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. V i onraai i VOL. I.' NO. 301.' PORTLAND, OREGON, j TUESDAY ,f EVENING, "FEBRUARY 24, 1903. PRICE fxve CENTS. BE HONORED ",-5 " I HIT AnTTT? CXt TT AT T O TO BE CITY'S GUEST Portland WillGreet Ore gon's New Senator Royally Big- Reception at Com mercial Uub To morrow Night Portland butlneai men and prominent and rpreentatlve citizen from all-over th 6tate of Oregon will meet and greet Senator. Charlea W. Fulton in .the spa- clou and umptuously furnished room of the Portland Commercial Club from 8 until 10 o'clock tomorrow evening. There will be no set program and little If any ceremony. It i to be, an infor mal gathering of' those whose Interest art closest allied with those of the great State of Oregon, and who will be most directly concerned in affairs of the Northwest and of the nation. The reception is to be given under the direct auspice of the Commercial Club, but members of all other business and commercial associations and societies In this city are Invited a a whole and special invitation have been extended to the Irving Club of Astoria and the 111- ihee Club of Salem. Those representa- , tlve citizen who are not members of any of these organizations will be spe cially Invited. Those Portland bodies Included in the general request to ba present are: Commercial Club, Manu facturers' Association, Chamber of Com merce and Board of Trade. Xa Charge of Anangamtata. The following committee from the Commercial Club is in charge of the af fair and will govern arrangements Harvey W. Scott, Col. Dave M. Dunne, John Hall. S. H. Oruder, H. M. Cake. K. Livingstone, Oen. Charles Beebe, F. E. Beach, W. M. Ladd, Ed. Ehrman, W. L. Boise, R. U Durham, W. W. Mann, Cyru Dolph. No speeches have been arranged for and If any addresses are made they will be entirely spontaneous. It 1 not thought, however, that either Mr. Ful ton or others will endeavor to Bpeak. as the rooms of the club, although large, are not sufficiently commodious to ac commodate an auuience composed of all those who are expected to attend the re ception. Am Elaborate Affair. Elaborate preparation have been made tor the vent Senator Fulton will be accorded a position of prominence and honor near the center of the reception room and both sets of elevators will be placed In operation to the club quar ter, which are on the top floor of the Chamber of Commerce Building. One set of elevators will be utilized to car ry visitors up and upon being deposit ed in the club rooms they will pass through the reception room, paying their respects to Senator Fulton as they do o. They will then be carried down by means of the elevators at the opposite end. This will prevent a Jam and will permit of freedom of ingress and egress. It Is the Intention of those directing the reception to waive all formalities and bring Mr. Fulton In touch with those who will be most generally affect ed by that legislation in which he goes to the national capital to take part. It will also be an expression of the regard Id whlchTlhe newly elected Senator is held by Oregon In general and Portland In particular. If T ft; I it A I p i - m & lite " fil jpfe :: ij la nr-rr'T''-"'" -T.... Famous Nobleman Cre ating Decided, Furor In New York Society (Journal Special Service.) NEW YORK. Feb. 24. Seldom has New York society been so agitated over a nobleman as in the case of Count Rob ert, da Montesqulou FezAac. This de scendant of an UluBtrous French house has captured the smart set and Is pre paring to turn his victory into financial benefits for himself. The Count is noted as an exquisite and his costume are the envy and despair of the Johnnies. He has Imported an Im mense quantity of furniture from his an cestral castles In France, and contemp lates disposing of the articles at private sale. Needles to say there will be lively competition to purchase the art objects and rare old furniture the Connt is prepared to sell. EXPECT STRIKE SOON DEMOCRATS WILL FIGHT FOR Leather Employes Are to Demand a Nine Hour Day Have Sent for Strike Permit and Will Pre- 4: sent Scheduled ffHB TWO I Of llfW ACTS Governor Knocks Out Judicial District BilL Also Disapproves of Bill to Increase the Salary of Multnomah School Superintendent. Will Arrive This Evening Bonaiur i;nanes w. UUOn will ar rive In Portland at 9:40 o'clock this ev ening, and will spend two days here on hi way to Washington, D. C., where -h will assume his seat in the upper nousa or tne .national congress. Mr. Fulton was expected to reach Portland at 11 o'ctocyc today, but owing to the PQSS ot business incident to settling1, up - hi affair at Astoria, was unable to get away from -the latter place as soon a ho had expected. He will. make the Hotel Portland his headquarter while nere, having already engaged rooms there by wire. Although' Senator Fulton did not come from Astoria this morning, there were many other who did. Several hundred persons went down there yesterday, en Joyed the celebration given in honor of "Charley," and returned this morning. All are brimming over with compli ment! for the entertaining abilities of the Astoria,ns, and one leading Fulton upporter characterised the demonstra tion as the "hottest time on -record." One of the most prominent of Mr. Fulton's adherents during the recent bat .. tie in the Legislature was Representa tive , J. M. Hansbrough. He was In at tendance at the Astoria clebration yes terday, and' in speaking of it to t re - porter for The Journal today, said: Astoria Was Proud. "Never before in the history of As toria was there such din and racket such Joy and suoh good feeling, jjuch a hearty t uiton was, as lie deserved to (Journal Special Service.) . SALEM, Feb. 24. The Governor today vetoed Senate Bill No. 186, an act cre ating the Btghth Judicial District, giving the following reason for his action: 'At the time this bill was introduced another- was Introduced creating the Tenth Judicial District. The effect of the blU wa to divide the Eighth Judi cial District Into two separate districts, but the bill having for its object the creation ot. tho. Tenth Judicial District did not pass.' Hence, u the act now un der consideration should become a law it would leave L'nlon and Wallowa Coun ties Outside of the' boundaries of any judicial district This cannot be. X therefore return Senate Bill No. 186 with my veto." ' Salary Increase Vetoed. The Governor also vetoed House Bill No. 68, an act fixing the salary of county school superintendents in counties hav ing 20,000 school chlldra, The reasons are stated a follows;. It is in reality an act to Increase the salary of the county school super intendent of Multnomah County, Oregon. from 1.60O to J,000 per annum. There Is no other county In the state-having the requisite school population. The next highest county in me state, accord ing to the report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for 1903, being Ma rlon County, with a, school population within the age limits 'named In the act of 9,386, ,The act Is re-enactment with out any material change-of general law Upon the subject of duties of superin tendents as it stands today. The purpose of it might have been accomplished in an act of two dosen words. Instead of ro enactlng the general law governing coun ty school superintendents in all counties. It -may be that thie salary of the county school superintendent s of Multnomah welcome. be. the Hon of the hour. The town was county Is inadequate tor the service til. One of the most beautiful sight rendered. It so, his salary should have I ver saw was when the train bearing I been 'Increased by an act having that for the senatorial party rounded the head ita purpose, plainly disclosed by it 'J r--Coatiuan ecmi age.j r f na term' The jLeatnerworkers . are expecting trouble with their employers at an early date. In faot, they expect the demands wnicn they will soon ask will be the means of bringing about a strike. They are going to demand a nine-hour day. A new agreement is being prepared and its most Important provision Is that the Working . hours are to be reduced from ten to nine hours. The Leatherworkers are so confident H the new arrangement will not meet with the approval of the employer that they have already applied for a strike per mit from their international organisa tion. They believe in the theory that In time of peace one should prepare for war. Expect Trouble. Their reason for anticipating a clash Is because they are lirmly convinced the shops will not look with favor upon the nine-hour day. Almost every place It has been secured their craft had an experience either with lockout tr strikes before the concession was grant ed. However, a nine-hour day is grad ually being won by the Leatherworkers all over the country. It is now in foYoe in some of the largest leather establish ments In the Eastvand the employes be lieve that it should gain a foothold on the Pacific Coast. Tot Shorter Honrs. For this same concession a strike has been on In California for several months, and apparently it is still far from settlement. Nearly all the unions in the neighboring states ere contribut- ng to the strikers" support, and they hold that it Is only a question of time until they win. There are seven or eight large leather houses In Portland, and' they employ a big force of men. All of them are union ised, with one exception. The 'Union is experiencing some slight trouble With one or two of the establishments now, because the proprietors, It is claimed. Insist upon employing more apprentices than are specified in the articles of agreement. Data, April 1. The old agreement expire on April 17, and the new one calling for a nine-hour day will be presented for signing very shortly. One of the union men says: "We are about the last craft to ask for a nine-hour day. Other employers of labor are doing so all over the coun try, and the leather firms should do likewise. They argue that they would come into competition with the houses working on the ten-hour basis,; and for this reason they cannot afford to grant the concession. The best answer for this is. that the largest and most suc cessful firms have adopted the nine-hour day." SUPREME COURT SUSTAINS TAX StTATBHOOD TO THE FINISH THE MLMONS OF OLD JIM FAIR ONCE MORE ARE THREATENED (Journal Special Servioe.) SAN FKANCISCO, Feb.24. Tho fact that the fight for ths.Falr millions has been reopened despite th. recent settle ment which wa upposedto have satis fied all parties has arotfse& the keenest Interest here. U was supposed that the Nettle Craven suits formed the last basis of attack on old Jim Fair's wealth, but the Paris tragedy changed this. New evidence has been discovered, so the mother of Mrs. Fair claim, that shows conclusively that the millionaire victim K 1 V V : ; ' -bv -- r . ' - .mis 1 - II FSSS5ilre..-S-t'-- II II i 1 IISSS!!SSSii5-ST- ' ' IE i lHmi s -.-.';-? !.. . mm mi t '"' r i " .s. .' .; ri, i,w mam ,- WON'T : HAVE CHANGE Senators Reject Proposed ; GompfqUiseBin Entirely of the tragic auto accident died many minute before Ills wife. Clever wit nesses stand ready to testify to this fact, the proof of which would take the en tire fortune away from Mr. Fair's high society relatives and give it to Mrs. Fair's humble village mother and family. Meanwhile the fight is made three cor nered by the arrival of fresh claimants on the scene. They are cousin of the dead millionaire and claim a legal title to the property. sin mini n urc iioitii - i slums nu Holds That the City Ha$ Author ity to Levy (Journal Special Servlca.) SALEM, Feb. 24. The Supreme Court today handed down an opinion In the case of George P. Lent et al., appel lants. vs the City of Portland, respond ent.- This was a case brought to re strain the city from collecting a license fee from attorney practicing in that cltv. ' The court holds that a license fee is for the purpose of city revenue, and that the City Council had power to levy such tax. The ordinance In ques tion is held to be constitutional. Jus tice Wolverton wrote the opinion. ADVANCE ENTRIES FOR INGLESIDE Journal's Weight Card of Horses, Form and Track, INGLESIDE BACK TRACK. Feb. 84. Over- nlxbt tmtrlea fur tomorrow races are: Kirat rac-e. Futurity eourae, minus: 432t M. F. Tarpey..l0&l-t:i30 Amaaa 10S Mlrilnra 103 4081 BU'altfDt BtlOt..lOO 4310 Gibraltar lott 4.'M Klorluel 108 4al Koyal K Luisdowns .... IM 431T Jlin Gore 11341"T M. Si-hulU 4XtO Koae of HUo. .loaioaso ivauaeriue ...103 Mucotid race. auTen luriouira, aeiuur 4326 Nat (toodwla . .102l4!t3f iilpuouax 113 4300 Azarlue uoinuu ujuauuw ,iuz 4im Imperious IWI4S23 Uoklen Light... lot) 4341 LlifhtUll H)n!441 Vat llorrlaat) . . 1U6 4310 Bogua Uill ...109I innu race, aeyeu luwrnm, puraa, a-year- olda: . . 4332 Rapid Water. .113 41U3 tocomw .......lis 415T (aaclne Ill4a Celebrant .J 10 f'ourtb race, mile ami aereuiy yard. aolUuii: 4HOS Lady Kent 11(H43-'!H CouateUator ...107 43HW Ualautbua 1i'-"4iW Mt. 8erer 107 4.i22 Rose of May ..10214313 LapUlua W 4315 Ullaaando I0t Kino race, oue mile, spiling: 4338 Inaururator .. 044;6 Orlana JOT 4.-13M Alaria II 4:t(W Uraad Sacbam.loT 432 Helen Smith... 07143:10 Ulilo Olrl i 4:W J. McCartny ..liaira una Uoek ....110 42 NiUtar 0l4:i; July yp 107 4324 r. 'rare 107l4;t.'il Hartm Bell ... 90 4313 star Cottoo ... VUI4331 Lone Fiataar. . .110 4306 Rudy Hynicka. 10214314 All About ....103 Blxtn race, tnree qnarwra. aolllnr: 4341 Sea Lion ....10714323 Uoeorlto ......109 42B1 Matt Hogaa... 110)4304 Orgawil H Hag Ta iuii4;ub vnalrs S3 4334 Ulendaaolnf .. 901414a Albert Enrlgbt.WO iDdtcatioas westber clear, tract rase Geer Men Threaten to File Serious Charges Congressional Contest Will Bring Out Some Sensational Developments. "Serious accusation hnve been made against George C. Brownell and charges may be filed at a later date. This will be sufficient to prevent his appearing as a candidate for the office of United States Congressman, left vacant by the dearth of Thomas H. Tongue." The foregoing sensational statement was made yesterday by Walter Lyon, formerly private secretary of Gov. Geer. and his campaign manager during the re cent senatorial struggle. Mr. Lyon re fused to explain in detail the nature of the threatened charges against the Pres ident of the Senate, beyond an intimation that his course had been influenced by Improper considerations. There can be no question that Brownell Is not resting upon a bed of rosea at the present time. The labor organizations of Oregon City do not accept his expla nations of his attitude toward the elght- hottr bills when they came Up for pas sage in the Senate, and the special com mittee appointed by the Carpenters' and Joiners' Union of that city ha adopted resolutions reciting that, "In, view of his posing as a friend of organized labor In the past, and his utter failure to make good his promise (to secure an eight hour law), we condemn him as a traitor to the cause of organized labor and with draw from him our support, and prom ise to hand him out something Inter esting in the future." . , Charge of Bad Palth. Brownell undoubtedly wants the con gressional nomination In the First Dis trict, and that he does not openly declare himself a candidate, is due to hi uncer tainty as to the amount or opposition he will encounter. Many of those most deeply concerned in the senatorial fight charge Brownell with bad faith and ugly rumor have been afloat It 1 well known that both Jonathan Bourne and Harvey W. Bcott counteS upon Brownell to desert Fulton at the culmination of the struggle, and it 19 alleged that they had hi explicit promise to do so. If Brownell siioum Decome an avowed candidate for Congress. It is threatened that sensational disclosures will be made and the member from Clackamas may (Continued on Second Page.) j The Republicans Deprive Butler of Big Majority Throw Oat Seven Thousand Votes and Give Opponent Benefit of Every Doubt (Journal Special Service.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. The Re publican members of the House Commit tee on Elections today agreed to the findings in the, Butler-Wagoner contest. Butler, a Democrat, elected to the House of Representatives from St. Louis by a majority of 7,600, Is unseated and his opponent, a Republican. Is given the certificate from the committee. On the alleged ground .of frauds said to have-beoo- practiced at the last elec tion In St. Louis, Wagoner is given a majority of over 1,000. Chairman Olmstead, of the commit tee, will submit his report to the House today, unseating Butler. This is the second time Butler has been thrown out of the House for the same cause. mi fiii mm Millions Lost in 'Three Large Gties. FIGHT AGAINST PORT SCHEME SAL CM, Feb. 24. A delegation frmn Portland o-msisting o." C. I. Swlgcit. C. F. Adums and R. D. Inmun. appeared before the Governor today, jyktng that the Port o; Portland bill Rnd House BUI 331 be vetoed, and the delegntlon in Its support piomlsed to be before t:ic Gover nor tomorrow. The Governor row has the bill under consldetuioa. American Bridge Company Plant. St. Louis Or Shops and ' Cigarette Factory. (Journal Special Service.) PITTSBURG. Feb. 24.-An early morning fire in this city destroyed the entire plant of the American Bridge Company, the loss-footing up $200,000. The tire started in the engine room with an explosion that wrecked that section of the plant and rapidly spread to the other buildings. The blaze was not ex tinguished until the buildings had been destroyed. Costly Busslan Blase. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 24. A fire that caused damage to the extent of a million dollars thla morning destroyed the famous Bogdanoff cigarette factory. A thousand girls employed In the fac tory escaped with difficulty. Several were injured by being trampled under foot in the panic that followed the first alarm. 4' ST. LOUIS, Feb. 24. The Immense car sheds of the St. Louis Suburban Railroad were destroyed by4 lira this morning. Seventy cars were burned In addition to the buildings and costly machinery. Crossed electric wires caused the blase. The loss Is estimated at $250,000. MUTINEERS REMANDED LIVERPOOL, Feb. 24. The four sail ors accused of piracy on the bark Ver tnica Were again remanded today after being examined by a magistrate. Tha aeouaed men take their predicament in different ways, Wilson, the colored cook, who declares that he was held prisoner by the mutineer and after ward escaped, sticks to his story of the wholesale murder on board the bark. The others , continue to maintain tholr Innooenoa. FEMALE COLLEGE BURNS MERIDIAN. Miss.. FebC 24. The Mis sissippi Female CoiUege building waa destroyed by fire early this miming. Two hundred students were rescued with difficulty. All were asleep. Nona saved their clothing and are being cared for at private residences. The los la $36,000. ,1, MORGAN GAINS ANOTHER ROAD -aua-aM ' " ' (Journal Special Service.) . . V ST. LOUIS, . Febi 24. Morgan 1 has gained another railroad, .-Thl time ha ha gathered In the St Lout A Ban Francisco,' having secured control of that road today, Ha will add It to hi Southern railroad, ajstam, - Original Measure Hay Be Added to Post ' Office BiH. (Journal Special Service.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. The Demo- " cratle senators at a conference , thl morning unanimously decided to reject J -i the compromise statehood bill recently proposed.' . The feeling among the Democrat throughout the country, but- particularly in tne West and the middle western): states, in favor of the proposed admls- sion of the territories, ha made Itself . felt in Washington during the past few day and today's conference wa the re-. . suit. , Will right to the Xuurt. mined to fight for statehood to the last'; ditch. They will first make an attempt) to have the statehood Republican in. the postofflce committee tack the state-7 hood bill on the postofflce appropriation , bill. It is thought the ReDUbUcana will-' ' agree to thla. In the event of failure, however, the Democrats will abandon the program! N previously agreed on and continue other' method of fighting for the etataliood', ' bill. ..; Anti-Trust Bills. . The Democratic senators also decided " to Instruct Senator Blackburn of Ken tucky to call, up at the 'earliest possible 1 moment the anti-trust bill reported by ". Hoar and secure consideration. A strong fight Will then be made to pass the -measure. '. 1 ' The Democratic senator are deter- ' mined that they will hereafter make 3 their influence felt by the majority ' more than they have heretofore auo- ' . ceeded In doing. N ) ' REPUBLICANS ARE " '. SHY OF VOTES . Little Chance for Statehood Legis- latlon This Summer. (Journal Special Service.) WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 2i,Aa th result of a careful canvas of the Senate made by polling the committee. It ha been developed that not enough Repub-i llcan vote can bo obtained to put the statehood bill aa a rider on one of the appropriation bill. The rider which la now attached to both the agricultural and postofflce appropriation bills will. therefore, be withdrawn. It is now believed that no statehood legislation will be had at thla session. Some leaders predict an extra, session ot the Senate is now unavoidable. The Senate, after the usual attempt to fix the statehood vote day. considered the agricultural bill with the exception of the statehood rider, which was passed over. Aldrioh called np the bill pro viding acceptance of certain' bonds to Insure government deposit. -. The House, by a party yote, this altei noon adopted the Senate substitute for the Philippine coinage bill, providing special currency for the islands, with American gold as the standard unit. The; House voted down the Senate amendment; for an international money conferences is : TWICE TRIED TO END HIS LIFE VANCOUVER. Feb. 24. Scotty, a fa-' . miliar character around town, and a tot ( mer employe of the W. & O. R. R.. tried to commit suicide by Jumping into the Columbia. After having been reseued by the. energetlo efforts of some of the . citizens of thla city, he made a second attempt and was again saved from aft untimely fate, - i ' Sootty now reposes id the city jail. -J-1" MARDI GRAS OPENS . NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 21 U.n ton 0 mense crowd Is here for the Mardi Ores Admiral Schley stood on the platfonrf with the Mayor and Admiral Rivet o f. the French battleship Tage occupied U14 i place of honor in the procession, ' - detachments of French marines- an4 Americans from the battleship Taf -y were in line, Alice Roosevelt and JIM ; Root were guests of Honor, k. big demonstration was giytn uew era! Joseph Wheeler. - -. : ' ' - j ; ? MISS CODY HARRIES, , NORTH PLATTE. - h. 14. Xrmf Cody, daughter of -Buffai mn" wai , married to Lieut Stott of the TwelrU ; Cavalry at noon. The groota is station t Tort ClMlK Tax,