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' ' GOOD cvniiiiiG Journal Cfrcditlca THE WEATHER. Fair and warmer tonight; Saturday fair; northerly wind. VOL. V. , NO. 123. V PORTLAND," OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST . 3, 1803-SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. VXJFWZZl .; : ' .V ' ' " ' SHIP UHE TO ALASKA AT "Portland Capital istsWi y tontroi Nome Harbor, uocks, warenouses and Coal Bunkers Conference Is Being Held'This Afternoon In Rooms of Commercial Clutf : i " A naw Alaska ateamablp Una will ba atartad ' from Portland with ' Portland - capital In poaaeaalon of tha Noma nar- , bor, docka, warahousaa and coal bunk' : are. Tba . four. gTaat 1 eommarclal or- sanlsatlona of tola city have eomblned on a plan and special committees from 1 each are in Joint session this afternoon to work out the details. ' The first meettnc was held last night - by the Alaska committee of . the board of trade and was attended by Captain Richard Chlloott. representing; tha Nome Harbor Improvement committee, who presented a proposition - tha ' general v term's of which were favorably received. . While the meeting did not commit tt : self to any deflnlte provisions It was a -inlt in deciding- that the time is here . for action by Portland business men and that the Nome proposition can be made tha opportunity for this city to enter the western Alaska trade field directs This ' morning the ether commercial bodies appointed oommltteee to cooper , ate and a joint meeting convened at l:t o'clock this afternoon at the rooms of the CotnmerciaK dub. It la believed that the. combined energy and wisdom . of these bodies will ba mora than ade tauate to foroe a successful result in the effort to gt Into the Western-Alaska trade-now, and get In right.- - . .': . Utuatloa at Vosaa. , . - The aituatlon at Nome la such that the shipping -la practically dictated by ' the company controlling the new harbor nowyinder construction. Nome lies en ; the - open beach, wind-swept by the atorme-that rage along tha coast In . front of the city, the Snake river, a , comparatively small - stream, empties Into the ocean through a wide-spreading mouth In the form of estuaries. It has been and always will be lm ' possible for ocean-going "vessels to anchor 'In this harbor. ' But a lighter and tug harbor Is being created by the Nome Harbor Improvement oompeny, which has a franchise from the govern ment. The company, formed by Nome business men. has a capital stock of HtsOOQ. common snd USO.OOO preferred, have expended I79.009 in making a har bor. It Is building Jetties and bulk heads, confining the Snake river to a . channel that will give a depth of 11 - feet In the harbor, sufficient for tugs 'and heavy lighters, by which It Is pro Greatest Organization Ever Perfected on the , Coast Formed at Sari Francisco to Straight en Out ; PolicyHoldes, Troubles L ; -- -srast gpeeial Serrlee.) . - ' Ran Francisco, Aug. I. The greatest organisation ever known In this city of bankers, commercial men, manufao-, ' tiirers, owners of real estate and hold ers of fire insurance policies, represent " Ing hundreds of millions of dollars and ' -every material Interest In Ban Francisco has been effected under the name of -the Policy-Holders' league. It haa. given out its plans and mads public the per sonnel of its governing body. ' , The following are the purposes of the leaguevas agreed upon by the board of trustees: To Induce Insurance - com , panics to make prompt. adjustmsnt; to , Investigate, discuss snd report upon any . compenlas - declining' liability on tech nical or leral grounds, and to organise Incorporations or trusteeships to collect euch claims In , court; to ascertain ' whether ' the companies actually require .' time In which to pay In full, and If so, to arrange' In behalf of the pollcy-hold-V era for such payment; to secure by ault or otherwise from Insolvent Insurance MMMe V Is Good. And timely and worth while to the people of the Oregon country--in every line of, human interest from the dis loyalty of, the czar' bodyguard to the latest fashions for women and from the splendid triumphs of surgery and medicine to art from bread crumbs all , . . Isra The Sunday Journal LAST ASSURED I Financa'Company to and Operate Vessels. posed to reduce the cost of lightering sbout ore half and out cost of coal and all merouandise In proportion and still yield a handsome profit to the company. , ' " Freight Carried is Ugktera. ' , At the present tlmei all freight re ceived from ships at Nome Is carried In small 10-ton lighters from the vessel to a buoy In the open sea as near shore as tugs can tow the lighter. Prom this buoy the lighter is pulled to land by hand, the proceeding requiring : seven men on the lighter and 11 men ashore. There are about SO lighters operated la tale manner at Nome. . Tha Improvement company's project, now well along In course of construc tion, will result In the operation of 00 ton - lighters, with tugboats that will tow -them-from the ship's side to. the wharf on the river front, Inside the new harbor. Here large warehouses and eoal bunkers will be built, and all eoaL merchandise - and machinery will - be handled with half the men and "at half the coat of the- present -teethed. The rata, of lighterage cow la 12.66 for every ton of freight that goes In or out ever the Nome beach. ; - . : .K-.t - Under the terms-of the Nome Im provement company's franchise from the government other transportation lines may use the Noma harbor, but must pay tolls of tl per ton te the Im provement company. - Tba company now the inner harbor dredged and ' la oonstrnctlng a levee and Jetty through the estuaries and about ete rest Into the sea, to a depth of II feet This depth will be maintained In the harbor by dredging. Alongslds the levee la being built tha new railroad from Nome to Teller City tin mines. i , Waat the yropoaltloa Za, It la proposed by the Nome Improve ment company that Portland! capital shall -take over tha entire project and come Intro control of the Nome harbor, tne ' company e rive loo-ton lighters. dredging plant and other property, char ter two steam schooners snd later build or buy some fact eteamshlps and enter tne Nome traae. The sum of 1110.000 is required to purchase a controlling Inter. est in Tne company. ran i out Its nrotecteA harbor linnnumnti -k,,ll.t I ths warehouses and coal bunkers, char ter the steam schooners and leave suf ficient working capital to operate. (Continued en Page Two.) companies the best possible results for policy-holders; to give publlo . Indorse ment to all Insurance 'companies that treat San Frandsco fairly In tha orea- ent calamity; to make efforts to Induce sii soivsnt and fair-dealing Insurance companies now in existenoe or .here after organised to do-business in Cali fornia so that reasonable rates ef In surance may prevail; to suggest and wstch Insurance legislation thst will benefit the community and be fair both to the Inaarance company and the policy-holder; to -endeavor to secure the adoption of a uniform' rate for a lire insurance policy. - . 4 , The commercial organisations In San Francisco have formally put themselves on reoora in isvor or carrying out tha alms of ths leagus. . These Include the Merchants association, ths chamber of commerce, the merchants' exchange, the San Francisco board of trade, tha Man nfactnrsrs' at Producers' association, the Ban Francisco Clearing-House associa tion and the associated savings banks. MMIMMlt FOURTH STREET I FIGHT HAS: HOT REACHED TIN END Despite Stubborn' Efforts of Council to Protect Southern Pacifio ; Franchito ' and Kill Vaughn Ordinance,; It It Said Matter Will Not Be Dropped.' Despite the stubborn and va farsno eessful efforts, of the city council to prevent the resurrection-, of the ordi nance revoking the Fourth street fran chise now held by .the Southern Pacific, It is extremely doubtful If the matter will be allowed to rest v It has been' established beyond the barest shadow of a doubt that. In grant- 1 . 7. peipelual" franchise, Ilia Port" land council of 1S68 overstepped ite au thority. Ae reference to aM legal au thorities wlU show, - a city governing board had no rlghtf to grant a perpet ual franchise unleaa the power' Is spe cifically given to It In the city's charter. Moreover, sucha course Is opposed to publlo policy and a. violation .of tha rights of generations yet unborn. When It referred the revoking ordinance to the 'Judiciary committee ''the present oouncll must have known that these points could not be controverted. The charter now ' In force prohibits the use of the public streets for rail road purposes without.' due compensa tion being nald By the corporation. In allowing the Southern Pacifio to daily run trains over Fourth street without (Continued on Page Two.) DAYTOfl tfllS; j 1,30)000 F IRE Commercial Center of Town - Wiped Out Conflagration Which Destroys Nine - : r Leading Business : Houses ; (Special Dispatch' te The Jeeraal). Dayton. Or., . Aug. I. Spontaneous combustion of -green hey in the mow of a livery barn started a conflagration hare, this morning, -which destroyed a block Of business houses and did dam age to the extent of , from 125,000 to $10,000. practically wiping out the busi ness portion of ths .town. ' The flsmee broke out sbout t o'clock this 'morning snd with ths combined efforts of ths entire - populate - were . extinguished, at noon, v Nine business ' houses were de stroyed and the . Insurance, which hss not been fully estimated as yet is ssld to be light. The principal loss wss to the structures, as by rapid work a ma jor portion of ths stocks of the burning stores was saved. ..- : The fire originated In the livery ham of N. ftradley, -An alarm was turned. In upon Its discovery and the eatlra popu lace soon cams tn aid la fighting tie flsmes. Their efforts availed naught, however, for the blase scon- spread te the adjoining buildings and was not checked until it had totally destroyed sll ths structures on that side of the blork. The business houses burned out were: N. Bradley s livery barn; the poeteff loe, PILGRIM FATHERS WERE GRAFTERS. SAYS J. 0. LONG Former Secretary of the Navy Stirs Up a Lot of Excitement by Declaring That Puritans S Were Falser to iTheir Trusts Than Insurance Presidents. Mesne! .Special Service.) t - - . : . Plymouth, ' Mass., Aug. . Ex-Secretary" of the Navy John D. 'Long has stirred up a lot of excitement here, by an address at the tercentenary of the first church of Plymouth, ; He spoke on the Pilgrim fathers. ' ' '..' "Saints In - Plymouth, colony, can be seunted on my flngnrs," he said. ''Berne of .the very .elect .were false .to 'their trust and used their positions to feather their own neats; falser to their trust than any president of a modern' Insur ance' eompan. Within the first dec ade several vices existed in. the commu nity drunkenness, bickering. -slander, li centiousness and even crimes against nature were-common.-' All this ln a community . of .very limited numbers. No New England vllage today need fear comparison with the early . Plymouth colony. ,, , "The first minister sent to ths colony In 1 was a facetious hypocrite, who stirred up strlfs -and Is shown to have ben a libertine and guilty of gross Im morality. The second was a cross fee- Itween a 'crank and an Idiot and was shipped off in short order." r; by over which wss the residence of ths postmaster; the hardware and implement store of J. L.' Castle: Flier - Son'e grocery' store; the office building ef the Haxelwood - Cresmery 1 company; Mrs. Esrl's bakery; the residence of N. Brad ley the meat market of F. F. Bradley and F. F. Bradley's general merchan dise store. As Jhere Is no organised fire depart men there,, there wee no way In which the flames could be checked' In the buildings which were already Ignited. The crowd rapidly emptied the burning structures of their contents,, thus ssvlng the greater portion of tha stocks of ths merchants. After the stocks were safe, attention was turned to other buildings In ,the -vicinity which had not caught fire, end with liberal application of wet blankets and the work , of a hastily formed . bucket brigade the blase wss confined to the block in which It had originated. , . . The buildings burned were all frame structures snd their, total valuation Is eatlmsted st between 116.000 and tSO, 000. That' there Is Insurance carried on some, of them-IS" fcnewn,- but the 4nene snre Is very light on account Of. the high rate charged here, j , , v " 1 "'.' .''. 1 ' . V ... Emperor Refuses Concessions to Liberals and IJonSumucratic Elements Will Not Enter -. Bcing FRENCH AND RUSSIAN UPHEAVALS PARALLELED : FRENCH REVOLUTION. , Ruler Louis XVI. -, .r..'-"C-'; -- " ' Causea Povertr of tha peopla, high taxes, no voice in the government, oppression by tha nobility and church. 1 Third estate, representing the lower classes, organised under royal edict, but the rights were curtailed. Necker, minister of finance, looked upon to regener ate France, dismissed by the king. LouIsXVrretires with royal family to Versailles, Just outside of Paris, . ' V . - Masses called on Louis XVI to save them from pov erty by nobility, pressing him to safety and were turned down. . ' -. "' '' " Mutinies and outbreaks of Paris guards and Imperial tfoopa. ,.."' "'"'.i ' ' Uprising of peasants and burning of nobles' estates. - (loaraal SpieUl Servlee. " St Peteraburg, Aug. SThough the mutineers at Bveaborg and Kronstadt havs been euppressed, tha government's innMM have only begun. Premier Stoiypln has reelghed, a general strike In Bt Peteraburg has been declared to go Into effect tomorrow, mutinies ef garrisons in various parts of the empire are reported, while horning - and - de stroying of nobles' estates by peasants continues. ' - ' Stoiypln has gone fto Peterhof pre sumably to tender hla reels-nation. 1 It Is officially announced thla morn- tng. ennfirmina- the report or Btoiypin; defeat at Camarilla, that the, report that the non-bureauoratle elements will en Ur the cabinet la untrue. - Tha emperor has flatly refused te ac cept the conditions to which' Premier Stoiypln agreed la his negotiations with Count' Heydon, Alexander uuenxorr. PrlnM Nicholas Lvoff, raui vinogra- doff and Senator Konl for the reorgan isation of the cabinet It Is thought ths emperor purposes te take the final etep of turning the oountry aver to a military aiotator chip. " . ,. Oemeawl Strike Ordered. A nenersi strike has been -formally ordered by the worklngmsn's leaders te begin tomorrow at noon. Men In many iBRYAN SENDS CONGRATULATION Nebraskan Pleased at Reelection of Chamberlain Meets Sen " atof Gsarlrr In "London YYhlls : Latter Is on His Automobile Tour of Europe With Sweeny. K. Campbell ef ttl Fifth street, Port land, has received a letter from W. J. Bryan, dated at the . Hotel Cecil, Lon don, Jnly 10, In which Mr. Bryan ex presses gratification ever the political aituatlon- and eenda congratulations Oo Governor Chamberlain en his reelection. Mr. Bryan states thst ' he had ths pleasure of meeting Senator . Geartn while the latter wae In Ixmdon on his tour of Europe with Charles Sweeny, the Spokane millionaire. . . Letters from London received by The Journal state that Mr. Bryan haa mads a remarkably favorable impression upon ths British and has been lionised so cially by aristocracy and commoners -He haa been kept buey with numerous invitations and has been on the go most of the time. It le said abet no Amert een since the time Daniel Webster paid hla memorable visit to ths English capital has had as many honors show sred upon him or bee as favorably re ceived. 'This is due largely te the fact that Mr Bryan may be the next president of ths United States, though ths great commoner's commanding Intellect end lovable personality bring ' hearty wel come wherever he .goes. His Innate dignity, democracy and courtesy have stamped him tn British syes ss the Ideal American." . At the Interparliamentary union's peace conference Mr. Bryan wae a com manding figure. Indeed, played the lead ing role. He haa been in frequent con sultation with the leaders of the pres ent government snd members ef the esblnst while labor leaders Ilka John Burns have had many talks with htm. SECRETARY GAGE'S SON DIES BY HIS0WN HAND IJesraal Seattle, Aug. .- E. A. Gage, son ef formsr Secretary of tha Treasury Lyman J. Gage, aged 41, shot and killed himself after protracted -debanch yeat tsrdaw In the Tourist hotel. He bad registered jiader aa assumed same. Cnbinet--rMiineers at Kronstadt Are Executed in Numbers. Prince Mlrsky, People appeal to douma is dissolved. eetabllshments followed . the parading agitators today.. Oreat orowds of workmen formed tn procession this afternoon and paraded the streets from factory to factory, en deavoring to induce the worklngmen to Join them and trying to enforce a gen eral strike. The government Is " taking extra- erdlnary means-to- prevent bloodshed. It Is reported thst General UnlevUch will be made commander-in-chief of the army at home. - All stations on tha railroad between this elty and Vlborg and along the eoaet are occupied by troona. Bxeontiag Stntliiists. . s . The drum-head rourt-martlal was re sumed at Kronstadt this morning. It la- preeumed that more executions of mutineers, era Ut progress.- Guards of the regiments marched Into ths city all night . Thfy bad been at summer camp, tha government having removed ' them upon the belief that the people had ac cepted the dissolution of the douma. - The mutiny oa the cruiser Pamyst Asova started -when a etudent disguised as s sailor boarded the ehip. - Officers ordered . hla arrest Ths - sailors pre vented It ahootlng four officers. The others escaped In a small boat which the mutineers sank by a shot the offi cers swimming ashore. The mutineers Latest Photograph of William Jen- ; , nings Bryan. ". Mr. Bryan's visit reached Its soelsl snd official culmination when King Ed ward paid him the unusnsl honor of re ceiving him In private audience at Buckingham palace, where ha waa most cordially welcomed by the monarch. Am oa a sad or Raid went to Mr. Bryan with one of tha - klnge equerries and notified the Nebraaksn that his majesty Postscript on MORE AMERICANS ARE -FORCED FROM MEXICO (Jewaal Special SerTlre.) ; El Paaos Texaa, Aug. I. Fifty Ameri can machinists and, their families who have, arrived from Klexk-o,' says they were forced out by the etrlklng Meal cine, who declsre they will rid Mexico of ail Americana, . ' - RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. , - Ruler Nicholas IX '.-:- ; ., Causes -Poverty of . worldngmen, excessive taxation, little voice in the government, oppression by tha grand dukes, bureaucracy and holy synod. . w ; r: Douma, representing the peasants and worldngmen, demands more liberty. " ' v ? former minister of the Interior, who an e-o-eateri msniTTafninis. diaetelltA U.-Wlttav reals-nav Nicholas II retires with the royal famliy to Tsarskoe Selo and Peterhof. a few miles from St Petersburg. czar to redress their wrongs and ''; Mutinies of soldiers and sailors. - ; 7 Strikes of laboring men and seizure and destruction of large estates. : - :. ordered the crew of a torpedo-boat to Join the mutiny, but the crew refused and steamed away. Artillerymen at the summer camp at. RetnbertoflY near "Warsaw, have mutinied..- Tha infantry and Coaaaoks have been ordered te quell the mutiny. At Riga, BOO persons attending a rev olutionary meeting were surrounded by dragoons and captured. , .j.v . li J Rear Admiral Beolemscheff, who wae wounded la the Kronstadt mutiny, dlsd from Injuries today. - - Upon report of the mutiny Beclemechsff walked Into the harracks- ordering- the mutlneere to dlsperse. Within a few seconds he and two captains were shot down. Martial law has been declared at Kronstadt and no-one is allowed upoa -the Island without a peas. Stockholm dlspstch states that the steamer Vlsaborg, whloh has arrived there, states that 480 corpses, many of them mutilated, were counted along the ' shore of the Islands nesr Bveaborg fort ress. Hundreds of sailors who started toward Bveaborg te assist tba muti neers have turned homeward elnee the rebels surrendered. The entire Bveaborg fortress Is now In the hands ef the government The ' prisoners are being hurried ever to. Skatuden. v ' All London Praises Great Com moner and Styles Him th "Ideal American- He Is Lion ized by Society, Consulted by . Statesmen, Honored by Kins desired to meet him ' privately before he entered the throne room to receive the other members of the council. Mr. Bryan wsa escorted by Mr. Reld and the equerry and entered the email audlenoe-room. Mr.' Reld presented tha Nebraskan to the king, who shook hands warmly. The king and Mr. Bryan chatted for SO minutes. ; Mr. Bryan aaid concerning the visit: "My visit to King Edward was purely social. I chatted soma 10 minutes with ' his majssty. This was my first meet ing with him. When I waa In London three years ago the king waa absent from the town, ao I had no chance to meet him.' ' - '1 must ear bla , majesty wsa ex tremely agreeable. We discussed a number1 of subjects, but tha principal questions we talked about were the sub jects which were- debated during the Interparliamentary conference. Hie majesty expressed the warmest sympa thy with the objects and purposes of tha conference, which are, of course, peace," . . Bryan Letter. BALLOON ASCENSION CAUSE HEA.1T CZZr - (rniraal Meerlal Phllsd'lphle, Aug. I lmct..rs T nd Cmlnr havs made s bellf " alon to Study earn other In rr physiological' sfecla; and - produces heart disease . ganle diTlcuiw, ; . Ji .-w. . V V
