The Oregon daily journal., February 13, 1905, Image 8

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'itXAS ATTORNEY'S
PROJECTED LINES
FOR THREE STATES
HOT UE
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: BEFORE THE SENATE
. Bill IS KILLED
GASP OF
Could not afford more novel entertainment than an evening spent with a,
,;f ;.,r;:;r,,;-.,. :oiyUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE. v. - - : . i
DO YOU LIIIIL NOVELTY?.: : v ;
i . Would you. like to haveyour calling such as would afford you ijcontinuouaijovel enter
' Hit 'AdWa Apple Movet When
Learnt of Portland's ;
After Hartf - Fights Measure .De-
Supplemental ' Articles jf , lncor
First Active .. Engagement -v
: Scheduled to Tak Placfi
Is
feated and Indefinitely' Post-
"poration Are Filed By Wash
r .ington Railroad Company!;
: - Brick Buildings.
Today.
tainment;
Would youTTiKthese entirUinmentsjtb consist of whatever you might elect? ' ; ,
You may have all of this out of the regular $7.6Q COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHQNE given
HrtEElVitliTiali
FAIR WLL CERTAINLY?
BRANCH ROADS WILL:
STRUGGLE. JQREFERIT
TO FRIENDLY COMMITTEE
ANOTHER BLOWTO
4-
rHEPUBLICAN "TVIACHINE
be built Very soon
COUNTY
SURPRISE
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BE GREAT EDUCATOR
Ira D. Powers Says. Exposition
r Will Get More Southerners V
Than Did St. Louis.
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"How many brick building hav you
In Portia ndT" a Dallas, Tex attorney
- asked of In D. Powers, en a visit In
"...that.. city taut week. ; t -'
"Well we hav a good many I never
counted them," the Portlander replied,
. "but- It prum -we. Jifcv as many aa.
. Pallas we have a city more than twice
.. a biff aa yours." -.- .. ' . . ;
What." gasped, thw smased attorney,
, , "In a state , with only 100.000 people V
Texas haa 1,000,000, and Dallas eo.004
Inhabitant ' --'t
'.. ' 7 lrt Fo were .says h met many people
i In' the aouth and the middle west .who.
have queer Ideas about Portland and
Oregon, but all of them are-ahowmf an
extraordinary- degree'-of - Interest. - and
; thousand, ot them r .preparing to taka
advantage of the low rail rate (or the
exposition season and will come to aee
: the country. He was surprised to find
- the Urge number of people In Texas and
T the aouth who did not attend the St.
. Louis exposition, but who are -coming to
the t-twl and Clark fair. , They are
. reasonably prosperous and in a condi
.tion ti taka the trip, and many have
connections la this part of the country.
'"' Tfearly every one who has a relative id
the "Pacing" northwest eapee itee-aaka
the trip thla year. While lie was aVJil
Pa"thelrvrre visited "by 'arlillasard
and four Inches of snow. He says he
'came back to Portland better fattened
, than ever with- his borne city and the
Pacific northwest. . .
.. "There Is a better condition in the
labor, world In that part of the country
",' than V have .found in previous visits,"
he bald, - Laboring-, people seem more
contented, and there are fewer . strikes
, in the middle west "f .
The Lewis snd Clark fair la talked
of a great deal. - I was agreeably sur
prised to and not the slightest 'tendency
to belittle our-exjaBttLQnjncomparlson
with that beld rft St. Louis. Kvery one
tieetna to concede that Portland .is to
' have something, unique and well worth
their, time and money In -seeing It. But
. hack of it all la the strong desire to see
, Oregon and. the Parifla northwest. This
" "part of the country Just mow has m
v tremendous .-pull. And the . fart that
Oregon has comparatively a small num
ber of Inhabitants places her in a posi
tion to offer the great . opportunities
aha holde-f newcomer.",..-
CONSULTaOOSEVftT :
TO LOSE HIS PLACE
President,. Making a Thorough
Rejuvenation T: Consular :
Service, Dismisses Cousin. -
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. (Journal Special Bertfc.) ";: i
Washington. Feb. ,- 13,-g-A.n. 1 ndlcal lohJ
of the thoroughness of President Roose
velt's plans fur the rejuvenation of the
consular service after March4 waa fur
nished when It became known that the
chief executive would - remove 1 his
cousin, George W. Roosevelt, who has
7 been consul at Brussels since .1897. The
president will take this action In the
facer of. earnest, appeals from bis ktna
: man. who wishes to be retained In that
" office. The president is said ,to .hava
pointed out to Consul Roosevelt that he
.-" could see no special reason why another
appointee , could not fill the position of
... . consul at Brussels quite well as his
. cousin,. arid that' he (the president) In
tended. toJ get a man mat would nil. it
- better. Having been- in the consular
" ' service for some time; Consul Roosevelt.
',. .. it Is understood,) will be. appointed ,to
.... soma ether position, although not "nepes-
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ART FORGERIES SOLD '
TO MILLIONAIRES
(Journal' Special fterrjee.) ""
Rome, Feb. . 13. The Messagero,
.speaking of the many bogus works-of
j, art purchased In Europe- by American
collectors and deajersaaysi i.r- P.
" ' Morgan worries because the greater
part of the works he collected at a
. great cost are Imitations. The oltlsens
... .of.JJew York' are. ; even more to be
- .pitied than- Morgan, aa the Metropolitan
. Irnwseum contains ' articles - which are
leven less genuine than those of Mor-
..... gan."-'.' ...... ' . :-. i ,
' Kven the famous - collections and
. ' drawings possessed by the . Vanderbllta
are the work of clever imitators. The
' atatues of Tanagra in the possession of
- Carnegie are the work of every-day
plasterers, and all mllllonairee who' have
. itaken -p the role , of art patrons , have
been cruelly deceived, i ,
The kinga-of steel tM coal have spent
enormous amounts i$r the refuse of
Kuropean museums. '. ,
ASKS CONGRESS TO FIND
".BODY OF PAUU JONES
" IJeoreal Special Servtee.) '-
- - Washington. Feb. 13 President
noosevelt sent a- message to congress
today' recommending th appropriation
of I3S.009 for the discovery and dlsin
: torment ef th body of John Paul Jonea,
In Paris. The body la supposed to lie
In th cellar or a block of squalid build
ings erected on the alt of n ancient
cemetery. , . , - .
- As It la interred in a leaden coffin. It
Is believed that th body can be Identi
fied. although before hi death th
commander of th Bort Homme Richard
gave away all hla medals, his sword and
moat of hi, decorations. John Paul
Jone la th ft fat tnn who got foreign
power (France) to salute th American
flag. ' ;
FRESHMEN THROWN UNTO
ICY WATER BY SENIORS
. (Ryerlal tntoatrk te The JoaraaL) ;
- Moscow, Ida., Feb. IS. Intense ex
citement prevail her over th basing
of a number of freshmen by senior
of tha t.'nlverslty of Idaho. Th fresh
men snd ophomre ar said to not to
liaV paid proper respect to th seniors,
whereupon they were taken to a creek
and given a bath In th l-y water with
th mercury below aero. : No ma will
he divulged. President McLean Is- in
Finite and nothing wilt b dnHr'-untll
. hi return. This Is th first basing
ever known lo take pfsc her. .'Th
.".eadr may b esplld. ;.-
Directors Named" "Are .AM Con
nected With Oregon Railroad '
and Navigation Corporation.
Supplemental articles of incorporation'
were, filed (today by tlB Waahliigton
Railroad company, authorising the con
Oregon and Washington, E. CalVln,
struction of various branch lines , -in
president; H. F. Connor, secretary, and
K. , E. CelVln, William Crooks. Charles
Steele and i. C liavely, director, signed
the articles. ' ; ., V '- ''
The Washington Railroad company Is
one of the auxlllartea of the Oregon
Railway & Navigation company, . and
was formed several year ago to pro
vide for the building of several line
as feeders to the parent company.-. All
of the officers and directors are.ojti
clals of the Oregon Railway 4 Naviga
tion ompanys.The supplemental ar
ticle authorise the . construction ,. of
these lines: ;-. ' ' "
Frpm the Oregon Railway Navlga
tlon companys line at TOuchet, Wash.,
northeaat-to Covello. Wash. '
From the Ocegon Hallway Jfayiga.
tlop company's .line at Dayton, Wash.,
aoutheaat to 'a point on the boundary
between .OregoliL-and Washington to. be
determined .later by tha boardJJf- dl.
rectors "r- -
From the O. R '"'ft N. Iln4lt Pen-
dleton.Oiu-.gOUUl. Jhe headwater of
Birch creek,-' .
From th O. R. ft N.Hne-at Preseott.
Wash, easterly to k point on the Bnake
river at r near VlnelamVWasb,, here
after to be selected. '' ' ' -
From a point in Idaho, at or near the
Junction of Clearwater river with the.
Bnake river, by the most feasible route
alpng thrf valleys of the Clearwater and
ot the South and Middle fork thereof
to a point on the boundary line between
Idaho and Montana at or near Lola pass,
with a branch leaving that line-from
some point In t ha valley f ; the Clear
water or the South fork thereof, through
Camas prairie-to the town of ML Idaho.
By mertle1eauthorHy-l-lvan- to
construct necessary depot and other ac
cessories and to borrow money by the
sale of bonds.::
THREE OPiNIONS BY
THE SUPREME COURT
OnC-CassAffirmedt-OneRs-l
versed and Remanded and
New Trial Ordered. ? '..,
(Warnal Special, Serrlea.) . ; . ,
Salem, Feb. II. Opinions ' wore
handed down in the-supreme court to
day as follows: - The case of Emma K.
Groves, executrix of the estate of Will
iam Groves, deceased, appellant, against
John M. Osburn, tespondent, appealed
from Benton county, the,, decision of
J. W. Hamilton. Judge, la affirmed In an
cptnlon-by-rCMof-" JaaUca Wolverton.
The defendant had been adjudged bank
rupt and suit was brought to endeavor
tor subject a homestead, which had been
set apart to him during bankruptcy pro
ceedings, to the payment of four promis
sory notes. - The lower court dismissed
the- autt. : r ' !-.'' '''
In the cas of the state of Oregon;
reapotident. agilnst 8. , W. Bimmona, as
administrator or the estate of Henry
Wilson. - deceased, appellant and ' heirs
at law defendants, appealed from Mult
nomah county, the decision of . Alfred F-Sears,-Jr.rM."CrOeorge
and J. B. Cl
land. Judges, wer reversed and the caa
remanded in an opinion by Chief Jus
tic Wolverton. j l-.-r -
Th case of Mllton-Wr Smith, respondent,-
against J.-CV Bayer and PaUr
Hobklrk. aDDellants. appeaiid . .front
Multnomah ennntv.' the decision t:
r: rtanrM. tudae. waa reversed, and
new trial ordered in anpUion by Jus
tice Bean."Thia is an Action to recover
upon a promissory note. .
INJURED BY JUMPING ) tl
PROM RUNAWAY CAR
Capt. A. 8. Oamman of the American
ship Cv F- Sargent. Minnie lastka, who
resides at Tenth and Washington
streets, and J. Oreen of Montavllla, were
seriously injured in a street car accident
yesterday afternoon. The accident oc
curred at a point of th Montavllla line
where the track Is open,- necessitating
passengers to transfer. The car wss
tilled at the time and , tpe passengers
narrowly escaped deathvl
Just a few yards beyond the end of
the track Is a gravel pit nearly 0 feet
deep. Plunging of f the track, the front
wheel wer deeply buried in the sand
and loose earth, thus stopping the car
within a- few feet ot the brink of the
pit. 1 A broken brake Is said to have
,
oeen ine cause ok .inv Kc-.'iue.iwf-
Captain Qammana suffered a never
cut on the head, hla right kne I badly
wrenched and hrs right side is bruised.
He 1 now at hi apartment In Leland
rooming houser corner of Second ' and
Washington jttreets In speaking of the
accident. Captain Gammana said:
"The car wa aalling along at a very
Krl.k elln when suddenly th metorman
mwnm m.Hliwawa the allevwar Vellina.-
Jump-for-your. llvesr.I. wa sitting
nAtr th door. and. did not hav to be,
told a second time. I do not know what
I landed on, but It certainly damaged
me -a bit.. I've been suffering great
pain : vr since 1 Jumped. I . weigh
over - Zvv pouna. ana, ine xorce wun
which I at ruckth ground Jut about
did m up,
FLOATING ICE BARS
- WAY OF STEAMER LEONA
. Her prow fast Jn th ice floe of the
Lewi liver, th steamer Leona ta.un
abl to move. Th Leona. has beeMply
Ing between thl city and Lewla ylver
points for several months. Her 'cap
tain did not think that tn floating ice
would top hi boet. - -- .'
- Assistance will be sent th boat as
soon a posslbl. Th Leona la owned
by th La Center Transportation com
pany. She formerly plled.betweeif Pprt
Und and Oregon City. .-:,
' Hxsroaio movwm Mjnum,
'- .-' (Journal Special Serrl. ..l
Mobil, Ala.. Feb, 11. Fir which Ust
night destroyed th pat tie house, a his
toric structure and the Commercial hotel
and several adjoining buildings is under
control at daylight - l'h to la $400,00.
FHendtor Measure Declare It
. " Will Pass, But If So, Several
" Senators Ar Dissembling. r
J- (Fresi a loornal SUff -Corrttpoadeni.)
.J Salem. Or.,- Feb. ll.tThe flrst,; actrve
engagement In the senate over the
Jnyne bill la scheduled to taxe piace in
aft'ernoori;"The bill wss glyeniirati
roadlns! last Fridays Afternoon.' At mo
tion . to read it the. second . time and
refer It to a committee, was defeated
by A . motion to adjourn. The second
reading of the' bill took placa thla afternoon.'.-
' " " ' - i.z: ,--The
bill wa read1 for the. second
time at f;S0 p. m. and referred 'to 'the
committee on education by rreaiaent
Kuykendall. . Tkere wae no obJeoUon. A
sharp battle outside the chamber pre
ceded thi. decision, however. r
Effort of the opponents of the bill
wera. directed toward having It referred
to th committee on education, composed.
of JLougharKf- Maine -and fierce, au
three are opposed to .revision of the
local -option law In any manners
Champion ' of th 1 bill wer working
either to have it referred to th Judi
ciary or the revision of laws committee
or considered In committee -of th whole;
All members - of the Judiciary commit
tee favor the passage of the Jayne bill.
Only tone member of th revision of
laws committee Mr. Ooshow, is opposed
to-thrwmge--th--WUt--Bt,"rer
man. another member. Is noncommittal.
The Judiciary and revision of laws com
mittees meet Jointly; hence a favora
ble report, with minor amendments, is
almost certain If th bill goes to either
of these committees.
- Th lineup last Friday, gave gooa
Idea of the situation at . that time.
Seventeen are plainly against th bill
In it present form.. Strong pressure
since has been brought to bear on coe
and Loughary. Th former wnt four
vital- amendment and - the, latter 1
agatnsCHh. bill in any form.
Lobbyists claim today , that the bill
la-aure-to-paaik-jt cannotbe aeenjwt
what they base their hopes, tialess sev
eral member ar dissembling. - ,
"PORTAGE ROAD , REP0RT7-
ravon jiartenaloa of jblM "romrBl
:X ddji t The Salle. ? v
(froa a aia "Staff 'torreposdat.) -
a.i.M T irK ttTh renort of
this afternoon.
It contains a recom
mendation that ' the road be ' extended
from BIS 'Eddy on the Columbia to The
Dalle so as to avoid handling freight
twice and to get the benefit ot the three
competing steamer line. Opposition to
th report ha developed? v . ; '7 ,.
WANTS NO NEW CHARTER.
Astorlana Ask Oovwaor to Veto SCeaa-
i nr AJxmAy Vasd. . y
(mini' a ' Jeurnat Staff CnrreraoBdentl
T-Salemr-Or-yebi !. Ar-dtagatlon-ia
her from Astoria, to urg the governor
to veto the Astoria charter. The mem
ber bring -with them a petition signed
by a number ot prominent cltisen urg
ing the veto. Two year age,- when
aimliar- anneal - wa made , to th gov
ernor. It was successful and hr eker-
clsed hla veto power.
ONE OF CHIEF HUNT'S
GREAT TEST CASES
; Chief Hunt' vlgorou prosecution of
women of - the north end combination
heuaes" resulted last night In th arrest
of a womsn who wa fn tua cosmo
politan saloon to see Jack Moore, th
alleged proprietor. The woman swore
to th saloon to ee Moor on personal
bualness. There were other to testify
to the same thing. .In th bsenc of
c.nnvictttM testimony ' th case of .the
woman wa continued Indefinitely.. -"1
.. have alway shown my willing-
nes tordrtv the women out tot the
combination houses, but the courts don't
atand with me." the chief ha aiway
said. "Without the co-operation of th
rmiri. t can't keeo the women out.'
Of the" hundred of women who fre
quent the combination house on waa
arrested for a test cas agalnat whom
there wa prcUcally no evidence of
WEBER FIGHTS HARD
. ; TO SAVE HIS LIFE
" ' (Jonrual ftlal Service.)- 1.
Auburn.. CaL. . Feb.. U. Th ntlr
morning of the Weber trial waa con
aumed In argument. Judge Prowett d
elded with the prosecution relative to the
I admission of the defendant statement
made to the . officers neror ni arrest.
In this statement he defendant declared
that he went a certain route when he
left home the night of the murder.
The prosecution has already - proved
that he went a different way. The de
fendant ' claimed 'that he ' carried - his
brother from the burning building,
The!
t,h :
prosecution proven tnai ueorge nuiu
bsought the boy oat.
Uncoln Marrow
will corroborate Adrian Will's testimony
that the defendant auggested going to
the Weber barn, where -th pistol was
found af tar th Are.
BJD ON MATERIAL-FOR
SHIPMENT TO MANILA
Bids wer opened today In the. of flee
of Captain. Jesse, M. Bakers-local diSr
burslng quartermaster, foe, furnishing'.
small -.consignment of Jutnbe'r, windows
and doors for shipment to Manila. Th
material la needed for the construction
of a post exchange building and a Storv
house, Cos d Barrett af tbla city were
th only bidder on the lumber, and
Ntcolai Bros, on th door and windows.
Th former agreed to stnply J.7 feet
of lumber for" the- pJiX , exchange at
I7S&.6. and J7.10S feet, for th store
house at 1401.60. - NIM4Jlros. agreed
to supply th doors , and window for
(ftpeclal rMtpatcti Tk Jodraal) -
St. Helen, Or.. Feb. III. Harry MI1
lerman plead gulltyto robbing a rail
way car. at Ooble last Friday and .
wss sentenced to two year in the pen
itentiary by Judgf XciBrra lodu.
Minority Report - Adopted t and
Further Consideration
. Is Postponed. - r7 A
- (rroja a Journal Staff Correapoooest.) 1
X Salem.. Or., .Feb. 13. No . Hot Luk
county will decorate th map of Oregon.
The bill Creating it wa killed Jn the
houae 4hl-rmmlng sfter a" fight which
lasted many days. The result was one
more body-blow for the Republican ma
chine, which lined up every vote it could
command for the -bllt-. The new county
was to be carVed out, of Union county,
and the Union delegation In both houses
unanimously opposed the measure.' Not
withstanding the jfact that the proposed
county dlvlalon was purely a local meas
ure,, the machine undertook to force it
through in the face of opposition to. the
Union delegation. ' ' " - - '
The attitude of th machine Is the
more illogical because It 1 insisting that
on measures relating only to Multnomah,
county, notably the Port of Portland bill,
members from other. counties shall ac
cept aa final th decision of th Multno
mah delegation. ' !-'
The Hot Lake bllr wa reported' favor
ably thla morning by a majority of th
committee on counties, but th minority
report, signed by Blakely and Barge,;
was adverse. ' "r ' '
McLeod of Union made a strong speech
urging the adoption of th mlnprlty re-
IporL Jayne and Llnthicum opposed this.
By SI ayes and 27 noes the nous adopt
ed the minority report and indefinitely
postponed further consideration of. the
bllL A big delegation of lobbyists-are
her urging th creation of Hot Lake
county, and many stormy scene have
'occurred.. . v .
...r'.- i . -nXlU
LinLE GIRL KIDNAPED. :
: ABUSED AND FORSAKEN
- Geneva Rossi, an 1-year-old girl, was
kidnaped front her home in Bakerafield,
Cal., brought to thla city by a Swiss
by the man, fine jwasremoedL yester
day to th home of the Boy, and Girls'
Aid society by Detective Hawley.'
"Joe" was a cook in Bakersfleld and
worked at the restaurant conducted by
the- girl' parents.- He is-4S year of
age. and with the child cam to Port
land on the Costa Rica onj February .
He secuYed lodging at the Ideal bouse,
165 Everett street, where he told the
proprietor that the child. was his daugh
ter "V ' . 'rr-
From that place he went to the Ray
mond house, "Third and Ankeny street,
where he remained until last-Saturday.
Ha left the plac Saturday morning for
tha purpose, he said, of bringing bis
trunk from th hlp.- He left th girl
without money or friends, and failed to
return. -Investigation by Detective llaw-
Iav ritralnaeif the facta stated. '
r All s efforts to locate Tihe rjcldnaper
have been futile. He has dark eye and
hair, allghtly. mixed with gray a black
moustachejt round scat on th left aide
of hi Jaw; wore a derby 'hat, brown
overcoat, and a dark, ault. ; No reward
htdbe,-4,'iere4rforf hla-capturbut.
the energies- of . detectives ar "being
exertef to th utmost o apprhend him.
BRITONS DEMAND CASH "
FOR FIRING ON TRAWLERS
i ' 1 (Journal Special Service.)
Parls,-ab, ...I. At today's session of
the international Inquiry commlaalonj
th British agent, Oberne. read the Eng
lish conclusive . report regarding:- the
dogger bank tragedy rejecting- the, Buk
slan evidence and ' insisting that the
presence of. torpedo boat In th (lahtng
fleet wa ImpossIM. v'"j ,
; Th Russian agent gave the Russian
conclusion. In which he declared the
evidence cleared the Ruaslana of all
would not allow innocent victims to
suffer, and guaranteed the payment of
indemnities to tho victims', families,
Russia also suggested that the matter
of Indemnity b submitted to Th Hague
tribunal.
GENERAL MANAGER. TO
ARRlVETQMORROW
B. A, Worthlngton. th newly ap
pointed general manager of the Harrt-
man linea in Oregon, la expected to ar
rive In Portland tomorrow. Hla. trip
from Omaha la being mad by special
train. After crossing thejine into Ore
gon he I making ' the journey - more
leisurely, Snd is taking a look at th
company' property and . th country
through which th Oregon Railroad
Navigation company line run. .
THE CHADWIQK VICTIMS
: , GET FIRST PAYMENT
v (Journal Special Servlca.) 1
Oberlln, Feb. II. By order of
the comptroller of the currency a 40 per
cent dividend has been oeclared' In favor
of th depositor Of ine defunct City
Clllsens' bank that, waa wrecked by the
onerations ' of Mr. ' t.'hadwlck. ' and trf
Lwhlfih the lato C. K. Beckwlth wa pres
Ident. A-further oiv.ipeno . or zs per
cent la expected. i --i v ,
AOCTjsas or BAjnc wmaoxuro.
. (Joornal Special Service.)
gUnPaul, Mlnn,Feb: 1 S. TT
Clement, president of th First
Na
ttonal bank of Farlbanlt, Minn..
wa
held today by th grand. Jury on the
charge of wrecking . in Dans, wnien
closed two weeks ago. He furnished
I10A04 ball. . - ; - '; "
crarsa rovn xvnpnnvo.
(Joarnal Special Serle. .--
. Carmel. Cal.," Feb. 13. Th body of
Cow Nlng. who rents several hundred
acre of the Hachado ranch, wa found
in' a hut this morning." the body fear
fully mutilated and the entire floor cov
ered "with blood. 1 The crime was prob
ably committed several day ago. '
1 -: nuxm SjOst n irow.'' :'
" Joornal Speetal Servtc. " -T
Denver, .-Feb. IS. -A passenger train
on th Denver A Rio Grand railroad
l lxt in th snow st Marshall, pas.
A "wrecking train, sent to. Its asslstanc.
also l losw 'The train carried no dkier
end Its pet!gere hv been "without
rood for II hours. - v t
The ,Tatest fniisic of . the
day. TheVne west songs,,
stories. ; Every tiling from
grand opera to rag time.
3,000 selections to choose
from.'') -,;': 't'-l' '.ii:
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FJMOfJAII TOR-
CHARTER CHANGES
Delegation indorses -Amend'
merits .Fcwoffd. By Charter--
"'. Board. ':?.'it
BANKERS PROTEST , r
. . ' AbAIN ST PROVISION
In lyainLTheyiAttacklPr!
Method of Loaning the City
- - FundsThe Changes.
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(From a Joarnal gtaff -Correspoaoeat)
Salem, Or.. Feb. S. At meeting of
th Multnomah delegation thla afternoon
prevloua to the senate session, a decl
elonT was reached by .an ..almost "UnanUi
mou vote to support the amendment
to th charter of Portland auggested
bv the charter board last fall. Several
banker appeared to 'protest against -an
amendment ..proposed to abolish, the
provision for loaning city money, on
surety Donaa, -
At a meeting.- th Portland " char
ter board? laat October several amend
ments were proposed. One. waa to ellm
iBtfl advertuln
and -another' related to atreet railway
franchises. Th most Important amend'
ment provided that ' deposit of "city
money should no longer ' b made in
banka on surety . bongs. Jhe opinion
was then- expressed that a surety com
panies deposit only 160,000 wlth th
state treasurer and mar or' may not
have large capital, the, security to th
city - insufficient, ---- - - - - ---
The plan proposed "by'fn 'charter
board In view of the fact that several
hundred of thousands of dollar of city
money Is In banks, wa that bond of
th city of Portland equal In value " to
I the-amount deposited be Aven. or, that
Donos or some... omer municipality.
school district, - railway -trr atreet rail
way of the slate, equal In valti to one and
on fourth time the amount deposited
in the bank by th city be given. Thl
plan,. It wa figured,- would Insure the
city against loss and would craat a. de
mand for and raise the prlc of Port
land city bond. - . ' ',
At th flrst meeting the subcommit
tee of tli Portland delegation renorte-J
favorably th amendments suggested by
th charter board. Several banka pro
tested ad the subeommltte Weld an
other meeting laat Thursday nlghtv It
adhered- to It former decision. A re
port wa made to the delegation by
th ubrommltt this af temoon." Port
land bjink had agents present to pro
test aad the action taken by the delega
tion wa' determined only after heated
dlscusslon.-.-;-- ---I--,- --
AFFECTS MONTAVILLA'S 7
" .- POLITICAL UFE
" Ed Mendenhall may rala th ques
tion a to the legality of th act where
by th precinct of Montavllla waa creat
ed, and) contend that actually under the
law no 'such precinct exists. He 1 en
gaged aa counsel for Capt.. Herman
Schneider, arrested on a true Informa
tion by the district attorney for selling
llauor Illegally in hla saloon in Monta
vllla. Th case Waa "befor "Presiding
Judge George this morning on a de
murrer that alleges that the facta stated
are trot aufflctent to constitute a crime.
No argument - wa had this morning.
Counsel said that h couTiT rata all
point necessary to th defena whn
th trial war on. , -.. - ,
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'-- WATBB BAMAOZS STOCK. - V; .
Th Hudson Arm company. uflerd
considerable damage to stock by' th
carelessness of some person on th third
floerVwho left a faucet open, th water
running down Into th ator all - last
night. At .' o'clock this morning, when
th watchmsn discovered what had hnp
pened. water covered th floor to th
depth of two Inchea. . t j - :
and we have one of these Graphophones for every home m Pprjt
give its readers wth a subscnptioMi reguur
mah. twm ' xbt todat
CASIOffeSUICIDE W
ARD -NOT ACCIDENT
Coroner's Jurv Finds , 'That
i'Thofnas Q. Connell Threw
):'') Himself Before Engine.
FORMERLY ENGAGED IN"
' BUSINESS IN PORTLAND
CondQctedrBlcyclexSho
- Morrison and Russell Streets
ZrfZ: ;andj WelT Ukedr
l -r (Joornal Special Bert!.) V
St HaleHs. Or.. Feb. lS.-1h 'coroner'
Inquest, held her today over the body
of . .Thomas 3 -eonnell,-wn waa killed
by an Astoria & Columbia River rail
road train near' Warren yesterday, re
veal that Copnell' death was not due
to accident, but was deliberate suicide.
..The-evidence -adduced at Today' ex
amination before 'Coroner Cllfl show
that Connell Was first seen by. the
train craw .a the engine rounded-th
curve. When nrst seen, tn train waa
close upon him. He threw himself in
nefor the speed
of th train , could be slackened 'the
en sine struck the prostrate man. . Ills
bodv wa cut to pieces. ; r
The Jury-returned a verdict that Con
nell mat hi death, through premeditated
action of hi own, and holds th train
" Thomas O. Connell formerly owned
two bicycle-repair shop In thl city,
th first at 18 Morrison street,, the
other on Russell street He wa also
an implement man, a locksmith and bad
an engineer's license. ; H m to this
city trom South Dakota about four years
ago and opened up th Morrison atreet
hshop. At that time f is saia 10 nave
had a snug little Dana account, out una
wa toon rail througn wun oy last
living.. His friends sut that h wa
a good, fellow, but tried to llv too
welU He waa single, and o far aa
known belong to no lodges. ...
' bspobts jaaitbs msnnss.
(Journal 8paraivle . - r-
St Petersburg, Feb. Kuropatkln
report that force of - Japan ' baa
been Tepulsed at Tensatun bridge. The
Japanese oannorled PutUoff hill kill
ing one Russian and wounding several.
TOW TBOat
OOVaTTmST.'
' 3. R-fVoung, whov recently cam to
tha city, went to th 'prformnc at
th Orpheum Ust night : H met one
of the actresae and bbught beer. Short
ly after he got "warrant for the arrest
of the woman., cnarging ner wun imi
ing 1T.?- . . ; - ,' ),
. aro" vsa rom oou. - y
A German barkeeper who has been In
th United Bute abov five year, In all
that tlm had never aeen a $5 gold Tiece.
A clerk who had received one of these
golden coin a part of hla pay entered
th saloon which Is presided over by th
German and called for a glass of beer.
Upon receiving the foaming beverage he
tendered la payment th , gllstsnlng IS
coin, which hit th bar with a marry
jingle, Tb bartender, -after surveying
th piece and examining It critically,
tossed It back to the government clerk
with tha childlike and bland remark:' . .
"V don't take no medala for beer here !
Tou vm nav to tax aoj. toa nock
hop." , I ' .' f... ' . ,
'v"ioyat.V.Tr?-'- "
: From .th Chicago Journal.
- ''isn't It a aatlafactton to hear from
th friends at homer' said on Rus
sian offloef in Port Arthur.
,-"Te,' answered th other!' "only ' I
wish that every time they glv a ban
quet In 8t. Petersburg they wouldn't
end sis a menrr ara.'V ,A.
You can hear the songs'
of theirdjv-ind therustle
of the" trees" along- virith
these - songs. Everything
in such absolute reality as
to make you feel that all
is right before your very
ot tom obbow.
ST01E PUBLIC LANDS. '
SAY THE TRUE BILLS
' (Continued from Pag pne.) ., .
conclualv avtdenc that the senator is
guilty. - . j--, ..,;- .-.;:v,,;.'..,-, -!--..".: -
There is a very general feeling-tha V ,
Mitchell should resign but'at th earns
tlm it I not believed he wlU do so. " '
Tb leader hav seriously discussed
th advisability of .requesting hi reaig- '
nation on th ground, not that hi guilt 7 'v,
I proved, bot that the interest of th
state demand that hla aeat In thesenate
hall not continue unoccupied. .-
It is recognised that If he propoaoJM'
to contest the Indictment to. the axteftuf
of appealing from a trial court that tha
result cannot be finally determined- b-r-
fer-lKpllle--n--teTmfw-T,'
floe.. But It seems plain that th ma- -
Jorlty of the Republican members would '
not consent to . any : suggestion . that
Mitchell resign.' ,
"Only Ust week we indorsed Mitchell, "
and I don't bellev in turning, a back
omeraauft now. by asking hint to re-
sign.', said on member::T think" he!
ogglt. to resign,' Dut we cannot auggest
It," ": Is th wait view' ; xpreed by i
many other. - - '
There la renewed talk of adjourning
next Friday to some future data, but
it find little favor. A poll of the house -shows
a large majority 1 opposed to.' '
thl plan, ;
i "We,v1got to hav an honest man to . -represent
Oregon. I do not know, but
th beat plan I to let th Democratic
governor appoint him." said on Repub- '
member of both house may caucus.
Tuesday vnlng to consider tb eltaa-'
tion. Th general belief I
action will reault Th legislature's In-' .
dorsement of Mitchell Is now regarded
as one of those thing that might bet-,
tor hav been left unsaid. r , ;
SKATING FOR FIRST )
TIME IN THEIR LIVES
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' For the flrst time In many year tha .
weather i.Was practically a cold this
morning In the North Pacific states a.
in the- Rocky - mountain districts. ' At! -
PortIand.'the thermometer registered iS
above, while , at Havre, Mont, at which
the mercury usually stands about as .
low aa-anywhere els In the United. ,
States. It was JO abov at I o'clock thlst ,
morning. --. ',.-'.-. '.'" . - "
The sudden change beyond tb Rock-,
le I due to the Influence -of a hlnook .
which began blowing aoout daylight, it
is sweeping over th entlr froicn re-,
glon, and quickly turning lc and snow
Into -running rivulets. 'Shortly before,
th warm-breathed wind began to tlr,
It was 44 degree below gero at Havre.! -and
air of the Montana town were in ...
th strong clasp of an unusually hard .
winter. , y --r-,.
There' is no . Indication of a , sdft
tephyr visiting th Willamette valley
soon, " District Forecaater BeaU ay -y-there
will be a minimum temperature,
of 25 degrees tonight 'at Portland, and .
that the weather will conttnu fair It-
morrow. " It will- probably be aocom- '
panted by ? the dlsagreeaW-east wind, "r
according to the official prognostlcator.
, All th. alougli and pond surround-.
ing th city sre froen, -ana sxatin g
parties -ar popular. icai naroware
men reportN they hav sold more katei
during th past few day than during
any almllar period alnc t he'll g ;f reeae ,
in ,'1187. , - '"' :r
Water plpef ar still giving -ttouWa.,
and everyone, excepting th1 ; merry ,
katers, are hoping for a thaw. Th
steamboat men ar apparently ;-mora
anxious for a chang . than any other
cU. - ' ' - -:
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' KHorS Jtaol. r- . - - - -'A
Udy. in Ban Franclsc engaged. A
Chinese cook; When he came, among
other ' thing, ah asked hU'nam.' ...
'My name." said tli Chinaman, min
ing, "1 Wang Hang Ho." '
"Oh, I can't remember all that, h
aid. "I will call you John." ''m
John smiled all over and asked l , ,
. "What your nam?", t ' ; ;
, Th lady obliged hlm- '
"M no memble " all fffat remarked,
th cook. "M call you Tommy.",;,
" HSwawiiiMaWiaiBBaaaaBaaBHaaawB
American nwspapr ar kept away,
from th csar. But Eddie Bok maga
xln couldn't hurt' M , '
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