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-VOLt-V. NO.252.
I PORTLAND, 7 OREGON. - TUESDAY EVENING, - DECEMBER : 25, 1906. FOURTEEN PAGES.
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Rockefeller: Interests
Lose Control bf. Na
tional Treasury; on
: Shaw's Retirement,
Hill-Morgan - Group 'pj Victorious
Oyer Harriman-Standard Oil
- Crowd .in - Securing Appoint
ment of Present Postmaster
General to Manage Treasury
.. " . By , J. A. lAtbrop.
.TCaahlnston, V. C, Deo. II. In the
matter of th appointment, of. a new
secretary of th reaury Georie Fruce
Cortelyou. now postmaster-ceneraU wn
elected was waved pottle of forces
mighty W fhelr potency In tact, the
hopts of Wall street were engaged In
full -array- of -war- and with alt the'
pomp and rlrcumstanoe thereof. It Is
" true- that the corttrt not rrll
on In-the Usht of publicity, but. by the
.more dovloua ways of magtera of blsa
finance, ami the Hlll-JJorKin peoplu
won out. ".'
It ia generally underatood that there
are two group of financiers of Wall
atreet the Rockefeller or National City
bank coterie, and the Katlqnal Bank of
Commerce or Morgnn contingent. - in
der thla grouping, In all matters within
the "street." there Is rivalry; although
frequently. Indeed, nearly alwaya, when
It becofneei a quVatton of the delation
ahlp of the street to the general public.
tne two grtrapa atana togetner. , ,
ockefellar CKrt Vomer. -'
Far years the BorlrefHet-atoup J&avs.
had the lnalde track with the federal
treasury. That tbla Is tru Is snaceptl-
. ble of rerlftcatlon by cltlnr the follow
ing: . . o
Of the MM70.000 deposited ty the
secretary of the treasury between April
14 and july 31, 190. In national banks
to effect a release from atrlngant' money
market conditions, the money was at
tributed in this proportion: .National
City bank. New York. $31,000,000; Han
over National bank. New York, $4,000,
00S: National Bank of Commerce, New
-York. 000; Chaaa. .
New York. $2,000,000: Flrat National
bank. New York.-$7,000,000; Fourth Na
tional bank. New York. $1,600,000; the
balance In other ettiea. i N -.
Of the $4..000 depoaited between
September 10 Ind October 10, 10, thla
waa the proportion: - National City bank.
New York. $25,780,000; Hanover Na
tional bank. New" York. $!0g,000; Chaaa
National bank. New .York, , $ 2,180,000;
National Bank of Commerce, New York,
$,H6,000: Flrat National bankV New
York. $1,140,000; Bank of New York
l National Banking aaaoclatlon), $1,179.
000; Fourth National bank. New York,
$S,(1S,000; the balance In other cttlea. .
If even"' in a meaaura the. Morgan
group dominate the national treaaury, ao
aa In critical times to Influence the dis
tribution of federal fUnda, it- will be a
tremendous advantage. It appear to
be. conceded here, although heretofore
new writers have handled the aubjeot
rather gingerly, that Mr. Coftelyou'e ap
pointment waa made, In conaonanca with
the wlahes of the Morgan farce; judg
ing from the paat hitory of the artiona
of the national aeoretartea. It la fair to
aaaumR that the new treasury aeeretary
will counael with those who have been
Instrumental In securing hla appoint
ment In which caee Mr. Cortelyou will
listen to the admonltlona of Mr. Mor
gan and hla frlendav -
nriAIICIilL KI116S
1 TO TELL OF T.
John W. Gates, 0. H. P. Bel-
mont, Gsorge J. Gould, Ryan,
Vanderblrt aMrd Others Willing
to Appsar and Explain Meth
ods of Town Topics. ',
(Jearaat Ipsrial Servtre.t
, New York, Deo. 16. Several men of
prominence may be called at th trial
of Colonel William D. Mann of Town
Toplca, which la again tn progress be
fore Recorder Ooff. John W. .Gates
has been subpoenaed and some othors
have expressed their willingness to ap
pear. Soma of thoae who may be called
. by the prosecution are O. II. - P. Bel
mont, George J.. Gould," Thomas V.
Tlyan and William K. Vanderbllt.
Assistant Dletrlqt f Attorney Garvan
refuses to say, anything about the eali-
' Ing of these witnesses. Their names
end others were mentioned when Mann
' was on the stand aa a wltnaaS for Jua
tlce Denel at he trial of Norman Hap
' good for criminal libel. Mann told, of
his official 'relatione wlttythem.
The purpose of the- prosecution,- It la
understood. Is to show that the story
told by Mann of hla dealings With
these mcirvira sbout ss accurate as hi
explanation o Count NRrginald Ward's
' gift of Rloo Wining stm'k.
A letter from Count Ward, on which
Mann wrote "O. K., W, H. St.," form
the hasla nf t perjury charts against
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Salvation ; Army Adju
;.tantSays Number of
DestituteirHas; In-
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.creased in City
Relief Given Everyone and No
Person Allowed to Go Hungry
Families Get ' Baskets 7 of
Food, While Others Are Given
-Tickets : to Christmas Dinner.
"There la more . deatltution - In the
city this year than last," aald J. Percy
Btorey. adjutant, at tba Salvation Army
headquartera thla morning. Nearly 100
free Chrlstmaa dinners were supplied
to Indigent people by the army todsy.
These went to families, lsrge ones In
many Instances. and each basket sent
ont fed- an average of; five peraona.
In addition 100 meal tickets wers given
to smgla men. '
: "Probably the San Francisco disaster
Is partly to blame, but it'a a fact there
are more destitnte neoole here now than
last Christmas," said the adjutant, Tt
will try 'to learn why this Is aa soon
aa possible. Yes. n there la plenty of
work, but there are alwaya soma who
can t work, yon know. I am Inclined
to believe that the percentage of desti
tution .Is higher than the percentage of
Increase In population.
- "Over there 'Is a man -who' haa been
working right along." continued the
adjutant." Now his wife Is sick and ha
muat rare for her and the children. Ha
needa help.,' He' was "standing on the
fTOprof the hlg b tracks room st the
Dav-RtreeOVeadquafTere 0TTheBalva
tlon Army. Freaalng cloae against .tba
stout bar at" the entranoe waaghrong
Of men, women and children. A few of
the men had coma to take baskets to
sick neighbors, but most were there on
their own aocount. lV .,1 v , j
',.''. 7 ' Brokea Sows Mas. k ,
- Broken down men of all klnda wars
there. . An .old soldier waa there; there
were tired-faced washerwomen with
bent back and furrowed hands; there
boya with pinched facea and
ex a care aJoaeum
aged to keep reapeetable. Little girls
exchanged their tlcketa for baskets sad
staggered out under the load. ,
The army headquarters on Davis street
near Third, right In the heart of the bad
landa. wtas about the buaieat spot In town
thla morning. All day yesterday the
array worker had been packing baskets.
The chickens were killed early thla morn
ing and went on top of the baskets.
At o'clock the dlatrlbutlon of dinners
began and before - that time a crowd
jammed the' ttny hallway.
Tlcketa had been prevloualy given out
to families by the men and women work
ers ot the srmy. These were exchanged
for baskets st the Davis-street establish
ment? which to the number of $60 had
been, prepared, and these were all given
out before noon. Additional supplies of
chickens had to be purchased, though
1.000 pounds were Included In the first
order. .
- sTe Oae tVoes) aTuagry.
'No poor family Is going hungry for
want of a baaket." said Adjutsnt Storey.
"I'd rather have It go to aomebody that
doesn't deserve It than have anybody
who needa It go hungry. -
"There la some relief work to be dona
all th time, -too. Several families need
more than one dinner. We have graded
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SAYS DIVIOEnDS
Phelps Stokes, Millionaire 8o
!: clalist. Refuses Annual Con
"trlbution to YT M. Cr A7 Be
-'cause Classes irf Stock Invest
ment Are Started.
(Jewaal IsmUI Serrtct.) '
Ntw York, Dec. tS.- Phelps Btokea,
the millionaire Socialist and aettlement
worker, haa refuaed to send his snnual
contribution to the Young Men'a Christian-
Association, because that organisa
tion has established ' clasaea . In -real
aetata and etork Inveatmentr
In notifying the manager of the asso
ciation that, he could not renew hla cus
tomary donation, btokea . said be waa
sorry to. learn of thla . departure and
that in 'hi opinion 'the encouragement
of young men to seek support from un
earned Incomes Is distinctly contrary
to the teachings of Jeaus.
Stokes added that Individuals who
take suohyuneerned profits are taking
them only, at the expense of adding
needless burdens to their fellows and
that anyone who takes money that ha
has not earned by service is depriving
some other person of wealth which that
ther has earned. -
"Dividends," he said., "constat In every
cse of wealth-created by. human labor
and there la no justification for taking
them from those who hve produced
them unless fair compensation la given
is rstun. ..;.
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2 WHITES, 7 BLACKS KILLED
IN MISSISSIPPI RACE RIOT
SPRMKLE .
SAVED REPUTATION
OF -THE ROSE CITY
To Every Dry Chlrstmas There
Have Been Three Wet Ones ;
-,-, t; In Many Years. t '
Ths sprinkle this morning aaved Sort
land'f reputation. During the paat-
years the racorda ahow that 2 T Chrlst
maa day have omsrged with tears from
the heavens, only nine having been clear.
Twice In that time the much-talkad-of
Christmas anow waa realised namely.
In the yeara of 1$14 and 1111 when the
ground was really robed Inwhlte. It
tried to snow on Chrlstmaa day of 1104,
but the number of flakea waa ao amall
the 'weather man felt ashamed to r put
them on record. - :
Tonight will probably clear up. : At
least, such war ths indlcatlona at noon
time today. Strange to say, .the cities
tn western Waahlngton had na rain last
night nor this morning, although It waa
noted for wet Chrlatmaa weather. Ta-
tooah laland report clear weather, al
though It usually ralna there If anywhere.-
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"We had a very copious rain last
night," aald Forecaster Lodliols, who la
temporarily In charge of the Iocs of
fice. "fifty-five hundredths of an Inch
fell between the houra of o'clock last
night and o'clock thla morning. The
heaviest downpour occurred between ' I
and 10 . o'clock laat night. ' It rained
drops as big a baselnuta."
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' Wesaaa Boras es Death. '..
tjaarsal Special ajgrn. .
Meblle. Als Dec. 2. The clothing
of Mrs. Mary Anderson became Ignited
by C'hriasmaa fireworks snd she burssd
to asau . . ....... ,
came upon the midnight clear,
' That glorious song of old.
From angels bending near the earth " '
To touch their harps of gold ;
"Peace to the earth, good will to men
From heaven's all-gracious Kingf
The earth in solemn stillness lay .
To hearths angels Sing.
Yet with the woes of sin and strife
, )T,he world has suffered long; -
Beneath the angel-strain have rolled
; Two thpusand years of wrong;
And man at war with man, hears not
The love song which they bring;
0,"hush the noise, ye men of strife, V
"And hear the angels sing. r(, - V
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Ahd ye, beneath life's crushing load "
Whose forms are bending low;
Who toil along the climbing way
.With painful steps and slow
Look now! for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing ; " '
O, rest beside the weary road,
And hear, the angels sing. rr - -
For lot Ihe days ve hastening on, "
By prophet bards foretold, :
When with the ever-circling years .
Comes round the age of gold;
Wheri Peace shall over all the earth
;ts ancient splendors fling; . v
And the whole world send back the song - V
Which now the angels sing. ' , j
,' , ;.. ..Edmund Hamilton Sears,
STATE. MILITIA "
ARRIVE ARMED
WITH GATLING
Hamlet of Wahalak Surrounded
by
Armed Blacks . Who
Swear Vengeance. '
(Joaraal Special grvle. '
Wahalak. Dec. SS. It la reported that
two white men and seven blscks have
bn"kHled In ITplK-hed battle near here
thla morning, between negroes and
whites. -Negroes surround the village.
All the blacks In a radius of 40 miles
have ' gathered, threatening vengeance
on thS whltee.
State troops sent hers on account of
racs riots have arrived. A close watch
is being kept on the marching negroes
who will likely start th work of de
struction at the first opportunity. Th
troops have a Oatllng gun. - - ,
Trouble etarted Sunday, when Con
ductor Cooper, on a Mobile A- Ohio train,
shot, two negroes, killing one. .The
other, named Spencer, who waa wound
ed, killed an officer who waa' trying to
arrest him. and fled to the woods,
Negroes have slnoe been flocking to
town, vowing vengeance for the life the
conductor took. '
At the ' town of Wahalak scarcely
more than 25 whit people reside, and
Battery I and Company D of the atat
militia atatloned at Mertdan were or
dered to proceed to the ecene with all
dispatch. . ., : .. . .
r Wreck aa AU 1.1b e.
' I Joaraal "Special a.riife.) ' ,
- Washington, Dec. 25. A smash up oc
curred this morning on tha Southern
Atlantlo aV. Charlotte' Air line between
two psssenger train whlrh collided
head on. v.. ' -f . 1
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NEGROES
CHRISTMAS DAY SPENT
QUIETLY BY PRESIDENT
AND FAMILY AT CAPITOL
Tree Enjoyed at Home of. Cap
tain Cowles Last Night ;
Horseback Ride Today.
Washington, D. C. re. JS.-Chrlt-
maa day at tha capital Is cold and clear
with a biting wind." Tha business' of
tne anopa waa Incraaaed 26 per eent over
any previous year. The president and
hla family last night enjoyed a Christ
mas tree at Captain Cowles' home, and
spent today at the White House. Their
Chrlstmaa dinner will be served this ev
en Ing. All will be present, including
me uongwortns.
President and -Mrs. , Roosevelt went
riding this afternoon. Among the moat
elaborate oelebrationa lost, night waa
that at tha Russian embassy, given by
the ambassador and his. staff.'
SALOONS CLOSED TO
, PREVENT ACE RIOT
' ' v (Journal Special Service. ) . ,
Atlanta. Ua Dec. St. The mayor
closed every saloon in the city at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon and they
will remain oloeed until tomorrow,, on
aocount ef a threatened attack on ne
gross. Threats had been mad that
Christmas would be made tha day for a
general race riot.
" ; Balmy Air la X saver.
Denver, Col., Dee. .25. In contrast
to wintry weather elsewhere, th weath
er in this . city la Ilk twlmy
spring. The dsy Is being celebrated by
band concerts in tha parka ,
Ill FLAWS
Gastav Antoine Is Siit
focated in Hotel Fire
in North End Early
This Morning 5
When Policemen Smash in Bed
room Door, After Flames Are
Extinguished, They Find Old
Porter Gasping His Last
Others Narrowly Escape. '
" Unconscious from the drunken stupor
in which he lay, Guatav Antoine. an
aged porter employed in tha bar of tha
Uncle Sam hotel, waa suffocated thla
morning in tha fire which partially de
stroyed tha hotel at I o'clock. -
Antoine waa atlll alive when Police
men Brothers and Ellis' broke open the
door of room 14 towards I o'clock, after
th (Ira was out The unconscious man
waa gasping for breath in - th dense
clouds of smoke which rushed Into tha
facea of the officers and nearly overcame
tbem aa they opened th door. Evary
effort waa mad to arouse the uncon
scious man. Once he uttered -a few
incoherent sounds and apparently was
regaining consciousness, Tut shortly af
terward h died. In tha far corner of
hla room aat a - trunk, charred and
burned from th flames, which had eaten
their way through tha floor, and whoaa
fumes had coat tha man hla life. . Tha
body was given In charge of Coroner
rinley and will be burled by the county
unless relatives are found to claim It.
Antolna was tt yeara old...
SCaax sTaxrow X sea pea.
'That only one life waa lost 'during
tha Ore Is looked upon .by both police
men and firemen aa 'miraculous. Unci
Sam's hotel- during th nt!r evening
and until long past midnight waa ths
scans of Chrlstmaa -festivities. Th
Inmates of the place ar In large part
forelgnera. and drinking had been ex
cessive from the supper hour - until
morning. When the Are broke out, many
of the Bleeping Inmatea were in a deep
atupor, and to arouse them and gt them
to tha fresh air and away from tha
amoka and flames waa a task that kept
Patrolmen O ruber, Ellis, Brothers, Ten-nant-
and Ehmsen and" a number of the
firemen working with feverish baste
whll tha flames were at their height. -.
Th moat thrilling escape from tha
burning building was mad by Peter
Wilson, who occupied a room on the
third floor. Th nola of th anginas
aroused him from aleep, aa they did
others on the aama floor and the one
balow. Wilson lost no tlm In gain
ing an open window. Th amoka had
already filled hla room, and outside tha
door In tha hallway h could hear tha
crackling of the flames aa they crept
up tha air ahaft and apread through the
frame building. A rope which had been
tied around hla trunk waa thrown out
of the window. Wilson threw on a few
of -itia.elotheav-faateoed the upper end
of th rope to th bedpost' and alia f
down to the eornlcawork on tha floor
below. Tha firemen abouted to him to
wait there, and a moment afterward a
ladder waa thrown against th building
and he waa brought down aafely to the
street.
Over SO others who wers asleep tn
rooms on the upper floor when the fir
started were rescued In like manner aa
Wilson by the use ot ladders. It is
stated that tha flames originated from
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IMPORTS FIREMEN
Hundred Strikebreakers From
- Kansas City Arrive at New Or
. leans Railroad Refuses to
Receive Freight for Texas or
Louisiana Points. v -
(Jonrn.l Special Servk.! ' '", "'
Nw Orleana, Dee. 2-On hundred
men from Kansas City and other points
In Missouri reached here laat night to
take the places ot striking firemen on
the Southern Pscllfc railroad. Fifty ware
sent to Houston, Teiu and SO war re
tained n thla city. Official of tha rail
road could not say whether or not th
strikebreakers - were experienced fire
men, stating that they had been sent
theje by, a Southern Paolflo agent In th
west. Tha bulk of th strikebreaker
will be utllsed on paaeenger trans.
Th Southern Paclflo haa refuaed to
receive local freight for Louisiana and
Texas potrits, though tt Is stated that
all branch lines In'Loulalana ar open
and running on schedule time, with the
exception of the Alexandria branch, traf
fic on which hss been suspended. No
through freights sre received from In
tersecting lines. - ' '
Southern FaHfln freight clerks, who
hsv been on a strike for more than
two month., believe the walkout of the
firemen will (lv fore to their e-"rtai
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Banking Houses, and
Other Financial Insti
tutionsMake Presents
to Faithful Servants;
Sums In Excess of Ten Thou-
Sand Dollars Each Are Dis-
tributed by Several ' Banks
Others Will Make Donations
First "of Year. ' ;
Portland's banking houses lesd all the .
huge financial Institutions of th United,
States la the liberality of their Christ
mas glfta to the employes of th differ
ent institutions. Tha year J'vjst closing -has
been a prosperous on for tha banks,
of Portland, and without axceptloa they
generously shared thla good f orutn with
the employes in grateful remembrance
of IS. months of faithful and conscien
tious endeavor.
Two, If not three, of th largeat looel .
banka distributed sums In excess of -
S10.000 each.
The Flrat National bank has for the
paat several yeara given to each ot ita
employes 10 per cent of his yearly sal
ary. Thla la not dona, however, until
December SI. when the accounts for th
year ar balanced and settled. It Is :
altogether probable that tha former na
tion oi tne Dana; win t aanerea to. - .
Olv Vonta Salary. :
Tha Merchants' National bank gav a
full month's salary to alt employes who
have been with the Institution on year
or longer; to those who have been with
the banal for six months and leaa than
one year one hnlf month's salary waa '
given, whll a few who have been em
ploved hut a month or so ware preaanted
with 125 each. ,
Ladd at Tilton remembered each of
Ita employes with a generous aura, the
offidals-f -the Institution-declining to
make. publlo th exact amount ot Ita"
gifts. , ....-
Th United Statea National bank pre
sented all of its employes with one
half a month's salary. - -
Tha Oregon Trust - Savings bank ..
gave moat of Ita employes a present of
S2i In gold. To' a few who had been
with th bank. Jesa than, one year. Sit
in cash and a handsom leather purse
were presented. v
- Th generosity of th Bankers'.
Lumbermen' bank took th form of a
substantial increase In wages to each of
ita employee, effective January 1.
The Portland Truat company remem
bered Ita amployea with a liberal caah
present, th amount of which waa baaed
upon tba annual salary of the reclp-
Th Security Ravings A Trust com
pany mad cash presents to Its em
ployes, v
. Th Bank of California distributed
cash preaenta to ita employee, none ot
whom received leaa than lis.
AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR
TENDERS RESIGNATION
Joaraal tpwtal gervles.
Washington, D. C Dee. 26. It Is re
sorted from Vienna that . Hengelmulle
Von Hsngervar, ambassador tor Austria,
hss resigned, to take effect next sum
mer. Hengelmuller la - among tha
wealthiest of the foreign - representa
tives at Washington, and la one of tha.
leadera of society at this capital.
WER HICKS TO
GO UPOn STAGE
Man Who Was Entombed in Tun
nel Near Bakersfield Receives
an Offer of Thousand Dollars,
a Week to Exhibit on Vaude
ville Circuit and Will Accept, '
f " TTovrsal Special Sn1c. ' "
BakersflehV CaL, Dec. IS. Miner
Hicks Is a busy man. much hosier thaa
ha waa that fatatul'day when. In com
pany with fiv. other underground
workers, h entered the great Edlsoa
ahaft. Life seemed sweet to Hick
when he stepped from hla dark prison
after IS daya captivity on Saturday
night, but he la already again tasting
Its carea and troubles.', -
What to do with himself, thst Is the
question. To enter, vaudeville or not t -entef,
vaudeville, that Is not ths ques
tion. It Is, "How long will my notort.
ety stick In the public craw." and "What
circuit Is msklng me th beat eiferT"
Tomorrdw th miner will com down
with Ills pockets bulging with clear '
and theatrical contra.'tn. Theatrl'-al
ruen aracamped on hls trail ami they
will not be aliaken.
This mornlns a rertaln proepero''
appearing IndHlduel, wfio was elllf i '
secretive of his Men I IIV, nw !.
Ihs camp In a lft siit(.inol.ii Ii.. i i
an offer of SM'" lli.ka
It Is pretty well knoen that f
n(U axcrpl this propualUcj.
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