LANDSLIDE IN.
; THE CITY PARK
Bluff; Over Lower Re$eryoir Gives Way and Dam
, ages Concrete Basin February Is Breaking :j
the Record for Rain-River Is Rising : !
Loosened by the continued rains bf the
past few ; days a portion of the bluff
overlooking' the lower reservoir ; In Hie
City Park went on a rampage this morn
ing and altd down Into the bottom of the
concrete basin carrying with It. about
40 feet of. railing and a portion of the
artificial stone masonry that protects
the excavation.. The slip was reported
to Superintendent Dodge of the water
board , and he, after an investigation,
declared j that 'no , serious damage' had
resulted "and no further , danger wai
apprehended. '
The lip of earth started from the
tracks of the miniature runway about 50
feet "above the. level of the reservoir's
top and shot down In a small sized
avalanche., cutting off the iron .fences
nd projecting sbuttments' of -the side
Walla as "though they ware clay,: - i
The,' water department Officials "say the
alide , Was caused by water collecting
behind' a'" filU which was made when
the "railway went-in, and that after-;
wards seeped beneath the surface, loos
ening the-accumulated dirt until it was
precipitated Into the reservoir from its
Own weight, , '.' -,
"For - the past two 'years'- there has ;
pcen " no appreciable: movement in the;
big general slide which Was at one ttme
aald to threaten the two reservoirs,"
explained Mr. Dodge this morning. "No
further danger can I exist from that
aource and this little slip today caused
Ho permanent damage."
By Thursday afternoon or Friday
Tnorning the river at Portland, accord
ing to the weather bureau,, will reach
a stage of 15 feet. This will bring it
over the lower dock at Ash street, , but
It Is not believed that any of the oth
ers will be affected. Mr. Beals states
that 15 feet will be the, limit of the
rise, as the river has already begun
falling at Eugene. The danger point
at Portland is usually placed at 1 feet
and river men are not expecting to 'be
inconvenienced to any great extent
V From February 10 to 15 Inclusive the
rains were, continuous, the total pre
ripltatlon amounting to 4.60 Inches. The
last St hourtf of the period mentioned
there was the greatest downpour, the
rainfall amounting to 2.41 Inches. That
was the heaviest this year for any one-
VENTED HIS ANGER
CW MARBLE STATUE
-JI. Talbott-waa,-boun4-over. today
to the grand Jury by Municipal Judge
Hogue on the charge of malicious and
wanton destruction of property. " His
ball was flxe4i J250. Talbott was for
merly a partner ;of W. L." Enyart In the
Office arid Headquarters 'saloons. ? Bus!-
.... .'llffini.1 la V-. 1 1 ....... .1 n nit lh. flvm
severed connections, Talbott , and En
yart harbored, a bitter feeling toward
each other. About a week ago Talbott
while under the Influence of liquor went
to the Headquarters saloon and smashed
a statue of an' Italian girl, which deco
rated one end of -the barroom. The
iiinj iTTAnuru
till AIIUKhLI
ACTS AS JUDGE
ja wzxl
BETEBXZWB Z.EOAX,
COTXHCIL1 BESOLV-
STATUS
TIOB ABKZfa THB WATEB BOABO
TO BXACB KTBBAXTS OB BIO
CTTT MAXBS. ,
The water board resents the Interfer
ence of the city council In seeking to
force that body to connect' fire hydrants
-with , the large, mains and also pay the
expenses out of the water fund, and
so expressed. Itself at a special session
yesterday afternoon. Councilman
Rumelln was present and notified the
members of the board In the nicest way
possible that- the council would Insist-
upon this action, and If necessary would
pass ai) ordinance to enforce it de
mands. ' ''
' W. I. : Ladd expressed himself per
sonally as very much averse- to the
'council making its rules. He also ques
tioned the legality of spending money
In the way Indicated. Finally the mat
ter was referred to City Attorney Me
Nary. iThe council's resolutions were
as follows:
Resolved, That for the better protec
- tlon of life" and property within the city
cf Portland from fire. It is hereby de
clared that all fire hydrants and con
nections with the city water mains
necessary for furnishing water for fire
protection are a part of the waterworks
and of, the necessary plants aod facili
ties to furnish water for protection
against Ore.
i Resolved further. That It Is the policy
of the water board of the city of Port
land, when so directed by the executive
board, to place fire hydrants now In use
upon. the largest mains and where the
' highest pressure Is obtainable, and to
provide and install at places designated
such additional hydrants as may be
deemed necessary for service by the
fire department. All hydrants are to be
of v a pattern approved by the "said
executive board, and when installed are
to i lie controlled, maintained and -re
paired by the flro department.
Resolved further. That the cost of all
changes In hydrants now In use and the
tost ci mi new nyarants ana. or in-
-stalling the same are hereby declared to
be; a part of the expense of keeping,
, conducting and maintaining the water-
works and shall be paid put of the water
fund of said city. - Provided that the
total cost of Installing new hydrants
and the-changes in location of hydrants
now in use, aa shall be ordered by the
executive board, aha II not be to exceed
1n cost the sunt of frve thousand doners
US, 000. 00) during any one year.
An equal good Schilling's
Best -to maker grocer and
you. To maker and grocer big
lraqe and no trouble; to you,
what you want and no trouble.
Moneyback
day, hut on last November 6 there was
a fall of 3.50 inches in the' same length
of, time. . , .
I'p to 5 a. m. yesterday. the' total
rainfall for the present month amounted
to 4.83 Inches, which is 3.6 Inches more
than the entire precipitation' of last Feb
ruary. It has rained every day this
month except one. During the last Zi
years the precipitation for the mofith of
February has averaged 6.81 inches, i
On -Monday the rainfall - at Portland
was' 1.78 Inches; at Salem. 2.64 inch.es;
at Albany, 3.10 inches;' and at Eugene,
2.24 inches. . ; y ;.
The Willamette is rising : gradually,
but unless the weather moderates con
siderably It is not believed that the dan
ger point will be reached. " At Portland
it is now 8.1 .feet' having risen one half
foot during the last 24 hours. Jt rose
two feet at Albany, the depth above low
waterj mark at that, place now being
1S.8 feet It Is expected that a lt-foot
stage will be experienced at . Portland
during the next three days.
There is considerable snow in the
foothills of the Cascade mountains, and
if the weather should moderate to any
great extent very high water will result.
Albany people have been notified by
the weather-bureau that the river wll
be about 20 feet at that point today.
Washouts and snow storms are play
lng havoc with rail traffic Into Portland
and both the Northern Pacific and the
Southern Pacific trains are many hours
late today. No. l. the North Coast Lim
ited. the Northern Pacific, which Is
due 'at 3 o'clock "In the morning,; did
not arrive until this afternoon. It came
in two sections, the first at 1 o'clock and
the second at 2 o'clock. Still" another
section No. 3 of yesterday arrived at
S p. in. today. ,
: No,' IS of the Southern Pacific, owing
to washouts and slides in Cow creek
canyon and In the Btsklyous, due at
7:46 this morning, is from 12 to 14
hours behind time. The Southern Pa
cific train (No. 12), due yesterday morn
ing, will not arrive until this evening,
24 hours late, r ,
Tracks over the Southern Pacific are
now reported clear and no further trou
ble Is anticipated. The delay of the
Northern Pacific was occasioned by
heavy Bnows In the middle west
Injuries to the .marble. Jady consisted ln
her straw hat being broken In such a
manner that it could not be kept on
straight no matter how It was patched,
one cheek was cracked and a curl which
straggled over her shoulder was broken
off. In addition in these Injuries the
statue had a part of the flg leaf chipped
and also the dimple In the chin erased.
The figure coat 183 and Is . Injured .be
yond repair. t : r ,, ,'' i
. It was suggested by Attorney Hume
that the court adjourn to the saloon and
determine the extent of the damage to
the ornament- - The court declined the
invitation. .
OFFICES THAT
ILL BE FILLED
CTTT OrriCXAlS ABB BOT COB-
CEBBEB IB COK3BCI ELECTION,
COTTBTY OPTICIBS OEVXBAZ.LT
ABB STATE BEPBESEBTATZTES
WILL ALSO BE CHOSEW.
The present, city administration has
been so frequently used as a, campaign
argument In the fight between the two
Republican factions that many voters
are under the Impression that new -city
omcials are to be elected this year. The
city .election, however, . does not occur
Until ; next year, and only county and
state officials and members of congress
are ta be elected next-June. .
Thti terms of the majority of the pres
ent Incumbents of county offices expire
this summer. Those for whom -successors'
are to be elected are as follows:
Sheriff W. A. Storey, County Clerk Frank
8. Fields. Assessor C. E. McDonnell,
Treasurer John M. Lewis, Surveyor John
A. Hurlburt Coroner John P. Flnley,
School Superintendent R. F. Robinson,
Justice of the Peace William Reld. Jus
tice of the Peace Waldemar Seton. Con
stable W.- E. Jackson and Constable A.
D. lveenan. ...
The terms of all members of the lower
house of the legislature expire In July,
and the voters of Multnomah county will
have 13 representatives to elect. Includ
ing one who represents both Clackamas
and Multnomah counties. They will also
have to vote for five members of the
state senate, the retiring senators being
Alex 8week. who represents Multnomah,
Columbia, Clackamas and Washington
counties, and James E. Hunt. George T.
Myers. Frank P. Mays and A. C. Smith,
representing Multnomah county. No Re
publican candidates for these legislative
vacancies have yet announced them
selves, and whichever faction of that
party --is-successful in the primaries
will probably name 'the Senatorial nom
inees with chief reference to the election
of United States senator In 1907,
At the June election the voters of the
state must elect a successor to Judge
Frank. .A. Moore of the stale supreme
court and a dairy and food commissioner
to succeed J. W. Balle.y.' Ten, circuit
judges &nd 10 district attorneys are. also
to be elected In the several judicial dis
tricts. In Multnomah county the terms
of Circuit, Judges John B. Cleland and
Arthur L.' Ffazer and of District At
torney John Manning expire this year.
The terms of both of Oregon's congress
men, expire this year. 'Blnger Hermann
was elected last year only to fill the un
expired term of the late Congressman
Tongue.
Republican primaries will be held In
this county on April 2, and the county
convention will meet April 7. The dates
of the Democratic primaries and con
vention have not yef been fixed.
HOUSES WASHED. AW AT.
Redding, Cal., Feb. The town ot
Ken net t It miles above Redding, was
nearly washed away last night People
were out all night preventing the houses
being washed1 away. - Several houses
were carried off: their lots. 'The river
Is very high here, there being a 23ty
foot rise last flight All roads - ari
blocked and wires are down. The rain
fall U even with last season SI Inches.
CHURCILWOIHELS
AT PENDLETON
SIXTEENTH ANHUAL STATE COH
VENTION ' OT CHBISTIAH EH
EAVOB MEETS T BID AT KANT
DELEGATES WILL OO TBOM POBT-
LAND XV SPECIAL CAB.
i The 'sixteenth annual convention of
the-Oregon Christian Kndeavor Union
will be held in Pendleton beginning next
Friday evening, February 19, and-closing
the Monday following. Prominent
Portland ministers will attend and ad
dress the different meetings. Rev, D.
A. Thompson, president of the north
western district, will lead the devotional
service on Saturday afternoon, and will
speak -on the subject, "Our Advance
Campaign," at the Monday morning ses
sion. On the same morning. Rev. I M.
Boozer will deliver an . address ,., on
"Christian Kndeavorers as Aids to the
Pastor." Monday afternoon at 3:Si
o'clock. E. C. Bronaugh will speak about
"Young People in Training." At the
closing session Monday evening. Dr. E.
L.' House will deliver an address. His
subject will be "Weaving Our Own Des
tiny." The sessions will be held In the
Baptist church.
The delegates will leave Friday morn
ing In a special car, so as to be In time
for the evening session. Arrangements
are being made for a men's meeting to
be held Sunday afternoon.
., The -list of delegates is as follows:
The speakers at .the convention' are:
Dr. John O. Rust and Mrs. J. O. Rust
of Seattle, . Dr. K. L. House, E. C
Bronaugh, Rev? D. A. Thompson.; Mrs.
D. A. Thompson, Rev. Albyn Esson, Rev.
L. M, Boozer of Portland, Rev. C T.
Hurt of Salem, Rev. A. AJ Winter of
Dallas, President ' S. BI Penrose and
Rev. Austin Rice of Walla J Walla,
Wash., Judge 8. A. "Lowell of Pendleton,
Rev. Z. W. Cummerford and Mrs. Z. W.
Cummerford of Prtneville, Rev. J. H.
Barton of Union. '. ;: .
The state officers of the association
are: J. A. Rockwood. Miss Martha Case
and A. W, Brookings of Portland, Mrs.
Ella D. Rice of Ashland, Mrs. T. E.
Gault and Rev. Frank H. Mixsell of
Oregon City. W. A. Dtll of Eugene, Miss
Buelnh Henkle of Philomath.
The delegates who will go from, Port
land, are: D. R Williams, Alex Otts,
W. D. Scott, Miss Alice Hutchinson,
Miss Bessie Luckey, Miss Vesta Town
send.' Miss Ella Mtsenhimer, Miss Floy
Dotson. Miss Katherlne McMillan. Miss
Mysle 8horp. .Mlsa Emily Turner, Mr.
Steer, Miss Farmer, Mrs. Dalgletsh. Dr.
T. Sohaubc, : Douglas Johnston, Miss
Irene Lincoln, Miss Ivie Almy, Ed
Mansfield, Miss Dolcte Mansfield. Miss
Beatrice Whipple, Charles Staver,
Neil Crounse. Mr. Johnston and Miss
Blank. ' ' .' .
"NO OTHER WIFE' '
SAYS T. H, TOBIN
KZMXSra MAN WHO WOTOVZB WXTX
avb xxl urn xntsxx.r atteb
rzauora box or btbamztb tm-
ZZP AT LOBB TIB BY XZS TWO
SOBS. - ' i". f.
"My father had no wife In Canada,
and stories to that effect are not true,"
said T, M. Tobln of Chicago this morn
ing, speaking of his father, E. D. Tobln,
who, on last Thursday, shot ' his, di
vorced wife and killed himself in 'the
Atnswtfrth building after setting. off a
fuse attached , to a box containing .10
pounds of dynami. s. -
T. M. Tobln, with his brother. C.. A.
Tobln of Idaho, arrtved yesterday from
the east to attend the funeral services of
their' .father, held th,i morning In
Ftnley'a chapel. Father McDevltt offl
elated, only a few friends of the dead
man being -present at the last services,
The burial waa In Lone Fir cemetery.
"He waa clearly Insane," said Mr.
Tobln, of his father. "His Insanity was
due, I believe, to the exposure he under
went recently while examining our mine
near Baker City. Father came to Port
land for medical treatment and not -long
before his death I receivea a letter
from him In which he said that he
could neither eat nor sleep, and . that
be felt he was giving way. This was
after his exposure and was due to it,
in my opinion
"There Is no truth in the story that
he was married or lived with a woman
In Canada, and the records will show
that this was not made a part of the
divorce petition filed some months ago
whefl he separated from his wife.. They
agreed to separate, that was all.
"There was nothing to show that' he
was not in his normal frame of mind
when he married, but It may have been
that -he was not wholly responsible."
"Does he leave any property, and. what
provision has been made for his wife?
"He has no wife," quickly responded
Mr. Tobin. - "He had about all hJs money
In the mine, and others of us have In
vested more than $25,000 In that propo
sition. . We will bury the ody here until
spring, when we will remove It to Chi
cago. The intense cold weather at pres
ent has frozen the ground, and prevents
us burying It there,
"My father had been-In this western
country for 15 years or more, and had
some Influential and warm friends. His
act-was inspired by a mania, caused by
overexposure and -continual strain and
worry over tne mines.
DEFUNCT BROKERS'
FIRM TO PAY DEBTS
: (Hricolol DlBustrh tn The Joiirimt.V
, San Francisco, Feb. The creditors
of Bolton DeRuyter ft Co. will receive
100 cents'on t he dollar of -.their claims
against the firm If the committee of
creditors that was appointed to Invest!
gate and report ' Is not mistaken,
This announcement was made at a meet
lng of the creditors and It was well re
celved. Before the meeting was ad
Journed 'tt was voted by the creditors
in attendance that they would accept
the report and also the terms of the
firm, which were that 50,per cent of the
total indebtedness should be paid In cash
at the counter Immediately, and that
26 per cent . should be paid lit 20 days,
and- the remAlnlng 26 per cent In six
months or earlier ami carry no Interest,
INVESTIGATE THE
KUBICK CHARGES
The police commissioners are this at
ternoon hearing evidence on the com
Dlalnt brous-ht aaralnst Patrolman Ku
bick by Mr. Nelson, charging the officer
with undue severity and cruelty In -mak
lng an arrest The hearing began at
o clock - '..
JAPAN TRAPS THREE
', RUSSIAN VESSELS
. (Jonrml Special gerrlee.)
Seoul. Feb. .H, It is ' reported that
Japanese warships have trapped three
Russian ships at Yangampho. No other
details aire given.- - - - .'
Berlin. Feb. 18. The St. Petersburg
correspondent to the : Tagliche . Rund
schau says 600 Russian soldiers were
frozen to death while marching across
Lake Baikal. - The , correspondent adds
that the railway across the lake Is not
finally completed and the troops, ' prob
ably part of the detachment , which had
to make a 22-mlle march, were caught
In a blizzard. ,
MXKASO BBCBXTES SUPPLIES.
Beport Cornea That Ten Buislan Tor
pedo Boats Are Frozen La the lea. ' -
Toklo, Feb, le. The flag, gun and
anchor of the sunken Russian cruiser
Varlag have arrived here. - - They will be
AID TO FAIR
STATE OF
San Francisco, Feb. 16. Representa
tives , of ' Vlhe ;. Merchants' association.
Manufacturers' and producers', associa
tion, San Francisco board of trade, state
board of trade, . chamber of commerce
and merchants' exchange met last, night
and passed the following resolutions: ;
. "In view of the benefits likely to fol
low the American-Pacific exposition and
Oriental fair,, and Hs ' Influence In
promottng commercial interest on the
Pacific coast by widening the trade' re
lations between ; the Orient and. ' the
United States, and In view of the. fact
that an exposition of this kind Is to
be held in Portland, Or., In the year
1905, to be known as the Lewis and
Clark centennial, the commercial , or
ganisations of San Francisco, acting
PISTOL EXERCISE
. ENLIVENS SALOON
Corporal Hoara of Fort Stevens tried
to emulate the deeds of the wild gun
fighters of early days in the west last
nighty He -endeavored to "shoot up" a
saloon, with variations. The variations
were furnished by bystanders, who made
the corporal with ambitions to shine as
a "bad man" look like ' 30 counterfeit
cents.
The corporal came to town yesterday
after delivering a military prisoner at
the Vancouver barracks. He went Into
the Llneoln saloon, at Sixth and Burn
side, streets. Drawing a revolver, he
HE IS TOO EXCITABLE -
TO REMAIN AT LARGE
.
Jacob Dreyfus, one of the partners 'In
the Carroll Candy company,, had a hear
ing today before Judge Hogue on the
charge 'of assault' with a. . dangerous
weapon and was bound over to the grand
Jury, with' ball of $760, Which he. was
unable to furnish. T. L. Carroll de
scribed the shooting. He said -that dur
ing an argument about the authority of
Dreyfus to dictate the affairs of the
company, the latter lost his temper,
swotte a number of life-sized oaths,
whipped but a large gun and fired two
shots.- Carroll testified that when he
noticed the flash from the first shot, he
rushed out of the store and did not
TAXES
"We live in Portland, and my pa paya
city taxes," proudly exclaims the Fulton
Park boy to his little friend across the
street
"Humph! I don't care if you do,"
replies the little rurallte' on the other
side, with a shake of her curls. 'The
mall carrier brings us our mall," .
So honors are even.
" It la a fact that residents of Fulton
Parkl while they enjoy a tax rate of 17
mills and are within the ctty limits, are
HOTEL OF CHARACTER
AIDS BAKER CITY
Jom-Ml Special Berrlee.) . .
Baker Ctty, Or., Feb. 16. Some five
or six years ago Albert Oelser, succeed
ing to the management of his father's
estate, undertook to make of the Bo
nanza., then a non-paying and unprom
ising prospect near the Greenhorn coun
try, a paying mine. He worked hard
for several years and lived upon almost
nothing while he worked. Finally his
faith In the property was rewarded, he
opened a ledge .of rich ore and sold the
property for nearly a million, dollars,
the first, big sals recorded In recent years
In eastern Oregon. With ihls capital
the members q the Oelser family Im
mediately started tn to Improve and
beautify their home town of Baker City.
Money was Invested . In residence and
business property.
At that time Baker City was In the
same condition Portland waa 15 years
ago whet- 'she- waa a big overgrown
village without a decent hotel tn the
city to Which a stranger could be In
vited. Business men of Pluck got to
gether and built the grand Portland
hotel on which they , lost money during
the first 10 years of its operation. : But
the Portland hotel made' the present me
trorblls of Portland. The Gelsers real
izing that Baker City could never be
anything of a city unless it had a first
class hotel, bought the olrl WarshAuer
house and rebuilt It at the expense of
nearly 160,000 Into its present ' hand
some form and made of it a hotel
equal In all respects to the best modern
hostlerles west of Chicago. The house
has .been In operation for something
Over, two years and today It is realised
that It Is too small to accommodate the
ever Increasing business of Baker City.
At a meeting held a few days ago the
Oeisers derided, with their, usual pub
lic spirit, td. enlarge and Improve the
Oelser Grand hotefc Work will begin
upon the Improvements to the house at
once. . , , . - ,,r :-
Instructions were given to Architect
Bennes two ' days . ago to immediately
prepare the plans for the enlargement
and Improvement of the hotel, and that
gentleman anil his entire force of men
are working day and night In order." to
have the plans and specifications ready
to commen'e construction work as soon
as ihe present .cold snap la over. From
conversation ' with , Mr. Bennes and a
J scanning of the first rough draft (of the
presented -to the mikado as trophies by
the captain of the Japanese cruiser Cht
yeda, who was summoned personalty be
fore the mikado for his valor In the re
cent' battle: of Chemulpo.' "The German
steamer Batavla which brought 1,600
Japanese, refugees to. Mol, . reports 10
Russian, torpedo boats frozen in and un
able to move at Vladivostok, The latter
place is entirely unprepared to reals! aft
attack.
' THE CZAB ILL. '
" London. Feb. 16. There is great suf
fering among' the Russian troops tn Siberia,-
where 60 degrees below aero,, la
reported. The csar Is said to be 111 on
account of the constant strain and seem
ing lack of military and naval ability of
his men. The report has Just reached
here that three Russian warships have
been captured but It la unconfirmed and
contradictory reports are keeping news
papermen studying, -v. v
BILL BY
CALIFORNIA
Jointly, do hereby resolve that the Mer
chants' association, the Manufacturers'
and Producers' association and' board of
trade of the city of Sari -Francisco, be
lieving. that the Lewis and Clark centen
nial ' American exposition and Oriental
fair, to be held In the city of Portland,
Or., In the year 1006. promises to bring
very beneficial results to the- Pacific
.coast, and we do hereby - favor a fed
eral appropriation to aid such - exposi
tion. , . -
"Resolved, . that the California dele
gation in. congress be and la hereby
asked to favor such appropriation In
this behalf, as Is deemed necessary to
suitably carry out the purposes of the
exposition and to provide for the gov
ernment exhibit thereat." .
began shooting. William Coleman, a by
stander, struck his ' arm. causing one
bullet to be sent through the transom
and another through : the door. It is
probable that Coleman's coolness saved
somebody from death, or injury.
Before a third shot could be fired W.
M. Moffatt, Coleman and four or. five
other bystanders surrounded Hoafe. He
looked at the human wall and meekly
folded his arms.. Asked for the revol
ver, he surrendered It without, protest
He waa permitted to go without any re
port being"-flnade-4-1 he-poWces H Is re
volver Is still at the saloon,
stop' to aee about the second shot or to
argue whether Dreyfus was playing "at
war or really intended to puncture' him
with leaden pill. '
It was brought out 'that Dreyfus had
no-legal right to take charge of the bust-1
ness of the concern, and that he had ahot
without giving warning. It . waa fur
ther shown that he handled the pistol
very recklessly and was In the habit of
carrying a weapon. The judge said that
Dreyfua waa not a safe man- to ba at
large, as' one who became so excited that
he did not know what he was doing was
better off In a place where he could not
do any damage. ..
THEIR .
CHIEF BLESSING
obliged to come four miles to the post-
omce or trudge through the mud to the
sub-station for their. mall. The people
Just outside the town and within a
stone's throw enjoy none of these lux
uries and have their mail" brought to
their doors once every day by a rural
carrier. - ,-:
Several attempts have ,been made to
aecure a carrier for. Fulton Park; but aa
the place contains but 600 people 'the de
partment haa refused the request .
plana It Is learned that a fourth story
will be added to the Oelser Grand, which
will give 35 more guest chambers In
cluding 21 rooms with private baths.
The extension of the building will be
ornamented by a large observatory on
the corner with a summer or palm gar
den on the roof partially under glass,
so as to be available 'winter or sum
mer for garden parties.- musicals arid
the like. The light court will remain
the same as It Is at present except
that it will be Improved with marble
baseboards ' and . additional -ornamental
work. The elevators will be carried up
to the root and there will be full elec
tric lighting and. bell .system through
out the new part of the house, which
will also be 'steam heated, with hot
and cold water In every . room.' The
present aecond and third floors will be
reflnlshed in oak to 'harmonize with the
new fourth floor. The style of the
fourth story will be Louis XIV and the
grand stairway will be carried through
to the oof. It Is estimated that the
cost of these Improvements will be be
130,000 and $40,000. , The old tower and
cornices will be replaced by a new
tower and modern ornamental cornice
work.' When completed the Baker City
Geiser Grand hotel will be the finest
hotel of its size west of Chicago. The
entire building will probatily be re
painted to harmonize ; with the new
work. ' .
Mr. Bennes states that during the
cons'tructlon work matters will be so
arranged that the present hotel will be
kept in operation and that , the addi
tions -and Improvements can , be made
without closing the house. ; ,
Another Improvement will be' the Bn
ishlng of the large corner room tn the
basement, which will be fitted up for a
restaurant or other similar purpose. The
rooms In the new fourth floor will be
furnished1 in the same luxurious style
ss the rooms of the present portions of
the hpuse assigned for guest purposes.
About two years ago, after several at
tempts to sequre proper management of
the house, the Gelsers obtained the serv
ices of Art Harris as manager. From
the first day to the present moment
Mr. Harris has quietly and smoothly
conducted the business of the hotel
and every 'department has been run on
up-to-date principles. The comfort and
Interests of guests have been looked af
ter in every detail,, the house, haa been
kept scrupulously, neat and clean, , the
servants , have been ; well ; traiped and
prompt In the performance of their du
ties and the dining room and kitchen
departments ' have been unexcelled; In
any hotel of the slie' In the west 1
FEARFUL STORY
' OF A SHIPW
RECK
LOSS OT THB COUBTBET ' TOBD
BRINGS TOBTK BATHETIC TALE
OT SUTTEBIVO AL02TE TOB
TOOTS MOWTHS ABB ' TIHALLT
SUCCUMBS TO STABTATION.'
(Hm Francisco Bureaa of The Jnm-n!.)
"-; San Francisco, Feb. 18. The prospec
tive suit of the relatives of W. Ode,
watchman of the schooner Courtney
Ford, that went ashore at Glen Island,
Alaska, In October, 1902, haa brought
to light through the- records of the
local . merchants exchange, one of' the
most pathetio stories of the sea that
has been brought to public 'attention in
many, years. The- tale 'of the Courtney
Ford can find no parallel In fiction, nor
do the records of wrecks and hardships
experienced -on ; derellcU that IH1 coi
umna of the exchange scrap-books Show
anything that forms a basis of a story
.worthy of -the pen 6f the most graphic
writer as does the diary of Ode .during
the time of his lonely life on Glcu
Island from Octobers, 1902 till Febru
ary 20, 1903.' -..vy "':,' '''.'.' ' r. v ; ?"-':" : '-
In the spare columns of a newspaper
the record of Ode's life lh the frozen
north cannot, be given In full.! and only
extracts from his remarkable memoran
dums can be made. '. i , vfi ; '
On the 4th of -October the CourtneJ
Ford put into a cove-at Glen Island
and anchored. Three of her.boata; cont
talnlng all of her crew, with the excep
tlon of Ode.' put off from the vessel wltli
the intention of looking for seals. A
storm arose and the boats were driven
far south and ' were forced to make a
port 29 miles south Of where the Ford
had anchored. The breakers poured Into
the narrow harbor, where the little ves
sel tugged at her anchor chains, and. sa
fierce, was the wind and the constant
hammering of 'the surf that ;the craft
sprang a leak. ' '
Ode was alone at the pumps and bis
diary commenced with a note to the ef
fect that he "had pumped all day with
out making much impression on tho
water that was accumulating in the
hold.'' Luckily - for him, the anchor
dragged and the schooner was driven
on the sand. - At this Juncture it mu8t
be noted that . the captain of r the
schooner waa supposed to rejoin her
from a landing 40 miles north of the
cove, where he had gone, with a boat
load of men looking for 'seals. There
was a misunderstanding and, not able
to find the ship, he proceeded furthot
north to a station of the Alaska 'Com
mercial' company and remained there,
thinking -that his vessel , would be
brought along the coast by her crew.
Not seeing any signs of approaching
boats, Ode lowered a skiff that had been
left behind by the crew and, making -'a
satl of . a bedsheet he sailed out onto
the ocean, after the wind had died down,
and tried to get aome idea of where he
was. He dared not attempt to voyage
from" the cove to the south In the small
boat, and knew that hta only chance
for escape waa : to remain by the
schooner until help should arrive.
Thefollowing 4ay nothar. at orm
came up that opened the aeama Of the
schooner, flooded her cabin and started
the roof of the galley leaking. The ves
sel had hot grounded sufficiently to in
sure her from slipping oft the sharp in
cline of sand Into deep water, and Ode
put in moat of his . time pumping her
out to insure bbuyancy aft : '
Hard efforts were necessary to keep
the vessel afloat up to October 10, when
Ode determined to atrip her and build
a cabin on the beach in the' event of
heavy weather breaking the -hulk to
pieces. - There were provisions and fuel
on the Ford, but in spite of this it waa
almost Impossible to keen a ttre going in
the cabin with which to cook the food.
The structure - was poorly made, and
when- the ratn and snow fell water
poured In through the cracka In the'
roof and rendered the place almost un
tenantable. Although the stove waa at
a red heat the cabin could not be kept
dry, and rheumatlam gradually crippled
the lone watchman and bla work waa
hard to accomplish.
On the 17th of October, Ode com
menced to-realize that he wa gradually
becoming helpless. He added, to his
-note book the remarks:
"Stiff and sore. Cannot get ashore
for water. I waa obliged to return to
the cabin of the Ford, aa the house 1
built haa been soaked with water for
days. Starms have been constant, and
I have not been able to cook my food
properly, aa the decks are opening and
the galley is almost useless aa a place
for shelter, I am suffering much and
no help In sight" .
After this a seriea of storms occurred
and after the Weather cleared Ode went
ashore and attempted to cross the snow
and ice to the station north of where the
Ford lay, He said: t
"Got ashore and struggled over the
Ice for several - m ilea without seeing
any chance of getting through. It has
been blowing a gale and the breakers are
.high so I could not . get . back to the
schooner.- Spent the night In the cabin
and alept under an oil coat and a quilt,
The cold is getting something terrible,
Find that my -legs are swelling and I
cannot understand the symptoms. My
arihs ache alao and I have queer pains In
the stomach. : No help in sight and I
fear that they have forgotten me alto
gether. If matters keep on, I will be
helpless" f. :-.'.,'
A few days later Ode was forced from
the after cabin to the leaking grlley.
The cabin ashore had been torn by the
fierce gales and waa not habitable. He
wrote:
"My legs are not so bad, but t cannot
move without pain. As long as I keep
still I do not suffer, hut when I move it
Is torture. - My arms and chest have
swelled and I am too weak to get water
to wash with and I am very dirty In the
face. I have -been eating dried apples
and flour cooked with a little water, as
that is alt I cafi reach. There is aome
canned food on tha top shelf but I can
not reach It I have made several dea
perate attempts to get at It piling up
boxes and using a, chair,' but . each time
I have fallen back exhausted. ! No help.
They think that I am at Monrovia or
they would come, I am sure. Would try
again to get over the Ice but cannot
I am aura that I have the Bcurvey, as my
stomach has swelled and I feel a dumb
pain air over my body. . Water and fuel
are what I have struggled for. I have
been melting-artow as I have been too
weak to go aft over the snow-covered
decks." .'.. ' ,v.r r .-
On February 10, Ode made a memoran
dum tn his book. stating that he was liv
ing on scant trieals of apples and, flour
and that he had great difficulty keeping
the, Are going In the stove.., The eold
wds Intense and once the Are went out
it waa death. He continued:
"More gales and more suffering. My
teeth are sore and, Idpsa In my mouth.
If help does not r,ime soon I must per
ish.' -v- - -:
"February 1$-"-Water Is leaking info
the galley and I cannot do anything to
stop tt. . ; '-' '. .. . ,;- -.
"February 17 What wllil do when
the snow ,1s on the decks again? I can
not reach the Jower shelves of the gal
ley and there are a few apples left.
can scarce move my arms- or" lower
limbs. ,' -.
- February .20, morning I am waiting
death, , .
, "Afternoon Death at last Four
months alone."- -v.-.-. !
PARIS HOUSE IT
TO BE MOLESTED
THOUGH LICENSE WAS ADMTTTED-
LT TSBEQULAB HO ' QCESTTOHS
WILL BB ASKED MB, TLEOBL
WILL HOT TUSH HIS OBJECTIONS
OTHEB XBBEGCLAB) ACTIONS.
The liquor license committee of the
city council held a special meeting yea
terday ; afternoon but the Paris house
saloon license question waa not brought"
up!. "At least 1 have nothing more to
say," replied Councilman Flegel. and aa
he waa the one most vitally interested :
In the granting of the permit it la hardly
possible that the three members signing
tne license will go to the trouble of dis
interring it.
"It la hardly llkclv that the council
will revoke the license granted to Eu
gene Blaster," said Mr. Flegel, "when
three members of the committee - have
signed the application.' If they wished
to grant a license that the committee
had turned down they could do It easy
enough," he continued.- .
The question of temporary licenses
Which were granted to the Majestic
cafe and other saloons' waa Considered.
It ia known that a number of the places
haye failed to comply. with the special
injunctions of the committee and these
licenses will probably be revoked.' but
the committee' waa, not sufficiently In--formed
yesterday to take action, J
The Fans house license was. signed a
separately by three tf the committee
members and Mr. Flegel knew nothing
about It being granted until he heard
that saloon waa running galn. He en
tered a vigorous complaint at a special
meeting against such street corner ac
tions and promised to turn on the X
ray of investigation into that eort of
methods.;' ; . However, he now concedes
that the incident la closed, so far as he
la concerned. H :.; ..- '-A ..:-,'." 'hVw ,i
"Bob" - Patterson's application for a
restaurant liquor . license ' waa ' turned
down.- After having had hla license re
voked for a year because he ran a'dls
orderly place Frank Mays . waa granted
permission to reopen a saloon at Second
and Couch streets. Flelschner, Mayer Ss
Co. withdrew .their objection to the place
and the - committee thought Maya had
been punished enough for running a dlz-.
orderly, place. , i 1 t .
Other Illegal Lioenses.
Some ouestlon has been raised rs to
the legality of the Parts houae license.
owing to the methods followed In grant
ing the application. There Is a resolu
tion passed nearly a year ago In which,
the city council declared that no license
should be granted except at a regular
meeting. This was not the case with
Blaster's ' petition, far only Councitmen
Whiting and Slgler signed it In the com
mittee meeting . and aome time . later
Bentley went to the license clerk.' took
the application away and later -brought
It back with his signature. , .Then the
clerk issued the license. ' .''''-' '"
This . phaae of the question was
brought . to Mr. s Flegel's attention to day,
but he lifststed that he did not have
time to take the matter up.
"Aa far aa that is concerned," he ex
plained. "It is Illegal because it waa
granted to the proprietor of a gambling ,
house and so on ad Infinitum. I am
too pressed with more important bust-,
ness to continue the action and at pres
ent have nothing more to aaj."
GOOD YOUNG MAN v:
MADE BAD MONEY
'. ' (Specltl Dlipatch to .The Journal.) '
Ban rrancisco, reo. aecrei ssrv-
Ice agents here have arrested. Andreas
Winklemann for counterfeiting. He had
a complete outfit In hts room on -Folic
street in this city. The prisoner han
been living a dual life; he waa a member
of the Young Men's Christian associa
tion and also a church member. Ha
wm a draughtsman by profession. Win
klemann., who is' German, ta about 27
years of age and has resided in the city
two years. He aaya that three years
ago he Inherited 10,000 marks aa a ahare
of hta sister's estate. He journeyed
from hia German home to Mexico and
squandered all of his coin In high liv
ing. He became a member of the Young
Men's Christian association last year
and regularly attended the night classes
In mechanical drawing. Secret Service
Agent Haten aald that. Winklemann had
displayed great skill In the manufacture
of the spurious coin and that the molds
and metal . used showed , Ingenuity and
application.' ,
civ vc in mn nnv ' .
aiA-ICAtVULU DUI . ,
nPFIFQ THP MIIDT
lfd itU i iiav vvwii
A S-yea'r-old boy placed on ' tha
witness stand by Judge George ,' ,thls
afternoon defied the court . by silence
throughout a sharp examination. The
boy refused to tell even his name and
finally Judge George gave up In disgust.
, The youngster is Cyrus Warren, for
possession of whom hia father is peti
tioning. On his mother's death ' four
years ago the boy . waa placed In the
care Of hla grandparents, Mr.' and Mrs.
Cyrua Armstrong of Aloina. - About a
year ago the father got the Iowa courts
to overrule ita previous order and to
award the child to him. ' Meantime the
Armstrongs had moved to Oregon! War
ren came to Portland to get the boy,
but on the ground that the Iowa court
had no Jurisdiction the Armstrongs re
fused to give him up.
XOLIBECX'S . BECQBB STANDS,
'. i. ; -(Join-mi Special Service.)
Albany. N. Y., Feb. 1. The court of
appeals today decided that the Bcrtlllon
records of Roland B. Mollneux in the
state prison must stand.
' The' Mollneux poisoning case attracted
much - attention, Mollneux . was , con
victed at. hia first trial and sentenced
to be electrocuted. He spent a long time
in Sing Sing. On a second trial he was
acquitted. , When first Incarcerated he .
waa measured according to the Bertlllon
system" and nil the facta entered Into
the prison records. After his acquittal
he made a powerful effort to have these
records legally removed, on the ground
of his acquittal, : He failed In the tower
court, but immediately; appealed. ; The
higher court has now decided against
him. ' ' '
-'. Kja Subtle. .. '.. -From
the Chicago Tribune.
Uncle Eph'm had put on a clean collut
and his best .coal, and was walking ma
jestically up and down the street
"Aren't you working today,1 uncle?"
asked one of his Caucasian acquain
tances. . .- :. ' .'..".
"No, suit. Ise celebrating, my golden
weddin', auh." -
"You were 'married SO years ago to
day7" , . , '
"Yes. auh." v . . '. . "
''Well, why , Isn't your wife helping
you to celebrate It?". v '
"My present wife, auh." replied Vncle
Kph'm. with 'dignity,, "ain't got nothln
to do with tt She de "leventh." ,
v