THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY- DECEMBER 2S, 190L KNOCK AT BANNERS Restaurant. Men to Go Into Court Once More. TRY TO STOP "UNFAIR" PARADE Walters Say They Will Carry oh tlie War Before Many Fronilncnt Place Judaea Take So Action. "The Walters' Alliance Is preparing to carry an unfair banner In front of near ly every prominent restaurant in the city." This statement was made by Henry St. Rayner, attorney in the State Circuit Court, yesterday. Mr. St Hayner ap peared before Judges Sears and George yesterday In an effort to have another temporary injunction issued restraining the carrying of a banner in front of the Palace Restaurant, until a hearing and a decision on the'-amended complaint can be obtained. Kichard "Williams was also present, representing E. House, as coun sel, and restaurant-keepers E. R. Pitelkau. L. E. JusWh and L. E. House were in attendance as spectators. Henry E. McGinn, who represents the Walters' Alliance as attorney, is away on a visit to Los Angeles, and the court decided that It was proper to notify the defendants before any further Injunction order should be issued, and the case was eet for hearing at 2 o'clock Monday af ternoon. Judge Sears requested Judge George to elt with him In the case, and hear the new points, as Judge Sears has previous ly rendered a decision in favor of the waiters on the original complaint. Judge Sears called attention to the ab sence of Mr. McGinn, and suggested that notice be served upon the defendants, as they might desire to secure other counsel. Mr. St. Rayner stated that Mr. Mc Ginn had received the notice that a mo tion for a temporary injunction had been filed with the amended complaint, and he had appeared in response to it. Coun sel said the matter of a temporary In junction was discretionary with the court. The Walters' Alliance was pursuing the same tactics as at first, and were violating- the law. Mr. "Williams remarked: "A business of this kind Is more or less temporary, and interruption!; of this sort are likely to be sericus." Judge George, referring to the allega tions in the amended complaint, asked if th-y related to mntters occurring before or since the granting of the first restrain ing order which Judge Sears afterward dissolved. Mr. St. Rayner answered: "Both be fore and since." Mr. Williams stated that an Injunction might be allowed until the case could be again argued on a motion to set aside the injunction. Proceeding to argue the question, counsel said: "This Is not a case where there is a dispute about prop erty rights. No injury can come to the defendants by a restraining order. No Injury can result to the person or prop erty rights of the defendants or Interrup tion to the use of property. We would not ask such a thing if there were prop erty rights Involved. If restrained they, are not injured in any way. The plain tiff is the only one Injured." Judge Sears The court thinks notice should be served on some official of the organization, and the case set for hear ing Monday at 2 o'clock, if the defendant does not appear." Mr. Williams (interrupting) Will the de fendants be allowed to pursue the same course until that time to the injury of the plaintiff? Judge Sears asked .what acts were meant Mr. St Rayner referred to the amended complaint. Judge Sears I have not read the com plaint Judge George asked for Information, saying it would be well for a statement of the things in the amended complaint to be made. MfSt . Rayner Proceeded to explain that the defendants were causing a ban ner to be carried, were hooting at em ployes and customers, asking people not to patronize the place, and calling the employes scabs. He said they were causing the employes to leave and pre fS proprIetora frm securing if , Jhese were acts- counsel de clared, the defendants threatened they would not discontinue until they have destroyed the business of the plaintiff if he does not acquiesce in their demands. Before the court may have thought these things were conclusions. I now state them as facts." said the attornev. Judge George-j simply asked for "the SlnaJ 5acts ln the amended com plaint, what have been added, not for an argument TMoVShRay,ner saId thc amended com plaint differed from the original in that ill? f,7aS broadecd out It stated that neither employes nor customers 315. thC Place wIthout intlmlda- Judge George said he had received in formation that the only thing now go- ArVlnf the ca-'InS of a banner. Mr. Williams-If that Is so It should be restrained, it is not permissible Counsel resumed his motion for a tem porary Injunction, and said the proceed ings of the defendants were vicious There was some little further talk.and Judge George remarked that he was not going to pass upon what Judge SeaTs had previously passed upon. The court finally decided that notice shall bo served on the president or sec retary of the Walters' Alliance, or some other official of the organization, and that the case be argued Monday. Mr. Juston remarked after court ad journed that if he could not get protec tion perhaps he would not pay a license. He said he pays his waiters higher wages than the scale of the Walters' Alliance and that none of his men belong to the union, but he refused to sign the agree ment presented to him by the alliance because it was unreasonable, and the proprietors of all of the leading restaur ants also declined. There are now three unfair banners out one in front of House's, the Brunswick, and the Palace Restaurant WILL PACE KOniJERY CHARGE. William Martin GoeK to Ellcnslmrff WItli Sheriff Brown. William Martin, who was the compan ion of King, the restaurant waiter who assisted in thc apprehension of Wade and Dalton, was yesterday turned over to Sheriff Isaac Brown, of Kittitas Coun ty, Wash., to be taken back to Ellens burg for trial on a charge of robbery. Martin has been held here In the County Jail for some time past and he agreed to go with Sheriff Brown without requisition papers. It Is stated that on thc night of October 7, Wade. Dalton. and Martin entered a saloon at Cle-Elum and stole $150, and they were afterwards seen washing their faces, by witnesses whom It is said will identify Martin. Young Smith and a man named Murphy, who were with the same crowd, spent the night at Easton, and are not believed to have been implicated in the crime. Murphy did not come to Portland with the others, and the officers have no knowledge of his present whereabouts. Decision by Jndfre Bellinger. Judge Bellinger will render decisions in I the United StntM Court, in thft fnllinrlnp- I cases this morning: Keith vs. Parker, motion to strike out objection to counter claim. Lewis McArthur La Dow vs. North American Trust Co. Head Camp, Pacific Woodmen of the World vs. Clarissa Taylor, Laura Hair, et al. Hair was a Portland policeman who shot himself something over 10 years ago. He was Insured In the Woodmen of the World for $3000, and their being an uncertainty as to who was entitled to the money, it was paid into the court by the Head Camp, and It was left to the court to decide to whom it should go. Articled of Incorporation. Articles of incorporation of thc St. Hel en's Gold & Copper Mining Company were filed in the County Clerk's office yes terday by William Eccies, R. L. Darrow, P. L. McKenzle and O. C. McLeod. The capital stock Is $500,000. The objects arc to operate gold and copper claims ln the St Helens mining district Skamania County, Wash. Incorporation articles of the Levens Ledge Gold Mining Company have been filed by F. McKercher, T. T. Burkhart P. H. Dunham, and Charles H. Gaylord; capital stock, $600,000. Conrt. Note. James E. Cowan, of Portland, clerk, yes terday filed a petition ln bankruptcy ln the United States Court His liabilities amount to $382 55. assets nothing. James P. Baker was appointed admin istrator of the estate of Anna L. Wake ley, deceased, in the County Court yes terday. The only heir is James W. Wakeley, a brother, who Is now In Ma nila. S. P. Lee, executor of the will of M. J. Hensill, deceased, filed his final re port in the County Court yesterday. The total receipts were $5731. The First Presbyterian Church receives $1000. The residuary legatees arc R. F. Hensill and Louise V. Sprague. A. J. Glesy yesterday filed an attach ment suit in the State Circuit Court against Margaret Brown, to recover $2S7 on account of a surgical operation per formed and medical attendance between May and October, 1901. HOPS ARE LOOKING UP. Xnmuer of Sale at Salem at Eleven Cents Per Pound. SALEM, Or., Dec. 27. The last few days have witnessed a lively movement among hopbuyers, and as a result several sales of hops at 11 cents were reported today. Numerous offers of the same price were refused. Among the lots of hops sold were those of George Fry, of Salem, 93 bales: L. Woodcock, of Salem, 78 bales; Mr. Berry, of Dayton, 35 bales. Inquiry among leading growers and buyers brings the information that 11 cents and better is being offered for hops that could have been bought for 9 cents four weeks ago. It seems that a number of dealers who sold Oregon hops short for December ship ment have been unable to buy at prices they expected, and are forced during the remaining four days of the month to buy hops of the quality sold. Agents of the short sellers have been scouring the coun try, and growers raised their ideas regarding prices when they saw the activ ity of buyers. It Is believed that as high as 12 cents will be paid before Decem ber 31. H. J. Ottenhelmer, one of the best-posted dealers In Oregon, was asked this evening what had caused the rise in prices. He said American hops have been exported to such an extent that the sup ply for home. consumption will be short and the price Is governed by supply and demand. While the amount of hops now In the hands of the growers Is small, the growers are men who have money, and cannot be foiled to sell. Some of the best-known growers hae told dealers they will hold for 12A cents. M. L. Jones, formerly president of the Oregon Hopgrowers' Association, srrys buyers are now offering 10 cents per pound for hops which they offered only 9 cents for a few weeks ago. DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Marrlapc Licenses. Michael J. McGrath, 34. Lizzie O'Brien, 27. "William E. Smith. 28, Anna B. Tlndall, 10. Birth Rctnrna. December 14. boy to wife of E. B, Kimball; St. Vincent's Hcpltcl. December 22, girl to wife of P. J. Burns; 504 Hawthorne avenue. December 10, girl to wife of L. Seymour; G55 Rhine utreet. December 23, boy to wife of Homer M. Mul lan; Mllwaukle. Death Return. December 2C, Margaret Powers, 21 years, St. Vincent's Hospital; cerebral spinal meningitis. December 24. Margaret Flannagan, 01 years, corner Thirtieth and Stark; paraly Is. December 23. Hecker Dow, C5 years. County Hospital; pneumonia. December 21, John Halle. 8 years, St. Vin cent's Hospital; peritonitis. December 23, Mary Caraher, 43 years. 448 Johnson street; consumption. December 20. Mary Olsen. 18 years, St. Vin cent's Hospital; appendicitis. December 25, Mrs. Almlra Baugh. 58 years, St. Vincent's Hospital; cholelithiasis and pleu risy. December 25. Emily C. Smith. 57 years, 2SG Fourteenth st; chronic myelitis. December 24, Agnes Skells, 2 years. Good Sa maritan Hospital; disease of spine. December 24. Lee Yee Duck, 30 years, Chi nese Hospital; pneumonia. Contaslou Dlncnne. Clifford Anderson, 375 Cable street; diphthe ria. 4 BnlldlxiK Permit. Frazler & McLean, alterations to building, southwest corner Fifth and Taylor: $400. Real Estate Transfer. P. P. Dabney and wife to Edwin Palmer, lots C and S. block 0. Richmond x 230 Edwin Palmer to Mary A. Palmer, lots C and 8. block 0. Richmond 1 RRlndloub and husband to Conrad Rlnd laub. lot 10. block 4. Railroad Shops Ad dition; lot 10. block 31. Alblna; lot 2. block 3. Procbstcl's Subdivision and Ad dition to Alblna; part lots 1, 2, block 53, Alblna E. and D. Dahm to H. H. "Wright et al., lot 1, block 1, Troutdale 425 May E.SwIgcrt to Thomas Elllngham. 10 acres, section 3. T. 1 S., R. 2 E 1100 Guarantee Savings & Loan Association to A. A. Crane. S. J$ of lot B, "Washington Addition 175 "W. T. Bryham Nicholson to Blanche McX. Moore. "W. lots 1 and 2, block 0. Nich olson's Addition 1350 Phebe S. Godard and husband to M. A. Pealer, lots 11 and 12, block 2, Clover dale Tract 1450 W. L. N. Gllman to S. A Reldlc, lots A and B. block 5. G 11 man's subdivision. Tabor Heights 124 Jacob Rclsch and wife to Susanna Zim merman, lots 15, 17. 19. 21. 23, 25. 26, block 23, Southern Portland 2000 Pacific Coast Abstract Guaranty & Trust Co., A. B. Manley. secretary, W. Y. Masters, attorney, 204-5-6-7 Falling bldg. Clark Invests la Art. NEW YORK. Dec. 27. The collection of Dr. Prcyer, capellmelster of "Vienna, which Senator Clark, of Montana, has Just bought for LG0O.O00 francs ($320,000), according to the Paris correspondent of the Herald, Is composed of 40 works by old masters and 26 modern pictures of tho French School of 1830, which are of con siderably greater value than the old mas ters. This Is the opinion of Kleinburger, a dealer In old masterpieces. There are four pictures by Troyon, one of which, an Important work, is "La Descente de Montmartre." The old mas ters include some fine examples of Lulnl. the best "Virgin and Child," a portrait of a woman by Holbein t a panel of thc School of Memllng, a landscape with fig ures attributed to Rembrandt, and three small sketches by Rubens. I Got These Tickets Today At billiard and pool parlors, 127 Sixth. TRIBUTE TO GEN. STEVENS WOMAN'S CLUB HEARS LECTURE BY PROFESSOR 3IEANY. Thrilling Recital of the Gallant Deeds of Washington's First Territorial Governor. The members of the Portland Woman's Club fcund out yesterday that Edmond S. Meany, who has the chair of history in the University of Washington, knows how to put life Into the dry bones of history. His lecture before the club on the life and work of Isaac I. Stevens, first Governor of Washington Territory, was a thrill ing recital of great deeds and stirring ad ventures seen In the crucible of frontier history. The subject was of special In terest, owing to the fact that a member of the Woman's Club, Mrs. Edward W. Bingham, of this city. Is a daughter of General Stevens. Unfortunately, she was not present at the meeting, although she had been assigned the duty of preparing the programme of the day. Serious Ill ness had made it necessary for her to have a change of climate, and she Is now spending the Winter with friends In Eos ton. . Professor Mcany's lecture was preceded by a business meeting of the club, at which a resolution passed by the board of directors at Its latest meeting was pre sented to the club for approval and adopt ed unanimously, upon motion of Mrs. Julia Comstock. Thc resolution was one ln commendation of the Club Journal, edited by Antoinette Wheeler Strahan, and ran as follows: Resolved, That hc executive board of the Woman's Club, of Portland, cordially com mends the management of the Club Journal, and recognIrs It as .an able exponent of te work of the Woman's Club movement through out the stute. A resolution of sympathy to Mrs. Sarah A. Evans on the death of her daughter was also passed, and another upon the death of Mrs. Croly. to whom the In spiration of the woman's club movement throughout America is largely due. Sev eral soprano solos The Nightingale's Song" iNevin) and "Bonjour, Suzon" (Pessard) were su.ig by Mrs. Theron Fell. Professor Meany began his remarks by referring to tho fact that since, historical ly speaking, Oregon is the mother of Washington, the subject and the audience ough to be in harmony. The absence of General Steven's daughter was then noted with regret Isaac Ingalis Stevens, he said, was of fine old American ancestry, the old home stead at Andover, Mass., which had been in the family since the .middle of thc 17th century, having been the birthplace of many who had done honorable service for the!r country. One of these ancestors had been a hero at Bunker Hill. The Stevens family, therefore, had been part and par eel of the New England civilization as ue find it developed In those old days. Isaac had been brought up en one of those New England farms where "you had to plant your corn with u shotgun." His father had rigid Ideas regarding the early training of his son, and subjected him to heroic treatment' Among other things, he Insisted upon a cold plunge every morning. Winter and Summer. There was a Wg hogshead, the water in which used to freeze over in cold weather, so that the Ice had to be cut with a hatchet to make a hole large enough to dip the child In for his dally bath. When it Is remembered that Isaac was a deli cate boy, it seems strange that he sur vived this heroic treatment. In 1R35 an event occurred that changed the whole tenor of his life. He was cent to West Point as a cadet He soon was Imbued with the ambition to be head of his class, as this would place him In the best corps of the service, the engineers', but he had to make a hard race for It He brought n'mself up to the required point in French, then in Latin, until drawing alone remained for him to con quer. By attending the drawing academy every oay, instead of every other day, as required, for about 12 weeks, working nil this time on -i single picture, he at last won, on the strength of this picture, the honor of first place in his class. The pic ture in question was one of thc infant Jesus, and had been reproduced for this occasion by the Woman's Club on tho programme of the day, an excellent like ness of General Stevens occupying a place on the opposite page. After leaving West Point he was en gaged in superintending the building of fortifications on the New England Coast, but when the Mexican War broke out, ambitious for active service ln the field, he obtained an order to Mexico. There his gallant conduct won for him the honor of being brevotted Captain and later Major; but he had received a severe wound, which seriously affected his health. At the close of the war he was tendered and accepted the position of Chief of the Coast Survey Ofilce, in which he showed much ability and was of Immense service in reorganizing the force and making re forms of various kinds until 1S63, when the bill to create a new territory ln the Puget Sound country resulted ln the or ganization of Washington Territory out of the northern half of what was then Ore gon. Columbia had been the name sug gested for It, but In a five-minute dis cussion ln Congress this was changed to Washington. Major Stevens was offered and accepted thc position of Governor, but this was not enough; he asked for two other offices first that of superin tending an exploration to survey the coun try between the headwaters of the Mis sissippi River and Puget Sound, and, sec ondly, that of superintendent of Indian af fairs. Both of these were given him. Eventually the Northern Pacific Railroad followed almost exactly the route sur veyed by Governor Stevens. The results of his labors were gathered In several vol umes that contain a vast store of Infor mation relating to what was practically an unknown region. This great work was the first monument of this many-sided man. Arriving In Washington ln 1853, he made his way to Olympla, dusty, begrimed, hungry, riding a horse ahead of the party. He found nothing to eat at the end of his journey, however. Half famished, he de manded dinner at the hotel, but evidently his appearance was against him. He was told that the servants were too busy to wait on him; they were preparing a ban quet for other folk. He persisted, and was finally told to go into the kitchen, and there he would find some scraps that might perhaps satisfy his hunger. He did as he was tojd. After he had finished his meal the rest of the party arrived, and then it was discovered that thc banquet wa3 intended for the Governor and his party. It was served a sumptuous repast and the Chief Executive had to sit Idly looking on at the others enjoying the good things Intended for him, but which he could not eat, for he was chock full of scraps. The first message of the new Governor, read before the Legislature February 27. 1S51 which has happily been preserved, touched upon every possible detail from the seat of government to polling-places. At the end he fell Into a sort of rhapsody regarding the future of the territory- It would necessarily play a great part in the world's history, since In time the people of the Orient would be sure to come into trade relations with the Pacific Coast This pioneer Legislature did good and loyal service to Its Governor so much so that It has bean said "the territory of Washington would have been a whole lot better if it had not had another session of the Legislature since.'' Governor Stevens' Indian treaties were the second great monument to his genius. His work in this respect has been greatly maligned, but It Is certain that he tried in every way possible to have the Indians comprehend the full significance of the treaties they made. The great Walla Walla council was then dwelt upon, the gathering of the tribes In the ancient meeting-place of the Indians, until CC00 savages were pitted against 60 white men; the treachery of Yellow Serpent (Pu-Pu-Mox-Mox), who left a bloody trail behind him wherever he traveled: the friendship of Lawyer, chief of the Nez Perces, who was the first to sign the treaty; the coun cil with the Blackfeet, who were far less tractable than the Nez Perces; the thrill ing ride of the boy Hazard (now Brigadier-General Hazard Stevens) to carry the news of the changed council-ground to the Indian tribes; the murderous at tempts of tho Yellow Serpent to wipe the whites out of existence; the advice to General Stevens that he had better go back to Olympla by way of Chicago or New York If he expected to reach It alive; the kind protection of the faithful Nez Perces; the terrible fate of Yellow Ser pent at the bands of his enemies all these were told with vivid power and earnest ness. The Indian wars that followed gave opportunity for a brilliant picture of fron tier life Its grim humor. Its pathos. Its heroism. The high sense of honor that was common among the red-shlrted, heavy-booted volunteers, only one rule being necessary to maintain perfect disci pline viz., dishonorable discharge from military service. The honorable record of Stevens In Con gress, where "he was sent by an over whelming majority, the people thus giv ing him their hearty support In return for ungenerous treatment at the hands of the Legislature, was touched upon. And then began the last chapter of his adven turous life. The opening of the Civil War found him offering his sword to his coun try. His brilliant serIcc In command of the Seventy-ninth Highlanders, brawny Scotehmen, who at first mutinied, then worshiped him and followed him blindly wherever he listed, made a thrilling story with a tragic end. It was at Chart tllly. when General Stevens was hard pressed, that gallant Phil Kearny camo to his rescue, dashed Into an ambusemle cf thc rebels, and there met his death. Meanwhile Ceneral Stevens, is the midst ot a withering hall of bullets, had seized the eolers from a fallen standard-bearer, and, calling aloud to his faithful regiment. "Highlanders, follow Vour Rpr.pral!" rushed forward toward the tnemy, who ;.ca wnujy m ail directions. At the mo ment or victory a bullet struck him and he fell beside the old snake fence. He died as he would have wished at the apex of a soldier's career. FIREBOAT A FINE THING. But Commissioners Do Not "Where to Get Money. See There are many people ln Portland who think the city ought to have a fireboat. The recent fire at Alblna could doubtless have been handled much more effectively If thc department had been reinforced by a fireboat. and it Is likely that even bet ter work might have been done at thc Brown ballding If a powerful strea'.n could have been furnished from the river. Mayor Rowe and the Fire Commissioners agree that a fireboat would be a most desirable addition to the department, and would be much gratified to have one, but they do not see where the money Is to come from. What they have to say fol lows: Mayor H. S. Rowe A fireboat Is certain ly needed In Portland. It would be one of the best propositions for the city. 1 havo always advocated having one. and will continue to do fo. It would pay for Itself In 'wo years In reduced insurance rate alone. The cost of maintaining it would be little more than that of an en gin9 company. A fireboat would not only protect the shipping and water front, but would also do good work several blocks back from the river toward the heart of the city. The docks are the most Im portant part of the city, and a fire among them would be an awful calamity, for be fore they could be rebuilt much shipping would go elsewhere. No city has better firemen than Portland, but our department has very poor equipment A water tower should also be provided. Richard Everdlng, Fire Commissioner Yes, wo should all like to have a fireboat, and to give the people all the protection wo can, but we have no money to meet the outlay. We have got to keep up our payroll, and we need 75 new hydrants and 50 alarm boxes and lots of other things. We have a dozen horses in the department that ought to be replaced, as they have been ln harness 10 to 12 years. The department used to have $155, C00 to run on 11 years ago. when It op erated only on the West Side. Now it has to cover both sides of the river and Al blna, and yet has had only $S0,O00 to $S2- 000 during the past year, although the territory has Increased one-third, and there arc eight more companies in the department. Some of our engine-houses arc a disgrace, and need rebuilding. We are not allowed to go in debt, and do not want to. The San Francisco department gets $650,000 a year to run on, and has no more territory to co'er than we have. 1 should also like to see Sunnysldc have an engine. Oh, yes, we need a fireboat, but our first need Is money to get It So what Is the use of talking about It when we can't get noney enough to run our present establishment? David Campbell, Chief of the Portland Fire Department Portland needs a fire boat very badly. If It hadn't been for thc big ferry-boat, the department would not have been able to handle the recent Alblna dock fire. It was Just luck that wc happered to be favored with thc ferry. A good fireboat ought to be provided, and It should be built of Iron, so that it could run right Into a fire. There is no use to fool with Ituntil you get a good boat But there arc many things to do to add to the efficiency of thc department before getting a fireboat San Francisco has more fire apparatus In reserve than we have altogether. The companies here In the heart of the city, at least, should be made permanent We now have only three permanent men to each company the driver, the engineer and the driver of the hose cart, while the hook-and-ladder truck only has a driver and tiller-man permanently employed. The balance of Portland's fire force Is made up of call men or extramen, who only receive $20 a month, and of course have to engage ln other employments, so that they may be considerable distances from their engine-houses when needed. Seattle, Ta coma and Spokane all keep full forces of permanent paid firemen. William Flledner, Fire Commissioner We ought -p.o have a fireboat. I under stand that every commercial city of any Importance has one, and It Is recognized as a good thing. But before wc get one we ought to have another large engine. That was demonstrated yesterday at the Brown fire. Suppose another fire hnd come yesterday at the same time when all the apparatus was there. We ought to have a permanent company at Sunnyskle, which Is a very Important suburb and en titled to protection. We are very little better prepared to combat fire now than we wore six years ago, when I became Commissioner, and In the meantime tho population has increased wonderfully. Our department has good officers, but not enough men. Six years ago the depart ment had $155,000 to run on, while last year it only had $S1,000, although buildings largely Increased. All credit Is due the Mayor and Council for the good treat ment they have accorded the Commis sioners ln recently furnishing means for a new engine and installing a company. They have done nobly, and the best they could under the circumstances. January Disbursements. NEW YORK, Dec 27. According to the Journal of Commerce, ln commercial cir cles It Is generally conceded that January disbursements for 1902 on account of in terest and dividend payments will break all records. Estimates of New York dis bursements alone run as high as J150.W0, 000. while the total disbursements at New York, Boston and Philadelphia have been placed at about $200,000,000. The aggregate dividends already de clared of Industrial companies for Janu ary next including the closing d-; ot December, amount to $25,044,998. DAMAGE REACHES $40,000 HEAVY PERSONAL LOSSES BROWN HOTEL FIRE. AT Police InvestlRnte Mysterious Loot ing: of Building Theft of Jew els and Silverware Reported. At the Brown Hotel yesterday thc full extent of the damage by fire and water could be seen. There Is scarcely a room ln the structure In which water had not entered and badly damaged the furniture. The condition Inside told the story, and Indicated that thc first estimate of dam ages was too small. The guests lost heav ily, and some carried no insurance, while others were Insured. They were engaged yesterday In moving what was left of their furniture, and trucks and delivery wagons were loading In front of the build ing all day. Owing to the crowded con dition of all other buildings ln the city, the houseless families have found much difficulty In finding even temporary shelter. Among those who lost furniture are the following; Miss Mary K. Lamberson, loss $1000, no insurance: Mr. and Mrs. Simpson, loss $2000, no Insurance; W. L. Chalmers, loss $R00. no Insurance; Mrs. T. K. Mulr. loss $500, insured; Fred Sutherland, loss $200. Insured: F. W. Monroe, loss J1200. In surance $1000; T. C. Devlin, loss $2500, In surance $1000; Judge J. F. Caplcs, loss S10W. no Insurance; C. H. New, loss $1500, Insurance $500; C. L. Reed. loss $30, no Insurance; C. H. Gardner, loss $1500, no Insurance; A. H. Mackay. loss $1000, no Insurance; C. E. Stewart, loss $1200. no In surance; Mrs. J. W. Selover, loss $1SOO, no Insurance; I. C. C'cdfelter. loss $1500, no insurance. Thc total loss will run up toward $10,000, on which the total Insur ance. Including the $30,000 on the building, will not nearly cover. Those in the building were W. H. Alex ander. J. B. Blanchard, Mrs. E. M. Ben ham, S. Drake, W. L. Chalmers, Mr. Chri3tensen. Mrs. M. Daniels, I. C. Clcd fclter. T. C. Devlin, J. E. Davis. C. A. Gardner. Mrs. L. C. June, E. M. Kllppel, F. L. Knight. Miss M. K. Lamberson, T. K. Mulr. F. Monroe. Mrs. D. New, Miss Helen New. C. H. New, Mrs. M. E. Page, C. L. Reed, E. P. Rogers. F. Sutherland, C. Stewart, Mrs. Sweetapple. W. M. Simp son. J. W. Selover. M. J. Staley. W. R. Williams, D. O. Taylor, Mrs. Frohm, W. R. InsJey, Mrs. Montgomery and others. District Engineer Holden made an In vestigation yesterday, and he thinks that the fire started ln tho top floor. How ever. It seems to have originated In the dust chute, which Is close to the ele vator, which accounts for the condition of the elevator, which was wrecked. There was evidently some looting ln the building. In spite of the care taken by the police to protect the property of the guests, and It Is said that some boys fol lowed the firemen Into thc building. C. A. Gardner said that he was robbed of $200 worth of jewelry, which had been left In his room. A. A. Mackay reports that his roum was ransacked. W. L. Chalmers says he lost a set of Jewelry and a cold watch and chain. Mrs. Ella Benham lost a watch and chain and three rings. There were many other minor losses reported of money and jewelry that had been left In the rooms. Sergrant Church says that he posted a pollcoman at eve'ry outside door, with pos itive orders to allow no one to enter ex cept firemen, .and he feels certain that these orders were carried out to the let ter. The only persons allowed to go in be sides firemen were two- employes of the gas company, who had to entor to turn off the gas. Several other persons applied for permission to enter, but it was thought best to keep them out Two boys were sitting in plain sight in one of the windows of the second floor, but they were Identified to Sergeant Church as belonging in that room, and were guarding their parents property. Sergeant Church says that there never was a fire In Portland that was bettor guarded, so far as the police department was concerned. When the fire was con quered the Sergeant escorted to their rooms several guests who were identi fied by the janitor. .They said they had lost nothing. ' After the dining-room had been secure ly locked It was found that one of Its double doors had been forced open, and apparently quite a lot of silverware had been stolen. The tables were all set with two pairs of silver knives and forks at each plate. In many cases this sil verware was seen to be missing. It Is evident that thc police arc working on some clews connected with the thievery, and that definlto developments may be soon expected. Chief Campbell, of the fire department, says that he and Commissioner Everdlng went over yesterday to thc scene of the fire, and found people there well satis fied and saying that they had never been better treated. The chief says that the men of the fire department do not go to fires for looting, and he does not be lieve that any of the firemen would stoop to such low-down business. I. R. Clodfclter, who was burned about the face and hands, was able to be at the building yesterday. His burns arc not serious. Mrs. John Selover, who was rescued from the building with much difficulty and taken to the house of her daughter, was yesterday removed to the Good Samaritan Hospital. She was in a very feeble condition. All the others Injured were reported getting along as well as could be expected. Agents of the Insurance companies were ln the building yesterday nearly all day estimating damages to the effects of guests carrying insurance policies. Judge John F. Caples desires to ex press his especial appreciation of the effi cient work of both thc police and fire departments at the fire. MOUNT TABOR FREE DELIVERY. It "Will Be Started in District No. 5 the First Day of the Year. On the first of the year the Mount Tabor postoffice, on the corner of West avenue and the Base Line road, will be come a subpostal station, with E. S. Bru baker, present Postmaster, as station master, and free mail delivery will be Inaugurated. The office will remain at this corner. Mr. Brubaker has received his appointment as station-master of the substation. Mr. Brubaker -has been In consultation with Postmaster Croasman as to the ex tent of territory the substation will cover, but the lines have not yet been settled. Mr. Croasman expects to go over the dis trict today, when the territory will be determined. It Is expected that practically the whole of Mount Tabor School District No. 5 will be included In the free-delivery district. There has been some talk of extending the lines only a quarter of a mile north of the Base Line road, but this, it is said, would work a hardship on a large number further north who have been get ting their mall at the Mount Tabor post office. However, Postmaster Croasman may be trusted to do the best he can for the district, and will take ln as much territory as he thinks is right and fair to thc- people. The school district adjoins the east side of Sunnyslde and extends south to Hawthorne avenue and north of the Montavllla railway, and joins the Montavilla district on the ea3t It con tains 3000 people. RUXAWAY CREATES A STIR. Frank Powell' Team Make a Lively Dunli on Grand Avenue. An exciting runaway occurred cnGrand avenue yesterday evening, in which the fine team of horses of Frank Powell, a farmer of Columbia Slough, took the prominent part. The horses were hitched to a spring wagon near East Morrison street, and while Mr. Powell was absent for some purpose they took frigat, run- nlng northward on the west side of Grand avenue at frightful speed. They were given a clear street until they reached the Intersection of Grand avenue and East Washington street. Here the delivery wagon of J. F. C. Brown stood on the northwest corner, unable to get out of the way of the approaching horses. The two horses collided with the Brown wagon and were brought to a halt A serious ending of the runaway was averted by the tongue of Powoll's wagon passing upward and over the backs of the horses attached to the other ve hicle. The damage was slight, but the excite ment was very great, and over 100 people gathered around the teams where the collision happened. There was much sur- prise that so little damage resulted. One of Powell's horses acted as If he had been injured to some extent. MASONS AT BANQUET. OIHcers of Washington and Haw thorne Lodges Jointly Installed. There was a great gathering of Masons last night at Masonic Hall, in the Burk hard building. The occasion was the joint Installation of the officers of AVash lngton Lodge, No. 46, and Hawthorne Lodge, No. 111. A. F. & A. M. There was a large attendance of the members, as well as visitors. Following were the officers: Washington Lodge Worshipful master, J. H. Richmond; senior warden, W. G. Shellenbarger; junior warden. Charles R. Frazler; treasurer, R. B. McClung: sec retary, J. A. Newell; senior deacon. G. M. Hyland; Junior deacon. F. E. Hitch cock; senior sentinel, Clyde Evans; junior deacon, C. V. Lively; tyler, Thomas H. Brickcll. Hawthorne Lodge Worshipful master, Harvey L. Moreland; senior warden. W. W. Sampson; junior warden, W. H. Jenk ens; treasurer. H. H. Newhall; secretary. F. Glafke, Jr.; senior deacon, H. W. Smith; Junior deacon, M. J. Canning; senior steward. E. W. Wittenberg; Junior steward, Mr. Castleman; tyler, W. B. Hall. Judge J. C. Moreland, past grand mas ter, was the Installing officer, and W. J. Ing. The ceremony was very Interesting. I "i. mu lUHLiuoiuu ui. uie insinuation oi officers a banquet was served ln the ban quet hall. During thc evening numerous and lively addresses were delivered. MOXTAVILLA SIDETRACK. The Suburb GetM the Improvement After Six Months' Hard Work. Work has been started on thc sidetrack at Montavllla from the main line of the O. R. &. N. Railway. The sidetrack will be nearly half a mile north of Montavllla and begin at the county road that bounds Montavllla on the north, and will extend west 1500 feet, the length of the ground purchased by subscriptions raised by the Montavllla Sub-Board of Trade. The organization deserves much credit for Its persistency ln the effort to get this sidetrack. Thc land was owned by W. E. Bralnard. He valued the strip re quired at $150. but dropped to $350. The money was then raised In small amounts and placed In the custody of the Title Guarantee & Trust Company. The land has been paid for. and a deed will be turned over to the railroad com pany as soon as the sidetrack has been finished, which will be very soon. Monta villa hopes by means on this sidetrack to get factories and a station. Ex-City Mnr.ihnl McMillan Here. H. F. McMillan, who was City Marshal of East Portland ln early days for several years, and wife, now residents of Cen-' tralia. Wash., are visiting at the home of his daughters in the city. It has been nearly 11 years since Mr. McMillan left Portland, and In going about on the East Side he can hardly recognize the place, so great has been the march of improvement in all directions. Dcnth or Joseph E. "Wooley. Joseph E. Wooley, of "Woodtawn, died yesterday morning, after an Illness of about five years. Mr. "Wooley had been a resident of Portland 22 years, and lived at Woodlawn 11 years. He was 67 years of age. A wire and one child survive him. The funeral will be held from the Wood lawn Christian Church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and Love cemetery will be the place of interment. Wise Bros., dentists. Both phones. The Falling. Gun and Armor. Hudson Maxim. In Leslie's Popular Monthly. There has been a constant rivalry be tween the shipbuilder and armorer on the one .hand, and the gun. gunpowder, and projectile manufacturer on the other hand. Every Improvement In armor plate has been met by a further advance, either ln the gun, the projectile, or the propelling charge of gunpawder. An armor-maker would announce the produc tion of a steel plate which no existing cannon could penetrate. Then the pro jectiles were made conical, and with a sharp point, having a fine temper, and the gun was rilled to give the projectile rotation and true flight, and the guns were made to load at the breech Instead of the muzzle, adding greatly to the ra pidity and facility of fire. Another In ventor then came forward with a method for hardening the surface of the plate by a process bearing his name. A Har veylzcd plate Is so hard that It cannot bo scratched with a file or cut with a cold chisel. Nickel was put In the plate, add ing still more to its hardness and tough ness. Then smokeless powder was pro duced, developing much greater energy than its old black predecessor, and made to burn with accelerating combustion, and with It projectiles could be hurled with such velocity that the energy of their Impact could not be resisted . by either the projectile or the plate, and the gun had to be lengthened and strengthened forwtird to meet the new demands upon it. The limit In weight of armor-plate was soon reached. Twelve Inches In thickness came to be about the maximum for the belt of the strongest warship, for she could not carry thicker and float. The projectile was still more Improved, being made of the finest forged steel and tempered with great skill. Then came Krupplzed plate, and the projectile was again turned aside or smashed upon its surface. Lastly, a soft nose made of mild steel was placed on the point of the armor-piercing projectile, and the gun ner could again laugh at the thickest Krupplzed plate that could be carried by the battle-ship. A Wonderful Road. Did you ever stop to think what a won derful road the Canadian Paclnc Is? This railroad, with Its 11,000 miles of track, joins the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans with a band of steel, and has through train service from Vancouver, B. C, to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The engineers who built the Western division of the road through the Cascade and Rocky Mountains met with even" natural impediment known to" rail road construction. The final success met with has more than repaid them by the fact that this road Is now conceded by all to be the grandest scenic route ln the world; ln fact, the scenery along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway is inde scribable, and the grandness of It can only be experienced by making a trip by this "Popular Route." The company op erates through tourist cars and standard sleeping cars from the Coast to St. Paul, Toronto and Boston, and also offers va riety ot routes, namely, via St. Paul1 and Chicago. Buffalo and Toronto -and Mon treal. The courteous treatment extended by the employes of this road has earned for It the reputation which It has so long maintained, and the local representatives take personal pride In explaining the numerous advantages offered by the dif ferent routes. The Canadian Pacific has been represented ln Portland for the last 16 years, their present office being at 142 Third street? How completely the purchase system abol ished 30 years ago has' disappeared from the British army Is shown by the fact that there Is now but one officer of cavalry and only 14 of Infantry who obtained their first commis sions under It. I uregon ramy ana Supply Co.'s Market and Commission House ' Headquarters for Fancy Dry-Picked Poultry Butter, Eggs and Cheese All kinds of Dairy Products Fresh Vegetables Foreign and Domestic Fruits and Berries Lard, Hams and Bacon Poultry Supplies, Poultry Foods and Poultry Remedies. "Biddie Food, to make your hens lay." 124 5th St., Near Washington wvv v 'wwwww DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Dec. iT.-S V M. Maximum temperature, 4G; minimum temperature. 36; river reading at 11 A. M.. 0.5 feet; change ln the past 24 hour?. 0.4 foot; total precipita tion. 5 P. M. to 5 P. M.. O.OO; total precipi tation s'nc Sejit. 1. 1901. U.4t; Inches; normal precipitation since Scut. 1. 1001. 1S.2T Inches; deficiency. ;5.K1 Inches; total sunshine Dec. "3. 0:00; por.Mble sunshine Dec. :.;. i.:nt. PACIFIC COAST WEATIIKIt. iiT 1V:ml. p s; s. a 2 - s 3 5 3 j t 1 3 " - co t ; 3 -l 3 j " 3 STATIONS. n 3 Astoria Ilaker City ... Bismarck Boise Eureka Helena Pocntello Portltttu! Ked Bluff RoseburK Sacramc nto . . . Salt Lake San Francisco Spokane , Seattle Walla Walla . j4i;;.ihi -t "2s.n.iiilioj ):Wi.() ."OitMHM ; .0.)12 (.lUMI -S 4r.i(.iiii j XWiPt. cloudy NW IP:, cloudj NV It'lt ar N' l'!ir X IPt. eloudy V ICioar SV ICtear W (Pt. cloudy X 'Clear Clm (Pt. cloudy XU'iCIcar 4lljlUHlll 5; 0.00 24 3oo.oo ;r.(!,o.tKtj 4010.00(10 E E S S S Clear Clear Pt. cloudy !.vi s inio.oo , l't. cloudy Light. Trace. WEATHER COXDITIOXS. An Immense high-pressure area occupies the North Pacific States this evening, with Iks center over Southern Idaho. Fair and pleasant weatl cr prevails thla even ing over all Mictions of tho Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast States. High winds prevailed today ln the Interior of California, the following maximum veloci ties being reported this evening: Sacramento. 32 miles, from the northwest; Red Bluff, 2C miles, from the north. The Indications are for partly cloudy weath er ln this district Saturday. WEATHER FORECASTS. Forecasts made at Portland for the 2S hours ending at midnight Saturday. December 28: Portland and vicinity Partly cloudy; variable winds. Oregon. Washington and Idaho Partly cloudy; variable winds. A. H. "WOLLABER. Acting Forecast Oiilcial. AMUSEMENTS. MARQUAM GRAXD THEATER CALVIN HEILIG. Manager Friday and Saturday nights. Dc. 27-2S. Pop ular Ladies' and Cnildren t Matinee Saturduy at 2:15 o'clock, wuh LKSEKYED SEATS. "FOlG"S FERRY." Evening prices Lower iloor. except last S rows, $1; last 3 rows, 7."c. Balcony. lirt 6 rows, '5c: last 0 rows, 5oc. Gallery. iln?t 2 rows. i5c. all &eats in reur, 25c. Boxes and logci. $7.30. Popular Matinee prices with RE SERVED SEATS. Adults. fiOc; children under 12 years of age. 25u to any part of the theater. Seats now celling. CORDRAY'S THEATER- OXE WEEK. COMMEXCIXG SUNDAY. DEC. 22. ARTHUR C. AISTO.VS NEW YORK COM PANY, representing the latest success, "AT THE OLD CROSS ROADS." "AT THE OLD CROSS ROADS." "AT THE OLD CROSS ROADS." "AT THE OLD CROSS ROADS." By Hal Reld. MATINEES CHRISTMAS AND SATURDAY. CORDRAY'S THEATER- ONE WEEK. COMMENCING SUNDAY. DEC. 2U. MATINEES NEW YEAR'S AND SATURDAY. HARRY BERESFORD. Under sole management of J. J. Coleman, ln Geo. II. Broadhurst'a BEST FARCICAL COMEDY. "THE WRONG MR. WRIGHT." "THE WRONG MR. WRIGHT." "THE WRONG MR. WRIGHT." A CONTINUOUS LAUGH. THE BAKER THEATER GEO. L. BAKER. Mgr. Phones Oregon North lo70. Columbia No. riM. Your last chance this season to see the popu lar Swedish Comedian. Brn H-ndrlckj. in "OLE OLSON." "OLE OLSON." "OLE OLON." This afternoon at 2:1." and tonight at 8:20. Evening prices 13c. 23c. .Vc. 30c. Matinee prices 10c. 13c. 23c. NEXT WEEK, s-tartlng Sunday afternoon at 2:13, "The Irish Pawnbrokers." FREDERICKSBURG MUSIC HALL- SEVENTH AND ALDER STREETS DE CAPRIO'S ORCHESTRA. FLYNN'S LONDON GAIETY GIRLS, ln Burlesque. ArmIe.- Wonder. RUBER. MEETING NOTICES. CAMELIA CHAPTER. NO. 27. O. E. S. A regular communication this (Saturday) even ing at 7:30 o'clock, in Hill's Hall, Upper Al blna. By order W. M. nellie Mckinley, sec. FUNERAL NOTICES. LAUE At the home of his brother. John M. A. Lauc. 323 Fourth St.. Friday morning. Dec. 27, Adolf G. Laue. of Pioneer. Wash., aged 4(5 years. Funeral from Finiey. Kimbull & Co.'h undertaking parlors Sunday, Dec. 29, at 2 P. M. Interment at Rlvervicw ceme tery. POWER At St. Vincent's Hospital. Dec. 26. 1001. Miss Margaret Power, aged 21 years. 7 months and S days; daughter ot Michael Power. Funeral from lesldencc. !K)2 Mis- sourl ave.. Sunday. Dec 2!). at I P. M., thence to Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, cor. Williams ave. and Stanton St., at 1:30. Friends Invited. EDWARD HOLMAS. Cnilrrtnkrr. -tth and YamMll nt. Rcna Stlnwon. lndr nxxtntant. Both phonea No. IJOT. rinle-r. KImhnll t Co.. L'ailcrtnkcn. Lady anxlMtant. 2:75 Third t. TrI. J. F. S. Djn-ilnK. CndertaUer. 414 Emt Alder. Lady usnlstnnt. Both iilinuet. NEW TODAY. I NINON'S 173 THIRD. NEAR YAMHILL. Table peaches or pears, per can 13c 3 cans salmon ...........25c Picnic hams, per lb 10c Creamery butter 55c 2 lbs. evaporated apricots 23c 3 lbs. table raisins 25c CHICKENS Turkeys and Geese, 12i pound New Grass California Butter, 50c Best creamery 50c and 53c Extra choice creamery 43c Fancy dairy 35c and 40c Fresh ranch egg.". dozen 30c Eastern eggs. 2 dozen 45c Swiss cheese 00c each Eastern sugar-cured hams 1214c lb. Picnic hams yc lb. LA GRANDE CREAMERY 2G4 Yamhill. Both phonea.