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V THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENINO, NOVEMBER ' 7. 1803. 19 BUSINESS f.lE( ALM.1ED BECAUSE OF SHORTAGE OF read Famine May Result Soon in California Unless Situation :.::.., Is Relieved and Flour Shipped Into That State - - : -j..-ir.-L: AlfDeafers Suffer. I. ; l---.--- -V ' V 7' ' ""fit gsnsrtl public does not realise lust bow serious tne car inonin is. Thts la the remark of a. prominent bust -" nees man. ' . - ' Orest alarm la felt among all classes of tradesmen, and the fear la now ex-'prr-ssed In some quarters that not only will the shortage continue lor some time, but tt will grow worse, in this tatter connection a . famine la resreo; in aotne quartera.' Private advices Wera , .received In this city loaay oy. a snipper that stocks of nour In California are totting very low and unieaa some snip '" menta ara made aoon a bread famine there will be a reality. ' i There la much complaint among the entailer Inatltutlona on account of the lack of care; the sesertlon being made that the large ahlppera alwaya get, the ? preference and no matter who haa1 the flrst reqoeat for cara. the email shlp- - per la- neglected. Small - flour- millers . are . worrying beesus they - have pur Chased their aeaeon'a aupply of wheat and aa they can eecure no transporta tion tha atocka are left In the Inter ior. Tha lack of warehouee facllltlea makes tha matter worae, for with win ter coming on It will not take long be fore the wheat will be entirely ruined unless taken care of. Some of the small flour rnllle of the North wee t have al- - ready stilled their -machinery-, because -at 4 ha lack-of. cara ani wHoatnd. aoma that have already ground conalderable aupptlea are not In a position to move the. flour becauaa they cannot get the cara. . " ' " ' rote Men Feel' XV - 1 Perhaps of all Interests the potatomen re getting hit hardest This. -Is . the time when potato prices and demand re about at their beat on the Pacific coast. Grower aeera willing to sell ta fact, large aalea have already been 'made, but with no cara to ship them the producers cannot get their money, for 11 atocka are purchaaed f. o. b. cara at " shipping points. There axe no plaoea HEW ROAD IS TO i DIVERT TRAFFIC Willsburg Une Will Enable - S. P, to Send Fourth Street Trains to Jefferson. P With tha construction of the 'proposed Beaverton Willsburg railroad. Just Incorporated by officials of tha Harrl maa lines, tha company will be In po- attlon to divert tha Fourt street trains the JctTarsoBv street line. Should the Harriman companies, build a high bridge, aa surveyed at Oawego, the busi ness of both tha weat aide lines of tha Southern Paclflo oould bs hauled acroaa ' such a bridge to a connection h the - Southern Pacific main Una at Willsburg, wMc la a aldetrack Just aouth of tha r;jdt limits of East Portland. In tha event that a bridge Is built at Oswego and the main traffic of the west, aid lines:" diverted over this bridge to tha east aide terminals, the -' cara will have to be hauled back acroaa , the river by way of the steel bridge to . reach tha terminal yards of the North ern Paclflo Terminal company or the Portland A Seattle Railroad company. It is still the impression of well informed persons that the Southern Pa olfio will use ta proposed Front street line of tha United Railways 'company for transferring lta Alrlle, Corvallis ' and Forest Grove trains to the terminal ..yards In North Portland, In preference to constructing at Oawego. seven miles south of Portland, a high bridge . that - must cost upwards of 1700,009. .-The building of such a bridge wouM not. It ta alleged, bring desired relief to the South Portland mill district, for every car that thia district secured from the main terminals would have to be hauled seven miles around and back . again before finally being made up In an east or southbound through train. With these arbitrary conditions, ',- cars would be bard to get, and the - South Portland mill district would probably have' to depend upon the Northern Paclflo and Great Northern - companies sending cara over the United Ratlsraya - company lines, connecting with' Kprth Portland terminals. BUSINESSMEN FOR NEW FIRE POLICY .1-. ' , A Are Insurance policy to conform with the standard policy In force In New . Tork will be presented to the next Ore , gon legislative session for adoption In thla atate. If suggestions made by the Portland chamber of commerce are car ried out The-trustees nave ' directed Secretary . C. Glltner to take up the matter with the secretary of atate. At tha monthly meeting of the trus tees yesterday afternoon the following were elected members' of the chamber: Kvans Sals, W. T. Carroll, Charles Stem Co., Portland Marble Works. . MeEwan at Koskey, .-Sherman., Clay Portland Linotyping company, Bal Jey at DeYarroond. Vovell Furniture company, J. B. Kelly, Oregon Paper Box company, S. M. Blumauer. H. Brown AY Co.. F. , P. Keenan company. Thomas B, Brawn. Labbe Bros.. C. T. Barker, N. 8. Wslneteln. Oeorge Black. A C. Dohmlre, Ernest Miller, Van Emon Ele vator company, 8. Bromberger company. Pnlton A Raid. C. N. Delts Lumber com- pany, William Klumpp. ; . .j LITTLE BOY KILLED ' - ; IN OREGON SAWMILL Cottage Grove, Or., Nov. J. T-he 11-year-old son of Mr. Owena wis Instantly killed yesterday afternoon Irt Wheeler A Owens sawmill . six miles . west of here. ' The boy v. as working in the milt and flfted one of the rollers too aooa aad let a pointed, fit shoot out, which struck him In the abdomen and went nearly through him. He died while teln carried to the house, a distance of ( feet. . Ha wilt be burled' today. He leave a father and mother and four brothers to mourn hjs loss. . . PENNSYLVANIA ROAD ' RAISES MEN'S WAGES Pittsburg. Nov. T The Pennsylvania railroad' this afternoon Increased the wages of all employes oa an average of le per ceow 1 1 RAILROAD CARS left to alort the potatoes, for all the waiehousea have been filled and are dangerously' loaded with supplies pur chased some time ago. but not movra. Hopmen, ara especially" worrying over the lack of tranaportatlon. lor isovem ber la the month when most of the sup plies should be shipped out of the state. Short sellers will get caught In this Jam along with tha producers, many of them having sold for delivery on a cer tain date being unable to get tha cars to fill the requirements of their con tracts. '- They have the hops, .but' - no transportrpn facilities. , As much as I cents a povmd has been offered, over the present market price of hops if quick delivery could be obtained, but tha orreraxould not be scceptetj oeeause of tba lack of cars and locomotives to haul them. - ': ' ' , a mil Shippers Want Oars. Troft shippers are clamoring for' cars for quick delivery because fruit does not ' remain In good condition forever. Hood River la making " tha principal complaint of this interest becauaa tha shipments from there are always heavy at this time, but are light now because of the lack of cars. . Every line of trad la Buffering from the car shortage. Wholesale grocers have waited In vain for many weeka tn- deliveries of their a-oods from Cal ifornia. The walnut rop onhar lute ' Is hardly moved because of the 'sTiort age of cars and where a dosen cars havs been ordered one Is secured. Wholesalers aay that water tranapor tatlon does not give them any consid erable relief because the principal steamers are owned by the asms Inter ests as ths railroads and steamer room la about aa scarce as cars. The docks of the San Francisco Unas have been loaded with pota;uea for southern ship ment for several weeks, but no- effort seems to be made by tha tranaportatlon companies to move these perishable goods to their destination. TRIES TO THROW THEM OFF TRACK Mrs. Snyder Tells Officials She Is Going to Kansas City, Then -Moves to East Side. Announcing to Deputy District At torney Tongue and other officials at Hlllsboro that she Intended leaving to day for Kansas City, Mrs. Madge Sny der moved from the Portland hotel thla morning to the horn of friends- on the east side. - She declared that she pre ferred to have no further Interviews with the officials, ami It Is believed that ahe deliberately attempted to decetvs them aa to her destination In order that they may not know where to And her. Mrs. Snyder visited Hlllsboro yester day for the purpose of arranging for ths final disposition of the remains of her husband, Carey M. Snyder, who was murdered near. Olencoe a year ago. The remains, which have been In care of .the coroner of Washington county, will be shipped) to Portland today and will prob ably be sent to Kansaa City for inter ment. ."'. . . . . - Mrs. Snyder stated to frlenda In this city that the will of her late father-in-law 'provided for a bequest of 110.000 to .Carey M. Snyder, or in case he waa dead at the time or ths desth of A E Snyder It provided that' sum to his widow. Mrs. Madge Snyder Is the sec ond wife of the wild young man who was murdered, ths other, being divorced several yeara ago. . . While neither of the women have pos itive Information that the sum waa left to Carey Snyder, both have retained at torneya to establish their claims. From Kansas City, however, it Is said that no provision whatever waa made for Carey Snyder In hla father's will, and that the widow waa entirely overlooked. Those who have followed the case de clare that her chances for establishing a claim upon ths estate are remote.1 Officials xall to understand .the mo tive of Mrs. Snyder for what they be lieve to be an attempt to deceive them. She declared to them yeaterday that ahe intended leaving the city today and last night announced to them by long dis tance telephone that she was leaving last night - She was In ths city this morning. however, and before moving from the Portland hotel said that she waa going to the home of S. 3. McDonald, Twentl eth and East Madison street ARRESTED FOR THEFT -CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS Howard Huntington and Perry Dunn were-arrested Jav a saloon at '41 Third street this morning by Sergeant Baty on complaint of Ed Moore, who-alleged that. be had been robbed of $29"by the two men. When Huntington was searched at the city prison the gold piece was found secreted In ons of his shoes, but he maintained that he was "only keeping It safely for Moore." He finally confessed to. having stolen-the money and Implicated hla companion, Dunn, In the theft. The case will be heard In the police court tomorrow. EMERY DEFEATED BY ""' 'r GANG IN PENNSYLVANIA fJonrMl Snertal S.r.tpa Philadelphia,- Nov. T. Ths most ex-! citing campaign In Pennsylvania In 25 yeara baa ended la a triumph for Edwin) B. Stuart, . Republican, for governor. over Lewis Emery, Jr., Democrat, and Lincoln party, by a plurality which the local. Republican leaders ' claim will reach 100,000. Complets returns front 'all the Penn sylvania congressional districts give the Republicans It and the Democrats alx. The Democrats had only one repre sentative from this stats In ths pres ent congress. t ' . ' SWITCHMEN'S STRIKE ' POSTPONED FOR TIME; t (Journal Special Kefvlee.t ' o. Nov. 7,-The switchmen's hlch waa schedule to begin tonight will not oocur aa tha leaders of tha brotherhood havs announced that tha negotiations still continue. . f 1 " . ' ' ' i ILLIU01S CEIITiWIIESIILIlY GIVEN HARRIL1AII LIOE Fish Is Ousted From Presidency - - and Harahan Elected by-1 Rockefeller Croup. WHI apmw owwirw. i- K.w York Nov. 1. neanltai tha lr teata of friends and supporters. Stuyve- sant Fish waa today ousted rrem con trol of the Illinois Central railroad by IP IT IT.rHmin vhfl. With the Suiat- ance of Rockefeller i haa recently ob tained - control, ana J. 1. naranan -WimI hr.alrl.nt . In hie AlftCSL Flah announced hie Intention ' of renewing the light at the next annual atockhold era" meeting next October. For It years Fish hss been president of the company wtiih nnrier hie administration haa In-. creased its mileage from J.149 mllee to M84, and has mads an excellent reoora as a money fnaker. v - . . rK...n tiirMi trAm v fnrmallv maru the paaaing pf tha Illinois Central Into me iiarriman or nw"Bit" "' railroads and Is a step toward the re- iiMtinn Af-Hirrimin's dream of an ocean to ocean and a gulf to great lakes system. ..-- ' . m. -..I.. ! r welt worth atrlvlna for. Tha Illllnols Central raUway eya- tem with Its lines reacnes xo ins un of Mexico on the south and the Mis .v.r the west. . haa thousands on thousands of cara, and great terminal facilities In every important cny n reaches. Including the vast docks at New Orleans all the thlnjgs which go to make U one of the great jallwayg of the rr a mi tt ttaa been known Mr. u. tils allies have been seeking control of this property. He wants, to Join it witn nis mmr uwi interests and be the transportation dlo u v. a w..t.rn enuntrv. Preal- dent Fish and his friends now In charge of the road havs been aa porsiavenuy fighting him. w " ECHOES OF SUFFRAGISTS' BATTLE STILL HEARD Leaders of W. C. T. U. Declare That Organization Had Noth- : ':-"Z Ing to Do With It . Tha echea of the strenuous battle for the control of the Oregon Equal. Suf fraae association are still In the air. Prominent W. C. T. U. officials declare that-their organisation took no part In the struggle as aa organisation, and yeaterday Issued the following state ment to ths public: - Portland, Or, Nov.- . So rauoh has been said in the last fsw days In ths daily preaa In regard to the Woman's Christian Tamperanos union In oonneo- tton with ths election of orneers or tne Equel Suffrage association on last Saturday. that a - brief explanation seems necessary. - In tba absence of the stats president, the members , of her cabinet make this statement: Ths W. C T. U. had nothing whatever to do with this matter, were not consulted In regard to It, and knew absolutely noth ing about It. Whatever a few members have seen dt to do personally was done an their own responsibility. " When the state president returns. If action in regard to tne surrrage ques tion Is deemed necessary, it will be taken In a dignified manner In keeping with the principles of the Christian organisation we represent, and not as a rabble. HENRIETTA BROWN, - Corresponding Secretary. . . : ; IrA F. MARSTERS, ' Recording Secretary. 7 " HES8IE J. SHANE, ' " ' Treasurer Oregon W,G tC. OFFICERS OF THE UNITED ARTISANS IH SESSION Meeting Is First to Be Held in Four Years Officers to Be Elected. For ths first time In four years the supreme lodge of the order of United Artisans Is In session, meeting today In ths offices of the supreme treasurer. P. L. Willis. In the Commercial build ing. Thess officers meet quadrennially, and the meetings are always held In Portland,-the headquarters of thla order, which Is -said to be ths richest fraternal society per capita In the world. . The society has U.0M members in good standing, and net assets of 3OT,369.. It was organised November L In this city by F. I. McKenna and associates. It has tha remafkable ahowlng of but 4.1 per cent of annual lapses of member ship, averaged on the U years of Its ex istence. The quadrennial reports submitted 16 day show that the society " has psld H76.894.H to the beneficiaries of deceased members. .-.'.' The present officers are: Senior past supreme master artisan, F. I. MeKenna: supreme ' master artisan, H. .8. Hudson? supreme superintendent, Robert O. Mor row: supreme Inspector, F. S. Aiken; supreme secretary, C. L. McKenna; su preme treasurer, P. I Willis; supreme conductor, Oeorge W. Bates; supreme master of ceremonies. Judge A. I Mil ler, Vsncouver; supreme Junior conduc tor, Tl. Ia Fraser; supreme warder, Rev. George W. Orannla, . Philadelphia, Penn sylvania; supreme medical, director. Dr. J. B. Olmstead. The - quadrennial election will take place at this session,-which -will prob ably ba completed tomorrow. ' "No new candidates for offices have been pro posed. It Is said the laws of the order sre . satisfactory, and .no changes are likely to be mads. PRESIDENT WIRES TO . SENATOR T. H. CARTER (pedal Dispatch to The Jooraal Helena, Mont., Nov. 7. Senator Thomas H. Carter today 'received the following self-explanatory telegram from President Roosevelt respecting th,j ouicume vi in. eiectiun. jnnny inanas for telegram; hearty congratulations on result in Montana." : ' STANDARD SUITS TO - BE HEARD VERY SOON . rr Washington, Nov. . 7. -Moody ' an nounced today that ha will take up the Ptandard suits at ones, snd tha matter 1s likely to oome to a bead In th courts within two weeks. ' . BY MURDERER I Killed Her Because She Made h Me Sorer Declares Henry -Hose on Stand. "I did It because 'she made me sore. Murderer' Henry Hose took the Vit; ness-stand thla morning to make It plain 'to the Jury 'that there was no particu lar malice . aforethought about , his butchery of Madge-- Doyle. , Whether tha Jury waa duly .convinced or not will be known soon, surely not later than tomorrow-morning; probably tonight. for tha taking of testimony ended at 10:40 thla morning' and the arguments of attorneys began at once. waldemar Seton. tha defender ox the prisoner, has not, apparently, indulged In any vain hopes that ha will bo able to secure an acquittal for his client. His entire efforts have been concen trated toward minimising the crime to secure a verdict of manslaughter, .un premeditated murder la not a crime pun ishable by hanging and Seton put Hose on the stand to show that tha prisoner had 'not thought of murder until Imme diately before be bared the rasor's edge and attacked the night-gowned woman begging for mercy upon the bed. "I did It because she made me sore, said Hose, as If that was full Justifica tion. Hose explained that the woman angered him" by calling him names when ho refused, to go for a pitcher of beer. He declared that he had never before thought of killing the woman and that he had ths rasor with him by tha merest accident Hr wag simply getttng Teady to leave town and had put It In his pocket to carry with htm. - Confession Bars tha Way. Tha sworn teatlmony of the murderer might have had some weight with the Jury had It not been for hla several confessions msde immediately sf ter the crime to ths effect that hs had gone to the room with the purpose of killing the woman .because ahe had threatened to cease contributing to his support. Ad ditional evidence of hla premeditation, waa the testimony of John T. Alexander, a hostler, who heard Hose make, threats against ths life of ths girl.. ' A letter written tha day before the crime to an uncle In Wisconsin in which Hose Intimated that he was about to kill the woman and himself was not admitted In evidence. Hose was not permitted to give an ac count of the actual killing on the wit ness stand. Hla testimony began with a history of "bis life, from his birth In Germany II yeara ago. - Attorney Seton led him up to the very moment pre ceding the murder making as much of a showing aa possible of his anger , at that time, then Jumped him over to bis confession at police headquarters an hour later, with the purpose of show ing that the man was not In a reepon stbls condition of mind when he made his confession. As to ths actual killing, District At torney Manning was therefore not. able to cross-examine the defendant, but he brought out tha low character of the man and of the woman and the aordld details of their relationship. Hose met Madge Doyle in 1901, aoon after he had enlisted In the army at the Presidio, and when she was a married woman of only 17. He met her again In Portland while, his company was stationed here during ths fair. At that time be- be came Intimate with her and when1 he waa discharged from the army last April he sought her out Was mivsi of arose. A witness who caused no less craning of necks than did Hose waa. John T. Alexander, a hostler of about 10, who unblushlngly confessed himself aa hav ing been a rival of Hose for ths affec tions of Madge Doyle. Alexander swore that at one time Hose had told him that he would kill Madge before she should be allowed to leave him and go with any other man. They had dlacuased Alex ander's advent upon the scene aa a rival lover, and ' Hoae had derlaively told Alexander that "She's Just pulling your leg, making a sucker out of you." Later, In Astoria, while Hose and the Doyle woman were together, Alexander h,ad heard tha girl say to Hose: "You'll never draw a rasor on me again, to cut my throat-" The prosecution restedV yestsrdsy afternoon after Introducing Julia Maxwell,-the stenographer who took notes of ths Hoss confession on. ths morning of ' October 1. Several unimportant witnesses were called for tha defense to show ths . good character of Hoss outside of his dealings with Madge Doyle. Jailer Mitchell was also called to testify to the nervous condition of the prisoner on the days following the crime, the purpose being to give color to a presumption of Insanity. At 10 J0 thla morning ths taking of testimony 'ended and Deputy District Attorney Haney at once began the argument for the people. - Haney opened with a declaration that If any' man -on the Jury had ever heard of a more cold blooded, deliberate and premeditated crime, that he would like to see such a Juryman stand up. He declared that If the prlaoner had never opened nis month, even then there - would have been evidence enough- to hang him. CANNOT LOCATE' MONEY'S OWNER ,-. An envelope containing a certificate of deposit snd three $20 bills was found on a counter at ths plumbing establish ment of John F. Shea, North Second street, Monday, but all efforts to find the owner of the money havs failed. The certificate of, deposit waa made out on the Colorado National bank of Den ver. and mads payable.toJohB.Fi Raima . . v.. Tbe money and depoalt slip were In an envelope containing a card bearing ths sddreas Of Mrs. - A. Raima,. Scap- poose. "'There were other articles In the envelope, but Mr. Shea does not wish thrti known until ths owner has prop erly Identified himself. How the money came to be lying on the counter la a mystery to the owner of the store. He knows no John F. Raims and- haa never had any one In ths nlace by that name ao far aa he knowa. . The money was found by S. p. Murphy, an employe oc the firm, and ho stated that no one had. been In the store bearing the name on tbe deposit Blip or card so far as hs knowa Ths firm has not bad any business relations with any ons In Scappoose, except one man who bears a different name than that contained on the envelope. . ,- . , j. :. Churches Passed TJpea. j The churches of the city are con structed In conformity with the require ments of the fire regulations, according to the report filed today by the board of fire commissioners which msde an In spection of practically all ths churchea of the city. A few .minor changes were recommended In wiring and lighting ar rangements, snd these will be reported to the meeting of the- executive board a Friday. ... -" BRYAII SAYS HEURST lVCiS " GREAT TRIUMPH saaaaassasSaaaaataaaBMeaaaaasiSBSBB. " ' ' Commoner Commends'.r Reduo tlon of Big. Republican Ma v f jorJty ,n Mew-York. f Journal serial Servies.! .' Lincoln. Neb, , Nov, 7. W. J. Bryan Is unwilling to make -comment on tne election until the final returns are In, but said "reduction of the Republican majority in New York 4s as much of a triumph for Hearst ss If hs were sleet ed." , ". :: v AT ST LOUIS , BepabUoass Carry An City Offices a " ; oept Few Minor Ones. . " . (Joe.ru ifisertal BeveU-e.t . ' - St. Louis, Nov 7. With the. excep tion of five Justices of the peace and five constables, ths entire city Republi can ticket-ia elected. The surprises were many precincts long regarded as absolutely Democ ratio returned . large Republican majorities. ' Ths city la about, 4,W0 . Republican. K IN ARIZONA ' Jointure ataoelves Small Toss aad em- ocrat Is Elected to Congress. . (Journal Special Service. t , Phoenix., Aria. Nov. 7. It is esti mated -on nearly complete returns that Jointure received ' but- Htt .per cent of the vqtes cast In the territory. Mark Bmlth. a Democrat, was elected to con gress aad a small majority of the legis lature la Democratic . HAMMOND LOSES Brotaex-la-Z4vw- Fresldeai mooserslt Zs Defeated. tJMrait nectar Serrtea. San Vranolaco. Nov. 7. Charles Ham mond. Republican candidate for State aenator. In Lake county, California, brother-in-law of Prealdent Roosevelt is apparently defeated. "NEGROES ELECTED Chicago Chooses Colored Stsa fo Post- tlons of Trust. , J"..:. Uoornal Special Carries.) iii' Chicago, Nov. 7. Barnett, a negro, waa elected municipal Judge by a plurality of - l.tot. Oscar Priest.' a negro, was elected a member of the county board - of commissioners. '- Hs was-sleeted by a plurality of 0,811. ,- NEXT HOUSE Bepablioaas Win Have Majority at " sTsaty-Bight Congressmen. . ! iloaraal Special tarries, i New Tork. Nov. 7. Unofficial re turns show ths next national house of representatives will havs ttl Repub licans aad 151 Democrats. PLUNDER OF LONE PETE IS RECOVEREDirMICE Deteetives Regain Articles From Which Precious Stones Have Been Extracted. .' As ths result of the confession mads by J. H. Ring, alias Lone Pete, the bur glar who was captured op ths roof of the Prael residence Sunday night. Cap tain Bruin yestsrdsy recovered some of the Jewelry stolen from the Streeter home on Portland Heights. King's two confederates - had . removed alt of the settings before selling the articles 4o a Third street pawnshop for old gold. The property secured by Inspector Bruin consists of a brooch, pendant, a ring and three shirtwaist studs. Tha dia monds had been picked out of all of ths Jewelry and ths thieves received only il. is for their 'plunder- Circulars are now being prepared, containing a description of Lone Pete's accomplices and will be sent to every police department In ths United States and Canada. , Captain Bruin Is confidant of eventually apprehending ths other members of the band of housebreakers and has taken this method of publicity In ths bops that It may prove of ma terial assistance i In capturing the c.rooka PAVING WAY FOR NEW ELECTRIC LINE Dr. McCorkle Asks County Com missioners to Set Date for Hearing of Claims. For the purpose of securing a hear ing in connectlonwlta the granting of a right of way fer the electrlo line that Is to be constructed from this city to Mount Hood, Dr. McCorkle appeared be fore the county commissioners todsy and asked that a date be set that the company might present Its claims to the commissioners. . Dr. McCorkle stated that ths com pany Would be ready to begin the actual construction of the road within four months. The commissioners . decided upon next Wednesday ..to , hear represen tatives of the company. ' ' The electrlo line, as contemplated, will be-bulH from the union statlonin this city to Mount Hood, In -Wasco county, opening up a ' Urge tract of valuable land that has been practically Inacces sible to ' Portland business interest The road is also expected to greatly In crease the number of tourists who visit Mount Hood. ' Quiok Trip to Jail. After stealing a pair of 'trousers, to be arrested, convicted and sentenced to nine months in ths county Jail, all In one morning was ths strenuous experi ence -of E- 1. White, sn ex-convlct, who waa taken Into custody by Patrolmen Oolts and Riley. ; White purloined the trousers from the room of - Thomas Crowler and sold ths garment to a Second street 'Junkman. He was caught shortly after making the sale findde cided to plead guilty. ,v".''' x Lost Pnrss Bsatored. ' If It had not been 1or the' honesty of W. A. Love, car Inspector of the Northern Tnclflc Terminal company, John Meyers of Heppner would now be mourning the loss of $170. Love while inspecting one of the coaches on the.O. R. A N. train which arrived sevsfal hours late last night found a rsd leather pockstbook on ons of ths seats and mads haste to turn ths property over to the M,n'.7, : ' .- V- -. - , . .." "'. , . . EVENTS 10 REAL - ESTATE 170 R LP Grand Rapids Man . to Erect Big 7 Chair Factory on" the -7"1 East Side. ' . V Another big industrial enterprise Is being negotiated today by A. J. Kings ley of Grand Rapids, who has obtalnsd a 10 days' option on the waterfront property adjoining the Oregon Furniture company's property, on . which hs In tends to 'build a chair factory. Ths lane embraces four acre, for which Mr. Klngaley la asked $U,000. The deal waa mads dlractjy between the owner. J- W. Langdon of "Walla Walla, and the promoter of : the factory. This means an Immediate Investment of $100,000. .Mr. Kingsley has asksd Portland capitalists to take some of the stock and , they have responded generously. The stock hss- practically all been taken -so that the deal will be closed this afternoon or tomorrow. The copcern win be known as the Oregon Chair company .and . although; perhaps controlled by eastern- Influence, it will be largely financed with Oregon oapltaL Thla la the second important deal of this Character that has been closed this week, both of which are significant of Portland's coming position. . Both will be a constant source of prosperity,, as each will command a payroll of consid erable slse. The first was the transac tion closed by the Western Electrlo company, which will build a large ware house, on the east aide. M. E. Lee purchased a homo and three acresof 'land "adjoining,-fcelqijglng to Kugene uomstoca. atonaay xor iiv.uuu. The property la bounded by Marguerite street and East Thirty-seventh and Is located two blocks from Hawthorne avenue, ... : First street property-holders met last night In ths Chamber of Commerce building to consider the Improvement of First street, between Burnalde and Mad ison street a . An organisation was formed that will bs known as the First Street Improvement association, and its object will bs to Improve the condi tion of First street generally. Buildings will be painted and fronts Improved, an overseer will be elected to look after the' work and several enthus iastic, holders subscribed J100 with which to carry on the work of ths as sociation. - - C. K. Henry waa elected president, and Frank Dayton, secretary. A committee, consisting of Captain William Oadebr, Dr. Oeorge F. Strowbridge and C. C Smith, was appointed to look- - after some details. Another meeting waa called for ths first of nsxt week.- The Burman half block of Improved property on East Madison street, be tween Water and East Flrat, was pur chased this afternoon ..by the Burrell Investment company, the price paid being -16,00. The- property wl be held by the now purchasers for future Investment. J. Whyte Evans yestsrdsy signed aa option to lease for years the block of property owned by H. La-Ptttock on Washington street, between West Park and Tenth streets, The proposed lease. which may be made on or before the ex piration of the 0-day option. Is based unoa a property valuation of I500.00. Tbe property Is now owned by H. la Plttook and held as hla residence prop erty.' - ! ' - Borne two weeka ago tha negotiations pending for ths lease of ths property by M. Plttock was announced by The Journal, but at that time, and sines, ths owner has emphatically denied that any such movement was on foot. Mr. Evans announces that a building covering the entire block and valued at -4600.000 will bo erected , upon tho property at an early data A OREGON PIONEER CLAIMED BY DEATH - Mra' Vellnda B. Houston, widow of Milton Houston, formsrly of Albany and ons of tbe plonsers of Oregon, died this morning' at tha North Paclflo sana torium at 10 o'clock after long suffer ing due to cancer. - Mra Houston for many years has been well known ' In Oregon and In Portland aa she was one of ths sarly pioneers, having coma to ths state with her parents, Mr. 'and Mrs. Hugh Nlcker aon, M years ago, being 7 years of ags at ths tlms. Mrs. Houston was born at Bevsrly, Muskingum oounty, Ohio, (1 years ago. Her mother was an In valid at the ttme -the family croased tha plains and arriving at Ths Oallss was taken with bar small, daughtet down tho rapids of tha Cascades, that being tbe only manner In which they could maks ths trip. Mrs. Houston waa therefor tha first white girl who ever made the trip over the falls of the Cascades. - : - - Mrs. Houston's parsnta aettled ' near Oregon City and It was there that shs msrrled Milton Houston. - Thsyr ltvsd la that part pt the stats for some years and later moved to Albany, which city waa their noma for yeara For eome time past Mra- Houston has been at the sanatorium, where she won ths hearts of-many-byJjeratlencerhd kindly disposition. - ! A son, Clarence Houston, of Golden dale, Washington, and a daughter, Mra Hugh Frazer, of this city, survlvs ths death of Mra. Houston. Judge M. C Oeorge and tha 1st Judge O. N. Denny were also cousins. The body will bs taken to Albany in ths morning and Interred In ths family burying ground at that place.- Services wU. baJtjehl in Albany tomorrow after noon. . ?- . DESERTION GROUNDS P FOR DIVORCE CASES .Carolina -rr-BoMn-santred-suit for divorce from William C. . Bolton on tbe grounds of desertion. Ths couple were married In Portland In July, 1901 F. C. Walker has asked to be divorced from Annie Walker, because she de serted blm. Ths couple were married In Oakland, " California, In December, 1900. ; .. p - .''. . . Overheated Fins Oenees lira, Aa Ipclplant : blase from " an over heated flue on the second floor of the coffee and spice house of Jsmea Hislop Co. at II Front street., brought out th firs department shortly before noon today In response, to an alarm from box 111. The flames wars extinguished without difficulty and ths damage was slight , Burt ta Bnaaway. As the, result of leaping from a buggy after th horse he waa driving had be come unmanageable. Raymond Rlchey, a 11-year-old youth, residing at dres- ham. waa taken to Good Samaritan hos pital yesterday suffering - from a frac ture of ths right leg above th knee. Th accident happened on th road be tween Q re sham and this city. STOfin OFF COAST HAS SUBSIDED -. Heavainfall Continues, Hovv ever, and Rivers Are Expected to Rise Perceptibly. v Th.Vtorm off th eoet has subsided but tho rain It brought ranks with ths most copious sver recorded her. Ac cording to the records kept at the weather bureau .It of an lnoh fall be tween the hurs of I and 10 a. m. to day, while the rainfall front I o'clock yeaterday morning till t this morning was .13 of an Inch. The rain continued throughout the forenoon o that the two-Inch mark will easily ' be reached this afternoon. - - District forecaster Edward A. Baals said this morning that if this heavy downpour continues ths rivers wlH rise quit perceptibly beyond a good boating stage even, altnough there is no par ticular dario-er e a 7L rivers have been, very low sines last spring, , j . died down from tt miles an hour to a " - iinwt lnl, morning and th ; sea ta gradually becoming smooth? Thw haw rain nham. . .v.- - .. !ir.howv,r " th rather dlf- VZZ.l x- tD"1 mri"e movements thera -Nothing has yet been Jean of the missing bar; Iveraa and It la not likely that aha will bs heard from for a couple of days for ths blow of yes terday undoubtedly drove her far to ward ths north, Nsither haa th look out at North Head asaa-any-slgns-trr-ths four-masted ship sighted off Tilla mook rock Monday night by th Har rlman liner Barracouta, which arrived her this morning, from, San Francisco. ' . For ths first time sine tha. new rule went Int- effect. District For. ' caster Beala had opportunity to use th new, spelling system thia morning. la his comment on the weather he says "A portion of th disturbance yes terday near Tatoosh Island haa erost ths Rocky mountains and is central this -morfTlng north of Montana. A part ot this disturbance, however, remains cen tral oft the Washington coast. Th -storm yesterday was tha worst of th season along ths Oregon coast. A maxi mum wind velocity of It miles from th . southeast Occurred at North Head." -Notic th spelling of "ths word crossed I MUSIC MAY BE ALLOWED II SALOONS AND RESORTS ' Musi 'will eno - more drift through ths doors of saloons If ths ordinance t be Introduced at this afternoon's ses sion of th council becomes, a law. Orchestras and. In fact, almost every kind of muslo Is new prohibited la any place holding a retail liquor lioene. Ths Musicians' union found that many of Its members - were thrown out of . work because of the enforcement, ot the. law. Thejr have told members of th council that 100 musicians of on kind and another are out of work because Of it ... Councilman Balding will tntroduo by request an ordinance amending .'-the present ordinance and permitting. caoslo in saloons and beer halla. Opposition by the Antl-BaJooo league. la expected. The msssur will probably be referred to the liquor license commute. HERE WORKING FOR COOSBAY.MONTHLY- F. B. Cameron of Marshfleld la la . Portland In behalf of th Coos Bay Monthly, a 100-paga magasln printed at ' Marshfleld and devoted to th Interests -of the Coos - bay country. Ths first number appeared In September, and Mr. Cameron says that the people of Its ter ritory responded so readily that copies of tho first Issue cannot now be bought -at any price. .1 want to show Portland business men thst thsre Is a great trade opening for them oa Coos bay;" said Mr. Cam- eron today. "If the Portland merchants don't see It, the men of Baa Francisco will do so. That'a why I'm here solic iting sdvsrtlslng for th Monthly. - W live In Oregon and believe that Portland should have our business. There has been such demand for coplea of th magasln that It's bean hard to supply -enough. ''What ! needed at Marshfleld la A first-class hotel. I am sure If on waa built- It would make money. Every hotel In Marshfleld aad In North Band Is full and ths hotels keep lists of ths private . houses whsr rooms can be rented. TRUNKS ON STORAGE- OPENED BY THIEVES It was reported to th polio ' this morning that a thief had entered the attlo of th Selling-Hlrsch building on Washington street soms tlms since July and carried away a Haviland china tea sst and soms lingerie belonging to Mary . D. 'AverlH, a roomer In the building. Fourteen trunks stored In ths -attl were found to have been broken open. C R- Ounderson of 1HH Grand ave nue oomplaln that a thief effected aa entrance to his room yesterday and stole a suit of clothes. A. Foreman of lot Madlaon street, reports a suit sto len last Sunday night, , - A bold sneak thief visited on of th rooms In th Oregon hotel last evening snd carried away an overcoat valued at 1140. The fellow was seen to enter the apartment by one of tho porters and a few minutes later to corns out with the coat over his arm. Tha thief locked tha door snd took his departure and th . hotel employ naturally supposed that he was ons of ths guests, - a detective hss been detailed oa the caae, . r- SLABWOOD NUISANCE , DISCUSSED BY MAYOR Mayor tans has filed with ths coun cil a communication asking for tha pas sage of an ordinance eliminating the danger that is said to exist as ths re sult of th great piles, of slabwood . which are acattered about the City. Th mayor declares that th wests ef wood is "wanton and dangerous and Is don to fore up th price of on of th ne cessities of lifs." Hs cites as an exsmpls ef the danger which' lurks In the great piles of wood' the recent fir at the Eastern 4 Weatsrn Lumber mills which is supposed to hav been -caused by th -spontaneous com bustion of gases generated underneath the piles of lumber snd sawdust. . . " Th matter will be considered at th. next meeting of the oonuoll, when It Is likely that some action will be taken to .'eliminate the danger. .', . . .,. Occasionally a burglar discovers that ths police are not for ornamental pur- '. 7- V;,,; I A 1 v V
