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PORTLAND, OKEGOX, SUNDAY MOKMXG, NOVEMBER 4, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PROPHETS SI UP
ELECT! D N CLAIMS
Republican Majority of
58 in House.
GRIGGS A JOYOUS OPTIMIST
Predicts Democratic Control
of House by 22.
WHERE HE HOPES TO GAIN
Man; States Jlave Fierce Local Con
tests, New York Furnishing a
Spectacular Feature ltoose-v-!t
Is the Battle-Cry.
WASHINGTON', Nov. 3. With but
two full days intervening before the
country will elect tin; Sixtieth Con
gress, there is decidedly a general
area of "high pressure" in the politi
cal atmosphere. The expert prognos
tlcators have stopped analyzing local
conditions. They have made their
fln;:l claims covering the wholej area,
are sitting tight and waiting for Tues
day, v
Tho Republican claim, emanating
from tho headquarters of the Republi
can committee in New York, is this:
Republican Majority, 58.
The Kepublicans will have a major
ity of 5S in tho next House of Repre
sentatives. The analysis of this claim from the
same source Is:
Sure Republican districts 222, sura
Democratic districts 130, doubtful but
probably Republican 21, doubtful but
probably Democratic 13.
The Democratic Congressional cam
paign committee, with headquarters in
Washington, has ligured out 67 Dem
ocratic 3Uins over It.-: piese.it rtre
rerlat , ; i i . . .-. .
James Al. Griggs of the committeu
thinks his claim is rather conserva
tive. Democratic Cain, 6 7.
In analyzing the claim to show
where the gains are expected, Mr.
Griggs is quoted as saying: -
"The claim of a Democratic gain of
10 In New York is safe. The claim of
one gain each in Massachusetts, North
Carolina, Kentucky, Montana, Dela
ware, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Idaho
and Virginia is good. The claim of a
gain of six In Pennsylvania is too con
servative. The same may be said of
the claim of a gain of six in Illinois.
We will gain eight In Missouri. Con
cessions are made to ns of five or six
in Ohio, but we will do better than
that. The computation that puts us
down for only one in Indiana is an
error. New Jersey is to be counted
on for a gain of three, while gains
wiil be made in Iowa, Nebraska and
California."
Should the Democratic prediction of
a gain of J7 be realized, that party
would have a majority of 22 in the
Sixtieth Congress.
While from a National standpoint the
Congressioi.c 1 election is regarded as
emphatically important, In some local
ities it bus been thrown entirely in the
background by state politics. Twenty
three states elect Governors Tuesday;
20 elect Legislatures; 10 choose minor
state officers or Justices of their Su
preme Courts; Oklahoma will pass
upon her stuto constitution; Arizona
and New Mexico will decide the Ques
tion of joint statehood.
New York, with its fight between
Hughes und Hearst for the Governor
ship, has furnished the spectacular fea
ture of the entire country. Hero the
red fire will not cease to burn until
the dawn of Tuesday, when the white
heat of battle will take Its place.
"Roosevelt" tho Baltlo Cry.
Perhaps the most notable feature of
the campaign in all of Its ramifica
tions has been the extent to which the
personality of President Roosevelt has
been brought forward. "Support the
President" was the battle cry of the
Republicans In every Congressional
district.
"We win support him better than
you," was the defiant answer of some
of the leaders of Democracy.
The President has made it known
that he wants a Republican Congress.
All but two of his Cabinet officers
have taken the stump to further this
desire. In New York the President was
personally represented by Secretary
Root. The President will vote at Oys
ter Bay Tuesday-. Ho will reach the
White House to receive the returns in
the evening.
Washington Alone Serene.
Washington, which has been the one
spot devoid of political turmoil, has
only watched the battle. No banners,
no red fire, no speeches have dis
turbed the even tenor of the Govern
ment clerk's way. On election day he
will go quietly to his voting bootii,
cast his ballot and return to his task.
The indications ere that a large per
centage of the Government forces will
go home to vote.
EACH CLAIMS HUGE MAJORITY
Hughes and Hearst Equally Confi
dent of Carrying New York.
NEW YORK. Nov. S. Today practically
closed the most extraordinary campaign
for Governor in. the poll'ical history of
the state, although both candidates will
continue speechmaklng until Monday
night. It has been a campaign of per
sonalities rather than policies; of men
Instead of measures; and It has stirred
the interest of the voters of the Empire
State to Its extreme boundaries. For
vigor and vituperation It has been without
precedent, and for persistency of appeals
for votes by the two candidates. It Btands
alone.
The close of the campaign finds a po
litical situation unprecedented in this
state, and some of the shrewdest poli
ticians admit that me usual sources of
political prognostication are all but worth
less. Mr. Hearst claims the practically undi
vided support of union labor and the In
dependence League, and asserts that he
has so broken down the Republican ma
chine up-state as to make impossible the
huge Republican majority which has here
tofore been brought down to the Bronx
t
:
L
Jamefl 8. Sherman, Chairman of Re
publican fongresftlunal C'amph gn
Committee.
to wipe out the Democratic plurality in
Greater New York.
Mr. Hughes and the Republican cam
paign managers admit that there has
been defection from the Republican ranks
among the laboring classes, but assert
that this loss is more than offset by the
promised support of "old-line Democrats."
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany
Hall, claims that Mr. Hearst, whom
Tammany helped to nominate at Buffalo
despite his opposition to the organization
a year ago, will carry New York -by a
plurality of 80,000 to 100,000 votes. The
Republicans say they pre elated over tnis
v: ict'on. 'or ' ' c:i.'i ?.r. Hughes
v. t,l uciiit L. .... Al.ii -Ci,u00 voleo
to spare.
PENNSYLVANIA'S FIERCE FIGHT
Battle Rages Around Graft in New
Capitol Contracts.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3. One of the
most bitterly fougnt Gubernatorial
campaigns in this ctate for many years
practically closed with the speechmak
lng tonight. Local contests throughout
the state have been lost sight of in the
fight for Governor between Lewis Em
ery, Jr., the Lincoln-Democratic candi
date, and Edwin S. Stuart, the Republi
can candidate.
The campaign has been fought on the
same lines as the one which swept
William H. Berry, the Lincoln-Prohibition-Democratic
candidate, into the of
fice of State Treasurer last Fall. The
Fusion leaders have been directing the
attention of the voters to the alleged
"graft" In connection with the furnish
ing of the new Capitol at Harrisburg,
claiming that between $5,000,000 and
$6,000,000 have been stolen or wasted.
Berry has been the chief accuser, but
as yet has not furnished the Republican
Attorney-General with what the latter
deems sufficient proof of the alleged
overcharges.
The Republican State Committee
claims that Stuart will have a majority
of over 100,000.
Chairman Niles, of the Lincoln party,
is sanguine of the election of Emery,
and says that the Fusion candidate will
be elected by at least 150.000.
In this city, the real Issue Is between
D, Clarence Gibboney and Samuel P.
Rotan for the District Attorneyship.
The former Is the Fusion ' candidate
and the latter the regular Republican.
UNIQCE BAY STATE CAMPAIGN
State Issues liaised by Moran Almost
Eclipse Congressional Fight.
BOSTON, Nov. 3. The Massachusetts
campaign, which closed its last week
with many rallies tonight, was the most
remarkable political contest in the
state in many years. The issues were
sharply and unequivocally drawn, on
one side being unique questions raised
by John B. Moran, candidate for Gov
ernor of the Democrats, Prohibitionists
and Independence League, and on the
other the pointed answers of Governor
Curtis Guild, Jr., the standard-bearer
of the Republican party. Interest in
the state ticket has almost eclipsed the
contests for members of Congress and
the State Legislature.
Last year Governor Guild carried the
state by a plurality of 22.578 over C. W.
Bartlett, the Democratic candidate.
Chairman Talbot, of the Republican
State Committee, tonight predicted the
election of the Republican ticket by a
plurality of from 45,000 to 50.000, pro
viding the full party, vote comes out.
Chairman Feeney, of the Democratic
State Committee, claims that Mo
ran will be elected by a plurality ex
ceeding 3B.000, and that the other Dem
ocratic candidates also will be success
ful. ILLINOIS WARMS VP AT CLOSE
Democrats Claim Eight or Ten Con
gressmen, Republicans Say No.
CHICAGO, Nov. 3. The actual work
of the' state and county campaign was
finished tonight with mass meetings in
all parts of the city and state. The apa
thy which characterized the campaign
in, the early stage has vanished, and dur
ing the last three weeks much more fer
vor has been shown. It has been de
cidedly an "oft year" politically, how
ever. In the state the only officers to be
Concluded on Pa au
STATE'S INTEREST,
TREASURER'S?
Deposit of Oregon's
Fund at Issue.
QUESTION FOR GEO. STEEL
In Wisconsin, Courts Gave
Money to Public.
$500,000 WAS RECOVERED
Three ex-Custodians of People's
Cash Were Compelled to Disgorge
the Increment and One Was
Impoverished by So Doing.
SHOULD INTEREST ON STATE
FUNDS IJi OREtiON BE rOt'K-
ETEU BY TREASURER?
About 1500,000 wa recovered to
th State of "Wisconsin under Su
preme Court decisions of that com
monwealth in 189:t, from ex-State
Treauurets for Interest absorbed by
them from deposits of state funds.
In Oregon, Stae Treasurers have
been absorbing Interest en state funds
for half a century and each has
accumulated a fortune. Mary hun
dreds of thousands of dollars of pub
lic funds thus have been pocketed by
them.
But the statuta of limitations
probably prevents Oregon from recov- '
erlng- from its ex -Treasurer, as Wis
consin has done, except for the last
six years, during' which time Charles
S. Moore has been Treasurer.
Oregon's next Treasurer, George
Steel, will be confronted with this
Question, and should he retain the
interest accretion of the state funds,
the money could, perhaps, be recov
ered from him or his bondsmen, ac
cording to the Wisconsin precedent.
The City of Ponjanl bp? been re
ceiving considerable revenue from
interest on Its deposits of public
funds, and the state can do the same.
As the next Treasurer is to be
allowed a flat salary of $4500 a year
that of preceding. Treasurer hav
ing been only $SO0 the argument
that the Interest should be turned
into the state cofTers will have ad
ditional force.
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin
held that the interest was an accre
tion or increment of the public fund
and became part of it and belonged
to the state, its owner. Failure of a
-Treasurer to account therefor was
declared a breach of his official bond.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Nov. 3. (Special.)
Although there was no law strictly for
bidding obsorptlon of Interest on state
money by State Treasurers, the Supreme
Court of Wisconsin In 1893 forced five ex
Treasurers to return to the state with In
terest the Interest accretion of public
funds retained by them. The court
decisions broAght back to the coffers
of the state about $530,000, and the
i SECRETARY TAFT MAKES HIS PRESENCE FELT IN IDAHO t
Legislature released some of those
liable for the debt. . ,
The cases were fought bltterly for
many years, but finally ended in a
triumphant victory for the state. One
of the ex-Treasurers was Impoverished.
In all the decision of the court brought
back to the state a total of $709,023.27.
The Treasurers held liable were those
serving over 20 years prior to that
time.
The list of the amounts of which
the court ordered the ex-Treasurers
mulcted was as follows:
Henry Baetz, treasurer from 1S70
to 1874 $ 75,408.03
Ferdinand Kuehn from 1S74 to
to 1S7S 106,263.63
Richard Guenther from 1S7S to
1SS1 iss.060.00
K C. McFetridge from 1881 to 1SS6 &ir,652.S
H. B. Harshaw from 1886 to 18SU.. 12j.tS).S)0
Two Treasurers Released. '
Of these sums over $200,000 was re
leased by a later Legislature, though
there were repeated charges that the
release was due to political favoritism.
Baetz and Kuehn were entirely re
leased of liability, while McFetridge
was released from paying $35,875.48 of
his total Indebtedness.
The fight over the State Treasury
interest first began In 1890, when the.
Kepublicans were in power. The Dem
ocrats ferreted out the fact that tho
Treasurers, for nearly the generation
back, had been In the habit of deposit
ing the state funds in their own
names and of retaining the Interest
received from such deposits. This nat
urally made the office of State Treas
urer very lucrative.
The Democrats made the restoration
of the interest the chief slogan of the
campaign, and the combination with
the Bennett law, against the parochial
school, aided in giving the state ad
ministration to Governor Peck, of
Peck's Bad Boy fame, and his political
associates, including J. L. O'Connor, as
Attorney-General. O'Connor at once
began suit against the State Treasur
ers of the preceding ten years, Mc
Fetridge and Harshaw, for the amount
they had received in interest from tho
banks which had been the custodians
of the. htate funds, with interest to
the date of the payment of the alleged
indebtedness to tile state.
Long, Bitter Fight.
The contest was long and bitter. Such
noted lawyers as Joseph V. Quarles, later
United 3tates Senator and now Judge of
the United States District Court; Moses
Hooper, of Oshkosh, the counsel of Sena
tor Sawyer, and the multimillionaire lum
berman, Joshua Stark, of Milwaukee,
were included in the counsel of the de
fense. Attorney-General O'Connor was
assisted by E. C. Wall, ex-National Dem
ocratic committeeman, one of the candi
dates for the Presidential nomination at
the last Democratic National Convention,
and General Edward S. Bragg, who com
manded the Iron Brigade in the Civil War
and who has just returned to this coun
try from Hongkong, where he was trans
ferred from Havana as United States Con
sul after declaring that it was as easy
to make a whistle out of a pig's tail as
to civilize a Cuban.
There was never any denial that the
state funds were deposited and the in
terest retained by the State Treasurers.
This had for 20-odd years been considered
a part of the Job. The salary was fair,
but the State Treasurers were personally
responsible for the safety of the funds of
the state. They had their, bondsmen, of
course, but, with funds in the many hun
dreds of thousands In their care, they
considered that they had a right to the
Interest on such funds. This interest,
they claimed, was only a . fair remunera
tion to them, over and above their sala
ries, for the risk Incurred in accepting
the state funds.
Harshaw Was Impoverished.
This phase of the argument was the
mainstay of the defense, though every
legal Impediment was placed In the way
of the prosecution of the cases. Treas
urer Harshaw, the last of the Republican
Treasurers, placed his entire estate In
the hands of trustees, pending the deci-
(Concluded on Page Eight.)
INFORMER LURKS
IN CAMP OF RUEF
Supervisor Has Made
Full Confession.
IDENTITY IS NOT DISGLOSEO
Attends Caucus Held by Mem
bers of Board.
BOSS CANNOT SPOT HIM
At the Meeting Tonight a Desperate
Effort Will Be Made to Dis
cover Which Among Them
Is the Traitor.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Nov. '.(Spe
cial.) The graft unearthed in San Fran
cisco may be classed under four divisions
liquor, building, the trolley deal and the
Home Telephone franchise.
The building graft was the. largest of
these., next was the trolley. The details
of the building graft were learned
through Frank A. Maestrettl, ex-prel-dent
of the Board of Public Works, who
was recently dismissed by Mayor Schmitz.
The details of the liquor scandal were
revealed by Thomas Reagan, formerly &
member of the Police Commission, who
was also dismissed by Schmitz.
The crowning feature of the evidence
came in the confession of one of the
members of the Board of Supervisors,
who for the present shall be nameless.
His Identity Is known to four persons
only and the only outsider In on the
secret Is pledged to maintain silence.
Informer Attends Meetings.
Ruef cVies not know which member of
the board has confessed. He suspects
that one has, but he Is unable to place his
finger on the person In question. This
condition of affairs has made the situa
tion a. delicate one in the Ruef camp.
The members suspect each other and for
this reason do not exchange confidences
ay of old.
Ruef calls a caucus of the Super
visors every Sunday night. The man
who has confessed attends these cau
cuses as if nothing unusual had oc
curred. At the caucus tomorrow night
Ruef will make a desperate effort to
force the bleating sheep to declare him
self. The sheep has proved first-class
in his dual role and there Is no rea
son to believe Ruef can force him.
Details of the telephone transaction
show that Abe Ruef was the center of
the situation. The Home Telephone
Company made all the necessary ar
rangements before the fire. The deal
was financed from Los Angeles. Let
ters passed to and fro. Ruef was ap
proached and asked to appear as coun
sel. He agreed and fixed his "fee" at
$75,000.
Ruer Refuses at Critical Time.
The money was raised. When It was
offered to Ruef he declined to act. The
supposition was that he had been of
fered a larger fee by a rival company
to block the deal. Then It was that
the scope of the transaction was wid
ened and the Supervisors let In.
The date set for the sale of the fran
chise was April 23. April 18 came the
earthquake. Despite the fact that the
city was smoking, that pandemonium
prevailed, that 300.000 people had nei
ther shelter nor food, the Supervisors
got together and Instead of taking
measures fo:- the city's relief, they
talked telephone franchise and com
pleted their deal. They had given their
pledges and they were bound, if not
by honor, at least by contract.
Good Thing of Architect Shea.
The details of the trolley deal are of
great interest, but discretion dictates
that they be not fully printed at this
time.
Attention has been directed to the
office of City Architect Shea. This of
fice was the center of the building sit
uation. Ordinances have been grossly
violated. Shea, under a recent arrange
ment, is allowed 2 per cent on the con-
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William H. Berry, State Treasurer of
jVennsylvania, who ftirniHhed am
munition for attack on machine.
tract price of city buildings. Shea has
a good thing. How long It will last
remains to be seen.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather. .
TODAY'S Rain; fresh southerly breeze.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 50
Aeg.; minimum, 45. Precipitation, .48
inch.
Foreign.
Duke of Marlborough's separation from wife
forces him to retrench. Patce 3.
Germans make (treat fuss about Professor
Burg-ess" npeech. Paje 4.
National.
Oregon falls to second place In contributions
to reclamation funds, page 14.
Polities.
Campaign closes with Republicans claiming
safe majority In Congress: Democrats
claims small majority. Page 1.
New York campaign still going at high,
pressure, both sides claiming victory.
Page 2.
Bryan answers Beveridge's attack. Page 2.
The entire Republican ticket will undoubt
edly be elected In Washington. Page 8.
Secretary Taft Is cheered at stops on the
way to Bolae. Page 4.
Domestic
Peary sends another message on his home
ward voyage. Pape .1.
Harrlman has plans laid to oust Fish from
Illinois Central presidency. Page I.
Horrible exposure of trade in babies in Chi
cago. Page 2.
Striking chauffeur shot in riot. Page 4.
Japanese sailors beat and bite ship's officer.
Page 3.
Oregon's Treasurer is not lawful possessor t
of interest on state funds, according to
"Wisconsin precedent, rage 1.
Sports.
Digest of new- football rules by an expert.
Page 37.
Review of gridiron game for the week, by
'Referee." Page 37.
Multnomah beats Astoria, 16 to 5, In local
football game. Page 30.
Football games: Yale defeats West Point;
Princeton defeats Dartmouth; other
games. Page 30.
Pacific Coast scores : University of Oregon
4. Willamette University O; Oregon Ag
ricultural College 28. Pacific University 0;
University of Washington 0, Whitman O.
Page 30.
Oregon State Basket-Bali League organized
at Salem, with eight members. Pages.
Commercial and Marine.
Hop-buying may cease, owing to car short
age. Page 38.
Chicago wheat market closes unchanged.
Page 38.
Position of stock market sound. Page 38.
Surplus reserve of New York banks not ex
tinguished. Page 38.
Survivor tells, story of wreck of the Skagit.
Page 11.
Pacific Coast.
Supervisor who has confessed is acting as
spy in the Ruef camp. Page 1.
Hand of a human being Is discovered In
possession of a dog in Coast Range.
Page 4.
Judge William H. Upton is dead at Walla
Walla. Page 2.
Clackamas County man drinks from bottle
in dark and swallows poison Instead of
wine. Page 4.
Portland and Vicinity.
Petrified bodies exhumed In Mount Calvary
Cemetery. Page 33.
Records snow hig increase in real-estate
transfers and building permits for Oc
tober. Page 16.
Portland Japanese celebrate Mikado's birth
day. Page 10.
Labor leaders set forth aims and purposes
of new union political party. Page 24.
Columbia River salmon pack falls to in
crease, hatchery work declines and
Spring fish are threatened with extinc
tion. Page 8.
Rumor that Congressman Williamson will
surrender himself to jailer and begin
serving ten-months sentence for lajid
fraud. Page 10.
Five informations, charging criminal of
fenses, are returned by Deputy District .
Attorney Mover. Page 11.
Mrs. Abigail Scott Dunlway elected presi
dent of Oregon State Equal Suffrage As
sociation, beating candidate of W. C. T.
U. faction. Page 33.
Features and Department.
Editorial. Page 6.
Church notices. Page 30.
Classified advertisement. Pages 17-23.
The Resurrection of Mr. Wlggett. Page 4.
Among the gull of Klamath Lake. Page 42.
Most dangerous of all sports. Page 43.
Fortunes in the Farming of Bees. Page 44.
Mountain Shriners of Religious Japan. Page
45.
"Where Women Smoke and "Boss" the Men.
Page 46.
New and old dramatic favor 1 tee. Page 49.
Obadlah Oldway on Hallowe'en pranks. Page
4H.
Household and Faehlons. Page 47.
Social. Pages 26-27-29.
Dramatic. Pages 34-35. ,
(WILL HOIST FISH
OUT OF THE
Harriman Will Explode
Mine Wednesday.
CONTROL ILLINOIS GENTRAI
Determined to Make Harahar
President of the Road.
FISH WILL DIE FIGHTING
Foregone Conclusion That Majority
of Directors Are W ith Harrlman.
New I'resirtent a Veteran in
the Railroad Business. '
NEW YORK, Nov. 3. (Special.) K. TT,
Harrlman has laid his mines wherebj
he will hoist Stuyvesant Fish out of
the Illinois Central next Wednesday,
unless Mr. Harrlman's plans fall and
it Is a matter of record that few ol
his plans go awry. J. T. Harahan, sec
ond vice-president of the Illinois Cen
tral, Is slated to succeed Mr. Fish. This
disposes of the possibility of Captalr
Grammer, of the New York Centra,
lines, securing the place.
Notice of the Impending final battls
came today, when a call was Issued foi
a special meeting of the Illinois Central
directors to be held at 11:30 o'clock
Wednesday morning. But It a ill not hi
a bloodless battle. In the final contest
Mr. Fish will assemble all his forcel
and, If he goes down, it will be with
colors flying, on which are emblazoned
the words:
"The Illinois Central for the stock
holders." Defeat of Fish Certain.
That he will be defeated, however,
would aem apparent from a look at the
opposing forces. Ar nearly as can b
made out at this distance the directorj
stands as follows:
For Fish Governor Deneen of Illinois,
Charles M. Beach, Stuyvesant Fish. J.
W. D. Cutting, John Jacob Astor and
John C. Welling.
For Harriman or against Fish J. T
Harahan, Edward H. Harrlman. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt. Robert Walton Goe
let, Charles A. Pea body, Walter I-uttgen
and John W. Auohlnaloss.
John Jacob Astor is, in Europe. Ar
appeal has been made to Mr. Ieneer
to attend the meeting and lend hii
strength, but even with this addition
the anti-Fish forces seem strong enough
to win.
Harriman Seeks Battle.
It had been the general belief, at leasl
by those not In the inner circle, thai
Mr. Fish would be permitted to servs
out his presidential term. It Is said,
however, that the situation was intol
erable with Harrlman as head of th
board and Fish at the head of the rail
road. In the light of this situation,, 11
was decided by the Harrlman adherents
to seek an Immediate battle ami win a
victory that would leave no doubt ai
to who is in control.
It is expected that some hlehly sensa
tional statements will be Issued after
the battle is over. It is . predicted that
there will be charges of bad faith,
broken promises and other Inside historjt
that will make lively reading.
Harahan the New President.
J. T. Harahan, who is slated to be
come the new head of the great system.
Is a native of Massachusetts, having
been born In Lowell in 18-13. He en
tered the railroad business in 18G4 as
member of a track gang and has worked
his way up through all the tortuous
channels. . He came to the Illinois Cen
tral November 1. 1890. and Immediately
made his personality felt. The Illinois
Central has been alluded to as a ''one
man" railroad and the man was Hara
han. He has an enviable reputation as
an expert railroad-builder and operating
man.
For many years he and President Fish
were the best of friends. Mr. Harahan
says they are still friendly and his
friends say he has aligned himself with'
the Harrlman forces because he con
siders it best for the Interests of the
railroad.
Fish May Yet Defeat Plans.
Mr. Fish arrived in Chicago tonight,
angry and ready for action. He learned
on the train that the meeting had been
called to depose him as soon as he had
left New York. It is believed here that
the directors stand six to six. and that
Mr. Harahan holds the balance of power,
although there is a rumor that Mr. De
neen will cast the deciding vote. Mr.
Fish has summoned Mr. Harahan for a
conference at 11 o'clock tomorrow, and It
is said he will then lay down a sensa
tional campaign, and one that may de
feat the plans of the Harriman forces.
Fear Attacks on Royal Couple.
MALAGA, Spain. Nov. 3. The polica
have been advised that sipected anar
chists have suddenly disappeared from
Barcelona, and consequently the most
rigorous precautions are being taken for
the protection of King Alphonso and
Queen Victoria during their stay here.
The King and Queen arrived here later
in the day and met with a cordial re
ception. They passed through th
streets to the palace without any un
toward incident-
CHAR