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THE SUNDAY- OREGONJAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 21, 19Q3.
LOSS IS GREATER
THAK REPORTED
Cuban Hurricane Extends
Across Island, Leaving '
Death in Trail.
BATABANO LOSES HEAVILY
Southern Coabt of Florida In Track
of Cyclone Scene of . Much
Lobs of Life and
Debtruction.
HAVANA. Oct. 20. (Special.) More
eompJete reports have been received by
Governor Mngoon and show that the re
cent hurricane, which swept across Cuba,
has .caused greater damage than was. at
tlrst supposed. Scores of lives are now
knowA to have been lost as the result of
the storm.
The worst reports corne from the Bata
hano, on the south coast of Cuba, the
point where the cyclone first struck the
Island. Forty fishing schooners are now
known to have been lost. Many corpses
have been picked up floating in the bay,
and it Is believed the dead at this point
alone wiH reach nearty 100. The majority
of the victims are Spanish fishermen.
Wreckage from the vessels which were
destroyed Titer the shores for miles. It
Is believed that several small schooners
were wept out to sea and lost, their
crews pcrtehinK.
Bululmiio SufTcrs Severely.
The town itself suffered severely. Nine
bodies have been removed so far from the
ruins. On every hand are to be seen
evidences of the storm's fury. Houses were
blown down, trees were uprooted, and de
vastation has been wrought generally.
A conservative estimate of tho damage in
that city 4s $Coo,ow). The greatest dam
Hfte was caused in the lower portion of
the city. The upper section away from
the shore escaped almost miraculously.
The wharves were badly damaged, in
many cases completely wrecked.
TUKKIISLK KFFKCTS IX FLOlUDA
Hundreds of Sailors and Iredge
Men Drowned Off Coast.
JACKSONVILLE, Kin.. Oct. 20. A
fipeeitii to the Metropolitan from Miami,
Kla., eays:
The Miami steamer St. Lucie was
crushed- by the high waves in Thurs
day's hurricane, and out of 100 persons
on board 35 were lost.
The steamer Peerless also lost about
the same number, they being blown off
the vessel.
The launch Klmore was capsized, and
Is thou-ght to be a total Ions.
The launch Manny was badly dam
aged. Work barges Nos. 6 and 7 and dredge
No. 4. f the East Coast Road, broke
away and drifted to sea.- but -are now
safe on the other Fide of Bi-scayne Bay.
Th- Peninsula & Occidental, shed was
badly damaged. No persons at Miami
were hurt.
The houseboat Theta, north of Jupi
ter, was turned over. A few persons
were hurt, but none seriously.
Two lighters were set adrift at Jew
fish, and two water barges broke loose
in Blarkwnter. The tide was three
feet higher in Barnes Sound than Black
water. Knight Key dock and crew
are safe. About 50 men have Just ar
rived at Miami from Long Key. They
report about T men and the quarter
boat at Long Key safe ; also two
barges remain at Long Key, but the.
remainder of the men and plant lo
cated there are gone. It is estimated
that 50 lives were lost on dredges at
Lower Mutecumbe. The dredges
Oyama, Mikado, Manetto and Dodge are
Fa re.
There was heavy loss of life on the
dredges at Long Key. The steamer
Vlglancia is expected this afternoon
with bodies.
The steamer Bisoayne arrived this
morning in good condition. She met
the steamer Virginia on her way after
the bodies if the men who ware washed
ashore from the St. Lu-ie. The steam
er Biscayne gave the Virginia 25 men
to assist In picking up the dead. The
Biscayne was at Long Key after the
storm, and reports boat No. 4 gone to
sea.
MIAMI STILIi CUT OFF.
Little Abatement of AY i nil Along
Florida Const.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. Oct. .-(Special.)
Communication with Miami is still
cut off. Storm conditions still prevail all
along the Klorida coast, and the wind Ls
blowing a hurricane, while intermittent
ahowers of rain continue to fall. The
los by the storm along the coast will lie
great, although details will not be possi
ble for several hours. The remnants of
the cyclone that laid waste Havana are
spreading northwesterly, and. although
diminishing In strength, are still of suffi
cient force to demolish wires and gen
erally interfere with all land and sea
communication.
The loss of life by the storm as now
estimated will not be more than 150. The
story of the destruction of KUiott's Key.
25 miles south of Miami, is confirmed in
part, but those who are In a position to
know declare that, when details are re
ceived, it will be found that most of the
workingmen there had warning in time
to escape on the boats that were anchored
to leeward of the little isle.
The officials of the Klorida Kast Coast
Railroad are sending men and supplies to
several points along their line, where
damage from the storm is reported.
WltKCK OX V I RG I X I A CO AST
Report of I'nknown Vessel From
Cape Henry.
NORFOLK, Ya., Oct. 20. A private
message to the Virginia Pilot from Cape
Henry reports an unknown vessel hard
ashore n a dangerous place near the
cape. The wreck is half .a mile south
of Cape Henry life-saving station and
is that of a large steamship. Life-savers
from Virginia Beach are unable to secure
a car to take them to the scene and are
making the best time possible on foot
to aid the Cape Henry station crew.
Tobacco Crop Is Damaged.
HAVANA, Oct. 3Q.-Reports of the dam
age done by the storm in the interior of
the island continue to come in slowly. The
extent of the damage to the tobacco crop
in the Province of Ptnar del Rto is not
yet fully known, but it is belieVed to be
great.. The tobacco was planted late this
year on account of the continued rains,
hence- the plants have not yet sprouted
and many of the seed beds have been
washed out, necessitating replanting.
Which will retard-the crop. The storm is
reported to have been very severe In the
Vuelta Afjaja district of Plnar del Rio.
RECOVERS SCORE OF BODIES
Lost at Elliott's Key, Brought to
Miami.
MIAMI, Fla.; Oct. 20. The steamer Vir
ginia, with 21 bodies from the ill-fated
steamer St: Lucie, . arrived here tonight
from Elliott's Key. Great crowds gath
ered at the dock, some looking for bodies
of loved ones, others out of curiosity.
Many of the bodies are unidentified.
Havana Wire Down Again.
NEW YORK, Oct. 30. (Special.) After
being shut off since early today, the
Western Union Telegraph Company got
its cable to Havana at 5 o'clock tonight
and held it for a space of five minutes,
when it failed again. The cable itself is
Intact, but the trouble is with the line
between the cable station and Havana.
Communication will be restored by Sun
day noon.
Saved From Open Boat.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.. Oct. 20. A wire
less message was received here tonight
from the steamer Lucas, two miles out,
announcing that she picked up yester
day morning 35 miles from Flowery Creek
lighthouse seven men, all of whom were
working for a fish company. Their boat
had broken loose and they were carried
out to sea.
CHARGES EMERSON, FUSIOXIST,
WITH CRIMINAL LIBEL.
Accusation of Bribing- Democrats to
Vote for Quay for Senator
Rouses ex-Boss.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Oct. 30. (Spe
cial.) A warrant calling for the arrest of
Leads Emerson, Fusion candidate for
Governor, was issued today. The com
plainant was James 11. McNichol and the
charges criminal libel. Later a suit for
damages of $25,000 wae entered by Mc
Nichol' s attorney for hearing before or
after election.
The suits were caused by a speech Em
erson is reported to have made at Leb
anon, Pa.. Oct. 15, in 'which he charged
that McNichol bought five Democratic
votes in the Legislature of 1901 to sup
port Marshall for Speaker of the House.
Marshall was the "Quay candidate," and
on his election depended Quay's return
to the Senate. Emen?6n declared that,
when Quay had given up the struggle as
hopeless, McNichol jumped in, declaring
he would turn the tide.
Emerson charged that McNichol bribed
five 'Democratic members of the Legisla
ture to leave Marshall, and paid $15,000
for each vote.
UTES LEAVE FOR MONTANA
IJcnegailc Indians Heading North
Toward Crow Country.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. The Interior
Department today received a dispatch
from Deputy Game Warden Johnson, at
Newcastle. Wyo.. savin? that the rene
gade Utes had left Gillette .and were mov
ing north rapidly. , This is .interpreted to
mean- that the Indians are headed for
the Crow reservation or -the . northern
Cheyenne reservation. The dispatch was
transmitted . to Jhc. War. .Department..:
SOLDIEKS GO IN PITUSIIT.
Tenth Cavalry Leaves to Make "Good
Indians."
SHERIDAN. Wyo.. Oct. 20. Ten troops
of the Tenth Cavalry left Fort Robinson,
Neb., at noon today from Gillette. Wyo.,
to round i'! the band of marauding Ute
Indians from the White Rock agency.
Utah, who have been slaughtering stock
and making other depredations near Gil
lette. The commanding officer is said to
have instructions from the War Depart
ment to take the Indians dead or alive.
WARNING TO THE THUGS
Hold-l'p Man Caught in Act Given
Ten Years at Folsonn
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 20. (Special.) A
hold-up man who was caught in the act
of robbing a man along the water front
was given his deserts by Judge Lawler
this morning, receiving a sentence that
will give him employment on the rock
pile at Folsom for the coming ten years
of his life. The fellow was Bernard Duf
fey. He was arrested by Policeman Jen
kins in September while going through
the pockets of Harry Gibbons, from whom
he got 85 cents.
When up for sentence this morning a
plea for clemency was made on behalf of
Puffey by his attorney, on thex ground
that the hold-up man was - not armed
at the time of taking the money. This
argument had no weight with Judge Law
ler, who said from the bench that the
thugs now harbored in the city should be
taught a lesson and an example should be
made of everyone caught. Accordingly
he sentenced the thug to 10 years In state
prison.
MORE DELAY FOR HERMANN
Trial on Washington Indictment
Comes After Christmas.
OREGONI AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Oct. 20. Representative Binger
Hermann will not be placed on trial in
this city on the indictment charging de
struction of 3." official letterpress copy
books until some time after the Christ
mas holidays. No definite arrangement
for the trial has been made, but the
court's docket is now . so filled that it
will be impossible to hear the case with
in the next three months.
Since tho case was last postponed at
the time Mr. Heney was called to San
Francisco nothing has been heard from
Hermann and his whereabouts are un-.
known to the court. No anxiety is felt
on that score, however, as he has prom
ised to appear when needed. Under the
agreement made last Spring. Hermann
cannot be placed on trial at Portland un
til after his case has been trie'd here.
SQUIERS GOES TO PANAMA
Succeeds Ma goon as Minister to Isth
mus Republic
WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. It was an
nounced at the State Department today
that Herbert G. Scjuiers, of New Tork,
had been selected to be American Minis
ter at Panama, to succeed Charles E.
Magoon.
Schuinan-Heirik's Concert Tour.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20. Mme. Schu-mau-Heink
appeared in eoncert this
afternoon at Carnegie Hall. This was
the first of a series of concerts which
she will give in a number of the larger
cities throughout the country.
CALLS ON HEARST
TO PLAY FAIRLY
Hughes Gives Opponent Credit
for What Good He
Does.
CAMPAIGN GROWS LIVELY
Republican Candidate Tours North
ern New York and Joins Issue
With Hearst on Gas Investi
' gallon In Empire City.
OGDEXSBURG, N. Y.t Oct. 10. C. E.
Hughes today made I' long sweep Into
the great north country, his travels for
the day bringing him from the foothills
of the Catskill Mountains to the shores
of the St. Lawrence River. Stops were
scheduled at six cities, but at many other
places crowds were gathered at the sta
tions. Wherever it was possible, Mr.
Hughes shook hands with the people.
Mr. Hughes spoke here tonight in the
hall where on Thursday night Mr. Hearst
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appeared. The hall was crowded to its
capacity, and Mr. Hughes was enthusias
tically received.
. "When my opponent talks of Thomas
Jefferson and .Abraham Lincoln," said
Mr. . Hughes, "I want to know whether
Thomas Jefferson or Abraham Lincoln
would haye organized his .business. into a
corporation and evaded the Just responsi
bilities of citizenship. I want to know
whet her Abraham Lincoln or Thomas Jef-lerson"-
-would-' -"have - " devised - '& ' scheme
through which the burdens of government
could be ignored. It is a. very small mat
ter whether my opponent's corporations
pay taxes, in one sense? it is a very great
matter whefher my opponent Is political
ly sincere.
"Yesterday he spoke of me as having
been attorney for the lighting trust. The
lighting trust, as it is commonly meant in
the City of New Tork, is the lighting
with which we dealt in the gas investiga
tion with which I had the honor to be
connected. Now, the fact is that 17 years
ago I did write two or three briefs for
one or two electric companies in connec
tion with the matter of taking down the
overhead wires, but I never represented
the Consolidated Gas Company or any
gas company, or what we are now deal
ing with as the lighting monopoly or the
lighting trust, in my life.
"I- have no desire to take- from my op
ponent the slightest credit to which he is
entitled in regard to the 80-cent gas fight.
Nor should he, on the other hand, attempt
for the purpose of getting votes to minim
ize the work of the gas investigation. Ho
knows better."
Mr. Hughes tonight gave out the fol
lowing statement:
"Our meetings this week have been
more encouraging than those of last week..
Everywhere thore has been frreat Inter
est, not to say enthusiasm. We continue
to meet many Democrats who refuse to
stultify themselves by approving the ac
tion of the Buffalo convention."
PEOPLE'S OR CORPORATE RULE
Bryan Says That Is Issue Xow Re
fore Country.
DENVER, Oct. 50. William J. Bryan
was compelled to abandon his arrange
ments to speak In Denver tonight because
of an engagement to deliver an address
at Indianapolis. Ind.. on Monday, which
required that- he should leave Denver this
afternoon He spoke for 20 minutes, how
ever, from a baggage truck at the Union
Depot, while waiting for the regular Bur
lington train to depart at 4:35. addressing
more than 1000 people. While he was
speaking snow fell steadily and the cold
wind which was blowing made his audi
ence restless. Enthusiasm was rife, not
withstanding the discouraging weather,
and Mr. Bryan was cheered as he made
pointed references in his remarks.
Mr. Bryan approved of the action "of
the Colorado state Democratic convention
In unseating the Speer delegation from
the City and County of Denver, admitting
that the unseating of a regular delegation
was unquestionably radical, but contend
ing that sometimes it became necessary
because of -the influences which sought
to control the organization.
He declared that the great' issue before
the people now was whether the people
should rule the country or corporate in
terests should be given the rein. Private
monopoly had thrived so long under Re
publican rule, he said, (hat the people
had unwittingly surrendered the right to
govern themselves. Legitimate corpora
tions should be and could be controlled,
he asserted, but private monopoly soon
became so arrogant and powerful that
the people's rights faded away and their
power to govern vanished.
He concluded by advising all who voted
for him in 1896 and 1900 to vote the
straight Democratic ticket again this
year.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Bryan visited
the largest towns in Northern Colorado
and was greeted by large audiences in
spite of unfavorable weather.
Cannon Defends Wadsworth.
BATAVTA. N. Y.. Oct. 20. Speaker Can
non, of the House of Representatives, ad
dressed a large audience here tonight. He
devoted a portion of his remarks to the
career of J. W. V adsworth, of Genesee,
present chairman of the House committee
on agriculture, who seeks re-election from
the Thirty-fourth District. Mr. Cannon
supported Mr. Wads worth's position In
the i Investigation of the packing-houses
and his attitude on the meat inspection
bill. Mr. Cannon went West at midnight.
BOSS MCRPHY IS GRILLED.
Hearst Calls Charges of Tammany
Leader Stupid."
SARATOGA, .N. T., Oct. 20. Before
leaving for Glens Falls today W. R.
Hearst .made the following statement
about the charges made by c. F. Murphy,
leader of Tammany Hall:
"When these charges were ffrst made I
said that they were nothing more than a
stupid campaign ' falsehood. They were
proved to be exactly that both false and
stupkl- -There has been much needless
and baseless criticism of the so-called
Gilsey House clique, or executive com
mittee of the Independent League, from
which I have frequently been specifically
excluded. I do not desire to be secluded.
I am ' proud to be associated with the
gentlemen of the Independence League
who have unselfishly given so much of
their time and contributed from their own
pockets to promote the cause of the peo
ple in the last campaign and in this cam
paign. "Murphy's -statement is not any more
false and foolish than other statements
that have been made, but I am distinct
ly glad that he -made that statement and
that he was put under oath before the
grand Jury and compelled to say it was
baseless and reckless.
"The Independence League is endeavor
ing to the best of its ability honestly and
unselfishly to serve the people to promote
the interests of the people and secure the
election of men who will faithfully serve
the people. Where Democrats are in
dorsed they are indorsed because they be
lieve they are of the character of men
who will serve the people. Where Repub
licans, like Judge Rosalsky, is endorsed it
is because we believe that he has served
them faithfully. He is endorsed for that
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Frank X. Waskey.
reason, and for no other reason whatever.
We are willing to unite-with honest men
of any party to further the people's
cause, but we make no deals and submit
to no dictation:" -
HEARST
FAVORS GOOD PAY'
Tells Laborers Good-AYages Should
; : Follow-Good" AYork: "
SCHENECTADY. N. Y.. Oct. 20. With
two big meetings in this city and two in
Glens Falls, William R. Hearst tonight
closed his fourth up-state tour. At Glens
Falls, the birthplace of Charles E.
Hughes. Mr. Hearst's opponent, where
Mr. Hughes himself spoke day before yes
terday, Mr. Hearst had a warm reception.
The Opera-House was crowded and there
was a large overflow meeting. The crowds
here and at Glens Falls were largely com
posed of workingmen from the factories.
Mr. Hearst's speeches dealt with his at
titude toward labor. He said:
"I, believe that good wages for good
work is an American principle and is
Just as important to the business man
who keeps a store or conducts any other
legitimate business as it is to the labor
ing man who works for wages. The
prosperity of any legitimate business man
depends upon the purchasing power of the
masses. Where the mass of the people
receive the greatest amount in wages and
salary they spend more money at the
stores. These stores order more goods
from the factory, the factories demand
more raw materials from the mines and
the farms, the standard of living is higher
and the whole business community and
the farming community prosper. I do
not entertain these ideas for campaign
purposes, but have entertained them and
advocated them and practiced them all
my life."
HENEY TO PROBE GRAFT
(Continued From Page 1.)
cover, although it was stated over a week
ago that Burns had been lending some as
sistance to the Investigation of charges of
graft. He was able to eecure cnyugh evi
dence to warrant a further and vigorous
prosecution, and today Spreckele and
Heney talked the matter over before Dis
trict Attorney Langdon, with the results
stated.
Heney states that for the success of the
work it must be done secretly and against
great obstacles, but that he has no doubt
of its ultimate success. He states that
the obstacles are no greater than In the
Oregon land cases, and he is satisfied they
can be overcome. He declares he already
has sufficient evidence to warrant this
confidence.
Masonic Temple Destroyed.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 20. A re
that started shortly before 1 o'clock in
the afternoon in a booth connected with
the street fair in Kansas City, Kan., on
Ann street, between Sixth and Seventh
streets, caused a loss estimated at over
$150,000, and for a time threatened the
business center. The Masonic Temple, at
Seventh and Ann streets, valued at J50,
000: 80 boottis, containing valuable ex
hibits of various kinds, and five resi
dences, were destroyed, and the Central
Christian Church, at Seventh and Arm
strong streets, was damaged. The fire
started from the overturning of a small
stove in one of the booths.
Wait for Waverly Heights.
Makes its presence known
by many signs, glandular
tumors, bunches in the neck,
cutaneous eruptions, in
flamed eyelids, sore ears,
catarrh and wasting diseases.
Hood'sSarsaparilla
Effects permanent cures.
Scrofula
STRIKERS BALK AT
LUCE
(Continued From Pace !
night, "were in fact union men, but
there was no rule that they should belong
to the union. . As a matter of fact, if
the strike were to be settled on the basis
of excluding? the weighers, samplers and
machine men from the agreement to
recognize the union, there would be no
objection on 'the part of some of the
dock owners, in isolated cases, as it were,
to employing union men in these capaci
ties. It is the principle that we are con
tending for.
Dragged In by the Ears.
"From our standpoint tho union was
not justified in bringing this particular
question, up after negotiations for a set
tlement of the strike were commenced,
inasmuch as the status of the weighers,
samplers and machine men was not in
volved in the original controversy.
"If the union will concede to us the
right to follow our own inclinations in
the matter of employing weighers, sam
plers and machine men,' concluded Mr.
Burns, "there will be no difficulty about
settling the strike. We can nnd places
for and will take back all strikers who
were in good standing with the union at
the time the strike, was declared and will
recognize the union.
"Of course we shall insist on taking
care of the men who are now working
for us, but as. fast as they drop out we
will till their places with union men. As
to this phase of the settlement there is
no misunderstanding between ourselves
and the union.
Here is the view of the strike situa
tion taken by Mr. Sewell, who gave out
the following interview last night:
3Ir. Sewell Gives Version.
"The strikers have been advised, all
along, to place the matter of adjustment
in the hands of their committee, and it is
believed they will approve of any recom
mendation made by this committee, al
though the committee has never been ac
corded full authority to settle tht mat
ter. During the first three meetings with
the exporters, the committee kept the
union advised of every move. If the
Mayor had made his proposal to arbitrate
differences instead of wages, as the grain
handlers were led to believe by the rep
resentatives of the exporters, they "would
not have kept the members of their union
waiting, expecting to be able to secure
for .them a basis of settlement that would
be satisfactory.
"They were led to believe that their
differences could be amicably adjusted.
The question of recognition of the union
arose as a matter of dl&pute, and ever
since that time the committee has never
been able to reach a satisfactory under
standing of that matter.
"The weighers, samplers and machine
men comprise but a small part of the
grainhandlers. and have never been
recognized by the exporters, except when
doing other work. This has always been
a-matter of dispute and one which has
reused much trouble in the organization.
It was the only matter that - remained
unsettled Friday. Yesterday morning the
dock managers, representing the export
ers, and the committee from the grain
handlers, met arid the matter of full
recognition of the unioli came up. A plan
proposed by the grainhandlers was
adopted by both sides. This measure
remained only' to be acted upon by the
exporter themselves and everything
would have been settled. This did not
prove satisfactory to them and) a com
promise measure was proposed by the
grainhandlers and again accepted by the
representative of the exporters.
. "In the; meanMmeith- filanwhich the
representatives of the grainhandlers had
XijBo.pEJ sbm. 'uodn pai?)3s pdsoddns
changed by the exporters, entirely alter
ing it. The exporters entirely refused to
recognize the weighers, samplers and
machine men as union men, even failing
to give them tlje slight recognition they
enjoyed. under last year's agreement.
When this amended clause No. 3, as pre
pared" by the exporters, was presented
to the grainhandlers, committee, so
changed in its conditions. It was con
sidered that further negotiations would
be useless, and hopes for an amicable
adjustment were practically abandoned.
This is the present status of affairs. I
am not even sure that another confer
ence will be held."
The present season promised to prove
a banner year in the history of Port
land's grain exporting business, but
since the strike shipping has almost
come to a standstill. ,
Yesterday another large steamship
chartered to load here was ordered to
Puget Sound. This vessel is the Brit
ish tramp steamship Strathnairn, now
ready to leave Hongkong. Instead of
coming to Portland, Kerr, Gifford &
Co., her charterers, have Issued or
ders for her to go to Tacoma. This
is the fourth large steamship diverted
by that firm in the last few weeks, and
as each or these large carriers is capa
ble of haandling about 6000 tons it
will be seen that 24,000 tons of grain
will be shipped from Tacoma, though
Portland was entitled to it.
Three of the four vessels, the Brit
ish steamships Aberlour and Strathfil
lan, and the German steamship Neth
erlands, are already on Puget Sound,
whereas had the local situation per
mitted they would now be loading
here.
Along the waterfront yesterday very
little work was done, outside of loading
vessels of the coastwise lumber fleet and
the British steamship Wyneric. The
largest nonunion crew was employed on
the steamship Hazel Dollar, which is
loading at Montgomery dock, and Kerr,
Gifford & Co. have marshaled all their
forces in an effort to get this vessel away
within a reasonable time.
Other vessels moored at the grain docks
remained practically idle, for aside from
small amounts of wheat placed in the
Nerelde and Ville de Mulhouse, nothing
was accomplished.
The cement-laden ships are practically
helpless, for the longshoremen remain ob
durate and refuse to unload them, and
the efforts to unload them with nonunion
men have not been as successful as the
shipowners had hoped.
PACKING-HOUSES COMBINE
(Continued From Pae 1.)
with the new turn of affairs these talks
are presumed to have had to do with tne
proposed new English corporation. Then
the prolonged stay of Sir Thomas Lipton.
who still is credited with holding large
blocks of securities retained by htm when
his plant was transferred to other pack
ers, is said td be significant. He has
been much with packing magnates since
his arrival in the city, and has spent some
time at the Lake Forest homes of these
men. Most of the conferences, it is de
clared, have been held in that suburb.
Capital to Be $500,000,000.
If the English holding company is or
ganized and takes in the chief concerns
now operating, the line-up will be as fol
lows: Capital.
Armour & Co 2o.000,000
Swift & Co 60.000.000
Nelson, Morris & Co 3f-.CW.O0O
National Packing Company 15.000.000
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger 10.000.000
Cudahy Packing Company nominal
The volume of business handled by
these six concerns probably runs close
to $750,000,000 a year, for thVt of the
first two runs above J200.000.000 a year
each. The capital necessary to swing the
business in all likelihood is very close to
the J500.000.000 suggested as the possible
I
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capital of the new ' company. ' for. aside 1
from the nominal capital of the Armour I
and Swift concerns, both companies are t
very heavy borrowers of noney at all
umes in tne open marKei. .
These new rumors recall the effort made
in 1902 to oieanize the Tnited States
Packing Company with a prospective cap
ital of Jo00.000.000. Negotiations were
all but concluded for the taking over not
only of the "big six" but all the minor
packing concerns as' well. The tight
money period which developed just at
that time, together .with moves by the
Government to prosecute the so-called
"beef trust," are blamed for the project's
failure.
J. Ogden Armour was In conference
with -Arthur Meeker at his Lake Forest
home this morning, and Louis K. Swift
was said to have been present. None of
these men would say anything about the
proposed new company.
ARMOrR AXD SWIFT DEXT XV
Know Nothing of Combination and
Call Report Baseless.
CHICAGO. Oct. 30. When asked tonight
regarding the amalgamation of the pack
ing interests. J. Ogden Armour said:
"I know nothing whatever about such o
proposition; in fact, this Is the rtrst that
1 have heard about it, and I am sure. If
such a transaction was contemplated 1
would have some knowledge of it."
Loui Swift, of Swift & Co., a!so em
phatically denied there was any founda
tion for such a report.
During the afternoon Mr. Armour and
Mr, Swift were in conference, but it was
denied that their meeting had anything
to do with the alleged combination of in
terests. ''
QUAKE WRECKS TRESTLE
Portland, Me., Shaken and Xew
Highway Bridge Damaged.
PORTLAND. Me.. Oct. 20. Two earth
shocks tonight destroyed about 100 feet
of a temporary highway structure which
crosses the upper harbor. The first shock
was felt at 6 o'clock and the second at
7:07. Both shocks were light, but were
distinctly felt by pedestrians. Accompany.
ing the rumbling was the sound made by
the cracking of the timbers of the tem
porary structure.
It is feared that great damage has been
done to the foundation of the new high
way bridge nearby, for which jajO.OOO was
appropriated recently.
SHAKES TIIIXGS OFF SHELVES
Quake Rooks Islands Around Bidde
ford and Breaks Dishes.
BIDDEFORD. Me..' Oct. 20. An earth
quake severe enough to rattle dishes and
shake articles from shelves was felt at
Biddeford Pool and Wood . Island, at the
mouth of the Saco River, shortly before
11:30 o'clock today. It was the strongest
and most noticeable of the series of
earthquake tremors which has been felt
in York County shore towns from Kit.
terey to this city for two days, and it
caused genuine alarm among the - resi
dents of Biddeford Pool, eight miles from
this city. The shock was not felt here,
though In Kitterey and in York, to the
westward, there was a very distinct
earthquake at 11:10 A. M.
NO ROAD TO PACIFIC COAST
President Hughitt Denies Report
About Northwestern Line...
- MILWAUKEE, .Wis., Oct. 20. (BpecialJ
President Marvin Hughitt, -of -tire "Chi
cago & Northwestern road, while in Mil
waukee his afternoon, put to rest all
speculation regarding the company and a
Pacific Coast line, which has been sug
gested as one of the results of the com.
pany's action in increasing the capitaliza
tion of the company from $100,0u0,000 to
S200.000.000.
"The new stock is in the nature of an
authorization by the stockholders, not an
issue of stock, and it may be some time
before it is issued," he said. "As to this
talk of a Pacific Coast line, the company
has at no time contemplated such an ex
tension, or any other large extension of
the present system. It does not contem
plate it now.
"We expect, however, to use money as
needed for -desirable improvement of our
present lines, Just as we have been doing
in this state, where our Green Bay-Manitowoc
line will be opened for business on
Monday."
MUST . ANSWER IN COURT
Insurance Agents-Called to Account
for Actions.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20. With the return
of Samuel Untermyer, its counsel, on
the Amerika today, the International
Policyholders' Committee announced that
summary action would be taken for its
crimina.1 charges filed with Superinten
dent Kelsey against the New York Life.
George R. Schrugham, the committee's
organization manager, may go before a
police magistrate and apply for a war
rant for the arrest of certain of the com
pany's officers or agents, on charges of
insurance law violations.
Snowstorm in South Dakota.
BIOUX CITY, Iowa, Oct. 20. Dis
patches received at the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul office in this city
state that a heavy snow storm with
wind prevailed all night on the Rapid
City extension of that road in South
Dakota. The snow is drifting and
Bnowplows have been ordered to
Chamberlain and Presho.
Waverly Heights.
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Humphreys' Seventy
Seven Cures Grip and
"There's nothing so bad for a
Cough as Coughing." Coughing is
like scratching a wound ; so long as it
is done, it will not heal. When tempt
ed to Cough, draw a long breath
through the nostrils; hold it until it
warms the air cells. The nitrogen
thus refined, allays the desire to cough
and gives the throat and lungs a
chance to heal. The. use of "Seven
ty-seven" will aid Nature in her ef
forts to recuperate.
At Druggists, 25 centi or mailed.
ET'Doctor's Book mailed free.
Humphrey's Homeo. Medicine Co., Cor
William and John streets. New Tork.'
COLDS
The Coat That Was
Dislocated
By A. Taylor Cutter
N'
Off Sweat Me!" sa-ld the C&at.
but this is Cruelty to Cloth."
"What the deuce are you do
ing with me. Old Dr. Goose?"
"You've got me all shrunk up and
stretched out In spots till I feel like a
"distortion!"
"Oli. that'll be All night, Mr. Coat,"
said the Doctor.
"I'm merely putting a little Style into
you by my Chain-lightning process!";
"Just grin and bear it for a few
minutes longer, Mr. Coat, and the Opera
tion will soon be over."
So the Coat took Old Dr. Goose's -Medicine
without wincing, and came out of
the Ordeal looking Slick as a "Poole of
London" Production.
It laid around your Neck as Smooth as
Varnish and it Curved round your Chest
in a way that was Shell-shaped and
Killing.
When you were Slid into It carefully,
by the Able Salesman, and were then in
troduced to yourself in the tall mirror you
couldn't hchi thinking
"My, what a Handsome Devil that
Person in the Glass is!"
So you Bought the Slick Coat, and you
know what happened to it a week, later.
H was the Same Old Story of the tight
Collar, the bulging Lapel, the sagging
Shoulders, and the humable hunch-backed
expression.
All the "Style" . had vanished out of
that Garment after the first few days'
wear in Damp Weather.
The Flat-iron faking .had wilted out,
and your Coat heeded another close of Old
Dr. Goose's Tonic, viz., pressing, to brace
it up again.
' 1
But, if that Coat had been made by
"Sincerity Tailoring," by thorough hand-needle-work
Shaping instead of by the
faky Flat-iron, things would have been
everlastingly different.
Because the strong threads in the close
stitching would have held the garment In
shape as long as the threads of the cloth
held together. '
And the sincere hand-sewing which
holds the curves and concavities 'of Ivuh,
Nathan & Fischer garments in shape till
worn out, also adds strength to the. cloth
at the stralny places where strength is
most needed.' ,
Of course, you couldn't know the dif
ference between our hand-stitched "Sin
cerity Clothes" and- the usual flat-iron-faked
. kind until we told . you about it.
.
But, it's up to you- now.
If your next suit pr. overcoat bears, the
label of the "Sincerity Tailors," there wUl
be mare satisfaction more permanent
style,- and shape-retentldny 'In ' it than
you're likely to get from a fairly high
priced tailor.
It wouldn't pay us to advertise that
fact If we couldn't "Make Good" on It.
Would it?
So just make a note of our label
(below), for it means Style-Insurance to
you, and Shape-retention, at no extra,
cost.
That label reads
SINCERITY CLOTHES
made and guaranteed by
Ruh, Nathan 4. Fischer Co.
CHICAGO
Start the Day
witha drauchtof TARK ANT'S the firnt thine
on rtslnK. nnd you utart the day rijtht. It'
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and refreshing and peculiar? gratuyliig to
the palate In bummer weather.
Tarrant's
Seltzer Aperient
(Reg. u. s. pu. oa.)
clears the limin, stffadtes the nerves and
puts the digpfltive organs in tune tor the
day. Children like it.
For eo years TARRANT'S has heen pra
Kribedas a preventative and cure forindi
KPfltlon, billnunneBS, headache, constipation
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Nothing like It at any
price.
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or by mall from
CAe-Tarrant Co.
44 Hudson Street
New York
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B THE DIAMOND BBAND. A (
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and- &oid metallic boxes, sealed
with Blue Ribbon, 'i ake otter.
lluv of vour DnipMit and ask for
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