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Newspaper Page Text-1 THE DISCRIMINATING READER. WILL NOTE A REPRESENTATIVE" f IiOT OF ADVERTISING IN TODAY'S JOURNAL M - , WWU f O Edition .m VOL. II. XO. 193; - - PORTLAND, 3 OltEGOy. ' WEDNESDAY EYKN-INQ, OCTOBER 1. 1903. , TRICE FIYE CENTS, siviiil 1IK 1 Hi SHOW HATE Dire Suffering: Reported Press of St. Petersburg by Those Saved From III- Arraigns America .for fated South Portland. : Alleged Interference CAPTAIN LEFT FIRST BLAMES MISSIONARIES Development Tend to Show That Vcs-1 Acduscs United States With Designs sel Was Running Too ' Far In shoreSomeone Blundered - - - 'Seriously. ' --.v to Control Far Eastern Trade Very Strong Dislike Is : Expressed. ... . . Port Orford, , Or, . Oct 21. Inveetlga- tlona Into the tragic disaster happening yesterday afternoon, when the steamship Boutn fort land went to pieces on the , sunken reefa off Cape Blanco, eight mile Above thia town, tend to ahow that some one aeriously blundered In the navlga tion or the ill-fated veaael. Capt J. B. Mclntyr. master of the veaael, refuaea to mala a atatement other than saying that In a denaa fog with ' aeaa running high hla Ship, struck the reef at t:9Q yesterday afternoon and, to hla belief, went . to pieces SO ' mlnutea after. ' The coroner's Jury now alttlng has Itt concluded its Inquiry, but It seems evident that Capt Mclntyre waa one of the first to leave the veaael In or fleers' boat No. 1 .. Appalling Soeae. An appalling acene waa witnessed on deck when the 39 people aboard became aware that' death . i tared them In , the face. Without a moment' a warning, and while many were below, the boat atruck with terrlflo force. She waa running be fore the wind, and H la now believed the captain, who waa on the bridge. Imme diately ordeaad the offlcera' . boat and, with 14 othera, left the ahlj. . ; ' It now develops tkat No. 1 boat waa manned by six of the crew and two pea- sangera, but was swamped within 100 feet 6f tha, ship. The dory waa -aeon adrift without occupants near Tichenora rock this morning. ' .V, ; aarta u JtSoai. '- Before the veaael aurged from the sunk- en reef Impromptu rafta were made from hatchway, by the frantio member, of the crew and passengers One raft U supposed to be yet adrift with living per aona upon it. , - f .. -. ., .Charlea Bruce, first officer of 'the vee- . (Journal Special Service.) Bt' Petersburg, Oct 21. The pres. of thla capital la today atrongly pro testing agalnat American Interference In old world affairs. - The Novoe Vremya arralgna Ameri can missionaries who, It aaya, formerly confined their efforts to expounding the Gospel at their own risk, but are now sheltered by American diplomacy and the conduct of the propaganda la atrongly tinged with political colors. Complaint la also made agalnat Amer ican energy in Pacific water, and her continual effort to make an economic conqueat fn China and aecure control of the Oriental market.. It la stated that America 'and .Japan are growing more intimate and America will progrea. un til her interest, traverse thoae of Euro pean powers. , The tone of all article, are acrlmonl oua and seem to ahow hatred on the part of Kuaslans. - TOLSTOI IS FAST NEA RING THE PORTALS OF DEATH CARDINAL GIBBONS CELEBRATES FUNERAL (Journal Special Service.) . St Louis, Oct 21. At Archbishop Kaln'a funeral today Cardinal Gibbon. celebrated requiem masa. "With him were other high church dlgnitariea of America. ' Four' archbishop., 10 bishops and S00 priests chanted masa. The ser mon waa preached by Archbishop Kune of Dubuque, Iowa. , Thousands were unable to gain entrance to the cathedral. ' I .. -r r . ' f V ' r - -if -..mrtH.,., xf.j. v .. CJV ' -V v- III V j , : - M PROBE Grand Jury is Delving In to Alleged Frauds at Land Office. CHARGES FAR REACHING SCHOOLS The Municipal Taxpayers'. League Urge Construe-' ing Other BuUdings i BONDED DEBT SHALL .New-Tork, Oct 21. Dtspatoha-r -being recelved"heifaftl Wlatlng that Count Leo Tolstoi, the great Russian novelist la rearing hi. death. The eminent man la resigned and aaya that hi. end la about at hand. He la feebly working on hla laat book, .tie never goea out of doors and writes while lying in bed. 'A stream of letters. and telegrams pour-into hla household bearing condolence. He writes feis autograph below the aender'a Big-nature and orders the missives returned. ; r 1 ' Large Number of Witnesses Have Been Summoned and the Investigation Promises to Reveal Some Startling Conditions. Reasons Urged By Some of the Lea guers for the Establishment of More School Buildings In This City. SELF STYLED ELIJAH CITY OF POLAND ..I .... Ih, 1 tn lun Urn ... manned lifeboat with 10 persona. In-j IPWKH PIHT I IV eluding the member, of the crew and one I OlvlflOIl IVlUI lit paaaenger, and aucceeded In reaching Port. Orford yesterday evening. First J Engineer Charlea Uuaon died soon after being taken from the boat having succumbed to the fearful, expo- sure. The Bandon life-saving crew reached here from 30 miles up the coast last night and until 'now they have been , ..searching for tha raft on which. Is sup- Dosed to be seven persona ; Of the 14 passengers aboard the South Portland-were Mra. Bent and Mi Tyr rell, the only women and these are both missing. The verdict In the' caaa of En gineer Huaon will ba returned probably tonight . ' '- Seldom in the history of this coaat has a mora, heartrending disaster occurred. Capt. ascX&tyre Won't Talk. Capt Mclntyre, although repeatedly requested to talk on the aubject of tht wreck, refuaea, to , make a statement . The Burvlvore af Craw. ' Captain J. Mclntyre. Charlea Bruce, first officer. Jamea Ward, chief engineer. ... T. , Pissottl, - - second . assistant en gineer. ... John McKeown. oiler. J. Oriscoll, oiler. William Hughea. fireman.. William Robinson, fireman," ' v James Al wood. aaman,7T- i C. Johnson, seaman. ,. John Reimer, seaman. i A , : Emanuel Paaomemia, caok. " - Burrlvlafc Pasaengars, It. Baker. Ouy Bent ' , ' . Al Bailey. , William I Wllaon. ; H. Weber. . ., : , , . upposed Brownad .and Xlaslng Mrs. Fletcher Bent of Nova Scotia, S. Baker -ot Alameda. J. S. I,ahey. . , Mra. W. E. Tyrrell of Portland. . (Journal Special Service.) Berlin, Oct 21. The Tageblatt today reports a riot and Jail delivery by Jewa at Pinak, Poland. The police ar rested four Hebrewa as political bus pecta. : , Several?! hundred . compatriots were liberated. -The police interfered and a fierce fight followed in which one woman waa killed - and many injured. Later In the day sir Jews were imprls oned. ' . ROBBERS BLOW SAFE , AND FIGHT CITIZENS (Journal Special Service.). Lincoln,' Neb., Oct 21. Robbers dy namited the vault of the State bank at Pleaaantdale tyeaterday morning and se cured $3,500 In currency. The explosion aroused the citizens, who engaged In a running pistol fight with the robbers, who escaped, apparently uninjured. Bloodhounds and posses are pursuing. (Continued on Page, Two.) XXPZXT . CKACZSKXir. v (Journal Special Service.) ; Superior,, WiB.,vOct '31. The post office here waa robbed , last night and mora than " 110,000 . In , currency and stamps were stolen. . Expert cracksmen executed the Job and left no clue. A more careful count of the poatofflce. vault shows that the robbers secured nearly! 118,000. The vault was forced without ' explosives by high experts, The postmaster's safe, containing a large sum of money, was not touched, which fact leads to the belief that the men were frightened away. GOES UP AGAINST IT New York; Proves a Hard . Proposition - to, Dowie Dowie's Healings FaH Down---Uniqtie Excuses Of f ered---Garrie; Nation In At- '' tendance Is , Put Out (Journal I Special Service.) New York, Oct. 21. John Alexander Dowie Is having a frost here.- While It Is true that 'hesucceeds in packing the great Madison Square ' Garden at the opening of his meetings, it is a fact that before the services are half over at least two-thirds of his curious audience leavea. The self-styled Elijah II , rants and ravea. Ha calla down all sorts of in vectives upon his dissatisfied hearers. He beratea the press and openly attacks the ministers ' of the gospel, who are not by any 'meana rin . sympathy with him or his followers. , He has not hesi tated to call eminent religionists . many hard names.. Dr. Charles Parkhurst has replied In an open letter which appears below: Another grief of the Elijah, is due to the fact that his Divine healings are not at all. successful. , The ' alleged prophet has accounted -for failure In healings In a clever manner. He says: "The reason my healings have all gone wrong' Is because I forgot the difference in time, j whereby the sacred host In iiew York is praying at 9 -O'clock Eastern tisn and the host In Jlon City at 9 o'clock central . time. I have ordered, a : rectification so Chicago's prayers will reach Heaven at 8 o'clock. The healings aro - now going on per fectly." . Many of the host are exhausted and have been taken to, private New ,York homes and "fed and aheltered. Forty three are now ill from exhaustion.; , . Carrie Nation ' attended .the ! meeting last night and occupied a front seat So many times she interrupted Dowie that he at last called hla ZIon guard and aeiteral policemen. . By .this k escort the hatchet-wlelder was led from the hall. But It was of no. use; your behavior on the .platform crushed every, throb of sympathy I had for you. -1 never heard from a. public speaker such a discharge of effervescent wrath and coarse Invec tive. I went to hear yau preach the Oospel, and you preached Dowie, Zton J City, "stink pot.' I was ashamed of you, was brought out and hundreds made a rush for the interior of the -garden. The police feared a riot and closed the doors, allowing no person to enter or leave the place. ' During the whqle meeting a great commotion was kept up. Dowie could not bcheariTa tenth of the time. At one stage of -the meeting It was feared by the police that a free fight, would follow several of Dowie's ' remarks, and-100 extra ofAcers were called to the garden. The . following is the open letter sent the alleged prophet by Dr. Parkhurst: ' . T 7 JTo Jatlaolar Matters. f "New York. Oct. 20. I do not want to be presuming, but doubt if It is any more presumption in me to corn's and try lo clarify you than it is for you to come and try to clarify New York, and I do not know which of us has taken the' heavier . contract. ' I attended your service at Madison Square Oarden last evening, and . I ' went determined to en- Joy it if I could be benefited by it and go away and refute some of the charges : that : I had heard alleged against you. The crowd outside cheered -when. Bheland almost ashamed to be ln,your audi ence. It was standard even of the STEAMER REGULATOR HITS A BIG SHIP SAMUEL MORSE IS FATALLY. INJURED r-- --rvr-.. . -'..' VV--'uq v ';' " While entering th liarhor last night about 9 o'clock the steamer Regulator ran into th Oerman ateamahlp Elba which, was -moored at the Oceanic dock. Aa a consequence tha, Ifcgulator , Is laid ' -up for-repairs. f;& ';W? 'l The railing on he. atarboard side was ' broken, a bltt on the hurrlcans deekrwai crushed Into kindling wood, her , roo badly damaged, and aha sustained aev aral other minor damn gea r - -. , There were about 60 . passengers on tha steamer,' and had any of them been on deck they would probably have been killed1 or badly Injured. 'No one waa Injured, although many of the paaaen gera were badly frightened: When tha ontHaton occurred the women began to scream, and for a few moments It looked! Uks a pamo wouia enu. iiit omwii of the vessel ; arose . to the emergency and assured them there was no danger. A heavy fog overhung ths river last night and the steamer got out of her course. For an toovt previous to. the Laccldent she was creeping along- at a snail's ' pace feeling her- way. - This is one 'reason .'that' tht ttfrlslon (lid - not result- mora -seriously. -'Had sfiie been going at her ordinary ' pace the -ectlre starboard aide of the eteamer Would have been carried away, and many of the passenger, would undoubtedly-have been precipitated Into 'the river. After the - accident - the" Regulator limped BlowIy"up to her dock, which aha reached- without any - further - trouble. This morning the steamer Tahoma went out In her placav ' " Tha damagea' will amount to about $500. (Journal Special Service.) Indianapolis,. Ind., Oct.: 21.-Samuel Mofae, . 'the - owner of tha Indlanapolla Sentinel. and former consul-general to Paris, fell from the window of his .pri vate , Office on the third floor, of the Sentinel building this morning and was fatally'injured. .. ' .. -f: r. V .,y..v .', ; No one-was with General Morse at tha time of the accident and It. is be lieved he lest his balance In trying. to let down the awning. . Mor.e died -at 10:s0 " thts-inornlngiH the hospital. He had .been.. Buffering with -stomach ' trouble for : years ' which, was alarmingly .worse the past . few weeka A suicide .theory is advanced by many . friends, ; as he - waa recently-: ex-, eeedlngly despondent1 H. fell head fore moat and .his - skull was - crushed. ' A passerby narrowly .escaped. - Morse was one of the most , prominent Democrats in the country,' 'and. "waa appointed to Paris by Cleveland. lie leaned toward the gold standard and has .been many times attacked by Bryan. I r' , t SOUTHERN BLOOD IS SPILLED FREELY Memphis, Oct. 21. News was received this morning of a fatal duel at Brook haven. .: Night-Watchman Forsyth at tempted to arrest Richard Russell. .The men firod simultaneously, and both fell dead, at the same instant At Friar's Point a negro : named McCoy - shot and fatally wounded his employer," named George, a white contractor, because the latter tried to stop a crap game. PITTSBURG FAILURE - NOT VERY SERIOUS a long way ' below the circuses that I have attended In the same garden. The only consolation I could derive was that it waa ao abominable, and so far be yond the bounds of respectability that even those in your congregation who did not know what Christianity la would have no. idea that it had anything to do with what you were saying. "Of. .course, the ridiculousness of the performance - waa mainly enhanced by tha immensity of your pretensions. If you claimed to be only an ordinary man. there might be some hope for you even with what you call the Tabble,' but the rabble la discriminating, and can dls criminate aa keenly as the keenest be tween a prophet and a Juggler, between an Elijah and a mountebank. "I say this in no spirit of slander, but either your head is twisted or your heart Infected, or you have blundered badly in your method.' You cannot bully people . into the kingdom of heavew 1 hope you wilf take this In the kindly spirit in which it is offered, and that It will be blessed to you." B I I Asa B. Thompson, receiver of the United States land office at La Grande is said to have been under Investigation by the grand Jury on a charge of de manding 360 a quarter section from lo- catora to Insure their cases being car ried through. The allegation was made against Thompson that he made propositions to several persons who had filed on public lands, and whose claims had been held up, that he would assure the safe con duct of their caaes through the tortu ous channel, of the United States land offices to a patent for $50 a quarter sec tion,' that the proposals were made to persons living in Umatilla county. The claims in question had been sus pended by the department of the Interior because it la alleged agreements were made by the locator prior to filing to aell to Charlea Cunningham and other sheep and cattle rancher. In that coun ty. It waa alleged by the agents of Sec retary Hitchcock that the claims were located for no other purpose than to ae cure patf nta and aeu ta tha "sheep king" of Oregon, a. Cunningham la called. .mage BalUray Colleetea Bvldeaes. Tha testimony bearing on the case waa collected largely by Judge John J. Balleray of "Pendleton. Judge Balleray la a prominent lawyer of that place, who formerly waa Judge or the state circuit court of that district. " It waa transmitted to the federal Jury here, and placed before them in part yester day. Mr. Cunningham was one of the chief witnesses sgalnst Thompson, He was examined yesterday, discharged from further service and will leave tonight for; his home In Pendleton. ' It could not ba ascertained that a de cision, had been reached by the grand Jury in this case, but It was Intimated that i evidence - was submitted sufficient to incline seme rf not all of the Jurymen to a belief that the case should be tried out In the open court. It waa also Intimated that the evi dence had not Implicated E. W. Bart- lett, who waa register of La Grande office at the time the alleged proposl tlons were mads' by Thompson. Charges Are Common, The Intimation waa given that Cun ningnam swore that he had had no agreement with the locators on public lands, at any time, and that so far as he knew, the homesteaders acted in good faith; that he asserted that the fliers were men of various occupations and that they located the lands for purr poses or which he had no knowledge. For many years, allegations have been made that big ranchers of Eastern Oregon and Washington have been ac customed to have their herders file on homesteads, and, after paying tha ex penses and $200 profit to the filer, buy the claims to sdd to their range. Some of the big ranchers have acquired enor mous holdings of range lands. Cun ningham has control of about 80,000 acres, although only a portion has been patented and bought by him. Others have added to their ranges until they approximate the area of land owned and controlled by Cunningham. n waa unaerstooa that Cunningham (Continued on Page Two.) With a constantly growing school at tendance and acute congestion in sev eral districts, the Municipal Taxpayers' league Is working on a plan to pro vide forrthe emergency that It believes) is bound to occur. This plan -has not taken definite shape, but tha league hopes to arrange for new schools wher ever required, making arrangements for adequate playgrounda, a general reno vation of the present buildings, whfcli can be put into first-class shape by re pairs, and to secure the funds necessary, to carry out the program. In order to facilitate the preliminaries the officials of the league have secured from School Superintendent Rlgler a statement complied from the records in his office, showing the present school debt the number of schoolhouses and scholars, the condition of the buildings and grounds, what available funda there are on hand, and, In abort, all of the data which could be of assistance n reaching a thorough understanding af tha present situation of tha municipal school ayalem. - .... --t . Aa J3m.rf.ney at Band. Tha taxpayers have pointed with prtdt to tne email oonaed indebtedness in that department of municipal affairs. Tha entire school debt amounts to less than $90,000, but this simply means, say tha leaguers, that the schools have . been neglected. " "We will soon face an emergency, said Superintendent Rlgler, In a gen eral discussion of school topics yester day, "and some steps must be taken to improve conditions.' Our school facili ties are inadequate, and, as has been pointed out frequently, there are many sections in which the school buildings fall short of the requirements. At tha Couch school, for instance, we are com pelled to make use of portable rooms, and at Central school the pupils In two rooms are taken out into other rooms for instruction. North Central has overcrowded rooms and a number of tha Sunnyslde 'pupils are quartered In tha assembly hall. "Another feature In which our schools are sadly deficient' is tha lack of play-' grounds which can be used by tha pu pils during recess. On tha West Side tha only schools with adequate grounds are tha Fulton Park, Fulton and Mar quam. On the East Side the Bellwood. Central, Thompson, Peninsular and Portsmouth are the only schools pos- ' sesslng playgrounda The other schools are provided with basements, and tha children are allowed two intermissions ' during the day, one In the morning and one in the afternoon, during which they , are permitted the freedom of these re-' stricted quarters. It Is the best we can ' do, and at those places the scholars aro dismissed 20 minutes before tha regu lar time elsewhere. Of course, this Is not as good as the open playgrounds, and, if possible, I would like to sea every building provided . with out-of doors recreation facilities. Playgrounds Too ExpenBlve. "I think, considering these disadvan tages, that our system is as good as can be found anywhere. I aDDreciate tha fact that tha children, as a ruler, love tha (Continued on Page Two.) FREE BEER FAILS TO PLEASE VOTERS (Journal Special Service.)' v: Pittsburg, Pa., Oct 21. Bankera . be lieve , today - that " the Federal ' National bank will . pay dollar for dollar, . and that the embarrassments due to tight ened mohey and -stock fluctuation.' They do not 'believe tha flurry, will extend to other Institutions, -j - - - -.: (Journal Special Service.) San Francisco, Oct. 21. Many re spectable Republicans openly denounce Crocker' a political managers . for their practice in their campaign of dispens ing free beer at meetings. They say such -. methods influence votes shame lesly, and will result in Crocker losing many votes from the better element of the party, : SEBTXA OETTIjra SXAST. v (journal ! Special : Service.) ' -J-Berlhv Oct 21'; 4Jervla places a large order or Krupp guns ana ammunition to be "delivered in March. : Thla Indicates a Balkan outbreak next spring. STEW SEAS IS CROSES. . (Journal Special .Service.) , New YorkOefcrtll.-leward-Elttot tha new vice-president' Of ,. the Burling ton, has been-elected president of tha Northern Pacific to succeed Mellon.- COUNCIL OPPOSES GAMBLING POLICY For the purpose of ascertaining how the .members of tha city council and ex ecutive board stand In regard to the gambling policy of Mayor Williams, i poll of the membera waa made by a rep resentative of The Journal, and this quea- tlon was put: "Do you approve of the policy of licens ing gambling adopted by , Mayor Wll Hams?" . '. i - L. Zimmerman "No." ; Mathl Foeller "No.'.' F. T. Merrill-"Eraphatically no. : I dis approve pf the methods ot the present police administration, " but under . the charter there Is nothing to do. The mayor. Is the king in Portland and what he says goes. "Under the charter there ia no way that I know of by which wa can hold an In vestigatlon. Even If we did It would not amount to';any thing, aa the mayor would doubtlesa-reappoint jHunt aa chief. A. F. Flegel "No. Something should be done at-once to correct the evlla in the police department. Act. of omission and commission alleged against th depart ment are so strongly : put as to make it necessary to Investigate. H. R. Albee-"No; but I think an in vestigation Into the affairs ef the' police department, should be made at one;. Mat ters have gone so far and so much crlm inatlon and recrimination has resulted that only publio Investigation by th. common council will clear ths matter up. But I don't see that any results would be attained as under the charter tha jf council is powerless." ; : . A. K. Bentley "No, Ldon't approve It '- B. P. Cardwell "No7". - i . . B. D. Slgler "No." - " J. P. Sharkey "I have nothing to say. ." . Of the executive board, which acta aa an advisory board to the mayor; only two members would discuss the subject. , ' This is what the members of tha x nj ecutive board said: ' : , George ,H. Howell "I can only re Iterate what I have time and again al- , leged In the board rooms, that the pres ent administration of police affairs In this city is all wrong. Tha department needs a thorough overhauling. . Chief Hunt's administration Is a failure.' y .- ;i H: ' Gen. Beebe, like tha mayor", la amphatlo In ..bianlejidits : and .declare jhac tha present police administration Is tha best Portland has av.r had.- . -.- - William Flledner "I do rot ear. ti discuss the matter at present ; , : Henry W. Goddard T do not sea th u-in of all this talk about the matter." R. L, GH.an "I have nothing to say."' Big glebel "Too much haa been aaM about thla matter, ana I eo not car tj dlaeuas It." - - Kd M. -Curtis "Pass-ma -up."- Whitney X Bolio "What's the uwi7'' H. C Wortman '1 have iKUitr.g tl ay.", . , r