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MASS MEETING WELL
ATTENDED LAST NIGHT.
Appointment of a Committee to Secure
. More Members, the Only Panacea
for Club's Future Life, Was Pro
vided for Many Discuss Absolute
'Necessity of Retaining tlie Institu
tionLack of Loyalty Is Directly Re.
. sponsible for Conditions.
'. There were between 60 and 75 bus
iness men and club members who re
sponded to the call for a mass meeting
last night, for the purpose of getting
an expression as to whether or not the
rnmmwt.l rl,lV ihnnM ha nnrnatn.
ated and to devise ways and means to
straighten out Its. financial conditions.
. President T. H. Crawford 'called the
meeting to order and stated the ob
jecta of the meeting and reviewed the
financial condition that made all pres
ent realize that It was not a theory,
but a condition that confronted them,
It was shown that there were but 111
paid up members and that the aver
age expense of maintaining the club
was 1200 per month. Thus the defi
clt.
Turner Oliver, J. W. Scrtber. and
Coi. , ivaiinoe renewed the past
history of the club, dwelling upon Its
past history and what It had accom
plished, and what it was accomplish
ing for this community, and along
with others, pleaded for a loyalty that
would rally and place the club on a
substantial hauls.
A motion was made In order to as
certnln the true expression of those
prcsi nt whether or not they desired
t'-!o club to be maintained, and it was
carriod unanimously.
Under the head or "How the addi
tional funds were to be secured," ;t
wis decided that if this commvnlty
rermy desired to perpetuat? the clur,
tVt a membership sufficient to maki
thin possible could easily be secured,
and a committee is to be appointed
to make a canvass of the city. It is
desired to secure a membership of
not less than 300. Thus It will be seen
that beyond securing an expression Of
the business interests present, noth
ing, beyond the appointment of this
committee was accomplished towards
clearing up the financial problem, and
unless the public responds with suf
ficient new members, the club will be
'closed and tlie building which for
yeare has been looked upon with
pride, will be sold to the highest bid
der, ant' will doubtlessly be converted
into a hotel or lodging house. The
committee is expected to be appointed
this afternoon and to begin its can
vass Monday. An enthusiastic mass
meeting Is only a part of the work
membership In what counts from this
time on.
Republicans of
portland meet
, WILL AVOID ISSUE
V " OVER STATEMENT NO. I.
For the Pun of Outlining the Plans
and Fiiclit at the Prliiiarin, Multno
mah Rppublkann Are In Convention
Today Griffin Elected Temporary
Chairman Halls Hughe as the
f, Next Preside lit. Chairman Favors
' "- tlie Statement.
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Portland, Feb. 29. The republican
county convention for Multnomah
.'" fjunty Is In session here today for the
' . , purpose of formulating a platform
upon which to make the primary fight.
After a sharp fight M. O. Griffin
, defeated F. F. Freeman for temporary
chairman. Griffin Is pledged to his
precinct to support statement No. 1,
'. If the question becomes an Issue In
the convention, but It Is believed the
delegates will attempt to avoid caus
ing a conflict over the platform by
i ; ot making statement No. 1 an issue.
caused treat enthusiasm bv declarin . lUAiif i ni l r n r i mi piinT .
Charges Against Langdon.
San Francisco, Feb. 2. A sensa
tional letter written by Attorney H. L.
Packard to Attorney General Webb, In
which he charges district Attorney
Langdon with conniving with R. A.
Crothers and Fremont Older, on trial
ior libel, charged by William Tevif
with forcing Abe Ruef to sign a state
ment supporting charges of Oldr of
the Bulletin, has not yet reached the
attorney general. That the letter was
made public at this time caused con
siderable comment Beyond an em
phatic denial, Langdon, who Is not
taking the charge seriously, says noth
ing. , "
Sheppard to Compete.
New York, Feb. 29. Melvln Shep
pard, the lrlsh-Amerlcan A. C run
ner, whd was set down by the A. A. U.
about a month ago, will compete in
the games of the Spanish War veter
ans tonight, one minute after his sus
pension expires.
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ONE TO" GET MEMBERS
AND ONE ON FINANCES.
Committees Asked for by Mum Meet
ing at Commercial Club iMwt Night.
Appointed by President Crawford
Tills Afternoon Finance Commit
tee Will Meet Monday to Irooc
and Formulate Monetary Scheme
Personnel of Roth Committor.
Late this afternoon T. H. Crawford,
president of the Commercial club, se
'ected the personnel' of the two com
mittees authorized by the mass meet
ing last night One of these commit
tees was to formulate a financial plan,
having for Its object to place the
Commercial club on a sound founda
tion. This committee Is to meet in
the club rooms next Monday evening
at 7:30.
The other Is the membership com
mittee which will make an active
canvass of the business men, proper
ty owners and all Interested In seeing
the club porpeuated.
Financial Committee.
T. H. Crawford, chairman; J. W.
Srrlber, Julius Roesch, F. S. Ivanhoe,
N. Bolton, William Miller, Mac
Wood, W. B. Sargent George Stod
dard. Membership Committee.
George T. Cochran, chairman; Tur
ner Oliver, Fred P. Currey, J. B. Gil
ham, T. J. Scroggln, C. S. Dunn, H. E.
Coolldge, R. L. Lincoln.
IS PROFITABLE
BUMPER CROWD ON '
STREETS ALL DAY.
Local Business Houses Hare Flour
ished In a Business Way and Far
mers Have Been Given a Real Holi
dayMany Horses In for Sale, Bui
. Buyers Are Kelkviit Zimmerman
Makes Hit as Auctioneer After
noon Sees Hundreds In the City.
Max Zimmerman called the turn
when he predicted more than a week
ago that wives of farmers would In
vade the stores of La Grande on Mar
ket day, while the husbands dickered
on "Wall street." Such was the
status of the Initial market day In La
Grande today. Early this morning fhe
farmer began to fill the city. At noon
business places were rushed with work
in showing their wares to the farmers'
wives. Sales have been' brisk In all
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REVOLTS AT ANNCITY .
ARRANGED FOR EVELYN.
Tntl! Ills Attorneys Get Him Out of
the. "Craxy House" Harry Thaw Will
Not Pay His Attorneys a Single Cent
Bargained to Re Released From Im
prisonment and Not Committal to
Matteawan Will Not Sanction An
nuity Named for Evelyn.
New York, Feb. 29. Harry Thaw
has refused to pay the fee of his at
torneys who defended him In the sec
ond trial and has also refused to sanc
tion the settlement of 1 15,000 per
i'iUr uu uia ;,"), aiuorUlUg to
a message received In Pittsburg today.
Thaw bases his refusal to pay his at
torneys on the grounds that he bar
gained with them for acquittal, and
not being sent to Matteawan,
"My attorneys will not get one cent
from me until they get me out o
here, he declared.
Aeroplane Competition. '
Munich. Feb. 29. Entries close' to-
day for the prise competition for mod
els of aeroplanes, to take nlace durin
the Munich exposition this year: No
restrictions are placed on the weights
of models provided with motors. The
aeroplane race will take place during
the exhibition In a suitable hall, as ar
ranged by the sports committee. No
moaei snail be eligible for a prize
which does not succeed In covering a
distance of at least 15 metres, meas-
ured horizontally from the starting
pliice to be at a height of two me
trcs. - The flight may be repeater-
twice. ,
MORSE SOLVES FINANCES.
Defunct Ice King Can See Bright Light
Ahead of Him.
New York. Feb. 29. Charles W.
Morse announced today that he had
worked out a plan by which the shat
tered remnants of his Interests mlirht
he saved from the slaughter of a forc
ed sale. The essence of the plan Is tr
ecuie 13,500 from stockholders In the
National Bank of North America.
This would pay off all creditors. With
this the former ice king can get on
Is feet and by enreful financiering
Ultildate the remaining securities Ir
uch manner as to pay all debts.
Hiirrlnian Wins Battle.
Chicago, Feb. 29. Adherenta of the
Fish and Harriman factions among
the Illinois Central stockholders are
arriving here today for the last battle,
which will be fought Monday, when
'he adjourned election of directors wll
be held. The recent court decision al
lowing the voting of Union Pacific
proxies renders the victory of Harri
man and the utter rout " of Fish a
foregone conclusion.
Mobile to Mnke Merry.
Mobile. Ala:, Feb. 29. With the
itreets decorated In a profusion of
olnrs and all preparations completer1
'or the festivals and pageants, olt'
'loblle is ready for the three days o
merriment that will mark the Mard
Oras celebration here. rThe fun wIV
'legln tomorrow In a subdued way and
vlll break forth In a riot of festivity
on Monday and Tuesday. The Mobile
carnival will be second only to that of
'ew Orleans and will attract thous
nds of visitors.
Railroad Cuts Wages. ,
St. Louis, Feb. 29. Alleging that
the financial crisis and unfair legisla
tion In the southern states renders
such action necessary, the Mobile &
Ohio railway will tomorrow put Into
-ffect a 10 per cent reduction In the
salaries of all executive officers, offi
cials and employes receiving 100 a
month or more. Ail employes recelv
Inf from 150 to J100 are cut 6 per
cent.
Has Bible 384 Years Old.
Letltz, Pa., Feb. 29. D. W. Deltrlch
a Warwick school teacher, has In his
possession a Bible 364 years old, bear
ing the Imprint of Chrlstofer Frau
shaur, Zurich, Switzerland. 1514.
MURDERER SURRENDERS
TO THE POLICE.
Boston Tourist Shot In Her Apart
ment by a Well Known Shriner and
Mining Man Walked One Block to
a Ball Room and Gave Himself Vp,
Announcing the- Murder Woman
Attacked Him With Bine Vitriol
Troubles of Long Standing, He Said.
Los Angeles, Feb. 29. Mrs. Char
lotte L. Noyos, a wealthy widow tour-
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l m oimiuo, was snot and Instant
ly killed this morning In her luxurious
apartments. 1
w. . McComas, a welt known min
ing engineer and Shriner. committed
the deed. A few minutes after firing
the shot, McComas, with his face and
hands blistered by vitriol, walked into
a ball room at the Hotel Pepper, one
ick from the scene of the shooting
nd announced that he had killed
Mrs. Noyes and gave himself up.
Shows Officers the Corpse,
McComas led the officers to the
apartments where the body of the
woman was found with two bullet
wounds In her breast.
He said he shot the woman because
he had attacked him with acid and
that in the scuffle he had pulled the
revolver and shot. He said he had
known the woman for five years.
"She. had been bothering me lately
ind I could not stand It longer," The
?oiiple had been spending the morn
mgs at the Arcadia race track and
tickets showed that they had won con
Iderable money, but during the last
two weeks the losses had aggregated
at least 15000.
S1IW NOT A FINANCIER.."
1'ornier Treasurer Has Failed to Make
In Wall Street.
New York, Feb. 29. When Leslie
M. Shaw abandoned his honored and
honorable position as secretary of the
United States treasury, to cast his lot
with the bovlnes and Teddy bears of
Wall street, his admirers out in Joway
predicted for him a brilliant future as
i financier. Truth to tell, Mr. Shaw
vas not made good not, at least, ac
cording to the Wall street standard.
He has resigned his 136,000 a year Job
as president of the Carnegie Trust
ompany and will retire tomorrow.
Ostensibly this action was due to his
leslre to become president of the
United States. Praiseworthy as la thlr
imbltlun, the financiers receive thj
explanation with a grain of salt. Mr.
Shaw is by no means a fool, anil he
probably knows that his chance of
andlng the plum Is about as remote
is that of Eugene V. Debs or Emma
loldman..
Mr. Shaw apparently realizes that
he has not been successful In asslmi
atlng the Wall street atmosphere,
necessary to the profitable conduct of
i great financial institution. This is
not to his discredit rather the reverse.
While he has never had an ouen
tuarrcl with his associates In the man
igement of the trust company, there
have been constant differences of opin
ion. These finally led to the flat
ooted proposition that he could elthei
buy or sell out. He accepted the lat
ter proposition.
While Mr. Shaw's Wall street ex-
icrlence has been unsatisfactory to
lis colleagues, It has not been with
iut profit to himself. His one year's
Incumbency as president of the Car
-legle Trust company has netted i
""fit of 1111,000. Of this sum only
16,000 Is salary. The balance rep
i sents a bonus on his shares' of th
trust company stock .bought at I ISO a
ihare and sold back to the control
ling Interests at $200 a share.
It Is likely that when the ex-secretary
of the treasury closes up his af
fairs this afternoon, he will utter a
sigh of relief. His financial experi
ence has been a rather strenuous one.
While the Carnegie Trust com puny
safuly weathered the financial storm
that wrecked so many other Wall
street craft, the skipper had his mo
menta and hours o'f anxiety. There Is
a well defined rumor that at one time
during the "recent" panic th trust
company was forced to call for help
upon Andrew ' Carnegie. The steel
king has no financial Interest In the
Institution, but sentimental reasons led
him to respond nobly tothe call for
SJUtlstnn,.
Shaw supplies another notable ex
ample of the man who Is able to make
a brilliant success of his career In
other sections of the country, but who
falls lamentably In New York. There
are thousands of such failures In New
York, brilliant men with enviable rec
ords In other cities, men In all walks
of life, who find themselves misfits in
New York and yet like moths daxiled
by flame,' abandon all hope of wealth
and fame for a struggling existence In
the metropolis. Mr. Shaw has exhib
ited rare wisdom In knowing when to
let go."
Start on Last Lap.
Callao, Peru, Feb. 29. The Atlan
tic fleet la on the last Ian of Its Inn
voyage. Led by ' the Connecticut.
amid the booming of guns from Pe
ruvian warships, and cheers from
the thousands on shore, the fleet
passed out of the harbor Into the Pa
cific. ii
ilLH
m TOE CUT
'NTERSTATE COMMERCE
HEARING CHARGES TODAY.
Alleged That Twenty Railroads of the
Interior Northwest Are Consplrini
to Exuct Exorbitant Rules, Lmnber.
men of the Pacific Northwest Are
Today Presenting Their Case to the
Interstate Commerce Commission
No Decision Reached In Spokane
Case.
Washington, Feb. 29. Hearing was
begun today by the Interstate com
nerce commission on the case of the
lumbermen uf the northwest against
he Trans-Coatlnental Pacific rail
way. The petition was signed by 43
companies located . In the Interior
coast territory, naming 20 railroads
as defendants and charging conspira
cy to exact exorbitant freight rates.
rhe defendant roads Include the
Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, Cana
dian Pacific and Oregon Short Line.
"No Decision" Rumored.
A report is current here that ' the
'nterstnte Commerce commission has
been unable to reach a decision in the
Spokane rate case, but this Is Impossi
ble to verify. It Is known that the
commission regards the case as fun
damental and vitally Important,
Nutchca Manll Gras.
Natchez, Miss., Feb. 29. The Nat
hex Mardl Ores association will begin
Its Uth annual carnival Monday, to
last through Tuesday, with every prcs-
pect of tho most magnificent celebra
tion In Its history. Reduced rates
have been granted by the railroads,
issurlng hundreds of visitors.
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HEAR LIB
rotir
There Is no more vital question to be considered lt
the family than that of the compoundieg of the doctor's
prescription. There should be no half way methods re
garding prescriptions. We use pure drugs, compounded
lust "according to the doctor's orders."
HILL'S DRUG STORE
PLANS READY
GREAT PAGEANT OF -SHIPS
IN TRISCO BAT.
Secretary of tho Navy MetcaU and
Other Naval Officials Hav Arrang
ed the Program for Review of the
Atlantic and Paeifio Fleets In Baa '
Francisco Bay When Evans' Fleet -Reaches
There Four-Column For
niatlon Maintained There, 1 1
Washington, Feb. 29. Plans for
the review of the fleet of 4t warships
to be held In San Francisco bay upon a.
arrival of the Atlantic fleet are ready.
the fleet within the bay In four
column formation of all fighting ships
of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets. Sec' ,
retary of the Navy Metcalf and dis
tinguished guests will review the
fleet from the Yorktown, a tender to
the flagship. Admiral Evans has
been advised of the plan by cable. As
semblage of the ships will be between
Mission and Hunter Points, 1
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Faith Cure Rector Resigns.
New Tork, Feb. 29. Because hi
"faith cure" doctrines, bordering on
Christian Bclonce, were distasteful to
the members of his flock, the Rev,
John Woods Elliott, rector of Alt
Saints' Episcopal ftiurch, Oranga VaU , ;
ley, has handed In his resignation, ef
fective tomorrow. It Is rumored that
Dr. Elliott will become lecturer In
Mrs. Eddy's church, .the Rev, Mr,
Elliott created a sensation among the
people when he began several month
ago to preach his belief. In the ability
to cure by prayer, and that healing
could be accomplished by the laying
on of hands. He was criticized by a
number of his congregation and sub,
mltted his resignation. At the annual
meeting of the church In December
the resignation was referred to ths
wardens and vestrymen, and these, by
a majority vote, declined to accept It,
He then agreed to work more In har
mony with his people. I
To Try Orchard Soon. ' .
Boise, Idaho, Feb. 29. It Is expect
ed that Harry Orchard, the arch-as
tassln, who was the prlnlcpal witness
in the Haywood and Pettlbone prose
cutlons, will be placed on trial for the
murder of ex-Governor Steunenberg
next month. It is stated that Orchard
will enter a plea of guilty and that,
the trial will last but a few hours af
ter a Jury has been secured. Orchard
has already confessed under oath that
he murdered Steunenberg and many
other. Orchard Is In the state prison
here, but the trial will take place at
Caldwell, In Canyon county.
Vanderbilt Coming Back.- '
London. Feb. 29. Alfred O. Van '
derbllt will sail from Havre today for'
New Tork, but will return to London ;
at the end of April to begin his Brlgh '
ton public coaching trips, which will
continue during May and June.
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