TJIE 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.
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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
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(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-
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;-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.. ,
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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.
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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.
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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
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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!
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(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. '
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, . (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
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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
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- 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.
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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
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SAWMILL STOPPED BY : ; ;
UTE FLOODS RESUMES
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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,
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' 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.
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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.
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