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.' S V , J ' j ! ,W J -' " ' - . '",' . ' . .'(: I ;?rVHERE" ROLLS -- THE OREGON :".t .' .' WEATKEB. ' Probably fair ' tonight . and Satur- . day: warmer - Saturday; westerly, i ft ' '! V ' V ' A K I 1TCTT CMTIAfl . tUC a LHILI LIIIIVII ffi:. . "",'."'.'. '' 1 .... v.. A.., . ;' I r- I' ' VOL: ::UL V : NO.3.: ! ; l PORTLAND, OREGON. Fit IDA Y " EVENING,! MAY 22; 1903: t ' PRICE riTli CENTS. pi roix r llrS n Enthusiastic Reception at nr lin i An urrnnirM - ' r . i i i : !. , j. .j . t II am in i it "Vi a mi lit 11 rn I : v , v, Democratic Candidate Is Looks foriSettlement1 of Greeted With theers ;Sah(I Applause : ; , tie Talks of the Tariff, Urging a Sen V. : sible Revision Jto. Ciirb Criml- s - M Trnsts.. ; , ' y (Journal Special Service.) Et'OENE. Ore., May Tha Reamea ' ineetlnr last night' waa a rrand auc- IjM Travia Introduced Chairman White, who cave a rattling: j-ood aeech - and--then Introduced neamea. There were, hearty expreaalona of friendship aitef the meettnf. ' Reamea waa enter- , tatnea at . the unlveralty today before learinc for Roaeburgf He lunched with , President Campbell. In part be aald: VI "I 'will ask the editor of one of your local papera what he meant aome time , ao when he aald editorially: " 'Secretary Hltchcoek la a great friend of railroad, and belle vea la allowing them to . locate thouaanda of acre on worthless script, shutting out bona fide settlers.. Thla la the, rankest Injustice yet perpetrated upon the people. , It la one Hermann did not endorse and, be - cause he did not stand In, was not need ed in the general land"offlce.' The time la coming when murder will out.' AH Labor Trouble : This Months a . (Journal 8peclal Service.) - CHICAOO.; May 22. John' Mitchell, according to a special published In : a locaF paper thla afternoon, under a Ne York date, believe that all labor trow blea throughout 'the country will De aettled before the close of the month- ; He aays strikes are no greater thla year than In many ofher ' jrears. He aays the raason iabor la attractlnaT o much attention at prevent If on account of the growth of unionism. "Organised labor baa become (a fac tor In the -world'a ayatepa of economy1 and 'society must, figure on. It, In all it evolutions. On- the other band,, the formation of trusts, the policy of merg ing and combining capital, are develop-', merits of. the past three years and where capital never met with . publlo attention before Ita smallest .move la now observed. ; ,-.'"....;,' "As .labor .organisations, affect, capi tal more than any other . thing, they also come, under the glare of the lime light . There la 'no more 'trouble now between employer and employ than there baa been in the past, nor are con- dltlona . arry-'Tnore 'serious, but people are up with the; times and that's why 'Here via a . direct Intimation that thay.watcb every move on. this gigantic gueetof the good people of Oregon, la hand In glove with the rallroada and corporations; that Hermann lost hla po sition with the Interior Department be cause of bis refusal to stand with the man whom President- Roosevelt keeps In , the ' cabinet Secretary Hitchcock.' Every one knows only Prealdent Roose- veu. can aiscnarge a commissioner of I hnHir Th nnin nm. the general land office. I submit to you f tiva kt th.ir sr, nno unnimM.in .nn. that editorial which I have read to- you fering over th demands. If la now be .. f - etttetneat U CUoago, v CHICAOO, May 22. The laundry owners are waiting. an answer from- the 7,000 strikers, who are expected to re turn to . work aa a result of, the offer of the union wage scale. ; ,4 -- The railways have ., declared their willingness to arbitrate, with the freight carries a. direct Intimation and calls on all good cltlsens to go to the defense of the ' President, a duty gladly per formed by me. . Again I ask, what mur der Is this that the Eugene paper aays ;wlll.-outrV '. . . . The Reamea meeting waa enthusiastic. The audience filled, the. room, with many standing in the aisle. It waa one of those political meetings with cheers for the candidate, . - . , Twenty tlmea 'during ' his address Reajnea was interrupted with applause. His witty Sallies and lotty sentiment vied- with each other In eliciting evi dences of delight felt, by the people of naigene. me town in which Reames obtained his college education. The Students) TelL The Circuit Court room was crowd ed When at 8 o'clock the candidate en- v tered the room, attended by : Chairman nam White, Lee Travis, Lark Bllyeu na oiner local mends. As he entered 'ie - crowd of university students , as embled in the rear room' brnkn forth Into "V" colfege yell. ' Several tlmea the air resounded with that which must certainly have; been welcome again to .the man who only a few years ago was , himself a student at the same institu tion, r , Talk of-the President Inasmuch as Pfcsldent Roosevelt was fin pregon being honored by, the people Wef the state regardless of politics, , - Reames took occasion to pay htm Jxib- ute as a cttixen.' Quite apropos he read an excerpt from a local Hermann paper anent ' the allegation that 't Secretary, . ; Hitchcock of President Roosevelt's Offl iclal family was a corrup't tool of corpor ations against the people. Reames also 1 told , of .the Salem receptfon to Mr. Roosevelt, ' which he attended, and de scribed " the .affair for the , benefit "of those not there. H told how Hermann - was in one carriage he himself in one : .immediately following. All In all ther lleved the strike will be avoided. Eight hundred -tailors and clothing examiners this morning demanded a minimum wage scale of $18 a week.-1 Their bossea promptly Joined the Employers Asso ciation and laid the -demands of their employee before that body, Felker, of the Ilkmols Bureau of Labor Statistics, today -gave out a; statement . warning employers: against lockouts. He says the - only result of - Suoh- a condition would be to 'drive all unskilled labor into the . rural . districts and an over whelming scarcity of .all klirda of -laborers in Chicago would result. 1 ' i "1 m !, 1 - 1 ' tf RICH DISCOVERY 1 The Ohio Senator Has an Ax for the Presi ' dent. (Journal Special 8ervlce.) COLUMBUS, May 12. State Senator Patterson, one of Hanna's lieutenants. J, authority for the statement that llanna wjll Appose the endorsement by the Republican staJe convention ' next month of Roosevelt Tor renomlnatlon. ' He says, if necessary, . Hanna will make a speech on the floor of the convention- against such endorsement He says Hanna's reasons are that as chairman of the national committee it would not do to permit the state controlled by him to endorse a can didate for the Presidency at the pres ent time, aa it would be like giving no tice to aspirants of all other states tttat the national committee is opposed - to any one else entering the race, which would engender ill feeling and destroy harmony in .the national organisation. Hanna denies that his attitude is an tagonistic to the President and says he does not think he will ever be a can didate fof the Presidency himself. Hen Who Wore the. Gray Form a Big Parade. Twenty iThoasand ;Men Tramp the Mrects ofNew Orieans. v. it V ' .t: . Many. Novel and Interesting 'Features Mark5 the Great Day . cf the Reunion. ' OLD PLAINSMAN IS KILLED BY TRAIN - j. , f John Bowers,' Veteran, Dies, at Tacoma. : (Journal Special Service.) TACOMA, Wash., May 22. John W. Bowers, a resident of Tacoma for 32 years, and an old plainsman, died in the City Hospital this morning from inju ries received in an accident oh - the Northern Pacflc track near the . city limits last evening. He was driving to his dairy six miles from the city, with his. daughter-in-law In a milk wagon, which waa caught by the train on a crossing. , Both occupants were thrown to the ground and injured, . though the horses escaped. He was 61 years of age. (Journal Special Bervice.) NEW ORLEANS, La.. May 22. The annual parade, probably the moat inter esting feature of the United Conf eder-' ; ate Veterans' reunion so. far as th rank and file ia concerned,, took place today and was witnessed by great crowds of cheering spectators) ' : ,: ': The parade formed In St Charlea ave nue near Lee Circle at 2 o'clock, and began ita march through v the business section of the city. The principal point of Interest along the line, of march was the 8t Charles Motel, from the balconies of which the parade was reviewed by city officials and a number qf distin guished guests. " ; , ' '., 1 r Many novel and ' Interesting features were Introduced In the parade this year. The line was led' by the First Cavalry troop of the "Louisiana National Guard and the Memphis Bugle Corps, followed by an elaborately decorated tallylio oon Ulntrig.oryoung lady from each South- w, em 8 tut iwkherald antU one ' HDonnor. for New. Orleans.' .Next 6ame Qertefal J. B. Uordoo. commanding , the Conr , federate Veterahs. and his staff. ,-V;J -. The first division consisted of j.th Army of the Tennessee department,' led . . by Denerat S. V. Lee. Immediately be-' . hind General Lee and his staff came the Florida division, which was. followed in ' turn by the divisions '6t Georgia, Ala bama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Ken tucky. After the Department of Ten-1'' nessee came the Army of Virginia. with , Lieut-Gen. C Irvine Walker in command The North Carolina- division came nrt, -Then came the Maryland division, . the ( Virginia division, the District of Co Iumbla division and the South Carolina and West Virginia divisions.. : The next division consisted, of ' the transmississlppt department of the" Unit- ' ed Confederate Veterans, commanded by (Continued on Fourth . Page.) , , - i HIS GLAD HAND WAS :, AT EVERY FUNCTION GOOD BY! OF OIL TERRITORY 1 Reported Find of Great Special Train Leaves Depot at 8 O'Clock In Parade, on Platform, In Hotels and at Banquet the Charming Smile of Dinger Hermann Haunted President and Secret Service Value in ; Northern British Columbia. (Continued on Page Eight.) '(Journal Special Service.) " VICTORIA. B. C, May 22. Arrivals front the North bring Wows, of rich dis coveries of oil in Northern British Co lumbia.,; V-- ,'. " McDonald and Haggen, ' prospectors from Ontario, have discovered rich olf measures north of -'Haseltoh on ' the Klspyox River,-whidh empties into the Skeena. : - ; ; ,- -Va;-. .$'.' Oil .'was found irlghfon the '.surface. So enthusiastic were they over it that they staked 8,90, acres. ."'I'hey; "have gene to Ontario to organise a. company. With Presidential Party---Washing ton's . First Greeting JOURNAL'S EFFORTS: END WITH VICTORY (Journal Special Service.) . , 1 't ' ' " , - WASHINGTON, May 22. The Quartermaster-General and the Com- ' missary-General of the United States Army, announce today that con tracts for supplying stores for' their departments which will be let.to ? Portland for -shipment, are being gone over officially, and within the next . two or three months they will be given out. It, is further suggested ' here that, a misunderstanding has possessed merchants on the Paciflo ' Coast to' the effect that Seattle has gained the! transport Service of the 1 government and consequently the -trade benefits Vhlch Will accrue from it - Thla js not true, for it will be shown that to Portland will be' given L aa much government business ss th Puget Sound city. , It will - mean . much for Portland, and will greatly augment the commercial record of ; the .Columbia River port This will be understood when ills taken into , consideration that supplies for troops in the Philippines, "Alaska: and -the Northwest will be divided in their purchase and transportation, with Portland. There will .be material for the establishment of new posts and supplies for their maintenance, also supplies of every .; description for ?; the soldiers. whicIC' taken all together, means hundreds of thousands of ? dollars to bf spent by the gorBment'' --.v'Av.: ,;Vr:l'; ' ' '- ' ' - :, ., ; ; : , - " - J'.' fi, .-. - Apropos of the foregoing report of the official announcement.' many " cltisens recognise the successful efforts of,TheJourna lnbehAl of. Port-, land. While San iFrSjticisc.0-and Seattle were' squabbling 'for, the tranS-i, port trade, Th 'Journal waa w'orklnr wltlipoVerful Jniluejicot Wash- ington. It(.pabllslied repeatedly thejfae thafr'-I'ortland would receive a big shaiHfj;hqti''JI6rfs share of government patronace. It will ' sb ' come about Contracts, as stated, will be announced and Jet ' Huge trans- ports will come to this port and carry away cargoes to points across the' Pacific and to government stations In the Far North. It means a com- mercial victory for this' port, which was battled for by The Journal. rant After two . nights and a day spent inside the present borders of a state, from the Surplus of' which' a mighty empire- has been made. President .Theo dore Roosevelt left Oregon today, cross ing the Columbia River at Kalama and taking up his .temporary and over- chang4ng residence in Washington, the. most northwesterly - division ' of - the American . Union. ,i Standing uncovered .upon, the rear platform of the 4 slow-moving, Presl dential special, Mr. Roosevelt bowed and' bowed again to 'the thousands who had gathered at ' the Union Depot to bid him God speed and faewell. i Time "after time ' he swept , his tall bat to right and ' to . left In , salute , to the assembled multitude and' cheers of Joy and gladness not unmixed with sor row and, regret, .' followed the train as It . sped onward toward the west and the sudden curve' about which tt dis appeared, from, sight. , i ' ' President Roosevelt had come to Oregon,-,. had' been received .with ' all the warmth of . an Oregon ' greeting- to one I him, had gone ' upon ' his way. : - But in Oregon, - the land of the' pioneer, he had seen t exemplified -the pioneer's motto: "The; latch string ia out! The door W openl Enter!. Our- hospitality Is bound less!' ,i: .. f - ': r . !. .. " A Tribnte to Oregon.-:.''-; And from the rear platform of, the . train, before it started upon ft Journey toward another--state,. President" Boose- Addresses a Large Crowd at Kalama and bpeaks r . of Americanism. I oaber "-man 'gatnerett". about ' hlmv- how mucn- ne appreciated uregbn and aalvat Oregon aaoV onjs.'?' r1 ':'- . 'It has been a Journey such" as I en joy," he sdld. "Oregon Is a state of great beauty and Is Inhabited bt o- pie who are as strong in their friend ship for' their fellowman- as, they are firm" In their determination' to be rlrht ancr Just: and "good." , .... , -.The i President ws driven .from - the- I Il&fcl ; Portland, .".whoreM bt - spent the night," to Uie Union .Depot, in a' closed carriage, unirormea policemen stood at - the, corners and A,ln "the , center of every; block along Sixth street where the carriage.- passed. and , a squad of mounted ; officers preceded lthe Presl dential party. A strong foot escort Waited at the station . and ' fntir - ntnl. wart policemen, trotted beside the car riage as it swept through the, archway ana came 10 a stop, oesiae jine -jfresi. dent's car.'. -t .' -.' :; Before .board Iha- the train' Mn Roose velt shook hands with the cabman who bad 'driven him to the . station and-with the policemen who acted , as his escort. lio -fotice-uapiain Moore, ne saia: '.' Captain, -! am verjp; pleased -to meet you. ; Tour men make r a , fine . showing and . understand their ' duty, , What - is your name?" ' ;v Moore,. , sir, . replied. . the .. ' Capta In. with ta'CinUftary salute;" , . .., '. -'; r ""Captain -Moore. -I - am - honored," said the 'President as he grasped; the police man's;hand. '.' .." " V : . ,v vTo - Chief Hunt the i President also complimented the Portlafld FoHCeJDp partment and; '.ltftfjSiST ' , gLjLl ft velt, in a fewhort, words told .the Ut-J PJimenl Wsf"11 'yt tie group of .notables, officers an4ftteft: .Y,fliiieftl Thodor'V;-y . T? Jult skdsis-irjAi" Buckley.'. an 6td and' trusted employe of .' theNorh era - Pacific fwho? had., been - placed 'tin ctiarge- of the . Presidential tralp, wreathed "fils' -lips to- shout the ; VA11-abo-O-a-a-rdt " which would aet the ars in motion and end the visit of the. Na tion's CWef. E..:E., Klmblln, attired (a the r full uniform ' of; a - quartermaster Sergeant of the .Oregon National Guard. pushed passed hands of the Prealdent two handsomely mounted Chinese pheasants. : "One is for Miss Alice and the other for Theodore, Junior." the sergeant said. Mr.' Roosevelt smilingly received the gifts. In his delight he lapsed Into the expressions of the cow camp and the hunter's caf3ln. "By : gracious, but they, are beauties,' .he declared, slapping his thigh and gaz ing -in . open-eyed admiration. "Upon my soul they are fine. -Sergeant, those birds sre splendid. , To whom am 1 0m . Teddy couldn't get rid of Blnger. When the band played and the peo ple cheered, Blnger was there. When the human flag waved its way in front of the grand: stand, Blnger waa there. When the . special train was ready to pull out from the ' depot, Blnger was at hand. ' It was a serious matter with the Con gressional candidate. As hla campaign managers put it: "He has to make good, even if he had to ' be fired onto the President's platform with a mortar gun." The promise had been made that Mr. Hermann .would hobnob : with' the Nation's Chief. The people had been told that Mr. Hermann would be met at Salem with' a cordial handshake and an invitation to come into the Presi- I dent's private car end meet the news Klmblln told him ;Snd . Instantly the President . recognised air void friend. .," ,'Uved: sTea? 'BooseTelt. . "You used to . live"; in our ' neighbor hood, up in New York . State." he said. and ; again the American siang cre.pi lnto.his'.mouth. "Say, bufl'm glad to see5you. . I'in mightily (pleased. These birds' are beauties and the boy and girl will be lglad to get thero." " Cuts from a 3-pound salmon, also presented- by E. E. . Klmblln, rwere served the President at breakfast on jthen'tratn.':, A, ,.; I;... i:,.;r,.. ..;"';'. , Several thousand - people had gath ered, at the depot to i pay their fare-. well greetings to the-Chief Executive. paper correspondents. All the cam paign of the "Twelve by Twelve" knew that If Blnger didn't show up in front of every snapping camera with Teddy there would be some rough rid ing for him next June in the First Dis trict. , . - . Then Blnger settled down to business. When Teddy smiled. Blnger gave ex pression to one of his well-known facial agitations. v When Teddy said "Hoo-roo,,, Blnger parted his whiskers In the middle with a: Booth-Kelly-made toothpick and said "Iloo-roo. also. ' When Teddy lifted Ws hat' Binger's shining tile described a half-circle and reposed again gracefully upon the head Non -of "these, unless1 provided- with a that has done a good deal of thinking pass, -were- aummwi o tne uepui en- i ir iim c-ui jiuiauunn closure, but the- lattice ; barrier was black with men and- women -who press ed their faces against - the paillngs and shouted and roared . and ""cheered. Through the. suburbs' west from . the When Teddy shook hands, Blnger was there' with both glad .fists, and gave cheerful words of welcome to any and to all. - - . "Who is that gentleman T" asked a ejatlq), .little Vpots ojf people. gathered I newspaper correspondent' who . was on thi-osslngyfo'heerthe-rainSipon I tho platform of the President's car when ftwea ' fit in nd.dtditsese tbe President I Blnger, came- into- view. -ftnd smiled land -doffed4 bis bat I "Hermann,", replied , a gentleman A Aftw tb Sanqu. " A -i;-::r-,.',, M Immediately following the banquet'! ." 4,,' 4 iinti vn io.. l pcnina a car oor.. inai was tne Do ing, President Roosevelt , retired; to his f?0?1"? ? tne for im 'r: room and. shortly afterward, went to tline on -Riwseveir couldn t . lum bed. He arose at :5 o'clock this morn- TOUna wll"" n"'?,ns "com,rir; Jng. went through what mall nd per- H'r,mnn at hts elbows The President wuiuil t ravoc ,1,111. t un nuni wo nc- eret-servlce men would Imagine that Blnger was gone.' lo, and behold, he' was renident returned to bis. did him no goud, A Bingur eonal ' telegrams had been sent- to his apartments and t dressed .-leisurely. He 1 up over the Iron railing fctoVjhjyy Coue-nvelg.. U'rombut that :. had a room, too, and it wasn't far -from the President's. , K -v ' Mr. Johnslng,-of ham-sandwich fame; was framing up a Juicy bite from tha Portland . Hotel lunch .counter ; in hope of having an opportunity of giving it to Mr. Roosevelt, when on' a; sudden Blnger appeared on the scene.' ;; ' A ' "Go way from. byar. white man., said Mr. JoljnBing, in a- panic, "I seed you 'round wid Mistah Roosefelt. an' I tlnk yo' must hab a bum in yo coat pocket.1 - - This, was the - story . that - was. going ' around town.' Blnger was determined ko stick to Teddy like a cowboy to a wild cayuse. -Teddy looked pained ' toward evening, and saw visions of Congress'- ional candidates at every turn. He tried to brush the cobwebs from his ys. thinking perhaps it was but a dreafn, but no. there, was Blnger, ever smiling,: ever handshaking, ever-remindful of the '"murmuring , pine and. the hemlock." bowing their heads in graceful courtesy, to a nation's hero.' . r ' ' Meal time came, and there was Blnger, Also the earners man. , Promenade hour , arrived, 'and there ; was -Blnger. Also the gentleman with -the snapshot i . , i J ' Band time fame, and there was Bln ger. Also, the (nan with the kodak, , Banquet time cam, and thare was Blnger. Also the party who jises the ; wide-angle lense, . ' , ' - Speech time came, and there was Bln ger. Also the cltiien with time-exposure plates. ; KA vv.. Wine time came, and thero was Bln ger. Also th photographer with the , flashlight. Soon the 'President began to wriggl about 1n thls seat ,und lock uncomfort able. He cast glancea ever hla shoulder and ' nnder 'the- table. Th sweet, face - haunted 'him still. II drew VUrk from the sharp, clear eyes that 10okd his very soul and seemed to sayt "Oh, 'Jlr. s Roosevelt if you don't give me some e?i- couragement I will, lose-.ten thousand votes in Lane' County alnn." Then the President retired. Af! r the lights were low and th f ro f glasses stood rtark and choft-lii.-s :i their -shadows, there nrfmo ;. i 1: abandoned punch bo I a mi ' that curled its qucr nrhs i :. decorated; picture cf ,TIf-,: r i . - velt.- thnt hiifig upon 1 !,.. 1. i . '- ; i , wall, and It w.t'rl.iin t I ; i .. faint of tij" t-.vi. . ,,. .t Waa i.fi WI.U14 v. i-