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,fT?irMfij5wgirr,r sr it -5(3 ksb s tjs s--e rr WPPwwpw WWm t$Mwm . & fMlq grrg-g ACA. aiil VOL. XLL 1x0. 12,607. GARDEN HOSE" GOLD SEAL BADGER CONQUEROR INDIAN ELK WKW PTTRCHASTKC1 T?F KTTHT! TOTT GOODYEAR RUBBER COMPANY R. H. PEASE. President. XT. TJL EHEPJLED. JR.. Tre&ssrsr. J. A FHVPPD Secretary aw's Mm ISh America's ORIGINAL Malt WHISKY Without a Rival Today BlUOiailCr & HOCh, 108 and HO Fourth Street Sol Distributers for Oregon m fill II 1(111 SPECIAL mMiiam vza ft w '; r.poCWWfto AlnfUr- - . ijij , PH4RW59 . idukih ti ty fit i m Cnnadian Money Taken at Full Value. xxy. .mibff.ar a iii'i $rsaw seap a 2 Richardson & Boynton Company's (Estabiisbtd 1837) "PERFECT" Warm-Air Furnaces e (Trade Mark.) I H E AT I w. g. Mcpherson HOTEL PERKINS Fifth and Washington Sts. . TORTLAND, OREGON EUROPEAN PLAN Rooms Single 75c to 51.50 per day Firat-Clfus Cbejelc Restaurant Rooms-Double $1.00 to 52.00 per day Connected With Hotel. Rooms Family 51.50 to $3.00 per day .1-DAVIES, rrei. St. Charles Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED). FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON Americansnd European Plan. AEOLIAN ORCHESTRELLE More than a decade ago the Aeolian startled the world by its performances, and for the first time brought Inanimate mechanism Into such close touch with the human mind that music in its true sense could be transmitted that sentiment, inspiration, and temperament could all be conveyed, preserving the individuality of the performer. The distinctive feature of the Aeolian Orchestrelle is in the beauty and variety of Its tone-qualities. These tones possess a distinct Individuality, and are so voiced as to resemble the different instrument of the orchestra, making the Or chestrelle a veritable solo orchestra. M. B. WELLS, Northwest Aent for The Aeolian Company Aeolian Hall. 353-355 Washington Street, cor. Park A Topefca Liquor Case. TOPEKA, .May S. The first of the liquor cases to be brought under the su pervision of the newly appointed Assist ant Attorney-General of Shawnee County was brought today in the District Court. Mrs. Mahanna, the defendant, pleaded guilty to four charges of selling liquor and maintaining a nuisance. She will be sentenced by the court and her liquors ordered destroyed. Topeka is now more dry than at any time since Mrs. Nation's raids. Very little liquor Is being sold, and even this Is being sold in as secret a manner as possible. Turkey Tampering; With. Malls. CONSTANTINOPLE. May S. The Am bassadors of the foreign powers have dis patched identical notes to the Porte, characterizing the seizure by the Otto man postal authorities of foreign mall bags as a breach of international law and holding the Porte responsible for the con sequences. One of the mall bags opened Bunday contained dispatches of the Ger man Ambassador. "GARDEN HOSE' TURTLE PIONEER ANVIL OBELISK NEPTUNE ST5fTrTOE OKE OF THESE BRANDS. 73-75 FIRST ST. PORTLAND, OR. GOOD FROM END TO END. Beau Brummell THE BEST NICKEL CIGAR ON THE MARKET BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO. ' PORTLAND. OREGON Pure Malt This bottle of White's Tooth Powder and Tooth Brush, regular 50 cents, all for j&r-rG Woodard, Clarke & Co. 4th and Washington Streets GENERAL PACIFIC COAST AGENT 47 FIRST ST., PORTLAND. C T. BELCHER. Soc. and Trcas. American plan .. European plan .. ,...$1.23. $1.90 $1.73 50c 75c. $1.00 Siberian Products on English Market LONDON, May 9. "The Russian Gov ernment," says the Daily Express, "has secured the Wilson liners Hydro, Sapno and Castro for the Riga trade In order to place Siberian products on tfte English market. The steamers will be manned by Russians and their names will be changed to Russian names in order to evade the Riga port charges." St. Paul's Invitation. ST. PAUL, May 8. President McKInley and party will be urged to stop at St. Paul on their return from California, Thursday. June IS, and. review the parade of the Modern Woodmen of America. The national convention of the order will be in session h.ere at that time. m Runs on Kioto Banks. YOKOHAMA, May 8. There have been runs on the Kioto banks and one qf them has suspended, though aided to the extent of 300,000 yen. The Bank of I JaTan la cmdlnir KOnOVV, out tn ZTlnrx PORTLAND, LOS ANGELES' GUEST The President and Party in Southern California; MET THE OHIO DELEGATION Governor Gage "Welcomed the Presi dential Party Into the State at Redlands Flower Car nival On. LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 8. The Pres ident and his party' today had their first taste of the hospitality of California. The introduction to the land of sunshine, fruit and flowers was like a dream of paradise after the three days spent in the alkali deserts of New Mexico and Arizona. It was like passing Into fairy land. No words can picture the beauty of the rich sun-flooded valleys between enow-capped peaks, the orange groves of the Santa Ana and the trees and flowers which the President saw today. Nature seemed to have adorned herself for the occasion in her brightest colors. Governor Gage and the California Con gressional delegation met the President at-Redlands, in the San Bernardino Val ley, at 9 o'clock this morning, and wel comed him to the state. It was here that the President got his first faint idea of the wonderful reception that awaited him. Through an avenue lined with palms and Venetian masts he drove over beds of roses, beneath a triumphal arch of flowers and fruit to the Gasa Loma Hotel, on the balcony of which the exercises took place. A drive through the orange groves and parks followed. All along the route ot the drive ladies showered the President and Mrs. Mc KInley with flowers and through the streets they bombarded the President from the windows with confetti until the air -was a perfect maze of color. From Redlanas aown t lq5 Annies it was one continuous ovation. Every station was crowded wltn children -wltn wreathe of flowers in their hands and with cheering menand women. Minute stops were made at Colton, Ontario and Pomona and at 2:30 the train drew Into Los Angeles. The approach to the City of Los Angeles was heralded bye a terrific din which could be heard for miles. Steam whistles screamed; cannon boomed and as the train passed through the Chinese quarter of the city, long strings of fire-crackers hung from awnings exploded like the continuous rattle of musketry. The city had been beautifully decorated in honor of the President's coming. The fiesta is in progress here and the town was dressed like a queen to receive the com ing of her lord. The colors of the car nival, red, yellow and green, represent ing the wine, orange and olive, predom inated. ' The "streets were avenues- o masts festooned with yellow bunting and crowned with palm leaves and wreaths of laurel. At the station the party was met by the citizens' committee and many distin guished people from all over California. General Shatter, Commander of the De partment of the Pacific, with his entire staff, in full uniform, had come down from the Presidio to greet his chief. Sec retary of the Navy Long, who was to have met the party at San Francisco, also came here to meet the President, and was at the station. The party was driven in carriages to the VanNuy6 Hotel. Angeles formally greeted the Chief Ex panies pi militia had been provided to escort the party, but both the military and police had to fight their way through the enormous crowds which had swarmed into the city, drawn by the double at traction of the President's visit and the carnival. At the hotel the police were obliged lit erally to force a way to the entrance. There the President met Governor Nash, of Ohio, and the Ohio Congressional dele gation, who arrived by different rotates an hour before the President. In the rotunda of the hotel the .Mayor of Los Angeles formally greeted ' the Chief Ex ecutlve and extended to him the freedom of the city. The President responded as follows: "Mr. Mayor and My Fellow Citizens: I have been glad to be welcomed by my companions of the Loyal Legion of the United States, by my comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic and by all the people. I have met while traveling through the South many of our old com rades; but I have met also marching side by side with them, giving cheers and welcome to the President of the United States, their former foes who had met before on many a battlefield, each the more respecting the other" and all now united under one flag and rivaling each other in love and devotion to our Con stitution and our common country. I am glad to be in this great state. Its population today is more than one-tenth of the entire population of the United States over which the first President presided during eight years. I cannot stand in this presence without recalling those splendid pioneers of American civ ilization, Kearney, Stockton and Fre mont, who led In the paths of progress and civilization and dedicated this mighty empire of the Pacific Coast to liberty and union forever. You have now re siding in your beautiful city that aged woman who shared with General Fre mont in his early and later trials and triumphs and for her I am sure you will all join with me in reverent and affec tionate regard. "I congratulate you upon the happiness and prosperity, not only of. the people of your city and of your state, but the people of the whole country, and fecllitate with you that now this Nation of ours is stronger and more firmly cemented than it has ever been before in all its history. There are more men and wo men loving our flag today than ever loved it before and there Is more respect paid to it at home and abroad" than ever before. There is one thing about our Na tional character, it Is not spoiled when it is transplanted. It loses none of Its strength or Its virtue or its liberty under any sun or beneath any stars. They say liberty does not trlve under tropical skies. Did liberty v ever thrive more grandly than in the State of California and throughout our Southland?" The President then held a short public reception In the parlors of the hotel. Meantime, Mrs. McKinley and the ladles of the party had been driven to the Wo man's Club, in Flgueroa street, where they met-the ladles of Los Angeles. This evening the President and Mrs. McKInley dined at "The Bivouac," the handsome residence of General Harrison Gray Otis, and after dinner a private re ception was held in their honor. They spent the night at "The Bivouac." Governor Nash held a reception at the Chamber of Commerce. Late In the afternoon some of the mem bers of the President's party ascended "-- t - ennn faot htcrh vhsnna thnv OREGON, THURSDAY, had a blrdseye vlew for 70 miles of South ern California and of the Pacific Ocean 20 miles out to sea. Tonight the members of the Cabinet and other members of the party witnessed the Illumination in the streets. The whole city blazed with fan tastic colors and the air was a blinding snow storm of confetti thrown by the merry rioters. Tomorrow ,the President and party will witness the floral parade and in the afternoon a visit will be paid to the Soldiers' Home at Santa Monica. The train will leave Lqs Angeles early Friday morning. ENTRY IKTO CALIFORNIA. The President Welcomed toy Gover nor Gage at Redlands. REDLANDS, Cal., May 8. The train bearing the Presidential party entered the land of fruit and flowers shortly after midnight, when the Colorado River was crossed at Y,uma. The first glimpse of California this morning was not prepossessing, but it was a novel sight. The train was running through ihe bed of an ancient salt sea south of tlie Mojave desert. It is 200 feet below eea level, and it a white sheet of lncrusted salt, which Js plowed up as Eastern farmers plow their fields. Thi3 was passed early in the morning. The train was mounting San Gorgeous Pass, between snow-capped mountain pealis, when the President first looked from his car window. The mountains were covered with cverdure to the snow line, and to the foothills on either side stretched waving fields of wheat. Soon after the train entered San Bernardino County, famed for its wonderful fruits, and hurried along through green enchant ing opange groves and gardens of beau tiful flowers. In the distance towered the snow-manteled summits of San Jacinto and San Bernardino, each over 10,000 feet high. A.I every little station there were groups of smiling, happy people. The women and children held roses in their arms and pelted the President's car with them as the train rushed by. It was a charming welcome to the State of California. Redland, the first stop in the state, was reached at 9 o'clock. Here great preparations had been made to welcome the President and his party. Governor Gage and the Senators and Representa tives in Congress had gathered here to welcome the Chief Executive to Califor nia. The exercises took place on the flower-bedecked balcony of the hotel In plain view of thousands. An Indian band from the school at Perrls, Cal., played patriotic airs below, while the President exchanged greetings with G'oVeWior" Gflgfi and the distinguish eel ass exxiblase on. the halcony. The Mayor of Redlands introduced Gov ernor Gage, who, in eloquent language that aroused an enthusiastic echo in the crowd below welcomed the President and extended to him the freedom of the state. The President's response, delivered In graceful style, drew repeated cheers from the vast throng below him. He said: "Governor Gage, Ladles and Gentlemen, My Fellow Citizens: I receive with emo tions of pleasure and of gratitude . Cali fornia's greeting, voiced by the chief ex ecutive of your great commonwealth on behalf of the people to the Chief Execu tive of the Government of the United States. It is your tribute to the great office, which for the hour I am permitted' to hold, representing the Union of all the states, and. It is lyourexpresslonoi. Iove "f6r- &e Unlof for qurgreal Uvil Institutions and your affection-4 far the Constitution which shelters us all. "California had some trouble In get ting Into the Union in the early 'days. The most serious question lnthe hlstory-of the Republic, that of human slavery, de terred for a little while your full connec tion with the Union of the states, but it came because the earnest, energetic, en terprising, patriotic Americans Jiving on this Coast demanded the right to share not only the blessings but the burdens of this great Republic. (Great applause.) This splendid state, rich In Its mines, in its fruits and its products, rich in its men and its women, rich in its loy alty to the flag we love, has a mighty future and a mighty destiny before it. "My fellow citizens, no greeting- could have been more grateful to me than that which you, bring as I enter the State of California, a state of heroic and historic memories, a territory that governed Itself without law, without courts, with out Governors, by the virtue and force of an elevated public sentiment. And you came from every state in the Federal Union. There is not a state that has not contributed its share of your splen did population. The best people of the East, of the South and the best people of the North 'and of the West are here (a voice, 'That's right,'), and they are here to make this one of the glorious states of this great American Republic. And now, having said this much, it only remains for me to express the grati fication which all of usfeel, those as sociated with me in government, to be welcomed as we have been welcomed everywhere by a united people owning loyalty to but one flag and that flag the emblem of liberty the glorious Stars and Stripes." (Enthusiastic and long continued applause.) The exercises were followed by a drive of about an hour and a half through the orange-growing section. Mrs. McKin ley and the ladles of the party met Mrs. Gage and the ladles fit Redlands in the parlors of the hotel during the ex ercises, and were taken for a drive through the beautiful valley of San Ber nardino. Leaving the hotel, the President and his party drove under a triumphal arch of flowers and oranges. A floral bell hung In the dome, and as the President's car riage passed underneath, two pretty lit tle girls in white rang it with flower ropes. Smiley Park and Canyon Crest, through which the party drove, were like a dream of paradise. The native song sters sang In the trees and the whole air was vivid with the kaleidoscopic color of myraids of flowers. A thousand varieties of shrubs and flowering trees, including the eucalyptus, amber-blossomed gravillas and palms of every description, banks of roses of every variety, violets, pansles, geraniums, petunias, scarlet popples and sweet peas, formed a ravishing scene of beauty. The President and his party were fairly dazed with thesplendor of it all, and could hardly credit the state ments of the citizens that all the orange groves and gardens were the work of 14 years' cultivation under the system of irrigation. While the party woe driving commit tees had been busy decorating the train, and wlen the President returned it was filled , with flowers. The train left for Los Angeles at noon. Who Will Ride With the President. TOPEKA," Kan., May 8. The members of the committee In charge of the exer cises to be given when President Mc Kinley visits this city In June are in a quandary about who will have the honor of representing the city as the Mayor at that time. Mayor Hughes is haying the title to this office contested by Albert Par ker. The matter Is now before the Su preme Court and a decision will be handed down the morning President Mc Kinley reaches town. As soon as the decision is rendered the defeated pa'rty will Institute quo warranto proceedings to determine further the title to the of fice. It now looksv as if It would be a race between ParkeV and Hughes on the morning of the President's arrival to ooo -urhn will rlrtft wilh him. MAY 9, 1901. CORNER IN STOCK Harriman Interests Gain Con trol of Northern Pacific AND BLOCK 1UKLINCT0N DEAL By Shrewd Transactions ok tie Stock Market, the Vanderbllts Have Upset the Plans of Hill Morgan. Combine. NEW YORK, May 8. Dealing with the relation of things In theturmoll of Wall street today, the financial writer of the EX-SECRETARY OF THE v CHARLES XV. FOSTER. . TOLEDO, O , May 8 Hon. Charles TV. Foster, ex-Secretary of the Treasury, has made application to the United States Court as a voluntary bankrupt. His debts are set down at $747,008,' with no assets. EVenlpg Post, In a news leader in its port Wall street attaches much import last edition this evening, says: , ance to the fact that conferences were "The f undamentai fact in the Northern held at Harrlman's office all morning and Pacmc situation tnfljiv ia that tb Bur- lington deal Is nlaced In jeopardy as. mat ters stand at present. Union Paciflp Inr "terfcstsTwnrytsJft&s&larnxed at'th'eraan ger to their property lying In "Burling ton's control by the Northern transconti nental lines,, have bought enough NorthT ern Pacific stock, to prevent-the ratifica tion of" the' Burlington purchase by the Northern Pacific shareholders unless some agreement is made with thenTwhich will protect their Interests sufficiently. The corner In the shares was unpremeditated. That development resulted, it is said, from Mr. Keene's clever appreciation of the situation in 'tne stock,- the legitimate demand for'which had heavily reduced the floating supply. "The corner's secondary aspect,' though the more spectacular one to 'the public, is a movement of far-reaching conse quences, possibly putting 'a stdp' to the plans for the greatest of railroad merg ers, upsetting President Hill's audacious plan to have 4he Northern TPacific con trol the Burlington's' operations. The policy of Kuhn, Loeb fiCo. has been es sentially one of self-protection, and be ing now in a dominant position where the 'balance of power" in the Western rail way situation, so rudely disturbed by Mr. Hill's Burlington deal, has been restored, they content themselves without creating lasting hostilities among the great West ern railroads, which would follow the abandonment of the Burlington deal. There probably will now be made a tri angular agreement with the Union Pa cific sharing the control as wren" 'as the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern, under a modification of the burden of the guarantee. "The conditions under which Kuhn, Loeb & Co. were able to win their advan tage were that the Hill-Morgan Interests In Northern Pacific held about 400,000 shares of Northern Pacific-as a perma nent Investment, which was practically off the market In addition, about 200,000 shares were held abroad, and a good deal of this passed to the Union Pacific Inter ests. This left virtually but 200,000 shares of the 800,000 shares of common stock outstanding available In the New York market. While there have been heavy sales of Northern Pacific by insider?, the stock held for control has been sold and It is not likely that insiders went short of the market, as has Teen intimated. "The corner in the stock was not looked for by the serious buyers of Northern Pa cific, who had practically accomplished their purchases before Monday's sharp rise. The pyrotechnics In the shares are attributed to Mr. Keene, who. compre hending what was actually going on, and understanding the large short Interest of speculators, went into the market and. effected the corner. "Mr Hill, it wan authoritatively stated today," has not sold any of his Northern Pacific stock. His large interest was acquired last Summer around 50, when the .stock broke on the reduction of the com mon dividend and the seemingly poor traffic prospects resulting from the fail ure of the Spring wheat harvest He said today: 'I have not bought a share of Northern Pacific in six months.' in reference to the reported differences be tween the Harriman syndicate and the Morgan-Hill interests he said: "That has been magnified a thousand times. There was talk in the street of a great fight for control between the Morgan-Hill Interests on the one side and the Harrl-man-Kuhn-Loeb-3tandard OH people on the other, but nothing could be learned of it In some parts of the street the talk of a fight and of a. great clash between these powerful Interests is credited. In other parts it is ridiculed. One story has it that over 100,000 shares more than the actual capital stock of the company have been bought by the opposing cyndlcates, and that it Is as. yet uncertain where con trol lies. However, whatever the situa tion, several conferences were held today in regard to the Northern Pacific stock situation, which woe participated in by James Stillman, Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and E. H. Harriman, on thev one side, and Daniel Lamont, James J. Hill and Mr. Bacon, o'f J. P. Morgan & Co., on the other. It Is also understood that George F. Baker and some representative of the Vanderbilt interests were also present the constitution all the sections relat-lurjno- n mi-tJnn. at tho loot- vnfoTi Inn- to thn rpllef and carft of the insane. No decision was arrived at, but it Is un derstood that Mr. Morgan had been ap pealed to In cable- dispatches and that matters were left la. their present status pending the receipt of a reply from Mr. Morgan regarding these dispatchesL Later in the evening it was learned that after a conference between representa tives of the different Northern Pacific in terests held at the office of J. P. Morgan & Co., a prolonged conference was at tended by Messrs. Harriman, Hill and Henry W. Cannon, of the Chase National Bank. It to understood that all efforts up to a late hour tonleht to arrive at an agreement in Northern Pacific matters have 'failed. Now Men In Union Pacific Directory. NEW YORK, May 8. Reports were cir culated in Wall street this afternoon that Thomas T. Eckert and Alvln W. Krech. of this city, and Norman B. Ream, of Chicago, had been elected directors of the Union Pacific, to succeed George Buchanan, Roswell Miller and the late John W. Doane. Mr. Eckert Is presi dent of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and Mr. Krech Is an official of the Mercantile Trust Company, which has close Goulds-affiliations. At the office of the. Union Pacific Company all the officials- ilecllhed to confirm or deny the re- TREASURY IS BANKRUPT, ; in rne early arcernoon. une ui me Wel ferences was with H. McK. Twombley. J. J. Hill, Daniel S. Lamont and some of their associates were In session at Mr HIUs' office throughout the mornings Erie Not Jin the Deal. CHICAGO, May 8. "When you ask me if the Erie road is part Of a great con tinental system brought about by the Burlington deal, you are presenting a sub ject that is "too silly for ma to discuss." President Fred D. Underwood, of the Erie, made this statement tonight when asked about the future relations of the com pany. He continued: "Chicago is terri torially a railroad dividing line, -and in my judgment always will be. Conditions east of here and west are so radically different that, o-called transcontinental systems could not be operated1." Predict a Collapse. LONDON, May 9. The morning papers warn the British public against buying American railroad shares at the present Inflated prices. The writer of the Times' financial article says: "The people of the United States hive been seized with one of those extraordi nary manias that periodically attack com mercial communities, and they do not do things by halves. The result must soon er or later be serious collapse, although prices are not likely to decline nearly so much as they have risen since last Sep tember." AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY. Immense vAmount of Literature Is sued During the Past Year. NEW YORK, May 8. General O. -O. Howard presided at the annual meeting today of the American Tract Society. Dr. Shearer, financial secretary, in his annual report, stated that 27 new pub lications had been added to the organ ization's list during the year, and that the number Issued s,lnce the beginning was 8331, not Including periodicals. The total number of volumes Issued from the home office during the past 76 years is 32,391,927: of tracts, 479,399,719, and of peri odicals 258,401,568, making a total of 770, 193,114. Mr. Tag, assistant secretary, read a report of the society's financial condi tion, and Dr. Ross called especial at tention to two points in this, which he considered sources of congratulation one the fact that,' whereas the year before the building had only about paid ex penses, during the past year It had earned1 some $30,000, and the other the fact that the floating debt had been reduced from $200,000 to a little over half that amount During the meeting General Howard made a suggestion to the effect that possibly Mr. Carnegie might be led to co-operate with the organization in establishing- libraries-in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines, and later a resolu tion was passed commending this sug gestion to the consideration of the ex ecutive committee. Rev. Dr. R. R. Meredith, of the Tomp-klns-Avenue Congregational Church, Brooklyn, was elected to the Board of Managers, to All the place of Dr. A. J. F. Behrends, deceased, and Rev. Dr. Frank P. Woodbury, of the American Mission ary Association, to fill the place of Dr. R. R. Booth, retired. Rev. James B. Steele, Ph. D., James J. Wilson and Silas F. Hallock, of Maryland, were elected as new members of the executive- committee. President McKInley was made an honorary vlc-presldnt, to take the place of ex-President Harrison; Sam uel B. Capen, of Boston, to take the place of Dr. R. S. Storr; Rev. Dr. Michael Burnham, of St Louis, to take the place of Dr. Cyrus Hamlin: Right Rev. Will iam Lawrence, bishop of Massachusetts, to take the place of Dr. John W. Brown, and Rev. Dr. Charles A. Stoddard, of New York, was made additional honor ary vice-president Revising: Woodmen's Laws. COLUMBUS, O., May 8. The committee appointed by the Sovereign Camp, Wood men of the Worjd. to revise the laws of the order, today decided to eliminate from PRICE FIVE CENTS. CHARTER OUTLINE Committee Inaugurates Its Work. RECOMMENDATIONS ABE MADE Separate Municipal Elections Sepa ration of Administrative From legislative, Removal ol Ap pointed Officers, Controller. RECOMMEJTDATIONS, Municipal elections to be held' separate from other elections. Legislative and administrative departments of the municipal government to be- clearly sep arated. Councllmen to have graduated terms, not more than one-third to go out at one time, and part of them, to be elected at large. Provision for the appointment and removal of administrative officers by the Mayor. Officer to be provided who shall check tho accounts and disbursements ot all city -officers. Civil service for employes except laborers. LAID OVER. Matter of Board of Control. Granting franchises. The work of formulating an outline for the proposed new city charter was very successfully Inaugurated yesterday after noon by the committee appointed for that purpose b- Chairman A.L. Mills, of the Charter Commission, under instructions from, the commission. Several of the most important things, which it is desired shall be Included In the new charter, were dis cussed and agreed upon to be reported to the commission at its next meeting. The committee met at the City Hall at 3 P: M., T. C. Devlin, chairman, presiding; and Isam White, William M, Ladd, Dr. A. J. Giesy, Richard W. Montague and Will lam Killlngsworth present; E. C. Bro naugh absent Chairman Devlin, in calling the commit tee to order, said the members all under. StOQll th6 purpose of the meeting. H thought it they could agree upon a plan for- a. charter- a.xxd succeed in. gettlns t adopted they would have done as muclt for the city as any body of men had ac complished. It was well known that there had been much complaint about municipal government. In cities of rapid growth 'the cost of living Increased, taxes increased, and there should be an increase In other things to lighten these burdens. In en deavoring to formulate a charter a good many snags will be run against, matters of personal interest would be constantly comings up to be contended against. No matter what one's Ideal plan may be, the great object was to prepare a charter which would be accepted by tha public. Different ideal .charters exists but tha charter It Is desired to prepare Is one that would suit the condition of Portland. The work of the committee should be tho merest skeleton. If they could agree on a few of the main topics they could leave the filling out to the full board. Municipal Elections. The first proposition taken under con sideration was that of holding municipal elections separate from state elections. The meeting was unanimously In favor of this, so it was agreed to without much debate. The only objection which it wa3 thought possible could be offered to the scheme was on the ground of expense. To this it was replied that the Australian ballot system and registration had been objected to on this ground, but nothing was so expensive as bad elections. It was suggested that municipal elections be held at the same time as school elec tions, but there were several objections to this, as only taxpayers vote at school elections, and school elections had always been kept free from politics. It was the desire to keep municipal elections out of politics, but this would be very difficult to do. Finally, on motion of Dr. Glesy, it was decided simply to recommend to the board that municipal elections be held separate from other elections. Councilmen-at-Large. The second proposition taken under con sideration was the separation of the leg islative and administrative departments of the city government. No objections were offered to this, and It was the opin ion of all that the entire legislative power should be vested in the Council. Some discussion arose as to how many (Concluded on Tenth Page.) SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS- Federal Government. President McKInley is at Ios Angeles. Paga 1. The Industrial Commission is Investigating rate discrimination. Plans of the new cruiser St. Louis have disap peared. Pago 3. Foreign- A. J. Balfour was the principal speaker at the Primrose League meeting in London. Page 2. ' English coal miners will not strike. Pago 2. The new Prussian Cabinet held its first sit ting. Page 2. Domestic. Union Pacific interests gain control ot tha Northern. Pacific, and will prevent the Bur lington deal. Page 1. The steel trust will close down the Everett nail works. Page 2. Martlnelli received the red berretta at Balti more. Page 2. The Chicago Theological Seminary accepted Dr. George H. Gilbert's resignation. Page u. Pacific Coast. The Bruner murder case at Prlnevllle will be warmly contested. Page 4. A woman of Baker City defended herself with a pitchfork against a vagabond. Page 4. Eastern Oregon woolgrowers will pool their In terests. Page 5. B, N- Pollock, a banker, of Cleveland, O., killed himself at Seattle. Page 5. Commercial. Portland market quotations. Page 11. New York stock market transactions. Page 11. Domestic and foreign commercial news and quotations. Page 11. Eastern wool market shows no Improvement Page 11. Marine. January ships are making fast passages from Portland. Page 10. Two of the May grain fleet ready for sea. Page 10. Steamer Tantllllon Castle a total loss. Page 10 Portland and Vicinity. Subcommittee formulates a charter for the City of Portland. Page 1. Banfleld-Veysey Company will be reported to Team-Drivers Union for unfairness to union labor. Page 12. South Portland makes a bid for tha Lewis and Clark Centennial. Page 8. O. K. &,N". begins three suits to condemn right or way to au juuua. x-ikb o. "Water rights secured fqr new woolen mill at Sellwood. Page 8-