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v 3 THE OREGON SUNDAY , JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY '27 1608. CONSULAR COURT FOR CHHIA ' ff . ewssaSjsSBSSBSsseasBBSSawasaswSM i House Committee on ;' Foreign Aff airs Authorizes Favorable V Report on Bill. '' EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION . . - --OVER CRIMINAL CASES Portland Firms apd. Business Men Back of Movement Judge to Be Named Fifteen-YeatTeniyjH . Eight Thousand Annually. : - - .i- - - IWeahinxtj Waahlnaton. May St. A favorable re- ;. port waa road today bs; the house com xalttee en foreign affairs on' the bill " providing for a consular court In China, - In which many "Portland -business. 0 cms arm, irraivmuais are tmeresien. im 0111 ".; provides for' the- creation of- a'. United ' State district court for China and the . appointment of a . Judge. - district at . torney. marshal and clerk. - - Theeourt la to have exclusive -Jurisdiction In all criminal casea Involving more than $109 fine or (0 days' lmprls- onment, and In all civil eases Involving an amount greater than 1 500. . The court la to be held annually at " Shanghai, " Hankow,- Tien Tain, Canton and other . consular Jurisdictions If .deemed advis able. -A ppeal - will-lie- to the-nlftt circuit court of the United States, and thence-to the aupreroe court of. .the v United States. - The Judge la to receive ajs appointment of 16 years iX..18j00 annually. The dlatrlet attorney wttt get 4.000 per year and expanses, the mar- hai i.o.oo. andabe .slfyXJHMM,- BUY IRWGATION WORKS.: """Agreement Approved 5oT40lrlaf SUg-hts Owned Hy the Moores, (Sbleftare 6f The Josrnsl.) Washington, MayJS.-Th eecretary of the IwteHu ape eoveS 'rncrttLwttH I-'. rl'Moofa aM wlr lot transfer to the United 8tates'f certain valuable' -trrlgattoa-worke, water rights ' and riparian lights owned by the Moores alone; 4he-woat -hanky .oa1 the Liak rivt la Oregon. ' . CORNELL WINS LAURELS IN .INTERCOLLEGIATE EVENTS . - Blue Are Bowled Over- - TennsyIvahTaSecohd. (Special tHapateh.br Lea Wire to Tbm JearaaU Cambridge, ; Mass., May 26. One of the biggest surprises that has happeneo .., In Intercollegiate contests, pcourred In the Harvard stadium today when Cornell . woj -the. annual Intercollegiate track -oharaplonahlpa by a big margin of Tale -- and Harvard,' substantiatingthe claim to be counted among tbe big Institutions . .. when It cams to supremacy In athletics. Before half a dosen of the events were completed, less, than-half-th program, .-tae-twrolt" was solid for Cornell, a the . remaining events were known to be too well split UP to allow of any one college preventing the Cornell team -from cap 7 turing first pleoe In tho tournament. Cornell collected tt pointer taking " firsts In the mile run, 440-yard dash, 880-yard run, three places In the two- - - mile run. and first In the pole vault - Pennsylvania and Harvard and Tale had i close fUlit fui tlie bhuuJ place, tiul It fell to Pennsylvania owing to the fine showing of her sprinters In the last events on the card. , -;- The Crimson succeeded in repeating ' Its dual game victory over Yale, but It was a close margin. Syraousewae-a ' poor fourth, getting Us 11 points in the ' field events. , - SALOON MAN CHARGED WITH 1R0ER1ND1RS0N" Charles Aronson of North Bend J Arrested foUWIIingjof .P-H, Ross and-Wifi (Special rHipatcb to The' Joereil T Seattle, v Wash.. May 26. Charles Aronson, a North Bend saloonkeeper, . was arrested by Sheriff Smith yeaterday ---afternoonaa. charge, of murder In the flret degree for the killing of Philip : Jt-Ross and his wife, at Keriston. in ; August, 1905. Roas snd his wife were killed In a building that served aa a saloon and realdencs for the Roas family.' After the .murder the house was set afire and the bodies burned al rnoet to a crisp. The motives for com . mining the alleged murder are believed to be. that Rom held a mortgage on a , saloon at Kerletori operated by Aronson - and waa pressing him for payment. " , Ross, after taking the mortgage, opened a saloon' nearer the mill than that of Aronson, and cut him. out of ' nYuch business. The feeling between . the two men was bitter. A large sum of money waa taken from tbe Rosa house and since , the murder Aronson has had much money," where' formerly he waa almost penntleea. A corkscrew , belonging to Roes was found In Aron son's house. INSURANCE RECORDS DESTROYED- BY- FIRE '(".pedal Mtpatrh by teased Wire to Tbe teeraal) San Francisco. M 26.- In sddltion to the earthquake clause contained .in their policies patrons of the Commercial union. Alliance and Palatine Assurance companies of London and the Commer cial union of New Tork are confronted with another obstacle lffthelr path; The records In the San Francisco offices of these compsnles are complete ly destroyed. i , - Manager C F. Mullins received a com munKatlon to that effect today from ' Profeeeor Rdmond CNelll of -the I'nl verelty of California, to whom had been assigned the teok ef opening the vaults In the Alliance .building. . Professor O'Neill was placed la charge . of tbe vaults 10 dnysfeter the (Ire and opened tliem last t Thursday, From his com munication It appears that the -earthquake so damaged the.brlrk work of the vaults that the hot air rushed In snd the safes were subjected to aueh -tre rnendous heat that their contents were reduced to ashes. -4 MEW IS READY TO-BE TRIED Oregon Representative Has All 4 Witnesses Present and Is ' '. , Prepared for Case. . NOCTION .TAKEN IN - SENATE UPON BRISTOL Sub-Committee WU1 Probably Not Report at This Session and a Re- cesa Appointment Will Be . Made , After Adjournment, WastttngtonV . C May X. Renre- aeniatiTS Hermann ma today tnat h had received no notice from the gov ernment concerning his coming trial on the charge of destroying the letter books of the general land office. The court ordered that the trial should not be delayed beyond June 10, and, should bs 'commenced, between June ( and' that date.. ' . Hermann has his witnesses here, and Is ready to go to trial, he says, when ever notified fl - ,', Senator . Klttrldge of South Dakota, chairman of the subcommittee , of . the Judiciary cemmlttee, to whom the nomi nation 'of William C. Bristol as district attorney was referred over a month ago. stated today that he waa not .prepared sa. report on the case to the iu'l commU.ee. When asked If such a re port would be mads during this session of congreaa. Klttrldgs smiled and aald hs did not know,"!"-' ' ' It -t-belleved by those who have been watching the case thst no sctlon will be taken by the subcommittee this session snd no report will-be made by the senate and Judiciary committee. : It la alas-- believed that In each event. President Roosevelt will reappoint BrtstoVwnerwlir hotd" durlnr the recess of congress, when he will be again re nominated, and the -ease again - sub- No evidenre of testimony other thw Mary t Uai,ii .-wire' been considered by the Judiciary sub committee. Craft Exposures and Charges Made Against Him. Force Magnate to Come Back. OPERATOR RUINED BYv . PENNSYLVANIA ROAD Pelibettelyjreen - Out '-Throuf h OrdeTaGiventy'President-i Future P2obinguta Include- the- New York Central "end Other Roada. (Special Dlepateh by teased Wire to The JoeroalJ JPhlladelphiaJlay36!rThename,j)f A. J. Cassatt,. president of the Pennsyl vania railroad, has been brought Into the investigation of railroad graft now being prosecuted by tbe Interstate com merce commission. - Mr. CasiiaVChas cui his vacation short and la now tn -his way home from Eu rope. He will be here Saturday next and it Is expected will demand to be heard on the stand. . - V. Albert von Boyberg, ' manager of the' Renktrt Brothers Coal company,- In the Clearfield region. Is the man who startled Cassatt snd friends. Snlaed by Boad, - "Why has your business slumped from an output of 126,000-tonr-hr 100 -to less than lt,000tons Jastyeartbewas asked. - . . : The Pennsylvania railroad put me out of business.- he aald "1-waa d- llberately frosen eu through- orders. . 1 believe A. 3. Cassatt gave the . orders that ruined me. I also believe hs con trols the Reading. Baltimore ft Ohio and the Chesapeake ft Ohio and the Norfolk CASSATTHASTENS RETURN HOME be Inquiry into ths Pennsylvsnwtivi7andlhe'"xontraetor,' the-tenns-of wlir.by no means end the Investigation, It Is formally announced that the fu ture probing will Include the New Tom central, the Beech Creek railroad and Its bituminous coal lntereata, the Buf falo, Rochester ft Pittsburg, the Buffalo, Shawmut ft Northern and the Susque- Banna. .'.' ,, , Tears of Oppreesloa. Mr. Von Boyberg made a great Im pression upon the witness stand.1 Pent up Indignation caused by years of op pression on the part of the vast Penn sylvania system struggled for expres sion aa the speaker went on to tell how his three collieries the Lorraine, the Renklrt and Penn had been running mt a disheartening loss for 26 months. Because of merciless discrimination shown by the Pennsylvania, one of the results was, "ha said, that large quan tities of coal which he had contracted to sell st 21.12 and 21.15 cost him 21-42 a ton to deliver. -He added, with a ahow of feeling, that . he had remained In business hoping sgalnst hope that some remedy would eventually , Save the wreck of Ms company, CROCKER WILL ERECT ' IMMENSE SKYSCRAPER (Speelst Ttspsdi by fceesed Wire to The fee reel) - Ban -, Francleoor- May -28. The -Crocket estate Iwlll erect a msgnlneent of nee building en their property on Market street adjoining the - t;recker eutldlng. The structure will hsve a frontage of 41 feet on Market street and 60 feet Post, tt will cost about - I76O.0O. The building will be 10 stories In height and - work ' will be commenced Just as soon as the fire Insnrsnce Is settled and some leases eloeed" satisfactorily. The building wilt be one ef ths largest In San Frandafo and wljl cover an area of' 7,860 square feet. . Work poos sTot Sari, .FVosi the Washlertes Site'. " "How'Oo yoe tmrw rw- kwhtiU reallr wnrks klrd at his eraee eClitsbt f siked the eoaptioos wneoss. "Beesese ke kssn't any seedsrse Best aera ing ," smwered Mrs. Wise. . Where the Difference lAea. fmet the Rebnbotk Bastlsy Herald. ' Ta-aer-T-Wsea wster bernaies Ice, what lst- aertsst rasate taass sueei FEW CODE TO SEE - IVITIIYCOr.lBE W 4 . , ' " Only a Hundred and Fifty Turn Out at Grants Pass and There Is Uttle Cordiality. ' CENSURES CHAMBERLAIN -FOR ECONOMICAL POLICY 'Must Not Be Too Penurious In Con- ducting- the Affairs of State" , Says Republican Nominee Veto of Bills Held Unwarrantable. - ., ' ipeclil DUpttch ts The Jonraal.1. : Grants Pasa., Ore., May 26. Tbe re- eeption given to James wnnycombe was not., very cordial here this evening. Though local Republicans worked hard to. drum up a crowd, noCmore than. IS 9 attended, only a few women being pres ent. On the rostrum with the speaker -were a number of local Republican pol iticians and also W, 8. Uunlway, who followed Wlthycombe with' a Short ad dress.' . Wlthycombe talked . at. some length on the issue of the campaign, aa he sees them, among other things de nounclnug the present office of state land sgent as unnecesss ry and stated that Governor' Chamberlain has made too free use of the veto power. We must not . be penurloue in con ducting the sf f atrs - of state, said he. 'end to-veto-btn-on-tn -excuse tnat It la to reduce expenses Is un warrant able." '- - . ill made a plea for Republicans to stsnd together, saying: "There la no reason why Republicans should vote thlsj election on the non-partisan plan, l believe that lhja state is going lo stand by the old party." ., i -- , The speaker brought applause oy rei- erence to Roosevelt, - and aald that ail rthtalkboLhjresldentSemo-l cratlc ideas is unfounded. "He Is a Republican from ' head to foot," said hie, ''and it wouldbe an In sulf "To hrnTToIecrTJmftlr-iroT"- orat to congress from Oregon," ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLING FTER-fiytlfEARr- William - Malcolm - of Seattle - Charged With Taking Large -Sum In New Jersey. (Speelal THspetch to Tbe loeraal.V Seattle, Waah.. May 26. William Malcolm, who for about four years has been engaged In the furnishing gooda business at 716 East Pike street, waa arrested st noon today by Detectives Phllbrick and Barbee on a charge of embessllng 2160,000 while he waa aecre tary ' ef - the--- Paasalo Mutual Loan : A Building association of Passaic, New Jersey. The alleged crime Is said to have, been committed about five rears ago. ' ' --t--" 1 The grand Jury at Paasalo has re turned' five Indictments against Mal colm. -One of these charges is forgery and others are for embexslement. Malcolms' confeased this afternoon that ho waa the man wanted and eald he was part guilty. - He aaya he waa for 20 years secretary of the building association after its establishment.' He padded the books to make a good ahow Ing and - paid dividends not earned to keep up the reputation" of the company. Ha says hs embessled a Very small sum of money. He gave up all his property To squan TaTranoftiatt(nuyBr there for months after, but ths papera stated that he was a defaulter snd drova him -to Seattla. V CONTRACTORS VIOLATE -THE EIGHT. HOUR LAW (Seeds! Dtapsteh to The Joeraal.t Seattle, May 26. J. H. Warner, In spector la the office of ths City englaeetCTexhauatlvely-once and have atudled'her his been suspended from duty and & f Normlle, who holds many city contracts. has been haled before the board of pub llo works on charges preferred by Frank TW. Cottsrill. secretary pf ttie-.jFeDlLra.Ll. Labor Council. Cotterill charges that Warner and Normlle work their men more than elght.hours a day under a private esree- tnent made- between ttie city repreaenta- which srs not known. . Should ths assertions of . ths labor body be true Normile may lose ths city work and Warner be discharged from duty. The state 'laws specifically declare that no contractor for the city shall work mea moretUan. eight hours a. day, Cotterill claims that Normlle has been forcing laborers to do ovsrtlme duty snd that Inspector Warner was aware of It. It has been suspected for soms time thst contractors havs been, with the connivance of the Inspector, work ing their men more than ths stipulated number ef hours. PANIC AMONG WOMEN IS CAUSED BY NAPTHA FIRE (Spedsl Dltpateb by Leased Wire to The Joersal) New York, May 26. An explosion of naptha today in the Beucker, Levett ft Loeb Chemical company atarted a (Ire of remarkable accidents and threw Into a panle by Its rapid spread too women and girls smployed by different concerns In ths five-story building In which the explosion occurred. Ths smployes of the factory were so seriously burned snd Injured that they may die. Three firemen fell from a ladder and were painfully hurt and two - women - employee were taken to a hospital suffering serious- in juries. - A wall fell during ths height of the (Ira where a number of firemen were working andtheall are bellevedto have escaped. . . '.'' '" T SWEDISH SINGING SOCIETY GIVES BENEFIT CONCERT The Swedish Singing society Colum bia's concert last evening In the Arlon hsll was generously patronised. The proceeds will be donated for the relief of the -San Francisco sufferers, Ths program follows: Piano solo. Miss Tors Malm; address, Ingemsr Westrom; song, - Columbia Singing society; violin solo, Mis Mar garet Fallenlust recitation dialogue, lid ward Boyse and 'John Netlson; song, Columbia Singing- society; soprano solo, Mrs. Fred Olson; tableaux, ar ranged by Edward Boyse: duet, C. B. Borqulst end C A. Applegren; violin solo, . Miss Msrgaret Fallenlus: tshor e0 Jobs. Nielsoot COLlBfNEO AIRSHIP MOTOR CAR New Principle of Flight Involved ,ln Flying Machine Invented in Cincinnati.' ATTAINS GREAT SPEED - BY RUN ON THE GROUND Machine Not Designed for . High Flights But Can Make Hundred Miles in Less Than en Hour at HeightorTwo Hundred Peet.'rr- jgpeellir).p.teltyjy lretoj JwreatlljOten.n, and , laundry- rurlhlngVg. Is Springfield,. O May 26 A new prin-I ,t 10 a. m. sharp, at Tt2 EastStsrk. clple of fllglir Is involved In- the flying machine of B. F. Howe, a Cincinnati mechanic,. Just given a. successful test It runs on ths ground like an automo bile or flies through ths air like a -bint.: A patent- on it has Just been taken out. Tbe flying apparatus consists of three canvas sails, ens ot which Is of conclave shape. Between these sails, or wings, as the inventor styles them, are 27 pro pellers. The. wings are connected with a light carbtsteel tubing, making . a firm frame work. The sails are maneuvered bj a tever insiae tne car, much-the same the tiller of a sailboat. The most striking feature of the machine. Is that the car Is In reality a small, automobile capable of attaining great aoeed. It eontalna a llrht hut effective electricai-engtne of t9 horse power and has a lifting power suffi cient to raise 900 pounds, or about sis ordinary men. The mode of navigation Is as follows: - . . After gaining sufficient speed on ths ground the sails of the machine are tilted "upward," and by "the auction- of the air rises swiftly. After leaving the ground the power of the engine .la used to force . the propellers under the wings. thus creattngry driving-power as great as that which buoys upUhe ship. The raaehlne-wlll not -be capable ef aU talnlng ..any . great height, hut. , la, . ,tru tended te allien wlwns; st nli'irrt a Tance "urZ00 Test ironilhe arou T-zoo TestTroroTlhe groundT It Is stated that the ship will be able to make a dlstsnce of 100 miles In less than an hour. ' i . . - Several prominent business men hsve become Interested In the Invention, snd the near future-to bullOwo machines T lor me-purpora oi wiiini insin. An machine haa Just been maneuvered over Cincinnati with great success. GIRL MURDERESS TORTURED BY- INSANITY- EXPERTS i Josephine Terranova . Compelled to Submit, to Cruelties at " " Hands of Alienists. .. (Special Dispatch by teased Wire to Tbe Journal) New Tork, May 26. If Josephine Ter ranova Is not mad, there le a fair pros pect that she-vlll-oe-befora-the Irrej- presaibie alienists are througn wim nert Today added fresh torturea to the bur den of this miserable glrL Dragged from her cell In the morning, the girl was laid "hold Of -bJT"three alienists which the-mercy of the law had pro vided and subjected to a eeries of re fined tortures. . They plied her with questions; they In serted sharp needles into her flesh; hot tobea were laid close to her face-andrsteel -fotd1nrrbed,eleglintPRTNCEBB' body, hsr eyelids . were forced back. her arms and limbs pinched In half a dosen places while the alienists kept tin His defendant tu see li and wrlggla under ths torture. ; Judgs Palmleri, counael for the pris oner, denounced the outrage and later at the session of the commission, which is to pass on the sanity of ths glr. JJeed a jormal protest against ths pro- ceedlnga. "Mondsr-again Joeephlne must - sub mir herself J to an' oral examination by the three experts called by the prosecu tion, wbo havs already examined her for two-weeka In the courtroom, but who still assert that they havs not yet formed sn opinion on tbe case. MfZPArNGrROVES FAST AND BINDING Seattle, Wash.t May . Robert Tresch anS Marie Bleig. both residents of Seattle, had come shyly Into tbe Jus tice's office and asked tharhenntte them in the holy bonds of matrimony. Ha waa about to proceed with the cere mony when It waa discovered that the bride waa wearing on her "heart finger" the wedding ring beatowed by her for -Hirer husband, who had left her a widow- Turning shyly aside she endeavored to remove the badge of her former marl' tal contract, but found that elnce the circlet of gold had been clipped upon her linger the plumpness of her hand had so Increased aa to make It Impossi ble for her to get it off. Then the pros pective husband had a try, but with not any more success than tbe future partner of his Joys and sorrows. Constable Jones appeared, gallantly bearing a basin of water and piece of soap. In a few moments his efforts were crowned with success, and ths stubborn ring slipped from the fair fin ger to make room for the token pro vlded by ths waiting groom. The wed ding proceeded without further obetaclo. COLOR LINE DRAWN BY PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY Des Moines, Iowa, May 14. The Presbyterian assembly drew. the color; ttne-when a committee recommended creation-of the Chattanooga-syned for f negro churches. Negroes In the body opposing such action, consideration -was postponed -until .next year, Presbyterians who sign liquor bonds or petitions or rent property' for sa loons will be subjected to discipline In future. The assembly refused to take actlon-f on whether a Presbyterian lawyer has the right to defend liquor law viola tions. - , 1 -Rev. William Laurie of Bellefonte. Pennsylvania, In ths Presbyterian as sembly created a sensstlon today when the motion was psssed ordering all iss-i tors to take collections for churches suffering by ths earthquake. "I won't do. It; not If .the assembly passed a hundred auch resolutions. Ths . propo sition Is ridiculous.'' said Rev. Mr. Laurie. He voted agathst the Cumber land union.. The amsndment to the Westminster confession of faith by elimination of . - i - .i.... i . waa today rejected, , , Portland Auction Rooms A. SCtlUBACH. Prop. ' Auction Sales Private Residence, 723 East : Stark. .:,'-, Take Sunnvslde or Mount Tabor ear 10 aat Twentieth street. Tomorrow at 10 a. m. we sell for Mra. Belch all her elaborate furnlahtngs, Juat like new- oak extension tame, box-seat dlnere and sideboard, cost 290; Brussels rugs, Brus sels carpets, etc.; beautiful center ta- rent bedroom sultea, steel couch, artistic decorations . in paintings, etc; - Morris r, lace curtains and other draperleMj rate dreesers and commodes: VERT B PIANO and ECLIPSH STEEf. RANGE, as well as other hall.- parlor. our gtyn ddTngnusTnessJust suits C U FORB, Auctioneer. you. Auction Sale Finest of the Fine - Furniture, at 211 First St. ' 'V-V-NOTiCE;.;: At 2 p. m. .tomorrow WE WILL SELL AT PtJBLiC AI'CTION ONE BRASa BED WORTH 675 : 6-PIECE MAHOU- ANT PARLOR SET. WORTH 21211; ROUND-EXTENSION - TABLE., SIDE BOARD and CHAIRS, COST 90rFULL GLASS FRONT BOOKCASE, worth 240; Spanish leather upholstered rockers, chairs, etc.; ovSl library table, drop head sewing machine, almoat new; ECLIPSE and QUICK MEAL STEEL RANGES, SvIlOLE WITH TOP WARM ING CLOSET. Included with theee high-class goods we have to self-other very choice household goods of every description. If you want to get a bar gain In the choirest of housefurnlshlnee come to the Portland Auction Rooms, at Zll First street, sny day at I p. m. our styls of doing business Just suits you. ' - c u FORD, Auetloheer.- N. B. Somebody Is going to gat soms -bargains at the auction salea by the Port land Auction Rooms, at 111 First street. ThaTs loever getehem we den t cere. it's our business and our style of doing busfneaa Juat suits you. Portland Auction Rooms, A Schubach, proprietor. I : C. L. FORD, Auctioneer.-- By BAKER & SON, n z-i - Auctioneers. - - We Invite Parties Furnishing to the Sale by Auction on Tues- At BAKER'S AUCTION HOUSE, cor ner of Alder and Park streets, for-the Denent of those concerned. Including six lull, rolls of new Brussels Corpet Of good quaiity- ana pattern,- tev-yaros-er ne-w linoleum of the latest oak design aiid heavy grade, costly Turkish couches snd easy chairs in GENUINE LEATHER, fine Davenport of-eastern manufacture, upholstered parlor- furniture, tables en suite; madras curtains, parlor and dining-room carpets, - hall mirror, modern dining-room suite in genuine, oak. sec retary bookcaae, handsome Iron beds. springs, curiea nair mattresses, bedding. UHESBiiKB and chiffoniers In quar tered oak, highly polished white maple dreeaers and eniffonlers, mantel beds, SdrQCQS. . rockers, cook stove. HIGH iS8 BYEELANGErrefrVerator: h rrnnPsmiur " I vv Sfcyi l, sv Biuvci niUIl j saasisj est fis " esaasvMs a sssS) V"'0"''05 TaSrWWasTOcTTllTTlHor lawn mower and other articles. On view Monday. Sale., on Tuesday next t 1 0 a. m. . ,k On Thursday Next e complete furnlshlnsrs of elrht- room house, removed from East Port, land to BAKER'S AUCTION dlOUStTZ' Sale at 10 a. m. GEO. BAKER SON, Auctioneers. 3 Auction -Notice On June IS, 14 and II ws are Instruct ed by owner to sell at auction the good Jndanbatantlat-furnishings -of ,a 4 room private hotel. Full particulars next Sunday s paper. , GEO. BAKER t SON, ' Practical Furniture Auctioneer 1ST FURNISH CURS OR PAY PENALTY, SAYS OPINION Attorney-General Gives Railroad Commission Summary of , Law. Reading. (Rpeelsl tMssetck to The leereal.l . Seattle. . Waalw May 16. That - - the state railroad commission has the power to regulate -"reciprocal . demurrage and enforce penalties .against the rallroada for not furniahing shlppere with care within a reasonable time after they are applied for le the opinion of John t. Atkinson, ths attorney-general. The state railroad commissioners ssked for sn opinion on this point. ; - The attorney-general renders an opin ion to the effect thst, -under the law creating the commission, tbe state body had this power. . . , , . Ths railroad commlaaloners do not conceal inelr pleasure at. the decision. the-reaM takes -this question out of -tnet railroad omces and . places it in the or flee of the commissioners at Olympls .The attorney-general holde that the commission - has the- power- to - define what is a reasonable time for the ship pers to wait for empty care, after they are applied for.- They also havs the power to fix any penalty they see fit end to compel the rallroada to pay? tu The opinion Is considered to be the most far-reaching ever rendered. AUSTRIA ALARMED BY ILLNESS OF EMPEROR (Special Dlspetek by teased Wire te Tae Jeeraal) Vienna, May 16. Thla city Is alarmsd ever the report that Emperor rrans joeer is serious ill. it is said that physician are with him day and night; and fear the eged ruler has' not long to live. These rumore cannot be verified. It la known, however, that the emperor- for some., time has been a suffsrsr from-intestinal troubles. . Auction Soles By J. T. WILSON, : Auctioneer. ' Sale Days, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, at 10 a. m. Each Day. Monday's Sale At Salesroom, 208 First St., at v "'-.:v 10 a. m. Our sales for this dsy- comprise dln-Ing-room sets, sideboards, extension ta bles, chairs. Una all nalntlnss by noted artists, glassware and dishes, calendar e gnt-aay clock, parlor cnairs, . oea lounce. a ntoe assortment of Iron beds. dressers,- commodes, toilet sets; center tames, chairs, rockers, HKUBBiiijH ana WOOL CARPETS. RUGS, twice-folding and mantel beds, wardrobes, sanitary steel folding - bed,-eprlngs and .mat- utenalls. REFRIGERATORS, eta NOTE: We went ten carloads of fur nlturs, office fix t urea, etc. Phone Main 1626J . . ' ir-wmox, auctioneer Wednesdaysand Friday's ...V: Sales -:s' At. 10, a. m. Each Day, at Sales room 208 First St. We wise. . 'Phone Main 1626. T We par caah for goods. . We will offer at public auction at our aalea. parlor and dlnlns-room fittings. bedroom furnishings, kitchen snd laun dry equipments, carpets, rugs, refriger ators, steel rsnges, gas ranges, restau rant tables; also everything In the housekeeping line. N. R Each of the sales advsrtlsed Is worthy - the attention .of buyers. STRANGERS -are- especially Invite- come and get acquainted with us. - We can furnish your house or rooms 'with foodV-clean-furnlshings for half tbe re- II price. WHi-buy your- goods frura you and pay caah any time you -wish to sell, -Phone Main 14 5 . J-iywLSON. Auctioneer. BEAU VOIR Is without question the most beautiful and sightly suburb to the city of Port land, 66 minutes" ride from center of city, on Woodstock car Una, and! from $60 to 1100 cheaper than other lots with equal advantagea. .... ... ; STAsronro ow ssavtoxb styxo-m Tou have an unoDstructed view of the Cto.rlyerejndinountalnB. The soil Is first-class,'" of greet "deptBand"nd gravel. Has large lota, 46x110 feet. BEAUVOIR -' H EIO HTS - Is close to one of : the - best graded schools around the city and the neigh borhood le on of the best; not a child from this district ever haa been before the Juvenile court. '''..''.. ' BBATfTOXB Is growing fast and Is wsll . built, up with nloe, comfortable homes; haa a good - car service and a splendid water oy stem, -h , Lots in-Deauvoir Ar rolnir up rapldi. Thr r now saaalllwta as 1 TC Sivnsill mrkiin stiwsrwa sis.. I get off at Howe'a etatlon. Inquire at first house. - Man on ground Sunday,- Boom e, tat Waabiarto street, Oerae Zr First, Over Warttaa" 6rutiov OkT EASY TERMS ma Am Five minutes' walk from station en ths O. W. P. e Ry car line. Thla tract hss just been platted, streets are cleared and water plpee are being laid In front of each blocs. The price per acre Is less than sny In the neighborhood. They ere celling repldly. Information freely given by :' A. Co w eiperthwalt. Agent, Lanrelwood . . Srtettoa e C. C. SMITH atoosa MS Chamber of Oonuaeree Blof. - Phone MaiaS7a. NEAR WASHINGTON ST. lOifxlOO. corner. TO feet from Wssh- Tnston street: a very Choice buy at 1 18. 004. Property lUe this doee not remain long. f e$17,OOQ Choice buslnese corner, near t"n ton de pot. Intersection of two car lines; tllS rent and can be Increaeed to 1 160 by ex pending f 100. - E. J. DALY Its raOUf Bid. Phoae Kaia ssss. GOOD FLOW FROM OIL - WELLS NEAR TILLAMOOK (Speelsl pispatcb te Tbe Jeeraal.) Tillamook. Or.. May 16. The ell wells of the 1-ortlsnd Coal Ik Covatop- ment eompsay, five miles from Tilla mook, are down 610 feet Oss Is flow ing from outside the casing, aad when I FreqnIcPnrfpr l'rj;SJMtsii-.v Vi, FOR-SALE ACREAGE A U LET A West Side 912,000 60x160, corner Wster snd Clay streets. $6,500 Full lot, -with three buildln s. oaj'lrat slreet Income 760 per annum. . , f 22,000 V. A FRONT STREET BARGAIN A Sne two-story brick 'building. In. corns 21,200 per annum, - : 940,000 . . : .j Full half block on Hoyt street, near 17th St.; first-class buildings. In come 14,000 per annum. - . . ': ?8,000 ' Quarter block, corner Sheridan - and Second streets. Income 11 per cent. - East Side - I f 17,500 rL v '.i Half block on Union and Grand avenues, cloee In, - ( , 15 000 - I One 'whole block facing Grand -avenue, -r-- -f 12,000 : Querter block on Union avenue, with $ story building.' " ' .' : - - ' sio.ooo y ; "HiaTfbTocli on rairrosd1raiKahaIm- proved street. , -, ; ; 15,000 ': y'M"' ; AN EAST SIDE BARGAIN Three-story brick building. Incoms II,- ' loo per annum. This also Includes fur niture contained In 16 rooms, , .. . - 94,500 Querter block 140 feet from Hawthorne avenue. .;.-,'" f 10,000 -ri- Two-rstory .brick bulldlnual?alpnavtx: near East Oak street. 87,000 .. .. Qusrter block. Seventh and Belmont ata, " 815,000 Ousrtsr block on Grsnd ave.. one block north of Hawthorne- avenue, - -- 85,000 Suarter block, corner Easflth and East Idsr streets. " - - , . ' --; : 814,000 I ncome Property 87,500 y Two stores, 4 flats, new, modern; paye lajSa.loc.pnjf. .- - ' Two stores, 4 flats esn bs built en cor. ner lot, ashlngton at.,' and bring good income. .-. . Corner Lots Qet a, Corner Close In The- beet Inveatment you can mak alwaye In demand for big revenue from i.aie. nouses pr--nwsiness - manv in the market, but we have soma choice ones at buying prices. s 81,500, 81,700, 82,200, 83,800 to 825,000. T 160 Acres v of Land 80 an Acre Two miles .from. Lents. This is a bar gain "and open for a snort time only. 1,100 Acres of Fine - Fruit and C Graiing; Xand ; 1 miles from railroad, nsar Chehalle, Wash,WlU SH or (6 ner sere on easy terms.- - , Lambert, Whitmer iTCo7 10T-lOa Sherlock aid. 404 . Aider St. of Homes . SoToO On Market street. 161 SOX snd a nice 7-room residence; ground Is more than -wort n the price asked.,- 1,180 Splendid - -room. - m-etory plastered house snd lot 41x116 feet; One soli snd beautiful unobstructed view In Beau voir- Heights, Woodstock -csr-Une 1450 cash, balance 10 per month. a.OOO 4160 cash snd $2( per month takes 4hls 1 0-roorn resldenoe-and-100 x 100 feet. Woodstock car line. aa.aon a hMuttrul 7-room residence. on Overton street, has most nf the mod em conveniences ; a profusion ef flow ers and roses; a fine borne and a good -Investment. slots and BIocks aaaa This Is a snap, a fins lot In North Irvlngton. on East Ninth street, well worth 676 1100 down, balance 110 per month. . . ' - tSS6 A ftnelol nearTtawniOrfie Bver: 60x 1 1 feet, several fruH trees, jradad. streets 70 feet wide; eay terms. Ixits around selling tor ia&t. sa.050 A choice lot on Kearney st.,- near Twenty-tniro. S4.SS0 A fine comer lot up on Fifth street, 61x100, concrete wslks and all Improvements In and paid for.. Vary chsap. . Suburban Acre Homes 10,00044 beautiful acres on and overlooking the Willamette river, on Oregon City car line; 1 good houses, I barns, prune dryer, etc.: nearly all clear. Large orchard, fine aoil; great bargain, 7,75014 acres adjoining, on river, sams nns view; nine 7-room new houae and barn, well Improved.-- - - . 0,700 A beautiful 10-acre home on the Heights, overlooking the city and a lovely 0-room -residence, fireplace, man tel, stone basement: av swell niece for a country Lome. The vlewfrom this point Is superb. This Is a bargain. J. Frank Porter MS WsanUatreom Street, Oorase Over Waiting Station. I Tlrst, "XotS T and 8, fcwvok SI. PorMaad City -XomeeVead, saias being geaerally kaewa . ae the Xvtlt momesteaa- Ooed sevea-rooia honee, with eemeat baeesaaati good ban and entbatldlage, and oae ef the Sssst views Imagiaabls, Vriee ealy Sl.ooo. Wakefield, Fries & Co. : AgenU !- '- Msmbe PorUand Xealty Board, a STAB si BTXBBT. - lighted gives a large flame two feet high. Buckets of ' watsr drawn from walla are covered by a few inches of oil. Tbe, product promieee to be good--from the welle. mi Klndorf and T. O. Weeks of Portland are here leasing ill available' land In the vicinity of the wells. Bor ing hss been temporarily suspended, Kndlng the eecurement of the desired ' uea, , - .... "' . .' ' , I,,