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in orq
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t:rir.!iij-:i!j-'jta
l.oi.li u!,J
Curjiara Find A'.tina Pharma
'cfiW Hoard cf .More TTian ;
i TKreV Hundred Dollara.: y
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vTprn ,
. I llJli. W..eat
-!..
Kelly Says He H'..t ibvs Es-
yc! V.'tbstr Decides Herman
Loan-, Collection '. of Famous
'fairrtlnjf Will De ?n View t
Fifty Representatives of f Various
4 Industries Gather end Form
Association, v
Tillman Introduces pleasure Ad
' vocated by Interstate Com
:.t - merce Committee. , :
Convention at Corvfj::3 C! ; - :
caped Life Csntrncs by--b
U Breaking Hi Word ' "' :
1 J&nsen Had Rirht to Maks
f a iii'al a . .
voriraci rnun vnomey, ,,
Art Museum All Week,
. ' A' Armory. , , ; ".
V
was Actir:c Ao pilot
WHEN HOLD-UP OCCURRED
'.'Declares He Engaged to Show North
End to. Pour Hemes People ea4
KWf Wlh Them . From Four
"J o'Clock'to Nine. yK. vv
' -vi :: 'j '. r- ' . ''.- ; 1 V ? '
.Rather, than violate hla promise, s
ha aaye, D. CL Kelly faced trial for
' murder in the a rat degree and waa sen
tenced to serve for lUo In the penlten-
Mary. Thla morning Sheii: Word took
, Kelly to tha penitentiary. - - .- .
Kelly killed Thomas Flamming dur
ing tha robbery of tha Centennial sa
loon on December . 11. "Hlney" Rass-
man confessed that he? bad planned tha
robbery, but, aald that Kelly A red tba
4 fatal shot Baseman aald that ba had
been promised that he' would ba aaved
'If ha would eonfeaa. . This moraine
Peputy District Attorney H. "B. Adams
aald that Rassmaa would ba Indicted
for murder. . , . '
t "If I was like many people and -would
j id back on my word I mum eeoape taio
ssntsnce, aaia n.euy yesieraay ner-
nooa during- conversation with, uap-
uty Sheriff John Qrussl. - ,'.
'Hne'i thatr asked (trussO -
"On tha evening- of ' tha murder of
Flsmmlnas." replied Kelly. '1 waa wltn
four young people of this city who are
- Conner ted .with tha beet families in
Portland. They wanted ma to pilot
them through tha north end. and I die.
I waa with thoea four people from about
, 4 o'clock in tha afternoon of December
If until about o'clock that night.- I
promised, every one of . thorn - ihtX.l
would never .tell on them, and I never
will. If I had taken thewitneso piano
In my own defense during; tha trial, all
I could have said waa that I waa with
those people at the time of tha murder:
than I would have been aaked wha
: they ware and. X would bava refused to
'teU" " ' '
: Kelly appeared In good aptrtta thla
; morning, saying that ha waa aura tba
. supreme, court would decide tno appeal
; In big favor. T ; .-, ' r v ,.. 5
ALL FIXED
v-i-
4 : :
Executive .. Board
Committeo
Throw Out Propoaala" for
. ' . ' .-.
'- Now Firtboat Propoller.i ! t
THINKS OFFERS WERE" A "'
NOT BONA FIDE ONES
? ' ". .. i-r.v
Only Firm That Can Do tho Work
,-. Sandg in Higher ol Taro Bida Mado
. ; and Other Firm After Securing Job
FaQt to Qoalify ', "
' Uembera ' of tha fire committee of
tba city executive board have discovered
' what they believe to be a pool ameng
' contractors to extort a larger sum from
the city for blades far the propeller
of tho flreboat than tha article are
worth. John M on tag- and I T. Peery
of the committee denounced tha manner
In which bids war submitted at a, spe
cial meeting this morning. All tha blda
' ware rejected and tha city auditor waa
Instructed to advertise for additional
' BroDOsala. . ' -' .
Tha blda war opened Baturday after.
Boon Tha WlUametta Iron works pro
posed to furnish tha eight east steal
Biaaee tor flaw ana uie uiumoi swiu'
f aatnring eompany'a bid waa for 1110.
Tba former company agreed to furnish
tba blades within three weeks after tha
contract waa lot sad the latter aekee
for aeven weeks. - It waa decided to let
tha eon tract to the . Willamette Iron
It was discovered by tha elty auditor
a, abort time after tba meeting-, that
tha check for 1 par aant of tha bid of
the WlUametta Iron worka. aa required
from all contractors, bad never . beea
certified and for thla reason the bid
waa informal. - The committee then
began to Investigate. ' They discovered
that the Columbia Manufacturing com
pany waa tha only company that could
manufacture the sort of propellere
aaked for. .''..'.
Thla business shows there la seme
' thing wrong on the ' face of It," ' said
John . Moo tag thla - morning. "If the
Willamette Iron worka can furnish
, theae .propellers for $100 and deliver
. them in three . weeka why should the
' maaufactarer aak $110 and com pel as
to .wait for; aeven weeka before de
liver ry-j: ,-,
STATE EDITORS CONSIDER -FIXED
ADVERTISING RATE
.A fixed advertising rate baaed upon
etrculatlon for tba various papers com-
, prising tha association was discussed
at a meeting of the executive oammlttee
of the Oregon Press association at tha
Commercial club today.' The members
of the committee are :C- Ii Ireland.
Moro; R. J. Hendricks, Balem: B. H.
Vlagg, 8b Helena: V. W. Bath. HlDsboro:
. J. C. Hayter, Dallas, and Albert Toaler.
Portland. '- ' ' i f
There was alee m discussion as to the
advisability of accepting patent aheeta
that contain advartlalag. - AdvertUlng
eontraots should be made through the
publishers of the papers and not through
tha publishers of the patent aheeta. It
waa Insisted. The committee will be, la
aeaaton until $ o'clock this afternoon.
. V. Be Hanae to
A lecture will be given tomorrow even
ing at o'clock in the Fourth Presby
terian church, first and Oibbe streets,
by the Rev. H. I House, D. D., en The
World's Maaterpieee." It will be the
fifth of the course given by the South
Portland Library association. . Miss
horsy will be vocalist and Miss
Klumpp accompanist for the occasion.
There will be no charge for admtaslon,
'" Oeafce to Xataoanoe slew am' -. -
Edmund Vance Cooke, the Cleveland
poet, will introduce MontlvHIe riowere.
the ahakeapearean readr,at the White
tonight. - ' 1
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ONE THIRD HIS FEE
. ? ... .. .. '
Court Awards - Him Two Hundred
. Fifty I)oUajrty . tjmch Hatter,
': Judgo Orders ' Lockwood ' to Turn
' Orer Twd Hundred Dollar-Check.
i County Judge Lionel R. Webster this
morning decided that, Herman, Jensen
had a right to make a contract with At
torney R. W. Rnffln regarding the set
tlement of the Rudolph Jensen aetata,
that C. E. Lockwood should turn over a
ItOS check to tha administrator of the
Jerry Lynch aetata and - that nearly
every objection to the final aoeount of
tho John Palmqulst sstate ahould be an
nulled. -.. ..... .-
Under the1 terms of thla contract
Ruffln had been paid $760 as hla fee for
having settled the case. This sum was
paid him by R. O. Boott, ths rirst ad
mlniatrator, Who was succeeded by Con
sul' BJ. M. Cederbergh. .v Cederbergh.
through Attorney Trenk Sohlegel, sued
eott to have him pay over to the aetata
the $70 paid Ruffln. Judge Webater
held that Herman Jensen, under power
of attorney given. by Jensen's father,
had a right to make a contract with
Ruffln, that Scott had aoted only ao-
eordlnf to tho contract signed and that
own eouia nut pe iorce , w pay vmum
cash given the attorney. .
"It lg. not. before the court to paaa
on the merits of the contract between
Ruffln1 and Jensen," aald Webater, "re
garding whether any trickery waa need
by the attorney or not."-: -
-"- Rndorph Jensen waa ''killed in a
Tit iMmnanv ttmlS t a . it IAA
Jerry Lynch waa killed In a railroad!
accident at The Dalles during 1101.
brother waa appointed administrator of
the . estate, and- Charlea EV Lockwood
waa the attorney. Trouble arose. be
tween the administrator jsad the attor
ney, and Lockwood waa aued for several
hundred dollars which Lynch alleged
waa due the estate. In thla amount
waa a 11 OS check, which' Lookwood ad.
mltted having, but .the remainder be de
clared ho -had -paid over-te the admfhte
trator. Judge Webster ordered the
check turned over to Lynch, but said
that it waa net within tha power of the
court to paaa upon the merits Of other
claims involved in the case, v .' ...
.When the final account of the estate
of John Palmqulst was filed severs!
heirs objected. Judge Webster overruled
tha Objections to all the accounts save
One for .47 for circuit, court expenses.
EXCiTED m. IM WAY
h -' OF FIilE FlBliTlRS
eV
Polico Aro Called to Clear Lodz
Ling Housa Walla, So Firemen , J
In tbiir efforts to' aave their personal
Sffeota from the names . that threat
ened the destruction of the Pioneer
block.. Fourth and Davis streets, at a
Uttle before 11 o'clock last night, the
frightened Japanese roomers so ' inter
fered with tho operations of the firemen
that policemen and to restrain them.
The flames started In the laundry In
an addition to the rear of tha building.
They quickly communicated to the
sleeping- apartment of O. Bomkaua. still
farther In the rear. -Then several other
rooms on the ground floor caught, and
the flamee commenced to eat through
the celling Into the email ., sleeping
rooms above. By that time the fire
department arrived and realised that
the Pioneer building waa la danger of
destruction. It fronts east on Fourth
street, running from II. Fourth street.
North, to . IT, at the corner of Davie
etreei. ... -
Before the firemen arrived' the Japa-
ncee attempted to . extinguish the
flames. - The hallways and stairs are
narrow and the firemen with hose found
It Impossible to paaa the Japanese, who
carried trunks or packages. It was use
less to order them out of the building,
for while one waa being driven back,
another Japanese would ' slip around.
Finally tha police were called. . .
The building was built In 1(71. and
belongs to the Ollsan - estate, and Is
leased front R. L. Ollsan by K. Inouye.
He carried between 1700 and ItOO In
surance. Hie lose, emd that of hia fal
low countrymen, almost eouals that
sum. The damage to the building la
not more tnan i t to, rally covered by la-
surarioe. The origin of the fire Is not
nnowaV' T , -,... v,.ii.t.(.v. ;.,..
AUDITOR IS INSPECTING
i GAS COMPANY'S BOOXS
City Auditor Thomas C Devlin and
a. o. oratse, hie chief deputy, are In
specting the books of the Portland Oca
company by order of the special com
mittee of the City council which la nm.
ducting an inquiry into the business af-
rava or tna corporation. Thie Inspec
tion was ordered at tha reeuast of . N.
Teal, one of the attorneys for tho Port
land Oas company in the Investigation
proceedings. .- ..-... t
Tbs auditor will be ore bared to Sub
mit hia report to the committee Wed
nesday night, when the investigation
will be resumed, flab poena are being
esrved by poiloe today on witnesses the
committee desires tp have in attendance.
Among; thoae who will be caned to tes
tify are the proprietors and editors and
reporters . of the Morning Oregontan.
SEIZED WITH CRAKPS, "V r
IS EXPECTED TO DIE
Attorney J. R. Stoddard waa taken
yesterday to St. Tlnoent'a hsspltai from
his home. Best Twenty-sixth and Tata-art
streets, and there Is little hope for
his recovery. '. !
Mr. Stoddard and hla daughter re.
turned Friday from a trip to California.
He showed no symptoms of Illness until
Sunday noon, when he was seised with
violent eramoe. . Dr. J. H. Hamilton.
Dr. B. H. Parker and Dr. William Jones
were called In Consultation, but were
unable to determine the nature or cause
Of the tllnesa.
Phyeloiana believe that the trouble Is
the result Of Internal complications
from which Mr. Stoddard hes suffered
for months, but which received . ae
medical attention ? ' . , .
R.'DILL; 13 ALLOWSD
THIRD rCSYTCRIAN ?
t , CHURCH IS ENTERED
Ths Pastor, Rev.' A. J. Uontgomerr,
Thinks liuaical Inyument( 1 Left
r in BuUdlng Were fetoleiwVnrious
Other Burg larics Reported.'
1 1''
A. E. AlexanVier, proprietor of. the
Albtna pharmacy, 180 Russell street.
waa the heavleet lossr by burglara yes
terday. A buckskin money-bag contain-lng-
$117.10. hidden In a drawer, was
found by burglars. Carl Wedeklng, S7I
Borthwlok street, saw "three men loafing
around the atore after It waa cloaed
for tho night , w -
- The residence of Mrs. F. Snyder,
ltt4 Washington street, waa ransacked
by. burglara. 140 lr coin end several
articles of amall value being stolen. A
slds window left unlocked wss open
when Mm, Snyder returned home.
The house at H Second street was
entered.: last night, probably by means
of a skeleton key, ana ana a snuu
gold necklace etolen. . The thief was
aeen leaving tha house by R. Qlbeon.
H. C Man) man's grocery was broken
into last night bat neighbors beard tna
burglars and gave the alarm before they
had done more then loot the telephone
box. .-, . . ," ' I '
Billiard balls valued at tt were stolen
from a billiard hall at 117 Sixth street
last night The -theft wag reported by
J. W.. Bowie. - . - '
- Rev. A. J. Montgomery Informed . the
police thla morning that thieves broke
sll tho locks on the doors of the Third
Preebtyerlafc church last night after
prying tna- knoo orr an outer ooor. , a
number of musical Instruments left in
ihe church are thought to hare been
stolen. .'
, W. H. Sell wood of the firm of Sell
wood A Adams, 111 East Seventh street
reported to the poiloe this morning that
he cashed' a spurious check for 111.71
for L. O. Voce. The check purported
to 'have been made by P. H. Slmpeon and
waa drawn on the bank of Oeorge w,
Bateg Co. ;-4 , . ... ,. i . a . ,
TAILOR SKO? FIRE CAUSES
AH KiVESTIGATIOn
Woman Uvlng Next Door Hears
Strange Sound---Then Fire 4
V -Breaks Out.
" A rigid Investigation Is being made
by Detective liartman Into the causes of
the fire early thla morning which par
tially destroyed . the Yamhill steam
Cleanlna- eomnany. 147 TamhiU street.
Mrs. Ida M. Oelmayer, who, with her
elater. Mrs. Mary J. Irwin, conducts
the Cloverdale creamery et 141 H Tam
hiU street was first to discover that the
roster building waa on ore. wnen tne
deiartmont -arrived the flames were
amona- a lot of slothse ha n xlng on a
rack In the southeast corner -of the
front room of the tailor shop. 1
I sleep in the room back of my Uttle
atore.- aald Mrs. osimayer. "inere 10
only a thin partition between my place
and the cleaning atore. Early thla
morning I waa awakened by a noise aa
If some one had fallen over a tin pan.
The noise came from tho direction of
the rear door to the atore next to mine.
Boon I heard some one walking stealth
11 y back and forth In the cleaning
nlaea. - After a lapse ef about SO mln
utss there waa a dead alienee. Then I
heard a aolae that sounded like a dis
tant clap of thunder, and presently dis
covered that the store waa axire.
The cleaning ectabliahmant Is sup
posed to be Jointly owned y jonn a no
Joseph Ollverl o, brothers, who recently
purchased It joeepn is now smpwyea
by a tailoring establishment In the Stern
bulldlna-. John conducted the TamhiU
street place with the assistance of aired
help. ; " : .-(-,!
The etatement wae made thla morn'
lng that the brothers bed had a quarrel
a few days ago. Their loss la several
hundred dollara, chiefly on auita left to
ba cleaned.
NUMANTIA OFFICER WEDS '
MISS ADELE DAMMASCH
Max Brneet Schopff eeeond officer
of the oriental liner Nnmantla, and Miss
Adcle Elisabeth Dammaach, daughter of
Mr. end Mra Louis Dammaach, were
married at the residence of the bride's
parents. Ill .Fifth street' last Friday
afternoon at o ciocx. tno ttev. w.
O. Eliot Jr pastor pf the. Unitarian
church, officiating. By a misunder
standing, many of the friends of the
couple had been led to believe that the
wedding would eoeur thla evening. - A
reception, from T:ll to t: o'clock, will
be held tonight at tho residence of the
bride's parents. Immediately afterward
Mr. and Mrs. Bohopff will leave for sen
Francisco on thslr honeymoon trip. -.
COURT TAKES BAXTER :
CHILDREN FROM PARENTS
Judge Fraaer this - morning ordered
Christina Baxter sent to the county jail
for five' days for contempt of court
and turned over the three Baxter chil
dren, Frank, Ore and Louis, to tho
Boys and Girls' Ala aociety. Lewis
Baxter and his wife will be tried on
the charge of contempt of court next
Wednesday afternoon. The Baxters live
In a scow below the North Paeuic mills.
The parents when , ordered to produce
the children la-court hid them on Swan
laland. -, , .
WOMAN BURNED TO v
DEATH AT GREENHORN
(Ssetlet Bfceeteh te The JearaaLJ
Bakar City. Or. Fab. II. About' 1
o'clock thla morning at Greenhorn City.
4t mtlee west or JH&xer city. . Miss
Maggie Brady, SO years ef age, waa
burned to death while asleep in her
house that was consumed by fire at
that time. .
MiaS Brady waa a domeatio employed
by Lon Cleaver at Oreenhorn. She waa
In the house alone end it la supposed
waa caught unawares by the flames and
was unable to escape. Pieces ,of her
remains, bones, hair, -ate., were found
In the ruins. - Tho house was completely
aestroyoS j, ;:.;,,,. . ,
ADMISSI
ON UST THREE DAYS
1 J. ;
Three Corota, Two by Sartaln, Seven
by Jnness and Soma Rare Homer
Martina and ifontjccilia . Among
Masterpieces Shown.
1
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The. loan art exhibit at the Art mu
seum on Fifth street opens'tonlght with
a private view and Tcoeptlon for which
Invitations have been issued by the
board of directors, together with Mra,
H. W. Corbett Mra W. aVLedd and
fllss Henrietta Falling. Mra. Corbett
nd Mra Ladd will halp receive as the
donors of the ground and building for
tha Art museum, and Miss Failing- as
tha curator. The ethera receiving; are
the board and their . wives Mr. and
Mra. W. at Ladd. Mr. and Mra. W. R.
Ayer.' Dr. and Mra Holt C. Wilson, Mr.
and Mra T. B. Wilcox, Mra H. W. Cor
bett Miss Falling. Dr. and Mra. T. I
Eliot Mrraad Mrs. C K. 8. Wood. To
morrow the exhibit la open to tho pub
Uo for the rest of the week, from I a. m.
to I p. a, except on Sunday, whan the
hours are from I to I p. m. Thureday. I 1" i b KTThi. .Ti. .
.,. a.... .1-Tfehalrmaa. L. B. Kern of this elty was
Baturday and Sunday afternoons admla
elon is free. - " - -.
The 141 paintings have been collected
from homes In Portland.
- There are three Corote shown, a large
one belonging to Mrs. W. S. Ladd being
especially fine. "On the Hillside," owned
by W. M. Ladd, abowa Co rot's early
work. ' Sartaln's "Aqueduct" exhibited
by Mra. C H. Lewis, reoslls one of the
general favorites at the exposition -last
year and the cloud picture Jy the same
artist owned by T. B. Wilcox, was an
other there exhibited. Judge Carey has
Harrison's beautiful snow scene,
Through the Pines." -1
" Seven Inneaa landscapes are ' bung,
among them two especially fine ones
belonging to Mrs. F. Si. Pratt and to
Mrs. W. 8. Ladd. The Homer Martina,
which are not commonly seen, end the
Montioellla, which are so remarkable la
color etedy aad are seldom aeen, are
of. particular interest . Chllde Haaaam,
the Impressionist has a number of
paintings and among v them la the
"Pomona," which received a gold medal
at the Buffalo exposition. and which la
owned by Mra. H. J. Corbett Two
others of hie paintings are ef Interest
because painted out here whea ha visited
tha coast two years ago. One la of ano-
ehone and the other a view of Boole,
the cummer place of the c JH. Lewiaea.
The ploturee by Oeorge De Forrest
Brush take on added Interest when It la
known that . they were ' done by the
brother of Mra. Hugh Hume of thla elty.
One ebowg a portrait of bar father. One
of Frank V. DuMond'a la lent by the
Commercial club. Among tha contempo
rary American artiste some fine work la
shown of Carlton Wlgglna, o-uetav Wla-
gand, Allan Taleott Ballard Williams
and Charles H. Davis. Three Flemlah
plcturea, very old, have been sent by A.
Berg and include a atxteentn eentry one
by Jaa Ooesart The W. M. Hunt and
Ooorge Fuller pletaree are interesting.
and there are worka from Millet coux-
bet Rousseau, Da u bis-net Diaa, Michel,
Lewie Cohen, and others equally well
known.' - '' ' - ,p e
The interiors and portraits are hung
downstairs, ths American landscapes on
the eeeond floor, the French landscapes
In tha gallery, aad the Impressionistic
work in the library. : - -
SUPREME LECTURER OF
MODERN WOODMEN HERE
Charles K. Whetan of Madlaon, Wis
consin, supreme lecturer of the Modern
Woodmen ef America, Is In Portland -on
tour -of Inspection of the state. He
is delivering a series of lectures to the
various camps In Oregon. During the
coming week he wilt deliver addresses
as follows:
Ytnnrta v avanlna-. Astoria- Tnaadav.
McMlnnvllle; Wedneaday, Modern Wood'
men halt Abington building, Portland:
Thursday, Salem, and Friday evening
at aaiera. !
Mr. Whelan baa lectured In each of
the IT states in which the order la
represented and has the reputation of
being one of the ordere moat fluent
apeakera. ' In addition to his connection
with the Modern Woodmen he la past
grand master of the Maaonie grand
lodge of Wisconsin and has served as
a member of the state legislature. ' He
has been elected and reelected mayor
of Madlaon, hla home city.
In company with J. 8. Simmons, atate
deputy, ha will make a tour of eastern
Oregon, where he will deliver a series
of lectures and will then go Into the
state ef Washington.'' V , -t '.'..-. ,.'.-. ;
LA GRANDE PETITIONS
FOR FEDERAL RESERVE
: (Wasalagtee Berets of The JearsaL)
Washington, Feb. M. Oearln has
petition from' the chamber of commerce
and elty council of La Grande to have
lands along the heada of Rock aad
Beaver creeks withdrawn from aettle-
ment and made a reeerve for the preacr-
vatlon of a permanent water supply for
the city.'- -...i-.-. -.,
The geological survey has formed a new
hydrographlo dlatriot of ' Oregon and
Washlngtoa, to be in charge of J. C
Stevens of Portland. - r - . , ;
CLERK WHO EMBEZZLED
HUGE SUMS ON TRIAL
ttoeraal Special Berrleal '
Parte. Feb. II The trial began today
of Jean Oally, the bank clerk embessler,
who sloped with his mistress, Valrtre
Herein. The couple astounded Europe
by their expendlturee, later fleeing in
a chartered yacht They were caught
In Braxll. j 1 ; - .
. . ' T.eairag a
(Speetal Ptosetrs te Tbe Jesraal.) "
Rainier. Or., Feb. II The four-
masted schooner Prosper of Saa Pedro.
California, of which William Trainer la
captain, la now at the Rainier Mill A
Lumber eompany'a dock loading as
order for 110,001 feet of lumber. - ,r
' -Vawoaal Assembly OalleeV ' - -
. (Jeersal apeelal aerrtse.1
St PsUrsburg; Feb. II. A ukase is
sued today called the national assembly
tor May II, .
aasjofaear ad Waraaww
' (Jomal Speelil SWrtee.1
Warsaw, Feb. 2. Thirty-one persons
were killed and II wounded here today
In a fight between SoelaUata aad, Nation-
for mutual ceneflt of ,
; ;;; branches of industry
Organliation Likely to Bo Known as
; Northwest Brick. TUs and Pottery
: ssociatTon - To 'Hold . Annual
Meetings, Next in Portland.
Fifty' representatives of the-yarlou
elayworkera Industries of . the north
west met In the Chamber of Commerce
ball thla morning aad effeoted an or
ganisation that will likely be' known
aa the Northwest Brick, Tile and Pot
tery association. - ' ' - r
. In addition to representatives of the
various local concerns, delegates at
tended from Seattle, T acorn, and Spo
kane, Washington: ..Lewlston, Idaho:
Newbere; and Sylvan, Oregon, and other
cities. Practloally every brick, sewer
plpe and tile manufacturing concern and
pottery establishment In the ewrthwest
was represented.
The msetlnavwaa called, to order by
A. M. Smith of Portland, and R. B.
made temporary . secretary. . Commit
tees were appointed aa fotlowe:
Organisation' and . BylawsJohn Me-
grath, Seattle; O. K. Edwards, Newberg,
aad V. B. Randies. Sylvan. -.
, Membership L. L. Haines, Lawleton,
Idaho; J. B. Murphy, Salem, aad 1 B.
Kern, Portland. . '. , y 1
Election of Offloere O. W. Bates,
Portland; R. B. Bradley, Taooma, and
Alf Van HoomlasoD, Portland.
After eommltteea bad .been appointed
the association adjourned until : I
o'clock, whoa the various eommltteee
reported. Those who attended the meet
ing from their at ties spent the remainder
of the afternoon visiting the various
local eetabliahmenta. . - --
It Is the purpose of the association
to bring the various branches of the
Industry into closer relationship. , for
mutual benefit Annual meetings will
be held, and Portland wlU likely be se
lected as the place for the next gath
ering. .. . ...
BAR6AIII SALE RUSH FOS
MW CONCERT .
Regular Sale of Seats, for, Miss
Sheldon and Franl Boyd
v Wells Tomorrow.' '
It looked. for aU the world; like a
bargain aale at the Marquam Grand thla
morning whea the , : aubaerlptlon sale
opened for the ooneert which Anne
Beatrice Sheldon, the Portland new
prima donna eopraao, and. Frans Boyd
Walla, tha, young American pianist are
to give at that theatre Thursday even
ing, March L The suooees ef the oon-
, .'.. :
... t..
1
Anno Beatrice Sheldon.
J
cert la now assured.-. If. you have re
turned or are to return the carda.
please call at the theatre, thm afternoon
or evening and gat your seat tlcketa. .
The regular aale of seats opens at the
Marquam - tomorrow morning at II
o'clock. . The oonoert will be aot only
a musical auocese but an important so
ciety event Fifteen monthe ego Anne
Beatrice Sheldon left Portland for
Paris, Berlin and London to atudy ad
vanced vocal music, and aha now re-,
turns to her home town with her fine
voice trained by the beat Singing mas
ters in the werld.
KING OF DOPE FIENDS ..
DIES AT POOR FARM
Archie Ray, "king of dope fiends,'
died today at the county poor farm. Ray
waa taken to that Institution a week ago.
At one time Ray waa ths dandy of Front
street and wae an expert harness-maker.
In recent years hs became-a confirmed
user of drugs. - .,
. . Suspect sro
Investigations In. connection with the
discovery ef a pool of blood and the
bloody handkerchief la tbe garret ef an
empty house, near the corner of Four
teenth and Thurman streets Saturday
afternoon, has led the detectives to be-
Usva that no murder was oemoUtted
RAILROAD INVESTIGATION
f. NOVY UPj TO PRESIDENT
'; 'iy.i,'.' ''.".VV: '"''J
LaFolIetto Introduces afeasurs Pro
viding for an Accountins; 'of Cam
, poigo Contributions io Solicita
tion -of Funds. "-
T"
Uearsal Special lerrlee.) "..
" Washington. Feb. !. Senator TU1
maa at 11:11 o'clock thla afternoon pre
sented the report ef the interstate com
merce " committee recommending the
Hepburn railroad rate bill for passage.
It Is expected that the debate over the
bill will be extended and that efforts
will be made by the railroad senators to
substitute either the Knox -or Elklna
bill. - The railroad rate problem la con
sidered by all. to be the most Important
measure before the present congress.
, Aoeompaaylng the measure presented
by Tillman is the testimony taken by
the committee during Its hearing of the
railroad rate question, together with a
mass of data gathered by experts em
ployed for the purpose, which coot tbe
government IIO.IOS to obtain. .. 1 -
Senator Tillman states that he will
make an early, effort to have the bill
considered aad at that time will make
aa extended : speech ... concerning, the
measure. ' i
At I o'clock this afternoon the etate
hood bill waa considered by the senate.
LaFolIetto of Wisconsin Introduced
bill providing for an accounting of the
money . expended in elections. Candi
dates are prohibited from soliciting or
acceotlna- mono- ror any purpose.
. A bill Introduced In the house would
foroe the railroads to furnish cars upon
demand to any chipper.
Legislation dlreotlng the Interstate
commeroe , commission . to Investigate
railway interest In . coal or oil trans
ported by them now needa only tbe sig
nature of. the president The senate this
afternoon passed the house amendment
to the TUlman resolution. .. . .
PORTLAND TO WELCOME
, PIONEER EZRA MEEKER
' Eara Meeker.- who la planting sand
stone monuments along the line of tbe
old overland trail from the coast to tbe
Missouri river, will arrive la Portlsnd
Thursday with his an tire outfit a part
of which Is his ox team and old prairie
schooner. 'A reception is being planned
for him br members of the Oregon His
torical society and tha Oregon Society
of Pioneers, the place apd date of which
has not beea fixed.
Oeorge H. Hlmes, curator of the O ro
ll on Historical society, received a let
ter from Meeker, and 'the latter said
that ha left Seattle several days ago,
en route for Portland. The 'people of
Seattle and Taooma did not take kindly
to hie plan and gave htm little support
At Tenino they gave aim a rousing re-
osntlon.'
The school children marched to his
camp In a body and the people - turned
out en maaae to greet him. All the
business bousee in the town were closed.
Hs made arrangements with the aand
stone cuarry proprietors to - furnish
sandstone monuments for the whole of
the old Oregon trail wast ef the Cascade
mountains. These monuments are being
plaoed under the direction ef the Tenino
I Commercial ciuo. .:., '
. Bar jaeeaer came across tne plains
to Oregon In US!.. He has retained
many ef hia old Idaaa and a till drives
a team of oxen. He la an enthualaatlo
pioneer and baa taken a great Interest
In marking; - out the old Oregon trail
across the plains. - He has undertaken
tbe plea Independently, but la receiving
the assistance of sympathisers In the
work.: . ;'.-'.-
CHAMBER CANT BUY OR 1
CHARTER THE KILBURN
.:. 1 11 , .
The beard of trade waa notified to
day by the owneta of tha steamer F, A.
K11 bum In Ban . Francisco that the
steamer Is neither for charter nor for
sale. Efforts had been made to secure
the Kilbora for . the- . Portland-Alaska
run, but . the ' announcement today will
put a atop to the ef f orta. - Tha commit
tee, it la aald. will endeavor to secure
steam schooners for the Alaaka run. .
FORTY THOUSAND IN i r-:
; - - BONDS ARE SOLD
The city water board was the suc
cessful bidder this afternoon on 111,100
of Improvement bonda The board will
pay a premium of 1.1 per cent Tbe
remaining bonds of the 140,114 Issue
will go to P. I. Willis at a -premium of
1.11 per oent 1 .. . .," - -; :
RAILROADS WIN IN
CITRUS FRUIT CASES
Uearaal Sneelal tervlee.1 f
Washington. . Feb. 14. The supreme
court has reversed the ruling of the In
terstate commerce commission and the
decision of tbe United States circuit
court ef the dlatriot ef California, which
affirmed the same, hi tbe so-called cit
rus fruit cases. Railroads running out
of California appealed from the rulings
of the commission, and their contention
that the shippers had-nothing to-say
about routing the fruit wae sustained.
Justice Psckbam wrote the opinion,
which was unanimous. , - - v
' ' (SDeelsl Dlepeteb te Toe loeraal.) ' '
Lebanon. Or, Feb. 14. The farm resi
dence ef Neel Loftln. which, la about
seven ' miles from Lebanon, wae com
pletely destroyed by fire Saturday night
with nearly ail Its contenta Mrs. Lot.
tin was in Salem visiting and Mr. Loftln
was absent The loss is about 11,800,
partially covered by , Insurance, , ,
From the Philadelphia Proas, '
.- "X hear your wife nas become quite
religious; a regular attendant at church.
Isn't sher -
Tee. she finally succeeded In getting
pew No. 14." . v lf - c
t "What is that so importantt" - "
i "OK yee; the etalaed glass window
throws a pink glow ever that pew, and
It's so becoming, you know."
,
'; aVdwel Sadav -r . ,
'",'" rmes Perk. ' " "'
-Wet eVwe ey awes, hy faes la le pablie
scseos), jistnr
"Aw. teedlaY wrinV, 'Mttle.
MANY ' DELEGATES
ATTFain
RECEPTICrJ
If 't'"rf , mm m
Resolutions Adopted Extending Syro-
pethy to .Eugeno and TbanUng
Bentonitsa for lleartw. Welcomo
and Assistanco Rendered.
. . - . (SpseiatSlsssteb te The JeareaLf ;
Corvallla. , Or., Feb, , II. The great -Christian
Endeavor convention cloaed
with last night's meeting at the college -armory,
where probably 1,40 people,
were present Saturday night about
OS people attended a reception to the
delegates at the armory, whlon was ,
beautifully decorated for the occasion.
Professor Turner's orchestra, furnished
musics and punch was served. Souvenir ;
flags were precepted to every one.. Sun
day morning services were add at the -usual
hour In all churches, the pulpits i
being flUed by vial tors, as followst .
Presbyterian. Rev. A. A. Winter, Port
land; United Svangelloal. Rev. Camookf'
Congregational, Emery a Dye, Oregon' ,
City; Christian, Mrs. Ella Humbert Ew-l
gene; Methodist Episcopal. Bishop Wil-'
11am Bell. Berkeley, California. )
-At S o'clock the Junior rally waa ad-'
dressed by Mra. E. W. Commerford of
Ooldendale, Washington. At 1:10 eelook
the Visitors attended the Christian En
deavor and League meeting- At the
Methodist Episcopal church Mr. Holmes
of Ashland led. There waa epeoial muate
by the orchestra and a male enartet
composed of Oeorge and Collie Catary,
Arthur Bouquet and Mr. Hugfcee, AS
T:ti o'clock a cloaln mass maacinsr una
held In ths armory. Muato was fur-1
nlahad-by a mixed chorus and orches
tra. . A powerful, eonvinolng address i
waa mads by Bishop Bell of Berkeley,!
whose remarks were regarding- the re
tiring of Bute President Rockwood, The'
Endeavor salute waa given him. . The
closing .service was by Field Sears tary'
Sharp.' . . .j ... . . -.
Resolution were read aad adootadl bv
the convention extending sympathy to
Bugant In bar .hour of scourge and trou
ble; thanking Corvallla for making the
convention so wsloome and soeosssfnl;
congratulating Corvallla on the-abolishment,
of ealooae and "blind tigers" ;
pledging help to Edeavorerc everywhere
to wipe out. the saloon bualnaaa, and
thanking the railroads for their redue
tlons on, tlcketa to the jlelegatsa and
visitors. The report was applauded.
The delegates left on an early train to
day for their homea. , .
EEFOHR KAY LIACLE TO
eesc:eici;ed
Arf" 'r i
His Mode of Securing Evidence
and Making Arrests May Lead
; . to His Sequestration. ; n'l
'-That trouble la la atore for Acting; ,
Detective Kay, who with Acting De
tective Jones has played a. prominent
part from tha poiloe etand point In purt-
tying the moral condition of the elty
Is evident from hints dropped at police
headquartara. It hi. probable that within
a short time Kay will be plaoed In a,
uniform and beck oa a beat ' .
Finding that Kay aad Jones could not
work saUafaotorily together, oa acoount ,
of the latter questioning the methods ,
pursued by his- mats on the foroe, Chief
Gritxinaoher assigned Jones to other
duty three weeka ago and set Mounted
Patrolman White at work with Kay.
Last night White waa removed tempo
rarily from the position because he
could aot agree with Kay, though both i
Chief Orttxmacher aad Inspector Bruin -admit
that he te too valuable a man In ; '
plain clothes to be kept long- on a beat
IBotfc Jonea and White objected to
Kay's use ef stoolplgeons and the eonee- .
qusnt protection which had to be given
them. White also walked outside tke
Royal saloon and refused to assist Kay
when he violated ! the law and kicked
down tbe door of a storeroom. For this
action Kay . was personally eenaured by
his superiors,' while White was com
mended. The same la true of arrests
made on the Quelle oafs.
Mayor Lane expressed disapprobation
of the aot ef Kay In sending H. L. Mo- "
Cabe. a 11-year-old boy, lata the die- -Orderly
house over the Peerless saloon
to associate with - fallen women aad
drink with them In order to aeeure evt-
dence warranting arrests. He Informed
mem bora or the force that sack, methods ,
would aot bo countenanced. ..
SUNDAY CLOSING ;WAR i
: BEGUN AT SP0XAKE
(Special Dispateh ts The Jeamsl.) -Spokane,
. Wash, Feb. -14. -The - Law
Enforcement league this morning swore .
eut warrants for the arrest of five
prominent saloonkeepers charging them .
with- violation, ef. the Sunday closing .
law. ..Two hours after the laauaaoe of ,
the warrants tha. . Liquor Dealers' as
sociation., swore out warrants for . tba
arrest of the managera of all theatres
here oa the came ehargci The saloon
keepers aay they will retaliate by clos
ing every business except those exempt ,
ay law. .jt - . , ; . .
PROCESS ORDERED l?r V
SUIT AGAINST OHEGOri
. ' (Wsalitastoa Sarees et Tka JeeresLl I
Washington, El C Feb. II. Ths an
preme court today granted the atate ef
Washington leave to .file a bill and Or
dered process in tts suit against the
atate ef Oregon Involving ths ownership
of tide lende aad ashing rights la tbe
Columbia river- . -
In the case of tha atate ef Oregon
against the sec re tary of tha interior.
Involving title to swamp lands In Kla
math reservation, the court act April t -tor
date of hearing. -
CONVICTS AT SALEM ; !
HAVE CLCCDY FIZ'AT
Bsiem, Feb. 1 Ataht
penitentiary thla morning t
Rosa a five-year man. end E.
of Muttnoa ? h. at -o-latter
was, b:y e t t
Hose tried eo Jo ct a
Foster le in t e a." '
daageen, At It
was as.i r
kuftZs graauaar aa all gem fcof e t