THE OREGON DAILY; JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER : 3, 1908.
CHAMP CUIRK
0 II 6 LEADER
Noted Missourian Slated , to
' -Head Majority in Con-
- gress His Career. '
: (Special DUpitck to The Journal.) .
' Washington. D. C, Pec I. Though
the congressional mill will not begin
to grind until next week, the usual pre
liminaries . In . the way of , committee
meetings and conferences are already
well under way. Of these preliminaries
by far the most Interest attaches to
. the caucus of the Democrat lo members
of the house, which uas been canea lor
Saturday to choose a leader to succeed
.Representative John Sharp 'Williams of
Mississippi, who retired from . the
minority leadership last spring upon
uis eiucuon o uu eeuwc.
There Is little room to doubt that the
leadership will fall to Representative
Champ Clark of Missouri. ' Mr. Wll
- liams and his frfejids are supporting
the Mlssourlan. There Is little) op
position to Clark, though the name of
representative Henry or Texas n&s oeen
mentioned as a possible- candidate for
the loadershlp. Clark's colleague. Rep
resentative De 'Armond, is understood
to be opposed to Clark. De Armond has
aspired to the leadership for a number
of years and his defeat for that honor
X 3ftjinalis was one of the causes of
the enmity between the two which cul
minated in a personal encounter on the
Itoor or me no use last winter. . ,
Talks with leading Democratic mem
bers who have arrived in Washington
indicate that Clark has virtually sure
thing of the leadership. It is claimed
today by the Clark supporters that nei
ther De Armond nor Henry will de
velop an; considerable strength in the
caucus.
Comparing Clark With Williams.
Champ ,Clark is probably .the best
known figure on the Democratic side
and, without much Question, the most
popular one. For several reasons his
elevation to the minority leadership Is
worthy of notice. There promise to be
some phases of his leadership that will
be in marked distinction to the leader
ship of John Sharp Williams. Many
Democrats believe, and in this number
are some of the best friends of Wil
liams, that Clark will make-a more ef
fective, leader than the noted member
from Mississippi. For one thing, the
Missouri representative will go Into the
leadership with practically the united
support of the Democrats, of the house.
He Is accounted a better politician than
Williams and less inclined to consult
his personal likes and dislikes in the
makeup of committees and other mat
ters. He is expected by the Democrats
of the house who know him to sink his
personal' feelings as to members and to
make up the committees, on the Demo
cratic side, with reference solely to
personal fitness. One of the important
committees to which he will have to
give attention is the ways and means
committee. In view of the fact that
revision of the tariff is supposedly near
t hand. It is not to be undertaken in
the sixtieth congress, but astiis ways
and means committee is made up at
this session it will be for the most part
In the sixty-first congress. ' Clark is
now ins ranKing minority memner on
the ways and means committee. If
he becomes the minority lender he will
leave the committee himself and It is
expected as an act of courtesy will put
m nil place ue Armona or Missouri.
De Armond Is a hard worker and a
strong advocate of tariff reveslon
Clark's Remarkable Career.
Few members of the house on either
side hava had a wider range of experi
ence than has Clark. He is 68 years old
, and a native of Kentucky. He was
fraduated from Kentucky university at
exington and studied law at the Cin
cinnati law school. In 1873 and 1874 he
was president of the first normal
school established in West Virginia.
After his experience there he removed
to Missouri and bcame principal of the
high school at Louisiana in that state.
In 1876 he began the active practice of
law and for several years served as city
attorney of Louisiana. Then came a
period of two years of service as edi
tor of a country newsnaDer.
Clark's public career dates front 1880,
In which year he was chosen as presi
dential elector and also a member of
the Missouri legislature. He was elected
to the fifty-third congress In 1892, and
to the fifty-fifth congress In 1896, and
has since been biennially reelected from
the Ninth Missouri district. He Is an
eloquent speaker and ready In debat?,
as more than one of his Republican
opponents has found out when engaged
in a forensic tilt. Clark Is supposed to
he pretty well fixed financially, a large
part of his wealth having been made in
recent years on the lecture platform.
THUUTMS
ILLINOIS IS 90
YEARS OLD TODAY
Why Nathaniel Popelspe-
daily Honored in the
Celebrations. ' :
III DAYLIGHT
Beats San Francisco Woman,
in Her Own Home; Robs
and Then Escapes.
(BdcHU Dispatch to The loaraal.)
Oakland. CaL, Dec. 3. Mrs. M. Mc
Leod of 1361 Twelfth street was sur
prised yesterday afternoon by a thug
who held a revolver at her face and,
when she disregarded his command not
to scream, beat her into insensibility
with the weapon and then-robbed "HeT of
her watch and 345 which she had Just
drawn from the savings bank. In mak
ing his escape, the robber dropped on
the front stairs the white handkerchief,
marked with an Initial . T" which he
had used as a mask.
Mrs. McLeod remained unconscious
for a long time and revived alone late
in the afternoon.
She found her 3-year-old ward, Willie
Davis, who was the sole witness of the
.attack. She managed to attract the
attention of neighbors, who came to
their assistance and later summoned the
police.
RIVAL BROTHEBS'
DEATH COMPACT
' -.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.) 1
' Geneva. Deo. 8. The rivalry of two'
brothers in a love affair has Just had
an. unusual and tragic ending near
Zurich. Louis and Charles Ferrari were
Italians, and had never quarreled until
both fell In love with a pretty Italian
girl of Zurich. Then they became hated
rivals, each swearing that he would
marry the girl, She did not favor one
or the other. The brothers formed
trange compact It was arranged that
one should disappear, and that the first
who mw the other after " a ' certain
period should have the right to put him
out of the way. .;
The brothers did not meet for a
month. Then Louis Ferrari, who was
proceeding to work his .bicycle,--met
his brother Charles on the road. The
latter was aiming a revolver at Louis,
who dismounted and .shot him dead.
The slayer produced a copy of the death
compact in court and the Judge sen
tenced him to only a month's imprison
ment., ; "")
Presbyterian Brotherhood. J j
(Swdal Dtapateh to The Joorn.l.l ' h "i
- Decatur, IlW Deo. -S. Delegates rep
resenting BOO Presbyterian ' churches In
Illinois are attending . the first state
convention of the Presbyterian brother-
shood, which met in the. First Presbyter
ian church in this city today for a two
days' session. An attractive program
rbM been arranged for the meeting.
Foremost among the scheduled speakers
ere John Wanamnker, the Philadelphia
iiirrliant, snd - Rev. Ira Laudrith of
Nashville, Tenn. 1 I
' (Soeclal DUoatcb to Tb Journal.) .
Rnrlnafleld , 111.. Dec 8. Fourscore
and 10 year ago today President James
Monroe signed the birth certificate oi
Illinois as a state of the Union and
birthday celebrations were held , today
in this city,. In Chicago and elsewhere
throughout the state. , Special, exercises
colleges. :!''' - .-'-..,
frv.A Mklln tli nannl it nf Till
nnla tn form a constitution ana fixing
th nresent northern boundary was
passed by congress April 18, 1818. The
constitutional convention met in Aug
ust and without great difficulty formu-
Nathaniel Pope, at that time delegate
in congreH . i ruin 1110 koitnui .
nols, had an important part in securing
affirmative action by congress on the
enabling act to Illinois, providing for
1 . m, .ii wl
he succeeded in having incorporated in
the bill a provision that the northern
boundary of the state should be at its
present location, giving to the state 14
counties ana tne cuy or nicago,
It now stands, which would have been
wlttiin Wisconsin pounaaries nuer
original provision. This waefor the
preserving within one state a complete
system or waterways wmcu muni "
usea in tne ruture 10 connect uu miwr
igan with the Mississippi river. ;
under the new constitution was held
Heptemoer 1,. lHl. on in, anunun
from Washington that the constitution
lurmuiaicu wuum w v 1 1
presiueni, ana onnarauH p"u circl
ed the flrtit governor. The first fen-
. 1 - - . A V.Bl.a,bla. arhlih
ers.1 Hssemoiy irirt hl nno.cwni., n ....
was the first capltBl, October 6. 1818,
or. .4 llnirnnr.Ult RnnA Was InaUEUT-
ated the following day.
uuring me eariy years oi bhwutou
Illinois was dUtlnctlv a frontier state.
Iowa was not organized until 184. !
LOIIG flfilll WITH
HIIID AND IVAVE
Lighthouse Man Survives
Awful Experience on
Lake Jlichigan.
(Rpeclal Diapatch to To Jonrnal.t
Chicago, Deo. 8. Kdward 8klrllng. a
19-vear-old Uehthouse keeosr on the
Racln, Wis., reef, is In a hospital in
this cJty after a nine-hours' battle for
his life aealnst an icy gale on Lake
Michigan in a disabled launch. Only by
his
a mcrn chance was his predicament dis
covered, and he was saved Just when,
worn with exhaustion andTroiea stiff,
he was ready to give up the struggle.
Skirling was, making the trip from
shore with the mall when the accident
happened that put his launch out Of
commission. The boat was Instantly
helpless and although almost within a
stone's throw of the lighthouse he saw
its light fade rapidly away' as he was
swept back over the lake. For nine
hours Skirling worked like a madman,
bailing the launch to keep it afloat, ' It
was morning oerors nis pngm was seen
and rescuers were sent to aid him in
reaching ehore. His clothes were frozen
to his boay ana had to be cut orr.
RICH MAN'S SOU
IS A BUM
Operated With a Complete
Thug Outfit Friends
Say He Is Insane.
(8peclal Dlapatcb to Tb Jonroal.l
Salinas, Cal., Dec 3. Charles J.
Boyle, 22 years of age, son of Henry
Boyle. the San Rafael millionaire, was
convicted of burglary yesterday after
noon. He Is a member of the Twentieth
United States Infantry.
Bovle was convicted of breaktnsr Into
a store and stealing a revolver. After
his arrest a .cache was round in the
hills back of the presidio of Monterey
in which were hidden gloves, gasplpe, a
slungshot and masks.
Boyle 'ater confessed various crimes
In San Rafael, including the holdup of
15 men In the barroom of the National
hnf.l wV... ttrAM V.AnlnM
Edwards of Tiburon, he looted the cash
rerister and escaped.
It has been claimed that Boyle was
injured In a football game at school
and that he is irresponsible for his
criminal acta
WATERWAY MEN
AT-SEW ORLEANS
(Ssedal Disoatch to Tha Jonraal.)
New Orleans, Oec. 8. The advance
guard of delegates has arrived in. New
Orleans for the big inland waterways
convention which is to begin a two
days' session here tomorrow. The chief
purpose of the convention Is to discuss
?lana for the projected inland waterway
rom New Orleans to the Rio Orande
river at Brownsville, Texas. The plans
adopted will be presented to the rivers
and harbors convention to be held next
week in Washington.
FATHER YOUNG UNDER
INVESTIGATION AGAIN
(United Press Leased Wlra.)
San Francisco, Deo. 3. An alleged
chaotic condition of affairs in the
finances of "the Church of St. Mary the
Virgin, of which Father Payson Young
was rector, has resulted in a determina
tion on the Dart of the parishioners to
ask an accounting of funds held by
Father Young.
- The discovery of the alleged dis
crepancies -followed the withdrawal of
Father Young from the church, after his
name was connected with the disap
pearance of Edna Clark, the Alameda
aves . '
. Many aches
and ills
POST.UM
In place of Coffee at
- , leals.
"There's a Retsdn -
art student The rector", resigned the
pastorate and wss succeeded by the Rev.
Father Dodd of Wisconsin. : Father
Dodd refused to take over the funds
from Father Young until matters were
Investigated.
The women entrusted money to Father
Young as treasurer, Of the Ladies' Guild.
He was supposed to pay the light, water,
telephone and other bills of the church.
Lately the church was presented with
a 37 telephone bill, a statement of $21
for water and similar bills which, it is
alleged, have not been paid.
? Social Scientists Confer.
(Special Dispatch to Tb tarsal. J
Minneapolis, Deo, 8. The annual meet
ing of the Minnesota' Academy - of So
cial Sciences, opening with a public
session at the'Unlversity of Minnesota
this evening, promises to be an ex
tremely interesting; and profitable gath
ering, Tha meeting will continue over
tomorrow. Among the topics scheduled
for discussion are tne geological and
geographical structure of Minnesota,
the policy of the state regarding tim
ber lands, social conditions in Minne
sota, the state's educational system and
its present status, and the development
of charitable institutions in Minnesota.
Revolution in Lighting.
(Special DU patch to The JoaraaLI
- Borne, " Deo.. 8. Prolessor Pleruccl,
the -eminent Italian physicist of Pisa,
announces that he has Invented a new
species of paper, that la destined to
revolutionise the present system of
lighting, ft is Intended to supersede the'
mantle hitherto in use in the incandes
cent system of lighting and will also
be very, valuable for photographic pur
pose . ., V. , . .. , . ..
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FIFTY-SIX PAGES
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some are named below
The Last Christmas Tree
By J&tnai Lane Allen
The author of "The Kentucky Cardinal" and
"The Choir Invisible" has written, in this Christ
mas idyl, a story that will entrance every reader
by its rich imagery and poetic conception.
It is the first magazine story published by Mr.
Allen in eleven years the first published word
oi his that has appeared in the last five years.
The Thin Santa Claus
By Ellis P&rKer Butler
Why Mrs. Grati was awakened on Christmas
morning by a great silence ; why she didn't like
a "taking-away" Santa Claus; why the toober
chlosis bugs freeze up in the winter and get brittle
and bust into a thousand pieces all is told in
the drollest Christmas story published in years:
a story insvhich the author of PIGS IS PIGS
proves that sometimes chickens is chickens.
The Triple Cross
By George Randolph Chester
One of the best stories that Mr. Chester ever
wrote. It tells how Get-Rich-Quick Walling
ford made his first visit to New York, and how
peevish he became over the coarse and un
imaginative methods of New York's confi
dence men and green-goods brokers. '
"Pardon, You Are
Mademoiselle Girard!"
By Leonard HerricK
All Paris was hunting for Mademoiselle Girard.
On the boulevards, in the cafes and shops, was
heard on all sides, " Pardon, you are Madem
oiselle Girard ? Young men resigned promising
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Mademoiselle Girard I" Who found Mademoi
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interesting stories of the year. ,
The Pedigree Hunters
By E. L. Bacon
To meet Catharine the Great in the Subway, or
to see Henry the Eighth, with a wooden leg,
begging alms on lower Broadway, is not so
amazing when you reflect that in America there
must be tens of thou? ands descendants of kings
of that period and earlier. Some astonishing
stories connected with the search for ancestors
are revealed in this article.
The Sleeping Column
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ln the Sleeping Column the Mayor of Toledo
tells a remarkable story of a Southern boy,
who was not a spy, yet served in both the
Union and Confederate armies, and was per
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of the opposing forces.
A Tug and a
Daughter-in-Law
By Ernest Pool
A story "of ropes and things, and ships upon
the seas." Also of a young waterman ashamed
of his job and his dad : a nice girl ashamed of
the boy, and a wise old tug-boat captain wholly
shameless in his efforts to make a man of his
son and a daughter-in-law of the nice girl. A
Christmas story of a spot in Greater New York
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