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VOL. XXVII NO. 30.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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BAD LOAN MAKES
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DUKEAND DUCHESS
FOREST FIRES EAT
SICKLES AND WIFE .
MEET IN OLD AGE
ATHLETES
HIM MILLIONAIRE
DEVOTED COUPLE
OF
CAN LOOSEN GRIP
BIG OVATION
CHICAGO MAX'S MORTGAGE
Z1MMERMAX DEXIES MAXCHES
TERS ARE ESTRANGED.
BROUGHT TOGETHER AFTER 2 J
TEARS SEPARATION.
COVERS QUICKSILVER MIXE.
62 Pages
OREGON
HARRIMAN
ONLY
LANOSLID
MIES0TH01
HAVE
OREGON
PLAN
Will Build Road Into
Tillamook at Once.
ALSO LINE TO STATE'S CENTER
Coos Bay Project Rests Till As
sured Paying Investment.
SOUND ROAD TO GO AHEAD
Kew Docks and Bridges in Portland,
Fourth-Street Lin to Bo Re
moved, Better Steamship
Serrlce Promised.
WAR WITH RILL OVER, HARRI
MAN" SAYS.
Friendly rivalry for traffic. Instead
of wr to tha knife aa heretofore will
govern the relation between tha H1U
and Harriman systems hereafter, ac
cording to a atatement mad br E.
H. Harriman at a reception given him
at the Commercial Club last night.
Tha former misunderstandings, ha
says, are over and a friendly baala
of operatlona baa been reached.
All Oregon lines projected br tha
Harriman system will be built, aald
he, Just as soon as practicable. After
a year of financial unrest. Mr. Har
riman says tha Interests ha repreaenta
have escaped with hardly a scratch
and are In good abape to proceed with
construction.
Mr. Harriman left tha city last
Bight by special train for San Fran
Cisco. Ha will atop at Medford and
Ashland and will Join his family at
'Weed. Cal.
BT E. W. WRIGHT.
E. H. Harriman, railroad king-, master-
of finance and a man who Is famous
throughout the entire-world, -wherever
the telegraph ticks and newspapers are
printed, arrived In Portland about 4:30
yesterday afternoon.
Th special train which brought the
big; railroad man to Portland was made
up of the private car Arden. occupied
by Mr. Harriman and John Muir, the
eminent scientist, and Mr. Harrlman's
secretaries. Hill and Price. Preceding;
It was the car Berkeley! occupied by
General Manager E. E. Calvin, of the
Southern Pacific, and his secretary,
Horace Jenkins. The car Oregon, with
General Manager O'Brien, Chief Counsel
W. W. Cotton and Secretary Walter
Guild, was third In the train and a
diner and baggage-car completed the
equipment.
Wizard Picture of Health.
Wall street, at vailous times in the
past, has used reports of Mr. Harrl
man's alleged Ill-health to excellent
advantage In raiding the market. If
this Is a rule that works both ways,
his early reappearance among the can
yons of lower Broadway ought to be
the signal for the most rampant bull
market that ever delighted the spec
ulators on the "long side." For Mr.
Harriman is the picture of health.
Bronzed by the suns of Klamath, and
flushed with the health that comes
from the care-free outdoor life he has
been leading, he would answer for the
"after taking" picture of any kind of
a health testimonial. The railroad king
emerges from his protracted commun
ion with nature In rare good humor
and there Is a cordial handshake and
pleasing smile for all with whom h
came In contact daring his ride through
the Willamette Valley yesterday.
Talks Straight to Point.
Six weeks of the simple life so far
removed from the financial battle
ground of the Nation haa not changed
Mr. Harrlman's predominating charac
teristic, which Is to talk straight to
(Concluded en Page 4.)
poor Cnafln ! Walt Till He
Know as Uracil About Entbnel
mmmn mm I Dc
Texas Desert Land, Forced TTpon
Him In Foreclosure, Turns
Out Bonanza.
CHICAGO, Sept. 6. (Special.) H. E.
Perry, of 119 Prairie avenue, Chicago,
Is the luckiest man In the United States
for he saw a bad debt grow Into $1,000,-
000. Several years ago Me. Perry was
forced to take two sections of lafnd
near Terlingua, Texas, on a mortgage.
Situated 100 miles from the nearest
railroad, in a region mountainous and
barren of vegetation. It was hardly fit
for goat grazing. One day, some time
after the first discovery of qulcksilver
ln the Terlingua district, a Mexican
goatherder accidentally came across an
outcropping of the cinnabar ore on one
of Mr. Perry's sections of land. The
ore, when tested, puroved to be rich
In quicksilver, running as high as 40
per cent.
One day Mr. Perry was agreeably
surprised to receive a letter at his
office in Chicago offering him $50,000
rash for his 1280 acres. He had con
sldered the land worth not to. exceed
$1000 and the letter was a mystery to
him. The writer did not say what
had caused the enormous increase in
value, so Perry Investigated and learned
that he had one of the most valuable
quicksilver mines In the world. He Is
working it now and it is valued at Up
ward of $1,000,000.
During the time that it has been
operated quicksilver to the value of
about $5000 a month has been ex
tracted wliu a ten-ton furnace.
NOT AS BAD AS REPORTED
Damage to Kentish Hop Crop by
Rain Exaggerated.
LONDON. Sept. 6. It now appears
that the report from Maidstone, that
the Kentish hop crop had been greatly
damaged by . the rain, has been much
exaggerated. An expert says that the
sound hops are not Injured by rain and
it has been learned that while poles
and wires have been blown down, this
will not affect the yield.
The recent report from Maidstone
also stated that thousands of hop
pickers, who went there from London,
are suffering acutely, but this Is not
so. The pickers have suffered soma
Inconvenience and discomfort through
the excessively wet weather, but many
of them sleep In comfortable homes
and the others are well housed In rain
proof huts.
There havo been a few cases of Ill
ness due to exposure, but the distress
Is not nearly so great as first stated.
PREACHER J-IGHTS CASE
Methodist Dismissed for Gross Im
morality Will Take Appeal,
JAMESTOWN. N. Y., Sept. 5. Rev. R.
. Cooper, of HlllsvlUe, Pa-, who was re
moved yesterday from membership and
ministry in the Methodist Episcopal
Church at the ecclesiastical conference
in this city, will take the case to a
higher and to the Civil Courts of Ohio,
where the charges originated.
Mr. Cooper was expelled on account of
gross Immorality, as charged before the ,
conference and sustained by the investi
gating committee. When sentence of ex
pulsion from the church was pronounced
by the bishop, said Mr. Cooper today,
notice was at once given that the case
would be appealed to the Judicial confer
ence of the church, and It will also be
taken Into the Civil Courts at Youngs
town, Ohio.
CUMMINS OFFERS TERMS
Resign it Defeated In November and
Work for Nominee.
DES MOINBS, la., Sept. 5. Governor
Cummins today issued a statement to the
standpatters' opposition, In which he de
clared that. If he Is elected for the short
term In the United States Senate and
la not the choice of the Republicans at
the November primaries, he will resign
and take tha stump for tha successful
candidate.
"Da I Hear Aaytklng Doing f
f ' "
u- '--rfjf i
Republicans Not Likely
to Lose House.
BRYAN VICTORY MEANS CHANGE
Congressional Elections De
pend on Presidential Fight.
DEMOCRATIC HOPE SMALL
Must Win In 20 Districts In Order
to Wipe Out Present Majority.
Fifty Districts Are De
batable Ground.
BY HARRY J. BROWN.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Sept. 6. The party which carries
the National election In. November will
control the next House of Representa
tives. Not only is this In accordance
with the general role, but the prediction
Is further Justified by an analysis of the
situation In the present House.
So overwhelmlncly have the KepuDii-
cans carried the last three Presidential
elections that It will, require a political
upheaval a landslide, in other words
to carry Mr. Bryan into the White House.
A Democratic landslide this Fall would
not only affect the Presidential ticket.
but would carry with It a vast number
of close Congressional districts, and some
that are normally Republican by safe
majorities.
Bryan Xeeds2 9 Members.
In 1904. the vear of the Roosevelt land-
elide, the Republicans rolled up an un-
nrecedented majority in the House, car
rying all close districts and some that
were never before represented by Repub
licans. Two years later, when Roosevelt
was not a factor, this majority was cut
into. and the Republican majority' was
reduced to 67. If Bryan is sufficiently
mnc to defeat Taft he will be strong
enough to wipe out this majority, for a
hange of 29 districts will give the Dem
ocrats control.
Where Republicans Are Weak.
Ther are 24 districts carried by the
Republicans two years ago by very .small
majorities, ranging from 38 to 1382. With
tlie.se 24 districts as a starter, Bryan,
leading- a Democratic stampede, ought
to make sufficient inroads In stronger
Republican districts to alter the political
complexion of the House, especially in
states where there Is factional trouble
among; the Republicans, as in New York,
West Virginia and Kansas.
For Durposes . of speculation, a
Congressional district carried by less
than 1500 votes may be considered as
loubtful. There are 50 Congressional
districts, according to this rating.
Men are In danger. 24 of them now
represented by Republicans and 26 by
Democrats.
List of Pivotal Districts.
The close Republican districts are:
State. District. Majority.
Illinois, Eighth 85
Indiana, First 1319
Indiana. Second 340
Indiana. Fifth 953
Indiana. Twelfth 350
Indiana. Thirteenth 207
Iowa. First 270
Kentuckv, Third 699
Kentucky, Ninth 1116
Kentucky. Tenth 911
Maine, Second 1051
Michigan, Fifth . 1382
Missouri. Eleventh 38
Missouri, Twelfth 830
Nebraska. Third 291
New Jersey. Fifth 652
New Jersey, Seventh 610
New York. Twenty-first 972
New York. Twenty-fourth 1259
Ohio, Eleventh 1333
Ohio, Thirteenth 273
Ohio. Fifteenth 1419
Pennsylvania, Twentieth ...... 449
Pennsylvania. Twenty-fourth 1327
Many of the districts here enumer
ated are decidedly doubtful, and will
remain so to the end of the campaign;
Concluded on Pace a.)
HARRY MURPHY
'NOW
What Difference Short Time Makes t
Says Daughter and Her Husband
Supremely" Happy and Live
In Perfect Harmony.
TOLEDO, O., Sept. 5. (Special.) "There
Is absolutely no truth in the story pub
lished in some American newspapers that
the Duke and Duchess of Manchester are
estranged and that a separation may re
sult." This is the way Eugene Zimmerman,
the Cincinnati millionaire, father of the
Duchess, disposes of the rumors that
have been cabled to America from Dublin.
"It Is all rot." he affirmed. "The
Duchess Is supremely happy in her Gal
way home and the Duke Is devoted to
her. When Mrs. Calvin S. Smith, of Chi
cago, and other American society women
whom the Duchess has invited to her
house party, arrive they will be enter
tained royally. The Duke and Duchess
have four handsome children and they live
together in perfect harmony, notwith
standing reports to the contrary."
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TCSTERnATS Maximum temperature. 84
rlMzreea- minimum. SO degrees.
TODAY'S Probably light showers; south
to west winds.
Foreign.
Wilbur Wright makes two flights In aero
plane, but has accident in second mgni.
Sectlon 1, page z.
Tolstoi opposes public birthday cele
bration and discusses last book. Sec
tion 1, page 6.
Politics. -
Control of Congress will go with Presidency
at election. Section 1, page l.
Hughes. Beveridge and Harris speak at
great rally at xoungsiown. ocuuuw a,
page 5.
Bourne declares Taft great man and pre
dicts his election. Section 1. page 3.
Hitchcock says Ta.ft will go on stump. Sec
tion 1, page 8.
Republican campaign text-book Is Issued
Section 1, page 6. s -
West Virginia Republican factions unite on
Goff for Governor, but ne declines, bw
tlon 2. page 12.
Bryan starts today on speaking tour. Section
1, page 2.
roniestlc.
Rawhide begins rebuilding and has ample
food. Section 1. page 6.
Addition of three to bankers' colony In San
Francisco Jail. Section 1, page 6.
Chicago man makes million -out of land
taken for bad debt.' Section 1. page 1.
Zimmerman denies Duke and Duchess of
Manchester are estranged. Section 1.
page 1. -
Forest fires destroy several Minnesota and
Wisconsin towns, rendering thousands
homeless Section 1, page 1.'
Genera,l D.anlel, E.' Sickles and hla wife re
united 'after .long separation. Section 1.
page 1. - ... -
Sparta.
Pacific Coast League, scores: Portland 1. Los
Angeles 0; San Francisco 2, Oakland 1.
Section 1, page 9.
Fine stock to be put on sals at Country Club
Section 4. page 8. .
Gens' money waits for heavier odds. Sec
tion 4. page .
Football aeason begins In East and Middle
West. Section 4, page 6.
Baseball scoring no. trivial task. Section 4,
page 6-
American League managers active against
spit ball. Section 4. saga 7.
Oregon athletes given great ovation In Chi
cago Section 1. page 1.
Farifle Coast.
Property of four railroads m Washington Is
assessed at 1 119.525.433. Section 1,
page 6.
Mystic Shrlners hold business and . eere-
monlal sessions at Eugene. Section 1,
page 7.
Harriman. speaking at Salem declares he
tries to meet demands of people for tall-
roads. Section 1. page 4.
Harriman tells Marshfield people Drain-Coos
Bay road will be built 4f traffic Insures
4 per cent Interest on cost. Section 1.
page 4. - , .
Portland horses win ribbons at Seattle
show. Section 1, page 8.
Belllngham boy turns burglar In order to
buy luxuries for his sweetheart. Sec-1
tlon 1. page 8.
Commercial and Marine.
Hop market strengthened by English crop
damage reports. Section 4. page 9.
Wheat declines steadily at Chicago. . Section
4. page 9.
Surplus reserve of New York banks reduced.
Section 4, page 9.
Captain J. F. Blaln to superintend construc
tion of Government boats. Section 4,
page 9.
Real Estate and Building.
East Side maps out street plana Section 8,
page 10.
Dwellings In large numbera to be built on
new townslte of Kenwood. Section 8.
page 8.
Charles K. Henry tells how they do things
In Seattle. Section 3. page 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Harriman telle about projects In Paclflo
Northwest. - Section 1, page 1.
Unions plan great celebration of Labor day
tomorrow. Section 4. page 10.
Bishop Scaddlng tella about Lambatte con
ference. Section 4. page 6. -
Master Fish Warden McAllister notifies fish
ermen they must obey law. 6ectlon 8.
page 12.
Merry war among Oregon Splrltuallsta Sec
tion 1, page 13.
SKETCHES SEVERAL
An Oldest Inhabitant "What Da
'. Von S'pose Ttala Nice Part of
Summer's Named After That Cass
ForT"
Chisholm's 4000 Peo
ple Flee for Lives.
OTHER TOWNS ARE DOOMED
Flames Close In Chisholm,
Driven by High Wind.
NO HOPE FOR WRENSHALL
Sudden Sweep of Conflagration
Leaves No Time to Save Any
thing but Lives One Woman
May Have Perished.
DULUTH, Minn.. Sept. S. Thousands
of acres of agricultural lands and mil
lions of feet of standing timber were
laid waste, one town was wiped out,
three more towns may have been de
stroyed, several mining locations were
burned and at least 10,000 persons are
homeless tonight as the result of for
est fires which swept through many
districts In Northern Wisconsin and
Northern Minnesota this afternoon and
tonight.
Town Destroyed, Others In Peril.
Chisholm, Minn., 90 miles north of
Duluth. wa3 practically destroyed. The
only building standing is the new
$12o,0J0 High School..' The loss there
alone is estimated at $2,000,000.
Nashwauk. Minn., 50 miles north
west of Duluth, Is surrounded by
flames and the outskirts of the town
are burning.
Buhl, Minn., 12 miles east of Chis
holm, Is cut off by the fires that are
bearing down on the town.
Vren8hall, 20 miles northwest of
Duluth, faces a wall of flames that Is
sweeping toward the village. It ap
pears to be doomed. Several small
settlements In Douglas County, Wis.,
have been burned and forest fires are
sweeping the northern part of the
county.
A fire at Bayfield, Wis., damaged
buildings to the extent of $75,000.
One Woman Perishes. ' '
One fatality is believed to have oc
curred. May Fisher, a woman at cnis-
holm, would not leave the city and she
Is believed to have perished.
Chisholm is a mining town in the cen
tral portion of the .Mesaba Iron Range,
the greatest iron-producing area in the
world. Until recently it derived con
siderable support from the lumbering in
dustry also. Chisholm was started ten
years ago by a townslte company headed
by A. M. Chisholm, a wealthy mining
man, of Duluth, and has been one of the
most flourishing and prosperous towns
on the range.
Refugees poured into Hlbbing to
night until the population of the place
was almost doubled. To relieve the
congestion, the Duluth, Mesaba &
Northern Railway started a special
train from Hfbbing to Duluth, crowded
with homeless people, who will be
taken care of here.
No organizations have' been started
here to succor the refugees, but the
Mayor Is expected to take the situa
tion In hand.
FIRE DESCENDS OX CHISHOLM
Destroys Town of 4000 and Threat
ens Other Places.
DULUTH, Minn., Sept. 5. Forest
fires which havo been burning for
three days closed In on several towns
and small settlements near Duluth this
afternoon, wiping them out, rendering
several hundred persons homeless, de
stroying property valued at several
million dollars and sweeping over lands
( Concluded on Page A.)
PASSING EVENTS
Bill "Hadn't We Better Hand This
Dova Round, Joef
Affecting Reunion Brought About
by Son Recognition Is Slow,
but Ends in Laugh.
NEW YORK, Sept. 5. According to
an interesting story that the World
will print tomorrow. General Daniel
E. Sickles, veteran of the Civil War,
ex-Congressman and lawyer, and his
wife are reunited after a separation
of 27 years. During the long separa
tion Mrs. Sickles has lived In Madrid,
Spain.
Mrs. Sickles, accompanied by her
only son, Stanton Sickles, arrived here
August 27 and the next day the son
brought the General and his wife to
gether. It is said that General Sickles
expressed a wish months ago to see
his wife again.
The meeting took place in the rooms
of the Gen.eral on the ground floor
of the Fifth Avenue apartment house,
which he owns. General Sickles, wasted
with Illness, sat at his desk. He
glanced up and bowed politely as his
son entered the room with a lady on
his arm.
"Father, do you know this lady?"
asked the son. '
The old General fixed his eyes upon
the woman's face, thought for a mo
ment and answered, "She looks strange
ly familiar."
"This lady is your wife and my
mother. General," were the next words
of the son Impressively spoken.
Quickly extending a trembling hand
In welcome, the old General said:
"I am glad to see you, but, my, how
fat you have grown."
Husband and wife ' laughed and
clasped hands.
BETHUNE IN LOS ANGELES
Took Ticket From Chicago Col
lapses From Overwork.
LOS ANGELES. Sept." 5. (Special.)
Faneuil Dunkln S. Bethune, the promi
nent New York- clubman and corporation
lawyer, who disappeared from his home
there August 23 while temporarily Insane,
Is believed to be In Los Angeles. He has
been traced by the Plnkertons of Chica
go, where he purchased a ticket and
boarded a train for this city. As nearly
as can be determined he was due yester
day and the police expect to find him
at any hour. Whoever discovers him.
dead or alive, will receive a reward of
tlOOO, offered by the grieving Wife. -
For weeks before his disappearance
Mr. Bethune was engaged .on an . Intri
cate law case and devoted his time to
It day and, night, .until friends begged
him to take a rest. But he turned a
deaf ear to all pleadings and warnings,
and broke down to a tlegree,- so that he
Is supposed to have lost his sense of
Identity.
On the day of hie disappearance he
left his home for . his office-and never
arrived. He had plenty -of money with
him and was seen in various cities after
ward, always . wandering aimlessly.
Charles V. Hatter, the local Plnkerton
superintendent, says Mr. Bethune may
have gone through to San Francisco.
HAUGHTY JAPANESE JUDGE
Partial Administration of Justice
Caused Shanghai Riot.
VICTORIA, B. C, Sept. 6. The
trouble at Shanghai, according to ar
rivals by the Glenfarg, has been brew
ing for some time owing to the atti
tude taken by the Japanese officers in
the model settlement Prisoners ar
rested by the police are turned over
to the Judges of their consular
courts and the peculiar dispensation
of Justice in the Japanese - settlement
has caused scandal.
On August 10 nine Japanese blue
Jackets from the cruiser Niitaka were
brought before T. Takashima, the
Japanese magistrate of the consular
court, and when Inspector Bourke pro
duced his evidence the Japanese mag
istrate stated that he considered the
evidence false and refused to hear
some witnesses. He cross-examined
the police as though they were the
accused and treated the arrested blue
Jackets as aggrieved persons. The
evidence was too clear for dismissal
and the sailors were fined a paltry ,
sum.
Rnef and John D. "Cheer Up, Old
Man, While There's Supreme
Court There's Hope."
Own Chicago and Lead
Monster Parade.
ACCLAIMED ALL ALONG" LINE
Illinois Athletic Club Prove;,
Generous Host.
WANTS TO KEEP THEM
Demonstration Equals That Given
Whole Team In New York Im
- mense Turn-out of Automo
biles, in Their Honor.
BY W. J. PETRAIX.
CHICAGO. Sept. 6. (Special.) Oregon's
famous trio of Olympic prize-winners
own the City of Chicago. Kelly, Smith
son and Gilbert arrived here last night
and were Immediately taken In charge
by the Illinois Athletic Club and are
quartered at the handsome clubhouse of
that organization. The Illinois club has
assumed charge of the Oregon party and
today a monster automobile parade with
the Oregon boys at the head took place
through tlie princlial streets of Chicago.:
All along the line of march shouts of
"Hurrah for Oregon," "Good boys, Port
land," "Oh, you, Smithson," "Bully boy,
Kelly." "Rah! rah! rah! for Gilbert." the
last coming from a coterie of young men
waving Its "blue," greeted the lads whose
work at London has made Oregon fa
mous. Headed by a platoon of mounted police
and the Chicago newsboys' band, the
auto parade ' around Ch!cago-s famous
loop was witnessed by almost as large a
crowd as greeted the entire team at New
York a week ago. In addition to the1
Oregon athletes, who were the center of'
attraction, three other Olympic athletes'
.participated in the parade. They "were
John K. Garrells, H. P. Remey and Frank
C. Irons.;-
Immediately after the parade the ath
letes and the Chicago reception -committee
were taken to Rlvervlew Park, where
they were extenslvly entertalnd by Man
ager William M.' Johnson, who Is an en
thusiastic member of the Illinois Athletio
Club. Tomorrow night the Oregon boys
leave for St. Louis and when the time
for departure arrives it will be with the
utmost regret that the Oregon champions
will pase from their hospitable hosts,
the Illinois Athletic Club.
Charles M. Seeler, chairman of the In
door committee of the Illinois Athletio
Club, has extended an invitation to the
Oregon party to remain In Chicago two
weeks, but, owing to the anxiety of the'
Portland boys to get home, the invita
tion was declined with hearty thanks.
Itinerary of Athletes.
William . McMurray, general passenger
agent for .the Harriman lines, last night
received the following telegram from
W. G. Nelmyer. of .Chicago, ;regardlng
the movements of Oregon's returning
hero-athletes, who are due In Portland
Monday morning, September 14:
"Oregon athletes leave Chicago Sunday,
night Monday at St. Louis, leave Mon-,
day night, arrive Kansas City Tuesday
morning, thence to Denver; be there
Thursday morning. Will make 'stop Salt'
Lake City or Baker City, so as to reach:
Portland Monday morning." '
SAN JUAN HAS EARTHQUAKE
Shock Causes Wild Rush to Streets,
but No Damage.' " " '
SAN JUAN, R., Sept. 5. An earth
quake shock was felt here at 10 minutes
past 12 o'clock this afternoon. ' The peo
ple of the city were very much alarmed
and many of them rushed from their
houses Into the streets. There was no
repetition of the quake and calm was soon
restored.
Mr. Harrlman's Popular Role Is
Greatly Admired.