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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, APRIL 30, 1905. HEN DOCTORS DO PSLL OUT Seattle Physicians Are Angry at the Committee in Portland. DECLINE TO SUBSCRIBE Jjocal Branch of American Medical m Association Says the Trouble Arises Prqni a 'Mis understanding:. A misunderstanding has arisen, but has been speedily adjusted, "between three or four physicians in the State of "Wash ington and the committee of Portland physicians in charge of the fund for en tertaining the American Medical Associ ation In this city in Jul', as .to -whether "Washington physicians should or should not contribute to such a fund. Rather than have any fuss over the matter, the Portland committee In charge of the financial end of the series of meetings, says that all the money necessary for entertainment can and will be subscribed in this city, and that It will not be neces sary to ask Washington physicians for their subscriptions. The Portland com mittee declined to make public the cor respondence that has passed between them and their critics in "Washington. As has already been stated In these columns, the committee of arrangements in this city to prepare for the entertain ment of the 6000 persons- to be brought here by the American Medical Society asked for subscriptions aggregating 525, 000. About 16 halls have already been engaged for the various section meetings which will proceed simultaneously, and many of these halls have to be specially fitted up for these meetings, a grand fete is being planned on the Exposition Grounds, at which luncheon will be served on the elaborate plan pursued at one or two of the large New York restau rants, a clam bake is talked of down the Columbia River, and one of the principal excursions will include ,a trip in steam ers and barges down the Willamette and up and down the Columbia, and all this costs money; Nothing of a cheap na ture in the way of entertainment could be offered such distinguished guests. Therefore, the committee of arrange ments, of which Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie is the chairman, sent out circular let ters to brother physicians in this and neighboring states asking for subscrip tions, and it 1? stated that individual sub scriptions of 525 at least were asked for or less If the smaller amount were more convenient Among those who took ex ception to the circular letter was Dr. James B. Eagleson, of the Washington Medical Board, at Seattle, who pointed out in a letter sent to the Portland com mittee of arrangements that if every physician In Oregon, Washington and Idaho subscribed 525, a sum of $180,000 would be the total. Instead of $25,000 asked for. "What," said the Seattle medical critic, "is to be done with such a large sum of money?" None of the members of the Portland committee of arrangements would talk about the subject when scon yesterday afternoon, and Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie is out of the city on his wedding tour. -This statement, however, was secured from a prominent Portland physician who has kept in close touch with all the cir cumstances connected with the case: It is with great resret that we notice the attention slvcn by the newspapers to the little misunderstanding with the Seattle pro fission. And. for fear that erroneous opin ions may be formed of It, it Is perhaps best that n , authoritative statement be made. The committee of - arrangements, having In view the entertainment of the American Medical Association, lo be held, in Portland in July, was at first sreatly Impressed with the mag nitude of the undertaklnc and felt that It would require the united effort of the whole profession of the Pacific Northwest to make a buccevs of it. With this Idea in mind, a circular letter was drafted which was sent to each member of the state -medical societies of Oregon and Waehlngton. In order to obtain an speedily as possible p.n idea of the amount that might be ex pected from the outside and to relieve those who might not be able to contribute any. thing or only a small amount, a minimum subscription of ?23 was suggested. Unfortu nately some of the profession of Seattle, mis understanding the motive of the committee. In fixing this minimum, wrote us. criticising us for levying such a large "assessment" on the profession of "Washington. We, of course, did not expect all the profession in Washing ton or elsewhere to contribute any such sum, as we well knew many would have all they could do to come to the meeting. In the meantime, the support of the pro lession in Oregon, and particularly of the business interests of Portland, had become so liberally manifest that It was apparent we did not need the assistance of Washington. The committee, therefore, has Issued another letter- rescinding the solicitation of subscrip tions in "Washington, giving the above rca rons at the same time assuring them that we greatly deplore the slight misunderstand ing and that we earnestly desire their pres ence at the meeting, which is their meeting as .much as ours. The liberality of Portland citizens alone in jures the success of the meeting, although It means the entertainment of 5000 to 6000 vis Iters. It is to be hoped that this will clear up the whole misunderstanding, which at best teas limited to a few individuals and did not Influence the great body of the profession or the two states, as the responses had been quite generous from various sources. SEATTLE 3IAKES CHARGES. Ho Taxation Without Representa tion Is Declaration of Doctors. SEATTLE. Wash., April 29. (Special.) Physicians claim the break between Seattle and Portland medical men be came irreparable when Dr. Mackenzie, of Portland, refused to give places to Washington physicians on the com mittees in charge of arrangements for the meeting of the American Medical Society. Dr. James B. Eagleson and his friends Insist that they sought to show Dr. Mackenzie that a demand for contributions of not less than $25 each was exorbitant and that the letters were couched In terms ' that angered the recipients. They asked for places on committees, if they were to con tribute. The King County Medical So ciety was never asked to contribute toward the Portland fund. Instead, letters to individuals were sent out by the Mackenzie committee in "which it was stated contributions should not be Jess than $25. It -was in answer to one of these letters that Dr. Eagleson wrote, insisting that more than $180, 000 would be raised if all the doctors contributed, and some of the medical men here' estimated the amount would run to $250,000. Early this year Dr. House, of Portland, read a paper be fore the King County Medical Society. President J. H. Lyons, of that organ ization, says he asked Dr. House whether Seattle "would be expected to contribute, and received an answer to the effect that Portland could take care of the convention. Six weeks ago Dr. J. B. Eagleson brought up the matter again before the ocal medical society and Dr. i PROHIBITIONISTS MEET TO NAME A TICKET FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTION . t Wd&3 'iJ VARK OF PROHIBITION AND ' I Lyons told of his conversation with Dr. House. Dr.v Eagleson had volunteered to head a list with a contribution of $50, and Dr. Horton "was -willing to add $150. When Dr. Lyons explained the matter "was dropped and not re opened until the Mackenzie circulars came. Secretary C. H. Thomson, of the King County Medical Society, said today that Dr. Eagleson's first suggestion was that Seattle men be placed on some of the committees. To this Dr. Mackenzie Is said to have replied he had no authority to name outsiders, and "when the report of the Portland proceedings, showing he did have au thority, was quoted to him. Seattle physicians accuse Dr. Mackenzie of declaring that Seattle could have back its money If the conditions were not satisfactory. "In Eastern cities they give other cities representation and others con tribute toward entertainment funds," Dr. Thomson says. "Here we were asked for money -without representa tion. We will not do It." Dr. Lyons, president of the local so ciety, says: "Two hundred members of our society would have contributed not less than $5 each to a voluntary fund but for the fact we were told It was not needed. As some would have given from $50 to $150 each, we could have sent down not less than $1500. But that letter demanding not less than $25 each made all the doctors in dignant. Portland forgets that we will have to raise a fund ourselves to entertain the dootors, as they come here." Local physicians say the Portland doctors have failed to mention Seattle in their printed matter, and this, too, hurts. SPOKANE XOT DISPLEASED. Pays High Tribute to the Physicians of Oregon. SPOKANE. Wash.. April 29. (Special.) If a communication-from the Oregon Medical Association declining subscrip tions to the funds to entertain the Na tional Medical Association at Portland has been received in Spokane, no physi cian Interviewed by The Oregonlan's cor respondent knows of it. Dr. J. D. Munlcy, himself an old Ore gonian, who Is a member of the commit tee appointed by the Spokane Medical Association to look after funds here and for proper representation of Spokane physicians at the Lewis' and Clark Ex position, said tonight: - "We received some time ago a com munication from the Oregon Medical As sociation asking a subscription to swell the fund for entertainment of visiting physicians at Portland during the fes slon of tho National Association. Our society as a body contributed $100. I pre sume Individual members Intended to sub scribe according to their means. There was nothing said in the communication from Portland about $25 or any other fixed sum being required from individual Washington physicians. I am rather sur prised, that a Seattle physician should In timate that the committee which has In charge In Portland the proposed enter tainment, would spend one dollar In any but a legitimate manner. I know these men personally, have been intimately as sociated with them for years. They are among the very best men professionally, socially and morally. In the Northwest." Dr. C P. Thomas, who Is at the head of the rival medical society In Spokane, said his society had not received any circular from the committee of Portland, but he is a member of the Idaho State Society, and as such subscribed Individu ally $100. While he thinks $15,000 or $20,000 might be an ample sum to entertain vis iting physicians at Portland, yet any sum over that would undoubtedly be Judiciously expended. He said: "The Idea that any physician connected with the committee on arrangements In Portland would be connected with any scheme to graft, Is too ridiculous to discuss. The Oregon physicians, whom I have met fre quently. Impress me as being as honor able, upright and public-spirited as any men In their honored profession. They have a very heavy load on them, and un doubtedly need all the money that can be gathered together. I have as yet re ceived no intimation that the Idaho So ciety has been notified its contribution will not be needed." Robbed of Watch and Gold. Sever Berge, a young man who Is stay ing at the New Grand Central' Hotel, took a trip through the North End last night, and when he returned he found that he was a poorer man through the loss of a valuable gold watch and $110 in gold. Berge did not discover his Joss until he had returned to this room and says he has no Idea where he was robbed, as he visited several dlfferat pls.ee- WILL DEFEND 11 Thurston Comes as Counsel for Senator Mitchell. SAYS HE IS NOT GUILJY Declares That Oregon Senator Wlf Prove His Innocence, and Has Confidence That He Will Bq" Acquitted. "I have known Senator Mitchell per sonally for more than 25 years and have the.utmost confidence In his absolute hon esty and integrity," said ex-Senator John M. Thurston, of Nebraska, at the Hotel Portland, yesterday afternoon. Ex-Senator Thurston is in Portland to assist in the defense of Senator Mitchell in the land-fraud trials. "I do not believe that Senator Mitchell Is guilty of a single wrong deed, and feel assured that he will be cleared of all the charges that have been preferred against him. "Senator Mitchell has always been a man that took great pride in enjoying the confidence of his constituents, and I have reasons to believe that he never violated any of the great and responsible trusts placed upon him. His private and public life have been such as to evoke admiration and commendation. The pres ent charges against Senator Mitchell came as a complete surprise to me, as never before had I even heard It Intimated that his record and honor were not Irreproach able. "The universal opinion among his col leagues In the United States Senate is Ex-Senator John M TbnrstoB, Who Comes to Defend Mitchell. that Senator Mitchell Is not guilty. He is a very popular man with the Senators, who are satisfied that he Is a victim of unfortunate circumstances. They firmly believe that he will be acquitted. I was In Washington at the time Senator Mitch ell made his defense In the Senate. The sincerity of his statements made a great Impression upon all those who heard him stand up in the Senate chamber and de fend his honor. I do not think Senator Mitchell has' any enemies In the Senate. "I could not make any statements upon the facts of the case, as I have not had the opportunity of probing into them. I come to Portland at this early date so as to become intimately acquainted with ail the features and developments that will have any bearing on the trials. You can state, however, that I know that Senator Mitchell is especially desirous of pushing the trials to an early completion. He Is confident of his acquittal and wants to bring all the facts to light. "We have not determined what form of procedure we shall adopt In the defense of Senator Mitchell, as he has left that In our hands. We shall go right ahead, and I do not thtnk District Attorney Francis J, Heney will have tho prosecution de- layed because of us. I do not believe we shall have any difficulty In keeping right up with him. "I have not been In Portland for five or six years, and the Improvement that has bcefi made In that time Is really wonder ful. Formerly I was general solicitor on the Union Pacific, and used to make reg ular trips to the Northwest, so that you can understand that I can fully appre ciate the great changes that have taken place. The growth you have experienced here Is remarkable. I could not realize 'the extent of It until this afternoon, when I took a trip up Portland Heights. "I also visited the Lewis and Clark Ex position grounds today. All I can say about the location Is that It could hardly be Improved upon. With the lofty moun tains and hills surrounding the beautiful lake, Portland has a feature that was not possessed by the other expositions. I have heard tho expression that the buildings were arranged too close together. I think 4z Is one of the most attractive features -of the Exposition, At St. Louis a person fjad to do entirely too much walking, and became exhausted, losing Interest In what he did see. At Portland the buildings and exhibits are more compact and more easily seen.". BIRDS CAUGHT IN TREE TOP William L. Flnlcy Lectures on Feats of Photography. In the auditorium of the Y. M. C. A. yesterday afternoon William Lovell Fln Iey gave an Interesting lecture on "Pho tographing In the Tree Tops," which was strikingly illustrated by over 100 slides from bird pictures that have been se cured by Herman T. Bohlman and Mr. Finley. The results that these two naturalists have obtained In positions where It would seem impossible to handle a camera, and among shy, wild subjects, at which the or dinary picture-taker rarely gets a snap, are marvelous in many ways. The lec ture as a whole served as a unique study of many of the common and some of the rarer bird residents of the woods and fields about Portland. It is often difficult for the ordinary on scrver to recognize birds that are flitting about the trees, but all who have seen this rare series of bird photographs ana heard the many Interesting bird traits and habits the lecturer relates form an acquaintance with these feathered crea tures and get a knowledge that cannot be secured in books. One of the best scries of pictures the lecturer showed was that of the different birds that lived about the old pond on Ladd's farm, near Sunnyslde. The pho tographers have not only pictured nests and eggs, but they have followed the growth of tho bird families from the egg to full feathers, photographing the parents and young at different stages and in all sorts of positions. The most dif ficult piece of 'work these naturalists haa to show was tho pictures on the home life of the hummingbird. In this they have accomplished what has probably not been done before, tho getting of good photo graphs of the hummingbird In full flight, and as It Is sucking the honey from the flower poised in midair. Sixteen-Year-Old Girl Elopes. All efforts to locate Edith Stone, the 16-year-old daughter of R. P. Stone, who. It Is said, eloped Friday night with James F. Allen, a barber, have been unavailing, and the police think they have gone East to get married. Friday night Allen tried to have his trunk checked from Portland to Winlock. Wash. He could not be ac commodated, so ho checked his baggage through to Montcsano. Wash. The au thorities In that city are looking for the couple, but It Is not believed that they went there. Mr. Stone moved to Portland from the East several months ago.. Allen, who knew the girl then, followed them to Portland, and since his arrival here, had been boarding with Mr. Stone. Mr. Stone says he would have been willing for Al len to marry his daughter, provided he felt sure the two were sincere In their affection for each other. Dairies Must Be Inspected. The dairymen supplying the city with milk at a meeting last night were ad dressed by Food and Dairy Commissioner Bailey and told of the necessity of secur ing certificates of inspection according to the new law. The milkmen did not de mur to the law and were Inclined gener erally to favor it, as a protection for themselves against others less clean. Pleads Guilty of Theft. James Ward, charged with stealnga revolver and a razor in a house at 29 Front street, pleaded guilty before Judge Frazer yesterday morning. Sen tence was deferred. i ILL STREET WILD Rush to Sell Almost Precipi tates Panic. PRICES CRUMBLE RAPIDLY Hardly Any Support Tor Market on Which Vast Blocks of Stocks Arc Thrown Rumors of Big Failures. NEW YORK. April 23. The stock mar ket was demoralized and lower today. The hopes entertained yesterday in cer tain banking quarters that the forced liquidation had ended were proven erro neous by a very sharp and general col lapse In prices today. Not Only were the severest declines of the year made today, but the dealings were notably active, with the trading high over a million shares. Throughout the trading it appeared that bull pools were being formed to sell their holdings, and at the same time rumors of financial troubles, vague and without detail but of great effect on sentiment, were circulated freely. No attempt at support was made, and the result was the rapid crumbling of prices. Enormous blocks of securities were thrown on the market for what they would bring, and stop-loss orders were reached In groat volume, showing that many market holdings were being sold out. There were violent rebounds in some cases, as was to be expected, but the demoralized tone was still in force at the close, and some of the last prices are reported at the lowest of the day and were made on a suddenly descending scale. Declines In the active list reached 5 points, and In the reactive list 114. the latter drop being in Buffalo, Roches ter & Pittsburg. More margins were called for. and, in stead of responding, customers ordered their holdings sold. Bear operators were very aggressive, and to the activity, as well as to the heavy commlsslon-houso selling, may be attributed the extent and sharpness of tho losses as well a3 the reaching of many stop-loss orders. The market developed further weakness as the session advanced, and with the bulk of trading in the last hour, so great was the excitement and so sharp the collapse that semi-panicky conditions prevailed, and this, as usual, brought out many ad verse rumors that would nbt have been credited In ordinary times. In the second hour the selling move ment gathered fresh momentum as prices collapsed In all directions. There was hardly a temporary rally until the final ten minutes of trading, and even then the movement was very excited and Irregu lar. There were many rumors of largo losses made by certain big operators. These had to do with a speculator promi nent In bulling the Industrials, and at one time Identified with the proposed merger of tho Southern Iron properties. On the floor of the exchange It was said that this operator alone had sold over a hun dred thousand shares. How sharp was the decline Is indicated in the fact that Atlantic Coast Line broke over 9 points. New York Central 5, Ten nessee Coal 4. Losses of from 3 to 5 points were made in Union Pacific, St. Paul, United States Steel, Amalgamated, Smelting, Atchison. Canadian Pacific, Delaware & Hudson, Illinois Central, Louisville & Nashville. Missouri Pacific, Southern Pacific and others. It took tick lers 15 minutes after the market had closed to catch up with the quotations. The closing prices were at or about the lowest in a majority of Issues, including most of the leaders. , Closing settlement was very unsettled and disturbed, with the professional ele ment still talking bearlshly. Among the rumors circulated today was one that a trust company was being Investigated, but this rumor could not bo confirmed. STOCKS DROPPED TOO FAR Conditions of 3Iarket Do Xot War ' rant So Great a Slump. NEW YORK, April 23.-SpecIal.)-In examining the week's collapse on the Stock Exchange, those who read the financial news from day to day arc al ready familiar with the stock reasons that will be given and a majority of commentators. Thinking persons at the close of the week, however, were com ing more and more to doubt whether the matters discussed from day to day as In-, flue'nclng the decline were, after all, only the secondary causes, whether, in other words, they merely served to precipitate and perhaps aggravate a break that un der any circumstance was called for by the market's position. It Is high time to realize that the stocks have been "bulled" for the last few months on the talk of "deals" and dividend increases. There Is not one in stance yet recorded where the rumors that Wall street has fed upon have ma terialized Into fact. Nothing has come of the multitudinous combinations gossiped about of the Union Pacific. Nothing has come of the great transcontinental pro- jects In which the New York Central and the Erie were named, nor of the "Vander bilt Holding Company, nor of the new arrangements purported to be In .pros pect for the Atchison. The last word has long since been uttered In the Northern Securities litigation, and there Is no sound of the vast railway readjustments that were expected to follow In the Northwest. The unfavorable happenings of. the last few weeks came, therefore, when false rumors and Intrinsic values were the standard of prices, and In which there had been overspeculatlon, overmanipula tion and overconfidence generally. What has occurred outside of the Stock Ex change would under any circumstances have given the market a bad jar. Un doubtedly the disastrous failure of the May wheat corner caused enormous liqui dation; so did the Milwaukee bank de falcation, with Its multifarious ramifica tions in the speculative field. There has been some ground also for the Inquiry whether very heavy selling orders have not been asked for the ac count of some of the local life Insurance companies, fearful of an Investigation of their affairs. But notone or all of these causes would have been as disastrous as they have had they not fallen upon an un sound and unwholesome market position. On the other hand, It Is Just evident that the consequences would have been worse were not the underpinnings of the finan cial situation unusually strong. The no tations of new bonds and share issues have been smaller. Moreover, the crop season has enjoyed an exceptionally good start a healthy activity prevails the en tire , business community, railroad earn ings are Increasing and foreign trade 13 beginning to recover. With all thl3 mispromlse of support for the present market, which two years ago, of courgc, was wholly lacking. The liqui dation of the past fortnight may prove not to have been sufficiently thorough. The tendency, moreover. Is for specula tion that has gone to one extreme to go the other. The brokers say prices may be carried below what real conditions warrant, just as they were carried too high; the market may be oversold, just as It was overbought. But In reckoning the chances for any further disturbances account must be taken of the substantial reaction that has taken place. Loan companies and trust companies were able to go through the great promoting craze of J901-2 without a single failure, and It Is not likely that they have been com promised by the more temperate specula tion of the past year. Unfortunately, there remains tho nasty muddle In the affairs of the Equitable Assurance Soci ety and the tendency that however un justly this has been to expose the man agement "of other insurance companies to suspicion. It would be pleasant that the end of this matter as a stock market influence was near at hand. but. unhappily, this hope now seems a slender one. PR0HIS NAME TICKET. (Continued from First Page.) nomination a complete city ticket; and be It further Resolved, That, owing to the peculiar exigencies of the local political situation, and to our desires to unite the reform forces in the Interests of good govern ment, as well as to our wish to act In harmony with the spirit and purpose of our new city charter, we declare our wil lingness still to unite with other reform forces after the primaries, should that situation at some later date afford the opportunity of consistently doing so. 3Ir. Amos Out of Order. These resolutions were adopted, al though E. T. Johnson submitted a substi tute, which in substance called for the principles Inclosed In the first resolution, but did away with the hoad of the ticket and called for a mass meeting, at which time the candidates for Mayor might be taken up. Mr. Amos opposed the substi tute, as did many others, but it remained for Mr. Amos to deal it a body blow when he moved that the "m" be stricken from the word mass. Some of the min isters present thought this was bordering on profanity, and there was a gen eral decking of heads, while the more hardened ones laughed heartily. Chair man Steele killed the motion by ruling Mr. Amos out of order. The committees which did the big work were F. McKercher, Bruce Wolverton, J. E. Burke. I. H. Amos and J. P. Newell, on resolutions and platform: O. T. Miller, H. W, Stone, S. U. Downs, B. Lee Paget and Dr, H. W. Schwartz were those who named the ticket. The finance committer was composed of E. T. Johnson, F. L. Posson and E. N. Morgan. Before the meeting adjourned the finance committee had $90.50 pledged. One silver dollar In cash was collected. Among the ministers present were Dr. C. T. Wilson, Rev. F. B. Short. Rev. E S. Muckley, Rev. B. Nelson Allen, Rev! J. F, Ghormly, Rev. H. C. Shaffer and Albyn Esson. Dental Class to Graduate. The commencement exercises of the North Pacific Dental College will be held Tuesday at 8 P. M.. at the First Baptist Church. Alfred F. Sears will give the an nual address, Dr. T. L. Eliot tho charge to the graduates, and Benjamin L. Hamm will deliver the valedictory. Dr. B. F. Eshelman will confer the degrees. An ap propriate musical programme has been arranged. The graduates are; Jack Aylwin, George Jay Bacher, Ches ter Franklin Becker, M. Monteflore Bett man, Robert Nicholas Brewster. Henry Ernest Burraester, Cornelius Sherman Collier, Harry Gardner Davis, Walter Scott Dorfner, James Francis Drake, Sol omon Crawford Endlcott, Ellis B. Flett, Walter Manual Gallagher, John Gill, Ben jamin Norman Hamm, Henry Adolph Harr, William Elmer Hartel, Frank De Forest Hasbrouck, Edward Hirstel, Ar thur W. Lister, Cornelius Sllvey Kelsay, Albert William Kinney, Yo Taro RToudo, Alexander MacDougall, Earl Cornelius McFarland, Tom Mesdag, Chester Arthur Morris, Herbert Adolphus Moss,- Bert Clarence Ollnger, Mllford Austin Price, Alton David Remington. Orville Robert Reyburn, Urlas B. Shantz. Bert E. Schoonmakcr, Henry Brough Sook, Ralph Cecil Swinburne. Dana Isaac Wadsworth, Lewis Free Walker, William Adam Wal thew, Edward Hale White, Anna Long Yates. Will Inspect the Police. May 15 has been designated by Chief of Police Hunt as the time for the semi annual inspection of the members of the department by Mayor Williams and Com mitteemen Beebe and SlchcL Orders were issued yesterday for all officers to secure" uniforms and equipment such as will pass muster under close scrutiny, and to be ready by the afternoon of the date speci fied. There will be a parade through the principal street?, and inspection will take place at the Armory MOUNTAIN GEM FOR THE CARGO Will Bring First Freight Down the River for Portage Road. OPEN -RIVER CONFERENCE Levriston Capitalists Dlscnss With Local Committee the Construc tion of an Electric Line to Grangeville. LEWISTON. Idaho. April 20. 1005. E. H. Llbby. Portland. Or.: I will be glad toilet you have Mountain Gem to run to Celilo at opening of portago road. Wish you success at your meet ing. C. F. ALLEN. The plan of opening the State Portage Road with the transferal of a cargo of Lewlstoa produce consigned to Portland Is assured by the foregoing telegram re ceived by E. H. Libby, chairman of the board of trustees having in charge the proposed Lewlston-Grangeville railroad fund. Mr. Allen is the lessee of the stoamer Mountain Gem, and. with his assurance of the use of the boat all that remains Is the working out of the details for the opening of the road. With the present advanced stage of con struction. unleL'3 something unforeseen should happen, the Portage Road will bo completed during the latter part of May, and the accomplishment of an "open river" signalized with the opening of- the Lewis and Clark Fair. The celebration of Oregon's latest transportation achieve ment will probably be held on May 31 and the first "open river" cargo from Lcwiston delivered in Portland on June 1. Two meetings were held yesterday, at which E. H. Llbby. O. A. Kjos and R C. Beach, bankers and merchants of Lewlston, outlined their upper river transportation project to committees rep resenting the Chamber of Commerce and the Open River Association. The Lcwiston committee was met yes terday forenoon by J. A. Smith, of Bla Iock. president, and Judge W. J. Mariner, of The Dalles, secretary of the Open River Association: Henry Hahn. member of the executive committee of that association, and J. N. Teal, attorney; William D. Wheelwright, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and Messrs. Paul Wesslnger, Edward Cooklngham. J. A. Laidlaw, Her man Wittenberg. A. H. Devers, E. C. Glltner, George Lawrence, Jr., W. A. Mears and Jay Smith. After a discussion of the project It was decided to leave further negotiations on the part of Portland to a subcommittee consisting of Henry Hahn, J. N. Teal. J. A. Smith and William D. Wheelwright. During the afternoon meeting the pro posed plan? .of the transportation scheme were gone into more fully. "We have arrived at no definite con clusion, however." iid E. H. Llbby. last night, "and cannot do so until our engi neers have completed their inspection and reported to us. You understand that our project Is for the. building of an elec tric railway from Lewiston to Grange ville, but it also includes the establish ment of a line of boats on the upper river and connecting with the portage road. It is our intention to provide thb trans portation through a compauy, and will raise the neceroary funds through stock subscriptions- Our plans contemplate a line of three boats, and this should take care of the vast territory to be opened up. Everything now points to the success of our plans and we hope to see them in ef fect before long." ELKS' COUNTY FAIR ENDS More Than Three Thousand Dollars Netted to Lodge. Amid a glow of good fellowship and general satisfaction the Elks' County Fair was brought to a close last night. The Elks Minstrel Maids who have been chief favorites and occupied the center of the stage throughout the week repeated their burleque on the "Old Time Minstrels." The voting contest were closed with the following results. E. J. Farrell, most popular traveling man. George H. Williams, most popular can didate for city office. The 500 diamond ring was awarded to Miss May Trimble, of 201 St. Clair street. The life membership ticket went to P. F. Harris. By w-ay of expressing in a measure their unbounded gratitude to the 50 la dles who have worked so hard to make tho fair a success, the Elks have decided to make them honorary members of tho order. So far as is known to the officers of the local lodge, this Is the only instance In the history of the order when the fair sex has been so distinguished. ' Many valuable articles which were not disposed of will be put up at auction in some of the down-town business houses the coming week and sold to the highest bidder- Although the exact figures will not be made public until after the next regular meeting of the order it Is known that a net profit of more than 53000 has been realized. Negro Uses Razor on White Man. Because he rebuked a negro for stand ing In front of a white lady who was try ing to get on the street-car, Albert Har lan, a young man In the employ t the Portland General Electric Company, was asssaulted last night about 10 o'clock and severely slashed with a razor about the face and breast. His nose was also broken. The assault took place on the rear end of the street-car near Savler street. Two negroes attacked Harlan, who was assisted by his companion, G. W. Gorman. They kicked the two ne groes off the car. Gorman was not In jured. Is Appointed Administrator. Francis Sealy was appointed adminis trator of the estate of the late John P. Walker, In the County Court yesterday. The estate ia valued at 53500. The helr3 are Myrtle Winch, a daughter, residing in San Francisco, and Nellie F. Sealy, a daughter, living in Portland. Francis Sealy was also appointed ad ministrator of the estate of Harriet Walker, deceased, valued at 57000. Myrtle Winch and Nellie Sealy are the heirs. Will AVork on Ferry-Boats. The following-named persons have been appointed by the County Court to serve on the new Alblna ferry, Lionel R. Web ster, beginning May 1: W. H. Foster, captain. 590 per month; John Sheen, engi neer, 590: James Kent, assistant engineer, 5S0; W. J. Stipe, deckhand, 570; Nash. fireman, 570; F. D. Matthews, fireman, 570. The mate haa not yet been appointed. Tho boat will be placed on the route Monday.