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VOL. III. NO. 146.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 88, 1804.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PORTLAND WELCOMES DELEGATES TO MINING CONGRESS
WHILE OREGON OFFERS THEM VAST OPPORTUNITIES
CONGRESS :
CONVENES
Annual Assembly of the
Nation's Mine Operators
Begins Work.
FACES BIG -PROBLEMS
Chief One Is How to Secure Federal
Aid Hard light Promised Over
location of Headquarters-
The Day's Program.
Tomorrow the real business of
the congress will be taken up,
when the, resolutions committee
t Is ready to report. Action la re-
(farded probable then on the de
partment of mines and minerals,
and H la barely possiblethat the
experiment stations discussed
before will be recommended or
discountenanced. ' As several
topic assigned the speakers have
immediate and vital bearing upon
the mining Industry, some of the
remarks delivered may give
4 birth to near resolutions and
recommendation on the part 'of
4 tn congress, especially the
4 speech of Senator J. H. Mitchell
In regard to a branch mint In
Portland. It la not regarded
protMuie ihat the meeting place
tor the following year nor selec
tion of permanent headquarters
will be taken up until nearer th
close of the congress.
From every state in the Union, where
mining Is an Industry, came the dele
gates who gathered thla morning for
the seventh annual session of the Amer
ican Mining "congress. Which convened In
th big banner-decked drill hall of th
Third Regiment armory. From Mon
tana and from far-away Maine, front
California and Colorado and Utah and
nd a score of other states came
enthusiastic delegations, all bent upon
the common purpose of advancing the
mining Interest of the continent.
Th scene when the congress was
called to order by President J. H. Rich
ards was a brilliant one. Flag of all
nation draped th walla of the hall, th
tars and stripes predominating, and the
platform was adorned with a profusion
of flower and foliage. Immediately in
front of the platform aat the delegates,
each decorated with his badge of mem
bership and each wearing in hi button
hole a beautiful rose, presented by the
women of the Portland Rose associa
tion. Mlval Delegation.
Conspicuous among th delegate were
the representatives from Salt Lake and
Denver, warm rival In tff contest to se
cure the permanent headquarter of the
congress for their respective cities, and
th enthusiastic boomer from Bl Paso,
who are making a determined fight to
capture th congress of 1906. Salt
Lake's delegates are wearing a badge
which 1 Itself an excellent campaign
argument, depicting their city as th
natural, geographical center of the min
ing interest of th country, and In
scribed with the record of Utah' min
eral output In 1202. piatinctlv badge
are also worn by the delegate from
Texaa and from Colorado.
Back of Hh delegates and In the gal
lery were seated the spectators and the
rear of the hall wa occupied with di
versified exhibits largely from tint rich
Junius uwim in ui Ruuiiiern isrogon. A
feature of the program was th music
of th Royal Italian band, which gen
erously gave It services for th occas
ion. Today' program was devoted almost
entirely to addreases, which are pre-
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TAXES ON
OLD BASIS
County Assessor Will
Value Property at
50 Per Cent.
FEARS COUNCIL ACTION
Would Use 70 Per Cent Valuation
Were He Sure Taxes Would Not
Be Raised Id tbe Same
Proportion.
THE JOURNAL'S GIANT- Fl YES TOR Y RAINBOW PRESS
One of the superbest pieces of mechan
ism the eye could rest on Is the new
flve-tory rainbow press which ha Just
been installed at The Journal office It
1 In reality four distinct presses in one
with a superimposed deck capable of
printing In four color. Thla mean that
the press will print 32 complete pages
with a sing Impression, that it will
print 24.000 complete 18-page papers
every hour and that It will print In all
the color employed by any of the great
Sunday newspapers of the United States.
This magnificent machine I the pro
duct of R. Hoe & Co.' great New Tork
establishment. It 'is known aa a quad
ruple, straight-line Hoe perfecting press.
It stand 144 feet shove the floor
level and extends three feet below the
level of the press room floor, thus giv
ing It an actual altitude of 17 H feet.
It la' 20 feet in length and require SO-horse-power
to drive it at speed. It
consist of more than 20,000 separate
pieces and to see them scattered about
In what seems the utmost confusion and
from that confusion to see the machine
Itself evolved aa accurate and unerring
as the machine Itself does its allotted
work, Is to give a profound opinion not
only of the capacity of the men who pro
duce the machine but of th man who
assembles the parts and puts them to
gether. There are 17 big printing
cylinder and all the correlative devlcea
and 72 conrpoattlon rollers for the dis
tribution of the Ink In a single hour's
run the great press eats up 100 pounds
of Ink; 1,200 pounds of stereotype metal
la required dally to supply It with casts
of printing plates. In one hour's run
It prints, cujjs, paste, fold and deliver
SS 1-3 mile of paper 32 inches wide.
The machln worked without a Jar or
hltcb from the moment.lt wa set up.
Tbe work of setting up the machine was
don by Paul Exanoff. who cam here
directly from the Hoe faotory In New
Tork for that purpose. Everything pro
ceeded Ilk clockwork under hi super
vision and the result 1 everything that
could be desired.
Th big machine, which I incompara
bly the 'finest In Oregon, Is now ready
for Inspection. It may be aeen on the
Yamhill side of The Journal building,
where hundreds have already Inspected
It and' where the public Is cordially In
vited to see It In motion.
PACKERS' STRIKE
GROWS DEADLY
(Continued on Page Two.)
SHIP MINNESOTA IS
GIVEN A RECEPTION
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(Joaraal Special gerrlet.)
New Tork Aug 22. A large
number of person prominent In
the world of commerce were
guet today of the Great North
ern Steamship company aboard
th new steamship Minnesota,
which arrived last night from th
yard at New London. Conn.
After the ship had been In
spected a Ittncheon wa served
which was followed by several
short addresses extolling the
enterprise of the company and Ita
president, James J. Hill. Th
Minnesota Is the largest Ameri-ran-trallt
vessel afloat and will
ply between Seattle, Taroma and
the far east. T
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(Joaraal Special Service.)
Chicago, Aug. 22. In th discovery
this morning of the' body of a working
man, with his head beaten to a pulp, on
the prairie near the stockyards, the po
lice believe they have found a victim of
strike violence.
Fearing worse violence than hereto
fore, the police this morning strength
ened their line In the strike district
and adopted stringent measures. Thomas
Stroker, business agent of the Meat
Cutters union, wa arrested while en
deavoring to prevent non-union men
from entering the yards.
Practically every striker went on duty
as a picket today, all working under a
thoroughly organised plan; to combat
this plsn a similar organisation of po
lice was effected.
It Is estimated that fully 1.000 strike
breaker who went out Saturday failed
to return this morning.
MILLION HEAD
(Journal Special Service.)
Washington. 'Aug. 22. Th effect of
the packlnghouae strike Is shown In the
comparative report of livestock for July
of thi year and last. The five principal
western markets aa reported to the de
partment of commerce and labor, show a
decrease In July under last year's re
ceipts of 1.065.696 head.
POLICE BELIEVE
MORSE IS DEAD
From Latest Evidence Officers Are
Convinced That Thugs Killed and
Robbed Him Wednesday.
ROOSEVELT EMULATES
PARKER BY SWIMMING
(Journal Special Service.)
Oyster Bay. Aug. 22. President
Roosevelt iand his clerical force resumed
their routine work thla morning and th
executive offices were opened at an early
hour. The president and Secretary
Loeb ground out a large number of let
ter) after which the prealdent played
tennis with hi boy.
Thi afternoon he took a swim after
which he worked a little on hi letter
of acceptance and then went horseback
riding with Mrs. Roosevelt.
CONGRESS Or NEOBOES.
Moumel Special Service.)
Natche. Ml.. Aug. 22. Tho
Negro Voting People' Christian Edu
cational Congrea. which wa launched
In Atlanta two year ago with an at
tendance of 1.600, began a week's ses
sion In this city today. Th object of
the organisation I to follow out
Booker Washington's teachings by en
couraging the young members of the
rac to high Ideala of right living, so
cially, merally, religiously and In
dustrially.
SCHUMANN-HEINK HAS
APPENDICITIS ATTACK
Jrtraal Special Service.)
Saratoga. N. T., Aug. 22. Sickness
compelled Mme. 8chumann-Hlnk to
cancel a concert engagement at th town
hall here last night. She was confined
to her room In th Orand Union hotel
uttering great pain, and left for Nw
Tork on a special car. Th house phy
sician diagnosed the prima donna' Ill
ness aa appendicitis.
rjAXiroauriA state wax.
(Journal Special Servlc.)
Sacramento, Cai., Aug. 22. The an
nual state fair of th California Ag
ricultural society opened here today
under auspices of a most favorable
character. Many visitors are already
here and the attendance promises to
eclipse all records of former year.
All departments are wall filled with
exhibits which strikingly Illustrate
th vaat Industrial and agricultural re
sources of the slate. A good program
of harneaa race will be pulled off la
connection with the fair.
The police believe that E. C Morse
waa murdered by thug Wednesday
night somewhere between Eaat Twenty
eighth and Ollsan street and hi homo,
on mile distant. Thla afternoon Dep
uty City License Inspector Hutchinson
snd ht brother, accompanied by aome
friends, are scouring th brush along
th road that leads through Ladd's
field and to the Morse home.
Information Imparted today by x
Captaln of Police Cox la that he aaw
Morse on an Ankeny street csr shortly
after ( -o'clock Wednesday night, ac
companied by a strange man. This
roan Is believed by the police to have
been one of :. pair of thugs who kitew
(Continued on Page Five.)
Mining Stock
Quotations
Hay be found daily on th mar
ket page of Th Journal. In
view of th large number of vis
itors Interested la mining who
are now la Portland, th Joar
aal wishes to call attention to
the ft that it pnbllahes dally
th mining Stock report from
fjoatoa. Colorado Spring and
San rraaciaeo. Th quotations
are printed oa page of today's
lssne.
AMERICA BECOMES
FACTOR IN WAR
(Journal Special Service.)
Washington, Aug. 22. A dispatch to
the state, department from Consul-Oen-eral
Ooodnow at Shanghai, confirms the
Scrlppa New association dispatches
relative to th entrance of the harbor by
an American war vessel, the Chauneey.
and details the part played by that ves
sel in preserving the neutrality of th
port.
According to the dispatches a Ja Dan
es torpedo boat, stripped for action.
sailed in threatening apparently to' at
tack the Russian warships which had
sought refugo therein. The Chauneey
steamed In and placed herself between
the Japanese torpedo host and the
Astrbld. which' had been docked at docks
belonging to a British company. Next
to the dock are properties owned by
Oerman, Dutch and American Interests
and close by are the 21,-000,000 ware
houses of the Standard OH company.
No announcement as to the action of
the Chauneey has been made, but It was
unqueatlonably her Intention to o place
herself that the immense American In
terest should not be endangered by a
battle without a protest. Had th Jap
anese torpedo boat opened Are on the
Askold the Standard Oil warehouses
would almost certainly have been destroyed.
The Russian consul still refuses to
comply with the order that the Ruaslan
warships must dismantle or leave the
ha rbor.
Acting Secretary of State Adee and
Acting Secretary of the Navy Darling
were at noon holding a conference on
the subjects presented In the dispatch.
CONSULS DISCUSS SITUATION.
Aakold Cannot Leave Mar bor oa Account
, Of low Water.
(Journal Special Service.)
Shanghai, Aug. 22. A meeting of th
foreign consuls In the elty thla morn
ing resulted ' In the preparation of a
statement to establish the facta regard
ing the Russian warships In the harbor.
The consuls will hold another meeting
thla afternoon, but no preliminary an
nouncement haa come from them.
The Tao Tal ha given th Askold and
Orosovl until noon tomorrow to leave
th port. No repair to the vessels will
b permitted. The Aakold, however,
cannot cross the bar thi week owing
to low tide, which will naturally act as
an unavoidable stay of departure.
"ALT INDOESES AMERICA.
(Joaraal Special Service.)
Rome. Ana 22 it im .Mlnmin..t a
day that th Italian squadron In the far
eat nas neen ordered to co-operate wlcti
America to maintain the neutrality. ,r
China.
The rnv.rnm.nl ku .HI- t .1
.i " - J iiiiiiii.rfl
America's action In th. ah.niini i..i.
dent, and believes that Jier prompt ac
tion prevented the Japanese boat -
mums: ie onensive against th help
less Russian cruiser Askold.
CONFESSES TO OLD
MURDER ON DEATH BED
i Journal Special Set ties.)
CarbondaJe. 111., Aug. 22. Advices re
ceived In thi elty state that Alexander
Jester, who wss tried in New London.
Mo., in July 1200, for the murder of atl
vray Oat, a brother bf John W. Dates,
ha died at hi horn in th Indian Ter
ritory and that prior to hi death he
confessed to the murder.
Th case was one of th most remark
able In the annals of Amarlcan criminal
history. Gilbert Oatea waa killed In
Hulane lane, a lonely road In Andrlan
county. Missouri, In January, 171.
When killed he was traveling to meet
Jester. As well A. Oatea started a search
for Jester and overtook him Just a he
wag entering hi Kansas home. He
found Gilbert Oatea' entire outfit. Jes
ter was arrested, taken to the Mexico.
Mo.. Jail and wb.ll there escaped.
No change will be made In th basis
of tax valuations in this county for th
current year. County Assessor C. K.
McDonell ha definitely decided to ad
here to th plan followed In the past,
of making tax valuations upon th
basis of 50 per cent of the market valu
of th property.
The' consequence of this decision la
that the assessment roll of the city of
Portland will be Increased this yeur
only by the natural 'growth of value.
and by the added tax on personal prop
erty, resulting from the abolition of
tax exemption by the last legislature.
Th Increase from these two source
will rata th city roll from t4t.000.00
to something over 151.000,000.
Assessor McDonell' decision was
reached after consultation with a large
number of property-owner and official
of th city and county. His original
Idea was to raise the valuation of all
property In the county from th present
rate of 60 per cent of the market valu
to 70 per cent There were strong rea
sons In favor of such a change. Objec
tion was made, however, that with an
Increased valuation city taxes might be
raised, and thla excited considerable un
easiness among gome of th' larger
property-owner.
"I found, after consulting many tax
payers," said th assessor, "that th
consensus of opinion waa against any
change in the basis of assessment.
Taxpayers are generally satisfied that
the present city council would not take
advantage of an Increased
Lroll ttrlWy nifnef
are afraid tha,t the next council might
not be so conservative. I am satlafU-d
that th present council would act
wisely In fixing the city levy, and I
feel sure that If I had asked them for
an assurance that th amount of th
levy would not exceed a certain sum,
at least a majority of th council
men would have given It. But the un- .
certainty as to the action of future city
officials makes many taxpayer averse
to any change In the assessment, and I
have decided to be guided by their
views.
"Another thing that ha Influenced
me 1 tbe fact that many small tax
payer whoa personal property haa
hitherto been exempt will have to pay
taxes upon It this year. The law waa
amended by the last legislature and the
2200 exemption of personal property waa?
repealed. Many of these small property
owners can 111 afford to pay heavier
taxea, and they would probably be op
posed to an Increase in Varus t tons, even
If assured that it would bring no heavier
olty taxea next year."
Much of the assessment work haa al
ready been done upon the supposition
that value would be raised In accord
ance with the plan originally enter
tained by the assessor. It will be nec
essary to rewrite a part of th roll, but
Assessor McDonell says that this can
be done without additional expense to
the county.
ut they
IN BBUTISX COLUMBIA.
Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 22. Destruc
tive fire are still burning and It I esti
mated In official sources that the loss
to date will aggregate I2.S00.000.
XOBBEBT.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Rathdrum, Idaho, Aug. 22. Mrs. May
Dyer had 222 stolen from her bed while
asleep laat night. The thief did not
wake he, o quietly did he do hi work.
SAYS MRS. BOTKIN
SHOULD BE EXECUTED
(Journal SpesM Snrvles.)
San Francisco. Aug. 22.-
della Botkln wa this morning
4 denied a new trial for the murder
of Mr. John P. Dunning and waa
4 sentenced to life Imprisonment.
i In passing sentence, the curt
said the woman should have
been sentenced to be hanged and
4. that the Jury erred In fixing th
4t punishment at imprisonment for
Ufa
While no announcement Bag
. been made. It Is understood that
. an attempt will be made to carry
4 th case to another trial In the
federal court on th ground that
a two state are Involved in th
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