THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 190o.
HO'MORE WALK OUT
Strike Situation at Fair Grounds
Remains Unchanged,
AGITATORS ARE. "AT- WORK
Contractors Fear That Men at Work
on Government Buildings Will Be
Induced to Walk Out on a
Sympathetic Strike.
Tliorc was an ominous 'agitation about
the Fair Grounds yesterday, walking
delegates were among the workmen, con
tractors wore eyeing them askance and It
was whispered front one to another that
there was to be a general walkout. But
none of the men struck, the work went
on as usual, except on the buildings in
the hands of the Burrcil Construction
Company, and the day closed quietly.
There was no change whatever in the
strike situation, but one was expected.
A general walkout and sympathetic
strike was anticipated as a result of tho
strike on tho part of certain of the car
penters and laborers in the employ of E.
A. Lynda and of the Burrell Construction
Company lor more pay and shorter hours.
It did not come, but It Is feared it may
take place today. If the strike is as gen
eral as anticipated, it will stop all work,
even that on the Government building. It
was rumored that tho strike would take
place either yesterday or today, but no
tiign of it was shown as late as last night.
If there is to be a strike today, the strik
ers are keeping the matter very dark.
Some agitators swear that there will bo
a general walkout, but these same agita
tors have been trying unsuccessfully for
two days to Induce other men to quit.
Situation Not Changed.
The strike which began Monday with CO
jf the men in the employ of the Burrell
Construction Company and nine in tho
employ of E. A. Lynds has spread no
further, in spite of the efforts of agita
tors. Lynds has been able to secure all
the men be wishes, and the other firm
of contractors has made no move on ac
count of the absence of the senior mem
ber of the firm.
The new men going to work have not
been intimidated In any way and those
who wished to remain at work rather than
go on strike have to all appearances with
stood the arguments of the agitators.
There are a great many men at work on
the main part of the grounds, and so far
they have shown no sign of wishing to
join the strikers.
The purpose in drawiug the carpenters
employed on the Government building Into
the strike is to force, the other contrac
tors to make the additional demands in
order to continue work on the Govern
ment building.
Unless the agltatw.s have their way and
bring about a general strike, all work
on tho Fair will be in full swing again
within two days. There is vers' little" de
lay oven now, and that is not serious.
MILITIA TO GUARD FAIR.
National Guard of Oregon to Be En
gaged for Police Duty.
The Fair Grounds will in all probability
be guarded by militiamen. President IL
TV. Goode of the Fair has been in com
munication with Adjutant-Gcner.il W. E.
Finzer and arrangements arc being mado
by which 100 men In one or two crack
companies will be formed from among thp
best drilled men in the militia of all parts
of the state and placed in complete charge
of policing the grounds. The plan has
received general favor both at the Armory
and among business men, and all that
now remains Is to arrange the details.
The cost and other matters of less im
portance have not yet been determined
upon, but it is expected that within a
few days it will be definitely announced
by the F.air Board that it will be willing
to pay the expense of maintaining the
guard.
Among the militiamen there has been
a great deal of talk on the matter. Many
of them are anxious to serve as guards.
The work will not be difficult, they will
have authority and will wear full uni
form. The Exposition will furnish the pay
and rations.
If the plan is adopted, the guards will
probably bo divided into three shifts, sim
ilar to those of the police force, a day
shift, first relief and second relief.
The Oregon mllltla Is to be fitted out
with the new olive drab uniforms now
used by the regular army. The new uni
forms will arrive In May, and will be fresh
for tho Exposition duty.
BIDS FOR NEW BUILDING.
Contract for Fine Arts Palace May
Be Awarded Today.
Bids for the fireproof Fine Arts building
were opened yesterday by the Fair Board.
Awards will probably be made today. The
lids follow:
John Bingham Brick, $11,600; terra
cotta, 510,500.
Bingham & McClelland Brick, 511,078;
terra cotta, $9900.
Friburg Brothers, with salvage Brick,
59300; terra cotta, 59700; concrete, 510.600;
without salvage, brick, 59490; terra cotta,
59100; concrete, 510,000.
Portland Hydraulic Stone Company
Concrete only, with salvage, 57700, and
without salvage, 58100.
E. A. Lynds Brick, 59454; terra cotta,
S9S54; concrete. 58515.
J. E. Bennett Brick. 511,500; terra, cotta,
511.S00; concrete, 510.483.
Burrell Construction Company Brick,
515.700; terra cotta, 516,400; concrete, 516,900.
The lowest bid for inclosing the long
bridge with guard rails and staff orna
ments was made by Tinker & DeGesen,
$5840, and the contract was awarded them.
Workmen Show Their Badges.
Workmen entering the Fair grounds
yesterday morning did not make further
demonstration. They entered by the gates
at which gatekeepers are maintained and
showed their badges. It has become a
popular rumor that workmen have been
charged to enter the grounds. This be
lief has grown from the fact that work
men were compelled to show their badges,
and those not having them have had to
pay the regular admission price.
Plan for T. P. A. Day.
A joint committee of the Travelers' Pro
tective Association will meet Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock in the office of the
Irwin-Hodson Company to make prelim
inary arrangements for the T. P. A. day
at the Fair. No date for the occasion has
been set, but one will be decided upon at
this meeting. Any open date will prob
ably be conceded by the Exposition
authorities to the T. P. A.
GAHBLEBS ABE FINED.
Judge Hogue Deals' Out Penalties U
Poker-Players.
Charles "Wagner, W. H. Greggory, Ed
ward Williams, Percy Bell, Charles Hoff
man and F. B. Campbell yesterday in the
Police Court appeared before Judge Hogue
and were fined for violating tho ordi
nances regulating gambling. John West
ley, believed to be the owner of the game,
forfeited 5100 ball by not appearing.
It developed that tho culprits, excepting
Williams, were lured to a room in the
Winchester House by a "stecrer," where
. draw poker game was in progress. Mr;
Bell, according to the testimony, reclined
against the wall and watched the progress
of the game. The others purchased chips
and participated In the fun. Williams, the
witnessed averred, was left in charge of
the game by a smopth-shaven gentleman
of dark complexion, who left to got a
lunch.
Police officers cast themselves among
the gamers, apprehended them and they
were Incarcerated in Chief Hunt's hos
telry. The following penalties were imposed:
. Williams, 5100; Bell, 25; Hoffman and
CampbeH, 520 each, and Wagner and
Greggory. 510 each. Westley's bail,
amounting to 5100, was forfeited.
RAILROAD SEEK PROMOTED.
Portland Officials Notified of Impor
. tant Changes in Traffic World.
Official announcement of the election of
W. H. Newman, as president of the Big
Four, Michigan Central and other affili
ated linos, which go to make up the pres
ent New York Central System, has been
sent to railroad men in Portland.
Mr. Newman was formerly president of
the New York Central and Lake Shore
roads. His new office means that he has
succeeded M. E. Ingalls,' former president
of the Big Four, and H. B. Ledyard,
former president of the Michigan Central,
both of whom have recently resigned their
positions to make room for the new mag
nate under the consolidation.
At the same time Captain G. J. Gram
mer has been elected vice-president of the
consolidated system, and will have charge
of the traffic, freight and passenger de
partments, over all the system lines west
of Buffalo, with headquarters at Chi
cago. These changes mean that Newman and
G rammer are now at the head of the New
York Central System as it formerly stood,
in addition to the Big Four system and
the Michigan Central, which places New
man at the head of the largest number
of railroads controlled by any one man
In the world today.
The consolidation of the freight and pas
senger departments under the entire man
agement of Captain Grammcr, is signifi
cant of change for the West. At the
present time the freight and passenger
departments are separately managed by
the different companies In most of tho
larger Coast cltie?.
It is thought that the concentration of
power into the hands of one man means
the abandoning of some of the local offices
of the new company after the same plan
which has been adopted by. the Chicago
Northwestern lines. If this is so the office
will be put In charge of general freight
agents and each department will be in
cluded under tho one agency, in place of
the present system, where the company
has a freight and a passonger agent In
the .same city.
GROUND-HOG DAY.
People pf East and Middle West Re
minded of Old Legend.
The ground-hog comes out of his hole
today and blinks his eyes after the long
Winter's sleep. If he. can sec his shadow,
he crawls back into his hole and Winter
will continue for six weeks longer. If he
cannot see his shadow lie frolics in the
open and the Winter Is done.
This Is ground-hog day. and those who
are born between sun-up and sun-down
are known as ground-hogs all their lives.
There is a superstition, especially be
lieved in by the weather prophets of the
valleys of the Mississippi and its tribu
taries, that on February 2 the ground
hog appears from the ground for the first
time In the new year and looks about him.
If the day is clear and the sun is shining,
he knows that the period of Spring rain
has not yet come, and he crawls back
into the warm earth to sleep, the days and
nights over till the earth has been re
freshed by its morning draught.
But If the fresh, warm drops of water
splash upon him or the clouds scurry over
the earth and hide the sun, he knows the
Spring has come and rejoices In IL
Oregon, .however, barely knows this
superstition, though the oldest pioneer no
doubt recalls It for a moment, if h is
reminded of the date. All who have ever
lived In tho Middle West know it But it
will not make any difference here whether
the ground-hog has his hide warmed by
tho sun that casts his shadow or not, for
the fear of blizzard Is not in the hearts of
those who cast their eyes at the sky, and
the movements of the ground-hog will
pass without comment.
Only Manslaughter to Kill Wife.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1. Victor R. O'Shea,
an attorney, charged with shooting and
killing his wife, Amy Hogenson O'Shea.
was today convicted of manslaughter.
O'Shea at the time tried to kill him
self, and inflicted wounds which confined
him to a hospital for a year. O'Shea
and Amy Hogenson were secretly mar
ried, and never lived together. O'Shea
alleged that his wife's parents were seek
ing to bring about a permanent separa
tion. Insanity was the defense offered
Bomb waa only a Dummy.
Durnr
PARIS, Feb. 1. An analysis made at
the municipal laboratory has disclosed
the fact that the bom found last night
in front of the Hotel Aes Deux Mondes,
on the Avenue d'OperV, was not dan
gerous. It contained charcoal dust.
Another supposed bomb was found here
today. It turned out to be harmless.
DAILY LIFE OF
Rises at 6 P. M. and Puts In Many H ours at Arduous Labor
Relations The Russian Aristocracy.
"My happiness waa born at night.
It has only nourished In darkness.
I have lost my Joy In life
I wander wearily in gloom.
My soul sropes, sadly eearchlrfc
In mental tfog it pines
And prays and suffers.
But finds no peace on earth."
Nicholas II, Czar of Russia.
The translation of these verses by the
Czar is said to convey "an utterly in
adequate idea of the veritable ecstacy of
sorrow contained in the original text,"
but why he should have Indulged in the
ecstacy of sorrow before bis present
troubles began Is not well understood,
as ho Is reported as leading a happy
domestic life. He Is described as a
strange combination of coarse contradic
tions and divergent extremes, but not
withstanding this, the picture of the
home life of the royal family of , Russia is
a pleasant one.
The imperial day is a busy one. The
Czar rises at 6 A. M. and is served to an
English breakfast by his valet, Ivan,
who, it Is said, Is the only person in
the world aside frc-m the Czarina whom
he thoroughly trusts. One of romantic
imagination would not picture the mon
arch of one of the largest empires on
tho earth, and the man who draws the
largest salary in the world, as devouring
ham and eggs, bread and butter and tea
at 6 A. M.. but that Is what Nicholas H,
Czar of Russia, does daily. He is at his
desk by 7 every day in the year, and an
average of 500 documents pass through
his hands every week day. This ap
pears almost as strenuous as the life of
our own President His duties are said
to Include those of chief soldier, sailor,
pope and judge, all in one.
Tho lunch hour, or "second breakfast,"
as the Russians call it, the Czar devotes
to his immediate family, and' there are
but few instances on record where guests
have been present at this meal. The
cooking is Invariably English and the
family speak English among themselves,
while the servants speak only Russian,
thus giving them perfect freedom to dis
cuss any matter which pleases the fancy.
A 3 o'clock Is a plain, wholesome dinner
of five or six courses, after which two
FINISH THE COURSE
High School Students Hold
Commencement. -
CLASS HAS GOOD RECORD
Pupils Are Addressed by Rev. W. G.
Eliot, Who Urges Them to Greater
Endeavor and Asks for
Clean Citizenship.
"He conquers who conquers himself,"
reads theumotto of the February class of
'03 of the Portland High School, and as
the 50 graduates sat last night on the
familiar platform in the assembly room,
as students for the last time, ono admired
the courage and self-reliance stamped on
the faces of those who were leaving pro-
i tectiOn and loving care, each to conquer
his or her little world. The youthful mina
associates book learning with palonoss of
check and heaviness of eye, but the class
who graduated last night had bright eyes,
rosy checks, and pleasant hut serious
faces, as if their owners had found study
a thing after their own hearts.
"Genuineness, Excellence and Helpful
ness" formed the main thoughts in an
admirable address spoken to the young-
students fcy Rev. W. G. Eliot. "Some 25
years ago I was a pupil in the Portland
High School." he said, in part, "and I
sympathize with all you are leaving be
hind you, 'but this occasion does not mean
that you haVj completed your education.
Ypu are only stepping Into the world. I
hope many of you will enter the Univer
sity of Oregon. Be genuine in your
thoughts, and in your life. Do not have
one sort of life for Sunday and another
for week-days. Make genuineness a hab
it. Practice it and he straightforward.
You can't dothls by proxy or deputy, and
you must form' your own character.
"In your citizenship, stand for straight
forward honesty. For instance, you hear
so much about 'graft,' that it has almost
become a sort of joke. There are coming
men and women in this class who, if they
fight against graft, this evil In civic life,
will have enough influence In any com
munity to make their presence felt for
good. Don't got the fault-finding habit,
and take a well-balanced view of man
kind. Xever get cynical, or hard. This
age calls for more service, sacrifice, duty.
Who paid for your education? Of course,
your parents paid for your food and cloth
ing. But who paid the teachers, and
built the school building? The state.
Taxpayers, including your parents, paid
tho price. You owe the State something,
for this care of you. Let this be shown In
your life."
Musical Numbers Given.
The Lakme quartet of women's voices,
Mrs. May Dearborne-Schwab, Miss Ethel
Lytle. Miss Marlon Stackpole and Mrs. W.
A. T. Bushong. sang a number of pleasing
selections, which were well received and
brought encores. The voices blend artis
tically, and the quartet Is doing good
work.
Principal T. T. Davis presided, and
members of the Board of Education were
with him on the platform. Mrs. L. W.
Sitton, chairman of the Board of Educa
tion, presented diplomas to these grad
uates: English Charlotte Marie BalHn. Clarence Ar
thur lisbton. Emma Bluhm, Flora Emma
McCoy. Marlon LouIm Brodic. Ella McGowan.
Anne Davlcs. Gladys May MacKeml. Alice
Grace Downing. Newell J. Oakcc. Cora Mario
Eastman. Robert K. Oberteuffcr. Roy Fields
Florence Margaret Olsen, I .a Myra Ford.Ruby
IX Prince. Helen Blair George. Dorothy Saylor.
LouU Gevurtz. Harold Sidney Smith. Mary
Elizabeth Hand. Emily I. Soulak. Eliot llol
comb. Anne Carolyn Trimble, Leila Laurel li.
Houcb. DeV. Ella Wentworth. Nellie Ireno
Leek. Emma Alma To uric
Latin Carrie Genevieve Buckingham. Doro
thy Gary Moore. Al-a R. Clayton. Lulu Mae
Pratt, Bessie Alice Dupee, Helen Clara. Rosen
fold. Milton E. Hera. Mabel Helen Wood, "VU
11 am H. Masters. Alice Mae Zlccler. '
German Elizabeth Ellen Dunn. Warren Lin
coln. Surlo Fettlnc. Margaret Iona McMorrow,
Laura Minna Harris, Mary B. WaUon, Hen
rietta. Courtney Hextcr, Benjamin Arthur
Wuest. Liltle Bell Hiclp.
Latin and German Dorothy Pressor.
German ami English Radford Shaweroas.
Latin and EncIIab Eitanor Margretta. Weaco.
ZENITHS WIN THE GAME.
Exciting Baseball Contest at Armory
Last Night.
The Zenith indoor baseball team added
another victory to their season's list
of victories last evening at the Armory
by defeating Company F by a score of 15
to 8. At the beginning Company F had
everything Its own way and continued In
that direction to the fifth Inning, when
the hardware boys made four runs, tle
ing the score. In the sixth inning F
made two scores and Zeniths 4. placing
them far enough ahead to make them
feel 6afe.
Gildnor, of F, went Into the box In
the seventh with intentions to start to
win the game, shutting out the first
CZAR OF RUSSIA
-His Family
hours are devoted to recreation of vari
ous kinds. At night an elaborate supper
Is served, which corresponds with the
formal dinner of this country or Eng
land. To this parties are frequently In
vited, although the number of guests Is
always small. "Wlnt." the Russian
gambling game, is a favorite with the
Czar, and he plays for high stakes, while
the Czarina entertains her guests with
music. Eleven o'clock is bed tlmo at the
castle And lights are generally out at
that hour. Tho Empress, who Is an exr
cellent mother, often hears her little
daughters say their prayers when she
is not occupied with court functions, and
the Czar is sometimes a spectator at this
pretty domestic drama.
. Titles, merely as such, count for less
in Russia than in any other European
country. In St. Petersburg the aristoc
racy, which means the select society, and
the nobility, are by no means ono ana
the same. This singular distinction is
hard for outsiders to understand, but
holds firm in that country. The humblest
Russian, after a certain number of years'
service to the government, attains hered
itary ennoblement,, which is a regular
and curious part of their system of pro
motion. All children take the titles of
their parents, even In the latter's life
time, so it Is easily seen that the num
ber of titled Russians is very great.
There are possibly a thousand princes
and princesses who are not received at
court. The real aristocracy consists of
nobles whose titles are of earlier date
than "the reign of Peter the Great, anta
of untitled gentry of equally good pedi
gree. In the other classes are those en
nobled by Peter or his successors. The
2003 Russians actually In St. Petersburg
society and admitted to the imperial
court are all of the highest birth.
Tho Czar receives from the government
about $5,000,000 per year, which Is paid
monthly by check on the National Bank
of Russia. His private Income is sup
posed to be much larger than this
three or four times as much according to
general reports. He has a hundred es
tates and castles anaover 30,000 servants,
whilo In his private stables are 5000
horses.
three men at the bat. but Parker recipro
cated by doing likewise t the militia
men. In the- eighth Inning Zeniths went
to the bat and rushed in four more runs,
while tho soldiers only made one, and in
the ninth the Zeniths planted three more
to Company Fs one, finishing a quick
and well-played game, and carrying off
the honors. This makes five victories
for the Zeniths from the military com
panies. For the Zeniths, Parker, Henderson.
Johnson and Camp played tho best game,
while Gildnor, Butler, Burt and Cooley
did likewise for tho opposition.
Batteries Zeniths, Parker and Hen
derson: Company F, Gildnor and Butler.
Struck out By Parker, 16; by Gildnor, 9.
Scofc by innings:
Zeniths 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 4 315
Company F 1 201020118
CHALMERS SHOVyiNG SPEED.
Has Choice of Diamond or Cinders at
Stanford.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Feb. L
(Special.) Active training has been
commenced by those trying out for
places on the track team, and the first
important meet was neld Saturday in
the form of an Interclass contest. The
freshmen swept everything before them,
and this fact is very encouraging to the
coaches and trainers, who hopo to de
velop soveral good point winners from
this new material.
One of the most promising men on the
track is A. J. Chalmers, the Portland
Academy boy, who has made such a
reputation for himself as a hulfback.
"Dad" Moulton, Stanfard's veteran
trainer, has expressed himself as posi
tively certain that he can make out of
Chalmers a 440-yard man, who would
smash all records. He is also an ex
ceedingly good man in vthe weights,
especially in-tho discus throw, having
received his training with the Multno
mah Club.
The only thing to interfere with Chal
mers taking up track work is the fact
that he is also certain of making a po
sition on the 'varsity baseball team,
and since baseball practice is now in
full swing, he would have to sacrifice
his work on the diamond if he went on
the track.
PORTLANDERS SHOW WELL.
Trowbridge, Chalmers, Stott and Fen
ton Will Be on Stanford Team.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Feb. L
(Special.) The 'varsity baseball season
was opened Saturday with a game with
Santa Clara College at Santa Clara, The
game was won by Santa Clara, 5 to 0.
Stanford showed up strong In fielding,
but was rather weak at the bat. Santa
Clara Is no mean opponent, having
turned out such men as Hal Chase and
Bobby Keefe.
Everybody was given a chance, but
four Portland bo3'8. Captain A. L. Trow
bridge, A. J. Chalmers, Plowden "Stott
and "Kenny" Fenton played throughout
the entire game at shortstop, right field,
catcher and third base respectively.
Thesis men are all conceded places on
tho 'varsity this season.. Chalmers and
Trowbridge played last year and Stott
was change catcher.
Fenton, although a now man. Is living
up to the brilliant reputation ho brought
with him from Portland Academy and
Multnomah' Club. In Saturday's game he
accepted five chances without an error,
and his perfect fielding was the subject
of general comment. Ho Is also hitting
strong.
JOCKEYS THROWN AND STUNNED
Accident Mars Racing at Ascot Dal
vay Justifies Favor.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1. An accident
which fortunately did not result In serious
injury to cither horses or jockeys occurred
in the first race today. Rounding the
first turn there was a great deal of
crowuTng- and In tBe misT-up Turtle fell,
and Straggler, who was following him.
stumbled over him. Jockeys Booker and
Kunz were stunned by their falls, but
both soon recovered.
Dalvay was a prohibitive favorite for
the chief race of the day, being quoted at
3 to 10. Ho had no trouble In winning
from Tim Payne and Oro Viva, In the or
der named. Weather cloudy, track fast.
Summary:
Six furlongs Elfin King won. My Gem
second, Susie Christian third; time. 1:14.
One mile and one-sixteenth Freeslas
won. Varro second, Montana Peeress
third; time, 1:49.
Slauson course Blue Coat won, Ralph
Reese second. Sweet Kitty Bellalrs third;
time. 1:09.
One mile and one-eighth Water Cure
won, Blissful second, Ralph Young third;
time, 1:54.
Six furlongs Daly won, Tim Payne sec
ond. Oro Viva third; time, 1:13.
One mile Glrdlestone won, Del Coro
nado second. Cotillion third; time, 1:42.
Sals Again an Easy Winner.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 1. There were
seven starters In the handicap at Oak
land today. The betting was decidedly
open among Rals Soufriere, Military Man
and Bombardier. Sals, who won his race
yesterda- came right back in gallant
style and won easily today. Bombardier
had Minder in the pilot-box today and, al
though he rode the horse cleverly, he
was unequal to tho task and. had to be
content with third money. Military Man,
the hard-luck horse, was again found In
second position. Weather rainy, track
sloppy. Summary:
Seven furlongs Greenock won. Foxy
Grandpa second. Dotterel third; time,
1:35.
One mile and one-quarter Modicum
won, Glenarvon second, Eme third; time,
2:171.
Six furlongs Cloche d'Or won. Hello
stone second, Ciaclnnatus third; time,
103.
One mile and 50 yards Sals won, Mili
tary Man second. Bombardier third; time,
1:51.
Six furlongs Hipponax won. Dr. Sher
man second, .Effervescence third; time,
1:16.
Five furlongs Tramotor won. Prince
Brutus second, Salable third; time, 1:05.
Skaters of the West Combine.
CHICAGO. Feb. 1. Members of the
Western Skating Association have met
hero and formed a permanent organiza
tion which is affiliated with the Amateur"
Skating Association of the United States
and Canada. The association will include
local clubs and organizations of the West
ern and Middle States.
Communications already have been re
ceived by the organization from Minne
apolis, St. Louis and Salt Lake City, re
questing membership. All Important
skating meets and racing contests in the
West will be held under the sanction of
the new organization.
Poggenburg Out of Billiard Match.
CHICAGO. Feb. 1. J. Ferdinand Pog
genburg, of New York, National amateur
champion bllllardlsf. jras forced to with
draw from the National amateur billiard
tournament today because of the death In
New York of his mother. Yesterday H. A.
Wright, of San Francisco, was summoned
home by a telegram telling that his father
had been stricken with apoplexy.
Beats Time Down St. Bernard.
NEW YORK. Feb. 1. A French oflicer
of the Eleventh Battalion of the Alpine
Chasseurs. M. Dubois., has Just made a
new record on skis, or Scandinavian
snowshoes. cables the Herald's Geneva.
Switzerland, correspondent. He descended
from the hospice on Mount St. Bernard to
Bourg St Maurice, a distance of 14.2S3
miles, in 25 minutes.
JTUKINE EXE SSMEDT.
Cures Sore Eyes. Makes weak Eyes
(strong. Murine don't smart, it soothes
Eye pain. Druggists and opticians.
SPECIAL SALE HEATING STOVES
Here's a seasonable cut in Heating Stove prices. Just because it's
the kind of weather to sell Heaters, we're making a 20 per cent
discount on a lot of useful ones Just because we don't want to carry
them in stock, this Summer. It's well worth your while to buy now.
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against the Senator under the indict
ment returned yesterday. . It Is said that
the evidonco In the case Is largely docu
mentary and of public record, so that It
cannot be controverted. Judging, from
the light of the Indictment, It can now
be guessed for -what purpose the bank
officials, the former employes of the firm
of Mitchell & Tanner and the various
other "witnesses whose connection with
the Investigations was a mystery, have
been before the jury from day to day.
Senator Browne!! indicted.
Senator Brownell is up against an In
dictment of a different nature, but one
ill which the penalty Is heavier, as It
provides for a line of not more than 52000
or Improvement at hard labor for not
more than five years.
In tho beginning of the connection of
Sonator with the indictment it may be
stated In a general way that he 'was
employed at many times to take affi
davits and depositions as a notary for
work done in connection with the conduct
of the office Of Surveyor-General Henry
Mcldrum, and It may be further stated
as an axiom that all, or nearly all, of
the surveys made during the term of
office of the latter gentleman were fraud
ulent. It Is said that these surveys were
let to a coterie of Mcldrum's friends and
further that in many Instances the
names of the charnmen and axmen work
ing, for Meldrum were forged to the pre
liminary and final oaths, In the first
of which the man swore that he would do
the work to the best of his ability, and
in the second, or final, oath, that he had
done his work correctly and well. To
these affidavits, made before and after
the surveys. It Is said that Meldrum
fqrged the names of his employes and.
lmitatea tneir nanuwritmg.
Did Notarial Work.
"With this statement as ct premise from
which to Judge the indictment, the story
of tho Brownell entanglement runs, that
the Senator from Clackamas did at vari
ous times a great deal of the notarial'
work for the Meldrum office, and that
these affidavits to which were appended
tho forged names were made before him.
The real meat of the indictment comes,
however, when it Is alleged Inthe In
strument that Brownell Induced Fred Sle
vers and John A. Howland, who had for
merly been In the employ of Meldrum
and whose names had been forged, to
come before the grand Jury and swear
that they had -appeared before Brownell,
when he did not have the field notes of
the surveys before him. and that they
had at that time told the notary to put
his Jurat to their oaths, that they had
been on the survey and that the work
was, to the best of their knowledge and
belief, all right and proper. This story,
told by two witnesses, so the indictment
alleges, was not true, for they had never
given Brownell power to take their affi
davits when they " were not present,
which act was, done, as it is alleged.
It is also said that Meldrum had
asked them to swear that they, Slevers
and Howland, had authorized him to
sign their names, when In fact they had
.not done so.
It Is upon these grounds, as expressed
by the Indictment, that Senator Brown
ell, Is to be brought before the next ses
sion of th Federal Court to answer as
to his guilt or Innocence.
At the request of Mr. Heney, Judge
Bellinger yesterday afternoon fixed the
bond of Senator Brownell at $4000, "the
same amount under which the other peo
ple Indicted during the investigation of
the grand Jury are now resting.
The. grand Jury will continue Its labors,
though It will not be possible for any
other Indictment to be returned before
Saturday, or the first of next week, ow
ing to the fact that Judge Bellinger will
leave this morning for a few days to be
spent on business in Salem.
Has It Legs to Stand On?
POUTL.AND. Jan. SO. (To th Editor.)
Among the communications on socialism re
cently published in Tho Oreg-onlan, that by
A. S. Akers In your issue of January 27
has Interested me, seeming fo come nearer
a plain, simple explanation of the ruling
Ideas of socialism than anything 1 have
yet seen. Tet my efforts to follow his rea
soning have not been entirely successful,
and aS I am just enough interested In the
theory to. feel a desire to understand It and
to find out If It really has sound legs to
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stand on. I take this means of striving for
more light.
Mr. Akers says that an excessive amount
of property Is principally obtained through
profit. Interest and rent, or. In other words,
receiving something without returning an
equivalent." What Is an excessive amount
of property from a. socialistic standpoint?
I know a man who worked in the em
ploy of a Portland manufacturing firm for
2S years, his work being manual labor at
moderate wages. By his steady, faithful
work and careful economy In his home he
came at length to own the house be dwelt
in, and as time went on lie continued to
save a little each year from his hard earn
ings, so that when he had passed his three
score milestone and found his health broken
and his eyesight failing, he ventured to
stop work and to try to live upon the pro
ceeds of his almost life-long labor. Hav
ing had no business training, he cast about
for a safe and simple way of Investing his
small capital. He bought some ground In
the manufacturing district of Northwest
Portland and built some small cottages to
rent to the families of worklngmen. Can
the most radical socialist claim that this
man has given no equivalent for the rents
he collects and subsists upon? I think not.
Tet if one man may build houses and colleot
rents, why not another? "Where is socialism
going to draw the line between the poor
landlord and the rich one? "Will it sternly
rule out both? Then what fate awaits the
broken-down worklngman and his wife in
old age? Was it Bellamy who suggested
pensioning them? How long would It be
until the pension roll would swallow the
National Treasury? Men, deprived of the
stimulus of acquisition, denied the privi
lege of increasing their savings by invest
ment, would not strive on into old age be
fore demanding a place on the pension roll.
They would "break down" at an early age.
and the Army pension frauds of the pres
ent would dwindle to molehills la compari
son with the mountains of fraud and, "graft"
that would fall upon the socialistic govern
ment. A man of another class, a professional
man. said to me recently,. "I earn about
$4000 a year, and It is by the skin of my
teeth that I save $1000 out of it. Under so
cialism, with no means of Investing my sav
ings and with a comfortable pension await
ing me in old age, would J. save a red cent?
No, sir. I'd live up to every dollar of my
Income." Would not that be the prevailing
sentiment If socialism were a fact instead of
a theory? Here and there Is a. philanthropist
who has to some extent the welfare of his
brother man at heart. Just as on opal gleams
occasionally In a gravel bed, but the great
mass of humanity is selfish, ease-loving
and pleasure-seeking. Shackle the faculty
of acquisition, the Instinct of self-alvance-meht,
uid. as The Oregonian ably argues,
the only growth. If any be possible, must
be parasitic. A. B. C.
EATLE0ADS HAKE BATES.
Officials Announce Privileges to Be
Granted Exposition Visitors.
The. Grand Trunk Association of rail
roads operating east of Chicago has an
nounced that the fare to Portland dur
ing the Exposition will be reduced 20 per
cent. To use the language- of the hope
lessly complex letter addressed to Secre
tary "Reed, of the Exposition, the faro
will be:
"Eighty per cent of doifble the one
way westbound first-class fare via stand
ard and differential lines respectively to
.Chicago or St. Louis, plus fares tendered
therefrom (Chicago, $56.50; St. "Louis,
$G2.50), going via any regular direct route
and returning via same route or any
other regular direct route."
' The' letter received by Secretary Heed
contains great quantities of particular
Information as to how the tickets are to
be used, but the qualifying clauses sim
mer down to the lnforamtlon that tickets
be established here, and that reasonable'
stopover privileges will be granted. The
tickets will not be sold all Summer, but
only on the following days:
May 22, 23 and 24;
Juno 12, 13. 14. 26, 27 and 28:
July 5, f. 7, 10. 11. 12. 24. 25 and 23;
August 14. 15. 15. 23, 29 and SO;
September 11, 12, 13, 23, 2S and 27. .
To the tail-end of the letter Is tacked
the Information that the Terminal Com
pany here will charge $10 a day during
the Exposition for "parking" -private
cars, adding that the ordinary supplies,
such as ice and fuel, will not be included
In this sum.
Sheriff Makes Report.
Sheriff "Word filed his monthly report In
the State Circuit Court yesterday, show
ing 41 prisoners in his custody besides the
rock-plle gang. Some Of the number since
received have been released on bonds.
The list Includes one murderer. Frank
Guglielmo; 14 persons charged with lar-
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cenyt three forgers, two persons accused
of embezzlement, three charged with ar
son, one accused of robbery and a number
charged with obtaining money under false
pretenses. The report of Marlon John
son, clerk of the State Circuit Court,
shows 21 names added to the criminal
docket during the month.
TO SAVE HER HOME.
Aged Woman In Danger of Losing
Abode to Satisfy Sewer Assessment.
Poor and nearly blind i3 the condition
of Mrs. Ernest Pipple, whose home on
Macadam street Is threatened to be sold
for a sewer assessment amounting to
518.90. Mrs. Pipple, has not the money
with which to pay the assessment and has
applied to the county authorities for as
sistance. City Auditor Devlin was com
municated with upon the subject and he
will endeavor to have the city in some
manner relieve the woman of the liability.
Mrs. Pipple formerly resided with her
husband near Oregon City. Two years ago
he died, and she received a little money
when his estate was settled. She came
to Portland and bought a fractional lot
and house on Macadam street, and took in
washing for a living. Her eyesight has
foiled her, but she still struggles to make
both ends meet.
Mrs. Pipple states that the Southern
Pacific Company took away from her ten
feet of the rear end of her lot, and the
county took ten feet more of it when, the
Macadam road was widened. Now the
city wants to sell what Is left to satisfy
the sewer assessment.- Mrs. Pipple says
she hopes her home will be saved.
Postofflc Breaks Record.
The Portland Postofflce still continues to
break former records and the sales of
stamps for the month, of January show
an Increase over the same month of last
year of 16.3 per cent. The total sales dur
ing the past month, aggregated $35,397.77.
while the sales of January of last year
amounted to $30,231. The total receipts of
the local postofflce for the month of Janu
ary were $36,444.87.
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