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THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1900. NEW TROLLEY LINES City & Suburban Extensions to the North. WIRING TOWARD ST. . JOHNS About Three Miles of Aeiv Tract "Will Be Iaid and Peninsula. Residents Will Have Much. Better Service. The proposed street railway extensions in Upper Alblna by the City & Suburban Hallway Company Include the construc tion of about two miles of double track to be put down at once, and about one mile of single track after a time. When the new system has been completed, it will do away with the junction at the corner of Stanton and Commercial streets from which point the steam motor rail way to St. Johns begins. A double track will be built northward on Williams ave nue from. Stanton street to Killlngsworth avenue, and then northward to Maryland avenue at the Ockley Green station. Iron for this extension is being distributed along Williams avenue. Part of the St. Johns motor railway Is on Killlngsworth avenue west from Commercial street. When construction on the proposed double track reaches Commercial street on Kill lngsworth avenue, the double track will take the place? of the single track on to Ockley Green. The new system contem plates the removal of the railway from the Junction on Commercial street to Ock ley Green entirely, and the steam motor will be operated between Ockley Green and St. Johns, practically making the in tersection of Killlngsworth and Maryland avenues the Junction and transfer point from the steam motor and the electric cars. Another part of the system is an ex tension of the Mississippi avenue branch from its present terminus at Beech street northward a few blocks and then west ward, possibly on Mason, Skldmore, or some other cross street to Maryland ave nue, and theni northward on Maryland avenue to the Junction at Killlngsworth avenue, Ockley Green To this latter point electric cars will be operated. With electric cars running there on Williams avenue and Mississippi avenue"," the Commercial-street railway would not be required, as It Is within four blocks of both these avenues. The extension of the Mississippi-avenue railway will not be 'un dertaken at present, but It is part of the new system. It is as Important as the double track on the Wllliams-Kllllngs-worth route, and will cut into a well settled district Residents down further on the Peninsula will get at least an hour ly service to Ockley Green, which will be a great improvement over the present time table, which Is all the way from, an hour and a half to two hours. The rail way company assured the committees of the various citizens' clubs, when the re quest for better service was being gen erally agitated, that there would be. an improvement made when It could begot ten at, and if they get an hourly schedule to Ockley Green and electric cars from there to the heart of the city? they will be well provided for. SAVED HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW larceny against you. Grove, and you are discharged, although in my heart I be lieve your are guilty. I understand Mrs. Grove is sick. Tucker, you are sentenced to 60 days in JalL" Tucker smiled. In connection with this case, Frank Grobe, a former employe of the Hotel Portland. Is not happy. His name being so nearly like Grove, he has been obliged many times this week to state to friends and acquaintances that he was not the man; that it was not a typographical er ror, that he was not dlscnorged, and that he did not steal. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. Contracts for Sewers in Seven Streets Awarded Routine Matters. At a meeting of the Board of Public IN THE SEVERAL COURTS JfEW TRIAI DEXTED'FOR XMXOS, THE FORGER. Judgre George Holds That the Testi- BOB7 of His Accomplice "Was Sufficiently Corroborated. George Dixon, the convicted Teal estate swindler and forger, will not have a new trial. This was Judge George's decision yesterday on 'the motion of Dixon's at torneys for a new- trial and an arrest or Judgment. .His attorneys will take the only action left open to them and appeal to the Supreme Court, bringing forward 2JnMbrlii Nj.f ..,, 1 i.ui Jim.n nn ,.y D ;C :c Jd UUUlIL :L- ' '-It . - -Jt, :. IF ' I I . Jp U U U U d .Ja J I ' : Ibuuudil that the morphine in his possession was for sale, was not brought into the court's decision, and is yet to be cleared up. Net Trae Informations. Not true informations were returned yesterday in the following criminal cases: William Webber and Dell La France, charged with holding up on November 24 Ii. Baylord. Beatrice Iwls, charged with larceny from the person. Nellie Iiachowle and Ellen Gautler, charged with larceny from the person. Onmotlon of Deputy District Attorney Manning, Judge George dismissed the cases. TOO MANY TO REMEMBER Decisions Today. Judge Frazer will announce decisions in the following cases this morning: Neppach vs. Oregon & California Hall road Company, on demurrer to amended complaint. Frainey & Rellly vs. Estate, of M. M. McMahon, on motion for allowance ot costs. Mays vs. Gold Coast Company, on mo tion to make amended complaint more definite and certain. Probate Matters. In ''the estate of G. Boltoino, M. Car mella Boltoino, the administratrix and sole heir, filed a petition for her discharge upon approval of her final accounting, no claims having been made against the es tate. In the estate of Cyrus Iawton, the ad ministratrix has filed a petition asking that the sale of property valued at J2123 to-the Columbia River Packers' Associa tion be confirmed. , Conrt Notes. Judgment was rendered by default by Judge Sears yesterday for the plaintiff In the case of B. S. Miller vs. Pauline and August Frank. The amount sued for was $220 S3. The suit of Morris & Whitehead against School District No. 13, of Multnomah County, for $200, on a warrant for services of Frank R. Wilcox on a bond Issue, and assigned to the plaintiff, was dismissed, a compromise having been reached. BURGLAR SCOTT GUESSES THAT HE ROBBED SIXTY HOUSES. Several Citizens Recover Fart ef Their Belonsins;s and Learned "Where Remainder 'Went. In another confession to the police yes terday, W. W. Scott, alias Nicholson, Bruce and Burns, arrested for burglary, said he "guessed" he had entered and robbed upwards of 60 houses In Portland and vicinity during the past two years. 'Tve been In so many houses that, real ly. I've lost count of them," concluded Scott People whose houses have recently been robbed were again In evidence at the po lice station, looking over the goods found In Scott's room. In the hope that they might recognize some of their stolen property. One man said. Joyfully: "Hul lo, that's my revolver." Then there were exclamations of: "That's my coat," "That's my watch." An elderly citizen. looking over the col- that very few spectators watching the procession en route to the police station would have thought that it was the re sult of a raid on gamblers. The defend ants had plenty of money with them, and when they learned that ball of $250 each would be required for their appearance before Municipal Judge Cameron this morning, the necessary J2500 was prompt ly paid, most of it in gold coin. The police said that the room3 where the raid took place had been crowded with visitors since the defendants arrived from Seattle and started business here, several days ago. The drawings took place every hour, and customers chose the lucky num bers, or otherwise, with their eyes shut. WILL CONSIDER FRANCHISES Special Council Meeting Today to Vote on Trolley Lines. An adjourned meeting of the Common Council will be held this afternoon to con sider as a committee of the whole the pe tition of the Portland Railway Company for a joint franchise or an equal right to get their line across the First-street bridge. The petition of the City & Sub urban Railway Company for an extension of six months' time In which to construct their extension from First and Burnside streets to the Grand Central Railway XfHtotf A Man Pleads Cftillty to Larceny and Receives Sentence. A singular Instance of willingness to etand punishment for a ssck sister's sake and' to save her husband from further detention at jail came to light yesterday, before Municipal Judge Cameron. As already told In Monday's Oregonian, Frank Grove, an employe of the Port land Hotel, and his brother-in-law, Frank Tucker, were arrested a little past mid night on the 10th Inst-, charged with the larceny of meats from the hotel. Grove admitted that Tucker visited him at ffite hotel, before the larceny took place, and- that afterward on looking put- the win dow he saw a policeman stopping Tucker on Morrison street, near Fifth. Tucker when arrested admitted that the meat was taken from the Portland HotcL In his alarm he referred the police to Grove as a person who would vouch for him. This was the status of the case when it was called yesterday In the courtroom, and even the police were hardly prepared for the sacrifice that Tucker was about to make. "It Is clearly shown that the meat came from the storeroom of the hotel, where Grove worked," observed the Judge, after the police had given evidence as to the arrest. "Hear my story." pleaded Grove. "When Tucker, my brother-in-law, visited me at the hotel, I didn't know he had taken the meat. After he left. I looked out the window and saw that he was carrying something, and that he had been stopped by a policeman. I got scared, and ran to my lodgings on the East Side. On looking out one of my windows I saw a policeman on the sidewalk, and I at tempted to escape by climbing down the fire-escape. As I hung to a window, two stories up. I -was caught." Here Tucker stepped forward toward the Judge and took all the blame, saying: "I was arrested with the stuff in the bag. Thata's all." "This is a puzzling' case," replied the Judge. "The evidence does not prove CITY A SUBURBAN EXTENSION IN NORTH .ALBINA. Black lines show street railroads in optaticn; dotted lines show the proposed extensions. Works contracts for 'sewers, bids fori which , had been" opened December 4, j were awarded as follows to the lowest blddeps: " Schuyler street, J. B. Slemmons, 320S1 85. East Bunislde street, Jacobseo-Bado-" .. Co., $1192 27. i -J"3, : Kerb sreetJacTOn-Ba5ftuovf -fyesr ESrAla.ex stjaetrtfchTe Masonv 5114 06. EasiMoTrtson street. A. Mason, $149 04. "Tillamook street, Jacobsen-Bade Co., $1626 53. Hancock street, J. B. Slemmons, $1230 70. President Bates, of the Alblna Light & Water Company, who has been re auested by the board to furnish free water for the street fountains In Al blna, appeared and in behalf of the com pany, declined to furnish the water with out pay. The Portland Trust Company filed a re monstrance against the improvement be ing made on Irving street, alleging that it was not in accordance with the spec ifications. Parts of the improvements on Rodney, Clifton, East Burnside, East Twenty eighth and Schuyler streets, and a sewer in East Eighth street were accepted. A fine of 535 was Imposed on Contractor Beilly, for being delinquent on the Im provement of Sacramento street, and when the fine is paid the street will be accepted. The failure of some 30 property-owners to comply with notices to repair side walks, was reported, and the City En gineer as usual, was instructed to havo (he work done and the cost made a lien on the property. The construction of a sewer in Ban. croft avenue was authorized, and the clerk was directed to advertise for bids for the work. Several ordinances relating to the time and manner of improving streets were referred 'to the City Attorney, to deter mine the legality of the proceedings In connection with the assessments. the same grounds on which they asked for a rehearing- of the case. Judge George ruled against the main contention raised In Dixon's favor. This was that the testimony of Dixon's" ac complice, Mrs. Frost, on which he was .convicted, lacked sufficient corroboration. Xn.t?i3s point, Judge George said that he had examined the testimony carefully, and was convinced that the statements on the witness stand of Mark Schlussel, County Recorder Beach and the messen ger boys was sufficient to warrant the Jury's verdict. On the contention that the indictment was faulty In that it charged forgery of a deed, rather than forgery of a name, the court took the position that it was sufficient, and- that such a quibble over words did not offer valid grounds for a new trial. Dixon will be sentenced for the two charges on wnlch he was convicted, trans ferring property without a just title and forging a deed. There will also be a con test before the court over the money paid to Dixon by J. M. Hodson for the prop erty, amounting to 52125. Almost all of this amount has been recovered by the police department, and a motion will be filed asking for Its return to the owners. SATURDAY'S FOOTBALL GAME Salem Will, Send Her First Club Team to Portland. From Indications the coming series of games between Salem and Multnomah will be as close as the Eugene-Multno-mah games. Both teams are undoubted ly stronger than when they met the In dians, and both are Improving every spare moment to better the combination work so necessary for effective Interference. The time from now on until Saturday will be given up to secret signal work. iThls wljl bo the first time In local foot ball hlsfery that Salem has been repre sented at Multnomah field by a club Sjam. The boys from the -Capital City have blood In their eye and are deter mined, to make the local aggregation know 'that there has been a contest when "Saturday's game is over. 4 Salem Is to some extent puffed up with pardonable pride, and will step Into the gridiron without tin- sting of a previous defeat to lower the spirits erase that defect in locomotion calbtd cold feet, to balk In tended smashing plays. MultnomajS on the other hand Is hugely worked up over what she considers the wholly useless and uncalled for nWgging Salem has given her and considers tlftt the proper thing for these heroesof a single, lonely, only victory to. bump'their devoted and swollen heads, so tor speak, ood and hard, Into the mud, of Multno mah Field. So anxious are the respective teanj3 to make a showing finally 4hat it -Ijas been decided to play a return game on New Tear's day. and more effectually to carry out this agreement both sides have posted a forfeit to Insure the game "being pulled off as agreed. Both games -are to take place here, and both teams are re stricted to members of the respective or ganizations In order that games will be purely representative and not two elev ens of imported and outside players. BEATIN IN PRISON. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OPENING CONCERT ATTRACTS A BRILLIANT AUDIENCE. Served Sentence nt $2 a Day. Charles Murphy, sentenced In the Mu nicipal Court, April 19, for having mor phine in his possession, was released yes terday on habeas corpus proceedings brought before. Judge Frazer. Murphy's sentence was 90 days' Imprisonment and 5250 fine. In default of payment, the lat ter was to be served out at the rate of 51 a day. Judge Frazer decided that by statute the rate was 52 a day, which made his total sentence 215 days. Murphy, when released yesterday, had already served hi3 231st day, and he was justly entitled to his discharge, according to Judge Fra zer. The point urged by Murphy's attor ney that he was illegally Imprisoned at the beginning. It not having been proved Man In Delirium Tremens Attacked byTivo Negroes. Two colored .prisoners, John Hardy and George Robinson, made a brutal attack on a white prisoner named Matthew Howlln, In the City Jail. Howlin was beaten until he became insensible. Suffering from delirium tremens, How lln was brought to the Jail and placed In the large cell with a number of com panions, white and colored. The colored men. were, however, in the majority. Howlin soon imagined that he was being pursued by an army of creejMng things, and he yelled. "Take 'em off me. Tve got 'em again." In his excitement he' waved his arms and chanced to kick a colored prisoner. Hardy and Robinson rushed for How lin, and it Is charged beat him severely. Robinson grabbed a poker and struck Howlin over thehead- Jaller Johnston, who was In the Muni cipal Court, serving as bailiff at the time, heard the noise of the fight, and rescued Howlin from his enemies. City Physician Zan cared for the injured man. The police remarked that It is curious not one white prisoner stirred to save Howlin from the colored men. . W. W. SCOTT, WHOLESALE BURGLAR. THE FASTEST TIME AND SHORT EST ROUTE To Chicago, Omaha, or Kansas City is via th O. R. & N. Three fast trains each way daily. Choice of routes via Spokane or Huntington. Slfty-five hours to Omaha: 69 hours to Chlcaro. Ticket office, 80 Third street, corner Oak. lection, said,' in disappointed tones: "I don't see a thing here belonging to me. My house was robbed two years ago." Mrs. Loolamlre, of Mount Tabor, called to see about a watch that had been stolen from her house several months agol,Her watch was not In the loot. "Perhaps Scott will tell you about the watch, if he was at your place," ob served Chief McLauchlan. Detectives Snow and Kerrigan accordingly went to Scott's call, and told him of Mrs. Loola mlre's quest. "Always glad to oblige a lady," said Scott, smoothly. "Lemme see, what house was that?" he went on. "Ive been in so many. Oh. yes, I remember it now. I sold the watch to a second-hand dealer on Third street," and he gave the deal er's name. Steps were at once taken to recover the watch. Anthony Nipper was among the crowd searching In the loot, and he recognized several articles as having been stolen from him, but all the articles stolen were vnot there. "I'll ask Scott where he dis posed of your things," observed Detective Snow, and when told of the Nipper rob bery, Scott obligingly searched his mem ory and then said: "I sold Mr. Nipper's stuff at Tacoma." Scott afterward admitted additional rob beries at the houses of J. M. Arthur, where he stole lace valued at 5160: J. Driver, A. I. Pease, Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. Foster and L. B. Mutch. Rev. George B. "Van Waters called In the hope that he might recognize something la the collec tion stolen from his house when the rob bers visited it last September, but' he found no clew. RAIDED THEIR GAME. Proprietors of "White Men's Chinese Lottery" Arrested. Considerable flurry was created among the patrons of what Is known as "The White Men's Chinese Lottery?' Second and Burnside streets, when Policemen Roberts and Patton visited the place, yesterday, armed with a warrant, and arrested the alleged proprietors. The charge was setting up and maintaining a lottery, and the men arrested were: S. J. Jones, Isaac Gratton, John Scott. J. D. Mist, J. D. Hanlon. J. D. Tlngley, Fred Fritz, L. Harris, W. H. Boaden and M. Palmer. The gambling paraphernalia was seized. The men arrested behaved so quietly. Station will also come up for consider ation. At the last meeting of the Council these matters received some consideration, but were finally laid over to be taken up at the adjourned meeting today. At that time It was suggested that the extension of time might be granted to the City & Suburban Company, If they would agree to let the Portland Railway Company have equal rights with them on the First-street bridge. Since that time the City & Suburban Company has laid a double track across the F'irst-street bridge, and has laid a new deck between the rails and for a foot on each side. It Is also under stood that they no longer desire any ex tension of time In whiclu to build their line from First and Burnside streets to the Grand Central Railway Station, as they have the rails required by the City En gineer on the way from, the East, and will soon be ready to commence work on the extension. From this it seems probable that the Council will have as the principal thing to consider the question of granting the Portland Railway Company a franchise across the First-street bridge, where tha City & Suburban Company has- a double track, and where the bridge Is not safe for the operation of one railroad, let alone two. Miss Morse, the Soloist, Delights Her Listeners With. Her Artistic . Worlc. An unusually large and brilliant au dience crowded the aiarquam. to the doors last night for the opening symphony con cert of the season. Applause was hearty and spontaneous, demonstrating much cordial Interest In the plucky, vigorous young orchestra In wfcich Portland music-lovers take such pride. Their work ran very smoothly for the first perform'. ance after the long Summer's rest. There was evidence of frequent rehearsals and sincere and earnest effort in grappling with difficulties. And while there was of course an occasional roughness that could not bo entirely effaced, the en semble, in the main, was characterized by a sympathetic spirit of co-operation on the part of the 35 musicians that can. not fall to bear rich results as the season progresses. The programme was much lighter In character than any that has hitherto been presented, with the possible excep tion of the closing concert of last sea son. Tho leading feature of the evening was the andante con moto from Beeth oven's Fifth Symphony, which was char acterized by much conscientious care and attention, to detail. It Is not an easy matter either for a body of musicians or for an audience to transport them selves suddenly Into the symphonic mood of the composer without the aid of the preparatory stages that logically lead to it. For a symphony 13 a thing of organic structure, and no one movement can be snatched from It and enjoyed with the same intelligence and warmth of emotion as when it is heard in its rightful place In the symphony. A certain harmony of environment Is necessary to apprehend Its full beauty. For this reason perhaps the spirit of caprice and humor that Beethoven allows himself In this charm ing andante could not be so successfully caught In a single programme such as that of last night. It was, however, as happily given by the orchestra as was- posslble under these disadvantageous cir cumstances, and the audience signified Its appreciation by an encore. GUlet's "Deux Careese" that followed, by way of re sponse, placed in such close juxtaposition to this beautiful Beethoven number, sounded rather more trivial and Inconse quential than, It would have seemed oth erwise. The orchestra did some of Its most bril liant work In the "Lohengrin" potpourri, the Improvement In precision and attack, the effective crescendos, the carefully shaded nuances, attesting much faithful labor and zeal on the part of the musi cians and their conductor, Mr. Charles L. Brown, to whose energy and disin terested enthusiasm so much of the or chestra's success Is due. Several smaller pieces by Massenet, Glllet, Delibes and Verd! were exceedingly interesting as novelties. And the' beautiful "Shanson Sans Paroles" (Tschalkowsky) was so much enjoyed that a repetition was called for and given. Miss Morse's rendering of the Salnt Saens aria, "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice" ("Samson and Delilah"), aroused much enthusiasm. She nas a big voice, but, with better judgment than is usual with owners of "big voices," holds Its power In curb, preferring to give expres sion to her art In delicate touchs arid grace of tone and phrasing. The result is that when the stress of emotion demands greater volume of tone, one Is surprised by the revelation of such power and re serve force. Her rendering of the charm ing little song by Grieg, "One Summer Eve," -was full of daintiness and grace. Mr. Coursen's accompaniments on the piano were specially delightful for their buoyant, sparkling airiness. Nothing more enjoyable In the way of accom paniment has been heard here la many a long day. A Cruel Disgrace to the Army. Philadelphia Times. President McKlnley yesterday cast Inef faceable disgrace upon the Army of the Nation by arbitrarily restoring Brigadier General Charles P. Eagan to active duty as Commissary-General of the United States. The fact that General Eagan at once applied for retirement and was re tired from the Army on the ground of 30 years' service, does not In any degree extenuate the act of the President. Presi dent McKlnley Is Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and he Is the one man of all who should scrupulously maintain the dignity and discipline of the service; but there has never been, In the whole history of our Army and Navy, such a flagrantly inde cent wrong-to the Army as that Inflicted by the restoration of General Eagan. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby Is Cnttlns; Teeth, Bo sure and use that old and well-tried remedy. Airs. WiC3lows Soothin Syrup, for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums," allays all pain, cures wind colic and diarrhoea. unday: humor O-egron Industries. Eugene may get a creamery. C. M. El pass, of Portland Is back of the project. The dally capacity of the North Bend sawmill, on Coos Bay, will shoitly be in creased from 40,000 to 75,000 feet by the In stallation of modern machinery. Klamath Falls has hopes of a sawmill with a dally capacity of 300,000 feet in the near future. The Republican says it is reported that a Michigan capitalist will lurnlsh the capital. The recent rich gold quartz discovery near Ashland Creek above Ashland, on the property of W. Messenger and Dr. J. K. Reader, continues exceedingly promising. .Some development work Is being done and a shaft has been sunk upon the ledge to a depth of 14 feet with the result that the ledge is widening and an assay made last week developed a value of over 5200 per ton. A carload of rock Is now being gotten out for ship ment. The force of men employed in putting up the electric light poles from the power station of Roseburg's new water and light company, at Winchester, to Rose burg, completed their work Monday, and are now ready to put up the wires, says the Plalndealer. We understand that work is progressing equally as satisfactorily with the laying of the pipe line for the new water system. The company expects to be able to serve the city with both light and water early in the new year. The Duke ot Norfolk, though a rich mas, dresses rather like a prosperous farmer, and has a beard of considerable length, which he has trimmed. It is said, whenever he happens to think of having that operation performed. m ii ml:: m Are wc selling- pianos? Ask C0. Pick, of the Pick Transfer Company, and he will tell you that The Wiley B. Allen Co. have sold and dellv-" ercd more pianos since the 1st of Decem ber; than all the other dealers in Port land combined have sold and delivered during the whole year. T?C3 S Why is this? Because we are closing out our Portland house and moving to San" Francisco, where our headquarters are to be hereafter. Now, let us give you a pointer We are selling off everything we pos tess in the .music line at prices which cause all the other dealers here to gasp for breath. But we will not be A here much longer; and when we are gone up will go prices. No more music will be , sold when we are gone at a discount of one-half off and a still further discount of 20 per cent. In fact, Wc arc knocking the price -right out of music and music books and musical instruments of all kinds and every description. What is the use of our boxing up all these goods and shipping them to San Francisco? We will offer while they last: 50c Popular Music Books at 15c $L50 board-bound Music Books at 53c. Violins that ordinarily sell for W, $15 and $20 we offer now for $4.50. Banjos, guitars, drums, music boxes, ac cordions, autoharps at half price and less. FOR A CHRISTMAS PRESENT What can be nicer to present to wife, daughter or sweetheart than a fine Man dolin or a musical Instrument of some kind, and especially since, on account of this removal sale. It can be bought at such a low figure. Store open night and day. Mail orders filled promptly. ... . .... . TTVT The WILEY B. ALLEN CO. GENERAL MUSIC DEALERS 209-211 FIRST STREET . . . PORTLAND, OREGON i i i jtwBmwui i
