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VOL. XLVI NO. 14,404.
PORTLAND, OREGON, AVEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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UPPERRIVER
ow
FALL NG
Friday Will See Crest
of Freshet.
WILLAMETTE RISES RAPIDLY
Heavy Damage Is Wrought by
Storm, on 0. R. & N.
TRAIN STALLED AT WYETH
Tracks Are Mocked by Slides nntl
.Melt i nc Snow.s Tlireaten Culverts
and Embankments Six En
gines Stalled on Main Line. .
THK FLOOD SITUATION.
Floods in the Willamette are ex
pected to continue until "Friday,
when the river will reach 21 feet,
the hlKheet point during any Win
ter since the big flood of 1890, when
it reached 2S.T reet.
The high water Is causing great
damage throughout the Valley. Port
land merchants are loners from
water in cellars and on lower docks.
Settlers in the upper valley are
taking to the hills to escape the ris
ing river. Bridges, ferries and build
ings are being swept away by the
swirling flood. m
The Chinook of yesterday has
wrought havoc on the main ilne of
the O. R. & N., where heavy snow
has been suddenly turned to water.
Plid.es have covered the tracks and
washouts are frequent. Traffic is
demoralised completely and It will
be several days before the line Is
Cleared.
With every tributary swollen by melt
. lag Bnows. the Willamette River at Port
land continued to rise rapidly all day
yesterday and last "night. The upper
river is now falling and Iriiuy is expect
ed to see the crest of the flood In Port
land. Great damage" was done by the
high water throughout the Valley. There
la a strong current in 'the river at Port
land, which adds to the gravity of the
situation and the probability of more
serious loss on the water front..
Goods stored on lower docks and In
cellars near the river have suffered con
siderable damage and merchants are
buiy moving their wares to safer quar
ters. Some who delayed removing goods
fiom the lower docks learned their error
yesterday when many of these structures
were flooded.
The river rose two Inches an hour near
ly all day yesterday. By dark it had
reached 18 feet above low-water mark
and was still coming up. The rise Is ex
pected to continue until Friday, when it
is expected the crest of the flood, which
will be about 21 feet, will be reached.
This height will exceed that of any Win
ter since the big flood of 1890. when the
river came up to 2S.7 feet on February 6.
The river rose two feet at Albany yes
terday, but fell almost two feet at Eu
gene. This Indicates that the flood in
the upper river has subsided. Lacking
backwater In the Columbia and continued
support in the upper river, the flood will
soon run Itself out. It is predicted by
District Forecaster Beats that the river
will commence falling at Portland by
Saturday.
The general chlnook of yesterday prom
ises to turn colder today and this will
check the melting of snow in the
mountains and further reduce the danger
of a continued flood.
Heavy Damages on O. R. & X.
Havoc wrought on" the main line of the
O. R. & N. between. Portland and The
Dalles by the storm is Immense and the
damage will total a very large sum. The
wires are down for ten miles east of
Troutdale and no word could be received
from the storm-swept district yesterday.
Scenes along the line are said to surpass
any similar storm ravages for the past
20 years.
General Manager O'Brien, accompanied
by E. A. Kllppel, superintendent of tel
egraph, and J. F. Graham, superintendent
of motive power, reached the city last
night after spending the day on the line
In a special train. They confirmed the
stories of complete demoralization of the
main line. For miles the tracks are
blocked by slides and the melting snows
threaten to wash away culverts and, em
bankments. At Troutdale the themometer rose to
60 degrees at midnight Monday, and the
snow began to go off with a rush. The
chlnook made Itself felt all along the
Columbia gorge and streams were pour
in down muddy torrents, bringing much
drift that endangers the tracks.
Efforts are being made to put on
steamers that will carry passengers and
mail around the points of blockade, op
erating trains In connection with the
boats over the tracks that can be opened.
The Harvest Queen, which left Monday
to bring down the passengers JW the
stalled train near Wyeth, was waiting
at Bonneville yesterday for the train to
reach that point. So far as learned here,
the train failed to make connections and
the boat Is still held there.
General Superintendent Buckley, of the
llarrlinan lines, In 'order to get a tele
gram through to Portland from The
Uallos yesterday had to send it around
by Salt L.k9 and San Francisco. The
message arrived hure in the afternoon
and threw some light on the conditions
along the Upper Columbia.
Train and Engines Stalled.
The stalled passenger train was near
Wyeth and unless it could be gotten
through to Bonneville to meet the
steamer waiting for it. It would be backed
to Hood River last night. One locomotive
was stuck between slides at Shell Rock.
Five other engines were stalled between
Dodson's and Bridal Veil. The Albina
rotary snow-plow Is on a siding at One
onta without power. Another rotary was
started yesterday from The Dalles to dig
out the imprisoned train and clear the
line. All along the road between Trout
dale and The Dalles workmen are busy
with work trains and construction equip
ment restoring the tracks as fast as pos
sible. Along the river a silver thaw, similar to
the storm In Portland last week, brought
down telegraph wires and broke trees
down across the track. Land slides and
snow slides are almost innumerable. Op
erating officials do not expect to get the
line open before late In the week.
Trains 3 and E of Sunday ape consoli
dated at Shell Rock, while trains 1 of
Sunday and Monday are consolidated at
The Dalles. The Washington division was
reported open by Superintendent Buck
ley with the exception of ,the Pomeroy
and Pendleton branches. It was raining
yesterday at La . Grande and water
trouble was expected.
Itain and Sleet at The Dalles.
Rain and sleet continued to fall at
The Dalles yesterday and Superintendent
Buckley reported 30 Inches of snow at
Wyeth with a little more at Hood River.
This was before the chlnook struck i
and it is probable that this has mostly
been turned into water before this morn
ing. Train No. 2 is" stalled in the snow be
tween Yoakum and Barnhart. Trains
can hardly be moved through the Pa
louse country because of the heavy snow.
Even on the St. Johns branch of the
O. R. & N., almost in the city limits,
there were slides yesterday. The inces
sant rains had softened the earth until
many of the clay banks slipped down
upon the track.
Delays on Southern Pacific.
Wires were down last night on the
Southern Pacific south of Junction
City, but up to that point the main
line was clear. Trains are running
late, however, on account of the soft
tracks and uncertain condition of
bridges and embankments. The bridge
on the Springfield branch near West
Stayton was pronounced unsafe yester
day, but repairs are going forward.
A break In the line at Springfield
Junction, where 150 feet of embank
ment was washed , out, was repaired
yesterday morning. Reports that
reached General Manager O'Brien's of
fice today from Springfield state the
rain had stopped and the river has
stopped rising.
The Northern Pacific Is not in any
immediate danger from the floods un
less the Cowlitz comes up rapidly.'
Rises are reported.' but as yet they
are not serious enough to delay trains.
However, the Northern Pacific passen
ger trains are coming In from IS to 36
hours late. This is said to be due to
snow and storms on the eastern end.
Slides on Oregon Water Power Line.
Slides along the river bank north of
The Oaks blocked the tracks of the
Oregon Water Power line, and Oregon
City and Cazadero cars were routed
by the Sellwood line. The Clackamas
bridge remained unsafe yesterday, and
passengera were transferred across It
on foot.
Should the river continue to rise. It
is expected that the power plant of the
Portland General Electric Company at
Oregon City may be compelled to shut
down.
River Is Rising Rapidly.
Less than ten feet additional rise
and the flood situation at Portland
will be worse than it was during the
Winter of 1890, when the Willamette
stood 28 feet above the low-water
mark, and the business district of the
city suffered severely.
At dark last night, the river was
several inches past the 18-foot stage,
and the water was rising at the rate
of 1 inches an hour. All the lower
docks between the Burnside bridge and
Yamhill street were covered. At Ains
worth dock the water was even with
the planking. Log rafts and all man
ner of drift was going downstream at
a rapid rate, and business men along
the front were bending every energy
to put stores at a safe distance above
the danger limit.
E. A. Beats, In charge of the local
Weather Bureau, says that with the
water in sight, there will be a mark
of 21 feet at Portland.
Child Saved From Drowning.
"Work on the water . front was badly
Interfered with yeste.rday. At an early
hour in the morning the Portland Pub
lic Bathhouse went adrift. The fire
boat George H. Williams managed to
get a line on the structure just In
time to prevent Its colliding with the
Steel bridge. Shortly after the bath
house went adrift the baby child of
Superintendent Rolfe fell overboard
from the -ouseboat where Mrs. Rolfe
and the child had taken refuge. The
baby had drifted underneath the pon
toon, and Mr. Rolfe was compelled to
go overboard In order to rescue the in
fant, i
The French bark Turgot, moored at
the lower Southern Pacific dock on the
East Side above the Steel bridge. Is In
a very dangerous position. Drift ac
cumulated around the stern of the ves
sel to such an extent yesterday, that
the services of a steamer were re
quired to clear . her. Several extra
lines were put out, but all were made
fast to the dock. The structure is old
and Insecure, and If anything carries
away, the Steel bridge and the ship
will suffer heavily. During the big
flood of 1890, the steamship Danube
was lying at the same berth, and It
was necessary at that time to run
cabins to deadmen away inshore. The
bottom at that point is cement gravel
and anchors will not hold.
Itlvera falling at Roseburg.
HOSKBURGv Or.. Feb. 5. Little rain
. jOoncnidgd. on Pag 1XJ.
PLEA OF INSANITY
HITS' MANY- SNAGS
Jerome Puts Thaw's
Alienist on Rack.
BOMBARDS HI WITH WORDS
Proves Adept at Handling
Medical Phraseology.
MUCH EVIDENCE BARRED
Bad Day for Thaw's Counsel Ends
In Angry Conference and Ru
mored Threat to Abandon
Case to Gleason.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6. The task of prov
ing to a Jury that Harry K. Thaw was
insane through heredity and mental stress
when he shot and .killed Stanford White
was taken up today by the defense in
this famous case, but, when adjournment
was announced later In the afternoon. It
was the general opinion in the courtroom
that but little progress had been made.
Thaw's attorneys endeavored in vain
to place before the jury evidence tend
ing, it was said, to prove a vein of In
sanity in the collateral branch of the
defendant's family, but they were blocked
at every point by District Attorney
Jerome, whose objections were upheld by
the rulings of Justice Fitzgerald.
The defense did, however, get before
the 12 men in the box thetestimony of
an expert. In his opinion Harry Thaw
was suffering from Insanity the night of
the tragedy. Mr. Jerome attempted to
down the evidence of the alienist, Dr. C.
C. Wiley, of Pittsburg, and for tnree
hours put him through a cross-examination
as severe as was ever heard in any
court The prosecutor was relentless in
his attack, and before he had finished
Dr. Wiley protestingly declared:
Did Not Come as Expert.
I aidn't come hero as an expert. I
came as a witness to a fact, and I have
been converted into an expert without be
ing prepared for it."
The District Attorney astonished every
one by his Intimate knowledge of medi
cine and its technical phraseology, dem
onstrating the care with which he had
prepared himself to meet the very de
fense which Thaw's counsel have entered
in his behalf. Mr. Jerome searchingly In
quired into Dr. Wiley's record as a phy
sician and as an expert on insanity. He
hurled volleys of technical questions at
the witness, who at times sat mute and
at other times declared he could nqt an
swer or .gave evasive replies. Often he
brought upon himself sharj warning from
Mr. Jerome to make a reply and not an
argument.
Dr. Wiley said he predicated his opinion
as to Thaw's insanity upon his actions
.................................................... ..................... f
WHAT WILL HE LOOK LIKE WHEN HE IS PULLED OUT?
the night of the tragedy, as described to
him in a hypothetical question propound
ed by the defense," and on an incident
which he witnessed in a Pittsburg street
car during the Summer of 1906. Thaw,
said the doctor, acted irrationally on the
car, coming in suddenly and jerking up
one of the window blinds, slamming it
down and then lifting it again, the while
engaging In a wordy war with the con
ductor. "Have you ever examined this defend
ant with any of the recognized tests of
insanity?" asked Mr. Jerome.
"No," replied the witness.
"Have you ever conversed with him?"
"No."
Alienist Baffled at Own Game.
The District Attorney then drew from
the alienist the opinion that Thaw's acts
on the Madison-Square Garden roof when
he killed Stanford White, were not acts
of insanity when taken singly, but con
stituted evidence of insanity when con
sidered collectively. At times Dr. Wiley
seemed entirely baffled by the questions.
He hestitated at each and before he could
answer Mr. Jerome had framed another
question, replete with impressive-sounding
technical, terms and apparently offer
ing a problem no less difficult than its
predecessor. The witness admitted that
many .of the tests to which the District
Attorney referred, such as the Romberg
test and the Argyle-Robertson pupil test,
were unknown to him, and when he was
asked to quote from any accepted work
on insanity, declared he could not give
the exact language from any book.
Mr. Jerome's well of knowledge,
however, seemed never to run dry. He
carried his cross-examination through
practically the entire morning session,
and for an hour and 20 minutes after
luncheon continued to ply the witness
with all manner of questions.
Thaw Begins to Worry.
"fhaw's counsel sat silent and without
protest aa Mr. Jerome grilled the first
witness for the defense. Thaw him
self seamed to take but little interest
in theross-examination at the outset,
but later began to take notice, and was
often in earnest conversation with
those of his counsel who sat nearest
him. Before the close of the exam
ination, however. Thaw seemed to wor
ry. His attorneys appeared puzzled at
first, but evidently determined to give
the District Attorney the widest liber
ty. At the close of the cross-examination
of Dr. Wiley an attempt was
ma.Je to introduce testimony tending to
show that a strain of insanity has ex
isted In certain branches of the Thaw
family. Among the witnesses called
were Albert Lee Thaw, of Richmond,
Va., who said that his father and Harry
Thaw's father were first cousins. The
defense stated Its purpose 'to draw from
the witness the fact that his father
died- in an asylum for the insane, when
Mr. Jerome objected. He declared the
relationship of both -the witness and
his father 'was ton . far retrieved . 'm
ihe defendant to be competent. - ' I
"And the law." he added, "Is not sat
isfied that u man is insane merely be
cause he dies, in an asylum or a retreat
for persons suffering from mental dis
eases. The fact that a man dies in an
institution such as that conducted by
Dr. Wiley, the eminent specialist we
had upon the stand today, for instance,
is no proof that ne was insane. There
must be competent testimony to the
fact."
Witnesses to Insanity Barred.
Justice Fitzgerald upheld this view
view of the matter, saying, however,
that his ruling was subject to revision
if the attorneys for the defense could
cite authorities on the subject. Mr.
Gleason, who alone conducted the case
for Thaw today, did cite some cases.
(Concluded on Page 4.)
URGES REPEAL OF
FRANCHISES
Council Committee
Completes Report.
GRANTS HAVE BEEN ABUSED
City Attorney Will Be Asked to
Draft Bill.
CHARGES FULLY SUSTAINED
If Council Adopts Recommendations,
Delegation of Council Will Go
to Salem to t'rge Repeal of
Perpetual Franchises.
SYNOPSIS OF REPORT OF GAS
COMMITTEE.
Gas furnished consumers Is of poor
quality.
Consumers have been grossly over
charged. Company's methods of dealing with
public cumbersome and unsatisfac
tory. Bill should be presented to Legis
lature revoking franchises granted by
state.
Franchises granted by city should
also be revoked, which could be done
by action of the Council.
Legality of action recommended la
based upon opinion of City Attorney
McNary.
"That all franchises held by the Port
land Gas Company be revoked as soon
as possible is the recommendation to
the Council of the special . committee
that has been investigating the af
fairs of that corporation. The asser
tions of the committee that the grants
held by the gas company should be
canceled are unqualified, and this con
stitutes the remedy for the abuses of
privilege which have been found to
exist. The final report of the commit
tee was formulated at a meeting yes
terday afternoon and will be presented
for the Indorsement of the Council at
Its session today.
In order to revoke the franchises of
the gas company, which had their ori
gin in the territorial and State Legis
latures, the committee recommends
that a bill be presented at once to the
lawmakers now In session at Salem.
Such a bill will kill the so-called "per
petual franchises" that have been
handed down to the present corpora
tion from Its predecessors in the dis
tant past. The bill is to be prepared
by the City Attorney if the Council
follows out the advice of Its commit
tee, and a special delegation of six
Councllmen will be sent to the Legis-
A different procedure is necessary to
lature to urge the measure upon the
solons.
nullify the grants to operate which the
gas company secured through ordi
nances pf the Portland Council. In this
case th power to act lies where it rVrst
Issued, and the Council Is therefore
memorialized to cancel the franchises
which were so freely granted by the
city fathers of former years.
City Attorney Gives Opinion.
The action of the committee was
taken only after thorough considera
tion of the merits of the case and also
the legulityv-oit the proceedings that
are recommended The action Indorsed
has its basis in a written opinion sub
mitted to the committee at its request
by City Attorney McNary. Mr. Mc
Nary holds that instead of being Im
mune from negatory legislation, as
was contended by attorneys for the
corporation during the investigation,
the franchises are subject for repeal
by the same powers that are re
sponsible for their existence. The fail
ure to provide a suitable quality of
gas at a reasonable compensation is
sufficient ground for the revocation of
the franchises, and the committee has
decided that the gas provided con
sumers by the company is both of bad
quality and of excessive price.
Councilman Masters Absent.
Th committee met at 2 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, with five members
present. Councilman Masters being the
only one absent. At a previous session
the committee had passed resolutions
to the effect that the gas furnished
to patrons in Portland is of poor qual
ity, that consumers are grossly over
charged and that the corporation's
methods of dealing with the public are
cumbersome and unsatisfactory. The
essential charges made by The Ore
gonian against the gas company thus
being completely sustained, the only
work remaining for the committee was
the determining of a remedy and form
ing of its report.
Every member or the committee
present was unreserved in his asser
tions that the franchises of the com
pany should be revoked. It was held
that this action should be taken not
only because of the abuses of privi
lege which have been shown in the
operations of the gas company, but
because proper control of the company
is impossible under its present grants.
Instead of being ensconced from rea
sonable supervision by Its franchises.
It was declared that a public utility
corporation, such as the gas company,
should be amenable to regulation. In
stead of its franchises being "perpet
ual" It was asserted that they should
be governed by a definite limit of dur
ation. The Qregonlan'g Counts Sustained.
. In formulating Jts report, the com
mittee incorjiora.ted' ).e 11 original counts
comprising the charges tftled by The
Oregonian against the gas company. It
then appended its findings relative to the
shortcomings of the company and the
recommendation that the franchise be
revoked. The motion that the report
be submitted to the Council as the recom
mendation of the committee was made
by Councilman Bennett and carried by
unanimous vote. The report in full fol
lows: "To the Honorable Mayor and Council
of the City of Portland:
"We, your committee appointed to in
vestigate the Portland Gas Company,
under a resolution adopted by the Coun
cil January 17, 1906, beg leave to submit
our report as follows, to wit:
"Pursuant to said resolution the com
mittee held various meetings for the tak
ing of testimony and the examination of
documents relating to the charges made
against the gas campany. The specific
charges made against the Portland Gas
Company consisted 'of 11 counts, as fol
lows :
"No. 1 The Portland Gas Company is
at this time charging, and has during
the entire life of its franchise and ope
rations in the City of Portland charged,
extortionate prices for gas.
"No. 2 The Portland Gas Company has
been furnishing to consumers a poor
quality, of gas.
"No. 3 The uniform policy of the Port
land Gas Campany has been to disre
gard and Ignore studiously and con
temptuously the Just complaints of its
patrons.
"No 4. The meter readings by its agents
are arbitrarily unreliable. Incorrect and
dishonest, and are besides uniformly ex
cessive. "No. 5 It Is the common rule of the
Portland Gas Company to refuse a grant
of rebates for over charges.
"No. 6 Excessive penalties for delin
quent payments are exacted from all
customers who may not have paid their
monthly bills within the first five days
of each month. ' . , i .
"No. 7 The practice of the company to
require deposit before meters are in
stalled in the place of business or dwell
ing of any patron is followed with obvious
and intentional discourtesies.
"No. 8 The Portland Gas Company has
exercised its privilege - under Its fran
chise to tear up the streets at will with
out the slightest regard to public right
or the general convenience.
"No. 9 The Portland Gas Company Is
paykjg and always has paid taxes to the
city, county, the school district and the
state, and has falsely undervalued its
assessable property throughout its whole
career to succeeding county and city
assessors. It has paid no franchise tax
whatever at any time until this year, and
has rendered the public no adequate re
turns for the extraordinary privileges it
enjoys.
"No. 10 The Portland Gas Company In
Its internal financial management has
pursued a carefully planned policy of
stock manipulation, resulting in gratui
tous award of large blocks of gas stock
to the "inside circle," who have had
charge of Its affairs.
"No. II The Portland Gas Company,
operating under a franchise granted by
the Oregon Territorial Legislature of
1859, and under a franchise granted by
the State Legislature of 1874. known as
the Zleber franchise, has repeatedly, de
signedly and unlawfully . Ignored public
rights and proper public Interest ahd
concern in the conduct of Its affairs,
and has managed and considered the gas
tConcladsd on Page 10.)
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Greatest Patrons of
Printing Press.
ALL ARE ARDENT BOOK-LOVERS
Most Popular Pictures Tell
History of Writing.
LITERATUPE IN AMERICA
Pilprrims Began Printing Soon After
Landing and Now 50, 000 Firms
Are in Publishing Business.
Some High-Priced Books.
BY FREDERIC J. HASK1N.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. (Special Cor
respondence.) The people of the United
States are today writing more Iwoks.
buying more books and reading more
books than the inhabitants of any other
country. All Americans are book-lovers,
from the messenger boy. lost In open
eyed wonder at the startling adventures
of Dead wood Dick, to the rich lady who
buys her books with bindings to match
the color of her curtains. There are now
over 50,000 firms in this country engaged
In the business of making or selling
books. Children are the greatest pur
chasers, one publishing firm alone print
ing more than 1.000,000 spelling books each
year. The manager of a large depart
ment store which has branches In a num
ber of our big cities, told me that during
the holidays each one of these stores dis
poses of 2000 sets of Shakespeare's works.
Evolution of Books.
i
Doubtless the most popular and widely
known series of pictures In the Library
of Congress at "Washington is that by
John W. Alexander, representing the evo
lution of the book. The first picture Is
called "The Cairn," and shows men of
a prehistoric asre setting a pile of stones
Jn a crude fashion, so that others might
know and understand their work long
after fhey had gone. The second is a
patriarchal storyteller In long white
robes and hood, leaning on his staff and
recounting the glories of some nation for
the benefit of his hearers, who are. seat
ed on the ground near him. This is
called "Oral Tradition." Theext shows
an Egyptian youth cnlsellng out his mes-
(Concluded on Page 3.)
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YBPTETR DAY'S Maximum temperature, 69
degree; minimum, 64 degrees.
TODA Y S Occasional rain and slightly
cooler; southwesterly winds.
National.
Washington Senator and Representatives
, - - disagree on Seattle Fair appropriation.
Page 4.
Army appropriation- bill in Senate. Page 4.
Increase in salaries for postal clerks and
carriers. Page 4.
Company organised to take canal contract.
Page 2
Politic.
Chicago Council adopts traction settlement
and Mayor Dunne is furious. Page 3.
Senator Bailey 'creates scene at Investiga
tion. Page 2.
New Jersey Republ lea ns nominate Briggs
for Senator. Page 2-
Domestic
H ask in on Americans as book lovers. Page 1.
Jerome discredits first alipnlst In Thaw's
defense and causes quarrel among Thaw's
lawyers. Page 1.
Eastern railroads decide to raise freight
rates. Page 2.
Kruttsehnitt criticises Great Northern road
Page 2.
Great storm in Middle West : many freeze
to death on prairies. Page 3.
Foreign.
Socialists lose heavily In second ballots la
German elections- Page 3.
British Premier prepares to attack House
of Lords. Page 3.
Pacific Coast.
Snow blocks all trains on the Northern, Pa
cific Page 5.
Landslide demolishes fom,e of Toledo farm
er. Page 5.
The rp- may be another Chester Thompson
trial. Page 5.
Two bills for reciprocal demurrage auhmlt
ted to Washington L-egl slat ure. Page &.
Oregon Legislature.
Kay's bill for transportation of convicts
killed. Page 6.
McCue's bill allowing Fish Warden's patrol
launches passes House. Page 7.
Bill for cheese and butter inspection intro
duced. Page 0.
Malarkey's bill will curb Southern Oregon
company's land monopoly. Page 6.
Two new bills for county division. Page T.
Connivance at lawbreaking made felony by
. new House bill. Page 7.
Two pending bills contain dangerous per
petual franchise Jokers. Page 7.
Stat Institutions demand appropriations ag.
gregating $151,000. Page rt.
New water code bill is framed and Intro
duced replacing Perkins bill. Page 7.
Normal combine making a winning tight.
Page 5.
Commercial and Marine.
High price paid for Oregon onions. Page 15.
Break in Hill stocks at New York. Page 15.
Chicago wheat market firm. Page 15.'
Portland and Vicinity.
Willamette River Is rising rapidly at Port
land, but falling at upper river points.
Page 1.
Great damage Is wrought by storm on O.
R. & N. Page 1.
Council committee recommends repeal of
gas franchises. Page 1.
Unknown man dies In the snow. Page 11.
W. H. Green, fireman. 4 arrested and
charged wtfh receiving stolen postage
stamps. Page 16.
Arrest of woman may reveal new scandal
In fire department. Page 16.
Bill will be introduced in Legislature pro
viding for commission to control towage
. service on Columbia River. Page 10,
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