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PART TWO s msssm -PAGES 9 T0T6 i VOL. XXIV. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1905. NO. 1. .JLipmanwolfeSCft The Slote Closed Monday We Wish You All A Happy New Year Tomorrow's full-page advertisement will be an interesting one to everybody. It will con tain details of Our Great Sale The Great Economy Event of the Year When Every Arti cle in the Store Is Reduced Countless opportunities presented for buying every, possible personal and home need at prices which are much less than those asked elsewhere for similar goods. Everything Reduced in The Glove StoreKid Gloves and Golf Gloves all are less. . Everything Reduced in The Jewelry Store Watches, Cut Glass, Jewelry, etc, all are less. Everything Reduced in The Drug Store Perfumes and Toilet Goods of all kinds all are less. Everything Reduced in The City's Best Book Store Chances to stock the library for little. Everything Reduced in The Great Notion Store Pins, Tapes Thousand and one everyday needs all are less. Everything Reduced in The Stationery Store Papers and all cor respondence helps all are less. Everything Reduced in Our Great Cloak Store Women's and Girls Wearing Apparel all of it less. Everything Reduced in The Muslin Wear Store American, French and Italian Lingerie all of it less. Everything Reduce'd in The Corset Store The world's best Corsets on sale at cut prices all less. Everything Reduced in The Art Store Cushions, Doilies and everything else all of it less. Everything Reduced in The Drapery and Bedding Store Curtains, Draperies, etc, all are less. Everything Reduced in Men's Underwear, Socks, Shirts, Suspend ers, Neckwear and all other Furnishings. Everything Reduced in Women's and Children's Cotton, Wool, Lisle and Silk Hosiery. Everything Reduced in The Silk Store The world's best makes of Black and Colored Silk are all less. Everything Reduced in Dress Goods Black and Colored and silk and wool all are less. -all wool Everything Reduced in The Linen Store Towels, Cloths, Napkins everything of linen is less. Everything Reduced in Cotton Goods Sheets and Pillowcases, Sheetings, Prints, Battings., etc., all are less. Everything Reduced in Dress Linings and Findings Button Shields, etc all are less. Everything Reduced in Ribbons, Laces. Embroideries, Trimmings, Appliques and Neckwear everything is less. Everything Reduced in The Picture Store Helps' for making home beautiful are all less. Everything Reduced in Handkerchiefs, Veilings,' Fans, etc Chances to buy for little all are less. Everything Reduced in The Leather Goods Store Purss, Suit Cases, Bags, Belts, all are less. LipmanWdlfcS -T . RUMORS ARE MANY Report Out That Mayor Is In . .dieted.-- IT LACKS -CONFIRMATION Malfeasance In Office Is the Reported Charge, but Officials Say They Are Uninformed Grand . Jurors Reticent. Rumors of, the Indictment of Mayor Williams for malfeasance and neglecting to perform his sworn duties In enforcing1 the gambling ordinances, were current yesterday, hut District Attorney Manning cays he has not been advised by the mem bers of the grand Jury,that such an In dictment has been agreed upon, Deputy District Attorney Adams, who attends the grand Jury as legal adviser, states that ho such indictment has been voted by the grand Jury to his knowledge. When the Jury votes upon Indictments only the members are present, and the statute does not permit the attendance of the District Attorney orchis deputy. Held Secret Sessions. The grand Jury was In secret session all day Friday. Late Thursday afternoon .the members voted on some matter, and also yesterday. "What was done during these private sessions only the members themselves know, but outside reports are In clrculaUon that Mayor Williams' In dictment has been agreed upon. The grand Jury adjourned yesterday until Tuesday, and on that day will make a report to Judge 'George. There are .some indictments against persons held to an swer by Municipal Judge Hogue. What others, remains to be .seen. Yesterday a number of cases from the Municipal Court were Investigated. Just before the grand jury adjourned, late In the afternoon. Deputy District Attorney Adams said to them:' "Gentlemen, If you have any Indict ments, or 'not true bill verdicts, I can prepare them for you between now and Tuesday. As you have considerable busi ness' to atteqd to, this will save you time and prevent you from, being rushed." No Additional Reports. The members of the grand jury re sponded that they bad no additional de cisions to announce. Foreman Johnson, when questioned, said nothing had been done. George H. Thomas, clerk of the grand jury, respond ed, "Nothing doing," and John M. A. Laue. one of the members, when asked if an Indictment had been agreed upon against Mayor Williams, was evasive and declined to make a direct answer to the Question. Chief of Police Hunt Is another official whose Indictment is said to .have been agreed upon for "malfeasance" and failure and refusal to perform his sworn duty by not enforcing gambling and other or dinances too numerous to mcnUon. Hunt Charge May Fall Flat. The charge that the Chief received $300 from E. O. 'Magoon to permit money nlckel-ln-thc-slot machines to run. it is said, will fall flat- The only evidence in the case is a copy of a letter written by Magoon. a slot-machine agent, to his principals in the East, on October 14, 1903, saying gambling was closed In the town, and he paid Chief Hunt $300 so that he could open up, but had not been able to get the machines running. As a matter of fact. In October, 1903, the big gambling-houses were running under the city fine system, and W. A. Storey, then Sheriff, did not Interfere with the plans of the city administration to raise money for municipal purposes in this way. Magoon is known to have been pushed by the slot-machine company for a set tlement o- affairs, and it is said ho wrote the letter claiming he had been grafted to the extent of $300 to cover his own shortcoming. Magoon's bare asser tion in a letter is not evidence against Chief Hunt. Yesterday afternoon Chief Hunt was in the grand-Jury room for a long time, presumably to make explana Uons. George Scoggin and A. M. Shan non, deputies in the City Engineer's of fice, were also called as witnesses during the morning. On Friday night, when the members o the grand Jury visited the red-light dis trict in the North End and went through the concert halls and other places, they are said to have had some remarkable ex periences. The concert hall managers es corted them all over the house, even showing them the dressing-rooms. Some of the girls, who can drink champagne at $5 per bottle like water, are said to have referred to the older men of the jury as "dad." stroked their hirsute appendages and chucked them under their chins in a playful manner. It Is not believed any of the girls will be indicted for any such un becoming conduct, or that any of the Jurors 'lost their tempers while seeing the sights. Some surprises in indictments are ex pected Tuesday, and city officials' names will probably appear among the list. ARE NOT ON TRIAL DOCKET. Many Criminal Cases Await Hearing in Circuit Court. Complying with the new rule of the Judges of the State Circuit Court, Ma rlon F. Johnson, clerk of department No. 1. has entered all criminal cases on the trial docket, so that the list will always be under the watchful eye of Judge George, the presiding Judge of the court. By actual count there are now 158 criminal cases pending and nenrly one-third of these are city cases appealed from the Municipal court. The city cases are for violations of numerous city ordinances, such as keeping saloons open after hours, dis orderly conduct, fighting, and many other things. There are 15 state gam bling cases, but in some of these there are a number of defendants Jointly charged, making probably 60 persons all told, who arc accused of violation of the gambling statute. Most of the defendants are charged with poker playing. Peter Grant and Nathan Sol omon are on the list for conducting a nuisance in the shape of a poolroom, thereby disturbing the public peace, morals, and so forth. There are a num ber of such charges against M. G. Nease and J. A. Fleshman, of the Warwick Club. Also one against J. E. Culllson. M. Bartholomew and Colonel W. E. Ap plegatc. There are the nlckel-ln-the-slot machine cases against Max Foeller, Slg SIcheL B. B. Rich and others, the Eugene Blatter perjury case, and the cases against A. K. Breyman and John Sommervllle. There are also larceny cases, embezzlement and robbery cases. It'Wlll keep- the courts busy dis posing of them all. if they are all tried. "Mammy" Needs a Guardian. A petition asking for the appointment of a guardian for Anna E. Newsotse, an old colored woman who "has resided for many years In Portland, was filed In the Coun ty Court by Rev. W. J. Tol'llver.t pastor of the Bethel A. M- E. Church, of which she Is a member. He asks that Fred D. Thomas be appointed her guardian. Mrs. Newsome" owns a house and lot valued at $1200 on Woods street. She Is 63 years of age and Is la poor health and Is unable to take care of herself. She has a step son. George Newsome, whose whereabouts Is unknown. 1 Legal Jottings. The delinquent tax sale of property on the 1533 roll will begin Wednesday morn ing at 10 o'clock. Tuesday will be the last day to pay and save the penalty. Incorporation articles of the Mount Ta bor Association were filed in the ,Couhty Clerk's office yesterday by Henry W. Coe, L. O'Connor and A. McGllllvray; "cap ital stock $3000. The objects announced are to.-conduct a sanitarium and to fur nish medical and surgical aid, treatment and nursing to persons needing the same; to furnish and provide a hospital, etc. Suit for an accounting was filed In the State Circuit Court vciitcnl.iv tnv ffar? "R. Nlcklln against L. F. Shirley, Lamia H.1 Shirley and L. F. Shirley, as executors of the estate of James Shirley; deceased. James Shirley executed a will In Marion County devising lands to his children, in cluding his daughter. Eliza I. Nlcklln. and bequeathed the rest and residue of the estate to his widow, Lanaa H. Shirley. Carl S. Nlcklln and L. F. Shirley were named as executors of the will. The complaint, recites that during a period of six years past Lanna H. Shirley entrusted sundry sums of money to L. F. Shirley. On December 12, 1S0C It Is al leged, she gave him an order on L. S. Shirley, which the latter refused to pay. saying he had no money belonging to Mrs. Shirley. It Is charged that L. F. Shirley, who lives at Cotton. Wash., has neglected to tile reports of the affairs of the estate and the court Is asked to di rect him to make an accounting. Articles of incorporation of St. Johns Abstract .& Title Company were filed yes terday by T. T. Parker. L. B. Chlpman, M. L. Holbrook and W. H. King; capital stock $1500. The objects announced are to abstract titles to property, etc. GREAT HEE IN CHICAGO. Suspicion of Incendiarism Attaches to Burning of Big Stores. CHICAGO. Dec 31 A fire that started today on the second Hoor of the seven story brick building In West Van Buren street, occupied by the Cash Buyers' Union, destroyed property valued at $600,000. Spreading rapidly, the fire soon assumed such large proportions that the whole district was in danger, and a sec ond alarm was sent In. followed by a series of extra calls for additional men and apparatus. When the fire penetrated to the adjoining building, occupied by the Zeno Manufacturing Company, a four story structure, the firemen were ordered to the roofs of adjacent buildings to fight the flames. Within a few minutes the flames had gutted the structure and had spread to the Boston Rubber Paint Company. Then the flames, cracking the brick walls of the building, spread to 160-162 West Van Buren etreet, causing heavy, damage to the Peninsular Stove Company, which firm occupied the seven floors. So fierce did the blaze become that burning sparks, carried by a high gale, were driven far over the district and buildings blocks away caught fire. With a detonation that was heard for squares, an explosion In the basement ot the Cash Buyers' Union building tore up the streets and sidewalks, throwing fire men Into the air and tearing live wires of the Van .Buren-street electric car line down. Fred Block!, a fireman, was struck on the head by falling bricks and severely Injured. Crushing down through the frail walls of the structure adjoining came the towering walls of the Peninsular Stove Company, and those of the Cash Buyers' Union tottered and collapsed. A series of email explosions followed the fall of the walls. A two-story frame dwelling at 166-16S West Van Buren street, occupied as a roomlnghouse, was crushed like a shell by the falling walls. The Inmates had been awakened earlier and escaped to the street, but were unable to save any of their clothing. The stables occupied by Fortune Broth era Brewing Company were gutted. The horses were saved. There was a small panic on the Metro politan Elevated Railway when the motor men rushed their cars through the smoke. Passengers attempted to get out, but were held In check by the guards. When the explosion occurred the windows In the residences across the etreet were shat tered and chimneys were thrown down. Firemen who were In the path of the falling walls escaped death by leaping Into a bole that was being dug at the east side of a frame building. The fire Is pronounced by Chief Campion to have made more rapid headway than any In his experience since the great fire of 1STL The principal losses are: 163-4 West Van Buren street, eeven-story brick building, $75,000; Peninsular Stove Company. $200,000; 15S-60 Van Buren street, seven-tory brick building. $75,000; Cash Buyers' First Na tional Co-operative Society, $100,000; 154-6 West Van Buren street, five-story brick building. $50,000: Rubber Paint Company. $40,000; Zeno Manufacturing Company, $20,000. Suspicious circumstances surrounding the fire in the Van Buren-street plant of the Flrat National Co-Operatlve Associa tion and Cash Buyers' Union amalga mated concerns have led Chief Campion to make an Investigation as to the origin of the fire. Late tonight It became known that two minor stockholders of the con cerns filed a bill In the Circuit Court asking for the appointment of a receiver and an Injunction restraining the presi dent, Julius Kahn. from distributing any further dH-idends on -the capital stock. The Incendiary theory of the police and. fire departments was founded on the strange manner of the starling of the fire and later was strengthened by the state ment of a person who declared he had seen some one moving about thesecond story of the building a few moments be fore the discovery ot the Are. New Comet Is Discovered. WASHINGTON. Dec 3L The Naval Observatory here was notified last night by cable from "Kiel. Germany, of the dis covery of a comet by Borrelly of Mar seilles, right ascension one hour 14 min utes south, declination ten hours ,no min utes. This comet was Immediately looked up and observed by Messrs. Hammond and Wright of the Naval Observatory staff. Forces Wife to Die With Him. CARBONDALE. III.. Dec 31. A. R. Hemphill and wife -were killed near here today by a fast passenger train on the Illinois Central. Hemphill had been drinking heavily and had started for this city. Mrs. Hemphill endeavored to Induce him to return, when he threw her. and held her to the track while the train passed over them. Large Timber Tracts Sold. ALBANY. Or.. Dec 3L About 30.090 acres of tlmberland in Linn County changed hands today when F. A. Kribs filed two deeds by whTch tracts were sold to C A,-Smith, of Minnesota, and C O. Swensen. WAS TRICKED ALSO MiHer Explains About Disputed Talbot Charges, CHANGE OF PAPERS MADE Vestryman of Irvine's Former Church Says He Got Signatures to F?etl- -'" tlon Tor Settlement,' Not to Presentment. HUNTINGDON. Pa.. Dec, 31. W. G. Miller, the vestryman of St- John's Epis copal Church, who secured the .signatures whether or not a presentment shall be sent to the House of Bishops. "Everything has been carried out leg ally and according to the canons of the church. The names of the signers.; as now In the hands of Dr. Bodlne. are affixed .to the request for the presentment. "I am going to Huntingdon for the pur pose of seeing the vestrymen. I expect to be retained by them and will attend the church tomorrow. I am going to ex plain, If any explanation Is necessary, just how the misrepresentation came about." BISHOP BREAKS SILENCE. Says Chancellor of DIccese Will Re view Whole Controversy. SOUTH BETHLEHEM. Pa.. Dec 31 Bishop Talbot tonight broke the silence he has maintained regarding the charges .made against him by Dr. Irvine. He said: "Within the next two or three days there will be Issued by the chancellor of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese a. state ment covering the entire controversy be tween Dr. Irvine and myself which will clear up -the entire affair. "I have been acting In harmony with, my counsel and he has advised me to say absolutely "nothing In regard "to the mat- RIGHT REV. ETHELBERT TALBOT, BISHOP OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ACCUSED BY REV. I. N. W. IRVINE OF LYING. of the Huntingdon presentors to the pre sentment of Dr. Irvine against Bishop Talbot, submitted to an Interview today. He said: "The paper which my brother vestry menMessrs. Langdon, Denlthern. Jack son and the others signed was a petition addressed to Bishop Tuttle, praying that the controversy between Bishop Talbot and Dr. Irvine be permanently settled. It was not a presentment In any sense, for I have In my possession a copy of the pa per. There were two separate parts to It, one containing the petition Itself and the other a blank paper, both of which were attached. I received the papers from the Rev. Mr. Irvine, at whose re quest I secured the vestrymen's signa tures and to whom I afterward returned the papers. Mr. Langdon and Denithorn both signed the paper about the middle of November. "All the vestrymen seemed to compre hend the purport of the petition and said It was a good move. I secured also their signatures to the blank which was at tached, after stating to them that this precaution would be advisable In the event the original petition should become lost. I signed only what I believed to be a simple petition and not a presentment to have Bishop Talbot's official acts In vestigated. The others, I believe, acted similarly. If our names are attached to the presentment and the signatures are genuine, then there must have been some fraudulent manipulation of the blank pa per which contained them." Mr. Miller's change of position is a great surprise It Is known that he Is person ally friendly to Rev. Mr. Irvine, and. It Is. said, antagonistic to Bishop Talbot. The indignation of Vestrymen Langdon and Denithorn at finding their names on the presentment has provoked them to threat en prosecution against Miller and to cause his method of procuring their signatures to be rigidly Investigated. DR. IRVINE EXPLAINS. AH Trouble Due to Misunderstanding on Part of Vestryman. PHILADELPHIA. Dec 31. Rev. I. N. W. Irvine left this city today for Hun tingdon for the purpose of conferring with the vestrymen who had repudiated their signatures. Before leaving, he made pub lic the following statement: "It Is true, as stated by the Hunting don vestrymen, that they did not sign the presentment, but they did sign the re quest. They seem to have got these two things confounded. A presentment Is pne thing and a request another. They admit having signed the request to have the case quieted forever and that Is all their names are used for. The presentment will not be returned until the board of Inquiry decides on It. "The signing of this request, according to the canons- of the church, calls for a 1 board of Inquiry. This board decides ter at present- At the proper time the public will be informed of the facts in the case." WHO SHALL PAY EXPENSE. Question at Issue in Denver Election Investigation Case. DENVER. Dec 31. No modification of the Supreme Court's orders for a full Investigation of the election in Den ver on November S was sought today, as anticipated by counsel for Alva. Adams, the Democratic candidate for Governor, who petitioned for the investigation. Ap peal will be made next Tuesday for some modification of that portion of the order stipulating "that the expenses of the In vestigation shall be divided equally be tween the two parties. "Under the order of the court there Is no limit to the expenses." said Samuel W. Belford, one of the Democratic attorneys, today. "Governor Adams is willing to stand the expenses within limitations, but the way matters stand the Republicans might hire a corps of 500 workers to go Into the registration Tiooks, and we would have to stand for half the aggregate ex penses. We are willing to pay for the people we hire, and that 13 all." James H. Brown, attorney for the Re publicans, is quoted as saying that the Republican party will pay the entire ex penses of carrying out the investigation as ordered. If necessary. Band of Horse-Thieves Caught. M'LEOD, N. W. T.. Dec 31. For months past settlers in Southern Alberta have been harassed by horse thieves to such an extent that the Royal Northwest Mounted Police stationed extra patrols along the boundary. Sergeant Piper has just rounded up a gang of horse thieves. consisting of seven Indians and three white men, which had Teen stealing horses and selling them to Frenchmen at $5 a head. These Frenchmen recently ar rived from the States and settled at Pincher Creek and disposed of the stolen horse? in the States and British Columbia. The whole 13 have been arrested and with them was found a band of 50 horses which had been stolen from Canadian farmers. Fatal Collision on "L" Road. KANSAS CITY, Dec 31. Four persons were Injured today as the result of a rear- end collision between two "L" road cars, The Injured: Cyrus Walton, motorman; probably will die- Henry Dingle, conductor; cut by falling glass. Michael Krous, passenger; cut on fore head and face and bruised about arms and body. John Malloy, passenger: arm sprained, braised and Injured Internally. Several other persons were more or less hurt. FEE IS TOO SMALL Taxpayers Say Marriage Li censes Should Cost $5. WOULD ADD $4000 REVENUE League Recommends Legislature ; ts Appoint Commission to Investi gate Taxation of Corporation Bitulithlc Investigated. If the Taxpayers' League has- things Its own way it will cost lovelorn swains $5 hereafter to get the required marriage license. After their meeting held yesterday afternoon, the - league voted In favor of the increase, show ing that, computed on the number of licenses issued during the' year 1904 over $4000 additional would come Into the treasury by this means alone. The league took up the taxation o' corporations and recommended that the Legislature appoint a commission to investigate the matter. The league also voted in favor of making the terms of court once a month, to short en the 'terms of Jurors, and by this means get better men to tfet, and to give prisoners a speedy trial and save expense to the county. It was also recommended that the Sheriff take the names and addresses of all taxpayers in order to facilitate the work of the several ofilcers and save the county money In advertising special assessments and tax lists. The State Auditor bill was resurrected, and It was voted to ask the Legislature to pass It- It was thought by the mem bers of the league that, though the bill failed to pass before, it could now be successfully presented and made to be come a law. The Council commltee appointed to investigate the various offices in the city government also came up for discussion, the league voting to see that the. matter was not snowed under, but was rushed through and a report made. The report of the street committee was the principal theme of interest. This committee, consisting of Leo Friede, J. N. Teal, Thomas Scott 3rooke, Roderick L. Macleay and A- J. Giesy, discussed In the report street paving, and went on record against the new "bltullthlc," after an investigation, of. this paving in Tacoma and other cities. It Is recommended by the committee for streets over which there is a cer tain class of traffic, and the report states that though the pavement might be considered suitable for a speedway or boulevard It would hardly be serv iceable for a street over which there is much heavy .traffic It Is recom mended in' the report that the contrac tor give a bond In defense of the dura bility of the pavement where thi3 pave ment is laid. The report concludes as follows: Finally, our conclusions on the matter, as It stands at the present time, are as follows: First For residence and parus, we De Heve this to be an excellent pavement Second It Is our opinion, based upon the evidence furnished us. that It will stand a reasonable amount of heavy traffic Third We are not in a position to state at this time that it would sustain the heaviest kind of traffic . Fourth In our opinion, the pavement of the fln that has been laid in this city. with the exception of the curbing, as here tofore stated, is well laid. Some complaint nas oeen maae at me nrW chortred for the Davement. $2 per square yard. We are assured that 'tho price is as low as inai given in any ourer city. This, of course, does not prove any thing except equality, not reasonableness. The committee, however, while disclaim ing any technical knowledge, believes the price charged too high. Again, it Is claimed that under proper specifications any roadbullder could lay the Identical pavement but the use of the word "War ren" In describing It absolutely prevents pomnetltlon. This we can neither deny nor affirm for lack of technical knowledge. but the representative of tne company emphatically denies the statement, claim ing that the right to use certain of the materials necessary to make a proper pavement belongs absolutely to the War ren Bros. Both of these are questions for an Intelligent Engineering Department to deal with, not laymen, and should receive attention from the City Engineer. We must at this time content ourselves' with reporting on the pavement as we find It. PAPERS FOR 3IAILING. Orders for thousands of copies of the New Year' somber that will be published tomorrow morning have al ready reached The Oregonlaa. These papers will be mailed to all parts of -the United States. The price of the New Year's Oregonlan, securely wrapped will be 10 cents a copy, postage prepaid. The price of the paper, unwrapped, at the business office of The Oregonlan, at news stands, or from newsboys, will be 5 cents a copy. Every feature of the Lewis and Clark Exposition and Ori ental Fair that will be opened la Port land on Jane 1 next will be covered In the New Year's Issue. BANK-WRECKER INDICTED. Federal Grand Jury Finds Billingsley Committed Crimes: GUTHRIE, O. T., Dec 3L C. E. Bil lingsley, president of the Capitol National Bank, which failed here last June-wltt nearly $1,000,000 deposits, $244,000 of which belonged to the Territory of Oklahoma, was Indicted on seven counts by the Fed- ( eral grand Jury, which has been consld-' erlng the bank cases for the past 17 days. Mr. Billingsley was arrested and brought before Judge Haines this afternoon. Hi gave bond for $10,000 and was released. The grand jury states that the fallur was due to bad loans and that entries were made in the books with the Intention of misleading the examined as to the trut condition of the hank. The grand Jury reports that it found that Billingsley bor rowed $35,000 of the bank on his own note to pay a 53 per cent assessment levied bj the Comptroller on his stock. Arbitration Treaty With Spain. WASHINGTON, Dec 31. Mr. OJeda, the Spanish Minister, today signed with Sec retary Hay an arbitration treaty between Spain and the United States, similar tc those already signed with other nations. Governor Higglns Takes Oath.' NEW YORK, Dec 31. Governor-elect Higglns took the oath of office today. The formal inauguration ceremonies will occui Monday. The term of. office begins a midnight tonight.