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Newspaper Page Text. PORTLAND.: OREGON.'1 MONDAY " EVENING, . FEBRUARY 20, 1905. TWELVE PAGES.1 PRICE FIVE CENTS. , VOX. HI. NO. 301.: RIIHIILOT At' kstance of.Mayor; Eff ; ? 3 Proceedings M Judge George Will Be Asked fo Have the Circuit . f - Court Hear Case i ; Decision Whether or not the direct primary law 1 applicable to the municipal election in June must be decided ' la court Tbia decision u reached at a conference atunded by Mayor George H. Williams. City' Auditor ' Thomaa C Devlin and County Clerk T. 8. Flelda today. It .wa thought beat to have the ques tion .settled at one in the courts. The city officials were of the opinion that to have the court pass upon the matter now would prevent numerous lawsuits grow Ins but of the result of the . election. The city ia also anxious to avoid the expense or registering tne voters, waicn would cost at least f 1,000; the mayor stated there was no money -to expend for this out-nose. - - I By the agreement Monad today at tne conference County Clerk Fields ia toH proceed with his preparations -for regis teeing the voters as provided under tne primary law. Mayor Williams will so. euro some on within- a few days to brie suit against the eounty clerk to enjoin him from proceeding with the registration.! Tbia will throw the matter, into the courts. Presiding Judge George rill be asked to allow the four circuit judges of this county to sit en , bane and pass Judgment on the case;' . V. : wm Settl th Queatloa. , .. By having' the four' Judges decide on Ith ease, it is thought their decision win do accepted aa nmu oy tno people. and that there will be no effort to, take the matter to the supreme court. -: ' If the court decides the primary law ia not applicable County Clerk Flelda will not -proceed with the registration, but If it ia decided that the law appllea to the cltv election he will ad on with Ills preparations for registering voters. "We dealre to have thla matter settled so that there will be no question about It" said Mayor Williams this morning. "Mr. Fields will proceed with prepara tions for the "registration of voters, and X am going to try to have the court pass on the question as to whether or not the primary law ia' applicable to the city election," - ? " "Provision- la made in tba law that affidavits shall be filed, stating reasons why registration shall not be made. I will file those -and within a few days will have somebody to bring action in tba circuit court requiring Mr. Flelda to abow causa why he should proceed with the new registration. - I am going to try to have the four judgee -pass on this case. If the four concur in, a de cision, it will be much more satisfac tory and will eliminate, all probability of appeal from their decision. '.: Short . Time for Work. '!., If the decision of the judges calls for svnew registration County Clerk Fields' will Have but little ttme In which to prepare for enrolling the voters 9 In the city. , By provision of the primary law the bounty clerk ia instructed to open the nooks to daya before April 16,, which will bring the opening day for the registration of voters on March 1. County . Clerk Fields will prepare 10 books for registering voters, instead of six as heretofore, and will arrange to handle 'the entire number In the 10 daya 'allowed by law. - - Last year 21.021 voters were registered In the city 11.040 on the eaat aide, and 1.171 on the west aide. ' The heaviest day's work rwas the last before the pri maries, when 1.114 voters were han dled. The hut six days I. It were placed oi the rolls. From these fUrurea it la deduced that the clerk wtllibe able to handle the voters If they do not delay JOSEPH- J EFHERSON SEVENTY ' ' (Joorml Kpeelsl SerrleO ' Palm beadh, Fla. Feb. - 10. Joseph Jefferson, the dean Of Amerlcari actors, celebrated . his, seventy-sixth ' birthday here today. . He was unable to walk but 'Waa propelled about in a chair "He la strong mentally, though since his recent illness Jiaa been very feeble pfeyalcaliy. Joseph' Jefferson waa bornL In Phila delphia., February 10,' 1110. l.lHIe first- 'appearance on the stage waa as a child In i-Plaarro." In 1141 after his father's death, . He joined a party of strolling player. who played through Texas and .followed the United, States array Into .Mexico,'.' ' . For many years Jefferson played ft minor theatres and later In better coro panlea and been me known as a good stock actor. He first became proml- en Banc and Give k . at: Once. : f until, the last few daya in coming to register, . , )..-,. "Thirty days 1s time enough," said Mr. Flelda, "It the voters coma front -the beginning in sufficient numbers. When six months is allowed - for registering, scarcely any of the voters take the trou ble to come to the courthouse until the last few daya, when they coma with a rush. ln order to handle the voters they must be on hand -from the ' beginning of the 'SO daya so as to keep the clerks busy all the time, r It will be an Im mense task at the beat and we wtll keep open the books every week day un til o'clock afnlght. -Two forces must be employed, one for the day and one for the night aa we have to fill in the data after the -voter has given f he informal ttop and signed his name. - Jt Twill . be necessary for -one . feree to work all night .. About K mear will bo required In .this .work." - - i , , fu The direct primary law applies only to tne nomination of candidates Those Who registered last year may vote at the election, but if they participate in the nominations, they .are required first to register their party affiliations. ; .'-- ' Bays n Appllae, ..' ,. W. S. TTRen, of Ortpn Ciiy.'.who was one of the 1 etui era In the campaign- for direct primaries, aald today that there is good legal authority for applying the direct nominating law to tin "Portland city election. He aald; - . "Judge McBrida of the' circuit court in the district including Oregon City, has held such a view and so expressed him self, and Attorney-General Crawford has declared that it appllea to the Portland city election at this time1 The attorney, general held that the tdlneet primary nominating Jaw did not apply to Salem because the charter of that' city prevent ed it but that the Portland charter doea apply, having, a special provision there for." ; - ..'......--'.. Mr. URen has devoted eona1qrable time to tba direct primary law, having bean member of the league that se cured its submission to the people in the 1(04 election. . .. LOUIS OF BATTENBURG I- . WILL VISIT PRESIDENT '; c (Jooraal Special 1m vine.) tondon, Feb. ' 10. Details of ' Prince Louis of Batte.nberg'a proposed visit to America, were made publle today. . He will be conveyed to Newport in October by the cruiser squadron. From New port he will proceed to New Tork and Annapolis. The . prince- topee . to visit President Roosevelt at Waahlngton. Prince Lonlsls the husband it Prin cess Victoria Alberta, daughter, of the Grand Duchess of Heese . and grand daughter of . Queen Victoria. TRAIN JUMPS THE TRACK- ' : FORTYFOUR INJURED (Joeraal Special emee.r-" Peterson, N. J., ' Feb. ' 10. An ' Erie railway train Jumped the track three mllea east of hero this morning, kill ing Mlaa Grace Matthews, a passenger. and injuring others, or whom one, a woman, will die. The train .went-over a 11-foot embankment Most of the aerloualy Injured were taken to Pater son boepttala. : - SI TODAY . ..: ..'-" . . 1 '. . ... ' neot as Asa Trencnard In "Our American Cousin" in 1868.. - . . '.The parts In which Jefferson has be come famoua have been Newman NoggS In "Nicholas Ntckleby." Caleb Plummer In "Cricket on theHearth," Dr. Pangloas In "The Heir at Law,- Bob Acres in The Rival-Dr. OUapod in "The Poor Oentleman" and especially Rip Van Winkle, which be haa played in every important city" la the tlnited States as well sa England and Australia. - - In latter -years Jefferson haa only played a few weeks in each year and a fee favorite parts, retiring-altogether a year ago. ' - --- - He ia aa enthusiastic angler and a painter,, many of bis paintings having attracted., attention. In politic, he - Is for "the -man- and the issue, neither Democrat e .Republican, x . , : . . ;'':''.' : t HA- 1 K.IV IT 711 " . . : 5. . ( ; lix. HoweO, Who WkT Gwendolyn Whistler, Grand Niece of ' '.' Artist.; . ' v-w RICHEST 1 ' fjeoraal "pedal Berries.) ' - i -'Palm Beach. Fla., Feb.. 10. The most notable 'wedding of the winter, season at Palm af each took place today, when Misa Gwendolyn Whistler of Baltimora, a relative of the great Amerloan painter of the earns name, became the bride' of tba Rev. Richard Lewis Howell, known aa the richest clergyman In-the, world. The wedding took place at 1 the winter cottage of the bridegroom , and . waa a function of great brilliance. The guests Included prominent persona from, Balti more, Pittsburg,- Philadelphia, Jackson ville, 8t Augustine and a number of other places. ' " t Dr. Howell la SI years eld, while the MATADOR IS GORED TO DEATH DY BULL ' V.' . i. ? '.. Rafael Arana, Known as Juarana Chkjo the Dare Oevil, . ' . Killed at Jaurez. CAUGHT ON THE' HORNS 1 OF AN AN CRY' ANIMAL Misses the Death Lunge . and It - Rushed About the Ring and ; Tossed Against Walls. . ; ; '.: UJnul aWeial Sarrical)'. '1V ' : El Paso, Tex Feb. JO. Rafael Arana, known in the arena of .Mexican and Spanish ..national .. sporting circle aa "Juarana. Chloo ,' the - daredevil,", today fought his lt bulL There seems, to be particularly unlucky something hang ing over the : Juarea . .ring. t Four men have been injured so seriously as to in capacitate' them from further', duty, in the arena within the last-, few months, two within the last two- week. ' t- -Last Sunday "Cuckoo, one of i the most daring fighters ; In' Mexico, met his fats' with;' broken' leg and an. im mense wound in his aide, '.with several bfokea ribs, ' Today Juarana Chtoo sus tained. Injuria that will end hie life. His leg was broken,, hls'sptne wa frac tured and his side terribly gored. He waa almost disemboweled. - It waa the fifth bull that caused the excitement. Soarcely had Chloo . made the death lunge at the bull.-4.when tbe Infuriated animal deftly "sidestepped. " quickly charged, and caught him. on hla homsi rushing him ,ahoutthe ring. The bull finally- toesed him . against ' tbe adobe wails! - bespatttering , the white Washed surface with ..tne ,b)ood of . the maUdor's body..- . . ATTACKS BY REBELS ON ' FORT MARIPIA REPULSED 1aaBeaBiSBlssssBBases V ' ..T tJearaat Seeelai Service.) " ,' ' IJsbon, Feb. 10. Attacks by rebels on Fort Martpla, In Portuguese South Angola, have been repuled .wth' heavy, losses. The governor has requested re inforcement. - -N 4. ':-: P; . :. - . , wv . 1 t ;. ; - V- - - .; '' : ' " . the PARSON . GIRL OF 17 bride ha not yet reached her eighteenth year. - Dr. Howell'e ' first 'wife was Mis Mary T. Rush-of Pittsburg, and upon her .' death -Dr. Howell Inherited - her large fortune. which" has vastly In creased under-hls management.- A year ago he created a sensation by purchaa ing three of NeW'Tork's trfbst fashion able' apartment houses 'for nearly $5,- 000.000..- .He maintains iflne , homes in Washington, Tlrglnla and Palm Beach, and-has a splondld ateam yacht. Ha Is s son pf . the'- late Andrew, Howell, of Wheellig. .W. 'Vs,-' He has occupied pul plU In 'Tittsbnrg. Philadelphia and sev eral' other cities, but at present is with out a charge. ' .. ". . r - 1 . WRANGLES f TO RECOVER PENNY ; ,. . . I , v. ,. . .... , - ' ' . ". '' " ..... . ' ( '' Millionaire 'Copper 'King ' W.' A. : Clark of Montana Loses ' - HisJTrnper - vi COULD NOT CET: CUM i "4 FROM :A; SLOT MACHINE Dropped 1; Cent, to Get a, Strip ; , and Misses Train to Re-, ! - v cover; It " ' . -' - 1 (Joaraal Speeial Serriot.) " New Tork,, Feb., 20. Senator. W. A. -Clark iOf Montana, copper mine owner and - multimillionaire, missed several subway trains and;-lost hla temper, be cause he refused to be swindled out of one cent by , a chewing-gum slot m2 china.' , .' ' - 1 -While Clark was In the. subway sta tion waiting for 1 the train he decided to get some chewing-gum from a ma chine near, him.- He dropped' a penny Into the machine and pushed the plunger, but no gupscame. He repeated tbe push In gs, but produced no gum.-- .,. "Look here! . .What sort fit business is thlsr the. senator waa beard to say to tbe platform-man. 1 put a cent In there and can't get anything out" - - .-- '' The platfdrm-man aald he had nothing to do with tbe. slot machine. Then the senator went tor where he got a nickel changed Into pennies and de manded back the cent, of whleh the alot machine had beguiled 1 him. Tbe ticket man aald be was not responsible for what Clark had done-with the copper. At thla critical moment another subway employe, came, up, and with hi assist ance Clark was enabled to make the machine give up the piece of gum. Tton the senator made a wild ruah and, caught a train. ' . -- Clark's income la II, 500. 000 more than 111. Ill -a day. about IJt a minute. Her (pent 10 minutes trying to. get -a penny. piece- of. chewing-gum, which .therefore cost him t! to. , r - j .oounrs njuronrnB.' .' - (Jonraal SpeHal "errice. I . . . WsshlngUi'n. D. C "Feb.. .10. - The president today sent to .tbe senate f he nomination of Joseph K. Collin to be postmaster at Moscow, Idaho, iv - - , -'- .s ; ' ; 4 ' " SENATOR Troops Act like Wild Beristshootlng Hen iand Women. COMMISSION APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE STRIKE " '-.''"' -. ; J. ' Smuggled Bombs Seized in Po land rPeace Party Is in As--cendant-i Capon Unfrock- U ed Fight at the Front. , (Joaraal Special Service.) -' Berlin, Feb. 20. A manufacturer' Just returned from Warsaw says conditions in that city are worse than- reported. The last Sunday In ' January,- he says, the Russian soldiers acted like wild beasts against the population. Persona who appeared on tbe streets--were shot down. Not 100 or 400, but 1,000 dead covered tbe battlefield in the center of the city. One third of the victims were women and children.- For day the dead were left on the streets. Tbe slaughter continues daily. Peaceful cltlsens are slain when the Cossacks meet them. - A dangerous feature of the altuatlon ia - the fanatical national spirit which the Poles exhibit. Qermana and' Jewa are attacked, and the windows of houses that ; do not contain crucifixes are broken. German workmen are dismissed unless they fraternise with Poles and promise: to. have their children educated in the Polish' language. - The flame or- revolt , is spreading through all classes' or the' population. According to the newspaper Caas pub lished ia Cracow, numerous executions nave recently taken place in Warsaw. TheCxaa says that 10 wagons removed tne bodies of those executed. . . ,.v " LOOK INTO GRIEVANCES.-; Oounlsio ia jramed to Investigate - , . Strike Peace Party Aseeadant. . - (Jooraal Social Servlea.1 ' ' Bt Petersburg, Feb. -JO.tvM--Bchldle-reaky, president. of the eommlaalon ap pointed by the csar to Inquire Into the grievances or tbe Russian .workmen, has completed arrangements with own ers of factorlea for tbe appointment .of 16 delegates. Workmen are invited to choose a representative for each (00 men. These In turn will elect 40 dele gates to the eommlaalon. It la reported that the peace party haa gained 'the upper hand Id the Rus sian court, eclipsing the hitherto prom inent war-- party. In St Petersburg the strike haa as sumed the form of a lockout, tbe iron works and many other concerns having abut down Indefinitely, throwing 40,000 men out of employment. The cloelng of the Franco-Russian and Putllort works ia embarrassing the government, as both fconoerna are engaged in manu facturing supplies and ammunition for ths.ai-my and navy. At the government owned Nevsky works . alt concessions have been 'granted .tbe men, aa it waa the only way they oould "be held. ' Two newspapers, ""Our Life" and "Our Daya," have been suspended for three months because they-mada no expres sion of sorrow for tbe .murder of the grand duke. . I - BOMBS ARE SEIZED r .- r '.,."77 ;. Smuggled Dynamite Confiscated . en Poliak rronttar Country In Permeat.. St. Petersburg.. Feb. 10. A dianatch from Bydtjanen,- on" tbe Polish frontier. states that --Russian authorities have stopped large, quantities . of bombs which were being emuggled across .the frontier, apparently for anarchists. Many cities and towns are In a con dition of ferment and many officials have been assassinated In southern Russia. - The strike - actuation at Mos cow and Warsaw haa ' .again 'grown menacing, especially in the matter of rail road a, many of which, are entirely tied up. ..... . 1REQUIEMS FOR SERCIUS. f; Sod of- wraad Bake WU1 Be Oivea Teaopofary, Suiial on rharsday. , - (Jeorail Spwlal Serrtre.) St." Petersburg,' Feb. 10 Requiems for the Grand Duke Serglus have been held throughout Russia. . The body of 8er gtus ilea in atate in tbe cathedral at Moscow, in the Klemlln, and will be given) temporary burial Thursday in the cloisters of Caudoff monastery. The only members of the royal family' who will attend the funeral are the Grand Dukes Constantino and Paul and those members already within the walla of tbe Kremlin, Tbe csar and grand dukes fear to travel lest there be a repetition of tbe Moscow tragedy. . .. r - . - The aasaaaln remains silent, and hla Identity baa not yet been established. IMHgent-search, is being made to find the leaders of the terrorists, with a thoroughness and - reientlossness ef JT-ontlauedi on Pag Two,) I Sa V - 1 " - ' Dowager Empress of Russia. J. TURFMAN, 13 DEAD L .-..... v jf . Leader, of Harness Horse Breed . era Leaves a Considera- : ' ble Fortune. , MADE AMERICAN NAGS . . FAMOUS IN EUROPE Bought Mambrino King and Bred r The Abbott and . Many Oth- :- ::-:,r;'v;-ere,;as-;a7nousv'i t'-t' t- ' Jesnnil Special Service.) . Buffalo. N. T Feb. 20. Cicero J. Ham lin, a norseman or vim reputauon aa the breeder of The Abbott, Lord Derby and hundred-other ramoua narneaa horses, died . here thla ' morning' at the age of 84-years. He left a considerable fortune.- ,-. ; .4 ,j "Pa" Hamlin aa he waa popularly known among the noted trotting, horse savants of a -decade-ago waa one of tbe pioneer developers of lhe American har ness horses.,. He waa, an ardent student of the breeding problem and by Judicious mating produced what proved to he the moat noted galaxy of performers that ever appeared on-the American turf. Away back in the early seventies .Mr. Hamlin having acquired a competency In business tut-ned. his attention to the breeding of - light . harness, performers. Llko Senator Stanford1 and many" others that rode this. interesting hobby he com menced at the 'bottom of the ladder and mastered not only the breeding. lines of the various families but studied .'their anatomy and conformation as thorough ly ss waa possible. His first purchases of note were Mambrino Ktng and Almont Jr, It waa a happy selection and from these sprung- the long line of , famous performers that brought honor ' to ..Vil lage farm for 10 consecutive years. . Mambrino. King - was possibly tbe handsomest horse that ever . stood . on Iron. "In 1180. when the French agri cultural- eommlaalon visited thla coun try and' made an exhaustive report ton tbe breeding Industry of this country to their ' government they proclaimed "the king" aa the handsomest horse In the world. ' Thst fact alone gave the American trotters' a world-wide reputa tion and opened a profitable -market for them on the continent. - In 190 Mr, Hamlin employed Ed Gears to handle hla horses, - From, that time on no meeting of the grand circuit materialised - that Mr. Hamlin's,- horses were not welt to the fore, and at. one time or snother. they. won. every stake of Importance in the country. In ItSt.-at Providence, Mr. , Hamlin drove Bell Hamlin and Honest George a mile together in 1:11 14. eclipsing sll other "records by. seveahl seconds up to that date.; -' .-. - V Mr. Hamlin was a thorough Ameri can, kindly and generous, his demise marks the passing of an old school of sportsmen that gave - largely of their time and mean to develop a distinctive breed . of American horse. How well they succeeded the record show.. . ALL CABS t IN : AT t CHINESE Alt the backs In town. aq' enlarged band playing Chinese . dirges,' and a dosen or more paid mourner found em- ployment in Chinatown today. Tbe oc casion waa the funeral of Iee Jong BaUt. merchant.' over whose body . the celestials performed their unlaue. cere monies with all th pomp and circum stance that Chinese wealth oould pro vide. ; . .. ' JsZ; ' -'' The funeral began at 1 o'clock at Ht Alder street where the deceased baa been In, business for a number of yesrs, Beside the usual roast pig an1 chicken; and tbe hundred ether mysterious signs ef a Chinese funeral, the presence of so large a7 number of paid mourners .In dicated that Is Jong Saut'ws art of considerable consequence in his r borboed. They, aurrc ' ' - ' y.H-,-.:v::.--U:-..fv-: Texas Legislature to PsssJ i Law Against Standard i: Oil Combine. BILL INTRODUCED TO i ""REGULATE PIPE TRAFFIC? j Conferences of Operators Held at ' ' - a s. a m ..' ' tusun ana uaiias ior oiaie - , , ' Refinery Oppose . ;' . Land Leases. " : ? -. (Joeraal Special SerrVO . L , Dallas, Texas.' Feb. 20. The Oil issue, is acute" in tbe Texas legislature. The Independent-companies are clamoring fori -legislation to protect them from the ex-j ' tortion of the, business conspiracies ot the' Standard Oil company, - which con-! trola the pipe lines of Texas. There is 1 pending legislation to regulate the pipei llnejs rate of -trafflo in the tntereafof allfi oil producers : In Texas known as the i Decker pipe line bUL . . ' The Standard Oil representatives are opposing the passage of the bill. 1 A conference was held at Auatla last nlghtl and another at Dallas today, at. which the situation was considered. At' last - night's conference, it A-was agreed ' that it the Decker bill or. some measure . approxlmatfiur itm. provisions, . Is..-, not .'. passed, then the friends of the Decker , bill win us Efforts to pass a bill pro viding for. building a state refinery with pipe line "facilities) and the provisions of a bill similar to. those of the new - Kansas law Just signed by Governor Hoch. ,, ".;; i- ..-.;. i.. r . At the conference at Dallas today the matter waa informally discussed. Much sympathy is manifested, with the Deckvr bill. 1 Some IndorsOnUnt waa given the state refinery and pipeline idea, , . .. OPPOSE OIL' LEASES. Kansas-Selegatloa ia C ' to Oppu Indian " ' (Jnnraal Special Berries.) ' 'Topeka. Kan.. Feb. 20. The Oil Pro-. du cars' association haa engaged. Senator Fits Patrick, and Representative Beck man 1 to go to Washington to oppose the trans fer of tbe Foster leaaes in Indian terri tory to the ftiandard Oil company. The Kansas delegation in congress will be -asked to oppose the transfer. , .- . YELLOW SNOW FALLS " "DURING IDAHO STORU1 . N (Speeial Diapateb to" Tbi JearaaXl "' - Troy, Idaho, Feb. 20. The most fori-: ouo storm ever known in this section ' sprang up Tuesday without warning, . the wind blowing terrlOo gale. Th sionn waa accompanied by a phenome nal yellow light, which lasted for sev-, eral minutes, and the snow which fell during .that period was of a yellowish, color, end, on a closer inspection- an-i peered to be mixed with a aulpbur-Uke substance. -At 4 o'clock the town was ! ' enveloped In darkness, which lasted all! night, several buildings were wrecked ! aa a result of the-storm. . . .. -.. , PROFESSIONAL BEGGAR . DIES A MILLIONAIRE! : f'--' '(Jeenal BpeeUt Swvie.') . .' ? New Tork. Feb. 20. Max Fldler of RS Cook street. Brooklyn. Is celebrating the, ' news that he had fallen heir to a large) part of the fortune of 11.000,000 left by; hla uncle, Abraham Fldler. or Nice. France, who died in August last. The uncle, who waa 0' yeare old, waa sup- posed " to have died penniless, having been a professional beggar for years. 80 poor waa he aupposed to be that the-. Russian .cortsul' at Nice used influence to secure for tbe old man a' small pen- slon from the Russian government. TOWN In "weird "garb and chanted In shrill tones tbe grief of the community. Thousand of slips of punched pa per, through the holes ef which the evil spirits crawled., were scattered along the) route taken by the procession, ; At the conclusion of tbe ceremony, the body was taken t. an sadertaklns; establlshment ' to 1 await th departure of the next steamer for Chin. For th dead man left enough enoney to Insure the shipment of his - i bis r tlve empire for di- ' Iee Jong SauV ' known' residents owned the Bang I sldered a man of s 7 1 y-re ef age I " tor over IS ye- a tt f ii F .' "4 1 FUNERAL T