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Southern Pacific Influ
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; firmation of Distric
Attorney v
-Far Prosecutforrto Compel
Company to Live Up to Terms
7" of , It$Land GrantBristol's
ul- Familiarity-With - Subject Is
I What Makes Him Obnoxious.
Wilnto BtttM of Tb Joarul.1'
' Waning too, Jan, !. -Th aanat
-u' Judiciary committee rlv4 a-" raqutat
- from Senator liulltvy jreaterday that ac
' tlon on tha confirmation of tha Brlatol
nomination b withheld unttl Mulkey'a
- arrival. J arrived In Waahinf ton to
day. In aecordanca with thla raqueat.
1 . the committee deferred action, poatpon
1 trig alao tha oonalderation of. Senator
Pulton'a letter tn Chairman C7)arlc Pul.
; .ton had tt&ked that the commute take
. further action In tha ca. expecting-
: ; thereby to aecur Brlatol'a removal
. th-a cong-reae oonrenea again next t-
; Senator Mulkeys action plainly" Indl-
eatea an intention to take hand tn
t the fight, and tha inference la that ha
propoaea to champion 'Brlatol'a cause.
Senator Gearln loft Waahlnrton yaa
,. terday for New Tork. and after a brief
. tay, there ha will return to Portland.
, Back of ' tha personal oppoaf tlon of
Senator Fulton, tha powerful Influence
or the southern racirie Kauway com.
" pAny it being exerted to prevent con
firmation in tha United States senate of
W. C Brlatol in tha office of United
"-States district attorney for Oregon. The
hand of the railway company has been
seen In tha chanced position of several
senators who formerly were favorable
to tha confirming of Brlatol. "
The Southern Paclflo company la tre-
endoualy Interested In having a passive
and unambitious official . at the head
of the federal attorney's department In
this state. Mr. Brlatol'a agareealVe ad.
ministration of the office has aroused
.the company's fear that ha wilt Initiate
or prosecute In the federal court suits
- to compel the company to obaerva the
- . terms, of a grant by which it received
from the ' United States government
about 3.000.000 acres of landa still held
by It In this state. Mr. Bristol, beeldea
being a live wire In tha federal ma-
chlnery, happens to ba In poaltlon to
dlreot a ireneral assault In the courts
against the railroad company's tana
" arant holdings better than perhaps any
other lawyer in Oregon. His experlenoe
In leaal matters affecting the landa.
and purchasers thereof from the rall
. road land department, would bo of great
value to tha government and equally
. dangerous to the railroad company' In
a uroseoutlon that might be started
agalnat Ui company.
Kay Company Zs Been re.
Ttallroad company attorneys have de-
nled that they are In any fear of .trouble
from this source. They declare tnat
the Southern Pacific company Is secure
. in Its possession of tha landa and has
tha right to aell them at any price and
In any uantity the company may dic
tate, wholly in disregard of the atatute
providing that but $!.( par acre can
ba charged and that the company must
ell only to actual settlers. In tracts not
-exceeding 10 acres.
Tha attorneys maintain, that there
has been no trouble with settlers who
nurchased landa i on installments . ana
then attempted to take advantage of the
statutory limitations as to price oy ra
sing to pay in exceaa or me .sv per
acre limit, mere nave, nowevm, urn
such cases, and ons or tnes waa in me
last year compromised by the railroad
company's- attornaya outside of court to
prevent final adjudication; It being
feared by the company that a decision
might be rendered that would Imperil
Its title to tha entire grant , , , . :
- ' Company om TSJn fos."" ; ...
These facts have ahown that the rail
road company, akatlng on very thin Ice,
is desirous of preventing any federal
Interference la Its continued possession
and enjoyment of the grant landa. Mr.
Bristol la known to be a man of strong
Initiative, and as absolute, command
' of all the facts and figures In connec
tion wfth the grant in Oregon. In fact,
ha Is the possessor oOhe only complete
set of records of settlement of all mat
ters pertaining to the landa, and the de-
r llnquant contracts - In connection with
their sale. These . records he scqutred
two years ago aa the special attorney
for the Southern Pacific land depart
ment? In tha San Francisco earthquake,
from which Land Commissioner Eber
ein escaped only with hla pajamas, tha
railroad company's records were de
trnyed. v ' ' ' - '
. While tha personal and bitter opposi
tion shown by- Senator Fulton agalnat
the confirmation of Mr. Bristol In hav
ing more or less effect In the depart
ment of "senatorial courtesy" at Wash
ington, the Influence that la real and
deadly, and actually preventing sena
torial confirmation of Oregnn'a United
Htnte. district sttornerj la said to come
darkly through railroad channels.
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ROADS CAN HAUL
t; rates
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Cotton-Admits i-That -flarriman
Lines Could Cut Fifty Per
Cent Without Having Property
Confiscated Admits '"One
Man Fixes Rates In, Oregon.'
. v (By a Surf Comepeadest)
Salem, Jan. II The battle of tha
giants la on at Salem and last night
the two forces or the railroads and the
people locked horns for three hour In
bat tl before- tha Joint committees on
railroads from -the house and senate.
W. W. Cotton. 'W. D. Fenton. General
Manager J. P. O'Brien, W. E. Coman.
assistant general freight agent of the
Southern Paciflo and other railroad men
were present before the committee to
see that-the"tntereta of the railroads
were well looked after and they per
formed their task well. "
The feature of the opening, fcesalnn
was the admission made by W. W. Cot
ton, attorney for the Harrlman Interests,
wno, wnne tie thought present fretaht
rates were Ideal, admitted that the rail
roads could haul freight for some Co per
cent less than la now being charred and
still not go out of business. He opposed
railroad commission on. the around
that the rlzht to make rates, was too
much power to place In the hands of
three men, yet admitted that one man
now makes the rates for the railroad.
For the shippers of the atate and
tha farmers, W, T. Mulr and J. rt.
Teal, framers of the Chapln comtnls-
ion Din. . were present, and told In
plain terms of the conditions that now j
prevail by which tha high rates, lack
of ears' and unjust discrimination
gainst those who dare to orotest hold
back tlva growth and commerce of the
atate. v . . .
Cottoa Opposes Oonunlssioa.
Mr. Cotton opened with an argument
against the creation of a commission,
both he and Mr. Fenton taklns? tha
ground that at no time un to the
present had fhere been any comnlalnta
on any hand about tha rates that were
being charged by tha railroads for any
commodity that is hauled over the
lines of the Harrlntan system In Ore
gon. During the course of his re
marks some sharp passages occurred
between Messrs. , Cotton, Teal . and
Mulr. '
The committee room where the' hear.
Ing was held was crowded by a large
number of members of the legislature
and by a delegation of the transporta
tion commute or tne rortiand cham
ber ; of commerce. The aeaalon waa
presided over by Senator Bingham,
memner or tne senate committee on
railroads. . The chairman aald In open
ing the meeting that It waa for the
purpose of listening to the arguments
which might be made by those Inter
ested In railroad legislation. ' fie .aald
that Inasmuch as the Chapln bill waa
the first on ha calendar It would be
considered first. '
Mr Teal aald that he was' assured
that everyone In the - atate who haa
thought of the matter or bad 'Interest in
would be in favor, of railroad legisla
tion and regulation. '.
. maanads Argument.
Mr. Cotton a!d that as he underxtood
the question it was a dlscuaaton of
some law for the regulation or rates.
He said that' if there was a condition
here the people o.tha. state were, suf-
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FREIGHT AT HALF
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EFFECT OF StlER THAW Oil WIRES MID
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PRESIDENT LOSES
TEMPER AT CLUB
Roosevelt Grilled 1 Senate for
', Brownsville Inquiry, and Also
Threatened Rogers of Stand
ard Oil at Gridiron Banquet.
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:" (Joeraat Special serriee.).--- -
Washington, D. C, Jan. . Publica
tion of the fact that a. wordy duel took
place between President Roosevelt and
Senator Foraker at the annual Gridiron
club dinner Saturday night es created
a sensation. It is declared to be the
first time known that anyone has dis
puted a president of the United States
nnd engaged him In controversy tn pub
lic , . .
The members of tha club are greatly
chagrined and have issued a- semi-denial.
Once the story was broken open,
however, tongues were lpoeened and the
affair was the principal toplo of conver
sation among public , men and corre
spondents. The president was especially severe
and sarcastic on the subject of Browns
ville. He said the senate had no rtfcht
to Inquire Into it and that the discus
sion wis purely acidemia and eouig lead
to nothing.
He alat discussed trusts, and walking
toward M. It- Rogers shook hla finger
directly st him and denounced capital
istic combinations. The assemblage waa
paralyted with the outbreak. . ' . '
After the president had spoken 41
minutes between-outses and had taken
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TO REVEAL EVELYN'S SECRET
First Tragic Note in
Sweetheart, Jack Barrymore, Tells Je
V rome Story of Her .Child Love
(Jomreal Special nervtee.r
New Tork, Jan.. !. That grim and
pitiless stage manager, Fate, ; baa
gripped Evelyn Nesblt Thaw by the
shoulder and led her to tha brink of
the chasm that yawns between her and
her - husband's -11 f c He hed set the
stage with diabolical cunning, and yes
terday: lifted tha veil but an Instant;
but yet In that Instant the girl wife of
tha young millionaire saw and under
stood. It came without warning., deep
and sinister, the first traglo note of
the trial that is now under way; and
but few of those In the courtroom un
derstood its meaning, before It rolled
on snd out.' . . .
At the side of a district attorney's
detective. "Handsome Jack" Barrymore,
artist, actor, matinee Idol and man about
town, strolled quietly Into the court
room. . Unostentatiously he took a seat
among the thinning group of talesmen.
Probably - not more than half a dosen
people In the trial chamber knew him,
but Evelyn Nefblt Thaw, knowing him,
must have marked well his coming and
shuddered at hla advent. -
' A Ohost From Old Bevels.
To Evelyn Neeblt Thaw, Jack Barry
mora waa apparition and menace, warn
ing nnd threat. In her daya of prosperity-
tha "great- white- way''- knew - Jack
and Evel"n a a sweethearts. She had
not met Thaw then and had Just come
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under tha appreciative eye of Stanford
White.' Barrymore- and White were
friends, and In the days crowded with
sunshine, mualo and flowers, which fol
lowed the three met frequently at the
mad, glad revels of roysterers. '
" Barrymore paised out of her Ufa as
Harry Thaw entered It. and ahe knew
him no more until yesterday, i What he
knows Is a secret whlah they share
with one another.' ' District Attorney
Jerome baa locked In his safe a sworn
statement which Barrymore haa In
trusted to hla keeping,, to-. be -used If
necessary.
And thst Is the traaredv of It. for tha
mission of BaiPrrmora la one of waiting.
His advent waa to warn Evelyn. Nesblt
that he Is st hand and ahe must sit In
the courtroom, knowing of his presence
snd with their Joint secret, whatever It
may be, gnawing at her heart.
It Is said he will be called only If
necessary to protect tha name of Stan
ford Whits.
"The tTteraal Question," ..
Here is the way Evelyn Nesblt "Thaw's
appearance In court impressed .j writer
who hod seen her often In the days
whn she was tha most beautiful model
In New Tork: - -
"Years a so a master wlsard of pen
and ink- drew a likeness of Evelyn Nm-
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SILVER THAW IS ILTIIIG;
Pacific : States Telephone- Company Estimate
Their Loss at Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars Wreck and Ruin on Every Hand
BlpckStreetS-and DemoralizeWireand
ElectriaServicer-EastSideSuffersirLl
' Slowly toward noon today the tem
perature rase and the ice begaermelttng.
All along tha atreeta, lee showers from
the overhanging wires .and eaves were
of momentary occurrence, 'The worat Is
ever and now the estimates are being
made of the damage done, ,
It will be several hours before any
thing like order te brought out of the
chsee into which Portland was- thrown
by suddenly, falling irjto the complete
grasp of the toe king,' On every side In
every section of the- etty wreck end
ruin come to the surface as the milder
breeses slowly raise the dasstlng veil
of crystal from the surroundings and
expose conditions aa they really exist.
CLEAR WAY FOR
REED IIISTITUTE
Senate Rushes Through Bill Ex
empting Estate From Opera
tion of Law Limiting Amount
of Charitable Bequests. .
. (Special Dispatch to The Jonmal.) . v
Salem,. Jan. 29. Senate bill 83, re
moving the obstacle In the way of es
tablishing Reed - Institute,- passed- the
aenate this morning. The bill repeals
tlon 61( of the code, which limits
property bequests to charitable and ed
ucational corporatlona to ISOO.OSO.
Tha Reed estate la valued at 11,000,-
000 and 11.500,000. The trusties can
not establish the Institute without In
corporating, and section Hit tpakes this
impossible. The bill repealing this sec
tion, and thus removing the last obstacle
Jjau.ihe way of t ho trustees named by
Amanda r . iteea ror me carrying out
of the provisions of her will, waa In
troduced by iinlarkey at the request of
the trusteea or tne estate.
The bill passed the senate by unanl
moua vote and was sent to 'the house.
, Pitch Company's Assessment.
Joseph. Or., Jan. It. At a meeting
of the CHI sens' Water pitch company
an assessment of 10 cents per share was
ordered te -cover running expenses dur
ing the coming year.. .Tha following of
fleers were elected: President. T. If
l.arr - vtcer-resldent. F"red Heriln'l"li1 ;
directors. Oeorare W. JJsmllt'n, M. V.
Knight, J. W. Inrten.
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Tha electric companies are busy mak
ing repalra and have not aa yet had
much time to estimate their losses, but
It Is safe to say that the brief era of the
silver thaw will have coat' the city at
leaat 1260.000, the telephone and power
companlee being the sufferers 1.0 tha ex-,
tent of fully' four fifths of this enor
mous sum. ' '
- The railroads have been affected only
slightly, and the telegraph companies .,
have Buffered little excepting from the
loss of business owing to being unable
to Insure prompt service. The most
fortunate feature of the serious situa
tion is the fact that no human Uvea
were sacrificed. . A few accidents due
to persons coming in contact with live
wires have been reported, but none were
of a serioua nature so far as la known.
. . Damages) to Trees.
.The damage to .parks and gardens,,
while not especially serious from a -financial
point of view, la felt perhaps
more drcpll .thaq anything, elaa because -favorite
beauty apots have been trans
formed Into scenes of total ruin and
desolation. Where - yesterday stood
shade trees' that years of training bad
brought Into perfection, today lie only
broken twigs and branches among-
heaps of crackled icicles. .
las electric light and car service win
be In poor shape this evening, particu
larly so on the east side of the river.
An army of men has been at work ' -the
west side today clearing away the
debris and It will likely be possible to
furnish residence lights and some street
lights on the west side, but It is not
sven certain that residence lights will
be furnished, on the east aid of tye '
liver, where, the tattered lines are atlll
lying In great confusion on the atreeta,
Streetcar traffic waa-resumed en the
west side this morning and gradually
Increased until by noon most of the
lines were on fairly good schedule. Ef
fort win be made to resume service on
t side this evening, but it Is not
certain that It will be crowned with
success. ' ' , " '
Alarsa. System.. Om of Qgaos.
The entire Portland Are alarm sys
tem waa declared out of order by "
Superintendent Charles Savarlau of the -Ore
alarm and police telegraph, thla
momtng: ' ;
We cannot get In order fnr three
or four.daya and It will take two weeks -
to get it Into good repair." said Mr.
Savarlau when asked about the result
of the - frees. "I have two linemen
constantly at work with me, and Chief
Campbell has given me a detail of fire
men to assist me In the work. Our
main wires are down on the east side
and the alarm boxes are Of no use."
On the east side Mr. Savarlau said
In many streets the whole pole line was
down, snd the overhead wires wtll have
to be erected .on other atreeta
Firs alarm boxes dropped from tha
falling poles," he said. f'Many consid
erate people picked them up -nd car
ried them to grocery and drag stores
and notified the department,'
Of the trouble with the wires Mr.
Savarlau said he and his assistants
were endeavoring to clear tha police
and fire wires from those of the Gen
eral Electric company, Contact- wtttt -the
high voltage wires caused a burn
ing -out of the wires of the Are and
police system. The Are alarm system
at the. houae of hose company No.
burned out. and the Instruments at the
house of engine company, No. 4 wra
reported to be amoklng. .
EAST SIDE LOOKS ODD
Thousands Forced t Walk, Dodging
,. Icicles All the Way.
Not a car waa. moving on the east
aide this morning except on the Orogos
Water Power company's line, snd fe
several hours in the middle of the fore
noon none but the Oregon City care
were running snd they were forced te
use the Sellwood division and under ma
low a voltage as te. enable them ist t
move up the grades. Practically tha
whole east aide system is paralysed.
. Regular , service was resumed this
morning on the Oregon Water Powei
branch at the usual time and all ear
were mnnlng ot their schedule, foa. t'.ie
first time since s bout 3 o'clock yet -r-day
afternoon. ' At a host or... a.
however, four blocks of .trolley vir.
came down on. Hswthnme avnu, n-n
east Thirty-fourth etreet. which r..,.(
pleted the tie-up of eat side tin, . .
no attempt was ' mad to rr.nn. i ,
service on any other' line, 'i , , . ,
waa Immediately shut 1 ' n a , ,
were sent out to riiir tlx I . ,, t
only Oree-on t'I'v cxrs "n -it
move out. A l.i.-nk n I "
rtcr I'tviKt.tn street, wn ti t v ,
aae of niurh C'.n,l'n.-r.'e no it -
wood rr:ti. Ii nn.l " . I l . ., ,
pn"l I'M n'uM lh;tt I fie ,i
ni .i f.jin tni n'orril'-'S.
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