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 ;: ,
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