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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY. JOURNAL. PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING. JANUARY 14. DYING fll LUES STlIELiElil SHORTAGE DUE T0:(J ICQ JLU ; KtlAILtKo I ililil PUNISHMENT FOR THOSE WHO WASTE CITY WATER City Council Proposes Passags of Ordinance Putting Stop to he Practice of Turning Water on at Night In Order ! -; ' to Avoid Plumber's Bill for Repairs; . Ifwk III HI CONTRACT HAD TO BE CANCELLED Over Two. Million for Improvements at the . Mouth' of the Colum; bia River . r Bill May Be Reported Tomorrow, v; but Senator Hopkins .Threat- T ens to Play Dog In the Manger ; and Prevent Its Passage at! This Session, r ' (Jossaal apeelsl Servke.) ' Washington, D. C Jan. 14. Senator Pulton, who baa kept cloaa on th .trail ; of th house rivsr and harbors commit tse, baa aaauranos that a bill will prob ably be reported tomorrow that, wllj contain the following items: Foa. lm- ' provementa at the mouth of the Co lumbia river. 11.400,000, of which $780, 000 la to be cash and the balance eon contlnulng for the $600,000; - for Im provement of the Columbia river be tween Portland and the sea, 1200,000; -Oqullle- river, $160,000; - for a coast dredge, f 100,000; for the Columbia river -above Celllo $110,000; also r adequate appropriations for a Cooe Bar survey, Willamette river Improvements - and maintenance at Tillamook bay. . There Is a menace to the river and harbor bill In the threat of Senator Hopkins of Illinois to talk It to death unless provision Is made for the deep waterway project from the lakea to the rulf. Friends af the bill believe Senator jiopklna la in earneat and are alarmed over his attitude, s GUGGEflllEir, CUT President Investigates Smelter Trustand Evidence ;1sSe- cured for Future Use. (Joaraal flpecUl lervie.) Denver, Jan. 1 4. Opponents of Simon -Guggenheim.-who is almost certain to be elected to the aenata Wednesday, .declare .that. President . RooeialilB di rectly entered the senatorial fight and ordered an Investigation of the amelter .trust, which Is owned by the Guggen heim brothers. It la claimed tha presi dent doesn't Ilka Guggenheim'a trust af filiations and la in poaaeaalon of Indis putable information as tha result of tha Rays investigation now in progress. . -: Tha government is la possession of a mass f -evidence showing rebating, fa voritism and the'crushlng of Independ ents. Tha trust haa followed tha math' oda of tha oil trust generally.' It la aald tha government may aua to dis solve tha trust. ' Philip Stewart, who haa long oppoaed the present regime. which Is likely to have boas Instrumen tal In building tha trust, recently eon ferred with President Roosevelt. .. SHIPPERS ASK JUSTICE OF , . (Special Dispatch ta The Journal) Spokane, Wash Jan. 14. The court room, waa crowded with business and railroad men thla morning when the hearing before the interstate oommsree ' commission commenced. Brook Adams made a atatement of the ease for the plaintiffs; W. W. Cotton of Portland ap peared oh behalf of the railroad. Rep resentatives of Jobbers of Portland, Be- attla. Tluffll and Mm n IT-rAnelarM, r. ' here and ait entered aa lntrveaor for elf-protection. i The hearing of testimony com men oed Just before noon. United States Mar shal Bayer ia present Mr. Prouty is presiding, he and Commissioner Lane having arrived from Chicago yesterday. ANOTHER ENGINEER - DIES BENEATH MACHINE . v :, ' (Jnaraa! flpeHat Service.) " . . Pittsburg. Pa.; Jaa. 14. There waa an, other wrack on "the Baltimore 4k. Ohio railroad thla morning at Dehaven, when the Chicago express collided ; with a switch enaine in a fog. - Engineer Myers ,was killed and -.Fireman Lewis was fatally Injured - , . , ., , , COLD WAVE HAS DONE NO V T DAMAGE TO WATER MAINS j- Keporte of a-break in -the- Bull" 4 Hun wster main reached Superln tendent Dodge of the water board Saturday night, and cauaeoT'hlm to begin a trip f Inspection of th lines from Portland to tha . e head worka on the Bandy river. e ' Reports received thla morning, ey state that ther la no trouble '"" with" the a.-f-j- - -e Chief Clerk KeySef of the a) water board received a report a thin morning that several esst aide mains were frosen. Upon S inventlKallon the report wss fnund to be incorrect Owing to the fact that people supplied .by the mains . on low grounds- had -left their faucets open, theae In higher localities were deprived Of . water. At the office of the water. board It wss k Id that there was rn founilitlon for the rrmorvof the mains having burst ed. . HAVE TO AIIS ER www Judge Wolverton Holds Stat School Land Commission Did '' Right in De Laittre Cass. SUIT WAS BROUGHT TO ir ;; OBTAIN CERTIFICATE One Had Been Issued Through Fraud to George P. Cook, Md Ludi Latter , Passed Into Hands of De Laittre Md Johnson. t. Judge Charles X, Wolverton decided In favor of the state In . tha federal court this morning In tha case of John Pa Laittre . and . Samuel 8. Johnson against tha state, and threw tha case out of court., Tha plaintiffs brought suit to compel tha state to issue a deed to certain achool lands on which a cer tificate had been issued through fraud to George P, Cook. The land eventually passed into tha handa of De Laittre and Johnson, but before all tha payments had been made the board discovered the fraud and cancelled the certificate. - ' Judge Wolverton held that tha board had a right to cancel the certificate ac cording tohe la w and that It. would have bean derelict In Its duty to the state if such cancellation had not been made whan fraud was ehown. He alao held that tha plaintiffs In tha present case were not Innocent purchasere, and therefore not entitled to receive back tha purchase price made for the land. His decision in part follows: The certificate In a sense evidences a contract between tha board, or the state, and tha applicant. But" It ia a contract made with reference to tha law regulating the aala of school landa, and In view of tha authority' of , the board to properly administer the aala of such lands, and to see thst right Is done to both the purchaser . and - the state to the etara aa well aa the pur chaser. Ordinarily the state, or the general government ' would, I presume, like an Individual, be required to tender back the purchase price upon rescission of the contract of sale, before It could Insist upon a cancellation; bnt the pres ent ia not a ease of that kind. Tha contract Is not as if it were made be tween private Individuals, where. If a fraud la committed by one party or tha other. It . doea not usually render the contract Told, hut voidable only, and subject yet to adoption aa a valid agree ment. Tha board, of course, ran do nothing except as the law haa pre scribed. . and. If It haa been Imposed upon by a fraudulent application, it can not, not with tan ding, issue the dead contrary to law." , judge wolverton a decision waa on a demurrer filed by' tha atate to the bill of complaint. He sustained tha de murrer and dismissed the bill of com plaint, . .. ... . , SOUTHERN-PAGlFICSi-FAST -' WRECKED Engineer Kiesiy, of Salt. Lake Killed, and Many of Train ' r- Crew Injured. - . (Joans! Special Serrlre.) . ' , ' Ogden, Utah, Jan. 14. The Southern Pactfle fast mall, westbound, with three snail cars, baggage, diner and four Pull mans, went Into a ditch at Oarthney, 110 mile west of thla city, at 8 o'clock thla morning. Engineer Klesly. of this city Is nndeV the engine dead.- Fireman Ware waa badly scalded and will die. Three mall clerks, a bsggageman and a number of passengers were . Injured.) Samuel Reevea, the brakaman, waa badly In jured Eight doctora have goDa, to ths wreck on a special train, , . SUPS OX ICY DOCK AH D DROVHS III RIVER August Brun Meets Death jn the " Willamette "Before Help ; a Can Reach Him, August Brun. a wood ' rustler, was drowned off the dock of the Portland Fuel company, near the' eaat approach of tha - Morrison--street-bridge, - at -1 o'clock thla morning. , Brun had ' been employed by .the fuel company-' to as sist n unloading barge of wood, and It ia thought that In going down tha alip from the dock to the barge he slipped on the frosen snow .and went Into the river. . Jack Duncan,' an employe of the fuel company, wbo was on the dock at the time,, neara me spiaen as orun airucg the water and his cry for help, but by the time he could gat to the foot of the alip, Brun had , disappeared. ML cap waa found on the edge or tha barge, The body has not ben recovered. - Little la known of Brun, except that he did odd Joba around the woodyards. Ha roomed at tha Red Front lodging house at Burnslde and Second street. DAVEY IS ELECTED SPEAKER OF HOUSE TODAY . .';.,.:,- ; '.' ,: , : ,!:C: (MimpUI DUpatrh to -n JrnirsiL), -SniBin, Or.; - Janr 14. Uavey "wii elected speaker of the bouse by ( votes. .He was nominated by Vawter, his rival. Rothschilds, the lone Dem ocrat, nominated himself, but voted for Uavey, . Davey. voted for Rothschild. SCHOONER ALICE M'DONALD FLOATS OFF THE BEACH A message from Astoria to the Merchants' Excbt nge stales that w . the . schooner Alice McDonald, e) -which wrnt oir the" sands at th mouth of the Columbia river about two weeks ago, waa floated at 1U0 o'clock -this afternoon - Tba schooner went on st Bight ' during a thick snowstorm. She e ' will coma here to load lumber 'for San Frsnctsoo. - , At the meeting of the council Wed nesday an ordlnanoa will be Introduced ; providing Tor the punishment of people wno waste water. Tha ordinance win be directed against householders in the low pressure districts, who believe they have the right to maintain their supply by keeping their faucets turned to the limit j Unnecessary drawing of the Water leavea a large portion of the city without sufficient fire protection, and It la against this the council wishes to take precaution. : - v "A blase would have swept the whole east side." said Councilman Masters this morning. , "Why, I was out to my new house at 87$ East Madison street, and I could aot get a drop - of water. There waa no water in tha fire hydrants. I couldn't get a drop to drink. , Irvtngton and Upper Albtna also re ported a shortage of water. Highland said It needed water only for consump tion,.., Jt Jias , chemical engtneanA.lt. doea not need .a steam fire angina to extinguish flames that might start. "But give ua aqme water to drink." waa the cry that reached Mayor - Lane from the ward of his leader In the council. "Water!" waa the cry of Coun cilman Vaugbn'a constituents, . - - . , "Waterr- repeated the mayorr "Why, we are giving tha people of Portland 28,000,000 gallons a day. They are us ing only T. 000,000 gallons dally, and they are ; therefore wasting- 14,000,000 gal Ion a - People waste water. They turn their faucets on full blast, and tha people on the high-pressure mains suffer. They get - no water at all." TABLOID HOTEL. TO BE THE : - LATEST BUILDING CREATION , "Bunk" hotels of the style described by the Immortal Sam Weller In "Pick wick Papers." are to be established In Portland, only with a alight variation from the Idea of the polite slums af forded by Dickens' creation of the JLon don commoner and nocknev. . In the bunks there are to be no ropes, such aa Sam described to Mr, Pickwick. The at ring will not have to be pulled to awaken a man la the morning, and Sam of Portland ' will not be rudely aiouaed from his slumbers by a fall from the hammock to the floor a was Sam of London many, a time. -"That tuppenny rope waa a great thing." substantially remarked Mr. Wel BURU NORTH END RESORTS . Firebug Evidently Tried to De ' stroy Midway and Also the ""'r'- Paris -House, y . What 1 believed by th authorities to have been a deliberate attempt to de stroy the Midway saloon, a notorious North . Fourth -Btreet - resort,- recently closed by - the police on ordera from Chief Orltsmacher. occurred yesterday morning . about . 8 o'clock, and ia now being Investigated by the detectives. Smoke waa .discovered issuing from tha vacant saloon by Frank Nadus, a bartender employed In a neighboring cafe. . In 'company with aeveral othel cltlsena, he ran to the place and broke down the front door. A few bucksta of water thrown on the name extin guished the blase hefora it bad gained any headway, and the servioes of the fire department were not necessary. : Patrolman dolts In making an Investi gation found evidence that the fire waa of incendiary origin. In a aide room near the front of the saloon he found a pile of charred kindling wood, thoroughly saturated with kerosene. M oid oti soaked broom, which had evidently bean used to start the fire, waa also discov ered" in the burned -heap of wood. - A coal oil can half filled with the com bustible occupied a . plaea on tha floor near by. Tierce War U PTOfTeea. ' Aa th building In which the fire had been started immediately adjoins the Parte house, the notorious plsce recently eloeed by the police. It Is believed It was tha purpose of the firebug to have caused the destruction of that structure glOi-r-T-' . - - - .--'.-.'- . Following the action of Chief Grlts rnacher In ordering the Paris house fcnd tha Midway, to oease operations, a merry 'war has raged among the dive- keepers In tha north end district. - r. Michel, proprietor of the defunet Mid way, palpably from a motive of re venge, caused tha arrest of II women occupying immoral resorts en Davla street; but... realising tl.at his efforts aa a reformer would prove unavailing. ha did not press the prosecution, tauit week a bartender named Hoff man, supposedly t the Instigation - of on of the north end resorts under the ban of the police, swore to 41 com plaint In the Justice court against womea - of Ill-fame on Fourth street. Conatable Lou Wagner served about a dosen of the-warrants, snd the cases sra now awaiting disposition by Judge Raid, - The remaining - war ran ta for some ' unknown reason have not bees served, . ' -I. ' - , - From this- It 1 evldmt thst feeling runs high In the restricted district, and It la thought the Incendiary blase waa started out of motives . of . revenge. Considerable excitement was caused In the saloons and resort In that section of the eltyoesr-the affair. Snd some of their keepers announce their Inten tion of maintaining private watchmen to nrevent attempts at arson. At 8:49 o'olock yesterday morning firs started In a house of Ill-fame at 84 North Fourth streot. and before tha flames were extinguished the building had been gutted and adjoining sstrud- jUTes pauiy scorenru, -The department rpohdvno"ah alarm from box 143, and J he fire had gained such headway by the time tha englnea arrived that. Chief Campbell aent in a call for additional apparatus. , Owing to the, early hour tha women residing In the building were compelled to flea In segnt attire; "Tha-Towf of'the" house at 88 Furth street was almost entirely de- atroyed, and No. 84 suffered from Ire and water. I The property ia leased by Myer Kut ner of 888 First street and the damage Is covered hy Insurance,. An Investiga tion by Detectlv Pries show thst th fir haa It origin ta a lavatory on tha added the mayor with a, swing of tha arm that Indicated a dealre to exercise his muscle unon noma guilty person. "No, I mean It; people are deprived of water by other a who keep their faucet running all night. '. ... "Punish the offenders? Well, Td like to do It But the only punishment is the shutting "off of the water of , the guilty persona. That la fine punishment indeed," added the mayor, resuming sis combative posture.- "Think of It! Flf " . "Days on tha rockpileT" finished the reporter, i .. . ' ' ' -."Nor"" Bald the mayor disgustedly. "Fifty en,ts' fine for turning the water on again. ' That la ail the punishment tha offender gets." ... . . . : "The offender ought to be fined from tS to $80," said Councilman Maatera. "I do not care about the offense because I am hit in u-ia particular Instance, but I believe the people at large should be protected. They went water for Ore protection and they do not get'tt' Pins the spenders I That la the only way we can get at them. We have no ordl nanoa for their punlahmant at present, but one will be Introduced. We cannot let tha email property-owner suffer from fire because some one wanta to save a plumbing bill. - . ' Get to it" said Councilman Shop- Lhsrd. '.Til vote for the ordinance." The ordinance .suggested oy council man Masters will. It Is understood, be supported by the water board. Mem bers of -the board aay that the people wno. waste water are not subscriber fo the meter system. ' '.- ler to Mr. Pickwick. "It was a whole lot better than the free lodging In the open archea of the bridges. I slept a whole week and did not have to pay for arr room." --"--- The ' Portland creation of Sam Wel ter's bunk hotels I soon to be realised. An application for large bunk hotel has been made to Building Inspector W. L Spencer, snd ha now haa the matter under consideration. The applicant asks permission to establish a rooming-bouse on Davla street between Front and first, and ha proposes to provide bunks fog, 80 people In a room 71 feet . In length by 88 In width. Mr. Spencer la inveatigatlng the matter thla afternoon. SENATE TO PASS OH COOIi-S ACTS . t ; ' Washington Lieutenant-Governor Snubbed Resolution That Appointees Be Confirmed. V (Joareal Special BervkoO -Olympla, With, Jan. 14.--Both houses v Of the legislature were called to order '-t today. Lieutenant-governor Charles El Coon waa dealt a body blow In the organisation of tha atate aenata this morning when resolution waa paaaed that all committee appolntmenta made by him roust be confirmed by tha senate. ... . .- Thla waa a complete victor for the Insurgent members who aay that In the paet all tha choice - appointment had been given to the old member. The tenth legislature of Washington was caleld to order at . noon .and . th following officers chosen: In the sen. ate, president pro tern, J ease 8. Jones of Pierce; secretary, jr. W. Lysons ' of Thurston r asalstant secretary. T. Leube of King:- sergeant at arms. Will Conner of King. In the House speaker, J. A. Falconer of Snohomtsn eounty; ehlsf clerk, L. O. Meigs of Takima: sergeant at arms. Orant CottrelL Other- em ployes of both house are to be yet se lected. second floor of tha building, and was evidently caused by a lighted cigarette. There 1 no evidence of Inoendlaiiam. and tha police do not believe that tha subsequent blase In tha Midway bad any connection with the first fir. TRIAL OF LEE COOPER 7 TO BE HELD SATURDAY ' The trial of Lee Cooper, an employ of th Portland Gas company, charged with larceny from m4 welling and as saultwith a dangerous weapon, ha been postponed until next Saturday at a. m. . Cooper waa to have had a pre liminary hearing before Justice Raid this morning, but upon request of the prosecution . the , postponement wa granted. " " . J ' Chinamen living at 874 Pin street charge Cooper with taking 190 from tha- pocket of one. of. them and with fighting hla way to tha atreet with cleaver. In the courae of 'Which ha knocked ' down aeveral oriental ' and nnarly chopped off the right hand, of Ling Hong. MAGNIFICENT FUNERAL P0R THE ARCHBISHOP (Joareal Special Bervics.) San Francisco, Jan. 14. The remain of Archbishop Montgomery war Interred this afternoon, The -sarvloes -at -the church and tha funeral pageant were the moat magnificently Impressive In the hlftory of tb const. Fully 8,00 members of Catholic octettes formed part of tha pageant. Tba services at the graveside were fully aa Impressive aa those at the Church. Archbishop Rlordan threw th first clod of earth on the coffin when It was lowered Into the grave. ... , A MINE OPERATORS SEEM : .TIRED OF THE STRIKE Nevada City, Cat., Jan. 14. Business men-arr-clrculating- ' petition-asking th mayor to act a Intermediary to sot tie the miner's strlka. ' It Is reported there. 1 dlscranslon. In., tha rank of the mlno operators, and one' big company haa threatened to put tha men to work en tha Molon schedule If the other companies did Dot settl their trouble la, on wek. '; - Oscar Llnrjgren Imparts Import - i. ant Information to J. -'v...". Police. .v -'':' . Although expressing constant fear of aasasslnatlen at - the handa of a des perado, whom ha waa Instrumental In having ' committed to Kelly Butte, atatement made by Oaear Llndgran, pro prietor of th Garfield hotel bar, Four teenth and Savior streets, who waa mys teriously shot last Tuesday night and now Ilea close unto death at tba Good Samaritan hospital, effectually diaooaea of the theory that the released prlaoner may nave noon era assailant and atrengthena the case against Ed Nelson, who Is now In the county jail awattlng a hearing. Llndgren la regarded In a critical condition and the preliminary examination of Nelson waa therefore continued la the police court today until Thuraday. , , . .... , . Sergeant Baty visited Llndgren at tha hospital and received the Information that Nelson snd two men came to tba saloon about o'clock, on the night of the assault. He noticed nothing sus picious in tholr demeanor and the tria l oougnt a. number of drinks. A a he turned hla back for an Instant a shot wa fired at him by one of the men, the bullet atriklng Llndgren at tha aide of tba right eye and ranging downward through the roof of tne mouth. - Aa he fe I to the floor one of hla assailant cried, "He' down) glv It to him-?. While Being taken to the hospital Llndgren muttered something" about "get Nelaon," and this strengthened the belief that ha bad done the ahoottng. especially , since he waa suspected of the crime by - people living near the saloon. Nelson stoutly maintains that ha, wa In no way Implicated In tha shooting. , Ha ay be did not arrive until after the aho. -waa fired. Mr. Llndgren. in her atatement to the police, declares, however, that Nelson trlsd to tear, tba temporary bandages from her husband's head befor the arrival of the police and wa prevented by aeveral hotel guests. ...,,.- . - Th man who Llndgren' feared would attempt hi life la Tom Buckley, who waa committed to tha rockplle for 180 daya last August. On the night of August II Buckley en tared the San Pedro. saloon, conducted by Llndgren at First and Couch atreeta, and after in viting every one In the place to have a drink, drew a revolver and started large mirror behind the bar, another! struck ona of tha byatandera In the face and one paaaed through the hat of Nel aon, who was acting aa bartender Id the place., .-r..'.-.r '. ...... j Buckley wag captured by Patrolman Tlchenor and Ellis under the Couch street dock and sentenced to 180 day on th rock pile. After the conviction of the fellow Llndgren expreased the rear that Buckley, would kill him when released from JalL He told thla to Nelaon, tha man suspected of the shoot ing, on varloua occasion and to aeveral other persona. N . An Investigation by Detective - Ser geant Baty, who was Informed of thla phase of the case, showed that Buckley waa released - foeot tba ,rock. pile on January 8. and It was - thought that Llndgran'a fear of tha fellow wag not without v foundation. A search , we made for Buckley, but the "police ware unable to locate him. The statement made by Llndgren, however, today re moves htm as a -factor In thoase and th two men with Nelaon on the night of ithe shooting are being eagerly ought, : - : T KID BARKER IS - PROBABLY . HEADED FOR PORTLAND Escaped ConvIct'Somewhere Be . tween a Posse and Impass- , ableRiver. (gpedsl Napatch as The Jmrsal.) ' Prosser, Wash.. Jan. 14 Sheriff Mc Neill haa received word that Kid Bar ker ate break fust Friday morning, after hla escape from Jail, at A. B. Rich mond' houae at Horse Heaven, IT mile outheast of here, and thinks-. Barker la on hla way to tha Columbia river trying to get to Portland, where he haa friends.- Three men went out yesterday to take tha trail at Richmond's. If It la trua that Barker waa ther he can be- followed to the Columbia . river, aa tha posse know th county well. , t There 1 o much ic In th river that no one has crossed for three daya Bar ker must remain on this aid and hla trail can be followed. ' HEYBURN READY TO - - FIGHT RECIPROCITY (Journal Ipeelal Serrtea.) - Washington, Jaa. 14. Senator Hey burn of Idahoaoday aald ha would fight agalnat vthe propoeala of - tha- eaatern delegates to tha national convention for the extension of commerce, for reci procity on products of the west with Canada, - In favor of - eastern manufac turers, which issue la expected to com up before the convention. ' . . New York leads the movement, eop ported by other Atlantic state, for the removal of th tariff oa lumber, bides, wheat oata, barley and' some other agricultural products, If Canada will admit agricultural Implement and other manufactures frea of duty. - Heyburn'a fight, which there Is little doubt be will mske, will be backed by many western delegate A number are ready to apeak before the convention if tha resolutions declare for such an eco nomics arrangement - WANT INFORMATION ON ! ,-,.BLACK..SAND SMELTING . . t. (wivhlngtoa Bureea ef The J ner nil.) Washington, Jan. 14. Senator War ren today Introduced a resolution call ing or a report from tha geographical survey on the experiment in tha electrle melting ox Iron ore and blaok sanOs at Portland and tha expression of the director's opinion aa to whether or not they should ha continued. ' , , . stesolntloa Palis. v (Jnarnal Sperlal Bervir.) ' - Denver, Colo., Jan. 14. Senator Crow ley, Democrat, thla morning Introduced a resolution asking the appointment of nlna member -of the -ewmte- to assist tha government, in investigating the smelter trust' and Simon ffUggenhelm'a connection therewith.. It. tits defeated by a party vole, and all reference was expunged from th records. Crowley said ha wanted to gtva thw Republicans a chance to clear their sVlrta of aensa Uonal charge. .. - ' Fuel Supply of the Northwest In ... Hands of Dictating '.' '' Combine.'.,' 7" (Journal Bpaeltl gervlce.) - St Paul. Jan. 14. Loula VY. H11L son of J. J. Hill, who 1 In tha west investi gating the coal famine, wire his father aa follows: "I find a combination' of fuel dealera In tha Dskotaa, and at th head of , tha lakea. It ta not the cat shortage, which Is responsible for th fuel famine. Partlea trying to get coal delivered alnca early last fall refused by firms of retail dealera . which have formed a combine which ' controls tha coal business of the northwest -They will boycott any Duluth or 'Superior firm celling to outsiders. If retailer' combine assume - control the entire trade should have anticipated demand. People can not expect the rallroada to supply town with - one car at a time. The responsibility should rest on the retailers at present controlling business, not upon ua." . :.;-,'. ANTI-LOBBY- BIUL PASSED Blf IDAHO HOUSE - Railway Legislation. In Abund ance Initiated Program WJJ- for Vote' on Senator. - - (Special Sbpateh The " JoaraaL) IT 'Boise, Idaho. Jan. 14.-iIo the aenat today a bill . waa Introduced to prevent discrimination by raliroada In tha mat ter of furnishing cara to Shippers; alao a bill to regulate - shipments of live stock A petition from cltlsena of (Jone ses aaklng for a Sunday rest, law waa reoelved. '. . ; '' 14" the house Wyman'a concurrent resolution that both branches rote aepa- ratoly tomorrow for .United State aen ator and meet jointly Wednesday to can vass the - vote ' waa 'adopted - A joint memorial resolution aaklng congress- to pass the bill pending to penalon sur vivors of tha battle of Beecher Island, Colorado, and their wives, waa adopted. An aatl-Iobby bill waa passed. Bills In troduced were: r To appropriate- 810,000 for a wagon road In Idaho eounty: an employers' liability bill; a bill creating drainage districts; appropriating 828,000 for bridge over, the Kootenai river In Kootenai county; a bill for tha extermi nation of erlcketa. The crlckete have for two seaaona paat devaated certain sections In the aoutkeaatern oountie of th state. ;. ,..:.... .- WATER PIPE EXPLODES AND WRECKS KITCHEN .. - .' - ; e . Resulting from tha extreme eold weather. which caused water- to freeae In tha pipes OfTw many residences, a aerloua accl dent ocourred thla morning at the : 4, "homo of L. J. lllcks, 808 Taooma avenue, Sellwood. Hla eon. e 4 Claude Hick, narrowly escaped -Injury. - ". The boy went Into the kitchen 4 and started a fire In tha stove. . "He waited in-thsrroom-nnrti the e fire waa golbg well, then went e e Into another room, closing the - door behind him.- He had scaroe w ly left the room when ther wa . e a violent eaploslon. , - - 4 w H found tha atov blown Into ' many fragments, -and plsoea of . d 4 Iron .- and firebrands - scattered v 4 throughout the . room. Every ) e . pane In the kitchen wlndowa waa broken and many dlshs In ad- 4 Joining dining room were - smashed. The - wreck ef th d kitchen was complete. v e '...,.,....., - ' NOT GUILTY, BROWN ; ANDWIDD0WS0N PLEAD -'v' " ' v " f : 7- (Special Okpateh te The Jooraat) Baker City, Or., Jan. 14. The mo tions on behalf of Alex Wlddowson and Ira Brown to quash the Information against them waa overruled by Judge Smith this morning and each defendant entered a plea of not guilty. The court did not glv decisions on overruling th motion except hi consideration of the nature of the case a. - " A ...... Tha defendants ssked a separate trial and it Was announced Wlddowson will be tried first. Judge White asked the court that the trial be postponed until next Mondsy, ss many of hla witnesses kre In the Iron Dyke country and can not be aubpoanaed sooner, but tba court stated he did not Jelleva ha would grant that length of time. He will decide aa to the time for the trial thla afternoon. UNION LABOR DEMANDS V INTERNATIONAL PEACE " (Journal Special gervlce.)'.' Loganport Ind., Jan. 14. Members of th 'American - Federation of -Labor throughout Indiana are being polled at the requoat of President Gompara for tha purpose ot bringing pressure to bear on congress in favor of International peace and tha restriction of armament Every local organisation In Indiana la being carefully polled and the returns will bs sent direct to Mr. Oompers, who In turn will us th matter in corre spondence with, congressmen. His ob ject Is to bring all th force that or ganized labor exerts to compel . con gress to take the desired action. , BILL FOR A SQUARE - :J3LJQjL7RATES " fJosronl Special Sorrtoe ,Y t - ' .' ' Sacramento, Cat., Jan. 14. In th as sembly and aenata today bills wsra p re lented to prevent discrimination In . oil oarrylng; also a bill making It a felony punishable by Imprisonment from one to 10 years to set fir In a forest , , Forakrr I - Implacable Washington, Jan. 14. Senator Fora ker gave notice to the aenata today that' the president's additional evidence in tha Brownsville affair did not - remove hla opposition to Roosevelt's method of the dismissal of the negro troops. - He wanta the soldiers examined In public, - Onset af the Preeideat, ' Wsshlngtonv D-C; - Jan. -14. Jona than Bourne wss the guest last evening of Vine-President and' airs. Fairbanks nt an Informal dinner given to Imme diate friend. Washington County- Man Re ceives Seventeen Votes on the First Ballot, Defeating Hod V son of Multnomah. ' (sptdsl Dltpatcb 6 The 'Journal.) " r . ' Salem, Or., Jan. 14. The ptoposltloit -to eliminate both Hod son and Balnea ' from the contest made by the Hod son caucus to the Haines caucua thla after noon '.waa rejected by Balnea. Hodsott . offered to select an equal number from each caucus, eliminate all possible pres idency - candidates, .. Including Hod eon, . 1 Haines and others, and agree on a can- V dldate from the remaining senatora , Wright, of the Halnea camp, deolared It a "cold-blooded proposition, " that all negotiations wsr off, and that ballot- XJngLwould begin when the aenata con- ' venea thla afternoon. . Each camp went Into caucua at noon! Wright Miller, McDonald and Haines, of the caucus committee, Invited eight Hod son men to Join tha Halnea caucus, -Maya and Coke of the Hex! son forces being absent --. v . Bailey. Booth and Johnson. Hodson's supporters, aa a committee mado tha ' proposition to Halnea to take eight or ' nine men from each caucus, eliminating prominent candldatea for president and agree on a candidate' from thoaa re- ' malnlng. This waa declined by Haines and - the fight for the -president goes ' to th floor of th aenata. ICE BARS DOORS OF SCHOOLS Betlingham . Has the Coldest - Weather It Has Experienced 7-;; 'In a Century. ' - (Bpecisl DISTMteh The ! !,) - i , Belllngbam, Waslw Jan. X 4. Thla city laat night experienced th coldest weather It ha known In the present century. With the - thermometer hov- ' erlng over the aero mark and fuel , famine growing wore each hotrr, tha olty.ta In a4 pitiable t condition. The two large mJlT which furnish Belting ham with per cent of It wood sra closed, and no more will be available J IVU, Vlt BVUI 7m Mil .A, ,U WO,Hr UIUU eratsa. - Appeala far fuel continue to stream Into the bureau of associated chart tlea, but It 1 powerless to render '. uitlanM -'. .-- ',..'..,. ' , Title jnornlngtie Stat norma achool was roroeo to suspend owing to broken pipe and two of th graded schools are - -likewise-affected, all together .more tnan TOO-puplla ar spending the day ' at home. The wind la blowing fiercely from tha 7 north and "there "M "tnnch 'Buffering amopg thoaa ' without aufflclent fuel. : The woods north, xf tha. city, ar a lira with choppers and tha number will b doubled tomorrow. The streets ar Ice covered,' and car rvto ta Interrupted. HEAVY ICE AT ASTORIA I Now Almoet an Inland -Port Water Supply Shortened. - "WJ (Bpeelal Dapatck The JosrssL) ' Astoria, Or., Jan. 14. Aatorla'a teme peraturs Is It degree abova Water ' pipe are frosen all over the city, caus ing untold Inconvenience, amounting kl- -mpet to aufferlng. The Tongue Point ' sawmill waa compelled . to . de down this morning on account of frosen water pipes. Heavy lc 1 running In .the river, ' making It quite dangerous for steamers ; lying at tha docks, a it cut through , their hull in a vary short time. A aolid . bank of Ice can be seen on the Wash ington alda of the- river from Harring- v ton'a lfrlnt to below McOowan'a. Th Potter made' three attempt this morn' Ing to buck th lea, but was compelled , . to return. She will now go Into winter quarters near tha government buoy de-. pot at'Tongue Point, until the weather moderates. Skating la being enjoyed at Warren ton, Bklpanon and Seaside. .-'" This is the coldest Weather Astortans have experience for over 18 year arid, " with the shortage of wood and coal, dis tress will certainly ensue. . The Clatsop mill waa compelled te cloae down at noon on account of frosen water-pipe; Th weather Is getting" 1 colder. '.' ,. : HOQUIAM WATERLESS Mills Closed, and Plombera . Aro Reaping Harvest. ' . - -' !.' '- (Riteeial ntapatek to ; The Jearaal.) - Hoqulam,' Wash., Jan. 14-Tha coldest ' wave in years Is now sweeping Grays ' narbor and doing considerable damsrj The' ground ia covered with- snow TTid' a high east wind la blowing. There is no eoal, residence and building where .. fnmacea are Installed are burning wood, with poor success In making heat. The thermometer waa II -.above- aero this) morning. . ,! ...... .Owing to th cold way th publlo reservoir waa drained last night and the faucets left open, to prevent the pipes from freezing: consequently mill and other planta dependent On tha water -supply are closed today and will not" run until the 'weather .-moderates. - A soon aa tha reservoir wss low tha pipe ' began freeslng snd th plumber r now reaping a harvest. ., " WISCONSIN GRAFTER" -v FINED SIX HUNDRED ' -'..; . k : il ' (Joornat gperinl Berrlta.) Milwaukee Wls Jsn, 14. John Wtt man.iformcr-supsrvlsor. this morning plesded guilty to two indictment for a-raftlnc. and waa fine m M, tana. The trial of Tony Kleflsch, a committee" cierK, on tne name charge is In progress. DISMISSAL OF NEGROES . : . PLEASES. THE TEXANS J"trnal gperiel gervles.) - - Austin, Tea., Jan. 14 The hons to day unanimously 'adopted resolutloit Indorsing tha president dismissal ot the negro troops, - ,yT.. ..5.