The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, November 10, 1905, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text...). A. Si GOOD EVENING journal Circulation 23,268 ' :f?p?-: THE WEATHER. ;, .. " Cloud, shower totfght or Satur Yestcrday- f LIE 5 ' Was day I warmer interior wind mostly. southerly, ir.- ' .: I . - VOL. IV,;; NO. 214 PORTLAND, OREGON; FRIDAY EVENING;- NOVEMBER "' 10, .1905.TWO V SECTIONS 20 f PAGES.- f PRICE TWO; CENTS. &JrnSilr fas E la. N9MGY They Suffer That Trust Magnates Grow Fat on the Spoils ... I II V A k -V . i ii- I e no A CO Emm i : t-rim' Prim Hopr Are . Quoted in the New YjorJt Market Today at' - - -.Twentywbcynt) a Pound. T CHOICE HQPS.BRING TEN; r AND A HALF CENTS HERE It Costa One Cent a Pound to Ship ' to New York and the Same Amount for Commiaaion Charges, Showing a Discrimination of Nine Cents in Favor of Poorer Stock. Prime hop are quoted In the New York market today at 21 cents pound. Choice hop, several grades higher than prim's, are quoted in the Portland mar. ket today at 1H cents. It eosts 1 cent to ship a pound of hops from Portland to Now York. The coramlaslon charges are 1 cnt"a7 pouhf letweea this city and New York. , This snakes the total cosr-oT-marketing Oregon hqps li New - York 1H cents. New York hop uf lower quality are Belling- St tl cents a pound to the growers, or tt cents to the dealer. Between the Oregon - holce hope -and-the- inferior New Yorfci hops there Is a difference or cent in favor of the poorer stock:- - flrtion taoDi are conceded by the gen- : eral trndv'tarbe the bent tharthe world produced thh year. The worlda crop of choice bops this season was not large; there was an Immense production of cheap hops. These, were produoed outside of Oregon; .. Short Sellers Sold Barly. By the trade at large It -Is known that short sellers sold - fully three fourths ot. the., present, crop of heps In Oregon, even before the vines had begun to oome' out of the ground. They sold these hops to eastern brewers and deal ers at prices ranging from It to It cents a pound. At these figures, brew ers were glad t6 buy and dealers found no difficulty a year ago In disposing of all futures' they had to offer. .. For three years the price of hops has leen at such a figure that growers were able to lift s f!W of the mortgagee oft their farms. Every pound of hops they produced was needed. Lat y -r the shortage was severe and prices went beyond 30 cents with a rapidity that entirely took, away the hreath of those that had sold short. Borne of these shorts have not yet dc livered Ihe product they contracted for. Trying to Set Xvea. Jut at present there are eeveral hop dealers whose pockefbooks have been entirely emptied on account of their "Ttsvtrir-Trnm stunt ui previous scai They are looking" for s chance to get ex-en. In a large crop In Oregon and the world they see their way clear. No mai ler If the carry-over stocks of hops could be counted on the fingers and toes, these dealers are predicting all sortt of calamity for the growers. 'We'll put them out of business this year for certain." Is the expression used hy one hop dealer who Is short many thou sands ef hale. Bhorf sellers have stsmpeded , the growers by telling them that hops will not be worth plcktaig expense. If this Is so. The Journal would like to ask this question: Why sre Ihe doalers breaking their necks to get out Into the country to buy these same hops st prices ranging from 10 to 11 cents for strictly choice when, according to their own account, they can buy them In short time for almost nothing? Conspiracy the Cause. The truth of the matter Is that there Is a .conspiracy again t the Oregon hop grower. Prominent financiers, among them Armour, king of the provision mar ket, ruler of the refrigerator car busl- (Continued on Page Nine.) WRECK OF ST. PAUL DESTROYED BY FIRE , ' Journil Specltl Sertlre. Kureka, 'sl.. Nov. 10. Firs Isst night destroyed what re mained of the wrecked ateamer 8t. Paul which went aahore at PoltijCtovd early in Ol-tober. Captain Iverson of the Meamer ' Pasadena reports thl morning that Wheq he passed the St. Paul early lsst Svenlhg shs wns sblase from' stem toti?stern. Many thousands of dollars In ' salvage wsa abonrd the craft ' and It Is supposed thst some one . ' ,vof the wrecking crew accident ally upset a lamp: v The vessel will now rapidly go to pieces. - Th St. - Paul, was wrecked : In th early morning of -Ooto- 4 -ber S While bound from San 4 Francisco for Portland with a 4 full list of passengers and a cargo- ' of general merchandise valued at tStf.vOO, fully Insured. 4 : All of the rrew and passengers 4) - were rescued and tsken Unhor ' by the steamers Hanger' snd. 4 ...Vanguard. t. ;.; 7' 2 -f .. it f f Jamer R. Branch and Minor Meriwether, Jr., Midshipmen, Had a Fight to Settle Contfoverey and Branch Died oMr : v juries -Should Meriwether Be Punished? The Journal wHl be glad . to print opinions 'sent to the -edltqr as to what penalty should be Imposed on account of the scandal reported In Thursday's Journal from Annspolls, . where two "middles" engaged In a pugilistic con test that terminated In the death of one. These are, the circumstances: - James R. Branch of New York and Minor Meriwether, Jr., of Lafayette, Illinois, were both midshipmen at the naval academy at Annapolis. They were clsssmate and both were ath letic. . Branch, In the line of duty, reported Meriwether fotSn alleged breach of discipline.' Meriwether claimed he had been wronged and challenged Branch to a flat fight to the Onlsh. Friends of the two arranged the match and It took place laat Sutfday night, with referee, GRAND JURY IS AFTER (Journal Special Serrloe.) New York, Nov. 10 Under the dlree tlhn of Attorney General Julius Mayer with the assistance of Ilstrte4-Attprny Jerome, the grand Jury today began an Investigation of- the chsrges of fraud In connection with the mayoralty elec tion. Mayer visited the criminal court building early this morning and con ferred with Assistant District Attorneys Pnnford and Perkins, to whom Jerome has delegated the work of prosecuting the cases and draw,log up the Indict ments. The grand Jury met at 11 o'clock and Mayer appeared Immediately: Eight deputies of Superintendent' of Elections Morgan and a number of policemen and about fifty other witnesses were called. It Is snld thst efforts will be made to indict some district leaders. . .. Hearst Offers swards.' Hearst has offered an additional re ward of 110.000. making a' total' of 127,000 offered by him fori the .convic tion of Tammany district leanVrs. Al dermsn Haggerty wa. arrested on com plaint of a. poll watchsr on the charge of ansault and arraigned this morning. His case wss continued to December t. A subpoena waa Issued for John Voor htes. president of the board of elections, to appear before th grand jury and produce for their Inspection . the. regis try- books of the fifth election' district of the Twenty-sixth assembly district. It is eharged that the. face of rUrs- NEW ROUTE WILL TAP -VERY RICH DISTRICT . 48Pell Dtipatck to The fesresl.1 Fairvlew, Or., Nov. 10.The purvey ing party of th o. b, a n. Co., which has been making Its headquarters her for the laat week, has been transferred to Clsrnls. The surveyors ar running a line for tb freight branch, which will go from St, Johns to Troutdale, Th sew survey between Fairvlew and Troutdale varies only a few hundred yard from the-ojd track. The new route will tap rich agricultural and dairy district along th Columbia slough. Th .survey In many rases runs through hrfnno snd other buildings, but thai rflsn think 'that a- sllgh( change in.ths'lms wUl avoW Mm pt tbs'dlfflculUss, r - THE HUN 'v.. ' 'O.'iO '' i . : T II ssssMIIMlsssTTssT Wm -F- I.JI,-., 1 a 5u. c- : ' ukt js.-v -4.: . ts timekeeper and seconds ss witnesses. - At the end of the twenty-third round .both boys were badly used up. Meri wether got . in a blow that snocKeo Branch down. In falling Branch struck his head against the floor and was ren dered unconscious . for the time being. It. was not supposed, howsver. that bis injuries were serlou until : Monday morning, when his condition evidently was so critical that the witnesses noti fied the authorities. Burgeons decided thst sn operation -was necessary. The Injured boy was removed to ,a hospital, his head cut open, and a clot of. blood removed from the brain. In spit of all efforts, he died the same day. Meri wether was also In the hospital with, a sprained wrist and black eye. What should be done with the mir vlvor-Mn what way. if st all, should h be punished? TAMMANY tums were chsnged. ' It Is alleged there was much fraudulent voting In this dis trict. Stoleav Boxes Beoorered, The ballot boxet. after standing for IS hours in the streets yesterday, were received by the election board and Were stored at, various warehouse, where they are 'guarded by - the police. ' The election board refused to receive the re turns until an order was obtained from the supreme court compelling It to re ceive them snd the action of the elec tion board iS claimed by Hearst sap porters to be part of Tammany's cam paign against an honest recount, ' .Ballot boxes that were stolen", have been recovered and are in the poases ion of District Attorney Jerome, 4 In formation has been received that other ballot boxes were thrown In the North river, ' where they were picked op by. a tug. . . 1 t. The Cltlsens' union has offered its services to aid In the discovery of elec tion frauds, its object being to Insurn a new election law In the state of New York that wU prevent similar frauds In future. - - . .- - Mayor McClellan states that the re turn show his election and are the ro sult of procedure , prescribed by law, and are presumptively CorrecC and he will take all legitimate means to protect his rights and will meet his sdversarles prepared to vindicate the results of 'the election. He has engaged aa , counsel, among others. Alton B, Parker. EMBEZZLING DANE IS RELEASED FROM CUSTODY 1 ' (Jooraal Special Service.) -z San Francisco, Nov.. 10. Adolph Ats truo, th young Dan .who was arrest sd here and for whose csptur Shanghai official Offered a reward of 1500, wss released by th police today, no Instruc tions having been received regarding his extradition. Alstrup ha been In th em ploy of tb East Aslstlo company snd was charged with smbessltng 10.0. He received a cablegram yesterday from his father, a prominent metehant , of Copenhagen, asking htm to com home, Indlcstlng'thst th matter had been com- promised. 'HfiTi HI Isarf for Denmark- at Bttefc--'.-":-'':"-" ' -'?'3Y'" GRIE5T WOLVES ON EARTH ' (Cwrlght. l0O8."by W, a. Bearst) aV,.' ' v ' ,. '- w William Barnes, for Forty Years Insurance Lawyer; Says Com pany Is Not Reformed. ASSERTS THAT ONE MAN v POWER STILL CONTROLS He Had Frequently Recommended Changes in Various Companies at Different Times Immense Salaries Paid Metropolitan Officials. (Journal Special Service.) New York, Nov. 10. Wlll(aw Barnes, Sr., formerly of Albany, but now of Nantucket, Massachusetts, for 40 yeara an inaurance attorney, voluntarily ap peared to testify In the legislative' in surance Investigation this morning. He Said that he had been employed by va rloua inaurance companies at different times. - He told how, frequently, he had recommended a change in the manage meat of the oompaales -In . a tlra.de against the Equitable Life, he declared that the changea In It made did not change it and aaaerted that the one man power still remains. The stories resardins the house at Albany maintained by the Mutual were confirmed by Michael P. Mullaney, cars taker of the house, who Identified vouchers. John K. "Hegemah, prealdent of the Metropolitan, stated yesterday that he received 1100,000 a year salary. Pre vious to 1S0& his salary waa ISO. 006. Vice - President .Flak receives 175,000, and George H. Oaaton, second vice president, 137,600. Frank O. A J-era, third ' vice-president, receives 116,200. Mr. Hegeman stated that In 104. $1, 104,044 wu paid In salaries. Mr. Hege man stated that 85 years ago $260,000 would hsve bought the company, while 1250.000,000 would not buy it- now. Hegeman said that no money wns paid for legislative purpoaea by the Metropolitan except in retention of nounsel to appear before committees to defeat obnoxious measures. In 1904 th company paid HI, 000 for-such purposes. DUNSMUIR MILLIONS SLIP FROM MISS HOPPER (Joarnal SpeeUl Serrlee.l San FTanclsco. Nov. 10. Edna. Wal lace Hopper suffered a setback In bei fight for the Dunamutr millions by the decision of th supreme court just made reversing the decision of Judge Coffey. The decision of Judge, Coffey was considered as breaking the will of th lat Alexander Dunsmulr and mak ing it possible foo Mlas"lTopper to se cure half of th vnat estate that was left to Dunsmulr's brother In Canada. This closes ths contest so fsr as the California courts .sre concerned, 'and the main .con tt-WlU be fought out In Canada. ' ! . SUFMAYOR AND CITY t FOR DESTROYING SHACKS (Special Ptapetcfc te The Jmtrnat.) ' Aberdeen, Wash., Nov. 10. Wheeler Bros., Ksrsbner Bros, and N. G. Wheeler Individually, have riled suits sgnlnat the city of Aberdeen, the mayor, John Llnd strom,. snd Police Officer James Birm ingham for. damages sustained . from tearing down their shacks last month. loss nf business sustslned from tearing down their sharks lsst' month and loss of business from cftst of moving,, efc. AT KRONSTABT SURROUH BY 6.000-ri Cossacks and Imperial Guards ' ' tineers Intrenched Behind Barricades Offer Fierce Re f . v, sistance Machine Guns Slay Many, ' - (Joarnal Speetal service.) St" Petersburg, kov. 10. It is report ed thst' troops ac Kronstadt have been surrounded by 1.000 mutinous sailors, but th troop ar 'holding th rioter In check. It Is said that although many of the mutineers surrendered last night, those who,held out were joined by sev eral thousand additional men this morn ing, who,1 entrenched behind barricades In the' eastern section of the town, ar holding off th Coasack. Not as much of the town Is burned as st first reported- Th markets and a number of houses were set fire to by th mutineers, who ar looting- th town and plundering liquor shops. From 20 to tOO sailors were killed by th ma chine guslS laat night and several thou sand surrendered. Three thousand sailors and a battery of artillery participated in the mutiny yesterday and opposed to them were 7,000 Cossacks and the imperial guard sent from Peterhof and at St. Peters burg. Before the arrival of th troop CHINESE MENACE FOREIGN DEVILS (Special Diapatek The JeernsL) Hongkong, Nov. 10. Advices received today from Lien Chow,- the scene of the masaacr of the American mission aries and the burning and looting of the mission houses a few days ago, state that the trouble that started at that time Is spreading rapidly. Villagers ar arming themselves and much bloodshed Is feared. If the agl tntlon continue - fears are entertained that therevolt wtrH spread - to other provinces where ' foreign missions are established, and th scenes that ac. companled the killing of Miss Chestnut, GOVERNMENT MAKING SECRET INVESTIGATION (Joarnal aelal Service.) Chicago. Nov. 10. Dr. E. D. Dursnd. Herbert D. Brown, S. D. Schlndler and r. L Ilswtt, special investigators of the bureau of commerce and labor, have opened headqua rters In thl city to con duct an Investigation, about which se crecy Is maintained. It. I rumored that the Standard Oil company's relations to railroads Js ths subject of investiga tion. It is also said to be Investigating ths alleged attempt to pack the recnt rat convention.- All Inquiries a t which subject la under Inveatlgatlon Is met by reference to Garfield. REPORT ADVERSE TO , - MALHEUR PROJECT .. , -v' y: : . : (Special Dhipafeb t The Jearaal.) . "Ontario, Or., Nov. IS. A letter- re ceived by C B. Holding, president of th Miilheur Wsterusers association, lndl- catea that the Malheur Irrigation project may b held up. The. report of th board ef reclamation engineers Is ad- vera Snd the cause for .this is. said to be thst . numerous conditions have not 'been met-as required by ths gov- rnment " Among tthess cotsrllttona -Is hs special privileges, said to be-Insisted on by the Wagon Road company and ob jections". mai3e1?i.blgh estimstss ty owners,, bt -ptbe -inof? :--;.-x f i, "' '-;i . ' v-; 1UTIN0US SAILORS Holding Rioters In Check-Mu- the sailors' plundered the liquor shops ami started, to burn the town. r- -- - The first sailor to revolt were those from th Seventh fort, which killed two of their officers and seised arms snd ammunition and proceeded to firs pro miscuously upon the troops snd loyal sailors. They were soon Joined by many of their comrades and the firing con tinued throughout the night. Crowds of hoodlums snd rough characters ar aid ing th soldiers In looting the town. It wss reported that the "Black hun dred" . pf Moscow Is plsnnlng a great massacre of Jews -and Intellectuals for Saturday night It Is salthat all Jews' bouses sre ; being asjXed with red crosses. .''.- Admiral Nebogstoff has arrived home snd .1 posing as a martyr, declaring that he deliberately sacrificed his nsme snd honor by surrendering at the battle of th Be of Japan to save ths lives of 2.000 sailors of his division. Th ad miral son was subject to such de rision by his comrades tbat he was forced toTeave th nsval academy. Mr. Peale and his wlfs snd Mrs. ' Dr. Machle and her 10-year-old daughter will be repeated. The American minister la making every effort to investigate the causes leading up to the brutal outrage at Lien Chow and secur necessary evi dence for presenting a full report to the state department st ' Washington for its us in tu action that will follow the demands for reparation that will be made on the -Chinese government Representatives of other foreign pow ers ar lending their aid to the Ameri can minister. PRINCE LOUIS GUEST OF GENERAL GRANT (Jooraal Special Smtne.) . New York, - Nov. 10.--Prlnco - Iouls snd party took luncheon at Governor's Island today ss guest of General Grant After lunon the guests , were given reception at the Brooklyn navy yard by Admiral Coghlan. ' Tonight th navy alumni will glv th visitors a dinner. Tomorrow they visit West Point Probably neper before was this city so fuir of blue-Jackets as now. and in soma parts of th city, particularly on th BowVry they are as thick as mos quitoes on Staten Island. There are- at present over 8.000 bluejackets of th American and British navy, in this dis trict and moat of them' st on shore leave during the ' visit of . th British squadron. Ths. most, cordial- relations are existing between th officers and men .of th two navies, and it Is not aa uncommon sight to see American and British' sailors strolling through the streets arm In arm. taking in' the sights and making determined efforts te Impart a roseate hu to thing In gen eral. Th visitor are well taken car ' and seem to enjoy themselves Ira- mem -.-a. '. v Tsree Traiasaem atUlsd. k' . (Jesrsal Sseelat .) i - Blneflelds. W. Vs.. Nov. IS. A freight trsin wss wrecked. and thren trainmen killed tnlg morning near sera, TRADE BETTER Croakers' Prediction of Slump After Exposition Proves but a Dyspeptic ' - Nightmare - ; 1 ; Not to Be Fulfilled. ' -.' TWENTY-FIVE TO FIFTY JNCREASE IS REPORTED From Front Street to Weit End of Business District All Is Jubilation Dealers in Clothing, Shoes, Gro ceries, Jewelry and General Mer chandise Tell of Bigger Business Retail business- In Portland la from SO to 50 per cent better than it was a year ago. Figures proving thjs have. been compiled for the Journal by a num ber of merchants,, and Inquiries have been made among enouga houae to war rant th assertion. s Hslf a day spentby a Journal rep resentative among retail houses pro duced result in the form of flgure that are astoniahlng. So' enthualantlc are Portland merchants over the status of business that ' th suggestion tbat there is a falling eg lq trade.- ti com.. pared 'With a year ago. was received -with derision, snd la many Instances th -questioner was. shown, the books of th firm tor proof.' ,, . y ... Th Inquiry was prompted by' state-' ments that had been made by a few restauranteurs . who complained that business wss. dull. On proprietor of . an eating-house had said- that his busi ness wa 1100 a day smaller then it , was. .' This man admitted that be was comparing present business with bis trade during the-exposition and that as compared with a. year ago it la IS per cent -better. ; Tewer Tourists Maw. ' It Is generally admitted that, owing to the large number of ' transients who ' were in the city st this time last year, hotels snd restaurants wer patronised, more hesvlly then. Tourists this year all came while the cheap rates were lit effect and when they could see the fair. With this exception the after-exposition season is surpassing all expects tlona. ' ' Not only Is retail businees better than -It waa a year ago. but realty is moving with great activity,' and the market holds up strong with a marked tendency for property to advance. Thl waa pre dicted by Th JournsI during th progress of th exposition. The condi tion of the realty market doubtless is due to the fact that many delayed buy ing property in the belief that there would be a slump after the fair; thst ' very waiting caused the retention of Im menseum for Investment, and. SO. soon aa the exposition closed those who hstl waited went into th market to buy. Expecting to' find the prices 'scaling downward, ' the . demand they created stiffened prices. ; . '" - - vrybody Seeklag m Horn. ' "Inquiry for desirable residence, prop erty has not been so brisk for years past," ssld-R.U Cete, a real eatate dealer. "The very - expectation of a slump after the fslr csused th upholding-of the market and prices are tend Ing upward. - The strength of property on the west side Is not th only re markable feature In the situation, Th , east side, where a majority of the peo ple of Portland live, is moving forward rapidly and large areas there are chans- -Ing hands, ' In my opinion, business) ' property, too, on the east side Inevitably must advanc In the Immediate future.' C Im Thompson of Hartman, Thomp-. son Power said ths realty situation la remarkably strong. 'Portland real estate la a good buy In almost any locality1 said he. "Th. market la active beyond the expecta tion of most persons. 1 must confess, however that-1. am not surprised- f or . (Continued on Page Nine.) ACCUSED OF MURDER OF WHOLE FAMILY S ' Journal Special Serrlee. S Dayton. . O.. Nov. 10. Dr. . Oliver C. Haugh, accused of mur- derlng hi father, mother and e brother, who wr bufned to 4 deeth in their home- last Sun- d day, was arraigned this- mora- e Ing. ' Its plssded not guilty and e was remsndd .for further Ijesr- ."ing. H is addicted to th us of drugs. . Detective are visittpg . rxrin w and Toledo, Ohio, Cblusgo snd Milwan"" seeking evidence. It Is experiad thst the ofriclsls will chsrge Haiigh wUh at let nine murder. It Is slleged that Haugh msde earlier vl-Hn drug fiends- nd then al.isiy poisoned them- . Hatiah said dsy! - - 'I might have kll'-d It - n when my mind was blank. " jtaiis-h waa several (rte a i 4V- Inmate of a binetli1 saylum a,.1 .was released nn.ljf ,.J)re tn'riti a "gv ' i The. total-damages asksa lot isil,57J. .J , ;v':: . j ".''... :.- -'. A, . --'-' .-,'.. .i. v. . .; v -v v, - - , -.