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: aobdMorhlng " m circulation ofItmb J'.'.. 97 UV CONDUCT OF THE CITY Couricflmen in Employ tf; Corporations, Llaypr's Appointees Specifically Charged -With . Incompetency and Carelessness That Have : Led to Scandab . and Financial Lossr; ' i The' county errand jury, yesterday afternodn"'. handed to.Judg iX Cleland its final , report, . therein methods tnat nave been -tn vogue. m:tne past -tnree-jears m-ne -Jiandling orcit busjness. : Both. - panments oi tne muniqipat govemmcnirrcccivc tonucmniio w 7irregularities"of prxedurhichnhe"repolT"declare taxpayers and property owners many thousands of dollars. J The jury examined 150 witnesses, of 'whom 11 were called to testify regarding .the administration 'of city affairs, and regrets that the time allowed for deliberation 'was too brief to permit com pleting the work of investigating findings are such as ,to bring out;cieariy tne incompetency tnat has' characterized the-management of Affairs by the present head '. ofxthc executive. department., -:r The reconimenition is made I , -i making t a crfme ior-any cay omciat wd? partner in nria oi made that afe based ontfie discovery o tavors tnat navy peen granted by. corporation members of the municipal government f orcesr V a;j t ". "tr5- -r' -p-" -"---- r . The. subject matter of the report is divided into six subheads, - and first the Marquam gulch Front street bridge, contract is taken up, the conclusion being reached-that Councilman.O E. Rumelin apptoached and offered a bribe to W. C Elliott, then city engi neer, and that the executive"1 board was guilty of gross irregulari ties in handling this and other contracts. V ; Tn tli mattr of franchises eranted to railway companies, the 1- jury- finds that, after! the . charter, had gone into ettect, tne council away at ridiculously low figures by the,corporations. . : ' 1 South fortlana tins ana political xavors ucaii. uui usmS ; general repair fund are censured, and a number of other phases of municipal government: are presented in a manner tcr constitute a strong commentaryon.tne metnoas tnat nave un m vukuc-: the-4-eportJalf ullsigned by A. J. Fanno, foreman ; Frank B. Higgins, secretary; John Bays, WntrCourtney, Fenumbra Kellcy, C. E: Fotter and T. S.Townsend; follows: ; ... ' ",-" - TEXT OF . RERORT BlG . To th HonorabU A. l rrer. pre- Idlng jud of the circuit court ol the iui ( Onion in and ror toe countr of Multnomah: ' The arand . Jury for tha May term or hla court bna Wave to submit the following-: report: w. hava Kn in dally salon from , tha flrat day of the term up to and m eluding the date oi n 7" except Sundays and June 1, during which : tiro, we have emlnd ISO wltneaaea, of which number 111 were examined ' with reference to the conduct of the " . rr. i th rltv of Portland, end the "7 balance ere examined In ordinary eUte raaea lit which i billa have been returned. It har been the purpose of the Jury to devote moat off Ue lime to the con alderatlon of the affaire of the clty-of Portland, and It la taatter.'Of regret that h. tarm la not a longer one so aa to have permitted us to have com pleted In a thorough manner ion .- -tlgatlon. , . Froat street XmprovemeaV Our attention was first Called to the letting of tha oontract to the Pacific Construction company of California for the construction of the bridge, known as the "Front Street Improvement There were several bids submitted" by contractors for the construction of this bridge, the lowest one being by thafPa clftc Construction company of Washing ton by J. J. Maney, Its manager. This bid was for the sum of H3.121, and waa In strict accordance with the advertise ment for bda. and with the bid aald J. J. Maney depoalted a certificate of deposit on the First Nstlonal bank of i Everett. Washington, payable to the mayor or ina otty or Jfoniano, in ins . aum of 10 per cent of bla bid, condi tioned that If his bid wae eccepted such company would enter into s contract with the city to construct such Im provement for the f rice of s Id bid. After the bids were received and opened they were all referred to the city engi neer, William C. Elliott, by the street . cOmintttee e the executive board of the city, and he wss Instructed, to examine said bids and report If aald bids ware In sccordanca with the advertisements. Jury rrs r "i C" l rre. Pant!'-j t t i ( er;'jeeri-- - - passing severe censure ; on the the -executive and legislative de- the city government, but the that the legislature enact a law had. been.adopted. and beforeit aaoptea iwooruinnt mat kc the valuable street rights utilized ' " ' rT T" RAN DTD DRY had said bids in his hands, and prior to hie report. C. & Rumelin, councilman of the city of Portland, approached said Elliott end, offered him a bribe If he would find aome defect In ' the said Maney bid so that the same might be rejected for such informality; said C. B. Rumelin has been Informed against by the district attorney for this offense. The said Elliott reported to the execu tive board that the Maney bid waa la accordance with the advertlaement and waa the lowest bid, and recommended that tha .contract be awarded him. which the executive board did. . After the con tract ..was awarded to the Paolfie Construction company of Washington J. J. Maney, acting for the con struction company he was . repre senting, assigned and transferred his right and Interest -la and to the -contract to be let to him by reason of said bid to George F. Heusner of the city of Portland, the said Heusner -having assoolsted with him other people, . Sub sequent to such transfer and assignment there waa presented to the executive board of the city a petition purporting to have emanated from J. J. Maney, act ing for the conatruction company that he represented in making hla bid, re questing the executive board to relieve him from his bid upon the aiiegeo ground that he had made a utstske in hia flgurea of aome $4,000, and that be - Jbad failed to figure the diacount on the warrants, Dvuvvmg ai me umi nv owu aald bid that he. could dispose, of the wsrranta et per, which subsequent to the making of said- bid he found he would be -unable todo, Bat Snox Was ireVe Skews, The mistake of 14,00 waa not pointed Out. In aald petition, nor has It been to this grand Jury, though opportunity has been afforded so to do.- PrloV to the filing; of the petition of the said I. J. Maney with the. executive board asking to be relieved from his bid. said George F. Heusner snd his associates had suc ceeded to the Interest of' the Pacific Construction company of California, of which F. M. Butler . wae aacreUry. In the said construction eompanye bid for this .Improvement, which said bid wag tha bid next highest to thst of Maney, and was tn the sum of tM.Sll. so that .(Continued en Pag &lx. P6RTLAW07rORCGON. SUNDAY MORNINO, JUN . ' .. ::' Sir r 4 GoVernor Chamberlain,' Delivering His Address at the Opening of PLOT TO - p Evideneaf nttmrou that bold election. ' - Fraudulent . xeglitratlon has been practiced on a large seals In- the north -end and Illegal - voting wilt un- doubtedly be attempted.--Agents of the liquor dealer and the gamblers who are oehlnd tha candidacy of Mayor 'Wil liams were actively engaged during all the time that registration books were open In registering voters from ths north end. Tramps,, sailors and men from the lumber camps wens taken to the courthouse r- In squads. Many et them have no fixed residence and at the addressee which they gave they are un known. .' Friends of, Dr.' Harry Lane, .the" Cltl- seneXoandidata for mayor, are deter mined to prevent airffaudufent Voting. Watchers and challengere will bo. sta tioned in every precinct. A careful tab ulation of the voters In the north end haa been made and lists have been pre pared ahowing-the registrations believed to be fraudulent. Arrests win oe maae wherever-the facts warrant it "and dep uty sheriffs will aid In protecting ;the ballot from freudsr T-1 . ' An examination of the poll books or the Fourth precinct clearly shows hOw the registration books have been stuffed. In several oases to or t men are registered, s living In a house that con- ORATORIO FEATURE OF - ) -EXPOSITION TODAY 4 '- 44 , . . . i . . , Order of the day at the Lewis 4 and Clark exposition: x 4 1 p. m. Gates 'snd buildings 4 ' open. ;--:"- '3rv f-'- "- " ... I :I0 p. m. uraxono, i in , aies- . w uinh." Auditorium.' " ' 3:30 to 4:30 p. m. Innee band; 4 Agricultural building, if reining. . p. m. Buildings cloke., - . . $ T:0 to :I0 p-. nv Innes band; 4 Auditorium, if raining. ; p. m. Grand electrical llluml- 4 . nation. . 4 11 p. m'.Oates close.; . REVIVE SLING HOLD IN V ! - ARMY RIFLE PRACTICE (SpecUl DUpatch by Leased Wire to Tbe Josrssl) Wsshlngton, D. C June I. Some ta terestlng developments have been made in the practice in Honolulu by the ma rine a. .-"A. majority of the force there has made. 03 per cent or. more In stand ing,' sitting, kneeling and prone post", tlons and in rapid fire. It Is probable that as a rssult of the experiments of Lieutenant Harlee and the practice In the gallery 'of the rifle team at Marine barracks, -Washington,- the- subject of gallery practice will be- revived and will b productive of much value in" Im proving marksmanahlp.' - ' ' Careful experiments In Washington and Honolulu have shown that not only experienced shots but recruits average higher scores when using a peep sight and a aling hold than with a free hand andopen eight. - It has . been -demon-stratMi also that open sight shooting Is Improved by the sllBf hold. - - SOCIETY, MAN IS FINED ' : : . .FOR SNORING IN CHURCH I " SBBBBBaiBSBB-BeBBS a j (SpeeW Olspatek by Leaeed Wire to Tae Josraal) Memphis, Tenn., June 3. Judge Floyd Estill of Hamilton county declared to day that snoring In church Is a. breach of ths pears and assessed a One of 130 sgslnst Charles .'Shubert,- well-known young man of Chattanooga, on a-charge et disturbing publie worships ILLEGAL VOTES IN si: M ELECT w (r All persons who cast votes illegally or attempt to do so on Monday,' June 6,' will be prosecuted vigorously, and close Z watch will be kept to see that in every particular. I wish now to serve notice on the election workers that violation of the statutes in connection .with the ' 1 election will not be tolerated. . f V ' J ' . ," . , .... - - a t - tslns only half a dosen rooms. - Fifty one men are registered as living at 11 H Third street, which Is a seven-room lodging bouse." J.: jr Trimble, the- pro prietor, and his bartender appear to be the only. "voters "in' the list who-live at the house or who have a right to vote. These are the. names registered from this address: ' George Barrett. C. W. BlddlerorAT Blddle, Frank Rlack, M. P. i Cannon, Frederick; Carpenter, Jtmes - Curley, Frederick -Currier, Frank- Curtis, Peter Dale," John Dolen. - Jamea Daley, Oeorge Dawson. Jerry Davis.. Harry Day. Frank Dempsey. ; Arthur Denny, , James Dill, Joseph Dunn. Henry Hanson,- 'Andrew Harris, Charles Harris, ; John Harris, t-ANE-S-AD MIRERS .. CROWD TlrlE ARMORY IV. . ' . . . . 1 ; It-was Jk, meeting. ihe-like. of which seldom has been witnessed In Oregon. It r wss ! an audience with enthusiasm scsrcelyi ever before equaled-In. the state. ' ' ." '. - . ' -.- 'VLanerLane!" yelled the people time and time again. And every time the cry wee raised a hundred, times at least 3,000 people broke forth Into thunders of applause. " - Preparations were made -last night to accommodate 1.(00 persons, for th-.clos-Ing rally. in the-cempaJgn for better gov ernment. - In - view of . the threatening weather," there "were fears- that . many seats would, be empty. . But "when t o'clock came, every chair was filled, the people overflowed into the galleries, and by the time Chairman' R. W. Montague called the. meeting ' to. order gt 8:1 J O'clock.. tOQ bad found seats above atatrs. At every period in the speeches ths audience . stopped the speakers with rounds of eppleusev It seemed necessary only to mention Dr. Harry Lane's name to bring forth a burst of approval that left no doubt that those who were In the great hall bellsved thst . Dr. Lane wss going to be the next mayor of Portland, , OoreTBOT CfeanbeTlaia's Predictloa. . ' "I believe that Dr. Lane will be elected oh Monday.-said Governor Chamberlain, and""when a' voice tn the gallery cried: "Tou bet"!' tbe 3,000 people answered with a burst of applause tltat lasted for mors than five minutes. . . u -..There were decorations of flags and bunting and cut flowers. Mrs. - Rose BIoch-Bauer ssng "Ths Star Spangled Banner" and Mr a. . Walter Reed "Way Down Upon the 8 u wanes River." Both had to respond to encores. Carl Den ton. '..organist at , Trinity .church, was ths accompanist..... . . , . , ti . On the platform sat Governor Cham bsrlaln, Dr. Harry Lsne. Seneter C W. Nottingham, Sheriff Word. District At torney. Manning. Chairman R, W. Mon tague, MUler Murdoch, Dr. B. A. Brown, Cbarlee Pet rain. Earl C. . Bronaugh. H. C Campbell, G. W. Allen. A. F. Fleget, M O. Munly, H. C Comatock. W. G. McPherson, O.' Harry and. others. Senator Nottingham was Introduced as the man of Hon ooiirage, whom for. tune, alwaysfavorer or the brave., had smiled upon in. hla bouts with,, the ma ' ' - IL - till. mi) lim'lli iihJUllWaL. HM the. Portage Rod. Phptograph by MAYOR WILLIAMS THE the election laws are respected JOHN MANNING, v , ... ' District Attorney. - -; Phil 'Harris. Ous Henry. William Her man, James" Hogan, James'Holden.-N. B. . Halmon, . Frank Hatton. F. - Jones, Henry Jones,- Sam Jones, Pat Kearney, Thomaa Keenan, Dan Kinney, Oust Hos ier. 8am Long. John Murphy, George Murray. John O'Dea, Dave Rothschild, Frank Snow, J. J. Trimble, Jamea Watt, John Watson. Frank White. Harry E I White, John williamsr" jonn rwiilis, Samuel Young. .' Forty-nine of these registrations are plainly fraudulent The men. juuned are unknown to Trimble,, proprietor of the house, and the 'men cannot7. be found. Nevertheless It is the. intention to run In. a, vote tomorrow for each name. ; From (,' Larry. " Sullivan's boarding- chine in Portlands Senator Nottingham aald:" .. ' " ' ; ..,- StepubUoaa. 3rn With tans. , ' M1 am a Republican, and, as long as Theodore Roosevelt keeps up. his presf ent.galt.,1 expect -.to. remain one. . But I. am proud tonight -to be one of this great movement for ' better . conditions here in Portland ' ' - . ! He - spoke of - the non-partisan char acter of this ampalgn and declared tnat it waa not a question of party politics. bnt One of civto righteousness that was oonf rontln c -the rewrite -at-tnts timet quoting Mr. 'Rdosevelt, --.when police commissioner of New Tork, he Indorsed the sentiment thaCas long as a munici pal employe apd official discharged his duty,' It made no difference what ' his politics might be. Of Mayor Williams tie' said no "hareh thing, but' believed that it was plain enough for anyone to see 'that matters had not been,, well In the city, administration In -the last three years. ..."- -.,' ' 'If tha north end is suDnortlne Mayor Williams, whom should yor eupportt"' he asked, and some one in the audience answered "Lane', ' And that was the signal for a roar of applause. Then came- Dr Lane, introduced, by Mr. .Montague. As he advanced to the front of the atage. there waa a demon stration that Issted 1U minutes. ' ,L Deals Wlt Ojpoea. -t i have tried to' treat rat dlstm gulnhed opponent with consideration in this contest." said Dr. Lane,- ' but he has not always been quite so thoughtful of my feelings." I renew my former ex pressions of disinclination tef ascribe anything wrongful personally to Judgs Williams.' But there are aome Issues that were raised, not by me, but by the three years of administration by Judge Williams sa mayor, and I ows it to myself aad to the people to force these Issues to the front. . ' ' "I was a member of the charter oobV mission that framed the organle law of this city. That Instrument estab lished the nonpartisan government as one of the Joundstlon principles of the new order of things. It wss plainly r .(Continued - ton rage XUne. . . " 1 'J ': ' if - -v..: ' ) v j KUer Photographic Company. t END house tS are registered. Even If' It be se alliigsniilnfi. It is still extremely improbable tha any number of them are etui in- the city. . Mayor Willlama' supporters, hope for a plurality ror him In the north' end big enough to overcome; the; big vote which the east side will 'give to Lane. Among those conversant with the situa tion It. ia .conceded that Wllliama . hae been losing ground ' steadily . since, hie campaign opened. The attendance at his meetings, has been so disappoint ingly sjmair that. the . program for the last days of the campaign Waa finally abandoned altogether.. Elaborate prep arations hod been made for a closing rally.. to be. held,. last evening,, but. ao much fear was expressed that the mayor -would not have an audience that the meeting was given up. His friends were not-willing to risk another dis play of the publie indifference to hla candidacy. , ... .. The mayor's only-hope , la that party loyalty will hold In line enough Repub licans to elect him. Strong appeals have been made to Republicans to -stand by the party, nominee. Mayor Wllliama was himself a bolter 'In lStO'when he took the stump for General Beebe, - the Independent' candidate - for. -mayor, against D.'SOlls, Cohen, the regular Republican-nominee., -, . i ... . .. ' HOW BETTORS LOST ON LAST-YEAR'S ELECTION .'--' v.. 4 4 - "A- number of bets have oeen 4 mads on Reed at 2 to 1 against -' ' Manning, and on Stott and Word - 4 -f even-money. - ln-the. last- two ' 4 4 days 1 1.300 has been posted at ' 4 Schiller's t cigar' store on Stott 4 against" Word,- and up to mid- e night all but izoo of it had been 4 4 taken. ' Of $1,600 posted at' the . 4 ' Same place on Reed 'against . 4 4 Manning at 3 to 1 all was taken - 4 ' except 1,3S0" Oregonlan, June 4 , l04. r -r ' ; And the next day Manning was iecteo Dy ' s.ge majority , and 4 4 i Word by ;3,374 : 4 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ' ACROSS THE ATLANTIC (Speeta DUpateb by Leased Wire to The Journal) " New Tork, June. 3. -Just before sail ing today. on the Cunard line steamer Campania,' .Chevalier Marconi declared that when he returned to this country in - October next the : world " will see the fulfillment of ' hie ambition, the transmission o? trans-Atlsntto messages by wireless telegraphy. "By that time,'-' ho ssldr-'the power-, ful stations at Cape Breton will have been completed end unless sll my cal culations are . wrong, the feat of ssqd Ing messages -serous ha ocerfn. by my system will have been achieved." " Mr. Marconi saM"that during his trip he expected to pick up the Poldhu sta tion In Wales by Monday evening, when the ship will be about. 300 miles from Sandy Hook and, expected to keep In touch with the Cape. Breton station until Thujeday, when he will be wtthls 100 miles of the Irish coast. ' - " ' ) '" " '-' ..- . nw IBITlt 09 rotATTT.T.aT" '' 'fRpelal Ptapstek te Tks JnersaL) Pendleton, Or., June I, County Bur-, veyor J. W. Kirobrell Is making a new survey of the tBwn of L'matiy. all monuments of the corpers and original survey made In, Hl having been ef faced by the sands. Ail property rights are In conf " 'on, ss none of the monu ments pla: . . li rin:o are left. . GREETS SEA ElaboratCeremonirat: Opening, of Portage Road at Celilo. GOVERNORS SMASH TIE " t - -AND BIG CROWD CHEERS;' Governor Mead "Hits Spike ; af j. First Swinjjjjut Others Show Lack of Practice- Co lumbia Now Open. . (from s. Journal . 8 taf f . . Correspoadeatl Celllo. Or June 3. When the masts of "ceremonies at Celilo removed a bunch of smalt American flags that marked the. place where the last spire or me portage road-wae -to be driven and aub. stituted ,t spike on each side of the Z. rail at noon yesterday, there wss a lull.; In the uproar of the-rowd's enthusiasm- ', as .three governors of states? a United . State senator and several distinguished. clvlitana marchedf orward to drive the all Important apike. Tho huah was hut , momentary, for- tne oneuing soens evoked ahouta of laughter and applause. "Governo'" Chamberlain- of - Oregois- cams to bat first - Wlth.no Intent to Imitate the immortal Casey, be wore a look Of confidence. : Swinging the heavy J-:- sledge. be hit at The spike once, twice ana then again then paused, looked about mllrd Thft spike remained un- The spine remain a b ruined, but there wereeepThaeTna tions in the tie. The governor, hoping the cheering crowd would believe he had struck, the spike; sighed and turned to go. , But they guyed. him. and he gripped, the eledge handle again and attacked th spike viciously, hitting it once in threi successive blows. That one blow satis fled everybody, and the governor of Oregon gave place to the chief execu tive of Washington." ' ... :... ' Ksad WUm Spike. Governor Mead went into action vig orously, -and with, a well-directed snd tremendous blow he hit the eplko Quarely. The crowd 'yelled. Spurred to win. further glory, the governor of Washington threw hia whole aoul into four more blows, all of which missed -the spike and hit tha tie with resound ing whacks. He retired, in good order. Governor Gooding of Idaho had not looked on without profiting by the ex periences of his predecessors. He de liberately grasped the sledge handle, as sumed a crouching position ovsr tbj.. spike, and hammered it at' short range. The plaudlta of .a thouaand people rr- . warded his sagacity, and . be... stepped " back with a smile of triumph. "Hip, hip, hurrah!" yelled an Idaho man in a linen duster, perched high on the cannery platform,.- and the Lewlstoa delegation added a tiger. ... t jrsybnrn Btspondsd. - - rr man, and responded leisurely to the call of his name. , He delivered half a dosen blows, and landed two. Senator Clark ef , ' Wyoming waa pressed into service un expectedly, he said, and was entirely un prepared. "However, you can't beat me at this game," be. remarked, and-turning-the flat aide to the spike he lammed It unmercifully! .. three or four times. President -Wheelwright of the Portland chamber of commerce adopted the tac tics of the governor of Idaho with; equal success. J. N. Teal of Portland took an- ' fair advantage. It was claimed, by golns; to Celilo several hours ahedd Of the delegation and . practicing with - the -sledge.. He gave a, .spirited performance, -delivering his blows with such! accu racy that he landed Three out of 'aevenr There being still half a length of spike Xo be driven. Judge Mariner of Btaloclc waa. called to the front. He drove the spike home .in four blows. J, Bay of lgaiftoanee. From the moment when the steamer Mountain Oem at t a. mrounded grace-'".' fully to the Celilo pier and was -met by the portage train, steaming down to con nect with Its first -boat, the day at Collin was filled with significance." Fully' 1,000 people were in attendance. . SThey gath ered from every river point and from many Inland districts In a radius of aev eral hundred miles around Celilo. The' Mountain Gera brought about ISO men ' from Lewlston, Clsrkston and tha regtonv alohg the Snake river. Spokane was rep resented by a delegation frrnn Ms chum- her of commerce, headed by President G. B. Dennis. -The Dalles sent a train- load.' -There were many from- Arlington, gnd points In Umatilla. Morrow, Gllllani and . Sherman" oounthw on-- the Oregon - side, and from towns far up the Colum- . bla river In Washington sll full of en thusiasm for the cause. of the portage road and the open river to the sea. ' Pictures aeemred. The Portland special train,' tendered by the officials of the Oregon. Railroad . Navigation company, mads a -f t run to Celilo, arriving on schedule time at - 11:30 o'clock. The train consisted of three roaches, a baggage car, carrying s, big plcnlo lunch provided by the Port, land cbemher of romnieros, snd the private cars ef tjonrnl Mjumrr J. 1". O'Brlon snd Ovneral upr intend'-' . Buckley. 4io.vrnors Chamber )h ' i ' Orkgjn, Moad of Vt'HshlrrKn 1 ' Ing or loani, wnn mr t i Cont:juI C i :