The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, March 20, 1906, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextL.r'Tnn iwp fir OiiiliLhU.. IATES TO GO 1 ftlii'lrtW ' gasaaaaaaasfcwalaesssaasaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaajssaaaaaaaaaaasl Will Leave Portland for San Fran- cisco With Feeling of Gen- : t"- ulne " Be;yi-T",T2",v FAIRMONT MOST COSTLY HOTEL-woRLa to nm Will 'Have'' Auditorium Off inlng ' Roor and Miniature Forest on the Roof A. A. Wright May Stay and :," Manr-e Portland HoteL --' "It la with feeling, of. regret that I leave Portland to accept .the manage ment of the Fairmont hotel at Ban Francisco," Bald Hr-C. Bowere, manager Ot the Portland hotel today.. "I have been with thla hotel for :lSjrear.a, and during that time hare , never badoone word of discord" With the directors. 81 nee I have been here I have done the beat I could. . That my efforta have been appreciated la ahown by the lu ' creasing- buslnosa of the hotel. It h" ' not been decided whether A. A." Wright will be made manager of the Portland Councilmen Think He Worked Little at Crematory " But ' " Charged City Much. 0 . PASSElJRERS " 7 Robert- BoblnaonlBT.fwhft -a!: tended the reconstruction' of the city garbage crematory laat spring, and who la alleged to have overcharged the city. ltrag. order a4bytlei Judicial y comnflrtae of the city council yesterday afternoon to ehow the exact number of daya be worked In .last July and August and the aort of work he; did. - Robinson was employed -under the old board of health during the Williams regime. There was a verbal agreement to pay him fid-a day. ., In. May . and June the furnaces were repaired. After that time all that remained to be done was to Install a blower.- Robinson put In a bill for July and August for SSIo. . Councilmen Masters and Vaughn went to the crematory and investigated the work Installed by Robinson " and for which he claims 510 for superintend ing. They both - declared the ' work wretchedly 7" done,"- and ; : Councilman Vaughn declared that he did not be lieve Robinson worked two weeks In superintending the Installation .of .the blower...... - - . J. ' Jake Neumelster, , formerly , foreman jot the crematory, and . William Helber, the present foreman, both declared that Robinson bad not done more than a day or two of work at the crematory from July 4 to the first Saturday in August, and that he worked but a few days then. Vaughn moved to allow the bill for I2S0, which ho said was 1200 too large. City Attorney McNary discouraged this. Jt was then suggested that the entire bill be disallowed, which would be sure to bring the matter Into the courts. It was finally decided to order Robin son to present proof that he had worked for the city during the time specified 1 In his claim. ONE HUNDRED AS ONE FOR AN UPPER DECK Al. C BowenK J In event I asver my connections or whether he will go to Ban Francisco - with me. - -- - - 1 "The Fairmont hotel Is the most ex pensive hotel in the world. It will cost $60,000 per month to run it We 'will employ -between 800 and 00 persons. It will be opened on November X, There will be an auditorium off the dining room that will aeat 7S0 persons, to be used a or ooncerts, recitals and similar events. The ball room la the handsom est of Its kind In the world. , "On top of the roofs of ths lower floors will be- miniatura-foreat - or strove, encased in slaaev "The California street carllne Is to be )imti "extenflcd 10 the ferry. The hotet is passed bythreecarllnaavwbloh-wm increase their service for the accommo dation of the guesta,The Iw brothers are having built four ot the largest au tomoblle "buses hi the world to run to - and from the trains and boats.. -Wf have already contracts for all the rooms and aultea which we wlU rent permanently. As regards prices, they wlU be the same as at the Palace." JOHN DrSPRECKELS rz7Z IS ON HIS DEATHBED (Joamal Special' Berries,! i ' San Francisoo, March 20. John ; IX 'Bpreckels la very- near death. Dr. W. B. Thorna has Informed relatives - that there ta absolutely no hope, and Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, hla daughter, has been summoned borne fron Europe. - The disease -la- liver trouble. The - and is expected within a few daya. i , i Officers were elected, a constitution and by-laws Tidpte7andarscussl6n oT matters pertaining to -: the - proposed bridge of the Hill lines across the Wil lamette river was held at a meeting of the committee of one hundred at the city hall laat evening. . It was the sense of the meeting that an upper deck should be provided to care for the future needs of the growing city of Portland, and a oammitte composed of R. W. Montague, John Flttlnger and P. B. Sul livan will so advise the Port of Port land commission. " " - The first permanent officers of the committee of one hundred arei-1-President, Francis I. - McKenna; vice-president. Dr. Emmet D. Drake: secretary, O. W. Taylor: treasurer,' H. H. Newhall. A board ot Ave trustees will be elected at the next meeting. . The object of the committee is to work for municipal ownership of a belt line and docks, and for all reasonable measures that will help to beautify and better the city of Portland. The dues will D t cents per quarter, and any member who shall be come delinquent, . or shall miss three regular meetings successively, will be dropped from the rolls The enrollment Is now S6, and the-committee will elect from various precincts not represented enough men to complete theowi hnndred-f IlliULmnrLiiiUOCo Frank Elger, Conductor onMount Scott Line, Found to-Have Smallpox. WENTra SAMS-OANC& -- AS MAN WITH DISEASE City Health Officer Find Midway ""TiUieriindttree; Daughters , Suf fering Prom Smajlpoxr-Tbought It Chickenpox -and Made No Report. Frank Elger. conductor on oar ClvOf the Mount Scott line, was discovered to have smallpox yesterday and aent to the peathouse. His motorman. Irt Smith, and the motorman on car 14, Charles Gardner, have been exposed -to the disease. . - There was a- stir at police headquar ters this morning when the facts were reported to Captain Moore by Patrol Driver Gruber, who was detailed to make an Investigation, and the attention of the' city board of health was at onoe called to the condition of affaJrs.Many passengers are known to have .come within the sone of contagion. Praatlq action will be taken by Health Officer C, H. Wheeler. Tfle lhveBtTgatlon of Qrnber has aat isfled him, that 'Elger contracted the disease at danoe held last-week at Bell wood. At that dance a man with smallpox was presents Elger shook hands with the man. " ,,When the conductor reported for duty yesterday ' his face was covered with postules. His fellow employes told htm herad:rsmsilpox--na:' drew hia-caseYto thav attention 'of "the iffflelala' of tlie company, .who. ordered him to eeasa working. Dr. Whseler -' was then ln formud of the man's condition and sent him to the pesthouse. Charles OiraHer. motorman of ear No. TS" has"Teen a bedmate of Elger for some time.- Owing to, the free exposure To the disease it la proDaoie tnat tne street Cars will be fumigated and all persons exposed required to cease work and ba--voctnaed.--Ti--r.f---- -r- . City Health Officer Whseler believes he hns found the source of smallpox caaea which have mysteriously devel oped la different parts of the city with. in the past three or four weeks. - He has discovered a family on Ellis street, Midway, who have been afflicted with the : disease for two months but who have never had - a physician and whd have ridden in the streetcars, thinking that the -affUction- was nothing mora severe ' than chlckenpox. Dr.. Wheeler several daya ago heard of a family who had the chlckenpox and he decided to investigate, t He found tha family, yesterday. . The father, A. B. Keaton. and three" girls, aged 7, 10 and IS years, respectively, were af flicted with the smallpox. . " Dr. Wheeler Immediately put the-patients under quarantine. He fears that many additional cases will develop as a great many people, especially children, have been exposed. NO'BARGAIN SMOKES . . WHEN TRUST OPENS There li to be nr cutting of prices of cigars and tobacco when the United Cigar Stores company opens up for busi ness -In Portland, so Mark -Ik Cohn says. Hs Is connected with the company at San Franclaco and came In this mom lng to make arrangements for the open ing of stores, up to two years ago Mr. Cohn waa a member of the Imperial Cigar company, which has a store near the corner jof - Sixth and -Washington Streets, and a smaller one near tha cor ner of Sixth and Morrlaon streets. Just how many stores we will open In Portland remains to be seen," said Mr. Cohn at the Imperial - hotel, this morning. "I am here to look over the Held and. make recommendations to the houss at- Ban Francisoo. We- will- not cut prices. That IS not our policy." Pneumonia and H Consumption Cured Mr. B. C. Oblinger, a noted inventor of Independence, Mo., has been cured of pneumonia three times by his judicious use of i Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. Duffy's also warded off a threat ened attack of consumption. V B. C. A Mr. Oblinger has used Duffy's for over 25 years, and says he could not get along without h ; sTJiiav intellectual gentleman writes as follows , r , .. .... j .f.-.... Independence, Mb., Dec. 12, U0S. I really don't know what I would do If I could not get Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. I commenced using it about twenty-five years ago, and have been taking a few bottles every winter since. Duffy's cured me of pneumanla three times and warded off consumption, with which I was at one time threat ened. ' I now have an expansion of over five Inches in the lungs, and never feel uneasy while I can have access to your wonderful medicine. I am always do ing everything I can to relieve others of their suffering by recommending Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. - , B. C. OBLLNQKR, Inventor.' ' f Unfortunately, Victor Norby's Wife Was Not a Member, So She Had to Work. . Victor Norby thinks ha owns tha earth. For this reason he la confined in tha county. Jail on the charge of being Insane, and unsafe to be at large. He Is said to have been mentally un balanced for abput a year. Norby is about St years old. When examined yesterday by County Judgs Lionel R. Webster and a physi cian, Norby . talked sanely enoughjin tll light-wasmentroned, when be at once began to ramble. . Ha declared that about a year ago a big man carrying a ball of fire in hla ' hand came Into his room through the window, Tha visitor, Norby . said, told htm that - there was a club that owned the earth, and that the king of this club would never have to work, because he owned tha hills and valleys and tha fullness thereof. Norby aays that ha at once Joined tha club, and was elected Its king. fit Is said that Jit times Norby would caa hla friends to his window point to the hills and valleys to be seen from It, and . tell them that - all the earth within view and, all - that lay beyond waa his. Friends say that Norby de clared that his wife did not belong to the club, so sha had to get out and work. Ths man . spent his numerous Idle , hours playing tha accordion. Ws Pure Me, OBLINGER. r.Ml,VJiMcy . is an absolutely pure, gentle and invigorating atlmulant and tonlo. builds up the nerve tissues, tones up the heart, gives power to the brain, strength and elas ticity to tha muscles and richness to the blood, . It brings into action all the vital- forces, it mas.es digestion perrect -. and enables you to get from the food you eat all the nourishment It contains.. It is Invaluable for overworked men,' nelicate women and sickly -children. It strengthens and suetaina the sys tem. Is a promoter of gnd health and . longevity, makes the old young end -.- keeps the young strong. Duffy's is the only whlxkey that has been recognized " ' as a medicine. Thla la a guarantee, - MWitl ' of dangerous Imltatloae and substitutes. Unscrupulous dealers, ' mindful of the exoeUemoe of thla propai ratios, will try to sell you aheap imita tions and malt whiskey substitutes whioh are put ou the market for profit only, and are positively harmful. X,eok ' for the trade-mark, tha "Old Chemist," oa the label rA ke certain the seal over the eor la uubrokea. All drug fte ao4 rovj, cr aireot, (l oo a e. i " a. T-agy ' 1 tfl v . .i!w(, ST, a HADE KlnG OF CLUB THAT 017NS THE EARTH STEEL BRIDGE TO TAKE PLACE OF SHAKY OWE V-''':-x:V'-. Plana and specifications for the steel bridge on Union avenue over Sullivan'a gulch may. be finished tomorrow. In which caee they will be submitted to tha city council, and proceedings taken to advertise for bids. J. B. C Lock wood has been aasiatlng City Engineer Taylor la making tha plana. . The bridge will be ISO feet In length and it feet wide. The roadway will be of sufficient width for vehicles and streetcar tracks. . The cost has not been estimated, but it is expected to amount to at least 135.000. , Ths old structure across tha gulch la becoming dilapidated.-and - frequently warps out of shape, owing to the Bat tling of the earth, due to fills being made In the gulch. Bridge Inspector Reed of the city engineer's office and an expert from the Portland Consoli dated Railway company are making an Inspection of tha old bridge -today. . . ,, MAN WHO CALLED FOR ; ; OTHER'S MAIL ON TRIAL ' Charles Whittlesey,' incarcerated In tha county Jail In default f $600 ball, was indicted this morning -by the fed eral grand Jury In the district court for using the United Statea mall to defraud. It Is alleged that Arthur N. Veach told Whlttlehey that ha was soon to re eelvo a cnefcfc for 0. ; At that time the two men were employed in a logging camp- at Tacolt Upon receipt of tha Information relative to the check, Whit tlesey cams to Portland and wrote a let ter to the postmaster at Tacolt Instruct ing him to .send Veach's mall to thla city, signing Veach'a name to tha epis tle. In tha meantime Veach learned of tha scheme and notified the, authorities. Tha result waa that when Whittlesey presented himself at the general deliv ery window, and asked for Veach'a mall, ha was placed tinder arrest. "The magnificent opening shows of Millinery; of fabrics off th world's most famous looms, in woolens, silks, and linens, of ex quisite laces, beautiful ribbons and superb parasols, of undergarments and hosiery from the' foremost mills of. the world, of fash ionable, apparel for women, misses and' children, are reallyjbutthe first of a series of events for which we have planned for months, "iTseriesof expositions of progress art' and style for the. exploitation of which we have practically gone around the world. The ex ploitation Of all that Paris knOWS of new thing Pf fathiVm's Utatr mnnrlej iriiium ' T1iailt'rTnPaTTifSnear'Iaiiti- iui, the exhibits are a delight to the eye in theensemble, the new modes and fabrics jnay 'be studied with.profit by every woman. WELCOME TO THE FETE DE'PRINTEMPSFASHIONrS FESTIVArOFrPRINa 5 ; ';:::'rr: Congress ot Surpassing "Specialty Shops i Washington Streets' The 4' Different Store' JheDsfllght : Store" Not Open Evenings : ; fashion's Shx; Days Open zt 8 A, If. and Close at 6 P. f.J. -Tomorrow GRAUD FORMAL OPEIUUGSToday and Tomorrow! A FESTIVAL OF SPRING : . FASHIONS wii:Dis!tasu , i ' r-2F f, J 3 VFV fmm2taWEachDaf -- CV Xa'Ii See the Magnificent French Court Scene Second JWjA kS a Fioor--T--r -r--- Mi!lJ&(U Wit Enjoy the Peerless IMerdiandise .Shows On SS)y flM-iHh ' , FeaslftfieEye and Ear on Nature's Contributions , ill MlPMSnS. )1 1 of Flowers, Palms and Trees From Among . I If, If IhfxtytJ jlfkvl h M Which Comes Trilling the Music of Songbirds. - JK II l&l II A Ut'I till JDiWiodawDispjAyaJBcckon ttin Viitor.to.A.., :- if ' 'AflfMrtai Jh Nearer and Closer Acquaintance With the ; 1 z IWfivS) lin Wondei s iu tlig Store.: ; '' ' . ' ; j 'jiSrajiSs? 'yjt litf t ma mm , am m m ww'w 11 i a m m - tu w -ur ,. if r iu i i m . us imi jsk i .i u.m viiii . T" a a j x .- tir-n uwikr r. i ,eii a Fashion's N Mardi-Gras and Grand uarch oi the Modes THE CROWNING FEATURE OF THIS HNRIVALED-FETE-DE-PRINTEMP3- Grand Salons Second Floor " : Starting at 10,' continuing until 11:30 a. m.; again at 2:30 and until 5 p. m. will occur the Grand Parade of Fashion. A bevy of beautiful young ladies will appear, gowned in the very, latest and newest creations of the world's master designers irv Europe and America, 'and pass in review before the Queen's Court and in full view of the visitors This affords the first and only opportunity of viewing these exquisite and magnificent gowns in convention,. fresh from their boxes and on LtVING MODELS. , . . -....., LA MODE'S FETE DE PRINTEMPS FASHION'S FESTIVAL OF SPRING Grand Formal Openings Continue Thro Tomorrow! Ready ! with the in-swinging of the doors, at the stroke of 8 a. m., all will be in readiness for the reception of otir Public to the' great semi-annual Style Shows the festal unfolding of Spring's newest fashions and fancies. While the main features of the store's formal openings this season wiH be the Masterful Demonstration of Its Leadership in Authoritative New Modes - and. Display of Quality Merchandise, the pleasing, but more ephemeral accompaniments of T " Charming" Orchestral Music, Chirp and Twitter of Nature's Songbirds and ' - I Beautiful Decorative Effects of Palms and Flowers Will Not Be Omitted , " Magnifk Splendid i 'i' A-- -NMerchalndise Will vie with Nature's palms and cal las, an deflowering trees, amid the branches of which hide feathered songsters that fill the" air with melody from a hundred, tuneful throats'. While these latter are but passing pleasures to the'eye, the ear and the soul, tha grand exposition of absolutely peerless examples of magnificent modes from the world's fofctnost marts of fashion on.exhibit.hce during these twoT'great ' show .'daya' wuT lire" in appreciative memories for months'and years to come, further accentuating this store's" positive tyle andjquality dominion - ; - r ... . --r---rrr 7. ' rzi: ..':..,. ., Don't Miss the Great French Court Scene ' Grand Salon-Second Floor The above is adapted from an incident at the court of the famous Josephine, the Queen and ladies-in-waiting being robed in beautiful costumes of the present day, but replicas of those worn by the iadies of the court circle in the time of Napoleon and Josephine SPECIAL . f.'c 7.1 ; The Grand March of Fashion living mo !;! choicest and most srpcrb creations of bure- i artists, will t"' f tzzh c'ry tr '.iy r.'l V.' 13 t) 11:'"' - r !2:')n;r. r. P :'t r - .