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I A.eij'lAk r? t i "' BP---"- -aaea,e7-.eB-- ::jTr:i'.r.nr L...HI L..:ilvi . -ITT." .... brx. mi :. r Take Oppct!t!p Cwr? by Cr , pris mJ Ley Trecx tt Ccp ; ' terttd Crcx;!rj ty K-V ' WpRK FINISHED CZFORE , ; ' li ii iwrTirj otoo it 'tv MWVI1V I IVII W I W I W r This Stretch ! Keynote to Entire fit nation and Company ' Tt Cosas ? ' jyUT Have to Spend Fortunes b ' - Meif Surveys and Plane.. ,'s. . 4 Both aides la. the controversy n. between the Oraton Railroad . - Navigation ' company - aad tha '". Northern Pacific company ' at L.t.a .Maegly a tattoo. . have eent for e reloforcemente end it la feared bloody conflict' may occur at ''e : any hour. ThereViave bean two, . fe"ror three" collisions between -v- e groups of section hand a, but aa yat no blood has baan shed . 0 The; police end the sheriff ' 0i.have baan notified and both de-; e - partmante are - holding- man In " A.' remtnaaa tn turn rtut In mu th - 0. trouble becomes - more serious.) -r- e- One report is to the effect that e - -. e - Weapon are being procured la e Portland for the ooateatants. . "C : " '.' Tha O. R. A N. secured an in- e e . Junction against lta opponent 0 , e . this afternoon and eetthe North-,, e ' e era Facino. secured one yeeter. e day the eonteetante for the ,-. e . right ef war ere both .tied up e until action le .taken- In court. d ',- Ip the" firelight ot- bunrlag fenoe- boards and wrecked treetle structure, e Harrlman force of 100 men last night T- tore away the temporary track built by the Hill companies et Maegly junction, '.'end with teeme end ecrapers . made e cut it feet deep. Uld ties and spiked rails on them end planted J I am man - - railroad camp on,.tbe . new structure. . . directly over the crossing. .'Tbe In jL.vadere. were led . by Chief Engineer . Oeorge . W, Boechke, General Buperln - ' tends nt M. J. Buckley and DJvlelon Superintendent Campbell of the HerrW . man Unee la Oregon, who today ere' maatere of a situation that yesterday aeemed to be Northern Facloe and . oraet Northern Victory. . ,i All Waa Wen riaenee "V The Harrlmea mea pinned . 1 their V maneuver Bone hours ahead, end had - '"everything in readiness for the anove- - s msBt toward .Maagley Junction, await Ins the' ontcome of s bearing that was ' In -progreee yesterday la the tUto clr- : tcult court to decide the condemnation suit brought by the O. 'B, N. Co. . against ' the . College Endowment aaa v latloa and the Portland et 8eatUa Rail J way company for rights of- way across . Ilhe :Maegley tract. . Xata in tha after noon the Jury In the ease awarded the association i.2&e damans. Tha O. R. r ytt N. Co.a lawyers immediately aeosDted r Verdlcf and paid over" tothe "court ya emoeiU aamail. -Mm soon aa the. word ' ws aent to the chiefs of the operating . -department that they wore free to act. ' 'Harrlmea construction torcee and equlp- , ment began euletly moving .toward 'Smlth'a crossing, a short distance from' v the eoene - of the. clash. By tho time darlfneao fell Chief- Engineer. Bo achka ' end Oeneral Bupertntendent v Buckley had a force of lee men, a large number -of teams, ecrapers, plewe and a quaa- . ,tlty of ties and steel ratio eloee at hand. ', The equipment wee taken out on the BU wohae line- of the U. R. at N, end " ; from Its terminus hauled la wagoas to the - eia"ey tract. . - ". Tbe H.4 forcee were caught entirely unprepared.. At their eamp. some 71 : -,; feat away from the Junction, were only four, or Ave mea ea guard,-and' they : ware powerleea te Interfere with the .operations of the large) iotee that eud- . dently a t pea red. . It waa well aadaretood by the chiefs .- that their plan must be carried out ' practhMdly complete before the Port- : land legal representatlvee or the HU1 :.oade could get 1 late eommanloaUoa with Judge Praaer of the circuit court and reach hie., presence with Injunction papers in their baada. Before that, the . Harrlman men must excavate a cut II feet deep and nearly Je feet long. 4 rade and surface a roadbed, end lay ( 1 - a permanent tracs on ii. aoouj tour rau ' leagtna - ,, v . 's .- -, The force was organised lnt reliefs : both of men and teams, and ae the night wore en the workers were relieved fed , ... end reefed, and the force at work was ': kept up to the limit of Its capacity. , A . complete camp outfit and a eommleaary - were included la the equipment, end at regular Intervale meals were eerved. tajWMtJam Baeaiea, - V Late In the evening news of the Inva- slon reached the firm ' of WilUame, - -. Wood A Linthleem, Portland attomeye, who, Ja-tbe abeenoe of J. Couch Flan dera, on his wedding toer In California. represented the Hill companies la this city.' ' They ," Immediately telephoned to , wuege raaer- and request eaaiin te re . mala up until they eould prepare and - present to him an applloatiea for a tenv ' porary Injunction against the Harrlman . eompenlea The .court acceded to their v request, end Iste la the night heard and . granted 'the application. . It wae nearly . t o'clock this morning when a deputy sheriff reached Maegly Junetlon with a J legal notice end eerved his paper on the . Harrlmea officiate. When Chief Engineer ' Boechke waa ; found end the contents of the paper read ' ', to him tn the light of ble bonfire, he Iwiued ordere to themea to stop work. ; ' But, casting hie eye orer the result et ' the night's activities, he eaw thet they haf Just completed the eat, surfaced tha Vkrade arllf driven the laot spike la four rall-lengtha of track aeroee ' the con- td ground The construction mea were drawa off , and a eamp wae erected In the eat. - The - O. R. A N. company official e returned to ' " the city about o'clock thle morning, leaving a large force of men en geerd. . ander direction of Arthur C. pencer, aa ft R. c K. attorney, : - -'"-'v wmm prH'-'V:''- "h "' The . rival , railroads had ' surveyed ' parallel line around the penlneula. the Portland A Seattle to construct Its rail- - roail between tbe proposed . Willamette . and Columbia river bridges pod the Harrlman road to construct ata exten sion front Pt Johns to Trout dale. The aurrey s cross et afaegty Junction and . 'each road eought the advantage of a' prior location of lta grade llnea. aa the ' atate U provldea that the first es tablished rnadj flaee the grade end roads Subsequently asklnf for croaalng privli gee meat erose at the 'established ; . frade. ",- ,... .., The mil tinea eecoredt' aa apt Ion a fmnnd top feet wide for a right of way r tv ?ly tract, where the eur . 'r ta r track . . ' If. J.. company filed a condemnation . suit arnst f'aegly and the Collefa Endow r- t at .relation, but tUl not make tbe 1-c Jan i A fi- itle eopaty com blu 'loa Nor' rn Pac.Jto and Great Nor ri road a party to te suit The Portland A f attla ttn ma e good lta oetion d tn- k a dee I to the ground. Tae O. - mm A m. amended lta eondemna tlon proceeding and made the Portland A Seattle a - party to the eult, and pushed It to trial, and the case decided yeeterday in Judge Fraeera court said to have given the O. R. A N. com pany practically legal possession of the around at the crossing! 4Uie question now to be threshed out in the eoufta will be te determine which company had a rightfully. established grade flret oa tne ground. Chief Engineer Boachkefa4jTrdinf tne inciaeni "There Is noilhlii to as Wkmit It. and I don't- know as thera anythrnr to it that, would . Interest .the. publJAZ X simpiy received instruotlone that we bad a right of way over there, and' I went ahead and cleared the right of way and aunt a raitroae.-- -. , : . : i.-.i-j-.. Today there le lit fset of O. RJ A M. track built across the Junction point, ad something over too feet graded On both aldea. The-O. Rr A N. compsny te continuing construction " work ' on each aide, but refraining from work oa the contested , ground covered by the la- ' Talaa ef tao Owsaiaar..''..' .' At the point where their. - surveys cross oa tbe afaegty tract there la a dif ference of about 11 feet hv the alti tudes. of tha rival companies' lines, and the grade at this point wlU vitally ef fect the trades of the entire lines sur veyed. Involving heavy expenditure, by the road, that is forced - te - makeit grade conform to tha ether. Tbe Maegly croaalng .grade U of especial Importance te theHUl lines, as It will affect the manner of their entrance Into the Willamette and Columbia river bridges: At the Willamette bridges-if located at the proposed drydoak Bite, It hma been) planned by tbe Hill roads te eroee the O. R. A N. Co.'s Bt' Johns line overhead, which requires a grade of If feet above the O. R. A N. tracks. In accordance with this plaa the bridge has been designed, and a .- heavy cut through the penlneula hae been sur veyed. Should tbe Hill Unee be forced to drop te the O. R. A N. grade at Maegly 'Junction their .-immense . cut through' the peniaeala will have toy be made If feet' deeper, and their Willam ette river bridge will probably have to be lowered. - Should it be' deemed un safe to bulM the bridge on a lower level oa account of the flood stages et the river, the Qght may result In chang ing the entire plans of the HUI roads, and they may be. forced to put the bridge at the Weyerhaoser tract, below Bt, jphna. ..,.. - -, . - ,. r j m bas TL::EDin " ' .' '', ' v. - .i . ' ' ' ' ' Axel Knoblock LsavM Letter to Aitoria GirtNot Expected .j.a w rtavuvsjif.,-., ,ly - i btacorered la aa lnaeaslble condition by the Undlady of the Eldora lodging house. Sixth aad' Irving ; etreeta, this morning. . Axel Knoblock waa " revived witlffiealtyT-Me was-taken 'to st VlncentTk hospital, suffering from par tial aspnyxiatlon by gaa, wnere, late this axternooa It waa thought be could not recover. - Tbe circumstances point to an attempt at suicide. - Knoblock la 21 years old.. , Jle went to the Eldora lodging-boase about It o'clock last night. Tbe landlady aeked him If be understood how te handle a gas Jet He said be did.. This morning- about t:Xe e clock the odor of gas was detected la the hallway by 'another lodger and the landlady waa notified. - The door waa forced open aad Knoblock was discovered ia aa ancon- scloas condition. - He wae la bed. lying la a natural position, i Tha rsa Jet was turned on. .. . . t -. That the man did not die la due to a window being .pertly open. His condl tlon waa such that, the police were noti fied.. Patrol Driver Price aad Station Officer LJllla worked over him for some time in aa effort to revive him. while waiting foe a physiolaa to -arrive. La. ter they took the .man . to St. Vincent's hospital In the polos ambulance. Knoblock left letter addressed te Mats Taste Amstrasen ef Astoria. - The letter Is sealed. The police believe be waa disappointed la love. The addreea ia w Bweaiaa. wntmg. . ; EVANGELIST MARTIN HAS v V ORIGINAL METHODS Dr. Martin, who le conducting the ee rie a ef evangel Istlo aervioee at tbe First Christian church. Park and Columbia streets, waa a teacher for It yeara In normal schools, colleges and universi ties before he entered evangelistic work. He frequently converts the audience Info a class and asks questions. -And the audience Jlkee it. Dr. Martin ties up hie audience with a aeriee ef logically connected uueaflone .. and . then - the teacher Is, suddenly transformed 'Into the preacher, while a flood ef passion ate, persuasive oratory pours from bis soul. . . -.v..s Dr. Martin's theme laat alght - waa "The Holy Spirit." He said we were aeked to believe that certain people bad direct revelation la these days from God by t the Holy Spirit. 7 He told of a man in Chicago who recently an nounced that ehe waa the eon of Ood. He affirmed unequivocally ble belief and the belief of the Christian church la the personality ef the Holy Spirit, and Hie operation la the conversion ef the elnner. 11 n 1 . Tourfght Dr. Martin wilt wpeak an -De generation and Regeneration.1 ' Tomor rrow night tha subject, will be, "SvU Baalilna" '. t ; ..v; :0.V IS TIE TO OHDER YOUH SEATS FOR CALVE MaU orders from Portland and tbe en tire, state are being, received, thle week for. Madame Emma Calva'e concert at the Marauant Oread theatre Monday nlgbt, January 1. These orders will be fUJed aad returned this week before the regular sale opene aext Moaday. Each order muat state clearly the aumber ef eeeta wanted and ba aoeempanied by a eta mead eddreeoed eavelen laetoaina aoney order or check mode payable to W. T. Pangle, Marquam Oraod tWaatra, Portland, Oregon, prices and other In formation can be had by telephoning to tha Marquam Orend theatre. Main til, or making personal faejulry there end ron a avert teamen t la thle paper. Mew t-e time te aaaU year erdet, , . , Ueeeeeeeea A-prr?rtz:;s Cx TT.cueind DoU -rlzn More Thzn It Provldte' V for'fcy Tax - Levy.;" BIQ DEFICIT IT3 FLAN 13 FOLLOWED War and lleans Commlttea Appar- ently Ftvrca oa Dippinf Deep Into tho" Oanarml 'Vltnd Hwry'Pto ;isioa lor tho Fire Department." AptHori at lone for maintaining -the fire department and for making add! Uonal installations of company treusea- and apparatus amoujrana te asst.iis were made by - the waye and - means committee of the . city council thle morning. The apropriatlona exceed the amount to be derived from tbe stt-miu tax' levy for tbe fire department by at least- 4,evV- without, taking- into, con alderatloa the deduotlone to be made from the taxes - for delinquencies and the addlUoaal expense for .the ealaiiae of the men for the new companies to be Installed, The expenses of Installing several of the eompanfeo may not con sume the entire appropriations, but If no changes are made In the plana ef the waye and means committee front $l.Ot to 110,00 will have to- be ap propriated from the general fund , to meet tbe deficiency, . ' " ' Provision . waa made for two new engine companies oa the weet aide one la the north end aad the other oa -ore taad Heights e new engine for engine oompaay No. a, at Twenty-third and Nksolal etreeta: tare new engine on the east aide, one to be substituted chemical company No. t, at Orand ave nue and Hall atreet, one at .Bast Twenty-eighth and Couch etreeta, and the third la the Brooklyn district; a boss at Russell and Williams avenuea, and the inatallaUon or a faat time lire alarm system. The committee desig nated the amount to be. expended for the Installation of each ee pa rate com pany la order te limit the freedom of the city executive board, which has to build the company houses, purchase the apparatus and install the companies. Councilman Oray remarked at the meet ing that tt waa beat not to give the ex ecutive board too much, liberty. Highland, which baa been clamoring for aa' engine company, waa left with out any appropriation at present, but It waa decided that an engine should be purchased as quickly as possible aad placed la the engine-house In that dis trict until some of the proposed new companies were ha readineee for Inatal laUon., Next year Highland will - be liven a reguglnscompajyto ro- servlee. - The - approprlauone were aa follOWSS'; ,'J-""--. .-.."-.---.-"f-.- '.T,r-,-. ' - i ; " Tka ApproyiletloBa. v, -Aalaria,-H.e7 mleeelleneeue -ex- renaea. XJZJSO; laataltatloa f faat time fire alarm aysteaa, tll.Ott; engine eom paay oa Fifth street between Irving and Hoyt streets. I1L7M: eneine comnanv en Portland sights, tl 4.700; new en gine xar eagina oompaay e e, Twenty- third and Nicola! etreeta, l(.te; engine oompaay la Brooklyn, -11 J, 010: truck oompaay No. la Albiae, t.10; eoglae company at Baat Twenty-eighth and Ceaeh -etreeta.- Ile.eeet-ewbetttw gine company . ror . chemical eompany No, g at Orand s venue and Hall street a. Sie.ise; new neee wagon at Stephens' addition. tl.tlO. The old boee company new la Stephens addition wilt be trans ferred, without any additional expeneea. ut Kenwood, ' ' , - Tbe waye and mesne committee met at 1:10 o'clock thle afternoon te eon- eider the appropriations for the ether departmenta. C A. Cogswell ef (he citv executive beard presented the needs of street cleaning and sprinkling depart, ment and urged that the city purchase the property adjoining the city barn be longing to Tyler Woodward for the sum ef f MOO aa it was indispensable to the department. Tbe city hae been renting ine ground nut tne owner bas served no tice that he doee not desire to rent any leaser. -.a.-ri-ji .. -u-r. Mr. Cogswell . further recommended that ground be purchased ' and a baan erected oa the eaet aide for the purpose or xacuiiaiing tne worn or the depart ment. The committee aeemed Inclined to grant tne recommendations. ;,-' j ROOSEVELT BEWAILS' 3 LACK OF ARMY DOCTORS I (Joevaal apselsl Bervleal " ''- Washington. Jan. 10. .The nreeldeat today la a speech to the delegates from the - Am en can Medical association at tending the presentation of a medel of honor to Captain Church sounded, a warning en account of the Inadequate service of the medical department - of the army. He eaid that if we would go to war toaay an appalling calamity would befall ee because tbe medical staff was too small. . He declares that the blame for such conditions will be placed where " ix belongs, apon the shoulders of tha people and legislators who refuse to prepare for the future. and not upoa the shoulders of the of ficer who happens to be commanding when tho trouble cornea. -' . MEWBERG VOTES FOR PINNEY FOR MAYOR (Rseelel Dispatch te Tae esrael. ' ' Newberg, Or, Jan. 10. M. IL Pinner waa yesterday elected mayor by a ma jority ef 2X votes. The other office re elected are: Recorder, W. W. Nelson; treasurer, John Larkln; counellmea, A -a. K. XI Rlitt: MMIKll want Ttr BrvTairfcTcnTh well. - . , . - :t .;. ... CLATSOP COUNTY JUDGED KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR C J. Trenchard. county Judge' e or Clatsop county, waa knocked 0 down by a streetcar at Sixth and o) Ollaaa streets bet ethIng."Thee 0 police were- aetlfled and Patrol e 0 Driver O ruber '.and - Patrolman e d " Inekeep event to tn ace ae with- e q the ambulance bat learned that d) e be had been taken te tho Im- A e aerial hotel by but frleada. e judge waaenara waa eruisaei e d on the head and body and euf d fared a few - small eute. from .e) which lie niea proiueeiy. a re port wae published that ho had been held up and beetea by high wayawa. ; : ' W::i Co Atsociatad U".h O'Czy ... and Tarplty in Practice 7 ' .; : : : -:v :; r. ,cf Law. . f ; . i W. W. Banks, who has been assistant United States district attorney for nearly two years past, will , end hie tenure of the office today. After a brief vacation he win resume the private practice ef the law and wlU be asso ciated wlfh CDay A Tarpley In. the Chamber of Commerce build Ing. "Under the rulee I am entitled to a tO days' vacation each year, aad as-1 took no vacation last year, I am going oa a trip with Mrs. Banks before re suming . private practice," aald ' Mr. Banka today. ! have eerved under inree district attorneys and now I am ready-to-hrft tn -rsepotJalbllltV' te lh .1. u. H Mr. Banka was a member ef the legis lature of 1101 and hie vote contributed to tbe election ox C. Wt Fulton aa united fctates senator. Strong pressure ' waa exerted to force Banks to desert Fulton and support Harvey W. Scott,, but he refused to be coerced) and declared his ladependenoe la a ringing speech on the floor of the house. It wae through Pulton's ' tnfluenoe that Banka subse quently waa appointed assistant district attorney. His appointment waa issued Jgnuary II, 1104, and he took office on February 1 of the eeme year. At that time John Hall waa district at torney. He waa succeeded by Francis J. Heney. ..'..,. - Unite - State - District Attorney Bristol . has not yet . announced -his choice for aeslatant to succeed Banka. The announcement will be made tomor row. I,t la understood that the new ap pointee, la a Portland " ; SEVEII FECFLE REQUIaEO loiiraaim Ida Goffka Hae-Hysterics and : Strujjsfee Violently at fo-t ' lice station. . ' Ida Goffka la a small woman, weigh ing not -more than JM pounds, but it required three strapping policemen, the assistant elty physician, two women "trusties'' and Police Matron Simmone' to hold her during an attack of hys terics lawt night. . - The woman grew hysterical la n room occupied by her at 10 North Fourth street, and ether women eoeupylng quar ters In the vicinity became eo alarmed that they, notified tbe police. - Though ehe screamed n few times and tried to Jerk away from Patrolman Carr when she waa taken to the elty prison, she did not prove eo -unruly as to neoeesl tate a battalion to control her. When she arrived at tha jail aad learned that she wss te be locked la- a cell for -the Bight, however. It waa different. It took several minutee-to- get5 the woman Into the elevator and up te the woman' department, Dr. Spencer, as sistant city physician, finally arrived In response to a summons by telephone, aad after the woman had been throws aad betd. admin iatered , a-bypodermlc doee of morphine. - - 1,500 Fi'n'LS OH OUT Of mm SCKODLHOUS Tiny Tot of Six Gives the Alarm ; and Perfect Order Follows in Fire Drill. ' - (Joerael Seeelal - Chicago, Jan. 10. A tiny wreath ef clear' blue smoke circled np tbe ventila tion flue of room 21 at the Parkham school and n tiny tongue of flame ca ressed It playfully aa it aroee. Mabel Peterson - watched It - a moment end then raised her chubby little band for permission to speak. Mabel le only yes re old. but had already been n pupil at tne parkham school eix months. "Well MabeL what la ttr Miss Mar garet Heanessy. tbe teacher, naked. "Please teacher. theya a fire," and the chubby hand again rose to point a tiny finger toward the now merrily dancing tongues of . flame , In . tbe ventilating Ziua. 'i. .y ... ... - Mlee Ileanessy saw tho fire and form ing the children Into line gavs the com mand to follow her. Then, etopplng In the corridor, alia normaed- tha fire gong and la anewer to the weU-Vobearaed pre cepts -of the fire drill, more than l.tot children and 40 teachers marched safe ly out of the building. The fire was extinguished with but alight loss. COLUMBIA'S TAX LEVY- r IS SEVENTEEN MILLS ' (BDeelal Dim tea 4a Tae Jearaatl St Helens, . Or.. Jan. 10. The total tax levy for Columbia county Is IT mills. The following road aupervteore were appointed today: District No. 1. Matt snglert; district No, X, W. J. Fat- lerton; diet Met No. , J. Vf. Nowles; district no. 4, M- Freah; district No. I, Emll Wassen: district Na e. Austin Aarren; dlstriot No. 1, W. I Brown; dis trict, No. I, John Cramer; district No. f, R. A. Lllllck; district No, 10, James Van; district No. 11, O. W. Welch; dis trict No. II, John Johnson; dlstriot No. If, William Rose; district No. 14, C. W. Mellingertdistriot No. IE, Peter Berger. .. . STEVENS TO TELL HIS ' . lTOnYJr-PANAMACANAL : (oaraal neelal tervlce.l " .""' Waebtngtwn. -Jan. 10. The- senate committee on Interoceanie canals is ar ranging for ' Chief Engineer . Stevens' appearance before It ,. ,' . . PAYNTER IS ELECTED SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY "" iJhHUUlt afjrSFBert'"eaT4TTtef, a - - Frankfort. Kr, Jan. 10. -At noon the Kentucky leglalature met In Joint sea atoa and formally declared Thomas H. Paynter United States senator to auo- eeed Senator Blackburn. . ' ' Beak Cae Jam pa xnte Mayer S. W. Roeealey wee netiflad by telephone today of an accident that oc curred on. the Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia. The message was sent from Fort Steveos. A ear loaded with rock and being eent it est the Jetty Jumped the track and faUlnto the see. No one waa injure, , Husband of Wcmvi V.lio Ki::d Herself Recent'y Tt" Friends - He Intends to Join Her. . news of His cu:c:ss - ' Vvi-V IS HOURLY EXPECTED Found Hia Wifo After ' Tears of toarcb and Her Death Robbed Him of All Deslro to LrvwNo Trace of Hhn Za Yet Found. il Failure to ftnd O. Botander. who ln formed the police that he Intended -Joininr bis -wHV Ivm resulted in tha belief that he hae ended hla Ufa. ...Under the name of Toy, Mrs. Bounder came to Portland two years ago. Her husband has been employed aa eagtaeer en a train running between St. .Paul and Minneapolis. He heard nothing of her until a short time ago, when a friend told him that she wae la Portland. Mrs. Bolander agreed to accompany her husband home. . He learned .that ahe waa arrested about two weeks agq and mentioned the fact to her. She waa eo humiliated .that ehe drank carbolic add aa he waa entering her room. . Calling up Salvation Army headquar tera yeeterday and epeaktng to One of those who had charge of hla wife's fu aerBVBolandef ' bid ' him good-bye and eaid: 1 will never see you again, J axe going to Join my wife." - , SPOKANE PUTS BAM ON ' SCHOOL FRATERNITIES t (pedal Mspetab te The J . Spokane, . Waslw Jan. 10. Despite protests from members of the two high school fraternities, resolutions were passed at tha laat meeting ef the school board putting the ban en fraternities la the high eehooL Beeldee the mem bers of the board the meeting .wad at tended by a number ef etudenta, alumni, fret boys, fathers et frat boys and at torneya , .- - . .. At the December meeting. tbe reeoltl- I tlon wae Introduced ae aa amendment to tbe by-laws, of tbe school board, and was up for final hearing Monday night Tbe amendment wae finally adoptel by the unanimous vote of the board,-l and will be Incorporated In the by laws. .- -.v la the future no member of any ee eret society shall represent tbe High school In athletics, debating ar literary team a, or be elected ae class officers, commencement orators, or any official capacity, MRS. SMITH REPLIES TO MYSTERIOUS BILLY , Mrs: Mary Smith, whose huaband. WUllam A. (rMyatertous Billy") Smtth. Is suing for a divoroa, still thinks that "Mysterious. Billy" has an interest In a local -smllor boarding-house-. In a affi davit tiled this morning la the elrmilt eourt ehe avers that if hie Interest In the business waa sold It was done through fraud and la Anticipation ef this suit." . f ' A a affidavit was also' filed by Jacob McCarthy, whose actions Smith claims are a partial cause of hie asking for a divorce. McCarthy allegee that he wee formerly a bartender for Smith and that between Its and fTI wae taken la at "Mysterious Billys" saloon every day. McCarthy Bald that be bad eeea Smith and Josephine Barde together v many tlmea and that he took her te n restau rant for meale every day for aeerly five montha McCarthy made n general de nial ef the charges made by Smith of Improper conduct with Mrs. smitn. . ASK BOSTON MAN TD . . GIVE BACCALAUREATE ' rs-erlel ntnMtek te Tat Jearaelt University of Oregon, , Eugene, e'en. 10. The senior class at the U. ef O. today announced It -ennM - aak Roy. Frank H. Matthewe of Boston to liver the baccalaureate sermon at com mencement. Matthews Is a graduate of tbe olaas ef 1101. . The faculty ef the university has de cided that seniors presenting theaee ef marked excellence phall receive special mention - on the commencement pro grams. There are but few of the boners to be awarded and thle valued honor ef oxoellence will receive much competition from the graduating claea SUICIDE OF BROKER FOLLOWS BIG FAILURE ' (Jearaal SeeeM Berries.) . . Cleveland, O.. Jan. 10. Tbe suspen sion of the etockbroklng firm of Denl son. Prior A Co. was announced this morning. Tbe failure followe tbe eut- clde yeeterday of Iceland W. Prior, one ef the best-known financiers - of the elty and former president of the Cleve land stock exchange. - large stock trans actions and speculations caused the deed. Tbe business was eloeed at the requeet of the surviving members . to protect creditors. . :.;. v SHOUT FRIGHTENS ' ' . AWAY A ROBBER Albert Walker Uvea at all Mont- gomsry etret. He waa sitting In his dining-room reading Monday night when a young man wearing a black evereoat end 'a black derby hat and carrying a blue revolver entered and presenting the hand a' '"'"-..'-,' .'.'' ' ': net . out of here', shouted Walker. The holdup-man, who wore -no, mask. turned visibly pale and bolted. Adaxea Meey Otflotale. . . .' -rSeeetal Dtspatett te The Jeareal.) ' Adams. . Or.. Jan. 10, The newly elected officers for the city of Adame took tbe oath of of Ore at a meeting of the council held last evening. The of flners are aa follows; Mayor, T. A. tUeuallaa; recorder. O. 1 Baker, treas urer. Dr. E, R. Todd; council men, C C Darr. J. T. IJeuallen John Oleea, J. O. Hales, J. E Winn and Charlee Otter- stedt. - The marshal wui- ee oiectea at tbe next meeting ef the council. - BeewaU'e tajurlee Fatal, IJmthI Spertal -rTlr.) San Diego. Jan. 10. W. W. lloaweH general mnnsger of the Julian Consoli dated Mining company, died at Julian this morning aa a reault - of a shock received at the cave-In at the mine yes tcrday. Sidney Pettlt, a young miner, wag InetAnUj killed by. a fock . Hadley Wins First Brush Dsfore r Supreme Court and Rogers ' Must Answer Friday. . - (Journal Spevtal Serrlre.i - New York, Jen. 10. William - O. Rockefeller, treasurer and nnancler of the Standard Oil company, was on the stand in the ouster proceedings brought by the state of Missouri against tha trust. Like hie associate, H. H." Rogers, Mr. Rockefeller, upon the advice of counsel, "declined to answer. After a brief eeaaion the Inquiry wae adjourned until afternoon te permit Attorney-General Hadley to attend the hearing of Rogera ia. tha auprema eeuet, where It le nought te compel ; him te aaewer queatlone propoundeA ' . 1 .-' WlUIsm Or- Roeke feller, like ble brother, John D., le ef a retiring dis position and "bisappearance today" la his flrst nv public for some yeara, - In the- eupreme eeurt Standard Oil lawyers fought eaause a-delay. They wanted two weeks.. Hadley won the ar gument and the ease must be beard en Friday.- When tbe hearing before Sanbem wae resumed, it waa decided to postpone It until tomorrow morning; , when A. V. Jockel will be called oa cross-examination. There -will -probably -be- ae-bearing on Friday on account of tbe su preme' court hearing . the Rogers case, : REMEY IS EXCELLENT -- WITNESS FOR HIMSELF rapeeisr TMeaatri te The Jearaal.ri' . Helena, Mont.,Jau.19..jr Camilla Frederick Remey, eharged with the murder of-Waeeon J. Oliver near here laat auramer, and whoee trial la now being bad In the dlstriot eourt, made an. exoallent witness for : himself on oross-examlnatloa today, adhering eloeely to hla story of yeeterday in that he had a struggle with Oliver while the latter waa trying to Intimidate him with eq revolver Into loaning Oliver ; more money, and that Oliver killed blmeelf while trying to a hoot the - defendant. His croee examination waa completed, Ramey was - foil owed ' by ; Dr. O. - M. Lnnatronw who teetioed to performing a second autopsy en tha body ef hie victim, which reeulted la the discovery ef a bullet wound in the head end that tracing thla he bad found the bullet. The bullet bad been eut In two by tbe bone. Tha ekull of Oliver wae exhibited as wall ae fragments of the bullet MASKED ROBBERS HOLD 'v UP EAST SIDE SALOON ..-W-..'V -..r - Two robbers, their faces masked with white pocket - handkerchiefs, held .up Pater, Zimmerman, proprietor ef the aa loon at Oil East- Burnside etraet laat Bight and robbed the cash till of an amount between Hi and ISO. Zimmer man . wag eleo rbroed - to yield up ft which he bad In hie pocket - John An derson was mulcted ef 11, but James Conroy, . who wag also ' In the saloon, was not aearchedA -: After securing the money the robbere backed ou t of - the rear door,- keeping the three ma covered with their re volver - Tbe police were notified and Acting Detective Hellyey was detailed on the case. No clue has yet been dis severed to the Identity f be robbere. PROMINENT: SPEAKERS , AT HAMILTON BANQUET Tha Amertca--WooTubwm commemorate the birthday of Alexander Hamilton tomorrow night at the Port land hotel. - The program will be followe: Address by the vtoe-preeldent W. D. Wheelwright who will be the toaatmaeter; Te the Memory of Our Late President C B. Bellinger." C E. S. Wood; "Alexander Hamilton,' George H, Williams: "Unltee States FInancea," A. t Mllla: "Empire State The Home of Hamilton," Rev. Stephen 8. wise. FIGHTING CONTINUES - ; IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA St Petereburg, Jan. . 1 0. Dlspa tehee tell of fighting at varioue pmcea today. Dragoona were ambushed near 1 la sen pot and two killed. The dragoons sur rounded the rebels aad killed 10, every man In tbe ambuscade dying- Incur gents capture1 Jewish merchants and bold them far raneom. ' The plundering ef Tlflle continues and a tailor named Schults, elected president ef the Eatho- ntan republic, was captured by soldiers land executed, .-; NEW POSTMASTER IS NAMED FOR WOODBURN : " " (Jearaal apeefel serrlea) ' ' ' Washington. Jan. 10. The president today appointed the following poet- maetere: California. Archie Madison, Angele; Harvey - A Clark Jr., Lodl; William ' Jones. Monterey; - John - C. Boggs, Newcastle; Edward H. Baulser, San Pedro; EugOns Don, Santa Clara; William Mullen, Mendocino. ' Montana Alonso S. Footer, Roulder. Oregon W. PennebakerL Woodbura, UNION OIL CO. GIVEN " - RIGHTS IN PANAMA ' f ' ' ''.;' (Journal Special BerrVa) '' ,i Washington, Jan. 10. Tbe secretary of war today granted tbe Union Oil eom nany of California nermlealon to lay an oil pipeline aeroee the lethmue of Pana ma If the eompany agreed to pay e a month) for the privilege. COMPEL RAILROADS TO UmNISMDLOJ,lBASSES (Jearaal aperial Berrlea) ''V7' Dee Molnee, la., Jan. 10. A bill was Introduced In the house today providing that railroads furnish paaaee to -all con gressmen and ether publio Officials In order to prevent bribery. -. ' A. O. SUyare Oa Wed. . A. C Meyers aad Miss Zella L. Weet will be married at 4 o'clock thle after noon at St Lawrence church. After the ceremony n wedding rereptlon will be held at the homa of Deputy County Clerk T. B. Wells, 144 Fourth street. The groom le the senior partner of the contracting- firm ef ft, vera A An-jr-eon. , ' : . -W mtmm- t' Frier de ef B. 1. 1 r United States C And an added alnce he rerrtvr that ba hd bi. & r-atch fTo tor - t ae. i U 1 ULIan tawrence cr.J C pcKs to Ctar f.'crj.vfcrt L". ' Local Mx.ia-t-r.cr.- ROUTE ALRZADY OFC:4 ;i:r'-:3 as far A3 cirivcr: ' Beat Houaea in Weitern ClUea fa cured tor. New - Company Wtkli Twill Ba Compoaad ChiafJ of East. grn Actora of Repntxiqi, '' Aa-waa-Tredloted'in - msfr-eveniprg -Journal. Manager George U Baker le to Star Mlas Lillian iwrence and John " SaJnpolia In - Hall - Celne'e splendid drama, "Tbe Christian.". ' Upoa thoir retua. from Seattle laat evening the manager and the actor an nounced that arrangements had been made with John Cort for the Northwest Circuit and that time had been secured as far east'aa Denver, with a prospect or continuing even farther east The company will play only the flret-claae houses, opening at the Orand opera house in Seattle on March tt and play Ing tha Marquam Orand upon their re turn to Portland. Miss Lawrence,, who will aaaln Dlav . i Glory Quay la, - made a great - success -i In the role- while In Boston, and Mr. Satnpolia scored he John Blorm in" " the "" same eompany. The support will corns c mainly from tho east tbe management being la communication with several well-known players at the present time. The Idea of putting out "The Chris tian" arose from tho two facte that Mr. Baker owns an elaborate ecenle produsr tlon or tae piece, ana mat Miss us. renoe waa a great bit In the- principal role. V s .. !J' ....... Tbe impreeeloa that the former lour ef The Christian" ander Mr. Baker waa unsuccessful - appears to" be entirely erroneone. In fact for two or three weeke the play crowded the California theatre In San Francisco, where audi- . enceo ere moat critical, .With a woman of Miss Lawrence's talent playing Glory, there le no reason to believe that the forthcoming tour eill be otherwise than a great success, , . ' j . - j : As to Mr. Bakers plane' for a stock company at the Baker theatre he ate tee that the proposition la still "In the air." Burlesque will bold the boarde there in definitely, ; .V:. '. , .. j- . eElMLOLll'.'.'SnYC TO FillrrQS ".' . . ; Officers at Vancouver Have Re calvad No Official Notific. : : ; tion of Change. However. At the Vancouver barracks it Is re- parted that "Oeneral Constant -W 111 Isms, -la command of tbe department of Col ombia, 17. S. A., since the tranefer-or . Oeneral Funston, Is. to be ordered to tbe Philippines. Official notification to that effect haa not been received, how ever. According te tbe report Oeneral Williams will be placed la command at the department of Tiaayas on tbe island of Pansy at Ho Ilo. Oeneral William le one ef the voter- . ane of the army. He haa eerved with distinction for years and will have been In active duty long enough In a aether year and a half to be placed on the re tired list. Aooordlngly officers are sur prised at the reported transfer. "Neither General Williams aer any one elae at tha barracbe has received ' official notlf Icatioa of hla transfer." aald Colonel Woods, military secretary at the post "All I know about It le through tbe reports that have reached . ua. We have no reason to- believe tbe rumors until they ere verified." ... . , MAY CHARGE SAIL0.1 . KELLY WITH CuTXlT Deputy District Attorney H. B. Adame thla morning said that he expected to file an Information la tbe circuit court thle afternoon charging a T. ( "Sailor" Kelly with murder In the first degree. He win be accused of having ehot and killed Thomas Flemminge In the holdup of the Centennial saloon on the night ef December le. "Hiney Raasmaa. who save that faa wana .companion, of Keilyv- haa confessed to the holdup and alleeea that the sailor fired the shots that killed the eld man. ... BRIDE AND GROOM 1 ; FOOL 1RATE FATHER "Love will always find a way,, mur mured George A. Saeckel this morning when he appeared at tbe county clerk's - office and secured a license to wed Mle Mabel J. - McCroskey. Just as , Saeckel waa going In one door ef. the clerk's - office Mr. McCroskey. father ef the brtde-elect wae rushing out of another on hie wey to look up the msrrlage II censs record at Vancouver, Washington, to see If hie daughter had secured a wed- ; ding permit In the elty, across the Co lumbia. ':- . :'.'..r, ' ... GOVERNMENT CONTROL ' FOR FIRE If.SlMAr.'CE raeetal Pwaatfn ta Tbe Jeerael.t San Francisco, Jan. le. President A. W. Thornton of the Fire Underwriters Association of the Pacific coast,- which tlon in this city, - In bis annual report recommends that the national govere- ment have exclusive contmt of fire in surants companiea. There ie a large et- tendance. Tbe election of off leer e wl.l be held late thla afternoon aad a ban quet wilt take ptac at the Salut Fraa. ' cle hotel this evening, . - CA3SIE.CHAC.v:CX 13 - rFi'czDAr.:::":.. tinw1 Wll tm' y ClfWlenall, Jan. I. ' t rtate rnurt cf " t ' fuse4 Cri: Cl...je ! a I