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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, - PORTLAND, CATUTJSAV X.yL..::.JL SEVEOTEEd BODIES IIO-CMEWNLE GETS Yr-VJC. fi-MAKES SU HD AY PLEAS AHT FOR GIRLS OUEIIOIIORr IDENTIFIED Pj1jaAdDeck Itself- In Creerl 7TI.4miaJrJUbhQrid " Buyi tha Shamrock. v Score " Probably Reduced to Noted Irishman Has Beerr Dined Ashes, and Exact lose of Life and Wined Until He le at Adobe Unknown. rTIredontAII WRECK CAUSED BY , OPERATOR SLEEPING PORTLAND WILL PROVIDE TONICnuaJTHEJCHIEFr " ; .' t CELEBRATION OF EVENT7" OPEN AIR ENTERTAINMENT A"' -- :-. Conservative frtimat Places List of ; "J Victims fat Thirty-Sbi,- Nine - o! ; .Whom Were En Route to Oregon 7 Warrant f of Telegrapher. "''" There Will Be Automobile-iRides and - v: Pro7atn at-lumW-Un? Aue , pices o Hibernians to Be Pretea-. tioug One Special Masses Cele brated et Various Chorchee. . Trips Up and Down the Colombia, So That "Stay - in City ' May : Be - Needed Rest for Lecturer and Wife. iFOOrtDE" ' IP" Pueblo, Colo., March Jl, Whllejthe ' exact loss of. life in the Adobe wreck will probably never be known, it te r- tale to be recorded as oa ef the worst - wreck in railroad history. - A eonssrva. live estlmate-thls mTRiag places, the dead at It. Seventeen bodlaa era at the morgue in this city nnldentMed. Bay ' eral others ere known to be dead. .Pos- " elbiy a score war burned to ashes. A warrant has bean issued for the er fast ef a T. Lively, operator at Swal low, 10 miles oaat f the wreck, who la accused of bavins slept at his post, . thereby causing the collision. " The Hat of known dead are: William Hollla, engineer, Pueblo; Walter Cosslett engineer. Pueblo;' H. D. Sudduth, fire man, Pueblo; Edward B. Bard. neputy sheriff. Denver; Archibald Whitney, prls oner en rout to the penitentiary; Mrs. William Burnalde. daughter end grandchild, of Kansas; A. N. Barkalo, - Balldar Miss Orace Barkalo, Sallde; Eno McParlahd, exprea messenger, "Txtrfverr Tavlor Hewitt. Lebo. Kansas; Mrs i.TTIlan Hewitt. Paart Hewitt, Mn 'Catherine Hewitt end beby boy,-Mrs Winona Hewitt of Lebo. Ed Cowley and ; wife, fred Jones of Lebo, Fred wme nflajaa4a - shr. Florence. Colorado: Kay - -te. efKys4ons, Wyoming. andJtfrje ; -JeueWbblKyelone, Wyoming, NINE KILLED. . XewlM Family Be Boa to Oregon te , . Take Moans. . - - MMFlal Dtosatch te the foernal.) tie Grande, Or, March 17. Th Hew ltt family of 11. of which nine were - killed in the Adobe wreck, we an route .to Ore (on to aettla on a homestead le 'Wallowa county.- Mrs. Hewitt's parents, ... Mr. end Mrs. H. M. Kicker, realde et u Biyin,-. .; z; BENTON DEMOCRATS HOLD Candidates Discussed for State and County OfficesNo Trcket-Ni (Kewlai Dispatch te The Joarasl.) rZ-'CorvaUis. Or, Mar oh IT. At. the courthouse laat nlsht Benton county Oemoorata beld a rouelnsT neetlnv to . arrante for the oomlng- cempalfn end to - dlscuaa political timber. - Judge McFad v den presided. Speeches were made by Robert Johnson, Judge MeFsddan, JD. B. ' Wilaon and ethere. P. A. Cochran of rwoodburn. - Democratic candidate for eongresa, was preeent end epoke. The Benton county ticket dlseuaaad waa a follow: For etata aenator, Adam .WUnelm Jr. of Monroe, sad W. H. Springer of philomath. available; for representative. Joseph Smith of Wells; , for county Judge, K. E. Wilson ef Cor vallla; for sheriff, M. P. Burnett; for county clerk,- Victor. Moeea; for eousty treasurer, w. A. Buchanan; for county recorder. Hartley Hill; for county-.com. Price; for coroner," Jesse Bpencer, . These men were simply diecuaeed for , the place, but there will probably be no ticket selected. Among thoea.pre ; ant was Judge Wattera, who was men ' tloned for state aenator, but declined i to run. -(' TWENTY THOUSAND ACRES , OF LAND UNDER WATER (Joorntl Rpedsl Serriee.l Vtaalia, Cel., March 17 a Water con tinues to rise and the business section of the, 'city under, water is being ex tended slowly. Another break la the Santa Fc track In the city limits caused additional water to. flow ever the resi dence portion. Families in the north eairt section of the town have been com pelled to evacuate. The Southern Pa cific track waat of Vlaalla want out laat. night for a distance . of several hundred feet and the track Is submerged for several miles. .. Tee country, in the vicinity ef the St Johns river Is flooded for mile. , The . water Is algbt feet deep on I0.SOO acres ; of land.' Many foundations of brick buildings have been cracked and much ' damage will result. The water la re- ' ported as falling at noon today, and the worst , le believed over, although it le eUll rauMpg In the bills. DROWNED GETTING OUT OF A BOAT AT NIGHT Speeiel tfcvst-h to 'The Jonnat) " : Vancouver. B. C, March 17.. The - 'body of Charles Bulllvan, a pioneer, ree-"-' Merit f this . city, waa found In the wayera of thl harbor laat night. It I , supposed that in getting out of a boat by himself Jata at night he fell Into th , water and waa drowned. Ha waa born . in British Columbia 46 years sgo, and ' had bee a resident of Vancouver foe It : years. . ANSWERS DESCRIPTION ; V OF KIDNAPED CHILD - (Jperaal Special Sor-Va.) . San Lls Obispo, CaL. March IT. The steamer Samoa arrived In Port Harford ' this morning with Flllpe Bench and a little boy aboard. They are being held - for the arrival ef the sheriff. - The boy answers the deacriptjna of Johnny . Tom, the child khlnqped at Colma, Cali fornia, a week ago. . . SMALLPOX DISCOVERED : ' - . ON BOARD STEAMER ' "(JearaaJ Saerlal Sarvte.) ' "r. -, Vletorie, li. C, March IT. The '. steamer Tartar reached .Williams Head - thle .morning, having a case of mallpos aboard. The peaaengere end erew ef abovt tit person will be quar antined II days, . r Douglas-Hyda. is not to be ten dered a banquet . when - he cornea to Portland. Since he started upon his lecturing tour in America he has been wned and dined until he has- tired of It. - So, during hi two days' sojourn in the City pf Roses, he and his wife will be given automobile" rldeand-exetir alona up and. down the Columbia ana Willamette flveri." but no- feast. ; It Is expected that Dr. yae wiu reach Portland on the evening of March K. 17. He will be met et tne aepoi vj cltlsena In automobiles end taken to th Portland hotel. Where he will remain during hla aojourn. Th Palle I to be visited, and a run taken to the mouth of th Columbia river . where the doctor end hie wife may see the letty. A stop will be made at Astoria. If the weather will permit, an especlaly chartered boat will take a run acroea the bar and vlalt the lightship, aboard which, If possible. lunch wil be eervad, It Is planned to keen Mr. Hyde and hla wife out ln the-elr a much as poaslble. The tripe are so arranged ss not to fa- lilgua them butJto, make the visn iu - Portland ev tnucn neeoea rest The lecture which Dr. Hyde la to de liver In Portland, will consume an faoug iffar-'ri.JWlir 111 f Hejwlll explain thoroughly yfleld7alemhe SbTecti'T.t rfltV 11 Qmile niliaan a hat 1 has been accomplished, hopes of - th f uturr bbthW)lttteally, socially and commercially aa retards Ireland. - At a meeting held last evening aFlhe Portland' hotel, which was attended by Thomas Concannon. Dr, Hyde's advance agent. It waa decided to place the mu sical portion of tbs program for the evening -when Dr. Hyde speaks com pletely In the hands of Mrs. Walter Reed. The selections are to be few and will be confined to Irish instrumental and vocal niusio. Remark by local orator will con sist chiefly of Introductory talks, point ing out uceiaoUy why Dr. Hyde IS in the city. Th jectur I to be delivered In th Marquam theatre, Drr - H rde- la en- Episcopal! an. The members of the church in Portland ere contemplating entertaining the speaker while he la in portiana. An error win be made to have tt dovetail between other events. Members of the Catholic faith are preparing for- reception. . At the conclusion of the lecture a set of resolutions, prepared in Qaelte, are to be presented ana ectea upon. acted They " wlIItnaoro-the movement, endi promlae the moral end financial support Is hoped to rales fl.tOO In Portland. MORAN BROS. SHIPYARD - ABSORBED BY TRUST . ( jnonul Special Berrlce.) ' Seattle. March IT. The Moran Broth ers company has been sold by ths Oris corns of Philadelphia, who are connected with the shipbuilding trust. The con sideration - Is - between i.S0.eee and $!,60M0e. The announcement Is made that the sal is due to th falling health of th Moran Brothers, who deliver over to th new management all th business of the firm excepting th com pletion and delivery of the battleship Nebraska. J. V. Patterson, naval archi tect of the - International Navigation oompany, and George H. Hlgby, lately manager of the International company of the Empire line, will be in charge of the works for the new company. A new corporation will be organized bearing the title of the Moran company. Moran . Brothers established their plant In Seattle in 1182. The capital invested In the original plant waa 11,400 and today there' are 1,40 men on the payroll. . '-' Mrs. aheea's Case Dismissed. The .divorce ease of Maud A. Oheen versus George R. Oheen was dismissed in th district court today. Mrs. Oheen sued for divorce on the grounds of cru elty and drunkenness. An action wss brought for maintenance by her and th matter has been hanging In the courts for some time past. - acre, gmlta Oct Suit Moey. . Judge Bears - this - morning - allowed Mrs. Mary Smith f 10b attorneys' fees, she having Incurred thla expenae In defending a divorce suit brought against her by William A.- Smith, known as "Myaterioue Billy." Smith waa not al lowed ths divorce and his wife has sued for support , . . w'- . . Castellans Divorce Case. ; (Joonml Special Service.) Paris, March 17. The prellmlnar hearing of th Castellane divorce cue was postponed today at the requeat of the count, who Is confined to his room with Influenza. , The Late Governor James $. Hogg of . ' - Texaa.w,:-'" j . ; i . ' w , ' .' . Jte " -- I f-Hf" --t I J." , I Ms I ; eABvassseMBnsaajpBj(BJpBS , Ta- . -.. J A 1 "Sunday at Horrte" 1 th latest fea lure Of the work of the Toting Women's Christian Association and -the . 'Sunday at Home" -work Is considered the most Important of all .the. multitudinous XTttnTmr-trViStWJTrSii v ember; and Ibejweekly entertainment Is rapidly becoming one of the most popular eventir In connectldnwTtlrthe T.W. ,G" A. An average of SS young "women for merly attended the Sunday eervlces at the. TT W. , G "JL hsU. Sixth ahS" Oak streets. The average attendance le now 180. An Invitation to the "Sunday at Home" asks "Little girls, big girls, bachelor glrla, to bring their mothers, Sisters, cousins -and aunts,"' and ths meetings ere begfnntng to Indicate that nearly every girl In the city has ac cepted and le trying to carry out the Instruction. Novel end Interesting attractions are offered jst th T.W. OA. In order to Increase the attendance and arouae Interest-in-the Sunday meeting Pro grama ef merit are gives preceding the eervice) and every girl le mede to'feel perfectly at home. At her entrance she le met by members of a committee and greeted cordially. Then' the girls are Introduced to each, other. In one room soms of Portland's fine musicians afford - diverslon, while in another letters may k wniien ana one may rest. To an- a Bible class Is held at 4 o'clock. ropcorn is popped -and - games are played which -are appropriate for Sun day. In extending the Invitation to ths "Sundaye at Home" those in -charge of th T. W, C.'A. are Insistent fn explain ing to young women that "they don't have to Join anything, they don't have to pay anything, end they don't have to tay any longer than they want to." Lat Sunday's "Sunday at Home" was one of the moat Interesting and waa attended by one ef the largeat gather- r.'.70'r bl Ml K.thl.s, uaorg. and were Mr. Dalglelkh and Ml Maronl; th readers, Mia Wlkandar end Mis SQUARE MEAL FOR LITTLE ONES Change From Baker's Bread and Bologna Surprises Four Hungry Stomachs. BROUGHT UP IN ARKANSAS, NEVER ATTENDED SCHOOL Left Motherless' Five Years A to, Father Took Children-With Him to Fields Coming to Oregon, Se cured Two Rooms and Heater. Four children of Thomas T. Taylor were treated to a real surprise this morning when Mra Daggert, bailiff of tb Juvenile oourt, took them into restaurant and gavs thsra all they wanted to eat It waa th first time th children ha! had such a meal. Tbey were reared on an Arkansas farm, never attended school and for five years have pot known a mothers love. When the mother died of consump tion in Itol, shs left a babe Just a few months old and three other children. the oldest of whom was it. Ths father was poor. He did not want his children to leave him and so when he went out into the field he tok the four little one-with hint; they-would sit nearby all day long and eat their dinner with father. - --- - - . - Jil last Taylor saved up snough to come to Oregon. He arrived recently, and had but little money after hla long Journey. Looking around for -rooms be found two at 273H Flandera street. Here the family gathered, with but little shelter to protect them from the cold. Taylor aecured an old small heating atove, but there was no way for them to cook any food, and they lived on baker's 1 bread; crackers and bologna .sausage. ., Lat Monday morning. Detective H. H. Hawley discovered the pitiable con dition of the family. He reported the matter to Judge Fraser, And provisions were taken to aid them. This morning the' children appeared et th Juvenile court and totd their story.. An effort will be made to find work for the oldest, James, and the others will be cared for In such a way as to allow them to attend school. . . - ROBERT A. MILLER . FILES HIS PETITION ' " "petit I Ptepetrh Th' Jonrml.) '" ' Salem, Or., March 17. Robert A. Mil ler, Democrat, of Portland today riled hla petition for nomlnatloa for attorney, genory. 7 s r 0 Sunday at Home at the Young Women's Christian Association Room. V .eessShsjei, M. ' A -.:'! ! SX L i : 1 'a " H,k-u i .... ; In the France Barnes. Violin selections, songs snd. recitations were given by Mlsae Helen and Jessie Reed of England, Miss Protzman and by Mra More-ao, The addreee of th day was delivered T E YEARS AND A HALF Jordan's sehtencil:. He Asks New-Trial Because His Attorney's Defense Did Not Suit Him. Henry Clay Jordan was this morning sentenced by Judge Sears to serve three year months and It days la the peni tentiary, having been found guilty of embssslsmenL Jordan was tried before a Jury In Judge Seers' department ot the circuit court last summer on the charge of having embezzled funds be longing to a company formed for the alleged purpose of exploiting a patent nut. Jordan asked for a new trial on the ground that his counsel had not eon- ducted the case . properly. This w overruled by Judge Seers. Two weeks ago Jordan was brought before Judge Sears for sentence. Then the convicted man declared that hla rights hsd been Infringed upon because hla attorney had told him that he only had three chal lengea for Jurors when th law allowed six; Jordan also said that two of th Jurors were prejudiced agatnat hlra and that he would not have accepted them only he thought be. had to do aa After consulting with Attorney 8. C Bpencer, who conducted the case againat Jordan for th district attorney, and CUB. Wood and Jamee Qlsason, Jordan's pres ent attorney, Judge Sears held that the new reason offered for a new trial wss not a valid one. Thle'mornhig.-wh the -convicted man was asked If he had anything to say why sentence should not be pro nounced, against htm, Jordan stated that th court had erred In Its instructions to th Jury. Then th sentence was pronounced. An appeal will no doubt be taken to the supreme court. Jordan and hla son ware also In dicted on ths chargs of having falsified' th record of corporation, but have not been tried on th charge. . Jordan Is an old man and a -veterairof th-crrll war. , : ,, -.'- - - . .. TWO HIGHWAYMEN HELD - FOR TRIAL AT ECHO (RoetUl frtnntch to Ths loarnsl.t n Echo. Or., March lt.--D. ft Lewis and 'Skipper' Hicks are now In th-county Jail t Pendleton for having partici pated In the holdup at Echo on Monday night Both men have been bound over to th circuit court In the sum of $ 1,000, which they could not give. Lewis was nrst csptured, and Impli cated "Skipper," and th latter was ar rested at Umatilla. He denle th charge snd Lewi' testimony la all that there is against him. "Skipper" Is well known In Pendleton. ' It Is believed that the others will yet bs caught' The gang robbed and sandbagged two men out 1160. 'i V'i til n ! Reading Room at the Y. W. C A by Miss Constance MoCorkle, general secretary of th association. At th conclusion of th program supper was served to all ths young women. turBsortheasaocU- it' v Uon work are rapidly becoming a promlTThenUiey7wnrgeInto thrWU-Torfin; the Utet-enrt-ios-poMeaslQi - '- wuj 1 LABOR ORATOR IS HALED JO JAIL Police Finally Compelled to Take Part in Troubles of Tillot- eon and Men. CITY ATTORNEY WOULD ' NOT ISSUE A WARRANT And Police Refused to Make Arrests Without One Finally Contractor Persuades Patrolman Burke That Con Sullivmn Is Intoxicated. labor trouble between Contractor J. B. Tlllotson and striking member of th plledrlvera' union resulted today in the arrest of Con Sullivan, an alleged leader of th strikers, on th charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct Sullivan was arrested at noon by ' Pa trolman Burke. Contractor Tlllotson was th complainant , A strike was declared laat Monday and continual appeals have been mad te th police and to the olty attorney since that time . by th contractor. Twenty union piledriver quit work on Monday and their places have - been partly supplied bjr non-union men.. Efforts of the strikers to dissuade non-union men from working. It I alleged, resulted In - numerous encounter be tween the contractor, his foreman and strikers. At Ninth and Hoyt streets, where the new warehouse of Woodard, Clarke A Co. Is being erected, there have been numerous fights, and police have been asked te arrest assaulting' strikers irtho'steel brldgs and the Willamette dock, contracts for pllsdrlvlng on both of which hav baen secured by Tlllot- Tillotson ha claimed that he was con tinually annoyed and harassed by the strikers, and 'that he had frequently been assaulted. Th elty attorney of fice cleverly avoided mixing -In labor trouble by referring - the complainant to the chief of polls. Today Captain Moore personally investigated, but found no evidence warranting an arreat . Chief Grltzmacher positively refueed to Interfere unless a warrant waa given him. n " Contended " that h had - no power to Interfere unless authorised to do so by a warrant from the elty attor ney's office. No warrant was issued, but today Sullivan Is said to have climbed out on the steel bridge and to hav de livered a discourse on labor organiza tions and' "scabs." Contractor Tlllot son convinced Patrolman Burks that Sullivan waa drunk.-' If yen have te pay the piper, hi sur gou get the danoe. . A 'if begin on Saturday. At 1:10 o'clock in th afternoon the young women In the olaa will meet at th T. W. C A. hall and euUla their work for half aa hour with Mlaa Metoalf, their lnstruotor. turn mfuar m trees ana juowers. AND HANDSHAKE FOR Commercial Club .-Plant; Cordial Reception for Business Men En Route to California. - tioeai committees are. making elab orate arrangement for the reception end entertainment of the Washington business men's excursion to southern California on its arrival In Portland at 8:10 o'clock thla evening. The North ern Paclflo railroad passenger . depart ment will eonduct the train te Port land, and here It wll be turned ever te the Southern Paclflo company, and- con tinue on it way at 11:80 o'clock to night In charge of William McMurray, assistant general passenger agent 1 In th interval ef six hours between arrival and departure,, th excursionists will be the gueets of the Portland Com' merciai club. Th following committee has been appointed to meet the visitors st the Union station and sscort -them to in ensmoer or commerce bulldlnr: F. W. Lead better, H. M. Caks. A. L. Cralr. A. D. Charlton, Tom Rlchardaon, Wil liam ucaiurray ana A. JrV Tirf t. . Arriving here tbey will be shown the ensmner of commerce exhibit of Oree-on product a, end escorted to the Commercial ciun rooms on tne eighth floor, where dinner will be served, followed - by a reception. The Commercial club . ha extended an Invitation to th Chamber of uoanero to attend, and th invitation ha been aooepted by th chamber trus tees .. ' . t -.v , . - A beautifully printed itinerary of the uaurornia excursion ha bees leeued by in 9 raureaa comparuea, and distrib uted among the excursionists, showing every atop, aid trip and entertainment arranged etong the route. The Caltfor- mans are preparing to give "the Wash Ingtoniana a hearty reception, but It is said thay will not be able to outdo the open-handed hospitality with which the men from Washington will be met at the outaet In the metropolis. of the Pa cific BOtrh.weat. -- v - , JAPANESE WOMAN DIES - FROM INHALING FLAMES Mrs. K. Sackt, wlf of a Japanese. Who waa Injured In a fir at his horn near Oresham Thursday night; died at Good Samaritan hospital yeaterday aft ernoon as the reeult.of iniurie received In the Are, whlon le said to have started from a gaaollne atove In th kitchen. . Back! was severely burned, but will recover. Mrs. Backl Is- said to have in haled the flames. . ' ' Sent to Aid Society. - - (SneHsi rjsipatph to The Inarnal.) ' ' Corvallia, Or.. March 17. Klsle Miller. aged 1 years, waa taken to the Boys' and Girls' Aid society at Portland this aeon bjr Pepwty Sheriff Wells. . - ., Oreen was'' the" fashiona We " color on 1 the streets today. It im St. Patrick s day. There was also a blending of the ', color with the Stare and Stripes. From various flagstaff s throughout the clif ' ' th national color were unfurled. . ' I The feature of the day will be a eel bratloa tlUs evening-at the Columtrta theatre, which will begin abont o'clock. D-erlng the eonrse of the day special ' servioes were held in several of the Roman CsAhollo ehurcheA At. St. Fran cis ohuroh, Xlleventh and East Oak " streete, rather Pheland offloiested at mass, wtta Frederiok W. Ooodrloh a the;' organ. . - Although "the wearta" tt the green" $ waa the style today. It was noticeable that 1 was leas in evidence on the streets as eetnpered -with forme ye With the men a green tie waa aulte ac ceptable. Some weat so far as te fasten a green ribbon around the bat for band. A bit of real shamrock was te be seen here end there In a buttonhole. Other gave - evidence of their loyalty by wearing miniature green - flags stamped with a golden Irish harp.' Natty bowe of pure-green rlbboa as-4 pealed tosome men, the eame as It dldti to most of the woman who deooratadV themelves In honor of the day. Where', the Shirt waist would permit soma worn-' I an wore ties of smerald-husd silk, while T 'I li ITWi e-nurt i Mm wiii n imi in , viunn vwuwm tuM mu fu& bOWA ' '! Tn the cdamerclal wortd -the drayiusur- and -expressman and driver forlarge and email ntsreantlle booses rasteoed green liege to harness and vehicles. la' th thlret parlors creme de xoenth waa the moot popular drink. - At the Columbia theatre this evening 3. P. Kavanaugh will preside. The pro gram will be ae follows! -Remarks by th chairman, John P. Kavanaugh; "Com Back to Erin," Mlee' Bllsabetn Harwaa; "Bantry Bay," Jaraee Burke: "Kathleen Mavourneen," Mies Mae BresUni -oration. "The Caltle Spirit, Past and Present," John Fleming Rinieius, AoiiarneXi Mil m. wev oiwu-; Bauer! "The Harp That One Thro Tara'a Halls," Franklin Shea; "Star-' Spsaglsd Banner." chorus accompanist ' Mlae Mollis Reynolds. ' NEW TURN 1H FIGHT FOR TRACTION PROPERTIES United : Railways "Treasurer " Brings In Circuit Court Suit -y for Possession . A new tura In tb contest for posses sion of the properties of the Oregon Traction company was taken today when Wllmot Griff las, - treasurer - of the . United Railways oompany. brought suit of ths property on a claim for 11. Ill assigned , to him by the Oregon Water Powsr A Railway oompany. ' The United Rallwaye company owns 10 per' cent of the stock ef the Oregon Traction oompany. and has 14 carloads of rails new on hand, all other neces sary materials and a large fore ef construction men ready to proceed wltn the building of the line to Forest Grove, : but 1 stayed by a restraining order ef &&F$lt?iSS!& of stock and claim he a till ha rights In th property under . an option held by him laat fall, which expired Decem ber 11. A motion filed today by the United Railway oompany - attorney, - to dis solve th restraining order, waa arguedt before Judge Fraser. The United Rail ways company asked that the bond Pf Gardiner be Increased from J 1.000 to ' $20,000, and alleged that the damage -that would accrue againat Oardlner by reeaon of the delay would amount to IS09 per day and would eoon amount to much more than the present bond. Th plaintiff attorney, Gammana Malarkey, objected to any lnoreaae of , the bond. The United Railway com-. pany then proposed that lt would put up an indemnity bond of $10,000 te guarantee Gardiner against loss In the sale of the Oregon Traction company properties, and that th court ahould -then dissolve the restraining order. This the plaintiff attorney else refused to accede. The court postponed . further hearing of the whole eaae until Monday. morning1 at 10 o'clock. M'PHERSON WOULD SPLIT:' ORDER OF WASHINGTON; ' An effort Is being made te Split the Order of Washington, and reorganise the Order of Lions, which consolidated' with th former society some Urn sine. The effort- is being put forth by: P. A. MacPherson, former supreme president of the Order of Lions and until reoentlr ' past-supreme president of Hhs Order of - I Washington. . , ' Mr. MacPherson has Issued - circulars to the old members of ths defunct order claiming t.hat the consolidation waa adverse- to' their lntereeta and that th fund brought In by th Order- of Lions was all that saved ths Order ef Wash- lngton from bankruptcy. Ha has rented rooms In, the Selllng-Hlrsch building, and Urge -the! members ef the former or ganization to rally to hlro. : '-.-v.- Supreme Secretary I. Lj Mltohell ot ' the Order . of Waahlsgton rsays that I MacPherson - was unsatisfactory aa -an offloer of the consolidated society snd for a price of $1,000 agreed to step down and out and to refrain front entering into the Insurance business for a year. He asserts that now MacPherson Is seeking Jo-disrupt the Order of Washington.- ; - .- 1 - ;-' " ROOSEVELPS MAN WILt " MAKE NO STATEMENT ,., ' !'V ..- ' .. .- , .' '.(Uneelsl Ktapstch to The Jenrnst) San Francisco, March 17. Th steam. r Pent ef the Paoino Mall line, which arrived from Panama today, brought Rdward E. Fleming, who was- sent by President Roosevelt to Inspect the work en the canal. - He declined to nek a Statement for publication. . . I' - Vx ) .1