TIPS OltEGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 9. 1904.1
HOUSES THREATENED
BY BLOCKED SEWER
Rise of Tanner Creek
and Undermines Exposition ;Bufljuig---Dynamite
Used to Save Property
As a result of the blocking; of the Tan
. vvr creek sewer On Alder street,, the
athletic-field 'of the Multnomah club la
covered with a sea" of dark, muddy wa
' ter, which has reached a depth of from
. four to seven feet, and is constantly ris
ing. The exposition building: Is under
- mined by a targe expanse of water
which stretches under the entire build
ing' and far down the street,
Several Jtouses : in Alder street are
Threatened with destruction, and drastic
, measures will be taken by the city
.authorities to prevent a further rise in
the water. . The houses are along the
: gulch, and the water threatens to cause
the banks to give way at any time.
Dynamite will be used to blow away
-'the debns which has caused the stop
page of the aewer, and U is hoped in
this way to avert further danger. Late
: this afternoon the city engineer will
explode several charges of dynamite.
' The cause of the trouble is in Alder
'street near Lownsdals street.' ' Huge
piles have been driven. Into the earth
'to support a footbridge which spana. a
gulch at that point. The piles were
driven in deep enough to break into the
sewe and to cause its blockade. Since j
DEMOCATC CAUCUS
HELD THIS EVENING
Only a few of the Democratic precinct
committeemen havek notified the secre
tary .of the county central committee, J.
B.-Ryan, of the places where their re
spective precinct caucuses will be held
- tonight The hour of meeting is 8
o'clock. -The incomplete list of meeting
places is aa follows: .
rreclneta 1, 2, and 8, Artisans' hall,
Savjer street "-v'V
Precinct 7, 121 Twenty-third stfee.
' Precinct 11, 141 First street .
Precinct 14, room 2, Mulkey .bulldlnff.
Precinct 16, Lewis and Clark, Cigar
factory, Tenth and Washington.
Precinct 17, Ream's .cigar store, 148
Fifth street.
NOT.
HIS FORMER WIFE
"l can't see that that Is anybody's
business,' indignantly retorted Mrs.
Hannah. Buch yesterday when F. W.
Prasp, marriage , license clerk, inquired
of August Buch" whether the. two were
any rslatloni:. Buch . had applied for a
license to wed Mrs, Biichv:
Prasp suavely Informed the lady that
the laws of Oregon do not permit first
cousins to marry, and on account of the
similarity-of names he thought it advis
able to ask the , question. Somewhat
ATTORNEY HAY
: BE INVESTIGATED
The grand Jury, It is reported. Is
split Into factions oyer the gambling
question. The- leader of those who are
in favor of investigating with a view
to indicting those conducting the games
and the officials regarded as responsible
for the law-breaking, it is said, is
Charles W. flay, of Mt Tabor. :;
Despite the protestation of officials
who claim to be In a position to know
whereof they speak, it Is regarded as a
moral certainty that this grand Jury
will look Into a number of alleged In
stances in which the laws are being
f ractureiZChlef among these Is the lax
.ity claimed to prevail in the district
'attorney's office as regards the failure
'to . prosecute several persons against
.'whom the state Is said to have had
'clear cases. , , ,
" The permission accorded minors by
proprietors of a number of saloons to
frequent their places may lead to a
number of Indictments.
This morning the Jury remained
session for more than two hours,
times the discussion was spirited.
in
At
DENTAL BOARD ACTS
AGAINST GOVERNOR
'The Dental Society of , Oregon is pre
pared to resist the seating of Dr. R, J.
Lincoln of La Grande as a member of
the state dental board," declared Sec
retary E. G. Clark of the society this
afternoon. The executive committee of
the association met at noon at the
office of Dr. Clark and it was the unani
mous decision of the board that Gov
ernor Chamberlain's action in naming
Dr. Lincoln in place of the choice of
tha society Dr. Matthew J. Fenton
be opposed. A committee, the member
ship of which is not made known, was
appointed to take charge of the af-
.falr. ...
"Members of the society believe that
the statutes have been violated in the
appointment of Dr. Lincoln," said the
secretary, "and it Is the sense of the
executive committee that the governor
lias no m'ore right to go contrary to
the law than has any one else."
Dr. Clark admitted the members
Vwere a little hot," and said the society
Intends to enforce its desires, even If.
the aid of the courts has to be asked.
All members of the executive board
were present today except Dr. Sturde
vant of The Dalles.
' DXATH OTEBTAKES BXM.
After an illness of but a few minutes,
"Edward C, Warner of Montesano, Wash.,
died last night at the Good Samaritan
hospital. He was taken ill at his room
at the New Gtahd Central hotel yester
day evening, and lived but 10 minutes
after reaching, the hospital. Coroner J.
V. Floley took charge of the body and of
the dead man's belongings, and at once
wired the postmaster at Montesano re
garding friends and relative f Warner.
(Vironer Flnley said that while death
was sudden, ' there was no suspicious
vlrcumatances connected with It War
tier had packed Ms trunk and was ready
to return to the Washington city when
l athstopped his plans. - ,
SfftTAsI OBTTIsTO BBAST.-
(Journal Special Her.rlce.)
Constantinople. March 9J-i-Tha sultan
t,ns derided to order two bruisers of the
tlleat Improved type from Cramp.
Roods -Multnomah Field
the heavy rains have "swollen Tanner
creek the water, unable to find an outlet,
has backed into the-Multnomah club
grounds and surrounding territory, v
The water began to rise lata vester
day afternooa Already it has reached
a depth or from four to seven feet on
the football field, and is constantly
growing deeper. ; John Hanson, field
keeper at the club, secured a skiff yes
terday and succeeded in removing large
quantities or qeons ..ana poles-" which
threatened destruction to the grandstand
and other buildings which surround the
ampitheatre. ;
The field presents an unusual picture.
The water haa covered the small houses
which border.it, and has almost com
pletely submerged the one-story build
ing used as dressing quarters by the
athletes. The Chinese gardens to the
north of the field have practically been
aemoiisnea.
t'p to this time little damage has been
done to the club's property, but serious
results are feared at any time. People
who live in the threatened residences
along Alder street have raised a vigorous
complaint to the city authorities to pre
vent thedestructlon of their homes.
Precinct IS, room II, Mulkey building.--
.-, ', .-
Preclnfct 19, 169 Sixteenth street
Precinct 20, residence of C. EV 8.
Wood, Ford and Main streets.
... Precinct IS and ,2, 282 Fourth street
Precinct 29. 405 Sixth street
' Precinct 30, Hosehouse on Chapman
street
Precinct 32, Montag'i stove fotfndry,
Hood street
.Precinct S3, 738 Corbett itreetrc--Precinct
35, 1,002 Corbett street.
Precinct. 47, 80 East Sixteenth, street
North.
Precinct 4$, til Holliday avenue.
i. MERELY
mollfled. Mrs. Buch said she 1s not re
lated to the applicant for the license. '
"No," "added Buch, "we .were married
once and divorced We have concluded
to try it again." v , , A
One of the questions provided for by
law is that an applicant shall Inquire if
the prospective brtde is over the age of
18. When this query was put Mrs. Buch
blushed and. coyly admitted that she is
past the legal barrier 6( age. The lady
confessed to 84. She looks It
SEATTLE f MM
IS
A ruatet sound firm has been awirilrJl
the contract of suDDlylnsr 2.50r tons
oi government oats for trananortatinu
to Manila. Capt Jesse M. Baker, local
disbursing quartermaster, received a
wire to this effect from Washington
this morning.
W. W. Roblnsort of Seattle jfias been
given the contract His bid was 126.24
a ton, says Captain Baker. ' Further than
this information which came in a brief
telegram,' he states that he knows noth
ing about the matter.
Had the contract been awarded to n
Portland flrnvJtwas.the intention to
snip tne oats on the British steamship
Inverness, which has been chartered to
carry 1,800.000 feet of lumber from this
port to tne Philippines. The Inverness
Is now about. due at Vancouver, "B. C,
from Japan with a cargo of sugar. Im
mediately arter discharging it she will
proceed down the coast to Portland, and
Is expected to arrive hers not later than
the middle of the month.
FLEET'S FATE IS
STILL UNKNOWN
(Journal Special Service.)
London, March 9. Speculation at To.
klo as to the location, of the Russian
Vladivostok fleet indicates' the, renorted
destruction lacks confirmation. It la
thought only a portion of the Japanese
fleet is at Vladivostok and the other di
vision is cruising in search of the en
emy. The Japanese are maklna an at
tack at Dalny. ' ,
St. Petersburg reports the ehni nt
the Japanese advance guard on the Talu
and the capture of stores and ammuni
tion and a number of prisoners. The
Japanese detachment was cut out from
the main body. The damaged battleship
Retvlzan has been patched up and will
go to the drydock.
xoxEAvg tmxj. rxaxT. '
Seoul. March 9. A small party of
Russians has selxed the Korean tele-i
graph station at Toung Won today. It
is reported that a fight has occurred be
tween Koreans and Russians on the Ko
rean side of the Tumen river. i
BEF0BT8 PEBBIBT. t ' 1
ToklO, March 9 Japanese warships
Tuesday evening Bombarded Fort Talicn
Wan In Korea bay, later they proceeded
to Port Arthur and bombarded the fort
resses there..
. ' CXASKES rBEQUBHT,
(Journal special ft-rvlcr.)
Washington, D. C. March 9.
Th
commander of the gunboat Helena at
Yinkow. reports this afternoon that an
engagement has taken place at Kung
Wang- Chang, and that the Japs landed
at Tushan. -
'fctrSIXAN HEAT SEIZED.
V (Journal Biclal RervUw. )
Nagasaki,-March 9. The Japanese
government -today seized 2,100 barrels
of meat on the steamer Coptic Just ar
rived from' Bah Francisco. The meat
was consigned to Port Arthur. ;
OEA I BBBTOTTirCESJ TNBONB.'''!;"'
" "Berlin," March 1 The czar has re
nounced the succession to the ducal
throne "of Oldenburg to which he is en
titled In the event of the death of the
nlea of ths present dynasty.
SUCCESSFUL
JOHN BARRETT IS
AGAIN
HONORED
FBXBXSEirT mOOSZTZXiT 9XCZSEB
to Apponrr pobtkaito mabt to
BB MXB1ITZB TO IMTOBTAKT
POST Or PAX AHA ABXXJTY XS
BEWABDXD AT WASHINGTON.
'(Washington Bureau of The Journal.
Washington. D. C, March 9. Presi
dent Roosevelt has decided to appoint
Hon. John Barrett of Portland, Or., to
be minister of Panama, vice Buchanan.
Arthur Beaupre, now minister to Co
lombia, will relieve Barrett who until
today' appointment, was minister, to
Argentine. Beupre will be succeeded by
W. W. Russell, now In charge as minis
ter to Panama ' ,
"Hon. John Barrett was-undoubtedly
selected for the Panama post because of
his ability," said Attorney Charles J,
Schnabel, his most Intimate friend In
this lty "Barrett and President Roose
velt ana very good friends, and Barrett
Is Just the stamp of man the president
likes. He has never failed In any mis
sion he has been sent on, and his great
diplomatic ability, no doubt has brought
about the sudden change in affairs. I
presume that the position at this time
is one of very delicate nature, and that
the president wanted a man of peculiar
ability to cope with the situation.- In
John Barrett he has that man. ; .
'I know the appointment came unex
pectedly to Mr. Barrett, for I' received
letter from him' about two months
ago, asking me to send his boxes of ca
rina to Buenos Ayres, Argentine.: . If he
had contemplated a change, ! am sure he
would not have asked that the goods bs
sent there. ";,','.'..-
'Mr Barrett was born In Vermont
ana is 88 years of age. He came to
Portland in 1880, and among other
things did some newspaper work, - It
was in 1894 that he received, most un
expectedly,- the appofntment as minister
to Slam, It was not at that time a very
Important portfolio, but , Mr.- Barrett
took advantage of his opportunity and
made It far more Important than it had
ever before been. While there he trav
eled extensively through the far east
studying . conditions commercially and
the. habits of the people. He resigned
that position in 1898.
When the war with Spain broke out
Mr. Barrett Was sent by Harper's maga
zine as war correspondent, and be was
in the Philippines a large part of the
time with Admiral Dewey, and a part
of. the time in various sections of the
Islands. He traveled nearly a year for
Harper's, after which he returned home.
He returned by way of Europe,- and
Is the first American having the dis
tinction of addressing the house of
commons, which he was invited to do." I
'In 1901 Mr. Barrett Was appointed
commissioner-general to the Orient for
the St Louts exposition. 'This position
he occupied for about one "year,
traversing China, Japan, Slam and other
countries. He completed the. task one
year ago, at which time he was ' ap
pointed minister to Argentine." ,
MASTER BUILDERS
ARE EMPHATIC
TKEZB BEQTTESTS TOB OXANOBB
BEaAJWXNO XJBTTXNO 07 OON-
TXAOTB POB TAXSL , BTTriOtllOB
NOT TET "A OLOIES XNOXDENT,"
TNJBT DECXABB XN A XiETTEK.
The Master Builders' association re
fuses xto accept as final the decision of
the Lewis and Clark exposition com
mittee with regard to .. the erecting of
buildings for the fair. The builders do
clare that there Is not time for local
contractors to make bids, and in a let
ter sent March 8 asked for an extension
of time, requesting besides several other
changes. To this letter Secretary Ollt
ner of the commission replied that the
preparation of and adoption of the plans
snd specifications were a closed incident
and Could not be changed. These two
letters have been previously published
by The Journal. n
At a meeting of the Master Builders'
association, held last evening, in room
231 Sherlock building, this letter, signed
by President J. B. Bridges and Secretary
O. W. Gordon, directed to Jefferson
Myers, president, and the honorable
members of the Lewis and Clark Cen
tennlal exposition commission:
"We, the officers and members of the
Portland Master Builders' association of
Portland. Or., feel compelled in the
best -interests of fair and 'honorable
business transaction to state to the pub
lic through the medium of the press
that we consider the position taken by
the honorable fair commission one which
cannot be harmonized with the theory
that ths honorable committee desires to
give, a fair and open opportunity to
every responsible bidder to erect the fair
buildings. - We cannot see, and we de
Sire to. know what Is meant by the pro
vision of their specification, that their
building superintendent shall have power
to compel a contractor to furnish or
supply things which are not mentioned
In the specifications or shown In ttra
plans. .
' "A thing so' patently one-sided cannot
bs excused on any grounds; It suggests
things which we care not to express, yet
cennot , as citizens submit to without
protest In a publlo enterprise. It cer
tainly opens the way to most outrageous
aDue.es. we cannot see that such a
course ,1a fair treatment to the home
builders, many of whom have supported
the fair enterprise with their money.
Need of More Time.
"Another request which was turned
down was the one to extend the length
of - time allowed the contractors . for
figuring the. buildings, and also opening
the bids, on each building on different
dates so that only. one. building would
be 1st at a -time. , After the honorable
committee' and their architects spend a
year getting up plans, 'they expect a
contractor to make up and place a re
sponsible bid, In 24 hours. No comment
is necessary to show the absurdity of
this, but why must this be so? The an
swer of the honorable commission states
no reason why their arrangements may
not now bs altered and rectified, except
that the committee has met, and 'the
matter Is " a closed incident". We
predict that the resulting abases will
not be a closed incident for a long while
to.' come." jy ..
SEAMEN'S UNION
IS 19 YEARS OLD
Air along the coast last night the
Seamen's union celebrated ths nineteenth
anniversary of ths organisation. The
Portland branch observed the event with
appropriate exercises., There-were fully
iw peopiejn attendance, many. of whom
were ladles. Music and speech ma Win
were ths order of, tha evening.
BOOST FOR .THE
MITCHELL WING
EaronriEBS' . poxjtxoax. . ox.tra
XAXES IJTDOBSIMXNT JUDOS
. OAxxrr . ' mnin , . wrrx : hzs
rOBOES, BUT KKOV MEN ABSENT
HSAXST SEKOCBATXO CX.VB.
A big boost-jwas given to ths Mitchell
wing of the1 Republican party Monday
night by the - engineers' political club.
By a close vote It decided to support
those who term themselves the "reg
ulars," and they afterwards made It
unanimous by all agreeing to support
the Mitchell . faction. . Judge Carey was
present and- made an address, and it Is
claimed that he contributed very ma
terially toward framing up the action of
the organisation. Although Invited,
none of the Simon men were In attend
ance. ' ..p '-'-A
The engineers' political club was ort
ganlsed on February 8 for the sole pur
pose, -as the , name Implies,-to take a
prominent part in the approaching cam
paign. At present it is composed wholly
of marine and stationary engineers, and
its estimated membership ls S50, The
firemen, coal- passers and oilers have
also been Invited to Join in ihe move
ment, ana it is claimed that within a
very short time the club will be 1,200
strong.
One of the chief objects which the
organization hopes to attain by enter
ing the political arena is to secure an
engineers' state license law. The legis
lation will be wholly for the benefit of
the stationery men,- as theilcensing'of
the mariners is already regulated by a
united States law. But the two classes
have Joined forces to secure a state li
cense taw, asserting that such leglsla
lion will not only be In the interest of
the ; engineers themselves, but will be
the means of saving life and. property,
By compelling an applicant, for a po
siuoii oi this character to secure a 11
cense .from a state board appointed for
the purpose, they argue. It will be the
means xf doing away with incompetency.
rand for that reason many disasters will
oe averted, it will have the effect, they
believe, of bringing the work up to a
high standard of efficiency.
After Assistance.
In order to gain their ends, so sav the
members, they decided that the most
practical method which suggested It
self was to secure the assistance of one
or the other of the old political parties.
In return for a promise to work for' the
proposed license law they decided to
hand over their Votes. . Several of the
more Important politicians were Invited
to meet them, and submit a proposition,
but aside from the Mitchell men no one
responded. .
There was some displeasure exnrei
at the action which the club took Mon
day night, and some who are In close
touch with th organization
doubtful as o whether or not all the
engineers will hang together In the mat
ter. Many ' of them are nronounpari
Democrats and others have been strong
louowers or tne Simon wing, and it is
said to highly probable that there will
be a little trace Jumping done before
election day arrives. , ,
' Hearst Ssmooratlo Club. '
J. W. Shrader. business a rent of the
Carpenters' union. Is authority for the
statement that there will b a Hur.i
Democratic club organized at Portland
within the next two weeks He says a
movement is now under way to form
such a club. - , ;
"I am afraid." said Mr. Shrader, "that
Mr. Hearst will be nominated for presi
dent I do not like to see it for the rea
son that another panic is about due, and
when that time again comes I want to
see a Republican at ths head of affairs.
It will then be convincing proof to-my
many friends on the other side of the
political fence that Democratic adminis
trations do not always cause panics.
There Is certainly one coming at no dis
tant day." , r
William Horan, a -prominent member
of the Painters' union, says that union
men will undoubtedly Indorse candidates
for the legislature who are known to be
In sympathy with the labor movement
Asked If he had any particular candidate
In view ha replied:
"No, but I have understood that some
of ths union men are talking very seri
ously of trying to nominate Grant Mc
Donald, secretary of ths Federated
Trades counclLlr
ST. PATRICK'S
DAY IN PORTLAND
The celebration of St Patrick's day
In Portland will Include two services en
the night of March 18, one service In the
morning and one at night March) 17,
and bids fair to be a memorable event
St Mary's hall at Williams avenue
snd Stanton street. Alblna. has been se
lected as ths placs for holding one of
tne two entertainments of March 18.
The program for the evening is not yet
obtainable, but will Include the usual
Irish patriotic songs and recitations.
The chairman of the evening will be
Judge M. O. Munly. Attorney J. H,
Murphy has been selected to deliver the
speech of the occasion, and his subject
win oe t ne uenius or a Race."
The other entertainment of March 18
will be held in St Lawrence church, at
Third and Sherman streets. Devotional
songs will precede a lecture to bs given
oy xne ev. .rather Carroll, c. S. B on
"Ireland's CathollcltyHer Glory."
On St. Patrick's morning solemn high
mass will occur at St Patrick's church,
at Sixteenth and Savler streets. -The
expectation Is that Archbishop Christie
win omciate at this service. The An
cient Order of Hibernians will attend
in a body, and delegations from "ths
Young Men's Institute, Irish. League,
Knights of Columbus snd the Catholic
f oresters will be present
The, crowning event of tha riav will
be the entertainment at ths Empire the-
atre, in which some of the best talent
In the city will appear. Governor George
n. unamDenam ana Mayor George H
Williams have been Invited, and will
speak, but ths subjects are not yet
Known. ' -1, : :
At the Empire entertainment Mrs
Rose Bloch Bauer, Mrs.; Walter Reed.
cathieen Lawier, Nicholas Zan and J. B
Belcher will take part It Is expected
that this entertainment will be one of
the most enjoyable, events of 'the year.
It will be given fsr the benefit of St.
Patrick's church, uhder the auspices of
the' Ancient Order' of Hibernians.: . i
Met? a try has been selected as speaker of
the evening. -
J. S. BACON GETS
WARREN POSTOFf ICE
(WiKhingtna Bureau' ef The Journal.)
Waahingion,, .March 9. James 8. Ba
con has been appointed postmmter at
Warren, Or. - . . -
FRAUD AND
OPENLY CHARGED
Insurance Case in Superior Court Turns Into
: a Sensation of Unusual Interests-Startling
-77 Answer to Aliesina's Clajm. " :
In its answer . to the. suit Instituted
by John Allesina, the umbrella merchant,
the Fire Association of Philadelphia ac
cuses him of fraud and perjury. This
and a number cf other interesting alle
gations are contained In the document
filed 'this morning in the state circuit
court by the company's attorneys, Veazte
Freeman.
AUeslna's store, at 288 - Washington
street was destroyed by fire last April.
He carried insurance in seven compa
nies. Being unable to agree on the
damage the various companies and Al
lesina agreed on appraisers and an um
pire, but their decision was repudiated
by the companies. Recently Allesina
secured a verdict In the state circuit
court for the , full amount from the
Liverpool, London & Globe .Insurance
conjpany. By previous agreement all
the companies but the Fire Association
of Philadelphia were bound by this
Judgment
In its answer lbs association 'declares
that the actual rash value of the stock
carried byAlleslnat oh .'January-1..490S.
did not exceed, 17,109.28, snd that his
actual loss by ths .fire did not exceed
15,465.86. much iess than the amount
of his Insurance. The appraisers fixed
the loss at $13,662.28.
It is represented, that Allesina falsely
asserted his stock to be worth f rjftm
$17,000 to $18,000. The association fur
ther claims' that the policy was nullified
by the umbrella man permitting his
RIVER AT PORTLAND
The river Is slowly rising at Portland
and, the weather bureau states that It
will reach a stage of 14.1 feet tomorrow
and 15 feet by Friday. Unless there
are -continuous rains in the meantime it
is not expected to get much higher than
that, which, however, will be sufficient to
bring it over the lower dock at the
foot of Ash street, It will lack about
a foot of -getting over the other docks.
A report to the' weather bureau this
morning states that the Snake river at
HEAT TRUST TO
BE INVESTIGATED
(Washington Bureau of The Journal.)
Washington, March 9. An Investiga
tion of the meat trust Is desired by
Representative Martin of South Dakota,
and .he has succeeded In 'obtaining a
favorable report on his bill calling upon
the secretary of commerce and. labor to
Investigate the cause of low prices of
beef cattle in the United States since
July 1, 1903, and the unusually large
margin between ths price of beef cat
tle and the selling price of fresh beef.
The purpose of this Inquiry will be to
determine whether these conditions have
resulted from any contract, or combi
nation, or trust or conspiracy In re
straint of trade. '
In favorably reporting this bill the
committee on interstate commerce says
that the last three years have been years
of great prosperity in the United States.
Ths growers and feeders -of livestock
have shared In this general prosperity
until the first part of 1903. Beginning
at that time, the committee states, the
market for beef steers has gradually
declined, until in December last- the
prices were lower than at any time in
five years, and that it is difficult to ac
count for this condition In the beef mar
ket by- natural causes alone and these
conditions have -entailed heavy- losses
upon cattlemen in the range country and
elsewhere and profits practically disap
peared last year. ,
If this bill now passes the house and
also the senate. Secretary Cortelyou, of
the department of commerce and labor,
will take charge of the Investigation
under authority conferred in the act
creating his department, and it will be
the first important Investigation under
taken by him.
SAYS HUSBAND
Casper Kuffler was sentenced by Mu
nicipal Judge Hogue this morning to
psy a fine of $50 and to- spend the next
80 days In ths city Jail for having hit
bis wife In the eys with a saucer. The
assault was committed last Saturday at
ths Kuffler's horns Jn Sunnyslds.
When on the witness stand Mrs. Kuf
fler told a tale of suffering that has
lasted for many years. "He has beat
me hundreds of times, and often has
said that he was going to kill me," said
Mrs. Barbara Kuffler. "Many a time
hs has picked up ths potato masher and
bit ms over ths head with it, but I was
afraid to tell on hint because hs said
he would kill me."
OUv Kuffler, their 13-year-old daugh
ter, stated that the father had beaten
her mother many times. Kuffler said
that his wife had refused to 000k break.
fast and that he' had worked all day
without anything to eat, 'When I came
noma to supper sns oegan maatng a row
and I threw some souerkraut in her
face," said ths old man.
COUNTRY EDITOR
FOR GOVERNOR
(Journal Special Bertlce.) . I
Wichita, March . 9. The Republican
stats convention' met and organized this
morning.- This sfternoon Edward II.
Hoch, a country editor of Marion, was
named for governor. President Roose
velt for president was endorsed In the
platform. v , .
Thomas Murdock, who selected Hoch,
was stricken blind during the night;
TABU AWhrr BCLL.
;( Journal Special Service.)
Washington, March 9. The ", senate
passed the army approprlatlnn blll today
without material modifications.
THREATENED
HER
PERJURY
stock to be incumbered by a chattel
mortgage, in direct violation of Its
terms. ' - , , .
In one paragraph of the answer is
found the statement that F. J.. Alex
Mayer, local agent of the company, "had
good grounds and reasonable causa for
believing that said Inventory of January
1, 1903, was not a, genuine inventory,
but was false and' fabricated, and that
said sworn statement and said exam
mation under oath, so far ar-the same
related to the value of ths stock snd the
amount of the loss,' were false, and that
plaintiff knew said facts, and had in the
negotiations with defendants and in the
proceedings before the appraisers en
deavored, by the means hereinabove re
cited, to impose upon the defendant cor
poration a claim greatly In excess of his
lawful right to reimburse for his loss."
The final 'paragraph of the . answer
makes a direct charge of perjury and
fraud- against Allesina. . Its text is as
follows:
v "That In and by the policy of Insur
ance .Issued by the defendant corpora
tion to the plalntlffr-which Is the policy
of Insurance mentioned In the complaint
it Is provided that said policy shall be
void in case of any :.r fraud or ' false
swearing by the Insured touching any
matter relating to said insurance or the
subject thereof whether before or after
a loss, and the aforesaid acts snd con
duct of plaintiff constituted fraud and
false swearing In fact and within ' the
meaning of saiT provision."
. STEADILY RISING
Weiser, Idaho, has risen 8 feet at that
point within the past two days. It now
stands at 11.8 feet at Weiser and 11.1
feet at Lewlston. Forecast Official
Beals says this Is unusually high water
for. the Snake so early In the season,
but. he does not apprehend that-there
will be any damage done of any con
sequences ai a result The Columbia Is
also high, .and for this reason the Wll
lamette will remain at a higher, stage
longer than It otherwise would. ,
CONQUER PAPA
AFTER MONTHS
(Journal Special Service.)
Walla Walla, Wash.. March 9. After
72 days', confinement In the county Jail
here awaiting trial in the superior "court
on a statutory charge, Edward Lewis
Tracy spent last night in the enjoyment
of freedom, all , ths charges r against
turn having been dismissed.
Had he and Laura Naylor of Athena
had their own way about the matter,
their marriage would have been con'
summated many months ago, and there
would never have been any grounds for
the accusation which - was brought
But Laura Naylot was under age, and
her father, I O. Naylor, a rancher of
Athens, an Oregon town about 10 mile
south of here, refused to give his con
sent to the marriage. v
Then, It Is claimed, and It has never
been denied by either of the young peo
ple, they took matters Into their own
hsnds, ths girl left her home, and ths
two lived at a lodging house In this
city as man and wife.
When the father heard this, he was
enraged, and preferred statutory charges
sgainst Tracy, Miss Naylor remained
faithful and even went so far as to
start proceedings in ths Oregon courts
accusing her father of Improper rela
tions with herself. ; These charges were
never pressed, however, and the father
has never been arrested.
Trscy's esse, which was to have come
up st the last session of the superior
court nere, was continued, because he
did not procure an attorney until a few
days before the trial, though he had
been In custody some weeks. , Meanwhile
efforts were put forth to hsvs the father
consent to the marriage of his daughter,
out they were for a long time unsuc
cessful. It was claimed by many that
me couple were merely trying to post
pone matters until the girl should at
tain ths age of IS this June, when they
would b married.' v ,.. , .-
Last Monday ths attorney for ths
prisoner was successful in gaining from
the irate father his consent to the mar
riage of his daughter, and a promiss
to withdraw all proceedings against
Trscy, snd aa a result ths young people
were married yesterday before Judge
Brents, and-the case was dismissed;
During his long imprisonment Tracy
has been faithfully awaited on by his
present bride, and onco every day,-often
two or . three times, did she visit him
in JalL !.. " ,
AS a result of ths consent of the
father all proceedings against him will
bs withdrawn also, this being the strons-.
et argument, it Is said, by which Tracy's
aiiumey was a Die to wring from him
nis sigmture to the document necesssry
to the happiness of ths young people.
BANKER'S SON A
' MERE SPENDTHRIFT
(San Franclaco Bureau of The Journal.):
San Francisco, March 9. Pretty and
stylishly dressed, Mrs. Mary I. Dow
testified before Judge Graham that her
husband had her little boy for so long
that shs had lost all trace of him save
to know that he had remarried sines hs
had left her. . Though her husband.
Clarence M. Dow. is the son of a Den
ver banker, at no time . during their
married life of 10 years had he con
tributed one cent to the support of her
self or child, having squandered what
sums of money he accumulated Judge
Oraham ordered a decree of divorce is
sued. . ; ; : ,
xm xovob or tn. bxouokzb.
The I. B. C. club of the 8econd Bap
tist church will give a stag party this
evening, in honor of Dr. J. Whlteomb
Brougher, the new pastor of the- First
Baptist church. The following Is the
progrsm: . 1 . ,
Instrumental solo, J. F. Bamford; Con
cert . phonograph numbe'rs; comic solo.
Prof. Mike DeVpung; address, Rev.. J.
Whlteomb' Brougher; . selection, jelub
quartet ' . . . .. . .. ,. .... ..
After ths binijuet theri w(ll bs tQe.etB
by some of; ths dub members.
NOT PROtMPT IN
PAYING TAXES
XZBATB . OH TAXES CEASES OK
MAXOH 15 AB9 SO 7AB ODTLY $&,
000 XAS BEEX PAXD THE TOTAZi
TAXATZOB XS 13,000,000-BECEXPTS
ISSUES' TO DATE 8,500, '
The Indications are that the number
of property owners obtaining rebates on
taxes by'prompt payment this year will
be far fewer than last year. ..Figures,
in possession of David F. Drydcn, ths
chief deputy . clerk' in the tax collec
tor's office, show that up to noon today
only about $550,000 has been paid on
the rolls, the total amount of taxation
being 12,000,000. "
March 1 Is the date on whictvthe re
bate ceases. Several large taxpayers are"
expected to settle their accounts at tha
office fn the next six days, and it is
probable this amount will be trebled by
the time tha rebate ceases. -.. . -.
"A comparison of receipts for this
year and last shows the difference in the
amount of payment;" said Chief Clerk
Dryden. "Up to March 16 last year 17,
000 receipts for tax payments had been
issued. The rolls this year have-bsen
open since Februsry 1 and only 8,800
receipts have been Issued up to this
time. This means that to aggregate as
large an -amount as that on which a re
bate was given last year about ,600'
payments wll have, to be made in the
next few days.". ' ' ' "
The amount of taxes paid this morn
ing was a little more than $47,000. This
make a total of $550,000 in round num
bers of taxes collected up to noon to
day. -.t- ',.'. -fr-V--r:
Clerk Dryden states that those who
send In checks in payment of taxes need
not worry about not receiving receipts
immediately, as the staff at the col
lector's office is overworked. The re
ceipts will be forthcoming ss soon as
possible. Those who wish to pay only
half the amount or their taxes are ad
vised to wait until next week, as they
will then be betters able to reach ths .
counters, ' t - "
K. J. I
IMPORTANT CASE
(Journal Special Service.)
Spokane, Wash., March 9. Kennedy
J. Hanley has won his suit against the
Empire State-Idaho Mining and Devel
opment company, and Is entitled to re
cover ths full value of one eighth of all
the ores taken from the Skookum mine
without paying for any part of, the cost
of- minrhg and transportation, a decision
for $260,241.8$ being given tor Mr.
Hanley.-' a w : .
Chief Justice Fuller Monday settled
the sensational case against the Emplr
State company. In which Mr. Hanley ac
cused Sweeny and Clark of getting pop-
session of the property by fraud, exclud
ing Hanley from the property snd with
misrepresentation of the property at the
time of the Intended purchase. Justice
Fuller denied the writ of certiorari to
review ths whole case, made by the Em
pire Stats company, and refused to re
open .the case. . , -,.
Ths case is one of the most widely
known of the legal battles that have
been fought in the northwest. The fight
has been bitterly waged by the attor- t
neys on both sides. At the first seres
of trials In this case, ths decision of tho
court of appeals awarded Hanley an
eighth Interest In the proceeds of all the
ore taken out of ths Skookum claim by
the Empire Stats company; that com
pany to have no deduction .for the cost
of work, so long as Hanley was excluded
from ths property, but the deduction to
bs allowed after he was allowed ad
mission. Tha master allowed Hanley $280.-
241.83. holding that Hanley was entitled
to all the oroceeda so lona ss he was ex
cluded from the property, Jwhlch th
master found to be from ths period or
production down to Februsry 15, 1902.
An. exception to the master's report was '
ruled upon by united States Circuit
Judge Beatty. who held that Hanley was
entitled to the gross value 'of ths ores
taken out up to the time the suit was
brought .and to the net values after that
time, regardless of exclusion. Both
sides, sppealed the case to the circuit
court1 of appeals. ,;;
Ths Emplrs Stats company claimed
that Hanley was not entitled to any
thing, as the company claimed the ore
apexed . outside of the Skookum - claim .
and on a claim owned by the-Empire
State company. At the least the Em
pire Stats company' held it was entitled
to deduct ths coat of working.
Hsnley said, ha .was entitled to the
full amount, without deducting working
expenses. The court of appeals sus
tained Hanley. Ths Emplrs Stats com
pan? ftien mads an application for a ,
writ of certiorari to review the entire
case.. -. - .-;. ;.-; ,:t --
WHAT VOLUNTEERS
HAVE BEEN DOING
During 1908 the Volunteers of Amer
UNLET
WINS
ica, according to statements msds by ...
ths commander, Balllngton Booth, ' In .
ths mission work, attracted -1,077,965
persons to ths Sunday and week 'day
services Inside, and over 2,600,000 to ,
the : open air meetings. In his report
the commander says: : ;..! tit
Not - including some of ths returns
there hsvs been over 400 women cared
for and over 8,000 beds been provided
for young women in the homes of
mercy. " ' '. ' '.
There have been 479 children re
ceived into, and cared forr In the Chil
dren's homes, and 3,400 children have
been helped with clothing: The Volun
teer officers snd workers- have visited
and aided 29,084 families during 1 ths
year in and around ths poorer sections
of ths large cities where they labor.
No less than-M0, 6W people-were
lodged durlig - the . year in : the homes
and Institutions for working Snd desti
tute men and women, not counting ths
many hundreds sheltered during th
floods in St Louis, Kansas City and
Other centers. - ; -
"There were 275,42$ persons fed -with
substantial msals at a nominal cost In
these institutions, and 81,900 persons
were given temporary ' relief and food..,
Over 4.000 quarts of fresh milk wero
donated principally to sick children. '
"Over 14.000 prisoners living re
formed lives, have been enrolled In the
Volunteer Prison leagua during six
years. We are In touch by correspond-
ence and meetings . with 28,000 . men
within ths walls." , , -C; 1 vr 1
v 5 PASS XrriBCr BXX.&. V V ;
(Waiblngtoq Bureau of Th Journal.) v '
Washington, D, C March J. . Ths
serfatw--today passed the Philippine ship- .
ping bill. , -
OOLX.IBB DIES NABOB: 86..
(Journal Special BrrvlntJ r.
New tfork, March 8. The execution ;
ff Oenrge Collins has been postponed lo
March 28. . -