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PORTLAND, ' OREdON, THURSDAY "., EVENING; ; NOVEMBER 22, 1900. TWENTY PAGES.
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VOL. V. NO: 224.
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STANDS FOR
Governor Chamberlain
States His Position
on Question of Pur
chasing ' Locks V;
Will Suggest ; to Legislature
That Commission of Five Men
Be. Given Power to Negotiate
With General ft Electric Com
pany to Buy the Property. .
An ooen Willamette river from Port
land to the headwater, unfettered by
tolls or tariff a of any kind condl
tlon which Ooveinot Chamberlain aaya
must coma to pas. He wishes the
government to buy the locks at Oregon
Vjj i y , minor uy imiuuu hum ui wu.iu
natt"rt. " ma- to th Uala
lature, will urge a memorial to onreas
aaklnn that such action be taken. But
ha will not rest. there, dependent' on
the whim of congress and the uncer
tain efforts of the Oregon delegation;
, btLwUl.turther urge In his message
' that the legislature appoint a commis
sion of competent men to prooeed for
state control of the locks in. the event
that congress pays no heed Or delays
In Its action, t " i -
Ths governtfr will suggest to the leg
islature that this commission be com
posed of five ment that the y beM given
TJwronterntonegonatlon with
the Portland General Electrio company,
owners of tlvs locks,. and to buy . the
property and all rights affecting free
navigation of the river at a reasonable
and just price, both to the state and
to tha. electrio company. (J
Power of Commission. ' -'-
It is the governor's further desire
that 'the commission be given power
should all negotiations for purchase
fall,' to institute condemnation pro
ceedlngs against the General Electrio
company, and acquire the locks and all
necessary property for their mainten
ance, .
An appropriation based on a reason
able approslmate valuation of the locks
..will -be suggested by tha governor, in
'order that the commission may have
ample power to, carry its work to a
definite and certain conclusion. -
, Governor Chamberlain . Is confident
that his lden will meet with favorable
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'Architect: Makes Startling Dis-
I covery Flooding of" Under
' grpund Railroad in Vicinity Is
I, Blamed and ConstantPumpT
i :-. ing Necessary. ,
f Jonrnal gnMl.l Hr W.
Lundon, Nov. 21. Te arcliltect of
Bt Paul's cathedral he s made tha start
ling discovery that the- southwest tower
of the cathedral is leaning thlrteen -
- Inches to the .south and that its move
ment has by no means ceased.
' The flooding of sn underground rail
way In the vicinity of the cathedral baa
r-mada constant pnmping necessary-This
; operation, by , withdrawing tha mois
ture from ths soil, has caused a grad
ual subsidence of ths south aide of
Ludgate hill and St Paul's church
yard. The discovery will probably com
pel tha abandonment of tha proposed
sewer near, the cathedral ' Experts say
. that aa excavation for' a sewer would
materially increase the risk of further
subsidence. .
. Nearly two years ago it was discov
ered thatthe crons which surmounts
'th dome of St. Paul's was ncsrly 400
feet ebove ground and three feet out of
plumb. Mr. Hovenden, seoretary of the
- Iondon association, , then eald: "t)L
Paul's Is built upon a foundation of pot-
earth, under which is a bed of water
bearing gravel. Beneath that agalp. is
Ixtndon clay, Dnniier has been caused
by ths gravel bed sinking, owing - to
moisture being withdrawn by pumping
for various tunnels in th vicinity.
, Besides 8t Paul's Vsthedral ths bank
. of Bnglandi Westminster abbey, the
Nelson column on Trafalgar square and
other notable structures ara said to be
In grave danger from ths same causa.
EN ROUTE TO PORTLAND
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Mrs. Potter Palmer.
PRIVATE CAR IS
CAUSE OF DELAY
OF MRS. PALMER
Chicago Society Leader Forced
to Come to Portland From Se-
attle Via Spokane-Becausei
I Tracks From , Here ; to the
Sound Are Washed Out. I
'' (BpwUI Dltntoa to lbs Josraa!.
fieatdeT'sH.; Nov.; S2.-m. rHer
Palmer and party, who were held hers
aboard their private car by floods which
cut off all railroad communication, Is
now n routs to Portland via Spokane.
This course is necessary if Mrs. Palmer
wishes to 'proceed In her private car, as
direct communication with Portland is
cut off by floods.
During her enforced sojourn of s
week her Mrs. Palmer was entertained
at dinner at ths Rainier dub by a few
Seattle friends, but nothing elaborate
was attempted. , Ths party left here
Tuesday afternoon for Spokane over the
Great Northern, and should arrlvs In
Portland tomorrow morning. :'. ,
STRANGE OCCUPATION
OF CURIOUS FRENCHMAN
(JnerssI Sperid Rersles.li , -Paris,
Nov. 22. Pere Echlvsrd, one of
ths most curious' characters of the
Montmartre district, has Just dledWThe
old man, whose humble occupation was
that of a street, porter and messenger,
was known fsr and wide by the sobri
quet of "the cutter." not because hs wss
in any way connected with the tailoring
trade, bat because- none- understood bet
ter than hs how to cut down a person
who had committed suicide by' hanging.
No one exactly knew how, and where ha
had acquired his training, but his abil
ity in "scientifically" dealing with such
unfortunates was undisputed and almost
proverbial. Ills services were constant
ly called for by the police. When he
died he left written 'recommendations
concerning an understudy of his, a fel
low porter, who, ha wrote, was worthy
of succeeding-him. In fact, to use the
old-man's own words, his friend needed
cnlv a little mors practice In cutting
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CANADIAN PARLIAMENT . -
T(T REVISETHEtARIFF
T (Jonrnaf Speetsl"Brvle.t "
Ottawa, Ont.. Nov. 22. Parliament
opened jnis. aitrr?ODn,wM" ins osuaj
tiremonies. -The principal aft of ths
nsrliamentary program will be ths ro
lio" - 0. "J1"'; "pMi
the apeech from ins throne win be
adopted after a week's discussion, so
that there will do bdoui in res wsess leu
before the adjournment for the Christ
mas holidays to debate tariff. Oa "re
suming esrly in Jsnuary . parliament
111 than bs in a position to proceed
with a consideration" or estimates, as
by that time departmental reports,
which are somewhat delayed this year
by reaaon of a short parllsmentary re
oess, will be before ths house. It is
hoped. that prorogation win take place
by tha middle of AprlL
Two Xlllsd la Wreok.' s
JllfB.I SpegUl Ku.lc.)
Devll'S Iske, N. .Y.. Nov. -22. The
oriental limited, on the Great Northern,
wss wrecked lsst night by a spreading
of ths rails li miles eaft of this city.
William Comfort, engineer, and Morri
son, fireman, wars killed. .
r: water Bapply Ska Off. i .
IJownil,Sieliil Sros. '
Buffalo, Nov. 23 The gsls this
morning i for two hours shut off ths
water- supply of this city snd blew
down thn wall of the pumping station,'
Injured the . engineer end stopped tha
machinery, inflicting. $11,000 damage to
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-collisions
AT SEATTLE
Crowded Ferry Boat Is
Rammed by Kitsap
While Trying to Make
Landing ;
Steamers Manette and Monti-
cello Crash Together Head-On
S -Both Ships Injured but No
' Lives Are Lost in Either Ac
cident Dense Fog to Blame.
(Special Dlapstck to Th JovroaL)
Seattle,. Wash., Nov. 22. Two col
lisions occurred in Seattls harbor this
morning- when crowded passenger boats
came together. Fortunately none of the
four boats involved in the collisions
were sunk," but two of them were se
verely damaged. ' ,
4 The., firstjolUalonoseurred. shortly
before s o'clock while the - ferryboat
City, of Seattle wss making a landing
crowded with paaaengers - from . West
Seattle, in the little city across the bay,
A strong tide, was running .and ths
ferryboat missed- the landing. While
backing out into tha stream to get a
new start, the new steamer Kitsap, built
In Portland, suddenly loomed out of the
fog and struck a glancing blow, tearing
away the rail of ths ferryboat, ths rud
der and part of the lower works. The
Kitsap ' was not seriously damaged;
some Plates being bent. . ' I
WrtTiTnharanTrgCIf of Ills first got
Union, the steamer Manette bound out
for Paulabo, and ths steamer Monti-
cello, inbound, each carrying a big load
of passengers, csme together head on
half a mile from the city docks. Cap
tain Jackson of the Manette heard the
Monticello's whistles and had slowed
down his vessel,, or another disaster
with sn equally large death loss as the
Dlx, -would have resulted. -As it was,
the stern of the Manette Is stove In and
tha rail and flagstaff carried away. No
one was injured in the accidents.
GRAFT SCANDAL UNEARTHED
. IN PITTSBURG COUNCIL
William A. Martin Alleged to
J4ave Acted as Agent for
Municipal Bribe-Takers.
SpeeUt Swries-t-
Pittsburg, Nov. 22. Common Council
man William A. Martin, who repreaents
the sixteenth' ward, has been arrested
and la held in 210.000 ball. Detectives
are hunting 'for President C 8. Cam
eron of the Pittsburg at Tube City rail
road. Warrants for other' members of
the council are) being prepared and
wholesale arrests are promised..
The sction of the authorities Is a re
sult of disclosures made' regarding aa
alleged corruption fund of $70,000 to be
used in getting a franchise for the rail
road. Martin Is said to be the treas
urer of the combine-In the council. J.
A. Richardson, one of ths promoters of
the railroad. Is the complainant Rich
ardson, it Is ssserted, is merely a
dummy official. Joseph Ramsey is back
of the new. road with tho intention of
ualng It as" s Pittsburg terminal for a
projected airline from Chicago to New
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Cameron engineered the franchise or
dinance through ' a select council.
When It reached the common council,
ths branch combined, it Is alleged, and
sent It to a special committee which
was to wait until Cameron made good.
Martin la an sx-priseflghter and wres
tler. Hs Is chairman of the public
works and corporations committees of
tha council. . ?...
FEW. If any, writers before tha American people today have ths hold
on Portlanders or the cttlsenry of .Oregon that
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Rabbi Stephen S. Wise
has. The record hs mads her for sincerity. Independence and constancy
I ' In welt doing marts him popular wlth all classes, snd his departure for
Z New Tork was looked on as a state misfortune, But although absent, ne"
WILL TALK
to ths people of Oregon on the live topics of ths day and will dlsrosa
them In the same eernest. Independent wsy tbst marked his utterances
whlls here ' -
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Manslaughter ' WGhargeGrom
TO PROSECUTE CAPTAIN OF DIX
MAYOR S BROTHER
IS NOW INVOLVED
Herbert Schmitz Orders Building
Inspector to Let Faulty Con
struction ; Paste on . Building
Ruef Was Interested i
Craney Makes Confession.
' (gplI Dtwtcb te TbeNjoorsal.)
San Francisco, Nov, 22. An official
reply was 1 made today to ths charge
that $1,000,000 of relief funds had been
diverted or stolen. It was declared
that every cent received had been ac
counted fon except II. OSS from Search
light, Nev., and $200 ' from Baltimore.
The former was never delivered and
ths sum. was made good by tha express
company. It was decided to turn It
over to ths. Red Cross society Instead
of to the flan Francisco, cltisens' com
mutes. i '
Vokmits' Brother Involved.
Herbert Schmita, brother of ths ab
sent mayor and former eomiwtint
of public works, .has been Involved In
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Steamer Lurline..
MATE'S TERRIBLE tRROR
WHICH COST 50 LIVES
, BLAMED UPON COMPANY
Dennison Held License Simply
-as M ate and Not as Pilot : ;
as Required by Law.
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(Bpeeial DlspsMi to The loorstL)
. . Seattle, Wash, Nov.' 22. Manslaugh
ter Is now tha charge which Is certain
to grow out of tha Dlx disaster, Whfls
It was Mate Charles Dennlson's terrible
mistake which caused ths collision and
the death of nearly fifty' man and
women, tha blame does not wholly rest
with htm. It developed at this morn
ing's Investigation of ths records of
ths office of United States steamboat
Inspectors that Charles Dennison held
a license simply as - mate ahd did not
hold a pilot's license. This latter . Is
requisite for any one taking complete
charge of a " vessel at Tea-oron "ths
sound.' '-r. - v.
Captain Percy Lermond placed Den
nison in charge of the Dlx whlls ha was
collecting fares. Lermond, although
Dennison had been under his command
for nearly two montha, had not taken
the trouble to find out whether or not
Dennison held a license which entitled
him to take charge- of the boat. This
took plsce In . spits - of tha fact that
Lermond testified yesterday . afternoon
that he -did, not think much of Denni
son' s seamanship and had tried to dis
charge him, but ths mats had been held
on by the owners of ths vesssl.
For some hours this morning Prose
cuting Attorney Mackintosh and United
States District Attorney Sullivan, after
learning ths facts, did tha. Alphonso
and Gaston act aa to who should prose
cuts tha case until shortly before noon,
when a statement from Secretary Met-
calf was received stating that ths local
civil authorities were ths ones to han
dle the prosecution and sot the federal
Then Mackintosh announced that he
would have a deputy attend the hearing
and see that a warrant waa Issued, Jf
the evidence warranted It
Captain Lermond displayed gross Ig
norance of marine laws while on ths
stand yesterday. Admiralty lawyers at
tending tha hearing declare that if Cap
tain Lermond Is proceeded against ths
charge of manslaughter can also be
mads against the owners, who forced
the retention -of Dennison. Ths host
waa under leas to tha Port Blakely
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FIIID HARfilMAD
SHAVES WITHOUT
USE OF LATHER
Newspaper Men - Find 'Railroad
Magnate Busy With " Safety
Apparatus . Wears Gaudy
Bathrobe Says Law Com
pels Centralization.
(Josrssl Special Servtee.t '
Chicago, Nov. 22. The Important dis
covery was made today that T$: H. Har
rlman shavea without lather. The head
of the railroad trust does not contribute
to the soap trust :. Newapaper men
caught him- making his toilet In bis
hotel this morning. It did not embar
raas the magnate, anUo admitted tha
reporters before deff lng his bathrobe,
which was only beautiful because the
stores did not keep plain ones in stock.
Hsrrlman continued slinging on clean
water and dragging oft the bristles
with a eafety rssor while being- Inter
viewed. He grumbled a bit because it
pulled, and stopped between strokes to
talk, the easenoe of his Interview being:
"I believe tha people should own tha
railroads not through the government,
but through private corporations. I do
not bcltave that small groups of men
should' control tha roads. The 'central
isation of ownership is made neceasary
to prevent violations of ths antt-truat
law. I do not think a deep waterway
to tha gulf Is necessary, but when It
beoomea a reality tha roads must meat
tha situation." - ,
LACK OF EVIDENCE MAY
- ' RESULT IN DISMISSAL
(Special Plpses te The Jnnrnst.) ''" '
Pendleton, Or.; Nov. 22. W. F. Mat
lock, William Roesch. F. W. Hendley
and Sam Miller, charged with gambling,
may not have to stand trial for their
alleged offense. When the men were
brought Into court yesterday afternoon
Colonel J. II. Raley and C II. Carter,
tha defendants' attorneys, moved thst
the cases be dismissed on ths ground
of lack of evidence. . M'hersunort Judge
FHt-rald announced that he would
take tha matter under advisement.
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FOR LIFE
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Stampede From Berths
and- Rush on"-)ecl
in Darkness to Savb
Themselves
lll-Fated Vessel Sinks Beneath'
Surface In Three Minutes, but
No 'f Lives Are , Lost Passen
gers Carried to Portland by
Steamer Cascade.
Rainier, Or, Nov. II. Struck en thai
port aids and rammed deep below tha
water Una by tha steamer Cascade, tha
steamer Lurline sank in 20 . feet of
water about 100 feet from the shore oft
Rainier on tha Columbia at 2:20 o'oloak
this morning, her 20 passengers and tha
officers and crew narrowly escaping
being carried to their deaths by tha
craft The Lurline disappeared In three
l.mlnuteaJtroro tlie time she was struck
and there waa no time In which to
launch tha lifeboats. The paasengara
escaped in their nlghtclothse by Jump- ,
lng to ths deck of tha steamer Cascade,
which , stood by until everybody waa
saved. '
It waa a wild scramble for life be
cause as scon as tha collision occurred -the
Lurline began to lurch and tha
vat, nniiM Kj nlatnttr IiaavA kln
I iMm,
through the fearful gap that bad been
cut In her aide. . The night was dark
and.abea.vy foe; enveloped tha two
Hnnrn, ooecurmff mem -, xrom view
from shore. It was feare'd that tha
uascane- naa aiso surrered injuries ntss
would probably aend her to tha bottom. -
but she was found damaged above tha '
wateriine only ana after putting- tha of
ficers and crew ashore hero started for
Portland with tha passengers, who war
bound for Astoria. A few of the pas
sen iters remained here and - took tha
morning train for Portland. - .
'- Bn Jtoute to Portland.
, Junius wu uu ner wmr w ron
land, having left Astoria on achsdnla
tlms last night Captain W, C Larklns
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PATRICIDE KEEPS
fJERVETHROUGH
TRYING ORDEAL
Blood Stained Clothing of
Fathen Causes Mother to
- Leave i Room and " Youthful
Murderer to Show First Sfgns
of Nervousness. . ,
- (Special Dtapateh Tie JnaraaL)
Spokane, Waah.. Nov. 22. For tha
flrst time since tha opening of tha
Sloans OS. Vlra 1 V ni.-.
of 17-yer-old Skiney Sloaneu- who is on -
i, w iur w muraer ox nta rather, ab
sented herself from tha court room
when tha blood stained clothing of tha
murdered man waa Introduced and ex
hibited to the Jury today. She did. thla
on tha ad vlra of tha atAm. -k.
defense, who feared the ordeal would
raucn for nsr, our returned after
tha gruesome garments had been taken
out -of sight and rssumed her aocus
tomed place at tha aids of her boy. -
Young Sloane himself showed his first
sign of nervousness during this exhibi
tion and kept hla head averted, gasmg
out of tha window, but maintained the
remarkable nerve and coolness - which '
has marked his conduct throughout tha
entire trial. Several witnesses have al
ready bean examined by the stats and
have described the finding of ths body
and tha actions of tha young slayer
when confronted with his deed, tha tea.
tlmony being to the effect thst ths only
smottnn he exhibited when informed of
tha death- and- an. lie lng shown, tha
corpse, wss assumed.
Tha testimony of Coroner Wittsr, who .
was present whan young Hlrwne wss
first led to tha place where the body Uy
in an alley, wns to ths effect that ths
boy gssed at the featirs of the d-uil
man, then sxclilmed without any e--
tlon, "Oh. my fither," then siralxM
up and said, "I am g-l.-tg t n.i
mother." 1
Every' wftnea for the !ta It
suh)-til to a riK''l ri"
and the l -!'.'
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