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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TONPAY, JANUARY 13, 1902.
ACCIDENT HAS FATAL END
IIARRY K. AXDRESEX, IXJORED BY
ELEVATOR, DIES.
tardly plot to capture the women, and he
and their .husbands may expect to hear
something drop before long.
LAST MONEY FOR CREDITORS
Myetery I Unsolved, Whether He
Fell From Fifth Floor or "Was
Caught by the Cage.
Harry IS. Andrescn, shipbuilder, ana
residing at 47 North Seventh street, died
yesterday morning at St "Vincent's hos
pital from the Injuries he received In the
elevator accident at the Washington
building, Saturday night. His -widow is
prostrated with grief. By a strange fa
tality, her first husband. Mr. McDougall,
was killed about 17 years ago by a chain
breaking and striking him on the breast.
while he was engaged in moving a house.
Mrs. Andresen's only son, Jesse Mc
Dougall, an accomplished musician, died
one year ago from spinal meningitis.
Now she Is striken with a new sorrow
and must bear her grief alone, with all
h?r relatives living many miles away.
The exact particulars of the accident by
which Andresen lost his life will probably
never be known. So far as can be
Iearnec?, nobody was present when he
walked to the elevator well. Two men
who declined to give their names told
an Oregonlan man, Saturday night, at the
entrance to the "Washington building, that
a man they knew told them that Andre
sen stepped Into the elevator, and that
after It ascended, he fell against the lop
of the elevator cage from the fifth story
landing. Mrs. P. A. Koch, who lives with
her husband on the fifth floor of the same
building, dissents from this theory and
thinks that Andresen was caught be
tween the top of the elevator cage and
the top of the door, on the street landing.
"Shortly before the accident happened,"
said Mrs. Koch to an Oregonlan reporter,
last night, " I was at Fourth and Wash
ington streets on my way home with
some purchases, when I noticed Mr. An
dresen crossing Washington street in the
direction of the Washington building.
I thought ihat he was going to see my
husband, who had a ring to give him.
There were some people walking on the
sidewalk, and on this account I did not
see Mr. Andresen enter the street door
leading to the elevator. At this point,
I was on the other side of the street. I
followed, and on entering the street door
of the building I was burprised to hear
a man scream, and then I saw he was
Jammed against the top of the elevator
cage and the landing. I am not sure
about Mr. Andresen's position as he lay
there, as the light near the elevator was
not lighted, and In the darkness I could
not see clearly, but I think his body was
on top of the cage, and that his legs were
caught between the top of the cage and
the landing. Then some men came and
lowered the elevator and lifted him out."
"Then you think from the position you
first found Mr. Andresen that he could
not have fallen from the fifth story land
ing?" was asked.
"That's just It," said Mrs. Koch, em
phatically. "I followed so closely be
hind him. when I noticed him on the
street, that he could not have had time
to ride on the elevator to the fifth floor,
lower the cage again and then fall on
top of It Of course I cannot tell how
the accident happened, lut since I was
one of the first, or maybe the first to see
him after he was caught, I think he must
have walked up to the elevator doot,
finding it open, and that he saw the cage,
was In the basement Probably he pulled
the rope and the cage ascended more
quickly than he expected It would, and
then he was caught before he knew it"
J. F. Killeen, who occupies an office in
the Washington building, said: :"I was
busy In my office when I heard screams,
apparently proceeding from the elevator.
Thinking that some one was (hurt I ran
down stairs and saw Mr. Andresen
pinned between the top of the elevator
cage and the first landing. I helped to
take him out I do not know, nor have
1 heard, how the accident happened."
It was stated at the Washington build
ing yesterday that after the elevator at
tendant goes off duty for the night, after
9:30 o'clock or so, that many of the people
who live there operate the elevator them
selves, in preference to walking upstairs,
and that probably Mr. Andresen knew this
and thought he could manage the ele
vator, without assistance.
Mrs. Andresen Is being cared for In her
afflictions by women friends. She has
been somewhat of an invalid lately, and
suffers from heart, trouble. Her nearest
relatives are two sisters, one of whom
lives In Illinois and one in New York.
Two of her late husband's sisters live
at Sacramento, and word of the accident
has "been telegraphed to them.
The dead man was 48 years old, and he
"was born in Denmark. The funeral ar
rangements have not yet been completed,
but will be held under the direction of the
Woodmen of the World, Webfoot Camp,
of which Mr. Andresen was a member.
The Coroner will conduct an inquiry
Into the case this afternoon.
Receiver of Portland Saving Banlc
Will Tarn $3000 Into Court
The final hearing on the report of Re
ceiver Nixon, of the Portland Savings
Bank, will take place in Judge Bellinger's
court tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock,
when the receiver will tender to the court
the money remaining in his hands, some
$3000, and will ask for his discharge. Re
ceiver Nixon submitted his final report In
November last and the final hearing was
set for January 13, and R. B. Lamson
was appointed to examine his books, ac
counts, vouchers, receipts, etc Notice
was also given to all parties Interested
to file objections to the final report, if any
they have, before the date set for the
hearing thereof. Mr. X.amson Is prepared
to submit his report of the examination
of the books, etc, and the final hearing
will be had tomorrow. Depositors who
had not secured their dividends prior to
DEMOCRATS GET IN LINE
COUJPTY COMMITTEE NAMES FOR
JUDGES AND CLERKS.
List of Candidates Will Re Filed
With County Cleric by Secre
tary William Gateaa.
A list of names of Democratic candi
dates for the position of judges and clerks
of election In city precincts has been
compiled by W. N. Gatens, secretary of
the Democratic County and City Central
Committee, and will be filed with the
County Clerk today or tomorrow. The list
Is as follows:
FIRST WARD.
Precinct 1 Judges, T. J. Concannon,
Jerry Bronaugh; clerks, Thomas Carlson,
Ed Maher.
Precinct 2-Judges, Jacob Krlmble, S.
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CHICAGO MINISTER CALLED TO NEW YORK
REV. J. ROSS STEVENSON.
If the Rev. J. Ross Stevenson accepts the call of the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church, of New York, he will be the fourth Chicago min
ister to go to New York and Brooklyn within two years. The first was
the Rev. Newell Dwight HIUIs, who left the Central Church for the Plym
outh Congregational, of Brooklyn. He was followed by the Rev. Ernest
M. Stlres, of Grace Episcopal Church, and the Rev. P. S. Henson, of the
First Baptist Church. The pulpit of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church, of New York, has been vacant since last September, when the
former pastor, the Rev. George T. Purves, died.
Dr. Stevenson occupies the chair of church history at McCormlck The
ological Seminary. He was educated In Washington and Jefferson Col
lege, and received his degree at the McCormlck Seminar'. Afterwards
he studied in Berlin and Halle. He Is 35 years old.
Bennett, Ed Krlnnlck; clerks, Peter Van
Hoomlsen, George Zllllnger, George
Shearer.
Precinct 40 Judges, A. Van Hoomlsen,
W. A. Munly; clerks, E. B. Seabrdok, G.
W. Harder.
NINTH WARD.
Precinct 41 Judge, G. W. Holcomb.
Precinct 42 Judges, R. F. Ayers, F. W.
Torgler; clerks, Valentine Brown, B. Fal.
lows.
Precinct 43 Judges, Joseph Worth, T. J.
Hammer; clerks, M. A. .Raymond, Leroy
Donaugb.
Precinct 44 Judges, G. R. Matthews, A.
Kadderly; clerk, Ed Welter.
Precinct 45 Judges. David Cole, D. J.
Beakey; clerks, A. P. Nelson, T. J.
O'Brien.
Precinct 46 Judges, D. Parrott S. E.
Holcomb; clerk, M. D. George.
Precinct 47 Judges, William Reidt, John
Van Zante.
TENTH WARD.
Precinct 4S-Judges, M. D. Wisdom, Ben
F. Hedges; clerks or judges, A. J. Mc
Ayeal, G. G. Mayger; clerk, Charles
Steele
Precinct 49 Judges, I. R. Houfton,
Archie Trltes; clerks, Fred Bueche, A. J.
Stoldt
Precinct 50 Judges, J. M. Farmer, W.
F. Barnes; clerks, Ernest Kroner, George
W. Butler.
Precinct 51 Judges. F. A. Watts, W. A.
Rldeout; clerks, John Bartosch, F. T.
Davis.
Precinct E2 Judges, M. G. Munly, A.
F. Velguth; clerks, R. P. Graham, New
ton McCoy.
ELEVENTH WARD.
Precinct 53 Judges, J. C. Thomas, Will
iam Montag; clerks, C. P. Haight, V. S
Ogle.
Precinct 54 Judges, George Easterbil,
Lon Stopper; clerks, P. I. G. Wiser, E.
S. Seller. '
Precinct 55 Judges, W. T. Vaughn, M.
K Duff; clerks, R. H. Connell, J. H.
Richard.
Precinct 56 Judges, D. V. Hart, W.
Went; clerks, J. Mack, Jr., W. R. Miller.
Precinct 57-nIudges, Johnson White, O.
O. Benson; clerks, A. J. Bowman, D.
Nash.
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The Clearance Sale
Starts its third week this morning with the same
life and activity that has prevailed for many
days, only better prepared to serve you promptly
and satisfactorily You can't go wrong in shop
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pleasure, more attention from salespeople.
THIS DEMANDS ACTION.
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Meier & Frank Company Meier & Frank Company
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WAIER BOARD IS TO STAY
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the filing of the receiver's final report
have been coming In slowly after their
money. There were 419 of these delin
quents, of whom some 120 have been paid,
so that there are about 300 still remaining
who have not received their dividends.
The court will now have to decide what
Is to be done with the money remaining.
One idea Is to deposit It with the Clerk
of the Court, to be paid to the depositors
to whom It is due for, say, a year, and
then divide the remainder among all the
depositors. This would prolong the final
settlement of the painful and long-drawn-,
out business Indefinitely. The remainder
left at the end of a year would be so small
A. Murhard; clerks, M. C. Davis, T. J.
Ncalond.
Precinct 3 Judges, J. J. Byrne, Charles
Petraam; clerks, P. G. Nealond, J. Beatty.
SECOND WARD.
Precinct 4 Judges, George Walters, P.
Crowley: clerks, D. B. Fuller, George
W. O'Farrell.
Precinct 5 Judges, Thomas Whalen,
Robert O'Neill; clerks, Charles Savanan,
J. B. Ryan.
Precinct G Judges, T. R. Manning, Dan
J. Maher, Matt Foeller; clerks, John J.
Casparay, F. Dresser.
Precinct 7 Judges, J. D. Fenton, D. W.
that if divided among all the depositors Cr F; 'Snea' cl"k emy Teal
ELUDE SLOW POLICEMAN.
there would not be enough for any of
them to justify them In calling for 1L
It is understood that there will be an
effort made tomorrow to have the money
remaining in the hands of the receiver
divided among those depositors who had
not received what was due them when
the bank was closed the second time. It
is said that tire bank worked a very un
fair scheme on these people, who had
agreed to an extension In order to allow
the bank to reopen. It had agreed to pay
them quarterly payments under the ex
tension of 10 per cent, but many who did
not present their claims within a certain
time were not paid and so have not re
ceived as much In the shape of dividends
as the others.
In this connection It may be stated that
the Portland Savings Bank building Is to
be sold tomorrow to satisfy a first mort
gage for $140,000. The building was sold
Precinct 8-Judges, A. King Wilson, W.
I. Brewster, J. N. Teal, J. T. Corcoran.
THIRD WARD.
Precinct 9 Judges and clerks, George
Dunning, H. Case, T. J. Uhlman, John
McEntee.
Precinct 10 Judges and clerks. George
H. Thomas, E. C. Protzman, William Don
ovan, F. Clarno.
Precinct 11 Judges and clerks, C. A.
McCall, M. Dougherty, George Tuttle,
William Foley.
Precinct 12 Judges and clerks, Ii. Stark,
Isaac Lawler, W. E. Thayer, William
Maher. .
Precinct 13 Judges, El J. Jeffrey, Paul
Wesslnger; clerks, Otto Stark, " B. I..
Norden, Jr.
FOURTH WARD.
Precinct 14 Judges, H. B. Compson. F.
T. Berry; clerks, G. J. Blodgett, G. W.
Masaueradlnff "Wives Escape and
Husbands' Plot Falls Down.
Over In Irvlngton, a dozen or so women
of a literary turn of mind have formed
a sort of club which meets once a week
at the home of one of the members, and
spends the evening in reading from the
works of some author, and discussing the
man and the merits or demerits of his
work. The victims chosen for considera
tion at the last meeting were Booker T.
Washington and Paul Dunbar, the colored
poet. As these meetings are attended by
members only, their worser halves find
ing It more congenial to their tastes to
assemble by themselves and play whist
or some other equally intellectual game
of chance, two of the women arranged
to present themselves at the last meeting
as representatives of the colored gen
tlemen to be discussed. They at first In
tended to dress In men's clothing, but
finally compromised on rainy-day skirts,
with their husbands' coats, vests, stand
ing collars, etc., and with their faces and
hands blackened, of course.
The husbands of these women becom
ing aware of their scheme, entered Into
an unholy compact, and informed the
Chief of Police that two women dressed
In men's clothes and with their faces
blackened, were masquerading nights on
the streets of Irvlngton, and that they
had Information ihat on a certain night
they would be out, and also of the direc
tion in which they would travel, and
asked the Chief to have these highly sus
picious characters arrested and, if pos
sible, these Improper actions checked. The
Chief was surprised to learn that such
suspicious characters were running at
large on the streets of quiet, orderly Irv
lngton, and he at once took steps to have
the women masqueraders arrested. He
directed a policeman to station himself
at a point where the two women were
likely to be met in company and ordered
the patrol wagon to be in waiting near
by.
It was Intended that both the women
should be arrested and landed In jail
before they knew what was the matter
with them. Fortunately for the women,
they took a different route to the place
of meeting of the club, and so did not
fall Into the arms of the policeman, and
when he discovered them and gave chase,
they took to their heels and fairly out
distanced the cop and reached the triace
where the club was assembled, slightly
winded but all right in other respects.
The doors were locked, but the policeman
had not the nerve to ring the bell at the
rather handsome house in which his In
tended victims had found refuge, and so
Messrs. Washington and Dunbar were
discussed to the cntiro satisfaction of
the club.
The policeman went away back and
was sat down on by the Chief. It is now
suspected that the Chief was in the das-
interests of the depositors, subject to the -Precinct 15-Judges, M. J. Clohessy. John
first mortgage, and was purchased by P. Klernan; clerks, A. E. Keith, Henry
Jm Willis for the Topaz Land Company ! G?-, t - ,
for 51100. and was sold by this company i Precinct 16-Judges, J. M. Gearin, Frank
to Henry McClure, of Seattle. The first
Something- That President Roosevelt
Ought to Consider.
PORTLAND, Jan. 12. (To the Editor.)
For several months the appointment of a
successor to the present Incumbent of a
certain Federal office in this state, re
moved because of Immoral conduct, has
been pending. The junior Senator no
doubt has a preference for one of the
seven candidates for the position, but
for the best of reasons has declared his
willingness to recommend to the President
the nomination, with, a single exception,
of any one of the seven. The senior
Senator, it appears from your recent
Washington dispatches, and your local
reports, refuses to act In this Important
matter until the President "gets the two
Senators together." In view of the facts
it seems that Senator Simon needs to be
"got together."
Senator Mitchell 13 ready and willing
to act, and fairly. Senator Simon is
ready and willing to do nothing but that
which, he supposes will further his own
personal and political Interests. He Is
perfectly Indifferent to the fact that the
exigencies of the public service, the de
cency of the community, and respecta
bility of the Land Department, demand
immediate action by our Senators In a
matter In which public morals have been
and are being grossly desecrated.
The officer was removed for being solely
responsible for the nastiest scandal which
ever polluted the moral atmosphere of
any community of our state, and which
outraged and disgraced his own wife and
children, and forever destroyed his own
home. Moreover he did publicly and
shamelessly, and In open defiance
of public sentiment, and In stub
born disregard of the advice and
admonition of his friends and relatives
continue his notorious conduct while an
insulted community of decent people
looked on in consternation and disgust.
Nor is this all. The home of a fellow
townsman has been ruthlessly, wickedly
invaded and annihilated. The Masons.
the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias
"got themselves together," and be It said
to the great credit of the lodges of those
worthy orders, kicked out this poisonous
social leper. But what cares Senator
Simon? The Injured morals of the ccm
munlty, the dignity of the public service,
tne open verdict of condemnation of three
honorable fraternal orders, the poor heart
broken wife and fatherless children of this
man's family, the motherless child and
wifeless husband of the Invaded family
are of no consequence to our senior
Senator compared with the Importance of
his own self-seeking political, sinister,
mercenary motives and aspirations.
In the name of the highest and best
interests of the people of the Burns land
district, in the name of virtue, morality
and common decency. In the name of
the home and of all the sanctity and love
and virtue which the word "home"
Implies, God grant that Senator Simon
may very soon "be gotten together."
A SUBSCRIBER.
SEPARATE COMMISSION WIMj HAVE
CHARGE OF CITY WORKS.
mortgage was foreclosed several weeks
ago, and McClure, as one of the defend
ants and not a resident of this state, pe
titioned to have the foreclosure proceed
ings held in the United States Court.
The proceedings, however, were had in
the State Court, and now McClure alleges
that the foreclosure Is Illegal and asks to
have the sale set aside, and will appeal
the matter to the Supreme Court, and. If
defeated there, will carry It to the Su
preme Court of the United States. It is
not Improbable that the matter will be
kept In the courts for four or five years,
and If In the end McClure wins he will
be entitled to the rents of the property
for all that time, say some $20,000 per
year. This Is an outside Issue and of no
consequence or Interest to the depositors.
It is likely, however, that the trouble
arising out of the failure of the Portland
Savings Bank will not be entirely settled
and disposed of for several years.
Schlegel; clerk, G. L Smith.
Precinct 17 Judges, T. T. Stumble, F.
W. Whltwell; clerks, Joseph H. Jones, J.
b. Morgan.
GREAT DAY FOR CHURCH.
IN MEMORY OF D. D. THOMPSON
TraBteejJ of OrcROa Humane Society
Pass Resolution.
At the regular meeting of the board of
trustees of the Oregon Human Society,
held on Friday afternoon, January 3, 1902,
a resolution relating to the death of the
late president of the society, Hon. David
P. Thompson, was unanimously passed,
as follows:
"We commemorate his assiduous In
terest, his wise counsels, his unflagging
attention to the details of business and
to the direction of the society's affairs.
Humane education especially engaged his
attention, and for a series of years the
prizes offered la the schools for essays
on kindness to animals were his gift
The cause of humanity to animals has
experienced a serious loss the loss of his
decisive initiative, of his generous sup
port and of his Intelligent administration
as our head
"In communicating this minute to Mr.
Thompson's family, we desire to inti
mate to them our sincere sympathy and
our -own sense of personal bereavement as
his friends and fellow-workers."
The resblution was signed by the full
board of trustees.
First Presbyterian Chnrcb Receives
Sixty Xevr Members.
Yesterday was a red-letter day at the
First Presbyterian Church. It was com-
Precinct 18 Judges. John Burke. John ' munlon day, and just 60 persons were re-
Garnold; clerks, Frank Efilnger, Dr A. 1 eelved Into membership. It was a very
L. NIcklln. J tender service and at times during the
Precinct 19-Judges, R. H. Thompson, hour man' "CTC In tears. Last week the
B. G. Whitehouse; clerks, George F. Hoi-! churcn held the most successful series of
man, J. W. Grussl. Seth.Catlln. meetings It has had for many years.
iiicic nan nu ajjcLiai l-alucuicui, auu uu
professional evangelist was present. The
pastor and people were simply busy and
earnest. Every evening the lecture-room
was filled and the meetings were per
vaded by a sense of unusual solemnity
and eagerness.
The work of the First Presbyterian
Church has grown to such proportions
that It has been found necessary to secure
another helper. Five prosperous missions
are being conducted by this church, the
Rev. A. D. Soper having charge of the
well-known Men's Resort in the North
End. A few days ago the Rev. E. T.
Allen, of San Francisco, was called to
assist Dr. Hill in the pastoral work of
the church. Mr. Allen Is a man of attract
ive personality and Is a good preacher.
He Is a man of family, having a wife and
one child. He will begin work about
April 1.
Dr. Hill has just received notice of his
appointment as one of three speakers to
address the general assembly. to be held
in New York next May, in connection
with the centennial of Home Missions,
for which great preparations are being
made. The other two speakers will be
the Rev. Samuel J. NIcolls, D. D., ex
moderator of the general assembly, and
the Rev. H. C. McCook, D. D.. of Phila
delphia, well known as a church historian
and naturalist.
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Precinct 20-Judges, C. E. S. Wood, Ed I
Trine llr PolA(t TtittMltlA
Precinct 21 Judges, J. J. Shipley, James
Wagner; clerks, Henry Gurr, Leo Have
link. FIFTH WARD.
Precinct 22 Judges, W. J. Klrkwood, L.
C. Unger; clerks, Joseph Sechtem, O. P.
Addlton.
Precinct 23 Judges, Ed McPherson, I.
Swett; clerks, James M. RIcen, Jessie L.
Walter.
Precinct 24 Judges, Cleveland Rock
well. Sam Mooney; clerks, W. P. Adams,
Ed Dwyer.
Precinct 25 Judges, Herman Clausen
nlus, Thomas G. Greene; clerks, G. L.
Jackson, W. J. Corcoran.
. Precinct 25 Judges, Thomas O'Day, D.
C. Burns; clerk, Joseph Gibson.
SIXTH WARD.
Precinct 27 Judges, Thomas Duffy, A.
Noltner; clerks, F. A. Heltkemper, Fred
H. Noltner.
Precinct 28 Judges, Seneca Smith, Dell
Stuart; clerks, Frank Lee, J. P. Burk-hart.
Precinct 23 Judges, H. B. Nicholas, F.
B. Beach.
Precinct 30 Judges and clerks, D. W.
Taylor. G. Heltkemper, J. C. LUlls, A.
G. FIcthner, Charles Baxter, B. Fink, B.
D. SIgler.
Precinct 31 Judges and clerks, Joseph
Sabel, J. P. Wager.
Precinct 32 Judges, C. J. Schnabel, E.
J. Hyland; clerks, A. F. Smith, W. G.
'Smith, John G. Heltkemper.
SEVENTH WARD.
Precinct 33 Judges, Dr. E. Barton, M.
F. Miller; clerks, Charles Herrall, P. G.
Miller.
Precinct 34 Judges, V. K. Strode, H. W.
Parker; clerks, G. W. Allen, Thomas
Schneider.
Precinct 33 Judges, W. T. Burney, Sam
uel G. Dowell; clerks, Pat Mahoney, W.
J. Blanchard.
EIGHTH WARD.
Precinct 36 Judges, D. M. Donaugh, F.
C. Sell wood; clerks, O. H. Wallberg, S.
J. Brown, J. D. Porter, G. W. Rubbener.
Precinct 37 Judges, Dan Sherrett, P. A.
Preston; clerks. J. F. Brady, Fred A.
Chand, J. K. Havely.
Precinct 3S Judges, James Bruce, Andy
Cllft; clerks, C. J. Reed, Ed Glnty, George
Mlnar, Ben Campbell.
Precinct 39-Judges, Mike Harris, Frank
Kctt City Charter Strips Committee
of Legislative- Power Municipal
Elections on Oft Years.
If the report which will be submitted
to the Charter Commission by the re
vision committee Is adopted, future
Boards of Water Commissioners will be
stripped of the legislative functions now
vested In that body, and the duties will
be entirely executive. The committee
will report In favor of the Water Com
mission being preserved as a separate
department of the city government, and
it will not be under the control of the
Executive Board.
The details have not been all settled
as yet, and at tonight's meeting of the
revision committee the question of length
of office of Water Commissioners will
be determined. It Is quite probable, said
one of the members of the committee
yesterday, that four years will be the
tenure of office on the commission, and
provision" will be made for the first ap
pointees to go out at the expiration of
two and four years, so as to bring sub
sequent appointments under alternate ad
ministrations. The committee Is agreed
that the members of the commission shall
be appointed by the Mayor.
The number of members of the commis
sion will be reduced from six. as at
present, to four, the Mayor being ex
officio a member. One of the reasons for
preserving the Water Commission was
the fact that the Executive Board already
has Its work cut out. A number of
Important departments, including police,
fire, parks, harbor, streets, pound and
others, will be under the direction of the
board, and there was a feeling among
the members of the revision committee
that too much work would be assigned
to the board, and difficulty would be found
In selecting capable men to serve as
members.
The Water Commission will have abso
lutely no power to contract indebtedness,
purchase property or sell, or to Issue
bonds, without authority being given to
It by the City Council. It will be some
time before the Charter Commission will
reach consideration of the Water Com
mission, because of pressure of other
work which precedes It.
Following the example of other cities
of the countryswhich have recently adopt
ed new charters, the revision committee
will report In favor of municipal elec
tlonj being held in alternate years from
the state elections. Boston, New York,
Philadelphia and other large cities have
adopted this plan, with a view of divorc
ing local and state politics, and making
the city elections on purely municipal
issues, in which party lines may be ob
scured if the necessity for so doing comes
up. "The extra cost to taxpayers in hold
ing the elections separate will not ex
ceed 55000." said A. L. Mills last night,
"and the good that will result will more
than justify the expense."
At the meeting of the Charter Com
mission Thursday night, there will be
considered the powers of the Council,
franchise and public utilities questions.
The revision committee Is holding nightly
sessions, and Is almost through with the
executive branch of the city government,
all the offices having been considered
except that of City Engineer. The work
of outlining the duties of the different
boards is completed, with the exception
of the Civil Service Board, which will be
considered this coming week.
CARPENTERS RAISE WAGES
a Day as
Track Is Taken Up.
The City & Suburban Railway Company
has taken up Its track on Commercial
street, between Stanton street and Kil
lingsworth avenue. This piece of road
was formerly used by the St. Johns steam
motor, but the change of the junction to
Kllllngsworth and Williams avenues does
away with the use of the Commercial
street line. However, the track is re
tained on Stanton street, as the carbarn
at the old junction Is still In use. The
new junction on Kllllngsworth avenue Is
a great improvement In every way. Pas
sengers step from the motor to the elec
tric cars under shelter. Residents also
on the Peninsula are greatly pleased with
the new schedule on which cars are now
operated.
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PEOPLE FLOCK WHERE THEY FARE BEST
Our 24th Annual
Clearance Sale
Is proving this daily. This week, in addition to clearance
'reductions on every article, many small lines will be
literally sacrificed for quick closing.
Richardson's Table Linens
Thousands of thrifty housewives buy their year'.s outfit of linens at
our clearance sales, well knowing that a supply of Richardson's
famous Irish Linens is an investment equal to money in the bank.
You can make no mistake when buying linens here. A price hint:
Richardson's Table Damask, snow-white heavy linen, 2 yards
wide clearance price, 85c yard
Napkins to match for clearance, $3.15 dozen
Ladies' Suits and Wraps
There's no doubt about our leadership in these lines. Customers
tell us every day that our cloakroom is Portland headquarters for
style and quality in women's garments that to go elsewhere only
means to return to us. Our splendid collection is
RADICALLY REDUCED FOR CLEARANCE.
Stylish Waistings
$1.00 and $1.25 grades
at 83c yd.
A roundup of all our 24-inch plain
colored Taffeja Flannels and Peau
Mignons two of this season's
favorite waist fabrics.
A Corset Extra
A line of our short "ROYAL
WORCESTER" CORSETS;
pink, blue, gray or black; trimmed
top and bottom, and worth $2.00;
special now at $ 1 .37. Have your
new dress fitted overapairof these.
The Spokane flyer leaves Portland daily
at 6:15 P. M.: arrives Spokane following
morning at 9:50. This Is the favorite
train with everybody for Eastern Wash
ington and Coeur d'Alene points. Ticket
office Third and Washington streets. O.
1 R. & N. Co.
Tlielr TJalon Demands $3
Minimum "Wage.
The local branch , of the Carpenters'
Union has served notice upon the con
tractors of the city that on and after
April 1, 1902, the minimum wages for
carpenter-work shall be ?3 per day, with
a 50 per cent addition to the regular
scale for each extra hour. The carpen
ters say further that eight hours shall
constitute a days' work, and that extra
pay must be given for all additional
time. The demand as to time is not new,
for it has log been the custom of Port
land contractors to pay for overtime.
However, the demand of 53 per day, for a
minimum wage, may jar the feelings as
well as the pocket-books of the builders of
mansions.
Tho carpenters say that, In Seattle,
the minimum wage is J3 0 per day, while
Tacoma and New Whatcom have adopted
$3 as the minimum wage. In Spokane
the scale Is even higher. Portland con
tractors have been paying wages vary
ing from 52 up, but their employes say
that it's time for the metropolis of Ore
gon to adopt a higher scale of wages,
and It Is up to the contractors to pay
the wages demanded. Speaking of the
situation last evening a member of the
Carpenters' Union said: "We demand
nothing unreasonable or unjust. In the
other towns of the Northwest, carpenters
receive 53 and $3 50 per day, as a minimum
wage, and why shouldn's we? When the
price of lumber Is raised the contractors
say nothing, but simply add the extra
expense on to the cost of the building.
They can do the same with the extra
expense Involved In raising our wages.
If people want houses built they ought
to be willing to pay for them. Certainly
the carpenters ought not to be asked to
help In doing so. If a man's services as
a carpenter aren't worth 53 per day, he
ought to quit and try something else.
We have given the contractors, three
months notice, so that they will not lose
anything on present work.
"There are more than 500 carpenters here
In Portland, and upwards of 200 of them
belong to the union. We are gaining
strength right along. At our last meet-.
Ing we Initiated 23 members. I anticipate
SmaS
Full Score and Selections of "The Burgomaster" on sale here.
GREAT $AL,E,
Every Article Reduced
J great opportunity to lay in a supply of useful
goods at LOWEST PRICES. Ji superb, firsUclass
stock of merchandise to select from here.
THE
CLOAK RO
will make a FEATURE of
new special attractions
for this weeh. Most extra
ordinary special bargains.
no trouble with the contractors, for
they certainly realize the justice of our
claims."
MINERS LEAVE FOR ALASKA
C. 2 and R. D. Morris Start for tkc
KoyBknk District.
The weather lias been so Spring-like of
late that people who have mining inter
ests in Alaska begin to imagine that
Spring Is at hand, and are getting uneasy
and anxious to go North long before the
wild fowl have thought of such a thing.
C. F. Morris, a partner of the McNamer
Bros, arrived here from his home in Linn
County in company with his brother, R.
D. Morris, Friday, on his way to the
Koyukuk country, Alaska. The two left
Saturday morning over the Northern Pa
cific 'with their trained dog team and out-
nt, anu-wiu puau luen wajr nu jui ja- So many diseases deoend on Iranurn
slble .speed 1000 miles by snow trail be- blood. Hood's Sarsanarllla la th moot
lyona tne rauway terminus ai-w nite-Jtiorsc-1 widely -useiuik medicine.
to Emma Creek, where their placer claim,
said to be the best in the territory, Is
located. T. C McNamer and others inter
ested in the claim will postpone their start
for two or three weeks, In order to es
cape as much of the cold weather as
possible. By March the weather mod
erates so as to make traveling and camp
ing out In Alaska quite comfortable, and
the sleding continues good till about
May 10, when theJce begins to break up
in the small creeks.
Messrs. Morris and McNamer have re
ceived Information from men employed
by them that since they left for home In
August last, rich deposits of gold have
been found on Vermont Creek, a tributary
of Hammond River, In the Koyukuk
district, where they staked new claims
just before leaving. The men state that
these claims bid,falr to exceed In value
their famous Emma Creek properties.