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WEATHER ' BUREAU PREDICTS COLDER WEATHER
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Interstate. Commerce Commis-.
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IMPORTANT QUESTION UP
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mt of miana Empire Metropolis for
" Terminal Rales . to Be TV led -Coast
Cities Send Represen
tatives to n9i$t it.
Portland and t very other Report ot
Importune on the. Pacific Coast will be
rpprtsnted a t t h hearing before the
lnt?rtate Com mere Commission at
SpoKano Monday of Spokane's flomand
for mil road terminal rRtes. Seattle.
Stn 'l'"ranclB-o; T-om n i . : n Dleffo
will hf repreBnted by counsel rind
committees of twiner mon and will
join Portland In assisting: the attorneys
of I ! rflilrond rorr ! to satisfy the
m m In-1" f tli? Oommission tlint tlie
rxiHttnfj terminal rates arc etjuitaijle
and tlmt they ought not to apply to
Spokant antf othr inlnnd i t i m.
"I" !l railroad companies will be rcpre-
trnie.Q by a formidable array of Irpal
Ulenl. V. W. Cotton will argnr- tha
case for th- Souths r-n F ciflr and F. P":
1 un ti . of 5aii Francisco, pro i ra ! at
torney for the company, will also at-
Und the. Wring. J. X. Teal will sun as
a t tarney for rhc transportation -om-m
Itteo of 1 1 1 o Cham her of ?qrn in o i-oo.
Alr. liirjr. , in rompan y with 41. A.
Jones, (relflit traffic managot o! the
Southprn Paolfirs system, was In Port
land ypstr rdy -n rou t t rok n. ji
They a. I ed yesterday.- m orn Ing In
ttirir private cur fuufft and left last
nifcht -t 7:30 o'clock In company with
Air. Cotton nJ Mi-. T-. I.
Resides Mr. Teal. Portland' wlH have
ex representatives h, A, Lewis, t, P,
ltonryman and A. V. KIIps. They In-
trl lBrtnj; for Spokane Monday.
It is undorslood that attorneys and
business men from Seattle, San Fran-
('Wo. Tflfoma. ftnA fln Diego are now
on thir way to Spoka ne - , -
Port land nl the other roant el ties
are not making a flight against Ppo-
Vnr Pj-ll::ln&. Vowvr-r, that tnoir
trade mljrht be . furiously ... afTfcted If
t.Ii e Com : ii iMMlon Bhoiild uphold Spokane,
they have been drawti together by'com-
m Interest Though It h gpnvaMy
liaHeved that Spokane cannot win the
.case, the coait cities .are determined to
tak- no chances.
, With the Rid of tho 'attorneys forthf
railroad companies' the representative
of the different rltia Tiope to who w th
l-'ommlsaion tli o t the existing terminal
rates are net the result of discrimtna-
tion. hut of necessity. The transconti
nental rat-, they will show the Com
pilnnlon. arp rrally not tnad by trie
railroads but are forced on tfieni bv
V'alff competition, and
mailer
freight
ion. and no
whether mans vessels bring
r man :
am tlic
'I, ere Trom tlie Atlantic .! tiif j il or not.
ttie route la always open, and If the
mips roro not mtiilc low hy the rail.
roJi. elilpK woiUd carry th fre-iarht. -
. The -oil Icmrn t ofne ir-ase will affect
not only Spokane hut practically all tn-
frior points, -witch do not fiavp as low'
rates ns the ,coat oltic owing- to a.
Hik of watew- compptltlon the natu
ral rate-reRulator. . T?h Hepburn , bill
paMefl by congress, anicnfllng the In-
trrstate Commerce J w vests in the
- Oommlnplon the rower to institute
tilts, and to ma ke investigation of trans-
portatlon matter!) on Us own volition
without petition by the shipper.
l.'nder the- provision? of the new
a -1 Spokane. Jnver and San Bernardino
Cat., have brought action against
the railroads. before the Com-
mieslon.. aiikins that they bc-glvcn
what ' is Known ft n "terminal rates."
They..;waiu the same , rates . trora the
Kast that are now griven San Francisco,
Portland. San Dfearo. Ta-o ct in a. and Seattle.
Tn a recent addrrvn before the Cham-
er or Commerce, W. A, Moava, pecrc-
tary'of the transportation committee of
t lie ('liamhor. explained the position of
1 'ortlaod- and trie other coast cities tn
the uit, He said in part;
Wt shall show that practically every
n-tile of t-ommerce can be. and is now
1- i n k shipped a round t li e I lorn ; that
this t r a ftic is vfrv heav v so li ea vv i n
tact that me .Amrrlran-Ilawallan Steam-
-Mp CVimpany cannot secure ships enough
to carry it all: that on the completion of
the Teliua n tepee rsi II way acrons tlie
fcthmus, which shortens the time in
transit onBalMown to 30 flays from
New Tork their traffic will be much
heavier; that when the American-Hawail-94
n Steamship Oompan v shal 1 put on a
line of steamers Irom New Orleans to tne
1 eastern teralnua o( the Tehuantepee rail-
road, most of the products of the Mis
wlstnippi Valley from CIi lea fro south will
neck that route, and thereby more than
treble the tonnage now coming to this
coast bv water.
.It wttl be for the railroads to show.
That rates to their Interior points are
reasonable, and that it this Commission
forced them to maKe, as low rates to the
interior, as the Coast tetminal points.
the order would he unconstitutional, as
Jt would be impofwiblc to carry the
freight at such low figur. and pay their
fixed charges tn other words it would
practically be oonflgcatory In Its effect.
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Do you like this cold, sua ppy weather."
If you do. all is well and good, because
you are move than likely to bccoitie inti-
mately acquainted with It during- the
next few da-s. More chilly weather ia
to come, prellcts forecaster Beals, who
says today will be fair and the tempera-
ture as low as at any time during the
present ooirl snap.
Loo'c out for the sma,ll hoy- today. We
will come Into his own as tnere is to
Admit Defeat by "Failing to Kp-
1 nealin California; .
ENDS WEARY LITIGATION
Great Institute or Learning for
Wlii.-li Portland -Woman's Will
Iade Provision, "Can" Now "
lie Founded in This City.
After a protract ed
born ly fought in five
loRal. battle, stub
courts and -covering
8 itri($ 0 over two years, the heirs of
the late- Amanda Red. who contested er
will, have admitted " their defeat. Failure
to appeal to the Supreme Court of Call-
tornla Irom the decision ot tne superior
Court there has shut off chance for fur
ther proceedings there and the period al
lowed by the Oregon Supreme Court for
application for a 'new trial in the State
Circuit Court here has likewise elapsed.
- When no action was taken yesterday
the lona- battle was ended, the contesting
Mrs tlierety admitted weir defeat and
all obstacles to the settlement of the es
tate were removed. M artin Winch, the ex
ecutor, stated yesterday that he would
proceed to a aistrlhution of the estate in
accordance with the terms of Mrs. Heed's
will.
The Tteed Institute of Learning thereby
becomes a reality to Portland, for Mr,
Winch expects that by the elope of the
present year the estate will be in shape
for bejtinnlnjy work on the institute, fort-
(and and -the entire Pacific Northwest
will grain a valuable school in which spe-
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coasting and nkatlng enough to keep him
away- from the- house- all and .a. good
part of the1 night. Scire otltho streets'
are an inch dep in .ice where rpro tec ted
from the sun. The nonds are froKen over.
and the skating is reported to ie excel-
leiu, j
leFteraay morning the 6".nulnJ was
covered with snow. t3Mne- . Vi rtl:t It
did not tafce tile children tdns Ito haul
ieir tina sleds out 0l garrs Janfl eel
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dal students of music
ature and
scienco may study.
By the terms of the will, nyl to tsceea
$l0.00ft is to be spent on hViildiriK and
Krounds. while the residue of the estate
Bocs into the fund or njainlepaiic?, A.p
esumaiea sum 0i si.bw.vw :iii oe sei
HsW? for tke InnlIluU
in. as pro-
vided by the will, must be is small as
it-tif. it tm atatd in tbr7 will that it
Is intended as a school for tlip people and
that useful &!wll as the Me arts shall
be taught. ..
Miny Ioi-tia red charities arfr public In.
stitutlons are named for substantial be-
fluests. After recognizing many of those
related to her in her will. Mrs! Reed left
sMpns ranging from SIOOO to 940.090 to Port
land institutions. The Boys and Girls"
Aid Society gots.flflOO. Portland Free
Kindergarten $3000. Baby Home. Patton
Home and Homeopathic Hospital 1000
each, Portland Ubrary Association 510,000
to be applied to the book fund. City Board
of Charities $2000. Orepron Humane Sociey
SIOOO. People's Free Reading - and Ubrary
Association S1O00, First Unitarian Church
of Portland KOOQ, First Unitarian Church
of Quiney. Mass.. $2000. Old Ladies Home,
the Reed home- In Portland, rated -in the
will at V4Q.0OQ; Good Samaritan Hospital
IP. to endow a free 'bod: Refuge Home
for Women $1000. Portland, Women's Union
JIOOO. Portland Art ABSOolation. all of tes
tator's paintings, sta tuary, bronzes and
works of art, excepting the famous can-
vas "Sheep at Rest, which goes to Mr,
Winch.
Mrs. Xteed bequeathed to Amos Is . Reed.
cousin ol her late riusoflnd, Simeon G,
Reed. the sum of $25,000, and $10,000 each
to his two children. Harry-and Grace. To
Airs. Georglana Reed, widow of her bus-
band's naif Dnnmr, ftw was be
queathed, and $30.(4)0 additional, to be held
in trust for her three children, to be dis
tributed equally when they become of
age, Emily PlcKering, Jirs, Reed's jister,
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was Riven $So00. and Nellie A. Winch,
niece, was named for a. similar amount.
Other bequests were : Myrtle W. Winciy,
widow or Henry Winch,- T0C); each sister
and brother of Mrs. Reed. $5000: Simeon
Reed Winch. S5O0O; Troupe Polytechnic
School of Pasadena. Cal.. 910,000; Martin
WincH, nephew of rMr.s. Reed, WOfcWV
Mr.' Reed died at Pasadena, Cal.. May
SGr l!o4. She had .erected a beautiful resi.
dence at that place-, but for years there
tofore resided in rortland. When tlie will
was-filed for probate' in Multnomah
H1GHT 1 " rOKTI.AN
-SNOW OTf PORTLAND HKKiltTS.
lars. They had good coaatlnar until ir
the afternoon, when the mnow ' became
slushy. In the evening there was a
drop In the' thermometer and the streets
and sidewalks became -iHppery agrain.
The horses had a hard time or 1 1
yesterday morning. Beiny smooth sliod
many of. them slipped and fell on the ley
pavements. Downs of them Rot down
and the. drivers as a last resort besan
to tie gunny sacRs about the hoofs of
jnp( a sister; Sarah A, Robertson, a niece;
Abigail Wood. Helen Faxon Pasmore.
Stella Wood. Helen Wood, -nieces; Will-.
1m n . It. V"ockI. ..r. il . . Won jitfpliewf.
and others. Contest was made under a
provision of ike" Oalifornla' livu'whlfih
limits bequests to charitable purposes to
onnhlrd or; trie- entaxift; - - " - -r'
The question upon . which the action,
rested tas as. to Mrs.' Reed's bona Add
residence at the tinTe of death. The con-;
testing- heirs iset up that she had etab-
lished her residence at Pasadena, Cal..-
and that the estate should accordingly be
administered under tbe laws of California.
The first trial was In the &J u 1 1 n onmh
County Court, . where decision was re-
turned for Mr. Winch, who, as executor,
sought to carry out the terms of the will.
Appeal was taken by th heirs to the
j State Circuit Court, which sustained tlie
lower court, and an appeal to the Oregon
Supreme Court had the same result.
. The Cal lfornla contestants then took tbe
matter -up before the Superior Court of.
Los Angeles and were again defeated.
SHEKIrT SUED WXR- ISt. 1ETC
Kestaurant Keeper Who Feeds
Oowmty Prisoners 1. AKgrrlevtU.
A Casual remprk by Sheriff Stevens
as to theories on the foedinfr of county
prisoners lias resulted In making him
the defendant in a damage suit for
f 1000.- The suit was filed In th State
Circuit Court yesterday by Louis Ebe
1 in fir. who has the contract to supply
meals to prisoners at the County J ail.
Not long ago. on December 30, to be
exact, the Sheriff was tallcinsr casually
with an acquaintance, and it appears
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he said: "I see no reason why a per-
s so unfortunate as to aret
lould he fed from the swill
. restaurant.' -
This coming to the ears of Ebetlngr
caused mm iBfreat mental worry; in
fact, $1000 worth. ' Through his law-
yer, ,R. G. Morrow, lie asKs tor $1000
88 a balm to his wounded feelings.
The complaint ' sets out that the Sher
iff's words conveyed the Impression
that Ebelinff was feeding the prisoners
from swill barrels, a thing which is
not .true,' according to the complainant.
"1 haven't got time to think or tallc
about such noncense," Tvas Sheriff Ste-
vens'' only comment when asked for
a statement. '
BOTH ARE GIVEN . DAMAGES
Plaintiffs In' Personal Injury Suita
. Favored by Juries. ?
DainaRes were allowed two plaintiffs
by juries , in cases in the State - Circuit
Court yesterday - forenoon. George L.
Smith, a minor, was given 1120 in his
suit for S300O against the Portland Rail
way Company. The Jury returned Its
verdict at 11 -o'clock after haying been
out all nizht. At 10 o'clock a request
was made to Circuit Judge Gantenneiu
for further instructions in the case. ' The
jurors decided, that though, young" Smith
was tiurt In a streetcar accident, con-
tributory neglisrence reduced the com
pany's liability to S120.
J.. W. Dryden was awarded SloOO in his
suit against tlie Pelton-Arnmronf com-
lany. A sealed1 verdict wa returned
duri ng the nifrht and read in Judge Cle
land's court yesterday when court opened.
Dryden asKea $1Q,2W for personal Injuries
sustained while working in the. company's
lumber camp. The Jury reached a verdict
after beins out about eisht hours.
Ready for Debate With Socialists.
Rev. Olarence True Wilson announced
yesterday that arrangements may be
made for a debate with some member of
the Socialist party on the resolution that
soclety can be saved through the in
strumentality of the church.," although he
liaa not yet aiwwerea tneir challenge, He
says that some time In August a letter
was sent him by the Socialist party, and
that he told the person who brought It
that it wa po?ffIiIe arrangements for a
ubaU could he made later on. Dr. Wil-
. won says he likes the spirit in which the
clialleage has been made.
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the a.nlraals. Tn the Pst horaes are sharp
shod during the Winter months, but it,
is not done" In rortland, because of tlie
usual absence of cold weather.
While the "boys are hav-ina- a high old
time with Jnck Frost, the offldalM of the
navigation companies are not in such pood
humor. Toa is running thlrk in the Co-
iumbia and promises to increw.no in vol
ume. It- is still considered dnngsroua
to permit tlie operation of the ferry
Mood River People to Ask "Sep-
aration From ow Wisco. ;
PETITIONS WIDELY SIGNED
Legislature AVIll Be Asked Karly to
Take t'p Matter Which Absorbed
i Atwntlon aax Session
Held Two Years Ago.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Jan. Ii. One of
the matters that will be brouitht to the
early attention of the coming- session of
the Legislature will, be a 1)111 asking for
the creation of Cascade County. Peti
tions reprearntins business iitici individual
Interests and on which there are over
W Bignawra are in tbe Hands or
)mmittee of the Hood River Commercial
lub and will be taken to Salem early
i the session.
WhilQ there lias been som Blight op
ssition to the creation of the new county
ia not expected that it can develop
irength enough to defeat it and comes
matnty from uioae who ar lioiaing of
fice under the present administration of
All the big; interests
d In the new county
have declared in favor of It, as have
also many influential men in Portland
who own property at Wood River.
A. conference w-as had in Portland to
day between Senator wtieaidon and Rep
resentatives Knowles and Hendricks of
tnis district with a committee rrom the
Commercial Club, and if they wi 11 not
espouse the cause of tne bill, arrange-
menta ulll b mfa ta have it brought
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bet"ween "Vancouver a.nd the Penlnpula.
i esterday morning tlic river steamers
Kellogg and Capital i.lty attempted to
roach The Halles. but s:ot only as far as
Mantaloose Inltxud. about :iO niyes this
side, where they were compelled to turn
bacK on account or the floating' Ice. At
The Dalles the ice is jammed and piled
from lO to 15 feet deep from Oawa'
Point, about two miles below the city.
to a point about one mile above.
xvneairion iiaa paid He will UKc ilie mat
ter of its Introduction under oonKidera-
tion. but will not malce any statement am
t whether- fce. wi.ll ruvr.- - oppan- 1 1-.
This stand has also been lukeu by
Knflffloa mid Iktek.-v. . .-.
As It was throtiBh the votes of the
residents of "Hood Rlv.r tlis-t Mr. V1.al
don. 'was .elected to -1 1 ' present pottlon.
mey feel mat lie should look on the
new county bill with favor.
PKXEGATIOX DEFEKS ACTIOZS"
Confcrrncc Held In Portland on Sub-
Jcct of S'ew County,
State Senator Whealdon. of The
Talles. Representatives J. r. Hendrick, of
Cascade IOcKa, ana F. "NV, Knowles, of
Bufur. oompritfinfr the Wlsco County
delesation. held a conference at the rooms
of BeuMor Wh-ldon at the Perk Ins last
night, when claims of the people of t!vs
western part of Wasco County for the
creation of a new county, to be known as
Cascades, were presented. Anion k those
appearing before the delegation were
PrrslJent 1!. P. DavMson. of tlie Hood
River Commercial Club, and- A. J. Jayne.
ex-Repriientative from Wasco County.
The delegation did not reach any conclu-
slon on the eubjoct and deferred flnul ac-
tion until further facts and statistics can
be submitted in support of the requested
county division.
WILL PREACH AT Y. M- C. A.
Kev.
1-'- C. Dark to Address Meeting
for Men Tlals Atlernoon.
- Rev. K. C. Dark of B;a.trice. ICrjfc... . will
speaic thia afternoon ait t ti r- men's meet-
ln(t in the V. M. C. A. chapel, on "The
Bid for ft Soul." TV mem quartette of
the Swedish Baptist Church will sins and
the 5T. I. C A. orchestra will play as
usual. 00
In the Vrnin Rev. Mr. Dark will
preach at the White Temple on the in
teresting; subject. "In the Devil a Gentle
man?" A pong service, led by Mr, Bel-
chftr and the lilte Temple chorus.
A GROVP OF PORTLAND YOCNGSTERS WHO KN-IOYF.O THE
- More modern, more complete
i ana a Detter tailoring euip- ;
J merit than any other on the J
"West Coast.. Otu own tailors
i nin5t salariea cutters,
who are artists.
; Specialists for Each
1 Class of Garments
J Experts who make only J
coat3 (some for sleaves, oth-
era for coIIcts, some who
J hast and others who press J
others for trousers, some for
X vestft, those who finish hut-
J tonbolss, Tlus guarantees
satisfaction on every gar-
Z raent, in every particulajr. .
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"With, every sriit costinc: noli
less than S22.50. . ordered
within four weak! from De,
cember zi5, &n extra, pair ox
trousers, free like the suit
you buy or a handsome
3 tripe.
Several hitnclrecl new, attrac-
live anrl stytlsh . patterns to
choose irom. m
This ia a prettv liberal oirer
you better "get in1' on it! J
i M&Ke Your selections
at Once
9 from the finest and choicest
line of tweeds, eassimeres and "
cheviots in all the West no
t exceptions positivelv the
very finest." Come see ; yiu '11 J
Elk3 Blclg., 7tb and. Stark Sts
precede the sermon. It Is hoped by the
pastor that arrangements can be made
for Rev. Mr. Dark to remain in .Portland
as assistant pastor at the White Temple.
At the morning scrvivc Rev, I Wii;t-
comb P-routeher will preach on 'ny He
I .ost His Pofiition." The -ho!r will "ins
Gray's anthem, "LiRlit of the World.
and "I Hepr j Savior calling." D'
Brewer.
The tlnmioe committee of the T'"i"t Bap
tist CHiurch will ne-t tomorrow evening.
Fracr meetings will be held at tlie homes
of various members the evenini of Jan
uary 15.
Su miliary or School Laws.
WASHINOTOX. Jan. 12. The Bureau
of Education has prepared a publica
tion that Is calculated to do away with
all unndcefifiry labor on the part of
thestate lea-islators who are looking
for precedents in framlnB school legis
lation. It la entitled "State School Sya-
terns." nJ was prepared by Trofessor.
Kdward KlUott. of the University of
Wisconsin.
It contains a summary of all the
sehoiM legislation of the past two years
In each of the stste-'
together with
criticism under seven
heads.
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