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THE OREQON DAILY JOURNAL', PORTLAND. FRIDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 1. 1KM. ANOTHER SHIP FOR GRAND JURY'S WORK ALMOST FINISHED NEW POSTOFF ICE MUCH TOO SMALL A PORTLAND FREIGHT IVS OUR BOAST TO SELL THE BEST (01(11 May Hand in Final Report To morrow and Ask that It Be Discharged. TANNER CREEK SEWER SEEMS CLOSED INCIDENT Poor Workmanship and Bad Ma terial in Other City Contracts Have Been Investigated. Th (rand Jury mar report tomorrow and ask to be discharged. Members aay that ta Utile business before them. Aside from petty criminal business, ths jury baa had only the city contract lobs under consideration for the past two 'weeks. Evlderice of absolute guilt on the part of any person oonneoted with these city contract Jobs has not been conclusive. . The Tanner creak sewer seams to be a closed Incident. Of all the witnesses called during the past weak but one or two have been asked questions re lating to the sewer.- The Investigation hss been confined to street Improve ments in East and South Portland. ' The Union a verms Improvement, which was brought up before the grand jury by Thnmaa II Is lop. oaa of the abutting nronertv owners. Is still under consider ation. Mr. HI si op aays ha has secured .other evidence which will be taken be fore the lury. unless the council com mittee on streets, which meets today to consider the 'qtrestlon. give the prop arty owners suitable relief or explana tion. A redaction of something like 4SS00 haa already been made by the city engineer, but the property owners do not wnttosi tula wrfftcisnt. 1 PRICE OF LUMBER MAY BE ADVANCED About two months ago the price of common rough lumber was reduced by Portland mills from Is.l to 17.30 a thousand, in the hopea that the public would take the cue for winter build ing operatlona, and thus a part of the spring rush might be taken care of In advance. While many people took ad vantage of the reduction.' and there 'Is a good deal of frame building now In progress,' the extra construction work la not sufficient to Justify the mills In running through the winter at the low price of lumber. No advance has been announced by the Retail Lumber com pany, which representa the mill com bine In this city, but predictions are made that the price will advance the firat of the year. Common lumber wa 18.39 a thousand last summer, snd 113 a year ago. While the local aale la only one tenth of the output or Port land mills. It Is an Important factor In equalising the varying demands of the export trade. The local mills are suf fering a hardship by reason of the pro hibitive rate of S U.JO Into Nebraska and Iowa territory, which trade they say ii iiU . , . . I . V. . ......... . V. ... mwA Ik. upper Mississippi river mills. PIERTIER ORDERED Tn o a v u i v n l i iidrilvc 1 w rn i mo Mil uniiu i o In the case of Watts a Dltchburn against Michael Plertier, an action to recover MOO attorneys' fees, the Jury awarded the plaintiffs 3175. They ex pressed themselves as well satisfied. The Jury was out about two hours. Michael Plertier to the to-year-old man who wss accuaed of abducting 15 year-old Mary Robinson from si. Hel ens: hr subsequently married her. After the abduction he was arrested and con fined In the Multnomah county Jail Here Mr. Watts visited him and a con tract waa entered Into, whereby Watts Dltchburn were to look after Mr. Plertter'a Interest. Plertier, It Is claimed, repudiated the contract next day. HANDWRITING EXPERT RETURNS TO HIS HOME P. J. Toland of La Crosse. Wis., de parted for his home Inst night over the Northern Pacific. He Is regarded as one of the best handwriting experts in the country, and was Drought here by the defence to testify regarding some of (he alleged forgeries in connection with fie tltlous homestead entries. . The unexpected postponement of the cases obviated the necessity "of his re maining here, but -K -to -probable he will return for the. .nex,t trial. During his stay Mr. Ttland made many friends by his affable manner, and was given an im promptu ovatloti when he left.- ij THE PAINLESS DENTIST Don't Be Xmas Times and Forget Your Teeth T.-.th srvs t ii an' ths tlm aaA should b -irc.j for. no mutter what font station Itf life or bow busy 70 aay a-a. I hart spent a great minr thonssnd Aollara In furnleblrjc an equipping ) nfflce with all tb? modern too la and In atrttneota for dolus; to wort in tb bat manner pnaalbie. I bara tba larjjreft rrarrlc of t fVntlat In tba atat havlof 6fttM man tboqaand dollars worth of bualnaaa la tb 7 ears I bava be pi.gafMl In the bnalneae). and ran eboT more ninfl (on my bnnka) of the r1e awl Influential people T Portland than an other aVntfat. Ha lnf the ad'nnf as;s of better things to work with, and having mora prarflfe. baring mr material In lira nuantltleo. patina raah for it and oV lng atrlrtljr a caab bnalnaaa, 1 can ffra Too better wort than 70a can (at fUcwhw for taaw money. Wa do aH kinds f norrlaln and gold work. Wr ara proparW to do any af tb finer flaaasea of work, and do It In attest a mannrr that It will ba superior to any work dona elaewbar. cdataftatATtov nzx. FEES BEAAOMABLE Of too Rovra I a. at. to fl p m E Ten tag 7 to I 10 saloon:. Buna, Dr. b! E. Wright's Dental Office Mi', wasxnraTOV IT., cob tth. kens Main tilt, aas efses Btessloff kits.. Balsa. Or. woar-aaaTT, raioks. lH If . agn. L- - Could Not Handle Business that Has Increased with Growth of Portland. IMPERATIVE NEED OF MORE SPACE IS SHOWN Commercial Club Has Taken Up Matter of Addition with State's Representatives. The remodeled building la so ridicu lously Inadequate for Portland's postal needs that leading business men are making a strenuous effort to prevent the removal of the postofflce from Its pres ent temporary quarters at the corner of Sixth and Burnslde streets until aa addition can be built on the Fifth street side. Actual measurements and com parisons show that the city of Portland will have outgrown the capacity 01 tne remodeled building between the Urns tne estimates were mads and the date Of the completion of the building. While It was supposed that adding a larae wine to the west side or the old building, and remodeling tne in terlor to secure the utmost convenience of arrangement, would result In relief from the former cramped conamons iu the Portland postofllce. ths fact to that, In proportion to number of employes now, there will bo less room tnan ever before. Besides, ths Lewis and Clark fair next year to expected to add no less than to per cent to the volume or oust neaa that will have to be handled In the post office department of this city. With these serious conditions confronting them, business men have fait that aa extraordinary effort must, be made to secure larger quarters than tne re modeled bulldlna affords, and the only thing that has suggested Itself Is the building of another wing, on mo mi side of the old building, where there is ample ground space. Commercial Clnb Takes Action. The executive committee of the Port land Commercial club haa taken up the matter, and In conjunction with Senators Mitchell and Fulton, to trying to secure Immediate action at Washington. On Dec. It the chairman of ths committee. Theodora B. Wilcox, sent the following telegram to Senators Mitchell and Ful ton: "Executive Committee Portland Com mercial Club, composed of I -add. Mills, Flelschner, Livingstone, Watson, Lewis, Burrall. Alnsworth and myself, urge that postofflce remain In present ouartars until new building can be made ade quate. New building as planned will be mora cramped than present location. Secretary Shaw personally Investigated butidlna and is aware of conditions. De partment officials understand situation. Further partlculara by mail. Senator Mitchell immediately wired the following reply: ' Telegram received tote laat night. i find the department a week ago entered into a contract with Langford a Walker In uhlch it waa aareed for a bonua of !t,000 that they, should have the. post office building completed not later than June 1. It Is Impossible, therefore, to get any change without. liability on the pact of the government under Us con tract. When I receive letter will see it it to possible, however, to have govern ment meet your wishes." Addition Absolutely Meoesaery. Chairman Wilcox answered this with a telegram stating that what la. desired Is the construction, of a Fifth street wing without delay and while the office can remain In Its present temporary quarters. This telegram was followed by a letter, transmitting the details of the committee's plan, but which haa not yet roached Washington In the malls. The letter, written by Chairman Wilcox, says: "Aa expressed In this telegram, I think you will find department officials aware of conditions, but for your guid ance I wish to say that after a thorough examination we find that the number of square feet In the postofflce building st Fifth snd Morrison streets, before the extension was made, was 4,tt; number of employes. 71; or CI square feet for esrh employe. . In the building aa now enlarged there will be but 7.307 squsre feet and 111 employes, giving each em ploye only (0 square feet, and In addl tlon this must afford space for furnl tore, casea. tables, racks, sacks, and all of the material necessary to conduct an office, which you realise by the above comparison will be smaller than before. Smaller Than Temporary Office. 'The present quarters contain about 8,700 square feet, and that space Is all In use, from which you will see that In moving back Into the Improved building with 7.107 square feet, the latter Is going to be entirely Inadequate for the service, particularly when you consider that a considerable number of additional employee is to be brought In shortly, snd the only solution of the question Is the Immediate construction of the other wing on the Fifth street side a contemplated by the government archi tects. 'The temporary quarters at present occupied J'.v the postofflce could not be secured under ordinary circumstances. I think you will remember that It took over a year to find a location for a tem porary office after the present enlarge ment of the building was determined on. The 1'nlted States offlclsls here who are most familiar with the matter In form us that there la sufficient room on the second floor of the present tem porary quartern and in adjoining space that csn be secured by the government, not only to handle the mall that we now receive but the 10 per cent additional that will surely coma as a result of the i .' v and Clark Centennial exposition and Oriental fair. Zxpease of Improvement Wight, "If the postofflce moves back Into the Improved building it will tsks a long time, and be a difficult. matter to secure the building of this wing and tempor ary quartrra, and at the best the quar ters will be exceedingly cramped and the management of the postofllce Itself unsatlsfsc.tory. If we remain in the present temporary quarters, securing such additional space as may be neces sary and proceed Immediately to tho construction of the Fifth-street wing be fore moving back, our home people and visitors will to a "certain extent excuse impeffect mail service, and by the time the additional wing to completed I be lieve the. requirements of the office will demand all of the space available. We feel that we ought to have a new building)- but since the addition has been made on the old building, the cheapest way Is to put ah additional wing on the same building and complete the work, which I understand can be done at an expense not to exceed MM, 00. "Secretary Shaw was quite pro nounced In his criticism of the postofllce upon his visit hers, aa you may recall, and I have reason to believe that ths postoffire department will gladly recom mend the construction ait th Fifth street wing without delay." In our display advertisement of FINE AB.T PIANOS and artlats who use them, that appeared In the Journal of the 14th and Oregonlan of th 16th. our ad. writer unintentionally made a mis take by aaylng Madam Oadskl. who Is to appear here December It, would us the Baldwin 'piano, when It should have been D Pachmann, who will appear her about th first of February. We have no desire of taking credit for any thing that does not properly belong to us, hence our first opportunity to eor ...... t... miHtMk mnA w. trust Madam Oadskl will take no offense. Inasmuch as we had her nam connected with a .1... .f ilia hlvhMt excellence, and tb one. as we stated in our advertisement. that tooa tne itrana s-ria n tmm - exposition In ltOO. and tha Grand Prise ) ..monition lust closed. Tha following telegram, perhaps, to partly responsioie ror tne uimmaa. "Boston. Mass., Oct 11. "D. H. Baldwin a Co.: "My concert with th Boston flym- rihony Orchestra today waa a moat flat tying success Allow ms to compliment you on the exqulslt ton and perfect evenness of touch of ths Majestic Grand you have furnished for this concert "VLADIMIR DE PACHMANN." w. mirVit aav. however, that such a mistake as the above could, easily b made whan w take Into consideration that so many of th great artists are using our pianos, it win aiso w srn fi.in. ikm m ths music lovers of Port inrt to know that De Pachmann to to appear here later In th season under the d rectlon or miss iois omwi, h whose antarnris and enersy Portland haa had tha privilege of hear ing many of our greatest artists. ' Mill BUSH AND FOSTER WERE ACQUITTED Were Charged with Striking Blow that Coat Leigh Tracy Use of Voice. ' After deliberating all night, tha jury In the case of th Stat vs. Theron Bush and Guy Foster, brought In a verdict of not guilty of Injuring Leigh Tracy. The verdict did not com aa a sur prise to tha prosecution, owing to the fact that tha mysterious person who alona aaw th blow struck, notified the police and then completely disappeared, could not be produced to glv testimony on th witness stand, the guilt of the defendants could not be fixed beyond a reasonable doubt. Foater and Bush told a straight forward story. They said that after leaving th saloon at th corner of Fourth and Everett streets th second time on th night of October 14. they were followed by Tracy, th Injured boy; Fay. Peterson and two or three others. On Fifth street Foster and Bush were struck down from behind, and in the fight that followed Foster loat nearly $10 in money. Neither gained his feet until th light waa ended. At Its annual election last night, Co lumbla Lodge, No. 114, A. F. A A. M. chose the following officers: Adelbert Rose, worshipful master; Philip Ge vurtx, senior warden; Ferdinand C. Nessly, junior warden; Joseph Polivka, treasurer, and B. B. Fagtie, secretary. The last two mentioned were reelected. (0. T 7 i . f - WTEr5gjCS I H B agflaasgMaBaaaasawKaKSaw gsst Lady Cheylesmore, whose husband is mayor of Westminster, the second chief city maintained within the limits of the city of London. Lady Cheylesmore entertained the king and queen of Portugal on their recent visit to England. She wss Miss Elisabeth French of New York and her husband 's mother also was an American woman. Miss Harman of New Orleans. Assurances Given that a Fifth Steamer Will Be Added to the Oriental Fleet VESSEL REPORTED TO BE ON THE WAY HERE NOW Believed Craft Haa Been Chart ered for Trade from Ham burg American Company. Shippers hav received assurances that the Portland A Asiatic inlands to add another oriental liner to Its fleet at once. It It said the vessel Is on tho way here from the far east. If tb In formation Is t rue there will be five freighters operating between Portland Cnd China and Japan. Th others are he Arabia, th Numantla," the Aragonla and th Nlcomedla, all of which are Hamburg-American liners. It la sup posed that the new vessel belongs to the same company. Local officials of th Portland a Asiatic company say they know nothing about the matter, but hope the report Is true. It. IV Schwerin, general man agar and vice-president of the line, has been In New York for tb past two weeks, and it Is Inferred that ' he has completed negotiations for th addi tional vessel. In speaking of ths re port this morning, J. . H. Dewaon, the resident general manager of tb Una, said: "It would certainly be good news to me to learn that steps havs been taken for th Impovement of the service. I would Ilk to see ssven or eight ves sels on th route, if the shippers would provide enough cargo to till them. But so far aa I know, no decision has been reached to place another steamer on th run." He further declared that he would rather see another regular liner on th fleet than have to charter a tramp at earner occasionally to assist In taking oare of th business. Reference waa mad to th Klleric. which, it has been said, would cost th company tar more than she to mak ing. Th vessel Is slaw, and It to stated that she has been a source of ex pense since th day of her charter. In the course of a year or two, and perhaps sooner, the Portland a Asiatic company may place a big fleet of Amer ican steamers In commission instead of the Hamburg-American liners. The lat ter ar under charter to tha company for three years, but tb explanation Is given that th contract can easily be annulled. ELDORADO'S QUICK WORK. Trip to the Par ta Pour The American schooner Eldorado, en route up the river, is under charter to the Eastern A Western Lumber company to carry lumber to Shanghai. When last here the Eldorado loaded lumber at. the Inman-Poulsen mill for Tslngtau, leaving on the voyage In August. After discharging her cargo and taking on ballast, she made the trip to the far east and return In leas than four months which to regarded as a smart pled of work for a sailing vessel. ALONG THE WATERFRONT. Steamer Republic was placed on th dtydock yesterday to have her propeller repaired. British ship Olaucus began taking a cargo of grain yesterday afternoon! at the Irving dock. The French ship Jules Gorames will begin taking grain tomor row. The Glaucus will go to Bordeaux, France, and the Jules Gommes to th United Kingdom. Since April t th lighthouse tender Heather has been at Aberdeen waiting for the weather to moderate so that shs can place a number of buoys off Gray's Harbor. When the work is done the vessel will return to Astoria, and a day or so later will make a trip to Portland. James McDonald, Stewart of the sh-f Hampton and a son of that vessel's cap tain, nearly severed his Index finger from his left hand last evening while cutting kindling wood. Although weak from the less of bleed, he Is able to at- tend to his duties today. Owing to the recent rains the Wil lamette and Columbia rivers are at a better boating stage, and th steamers ar coming In on schedule time. It is BgfwM enVaBnxaBBBBBaaiggganr Ctsrnkt, it, XMkM IM-Mn, Oil up, ttW i J said that th lower Columbia has" risen fully a foot, wall th Willamette It four feet above the low water stage. Steamer Aurella has mhved over to the Oceania dock to receive a eonstirn- ment of wheat After havinar been barbound at Coot Bay for six day, tha steamer Alliance got away yesterday morning for Eureka. It to supposed that tha F. A EXlburn sailed at th same time. With a full carco of general merchan dise and the usual passenger list th steamer Columbia arrived last night from San Francisco. Gerald Bagnall. assistant United States engineer, returned this morning from an extensive tour of the eastern states. He had been absent for six weeks, and during that time he vlslted Chicago, St Louis, New York and points in Florida Through the courtesy of the Van couver Transportation company the steamer Mascot will be placed at the disposal of the committee arranging for the boat race in the narDor on tne arter noon of December at. About 200 guests will be on the steamer, from which the contest can be viewed to advantage. MARINE NOTES. Astoria. Dec. 16 -Arrived at 7 30 a. m., steamer I aqua, from San FranclsTJo. Sailed at S m , steamer Redondb, for San Francisco. Sailed at t:lt a. m , schooner James A. Garfield, for San Francisco. Outside at 10 a. rn.. a four-masted schooner. " 1 Arrived at 11:10 a. m., a three-masted ship. San Francisco, Dec is. Airivea at 8:10 a. m.. ateamer Northland, from Portland. Arrived last night steamer F. A. Kll- burn, from Portland and coast porta Port Natal. Dec. 14. Arrived, German ship Klfrledfl. from Portland. Astoria, Dec Id. Left up at Z:lt p. m.. schooners Americana and Eldorado, San Francisco, Iec. 16. Balled at 2 p. m.. steamer Charles Nelson, for Port land. Arrived at 1:40 p. rn . steamer Oeorg W. Elder, from Portland. Arrived, schooner J. M. Weatherwax, from Portland. Astoria, Dec It. Condition of the bar at 8 a m . moderate; wind south; weath er cloudy. YOB CK Sealed proposals for repairing the hull, cabin and machinery of the gov ernment tugboat George 1L Mendell Will be opened In the office of Major W. ( Langfltt of the corpe of United States Engineers on Janusry l. The content plated work will cost In the neighbor hood of $2,6no. Bids for tho repair of the dredge Chinook will be opened on the same date. It will approximate $30,000 to place her In good condition. ONE OF THE TWINS IS FOUND-DEAD IN BED One of the twin girls bom to Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Stump. 840 East Thirty-first street, a week ago, was found dead In bed beside its mother this morning Heart failure la believed to havs ended the little one's Ufa The other child is suffering from a cold, and It Is feared It may not survive. Modern Ways ta Japan. Japan long tine copied European methods of warefare to excellent pur pose. Today she Is adopting the frlvoll ties. Until recently jewelry, for In stance, was tabooed, but now even gen tlemen a re often seen with a thick gold ring, made out of an old Japanese coin called "koban." The study of the In troduction of a new custom Is Interest Ins- As to kissing. It la rather a delicate subject to touch upon, but It cannot be dismissed with a general statement that "in affection and love the Japanese are outwardly undemonstrative. All de pends upon circumstances. Kissing as practiced in the west Is still strange to them, but no one who knows shout It would wonder If a young couple of mod ern Japan should take to It to express their love. Wotabtg Serious. From th Chicago News "I saw Kopeck going Into a doctor's office this morning," ssld Stringer.. "He had an awful eut on the head that hit wife was responsible for." You don t aay!" exclaimed Nibbles. 'What did she hit him with?" -"Oh, she didn't hit him at all," ex plained Stringer. "It was merely a hair- rut she had given him aa a matter of economy. Tnrkey. "Getting ready for ChristmaaT" 'Yep. We've finished our Thanksgiv ing turkey." LEST YOU FORGET Wa AQAXW CALL Suits and Overcoats at $12 POBXTTf'BX.Y uomur aits -f.iiw lit JPtsnwn EAST IS VERY GOOD BUT OREGON IS BETTER Mr. and Mrs. Reed, After Touring tha Country, Are Clad to Gat Horn. After seeing the east and south and the St. Louis fair. Mr. and Mrs. W. C, Reed are again at horn In Irvlngton, glad of th privilege of contact with Oregon mist and pur drinking water. They mad a tour lasting 7 days. In cluding Des Moines, Ht. Louis, New York. Pittsburg. Washington. Niagara Falls. Chicago, New Orleans, El Paso. Los Angeles and San Francisco. "The latter half of tha trip was dry and uncomfortable for an Oregonlan." said Mr. Reed. "Los Angel has had no rain In 11 months and there is not water sufficient to sprinkle th streets. Many new oil streets ar In course of construction." Bnaaklnv of his visit to the world's fair, he confessed with regret that Ore gon's exhibit waa not what it should have been and did not compare favor ably with that of Washington. He ssw all the big features of the fair and stood In line two hours to buy a ticket to see the great pipe organ. He thinks the Boer war was th best Inside show, but th 2B0 ton locomotive was a dose second. While- In New York he took a trip through the new subway. "It Is the wonder of the zOth century, he said. 'The time schedule calls for 11 miles In 16 minutes: fare five cents: It is marvelous In construction and also In system of operation. "At New Orleans the new system of underground sewago is nearly com pleted, and the people hope soon to have relief from the present plan of pumping the sewage tip Into the lake every night made necessary by the fact that New Orleans Is 20 feet below the level of the river. At San Antonio CHILDREN'S s Care Cold ta On Day, Crft 3 pays TswaW FOR CHRISTMAS $6.50 to $12.50 each -'Made to Wear" ' 20 per cent new Bicycles MERRILL AUTOMOBILE CO. (Now Location) I Seventh and Oak Streets TOOT A i a i Cm TODAY. B. B. RICH oics. we took a tally-ho ride to th Alamo. We missed th bull fight at Ei Paso by on day. At Los Angelas we visited the beach, where 20,000 people war In the surf." BIG CROWD STANDS IN LINE FOR GADSKI SEATS The line of people In front of the Mar quam box office this morning, waiting to get seats for the Oadakl song recital next Monday, would go far to convince th pessimists that real appreciation of a fine artist haa not been completely dulled by the era's for lighter things of ths day. r ( t Though Mm. Gadakt has never sung In Portland, her fans and th praise of her beautiful voice Induced not only the music lovers, but many others to swell the line which twisted and turned in and out of tha Marquam lobby. Men's Sewed Oak Boles 05c Extra select. tOc; Ladies', 4 On and HOc. Goodyear Bhoe Repair Factory, near Gas company's office, Yamhill street- W call and deliver free. fUn OS MOJTDAT. Ovtde Musln, the great virtuoso, wilt appear Moaday evening at First BsptPst church with a supsrb company of artists. Seats, It. 11.60, 1 and 76c. at Alton a Gilbert Piano company. 33o AUTOMOBILES PRICES REDUCED TO CLOSE OUT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Discount on all until January 1