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PORTLAND, OREGON. THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5. 1903.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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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.
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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