The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, November 18, 1905, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextC LAI i). lllLl.i Much Higher' in Multnomah County Jhan Anjfwhere Else, Say Attorneys. f ' .! . T PARENTLY. TRYING TO -DISCOURAGE EXTENSION J u go Fenton 'DeclaW That ; While Personal Property Taxes Nearly Alwy Hw Been Reduced, Rail road , Valuation Art Advanced. ' j r . P&alJ Multnomah county assee rail road right ' of way. track and' rolling stock at 120,000 a roll, when Washing tons average la but I1.0M, and Idahfc'a $i".000 for th sata and depot grounds also, and tha average .throughout tha ret of thla state only about 110.000 a mile .Tor tha railway systems crossing it? . - : . ; Does Portland want te reciprocst the recent expressions of .jgood will and sasursnces, 'of cooperation given y two or threa of the largest railway systems of (ho country "by. Placing assessment valuations higher. by far than they are 1n Iowa and Kansaa. where earning are two and three 4imjea'aa'grat: thereby Impressing . the heavy -capitallata who have Juat turned here with the thought that .a hostile -sentiment- pecvadea . tha community? V '" '"',' Y' " Theae' questions -were naked ! Mjilt nnmah'a county court thla morning, Bit ting an equalisation board. Three of the a West men of tha Northern Pacific O. R. A N. and tha SouthernPacific svgtems propounded them. " With each question waa preaanted an array of facta which seemed to show that the - railroads entering Portland were re - cetvtng unfair-treatment.-Woven around and through the logic of tha altuatlon --a one of - tha trongeat . atstement ever, made in behalf of railway com puniea In the northwest, which cams from tho Upr of Judge W. D. Fenton. appearing; for, Southern Pacific and - Oregon ar California hrtereste. - ToroefulAjTTlmena, What Judge Fenton's speech failed to WOnvey waa found In tha tabulated data and brlefff remarks preaented by Mr. Sedgewlck. attorney for tha Northern Pacific, and J. W. Morrow, land agent and right-of-way man for tha O. R. N. ar em. ... " - . .' , " ' These men said they aaked only, a fair assessment, 'but hoped that popular clamor would not influence tha board to he unfair. They ahowed what assess ments were being made for- In other states, preaented flguree of the" earn ings, reviewed the part railways play in community development and tha mora - - immediate rrcstupoee Portland has Judga Kenton spoke primarily, for tha . South ern Pacific interests, but his argument embraced the railroad situation tn gen eral. His statement -waa the most In- t lructtv regarding "condition governing ih- flnnthem Pacific and aflltoted con cerns thaVTiaseverUum pieseuted here, as he frankly aald that tha company 'was perfectly willing to pay -on-a, fair .,itahie hnnla. and he did not hesi tate to place before tha county coraml- f loners all facts tnst wouia mia in .ernlng them to render a Juat decision. 4 Decision, Monday. r.i.-n all that waa said closest at' tentlon. and often Interrogating tha learned attorneya, Judge Webster and Commissioners Lightner and Barneg up held tho county's interests, while -A-eeswor Slgler. whose valuation were tha subject of . scrutiny, waa also a moat ardent auditor. When. all had been said adjournment was. taken untir Monday, by which time a decision la expected, .as all that could bo aald for tha comr . t,n,, k,,n nreaentad.' ' Attorney Sedgewlck opkned ' proeeed . i - iwhaif of tha Northern Pacific He saked why a raisa of $17,000 on tha right of way and -track of his company from Goble totnis cny nap ::K03 APPOKITS BOARD to EXAr.Ti::E plu:.;eers Old Examiner Had Resigned and Several Workmen Are Seek ing Licenses to Ply Trad.'). , ;. . Mayor' Lan yesterday appointed a new board of examiner for plumber, consisting of Alec Mulrhead and Robert Glllan, representing - the master plumbers, and William Oower. repre senting tha Journeymen. . William Hey, , plumbing inspector, alao 1 a member of ; the board. x For two months past there ha been no board of examiners. The old mem bers resigned one by one and Mayor Lane made no attempt to appoint their successors until tho controversy over the office of plumbing Inspector hould be decided by the court. -. Recently a number of plumber hav f coram to the etty and desired to jppen ; shops, but-ware prevented because they bad no way of securing a ltoenao . The mayor decided to appoint a board of ex aminers, after securing legal advice. It is rumored about the dity hall that th contest for the - offic will . be 'dropped by Thomas. E Hulma, who was miatd bv Mayor Lane. Time after ' time the ease was to have been eettledJ but each time Hulme's attorneys navs . . ' Btieoaeded In having the natter . poat poned. r " In the meantime the salary Of Wit Hum Hey, Mayor Lane s appointee, has . lwen withheld by the city council, and Mayor Lane haa refused to audit the eolary of Hulme. ', : . prints taig-ktly Bart. AVI II lam Behr, a printer, wa slightly ; Injured- this morning whlla riding Into town on a crowded Montavllla car. at 'the Intersection of Ornnd avenue and Knt Ankeny street. Behr waa standing n tha rear steps of . the car, and a It awung around the comer hla foot waa cHiight between the atep -and a aand Hin that wae driving by. It wa only a flesh wound, however, and the victim ,,f ih accident waa able to walk after ward. His injury was dreased by Dr. .v V. Pant6n at Good Samaritan hospi- ml. T :nt f.'r-Iect Yocr KI Jneys i.r ihr will --n aiKtrrmlne tmr h.alth. Tknaa i -k. -h-.. n.na t. Spota lfore ymtr yt ,,i ih a-nrr.! worn -on t rrnns lo .... ...mM.r ar mini mtmnm atf K Idner Trouble, ! ,, t af"T rtftf th. hlmxl. hnlld . ,, hruik-a .H of the Kl'iaer. remoTlnf , . an4 tn PB una It. ooia a" p f, g, fin Jrn"ia-ta, 1S1 , . .. . .., i.u.i lu.-oA.Ca. THE A S S ES S LI E f IT OF IS and why tha rolling atock had been placed at U.000 a mile of tha line, as against an assessment of 15.800 per mils for tha .former and 11,011 par wile for tha latter, on tha 1904 assessment roll. In each Instance tha Increase had been to per cent, which was understood to correspond Wln general i- other eitv nrooerty. but Mr. Sedgewlck held that railroad earnings and condl-4 Hons did not warrant It application i hla company.; - 4 Bemings Fraetleally aTormaL ' . , H continued, ahowlng the tounty offi cials thst the road from Ooble waa eaally constructed, earnlnga thla year were practically normal deaplte the heavy trafflo of the Lewla and. Clark fair, and that there was no baala for auch an Increase in assessment, save on the assumption that former values had been but a third of the real worth of the property, which conclusion he combated. Mr. Sedgewlck also, urgeo tha officials not to forget ma era or promise and tha nope of great thlnga which waa dawning for tha city, and felt that tha flrat Important movement should not be met by action which had all tha earmarks of strong discrimina tion in Multnomah county. --'-Mr. Bedaewtck aald that of tha aaven states through which his line runs, th only increase , made last year anywhere was 1600 a mile for the right of way and track croaalng Idaho, which left the total assessment In that state against track, rolling stock and depot properly but ,000. ' " v : . . ' Bays : Assessor Is sTiga. J.-W. Morrow aald he waa unable te aaeortain . noon what Mr. Slgler. had acted when Increeslng the assessment of right of way and track or nis company In Multnomah county-to $17,000, and raising rolling stock to $$.000. After a general argument on this aspect of the case, Mr. Morrow directed especial at tention to the notea and accounts assess ment of the county: Th fact that th assessment of 10I showed about $0,000,000 and thla year tha aaaeeaor baa rated notea and ao counta for Multnomah at $9,871,440 I perfectly absurd." . ha aald. "Just to show that this Is erroneous and that a full asseaament of personal property ha not been made here, a 1 advanced when Justifying our asaessment, I have looked Into th county records for a few-year back aid find $11.TD,000 mortgsge notes alone en file there. It waa for only a comparatively short time that tha rec ords were examined, and no doubt th total would be vastly lnoreased by fur ther research, . ' Straagv Slaorlmlaatloa. "Here we find the aaaosaor Is nearly $2,000,000 below, what the record a Wor a few year shotl. In addition to these accounts, there la all of tha money In the city, which would certainly go above $1U00,000.. The. fact ia that there la not to exceed 19 per cent of the per aonal property of Multnomah county that appears uponhe-'w-eo -today. Take the merchants' stocks. Iat 1901 It was $1 5.000,00,- Whereas It I - only $14,000,000 this year. During, all of the years It showa a decrease except 4n--l0Irwheit there waa-aw incraaae," . . This line of argument waa to prove lhaplojialjroperJyipOhecHyjraf not being assessed at Its real value. . Alwaya Kit ha Ballvaada. ' "At thla Juncture Mr. Fenton took up' the argument to ahow that for many yea re past, when total valuations of other property were being reduced throughout the state, until the present year, constant raise waa being made on railway- poaseaslona. Becaueof this fact ha aald It wss Inequitable to raise arbitrarily the railroads 200 per cent, a they had constantly been kept at a higher proportionate rate. He produced figures ahowlng that for a given period the average valuation of atata property went down 40 per cent, while the rail roada .were being Increased almost an nually. ' i ' He delivered a long argument, replet with data and figures, and spoke from the viewpoint of a resident of , Port land, making many statementa regarding Important railroad work which had not been preaentsd before. . ( REIS WALKS FORTH A FREE ' HAII at dalles id. Man Accused of Murder of James Foss Declared Innocent by Jury. ' (gpedal Dispatch te Tae JoeinaL) '. The Dallea, Or., Nov. It. Not guilty waa the verdict of the Jury In the caae of Frank Bel; on trial for tb murder of James E. . Fose near Mount - Hood postofflce On the evening of May 11, Rela walked out of th courtroom a free man at $ p. m. yesterday happy, ae th verdict was" what.'he expected all the time. More than SO of hi friend In th Hxd Rlvr valley took th aUnd and teatlfled In hla favor, and all ex pected a verdict .of. not guilty. . Mucn reWiirinv and handshskina was In evi dence after the Jury made their verdict known.',- - ,.-t . i "rfe - . At 1:0 n, m. the tate finished It closing argument snd Judge . Bradahaw Inatructed the jury " oring in arm of four verdicts murder In the first degree.' murder in the second degree, manslaughter. or. acqulttal--and -at :16 p. m. the Jurymen, in single file, went tothe.Javyroom. - , - - ' Tn nna hoarand It minute th uy returned to the courtroom and announced thel. verdict. .- - - During - the . three days occupied . oy thla trUI Frank Rel haa aat In th courtroom beside hi aged mother, no officer- accompanied him to and from. tha celL he had no deal re to escape and haa been a model prisoner. At no time during the trial aid ne show any -eigne of weakness; he kept his eyes on the Jury and the attorneys for -tha prosecution, and when called to the wltnesa etand he waa, taerhapa, cooler than any of the atate'a wltnesaea. Hew the fact remains, if Frank Rela did not kill James Foss snd bum tha eabln afterward, who dldf The district attorney will not probe the matter,, any further. - '.'-. ' Rela. when asked last night what hla Intentions were for the future, asld: "I am going home to live with my mother end brothers j'"w wilt g down ta Hood River on the boat In the morn ing. Further than that I have nothing to eay." He again expressed hi pleasure at be ing acquitted, and said the jury had aurely rendered a Just verdict ' . . i ii 1 1 i Seepesa Appeal ' (Special Utoimtcs ta Th. Joarnal.l Olympla. Wash.. Nov. II. The Jewish resident ofOlympla are raising a purse to assist the Jewish people In Rossla In response to an appeal received from a 6 unfair rorilaod rgsnlaatlon, , , , . OREGON . DAILY JOURNAL. DllHluPlliiilT OVER Yala Dafeata V Princeton to tha - . Tune of Twenty-Three s -to" Four. : BLEACHERS COLLAPSE ' . AT MICHIGAN GAME Hundred of Spectator fall at Ann Arbor Reported Nobody' I Se rioualy Hurt Dtrtmouth Tie ' Htnrard.'. V (Joaraal pedal Berrlea-t . . Nw Haven. Conn., Nov. 18. A great crowd came Into town early to a' the annual , ' Tale-Prlnceto game, Th weather was bright, warm and pleasant . r spectators; too high a temperature for the comfort of the player. , . Thirty-eight thousand swarmed, ; the Tale field when, the game waa called. The wind was strong enough to. give a big advantage to the side choosing th south goal to attack. Coaches rep resenting an the big tean were pres ent and doxens of old players led the rooters. : The last wagers before the klckoff were al to 5 in favor of Tale. Princeton" won the toss and took -the north goal. .ForbCa of Tale made th flrat touahdown and Hutchinson kicked goal. At the end of the flrat half th score stood Tale , Princeton' . ' In th second - half - Princeton,' after making a placed. kick, -went to. piece and ale scored at will, final score, be ing Tsle J$, Princeton 4. ' At Ann Arbor Af the beginning bf the second half, a section of tha bleach, ers collapsed, hundreds of spectator falling. Playera and coachea gave prompt aid. It Is reported that nobody wss seriously hurt. . At the end or ine f I rt h?. 1 f jhejeore a tood JM lchlgaa Wisconsin . -" T. Ai Cambridge, "first half Tale fresh men 10, .Harvard " freshmen"" 0, -'Teddy Roosevelt la playing with Harvard.. - , Final Harvard . Dartmouth . . First half Cornell . , Columbia $. lULlBERLlEN INDORSE ACTIOII OF ROOSEVELT" Southwestern Association Holds ' Regular Monthly Meet at - - i i ICentralia. - (Special DtosaTdOoTkaTooriT.J 1 Centra 1 la-Wah.. Nov. J. The regu lar monthly meeting of the Southwest ern Lumbermen's association waa held here, at the Hotel Cenfralla last night ith a number of prominent lumber men and visitor from the surrounding eoun- try Tn arrsndancs; A-nomber of import' ant matters were dlscusaed.. .-' J - W. C Albee,. superintendent oft the Northern Pacific railway, addreaaed the meeting relative to the car altuatlon. but had ne very encouraging report to make, especially relative to care pouted via Billings, but thought tne altuatlon a little brighter for other routing. A resolution was introduced ny fiarry McCormlcM Indorsing the railroad rate plan of President Roosevelt which wa unanimously carried. The price list wsa not changed. Th beat of feeling prevailed. ' : , - . ALLEGED BLACKMAILERS WORKED IN PORTLAND Chicago, Nov. 1.. McSwaln and Cole. the altered Armour beef trust black mailers, ar said to have been partners In a mall order tailor business In Port land after leaving the employ of the Armour company. 1 McSwaln and Cole were arrested here yesterday on a charge of attempting to extort 140,000 from J. Ogden Armour on a threat of turning Incriminating letters, taken from Armour's office, over to the beef trust Investigating commit- tee. ' '', ' aTalooaeep "JTlaed. '; When Acting Detectives Kay and Jones went to the saloon of Jacob Unger, the Castle, located on Washington street, near Park atreet. lsst night, they found Charles O. Lughary and Mrs. B. Mead In a rear room. A statutory charge, waa placed agalnat them. Tha woman 'wa sent to Jail for. 1 day by Judge Cam eron and her companion was fined 110. Unger waa fined 125 for allowing die orderly women around hie place and 125 for permitting 'the statute to be broken in nis aaioon oy tne Diners. . ; : K ' i Arnold Still Mlsslag. The police are trying to locate Wll Itanu Arnold, who conducted a dance hall at -Twenty-seventh and ' Thurman streets.. . He . disappeared a few days sgo, shortly sfter his establishment wss closed " by the police, and Albert Croll. living at 474 North -Twenty-third street, accuses him of eloping with his 17-year-old daughter, Lime. . , . , : Wheelwright Coming Some... W. D. Wheelwright, president of the Portland chamber of commerce! aalled from ' Europe yesterday for home. He will arrive In New York's -week from today and la expected to return to Portland about' December I. He haa spent a month or six weeks visiting points of interest in France and Eng. Iland. v j -,y .-1.. r Tnmwater Men rued. 1 Olrmola, Waah4 Nov. II. W. , H. Turner and' 8. Height, two prominent clttsena of Tumwater. were fined lio and costs each yesterday for violating the stats fishing laws. -Both defendants were caught spearing dog-salmon In Pertvel's creek, west of the city, and throwing them upon the banks to rot. The arrest waa made, ny rranx moss man, county gams warden. e wi mi i ' o'els Small Baaaagea. .' A Jufy In. Judge Cleland a court thla morning returned a verdict for $400 damagee for' Robert Wstke, who eued the O. R. ft N. for ll,00-en account of being forced from a train ona day laat summer. It was claimed by the oom-r pany's officials that Watke waa riding on a acalpers ticket. . arleoom ataUa for Some. Toklo, Nov. - II. American Minister Qrl acorn will leave Yokohama tomorrow on the ateamer Manchuria, due In Ban Francisco, December I. - atrs. fcaaabeosi XO. Mra. N. H. Lambson, state commander of tha L. O. T. M . Is seriously 111 at the Nortft raolfle sanatorlun. BE PORTLAND. SATURDAY AFTER SUSPICIOUS Chief Gritzmacher Issues Orders to Patrolmen to Be More Alert In Future. ATTEMPTED HOLDUP . ON SEVENTH STREET C. R. Kauffman Run WheneHigh .waymea Tell Him tp Throw Up " HU ' Hand Detectives Fail to ' Find Clue. . Prastlc ' measuree hav been decided on by the police In dealing with all suspicious . characters found ' loafing around the city by day or night. An order waa Issued by Chief rltsmacher this morning notifying the patrolmen that they have not ahown the attention to duty in thla regard .which la espe cially desirable and telling them that they must be more on the alert. - at 1 necesssry for the publle peace and aafety," .reads ths order, 'that offi cera give closer attention to Suspicious characters out at late hours. A laxity In this direction Is very noticeable, and the offlcera ehould make It their busi ness to .Investigate every suspicious person seen on their beats.. In that way many depredationa might be averted.' The order ta due mainly to fin attempt made-last night to hold up-C R. Kauff man on Seventh street, between Colum bta-and Clay streets, Two masked men stepped out ' from behind 'a tree and ordered him to throw Up hla hands. One. .h waa abort-end -heavy-act, carried a nickeled revolver. Kauffman. took to pjg 'heels and was chased for a halt hinek Nn shots were fired. - The Incident wae reported to the police ea aoon as Kauffman reaonea nis noma, in Reventh street, and Acting Detect ives Kay and -Jones -were detailed .to look for the highwaymen by . Captain uira Thev found no clue. ' I- In the chiere order- me jiroinw r requested to study more carefully In future the- police manual, which con tains rules for their guidance. On the toure of Inspection of Inspector Bruin he haa noticed a number of Instances la which the rules were violated. Vlo laMnns of the rules, after the warning has been given, arlll be louowea ey pu nitive measures. ,. '.. . ; . ACCIDENTALLY. KILLED' WHILE CLEANING GUN ' -, i ; !: S (Rpeclal Ptap.tr te Tke Joaraal.) ' ' T-wl.ton Ida.. Nov. 1. While clean ing' a shotgun supposed to be unloaded, I- Faller. a wealthy bachelor living four miles from Jullaetta. had hla head prac-i ttoaHy blown eff Hy-an-explplon,Th fatal accident occurred at s-ocioca ventnaJ . A roung man named Albert Jundelaa waa In an adjoining room and the only one near the scene or tne acci dent. Coroner Yasser will hold an ta- ntiM tfldav. ..a Ann h.. mm mUHvm In: mis section.' He had been uatng me gun ounnj- m afternoon. It la not thought he com mitted suicide. . .: ' -. - ; ; FIANCEE AWAITS NEWS 4 . -THAT MAY NEVER COME (Rpeclal Wpat teTbe Journal) ' Victoria. B. C Nov. II. All hope for tha aeallna schooner Fawn. Captain Ol- aon, haa disappeared. ' She had a white crew of six and an Indian crew of II. Other schooners which left Bering sea at the same time encountered a severe storm n,the way down and it la ex pected the Fawn waa lost In the atorm. Bhe had about ox sums ana is ine omy schooner that haa not returned. Tne fiancee of Captain Olson la In New York awaiting news of the Fawn. She was on her way from Sweden to Victoria to wed Olson on tbs return of ine schooner. '(. .'- '; '. KLAMATH ASSESSMENT ; ; SHOWS BIG INCREASE -Sale . fir, Now ,1I-.T of the sssessment roll for Klamath county, which waa filed yesterday with the secretary of atate, shows that the total value of taxable property la th county Is II. 171.181. -This la an in crease of 1711,101. - The (valuation for each ef the three years preceding this aaaessment roll for was ss follows: loi. n.itt.isi; iui, 1,744,111; l04, 11,11.171. ' This year's summary shows that there are 11,017. acres or tuiaDis tano ami 101.410 acres which are at preaent non tillable. . . ' - :.. STEPS FROM CAR AND s : : FALLS FIFTY FEET ' Dallas. Or Nov.-1 l.A, U Lewia. a brakeman on a freight train running be tween Portland and Dallas, was severely Injured her late laat night. Lewis la a new man on the run and upon arrival here the caboose stopped over a gulch. Lewta stepped off the oar not knowing It waa suspended in the sir.' and dropped 10 feet below to the ground.- Hla In jurlea are' not thought to be serious, insisting of bad brulaes. - atreta ateloom old.';'' '':; W. S. BchlmplTs bid of ,000 for the Krats cafe has been accepted as the purchase price for the saloon, and Pre sldlng Judge Fraaer this morning signed an order oonflrmlng the sale. - R. I Sahln, receiver of the holdings of Au gust Krats. reported that there had been no bids received for the Tavern. Bids for this resort will be advertised for; , NOT A CHICKEN OR WATERMELON IN HOUSE e . C.- It- Graves, a- negrv: waa e haled ' before Chief Grltimacher 4, by hi wife yeateTday, aha claim-"' 4 Ing that he did not provide for her properly. A detective waa :aent to her houa,- l7 Mallory avenue, to Investigate. He re ft, ported discovering the following. articles of food In the house: " Flouf,' eornmeal, . rice, rferl barley, sugar, bacon, a large beef Bteak, -a sack of beans, a :aack of -potatoes, cabbage, aauer " kraut, condensed milk., spices.; e coffee,' tea, a kettle of 'tumlpe and a pumpkla The woodshed d waa filled with wood. r g ... I guess this woman .la In no 4 ' Immediate danger of starving,' remarked tha chief. , CIIAIiHGIEtlS EVENING. NOVEMEER 13. SEA LEVEL CALV.LFORPflHJinAFAUfli.ED BY CflllSULTIi'lG EflGIUEERS . ; .... .. 'v.'-"' World'! Cfeatest. Experts, After Weighty Consideration, Decide on DeeprSea Canal as Most Satisfactory, Though More Ex- ' 1 . pgnsive and Slower In Construction.1 - - -'- (Joaraal Soedal gsnlae.l '. waahlnaton. Nov. H. Ttie hoard of consulting engineers todsy declared In favor of a sea level canal.- A'long ana careful study preceded the declaration. Membera of the board have tne greai- eat reputation of any In their profession. France. Holland and Germany sent engi neer who aay that the sea level canal will cost mora and take longer to build. but will ultimately be of greater use. because It will allow ships to maae much shorter tripe than If they had to go through several locks. The official statement will not be made until the report reachea the preal aent, probably In January. . The announcement may causs irai changes in the plans of the administra gigantic tu:;;;el to open . ALASKA niE . Work Begins on Huge Undertak ing in Silver Bow Basin ! av Near Juneau. , -1 -' '.-,;, s i , ' , . .' (Joaraal gpeeial Berries.) " ' 1 Juneau. Alaska, Nov. II. Colonel W. J.: Sutherland of London, president of the : Alaska .Perseverance Mining com pany,. cabled authority late yesterday to start work on a tunnel In the BJlvex flow basin. 10,O00;feet long, tapping the property 1.500 feet below the apex of the lode. Work starts Monday followed by the Installing ef the brand of hy draulic drill similar to those used In the Slmplon Italian tunnel. rThe aurt will be made on the Channel beach, one mile below Juneau, and work finished In three years. The tunnel will cost 11,000, 000 and expert say It will prove one of the greateat mines In the world.- A SOO-stamp mill is now under construc tion, and mora will he added when the tunnel la flnlhed. , . '. '..: . ' )... ; LITTLE MORE THAN HALF AN INCH OF RAIN SO FAR : , W-.V ,:' - . Up to noon today the precipitation' at Portland since the present rain started amounted to .11 of an Inch. At. i o'clock this .morning . the rainfall - at Salem measured .1 and at Albany .11 of an Inoh. - The ground was-dry and It Is believed that the' most of: th ratn sunk into the soft If this is. true. Dis trict .Forecaster Beats says Uutt It will have little effect on the atage of the river. . , . Bhowere are - scheduled for tonight and tomorrow for the western part of th-mtrlol-fcria If la thonaTir that M will aoon be the meanaof raising the Willamette and tta tributaries to a gooo hnntlnr ataaa. -. ' ' The 72-mlle gale experienced at the mouth of the Columbia yesterday grad ually subsided;-there waa a eoutnweet wind blowing at tha rate of II miles an hour at I o'clock thla morning. So far as known the Jetty waa not damaged, but all work on - the structure had to be suspended. - It Is the Intention to re sume operations again Monday morning. The bar 1 thlctc and tne snips anown to be on 'the outside 1 have not been sighted for the past two daya. It ia supposed that they have been blown to the north and will not get back for a day or two. -"--'.',v"'v MONTANA FAVORS RATE POLICY OF ROOSEVELT (Special Dispatch' to The Joaraal.)' " ' ii.i.r,. unnr. Nov. 11. At a largely attended and anthuaiaatle meeting of representative cltliena held In the rooms of the Helena Business Men's associa tion last night resolutions were adopted ealllnv unon members of the Montana delegation In congress to support Preel- m . ki. mtmnA nn railroad ;:rA"T-r.;-,,w., Iforccm'v'.nt.heOn .in In lha atvia kf ii i thla ritv to be attended oy repreaenUtlvea of every section of the state to organise a state railway league and to urge a special session of the legislature to enact a railroad warehouse commission law. and a committee waa appointed to confer with like committees to be named in every muuij ui state for the purpoee of making a de mand upon the railroads to make a re duction In freight rates. Many speeches were made, the con Bsnauf of opinion' balng that exorbitant rates are being charged Montana con sumers snd shippers, snd the sentiment waa that tha railroads would themselves be gainers through the upbuilding of the state by reducing rates to a reason able baala. . ; -, .. -. -. - .- - ONTARIO MUNICIPAL 'CONTEST GROWS WARM ' (Special Diapatck to' The Joaraal.) -Ontario., Or.. Nov II. The Ontario municipal contest la beginning to warm up. There will be at least two tickets 1n th field. The election will take place the first Monday In December. A mayor, three councllmen and a city treaaurer are to be elected. The Citisena' ticket which was recently nominated at a mass meeting Is headed by Mayor J. A. Lackey, who waa renominated. For councllmen the following were chosen: John landlngham, William Plughoff and Con Ryan. Treasurer C A. Martin was renominated. . i . " - " An lndeoendent ticket ha been nomi nated and will b filed, with the city recorder, For -mayor. Judge W. i t, Clement t councllmen. - Ward Cauf leld. Dr. Q. A. Powae and . B. Long; treaa urer, T. T. Kahant. PENDLETON POKER PLAYERS ARE FINED nul.t ril.rv.t-a Ia en.a Jaaraal.k' Pendleton, Or..-Nov. ll The men who were arrested In this Tlty yester day on the charge of. gambling were fined by Judge Fltsgerald last evening aa ftOlowi : Charles 1'reaby who-ran the game.i I2S and coats; Andy Rothloek, Frank Kelaay, Joa Bearbaum and Steve Nobles,- 110- eaoh. .Charles Presby and Andy Rothloek were unabla to psy the fine endi-were placed In the city Jail.. -Marshal Coffman became - auspicious that a poker game was In progress over the HaJnle-saloon consequently he en tered tha building through the reer door and, with the other, of fleers, made his way to the room overhead. In th gambling table drawer the marshal fnund money amounting In all to about S00. 1803. tion, which has all along favored a lock canal. A number of American engineers on the consulting board favored the lock canal, but the great mass of opin ion waa 'la favor of the other etyle. In a way the decision Is an Indorse ment of the pUns of former Chief En gineer J. F. Wallace, who was always an advocate of the aea-level plan, which did not find favor In Secretary Taft's eyes. What action will be taken by the ad ministration is still a matter of ques tion. The president is anxious for Work to be rushed on the big ditch and wanta to make a showing in construction, and whether he will follow the advice of the foreign experts Is still a matter of question. -t ". ' ' . ' ". KEXT IIIG COuGRESS TO BE HEID lil OEliVER Page Brothers Win World Cham ' pionship and Purse In Drill- v IngXontest. , '. i (Joaraal -Special ierlee.) - , El Paso, Tex, Nov. II. Phoenix. Arl ona, waa selected aa the next meeting place of the American mining congress yesterday. - This morning-the congress decided to reconsider the 'ballot. Offi cers of 'the association, 'backed by A strong contingent, favored Denver as the permanent - home of the congress, and President Richards satd - if it did -not go to Denver, many well laid - plans would be. frustrated. . Finally.-when the motion waa put. Phoenix i lost,- and the matter waa left In the handa of the board of directors, wno probably will select Jjonver -----: - - r-Y -The election of officers will' be held the last thing before adjournment this afternoon. - Delegates will take a special train' to the El Paso plant of the Ameri can Smelting ac Refining company, which they will inspect. Several hundred will go- to Douglas, Artions. on a special train. . where the Phelps-Dodge copper properties will be visited. Becauee-'. th championship drilling contest was declared a tie. It waa drilled off this morning.. Page brother won with. 401-11, Chamberlain and Make drilling only 19. vThe wlnnera get th Greene- puree of 11,00: and a special purse of ,1100. " POLICE WOULD LIKE T0 " RELOCATE BLIND MAN Accused of dragging a Y wee ' girl around the streets to attract -attention ndsympafhy and help fill "hla coffers, H. S. Uvtngood, a blind man. waa taken Into custody . thla morning In the north end -by. Patrolman Seymour and ques tioned by Chief of Police Grttsmacher. The man was ordered to leave tha city and promised to do. So this evening., He Had nardly left tha station when- It was aaoertalned by the chief, through Secre tary W. R. Walpola of the city board of oharKlea, that hie tale about tha child being. hla own and hla family belna at tjaaersrieid, uiiirornla.. was untrue. An effort is being made to locate him again and to hold him pending an Investiga tion aa to nia antecedents. ' When taken before Chief Orltamachar th blind man was vialblv oerttrrbad. Ha insisted -stoutly thst the little' girt. wnose sge is a years, is his own child. Sha clung ta him and called him "nana." When noticed by Beytnour the little one wae leading lIvtngood around and he waa offering a handful of pencils for saia. Secretary Walnola waa summons tiv Chief Orltamachar and also Questioned Ldvingooa. h saia tnat hla family ls i oaaeraiieia. nut tnat they ware un able to make a living without hla tr. ellng and selling articles In company with his tiny daughter. Tha child I very pretty and an odd affect Is created I n. LAFE PENCE HAS NOTHING : FOR SHERIFF TO ATTACH Arter a long and careful aearch, Sheriff Word and hla deputlea - were unahe to find any attachabl property belohglng to the former Congressmsn Lafe Pence, who' Is now promoting lrrl gatlon schemes In this state. The Honeyman Hardware company filed a writ of attschment agalnat tha states man for $411 alleged to he du them The writ waa returned after several daya with an attached note telling of the fruitless search for riches and worldly wealth. THIRTY THOUSAND FOR DOWN-TOWN CORNER David-' S. Stearna today . sold a . lot EOxlOO feet at the . northeaat corner of Fourth and Taylor streeta The prop erty wae owned by William M. --Ayree and Marie Sauve. It waa purchased by Roswell B. Lemson. ' the consideration being 110,000. . . . i - At present tha space la occupied by a group of frame buildings. These will be torn down and a prick building erect ed In their stead. . . .. . v.. SHOOTING AFFRAY IN. . MEDFORD DRUG STORE - - rsnaelat DUmtcb to The Joaraal. t ." Med ford, Or Nov. 11. In an alterca tion la Mee's drug - store; at- Central Point, laat night at 10 o'clock Henry Van Burklowshnt J. B. Piper, a local carpenter, through- the left aide with a revolver. . Dr. I'leasant baa removed the bullet and thinks the patient will recover. . Miss Mee, the proprietress. snd ner sister were th only wltnessea No arrest have been made. . SCHEME OF WOULD THIEF FAILS TO WORK (Special Mapatrn to The Jearaal.) F.atarada. Nov. II. The other day a well-dressed 'stranger called ' at th house of Allen Cooke and told . Mra Cooke that her husband had sent him over for his money sack. Mrs. Cooke told tha man that - the money waa at the. depot. She then hsstened to the depot . herself. Mr. Cooke was st the tlmeat Casndero. The stranger was not seen again. DSi' IIIIUGII GUILTY OP. COW Coroner Finds, Physician Killed .His Father, Mother and ,' ' - Brother. - - - ; . - IS FIENDISH CRIMINALS . WITH RARE CUNNING ; Family. Drugged. Slain, , fStuyted With Kerosen and Set Ablaie Murderer Victim of . the Drug Ha'bit. .. .:vSK..Vv.;!.,..,."; (Jonraal Rpeclal Berriaa.) . T Dayton. Ohio. Nov. 11. ('nrnior Wat. ter U Kline this morning . rendered a s' verdict flndtng Dr. Oliver C. Haugh guilty, of the murder bf his father. " mother and brother. . Dr. Kline eaya ' that Haugh la. a criminal whose cun-' nlng and nendlahneaa have seldom been equaled In thla country. . .. . , On Sunday night, November S, h ' murder were committed.. Haugh first 1 drugged hi parenta and brother, then auied mem. saturated their bodies with -keroaene and set the houae on fire. ' The partially burned corpses were Ire- covered from the flames. Haugh was burned somewhat la escaping.- ; Inves tigation ahowed that Haugh Is a victim of th drug habit, and admlta that h v might have committed the murders while under .the Influence of drugs, .but ' claim a he haa no recollection of It. :- Haugh haa been several times confined . tn the Insane asylum.' The police are . convinced that at least,- nine, murders can be traced to his door. i . . PIONEER OF FORTY-SEVEN BENJAMIN C, REED DEAD paell DUpetea to Tb Jxttml. Colfax. Wash., Nov. II. Benjamin C Reed, a prosperous farmer living near Rosalia, In thla county, died November 17. Mr. Reed waa a pioneer of the weet. having croesed the plains from Illinois to Portland In 1147. Mr. Reed waa but a boy then and started west - with his parents, but his mother died at Platte river of cholera, which -killed' so many of the Immlgranta. crossing the plains In theae daya -On attaining his majority- Mr. Reed embarked in -the butcher buslnesa In Portland and con tinued until m$. when he moved to The -Dallea and' engaged In .farming, which he ollowed .14 yeara In 118 be moved to Washington and located on a claim near Pine City, .nine police west of Rosalia, where he lived, unUl h.is: deafh occurred., yesterday. .. . . Mr. Reed waa a proeperoua ana in dustrious cltlsen and leaves a valuable estate. Including, 40 acres or land in the suburbs sof , Seattle. - H-waa : member of the Odd Fellows' lodge of Pine City and the funeral waa con ducted today by the membera of the Rosalia and Pine City lodges, interment being at Pine City. Mr. Reed reaves a wldowYand jeveralchlldriu- , y. , . , CHAPMAN , REVIVAUSTS-: ..Ij.; COVER WH0LI STATE . , ... ..mi-' ' y.r- v n Trenton. N. J.. Nov. II. Stranc aa It may seem, the .great, religious revival which la scheduled to begin throughout , New Jersey la meeting with more opposi tion, from respectable- tradesmen' and merchants than . from- that element which might naturally, "be expected to: re card it with ' disfavor. The - rural storekeepers, snd some even In the laxgei towns, see ahead or tnem an an-aoaoro- Ing religious excitement which Is likely to cause a three weeks'' suspension of business. For that reason they have exerted all their Influence against . tha active participation of their respective churches tn the demonstrations. -" The Rsv. Dr. Chapman haa placed more than 100 exhortera and singers tn the field and the revival will extend from Jersey City and Hoboken In the north to the southernmost limits of the tate. KING HONORS AUTHOR ; OF ITALIAN OPERAS Rome. Nov. 11. King -Kdward of Ens- .. land haa conferred upon Slgnor Puccini. the composer of "Boheme," "Msdame Butterfly and other Buoceesea, the gold medal of science and art. Twelve yeara - go Slgnor Puccini wss almoat unknown. But "Manon Lescat," produosd in lilt. placed him In the front rank of the new school of Italian composers .and made him famous. -"La Boheme," which fol lowed In 1 11, proved even nor popu- - V lar, and "La Tosca," In 1100, added to hla already great reputation. While he waa working on the "Butterfly" Puoolnl met with a serious motor accident Just outside his home at Lucca. - His cat dropped a depth of IS feet, but Puccini " escaped with a broken leg and now haa quite recovered, t. . v - STORK IS EXPECTED - IN ROYAL HOUSEHOLD j ' .s. - . 1 1 -, ii - (Joaraal Special Servlea.) . "London, Nov. 11. It la learned, that ' PrtTteg and Prlnceia Alexander nt Teck " are expecting an addition to their tarn- 11 y at an early date. . Princess Alexander before her marriage In February, 1104. -waa Princess Alice Of Albany, arid Is'' consequently a niece of King Edward. . Judged by the test Of seniority birth. Independent of male or female descent. Princess Alexander .. of Teck- stands eighteenth in the Una to theV throne, . while -her husband. Prince -Alexander, -Is ons hundred end thirteenth' on the list of th British reigning family. , ' Bay BeaaTsraadta Home, - , ' '. - (Joaraal Special genlee.) - AM.aHam Nnv. 1 X Th munlelnaa ' council of Amsterdam . haa bought tha : houae in-Joodenbreeatraat, In the midst of the Ghetto, where Rembrandt lived ' with 'hi wife, Saskla. The building, which le small and oontalne only two apartments, is vaiueo ac aoour. a iopo, but In consequence of It historical as. soclatlonB the proprietor gnmanded and . anaivad 111.710. Rembrandt nnr. . chased the house In Kit, and sold It on his Insolvency l years Ister. Saved ay Sraamlte," "' ' Sometimes, a (laming city la saved by dynamiting a apace that the fire can rrosa. Sometimes, a cough hanga On se long you feel ae If nothing but dyne- ' mite would cure It. Z. T. Gray ef Cal. ' houn. Ga., writes: "My wlf had a Very. agravatd courh, which kept " her awake night. ' Two physician eoui not help her, bo ah took I. King's New Itscovery for Consumption, Coughs I and Colds which aaed her cough, gave her sleep and finally cured her." Strictly scientific cure for bronchitis and La Orlpne. . At Rkldmnra's drug store, 1R1 Thlrif etreet, price ee and 11.00; guaranteed. Trial botU free. ,- .Jl ';