Tlffi OREGON DAILY JOURNAL TORTLANI),, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBTHJARY 9, 1004.
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!tJj Fraternal Order" of Home Buyers
hl In the next few days pass out of
exigence. - and, in Its place will be
farmed anothef company, the name of
which has not been decided, but from
which will be eliminated the words
"order" and 'fraternal.'. The form Of
toe contracts will be, changed and the
system of payments and the apportion
ment of funds wlH be different. The
new company will be backed by some
sound financial institution and all those
now holding contracts In the old con
cern will be protected Contracts held
by Wakefield and his friends will be re
pudiated, a well as several hundred
numbers that have been reserved. The
legitimate contracts will be numbered
in rotation and will be matured accord
Ingly.
n This Is the genera outline of the
plans for the new company which will
be organised on the, return from Spo
kane of O. P. Harbaugh and Attorney
George Joseph, who . are now in the
Washington town 'reorganizing a home
building Association which - was- re
cently absorbed by. the Order of Fra
ternal Home Buyers at Portland.
At -the offices of the order, tn the Mo
Kay, block, no business is being trans
, acted. , C W. Alt man, and Watchman
Js'ash. are in charge. 'Mr. Altman, in
defining his position and , that of the
company, said: '.- ...
"We are simply waiting for Mr. Har
baugh and Attorney Joseph to return
from Spokane, and then ,." will give
the Fraternal Order of Home -.Buyers a
. decent burial. It is dead as a door nail,
and1 there is no way by which it 'could
be put on Its feet on the old lines. -The
contract holders will all be -protected
when the new company Js formed. It
will have good backing and be ; con
ducted on business principles. A .to
the stockholders and officers tn the old
concern, they have nothing- to lose,. as
they cut nothing into 1L and have made
away with all the money that came in.
The assets of the defunct company do
not represent anything but a couple of
secopd mortgages and some stock.. If
is doubtful whether a cent can be raised
tn them." 1
"I have rented Auditorium hall, I0(
Third street, and have called a mass
meeting of all holders of contracts in
the Order of Fraternal Home Buyers
for next Saturday evening at I o'clock,"
said C Guy Wakefield, i'l propose to
tell the holders of contracts how the
business has been conducted up to this
time,, , what caused the) present trouble
-cdalt-4hm-4a-appoiBt't-commit tee
rf five to take charge of the business
until the officers can settle their light
Rofb Nicholas will also speak''
i . Commissioner 'McKee, at yesterday
afternoon's session of the hearing of C.
Guy Wakefield and Boss Nicholas, ac
cused of using the nails to defraud.
overruled a motion to dismiss the de-
fendants. Attorney Wilson T. Hume, at.
torney for the accused officers of the
Order of Fraternal Home Buyers; urged
that the offense With which they wer
charged was simply technical; that the
law was being" violated every day. - He
; said a man who advertised a suit of
clothes worth $20 for412, and'the paper
that printed such an advertisement and
sent It through the malls, were as much
liable to arrest as his clients. ? It was
a matter 'of business, he said, -for any
man to how his wares to the best ad
vantage, i His clients had' homes for
sale and put the best possible induce
merits to the fore in order to secure
customers, just as a real estate man or
a merchant would do. He declared that
no one had been defrauded and no one
could -swear that the promises made by
the order could not be fulfilled. He
censured the postal inpxHr for his
seal in the prosecution of Wakefield and
Nicholas, declaring that he made no ef
fort to punish other men connected with
the order, and equally as guilty.
Did Xot Hue Words, '
United Btates Attorney Halt in reply
; to .the motion for a dismissal, spoke
very plain English, The words "graft
ers," "swindlers, 1 '"green-goods"., were
freely used. He declared that the con
cern was a fraud. The government, he
said, was not picking out any one as a
target for persecution, but was simply
trying to protect the publio from rob
irrf. If Wakejleld were discharged, tie
said,, the whole rotten schema would be
vindicated, and the publio would be
plundered with renewed energy. ...
Wakefield .took the witness stand after
Commissioner McKee refused to dis
miss the action." Wakefield told of his
life struggles and laid great stress on
the battle he had made to educate him
self by bis own efforts. He said that
while working for the Ellers company
lie had,, by economy, bought sr lot and
started to build a house on' it, and now
,.. he was- ousted from the home buyers;
was in bad health, his reputation was
Mlaclred, and he .'did not have a penny.
"When urged by Mr, Hall to omit family
.matters, and show how he expected to
make good the promises tn the Home
Buyers' contracts, Mr. Wakefield said
that be had not prepared any figures on
the subject, but would illustrate hi
proposition by the figures prepared by
the old-line life Insurance companies,
lie spent about an hour In complicated
statistical explanations. Mr. Hall
.-moved that, the books and figures be
.considered as evidence, and turned over
toyths court for investigation.
Taooma Kaa Tangled Vp.
J. M. Harris, who said he was a law
yer, and the Washington agent for the
Order of Horn Buyers, took the stand
for the defense. He said he had figured
on thai problem and thought that it was
a good one, and that all the promises
made could be fulfilled... The more- who
worked for the scheme, the better the
Chance of success, he said. He admitted
that, unless new members were secured
the obligations could not be made good.
On cross-examination, Mr. Hall aaked:
"Do you expect the crop of imbeciles to
rontlnue forever? And do you consider
that there is no limit to the membership
you fan acquire, and that tn the end
. some -nve must lose?"
The. reply was: 'The insurance com
panies continue to secure new members,
and I do not consider the cantract
holders Imbeciles." .
Attorney Hume made the statement
.. that such men as Governor Chamber
, lain, ex-Governor Gear," . Secretary of
Stat Dunbar and others were contract
holder and could not be considered lm-
". beciles. ;.(. , "." . ;' '
The case was continued until Wednes
day rorenoon at 10 o clock.
BBCEPTJOB TO DB, BBOUOBX.
C A recpntlou will be' a-ivum tlil. v,i.
t Rev snd Mrs, J. W. Brougher In the
, pariora or ins rim Mantist cnuroh. cor
ner of Taylor and Twelfth streets. The
ringram 1s In charge of the choir direc
tor, J. W. .Relrher.
Dr. Rust, pastor of the First Baptist
iluirch- of Sttle, and Mrs. Rust will be.
l.renctit, and a large number of ministers
from outlying towns.
Late News From the Seat of War in the Far
East Shows That Japan Is so Far Master
of . the . Situation.
(Special Dispatch to Tb Journal.) v
London, Feb. 9.--A late Paris dispatoh
reports all hands aboard went down
with the Russian cruiser Pallada. She
carried 50 men. , . -
nwl AT CXAB'S FAXACB.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 9. Persons at
tending services at the palace this after
noon say the only news received there
regarding further fighting at Port Ar
thur is that, the Japanese attacked that
place and fighting still continues. They
say the- Retvlsan. Csarowltch and Pal
lada were 'not seriously - damaged, but
the Plllada was.
TO UXXT ABBA OF VAB,
.Washington, Feb. 9. The state, de
partment has sent ? a circular note' to
the powers asking that they act in a
similar manner with- the United States
in the effort to persuade Japan and Rus
sia to preserve neutrality with .China-
and to limit ths area of hostilities
FOXT AATHUB TJUVEft SIEGE.
Ban Francisco. Cal., Feb. .-A central
cable news : dispatch says Japan has
Port Arthur practically under siege,
The ships are lying "off end on three
miles out, and oocaalonaly firing. A
general attack Is expected at any mo
ment, but will, .probably take place un
der cover of night.
. . riuisi vxrttx last btqht.
Paris, Feb. ' 9. Information has
reached. the foreign office that the -Russian
ship Pallada was. sunk- In last
night's attack. The cable from Vladi
vostok has been cut.
JAP AIT XBOCXXD OFF CHIP.
London, Feb. 9. Notes issued by both
Japan and Russia today, giving the indi
vidual versions of events leading up to
war, Russia claims that Japan was the
aggressor.
AMERICA VESSELS MOTS.
Washington, Feb. ' 9.- "Fighting Bob"
Evans, commanding the Astatic station,
has been ordered to take the cruiser
squadron to point on the. Chinese
coast about 400 miles from the Philip
pines and keep the battleship squadron
PARKER ASKS FOR
20 YEAR
wish you would impose th maxt
muni sentence," was 'the startling . re
quest mada StfTt, Parker, convicted
of forgery, as he stood before- Judge
Frazer in . ths state circuit court this
afternoon.
"Young man," said the . Judge, "th
maximum sentence In your - case - is 10
years, and I don't feel inclined to send
you to prison for so long." . .
Deputy District Attorney Spencer,
who convicted Parker, stepped forward
and said: "I should like to request your
honor not to impose 'the maximum sen
tence, even if the prisoner does ask
It. ' Th evidence haroty seems td me
to warrant it"
Parker was .sentenced to serve five
years in-Salem penitentiary. ' ' ..
HISTORY OF THE
PANAMA CANAL
For half a century th Idea of an
lnteroceanlo canal between th Atlantic
and Pacific t th juncture of the two
great American continents has been be
fore the people and nations of the world.
As early as 1861 an American, Frederick
M. Kelley, secured concessions and first
promoted interest In a ship canal. Three
years later he tried to interest the gov
ernment and laid the matter before
President Pierce -and Jefferson Davis,
then secretary of war. But funds were
not available to investigate. Finally in
18S7 -President Buchanan sent an ex
pedition to report on the canal project.
The members disagreed. Flushed with
th success of the Sties canal construo
tion. Count Ferdinand De Lesseps In
IS 80 organised a company and attempted
to construct the Panama canal, but the
work was a total failure and even ended
in th disgrac of the old promoter.
Th Hepburn bill providing for the
construction of a ship canal along the
Nicaragua rout, was passod almost
unanimously in th house of representa
tives and would probably have gone
through the senate with but little) oppo
sition, when it was unexpectedly an
nounced that Secretary Hay was ne
gotiating a treaty with Great Britain to
place the canal under the protection of
the world's powers as a neutral passags-
way. Later Panama was substituted
for the Nicaragua route.-
President McKinley sent a commission
headed by Admiral Walker to investi
gate th routes and both were reported
as feasible. Tha French company, how
ever, demanded over 1100,000,000 for' its
rights in the Panama route and the com
mission considered them worth not more
than 1 40,000,000. ' L v
A deadlock resulted which was broken
by McKinley recalling the Walker com
mission and securing a decision favor
ing Panama, ' Then th Spooiler com
promise, an act giving the president the
power to order the construction of the
Panama route if the necessary arrange
ments could be perfected, and If not to
build along the Nicaragua way , was
passed.1 Volcanic disturbances in Cen
tral America and'the terrible Minaster
on the Island, of Martinique caused the
French company' concern and It. offered
to relinquish ltf rights at the- figures
advanced ny in waixer. commission.
It remained for. President Roosevelt
to. take up th work, and under the
leadership of Senator Hanna th upper
house .of-jconcreps. brought., the, Bpoonei
act again into -use and the result has
been the establishment of the new re
public of' Panama November 8, 1903
and the ratification of a treaty between
thin new 'government and the United
States for .the building of the long-da
layed Panama 'lnteroceanlo ship canal.
Secretary Hay, representing the
United States, and M. Bunau Vatilia, the
new republic, signed th treaty on the
evening ' of November 18, before the
eommlsslfiti sppolnted to -; arrange the
matter arrived from Panama, .
in the Philippine waters. This means
that the cruisers will go to Hong, Kong
or vicinity.
. M'COBHICX COBITBMS.
' Washington, Feb. 9.- Minister Mc
Cormlck cables th state department
from St. Petersburg confirming the first
battle of Port . Arthur and says three
Russian warships were serlouely dam
aged, but to what extent Is not yet
known. .
JAP AIT CAPTURES VAXX. BOAT.
London. Feb. 9.i A dispatch ; from
Shanghai reports that the Russian mall
steamer Mongolia-was captured by the
Japanese off 'Shantang peninsula this af
ternoon. JAFAV AFTXB TBABSFOBTS. .
- "I have received no word from head
quarters concerning the leasing of our
ships Tartar and Athaen to the Japan
ese government," said Agent Johnson of
the Canadian Paciflo railway this morn
ing. . ...
"I. doubt if these vessels have yet
been leased or sold to the , Japanese
government, because I would probably
have been notified of the transfer if
such a deal has been made. Both, of
these vessels would serve for transport
ships admirably, as they were , used by
the United States government for ' this
work during the Spanish-American war,
One reason why 1 doubt the report is
boats and these two being used . in
connection with, the Empire line to the
Orient have of course all th work they
can do. Of course if Japan wanted to
buy them at a good price they ..would
be sold.
"I think the war will cost ocean trans
port companies heavfdy," replied Mr.
Johnson in answer to a query about
war insurance rates. - ..
"In cases" where, governments; leas
vesselB for transport work, they guar
antee to return. th vessels in as good
condition as when leased and all ( the
risk falls on th lessee, and this will
also b true doubtless in cases where.
private corporations lease vessels. Many
contracts for entire lines of steamers
expire early in the year and war . rates
will mean an increased cost of opera
tion by these companies."
SENTENCE
Before the dialogue recounted Parker
rose when called upon and aaked
whether he had anything to say why
sentence should not be pronounced, and
said: . I am a young man of fair edu
cation, of good toarentag. ordinarily
bright, and I knew better than to have
committed the forgeries of which I am
convicted. -1 ask no mercy of th court."
Judge Fraser asked if Parker's
brother had. not recently died, and if
his mother had not offered to help him.
Parker answered; "That is true, but
I told my mother not to spend any more
money on me; that it would be wasted.
I hav served in Walla Walla peniten
tiary, and forgery seems to be a mania
with me. I need time to think it over.
I wish you would Impose th maximum
sentence" .
LODGES TO BUILD
$50,009 TEMPLE
It was voted at a meeting yesterday
afternoon to recommend the erection of
a tempts of fraternity on the Lewis and
Clark fair grounds, to cost not to exceed
SSO.OOO.r The committee, composed of Max
Morehead of the Order of Washington, J.
E. Werlein of the A. O. U. W., Frank
Davey of th Lions, J. W. Sherwood of
th Maccabees, J. H. Simmons of ths
Modern Woodmen and A. B. Ferrera of
the W. O. W., represents 30 lodges, with
a combined membership of more than 100,-
uuu in me northwest. Four new lodges
Joined, the. movement.
In its report th committee recommends
that a corporation, be tormsd, under th
laws of this stat governing charitable,
benevolent and educational societies; that
an executive committee be formed con
sisting of en representative from each
society participating; that th funds for
th erection and maintenance of the
tempi be raised by the sale of certifi
cates of membership, of a par value of $1
each, which certificate shall entitle th
holder to all club privileges of th tem
ple, and that a commission of 26 per cent
for th sal of such certificate be al
lowed each organisation on all certificates
so disposed or.
On motion of Paul Pferdner of Paciflo
Regalia company, representing th Q.
A.. R., a committee of five was appointed
by President MacPherson to report later
as to the probable number of members of
each order -included in the territory of
the old Oregon country, so that the pro
portionate amount to be raised by each
order may . be .allotted. , t
The committee consists of .Mrs. I.utke,
Eastern Star; Mrs. F. Joplln, Knights of
Honor and Order of Pendo; Mrs. K. J.
Toung-Misner, Kathbone Sisters; Mrs.
Leach, United Artisans; Mrs, Jackson,
Women of Woodcraft.
Mr. MacPherson said:' "The Frater
nity temple will be a wonderful adver
tising medium for the fair, and help
to bring people here. Th orders renre-
sented have in the United States snd
Canada a membership of over S. 000,000.
They will be reached through over 280
fraternal publications. In the old Ore
gon territory alone we have a following
of over 100,000, who, through the move
ment,' will ail be personally interested
W will entertain and help to make
them feel -at horn, .all that belong to
the lodges, wnen they come to the fair."
WOMAN'S BOOT XV XITZB.
Coroner Finley was called to Brown
& Hicks' wood yard at J:45 this after
noon to tak charge of the body of a
woman found floating In th river at the
foot of Tamh 111 street. ' Ths body at
a late hour had not been identified and
will be held at the coroner's office un
til an examination has been mad a to
the ; probable . cans of death and, if
possible, , identification.
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genuine, mil. mr tlis full nme. 25 oeot.
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With 200 ' members committed to
work for a state license law the, marine
and stationary engineers last' night or
ganized political club. Frank Asher
was chosen president by, acclamation
and M. Moran, secretary.
The paramount issue of the organise-
tlon is to secure a state license law
somewhat upon th sam lines a wss
that of the barbers, which was recently
held to be Invalid by JudgeGeorge; It
Is not to apply. to the entire state, but
to be put in fore in thoss cities whicn
have a population of more than 90,000.
This will make It inoperative at all
points excepting Portland, and wome
hold that If passed it may appropriately
be termed a Portland Keen law. ,
The reason for confining It wholly to
Portland is explained in this wis; Its
adherents contend that the proposed leg
islation would meet with the united on
position of the country districts. - and
without- their support defeat would be
almost certain.
A committee has been appointed to
draw up a set -of by-laws, and other
necessary work started in order to get
the new organisation on a substantial
basis. Th leaders state that in a short
time they expect - to have on of th
strongest political clubs, numerically
speaking, in th stat. The marine en
gineers have a membership of 110 , and
the stationary men about twice that
number. They expect to receive some
very material assistance from organised
labor. ,
There I no particular party to which
they will be pledged, so the members
say, unless they ar first given the as
surance that the state license law will
be given the support which they be
lieve it merits. In other words, they
state, it will be their policy to help
those - who -reciprocate in kind, but no
others. At present they have no party
affiliations.
Ths marine engineers also hav : an
eye on the Port of Portland qommls-
Ion. ' They want representation on
that board, and along with the new or
ganisation will work with that end. in
view. If neither of the old political
parties give them what they ask the
engineers declare that it is very prob
able they will send a few representatives
to the next state legislature. With the
labor vote they believe that they can
control the situation.
SALOONS CONTINUE
TO IGNORE ORDINANCE
License Inspectors McEachern and
Hutchinson have completed their re
port on th doubtful saloons to which
the special liquor license committee is
sued temporary permits and have filed
the statement at the city hall. They
find that only two of the places men
tioned have strictly complied with "th
injunctions of the authorities, the re
mainder on the list have either made
a halt-hearted pretense- to comply with
the ordinances, or have utterly disre
garded .them. - i. -
Bedford's Inn, at Fourth and Taylor
streets, has cut out the upstairs con
nection, and th Big Four,' across th
streets, has done the same. Hill's sa
loon, at the same, intersecting streets,
has mad no attempt to obey the ordi
nance, and th Star Cafe, at 82S First
street. Is still said to be frequented by
women of 'the north end. The police
report on the plan is as follows:
'The Star Cafe stopped the music
for a time, but never removed the boxes.
The proprietor has been serving drinks
from the boxes."
The police also complain against the
saloon, operated by O. Montesano, at
Front' and Clay, which they describe
as being frequented by women of ques
tionable character. These matters will
be settled at th next meeting of th
license .commute.
ACCUSED OF THEFT
HE PLEADS INSANITY
George Lewis, alias Frank . Noe. who
was arrested last Thursday- and charged
wlch stealing th personal effects of
H, Stennick , f rom his room in the St.
Charles hotel, now asserts . that he is
Insane. ' II said that he has been a
patient in asylums in. Washington, Illi
nois. Indiana and Ohio.
When asked if his detention for in
sanity was preceded each time by
charges similar , to thos now against
him he closed up like the proverbial
clam. .
MACHEN ON STAND
AND MAKES DENIALS
Washington, Feb. Machen took the
stand today in his own defense and vig
orously defended the necessity of sub
ordinates : affixing ' his (Machen's) in
ltlala to vouchers .because of th nor
mous amount of business. He also as
serted that th money paid him by
Lorons was of a private transaction in
volvlng ths sal of oil lines, and had
nothing whatever , to do with the gov
ernment or th Oroff fasteners.
CARBARN MURDERERS
CREATE EXCITEMENT
Chicago, Feb. Curiosity was so
great regardingth car barn murderers
that th court this morning announced
that no spectators would be admitted af
ter all seats had been filled. Vandine
appeared ill, Niedermeier is aggressive
as usual. Henry Kiehl, who was slightly
wounded in the raid, and saved his life
by playing possum, was the first witness.
GRAND JURY HEARS
IROQUOIS CHARGES
Chicago, Feb.. l.wTh special grand
jury to inquire into the lroquofs dis
aster resumed its session this morning,
It took the evidence presented by the
coroner. This will Include Mayor Har
Hxon In the Jury' investigation, al
though Ills case was dismissed by the
court of review-
rOPB OAX.X.S FOB HELP.
Rome,- Feb. 9. The pope today is
sued instructions .that all possible' be
done to alleviate the distress resultant
upon the disastrous fire at Baltimore. ,
Ottawa. Can.. Feb. 8. During a blind
ing snow storm two passenger - trains
on th Canadian Paoiflo collided with ter
rific force. Nine were killed outright and
twelve injured. Tha scene of th accident
was in an isolated section four miles
from a telegraph station. The weather
was bitterly cold, which caused great suf
fering. Part of th wreckage was used to
CHINESE GAMBLERS
PAY THEIR LICENSES
Many golden eagles passed from tha
clutches of Chinese owners of fan-tan
games to the city, coffers yesterday
afternoon. Th monthly warrants were
served by members of the poiico de
partment yesterday morning, S war
rants having been issued. During th
last few months th Chinese gambling
house keepers hav been required to pay
ISO bail for their appearance In the po
lio court No Chides ar n the habit
of appearing to defend themselves
against this chart.
COLDEST DAY SINCE
- LAST DECEMBER 29
Excepting December 19 this was th
coldest morning of ' tn season. At Z
o'clock it was It degrees above sero,
th sam temperature that was experi
enced during th cold snap of Christ
mas week. When daylight came th
mercury began to ris. and at I o'clock
it was Up to Si degraes, th same point
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nraxoTjSES.
By oulck and clever work by Captain
Bailey, Patrolman Taylor and Sergeant
Hogeboom, two alleged thieves t war
captured about S o'clock this morning
near th corner of Third and Yamhill
streets. - The- men -glv their -names- as
E. Tracy and George M. Dunn. They are
accused of robbing five telephone boxes.
About 2:0 this morning Captain
Bailey was notified : that someone had
robbed the telephone box at 229 First
street. The captain hardly had time
to not this fact when he was Informed
that the telephone box at the Tacoma
lodglnghouse had been broken open;
then quickly followed the reports of
robberies of the telephone boxer at the
Royal lodglnghouse, the on at 110 V4
Fourth street, and also the Kingston
lodglnghouse. v . - - , s.
Patrolman Taylor saw two suspicious
looking men walking rapidly down the
street. Upon meeting them, they threw
down a handful of nickles, and s three
locks from telephone boxes. The pa
trolman ordered them to pick up the
money, but both ran. Taylor fired five
shots at them but missed. He soon cap
tured Tracy, but had a hard struggle to
tak him to the station.
. Captain Bailey, hearing th shooting.
rushed to the scene. Before he reached
Taylor and his prisoner, a woman walk
ing up the street cried out, "Oh, I'm
shot"
The captain started to escort her to
th station, when a man rushed up and
grabbed-ths officer by the shoulder and
yelled, "Her I'll tak that woman with
Th captain ordered him' away. The
stranger became so violent that he was
arrested. The woman, who gave her
nam as Bessie Wilson, was not injured.
Th stranger said, "My name Is Bert
Gordon, and I am proud of it."
Sergeant Hogeboom captured Dunn, at
the corner of First and Main streets
about 7 o'clock this morning. .
ASKING AID FOR
, STRIKING MINERS
P. S. Wilson, a representative of tha
Western Federation of Miners, is in the
city from Cripple Creek, soliciting aid
for th striking Colorado mlnrs. Mr.
Wilson will visit each of th local labor
unions and request them to make dona
tions. - He states that he will not ac
cept the funds personally,' but will re
quest that they be forwarded . direct
to William D. Haywood, secretary-treasurer
of the Western Federation of Min
ers. ..- . , . ..i ,
In the Cripple Creek ind Tellurtde dis
tricts, Mr. Wilson says ther are fully
7,000 roe out of work, who are in needy
circumstances. Since the organisation
of th Western Federation, he explains.
this is tha first time that it ever had
to ask for assistance. He expects to
remain here a couple of weeks, and front
Portland will- go to Seattle. Several
other agents are out on the same mis
slon in different sections of the country.
COLUMBIA RIVER
ROAD ELECTS
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The - stockholders of the Columbl
River & Northern Railroad company, at
their annual meeting today, reelected
the old officers,- follows:: Rufus Mai.
lory, president; E. E. Mallory, secre
tary; H. C. Campbell, manager; George
W. Simons, auditor. These officers con
stitute the board of directors.. - The
meeting was behind closed doors and tha
officers of th company refused to dis
cuss their plans,
, -. " ' '..."'! .-St y
tbust x.BaxsLAnoxr. .
' Th board of trad la In receipt of a
communication from th National' Hay
association, enclosing a copy or a bill in
troduced in the United States senate by
Senator J.' B. Foraker, January 29, and
asking- the-board's "Sid lif defeating th
measure. -which b.a as its objects:, 1.
To exempt all Import and export ship.
ments, transportation or averments from
the . Interstate commerce and the anti
trust act 1. To leave to th courts the
question as to whether any railway pool
or combination operates unreasonably in
restraint of tradewhile at present the
l)Ool is absolutely forbidden. 3. 'To abol
ish all pimlshment for violations of
either of the above acts or of the so
called Elklns amendment to the Inter
state vommerc act, . '. ,.
ACCUSED OF ROBBING
build a large fire, around which 'the
wounded were placed until help arrived.
Many had bands and faces frosen. - All
of the dead are from Ottawa. One of the
derailed coaches bounded from the track
Into a deep snow drift and none of the
occupants were Injured. -The train ,.was
crowded with politicians, who were -on
their way from Montreal to th capitol.
Th following ' keepers ' of fan-tan
gamea paid their fines yesterday after
noon, the last two paying 1100 each:
Wing Ming, Wing Lee, Lu Yuen. Tsl
Lee, Chong Hinlt, Dy Sing, Ju Lee. Dy
Yuen, Jay Yuenr Jay L, Tl Chlng.
Yee Chlng, Yee Gnogn, Gea Lee,. Kee
Chong, Way Sun, Fong Sing. Fang Leo,
Wo Lee, Dal Lee, Dai Lee and 8u Lee.
1 Thirteen others sre expected to. call
on "the man upstairs" this afternoon
and add their mites to Portland's mu
nicipal funds.. ,
at which it stood all day yesterday.
Th forecast is for rain and snow.
East of the Cascades tt is colder than
yesterday by about 20 degrees, and a
fall of several Indies of snow would
not b surprising. '; Early this morning,
it- was ( degrees abov aero at Baker
City, which was the coldest point In
this district.
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Captain Brunings, master of the Ger
man ship Magdalene, which reached the
harbor yesterday, reports that th Ger
man ship Emilia put Into the Falkland
islands, about a month ago dismantled
and. 1 r-laklutf -condition-. Tn-au
of her unseaworthiness Is' unknown. It
Is supposed to be du to heavy weather
encountered.
The. Emtlle is en rout to Portland
from Antwerp, and is now out 142 days.
She is in : command . of 'Captain Wll-
heima and has been a frequent visitor
at this port
A report also comes from th sam
source that the German bark Annie has
been chartered to load .general cargo
St Hamburg for Portland.
Th several grain ships In th harbor
under charter ar rapidly being put In
snap to take-on outward cargoes.-La
Fontaine and the Marchal d Luvenne
Will be ready in a few days to begin
loading, as will also the Red Rock The
Cromartyshire is still disengaged, but
It is stated to be very probable that
sne wiu soon d nxea ror lumber load
ing. - ....
- Of the lumber fleet in the harbor a
good showing has been made during the
first week of the month. ' The schooner
Annie Smale will clear today for Taku,
China, with 1,100,000 feet Of lumber,
which is being dispatched by the Port
land Export Lumber company. A few
days ago the Georgtnla cleared for the
same destination with 1.106,984 feet
More than 5.000,000 feet of lumber have
been shipped 'from Portland slnoe the
first of the month.
BTBAH KATODBY FSOPOSZB.
. . (Journal Special Servlc.)
Oregon City. Feb. 9. E. L, Johnson,
the progressive business man of Oregon
City, is completing plans for the erection
of a steam laundry In Oregon City that
will be complete In every detail. - His
father-in-law, George M. Secrest a laun
dryman of 25 years experience, will be at
th head of it and Superintend the run
ning. For eight years E. L, Johnson has
been the agent of the Troy laundry com
pany in Oregon City, and in his new un
dertaklng- he will hav the cream of the
laundry business of Oregon. City. They
have ordered $3,000 worth of machinery,
which ' is on . th way. Mr. Johnson
thinks Oregon City is a good field and
has tha capital to mak th thing pay In
.ny event
8. M. Secrest has just disposed ' of a
laundry in Bliverton and thinks tha field
In Orgon City is- th best in the
state.
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Helena,'. Mont, Feb. 9.-ilobert Stick-
ney, who was Bent to tne penitentiary
from Cascade county,- for a seven years
term for the crime of kidnaping, must
serve his term. The supreme court has
decided against his appeal. ,
Sttckney's case Is amonst the noted
ones of Montana, i He was charged with -having
brought girls from Denver to
Montana under the promise that they "
were to be given places with a theatrical
company, and that when they were takeri
to Great Falls they were placed in a
house of 111 fame. ' '
Several attempts', wer .mad by th
county attorney of Coscsde before a"
conviction was had. The first Infor
mation charged another offense .and
Stlckney was acquitted. The second in
formation' was tiled and. a Hemurrer to
this was sustained. A similar fate be
fell a third Information, but the fourth,
charging kidnaping. . - held . good, and
Stlckney was found guilty, . .
The case was appealed to the supreme
cAurt, and here the sppnal was dismissed
for th reason that nifi briefs were not
filed within the tlm required. Another'
appeal was made, and this is ' the One .
that the court now decided, - The court, -
in affirming the judgment of the lower;
court, said the only question presented
for determination is, does' th Informs- .
tion state a public - offense, which it
answers in the affirmative. Stickney is
the son of a prominent- and wealthy
eastern family and was educated for th
ministry, officiating once tn a- Denver
church. He was-also employed on Den
ver and San Francisco newspapers.
PORTLAND EXTENDS
DEEP SYMPATHY
'To th Mayor of Baltimore: .-,
"The people of Portland, ' Oregon, -
deeply sympathise with the people of
Baltimore in their great loss and de
sire to know if they can bo of any as
sistance to the sufferers.
"GEORGE II. WILLIAMS,
, . -"Mayor."
' Mayor Williams today dispatched th
abov telegram proffering assistanc to
th people of Baltimore following the.
news of th terrible conflagration which
practically destroyed the business sec
tion of that metropolis. -. . ,
"It I receive an answer denoting that
help , will be required," explained the .
mayor, I will call a special session or
the commillee which has charge Of our"
permanent relief fund, left .over, after
the Heppner disaster, and .take what
steps we deem necessary to assist In
lifting . the great burden visited upon
the residents of the afflicted city."
Theresas been only on demand mad
upon this emergency or permanent relief
fund, sine the Heppner' flood of last"
spring. It now' amounts to practically
114,800, as $200 was dispatched o thn
Cheswick. Pa., sufferers following th
recent explosion which killed lo men
there. !' -. - . - -. t- -. --.,,
ACCUSED AS XOBSETXtXr,
. Sheriff J. E. Lawrence of - Malheur .
county, Oregon, is in Portland today
looking for Frank Cambern of Vale, Or.,
accused of horse-stealing last Septem
ber, : Cambern is only 22 year old, and the
sheriff says belongs to one of th most
prominent families of Malheur county.
Cambern, .who Is. married, left home as.
soon as he was indicted, and is said to
have gtine to San Francisco, lie Is
thought to have arrived in Portland last
Thursday from the 'Bay City. '
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