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: PORTLAND, OREGON. SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29. 1602.
VOL. I. NO. -227.
PRICE , FIVE CENTS.
MTTHEWS TO DDP REPUBLICAN CHAIRMANSHIP
'flmmtrnm. genera
HOYT
ORDERS
PORTLAND POLITICAL BOSS
MUST MAKE HIS CHOICE
Refuses to State Whether He Will Resign
the State Chairmanship or the
Federal Office.
Tfie Journal's Expose of His Political Partisanship
Results in His Being Called Down Hard by the
Department at Washington.
Asslsant Attorney-General Hoyt telegraphed "Jack" Matthews, United States Marshal, this morning, calllno his
attention to the recent department circular In which federal employes were strictly prohibited from displaying, undue
political activity, and demanding his Immediate resignation from the chairmanship of the Republican State Central
Committee.
Mr. Matthews has not declared himself as to what action he will take in the matter.
He refused to deny that ho was (till a member of the committee.
In fact, he refused to deny that he was still chairman of the committee, and in no case can he successfully contro
vert the assertion that he has been displaying a most reprehensible political activity.
Henry McGinn, who is an Intimate friend of Boss Matthews, said to The Journal this morning that Matthews
claimed to him last evening that he had resigned as chairman of the committee in last July.
Matthews said this morning that he
I-ast evening the Journal sent the following: telegram to the Department of Justice:
To the Department of Justice. Washington W. F. Matthews. T'nileii States Marshal for Orwm, also holding the
position of Chairman Republican State Central Committee, is offensively imrlisan. Is interfering in administration of
the alternative of resignation us chairman of the committee. What will detriment do'.' OKKUON DAILY JOURNAL.
THE TF.LF.GRAM TO ROOSEVELT.
Following this The Journal wired President Roosevelt s follows:
To l'resirlent Roosevelt. Washington W, f . Matthews. I' nl tod States Marshal for Oregon, also holding the position of
Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, is offensively partisan. He is interfering In the admlnWmUoH of,,
the postofflce here to; the UfsarJproval o - many, prominent cltlaens. This paer- lias wired rum-plaint to -the Department
of Justice. Would be glad to know your attitude on the question. OKKCON DAILY JOURNAL.
These dispatches were supplemented Vy letters addressed to Attorney-General Knox and to the President. In which
clippings from the various Portland newspapers were enclosed detailing the violent attempts made by the I'nifed States
Marshal to dictate the conduct of the local postoffice.
QUICK ACTION FOLLOWS.
This morning the following telegram was received rrom The-Journal's Washington correspondent:
Assistant Attorney-General Hoyt, immediately after receipt of your telegram, wired Matthews calling his attention
to the imperative rule of the department against political activity and demanding his resignation from the state chairmanship.
A Journal reporter took a copy of
about It.
Mr. Matthews seized the telegram and
endeavored to look dignified.
"I have nothing to say," said he, after the manner of Pierpont Morgan.
"Are you chairman of the state central committee?" i . ' ; ' ': ' '.'.'
' I couldn't say." . . ' - '
"Will you resign your chairmanship or will you reaign as marshal?"
"I don't know a thing about it." said Mr. Matthews.
"It was reported to The Journal thts morning." pursued the reporter, in a cheerful voice, "that you made the state
Went last night that you had already resigned as chairman of the central committee."
"I never said any such thing." said the man of two Jobs, and then he retired as gracefully as It is possible for a
disgruntled politician to do.
I. II. POPE M(K
in ip w
He Relates Occurrences
While There
An Oregon Permanent Exhibit Is
Needed in New York and
Washington.
W. H. Pope, ex-rounty auditor of Mult
nomah County, is back from an extended
trip to the East, where he visited his old
home at New Bedford, after tin absence
of 40. years. In an Interview with a
Journal representative thts morning, he
d:
"Of all the cities I visited In the East
ONLY.,500 LIVING
OF 2500
Death and Smallpox Go Hand in Hand
. in Island of Furni Awful
Pestilence
VIENNA Nov .-SSr-Onry- 6tM imngouf"Sf a T6uTpbpu1a tlon of f.5W5 Is The
terrible story of death from smallpox on the Island of Furni. m the Aegean Sea.
The greatest terror prevails and hundreds of dead bodies are unburled. strewn
about the shores. Survivors fear to approach the dead, and the stench arising
from the decaying remains is awful. An epidemic of smallpox broke out on the
island arid the natives sought to check It by employing vaccination. Not haying
the proper virus they extracted pus from the sores of the sick and Inoculated ' the
wall. The penult has been that nearly every patient died.
had never made any such statement, who
MATTHEWS IS STRANGELY IGNORANT.
the dispatch and went forth to see what
read It. Then he swallowed vigorously.
for the past couple of months I prefer j
Portland to any. They have no idea of 1
what Tortland is out there. The ques- ;
Hons asked me about this part of the coun- j
try. while East, were the most ridiculous
I have ever heard. One man in New
York asked me: "Isn't It cold up there? ,
You are so far up North." I answered ,
htm that we were -within a few miles f j
the North Pole, yet we had a very tem
perate climate.
PERMANENT EXHIBITS "NEEDETJ.
"I Bperl" atJout fl dayVtff New York.
While there I visited the museum In Cen
tral Park, where, they have a permanent
exhibit of building materials from every
state in the 1'nion. except Oregon. There
seems to be no reason for this. The
same condition prevails In the National
Museum at Washington, which I also
visited.
"I stopped in Washington for about 1!
days and took In everything of interest.
I visited Mount Ve,rnon and Arlington,
as also Georgetown and other historic
points. From Washington I took one of
the most delightful boat rides down the
Potomac to Norfolk. Virginia, where 1
visited the Navy Yards, the Government
Hospital and old Fort Norfolk, The har
bor In Norfolk 1s very Interesting and
there were fully 73 ships In the port the
day I was there.
SUBSTITUTION IN BOSTON.
"That reminds me I was In Boston, and
would you believe it. the old ?lye pork
on4 beans, "brown bread' and clam chow -
(Continued on Second Page.)
PEOPLE
is tening ine trutnr
th
political boss was going to da
When speech returned the marshal
INew York Banker to
Aid Venezuela
May Do It But Will Operate En
tirely at His Own Risk,
U. S. Will Not Help.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 19. Isaac Selig
masi. a New York banker. Is in this city
with the purpose of interviewing the
president and state department on' a
rl':?,e ..,f.,,!"a",',inl' .th" Venezuelan. In,
','b,M,,?sa - rt. ' understood that the
firm proposes to take up the Britain
Germany claims, accepting Venezuela's
bond as security. This action would be
pleasing to the states, but It Is stated
that If it is a part of Sellgman's proposi
tion to secure from the l.'nijed States a
guarantee of the bonds or even of the
moral Influence of the government, he
will be disappointed. The state depart
ment is opposed to such arrangements
t- and wm make -it -4a-r to-8tligmnn that
he must opt uite entirely at his own- risk.
Sriigman will ribn the mattef with
the president this afternoon. -
SECRET ENVOYS.
PARIS. Nov. ?9. It is believed In Eu
rope tlmt secret delijigations have been
sent to both England and Germany for
the purpose of negotiating In favor of
Venezuela. It Is understood that dele
gates are endoweil with power either to
settle the claims in full or to make offers
whlrrL.lt. la ..believed-. jtllLliO-Jisteiuid-toby
both Britain and the Kaiser. Vene
zuela will not enternto any arrangement
usjess her course in the matter Is com
pletely to the satisfaction of the I'nited
States.
REED-JURY TRIAL
W. H. H. Reed, is being tried by a Jury
In Justice Reld's court this afternoon. Iffe"
Is charged with violating an order of the
court In visiting the premises of Mrs.
Jennie Lawtoh. against "Whom be had
made threats to kill.
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Swift Ice Plant Blown
to Atoms kt Chicago
This Morning
Boiling Water Slowly Scalds Im
prisoned Victims to Death
While Cries of Agony
Pierce Palf of Steam.
(Journal -Special -Service.)
CHICAGO, Nov. 29. With steam,
scalding water, debris and Jagged
Iron hurling In every direction, car
rying death and general devasta
tion over a large area, five boilers
In Swift oV Co.'s Ice plant, No. 3,
exploded simultaneously at 10:40
o'clock this morning. More than a
dozen bodies of the dead have al
ready been discovered and many
others are believed to be beneath
the wreck and ruin still. At least
50 have been more or less seriously
Injured.
Nothing Is left of the huge build
ing but a heap of tangled ruins.
Splintered wood and twisted Iron
are buried beneath a heap of stone
and broken brick.
AWFUL DEATH.
Creat tanka Of boiling water,
opened ny mr rerce or ine snocK,
leaked down through the wreckage
!and slowly bolted alive many who
were caught beneath the Jam.
The work of rescue was earrled
on beneath, a pall, of steam-that
rendered It Impossible for. the Wre
men to see three Inches before their
faces. They had to feel their way
about. Many of the rescuert were
badly scalded while working to as
sist those Imprisoned In the tomb
of death.
The shock of the explosion came
while all employes were at their
work. There was no warning. In
an Instant death groped blindly
Into life and a score were crushed
Into Inert clay or maimed and
broken.
WORK OF RESCUE.
The explosion was heard all over
Chicago. Firemen hurried to the
scene with all possible speed and
ambulances from every hospital In
the city were speedily on hand with
a corps of physiclana, rendering
what service they could.
A vast crowd gathered and fought
with the cordon of police) for ad
mission Into the great dome of
escaping steam. Each man ap
peared to wish to be of some as
sistance to those whose screams of
agony could be heard.
According to the deductions of
experts, the main boiler exploded
an Instant In advance of the other
four. With the velocity of a 13-Inch
shell, fragments of the Iron shot
upward through the floors and ceil
ings above, cutting them In two
as though they had been paper.
Great steel girders; wefeshattlred
and the walls fell ' In. The other
four boilers crashed and a volcano
of debris was let loose. Men were
killed blocks away by the falling
bricks and stones.
NO ONE LIVES.
Of 23 men known to have been
In the Ice house when the explosion
came not one escaped. All are
dead. Only four bodies taken from
the ruins have been Identified. All
others are too frightfully mangled
to be recognizable. Fifty men wars
hurt in adjoining buildings.
The hospitals are unable to give
a complete list of the Injured, as
many were taken to their homes.
It will be days before the names of
the dead are all known.
VAGRANCY C &SEAFIERMATH
When Pansy Young was brought be
fore Judge llofiii.- ysterday. on a chaVg"
of vagrancy. Hi" 'ju.stioning of Deputy
City Attorney Kit zg raid brought out the
information that the girl was under age.
and had been harbored about the Home
Ranch concert hall, selling drinks, and
was living with a man named Archie
Kay. Kitigerald had a warrant Issued
for the arrest of ieotge Lane, the man-ager-of-
Ue !.,n. d ?s -for Fay.- J.n
was arrested last "iirtit and at this morn
ing's session of court his case was con
tinued to 'Peeembei' 1. " Mr. Kitigerald
made the statement- that ho Intended to
enforce the laws bearing on this Issue.
BAD GAS EXPLOSION.
MARIETTA. Nov. 1'9.-,F gas explosion
in the residence of Mrs. Mary Tucker de
molished the hous this afternoon. Mrs.
Tucker and four daughters were all in
jured by being pinioned beneath burning
timbers and were rescued with difficult y.
Adjoining houses were cracked and ren
dered unsafe. The explosion was so vio
lent that all windows within two blocks
were shattered.
RAILROAD SOLD.
OAKLAND. Cal.. Nov. 29. The Call-
fociA 4c Nevada Railway,' uncompleted
fine, was sold today to the Santa Ke for
$50,000. 'S
ACTING MAYOR ZIMMERMAN
COMMENDS JOURNAL'S STAND
Hundreds of the People of Portland Send
Congratulations to the Office of
This Paper.
Councilmen, Physicians, and Qtizens
Delighted With the Outcome of
Pure Food Products,
"The meat and milk ordinance will be taken up at the next meeting of the Common Council. The. old ordinance
Introduced by F. W. Mulkey are the ones I refer to at this time. That some vigorous steps must be taken to correct
the evils that Infest Portland, relative to bad meat particularly, and milk also. Is, I think, apparent to everybody.
I am not familiar with the documents Introduced by Mr. Mulkey at the council meeting last June, but I shall know
all about them In a few days. The Journal Is In the front in this matter and that Is a position that ahould be com
mended by all." l. ZIMMERMAN, President of the Council.
I-ast Monday The Journai exuosed the rottenness of conditions that made It possible for diseased cattle by the herd to
be killed and sold in Portland for fresh, prime meat.
The Journal has made plain through a score of valuable opinions, that the milk taken from Infected cows la detri
mental to health, not alone of infants but of adults as well. Food Inspector Bailey, when asked the question. "Would you feed
an infant of yur own milk that had been taken from n cow suffering from tuberculosis?" said. "No, 1 would not."
Within five days hundreds of congratulations have come to The Journal because of the public spirit displayed In bring
ing to tin- attention of the people, that which they should know, telling, them of an evlj ,thLouidJtsi('9ote4.--''''''''a'
..,, .Wttm' ,)v;jUtow.U..Jta means by which wholesome meat
and lime milk could In- sold to the consumer, who has no way of protecting himself against unscrupulous dealers.
Professional men. business men. working men. mothers and fathers, have voiced their commendation on The Journal's
course.
And so It has come about at last that there is a certainty that the cltv authorities will take a hand and remedy the
I- tnluultoua -practice of some ow iu .d;Lv.Ui the. public, because that Rubltc doesirot, and wun tror,;knoW."
., ACTING MAYOR ZIMMERMAN'S OPINION. - . - -
'Infected meat and Impure milk constitute an evil that has no place In any community,"' said L. Zimmerman, presi
dent of the Common Council, today. "I understand the subject Will be brought up at the meeting of the council next
Wednesday afternoon. I am vigorously in favor of taking measures that will Insure to Portland meat and milk untainted
by adulterations or disease.'"
Mr. Zimmerman was asked if the old Mulkey ordinances would be revived. lie replied: "I am not sure that the same
documents will receive attention, but the matter will be Investigated and this time something will be done."
Councilman Ttentley. who was present, when Mr. Zimmerman expressed himself on the subject, asked what manner ot
Inspection Mr. Zimmerman favored. .
"1 believe that meat should be inspected on the hoof. Animals to be killed and their meat sold In Portland should
each one be .cnrcfully examined by an expert while nllve. TJie operation could easily be arranged, and furthermore, I
believe that We can arrange matters so that it would not cost the city a cent. I believe that we could secure one or two
government Inspectors who would act for Portland alone. Whichever way It may adjust Itself it will be toward the end
of wholesome food for the City of Portland. It is shameful," continued Mr. Zimmerman, "the class of meat that Is '
hung up In some of our markets, and the time has come to act.
"The milk proposition I am not so well acquainted with, but adulterated milk or that sold which has come from an
Infected cow is about us disagreeable to contemplate as bad meat. It might be well to correct the meat first. However,
they are such companions that I believe both should be wrestled with at once."
lillt) i
BATTLE
Army arid':Navy Cadets
Meet in Annual
Game Today
Generals and Admirals Forget Their
Dignity and Cheer in Unison
With Meanest Private
Jack Tar.
or
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29.-Final
score: West Point, '22; Annapolis., 8.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29. The first
half of the West Point-Annapolis football
game ended with a score of 10 to 0 In
favor of the soldiers. West Point used
the old-fashioned tandem and the Em-
nlu Cwn- nlaw Tim. a r. H main tHv
hammered right through the line of the I
sailors and could not be stopped, although I
the naval cadets put up a very game fight.
The soldiers" depended upon thelf exces- 1
slve weight and made-that weight tell.- j
I'illlADKI-l'IIIA, Nov. 29 From top '
rank generals, in their gold lace and j
brass, and admirals In full imtform. down
i th.. e:rtet nrlvates of both arinv and t
navy, the lighting fohce of the I'nited
Slates lias forgotten Its rank and is
shouting and cheering, gesticulating In
frenzy and alternately sinking into de
spair, at Franklin Held this afternoon.
Football Is the cause. It is the game of
the year West Point against Annapolis.
Tale and Harvard, Cornell and Prince
ton may play better football, their
coaches may come at higher salary and
more time may be devoted to practice by
their teams, but wide and fnr throughout
tbe Length and breadth of t he tanoLan.4.
whereve.- American keels plows the foam
ing deep, there Is impatience to hear the
score of the Army-Navy game. Foreign
military attaches leave standing orders
for the results to be cabled at their ex
pense, and Admiral Robley D. Evans, on
the Chinense Station, hos nrrangVd for
returns to be brought to him on a swift
10
'fit' it
dispatch boat.
There Is more money wagered on the
annual football bout between the Army
and the Navy cadets than upon any other
game In America. Today the betting was
early In favor of the young men from
the upper Hudson River, but after th?
two teams were on the field and the
husky strength of the sea dogs had be
come apparent, odds changed slightly,
and there were not so many calls of de
fiance from the military side of the field.
There were many notables present on
the grounds. Secretary of War Hoot wore
the cplors of the Army, while on ' the
J,noa.( Iwwifit of Secretary of the Navy
Moody showed the pennant of the oppo
sition. Oen. Curbliv Gen. Chaffee and
many other noted fighters were on hand
'eaTftcsnd thejtrfotjjbt Welf ajgnlty un.d
high station and yelled like school boys
for their respective favorites.
THE TWO TEAMS.
Close followers of the sport and who
have watched the records of the two
teams since the beginning of the pres
ent season, expressed the opinion that
the Army would win. Their defensive
work was considered superior and It was
believed by football experts that they
moved faster behind the line. The inter
ference of the sailors, in the short prac
tice before the teftrns lined up awaiting
the call of the whistle, however, moved
swiftly and showed hard and compact
formation. It looked an ugly thing to
butt against and there were expressions
of doubt 011 the faces of Army advocates.
There waa a whisper along tho side
lines Just before the men went Into posi
tion that it was to be a kicking game
on the part of the West Pointers,, whose
ends were considered faster than the
htid'dles: Ffffifght rtne'priinglrig arid iSardi
00M
PAUL BEGS
TO DIE ON VELDT
Former President of Transvaal Asks
English to Let Him Come
Home at Last
LONDON, Nov. 29. Three men sailed from England today on a Strang mis-
sloiv aixl w-wh1eh-wm mean Wtteh-tf-tt is .successful. -All aie outcasts telurn
Ing to their native land. Former Acting President Schalkberger, of the Transvaal,
returns to the country in which he was once the supreme and ruling power, to ba
a favor from Colonial Secretary Chamberlain. It Is said that Oom Paul Kruger.
once president of the South African Republic, will be permitted to come baric ,;
and die on the veldt. With Schalkberger go Weasels and Wolmorans, the Boer
delegates who solicited funds In the iTnlted States. Both these men have Jheert
warned never to return to Cape Town, but they so In the hope that the autaort ?
ties will relent and permit them to remain, ' . . '
of All Classes Are
the Fight for
- .:.-..r.,.-r
end rushes was the declared policy of
the followers of Neptune. .
INTENSE FEELING.
A party of drunken soldiers at the
south gate became mixed up with sailors
from a revenue cutter and distracted the
attention of a portion of the audience
just as the ball soared down the field.
The disturbers Were arrested, but sev
eral less intoxicated than the rest
watched the game under police protection.
HELD TO GRAND JURY. : -
Louis Robinson.. charged .jsith secreting
assets, after having filed a petition In
baulu-upteyv was bound over to- he grand
jury this morning by Commissioner Mc
Kee. Robinson was released on a J1.600 ,
bond.
Harry Thomas was bound over to the
grand jury this morning on a bond of
11,000. He Is charged with the larceny of
a diamond from S. P. Haniwalt, on an .
"S" street car. Thomas tried to prove
an alibi, through a woman called Bell,
who testified that on the night that the
robbery was committed, he had been, at
her house from S in the evening until
after midnight. Haniwalt and a number
of others, were positive that he was On
the cur the evening in question.
CHARGED WITH CRIME
Frederick Kettler was arrested last
evening by Constable Adkins, charged
with attempting a serious crime. The
complaining -witness is Mrs. Ottila
Buschke, an aged woman residing at 469
MJasUisippi. avenue. , Kettler, who is .
married man, was-Veleased on $500 balk
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