ifouimaf G OOD EVENING. The Circulation Of The Journal Yesterday Wat 19.000 Tonight and Friday, occasional rain; westerly winds. VOL. III. NO. 244. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 15, 1904. FOURTEEN PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CITY ENGINEER ELLIOTT, FINDING HE CAN WITHSTAND PUBLIC OPINION, STEPS NO LONGER nnww ANn nirr -flit In Resignation, Admitting Incompe tency and Carelessness in His Office, Says He Was Victim. Mayor Williams Characterizes Criticisms of Citi zens on Departmental Inadequacy as Kicks and Knocks But Accepts Resignation. City Engineer William C Elliott haa tendered hie resignation to Mayor Oeorge 11. Williams. Mayor Williams lias accepted the resignation, to take ef fect Januury 1. This action on the part of the elty engineer la a climax to the Tanner creek sewer scandal. In which Klliqlt, Assist ant City Engineer Scoggln. Inspector J. M. Caywood and Contractors K. M. Ulnar Ai Son are accused of being Implicated In one of the worst frauds ever perpetrated upon the cltlsens of Portland. For the past five weeks the city en gineer's office has been under fire. The members of the city council and the pub lic haver been delving to the bottom of the scandal, and little by little the truth was made Known until the blame for the defective worX on (ho sewer was laid at the door of t'ne city engineer. Although )e hus attempted to explain nway the defects In the aewer and the cause of the bnl work which has been done. Elliott has been unable to do so to the satlstautlon cf the city 'officials and the public. The city council was the first to take steps toward the removal of the city en gineer. On report of the council com mittee of investigation a resolution was adopted holding Elliott. Scoggln and 'aywood equally responsible for the de fective work on the drain, and recom mended that ttiey be removed from of fice. It was left to Mayor Williams 10 bring lie refu tie thnurht Dught the experts whs hod invest!- .... ..,., nrniiidiced. and gated the sewer were prejudiced, and that politics had much to do Will the report. He appointed his own committee- of experts and property-owners. who brought In a report which clearly showed there were glaring defects In the sewer nnd that the drain has to be repaired soon to stand the great rush of wator vli.ii flows through it. Still the mayor refused to take ac tion, but Elliott, unable to stand" the strain, deotdad to step out of office. What course Snwam will take he re fiiHes to any. On November 2 the first stop were taken by the city council to Investigate ti,. Tnner creek aewer. Coundlmon I Zimmerman, B. D. Slgler and H. R. Albee were named for that purpose From ATTACK MADE UPON COLORADO SENATORS Denver Flooded with Circulars Charging Patterson and Teller with Neglecting Duties. ij.mrnal Special Service.) Denver. Col.. Dec. 15. A political sensation has been caused by the flood ing of the city with circulars charging Henators Patterson and Teller with neg lecting their duties at Washington in order to remain at Denver and fight for tho Democratic "crooks," now en trial in the supreme court, and calling1 upon them to resign because of fraud In the election at which the legislature that h- i,t them to Washington waa chosen. In a signed statement this morning, Patterson says that Teller Is here be cause of the -Mlness of Teller Junior. Me chargesTh Republicans with con spiracy to rob Adams of his seat, ateal the. senate and packing the supreme court for corporation purposes. He concluded by saying that he could do more good in Denver than In Washing ton by aiding to defeat the conspiracy. The supreme court thla morning re sumed the hearing of the contempt rases against election officials. Police Captain Lee, charged with fraud In pre cinct 2. was discharged because of lack of evidence. CITY ENGINEER ELLIOTTS The following la the, resignation of City Engineer Elliott, handed to Mayor Williams this morning: ' "Portland, Or., Dec. 14. 1604. Hon. Oeorge H. Wllllama, Mayor of the City of Portland: "Dear Sir: In consideration, of the numerous criticisms now made ooncern Ing the work of the engineer's office, and the determination on the part of some of our cltlsens to punish someone, whether guilty or not. I feel that It Is my duty to relieve you. and I hereby lender to you my resignation from the office ,of city engineer of the city of Portland, to tske effect Jsnusry L i05, or at an earlier date, If you so elect. In tsklng this step I feel that I may In Justice to myself make some explans tlnns In defense of my character, which has been so wantonly assailed, and my professional quslirieatlona, which have ieen an mercilessly criticised. I first desire to nail ettentlon to the volume of work which has been that day to the present developments have followed in quick succession. On the night of November 11 Con tractor E. M. Riner Was stopped by Councilman Slgler from going Into the sewer a rut making repairs. November 18 the investigating -committee held star-chamber sessions and examined El liott and other witnesses. On the fol lowing day tlKi committee room was thrown open and the report of the ex perts appointed by the council enmmlt tee .to examine the sewer was made pub lic, showing retiring defects. Walter 1 booms, who was foreman for the contractors on the .lob, testified be fore the committee Novemtw.- .:' that he had accepted bribes for leaving de fects In .he dials. At the meeting of the city coc-ncll No vember 23 City Engineer Elliott and As sistant City Engineer Scoirgin were de clared grosslys-negrlgent, and the coun cil recommended their removal and also the removal of Inspector Caywood. Mayor Williams refused to act on the recommendations, and December 6 ap pointed another committee, consisting of W. W. Goodrich and Q. Wings te, civil engineers.' and R. It. Lumson and N. A. Ktng, property-owners, to Investigate the sewer. While this InveettoHlon was takinir place City- Engineer eilflott made the statement that politics was at the bot tom of the scandal. On December I the mayor's committee reported, practically contentions of t he y ester Jr.-TKfT ' , ' ' ' ' TVtT Xr .(,! mayors acceptance tcajsy of tht same. to take effect January 1. There la already much guessing as to Elliott's successor. Mayor Williams ays he does not know. He Is the one who makes the appointment, after which It is confirmed by the city council. He stated this afternoon that he had no idea who will be chosen to fill the va cancy. , There are many efficient engineers in this city who have been spoken of. Among them are O. Wlngate, one of the experts appointed by the mayor to Inves tigate the sewer, R. 8. Oreenleaf. W. B. Chase and H. D. Oradon, all former city engineers; W. A Orontlahl. for years connected with the engineering de partment of the 8nuthern Pacific and J. a. Kelley, a railway engineer. BURLINGTON FAST MAIL LEAPS FROM THE TRACK (Journal Special Service.) Chicago. Dec. 15. The Burlington fast mall train jumped the track at Bristol. 111., at an early hour this morning, wrecking the train, killing Fireman Oscar Johnson and seriously Injuring Conductor Cowdry. Brakoman Farrell and six others were slightly Injured. The cause of the wreck Is not defi nitely known, but Is believed to have been due to spreading falls. The entire train was hurled out across the right of way, as Its speed st the time of the de railment was 45 miles an hour. MINNEAPOLIS HAS TWO MORE SERIOUS FIRES (JnnriMl Special Serflre.) Minneapolis. Dec. is -The Holy Rosary Catholic church, the largest In the city, was destroyed by fire at noon today. Inflicting a loss of (0.000. But a short time after the Lincoln school waa also damaged to the extent of 130,000. The children marched out In r.lerly manner through the snroke, end all were saved. to rou c (Journal Special Serrlea.) Madrid. Dec. 16. General Aicarraga today" confirmed the report thst he had been aaked to form a new cabinet. Senor Maura, the retiring premier, has prom ised him his support. required from this department under the present administration. The present rhnrter nearly doublea the engineering work required tn street snd sewer Im provements over what waa required by former charters, The volume of Im provements made have been four tlmea greater than was ever done during the ssme period of time In the history ofj this city. Much of this work has been of the highest class demanding first i 'ing the Morrison street bridge was alone of Importance enough to demand the entire time of a high class engineer, and would have receive, such had It been hulJt bv private corporations or Individ uals: yet this work wns only one of many almost equally Important. "Personal supervision ef all at all times was Impossible. I was compelled to scrept the work of aaalatent engin eers and Inspectors. M my of these received their positions through politi cal Influences, and notwithstanding the .ifT. uS. uJ. -t.s . uf.M.rmSSBSaKm ift TREED. SCOTT AFTER POLITICAL PLUM An Applicant for Position of Minister to Japan, Switzerland or Mexico Would Not Scorn a Proffer of Portfolio of W -nvf iMtri,, inWf to inthe' (Waahlngton Bureau of The Journal.) Waahlngton. Dec. 1G. The situation as regards H. W. Scott of Portland, Or., Is developing rather an Interesting phase. Not only has It become apparent that Scott was seriously considered for a cabinet position, but It Is now known that he had two strings to his bow. Scott Is actually an applicant for the position of minister to either Japan, Switzerland or Mexico. The defi nite mode of procedure adopted by him in his apparently great desire for a cabinet position wns one of Indirection. It la not In line with political policy of the northwestern newspaper man's adherents here In Waahlngton to go directly after anything wanted, but to cloak It over with an ap parent aim at something else. Thus It came about that Scott In real ity sought a cabinet position but In his FAMINE AND FEVER RAVAGE SINALOA (Journal Special Service.) Corpus fhrlstl. Tex., Dec It. Ma larial fever and starvation la causing more deaths In the northern part of the state of Slnaloa, Mexico, than was due to the plague when It ravaged that ter ritory some time ago. Slnaloa Is In northwestern Mexico, on the Oulf of California. A correspondent from Myra dor says: "Malaria and starvation continue to devastate that part of Mexico. The out side world) has no conception of condi tions thatr now exist. The corn crop is a total failure and for months food has been scarce, but the supply Is now prac tically exhausted. More than half of the population Is down with malarial fever of the most malignant type. Chil dren are crying to their sick and starv ing fathers and mothers for food and dying of hunger before their parents' eyes." Another correspondent, - writing from the town of Quasave, says: "For weeks scourges of malaria and starvation lias been sweeping over the town and surrounding country. Prac tically no meana of relief Is at hand. Unless provisions and medicines are pro vided without delay there will be hun dreds of additional deaths." cvll service examinations which they paased. moat of them were wanting In practical experience, executive force and Integrity of character that would qual ify them for the positions assigned to them. . "Some defective work baa evidently been done, and I have relied upon the report, of the assistants assigned to me. The repairs of the Tanner creek sewer Is the one moat notable Instance. In this case" the evidence taken before the Investigation committee shows the most remarkable conditions: The most diffi cult of locations In which io build a sewer; the necessity of completing It within the shortest possible time: con tractors who may have been avaricious, to ssy the least; and collusion, amount ing to bribery, between outside parties and workmen, the sole pwrpose of which was in a spirit of retaliation upon a contractor who would not or- did not Join s pool to extort a higher price for the work to be done. From the Duluth Newe-Trlbune. President's Cabinet. ' open work was ostensibly after a minis terial place. One of the humorous con ditions' presented In this fight for office Is the part being played by Congressman Hermann. Scott fought Hermann bit terly for many years but. with a re markable change of affection and front. Is said to have worked for Hermann's re-election. Immediately on Hermann's return to Waahlngton he too had undergone such a great change of heart that he is ap parently willing to sacrifice almost any thing to aid Scott's campaign for a po litical job. It Is barely possible that Scott, who is now probably out of the running for a cabinet place, add that, too. largely by his own attacks on Hitchcock, may suc ceed In landing the ministerial appoint ment either to Switzerland. Japan or Mexico. It Is a positive fact that he la an applicant for the place. YAQUIS RAIDING MEXICAN RANCH0S (Jon real IpectaT Service.) Hermoslllo, Mex., Dec. 16. The mili tary authorities are In receipt of ad vices from Mlnas Prletas telling of the villainies of a band of Taqula that Is raiding the ranches and mining camps in that vicinity. A band of 60 savages appeared at the Calaveras ranch, which they sacked and burned, murdering the proprietor and a number of employee. A few who escaped fled to the Torres ranch, pursued by the Indians Large numbers of men are employed there and hurried preparations were made to meet the attacking party. For two days they were besieged by the Indians, when a volunteer force under Augustln Riviera came to the rescue. In a fight the combined forces routed the savages, killing 16 and taking five prisoners, who were hanged near the ruins of the Calaveras ranch. Later reports are to the effect that Jesus Rondon and party met death near La Colorado at the hands of the same band. . Governor Ysabel has dispatched a force of 200 men to the acene and an at tempt will be made to apprehend the Indiana who escaped. The military au thorities are alarmed at the many re ports of Taqul depredations. RESIGNATION ACCEPTED "These are facta known to the public now. but not known to ma and not gen erally known while tho work was In progress. Ths result Is an unsatisfac tory piece of work. I may have erred In not giving this sewer my undivided at tention during Its conatrncton. at the expense, perhsps, of other matters which seemed at the time more Important, but It hss been an error In Judgment and not cf Intent, and I am the loser. "I solicited a Investigation of the work, ar.d I can only express my sat isfaction that the same has been made, and that the Interests of the public who were to pay for the sewer have been properly protected. "AnVHttnnal errors hsve been msde from time to time by surveyors, com puters, clerks and Inspectors, but these cannot In fairness be credited to dis honesty or negligence on my part. They are In a great measure the results of a system under which the departments of our municipal service are organised FIGHTS TO THE LAST Sevastopol, Orvazby and Unknown Ship Return Japanese Blows. ONE JAPANESE BOAT y REPORTED AS MISSING Battle Incessant for Many Hours Big Battleship Shows Effect of the Con stant Attack. (Journal 8pedal Service.) Cheefoo, Dec. 16. (Bulletin) It Is reported that a Japanese cruiser is ashore on Yungchlng bay, ! miles southeast of Cheefoo. (Journal Special Service.) Toklo, Dec. 16. It was learned today that the Russian battleship Sevastopol, wMch Is being attacked by the Japanese outside Port Arthur, Is not alone In her fight, She is accompanied by a torpedo-boat, the Orvasby, and a commissioned ship whose name is not known. Today the following official report was Issued, showing that the affair has assumed proportions of a naval battle. It abruptly starts with the statement. "One of our torpedo-boats Is aUU.jmlasv, Ing." which Is taken as a clear indica tion that the war department has re ceived several prior reports, of whloh the one Issued Is but a continuation in series. The report continues aa follows: "The remainder of the torpedo-boats have returned in safety from the at tack. . "The Sevastopol's bow waa yesterday reported to have sunk three feet, show ing that the work of our boats was ef fective. k "From lr:M o'clock yesterday up to 8 o'clock this morning the torpedo-boa Is kept up an incessant attack on the Se vastopol, the Orvasby and the commis sioned ship whose name continues un known. . "Details have not been reported, but at 9 o'clock this morning the observation . . , ... ,,.(,. h. HevHstonol'H how has sunk still further and that her tor pedo tuba is entirely suoraergea. RIOTS COMMON. Btassla Alarmed Over the Growth of the mevolutloaary Spirit. (Journal 8peclal Service.) Bt Petersburg. Dec. 16. St. Peters burg is gradually becoming more and more accustomed to military uniforms In civil occupations, as many reservists, clad In reglmentala, continue working In the various banks and offices where they are employed until their dispatch 'to the seat of war. Nearly a score of prominent lawyer's have bean called to the colors, and. pending their departure for the front, are appearing In court dressed In military uniforms. The municipality of St. Petersburg Is losing a large number of employes owing to the general mobilisation. It has been decided to keep their posts open for these men until their return, and even to continue paying part of their salaries. Reservists riots are spreading over the provinces and rending -the empire. Wholeaale desertions continue In Poland and the southwestern provinces In spite of the special force of mounted frontier guards. It la said that the refugees gather at the campflres of the guards and share their rations. The talk at such conferences is said to be about freedom. In the Caucasus, especially Georgia, bloody collisions are frequent between the peasant workers and the military. Bight persons were killed "and msny wounded at Batoum recently. -- The Armenians are in revolt In many places,, and even from trans-Caucaala (Continued on Page Six.) These errors when discovered have been sdmltted and corrected, but have now been magnified to the proportion of crimes. To what extent this la due to politics I am willing to leave to the judgment of the future, when the poli cies and purpose of the present are more fully understood. "In conclusion I desire to express the most sincere gratitude for the confi dence In me which you have constantly shown during the past weeks of perse cution. Your kind regard and whole some advice have been and will be to me an enduring good. Your long and .honorable csreer In the highest official life of our nation, as well as your pres ent position ss chief executlvs of our city, enhances the value of your opinion of men snd. us I am not conscious of wilfully doing a wrong act by which I should forfeit your, esteem. I shell vslue It fsr more than I can regret the criticism of those who are Just now my accusers. Respectfully submitted. . "WM. C HHJOTT," 2 ; . JfFsBTBBv I A& Bl la 'BBBasn IbbkL' ''i'BBSBBBBBBBBBBBH VBBBBSW ' "Jr :- f'&Bsan asHB Lh "' "flsl .BBBBBM f v r yus. U H. H. Rogers, the Moving Force in Standard Oil, Who Is Doing Battle With T. W. Lawson on 'Change. POSTOFFICE WORK CANNOT BE HELD Supervising Architect Through Fulton Receives Appeal from Chamber of Commerce. OFFICE MUST BE MOVED INTO NEW BUILDING Possible That Additions Will Be Made, However, to Meet Needs , of the City. Waahlngton. D. C. Deo. Mi Senator Fulton and State Republican Chairman Baker called upon the supervising archi tect today with a telegram from the Portland chambf ft commerce recom mending that the pstofflce be retained In its present quarters, which are larger than those In the proposed new build ing. Baker called attention to the rapidly increasing business of the Portland of fice and urged the adoption of some plan to obtain more room. The supervising architect stated that the contract had been let for $(,000 for the completion of the new quarters by May 16, and that It is too late to hold up the work. He will, however, take up the question of possible additions to the new quarters to meet the needs of the city at least temporarily. rom BOB DREDGE. (Waahlngton Kureaa of Th Journal. ) Washington, Dec. 16. Representative Hermann intoduced a bill appropriating 1100,000 for the construction of a dredge for service In harbors and bays along FAVORS STOW STATE. Washington, D. C, Dec. 16. The sen ate committee on territories reported favorably on the statehood bill admit ting Arisona and New Mexico as one state, and Okianoma and the Indian Ter ritory as another. oauobtt rjr OATuro will (Special Dianatch to Tht Journal i Davenport. Wash., Dec. 16. Ellas Rasch. while curbing a well yesterday, was caught under six feet of earth, which caved in on him. With vigorous aid the young man waa rescued unhurt. To this Mayor Williams lost no time In replying, and the following la his letter accepting the resignation Portland. Or.. Dec 16. 104. Mr. Wil liam C. Blllott. City Engineer of the City of Portland, Portland, Or.: "Dear Sir: I regret the circumstances which have Induced you to tender your resignation aa city engineer, because. In my Judgment, In your retirement from office the city of Portland will lose a valuable public servant. You have been city engineer for two and a half years, and during that Ume more than two millions of dollars have been expended tinder your supervision In the construc tion of bridges, sewers, streets, side walks and other Improvements, and in Lall these transactions, with a good op portunity for knowing, I have seen nothing to ralae a doubt In my mind as to your high attainments as an en gineer, and your perfect integrity as a CRISIS IN TRADING Buying Public Leaves the 'Change to Giants of High Finance. T. W. LAWSON DENIES HIS ASSASSINATION Personally Answers London Ru mor of His Murder He la Quiescent Today but Prom ises Things Tomorrow. f (Special nil patch to Tht Journal.) New York, Dec. 16. Although the sur face of the stock market looks pleasant enough to the ordinary observer, to the Initiated It la a volcano which may burst forth at any moment. The Standard Oll-Amalgamated-Oreene copper latereats had their handa full to day. Bvery broker that the oil Interest could muster upon the floor was told to buy Amalgamated, but this did not avail T. W. Lawson's enemies very much. It Is stated upon very good authority that practically nine tenths of the total number of Bales of stock today were purchased and sold by the Standard Oil people Just to keep things from looking too desperate. It is practically agreed now err the leading Onanctal men who are unpreju diced that a crisis has been reached in the stock market and it would not take very much to send every stock on the list to the bottom. The buying public Is completely frightened off, as can be witnessed by today's small sales and the market cannot survive their In activity long before showing a saver slump. lawson was oat today with his usual messages, hot they were not so violent aa formerly. His representatives, al though In the market today to see that things did not get away from them, were not very active. Lawson promises to do something tomorrow and every . speculator Is anxious to know Just how much of a slump that something really means. XOght Oalna Today. The following table shows the ad vances at the close of the market today, compared with the prices at the close yesterday: Close lodaj Amalgamated . . . Atchison 11 Sugar RHInlng . . 1 5 Brooklyn S C. N. W. 203 M Bt. Paul ley lUlnols Central ..161 I. & N lit j MetroDOlltan . . ..119 Mexican Central.. 20! Missouri Pao 106 Norfolk A West.. 764 N. Y. Central 11 Ontario A West... 43' Pennxylvania . ..114' Reading 77 So. Pacific (1 Tenn. Coal 67 i nlon Pac 106 Steel, com "1 Steel, pref. , Sawsoa Rea.snree Meads. Amalgamated opened 11.26 higher at and fluctuated between that point and (14 for some time. On active buy ing by the Standard crowd It went to Its high market at (, but a statement by 1 .aw son at noon forced the market down to 64. It was weak and very fluctuating around this point most of the day, and closed at 64 M. an advance of 11.50 from the closing of yesterday and a loss of 11.60 from the point when Uwaon attacked It today. The Lawson message was: "To ray old friends In Wall street: "Don't miss an opportunity to give the frensled financiers all the Amal gamated Copper they want. Remember that opportunity only knocks at a man's door but onca Don't fall Into Takes' about my being short of Amalgamated. I am 21 years old, anyway, and know if (Continued on Page Two.) AT ONCE "The clamor against you about ths Tanner-creek sewer amounts to this and nothing more, that In the multitude of your duties and trusting too much to your subordinates, you did not give that sewer the close personal attention which the msgnltude of "the work and the circumstances under which It was constructed seemed to have required. This mistake might have beeen made by any man In your office with half a hundred oontracts on hand to look after at the ssme tlma "The kickers, -knockers' snd fault finders, however clamorous or nolay they may have been, have not shaken my coaadence In you. because I know bet ter than any of them what you have done and the difficulties you have had to encounter with InefBclenl suhefsa nates and unreliable contractors. "Your resignation is eoilgtss. t fast fleet January i. -a icq. js. Close Gain vreu. looaj. , 63 11.60 7 62 1.37 a 1S8W .21 67 Vh -60 200 V. 8.00 16(1 .71 4 161 l.oo l 137 1.60 116 1.00 a 20 .37 106 .76 fc 77 1.00 4 166 76 I 42 1.0 h 134 .62 4 77 .75 4 60 1.00 ( 6 .60 . 107 1.00 26 .62 67 1.00