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OUHiO.v DAILY JOUnJTAL. P07?TLA?O, JTIIDAT- EVENTNG, . XOVE3n$ETt 7., 1802. ; .v. t The Oregon Daily Journal C St JACKSON. journal ytJBusaiNo company, . " Proprietors. " Asdreu THE OREGON DA1L.V JOURNAL. tS Yamhill tt fectwfan Fourth and Fifth -INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATIC PAPER . " ; . .. . .OP OREOON. 4 Entered ' at the Postcfflce of Portland .' Oregon, for transmission through the, mat la an second-class matter. Poatara for slnrln conies For an 8. 10, ,r 12-page paper. 1 cent; It to 28 pages, 2 . cents; ovrr & pages, 3 cants. i Anonymous communications will not be noticed. Reiected communications will !not be returned. 8" ,4 ' Telephones: ; Business Office Oregon, Main 600; Co lumbia, 7U6. v ' ixlltorlal Rooms Oregon, Main (00. t City Editor Oregon, Main 250. ; SUBSCRIPTION RATES. xS The OaHy, by Carrier. ' The Journal, one year...... ...fS00 ... . 'ihe Journal, six months.... 2.60 I'he Journal, three months 1-30 .The Journal, by the week 10 The Dally, by Mall. 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Whan you leave the city or change your address, even for one week, don't fall to call at the business office and lesve your order for .The Oregon Dally Journal. i. THERE MUSI BE DEED8. TBeay;elcllii constitute a plainly spoken mandate to 'the Re pub -" lican party" to do something hereafter to correct manifest evils that afflict tha country. Deeds instead of .words must ja the near future give the earn est that platform utterances have been sincere. ' No man well informed In the Inside ' practices of politics believes that the frequent drafting of anti-trust planks in .Republican platforms are acts moved by sincerity. In the Republi can party, political opinion moves from leader to individual, Instead of collect - . lng Itself from the masses and finally ' going whither the co-relation of forces "direct! -it; .' The mass of Republicans wish the trusts to be curtailed, and consequent : evils prevented. But it being a party ' of leaders. Utterly foreign to essential democracy, using the word genertcally, (the leaders talk hostility to 'trusts . while intending at no time to prove that they are hostile. '. The Republican administration now folding the reins of power has done , Almost nothing to brook the trust. President Roosevelt, it is true, acted in the strike matter, after months of waiting, but he, acted only when the : newspapers of the country demanded with absolute unanjmlty just the thing ,the President finally consented to do. The coal roads are violating the law every day of their existence. Their charters are violate, their rights for feit. They engage in coal mining v when the law expressly prohibits them in so doing. Baer and his crim ; inaj coadjutors are law-breakers. Openly and without pretense of doing else, they are defying the law, laugh ing In the faces of the people, insult ing the authorities, replying to Presi dent Roosevelt as though he were not the exponent of eighty millions of peo ple. Tet what is being done? A commls . -Kfoanitji to decide whether law-break-- W r mlaert shell have this or con ede that. And that is all the evidence of hostility to a regime that makes law a farce and current practices a .' travesty upon government. Therefore, in the East on Tuesday there was a cutting down of margins and a plain intimation that something jnust be done. In the West there was a division of honors, with the advant age In favor of the Republicans. But, lri the East, where are the votes, there was a well defined command to do something besides promise. If the coming Congress shall not do that something, there, will be such a re versal in 1904 as will throw the entire machinery of the federal government In the hands of the Democrats. JURIES AND EVIDENCE. Let an officer walk Into a place of business. In broad daylight, take from a counter' a nickei-in-the-slot machine. In the presence of twelve men, walk to a court room accompanied by those men; let, the court call a case Involving the use of that machine in that place la violation '6'f law; and let those twelve men be called to serve upon the Jury to try the case, and then, let a spectator offer to bet ten to one that there will be no conviction. Such "sdds may be safely given. It would . be like stealing the money of the other fellow to bet him ten to one on such a proposition. ' ' In fact, It is practically impossible to " fonvlrT of "a" violation of the law that ' eras done in open sight of every pas serby. There are serious elements in such X situation. People may hold liberal 'J-riewa-pFegarding t,he restrictions that ihould be placed upon crime or mls- ' lemeanors; or they may believe In the. f reateet degree of freedom and few or sA law prohibiting this or that act. " ; AS TO OTY GOVERNMENT. . " - The Morning oVegonian, with surprising Ignorance of our municipal gov " ernment 'and its perplexing' problems under, the present charter, breaks out November 6 in editorial comment on the collapse of some of the old and rot ten bridges which cumber the streets of this city, and among other things says: "We are told from, time to time that there Is no money available for the purpose of keeping these gulches In repair, fet we know that the tax levy has been made year after year to include the necessary expenditures of . the city and that the amount assessed has been paid. Has this money been squandered, or, to put it more mildly, used for nonessentials. In disregard of more urgent needs? gome things we must have; some things we should like to have. The first of these should be first supplied, and If the money allotted does not hold out. the others, or some of them, we can do without and still be safe and comfortable. Certainly the disbursement of the city's funds upon this basis during the past few years would not have allowed all of its guich bridges to have fallen into decay and become unsafe for travel at one and the same time. It shows lack of Judgment, mis-management of the public funds, or criminal neglect on the part of officials well paid to look after the city's thoroughfares and keep them In safe condition for use." To enlighten our morning contemporary and with a view to inform those of our readers whose attention has not been called directly to the .financial condition of our city, the limitations upon Its functions of govern ment and the problems that confront Its officials, we present a few pertinent facts. The dilapidated bridges make, as good a topic as any. Most of those were built In 1890. 1891, 1892 and 1893, when real estate values were high and the cost of them was paid by abutting property. During those years the assessed, value of Portland was $45,000,000 the levy for city purposes 10 mills on the dollar each year. The receipts from licenses during those years were also greatly in excess of all receipts from licenses at this time. Our population was then about one half what it is now. Neither the valuation of property nor the tax levy was high then nor would they be now as compared with any other city of the same olass. From 1894 to 1896 the Income of the city was slightly decreased, but during those years a floating debt of more than one half million dollars was Incurred- During those years temporary repairs were occaslonaly made to bridges and ele vated roadways, but at best, those structures were poorly and cheaply con structed and in 1898 were almost worthless. In October of 1898 the present charter was enacted. It "is certainly a masterpiece which should serve as a monument to the Ignorance of municipal needs of those who drafted tt. It Increased our bonded debt $430,000 and left us with an annual . interest charge of $138,000, which in 1899 was 45 per cent. In 190s 60 per cent, in 1901, 46 per cent; and la 1802 40 per cent of the total tax levy for city purposes. This charter did, however, provide for a street repair fund of 14 mill on the dollar. In 1899 this produced $8,933.80; in 1900. $6,733.08; In 1901, $22,460.20, which Included a special levy of $15,000.00; and in 1902, $10,472.21, making a total of $48,699.29 received from taxes for the repair and malntainance of 3 miles of asphalt, 100 miles of Macadam and gravel, 5 1-4 miles of stone blocks and brick, 18 miles of plantt roadway, 8 miles of bridges and innum erable wooden crosswalks. How does this sum and the service rendered compare with the payment to our morning contemporary of about $75,000 during two years for publica tion of delinquent taxes? What would our worthy contemporary have us do without? Would It further reduce the expenditures 'of the tire department, and thereby. Increase insurance rates and endanger property? Would it decrease the police force and further endanger the lives of our citizens ? Wxrald It abandon street lights and leave the city In darkness? Would It disband the now small ( force of street cleaners and leave us In more filth? Or would it have the city default in the payment of its Interest charge? If our contemporary had read its own news columns it might have gained Information that would have guided its editorial staff along .truthful and practical lines in this matter. But why speculate upon a theme so hopeless, however devoutly to be wished? The government of this city has been subject to scrutiny aud comment for three years past. Its limitations under the present charter are every where apparent. The Taxpayers' League has Investigated its departments and found it conducted with a degree of economy that would bp deemed pe nurious in any large private enterprise. Our officials during the .last admin istration were, and those of the present are, honest, capable and painstaking men. It is time that the public pres should abstain from criticism and abuse when undeserved and with a more commendable civic spirit endeavor to support officials who know and do what Is right. Regarding the officers being well paid, those in control as council. Board of Public Works, and Commissioners, werve without pay and administrative officers are paid less than like service commands In other cities, or in private enterprises. It Is time that our citizens should awaken to the necessity of making those sacrifices 'which are, necessary to "make W'i' clty'her 1 as Portland " deserves to be. Tet, when suph a liberal-minded citl- sen is called to the witness stand, when he swears to render a verdict ac- cording to the evidence, when he pledges the honor of his citizenship and of his Individual self to do this thing, and in the face of obvious truth and well known fact becomes a party to such a farclal verdict,' such a legal fiasco as those of recent occurrence In Portland, then it is time to call proper names. Proper names In such a connection would be rather harsh, too, and, in the case of such elements as are here cited, it would be to be a perjurer. This Is not to say that any of those who were in the Juries of the recent slot machine cases and who returned a verdict of not guilty, when no one doubts that they were guilty, and when they will not deny that they were, It Is not to say they were per jurors. ' But it is to say that It looks so much like perjury that Jt would re quire the skill of a Philadelphia law yer to distinguish th"dlfferew. FRANCHISES. The Journal has not opposed the granting of particular franchises and connections when there was urgency for speedy action and where the condi tions of the new charter are contained In the grant, but it ' does protest against any wholesale granting of these valuable rights befoqe the new charter goes into effect. It is neither right morally nor is it necessary from any standpoint. Winter is upon us and there will be no railroad construc- tlon. until spring. It is now said that o f ,-ir.Vi 1aA la , r h, a ulr , fur Jiv thA i o. ' n . . . ooutlierii ruciuu uuwn .ri um sli trei. There Is no use deceiving ourselves, these rights are being sought now, to j defeat indirectly the franchise provls- j ions of the new charter, and this should not be permitted. It has been intimated that the coun cil intends to --grant sHth- -franchises asked for. We hope there is no truth in this rumor, for we are certain the people of this city will not submit to any such procedure. The council must not forget the people who voted for this charter, voted Intelligently and are still here. It cannot be but a short time Under any circumstances until the charter goes into effect and surely If repairs to bridges, streets and elevated roadways can wait for the charter, it Is not Imposing any very great hard ship on the railroad companies to wait also. Our advice "to the council, and given in the kindest spirit, is DON'T. A PRETTY SCHEME. Collector Bhuster of the Philippines recommends the admission of 100,000 Chinese coolies into those islands, and claims that it is necessary to theif de velopment. The American, a nevvs Iper published at Manila, j, ,.!.,-.. , I the scheme and among other reasons I for so doing, says: j "'If the conditions were properly ex plained to them (the labor leaders in this country) if they were shown that the Philippines will never become a market for American labor for phys ical reasons, if the limitation of manu- j facturlng In the Philippines, and the competition of millions upon millions j of cheap Oriental peoples, were prop ; erly brought to their attention, they j would offer no opposition to a suitable ; bill and It would pass." The American and Collector Shuster seem to have lost sight of the reasons ! advanced for holding the Islands as a j United States possession. The strong ; est argument Is that they would fur nish a market for American goods. The Idea was not to make the "Archipelago blossom like the rose." as the Amer ican tmggests, but to give the Infant Industries of this country a chance to get rid of their surplus product,' unci in time to benevolently assimilate our nttletan-ctrtairett fefet hrW of ,tho"tiUn-down-seas. There are supposed to be 9,000,000 j pf these, quite enough to keep the as : similntlon( factory busy for some time i without putting 100,000 coolies into the j hopper. Besides, suppose that labor, white labor, should find u market in the Phil ippines, is that ai.y reason why .we should open them to the Chinese, and thus find employment for 100,000 more of those fecund nillions of Oriental people?? Should we turn the market ver to them as n gainst the proauct of white labor here? The principal ob jection most thlniant,' men have to the i-rotertlve tariff system is that, while thoeretically it sounds wsiL, in practice its entire benefits go to the employers of labor, and none to labor itself. True, the' Philippines do not require much now, but in. the course of time they may be educated to the point where a suit of clothes will mean more than half a yard of muslin, and a plow something' more than a crooked stick. Still, such market as they furnish, this country is entitled to, and when It is shown that the islands are good only for Chinese, everyone will be ready to dump them. One can easily see the nose of the great American hog hovering very close to this scheme, whereby American goods can be. man ufactured under protective systems, by Chinese, the said American swine get ting even a greater share of the profits of manufacturing than, they do now. The benefits to be derived by taking the islands from the Filipinos, to give them -to the Chinese, are not apparent on the face of things. " WHAT HE MISSED. "I was so angry," said Mrs. Henpeck, "when they mistook me for a shoplifter that I Just couldn't speak." My'." he exclaimed. "I wish I'd bees i !'-,(. ""hicsgo Record -Herald, THE TABASCO COLUMN. Arthur Washburn in the hospital at Newark, jjf, :jH has forgotten all his past He' was) found unconscious on the street recently. B is not Insane, but recently asked where he had flved. said he believed he bad been living with Jesus' Christ and that it was pleasant. He was quite sure he hadn't lived with him In Newark. Grover Cleveland doesn't talk often. but when he does there is a sudden and imperative demand Webster's famous book. for Noah VJ. Plerpont lost his temper the other day because Uncle Sam wanted him to pay $20 duty on a terra-cotta flower pot some European gold-bricked him with. He .also lost 90 minutes of his valuable time supposed to be worth $1,980, and after all a measley $80 a month clerk made him put up before he got the vase. i. Willie Martin, IS years old, on Hal lowe'en night put on a mask and went Into his mother's bed room. She took him for a burglar and shot him so dead he never knew what hurt him. She is almost Insane from grief. It Is really too bad that he cannot be re called to life long enough to enjoy his Joke. ; About 7,000 Dukhobars, a Russian sect corresponding to our Quakers, lo cated a few years ago in Canada. Re cently . they abandoned their homes and are coming to the United States "to look for Jesus." That Is probably the reason they are said to be utterly crazy. Mrs. Randall, of Joplin, Mo., sued her hubby for a divorce. Soon after they met in a lawyer's office to talk over their affairs, when he got angry and assaulted her with a knife, where upon she promptly shot him five times. and now sh doesn't need any divorce. Senator Spooner wants the presi dent and Senate elected for 20 years, but" he doesn't' 'believe T in having" the latter elected by the people. The Wisconsin man is showing . signs of dotage. vi, John D. Rockefeller is going ' to thank God $500,000' worth, provided Columbia College digs up a like amount f gratitude. If It doesn't Rockefeller won't give any thanks at all. Tom Johnson challenged Mark Hanna to debate, trates the result. The above lllus- A dollar placed at Interest at 10 per cent and compounded for 100 years would amount to $16,000. However, few people want to lend for that length of time. The Cleveland Plaindealer ,thinks that a man who lets another shoot at an apple on his head and gets killed, should be confined In the lunatic asy lum, -v Mark Twain Insists that his letter to the' treasury asking to purchase government bonds to burn . r"" no joke. It wasn't. It was simply drlveL General Corbln. while he thinks Ger many has the best army in the ,world, the United States has the best officers and the handsomest uniforms. Supply and demand. An Iowa physician has declared that kissing Is unsanitary. Well, few peo ple kiss Just for their health. , tw viLIS) ISth A man In Indiana claims to have dis covered the life princlpaL:.He should go to Philadelphia. i J. Plerpont does not have to keep track of his profits. The newspapers do that forTiim. TONIGHT' ATTRACTIONS. The Marouan Grande-Herrmann, the Groat. - " The Baker"Held By the Enemy." Cordrays "Flnnegan's Ball." . COMING ATTRACTIONS. The Marquam-Herrmann the Great, to morrow night and matinee. The Baker Held' By the Enemy," to morrow night and matlnsa. Cordray's "Plnnegan's Ball," tomor row night and matinee. ,. . SSBSSS . Cordray's Theater. Cordrays Theater will offer to its pat rons this coming week, beginning Sunday matinee, Nov. 9, P. J. Kennedy's scenic production, "Ton Tonson," which seems to have as strong a hold upon the public as "Way Down East,", this being Its tenth: season; without any decrease in Its drawing powers. The play itself is the embodiment of all the elements of success, and its construction Is a marvel Of moderavstageoreft. A feature of In terest this year will be the first appear ance here of Nelse Erickson In the stellar role. "Yon Tonson" Is a stirring picture of a novel phase of American life, and It has been one of the most successful dialect comedies ever produced on the American stage. Besides having the merit of originality, Mr, Ericsson's characteri sation Is said to be an amusing and faithful presentation. "Yon Tonson" is the quiet. Inoffensive Swede one meets every day with every one of his peculiar characteristics and his awkwardness of speech and movement. "Finnegan's Ball." E. F. Gallagher was the leading figure of "Finnegan'B Ball" last night at the opening performance at Cordray's, and there seems to be assurance that at to night's performance, as well as tomor row night and matinee (2:H o'clock) the house will be filled. Mr. Gallagher takes the -part of Connor Casey, and sang numerous songs, and sang them quite well. Fred Austin as Willis Sells, Ralph Aus tin as Weary Walker, I. J. Flynn as Gar- rtety, Katherine Da hi as Mrs Casey, Miss Trumbull as Kittle Casey, and J. J. Bar rett as Finnegan. ware the other char acters In a cast that Is presumed to carry the piece without plot, but which Is filled with- fun and hilarity. It Is a farce comedy. Just as was promised, the old Flnnegaa's Ball" changed by the In troduction of new songs aud new spe cialties. The audience laughed at the jokes and enjoyed the .production to the fu)l limit- "Held by the Enemy." The Nelll Stock Company gave an es peclally good production of "Held by the Enemy" at the Baker last night. Thers are many opportunities In the piece for effective work, and the members of the company were particularly happy on this occasion. The six performances of the week have served to polish the pro duction and to perfect each one In his part. Crowded houses are assured for the balance of the week, lonixht and at the night and matinee performance to morrow. Herrmann Matinee Tomorrow. Herrmann the Great will give a popu lar-price matinee tomorrow, the prices being for adults 50 cents, children 26 cents, to any part of the house. MANAGERS' ANNOUNCEMENTS. Herrmann Tonight. Herrmann, the famous conjuror, comes to tae Marquam Grand Theater tonight and tomorrow night with a popular mati nee tomorrow at 2:16 o clock. The pro gram offered by Herrmann the present season contains many novelties, besides several new and very attractive illusions. Herrmann is the most remarkable expert of legedermaln ever seen upon the stage. Of ths new illusions Introduced, "The Princess Mahomeda" Is probably the most mystifying, Herrmann Introduces a young lady wh.om he hypnotizes, places on a brilliantly lighted couch and then causes her to slowly rise Into space. To Show his audiences she has no wire or other support he passes a large hoop over her several times and then slowly descends her to the stage again. "Over the Fence." 'Over the Fence," a three-act musical farce-comedy written by C. Herbert Kerr, and under the management of Mr. P. H. Mattox, will be the attraction at the Marquam Grand Theater next Monday night. Nov. 10. This will be its first ap pearance here, and so far this season, has been one of the big hits on the road, the press . being unanimous In praising It as being so different than others that have visited tha different, cities. There is not a dull moment, always being lively. entertaining and spontaneous, not a patched-up and frayed coiiKlomeratlon of other peoples' ideas, filled with plenty of bright, witty dialogue, novel and original new musical numbers, with bright and pretty faces In the chorus. The sale of seats opened this morning. "A Poor Relation." The advance sale of seats will open to morrow morning at 10 o'clock for "A Poor Relation,1' which will Je the attrac tion at tne Marquam Grand Theater next Tuesday and Wednesday nights. The advisability to be on hand early at the opening of advance sale of seats for the engagement of Mr. Horace Lewis in Sol Smith- Russell's gro.it play, "A Poor Relation," Is earnestly recom mended to the lovers of clean, whole some amusements. Horace Lewis, the clever young actor that Manager . Fred G. Berger has engaged to play Mr. Rus sell's part of Noah Vale,, given an Im personation of the leading character in Mr. Kidder's beautiful comedy that Is remarkable for Its sincerity, Its unstud ied pathos and unforced humor. "A Poor Relation" is not an ambitious play, It does not treat of social life or abound in sensation, but is sweet and wholesome as a clover blossom. "A Poor Rela tion" is a play in which smiles and tears are closely mingled, dealing In heart In terests In such a natural way as to awaken immediate sympathy. ' The play Is full of humorous situations. "The Senator." The famous comedy, - In four acts, in which William H. Crane made such a decided hit, and which has been such a pronounced success In every Jty 'n the country, will be the attraction at The Baker' Theater all next week, beginning with Sunday matinee. The production of this splendid comedy by- the- Nelll Stock Companyywlil be most artistic and complete In every respect, and already e demand for seats for every perform ance Indicates crowded houses every night. , In "The Senator" every member of the cast has a part -of special worth,-and Mr. Charles Wyngate will be splendid In the same character played by Mr. Crane. Ths stage settings will be most elabor ate.. The' costumes such s . are seldom Seen in Stage productions will be really magnificent, if indeed, not gorgeous. The comedy ot the play is or a quality that is beyond reproach and never falls -te Wees , ' .:v;--yfV". '.".' A Wonderful Creation. The finest oil palatini ever exhibited in Portland.' and there have been many such, is Reifsky's great masterpiece now being exhibited on Stark street across from ths Chamber ef, Cssaraerce. Thers Is life In the picture arid it Is as realistic as If the figure was flesh snd blood in stead of being paint on canvas. It Is a picture for art-lovers, for it is certainly a masterpiece. Tomorrow will be the last day the picture will be on exhibition. NEEDS OF FIRE . DEPARTMENT Considered in Municipal and Busi ness Circles Fire Chief Campbell's report to the Council, In which he made recommenda tions for the improvement of the fire de partment. Is causing general comment in municipal and business slroles. Ths most urgent need Is a nreboat to protect prop erty on the river front Many places along the river front are so Isolated by the condition of the bridges and streets that should a fire break out in that lo cality It would be next to Impossible for the fire department to render effective service. fhe fire commissioners concur in the chief's report but a lack of funds pre cludes the possibility of their making any attempt to establish a flreboat on the river ror some time to come. The other recommendations made by the chief are almost necessities, especially that for a water tower. In case fire should break out In any of the tall buildings ths de partment, in its present condition, would De wnolly Inadequate to cope with It. It is Impossible to raise the money un der the present charter to adopt any of the recommendations. Mayor Williams said this morning that he could see no way to raise the money for such a pur pose until the new charter was adopted and went Into effect The business or ganisation of the city havs become In terested In the cbndltion and there is some ta)k among them as to what ought to be done. They talk of calling a meeting of citizen to consider the matter and see if some way can not be devised to raise the money necessary to relieve the situa tion. NEWS NOTES FROM, 5 A I M, BAUC.il. jvov. 7. M. H. urst. nf Wheatland, Cat, a prominent hopgrower and dealer, and who engineered last year's pool tor tne uregon Hopgrowers' Associa tion, is In Salem. He arrived vesterdav coming for the purpose of purchasing the unoeri & .Patterson crop of 208 bales, bought on the preceding day, but found that JE. C. Klrkpatrlok had purchased the lot at 25 1-4 cents. ' He at once offered Mr. Kirkpatrlck 26 6-8 cents for the crop ana secured it. Mr. Durst speaks hopefully of the out look, predicting an advance of the market to 30 cents by spring. He thinks, how ever, that during the winter months the demand will not be sufficient to cause much of an advance. He states that he has already offered as high as 28 1-2 cents for choice hops ,and, say .dealer here. are not paying enougn ror tne Marlon and Polk County crops. Mr. Durst yesterday also bought the McNary and Hodsoh hops at Eola, 210 oaies, at 25 6:8 cents. Krebs Bros, re port the purchase of two lots In Washing ton County. The Harris crops at Hills boro, 150 bales, and the Bagley lot at Gaston, 100 bales, were secured at 26 1-2 centi D. F. Vance aws last night arrested by Chief of Police D. W. Gibson for assault ing J. Hyde, a local bsrper. Hyde is a cripple. He was in the acWf locking his shop, when Vance came along in an intoxicated condition and made a brutal 'assault on t.ie barber. He was promptly arrested and locked up and will doubtless get the full limit of the law. The local camp of the Modern Woodmen of America last night .enjoyed a visit from three eminent members of the order. Thy were State Senator M- A. Miller of Lebanon, state lecturer? J. W. Simmons of Portland, state deputy head consul, and J. O. Davis of Holllster, Cat, National' lecturer. These three gentlemen deliv ered Interesting and Instructive addresses on the proposed readjustment of the rates of the order and showing the present condition and splendid prospects for the future of tfie Modern Woodmen. The gentlemen were closely listened to by a large number of members and at the close a rtsng vote of thanks was tendered the visitors for the instructive and Inter esting addresses. G0LDENDALE ELECTIONS, , . . GOLDBNDALB, Wash., Nov. 7 The Republican ticket is elected, with the ex ception of sheriff and auditor. William Van Vactor ' is the successful Democratic candidate for sheriff and overcomes the regular Republican majority of 100. He goes in by about 200 majority. 3. H. Smith. Democrat, is elected auditor over Ivan Macey. The audltorshlp was closely contested by two factions of the Repub lican party. On the other hand William Van Vactor went In solely fcecanise of his popularity and-clean record as sheriff of Klickitat In former years. The contest between John W. Snover, emocrat, and 13. C. Ward, Republican, for county attor ney, was very close, and It is generally conceded now that the official count will give Mr. Ward a very small majority. SHORT WORK. ALBUQCERQg. N. M., Nov. 7.-MJuick work was made in the detection of crim inals this morning when an unknown man was taken into custody .-with a por tion of the plunder on his person that was taken from the safe of the Santa Fe Railroad office safe when It was cracked laU last night. The sum of 12,000 and a considerable amount of Jewelry was secured by the robbers. TURN BONI DOWN. PARI Nov. 7. The Chamber of Dep uties this afternoon, by a close vote, in validated Count Bonl Castellane's recent election to that body. The charge was methodical corruption. Count Boai claimed the money expended. In his dis trict was a simple act- of charity toward his constituents. PRESIDENT AGAINST TRUSTS. WASHINGTON. NoV. 7. The first cab inet -meet log - slnee-the-edjourmnent--of Congress was held this morning. A por tion of the time was devoted to the forth coming presidential message. It Is said the message will be very outspoken with regard to anti-trust legislation. SCHLEY PLEASED WASHINGTON, Nov. t Admiral Schley returned thl morning highly pleased with the reception accorded hlra during his Southern trip. ' in ut . - v-,- - ,. -. , J t ' Employes Demand High v er Wages, Question to Come Up for Discus sion Before Officers of the S. P. in New York. NEW YORK, Nov. 7.-RalIroad circles) on Wall street are still full of strike talk, but duringthe last few days it has taken several Interesting turns. Up to this time the talkers have paid most of their atten tion to the Southern Ps.i. k. the Gould system of roads is also dragged uojeci or gossip. The demands of ths employes, it seems to be generally tiMeM hii sented formally some time j.hia week. " -'"" vm itwnea n eitner tne South ern Paolflo or any of the Gould roads has made Drovlalon tnr nnutin. h. resentatives of the employes, who, It is said, will visit New York for the purpose of presenting the demands before the heads of the various roads In huk i possible. HARRIMAN DOES NOT TALK. As is his hahfrtml n.nnM. Tn.(.,A. Harriman, of the Southern Pacific, re iu.es io oe lnterviewea on tho subject or any other subject for that matter. He Will neither dnnv nAr innfiem ik. t " ........ 1 MB D.UI J that he Is looking for a practical rail road man to succeed him at the head of mat company. Other oflicem of th mad ,n,i representing large Interests lu both ths a ..... v. .... i , i . , K . . Ejuuumiu music ana union facinc, ar equally silent on the subject of Mr. HarrlmatTs retirement. It is admitted hnpr,p ih,, .... t a difference of opinion In regard to the policy of Mr. Harriman, but there are also emnhatic denials th.it nntr hr.i has occurred between Interests In con trol oi tne road. STRIKE TO BE AVOIDED. Tt Is also admitted, thmiirti nnt AeSntall.. t hat, a eonWaa. tsafrowi thHKVit b"" ... wiuymj , nmui uiuv oi mem wisn to meet in one way and sorne m another. It Is the desire of all to avoid a strike on the Southern Pacific. Those who oppose Mr. Harriman' a pol icy call attention. It is said, to the ma chinists' strike on the Union Pacific, which has lasted slnoe last May, and has crippled a good part of tha engines on the road. Mr. Harriman has not been In favor of compromising with his men, and It is generally admitted that affairs ere in a complicated condition and may becoms more so should an unnecessarllyantago nlstic attitude be shown toward the men who may be sent here to present the de mands of. the Southern Paclflo employes. BEARS MAKING MUCH OF IT. To the strike rumors Is credited the blcme fsr whatever weakness Southern, Pacific shares are showing these days. Bears on the stock are undoubtedly mak- Ing the most of the opportunity. Ths argument is that Southern Pacific cannot remain as It was.-whether It paid more money in wages or lost money In a strike the result would be the same In that sur plus earnings would be reduced. As to Mr. Harrlman's successor it was denied again today not by a Harriman, Interest, however that II. R. Nickerson, president of the Mexican Central, had been selected for the place. A director of the Mexican road argued that inas much as Mr. Harriman and H. C. Pierce, chairman of the Mexican Central Board, are great friends, it is not believed Mr. Harriman would try to take Mr. Nick erson away from the Mexican Central at this time, where he apparently Is thor oughly satisfied. On the other hand, Mr. Harriman, It was pointed out, has a way of managing his various properties that permits him to act Irrespective of friendship, when he feels business demands such a course. BAllIWl in DE3 MOINES, Nov. 7. Because he ob tained $250,000 through fraudulent use of the malls to advertise and dispose of stock of-the White Swan Mining Com pany, of Baker City, Ore., Lstson Bal Uet manager Of that concern, and well known all over the Paclflo Coast was to day sentenced to serve one year in the Polk County jail. In addition to this ho will pay a fine of 11,000. BalUet has been carrying on his busi ness for years, and has used the malls for advertising his famous mine In all sections of the United States. Complaint was made against him and a lengthy trial resulted, witnesses being brought from all over the country. Much testimony dam. aging to the prisoner was Introduced. Sentence was not given until today. WAS HE RIGHT? PITTSBURG. Nov. 7. Private Arthur Wadsworth, Eighteenth National Guard, was arrested this morning for killing WH-. Ham Durham at Shenandoah. He fired under orders of bis superior officer while on duty. The case is a test to settle' ,ths dispute between the civil and military authorities. It will be carried to the Su preme Court. It Is of unusual interest throughout the Union as It will decide the Btatus of the National Guard when on the field of active duty. EAGER TO BURN.. ANNISTON. Ala., Nov. 7. The statt troops have been called out and are now assembling here to prevent the lynching of the negro who assaulted a woman named Williams. The negro has been caught near here and a mob Is on Its way with everything In readiness to burn the black man. The troops will be rushed forward and a clash with the mob Is feared. . . PUPILS STRIKE. - CHICAGO, Nov. 7 Ftve hundred more pupils joined the strike at Jackson School this morning through sympathy, The pupils of "the Third Department struck yesterday because their teacher. Miss McKean, had been suspended for al. leged. insubordination. The . pupils de mand the return of their teacher to duty and the resignation- oX Principal Hedges.' '