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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.
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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.
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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
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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' ,
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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.", . ,
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