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' . i . . .'. ..,.'.'..:. 1 ffi.vff 1902. ' ' - " PniCTE FIYE CENTS. M'M,'MMMMM''"f7""M''"M'"MM",M''MMT''M"MMTMM - "' I ' i . ' - ... t !ty - K ' - c ' - hh - - '- J-1 ' ' " :'sasi ass' ''. aw ' ' A-a aasaaf ssasaaTeBB sssaaai aaawMwan b - " - ' ':" --.i. -!-; , WILL GET Trit IKAlwOKi IKAUt WliH 1HL rHlLlfrlNto ! The Sound Qtv Forees Ahead in the Race ' JK:: and Only the Day Whether or not Portland Mcuraa the contract for the transport eervlco butlnesi with the Philippines, shs has been thoroughly advertised all over the country as compstltor. Yesterday afternoon and last night press dispatches wero tent broadcast announcing that "Portland, Oregon,, is In the fight for the transport trade." Do you know what this meansT It means that the city has bean made known to the people of the country at large as an enterprising com munity. , , . 1 Portland should never overlook the opportunity to let the world know that she Is a progressive commercial center. The city has been altogether too elow In hlnglng Itself to the front. If It elects to remain passive while other cities act, than It will gradually, rich as It is, dlssppear from public vtsw. ' Neither San Francisco nor Seattle have secured the transport contract aa yet. Portland should not leave a stone unturned when bringing her claim to part of the business to public notice. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. It wae announced at the War Department today that the lowest bid for the transporatlon of troops and army appplles from the Pacific Coast to Manila Is that of the Boston Steamship Company, of Seattle, which blda 4.2S per ton for freight, $10 per 1,000 feet for lumber, $100 per head for first-class passengers, $25 per head for soldiers with out rations and $35 with rations. The Laldlaw Company, of Portland, bid $4.40 per ton for freight and $11.50 per 1,000 feet for luenber, but put In no bM for oassenaers. UNLE68 SOME OTHER BIDDER CAN SHOW ADVANTAGES OVER THE 8EATTLE FIRM IT WILL GET THE CONTRACT, IF CONGRESS APPROVES THE CHANGE FROM THE PRESENT SYSTEM, WHICH NOW 8EEM8 AL MOST CERTAIN. - m .m , - -NOW'TIl-TIMI FOR PORTLAND TO ACTT-"'" " ' " ' THIS CITY UNQUESTIONABLY A8 MANIFOLD ADVANTAGES OVER SEATTLE FOR THE HANDLING OF THE RETURNING SOLDIERS FROM THE PHILIPPINES, AND IF A FIRM AND UNITED EFFORT IS MADE THE PRIZE CAN BE SECURED. - EVERY GRAIN OF INFLUENCE THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY POSSESSES WITH THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE BROUGHT INTO PLAY BEFORE THE RISE OF TUESDAY'S SUN. ENERGY AND PUSH WILL WIN. PORTLAND CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE. ' - LET THE MERCHANTS OF THIS CITY BE UP AND DOING WITHOUT AN HOUR'S DELAY. Next Tuesday decides whether Port lard, Seattle or Saa Francisco Is the ravored one in the mind of Secretary of War Root in relation to the transport business. Portland has at last awakened to the realisation that.sho is a factor and will endeavor to prove It. Portland lias the port, the people, tlie mimey and . the ships, so why should she not get the trade? " Through the efforts of The Journal, as .-tatd in yeteray's"sirae,the ettamber of Commerce has taken the matter up. telegraphed, to Senator Mitchell to urge toa recutaUUon of.PMttead in th award of the- oontmet. fV1umVtar-Va-VSf- transporting men ana supplies fo --this -oantry to the: Philippines were opened on November 1U. it was found that there were only two bids one from Portland and the other from Seattle. Both wei for the transportation of general cargo at $4.50 per toa. The Portland bidders were James Laldlaw & Co. When seen this morning regarding their hjd, Mr. Ildlaw stated that he orily bid on general cargo, not on men or mules I and horses. He said: A Direct Cable Service Opens on Monday Soctfiwesf Beneatfl tnePadfic' Indian Oceans Tolls Are Also Reduced. On Monday for the first time In the history of Portland It will be possible tor those who . desire to communicate with Australian points direct by wire without the message having to travel across the American continent, beneath the Atlantic Ocean, through an English office and then away again parallel with the coast of Africa and along a thin steel cable to the far away Southern Island. Vrom Monday until wireless telegraphy takes the place of the present system messages from the Western Amerlcan coo-st will reach Australia through the waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, ind the British Pacific Cable will bear hat ever tkUngs are., acni.. .The Portland agent of the company are the Postal POIlIiAIII) CLOSE TO AUSTRALIA OLD THE . FUN IS NO LONGER IN IT Two Idaho Sports Undertook to "Shoot Up Town" and One of v Them Is Dead at Lenis as a Result . J . LENIS, Dec, 6 After a protracted spree and while .he ,waa . attempting to top oft with a little "old-time frontier soorf by shooting up: the town, Nels Otters on waa fatally shot this morning by pai..aman. nmea Myra, -cmeT here-from BlaekfoOf, Idaho. 'They occame hi larious after making the rounds last night .and several times were warned by the officers that they must conduct themselves with greater propriety. Laugh ing and Jeering the peace offliajs they went ahead with their orgy. Early this morning they declared themselves masters pf the town and 'began shooting. They forbade anyone ennving Into the streets except upon their Invitation. Mar- shall East undertook their arrest and they opened Are' on him, 8 hoot Ins; back h mortaLLv wounded Otterson, after which Meyers ssrrendered, ' - Energet ic Action Will Win for Oregon's Metropolis. "If we get the contract we expect to charter the steamers Comerlc, Wymerlc and Yeddo. One of these we expert to run once a month. Why we only bid on general cargo Is because of the shortness of the time of the contract it Is only to June 30, 1S03. If It would be for at least two years we could bid on the transpor tation of horses and mule? alno. as It would then pay us to refit the ships. As it is, we only bid on thu general cargo." .-The. ahi&s. jnenUsned -b5-Mr. -fcaWtirw-are all over 7,000 tons' burden. t PRIVATE COMPANIES SHY. Private companies aro rather shy of bidding on the transportation of' men, us nI.'"Xs It" Tri " ' ill. i.n .wwi" clsctf With aoldler-mainly for ill health, there ia a bowl raised as to their accom modations. If a private company under takes the Job, such If not worse condi tions would prevail. Regarding the commercial end of this matter, MaJ. Devol of San Francisco said some time, ago: . "There has always been more or less talk that the government was spending a mint of money on its transport service, even in Congress. I do not see how any Telcgraphi people. The newly opened ca ble reaches the following places: i Fanning Island, Norfolk Island, Fiji Islands, Australia. Tasmania and New Zealand. A reduction of rates to these points is also announced from $1.11 per word, as at present, to $5 cents f ojr all points "except Fanning, that to be -16 cents. The shortening of the distance responsible for thia curtailment of the price of messages. BY VANCOUVEK. T he-new service will be by way of VancoAiver Island. B. C. North along the American coast the messages will be car ried over the wires of the Postal Com pany, and from Victoria It will dive beneath the waves and Journey toward the -SoiufhweBt.-"'"'"-' ' ' ' " " " '' " - Portland bustnesswlth Australia is in creasing, and Jtist at the present tima the shortage of cereals In that fsluml. Several cargoes have gone from the Northwest to thelarge Southern British possession, and firms" are establishing agencies there. The now cable places Australia many hours nearer Portland in the matter of direct communication than when It was. necessary for cable grams to travel the long way around- the world to reach their destinations. LOTUS BUDS RELEASED, WASHINGTON, Dec. The secretary of the treasury today held a hearing in the case of the Cuban children now de tained at Ellis Island, en route" to the Tingley Point Loma School. It was con cluded to admit the children and the au thorities at Ellis Island were telegraphed to to release the children to Tlngley's rep resentatives. The principal witness in favoF.ot the- school was CajnmJaMOTier Sargent. ; City Marshal East. Otterson and his I private concern can conduct the business so na to save the government anything. The call lor bids demands refrigerating and ventilating systems, lavatory and sleeping accommodations, and some other MUngs, with which the ordinary vessels are not provided, and which could not be Introduced except ut an enormous ex pense. IXJN'T UNDERSTAND. "I know no niore what Secretary Root mefle-yMw call -fttr tiWs -tnarr fftiyoAW else. It is my opinion, however,' that he lned to- stiow .'fmjrrrs! how" rnneh." cheaper the government can do Its own work than hire .other people to do it. I he .service has Just been' reorgantated . and e,J rPiallar"'" ecotiomical icYiedule ; artoptej 4 -rtiw mior " flmtiWIWRt n 1 n ir the ilresent fleet 1 is. by a rough estimate, approximately J1.250.0OO a year. We have figured out many times the comparative cost, and we can beat any private concern by thou sands of dollars annually." Portland is working at a disadvantage. Seattle, has President Hill of the Great Northern, and President Mellen of the Northern Pacific, to help it along. San Franciaeo undoubtedly has the HarTlman system; Portland has no one to aid it. It must get there on its merits. DISLIKE DELAY Colombia May Drive the U. S. to Nicaragua Route. j WASHINGTON. Dec. 6. The Colom bian side of the treaty for the eonstruc I tion of the ship canal across the Isthmus of Panama is still attracting much at , tentlon. It is announced that not before I the middle of next July can there be se- cured action from the Colombian Con ; grcss...ttardtiig - -thi --mfmrtimtWttUPrT I The feeling In favor of the Nicaraguan route is growing and If Colombia con- Uum.An . ls present f ours aod inter poses many more o We;.' t ions, -. tt nrnii highly probable that a change wilt follow. It is well known that Morgan and a strong following will advocate the Nlcar aguan route before the Senate. CUBA WILLING. NEW YORK, Dec. 8. Gratifying news concerning reciprocity with Cuba is pub lished in morning papers in this city. It seems to. forecast a victory for the ! policy of President Roosevelt and the statement Is made in positive terms that the treaty will be signed Monday next. All that will then remain to bis done is for It to be ratified in proper form. There seems little doubt that the upper house of the Cuban Congress will sustain the ap proval of President Palma. TO DECIDE BOUNDARY. .. FORU-SeCRTIi pec f,-siOJ. "Blanco. Mexican representative or the Interna tional Boundary Commission, has gone to California, where, with Gen. Barlow, rep resenting the United States, he will in spect the long str'ng of monuments erected many years ago. The distance to be traversed Is TOO miles, from California to El I'-tso. FATAL WRECK. ' TAfcLMADGE, O., Dec. . Two. Erie freight trains came Into head end colli sion this morning and four trainmen were killed and five others severely injured. The accident occurred a short distance from this city on a curve. A fierce anow storm blinded the train crew and caused the accident. t . . CANADA LEADS. MONTREAL," Dec. , 6. The Canadian Pacific has met the advance in wages given by the railroads of the . United States and gone them one better. Yes terday it posted notices that a 12 p"er cent Increase in the wages of 'employes would f ojnto effect .January , la- ' WOULD-BE ASSASSINS. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec, . Several young Llvadtan stndents have tteen ar rested for alleged complicity in a plot to assassinate the Russian Csar. So Says Bill That Passed House Today Miners May No Secure Title to Their Claims Pension Bill Also Passes. WASHINGTON. Dec. S. Each American' cKlxan who so desires may, according to a bill which passed the Hos of Representa tives this aternoou, file homestead upon S20 acres vof land in Alaska. This flllnr and ijthe steps necessary o acquire tltlf are governed by special lawa. ...... WASHINGTON. Dec 6. After being In session 10 minutes today the House of Representatives' .passed the pension bill without opposition from either Republi cans or Democrats. The bid was re ported front the committee with fav orable recommendation at 32:15 and In the shortest - possible space of tline the matter waa ruahed through. The London dockage bill waa called and made special business for Monday. Action on the pension bill was taken by the House as committee of the whole. When the house met today Speaker Henderson announced committee appobit menti. the Democrats being given The following places: . Glass of Virginia to become, aimtoj; J oer ui ine racmu ranrouu anu posiomce commit tee. ber of the mines and mining committee. ALASKAN HOMESTEADS. - , TV MslStr t!;" -tab'tq-ta-iat!tion" otAiek..diab,nd thc-fitlit "Step toward righting the wrongful conditions that exist there was taken in the pas sage of the Alaakan homestead bill by a large majority. This bill throws open the lands of Alaska to general settlement by cttliens of the United States and makes provision for acquiring title which has heretofore been almost Impossible. Ia view of the rigorous climate and the extreme doubt whether any section of the territory can be successfully cultivated, the grants to each homesteader are made larger than In former Instances and the area that can lis (lied upon by one man Is fixed at 320 acres. This 'is one of the remedies for Alaakan conditions that waa advocated by J.- W. Ivey, special delegate sent from the Far Northern country to appear be fore this session of Congress. TO SHAKE UP THE POLICE Not a police officer from the chief down but must face Mayor Williams when the time comes to reappoint such officers un der the new charter. Ph'. -mayor -made-the" following State'-' ment this morning: i "Every person desiring an appointment on the.poiic tarns "und.tb- t hartpr, .ospeclaUy .4nelulin" Miow sw ' OiVttfe force, must make application to me in person so that 1 can have an interview with ntm and ascertain from my own Observation his qualifications for the of fice he seeks. "I am in my office at the city hall from 10 a. m. until 1- m. and from 2 until 6 p. m. all days except, Sunday, unless ne cessity caused by other engagements compels my absence. I propose toTetain in office all those whom I And to be hon est, efficient and faithful Jn the perform ance of their duties, and those whom I find to be dishonest, unfaithful 'or Inef ficient must g". "GEORGE H. WILLIAMS. "Mayor of Portland." IS THERE TO. 44 BE A SCHISM? Rabbi Wise Speaks of Essentials and Non-Essentials of Judaism. ' Rabbi Wise spoke last night on "A Movement In Judaism; Is There to Be a Schism In Israel?" at Temple Beth Is rael. - He appealed to the young men to Join a church, instead of keeping aloof from the same. In part he said: -"Why-must a man be dead or married before he can join the temple? Why do the managers of his church and of other churches ahut out the young men If I should suggest that every Jewish young man 21 years old In Portland should Join the temple, I would be laughed at. It Is spiritual fratricide. We have modernized the service, have instituted the choir and the organ on4 hv a more simple, rea sonable, beautiful service than before. I have the old-fashioned idea that it Is a good thing for the young men to attend the synagogue and yet they atay away because nothing is done, to bring them." " ' "HAY BETREBELUON. NEW ORLEANS, ,ee. .-.Veaself ar riving' from Central 1 America report that a revolution threatens in Honduras where Betiof Bonilla haa-keen elected president and General Sierra refuse to give up the Qfflee, ' ' . , . . IT MAKES DISASTROUS FIRE and Flrenun Drowned, PHIL ADELPHI 4i.JRN!&, c -rKfc.al!ttTt ,weja.joyjsiw,iiH! by . smoke 4s Uw mgs! of the ateamer Saxon which burned at the wharf here this morning, and one firemai was drowned wrjile attempting to put out the fire. He fell overboard and the smoke was so dense the accident was not discovered until too lata to save him. The other men were seriously hurt. The cargo of the ship was completely de strayed. PORTER WANTED Police Seeking Mack Fassett of the Lincoln Hotel, Chicago. CHICAGO. Dec. . There Is another now likely to get into serious trouble ua a Vesult of the Lincoln Hotel holocaust here. The police are searching for Mack Fassett, porter of the hotel, who was on duty at the time of the fire. The fire Inspector has rendered a report which says that not a life would have been lost had the alarm been turned in within a reasonable time. He therefore recom mends that Fassett bo held as erlmlnully negligent, r- . . PELEE'S FIRES; They Are Still Burning and Lava Is Flowing. FORT DK FRANCE, Dec. 6 With a cloud of fire-lit ashes extending for five miles Into the air above the crater, Pelee is again in most violent eruption. De scending debris falls many miles from the mountain. Although many have al ready fled from the vicinity of the moun tain, there Is no panic and It is under stood this place Is in perfect safety. A KING'S ADVICE. NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-At nreslaa, Ger many, yesterday afternoon. Kaiser Wil helm. ,the German Emperor, addressed a large delegation ' Of workingmen. He strongly denounced Socialism and advised those who were following it, to take up a more substantial course. "Send work Ingmen to Parliament to rep?sent you," the Emperor advised. I DENSE SMOKE SMALL DAMAGE j The overheating of a stove In the ware I rooms of the Bowen Beed Store, corner j Front and Taylor street, called out the ! fire department about 11 o'clock this morn ing. The room contained a Inrge quan tity of seeds which wero slightly dam aged. TWO YEARS FOR PENNY ST. LOCIS. Dec. . Two years In the penitentiary Is the term tnat must be served by Charles J. Denny, convicted last evening of perjury In connection with the bribery charges which have been Investigated here. REBEL TO DIE 1 NliW1 YORK. Dec. 6. Victorian Loren ro. a noted Colombian rebel leader, haa been captured and will be executed be cause of his many bloody crimes, , WHEAT MARKET. ; CHICAGO. Bee. . Wheat TJHO'IHe- HIiVl LAUGH. ID IS BEII Sick Statesman Seems to Be Improving He Was Considered as Very Much Worse by the Physicians This Morning. WASHINGTON,. Dec. 6. Thomas B. Reed Is much batter this afternoon. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. The early morbing bulletin docs not give the condi tion of Thomas B. Reed as being as fa vorable as last night. His stomach is so weak that no nourishment can be re tained and the patient, suffers from nau sea. Symptoms are considered very dis couraging and physician do not disguise the fact that there .is little hope for Mr. Reed's recovery. The patient grew much weaker during tho..4UUUAith,-jmcoiM!ag-eports ihiit were given out yesterday were coun termanded shortly after nightfall. Mem bers of the famtiyremalned by the bed- j -sia.li iit n there was -m ft momcne wneu me puyatciuns were not in attendance. COMPLETE COAL DEAL. NEW YORK, Dec. tf.It Is announced here that the' coal operators who are under agreement have decided upon a plan which will force those known as the "independents" to come into their fold. What this plan is has not been disclosed. DEMAND IT ALL. PARIS, Dec. 6. Thus far all offers of the shipowners 1iave been scornfully re jected by the striking sailors and fire men. They declare no half-way meas ures will de adopted, said they must have In full what rtify demand or they will lake nothing. ' DIVORCES COME EASY IN The People Complain of the Shah Reduces 1100 to a VIENNA. Dec. . The Tageblatt today telte of a wholesale yoreafourl that was comened In the privacy of his own chamber tfy the Shah, of Persia, and which resulted In the weeding out of undesirable wives until the men arch I si -haremwa3 reduced in the number of lta inmaiea fromJUUHLtna-scant fiiki-rha numerous grass-widows are returned to- the ouatody of their iMtreht or frienda, . each provided with a libers! present in money for services rendered." Favorites) and the moat beautiful of the women were those retained. . The shah has estab. lished his family and household on a conservative hauls, s ' . . There la graafagttatlon among the people as a result of the tinprecedented action of their ruler In the radical reduction of his harem. It la loukeJ upon with great disfavor and is consldeed an astounding reform...- The common p-o-pl are charging that the shah has become converted to reckless reoiuiu:.;.:y ideas thrquga, too intimate association with! ICuropeao travelers. i " .... i Heated Discussion Before ' Strike Commission Father Curran Declared "Sab" to Be a Detriment to the ' General Community. SCRANTON, Dec. 6. This being Satur- . day, members of the strike settlement commission announced their session would be short in order that members might be ,; given an opportunity to visit their homes, on Sunday. Father Curran was the first witness) called. . - He declared conditions as he had found ' ' them in . Wilkesbarre to . be deplorable. Hardly had he taken his seat before be was placed under the conversational microscope and every effort possible was). ; mado by the operators' attorneys t se-' - ; euro damaging admissions. - Under this strong cross-fire Father Cur- ' ran admitted that a non-union miner had been most brutally murdered at Olyphant, -but declared he did not know whether, -union men, non-union men or hired guards) of the operators had been guilty. Nothing new was brought out, - and : . after soma minutes' questioning Curran ' declared "scab"- labor worked jan injury; ' to the general community. ;, ..; . This declaration precipitated an argu ment regarding the use of the term scab'" and for some time the prosecution, de r ' fen'se and witness, discussed this quesx . v tlou in, heated terms. . .', ' .XBQap-NiV-iBgBSfr.-"- Curran said there- never Was 'necessity " for calling out troops and that the eon. . ditlons specified in Goveraou Stone's mill tary proclamation did not exist, i The olvli with the. isolated Caaea. of ..lawlessness, . t Andrew Chippie, a 12-year-old breake boy, waa the next witness. He had beea . in school for one year. His father was : killed In the mines ind owed ISO to the company at the time. The boy was work-1 : ing out the old account as well as having? ' to pay rent and fuel. The child had been working for four months and had .never received a penny. He said the duet waa very bad on a breaker and that his back got lame sometimes. The boss would then twist his ears, pull his hair and tell kin. to pick faster. His due -bills when exam ined, showed him deeper' In debt thai when ha began work, y . James Gallagher, a miner, .was the! nx , witness, tie. had been employed Markle, ' -for 17 years and alna ; months, ihirlna; that time ha only, drew' $5. : i- i e t He had dealt at the company's store) "and was kept constantly In debt, ' When lie got too-fr-ln arrears he waa given worH in a good chamber where he could , make good wages-, When the debt waa almost liquidated he would be given poor chamber until he was again In debt. Contractor Rain was on the stand wheal adjournment was taken. ; - TO SAVE FENCES. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-T-A delegation ' -si -tirDe will furor NebraSr to "appeal ' before .Congress and ask that a special commission be sent to look; Into the statu -of the land laws. . Range fences are to) ; bo rcftlovW W & -Government represents tire and the people of that state do not ., believe conditions are accurately under . stood. ' ' " REMOVE MEAT BAN. NEW YORK. Dec. . Satisfaction waa caused in the meat market today by. the statement that England stood ready to remove the ban upon American meat from the New England States as soon est the American Department of . Agricultural announced the mouth and hoof epldemlo : had been placed under- controfe It bad -been feared the embargo would be lasting. HASSETT FUNERAL J" v , AlTtORA, III., Dec 6. The funeral of Kate Hassett, the actress who waa murdered by Barry Johnston, occurred here this afternoon. C 1 . i'-.-t-"'. Radical' Reform Because; the Harem From Scant 60