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TOH STBEET. Mir P01EREXPL0S oris OR ROUND DANCES ' Orders issued from police headquar ters this morning are to the effect that the maccjuereau must either go to work or leave the city. Chief 'of, Police Hunt this morning In structed the officers of the day detail that such parasites are "to be driven from the city. He' ordered them to re port to him -what evidence they could collect, and that warrants would be issued, ' , - 'Thepe men who live' off the earnings of women," said the chief in addressing his snufc.l of men, "must be given at-, tention. There are a great many of them especially in. the north end, but there -are-rtofr-arfew-nlong First etreetaiouth. I want you to watch them, and as soon as possible let me know what evidence yo'u ' can collect against them. After you do so I shall seethafwarranta are Issued, for their arrest 1 "These-fellows hang about saloons and other resorts and do nothing. - w1 1 ? i hey WILL COLLECT TWO - According to the tax roll as compiled ty County Clerk Fields. $1.985,S24.84tt will be collected In taxes In Multnomah county this year.. The amount is an in crease of $286,007.17 over the total collection of last year. Last year the port of Portland fund was $71,118.15, but this year there is n allowance of $188,968.81. The Increase Is $67,862.16, which is to be used to . build a new dry dock. BIG MOTOR WAGONS TO HANDLE TRAFFIC 1 "We will begin work on the Columbia Southern extension' In about a month, perhaps sooner,", -said President Lytle this -morning.- In speaking of the way the work would be managed the presi dent said: : ?Wa will. not. employ a railroad,, con tractor but 'will do the work ourselves. , We , employ a competent engineer and will; hire men as, we need them. There are plenty of Idle men In Portland I un derstand. We have not yet determined where we will purchase the material and many thing remain to be decided before the actual work of construction begins. , "We are considering the Installation of a line of heavy motor wagons f dr freight 'and passenger,, traffic between Bertd, the new terminus of our line, and Burns, - This line is yet merely In pros pect, and wilt-not be started, if at all be fore the completion of our extension. probably six months or more yet, but we- have the plan under advisement. "The roads are good and the country not especially rough and 'there Is consid erable business In the country southof .. enu,t Business wmiu Bt present no kq travel by stage and mule train, and which at a slight expense we could han dle In a fifth of the time it takes at present."' : ; ROUGHS CREATE A RIOT ABOARD BOAT Ban Francisco, Feb. Z. Ar riot "broke out on the deck. of the river steamer St. Helena, 'plying on the Napa river, which left here yesterday ostensibly on an ex . rursion, but really for the purpose of al lowing gamblers to work suckers. The fcoat jwas jphartered by a man named 'Kennedy. As soon as the vessel left the wharf at San Francisco, he brought out gambling devices and commenced to so licit among passengers. A number of women and children wera on board. The croWd of men grew boisterous and fights were frequent. - - Finally the vessel went aground on a mud bank and It was said by the captain that - she would be delayed several hours. The trouble then came, Roughs Insulted women and Captain Beringer and his crew made up their minds to in terfere. They gathered their forces and swooped down on the ring-leaders and for 16 minutes a hand-to-hand fight en sued on the decks. Two roughs were knocked out and two placed In irons and peace was restored until the city was reached. "BIG JIM" DRIVES HIMSELF TO JAIL "Big Jim," a hack driver, who for years has called the attention of Union depot travelers to the beauties of riding in his conveyance, took a $10 ride this morning under the guidance of Officer Wilson. What was especially displeas Ing to the veteran hackman was the fact that he had to drive Just the same as though he were conducting a $2 fare. , "Big Jim" made a bold stand for free dom this morning and refused to move on when ordered to do so by Wilson. He remarked that this Is a free country; 1 1. t . .. , T , J . , . , . . . ? mat iie wyum uuiu uuwn me euro 1 ne wanted to. and made various other inde pendent suggestions io the patrolman. The result was that Jim ascended his seat and, with the officer as a fare, drove to the police station, where a ball of $10 was deposited before he could take his team and rejoin his. companions. In parting from the officer the driver vowed vengeance and intimated that somebody's Job would be hunting an owjier before many days.. , HOTIOB TO MABIHEBS. The following affects the list of bea cons and buoys, Pacific coust, 1903: Washington Willapa tiay entrance, , page 69. Inner buoy, a PS. first class nun, reported adrift January 18, was re placed January 29. Grays harbor entrance, page 73. Trustee spit buoy No. 0, a red first class tun, feported adrift January 28, was re placed January 30. C. O. CALKINS, Commander, U. 8. N., ' Lighthouse Inspector, AS BASEBAU. BBUSOATB. Salem, Or., Feb, 2. The local base tali rluh last night met and elected President 11- K OUnger as delegate to the Oregon Baseball league, vice P. H. Proat, who formerly represented the lo , ral rluh, but has leen chosen president ct the kague fpr this year ,.;-, are' a disgrace and a menace to the cltv and I want the officers to round' them up and drive them -from the - city. "I also want you. to advertise this f,act well about the parts of the city wnere mese jenuws congregate, lor as soon as they learn tliat we mean busi ness many of them will leave before we get a chance to serve warrants on them, The city will be well rid of their presence". 'v ,::.vv ' v: "How about those who work , In gambling houses?" Inquired Patrolman John Qulnton, "Well, I suppose that they cannot be heui ror vagrancy " replied the chief. "because they ara ot Jiving entirely off me earnings or women If they are en gaged in gambling. , But I want evi dence presentod to me first and I shall decide what course to take. I will see about getting the warrants.' Do not Dnng tneee reuows in without war- j rants." MILLION IN TAXES This year the state school fund con tains -$381,871.10, which is an Increase or $138,739.72? "The Increase la to pro vide for-an: appropriation to the Lewis and Clark fair. i. in scnooi antrici wo. 1, there Is a noticeable Increase over last year to pro vide funds for the renovation of the city schools. This year the fund Is $299, (28.21, while last year It was only $198, 667.19. CATTLE ARE DYING BY THE THOUSAND Salinas, Cal., Feb. 2. Prominent cat tlemen say 'that unless the government can raise the quarantine for cattle In the southern part of this state, millions will be lost by the death of stock. Al ready stock interests have suffered Xo the extent of thousands of dollars and if rain does not come soon; one of the worst seasons for California Pacific coast cattle raisers will be experienced. At one time the quarantine lines of the national government took in all of California Gradually -as the Texas fever had been stamped out. the limit of quarantine has been moved southward and. now the northern counties, gen erally, are exempt from quarantine. In the north the greater share of rain of this exceptionally dry winter has fallen. In the south where the quarantine Is still effective there !s great need for some remedial measures. The , quar antine Is 'rigorous In the counties of San Luis Obispo, fianta Barbara, Ven tura, Ban uernardino,. Orange, Rlversldt ana Ban Diego. In the counties of Mer ced, Madera, Fresno, Tulare and Mon terey, cattle are freely moved after i special inspection which is a relaxation of former regulations. Like indulgence In the face of imminent heavy losses Is sougnt ror the other counties mentioned. Governor Pardee and the state veter inarian are trying to have some measure or relief adopted. The situation Is very critical. Millions of San Francisco cbd- Ital depend on the outcome of the next rortnignt. Miller and Lux and John C, Kirkpatrtck, manager of the Palace hotel, have reports and say the emer gency is pressing. U S. TRANSPORT DIX -SAILS FOR PORTLAND Capt Jesse M. Baker, local disburs ing quartermaster, is in receim of telegram rrom Ban Francisco stating that the transport DIx will sail from there today for Portland. She will take on 4,820 terns of oats here, supplied "by Kerr, Gilford A Co., and Albers' Bros. It is not yet definitely known whether tns transport will proceed " f rom ' Port land to Puget sound to receive addi tional shipments of forage, or return to San Francisco. The main portion of ner cargo is to ne procured at the latter place. She is also to take from there a number or horses and mules. As a part of the orders for feed was awarded to Tacoma firms it Is believed to be quite probable that the Dix will go up there before returning to San Francisco to completa the cargo. The exact movements which have been mapped out for her are not known lo cally. NEW UNIFORMS TO BE ORDERED To ask for bids for the suDnlvlna- of the men of the Oregon National guard with olive drab uniforms, was the au- tnority given Brig. Gen. William El j-mxer, quartermaster general, by the state military board last evening. There are about 1,200 soldiers to be summed and at -least 1,300 uniforms will be re quired. The new service uniforms will be se cured as soon as possible and will be constructed according to the latest pat tern adopted by the United States reg ular army. Including the new style chevron. White Instead of robin's eir blue will be the facing for the Infantry, as the United States army has found mat the old time white is preferable. The Infantry officers of the auard will be obliged to change the facings on thel unirorms, with the exception of the field in the shoulder straps, which will re main blue. CBIS1S HEAR. AT HAHD. Berlin. Feb. 2. Schlessiche Zeituna. the conservative newspaper, asserts to day that war between Russia and Japan is certain, ana tne outDreak is imminent. The paper adds that at the recent coun cil, where the Csar presided, orders were Issued to stop trafflo on the trans-Siber ian railroad rrom Moscow eastward, and save Its trains for military use. Goods awaiting dispatch at Moscow were re turned to senders. The paper states that these facts created excitement at St Petersburg. Because of tha Zeltung's high reputation for veracity, ' business Circles in Berlin ars alarmed. The for eign office has no notice of the crisis. The state railway managers say they received no Intimation of stoppage of the trains In the Siberian trafflo . Ths proposition of licensing the opera tion of a "dancing academy" and saloon in conjunction is up before the city council liquor license committee. W. F. Gelsler, proprietor of the famous Owl saloon on North Third street made the application yesterday afternoon. . "All I want is the privilege for a quiet, little round dance," he explained, "for there are many who do not dance well enough to go to the swell turnouts and these people would .be glad to come to my academy." "You simply mean that you want round dancing in your saloon. Is not that the case?" inquired Councilman Flegel. .. "There will be no noise," Interrupted Mr.- Gelsler; without committing him self to an answer.' "A whole houseful of people could dance and you would hardly notice it." The committee didn't see their way clear to allow dancing under such a dan. even in view of Mr. Gelsler's offer to pay any sum of money in reason for that extra privilege. Bob Patterson, who became famous through the, notorious Favorite saloon, at Fourth and Couch streets, also ex ploited a new Business. He wanted a permit for a restaurant, or rather, he wanted permission to dispose of - liquor in a restaurant. "I don't want to chase around the block after, a glass of beer or Dome or wine," hd insisted. The mem bers of the committee smiled, but Mr, Patterson failed to see any humor In the point and grew hot under the collar, 'Well, why don't you people Investi gate me," he yelled. "Here you have been after me for years, and for the last la months you were going' to In vestigate me. You never did and I sup pose you- will go another 18 months without doing so. I guess you have got it in ror me." Mr. Flegel assured the sneaker that the committee didn't "have it in for him," and that he would make It a point to go down in a day or two and investi gate things. Mr. Patterson also pointedly wanted to know why the committee had closed up certain saloons and then granted a license at the same places to the bar tenders. This went beyond the com mittee, and Mr. Flegel expressed a de sire to knoV why the Infamous Paris House saloon was running again, when the petition fpr renewal of its license had been rejected. i "This is a particularly obnoxious case to me; he Insisted, "and there is a standing rule, which applies to this committee with particular force, that no license shall be granted except at a full committee session.. In some cases it is all right to sign these petitions outside of a regular meeting, but not In such a case as this. "The petition was signed by, thWe ! members of. the committee," explained Clerk Lotan. Then Mr. Flegel inquired heatedly: "By whom and where? The petition was never signed at any meet ing which I attended, and to tell the truth I do not like It." J . It developed that the permit tjad been granted conditionally for three months, but the lice-ie can be revoked at any time. The Paris House property was for merly the Breyman building. -. "It was street corner meeting,, said Mr. Flegel. "at which the license was renewed. Three of the five members signed the permit granted to' Eugene mazier to run tne Paris House -saloon, Air. Zimmerman and I did not sign. Men do things outside which they would not do in the committee room. Accord ing to council rule these permits must oe signed in regular meeting. CHURCH MORTGAGE BURNS THIS NIGHT The First English Evangelical church, at East Sixths and Market streets, -is uuw xree irom aeot, ana tne congrega Hon will celebrate the event this even, ing by the burning of the mortgage on the church and manse, which originally amounted to i,sou. Through the efforts of the present pastor, Rev. G. W. Plumer, the lifting of the mortgage Is largely due. The program "will Include tne following: scripture lesson. Rev. E. G. Eaton: prayer. Rev. A. A. Engelbart: historical saeicn. Kev. N. Shupp; memorial, letters or talks rrom rormer pastors, Rev. Mr. numer in Charge; "Our Mission." Rev. J. E. Smith; "Our Prospects," Rev. P. X Green; solo, F. C. Strey.ffler; "Our Ven ture for the Future," Rev. F. M. Fisher: "Our Relations to the General Public." Mrs. Ella Hadley; prayer. J. H. Snaar: nu several musical selections. WOMAN CHIEF OF SALVATIONISTS HERE Mrs. Catherine Higglns. a colonel in tne salvation Army, who, with her hus band, is second In command of ths Sal vatlon Army work in the United States, win aenver a lecture tomorrow night on the "Life and Work of Consul Emma oDoiB-i'uucr, in tne wo. 4 hall, 12 irst street. She has a stereoptlcon and will show scenes of Mrs. Booth-Tucker's child hood, youth, marriage, her work in In uia, nnu in ins united states, also a view of the wreck in which she was killed. ".The lecture will conclude with moving pictures of her funeral nroces. sion in New York and at Woodlawn cemetery. Mrs. Higglns has entire charge of the slum and rescue work of the army in this country. 8he will be accompanied by her private secretary, 'Mrs. William Brewer of New Tork and Mrs. Colonel French of San Francisco. BRAVE BISHOP OF CHICAGO DIOCESE (Journal SpecUl SerTles,) Rome, Feb. 2. -Pope Pius today con ferred with Cardinal Cottl, prefect of the propaganda regarding the best way to recognise the heroism of Bishop Mul doon at the late Irocuojs (Ire. The pope is . especially anxious to recognize the bishop because of the groundless attack on him when he was a candidate for archbishop of Chicago. Father Mul- doon was one of ths first, on tha scene, and made his way to the galleries where he pronounced absolution to the dying until nearly,, overcome by smoke. He refused to leave his post until dragged away by the' police, when he continued 1 , I 1 . 1 . . , ... I . .. .1 inn iiniiiBirHiiun in inn adjoining res taurant until he dropped with fatigue. Friends of the proposed direct prl mary law are greatly encouraged over the success which they are meeting in securing signatures for the petition for the submission of the measure to the voters of the state, at the June election. The number- of signatures required is 7.018, and if the reports thus-far re ceived are accurate, nearly or quite this number has already been obtained. The petitions must be filed with the secre tary of state next Friday, so that little time remains. To guard against the re jection of unverified signatures, and ef fort will be .made to get materially more than the number required by law. - The proposed law naturally meets with considerable opposition, especially from machine politicians, who see In it a serious menace to that system of poU ltlcs which relies' upon "slates and programmed conventions to accomplish its ends.- The readiness with which the petition is being signed would seem to Indicate that a large proportion of the voters are weary of the rule of the boss and the dictation of the machine, and' desire the free exercise of the franchise conferred upon citizens by the const! tution.- Nearly- 8,000 signatures nave been obtained in Multnomah county alone. The female suffrage petitions have re ceived many signatures, but a large proportion of them have not been veri fied, and it is doubtful whether this can be done within the brief time that re mains before the petitions must be filed. Today's mail brought in encouraging reports as to the local option petition. The 6, COO mark is passed and other pe titions are expected from half a dosen counties which have not yet reported. The canvassers will continue working throughout the state till Thursday noon and will forward their petitions as rap idly as filled. At Portland and Salem the canvass will continue till Friday noon. By the time the petitions are filed the promoters .expect to have 8,000 names upon them. P6ftland has now furnished 1,400 bona fide' signatures, besides a large number that" did not meet the requirements vof the law. NEILL TO BE THE NEW PRESIDENT ! (Journal Special Serrice.) Helena, Mon., Feb. 2. It Is reported here that John S. M. Nelll of Helena has been slated as successoor to William Scallon as president of the Anaconda Copper company ' and ' manager of the Amalgamated Copper company's prop erties in Montana, whose resignation was announced from - New -Tork last night A high official of the Amalga mated company recently spent several days In Helena and during, his stay was Weill's guest. . Mr. Mem is .Democratic national committeeman for Montana and was for many years publisher of the Helena Independent, Senator Clark's mouthpiece in this city. At present he is publishing a weekly partisan Amal gamated paper. '' Purlng tW. A. Clark's several senatorial campaigns, Nelll was ona of his .chief Ueutenents, . STOLE THE BODY OF HIS SWEETHEART (SpecUl Dispatch to The Journal.) Pueblo, Col., Feb. 2. In hot -pursuit or a man who he believes is carrying tha body of : his sweetheart over the country in a trunk, H. A. Morgan of Chicago arrived hers this morning. He claims that a man named Herbert Lc roux, who desperately loved a young lady named Harriet Spencer, stole the body of the girl at .her death from the railroad station Warehouse, where it was awaiting shipment, and he now has ths body in a big trunk. Both men loved ths girt Morgan at the instiga tion of tha family went in pursuit and says, he is on the right track. WOMAN STEALS HER YOUNG DAUGHTER (Journal Special ItePTlre.) . Stockton, Feb, 2. A Portland woman has created excitement here by kidnap ing her year old daughter from ths Presbyterian church. Mrs. Noah Mynatt is securing a divorce from' her husband and a suit is pending over ths custody of the children. Mrs. . Bugbee, the lady who had the child in charge, fainted when tha mother broke up the Sunday school by her rash act. DUTY ON IMPORTS BELOW AVERAGE During the month of January the cus tom house receipts amounted to $64,439. 73. They are considerably higher 'than those of last month, which were only $34,643, compared with the January receipts of a year ago, however, they are very light, At that time the duties col lected on Imports totaled $111,631. more than twice the sum realized last month. The average monthly receipts for the year J903 amounted to $70,161. CLARK'S RAILROAD MAY NOT BE BUILT Salt Lake, Feb. J.lt is semi-officlallv stated that Senator W. A. Clark has transferred his holdings In the San Pedro. Los Angeles & Salt Lake road, now build ing, to Harrlman. Construction has prac tically ceased and; It Is .believed that Harrlman will not complete its building. i .i SAXLOBS BESEBT. Newport News, Va., Feb. 2. Nearly a hundred seamen from numerous for eign vessels in port here have deserted during they past few days to ship on the new Pacific mall liner Mongolia, which leaves the shipyard for San Francisco Thursday. The ship still lacks 74 men. Masters Whose men deserted are secur ing warrants, and it is probable that some steamships will be unable to sail on time, owing to short crews. Look Here. If you're contemplating a social func tion don't dsre offer y,otir guests any thing but Country Club Mocha and Java coffee. Tour grocer has it- .. For two days last week ths local po lice kept the wires hot in an attempt to effect tha capture of John Doe Douglass or Banta Crus, Cal., who so cleverly es caped from the officers at Hornbrook, Cal. Douglass is said to be wanted at Los Angeles on the charge of obtaining money under falsa pretenses, the amount oemg reported to be very large. Sher iff H,, V Trafton- of Los Angeles sent word, that Douglass and his Wife and three children were traveling north on a Southern Pacific train. Constable Nlles of Montague, Cal., arrested the suspect at Hornbrook and rode with him to. Montague. The priS' oner asked how far it was to the stats line and was informed it was 10 miles. When Montague was reached -the -pris oner's wife became very Hi and she sent the kind-hearted constable for a .physi cian. When the officer returned his bird had flown. This occurred last Thurs day. The family had been on train No. 16.- but while tha constable was absent Douglass took Nd. 12 to get him out of the state. The wife and "children con tinued their i Journey on No, 16 While the disgusted constable kicked himself for bis kind-heartedness. It was learned ' by tha officers that Douglass and his family had tickets to Portland, and tha number of their bag gage checks was found. By the time word was sent them Douglass had passed through this city and was on his way north. Nothing further has been learned of the man's whereabouts. SEATTLE IN A VAIN GAME AT BLUFFING (San Francisco Bureau of The Journal.) San Francisco. Feb. J. President Wat- kins of the board of trade here says that Seattle's claims to her gain of prestige over other coast cities is ridiculous. He quotes Seattle clearance house reports and says even these are greatly inflated. He says San Francisco ranks seventh among the cities of the United States in amount of her bank clearings, which for , the year 1903 were $1,622,118,488, as against $1,369,0S8,S60 for 1902, an in crease of 11 per cent. The clearances of Seattle for 1908 were $210,075,358, less than erne seventh of San Francisco's for the same period. In 1903 the clearances of Seattle, were $191,948,819. the gain in 1903, being only nine per cent. The bank clearings for the five largest banking cities on the Pacific coast out side of San Francisco, namely: Los An geles, Seattle .Portland, Tacoma and Spokane for the year 1903. ware $905,- 358,960. REPUBLICANS MAY WITH KMOCRATS - (Journal Special SerTica.) Washington, Feb. 2. Negotiations for the payment of between $5,000,000 snd $10,000,000 to Colombia have. It Is said, reached such a stage that they will be concluded within 10 days. For this rea son the Republicans are said to be con sidering a proposition from the .Demo crats for the adoption of a resolution requesting the president to use offices of peace between Colombia and Panama and pay Colombia money for the loss of territory. The Democrats agree if Republicans Join all will then vote for the canal treaty, A caucus of the Dem ocrats will be held tonight to arrange the terms of the resolution. GLOVER CURSES MILITARY OFFICERS ' (Journal special Service.) Cripple Creek, Co.lo., Feb. 2. On the order of the governor the military law was revoked in the district today and the prisoners tih-ned over to ths civil authorities. While former Congressman Glover, who has been confined in the bull pen, was being arraigned in the court this morning General Chase at tempted to be social. Glover called Chase a vile name and spat In his face. Later, meeting Colonel Verleckburg In the street, he applied the same epithet to mm. . FEARS EXPRESSED FOR TRANSPORT (8an Francisco Boreas of The Journal,) San Francisco, Feb. 2. The transport xnomas, wnicn sailed from this port on January 1 for Manila, has not yet been reported as having arrived at her desti nation. She arrived at Guam on Jan uary 21, and should have made the run to Manila from that point in five days. wnicn would take her to Manila January is. unis oeing tne case she is now five days overdue. The Thomas' passengers include a squadron of the 2d cavalry and 14 members or the signal corps and a big number or casuals. FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE WILLAMETTE (Washington Bureau of The Journal.) Washington, Feb.-2. The first recom mendation of Secretary Taft to congress was made .today and waa for the ex-i penditure of $5,100 for the Improvement or tne Willamette river between Portland and Oregon City, ! A revised report has been introduced of the proposed improve ments rrom Portland to Eugene. A2TEB THE BAIX.BOADI. . (Journal Special Service.) Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 2. The supreme court this morning granted permission to members of the Omaha Real Estate Exchange to file an application for a writ of mandamus compelling ths Omaha oity council to hear evidence in Support of their contention that the Omaha Rail- road terminal tax Valuation should bf raised from $160,000 to $22,000,000. . SEAMXH-l OOHCEBT, ' A concert will be given at the flea. men's institute .tomorrow night under I ine direction or vapt. m. rorter, master 1 of tha British ship Red Rock. ' The sail- I ors rrom the-various vessels In portJ wm assist in rendering a program, The police are today looking ; for burglar who is believed to have been seriously wounded yesterday morning while attempting to rob the Fashion Tailoring company, 433 Washington street, u, i Keasy, one of tha propria I tors, was asleep in the building and fired two -shots at the intruder, whom he is certain was injured. After tha shots were fired tha burglar gava a cry or pain and then retreated. Mr. Keasy followed, in his night clothes to the street, the thief walking in front or turn as tr injured. Keasy asked two pedestrians to take up tha chase and ar rest the thief, put the men asked why he was" shooting; Upon informing them that rtherraanm was : breaking into the store they said they would follow and asked; Keasy to return for his clothes. When Mr Keasy appeared a - minute later tne three men were gone. It-is believed that ths two men on tha street' were accomplices or ths burglar. That the latter was wounded there seems no doubt, for he did not run away, -but walked-a though in pain. There is no bullet mark in the house and Mr. Keasy is positive that he struck .the man as he was but six feet away when he shot enortiy alter o'clock in the morning Mr. Ji easy, who sleeps behind his shop. was awakened by a man trying to kick in a door.! He failed in this and finally tried to enter a rear door of the building after entering .through an adjoining building. Keasy prepared for action and fired as soon as the intruder entered. A report of the affair is not on file at police headquarters. GROWTH OF HOME FOR OLD LADIES The affairs of the Patton Home for Old "I c"?"a,"OB J.61"8 i th0 dl"KLtorB was held yester- ladles are in excellent condition. A day afternoon and the annual report sub mitted, aa endowment fund of $1,600 is available. Improvements are being Installed at a cost of $1,000. During the year there have been 20 applicants for membership and three of the Inmates have died. The home has grown from a small cottage, donated by the late Mat thew Patton. to an institution with 15 well-kept rooms. The furniture for some of these has been given by various socie ties and individuals. The rooms are all sunny and comfortably furnished. Mrs. Theodore Nlcolai is president and Mrs. A. II. - Willett is secretary. Other officers and committees are as follows: Vice-president, .Mrs. W. O. Forbes; second vice-president, Mrs.' Adolnh De- xum; treasurer, Mrs. C F. Qverbaugh; corresponding secretaryMrs. David H. Rand. The committees: Finance. Mrs, A. H. Willett and Mrs. J. C. Nann; re ception, Mrs. M. Billings, Mrs. A. Nep- pach, Mrs. u. M. McLauchlan and Mrs. John Watson; membership, Mrs. E. E. Martin and Mrs. S. T. Lockwood. Jr.: admission, 'Mrs. George D. Greene and Mrs. W. O. Forbes; building and repairs. Mrs. F. A. Daly; household, 'Mrs.-Walter uook ana Mrs. xneoaore Niooiai; ma tron, Mrs.- Fierce - The trustees are: William Wadhams, W. O. Forbes, Adolph Dekum. M. E. Thompson, E. W, Rowe and Richard Williams. r -: THEATRICAL TRUST STRIKES ITS COLORS New Tork advices today state that the theatrical trust has struck its colors and granted to the Stair-Havlln syndi cate the booking of the trust's popular priced plays. Ths contest between the two syndicates has been carried on over this point for some time, and the de cision of the Klaw-Erlanger corporation to let go their medium-priced attrac tions to Stair-Havlln is regarded among theatrical men as a victory for the anti trust faction. . The representatives of the Klaw-Er langer trust at Ban Francisco deny that their management has given up popular attractions to their competitors and says that it alone retains first-class compa nies. ' , , , Calvin Helllg, the local agent for the Klaw-Erlanger syndicate, stated this afternoon that he had not been advised of the change, but expected that word would soon come if the reports were true. Many Marquam plays would be booked at Cordray's if the , change should be made, y . ADJUSTING LOSS ON PARK SCHOOL The Insurance adjusters and members of the board of education, accompanied by School Superintendent Rlgler, were at the site -of the burned Park School today adjusting the. fire losses. The adjusters finished with the losses on furniture and contents, which waa Insured only for a total of $4,000, The sum of $2,000 was allowed as a valid claim against the companies. The Assurance company carried $2,000' on furniture. ' It is not positively certain whether the adjusters can get to work on the loss to the building tomorrow or not, as Chair man Wittenberg has that matter in hand and lie may not be able to, be present. R0BIJ!SiLDLEL . AMtK IWU WttKb After an illness of two weeks. Walter Robinson, - who was without warning stricken speechless and paralysed, died at Good Samaritan hospital between 11 and 12 o'clock last night. Friends have taken charge of the remains and will have charge of the funeral. Robinson was in a north end saloon when he was taken ill, and until his death he was unable to speak. The 'only manner In which he could indicate his desires was by a slight movement of his head. The physicians attribute his malady to a rupture of a blood vessel in the brain, and from the first they had but little hope of his recovery. ... BEEBBWIHS. r , In a decision handed down todav Judge" Sears allowed a Judgment in favor of the Charles -T. Beebe company against Anderson A Crowe. Suit was brought to recover o ror merchandise sold. ' JAPAH BEttAHDS BtOBB. pans, Feb. .Z. News has been re- celved here this afternoon, of - sinister import to the effect that Japan has In- creased her demands on Russia.' f A delegation of residents from the Vicinity of Sixth and Sheridan streets, where the stone quarry operated by Con tractor J. Sweeney is located, called upon Mayor Williams this morning and requested some official action to protect them from the dangerous blasts which tney claimed had been set off there re cently. .Li-.-V vi , . ;.. Mrs. Mertostof explained that during the past few weeks the windows of the houses in the neighborhood had been broken time and time again, atones, and pieces of rock' had been precipitated through sheds and roofs, and that the residents are in constant fear of life. - Two days ago. It was alleged, a Diece of rock had missed hitting A. Roberts in the head by the narrowest margin possible, and ; this last incident . had caused such a general panic that people were actually afraid to be, out of , . the house. The mayor communicated with Cltv Engineer Elliott and some measure will be taken to keep the operations of the quarrymen within the bounds of safety. Special Officer Caswell was instructed to investigate the case and report... . SETTLERS GOING TO "It is high time Portland is becomlnr active regarding the emlgration-of Amer-. leans . into Manitoba, British Columbia and the Northwest Territory." said As sistant Secretary J. D. Lee of the Port land board of trade today, "and at the monthly meeting tonight I ' intend to bring the matter before the "board. . jiih iuucio in- j. no journal oi Mon day, February 1, written by Albert To iler at St PauL shows but too clearly how active the Canadians are" in offering inducements to American settlers to cross the border, and It cannot but result in detriment to Oregon and the Ameri can west this flocking of farmers into Canadian territory. , We must be up and moving, and there is no time for "de lay." ; .-' ' " - At tonight's meeting of tha board of trade it is understood the resignation of T. B. Potter, secretary of the board, will be acted upon, and if accepted, Mr. -Lee will be chosen to succeed him. ; Mr. Pot ter is at. present In California, and -recently, wrote .to Mr. Lee informing him that he desired . to sever his connection as an officer of the association. ' ANTIQUE HOUSE OBSTRUCTS TRAVEL The morning stream of: travel over the Woodlawn, Vancouver, Vef non and. Hof laday Park lines of ths Portland railway was effectively dammed at llnlon avenue and East BUrhslde streets during th busiest time today.- A decrepit, tmr. tered and almost rotten1 old building Tr been moved directly across the trar trolley wires nad been removed and ti blockade was complete. A couple oT cars tried to accommodate the patrons. carrying them from Union avenue to Washington street but the time card of the new stub was erratic and when ml (ltmlniftfvM MP AlA - anfir- I mrm'm Jammed with waiting travelers who even hung on behind and clung to the trolley rope. ;.'-"'.-.:.,. -During most of the morning the an tique structure, which for years has been used as a Chinese laundry, obstructed the tracks. Men who had been accus tomed to take the same car every morn ing for months,- and working girls stood angrily two miles from their destination. Manager Fuller of the Portland railway. Was among the spectators and . occasion ally said things. - The obstruction was finally removed. - - BANQUET WILL BE GIVEN DR. TALBOTT A meeting of the Portland" Ministerial association was held yesterday in the T. M. C. A. auditorium. Rev. W., K, Randall, the vice-president,, presided. - A committee was appointed to make- arrangements for a banquet to be given nonor or vr. tu j. xaiDou, the re tiring pastor of Taylor-street Methodist church. ', Rev. W. E. Randall, .Rev. Sharp an Rev, C. E. Cllne constitute the committee. Dr. Talbott left last even- . ing for Utah,- but it is probable that he will be In the city at a later date, when the banquet will be tendered him. . Kev. u. u. xurts, state superintend ent of the Anti-Saloon league, " intro duced a resolution,, which ivas adopted, indorsing the Hepburn-Douiver bill for bidding brewers and whisky manufac turers from sending their products into prohibition state . in their original packages. w .. . , ;y: . . . , A 'resolution' Of regret was adopted at the departure of Rev. H. J. Talbott FORMER PORTLANDER FIGHTS IN A HOTEL .San Francisco, Feb. 2. W. C. Wolf, a commercial traveler, registering from Portland, defiantly disobeyed one of the strict rules ef the Palace-; Hotel last evening and when the watchman was sent to his room to remind him of the fact he attempted to give the hotel at tache a drubbing. He got a severe one ' himself, however, and was ordered out of the hostelry. W. C. Wolf was in Portland last fall and stopped at the Beverly on Park and Yamhill. He issued a publication-entitled the "Prominent Men of the North- west" ' TRIED AGAIN TO FIRE THE GARFIELD Theusy Incendiary, not satisfied with the work of firing the Garfield house, Savler and Fourteenth streets, again at tempted to' complete his work of destruo- tion last night by setting Are to what remains of the hotel. .About 8:30 o'clock . the watchman in charge of the ruins saw a man. placing kindling wood up against a door, i He was about to set fire to it when hi noticed tht he was being . watched. Jumping through a window he ran away in the darkness and could not be captured.' . BRITISH COLUMBIA