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X THE OREGON ' SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND, SUNDAY ' MORNINQ,' ' FEBRUARY 16, 1003. REPUBLICAN PARTY"' IN ALABAMA CALLS ROOSEVELT B0UND.ER German Chancellor's Old Record Dragged Forth by People Who Are Aroused L by Recent Disclosures of , Evil Among Royalty.; (Vote Vrm Vrui Wirt.) S' I "London. Feb. 16. Germany Is rrad- nellv working ltaelf Into a political ' ferment which threatens grave develop- f menu In the near future. Not that .'there 1 any talk f overturning the 1 J dynasty, or of Rpublteanlam, or even . - . . . .iiifin.il am rT ins V. I any impori&iii uiuuiin-mu" I A ., (overs men ui bjbiviu. .'' ;i VeU enough satisfied with the kaiser, !uf It does not altogether fancy bis v". dvlere all or mem. at least. '.':' It ha been predicted for loml time - that Chancellor von aueiow oowhiuh ', K. la near, and recent developments Indl . 'ate the fulfillment of these melan - ' eholy prophecies la not' far off. Bue- low Is said to think so himself, but to ' be so wedded to his present policies that he Is determined not to alter them, . wen though tne penalty for his obeti ' ; oacr be ma retirement from public life. The recent horrible scandals (United frM teased Wirt.) Birmingham, Ala., Srt. IS. The stale esecutlve committee of the Republican party In Ala bama, at a meeting held In Birmingham today, passed reso lutions condemning President Roosevelt and calling en oon grets to Investigate the "per nicious political activity" of office-holders In Alabama. Both resolutions were adopted unani mously. The first was Intro- . duced by W. T. Aldrtch and d was as follows: "Resolved, That this organisa tion Is unanimously opposed to efforts of President Roosevelt or his appointees to seleot bis successor In office." The second was Introduced by D. Comper, former United States marshal for the northern dis trict of Alabama. It U as fol lows: "Resolved, by the Republican executive committee of Alabama, That the senate of the United States Is hereby requested to In vestigate the abuse and vlola- 4 tlons of the civil service law la e Alabama by federal office e holders, as well as such act 01 d 'pernicious political activity of d which the federal offlce-jiolders d In Alabama have been guilty, e and that a copy of this resolu- e tlon be sent to the civil service d commission snd some members of the Judiciary committee of e the United States senate wit high army officers and government w ma-n flclala have had something to do In ' Afflela. ' -with undermining the country's confl . dence .In the chancellor. The plain people, feol he should have kept the Kaiser whom there seems little dlspo , eiUon to blame better Informed as to .; the character of the men the latter was making his clone personal and political , friends. And If the chancellor himself - Sloes not know what kind of men they :..were it Is plainly the general impres SI on that he should have known. '. ? Most people considered ths govern ' tnent went too far toward "whitewash ' Ins alleged offenders for whom no body thinks any excuse ought to have : been made. Neither Is there any dlspo sit ton to continue these offensive per son in official position. No doubt. It ; Is admitted; they will be gradually rels ; rated tn nbncurltv. Rut staid and purl- - tanlo Germany thinks examples should ; Tne made or them at once, especially tne . Individuals, who stood close to tne '.throne. . Buelows own record has received a good many hard knocks in the course of -gossip attending recent investigation and exposures. Buelow himself eloped ' Jnt his youth with a married woman, And though he wedded her as soon as Jie could and has since lived an exem plary life, the circumstances have not neen forgotten. Intimations that Bue jow cannot say much concerning other v jnronnanties," because nia own recora .would not bear close scrutiny axe broad .hints that do hot he lo the chancellor. , , Industrial conditions, however, have none more than all court scandals put lorether to In lure the administration .with the people. Berlin's unemployed Are now estimated to number at least 40.000. and the depression Is growing .steadily worse. . Companies which ln euro against loss of employment are riurdenea, and the suspension or several a predicted. Small merchants are sits- . pending dally, and the city Is literally iuii pr empty Duuaings. The government's revenues have been curtailed, too, and the people do not line the measures tne administration is tiklntr ta reolenlsh - Its roval coffers. It feels that the burden falls upon the ort ana, tne ncn are surrerina iittie. rhe German laboring man, who takes concern- requot that they Introduce reor, and. the rich are suffering little, ,tm German laboring man, wno taicei Ms drinks with hi meals, and eonsld ers them a necessity, cannot understand why he should be compelled to bear a reavy tax on his Ilauor, as proposed In the relchstae. while direct taxation of he wealthy Is not increased. 11,549 VOTERS PUT (I REGISTER Believed List Will Exceed Former One by 7,000 Names. At the end of the sixth week of reg titration yesterday 1 1,549 voters had ' entered their names on the rolls. Of Ahls number approximately 76 per cent re down as Republicans, a total of ' v '8.878 being registered under the name of the majority pnrty. The Democrats e a resolution based on same In the senate of the United States 4 and press the passage or same." Repreaentatlvea of the Cannon 4 "boom", were at the meeting. A d plan of campaign was adopted. e Including a state convention In Birmingham to seleot delegates e to the Chicago convention. v Francis Drake of Whatcom County Inherits Thirteen Million Dollars From No ble Father's Estate at Cal cutta, India, r-" -. ., . .. ..... . -e v-. . 1' HIGH VATER THREATENS PITTSBURG (Continued from Page One.) (Hearst Newt by Longest Letted Wirt.) Belllngham, Wash., Feb. 15. Heir to I $13,000,000 la Francis Drake, a Whatcom county rancher, through ths death of 1 his father. Lord Francis Drake of Cal cutta, India. The news of the father's death was received by the son yester day when a cablegram from Indie, an nounced that Lord Francis Drake was dead, that the attorneys were awaiting the arrival or the only heir. The story of Francis Drake, who has been worklns a small ranch near Goshen since he drifted into this section of the country in 1 101, reads like a rairy tale. Hla father, who was born in 1110, cams -to America to seek his fortune early In life. He settled in North Car olina with his wife, and IS years ago Francis Drake, who lives at Goshen, wss born. When only 11 yesrs of age the lad ran away rrom nome ana ror it years the father was unable to locate blm. Ten years ago they got Into commun ication with each other and the father wrote of the death of the boy's mother and of hla ever increasing fortune in Calcutta. He owned much real estate, held several valuable franchises, had an Interest in governmental affaire, and had accumulated much cash In the banks of that place. The father wrote that Francis was his only son and heir and that when he died the entire for tune, which the father estimated to be worth 113,000,000, would then revert to mm. The man who has fallen heir to the enormous for nine was married early In life and haa one son, J. Francis Drako or Lima, Ohio. He is married and haa four children. He Is the only heir of I rancia Drake, wno nas just received tne fortune. Francis Drake Is a lineal descendant of Sir Francis Drake, the Enallsh ad miral of the sixteenth century, and the rounder or the title borne by the father of Francis Drake. For years the man who wlir soon be on bis way to Calcut ta arirtea about the united states, al though much of his time has been spont from their homei. Many have been ? vicinity of North Carolina, up to " . ,. . ' , , ' , " I five years ago, when he came to Bel-1 given Bueuor uj iricuus, wuiio yu- nngnam ana wnatcom county. He is lice stations are taking care of nun- Jlan1cher. y occupation, but is a uru. iu iu iuyr uurm aiue uio " uimuoo, ju.au V"' An icemifit nf kltli wtr. 1 nnmW nf I sons coniinea 10 ineir oeas wim losses or lire are reported on account nnaumonfa and rrlrina iad tn be re- of nl'h w'r. Several waahouts have pneumonia ana grippe naa 10 oe re- occurred and railroad trafflo is gener- movea irom their nomes in VlClIIS. ally Impeded. The natural gas supply Pittsburg down-town districts MrSM? SStSZS: Md C"y arlwa avMamaasi r 0 sf a f ao'sS s nriM aVi I I Enterprising merchanU on lower DAMAGE AMOUNTING inn avenue, wno suiierea rrom last year's flood, not to be caught nap ping again, moved large quantities of goods from their stores to places OI SJUeiJ. h .. friDlted Frees Letted Wlre. A K4aIt wall iknn4 fnn m Iaa iK I Tlarhw Pnnn VYi IK n h. fira1r- hlHaen built around the IWtwteift DUliaing; a Uuquesne Street Sgy- nere, asmago esximatea at 11,000,000 scraper has Its windows boarded op ar". of '.coVe. "oV arMBwSi and caulaed Wltn COtton. flooded before the contents could bo Large mill, along tlw .wtUtt TO MILLION DOLLARS CAUSED BY ICE JAM hare closed down. Streetcar traffic the city, in the lower north side Is demoral ized. Suffering is very Intense among the poverty-stricken. No loss of life has been reported. .yesterday passed the 2,000 mark, with number 612. n to spare, xnose DeionKini parties, or registering as independents yjTesterdav was one of the ble flavm In : Registration, there beln' 383 additions ' vto the list, of whom 301 were Republi cans, 1 Democrats and 21 of mlscella- gieous kind. ,. Clerks have been at work several Bays checking over the rolls for the purpose of. .correcting errors in cases iwhere voters by reason of the nu ' merous chanzes in Dreclnct lines hnit ; been placed In the wrong precincts. The ; rate at which the voters are coming In . makes It rtobable ' that 24,000 will be registered by the time of the primaries, against 17,000 two. years ago. e A petition to be signed by 5,000 voters Is being prepared by the Ohio Federation of Labor in favor of the Reynold child labor bill, which Is now pending In the Ohio legislature. . BIG FOUR TRACKS ' WASHED INTO RIVER BY HEAVY RAINFALL (Talted Prata Lsaeed Wirt.) Cincinnati, Feb. 15. Mild weather with melting snowfall at headwaters. followed by steady rainfall for twelve hours, all along the line, have caused the Ohio river to assume a threatening flood stage. Already great damage has been done here and elsewhere. Half a mile of track of the Big Four at Har rison was washed Into the Whitewater river today. Other roads, especially the Baltimore A Ohio, have suffered loss and Inconvenience, but there has been no delay of consequence. River front cellars are flooded to night and goods are being removed. Many families have been forced to move. The weather has been much colder for the last few hours, without rain, and consequently tne prospect ror a sub sidence of the hifth water is strength ening. Ths river has been rising at xne rate or aoout a root an hour until today, with the atage at 10 o'clock to nlgnt 41 feet. Fifty feet Is the danger line. RESERVOIR BURSTS AND THREATENS TO INUNDATE DAYTON AN UNHEALTHfUL WINTER THOUSANDS OF ACRES FLOODED BY WATERS OF BUFFALO RIVER tittle Snow, Much Dust Preva- lence of Infectious Diseases. After-Effects of the Grip -How to Get Rid of Them. The winter has been pleasant In many Ways, but not conducive to health. There has been too little snow, too much dust, and infectious diseases have had many victims. .The grip especially lias been " yry prevalent and among Its after-effects are weakness, impaired 'digestion, los Of appetite, nervousness and sleep- lessness',.u; -Aztec the Drip as well as all other blood-poisoning, prostrating diseases. Hood's garsapartlH Is the most effective and successful, medicine. It purifies .and, vitalises the blood, gives strength Where ' It Is needed, and restores the conditions Of health. Hood's Pill a are the cathartic, to tak with .It, if one is riecnea. , " All Bon feown-p-I bad the grip' and it left me very weak and all run down. Hood'a Barsap&rllla made me well and strong.", .-4 Wra, Ellen M. Small, Exeter. n. iv yx'- ' . TJnecnalsd--"I have taken Rood's Sar s.Tpaxllla and 'it. has .completely cured me of the grip." . 1. C. Davidson, Kappa, III i r-f; ::;X- V 0'v :.;HV. Hood's SareaparlUa' is v sold every -where. 'In the uuual liquid,-or In tab let torn called Baxsatabs One hundred do? et.ene douar. , (Cnlttd Frets Ltated Wirt.) Buffalo, Feb. IS. lowering tempera ture, followed by a snowstorm tonight, relieved the ailxiety felt by residents of Bouth Buffalo, where overflowing water from Buffalo river threatened the de struction of much property and possible loss of life. Residents In the districts traversed by Buffalo river, Cazenovia and other creeks suffered considerable loss of property by the flood, which covered thousands of acres. Huge cakes of ice are floating around In the streets, that look Uke canals. The trolley service was early paralyzed and improvisea rant ana rowDoats were used to handle the trafflo. In the harbor the flreboats were kept busy Breaking up ice jama. HEAVY STORM WRECKS VESSELS IN HARBOR OFF NEW YORK CITY (Cnlttd Pratt Letted Wirt.) New York. Feb. 15. A heavy south east storm, which Increased Into a gale this afternoon-, raised a rough sea out side Sandy Hook, raised the bay In a ferment and was responsible for several marine mishaps. A heavy mist made navigation exceedingly dangerous. A schooner was driven ashore on Great South beach, and her crew res cued with difficulty. A cargo steam ship , is also ashore on South beach, abandoned, and probably will be a total (Hetrtt Newt by Loocett Letted Wire.) Dayton, Ohio, Feb. IB. A telephone message just received here Is to the ef fect that Lewiston reservoir haa broken and Is discharging its water Into the Miami river, ir this is true, Dsyton will be Inundated by the most disastrous flood In Its history, as the river Is run ning at nood tide already. FILIPINO ARRESTED FOR KILLING CHINK (United Pratt Letted Wirt.) Pacific Grove, Cel.. Feb. 16 A Fili pino giving the name of Ben Wolcott is under arrest here charged with having committed murder In San Mateo on February 2, the victim being a China man, with whom Wolcott is said to have celebrated Chinese new year. On the morning following the day of the celebration the headless body of the Chinaman was discovered. Wolcott, having disappeared, was Instantly made the object of a search. He waa arrested In Pacific Grove yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Perry, Constable Gracllo and a soldier named Bogard, and will be takejjo San Mateo. Senator Clay of Geora-la. whose term will aoon expire. Is expected to become a candidate ror reelection, though as yet he haa made no announcement. Gov ernor Hoke Smith has declined to be come a candidate for the toga, but Thomas E. Watson and one or two oth ers are mentioned as likely to oppose Senator Clay for the nomination. John Burns, president of the hntrfl nf trade of Great Britain, reeentlv vlalfl the labor colonies In Germany with r View of ealnlnn Information tn n.i. In sblvlng the unemployed problem in England. STOPPED SHORT. Taking Tonics, and Built TJp on Xirht Pood. The mistake Is frequently made of trying to build up a worn-out nervous system on so-oauea tonics drugs. New material from which to rebuild wasted nerve cells, is what should bo supplied, and this can be obtained only from proper food. . "Two years ago I found myself on the verge of a complete nervous col lapse, due to overwork and study, and to Illness In the family," writes a Wiscon sin young mother. "My friends became alarmed because I grew oale and thin and could not sleep nights. I took various tonics irescrioed ty pnysicians, put tneir er ects wore orr shortly after l stopped This amount our Inrentory shown we have inverted tn Carpets and Rugs f alone. We want to reduce stock In this department to 25,000, and for this i reason will make special cost prices in odd patterns andi remnants. --Bring- -in the sLre of your room and let us show you how much you can save. rfwess3eps5e if'" mv- Half the usual Prices $5.50 Table $3.25 A 6-foot golden sprues Exten. , ston Table . as illustrated, iiz of top when closed 34x4 this' week only, f 3.S5. Linoleum ends of all qualities are to be closed out regardless of cost. Prices do not include laving. Small kitchens or bath rooms can be covered for a small expenditure. 80c Print Linoleums.... 40e 12.25 Inlaids. .$1.10 $1.10 Print Linoleums... 55f $1.80 Inlaids. f 1.00 ;v-- $1J25Potts'lrbns75c 50 sets slightly damaged, 3 irons and handle . to each set; no phone orders;' we sell, while they last, per set, 75. Our Special Range $33 Value for $27.75 This is a full-sixe Range with six lids. 1-ln. oven, high closet snd full nickel trimmings. It is warranted to work as well . as any steel range with cast-iron top ever made. It will cook and bake perfectly. Come and see it; only f 27.75. Monarch Ranges The celebrated "Stay Satisfac tory Range," which received highest award at Lewis and Clark exposition. We carry in many styles; 57 to f 13o. $9 Go-Cart $5.85 Our No. m Reclining Go-Cart, reed body, ad justable foot and back, 10-ln. rubber-tire wheels. Can be folded to take on ear and baa a para sol price for this week Is 5.85 Easy Payments One dollar per week is sufficient pay ment on any article or a whole room may be furnished for $50 and $1 weekly payment made on same. TORMS $50 purchase, $10 cash, $5.00 monthly. $100 purchase,. $20 cash, $10.00 monthly. $150 purchase, $30 cssh, $12.50 monthly. $200 purchase, $4(3 cash, $15.00 monthly. Other amounts in proportion. Hat and Coat Hooks Per Dozen, 10 Cents $3.00 Go-Cart $1.69 Folding steel No. 1 A Cart with wheels, as Illus trated ...SI. 69 No. t A Sleeper Go-Cart. with rub ber tire wheels, at $3.40 A poop mmam T inmmmf: Li HUGE STOCKYARDS TO COVER FORTY ACRES ON PENINSULA Cetumb x o Plough, "TV 11 T ir A VtVUS 1 flf-j "-"-rin::r:;qi:ra ii ii !i i i s i : i ! : : : : i ; : i ljlJLjL JL J L J t; JL .11... ii ! , ir "ir ! ! If innr S J : i' I' ! l :: : ' Lbf ts f bd 1 " J ; 1 1 I I l .j L J L 3 1 J T5E? L...J t . i m ymm " 1 1 I I I 1 1 4m f ttrn 47MOVWD Afto ornut. m mm lttjj quj m nu crjcma XIPLJ I ULEED avr-t i a pxws Tmrn-nS YkJafmaLM Uw-ZJCZE I II I I I I I I i I i i i ill i i i ii 1 1 -; J r 0Mr a I Dlag ram Showing Proposed Union Stock yards With Railroads and Terminal Facilities. Work on the Portland ihlon stock yards, which will cover nearly 40 acres 1 ICE GOUGES FORM ; IN POTOMAC RIVER ASP CAUSE ALARM United Pmt tetted Wire.) : 9"b"rUn'1- M1 reb. J6,-Wlth tee taking them. My food did not seem to nourish me and I ualned no flesh nor blood. "Reading; of Grape-Nuts. I determined to stop the tonics and see what a change of diet would do. I ate Grape-Nutafour times a day with cream ana drank milk also, went to bed early after eating a oisn 01 urepe-nuis Deiore retiring. "In about two weeks I was sleeping; soundly. In a short time gained 20 pounds in weight and felt like a differ ent woman. My little daughter whom I was obliged to keep out of school last spring on account of chronlo catarrh, has changed from a thin, pale, nervous child to a rosy, healthy girl and has gone back to school this fall. "Grape-Nuts end fresh air' were the only agents used to accomplish the omyvT results.": -mere's a Keason." isame given By f ostum Co. of ground adjoining the 1,000,000 Swift packing plant on the peninsula, will start without delay, Is the assertion of W. H. Daughtrey, president and general manager. A large dredge has been engaged all winter filling in the low land of the site. The fill Is prac tically completed and the construction of the buildings and lnclosures will begin at once. The construction work will entail a total expenditure of $200,000, aside from the. additions which It Is contem plated will have to be added within a few years. The capacity of the yards will be from 200 to 300 carloads of stock, the yards for hogs and sheep alone covering four acres each, and the yards for the cattle covering about eight acres. The whole extent of the yards will be about 1,760 feet by 850 feet Includ ing both the buildings and the lnclos ures. About 10 acres of the ground was filled In by the dredge during the winter, the material being taken from the Columbia slough on the north, at the same time deepening the slough for the admission of large ocean-going car riers. A railroad will extend along the south side of the stockyards, with a branch on the west side, and another into the feed barns on the east. This road will be built and owned by the. stockyards and will be used Jointly by the Harrl man lines and the Hill road between Seattle and Portland. . On the north be tween the : yards and the slough will pass the Portland street railway from the east on what will bs called Packers' avenue. This line will connect wltjl the Union avenue line to the citv. The floor space of the packing nouses 10 do duiu Dy swift fc uo on the lower end of the peninsula, where they own several thousand acres, is to be the largest of any building on the Pacific coast The packing houses are to be seven stories In height. Their length Is to be 3S0 feet The killing rooms, where thousand or cattle, sneep ana nogs win be siaugn terea aaiiy, are to be three stories in height The dimensions of these build ings are ISO feet by 200 feet. Battle gosson liny; SECOJJD DEGREE Killed Ernest Bonomi Near The Dalles, August 5 Defense Insanity. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) The Dalles, Or.. Feb. 15. Edward Gosson was tonight found guilty of murder In the second degree in killing Ernest Bonomi at the home -of the vic tim lit -the Mill Creek neighborhood "on -' J considerahi .-.-n ".Ji I -;'. Mien, rteaa ins Koaa to Well-1 " '"' '"V-'-" "'""""utt "u I appearance and th jury was out almost six hours. The charge was first degree murder. The veraici. represents a jury compromise. This morning's session was taken up with arguments of counsel. - Judge Bradshaw finished his Instructions to the jury at 1:30, The defense was temporary Insanity caused by brooding over the situation which confronted defendant's relatives, namely that Bonomi had said? he would take the life of one member of the Gosson family, while the assault made by Bonomi on Gosson's mother last spring while returning from The Dalles when he brandished a hoe over ' her head, threatening to kill her, only In tensified the boy's belief that he must kill Bonomi or fare worse. . Bonomi' s demonstration waa described by Mrs. Gosson and her daughter. Nellie. on the witness stand. They stated that Bonomi was arrested and fined $28 for this offense. ... Mr. Oosson. the bov's father testi fied that hs believed Ed Gosson was Insane at the time of the murder. -He il the peculiar loots, la his Mm at the ' jail 'after founded his opinion en bis unnatural having beeri brought from Pendleton. Mrs. Gosson also stated she believed her son- irrational when she saw him at the county jail. . His voice to her seemed unnatural; and. there waa something about his person and manner different from what sne naa been accustomed to. ' Twelve or fifteen witnesses living In or near the Mill Creek neighborhood testified to the defendant's general good rspuiauon. ' - , CHILD BRIDE'S TALE SENDS PARENT TO JAIL Fourteen-Year-Old Girt , Testifies . Mother-ln-Law Lured Her " Prom Hom6. . . . a 14-year-old wife, told an astonishing atnrv In th. rrlmlnal MHrt -thl-aftan. noon jf aa alleged plot by .which sh Labor. was lured away from home and married against her will to Jacob Frayer, IS years old. '- The story convicted the boy's mother of perjury, and- she waa sentenced to three months in the work house. The girl testified that Mrs. Martha Frayer, mother .of the bridegroom. flfMLYArl Thr fmm That ThnmA a nrl hrnnfftif her Into Allegheny county orphanetH court, wnere, by - swearing tnat Mar garet a parents were dead, sne was ap pointed guaraian. two aays jater Mrs, Frayer, as guardian,, signed the mar riage license. "I only knew Jake three days, but they called the preacher la and we were married," saia tne gin. .; testified she had searched for 'Margaret for a week, and finally found her at "raver's home. - Then she took the bride of two days home and began the sroseZl . , - . - ' - . ;' - A conference is to be held in -Wash J Ington, D, C, next week to complete tne cians ror a aerarrment or mniiiiinri trade! f - the American Federation of J 15