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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAU PQBTLANP, SATUBPAV iVENINO, DECEMBER M. 1901 to BEOS WILL CLANG NEW YEAR WELCOME Celebration of the Birth of Nine teen Hundred and Five Will Be General. TOKEN OF ESTEEM TO RETIRING CHIEF WASHINGTON IS AROUSED AT LAST Employes of Engineering Depart ment Present Mr. Elliott With Gold Watoh. Sister State Determined to Make Display at Fair Worthy of Her Resources. . SPECIAL SERVICES AT ALL THE CHURCHES THE GIFT PROVES A COMPLETE SURPRISE DESIRES A BUILDING ON FAVORABLE SITE Chief Hunt Ha Warned En thutiaetic Youths Against the Uee of Firearms. With George Scoggine. Who Was Also Remembered, He Will Go Into Business. Commission Will Meet Next Week to Prepare Bill Asking for Appropriation. t j an a-ktr ( r r.in .1.1 iIl.ii. v M. ills Will clang wtlcoms tonight and m. uumii At,,.. tK-v nMl hritwn knell and 'joyful hallelujah, whistles win irrum snnii kvhu and fsrewell notes Of sorrow. The .U. ..lam,... tkat will TirRI T" I f for the departing year will tall also of im jay ana gladness xor m. new. Throughout tba oltr celebraaow will be general. Tba noise will basin aa tba clock strikes It tonight. Special services will be observed In nearly every church and bouse of wor ship Id tba city. At private homes, at clwW bualnaaa houaea and at mla stawa tba event will be observed. At the varloua Salvation Anriy poeta aarvices wlU begin at 11 a'clock and continue un til after midnight. - Tba Toung Men s Christian associa tion, on Fourth street, has secured a large ball, aa wall aa several strings of sleigh bells, to ring at tba auditorium of Fourth atreet tonight. Commencing at t o'clock aervtcaa will continue until after midnight. A fine program will ba presented. ' Watchnight servlcee will ba obaerved st the Norwegian Danish M. E. church, Thirteenth and Davis streets, beginning at o'clock and continuing until after 12. There wttl ba watch meetings at tba Men's Resort. Fourth and Burns Lie atreete, and at the headquarters of tba Volunteers of America. W7 Ankeny atreet. At the Volunteer headquarters coffee and cake wlU ba served free. There WlU ba special ssjilsas. At tba White Temple a opeclsl pro gram and special raualo haa been ar ranged for each hour, beginning at I o'clock. All Baptist churches of the city have been Invited to paaraptp.il Tba following program baa bwM prepared: p. s., prayer and pre lee service; p. m.. meeting of tba Baptist union. Dr. Wooddy presiding, tba annual report wlS ba made and several ad trial H de livered; 10 p. m . social hour and recep tion, refreshments being served; 11 p. m , preaching and consecration Barrios. Dr. Brougher will preach on "Tba Trodden and Untrodden Path." A Portland Taut No. 1. Knights of the Maccabees, haa prepared a unique pro gram that win ba observed at a house warming January I. During tonight's celebration tba e ploaion of firearms will not ba permitted, according to Instructions Issued by Chlsf at fatlaa rrnntr Street orders have been given to arrest any who Ignore tba order. RETIRES AND B00THE SEEKS PLACE B. D. aigler baa banded In his resig nation aa councilman from tha fifth ward. It will be presented to tha coun cil newt Wednesday, whan it will ba ac cepted and hla successor chosen Slgler will anltr tha office of county aaaaaaor next Tuesday, to which position ha was elected laat June. It baa not been settled who will ba Blgler's successor In the council. All the members of the council express ig norance regarding the matter, yet It la rumored that a alata la made out and that someone who is agreeable to tha Republican machine haa hla name writ tan there. . J. V. Booths, the only candidate who is making an opan fight for tha poeitlon, haa stated that he thlnka ha baa a good chance of being elected. FORGER WALLACE HAD MAN HELPING HIM Information wa received this morn ing by Detectives Hartman and Walner, e arrested Samuel Waller for passing t to forged checks In this city and Ity. that he bad an accomplice. It la .believed by tha detectives that tha forgery of tha name of Edeon M. Rowley's signature to a check at Van couver. Waah.. waa tha work of Wal Jefe accomplice. Promotes DigestionJChferfur-ttsaardRntCont-ina neither Opium JfaTtaee nor Mineral, WotNahcotic. Apadecl Remedy for ConsHpa cur 3 u row iv uiarrniwa .CoiTvasaWrevwisr Silnalere of JflEW YORK. BtesTTCOPYOe-WnAapcW. ANfcfeiebk PrepavtkM(br Aa- I starting iteFoodandBrtuftt- Uisg (Ik Stosvcus aiallWls of rton.s tar fftsTIM nasi s sVosi or m TbcSssms W. C. Elliott, whose official dutlaa aa city engineer ess sad today, we preH ssnted with a handsome gold watch by tha employes In tha engineering depart ment Ha knaw nothing of what waa coming until summoned Into ths front office, where ha found tha ptaoa crowded with the man who have served under htm since he haa bean at the head at the department Mayor Williams, who had bean asked to prssida, presented Mr. Elliott with tha gin. The watch haa a hunting case, on tha front lid of which ara hla Initials; la tba baok his name and tba Inscription, "From tba employes of tha city en glneers department Dec SI. 1M4," are' Mayor Williams said, in presenting tha gift: "Mr. Elliott, you are aoout 10 retire tha office of city engineer, wnion position yon have filled for the past two and a half yeara, and tha duties of wbloh you have faithfully and honestly performed. "Theae men who hava been asso ciated with you since you have been In office know batter than any others of your fidelity to the public Interests and your klndneaa and consideration for your subordinates. They have decided to make you a substantial testimonial of -their appreciation of your merits aa an officer and a man. "I have been requested en their behalf to present this gold watch which they ask you to receive and to keep aa a taken of their friendship and as a tes timonial of their belief that tha un friendly attscks made upon you ara un founded. "I join with them in wishing yau a happy New Tear and prosperity and happiness In your future Ufa." Aa' Mr. Elliott received tha present tears stood In hla eyes and ha made several attempts before be could reply. Ba spoke of the friendly feeling which haa always existed between himself and hla subordinates, and stated that ba would always hold a warm piaea In hla heart for them. Ha expressed hla thanks for tha handsoms present saying that ha would carry It With kindly re membrances of them. The surprise of Oeorge Scoggtn waa equally great when he waa presented with a handsome gold match oafs. On one aide of tha safe waa hla monogram and op the other waa engraved tba fel lowlng; "To Oeorge Beoggln. from the em ploye Of the city engineer s department of Portland December II. 1004." I Elliott and Beoggln severed their Wf I cial connection with tha city engineer's department this afternoon. Thee wltl go into buslnesa for themselves under the firm name of Elliott Sc. Beoggln. civil engineer. They have secured offices In ths McKay building where they formerly had their headquarters before entering tha city engineering department. POLICE SEARCHING - FOR MISSING GIRLS Through Detective Hawley of the Boys' and Otrla' Aid society, a request was made of the police this morning by the manager of the Magdalen home to locate Laura Ames, aged 17 yeara. Hn made her escape last night. Tha girl waa recently arrested at tha A. B. C. Sa loon, conducted by "Jack" Moore, at Fourth and Couch streets. She came to this eltr from Roaeburg. The police have also been aakad to lo cate Maud Oould, aged 1 yeara, who ran away from her home at TaoOma a few days ago. It has bean learned that she boarded a train for thla city In the company of a man whose name Is un known. Mlas Bslls Noyer, the daughter of Ren Noyer. a farmer living near Molalla. Is also supposed to be In hiding In Port- ehe waa engaged to be married to John Cross, a farmer living In the name neighborhood, and came to Portland De to to purchase her trouseeaii CASTORIA y or Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature In Use For Over Thirty Yeers CASTORIA nV IF Wsshlngton Is awakening to its posal bllttlea In the fcawta and Clark exposi tion. A lstter to President Ooode from Oeorge W. R. Peaslec. president of the Lewis and Clark commlaalon, statea that the entire state seems to have sud denly become possessed with enthusi asm and that the commission will hold a meeting at Olympia January ( to formulate a bill providing for a legis lative appropriation of not less than 178,000 to properly display the ad-, vantages of Oregon's twin alater. Mr. Peaalee further statea that tha commlaalon Is unanimous In the selec tion of the triangular pteoa or ground upon' which to erect a building at the fab- grounds, and he haa requested well known architects of Washington to come to Portland Immediately and Inspect the site, in order that they may more In telligently draw plana for a state build ing. t One of the very first things that will come before the Washington legislature will be a bill providing for an amend ment to the Washington act, appropri ating' the amount required, and Mr. Peaslee haa no doubt aa favorable re sults. . He la furthering the proposition by circulating a letter among the cor porative and commercial bodies of bis state. WILL ERECT NEW FINE ARTS BUILDING All Applicants for Space at the Fair to Date Can Be Accommodated. The executive committee of the Lewie and dura exposition, at Its meeting yee terday, voted for a new building for the fine arta. It will ba a brick structure. 310x250 feet and plana have been ordered drawn tor It. In addition to this action ik. MMniitM nMriwt work to nroceed at once on the projected Palace of Manu- rscturee, i.tuerat Arte ana vanea muus triee. niM.i.. ,.f v.hlkK. nmrh utate that wHh this addition everybody -be he I ..... . . . , . V. ..Lm. appnea ror space 10 gan uw u epro af comfortably. He la naturally delighted over the outcome of tha com mittee's meeting. Secretary (Jtltner of the state eommls- J V. m nMMilu K4 mnnthlv raoort of bills allowed In December. The totsl Is 111.913, of wrtlch amount siv.az was in tha interest of tba Lewis and Clark ex position and the remainder for the St Louis fair, salarlea. ete. This makea the total expendlturee for the atate commla alon on the two fair, to January 1, t2S8.S14.il. One of the most errective pieces 01 advertising yet produced In the lntereat Of the Lewis and Clark fair la the cen tennial calendar, which made ita appeare arice today, and which will be distributed by eeveral Portland concerns until at least 25,000 have been put out The cmenanr is nenwiiruiiy -taiiuna shown the familiar blrdaeye view of the exposition grounds. BURGLARS WORKING , TO MAKE BIG RECORD Seventy Cases Reported to the Police in December and No Arrests Made. Seventy burglaries, not counting thoae In Which arrests were made, form h part of "the record of crime In the city since December 1. Not a day hae passed that from one to ttvetreporta hava not been made at police' headquarters of losses at tha hands of thieves, the cir cumstances showing many of tbera were committed by the same criminals. Whlla several burglariea were re ported laat night that of the reeldence of Mrs. A. C. Latham of 280 Williams avsnuo la the most Important on ac count of the value of tha property atolen. In the plunder secured are a diamond brooch, two rings aet With rublea. a Portland university clasa pin Of 1001 and 110 In coin. The grocery store of L. Sax a Son at 811 Williams avenue waa also robbed of cash, cigars, tobacco and canned goods, aggregating $110 In value. MANAGER CALVIN HAS NOTHING TO SAY K K. Calvin, general manager of the Harrlmsn lines In Oregon, returned last night from an extended trip through 1 Utah and California. He was accom panied by his wife. Mr. Calvin con tinued his journey to Sacramento end then returned home. He Is noncommit tal regarding the reporta from orrtalia concerning his promotion to ITo general manager of the Southern Pacific system. "I oan't say a word about It," la all that could be elicited by direct questions from hla Interviewer. There le general regret at the sug gestion that he la to leave Portland. H X. Cajvln is a good man for Ore gon," aald one well known railway of ficial who la familiar with conditions In this state and with tha plans of tha Harriman people. AT X. A (Special 1 inpstrh to The Jonrnsl.1 La Oranda, Or.. Dec. 31. A residence belonging to William :. Monroe In the southern part of the city was totally destroyed by fire at 4 o'clock this morn ing, caused by a defective flue In the Second story. The house was valued at tsoo. with tJfin Insurance. The furni ture loss la I2O0. IB DBOW JTED (Special Dtspalrb Is Tse Jearael.) Kugene, Or., Dec. II Ernest Harnn, aged 31 years, wss drdwned In Natl creek. In the western end of Ijine county, while working on the Walters log drive. Rains had swollen the creek, making It extremely dangerous to work e the drive. The body haa not yet been recovered for rumanu General Electric I g-imrv a 1 ra Seventh and Alder Streets P We believe you cannot afford to install your own power plant. Have you considered the advan tages to your business from the use of Electric Motors ? You can locate at t he most con- venient point for reaching your customers. You can establish your shop in places where it would be impos sible to generate power by any other means. You can depend upon paying for only the current needed for your work. Yo pay no expenses for ma chines when not in operation. You can do' by machinery, op erated with electric moter, many things you are now doing by hand. You have very small bills for repairs. 1 You have no danger from fire. You have less help. Hundreds of moters now in use are making money fortheirowners. Talk it over at any time with our representatives. rs xi t VAMiipciiiy wer 1 sax Portland, Ore ssfwV j- f Allen