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48 PAGES PAGES 1 TO 16 VOL. XXV-NO. 39. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. REBELS FIRE ON FRIENDLY TROOPS Kill 26 United States Marines. INSURGENTS LIE IN WAIT Meager Particulars Received by Wireless Messages. ARMY TO LEAVE AT ONCE Rapid Mobilization of Over 5000 Troops at Newport News In ' Response, to Orders From Taft. troops go to era A. ' Infantry (battalions from regi nenUI Fifth, Eleventh. Seventh, Twentyeeventh. Twenty-elf hth.' Cavalry, Eleventh and Fifteenth. Counted batteries. Seventeenth and . Eighteenth. Engineers, two companies. Signal Corps. Company A. In command. Brigadier - General Frederick Funaton. Chief of Staff. lieutenant-Colonel W. W. Wltherspoon. Chief Signal Officer, Captain Will iam Mitchell. Military Secretary, Captain William G. Haan. Chief Engineer Corps. Major W. C. Langfitt. Inspector-General. . Major E. S. Greble. Chief QuartermaEter. Major Chaun cey B. Baker. Chlff Commissary, Major Harry Wllkins. Chief Surgeon. Colonel Va!ory How ard' - Chief Ordnance Officer. Captain William H Tchar-pa. Paymaster. Colonel .ChariAs H. 'hippie. NORFOLK, Va., Sept.. 29 -The Virgin lad Pilot tomorrow morning will say: "From a reliable source It Is learned that a wireless message was received at the Norfolk navy-yard late yesterday af ternoon stating that 25 marine and a marine sergeant were killed yesterday In Cuba by the insurgents. It Is said that the Insurgents had , sought to prevent the landing of several hundred marines on Cuban soil. "The first message was received at the navy-yard wireless station, according to the Information, stating that 26 marines had been killed. This was followed by a second message giving more definite in formation. "Attempts to verify the information of the wireless message were not successful, but the Virginian Pilot's source of infor mation Is regarded as reliable." RAPID WORK OF ARMY MEN Men and Munitions of War Being Gathered at Newport News. ' WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. President Roosevelt, In a wireless message received at the War . Department tonight, author ised the sending of the first American Army expedition to Cuba. All day the Acting Secretary of War. the Military Secretary and the. Chief of Staff had been trying to communicate with the President, and the message to night was the first dispatch they had re ceived from him after the receipt of a dispatch from Secretary Taft early In the day. m which he urged the sending of United States troops to Cuba. Everything Well T-nderstood. Secretary Taft's dispatch indicated that there was a clear understanding between him and President Roosevelt concerning the Cuban situation. Immediately after the receipt of the telegram from the Sec retary of War, Acting Secretary Oliver of the War Department directed the is suance of orders for the mobilization of troops at Newport News. These orders. however, were more or less tentative. ": i NEWS HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK THAT IMPRESSED v XP 4sM&mM- FROM UNCLE SAM'S INTERVENTION IN CUBA TO THE I MU . ''' ' C' 0 f "GE"T" IN MIDDLE "I CAN'T GO BOTH THERE'S NO LIMIT. TO IT.! ' ' ODER HIS THUMB. . . AND THERE SHE STATS WE HOPE. MADE IN NEW TORE. ? I WATS AT ONCE." ' .(,.' ' r ' ' I T - , . J t .......... .i . , ' ' - . - . .... . President Roosevelt was fully advised by the War Department of the situation, but the messages were delayed, and there was great anxiety until the approval of the War Department's action came tonight In the dispatch from the President. These preparations for the mobilization of the proposed expedition of 5500 men at New port News were not delayed by the. fail ure to get the President's sanction of the expedition Immediately. . Preparations Rapidly Under Way. . Preparations for the military occupation of Cuba moved at a rapid rate today after the receipt of a dispatch from Secretary Taft urging the sending' of an army to Cuba. All the organizations making up the first expedition arranged by the Gen eral Staff were advised of the request of the Secretary of War, and Quartermaster Humphrey and his assistants began to hire transports and order supplies deliv ered Immediately at Newport News, where the first expedition will be mobilized. Sufficient supplies to last 5500 men for 30 days are being rushed to that point with full speed. Quartermaster depots at Philadelphia, Boston, New York and many other cities are being drawn upon, and Captain Smalley, of the Fifteenth In fantry, has been ordered to Newport News, where he will secure storehouses and look after the supplies. Troops to Be Rushed Forward. Brigadier-General T. J. Wlnt. com manding the Department of. the Missouri, was ordered to Newport News today, where he will assume full charge of the embarkation of troops. He is to remain there indefinitely and will look after a second and third expedition In case the Government finds it necessary to eend a larger force into Cuba. Although the Military Secretary and the chief of staff were unable to communi cate with President Roosevelt, prepara tions for the immediate departure of the first expedition were only little delayed, as the Secretary of War, the President and the members of the general staff had gone so thoroughly over the situation that there Is a general understanding as to the policy of the administration. Funston to Have Command. It is known that Brigadier-General Frederick Funston, who Is already in Cuba, 'is to be ' in 'command of all the troops sent to Cuba. Colonel E. D. Crow der, of the Judge Advocate-General's of fice, who is to be Secretary Taft's legal adviser in the organization of the new government In Cuba, left Washington to day for Havana, with a secretary and several assistants, who are to be with him In hia work. Full details of the organization of the first expedition were made public by the chief of staff tonight. ' Lieutenant-Colonel W. W. Wotherspoon is to be chief, of the expedition staff, and he will have as his assistants the following officers of the General Staff corps: Members of General Staff to Front. Major William A. MarinrMajor Francis J. Kernan. Major David Galllard. Cap tain George W. Read, Captain Charles T. Moncher and Captain John W.' Furlong. The Military Secretary' of the expedi tion will be Captain William G. Haan, of the artillery corps. Major William C. Langfltt is to be the Engineer officer. The Inspector-General will , be Major E. S. Greble. , Major Chauncey B. Baker will be Chief Quartermaster and has left for Cuba with five assistants. Other officers on the ex pedition staff are: Chief Commissary, Major Harry Wllk lns; Depot V;ommissary, Captain H. C. Cole; Chief Surgeon, Colonel Valery Havard; Medical Inspector, Lieutenant Colonel Blair D. Taylor: Chief Ordnance Officer, Captain William H. Tschappat; Chief Signal Officer. Captain William Mitchell; Chief Paymaster, Colonel Charles H.. Whipple; General Advocate. Major Blanton Winshipr Taft Sends lor Experts Secretary Taft today telegraphed for Major Jefferson R. Kean, of the medical department, and Frank- Mclntyre. Cap tain of the Nineteenth Infantry, who will sail for Havana at the earliest possible moment. Captain Mclntyre has been temporarily in charge of the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Department, and has had experience both in Cuba and the Philippines. One hundred and twenty-five members of the Signal Corps from Fort Omaha, Neb . have been ordered to join the" ex pedition, and will be under the commanfl of Captain George S. Glbbs. In addition to the troops originally ordered to New port News, the Fourteenth Battery of Field Artillery, Fort Sheridan, 111., also will Join the expedition. Knife-Bayonet Guns Issued. New guns for all the troops which may be sent to Cuba are in readiness, and as each organization arrives at New port News' It will be equipped with the latest improved army rifle. This has a knife bayonet now generally in use in the army. It was demonstrated in the Concluded on Page 4.) SOUTHERN PORTS SWEPTBY IVES Vain Struggle of Pen sacola Soldiers. WHOLE HOSPITAL ENGULFED Tragic Incidents of the Great Storm on Gulf Coast. MAN SAVES EIGHT LIVES Brave Customs Inspector Swims in Raging Water to Carry Men to Safety Wrecked Ships Lie in Heart of City. RELIEF FT7N D FOR SUFFERERS IN SOUTH. The relief of aufferers In Pensacola and Mobile will be the subject of discussion at a special meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Oregon Chapter, to be held at the Manitou. 261 Thirteenth street. Mon day evening at 8 o'clock. '. Mrs. Jennie A. George, president, and Mrs. Preston C. Smith, first vice-president. Issued the call and will be among the chief ' workers for means to assist the dis tressed in the stricken districts of the South. A fund will be opened for the re lief of the sufferers, and contributions of money may be left with Mrs. Smith at her home, 429 Market street, or at the offices of Henry Hewett & Co.. In the Sherlock building. All money received will be forwarded to the of ficers of the United Daughters of the Confederacy In the troubled districts. One of the principal items of busi ness to be transacted at the special meeting Monday eveclnj: mill :t the appointment of. a c-a-.mi'tee . -an-vass for funds.. PENSACOLA. Fla . Sept. 29. Already the list of dead from Thursday's storm has grown to 26,. and it 1 known that many more have been lost and others in jured, while more than 3000 persons are homeless. For two days rescuing parties have been . working to bring conditions to some degree of order, but their, efforts have not shown to any extent and there are many bodies yet underneath masses of wreckage. . For ten miles east and 'west of the city are strewn the wrecks of homes and vessels of all classes. Commencing at Fort McBae, on a point overlooking the gulf, and continuing to Escambia Bridge, east of the city, there is nothing but devastation, ruin and desolation. Struggle or Soldiers for Life. At Fort McRae five lives' were lost. The 30 men had a terrible experience. They sought the batteries, the very high est point, . as the waves began to dash over them, and lashed themselves to the guns. There they clung for more than 13 hours. Only one lady and her little child were at the post. She was the wife of Sergeant' Prentice, and, although the big. strong solcter fought to save the lives of his young wife and baby, they were almost wrenched from nis arms. Three artillerymen were lost by being washed from the batteries. The fort was almost razed. Across on Santa Rosa Island. ' also on the Gulf,, is Fort Pickens, where more than 1500 men were stationed. . There was no loss of life, but great destruction of property. The mortar batteries were driven In and the guns were wrecked. The barracks were demolished. Five Gunboats, Many Tugs Lost. Fort Barrancas was badly damaged. The Navv-vard suffered nrihahiv tn th extent of Jl.000,000. Many of the new buildings have been damaged or de stroyed completely, the floating dock crushed against a stone one, the latter damaged, and the gunboats Vixen, Isla de Luzon, Gloucester, Machlas and Wasp, as well as the naval tugs Wau ban and Accomac and a number of smaller tugs and launches, are complete wrecks. Some of these vessels have been driven in-shore for more than 200 yards. The homes of the working-men at War rington and Woolsey were wiped out and three lives were lost. Across the bay. at the United States Life-Saving Station, directly on the Gulf beach, there is not a board to mark the spot where the station-house and wharves once were. The men remained at their post until everything was carried away, and then, with their families, launched a (Concluded on Pare 2.) CONTENTS TODAY'S" PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 74 deg. ; minimum, 48. TODAY'S-eShowers and cooler. Southeast erly winds. Cuba. Rumored slaughter of marines by Cubans. Page 1. American army of 5500 men ordered to sail. Page 1. Taft proclaims himself Governor and rebels prepare to lay down arms. Page 2. Senator Beveridge proposes annexation. Page 3. Storm on the Gulf Coast. Dramatic incidents of disaster at Pensacola. Page 1. Mobile still cut off, but reports of destruc tion grow worse. Page 4. Many shipwrecks on Mississippi Sound. Page 4. Partial list of dead. Page 4. Forts and lighthouses swept away and many occupants drowned. Page 4. Foreign. Marmsworth compares America unfavorably with England. Page 2. Court-martial on Stoessel. Page 5. YaUonal. President Roosevelt visits Atlantic fleet. Page 13. Politics. Bryan discusses Socialism at Kansas City. Page 5. Domestic. Consecration of Bishop Scadding. Page 1. Jewish religious processions mobbed by So cialist Jews. Page 5. Crueltv of superintendent of children's foome. Page 4. Harrtman not yet In control of St. Paul road. Page 1. Bport. Pacific Coast League scores: Portland 3. San Francisco 1; Seattle 8. Fresno 2; Los Angeles 7. Oakland 6. Page 15. This season determines Rugby's fate In Cali fornia. Page 14. Pacific Coast. Three-cornered tight in California for the Gubernatorial chair. Page 1. Hill seeklns entrance to California by way of the Klamath Lake road. Page . Prices of logs are to be higher on Puget Sound after first of the month. Page 6. Salvation Army lassie at Belllngham won ders whether sne is really married. Page T. Crack ride team from British Columbia is defeated by Washington Guardsmen. Page 6. Two batteries at Vancouver Barracks are ordered to Cuba. Page 7.' Commercial and Marine. All coSee markets moving upwards. Page 31. Cnicago wheat firm on small offerings. Page 31. " - - New Vc?tc banks "surplus reserve grows. Page St. - Politics a factor In stock speculation Page 31. Many grain ships' en routs for- Portland. Page 13. Word Is receive from Oregon boys with Arctic whaling fleet. Page 13. Customhouse receipts show Increase ever previous months. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. . Philip Napper. aged 72.. burned to death In shack at Twelfth and Overton streets. Page 10. Contractor Bennett agrees to rebuild East Side schools according to specifications and to rush the work. Page 11. Real estate transfers and building permits for first nine months of lflOS exceed rec ord for. entire year 1905. Page 23. Education of Multnomah County school children in growing flowers and vege tables proves success. Page 32. City 'detectives illegally ousted, says Cir cuit Court. Page 10. Councilman Masters' record on saloon licenses attacked in Methodist temper , ance rally. Page 12. Oregon hop crop of better quality than first thought. Page 11. Y. W. C. A. building fund reaches $185,000. Page 10. Mayor Lane and Councilman Vaughn reply to W. D. Fenton's statements on Fourth- Btreet franchise. Page 24. Better protection demanded for schoolgirls as result of numerous recent attempts at assault. Page 32. State's suit for tenth of Oregon City lock tolls' net earnings resumed In court. Page 11. Portland Jews celebrate Day of Atonement Page 24. Bishops of Methodist Episcopal Church and Methodist Episcopal C'nurch South unite in administering communion service at Sunnyside conference. Page 12. Multnomah educator generally favor free text-book scheme. Page 48. Feature and Departments. Editorial. Page 8. Church announcements Page 4S. Classified advertisements. Pages 24-30 Organized rough, house at Stanford. Page 39. Chuckwagon Cal. on reformed spelling. Page 43. From scrubgirl to wife of a British Peer. Page 40. , Saving the big trees of California. Page 38. Big sons-in-law of big men. Page 38. The Burnt Ranch of Burnt River. Page 43. Dr. Cressey's letter from England. Page 43. Annie Laura Miller's letter from Japan. Page 37. Mr. Devery strikes London. Page 37. Book reviews. Page 45. Social. Pages 18-1H-21. Dramatic. Pages 34-35. Musical. Page 22. , Ham Burr's fun. Page 48. Religious Intelligence. Page 33. Household and fashions. Page 41. Youth's department. Page 4' E Solemnly Consecrated at-La Grange. MANY PRELATES JOIN IN DEED Impressive Ceremony in Beau tiful Church RULE DIOCESE LIKE FATHER Episcopal Church of Oregon Given New Head by Assembly of Thirteen Leading Prel ates of America. CHICAGO. Sept. C9. (Special.) Rev. Charles.Scadding. for ten years rector of Emanuel Church, La Grange, today was consecrated bishop of the Episcopalian diocese of Oregon in the presence of 13 bishops, more than 200 clergymen repre senting almost every important diocese In the . United States, and hundreds of members of the church in La Grange and Chicago. The elaborate services, held in the handsome edifice where the new bishop so long labored, began at 10:30 o'clock and continued until 1:30. A special train on the Burlington road brought to the southwestern suburb nearly 300 visitors; including the visiting bishops and clergy, and.. despite the Inclement weather, every seat (n the church was occupied. Great Gathering of Bishops. The venerable presiding bishop of the church. Right Rev. Taniel Sylvester Tut tle. bishop of Missouri, conducted the con secration services, . In connection with which was celebrated the festival of St. Michael and All Angels and the admin istration of the holy communion. The other bishops participating in and at tending the services were: Henry. Cod man Potter. New York; Wil liam Andrew Leonard, Ohio; Charles Palmerston Anderson, Chicago; George Franklin Seymour, Springfield; Cortlandt Whitehead. Pitteburg; J. W. McCormick, Western Michigan; M. Edward Fawcett, Qulncy: John Hazen White, Michigan City; Frederick Keator, Olympla, Wash. ; W. M. Brown, Arkansas; S. E. Edaall, Minnesota; C. E. , Osborne, bishop-coadjutor of Springfield. Solemn Procession Enters. The church was crowded half an hour before the ceremonies began at 10:30 o'clock, when the deep eilenca suddenly was broken by the first notes of the organ in the processional hymn, "Ancient of days, who sittest. throned in glory." Instantly the distant voices of the choir Joined the melody, and a few moments later the impressive consecration proces sion entered with elow and measured tread and proceeded up the wide aisle toward the sanctuary. The vested choir, the bishops in their flowing habits, the clergy robed in the black and white vestments of the church with flashes' of color in the purple, scarlet and pink hoods representing various uni versity degrees, hanging from the shoul ders of many of the bishops and clergy, formed an impressive and beautiful spec tacle. " ' Vision of Jacob Recalled. As the bishops entered the sanctuary the choir began the hymn, "Where the angel hosts adore thee." When it was concluded and the dignitaries participat ing In the consecration had taken their places. Presiding Bishop Tuttle began the celebration of the long and elaborate service of the administration of the holy communion. The epistle was read by Bishop Leonard, of Ohio, and the gospel by Bishop Potter, of New York. Bishop Anderson, of Chicago, the preacher, took for his text the vision of Jacob.- He declared that high and lofty visions could be seen today,- as in the time of Jacob, but not with the same clearness. "We don't realize." he said, "how close most of us are to earth, how mean and sordid wc are, attending only to what SCADDING M BISHQP-OF QRFGON the eye can see, the hand can span. We are incapable of lifting our eyes where God can be seen. Do as Jacob did. get by yourself, forget the world, close your earthly eyes and open the eyes of the soul. Get into the atmosphere where you can realize the presence of God. and all will then seem natural, not un natural." "There is a false sort of liberalism abroad in the land, a kind of intellectual imbecility. It is one thing to say that the Savior, our Lord, Is both God and man, and it is a different thing to say that he Is some sort of a god and some sort of a man. When you set forth to confirm the idea of church and no church you feel something which is neither com prehensive nor positive, a kind of intel lectual fiabbiness." Advice to New Bishop. The bishop concluded his sermon with a brief personal address to Bishop-elect Scadding. who arose from the chair where he sat- alone at the foot of the sanctuary stairs, and listened to the ad vice of his senior. He was advised to rule his diocese or it would rule him. but to rule it like a father, not like a marti net or a tyrant. , After a hymn the bishops of Spring field and Pittsburg escorted the bishop elect before the presiding bishop, and all the participating prelates stood in a circle within the sanctuary while the testimonials of the standing committees, the certificate of the presiding bishop and the commission of the consecrates were read. -Banquet to New Bishop. A banquet was given at the Auditorium Hotel tonight, with Bishop Scadding as chief guest, by the Church Club of Chi cago, as a finale to the consecration serv ices during the day. Bishop Tuttle began the after-dinner speechmaking with a re view of "The House of Bishops." and was followed by Right Rev. Frederick Will iam Keator. bishop of Olympia, Wash., with an address on "The Church of the Pacific Coast." "The Church in the Mid dle West" was the subject of the address by Right Rev. George Frederick Sey mour, bishop of Springfield. "The Church on the Atlantic." by Bishop Potter, pre ceded the address of Bishop Scadding on "The Diocese of Oregon," which closed the programme. NO CHANGES ON SI. PAUL HARRIMAN CONTROL NOT EVI DENT AT MEETING. Directors Report Rapid Progress on Pacific Extension Money on Hand to Complete) It. . MILWAUKEE. 6ept. 29 (Special. ) Notwithstanding rumors from. New York and Chicago that there would be vital changes in the board of direct or and policy of the Chicago, Milwau xee & St. Paul Railway, nothing of the kind transpired at the annual meeting today. The rumor that Edward H. Harri man, president of the Union Pacific, would become a director and also chairman of the board was not verified. His name was not even mentioned In this connection.. All the directors and officials were re-elected. . Out of 1,000,000 votes more than 753, 030 were represented either In person or by proxy. It was the best-attended meeting in years. At the directors' meeting full re ports of progress on the Pacific Coast extension were received. These showed several hundred miles already con structed In Montana anJ Washington, with work progressing at the rate of five to eight miles a day. Extensive mountain tunnelling; will continue all Winter. "The cost of the extension will be between $60,000,000 and $70,000,000 and we have the money to put it through," explained one high official. CONTINUE COLONIST RATES Transcontinental Association Acts on Problems of Hepburn Law. CHICAGO, Sept. 29. (Special.) The Transcontinental Passenger Associa tion today closed one of the longest sessions In Its history. It will meet in this city on6 year hence. Owing to the new rate law, there was a tremendous amount of business, and new problems to consider. One of the chief topics was the aboli tion of newspaper advertising in return for transportation. One prominent Northwestern road said it would cut off all transportation, but would double its advertising fund. Colonist rates will continue on the present basis next year. There was a genera! disposition to wait until the Hepburn law had been lnterpretad and tested in the courts be fore taking definite action on anything. Democrats Favor Annexation. DETROIT, Sept. 29. A resolution favor ing the annexation of Cuba was adopted by the Sixth District Democratic Con gressional Convention here today. FIRE OF YOUTH BURNS IN BELL Native Son Is an Ag gressive Fighter. CAMPAIGN ON STATE ISSUES "Down With Herrin and Hearst" Is His Slogan. OPPONENTS MEN OF WORTH Gillett Has Legal Talent and of Higb Reputation Langdon, as District Attorney, Made a Fine Rec ord as a Reformer. BT P. A. SINSHEIMER. SAN" FRANCISCO. Sept. 29. (Special.) The Gubernatorial fight in California has resolved itself Into. a three-cornered con test between James N. Gillett, the Re publican nominee; William H. Langdon. of the Independence League, and Theo dore Bell, nominated by the Democrats and lrldorsed by the Union Labor party. All three candidates have already taken the stump, and in a few weeks every pol itician in the state with a voice and an opinion will be contributing to the cam paign oratory. James D. Phelan and Gov ernor Pardee are among the lights who will participate actively in the contest. Gillett is of middle age and has served two terms In Congress as the representa tive of the northern counties. He Is a lawyer of great ability. In fact, his legal powers were at once recognized at the National capital, and he was given a place on the Judiciary committee. It was as a member of this committee that he offend ed organized labor, for he took ground with Speaker Cannon against the anti-injunction bill. Cannon, Llttlefield and Gillett are the men whom It was President Gomper's de Sire to defeat for office. Glltett's home has been in Eureka, where he is looked upon as the "first citizen." George Knight, the well-known California orator. Is also from Eureka, and an ardent friend of Gillett. Knight has been active In be half of the candidate and will speak fcr him in the doubtful districts. Friends of Gillett are wont to describe him as "rug ged." He has a high, reputation for in tegrity. . Nominated by Southern Pacific. Gillett was nominated at the dictates of the Southern Pacific Railroad. No ona disputes the fact. The railroad had da. elded that Pardee should not be renomi nated. Pardee has always been independ ent. His appointments were all strong and were made without railroad Influence. Pardee gave the state four years of good government. Aside from the bribery In the Legisla ture, which, of course, was beyond his power to prevent, not a breath of scan dal marked Pardee's administration. His final act, which decided his fate in tha eyes of the railroad, was his refusal to in terfere when the Railroad Commission marked up the assessments on all tha lines in the 6tate. Herrin, the Southern Pacific political agent, cast his eyes over the list of candidates, decided that Gil lett was the strongest, and as a result Gillett was nominated. Langdon a Good Wlggler. William H. Langdon has been somaa thing of a political contortionist. Ha was elected City Superintendent of Schools four years ago on the Demo cratic ticket; two years later ha was tha Union Labor, candidate for District At torney, opposing a fusion nominee of the Democrats and Republicans. In both) Instances Langdon was elected by large pluralities. Now ha is a candidate ot the Independence League opposing can dldates of tha Labor Union and Demo cratic parties. Langdon Is in middla life and has beene highly successful in his public career. He made a very efficient Superintendent of Schools and has taken Jerome as his model in his conduct of the office- of District Attorney. Before entering pub- (Conclu5l on Page 8.) X