THE SUNDAY, OREGOJOLiN, PORTLAND. SEPTEMBER 16, 1906.
ON SHORT NOTICE
orders which followed, but attributed
them to the hatred by the old-time Rus
sians and revolutionists of the Jews. His
opinion of the Jews was always frankly
given. He credited the. revolutionary ac
tivity largely to them.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT SMARTLY DRESSED MEN WILL WEAR '
THIS SEASON, ASK BEN SELLING
Commerce Commission Will
Allow Rate Reductions. :
THIRTY DAYS ON ADVANCES
First Killing on Application ol
Thirty-Day Provision of New
Bat Iiaw Through Bill
Ing Is Extended.
WASHINGTON, Septj 15. The in
terstate Commerce Commission today
rendered its decision on the petition of
the Southern Railway Company and oth
er carriers operating east of the Missis
sippi River and south of the Ohio and
Potomac Rivers, for permission to equal
ize export rates on cotton, cottonseed
and Its products and lumber, and thereby
make changes in their export rates with
out the 30 days' notice required by the
new rate law.
The Commission holds that carriers
may legally issue through bills of lading
from the interior point of shipment to a
foreign destination where they specify
the inland rate to the port of export and
the ocean rate from the port of export,
even though, no joint true rate is pub
lished. The Commission orders that "No pub
lished rates on cotton shall be advanced
except upon 30 days' notice; that from
and after this date and until March 1.
1907. carriers may reduce their published
export rates on cotton to the various
ports of export upon three days' notice,
and that until November ' 1. 1906. car
riers may continue to equalize export
cotton rates through the various ports
by applying the lowest combination
through all the ports, thereby making
said rates without publication and filing
as required by law, provided that they
post in two conspicuous places in the
station where cotton is received for
shipment notices of rates so made and
mail copies of the same to the Commis
sion, said notices to specify the rate
and the time during which the rate will
continue in force."
As to cottonseed and its products and
lumber, the petition was denied.
Scores of applications for permission
to change freight rates have been re
ceived by the Commission during the
past few days, and in every instance the
changes which the carriers desired to
make are reductions. The applications
have been entirely voluntary.
GTJMMERE GOES TO SEE SCLTAX
Travels to Fez in Pomp Raisuli
Sends Presents.
TANGIER. Sept. 15. The American Min
ister left here today for Fez. Minister
Gummere is the head of the embassy and
he Is accompanied by Commander J. C.
Fremont, American' naval attache at
Paris, and Captain "William S. Guignard,
the military attache. The embassy was
accompanied for a short distance out of
Tangier by Mohammed el Torres, Moroc
can Minister of Foreign Affairs, and sev
eral of the foreign representatives here.
Mr. Gummere is the first American
Minister to visit the court at Fez. It is
significant that Raisuli, the bandit chief,
sent presents to the first camping placo
where the embassy will spend the night.
. WASHINGTON. Sept. 15. Minister
Gummere, although he has been Minister
to Morocco for nearly a year, has never
presented his credentials. The presenta
tion of them Involves considerable cere
mony and for that reason military at
taches of this Government accredited to
other countries have been employed to
accompany the Minister.
General tYint Wants Canteen.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 15. Brigadier
General Theodore J. Wint, commanding
the Department of Missouri, has reported
to the War Department that in his opin
ion the canteen should be restored at
Army posts. He says: "The demoraliz
ing Influence of the resorts surrounding
posts cannot be too strongly emphasized,
giving rise as they do to a large propor
tion of the most oerious offenses and
practically all those with penitentiary
confinements, a condition chargeable in
a great measure, in the opinion of the
Judge-Advocate, to the prohibition placed
upon the post exchange."
Greely In Charge at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS. Sept, 15. Major-General
Adolphus W. Greely formally took charge
of the Northern Division of the United
States Army here today, succeeding Gen
eral Henry C. Corbin, retired.
TREP0FF DIES OF FEAR
(Continued From Page 1.)
tenstic of the American rather than of
the European. His nomination as Com
mandant of the palace and his removal
to Peterhof took him out of the direct
field of administrative politics and he
was less frequently seen. The last in
terview granted by him to the Associated
Press was at Peterhof shortly before
the dissolution of Parliament. He spoke
of his shattered health and the prospects
of the Terrorists finally winning the stake
for which they were playing, but there
was not the slightest intimation of a de
sire to retire from his post or to shirk
the perils of the game.
A fortnight ago the Associated Press
was in communication with -m concern
ing rumors that he intended to retire. He
replied that there was not a word of
truth in this, though his physicians had
declared that he must take a short rest
if he valued his life. When the subject
of his relations with the Emperor was
broached, he simply said:
"The story is not worth the trouble of
denying."
General TrepofTs death was not gen
erally known tonight, except in the news
paper offices and in political circles,
where a feeling of almost stupefaction
prevailed. The leaders are unahla to
.imagine Russia without Trepoff.
Joy Among Liberals.
Relief, almost jubilation, is the domi
nant note, not only among the revolu
tionists but also among the cadet group.
A dozen cadet leaders styled the death
of General Trepoff as "good news." They
are especially bitter against Trepoff. be
cause they attribute the overconfldence
which led them to plunge into an ad
dress to the country and provoke the
dissolution of Parliament largely to Tre
pofTs advocacy of a cadet Ministry.
An open question is Trepoff's culpabil
ity for the excesses and disorders fol
lowing the October manifesto, which
Prince Orloff Sergius charged were di
rectly organized by him. In an inter
view the morning after the promulgation
of Parliament, Trepoff predicted the dis
TERRORISTS CLAIM CREDIT
Believe Trepoff Died of Poison, and
That Is General Opinion.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept 16. The re
port of the death of General Trepoff, the
iron-fisted Governor of St. Petersburg,
in the days of the outbreaks to this city,
which was made public . last night
through unofficial sources, caused little
surprise. With almost unanimous ac
cord the people expressed the belief that
Terrorists had a hand m TrepofTs tak
ing off. The cook and the servants who
were arrested for complicity in the pois
oning of Trepoff. are still under arrest.
It is believed they will be openly charged
with the murder of the General. If this
course is not pursued, it will probably
be because the government does not wish
to give the Terrorists credit for success
fully carrying out their plot.
LONDON, Sept. 18. (Special.) Mem
bers of the Terrorist committee in-London,
on hearing of the death of General
Trepoff jn St. Petersburg, with one ac
cord declared: "He has paid the penalty
of his crimes." They assert positively
that Trepoff fell a victim to their agents,
and there is great . rejoicing among
them. They laugh at the story sent out
from St. Petersburg that Trepoff died
from an apoplectic stroke. They assert
his demise was the direct result of the
poison administered to him several weeks
ago in his food by a cook in the imperial
palace, who had been won to the Terror
ist cause.
The reports that he died of apoplexy
were given out in that form for the pur
pose of preventing Terrorists from claim
ing credit for having -removed their en
emy, it is now said. Terrorists say. how
ever, they will not be cheated of the
blame for TrepofTs taking off.
XO ATTEMPT TO KILL "WITTE
Former Premier Brands as False
Story of Attack.
BERLIN, Sept. 15. Count Wdtte, the ex
Russian Premier, who is now in Ham
burg, this evening by telephone author
ized the Frankfurter Zeitung to declare
that the story published in the United
States under a Wiesbaden date, to the ef
fect that a Russian student named Rosen,
berg, armed with a bomb, a revolver and
a dagger, had attempted to assassinate
him today at Soden, was a pure inven
tion. PLOTTERS' NEST IN PETERHOF
Revolutionists Caught Who May
Have Planned Czar's Death.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 15. The police
have arrested 14 revolutionists in Peter
hof, Including several students. The fact
that one of the men arrested was a court
lackey caused a rumor that a plot against
the Emperor had been discovered, but
there is no definite information to this
end.
Trio Who Stole $17,500 Caught.
GENEVA, Sept. 15. Three Russian stu
dents. George and Leon Kereseldize and
Nestor Magoloff, were arrested here yes
terday at the request of the Russian gov
ernment, charged with robbing the treas
ury at Douchleske, in the Caucasus, on
April 12, of J157,50a
Peasants and Guards at It Again.
SAMARA, Russia. Sept. 15. Peasants
of . the Buzuluk . district, near Samara,
having started to pillage and set fire to
estates, rural guards were summoned
and a fight ensued. Many peasants were
killed or wounded.
Countess Tolstoi Seriously 111.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 15. Countess
Tolstoi continues gravely ill and Pro
fessor Inemanoff of the St. Petersburg
University has been summoned to Yas
naya Polyana for a consultation.
Kill AH Consuls In Revenge.
WARSAW, Sept. 15. A rumor is In cir
culation here that the Terrorists have
menaced all the foreign Consuls with
murder in the event of a general mas
sacre. M. Durnovo in Berlin.
BERLIN, Sept. 15. M. Durnovo, for
merly Russian Minister of the Interior,
is at present in Berlin. He declares his
visit is of a strictly private nature.
Fighting Paper's Staff Jailed.
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 15. The staff
of the Drujina, the fighting organ of the
revolutionists, has been arrested in a de
serted schoolhouse near here.
NO $2,500,000 FOR JETTY
(Continued From Page 1.)
point of view," said Mr. Jones, "it is
quite right that the jetty should be com
pleted within the next two or three years;
but from a practical point, of view I do
not think the jetty should take precedence
over the Celilo canal. The emergency
that is attributed to the jetty project,
could be urged equally well for many
other projects throughout the country and
this would be done were a formidable at
tempt made to put the jetty on the emer
gency list."
Mr. Ransdell advised that the whole
Columbia region pull unitedly for both
projects and keep clamoring for them to
Congress. ,
Colonel Roessler remarked that he
would be glad to put the dredge Chinook
to work, were funds avallagle to repair
and operate her. He -believed in the
efficacy of dredging, but. said that condi
tions of the Columbia bar are so unlike
those where dredges are successful, that
he could not foretell the result. Other
important jetty ports each had a dredge
as an adjunct to its harbor equipment.
Fine Points of Her Philosophy.
Ed Howe In Atchison Globe.
Hens are so much like people It is
funny to watch them. A North Atchison
woman owns a fussy old hen that was
forever clucking and sputtering to a brood
of little chickens The hen was such a
noisy nuisance that the woman tied her
by her leg out of hearing, and whenever
anyone went near the sound of the hen's
scolding cluck could be heard, while
clustered around were the poor little
chickens, who did not dare to stir. A
few days ago the old hen flew on top of
a barrel and was caught by the string
around her leg. The poor, cross old thing
hung there several hours scared to death.
The little chickens struck out for them
selves, scratching and had a fine time.
Some one came along and rescued the
hen. and instead of scolding, the old hen
clucked softly and gently. She seemed so
sad that the woman untied her, and
now she Is as gentle as a lamb. She
seems to .realize that she had a narrow
escape and means to be good as long as
life is spared her.
Too Many Pupils for Schools.
NEW YORK. Sept. 15. Statistics as
compiled by the Board of Education and
made public show that there are 82,627
part-time pupils, so crowded are the
schools. A total number of 603,778 children
registered in Greater New York, an in
crease Of 30,259 ovar kist aax.
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BARON HAS THREE WIVES
OXE READS STORY OF HIS MAR
RIAGE TO ANOTHER,
Promptly Gets Warrant, After Which
Loom Up Third Wife and
Big- Jewelry Steal.
NEW YORK. Sept. 15. (Special.)
On the charge of bigamy made by a.
woman, Baron August Franz von Wal
deck Sofeld was arrested in his Jewelry
store in Brooklyn. The police say thoy
have found three of his wives and axe
looking for more. The arrest of the
Baron was the result of the publica
tion of the marriage on July 19 in the
"Little Church Around the Corner" in
New York of the Baron August Franz
Waldeck: Sofeld and Miss Blanche Wes
ton Jewell, of Lowell, Mass., who, since
her divorce from Dr. W. P. Mallaber, in
San Francisco, has been a member of a
theatrical company producing "Nancy
Brown."
The publication reached the eye of
a Baroness von Waldeck Sofeld, who
lives in Newark, and who before be
coming a Baroness was Miss Katherine
Devois. She says that the Baron mar
ried her five years ago and disappeared
a few weeks later. She got a warrant
and obtained police assistance. The
police say they also found another
woman who was lured into wedlock by
the Baron.
. A jeweler in Harlem has told the r
lice that a few days after the Baron
had been employed by him, he was left
in charge of the store' three 'nour3 and
disappeared with at least J400J worth
of the stock.
Barrett's Journey on Muleback.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 15,-John G. Bar
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rett, American Minister to' Colombia, has
sent a dispatch to the State Department
announcing his arrival at Guayaquil, after
41 days and 1600 miles' travel - on mule
back over almost inaccessible mountains.
He will await the arrival of Secretary of
State Root, Mr. Barrett says he regards
the region traversed by him as possessing
the best undeveloped opportunity of all
South America.
KNOCKED DOWN BY AUTO
Annie Paulson Steps In Front of
Slowly-Moving Machine.
Mrs. Annie Raulson was knocked down
by an automobile at Third and Washing
ton streets last night. The machine,
owned and driven by E E Cone, was run
ning north on Third street at the time.
Cone slowed down to let several people
pass In front of him. Mrs, Paulson had
stepped to one side and the machine was'
slowly passing her when he rushed di
rectly in front of it and was struck.
Cone picked her up and took her to
the Police Station, where Dr. C. H.
Wheeler and Dr. W. V. Spencer attended
her. She sustained several bruises about
the body. She was taken to the home
of a friend at First and Yamhill streets.
Officer Philips took Cone to the sta
tion, but as Mrs. Paulson admitted the
accident was through her own fault, he
was not arrested.
Prefer to Pirate Books.
STOCKHOLM. Sept, 15. The .Invitation
tendered by the United States to Sweden
to conclude a copyright treaty is meet
ing with heated opposition on the part
of the publicists. The sale of books to
the United States is an inexhaustible and
valuable source of income to Swedish
American publishers, and It was contend
ed that the treaty would kill this business.
Ours have a richness and soft
every sense.
In the new-
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GlTY DP CHICAGO VICTOR
BfO LEGAL OBSTACLE TO ITS OWN
BG STREET RAILWAYS.
Injunction Refused Against Issuance
of 873,000,000 Worth of Rall
x way Certificates.
CHICAGO, Sept 15. Judge Thomas G.
Winder, in the Circuit Court today de
cided In favor of the City of Chicago in
the injunction suit based on the Mueller
law, which provides for the issuance of
475,000,000 worth of railway certificates by
the city. The law was declared consti
tutional by the court, who also held that
subsequent ordinances returned from the
purchase and operation of the street rail
ways, passed by the city, are in compli
ance with the law.
The decision is a complete victory for
the city, the court holding against every
point advanced by the complainants in
their bill, which was dismissed for want
of equity. The court pointed out that it
was the evident purpose of the Legisla
ture and of the Chicago City Council, in
the laws and ordinances passed by those
bodies, to give the city the right to mu
nicipalize the street railways.
Regarding the alleged unconstitutional
ity of the Mueller law, the court declared
that while there may be in some points a
doubt as to the Intent of the Legislature,
he believed the doubt should not waver
what appeared to be the intention of the
Legislature in enacting the measure. The
attorneys for the city were Jubilant be
cause of the decision, claiming that the
court had upheld their, contentions in ev
ery, respect. The case will be appealed
to the State Supreme Court, which will
take it under advisement next month.,
The attack upon the constitutionality of
the Mueller law was tour cartain tumytn
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LEADING
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who desired to restrain the city authori
ties from executing any mortgage, trust
deed or street railway certificates, the
money from which was to be used for the
purchase of the street railways of the
city. The court was asked to declare
void certain city ordinances which de
clared that the city would issue the cer
tificates, in amounts not exceeding $76.
000.000,. and proceed to purchase and op
erate the street railways.
It was also asked of the court that it
pass upon the constitutionality of the
law itself. The city filed a demurrer to
the bill of the complainants, and the de
cision of Judge Winder today not only
upheld the constitutionality of the law,
but declared that ordinances passed by
the city are right and proper, and then
dismissed for want of equity the bill of
the complainants.
DAWSON CITY IS EXCITED
Arrival of Capitalists Has Set Popu
lation to Talking in Millions.
WINNIPEG. Sept. 16. (Speclal.)-Ad-vices
from Dawson City say there ia
more excitement over dredging here at
present than there has been since the
earliest days. The whole population 'jb
mad over dredging, and stampedes have
occurred every day and night for several
weeks. Phenomenal success has been at
tained by the Bear Creek dredge and at
the mouth of the Yukon River.
The arrival of the Guggenhimes, of ew
York, as well as other capitalists1 whose
names are household words, has Infused
new life into Dawson City, and everybody
is talking in millions.
Burton's Grounds for Retrial.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. A brief In
support of the petition of Former United
States Senator Burton, of Kansas, for a
rehearing in the case in which he has
been found guilty of accepting a fee for
services rendered the Rtalto Company, of
St. Louis, was filed in the Supreme Court
of the United States today. The brief is
in the nature of a supplication (or another
opportunity to present the case, and says
in part:
"Believing that the trial in the court
below was not a fair one, and that the
verdict rests on evidence not technically,
but substantially Improper, evidence
which removed the case from the region
of fact to the realm of suspicion, and
believing also that evidence was exclud
ed which alone could meet and rebut the
evidence wrongfully decided, we earnestly
pray for a rehearing."
USE GASOLINE ON FEEDERS
Union Pacific at Last Makes Xew
Motive Power Feasible.
OMAHA. Sept, 15. W. R. McKeen. sup
erintendent of motive power of the Union
Pacific, announced today that the experi
ments of his company In the use of gas
oline for propelling passenger cars have
at last proved successful. Mr. McKeen
took a party of railroad men and news
paper men over the line from Columbus,
Neb., to Omaha today in motor car No.
8. an average speed of above, 45 miles an
hour being maintained for the distance.
91 miles. The branch lines of the system
will be equipped with these cars.
New Rate on Ground Limestone.
There will soon be published by th
O. R. & N. a reduced rate on ground
limestone from Chicago to the Coast.
The new rate will be 43 cents per 100
pounds to Portland and ther Northwest
terminals. It will apply only to carloads
of 60,000 pounds and over.
Dr. Phillip S. Wales.
PARIS. Sept. .15. Phillip S. Wales, for
merly medical director in the American
Navy, died here this morning of cancer
in the St. James' Hotel. The body will
be embalmed for burial at Annapolis.