LEAGUE NOT TO
' HAKE NEW FIGHT
MUNICIPAL LEAGUE Will SOT Elf
TAWOLE ITSELF IK rtTXTHEX
GAMBLING F0SECtmOlT UNTIL
SUPREME COTJET ' PASSES ON
PEKDIHO APPEAL.
- 1 in deemed unlikely that Any per
sons preferring charges agahiBt Hie
gamblers and the officials regarded as
1 responsib'a for their operations will re
feive any assistance from the Municipal
J.-agiK. The reason given for this Is
thut the league has won its fight against
gambling In the lower courts and the
matter .now rest In the hartds of the
ft ate supreme court; It Is held that
M her charges and litigation might tend
to befog the Issue and make too many
I branches of the conflict for each to be
looked after properly. The league U
confident ithat the action of the lower
courts will be sustained by the higher
tribunal, which would Immediately put
an end to gumlng of every description
. In the city.
:'.'' Four or five citizens, backed by the
: Municipal league. Instituted mandamus
proceedings In the state circuit court,
all four judges sitting on the case. The
defendants were the mayor, the munici
pal judge, the chief of police and the
executive board. Three Judges decided
against the officials on last December
31. Judge Sears dissenting. An appeal
was. then taken to the state supreme
court.
PORT ARTHUR IS
FACING HUNGER
- : " (Journal Special Serf Ice.)
Tien Tsln, March 1. News from
Tnrt Arthur la tn tha affM that the
town ,1s exceedingly short of rations
and prices of foodstuffs are going
higher. There are not many civilians in
town. moBt of them 'having either fled
or have been sent away, but there are
f till enough left to occasion the author
Ities considerable anxiety. Repeated at
tacks upon, the town by the Japanese
fleet have , had the effect of creating a
state approaching demoralization among
the soldiery who. before the war
were most emphatlo In their prophecies
of heroic deeds that they would per
form. On the other hand sailors of the
fleet who were, skeptical of their abil
ity to withstand the Japanese onslaught
have become more confident since they
succeeded Jn defeating a. Japanese at
tempt to block the harbor last Wednes
day. - '
. Preparations to withstand the siege
are being completed but there Is little
hope that the Russians will be able to
make a long defense. 8o soon aa the
Japanese land forces bngin Investment
there is not much doubt that the place
will have to capitulate, even If not a
single shot-4 fired. Hu nger will -do
more than shot and shell.. ,
WESTERN UNION AND
, CITY ARE AT ODTS
The Western Union Telegraph company
has locked hdrnswlth the city of Port
land, and the company will contest the
1 1 a pole, tax ordinance. At yesterday's
meeting of the license committee of the
city council, City Attorney McNary sub
mitted a communication saying that
after several months of negotiating
nothing definite had been accomplished,
lie was Instructed to take legal action
to collect, , "
. Nina months ago the council passed
an ordinance taxing the Western Union
1 a pole, annulling an ld ordinance
which made the company a flat rate or
175 a quarter. . ;
The Western Union company owns
approximately 600 poles in the city,
bringing Its occupation tax up to SHOO
a year, under the present ordinance. Th
local officials refuse to pay. The char
ter provides that such bills may be col
lected by the city either by arrest of
the officials or by civil suit, or bottt.
POSTAL TELEGRAPH
- ON A SOUND BASIS
r (Journal- SpecUl ger? ice.)
. New York. March -1. To perpetuate'
ilie name of hjs father with the Com
mercial Cable company and the Postal
Telegraph company, , which It owns.
Clarence H. Mackay- has-- formed the
Mackay companies under the laws of
Massachusetts and today Invited . Jhe
stockholders of the Commercial Cable
company to surrender their stock for
certificates in the new company. Knougli
stock has been deposited to insure the
success of the plan.
.'The plan is so simple," said Mr.
'.Mackay, "that it needs no explanation.
The outcome of my desire is to put H
upon a permanent basis."
WATSON HAY TAKE
f- GRAYSON'S PLACE
Headquarters f ' the American Min
ing congress, which will hold Its ses
sions In Portland In July, was to have been
opened today. Irvln Mahon, secretary
of the association, has not been in com
"tnunlcatlpn with the local members for
'two weeks. The cause of the delay is
jut known. Just when headquarters will
on established Is undecided.
The successor to the late Col. John T.
Orayson, as third vice-president of the
association, will probably be J. Frank
, watson, president of the Merchant'
National bank of this city. His name
.has been suggested by the board of
directory.
PORTLAND LOOKS
GOOD TO ACTORS
Jnme Brophy of the "Old Cross
Roads" company has written from St.
IUi to William M. Russell of Cor
drsy's theatre asking for a position In
the stock company which he is about
to organize. Kittle Beck, of th Murray
A Mark company, has also applied for
"a position In the company,
V ii i i i m
STOCMOLDEXS PAT.
'P. Schmeer, the east Side groceryman,
settled yesterday the suit brought
against htm by tha Lewis and Clark fair
corporation to recover $100, the amount
f lifa subscription to the stock of thut
Iwtdy, hy paying the full amount asked
I fur, together with the ota of the suit.
, Scott .Morrill: , av saloon-keeper, who
sued for the iam amount, has
promised to pay the aura during the
pruM-ut itt'k,- :: t. k .
CTY BUILDINGS
WILL BE SAFER
INSPECTIOIT COMMITTEE OF THE
council FINISHING ITS WOK-
rrWDS AIL BtttXDEXS AITS OWSv
ESS WILLING TO MAKE WECES
SAXT CHANGES. ' -"'
The committee having in charge the
Inspection of buildings relative to safety
from flic met yesterday at" 4 o'clock. The
report tn be made to the council meet
ing Wednesday was acted upon,, but- Is
not complete.. It will recommend some
changes, but none, It Is said, of a very
sweeping character.
"There are so many buildings to be
inspected that we ha.ve not as yet been
able to attend to anywhere near all of
them," said Chairman Bentley of the
committee. "Our report will not contain
any startling recommendations. Many
changes are suggested, but just as soon
as , we inspected a building . and sug
gested any alterations we found the pro
prietors ready In every Instance' to com
ply with our suggestions. Therefore
what little - changes theisommttte
thought necessary are either, already
made or are being now made. No one
has thus far attempted to refuse to
make the changes recommended. We
will have much more to do, for we are
receiving calls every day- tp come and
Inspect buildings that are in course of
construction; It will be some time be
fore our report will be complete."
About 60 buildings have been in
spected by the committee, most of which
require some alterations.
The new building ordinance, which Is
being framed by a committee, will carry
strict provisions ftr safety. Fire es
capes and all necessary appliances for
the safety of the public will be required
and no more buildings will be permitted
without these. .
IRISH REMEMBER .
ROBERT EMMET
The Irish' League and the Ancient- Or
der of Hibernians will celebrate the
birthday of Robert Emmet by an en
tertainment to be given on the evening
of March 4. fThey will also commem
orate the anniversary of the birthday
of St.Patrlek. The parochial schools
of the city will give entertainments on
8t Patrick's evft, and there will be sol
emn high mass with special music at
St. Patrick's church. In the evening
there will be an entertainment at the
Empire- theatre under the auspices of
the Ancient .Order of Hibernians. Dr.
Andrew i Smith , has charge of the ar
rangements, .Mayor Williams and Gov
ernor Chamberlain will be Invited to at
tend. All of the arrangements have
not yet been made, but there will prob
ably be an orchestra or band in attend
ance and . musical numbers, besides an
oration by M. McGarry. The officers of
the various Irish societies or the city
will attend In a body.
MARSHAL UPHELD
BY FEDERAL JUDGE
Judge Bellinger In the United States
district court this morning decided that
Conrad RIndlaub was not entitled to
have goods taken by the marshal re
turned to him. RIndlaub has a chattel
mortgage of 31,800 on the stock of goods
of the Rlley Shoo company and was at
tempting to take possession when the
creditors obtained a warrant directing
the marshal to aelxe the property and
dellver.lt to the trustee in bankruptcy
for the shoe company. Henry King and
HC-Rlley formerly composed the
Rlley Shoe company. King' Sought out
Riley and gave a mortgage to RIndlaub
to raise the money with which to pay
him. It was at this time that the
creditors of the Rlley Shoe company be
gan proceedings' in bankruptcy. The
business was carried on at 47 North
Sixth street.-
LOU RASTER SUIT
BEING CONSIDERED
Argument on the demurrer filed to a
petition for a writ of review by the
state circuit court in' the suit of Lou
Raster against Multnomah county was
heard by John II. Cleland, presiding
judge, this morning. Orders were made
by the county court directing the ad
ministrator of the estate of William M.
Mllllgan, who died in Umatilla county
on January 25, 1903, to take certain ac
tion. Kaster, who has a distributive
share in the estate, objected to the or
ders and applied for a. writ 'of review,
A demurrer was Interposed for the
county by H. II. Rlddell and Robert Gal
loway on the ground that the petition
does not show that the court In the
exercise of Its functions erred. Judge
Cleland took the matter under advise
ment. '
STUDY IS PURSUED
UNDER DIFFICULTIES
The portable school buildings erected
In Park blocks for the use of the pupil
of the recently burned Park school
building, will soon be covered over with
prepared tar. There has been some
complaint regarding the ventilation anil
dampness of the rooms, but only a few
children have been taken from 'school
by their parents on this account. It Is
explained that the recent heavy rains
have caused some Inconvenience, but
the teachers are laboring as best they
can under the circumstances.
"The buildings are quite comfort
able," said Director Williams today.
"I went through them this morning and
found that everything was all right,
with the exception that a little water
leaked through the paper ceilings. There
may be a few pupils out, but the teach
ers are content and the children also
appeared satisfied."
MITCHELL FACTION
IS NOT WORRIED
A rumor gained circulation that the
Mitchell committee had decided to hold
the primaries as early hs March 18 or
March 19, and that this action had been
prompted by. a fear of the growing
strength of the Simon faction. Judge
Carey said this morning that the story
was absolutely without foundation. He
added that the subject hud not yet been
formally, Considered by the committee,
and that no Immediate action would be
taken. The belief Is expressed -In some
quarters Jthat the dale will probably be
about March 26, or one week earlier
than that recommended hv th mtita
tral committee..; , , . ,
PRISONERS
Within the- last few weeks the pris
oners at the county Jail, fertile of plan
and. ingenious of resource, have found
a new way of "getting even" with the
world at large for the indignities many
of them have really come to believe
have been heaped upon them. The latest-scheme
Is to mutilate the blankets
supplied them.
This trick has been tried several times
by prisoners securing their release. Only
one good pair of blankets had been cut
In sections before Jailer Jackson enscov-
ered what was going on. -Every man
leaving the Jail recently has had to wait
while his blankets were examined. ,
On entering the Jail each of the pris
oners is supplied with a pair of warm,
woolen blankets. If he should leave the
TALK OF
COMMISSION BUSINESS LONG AGO
OUTQXEW TBOST STXEET AHD
OTKE AITS MOXB SUITABLE
QUAXTEXS ABB BEING SOUGHT
BT THESE TOUCH.
There Is renewed talk among the com
mission 'merchants along Front street
about the advisability of moving to more
suitable quarters, The wholesale sec
tion of this city long ago outgrew the
confines of Front Btreet and there have
been, many talks among the merchants
about other locations as sites for busi
es.
On any ordinary day, when business Is
holding its own, there is always con
gested travel on the street and many
serious accidents to life and limb have
been narrowly averted. This is espe
cially true on. the day that the Cali
fornia steamer arrives. At that time it
is ail one can do to cross the street
In safety. ,
Another thing which makes tne mer
chants, want to get away from Front
street is the narrowness of that thor
oughfare. The street Is one of the
narrowest In the city and yet bears
more traffic than any other.
Several Locations Proposed.
Several looations have been proposed
as a site for the commission houses,
but as yet none of them have proven
satisfactory. One of these Is in the
north end of the city near the Terminal
company's property. The only thing that
keeps this section from being selected
is the high figures asked for property.
The east side of the river has more ad
vocates than any other section and not
a few merchants predict that it will not
be a great many years before the busi
ness goes to that locality. There is a
large amount of property on the east
side between the Madison and Burnslde
bridges which seems lo be well adapted
for a wholesale section it oeing lo
cated between two railroad lines and
very close to the. water. Even with
these advantages 1t is higher from the
river than Front street and is less liable
to be flooded.
The merchants say that If the district
is located on the east side it will be
lust as central as Front street, and In
case that selection is made the streets
could be widened without much expense.
PARTNERS REACH
AN AGREEMENT
What promised to develop Into a sul
of the most sensational character has
been-aettled out of court. In the Inter-!
pleader suit of A. L. Iowenstein against
James McDevltt and Attorney W. T.
Vaughn the latter was charged with ad
vising and assisting McDevltt to take a
tray of Jewelry out of', Lowenateln's
store at 305V4 Washington street and
then abandoning his client when a dam
age suit was brought. Vaughn was fur
ther charged with fraudulently securing
an indorsement to two promissory notes
and of unlawfully- keeping a diamond
ring valued at 1125.
When the case was called for trial be
fore John B. Cleland, presiding judge
in the ' state circuit court yesterday
Attorney Dan R. Murphy, representing
McDevltt, stated that It had been set
tled. The basis of settlement was that
Vaughn received $260. Instead of money
and jewelry aggregating 11.699 in value,
as he demanded. He retains possession
of the diamond ring in dispute.
BIG POWER PLANT .
SOON COMMENCED
As soon as the sub power station of
the Oregon Water Power & Railway
company at Kagle creek can be com
pleted, the Caxadero branch will be elec
trified' to the end of the line. At the
present time the electric cars run only
to Boring and Dora there on to the end
of the line are hauled by locomotives.
Work on the cut off between Lents
and 8e.llwood, which has been progress
ing for several months, will be com
pleted early in the summer. The lino
is about four miles In length. The
present route to Cazadero is much
shorter, but the new road Is being built
to accommodate suburban passengers.
The assembling of machinery and ma
terial for the construction of the gi
gantic dam at Cazadero bv which the
Oregon Water Power & Railway will
generate electricity for all Its motive
power and also supply various Portland
industries, is being pushed rapidly. The
big power plant will cost about $2,000,
000 and, will be one of the largest In the
northwest. A contract has been entered
Into between the Portland General Klec
tric company and the Oregon Water
Power & Railway, whereby the latter Is
to furnish the former with electricity.
TJe new plant will be in operation with
in two years. t
RAILWAY MEN
' DANCE TOMORROW
The Brotherhood of Railway Em
ployes will give a ball In Arlon hall at
Second and Oak streets tomorrow even
ing. Music wfll be furnished by
Everest's orchestra. Th unique "round
trip ticket" Issued entitles the holder
"to 'one continuous trip with stop-over
privileges." ,., .
posTorriCE gaining.
The receipts for the Portland post
office from, the sale of postage stamps
and stamped paper for the mowth of Feb
ruary amounted to $2.004.11. This Is
a gain of $4,30., or 218-10 per cent
over that of the same month last year,
which was $23,073.12. ...
MOVING
BUSINESS
HOUSES
GET
EVEN WITH FATE
Jail before his "chums," In order to In
crease their comfort he would cut one
of the blankets Jn half. , leaving one
piece and folding the other Inside the
whole blanket, to be 'carried out to the
anteroom. ? Another scheme,' Is to , take
two good blankets out on leaving the
Jail, but to carry a piece of another hidden-wider
the clothing. ; This jiece,- If
the plan should prove successful, would
be sold for a few cents and used to pur
chase tobacco for those left behind. :
Sending a man back to his cell until
he secured two good blankets has been
found an efficient method of preventing
the practlve.' Where those not freed
were implicated a diet of bread and wa
ter for a few days was found to have a
salutary effect
DID WILLIAMS DO
CRIME OF MURDER?
(Journal Special BottIc.)'-
Hood RlverfOr.. March l.-Several of
Hood River's citisens were called to The
Dalles last Saturday at witnesses In the
case of the state against Norman, Wil
liams,, for the murder of the Nesbett
women four years ago. The preliminary
hearing was set for Saturday, . but tha
accused waived this, procedure and will
answer to the charge of murder attha
term of the circuit court,, which con
venes. In May. Henry E. McGinn came
up. from Portland to defend Williams,
but finding the case required more work
than money, and as his time was pretty
well taken up with other matters, ha
declined to continue in the case.
I,t Is understood that The Dalles at
torneys refuse to defend the alleged
murderer. Williams feels confident that
he will be able to prove his Innocence,
alleging that at the proper time tha
Nesbett women will be produced. Mr.
Nesbett, son and brother of the missing
women, .was In Hood River last week
gathering evidence for the prosecution
of the man accused of the murder of
his mother and sister.
As soon as the snow in the mountains
around Mt. Hood, the place where the
murder Is alleged to have beea com
mitted, goes off sufficient to permit a
further investigation, a thorough search
will be made for the bodies of the two
unfortunate women.
Wasoo's Tax Boll.
The tax roll for Wasco county for
1903, is now in the hands of the sheriff
for collection. The amount to be col
lected this year amounts to $160,407.21.
distributed among the several funds as
follows:
State and county tax $125,301.79
Special school tax by districts 26,960.85
Spec, road tax, Dist No. ... 1.047.09
Special city tax 7,131.49
Poll tax 869.00
A discount of 3 per cent will be al
lowed on all taxes paid on or before
March 15; taxes becoming delinquent
on April" 1, after which a 10 per cent
penalty will be added.
The records show that only three In
corporated towns .in the county have
levied special taxes The Dalles, 5 mills;
Dufur, & mills, and Hood River, 3 mills.
The Water Question.
The water question, that has perplexed
the ranchers of Hood River valley for
these many months, bids fair to be
settled at last, and as nothing Is set
tled until it is settled right, the ranch
ers have taken hold of the much-vexed
question with the determination to set
tle It once for all. After several meet
ings of the people and the appointment
of several committees to devise ways
and means out of the difficulty, tha fol
lowing plan was submitted and adopted;
That the ranchers throughout the west
side of the valley the east slde.ls not
Interested subscribe for 2,000 Inches of
water, each inch to represent one share
of stock, at $30 per Inch, realising there
from $60,000. and with this fund pur
chase the entire irrigation plant of tha
Valley Improvement oompany. The
stock is to inure to the land, becoming
a part of the assets thereof, transfer
able with the land. This Is done so as
to prevent the stock accumulating Into
the hands of any one party or parties,
giving to the people a perpetual water
supply that cannot ba taken away from
them, and forever bar a monopoly of
this nature.
A ten-days' option was secured on the
water ditch at $46,000. with a time limit
of 60 days. In which to meet the pay
ment of the money, and the committee
Is out now securing subscriptions to
the stock, with the result that long be
fore the expiration of the 60 days the
full amount will be raised, and In addi
tion thereto the ,$.15,000 necessary to
put the ditch In condition to run water
through It this season. This Is a case
where the owner killed the. goosa that
laid the golden egg.
JUDGE DISCHARGES
EMPLOYMENT AGENT
E. P. McCroskey, manager of the
Canadian Employment agency, was dis
charged this morning by Municipal
Judge Hoguo. The employment agent
was arrested yesterday on the charge
of assaulting' J. E. Shovln. Shovln al
leged that he had paid McCroskey a
$2.50 fee to get a job, and that the posi
tion he got was not the one that had
been bargained for. He demanded hla
fee back, which was refused, and after
quarreling in the agency for a few min
utes Shovln said that he was thrown out.
On the witness stand this morning,
Shovln said that he had talked back to
McCroskey when he had been ordered
out of the place. Shovln also said that
he had plenty of time to go "out after
being -told to do so, but wanted to stay
and talk It over. -
E. P. McCrosky, of the Canadian Em
ployment company, this afternoon said
that he did not refuse to return Shov
tn's fee to him. He said that Shovin
would not give up the receipt when his
man asked for It.
"Shovln afterwards went to see an
attorney about the matter," said Mr.
McCroskey, "and the lawyer telephoned
to me. I told him that I would pay the
money if the. receipt were returned. The
lawyer then sent Shovln to the-office
and the money was paid. Shovln was
discharged by the Mount Hood Lumber
company at Hood River, so when he
was sent to another camp of the com
pany he did not get the Job."
WIDESPREAD DAMAGE
CAUSED BY THE FLOOD
(Jonrnitl Special Herrlee.)
Stockton. Cal.. March 1 Tha . flood
from the Sacramento river which yes
terday swept, south across a wide atrip
of reclaimed country to tha Mokelumne
river. Is now flowing west to the Ban
Jomjuln river breaking alt levees in Its
path. Today It flooded the Brack tract
of 6,000 acres, Staten island, compris
ing 10,000 acres, and -the Sargent tract
of 6,000 acres. It now seriously threat
ens . Bouldln . island.- Much stock has
been drowned. Surviving cattle are be
ing removed by steamers from the tops
of levees.' .,...',
NEW LIRE SENDS
VESSEL TO PORT
STEBXASXAJT Or AMERICA XJJTB
WILS, X.EATB HEW TOXX APXUL
15 POK POXTEAKO WITH GEN
EXAX. OAXOO SXX II A HOD
rXEIGHTEX. '
April 15 the American, steamship Ne
braskan will sail from New York direct
to Portland with a general cargo con
signed to tha Charles F. Beebe company.
This will ba the first time a steamer of
that line has ever come to this port
The vessels ply regularly: between New
York and San Francisco carrying gen
eral merchandise, ; V
The line is composed of nine vessels
which are owned and operated by the
American-Hawaiian Steamship company.
They are as follows; The jNebraskan,
Nevadan, American, Califorhtan, Ore
gonlan, Hawaiian, Arlsonan, Texan and
Alaskan. - Tha last . named Is tha larg
est having a carrying capacity of 18,-
000 tons. '
Tha Nebraskan has. a gross regis
tered tonnage-of 4,408, net 2.824. Her
dimensions are as follows: Length, 462
feet; breadth, 24.6 feet, and depth, 24.6
feet. She was built at Camden, N. J.,
In 1902.
She Is described as being one of tha
most modern freighters that ever fame
to the Pacific coast. The steamer Is an
oil burner and perfect In all her ap
pointments. She Is equipped .with fa
cilities for handling freight mora rapidly
than any vessel that ever came up tha
Columbia river.
With such a steamer coming to Port
land local shippers say that it will prove
a most decided advantage to the port.
Tha transport Buford completed load
ing her cargo 'this ' morning and left
down at noon with Captain Patterson
acting In tha capacity of pilot. She has
about 600,000 feet of lumber aboard and
is drawing 23.S feet of water, the same
amount as did the Dlx.
If the bar remains smooth It Is ex
pected that aha will sail for San Fran
cisco tomorrow morning. The Dlx
crossed out this morning at 11:45 experi
encing no difficulty at all In putting to
sea.
Considering the Inclemency" of the
weather Captain Baker, disbursing quar
termaster, states that the Buford re
ceived , good dispatch. She is not
equipped with as many conveniences as
the regular freighters and for that rea
son the work of loading her was re
tarded to some extent. Since the big
transports experienced no difficulty In
the'rlver It Is believed that the govern
ment will have no hesitancy about send
ing other vessels to Portland -to load.
DELAHUNT DIVORCE
CASE IS FILED
An order was Issued In the state cir
cuit court yesterday afternoon by John
B.' Cleland, the presiding Judge, citing
Matthew J. Delahunt to appear before
the tribunal at 2 o'clock next Thurs
day afternoon and answer certain alle
gations made In connection with the suit
for divorce brought by Mrs. Delahunt.
The Delahunts have lived In the
Irvlngtonti addition, ac 438 East Fif
teenth street north.
The Delahunts were married In San
Francisco in 1893. Two children were
born to them .and for several years
their wedded 41fa was very happy. The
children ara now with the mother.
Luclle L. Delahunt Is now 8 years old,
and her little brother, Raymond, only 6.
The trouble In the family began about
two years ago, according to tha affidavit
filed in court, at which time Mrs. Dela
huut says her husband began to treat
her cruelly.
Judge Cleland sighed an order citing
Delahunt to appear in court next Thurs
day and show cause why ha should not
provide, his wife with $250 with which
to carry on her suit .and allow her the
same amount monthly for tha support
of herself and tha children during the
pendency of proceedings.
Affidavits were filed this morning by
Mrs. Delahunt and Sadie Conway on
the application for a restraining order.
In both ara mentioned Instances where
Delahunt Is accused of beating his
wife. The names of three women whom
she Bays her husband ejected from the
house February 23 are given by Mrs.
Delahunt. They are Mrs. 11 Austin,
Miss Sadie Conway and Miss Grace
Colllnson.
MANZANITA IS IN
PORT FOR REPAIRS
The lighthouse tender Manzanlta ar
rived ip port this morning from Astoria.
It is expected that she will remain here
about a month undergoing repairs, which
will be made by Joseph Paquet, at the
Portland shipyards. Her old masts will
be replaced by new ones, and the deck
houses will be remodeled. ,
A few days ago the Manzanlta 're
turned from a cruise up north. She was
as far as Juneau, and the aids to navi
gation in the northern waters received
a thorough Inspection. Captain Byrne
reports that some very cold weather was
experienced, but no storms of any con
sequence were encountered. He states
that the electric storm, of Which men
tion was made a few days ago, did no
damage whatever . to the lighthouse
building on Destruction island.' Aside
from the lightning striking a telephone
pole In the vicinity of the Btatlon, ke
says there was no harm dona.
KAxnrs votes.
Astoria, March 1. Arrived at 7:30 a.
m., steamer Oregop, from San Francisco.
Left up at 8 a. m., British bark Thistle
and schooner Henry Wilson..
Balled at 10:80 a. m steamer Prentiss
and schooner Viking, for Sah Francisco.
Sailed at 11:16 a. m United States
transport Dlx, for Manila, and British
ship Glenesslin, for Port Natal. 1
Left up at 1:40 a. m steamer Oregon.
San Francisco, Feb, 29, Arrived at
10:30 p. m., steamer George W. Elder,
from Portland." " "
Sailed at 10 p. ra., British steamer
Claverlng, for Portland.
Astoria, Feb. 29. Arrived at ll:30 a.
m schooner Henry Wilson, from San
Francisco. . ' ,
Arrived at 1:45 p.. m., schooner Sophia
Chrlstenson, from San Francisco. .
San Francisco, Feb. 29. Sailed at 5:16
p. m., steamer G. C. Llndauer, for Port
land. Astoria, March 1. Condition of tha
bar at, 8 a. m., smooth; wind . weBt;
weather cloudy. t
OASTXO AXKITE8 AT BAXEKSPIEEO
In reply to a telegram from the sport
ing editor of The, Journal, Manager Ely
wires from Bakersneld as follows: Cas
tro arrived this morning and will play
in game today. Thlelman also. Beek Is
on his waV, Entire team wll.l play'Sun
day,( , , W. FRED ELY..
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C. J. GARNER IS:
MADE DEFENDANT
WITB fir A WELi XWOWW POXT
XJMI MAW ALLEGES CXOELTT
' AND WOW-SuTPOXT BOTH WEXE
MEMBEXS or BEOOHD BAPTIST
CKUXCH GABJTEK XTOW St SABT.
Mrs. C. J. Garner has filed at Orego
City a suit for divorce, alleging cruelty,
failure to support and desertion. Mrs.
Garner In her petition also alleges that
her husband In order to settle his obli
gations with the Pacific Coast Biscuit
company mortgaged their home property
in East Portland and after securing
$400 left for Lincoln, Neb.,' where he
now is. '
. Mr. Garner was formerly employed by
tha Pacific Coast Biscuit company as
traveling salesman, he was with this
company for three years and was pre
viously employed by the Oregon Cracker
company. At the Pacific- company t it
was said this morning that Garner had
been, during the time he worked for tha
house, a competent, maa Ha and
tha house ' had some , difficulty
over money matters, It was said
at tha company's office and ba
left. Garner is said to ba now em
ployed at the store kept by his father
in Lincoln, Neb. Garner has no rela
tives so far as Is known in the city and
came here . from Lincoln ' several years
ago. His Wife, It Is said. Is not at pres
ent In the state. She has no Portland
relatives. . ,
Mr. Garner and his wife ara members
of tha Second Baptist church.
APPEARANCES WERE
SLIGHTLY DECEITFUL
A. L. DeGuylder, alias Roberts, for
merly a traveling piano salesman for
the Eilers Musio company of Portland,
wa arrested In Vancouver, B. C, yes
terday on the charge of forging tha
name of H.. J. Eilers to a $750 note and
that of M. Gilbert to a $200 oheck. Da
Guyler was released from the Idaho
penitentiary at Boise City last August
where he served a four-years' sentence
for obtaining money under false pre
tenses. I "
DeGuylder was a gentlemanly appear
ing fellow, and when ha asked tor a po
sition with the music company, his past
record was not known. After working
about the state for several weeks, De
Guylder returned to Portland a few days
ago, forged H. J. Eilers' name to tha
note, and deposited It with Daniel
Marks, a Third street pawn broker. Last
Saturday DeGuylder presented a $200
check to Marks. .The check was signed
by Gilbert, drawn on the1 London and
San Francisco bank. The $200 was
given DeGuylder by Marks, and that
night the former piano salesman left tor
the north.
Marks soon-discovered that both-tha
note and check were . forged. Ha re
ported the matter to tha police. De
tectives Day and Weiner were detailed
on the case, and by descriptions tele
graphed by thesA off leers to various
western cities, De Quylder was arrested In
the British Columbia city.,
HE PASSED CHECKS
AFTER A DEBAUCH
(Hpeclil Dlipatch to The Jgorstl.)
Welser, Ida., March 1. A man named
F. W. Buck was arrested this morning
on the charge of passing two forged
checks of $50 each. One of them was
taken by J. W. Cox, proprietor of tha
Hotel Vendoma, , who , paid tlje full
amount The other was taken by C. W.
Jewell of the Copper King saloon.
Jewell gave Buck $35 on the check, all
the money he had at the time. The
checks were passed last evening. Buck,
who had been drinking and gambling all
night, had got away with all of the
money except $18 when srrewtprt. Buck
had been working for Ford Bros, at their
mines at Black lake for several months
and came down to Weiser a few weeks
since. The name signed to the checks,
which wero drawn on tha Bank of
Wetser, was that of Sim Ford, one of
tho mlno owners.' Buck Is In Jail await
ing the setting of the preliminary trial.
SAYS HER MARRIAGE
NOT A JOKE, AS SAID
(Sao Frinclico Burno of Tb Journal.)
San Franclrfco, March 1. Mrs. Ed
ward K. Clarke, the wife of a wealthy
clubman, has filed papers for divorce
and asks $260 a month alimony. Mrs.
Clarke was formerly Rosalind Bower,
and became known as the "Sweet Pea
Girl." During the Durant trial she ap
peared in court every day and brought
sweet peas for the murderer and gated
at him fondly. At the time of her mar
riage to Clarke a sensation was created.
She says her- husband was not . Intox
icated when he married her nor was the
marriage a Joke aa alleged. She says
ha deserted her, henca tha suit.
WILL INVESTIGATE
V LIVESTOCK RATES
. (Whlngton Burma of The IinrniL) '
Washington,, March 1. Congressman
Gowhard (Democrat) from Missouri, In
troduced a resolution In the house today
directing the committee on commerce to
investigate the charges by shippers of
livestock that they ara not fairly treated
by the railways of the west The com
mittee on interstate and foreign com
merce ordered a favorable report on the
resolution, Charles Martin of South
Dakota of the . department of : com
mrce, Is to investigate whether tha
beef trust is violating the injunction
resting against It. . . . -
D1TCHBURN REMARKS
ON NIXON CHARGES
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Tha answer filed by Attorney Richard
Nixon to the damage suit for $60,000
brought by Attorney John Ditchburn on
account of charges , made before thd
grievance committee of the Oregon Bar
association, does not meet with the ap
probation of the complainant. Ditch
burn this morning said: , . '
"Nixon is endeavoring to shelter him
self behind .the barricade of privilege.
Hi action was not privileged because
the association is not a legal body, I
do not belong to It and am not bound
by Us actions.. He also pleads
justification .and mitigation 1 lit the
same breath, ; I h a few days I shall
have the 1 plans of - justification and
mitigation segregated." .v. .
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OFFICIAL REPORT '
Oil THE TORNADO
rOXECASTEX v SEALS SBICE-S TO
WASKHTGTOV DESCKIPTIOlf OT
XEOEWT "IKCIPIEHT TOXHADO"
KOT A STXAIGXT LIITE WIKD BTT
tornado has been sent to Chief WlHis
Moora of the Washington' weather -bureau
by local Forecaster Edward Beats:
"Friday morning, February 26. 1904.
a severe wind rush which partook of
tha nature of an . incipient tornado,
passed through the eastern portton of
this city. A low pressure area . of
marked intensity and of great magnl-
tude was central that morning oft tha
northwest Washington coast, therefore,
five hours before the local storm oc
curred, this city was In the southeast
quadrant of the 'cyclonic disturbance
and about 400 miles from Its center.
"At 10:42 a. m.. local time, a very,
black, low cloud was observed at tha
station passing rapidly toward the east
northeast. The. wind .at this time aud- -danly
shifted from the southeast to tha
northwest, and Increased from almost .
a calm to a velocity of 18 miles an hour.
It hlnvr from tha northwest for - two
minutes, then backed to tha west for 15
minutes,- after which It returned to tha
southeast and continued In that direc
tion for several hours. The barometer
at this time rose fuddenly .04 of . an
Inch and almost Immediately afterwards
fell again to tha starting point. The
thermometer fell from 43 degrees to 89
degrees in less than 10 minutes, and
than rose to 45 degrees In equally as
short a time. During these oscillations
In tha Instruments registering tha be
havior of the elements, heavy hall fell
for about three minutes. The station is
practically three and four-fifths miles
from Barrett's addition, where the great
est damage was done.
"I made a careful Investigation of tha
ruins, and while tha distribution of the
debris did not positively Indicate winds
of a gyratory character, other .evidence
seems to Indicate tha force 'exerted was
greater than could be believed possible
from a straight-line blow. "
'The alsa of the trees prostrated
varied In diameter from three inches up
to a foot; they were all conlferae, with
bushy tops. , Some were uprooted, but
as they had no tap root It did not take
much fores to nrostrate them. Those
that were broken off were small In slza
and where broken they gave no Indica
tion of being subjected to a twisting '
force. J- '
"The greatest destruction occurred lit
what is known ss Barrett's addition to
tha city of Portland, and the time was
given by various persons as follows:
Just before 11 a. m.; 10:30 a. m.; 10:41
a. m. The clock in tha house of Rev.
Mr. Starbuck stopped at 10:45, and this
Is probably as near the exact time as It
la possible to ascertain. It would agree
closely with tha ttma the black cloud
rsn enAst m A a f rtim alfa t An in tta Attntrol
portion of the city, as It would not hava
taken over three minutes for it to hava
traveled the four miles between tha two
places. The storm lasted less than five
minutes, after which tha air waa as
tranquil as before tha storm began.
"The appearance Of tha cloud waa
variously described by those who saw
it aa follows: D. W. Alexander said it
was very black and seemed to ba only
about 100 feet from the ground. Ho
saw no funnel, but did sea a single flash
of lightning which came from tha sky
soma dletance to the north of the cloud.
Mrs. Hasenberg saw tha cloud which
she described as being awTully black
at first and afterwards sha said It turned
a whitish color. To her there waa a
funnel which was whirling around and
around, and there was a great deal of
dirt and debrla In the air. She saw a
single flash of lightning, which she said
came from tha funnel of tha cloud just
before the wind struck tha neighbor
hood. J. W. Van Blarlcom. whose post
offl.ee address is Mount Tabor, saw the
storm near tha base Una road at a point
about a mile, south of Barrett's addi
tion. Ha says there were two hlack,"
low-down clouds; ona came from 'the
northwest and the other from tha south
west. They met about a mile west from
where ha was, when they seemed to roll
dbwn almost to tha ground and then
move rapidly toward tha northeast. He
said there waa no whirling motion to
the clouds before they met nor after
wards. Witnesses all agree that there
was very Uttlo rain before the storm,
but that It rained quite heavily about
16 minutes after It had passed. Heavy
hall began to fall Just before tha wind
struck the buildings. It was pure white,
oval In shape, and about the sixa of ordi
nary marbles. -
"Tha attendant noise waa described by
Mrs. Haxenberg as Ilka a peal of lrdl
nary thunder,' that seemed aa If It never
would let up, while most of the others
Interviewed said that Just before the ,
buildings' fell there was a roaring sound
unlike thunder or anything alsa they
had ever heard before, . .
"Tha storm came from tha west
southwest, and moved towards the east
northeast Tha tops of the trees to th
right of tha center of the storm track
pointed a trifle to the east of north, and
those to tha left of the center pointed a
trifle. to tha west of north. The debrla
of tha houses, that collapsed was depos
ited but a few feet to tha north of their
foundations. '
"Tha width of the path of destruc
tion was 200 feet, and In length nearly
10 miles. There were houses as- well
as tree in the center of Its path that
escaped all Injury, and tha people living
In them did not notlca that the storm
waa uncommonly severe. Thera were
no lives lost but several people were
slightly wounded. Tha damage to build
ings amouniea to bdoui d,vuo, wnne in
loss to other property waa insignificant"
ASKS AID FOR A
DEPENDENT MOTHER
Capt. John Anderson of tha Volunteers
ot America reports the case of a
woman and her two children who ara
destitute. '- . ."' ' -
, The wife, who Is of frail physique,
was deserted by her husband last Decem
ber, and left with two children to
support, a gtrl of 14 and one of 5 years.
Her husband sold the furniture in their
house one day while she was out aud
then left with his two boys. Tha wife
says sha has not since heard from htm.
Friday she obtained $1.60 from the
sale, of a gold, ring and when She ap
pealed to Captain Anderson for aid, had
been trying to sell her wedding ring.
captain Anaerson nss maae an appeal
for a furnished or unfurnished room,
where the mother and daughters can
hava a secure shelter without cost .
BTntWED XXI WAT OVT OT JAIL.
(Journal Hixtclal 8erlee.) '
Sacramento,. Cal., March, 1. W. C,
Sowell. confined In Jail at Oridley and
charged with horse stealing,, burned his
way : out through the rpof last night
with a light candle. Ha stQ.od on a chair '
and wet tha roof so It wold not. burn
too fast
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