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V GOOD EVE II III G Jourrid: Circulation 22 Yesterday Was .''.TUB WEATHER, - - - Tonight and Friday fair; variable ; ' winds, mostly northerly., '. . VOL. IV. NO. 165. Nebraska Leader BRIAN OF to Harmonizing Democracy, and Urg - ing the Missourian's .Candidacy. THINKS FOLK CAN.WIN '.'. SUPPORT IN THE EAST Believe That Moneyed . Interests '.. Will ,r Dominate Next " Republican iL Convention end Will.iSplit. That :PartyQukt Campaign for the Foe .'of Graft Already Begun.' - (BpmUI Dispatch to. Tie Josraal.) " Lincoln. Neb.. Sept. 14. William Jen-' tilngs Bryan has 'definitely ' resigned his "" ' chances for the presidential nomination , In 10 'and will aupport Governor Folk , of MliaourL From thoaa who beat know " Mr Bryan's plana, and -from thoaa, who conferred with. him. Juat before his de : parturo on tha Ions': Overhand trip with hla family.-this statement . waa; mad today In vlaw of tha fgot that -at Port land. Mr,' Folk's presidential boom .would t probably be launched. -f--Frrn tha Inception of Folk's, career Mr. pryan aa kept in eioe toucn witn '..him. and when Folk'. alone swung Mia Tsourl to secure the governorship, while pother Democrat were" snowed deep . under. Mr. Bryan decided that here, was '., tha only logical candidate In ISO a, This - year,- and especially during tha recent ; months, Mr. Bryan and Mr. Folk have - been In close touch and ' so .- well was -- thla known that peraoaal friends of Mr Bryanwre but slightly surprised when he told .ahem 4b--wssl4 ,thow .bJa -Uv , fluenee- to the MiaaoUrt'man whan hi candidacy was definitely announced. ;'-' VSnTreat Hedgws wopaert. . . Tha closest confidant of Mr. Bryan In tha city today stated that Juat befora Mr. Bryan's departure he. conferred with the leader, who. told hlrg that Folk-would launch hla boom for ISO, perhapa within a few weeks or at moat months. andnhat when Mr. Folk did ao ha would be backed by tha Commoner, and' that fur ther Mr. Bryan would use his persona efforts to Join together the various fac- t'ons of the Thlddle west Democracy. The Democracy-of the middle west, nd especially that or 'Nebraska and Kansas, la In a condition at. present which la deemed by tha Bryan leaders - to- b f Itttng-f or--wnloiu Populism ba died,- but thera are tens of thousands ' of voters of thla deceaaed party who ' cling to Bryan and recognise no othet leader. Tha old line Democracy, much of which has been. - swallowed, by - the Roosevelt Republican party, also re- : garde Mr.. Bryan aa tha wlaeat leader of them alirind would baTnomastly ln fluenoed by him thaa any other western ,. prophet, These.. wdr the .otherJesier elements are ready for a union under soma leader they can trust, and . In sup- port of soma one whom they believe will gain tba eastern strength of the "'.'parry. ' - V t Oaa traits Bast and wast. ' Folk la held by Mr. Bryan to be the . - only man, who can unite east and west, and such a union he considers only pos , stbte If he. Bryan, withdraws from the , active fight, thua soothing tha aaatern wing, and still keeping his hand on the l party throttle of tha west, to unite snd line up the varloua elements over which he has atlll a wonderful control. -" In a quiet way the campaign' baa al , ready been atarted here, tba political center o( the middle . weaC and Omaha and Topeka leaders, are also renewing : their war Hnee under the direction of ' Mr. Bryan's nontenants. - The first step . will be to force tha surface Democrats to the other aide of the fence, or to bind -them with .oatha to Folk. : The men who bare led in conventiona of tha party as discordant elements,, and then have "'''quietly knifed their candidates In the '' later campaign are being sought earn ' , eetly, and long befora the formal cam paign Is commenced theaa will have been either lined up for tha new party or IW utterly dlacredlted. Paat mistakes hsve ltunt di;.,i " . j thlnga. chief of whlchjs. that better no ; party than one made up or warring fac- tlona; ' ''' ' " : , Befora hla' departure Mr. Bryan gave ' -dlrectiona to hla lieutenants' that man ; age tha Commoner t give the. organ's full aupport to tha Folk boom when It found tha light of day, and since the Commener la accepted by aeveralihun . dred -thousand readera aa . tha voice of their leader, Mr. Bryan'a preaenee in the i country could do no more to aia foik. Mr, Bryan also believed that by leaving at hl time, when the Folk project waa "a-bomlng." ha would materially help It since, hla persistent admirers could ,v nof force him into awkward place by ' .Inalstlng that he be a, candidate In 1101 . ' and the eaat could not Uke offetiaa at "Ma active -partlaanshlp of Folk, aa.lt might do were he to appear in person -rat polltloal- gatherings. :. M'" BrVan iiss gone for a tour of many montha-r when "'he -returns' he believes the -Folk boom will have grown ao great as to. be gen- erally accepted by the national Dem ocracy of all abades. With It all Is the feeling of Mr. Bryan that tha national Republican party la on ILL tha. verge of. a gigantic spltt.vand that i 'the Democrats party-can.be readily i ' united If wlaa meaaures are uaed. i -- Roosevelt nor any other man can awing the Republican party longer. It's .. - toft big." la the expreaelnn of Mr. Bryan, whei antlrlpalee that -the machine and moneyed power f the Republican party will hare the ru'' - v the selec tion cf t" I , c -Mate, I TO SUPPORT THE vi "' Will Devote Himself overnor Toeeph',W.Tolk. HARD BLOW FROM I Americarji Manufacturers and Im porters ;Crippled4byJ7Pro-:- ' hibitive Tariff. BIG TAX ON ALL PARTS a - , OF, FARMING MACHINERY United States Government Asked to Interfere on Behalf ' of Shippers ' and Makers Over, a Thousand Car loads V Year "Affected. ' ' - Joaraal Special gerrlee.) New Tork.8ept.-14.-Cablegrama from Argentina have been received by lead ing exporters In New Tork saying that the government haa given notice that It would levy-a prohibitive , tariff on Frl' day next on all parts of agricultural and Industrial machinery uaed. lit. repairing harvesters and calling on - American manufacturer to ask the United States government to . Intervene. . .Wires were kept - hot all - yesterday afternoon be tween New York and other chief citiea and by nightfall arrangement had been completed to lay the matter before' the secretary of state- A representative of the American exporters said: "Thla newa la ao sudden that we hard ly know which way to turn. , We do not even know, if Argentina la to apply the prohtbltlvefMrltr to European and Aua- trallah porta, although wa believe not If this prohibitive tariff goes Into ef fect It will be a heavy blow to American manufacturers, ... "More tnan - l.oeo carloads of ma chinery are shipped every year from thla country to Argentina, but there Is little profit In the trade. - The profitable end of the business Is the xportlng to Argentina or spare Prta. uaed - In re nalrinKj on-which the duty haa aver aged leas than 25 per cent levied on the machinery proper." : , . FATHER TOOK THE ::' - I " X . . i ''':) ' A : WHILE MOTHER CHOSE THE DOG . ' (Jearaal tpeeftl gfrnea.) '. Denver, Sept. 14. Tallus V. Smith cf Denver, and hla wife, decided to sepa rate They divided their possessions. Including Mars-el, their only child, snd their dog called Rowdy.' Mrs. Smith did not care for tot little girl, she said, and was willing to take the. dog. ao the father kept the daughter and the mother left with Rowdy, ' ' ;' ... Now, however. Mra. 'Smith haa sued for divorce snd- decided that aha waota PORTLAND, ' OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1905. FOURTEEN PAGES. JOSEPH DEIOCR 0 BR C Governor Folk - Talks Freely on All Other Subjects, but Main tains Deep Silence on ' i His Aspirations. - . VISIT HERE IS IN A - : r-PUBLIC-CAPACITY Looks Astonished and Smiles When He Learns Tjiat Mr. Bryan Is Pre- pared to Sujfport Him for the Presi dency Whenever He Cares- to An nounce His Candidacy. - ' Joseph VT. Folk, governor of Mis souri," foe of the spoilsmen In polltlca, herald' of the' new day dawning in the Cvlo lit of the United Ststes.. refuses even cetnotely to give the Interviewer an intimation aa to what Is hie thought on national laaues or whether or not he might accept the Pernor ratio nomination for tha nation's highest office. - . '"You must pardon me," said Oov nor Folk 'tmt It would be exceedingly ungraceful for me to talk polltlca while here aa the-representative of the state of Missouri at your great exposition.? Then he was told that Colonel Wil liam J.' Bryan.' before., departtngfev abroad, authorised his aaalstanta In tha office of the Common!' at Lincoln, Ke- braaka, to, make, official .announcement that ,he Is for Governor Folk for presi dent. . . V-l '-,'.,. "J.v'. Governor Folk wss only startled into a surprised look and juiekly turned to the Interviewer to aak more specifically about that telegram. : StearA Bryaa'a Miaaag-s U BUenoe. The Journal today received a tele gram from Lincoln." he waa. Informed, "saying that Colonel Bryan unequivo cally pronounces for Governor Folk for president and will cable from the orient hla pereonal call for" all Democrats to rally around the Folk etandard, aa aoon aa you permit your friends to consider that you are a candidate." By the time the -foregoing brief state ment waa completed Governor, Folk had recovered compoaure and again he sakk "I must not talk politics out here." "There haa been a movement in Ore gon and other Pacific coast states." so Governor Folk waa told, 'to establish In aur polltloal system the principle-that underlies your achievements In Mla aoufi. It would forward that move- menrfftammny'werffTi'irnt unrabont nonpartisan phases of the question." "Tell me about It," was' his answer, aa he Interviewed -the Interviewer. "What haa been accomplished?" . The history of recent event In lo cal politics wss related to him. He ap peared pleased that that for which he haa stood in Missouri public lire had found champlona in the far west. But he wouldn't talk politics. ' , - All Aaierloaas, Me Says. "There Is not' much - difference be tween sections, after all." he said. "In whatever part of the country; one may be, one wilt And tha -people about, the same at heart, guided by the same prin ciples and Inspired by the aama ideals. f he goes south 'he will admire -the people there for their sturdy honesty and sterling characteristics If ha goes to- Missouri, which Is neither northern nor southern, eaatern nor weatern,. he will " see a people- high-minded - and noble, whose characters sre founded op the- rock of - principle transmitted to them as a precious heritage from their fathers; and from this 'sturdy class Ore gon and tho west are populated. "If he goes to the eaat, he will find there the same true hearts and patriotic souls. ' Good people are tha aama every where' and bad people are alike wher ever they may be found. They are all Americana when one knows them well, whether they be In New York, Califor nia, Oregon or Missouri."- , ' "' , . Peopla la Mia party, ' Governor Folk la accompanied by his staff, composed of General James A. CArman. adjutant-general. Butler, .Mis souri; General Emmett Newton.' inspector-general. Springfield; General George 8. McGrew. paymaatfPr general. St. Louis; General Henry , T Lee, commissary-general. Columbia; General Henry P. Lay. Warsaw; Colonel Tomj J. Land- (Continued on Page Two.) DAUGHTER ,. .... ... ..j ... . . . .. the little girt She charges liar hus band with having kidnaped the baby with the, Intention of taking tha child Out of the atate. ---i-w - "We made a division of the property." explained Smith, "When we came to the queatlon as to who ahould have th child. Mrs. Smith aald. Otu I don't know whether 1 want Marvel or not. but guess I II take her." J told her T'f anted Mar vet. 'Then I'll take Rowdy.' she laughed I'd rather bavS him, anyway." - . V '.- -IV- .1 '- PARTY Northern Pacific Looking ..for Twenty Million With Which ; to Build at Once on Wey- --'. erhauser Tract. 5 PLANT AT ST. JOHNS WILL : COST-MILLION DOLLARS Portland ft Seattle-Railroad Com pany ls D'rawtns; on Thia City for Implements and . MenVancouver Hums With 1 Construction Opera tioha. a -- ---- ' Much more than rights of way, tracks and bridge sites is concerning the Northern Psclflo Railroad company on the lower peninsula. Thla company Is looking-for. 10.000,000 brick, with which to begin erection of several large bulld- jngs on the ground bought for a Weyer- hauaer Lumber company mlllaite on tha Wllllamette river bank below St. Johns. A large part of this 140-acre tract will be occupied, by -carbulldlng ahops. car and -engine repair shops,- roundhouses and other buildings that will, require a total ef more' than r,000.000 brtck.- It said the Hill roods will build a shop plant1 costing more than 11,000,000. Complete-' construction . and : repair ahops are to be built for- accommoda tion 'of both the;! Northern Paclflb and Great Northern Kailroad . companies' rolling stock, and Portland la to be made . the Pacific coaat terminus of both these great railroad systems. - In addition to 60,000,000 brick con struction of necesaary buildings will re quire ateel for frames, wire glaas for sides and roofs of shop buildings and vast amount of concrete materials. Officials of the engineering and purchas ing departmenta are already- looking about for the. best place to buy theae thlnga. - .'-',-,-'' There - will be ' several turntables of the most modern construction, operated by. electricity. The plant will have capacity- for accommodating the - re quirements of allied roads that will come over the Columbia river" bridge into Portland. Was ft Means to' Pen Insula."" "The extent of these developments 3s not yet to be foretold. The possibilities are too great to be speculated upon and detalla of the HIM people's plans are not yet reaaT"td"M g!verroiltr-satra civil engineer who haa Inside Information of what is going on, and la closely. watch ing every move of all the railroad com panies Involved In the contest for rights of way. ' - But whatever happens, the . lower nenlnsula Is bound to become a heehlva of industries. . I "St Johns la to become the" Jersey City of Portland and before many yeara. have paaaed. The. Hill people are pro jecting Immenae docks to be built here. "The, lond-headed chief of the North ern Pacific and Great Northern roada foresees the deepening of Columbia liver bar into a channel that will carry the largest vessels. , "He seee that the Columbia- river water grade Is the natural route for railroad trafflo to follow between the east and the orient. "He knows - better than most people Just what revolution In trafflo condi tions Is under way In the Psclflo north west, end It may be aald with certainty that he is not letting any opportunities paaa to prepare the great railroad ays terns be controla for taking advantage of tho changed' conditions. -. Still Gets 'Able Men. '. "You will lake notice of (be signifi cant fact that within the last few months he ha taken two of the ablest railroad men, who- are most conversant with traffic conditions In Portland ter ritory, and placed them at the head of hla Great Northern system as trafflo manager and assistant traffic manager. I refer to Ben Campbell, and Harry M. Adams, both long In' the service qf the Hsriiman roads In the Paclflo northwest and familiar with every detail of the Hsrrlmsn traffic methods." . That plaws of the Hill people for' oc cupancy of tha lower peninsula were very mucb larger than anyone expected was hinted In The Journal month ago, when it was stated that parties con nected with 'the company's land Depart ment, and others scttng for agents of persons unknown, were acquiring acre age on the peninsula.- Jn the last year mora than - 2,000. acres of land slough land, ridge land, bottom fond, and land suited for every Imaginable Induatry from a packing plant to a sawmill--, have changed ownership -on the lower peninsula. The bulk of: the lands bought and sold He (along and In prox imity to the surveyed route - of the Northern Pacific's right of way from tha Oregon end ff'the proposed Colum bia, rlveV bridge to the mill alta bought by the Weyerhauaer Lumber company's agvnta on the bank of the Willamette river below 8t Johns. - . Aa soon aa It leaked out from the in side of the Northern: Psclftc circle, that, the company had determined to move (Continued an Pass Three. AS rf"5 ft ; IT'"' 'i 2JL ! '. - .2 o Tze Hsi," Dowager' Empress of China, Roosevelt "atPekinf; ".Today-1-From IDIjllPSITOR SH0RT$145,000 D. E. Sherrick Accused by Gov- ernor J. Frank Hanly of Em . '.. bezzling State Funds. v HIS OFFICE FORMALLY DECLARED VACANT Governor -Saya Sherrick Invested .Public; MoneylnLPrivt llEnter- prises and Will Be Able to Return I 5 All of It in Time. ' (Jooraal Special. Atrrlce.) Indianapolis. Ind., Sept. 14. Governor J. Frank' Hanly.' today .announces that ha has dlacovered that' State Auditor David E. Sherrick Is a defaulter to the t extent of I14S.000. i , f " The discovery was made as the reault of an examination of 1 the books of all departments now In progress and, or- dered by the governor.: An executive order waa. at once iasued declaring the office of state auditor vacant by reason of the embexslement of public funds. , , - In a statement Issued thla afternoon Governor . Hanly accuses Sherrick of In vesting the publio funds in-his. private enterprises and speculations, f If Is al leged that the auditor loaned Tunds to private - concerns which ' when pressed could not pay. The governor asked for hla "resignation on technical grounds, ss rTherrlck declares that he Is able to squsre the account- , ' , In case that Sherrick makes good the defalcation no criminal prosecution will be pressed, though, he loses hi office. If he does not repay the amount miss ing, criminal proceedings - wtll be at once taken. ' Sherrick has been given an ultimatum, . requesting bint . to settle at orxe,- - - ' --'; - Friends of Sherrick state that there la no reason for: apprehension as the money will be at once paid. They deny embcszlement. but state that it was simply- a question of poor Judgment on the: part - of tha auditor in loaning money on what he supposed waa excel lent security, and which is still-good securiry If time be given to aquare the account. The. sudden call for money, unexpectedly, found the : concerns to whom It had been lent unsble to meet tho demand. ,: . . .. ... , i WOMAN WHIPS OUT REVOLVER .;: V COWING WOULD-BE ASSASSIN I Jearaal .SsesUI Serrlca.1 i 'Los" Angeles. CaU - Sept. J4.-Whlp-plng out a . huge revel ver from the boaom of her gown. Mrs. Frank Holland last evening cowed a would-be atssasln holding a drawn knife-in the crowded waiting-room of the Arcade station. There was a frantic tumult, and the place waa - almost - taatastly cleared, leaving ln - the center tne beautiful young womyt aiming her gun at the heart of Harry Pagan. He dropped the knife with . Filch he intended ki"' I Mrs, Holland a husband.- . " J " . PRICE TWO PRESIDENT a 1 - ' ' .V - 'SiA r!- ' Who Entertained Miss ; Alice Her Onty Photograph. liiLh TO II Cornerstone . of National Monu nient to Martyred President Is Laid at Canton. 7" , ROOSEVELT SENDS ; ::; ) FLOWERS TO TOMB Masses of. Bloom Heaped Upon the Crave of Ohio's Great Man on the Fourth Anniversary of His Death . by Assassin's Bullet, v 1 . (Joaraal Special genlea.t- Canton, .OSept. !. Today Is the fourth anniversary of .tha death of the late President McKinley and . all "the flags 1 In the city ' are' at half-mast, Beautiful flower pieces were sent from sll parts of the country and were de posited on the McKtnley vault. - Mrs. McKlnley visited tne cemetery eany thla morning and deposited flowers on the resting place -of her deceased hus band. - Many cltlsens of Canton and aome ' visitors ' from outside paid their renpects to the former president and decorated his grave.' Among the flower gifts were" some by President Roose velt, Secretary Wilson and other mem bers of the-cabinet and -several -high officials, Judgea of the supreme court and others. This afternoon the cornerstone of the national monument to the memory of McKtnley will be laid on Monument hill by Justice William R. Day, preeldent of the McKlnley Memorial association and an intlmnte friend and neighbor of Pres ident McKlnley.. - , ; :- , : . . walla Walla rira, (Special DHpatch te The JearaaLI . -Walla .. Walla,' Wash.. Sept. 14 A wooden building at It First street waa destroyed, at 7:10 o'clock this morning, entailing a loss of 12.000. 'The. Are stirted In the rear of the cleaning works and gained a big start befora the arrival of the fire department." For a time the new Ranaom block was threatened. , Cry:..: m : ' t A i ' Cholera Is Spreading. -- - (Jesraat Bpeelsl arlee. I Marlenwerder,; Oermany, Sept- 14-i. Three new. cases and three suspected caaes and one death Is today's record for cholera-here. 'Two cases and, one death are - reported at Bremberg. . . -Because Pagan haa ' been- "madly" 'in lova, with. her. . Holland , and hla wife have had many troublea, even getting into court Tor a long time Holland. ho .'a young swell of this city, was awsy, . Yesterday he returned and he and hla wlf became, reconciled, a aad were leaving for Chlno when Bagah ap peared, wild wits Janlouay. Mra, Holland, who waa one a SpaplsK belle, says aha haa bean carrying tr pistol because Hasan hsd been bo' ' r for weeks and she f RAISED fil'KlfJLEr CENTS. .Tall'rvsllld! , m -1908 Immense ' Balances 'Carried ' try Insurance Companies Permit ' -v .V Banks to Do .Business on - ; 5 Policy-Vto'lders' Money. : '.- T . MUTUAL LOANED MONEY H Syndicate Operations -Defended ' by ... Treasurer Cromwell Who Admits That He Is Personally s Gainer by Company Transactions i High '. . Finance Is Practiced by Big Three . ' (Jewaal Special Servtee.) " ".' '; New "York. Sept 14. Frederick Crom ' well treasurer or theTtfutuariJf apwss " recalled to tha witness stand this morn Ing upon the resumption of tba Insur ance Investigation. Attorney Hughes questioned ' Cromwell In" regard to the balsnces the Mutual carried In the banks from January.- ltOtf. to December, 104. . The statement Cromwell submitted . showed that the - balances ran from -M.0OS.O0O- to 110,000.000. The wltneaa -' explained -that large balances were car rled when large pay mauls were--la bs made, becauaa the banks paid 1 per eent and the company could not always In vest to such advantage, Cromwell denied that the balances carried would give the banks a chance ' to uae the company's funds. - Hughes ' showed that the Mutual carried no de- - posits in the . National Bank of Com merce prior to May, 1100. but sow owns K.0II aharea and does bualneas with ', the bank.. Cromwell explained: " Previously we had no Intereat In the bank." Hughes questioned along techni cal lines In regard to Intereat on as sets which brought out tba fact that aev- ' eral other. Insurance companies -get a . higher rata of Intereat than Is received by the Mutual. The wltneaa explained by declaring that the Mutual wouldn't make Joans where ftthera would, ooa alderlng" the -tuTTlT Insufficient Hugnea orougni out tne xact by ques- ' tlonlng how the deposits are made. They - were left entirely to Cromwalra discre tion as treasurer.- without Interfere ncs by tha finance committee. Three trus- . tees were placad on the-stand and gave . . evidence to - aubatanttats tba "law ef combination" aa set forth by Cromwell, which forced the Insurance companies nwamaicate"uteralroii. ' He Sai tared the banklng-houaeau practically monopo- . Used the field. - - -. - Cromwell said that la view af tha Ins menae asaets and the amount of capital handled it was absolutely necessary for Inauranca companies to . handle such syndicates aa had been revealed by tbe Inquiry. He said that ,th Mutual's as set rug over tl00.000.4se annually. To handle and Invest such enormous sums requires some agency througn which the Investments can, bs mads.- It Waa abaolutely Impoaalbla to buy as- -curitlea In such great amounts through the brokers. He said that after ther had made investments In martgaa-ea aa far aa waa safe. It left Siss.ftae.ses. which must bs invested somewhere els and . syndicates offered that only chan nels. .' V. . ... r . Witness said that f lSS.eoa.SSe was In vested In mortgage.-. Hs said that tbs company waa able. by. going . Into syn dicates, to purchase securities on the ' -ground floor. . , Cromwell said that bs had partici pated as an Individual In the syndicates. He could not give tha amount of bis profits. - . ... .. ., ' . Hughes led the wltneaa through a. maaa of tranaactlona and pinned hint to the point where It waa learned that ths Ma- ' tual waa a heavy loser In the Interna tional Navigation syndicate. Cromwell Ister submitted a ststement that be had made personal profit of 120,111 during tho last five years front syndicate os rations participated In personally and aa an officer of the Mutual. MAYOR PATRICK COLLINS OF BOSTON IS DEAD ' I ;?'"'- " " ' "" ". .'-' ' (Jmraal BpeeUY BVrrVa.) Boston, Sept. 14. Patrick A. Collins, mayor ef Boston, died at Hot Sprtna. Virginia, today.. The news ef the mayor's death was wholly -unexpected. His law partner received a letter from Collins this morning. maieM last Tues day, saying that though suffering slight ly froas atomach troubls -hs was. enJoy Ing his vacation. CZAR AND CZARI.VA TO VISIT IK DAn"STA37 ' ' ihmrmat SyMlal Servtca.) Berlla. Sept 14. The csav. ' f-r'. and children will srr'-. . i -r- the capital or f - ' Mmm, i of f