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11 BIG TIMBER DEAL THE Hr-O0UTEM " FCH TOURISTS B COMMERCIAL TRAVtlERS Special ratr made t" fiuniLIm and (tingle nnt lrmcn. The management will be piaieti at all tlmew to show rooms and Rive prices. A modern Turklh batu es tablishment in the hotel. 11. C. BOWERS. Manager. HE TIPS THE SCALES AT TWENTY-FIVE PORTLAND PORTLAND, OH European Plan Modern Restaurant STEVENS SHERIFF Bridal Veil Lumber Company Increases Stock. COST ONE MILLION DOLLARS- First Intimation of Crooked ness Is Discovered in Re turns Frdm Bertha. ADDS THOUSANDS OF ACRES HOTEL OREGON I CORNER SEVENTH AND STARK STS. Portland's New and Modern Hotel. Rates $ 1 per Day and Up. European Plan Free Bus. It Increases Its Capitalization From CHANGE IN THE FOOTING One Hundred and Fifty Thou sand Dollars to Six Ilnudred and Fifty Thousand. WRIGHT. DICKINSON HOTEL CO., Props. TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1906. lECOUPJT IKES pL mm fat Stevens Makes a Gain of Fifteen Votes and Leads at ttie Close With Twenty-Five; Word Will Not Appeal. STATEMENT BY ROBERT T. STEV ENS. SHERIFF-ELECT. I havft no particular change to an nounce In the policy of my adminis tration from that on which I made both of my election campaigns. I shall carry out all the promises X have made for the strict enforcement of the laws and shall endeavor to give the people who have honored me, with of fice an administration which will cause them no regrets at electing me. I feel more grateful than words can ex press over the effort of my friend, . who stood loyally by me from the very beginning of my primary campaign. I am especially grateful to B. W. Wright, whose able counsel and splen did work on my behalf have been of great assistance to -me. I am also greatly pleased with the efforts of Attorney Dan J. Malarkey In looking after my interests In the recount. Statement by Sheriff Tom Word. I shall not appeal to the Supreme Court and shall make no further at tempt to retain the office. I contes the election because I believed It was a duty due the thousands of persons who so faithfully supported me during my campaign. Although I was de feated, I believe I have reason to feel proud over my race against such over whelming odds, and I feel profoundly grateful to those who honored me by their support. I have no feeling against any person in the whole State of Ore gon. I whall do whatever Is possible to aesIM Mr. Stevens when he first as sumes his new duties and I have onlj the kindliest feeling for him. When -least expected, evidences of alleged fraud were discovered yesterday lit the conclusion of the recount for the Sheriff's office which Increased the plu rality of Robert L Stevens from five to 25 votes, as In Precinct 88 the Republican candidate gained IS votes out of a total of 46 ballots cast. .The peculiar circum stances connected with the vote In that precinct have been reported to the. grand Jury and a rigid Investigation will be made by that body. The recount was concluded at noon yesterday, immediately following which Judge Frazer declared Stevens elected Sheriff of Multnomah County. He will step Into office Monday morn ing, which Sheriff Tom . Word has an nounced he will surrender without fur ther opposition. Big Surprise at Bertha. A stroke of lightning from a clear sky could not have created greater surprise ana excitement man the remarkable dis covery made in Precinct 88 Bertha at the recount yesterday morning. It was entirely unexpected and came at a time when the recount was practically over, as but two precincts remained to be counted. Not until yesterday morning had the slightest evidences of crooked work been unearthed, and when the re count was well under way It was freely predicted by both sides that It would be shown that the election was a remark ably clean one as far as the election Judges and clerks were concerned. And, cf all places, it was least expected In the country preclnctB. From appearances. It seems, that seven ballots for Stevens had been 'counted for Word. This gave Stevens an advantage of 14 votes In the recount. One Word ballot was thrown out bv Judge Frazer. who ruled that It was defective, thus giv ing Stevens an advantage of 15 for that precinct. Not Due to Mistakes, It Is Thought. The extremely light vote gives ground to the belief that the change was not due to mistakes, and that It was caused by premeditated and concerted action on the part ot either the election Judges or the clerks. But it Is alleged by men who made an investigation yesterday on the behalf of Sheriff Word that the ballot boxes of Precinct 88 had been tampered with and that the ballots were changed after leaving the hands of the election Judges. This theory Is not given much credence by those who are familiar with the conditions, as after leaving the hands of the Judges the ballot boxes were guarded both day and night by men em ployed by Stevens and Word. The elec tion Judges In Precinct SS are Fred Brandes, chairman. Republican; John Chalmers, Republican, and C. Schwerdt mann, Democrat. The clerks were J. R. Slavln, Republican: H. -A. Diedrech, Re publican, and William Borsch, Democrat. Vlslt Judges and Clerk9. The Judges and the clerks reside in trie vicinity of Bertha, where they are em ployed or have farms. For the most part they have lived there for years, and are not of the sort that one would suppose would stoop to fraud. Fred Brandes has been chairman of the election board at Bertha for four years and has an excel lent reputation. He read off the bal lots, which were examined by the other two Judges and which were tallied by the three clerks. Deputy Sheriffs A. G. Parrott and John Grussl and J. T. Mllner visited several of the Judges and clerks yesterday after noon, and when seen later declared that they were certain that no rraud nad Deen - committed in that precinct. "The original ballots were taken out of the boxes and others substituted 1 am positive of that." most emphatically as serted Mr. Milner. "Why. it is absurd and really ridiculous even to intimate that these honest farmers would counte nance any dirty work. There is no doubt in my mind "but what the ballots were changed after they left the hands of the election Judges. I don t know how. where or when, but I am convinced that the boxes were tampered with." Deputy Sheriffs' Parrott and Grussi were equally emphatic, and said they were determined to find out the truth of the matter, so as to prevent the names of the good rest dents of that neighborhood being be smirched by the cry of "fraud." Reported to Grand Jury. That the discovery is considered very important is shown by the hasty manner in which . the affair was reported to tne grand Jury. At 5 o'clock yesterday after noon Presiding Judge Sears, of the Cir cult Court, called the members of the grand Jury before him and Informed them of what had taken place in Precinct S3. Judge Seara stated .that he hardly thought it possible that it was due to mistakes, and asked that the grand Jury make a thorough investigation. "It is very, very peculiar, and I am at loss how to account for the change," said Chairman Bra-ides yesterday afternoon. Mr. Brandes, brother of County Auditor Carl A. Brandes, Is a retired German farmer of means, and has lived near Bertha for a great many years. "I am satisfied that I correctly called off the ballots, and I don't understand how Buch grave errors could be made. I in person delivered the ballot-boxes to County Clerk Fields. Thought . Vote Was Straight, "After we counted the votes I remem bered that there was some comment among us Judges as to the large vote given Word when he had expected Ste vens to make a good showing. I thought It rather strange, and so did the others, but of course we did not for a minute think that everything had not been straight." Mr. Brandes Is a staunch Republican and stated yesterday without being ques tioned that he had voted for Stevens, and had favored his candidacy from the first. He was an acknowledged Stevens sup porter. The only light whatever thrown upon the mystery and it appears to be nothing less Is very unsatisfactory at the most. It is believed that Diedrech and Borsch, who is empioyea on tne mrm ui Charles Ladd near Bertha, were Word TVmHT-onh la n. 'Renuhliean. but after the election he told one of his friends that he had voted for a Democrat. He refused to state yesterday whether he had voted for Stevens. Slavln Gets Tangled. . Borsch Is a Democrat, but Slavln is a Republican. When the count of the votes was being made, Slavln repeatedly became tangled up and would have to consult the tallv sheets of the other two clerks, uiea- rech repeated the names of the candidates when called off by cnairman isranaes. Before the count started the three clerks agreed among themselves that in case any one of them became contused mat ne would have to abide by the record of the other two. Slavln, when approached yesterday, de nied at first that he had become confused In tallying, but later, after much ques tioning, admitted that such was the case. He also, although he professes to be a Republican, refused to say whether or not he voted for Stevens. Makes Queer Statement. "SV they tried to count Word out, did they?" laughed Diedrech, when ap proached by an Oregonian representative. "I noticed that as soon as the recount was about over Stevens began to make big gains in the country precincts. Well, I guess they succeeded all right." He acted very surprised when It was told him that it was believed by many that the fraud had been perpetrated In precinct 8S. He then put on an air of of fended dignity and refused to discuss the likelihood of the Illegal work having been done at Bertha. "It would be an easy matter to get Into those ballot-boxes." he continued. "Why. I could take off the seals on those boxes with a little ho,t water without the slight est trouble, and no one would know the difference." And then he made a most absurd state ment, as he said that perhaps during the recount the ballots from precinct 88 had become mixed with ballots from another precinct. He did not stop to consider that ballots from one precinct can very read ily be identified, as upon the backs of all of them the name of at least one of the election Judges of each precinct Is writ ten. Diedrech lives upon a small truck farm, and it is said of him that he has a rather ugly disposition and that he has an uncontrollable temper. Schwerdtmann Expresses Regret. C. Schwerdtmann, another of the Judges who was seen, expressed great regret over what had happened. He could give no ex planation of the occurrence, and said he could not understand how it had taken place. He expressed the belief that it would be very easy to ascertain whether the ballots had been changed after they had left the election board, inasmuch as Chalmers, the third Judge, had written his name upon the backs of all of them and that only an experj; could successfully Imitate his handwriting. Mr. Schwerdt mann, Mr. Chalmers and Mr. Brandes wHi call upon County Clerk Fields this morn ing to examine the ballots. .. Details of Recount. When - the ' recount opened yesterday morning Stevens was ten votes to the good. There were but few mistakes dis covered by either side, each candidate dropping or gaining a vote now and then in the different precincts, until Precinct 88 was reached. Owing to the light vote, no change was expected in that precinct. When nine votes had been counted for Stevens it was expected that all the rest would show for Word. But the tenth, eleventh, twelfth votes and so on were counted for Stevens, and the clerks then went back over the rec ords to see if they had not made some mistakes. It was then realized that the much-talked-of startling - developments had, arrived, and when tha miiiu of the precinct was over it was found that in stead of nine votes Stevens had 16. and that Word had 29 votes instead of 37 It took but a few minutes to count the re maining two precincts, and when It was announced that Stevens had won by 25 votes, there was a suppressed cry of de light on the part of the friends of Stevens, who crowded the courtroom. Stevens was declared Sheriff, and the most memorable struggle for office in the history of Mult nomah County was at an end. ' Word Will Not Appeal. Sheriff Word announced last night that he would not appeal the case to the Su preme Court, and that he would let mat ters rest as they were. Had not the vote been so decisive, it is probable that an appeal would be taken, but Word realizes that the situation is hopeless, and most graciously acknowledges his defeat. The cost of th e recount, which does not amount to much more than J100 for the hire of clerks, will be borne by the coun ty. Judge Frazer said that a precedent had established that where a candidate contests a close election in good faith that the county is to stand the expenses. Sheriff Word and his deputies have kind ly proffered their assistance in familiar izing Mr. Stevens with his new duties when he assumes office Monday. This act of courtesy is irreatly appreciated by Mr. Stevens, and the best of feeling exists be tween the two men. Result of the Recount. The result of the recount for yesterday is as follows: Stevens. Word. o to o a" PRECINCT. a. 2- 8 a 8 & S 3 e 3 c 2. 2. . 2. 80 45 44 72 72 81 22 22 60 58 82 32 32 60 60 84!"."""."""r".'.'"."."" '"a "'21 '"44 '"u 85 39 39 39 39 86 29 28 27 27 87. ". 21 21 21 21 88 9 16 37 29 89 141 14 7 7 90 27 261 15 14 Totals 9260 92261 9255 9201 PAYING OFF STEVENS MONEY Those Who Bet on Word Are Forced to Make Good. "Have you collected your Stevens money?" This was the question that pre vailed on the streets yesterday afternoon after Precinct 88 had unloaded for Bob Stevens, Multnomah County's new Sher iff. No joy bells rang for those who had wagered their coin on Tom Word. It is estimated that about $20,000 changed hands on the result of the fight between Word and Stevens, and if ever bettors got a run for their money, the men who put up their money had it. All sorts of thrills have been thrown into the wager contest. There were days when the Word bettors waxed Jubilant and happy, and there were Just as many days when those who had wagered their hundreds on Stevens had their thrills. Only a few of the bets had been paid up until yesterday afternoon. Most of the money was held by Ed Schiller, and when the returns showed that Stevens had won by only five votes and the word was sent out that Sheriff Word was going to de mand a recount, those who had taken the Word end of the betting hiked in a hurry to the telephone, or rushed hot foot to Schiller's and left orders not to pay the bets until the contest had been set tled In court. There were a few of the game fellows who bet on Word who said: 4. "Pay off now." These men were in the minority, and Schiller alone has been custodian of about $15,000 since June 4. The other day, when the recount showed a tie. Captain Spencer and a man with whom he had wagered 100 met at a down-town cigar store. After discussing the whtp-s&wing of the contest, they finally agreed to shake dice for the amount of the bet. One roll of the disks settled the bet for Captain Spencer. He lost. Several others who had made small wagers also settled their bets by the dice route. Yesterday when the final count showed Stevens had won by 25 votes there was a rush for Schiller's, and all afternoon A. M. Brown, Schiller s bookkeeper, was busy paying bets. Late last night Mr. Brown had paid over about J14.000, and there were still several thousands that had not been called for. One of the big winners on tne Stevens-Word contest was Henry Hanno. He won in wagers $1600. Not all of this money was bet on the election. Several thousand dollars was wagered after the recount had begun. The Word followers, when the recount had cleaned up all of the precincts where Stevens was the strongest and the re count looked as if Word had a chance, began hunting for Stevens money. Even hen the result looked bad for the new Sheriff, there was plenty of Stevens money on tap, and every time Word money showed. It -was grabbed up. REMISE FOR BIDS EXECUTIVE BOARD ADOPTS A COMMITTEE REPORT. Bridge Over Sullivan's Gulch Again Comes Up for Consideration and Action Is Taken. The Executive Board adopted yesterday the report of the street committee, which called for the rejection of all bids on the proposed bridge over Sullivan's Gulch, on Grand avenue, and recommended that the Council readvertlse for new bids, with the specifications changed to provide for a concrete instead of a wooden deck. The report of the street committee, however. was amended to provide for as much of a fill in connection with the bridge as should be Judged necessary after the mat ter has been thoroughly considered. The fill has been the subject of consid erable contention ever since the bridge was first proposed. The rejected bids pro' TRIP TO Y EI. 1-OV STONE PARK. But few of the reservations avail able to those who are desirous of accompanying The Oregonian party to the Yellowstone Park and other places of unusual Interest remain, and it Is expected that within a few days more all of them will have been taken. Reservation will be made upon the re ceipt of $80, which Includes the rail way fare and all accommodations while In the park. But It does not Include meals and Full-man reservations while en route. The special train chartered by The Oregonian for the trip ot the contest girls to ths Yellowstone will leave Portland at T o'clock the morning of July T. It will make fast time, arriv ing in Salt Lake at noon the following day. That afternoon at 3 o'clock the party will attend services at the Taber nacle. Those who will accompany the party will benefit by many advantages which they would not otherwise enjoy if they made the trip by themselves. All in formation regarding the trip can bs obtained at room 200, Oregonian. vlded for the fill, which some of the mem bers now wish to eliminate. Some of the members of the board believe that as sub stantial a bridge can be made without a fill as with one, but City Engineer Taylor thinks the fill is necessary to strengthen the structure. This point will be thor oughly considered by the City Engineer and Consulting Engineer i-iockwood, and action taken in accordance with their re port. It was voted to recommend to the Coun cil that the Northern Pacific Terminal Company be granted a franchise for spur track on York street, from Sherlock to Twenty-third, and that the Portland & Seattle be granted a franchise on Fif teenth street to Marshall. The valuation of the East Side belt line franchise was placed at 1 per cent of the earnings for the first five years, 1 per cent for the next ten years, and 2hi per cent for the last ten years. The same valuation was placed on the McCusker-Keady subway franchise, with the exception that $2000 yearly was stipulated as the payment for the first five years. Complaint was made to the board of the practice of constructir- sidewalks with a slope to bring them up to the elevation of the floors of business houses. This has been done In many cases throughout the city, and is forbidden by ordinance. The City Engineer was instructed to see that no more walks were constructed in this manner. Fire on Rosemont Avenue. Fire destroyed the residence of Eugene Hayward on Rosemount Avenue In Cen ter Addition about 8:15 o'clock last even ing. The loss is estimated at il-WO on the house and 11000 on the furniture. How the Are originated is not known, and the building was practically burned to the ground before it could be reached by fire apparatus. The passengers on train No. 6 on the O. R. & N. were treated to a spectacle not on the cards, for the burned resi dence adjoins the railroad tracks, and the passengers on the train had a good view of the flames as their train passed. SPECIAL SLEEPER FOR ELKS. On Saturday morning, July 14, the O. R. & N. Co. will run a special standard sleeper Portland to Denver by the way of Huntington and Union Pacific, for the Elks, account the annual convention Grand Lodge Elks at Ienver, July 17, li .nd 13. One of the largest transactions in tim ber lands which has taken dace in the Northwest for some time has Just been completed in Multnomah County in the Increase in the holdings of the Bridal Veil Lumbering Company. Ap proximately 7000 acres of land covered with the finest fir and larch timber has come Into possession of the company. In addition to the large tract already held. By the transaction the owners of several different tracts have been brought Into the corporation. Documents have Just been filed with the Secretary of State by the company raising the capital stock of the corpora tion to more than four times its previous volume. The capitalization has been $150,000 up to the present and the change increases it to $650,000. The company Is already one of the largest lumbering Concerns in the state, and its scope will be greatly enlarged from now on. The increased capital is due to the con solidation of the present company with other Interests, which puts it in control of a large amount of timber land in ad dition to the big tract which it has owned and from, which it has been cutting to supply Its large sawmill. The officers of the firm are L. C. Palmer, president: J. M. Letter, secretary, and J. S. Brad ley, treasurer and general manager. W. W. Edwards, of Ohio, and Mr. Bushong. a Michigan lumberman, are the chief owners in the timber land which has been consolidated with, the holdings of the company. Holland & Brlggs, a Port land firm, are also interested. Between 6000 and 7000 acres of rich tim ber land have been added to the tract of the company by the deal which has been consummated. This gives the firm con trol of between 11.000 and 12,000 acres of land, all of which lies In Multnomah County southeast of Bridal Veil. There is upon the land between 400,000,000 and 600.000,000 feet of standing timber. The capacity of the large sawmill owned by the company will be raised from approximately 80,000 feet in ten hours, which is the present output, to between 100,000 and 126.000 feet. With the additional machinery which will be installed the plant will be able to turn out 250,000 feet of lumber by running nights. This sawmill is located four miles from Bridal Veil and the lumber is flumed to that place. The present plan ing mill at Bridal Veil will be discarded and a new mill erected to correspond with the increased sawing capacity of the plant. The Sketch an Attractive Paper. The Sketch, a Portland publication which has Just been established, made Its first appearance yesterday with an at tractive issue in maga2lne form. It will be published weekly and will devote Its space to portraying the lighter side of life. Arthur A. Greene is editor and Murray Wade business manager. Social news Is the special feature of the new publication, but attention Is also 1 1 i lXf A c 'f v . j s":-" 9m. l ' 3 i J , T ft TUP I M A PtlPC AIM Ci Manufacturers of Ladies' Suits, CoatandSkirts UsL J.ifl.iiLilE5UW LU 131 Fifth St., Bet. Alder and' Washington HOTEL PERKINS Fifth and Washington Streets PORTLAND, OREGON EUROPEAN PLAN Booms. $1.00 to $3.00 Per Day According to Location. S. T. DAVIES, President. St. Charles Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED) FRONT AND MORRISON STS., PORTLAND, OR. European Plan Rooms 50c to $1.50 First-Class Restaurant in Connection given to the drama, music, book reviews, politics and sports. It is neatly printed on heavy paper, and was received with great favor upon Its initial appearance. The illustrations are especially good, com prising; halftones from photographs of so ciety leaders and theatrical people, and cartoons and decorations from the pen of Murray Wade. The Sketch ha an exclusive Held in Portland In Its special line, so far as local publications are concerned. Its articles are written in a newsy style, and it has set a standard in the first issue which is in advance of many journals of similar character in other cities. MERRITT LINDSAY IS DEAD Passing of City Passenger Agent of the St. Paul Road. Merritt Lindsay, city passenger agent for the Chicago, Milwaukee & at. Paul, died yesterday at his home. 472 Going street, of heart trouble. The remains were taken to Flnley's undertaking estab lishment, and the funeral will be held at Flnley's ciiapel at 2 o'clock Sunday after noon. Interment will be in Riverview Cemetery. Mr. Jjindsay had "been engaged in rail roading In Portland for the past 18 years, and was one of the best-known officials along railroad row. He came to Portland first in 1878, but returned to the East shortly afterward. He came back to the city in 1886 and took the position of city passenger agent with the Northwestern. After a time he went with the Union Pa Saturday WhiteWash Suits Regular $7.50 Suits Special $2.60 WhiteWash Skirts Regular $1.75 Value Special 85c Today Saturday Your choice of our entire line of best style stock of $25.00 to $35.00 Summer Suits $11.00 SEE Advance Fall style Coats now being placed in stock. Come and eee them. You will note that we are first to offer such gar ments. It is because we -can make them. We make Tailor Coats of Merchant Tailor Cloth. Remember, we own, operate and maintain a manufacturing plant for the making of ladies' garments, and have the real man tailors to fit yon. The garments you purchase in our store will be handled in an expert manner. . You will find no such equipment elsewhere as we maintain at our store. First-Class Check Restaurant Connected With Hotel. C. O. DAVIS. Sec and Treas. cific office In a similar capacity, and eight years ago he cast his lot with the St. Paul, with which road he had remained ever since. Mr. Lindsay was born in Flushing, O., 51 years ago. He left a wife, one son and two daughters. A brother, Joseph A. Lindsay, of Portland, and a sister, who lives in Ohio, survive him. J. Oren Thomas, chief clerk in the St. Paul office for the past eight months, will probably succeed Mr. Lindsay as city passenger agent for the St. Paul. Pre vious to his connection with the St. Paul. Mr. Thomas was clerk In the office of the general pasenger agent of the O. R. & N. Will Open New Vancouver Route, The new Vancouver extension, recently completed by the Portland Railway Com pany, will be formally opened this after noon. At 4:20 P. M. a special car will leave the city,' carrying the Portland Council and members of the Executive Board, together with officials of the rail way company. The trip to Vancouver will be made by the present route, and after reaching Vancouver, the party will be joined by the Vancouver city officials. The return trip will be made over the new line, and thereafter the ferry will ply across the Columbia from the new ferry slip, and the cars will run over the new trestle across the Columbia bottom. The Vancouver cars will make no stops for pasengers from the east end of the Steel bridKe td Portland boulevard. Dur ing the next few days Cars will cross the Steel bridge easterly and the Burnslde bridge coming into the city. Within a few days the cars will cross the Burnside bridge In both directions. Bargains THIS ' M j '" - iVA p. - te!S- 5t, , J? , 3 I ''I n , - .'. ;' . t ; r 'J I i'i'r; ' ' '