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THE MORNING- OEEGONIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1905. FAILS By II V DTE Ailght Saloon Law s Defeated, to; ST AH DS 5 TO 4 Council Passes Junket Appro priation, Then Repeals, OTHER ORDINANCES RATIFIED New Office of Building Inspector at Salary of $100 a Month Is Cre atedSewer and Street In spectors to Give Bonds. ALL-NIGHT SALOON ORDINANCE Council goes Into committee ot the whole to recommend passage of the ordinance pormittlns saloons to remain open from 1 te 5 A. M. In open Council it la de feated. ' JUNKET New ordinance appropriat ing' 5800 for trip of Councllmen to Los Angeles la first passed and then defeat ed. Councllmen Sharkey and .Zimmerman changing their votes. NEW OFFICE CREATED Ordinance for building Inspector, to be appointed by the Mayor and to draw a salary of $100 a month, passed. BONDS FOR INSPECTORS Joseph "Weber's ordinance requiring bonds from sewer and street Inspectors Is passed. John P. Sharkey's all-night saloon ordi nance -was defeated by one vote in the Council vesterday. The junketing trip to Los Angeles was first authorized, 5S0Q being appropriated for the purpose of de fraying the expenses of the trip, but the ordinance was a few minutes later re pealed, when Councllmen Sharkey and Zimmermen changed their votes to the negative. "What promised to be an Important measure was Mr. Sharkey's introduction of an ordinance permitting saloons to re main open between the hours of 1 A. M. and 5 A. M. Backed by Councllmen Zimmerman and Merrill, Mr. Sharkey made a strong ef fort to force the resolution through the meeting. Mr. Flegel attempted to have the matter referred to the liquor license committee arguing that the ordinance proposed wbb a new one that he had not yet soon. Others felt that there was no necessity of referring to any committee and to expedite matters Mr. Sharkey moed that the proposition be considered bv the Council as a committee of the whole. This received, almost unanimous support and Mayor Williams stepped down from the chair in favor of Mr. Zim merman. . A. After much desultory discussion the committee of the whole, excepting Messrs. Flegel and Albee. decided in favor of the resolution. Sentiment was from all ap ....mtikko oc-nJnsf thfi reform element. The concensus of opinion seemed to point - f0 that Mftssrs. Albee and Fle- i nTrn rnrtp.n.vorlnsr to defeat what promised to be an excellent method of obtaining xevenuc for the city's coffers. Flegel Opposes Ordinance. r .innu think that this ordinance should be forced upon the minority," ar gued Flegel. "I am opposed to an all night saloon ordinance, always have been and always will be." -There is no minority as far as I can yoe. The Council seems to be evenly dl--..ioi -mQworwi President Zimmerman. Mr. Flegel would think a little more of business and less of religion, cnippea 4, rmr.-fliimiin Merrill suggestively. This nntnni iihr -was received by Mr Flegel with stolid indifference, but was created with a laugn Dy an omers. Several of the Councllmen were osten- Fibly .reliably informed as to certain con ditions from sources they did not divulge. t am wllaMr informed." said Mr. ch.rVor "th.at from 30 to 50 saloons are open part of the time every night after hours, and I have passea saioons iui Annn insd. but there were men drinking inside. The city doesn't derive nnv revenue from that- The umer ot Tniin tnfnmn mo that the Police Depart' mcnt would be greatly benefited by such on nnHnanrA because OeODle WOO nOW -n.ar.ir nimlRslv around the streets would have a place to go." "QninnriM Wea." s creed Mr. Albee. mu jbingly. "We should have all the footpads Tocistercd and licensed. That wouia oe revenue, you know." 'r nm wltahlv informed." said Mr. trwfti "that. the. Chief of Police knows that saloons are open after hours. As a matter of fact, 1 Know tnat nis men s tn( fhncn calnnna aftftr hours. Come tO ihinir nf It. T know that the Chief of Po iirr iiimsoir lias been in saloons after hours." Saloon ' Resolution Defeated. Finally the favorable report of the com mfiA nrpspntefl o the Council for its pleasure and defeated. The vote stood o to 4. Messrs. aicrnii. snarecy. .linnicr w.o hft-Ati- Trntinir for the resolu tion and Messrs. Flegel. Foellcr, BcnUey, Jtumeiin ana -a wee against. Aft- -mat-hii oonld not resist the tcmpta tlon of putting in the final word. To the( nil hn said: "Table the resolution until the next meeting, so you can seo Jack Juatthews and find out what he did at the legis lature." Junket Is Defeated. nwHTmrr 14.443. authorizing an an ,propr!atlon of $1500 to pay for the Los Angeles junket, was repealed unanl mnmiiv n'nrt it nflw ordinance annroDri- atlng 5800 passed. Upon the defeat of Sharkey's resolution, he rcquesrcu per- in'tccliiii to fhanim his vote unon this ordinance. The request was granted and supplemented Dy iouis dimmer-, nan' rnmiftst tfl chance his ballot. The measure was hopelessly defeated. "I just wanted to show thcih what we could do," said Mr. Zimmerman after adjournment. To Mr. Flegel, John i ShnrVflV Raid; "I'll tell you why I changed my vote. I dldn t want to ride in me same car with some of the peoplo that wero go- , lng. I'm going1 to i-os -ongeics ana ' rtav mv own oinonses." The request of the Health-Board for money with which to repair the gar bage crematory was the occasion fr much discussion, which finally resulted In the matter Doing; lamca. ' Mi "EMorrol wished to havft thn as ..vrmnnf invinrl nn iirnnnrtv m nav fnr the construction of the First-street bridge across Aiarquam juicii. iouis immnrman suecrcstcd that the mat ter bo tabled pending the result of a bill boforo the .Legislature. ' "I seo no necessity of holding this matter up," said Mr. Flegel. "That bill is to pay for bridges that aro con J...t,i ir ihf future, nnd I think the First-street bridge does uot stand a ghost of a show of being benefited by its passage," You don't know what's In that bill," said Louis Zimmerman. 'Of courst I do,' answered Mr. Flegel. T do, but you don't," yelled Mr. Zim merman. "Gentlemen," interposed Mayor "Wil liams, and quiet was restored. The matter was tabled. Mat Foeller Introduced a resolution for an ordinance making It unlawful for persons to operate slot machines of any description. This was referred to the license committee. Hawkers' Ordinance Tabled. A resolution for an ordinance pre venting: the congregation of hawkers and fakers about the entrances of the Lewis and Clark Fair grounds was so sweeping in its provisions that it was tabled to afford Councilman Bentley an, opportunity to examine it before vpt-ing. Charles S. Blhler's claim against the city, amounting to $226.65, for profes sional services as consulting engineer in the bridge controversy, was held up. as it had not been approved by any of the committees. A number of other claims were ordered paid. An ordinance granting a franchise to the Northern Pacific Terminal Com pany for the construction of a siding on Eleventh street was passed. Ac cording1 to Mr. Humclln, this matter had been discussed by the street com mittee for the past eigne months, and for that reason he did not see why Louis Zimmerman's motion to have it re-referred to the street committee should be honored. Building Inspector Authorized. The .office of "Building Inspector" was created by an ordinance. He will be appointed by the Mayor and his sal- lory will be $100 a month. His duties will be to examine all plans and spe cifications which heretofore devolved upon the Chief of the Fire Department and those Immediately under him. To enforce the new building ordinance the creation of this office was deemed ad visable. To assist in making the new capacity self-supporting the fees for building permits have been changed to read as follows: For buildings costing' less than $2,000 a fee of $1 will be charged, between $2000 and $5000 a fee or Between $5000 and $10,000 a fee of $3, between $10,000 and $20'.000 a fee of $5, and all over $20,000 a fee of $10. This was ac complished by amending section 1 of ordinance 14.109. Contrary to expectations, the ordi nance prohibiting the specifying of patented articles for street and sewer Improvements and permitting competi tive bidding was not the occasion for sensational pro and con arguments. The matter was quietly referred to the street committee. Inspectors to Give Bonds. Joseph "Weber's ordinance requiring bonds from sewer and street inspectors was passed unanimously. All improvements on Holladay av enue were rescinded and two new prop ositions submitted. One abolishes the improvement on certain blocks and the other provides for a wood block pave ment on concrete for two blocks, commencing- at the steel bridge, the rest of the thoroughfare to Grand avenue to be of the bitullthlc pavement. Both propositions were referred to the street committee. Petitions for street and sewer im provements and permits to erect signs and lights were either granted or re ferred to the various committees. BUSY POLICE COURT SESSION Grind of Criminal Cases Continues for Seven Hours. Yesterday's session of the Municipal Court "was one of the longest on roc drd. It was 10 A. 1L when Judge Hogue called the court to order, and nearly 5 oclock In the afternoon be fore the tired officials and witnesses were allowed to depart. The morning is taken up in listening to cases coming under the city ordinances and during the afternoon a number of state cases were heard. When tho case of Anna Chrlstenson, Ralph McCreery and H. Howell, charged with using profane language, was called, tho daughter of the Chrls tenson woman, who was the most im- nortant witness subpenaed, was not In court and Judge Hogue ordered her ar rested for contempt of court. The crirl was told to be present, but it is said she had gone to Vancouver, at the request of her mother. The case was continued until this morning. F. W. Gully pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and battery, and was ordered to pay a fine of $o0. Harry Scott, charged with larceny of a lot of carpenter tools, pleaded guilty and was siven 12 months in the County Jail. The preliminary examination of Tom Murphy and James Grafton, alleged to have robbed two Jewish peddlers, at Second and Grant streets, Monday night, was commenced and a number of witnesses for tno prosecution exam ined. The peddlers identified tho de fendants as their assailants and De tective Kerrigan told of their arrest, after which the hearing' was continued until this morning. MOTHER DESERTED BY HER. SON Aged "Woman Left to the Charity of Neighbors. A pitiful tale was told the police offi cials yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Isabclle "Woolsoy. a woman nearly 80 years of age, of desertion by her son, Albert Wool sey. The old lady, who is a cripple, is H-hniK- ritituti. and dependent unon friends for support since the disappear ance of the son. wnniwv Is a familiar flcuro to the no lice of Portland, having been arrested on January 26 for vagrancy. At that time he told Chief of Police Hunt he had a char coal kiln ready for burning at his home, two miles south of Holbrook. and had left his mother alone to como to this city to sell the product of tho kiln. The Chief allowed him to go without appearing in court, but three days later he was again picked up by tho officers and again charged with vagrancy. Tho next morn ing ho repeated to Judge Hogue the samo story he had told the Chief and thereby secured his releaso upon a promise to go home immediately. According to tho mother's story, Wool sey left home three weeks ago without notifying her of his Intentions and she has had no word from him since. Tho family with whom she has been living, near Holbrook, has left there and she was compelled to come to Portland to seek her son. Woolscy Is described as "being about 43 years of age and wears a rough beard. WARM FEBRUARY "WEATHER Cold Spell Ends and Sun Shines in a Cloudless Sky. The weather man's prediction that Port land's cold weather was a thing of the past was fulfilled yesterday. Bright and clear, with ten hours of sunshlno and a temperature ranging from 2S to 45 degrees, the day was an ideal one and presented but little trace of the recent cold. The opportunity for skating lasted but one day and the ico had practically dis appeared by yesterday. On Tuesday night the ice on Guild's Lake was so dangerously thin that the Exposition guards refused to allow any one -to ven ture on it. The forecast for this vicinity is for fair weather, although rain may be ex pected in another day or two. The Meier & Frank Store Women's Knit Underwear Reduced Three great special values in "Wo men's Knit "Underwear on sale today-Women's ribbed Corset Covers, me dium weight, high neck, long sleeves, all sizes. Best 35c 5'r values on sale at, pair....3C Women's Swiss ribbed silk and lisle Union Suits, high, neck, long sleeves, ankle lengths, in black. pink and blue. Our very best $3.00 values; on. sale today at, suit , Women's fine-ribbed cotton Tests, medium weight, high neck, long sleeves, all sizes. Best 65c values. 'rJC New Hosiery 25c Pair New importation of Women's real lisle lace boot Hosiery a great special purchase from a prominent manufacturer. Black, navy, red, tan, white and champagne, all sizes. The grandest value for the money Portland women ever shared in. Buy liberally at, pair DC New Spring and Summer Hosiery now being shown in very large varieties. Plain colors and fancies, the latest novelties of inr ported and domestic manufactures. As usual, youll find the Meier & Frank display larger and better than any in the city. 25c to $8.50 pair. $1.98 Principal Portland Agents for Butlerfck Patternsand Publications March Delineator 15c The Meier a Frank Store Portland's Largest and Best Store Artistic Picture Framing to Your Order, Newest Moldings, Lowest Prices Second Floor 1905 Baby Carriages, Go-Carts and Perambulators Handsome Models and All Prices Custom Shade and Drapery Work Our Specialty All Orders Promptly Executed 3d Floor 500 New Tan Covert Jackets We're very enthusiastic over our showing of Tan Covert Coats and the way they are finding new owners. These stylish, serviceable little garments are destined to great favor this Spring. Our Cloak buyer anticipated as much, and has provided an assortment unequaled anywhere. Every new effect, every attractive style, in grades ranging from 8.50 to $35.00 each. 50 double-breasted Covert Jackets. English fly front or single- breasted, collarless, shawl or collar effects; also reefer styles, lined with, taffeta silk or spinners satm. Unusual values at Double-breasted tan covert Boxcoats a jaunty gar- t r ff ment, splendidly made and exceptionally low priced- v w W Nobby double-breasted, tight-fitting, collarless covert Jackets, tail ored with noveltv strap effects, new leg-'o-mutton CZl sleeve; big variety of the latest styles V0,uu Immense line of Covert Coats in all the best styles at 9, $10, 12, $15 17, 18, 20, 22.50, 24, 30, 35. $8.50 Tomorrow, Great 792d Friday Surprise Sale $4.50 to $15 Waists at Half Price 300 Handsome Wool Waists comprise the splendid bargain for tomorrow's Surprise Sale All new, this season's waists in the very best colors and styles, voiles, Scotch flannels, albatross, botany, French flannel and broadcloths, in stripes, checks, plain and silk-embroidered dots Tailor made, and an immense variety of desirable styles to select from The lot includes every wool waist we have in stock and gives opportunity to boy a handsome dress waist or a waist for everyday wear at just half its real value It is well to remember that a half-price sale at The Meier & Frank Store is an entirely different affair from the half-price offerings of some stores Values range from J Or5" $4.50 to $15 Tomorrow only your choice a2 See Fifth-Street Window Display $4.50 Spring Hats $2.95 Ea. About half the lot of Spring Hats offered at an extremely low I price remain for those who come today Very latest Spring styles in turbans, toques, "Charlotte Corday" effects, fancy braids, chiffons and lace, all the newest colors, a special pur chase made by our millinery buyer now in New York City Every hat $4.50 value, your choice whDe they last $2.95 Ea. New Flower Hats in a Superb Variety New Neckwear by Express The new Spring Neckwear keeps coming by every express The display at this early day is what you would expect to find in April Many new and dainty ideas A few hints Venise and Duchess Lace Stocks, with cuffs to match, set 7uc to $3-25 Blind Embroidery Sets and Turnovers, very pretty styles, each I 35c to S5c New plaid Four-in-Hands and Windsor Ties at, each . 23c and 50c .Lace and Chiffon Jabot and Stocks. Beautiful styles from each Soc te 93.00 New Velvet Turnovers with burnt and painted designs. assorted colors. Beautiful novelties and only, each.. 35c III Thursday Special Bargains. Special lot of women's Hat Drapes, in assorted shades. Best 50c o values, on sale for, each &OC "Lairgc assortment of women's Belts all colors and all sizes. Values up to 75c each, on sale today at, each iC Big lot of Girdle and Crush Belts, all slzep, colors red, brown and black. Best 25c values, on sale m for, each icC Fringed Tray Cloths 18x27 inches. Great special values. t each c Fringed Scarfs 18x43 and 1Sx54 inch. 25c and 35c values. m each. (Second floor.) J C Lot of 25c Hand Bags, each 17c Men's Spring Clothing Second Floor Suits and Topcoats Stein-BIoch Hart,Schafmer (8b Marx, Two of the best clothing manufacturers in the land are repre sented m the Spring display we are making today of Men's Suits and Topcoats Both are famous for the style and general get-up of their product The excellence of the ready-made clothing they offer has created for hundreds of the leading retailers tnroughout the land a field among men who in days gone by would never hear of a ready-made garment What a change juts jaken place the past few years Today, professional men, substantial business men by the thousands are to be found among the patrons of ready-to-wear clothing Our stock con tains the, newest and best for Spring Stein-BIoch Suits $25 and $27.50 Hart, Schaffner &. Marx Suits, $18.00, $20.00 and $22.50 4tj Usffc or Spring. New blocks in Derbys and flawed nCita s0ft hats. Black, Brown and gray. A Hat the equal of any .$5.00 model, can be bought at the price of, each Picture Dept. Bargains Guaranteed gold-plate Photo Frames, round and oval openings. Great value, each -rC 16x20 Posters. Extraordinary values at, each 19d 10x12 Indian Heads and "Sportive Coons," in poster Ar effects, with red binding. Great values, each. IHfC Colored Medallions, 5x7 inches. Great value, each 7p Great special lot of large-size framed Pictures, many i J q subjects. Greatest values we nave ever offered at. .V Closing out a great special lot of Oil Paintings. tr Worth $10.00 each, at, each tB.V Passepartout Binding, in red, white, black and gray. 4 Matchless value at this low price, roll Artistic Picture Framing to your order at low prices. Closing out. Slightly damaged pictures at ridiculously low prices. Second floor. New Dress Skirts $12 to $30 More new voile and etamine Dress and Walking Skirts just received with or without sflk drops, fancy braid trim med or taffeta silk bands The very latest effects Over 100 skirts to select from at these prices: $12.50, $14, $15, $16, $18, $20, $21, $22, $25, $30. New white Alpaca and Sicilian Skirts at $10 and $12.50 Women's 1905 Walking Suits, in eta mines, cheviots, cashmeres and man nish mixtures, blue, black, brown, grays - and tans, in jacket styles, blouse effects, with Peplin and Nor folks;. very attractive models in splendid variety, 20, 22.50, 26 and 28 each. 200 new 1905 Walking Skirts, in al pacas, homespuns, cashmeres, chev iots, broadcloths, tweeds, serges an fancy worsteds, made with plain flare, box plaits and kilt effects, blue, black, grays, browns, tans, light and dark mixtures, 8, 9, 10, 12, i up to 20. New Shirtwaist . Suits mimm An unusually large showing of new Shirtwaist , Suits for ao early in the season. Plain taffeta silks, checked and plaid silks, wool shirtwaist suits, alpaca shirtwaist suits, all the new est tailored effects, also fancy styles, blues, browns, blacks, greens, reds, tans and fancy mixtures Prices run $9, $12, $16.50, $18, $20, $22.50, $25.00, $36 and Up to $42 a Suit The New Linen Waists The new Linen Waists were accorded a grand reception yester day. Hundreds of Portland's best dressers viewed them, and not a few bought. The display is a very .large one, and includes the handsomest styles in French hand-embroidered linens, Eng lish embroidered b'nens, Irish linens, silk linens and heavy linens, tailor-made effects, plain, tucks and side plaits, white and colors. 2.75 up to 25.00. New White Goods Ready Fancy white mercerized Madras, in a big assortment of styles; yard . 25 to 50 Beautiful new wnite Cheviots; yard 30, 40, 50d White cotton Poplins; yard : . .40$ to 50? New vrhite Jacouat; beautiful material for waists; the yard. .50 New white Piques, in fancy styles ; the yard. .45, 75 and 1 Hundreds of thousands of yards of new colored Wash Materials, for waists, gowns, shirtwaist suits, etc.; every new fabric, every new fashion is. represented, and every yard marked at the usual reasonable prices that always prevail at The Meier & Frank store. PERSONAL MENTION. J. W. Bennett, a Alarshfleld banker, is spending a few days in Portland. C H. Green, "a well-known Saginaw, Mich., lumberman, is at the Portland. Martin Conrad, ot Milwaukee, famous as a manufacturer of wagons, is a Port land guesU ; H, Wise, one of Astoria's leading merchants, was registered at the Port land yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Kuettncr, of As toria, have returned home, after a few days visit in Albany and this city. Charles B. Bartel, a well-known Bast Side pioneer, has been confined to his home for 4 several months with severe illness. Mrs. D. A. Thompson, wife of Kev. D. A. Thompson,. of the Scllwood Pres byterian Church, was much Improved yes terday from the severe Illness from whl h she has been suffering for the past week. NEWT IORK,. Feb. 15. (Special.) Northwestern people registered at New York hotels today as follows: From Spokane R. "W. Nuzum and wife. M. J. Gordon and wife, at the Breslln. From Seattle J. R. Lane, at the Spalding; W. L. Speckleman. at tho Al bert; H. R. Road. W. C Hcrvoy. at the Albemarle. Ill Health Caused Suicide. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Feb. 15. Morris Rothschild, a well-known racetrack man of Chicago, committed suicide at the Hotel Lexington here today by shooting- himself in tho temple with a revolver. Rothschild, who was 42 years ot age. suffered from lung trouble. He loft a note saying- that he killed himself because of ill health, and directing that his personal effects be sent to his family at Chicago. Great Orchard In Grand Ronde. LA GRANDE. Or.. Feb. 15. (Special.) M. L. Causej one of Grand Ronde's Icad- Ing fruitgrowers, will soon set out 9000 first-class fruit trers, .mosUy apples, on a 160-acre tract which Joins a 160-acrc tract already set out. This will make a solid apple orchard of 320 acres of the bost apples grown, and In a few years an an nual shipment of 10.SGO boxes or IS cars can be sent out from this orchard. flo cure scrofula, salt rheum, dyspepsia, aparilla. - PJw' Care has cured cbUKh for man ' yArs. It Is stilt on the market. 23c. r