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y '77 A ... . it. WKKHHHM aIIIMH''' MtWW 1115' II-A IT Va'X,3 HE&0F JOBBER (Continued from First Paso.) Seattle Grand Jury ftds ;v Discouraged Corporation Influences Prevent ? Proper Investigation of the Mcnidpal Scandal. . (Journal Special Benrlc.) SSATTUS. Fb. 18 Desplt the con vincing proof that Individual members f th (rend jury have heard, there mm every Indication that the whlta uk bruah la to be applied and the work of the trend Jury brought to an nd, .. Their Investigation are getting toe cloaa to certain corporation. It la aid. and representative of the monop olies have set their lnflentla hlerllngn to work to stop further proceeding The whole, fault la being heaped upon the shoulders of Prosecuting Attorney Scott, whoa efforts before the Jury, are eaid to be not SO strong as they ahould be. r'etrrertnrTwy iwmt wiuer wr ra Introduced In. the Washington Legislature to allow the grand Juries to elect their .own legal adviser, regard leu,t SWl protests, of the Prosecuting Attorney; , ' The antl-oorporatlon members of the Jury ar sold to be on the' right track, and ' If the corporate influence would keep back, they would be able W snow up rases la the local CUy Council where feoodl played the all-powerful part. Councilman J. B. .Crlchtou. for IS years a member pi thVSeattl' Council, nd for two years Ha prealdent was be fore the Jury yesterday. General. mat ters . of franchise granting, corruption of -council men, etc., were gone Into, but Jt is claimed that- Dr. - crlchton dis claimed any knowledge of grafting. He declared that he did not know what becama. Of the" $5,000 the liquor dealers kad raised . to defeat the high license measure. He also dented that he knew f members of tbs Council owning stock In the Cltiseas Light Power Company, which franchise has been, under inves tigation for a long time.' It Is alao stated that the Seattle Elec trlo Company, thronglfan attorney, put up the money for the election of two ' resent members of the Council. '- The Seattle Electric Company Is said also to control the Ballard City Cou oil. as well. It Is a notorious fact that Councilmen in that suburb bow to every Wish of the big corporation headed by Jacob Furth, -who owns the electrio lines of ' Tacoma. Seattle, Ballard and the in terturban lines from Seattle. In spit of the Incriminating evidence gainst Council members, it is not pre dicted that on of them will be indicted, unless things change wonderfflly from the present condition. GEARIN'S BODY . FOUND AT LAST :Th body of Peter Oearln. who fell ver board from the steamer Tahoma some three weeks ago, was found last Slight on the shore of the river. It had evidently been washed ashore, and had lodged against a olump of trees. - Efforts had been mane repeatedly to locate the body of the drowned seaman, but 'In vain. The discovery, when made last night was by accident. Some farm - hands were walking along the river bank, when they saw the body lying be neath the clump of shrubbery at the tree trunks. They thought at once that It -was that Of Gear In, and brought word to- Dunning undertaking establishment et Vanoouver. There the body is be ing' held, untjl word can be received from Oearln's brother, who resides at Gervais, Ore, Waa An Aooiaent The drowning, it Is believed, was pure ly, accidental, and was not suicide. At. tha time of. the occurrence, there were some who thought the man committed suicide. That Idea Is scouted, however, by Gearln's friends. 'who claim that he liad no troubles that would cause him to desire to end his life. 'Gearln waa a member of the Steam t6at Employes' Union of Portland, and liad been working for the White Collar Line for a long time. He wax a good man at nis work, and Seemed, cheerful. Ileus adjourned at 4 o'clock, when the facts cam to light - Then they learned that C. H. Cary, whom they had elected the night before, had bn dropped from 'the list and that In hts place Hodson bad reported the nam of B. W. Spencer, despite t fact that Spencer had not received a single vote in the eauous; P. VflHla kad been substituted for his son. Guy Willis, and Mat Welch had been removed to make room for O. 8. Thorn a Sveneer and P. L. Willis hav been conspicuously Identified with the Mitchell-Matthews machine, ond Willis waa recently appointed with Hodson by Mayor Williams on the Portland Civil Service Commission. The appointment of Thomas was a reluctant concession to the demand of organised labor, which had. froved to insistent to be Ignored. Entered Indignant Protest. Representatives Gill. Nottingham. Planer, Banks and Orten, and Senators Myers. Sweek and Smith, all expressed great surprise when they lesrned the na ture of the report presented by Hod son, and he was promptly called upon for explanations. Hodton's firm excuse was that ho had endeavored to notify u majority of the delegation yesterday morning that the appointments were to be teconslJcred at noon. "I asked Bailey and Hutchinson to spenk to the other - memlx-rn of the delegation." said Hodson. "and I spoke to some myself. Between us ire notified about eleven of them. That was a ma jority, so we did not need to notify the re." Hodson did not explain why no notice was given to any of the members who might be expected to protect against the contemplated usurpation of the rights ot the delegation. During the two nours of the morning session he sat within 20 feet of Gill, Nottingham, Orton and Hunks, but they were not spprised of the scheme on foot nor asked to attend the pretended caucus at noon. Hodson lost his temper under the crit icisms of his' colleagues. "Now, don't you write a story about this." he said angrily to The Journal correspondent. "If you do, you won't get any more Information from me. You're trying to impugn my motives." When asked who made the alterations in the list of appointments, Hodson re-piled: "I did It Tou can say I did it if you want to." That Convenient Committee. This assertion was explained a mo ment later by the declaration that the list was revised by the special commit tee appointed Monday night. "The committee had full power to rill vacancies, or make substitutions,' said Hodson. "liad any of the caucus appointees resigned ?" "Well, not exactly," admitted the irri tated Representative, "but Judge Carey said he might not accept. No, there were no others." Hodson's statement that his commit tee had power to make substitutions Is contradicted' by th minutes of the cau cus meeting, and by the testimony of a number of th delegation. If any meet ing of that committee wan held yester day noon, Nottingham, who Is a mem ber of the committee, waa not informed Of It SO SAW WAS THB WOIX WHICH WAS DOSS XV OAKSTZSO OUT THB BEKB8TS OP THB POBTXJtSS BOSS ES THAT STBS SOMB OP THOSE MXMBEBS OP THB MULTSOMAH SEUOATXOS WBO ABB WOST TO "TAXI PBOOBA1T' WITHOUT A BnTBafTTS COVXiB SOT BEPBAXN rXOM CBXTXCI8M. "THIS IS A LIT TLE TOO BASK." SAID OSB OP THEM. "WB ' WAST TBTXHOS TO SXXBC BEaTJ&AB, AT LEAST." Bashed th Job Through. No time was lost In rushing through the House the bill introduced .in behalf of the bosses. At the evening session the alleged report of the delegation pre sented by Hodson was Incorporated in the bill a an amendment and the meas ure was passed ' y' The bill will go to, the Senate today, where McGinn wHl be relied upon to railroad it through o third reading and passage, .As a' rule, local -bills are al lowed to go through, without interfer ence' by members irom' other counties. and ther is. little, prospect of success ful opposition to the worst piece of Job bery that haa, Dean, perpetrated at this sessfson. v. ... ' , i- At the bill becomes .a law, ail those members of the present Port, pf Portland Commission who have guarded the in terest of th taxpayer and kept at bay the bosses and their spoils-grabbing heelers, will b ousted from office. Bailey Goes Over to the Ex-Governor , 4 Kll' " '.' vUd down..MoGJnn tried lo calls th nuiio.M ro-avfefre nut win in iuh alsuf ; , w- V Draw Us Plr. "I wish to" see" It amended to omit the ludlolarv" he aald. "If that 1 dona I Win support t&t JjIU. I know judge I whos families would be subjected to actual want aroiich lta working. It not right that they should b so trat d. Ther ousht-t be protected." . Senator Smith had a stinging answer ready for this anDeaL "I know, or think I Know, n saia, "on of h nuniun of th bench t 1 whom th Honorable Senator from Mlt nomsh refers, and I can positively ssy h Is a disgrace to his nrofesflon and deserving of no special shelter beneath th mantle at the law." Scott's Campaign Is Not Meeting; CORPORATIONS With Any Great Degree of Success TXB TOTS TODAY. WIN A POINT P niton Oeer Wood Williams BoatterlBg Absent or paired. , Total 3a ST IS ' M SALEM, Feb. 18. One more Multno mah member. Representative Bailey, went over to Geer today, bringing the tatter's vote to 27. No other change of significance occurred. Pulton's follow era atood-skml4ie..-shotilder -- ently unshaken In their loyalty to their candidate and -In their confidence that be will be elected. The ballot resulted: Fulton. 32; Geer, 27; Wood, If; Williams, i; scattering, I; absent or paired. 6. Total. 90. One of Pulton's supporters. Hermann, was paired with Jones of Lincoln, ab sent. Whiles th hope of th friends of ex Governor Geer have been raised by the 11 accessions received yesterday and to day, there Is little reason to regard these gains ss permanent It Is no scret that Geer is not the real choice of any considerable part of the Mult nomah delegation, and the votes he Is receiving now from that source are merely a bait to draw th Geer follow Ing to Multnomah's candidate, when he hall appear. The more sanguine of th Geer sup porters, hare Indulged In .the hope that the Democrats 'might come over In a body to their candidate whenever their votes would elect him. Such expecta tions are unwarranted, for th Demo crats are standing firmly by their party candidate, and are determined .not to be drawn Into the struggle of the con tending Republican factions. Within a day or two th Multnomah delegation will hold another oaneus and th candidacy of Harvey W. Scott will again come up for consideration. Ther are Indications that his lieutenants are not meeting with the success that .they hoped for In the effort to line up votes for the Portland editor. DEFEATED McGinn Again. Loses and Bluster Fails tcL Aid Him (Journal Special Service.) SALEM, ' Feb. 18. Although their margin of victory waa small, the horde of "pluggers" who descended upon the Legislature at the command of the great corporations succeeded In defeating House BUI No. 16. of which Speaker Harris waa author. It was a messure to tax tompanie on' their franchises and their stock, had been carefully drawn and was ably presented by Mr. Harris, wuo temporarily surrendered his seat as chairman that he might speak In behalf of th measure, The vote stood tie, it for and a like number against. With, four not voting: Corporations reared It -Wtrtkr was"fhe feaF oT rRTaV(?5 corporations that this bill would pass that armies f emfssarles were sent to' labor agalnat It in every way known to obstructive legislation. , The private car of one prominent railroad attorney arrived hore'a day ahead of the date set for consideration and he wus prominently In evldono' ?ln the lobbies. Another company. lorwaroed representatives irom Ban FrancUct to work against Mr. Har ris' bill. . , v . ..i The bimfoflowsd lines that have prov en successful In New York. Illinois and Ohio, partlcutnrly the latter, WlrMe Jt did not in Itself (irovlde n tn. If made provision ,fo th.- looatlngviUsttaig .and assessment f .afl. property, ' stocks. fid franchises, i -4 ,s ' ''. . ' Debate ott the 1lll Was spirltsu, wr. Hurrts.vwhs br Vesxon of UlaOplacei B" speaker, fia seldom been heard on the floor. of th Mouse, making a mAst fow- erful and (cotnpironenstv pfea. . rr to Viplv Booaevart (Jo)urnaJ;peclal Servlesj. SALEM, SkvTi--The following have been appointed- a the Senate's portion of a commUU of 1J from the Legis lature . 0'. greet President Roosevelt on th pseasion Kff hi omtng Visit to Ore gon: "KnykemWlf 'or Lane. Carter of Jackson; Craisan of Lane, Wehrung of Washington, awv.3 TO IMPROVE STATE PRISON it'.'.,. - - wie MrC'atWUand interest rster SmRh; ilutitL Uooth,. Pierce, Daly. I- ahpri B1U Passe MoruZ ,,8ALEM, Feb. H. The sailor boarding house' bnr passed th Senate tnia after noon, having been amended to make the bond II, C0. th lloens fee 8J50, and to leav the, governing board su eject, to re moval bv tli Governor, Becretsryj of Stat and fetat Treasurer for causa,! It Is claimed to give full protection, th ob jectionable clauses being eliminated. May Continue Until Saturday Night Journal Special Service. J SALEM, Feb. 1 8. The House this morning amended, th Senate resolution to end th session at midnight Friday and mad a Saturday session necessary, Th Senate this afternoon refused to concur and a conference committee waa appointed. , SvownaU Sot Blamed. SALEM. FetJ. II. Members' of th Judiciary committee of th Senate tht morning removed all blame from Brown ell for the non-passage of the eight hour labor bills, HI and 14f, saying he urged favorable report put ther was not sufficient ground, and they were refused. This action waa brought about through the Oregon City story in the Oregon lan blaming Brownell.' 4 1 PATTERSON TO SERVE JAIL TERM LABOR IS SORE AT THE SENATE JL members of the Senate who have afcubbd organized labor by treating with contempt th messages of advloe of gardlng legislation are commencing to feel the lasli of the people. At Oregon City yesterday, as reported In; The Journal, the Federated Unions took action toward condemning the ac- ton . of th Legislature for spurning Senate Bills 18 and 149, framed for the purpose of bettering the conditions of the workingmen. . One ot the gentlemen to whom was Intrusted the engineering of these bills waa Senator Brownell. Mr. Brownell is the gentleman "who, during the debate oyer the Associated Press bill in the Senate, said that no man who has-created; a trust ahould have It torn down by cempetition. Of course the working people did not after this inane expres sion, have much faith in Brownell s ef forts, and the chances are that on Mon day evening when the Federation meets again Mr. Brownell . will be read a' wholesome lecture on public rights as against individual grabblsm. Wia BE DINED AND WINED This evening the North Dakota Press 'Association la scheduled to arrive from Puget Sound. . They will be taken out to view the city by the entertainment com mltt ef the City Press Club and their friend. ' Tomorrow they will be given ' cav - 'dr and- then-inncneon war ne ervd in the-Commercial Club and the Portland Hotel The ladies of the party Wilt be taken in charge by Mrs. Ernest liross, Mrs. A. E. Rockey and, Mrs. Jloughman. . MARINE NOTES, The steamer Ilwaco has arrived at As toria from Port Angeles, making the run in 24 hor t ' The leather case containing $2,000 worth of stamps and belonging to the captain of the Alsterhixie. which was lost at the time the vessel became strand ed, ha been recovered. It had been swept ashore and was found by a boy whoi will receive a reward of 150. The revenue- cutter Grant la to be sold at auction In the coorse of the next two months. The vessel has done service In Puget Sound and Alaskan waters for the past ten years.. Her place will' be taken by the Golden Gate, which was recently buil by MoMMvJBroe, The Scottish Minstrel has moved to the. Mersey dock, .where she will begin taking on ft earge of .'wheat today. The steamer CoInmMtt Is receiving a aeneral overhauling at Sari Franoisco. She will be on her regular run against next week. To Cars a Cold to One Bay Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists. , refund the money If It fails to cure. ' IX Wi Grove's signature Is on each box. 26c -A1P, th healing- balsaml vlrtnea-j MU tn rorway pin am wnmiiwn m . Vood Norway Pine Syrup. Nature's pwn r'y tor omigne and colds. Tho most delightful trip across the Continent is via the Denver & Rio Grande, the scenic line of the world. Apply at 124 Third st. Portland, for rates. 7A GOQD ' HAS AN ADVANTAGE over a poor writer, in an office position can do more and better work;- Realizing this, we give much attention to penman ship all our students become good writ era. For business nse, we teach a plain, round hand; for professional work, every style that is known. Investigate our school; itwill pay. Open all the year; stu dents admitted any time; catalogue free. PORTLAND BUSINESS QOLUEGE PARK AND WASHINOTON A. P. ARMSTRONG, LL.B., PRINCIPAl SALEM, Feb. 18. Senator Henry Mc Ginn made the. fight of Ms life to pre vent the passage of House Bill No. S3 repealing the statute which exempts the salaries of those in the employ of the state from garnishment in case of debt But Senator Henry McGinn found him self met. overmastered and defeated at every turn. He adopted his usual tac tics of personal reference, but had the tables neatly turned and was laughed at so hard that he laughed with the laugh ers. After every obstruction he- could throw In Its path had been 'swept away the measure passed and Is now. before the Governor. , : -, . McGinn assumed the attitude that .In order to perform faithful' service state officials should be removed from, temp tation, and, therefore, ' their salaries should, at all times' and under all' cir cumstances, be reserved Ifror .their ' own uses, ulscusslon of toe bill - was gen eral. Rand standing .with McGinn in the view he took. MoGlnn' landed the the first blow when he aald: ' "Mouthpiece" TaJkav:, ',-' "I move te'fti'deflnltely postpone the bill. I know several members, of the bench who would, under Its workings, find their salaries attached and each month swallowed up because of unfortu nate circumstances during the hard times. A state official, more partlcu larly a judge, cannot enter other lines of occupation, and earn money. While he is a judge he must be a judge only. and his pay as, a judge must prove sufficient." The speaker then turned to face Sen ator Smith of. Multnomah Who is a phy sician and was supporting the bill, and said: "The .judges' are not like doctors whom I know. The latter are privileged to charge what they please and I once handled a case for one of .them who charged upward of $4,000 for a simple operatlon-i-and I got the manfcy.too," Smith of Multnomah -bridled. It was up to hlmi "The forctng of collection Of any such exorbitant fee Is a matter of which the Senator should . be ashamed!" he volunteered, and after the president had restored order, McGinn grew more personal. - : ... "I once knew a doctor." he said Nvho charged and collected $1,0.00 for a sim ple operation and the woman died from It." Looking hard at Smith, McGinn sat down. Smith Hsrpoons Median. . He thought he had made a- point, but speedily changed his mind. Like a talking cyclone Smith was up and at him. "I submit to the Senate whether this has anything to do with the case In hand. Does it make' it right for a man to evade the payment of his Just debts because one attorney gets up, distends his fat throat for 10 minutes in elo cutionary effort before a Jury, charges a fee of $1,000 and does not do his client any good? I submit that this has no bearing." ; The laugh was on McGinn, and while. It still echoed Fulton got in his work. "I hold With Senator Smith." he said, '.'that.it makes no difference In .this case whether my friend, the doctor, ' operated on, a woman Who died, or my friend, the lawyer (indicating McGinn), argued law for a man who wished to God that he had died" Such matters are foreign to this esse. This is .a ques tion of right" and jostlce.'. ' Af burst of? laughter . greeted the- aally; ' K . After his motion to postpone had been ' f Journal. Rneclal Service.) SALEM. Feb. tli.r Governor Chamber lain has been making a thorough investl gat ion of ' ther-state penitentiary srnee his inaugaratlav.and has found- many re pairs ana improvements urgenuy need ed. He concluded the best remedy would be to set aside all money received by the state for convict labor as a better ment fund for repair on the penitent! ary. His. suggestions are emooaieo. in a Dill lntrouuceu py uaay or unumuun. which passed th House this morning. Receipts from convict labor are about $11,000 per annum. Measure Defeated. SALEM. Feb. 18. An attempt by Representative Shelly to secure passage of a measure which would do away witn the necessity for printing tfellnwuent tax lists In county official papers has been defeated. PORTAGE BILL BECOMES LAW (Journal Special Service.) SALEM, Feb. 18. The Governor has signed the following bills: Creating State and County Boards of Health, pro hibiting sale of adulterated Illuminating oIL requiring fenders on street cars, pro hibiting sale of adulterated linseed oil and authorizing the portage railroad from The Dalles to Celllo. Perry System. SALEM. Feb. 18.- The House ha passed House Bill No. 60, authorizing construction of the Morrison street bridge, and House Bill No. 827, permitt ing the City of Portland to construct and operate a free ferry across the Wilr lamette River to what was formerly Alblna. Another ferry across the Wil lamette has been authorized at Port' land, In HoufeTBlll No. 364, also now before the Senate. Get Together on Bond Interest (Journal Special Service.) . . SALEM. Feb. 18. In the House thi morning Sanderson Reed moved a recon sideration of the action by which the Senate amendment reducing the rate of interest on Port of Portland bonds from 6 to 4 per cent was concurred In yester day. Reed's motion carried. The House then refused to concur. This is thJ question upon which Senator Smith's minority report opposing all the rest' of the Multnomah delegation was yester day adopted by the Senate on House Bill 27. The matter wVtt now come bacK to the Senate for action. Many lobbyists representing Portland moneyed inter ests are here, alleged jto be working fo maintain the five per cehi;fate. Smith, this afternoon refused unani mous consent to reconsider the amend ment of the Senate reducing the Interest to four per cent. A motion by Hunt to make 'the Multnomah delegation of the Senate a conference Committee to meet the House and discuss the amendment, was opposed by Smith, who- ald "out- Side influences have been- brought to. bear. I want Impartial Judges, at least some men outside : of the Multnomah delegation." " Hunt's motion wan lost by a close vote. J On motion of Smith, the chair was empowered to appoint a conference com mtttee on the Port of Portland Interest rate amendment, a malorlty of Whom' ' areiot;fromMimahV' ' ' The chair appointed the following committee to confer with the House oil For refusing to give G. Oullso, an Italian. $3.60 change In the Favorite sa loon Monday night Robert Patterson was today sentenced to Serve a term of three months in the County Jail by Mu nicipal Judge Hogue. Wilson T. Hume, representing Pstterson. Immediately gave notice qf appeal and is out on bonds. I'he Italian from whom Patterson took the money went Into the Favorite saloon at the corner of Fourth and C streets and asked for a drink. He received It, aud patterson refused to hand him back his- change. He was arrested and was placed under $200 bonds. This afternoon when . Patterson came Into court to receive his sentence he was surprised, as were all of those present, when Judge Hogue began to ask some serious questions about Pat terson's alleged temperance rooms, which, it Is pretty generally understood, re used for a mere sham. - Some leading Questions. Some witnesses stated here yester day," began Judge Hogue, "that they bin giit beer In Patterson's place. Has Patterson a license to sell liquors?" Mo, jour honor," replied City Attor ney Kttzgeraid. 'Does the city desire to prosecute him for ' selling liquor without a license?" queried Judge Hogue. I think jiot. this time," came the nnwer from Fitzgerald. Then." said the Judge, "I sentence him to serve a term of three months In rne County Jail." Than "Bob" Patterson there Is no bet ter known man in the North End. He was once the boss politician of that end of -the city and a general king in the tenderloin. WOODARDLARKEi&CO; t-t V fx:"'- : . 'it l ; PHOTO FRAMES 'MX ': AN ASSORTMENT OF FRAMES IN METAL, AND WOOD WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN SHOWN BEFORE. IN PORTLAND I prices are Right CANADIAN MONEY RECEIVED AT PAH HE HAD BLUE HONEST EYES C & S. EMPLOYES HOLD A MEETING The night men of the City & Subur ban Street Railway held a meeting yes terday afternoon to protest against the new wage scale, which was recently pre pared by General Manager Swlgert, go ing into effect. A petition was drawn up-and largely signed, and will be pre sented to the company for consideration, It asks that a uniform Bcale be adopted, and no discrimination be made against any of the employes. As the -matter now stands, those attending the meet ing say that the new wage scale favors the day men. The latter are well sat Isned with It, and took no part in the meeting. If the new scale goes Into effect, the night men say that very few of them will receive more than 20 cents an hour f6r their services. Instead of getting ah Increase, as was asked, their wages will be reduced 2M cents an hour. Ac cording to their way of looking at It, a more unsatisfactory scale could not pos slbly have been drawn up. After the matter Is thoroughly explained, they believe the management will reconsider its action, and give them better terms. And He Talked Largely of Oregon Timbcrmcn. SAY TASKS ARE SAFE The special committee of the Council appointed to consider regulations of the location of oil tanks and the storage and keeping of petroleum and crude petro leum within the city limits made its re port yesterday afternoon. Councilmen Flegei, Zimmerman and Sigler, who made up the committee, held their first meeting on the 8 1st of Janu ary and listened to petitions and remons trances signed by leading business men, After much discussion the members of the committee agreed to ask the services of a committee of three one representa tive of the oil company, one representa tive of the machinery houses in the vi cinity of the storage piant and one rep resentative of the property owners in that neighborhood. It was hoped that this committee might agree on a plan of proceedure acceptable to all. For the property owners W. u. noise, for the machinery houses. R. L. Darrow,. and George C. Flanders for, the Standard OH Company composea tne new commit tee. These requested the attendance of Alfred Stillman for the-board of under writers and later Captain Langfitt. Unit ed States Engineer, was requested to also act as an adviser. The latter felt it incumbent upon him to decline, as shipping matters also entered into the discussion, a ' Storage Practloally Safe. The report of this committee, adopted In substance' by the Council committee. was that tna storage oi cruae on on blocks 13 and 14 can be surrounded with such reasonable safeguards as to matte tha storaae nractlcally safe. It was also reported that such storage , Would not "materially affect tne rates or in surance or the Insurance risk any more than other warehouse would. Partner Action on Tank Ships. Th committee reported that It had not suiuclent data to decide on any regula tions of oil ships coming to Portland to discharge cargo. -It recommended that another committee be appointed to in vestigate this Questlfon and report upon It as soon as necessary statistics coma be gathered. . ASK INCREASE, Th Electrical Workers are asking tor minimum wage scale of li.Mtper day. and before the demand was made? had assurances' that it would be granted. This matter was. fully reported in The Journal some time ago. (Journal Special Service.) lUKER C1TT. Ore.. Feb. 18. If C. J. Christie, timber speculator, will send his address to Miss Rose ffhuman or to the Bank Of Sumpter he will hear of something to his disadvantage, s Miss Shuman Is desirous of recover ing her share of a substantial aum of money . which waa given to the gentle man to finance a timber deal of gigan tic proportions. The Bank of Sumpter is chiefly anx ious to hear from Mr. Christie in refer ence to a choice collection of gold nug gets, valued at $1,000 or more, which Mr. Christie borrowed and forgot to re turn. But Mr. Christie, blue-eyed, brown haired, with pretty teeth and a Vandyke beard, hhs taken himself hence and -not even tke young vwoman, who has come all the way from New York to meet the handsome "speculator" can find his retrest Miss Shuman is the daughter of a wealthy New York family and a niece of General Shuman of Illinois. In July last she met Mr. Christie, whom she describes as "tall, handsome and pol ished, with honest blue eyes." There was a little talk; Miss Shuman interested some of her. wealthy friends and Mr. Christie was supplied with money wherewith to secure an immense tract of timber land In Oregon. All that was agreed to was to transfer about 200,000 acres. When the truth finally dawned on the confiding Easterners they appointed Miss Shuman a committee of one to in vestigate. She found little to encourage her further search after visiting Sump ter and will Journey back to New York. C. J. Christie Is supposed to be in Mexico. NEWS ITEMS OF THEjDALLES Teachers' Certificates Granted id Several Applicants. (Journal peclsl Service.) THB DALI.K8. Feb. 18. The usual February examination for teachers' cer tificates was held yesterday Mi the County Court House in this city. Three passed In, the first grade, seven In the second and five In the third grades and were granted certificates today. eTr Soar pver. . . . .. There were ubout 50 cases of scarlet fever in this clly the first part of the month. The Bchool Board closed the schools. Kvery day the quarantine is being raised on two to three cases, with no new ones reported., More Names. . Today there were 11 new names added to the petition to the Portage Rail rood Commission completing the list with 136 names, which Is the largest petition ever gotten up here In the Interest of any project. SUIT OVER A x GLASS EYE Plaintiffs and Defendants Cannot See Things in Same Light.. "He'll give 'em the glassy stare." "Why so?" " 'Cause he's got a glass eye." Dr. Hicks Fenton and Dr. G. K. Watts are suing Jacob Busch in Justice Reld's court today. It is an action to collect $60 for professional services, alleged to have been rendered to the defendant. Busch Is a blacksmlOi, having a shop on lower Sixteenth street Recently, as he was working at his trade, a piece or steel flew from a rod, striking him in the right eye. He went to Drs. Fenton and Watts, who removed the eye. n was to come back. It is satd. ana nave a glass eye put In. The total Joperation was to cost 1110. He paid $50, receiving a receipt ior tne amount. xrever Cam Back. Busch never came back for the glass . . . ...... .1 .. n nnA eye. He weni lo aiioinwr uutwi, had it put In. Then suit waa begun Dy tne oiner physicians to collect the , anegeu to be due them. The case will go to trial this after noon, xne rorenoon wan wtupreu curing a Jury. W. S. Hufford represents tne piainim. while George Cameron represents ine defendant The defense will claim tnax the full amount has been paid tne plain tiffs for services rendered. COURT ROTES. This afternoon a payment of $2,600 will' be made to ContraciorWakeneld by order of the County Court. This money is in part payment for putting In new bents. The trial of John Morgan, alias ueroy the Prowler, Is set for Mareh-i--Morgan is charged with laroeny from a dwelling. Hi C. Brown was examined tnis morn ing by County Judge Webster and Dr. Slocum and committed to the insane. asylum. - Browns dementia,, wmen is Intermittently violent, is due to a be lief In "Mental Science."' He dances, sings and talks to the dead. ENDORSED BY BARBERS. Bright'sDisease and Kidney Trouble Of long Standing Oared by Warner' Safe Cure Many Cue Investigated by th Editor and Found to Be Completely Cared. An investigation by tho editor of this paper of the many miraculous cures made by Warner's Safe Cure hai so im pressed us with the curative powers of this great medicine that we publish two of these letters for the benefit f our readers. Mr. J. Williams, of 7 Colum bia street, Detroit, Mich.. Ex. Brig.-Cen. Order Sons of St. George, savs: "For years I suffered from kidney and blnd der troubles and tried many doctors, but none of them seemed to help. Finally my doctor had me try Warner's Bate Cure, Which helped me from the first dose, and after I had taken three botMos I was completely eurent, My general health is better and I have not had the slightest attack of kidney or bladaer trouble since. If any one has wealc or unhealthy kidneys, I heartily recommend Warner Safe Cure." Mrs. Lucy Baxter, of Newport News Va who is 62 years old. says: , "Ao-vot twenty years ago I was given up fly doc tors, who said I was so far ane wllh Brlght's disease that I could not re cover. Dropsy was well developed Dr. Martin, of Syracuse, N. Y., prescribed Warner's Safe Cure In connection with Safe Pills. After taking three bottles I was able to resume work, and by de grees cured. I have to thank Warners Safe Cure for being alive today." If you have pains in your bad: or sldV pain while passing urine, difficulty lit passing it dizziness, nausea, toipli liver, your kidneys are diseased. MARK THIS TEST AND FIND OUT -Put some urtne in a glass or bottle. Af ter it has stood 24 hours If it is a red dish or brown color. If particles float about in It, or If It Is cloudy, you can rest assured your kidneys are diseased and unnhJe to do their Work, and If not attended to immediately Brlght's dis ease, dlnbetes. rheumatism, gout, uric acid, Inflammation of the bladder, gall stones or urinary troubles will develop and prove fatal In a short time,, AHAI.TSIS TBSE. If there are symptoms in your ensfl you do not understand, send a sampl of urine to the medical department of Warner's Safe Cure Co., Rochester, N. Y . and the doctors will analyse It and send you report and advice free, together with valuable medical booklet, which tells all about diseases of the kidney, liver, blad der and Wood and cure for same.-- Warner's Safe Cure is the only abso lute cure for all these forms of kidney, liver -and bladder trouble. . It .has brought the blessing of health to thou sands upon thousands of suffering men and women. Wraner'S Snfe Cure Is purely vege table: free from narcotics and "ther harmful drugs found In many so-called kidney cures. It Is pleasant' to take and free from sediment, Bwar of so called kidney remedies which are full of sediment and of bad odorj thy are harm ful.) n does not constluate. Warners Safe Cure can be purchased at any drug . store or direct In- two sizos 50c pud l.o- a bottle. Be sure you set "War- '""wABWIEX'S SA7E TXI.X.3 movo.jthe bowels gently and aid a speedy cure. Refuse Substitutes; they are danger ous. Ask for Warner's, it will cure you. J. C. 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