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TIJE OBEGON DAILY JOtTBNAIi TOnTLAXD. WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEDBTJAIIY 17. .1904. DEMOCRATS ARE ' NOT FOR FUSION NOW WHY DO THEY DO IT. FIRE RULES MUST PLANS FDR ORDER BE OBSERVED OF HIE BUYERS Leaders Speak Against Any but Independent Action by the Party Call for County Central - ommittee---Nominating of Delegates- ORE BUXXDXHa ALREADT fJHDEB THE BAH OT THE INSPECTORS AHD OTHERS WtU BB CLOSEST : EXAMINED TIRE WALLS MUST BB CONSTRUCTED. ' ' EARBAUOK - ALTMAH r ACTION'S X.AWTER THREATENS A BECEIT ERSHIP WAXEPIEI.DSy C0UN8EX. iju-is - or. ? ji sioBttasHAngg -WITH contbact-b:ox.deb8. ' Leading Democrats of this city ex press themselves aa strongly opposed to fusion with either v of the Republican factions to the present campaign.- This tentttnent appears to be general, and any auggestum of such an alliance would bring forth overwhelming opposition, Efforts have been made by the Republic can paper of this city to make It appear that a considerable element in the Demo cratic party is favorable to fusion, but. such assertions are without any real foundation. : '. , , . Governor Chamberlain" is 'outspoken in t xpressinf his views on this subject. , "I am decidedly opposed to fusion," he de clared. "The Democrats should put up a ticket fof thetr own and should keep clear ' of ! any entangling alliance with either Republican faction." J Alex 8week. chairman of the county central committee, takes the same stand. "I have repeatedly declared myself as against fusion In this campaigj, and I Khali strongly oppose, any movement to bring it about. It is better for the party to stand alone, even If we do not elect a single one of our nominees. Some persons have Insinuated that I am se cretly in" favor of fusion, but such state ments ' are absolutely untrue and are made with interested motives. - We tried fusion two years a-go, and w don't want any mora of It." .' - ' '' ' ' '. J. Bu. Ryan, secretary of ; tbejeounty central committee, said: ,"I amagaTnst fusion, and I believe that is tha atti tude of the great majority of the Dem ocrat of this county." , H. B. Nicholas and Newton , McCoy, members of the executive committee, are emphatically opposed to any combi nation with either of the Republican factions, and this is probably tha view of the whole committee. Should Wot Ba Catspaws. '. : "There should be no fusion in this campaign," said Judge Cecil IL. Bauer. "I don't think the Democrats should help Republicans to puU their chest nuts out of the fire. I was opposed to fusion In the last campaign, -and it would have to ba a very extreme case that would justify it, in my opinion." Similar utterances 'are made by many other prominent Democrats and it would be hard to find any open advocates of the policy pursued in the campaign of 1902. . So general is the opposition to fusion that there is no likelihood that It will become an issue, either in the coun ty central committee or in the county convention. , - . . : ,i CALIFORNIA . FOR LEWIS , Si Fraiu-lnce Bureau of Th Journal.) . - San Francisco, Feb. 17.--The Callfor fila promotion committee received a tele gram from Henry E. Reed, secretary of the Lewis and Clark ' exposition, asking it to urge upon congress the passage of the appropriation of $1,775,000 for the Portland fair, and in compliance there with the executive officer, Rufus P. Jen nings has wired members of the Califor nia delegation and .James A. Tawney, chairman of the house exposition com mittee, requesting their aid and good DUE HERE FRIDAY The crest of the Willamette flood will 'fttch Portland ' next Friday, giving tha river a depth of 15 feet above the low water mark. The Ash street dock will be about the only one which will be af fected,' The lower dock at that place is not used to any great extent and no (damage will result. v ' At noon today the highest stage of the river was reached at Albany. It . was 25 feet at that point. Tomorrow at Sa lem it will be about 22 feet, which will be the , greatest reached there. . River men are confident there wilt be no high water of any consequence. They BIG ARMY TRANSPORT LEAVES FOR THE SEA Drawing but 23 feet and skimming over the water at about 10 knots an hour, the transport Dix weighed anchor at 1 o'clock, this afternoon, and left down the river for the sea, , During her week's stay she moved about (he harbor with ease, never once bumping her hull against a sandy bar or a hidden snag. .The freedom with which she could shift about without ex periencing long delays on account of rlioal water proved a revelation to the '(fleers of the transport, who ' had been led to believe all sorts of dire things BRIDE AND GROOM OF TENDER YEARS Surrounded by a number of clerks, gap ing In astonishment, a boy and his mother stood in the county clerk's office this morntng trying to get a' license td wed a girl 16 years old.- Bert Hower, the ap plicant, and his mother say he is 20 years of age, but he looks not more than 15. The boy and tils mother live in Alblna. They say he has made his own living for years as a lather and is well able to sup port a wife. The girl In the case, Nina Moore, is the daughter of a railroad man living at Albany and has been employed 1NDR AVELLI'S CARGO IS 6,000 TONS 'I' I m 1 nd ravel II, which sailed from Yo kohama for Portland February IS and Is due March 1, carries a full cargo. She has aboard 8.000 tons all told. The most valuable part is silk. She carries about 150 bales of silk, valued at $75, 000; (00 tons of general merchandise for Portland, consisting of matting, tea and Oriental goods, and (00 tons of similar .supplies for San . Francisco. The rest of the shipment Is . for eastern cities. There has been some discussion as to the method of nominating delegates to the county, 'convention. At a recent meettng of tha executive-committee of the county" central, committee, resolu tions were adopted asking the commit teeman from each, precinct to call to gether the Democrats of his precinct for the purpose of recommending candi dates. But a, number of the commit teemen have removed from the precincts which they were chosen to represent, and some other plan may be necessary in. order to get an expression from the whole city and' county. ' "I do not know what course the cen tral committee will, pursue," said Chair man Sweek this morning. "Personally all that I care about is that tho dele gates to the county convention Blmll be nominated as far as possible by the Democratic voters of the county," In that way we shall get a much more rep resentative, convention than by having the delegates nominated .by either the executive committee or the full central committee. The whole matter will be decided -.'when the central committee meets next week." Call for Central Committee. The call for the meeting of the county central committee, which Will be Issued today, ''is as, follows: w "To " the '. Precinct Committeemen, Democratic County Central Committee of Multnomah County Dear Sirs There wilt be a special meeting of the Democratic city , and , county centnal committee In- the rooms of the Oregon mining exchange,; Chamber of Com- mere, on Tuesday, February 25, 1904, at the hour of 8 o'clock p. m. This meeting is called for the central com mittee to fix the date of the county Democratic convention of Multnomah county, and also to fix the date or time for holding the precinct meetings in the different -precincts : to select the dele gates that each precinct la entitled to have ' under the apportionment hereto fore made, to send to the county con vention. j ' . i "ALEX SWEEIC Chairman. vj. B. RYAN, Secretary." The apportionment of delegates was fixed by the county central committee at Its meeting on January 27, and will be on the basis of the vote cast for Governor Chamberlain. Each precinct will nave one delegate for each 60 votes or major fraction thereof, and on dele gate at large. The convention will con sist of 266 delegates. SPEAKS AND CLARK offices to secure the financial assistance desired. Mr, Jennings says: "The nol icy of the promotion committee Is to support any movement which la going to benefit the Pacific coast and no hesitation- was felt in speaking, a good word in behalf of Oregon s ambitious project. "This state will undoubtedly come in lor a share or the good results that will accrue from the Lewis and Clark expo sition inasmuch as most of the visitors from the east and abroad will wish to see California before going home." . say this rise will not Inconvenience them In the least, Heavy snows in the middle west and washouts in the southern part of the state still affect local train service. No. 6 of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company, west-bound from Huntington, was over two hours late thia morning. For the third morning No, 1, the North ern Pacific North Coast Limited, has been five hours behind time. It arrived today at,l o'clock. No. It of the South ern Pacific Is 18 hours late today, which will bring it into Portland about 1 o'clock tomorrow morning. : - would happen during the stay in this port. fV The vessel had on board 84,698 sackt of oata, of which 35.400 were loaded at the Albera dock and the remainder at Montgomery No. 3. It is expected that she will sail from Astoria for San Francisco tomorrow at 2:15 o'clock In the afternoon. At the Bay City she will take on board 480 head of horses and a big shipment of forage before sailing for the Philippines. 1 No additional word bas been received concerning the transport Buford. She is expected to arrive here, the latter part of the week. as domestic by the Howers for two months. "My boy's father Is dead,'.' said Mra Hower. "Nina's mother is dead. Her father has written he ia willing for the children to marry and I have no objec tion. He is a good boy and can take care of per. Both the boy and his mother were Keenly disappointed when informed by Clerk Prasp that they wou:d have to get the father of the girl to address a let ter to the office giving his consent to the prospective union. The Indravellt carries 27 passengers, Chinese or Japanese, 11 of whom are bound for Portland. ; . The Claverlng, the China Commercial company s steamer, chartered by the Portland-Asiatio steamship company, will arrive February 24. She Is due in San Francisco from Mexico next Fri day. KOBKOir WAJTTS SXTOBCS. ' (Journal Spwtal Bwrlre. ) Salt Lake City. Feb. 17. Joseph J. Paul, the former Mormon leader, filed a suit for divorce against his wife today. She. eloped with Percy Brunger two weeks ago. , , . , The eagle builds hit nest ao high; I'm sure I wish he wouldn't. ' I don't know why he builds so high I couldn't tell were I to try, And probably he couldn't - SIMPLY QUESTION AS TO ITS POWERS DB. JOSEPH! Or THE WATEB BOARD BAYS THAT BODT HAS HO QUARREL WITH TEE EXECUTIVE boibd otei ma HTD BANTS UNCERTAIN ABOUT EXPENSE. The discussion of the question whether it- is , the duty of the water board or of the executive board to bear the expense of purchasing fire hydrants and attaching them to the city mains has given rise to reports of a disagree ment between the two bodies, but mem bers of the water board explain that there is no controversy over the matter. and .that in seeking the advice of the city attorney they are simply endeav oring to learn whether it is within their : province to make such expenditures. Dr. Josephi, Who is a member of. the wa ter board, said this afternoon: It Js a mistake to suppose that there is any antagonism between the water board and the executive board. We want to know the lino of limitation be tween legitimate and illegitimate ex penditures, from the funds under our control.. We do not know whether we have the legal right to buy and erect Are hydrants. 'Probably we have that right, but we do not know, and we have therefore asked the advice of the city attorney. There is no controversy with the executive board, but aimply a ques tion as to how far we can- properly go. If we pay out money for Are hydrants we must reduce our expenditures for the extension of mains, and many resl dents of the city who are now crying for water must remain unsatisfied At the beginning of the year we submitted our estimate of expenses for. the year and it did not Includes any such expen ditures as the erection of fire hydrants. If we must bear that expense the ex tension of mains must be correspond ingly curtailed." J. N. Teal, another member of the wa ter board, said: "While J believe , the water board is the proper . body to do everything re lating to the water mains, including the placing of fire hydrants, the editorial published In The Journal exactly ex presses my views." , VETERANS' COMPLAINT AGAINST COURTNEY Colonel E. Swan, commander of George Wright post, O. A. R., and Col James Jackson, commander of Lincoln-Garfield post, called on Judge Webster this morn ing and lodged formal complaint against Superintendent Courtney of the county farm. They charge that he compelled a sick G. A. R. " veteran, WJlliam Stan ley, to work, and when the man gave out refused him shelter. Judge Webster promised to investigate. ' GRADUATES ZH A PLAT. "More 8lnned Against' Than Sinning." a melo-drama, was played by the class of 1902 of Blanchet Institute at Catholic Order of Foresters' hall, at Sixth and Washington streets. .. last night . A musical trio by the Mueller brothers and a vocal duet with banjo accompani ment by the Mudget brothers, were fea tures. The cast of characters: Squire Hilton, who comes from an Il lustrious family, Charles R. Bird; Mar- maduke. his son, commonly known as "The Duke," Charles A. McGinn; Al- phonsus Belhaven, a characteristic land agent, A. E, Barnickel; Dick Harvey, an unscrupulous villain, B. J. Eder; Major Lookout, a Jolly good fellow, "ye know," W. B. Dresser; Teddy O'Nell, a "rale sprig from the ould sod," W. j. Moran; Captain DeBalzac, a remnant of. the em pire, John F. Douglas; Andy, Tom and Joe, smugglers, Robert E. Gleason, J. Lovell McAllen and Leo Harris; John Jemlson, an aristocratic servant. James L. Caraher; jailer, who looks after the destinies of "Jailbirds," Frank St Ores. PARK THEATRE ATTACKED. J. C. Leonard, . a solicitor, attached the Park theatre yesterday for a claim of 8,49.80, said to be due him as wages for soliciting advertisements for the show house curtain. The writ waa ! sued by Justice Reed late yesterday and was served on Manager Frank Munroe of the theatre just as the curtain dropped on the last vaudeville act of the afternoon. BED CRUSADE TOXOBXOW. A red crusade conducted by Major and Mrs. Dubbin of the Salvation army, will begin tomorrow night at 8 O'clock in the hall, near the corner of Third and Davis streets. Friday, - services' will be held at 3 and 8 p. m. Saturday, there will be a muslcale at dp. m., and Sunday services' wlll.be conducted at. 11 a. m. and 3 and 8 p. m. 4 XjOHB hiohwatmah aqaih. . (Jonrnal Special Bertlce.) Baker' City. Or., Feb. 17. The Mint saloon was held up here at 3 ' o'clock this morning ty the same lone highway man who robbed -it before, and who held up the Gelser hotel two weeks ago. The robber1 last night secured 3150, - TWO OO TO PEHITEHTIART. . :. tSpetlaV DU.pah'h to. The Journal,) v Pendleton, Feb. 17. Senator Mitchell, an Indian, was sentenced to two years In the penitentiary this afternoon on a charge of stealing a horse. James Rat tlgan, who attacked his divorced wife with an ax,- was found guilty and sen tenced to one year. . . LUMBER SCHOONER UNMASTED BY GALE (Special Dltpatch to Tho Journal.) : Victoria, B. C, Feb. 17. The three masted schooner Emma Utter will prob ably bo a complete wreck off Clayo quot,' on- 'the west coast of Vancouver Island. The vessel was on her way from Grace harbor to San Francisco with. 860,000 feet of lumber, and cleared from there February 7. ' ' She experienced terrific weather and the vessel was unmasted. Captain Han sen and five of the crew left her in -a boat, and Henry Byndall remained on the schooner until she drifted to Clayo- quot, where Indians took him off. It ; is ( not ; known where . the captain and the others are. The tugs Lome and Pioneer,,, from Victoria, have gone to render assistance, if possible. The Queen City, of the C P. R. Steamship company's line, running between here and west coast , points, ' should have reached Clayoquot last night or this morning. t It ia doubtful . if any as sistance can be given, and the vessel will likely be a complete wreck,. PIONEER MINER DROWNED IN CREEK (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Ashland, Or., Feb. 17. Charles Spang- ler, who has mined in Siskiyou county for over 50 years," accidentally met his death yesterday in Humbug creek. He was clearing away the drift wood that had accumulated in the swollen stream against his wlngdam, when he lost his balance' and. pitched headlong Into the raging torrent, ; No living creature could breast-such a current, ana the old man, who , was 74 .years of age, was swept out with the roaring, booming Klamath river. Spangler came to Siskiyou coun ty in the early fifties. REV. W. C KANTNER VIEWS LOCAL FIELD Rev. W. C. Kantner, D. D., pastor of the First Congregational, church of Sa lem, who haa received a' call from the congregation of the Highland church at Woodlawn, waa in Portland' today con ferring with the committee and looking over the field. - Dr. Kantner is very fa vorably Impressed with local conditions, as indications point to rapid and flour ishing growth. He haa not yet given his decision, but will do ao in the near future. Dr. Kantner returned to Salem this afternoon. . , FOR IMPROVEMENT OF YAMHILL STREET Property owners on Tamhlll street will hold a meeting at 8:30 tomorrow afternoon at Ladd & Tllton'a bank to consider the advisability of improving Yamhill street and the character of Im provements ' needed. Queen Victoria's Baby Days. The toys and playthings of Queen Victoria, which in their Intrinsic value do not compare with the priceless ju bilee presents, will appeal to the senti ment of all who see them. They are at the replica of the orangery, at Kensing ton palace, the birthplace of the queen.. When a little child she spent many happy hours In the quaint old building, dealgned more than 200 years ago for the famous Queen Ann. ' . Some of . the dolls bear ' the marks of the affection lavished upon -them by the little princess. The arm oft one, the leg oft another, and the paint rubbed from their cheeks. ' ' Courtly Pomp la Washing-ton. From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. President Roosevelt Is as fond of tha pomp and circumstance of war as a sav age of the gorgeous feathers and paint with which he decorates his person. It is hinted that the president is going to have a guard of honor, all hla own, shining with brass- buttons, red sashes, ' epaul ettes, swords, and spurs a perfect de bauch of the sensations. The 'idea is European. ' It used to be said 'that "we didn't care for abroad," but the hero of San Juan has changed all that. GENEROUS. "Well, llttlo girl, I cupposs you ars glad school opens soonf ' ' y "It doesnt make any difference to me, sir. Thers isn't room for all the children In our school, and I'm going to let somebody else havs my plac L l-l V ' jVv ' V.M V The swallows circle at they go ; In such a craxy sort of way. I don't know why they circle so, Altho' I should so like to know; ' ,.: Perhaps I'll ask them why come day. UNDERTAKER HAD BAH TRAHCISOO EMBALMS XX SOME , HTSTEBX0TT8 WAT TOOK CHAJtOB OF CHARLES nU0W8' BODT A2TX TAXED COBOHES TVt- . XiET HXAVH.T OB SBBTXCES. .(Sao Francisco Bureau of The Journal.)-, San FrWlsco, Feb. 17: J, -P. Flnley, coroner of Multnomah county, iias com plained to Coroner, Leland that he had been shabbily treated by Undertaker Suhr, who had obliged him to pay $30 charges on the body of Charles Fellows, who died on January 20. Fellows' par ents reside in Portland and are unac quainted in San Francisco. Their son came to this city on his way home from Los Angeles, whither he had gone to be treated for consumption, and died here.: Flnley telephoned the coroner to hold the body of Fellows until he ar rived here to take it back to Oregon. He was surprised to find that Suhr had It, and when demanded to know how Suhr came to have possession, he waa Informed that the body had been deliv ered upon a written order signed by "J. R. Richards" and "Mark Strouse," room 26 Mills building. Coroner Flnley said that those per- sons were total strangers to the family, and had no authority to give an order for the body. Suhr charg-ec Flnley 3S0 for having the body, embalmed and the corpse cared for, which sum Flnley paid, taking Suhr's receipt. Coroner Leland haa begun an Investigation of the -matter.- Charles Fellows was the" son of A. J. Fellows of 211 Harrison street, an engi neer in the employ of Jones & Co., local towing agents. - Mrs. Fellows, mother of Charles Fel lows, said this morning: "Charles was burled here just three weeks ago today in Lone Fir cemetery. He died or con sumption in San JFrancisco four weeks ago tomorrow while on his way home. He had been to Los Angeles for his health, but learning he could not live, started for home.. We turned the ar rangements oter to J. P. Flnley as soon as we heard of his death, and he has had charge ever since. We received the bill for the work of the undertakers in Sarf Francisco. One item was 330 for embalming. ; We thought It exorbitant. but said nothing. We did not know of any trouble until now, but the matter la In charge oft Coroner Flnley, ana whatever he does will be right." , FLAGSTAFF GOES !N HEAVY WIND With her flagstaff gone as a result of the recent big storm at sea the steam schooner Aurella, Captain Erickson. ar rived in port last night and moored at the Oak street dock, where she is discharging a small general cargo. The Aurella came from San Francisco, and all the way to the Columbia river had a very stormy voyage. A number of times her decks were flooded, but she proved hersell to be a staunch craft by riding fhe waves Without sustaining any material damage.' One of the waves carried away her flagstaff. .Her cargo consisted of a small ship ment of salt, sugar and beans. On the return trip she will carry wheat In her hold and a deckload of lumber. The steamer Alliance sails tonight for San Francisco by way of Coos Bay. She will take out about 760 tons of general freight. , . , Tomorrow night the steamer G. C Llndauer, Captain Allen, will sail for the Bay City with 600,000 feet of lumber and about 30 passengers. She will make one more trip to Portland, and will .then probably return to Gray's Harbor. . MAN AND TEAM LOST IN FORDING STREAM ' (Sptdal Dispatch to The Journal.) Ashland, Or., Feb. 17. A M.;Lemos, aged 70, a well-known Portuguese ranch er, was drowned in Treka (reek yester day. The old man attempted to ford the creek with his team, ' in spite of the warnings of spectators who had been on the spot to view the high waters. Upon plunging into the stream both horses were whirled off their feet, the wagon overturned and the unfortunate driver swept swiftly down .the stream. Jt whs impossible to give him any. aid, as lie was carried down the stream faster than the excited men could run along the banks. . The body was found this morn ing on a bar near the mouth of the creek. Both horses were also drowned. NOTORIOUS RUSSIAN. WOMAN MURDERED (Journal Hpeclal OvrTlre.) San Francisco, Feb. 17. Mrs. Mary Ban bom, known as Russian Mary, notorious as the queen of a gang of Russian con victs who escaped from the island Bagha llen, in a small boat, was picked up when almost dead from exhaustion and brought to San Francisco, where the committed a number of sensational crimes for which one was hanged and others sent to the penitentiary, was found dying this morn ing at the foot of the steps to a, lodging house where she was employed as house keeper. Her skull was fractured and she died soon after. ..Before dying she. said: "Charlie did it." Charles Hamlin was ar rested on suspicion, but proved an alibi. COMPASSION Investigations which have been car ried on by Fire Chief David Campbell and Fire Inspector W. R. Roberts de velop the Tact that, the building regula tions were not observed In the construc tion of a new brick structure , on the north side of Taylor, between : Second and Third streets, and in response to their statements the city council today may pass, report calling the owner, Dr. Wood, and Architects ' Lewis & Lewis to remedy the defects complained of, - ' The results of this lnquary are Inter esting from the fact that it Indicates an effort to enforce the building regu lations to' the letter. An investigating committee Itt, inspecting all the build ings within the fire limits. , ; ' - The architects for the Wood block were notified that the Inspectors . had found the 'Structure faulty in respect to the fire walls and replied as follows: "We, the undersigned, .erected the two story ' brick building on the ndrth side of Taylor street;" between Second 'and Third, for Dr. Wood, owner. ; There was no Intention of evading the law. The fire wall was not constructed the height Vequlred by ordinance,' the object .being to avoid expense in , tearing down tne wall to construct a third story,,whicn It is the intention of the owner to add dur ing the present -summer, i ; In view of this, we ask' your honorable body to defer- action agatnstf-same and agree4f third story la not built during 1904. to make present fire wall satisfactory to you. The surrounding walls are at present from four to 20 feet above root. Yours respectfully, - .- LEWIS & LEWIS. The flrej authorities submitted the fol lowing report, which resulted In the pe tition being dqnled: k "In answer to your inquiry for In formation regarding violations of ,the fire ordinance In building- erected . by Lewis Lewis, contractors, - on the north side of - Taylor street, - between Second and Third, we beg to call your attention to the following: " ; "Rear wall waa stopped at ceiling of second floor and west wall waa stopped under theroof. there being no fire walls arising above the roof. . "The present walla are 18 Inches on first floor and 13 Inches on second Jloor, which ' are - heavy . enough for two story building, but for a three-story building the basement 'or foundation wall shall not -be less than 16 lnchea In thickness, the third story shall not be less than 13 inches in thickness. . "The adjoining walls on all sides of this building are not heavy enough to be used as party walls." . t . ;.. . JUDGES DON'T NEED TO SEEK EXCUSES Of the 884 notices- of appointments as judges and clerks of election sent out by County Clerk Fields, answers have been returned to only 431. .The, num ber of acceptances is 309 and of declina tions 112. The work of making new ap pointments will fall on the county court. William' Ladd declines to serve be cause the Australian ballot law makes failure to perform the' duty punishable by fine and Imprisonment and he is not certain he will be In the city when the time for the performance of that dujy arrives. J. S. Rogers says he is now a resident of Forest Grove. H. J. Ennls did not use the blank for answer In closed, but a separate sheet of paper. In order to ahow his accomplishments as a penman. He Inclosed Mr. Fields' sev eral handsomely-written cards for use by that official when visiting. ' Many say they will be too busy to serve and others plead Illness, The law requires none of the appointees to serve unless he sees fit to accept the appointment. LABOR ORGANIZERS ; BUSY IN PORTLAND .' Several prominent labor leaders from other states are In the city for thia week. Among them is Henrlch Jtfeldllnger, bust ness agent of the Amalgamated Wood workers' union of San Francisco. Tonight he will organise the cabinetmakers of Portland. ' .' Robert A, Callahan, president of the International union of hotel and restau rant employes and bartenders, arrived In the city yesterday from Boston. He was accompanied by Daniel J. Foley of Wor cester, Mass., . general organiser of .the same organisation. Yesterday afternoon President' Callahan addressed a meeting of the bartenders... . SNOWSLIDE BLOCKS . RIO GRANDE ROAD (Journal Special 'Serrle.) ' Salt JJake City, Feb. 17. The Helena branch of the Denver & Rio Grande rail road is blocked by a huge snowslldo damming up the Provo river. Freight traffic started over the Ogden-Lucln cut off across the lake today. The cut-oft was opened by Harrlman last Thanks giving, but owing to a sinking track no trains were operated until toaay. ' KILLED UNARMED FATHER AND SONS ! (Journal Special StrTlre.) - Norton, Kan., Feb, 17. Mrs. Berry Stand today testified that her husband and sons ' were unarmed at the time they were killed by the Deweya. As the trial progresses the bitter- sentiment against the Deweys Increases. , 1 x.ooxnra tob sites. . The chamber of commerce this fore noon received off era for the 'establish ment of a factory for the making of no tions in leather and a plant for the building of kilns for the drying of lum ber, fruit and hops. T. W. Osbume of Colfax, Wash., is the promoter of the first concern and la spending the day looking over the field and the . tannery plants to see what can be done in the way of securing raw material, If these are hot adequate to meet his demands he may start a tannery onhls own account. He asks for t)0 bonus and says that his firm will employ f rorn 60 to 100 men, F. E. Worman of Indiana, who proposed to establish a dryklln factory, says he desires the people of Portland o provide him with a site of 4,000 square feet on some railroad switch. fl tinr rr TXT Tn a V. tJ a altAMiv n the Harbaugh-Altman faction, of the Or der oi r raiernai Home Buyers, nas re turned from Spokane, where the troubles of the Washington Home company have been adjusted. Mr. . Joseph, in speaking of the affairs of the Spokane branch and ; the Portland company, said: "In Spokane the' Washington Home company, through outside troubles, was dragged into court and the scheme thor oughly investigated, and was pronounced ; a gooa xning. : in mat concern me terms of the contract were different and the amounts to be paid larger, after a eon- tract had been matured. -Over 25 faml-' lies have been placed in homes there. "The Order of Fraternal Home Buyers Is daed. . We will have a receiver ap pointed. and return to the contract-holders all that can be realized. This will be very little, as the assets are slim. A new company will be formed. which will be backed by, a bank, which will handle all the money, and in which the contract-holder- has assurance that he will get returns for his money. The system of paying and the time granted for maturing; of the contracts will be different For instance, after a contract matures and a man is-Disced in & fcnm he-must increase his payments. ' In this manner the scheme can be made to work Out. ,.v'4 j-Vf- --'.": '-Hi vv.:s. "The new concern wlll have nnthtnar to do with TheoldTone, and" the ohly Inter--est we have In retaining control of that ia to protect as far as possible the con tract-holders f ho have been induced by Altman .and Harbaugh to Invest their -money. As far as trying In any way to tack even a part of the old company to the new, it is not to be thought of. All the old company has is assets of about H. K Sargent, attorney for Mr .Wake. field, said: "For the present my client does' not contemplate any action to re gain control of the business of the Order of Fraternal Home Buyers. He la work ing to get the support of the contract holders, and with their co-operation will endeavor to reorganise and protect them in so rar as itsla possible under the cir cumstances.'' ANGRY HUSBAND SEEKS DIVORCE Georee A. Ll. Wfnfra wast tVh'eMieJ r vwj.M.Htiu,, , UJV UCHI" ' ing of his suit for divorce from Bertha mu. winters in circuit Judge George's -court this morning. At times he waa obliged to order to control his temper. The charge m vruenjr. Among ine allegations mads are that an umbrella of Mr, Gable's disappeared from the house under cir cumstances causing Winters keen morti fication, that his wife hid his revolver and when she . Anally produced It made remaras causing him to - fear for his safety, that she. humiliated him before third persons by her language and once made him til by her declaration when his brother-in-law. George , Cornelius, died, that "the Lord has broken one of em nnnir a nn win hr.n r , As a defense hla Hr, . .ft., .nuin the various charges made, , alleges her husband is laay and that she has to work for a living, while he often leaves the house and is gone for several days without- letttn? her know what haa hvma r.r him. Once, she says. ,he was gone for nine months. They were married in this city August 21, 1900. - BOYS ATTEMPT TO . WRECK TWO TRAINS . tuearac special Bemce.) Los Banos, Cal., Feb. 17. Two ItaW ian boys, Joe Ferro and Jim Moleake. are under arrest here charged with plac ing obstructions on the railroad track between this station and Volta and have already confessed to having placed some angle plates on the track midway be tween here and Volta on January 30, and alao to having put a sack of spike plugs and solid pieces of iron on the track about a mile and a half from here last Sunday. The latter obstruction was hit by the Portervllle local, which passes here at 1:27 p. m., but luckily waa not derailed, due to ; the cowoatcher belne- low enough to pick up the sack of plugs. The train was severely jarred. The boys confessed their guilt CHICAGO MAYOR IS EXONERATED , X .-. - i - (Journal Special Serrlc.) Chicago, Feb. 17. The testimony In the Iroquois disaster Investigation, by the grand Jury today, tended to exon erate Mayor Harrison and establish his lack of culpability in the Issuance of a license before the examination required by the law was made. Prior to the fire Mayor Harrison suggested the confer ence of the heads of departments- to In struct the building Inspector to carefully inspect all -new theatres bef ose approv ing their applications for license. The mayor was not aware that the Inspector failed to do this in the Iroquois case. The evidence throughout was damaging to Building Inspector Williams. . , AGED BRIDE GETS DIVORCE DECREE (Journal Special Sirtlfe.) t Cambridge, Mass., ' Feb. 17. Mr. Louise Price Barnes, whose matrimonial troubles have been given much public ity, has been granted a decree of divorce from her young husband, Dr. Barnen, with whom she eloped. The ' grounds were cruelty and abusive treatment She is very wealthy and the testimony tended to show that Barnes married her for money. She is 80 years old and Dr. Barnes 37. Tie Is now In California, where he has been for some time. - KITCHEN SATE GRAET. i (Journal Special Berries.) " " Pendleton, Or., .Feb. 17. The Kltcnea Treasure. Safe company Which gracefully-touched Umatilla county for sums variously estimated at from 110.000 to 330,000, is now operating in Colorado towns. - , , Colorado newspapers, and .especially the Denver Post, " are '. exposing the methods of the company and hope tu check the graft before It reaches any large proportions. 1 ;: , -1-