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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.
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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;
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? 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