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"VOL. I. NO. 262.
PORTIiAND, OREGON, FKIBAYVSVENIXG, ? JANUARY 9 1903."
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I Il' BElCOIIE
RAI LWAWRANCHISE
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DEIlRtT POT
Despite; Opposition the
Council Favors . the
; . Railway Co
At thla afternoon's maetlng ct ,
tha ' City 1 OonnoU,. Oonnnilmaii
.' ntly . stood, .bravely ' for . bis
convictions. at aaUi "I tea th
90-y4r riaUa la lt dig ar
ms te it tanas t tkat granted
to th Portland Uway Com .
' pany. . Xryou pass thla bmiui X
want you to asspm ta ra
ponalbinty fo it S dolin to
aooapi it." ,
Kt. Bamdla wanted tia Port
land kail war Company' fraa
oala increased to 30 years, but
wu ruled out by Mayor Wil
liams, as belngf out of ordar.
Mx. Beatley tarn offered an
" - tnraimnl to reduce th Olty
. Baburbaa's fsanchia to a tarm of
SS year. This waa aaooadad bjr
Mr. barratt Tba oaUiaf of th
, roll on tha qoaatloa waa lnslat
ad apon br Mr. Bentley, aad tba
Connollmen array ad themselves
aa follows
i Za favor of Bantlay'a motion,
two ayaa, Bantlay and Bbarrattt
afaiaat tbf motion, a lz aaya, Air
baa, OardwaU, Tlmgtl, mnmalln,
lflar aad Biauaarauui. Tbna tba
City Bnborbaa Ballway Oom-
. pany galaa ita aad.
. Tha meeting of the City Council thla
aftarnoon waa an adjourned aeaalon from
Wtdneaday. The ' S 0-year blanket fran
chlaa of the City & Subiyban Railway
Company, which la five years longer than
that of the Portland Railway Company,
will probably be Anally disposed of.
HIS VIEWS UNCHANGED. J
Mayor WlUiama aaid this morning
that he. had had no change of heart, from
hla convictions previously expressed,
and he la in favor of the franchise.' He
still avers hla belief that the fact that
the proposed ordinance is for a period of
five years longer than the one accepted
by the. Portland Railway Company,
paks no difference. On this point his
hotor' aald this morning:
THE MAYOR'S 8TAn."
"My Idea is simply this: The blanket
franchise will do so much to relieve the
people of this city from taxation, that
its enactment Is very desirable on that
account. Take, for example, the bridge
over Marquam Oulch. That- will cost
140.000 to $50,000 to build The City &
Suburban Railway Company will pay
' 120.000 to $25,000 of -this. And. so, too,
o any elevated lines of road that may
be built I don't hesitate to say that
this measure will save the taxpayers
' hundreds of thousands of dollars, and
for that reason should be passed."
MERRILL STILL ABSENT.
Councilman Merrill, who la opposed to
tha measure, is still out of the city, and
will not be home until Monday, at least,
so his personal action could not be con
sidered. During? the recess of Thursday, the
f riendsv and opponents of the franchise
have been mustering their forces. Even
, Mayor. Wlinams would not say J this
morning that the ordinance would pass,
but ' admitted ' that It - would either be
passed or rejected by a very close vote.
Councilman Sharkey and Foeller are 1
till absent from the city, so their opin
ions could not be had. It makes little i
dttTerenca what that may be, .because
since they could not be present to vote
their mere opinion could .not affect .the
Issue..
V BOMB OPINIONS.
Councilman Sherrett said ha was In
favor of treating all the street railway
corporations alike, and of making the
franchise for the same number of years.
In all' cases. - : . .'
Counollman- Flegel- -said: "I am in
favor. of the 30-year franchise because
. X do not believe In both expiring at the
same time. My views have already been
pretty well ' expressed."
Councilman Card well believed this
morning that the measure would pass;
and although he declined being inter
viewed, said that ha still stood Where he
had stood In favor of the ordinance.
Councilman Rumelln. who was de
tained from "Wednesday's Session bVIIl
nesa. Visited the City Hall in the fore
noon, and was In consultation with the
'lty auditor.
Gold Standard for Philippines.
(Journal Special Service.)
WASHINUTON. Jan. . The bill
establishing the gold standard for the
Philippines was passed - this afternoon.
SENATOR MITCHELL ASKED
r FOR TONGUE'S. SUPPORT
Congressman Tongue hasfHsted to explain to the Washington correspon
' dents how he came to beSt party to the nomination of F, A.- Bancroft for -
' postmaster of Portland. Mr. Bancroft's name has been, handed the 8en
' at by "President" Roosevelt. The action of Congressman-Tongue was -a
'great surprise to alt 'especially his constituents who expected that he would
put In his time attending to the demands of his own distriet and not that--vet
a - district , which he doesn't represent. - ? -' . - ' -- -
.The Washington correspondent of The Journal was instructed yester
t day to ask Mr. Tongue how U happened that he took such an interest In .
; the"Portland fight, His answer was that he lives In a -district three miles
from Portland.- The Portland office, .he, said, was the distributing dls-
trlct tor the entire state. - He admitted that he was asked, to go intd the
. fight for Bancroft by Senator 'Mitchell. This explains all. - ,i "
" 'v; Senator Simon,' who supported Croas'man. will probably not oppose th
appointment of Bancroft, but la some quarters it is said that be will, - r
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POP13 LEO HOPES TO EFFECT
RECONCILIATION.
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VV- ' ' AY
Orowa Pvlnoe aad
' , ' (Journal Special Service.)
ROME, Jan. J Pope Leo has instructed . Prince Abbe Max to make a
final effort tn the Pope's name to effect a reconciliation between the Crown.
Prince and tba Piutcess Louise. Reports from Geneva- say that the Prine- -ess
already regrets her aetion in leavlrig br husband, ami rumors are-current
that he has bad several quarrels, with Oiron, the French tutor with
whom he elopd. - -
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ENGINEERS WERE
IN COLLUSION
That b ; Inspector's Decision in
t. Portland Case.
"(Journal Special Service.)
: BAN FRANCISCO. Jan. Supervis
ing Inspector John Bermingham has
rendered his decision in the case of the
striking marine engineers who left the
steamer OeorC -W., Elder at Portland,
and whose, licenses were revoked by. the
Portland Board of Inspectors.
The sentences Imposed by the Portland
Board are .modified by Inspector Berm
ingham. so that First Assistant Knglneer
J: F. Sullivan and Second Assistant n-n-ineer
C M.- McKensle will have their
licenses revoke's for pwy. three months.
The case of Third Assistant Engineer
Huston, who refused to testify or to be
sworn, wlU be considered separately.
Bermingham said In announcing his
decision, that ths evidence clearly
showed collusion ' among the three en
gineers, and that they unquestionably
left the steamer for the purpose of .aid
ing, by" a sympathetic strike, the mem
bers of the Portland branch of the Mar
ine Engineers' Beneficial Association, at
that time;out on strike o the river
boats, v;.-- -
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EHARUEL'S MEMORY H0R0RED
- (Journal Special Service.) -
ROME. Italy.. Jan. "--Today being the
,th .annlverBajrf the death of King
Emmanuel. ; thousands of , people are
gathering In Rome from the provinces.
A, great , procession will visit the tomb
in the Fantheon. Jn order that the gov
ernment may not receive greater honor
than the Church, lb Vatican is putting
forth the greatest efforts to have a dem
onstration on the occasion of the 25th
anniversary of the coronation of Pope
Io, which will far outrival today's dis
play. V
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Prlnoess of Saxonj'.
1 PMD TO
III
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Twenty Legislators Are
Promised to Fulton
Jack Matthews Makes a " Grave
Mistake General News of '
the Politxians.
"We have 20 members of the Legisla
ture signed to the caucus agreement."'
That Is the claim of the Fulton men.
They must have 37, for there are IS Re
publicans In the Legislature, and 37 are
a majority of '. the Republican forces.
Less than 27 signatures to the Fulton call
for a caucus means no caucus. And no
caucus, allege the anti-caucus men, means
death to Fulton's senatorial ambitions.
- This discovery Is perhaps (he most sls;
aiiflcsmt feature of the recent days. It
reveals the. strength of the Fulton forces,
and otters "something tangible as a basis
for figuring.
. The people who support ' Oeer- and
llourne and 'Hermann, too, perhaps, al
lege that former caucuses have - been
iarees. They are usimr Jtfr. Fulton's re
fusal to go Into caucus heretofore against
him, and are arguing that caucuses are
not of much use anyway, the Gear men
adding always that the people caucused
lust June upon the Senatorship and se
lected T. T. Geer as their man.
The prevailing feeling is that there
will be no caucus, and that the : fight
Wtll be open in the session.
, Absolutely no on believes there is" a
man in Oregon who- honestly thinks he
can name the Senator. It Is "in the air,"
and will remain there intangible to mor
tal eyes for days to come. ,
DR. SMITH IS CONFIDENT. "
"Ye. I am confident I have enousrh
votes to be elected President of the Sen
ate," said Dr. A. C. Smith, last evening.
"I really have more than enough, four
more than enough, and that Should be
quite certainx ground upon, which to
stand." . - 5 . v ,
Dr. Smith had dropped in at the Ini
periar.and was shaking the hands or a
row politicians, and was colled out after
he had been- there but a few moments, to
attend t a patient. ,. -
"Where could yoii be found during' tba
dayT a Journal man asked.. "Where
arn your headquartera7 - . . 7 ".4 L
. - Dr. Smith smiled - that genial smile of
bis and replied, as ha buttoned: hla gloves
and passed out to his carriage to answer
bis professional' calif "V x. ,iJ:V -
"My headquarters ara-tki my onic."'
am busy practicing- my profession the
davr, not politic.
nor
CAUCU
The todoreennnt at Dr. Smith by tba
Panic-,Reigns; One- Third of Inkbjtants
I HaveFIed DesperateEf f or ts to T
; - ; Stamp Out. the Disease. .
BAN FRANCISCO, Jan. I. -John Brad
bury the. wealthy owner; of . the ' Tajo
mines near Macatlan, 'has received a dls
PHtch from 4tiei MasaUan .Chamber of
Commerce, stating that the . bubonic
plague is epidemic there, and thHt asslst
ttpec is urgently Jieedod. A strong appeal
was made to gradbury for help. In re
sponse, he .wired 4 contribution-( 1,C00.
v The rowchantsof Masatlun, Ivave form
ed relief organisations in order to care
for the hundreds of children who 'have
bee.n.left orphans by. tha ravages of the
IDAHO LEGISLATORS
MAY BOLT CAUCUS
Senatoralf Rumors That a Deadlock
Imminent in Senatorial Fight
All Rests With W. E. Borah.
(Journal . Special Service.)
BOISE. Idaho. Jan. . Sensational
rumors are (lying, about to the ejfeet
that despite tne fact that Ju)lge W, B.
Heyburn recetved" last night the ma
jority'' of -the votes in the Republican
caucus on United -Statss Senator, the
Borah Republicans propose to bolt the
caucus nomination.
' The final vote In caucus stood 28 for
Heyburn and it for W. E, Borah. Hey
burn's victory' if said to have been due
to. a combine between the. Northern. Pa
cific, the OregORr Short Line a certain
Spokane- millionaire, the' Coeur d'AIene
local , delegation '.was looked upon as
strengthening hln) before the entire state-.
It waa the expected and the natural thing,
and showed what very politician 'must
show that he has behind hint bis home
.delegation,. , . . .'. . '
The Brownell people Were pot alarmed,
however, and genatosTBreWsell himself,
who was seen in cne of the corridors of
"the Chamberpot Commerce, were his us
ual appearance of confidence and self
containment. v
Btl'NDER OF MATTHEWS.
Supporters of Harris of Lane for
Speaker danced with glee yesterday and
last night over what they claimed was the
body of B. L. Eddy's candidacy for the
speakership, slain by the premature ac
tion of the Multnomah Qounty delega
tion tn indorsing the Tillamook man.
.'Oh, we won't do a thing to Eddy."
yelled a Harris man. "Just listen, Mr.
Newspaper man." and the others paused
in their wild,' frenzied. Joyous ceperings
about the rom todayas one of their
number acted as spokesman. "Listen o
the Eddy tale of woe related by us. Look
at this trump card from the political
deck and thrust up our sleeve. Why,
we are able now to say to the country
members that Multnomah County wants
the Senator, the f-00,000 Fair appropria
tion: the Presidency of the Senate, and
now she wants to dictate the speaker-
shin' of the House of Representatives!
You should have-watched the faces of
the country members when we detailed
this apparently porcine disposition on the
part of Multnomah County, and then
seen them make tracks -for the Harris
camp to align up with him on the
speakership. It was simply a wild, bac
chanalian revel with us last night, after
tha result of the action of your delega
tion hero had had time to work out. Tou
may say that Mr. 1'ddy's goose has been
cooked so brown and crisp that it looks
like pork cracklings."
And so talked the Harris man and all
of the anti-Eddy workers who are in
town.
Seriously, however, '.it' Isv recognised
as one of the mistakes of Mr. Matthews,
forthat It was Matthews who secured
the indorsement of Eddy by Multnomah
County goes without the. saying, ft
furnished a focus for the opposition to
direct their shots against It. It' was
something tangible. It- was expected
that this county would support Eddy.
That was announced by The Journal
weeks ago. But this open indorsement'
was one of the gravest political blunders
of recent years. r
Regarding its effect upon Dr. Smith's
candidacy' for the presidency of the
Senate, no one thought that It was calcu
lated in the least to Injure him. His In
dorsement was demanded from bis own
delegation, and to refuse would have
been impossible. Besides, Dr. A. C.
Smith . is popular, ana his indorsement
is looked upon with favor by the outside
members.
"But. Eddy Is not or this county, as
one of the Oeer men said to The Jour
nal. "It was going out of their own
bailiwick to Indorse Eddy.?
THE OTHER SIDE
l-ien, the Eddy men replied to the
Harris men: -Bosh. Tou'se is klddin'."
And they sat serene In their headquar
ters and smoked (not in the Jackson
Day smoker) but in one of their own.
and tried to appear confident. One .of
them said, a Senator, too, who Is trying
to help the lower housa settle some of
Its troubles: ; --; ,t j-l-.v. .,
. ."Have you neara anyone kicking
anrtnat Eddv's Indorsement -exoeDtlnc
those who already were kicking, and who
have opposed him from the start? Don't
worry, boys." turning to the assembled
forces. "Remrmber that we have those
It bia votes from this county, and that
country politicians don't overlook solid
bodies of 13 in a house which has only
10 in all. I have not found many poli
ticians In Oregon who know much who
ire hunting for-opportunities to oppose
Multnomah County In their reasonable
desires. Arvloe from- our enemies Is
plague, . and' desperate efforts are being
made to stamp out Che disease. "dany
deaths arc occurring dally; and a state
of panlo prevails. Fully one-third of tha
inhabitants have - fled from the-city al
ready, and many more are preparing to
leave. - t .-.
John Bradbury, to whom the appeal of
jhe: pnamber of Commerce was made, is
a resident of 'Ioa Angeles, but has spent
most of his time for the past three or
four years In Iexico, where he has large
mining interests. , i
Is
miners and the Mormon Church. There
were originally two other candidates be
fore the faucus, Judge Standrod and ex-6e-natqr
Shoup, but both of them with
drew after a few ballots throwing the
bulk of their votes to Heyburn.
If Borah wilt give the word at least 18
of the 22 Republicans who voted for him
will repudiate the caucus nomination
and Ignore the obligation which they
assumed when they went into caucus.
This would result In a deadlock, for
Hcvhurn G&kinnt wet vntM pnmieh tn
be elected without BArah:Xollowli.LrAon'-'0lflt -abjMtfisv-JeWdwM
everything now deDends uuon 'Borah's
aotlon. 1
interesting, but it is good (not) to fol
low." 'The parentheses were vocal, but
none the less plain.
MAY DEMAND TRADES.
- - A member of the Multnomah county
delegation stated to The Journal that
he sincerely believed that the outside
counties were going to demand, that ap
propriations equal to the $500,000 asked
for the Lewis and Clark Fair be grant
ed for various local objects. In other
Words, the outside counties will com
pel Multnomah County to trade ever
In the matter of appropriations, insist
ing that the Fair appropriation shall be
charged to the account of Multnomah.
He said he had heard of the drafting
of a bill for the appropriation of $160,000
for the railroad around the obstructions
or the Columbia at Celilo. and for In
creased assistance for the Weston Nor
mal School, the Drain Normal, the Ash
land Normal, the Corvallls Agricultural
College, and perhaps for the University
of Oregon and the Ashland Normal, and
of other local schemes.
. Senator Daly of Corvallls chanced to
walk Into the lobby of the hotel just
then and was approached by a Journal
man. The Senator said:
"Please say If you will that I do not
want the Lewis and Clark appropriation,
charged against Multnomah County.
That is a state enterprise, and Portland
is giving her share toward It in local
subscriptions and her portion of the
state taxes that she must pay. I don't
want to go Into the list of legislators
who occupy such unreasonabXi posi
tions." PRIS0KERS DECREASED.
Something has occurred In Portland to
cause a phenomenal decrease In the num
ber of prisoners Incarcerated In the
county jail. Not for many years has
there, been such a small number of state
prisoners as there is at present Count
ing federal prisoners and insane prison
ers there are but 61 Inmates. , ''
Since .Portland reached the-dignity of
a metropolitan City of 50,600 population,
there has never beejv-'unttl within the
past few months, sd' small a number of
prisoners in tbe' county Jail. Barring
the. last fv months, the number of
prisoners has never fallen below 100.
There were times when there were as
many as 200. What the causes are that
have produced the present conditions no
one seems able to tell. "
'CORNERS" DECLARED ILLEGAL
(Journal Special Service.).
CHICAGO. Jan. 8. The Appellate
Court has confirmed the decrees of the
Superior Court restraining the payment
of moneys deposited as margins. The
court says a corner in thamarket-ia a
violation of the criminal statutes. The
decision lias caused great excitement on
the Board of Trade, as it practically puts
an end to corners in the future.
HEAVY DAMAGES FOR LIBEL
NEW YORK.; Jan. .-Special) The
libel suit of James Duke against the
Morning Journal, which has been on trial
In the Circuit Court, resulted this mom
lng in a verdict for the plaintiff of S3C..
000 damages. The paper had published
an article defamatory of tha plaintiff.
Steamship nd Cruiser Collide. -
Coast steamship Pomona collided on San
Francisco Bay this morning- with the
United States cruiser Marblehead. There
was a dense fog in the bay. the heaviest
that has been known for years, and- the
Pomona ran upon ' the cruiser's ram.
The steamship was badly damaged.-, w ?
To Visit ' Legislatures of
Western States
Secret Meeting Held Yesterday
Lewis and .Clark Directors Are
i - NowinSeisIonill.
A was exclusively stated in The
Journal of ycnterday, there are three
candidates for tho positions of special
commissioners to visit the Legislature
of the Western States in behalf of tho
Lewis and Clark Fair. , These ara John
K. Knapp, C IL Mclsaao and Willis
Duniway. , . . . . .:'.'.'.;
'. These gentlemen were in consultation
with a sub-committee of the legislation
committee of the Fair late yesterday in
the office of Mr.' Mallory, one of the com
mitteemen. The committee is composed
of A. L, Mills. W. D. Fenton. Rufus Mal
lory, and P. U Willls.: The outcome of
this meeting Is the division of ths states
west of the Mississippi- River Into three
districts,- each district to be visited by
one commissioner. Later development
show that one of the candidates, Willis
Duniway. cannot leave Portland at once,
so it Is probable that some one else will
be sent. However, this matter will come
up before a meeting of the entire board
of directors thla afternoon Who, in turn,
will no doubt refer it back to this com
mittee with fuUpwer to act.
It is probable than that the committee
will meet again, either, after the direc
tors' meeting or tomorrow morning, and
settle the matter, as all recognise the
fact that the question of time Is impera
tive In this matter, and t hat none- be
wasted.
DIRECTORS' MEETING.
Other business to be transacted before
the directors' meeting this afternoon. will
be the report of Mr. Mills of the draw
ing hp 'of the bills to be brought before
the Legislature, also that some members
of the board go to Salem, and do some
lobbying for the bills. -
Chairman Willis, of the agricultural
committee, will report that his commit
tee has had several meetings with the
representatives ' of tha Farmers' Con
gress and the Oregon. Agricultural Col
lege, and had discussed the matter of a
livestock and : agricultural exhibit very
tnorougniy ana naa come to tne conciu
necessary for a proper agricultural and
livestock exhibit. v
CHINESE ACTORS STEAL CHILD
i 'nil, i J,
-m, FRANCISCO, JairiA''four-year-old
white glr)' was taken from two
Chinese actors losf ptght by the , police,
ind it is believed" that 'the' ehlld had
been., kldnapedc ?neCJUlna jnaa and
woman, Ho Clin and Ngsn Yow. who had
possession of ths child, claim " that she
is their daughter, but she Is unmistak
ably Caucasian. The .little girt speaks
Chinese, and the only English words
which she knows are mama, bread and
butter.
How the child, at such a tender age,
ould have learned Chinese is a mys
tery. Who and where her parents are
Is equally perplexing, though there Is
a rumor, apparently with no definite
foundation, that the little girl was bought
tn New York from a dissolute woman.
Ho Oln and Ngan Yow say that they
came hero from Portland, and that they
brought the child' with them to act on
tho stage. They were found In a Chinese
theatre on Washington street.
PRESIDENT AGAINST SM00T.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. t. Senator
Kearns, in a signed interview, says
President Roosevelt sent . for him and
requested him to convey to the Utah
Legislature tha President's earnest ob
jections to the election of Reed Bmoot,
the Mormon apostle, to tha Senate. Sen
ator Kearns says the President said:
"The election of an apostle would work
great harm to Utah. It would be un
wise and would certainly lead to strife
ahd contentions. I feel sure, if Utah
Legislators understand the- gravity of
the situation, t'jBy will refrain from any
action whlcbr will not result in good for
the future of, and her people. I
deBirft' to be placed on record as kindly
and firmly advising against ths election
I of any apostle to the United States Sen-
LEAVE FOR KANSAS CITY.
Tonight at 8:30 o'clock the Portland
delegation to the National Livestock As
sociation will leavefior Kansas City. C.
J. MUlls has been kept busy the entire
week on this matter and was superintending-
the decoration of -the special
coach of the party today. In all there
will be a carload of delegates. Stops
.will be made at Pendleton and Nampa,
where additions wilt be made- to the
party. The convention commences on
the 13 th. so that ample time will be had
to get to Kansas City in. F. E. Beach
has been appointed chairman of the dele
gation and will maka the welcom Ing
speech at Kansas City, inviting the asso
ciation to bold Its 1904 convention in
Portland.
WILL USE AMERICAN SPARS
(Journal Special Service.)
LONDON. Jan. t. -Hollow spars and
mast of American make tor Sir Thomas
Lipton's new challenger. Shamrock 111.
arrived at Denny's yards In Glasgow to
day. The chief spar is 83 feet in length.
EX-GOVERNOR HASTINGS DEAD
BELLKFONTAlNE. ' Pa., Jan. 1 Ex
Gov. Daniel H. Hastings of Pennsylva
nia died at 10 o'clock this morning. :
Said to Have Stolen $20,000.
" SAN . FRANCISCO, Jan. ') . Clarence
Rein, the son of wealthy parents resid
ing in New Orleans, waa arrested here
today charged with stealing large sums
from the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. - Aq alleged accomplice, Andrew
Houser. is In jail at New Orleans. Both
men "were' employes of the telegraph
company and it la said that they rained
money orders, pocketing the - excs.
Their stealing are said to have reached
jio.eoo. v
President . Pleased With
Germany's Choice;
Voa HoIIenben Has Probably Beea-i
Definitely Recalled; and New . , .
paper Max Rejoice , --v
WASHINGTON, Jan. ..-President '
Roosevelt has directed tha Secretary of
State to notify. Germany that he la per
sonally greatly pleased at the appoint'. ,
tnent of .Baron von Sternberg to Wash
ln'gton.. - ' ' ' V
It is learned today that Dr. von Hol- '-.
lenben foiled to , pay. his. respects tov
either tba President or tbe Bute Depart
mant before leaving, which makes it al-
most certain that he . has been definitely 1
recalled. There is great Jubilation
among - the - newspaper .correspondents,
among whom Von HoIIenben enjoyed ths
distinction of being .the most unpopular,
man in Washington. Ha is brusque. 111.
bred and bureaucratic.
Mgr. Felconio was presented at the)
White House this afternoon by tho aw
retary of the apostolio delegate. . ;
stocks unsettled ; :
by a" wild-rumor
NEW YORK. Jan. . A London ape V
cial sent out on the stock ticker, thla
morning says that securities "have been '
report that Colonial Secretary Chamber x
lain bad been shot at In South Africa, v
In official circles it is stated that no '
news of . such a character' Has been re- '-,
eel ved. In the , Colonial , Office it II ' -
oejievea mat tne report sprang irons a
cablegram received this morning stating
that Alfred Belts, the famous million
aire, is dying, and that Captain Jam-. '
son, who had been summoned ' to hi
bedside, was hurrying- post bast to Jo- '
hannesbnrg. : It is supposed that it was
this that gave rise to th story that
Chamberlain had been shot. -
A message this afternoon says Beit '
was stricken with apoplexy. He is re- i
pHdby the afternoon -papers- to- be- tha -r-f -richest
individual in the world, bains; ;'
rated at more than a billionaire. He
personally controls all the gold and dia
mond mines in South Africa in addition
to other holdings the world Over. - He la
4 T years of age. :'?" "VV. ---v yy.v
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- -FOR OPERATORS.
(Journal Soeclal Service.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan, .-Chair- i
man Gray of the coal strike commission ,
wss unable, on account of illness, to at- ,
tntnd the proceedings today. WUson took .
the chair ! in his place. - At the opening ,
of tbe session Attorney Leoahan pro
duced many copies of court records,, at- (
tempting by this means to directly con- .v
nect the Miners' Union with th numer- .
ous outrages upon non-union men and
their families. Chairman Wilson refused y
to admit this evidence, saying that . tha -points
were not well made, and that tha
evidence waa irrelevant. 1
Gen. Oobln, who was called a at wlt--
ness, told of many disturbances. Insult
were frequently offered to the soldiers, : - .
and there waa a boycott of teamsters, sa ,
that it waa Impossible to get provisions, '
Rev. Mr. Houser told bow, while ha
was trying to conduct ttie- funeral of o .
non-unionist miner, tba striker spat on
the corpse,- and afterward denounced tba
- witness a- scab. - . -.;V" '
The priest's testimony waa also taken
regarding William Dettrey, who y ester-
day defeated Duffy for" the presidency of
District No. 7.- The witness declared that
Dettrey had remarked that all scab t ,
should have their throats cut, or that
they should be thumped to death. , .
PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE ,
(Journal Special Service.) :S '' 11
WASHINGTON. D. C Jan. . Hull
presented the army appropriation bill and; .
gave notice that he would call it up oa
Monday. Congressman Henry, a Demo-
crat from Texas, wa appointed bar tha
speaker "to the place "on th ; Judiciary: i
committee vacated by Lanham, who be- '
comes Governor of Texas. Tbe" commit .-.
te on navaJSfffalr today refued to (
report favorably the bill retiring Lieu-
tenant Hobson. The President had joined ; ,
in making-the. -request for .his retire- .
ment. ' Hobson is said to aspire to tha
seat In Congress from the Alabama dis- ,
trlcst now represented by Bankhead. Be
causa of thla fact a number of Demo- -crats
on tho committee voted against
the retiring out. me commute vn j"-.-dietary
today voted to report favorably
the Littleheld bill based on the recom
mendations of Attorney-General Knox. .
and providing for the expediting of civil
suits under the Sherman anu-trusi taw.
The cabinet had a two-hour Session to
day. trust legislation -occupying most ,;
of the time. : ' ' .: ,..'
ADMIRALJILyiLLET0. SJAY
WASHINGTON, Jan; . Rear Admiral
George W. Melville reached th retiring; .r
age of (2 years today, bet by special
order of tho secretary ot the navy he
will eontinu to serve as engineer-in- -chief
of the navy, a position In which h
has made a most excellent record, until
next Fait This is the first instance in
which a retired officer haa served a
chief of a bureau, with the exception of ;
that of Captain Samuel C. Lemly ire
tired), who 1 Judge-advocste-gea- -era!
of the pavy.... ', V, -;U--- " '
CUSTOMS EMPLOYE" :
s (Journal Special 8rvtc.i .
WASHINGTON, Jan. t, The rrport ef '
the secreury of tbe treasury glv.s tha
number of employes at the following
points.:' together with thetr vVyr.rat
salaries: Portland. 47. .;; Ai rw, ,
$tl 101; Coo Bay. . ti.ilO: Tai,uu ;.. ?,
$1.01: Washlngiton,. 1. ivt.it"', Al .,
44, I40.J11.