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a "WHERE ROLLS . THE OREGON Tonight and Friday, occasional rain; high southerly . winds this II IK- LOAJULr Oclock Edition Afternoon. - - OWMWIN6S) " pS VOL. n. NO. 206. PORTLAND, OREGON. THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5. 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Trr-.-r.-- MAI UNDER A W LAW Another Measure Passed by Last Leg- islature Complicates Situation, if. ' No Extf a Session . is Called " ' RICHEST GIRL IN - AMERICA TO WED New York, Nov. 8. The ap- e. proachlng marriage of Mlaa May ; Goelet, the richest young: woman. In America, to the Duke of Rox-. burgh, now takes the attention of all social New York. In the pic- , ture U nhown the future Duchess and two of her bridesmaids. At the top la Mies Beatrice Mill of e New York. In the center la e Mlaa Martha Johnson of Maconly and the lower picture la that, of . Mlaa Goelet. e recent yeara haa been on such elaborate Possibility Suggested That the Governor is Hold ing Back the Call Until Sure That no General -r tr r v Legislation Will Be Attempted ',,.; . '.''' , . . " The gravity of the danger which threatens the county was not , fully appreciated until attention waa called by County Auditor Brandes to an act passed at the last session which Is as follows, (Laws of 1903, p. 180.): , "Section 1. The county expenditures, In counties of 60,000 In- habitants, or more, shall be confined to the amount of the annual levy therefor; and members of the county court or board of county commissioners, or any Other county officials, who shall authorize, plana aa preparations indicate that thla one will be. The gifts alone to the bride will aggre gate In value probably $1,000,-000. Incur, cause or create, or officially approve, any expense or liability for the county In excess of the amount of the levy that may have been made for county expenditures hereinafter defined, shall be Jointly and severally liable, individually and personally, for the amount of such excess. County, expenditures shall include roads, bridges and ferries, support of poor and Interest on warrants, as well as the usual and ordinary expense of the county government and salaries heretofore Included in the classification of the' county tax aid road tax; but shall not Include, school, park, library or bounty .tax.' , . ."See, t. The county court or board of county commissioners may,- If they deem It necessary, order and direct a special levy to be made of not exceeding one half mill on each dollar of. valuation to raise funds to meet any unforeseen contingency, which. In their Judg ment, should be dealt with In order to prevent serious loss or Injury to the county. The funds thus raised shall be set apart and used for 'such contingency only." ! A new phase of the tax . law compll cation has come to light which seems to make a special, session of the legislature absolutely Inevitable if Multnomah coun ty Is to continue In business next year. Unless the law is amended at once, so as to permit the levy of taxes for-1903 this county will not only be without funds but it will be unable to issue war rants, as It has done in the past, when without ready money. At the last session of the legislature a law waa passed absolutely prohibiting Multnomah . county from issuing war rants or incurring any expense or, llabil lty in excess, of the annual levy, and It necessarily follows that,- if no levy is made, no- obligations whatever can be Incurred.' Without a tax levy the paralysis of the county government will J&e even more complete than that of the city of Portland. . Both corporations will be practically without money and absolute ly without the ability to borrow a dol lar. .... - - . The act quoted was Introduced by Senator Myers of Multnomah county and Is ' applicable only to this county. It was passed just before the session closed. The provision . about an extra tax to meet unforseen contingency Is of course of no avail in the present emer gency, for until the present defective law Is corrected ; there would be no method In which the tax could be col lected. ; ' Ho Z-ery, Ho Warrants. County Auditor Brandea, in comment ing upon the law, said: "Thatjaw seems to settle the question of issuing. warrants. If there is no levy of taxes tor. this year, no warants can be Issued.. , No county official would be willing, to. make himself personally lia ble for. the- county's debts by Incurring obligations contrary to this law. ' The auditor makes himself liable if he. ap proves any wararnts issued in excess of the ajimial Tevy, and I should not want to do that It seems clear that unless the legislature Is convened and the tax law is corrected so as to permit a. levy lor mis year, Multnomah county will nave to stop doing business, we cer tainly cannot issue warrants, as haa been done In the past when the county was wunoui reaay money. Multnomah county pays about, five sixths of Its expenses out of Its receipts from taxes. Its total receipts from other sources. Including licenses and fees, amount to about $45,000 or 160.000 annuany. The annual expenditures. In cltUnav all "county expenditures" as de fined by law already quoted, amount to about 1300,000. w- I .. . M Mli 1VI H f' l?U . - . ' t ; ProBably nu wedding fn - x XsA ' L . XJOSU I lip :'r ft ll bM :- i ' I 1 : 7 r;vr.' w" !h Mill NIK NTfl A .- Of: . . , 10 JACKSON asm No Fair Chance to Bid on Soldiers' Monument Was Given - iSii Revolt on the Isthmus of Panama Regarded as Serious A BROKER FAVORED Wright, Who Furnishes the Granite Shaft, Say Contractors, is Merely v an Agent With no Connection With a Barre Quarry. COLON MAY BE BURNED United States Forces Landed Again To day-Belief Is Strong That Inde pendence Will Be Gained and Canal Made Sure- Would Stop OoTsmment. Without receipts from taxes and with out ' the ability to issue warrants, the county government could not continue for a week. There would be no money for the salaries of any of the county offl- -Clals or employes, for the maintenance of the county roads and brlda-es. for the administration of the courts or for the care of prisoners in the county jail. The receipts rrom licenses and fees are scat' tered through the year., and would not be a drop In the bucket to the county's requirements. The county could do notb ing for the support of the poor, for It would itself be a fit candidate for public cnarity. A Possible Explanation. A man who is very close to the gov ernor says that he believes Gov. Cham berlain will probably call the special session, but that, before he Issues the proclamation convening the members. he will have received a. virtual pledge tnat the legislature will not engage in general stirring up. of legislation. However, It Is also Intimated that the governor could call the session to meet (Continued on Page Two.) LOOKS FOR DEBT OF $632,500 e BOT ACCXTSITD or AZDZira tM THE XOUi-VT 07 AH O. B. Si JT. THAXV XXAB 00SBSTT8 ZA8T EEPTEM beb rzmsT or thb accused to BB ABBAXQBXD. I. .'; . nHlanil ftr.. Nnv. K. W. T . . ,y mah county is: - Warrants .outstanding 1903.- -The present Indebtedness of Multno- uenerai zuna ......... szzz,i7Z.ei Road fund 79,123. 42 ' Total ......$301,296.03 The indebtedness on December 31, 1903, which may easily be es- tlmated now, will be, probably;. General fund ...... .$262,000.00 Boad fund 90,000.00 ' Total 1352,000.00 The probable Indebtedness for 1904, If no extra session of the leg islature 'were held, would be: ' . General fund r. ......$250,000.00 Road fund 60,000.00 Interest general fund warrants v ....... 25,000.00 Interest road fund warrants .t. ......... . 7,500.00 e . interest general iuna warrants v ....... za.uuu.uu 4 Interest road fund warrants .t. ......... . 7,500.00 :-:v ;f: -: -'.-'i..v'?:'1:". ' :'c -.-v-.-v. . , , 1- 1 ', - " Total $342,600.00 1 iotai ........ - ......,....... i .... ..tooi,uuu.uu, ' i' . C.A. BRAXDES, County Auditor. " - ' - - - -'AV ., Charles Hoehn, accused of partivipa tlon In the robbery of a train on the Ore gon Railroad & Navigation company's line near Corbels last September 23, pleaded not guilty before Judge Cleland In the state circuit court this morntet His case was set for trial November 13 The speclflo charge against Hoehn is as sault' with a deadly weapon on O. P. Barrett, engineer of the train held up. It was expected by the prosecution that Hoehn would plead guilty, and his action today created considerable sur prise. After his arrest he made a confession. Today, however, he demanded a trial and requested Judge Cleland to provide him with a lawyer.. Hoehn 1b accused of being one of three men who held up the O. R. & N. train near Corbetts. Guy Harshman, one of the robbers, was wounded by the ex press messenger at the time of the hold up, and Hoehn was later apprehended near Everett, Wash. A. E. Miner, sup posed to be the leader of the gang, is still at large. Hoehn said when arrested that he waa led into the crime hv Miner and that the only part he took in . the hold-up was to scare tne people In the train by discharging . his rifle at fre quent intervals. Miner and Harshroaot he said, did the real work. When arraigned today an information charging him with having assaulted Engineer Barrett with a dangerous weapon, was read by Assistant District Attorney Spenoer. After the train had been stopped Miner, it la alleged, held a pistol at the head of the engineer, and Hoehn, aa an accomplice, id equally guilty in the eyes of the law. The statute provides a penalty of from one .to 10 years; in the penitentiary or irom one to six months in the county Jail or a fine of. from S 50 tfi $200 for assault with a deadly weapon. WEALTHY MAN WILL MARRY HIS CHOICE POLICE A BIG ARREST PROMOTER (Journal Special Service.) -Seattle. Nov. 5. Frank B. Poor, presl dent of the new Citizens Light & Power company, the concern organized two months ago to compete with the nrm 01 the same name headed, by J. W. Cllse, was arrested at 9 o'clock this morning on telegraphic communication from New York. Later a fugitive warrant was sworn out against him by City Detective Lane. Poor Is being held at the police station on this warrant. According to the Information received by. the police. Poor Is under Indictment by a grand Jury in New York on Blx counts, charging him with grand lar ceny. The information receivea by tne police is very meager as to details. New York authorities have been notified of the arrest and a request has been made for further information concerning the charges. Poor is a member of the fa mous family of New York brokers known on the stock exchange for many years. He came to Seattle last summer for the sole purpose of fighting the Citizens Light & Power company. He organ ized a second company under the same name to accomplish the end. Poor, pre vious to coming to Seattle, had been connected with a number of Eastern gas companies as manager and promoter.' It Is said that his operations in Wall street, where he went into business as other members of his family did, were not altogether successful, and when the opportunity to' come to Seattle and enter Into a gas fight here was offered him he at once accepted. Poor was a solicitor for the Seattle Gas & Electric company for a time prior to the time he became president of the Citizens company No. 2. Judge McCafferty says Poor was member of a banking Arm which failed on "Elack Friday." 1901, in now York. Marguam & Trout were his partners. One charge Is taking I9.0Q0 in bonds of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway stocks. The indictments were returned more than a year ago. (Journal Special Service.) New York, Nov. 6. It Is reported that Robert Goelet, Jr., brother of May Goe let, will be married this evening to the daughter of a chophouse-taeeper, CElla Anderson. She is a striking blonde, well educated, but without means. Goelet fell heir to $500,000 in cash, and In two years more comes into full possession of the enormous fortune. - " Total , $842,800.00 Some warrants will be redeemed beore' the end of next year, so thatethe showing at that time probably will be; 4 Total Indebtedness pecember 31, 1904 -General fund ...... ............... , -, -....$475,000.00 Road fund .157,500.00 MACHINERY WORKS LIKE A HUMAN ARM (Journal Special Service.) Los Angeles, ' Nov. 6.' Percy F. Rice, a Tustin youth, has Invented a prac tical device for feeding and delivering paper to and from Job presses, the prin cipal parts being two hollow tubes. with five, fingers each. Jointed like human members and so adjusted that they work with the. same reaching arid retracting movement of the human arm. The de vice makes -It possible for one man to operate six presses at the.' same time, AAAAmm: DYNAMITE FIENDS INFEST SEATTLE (Journal Special Service.) Seattle, Nov.' 6. Facts which prove that a second plot was prepared to blow up the Interurban tracks has Just come to light. ' , ' Nineteen sticks of .dynamite were found under the bridge south of Seattle a week ago. The fuse had been lighted but had gone out. It is believed the same people who left 17 sticks of dyna mite in the company's depot a few days ago are implicated.- The finding of the dynamite under the bridge was with held for fear of hurting' the patronage of the road. PAPAL DELEGATE TO THE ST. LOUIS FAIR (Journal Special Service.) Rome, Nov. 6. Pope Pius today re ceived William Curtis, the representative of the St. Louis exposition, and his holiness informed him he would send a commissioner to the fair 'and it would probably be Martinelll. KESSEHOSB BOYS BTBXXB. (Journal Special Service.) Indianapolis, Ind., Nev. 6. A. D. T. messenger boys here struck at 10 o'clock this morning. The company is employing girls. CHICAGO THREATENED WITH GREAT STRIKE (Journal Special Service.) Chicago, Nov. 5. The first ;of a series of strtkes that may involve 40,000 Chi cago ; woVkmen was inaugurated this morningwhen 1.100 tanners and cur riers struck in the American Hide A Leather company's plant on a demand for $10 per week and 10 houra a day. A second and more serious- movement began 'at - 4 o'clock' this morning', when 2,600 employes of the Chicago City ralw way began balloting on a strike which Is expected will , tie up everyroa4on the south side of 'th"cltyV - ; ; ' . ;'. ; ' :rr:;r:V.T. . Portland. Nov. 3. To the Editor of The Journal: Col. James Jackson comes valiantly to the defense or, Chairman Scott of the monument committee, but Colonel Jackson and Chalrmati Scott. In their labored attempt to defend them selves, utterly fall to explain what Is demanded of them Why were Oregon contractors kept In Ignorance of the pro posals invited, while It Is evident from Colonel Jackson's attempt to explain that other companies doing business In California must hare been advised of the fact. . ' Great stress Is laid en' the peculiar facilities possessed by H. A. Wright to furnish the desired monument. Mr. Wright Is simply a graveyard broker, or tombstone rustler, and has no more connection with a Barre quarry than has Colonel Jackson or Chairman Scott, with fair play or honest endeavor. The ...arble workers and monument builders doing business in Portland are reputable men. They have been en gaged in business for many years, and their standing la such that when a con tract Is accepted by them they have no cause to hunt up a broker and aoak their contracts at usurious rates in order to raise money. They are capable of fiil flllina: every contract tney enter upon, and yet not one of the four firms in the city of Portland received the barest hint that proposals were to be invited for the monument until after an' agreement had been signed, sealed and delivered with a man who has not even an omoe in the city of Portland one wno acts slmnlv as a broker and relies on nis commissions for pay. roar of 16 Toted. Colonel Jackson's statement as to the acceotance of the design for the monu ment is misleading. A majority 01 me general committee never expressed pref ernnna .for the Tliaen-v.oxneaa aeiixn. When the deslcn was accepted there were Just four of the 16 members of the eeneral committee present. Messrs. jaca on. Scott. Gantenbeln and McDonell, and the business on hand was rusneo through with such rapidity that two. of th members, who arrived a few min utes late, were Informed that the adop tlon of the design had been made. Colonel Jackson, In his statement, says Every dealer in Portland had exactly the same opportunity to put in a pro nosal for the granite work that Mr, Wright and others had. The matter was held open for any one who cared to do so to examine the plans and make nrnnnBl for the construction, and the onmmittM would have been pleased to receive their bids for Oregon or other " Rneh a statement from Colonel Jackson is deliberately false; at no time was a Portland contractor given oppor tunity to make a bid. At no time was they Informed that any proposal urn n t A1 Th nnnciim on is rorcea upon ine minds of very many In Oregon that there was no desire on the part of the com mittee to give the award to home con tractors. It would have oeen me means of distributing many thousand dollars among workmen here, but that fact had no influence on the committee. To their minds no one In Oregon was competent to do the work. Home industry made no appeal to them, but when a man comes along whose only office Is under his hat. Indecent haste Is made to give him the contract. The Successful Bidder. It should bo fully understood that Mr. Wright represents no quarry at Barre, Vt He is simply a broker, and out of a score or more of quarry owners In Barre, he does business with the one that proves most advantageous to his bids. Colonel Jackson seeks to give Mr. Schumann a parting shot in his letter published In the Oregonian by saying. was (Continued on Page Two.) ; (Journal Special Bervtce.J' Panama. Nov. i. The situation on the Isthmus this morning Is most .serious. General Torres -commanding the Colom bian troops at Colon, refused to. follow the example of Panama and secede from Colombia, and has threatened to send . troops rrom oion 10 rinami la raae the latter city does not surrender. It is reported Colombian soldiers In Colon have threatened to burn the city and murder all sympathisers in the revolu tion, as well ss American residents. The , latter today appealed for protection ta which lain the Colon harbor. The rejection of the Hay-Herran canal , treaty by the Colombian government Is -responsible for the revolution and the uprising of Panama for independence. T v. Mn.rmAM. ha tiMn .Itunlnff .Inf.. ' the rejection, but the suddenness of the revolt was brought about by the arrival at Colon .of the Colombian gunboat Cartagena' with Gens. Tovar and Amaya and troops. s . During the excitement yesterday blue jackets made barricades of cotton bales . anil frlrht Mrs. It is believed that Panama will secure her Independence and that the isthmian' canal is assured. " - . . wasningron, rov. p. -ine navy ae lowing ststement: "This- government ' landed forces at Colon yesterday evening to protect the lives of Americans resid ing there." The presence of the American cruiser at Colon undoubtedly Is the only excuse to the avoidance of bloodshed., . Should uen. Torres carry out nis inreai ana send troops to Panama they will be com pelled to walk the .distance, as the United States will not allow transports tlon on the railway. - The gunboats Padilla and Chuctto left here today In search for the Colombian ' gunboat Bogota. - BTJSB OBOEBS. Washington, Nov. 5. Admiral Glass and his entire squadron, now at Acul culpo, Mexico, has been ordered by Sec retary Moody to . proceed from Fort Smith to Panama at once for the pro tection of American lives and' property. and for the maintaining of an uninter rupted transit across the Isthmus, The squadron Includes the Wyoming, Marble- head. Concord and Boston. The latter ship Is already on Its way.' .Secretary Hay and Admiral Walker, chairman of the canal commission, held a long con ference with President Roosevelt today. Nothing was made public but ; It is understood Hay and Walker agree that the revolution will result in a great benefit to the states. BXFT7BUC Or rANAKA, Washington, Nov. 5. The - state de partment this afternoon received a for mal notice from the Republic of Panama that a provisional government has been established which is capable of main talnlng order. The notification la signed by three consuls selected by the revolu tionists to conduct the affairs of the new government. Their names are Boyd, Arang and Aras. rOBOBS WXTX9BAWBY Washington, D. C.( Nov. 5. A' dis patch from Commander Hubbard of the Nashville, at Colon, says he has with drawn the forces landed Saturday, and ' that no bloodshed has followed. UK1TJUD STATES ACTIVE. Colon. Nov, 8. 4 p. ro. The United States gunboat Nashville is again pre paring to land - marines here, -as late developments point to great danger to Americans tonight. ' WOULD COMPEL RETURN TO SCRIP Baker City, Or., Nov. 5. To the Editor of The ' Journal. Baker The Packing Trades Council this morning began a conference relative to a general strlkein the stock yards. The stockyards conference ended this afternoon in a compromise by which 1,500 laborers : in the canning depart ments who struck -for an Increase of 3 cents an hour accept 1 cent an hour, and will return towork. .There li a possl- 1 Diniy tnat tne sausage matters find pack ers may come to an agreement before rilgtit. thereby averting the great gen eral strike.1- -- county Is in debt $100,000 principal and Interest. , ' 4 It Is difficult to estimate the effect upon the finances of this 4 county of a failure to levy a tax In January of next year. It will cer- 4 talnly disarrange bur plans and destroy our hopes of An -early ea- cape from, the chains of Indebtedness which have bound us ao long 4 and would Increase our indebtedness about7 $75,000 . more. It would ) cause a" return to the scrip system which Is not at all to be desired. 4 Probably the most serious effect ""would be Upon our schools. Our 4 best teachers would no doubt seek positions where their pay would not be in warrants which they would have to hold for several months- or discount In Order.; to realize cash therefor, '-. It is a condition not 4 at all to' be desired and it Is ta be-hoped that our governor will rsfl a Special1, session of the legislature to remedy the same. , . I4 ' s . A. B. COMBS, JR., County 'AU'lttor. 4