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THE OREGON' DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 8. 1905. , e- OilY . BUILD FINE Local Capitalists Offer to Put ' Up Money to Help "in Fight-;: J ing Trust. SITE FOR MAGNIFICENT BUILDING IS SELECTED Independent Now . Have Long . String of.Theatreg in Leading. Cit ; iea and Some of th Very Best Stan in the Profession. . ; r ,.,T,. ? .. -; ; . .'-..:'- -., ' Portland capitalists have offered to build a Drat olaaa theatre for the In " dependents.' .." , j.' p. How of Seattle, as Pacific eoaat representative of Schubert. Belaaco and Flake the Independent leaders la In " town to close the deal. If possible, and hopes to.be able to make the definite . announcement -within two weeks that Portland will have a new playhouse. ' , "While I waa ta New York two weeks ago," said Mr.".' Howe thla afternoon. "certain capitalists of T Portland wrote Mr. Schubert offering- to put up a the atre for him and hta association If sat isfactory' terms jcould be arranged. I was delegated to come On here and meet the parties. Their names must be with held for the present, but I have had two meetings with them. I have prom ised "them all the independent attrac tions for term of five years and It of ' the largest attractions In America for . the first season after the house la built So far everything looks rosy.- I believe - that a ' definite announcement of the success of our negotiations v will be forthcoming within a fortnight It will mean a new, modern fireproof, mag nificent playhouae ' for thla city. If it goes through. They have already se lected a site." righting Theatrical Trust. , : . Schubert Belaaco and Flake banded together some time ago to fight the the i atl-Icat trust Each of them put up a bond of f 50.000 to ahow his good faith and the first one who breaks the com pact forfelta the money. They have al ready secured control of the following theatres: - '.. In New York The Lyric Casino, t'PAflCPws, " Manhattan. Belaaco.1 Bllou. ' lw-FJeld'e-Wber-s, Madison Square. i .iii'v.iii.. w,Mfrf theatre. Lon don; Lyrlo theatre, Philadelphia; Bos- LARGE AUDIENCE ENJOYS J-ANNllil7 RECITAL Spitzner Philharmonic Society Presents "Attractive Musical ; 'Program at Marquam. The. Biitner"FhIlhrmonl8 society gave its 'annual Tecital last night at the Marquam to a crowded house.- waicn re- lia lis prnprsm' Mi mih ipprnruiinn, A number of prominent musical people of the city were In. attendance.. All the elections were well received, especially the orchestral numbers, which for the most part were such old favorites as Mendelssohn's "Wedding. March," Gou nod-Tobanl'a "Faust" and Chopin's ; "Military Polonaise." "La Coquetter, , a composition by Mr.' Spltaner, received much, applause' In compliment to the dl rector of the evening. ' The Spitxner-Konrad quintet" and the Philharmonic string quartet each gave good, selections, snd the . two violin choruses were well played. - Among the . . soloists Velros Sharp attracted especial attention and comment a young girl . . who had memorised Leonhard's long and difficult "Souvenir de Haydn" and played It with pleasing unconsciousness of her audience.! Milton Marx., who played solos In the quartet work, pro duces' an exceptionally full, round tone and plays with easy bowing. .- The members of the society appear ing In the 78-ploce orchestra last night ., are: d. .Anderson,' Miss Hasel Abram ' son, John Brough, 'Miss Grace Bennett Miss Cornelia Barker, H. C Banser, C B. Brerton, E. Carr, Charles Duhrkoop. ' Dr. Denny. Miss Maud Emlngham, E. Fleher, Modeata Mortensen, Harry Fre : deen, Alfred Hefty, H. It Honeyman, F. Hester. T. Henkel, R. E. Hanna, F. Sesse,' Philip Kamm, Herbert Krumbein, R, Jones. Milton Marx, B. Kretscnmar, A. W. . Larson. John R. Oatman, Miss , Jessie Lewis, P. Miller, P. Packard. R. . Behold. Miss Lisa Wood. Paul Wagner, ' Mn. Rose Weinberger, James Woodcock, H. Willis, John Rlgby. Harry Reschke, ' C RudcIL F. Selberllng. Max Smith. Jr.. 'William Schmuckll, Eima Shtply. A. J. Stout Joseph Specht M. Techner, Earl Scharp. Jens Boeby, Miss Velros Sharp, ; S. J. Story, Oscar Nylund. Hana Niklas, Mil's Edith Tldcorabe, S. T. Webster, P. C. MeGulre. " They were assisted by F, KonradVE. . Thlelhorn, Miss HugginS,' Musical Di . rector G. Oechsle, John Everest A. Ever ent, L. H. Jones,. Mr.' Junker, Mr. Drls , coll, Mr. Le Vanway. Mrs, -Gelaler, Mr. Geieler.- H.' Webber, Mr. Hoch, Mr. Kais and Carl Denton. . - , HYDE AND GOULD LEFT v ; -OFF SHORT LINE BOARD (Jnarael tbecial aerrlee.i . .Salt, Lake, Dec. 8. At the postponed annual meeting of the Oregon Short Line today tbe eld board were reelected -with the exception of Gordon M. Buck and George F. Downe, both of New- Tork, elected to succeed J. Hasen Hyde and Edwin Gould. Two hundred and seventy, four thousand, five hundred and twelve shares were voted. . The Union Pacific mating ' adjourned sine die without action on the 1100, 000,000 bond Issue. , -1 v Ooo Templar la Tows. ' ' ' At prew hall., 1(2 Second street near Morrison, Professor William Crowhurst, deputy right worthy grand chief Tem plar, at an open meeting, will tomorrow . evenln address Good Templars and DEPEiEllIS "their friends on the pas work of -thelate yesterday afternoon. He went to order and Its plans for the future. : All interested Jn trie catise or temperance and good government are cordially, in' vited to attend this open meeting and meet Professor Crowhurst Irvingt Euchu VWm.-l Cure Sea I'll n g ITrlrte, Backache, Rheu matism, Nervousness, Loss of Flesh, rudiment In the - Trine. Renal Calculi, jMxdetes and all Kidney troubles. In Hinting (right's Llee. They are purely a vegetable compound and act (Hfoctly on the weakened tiffsuea and l.iAod vcsKela of the kidney and urinary - . L..l.l . , 1,1. . I... - K ' m. a. fltidmore ft Co., Pmrfirta, 151 viarast sole agents for ertia4 Ox. THEATRE FOR THE PORTLAND ton theatre, Boston; Colonial theatre. (.-leveiana; Lyceum- theatre. Buffalo Hyperion theatre. New Haven; Park theatre, Brooklyn; Belaaco - theatre, Washington; Lyrlo theatre. New Or leans; Empire theatre. Newark; Oris- wolS opera house, Troy; Rand's opera house, .Troy; Sam 8. Schubert theatre. KanU City r cam 8- Schuberttheatre, Norfolk, Virginia; Oarrlck . theatre, St Louis; Lyceum theatre, Baltimore; Be laaco theatre, Pittsburg; Majestto the atre, Vtlca; Baker theatre. Rochester; Heuckrs opera house, Cincinnati; Ma Jestlo theatre, San Francisco. - '. , Theatres Contracted for. - ', - Other - theatres contracted tor- are Schubert's, In Denver; J. P. Howe's, Seattle; the Princess. Vancouver, B. C.i the new Auditorium, Los Angeles, and It la practically assured that the Oarrlck and Studebaker theatres of Chicago will soon be under the Schubert manage ment ' ' As will be seen from this list the Independent have lost no time In organ' lslng their national circuit Portland is one of the moat Important cities in the west in which they are not already rep resented. Hall and Barton have signed up for their entire California circuit which gives tbe Independents- full time In that state. - Less than three seasons ago' the Inde pendent attractions eovld be counted on the fingers of one hand. Today the trust breakers, beginning business with a capital of about $3,000,000, boast of the following list which la. In itself, of the greatest significance: Sara Bernhardt In repertoire; . Ada Renin, In "Captain Brassbound'a Con' version": Henry Russell, grand- opera company: - Jefferson De Angella, In "Fantana": De Wolf Hopper, In "Happy land"; EddielFoy. In "The Erl and the Girl"; "Babes In the Wood" (In sesocla tion with John C. Fisher) ; The Jury of Fate"; "The Secret Orchard'-'; Alloa Neir- son: " Paula Ed ward es. In "Princess Beg. gar"; Grace Van tuddlford. In "Lady Teasle": Margaret AngUn, in "Zira -Wang"; "Chlnese Honeymoon": Charles E. Evins. In 'The Filibuster"; "The Royal Chef; "The Nasarene"; "The Motor Oirl"; "Mextcana"; David War field, In "The Musio Master"; Mrs. Leslie Carter, In "Adrea"; Blanche Bates. In "The- Girl From the Golden - West' Bertha Galland. in "Sweet Kitty Bel- lairs"; Percy Haswell, in "The Darling of the Gods"; Odette Tyler, ; In "The Heart of Maryland"; Edna Wallace Hopper; It new play; Mrs. Fluke, In "Leah Kleschna"; Madame Kallch. In Maurice Materllnck's masterpiece. "Mon na Vanna"; "The Girl and the Bandit" "The Wyoming Girl"; "Prince -of Are ton." ;. - WRECK $250 CASH BOX TO SECURE $10 Burglars Raid Store and Post office at Mosiefbut ' Get Little. ' ' )- -h (Bpeelal Dlspitck te Tbe Joorntl.) Hood River, Or.;-Decr-. AtlOtltrtrJW o'clock this morning burglars entered the general ' store and postofflce at Muslei snd slule Hie cash robbers first forced their way Into the blacksmith shop, and securing - tools, aawed a square "piece of wood out of the bottom of the store door, which per mitted them to reach the bolt and with draw It Entering they secured the 1260 cash register and carried it out of the place bodily. Taking a circuitous route, they carried the register down to the water-tank several hundred feet from theSMllroad atatlon and blaw it open, se curing SIS In cash. A woman who happened to be up at that -time dressing for the early morn Ing train heard the noise of the explo sion and gave the alarm. Investigation discovered the store door open and the valuable cash register blown to atoms. The keys of the machine were hanging alongside of It and It Is evident that the robbers did not make any search of the premises, but hurried out of the place with It as soon as possible, for nothing else was disturbed. . - A search was made-, for the perpe trators of the act but they could not be found. Sheriff Sexton of The Dalies waa notified and with two deputies. has been searching the country in the vl clnlty of the crime, but as yet has found no clue to the robbers. Two sub piclous looking strangers who have been hanging about the place for several days are- thought to have committed the .crime. . ' HITCHCOCK APPROVES UMATILLA PROJECT Replying to a, telegram from Presi dent W. H. Wheelwright and the Irrl gatlon committee Of the Portland cham ber of commerce, Secretary E.A. Hitch cook has wired that he will approve the Umatilla Irrigation project and that construction will be commenced as soon as the preliminary work is completed. - James T. Whistler, engineer for Ore gon, has a force of , men busy .prepar ing the plans . for construction work. The main canal will tap the river neat Echo, and carry the water to a reser voir site near Cold Springs. It Is es timated that 20,000 acres of land now entirely arid will be reclaimed. The soil . is a volcanic ash, and extremely productive af tef -Itrtias- been -amalgamated by water. 11 la estimated the cost of placing ths land under water will be about l0 per cre Owing tc the peculiarly fortunate location of the tract' which Is surrounded by the Co lumbia, river and two lines of the O R. A N. railroad, the transportation fa cilities will ' be Vnsurpaaaed, and It Is expected the market value of the land will soon be double the cost of irriga tion. ' . .;. ,.. HORSE KICKS MAN TO - DEATH AT EUGENE r Eugene, Or., Deo. I. Burroughs Ab bott, aged 7f, father-in-law of Profes sor Joseph' Bcha fer of the state univer sity, was kicked to death bv Iwn hnnn a neighbor's barn, where he keot his cow. He -was near the horse's heels when it began to kick, knocking him to the floor, where the animal continued to Kick and trample upon him. . The owner of the horse heard the disturbance- and ran to the barn and with difficulty succeeded in pulling Mr Ab bott away to a place of aafety. Ha was carried to 1il home and the physicians called. It was found that his -right arm and right leg had been broken In two places and several ribs fractured, his head and body were badly bruised. He suffered great sgony for' several hours .before he expired. He leaves a widow here ar.d sevsn children In dif ferent parts ef the country,-- COME BUT LEAVE YOUR AXES ' . v - . 1- , Forty Faithful Republicans From Two Camps Asked to Touch Elbows at Harmony Board. PEACE, PEACE. WHEN V THERE IS NO PEACE Historic Phrase Said io Describe Sit uation and Though Many Are Called to Lovefeast It Is Probable , Several Faces Will Not Be Seenf Undaunted by the fate of Chairman Frank Baker's famous "peace confer ence" of lamented memory. om of the local Republican leaders' are again planning to bring together the warring factions of the party. To this end a love feast Is to be held this evening In the Commercial club and upwards of 40 Republicarls, chosen alike from the Simon and the Mitchell factions, have been Invited to be present : This latest attempt to restore harmony Is Inaugurated by the Republican club. which championed the cause of H. 8, Rowe for mayor In the last city cam paign. The officers of the club are: F. E. Beach, president; Willis Fisher, vice- president; Charlea E. Lockwood, sec re tary, and Ralph W. Hoyt- treasurer. A . number of the Invited guests say that' they do not expect to be present this everting. While all profess to de sire harmony, few If any of them have much faith that it will be accomplished by meanu or tbe love feasts. . Harmony Mot Basy. Harmony would be easy, if there were no ornces to be scrambled for, but with a campaign near at hand the wise ones have little hope that a lasting peace can be secured. Simon Republicans look with much suspicion on the overtures of the Mitchell men snd' the feeling .is reciprocated. In the. ranks of both fac tions there are many reconcentrados who scout the Idea that the bitter feuds of the past can be forgotten ao soon.. it is noticeable that Frank Baker Is not among tbe guests Invited for the love feast tonight, - The wisdom ' of omitting his name from the Hat la in disputable, far among the Simon Repub licans it ia as a red rag to a bull. The omission of Jack . Matthews from : the number of those bidden Is equally no ticeable. Some are asking whether there la to be a place for these two gentle men in the reunited Republican party. and, If so, whether they will .be expect ed to serve as privates or ss generals. .Those Who Were Asked ; j Tbe story la current that though the gathering tonight Is ostensibly under the sole auspices ' of the Republican club. It la In reality a part of a general plan devised months ago by Baker, Matthews and others, the peace con ference held in October being the Initial number on the program. The failure of the peace conference made It necessary that the subsequent proceedings should appear to be under different aueplces, and f cfrtfittrrBasott-BaKer aner Matthews are keeping carefully in the background. Invitations to attend tonight's ban- licans . ' F. W. Mulkey, J. F. O'Sbea, William Fleldner, E. M. Brannlck. It 8. Rowe, W. B. Chaae. Wallace McCam ant, 8. H. Gruber. Ben Belling, O. P, 8. Plummer, T. C. ' Bell. E. A. Austin, 8. E. Josephl, T. C. Devlin. Ed Werleln, E. D. Curtis, H. H. Northup, Tyler Wood ward. 8.' C. Beaoh. O. H. Hill, J O. Mack, W. P. Keady, F. E. Beach. John Oill. TO. J. Qulmby, B. F. Jones, O. M. Orton, Jonathan Bourne, W. B. -Glafke, A. R. Joy. W. M. Cake, Thomas Hlslop, A. L. Mills, Willis Fisher, 8. Schwab, Thomas Gray, J. D. Meyer, C. W. Not tingham, W. M. Killings worth, W. D. Fenton, R. W. Hoyt - ; MAYOR MUST TESTIFY IN GAMBLERS' CASE Acting Judge Young Thought Yesterday Subpoena Was . " a Joke. '' Mayor Lane will be summoned to ap pear as a witness In the police court In the caae of gamblers arrested on the east side as the result of a raid by Inspector Bruin and Acting Detectives Kay and Jones. Acting Judge Young consented this morning to such a subpoena being laaued, asserting that he had instructed Captain Bailey not to permit one to be served yesterday because he thought it a Joke. . Attorney Petraln, who had the sub poena for - the mayor Issued, frankly stated that he wanted to "show the pol icy of the mayor up," as men' arreated In a gambling game at the Imperial hotel had been'- released .without prosecution. It Is known that Attorney Petnaln will be treated to a surprise. In tbe first piece,- City Attorney MeNary was re sponsible for the failure to prosecute the Imperial hotel gamblers, and said for publication at that time that If blame there was In ths affair It should attach to himself. ---"I - thought -this was a-Joker ss there was some difficulty In finding who had signed my nsme to the complaint,': said Judge Young, "and a subpoena may Issue for Mayor Lane. I have no doubt he will attend the hearing and answer cheerfully whatever he may. be asked." DEMAND FOR JOURNAL r BIG IN WALLA WALLA mi , ,- , .. ;.V,- fRperlal plntcll to Tbe Joornsl.) Walla Walla. Wssh.I)oo. 6. The Ore gon Daily Journal 1 the .rndet popular paper . in . waiia waiia louay. vrnen copies of the paper appeared this- morn ing containing the sensational political atorv of the ousting ht Eugene Lorton as managing editor of the Union, Sena tor Ankeny's paper, and his retaliation lira, scathing letter openly. signed,, poli ticians of every faction made a rush for the news stands where the paper" la kept on sale. The supply was exhausted In half an hour ins aemano was so great . - Nothing Id -years, has created such a sensation in political circles here and politicians say that the discharge of Lorton in going to stir 'up a lyomet's neat that will , greatly .endanger tbe local dominant machine. A. B. Burford. Senator Ankeny's per sonal representative. In a letter of rec ommendation . to Lorton, ..admits his forced retirement had nothing whatever to do with hia work In connection with the newspaper, or any censurable con duct on -his part, but Is purely personal to Senator Ankany himself, ANY FOOI Knows enough to carry an umbrella when It raiiis, but the wise one Is he wno carries one wneo it is only cloudy iny tium wll. send fur a doctor when ho- get bed-fast, but ths Winer one is he who adopts proper . precau tionary, . preven tlve and curative measure when first Stpar the ins which, it un checked and un cured, grow Into serious UIimms. Impaired diges tion and nutri tion are generally the fnrf.ni nnnrl oi a nerrons or functional break-dawn. A'nfure has provided rmnndieu most abundantly for all such conditions In our native medicinal plants. With the use 61 chemically pure glycerine, of proper streugiu aim a proper sustained temp erature. Dr. Pierce extracts from Golden ral root, uueen s root blone root Black Cherrybark. Blood root end Mandrake root medicinal principles which, when combined In lust the riant nmnnrtlnna. constitute his widely famed "Golden Med ical lHamvery.m It restores the tone of the- stomach, the activity of the liver and the steadiness of the norves, pouring vitality Into the blood till the once sick and debilitated one is so renewed In health, strength and power that he can resume bis work, whatever It is, with vigor and elasticity. . All medical authorities, of whatever school, agree that Hydrastis, or Golden Seal one of the essential roots In the make-up of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Is of very great value as a fiure tonic, and as an alterative valuable n chronic affections of the stomach, in testines and bladder. J3V tm.' Not only the Orhrlnal but the Jf"' best Little Liver Pills, flrst pul Vie7 v,r4 Jr,r by old " pr. R. V. Pierce, nave been Slack taltatetf bnt aever equaled, as thou sands attest. They're purely vegetable, being made up of concentrated and reflnec medicinal principles, extracted from th roots of American plants. Ho not gripe. One or two for stomach corrective, three or tour for catbarOi , Police Judge Young Examines Unlucky Number of Unlucky Slaves to Chinese Gin. Thirteen human wrecks, the product of the "gin joints" with which the Cht nee quarter is Infested, appeared before Acting Police Judge Toung this (homing and spun beautiful stories. of being hard-working men who now and then went to the , Chinese saloons because they were sold liquor cheaply there. One by one Judge Toung listened to theTr tales of woe and decided that they had already been severely punished From James Casey, the most lncorrigl ble "fiend", of them all, to 8am John son, who has been known at inf reqaent Intsryals.Jio work .along the waterfront they were released by the eourt and ad vised to sin no more. -- - Four or them were seen to make dl- rvuiiy fur'nn ueaicst gin ' joint' mr soon as released. An hour later Deputy City Attorney -FUsgerald ooljided with one of them on the street who was so drunk that it was all he could do to keep on his. feet Expert testimony against the Chinese 'Joints" waa given by J. J. Oader, pro prietor of the New House, Front , and Couch streets, and the Everett house, Second and Davis streets. Oader waa called as a wltneas by some of the pris oners to prove that they, always pay their rent, and are not "bums. . He en tered Into s discussion of "fiends" and Chinese "gin Joints" . generally with Judge Young that proved most interest ing. . . "I kmrw nearly . every man before you On this charge," he -said to ths court "About 400 men have rooms In my two houses, snd the lodgers Include most of the 'gin fiends. Most of these men are harmless. Their principal fault is that they spend all their money, except what Is needed for thels actual support with these Chinese' saloonkeepers. "They tell me they frequent ' these places because they can get about three ordinary glasses or wmakey xor cents. It makes them half '.crasy at times. Thero are several in ' this bunch that I have had to put out of my houses be cause they were under the Influence of this bad whiskey and created disturb ances. ' 'I- ' "The ohly way Co end this evil Is to revoko the licenses of these Chinese sa loons. There is not much use in pun ishing the men. The only way to keep them away from these places, ss long ss they-are permitted to run. would be to keep the men in Jail all the time." Casey, one of the "fiends," Is said toJ be the Inventor of the air brake on rail way trains. He was In the employ of George Wes'tlnghouse for seven years and has formed the subject of news paper and magaslne articles. The man Is yet bright and' his -plea to the court to release -him was eloquent though sophistical.".. : v japanese on tri al - -on murder charge Klnta Kasarka, a Japanese, - charged wtttt the murder of a fellow countryman, Matsu Sasaki, in the early morning of October 23. la on trial before Judge Cle land. District Attorney John Manning and Deputy Harry Adams appear for ths state, while Henry E. McGinn 4s the counsel for the Japanese. . It Is charged that Kasarka had- been hired to kill Sasaki, and that he lay In wait for him; the affair occurred In a dark hallway In a north end building, Saaaki dying severs! hours .after ths fight. Kasarka alleges that he was at tacked by his countryman and struck In self .defense. ...-' .-.: : JUSTICE T. G. HAILEY . TAKES OATH OF OFFICE - u. t - . I I .' '" '. .v- -' . . (Speelsl PUpeteu to The Jnnrnal.) . e 4 Salem, Dec. t. Justice Thomas . e 1 O. Halley took the oath ! office . at 11:10 o'clock today and a half e e hour later occupied his seat on 4 the bench whjle the famous - e Buren will case was being ar- 4 - gued. The-oath war adminls-r e tertd by Justice Been, who Is now rmer justice, tne statute e providing that no Justioe who Is e appointed can be .chief. . 4 4 Justice Hailey was accom- e panled by his wife snd arrived 4 last night He will make his 1 e e home in Salem. -. ' ' ' -J THIRTEEN WRECKS INCOURT RETlREfOT. DENIED BV GOUEIiOOd WRIGHT OF THE PHILIPPINES ''..-.' ''.' .'' I : '" ' . r.- .- '-. .. A- 1 .-'. Story of His Resignation. Pronounced False, In Every Detail . Comes Only to Open Bids System Togo May rftnrnml flDtvlil Vfflc. V Ban Francisco, Dec 6. Governor Luke ip wrlvht who arrivea rrom wre rnmp- plnes today on the Manchuria, speaking of his reported retirement said: 'Absolutely falae in every respect is ttia announcement that I have tendered my resignation or become Involved In disputes relative to the Philippines and Its present manner of government I am on a six months' leave of sbsence, en route to Washington, and will leave Ban Francisco tomorrow morning. 'My visit to Washington," continued the governor, "Is merely one-tnx the Interest of my own people. On-"the fifteenth of this month bids are to be opened for the -building of the Great Philippines railroad, and it is mainly this which has called me home. This railroad-' will cost In the neighborhood of ISO, 000.000 and will be. of vital Im portance to the islands, extending In the form of trunk lines. More than 100 miles will be traversed and a practical connection with the northern and south ern portions of the Philippines effected." Wright added that a reduction must FAMILY SKELETON MUTUAL RESERVE BROUGHT OUT (Jftoraal Special Serrlee.) ' New Tork. Deo. a, -George D. Eld- ridge, vice-president And actuary of tbe Mutual Reserve Life Insurance com pany., was the principal witness this morning before the legislative insur ance Investigating committee He was questioned at length regarding1 the con duct of agencies by, his company. In- auiaitor - Mugnes oy repeateq cross- questioning brought out the family skel eton In the life of the Mutual Reserve when Eldldge admtttedaaifeat the Insur ance company had palu 115,000 to. head, off litigation that threatened - to place the company in the hands of a' receiver. The first witness this -morning was Charles H. McCIellan, who resumed his SUITS TO SETTLE RIGHT OF WAY Large Number of Cases Started In County Seats on Wash-. ington Side. Hanging by a thread which President Gerltaiger, of the' Wallula Pacific, and his Attorney "aajrIs' strong-; enoughto hang an elephant the fate of the' old Columbia .Valley Railroad company's right of way on the Columbia Is to' be settled In the result of a large number of suits that are be ing- filed today In the various county seats of the river counties on the Wash. Ington side. '''"' At the same time the Wallula Pacific, successor to the Columbia Valley road, will get ready to begin throwing dirt along the rights of way already secured. The fight between the Northern Pacific and the Wallula Pacific has reached a stage where there Is nothing left but to go' Into the courts and have . their claims to contested ground passed upon. From Umatilla to . Vancouver prac tically all the routs on the north bank 'Is now held by one or the other com pany. The honors are said to be about even at this- date so far as absolute possession Is concerned. The Wallula Pacific Has control of, and will ulti mately own, all rights and franchises of the Columbia Valley Railroad company, which extended along the north bank from Wallula' to .Vancouver It Is said theae rights were filed and approved In 1891 and the statutory limitation of seven years .has not yet run -against them.,- The suits begun by Mr. Oerllnger and his attorney are to save this company's rights- of way by enforcing the. con tracts made with owners of the land in 18. Titles df suits filed today are: Columbia Valley Railroad company against L. R. Ferbreche et al., tq enforce speclflo performance of contract , made for right of way In 18s. across lands In Benton county, opposite Umatilla. Columbia Valley Railroad company -vs. Sarah B. Jordan, to enforce a similar contract at Rocky -Bluff, In Klickitat county, opposlts Grant's station. . . Columbia Valley Railroad company vs. W. A. McCreedle, to enforce the samo kind of a contract for a mile of way across lots 1, 3, t and 4 in section '24 north, range JJeast In Klickitat county. Columbia Valley Railroad company vs. Charles Wlegand,' to enforce specific contract on land opposite Blalock's sta tion, involves the farm of the late Fred Dee. - ' '-. - - ' ; ' - - Similar suits are brought against W. J. Geer, Stipe & Smith and the Columbia River Packers' association. The latter suit Is to condemn land in Skamania county. Just below Cape "Horn. - The Wallula . Pacific offered the company 1100 per acre for' the land, and was re fused. It Is alleged the ground Is prac tically worthless for et-dlnary commer cial purposes. v.. , , . , ' It Is expected, that -retaliatory suits will be brought" by the Northern Pa cific to condemn Wallula Paclflo right of way. ' The game is..one At which both companies will play freely while -the fight, slop the north bank Is in prog ress. . .' ' . -' Lost -en- Wrecked- Snip. (Journal Rpec4iil gerrics.) '",' "Halifax, Dec. 5. The steamer Lunen berg Is ashore at Magdalene islands, a total loss. Her crew of It are mlsetng. A member of parliament from Quebec, R. J. Leslie, Is among . those supposed to be loet . Black send of Curry county beaches being reinvestigated. S 71 goes further Ifnj Schilling's Best a great deal further ; jbesides tbe comfort of feeling safe; you know you xe safe. - for Proposed Railroad Visit America. 3i' : be-raade- on- axporta.of tobacco - and sugar. ; Talk Is rife on tnis question among the Islanders, and the tight de cision must be forthcoming. ct - - 4 Minister Grlscom stated that It was his belief that following close to the Japanese-Russian .war, conditions be tween the orient and America win im prove. The Japanese are-striking out boldly In trsde lines, and their vast In fluence Is unquestionably being felt abroadi '. ''.. A few days before his . departure, Mr. Grlscom was in conversation with Admiral Togo, who mentioned the pro posed trip of bis squadron to England on an official visit to King Edward, but was not certain which route would be selected. The Japanese naval hern thought it .would be possible for the fleet to make the voyage by way of the Sues canal and returning- it may come by way of New Tork and then around Cape Horn to San Francisco and to Honolulu. Grlscom professed no knowl edge concerning the proposed elevation of the American minis tec to. Japan to an ambassadorship. . ... IN . LIFE OF 1 - testimony In regard to Vouchers of the New York ' Life bearing his signature. Hia memory was as poor as otr the former occasion and although he identi fied the signature as his he could not remember signing the vouchers and hsd not the least Idea what they were for. ' Eldrldge further confirmed the pay ment of f 4,000 made by Horace A. Brock way, hotel proprietor, to President Burn ham In 1B8. who was made a director of tho company Tor making the loan, which wag repaid In monthly salary. In all Brockway got.back ft.600. Tbe money went to Hilary Bell, the publicity agent of- the company, to secure the publica tion of favorable articles at a. time when the company was under fire. .' T- ROBBERS HOLD UP MAN FOR $15 AND BOLD WATCH Same Pair jJocularly Return Twenty Cents to Man Whose J Pile Was Small. - Two daring holdups occurred ' last night and the police are cShVInced, in view of . several other robberies com mitted In the last few days, that a brace of yeggmen are operating In the clty,i4ni one. Ins tanca.the highwaymen secured only f S.6, but their second vic tim waa not. so lucky he yielded up a goia watcn and chain and 7B. i late hour last night when he was stopped at the corner of-JJnlon avenue and East Clay street by two highway, men. Both were tall men. .the height of one being a little more than that of the other. The taller carried a bright-barreled revolver, which he presented at Bontty's head - ordering him to throw his hands "as high as he could." While their victim stood In thlsposl tion eie of the highwaymen went through his pockets, securing his watch and chain and S7S. "This makes up for the small change we got from that other duffer," Jocular ly remarked the man who made, the search for booty. . -' Bontty was. ordered to go his way and "be careful - about carrying so much money in future.' He telephoned the police as soon as he reached his resi dence. , ?, The, reference made by the robber while searching Bontty's pockets was to the robbery of (Wirlstopher Connol ly, third-officer of the steamer La Baun, who was held up by them at 7:10 o'clock last night on the railway tracks near the Oceanto dock. From him they se cured 11.65. - He was about to return to the vessel when the robbers gave htm back his letters, a picture-- and 20 cents. "There's your car fare," said one, "go up town and enjoy yourself. You'll have enough left to get two glasses of beer,' DEMOCRATS AGREE WITH ROOSEVELT'S PROPOSALS 1 (Journal Bpeelal Service.) Washington, Deo. 6. Rayney of Illi nois presented a protest from Chicago cltlxens against the seating of Anthony Mtchale, Republican, on the grounds that he is not an American citisen. It was referred to the elections committee.' The comment on'the president's mes sage, is generally conservative. Wil liams of Mississippi says that he agrees almost wholly with the president's rate recommendations, but . says he cannot see how he Is going to control insur ance, because of the decision of the su preme court that Insurance is not inter state commerce, which makes it impos sible of federal control. ; r,r - A caucus of Republican senators re elected the present steering committee, composed of Allison, Aldrlch, CuIIom, Lodge, Perkins, Clark, Elklns, Spooner and Beverldge.f i - - . r- .Hew Building. The following building permits have been issued: Louis Henrlchs, store, Hol laday avenue between Crosby snd Mar gin streets, oost 11,000; H. C Mattlson, cottage, East Lincoln between Eaat Thirty-fourth and Margaret streets, cost 1300;' E T. Nolan, restaurant corner Reed ' and North Twenty-first streets, cost f 1.000; C. Going, repairs to dwell ing, corner Lovejoy snd North Nine teenth streets, cost rS0; 8. Anderson, cottage, corner East Twenty-third and Morrison streets cost 11.100; M. Ross, repairs to cottage, corner North Twenty fifth and Upshur streets, cost $100. . ' - StlU Holds the Oa. . . .. . (Journal gpeelal Ber Ties.) v Olrafd, Kan., Dec (.Mayor Burnett today swore out a - warrant charging Mrs. Anna Berry with Insanity. No at tempt has been made to serve the war rant. - It will be held until the woman Is In the hands of the officers. ' Mrs. Berry still holds the csr. . BoosevelVe Oaptala Is Bead. (Jnorn.l gpeeUI sr.le.l " New Tork. Deo. t. Woodbury Kane, a clubman and society leader, captain-In Roosevelt's regiment. Is da1. . lie mar ried ths divorced wife of Duncan El liott.. ,.; -.. ' 1 . ' . . . f w Delicious Fras: ranee --from a hot- Royal Baking J Powder biscuit ! whets the r appetite I ROYAL Baking Powder improves the flavor, and 4 adds v to , the h'ealthfulT ness iof all risen flour-fbodsl , It renders the biscuit, brea and cake more digestible and ... ' - ' , i nutritious. Royal Baking Powder makes hot breads wholesome. Food raised .with. JRoyaL will, not djstrcss persons of deli cate or enfeebled digestion, though eatjen warm and fresh - f .1 i. KLAMATH COUNTRY 10 BE OPENED ! Harrlman Planning an Extension From Natron Along McKen-J j zie Fork of Willamette. - . '(Joaraal Special 8rvlea.t Chicago, Dec, S. El. K. llarriman has .; approved of more than 600 miles of news railway lines to be completed in 1006, the total cost to be about 1 11,000,000. t V Among the new lines will be an. ex ten- . slon Of the Oregon Short Line- from St Anthony to Yellowstone National park by way of Marysvllle. . Another decided on s to be, built between Drain, Oregon. -and the famous Coos bay, on the Pa cific coast. It Is understood this branch te -realty- ho-twgrrmlng of a coast tltie-' between Ban rranoisco ana fortiaifd. ., Ths Coos bay extension will - probalgy be further extended down the Calif ozriia . "" ' ""I l1S fjffltTlll Fe at EurehA- ....-.- ''... , ,., -!s Klamath county is to be opened by a line from' Natron, - Oregon, along the McKensIe fork of . ths tVlllametta river to a point on the east slope of the Cas cade mountains north of the Klamath marshes, a distance of about 151 miles. Other extensions are from Strom berg City to Central City, on tne Union Pa cific, Elgin, Oregon, on the line of the O. R. N. Co. to Joseph, Oregon, a dis tance of 63 miles. - i FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND . V FOR DOWN-TOWN CORNER Goldsmith ft Co., real estate brokers, this morning sold for $45,000 ths quarter block at the southeast comer of Third and Everett streets to a Portland man " whose name is withheld for the present. The International hotel tofknds on the -land, a three-story building, snd eovers the entire tract It yields a handsome -revenue. The property was owned ty the Oeorge C Alnsworth estate and Is regarded as possessing permanent, value. . , Oaaao Assign Ueensee. 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