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Newspaper Page TextTHE, JOURNAL GREXTS ITS READERS WITH BEST WISHES TOR A PROSPEROUS AND HAPPY NEW Yjl GOOD EVEW1IG ;l yTHE WEATHER.;, " Snow tonight and Tuesday; east erly winds, i--;.! p.' L you ,V.KOv 5T. PORTLAND,' OREGON, MONDAY.. EVENING," DECEMBER 81, 1900 TWELVE PAGES. PRICE" -TWO 'CENTS.- or-Tnti iiro yrwt tashs. rrvs c.it y-r- sac. J' JiTTXV I SSI .',-. ! . T""-' VII WZU ay 17 U I If I 711 4i NEARLY A riUOU FOR BROVEfflT OF THE CITY TO BE PROVIDED Water Bbar'd Adopts Opposite Policy, Reducing Household Rates Ohe Third Councilman Sharkey Reads the Statistics to I . a a, ' ' 'r ' ': sbbbsi a ' anas) ' i' ana. '. Sh. 4 1 . ' i ansa. '' bhow That the lax Per Capita jruPort land Is Lower Than in Nearly Every City in the United StatesMayor Lane Declares Money Will BeiSpent Judiciously : Tbe council . this morning fixed the ty tax levy at 5.7 mills, an Increase of mill over the rite for 1000V v I This means I28T.00O more than last ar will be epent upon operation of the ty and In making such Improvements a better -Are department, an adequate rbage Crematory, eaat side poilce eta- Ion end (better condition e; streets. igber -salaries for pollceme.i and fire en. as well as a number of other city nployes, are also provided for by the unclL. , - ,. ,. Strong popular ''protests against' the crease of rate were Ignored and the tlon of the council was unanimous. "Despite Assessor 81gler's statements. le do contemplate permanent Improve ents, declared Councilman Bennett In ply to a question. "If Mr. 81gler buld come here as a taxpayer and not a .buiidoser. he could learn what per Unent Improvements -we Intend to Total tevr Win Be lJi atUU. This levy - for . municipal purposes eans that (he total levjr In Portland U be 1.S mills upon ' esoh dollar's rth of property. The other-levies e: For the state tax, 1 mills; county; x, i.tfi mills (astlmated); school tax. rnuis; jiorary.. .lie mm; ron or 1 " i . t. " Portland. . mlH; school district No. 1, l.l mills. . i ' ' rThls year-1181,000.. was-raised by city levy of 6.1 mills. The levy of (.7 mills will raise 1949.000 for 1907. At the beginning of 10 the valuation of the property within' the city was 131, ooo.ooo. Now it is (i.ooo.oeo. . as- sessar Blgler had declared that a (-mill levy for city purposes was all that la required, but the councilman did not agree with him. A number of taxpayers have sided with tbs assessor In opposing the lsvy, There was no opposition among the councilman to . the levy , of 1.7 mills when they met At It o'clock thla morn' Ing. The ordinance fixing the levy waa formally Introduced, coming from the ways and means committee , with the recommendation that It pass. Mayor Tavors a X,ow fceir. ' . " Balding asked a' question or two. and Mayor Lane said: . . .. "I wish to assure yon. gentlemen, fiat the executive branch or the government wilt expend Judiciously whstever money you epproprtste. . Personally I am in favor . of as low a., levy as possible somewhere around t mills." - j U was la reply to Beldlng's questions (Continued on Pace Two) FOR WAR RAILROAD - , T'rr-..- - breignert Are ; Not Allowed to pain Knowledge of What le Going on Behind the Walla j -Where Jape Make Bullet. ' ilmmwmml kew Tork, tee. SI. An English engt hr, stopping in New Tork . en route m Tokto to lxndon, and . who for ee years enjoyed opportunities of hervatlon by virtue of his business atlona with the Japanese wsr office. ay gsve out racts concerning the beneee reserve war staength In rela- n to arsenal and shipyards crodue. n. .... 8lncs the war with nussla." ha aalA. is war office at Toklo has been charv admitting foreigners to a knowledge what Is being done in the manufac- (Contlnued on Page Two.) Forty-Five People Cruehed to Death and Many Injured j Near Washing- ton. -. , "UwirBsl Bpeelal Bervles. - - wasnington, uec. ii. Death . came suddenly to people when a Washington-bound train of empty ears crashed Into an accommodation on the Baltimore Ohio railroad at Terra Cotta, a suburb of this city. Isst night . About SO people were Injured, and it reared that many will not survive their wounds and that the list of dead will number many, more than two score. The force of the collision was so great that the bodies sf the 'unfortunates were torn to pieces. ' ' . A dense fog is said to bars been re- (Continued on Page Two.) The following Is the advertising record of the three dalT nlniri nt Pnrf. hnd for the week ending with Sunday,' December 10: , ' T t r m ' Inches. 4306 626 981 For"Six Week Days ,'; - Locaiplay ...v.;;.... P'breim'". 533 Classified . . . i . .". ..... . 1172 Inches.- 3206 Display, real estate ............ Readers o t For Sunday . Local display foreign . classified ... Display, real estate Readers 171 91 1366 78 378 440 80 Inches. -3011 679 ' 1417 199 61 888 32 1314 141 567 276 12 .ToUl.;forweek.v...r.;';:.'..' 7605 7677 - : 6733 ; Christmas week wes a dull one. In ah advertising connection, but the bus ee "before Christmas" mora thsn ma do up for any shortage occurring ihe week after Christmas." The Jeurnal will enter the new year with a greater prospect for Increasing tuntnese snd circulation than ever before. Already subscription receipts re twclllng over Isst rear of Urn same time, roveiina renowala for "innihi, canf' ss well as new subsrrlptlotta, which The Journal's "old friends" are eivneinie ior. , . . , , . . u 'file Journal's dirllr rlrrnlntlnn will hevnnft the 1A AAA mark urf. I POT, judging from tlie subslnotlal subscription gains already being made on' is je i ma 4tew iears arrive . . , . iofth D. Rockefeller Talks of Himself and Others COMING YEAR TO BE PROSPEROUS Bitter Attacks on Cap ital Deplored by 6" : (CaojHgiHt ky . aoHatiea) NSw Tork. Dec. SI. John D. ' Rocke feller, .at Pocantico Hills, said to your correspondent today: . "Making- their Inventories 'for the year just sndlng, many business men find they have suffered losses of millions through the shrlnkags In the value of their share holdings. "This In face of the'' great prosperity, can only be accounted for by the low ered stock values by reason of the at tack, made upon corporate) 'interests within the last wo years, unwarranted attacks that go to tear down structures that have ' been reared - through great effort, energy and patience, j V'Tho effects of .these attacks were first felt by capitalists. Through them the debtor classes suffered' next. "Who will be the- next to, sufferf Why, tha man with the dinner pall, the worklngmen. " - . -"When stock values depreciate, capi talists begin tc take In loons; then the debtor classes begin to feel the depres sion.' When the debtor classes feel tbe depression on them they retrench. Then It is tbe worklngman's time to suffer. "You ask mo my opinion of the busi ness prospects next year. I have never practiced prophesying- and - probably shall not begin now.- - "I have. creat.. faith-In the American people and In the honesty of the busi ness men of America. I havefalth In their Judgment.. : I hope this country will realise 1U share la the prosperity of the coming year." .. . . .. , .. .-''' h: , f. - vi ii i I e ' John D., Rockefeller. . Str. Olareland Oettlng Better. ' ' . (Journal Bpeelal ScttIc. - : Princeton. N. J.. Dec. 11.- Mrs. Cleve land, said this afternoon . that the ax- president was only ' suffering from a slight Indigestion, and his condition-was not st all serious.' ' v ..j .. Has Nothing But Kind - Words for His Uh- "friendly Critics (Jeeraal ftMctal gerrtee.) Chicago, Deo. II. Asked for fen ap propriate New Teal's sentiment for the American . people, John D. Rockefeller said: .. , '. 'l- "I .cannot give you anything original, but as Lamartlne, the French scholar, said. 1 have seen very little evil In the world. .. and only ' remember the good.' He said the world wss getting better ..each day." i "Then the criticism you have had JUirled at you has not made yon peasi- feistlcr "Not In the least I do not mind It much, personally, for I know people do not understand that If wo .could refine three barrels of oil at the old cost of refining one, the result was that natu rally some one was kurt.. They did not consider that In the course of the march of progress the old fellow who kept a tavern and ran a stage coach naturally had hard feelings against the railroad that injured his business. It was the march of progress, and had to be. "No, . I do not mind what la said by those who do not understand." I have only kind words for them. v; - "I have found throughout my life that kind' words bring a quicker response than harsh ones. It always Is my rule, when one of our- men makes a mistake, to -overlook It. I have found It pro ductive of far more good, for the man thereafter proved more valuable. Harshness does not pay In the long run.". ' ' e GREETINGS FOR THE NEW YEAR Bishops, Ministers and - Public Officiate ; Have ' Words of -. "Cheer for Multitude. bodied as a part of the New Teafw ex pressions coming from some of thoso who. durlna the vear lust closing, have stood In closest touch with the progress and. development of Oregon and Port land. They are the sentiments which have held In the general forward move ment during 10O, Hod "Which will form the foundation of greater achievements during 190T. , ' Setts Oorenunent for City. Mayor lane In behalf of the city of Portland said he had -resolved to secure more eoul table water rights for .' the people, end would remain untiring In bis efforts to break up ths giving away of franchises and streets without return to the city. "I expect to accomplish, this end." he said, "even If .necessary to take the matter before the people at the June election. On the other hayidV he added. " the first of the year thero will be an entire new system or book' keenlne- In voaue. Accounts . will be kept In shape, there will be intelligible ouchero on file, and hereafter too city can ascertain wnat money nss oeen spent and for what purpose, if there Is occasion to Inquire. For myself. I don't exiect to acquire any new habits or chanae the old ones." District Attorney W. c Bristol said he did not have any New Tear resolu tions. He had come to the conclusion that the Idea of making promises for the future on the first of the year was fraud, and the beet way was not to Greaterihlngs for Portland and .Ore gon during 1907 than have yet been ac complished, more strenuous efforts along the lines of civic and moral . develop ment, th general uplifting of Oregon's great commonwealth fend heartfelt thanks to fe kind Providence who has glvsn the state and Us cities a year of unprecedented prosperity. . - These sentiments, laid in tho Plritlmalemnyfend then they -wouldn't bo or gooa cnepr ana xeuowsnip, eu-e em-TbTOken. " "S wan to say' to the people of Ore gon, through . The Journal, said 1 0kv eraor cbamaonaim today, ."that z wis tksm a happy and prosperous now year. And If ever a 'people 'bad oaase to be thankful and reason to believe tkafe the eomiag yeas? will be a happy and pros perous ooa, it la ue people of Oregon. "WfcUo prosperity Is gomsral through out ths satire country, Oregon is especi ally prosperous and her people are proa parous as aaver before. - Tbe past year has been one of unprecedented and even remarkable- prosperity, but we have every - reason to believe that the new year will bring ns even greater good.1 H0USTOH TERRORIZED BY HEGRO SERVANTS Wholesale Attempts to Shoot ' and Pojson Families Re - ported In Texa3. fjoeraal Bpeelal SerTlee.V Houston, Tex., Deo. 11. This city Is In a atate of terror. The householders are turning sway their negro help and are advertising for white domestics. There Is a general fear of negroes on accountof tho atKropt made to shoot Mrs. T. P. , McGregor, wife of Repre sentative McGregor, fbr which Austin Williams, a tnan serve at of the Mc Gregors, was arrested. . A wholesale attempt was also made to poison tho-famlly of 'Charls Hume. Rat poison wss placed1 in a roast tur key. ' 3-- The Jim Crw et-eetcer regulation, which. 1" tifoducing taltntlnn sll over th country, is tield responsible for the ra ouirss, , . Inspector Nenhausen, whose work has been closely allied with Mr. Bristol's fend who-has been largely Instrumental this' year In accomplishing the gigantic task of putting to flight Oregon's co terle of land grabbers, said: . "It Is my New Tear's wish that con gress msy amend the land laws in ao- crdance . with the president's message. so that , Instead of having to Investi gate new land frauds, more time may be gained for the Inspection of settlers awaiting patents." .... , , . Good Wishes from Bishop Boad fling. Bishop Charles 8caddings greeting embodies tho following: "I look forward In the new year to the privilege of casting my lot with, the people of Ore gon and tho cltlsens of Portland. May sll best prosperity - and air highest Ideals of cltlscnshlp and service obtain and prevail in Oregon." . From W. E. Wright, assistant secre tary of the Y. M. C. A. cornea the re no- HEARST MAY GET RECOUNT OF MAYORALTY VOTE SBsBaBBSaaBaaBBSBBBaBSBSJSBBBa Attorney-General ' Jackson: of New York to Give Editor Re hearing at Once. , (Joorsa! Snerlal Serrtcat New ' York, Dec. t j Attorney-Gen- eral-elect William B. Jackjon, who waa elected on tho Democratic-Independence league ticket last November, has sent a letter to W. R. Hearst ssylng that Im mediately after taking office on Jan uary 1 he will grant a rehearing of the application of Hearst for tho Institu tion of quo-warranto proceedings sgalnst George B. MoClellan, mayor of New Tork. for the purpose of bringing about a recount of the votes cast In the mayoralty election ! of November, ltot. The application waa denied Hearst by Julius Mayeri tho outgoing Republican attorney-general, who was defeated for re-election last November.,' Hearst's attorneys announced that an appeal In 'the ctne would be handed Jackson as soon as tie was sworn In, aod that a determined effortwould be made to bring about a recount and set tle for all time the disputed question as to the legality of tbe tenure of office by McClellan. ' ' - It Is the intention of Mayor McClel lan and his friende to oppose the pro ceedings, which will take a long time, and. with a sufficient number of ap peals, could bd made to last Indefinitely. The exsenne. wiilch will be areat. will UU u the applicant, lfhe loses. j J Governor, Through The Journal, -y Wishes Oregon a Prosper- ,'oue New Year. rations: "That I may live content with small- means, bo of service to men in the lasting.thlngs of their Uvea, and to bo strong aitdi square and just, yet sym pathetic. !"That I may discourage men everywhere" from speaking so lightly of the word 'graft' and set - higher standards of honesty." - Dr. Brougher .' says, ; "Personally I would like to pass along the good wishes of an old colored mammy who said to me tho other day, 'La, honey, I wish you the beet of everything that's goln'.' I have In mind a little poem which I ' think, sums up the thoughts which the New Tear brings. It reads: "Just to bo tender; just to be true. - Just to be glad ths whole year through. Just to be merciful; just to be mild; Just to bo trustfnl as a child; Just to be gentle and kind and sweet: Just to be helpful with willing feet Just to be cheery when things go wrong " Just to drive sadness away with a sons Whether the hour Is dark or bright. Just to bo loyal to God and rlahti Just to believe thst Ood knows best; Just in his promise ever to rest: Just to let love be our dally key- is aod s wish snd will for you and me." Samuel ConnelL president of tho Mu nlcipal league, has resolved to give dill gent and careful attention to business; reserving a reasonable amount of time and energy for assisting In the develop ment of the public Interests of Port land, more especially in ths line of law enforcement and other municipal re forms, and not to be a candidate for of fice. . Mora XJ ceases and Fewer Divorces. County Clerk F. -8. Fields has re. solved . to Issue mor marriage licenses and fewer divorces. In looking over the records this morning he found that dur ing the yesr loa there were 281 divorce proceedings and J, 000 marriage licenses issued. "I expect to Increase tho number of FAMILY BATHS WILL COST BUT TWEIITY-FIIIE CENTS Reduction Is Made by the Water Board to - Put Up to the;People the Necessity of an Amendment of the City Charter That Property Be Assessed for the .Extension of Water Mains ' ' In 1007 the average householder will pay. the city II a month Instead of 11.60 for Bull Run water. The water 1 board thla morning passed a resolution changing the flat rate to families of six or less. R. B. Lam son was tho only member to oppose the reduction. Ho declares that there will not bo enough money next year to pay for the neces sary extensions of mains. For tho bath ths new rate will be St cents a month- Instead of SO cents. The same reduction Is made for toilet. The family faucet remains the same 10 cents. ; These three Items constitute the amount paid by the average family. .The purpose of this reduction Is to put It directly up to ths people that the charter must be amended so that property may bo assessed for the ex tentlons of mains. K Jlr KalM vm Oeat HUllom. i To extend , the mains so ' that water will be -. furnished " In ( suf ficient quantity to everybody next sum mer will cost 11,000 000, It Is estimated. It was estimated that If tho reduction to families was not made, $311,000 for extensions would be available. - With the Oat rate to families reduced,' lees than 1200.000 will be on hand for this work. i ou re on uie noms or a auemmev cried Mayor Lane this morning, address ing the members of the water beard assembled In his office just before tho council meeting. 'If you want the consumer to nay for u iu, hh vi uie extensions, yon must double the rates, at least And then, ' won't there bo a holler! You can't ex tend all ths mains necessary with this reduction, but vou n mt it 4nw . La AOll 1 tH.hl A ' tfcasaifl anttj that nannla ' 111 rsf " w-a v-aa-v pwwv W fea . be treated fairly, at least." r. Saffety Offers the Besotntlon. Dr. C. H. Raffety offered a resolu tion changing tho rates Ircluded In ths formal water rate ordinance drafted at ' the laat meeting and submitted to the council. . W.. Allen seconded the mo tion for-the adoption of the resolution. Dr. JoSCDhl VOtaH In, It. tknnh km se was QOUDtrui it would acenmnlleh the ' beat result a . Mr Tn-.n. as-ainat ft 'Irak waa ell , u- . ' not wish to reduco tho Income of the water department until it is settled what method will be used to obtain as sessment for the extension of . mains upon tho property benefited. Mayor Lane hurried out to attend tho council meeting on tho -loajsnjcTgloor.." (Con tinned on Page Two.) ORGIES QUITE ISGUSTIHG (Continued on Page Nine.) EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ACT UHCOHSTITUTIOjlAL So Says Federal Court of Ken tucky in. Southern Pacific Case. Louisville, Ky., Dee. St. Tho federal court today decided the employers' lia bility act unconstitutional. The judges held that It would regulate commerce) within the state as well as between states, and that therefore It was uncon stitutional. Ths decision was rendered In tho case of N. C Brooks, 'administra trix, against the flouth-r- paoiflo com pany, plaintiff, who sought f 1S.0O0 dam ages for the death" of a aon killed on tbe defendant's- road In Kansas. - , .A. . ' Arguing for Life. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 31. Argu ments beaan In the federal court here today In the habeas corpus proceedings Institute! In behalf of Aggleti Meyers, sentenced to hang January 10jCiD com pUcltjr la the murder 61 her husband, Captain of Police BaileyVisits Tongues of Fire Headquarters and " Finds Young Girls Acting Strangely. Pap tain of Police O. H. Bailey, com manding the second night relief, , at tended the meeting of the Tongues of Fire cult last night and has made the following caustio report to Chief Grlts- macber: . "About :I0 p. m. I visited a room on Second street, near Salmon, where - a band of people are holding forth, carry Ing on some kind .of religious rites. Ths dingy room was packed to suffocation. some 100 people, white and black, being present; some members, others ror curi osity's sake. A kind of sensationalism permeates the. whole throng, causing them to spill hysterical tears. When ever a little t-year-old girl would in dulge In her Insane gabble, which was part of the ceremony, she said her measage was delivered some In Spanish, some In Chinese and other tongues, none of which she know. "In a rear room two young misses about 14 years old; 'Were found on the floor, weeping and making peculiar mo tions with their bodies, stating that they were going through their pentscost or emerging from the flesh. The apostles of thla seemingly foolish cult were an noyed when Detective Hellyer and my self fntered this room, repulsive quar ters, resemonng ine woounouse oi a Chinese laundry, rather than the saner turn of a house of prayer. The physical condition of this little girl seemed dis tressing after being wrought up to thla frensy. which lasted for two hours. The attention of Judge Fraser should be brought to this before this affliction becomes chronic and spreads." Chief of Police Grltsmacher also visited the headquarters of tho fanatics early In the evening and was thoroughly disgusted with the orgies. The head of tho police depsi tment has riot) yet de termined whet action ne win take in ths matter but Intimates that he will call the attention of Judge Fraser to the fact that immature girls sre par ticipating In the revivals. ' Judge Fraser said this morning that no report of children having been at he meetings of the speakers of un known tongues, or that the meetings were Improper places for children, had yet been made to the juvenile court. Should any such reports be made our officers will InveettantO them. -and prompt action will be taken where It epfars that children are being taken to places wliere they ought ov( to be," said tin jutigo.. ;. ' .. ' '".. BA Ii IS VERY ILL Ex-State Printer Is Lying Uncom sciou's at His Home in a Crit ical Condition From Com- , ' plication of Troubles." Frank C. Baker, state printer for tw. terme, and lately chairman of tho Re publican state central committee ia oxltlcally 111 at his hotte'ln this elty. Twenty-fourth ard Clarence L. Nichols Is attending Mr Baker and states that the next ta hn,... will determine whether hla nati.n, ... hope .'or ultimate recovery. - ine sicxneas came on seriously last Wednesday and la the result nt . mid. die-ear abscess thst has probably stirred up soma chronlo trouble of the kidneys. He hss gone Into a uraemle stnnsi- ani has been more, or less uuconaclous for the laat ( hours. The natlent'a tarn. perature this morning wss 104H. mere nas oeen some slight improve-' ment today, and Dr. Nichols thinks that Mr.. Baker will recover, although ha eava that everything depends on tho next 3e hours. .. Mr. Baker has for years been one tho most widely known Republicans of the state. Living In Portland almost his entire life, he early became promi nent In poll t tea He waa elected state printer in IIS and reelected In lit. He waa a eandldato for the nomination for the third term In ll. but. waa de reated in the etate convention by Me. Leeds. He owns the plant In the state printing office at Salem, and has ranted It, to tho printers who. succeeded Him la office. He has been ordered to remove the plant from the office by Willis 8. Dunlway, state printer-elect. Atfer hla retirement from of floe, Mr. Baker waa for a time engaged tn tho commission business with bis father. W. W. Baker, and waa Interested In the publication of tbe Rural Fptrlt, when that paper was edited by the elder Ba ker. - In 1004 ha was sleeted chairman of tho Republican state central commit- ' tee, after a warm contest In which W. 8. Dunlway waa bis opponent . ' - . RUNAWAY CAR KILLS ONE, INJURES THIRTY Cincinnati, O.. Dec. II. By the de railing and wrecking ef a runaway elee trlc car down Warnsw avenue hill. Wll llem Curnaugh. a passenger, waa at! I'd and 10 people were serlmixly Itilmeii. The car ran five blurk, the rmera"v brake falling te work. It jumped the trai;k. atrurk telegraph P"le and ;! upside down, - r.