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f'" -....'.;.rv ' 1 i 7, Tin:, onrccrii ijaii jourijal; ronTLAiiD, ' Friday . evenkio, .January, ij, -iccx ' P7 n ) H-1 I '? iLi.L LilO ice u.s. Ar.:iY U AIL TAX LEVIES FcCPLE m GLAD C? jATIl'lAl GDAfiD President 'Approved Finding of c::i W:i Ce Prtt-std tatht Ls V ULr Asnj Needed ,7 Cty W::i Aid In-UsUns m Ce Adjutant-General Finzer ftecom- Court Martial Which D; -, Ltwet?, Eaxt Kinth and ; mnc Purchase of Per missed Portland Man. . ; East Twelfth. manent Grounds. t i POLITICAL PULL COT WOULD CAV2 LARGS SUMT 7 f TO Ti:2 WHOLE PEOPLE EARTH WILL C2. TAKEN OTATE TARCST HANGS VTLACS ME COULD NOT HOLO FROM NEW CCHCOL CITI AZOilQ KSCZC3ARIE3 ' , ; '-1 . :. - ... ' ' -v.. "-J-r - . .. 'i.' '4 V'-'-" ' .-; l- V'"- ' f "'...w- --.. .; ' i J ';,' :r'-'! ''-.'-.'". '-V-'-':M : .4.V '' '.'J1::7 :V ;7't. -jK.fr-- V '-'.V;' v' ; " ; Spectacular Career cf Paymaster :,Who Drank Hard and Was QuIJty of Irregularities. A , special dispatch tv-I , Journal front Washington yesterday announoes ,ioax tn findings of the oourt-inartlal ,: la ths mm of Major: H. U Km had boon approval py the proatdonV and tha paymaster dismlsssd from ths service. U waa accused, on about 14 counts. , of making false reports and of cod duet unbecoming - an off loar. , While mere waa n shortage In bis funds. ; . there was sufficient evldeooe of lrreg- ) ulerttlea to warrant hla Conviction and j dismissal '.' - - -, .. . .-:.' '. ) ' J Major Rasa earoar waa ..abort 1 and ) '.ramer spectacular. Ha waa a Portland J bop dealer, and through the lnflueooe i political friends secured appoint. - moot aa -paymaster and want to tha ; Philippines. After tha Spanlab war ho . mwMi to roruand and waa station nere.aa one of the eyaaters of tho department of tha Columbia. , Ro fe cama acting chief paymaster, and hla proa pacta were excellent. ; ' But about, that Uma hla conduct gave) rlaa to suspicion, and there wora com- plalnta from several cjuarters that bo naa secured, money from . f Honda and - had failed to raturn It' Ha . borrowed . f too .. from a : brother offloor. ' Captain - Baker, and repaid only a a mall portion of It. Hla hablta had become erratle; ha' patronised drinking places and ran up, bills. At tha Louvra, who ha waa a steady customer, ha cava a check for -- 1499 on hla personal bank account and I. - one of tho proprietors cashed it wRhout lfluostlon. Uoon presenting It for tar. y . mant the- Loutts" proprietor waa ' In formed that Major Reea had no funds en deposit. Rees was notified, to call at tha Louvre,, and make the-chcck food, " but 1 snored the matter.! -Complaints were senf'to Washington - . and be 'waa suspended, and an examina tion of hla affairs resulted in charges. I iMiiiAiiininA van e : K.IUniUMIiUtHi WILL SHELP THEIEXPOSITION . - Thirty-two Portland people who formerly resided la Michigan . mat at . the city council chamber, last evening ant formed a Michigan society, with v the following officers: President, Arthur Lanarnthi - nrstvlee president, -Judged j.- MCManon; second rice president. a H. A. Stack; secretary, Mrs. -Frano Hood: treasurer, a R. Baker. A eora- a mlttee of throe waa appointed to draft er oonatltntloa aad report at a meetlna - to be held at the olty hall next Thura- I day .erehlnff. Borne of tha ebjeota of xthe eoelety are to advertise Oregon In 'Mlehlgaav ajterttnfluenoa to help the v Lewie and Clark fair- in-' aecurlner a Michigan buudlnr." and entertain Mlchl-i - ran -people who come to tho fair. The ' society expects a large growth la mem' oershlp this year. The oharter mera rbero are: Robert H. Cox. A. Wagrlta, unarioa K. Motu-Mra. c. XL: Lire say. Mra. J. H. Baylor. Mra. J. P. Geramy, ' Mra. Arthur Langguth. Mra. I. H. DaTlaon. Mra.- Frano .Hood. Mra.- Mary Vyre and Mra, Lottie Wade a B, Baker, J. H. Baylor. J. P.Oeramy. J. & Day. County Cleric Fltlds Explains Its . :; Benefits to Portland and ' Multnomah. ;- r- r 'X bffl la now being drafted Cad to be H. A. Stars.-Arthur Langguth, M J. MeMahon, P. B. Deytson., Jay Wide, J. a Beady, Loula J. Wentsv r. A. Cole- mail, J. A. Eastman. N.-T. Smedley. P.tP olrotilt. court departmen j ayior, i, a. jLeissy, Qeorge C Cam- j.oron.; .,. ;;...... -v ; i.......v.....;......"... w. .'JI...U1J1JSJ.J1.,, h BOARD OF TRADE WILL HEAR TOASTS TONIGHT .ijfr ... ' The annual dinner and reunion of -the Portland board of trade wlU be held thla erentac at the Commercial club at - J O'clock. The opening address will, it Js announced, be made by Oovemor ' (iMtn R.-ChainlarlaJn. A. -V .ilk s the recently elected president wlil apeak . on tho work of the oomlng year. - I. B. Hammond, .tho retiring president, will also speak, aa will other members and .s gueeta. ;. . , offered to tho legislature providing fof tha Imposition of a tax .lory of oven mills, whloh. If adopted, -will ' obrlaU much troubleaomo work thla year fat connection with tha ' extenaloo of the rolls, -The bill will provide that all oit lea, school districts, municipal, county and other corporations that have power to lory taxea must levy aa even mill or mills, and may not levy fractional parts of a mllL The meaeure baa the approval or county cierk -r. a. neida, who, whan naked what he thought of it. said: such a am should become law; .'it would effect a aavlng- of labor of ex tending tha tax rolls, and also, by per mitting . the earlier collection of, taxoa, enable tha atop plug of Interest amount ing' to a ooaalderablo sum. . Usually two ka are required to extend'- the'" tax rolls. Thla year four' weeka will bo needed. During the extra two weeka interest eontlnuee on the ooonty tndebt- iss of lJ.0OO at atx per cent. amoontlnv to about. t00. and the later on tha city and -ether- defeta will eaual a sum several tlmea 1(00. In ad dition the expense of figuring the tax roll to much g re eiter. and tha worry and trouble are no small matter. . The city tax thla year waa levied at MIS mills. . When, one '"considers the work of figuring tha city tax by multl plying ovary' Item by 4.(11, he will be lieve that it would bo better to levy even mUla, la so far aa concerns the work of the county clerk In figuring the rolls. The added Interest on the public debt la alao an. argument-worthy of at ten tlon, tha . xlty, 'achool dlatrlctNol and tha Fort of Portland having- a debt or much - larger- than the county a Tfi conaeotlotv with the handllnx' of the taxes, one of my bobblea haa been tha application of the methods of tha everyday business man to tho keeping or tho county hooka. , I mean that.th county should carry all delinquent taxes over, fronr year- to year as a- balance on the account due' tho county from the property..' so that .the ' tax ron or., any year would show every cent due for taxes, and there would be no 'need to look at the books, of past years to as certain whether or not there, were any back taxea due,....'- .- - "Such aa Innovation would aavs much litigation, . and - might deprive tha law yers of some business, but It would ben efit tha publlo In no email measure.- ; . '"Aa It la now, when a sale of land takes place, the owner must procure an ahatraot of title, and ' tha abstractor must go through all former tu rolls and ascertain whether w not there re main -any unpaid taxea. ... "Any one can see at a glance that tha bill1 of which you apeak: would otrvtate auch work' and Inaka It possible to tell by looking at the last tax roll exactly how -the property stands.-1 nope stht bill will be adopted.- - ., .. y No - More , Contracts lor ; Fills - Where Plank Roadways Are T - to 'Ce Laid, PORTLAND SAVINGS - - BANKTS LAST PAYMENT Final tdtstrfbuUon of tho assets of the Portland Savtnira bank will be mads by H.' C Smith, deputy clerk In charge of havs M0 to divide among 111 claim ants. On October 1,'lf 04, creditors were nottfled; Of ths . last .opportunity to .fllf claims, " and were Instructed to "record them before January .J, 10(. Mr. Smith Is now prepared to mail the remittances. Some of the checks, will b for -only I oents, and tho Liamaon aetata, which asked for f 41,((0. will receive only till. . Richard Nixon, receiver of the defunct bank, turna over 11.00 aa final assets, which in . large part Is the residue of amounts previously allowed - on claims that never were called for, some of ths persona having died. "' , ( r v i 1 ' i Grandest display. of fine eoenery over seen Portland at the corner of Third and Alder streets. - On exhibition from In the morning till 9 at night.' - - Kaat Stark street will be improrad and tha. city will pay for, one half the cost of the Oil between East Ninth and Kast Twelfth streets. This waa the decision of the street committee of the executive board, whloh met yesterday afternoon. Councilman John r. Bbarkey and sev oral' Interested taxpayers told the com mlttee if the abutting- property owners had to pay for the Bit that their prop erty would be eonnacated. v They pur- nosed nslna- the-earth taken from the Central' school block when grading be gins lor .the new high school, and est! mated that .19,001 eubto yards at cents a yard, would be neoassarr make ths OIL .The committee promised to pay f cents of this, providing the amount - used did not sxcasd, tha sstt Tho bid as? Jbolln Masks for a an and plank roadway in Belmont street was rejected. , Tha eommlttee atatad would' not let any more oontracta for fills on which plank roedwaye were- to be Immediately built, aa it waa a waate of money) tha fllla aettlod and tho plank roadway waa destroyed The bid waa for I17.009. .New plana and specifica tions will be provided and other bids called for. K ; v. r-r--'.-.-- The - Warren Conat ruction company's hl"or flO.tlB for the improvement of Williams avenue, between McMillan and Morris streets, with bltullthlo pavement waa held up. aa toe contractors offered maintenance bid" for sight years. The street will demand a maintenance bid for 19 ysara. ' If the contractors do not consent to this' the hid may be rejected. and the-atreet Improved with some other msterlal, Tha Oregon Water Power Railway company waa granted a rranenlae lor term of 11 ysara. to conform with other franchises held by ths company, for road on Oak. Pine and Second streets. where it ia proposed to build a loop to relievo the congestion or trafflo on First street.- The company, will pay the olty rfZ a year for the franchise. - Acclaim for 14(9 from J. B. C Xookr wood for a mistake madO by H. L. Novell in leveling on the Thurman a tree t bridge,, was rejected. - The blU waa be lieved to be legitimate, but it was thought" that it would have to be In eluded in tha coat of the bridge and aa- sssssd - to the prupei ly-ownara- DEARTH OF CARS IN v WEST SIDE YARDS In. the West aide yards of tho Ore sen Railroad as Navigation comoanr. whloh can hold hundreds of oars and are usu ally crowded, there are, today, Haa than a aoore, the smallest number seen-there In ' years. . Tho reason given- for . the sckrclty-U that nearly all the xara axe tn the east, baaing been taken there Ioided' with Oregon wheat. : In former years roads that- received cars from other llneear tiaiut tha --willln m -tnAVaa it waa convenient to do so. without hav lng to pay anything for their uee.Now this custom haa changed. .Railroads ualng tha cars of other lines pay rental oi ii.o per day for each-ear after its original load-haa been dls- of. ThoTWfflt is that cars are) returned with reasonable promptness to the companies that own them. It will be bat a-ehert' time -wntU all the ears of the O. R. at N. company that have carried wheat to the eastern marksts will be returned. OXTaTTBSatf t OF- AMXkZOA. i At Gospel hall. 1(7 Ankeny street, he. thiwi F""-h ttrrtta snsolsl meetings will be held Saturday and 8un.i oay evenings ai o'clock, led by Captain and Mra CluS and Lieutenant and Mra Fiddler of Ban Jose. Gal. . Sunday echool Sunday at .1 p m.. Bunday evening, P raise service by Captain Neff and wife and aaaiatanta. A welooma hand la ex tended to all. - . c . . ,,..,v.....,..df,s,. lr,U .. I QHlUp; Sill 5 ; I1 ; II t"-. ',. " , 1 Of High Grade Shoes, Where quality and wear are apparent at a glance the only small or cheap items in connection with this sale are the prices quoted throughout the entire stock. Note a few prices quoted here for Sat- uraay. Buyers; . ;,;vj yjj t- v'.-' r Men's Hnnd-Scvcd Shoes ' $4. Hefe,-'.-. - 7A Saturday Only '. . V ...... I U Womcn's'Finc . ; Shoes , Of: best wearing quality, .worth "up v. to $3. Your choice here (5 i iA S Saturday Only.. .',)I4y Boyi Shoes 1 The-kind that wear well, worths as Misscs, and i21 Children's Shoes The kind like mamma wears, worth Tip to $3. Choice ' (f ' JJ Saturday Only. ,... , . . r; p 1 eawO A Splendid Baby Sho for. . .. .49$ Good .Working Shoe, for men. $1.35 Dig Reduction oh AU Goods Throuirhont 7 . tnc . More v v- : 220-33?, Elorricon Street, titer Second Intsrestlnj Report on the Con dltion of Ore;on'e Militia ; Made- to Governor. ., 'J'Y.ra - Adjt-aen. S. Flnasr. In hla annual report to tho - commander-in-chief. Gov ernor Chamberlain, states that tha total strength, of the Oregon . National Guard at " the present ' time is - L30 . enlisted men ' and . offloera. This Includes tha 1 nira inrantry nm separate - oatiaiion. Troop A. cavalry and First battery of field artillery. The Third infantry has B0 commissioned officers and ?4 an listed .men, the first asperate battalion If commissioned offloera and IS9 listed men,, Troop A. three of floors and 14 enlisted men and .-the battery of ar tillery ' four - officers . and ' enlisted men, ;', . -5 - , ' All "the men .are armed- with l-eall- bra KragsJorgenaen rtfles of the United States army, and tha - adjutant-general haa on hand a eufflclent number to give to . each company : the maximum allow anoe-o-45 rifles, t The large field oven used by the army' has. also bean fur nished. which enables eompany-eeoka to prepare food.-expeditiously arid in the most approved manner. -- .The expenditure . for .1901 until the close of Septsmbeiwfor the entire guard waa I77.790, which did no laolude any of. the arms, , equipment or supplies drawn, from- tha - national 'government those being charged to tho allotment made to tho states, pursuant- to the Btx bill. ..The valueof all -property drawn from the government and paid for - by the national allowance waa fS, 100. 1 Adjutant-General F1nser calls atten tion to the fact that there ia. yet 11119 due tha Spanish, war veterans under the clothing allowance granted by' the state and ths government pay for the period of encampment before' muster in. .Sev eral of the medals struck off by the state Tor thla service have not been dis tributed. Of the disbursements to In dian war veterans, the report says -that 91Cc1alms' were filed for the fl-a-dSD provided - by the legislature. - Of the total clalma 80 were allowed, asTgre- gatihg '.disbursement- of 1SS,48S .49 claims adrgregatlng S.4S are being con sidered, and claims were disallow ed. An estimate is- made that f 4S.90O- addi tional will 'have to be appropriated to take care of the other clalma that wUl4- be presented. .,t-.--i . .. . - . '- , Underthehead- of' recommendations. General Finser advises the purchase Of permanent Oregon .National Guard en campment grounds, to embrace not leas than 1(9 aeres. conveniently located. where permanent Improvementa may be made. for. accommodation of the troops; He'-also nrgea. acquisition of A state target-range accesshl-toha militia men of the state. . An additional khaki unlfoam for each onllated man Utthe service is recommended, as that In en campmenta of maneuvers a change may ha Aadr-and a new-laaue of the blue fatigue : la also . -urged- bacansa- af - tha condition of the present - lot. graded pay while troops are in service is atao recoumienaeq; to give greater rec WITH EVERY -TV ,' Boy's Suit or Ove rccnt we scIIthiweelwcwiU - s t - i i r.o. . We have aboutOO Sleds on-all Boys Suits and: Overcoato When You See It in; Our Ad. It's So' :t::-i .. - .. '''' their own. and returned them whenever fomitloa to non-commlshloned officers than privates. , General Flnser says reg Imental eergeant-majors and t company first sergesnts ' and quartermaater- sergeanta should rocelve tt a day,, hat- tallon sergeant-majors and sers-sants tUtS. corporals $1.0 a day and privates tLSO. - Urgent recommendation la also made that, the battery of field artillerv oe rurmsnea witn two more field, pieces sucn as are used la the regular arm v. and . that the hospital corps bo furnished with a complete regimental outfit. EQUAL SUFFRAGISTS 'S-. JO GREET CHAMPION Monday, evening the State Bctual Suf rrage association win- tender a recep tion to alias Mary Jd. chaas or Andover, N. H- in the parlors of tha Commercial club from S to 19 p. m. - Mrs. Henry W. Coo, president, and Mrs., Abigail Scott Dunlway will receive with Mlas Imase. New Hampshire people are es pecially, inyltea. - " miss Chaste,, state president of the suffrage association of Mew Hampshire. arrived yesterday to-, act aa state or. ganlser for Oregon and wfll remain until after' the national convention in June. She will visit all tha ImMrtuit tmu of Oregon, organising -new local asso ciations and arousing interest In tha na tional convention. vMlas Chase haa bad wide experience in ' Held work and ex- pwis insi raeuiis lu vregon. A campaign waa carried on In Hew Hampahlro two years axo. when there were only i7 Suffragists in the state: now there are 90S. Many of the leadlna politicians or toe state are friendly to in. nranmiDD un ansa mass nopes to bring about a Uke-eondlUon In Oregon, rfOME TRAINING WILL HAVE CLOSE ATTENTION Ths -Homo Training association cava an unusually good program at its meet ing yesterday, afternoon.- r. : , ( The program yesterday Inoluded he soios fustaeftrytnlfor Toubyi nrs. xvKutryue inenan. contralto ox tha r irai tnnstian-enoir, and "Three Grees Bonnets." by Miss Carrie Johnston, so prano of St. Mark'a Eplaeopal churoh. Mra R. . Tate read ait excellent paper on "Professional 'Motherhood." pointing oat ths need of special training for mothers aa Well as professional men. Mra Samuel Connell, vice presldsnt. presided and spoke of tha work already done by the association and ths plana for the future. A - systematic course or child study for mothers and teachers will . be followed. After adiournment an informal social Hour was psssed. Ke- rresnmenta were served and Mrs. W. J urvnuH ana aire, n. - 1a neater, gars piano numners. t ... ., WORLD'S WOODMEN LJ -ENTERTAIN FRIENDS t . The Marquam Grand held a-larae crowd last evening on the occaaton of the woodmen a free vaudeville show, one of a series of entertainments by which tne oruer nopes to increese Its mem bership by 1.009 within 99 days. . Governor Chamberlain waa detained at Salem, and J. J. Jennings of Portland actsd aa mssW of ceremonies and -be gan the progrsm with a short addreea C V. Cooper, hsad banker, also sooke. predicting that the Installation of new mem here -next, month will bo no lees Important than that of three years ago when . 1,100 new names were' added ' to the rolls aftert similar campaign. ..- Tho principal address , of the - evening was aeuvered by w. c Hawlev. chair man of the board of head managers. He traced the growth of civilisation and WQdcrt,fiQBleilnghia picture with a description of the great work. eompllshedrby the fraternal orders at Bt. Iouis. . especially, lb tha free pltalv where nothing could be bought or sold, but where all sick were provided for-in a spirit of fraternity. The speaxer urged all young men to become woodmen and presented n cures show ing the excellent" financial standing of me w.'Ui w. ... . j. -Between the speeches many excellent vaudeville actat were presented b iep I reseniatives zrom tne local vaudevlue theaters.. The crowd waa well pleased and the entertainment doubtless accom plished the purpose for which it waa arranged.. .' . .; . aTsadsnhsa ana! aTSBsalvta. em tMAm tazaMTS Broam-Qtrinlne. ths werM-wlde eeld mpf resMcy, removes tas eaose. -Can ia xaij name aV. - W. - Oiove. aod look tor the algaatara ef lsfoirod knock Oanaad Oooda. i Allen bewls-'-Best Brand.- OUR GREAT CLEARANCE SAlE ' i s2r Japanese Curios We are opening" hnd'dlsplaylng tha new goods , In our store. Everything of mteet styles of . Ivory Picture Frames, Paper Knives and Jew elry Boxes, Silk-Crepe Shawls and Sandalwood ...Fans, Handkerchief Boxes. Genuine Canton China ware, New MatUng.and Fine .Porcelain, 4-Taatc.'i- . v-- livery astlels U car store reduoed front to IS per cent lesa We want. yon to remember thla what we are offering in this great bar gain event for this week. ..- .-, - , Th tTecra Importing 60 ' 199-1T9 .1rai'''MrssC-Om : CM' 'iatoffls'' ' vaaak ah ins;, J las. .a. m. MMU, Complc6n Soap ; Y:l'r :; ; in ( ' 1 : With "WANT ADS' :: L j WITH EVERY "WANT". AD. PLACED IN THE JOURNAL, a cake cf " : ClarkeV famous U-AR-DAS COMPLEXION SOAP FRE2. " Journal nVtri yoqr errands, they furnish your help, they rent your rooms or sell your prcTtrt. ' want ads. in by noon the day you wazt th-n pubUihed. If 'for Sar.ir7, 1 ' ' Saturdayiiight any time before 10'o'clcc!z. r..TH : TVENTY-C"": '