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CORBETT IS
TEN SHORT
Needs That Many Votes to
Secure Kls Election to
United States Senate.
NO CHANGE IN SITUATION
Rumored That Mitcfaellltes and
Fustonlsts Will Co-operate,
but It Is Problematical.
FULTON BECAME INDIGNANT
Said There Was no Truth In the Report
That the Clatsop Delegation Is
Distribute ratronife.
BAI.K.M, Oct. 4 -ThTt la no notcwonhy
t-h'jiiK" In thn acnutrlal aliuallun tonlht.
Cirl-(t atlll nrwla 10 votea to lfct, end
lie hua Ju.t 10 dn-a In which to acur
il cm. Ilia man:iif"T claim th'y will bv
lit lint J5 vntca on Joint ballot tomorrow,
but In the mmntlme th tnlilon la not
lilln ly any ro-ana. All aorta o( combln
atlona are talknl of. but the txat In-
formi-d look for a lonir, atubborn conteit
Whllo Jik1k lunnrtt today received the
full atrrnicth of tha popullt vote, he la
not aura of It. The fualonlata are Juat aa
lllil to raat 24 otca for W. R. King to
morrow aa not. They are an unwttled lot
Inuxmuch aa they a no rhanr of elect
Inir a man arociitat) to their prlnclplei.
m aort of combination between the
antl-'orl)tl nv-n and the fualonnlxta la
lnlkrl of. but It la not a aettld fact aa
yet. fluinmnrUInK today'a proceedlnna In
rrlfiiril to tha aenatortal content It can
Imply bo anltl that tha expected baa hap
pene1. The acnate concurred on a reaolutlon
from tho hnUHo for an Inveatlnatlon of
tha booka anJ accounts of the secretary
of state, the penitentiary, the aobllera"
hi'iin. I tio Mute whool, the bind comm!-
slnncro and the Inmine ftnylum. Atcord-
Innly veriil men will fall In for anaps
at 110 per diem as expert accountant.
ArlKltiK to a queatlun of prlvlli-Ke, Ful
ton heatedly denied tha claim that the
Clatsop county delegation la In collusion
with Secretory of State Dunbar In the
distribution of the patronage of the lat
ter"a office In the Interest of the antl
Cortett men.
A resolution was Introduced by Myers
thiit a Joint committee be appointed to
Investigate the snlmon Industry of the
suite and report nt the next session, Its
expenses not to exceed $C00.
Kteelund Introduced a resolution asking
the appointment of a Joint tommlttce to
Invest Isrute tho best means of Improving
the Columbia river ot Celllo. The com
mittee Is to report nt the next session of
the legislature.
GLASS WORKS OF THE
COUNTRY CONSOLIDATE.
Options Obtained By English Syndicate
on Factories East of the Alleghany
Mountains.
NEW YORK. Oct. 4.-The Times says: '
Negotiations for tho consolidation of
tho Greenbottle glass Interests In the'
United States, east of the Allegheny
mountains, which have been In progress
for nearly a year, have reached a point
where more decisive results are expected
within a few weeks at the Inteat The
opinion In trade circles Is that a consoli
dation will be effected and that about
llfty factories will pass under the control
of nn English syndicate with a capital of
about six million dollars.
Tho only local concern involved In the
transaction Is the Bushwlok Glass Works
ot Brooklyn, of which William Brookflcld
Is proprietor. A stock company was or
ganised recently to conduct this factory,
but Mr. Brookflcld remains In full con
trol, Tho concern Is capitalised at $400,
WO. represented by JliO.OUO of Block and
of bonds. It has four furnaces and
employs about 4j0 men when In full oper
ation. It was learned yesterday at th ofllce
of Mr. Brooklleld that ho was ap
nroachod several months ao by I. V.
Morrison, tho agent of tho British syndi
cate, which Is endeavoring to bring about
tho proposed1 consolidation of Interests.
Mr. lirookllold declined to give an option
on his property, but named a price at
which ho would sell the plant. Little
more was heard of the matter for some
time, tout recently Bushwlok appeared
and negotiations were ' commenced with
Mr. Itrookflold. Mr. Brooktlold has stead
fastly declined to sign any option agree
ment, but Is still willing to dispose of his
plant ot what he considers a fair value.
Mr. Morrison, the agent of tho syndicate,
has spent most of his time In Philadel
phia, where the main offices of the prin-
flpal grnjottle manufacturers are lo
cated. Most of tha factories art In southern
New Jersey. Tha agent haa spent
year's tlirw and considerable money. It
Is said. In pushing tha project, and the
srvrgy and persistence which ha has dla.
played lead those who are familiar with
the negotiation to the belief that tbey
will not be dropped now. It Is said that
the manufacturers art favorably Inclined
toward tha proposition, and there has
been much cutting of prices and conse
quent loss of prviits.
The first effort of the syndicate were
devoted to obtaining options on the var
ious plants. These were secured In most
cases, but tbey expired before the Intend
ing purchasers were raady to act. A new
act of options haa now been obtained and
they will expire within a short time, be
fore which it is expected the purchase will
be completed.
Beads the Uusttwttk Olas Works, It Is
said that the propoeed 'consolidation In
volve all or nearly H of the following
concerns, whose works are "situated In
New Jersey: ,
Ikxllne Class Works Company, WU
Ihvmstown; Brldgeton Glass Manufac
turing Company and More-Jonas Glass
Company, Brldgeton; Currtberlimd Com
pany. Brldgeton: Elmer Glass Works,
Klmer; Jeffries Glass Works, Falrton;
Moore Brothers Glass Company, CUy
son: Parker Brothers Glasa Manufactur
ing Company, Brldgeton; Saletn Glass
Works, Salem: Cohansle Glass Manu
facturing Company, Brldgeton; Bassett
Glass Company. Elmer; Whltall. Tatum j
It Comimny, Mllvllle; Whitney Glass
Works, Woodbu;;.
THE BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS
LAUNCHED AT NEWPORT NEWS.
One of the Finest Vessels In the Ameri
can Navy Made Her Initial Plunge
Yesterday.
NEWPORT NEWB. Oct. 4.-Thlrty thou
sand people were present to wltnesa the
launching of the battleship Illinois today.
Many promln". persons were present
from the national capital.
Miss Nancy Lelter, of Chicago, christ
ened the Illinois with a bottle of cham-
palim. ,
The Illinois Is larger than the Iowa and
heavier than the Oregon. The Illinois is
still so dwilgned that she win be able to
enter any harbor open to ioe smallest
battleships, while In the matter of speed
she will rank with any of them. The moet
striking difference between the Illlnr.ls
a no the battle.-hlps now In service Is the
hiich freeboard of the former, enabling the
men to fight her guns from their great j the American plenipotentiaries to the HIs
elevatlon obove the water In seaa o j pano-Amerlcan peace commission. During
heavy that the guns of lower vessels I the course of an audience Mr. Day read
would be submerged and useless. Splendid
sea-going powers are also expected to re
sult from this Increased freeboard, by
wnlch Is meant the height of the hull
above the water line.
The dlmensio..J of the Illinois are as
follows: Length on load water line. S6S
feet: beam, extreme. 72 feel 2V4 Inches:
maximum displacement, all ammunition
and stores on board. 1S.2S tons; maximum
Indlmted horse-power, (estimated) W.OuO;
probable speed. IK1 knots.
MANILA TRANSPORT DUE.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. t.-The trans
port Senacor Is expected to rettih this
port today. She will at once be put on
the dry dock for repairs and then the. DEmVER. Oct. 4.-When the court
work of reloading her for Manila will e-, marta, ol the Rev Joseph P. Mclntyre.
gin. The Indiana Is 32 days out from J chapIaJn ,ne nWsMp Oregon, was re-
Manlla. the onto su aays una me rem.-
sylvanla 20 days. It la estimated that
these steamers will average seven knots
an hour, which would lengthen out their
voyage to more than 40 days. The Rio
do Janeiro, which has on board about 3
sk-k soldiers from Manila, left Honsj
Kong on September 27 and will probably
arrive here about the 20th Inst. The New
port is expected here on Sunday. The
others now on the way will probably ar
rive during the month.
THE OFFENDERS PUNISHED.
PEKING, Oct. 4.-The decision of the j
Russian legation to Increase the strength j
of Its escort order is calculated to have.
an Injurious effect In keeping up excite-
ment. This step has obliged tne Briusn
minister, Sir Charles Macdonald, to fol
low suit, OJid a detachment of British
marines has been ordered to the eapltol
for the protection of the legation of Great
Britain. Tho place where a number of
Europeans wero recently insulted has .
been roped off, and Inside of It eight of-
fenders have been placed, wearing heavy j
cangues. Inscribed "Punished for Assault-
Ing Europeans." The Chinese foreign or -
flee has apoloplxed for the occurrence, and
several regiments are held In readiness in
case of disorders.
TRAIN DERAILED.
ASHLAND. Ore., Oct, 4. Tho through
freight on the Southern Pacific which
left Ashland for the south lust night was
! wrecked one mile beyond Zuleka, near
Hornbrook, just over the California line,
this morning. One engine and eight cars
were derailed and two brakemen, Rush
and Rhodes, were injured, the former
suffering from a broken leg and the latter
a less serious Injury, The cause of the
accident is not definitely determined. . .
GOOD WILL
OF FRANCE
President Fapre Assnrcs Mc
Kioley That the Feace
Commission Has It.
REPORT OF GEN. MERRITT
Appeared Before the Commission
an! Explained Conditions
In the Philippines.'' '
M'KIRLEY SENDS GREETINGS
Ifl Reply the French freslflent Assures
HLn of His Intention to Mike
the Stay Pleasant.
PARIS, Oct 4. -The American peace
commission today heard General Merrltt
detail bis personal views and those of
Rear Admiral Dewey regarding physical,
geographical, moral, and political con
ditions prevailing In the Philippine
Islands. ! : i
Judge Day today presented President
Faure a cable message from President
McKlnlev. It read aa follows:
"On this occasion, when the commis
sioners of the United States and Spain
are about to assemble at the capital of
France to negotiate peace, and when the
i representatives of this government ore re-
reiving the hospitality and good will of
the republic, tender to you my most
friendly greeting, and assurances of my
grateful appreciation of your kind) cour
tesies to the American commissioners."
President Faure said everything possible
would be done for the comfort of the com
missioners, and concluded with saying:
"As the name of Lafayette is held dear
In the United Statea. so Is the name of
Washington revered In Franco."
Following Is the text of President
Faure's cable message to President Mc
Klnley: "I have had great pleasure In receiving
the telegram which you so graciously sent
to- me. I am very much touched by the
sentiments which your excellency has
been kind enough to express, and I heart
ily thank you for them. I bope the Ameri
can commissioners will have kind recol
lections of their sojourn In Paris, which I
shall try to render agreeable to them, and
I sincerely hope for a hppy termination
of the pacific work of the commission."
CHAPLAIN OF THE OREGON
i
BLAMES THE REPORTERS.
Says Newspaper Men Interviewed Him
and Published Statements Which He
Never Made to Them.
. . mnrnln thB defendant. on
cross-examination, stated that while In
Chicago he was a very sick man, but
during his stay there he submitted to a
Oregon and the battle of July 5. The
report of the interview, the chaplain said,
horrified him, and" made him determined
to have nothing more to do with reporters.
Witness explained that his horror was
due to the fact that the reports published
were very different from what he Intended
to say to the reporters. He could not
remember what the reports were. The
chaplain said he had no Intention to sneer
ft, tne name of Captaln Robley D. Evans.
He had eyer neanl any rence to
Captaln Vans except In the highest
terma
MARKS THE OPENING
OF A GREAT INDUSTRY.
j The First Sugar Beet Factory in the
I
Northwest Begins Operations at
La Grande, This State.
j la GRANDE, Oct. 4.-The machinery
1 o( the flrst boet gugar fact0ry In. the
j northwcgt waa 80t ln motlon early this
j morning at tno piant here of tho Oregon
1 Suirar Comoanv. Not an accident marred
tha opening and every part of the ma
chlnery worked perfectly. For several
days farmers have been hauling ln their
beets and they are being shipped In by
. train from further parts of the Grande
Rondo valley. It Is estimated this yoar's
pop, which experts say Is the best first
crop ever produced, will koep the factory
busy for 100 days and nights, producing
30,000 tons of sugar. The first Juice ap
, peared at 7:30 this morning and the first
refined sugar is expected Thursday night,
Several have already bid for the first
pound of sugar. A jubilee will be held
during the fair week to celebrate th
svsnt.
FRIGHTFUL DEATH OF
A PORTLAND DOMESTIC.
While Lighting a Fire With Kerosene
Her Clothing Caught Fir and She
Was Burned to Death.
PORTLAND, Oct 4.-Carrt Nelson, a
domestic employed at th residence of
Edward Ehrman, on Twentieth street,
near Bumeide, died early this morning at
it Vincent' hospital from bum received
yesterday morning. Miss Nslson was en
gaged In starting a Are with keroaen
when the bottle In which the oil was con
tained exploded. She was covered with
burning oil, her chxhlng taking fire. Th
shrieks of the unfortunate woman
brought the other Inmates of th hous to
her assistance, but before tbey could ex
tinguish th flames she bad been fatally
burned.
Miss Nelson was removed to the hospital
ind was conscious almost up to- th hour
f ber death. She suffered frightfully up
to within IS minutes of the time of her
death, when she became delirious. Bb
was about 30 year of age, and cam from
a farm about six mile from this city.
Earl Knight, a mulatto woman of ques
tionable character, died this morning at
the Lafayette house, on the corner of
Third and Burnsld streets, under peculiar
circumstances. An hour prior to her
death she was laughing and Joking with
several other inmates of the house. Th
death of the woman will be Investigated
by the coroner.
The Oregon Sunday school convention
opened here today. Mayor Mason deliv
ered an address of welcome. The conven
tion thus far has been most Interesting.
MISS GEER MARRIED.
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PORTLAND, Oct i-At 7 o'clock to
night, at the parlor of the Hotel Perkins,
Maud A. Geer, the eldest daughter of Gov
ernor-elect T. T. Geer. and Hal M. Cooper,
of Union. Oregon, were married. Rev. E.
P. Hill, of Portland, officiating. The af
fair was a very quiet and simple one, the
ceremony being performed In the presence
of only a few Intimate friends and rela
tives, principally from Salem, Portland
and Wooiiburn. It had been agreed that
the bride and groom were to come to
Portland In order to meet the governor
and his wife, who started Immediately
after the ceremony for Omaha, and the
eastern states. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper are
to occupy the Geer farm Just outside ot
Ealem during the absence of the governor
elect, which Is to last a month or six
weeks. After that they will make their
home permanently In Union, where Mr.
Cooper is In business.
WHEELER ON WIKOFF.
WASHINGTON. Oct. l-Before the war
Investigation commission today Major
General Wheeler testified that Camp Wl
kofl was a model camp, the climate a
salubrious one. and the accommodations
quite exceptional in character. He con
sidered the hospital capacity equal to the
demands upon it and that no military
camp ln history was ever so well supplied
In all respects as was this. Red tape
methods were entirely abolished, and the
demands of the men were met as soon as
they were properly voiced.
PROTEST FROM SUMMERS.
PORTLAND, Oct. 4.-Colonel O. Sum
mers, commanding tho Second regiment
of Oregon volunteers, bos cabled from
Manila to the Oregonlun that the article
published some time ago In the New York
Sun and the Eugene Guard, In which
statements were made defaming the ac
tions and character of certain officers of
the Second regiment, are malicious libels.
THE BATTLESHIP WISCONSIN.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4.-The battle
ship Wisconsin Is to be launched from the
Union Iron Works on November 26, and
preparations for the event are already
under way. It will be made a gala occa
sion. The governor, many other publlo
officials and a delegation from the state
for which the vessct Is to be named will
be present. The young lady who Is to
christen the ship has not yet been chosen.
Ibe Royal Is the highest grade baking Bewder
Uowa. Actual test show it goes
third further Una say otlw braoi.
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