. ...
', , .i ..... i - .. . .
': D'-v.-.- r'Ji'vi.ri r-'? M'.. a TUB;.' Da
DacooM daily jouxsiax; POKTtAiiD, tiiitrsday cvcrgirq - jaast U -i:
SSeSt.
IIA,,I
;Sacretary of Land Commissioner
. ; " fty. Gives ; Tsstlmcnf Before -
i'Jr 'Ci .. Grand Jury.''
KNEW OF DESTRUCTION
OF LETTER PRESS BOOKS
ti F. Filter Returns to Portland in
Interest .'of Convicted
Lr2?:U- Brother.';;
; -: : : 'No witnesses went befor the federal
V.j-'.-r- grand .Jury this morning, although
."' th waiting throng en the second, floor
f h aestoffiee building momentarily
' . tipNM ti be .summoned. Two days
tht Linn and Lane delegation, ha ap
.... . peered, aecordnsv'ts their -aubpoenas,
- yet they bay not yet been called upon
. ; to. tail what Uiey Knew r umber land
; .v,pparatlona. .- v I ., ?-'.'-
i . District Attorney Heney held a, long
- conference thla , morning with Judo
Bellinger . before descending '. to the
: :2T rr,n4i JUT room. H and the members
" ' " of tha grand Jury wera cloaeted together
. until the noon hour.
-!,Jhera la'n likelihood that if Indict
. raenta are erven exit within tha next few
- day a they wllT. haveaa.important near-
" 1ng upon the situation. They will prob-
' i -ably be .confined to the eases of Klbart
It. Brown and wife, the romantlo young
honeymoon trip through tha oouthern
r - r'wtatao tmmedUtatr after thelr-jUlesed
-' ' fraudulent connection with-tha home'
...1,- - Mead antrtoa la -11-7- became known.
, Oa hetiyaotheauv that lull always
. 'precede storm, "and baaloa this a
, -v sumption upon tha personnel of the
, :: , 'throK of witnesses now Inr dally t
tendance and waiting" Jtobe called. It If
. evident the operations of Tho Booth'
.., .f. jfelJy Lumber company will come within
the scope of scrutiny as the next lm-
' -yortaat movo of 4he Inquisitorial body.
' wearijr kit tbese witnesses are persona
jf-
who have been : instrumental in taking
inn, hnmoataads and Umbos claims in the
Sweat Home. Footer , and Caaoadia
raaton. 'for- various corporations .and
-money inieraaiav ana the theory la Uiat
- they are hero now to describe their rela
tlons with theee people. It la not be
lleved that they will become involved In
any aenoua trounio wun ; in rovern
J neant, , prOvldln they telt a stralht
atory be tore the rrand iurr. Otherwise
- they would become liable to indictment i
. for porjory In addition to-. a eontfplracy
'.' v,' charge, as there decs not appear to be
. , . . any doubt .that - the . government is de-
. - termlned to get-at tha facts in regard to
. . . all queetionabje transactlona concerning
-. acquisition or the nubile domain.
. f It la barely possible- that aa additional
."C,.. Indictment may be returned againatBln
ger Hermann, and this - idea ,1a em-
- phaslsed .from the faot that Elliott P,
Hougn, at present la charge of tho Cal-
fornia aoctlon of local land off loss in
; the general land off ico, and. who was
.Uermann a private secretary duzicg the
' jawera term asiomralasloner. waa.ex-
. rueed from further attandanoe after in
r -r -r. tastlmeny " yesterday, and will depart I
-m gwa wtfTT evening. rte
" v. knowg a great, deal about- tha doatrae-
L.-aioa f tetter-prees hooka in the
. general land off Ico immediately pre-
4tng his ehlerg flirorced retirement
from tha position, of commleelonerT and
hi. testimony la conaldered to l-xiB4im,-j' VZir
able- In cnnnectlw with MmSt3?l VL.
' .reaiurea pr te case that are aupposed
: to implicaU Hermann with fraudulent
' land schemes la thla a tats; but it la not
. -thought that his evidence la calculated
to cut much of a figure outside of these
matters. . ...
L. F. Puterlhe Eureka CalTaTCorney,
- appeared here yesterday,-and tf is be
. ..lleved Ma unexpected return may have
.. aomethlng,0 do with the Intereeta of
--, his brojher.. . ....i.,V .
i '( Oeorge Soranaen,whb was recently rn.
'dieted for offering to bribe District At
, torney JIall in connection with land
, : fraud prosecutions, -appeared before
.Judge Bellinger thla afternoon by his
' attorney. Judge Aleck 8 week, and aaked
. that the date for Ma hearing be fixed.
,. . Ilstrlet Attorney Honey aaked thar tha
' data be set early as possible, but Judge.
1 Swaek. said that he had not time vat to
-4iwioini imo m cut inorougniy, and
.- asaea tnat ha be. given this opportunity,
.-Judge Bellinger said that It could not
-- be fixed before the.tad inet which Time
.. waa round satiafactory to both aldea.
tc Aomotrwa.
.-ii.
' ('esrsal tpmUl gerrl.lt
v New Tork. Jan. 11. During a denae
fog Ihla ' anornlng the British ateamet
Indus, from Camden. ; ran ashore on
-Fire Island bar. The steamer's position
la not dangerous.. She has a cargo of
.'agar.-"tv. . - .
Of course, a Clan Tin can
be 'gotten jip .cheaply to
; look like cubatantial
article, ; but we do not
make that kind. Our are
, made with due regard tot
durability, under the erear
-WTiether in gold or silver, I
plain or enameled, we wilt ;
quote prices that are the -t
lowett considering the
superior grade of work we
are capable jof executing, i Z'
;.(-.:. v
i..
j Designs
Drawn to salt your own
- ideas and Ianciea,T Orders .
proenptlf f illeoV
-.,7' '.. it ... .-., -:. .-
Ao?& G Fddenheimcr
Cor. Third and Washing .
-r ton Streets.-
Jeweler "t Silycrsmlths
: v v. Optfclans. .; -
viass lrins
PARCELING OF PLUMS
-NEXT ON PROGRAM
r-' r-
(Continued From Pa (a One.)
turo waa delivered thla morning before
a Joint assembly of tho senate and tha
house. Many visitors 'glled tho lobby,
and alt available space upon tha floor.
The senators tiled into tha house at 11
o'clock and tho Joint assembly was called
to ' order by Presldrnt KuykendaU.
Senator Millar , moved' tho.. appointment
of a committee to' advise the governor
that tha assembly was ready to receive
his . message. - senators ' Miner ana
Sichet and fUpreaentatlvea Kay.. LJntbl
enm and Smith of Josephine were ap
pointed and watted Immediately upon
tha governor. The members arose whan
tha governor antered tha chamber and
remained atandlng aa he advance to
the spanker's dealt. r ; .
Tho governor waa greeted by. presi
dent KuykendaU and 8pakeiMiUa. lie
begaa Immsdlataiy to read his mee-
sage. At tlmea tha governor aid not
reed the full -text of his message, but
stated briefly the substance of -.the
recommendation. lie was 'followed
With close attention by the legislature
aad visitors. ' ' T ," .. , ' .;
The governor epoke with great earn
stnese, especially when urging tho leg
islature to establish a whipping post
for the punishment of -wife-beaters.
1 This recommendation seemed to meet
with- approval, far It waa heartily ap
plauded, tho Republicans - Joining With
tne uemocraia in tne Demonstration,
. jabaaa'a Slaado. ;
Incident to today's proceedings In the
house was tha presentation of tb fol
lowing resolution by Smith of Joeephtne-,
pataoorati -. . ? v '
"Wherean,- It haa bean, charged by
one of tho leading (lewapaperaof ' tha
atato that thla branch of the legislative
assembly "fees' been organised by the
'great liquor intereats of the state;'
-Whereas, 1 Said charge 1 a reflection
upon tha members, of tha house who
have, under customs and rules, eon
trolled Jb organisation; therefore, be tt
'."Reeoiveit That a committee Of five
be appointed to 'Investigate such charges
and determine tha truth or falsity there
of, with power to summon witnessea and
hear evidence concerning the same."
t Ths resolution was.-of course, de
fee ted by an overwhelming majority, yet
a feeling of resentment at - the Ore-
gonian'a editorial flings, which prompted
the - Introduction of the resolution, ' la
general- Mulr of Multnomah voiced thla
feeling byrinjr. wfr" 'i pwe at
reached on the roll call: - t:'
"I vote no, but In explanation 1 wish
ta. aey that I am persuaded a very, one
believes the newspaper statement.:, al
luded to la untrue, and therefore la unfit
for serious consideration." ' -
Richie echoed this aantlmant by say
log: ., . V ..-,-.
, The aooner auch chargea are burled
no aroppea out or eigne tne oetter. ...
"The house was practically ,unanlm6ua
in its opinion that the'Oregonlan a aa'
sertlolis should be Ignored. . ' . v : "
Tax Code
': Routine bualneas occupied the bouse
during its brief session preceding tha
joint assembly- when tho governors
message waa delivered. A number of
bill -were introduced; among - them a
bill by capron authorising the governor
to appoint three commissioners to pre
pare a tax code. 14 provides that each
commissioner receive H,80, and the
board is clothed wtth full power; to
Mayger Introduced a bill ratifying (ha
acuea erinexwTB..nii .uars; . DOara
In changing the date of the opening of
the fair from jday to Juno I.
, A bill to Incorporate , tha .town Of
Eatacade ..was presented by Bramhsil,
I Crang Intrndimnit a bill rhrngttig theM!' t,pr-"1"ffT nt t
erma. of the ctsewit court la the fourth
udlclal district, and Welch presented
and record taxpayers' addreasea.
To. Increase the marriage lloenae fee
Lfrora t to II la tha purpose of a bill by
Hudson.' ' - .
- A feature of this morning's proceed
ings was -the presentation of a gavel
to Speaker Mills by the Oregon Histor
ies! eoclety, through Kay of Marlon.
Tha speaker responded- suitably. ... v
1
FOR EIGHT-HOUR DAY
SrowsaU Xatrodneea a Kaboy Keaaara la
,:?. .. oaa,'';.:l;':i'v ,
'V;' (By Traak Xn rerkUur.)
Salem. Orj Jan.' It. Nine bills were
Introduced in the senate this morning.
The most Important was bill No. II by
BrownelL making eight hours a legal
day's work In all mechanical trades, arts
ana employments, including mills, fac
tories and mines. Coercloa,hy employ-
era trinada punishable by a fine of from
111 to 1100 or Imprisonment not exceed
ing 10 days. .-. '-- r
House bill . No. (, allowing Clatsop
county to levy a special tax for the
construction of a new court house, was
passed. " . ' . ' - '".."'""
Other -bills introduced - were Wa fol
lows: By Whealdon,- to appropriate f 45,
000 to; compensate . yeterana of the In
dian ware of ill!. f r- -
By Smith, to establish ' county ' and
municipal boards of health.?
By Booth, to appropriate 15,000 to es
lablish a laboratory at the University
of Oregon to test the strength of lum
ber, stone and other building materials.
- The government haa promised to sta
tion an engineer at such a laboratory.
By Smith, to construct, - permanent
roads in th different' counties upon a
special tsx. -- , '-.',. p.':. ..
- By Smith creating a commission to
establish a boundary Una between Uma
tilla and Wallowa and Umatilla and
Union.
-' :ir
By Pierce.' providing for the custody,
disbursement of and accounting for pub
lic school funds of districts other than
those of tha first class.
Bjf Smith, regulating the practice Of
veterinary surgery' and medicine.
By Malarkey. requiring that - condi
tional aalea and leases of realty be re
corded with tha county clerk.
Booth read the following Hat of addi
tional committee clerks, prepared by the
eaucua, tha senate rat-fying: Hiss May
CMjeeClatsop Mrs, g. Wolfe, Mult
Thornton. JacksOnt?. O. Danneman, Gilliam.-
This makes It elerks now la the
senate. .-t-.-'u' '.,', '.
On motion of Tuttle the standing cent'
mlttee on fisheries was increased from
three to Ave nembfs.:..
The see I on this morning waa opened
with prayer by Rev. W. C Xantner of
the ' Oongregatlonal church.-"- '
QUARTERLY PARTY '
OF CALVARY CHURCH
The
Calvary ' Preabyterlan
church.
eleventh and Clay streets. wUr IieM Its
earterlr sociable tomurmw gvwntUaVf
Everybody la Invited and all members of
the congregation are aaked te bring aa
many friends aa they may desire. . The
program la aa- follows:.. Mala ejuartet,
plantation songst piano solo. Adolph B.
Hansen; recitation, Mrs. Clark; solo.
Mrs. VT. K. Scott; recitation, Jaiss Adella
lAum analn' ejuartet .'"Old ' Kentucky
llewiei rerltatlon. Miss Amelia Swing
Mort; and cup tea, -, .:. .,
Anyhow, .Klamath '.county, though tt
may have toe many Irrigation projects.
Is get likely to get too muoh Irrigation.
MESSAGES HAYr CO
OVER THE WIRELESS
Negotiation in -Progress -That
Will Ukely ' Result itf '
Station at the Fair. '
CONCESSION ASKED FROM -
t: EXPOSITION MANAGERS
Many States Send Promises of
. Large Appropriations for .
i iiaiivioviiiy iiiiijvt
I'orUand may have a permanent long
distance wirelesa telegraph station.
General Manager A, I New of the
Paclflo Wirelesa Telegraph company of
Lab Angeles and B. 1 Fhllllpe, general
representative at Seattle, are In tha city
today promoting a propoaltlon under
which they hope to have, a station In
operation by the time the Lewis and
Clark exposition opens. , They, are in
conference with President Ooode and Di
rector of Works- Dosolv both of whom
tmanlfrst great Interest In the plan, and
it la expected that favorable action witrt
be taken at the conclusion of tho meet
ing thla afternoon. .jt.L .-.:-. V t. :.
. If the atatlon is installed here. It will
not bo for ' exhibition ' purposes - aJ to
gether. The wirelesa company asks the
fair corporation to provide aa a bonus
a building one large room somewhere
on the grounds, and a,maat for the loca
tion of the delicate Instruments,, thla
property to become the telegraph com
pany's after the fair.- .The atatlon will
not be removed from the city", although
tt la likely that It will be tranafsrred
to the bualneaa district at the conclu
sion bf the exposition. '
"We have been InetaJling stations up
and down the ooast for some time past,"
said Mr. New today, "and many of the in
are now la operation.: We want to cloaa
tha gap between the Puget sound coun
try' and lower California. - Our original
plan waa to use only, seacoaat towns,
which would mean a plant at Astoria,
but we were Invited to consider Portland
instead. In view of tha comlngxexpoal-
Uotj. - 'We eajneTeTendook-Trveri
the grounds and find- them admirably
suited to the Installation of a long dis
tance station. - ; '.'.-; -..-
."W ask only a sulUble shelter "for the
equipment and want a provision that we
may use It permanently, either by mov
ing the building downtown or using a
wire from that neighborhood Into ' the
business district.- A room IS by 10 feet J
would bo ample, with a maat or tower
for the aerial Instruments. We are
hopeful that the exposition officials will
agree that.. the consummation of this
plan would be not only a drawing card,
but an -educational advantage to fair
vlaltora. - Incidentally, It would advertise
wirelesa telegraphy and the Paclfla.com-
pany." , - . .
- Mr.- New states that next Saturday at
Seattle the long-distance station will be
thrown open to newspaper men, celebrat
ing the completion of the first 10 miles
of wirelesa telegraph " system on , the
cpaat. -v"."". . .
Late tlifa afternoon a.commlttee of
ministers headed by Dr. Stephen B. Wise
will have a: Conference wttb -President'
Ooode to once more thresh out the Sun.
day closing questlonthat fa,' to name"
additional, members of tha committee
which la to arrange the nature of Sun-
Mmrcbr
totes, lecturea. mualc. etc-, intended to
exemplify the Itfeal Amerloan Babbath.
The opposition which haa existed to
opening oc the -exposition gates on Bun
day is gradually dying out -The voice
of American labor la about to be "heard
regarding If. Tomorrow night at the
meeting of the local branch of the Fed
eration of ,Labor It la expected a reaolu
tlon will be introSuoed petitioning. If not
demandiog, that In view of Sunday being
tha only opportunity for the laborer to
lee the big show, the gates be kept open
on tne seventh day. The fair manage.
ment will have further announcements to
make on -this subject1 about . the. and of
the Week. : . .-. .
Special commissioners to neighboring
states continue to send In or bring moat
encouraging reports. J. p. Marshall re
turned from . his circuitous - tour this
morning, having visited Utah; Idaho, Ne.
vada..Arlxona and California. . la moat
of these atates he found the legislatures
in session and men or prominence ex
htbltlng the frlendlleat. feeling toward
the Liewis and Clark project. In Call.
fornia there la a fine prospect of an ap
propriation of 111,000 In addition to tha
original ' 120,000 appropriation. - Thla
state, Mr. Marshall says, haa a rostly ex
hibit already prepared, and will put up
a Building. " : ;
uovernor walla or vtan ence prom.
laed that hla state would have a build'
Ing, and Mr. Marshall found the' new
governor, John C Cutler, no less entbu
elastic. The present legislature will
make a good-slaed appropriation. -
In Arlsons, Governor Brndle, who has
always been a friend of Portland, will
do his utmost to secure the passage of a
measure for at least. I IS. 000. In-all of
the states Mr. Marshall, urged state
buildings, but he haa not flnlahed yet
He leavea tomorrow for revisits to Utah,
Idaho and Montana, and will keep ' peg.
a-lng" away until the very last minute.
Washington and California have had all
the missionary work necessary, and are
counted safely In llna - y ' , - .
EASTERN BANKERS
PROMISE TO COME
1
A souvenir calendar sent out by the
Merchants' National bank of Portland to
eaatera and middle west correspondents
has brought many-replies that have an
Important- bearing on prospective att
tendance at the Lewis (and Clark fair,
The calendar has a tolrdseye picture of
tthe - exposition grounda Responses
show that-1 bore, will be a considerable
attendance of bankers at the fair. Every
inly expressed a lively. Interest In the
event, and many of" the writers stated
positively, that they will visit Portland
this year, . ' . . '.'.,.. .... - ,
. f 1 m i i '' '
aTxaxanAjni isttuii imozu
The Ancient Order of Hibernians In
stalled! of flcera last night In their hall.
Second and Stark streets. The degree
work was especially elaborate.. There
waa a large attendance and . nine new
membero were Initiated. The of fleers
are as follows: Prealdent, K. II. Deery:
vlceirealdent Patrick CConae!!; treas
urer. J, aV-Malley; recording secretary,
D. W. Lane; financial secretary, Far
relH aergeant-at-arma, T. P. tioughertyj
' saVgarA vVfrae.
AJssJATX.-, -
(Special Mspatrk te The Joarosl.) ..'
" Oregon City, Jan.' It Mary Mc
Donald, tho 11-year-old daughter of John
McDonald, waa the victim of an at
tempted assault yeaterday afternoon.
Her father IslaAlaeha. Taoonlld eeeaped
from her. assailant, who la believed to
be here. No arrest has as yet been
nude, . f , ..i , . : 'V .
" "STe erred Stock Oanaed ooaa,
' Alien Lwuf Beat Bread. ; .
520.00 OVERCOATfl t 1 T Q C
,r -ARE REDUCEO TO-..,
56.00 bVERCOATfi
? ARE REDUCED TO-........:..
01&.OO r OVERCOATS
- - V ARB REDUCED, TO
31500 OVERCOATS
ARE REDUCED TO...
.Sec the Window Disptejr Here's An Overcoat Opportualty Wise Man Won't Miss
I T I anae-awai m - s-w . ' ..
ililliElpiii)
- ncnnrciY:l :"".v"
166
1B
LA7S0H SAYS "SELL:
ft
Hrst Metssige From tho Plunger
indicates Another Attack on
LJThesa JTvyo StockSeLU
HIS WORD IS POTENT,
I '; IkteUUVEeU . j
COPPER
Ai STEEL
NO PECUNEOUWSJgtotogr
Frantic Efforts to Steady Stag
gertn.; ' Market Vain and -:
-Practically ;Att.FalU4
- : '.'.-a lovrnal goeeial gervlee.t
New Tork. Jan. 1 l.--"SelI - Amalga-
matad Conner and the United. States
Steel ' issues and aell them quick.
thomah W. LAWBON,
Lawson today broke hla silence of
over . a week and aent , out tha
above meaaaga to the traders. The mar
ket thla morning -opened rather-elow
with quotations, practically the same as
yeaterday... There waa a rajr aavance
aoon after tha opening, but on the an
neuneement by Lawaon to -.rsaU"v the
market -eased off despite the greatest
efforts of the ...opposition te atop tha
loeeea.
The largest loss shown In the market
today was by Anaconda Mining, which
closed down 11.71. Amalgamated dropped
11.25 between the closing of last eight
and today and Baltimore unio com
mon closed SLUM lower, r ' ': '
The following were the net losses
Shown today, as compared with tha cloa
lns of yesterday! - -r --
Amalgamated 11.21." Anaconda 11.71.
Atchison cents. Sugar Refining 10
cents, American Smelter 10 cents, Car
Foundry K cents,' Baltimore dt.Ohlo
$1.1JH- Alton TlJfcenta, Colorado Fuel
Iron ' 7 cents, ec. raui o cems.
Canadian Pacifio 71 cents; Erie common
ltU cents. Erie second ti cents, Erie
first IS cents, Illinois Central lift cents,
Louisville Nashville 12H cents.
Metropolitan Elevated 11.17 H. Mexican
Central HH cents. Xaty preferred !7Vi
cents. Missouri Pacific 71 cents, Nor
folk Western 12Va cents. New Tork
Central lit cents.' Pennsylvania I7H
cents. Paclflo i Mall II, peopier-4aa !
rente. Reading common II cents, Re-
PUbllo Steel common .10 cents. Rock Isl
and common 50 cents. Southern Railway
common lltt cents. Southern Pacific
common 7V4 cents, Tennessee Coal A
Iron E0 cents, Union Pacific common
lift cents, TTnlted States Steel common
25 cents. United . .Steel preferred Jl
cents.' - - " ' T "
Among the big list Manhattan showed
nut very ' atrong and was one of the
few to close ahowlng an advance over
the dosing or the- previous dsys sear
slon. Katy common advanced 26 eanta,
deaptte the fact that the' preferred
Iploedloweti
The closing of the market today waa
nervous, although tha sales were few- In
number.-' Now that Lawson hss broken
Khla alienee, those who profess te know
say-, that there Will soon, be ''something
doing' on 'change ana a lower market.'
t . .. m I -
CARTER NINE VOTES:: . ;
SHORT OF ELECTION
V (SpeeUI Dtapatt te Tbe Jonreet.)
Helena., Mont., Jan.. 12.-Today's ftal
tntlng -for t uited - St tetr-senatof ire
aulted In no choice, although Carter.
former ehalrman f he national Repulr-1
Mean committee, waa only, nine votes
short of election. . The votes were oast
as follows: Carter (Rep.), II; Conrad
IDem.l. 20: Mtlhurn (Dem.k. 11. tha baU
ance being scattered ,
bTXTXZi , VsTOOaTSOZOTS.
, ' (Kprctal IfUpaXca Tke kernel
Spragiie. Waeh Jan. 12. The young
man found In an unconscious condition
near the railroad here Some days ago
haa not recovered' conaclousneea. . Ha
waa removed to Mpoksne hospital yes
terday. . He Is still unidentified.
Ordered Out
If jrou want a Coat, come now. If you knew that' we were giving away
; tS bills, you'd come in for your share, wouldn't you? Well, that's just what
we are doing, and sometimes . we give ev'en more We are closing out
Lour. Overcoats. We won't carry them over. It isn't good business to do so.
-nere are a iew t our -cut-pnees
l? . ' ::?SC l;-k Wy .doing.. here.
ll 1 1 Ou;;
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;85
$13.35
$11.85
ROUBLE 0U1T1TTCKS
- 1681 Third Street
WILtlJAKE HOTEIrS
OF; SCHOOL BUIIPIISG
DrVHillrProprietqrxif Hill'a Mill
! tary Academy, Purposes v
' Dr. J. W. Hill, proprietor 'and princi
pal of the HJlrHlta acadethy, on
Marshall street, between--Twenty-fourth
and Twenty-fifth streets, has decided to
eonvert hla school Into a large hotel for
the Lewis and Clark exposition period.
about the- middle of-June, anoMaatlng
until school' is called, the latter part of
September. .
Dr. Hill has already; settled upon the
mala points of hla project' He now
boards and rooms over 10 pupils and
teaohersL and besides the rooms oooupted
-by them It will be easily possible to
make bedrooms of all. tha recitation
rooms, parlors, halls, etc, ' while the
dining-room haa three tlmea tha capac
ity of the sleeping apartmenta. C
"I have been greatly encouraged by
numerous appllcatlona from residents
and strangers," said Or. HJ1L "On man
her yeaterday aaked for terms for 10
people for a period of three months.
It la certain that great crowds are com
Ing and Portland will need every room
available to bouse them. My - dining
room will seat 200 people at once, which
means a capacity -of 100 at each meal
I-will be able to board a large number
ef people-who-will- secure rooms with
out board In .tha neighborhood.. In the
matter of ratoa, I wilt be governed by
the prices that prevail elsewhere In tha
city." . ' . -...'. -:
. - Tbe academy is -oa -convenient car
tine and within easy walking distance
of towa.
WOOOMEN TO ENTERTAIN
: n ,-i f; FRIENDS TONIGHT
- Tola la Woodmen's night at the Mar-
aurnn Onirkl -
The order will throw open the doors
of that theatre to 1 the public, free of
charge,-for-a splendid vaudeville per
formance, eonal sting of the atar acts of
the current bill n all of Portland's
vaudeville houses. That the house will
be - filled -1 - Its capacity - there is no
doubt. ::v-'.':"': r
In addition to the various entertaining
features from the little houses,' there
will be an addrearf by Governor Oeorge
H. 'Chamberlain, who will act as master
of ceremonlea, and various other fea
tures ahowlng the beauties and ad van -
tagne of the order. W. c. Hawley of the
Willamette University will speak : os
"Woodcraft.".
Moslo will be a prominent feature of
the-bill... The management la In careful
hands and every visitor will be welcome.
Children under is will not be admitted.
, IHTZD , BTTT '
Koitn.
"'" "(BpeHal tMepeteti t Tbe JoeniaL)
Pullman, Wash.. - Jan. ' 1 1. Harry
Ubanks arrived here from tbe penlten-
tlsry Inst night. where. lifl. was. scntJiiicfd
for two years for' horse stealing, lie
had II months yet to serve 'but Waa
paroled by Governor . MeBrlde. He has
worn cltlsen's clothes and carried mail
frenv the-office te the penitentiary since
he was committed. Me' made many
friends among the' officials and his par
don was aaked by many people. He
has a position ,here. ...
OPMATIOsT 2TATAX. i,
' ' (SpeeUI Mmtrt te Tke Jeeraall
Wallace. Idaho, Jan. 12. Frank Haw
kins died as a result ef an imputation
of one of hla lege yeaterday. Tha leg
was lilt tiy wtnrng-mafMnefylnhe
summer and gradually grew worse.
Hawkins waa 44 years of age. He came
to the Coeur dAleneo In the gold ex
citement ' He hsd a brother, who Is s
Congregational minister In Indiana, and
a sister In Texas, who have been com
municated witn. .- v ,
-boi
(Joersal Ipxlal Service.) .
New York, Jan. ' 1 1. K. H. Sarashon,
editor of. the Jewish Morning Journal,
Ae ef th mMt ttrnmttieti VI r-Km In
'America, died this morning.
$14
of the Store
-
Go
in oraer fogtve you an iaea 01
V Coma arl see. i;J --lf
1 512.00 OVERCOATS CO 4C.
Are rsoucso to .rtJIOaUCP
$10.00 OVERCOATS
ARE REDUCED TO ..
$9.00 (OVERCOATS
-i ARE REDUCED TO
07VCO OVERCOATS
- ARE REDUCED TO
Wm
TO KVi MO COYS V
JVear - Morrlaon
WILL' GIVE BRIDGE
. TO COUNTY FRIDAY
Construction Company Promises
Judga Webster That It Will . ,
. . Bo Ready Tomorrow. ,;- K
: Coaqty Judge Webster held 4 confer
ence today with T.- M. Butler, auperln
tendent of the Paclflo Construction com
pany, who called' M tnforsa th court
that th Morrison street bridge will be
ready for public traffic
Superintendent Butler Informed
Judge Webater that tomorrow In th af
ternoon "the bridge will be turned ever
to tn county. ;
J. H. Richmond, foreman Mb bridge
force, also conferred wlfh Judge Web
ster. receiving . Inatructlo'ta .coocemlpg
tae operaUott of the bridge .
Foreman Richardson sail In his re
port to Judge Webster concerning the
tests or the drawl - , . i
Tha draw is the best I biive ever seen
operated. It works mors easily than th
old on and can be opsam and closed
muoh more quickly."; 1 s -; ' r
The bridge wag closed t all trafflo on
October II. ; The first stroke of work
was done In February, whan pDIng was
ortven for the-false work. Team traffic
ended May 1 and thereafter until Oo
tober II tbe bridge was open alternately
for street . cars and i pedestrians. Mr.
Richmond, who was foreman on the old
bridge, will be In charge of th operation
of the new structure, r f .: .
It waa slated by th eon tractors lata
this afternoon that possibly the. snow,
which made handling of Ironwork diffi
cult, might delay th opening.
CHELSEA DAMAGED. BY 3
QUARTER MILLION FIRE
.'.rr- .
'v'- . .(Jearaal Soeelat Rervlee. '
. Chelsea. Maaa., Jan. 12 The Academy
of Mualc and th Park and Savoy hotels
were destroyed by fire earlyThls morn.
Jng. Fireman H. L. Olggey waa fatally
injured by the falling walls, - Several
othare were slightly Injured. Th loas
exceeds 1210,010.- ' ' ;'' ; ., ,
" nnxmn ttt.TiSObi wtb. V
Edmund Felder. ' Wtio, with 'T." K
Hunt, has a half Interest In the Philip
pine village concession at tha exposi
tion,! arrived today to cloa the contract
He will probably select a spot behind
the government building en the penin
sula for the village, and there will be a
Philippine theatre on th Trail. . .-r .
"Want Ad."
Looking for a stare? . Don go any
further until you have investi
gated the one advertised under
heading "For Rent-Storea." Ifg.
9 apt to ault you, sure. ;iTI , ; '', '
Newspaper men. will find an In
teresting ad under . claaelncation '.
'3ualness Chance. " Man wishes
to dispose of CuntrylIPrAl
Chance for a rustler.
Whatever you do, be our and
read -th- "Lost and Found" ads,
and, by doing so, yen may be able :
to restore soaaethlng found to th
owner and claim reward. - It pay
to read them. .
tt (wi i r ii v . 'm w n i m IU
. rgv - nm --range r nen- nere a -
your chance. , The -ad -is under,
heading "For , Sale MUoellane-
Atse. . rwtn't tnlea I. ,
' Why Journal want ads sre-In-
s creasing can b explained by on '
word Rmulta fllmele. Isn't It 1
W Nnl airaaitrv Ca u. man'
Agents wanted Lady or gentle
man with fair education. If yott-;
are good hustler, read th rest
av oi tne aa on tne ciassinea psge. ..
2iikiimoiii.MMiimii
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wnaia
11:$85-
$6.35
$4:65
RAILROADS ADVERTISE;
LEWIS AND CLARK FAIR
Very Handsoma BrochurfTTIs
;':l.iuod by Northern Paoifio
rr Railroad Company.: - ,
-- The Northern Pacino" Railway eom- :
pany has lssaed th neaUat place of ad--vertlalng
thgt aa yet come to hand In : '
eonneattoA with the Lewis and Clark exposition,--
It la In the form af a booklet -
TaUHfulIy"l)rIhUd and.profueely lllus--
t rated, containing about 60 peaes-of ex
tremely - Intereating hi tor leal data re-
gardlng th expedition of-ar century ago, -;
and muck matter deacripUVe of the
forthcoming fair, t Tbe' eover are nleely "
colored and show s view of. th -Jalr ;
groundr and - portraits of Lewis and
Clark. The llluatratlona Include ideal-'TV
tatla pictures of big features and build- j
tags of th exposition and reproductiona "
of pages f tb .Lewi and Clark Journal, '
of landmarks and various point of In- .
terest touched by th explorers. Soma
a pace I devoted to typical Oregon aeanea
and views now to be seen along the
rout of the pioneers of th northwest, (
In excellent halftone. - Finally a, map of ' t
the grounds Is printed. - ' - i 1 - S'
. Th work Is a great credit to the origi
nator find publishers, as well as to Olln
13. Wheeler, who la responsible for the
reading matter. Mr.. Wheeler haa al- '
ready written two volumes on the Lewis
and Clark expedltlon.i.- -- ;-t '
" "The New Tork Central Passenger de-J;
part ment has begun advertising exten- '
slvely for the Lewis and Clark fair."
said W. G Beach rest, general agent, this "Jj
morning after looking ever hla mall. ' In
a letter from General Passenger Agent .
Daniels It Is stated that the February. '
number of .the -Four Track New will
contain ' two . pagea. a ' design ef the
grounds and aa artlole deacrlptlv of -the-
progress made, and that tb com- ;',
pany I Issuing ,10,000 special folders'
for tha fair. . The Four Track News for
the next four months will print exten
sive deaortptlv articles for-th ex post-
tloa i . ... ' ...,.'', . i ,.
WILL FIQHTTRUST BYt,'
EMPLOYING CONVICTS f
.. - ; (Jooraal Hseelal Serrlee ' ,: V,
Llnooln. Neb., Jan 11 A bill was In- v
ttoduced In th bouse - this - morning y
aimed at the binding twin trust sit
authorises tb Installation f a twine
plant at tha penitentiary and to employ -convict
labor. The same plan has been -successfully
operated In Kanaaa, - j- s.
rww4t
News In Brief
J 1 Stockmen, attention Than.U
goes on -to say that 140 acres of X
nest grasing tana, green ail the
year round, will be sold at 11.10 j
iter acre. Better read thla: tells
Overcoats
Great Savings
"ail "about it. Ad ; under heading ' jf,u'
"For BaJe Real jitat.-,'
Hers you are, two S-rooni eot-
Uges stSt" Johns, near car Una. f
. for sale. Look for the ad under -
head "For Sale Real EsUte.Hr Th
; rtHna sail addpeae a nwna, ash W "t
v "We " have ' some '' nanralna ' t
. rooming houeea" says the nfadt
aon Real Estate company. Fair
soon will be on; they would make
gooa inveetmentj
SUIl another man wants a farm
, to rent about 100 acres: offer what
' you have. It'a better to get rent
money regular than, aell, dont you X
' think T , . , ' ' -y ' . . . J
Astor house la advertising first-f
rises . rurnianea rooms at , ex
. ceedlngly low prices, it'a In fin
location: better as about' there
; ir you era loosing ror rooms. Ad T
t la . tinder "'Fot Rent Furnished I