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V ' THE OREO OX DAILY - JOURXAIv i PORTLAXD, SAT ITBDAT EVENING, : NOVEMBER 22, 1902. Unusual Interest- in the ' Contest Over Ankeny. Monster Petition Is in Grculation. The Attitude of Tomer Puzzles Those Who Follow Politics. Next Legislature Will Be Asked to Make Appropriation of $300,000. news i liin HflHOK VETS fIIIT Ml Turkey givimig Buuinueir Will be done on time if you have (Join-njl Special Service.) - TACOHA; Nov! ' 1 If Washington were Oregon, If the people of the two mates would exchange places, or if the Washington Legislature met in Salem in- . stead o Otympla, there la little doubt that Levi Ankeny of Walla Walla would ' be elected to the office of 1'nited States -7- SeTOtorrearly' Tn "a light that, seeing the whole thing U to be done in Washington, at Washington capital and by Wushing ; ton people, seems likely to be a hard one. V.-, Never has there been a politicnl battle "1 that was purely the business of one state lone that lias brought outallerx Into it nd crossed the boundary into a ster i 'Commonwealth like te present Washing- 1 ton senatorial contest. Seething and , boiling for months in Its own territory, this political eorap" has reached over : the Oregon line and, notwithstanding the fact that Oregon has a senatorial elec tion of her own coming up. there is . i nearly as much interest .taken in the . troubles of her neighbor on the north as In ber own. Oregon seems to have taken the Ankeny side of the tight. j, 1 One- reason for the Oregon Interest In the Washington battle is the fact that through the Oregon newspapers the only fair and impartial statements have been made. , OTHERS PREJUDICED. No uncolored bulletins on the Wash ington senatorial race could be found In Washington papers. All were either prejudiced or believed to be so which to equally bad. The Seattle Post-Intel-ligencer belongs to John L. Wilson and the Tacoma News and Ledger are In his i jr. TfteWkgnft; f poKeimjan Review la gripped by Governor McBride and the Seattle Times, the only Democratic sheet In the state, was, of course, lined up with Senator George Turner the only man on the bill who really stands no show. Leading the lesser lights In the : newspaper firmament of the state is the Walla Walla Union, owned by Levi Ank eny. Then comes the Everett Herald, for Wilson, and half a dosen other Hi get Sound papers about equally divided. But no .paper Is free. Each editor has been : compelled to range upon one aide or the other.- If he tried to be neutral he was shunned by both sides and If he leaned elther way at once the bowl went up that he had been bought Money was plentifully used and most newspapers ' are run for money. Bo, In order to secure a fair statement of their cases,' the various Washington ; - senatorial candidates were obliged to seek papers in Oregon, papers that could be depended upon and papers that the peo- .pla,. would.: trust Fun if John I .Wilson '"mA?tBafa:-v-&imtnw ii Hlri'-i0sts Intelligencer, his Seattle mouthpiece, or If Levi Ankeny were to express himself . . In the Walla. Walla Union, hardly any- one would believe either story. And so i It has come to pass that the great plain people of this state have adopted the ' habit ' of watching Oregon papers for political - truths regarding their own t. candidates. Articles on Washington poli- .. tics, printed in Oregon papers, are read by Oregon people, even though they might ' have originally been meant only for Washlngtonians. That is how Oregon be came Interested in the senatorial friction and factions north of her. The reason that Oregon supports . Ank r eny is harder to explain perhaps It can not be explained at all. But that Ankeny " - Is-favored by the Oregon press and the Oregon people is certain. It may be the fact that Levi Ankeny Is u pioneer, a man who came to the West when both he and the country were young and who . grew old and rich as the section In which . " be bad taken up his residence developed v and put the years behind it. It may be - f because Levi Ankeny is conservative and quiet, even as Oregon Is conservative and quiet It may be any of a dozen rea sons, but Is more likely none of them. Oregon has simply decided to take sides nd Ankeny's name fitted better Into the thoughts of her people than did -Wilson, '' " Preston, turner or McBride. WHERE IS TURNER? .,,-TJBre,.la-ji0thlBs;- mot. pjjraUns in the - 7 TeW WaslifhgtiJn ' condition" now than The attitude of Senator George Turnert the Democratic Incumbent who is soon to be come "late Benator from Washington." - That he cannot be elected is a dead cer tainty; that he will hold votes enough to make some other man look sick if he Seals them out to an opponent Is equally ure. Wilson wants those votes; McBride has been after them all fall, to hand to his friend Harold Preston, but it begins to look as though Ankeny would get them. Now this seems strange, in the face f the fact that MeBrltfe did everything be could to make friends with the Demo crats while stumping the ftate trying to lefeat Ankeny and aid Preston. Mc-Z- Bride claims to be a Republican, but it is claimed he paid no attention to Re publican arguments, but simply tried to Slake friends with the Democrats. Tet, . m spite of this, the Times, Seattle's Democratic organ, comes out with a big. imphasized editorial paving the way for f "turn -ef The ' Democratic -ebRs'tnto the Ankeny vote treasury. Then there has !eeB talk of Senator Turner and Fred Marvin, his brother-in-law, starting an other morning paper in Seattle and it is tiore than half understood that if It is a ro It will advocate Mr. Ankeny. Just why all this is true is not clear. There may be a hint of money and there a possibility of a deal made before, - tut conjecture is as far as ran be Kone. The money question Is not nearly so f; ikely ji m (nlglsjfat first believe. To egln with there has never been any " tharge made against the sterling qualities ' ind honest and true Democracy of Sen. Uor Turner, and in the second place, . rfevl Ankeny has never Bpt-nt as murh tor campaign purpose? a has been . iharged against him. IT LOOKS THAT WAY. But as the matter stands, it would to pear that Ankeny would be first Re ' iubllcan cnoTce wTIB the iK-moi raTs. V leattle Times' Jias Indicated this. In an -k tdltorial It said that "next to Harold - reston" Ankeny was the most desirable. Tbat Is taken to mean that after a complimentary ballot a change to the inkeny colors wouMJaema.de. " ' While the T5em6crts favor a railroad" omratsakin . they have cause, also, for et'llng grateful . to Levi Ankeny. who. 1; rough bis personal influence, secured a ohjntary freight rate redaction from the "milroad companies in the West . But tas light goes on. , At the next session of the Oregon Leg islature a monster petition WIH" be 'pre sented for the passage of a bill to a7 propria!. $300,000 to pay the Indian War veterans for their services. The idea is to Issue 20-year bonds, bearing 4 per cent interest Petitions are now In cir culation, in every part of the state and 'are receiving thousands of signers. They were drawn up by A. T. Wood, the com mander of the Indian War Veterans. The document goes into the history of pioneer days, when blodiithlrsty savages left a long train of blood and ashes in their wake. Pioneers were being murdered on every hand and the situation was a desperate one. LEGISLATURE ACTED. In the winter of '65 and '66, when the redrawn were unusually vicious, and the outlook was for a complete extermina tion of the scattering white settlements, the Territorial Legislature came to the fore with a proposition to make warfare against the enemy. They passed a bill guaranteeing all who participated In the campaign 2 per day. Of this sum the Federal Government paid the regular soldiers wages of 66 cents a day. The sum promised by the territory has never been paid. WANT MONET NOW DUE. At the reunion of the Indian War Veterans In Portland last summer the records were examined, and it was found that all of the pioneers had rendered service to the territory, which In the ag gregate amounts to 371.449 days. Of the J2 a day promised by the stare, 66 cents a-.day has been paid by "Uncle "Sam, which leaves, a deficiency of 11.46 a day due the fighters from the state. This amounts to $620,028.60. Many of the old timers are dead and have left no widows, which will greatly reduce the sum necessary for the state to meet its obligations. It Is figured by the vet erans that $300,000 will cover the amount that should be paid. The veterans claim that the contract made by the territory at the time of trouble was in good faith, and that the state cannot avoid paying it without breaking faith with the hardy frontiersmen who jeopardised their lives to conquer a hostile foe and to lay the foundation for the upbuilding of a great state. NOT FOR WAR Japan and Russia Are on Better - terms Row. ' " -" "" TOKYO, Oct SO.-The Japanese press, or a section of It has become suddenly and most unaccountably pro-Russian. The semi-official Japan Times says in a leading article: "Nothing can be nobler in human achievement than triumphing over a prej udice for the sake of truth and burying the past for the sake of promoting the general peace and progress of the world. Suppose a permanent bond of genuine friendship Is established between Japan and Russia and that once that bond Is tied, Japan succeeds In making allfes of England and Russia, Whether realisable, or not, this Is a dream worth dreaming." The Nlchl says: "As a matter of fact, the government of Russia is fairer In its treatment of Japanese than is the United States or several of the British colonies." A Russo-Anglo-Japanese rapprochement Is evidently on the tapis, probably through Prince Komatsu's visit to St. Petersburg. NOT AGGRESSIVE. There have been rumors that the Rus sian authorities Intended to prevent Jap anese fishermen from continuing to pur sue their occupation on the Coasi of Saghallen and Siberia and that the Rus sian ministry of war was elaborating a scheme of defense of the Amur River Jn view, of, oaslblelBpjIa, wvlfo. Jsae. -.- But frtnayu stated on ttiV autTiorftjir' of a prominent publicist sere that the re lations of Japan and Russia were never better than they are at present: that, owing to the Anglo-Japanese agreement and to tether causes, Russia -bus allowed Japan a free hand In Korea and has com pletely given up her "policy of pin pricks" there and elsewhero in the Far East; and that If any signs of hostility are now and then displayed by Russian newspapers or, Siberian officials this is owing to the fact that there is a war party In Russia This war party dislikes Japan and In discreet members of It sometimes occa sion disturbing incidents. One of these Incidents lately occurred at Port Arthur when the Russian authorities there re fused to allow - the Japane consul to try some culprits in connection with the 'munler of a Japanese by others of that nationality in that city, which Is nomi nally Chinese territory, and in which tbrreiazn Japanese noasj- Jhe rlgbtl of extra territoriality as mucn as mey uu in any other part of China. PEACEFUL IDEAS. Rut though Japan will never allow such incidents to pass unnoticed, neither will she ever be so foolish as to lose her temper, for the Russian peace party represented by the Csar, Count - Lams, dorf and M. S. J. Wetts Is now predomi nant and Is perfectly certain to do Japan Justice. This being the case, strained relations between Japan and Russia will not occur for the present A remarkable confirmation of these views Is afforded by the action of Russia in climbing down on the Kamchatka fish ery question and continuing, In deference to Japanese representations, to grant fishery licenses to Japanese .fishing along that coast for one year longer. This poli cy will probably be continued for a long time to come, not only In regard to the TheTTvfiniPTia.tka fisheries; but to "those of Saghallen also. Regulator Line. Regulator line steamers from Oak-street dock at 7 a. n. Best and fastest line of steamers for , The Dalles, Lyle. Hood River. White Salmon, St Martins Hot Springs, Cascade Locks, Moffet's Hot Springs, and all Middle Columbia River and Klickitat Valley points. Take this line and, get to your destination from one to four hours ahead of other lines. THE OLD You know exactly how long it will take for it to roast to your liking. A If Dimtier is Set for 12 O'clock, the OasRange wilt- do It's parte A Gas r- is even The coal or wood stove cannot furnish a temperature. You mayi Rave dinner set Tor 2" o'clock, and -be disappointed. Besides, ihe stove, requires constant watching, and it is difficult to regulate. ' ANOTHER THING, A coal or wood stove must be cleared of ashes, which is not a pleasant task. Port TYNDALL' HIS GREAT POWER SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 22. Blind frantic, lashing the startled folded. horses into a wild gallop, Dr. Alexander J. Mclvor-Tyndall at noon today drove a hackney carriage from the corner of Third and Market streets, up Kearny to California, down the grade on California to Montgomery, down Montgomery to the Lick House, over a route previously trav ersed by a committee of eminent citizens who sat inwae,tne, veruquj. mri-4j(vi x Med. while tyndall drove. Arrived at the hoteJ, Tyndall leaped from the driv er's box and, - still blindfolded-, ran, crouching, into the hotel office, leaped at the register and turned backward to a page and found thereon an entry previ ously selected by the committee of emi nent citizens. Then he ran back to the carriage. Jumped to the box while the eminent citizens seated themselves with in, and galloped down Montgomery to Market and up Market to Third, to point of beginning. At the end trf the Journey he was too weak to stand without help. Perspiration ran from his whole body and bis pulse beat the devil's tattoo. It wsa an astounting exhibition. Tyndall yesterday offered to perform the feat provided the affair would be managed by a committee of such stand ing as to preclude every suspicion of col lusion or fraud. The committee who acted consisted of William Greer Harrison, the well-known authoramT Insurance man; Alexander K. Coney, the Mexican Consul- j Cfneral: General R. H. waraeia, 01 me California Hotel; Newton J. Tharp, the architect: Theodore F. Bonnet, editor of Town Talk, and Colonel Fulton O. Berry, of Fresno. ; Prompt at noon the committee met Dr. Tvndall at Speck's real estate office at Third and Kearny streets. None of them had had any previous acquaintance with him. In accordance with Tyndall's offer he was blindfolded by one of the com mittee and than retired to s private ofioa A PROCESS. Range Furnishes nr ' -.I t i'; . r i an temperature inuring the Entire Time of cooking. A postal, or a telephone call, will bring our solicitor with full information regarding any Gas appliance. PROVES where he sat down with Mr. Coney and Colonel Berry, uh.. were to see that no body approached him or sent him sig nals. When Tyndall with his guardians had retired, the rvst of the committee went to the cjirrlac ulikh was waiting In front of the i.lar. The hackman dis mounted and Mr Tharp took his place on the box. .In the.. -body .of tbe carriage ' wer Oeni eral Warfield", Mr Harrison, Mr. Bonnet and two newspaper men, one front a morning, the (tl.rr from an evening; pa per. Having driven to the middle) of Market street, out of hearing of the im mense crowd when had gathered to see the performance, the committee con sulted with one in, other. Tyndall had told them to p to any bouse within a reasonable distance --.ay, half a mile select any book ii. that house and pick out any word An ;n:y page .in lhe . book. -He agreed to if .i- tfreif -course, blind folded and divine the word selected. .. The commit.. .julcKy chose their route. Driven by Mr. Tharp. who Is an expert reinsman. tl went up Kearny to California, to Montgomery, to the Lick House. The circuitous course was chosen in hope of balklnK Tyndall, Taking the register of the Lick House Into a private office, the committee seleced the name E. I. Rlteon." on 'h? pBgfl dated No- vember -15. The committee then drove down Montgomery and up Market to the office where Tyndall awaited. Mr. Harri son was left at the hotel in charge of the book. i 1 i in vine l 1 1 crowa wa. po-1 street and emharjuuwBg. -traffic. A lane By this time the crowd wu packing- the was forced through the throng and Tyn dall. efficiently blindfolded,' was led to the carriage and assisted) a seat on the box beside Mr. Tharp. Tyndall took the reins. "Now, gentlemen." he cried, "keep your minus oa th. route I" OAS RANGE (O Instantly he wheeled they horses About while the orowd parted before him. . "The whip!" said Tyndall to Tharp. "Don't touch that near horse," shouted the hackman from the sidewalk, "he's dangerous." Whish the whip fell on the near horse, who kicked and plunged a second, and then the pair started at a run gallop up Kearny street. The pavement was slip pery and perilous after the fresh rain, but Tyndall leaned far forward and plied the lash. Up Kearny they went as fast as ever the fire patrol travels. Tyndall' did not hesitate a second. Hs swung around cars and wagons with marvelous precision. Gen. Warfield held his breath. Bonnet prepared to leap when the crash enme. Tharp on the box appeared cool. The two newspaper men were as near experiencing an emotion as they deem It professional to acknowledge. "He'll dump us at the turn," muttered :Brthet. Tyndall rounded Into California street, sharply but safely. "He'll never go down this grad. with out a mishap," exclaimed Warfield. But he did. The turn Into Montgomery street made the eminent cltlsens gasp and grip the sides of the hack, but there was no ac cident. From the sidewalks people were shout ing. A concourse flowed In-from all the cross streets. Men and women rushed to windows of. office, buildings.', Nobody knew what It was- all about - Doubtless many Imagined that a madman was kid naping a parcel of eminent citizens. In front of the Lick House Tyndall drew up. "Help me to alight," he said. , 'Strong arms lifted him to the sidewalk. At once, like a bloodhound on a trail, he made for the hotel entrance. He was bent almost double and his face was pals' land moist Onlng straight e 4he ottnter he laid his hand on the register, "This is the book." he said positively, and began to turn over the pages. At this point he hesitated a little. He turned to November .16 and passed it. Then he went- back and forward a few times. -- - x . i 4 -Suddenly- be -slapped hte hen firmly- on j the right page. "I have It." he called out. "Give me pencil and paper." Down th list of entries he went with his linger until he reached the name selected by the committee. "This Is It," t said. "It m writ. It." THE NEW PROCESS. r I A Gas Range Not Only Has the Advantage of Cleanliness, but of Convenience and Economy. -You pay only -for -the -"fitel- tisech -durtng the actual time of cooking. IT'S THIS WAY: When you cook with Gas, you can start a fire fiV a minute's time; you can have a clean Kitch en and keep yourself tidy. The convenience is worth considerable, too. .(DDlDOainiV He wrote ' the letters N-O-S-T-I-R--L:-B: S "There It Is: read it backward."' It was indeed the name "K. L. Ritson". "He's got it," shouted William Greer Harrison, in his enthusiasm using the unnecessary "got.' "Now to return," said Tyndall. "Gentle men, fix your minds on the route back." The rest was easy. s Tyndall--still blind foldeddrove back without accident, al though It was the noon hour and Mar ket street was thronged with vehicles and pedestrians. When taken from the carriage he was almost fainting. Colonel Berry carried him Into Speck's office where a glass of water revived him. He was In a distressing, nervous condition from which he did not rally for the greater part of an hour. All the com mittee congratulated him. Afterward William .Greer Harrison said; . , '1 regard the proceedings this morning as the most remarkable journey into the realm of psychology I. have evef seen. The experiment was complete In every point .Whatever, the power may be there is no Question of its exhibition. From first to last the matter was- absolutely in the hands of the committee, which was unanimous In expression of belief In the theory of the whole experiment. "My personal connection with the mat ter after the first,-ride to select the hotel was to. remain Id. -charga Jf- the-register at thtr Ltck-House-r-Werhad "taken the route along Kearney as If Intending to go to the California Hotel, We then changed the route, came down California street and then south along Montgomery street to the Lick House. Then I was left In charge of the register after the selection of a name. The name was 9. I Rltsotl. of Boston, Mass., and -appears on the namThf the 15th Instant. There one register on the counter. In ..order to strengthen the test another register was piacea on ina counter. "Mr. Tyndall, who had driven to the hotel blindfolded, got off the box seat quickly, rushed vinto the hotel, straight to the counter," and Immediately Began to look at the right register. Alter some handling of the pages he came to the fif teenth, the page- we had selected. Eight times he -put - BiJ-flatweo-lw flame. Then he asked for pencil. On the ninth time his hand vibrated in a very curious way. and h immediately, marked the ' -y y:'.;-..V' . ; - nrrtj aaih YAMHILL STS. name. He then took a piece of paper, wrote the name backward. "When the committee got out of the hotel Tyndall got on the box seat and drove the carriage In a most furious way, but with perfect safety. I consider the Whole experiment absolutely perfect." GREATEST GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE The greatest by far among; the geo graphic features is the Pacific Basin. If all the continents and islands teaming the face of the earth were joined la one great -continent. Its extent would scarce equal that of the great ocean, and if the mass of all the lands of the glose above the sea level were poured Into the Pat (to barely more than an eighth of the basin would be filled. Three fourths t our world surface Is water; a lull third of this vast expanse, or a quarter of the jrapuriices of the planet,- is hat of the great rcean, while Its abysses are of such dopth that a full half of the water pf the earth is fathered ln'O Its basin. In every view the Pacific is vast, so Vast as to tax- if ot outpass -our powers of contemplation. National Geograpnio Magazine. - TO WORLD'S FAIR CITY. O. R. A N. Inaugurates New Service to - J? Southeastern Points. . .. I eotntnenclng Wednesday November . a new weekly tourist sleetStng Car service from Portland will be inaugurated by the O. E. & N. on train No. 6 (8:60 p. m.), to Bt Louis, via Denver and Kan sas City. A new tourist car service will also be Inaugurated to Memphis, Tenn., by the O. K. & N., via Denver, Kansas City and St. Louis, first car leaving Portland on No. 6 (8:50 p. m.), Monday, November 24. .-, . 1 , 1 . . 1 f a. XT Plret office. Third and ' Washington streets. P. WORTH KNOWING. I WU, Illy 1I1C1IUB, iiicio " , " r t tacles-that a person never-forgets," said an orator recently, aner giving a description of a terrible i accldennie h4 witnessed. 'Td like to knew where they sell them," remarked a stout, elderly lady on the "outskirts of the crowd. Gift" goir Evemtng Tlmes.7 -"; ". X"""T Try Queen Bee Cough Drops for eotJgis and colds. 6c. at your druggtat's. i .. f- St..