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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER . 3, ICC J. sot IS ViMID Great Sum to Be Paid Back to , Stockholders of Various Corporations. ANACONDA CHOPPER IS ' TWENTY-THREE HIGHER Another Sensational Day in Money Rate. Which. Run at, High it 75 ..fer. Cent and as Low aa 30 Chi- k, efO ft Alton Six Point Up. V ' .? ,The lut day of call rates tor the old " year proved quit Interesting to those that had to have the money to meet disbursements of January account.- It baa been "estimated by various finan cier that fully 91 5O.eoo.O0F will be needed to par th dividends upon Onan 7,'clal issue In the N,ew fork market on January 1. 190. The taking-of thla vast oum out of circulation a caused '-, moat of the high Jump In the money market, and added to thla we the ex , tenalva bualnaaa operation all over the world and the great speculative van- tore. I ' Money rate were quite Intereatlng ' today, the market opening- with calla quoted at 60 per cent. An advance of 1ft per cent waa then noted' and than a drop of 10 per cent. To 10 per cent , the re tea went and. between- thla amount . and i per cent the calla fluctuated dur ing moat of the session. Quotations on money went a low aa SO per cent but were double that amount at the closing of the aeaaion. . '. If the money market waa interesting, ,. the stock were, even, more aa - The fi nancial powers that be were Intent upon boosting the value, and bow well they auoceeded la ahown by tne. area aa r--vanee ahown In tha leading issue dur , lot tha day. Of the entire Hat Ana - conda mining stock continues tha leader of activity with a net advance at the cloae or tha session or zi quarter points. . .or In other words, US. The greatest gain for aingla shares waa In Chicago Alton, which- had a net rise of Amalgamate;! .Copper . advanced 88.76 during the day And" American Locomo tive si.: Practically every s toe it on trie market that moved at all waa over IS per- share higher at the closing today ; than yeaterday..? f . v , SHAW HUNTING MONEY Tramp Street of Chicago la a attorn Making Sfforta te Bailer Mtoattea. Chicago, Deo. 29. Secretar 'Shaw- of the treasury, accompanied by several lo cal bankers, 'tramped the streets In a . driving snow storm here thla morning on what is said to be an effort to aava the financial situation. He regards the conditions in , Wall .' atreet , aa grave , enough to enlist the moat strenuous ef forts. '...' -'- ' 'Secretary Shaw departs for Washing ton thla evening, and until then, will de-j ; vpte every moment to avert further serious consequences. . He denounced the newspspers of Chicago, charging , them with distorting his-statements. and declared it was not the first time he had bean betrayed by Chicago news paper men. Mr. Shaw added that here after he would deny himself to them. He . denied having declared ' that Walsh would not be prosecuted, because he prae- tlced violations of the law, which had -. become a custom. Boston Brokers As alga. " Hosnwt Bped.l g i-rtea.fr Boston. Pec. . h. R, Lelghtnn 8150, FOR 00 ", Co, stock brokers,! today made an as signment for the benefit of their cred- Itora. The liabilities are about 8500,000. .. The asalgnment waa caused by failure of a debtor to meet liabilities. Prob- t ably enough.' will be realised on the as sets to pay all claims. . SIGNED NOTE BUT ; v : ; DID NOT WANT TO j This morning an answer was filed in ' . -the circuit fourt by I. H. Oove In the case of R. H. Dunn against John Brurh ler arid I. H. Oove. . Jjunn, eued for MOO alleged to be due on a-note given him : by Bruchler and (Jove last July." In his answer Oove alleges that ha . ' waa Induoed to sign the note by false . representations made to him by Bruch- ler In Dunn's, of flea on July 18. Oove : state that he was the owner of some property on Portland . Heights . which Bruchler wished to purchase. He avers that the note waa drawn up In Dunn's presence and that he. Oove, was asked to sign It -Gov' alleges that he ob jected, but waa told by Bruchler that the matter waa all right, as Oove was to get It right wway. Oove says that he , has not received this money and asks ' that he be given a -judgment against , .Dunn. - i - . ; . i : RUSSELL IS RELEASED ;:;f; . UNDER HEAVY BONDS .: Thonraa'ftuBsell. aged' 1 years, who " was arrested yesterday. morning at his ; parents residence on the charge of robbing P. C Aylesworth.' an attorney J. fit Council Bluffs, lowav in the Terminal , freight yards onTJf7eynIhjr"bf De ' rember 18, waa released from custody .. ' this morning under 8600 cash ball, fur J nished by his father. Attorney Aylesworth has been notl . tied of the arrest of Russell,' and asked ; ; to retarn to Portland as soon aa pos sible. He Is no In San ' Francisco. lfposj his return here, Russell's ball will be -recalled, and the. -young man brought into court. Attorney Aylesworth Is ex-)- , pected back next week. ' MONMOUTH STUDENTS7 . 't VISITING AT SALEM ("pedal Dispstrh to The JosrnaU Salem, - Dee.. 1 1 large . crowd of iftudenta from the Monmouth Normal Is doing the public buildings today. The atudenta chartered tha steamer ' Inde fiendeace and- arrived early -thla morn ing, took possession of the "state house, V held a session of the legislature- and r; passed a bill giving a handsome appro - . (rlatlon for the; Monmouth school. President Rasaler is chapemnlng-the rowd, which la compoed of students : that could not go home fof the holidays. SOLDIER KILLS HIMSELF -' , AT FORT WALLA WALLA tftperiat Plspatra to The Jnarnal.) ' " , Wall Walla, . Wean.',' Dec If. Ser geant Jarre. troop A.1 Fourteenth cavalry-, shot and killed himself in his quarters at Fort Walla Walla thla morn Jng. Jarrel had been drinking heavily evera) weak and waa despondent CHARLES T. YERKES, RAILWAY MAG HATE VICTIM OF Man Who Controlled Chicago' Railway and Was Interested '. i Rapid Yransit Unes In London Died Today In f'.. . New. York.'' ; .' yjearasl Boeclal Serric.'' ' New; York. Dec 29. -Charles Tyson Terkea, the railway magnate and finan cier, died here thla afternoon at 1:11 o'clock. Mr. Terkea was born In Phil adelphia on June 15, 18S7. He waa edu cated In the Quaker school and gradu ated later from the Central High school of that city.' Until 1851 he waa a clerk In ("grain commlaslon house, and later engaged in .the brokerage 'business. From 1881. to 1888 he waa a banker, making a specialty of dealing In bonds, In 1171 ha failed, and aa he was In debt tot .the city of Philadelphia for bonds sold- on Its account and refused to give the city preference Over other creditors, he waa convicted' and imprisoned for HEROINE KILLED TRYING TO " SAVE MOTHER. . Sixteen-Year-Old Sand Lake Girl Tried to Save Parent From Burning House, y. " (Special Dispatch to The Joarnal.) ' Tillamook, -Or., Dec 21. In an at tempt to save her mother when their home burned this morning. Or a . Hem- bree, aged IS yeara, daughter of Adam Hembree, loat her life. Her mother also perished, both being burled under the fallen walls of the structure. . The Hembree home Is at Sand Lake. About S o'clock this morning the family waa , aroused by fire. : The father helped the children to escape, but when Mrs. Hembree started to leave the house the flames had gained so rapidly that sne was. caught tinder a falling wall. Seeing her mother's plight. Ore. the It-year-old daughter, rushed Into : the flamea and tried to pull her out. In do ing so she was - struck by falling de bris snd both mother and daughter per ished In the flamea. , . The Hembree family is one' of the Pioneer families of Yamhill county, ' ' REEDER ESTATE GETS ' ; , NEW ADMINISTRATOR County Judge Lionel R. Webster this morning appointed Paul 8. Reader ad ministrator of the estate of Mrs. Cath arine Reader, hla mother, who died No vember 22, leaving property said to be valued at 86.000. . Soon after the death of Mrs. Reeder, which took place at the home of J.,1 Reeder. a son, an instru ment purporting to be the will of the mother waa filed In the county court in which It stated that a bulk of her prop erty waa to be given the son at whose home she died. The other-children con tested the will and Judge Webster re cently ordered that It be thrown out of court. The ..contesting 1 heirs alleged that the. dying woman was unduly In fluenced to make the will and that when she signed the. paper she did not know what ahe was algnlng. r -f " : ' TWO RRETtYiCHILOREN . DESERTED BY PARENTS , (Special Dispatch te To Joaraal.) 4. Salem, Or.. Dec 29. Margaret and Bessie Partin, -two pretty girls, aged 8 and 10 years, who have been-deserted by their parents, were brought to Salem thla afternoon by Mr. Dorn, a neighbor. Dorn resides In the hills south of 811 verton. The parents of the children have been divorced some time and they have since lived with their -mother there and at Ilarrlaburg and Portland. She left them with thev Dorna two montha-ago saying ahe would pay hand somely for their keep. She then went to .San Francisco and has not been heard f romf t ' --.'' Superintendent Gardner of the Boys' snd Q Iris Aid society will go after the children tomorrow. Meanwhile. . they are at the home of Sheriff Culver. TRIEST0 SWEAR AND -, RECOVERS LOST POWERS (Joernil relal Dervlr.) Stockton. Cal., Dec 2. Dave Miller, a deaf mute, who. came here a few days ago from Salt Lake City, was-omred in a remarkable manner. One night thla week his bed-fellow pulled aH the cov ering off of him. Miller woke up an gry and nearly frosen.; He. made such an effort to curse his bed-fellow that something In his. bead snapped and ba regained both speech and hearing. AFTER SALT LAKE'S ' BOLD HIGHWAMAN (Joarnal flpeclal Serrtee.) Salt Lake. Utah, Dec 20. A 'reign of terror that lias held sway here the paat six weeks culminated in a Becond tnurU aef?Tn thholdup of Nephl " Shields, a prominent resident, last night. He waa shot through the head. Governor-Cutler, the county commissioners and the mayor offer reward of apprehension aggregat ing 11,200. Three citisens after 850 cash and a suit of clothes to the. man who capture any holdup dead or alive. ' ' . lfnM Growing Discussed. ' "fnnrnal Special Service. r - Kansas City, Mo., Dec 21. A long program of papers and addreaae waa presented today at the annual eonven. tlon of the Missouri,. Horticultural so ciety. . Among "the speaker and their topics were the following: "Spraying F.xperlences.MW. D. Olbson. Dixie, Mis souri; "Vineyards," Henry : Myers. Brldgeton, Missouri; "Dust Spraying." Oeorga T. Lincoln, Berrtonvllle, Arkan sas; "Raspberries and Blackberries,' Earl B. Hopkins. Springfield, Missouri; "Notes .on Fruit Breeding.' Professor N. K. Hansen, Brooking. South Dakota; The Study of Adaptability,' W. T. Flournoy, Marionrille." Missouri; "Trou bles With Qur .Orchards and the Reme dies.". C. IL WilHamson. Qulricy Illi nois; "Management s of . Soils In 'Apple Orchards," Professor B. A. Beach, Ames, Iowa, and "Various Plans of Cultiva tion,'' P. K. Sylvester, Sunlight, Mis souri. . ' . . , - ' ' To Bail for Burope. ' " ' . - (Special Dtep.tr to Tie Joarnal.) " -Barlow, Or., Dec SOMIss Bessie Pheppard left Wednesday for Oakland, Calif tu-nla,-where ahe will Join her aunt. Mis M. S. Barlow. They leaV Oakland soon for New York,' where they will sell for Europe. - They expect to remain la Europe about on year. sty GRIf.1, REAPER in r. misappropriating., city funds, but was later ' oerdoned. - The ' conviction ' waa afterwards decided UleaaL Mr. Yerkea recuperated hta fortune at the, time of the Jay Cooke failure From 180 he waa prominent In the street railway operations of Philadelphia and later became identified with the line in Chicago. Mora recently he haa de voted bla attention to the rapid transit problem of London, where he haa Impor tant holdings. He gave the University of Chicago a telescope costing 1400,000 and which Is aald to be the finest In strument of its kind In the world. . It m located at the Xerkaa' observatory a Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. His wife waa Miss Mary Adelaide Moore of Phlladel phia. She kept away from hi deathbed. NEW CORPORATION GOES .' HEAVILY INTO REALTY American Cigar Company ' Se .- cures Fine Business Sites , " in Center of City. . The American Cigar company, one Of the . largest commercial establishments. represented In Portland in 'a business way, is reported to have secured a num ber of lease' here. Under the i name of the American Cigar and Realty com pany the concern 1 said to hava leased the Kelly block. Sixth and Wash ington; tha Washington building. Fourth and Washington, and Burns store on Third street, between Alder and Morri son. .J..'.. ,' . V - - The company no longer confines Itself to securing "quarter." but la taking In buildings and the fact may be a promi nent factor In the tobacco war supposed to be Imminent ; LARGEST BRIDGE SPAN - r HN WORLD AT QUEBEC (Joarnal Special Service.) '' ;' Quebec. Que., Dec 20. A party of civil engineers. Including' several men of national prominence, arrived here to day to inspect the work -on the great cantilever bridge now building ; here across the . St. Lawrence river. The bridge Is of especial interest to engi neers, aa it forms the largest single span ever buIlL It reaches across the in New York In total length of -span, of 1,800 feet. This is nearly 100 feet longer. than the spans -of the Firth of Forth bridge cantilevers, which measure-1,710 feet In the clear. Although the new St. Lawrence river bridge will exceed the bridge over the East .river In New "York Intotal length of span. It will not compare with them In the magnitude of the traffic that It can carry. It total width la only 76 feet. not much more than half the width of the Williamsburg', bridge, which meas ure ISO feet over, all and provide two 18-foot, roadway, four, trolley tracks. two. elevated tracks, two passenger foot ways and two bicycle tracks.. MONEY COMES WITH EACH VISIT OF STORK Y--:'.-: - --.. (Journal Special florrle.) Eldora. Ia,, Dec, 3?. With every visit of the stork to his home Oeorge Cratner, a farmer," get a check for 81.000 from hia father in Germany and the stork ha paid 12 visits. Although he ha not been more than ordinarily successful In raising crop. Cramer haa cleared 212,000 ralalng babies. Cramer came to Iowa from Germany without a cent He had rich relatives In the old coun try, but preferred to make hi own way as a, tiller of the soli.. When' the first little one came to the Cramer home the old father In Germany waa so well pleased that -fee forwarded a check' for 81.000 and declared that he would dup licate each visit of -the . stork. , , By -thrifts and "economy Cramer has Invested the stork' money -Tin til ha is the . possessor of a comfprtablo bank account, and nowhere 4n ' the stats is there a 'happier, family than that of the German .who delights President Roosevelt's heart. - SHERIFF COMING FDR FRED PERKINS Sheriff Word this morning received a telegram from Sheriff Emory of Salt Lake City, Utah, asking that Fred H. Perkins, who . wa arrested yeaterday. be held. Emory wired that he would leave for Portland at once with requisi tion papera and It Isexpected that he will arrive tomorrow; Perkins la held to answer a charge of having taken 84.000 from a Utah Arm. He waa ar rested Several week ago on the charge of having embexsled -a Utah mining firm out -of several - thouaand -"-dollars, but Governor Chamberlain refused to allow the younr manrto be taken east because it was saia mat tne- matter naa been settled by Perkins father, j . , ; College maidens Tavors Football ' (JotR-D! Special Serrtc.) . St Paul, Miss.. Dec. 20. Cyrus Northrup, .president of the University ot, Minnesota, apeaklng to the Minne sota State Educational association to day, said-: "The correspondent of an eastern publication,' criticising1. Wesfern colleges' conduct of .football, .laa miser able correspondent, telling the Country what I think of football... This correal spondent must never hive Jjeen laid across tha parental knee or Be could never have lied so. He completely mis quoted me. -1 favor football, but am opposed to ft between high schoql or between high schools and colleges. Foot ball has oome to stay. It haa a hold on popular imagination, It can be regu latfh. but not driven away, ' We can drive out- professionalism, commercial ism and betting. We "can make It a good .gam for healthy,- sturdy young men." . , ?.'. T' - V . .. '7 - ButtevOlW Big Bvival. - t , (MpecUl TlptHi to Th Jnnrnal.) Auror.4jOr.j Dec. 88-The revival -services which have beentield at Butte vllle near here by -Rev. F. J. Warren during the paat four week have broken all records . In 'the history of. church work at that place. The climax Was reached Sunday nlghf when sight new converts were taken Into the church. Before the advent of Rev. Mr. Warren the peoepl of Buttevllle had been very lax In church devotion, but he has put a "new spirit Into the people and th church la now filled nightly and muoh Interest ia manifested. , , SAYS IS MI.IGT0II BAD HAN His Associate Tells Judge Tha4 Highway and Bank Robbery ' Was Suspect's Program. . ALLEGES HE WAS ASKED TO HELP IN THE WORK Instead Ho Told the Police, Who Are Now Looking Up Record of Would-Be Bandit In Hope -of Se curing Damaging Data. " Oeorge C. Arlington, aged 28 year. the suspected "hold-up" man who.i arrested Saturday night "by-Defective Kay on Information glvefa . the police department by B. Overdorf, was tried on the charge of. vagrancy Id the munici pal court this morning, and sentence deferred until tomorrow, pending an In vestlgaUon Into aoma of th statement made by Overdorf and the man'a record. Overdorf wa the . only ' wltneas against Arlington. He aald the defend ant had worked for him aa a solicitor, and had made overtures to him to en gage in the hOld-up and bank safe blow ing business. The witness said that It wa finally arranged that he and Ar lington were to visit the at ld (Sat urday night, and, "stick-up" the f iratn man who "looked good ' to mem. uverv dorf declared that he had no intention of going to the eaat side, as proposed. but simply said be would so a to se cure what ne considered good evidence for the -police i j ' ' overdorf also testified that Arling ton made the proposition to him that they turn Jvpete men,, and blow the vault of Ttha East Bldenbunk. When Mked when that proposition was mad to him by Arlington, Overdorf wa un able to fix the exact date - . While- Arlington . wa - working for Overdorf the latter - wa acting aa a stool pigeon" for the police, relating to them Arlington's plana. . With the police Overdorf planned to visit the east aide - last Saturday night for the purpose of highway robbery. Knowing that before they started across the river Detedtlve Kay would make the arrest. The nollce are stilf Investigating the record of Arlington. lie says that he came from St. Paul,. arriving here about five months sgo. He did not remain long in Portland, going aouth -to Wood land, Cel., where he was arrested for vagrancy, but' waa released after a few hours' detention.' Then he 'came back to Portland; remaining here ever since. He said he could not reuemberwhether had ever ' been arreatad before his Woodland experience. The length of sentence which tne mu- Icroal Judge will Impose' upon Arling ton tomorrow will depend largely upon whst the detectives In the meantime as certain relative to hi past record.-.", ' Bid IRON ORE DEAL 7 MADE-IN PITTSBURG ..-,', - V - "'' (Journal Bpectat rVrvtee.l ' Pittsburg. Pa Uec. 1. The papera were exchanged today which perfected one of the largest desls In Iron ore' re corded In this country, for many years. The purchaser Is. Mr. W. P. Snyder, and the" value of the property Involved ' ia between $50,000,000 and 276.QO0.0O0. Mr. Snyder, who haa been associated with the Oliver Interests under the firm name of W. P. Snyder ft Co.., haa taken over the Oliver IntereataJin th She nango Furnace Company mine In the Mesaba range, St Louis county. Minne sota, which approximates 40,003,000 tons of ore; a 12,000,000-ton mine In the Marquette range, Dixon county, Mich igan; tha Oliver interest In 1,200 acre of coal land In the ,'Connellsvllle, Penn- ylvania. coal fields, the Oliver Inter ests In a 10,000-ton freight stearoahlp now building In Detroit -for the lake trade, and the limestone Interest Of th Oliver in various parts, of th country. James B. .Oliver, one or th principal holders died a few week ago and this sale Is mad to settle up the estate. OUTHFUL HOLDUP MAKES HIS ESCAPE (Special Ptapatrh to Th Joaraal. Walla Walla. Wash-. Dec 29. With hi face concealed by a heavy black mask and' armed, with a' rifle, a boy. looking to be not more than 14 years of age, attempted -to hold up and rob Wil liam Henry, a Milton man, just south of the city limits late yesterday even ing. Instead of complying, Henry slid off horse and made for the boy, who turned and fled through a grove of treea and escaped. Sheriff Fainter and Dep- ty Havlland spent several hour yea terday -evening bunting for the boy, but without success. , , . ; rreewater 80 Hay a (Special Dlapatch to Tb Journal. 1 Free water, or.. Deo. 2.- The Pea cock Milling company at this place has capacity of f oo barrels or flour per day: Thar are 1.100 car 01 iiour ana feed shipped from thle point each sea son. The company will pay this season 8908.804 for wheat, the greater part of which Will be left with 1 the local wheat reisers. They will pay out 111.500 for labor,. This company will open a bank in Freewater the eeeond wee in January, with J. L. Elam of Walla Walla a pra m - .. '' City Workers Paid Tomorrow. '. The city - executive board, th park board and the municipal water board met thla afternoon and allowed -th Up. Malms for December In -order that all the ouy employee couia -get their salaries .tomorrow. The affairs of th fiscal -year will close-tomorrow and the various city officials are busy getting out their Annual reports to be submitted to Mayor Lena before the council meeting next Wednesday. 1 aBMVvadsMs,SHMnaai.iBMSsMBaaasMSkaa . Odd Fallows ,Chrlstma Tie. A Christmas tree entertainment was given, last night by the members of Rlvervlew lodge. I. O. O. F.. in their hall at Mllwaukle and was attended by large crowd of Odd Fellows and their families.. Ridiculous , presents of all shapes ndi les were, placed on the ree for. member or tne looge. An in teresting program was given during the evening and light - refreshments were served. . v - 1 '. 2fore Badly alnrt. . (Special Dispatch t-,Th JoSm!.) . Rainier,- Or., Dec. 29 Two fin horses owned by Arthur Roberts wer seriously Injured by an accident which resulted from a defective pipe In a steam saw. Frightened and scalded by the rush of steam, the horses tore lldly down the street and both fell Into a Beep hole from which they were. Ith much difficulty removed. Both animals were, terribly out and burned. BUSTER SFE.XS.TI2E BAKXS KIDS YELL , - Journal's Newsboys Cheer Tu multuously -Marquam-Show - Resembles Pantomime. That low : rumble that we heard through the suburbs last night between 8 and 11 o'clock, that quivering of the down towa blocks that caused much agitation on the buslsst streets, the roar that rolled down the Willamette and awakened the gulls, was neither an earthquake nor the aettlng off of a few tona of giant powder by miachance. It waa a few score Journal newsboy hav ing a good time with Buster Brown at the Marquam Grand. - r ' - ' People who Went to hear Buster last night were disappointed, but thay heard enough els to make up. It is probable that SO odd members of the chorus ang as loudly aa ever, but no one knowa. Even . Tlge found hta bark crammed down hla huge throat by th volume of sound that awept -down from the gal lery, and as for Buster, he said in pan tomime "Enjoy yourselves" and let It go af that. - . The newsboy cut short their evening sales an dr arrived on time. The first half hour they bad the houee to them selves and they passed the.lme In .de ciding where they would:,slt. By the time the lights were turned on It had been generally decided that -one seat at a time was all a boy could hope to oc cupy and more Important matter wet attended to by the crowd. rwhafa the matter with BusterTon shrill vole queried." - , ' ' "He's all right, all right, all right, right, whoop wow!" . At first the yelling waa Individual. In time the crowd got together and a groa of the shrillest voices in greater Port land hurled down on the audience be low, shook the asbestos curtain, raised a cloud of dust in the dress circle and made distant patrolmen ruah . to the alarm box. 4 ':. When the orchestra arrived Ute gang waa in line yelling order and eight musi cians sawed fn aln. It 1 aasumed that J the orchestra played, but th man two row from th ,front haq to taaou word for that. ' v The' curtain weM up on the. opening chorua and the scor of girl met with a welcome that nearly blew . them through the wing. , It la asserted that they sang; perhaps they did. In time there came Buster and also Tlge. Tlge opened hla mouth and It Is alleged that at that particular, time he is supposed to bark; maybe so. An Irish woman and two more chorua crowd appeared and the ensemble made motion leading one to believe they-were singing; no one knowa. ' - . . j. .- ,-. . It was: v.", -..,1. ,'Rsh for Busier," - l '-. "Whoop for de Journal!? "What'a de matter wld Tiger "Hea all- right,- right, right.-right. whoopee!" and other thlnga.- BISHOP GALLAGHER MAY t SUCCCEED CHAPPELLE 1 : , , .". i" "-..' 4 '-f-- (Jonrnal Special Servlc.) Waahinaton- D. C. Dec 20. In CathO- lie circle here the opinion prevalja'-that Bishop Nicholas A. Gallagher, of Galves ton will be named by the pope to suc ceed (he lata Archbishop Chappelle oft New Orleans. Bishop Gallaghe Is. de scribed by those who know him- as a man eminently fitted for the nign nonor and new of hi appointment would be gratifying to hi many friends through out th country. - ' Bishop Gallagher la a native of Ohio, having been born in weimoni county, that state. In 1848. After preliminary education In the common school he pur sued hi studies In literature and di vinity at lit eu Mary' emlnaryCW- clnnatl. and was ordained to the prleat hood In 1888. He wa then appointed by Blshon Roescrsns a an assistant m St Patrick's church, Columbus, where he remained until 1872, when h waa chosen' president of St. Aloysius sem inary, where he remained five year. - On tha death of Blshon Roeecrsn In 1878, Bishop Gallagher waa appointed admin istrator of the diocese or t oiumDu. In 1882 he became bishop of Galveston, which position lie holds at present ENGLAND HONORING - GLADSTONE'S MEMORY r ;' (Jnarnal apeclal service.) , London. Dec 2. Today la the annl versary of the birth of the late William JSwart Gladstone, tne ureat tom money. who was born on December 29. 1809. and died on May 19. 1&98. Thou' -aands of people visited the Gladstone. monument recently erected In front of St Clement Dane's -church. In the Strand, and many wreaths and floral offering war deposited at the base of the beau tlful monument. . '';, '' The statue? is th work of Hamo Thomycroft of the Royal academy, and represents the great statesman In his official robe aa chancellor of th ex chequer. At the base of the monument are four allegorical groups, represent ing Brotherhood, Education. Aspiration and Courage, and on bronie" panels be tween the groupsare decorated escutch eons bearing the arm ef sons of the counties and borough that Mr.' Glad ton represented in parliament The statue waa unveiled on November 4 by John Morley, the biographer, and per sonal friend of Mr. Gladstone. ? Want to Move County Seat h ,. : V- (Jon real Spll asrvlce.l Oneida, N. Y.t Dec. JfM-Th board, of supervisors of, Madison county ha been called together for a special ses sion to be held today for the purpose of considering the proposition of re moving the county seat from Morris villa to some more accessible location, preferably f to. thla , city. The proposi tion haa been made a special order for thla meeting. This plan has .been pro posed several time In the past but the opposition ha always been so strong In former . year - that no change was at tempted. ' v ' ' .,'.'. i-, . 7 West Virginia Bar 2ta, : (Joarnal Rpwlal Bervlce.i ". Fairmont. W. Va., Dec, 29. The an nual meeting- of- the West .' Virginia State, Bar association opena here today and In-l.nusually large attendance is expected, r Many ' distinguished jurists of the state have arrived, among them Judge' Ooff. ; Judge A. O. Dayton, who will speak on "The Federal Judiciary"; Judge Homer B. Woods of Ritchie county, who will discuss "The Circuit Court Judiciary"; P. J. Creien of -King-wood, who haa been selected asMoaat maater at the banquet; Senator Oeorge E. Price of Charleston; John W. Mason and W. 8. Meredith of Fairmont' -.. . . ' v. Saving Log rot Baivare. t-- (BpeeUI DUpatcb to T Joaraal. I Aurora, Or., Dec. 29. Tuesxlay night about' 1.000,000 feet of logs got away from the'Spaulding , Lumber company of NewberS ahd early Wednesday morn ing residents of Buttevllle noticed the logs going down the river -and began trying to save them for salvage. "Nearly r28.000 feet were saved and several of ths wreckers had narrow escape from drowning. . ... - , IU0DS IIMIGIOG I.I.DM1CE Fit Between Hill and Harriman ' ' Lines at Maegley Junction , to Be Bitter One. 7 'S FATE OF WILLAMETTE . BRIDGE AT STAKE : JFK Entire Plane -of O. R. 9c N. and the Northern Pacific for New Lines to ' - Portland Held tip Pending Court'i Decision. " ."- .'-'. .. - Th struggle1 over a grade crossing to be established at Maegley Junction by the Northern Pacific. Great Northern and O. R. A N. railroad companies la to be fought to a finish. Many thousand of dollars' expenditure in construction work ar Involved In th outcome. At torneys for th Harriman Una hav filed further contempt proceedings. In cluding both J. Couch Flanders, direc tor of th Portland at Seattle, and A; M. Dassault foreman of the construction gang that built the grade and temporary track at Maegley Junction. Sunday and Ohrlstmaa day. In defiance of the In junction lesued by Judge Fraserr of the circuit court . - . c , ' The Maegley grade crossing involves the entire construction of the Immense cut by which the Northern PaclBo . and Great Northern propose to cross the peninsula with thslr double track main line and enter tha bridge over- the Wil lamette river on a level from the Co lumbia river bridge. This out, accord ing to ' th aurveya now completed meana an open excavation 100 feet deep and 800 feet wide at h top. Defeat by the O.' R, N. people at the Maeg ley grade .would mean- that - the Hill companies tnust drop their entire tracks across the peninsula 18 feet lower, to a level with the present track or th u. n. at n, oi.:jonns una. at tne ory dOCk. :..," . I ' . .-. . ' To gain entrance to it propossd bridge at th dry dock th Hill sytero must cross either overhead tr under the present "O. R. St N. tracks. The present survey Is for an 'overhead crossing, 18 feet above the Harriman track. At Maegley Junction th grade contended for by the O. - R, ee N. Co. is six or eight reet tower man tne grade established by the Hill line for their d rect cut through th peninsula to th drydock. " Victory for -th O. R. s N. Co. wUI, it I said, cause the Hill people to make thla huge cut 18 feet deeper and 12 feet wider at the top, land the Hill tracka at the river bank on- level with present O. R. 4k N. tracks and force construction of the .Willamette river bridge on a level 18 feet lower than now proposed. 1 -.-' The Issue 1 also a grave on ror tne Harriman lines In - regard to cost If the Hill people succeed In their effort to establish th first grade at Maegley Junction II will force the O. R. A N. Co. to construct their embankment ana trestles five to eight feet higher for the entire dlstsnc from St John to Trout-dale..- - ,,-..-' The r atria of 800 feet of .temporary track and embankment constructed - at Maegley Junction by the Hill forces Is being closely guarded by a gang of men under Foreman Dassault to pre vent anr fore of Harriman men from Invading and destroying the grade and establishing a new grade on the adjacent Harriman survey. . -. t- i -; MORE WRECKAGE FROM MELF0RT COMES ASHORE T ' ... . , n t' (SoecUl Dlaoatea to The Joaraal.) - Victoria, B. C. Deo. 29. Th . wreck of th British bark Mel fort occurred about 8 o'clock Tuesday morning. ' Slwaah Indiana heard the rockets-, but on rush ing to the shore saw nothing. Later the wreck waa seen- In a small bay en closed by rocks, exposed to th south west wind. Into which waves broke with terrific force.' It waa Impossible for any one to live In such a ssa.' -Two bodies hv com ashore,- and two other were seen, but It wa Impos sible to' get them. On body wa that of a man about t feet. 8 Inches In height, wtth -the stars and stripes tatooed on his arm. He had light hair and a moustache. The other was that, of a man feet 11 Inches tajl, snd he had dark complexion. Clothing with the names of A. & Laurie and Worraell on them, also came . ashore. A woman s coat waa also found, aa well ss articles belonging to John Houston, maater, and Donald Cameronrtnate. When the first bodv was taken .from the water blood waa flowing from cuts, showing that It had not been long In the water. BUTJER CREEK COUNTRY - HORSE; THIEF CAUGHT ' (Rpeelal Dispatch to The Joaraal.) - i ' Pendleton, Ore., Dec. 29. Advices have- been received- from Colorado Springs that Judd - Teettrs, who Is wanted In Pendleton, has been arrested there, Hey wss accused' of stealing horse in the Butter creek country, a few mil from Echo,-andwas one of a few desperate horse thieves who were operating In the country. He Jumped hla ball two year ago, and has Just been arrested at Colorado Springs, and will be brought here for trial. County Sheriff Taylor has been making a still hunt for the thief since m year Isst June, and requisition pepers sr now be ing secured from the governor,.and the sheriff will leave In a few day tar se cure hi man, ' t. - " 7 . Teeter formerly lived at Castle Rock. on the Columbia, He waa a reused of havlpg operated In the Butter Creek country with Oeorge Dlty, -who Is now sefvlng a-term Of , three years , in the penitentiary.'" (Tfh two men stols a num ber of .horses from the Butter Creek country and drove them to the William- ette valley for sale. Teeters wss ar rested at the time and released on ball, when he made his escape, while Dlty waa found some time later. In Dakota. brought here flr trial and -convicted.' , Arrested Wearing Stolen Ovareoet - (Rpectal Piaiatch te Tb Jorl.) Medford. Or., Dec. 29. Ah overcoat was stolen about a week ..ago - from Corum's pressing works here. Suspicion pointed to Oeorge Burnett, a butcher.' clerk, who left her the day after the theft for Chehalls, Wash. Chief Angle asked th Chehalls authorities to arrest Burnett and word was received Isst night thst the butcher's clerk waa caught while wearing the stolen -overcoat. Burnett will be brought to Jack sonville for trial. ' STew Bank at Oreeham. Article 'Of Incorporation tit the First State bank of Oreahatm wer filed today. The capital stock 1 110.000 and th In corporators ar O. W. Kenney. ' A. Meyer and I. it. Short - , , . too r.:ucn 17 FOR RIGLER School Board Will Probably Em plo Assistant City Superin tendent Next Year. CITY SYSTEM HAS 7 , . BECOME GREAT. ONE Opening of New High School and In creaie of Grade Buildings Makes Additional Supervision Almoat Im operative. . 7:; j J .v Portland will hav an assistant city superintendent of schools next year If v. tha plana of Certain- member of th - board of-achool director . materialise. . Th work of. the city chool department haa become so extensive anr complex" that one man cannot successfully attend ' to all th work of supervision and for thla reaaon it 1 th desire to give City ' . Superintendent Rlgler a eapable as sistant. . , . , -i With the ODCnlna of the new hlah .- school and th new elementary school buildings which will be built next year, there will be two high school and 28 big grade schools In the city. In which over 480 teacher will be employed. It 1 Impossible for -one man to handle all " the work in .the city , superintendent' office, , He cannot poaalbly visit each ' school more often than once each month and sometime six weeks elapse before tne superintendent Is able to Inspect the work in the schools. His office duties - ar also increasing with the growth of the school department and much time - ha to b devoted to thi work. - -r - Portland, la far behind other- cities on the coast' in- reaped to th number of aunenrlanrs of anhivil anrk An, Seattle, with very few mora pupil than Portland, ha two supervisor, f on known a a deputy superintendent and the other aa a primary supervisor. Ta- eoma, with a smaller number of school than Portland, ha a primary auperln- -tendent to aaslst the-'clty" superintend- . ent Lo Angeles haa three deputy city superintendent-, a supervisor of nature . study and a aunervtsor of kindergarten ' work, besides several - supervisor for V oiner orancnes oi special wora. t-ort-. -land, wtth 15,000 pupils, two 'high schools and t elementary school and 460 teachers, has but a city superintend ent : ' .. . ? - -...-' It is th plan to employ sbme young, - energetic educator who ha taken uni versity -work in pedagogy. The school of the' city will be divided either a toi grade or districts, between th super-- . Intendent and hi assistant. This would give much mor ttm for supervision ' of work in th school and' will b of benefit to both' teacher and pupil. - City Superintendent Rlgler and. at least two members of th board of edu- 7 cation ar lt, favor of Ah proposed plan. In all probability th proposlttonviwlll be brought before the -board at an early date for discussion.-. , , , : . , . .. R0CKEFELIEO0 TRY 0L0 A61 PENSIONS' -f Has Plans to Care for People in Old Age Under J?on- , y-y sideratiori. . ' K fJoaraal anaclal Sfrrtfl.) Rnstnn. Mm. I9.--John fl. RookefeUer' la nlannlnar and hs under conalderatlon - the details of a scheme for th endow-' roent of old-age pensions with his sur- , plus million. Th' plan hav not-, taksn -definite shape but It Is under stood., they have made considerable progress. Never before has there been such a probability that old-age penaiona will be tried In thla country with th backing to Insure succea. - Rockefeller , Is one of the few person who could attempt to carry out such a stupendous -idea; because he haa th Immense vol ume of funds required to plan th eom-'i prehensiv proportions. ANOTHER. SMALL SNAG . . IN UMATILLA PROJECT (Joaraal Kpeclal Service.) t Washington, Deo. 29. The t'matllla. Irrigation project . haa struck another snsg. In the form of about-a score ot desert entries that cover land included within the government project While '-- the government has no direct proof, I It ' ha received ' word that many of these entries were made Tor speculative pur poses. In order to acquire title to these lanaa. ini vnirmvn iuubi Miiiu.n jhmh that thev have taken up the land with' the Intention of irrigating and culti vating It and have brought water upon . ft fnr tha finrnna. Loon investigation! hould the govern-. .-. ment find the entrymen are acting la- good faith, they will be permitted to ao ' quire title, whlle-on the other hand th entries will be cancelled and the-lafids. ubdlvtded Into units as d re scribed byH the secret a ry.f ' - .. These entrymen are said to nave en-. . tered Intoian agreement with the Max- well Canal company to, transfer a cer-! tain portion of their holdings to that company In consideration of being fur nished' water, but as the,. Maxwell com pany has .offered to sell to the! govern ment It Is not now in a position" to comply wtth It agreement with the en-., t trymen. -. .... . .e - . UNIQUE ENTERTAINMENT ; - IS GIVEN AT. KAMIAH . ' -j'. ' (flrHl rx.patrb to Tc Joarnal.) - - . Lewlston, Idaho, Dec. 29. The spec , tacl of an Indian Christmas tree with . an excellent program rendered In th ' English and Ne Perce tongue, wa th nlau entertnlnment enjoyed by th Kamlah - pedpl Christmas night ' Re vivsl service ar now being conducted . In the church by-Presbyterian of the Nes Perce tribe. , , ?r The exercise consisted of song, reci tations and dialogues, som In Indian- and som In th English tongue.' After th conclusion of this pfrt of the pro. gram presents were distributed by two Indiana diagulaed 's WTua Claus, who told the children a wonderful tale o their wanderings and llf In th land of perpetual ioe and enow. --. Oruclbl Steel Dividend. ; . ' (Jnarnal Special Sar-Tlce. .. Pittsburg. Fa., Deo, 9. Holders of the preferred stock of the Crucible Steel . company of America today received v" dividend' of 1 per cent on their share. This Is tha first dividend paid by thla company In two years, . -r-.-, ; t -p i -7 7 ' 77: r . " ! - t :