IONE PROCURER ft IONH .OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY Newsy Items Gathered from All Parts of ttie World Lss Important but Not Lmi sating Happenings from Points Outside tho Stat. The special train of the president's party is composed ox plain coach, Tha president gives aaaaraaca that Vancouver barracks will not ba moved. Tba National Oarman AHIaneo of Amartea will take up tb cry of anti- probibitloD. Prasfdant Taft spant two days Portland and daelarad them tba pU an teat of hla trip. Harrlman'a Intaraats will ba bandlad by three nan, Robert 8. Lovett, J. C Stubbs and Jalius Kruttochnitt. Tba chairman of tba Republican county committee of New York will try to stop tba voting of daad nan' name. Tba Kansas stata board of health has daelarad iteslf against tba wearing of baarda and -will try to hav Its rul ings anforead by law. A wealthy Grand Army veteran waa so badly eras bed In tba rash to aaa Taft at tba Portland armory that ba died on tba way to tba hospital. Charles W. Morse, New York flnan eler, convicted oy violating national banking laws, baa paid off f 7,600,000 of hla Indebtedness, and saya ba will son pay tba remaining 160000,0. Saver lighting between the Span- lards and Moors oontiaas. Sir Thomas Upton would like an other chance at tba America yachting cup. Chief Forester Pinebot fears trusts are after water power sites in toe West. An American fishing vassal I seised for poaching on Mexican flablng preserve. Aft a long fight Mrs. Ysrkss baa been granted a third of tba estate of her husband. n.Mi k. in it k. army If need be and civ ail hia time to temperance. Tba survey has begun on the last link of tba California railroad into the Klamath country. The sultan of Morocco has put El Kogbt, the pretender, to death, using the most horrible cruelty. W. A. Clark, Jr., mm of ex-Senator Clark, of Montana, baa discovered a process for smelting sloe ore and may become to sine king of thsAoountry, On man waa killed and eight others Injured in collision between a pas senger train and work train' on the Puget Sound railroad at Garrison ton Del, Montana. - . - President Taft baa declared himself In favor of ship subsidy. Tba Miners congress at Goldneld. Nov., condemned the polity of for tor Pinebot. Or. Cook Is to dispatch a North at one for his instrument and, the EskiBMS wh aecornpssiod him. In n speech at Seattle President Taft advocated tho commission plan of gov eminent for Alaska, th same na now used in tha Philippine; -A Paris girl fate a qoarrel with her awMtbaart throat herself betwssn the ban of a lion's cage and badly Injured tnatshe died. Father- Searl. a nob save th tail of afelleyV 'comet may hit the earth. May 88 too two bodies will be closest to fach other. r Indications eeew that the umber if Kid admlaalona to tha Alaska-Ynkon-cfnc axpoaition will not scanl thoss of the Lewis and dark axpoaition, . , Bryan has withdrawn his offer to do-' bat th tariff emeetion with Senator Bailey, of Tens, H save be wants public attention asotorad on the tariff wans, not on him and Bailey. . . Taft favors the toning of bonds Is aw irrigation in tba West. . In hla speech atSpoaaTftpraieed both Bellinger and PiocboC Tb National Ooard aseoelatien will bold H next mutiag to 8L Loom. - Whrtaop believes tons both Cseh and Poary r sen bed to North Pole. Eight sailor won Wand by the Inking of g nsUtot on th Atlantic Ssarstory Wilson f th AgricoJ toral aiuaitmaat, aria Mskja Jaa amryl.. Speahon at sheMmsftg isngiimat OoldnekL ,fe swrivod to aUvw NO PERPETUAL RIGHTS. 1 Mining Congress Proposes American I - -Law oa Water Power. Goldfield, Nov., Oct. 8. The Amsri can Mining eongrees closed its 12th session bars after adopting a resolu tion calling upon the national govern ment to legislate against perpetual franchises for water power or wator 1 rights in Western state, and urging thet.similer state legislation bs pasaed without waiting for congressional ac tion. Tb apex law, under which the dis coverer of a mineral lode or voin can follow it outside the lines of his claim was another subject of discuss ion. and Ita repeal, with the substitution of n law making the side linos of a elaim ita limits when continued downward vertically, was urged. Wildcat mining schemes were placed under the ban by tba congress, which urged state and national legislation to prevent the operators of such schemes from diverting money of investors that might otherwise be used in developing legitimate properties. J. H. Richards, of Boise, Idaho, tb retiring president of the eongrees, .was given a handsome service by the dele gates. Loo Angeles and Spokane nave de veloped a lively rivalry for the- next session of the eongrees. This question will b decided by the executive com mittee. FARMERS FLOCK TO CANADA, Fully 70,000 American Settlers Have Crossed Border. - f.. Winnipeg, Man., Oct 6. American farmers by the tens of thousands are now pouring over the boundary into tb Canadian West According Co a state ment made by the depoty minister of interior at Ottawa, tba invasion of Americana into Canada will total over 70,000 for tb present year. In the beginning of this aeross-boun dary movement the newcomers were largely from lbs Middle states, bat this year they are coming from almost ev ery state In the Union. Not only is toe quantity satisfactory to Canada, but tb quality of settlers la rather im proving than otherwise. Practically, tba official report says. 60,000 Americana this season entered Canada, and every man, woman and child waa possessed on - an average of 91.000 in stock, cash and streets, mean ing that they brought into this coun try nearly 160,000,000. W. J. White, heed of th Canadian Immigration agencies hi the United States, aay this year's Immigration from the United States baa increased fully SO per cent and that next year be expects to as about 116,000 Ameri cana settling In the Canadian Wast. NINK DEAD IN ROSLYN MINE. Fir Follows Oas ExplosionShaft Is Furnace Blast. Roslyn, Wash., Oct 6. Fifteen men are believed to have bean killed or fa tally injured In so explosion of gas in the abaft of mine No. 4, of tba North western Improvement company, at 12:4ft this afternoon. Tba mine in the neighborhood of the abaft Is horning fiercely, flames reek ing through the shaft with an awful r. The electric pumps are eat off. and tha wator supply In the city is very low. It is thought tb fir In tha abaft will not affect the other mine, but it may be six months before th shaft can be put in working condition again. It ia said that th shaft in savins in and nther onplosion mar occur at any time. - Shop Ar to Be Doubled. 8oeramento, Oct. 6. Reports nave received hero' to the effect that the New York office of th Wee tern Pacific has sent hock plan of the rail road shops to be built In Sacramento with tnetroetione to propaso spoeiAeo tlona for build Intra double hi elan The orlrlnal plans .called for anexpetifiihipe of $780,000 while th proposed shops! nder tb new ehnms will cost $V 400.000. Further Indication of tba move. an advanced by local railroad toon Is that aha Western Pacific eon templates raoning line np and down th state. kSlaWlojwBBf 3-MMnjWal AgsSsTlrta Madrid. O ita est 8. Dispatches from Gibraltar today say German stoamara ar disembarking eanoon and large Quantities of guns and ammunition at porto destined for the govern- ment Groat Britain and France, It ia said, have been informed of the sit uation and while they ar guarding twntralry, ahoy r see tag by dtpM maey to prevent e collision. Th ettt tado of tb saltan Is said to hav tnistoriai anxiety. Peers are antortoloed that citoagesMfoJ wa aWw Vawol Ww? VwwM Most IwtfswFwte, Montreal, Oct. A Henri St. Yves, o famous fronch long-distance roa- nor, eollepeed In th SSd mile of a roe bore today. PVraiiiaaa dacsarod hat heart we eaTtoton asm toot ha areto ably wouM ha anmhto to mi sgato. I Hi aw int. Haas HoJmcr, of Qoa- bee. fctobad strong, see wing the Msg- to 11:, anew reo- or tf the track h RATE CUT ORDERED Oregon laHToad Commlisloa Is sues KaliDg ti 0. 1. ftH ' SOAD TO LOSE $75,000 A TEAR Decision Ponows the Northern Pscific RuHnf In Washington and WW Likely Be Obeyed. ' Portland, Oct. 2. Tbs state mil road commission of Oregon yesterday banded down its findings in tbs matter of th Oregon Railroad A Navigation company and its various branches in Oregon, known ss the grain-rate ease, which has been before the commission for several months. The commission dec) arse tb rates now in force to bo unjust and unreasonable and orders a reduction equivalent to s eat of about one-eighth In the present rates, which will make a difference in toe revenue of tba railroads of approximately 176,- 000 per year on the volume of business being dona at tfaie time. - . Th grain-rats order was issued by the commission from its office in Salem, and while the general freight depart ment of the Ore son Railroad 4 Navi gation company yesterday was aware to at such an order had been if toed, on ly Its general terms were known. W. E. Coman, assistant general freight agent, declined to express any opinion as to whether the railroad company would abide by the order or appeal to too eourto to prevent it enforcement The order. In effect, is practically the same as that made by the Washing ton railway commission, commanding a flat reduction of 12 par cent on grain rates from points on the Northern Pa cific to Puget sound. Recent action by the Northern Paci fic has tfiven th Washington commis sion th ondcretaMungthat the railroad will obey tbs order without recourse to the courts. The Washington commis sion has mad such an announcement, but in tho offices of tbs North Bank railroad, which of necessity In the pres ervation of its business will be com pelled to meet toe cut, nothing definite is known as to the purpose of tb Northern Pacific Aa to the points affected by the Ore gon osm raise toe's rate order, tb Issue is almost solely one for the 0. B. 4 N. The Northern Pacific has a short branch running -hit Oregon, bat the Northern Pacific is not affected by an Oregon order nssrly so much as is tba O. R. 4 N. by a Washington order re ducing grain rate. ORDERS NEW EQUIPMENT. Harrlman RallraedeTBuy SlY.000 000 . Worth of Rollng Stock. Chicago, Oct S. Orders fer equip ment and power hav just been placed by Harrlman lines which will bring the total expend! tor for this purpose during the last six months up to folly a 17,000. uw. Tbs latest order In for 1,600 steel under-frame refrigerator cars, which ar being constructed by the Pullman company, and en. order for 600 all-steel ballsstesrs. Orders hav alas been given which bring tb Harriman lines all-ate) pssssngar equipment on to iy COO oars. Orders which are now being delivered are for 480 all- steel pass anger ears, the largest srder, with on posslbke exception, that of tb Pennsylvania rood, ever given. In tbla ounnirrlno It In stated that tb Harriman linen war pionssrs In the oas of all steel paasangir cars In tb West, and that they will here after os nothing to their passing sr service which hi not all-steel and prao- He" inoestrostibto. . Harlmen lines are also beginning t receive the brat of 8,400 freight oars and 106 luuusjstlsoB ordered less than six months ago. Th order for loco motives ealw te 88 of the heavy Mei let compound type. These loeomo tivee, it ie iilalamd. will heal fully 10 per cent user than any two of the or dinary Isoomstlves to an. Bone) Timber tor CspHsl. AltoraaCal, Oct, X. Thoaaos ft. Walker, Minn mil timber land king, who owns hvjndrod of thousands of acres of tree timber to Northern Cali fornia, has deeded 187,000 acre to hia Red River LamttT company, and that ceneen has given) a deed of truet to the same property to tha" Minnesota Land A Tract comnan. to secure a bond h sn W SI, M0, 000, which earn is to be used in fairftag wbto f tho cocas-say and building groat mill assi ractorlsa to convert timber Into msrrhsn table Mdialhsad Naltwcbt, B. B. A.. Oct L--Ostonol ' ssivelL Who wen en sorted to arrive Resssvelt, who wan her October to tha Hwera awArtot, will srotaato not asm to awta Oiassir W. Tbs aa- toy bj eaanwd by ato ssdisonsstie ef Bstonad stoUe-V aha nooesgtot of th tightly to mwaiii xiwdirtoa, wa to eadfecia-g FAFT IN PORTLAND Denial Smile Wins Hearts of Public Throngs Portland, Oct. 4. Portland re ceived President Taft as guest of honor with snlsndld hospitality arid n limitless - expression of hearty good will and frank affection. To the Nation's chief exscotive It proved a day of good cheer, on marred by in gle untoward Incident, Th oreetdept enjoyed it nil to th utmost: enjoyed every moment of the day from the cosy formality of the greeting accorded him upon his arrival at tba Union deektuo tba afternoon of golf golf played in tbs Invigorating tang of a perfect October " day. Throughout the day be found only the moat profound consideration for his comfort and welfare. . Thar war no exacting demande upon his energies. The day was bar ren of tiring programs, long spseches or Wearisome ceremonies. An affection man i fee ted itself in tbs public greeting which bed ita orgin quite apart from th fact that be waa tba great American, the first man of the land. That Infectious smile pos sessed itaelf of bis features when he first stepped from bis private ear into the cheery sunshine of an ideal Oregon morning. ' Its infection of, good nature spread wherever be wont. Whenever be appeared b put every one t ease by the easy Informality of his de meanorand that smile; And then Portland got a deeper Insight into the real mean ; got a glimpse into the rich and wholefcom nature of which that mils ia tbs natural expression. For when, his triumphal procession through the streets wss at an end and there wss a half boar at his disposal for a whirl about tbs city, b elected to dispense with the tempting spin and go to tb bedside of bis friend, Judge George H. Williams, at the Good Samaritan bopsitaL It was thus tost the brief hour of his morning's leisure time was spent. It is to the rising generation that credit moat go for the predominating and ncvr-to-be-fcrgotten feature of tb welcoming demonstrations. There hav been living flags before. Bat never hav tba Stare and Stripes been wrought into such a wholesome, in spiring fabric aa that formed by Port land school children. It was an epitome of the boundless spirit of youthful pat riotism. Tbs President, smiling at first, pasaed to a mood of seriousness aa that wondrous flag waved back and forth with the life that tomorrow most possess itself of tho Nation. Th President's appearance tapped exhauttless reservoirs of enthusiastic and affectionate applause, wherever h went. "This Is all splendid, splendid the any Is perfect everything is perfect. he told Mayor Simon, who was seated beside bim in the automobile. Half an boor after luncheon a drew up for bim at tba hotel and be departed for tb afternoon for his fa vorite pastime, golf. Returning with a keen appetite be ate dinner nrivatolv and made ready for hla appearance at tan Armory. The military eecort again accompanied him and thousands of people were in th streets awaiting his appearance. Preetednt Taft dosed on of the hap piest and most delightful visits of bis life late yeatordav afternon. whan ha boarded his special train nt the Union depot and departed from Portland, southbound. He said as much himaelf. and with unmistakable sincerity, as be stood aa the observation platform of bia oar and bade farewell to those who bad assembled to see him on his way. "It has all been ddightfol. I can't tnank yon enough for the way I've been fronted. I've never bed a happier visit;" na sato not eoco, bat many times, ss ha stood shaking hands with friends and officials. Until tha departing train was lost to lew be stood on tbs platform, smiling ana waving at tboss lathered shoot tho depot grounds. He seemed mth to go, and it was aot until the train bad passed onto tho Stool bridge that bs tamed into his oar. Tho Praaident took with hiss from Portland only the nappies. memorJee, Bis eaoiea is se lecting Portland far the longest stop of nis itinerary. New ur leans alone ex- eeptod, was justlhed. . , V , Bcioatlsnl lxnwiicjnkato. BoMssa, Oct. A Alfred Pariow. ebnirmun of the committee on publica tion of tee First Cbaroh of Christ. Scientist, sonflrinud today a rep-art that Mrs. Aogosta B. BttlSon, sf New Yerk, bad bom dlamimwd from the body of Cbrtotissi Scientists, Mr. Pariow dsdiackf to ' comment on the m, bat to reply to n Question as to th effect of the action of tho msmbiis of tbochoroh, snidt "It is to he hoped they will reeeiv It to Chriettan snasr sad treat it sssutdtaglj.' - PsV On Feel by P. Uejdenr Oct. A Writs hav been leaned aamiae ateao as aha Secretary Otod- af Ris- with an ajstion It tor th mcibm toeding with sstoesi bar of week of a aosa- 4 aaaTiagslsia who saietem en of sponnin Mssmton Boons fans! to gnhnj oa a-'semger strih'' wsale to ssnsst Captato Behsst F. Scott to tnte hU. Tho tnsTingellea I il i saooey for Us exneeHtlen to alssd sho osstfimeistohBadlncto sttognL I Unton Janfc aa ass Raanh IVto. NOMINATE MTREDIE Named by Republicans to Sac- cert InsliiMi ' - i' ONLY ONE BALLOT WAS TAIEfi Despite All Overtures Prom Pfsrc. (. County, McOreai Forces Hold 'l Votes Scurd in Oeucu. Olymple, Sept 80. With "play ball" tb rallying about and a regula tion baseball bat tbs chairman's gavel,, the participants in tbs caucus carried out yesterday in the Congressional con vention tba program as outlined and ' named as tbs Republican candidate fer congress Jodgs W. W. McCredie, of . the Superior court of Clark county, anjr owner of; th two Portland baseball clnbs, ."-.- Judge MeCredi was nominated oa ths first ballot by 128 votes, the exact -number represented in the eancna. James M. Ashton, of Tacoma, roeerveoV 1UB votes, getting in addition to the 0f pledged him from Pierce, Tburatoe, Mason and Clallam counties, the foar from Pacific county who refused te ablde by tb unit ml adopted in the delegation. Tba Ashton forces went down fight ing to the last, after skirmishing that commenced at an early boar and lasted on til tb ballot waa taken. Then and only then did they eecupt tha inevit able, and Ashton himself. In a speech so diplomatic that it brought three cheers from the convention, moved make tba nomination unanimous. In tba final vote on eandktatea nu. v halis, Clark, Cowlits, Jefferson, Ska mania ana wahkihkum east their tall strength for McCredie and nine of too ls reel fia county delegates voted for th Clark man also. Ashton received the full atmnffth n Pierce. Thurston. Mason and run.-. and four from Pacific. .... TAFT At SEATTLE. . Rrst Tw Wash of Fvoaidennal Trip Ended at Exposition City. Seattle, Sept. 80. President Taft arrived o lost sight, hwt two weeks after b started from Boston. Ho pent tbs entire forenoon nt North Yakima and arrived here at 8:1b o'clock: Friday be will go to Taeaeaa, and early Saturday morning will bain Portland, wBere ha will remain unti Sunday night The president and bis party wro mt at tba Union station bare by a re ception committee of two doaon meta bsrs. Th space in the station tfaroufra. which tho president and his escort pass id waa roped off sad a bugs body or police kept back the crowd. Too visitors and the reception com mittee entered Mtomobilee in waiting and, preceded by a troop of mounted police, proceeded to the Rainier dub, half a mile distant, where a reoeptioo. la honor of tb presidont wss given by Mrs. Richard A. Bellinger, wife of the ecretary of the interior. After half anour at the club, the preeioent and hia escort went to the Hotel Wasbtng ton, which will bs the homo of ths visltoas while hi tha ci(y. Tax Haniman t1 , , Chicago, Sept. SO. Although tba anmont of inheritance tax which XIII nois will demand from th estate of Edward H. Harriman ma ma an ta . 8100,000 or aBor, Walter K Lincoln. inheritance tax attorney, today ex pressed eonfidenee that tho Harriman heirs will bo enable to mU ita na. moot Mr. Lincoln declared that to no point on which the validity of th , now law, which gives the authority to levy the tox, can turnfully be at tacked. . I anticanato aw su. Mnd. Hon to the state's claim for aa innss Itanos tog,' said Mr. Ltoosln. .' bo Itovo wo snail ba able to ret at ta ejaet amooot of th Harrhnaa estate In Illumto and that wo shall collect - . tho tax without sanra thao to. mi F WUtigatton.' , I 'J -o- ' - FlOBnl wA SMsTtlv V-r'st-ST', " '' " t unlm, owpt. Scores of liven hav been tost and nronertv bna hera destroyed by a flood visiting groat a alto ss of territory to South Wales. Although oonunonioation is crinoleel and -eMails ar amagor It la known that n number of mines hav bos In- . and srnetlcaJly oil croon aW troyed. Tha csmst Bomber sf livos M h TtIt ihnumla id onui wtr ssnnntotoatton m Tlwnoodwaa breuoht ahant mm raans, which anoaad tha rii 3. 't r t deem M Want Fwto. , 4 Lantlsa, Seot. 8.--Tao lard nnwBwRlarwJasL liieh enoaad tha af Lsodon hen semeemeed hto toaenilt .r (