TIIK OHEGQN DAILY JOPKNAL, PORTLAND. il6KDAY EVENING, FEBBUAHY 20, 1904. HOME BUYERS ARE IN THE REVOLT 1 V'V.'i - " " i i i i i - . . 'v ':: Suit Filed Against C Guy Wakefield to Re-esta-. . Wish Mortgage Wakefield Presents His ' Defense and Makes Promises.' Alleging that a mortgage for $1,000 which it held against C. Guy Wakefield and Christina. Wakefield, his wife, was fraudulently canceled, the Order of Fraternal Home Buyers filed suit through Attorney George W. Joseph In Ihe state circuit court this afternoon, asking that the mortgage be re-established and foreclosed. Wakefield was formerly secretary and manager of the ; corporation and is now hound, over to the federal grand Jury on the charge of using the -mails for fraudulent pur poses. : ' '- ' It Is stated in tfie complaint that on , October s, 1902, Wakefield purchased , lot I of block 1 In the Evans addition to Alblha, a district of this city, from Elle'r'i Piano House. This lot wan given as security .on a mortgage for the loan of $1,000 io Wakefield by the order on July 1, 190$, and was recorded on July 22. Ontil January 1. 1904, the complaint writes, Wakefield had entire control of i the property of the order, of which he ' wss secretary and manager, and lnflu-; rnce over the president and other offi cer, of the corporation. On July 28, 10J, it is alleged, in order to defraud the corporation out of payment of the Bote, he caused Ross Nicholas, at that time lta president, to cancel the mort gage, a satisfaction being entered on the margin of the page upon which it was recorded. It is stated that the corporation has never received payment of the note and that both Wakefield and Nicholas, were aware ef the fact. . Suit Is brought to have fthV mortgage re-established and foreclosed for the costs of the suit arrd for an attorney's fee of $180. C Guy Wakefield makes the follow ing statement of the status of the Order of Fraternal Home Buyers and his plans for the future: f Portland, Feb. 2. To the- Editor of The Journal: 8o many comments have been made on the troubles of the Order of Fraternal Home Buyers, mostly un favorable to the company as well as my connection a with the company, that I believe 4 fair-minded public will be In terested in knowing just what it la al about, and a plain statement of the facta In the case,' as well as to what is . to be done with the company, and how the pTsopTerwiTT far e"Whmiava been dot investors. - i am sure mat any state ment from me will be subjected to con siderable adverse criticism, but the facts can be easily proven by the rec ords of the company as well as by the - testimony -of- manp person -who --will verify my statements. A Matter of Piffrires. "Relative to the trial . Itself before the postal authorities, I will say that the one question to be settled there Is whether we can take $40 of a man's money, take out $10 of the $49 for ex penaes. keep the money for 20 months where it earns no interest and then re pay the $40 with $2.11 interest 'Any- - one can see that we can do this If al lowed the two thing which: other fra- - ternal orders depend on for an existence, vis.: lapsatlon and a moderate amount of new business. The lapsatlon re quired to pay all claims when due (which would never b necessary, as but a small percentage' pf the people would withdraw) would be 12.2 per cent, which would equal one fourth of the lapsatlon of the Metropolitan Life In surance 'company for last year and one third of the lapsatlon of the Modern Woodmen for 1902. ' The new bualness required would be 25.1 per cent of about one fourth of the business done for the first 20 months If secured the second 20 .months, would enable us to pay all claims when due. Now please get the facts and figure this out before con demning It The figures will prove It Some falsehoods. " a "The statement that the money 'spent in putting the company on lta feet came out of the members and that there is no equivalent in the hands of the trustees In the form of mortgages such as there would have been if the money had been . loaned to other people besides my friends, which has been made repeatedly, is untrue and Intended to place me In a false light before the public. That money after it was loaned to my friends, and the company had adequate security for the amount loaned, was the property of the party who gave the security, and he had a peifect right to throw it into the river If he wanted to do so. If I secured the use of this money and spent It in paying the expenses of the busi ness securing the friend" in some way for the private loan which was accep table to them until the company could pay its own expenses and I could pay back to them the money loaned out of my salary and dividends from the com pany. I had a perfect right to do so, and that is exactly what has been done. I want every one to understand this fact: The money spent to put the com pany on it feet came out of me. security la Oood, .' "The statement made repeatedly to the effect that the security Is worthless is false. Which is proven by the fact of , there having been paid since the hearing POSTMASTER ASKS FOR MORE CARRIERS "I will send forward today a request for two new carriers," said Postmaster F. A. Bancroft this morning, "to cover the territory between Meade and Thomas streets, in South Portland, and that adjacent to Ockley Green and North Albina. The petition for the proposed new South Portland route lias the signa tures of 121 head of families and shows there are 88 blocks in that district with no carrier. The one from Ockley Green YOU CAN CHECK A HAT AT CHURCH 1 A cheek room in church is an east ern Innovation Just Introduced into Port land at the First Chun h of Christ Sci entist, which yesterday held its first ser vices In the new quarters In the lower hall of the Scottish Rite cathedral, Mor rison and Lownsdale streets. The ex periment was tried with success. Just Inside the entrance to the building was a room fitted for storing sway the um (reiui. overcoat snd rubbers of those attending th services. William Reed, assisted by several usher, was In chsrge of th room, i As the peopt arrived dripping wet from before the commissioner payments amounting to $885, Or nearly 2S pay ments on ttie $5,000 security put up to the company by myself a'nl my friends. Any one who still doubts this state ment can tall at 64 Commercial street, Portland. Or., and see for themselves the value of one piece . of property mort gaged now to the company for about $2,500. That being the only encum brance on the property, and the value is about $3,000. , ' "Relative, now, to the disposition of the business. I will say that this Is not the first time that a fraternal order has been involved In litigation, and I see no reason whatever for a disbanding of the company. The members will now have' an opportunity to test the solidity of the plan, and as we' have no death losses, as other fraternal ordefs have, we can calmly wait until tbe whole thing is decided in the courts. , The few, bills against the company, counting the bal ance due on the furniture, would have made a total of perhaps $350, and this would have been promptly paid if I could have secured the right to pay the bills of the company, but as the manage ment of the concern was in the hands of others, a furniture company was allowed to repossess a good share of the furni ture and the offices were locked up under an attachment for a Uttle printing bill. This does not. however, occasion any loss to the contract holders, as the funds in the bank (the mortgages men tioned 'above) cover 'all the money paid into the home and reserve funds, thus making them secure, and I do not think that the present suit for the $180 cash in the hands of the bank will hold wa ter, as we have never had any right nor have we ever used the home and re serve funds to pay the expenses of the company and I do not believe that the court will permit this to be done. Contract-Holders Will Hot lose, "At any rate the money there In se curities, counting one mortgage of $854, not a matured contract but a loan from the expense fund of the company, la ample to cover all claims against th company, and I, on the part of the com pany, propose to see that every member who performs his part of the contract seoures the return the contract calls for at the time mentioned In the contract. 1 "Regarding reorganisation, I will say that I have talked the matter over with a number of the contract-holders and they are of the same opinion as myself, that reorganisation is unnecessary, at any rate at this time. "There has been no fraud order Issued against us, nor do I think there will be, as the case could not possibly hold bo fore a jury, where they would have to prove that we could not do . what wc guarantee we can do, which . Is abso lutely impossible to prove. What w agree to do is done every day, and on a much larger scale by every insurance company in existence, as well as every fraternal order. To class us as a fraud would mean that every fraternal order In the United 'States could be put out of business tomorrow If any one cared to prosecute them; I make this state ment on the best of authority. '"We may after the regular stock holders meeting next July divide our membership into series of 100. Keep in this series but 100 unmatured contracts at all times. On this kind of a plan we could mature the 100th man In -100 months, 76th man in 75 months, 60th man in 60 months and so on. I suppose some will laugh at this statement, but figures are like facts, pretty stubborn and I would be pleased to show the figures on this to anyons who doubts the statement. . However I am not ready to go Into this subject deeply, ss I feel that no change Is necessary. I am, however, communicating with the members regarding the advisability of this kind of a change in our contracts In order to get their views on the sub ject so as to please the greatest ma jority"; as on this plan the amounts re ceived at muturlty would vary and a change in the payments might be deemed beneficial. ' If this change is made with a membership of 700 in seven different series of 100 each and we make the supposition that every mem ber stays with his contract and the firm writes seven contracts a month, we would mature seven contracts a month, thus averaging the 100th man in 100 months. If a change is deemed exped ient, the chances are that this will be the nsture of the charfge. "In conclusion let me say that so far I am the only man that has been hurt by the troubles of the company and that I am the only person who stands any chance of losing' any money; and I do not think but that the public will form the right conclusion when they understand that I am the heaviest in vestor in the company. I have put In nearly $5,000, and I do not recollect of another person who has put in to exceed $260. I am not mourning over this, but presuming that I have a reasonable amount of intelligence I wbifld have been a blithering tdlot to have made this Investment If I did not know that the proposition was an honest, legitimate enterprise. "C. GUT WAKEFIELD." has the signatures of 367 heads of fam ilies and Includes a large territory. 1 will do all I can to secure permission to put on these two carriers at once, for I feel that the' people In these districts are, entitled to this service without fur ther delay. "In my report .for the fiscal year end ing June 80 I will ask that this office be allowed 15 carriers and 10 clerks. We will not know about this until July." the heavy rain, they were relieved of their umbrellas and overcoats and were given a brass check to identify their property. While the owners were quietly enjoy ing the services the umbrellas and coats were. drying. At the close of the ser vice a full force of ushers passed out the articles checked as fast as If they had done nothing else all their lives. A practical test of the efficacy of the arrangement was that there were nearly 400 people present at the morning ser vice jresterdsy snd not one, lost an um brella or coat .or suffered any unneces ssry delay. , WHAT MITCHELL REGIME SAVES PASTY MAHAGEBS OITE PTGUBES TO SHOW 'THE SAVINGS ACCOM PLISHED IW " COTWTT ADMINIS TRATION SINCE THE EXITJOP SX MONS TACTION. Under the direction of the manag ing -conrmittw-of- "the-M ithel 1- Republi can organization, 'a statement has been prepared illustrative of the cost of the county government In each year for the past eight years. The purpose of this compilation Is to disprove the assertion of the Simon Republicans that the af fairs of the county wero more econom ically administered when they were In power than since the .control passed into the hands of the Mitchell faction. The statement, which is expected to carry much weight with the taxpayers Of the county, is as follows: laving Under Mitchell Begime. 'From January 1. 1903. to December 31, 1902, ' the present administration saved the county (as compared with the var 186 to 1902. Inclusive) the sum of $81,303.41. Had the Simon adminis tration administered the affairs of the county on the same basis they would have cut down their expenditures dur ing the years above mentioned bou, 427.28. anil the county today would havs been out of debt Annual Expenditures from 1896 to 1903. 1896 Amount expended ....$366,882.40 1897 Amount expended 867,19.4J 1S98 Amount expended .... 886,047. 67 igoo Amount expended .... 868,865.48 1900 Amount expended .... 483,112.97 1901 Amount expenaeo uiiiii.n 1902 Amount expended .... 412, 262. ii 1903 Amount expended .... 294,887.00 "Expenditures for the year 1903 '(the first full year that the present adminis tration has been in control) show a de crease, compared with expenditures In 1902. of $117,376.58, and a decrease com pared with the average annual expendi tures from, 1896 to 1903, inclusive, oi $84,891.67. Soma Figures. "Semi-annual expenditures from Jan uary 1, to June 30, 1896 tq 1903, inclu sive: 1896 Amount expended ....$173,307.01 1897 Amount expended .... 180,974.09 1898 Amount expended .... 175.555.7S 1899 Amount expended .... 181,976.13 1900 Amount expended .... zso.a&i.zs 1901 Amount expended .... 147.670.48 1902 Amount expended .... 184.684.5S 1903 Amount expended 139,088.52 "Expenditures from January 1 to June 30, 1903, show a decrease, compared with the same period in 1902, of $45,546.06, and a decrease compared with the aver age semi-annual expenditures for the same months from 1896 to 1902, inclu sive, of $43,778.53. . "8emi-annual expenditures from July 1 to December 31, 1895. to 1903, Inclu sive: 1898 Amount expended ....$167,093.22 1896 Amount expended .... 183,525.39 1897 Amount expended .... 186,645.84 1898 Amount expanded ..... 210,491.89 1899 Amount expended .... 186,889.33 1900 Amount expended .... 197,161.69 1901 Amount expended .... 186.039.70 1902 Amount expended .... 228.740.36 1903 Amount expended 155,798.48 "Expenditures from July 1, 1903, to December SI, 1903, show a decrease com pared with the same period In 1902 of $72,941.88, and a decrease compared with the average semi-annual expenditures 5or the same months from 189ft to 102, Inclusive, of $37,624.88. 'The figures for 1902 are for the first six months of the present administra tion and include about $65,000 worth of Indebtedness incurred by the eld re gime, which we were compelled to pay, so that in reality our expenses for this period amounted to but $163,740.36. Where the Money Goes. The increased tax levy of the year has been a frequent ttieme of discussion during the campaign, and in commenting upon it one of the members of the Mitch ell managing committee said: "There has been some effort by the Simon Republicans to gain votes by us ing the fact that the current tax levy Is 40 mills, whereas It was but It mills last year. In answer to this the managing committee of the Republican organisa tion has caused a table to be prepared comparing the tax levy of last year with that of this year for the purpose of showing that the increase Is not due to any Increase of expenditure or of tax levy for which the present administra tion of the county or city is responsible, but was due to the fact that the stat has increased its levy 2 1-2 mills on ac count of the appropriations made by the legislature for the Lewis and Clark fair and the Celllo canal, to the Increase of the Port of Portland tax to take care of the sinking fund for the bonded In debtedness of the Portland drydock, and to the Increase of 2 mills for new school houses in school district No. 1. This comparison Is as follows: 1902 1903 Inc. Dec. Mills. Mills. Mills. Mills. State . . 5. 7.5 2.5 State 8chool. . .6 5 County 6.7 6.4 ... .8 Road ........ 2.1 2.1 Library 2 .2 ;. Port of Port'd. 1.5 2.8 1.3 .... City of Port'd, 9 5 .r Flreboat, city,, J. 5 1.5 School tax No. 1 4.6 6.6 2 .16. 40. 6.08 1.08 "Did It ever occur to you." said Judge Carey, in commenting upon these fig ures, "that out of the total levy of 40 mills only about one-fifth of the amount goes to the county for general and road purposes, and that this is practically the only revenue the county has?" "Did It ever occur to you," continued the committeeman, "that out of the total levy of 40 mills only about one-fifth of the amount goes to the county for' gen eral and road purposes, and that this Is practically the only revenue the county hast "It is true that for 1901 the tax levy was even less than for 1902, but that Is due to the fact that the Simon administration made the levy just be fore the election- pf 1902. and purposely made it far below the actual amount rer quired to pay the expenses of the city and county governments, with the result that the present administration was left with a legacy of debt, accumulated dur ing the year, because the tax levy was too small to pay running expenses." Manlolpal Improvements. Although the present city administra tion Is not directly involved In this cam paign, for no city officers will be elected until next year, yet it has been the sub ject of frequent attack. Mitchell Repub licans insist that these attacks are un warranted,' and the same member of the managing committee previously quoted made the following statement upon this subject; "When the present Republican admin istration took charge of city affairs, the streets, sidewalks and bridges were gen erally in a demoralized condition. Many bridges were unsafe, having become de cayed and out of repair, and it was nec essary to close them xip. The work of rebuilding these bridges has been car ried on as rapidly as possible, end al ready over IS bridges have .been re constructed, and other Important bridges will be built during the next three months. Old' asphalt and. wood block" pavements on the main business streets of the city, aggregating about 3 1-2 1 miles, all entirely out of repair when this administration took charge, havs ""u enner renewed or repaired. "The extent and vnhiA rr ata. 4n provements made during the year 1903 exceea inose or any other year In the history7 of the city, there being a total of miles , -Of : streets lmnrovpil anrl 60.3 miles of cement sidewalk laid, at a cost or ii,io,uuv, and iz.7 miles of sew- rs constructed at a cost of $142,000. . The following table shown in Wnti the length of the ; different kinds of pavement ana siaewaixs laid during p77'?Z ttrstVVprlTlB 1903.- " pavement ,buv -J 4'4 wiu HBuumi pave., repair a, la.suu z.vt Stone block pavement ..... 1,700 0.32 Old wood block pavement, . - repiacea ... ............. 3,035 , 0.87 Bituminous- macadam- pave- . mem .................. .!,; . . Muculan nivnnanl ..:...!( Ill fi 09 Gravel pavement .........32,880 .6.1$ finnic rnndwav ' .... s van . . nsn Elevated roadway .'2,338 ': '0.42 v SBhCTu uauwdT safc.a s.flOO ' V.I A Graded streets, unpaved, ,.59.830 11.33 Total ,i . 4 ... ... ... f 29.83 ''. Sidewalks. . Vw'--'-.:'"'' ' Lineal Feet. Miles. Wood '. t ................ 2.6ia 16.52 Cement . ,. $18,381 60.30 Total . . '......... 76.82 "The present city administration has also substituted are. for Incandescent lights throughout the city without addi tional expense to the taxpayers; it has constructed the flreboat; it has nearly completed the new Sell wood and Alblna ferries: it has begun the construction of the Morrison street bridge; it has re vised the franchlr.es held by the street railways so that the city will now derive a very considerable revenue from them. although they were paying nothing for the valuable "privileges which they en joyed: it has put in force the civil serv ice reform as provided in the .new city; charter; it Is about to inaugurate A paid fire department; and generally it has given the people a more effective ad ministration of city affairs than has been given by any previous administra tion in 'the history of Portland." RUSSIAN GENERAL IN FEAR AT PORT ARLHUR - (Continued from Page One.) influenced many leading ' bankers with the result .that Russian securities have become steady. TO ITOEM POET AETHTTH, Japanese Said to He Beady for Des perate Attempt on Marea 1. (Journil Special Berrlce.) St. Petersburg, Feb. 29. A telegram from Tiao Yang, Manchuria, states that foreigners living at Ylnkow sssert that the Japanese have been instructed to storm .Port Arthur and capture It at any cost on March 1. AMXEIOAWS MAY LEAVE. 7 (Journal Special Servlre.) Washington, Feb. 29. Minister Allen at Seoul cables to the state department that-.ln .pursuance with . arrangements with the Japanese minister, a returning Japanese transport will bring Amer icans from Ping Yang. The Americans at Seoul and vicinity had already been sent to the Philippines. Allen says that Russian scouts, on reaching Ping Yang Sunday noon were pursued by the Jap anese. KOBE AH OPPZOIAU P&EEXNO. (Journal Special Servlae.) Chefoo. Feb. 29. A Liad Yang dis patch states that the reported detach ments of mounted Cossacks marching south, commanded by General Mlscht schenko. Is expected to arrive at Ishlo Yang- today. Korean officials are flee ing and informing the Japanese of the approach of the Russians. Snowstorms prevail. &OS8 OP VESSELS OOHPZBME9. (Journal Special Service.) St. Petersburg, Feb. 29. The news agency prints a Port Arthur dispatch confirming the report that a Japanese destroyer was blown up and another sunk In the recent fighting. The wreck of the latter has washed ashore. JAPANESE ATTACK TBAHSPOBT. (Journal Special Service.) Tokio, Feb. 29. The report of an attack by four Japanese torpedo boats on the Russian torpedo transport Amur at Port Arthur yesterday has been re ceived here. The result of the action Is unknown. FIVE HUNDRED ARMED MEN GUARD POLLS (Journal Special Service.) Des Moines. Feb. 29. With 600 armed citizens standing guard at the voting places of the Seventh district Republi can primary election opened this morn ing, Judge Prouty contesting with Rep resentative Hull. The repeating of fraud charges are plentiful and it is feared that a physical clash may result before night. Prouty apparently controls the machinery. The 600 armed men are di vided into two factions, and sworn as specials. BRIDGES AND BOOTH ARE NOMINATED (Wanhlnt-ton Bureau of The Journal.) Washington, D. C, Feb. 29. Nomina tions were made today of J. T. Bridges and 3.- H. Booth, land officers at Rose- burg. Senator Fulton will endeavor to secure their confirmation today if an ex ecutlve session Is held. J COUNTY BAR PAYS TRIBUTE TO M'GINN The funeral of the late Charles Mc Glnn, Jr., was held at 10 o'clock this morning from the Catholic cathedral, at Sixteenth and Davis streets. A sol emn requiem mass for the repose of the soul of the dead was celebrated by Arch' bishop Christie. The burial was In Rivervlew cemetery. The church was garbed In sombre cloth of mourning snd the altar and chanoel were decorated with flowers. Out of respect to the memory of Mc Glnn the state court took an adjourn ment this morning after the day book was cleared. In th procession to 'the cemetery Attorney John M. Gearln aoted as grand marshal for ths Multnomah County Bar association. A HOTEL PXBB. (Journal Special Service,) Helena, Mont, Feb, 39. Firs orig inating in the dining room of the Park hotel at Livingston this morning de stroyed th entire postofTIcs block, en tailing a loss, of $100,000, with insur ance $60,000. There were no casual ties, but, several narrow escapes. REITERATES HIS FORMER CHARGES ATTOEHBT HZXOH PILES AJTSWEB TO DAMAGE STTIT OP JOHH J DITOHETTBH AHD ATPXBMS THAT h,POEMEBlCEBOBSJrBBHB0S AJTD XXVOOEHTLT MADE. In his answer to the suit for damages Jnth.,mout-.X5AjlODJbjrouht..by Attorney John Dltchburn, filed last Sat urday afternoon in the state circuit court, Attorney Lewis Nixon reiterates the charges made before the grievance committee of the Oregon Bar associa tion. He virtually accuses Dltchburn of embezzling $206.88 belonging to John M. A. Forbusch. After denying the allegations con tained In Dltchburn complaint, Nixon set up the plea of Justification for his acts. The facts, as alleged in the am swer, are as follows: :- John M. A. Forbusch was the owner of a certificate of deposit if) the Port land Savings bank on July 6 1899, Its face value being $4,000. For the pur pose of raising- money on this certificate Forbusch placed it in Dltchburn' s hands, who. acting as trustee and attorney for Forbusch procured on the security of inei cenincate ana paia 1110. During the time the certificate was in Ditchburn'S hands dividends were paid amounting to $421.86. Of this amount Dltchburn paid Forbusch $216.60, leav ing a remainder of $205.86 to be ac counted for. . Nixon further alleges that when the matter was placed In his hands by For busch he made an investigation, as the result of which a statement was de manded of Dltchburn. It is said Dltch burn refused to make such a statement. The document says that Nixon, in view of the alleged refusal of Dltchburn to make a statement of the transaction, was led to bellev that he was guilty of conduct unbecoming a member of the bar, and that he advised Forbusch to petition the grievance committee of the Oregon Bar association to recommend his disbarment for unprofessional con duct. Accordingly proceedings were in stituted before that body, Nixon appear ing as attorney for the petitioner. It is averred by Nixon that he acted in good faith, that hi action was with out malice, and that his conduct in the premises was . privileged. Accordingly he asks for a judgment against Ditch burn and that the latter be assessed the costs of suit ON FAIR NOTES In defense of the suit filed against him by the Lewis and Clark corporation to collect payment on 10 " shares of Lewis and Clark fair, stock, Louis Salo mon, a real estate dealer, declares that he agreed to take but five shares of stock and stands ready to pay for this amount "When Roundtree and Henry cam to me to subscribe for stock In the cor poration I put down my name' for 10 shares of the par value of $10 each, agreeing to pay for them In four in stallments of $26 each. After subscrib ing, however, I discovered that a num ber of persons more able to buy shares than I had not purchased as much. I so Informed Roundtree snd Henry and said I did not feel able to take more- than five shares. They said this would be perfectly satisfactory, but requested me to leave my name on the list as sub scribing for 10 shares, to aid in secur ing subscriptions. I did so. but when the first assessment became due it was for $26, and I protested to Henry Reed, secretary of the corporation. He took the matter before the directors and later wrote me that I would have to pay for the 10 shares. That was about a year ago. When the second payment be came due I saw Henry and be reiterated his statement that he was willing; for me to withdraw five- shares. I have paid none of the assessments, and the thtrd is now due. I stand willing to pay for five, but not for 10 shares." - Oammans & Malarkey, counsel for the corporation, have also Instituted suit against J. B. Nye, a saloon man; Peter Schmeer, an east side grocer; J. A. Sears and W. 8. Morrill, saloon men. The complaints allege that the defendants subscribed for 10 shares each, on No vember 26, 1901. The first assess ment became due March 1, 1903, the second on October 1, 1903. AMERICAN TROOPS ENGAGE THE MOROS (Journal Special ftervlee.) Washington, D. C. Feb. 29. General Wade, commanding the division of the Philippines, cables this morning as fol low: "Wood reports an engagement at Jolo on February 14, Major Scott, com manding the third squadron. Fourteenth cavalry, and a single gun of the Eight eenth battery field artillery, against a remnant of the Hassans Moros. Scott attacked the Colta and took It after lively fighting. The firing was twice stopped to give the Moros a chance to surrender, but they declined. All the dead were captured. Friendly Battos assisted the troops. The cable not work tng accounts for delay In news. Th loss: Wounded, Lieutenant West, thigh, serious: Private Hulburt, Troop I, right side; Private Htnderer, Troop I, shoul der; Private White, battery, knee; Pri vate Oallaway, Troop M, right arm; Private Cox, battery, shoulder; Private Haniran, Troop K, thigh." PRAISE FOR DOING NO WORK AT ALL (Waahington Burets of Th Journal.) Washington, Feb, 29. Postmaster General Payne, who denounced the Tul loch charges, which precipitated tho poatofllce scandal investigation, as "hot air," "stump speeches," "mere talk" and "glittering generalities," and called Mr. Tullooh a "windbag," and who has ridiculed the efforts of those really In terested In bringing the department criminals to Justice, Is rfbw In receipt rf a fulsome letter of praise from Presi dent Roosevelt. President Roosevelt congratulates Mr. Payne cordially; the man who gave no apparent evidence of any desire to un cover corruption In the pontofflce but gave to George W. Beavers when he left the department a letter praising him In the highest terms, although It was known at ths time that Beavers was ac cused of the gravest acts. Now, after a year of hard work and a few actual convictions have been procured ths pres ident congrstulstes Mr. Payne In a let' ter which appears to Imply that the duty of th postmaster-general has been don andthat there is no necessity for further, work, v ,y ,i WOULD RECOVER REVENGE SAID TO BE MOTIVE P. T. PETS ABBESTED POB AT TEMPTED BUBHTHO , OP POET . liAJTO MIKES ZS ALLEGED TO y HAVE SWOB BBTEHOX TpW XV JUBT SVSTAIHE9. , In the person of F, F. Frye, arrested Py. "th? .Seattle police last Baturday.oo.A telegraphio order from District Attor ney Manning, the local authorities be lieve they have the man who. on the night of February 14, attempted to fire the Portland Flouring mills and ' kill Charles Berbethea, the night watchman. While no complaint has yet been filed in the state circuit court, information was obtained at the courthouse this morning that ths arrest had been made on a police court warrant, and that a de tective left here for,: Seattle last Satur day night. , If the prisoner consents to return he sill reach here in custody of the officer this evening. . Otherwise, re quisition papers will have to be ob tained at Salem and signed by the gov ernor of Washington before Frye can be brought back for trial. ' The Information against Frye charges Mm with assault with a deadly weapon with Intent to commit murder. He was formerly in the employ of the milling company, and not long ago received an Injury temporarily incapacitating him for work. It -is said he was paid money by the company, but did not receive as large an amount as he demanded and threatened he would "get even" with the concern. r The attempt to burn the milling prop erty occurred on the night of February 14. . The incendiary was detected bend ing over a pile of kindling when dis covered by Watchman Berbethea. On seeing he was detected he started to run and shot at' Berbethea while fleeing. The bullet struck a large watchman's clock worn on Berbethea s breast, and the shock knocked him down. The flro bug, who wore a mask, then made good his escape. ' It ,is stated that Frye answers ths de scription of the man detected in tho attempt to burn the mills. Several ef forts to burn the property had been made previously. BUSY THIEF WILL REST FOR A TIME Thomas Moore, a negro, has confessed to several daring burglaries committed in Portland during the last three weeks. This morning in the municipal court. Moore waived examination and was held for trial by the grand jury in the sum of $1,600 ball. Moore was arrested about 3:30 yesterday morning by Patrolman Hart and Jones as he was trying to run up a stairway at Second and Burn side street. The police department was informed last Friday morning that a negro had robbed a house at 388 Water street from there; going to the Depot saloon, at the foot of Jefferson street From the sa loon the thief went to a scow owned by W. Cotton, who discovered the negro, and took a shot at him but missed.. , In running away. Moors lost a light col ored hat, which was found by Cotton and given to the police. Sam Masourovsky, 371 Front street last Tuesday discovered a burglar In his room. The stranger was in the act of going through Masourovsky's trousers when the owner was awakened. The stranger fled, and escaped three bullets that were sent after him. Patrolmen Hart and Jones saw a hat less negro, early Friday morning, drip ping with water, standing near a north end saloon. They asked the man how he got wet, and were informed that he had been held up and then ducked In the river. They told him to report the robbery at police headquarters but th hatless stranger never, made a report When the description of the negro who had been seen on the scow was read to the watch, the patrolmen -at once came to the conclusion that the man they had seen a few hours before was the robber. After keeping a sharp look out for him. he was seen early Sunday morning. The negro discovered the offi cers at the same time, and started, to run, but Hart "drew his revolver and ths negro halted. After handcuffing him, he was taken to the city jail. ASKED FOR FEE BUT GOT A KICK Saying that he had been assaulted in the Canadian Employment agency, 247 Burnslde street, while asking E. P. Me Croskey, the manager, to return a $2.60 fee, J. K. fibovin this morning swore out a warrant for the arrest of Mo Croskey on the charge of assault and battery. Shovln stated that on February 23 be went to the , Canadian Employment agency and asked for a job. He states that he was told that upon the payment of a $2.60 fee he' would be given a job as hook tender at a logging camp, the position to pay $3 a day. He paid the fee and started for the woods. "Had I known that I was to be sent to the Mt. Hood Lumbar company's camp I would not havs even started," stated Shovln. -When I reached ths camp I was Informed that they had all the hook tenders they needed, but would put me to work as a swamper at $3 a day. I refused this and returned, to Portland. . "I went down to the agency to tell them how I had been treated and to ask them, to return the $2.60, as I did not get the job they had promised me. I was thrown bodily out of the place.- I Went to see a .lawyer about ths matter, and he succeeded In getting the money." WOULD END LIFE QF PRIVATION Despondent because he had, lost , th savings of many years, Frank McMahan attempted suicide early this morning at his room at 21$ Third street by drink ing carbolic acid.. McMahan was part owner in th Plasa saloon when it failed, and It Is said that he lost over $6,000, all ths money he had. on the deal. Mc Mahan was taken to ths Good Samaritan hospital, and although h has been un conscious all day, it is thought that he may recover. v . . . Disturbed by th groan and cries coming from McMahan room, a lodger, who was sleeping In the next apartment, broke into, the room and found, him. The attempted suicide wss at once re ported to Captain of Police Bsiley. who sent thi patrol wagon with, Driver leases. Station Officer Llllls and Patrol man Taylor' to th actna, . , - TWO DAYS VERE VERY NEARLY DRY XT OHX.T XAXHEB 97 DATS XH PEE BUABT, . DESPITE POPTTLAB BB--LIEP TkO THE COHTBABT SOME TEABS THE MOHTX HAS BBEH WETTEB. Contrary to the general belief it rained only 27 days during the month,' which Is Jusfdf awing "o a close. On the first and second days of the month there was not sufficient precipitation for the wea ther bureau to take notice of, and on the third and seventeenth there was but a trace. , During the . balance ,of . tho month, there was .01 or more of an Inch of rainfall every twenty-four hours, and as fate woultg, bave, It was-, usually more. . Up .to 10 o'clock the total preclpit tatlon for the month amounted to just 11 inches, which Is just about five . Inches more than the usual average for February.' By midnight it is expected that the total will be increased by about one-half an Inch. ' The only February which exceeded the present one in the number of rainy days was In 1872. Then it rained 28 days during the month, but as it was leap year, there was on day when ' it did not rain. This is also leap Tear, but whether' that fact has anything to : do with the large number' of rainy days, there is no one around the weather bureau who is prepared to state posi tively. At all seasons, some believe, Cupid's queer capers cause angels' to weep, and this added to the rain makes a difference. ' ' . : While ther was a lot of rain In Feb ruary this year, it Is not a record breaker by any means, ss the follow ing table . complied . from the records will Show: Year.' ' - '-, '"Inches. 1872 i.' .........12.13 1878 ., 12.1 1878 ...13.22 1881 ........i,.13:36 There wss a light fall of snow in the foothills surrounding Portland last nlglA and at the highest points some of it Is still visible. On Puget sound there were also light flurries of snow. The weather has moderated somewhat and rain is general throughout the valley. Concerning high water the weather bu reau gives out the following report: The river this morning reached a stage of 12.6 feet, which is a rise of 0.1 of a foot since yesterday morning. At Albany the river fell 1.6 feet since yesterday morning, the stage now being 16.2 feet. Although the Willamette river is everywhere bank full, there is no flood crest at up stream points to swell the lower river, and the weather is too cold for the snow in ths foothills to melt, therefore at Portland it will not go more than a foot higher during the next two or three days. PLANS ACCEPTED BY COMMISSION . The plans and specifications for the Lewis and Clark fair buildings, as sub mitted by the corporation, were ac cepted by th state commission at Its meeting; Saturday afternoon. The. first advertisements appeared Sunday, The time for opening the bids is March 19. Frank Williams, a member , of the commission', was ' selected as assistant superintendent of the Oregon mineral exhibit at St Louts. Charles Galloway was appointed as sistant superintendent of the agricultu ral exhibit and Ley ton Wisdom assistant superintendent of the horticultural ex hibit both at St Louis. Miss Ethel G. Wehrung, daughter of General Superin tendent Wchrung, was elected as his stenographer and as custodian of the Oregon building at a salary of $76.00 a month, Th buildings for which bids are asked snd the architects' estimated cost are: Festival halt $45,000; States building, $75,000; Liberal Arts. $46,000; Forestry, $20,000; Bridge, $30,000; Public Comfort Police and Fire Departments, $20,000, and Public Shelter, $20,000. MAN WHO LOSES A real Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde is Earl Hood, who was before 'Municipal Judge Hogu'e this morning on the charge of trespassing. Hood was found In th basement of the Brooklyn schoolhouse last night by Patrolman Isaacson. He had a large bundle of matches in his pocket and had gons over ths building piecing matches on' th desks. While on the witness stsnd this morn ing. Hood told several different stories about th same thing. He was able to remember things that would not bear on the case of the Brooklyn school, but whenever ssked about his being there he stated that he was his other self then and could Patrolman Isaacson ststed 'that when he asked him his business there, th stranger replied "My name is Mr. Stev ens; I came in to see how my daughter was getting along In school' Hood told the officer that the Janitor, W. A. Ogllbee, had let him in. Tak ing his prisoner to . the home of the janitor, the officer learned that he had not been admitted by Mr. Ogllbee,. Attorney Adams asked the man if he did not remember the night of the Park school fire. "Yes sir, I was stopping on an old scow with a Mrs. Fulton,, nesr Fulton at that time. I watched the Are and then went to bed. It was about 8 o'clock In the evening , when I retired after watching th fire." The Are took place at 11 o'clock at night. Dr. Allen Gilbert had been treating Hood for some time, and it Is said -that he, is under hypnotlo influences.' - ' FRANK GRAYSON IS SON OF FIRST WIFE '"''- (Journal Special Service.) Cincinnati, O.r Feb. 2.--Frank Gray son is the son of John Temple Orayson by his first wife. He does not know Mrs. Grayson of Portland. ; Mrs. John T. Grayson has no, knowl edge of Frank T, Grayson of Cincinnati who, eastern dispatohes said, , was ap pointed administrator of Colonel Gray son's estate. Inquiry in Cincinnati was answered by the ; dispatch here put , llshed. ' The big ' German bark Magdalene cleared' this afternoon for Queenstown for orders with JfO,840. bushels of wheat vslued at $128,000. This makes the only grsln cargo being despatched - by the Portland Grain company. ' n SELF NIGHTLY v '':;". '7-:7; 71 .'77'. ."' vv'-'-r-' "T f