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VOL. IV. NO. 219.
Portland, orecon; Thursday evening. November
PGRTLM BUSINESS
I IQURP1E1 IHROUGHlGQLPE
JILL c'lTIES HYDE'S TALE TO DALTIC ; :
Excursionists : Enthusiastically
Received Address Mads at, i
-. Drain by Normal School
President.;
MAKE STOP AT OAKLAND, !
TURKEY CENTER OF WEST
Escorted to ElkV Hall at Roaeburg
Where Speeches r Ara Mada ' and
-Where Night Waa SpentThia AU
. tarnoon Stop at Cottaga Grora and
' v Albany. ..' ' -. . ;.K-V';?'
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(Speclel Dispatch to Tbt Journal.) - '
Drain. . Or., . Nor. I. The Portland
. business man' excursion . arrived at
Drain at It o'clock today promptly on
. time.. Several hundred cltlaena and aa
. many mora students from the state
normal and public schools 1 were attha
' depot and "gave the distinguished vis
itors a rousing reception, - one of the
moat enthnalaatla experienced on tbelr
entire trip,- which ha a been . one . con
. tlnual ovation at every town on the
; line.- : , . ' .: . ' '
President A. , L. Brtggs or the State
Normal, school delivered a aliort but
brilliant address of welcome which wss-1
followed by shbrTTnlereiltng-tal
' J. F. Carroll, managing editor of the
Portland-Jotimal. WUHs- S. -Dunlway
. of the printing house of Duntway A.
Andmon. and others. There waa gen-
"""eral reicret that the time allowed waa
mlg to minute. - The Portlandera made
- an excellent Impression here end the
hop la expressed that thli will not be
tne last or ucn visits. '
FEAST ON - STRAWBERRIES.
Satire Tow of Oraota Pas Weloemea
, SxevrstotUsts, Who XnJy Prodaota.
(SperUI Dlapatek to The Josnul.) '
Granta Pass, Or., Not. 1. All Grant
Paaa waa "out yeaterdtfy afternoon to
extend the alad band to the Portland
bualneaa men'a excursion. - Every busl
neaa man of town and every cltlaen waa
on the "entertainment committee." and
(Continued on Pace Two.)
FOR 40-FOOT
r . , .. -Sv . -:r ,' I'M W. J I
w u i - w m
(Special Dtanatrk t The Joornal.V
. Vancouver, Wash., Nov, l.--a SO-foot
channel to the see. 4 feet of water
over the Columbia river bar and a popii
" " latlon of 100,000 in 124 alt these were
urged at the banquet pf the Commnrclnl
club held last night. Covers were laid
j for 1(1 guesta,.the event being to cele.
brate Vancouver's becoming the head
'of deep-water navigation on the Colunv
" ' 1 bla river. Vnlted States Senator Levi
Ankeny. Congressman W. L, Jones -and
Governor Mead were the club's guest of
; . honor.. - ' '
Happiness W spelled III large letters
on the face of every Vancouver man last
THgnt. for the dreams- tt this- elty's
. fyouth have at, last been realised deep
sea vessels can now load at Its wharve,
ther being a M-foot channel' from the
waterfront to the maln.c Uapnel of the
Columbia river. And It w'aH to celebrate
the completion of the digging of that
channel that last night's banquet" and
' public meeting were held. O. K. Paxton
of Portland suggested that, this city
should have -100,000 people by the time
I ' It celebrates Its centennial In 124, and
this will now be worked for. , t . (
- Joata? Warm Welcome.
" ' Although all of tho Invited gUest
received a welcome so warm that ne
one thought thst It svr could become
. . chilly In this part of the globe, Con
gressmsn Jones waa given' the heartleat
spplauae. When It was time for the
congressman to reepnnd to .s toast s
the banquet, Bta Senator E. M. Rc4l,
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Former Governor States That He
Never ;j Used His Pplitical ..
' 'Power to'. Force Moneys ..
'From Equitable.
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SENATOR QEPEW CLAIMS ;
IGNORANCE OF AFFAIRS
Tha Peach Did Kot Know : That 1
,' Waa' Equitable' Money That" Ha
.IWai Z. Specula'tlng .With.".! NaVtf
Heard oiLobbjrlat Hamilton or tf
"Yellow, PogFund.
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:New Tork. Nor. If. Former Governor
Benjamin K. CMell and Vnlted State
6enator. Chaur.cey. M, Pepew werw the
a tar witneaaea In the ieclalatlva rnur
ance inveat ijtlon, tpdr. OdcU'.a tftatt. 1
mony conalated In a ceneral denial of
the etory told by Jamea Hasen'Hyde.
In which Hyde alleged tha. Harrtman
and Odeir entered Into, a conaplraey
throurh which the Mercantile Trait
company - waa- threatened with - draatlc
political action' tinleas Odell . waa paid
$7,00f In the aettlement of the affalra
of : the lllfated . ablpoulldlnc .' truat
OdelT. alaoTdcoRd . .luwRiua i anjitiiiiia
about campnian money belna contributed
hy-tnauraiw-eompanlea or ahorit lobblea
belti maintained. ' s
-Senator, Depew- told of the eyndlcata
operationa In which he participated ana
denied knowledge of the raet that Kquit
bl moht waa belne e(t. He did not
know anything- at the famoua-"Yellow
Dog" fund until the pretent lnveatlra-
tion.y' ; '; '' '.:,: ' .. ;
-' OdeQ'a OeaeraX SanlaX ' : 1
Ex-Governor Odeir waa the flrat wlt
ne.' He atated that he had nothlna to
do with. lb Introduction of either of the
two bllla. the -Amoer or Flah bill, repeaj-Ina-
the charter of the Mercantile Truat
compahy. which were Introduced, at Al
bany, and ead that. he did not tell Harrl
roan that retaliatory maaeures might be
uaed unlea the Equitable settled with
him. v - - - : . , :
(Continued on Pag Two.)
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CHANNEL TO THE SEA
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Leading Figures in Vancouver's Cele-
. bration.'- -' ' .'--
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EISGOLDEW LANDiOE SOUTHERN OREGON
United States Sends Flagship
Minneapolis to the Relief of " ;
Americans at Russian '.
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CZAR'S. GOVERNMENT IS
PARALYZED BY STRIKE
Witte7Iue'- Personal Appeal ' to
Workmen to Return Black Hun
' dred Threaten - Maaaacra of Intel
' iectuala If Troop Fire All Rail
iroadaCea'aa Operationa. ' V 1
Washington. Nov.. 1. CBulleUa.)
The cruiser Minneapolis, the flagship of
Rear-Admiral Cheater, has been ordered
to the Baltlo sea to be ready to put Into
Kronatadt or St-'Peteraburg In caae o(
deratood this order la made at' the re
queat. of the state department. ; ;
" (Jaoraal BoeeUl Bwrlee.) '-
1 St Peteraburg, Nov. .la. Count Witt
haa made the following appeal to atrlk-
era. which IS pasted In all factorlea:-
"Brothersi Don t listen to evil-coun
sel, but resume work.. Listen to. a man
who loves' you -sincerely, and. whor will
no . an Tromaiuie j.rn ynui .
.- "SEROIUS WITTK."
lThaBlckJlundred" laaued notice
at ' noon today, that. It iha-0oopa t Ire
on the strikers they will massacre every
"Intellectual" lit th city.: , , .
' The railroad' to Moeoow haa ceased
operationa. The only ' line now open la
through Finland. A aamil-panlo. prevail
on . the . exchange, . J?, ,1s. reported" that
the credit Of Lyonnalae haa declined on
account of Russian securltlea for guar
antees on loana. ' '
Cossacks are guarding all establish
ments closed by --strikers. Hardly a
workshop of any. kind.-Is unaffected.
Fifty lOhemlsts closed this morning In
sympathy with the strikers. The gov
ernment seems 'paralysed' at the growth
and- extent of the strike and - hesitates
aa to Its attitude. . It Is reported that
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LLOYD DUBOIS '
, POSTMASTER
who waa toaatmaster, simply turned to
hint and said. "Jones, what do you know
of the national government's asetstanea
to Internal Improvements?" And then
every one In the banquet hall roar' to
their feet and yelled long and -loud.
After a few very short opening re
marks, Jones launched Into the business
of the evening with vigor. He said:
- "Large, deep-draft -vessels' are now
required to carry the over-sea traffic,
and - large vessels mean' a continual
dredging of harbors. 1 And what we need
to do Is. to create a sentiment through
out th country that will sustain con
gress In expending 150,000,000 a yesr
for harbor, improvements. If the people
of this country will only realise that
they can save million by so doing they
will say, 'Build up th harbors and water
way.' We spend $600,000,000 In three
years for war, why not spend IU0.000,-
000 during that period for peace. , While
1 favor the building up of a great navy
and' In sustaining the army, l.am also
In favor of maintaining the peace of the
country. " .,,..
,' Promise Appropriation. .
"Vancouver now haa a ?0-foot. channel
to the seat you will soon need 14 feet,
nd I believe yoii are going to get It.
1- cm assure' you that aa long I
am a member of the river and harbora
committee, , Vancouver, will, not i be
Continued on Pag Four.),
1EET OTTINUED
FIVE LIVES LOST III
TEllEftlEIIT FIRE
Many Are Injured and Over Fifty
Rescued by Heroic Efforts "
' 'of Fire Hghters.- - '
OFFICER CUMC3 FIR
ESCAPE TO ROUSE PEOPLE
Incendiary Blaie Deatroy Building
. at ' Seventy-Fourth and Second
- Avenue Fir Chief Duane Among
. Thoae Serioualy Hurt.
(Joersat Special Strrke.)
New Tork, Nov. 1. Flv person
were killed, several Injured and iO res
cued by the heroic efforts of firemen In
a spectacular blase that ' destroyed a
tenement situated at the corner of Sev
enty-fourth street and Second avenue at
I: JO "o'clock this morning. The fire Is
supposed to have been o? Incendiary
origin.' The dead: '
Antonio Lorca.- aged 14. -" .. . ,
' Josesph Randasse, 'aged 12,
Three . unidentified. . t 1
nKIre Chief. Duane waa seriously hurt.
The blase waa discovered by .a po-
llcemani on 'his 'rounds-this morning.
When discovered the .hallway a
mass of names an7TTheffl5I'"cWlltr"TlJtT
enter. He rang the bells, and sounded: an
alarm, after , which he climbed a fire
escape lit the' rear and awakened , th In
matea, all of whom were foreigner.
The fir department soon arrived and
by. aid of th fire escape and ladders
more than SO persons were carried to
ssfety from the upper stories. -Those
who lost thelr-llves were 'on. a .lower
floor, all on the floor above having es
caped. The building waa totally de
stroyed, i . i '
MINING CONGRESS' WANTS
NEW; DEPARTMENT
Declares for Establishment of
Mines and Mining Official
. In Cabinet.
, (Journal Special Herrlee.)
El Paso, Tex., Nov.., !. A department
of mine and mining. In th cabinet wat
declared, for today bythe American
Mining congress. This sentiment waa
voiced . by , several speakers. President
Richards of Idaho going on record
strongly In favor of the hew impart
minU. Colonel. Oeorg W. E. Dorsey
of Nebraska also favored a separate de
partment devoted exclusively to the
great mining Industry. .
A resolution waa also presented ask
ing the different states to take steps
to establish and preserve water holes.
In th desert sections as aid to pros
pectors. The' resolution' would also
raaka-.lt-a .felony, to., pollula tha-waters
of any drinking hole In the desert.
Th first of th world' championship
drilling. ' contests was held yesterday,
when the Psge brothers of Blsbee, Arl
sons, 'sunk a seven eighth steel drill
S ia-li Inches Into a block ef Gunni
son granite. Fully 10,000 people wit
nessed the contest. '
roree-ter at Taooxaa."
(SperUI Dlapatek to The Joerael.)
Tscoms. Wsah., Nov, IS. Hundreds
of Foresters of America from Washing
ton,' Idsho snd .Oregon1 are- In the city
today.1 'A gTn4'prad-was held this
afternoon .with .noo n line, A . grand
rally' I to 'he held tonight under the
Auspices' of three- Tacoma conrta. . Ore.
gon grand lodge officers sre In attend
ance. Henator Tile will be Initiated into
th ordar. - , ' .
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Buaineaa Men'a Excuraton Party Pbotographed at Silverton, Oregon, by Drake
PORTLAND NOW LEADS THE IIATIOH'S
PORTS HI SHIPfilEIIT OF WHEAT
Million and Three Fourths Bushels During Past Terr Months,
Million and a Third in Octoert Outranking Others for Both
; . - Periods Calvstbh Loses Laurels at Last. - i
For'th"ft-.-moitths-nf-the yawr ending
with October more wheat was exporter
rrom ronuna man rrom any inr pr
n the 'United States. ' The laurels for
the first time were taken from Gslvss
ton snd some, of the other big eastern
cities, which heretofore hsd stood at
the head of the column, Portland also
beat all competitors for the month of
October, according to m,' tabulated re
port which haa Just been compiled by
the department of commerce and labor.
- The following tablo shows the quan
tity of the wheat and Itaalue sent from
four of the leading ports In the coun
try for th past'l months:
uusneis. vaius.
Portland .1.611, 0I tl.m.Tl!
Oal veston ......... 1 . ,3 6 1. 1 7, S 2 5
Baltimore 1.10.46 ' ; t37,SS
Puget aound 1.01.B54 796,11
During the corresponding period oi
last year Portland exported 1,940,041
bushels of wheat, but Galveston wss In
the lead with, a shipment of a trine
more than 1,000,000 bushels. '
The following figures. are for ship
ments In October:
. . ... Bushels. Value.
Portland ........... ..1.21.l" I962.SS2
Puget sound.-. 870.46 M7.S04
Oal veston
. . 483.244 681.262
P6flTaTia-TiTl
Tat
mouth, Maine..
134,000 t 221.840
ROCKEFELLER'S INCOME IS
ONLY FORTY
Standard Oil Declares Forty
Per Cent Dividend for Year
John D.'s Modest Share.
' (Jooraarsperlat Sertlca.) ,
New York, Nov. 1. John D. Rocke
feller' on December IS will draw $5,000,-
000 as hi share of the dividend de
clared by the Standard Oil company.
The total dividend will be 110.000,000.
Rockefeller now owns 0 per cent of the
capital stock of the company and 49
per cent of the capital siocx oi . an
subsldlsry companies. ' a"-
The declaration makes the Htandara
Oil. dividend for tha year 1906 40 per
cent, or $40,000,000. Rockefeller's
enaxe la $20.000.000. -
It Is estimated his incorne rrom rail
way, gas. subsidiary on companies ana
other Investments wlll be $20,000,000
more, so his Income for the year. will
not be less than $40,000,000.
LOSES HER SIGHT AFTER
ACTING AS BLIND GIRL
rfUM..1 Smi.i ImIm I - ' -
. Des Moines, la Nov. If. Mra. Elisa
beth Heaton. niece of E. H. Conger, ex-mtnisteri-tt
China,- last -week-took part
in & dramatisation of Dickens' "Cricket
on the Hesrth." playing the- part of
Dlind Henna, im mam i" juny w
given Mrs. Heaton waa. praised for her
Intensity in acting.-
Today 'whlleVwalklng on the street
Mrs. Heaton discovered her vision waa
gone. (the 1 summoned assistance and
was taken home and medical assistance
railed, when It was found she had been
stricken with retina division. . Th
sight of one eye Is gone snd th most
expert treatment msy be unable to re
store the sight of the other.
Xing Spralsa Kla .Askle,
(Jeeraal Bpsetal CVrrtee.) - "
London. Nov. 1. King , Edwsrd
sprained hfs ankle by stepping Into- a
rahbtt-hole while shooting In Windsor
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OVATION IN
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Tn"admion to these shipments Tort-
land sent an average, of (00,000 bushels
of wheat , to Ban Francisco and other
California,' ports . a month , sine. , th
middle of the ' summer. Excepting
Puget sound, there is not another dls
trlct in the Vnlted States which has
shipped such large quantltlea of grain
to domestic ports. Were these added
to the export figures they would be th
means of bringing tha Willamette river
metropolis far in the lead. .
" It Is believed that the coast ship
ments from here this month will reach
close to 1.000,000 bushels, as severs! ad
ditional vessels have been added to the
fleet 'recently. .
While Portland has made an excel
lent showing for th past 10 months In
tha matter of flour exports, It Is beaten
by ' four other districts, although for
October It la second on the lint. During
the past 10 montha the following amount
of flour was dispatched from flv of
the leading ports: .
' i - ' Barrele.
New Tork : . .. . . . ...... .1 ... 1;9 12.444
Puget sound.. . . 1,294.914
Philadelphia . 864.C89
Baltimore..., ....... 834.653
Portland ........... r. 0.l 8
In October Tacoma and Snattle shipped
.34ai..hrrrl inrl rarUaiui liS.D2t
barrele.
AERONAUT TO SUE ALFONSO
' . Fl
King Sees Airship, Jumps Into If
Aid Cuts Gas Bag to .Pre.
'.' , ' - vent .Flight. , ,
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"fjooroi' Special Servke.l ' ,
Madrid.' Nov. if. Fprdlnandex Diiro,
an amateur aewmnut. - will sffe King
Alfonso for $12,000 for damaging his
balloon. The king, while attending the
recent contests between balloons and
automobiles, found Duro's - balloon un
attended, entered the car and began
throwing out th ballast. Intending to
make- an ascent. One of his majesty's
aids arrived, and realising that - the
king was engaged In a dangerous frank,
clambered Into the car aa it waa rising
and ripped the balloon,, letting th gas
out. -..
The king did not ascend. He wss In
tensely angry at his aid. but ultimately
forgave him, admitting he acted fool-Ishly,---
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Duro's efforts ' to obtain compensa
tion for damages to his balloon have
been In vain, so h will bring actlon.lt)
the. courts. ' . .. .- . -
THREE MEN SHOO CABS
FROM HARRIMAN HOME
(Jimrnal Bpeelal erlee.V:'
New Tork. Nov. J. There- is a mut-
erlng among cabmen In this ctty- be-
rauae there is a guard of patrolmen In
the pay-ef the ctty who -walk In front
of the residence of E. H. Harrtman, th
millionaire financier and railroad mag
net on Fifth avenue - and Fifty-first
street, 24 hours a day- for the sole pur
pose of "shooing" sway the cabmen of
the St, Regis hotel who have the
temerity to stop vehicles ' In front of
th Harrtman house.- ,.i
- In May last three policemen.- with
shifts of eight Itours each, were de
tailed to" patrol the spot snd keen cab
from slopping. In front, of Harrtman'
domicile, , . .. , . .
For . two months three tnV main
tanied guard- st the llsrrlman marmton
at the rate of4.J00 yesr snd now two
men do'duty -aoJ receive $2,209 a year.
wt& ? .J:fif :aF-r
M
Broa.
BIGGEST HOUSE in
THE WORLD
William Waldorf Astor to Erect
; Largest.' Apartment 'House.'-
Z' in New' York;',' :,
ELEVEN STORIES HIGH V
" COST THREE MILLIONS
Top Floor Will Be Uaed for Serv
ants Eleven Families on EacU
Floor Rent to Be Not Less Than
V Eight Hundred Dollars a Year. .
(Joarsal Special srrlee. ' ' :
New Tork, Nov. If. William Waldorf
Astor of London is going to build tho
largest - apartment-house In the - city,
probably In the world. - It will cover an'
entire block on Broadway to Weat End,
avenue. In all 20 lots. The cost is es
timated at $3,000,000. The land I worth
$1,800,000. - , .' f ' . ' -'
The building to' to be II stories. '1I
for. apartments, divided Into suites 'of
from, three, to 14, rooms, and -the top;
floor Is for servants' quarters and laiin- '
dries. There, will .be . accommodations
for II families on each floor. . Entran.cs
to. the.'hogee .will be obtained . throu(lt ' '
lW - Brwil - ira"r -an Wvrt h,ml "venua-
openings will lead , to sn Immense In
terior eourt,' from", which " the tenant
enter their apartmenta. It will be tuld
out aa an Italian' garden, with numerou
fountains, drlvewsys and paths. . '
Rents will be not less than $500.
year for a-three-room suite. -
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DECAPITATES- HIMSELF IX
closet :at ioi;e ,
Oliver Pierson, . Stockman,
AU
most Severs Head From Body
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lone. Or., 'Nov. .If. Oliver Pierson. a
stockmsn of - th Eight-Mile country.
was found dead in a closet bsck. of tha "
lone' hotel last evening wKh his throat
cut from ear to ear.. ' - i '
The coroner's Jury last' nlghtl found
that he came to his death .from wound
Inflicted by his own hand. In his hand.
wss firmly clasped a. small, penknife
with which he had nearly severed the
head from the body, presumably wltH
one stroke.- What motive caused him to
commit the rash deed Is not known. II
la said that-he recently sold his Inter
ests nere ana was preuy wu oik nnan.
dally. He was a man of about middle
age, unmarried and had no relatives in
this country so far as Is known.
Something more than $30 was rounI
on his person snd it Is not thought
likely that he .could have been the vic
tim of foul play. .The body now lies st
the undertaking parlors, at this place.
MRS. MADDEN GIVEN
SUBSTANTIAL ALIMONY
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" ' (Jnnra.l SperUI Br1ce.
. rinctnnatt Nov. lf.Wudg Swlngt-v
day, decided th alimony In the ami tt
divorce brousht by Mra. stad.len aaTt
Jolin K- Madden, sllnwlns her irma
nently $250 monthly. $.u0 court eel
Snd sttorney fee.
lelrMoa Pts 2le.
Sooth Bend. In.!.. Nov. I . I ."'''
Fine, -geiersl mner ef the Hirs-r
Hcwln Mehlne plants In """'
Scotland, Ruaela and Ud mil, dJ4 to
ds in U!sow.
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