The Oregon daily journal., January 31, 1906, Image 1

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VOL. IV. NO. 284.
PETTY POLICY
Mayor Vetoes Portion of Council
Cjfproprt ai It
A Attempt to Override Ex-
ecutive Department. ' ' '
QUEER THINGS MEASURE
ATTEMPTED TO PERFORM
Would Specify How Much Should Be
( Spent for a Saw and How Often
Telephone Should Be Used More
. , of Law Would Hare Been Vetoed
Had Salary Lists Not Been Involved
Mayor Lane today vetoed certain
items In tha ordinances - appropriating
the . funde of tha city to pay the ex
penses of tha present year, on tha
(round that tha . apaciflo - manner In
. which tha council specifies tha appro
priations ahalt ba ueed, la contrary -to
tha city charter and that It will alao
work a hardahlp on tha city executive
board and tha heads of the departmenta
In -the purchaaa of supplies. - Ha ac-
cuaaa tha council of passing tha meas
ures for tha purpoaa of hampering and
harassing tha executive department Ha
further . aaya that the aeotlon In the
left In any of tha appropriations shall
ba canceled" by tha city auditor la con
trary to tha charter, which provide
that no body ran delegate each author-
Ity. Hia message explaining hla pol-1
,' tlon la submitted in connection with Ma
4 veto of tha general appropriation ordin
ance and follower
TO tha Honorable, the Council.' Port
"' land. ' Oregon Gentlemen: .' I herewith
. return ordinance No. le.llf. entitled "An
ordinance making approprtatlona out of
the -general fund for th payment of
- expense af - tha elty of Portland for
the Becal year. l0e.', dlaapprovad aa to
the follow Ins Itema. namely) 1
"Material and equipment for General
snglneeMiig-Oii new transit, not., to
exceed l!&0i two level rode, not to x-
ceed $J2: monument and monument
cover, fise; horae feed, shoeing and
beddlns. not to exceed l0: Aline- cabl-
. net, not to exceed 145; three map eabV
. nets, not to exceed $150; cement teat
ins machine, complete, not to-exoeed
"Health,, department Provisions,
drugs, ete-r I1..60J repair t peethouae,
i00. - '
"Street sprlngllng department For
. eleetrlo sprinkling care, not to exceed
- 11.180; not to exceed 20 team a, not to
exceed $4 SO per day during- the sprlnk
ling season, M.S00. '
New equipment Not to excee.1 alx
" Wses at not to exceed 1100 each. $1,200;
, not to exceed four aprlnklera at not to
exceed tlti each, $1.4(0; one power
broom not to exceed $440: alx eeta of
' cart wheela and axela not to exceed
flit; II dosen hoea and II dosen shovel
not to exceed $412.10; 24 acoop ahovela
not to exceed $0; four aeta double bar
ness not to exceed $10; alx acta cart
hemes not to exceed $110; on uggy
not to ixeeed 1180. - ' r '
"Appwred aa to all other.- - -
"Certain of the Itema which have been
approved are aubject to the sair ob
jection hereinafter' preaented against
the othors. but alnc there might b a
doubt aa ta the right of the city em
' ploys to collect their selari if the
' approval atood only aa to the general
appropriation, I Include all approoria
tlona for pay of employe among thoa
. approved. . .
Ws Caarta Provide. L
The charter clearly contemplatea
. that general appropriation should be
made In a lump,- the-expenae already
fixed by charter or ordinance, auch as
the aalarlea of employee, to be dlabursed
in accordance with the law, the respect
, Ive heada of departmenta to have con
' trol of expenditure for the new work
under their charge and to be responsible
for It The provialona authorising the
council to require monthly estimates at
.one eonflrma thl view and afford the
council a perfect check upon unwar-
; ranted - and - ' extravagant -expenditure.
. Under- the method herein suggested, and
heretofore followed, nearly every da
; part men t of the city, did, In fact, turn
In a surplus for laat year. By allowing
,' the exercise of a eertaJn discrimination,
, each department la naturally stimulated
' ' to do Its best and to produce best re
ult. with.-tha-Jeaat-expenditure On
' the other hand, under the system em
. bodied in thl ordinance, the handa of
; every department are tied and the result
must necessarily be to remove every ln
centlve to economy and energy In the
conductoftha bualnes and- tQf otg a
-7 -spirit of Indifference tt-wet - of ex
' a travagance. - It la' clearly Impossible for
the council or any other body, to antlcl
"pafelh"eveTy" deUlOfia ' expense 6f . a
' arreat olty or to eatlmate the details of
these expenses with any approach off.
...v accuracy; nor can a legialatlva body
hope to anmlnlater Its fund Item by
Item with the earn effectlvenea aa the
same persona actually charged with the
detail work of the several departmenta
ean do. Tha attempt to do thja can
only result In 'endless discrepancy be
tween the approprtatlona and the needs
of the city, In manifold and vexatious
. exceaa of funds over requirement In
noma eases, and the lack of actual necee
alttes , In others, and, In a wearlaome
volume of legislation.
MlaJaf at Oast. .
- To take one or two concrete ex-
ample; Approprtatlona a.r made In the
' street cleaning department for it dosen
..' hoes and not on rake. - Now, if a rake
le required. It must either be paid out
of an emerrenoy fund created for the
very purpo- r curing the defect In
this kirl t 1 ..on, thervy confus-
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Mrs. Charles
WIDOW OF CHARLES' T;- YERKES
BECOMES BRIDE OF W. MIZNER
' (Joaraal Special Servle.) ' ; '
' New fork, Jan.' 1. The American
aaya: "The extraordinary announce
ment la made that Mrs. Charles T.
Terkes, only one' month a widow and
tha recipient of $7,100,000 under the
will of her late huaband. ha become
the bride of Wilson Mlsner - of Ban
Francisco. Th announcement wae made
in the presence of Mlsner who refused
to make any comment upon it - ,
"Ther wer only two witnesses. J.
U Eastland and Kmlle Brugulera, both
of San Francisco. These two witnesses
admitted that they wer present when
Mr. Terkes became Mr. Mlsner. Tne
ceremony was performed .In th gallery I
Democrats In Congress to Take
Action Against ; Southern '
' Pacific Railroads, y-
. 7osraal Haeelal ttnlr.y--
Washington. Jan.". . $l.John Sharp
Wllllama, houae Democratic leader, ba
written a letter to Congreeamen Btayden,
Flnlay and Grey, Democratlo member
of the committee on Pacino railroads,
calling attention to the allegations that
the Southern Paclflo ayatem la In fact
a merger controlled by liarrlman, la vio
lation of the law and ; aubject to the
same ' action aa ' taken by the ' courts
against th Northern Securities company.-
.':.
Th three Democratlo member are
now Jnveatigt!ngth matterwlha
view of- prentlng . resolution 4n -the
houae calling upon the Interstate .com
merce commission for Information.. The
aimed tthe Pennsylvania company.
haa anoouraged Democrata ' to believe
that they can. paaa other resolutions
against the big railroad commnee, wnicn
are regarded aa . combinations in . re
straint of trade
Southern Paelflo lobbylata are much
concerned over the matter and. are in
daily conference with member of the
house, endeavoring to neaa on irouoie
some resolutions of Inquiry likely to be
offered within the next week or ten
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SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION
VALUE OF FIELD ESTATE
( Jenraal Special arvtee.l
,, Chicago, Jan. . II. Executor of th
estate of th late Marshall Field eatl
mate that the estate la worth $71,000,
000. consisting of $55. 000.000 'personal
property and $10,000,000 In realty. To
day they. died a petition to have the will
aJBltted.to probata,. t
MUlAd SYSTEM
IS A MERGER
PORTLAND, OREGON,."' WEDNESDAY 5 EVENING. JANUARY
TYerkes.
of th Terkes manalon, 1(4 Fifth ave
nue, ahortly after oclock laat night,
and In addition t the two wltneeaea
named Mrs. Ooodaall la alao aald to have
been present aa an attendant upon the
bride. .
"Mlsner la the- son of the . former
United States minister to Mexico and
Guatemalan 119 i well known In aoclal
clrclea In San Francisco and for many
year ha been member- of the Bo
hemian club. Mlsner Is. 21 - years old
and la living at th Hotel Aator. New
York., Mrs. Terkes Is 10 years of age,
but retains much , of tha beauty of her
youth. Mlsner was een by a reporter
early thia morning and admitted that
be had married Mr. , Terkes,"
c.
T LEFT
Pittsburg Partner of John D.
! ' t 1 ' , 1
v Rockefeller Accumulated an
Enormous portiiiie. "
;?0Jf Halt flpttctila BJI"rtC.yr
Pittsburg, Jan. 11. Th estate of the
late Charles Lock ha ft of Pittsburg Is
on of th largeat In the world. The
new Allegheny county board of tax re
vision mad th discovery,' In spite of
effort made to keep the' real also of
the estate secret.. .The county- board of
revision haa received from .th manager
of the estate of the oil king a statement
which waa not made public, bat It Is
admitted that the Iockhart eatat la
close to the $200,000,000 mark.
Mrs. Dr. W. S. Flowejvj the daoghter
wno was cut orr wim tne income of
$300,000 for life by her angry father be
cause she married a poor dentist, 'haa
wot. ' eoBdtng-4o--tr- ettmey,- settted
the- rase,- though ah has been Offered
$10,000,000. or about her full share. If
she will agree not to try to open up the
estate by litigation.
- The Iockhart eatat. according to ac
countant in- tne tax o trice, has In
creased almost $10,000,000 in value sine
th death of Rockefeller's former part
ner.' - '
FIFTY THOUSAND GOLD ,
IN A POCKET MINE
' (Joaraal Special Setvlee.) :
Stockton. CaL, Jen. II. John Dondero'
took $60,000 out of his pocket mine st
Columbia Hill yeaterday.. This Is one
of th largest., pocketav-ever found In
Tuolumne county, . - .j
Wild for Ooasml-Oeneral.
IJneraal SpecM Berries.)
Washington, Jan. $1. Tha president
has nominated Amos Wilder of Wiscon
sin to be consul-general at liongkonf,
200
000
000
on ier
Senator Fulton Opposes Repeal
; of iTImber ; and , Stone Act
Unless Some Proviso for '
Sale Is Substituted. '
WILL ENTIRELY STOP
UND'S DEVELOPMENT
Great Portion of Many Oregon Coun-
ties Would Be Withdrawn From
Entiy Hansbroufh Modifies Re
peal BUI So as to Sell Timber,
Counties to Get PercenUge. -
(Waaklagtea Bores f The Joenal.)
Washington, D. C. Jan. $1. The at
tention of Senator Fulton being called
to th criticism upon hi opposition to
th repeal of the timber and atone act,
h said:
"I am opposed to the repeal of this
law, unleaa soma provision la aubatl
tuted whereby publlo timber landa may
become private property when the landa
pas Into private ownership and begin
contributing to the state and county
treasury.-- -, -. . . ;
"In western Oregon there are vast
areas of timbered lands which when de
rasing. - Why ahould w continue them
In public ownership, rather than eon
vert them Into revenue-producing prop
erties T If the timber and atone act la
repealed there will remain but the home-
steed act and everybody in Oregon
knows that heavily-timbered landa
cannot be honestly acquired under that
act
"A th result , a great portion of
Curry, Josephine, Douglaa and other
western counties, of Oregon would- con
tinue to be withdrawn from entry and
their growth, and, development retarded.
I have not opposed the repeal of the
timber and stone act absolutely, but will
oppose ItjUnlesa some) otherplan for the
disposal of uch" 'lands be substituted.
"As a. result of my stand. Chairman
Hanabroughr ha altered hia repeal bill
so a to provide for the sal of timber
at public auction, 10 per cent of the
proceeds to go to counties where the
lands are located. , I am contending for
larger percentage for aucn counties.
ON RATE BILU v
Sartlett of Oeorgla leads Debate for
. Bemoexata tm Support of Keasare.
(Joaraal Special Heniee.)
Washington. D.. C, Jan. 11. Repre
sentative Bartlett of Georgia waa the
principal apeaker on th rat bill for
th Democratlo aide tooay. lie aiiacaea
the motive of the corporation In try
lng to block legislation and aald that as
a Democrat and a lawyer he had con
cluded that congress had the right to
regulate rates. He said that the presi
dent was not entitled to the credit of
originating the propoaed legislation. He
aid that th Inquiry began aa far back
as 1888. when a report was made to con
gress on the subject He declared that
the man or the party standing In the
way of rat legislation will be swept
away by th people,, who will rlae
triumphant,
C TO AID PRESIDENT.
Patterson of Colorado Call Vpoa em-
; ocrats to Tight Homey Power.
" '(Joaraal Rpedal Servlra.1
Washington. Jan. $1. The senate
committee - on foreign relation today
took up th Santo Domingo treaty and
examined Secretary of State Root,
In th senate Patteraon of Colorado
thia afternoon attacked th preaident's
foreign policy, but eulogised the execu
tives fight agalnat the packera and
hoped that the Democrat would unite
with th administration In th fight
against th money interests. .
The nomination of Captain Charles
H. Stockton to be rear admiral was
sent to th senate.
HEHEY RETURNS TO 'FRISCO
TO ARRANGE FOR TRIALS
Land Fraud - Prosecutor to Hold
Conference With Judge Gil-,
bert Over Cases.
f Special lmpir n i
Heney. special piuaecutor for the gov
emment returned from Arlsona this
morning, where he naa oeew on srn
ment and personal business. H will
1 .ne.nanM In a. dav or SO with
Judge Gilbert presiding magistrate of
th United State circuit court,
lng th prosecution of the Oregon land
Msasaassa
S This morninr Mr: Heney aald 'that h
waa not prepareo 10 wu. -'
would be taken 1y th sowernment
nor what recommendation h would
make to Judge Ollbert , : ' . .
0LYMPIA SAWYER IS . ;
? HEIR TO BIG FORTUNE
fRpM-bl rtwealek TH Joaraal. f
rii.mni. Waah.. Jam II. James W.
r.ti.run lath aaWVer In the West
Side sawmill, this city, received notlc
today that h was on of four Hair to
$1 (0.000 . left by his grandmother, who
recently died In Philadelphia, t .
31. 1906. TWELVE PAGES.
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Attorney-General Hadley ' of Missouri,' Head of the Standard Oil Investif
' V.
ROGERS NEED
nor
New York Supreme Court Up-
holds Standard 'Oil,; Mag
nate's Refusal to Talk.
MUST FIRST SETTLE
LEGALITY OF" ACTION
Hadley Cannot Force Replies From
1 Trust' Magnate ' Until Ouster , Pro
ceeding! Are Passed Upon Mis-
sourian ' Is Dumfounded. "
(Joaraal Special Serdee.) .
New York. Jan. II. The supreme
court thia morning decided-that Henry
IL Roarera. vIce-Dreeldent and director-
general of th Standard Oil company!
need not anawer the queationa put to
him by Attorney-General Hadley of Mis
souri in th proceedings brought against
the Standard Oil company by the atate
of Missouri to oust it from the common
wealth on the ground of violation of the
antl-truat lawa. . ......
The declalon merely meana delay. The
court aald: "I am of the opinion that
a due regard , for the court of .original
jurisdiction demands that thia - court
await th decision of the supreme court
of Missouri, and- not at thia time con
aider the propriety of compelling wit
ness Rogers .to anawer the . queations
propounded." t ,. ' . ..
The court aald that Hadley. after the
Missouri decision, may renew his action.-
y
When Mr. Roger was placed upon the
stand before Commissioner Sanborn,
who had been appointed .to take testi
mony, he Insolently refused to answer
the queationa concerning the Standard
OH company and Its subsidiary concern
put to him by the attorney-general.
The hearing was' held before Justice
Qlldersleeve, who said that Roger need
not anawer In view of th fact that the
courts of Missouri are now passing upon
the legality .of the action brought by
Hadley to ouat th. Standard from Mis
souri. . . '.' .'
, "Xadley Bamfoomded.' "S
. . Uouraal Special Service.)
Jaffaraaa-Cltit. .Mm,, Ja. 4 U Altor-4
ney-Oeneral - Hadley waa dumfounded
when told of the decision given in the
Rogers case by Justice Qlldersleeve. He
said he waa greatly surprised, adding
that he- might have to plan aa entirely
new action. , " '
FIGHTING OCCURS IN -MANY
PARIS CHURCHES
(Joaraal Sperlal ServkO
Parle, Jan. II. lighting occurred In
several churone this afternoon, when
government officials, supported by the
police, attempted to taav an inventory
of th church plat a ordered ln the
law separating church and state.- The
resistance was mainly by church mem
bers, many of whom wer arrested. .
(Joeraat Spwtai Servtee.l "
' Bt. Albena, W. Va, Jan. II. Th
bualneha district was ravished by flame
this morning, resulting la .' lo,eoo
damage, :
PRICE TWO
Oilllagnate. .m
secures w ill
RECORD TIL1E
United . Railways Company Is
'Organized in Portland Uttlo
More Than Week Ago. .
BUYS FIFTEEN HUNDRED
4 TONS 'OF STEEL RAILS
Nine Carloads Have Arrived and Are
Being Unloaded Today Ready-to
, Start Building the Day After Fran
chise Is Granted.
The quickest action on record, so far
as known, has been taken by the United
Rallwaya company In the matter of se
curing ; rail for construction of the
electric road from Portland to Foreat
Grove.- The room pany waa organised In
Portland little over a week ago, filed
application for a franchise to us the
streets In this city and already has
purchased 1,500 tons of 72-pound steel
rails, nine carloads of which have -arrived
In the city and are being unloaded
today. .' v.'. '... :
At a meeting of the stockholders of
he,, Oregon Traction company today at
th omoea ot th company in toe union
block It was voted to advertise ..th
property and franchises of th corpo
ration for sal. Th sal win be held
February IS at th county courthouse,
and - th-property will-b sold to the
highest bidder. The capital stock of
the company, amounting to-$1,009,000.
was represented at th . meeting by
about IT per cent of th. stock Issued,
and th vote.wa unanimous. . - . .
Th Indebtedness of the .company,
about 116,000, Is to be taken car of by
the proposed sale. The debt are to the
Colorado Iron A Steel company, for rails
now laid on Twelfth and Pettygrov
streets: Willis Potter for ties; th Ore
gon Water Power A Railway company
for ballast, and some labor accounts: all
a result of the failure of th Atlas Con-
StrpTOTCompanyT which
unToed.
dertook th ft rat construction contract.
' Nearly all of th stock of th Oregon
Traottow company I mow hM -by- th
United Railway company, a corpora
tlon made up of Loo Angeles men. who
have applied;- tof an additional . fran-
chlse for use or streets ana propo not
only to construct th road to Hlllaboro
and Foreat Grove, but to enlarge th
original plan of terminal and local
aervlc In this city with a view to
building tnterurban Una In other di
rections. V
From Los Angel ther arrived this
morning th following men Interested
in the new company: J. Whyt Evans,
J. W. E. Taylor of San Franoiaco,
former chief engineer of th Hunting
ton roada; T. H Dudley, mayor of Ssat
Monica and . a local banker; Wllmot
Griffith, treasurer of th R. A. Phillips
company, toe Angelee: J. K. Howard, a
Vcm Angle eapitaiiet. - Mr. . svana
said: . - - :
"We are her to await the aotlon of
th Portland elty council on th fran
chise asked fori 1 co-'rct for eon
struff'on of tLe r 1 he let tie
t ' 1 .owlnt t f ;clt"f:.-
CENTS. EZ&PgZl K
ation, and H. H. Rogers, the Standard,
A i ' ' '
UP AT ODESSA
I
m
at
One Soldier Killed,; Twenty-Sh( -
' Injured and Two Thousand
Have Narrow Escapes, ,y
VESSEL STRIKES MINE. '
"WHILE IN THE HARBOR
Wholesale Arrests and ; Exiling of
ReTolutionists Continue Many In
cendiary Fires Cause Big Damage-
General Priaxnoff Assassinated..'
(Jeeraal Special Ssrvtoe.) " '
St Petersburg. Jan. SI. A troopship
at Odeasa struck a - mine . today and '
X.000 soldiers aboard her had a narrow
escape from death.- Th veeael w
beacbedi Th ezploaloa killed -on and
hurt 2. - -u -.
-' Twenty thousand ' Liberal' refugee. '
who had been Induced to return to Russia-
under th Implied promlse-of the
government - that amnesty would be
granted, have been arrested and will be
exiled to Siberia for from flv to- ten
years. Wholesale arrest eoatlnn to pe ,
mad of revolutlontats and their eym-
pathlser In all parts of th empire.
Numerous nrea or tnceneiary origin -have
occurred In thl city. - Th loes
during the. laat few daya from fires 1 '
$$00,000. 1 '--. .-,. - . - '
Th Caucasus natives are abandoning
the revolt and taking the oath of alle
giance. Whole districts are reported t
have surrendered to th-. Tlcroy, prom
talng . to stop disorders - and to return "
property - seised - If th government re-
fralna faom -punishing th people. . Ie
th district of .Osurgstt th peopl have '.
fled to th mountains and revolutionist
r ravaging .the, country. . - , r :.
' Th damagr4rom recent disorder In
Riga-amounts to 11.600,000, Rioting
and bloodshed la reported at Gomel aod T
Vllna and. entire . section have been
devaatated by- flames., whlle-rtoters are '. .
knilDg and burning at -wllU. -A plot has '
been discovered to kill Oovernor-Oenera.1
Bollogub and numerous arrest have fol-
Geaeral PrtasnofC chief of SUff of th
viceroy of the Caucasus, waa aa .!-
nated Mrmdny trr si mn who peTonart
a painter, carrying bomb In a painf
can. Hla coachman and a wosran alan
wer killed... Th asaasala waa executed
the next day. '-;., ' " "...
Th national eongrea ef th nobility
has adopted resolutions at Moscow de
manding th convocation of a national
assembly at one. v : ;. '' .,' ,. .-
" " ItsOatt X Tery SL ;' ' ' "
" " CToret Spvlal Serrlae.t !
New York. Jan. Jl. Friends mm that
John A. McCalU former president of the ,
New York Llf Insurance company. H
very 111 from eoneet of the Hv.
David B. left t. ylv
to remain .--! Apr J, f - i -health.
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