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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1906.
POINT SCORED BY
S
Majority of Committee Votes
to Grant It the Front
Street Franchise.
TRACTION LINE DEFEATED
Fight Will Now Be Made In the
Council, as Minority Report Will
Favor the Willamette
Valley Road.
VOTES UNITED RAILWAYS FRONT
STREET FRANCHISE.
After a series of mix-ups on parlia
mentary law, during which nevcral
Klarlng blunders were committed, the
Joint street and Judiciary and elec
tions committees of the Council yes
terday decided to recommend to the
main body favorable action on a fran
chise lor the United Railways Com
pany. The first attempt to secure favor
able action failed. Councilman An:
nand. Masters and WIIIh favoring the
Idea, while Councllmen Kellaher.
Mcnefoc. Shepherd and Wallace voted
against It. Chairman Vaughn did
not vote on account of there being no
tie. but he favor the United Rail
ways Company's project.
After the committee had refused to
grant the franchlfc to the Willamette.
Valley Traction Company, a motion to
reconsider the vote denying the appli
cation of the United Railways Com
pany prevailed, and the measure will
now come before the Council as a
whole In the shape of a favorable rec
ommendation. Kellaher and Mencfee stated after
ward that they voted to reconMder
merely to get it before the body,
claiming that they would not neces
sarily be governed thereby on final
vote.
It Is believed there may be enough
opposition In the Council to defeat it.
and that a minority report will be
made, in any event.
In the preliminary skirmish of the
light over the Front-street franchises,
I he United Hallways Company yester
day won a partial victory from the
Willamette Valley Traction Company,
and even this slight advantage may bo
wiped out before the franchise is set
tled. Several of the Councilmen stated
afterward that their action was based
on .1 desire to get the matter before the
Council as a whole, and that a great
deal of uncertainty exists as to the
outcome. A minority report will un
doubtedly be made.
City Attorney MeXary's Opinion.
It is charged also that the action of
the committee in Ignoring the ofi'cr of
the Willamette Valley Traction Com
pany to donate the road to the city was
influenced to a large extent by the re
ceipt of a written opinion from City
Attorney McNary. holding that the mu
nicipality hud no authority to accept
the gift. Tills letter, which was ad
dressed to Air. Masters, was read Just
before th. vote. It follows:
Some da ago you requested from me an
official opinion upon the power of the Coun
cil to accept on behalf of the City of Port
land proposal or proposals of certain railway
corporation or corporations to construct and
donate to the City of Portland a railway on a
portion of Front street. In the City of Tort
land. Section 2 of the charter provides that the
City of Portland
. . . may purchase or acquire by the ex
ercise of the right of eminent domain, receive
and hold property, both real and personal,
within or without said city for municipal pur
ines, and thall have the right of possession
and control of all public parks and levecf.
buildings and property, and of all tracts of
land belonging to said city, and other
property which has been or may be
hereafter dedicated or in any manner what
soever obtained for public purposes of said
city, and may lease. ?11 or dipose of the
same for the benefit of the city, may receive
bequests, gifts and donations of all kinds of
property In fee simple, in trust or otherwise,
for charitable and other purposes and may
do all acts necessary to carry out tho purposes
of said clftn. bequests and donations, with
power to manage, soli, lease or otherwise dis
pose of tin came In accordance with the terms
of the gift, bequest or trunl. or absolutely, in
case such clft, bequest or trust be uncondi
tional. Section 7J of the charter provides:
That the Council of the City or Portland shall
at all times, under the limitations herein et
out, have power to provide by ordinance for
lighting the streets and all public places In
the city, and furnishing water to the inhab
itants thereof: to provide for the acquisition,
ownership, construction and maintenance of
waterworks. gaHWorks. electric light works,
steam, water or electric power works, heat
ing works, telephone lines, street railway,
bridges and ferries, and such other public util
ities as the Council may designate; provided,
however, save a otherwise prescribed in this
charter, no contract or agreement for the pur
chase, condemnation, ownemhlp, construction
or operation by the city, of any public utility
shall be entered into by the council without
first submitting such proposed contract or
agreement to the qualified voters qf the city,
Jn accordance with the provisions of this ar
ticle. Section SO of the charter provides:
Whenever a petition or petitions signed by
electors of the city equal In number to 15 per
centum of all the vote cast at the last pre
ceding election shall bp presented to the Coun
cil. ?ttlng forth that the signers thereof
Javor tho acquisition by the city of any pub
lic utility, and requesting the Council to pre
pare for submission to the electors of the city,
as hereinafter provided, a proposition for the
acquisition of such utility. It shall be the
duty of the Council to immediately take such
teps and enter Into such negotiations as -will
enable It to formulate such a proposition for
nubmlsslon to the electors as aforesaid . . .
Suhsquent sections of the charter provide
for the manner in which the ncaulsltion of
public -utilities shall lie submitted to the elec
tors of the city.
It Is my opinion that Section 2 of the char
ter above quoted, providing for the city be
coming the donee of sift, does not apply to
public utilities, and that the other provisions
of the charter quoted above and referred to
place an Inhibition upon the Council to ac
quire the railway referred to otherwise than
as prescribed by Section 76, and following sec
tions of article v. of chapter ill of the charter.
I am, youra very respectfully,
I A. M'NARY. City Attorney.
Individually, the members of the joint
committee had evidently come primed as
to what they were going to do, but as an
act of courtepy, representatives of the
rival lines wero permitted the privilege of
the floor upon a sort of farewell perform
ance basis. As soon as they had finished
their brief talk. Councilman "Wills said:
United Railways Franchise.
"In order to get this matter before the
committee, I move that the franchise
down Front street be awarded to the
United Railways ComDany.
"Councilman Annand I second tho mo
tion.
Councilman ShCDherd offered an amend
ment to the effect that section 16 he
changed so as to permit the city to ac
quire the property at any time Instead
of at the lapse of five years. There being
no second. Chairman Vaughn put the
Wills motioa and announced that It had.
UNITED
RAILWAY
carried, although the viva voce vote Indi
cated that only Annand and Wills had sus
tained it.
On a demand for a roll-call, Annand.
Masters and Wills voted to give the
United Railways Company the franchise,
while Kellaher, Icnefcc, Shepherd and
Wallace were against It,
This threw consternation Into the ranks
of the United Railways people, and for a
time the proceedings bore more the sem
blance of funeral obsequies than a rela
tionship to commercial interest. Coun
cilmen Vaughn. Annand and Wills were
also, keenly disappointed at the unexpect
ed turn of events, as they were doubtless
sanguine of results. It was sometime be
fore the committee or anybody els recov
ered equilibrium. Shepherd being the nrt
to collect his thoughts and move that the
original franchise of the Willamette Val
ley Traction Company should be adopted.
Have Amended Franchise
A subcommittee-of the joint committee?,
consisting of" Councilmen Wallace and
Masters, had prepared an amended fran
chise for the Willamette Valley Traction
company, based .upon the idea that the
United Railways Company was going to
win out. Tills doctored measure proscribed
how the Willamette Valley people might
have permission of the I,os Angeles capi
talists in the use of the street with their
cars, the terms of the. franchise arranged
for the latter being of a nature to give
them full control.
Shepherd's Motion Ixst.
Wallace seconded Shepherd's motion,
which was lost ayes. 2; noes. 5.
Councilman Gray, who was present as
MEMBERS OF THE PORT OF PORTLAND COMMISSION WHO VOTED TO ALLOW THE PORTLAND & SEATTLE TO
BRIDGE THE WILLAMETTE
Captain A. I Teae. V. l YllU. Georxe B. Thoroa. William D. TOittlirrlght. John Dricoll. J. C. AInwortli. F. Adams. J
spectator, suggested that the matter i
be referred to the Council as a committee
of the whole. To this Chairman Vaughn
took exceptions, saying they had held
open, secret and all kinds of meetings for
weeks past, and if they could not reach
an agreement as a committee. lie couiu
see no use in considering the question of
granting the franchise upon any other
basis. He was plainly down-hearted over
the situation, and the committee of the
whole idea did not appeal to his sense of
hope.
Mcnefce also suggested meeting as a
committee of the whole, but Vaughn in
sisted that if tljcy could not agree In
committee it was useless to try to come
together as a body, and he thought they
ought to turn the whole thing down. "All
the material changes that have been
made," said he, "have been threshed out
very carefully, and there is no reason
why wc should differ so on conclusions."
Vote to Reconsider.
After the Willamette Valley Traction
Company had been defeated in the effort
to secure favorable action on its fran
chise, there was another painful pause,
and both sides were brought to a' full
realization of the embarrassing features
of the situation.
Groups of Councilmen and spectators
were observed in different parts of the
chambers engaged in earnest consultation,
and it was apparent that strenuous ef
forts were being made to bring them all
together upon some proposition that would
meet with general approval.
At last, after more than three-quarters
of an hour had been wasted in this way.
Councilman Wallace moved a reconsidera
tion of the vote whereby the United Rail
ways Company was denied the franchise.
Councilman Annand seconded, and Chair
man Vaughn was about to put the mo
tion when Councilman Shepherd rose to a
point of order. There was a lot of spar
ring over parliamentary law, during
which Vaughn put the motion to recon
sider, and it was carried almost unani
mously. Shepherd's being the only dissent
ing vote.
A motion was thereupon made to rec
ommend the franchise of the United Rail
ways Company to the favorable considera
tion of the Council, and it prevailed by
the same vote.
Validity or Vote Disputed.
After adjournment a dispute arose be
tween the adherents of the two rival
roads relative to the validity of the pro
ceedings, and there is scarcely any doubt
that the light will be carried Into the
Council in the shape of two reports.
Friends of the Willamette Valley Trac
tion Company question Vaughn's eligibil
ity as chairman of the Joint committee,
claiming that he assumed the duties with
out process of election by virtue of being
chairman of the streets committee.
Many regard the question as no nearer
solution than when the applications for
franchises were first made, and It Is con
ceded on all sides that the proceedings of
yesterday have resulted In a serious mix
up. The Willamette Valley Traction Com
pany people last night claimed the sup
port of Councllmen Beldlng. Bennett, Dun
ning. Kellaher. Monefce. Preston, Rush
light. Shepherd and Wallace, and concedo
that Annand. Gray. Masters. Sharkev,
Vaughn and Wills will vote the other way.
They claim, also, that had not City At
torney McNary's letter cast a doubt on
the right of the municipality to accept
their offer, their franchise would have
carried.
Secretary W. 3. Barstow received a tele
gram from New York last night directing
him to make all preparations to start
work on the road to Salem without delay
Irrespective of the Council's action
COMPROMISE WITH WOMEN
Contest Between Pitts Family and
Dead Slan's Wife Settled.
WEST PLAINS. Mo.. March P.-(Spc-cial.)
The contest between the two ad
ministrators of the estate of the late T. I
Pitts, who died In Portland. Or., last
September, has been decided by the Cir
cuit Court at Hartville In favor of E J.
Green, the administrator. The contest
ing administrator was T. B. Kllpatrick.
of West Plains.
The contest grew out of the fight made
by the relatives of Pitts against the wom
an who claimed to be his common-law
wife. After the court's decision. a com
promise was effected, the "woman In the
case" receiving J5000.
Shonts WIH Resign Xothing.
CHICAGO, March 9. Theodore P
Shonts, chairman of the Isthmian Canal
Commission, who arrived In Chicago to
day, said that he had no intention of re
signing his position as the president of
the Clover Leaf railroad nor his chair
manship of the canal commission.
Suit the people, because they -are tired
of bitter doses, with the pain and griplnc
that uwally follow. Carter's Little Liver
Pills. One pUl & dofiac
CUSS WORDS FLY
AT
Word and Malley Adherents
Have Lively Tussle of
Strong Language.
DEMOCRATS IN A WRANGLE
Ma I Icy Promises to Support Word
If lie Is Nominated, hut Spokes
man Tor Sheriff Will
Xot Do So.
Democrats "wrangled nearly three
hours last night at a Joint meeting of
the two clubs at Second and Morrison
streets in a Word-Mallcy imbroglio,
which grew so hot thut the air was
laden with cuss words several times
and some of the brethren charged
others of engaging In dark star-chamber
politics.
Among the patriots who let loose
their oratory were I. T. Pcery. G. W.
Allen. J. B. ZIogler. J. T. Milner. Harry
Grafton, Citizen Parker, II. D. Wagnon,
C. U Daggett and John Van Zantc. of
the Word camp: Pat Powers, General
Edward Killfeather. Charles Pelraln,
Dr, J. W. Morrow. John Montag, Wil
liam Horan and Joe Malley, of the Mal
ley camp; and 11. L. (Bishop) Barclay,
Colonel J. P. Burkhart. John Manning.
J. C Adams and T. H. McGovern, of the
neutrals. The gentlemen had a pitched
battle with the Word and the Malley
elements lined up against eneh other
and the neutrals trying to quiet the
tumult.
Have a Fierce Fight.
Like the State Democratic "mass
meeting" of last Thursday, the two
clubs "invited" several stalwarts to
become candidates for nomination at
the primaries, but only fiftcr a tierce
fight, which broke out not over the
propriety of the "Invite" but over the
question who should do the Inviting
the Word or the Malley camp. The
Word people won.
The invited stalwarts had been named
by a Malley committee. In the first
place, consisting of Charles Pctraln,
E. Vcrsteeg and General Klllfeathcr,
whose report had been adopted on
March 2. But the regularity of the.
adoption was attacked last night by L.
T. Peers. Ward's chief of staff, who
contended that the minutes of the last
meeting containing the report should
be expunged from the record. A motion
to reject the minutes carried by a vote
of 21 to 19. At the tall end of the meet
ing, Pcery moved that all the candi
dates mentioned in the committee list
be "Invited" to enter the primaries, and
the motion carried without a negative
voice.
rccry Attacks a Club.
All this was accomplished after Pcery
had declared tne Multnomah Demo
cratic Club, which had acted through a
committee, with the Young Men's Dem
ocratic Club, in preparation of the list,
a "defunct" organization, of no conse
quence anyway, and had charged secret
and sinister doings In the makeup of
the lift- He was aided by Citizen Par
ker, J. T. Mllncr and Harry uruiion.
Word's Jnller. who, after grilling the
Multntjmah Club broke out with:
"I'm going to state a few facts, and
1 don't care a. d for anybody."
But he didn't finish, for Chairman Mon
tag declared him out of order, and Bishop
Barclay got his feet to say that he didn't
nit nrh nersonal thrusts. He himself
was or. the list of "invited," and was not
aware of any dark" doings.
"If anybody wants to scrap." he cried.
"I'll scrap anybody on this floor, and If
any gentleman here wants to bullyrag me,
I'll clean him up In good shape' but none
accepted the challenge.
AH Ready to Scrap.
Likewise Pat Powers, member of the
abused club, was ready to scrap, and Dr.
J. W. Morrow and Charles Pe train, also
members. Colonel Burkhart butted In to
uphold the minutes of the last meeting:
likewise William Horan and General Kill
feather. Fur and fire flew thick and fast,
and finally a motion to reject the minutes
carried by two votes.
Malley Promises, Word Silent.
Then ensued a squabble as to whether
Word and Malley each would promise to
support the ticket in case the other should
receive the nomination. Malley. who was
present by Invitation, when called on to
make the pledge, promised without equiv
ocation that he would support the ticket
If Word should be the nominee for Sheriff.
But Word's spokesmen would not give the
same assurance for their man: in fact. G.
W. Allen intimated strongly that he would
support only Word by saying that he
would rather vote for a good Republican
than for a poor Democrat.
Citizen Parker put In a motion to in
dorse the candidacy of Word, but It was
so roughly battered that he withdrew it.
Ubt or the Invited.
The list of "Invited" does not contain
candidates for Sheriff. It follows:
Joint State Senator H. L. Barclay.
State Senator Napoleon Davis.
Representatives Paul Strain. G. U
Hutchln. W. P. Addams, J. H. Roberts. 1L
J. Clohesy. Isaac Swett. W. T. Burney,
D. M. Watson. A. Noltncr, Cornelius Mc
Donald, V. K. Strode.
County Treasurer Charles HerstoL
County Surveyor J. A. McQulnn.
Coroner F. A. Smith.
Constable West Side Patrick Maher.
Chance for a Treasury Candidate.
SALEM. March . To the Editor.) I ob
serve with laterest that sll, or nearly all. of
the several casdMate for State Treasurer
are la Xavec e ta direct fcte&ry law. 5oe
GATHER
of then favor the retention of the Philip
pines. The Alpeclras conference hasn't yet
worked tnto Oregon politic, but likely all an
nounced candidates for the office of Traa
urer favor the proper policing of that heathen
land, so they won't steal Ferdlcaris any more.
A waiting public has Its ear to the cround
Intently llttenlnc for the boom of the can
didate who favors the creation of a board to
loan the money In the State Treasury to banki
and trust companies which will Jtlve proper
bond and pay interest on open accounts, the
Interest to ko Into the Stale. Treasury. Xow,
don't all speak at once.
ANXIOUS INQUIRER.
GRANT'S BRIDGE TO HILL
(Continued From Pa ice I.)
Portland &. Seattle Railway Company, re
turns from Tacoma. for which city he
left last night on business.
Harriman Men Protest.
The vote of the commission was
taken shortly after arguments had
been presented against the building of
the bridge by W. W. Cotton, general
attorney, and J. P. O'Brien, general
manager of the Harriman railroad
lines. Mr. Cotton said that his com
pany protested against the building of
the proposed bridge from the fact that
it was operating steamers on the river
and he considered any bridge a detri
ment to navigation. From a railroad
point of view, nc said the company had
no objection to offer so long as other
roads were given the advantages of
reaching the approaches to the bridge
In which case they, too, could make
gocd use of the bridge in heading for
the Puget Sound country.
C. M. Levey Is Pleased.
C M. Levey, president of the Port
land & Seattle Railway Company, when
interviewed at the Hotel Portland last
night expressed himself very much
gratified that the commissioners ap
proved the proposed location for the
bridge and the type of draw, but did
not know exactly what conditions were
to be attached to the franchise. "Until
that information Is received." he said,
"it is Impossible to say whether the
franchise will be acceptable or not."
CARE OF TH HELPLESS
What State Is Doing: for the Fccblc
Mlndcd and Epileptic.
PORTLAND. March To the Editor.)
The editorial in The Orcgenlan of March 3
on a "Much-Nceced l'rovnion aescrvea lae
hearty pral of even citizen Interested In the
welfare of our state and Is of a character la
keeping with the excellence of jwir editorial
department. It i a curious fact that the
newspaper of our state devote but little of
their editorial pace to matter of this kind
curious because the phrase "the standard of
a flair's care of her unfortunates Is the
standard of her civilisation" ban almost be
come an axiom.
It may be of Interest to your reader to
learn that, after appealing to the legislature
for two lon. the State Conference of Char
ities and Correction anally secured the pass
ar or a Kubstltute- bill drawn by the Sec
retary of State, providing for an appropria
tion of I5.0fO and "authorizing the State
Board of Public Building Commissioners to
take Initiatory step toward the establishment
of an Institution for feeble-minded and epi
leptic children." Thus has our state taken
the first rteps toward the arcomplMtment of
a long-neglected duty. The bill provides for
the purchase of land and the Investigation of
our needs In this direction: for the prepara
tion of plans for the Institution and for a
report to the next legislature.
To those who have felt the need of uch
legislation for years, this d'lay and prelim
inary red tap wnu little short of inhuman.
When we meet day after day. the pitiful lack
of provision for this claw, we deplore the
"slothful hate" of the politician: but now
that definite iep am being taken, let u
forget that our officials are politicians and
think of them as citizen, sympathetic, inter
ested and anxious to servo the community.
Statistic are being kept, both In the Juve
nile Court and at the city Board of Charltle.
of all such canrs as come to the notice of
theee institutions, and the records are heart
breaking, wpeclally lh cases of feeble-minded
mothers bringing defecU-e children Into the
norld to fill our prison, our asylums for the
Insane and our house prostitution. Let us
look forward to the tiro -hen Oregon will
have the courage to place on her statute-book
the Indiana law which requires physical fit
ness for marriaee. "V shall then avoid a
repetition of the St. Johns case, which nnocked
our city last Summer.
MILLIE R. TKUMnULT..
Registrar City Board of Charities.
HYPNOTISMHIS DEFENSE
iTens' lawyer Struggles to Discredit
3Iurdcrcrs Confession.
CHICAGO. March 3.-In the trial of
Richard Ivens for the .murder of Mrs.
Bessie Hollistcr. arguments were begun
on the admissibility of confessions made
by Ivens. the defense claiming they were
largely fabrications. Judge Smith decided
that the confessions should be admitted
In evidence. Three of them, one made to
the police, on to Coroner Hoffman and
the third to State's; Attorney Healy, were
then read to the Jury.
Assistant Chief of Police Schuettler tes
tified that he had received a confession
from Ivens and the attorney for the de
fense endeavored to show that the pris
oner had been hypnotized by Schuettler.
This was denied by the latter, who de
clared that Ivens made the confession of
his own freo will.
Astoria Railroad Is Incorporated.
ASTORIA, Or- March 9. (SpeclaLJ
Articles of Incorporation of the As
toria & Coast Interurban Railway Com
pany -were flled In the County Clerk's
office today. The capital stock of the
company Is 3390,800. divided Into 3000
shares of 2168 each, and the incorpor
ators are Charles M. Cartwrlght. Will
iam I Dudley, Edgar J. Daly. Sander
son Reed, B. F. Allen and J. Frank
Watson. The main office of the com
pany is to be at Astoria, and its object
Is to build and operate a railroad be
tween Astoria and Seaside, and to en
gage In the business of supplying in
dividuals and municipal corporations
with electric lights, .water and gas
STDHY OF KILLING
Gen Jin Tells How Man
Was Slain.
Sue
SHE ACCUSES LEE JUNG
Chinese Woman llclatcs Strusrsle
Willi Defendant After He Had
Shot Chinaman and Made 1
Attempt on Her Life.
The story of the killing of Mah Sue by
tc Jung was told by Gen Jin, a young
Chinese woman, who was an eye-witness
to the deed. In a most dramatic manner
In Judge Sears' court yesterday. She took
the revolver and acted the scene as It
occurred on the fatal night, and repeated
ly pointed the accusing finger at the pris
oner and called his name, "Jung, Jung.
Jung."
She said he came to the room in the
building where she and Mali Sue were and
domanded JIM. They told him ( they had
no money, and endeavored to pacify him.
offoring him a cup of tea and a cigar.
He drank the tea, and put the cigar In
his pocket. He resumed his demands for
the money, and was again refused, when
he pulled a revolver from his pocket and
began shooting at Mah Sue, firing three
shots. They struggled between the win
dow and some chairs. After Mah Sue fell
Jung turned the weapon upon Gen Jin.
pointing it at her head. She grasped the
revolver and succeeded in wresting it
from him. and then ho- drew a knife and
made a lunge at her.
Tells or Attack.
She grabbed It by the blade and resist
ed his efforts to twist It out of her hands.
He tried to drive it into her body, and
finally did stab Iter and cut the jacket she
wore. She followed him to the street as
he fled to escape, and fell in a faint on the
sidewalk.
Gen Jin showed the Jury how Lee Jung
used tlie rovolver. how she seized the
knife and ail that took place In the room.
'On crosx-cxatninatlon. J. M. Long, coun
sel for the defense, endeavored to estab-
llsh the fact that the wound received by'
Gen Jin from the knife was very slight,
and might have been inflicted by herself:
also that the cuts In her garment could
not have been made In the manner in
which she described because they were
clear across and not made by a stab. She
wore the coat, and Mr. Long paraded
her before the Jury and showed the cuts.
Mr. O'Day. opposing counsel, dryly re
marked that Mr. Long was making a close
Inspection.
Mr. Long further attempted to prove
that the pistol In the case was not that
of Lee Jung, and that Lee Jung was at
tacked and was 'not the aggressor, and
that the nature of tho wound received
by Mah Sue proved such to be "the fact.
The theory of the defense Is that lv?e
Jung lent J1S0 to the woman and had
been trying to get It back, and that be
cause of his incessant demands Mah Sue
plotted to kill him. and that there was a
third man in the room, who shot. Intend
ing to kill Leo Jung, and Instead shot Mah
Sue, This man Is not known.
Brush Between Counsel.
There was a brush between counsel over
the appointment of an interpreter, caus
ing Mr. O'Day to say, in response to ob
jections made by Mr. Long. "My hair
trigger friend simply wants to kick"."
Detectives I C. Hartman and L. G.
Carpenter and several other officers, who
Investigated tho premises after the trag
edy, were witnesses for the state. Mr.
Carpenter found the revolver, but only af
ter a second visit to the room.
The defense called Acting Detective A.
C. Welch, who said he searched the room
prior to the second visit by Mr. Carpenter
and found no revolver. He was with Mr.
Carpenter when he picked the revolver
from the floor. The point in this Is that
tho revolver might have been taken away
by some one and then brought back. It
had thre empty chambers.
G. W. Cook, foreman of a cannery, tes
tified that Te Jung worked In tho can
nery at Bellingham from June to Decem
ber. 1IA and he paid him a balance due of
JI50 when the reason closed. This evi
dence was offered to show that the pris
oner was a worker, and not a highbinder
The trial will be resumed today.
Will Hand Down Decisions.
Decisions will be announced M- IhHp
Frazer this morning In the following
cases: ,
Nadir Land Company vs. John A. Reed:
demurrer to answer. ,
Same vs. same; motion to require plain
tiff to pay taxes into court. '
Sarah E. Zellcr vs. Portland Consoll- '
dated Railway Company: motion to re
quire plaintiff to submit to physical ex
amination. '
Oregon Water Power & Railway Com-
pany vs. Henry A. Palmer ct al.; motion
to strike from complaint.
Judge George will announce a decision
this morning in the case of Fred Ras
mussen vs. Fairbanks-Morse Company;
motion for a new trlaL
Reopen Bankruptcy Case.
Alleged Irregular transactions by George
Anton in connection with the filing of a
bankruptcy petition In the Federal Court,
several months ago. led to the reopening
of the case yesterday by Judge Wolverton.
Anton, who was formerly a Front-street
merchant. Is now in Assyria, but It Is
hoped to get service through the attorneys
who represented him. Attorney W. H.
Fowler, who presented cause for recom
mencing action, expects to collect several
thousand dollars for Eastern firms to
whom Anton was Indebted.
Brings Suit Against Wanzer.
"If the owner of any lot ... . shall
6uffer any sidewalk along tho same to
become out of repair. It shall be the duty
of the City Engineer to post a notice on
the adjacent property directing the owner
to repair the same."
, On the ground that CfearlM .Wanzer,
when he was City Engineer, failed to
comply with- this section of the charter
in relation to a sidewalk, at Belmont and
East Twenty-third .streets. Van It- Sex
ton, yesterday filed suit In the State Cir
cuit Court against Mr. Wanzcr for 500
damages. Sexton avers that on October
IS, 1905. the sidewalk In front of tho prop
erty of Mrs. A. F. Fisher was In bad
condition, and Mr. Wanzcr failed to order
repairs made. Sexton says he stepped
Into a hole in the sidewalk and fell and
was seriously injured and was compelled
to have a surgical operation performed
and was Incapacitated" from work for 15
weeks.
Brings Suit Tor Injuries.
W. C. Barrcll. who was run over By
an electric freight wagon at Fourth and
Washington streets on the evening of
November 2S. 1S05, at 7 o'clock, yesterday
began suit against the Oregon Auto
Dispatch Company in the State Circuit
Court for $10,312 damages. Barrell al
leges that he was bruised and mangled
and the bones of bis right ankle were
crushed and he is a cripple for life. ' He
says the accident was due to the negli
gence of the company. C. M. Idleman
appears as plaintiff's attorney.
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trander: M. Matz and wife. Nebraska. Pa.;
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European plan. Rales, 73 cents to J"i30
pr day. Fro 'bus-
NCKIBB1N
HATS
Soak a "McKlbblrV tho dye
will "ataynut."
Test a'-McKlbbla" the stitching
and finish will stand it.
Compare a "McXlbbln" it's
made of the firJfcst jrades of fully guar
anteed fur felt.
Wear a"McKlbblr- the styles
are standard. Hundreds of them
soft and stiff to chooso from. S3.00
Best dealers in the land sell them.
A simple remedy. Neglect of
a cold may result in a chronic
throat trouble 3oW only In boxes.
Sir Sua m.nAlr.nT-t
rsBtdr for Gonorrhoea.
uieet. a per mat orr bcaa,
White, unnatural dir
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TCHING PAINFUL
SORES ON HANDS
Suffered for a Long Time Without
Relief Had Three Doctors and
Derived No Benefit One Doctor
Was Afraid to Touch Them
Soreness Disappeared and Hands
Now Smooth After Application of
CUTICURA SOAP AND
CUTICURA OINTMENT
"For a long time I suffered with
eorea on the hands which were itching,
painful, and disagreeable. I had three
doctors and derived no benefit from
any of them. One doctor said he "was
afraid to touch my hands, so you
must know how bad they were; an
other said I never could be cured; and
the third said the sores were caused
by the dipping of my hands in water
in the dye-house where I work. I
saw in the papers about the wonderful
cures of the Cuticura Remedies and
procured some of the Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment. In three
days after the application of the
Cuticura Ointment my hands began
to peel and were better. The sore
ness disappeared, and they are now
smooth and clean, and I am still
working in the dye-house.
"I strongly recommend Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment to any
one with sore hands, and I hope that
this letter will be the means of help
ing other sufferers. Very truly yours,
Irs. A. E. Maurcr, 2340 State St.,
Chicago, 111., July 1, 1905."
MOTHERS! MOTHERS!
To know that a warm bath with
Cuticura Soap and a single anointing
with Cuticura, the great Skin Cure, and
purest and sweetest of emollients, will
afford instant relief and refreshing sleep
to skin-tortured babies, and rest for
tired and worn-out mothers.
Sold throughout the world. Cuticura Soap. 25c, Olnt
mtnt, JOc-, lttK!vnt.A0c- (la form of ChoeoUU Cottsd
Pill, IV. per till of 60). Potter Druj a Chem. Corp Sal
Prop.. Brxton, Mat.
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edy, which for a quarter of a century
has earned unqualified praise. Restful
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Cresolene is a Boon to Asthmatics
All Druggists
Stnd fostcl for de
scriptive booklet.
Cresolene Antiseptic
Throat Tablcta for the
Irritated throat, of
your druggist or from
us. 10c. in stamps.
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180 Fulton SUN.Y.
J Promotes the growth of the hair aad
f gives lbuieiusLro aausiiKingsaoi joulo.
h "When the hair is gray or laded It
Z BRINGS BACK THE YOUTHFUL COLOR.
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j and keeps tho scalp clan and healthy.
lKiUPam
Sloans
Liniment
r -
4 rrcc
ATHLETES
TO KEEP IN GOOD TRIM
MUST LOOK "WELL TO THE
CONDITION OF THE SKIN.
TO THIS END THE BATH
SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH
HAND
SAPOLIO
Wf U Groemra and. Druscxtsts
UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS OF
C. Gee Wo
The Great
Chinese
Doctor
At No. ma First St. Cor. Morrison
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throat, rheumatism, nervousness, stomach,
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lected and Imported direct by us from tha
Interior of China.
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