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Newspaper Page TextTJIE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1C07. TEDlSEEK PARDOfrFOR "PRIMA :t)0NNA FOR HAMMERGTEIN VATJtER ARRIL1 LEVY WILL BE FOLLOWS RULE OF trvjel: TO HE CRIMP WHITE CIVIL SERVICE : TO Interstate Commission Will Ex amine Him and, Many -: " : ' of His Staff. ;' w;; r QUESTION IS, ARE HIS , PACIFIC LINES COMPETING Henry McGinn, H. W. Goode, Dr. Andrew Smith, Judge Cam eron Plead for Mercy.' Sixteen Mills Is Rate to Be Paid by the Taxpayers of . Portland. : :' In Appointing Stirling Auditor Goes to Try to Corral the Three Members of Linn County , Delegation. Harriman Merely Promoted ' v In Regular Order. 0 CLAIMS SAILOR ABUSES WERE DUE TO OTHERS ONE AND TWO TENTHS ' ' MILLS MORE ADDED HAD NO 'CONTEST. WITH ARE IMPORTANT CROUP ' AT PRESENT JUNCTURE NEW GENERAL AUDITOR Also Doici" Joint ; Ownership' Fall Tnder . Sherman' Law?- Ust 1 of lessor Magnates , Sumnjoned Hearing .Opens Friday. , , Convicted Kidnaper Who Has Never Yet Served Any of Hia Bentenco Wosdd Escape Punishment Alto gether If Petition Is Heeded. Road and County Levies Are De termined , Upon at " Meeting ' of County Officials This Morning ; Comparative Statements. : Report That Krastus Voting Wanted E. II, Stebbins for Place Is Un founded -Latter la Kow Assistant Fact Is Bpeakership Contest Is Not So Much of Cinch as Either Can didate Would Like to Have Peo ple Believe. , . to General Auditor. TJX AN ISC1 ARIUGS HIGHER ADAY 1 (Joursat Special Berries.) ; . New . Turk. Jan. 2. E. H. Harriman, prettlrtvnr of the Union Pacific,- South ern Far) f to and other line In the Union Pacific system, with many mcmbm of lila official ataff, baa been summoned to testify before-the Interstate com merce commission at ite sessions bare, which will begin In the federal build In Friday morning." Harrlraan mill be present at the opening of the investiga tion, hie health permitting, but It la not probable that he-will be called to testify at the first day's session. Arrangomenta for the appearance of many of the chief officers of the sys tem have been made by Frank B. .Kel logg and C- A. Severance, of the Jaw firm of Davie, Kellogg ft Severance, of St.. Paul. Minnesota. Both Kellogg and Severance arranged for the appearance of all the witnesses they desire to ex- " ,T ;-Othera than Harriman who have been notified to appear are A. L. Mohler. vice-president and general manager of director; - Wl'liam Mahl.: controller; Alexander Millar,' secretary: W.V. a Thorne. director of purchases. - and Julius Kruttschnltt, director of mainte nance and operation. Stubbs. having Important business en gagements In the west, ' will not be present Friday. It la altogether prob able Kruttschnltt will be the first wit ness. The investigation will last many weeks.' '-,".' . ... j ,, ;, -. ,: In the -beginning the testimony' wilt center - on the . Question whether the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacifio are naturally . competing and parallel lines.-and whether Joint ownership or restraint of trade as to come, within the prohibition of the Sherman anti trust law. : , " ,-' ,' -, NEW INCORPORATIONS FILE THEIR ARTICLES (Special Dfemtck o The Joernal.) '' Salem. - Or, . Jan.. C, Articles of In corporation have been filed in the office of the secretary of state aa follows: Page it. Lawton; Incorporators, Fred erick C. Page, Frederick Lawton and F. W. Streets: principal office. Med ford; rapttal stock, 15.000. t ; Sanitary Envelope Sealer' company; incorporators, Joseph Stassart,- O. W. Mlelke and Otto J. Kraemer; capital stork, $50,000; : principal office,'1 Port land. ' '- Oregon Brick Tile company; ineor-" porators, K. U. Moss, W. 8. Phelps and B. K. Davis, .Portland; capital , stock. u0,0u0. . - Bend. Madras Bhanlko 8tage enm- t'any; capital -stock, lo,o0: principal business office. Ind. Crook countv. Shipptngton Townslte company; in corporators. J. O. Pierce, Charles f- Moulan and F. H. Mills: caolUl stock. 112.000. It proposes to operate boats on Kiamatn lake and streams nowmar Into Klamath take, and te operate elec tric railways In Klamath countv and the city of Klamath. The Irvine Family Investment com pany or u - paui, Minnesota, has de- risrea lis lmenuon to aa ousinesa is this state. It la Incorporated under the laws of Minnesota, with a canltal ntocK or liuu.uuv. it win oeai in Lim ber lands and will do a seneral broker-. age business. .. . i . TheAssoclated Oil company. Incor porated under the laws of California wun a camiai stoca or sto.Oiio.ooo. iiai declared lta Intention to do business in this state. It Is enaaged In the making ana selling or ruei oil. gasoline, aero. sene ana otner products, j. b. tsorie is named as Its agent In Portland.. , r. - ' i- i. ' OLD ELECTRIC PROJECT MAY GO THIS TIME (SMdal Dtraetrb te The Janrnal.1 . . Granite. Or,, Jan. 2. Rumors are sir. in -srioal to tne effect tnnt the Sumpter-uranite railroad will be built ur-xi season. ,Anmonr Aionr. one or tne promoters oi tne protected line, says the long-cnerished schema of building nn eiecinc ran roan rrom -Hummer to tne nourne camo. eisns miles, wrere uir 1,1 ir K. f- E... Cnlumbls.. Xorth Pole and oirier DronuccrH are inn circle mrouan 'ii hie Cove, taking In Granite and the Hed Boy enmpa. Is taking more definite pnHD. -ai it r idh nouonri- Mr. unnr win mass aiioioer crm to ine easu wnere he exDecta to close . definite contracts for the building, of the line. , . ,. THAW FALLS BACK V ' ; ;0N INSANITY PLEA (Jnarnd SpaeUI Ser,r. ' New Tork.' Jan. 2. Dr. Charles Dana examination made after Harry K. killed Stanford White. Thaw was mdoubtedly Insane, Dr. Allan . arali nn agrees. It Is eaid - Counsel have -n unsble to develop testimony - fs- . nri ii . i Tin . uii.i 1 1 tpm ihw mns m n n isve decided that iosanlty la tb,only 1 to save Thaw from electrocution, fhaw wants to take the stand. Q hlg wn behalf.- , ... ICTIM OF TRAIN HAS ; , NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED As no one has eome forward to- Idea- I'y the unknown man killed Sunday litht by in O, K. I N. train In. ths aat side yards. Coroner Flnley wtg de Ided to hold the body for several days n the nope that a clue may be secured a the Identity of the unfortunate. The.' nllce have been asked to furnish de-, rlptlors of all men reported -missing. tit so far none of then reported tsi tvlng disappeared corresponds with the end man. Frew Mriliodist Meetings. Hi-v-lrl PtapaiH) te The icnrn.l T"or.-,t Drove', Or.. Jan.. 2. -Pneclal -TTt'-e wtTl' be hilJ'sTtli Free Meth- ii.t .luirch commencing tonight amlja meaaage from aeveral members of ths mi inning Indefinitely. There will be crew of the ship Htironlan, which dls-ithe reaching every evening ' bv W. N. rr-e. KvcryLody ;0vited. WlTllam rroit is plor of the church. , j . (Special Dl spates te The Journal Salem. Or. Jan. 2. Governor Cham berlain today received an application for the pardon of James White, convicted of tho crime of kidnaping, March IT, 103, In Multnomah county , and sen tenced to tba penitentiary. Titers la on petition signed by the trial Jurors and another by cltliena of Portland. It is alleged that with lis verdict the Jury recommended White to the mercy-of the court' and that the abuses of the sailor- boarding-house business In1 Portland, for, which others than White are alleged to bo more re sponsible, have ceased since the trial of the White case. - - . Martin L,vPJpee and Dan IMslarkey are attorneys who have presented a petition for a rehearing of the case by the supreme court. , Among the petitioners- are; Henry McGinn, H. W. Goode, Judge Cameron, E. B. Caldwell, rraptIH -FatTeTsohr-T. - -"- Graham.' - Ocorso . IT. 7 nomas, raui Strain, Oglesby ToungTTtobert Brady, R. U Stevens, E. W. Wright, I. N. Flelschnec. M..Flelschner, John Kelly,; Joseph Buchtcl. Dr. Zan, J. B. O'Shea. Dr. A. C Smith, D. M.. Dunn. James Mcl. Wood. George. XaJBakV-IkJ1.4 Slgler, William Gadsby, John Montag, Thomas Gray, J. A. Brown. C P. Bishop, John B. Coffey, Dr.. Drake and William Reed. 1: RELATIVES IN SEARCH , OF LOST LOVED. ONES i 1 -v v-"v.-' 7 Five anxious relatives have enlisted the aid of the police In the search for their loved ones. W. E. Smith of Hllls boro, Oregon, notified Paptsln BlOYtr. by telephone last night that his It -year-old son, James Smith, ; surreptitiously left home yesterday snd started . for Portland. - The lad took with him -a horse and dog and Is thought to be In search of adventure. -A close watch will be kept f or Ohe -runaway. Cora Hart of Salem, Oregon, also com-munlcatetr-with "Captain Slover last night by telephone, asking that a search be. made for her brother, David Hart, who left home on November IS to come to Portland to secure employment in the Washington building. Robert Ground of the Gadsby Furni ture company reporta that his brother, W. H. Ground, came from Polk county several days ago to visit him and after remaining with his relative for one night mysteriously disappeared last Sur dity. The miasm? man Is described as being il years of age, i feet 5 Inches In height and weighs 1SS pounds. - He Is o. dark complexion and as far as known does not drink -to excess. . William Doyle, 19 years of ago, has reported mls.lnr by his mother. ' .h. .t sat K-M.t T..irh ir..r , The young man left his home Monday night and has not been seen since. H. A. Ridgeway of 22CH Morrison street has notified the authorities that H P. Lewis of Hillsdale. Oregon, has been missing since the evening of De cember 21. Lewis is about 60 years of age, 6 feet S Inches tall and . has an iron-gray mustache,. ;T - . - , ,r 0. GERLE DISAPPEARS -v . STRANGELY AT SEATTLE - i (Special Dtasitch to Tbs Jonrnal.) - Seattle. - Jan. 2. O. tierls, who re cently returned to Seattle from Ketchi kan, where, he ' was . acquitted of a charge of securing money under falsa pretenses - haa disappeared. When the steamship Dolphin arrived from the north several days ago Gerl waa ob served to leave the vessel and he haa not bee A seen since. Shortly oftei his arrlvel In the city Gerle must have gone to the Dexter Horten bank, for. It has been learned he cashed several checks there after his arrival in the city. Gerle's wife snd child are now in the city and his absence has led his friends to believe he may have met with foul play. He is Ssld to be interested in a mining deal of magnitude netr Ketchi kan and has backing in the undertaking. He was to have had a conference with some of hia associates In Seattle, but they have not been able to locate Mm since his arrival on the Dolphin. " THOUGHT PARK WAS : HOWLING WILDERNESS (Rneclal Dlapatcfe tn Tba Joornal.l -Seattle, Jan. 1 2. When the French ship General pe Bonis dropped anchor tn Seattle harnor a few daya ago Louis Oourdan, chief officer, oiled his French fowling piece with fish oil and looked with longing eyes toward the forests, where he -expected to bring down many fowl to take the place of trie - "salt horse" and bacon fare of the Ship. Yes terday afternoon Chief Officer Oourdan aat on a stool in the office at police headquarters awaiting the arrival of a messenger boy 'from his ship, who should bring SIS as ball for his appear ance in court to answer a charge of hunting buffalo tn Woodland park, ' Gourdan was bunting within the con (Tries of the park and It was not long before Special Officer O. W. Angel heard the. report - of ' the Frenchman's - pin Are shotgun. - The arrest snd ride to the I police station followed. Gourdan had mistaken the woods of the park for ths forest primeval.. ' ' , - ,, 0. A. J3. BEATS WESTON ; BASKETBALL TEAM ' (Hpertal PiaMtHl te The laeraaLl . Pendleton. Or, Jan. I. The game of basketball bet ween "the Weston normal and the Oregon ' Agricultural college teama at Weston resulted In favor of 'Oregon Agricultural college by the score of - (3 to It. The game was played at Weston hall. ; It was a very exciting contest. Message Front the Ilrad. -Loudon,, Jan. 1. There has been washed - the each at--Seals KorK in the north of Ireland a. bottle containing : appeared In tha spring of 1902. to the: effect that ahe was sinking fsat. The! Hvw,iM, gives nu iwmiuu, . Sixteen mills Is the tax that will be paid by the people of Portland. That this will be the rate was finally dctei mined this morning when at a meet ing of County Judge Webster, Commis sioners Barnes and Llghtner, Assessor Slgler and - County Clerk Fields, the county and road levlea wars fixed. . - - The It-mill tax levy la 1.2 tnllla higher than the levy of 1905, which was 14.8 mills. As over 20 per cent of the taxes paid by Multnomah county Is paid by owners of property within the limits of this city the le-mlll levy is generaL - - Property owners outside the city and the Port of Portland district will have to pay's lev? of 7 mills in addition to their school and other special taxes. The state, atata school, general count ty, road and. library levlea were deter - mined this morning.' A compewaeWe tvear and lor io ioiiows , 107 ' 190. " ' '..'.Mills. Mills. State State school ...... .v General county Road .if-iv.-., eipeclal -library- Port sf Portland... School district No. 1 City . of Portland . . . Total 4 . . , 14.S PUBLIC CAREER OF UTE r FRANK C. BAKER Began Upon Hie Election to Of r : fice'of - State 1 Printer I; ' . . Years Ago.:. Tke public career of the late Frank C-Baker dates from the time ha was elected state printerv . After returning from Astoria, where he was employed in the printing bustness, Mr. Baker cgnln joined hia father in the publish ing firm, and remained with-him until his election to the office of state printer in ls. He waa re-elected in 1890. and four years later was a candidate for the third term, but . was defeated in the ( nomination by H. W. Leeds. Hia defoat did not, however, lessen his - political activities and Mr. Baker Joined the Simon forces of the Repub lican party and worked for their "in" terests. Later he transferred his alle- fl".t0-lh'. M"5" WJ "' th'.part,r- wro nronio in nis being given the chairmanship of the Re publican state- central committee In 1902. .This position be retained .until his successor, C, A, Westgate of Albany,, took the office last spring. ; ,, v In 1S9 he married Mrs, Catherine McMeekln." The widow and a-yar-old daughter survive him. . r : (-. Was Planning Trip. ' Fof. some time past Mr. Raker .had planned on taking an , extensive " Eu ropean trip, but the Illness of bis father, who is nearly tl years of age, and for whom the deceased .had the warmest affection," prevented. , Mr. Baker waa a thirty-second degree Mason, a Knight Templar, a Shriner, and also belonged to the local lodge of Elks. He was an honorary member of the Portland -Typographical Union, and for several years was president of the organisation, after serving for a term as secretary of the same association. Both during- snd since his terms as atata printer he haa been closely allied with the work of the Federated Trades Council. - - . 'A man of sterling qualities and reso lute determination with a high regard for honor and the opinion by which he was held, by the people." are the words of Postmaster Mtnto, who has been In timately associated with Mr. Baker for the past 20 years. - 'Tiiend Accomplished Defeat, " - Mr. Baker was looked upon with equal favor if the printing fraternity, and one of hlsjp losest snd most Inti mate friends 8. C Beach, who did more than any other man .to defeat Mr. Baker for the third term aa stats print er. After hia -defeat the . two became warm friends, an association which waa kept Intact for a dosen years. . "fie was a iWal friend," Said Mr. Beach, "a man whs - never" forgot a friend or", a favor, and who was gener ous to a fault. He gave cheerfully, but seldom did ths recipient know the Iden tity 'of ths giver."? - s Mr. Baker leaves an estate estimated At several hundred thousand: He was the owner or many valuable tracts In im eft- both tn th hii1nM mA dence districts. He wned property at the northeast corner of fh-conri an T. 1 lor streets, and also property at Sec- onri and ' Washington, and had made considerable money during past years I by Ms Investments In Portland real es tate. , .. ,. -.. .... : l, . CLAM CANNERY AT . .WESTPORT DESTROYED! . .... x . . ., . - i (Speelal Pl.patrft te The JosrnaL) Aberdeen, Wash., Jan. J. The Hal ferty clam cannery"' at Westport was destroyed by firs early Sunday morn ing. The origin of the fire is unknown. The loss Is 3,000: Insurance tl.000. It will be rebuilt st once orl a larger scale . v Glaslx AVrddlnir. ' . i , . (Jnnrsal Special Sartiee.i ' . New Iberia, La., Jan. 2. A wedding of note hers today was that' of Miss Ha Sealy. member of a prominent Louisiana family, and George Dudley Glass of Atlanta, Tha bridegroom Is a Well known newspaper man ' and at present Is ens of the editors of tbs Georgian" of Atlanta. - Hindus Barrvd From Canada. . (Journal Sneetai. garHte. "Ottawa, Jan. 1. It was oflfcally an- annncAd tndav that the Tn.iinn intent is about to take steps to prevent further emigration of Hlndua to this - country. A very large numhne ct Hindus are at present on ths verge of isLarvaiiou m anouvara I ... - 1.4 ........... 1.8 2.1 i.its . ........ . - A ........ 2.S , l.S a a - a (.7 . 6.2 ....... '.v Jn appointing It J. Stirling, formerly auditor of the O R. N. Co.,' tor the position of auditor of the - Union . Pa cific, President E. It. Karrlman Is said to have fallowed the rule of civil serv ice promotion. - It was advisable to have a general feudltor-of, the Harriman lines, and Eraafua Young, who heretofore haa been nominally Union Pacifio auditor. Is made general auditor. . ' '. - Mr. Stirling dropa into tba position at Omaha naturally, aa up to a year ago he was freight auditor of the Union Pa cifio with headquarters at Omaha and was familiar with the business. His place In Portland as auditor of 'the O. R. N. Co. has been filled by. the ap pointment of Ralph BlaladelL formerly assistant auditor of the Union Paalflo, I which position baa been abolished. Mr. , Blalsdell haa assumed hia dutlea in tbs v orccster Duuaing, Reporta sent ouif rom Omahar-ne-va said that there is a contest between Mr.. Harriman and Erastus Toung as to the appointment of an auditor for the Union Pacific, and that Mr. Toung de sired to Dams E. H. Stebbins for ths place. Mr. Stebbins 1 said to be in dispensable In the place ha already fills that of assistant to the general audi tor. The selection of H. J. Stirling for tho place was, it is declared, a mutual one between Harriman and Toung, and Stirling's advancement .waa -gaUafaotory to both. i.'. .. ' ' . - .. . .i . . - Stebbins was general ticket agent of the Unloq Pacifio soma years sgo under ths presidency of Francis Adams. When Tom Potter went to the Union Pacifio aa general manager there waa a shaking up, and numerous changes and consoli dations In ' departments, a number of Burlington men getting berths in the .nhuffle, and Stebbins was Ur0w3edout. It is said Stebbins la a man singularly efficient in hia mental equipment, but slow . and methodical In thought, - and thus a new general manager would not quickly see and recognise his value. He has been described aa. a "thinking ma-chlne.u-j It-la-Bald he would be indis pensable In the position ha now holds, and that if lta emoluments are not al ready equal - to those of the newly created position of Union Pacific audi tor they probably will be very soon. SKIPS ?HUNDRE0 THOUSAND POSTAIS TO JAPAN Postoffice Department Will Make First Shipment Under New " v , Contract Next Friday. The first shipment of mall under tho new contract which the postoffice de partment haa entered Into, will leave Portland . on ' the steamship Aragonia, Friday for Japan, and part of ths ahlp ment will consist of 8,17 postal cards. In addition to postal cards, there will be tons of first-class mall. - This is the first time that Portland has been made a port for United States mall bound for foreign ports and her showing wlU.be a good one. Tho next shipment from tha Pacifio coast will leave Seattle. January , The next will sail from San Francisdo. - J Ths postal cards, aa wen as the rest of tha mail, came from all parts of the country. They include .fop tha moat part tha illustrated and comte cards. .. a- WHITE SWAN MINE - ' , vrtV: IS TO BE REOPENED y . , -1 J - Baker City, Or., Jan. t. After years of litigation, the famous Whits Swan mine, the property through which Let son Balllett robbed, eastern capitalists during his meteoric, career as a mining promoter in this district, is free of all incumbrances, and it waa announced this morning that It would be reopened at once. Tha stockholders In ths east have never lost confidence In tht prop erty, and, although they lost hundreds of dollars through Balllett, before ho waa sent to prison, they are ready to sink mora money in ths project. None of the money placed In Bslllett's hands was put Into the mine, but was ex pended by him for personal uses. Tha mine is known to be rich, but haa never been developed. - Instruction were .re ceived this morning to put a-crew on 'the property, and development will be carried on extensively. JO INVESTIGATE GAS ' COMPANY SOME MORE Chairman Menefea of ths special com mlttee appointed by the council to, In vestlgata the Portland Gas company, an- nounced this afternoon that the com mltea will meet next Monday evening and draw up a report to be presented to ths council. The committee wss ap pointed about a year ago and baa -not held a meeting for more than six months, when It concluded ths taking of testimony for and against the gas com pany. .,, ..i . .. . Why Brla Wood Xa " '' From tha London Daily News. Worshippers of "My Lady Nicotine" who are thinking of replenishing their pipe rack in view of ths coming festive scaaon will do well not to tarry, for wo hear that the price of the briar root is to be raised by 20 per cent, and thla almost - immediately, The news was confirmed yesterday by J. 8,-Welngott, the Fleet street tobacconist" The Incresse In tha price of goods." explained Mr. - Welngott, ."Is chiefly' due to the advance ' in " the prioe of labor end tba recent strikes that took place on the continent, especially at St Cloud, In France, which Is the center of the trade In cheap briar root pipes. Briar, aa It Is known, or to give It Its eoVreot Dame, bruyere,' comes obiefly-frem Ite! y-amj -front' Corsica, And tha lata earthquake and voloanlo eruptions have ruined hundreds of isrea of plantations In ths Campania and oth er parts of central snd so, icrn Itsvy, Iltr.ce, the scarcity of the vood at ths .present time, and. as sn Inevitable eon nquonc. tus coming Increase la price." Photograph of Mine. Lira Cavalieri, opera house, haa made a great hit. She wears jewels worth many thou sands of dollars, a portion of which were gifts from the czar of Russia HARRY LANE; IS LOST AND'HAS ' JJGER STRIPES ON HIS SIDES Harry Lane is lost! He Is range colored and haa tiger strlpea' on his sides. - He's a cat. He haa never met Mayor Lane, no far aa known, but he answers to ths name or "Harry Lane." And until he Is found there will be mourning in two homes In North Al blna. ' - r . Mrs. Charles H. Evans of 491 Alblna avenue ia the owner of "Harry." He was raised by a friend. Mrs. J. P. Cllne of 1101 Michigan avenue, and presented to Mrs. Evana soon after the last mu nicipal election. -,. : When the kitten was born" he was given tha name of "George H. Wil liams." And then Dr. Lane waa elected ENCROACHING RIVER KEEPS IITOH I.IEH UNEASY Walla Walla River Must Be Re-.- strained Measures Be- ' Jrr.dL''JiJns5-'Dvisefi. :; V- raseelal MaSatea te rThe Jesmat.t " Milton, Or., Jan. 2 A mass meeting of cltiaena was held In this city last evening to consider the possibility of dyking the Walla Walla rrver from -the William Nichols place to the O. R. A N. railway, a distance of several mllea. It is also deemed necessary to form a new channel tor ths river in order to protect the property on both sides. Some work has been done on the rlvsr of late, but it la not lasting, and it is found that It will require considerable time and money to sufficiently protect the .city and ths residents along 'ths river.---'- - - It It is found, however, that the pres ent dyking law la not practicable it la thought a new one will be drawn and submitted to the coming session of the legislature. This action la considered necessary in virtue of the fact that three floods In ths psat year have caused damage to the extent of thousands of dollars to people In and about Milton, and it now begins to look as If tha river might flow through tha city at soms future time if the repairs are not made. It Is estimated .that the cost of this work will be about $76,000. It ia said tha county and state will be asked for DATES FOR EXAMINATIONS ; SET BY COMMISSION The civil service commission this morning set dates for examinations as follows: Patrolmen,. January tl: engi neer, Are department. February 16; drivers, jhosemen, truckmen, ' Februsry T; custodian Forestry . building, Febru ary i; electrical instrument ' maker, February ; inspector ' water pipes, February' 14J civil, engineers, Februsry I; Instrument men, February It; chain men, February Hi Janitors,- February 8a.'' - -,. , ......... -I . SAWMILL STOPPED BY : ; ; UTE FLOODS RESUMES ... i 1 ', '.. ''v " frnerlal meeetek--to- Tbe- tocrnaV ) ' r Castle Rock, tVanh., Jan. 2. The Sli ver Lake Railway A Lumber company camp began regular work thla morning, after having been closed down for . a month on account of repair -work made necessary by ths reoent - floods of ths Cowlits river. y ' Rate Clerks to Meet, -A meeting st St Paul, January t, will be attended by rate clerks of the North ern Pactflo, Union Pacifio and - Great Northern railroads, for the purpose of lining up Inconsistencies In tha present passenger tariff wheels, and conforming them to certain minor changes mads by eastern railroad lines in the last year. J. C Cummlng, chief rate clerk of ths passenger department of ths Harriman lines in Oregon, will attend as a repre sentative of ths consolidated com pa- Sealskins Cheaper. London, Jan. 1- At Lamshon's sals today sealsklna fetched 122, while up ward of 7.000 aold for 112. AH ths skins were Imported from 'Japan, Ths l&idsoa Bay company Is still holding its stbek in rsssrvs, , ...... ' Vi -ri : fi i VfL aVj who as Fedora, at the Metropolitan mayor and tha cat's name was changed to auit. i. ' - .,.. - In November Mrs. Evana went aaat and "Harry" went back to the . Cllne . Mr. Vawtec. fnpm thslr respecUve view. home for safe keeping, -r But November ' points, would like.ta-tnaka-ther neople" 12 he disappeared and la still on th4 missing list.. Ever since then the town haa been searched. Recently want ads were inserted In tha newspapers. ; "Why, I believe there's 10,000 orange colored cata in Portland," said Mrs. Evans this morning.. "Wo got ten times more replies from our ad In Ths Journal than from those in the other papers. The Journal seems to go everywhere. Mr. Cllne is out now to see a cat soma one thinks is 'Harry." --v r. -v FENTO!) BUIIDISB IS BASIS V 'OF LAWSUIT : Owner , Alleges He Has Been Damaged to Extent of Five L Thousand by .TWoWomenr Deeds to two different people fpr ths same . lot are on record , at ths court house, and both claim to own the lot, according to a suit filed in ths circuit court by Attorney William D, Fenton. One of the deeda is held by Fsnton; ths other is held by Camilla C. Miller. Both deeds were drawn by Mrs. Odtla F. Col lins, the mother of Mra, Miller, i The property involved is oooupled-by the Fenton building, on Sixth street. It la slleged Is the complaint ' that Mrs. Collins and her husband. Pierce T, Collins, in April, 18, agreed to sep arate and decided to deed the property to the daughter. The deed was drawn and signed, but waa never given to the daughter. .r r In 100, It is said, the lot was sold by Mrs. Collins to Attorney Fenton, who slleges that he placed Improve ments worth 180.000 on It In 1(04 the deed given to Mra Miller was filed in the county clerk's office to be recorded, and in hia suit Attorney Ronton alleges that Mrs. MUbtr and Mrs. Collins now claim- to own the lot to which Mrs. Col lins gave him a deed in 1000. He asserts Vthat the claim of ths women haa cast a cloud on the title of the property, and that he has been dam aged tn the sum of 15.000. Ha ssks a deecree of the court that the women have no interest In the property, and Judgment against them for $5,000 dam ages, j -. .. .. :-j . - ., STEINBORN FOR LIFE x TO PENITENTIARY (Special Dtapatch s The Jesraatt - Salem, Jan. 2. Christ Stelmborn, Who pleaded guilty . some days ago . to a charge ot raps upon his 1-year-old step daughter, waa sentenced this morning by Judgs Burnett to life Imprisonment. His was ons of the most - revolting crimes ever committed In. Marlon county. i i i i A l What Brisk X.eada To. Bernard McCullough of lit West Twentieth street waa arraigned on the charge of -drunkenness, . says, the . New Tork Sun. . - J . ' " Policeman Beedy, who arrested tha man, told Magistrate Stnlnert that Mo Cullough's little daughter had coma running Into -the West Twentieth street police station the evening before and begged the aergeant , to lock up her father. - She said he had . been drunk for a week and that that morning he had coma In and torn the wedding ring from the finger of.her dead mother and pawned It for. more Whiskey. -Beedy was sent out, and when he got to the house he found McCullough shouting and terrorising the tew neigh bors who hsd corns tn to cars for ths four motherless children. Ths neigh bors confirmed the story that ths man had gons to the coffin and taken a gold ring from his dead wife's finger and pawned It. ' . ' Beedy found the children huddled to retherTn ths hack yard,' afraid to come near ths house. Tbs eldest little girl begged him to havs McCullough locked tip until after her mother's funeral. Tha man had been before Magistrate Mayo the day before, but learning ;hat the prisoner's wife had just died ths magistrate discharged him. Us was held without balLv. - A fabla telle of Mahomst that if tha great prophet could not get the moun tain to come to him he was In the habit of going to the mountain. - W. I. Vawter of Medford, opponent -of Frank Davey for speaker of tha house of representa tives in tha coming legislature, and hta henchman, "Doo' Keene, also ot Med ford, have evidently heard that . story and digested Its moral., for last night they . both . suddenly packed up their little grips and took the Southern Pa cific for the town of Albany, where tha Linn county delegation is wonr to con gregate. The Linb county delegation to tho lower house is an important bunch of men lust at . this Juncture . of the speakership fight. - Tey, strange to say, have so far declined to tell even their closest friends who their choice for speaker ' will be when - the -legislature " convenes a couple of week hence 7 hey are unpledged, and from soma Indies- . tlons are also independent and are about aa likely to cast their votes for Davey aa for Vawter, should conditions so shape themselves that euoh action would appear beneficial to Linn county- The Tire K embera. There are three members of tb Linn county delegation, Arthur M.- Holt. F. M. Brown and' E. E. Upmeyer. These men have been considering the speaker ship question for somo time and Mon day last held a conference at which it was .decided-to -make , final choice -en week from tomorrow. , Just- about as soon ss this faot percolated through the Vawter camp at tho Imperial hotal yes terday Mr. Vawter and his campaign manager. Dr. Keene. packed their KTips and left tor the seat ot wexconH4entry 1 -fexpecttngrto return In a day or so with the seal pa of ths three Linn county men dangling at tbslr campaign girdles. . Tha fact of the matter ia that the speakership contest is not , nearly ao much of a. cinch aa either Mr. Davey or believer-Mr. Davey says ha has aome tl votes tied tl o tn his causa aa tight and fast that tt would be Impossible to loosen thetn again with anything leas affective than dynamite. if. avsy Comes Tint," Hi this list Mr. Davey ot course comes first aa tha leader of hta host Following him are written Settlemleri Rodgers, Reynolds and Simmons of -Marlon, ' a united delegation; Eaton, Washburn and Edwarda of Lano, an other united delegation; Chase of Coos. Carter of Benton, Bones and Crawford ' of - Yamhill. Beale of Tillamook and Yamhill. Huntley of Clackamas, Adams, Bayer, Burns, Coffey and Drlsooll of Multnomah,- McCue of Clatsop. Connell of Columbia, - Belknap of Crook-Klamath-Grant . and Lake, Barrett,' ' Slirahee and Steen of Umatilla, Moore of Baker, King of Harney and Malhear; Pike of Gilliam, Sherman and Wheeler, ' Don nelly of the same district, Knowloa of Wasco, Jackaon of Douglas Snd Jewell of Josephine, . ., . ; : . ' This bv tba list upon -which ths Davey. v men ere basing their hopes snd found- ing their" -prayers. Besides -this list there are some 28 men, some of whom are friendly to Vawter. soms looking st Davey and some sawing wood and look- J lng in both directions. ' Dispute Savoy's CI alma, ' ' While Mr. Davey is confident that he haa $2 men tied up to-his own hitching post, ths Vswter enthusiasts dispute ths claim. They call sttenllon te ths fact that the Umatilla delegation, con sisting of Blusher, Barrett and' Steen. haa- denied in no uncertain tones that it is tied up to Mr. Davey either Indi vidually or Ss a unit These men out In the eastern edge of tbe etate are holding out, according to their own story, until they corns down to- the session and are thus enabled to get a little closer end more intimate view of the situation. . -Mr. .Barrett was in Portland some three weeks sgo, and Bluscer slnoe then, and both said they were not pledged and would not be until they were assured that Umatilla county Interests would be the best conserved by the men to whom they would tie. Umatilla county has some legislation of Importance coming up and the delega-" tlon wishes to be on tbe ban1 wagon when it starts on its 40-day Journey. Therefore, Mr. Vawter and his friends take hope that Umatilla county may Vet be their friends. , . 'Other Vaosrtalntiee. . - Mr. Vawter also has faith In -Jackaon of Douglas, who Is claimed by Davey; - Jewell of Josephine, Bones of Yamhill, McCue of Clatsop. Flke of Sherman and Connell of Columbia, all of whom are in tho Davey confessional. To these uncertainties Is added the Linn county delegation of three . men. - who wilt not decide until another week haa passed, and to visit whom Mr. Vawter : has gons in order, to grasp time by the forelock in the effort to f orsstsll , Davey. ' . v . . .. It would appear therefore to the man on ths bog that tha speakership ques- ' Hon has not been solved by sny manner of means, the assurances of both Mr. Davey and Mr. Vawter to t ths con- Wary notwithstanding. - ' ' - The majority f the Multnomah county delegation seems to have started for the Vawter camp whether the .mem-' hers hsve actually reached there or not. There are a" gdodly i number of "Others who are also headed In the same direc tion and It Is a matter of gnat uncer tainty Just now which trail will be the most deeply worn by the time the leg. Islature has been organised. . THREE MEN TUMBLE : ' DOWN FIFTY-F00T SHAFT ("peelal Mapatck te Tbe Journal) Spoksne, Wash., Jan. 2 As a result of the bresklng of a scaffold this morn ing. -three men. Bill Cheatham. Art Cheatham and Fred Oaborne fell (0 feet down the air shsft In the new Hogan building thla morning. All were serl--ously injured but none will die. ' l)olph Slightly Better. -' The condition of Cyrus A. Dolph of the legal firm of Dolnh, Mallory, Hlmrm Gearln -was reported to be slightly better today and It Is believed that he will soon be able o be about Mr. " Dolph has been HI about five weeks. suO.rlag tnaloiz from malarial fever. 7.' '4 T;:.