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THE MORNING' OBEGONIAN, TUESDAY 3TANUASY IT, 1905. TO REPAIR SEWER BRIDGE 18 OPENED This company has been guilty of very naughty actions In theat It . i? al leged, and his harraseed, the settler until he would leave hlsC holdings to "be gobbled up by the syndicate. It is the wish of the Government to have finished its investigations by the first of the month and between this time and the first of February sensational things will come to light Then the grand Jury will be discharged and will go home to rest Councilmen Agree to Appro , priate $5000. Cars and Passengers Cross Morrison Structure. LARGEWATEB COJlCEKN POSHED f Will Supply Suburbs With Sandy and j 1 Bull Run Water. i MONEY WILL BE RETURNED FOR. FIRST TIME "IN 85 DAYS City Engineer Will Rebuild Tanner Creek Tunnel, and Cost Will Be Deducted From the Amount Paid Contractor Riner. I Councilmen Albee, iFIepel, Whiting, Zimmerman, Sherett dfid Sharkey, com prising a majority of the Council, yester day. In the presence of Mayor Williams, agreed to pass a resolution at the Council meeting Wednesday, appropriating the sum of 55000 for the repair of the Tanner- Creek sewer. If necessary, additional1 sums that will assure the construction of a sewer as good as originally contem plated will be appropriated. The money thus expended will be returned to the city from the first collection of assess ments. In addition to this. Contractor R. M. Riner has signed an agreement by which he turns the work of repairing the sewer over to the city and agrees that any money expended for construction will be deducted from the sum' due him on the contract Repairs to Begin at Once. The work of construction will be com menced immediately after the Council meeting, according to City Engineer "Vanzer, under whose supervision the repair will be made. When apprised of the action of the Councilmen and asked to make a statement.. Mr. Wanzer said: "As soon as I am o'fflclally advised that the necessary money has been appro riated I shall be ready to commence work." This unexpected culmination of the Tanner-Creek matter, which a week ago promised to be rejuvenated and become a worse scandal than the previous one. Is duo to Mayor Williams, who yesterday, knowing that the above-named Council men were in the City Hall attending vari ous committee meetings, summoned them to his office and placed the proposition before them. He argued that such disposition of the Tanner-Creek scandal was the best course to pursue, and after considerable discussion, the Councilmen concurred with him unanimously. Comprising a majority, as they will at the Council meeting Wednesday, this action assures the immediate reconstruction of the Tanner-Creek sewer. Property-Owners Skeptical. Notwithstanding the indication of an end to the Tanner-Creek scandal, the property-owners remain skeptical as tq the ability of City Engineer Wanzer to repair the sewer as he Intends. In an interview last night. Tyler Woodward, who Is largely Interested in property abutting the sewer, said: T am not sure that the Tanner-Creek sewer can be patched and made as good as the original specifications provide, be cause I have consulted many engineers who. personally, have been through the sewer and know just what must be done. However, if Mr. Wanzer succeeds in rc . pairing the sewer and making it as good as he says he can, 1 shall be satisfied, but I will not pay for a botch job." R. X. King, of the King estate, who is al6o Interested In the Tanner-Creek mat ter, stated: "I will merely make the assertion I have made before, 'the sewer -has nr bottom, no sides and no top.' What have they to patch on? I do not believe they can -do it. Regarding Mr. Wanzer. I don't know the man, and any confidence 1 might have had in him Is lost because he has not Impressed me as realizing what needs to be done. I was one of a committee appointed to go through the sewer, and know what has to be done, and of course don't feel that the sewer can be repaired. Assuming, however, that the city can accomplish what I now deem an Impossibility. I shall, of course, be content." R. W. Montague, attorney, who owns property abutting the sewer, when asked to make a statement, said: "I have nothing to say," and he added apparently changing his mind, "If the Councilmen think .$5000 enough to repair the sewer, why did they agree to make Additional appropriations? Do they think that the sewer can bo repaired for $3000?" In spite of all this, however. City En gineer Wanzer, with a twinkle In his eye. is apparently determined that he will convince the "show me" property owners that he is quite capable-of doing what he says he will. MANY LICENSES ARE RAISED. Concerts Where 50 Cents Admission Is Charged to-Pay $25 Fee. In Its recommendations to the council jesterday the license committee passed a resolution providing for an ordinance that will in all probability raise a hue and cry among some of Portland's private en tertainment promoters, because It pro poses to impose a license of 523 a night on every concert, other than one held In a licensed theatre that charges 50 cents as a price of admission. Where the price f admission is less than 30 cents, a license of $10 a night will prevail. The committee gave its attention to a number of other kinds of licenses, with the result that many were raised and some over 300 per cent. Museums where a charge of admission Is 10 centaror over will have to pay a license of $150 a quar ter; under 10 cents, $75 a quarter. First class "hawkers" will pay $20 a day. in stead of $10. The license for the penny arcade was fixed at $75 a quarter. Pea nut butchers will pay $50 a quarter, in stead of $15. and it was decided to limit the length of stands to eight feet. Fourth-class peddlers, who now pav a license of $15 a quarter, will pay $5 a day. $15 a month or $35 a quarter. The licenses for shooting galleries were raised from $15 to $25 a quarter. It Is recom mended that the ordinance go into force and effect during the year of 1P05. A petition of the Oregon Water Power & Railway Company, asking that the licenses on certain lines be reduced, was referred to the City Attorney, who will advise the committee at its next meeting. FIRST ASSESSMENT STANDS. Judiciary Committee Opposes City Paying Part of Union-Avenue Fill. The "Cnion-avcnue-fill matter received an abrupt setback in the hands of the judiciary committee at Its meeting yes terday. On motion of Mr. Zimmerman, the original assessment will stand and the property-owners, if they sec fit. may carry the matter into court and attempt to make the city pay the total assess ment of $13,780. This decision is In direct opposition to the motion of Mr. Sharkey at the meet ing of the street committee last week. Thomas Hlslop. who Is largely interested, asked that the city stand a certain share of the assessment. Mr. Sharkey suggest ed that the property-owners pay $10,000 and the city $3780. which would make the assessment about $2U a lot for the property-owners. This, however, was ar gued and finally referred to the Judiciary committee with recommendation. G. Roberts, who was apprehended by the local police some time ago as a de serter from the United States Array and $49.30 of his money taken from him and put In the City Treasury, sent a petition to the committee, signed by the Chief of Police and the Executive Board, asking that the money be returned to him. As this petition . was drawn in accordance with the provision of the charter, the plea was granted. TJie matter of appointing election offi cers came up, and a list of names was submitted, but as the" members of the committee were not entirely familiar with the method of procedure. City Attor ney McNary wa. requested to take the matter under consideration and advise the cQmmittee. Several other matters of minor consid eration came up for discussion. The meeting adjourned at 3:30 P. M. APPOINTED ON WATER BOARD George W. Bates IsNamed by Mayor Williams. Mayor Williams yesterday appointed George W. Bates to succeed Mr. Lewis as a member of the Water Board. Mr. Bates is engaged in the banking business at Alblna, and resides at 161 Twenty-second street. As he was for merly a member of the old Water Board, Mayor Williams felt that he was best fitted for the office. He saiJ last night in speaking of his appointment: "I feel that every citizen has a duty to perform and while the appointment was entirely unsolicited and one that I was not particularly anxious to ful flill, but inasmuch as I had served be fore the new charter went Into effect and -was familiar with the duties' of the office I am glad to be of service to the city." HAVE FRATERNAL INTEREST. Patrons of Husbandry Will Try'to Further Certain Legislative Bills. Several of the members of the commit tee on legislation, appointed by Evening Star Grange No. 27, Patrons of Hus bandry, to further the passage of certain bills before the present Legislature, held an informal meeting .yesterday In the office of Attorney J. J. Johnson, who is master of the Grange. The bills in which the Patrons are particularly interested are those pertaining to the property inter ests of the husband. and wife and taxa tion. The first Is to remedy a supposed Inequality, and give the wife the same privileges possessed by the husband. Mr. Johnson referred to the law covering this subject and showed the members of the committee that the present law makes the wife the equal of her huBband In all property matters, and that in some ways her position is superior. This opinion placed the matter in an entirely now light before the committee. It was expected that Judge R. P. Boise would draw a bill covering the points, but after Mr. Johnson had explained the present law and read extracts for the enlightenment of the committeemen, they were in doubt as to what actionthey should take. Regarding the Harris House bill per taining to the taxation of corporations, the committee was also in the dark. The bill was not before them, and they did not know what its provisions are. It was the concensus of opinion that the subject of taxation should not be disposed of hastily and that Grangers should take plenty of time before endorsing any changes. Attorney Johnson said that the subject would require the most extended investigations. The laws of other states and counties should be examined, all of which would take much time. He did not think that such a subject could -be looked Into under two years, and that now would be a good time to commence the investi gations. He contended that a hastily-prepared law was usually a poor makeshift TAKES CHARTER TO SALEM. L. B. Chipman Is the Envoy of the St. Johns Commercial Club. With 93 carefully typewritten, pages of manuscript, constituting the charter df the new and growing city of St. Johns, stowed away in his grip, L. B. Chipman left for Salem yesterday, there to camp until said charter is onactea into a' law. Mr. Chipman goes as the duly accredited envoy of the St Johns Commercial Club, and he Is to stay with the charter until it is passed and has received the signa ture of the Governor. The document is somewhat bulky, but the committee wanted a charter under which St Johns could expand, and they got it Since the public meeting was held at which the charter was adopted, some opposition has developed. Marshal C R, Organ seems .to be at the head of the opposition, but how much strength the opposition really has is not known. At the meeting Mr. Organ wanted the char ter referred to the city attorney for ex amination, but this was not done. i GOES HP FOR A YEAR. Municipal Judge Sentences Man Who Stole Physician's Overcoat. For the theft of an overcoat valued at $30 from the office of Dr. E. B. Miller, in the Dekum building. H. M. Bennett, atlas H. J. Woods, was yesterday sen tenced to one year in the County Jail by Municipal Judge Hogue. Bennett would not plead guilty and asked for a hearing. The evidence showed that he entered the outer office of Dr. Miller's suit while the physician was In the rear room consulting with an other medical man. took the coat and went away. The theft was reported to the police an hour later, and Detective Weiner spotted the man as he was en tering a pawn shop with the coat on his arm. Bennett worked in a cleaning and dying establishment. ST. JOHNS TAXPAYERS MEET Form Citizens' Honest Government League, and Will Revise Charter. Seventy indignant taxpayers of St Johns met last night at the hall and formed what will bo known in the future as the "Citizens Honest Government League." It seems that the taxpayers are dissatis fied With the manner In which St Johns has been conducted by the present city government and the purpose of the league is to bring about some municipal reforms. A committee consisting of A. L. Miner, Albert Curp. J. H. Shields. J. Potts and Mr. Potter were appointed to appear before the Legislature and request the return of the new St Johns charter so that it may be restudied and altered it necessary. The officers of the league are: S. H. Greene, president: J. M. Rail ton, secretary, und Frederick Vallentlne. treasurer. Pullman Merchants Want Saloons. PULLMAN. Wash.. Jan. 16. (Special.) The question of establishing a "two mile limit" for saloons in connection with the State Agricultural College here has met with opposition from the business men of Pullman and a petition signed by every business man on Main street ex cept Theodore T. Davis, proprietor of the Palace Rotel: J. F. Armfield. a butcher; B. S. Burgan, a merchant and two drug gists, protesting against the passage of the proposed law, has been sent to Olympia. The Prohibitionists, having failed to carry the city election December 6, have petitioned the Legislature to pass a law prohibiting saloons within two miles of the WashingtonAgricultural College, lo cated in Pullman. Great Blaze, Mostly Groceries. UTICA, JC. Y.. Jan. 16. The Crouse building, of this city, was destroyed by fire today, entailing a loss of more than $150,000. The heaviest losers were G. W. Head & Co.. wholesale grocers, 570,000. Machinery Is in Perfect Working Or der Officials Deny That Bill of Contractors for Construction Will Se Held Up. Promptly at 6 o'clock yesterday morning, the first car passed over the Morrison-street bridge and through the day cars crossed the new struc ture on their regular schedules. But one sidewalk is as yet completed and this yesterday proved utterly inade quate to, accommodate the enthusiastic East Side residents who were anxious to cross the bridge for the first time in $6 days. Teaming will not be allowed on the bridge until the end of the week. A largt force of men is at work put ting the final touches hi the great mass of steeL The machinery is in perfect working order and frequently yesterday tne large draw span was swung without any hindrance. There is some talk of the bill for the con struction of the bridge not being paid the Pacific Construction Company on account of the findings of Expert Charles S. Bihlcr and the charges of George H. Howell. This in official cir cles, however, is pronounced unfound ed gossip. Contract Let a Year Ago. Yesterday was tho 408th day since the contract for the Morrison-street bridge was let to the Pacific Construc tion Company of San Francisco. Within a year the wobbly old struc ture which spanned the Willamette for nearly a score of years has been re moved and in its place is a structure which compares favorably with any bridge built for any city or corpora tion on the Pacific Coast Whatever mf.y be said as to the cost of the cjxtra improvements ordered after the original contract was let there is no doubt? as to the substantial manner In which the structure has been erected. The "Oregon Legislature, at its ses sion of 1903. passed a bill providing for the issuance by the City of Port land of bonds to the extent of $400,000 for the construction of the new Morrison-street bridge. Eight companies submitted bids which were opened by the Executive Board November 27, 1903. Each bidder submitted different plans and prices. The hid of K. J. Blagon. $110,030, was the highest; and one from the Pacific Construction Com pany, of San Francisco, $277,227. was the lowest The bids were turned over to W. a Elliott, then City Engineer, and Howard C Holmes, of San Fran cisco, and Charles S. Bihlcr, of Tacoma, who had been engaged as consulting engineers. Cost of Structure Near $400,000. Neither the hlghestr-nor the lowest bid was recommended, but a plan of the Pacific Construction Company with the price named as $331,343. Since that time adidtional Items have been or dered by the Executive Board amount ing to $r.2.4S0, so that the total bill of the contractors for the big steol structure will be $48S.S2. The cost of Inspection and drawing up of pre liminary plans by the City Engineer's department will bring the total ex pense to the city close to the appro priation of $407,000. HIGH SCHOOL ALTUffUNI MEET New Organization Is Effected Seventy-Five Sign Charter. Those members of the High School Alumni "Association who attended the meeting last night prepared to see a miniature war develop were disappointed. Instead of the battlecry being sounded, nothing but notes of peace were heard, and the "reformers," emboldened with the success of their proposed change la the constitution, went rarther and com pletely reorganized the association. The meeting last night was called for the purpose of amending the constitution so as to do away with the semi-annual reception to the graduates of the High School and- hold instead an annual re union of the members of the association. The old constitution had been amended so often, however, that it was the sense of those present that a new organization, with a brand new constitution embody ing the proposed changes would be the most advantageous for the future of the association. To think was to act and before the meeting was adjourned the new High School Alumni. Association was fairly launched. Seventy-five members signed the new charter and made provision that it would remain open for signatures until March 1. After that date an initiation fee will be charged. The officers recently elected In the old association were installed In their re sepectlve offices in the new organization. In place of an executive board the affairs of the association will be taken care of by a board of trustees consisting of Tom West Zaldee McCanaughy and Frank Rowe. A committee on arrangements was also created, the duties of which will be to provide for the annual reunion and to suggest plans for the betterment of the association. This committee will consist of C L. Rybke, Jay H. Upton. Otto Krae mer, Mrs. Fred Moltner and Ben L. Norden. A committee was also appointed to visit the School Board and City Superintendent of Schools 'for the purpose of securing permission to hold meetings of the asso ciation in the High School building. When the members reached the schoolhouse last night they were refused permission to oc cupy a room, by direction of the principal. HANY -WITNESSES CALLED. Federal Grand Jury Hears Variety of Testimony. Witnsses before the Federal grand Jury come from all grades of life and all sections of the state. Yesterday morning J. A. Wcsco. a handwriting expert shared the forenoon with John W. Roland, the chief clerk In - the Surveyor-General's office. After them came W. G. Thomp son and Mrs.' M. C Barton, both of Vale, who are supposed to have some news to tell the jury about the surveying parties sent out by Henry Meldrum when that gentleman was holding the office of Sureyor-General. O. D. Bills. F. W. Ball and J. L. Coombs, of Fossil, are au?o visiting at the Postofflce building and have been guests there for several days. They are supposed o have some tales to relate about various land transactions in the Prineville district especially Mr. Coombs. who is a good 'iriend oc Representative Williamson, so It Ts said. - Then again the Butte Creek Land and Livestock Company, of which W. w. Stlvrrs is president C. B. Zackery gen eral manager and H. H. Hendricks treas urer, is about to be brought under the all-see leg eye of the Jury, so It la said. A water .company to supply suburban towns surrounding Portland with water from the -Sandy and Bull RunH rivers has been filed to be known as the Suburban Homo Supply, Canal &. Pipe Line. The places .o be supplied include Mount Tabor, Montavilla, Russelville. j Stewarts, Troutdale. Grcsh'am, Wood-1 stocjc and bt Jonns, an area pi 30 square miles. Articles of incorporation have been filed in the Recorders' of fices of Clackamas and Multnomah counties. - Engineers are engaged in making the surveys, preliminary lines having al- ready been gone over to obtain a large amount of the necessary information. , and, according to statements obtained from Mr. Pence this morniru?. it is ex- pected that actual construction work ' can be under way within 90 days. Un der the law. construction must begin within six months and be prosecuted continuously to completion of the sys tem in protection of the claims made for use of water. Therewill be five reservoirs and the pipe through which the water will be carried will be not less than 60 Inches In diameter. The canal through which the waters of the Sandy River will be car ried for a distance of several miles will be at least 20 feet wide at the bottom and six feet in depth. Vh point of diversion from the Sandy River will be at a point in section 25. 'township 1 south, range 4 east, and a notice has been posted on the bank of the river, where the range line between ranges 3 and 4 crosses the stream. The point o diversion from Bull Run. where the pipe line headgate will be located, is at the west end of the county bridge located In section 6, township 2 south, range S cast "WELCOMED AT RECEPTION. Miss Mary Chase Guest of Equal Suf. frage Association- Prominent members of tho Equal Suffrage Assocjatlon hold an informal reception last evening at the Commer cial Club in honor of Miss Mary Chase, of New. Hampshire, who is here for the purpose of interesting tho women of Oregon in the association's work. Mrs. A. S. Dunlway. honorary president, and Mrs. Henry Waldo' Coe, president, re ceived with the guest of honor. Miss Chase is president of the State Association of New Hampshire and is also a prominent worker in tho grange of thattate. The National Suffrage Association holds Its convention here in June, and it is Miss Chase's intention to canvass the state thoroughly to secure dele gates for that time. Many well-known professional women will attend the con vention from the East and South, among them Susan B. Anthony, Rev. Anna B. Shaw. Carrie Chapman Catt Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Ida Husted Harper. Dorothy Dix. Kate Gordon. Jane Addams, of Hull House; Florence Kelly, secretary of the Consumers' League: Sarah Plaft Decker, of Denver, besides Henry B. Blackwell and Alice Stone Blackwell, editors of the Wom an's Journal, of Boston. The Portland association is naturally apxious that these jguet&s shall bfr welf entertained and is making many plans for that pur pose. SCHOOLTEACHER STRICKEN. Miss Jennie Arnold Has Hemorrage of Brain. Miss Jennie E. Arnold, a first grade teacher In the Couch school, and resid ing at 163 North Sixteenth street was attacked with hemorrhage of the brain shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday after noon In the room at the Couch school where she taught, and was taken to St Vincent's Hospital. The attending phy sician says that Miss Arnold's condition Is serious. Her home was at Cadiz, O.. from which city she came 10 or 12 years ago, on the recommendation of the late D. P. Thompson, to teach in this city. After- the lunch hour yesterday Miss Ar nold appeared to be in her usual excel lent health, and one of her fellow teach ers spoke to her about that time. Short ly after this Miss Arnold had occasion to go to a book closet in her room, where she was found in a semi-conscious condi tion by one of her scholars. Help was summoned, a physician and a carriage ar rived and Miss Arnold was hurried to the hospital. She has a. large circle of ac quaintances in this city and is a member of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, She has no relatives here. A telegram Is to be sent to her brother at Washington. D. C. CHINESE LOTTERIES RUNNING Police Will Endeavor to Stop Chinese Games. Chinese lotteries arc still running, despite the persistent efforts of the po lice to stop them, and notwithstanding the recent raid in which the proprietor and five men were arrested and ten bundles of tickets were seized in a joint near the Courthouse. Last night Acting Sergeant Hoge boom and Patrolman Endicott searched from top to bottom the large .house at Fourth and Pine streets, inhabited by Chinese, but found no evidences of a game. When they went there they fully expected to inake a successful raid, for it had been strongly believed a lottery drawing was taking place there at S o'clock. This was the latest in a series of in vestigations throughout Chinatown, in which the police have taken in estab lishments not only on Second street, but in all portions of the district ATTACKS MASTER MECHANIC Blow Given to J. F. Graham Causes Arrest of H. Water. For assaulting Master Mechanic J. F. Graham, of the Oregon Railroad & Navi gation Company shops in Alblna. H. Water spent last night in a cell of the City Jail. He said, however, that he was perfectly willing to lay there several nights, if necessary, as it did him a great deal of good and was a great eatlsfac tion, inasmuch as he had landed a blow or two on the jaw of the said Graham. "I have nothing to give out In refer ence to the fight" said Master Mechanic Graham, when asked for a statement last night "I have had it in for Graham a long time, and when I got the chance I simply hit him hard." said Water. "I suppose it was wrong, but there's large satisfac tion in It for me." He would not say over what the trouble occurred. He will, tell Judge Hogue today. Chaasberlsla's Ccwch Remedy AbolutrIy Banslm. Every mother should know that Cham berlain's Cough Remedy is perfectly safe for .children to take. It contains nothing harmful and for coughs, colds and croup is unsurpassed. For sale by all druggists. 1 1 First in Quality Because of Our Experience First in Sales' Experience REMINGTON TYPEWRITER CO. SETS HER GOODS ON FIRE MRS. MARY E. TILDEN STARTS A BONFIRE. Woman Suffering From Strange Hal lucination Is Arrested on Charge of Insanity. Laboring under the hallucination that serpents and other deadly' things Inhab ited her bedclothing, Mrs. Mary E. Tilden yesterday afternoon made a bonfire of the household effects, lighting the pile back of her home. 537 Easl Morrison street and endangering many houses. In the mean time her husband, George A. Tilden. hur ried to County Judge Webster to make a complaint against bis wife, charging in sanity. Judge Webster Immediately Issued an order for Mrs. Tllden's arrest Deputy Sheriff DQwney was dispatched hurriedly, but when he reached the house the woman was not to be seen. Believing she had gone in and locked the doors, the of cer burst in and investigated. He ex pected to eee the house ablaze or his quest dead, but neither was true. She had left the place, evidently fearing arrest. Frightened neighbors had telephoned to Captain of Police Gritzmacher, telling him of the bonfire, and he assigned Mounted Patrolmen Crate and Maloney to handle the case. When they arrived the place was deserted. With Deputy Sheriff Downey they put out the fire; which was still burning, and returned to police headquarters. After waiting about one hour Deputy Sheriff Downey was rewarded by the re turn of the woman. At first shf was in clined to resist arrest but upon the advice of her husband she submitted and went quietly to the County Jail, where she was lodged. Mrs. Tilden also imagines she is Fran cis J. Heney, that she has charge of the prosecution of the land-fraud cases, and that she Is also In charge of the local police department. She Is V) years old. Her husband la a well-known diver. She will be given an examination before Judge Webster today, and will probably be com mitted to the asylum for the Insane, at Salem. ACCUSED OF THEFT AT Y. M. C. A. Charles Hyatt Charged With Break ing Open a Desk. Breaking open a desk and extracting money is the charge placed against Charles Hyatt aged 18. who was ar rested yesterday by Patrolman Teevln. on a warrant issued out of the Munic ipal Court H. W. Stone, secretary of the T. M. C A., Is the complainant against the lad. as it was in the asso ciation rooms the theft took place. The amount alleged to have been stolen by the prisoner is 311. Hyatt is not a member of the associa tion, neither was he employed there. 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