ctioa of. tie city., ihzrt is scarcely a block" without Hts military patrol. Infantry and cavalry are quar tered in courtyards all over town, the barracks are crowded and the ampllrcs of the soldiers, who are bivouacking- in the streets, light up the thoroughfares where electricity has been extinguished. The Nevsky prospect, the city's main avenue, which last night was in dark ness, tonight presents a weird appearance. A powerful searchlight, mounted at the Admiralty, Illuminates the center of the avenue with a blinding light, . leaving the sidewalks in darkness. Drivers in the roadway, dazzled by the glare, were, un able to see where they were going, and the- throngs In obscurity on the sidewalks were In butjittle better plight. There was constant confusion, which was augmented during the evening by an attempt of the Cossacks" and gendarmes to clear the sidewalks. Two hundred thousand men arc idle. "Workmen's meetings held throughout the city today unanimously favored continu ing the strike. The lawyers during the afternoon stopped all the businoss of the city. Moscow Defies Authority. The situation at Moscow parallels that In St. Petersburg. The same' paralysis has seized Bussla's - second city. The strike is general. The people are defy ing all prohibitions and are swarming to the universities and -other meeting places. A. provisional government has already been organized and is waiting to exercise its powers. The university is barVlcaded against the troops. The populations of other towns arc growing more violent, and reports of disorders are arising in large numbes frpm all sections. The efforts of the troops so far have been generally suc cessful. Troops are in full possession at many places in the Interior and the inhabitants 'are panic-stricken. There Is no relaxation of the railroad strike, which bus spread even to Con tral Asia, where the Trans-Caspian-Orenburg- and Tashkend lines are tied up The strike on the Trans-Siberian Rail road is interfering with the bringing- of troops from the Far East. The Thir teenth Corps was ordered to entrain yesterday, but was unable to do so. Rumors of Black Sea Mutiny. The sudden and unexpected arrival of the battleship Catherine II at Odes sa, while the remainder of the fleet is announced to be still cruising- at sea, has revived the rumors of the mutiny reported to have taken place on board that battleship and a second mutiny on the Kniaz Potemkih, but there is no conflrmatlQn of those rumors. The dispatch to the Associated Press from Odessa announced only the bare fact of the Catherine IPs arrival there. Ic spite of the fact that the revolutionist party has the government almost by the -throat, persons well informed as to the situation are of the opinion that present conditions cannot long; endure. The proletariat, they say, will be first to feel the pangs of hunger. There are intimations that the strike organiza tion may early next week issue a proc lamation that the strike has served its purpose and shown its strength to the people, and directing that the workers resume their occupations, but to be prepared for another and greater 'dem onstration later, if necessary. FIGHTING OX CITY STREETS One Hundred "Wounded In Frequent Conflicts at Moscow. MOSCOW, Oct. 20. (L A. ' M.) (Spe- cimal.) One hundred persons wounded- is the record of the fighting "that has oc curred here tonight. Of these several will die. Fr6quent collisions between strikers and tho troops have occurred and blood has been spilled freely by the soldiers-in dispersing the bands of citizens. It is almost certain that fighting of a general nature will result from tho at tacks made on the people by soldiers, as the citizens are becoming greatly aroused. (Concluded on page 2.) REFORM CANDIDATE FOR JOHN S. iiiBiissinlaiVHtBiBSBicBVP ''N- IiHe"9 smHiisiMliiiiiiiiiiiBiMHaKVBi v CKED TO LEAD REFORM FORCES Republicans-and Democrats of San, Francisco Unite on Young Lawyer. : ELECTION WILL. BE CLOSE Brilliant,. Hard-Working John S. Partridge Has Decided Ideas oh .Wlint Should Be Done for Government of City. EPIGRAMS OF rAKTRIDGE. Graft has noiprlnclples. and honesty should have n .politics. ' . Good' men will give you -good govern ment under the worst of laws, and bad men will give you bad government un der the 3cst of laws. Debauchery kills where the eword Is Impotent. YoiC cannot legislate decency Into people. Tou ean no more expect efficient gov ernment from a crowd bent on graft than you can expect & burglar to lock yourafe If he fin da it open. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Oct. SS.-fSpecial Correspondence.) Two months ago, the loaders of the Democratic and Republican parties in San Francisco came together and resolved that aH the old-time party strife should be burled in an attempt to wrest the clty government from the forces which have done so much to bring dis credit upon San Francisco. This decid ed, the next step was to select a standard-bearer who should command the re spect of all good citizens. This, it will be readily understood, was no easy task, and formed the rock upon which It was freely predicted the fusion movement would be wrecked. A careful survey was made of the list of available candidates, and finally a list was drawn up on which were nearly 200 names. Then the process of elimination was begun, and at the conclusion of a week's careful study it was decided that John S. Part ridge was the man to lead the fusion forces. "When the -announcement was made, the query passed from Up to lip throughout th'e city, "Who Is this man .Partridge.?'1 Barrldgo himself has answered in-terms so certain that today he stands as the recognized exponent of civic virtue in San Francisco. Partridge is a young lawyer. Just 33 years of age, and at present is Assistant City Attorney. Into his life have crowd- j ea tnose elements wnicn always win the love of the true American heart. The success of Partridge Is the story of a bat tle against tremendous odds, in which grit and pluck have won a splondld tri umph. . Product of the' Frontier. Partridge is a product of the frontier. He was born in the mountains of Lasson County, California, In 1S70,' when the dis tance from home to home in that region was 20 or 30 miles. His father, who was a civil engineor, sent the boy to the schools of SusanvHIe. Completing the course of the village Institution, young Partridge gained the consent of his parents to come to San Francisco for his high-school train ing. He threw himself into his work with a force brod into shim by his mountain training. The three years' curriculum he finished in two. Eager to press forward, but without the MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO PARTRIDGE. financial means. Partridge returned to ,1, r. "n.AVl ..on. In Vila niitlva -i-fll lage. Restless under his growing ambi tion, he decided to enter the University of California. His funds were scanty, ho had' last his father and there were a mother and sisters to be cared for. Noth ing daunted, the young man came from his mountain home and with him came h:s mother and sisters. ( Young Partridge, then 19 years of age, entered the State University nt Berke ley. During his "college career he not only supported hjs family, but was so diligent a scholar that he completed the four-ycora' course In three years. During the greater part of that time he acted as university correspondent for the San Francisco Examiner and wrote for the magazines. He became a regular contributor to "Life" and "Tex as Siftlngs 'Often he would end a hard day3 gjindby writing Jokes for the publications; &o the oil ift his lamp burned low. In college. Partridge was known as the champion thejne writer, and many an unlucky student would come to his home late at night and ask the aid of the expert hand. lg -J told .of one'shf-dent-who hod 'formed the habit ofai lowlng Partridge to write his themes, that his professor at the end of. the term said to him: ."Tour progress has been so great that you now rival Mr. Partridge for first place." After leaving college, Partridgo taught school In San Francisco for sev eral' years, making a splendid record at the Lowell High School, the largest secondary school In the state. While (Concluded on Page 2.) CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TESTERDATS8 Maximum temperature. 51 deg.; minimum, 3S. Precipitation, none. TODAYS-Partly cloudy. Winds mostly northwesterly. Foreign. European powers notify Turkey they will blockade Asiatic ports. Page 3. King of Italy visits American warship. Page 3. Proposed universal suffrage In Italy. Page 3. Togo and his officers' visit graves of dead sailors. Page 3. RusMa. Wltte wrestles with Cxar to extort liberty for people. Page 1. Provisional government established by reb els at Moscow. Page 1. Troops guard St. Petersburg and every great city. Page 1. Riotous outbreaks at Odessa. Moscow, War saw and Reval. Page 1. Trepoff backs Wltte In demand for liberty and allows rebel meetings. Page I. Germany masses troops ready to suppress revolution. Page 1. National. Witnesses t.l how money is wasted on printing. Page 1. President Roosevelt speeding north on the Wen Virginia, In wlrelew communlca--Uon wlth'coatt. :Page.i-t . Tail MconhdaVo'appropriations for Co lumbia River. Page 2. Datlo All and his army wiped out. Page 3. Polities. Hearst jnay be elected Mayor of New York. Page 1. Democrats try -to block Republican nomina tion of Jerome. Page 11. Shaw makes standpat tariff speech. Page 11. Domestic. President Cleveland unveils Morton monu ment. Page 1. Alice Roosevelt denies engagement to Long worth. Page l. Suit filed against wreckers of Enterprise Bank. Page 11. Bernard ShaWs play. "Mrs. Warren's Pro fession," Is suppressed as indecent. Page 3. Maniac kills Mayor of Chenoa. and makes bank his fortress. Page 3. Bishop Hamilton says future American will own blood of all races. Page 3. Suit begun to oust New York Life and Mu tual Life from Ohio. Page 11. Pacific Coast. John S. Partrldjre, reform candidate for Mayor of San Francisco, is making a strong campaign. Page 1. Whitman County girl dons male attire, steals horses and has good time from sale. Page 3. District Attorney Rulck working diligently on land-fraud Investigation. Page 4. Pigweed seed found to be fatal to Willam ette Valley cattle. Page 4. Washington Railroad Commission would publish occasional lists of railroad pass holders. Page 5. Mutiny is rife aboard the Interned Russian cruiser Lena- Page 5. "Sla-V Davis accused of taking a young woman's diamond. Page 18. William Sawyer and his 10-year-old Port land bride are at New Westminster, B. C. Page 4. a Sport. Racing for chasers continues through In augural meeting of United Hunts Asso ciation. Page 17. Spokane may get place In Pacific Coast League next season. Page 18. Joe Gaci-Mlke Sullivan match Is declared off. Page 17. Yale wins from West Point. Page 10. Coach Overfleld writes on football. Page 17. Multnomah and Astoria play tie game. Page 1C. . Berkeley defeats Corvollls, 10 to 0. Page 18. Pacific Coast scores Portland 4, San Fran cisco 1; Oakland 2. Tacoma 1. Page 18. . Commercial aad Marlae. Big day's business in local hop market. Page 33. Wheat markets excited by Russian disturb ances. Page 35. Little change in stock prices In week. Page 83. California prone market Improred. Page 33. Heavy sales of sheep in Eastern Oregon! Page 33. y Past -wteek breaks record In grain exports. Page 14. , Features asd Departments. Editorial. Page 0. Church announcements. Page 33. Classified advertisements. Pages 1S-24. Charles E. Hughes: Lawyer, man and mathematician. Page 30. Expert riders among Portland women. Page 38. Wanted: 40.000 orphan boys and girls. Page 40. Are angels masculine, feminine or neuter? Page 41. The making of a succesful husband. Page 40. Frederick J. Haskln's letter. Page 44. Dr, Hllllssermon. .Page 48. Book reviews. Page 34. ... Miss Tingle's cooking 'lesson. Page 43. Sherlock Holmes. Page 47. t Social. Pages 2fC-27. Dramatic ' Pages" 28-20. - .' Musical. Page 3f - Household aad fashions. .Pages 42-43. '. Youth's department. Page -46. ' New Methodist hymnal. Page 30. t Handsome homes climb the heights. Page 32 XK SMv clUi4M av&et fills. Page 34, NORTH BANK LINE CONTRACTS LET Road Will Be Completed by November '1, 1906, at ' ost of $10,000,000. F0RIY CONTRACTORS BID Slems & Shield's, Under Agreement to Build the Une, Sublet 190. of 230 Miles to Ten Other Firms.' BIDDER GET CONTRACTS' Yesterdayalt. Vancouver, Wlstu,lcms tz Shields, general contractors for con struction of the Portland &.' Seattle Railway between Kenflewlek, Wash., and. Portland, via Vancouver, awarded subcontracts to ten different bidders for sections of the line from Cape Horn for most of the distance to Kecnewlck. comprising about 100 of the 230 mile of the new railroad. Most of the con tractors are these who were connected with the same firm In bultdlns: the Great Northern and portions of the Northern Pacific lines. It Is ascertained that the price stipu lated with the general contractors Ia. 1b round numbers. $10,00O,0W, although Peter Slems refused to confirm tbU, ttgaylnc It Is a matter for the chief en gineer to telL It Is also learned on good authority that the date for com pletion is November 1. 100G. This ex penditure is understood to be aside from bridges over the Columbia and Willamette, estimated to cost more than 52.000,000. Forty contractors have been bidding for portions of the work, but the slices of the construction fund have so far been parceled to only a little more than a dozen. Several contracts have been awarded for work westward from Cape Horn, but not announced, because no at tempt will probably be made to prosecute work at that end until the Eastern and larger portion is finished, or practicaily so. There Is a great deal 6f dirt work below Cape Horn that cannot be economi cally done during the Winter months. Peter- Slems announced last night that tho line will be completed from its East, ern terminus first In order that steel and construction material can be delivered by the shortest 'possible haul. In reference to time of completing the work, he was reticent, but said: "It will be hurried Just as rapidly as possible, but owing to the facts that everybody has taken it into their heads to build railroads at the satnc time, that labor Is scarce and that portions of the work cannot well be car ried forward advantageously during the Winter months, it is not possible to say Just how-soon It can be finished. For ad vantages of transportation we will llnish the road from. Kennewlck westward, when the grading Is finished." The subcontractors to whom awards of portions of the work have been made are: Porter Brothers, Spokane, Immediately east of Cape Horn, understood to be for 15 miles of grading; Pat Welch, Spokane, the next section, and the following firms in the successive order named of sections of the grade toward Kennewlck: Grant Smith & Co., St. Paul; E. X. Jones & Onrud. Spokane; Cochran & Wolson, Sioux Center. Ia.; Twohy Bros., Spokane; Winter. Parson & Boomer. Spokane; Grant Smith & Co.. St. Paul (additional to first section); "W. F. Mulligan. Spo kane; Renn & Grecnough, Spokape. It Is understood that 40 miles Is the largest section granted to any single contractor CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF NEW YORK " isllBjLallllllllilllRvTvHlilllllHillllB 'LIIIiIIHHLW - ' - " r "LHHHIH .BSr SHMi SSBBBBBsliBBBBV WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST. or firm, and that most of the mileage Is much less to' each. Herbert Hoyt. for 11 years cashier of tho general passenger department of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, has resigned to accept the position of general storekeeper for the Portland & Seattle Railway and for the general con tractors. Slems & Shields. It is under stood that Mr. Hoyt accepted because the place 'was made financially attractive and that a contract for two years service was given. He is one of the popular at taches of the passenger department whose departure was a cause for regret of asso ciate employes generally. In the new position he will handle material and sup plies representing several millions during the next twelvemonth and a large amount of responsibility devolves upon the occu pant of the position. INVADE IIILIi'S TERRITORY. Harrlman "Will Build Road to North western Wheat Lnnd. CHICAGO, Oct. 2S. (Special.) E. II. Harrlman. who has just returned from a kip to the Orient. Is said in railroad circled to be about to purchase the right of way of the projected St. Jo seph, Albany & Des Moines Railroad, which will give his Western lines a connection with Minneapolis and the wheat lands of the Northwest, Nego tiations looking toward the purchase were under way when Mr. Harrlman ieft for the East. F. S. Mordaunt. a Chicago capitalist, who Is interested in the road, will go to New York In the hope of consummating the deal. The projected line runs from St. Joseph, Mo., to Des Moines, Ia., a dis tance of 1G2 miles. The roadbed has been built and embankments and tun nels have been completed at a cost of several million dollars. The line con nects at Des Moines with the Iowa Falls Road. S4 miles long. A link to be built will give the road a right of way Into Minneapolis over the Iowa Central. The Invasion of Northwestern terrf tory which has been dominated by the Hill interests, will result, It is said,. In bitter rivalry SANTA FE STOCK OILED. Discovery Thnt Rockefeller Owns Much of Great Railway Company. TOPEKA, Kan., Oct. 2S- At a meeting of tire stockholders of the Atchison, To peko & Santa Fe Railway Company today it was admitted that the Standard Oil Company owns J27.000.0CO of a total of J116.000.000 of, common and preferred stock. This was brought out y a remark o" one of the directors that the reason the Southern California Railway Company was not taken Into the Santa Fe system at the last meeting was that the Standard Oil Interests were not represented. With the Standard Oil's holdings represented today, the necessary three-fourths vote was obtained and the Southern Califor nia road taken In. Go to Inspect Road In 3fexico. KANSAS CITY. Oct. 28. (Special.) A. E. Stillwell, president of the Kan sas City, itexico & Orient Railroad, took a party of business men from New York. Chicago. Boston, Philadelphia and o'thcr Eastern cities to Mexico to day. They will inspect the properties of the Orient and the line of railroad now building. DOWIE'S MEXICAN COLONY Apostle Recovering-Health and As sured of Much "Wealth. CHICAGO. Oct. 23. (SpecIal,)-John Al exander Dowle, first apostle of ZIon, and, his party are preparing to return from Mexico City, where they have been ar ranging the projected Mexican colony of Zion. Mr. Dowle is expected to arrive In Zlon about November 15. Overseer J. G. Excell, who Is In charge of the colony of Zlon, received a telegram from the apos tle advising that he and members of his party are In good health and spirits, and he Is rapidly nearlng complete recovery from the effects of the paralytic stroke suffered at the beginning of the Mexican trip. According to the meager Information that has come from Mexico, almost unlooked-for success has attended the work. Valuable mineral lands have been ac quired, with water power and transporta tion facilities that will add to the wealth of Zlon. to say nothing of thousands of acres of agricultural and grazing land. IfflST i! BE NEW YORK MAYOR t Stampede to Municipal Ownership Man. STRAW VOTES ALL HIS WAY McCIellan's Own Meetings Cheer Hearst to Echo.- TAMMANY MEN WEAKENING District Leader Flops and Others Promise Support Uprising Against Gas Trust May Sweep Hearst In. NEW YORK. Oct. 2S.-(SpeciaI.) It really sounds foolish to say it. I know, but the actual fact Is that It Is begin ning to look very much as If William Randolph Hearst might be elected. Explain It? Well, I cannot, but. Tam many Is scared out of several years growth, and Is using the most desperatej means to stem the tide. You do not hear anything else but Hearst wherever you go. The enthusiasm, for him is not confined to his friends, the common people, but is spreading through out the city. Of course, straw votes do not always Indicate the way the political wind Is blowing, but occasionally they do. For example,- the Brooklyn Eagle has been testing sentiment, with the most unex pected results. The Eagle, It should bo stated. Is a warm advocate of McClel Ian and bitterly opposed to Hearst, but was fair enough to print the following item: A Few Straw Votes. One of the most extraordinary test votes ever taken In this city was that made yester day at the repair shops and factory of the Long Island Railroad Company at Hollls. With a view to determining the favorite, candidate of the vast number of employes for Mayor, some of the men rigged up a batlotbox and word Was sent around that all men who had registered and wera en titled to a vole would be expected to ex press a. preference In the Mayoralty race. The vote was by secret ballot. There are about 000 men In the shops. It Is said, and of these there were 832 entitled to vote throughout the city. The counting of the ballots resulted as follows: Hearst, Ma Clellan. 5; Ivns. 2. Now, what do you think of th4t? The male employes of Macy's store who are registered took a straw ballot under almost similar conditions, with this result: Hearst 625, McCIellan 4, Ivlns 2, Lee (Socialist) 1. And here are a few more: Fisher's Marble Yard, One Hundred and Forty-first street and Locust avenue: Hearst, 203: McCIellan. 18: Ivlns. 18. Mlona Social Club. No. 205 East One Hun dred and First street: Hearst. 72; McCIellan. 3; Ivlns. 4. Employes of the Tefft-Weller Company: Hearst. 34: McCIellan. 7: Ivlns. 3. Employes of the Rengcnsberg Cigar Fac tory: Hearst. 200; McCIellan. 0: Ivlns. 0. Employes at the Thlrty-thlrd-street freight station of the New York Central ts. Hudson Rler Railroad: Hearst. 44; McCIellan. S; Ivlns. 3: non-committal. 0. A department of the General Postofflce: Hearst. 13: McCIellan, 3; Ivlns. 1; non committal. 2. Kahn-Felnberg Company, tailors. No. 630 Broadway: Hearst. 20; McCIellan. 2; Ivlns. 1; Lee. 1. Members of the Joint Board of the Metro politan District Army and Navy Union. Brooklyn: Hearst. 33; McCIellan, 4; Ivlns. 7. The secretary of the Housesmlths & Brldgemen's Union is authority for tho statement that 4200 of the 5000 members will vote for Hearst, and it may be more. This percentage 13 practically kept up In all the labor unions of the city. One Tammnny Lender Flops. One Democratic Assembly district lead in Brooklyn, Henry F. Cochrane, has openly gone over with his organization to the Municipal Ownership League. I know absolutely that five Tammany Assembly district leaders have sent word to Hearst that, while they are outwardly with the organization, they are secretly doing all they can to aid him, and will be ready to flop after election. They are trying to carry water on both shoulders, of course, but they realize that the situation is des perate. Mayor McCIellan's tour of the city, which Is much more extensive than he first planned, has developed the most as tonishing conditions. His auditors have got up by scores, cheered for Hearst, hooted Murphy and gas, and acted In a most unusual way. And this, mark you. Is In districts overwhelmingly Tammany for years and where the meager opposi tion has In the past found- It advisable to keep quiet to escape sudden death. An effort has been made to show that these disturbers were hired by the Municipal Ownership League, but Inquiry satisfies anyone that they were heretofore loyal members of the Wigwam. McCIellan Mobbed in Brooklyn. In' Brooklyn McCIellan was jeered at right in Pat McCarren's own assembly district, and only around the corner from the Boss home. He heard Hearst cheered, bottles and glasses were thrown at his automobile, and every speaker was Interrupted with cries of "Gas" and "Murphy's a Thief." It was a lively time he had, and it is reported that privately the Mayor has not a warm personal liking for the bor ough across the river. Hearst's meetings have really been chock full of enthusiasm. He keeps plug ging away at the real Issue of the cam paignGas. "If you elect me, you will have cheaper gas," he has announced in all sections of the city. The Municipal League nominee's .(Concluded on Page 3.