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Hopes for the Support of
Democrats and Reformers.
HE CHARGES TREACHERY
Storey Calls Two Deputies on Carpet
for Disloyalty-May Lose Their.
Places Unless They Sup
. port His Candidacy.
Sheriff Storey announced to 'seyeral
persona In the courthouse today that he
would again -make the , race for - the
shrievalty as an Independent candidate.
He hopes. It Is said, to make a combina
tion with the Democrats and Citizens'
Reform party. Declaring that hia dep
uties have been lukewarm In the fight
for his renomlnatlon. If not downright
traitors, he had two of them before hltij
this morning and, informed them "that
he would give them until 10 o'clock to
morrow morning to make ' up 'their
minds as to whether, or not they -will
contribute to the fund to be used in his
campaign. If they decide in the nega
tive, he asserts, they will be discharged.
"I have nothing to say for publica
tion," said Sheriff Storey, "except that
I am doing a whole lot of thinking', and
ihe end Is not yet.'' ""'
.- The Bherifl is. angry all : the , way
through, and hia conduct' this -morning
In consequence has been such that lie
lias, alienated those who remained: loyal
to the end. ' He la , bitter against -thu
..... Republican. ,r ounty central committeu
and Is quoted as declaring that taking
, his contribution of $500 to the cam
paign fund when the 'machine" had de
cided that he was to 'IO knifed, was "lit
tle nhort of highway robbery."
What has increased the Indignation
; of the sheriff is ,a knowledge of the
fact that last Saturday, before the nom
ination for sheriff was In order, two of
his deputies wagered $80, pne placing
4v that he would receive & renomlna
tlon and the other the same amount
that he would be turned down. This
, wager, according to his - Idea, constt-
tutes a piece of ingratitude on the part
of the on betting he would not be re
nominated. In point of fact,'' the man
against whom hia indignation is directed
has been one of his most faithful ad
herents and made the wager simply be-
" cause he realized at the last moment
.that his chief had been alated for the.
. political shelf. ... , . ,
Two Deputies Aoonsed,
The two deputies placed on the car
pet this morning were Chief Office Clerk
Schneider and Deputy Johnson. - He de-
, clared they had been unfaithful to his
Interests but he would give them a
: chance to redeem themselves by allow
ing them until - IQ ' o'clock tomorrow
morning to decide whether or not they
would subscribe for a campaign fund
to be used in his race on an Independ-ent-Deraocratlc-Citlxens'
Reform ticket
Both men, who have always been re
garded ; ' as loyal adherents of their
' chiefs cause..! resented the Imputation
that they were in any way responsible
. for his defeat In the convention. It Is
. not likely that either will submit to the
demand that they give up money to
make a fight as hopeless as the one for
renomlnatlon. Others are - said to be
listed for Interviews rwlth the sheriff
this afternoon. 1 '
Ho Promise, Bay Committee.
"Storey received no promise from the
committee," said a prominent politician
this morning. "He gave up his cam
paign contribution voluntarily and was
treated no worse than McDonnell."
FIRE HAKES FIVE.
THOUSAND HOMELESS
(Journal Special Serrlce.)
' Berlin. March 21. Die Tageblatt re
ceived advices today detailing the de
struction by fire of the town of Klevan,
in Russia. ' Tile latter is a city of 8,000
Inhabitants near the southern border
line, and narrowly eicaped destruction
In Its entirety. .?:. A
Churches, synagogues, schools and
other public buildings were burned, to
gether with 800 residences. Five thou
sand persons are rendered homeless. Aid
lias been sent from near by cities and
destitute refugees will be taken to the
capital until shelter from the Indent
ency of the season Is provided. .
THREE ARE KILLED
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'(Journtl Bpeclal BCTTlce.)
"' Moscow, March 21. By the collapse
of a big engineering establishment in
th'la city this morning, three workmon
were killed and 60 Injured. ( , ,
The building, which was undergoing
repatra, gave way without warning, pre
cipitating the men employed within it to
the basement, amid a tangle f ecaffold-
Ing, and debris. . v . . ' i- $
J,::':.' STAKES THIM 8EUBICX. '
. i ' (Joarnil Special 8errlc.
' South Farmington, Mass., March 21.
A feature of an earthquake shock which
whs felt here this morning was the sea
idrkness felt by many persona for an
iioui' after the tremors had pasted.
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Russian fleet at Port Arthur making night, reconnoisance. Since the arrival of Admiral Makarof f at Port Arthur the vigilance in
or day has been doubled. V This picture is copyrighted by W. R. Hearst and is published by special arrangement in The Journal. .' !,"
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INTO COURTENEY
We Se Duniway Declares That the .Republican
Convention Chairman
Simon' Report Was
Simon Republicans are loud in their
denunciations -of. the' majority faction in
the Republfc&n--county convention, nd
the bitterness which was engendered by
the arbitrary manner in .which the pro
gram was put through on' legislative and
county central 1 committee ' nominations
has not subsided with, the adjournment
of the convention. ' A." A. Courteney, .the
chairman; whose autocratic rulings pre
vented all protest against the program
which deprived the minority of a voice
in these nominations, is-the object, of
fierce attacks,- and Simon - men speak
with bitter scorn, of the "Pecksnlf flan
pretense" that the convention was to be
an open onev -
- W. 8. Snniway's Statement.
W, S. Duniway, who led the fight oT
the minority for free speech and a fair
convention, prepared today: for publica
tion the following statement: '..,.'
"My sole object In presenting a mi
nority report in. the Republican county
convention from . the committee on per
manent ' organization and order of busi
ness was to secure an open convention- .
"Here are two points of the suppressed
minority report: . .; - ..
"First Nomination of , a legislative
ticket in open convention br the dele
gates, r instead of by. the managers, sol
mere couia oe no just ' cause or . com
plaint. about a slate.. " : k ';;;' ,vf;'
"Second Selection of county commit
teemen by the delegates of each precinct,
conformably to the " spirit of the . law
which provides for precinctVapresenta
tlon, instead of ( their selection by the
ring. ,i : :r, ," .-' -
"Is there anything in these two plain,
simple propositions to cause the. British
chairman and autocrat to deny American
cltisens the right, of free speech and to
refuse to allow their duly, presented mi
nority report to be read?.' -' . '-.'';
"When Mr.. McMillan and I met with
tha' majority members of the commit
tee on.drder of business, we found that
the managers (who professed a desire
for an open convention) had a typewrit
ten form of procedure already prepared
for us to sign, in which things were ar
ranged , to .be ..done as - the ' machine
wanted. . '"' ' .,''- 1 ;''"-..-'.., - '
. "Instead of allowing the convention
to nominate . candidates for the legis
lature, the ring had contrived a scheme
by which the machine was to pick them
out. , -,-v . . ', ...,'.:-.
"Instead of having delegates from the
different precincts choose members of
the county central committee, ss con
templated by state law, the ring- had ar-
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Gross Outrage
ranged to name all the committeemen,
thus denying, the minority any represen
tation, whatever even from precincts we
had. carried.' . . , '
"This, was so gross an outrage on rep
resentative government Xlt&i. Mr. McMil
lan and myself could not give our coun
tenance to the artfully contrived major
ity report... It was such inexcusable dis
regard of the pledges made for, an 'open
convention, such a wanton Ignoring of
the purpose of a state, law, that we were
compelled to be parties to the proceed
ing.' Therefore we prepared a brief mi
nority report designed to secure an open
convention and a. representative central
committee, where they should' have 75
members and we should have half a
doren.-; '"''. ':"y,.Z -"'V.1 ' -',';' f
"But a British tyrant In the chalr Ai
Jt' Courteney, was determined to prevent
both a square deal and an open conven
tion, evidently fearing to trust his own
ambition for nomination as state sen
ator to an open convention. So he con
nived with the notorious political crook
W..P, Keady to deny the minority a
hearing,, and by keeping the convention
In 'ignorance of the contents of our . minority-
report carried out the outrage,
Seaonnoei Oonrteney., , . '
"When the majority report was read I
discovered Courteney's purpose to deny
us the reading of our report, for he-at
onoe recoirnized his co-operating rlng-
ster who moved the 'adoption of theJ
majority report and the 'previous' ques
tion.' In vain I appealed to the chair
to permit - the reading of the minority
report . The Australian bushman was
determined in his purpose . to deny
American cltlsenri their - right' of free
speech.' This sacred right was nothing
to him. ' The declaration of Independence
and the United States constitution found
no lodgment in his .breast. 1 ;
.- "Courteney'a astounding action': was
such an outrage on free speech, such a
"bracen exhibition, of ring politics,:, as
was never before seen - in Multnomah
county. I am glad Indeed that no Amer
ican did this wanton thing and that It
had to be put through by . a man - who
has no conception of the duties and pre
rogatives f American citizenship.. 11
. "Notwithstanding It ' was useless to
protest against Courteney s high-handed
course. . I . am glad the t I stood on the
floor and voiced my indignation In spite
of his attempt to silence me. I am olno
glad to ftate that many members of the
majority, now that - they know , I was
standing lup for fair play, free speech
and clean politics, are freely giving me
their Iiearty-commendaUon .
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betan ' Cold Chinese
1 Squadron Appears. .
- ' ' (Journal Special 8flc.)
i St. Petersburg. March 21. The Novo
sted declares that the real secret Of the
British Tibetan expedition la the dis
covery, of immensely rich gold deposits
In. Tibet, which are reported as being
second only to California. ,
The t-paper" declares the . British,
through . their'' commercial spies,', have
had this -Information for a decade, and
that it has only been a matter of oppor
tunity that caused them to forge ahead
with the. hope of - opening up the new
fields for- British miners, t y t, k t
; Tho papers-today continue their gen
eral optimistic 'talk on the war situa
tion, but all are Inclined to believe that
It will be a matter of several .weeks be
fore there, will be any decisive 'battles
fought. . ' " ,. (.-:':
. a report has gained widespread cred
ence among the peasants , that Na
poleon's ghost is waiting on the banks
of the Amur to lead the Russian troops
to victory. ' It has nred with enthusiasm
the credulous, who have opened shrines
to Napoleon and are confident ' of' his
protection and await a successful close
of tha war.
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qnadron Vow Waiting to rnter via
Chwaag Harbor lea Moat Clear. 4
', (Journal Special Service.) - ';
London, March 21. Reuters Chefoo
correspondent today wires that a Chi
nese squadron of four cruiser, commanded-
by Admiral Tsay, arrived .there
Sunday and will proceed to Nlu Chwang
as soon as the ice clears. r '
JAPS abb covrxorvT.
Charter Viae Tessela for Temporary Use
In Merchant Trade to Orient, .
(Journal Special gtrrire.) , . -i .
Victoria, B. C. March 21. News was
brought by the Shawmut yesterday that
the Nippon : Tusen Kaisha company is
seeking nine steamers for the taking up
of trade again. Nine vessels belonging
to the line at the outbreak of hostilities
in the far east were impressed Into the
Japanese - transport service. To take
their places , in tho mercantile trade. it
la reported British aud German steamers
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BEEF TRUST RAISES
PRICE-FEARS FIGHT
Defeated by; Cudahy Now Faces an .Independent
: V .Movement by Wealthy : Cattlemen . ; Who
Will Build Packing; Houses;;
(Special Dlapatcb to The Journal) .:;
' New York, ..March 21. Determined . en
still ' another)- Increase In - the already
enormous profits on the eale'of dressed
beef,-the beef trust bas made an arbi
trary . advance of one centra pound on
Its product. The advance goes Into ef.
feet tomorrow, j This means an lncreaae
of. two. or three cents a pound to" the
consumer. ' It Is estimated that the beef
trust will Increase ita profits more than
$160,000 per month" by -the new price
schedule. . '. . v '. '-',,:'
'-.The advance' is regarded as arbitrary
and absolutely without Justification from
the .condition , of the livestock- mar
ket. The rise in price Is said to be
the indirect resulfc of ihe war that haa
been . waged ..for" months by the beef
trust "In an effort; to crush the Cudahy
Packing company, its great rival. - The
beef trust found that the Cudahy Inter
ests were able to-meet every cut with
a "greater- one. Petrenchmer.t by: the
trust followed and prices have - been
Steadily advancing for several months. ;
The- present Increase directly affects
not only this city, but Indirectly every
other city throughout the country.-
Simultaneously with the Increase in
the price of beef 'by the wholesalers
there will be a corresponding lncreaae
by-the retailers. Although opposed to
any rise in price at the present, they
will be chartered.' at least temporarily.
This is held to. indicate that the Japan
ese shipping men have confidence In the
nation's command of the sea and antici
pate no further trouble from the Rus
sian navy. , ... , ,
. WOK'T 6EZ.Ii BTOSIAVS OBAZV.
Chlneae Issue Prohibitive Proclamation
Based on Crop Boarolty.
(Journal Special Serrlce.)
Port Arthur, March 21. In view ; of
the unfavorable hevest In the Bhantun
province the Chinese ' authorities! have
iMsued a proclamation prohibiting the
sale of export' grain or provisions to
the .Russians under ', threat? of : severe
punishment. 1 f-; - -.
BXICAXW AT OWV BISK.
i (Jonrnal 8pfcU Rnrrlcr.) ' ' '.',
I Ylnkow, March 21. -Addressing his
subjects in Niu Chwanp Sundae, the
German consul notified them that they
remained at their own risk, and In the
event of louses recovery of comppnuu
tioa would te doubtful. 1 - , .
WITHDRAWS TWO v
WHOLE TOWNSHIPS
:(WMhln(ton Bnrean at The 'Joornl.)
Washington, - Maroh 21. The
general land office today directed
the withdrawal from entry of two
townships in The Dalles land dls- 4
trlct and three townships in the
4 La Grande district for use of the 4
4 reclamation service in connection
.with proposed- Irrigation, pro- 4
4 , Jects.
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guarding against attack by night
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are compelled by the exactions of tho
beef t,rust -to meet the increase. The
latest example, of the rapacity by th'
trust comes t a time when the supply
of beef was never greater and when the
price- of beef - on the hoof is going
down.
TXZVKS DATS VTOCBEBED.
Washington, March 21. That the days
of the beef trust are numbered is the
opinion of John O.' Oxley of Cheyenne,
Wyo., who says that there is a move
ment to crusii Out the trusty by com
petent competition: Mr.f Oxley 'who Is
a well knowri cattle man. is enthusiastic
over the scheme, lie Bald: "
The beef trust monopoly- has' had
both producers and consumers of beef
in its grasp for lo, these many years,
but it cannot pursue a piratical course
much longer if the plana- of ' the 'big
gest and wealthiest stock ' raisers in
the United States are carried out,, as
they probably will be. . .
, "The Independent company will have a
capital of J50.00fl.000 and will build com
peting packing houses at Chicago, Kan
sas City, Omaha and Fort Worth, where
the ' combine Is ' now ;, operating plants.
In all cattle states owners are subscrib
ing 'liberally to the new company and
there will be no trouble in raising all the
money needed." ,
' (Jonrnal SpeeUl StnrTtce.)
Redding.- Cal., March . 21. The south
bound Southern Pacific overland No. 15
crashed Into- a wrecking train at Cantara
last nlghCJohn Funnklv and George
Kukson. car rpatrcr8,' were badly In
jured. Fireman Bert Mount of the pas
senger engine la missing and it ia feared
was killed. .
coorra bx:ft,acz3 xtaws.
Washington, 'March 21. 'Admiral
Cooper cablcH from Ilng Konsf that ho
line asflunieil cniiimaiid f tb Asiatic
Ulloa vlca "Fighting Boh" - ISvana, .-
VRcul AT
REDDING
Bristow Shows Singular
Ignorance of His Now
Famous Report.
HEPBURN-WILLIAMS TILT
Records Showing How ; Babcock cf
Wisconsin Padded the Mails Are , ;
Subject for Lively. Debate
- , and Party Vote.
.'-. (Jonroal Special Serrlce.) ?
Washington, March 21. Tha hous
committee which is investigating tha
connection of members of congress with
the pogtofflce scandal this morning con
tinued ita hearing of Bristow. - He de
clared he had no personal knowledge of?
the cases detailed in the so-called Bris
tow report. , He had not prepared It
and had never read. It, and did not know
what clerks had prepared the report,
but said he thought his first assistant,
Wynne,' might tell. ;
Bristow then promised to get informa
tion as to the identity of the Inspectors
who were Instrumental in carrying out
the investigation of the department. So
far as he knew, Mr. Bristow continued,
the report contained nothing showing
Improper conduct in the past by mem
bers of .congress. He vigorously de
nied having assailed the house of repre
sentatives in his previous report whiclx
was on the investigation of Beavers, v
I,. Hepburn Assails Baker.'
- In the senate . today Carmack, offered
a resolution of Inquiry relative to tho
legality of a recent pension order of
the secretary, of ; tha Interior. It went
over.: , --"i" : ; ' - v ' .
In the. house Hepburn (Rep.) of Iowa,
raising a question of privilege, stated
that Baker (Dem.).. of New. York had
violated the usages and courtesy of tha
house by inserting . in the Record a
newspaper attack on Babcock (Rep.) of
Wisconsin, charging him with loading;
down the mails under his frank so that
the amount handled by his own post-
office and railroads would Increase thelp
business and ,' compensation, .and that
Babcock was to be rewarded by tha
right to issue passes. Hepburn moved;
that the speech be expunged from tha
records. . - ?
Representative Williams, , the Demo
cratic floor leader, in defending Baker,
said that the latter made the mistake of
mentioning the member's name, and that
part referring to Babcock only should,
be expunged. : ,
Hepburn demanded t-.e' previous ques
tion, and Baker attempted to be heard.
The speaker refused to recognize Baker.
The previous question was then carried
by a viva voce vote. Division waa de
manded and the Republicans again had
the majority by 34. , Tellera wera or
dered, .,. .
The roll call resulted In a vote of 130
to 28, and the motion to expunge waa
thus carried. The house then adjourned,
as a mark of respect to the late Repre
sentative Thompson of Alabama. ;
' Joint Caucus Tonight.
The house and senate Republicans will
go into a caucus this evening for tha se
lection' of the Congressional committee
to conduct the next congressional cam
paign. The new committee will organ
ize with Babcock of Wisconsin a chair
man, and Overstreet of Indiana as sec
retary. ' . - "
Fulton. Williamson and Hermann to
day decided to present the name of Sen
ator Mitchell as a member of tha Re
publican congressional committee at tha
caucus this evening.
' President Invites Commission- .
President Roosevelt haa invited tha
members of the Panama commission,
who will hold their first 'meeting to
morrow, to take luncheon with him at
tha White House. B. N. Harrod of New
Orleans and C E. Gruneky of San Fran,
cisco were presented to the president
this morning. ,
INDIAN BILL IS
REPORTED IS SENATE
,
(Waahlngton Bureau of Ttie Journal.)
Washington. March 21. The
s Indian bill which was reported
in the senate today carries an
Increase over the house bill of
1537,000 for ratifying an agree-
4 ment with the Klamath Indiana
r of Oregon 'arid In payment of v
their claims for ceded lands. It
reduces the appropriation for the
Salem Indian school by 1MS0.
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METAL TRADES IN
ANNUAL CONVENTION
(Jonrnal. Special SirTl'.)
Philadelphia, March 21. Representa
tive's of the 80,000 workmen OirouKhout
the country whn-are under tha juri?i'!l'--tion
Of the National Metut Tr.idi's osin
elation were present tnd-iv at ts,e, ,f,ir,.
ing of the annual convention of tlin si
soclatinn. The gathering will he In fif Ut-t t! r,
days and will i devoted to the
Sloti of . varl'ttii quif--MoiH ii '': t. t,
tittere.t at the asx-Uttott. tt i'i . i
if i s. . -, '-,.