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TIIE OKEGdN DAILY JOURNAL . POBTLA2TD, TUESDAY EVENING, JA!NTTJAIiy 12, 19(jV TWO REPORTS TO TAXPAYERS LIKELY SLOT MACHINES r AGAIN RUNNING STEPS TO BUILD MANAGERS' COULD VIOLATE THE LAWS TWO ROUTES FOR THE CELILO CANAL FRATERNAL HALL Liberals Td How . $163,000 Hfeht Be Spent Without Providing for Play GroundsSeat-; tie's Experience with Bonds Discouraging.- Conference of Major Langfitf, Gov. Chamberlain , and StateJ0fficers with 0. R. & N. Officials Discuss Securing Right of Way. . HAY B PITTED WITH MOBBT BUT sctJBT pat nr cxroxs. WHICH MUST SB COBBXDEBXD OOOD TOB TBADB OmtT BETTXB .POB SA- POBT&AKD OBBEBB POBM TEMPO BABY OBQABIZATlbir ABT WILl PlAW A ' BTBVCTUBB TO COST ABOUT S 40,000 .POB ' BBETXBEB Yisrrora the ims paib. IBSPECTOB WHO ' VISITED IBO QXTOZS ; BEPOBB PZBB : SAID , BE HAD OBBEB8 TO ALLOW BTaHS ' TWO BOOK TICKETS BOLD WAS ZOBOBAirr OP LAWS. V. X40BXXEPEB& To place the Portland schools'ln f .a. ' thoroughly habitable and sanitary eon iditlon and to provide for. the natural in- crease Jin. attendance previous to the k opening of the next school year, wowld ; require 163,000, In v the opinion of achool officials who have investigated t the local situation. Those holding these :; views are among the number who favor ' the larger levy for new buildings and additions. ;". -'".' : :- ' The conservative members In the board 1 of education think that a Bum approxl 'xnating $90,000 sufficient for present ' needs. Chairman Wittenberg put the fi gu relit I125.U OOTbuTthis Is said to be Intended as a compromise. The liberals in the matter of school "appropriations say that - they have flg- v red , closely In determining that the following improvements are absolutely necessary: , , Four-room addition to the Clin' . ' ton-Kelly school . 14.000 Four-room add. to the Brook . J lyn school . 14.000 Tour-room building at". East - 28th and East Couch ..,.;, , . 14,000 ; Eight-room addition to the Al ; bina-Central school 25.000 Four-room addition to the Ports mouth school . . . . . .. . . 14.0fc0 Four-room addition to the South r Portland school 14,000 Renovation at Atkinson school..' 30,000 - f-SchooHrite-and S-roora bldgbe- : tween Couch and Chapman schools . . ' 38,000 lAn alternative proposition of 4- . room add. to Couch school, :,. 14,000 An Alternative. There is an alternative proposition, conceded by the people , who ' desire . a large levy. In the erection of a four room addition to the Couch school at a cost of $14,000, instead , of purchasing the site and erecting a new eight-room building between the Couch and Chap man schools. This, however. . they de clare, would be only postponing the in evitable construction of a new building nomewhere in that locality, for the dis tance between the two schools is 25 Mocks and the Intervening section has increased largely in population. "In the first place the Couch school 3s In very poor condition and It would Je a waste of money, to erect any ad dition to It." saia one taxpayer today. "'The grounds are already . pretty well vised up by the school structure and an ST. LOUIS GETS DEMOCRATIC MEET Washington, Jan. 12. St. Louts gets the Democratic convention on the sec- nd ballot The vote was 8 to 81. Chi- cago wanted a refund of the unused 7 DIVORCE BECAUSE HE SMOKED IN BED The cigarette invaded their household and parted Grace Miller from her hus band. '' ; -; ' In her suit for divorce from Fred Mil ler,' which wss filed In the state circuit court today, Mrs. Miller alleges that her husband smoked not only during the day, tout" he also insisted upon using ciga rettes and tobacco in other forms after they had retired. - His habit of smoking TRUSTY FABRICIUS IWKXSKT CAUSED HIS CAPTUBE EZS WHISKEHS GOVE " ABD BE V DEBTXP HIS' XDEBTXTY WITHOUT ATAtt AOAIH LOCKED XT? XV THE COTTHTT JAIL. After a short absence from the county jnlL John C. Fsbrlcius was returned to Sheriff Storey's hostelry again today. Fabrlulus, who was serving a, six months' sentence for robbing a local church last summer, made his escape last Friday morning and this morning he was caught by Patrolman Grlf Rob erts, who found him asleep in a restaur ant at Third and Everett streets. - Although the fugitive had shaved off the luxuriant beard which he grew while io confinement, the officer recognised him at once And took him to the city -jail despite the man's strong protest .that it was a case of mistaken-identity, 'lie was locked up and later was turned over to the county authorities. "I could have been 2,000 miles away," Mid Fabrictus. "If I had tried to leav. 'Eut as soon as I got a drink of whisky It was all off with me and here I am again." On -his person Fabrlcius had a candle, .which is part of the paraphernalia of a house sneak, hut the prisoner told the officers he had had no opoprtunlty to upe it. Fabrlcius is said by the detectives to he nothing but a church thief. When arrested several months ago he .stole a . (tommunion set and other articles. He had but a few days more to serve wheu he made his escape: Me was employed In the jail -office as a trusty., WATER THREATENS SANTIAM BRIDGE ' Word was received that the . Southern FHClfio railroad bridge over the Santiare river in Linn county wss endangered by high water. A pile driver was ordered to the bridge to strengthen its sup- 1 The Santlam" river at this point Is constantly , changing its . .course. The hfid is now 600 feet from the old chan nel and every winter it changes a little more. 1 A steel bridge is to be built across the Santlam this year, ... ro xtbdxboo opebatiob. Mrs. C. J. Fonington of lone. Or., is at SV Vincent's hospital, where she will have n operation performed. She is the wife "f . the O.Jt, & N. company's gcni at. ions - .-.- , , 1 CAUGHT NAPPING addition would take in all , the y play ground ' that' remains." ' V, The Atkinson school renovations, will be made, that is certain, but five of the proposed additions must be left; out. Just which will be. in the list cannot be determined until it comes to a vote. Omitting the new school between the Couch and Chapman buildings would reduce the total to $126,000, but this would hop even 'provide for an addition at the Couch school, now already filled to the capacity. It would' mean also cutting out two more proposed four room additions and reducing a four- room to a two-room addition. Bo Playgrounds Provided For. - in making this list provision for play grounds has-been entirely, ignored. Neither ; are general repairs, considered, as they are provided for under another Item of expense already definitely adopted and Including alterations to the High school, which will cost ,10,000. A few express the opinion that now is also the best time to buy building sites, representing that land will never again be as cheap as at present. ' The general impression is that no special election will be held upon a bonding proposition. The difficulty will be fought out on the lines of a special tax levy, the amount of which , will be determined by a-majority vote at the taxpayers', meeting that Is to be- held next-Thursday. A number-of-lntereated property owners have communicated with the Seattle-authorities, where the bonding plan, was adopted, and the. re plies seemed to be somewhat discourag tng to that plan.' It appears that Seattle is now bonded to 1 about $1,000,000 for schools, and the people find they have overstepped the. limit. ; ') , " - The beard of- education - had another round .with . the new building proposi tion at the regular session held last night, but adjourned ho nearer an under standing than when it convened. Chair man Wittenberg still Insists that It would be sheer folly to consider, any appropriation . of v less than $125,000, while theopposltlon maintain their claims that the smaller sum would be suffi cient. Unless some compromise can be reached two reports will probably be presented for the taxpayers' meeting Thursday, the suggestion of the major ity and a minority report from Chair man Wittenberg, explaining his posi tion. ' portion of the guarantee and the sale of J.000 tickets which caused the decls- ion against her. July is the date fixed for the opening, . cigarettes after he bad gone to 'bed ar( noyed her greatly, and caused her se rious illness. , , 8he also alleges that he refused, to de sist from the habit when she requested him to do so, and told .stories reflecting upon her. m The Millers were married in Portland on November 2$. 1902, And have, one child, about two months old. NEW WAY CHICAGO SIX TXQXrS4BD.EWPX.OTE8 Or CITY AND OOVEBBMEBT BTBIKB BBXXr- " XXAKT IDEA TO GET.TOOETHEB WXLX O&QABTZS A LAND COBPO BATZOB. Chicago, 'Jan. 12. -Six' thousand em ployes of the city and of the United States government located at Chicago have hit upon a plan which will give them all the advantages - of belonging to a labor union without their becoming in fact members of such an organisation. Ten thousand acres of land has been acquired In the state of Chihuahua, Mex ico, and is at the present time held un der an option. This land is proposed as the property of the corporation which is to. be.(formed. Of this corporation, which is ostensibly to be a land-holding organisation, policemen, firemen and postal employes are to be shareholders, and all deliberations of the body are to be held behind closed doors. ' The offi cials recently ordered that city employes must not form a union. 1 ' PATIENT OF 82 OPERATED ON Hans Olson, father of Fred I Olson, clerk of the municipal court, underwent ah operation for the removal of a can cer at, St Vincents hospital. In spite of the patient's advanced use, 82. years, he passed through the ordeal better than many younger men might undergo it. and the latest report from the hospital Is that he will recover. Mr. Olson, who was 82' years of age December 16 last, lives at Port Blakelcy, Wash. For seven years he has suffered with a cancer in his left cheek, lip and nostril. ' The operation was performed by Drs. Louis Buck and .William Jones. BTCST PAT ALZMOBT. In the divorce case of Nellie E. Glutsch against Emil Olutsch, Circuit Judge Sears decided this morning that Glutsch -should pay his wife alimony in the sura of $30 a month. Glutsch. the court, found, earns a salary of $100 a month, and can easily afford to give his wife less than one-third of that sum. In the case of Anna Stearns against Theodore Stearns, the court refused to modify the decree of divorce granted. Under . the . decree- Stearns must con tribute $30 a month for the support of his former wife and 6hi)dren He asked that the sum be reduced, and while his petition was denied, the court informed his attorneys that they might (lie an other application if circumstances de manded it, -i MEN FORM UNION Slot machine men are active today in distributing1' their devices to the sa loons and cigar stores of the city. Sev eral, weeks ago ' the machine men , were arrested and forfeited $2,000 in bail, presumably under ' the impression that that was a license , to gamble for a month. Next day .the money machines were closed.-' Some arrangement . has been made to place them In commission. Chief of 'Police Hunt yesterday gave his men instructions that a machine from which money came pouring out in payment of a winning number, or color should b classed as a money device, but that one- paying In trade checks would -fwt come-under -this head. On this showing Conn, Magoon, Grif fith and Smith are again in the slot ma chine business, conducted on a -. trade basis. ' E. O. Magoon said today; "I am glad we are opening up oh the trade basis. We will not be required to pay a fine in this manner, and the machine men will do better than if they operated cash paying machines and had to , make a monthly donation to th city. I have my machines fixed so that they will pay only checks, and under the ruling of the city attorney and Chief Hunt, it is legal to feed the machines, with coin. - This is better for the saloonkeeper as any winning made must be used in trade, where with a money paying system some of the wlnntngs are carried away. The-blg machines- ar e-now-classed with the., small card devices at the cigar Store." "."''. -';?:,.-':-' : , Councilman ; Albee of the committee appointed to investigate the rumor that Chief of Police Hunt had made a defi nite promise that money slot machines wouldbe allowed ta run under the fine system, and on, the strength of this se cured $2,000 then close them, says that thtf investigation is bringing nothinr to light to substantiate the story. THIS CROWD IS FROM WASHINGTON Among the stockmen who arrived this morning to attend the convention was a happy crowd from Eastern Washington. They were E. E. Elliot, professor of ag riculture at the Washington Agricul tural college and president of the Inland Breeders' Stock association; J. S. Klun gard, of Pullman, Wash., treasurer of the stock association; J. 1 Smith of the Haxelwood Cream company of Spokane; Theodore Reed of Wasco;" delegate at large, and P,. F. Byrnes of Wasco. M. C. Price of Provo said: "If the government would handle the forest re serves so that all could have the-same-beneflts it would be of great advantage. As it is now, in some sections, the big stockmen have the monopoly, and it is a struggle for the little fellows." , P. M. Clegg of Utah said: ,4We don't notice the effects of the meat combine so much as the actions of some of th railroads. Since January 1 the passage of a man back on a shipment of two or three car loads of stock, as has been cus tomary before, has not been allowed without additional, charge. Freight rates are getting steeper. This may not be universal, but we are beginning to; feel it in our section not a little." NOW THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT "We cattlemen up in the Payette country do not amount to anything now," laughingly, remarked Capt, H Irwin of Payette, Idaho, when he was asked how the cattle Industry in his section was thriving. "Twelve or, IS years ago," 'resumed the captain, "It was nothing unusual for myself and my neighbors to round up 16,000 to 20,000 cattle in the Weiser country, but now we have only small bunches. I my. self have only 600 or 600. How do I account for the decrease? . The sheep men ran us out. They are the people: and we have' to take a back seat Still we are not losing any money. . "We have found that one small un dertaking well managed is worth more than a great one. that cannot be care fully! looked after. We do not have to risk tne loss of $10,000 or $16,000 for hay every year without the certainty of a return, for now we know Just where we stand and can tell what revenue we will reap from the Investment" HOG PRODUCT IS NOW EXHAUSTED One of ; the leading stockmen who came from The Dalles is W. B. Kirk. Mr. Kirk says that the hog product has been shipped out and that fat cattle are scarce in his section.1 At The Dalles W. B. Ketchum is feeding 2,300 head of sheep. . MONTHLY TRIBUTE OF POKER GAMES The gamblers of Portland continue to pour their monthly tribute into the, city coffers, and today $60 were added to the collections of the month, -none of the de fendants appearing to fight 'the cases. The poker game proprietors who each forfeited $20 are M. H. Egglestein, L. B. Jones and Theodore Limbeck. ACCUSED OP BOBBEBT. Daniel . Jackson and William Harris, alias "Bad Eye" (colored), who are ac cused of .having assaulted and robbed William Willis in bis cabin, one mile north of the city limits, are being tried before Circuit Judge Sears today. Both pleaded not guilty. Raymond Jackson, who was "jointly indicted with them, pleaded guilty to the charge yesterday afternoon. lie said the three had held up Willis in his cabin, hit him with a club, taken $' from him, and threat ened to burn- his. house. AB HOUTEK'S TBZAL JABTJABT B8. David O. Van Houten, the murderer of Al Young, was arraigned before Pre siding Judge Cletand of the state circuit court this morning, and had his trial set for January 28. In the courtroom Vain Houten appeared to be calm and col lected, and on thai way. to and from tho county Jail he appeared to be in an easy state of mind and laughed and Joked with the sheriff's officers. Van Houten pleaded, not guilty yesterday. " . The fraternal orders of Portland held a meeting: for the purpose of erecting a fraternal building at the Lewis and Clark fair ; yesterday ; afternoon at 3 o'clock. .: H. W. Goode, director-general of the exposition addressed the meeting. He stated that the Louisiana Purchase exposition will have a building costing $200,000 but It is not the idea to pay so much for Portland. One costing be tween $36,000 and $40,000 will be all that is required. Mr. Goode said that as the corporation has otily chosen locations for . the main building and there are many good sites, a choice- of which would be given the fraternal building thout charge. -' ,. All present at the meeting were enthu siastic over the building. One plan . of raising the necessary money that ' met the approbation, of all present was that Souvenir certificates be sold for a small sum. giving the purchaser the privilege of the building during the fair, t.Tha different; orders are expected -to raise money according to their membership rolls, The following temporary officers were elected: P. A. MacPherson, grand president of the Order of Lions, was elected tempo rary chairman . and J. W.' Thompson, temporary secretary. Committees were appointed to devise ways and means, numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4, comprised as fol lows: Dr. W. k Manion, H. L. Day and Mrs. Robert Lutke. . 1 Robert Q. Morrow, Sam Kafke and F. B. Tischner. Edward Werleln, Mrs. Dave Houston and Ogllsby Young. - .) Dr, C. F. Candianl, J. L. Mitchell and Mrs. 8.' -'A. Haines". , f These committees are each to submit a written separate report at the meeting to be held January 26, at S o'clock, at the same halL. - The orders represented at the meet ing by committees of three are: Royal Arcanum, Modern Woodmen of America, ' Cristof oro " Colombo society,' Foresters of America. Ladies of the Mac cabees, ' Royal Neighbors of - America; I. O. O. F. Rebekahs. Order of the East ern Star, Woman's Relief Corps. Broth erhood of American Yeomen, Order of Washington, Fraternal Brotherhood. B. P. O .Elks. Mazzlnl Benevolent society, Knights of the Maccabees, Ancient Or der of United Workmen, Ancient Order United Druids, Modern Brotherhood of America, Knights and Ladles of Secur ity, Knights and Ladles of Honor. Wood men of the World. United Artisans, Or der of Lions. LIABLE FOR PAR . ) VALUE OF STOCKS After four years of litigation William Macbeth, as trustee in bankruptcy of the firm of J. C. Kauptsch & Co., against M. C. Banfield and Thomas Rand, won a victory over his opponents. Circuit Judge Sears deciding this morning that he was entitled to the ful) amount sued for, which Is about $8,900, the value of the stock Issued by. Kaupisch. Kaup lsch owned a creamery in Portland five years ago. He sold a great deal of stock below par value. - Banfield, who Is .an ex-president of the port of Port land - commission, and Rand, who was then his business partner, each sub scribed for $5,000 worth of stock at its actual value of 60 cents on the dollar. When the firm failed the creditors tried to collect their claims from the sub scribers, and Attorney George W. Jo seph, acting for Macbeth, has had the ease constantly before the court; He held that Banfield and Rand were liable for the difference between the actual and the real value of the stock, and that they should pay the difference. N. H. Bloomfield and W. A. Mulr, at torneys for Banfield and Rand, con tended that their clients were not 11a. ble for the difference unless It had been proved that the stock had been "watered" and fraud perpetrated, and there was no evidence of .fraud. Judge Sears accepted Mr. Joseph's argument and decided that a subscriber of stock at Its actual value was liable for Its par value. THEY SHOULD HAVE ; REGARDED WARNINGS plstrlct Forecaster Beals Is rather Inclined to criticise the commander or owners of the Ill-fated steamer Clallam for taking her out into the storm after they had been given ample warning before the vessel sailed. Mr. Beals states that storm warnings were ordered at 7:15 in the morning and the steamer did not leave her dock until 8:30. Warning signals were also flying at Port Townsend when the steamer passed there.' - ..- Mr. Beals says the , wreck reminds him of a similar case which occurred off the . Atlantic coast five years ago. After warnings had been displayed by the weather bureau the steamer Port land sailed from Boston on November 27, 1898. for Portland, Me., and a few hours later the vessel was wrecked. One hundred and twenty-five lives were Jost SAT BODILY IN STATE DELEGATIONS When the Joint session of the Live. stock and Woolgrowers' conventions opened at. the Baker theatre this morn ing, the delegates were greeted with a convenient arrangement Placards were placedshowing .the locations of the sev eral delegations by states. The placards were: Wyoming. Minne sota, Oklahoma, Indiana, West Virginia, Wisconsin, New Mexico, New York, Ne braska, Colorado, South Dakota, Mon tana, Arizona, Oregon, . Idaho,' Kansas, Illinois, Indian Territory, Texas, Cali fornia.' Washington. Utah, ' Missouri, Nevada and Massachusetts. . The decorations at the Baker in honor of the delegates were supplemented this morning by the 'national colors. The pillars supporting the gallery were en twined with the stars and stripes and flags hung in graceful festoons from the railings and boxes. WOOD BABOE. SUVX. , While loaded with cordwood and in tow of the steamer "Annie Comings, a barge belonging to F, W.! Leadbette,r struck a rock, near La Camas yesterday afternoon, and ; was sunk. ' : The, barge was later , raised and brought to the Portland shipyards, where it will be re paired. Most of ths wood was saved. v" '.'..-i s.--. .: . t i5vv.:; ( , Chicago, Jan. 12. -The - Iroquois in quest this morning brought out wit nesses whose testimony has t been awaited, with Interest since the fire. William Curran, the building inspector, whq visited the theatre a short time be fore the fire, has been an inspector for 18 years. He said former Chief Inspec tor Barry gave him instructions to per mit the . theatres to violate the ordi nance regarding ' overcrowding. Barry died last year. Curran received no in structions from any one else, but Un derstood that the theatre could . sell standing room. The coroner aWked Curran if he was still traveling on a dead man's orders,, to which tho latl replied yes, as he had no other instruc tions. - He said Barry's successor told him to prevent the standing in , the aisles, but he' had no orders, to prevent the sale of standing" room or overcrowd ing. He further admitted that he didn't know what the laws regarding building inspections called for, as he never read the instructions, rjie admitted he didn't know who was in charge of the atre Inspection and never had,- made a report of the theatres inspected by him. To his knowledge no one-hss ever been assigned to inspect the theatres and he "went' whenever he pleased. .'He be lieved the theatre managers had a Tight to refuse the inspector admission to the house and didn't believe the inspectors had the rlsrht of forcible entrv for an Inspection. Whenasked howhe gained entrance he said 'Barry gave him au thority. ' DIRECT PRIMARY LEAGUE ORGANIZES A permanent organisation of the Di rect Primary League was effected this afternoon with the following officers: - 1 A. L. Mills, president: George Orton, vice-president; W. 8. ITRren, secretary and F.McKercher, treasurer. The purpose of the Direct Primary league is to effect a radical change in the method of nominating all public of ficials. It proposes to invoke the In itiative to place before the voters of Oregon a primary nominations law, which shall do away entirely with nom inating conventions and shall make it possible for candidates for office to be nominated from United States senator down to constable. ' In order to submit the proposed law to the people, a petition invoking the in itiative must be prepared and signed by 8 per cent of the qualified voters of the state. This ' petition, . together ' with a copy of the proposed law, must then be filed wlththe secretaryjtJtateanA4he measure will then go before the voters for approval or rejection, at the next general election. It is the purpose of the members of the Direct Primary league to submit the primary nomina tions law at the general election next June, - , WIFE TESTIFIES IN MILLER CASE The only witness examined today in the case against A. J. Miller, . accused of assault with intent to kill Edward F. Strack, was Mrsv Miller, the wife of tne oeiendant in reply to questions by the attorneys and by Circuit Judge Fraser, Mrs. Miller denied that she had used any profane language to Strack, or that she had urged her husband to kill him, ;When her testimony was com pleted, Edward Mendenhall, attorney for Miller, made the opening argument for the defense. District Attorney Manning will make the final argument late this afternoon and the case, will be submit ted to the jury. '': Miller testified in his own behalf yes terday afternoon. He denied that his wife had urged him to shoot Strack, or had used any profane language. Miller said that Strack struck him with out provocation, severely injured his jawbone and chased him into the house. When he went out again Strack started toward him. and he fired a shot at the ground to frighten him away. He de clared that he had no intention of shoot ing Strack. Ex-County Commissioner Steele, L. Mayer, and several other citlsens testi fied that Miller's reputation as a peace able man is very good. WOODMEN TO INSTALL OFFICERS TONIGHT Officers for the George Washington camp 261, W. O. W.. will be Installed to night at the Woodmen's hall. Tenth and Washington streets. All Woodmen are Invited to attend. An interesting pro gram has been arranged snd an enjoy able evening may be expected by all who attend. After the exercises re freshments will be served. The officers to be Installed are: Consul commander, H. A. Frederick; advisor-lieutenant, R. E. Rassmussen; clerk, H. L. Day; banker, I. F. Welnland; escort, U. Hoch feld; watchman. James Robertson; sentry. II. ,W. Kasselbaum; managers, E. H. Beery. Dr. W. O. Manion and R. J, Collins. .,, XABZBB BOTXS. Table Bay, Jan. 11. Arrived prior to date British bark Australia, from Portland.- Yokohama. Jan. 12. Arrived, ' Decem ber 16 Austrian steamer Kobe, from Portland., , , Hongkong, Jan. 9. Arrived British steamer Indravelii, from, Portland.- San - Francisco, Jan. 12. Sailed Schooner E. B. Jackson, for ' Portland. No date Spokane off Cape Horn French bark La Fontaine, from Antwerp for Portland. Redondo, Jan. 11. Sailed Schooners Commerce Snd Irene, for Portland; Astoria, Jan. 11. Arrived at 4 and left up at 8:30 p. m. Steamer Preptiss, from San Francisco. . - Astoria, Jan. 12. Condition of the bar at S a. m., obscured; wind, south; weather, foggy, dense. ' v SAIOOB OZiOSBO. Tjie Office saloon in Washington street has been sold and the Headquarters sa loon on Fourth and Alder is closed pend ing, it is said, ait adjustment of difficul ties between members of the firm of En yart and Talbott ' About six months Sgrt W. I,; Enyart, a man of wealth and J. W.1 Talbott. a. man of experience in the 'salfwm business., formed'" a partner ship., They operated ths Office and ths Headquarters saloons, y Governor Chamberlain, Secretary of State. Dunbar. Statla Treasurer Myore, Major Langfltt of the government engi neer corps, President Mohler of the Ore gon Railroad & Navigation company and W. W. Cotton, attorney for the road, re in -conference this afternoon over the proposed route of the Celilo canal as it affect the railroad's right of way. The conference ' is being held in Presi dent Mohler's office, and the object is to obtain from the railroad the necessary concessions - so that negotiations may be consummated by the state with other .terl"erjLwliflge--prQperly will, be, required..! -.The route of the. canal, as first planned by the government engineers, encroached at several points upon the railroad's right of way, though nowhere crossing its tracks; The plan was not submitted to the railroad officials until this after noon, but In order to provide for possi ble objection. Major Langfltt prepared a second plan, reducing, these encroach ments to a minimum. One of the most Important modifications1 consisted in moving the waterway 100 feet nearer the river, at Five Mile rapids, where as or iginally designed",; it approached within a few feet of the railroad tracks. " ' Major. Latigtltt prefers to adhere to the first plan, but in case of objections from the railroad he Is willing to make the INTERPRETATION OF r RIBBONS AND THINGS "What's all those ribbons mean?" in quired, the clerk at the cigar stand, as he reached over the counter and deftly ex tracted a St. Joseph badge, from; the re porter's "coat. ,: v'.. "'. "These?" wss the questioning answer of ' the newspaper man as - he watched with sorrow the departure of one of his souvenirs. "These are livestock creden tials. I'll explain 'em.- . "This handsome metal bandge, with the coat of arms of Oregon on it and the inscription, 'Seventh ' Annual Meeting, National Livestock association, Portland, Or., January, 1904, is the official guest's badge. This red ribbon with the gold letters means reception committee. This ENGINEER NEWELL ; ILL IN HIS HOTEL eweirTih1efngtneer of-th reclamation service of the geologtcal survey, is confined In his room at the Hotel Portland on account of sickness, and Is unable to see any one.- He was attacked this morning with severe pains and has been in bed most of the day. His condition, however, is not consid ered serious. Mr. Newell, tdgether'wlth Glfford Pinchot chief , forester of the department of agriculture, was appointed by the president to Investigate the con- VALUES HAT AND ; DIGNITY AT $1,000 V Whether Richard' Tunk suffered per sonal damages to the extent of 11,000 from an assault or whether he suffered personal indignity to the extent of a like sum from the crushing of his hat by W. B. Honeyman, are two questions which a Jury in Judge. George's depart ment of the state circuit court, will be called upon to decide today. Honeyman, sn old-time foundryman. . formerly owned : the foundry on the southwest corner of Front and Columbia streets. The foundry passed into the hands of Tunk, and Honeyman went into it to claim a bench. It was refused him and he tried to take it by force. He was- ejected, but returned with his son, Ben Honeyman, and several others, who put Tunk to flight and obtained the bench. Tunk asserts that Honeyman assaulted him and stepped upon his hat . Ths opening arguments were made be fore Judge George this morning by W. M. Gregory for Tunk, and by ex-County Judge J. C. Moreland and,. Municipal Judge H. W. Hogue for Honeyman. "It is a big Joke, although no one seems to apreclate it," said Attorney Hogue. . ATTORNEYS OBJECT TO CLIENT'S HANGING ' ' (Journal Special Service.) ' Salem,. Jan. 12. Captain Sam White of Baker City was here today oppos ing the attorney for Pleasant Arm strong in the supreme, court- Arm strong's attorneys made an application to the supreme court for a certificate of probable cause to. stay the execution of Armstrong. , The appeal is from the order of the circuit court, fixing the date of the execution on January, 22. The defendant's counsel object to the execu tion of Armstrong by i the sheriff of Baker county for the reason that the law under which the death warrant was Issued has been repealed. He. also ob jects to Armstrong's execution by the warden of the penitentiary under the new law, claiming that the same is an ex-post facto, and urges that he cannot be executed at all. . , THEATRICAL TOUR COMES TO AN END (Journal Special Service.) . " i The Dalles, Or., Jan. 12. Last night Frank 'E. Simons, who Is proprietor of the. Edison Novelty & Specialty com pany, gave a' splendid entertainment at the Vogt theatre. Mr. Simons is here In his private car en route to Portland, where' the company will lay oft two weeks, prior to taking up his routo again, which' was brought to a tem porary clos because of an accident at Union, Or., ; where his car was badly damaged, and some of his performers more or less Injured. Mr. Simons is ono of the Brothers Simons, now . building a vaudeville theatre at Fourth and Stark streets, Portland, This . ' theatre Will compose the northwest link to the chain of vaudeville houses comprising the as sociation of . vaudeville managers' ' cir cuit, controlling theatres from coast to coast - The-Company - wilt play her again tonlght.Ven route to Portland. . A terrible death occurred bore yester- concessions embodied in the second plan. The expense involved , in the changes would not; be : great. -'.Whether these modifications of the original route will be necessary depends largely upon the future plans of the railroad company.. With the change of route at Five Mile rapids it is thought that the . Oregon Railroad & Navigation company can make no serious objections to- the plans prepared by the government engineers. The canal will infringe so slightly upon the railroad property that it is believed, by the state's representatives . that . the company cannot' make. ny heavy de mands for damages. If this expectation Is reullzedthe grealesCdlfficuiry in- ths way of procuring the right of way for the canal will havebeen overcome, for the negotiations with the other owners of4 property , that will be required are likely to be comparatively easy. . United States engineers are busy pre paring specifications .for" the improve ment of the Columbia river In the vicln-. ity of Three Mile rapids,; The improve ment 'Will be the first step taken to ward the building of the Celtlo canal, and will consist principally 'in removing rocks and other obstructions from the Channel.. - t , : The work is to be let by contract and bids, will probably be asked for, some time ilext month, . : ' ; yellow one which resembles a cigar rib bon, shows I'm from Oregon. That little felt hat and the rabbit's foot, you took from me is 'compliments of the 8t Jo seph Stockyards, company.' This round button with the sheep, mules, horses snd cows on it is a souvenir of the, Kansas City stockyards, and this blue ribbon 1 the press badge. This other blue ribbon with the picture of Shoshone falls on it, means "member of tho Idaho delegation.' This big yellow badge is Washington State Livestock association. This white : ribbon printed in red is Utah. This" , "Tell me the rest tomorrow.'' , inter rupted, the cigar man, "arid in the mean time, you had better get a dray to carry your stuff." ; v ions relative their department In the West They are present at the Wool growers' and Livestock conventions '-to gather Ideas from the delegates. A delegation of sheepmen were , to have waited on Engineer Newell this morning to discuss their interests with him and the effect Of the reclamation of the land, but nothing of Importance was done owing to Mr. Newell's illness The stockmen interested will meet Mr. N( ell tomorrow or the day after. day morning, when a young man named Carl Sperinlng. aged 17 years, choked to death from whooping cough. The t tendlng physician, however, is of tho opinion that a tlood vessel was ruptured In the brain, as a result of a hard spell of coughing. The father of the boy was working in Minnesota, and the mother worked out by the day, as 'the family were in straightened circumstances. The father, Mr. Demetrius Spenning. is a member - of the Modern Woodmen of America, and the local lodge took tht matter in hand and kindly assisted the family. The funeral 'occurred ' today from Crandall & Burget'a undertaking parlors. . Tined for Mistake. Fred Heckler, of Wapanitia wail brought before Justice So huts yester day for having killed an elk about a month ago back In the mountains. Th boy had mistaken the elk for a bear, and as the justice was satisfied he told the truth, let him off with a ZoQ fine. Chosen as Teacher. Miss Martha Whealdon of this city has been chosen as critic teacher for the Monmouth' Normal school. She has accepted the position and will leave for Monmouth the latter part of this week. ':' B"nr Baseball Club.'1' N. Whealdon's office will be the scene of the oriranizatlon of "the first baseball club" of The Dalles tonight. Mr. Wheal don was a member of the recent session of the Oregon Legislature." x . Ths Dalles Briefs. Timothy Brownhtll, a local real estato man, went to Grass Valley yesterday on a business trip. Miss Clara Nlckclsen left yesterday on her way to visit relatives at Alameda, Cal. She Will be away a month. The Dalles is. getting more than her share of rain, but it is most welcome, al though a bit ,of mud is the result . . DECLARES RANCHMEN ARE FRIGHTENED "Many farmers and ranchmen , when they hear that word 'trusts' are fright ened," remarked Frank E. Moore, editor of the Chicago Drovers' Journal, "Be cause the packers are organized, they are down upon them for the same rca- 1 son. The packer contends that an inde pendent packing establishment would not be a success for the reason that the stock industry is too diversified in this country. . "Before the packing Industry reached its present stage of perfection many of the by. products of sheep,' hogs and cat tle went to waste. Nowadays every par ticle almost is used, and this has a tendj ency to lower thr price of meat." : Mr. Moore says It is the opinion of the packers that the independent concern is impracticable, and it will require . a large sum of money for-new establish ments to gain a foothold. TASBTCOB DICTATES. .. The close-fitting turban, the toque and the round hat shape are accepted models for general wear. ,, An -exceptionally smart example of military modes is a costume of army blue serge trimmed with black braid and brass buttons. , A touch of gold in the decoration of an all-black gown Is effective.. Black slbellne, with fibre braid, makes a stylish blouse. ...... Fancy buttons of bone or horn in color to match the coat are worn. High girdles are shown on street and) house costumes. : The. old-fashioned Yuctia- Js pretty at the neck and throat , x -'