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OBJECTS TO CHURCH DANCE . ;
SO NAILS UP THE DOORS
POJITLAOD FACES
JGIOIIIS CASE IS
.-HOT CLD8ED"
.;uiif
OH OIG SCALE
IS CLOSED
Profoasor Mcliatgue object to pretty
girl dancing the minuet at a public en
tertainment. The professor reside-at
Sylvan.' where there may be given an
entertainment, tonight for 'the benefit
of the -Han Franclaco- aufferer. - Hut-it
la said that McHargue has declared that
the entertainment cannot be given, and
neighbors-reported to the district attor
ney and the sheriff thl morning that
the objector had nailed up the doors and
windows of the Sylvan . church - and
If UcHargu attempt to etopithe per
formance tonight-Vtber . win b somer
thing doing." . - n-
have investigated the matter and
find that here Is no cause for object
ing to-to. ntrtaiomeut exoeptlng that
McHargue has some spite to work out,''
said Mr. Moser thia morning. "While
be may have been given -permission to
nali tip the church. I am informed that
the directors are In favor pf having the
entertainment given in the school house,
ntctlargue objects to a number of girls,
who sing a . chorus. ' taking a few
minuet steps while oalhe plalform.7
rn Relief CommltteeTKere
Two Hundred Debris Bunkers to
Park Board Lacks Funds : and
jiWiHJotiSolicitlfromJ
,....- Cjtj2en8 ." ; - ; :
Looal Spiritualist Declares City
; .. Will.. Be . Destroyed Lby ;:
. T -. Shockand Fire. - "- '
Judge Sears Orders - Its Dis
. v missal and Then Reverses
3..:-.-.:IlHi8'Edictr7 "'t;
Has Concluded Work of .
Assisting Refugee-.
Be Erected in Various Parts:
of San Francisco.
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CABLE TRAMS HAUL
.'. - RUINS FOR DUMPING
MAYOR FAVORS USING ' ,
- MONEY FOR PLAYGROUNDS
WILL OCCUR BETWEEN
SUNDAY AND TUESDAY
CAPTAIN BRUIN SAYS v ;
PROSECUTE ACCUSED
::3T0N GETS SUPPLIES1
schoolhous. : ' ' r
$ENT JN THE, FUTURE
Deputy JDuurlcl Attorney Moner nas
taken the matter, up and declare that
: Conference Held in Bay City It
: Decided to Let Civic uid Mfl.
i ry Authorities Deal With the
-. nation Hereafter. .. . .. -. -
BOY REFUGEE RUNS JilTO
-I.10RE HARD IUCK '.
-TIME CONES AT
Charity Not Needed in 'Rebuilding the
City Insurance 1 Money, Solvent
Banks gnd - Cqod Crop in State
-Tbrow City onlta Resourcet.
Believe City's Children Need Breath
ing Room More Thaflj. Their Elders
' Need Music and - Commisslontrs
Agree VVitfi Him, '
Families Get i Excited by Prophecy
and. Prepare for . Earth quakev-An-
' other Medium Declares ThatH)is
aster WU Not Occur at Tfaat Time.
In. Court That Officer la Quoted as
Chief Authority . for Closing of
Case, but Later He Brands Such;
. Pleas as False. - : - - .r .-..
ERSITY-PARX ..:
THE , OREGON DAILYJjOURNALf PORTLAND, :-SATURDAY ' EVENING, MAY 5, 1803.
REnOVING DEBRIS
IS PLAZA GOHCERTS
ir.lPRODABLE -
DESTRUCTIOr)
V
- Th. Orow-Jljat bureamt Oakland,
Mllfornla. wa closed this afternoon,
e committee -there, having completed
its work. All additional relle. supplies
r ont from here will go directfy to Gen
ital Frederick Funston, who will, hate
; ersonal charge of lh distribution 1 6f
... hem., The Oregon bureau, according Ja
xll reports from Oakland and Baa Fran
ilo, -haa accompliahed a1 great work
In providing far the sufferer. .
The relief committee here worked
through the bureau at Oakland, Bend
lug many, carload of - provision . and
thousanas of 'dollar in cash to the
needyi i Tb " amount -of work don by
the bureau cannot be .estimated until
ihone in charge of it and the committees
liere have an -opportunity to wind p
tholr business affair and make, a re
port showing in detail what has been
awrompt hatted.
The closing of the bureau at thta time
was done upon the advice of Joseph N.
' Teal, after a nnnferencs betwenhunseif
-ar-- 'iisMriwiignu mwigyi Mayor Bi'iinrmr
irlrT"vf the Red Cross society and
Chairman Phelan of the Ban Francisco
relief committee. Mr. Teal sent a mes-
.saire to ' Chairman tlogeOf the- local
finance committee advising him of the
result of the ; conference and recom-
.mending that in the future all- supplies
-want Uial IU Uvifc-wmt-amWary autWeW-'
tlr of the city desired that this course
be. purHued. and the local finance com-
TTTtttw uVular-a " ltmnwrra
the anggewtionavef MrTeat
Pursuant to this decision the finance
. com ml tee issued the following announce
ment to the public: ' ; -
"Announcement is- hereby made that
5n view of the changed condition, and
jm: innwl tlwwuioai fei wMeh
If was created." tfte Oregon, relief "bureau
. Ml Oakland .wa dosed this afternoon,
. May 5. . tL, .-
Wo also bea to announce that all sup-
"t.m-s arn'being consigned to "Oenerat
'fMiilck..Funnto, Ban Francisco. In
cunsonanc. with the desirt. of th civil
. - mi.l military authorities aud tinder tne
" recommendation of Mr.. J. N. Teai,'ftor
"" ""ion feience with Oensrai -Oreeleyr Masr
Kclimlts, Dr. Devlneof th Red; Cross
imrietv and Chairman;. Phelan of- the
Kan Krsnrlsco. relief committee.
zrr.X. nie-ubacrrptions to the-reHef
fuiwf " o. date amount to S247,l l.ti.
.fhiit amount waa subaueHied
s--i"odayv-- Thi4ournal received $120.25
1- i.nd the general relief fund received
I4T.2S. "The ubs'rlptlon follow
Journal ncllcf-Fund-
. , It., r. Ita-smussen
-' - v'-C. Soung-,
I 00
6. op
1.00
' R. K. Cox. . . . ...
... 1. . Nelson -,.-, , , ,
- . -N. Newlln . .. . i. . ...
Matshelke, Lodl. Or. . V
. Moys"rlub. Highland Congr-
- - gailpaal church ..........
' H.00
7 v 1.90
Cash ,
. .00
1.00
-;; -t.OO
' " Oltisens of Brrerweoff. . . .r.'-
i.60
TV. W. ' - Amburn, Princetonj
; w tt. jr.: MiwcoVi,' ' Tygh :zz,
Vallejc-Or t , .... ' -;.
CunlDHland Pre.- church, .
1.00
.26
60.00
110.7S
I.414.1 0
Totai ....7..,"
General Fundr
M34.25
Third PreKl'ytcrlan chtrrch. .$ - . ,1.00
M. 1. Mnly I'.t --rt-w-i, S.OO
Vjnploj eg. J.. N.. Matachek Co. 10.00
Employe Pacific Coast Bis- ,
cult company.'ii.. ... .-.-.5 .-.-- S00.0
T Emptoyea Kastern r W-esfern"'
. ; - IaimbBjt J,' Inajglng plant:
141. JO
PreVKiiiMy-rennrted . . , i .... i4s,4.
Journal ,rcipLa. f or todav. . $li.tt
J prorom gecnrltie Wow BCUllBg. --
CotVige Qrove. Or., .May 6. The big
. . 'Jramway s' jnow "in operation from the
7 Champion mill "to the Mustek mine, a
dltanc of two mile, and the Mulck
re Is " being Ton throtjgh.: ' the. - mill.
Heavy development work 1 going on at
TTtlie Mustek mine as Well a at - th
' rhampion. Development work; Is going
on steadily on the Excelsior lead. A
. Very satlsfact6ry cleanup has "recently
been ma'd. .
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( v- y-g-waBiW-.ist,itl. r.-.y- .r4yf-'i--''S-- Sr.'- w-iifc-,.rf
. i'-ii
, fi f t-w.-
Looking North on Maeon Street,
; , -y
Gets Position In Portland but Is
foon Arrested for Disor-
derly Conduct. '
Weeping bitterly because, of :th re-
rVrtK '' li. In f.nniL htnmetf.
George perljch. a Han Francisco refuge
who ha secured employment In Port
land aa a messenger, boy, appeared in
the police "court this morning to answer
a charge of disorderly conduct- lie wa
accused by R. -M.- Wirbur. a reat estate
agent, of, running .against hlra With a
DlCMQie. . - - v
Anorney Charle Petraln appeared a
the boy' counsel. The boy's mother 1
dead and nl father was severely In
jured in the disaster at Ban Francisco.
The boy - wa..- given transportation to
Portland and at' once asked for work
and, waa given" Job-by--Uu messenger
company,
Wilbur swore that at Third and Wasti-
ington troe the hov humnwl liilo hlmJ
wiiii in wneri 'siui snoDx jiim up con
siderably. . The wheel -felt on one side
and the boy on the other. "The wltnes
said he secured the boy's name and ad
drear and iaXterward filed a complaint
against him. . .
The 'boy sld that "h : wss riding
along Third street and. that Wilbur waa
croaslng the- thoroughfarc.""H. was
guicV.aWvaa,ic,'.,oC-fd:',Iili:k.,ycM3l
easily -hav allowed.- Wilbur to get out
of hi way. he said. He rang his hell
MMddenly Wllbm sluiuwd
fjid the wheel struck him
t,.hiII u
He stopped so quickly TcdOldnTBtop
my wheel and couldn't turn to. ont side,!'
the lad testified. ' .
Wilbur was crossaamined-by'Attor-rey
Petraln and -admitted "that the coV
llalna,, might, have hern ilna to, sn arrt-
1 ire Cameron fc
gutlty
nitely.
but continued sentence .ludeflr
DRrZAN LOSES TWO
: HUNDRED-DOLLAR DOG
dan. is - Inconsolable he - ha lost : his
1 pel Boston terrler.r fhT'dog cost $200. 1
The terrier Is a blue-blooded creature,
it pedlgre iij warranted to-.bg of great
length--tta ancestor being proud and
liaughtly specimens of canine-eveetlence.
The .animal itsetf wa a - finical- little
creature. It - would not notice other
doga.oD the street, but wa not unruly
and trotted slong ; contentedly - at tr.
Zun heel.- ., '. ',,.;.,, .
'I- went - Into- w store at- Third -a nd
Washington streets." said the physician..
The terrier waa following me when
I reached th corner. I missed it a I
was leaving the store and have not seen
It since." ,: . ' ; -.. .- .
Dr. Zan went to nolle headquarters
thl morning and gav. a -description -of
the Jerrler.He offers a libcraLjreward
for the return of bi pet.
RUSSIAOrlrVIOCRATS
ADOPT REFORM PLATFORM
'"""(Journal RDeelsf BerTleefl
St Petersburg. May 8. The Const!
tutlonarDemocrata wiiu are-her to at
tend the ilnumi bsv held a eaunu
and - adopted -a -platform - andprogram
advocating reform-measures. Among
other thing legislative- guarantees of
equality before the law. secret, direct
and universal suffrage and agrarian i
forms' are adv6eated.T- ; '
Th. new premier, M.x Voremykln.
stateajilhathla.xabit rvtit'not be -one
of -reactlonr but that he, will werlc .In
harmony with the parliament. - '.
CHAMBERLAINAGREES '
; .WITH ; ROOSEVELT
(pedal Dispatch te Tnt Jownal.)
Salem. Or., May -fi. The-.'ew-Tork
World ent the follow1
Governor Chamberlain:
"plea wire th World at our expense
If 'you agree with th president in his
recommendation to curb the oil trust
What would you suggest in th earns
liner: :
- Governor Chamberlain replied Ih us: .
. t'l most heartily agree with th presi
dent' effort to curb th oil trust and
punish those connected with Jt who have
violated th law." - ' -
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)
i s. - WAV'
yrr;.hs& pi
-VS----: ' ' -- V; a -
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tj'..
Sen Frlncisco. The Fsmotjs "Poodle
-Standing to the Left of Center. .
Civic . Improvement Club Re-
vived - and Campaign of -V
Furbishing Inaugurated.
A large crowd of persons who ar
Iclerested iu th. movement-attended the
meeting, last night of the University
Park - Civlo . Improvement association.
The' meeting Was held at the residence
ot C L. McKenna and waa for the pur
pose of eymulatlrtg 'interest in the gen
eral cleaning up movement that will
take place May U. y r
Mrs. Athey presided at the meeting
and U. W. Barnes, manager of the tenth
ward for the committee of 100, acted a
secretary. The meeting, resulted In the
revival of th organisation and similar
organisations -will be perfected In ' the
vinous reeineta-vf -the ward. . -
Among the pians thst went decided
I trpomo create an interest In the move
ment wa one to deliver addresses to
the school. Children of the ward. Funds
:h,VI lfcffl)r .rgl1flmTTTfM T-Ill b rt
lered 10-the boy who pile UD the
largest quantities of movable rubbish
between thla time' and May U. '.
The assistance of the, police depart
ment - will be asked in finding, place
which, are not properly kept . and in en
forcing the ordinance. The street clean
ing department will be requested to pro
vide wsgonson MayJt for the general
r!fAPlU-aAL La4attdanlilaii o iM4m
the iocat press to publi(i thebrdriiahir
Dertslnlna to the keenlnr ttf streila ahALT
HK;.i.r-:r-; ,T..
. niu loin in iit,y ,-.,nii i,m ...
Mr. Barnes desire that every one In
The ftrdWhorTrar-roTmni1y connected
with the asaociation or who is interested
In the cleaning up movement to 'com
municate with hlm.'- i r
PERMIT ISSUED -FOR-
SEVEN-STORY BUILDING
A-bulWVng permit-was issnedMester
day. by -the building inspectoor .the
erection of the1 seven-story office build-
he aontn!1
east corner of Fifth and Alder streets.
KThe cost f h strueturewlli. be 160.-
o.- jonn Bingham I the contractor
Othr permit" Issued' follow: Jacob
Deckenbach,- three-story brick store
bu41dlhg,- Oran(T"a venue between East
Morrison and -Belmont streets, cost
IMOOi M. Rltter, repairs to residence,
Helwood street between tetay' street
and Mississippi avenue; Sunset Cream
ery company, Icebox, corner . First and
Jefferson streets, cost $100; F. C Illage,
repairs to dwelling, '.corner ' Ellsworth
and East Seventeenth streets, cost. 15-
A. L. I.lnebaugh, cottag,-eorher East
Salmon . and - East' Twenty-seventh
streets, cost 11,100; Blaster brother,
repair , to . saloon, Burnslde between
Second nnd Third street r-CDst 12 00;
Henry-Fries,' residence, , Flanders . be
tween; Twenty-first ajd-Twenty second
streets, cost $6,000; A. H. Johnson, re-
ii(iir to dwelling; cornel- East "Ninth TihdTi
East Ankeny streets, cost 1200; Alfred
Weschery residence, Rodney avenue be
tween Knott and Sellwood streets, cost
$:,000; . George Zllllnger, repair to
dwelling, corner East Twentieth and
Division streets, cost 300;-Tttm Guar
antee & Trust company, repairs to store.
nerBeciuni aild'aahingUinalreMa4
cost '
Corner Florence street and Grand aye
hue cost 40; O". Bleloh, four cot tagen,
corner Michigan avenue and Skldmore
street, ; cost fi.SOv. . ..
- '
Caught Iflth tj6ood,;;
. Ah Wh, a Chinese, was ajrrtwUd at
Hi Second street last night by Acting
Detectives Murphy and Smith and
charged with having lottery tickets ih
his possession. ' HI ball wa fixed at
20r- Whn"-he"appaared n court' thla
morning he was identified a the per-
hOTi- arrested irtr-a -similar charge-
vlously by StatloriificerJi-BuTk.
Judge Cameron thereupon Increased his
beti to t&O. The trial of -he Chinese
w"aa gettorMonda y.
Oonsider XI Z Vear.
It Is believed by' tha attendant at
St. Vincent hospital that John W,
Elliott, who waa Injured at th Port
land Lumber company'a mill yesterday.
cannot recover. He Is .hourly growing
weaker, and his . death Is . expected by
nightfall. , The teeth of a saw cut deep
gashes In. the back of the man's neck
and in one leg. His - home I at tlS
Montana avenue. ,
1 -
A,
- - frrj.
Dog" Restaurant Is the Building
f -sr- r ew " " 4av aj.
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' (Journal Boeetal Bsrvlce.V
San- Francisco, May S-.-r-CaptalaF. -Bf
Webster- of th Twentieth infantry at
tempted to commit suicide this morning
by Stabbing himself in the throat with
a bayonet. He now lie In a dangerous
condition at the Presidio ftrJBpital. Th
cause of hi act 1 unknown. -
Steps are being taken to -begin at
once the work of removing the debris
and sulned building on a, large scslo.
C. E.. Loss, a railway contractor, has
devised a plan, by which he gxpect to
remove 11.000,000 cuble yards of brick,
stone and steel wreckage in eight or
ten. months. Two hundica tunger-wlll
be erected at Central polnta among the
ruin. By a edible tram system "the de
bris will be carried to the bunkers, from
which it will be dumped upon car on
pur tracks... . , , , I
" Caartty ir'ot .
; Several big steel men are her in a
special car studying th situation. They
giv assurance that San "Francisco" will
be given preference and shall Tlav all
tlie 4susfwea sieel heeded r rebuild
ing aa soon a It I required. Railways
and steamship llnea also promts a
rapid handling of material. -
. Th health . department has Issued a
warning to boll all water, aa th aupply
is , being contaminated from - broken
ewer after It reaches th city. . -Th
executive committee 'of th clealf-
Ing house haa issaad a, statement jo the
effect that tin bualii luteiesls uf th
clty"a6oTiieedr-cWmr-lnne-Tbimd
- : , i , M - ,
1 " wl 'r, n wnu u,vvv,vm
be received from the Insuraao ore-
psnles. with bank.- solvent, and , the
promise-Pf "good nous In the state.
official aid -ahall be looked for. except
on strictly business prlnclrle. Tl3
commltte opposes the Introduction of
untried methnda nf finance, which lilnr
rosy prove illegal pr impracticable.
T A.pproplatlo Asaared.
Goternor "Parde thla morning re
ceived a telegram from Representative
K no wiand. etat 1 n g that the committee on
claim will make a favorabl report on
the California land claim bill, aggre-
will pas. Thl will go-to Vtoer state
school fund.
Jacob Btelnman. the .militiaman' who
killed Joseph- Meyer during ' the fir
excitement. appeared before Judge
MuraakyittaMng.sxd
he be reirreaented dv tn attornev-cen-
he be represented by th attorney-gen
eral-of the state In th legal proceed-
Uug against him. ,ThlsJs hi right un
der th stale law.
E. H, Harnman Makes His
Chauffeur a Present on His
. Prpmise to Quit Smoking. -
- Trtl IWMIinP-4-IP-4AACi
USING TOO MANY CIGARS
Bargain 4s Quickly Struck, and Mag-
nate Draws Personal Check, Handi
1 It to F. A.. Lathe and Compact If
- Sealed in San Francisco. ' ;
- tJnaraak Speetsl Servie.) . . .. .
rtirimr My I. "Y"u ar a
good man and ym have- ateedy nerve,
but you are amoklng too many cigars.
I They will hurt you. If you will agree
to refrain from the. noxious habit alto-,t
$600," aald E. H. Harriman, th multi
millionaire and railroad magnate,-to bia
chauffeur, F. A. Lath, yesterday.
Th bargain was quickly closed by the
mor .than pleased Mr. Harriman, who
drew his personal check for $t00 and
handed It to Lathe and th compact was
sealed.- Th - f ortunat automobil
driver has been In th employ of th
Harriman officea In San Francisco for
the past, year and a half. Hia duties
have been those of official photographer
ofBunserrhaf JStne. "In" thatapactty
he learned the art of chaflfftur. When
the city waa ahattered by the earthquake
and swept by the fire Mr. Lathe waa
pressed into the service In charge of
one of -uie company'a relief aucomoblles.
When Harriman arrived In San Fran
cisco . to take personal charge of ; the
railroad's affairs her, he purchased
three new Wlnton and two Peerless au
tomobllea and added im. U- the -eonv-
pany' relief equipment. Chauffeur
Lathe was selected as Harriman'a pri
vet chauffeur. '
- The wizard of finance noticed, on one
of these trips about town that his guide
wss smoKlng too many cigar and ap
plied th: remedy. -.
WARSHIPS MAY SOON : -
. , VISLIJLQCALHABB QRl
-.It Is reported today batniie or'ftior
warship of th Paclf lo squadron may
visit Portland in th near future and
a request haa been telegraphed to Wash
ington, to .nave .their-visit timed during
the . manufaeturera: exhibition. A a
result of th action of the committee
O-.llhe commercial organisations of th
city this morning Secretary Freeman, of
the Made in Oregon exposition, was In
structed to prcpar telegrams asking tho
secretary of th navy to arrange If .pos
sible io have th Chics go or other ves
sels In th harbor th week of May
it to , - . - -
Senator Oearln and Senator Fulton
have been requested to 'exert themselves
toward securing a visit of th vessels.
,. Question Bog Tomorrow.
' Rev. Ann' Shaw will conduet a ques
tion bo, snswerlng objections to the uf
f ragivronediiment at the- Selllng-Hlrsch
bulltyog tomorrow, evenla. . It will b
IS PAID $500 FOR
That, there will be no music'-this
summer la .the city, parkg . U almost a
eertalBty.-Antlther- long-distance c?is
mission "was )hd by the park board
thla morning regarding, th concert
and -no declstrnr-war-reaohed. Mayor
Lan did' not approve of any - member
of the board going out .with a mutcal
i director and eoHctting ubBCrptlons
from th public to pay for. toe con,
cert. H. thought it would not be
rroper and would subject the board to
criticism.-... . .-v.
Instead h -thought -it a goods plan
to follow out th. suggestions Judge
Fraxer made yesterday, regarding pro
viding, playground for boys and girl
In various parts of the city- It was
discovered that the city owned suffi
cient property on both the easr and
west side of th river which could, be
turned Into playground to. prove ample
place of recreHllon'vfoF-all.
. If the money, in th.'orwert fundta.to
be devoted to playground for children
the council will have to reapproprlata it
and In. that- body the -city park.. board
inayi' iicuuiitti a
iicuuintr a unit let tu it urtarsT
It waa also discovered that, the board
haa no authority to expend any money
for playground unless they are located
on property devoted to park purposes.
"I think thl f 1.500 In th park con
cert fund could be spent to better -advantage
in providing playgroundaTor
boys than for music," aald Mayor Lan.
"If th people want concerts, let them
ln" iOn
t J-1
I. " Meyer also said he thought play
ground an excellent thing. - ;
IT the citlsen of the community dealr
m""Vi
the park board decided to offer no ob
jections. A special meeting will b held
In th near future at which some de-.
f iHlun limy VS srf IVeCH At mT"BTeeCr
lng the bandmasters will be permitted
t submit propositions for furnishing
muslo. ' -
BANKS OF RUIIIED CITY 10
REOPEN ON JUNE . 1
1 9 . I
ness on Monday. Next For
Rebuilding City,
' (Jearaal Special Servte.)
San Francisco, . May. i.T The ; latest
date . set for lh. Opening of the banks
la June 1. gome are prepared to open
now, but In most eases it la considered
unsafe to open the vault - before- th
date named. The savings bank will be
opened for business - next Monday. , .
Wholesale - merchant ar forming a
1lg community at a" temporary iocatl
outn . or in uoutnern f acirio track,
between Sixth and Seventh streets. The
space allotted proved too small and th
district 1 being extended, i
The work of repairing the business
block and churches in Oakland is pro
ceeding rapidly. Within a' few weeks
the city will show few, trace of th
earthquake. The Oakland ohool r
ume on Monday.
a rnmmmen or to i
organised for the purpose of directing
th . work of rebuilding San Jfranclsco
on , better line ar already making
progr. Twenty-four ubcommitteea
will handl various phase of the gen
eraf plan.- These ubcommlttee were
appointed - by the -mayor today.-- Th
plan to limit the height of building to
one and a half time the width of the
street meets with much favor. -a "iJI -
FEATHER RIVER ; PROJECT
tTff'BElOimiiOEO
Frank BrowniDeclarefs -That
Earthquake Will Not De
lay the Work.
Frank L. Brown of San Francisco,
representative of many eastern concern
In California and promoter of the. mam
moth Feather River project for carry-
ling light and power through the-Oolden
lacs, saia si in i oriiana noiei loaey
that th fir In San Franclaco would not
atop for on moment the work of con
structing the power plant.. He say that
the work will be- carried ort rfpidiy in
spite of all reports to th contrary, and
that he ha Just received order from
th Vaatern capltaliats h represent to
go ahead aa though Ban Francisco had
not been devastated. The plant will be
constructed on th Feather.' river, and
the transmission line built a soon as
possible, so a to get th Increased busi
ness that 1 bound to com. .
""" Muchof ; the speculation concerning
the building plana of th Western Pa
cific; th Oould line that I building
across tho continent and is to. hava.lt
coast terminus at Ban Francisco, was
set at rest today ty the receipt of a let
ter by Mr. Brown telling him that the
work would be pushed to rapid comple-
-
oifc t ne letter waa rrom rxiwm Haw-
ley, formerly general traffic .manager
of the Southern Pacific and now one of
the New York directors of th Western
Pacific. In this letter Hawley ex
pressed the greatest confidence of hlmiJ
en ana tne capitalistic woria in tne re
building of Ban Francisco In greater
proportions than before the disaster.
VETERANS WILL HOLD
. -- ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT
' Forest Grove, Or., May S. The Wash
ington County .Veteran' association
voted yesterday to hold It next annual
encampment In this city, beginning
Jun 10 and lasting over the Fourth.
The asaociation haa Invited the citlsen
to celebrate with U and it I expected to
hold four or five days' grand celebra
tion. It will practically be the only
celebration In the county, ' Many b'r
ness men of Forsst Grove are hlp?c"pHhe ask for' the-restoration Of . ber
tbs veteran for this 'occaslos
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"That Portland will be destroyed by
earthquake and fir Just as .Ban Fran
else, was, i thai prediction , of a local
spiritualist and medium '-living in th
vicinity of Tenth and - Jackson -street.
The medium warna the people that th
predicted calamity -may; be looked for
om time JpetWpen-JLnmorrow morning
and Tuesday night.-r--.---"- v
'The prophetess, haa been careful to
keep, her identity veiled, but the newa
Of her prediction haa' spread over the
entire southern section of the city and
tn the- vicinity of her residence women
and children; have been in a fever f ex
citemenC for the past week. So terrible
Is th picture of destruction that haa
been presented to them that some of th
nervous and excitable people In th
neighborhood are ' frightened. ?- On
family moved away after hearing bt the
predicted disaster, and a spiritualist liv
ing on Tenth street haa all her break
able belonging pecked in protecting;
case to guard against th shock. .- ---
. It I declared by . residents, of the
neighborhood that this medium predicted
the Bun Franclaco disaster .four, or fve
week before It occurred and told a local
woman of th burning of her son, which
Is alleged to have actually occurred.
- From whom the prediction come, no
on In th neighborhood : appears - to
know; They say the prophecy has been
handed from mouth to mouth around
that portion -of the ity for. a week or
more, but the -medium has taken car
eonee a-1 at identity.
Un - T.nl). .In w14i.ll, xlnillll thlL
aha has known of the nredlctlon. but de
nies any knowledge of th medium mak
lng It She aaya she-was told of an aw
ful calamity that la to com between
frlr,T t ana Mir ll -h1rhTT"i pe aa naa
or worse--than th San Francisco afffas
ter. The medium has given th people
to under
pected -which wilT'level th" city; arter
which It Trill, be awept by" fire and pos
sibly sink below the level or. uie ocean
and be flooded wltb-water.-
Mrs. Jacobs pretends that she put no
faith ii th prediction, but admits that
ane na pacaea ner nmuoie warw ana
if hen other pr""""" t1"' .inni
She how.ed a Journal man now she hsd
packed her effects. " - - !.
.Jin an effort to locate' the spiritualist
makings the prediction a. Journal man
called on Mrs. Beers, this nwnlng and
asked her if ahe knew anything about
uppoed Impending disaster. After
,.. ! i. .
consulting the spirits sh denounced th
prediction -of th other medium ss ut
terly false.. ...
v "You may-assure the people of" Fort-
land." aaid she, "the there Is no danker.
Nothing la going to happen her. Than
will b some slight tremors felt in' Or
gon, but not until fter My. and nothPtfatlsfactory to him if th eas wss not ,,3.
T ' ... J - at. i a-.-a . Jt m m briilfi avi t Ana nf t hat . ,
lng will happen In PorilandvM
EUGENE UNIVERSITY I'ILL
HOLD
For High School and Upper
: Grade Teachers Who Wish
Further Preparation.
(BdmHsI DIsiwtcb to Ts Journal.)
University of Oregon. May S. After
th regular closing of th stat univer
sity near the last of the month of June,
there will b held a summer session of
four week for the benefit, of-those who
ar unable to , attend th university, at
other times. The sesnion will begin on
July 1 and continue until JuIylT. Wie
work will be for high school and Upper
grade teachera who wish further prep
aration. Two library course will b
given, one for high school teachers and
the other for professional llbrarlanS-i-d
There will b no formal entrance re
quirements except in tb coursefor jror
f esalonai librarians, for which th ap
pllcanta must hold a library position or
Th principal featur of th summer
work will be a, cours in library train
ing given by Miss Cornelia Marvin; aec
retary of th Oregon library commis
sion; Miss Harriet Haaaler, children a
librarian of the Portland library, ' and
Mlss Camlllla Laactw librarian at. the
college in-thl oltyr---r
Profasaor Mwaetaer wlU give a oursa
In biology. Professor Stafford a course
In general chemistry. Professor H. C.
How a course in English UtsrafuT am
Professor Da Con will hay chrg-nf
the mathematlo branchea In tha lan
guages. Dr. Schmidt will have oharg of
classes, and in education and ethic or.
BtMldon will hav charge,- - .
MAY PUT IN SERVICE -NEW
PASSENGER TRAIN
'Travelers ar discussing tha proba
bility of another .dally passenger train
on the O. R. 4 N.' railroad between
Portland and tipper Columbia river
points to "take care of the extra travel
that acts In about th 1st of Jun and
continue until fell. It I said there IS
business to justify the company In mak
Ing material addition to Its passenger
service, and that the officials of th
road hav under consideration a new
train that would lav Portland la tbe
mornlng and return In th evening.
General Passenger Agent Craig, in re
ply to an Inquiry, aald:
Th matter I under consideration.
There Is nothing yet to be said for'pube
lloatlow," -
-""'I Thif Was Vo Hog.
Miss. Mary Kane, a school -teacher
from Ia Canter, Washington, reported
to the pollc this afternoon the larceny
of $60 from her purse. She thinks th
money waa : stolen at th St. Charles
hotel. The. thief left certifies t of
deposit for $160 and $3.S In sliver In
the purse.
Wif Seek rreedom.
(Special Dlnvatrb te The Joanwl) "
Albany. Or.. May 1,-,-Bllen Wright
has sued .David Wright for divorce.
She surges they were married In Linn
county. October I. H$.aad that de
fendant deserted heir February 17, 4J03.
maiden nam, which was Ellen lilrons. (
Sm.lf.lE8 SESSION
Presiding Judge - Sears this morning
ordered dismissed the case of. the statsJ
against B. P. McQinnls, a former police
man, charged with contributing to the. ,
delinquency of Kitty Moore, a . li-y earm
old girl. A abort time afterward; Judge
Seara told. Deputy County Clerk Bush
not to 1 nter-theordef " of dismissal In ";
the court : racords, and It Is thought '
that' th cas will be tried. -'
At .the opening of the circuit court !
thl ' morning, O. M. Idleman, attorney
for McOlnnis, askd that th case be
dismissed on the grounds that Captain -of
Police Patrick Brain had Informed
him yiat he .did not car to press the -suit
owing to th fact that since the
charge war filed th character of th '
complaining .witness hud bn Inveati -gated.
. "" . : - . .-
- "Captain "Bfuin la not in orfleryf
thl court," suggested Judg Beara. -
Chief Deputy District Attorney Ous CTr
Moser then Informed the court that Cap
tain Bruin had Informed IL B. Adam, :".:
another deputy dlatrict -'attorney, that
whll not willing to ask formally that
TWTTlieTSraTkmlSseCo-
b at- ...
Isfled if It were. Mr. Moser then asked -that
th cas be 'dtamlssed. -v. .
Oaptata Brain's Venial. - ''"
i Captain Bruin denies that' he ever'T
suggested that, he was willing to -have -th
suit withdrawn. r
-"Captain Slover and t found McQinnls
on Portland Height with this girl under r
t com prom lain oircumatanega.'. aiL.
Bruin.-' 'Wot fair do i-belleva-H
guilty end thai h eheuld eeeelw
vere punishment, but I hav always been
eastfr ta prosecute ths . charge, j I also J
wish t say- thst I ha vd never, ,li con
versation with District Attorney Man- '
nlng or any of hi representative, es
preasedrthe sIIghtetdoubtthar' Con
vlcloijjiou lj Je jecu refl.oryenjiuiita
n that X-dld not - wlh- tin eas j
cuted.
.'1,0114 up Judg Beare aa goon as l...
waa acquainted with the fact that the
cas had beers dismissed and told him -what
I hav said for publication, lif
informed m that he had no alternative . .
but to act on the advice-of the dlwtriff
attorney. ,J In view-. dfTdevelopmoiilC
however, he said he would tak th ess -up
again a noon as possible, wish a ;
view of reinstating It on the calendar.
-sbll' do everything I can to jgctthe..
Case reinstated and have this man tried -for
what I believe to be a serious crime." ---V-r..
, Tig,,-aim ioooiil.
j Mr. Adams said that -Bruin and Idle- .,
man called at the dlatrict attorney's of-
flee yesterday to tia-"Ovr ths-.tauw.u'.l1.
"Whll. Contain Rruln did not reauert
that tha charge agafhst MoOinni be dlva.
missedt h did oectarw na wouia .wi
bressed. and a Bruin waS one pf th
complaining witnesses, and aa the moth? -er
of the girl Is alaold to bar asked
that th cas be dismissed, I simply sng -y
gested to Mr. Moser Uiat this action be
DerfectlT willing to leav th matter to
the dlatrict attorney and th court.- T
Motor declares that h I and always
has been ready to try th cas. which was
on .. the courtcalendar to appear next
Monday..-",-.- - '- " 1 " V-i
"I will -b ready Monday mornlnr If
the witnesses sre," ho said. '
- The Information waa filed gainst Mei
Ginni last March. - He -SW. released
upon $1.600 bait
OREGON GUARD WILU
BE FURNISHED FUNDS
8neelal Dbcxtrk to The yJrsst.T i"
8slrm. Oe.t- May. t The governor is ;
in receipt of - th- following telegraan
from Jefferson Myera: . " - . . i
l'Oregoo.' national . Onsrd - hospital
corps Is without funds to return Bat-.
urday. -Teal consider th tt should
pay the expense., which. Is estimated .g
$200, . See relief committee at Portland"
nnTi6hrlsswhat''td do." - -. , , v :t y,:
-Governor - Chamberlain" referred ther
fntatUrto-JUUutani.CteneraLPinaer wlth
Instructions to act and to see that tni
corps is furnished -moheywlffi-wh Ictr-
tJo return' home.. "
Th Oregon reTlerroureaTi will cios -
today on tha order of Mr. Teal, and b
swallowed np In the general work
CHINA WANTS AMERICAN I
- -TEACHERS FOR PEKING,-
' Joarosl Bpeelal-rrlc I '
; Chicago, May. . JJr. llai- Hung
TChaun.Tenresentatlve of- th Chines
-government. Is hra after a lour of tlut,.
eaSt, selecting women among th gradu
ates from th students of th UnlyeiV
alty of Chicago who deslr to go to
China nd teach -tir th new coeduca- '"
tlonal college at Peking.. Hal selected
twq at Wellesley and want 20 or It
altogether. He thinks he will" select
all tha remainder In th weat. ' ,
- Oottag Oro-r roreter WU.. ;. .
(RperUI Mapatch to The Journal.) '
Cottage Orove, Or May $.--Lt Jan.
uary the grand court of Oregon, Kor
eeter of Americ offered . silk flsg
fire feet by ten feet in else to the subor
dinate :.eourt -that-gained --th-1 greatest r
percentage In membership ' ending
Aprir i. -: - .-y
Bohemia camp, Na 13, located here. --;
Just got word that itJuVJsTlnnerLhavingj
secured a gain of 13$ per rent in mem-pet-thrtraqring
tna umr Cf tna conTesx-
'A further Individual prls ot a gold -button
wi offered to each member who
secured five applications and over for..;,
membership.. Eight gold buttons cam
Jo this camp all these eight-Securing i;
over flv member. ' . ..
'!' W m 1 ,
' Two Divoroes Oranted.
Ifpeciel rnapatrh ta' Tk4 Jnaraal.l
Albany, . Or., . May 6. Judge William
Galloway held a abort term of court,
here yesterday and maiDgijthr- things
granted twoy-divorces. . Carrie ' Morm
was granted a decree from -Claud Hj
Moran and Albert-8ralth was freed
from William Smith, the grounds for
dlvorcs being cruel and Inhuman treat
ment,. ... , . . .'.. -- t
. Oaten Xlectsd Ohairmaa. a . : .
tSpeplal plaiHiick to Tlia Jueraal.) " f 7
Salem. Or., May The Republican .
congreiwforurl committee la irf esslon.
today. It wa called to order bv W. L.-.-
Tons and Claud Oaten was sleeted per- : v
manent chairman.
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