Tire onccou daily journal, Portland. Saturday evening, February 2. 1007. TRAIiiS DUED UP FOR T170 DAYS For Forty-Eight Hours O. R. & N. Traffio Has Been Held . at Biggs Station. SELL CMS-. "Of ; C0W1Y Mining Properties of Oregon Se curities Must Be Disposed of, Says Court. , DOTTLE'S SIIAD017IAGCUSE DRYDEU OF KE17 GOLD nORJII JAPAN PREPARING FOR AVAR inoRiiE n tr BUM VOTES FOR THE CITY Once-Beautiful Countess Sen tenced to Jail for Drunken ' ness In New York, Affidavit Charges New jersey , Senator With Trying to Bribe Legislator. Predicted Output for Season From Placers In Region of " ' Grants Pass. Settles Troubles With Russia in f Manchuria to Get Ready , , for America. Investigating Committee of Park Board Finds Price Desired Is Not Unreasonable. BRANCH LINES SHARE f IN GENERAL CALAMITY MUCH STOCK IS HELD BY PORTLANDERS HEROINE OF ROMANCE . : : HAS A MISERABLE END OFFERED FIVE THOUSAND , , THEN RAISED IT TO TEN STAMPS ALSO GRINDING ' WEALTH FROM THE ROCK MIKADO'S SPIRIT FOR " ' CONQUESJ IS AROUSED HIGHER SUMS ARE . ASKED IN VICINITY Immense Damage to Railway aa Well as All Other Property Public and Private Floeda Subside and Know ' Storm Itagea -Big Livestock Lots. New Company Will Probably Be Or ganized With Capital of Three, Million Dollars Instead of Five - Million, Sayg 8,rrtary.'-"'":",-:r-" Born a Peeress, She Wedded Noble man. Left a Widow, She Squati- dored Fortune at Monte Carlo, - Seeking to Forget Iter SorrowaV Bribe Offered Through ' Railroad ; Lobbyfet Who Acted for Head of Prudential Life Drydcn Denk -Accnatlon aa Campaign Canard. Long uid Unbroken Ron for Giant Insured by Abundant Water Sup- plyXew Ground Broken in illth " " erto Forbidden Country,; American War Depend Upon . Atti tude of England Toward America ' Little. Brown Men Feverishly Getting Ready to Fltch :. x . J, D. Meyer Say He WIU DeclHi to Beg Music Fund From So Rich a City a Portland Xo Action on Park Expert. ' ' BLIGHTS CAREER 1ILI0O (Special Dkpatck to lb Jnamal.) Arlington, Or.,Feb. 2. The dr. ma a done to tli O, R. tc N. by th, floods loosed by the recent chlnoolt can not le ascertained as yet.' but la known to te Immanit, Traffio he been 'totally demoralised aver alnca tha freahet at in. Eastern mall arrived last night, but there ha been no mail from the west for 48 hour. The trains are all tied up at Bigg: It Is expected that train will mute today.- There Is no rail won-. n'wltn CongnnrTteTPner or Bhan- Iko, nor any telephone connection. The - Western Union wtrefar working. The flood hav now subsided, but a ' anowatorra i raging. The air I calm . and the temperature at SO degrees. . The river is clear and rising. , William Head. tfne of tha oldest resl , dents of this county, brings news of the ' greatest flood ever experienced on Rock ' creek in tha past Is year. Many Irrl- gating ditma have been washed away, . fences, are gone, all ditches will need . repairs and tha land is covered with .': drift, rocks and other debris. , The ex ' ' penae to the- county will ba great on ; account of damage to bridges and cul- - vert a the , ateel' bridge near Moblaya , ta out of commission.. . A. Bmythe sent a crew of ten' men ,. today to hia sheep range on Willow j" creek to skin 1.000 head of sheep he i. lost by drowning' during the flood. f A light Chinook wind, at about 45 de ',i grees' temperature, opened tha preaent . flood season in this section of eastern ; Oregon. It left in Its track a list of damage" Which reminded tha inhabitants ' of a miniature cloudburst. At tha out Z set the following conditions wera found confronting It: No telegraphic or tele - phone connection with Portland; no rail .connection with any .point .either east nr west., consequently no mall, west tound trains No. 1 and S tied up at t t 'matllla ; atbound train on O. B. t . tied up west of Qulnna; Rock creek and Willow creek sections both auffor--r Ing from the effects af unprecedented high water.-, Residents of tha city who ffllve In what Is known' as tha "ditch" "v district -f ootid fine gardens covered with ' drift, sluah, mud and all manner of debris and their cellars and outbuildings flooded in many lhatancea. Teaterdfly It wa clear, with temperature at 40 . . degree. : ; ' . ' ".;-' i ' f S i i ; . - SNOW IN UMATILLA Bine-ofWaters Checked and Train " VLifS6yt Again Today, Jtapvclal PUeatcb te Tb Jnsrnat.). Pendleton, ' fir.,- Feb. i. After the flood 1hv weather 1 colder and snow Is filling in Umatilla county, checking the -rle cf the water. Repair on the rall . ways a re going on aa rapidly as possi ble.. There baa been, no travel .between here and We '.la Walla for several days and' none over the W. A C. road. .The first - through.: trala -1 -expected -Jrom Portland this afternoon. -,' . Many traveling men, are held Iter and aoma arc going In vehicles overland to Walla Walla and other point a No western mall has reached here for three daya-i , ' ' Report are coming in of heavy sheep losses about Arlington. No stock Ion yet reported In Umatilla county. NEW BUILDING PLANS SWAMPS INSPECTOR "- Figuratively speaking, th of- 4 flee of th building Inspector, la . 4 ' snowed under by plan for new f bulldlnga - Some for which permits have been asked lately are: baker building. Eleventh -and Washing- d ton street,, three stories; Ma- ron,' Ehrman- Co, ; Fifth and Everett, seven torle and ; a , basement: estenstve .alteration to a building on th southwest. corner of Seventh and Waahtng ton streets, six torles; . Troy laundry building. Ninth and d Flanders, two stories, and two freight shed. &0 feet long and ' 4) SO feef wide, for tbe Northern Pacific Railway company, on each W of EJeventh street from 4 Hoyt to IvcJoy. Inspector Silencer said be would not be abla d to lavestlgate th plan until ' arly next week. . " None of the permits aaked for - are . reinforced concrete build- e e . tnga. The council committee on health and police yeaterday rec- ommended that the height of these buiHlng be limited to 1J storien. Under the Sharkey or- . d d . d I nance th limit waa It torlea. 4 ' www rbEGISLATORS OF OPPOSE ELECTIVE COMMISSION v'v.V. -' m : - -To bolster up th railroad argument that 1 the proposed railway : commission - for -Oregon should be elected by the people and not' appointed by th gov ernor, a report wa started at Salem that th tat of Washington wa about to repudiate the appolnttv feature of It railway commlaalon law and. pro vtd for an electlv commission. George M. Cornwall, desiring to get j he truth of the matter, wired to a - friend.-Howard D. Taylor, of tha Page Lumber company, Buckley, Waahlngton. who la a member of th houaa from pierce county. - Mr. Cornwall aaked: "Doe th Waahlngton legislature contemplste removing from - the gov ernor the right to appoint th railway commission r Th following anawer cam back from the Pierce county member: .'The leglalature of Washington If op posed to an electlv commlaalon. In vestigation of th railway commlaalon by tha house and senate haa proven tUat an appointive commlaalon 1 much the best." Thl reply clear up th misrepresen tation that has been directed t tha Washington legislature for It effect, open thoa members - of - the Orcron legislature who might favor th rail-, The final decree n th suit for fore closure brought, by the Truet Company of America against th Oregon Securl tlea company was laaued today-In the United States circuit court and the vnluublo mining claims of the defend ant company will be sold to satisfy a mortgage given to tha truet company io secure a bond Issue of - 00,000, rtanace atccamant, waa ordered ap. poiniea maater comrn I egjoner j power to aell the property of the commissioner with . . cunues company- tn - compliance ' with me judgment of foreclosure. Many Portland residents h&ve watched the outcome of the present suit . for a receiver and to foreclose with much Interest. 'Ther are said to Da mora than 700.000 aha res of Oregon Beourltlea held In Portland. - - The life of the mining company hae been fraught with great strife and le gal controveralea for a number of yeara, and deaplta tha valuable mines which It controls It has . never- mad enougn money to pay it debt. - It 1 said that the future of th min ing company Ilea in a reorganisation, which In reality will be a new com pany with a lower capitalisation. G. B. Hengen of New Tork, aecretary of th securities company, ha a been In Portland for aeveral days attending to the adjustment of Its af fntr. - He aald that th cheme of reorganisation bad not , been - perfected but that every holder of atock In th -defunct com' pany would- receive an equal value of atock In th new company. It la said that th new-company will have a cap ital atocjt-of tl.000.004. Th can! ini tiation 000,000, tlon of tha -old. company- was 15,. 1.000. I LEADERS OF IDAHO G. 0. P. : HASTEN TO RECONCILE ' . ' " ,. .. .. ' - Hurrying to t Boise From South east and North Sunday : Law Mass Meeting. Special Dl.pitck te Tbe tcurmL Bolee. Ida., reb. a. Report ha It that f T, u.iii -nil nvnrg- rhr" "t-K.PK ViCn letder' ot ,no':n f r- S!lr -1T hr ' restoiw liZ iXLV"-'f.ur?rKmlr. ,n the . legislature. . . .1'-. . C " , apsrtment below. Firemen quickly ea- ie! ri"..10 ". Uoltlngulshed it. but too late to save the ng after their Interests. - -,., . . toons- of here look! The Sunday rest bill,' now before "the legislature, will be discussed at a mas meeting to be held her tomorrow, at which addresses will be made by United State .Senator-elect - . Borah,,; Bishop Funsten, Protestant . Episcopal; : Blahop Ulorteux, Catholic,- and Chief Juatlc AMshle of the state supreme court. , ' Representative Charles C. Cavanah of Ada county, who tm charged by th' city council with halding up the Bolae charter bill in th legislature and not endeavoring to aihend It a th council requested, resigned a city attorney laat night. ... . , ,-.,: . TRUANT INDIAN BOYS - CAUGHT AT ALBANY - (flpteial Dtapatek t Tb JoeraaM " Albany, Or., Feu. a. Two Indian boy a, runaway from tha government Indian school at Chemawa, were taken o. : th overland train laat evening and held to await an officer to convey them back"u the school. ..They had mad up their -mlnda ,0 go south into Califor nia, evidently having become tired of tr effort of th .white man to teach them th jray of -civilisation. -Mn. Kerwin Wll Re-cover. Mr. Mary Kerwin, who wa accident ally asphyxiated by Illuminating gaa in her room tn the Reed building. First and Pine rtreets, yeaterday morning, ts re ported to be out of danger and will re cover. Her husband, wno la employed on a river t earner, wa located by th po lice yeaterday afternoon, and any sus picion that he might have been respon sible for turning on the gaa wltb mur derous Intent waa dispelled by his atata ment of hi movement yesterday. Race Question iri Berlin.. t, Uoaraal tueetal Serrlea.l Berlin. Feb. a. The cafe her Itave raised th race question and . have united in an agreement to post noflce that negroes shall b barred.' SISTER STATE- way side. ' It I one of th most con vincing argument for tha people's aid and haa cauecd considerable confusion among tn ranks of th elective com mission lobby. They are obliged to ad mit that the experience of the Waahlng ton legislature with th railway com mlaalon question Is bound to have been of om value In determining the ques tion of policy, and It la n axiom that experience I tha beat, teacher. Th Washington leglalature Is, besides, a Republican body, and the state's chief executive Is a Republican governor. While it Is not claimed even by his friends that he ha been fortunate or wis In the choice of hi railway com mission, still with that handicap against the sppnlntlv method, the Washington legislature Is still strongly of the opin ion that the purpoaea of an effective re 1 1 way commlaalon ran beat be aerved throngh the appointive pnwee of . th state's governor. It la pointed out that Governor Mead, feeling that he waa held personally responsible for" the con duct and efficiency of his railway com mlaalon. promptly dismissed a commis sioner who wa fulling to attend to his duties and will rill his place with a better mm, who 'twill hnve constantly I Judge Cameron Imposed a fine of 115 before hi eye th ieon of hi prede-jand gav th defendant som good ad cessor. . . lyloa, . 1 (Joaraal BpeeUI Berrlee.) -New Turk, Feb. if A woman claim ing to be tli Countess Von Anden waa arraigned In th Brooklyn police court on a chorg of - intoxication. .'The woman waa arreated laat night. She aid she waa Annie Smith. 49 year of age. Magistrate Qetsmar sentenced her to. two day tn Jail. ' It was not until she waa led away that ahe told her history. She said tha her I ."V"". 'T uenerai count von weeoei I x uie saiaer s royai g-riaroa. ana is sta tioned in fotsdam 4n the emperor pal ace. SJje aald . that she waa born a countess and married Count Von Anden. who died 11 year ago and left her four children, 175.000 tn money and f 200,000 In mining stock. . "To forget my sorrow at my husband's death, ahe said, "I went to the Riviera, In Monte Carlo. I' met Princes de Chlmay, formerly Mia Clara Ward of Detroit. Michigan, nd Rlgo. 8h led me Into the habit of drinking, and I tarted my downward career then. "I cam to thl country about JO years ago anil Joined the family of the lata Colli P. Huntington aa. companion and nurse for the children., I accom panied -them to California, and then went with them to Europe. In Brussels we stayed In my uncle's castle, and It was so attractive to, Mr. Huntington' daughter. P.lneees Von .Hatzfeld. that she afterward bought It and now live there. : . 4 " " - "When wc came back b'er I went to live in my uncle's house In Tuxedo Park. K wanted me to elope with him, but I refused and ha . shot me, wounding me twlc. , Then he killed himself, falling dead beside me. , '-"When I recovered; I waa wrecked by the shock, and sinew then I have been"' drinking to forget ltty orrowa"7"' ARTIST m CELEBRATION BURNS HIMSELF TO DEATH - (ionroel gpeelel 1 l ) New York. Feb. 1. John J. Schmltt. artist, was burned to 'death In his studio in Brooklyn In a fire which did much' damage to. tha building tn which he was located, said to . have oeen tarted by , Schmltt himself. On re turning to hi rooms, the police have been Informed, he kindled a fir with newapapera and other handy materials on. the floor of the studio and then 7 went to sleep. He tiad been eelcbrat- ttn friends Hie 1 completion of a' painting which he regarded aa hi mas- terp.-Th nr, WM discovered when li burned through the floor of the ------ - CHICAGO'S AUTOMOBILE ' SHOW JS OPENED : Jearaal Special Bervln.i Chicago, Feb. - . Comparing favor ably, both In the number and claa of it exhibit, with tb recent New Tork how th alxth annual Chicago automo bile show) opened today under, th au aploe of the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers.- Following th precedent eatabliahed laat year. Vie main exhibition I held In th Coliseum, with the overflow exhibit boused In th First regiment armory. ' Th first floor of th two buildings are filled wltb score of complete machine, while part and accessories are ex hibited In tha galleries. Th xhlblllon will continue through tb coming week and from all Indication will be well attended. FIRE ON STEAMSHIP MONTANA AT SEATTLE (Rneola! fnsnatrk to Tke JsairaaLt Seattle. Feb. i. Fir threatened th destruction of th steamship Montana at an early hour this morning. Shortly after 1 o'clock flame . burst from a lamp locker at th entrance of the fore-caetle- and In a few minute th for ward part of the vessel waa a maa of flame. It wa with difficulty that the sailor reached the deck. . Several crawled through the anchor chain hole leading to th wind la aa When on of the aallora wa awakened he found hi beddtaa already ablake. Th damage to the vessel will not reach more than 1500 Member of th crew aleeplng In the forecaatl loat all their clothing. The fir I believed to have been th result of spontaneous- combustion. FLOODS THREATENING v V- SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY (Jsaraal gpeelal Service.) Stockton, CaU Feb. 3,- Heavy rains are falling In San Joaquin valley, and 11 atreama are rising. It 1 feared a large section of th valley will be overflowed by Monday or Tueaday. Report from th Blerraa are that th now .1 malting. It waa feared th lain wa warm enough to bring down th now,": which would hav caused serious flood. -' ' - - COSSACK UNIFORM TO ' VEIL PLOT ON CZAR St. ' Petersburg. Feb. i. Order war given th police today to find th pur chaser . of a Cossack ,.unlfonn. Tb purchase I thought to Indicate a plan to aaaaaslnat th ciar, a It ha been found-that -a Cossack uniform Is an "open sesame' to sll the eaar's palace. Martin Benny It Fined. " Martin Denny, tha Fourth street a loonman, wha white Intoxicated yestor day morning, aassulted Anna Klley and after tearing th. woman s clothes - to shreda. wrecked everything portable In her room, appeared before Judg Cam eron this morning In k most repentsnt mood. He pleaded that as h had never been Iq difficulty before and hnd been in tusinea lor. several years, in mi city, the court should show clemency. (Joarml flpeeUI' RerTlee.T Trenten, N. J, Feb, a. Thla afrTdavlt charglng an attempt at bribery In the election of John F. Dryden ae United State senator four year ago, haa been made public. It, la signed by former Aasemblyman George -W. - Holmaa . of Ocean county and declare Thoma Pal mer, a lobbyist for the Erie railroad, - - . r- Senator Dryden. waa tha offerer of th bribe. The affi liate of New Jersey, Ocean County,.-a. 'TJeorge W. Holmaa Jr., of full age. being duly aworn on hi oath, salth that he was a member of the legislature of New Jersey from Ocean county In 1003; that during said aesslon there wa an election for United States senator and that John F. Dryden of Newark waa a candidate for aald aenatorahlp. Balaed tha Bribe- "And deponent salth that previous to the Republican eaucu for said senator on Thomas Palmer, who waa known a the legislative agent of the Erl Railroad company, approached th de ponent and told him that he would give deponent five thousand dollars ($5,000) If he deponent, would cast hi vote In aid caucua for tha said John F. Dry den ; " that deponent laughed at aald Palmer and told him that thl de ponent and th said Palmer could not do bualneaa along that line. --"Whereupon th said Palmar" aald h thought he could get deponent ten thou sand (110,000) if h would vot for th aid Dryden for. United States senator; that thla deponent told the alj Palmer that - be. th aald Palmer, could not trade with thla deponent and th aald Palmer left him. "QEORGE W. HOLM AM." "Sworn to and subscribed this 15th day of January, A- IX 1S07, before me. - ... "L W. CARMICHAKU ' "Mater In Chancery." . Sryflaa Oenle Oharg. , Palmr died four year ago and Hoi than served only on term in th legl lat3re. - - . Senator Dryden ha laaued a dental of the charge tn which h aaya: "For several weeks psst ther hav been etorlea current that my opponent were preparing to make some sort of bribery chsrge and it haa been strongly Intimated that they might even go so far a to have om representative act, ally offer a bribe to a legislator with a view of Injuring my candidacy, t dfd not think that they would reaort to auch anr old campaign trick a to make a charge ao transparently ridicu lous as that contained In tb affidavit purporting! to hav been mad by Mr. Ilolman.- : DIVORCED WIFE TRIES ' - TO COMMIT SUICIDE - ' (Special Dlipatf to TfM JoornaLV .1 Beattle. Feb. J. Mrs. Sliver, divorced wife of B. 1L Silver, of B. II, Silver A Co., well-known timber dealer and promoter of Belllngham, and heraelf a leading society woman of Belllngham, made an unsuccessful attempt to com mit sulcld in a room at th Hotel Lin coln, thl city. Wednesday evening by taking tablet of bl-chlorld of mer-' rury after - ah had failed to bring abotit a reconcltlntton with Sliver and aecure from blm a promise to remarry Ler. OSHKOSH COWERS IN -'FEAR OF EARTHQUAKE 1 . Urol gperlal geeviee.) - - Oahkoah, Wla. Feb. I. Earth- rum bling and alight tremor recurring In termittently since last night hav put everybody tn thl city Into a a tat of apprehension and excitement The theory Is expressed that th sudden formation of vast Volumes of Ice In Lake Winnebago I the cau of the phenomenon, but fear of a) dlaaatrou earthquake, pervades ther community. - Funeral of E. fC. Hliort. (tpMtal Mttx trti te Th Jmnul.l Oregtm City, Or., Feb. 1. The funeral ef K. K. Short of Oak tJrov tok place , at the aeeenwo4-Hemety thla mrn- Mer-of th Ienthr Worker union; C. Ing. The body was taken from Shank H. Ourr of th Brlcklayera, and P. Me nd Rlsaeli' undertaking apartmenta ! Donald of tha Freight Handler' union. Rev.'IInry"Bardn"of Portland offl-l A resolution waa adopted Indoralng plated., , , . . ' - (Special Diapiteb to The Journal.) O rant a Pass, Or.. Feb. fi. Becaua of th extensive placer work and th good returns In yellow metal buslneaa la mora active In Grant Paas than it haa been for aome time. It I believed by con servative mining men that tha output of virgin gold from' thl section" of the atata will total close to 1 1,600,000 this season. The rain have been coploua thua far, and Uiere 1 a good depth ot snow on the tame. AirTnrg'gTTOTds an abundadfett of water th hydraulle bat teries are thundering day and night. An unbroken run ot the giant till late In May or June I ensured. Moxtf th gold yield 1 being exchanged over local banking centera, tha miner receiving I coin In exchange, and th return from 1 tha placer digging are thus going at I once Into th channel of trad. The quart mine are also very busy in the Grants Pas and Josephine dis trict. There are some 10 properties equipped with mills, dropping about 150 stamps altogether. ' Several properties will equip as soon a th weather set tle ' and the road are passable for T freight wwom. Some of the mine of thl district whoa mill have been hung 'j up for om time on account of litiga tion are now getting ire of legal en tanglement and will soon be busy agaln.--r i,;.-.-:Tt: '?" ., ' ROGUE RIVER PLACERS ! New Fropertiea , Test Equipment, , With Resnlts That Satisfy. (Hpeeial Dispatch to Tb' Joaraal.) Oallce, Or., Fel a. Tha placer dig gings on Rogue river that were equip- j ped with hydraulic machinery, th paat fall and winter are having their test runs and th return r from 10 to It cents a cubic yard, or about S100 per day each to th giant In th alulae. Three of thee new hydraulic, prop erties are Jocated on Paradise and Half Moon bars, about 21 mile below Gailc. tj Angele mining men-and -cepl tat lets control them. The ground I all virgin and rarrlee Its valuea principally In coarse gold. Th district 1 remote ad difficult -to reach, which account for It having been o long overlooked. Over too ton of. mining equipment, principally pip and gtanta, Wer packed Into thla district the paat fall and win ter over the Weat Fork trail. v ' On lower Grave creek a big hydraulic property owned nd onerated h tha 341neatevelopment company, an ea lit em ayndlcate. of which Colonel 8. Blats del I manager, la ready for operation It ha ample water for seven or eight months' ateady run of the giant. Tb ground I deep, lying In IS to OO-'foot banks of gray and, red gravel, carrying coarse and fin gold. GRANITE HILL OPERATIONS BaslneM Affairs AD Cleared Vp and Work Going Forward. V ,.: (Hpertal mapateb to Tbe Joarsal)' ' Granite Hill, Or., Feb. J The trouble between the miners and th Oranlt Hill management, and also between th for mer owner of the property and th American 00 la neia . company, naa been aattufartorlly settled by payment In full of all back wages and th bal ance due on th purchase price of 'the property Itself. Operation hav been resumed. Th American Oold Fields company of Chicago I now In full pos session of th property, and la more determined than ever to make a big mln of th Oranlt HilL Th com pany ha expended over $200,000 for de velopment! and equipment. Lloyd Wlekeraham of Portland ha resigned a superintendent of the mine and Charley Morphy, ton of W. J. MoT phy of th American Oold Field com pany, haa local charg of th property. The crew has been Increased and the 30-stamp mill will be operated day and night. Th mln I operated throughout by electricity from th plant of th Condor company on Rogu river. . TRADES COUNCIL HOLDS SEMI-ANNUAL ELECTION - The Portland Federated Trade coun cil held It regular eml-annual election last night, wltb th result that th fol- P. McDonald. lowing named delegate form th new executive board: President, W. J. MscKenxl of the Steam Engineers' union; vice-president. J. W. Long of th Teem Drivers' union; tatlallcel seeretsrv. L.ucv White nf the I Oarment Workers' union; treasurer, T. M. l.abo of ? the. liarbers union, ser-geint-at-arma, P. O'Mera of th Team tirlver union; conductor, W; H,-lrew of th Holders' union; trustee. C. Oau- Jth railway commlaalon bliL ; .. . . ' i, - ' V Mjomafci a 1 ana ai (Journal gneclal gerrtee.) Chicago. Feb. . The - Dolly New correspondent at St. Petersburg cablet! ne if. iniormvu vnai immeuiaieiy iuiiuw Ing the California school affair Japan proposed to Russia a mutual evacuation of Manchuria, Japan consenting to yield in the debatable treaty queatlona. The Dally. New -correspondent' Informant Is a diplomat wha took part , In the Portsmouth conference. ' "V"1" A""1,1"1) tnalres ' ' Imaaaalilte preparation war 1 likely to become imminent," continued the informant. I "becaua Rue Inn and Japanese affulra are definitely settled. Japan Is prepar ing feverishly. The Idea of selling the Philippine to the mlkudo I unreason L, i.. - -- considered us a damage to th pur able. Afterward Japan would ask tqrlchH8e but h .u,,, prlce th Hawaiian Islands, which America htf th. H,,h ' could not grant without humiliation. Japan' spirit of conquest Is bound to And a outlet. - "Of course Japan could only win th flrat round, but Rooeevelt la right in trying to -prevent a coniiicc nurryingi preparations and not magnifying the- jamalcqi rncldent. "Many Engllahmen- r already aiding with Japan In the California affair. A Japanese-American war depends upon th British attitud. ASYLUM EMPLOYES ASKING HIGHER WAGES Will Tell Committee Their Wages Are Not In Keeping With 7 : Their Duties. ' .(Br a Staff rarreapeaoeat.) - " Salem. Or, Feb. 2. Kmploye of th tat Insane asylum, especially the men on th ward, will ask for a substantial Increase In wage bvr the achedule now in effect, and In furtherance of their requeat will aak tht the Joint commute on way and mean of the houaa and aenate receive a deputation from tn Institution which wishes to lay tb case before the legislature In hope of eecurlng an Increaa In ap propriation to cover tb desired action 01 me state ooara. hO.genwrnl siiprn; In th house and will he brought up for consideration during th early part of! in wees, per nap on iuesaay. in way and mean committee will meet on Monday evening and It I then that th employe' committee desire tb ap pear and state It case. The' asylum attendant especially are Interested tn the movement, and dealre tha increase on the ground that the seal of wag now lit force t the aay- turn 1 outdated and not In keeping with thnee Af other almllar Institutions on the Paclflo coast and throughout th Cnited State where colored labor and; congested condition do no enter as 1 T a determining factor la th seal to be t J paid. ..- !f If th employe are allowed to appear T before th committee they will preaent T a written statement of facts showing T the main point of their contention. I r They will' give the list of asylum em- j T ployea, their preaent compensation. I T their hrfura of work, the condition of that work, the responalbllitle under which they labor and then th seal of wage paid for almllar aerrlc In other place. Head attendant at the aaylum are now receiving from $40 to 145 a month. Second and third attendant are receiv ing front $27.(0 to commence with, up to $36 on all ward except the violent wards, wher th aecond attendant re ceive $40. For th as me service In other Institution attendant receive from $20 to $t, according, to their ex perience and length of service. TEN THOUSAND PROBABLE ; DAMAGE FOR DEATH x; Another Bill Before Senate Pro- : hibitt Paying Wages by -Due Bill Method. . Th law which now limit to $5,000 th amount of damage that may be recovered for a death will be amended to' rail, th limit at leaat to $10,000. if tb racommetidatlon of tha senate In dustrie commltte I actad upon by th leglslaruie. . . Setiator - Mulit'a bill which removed the limit untlrety waa considered by the Industrie committee. It wss de elded to recommend that the limit be raised fromM&,000. but it was deemed unwise not to hav any limit on tha amount to b recovered. The committee haa not decided Just what limit it will recommend, but it Is believed that the loweat It will be placed at I $10,000. A favorable, rrcommendutlgn on Bui ley' -bill to prohibit th payment of wage In due bill running from to to 00 day will be mad by th Industrie commltte. The bill provide that when ever an employe is discharged or quits, his Wsgus are to become due and pey ahje immediately-. It la proposed by the committee to amend th bill to require an empluy to gtv Seven days' notice before he resigns In order that his wagts shall be paid him on th day he quits work. In case th wages ra not paid within five day a. the employ ahall be entitled to' collect wage aa If h Vrr working. The provisions of the proponed law are not to apply to a person who handlea money until his ac count hnve tx n balanced and found corna-t. If an appeal b taken from a Judgment by a firm for the purpose of delay fn employe ts to get Judgment for tlnmiig amounting to 2$ per, cent of th original judgment. VnfTf rtat Suffrage in Sweden.' f Jeers. I kpfcliit Set- I Stockholm. Kfb. . A crown bill ti. tending suffrage t ell 'lae -eax in troduced In I'"' Iiiim. rit to'l.iy. Hawthorn- pork ahould. according to th sentiment expressed at the meeting of th park board thl morning, be pur' Chased by th city. . The nine acres comprising the- park hav been offered to the city for )1S0, 000, and report received from th com mittee which was .appointed to InquTr into -valuation of other property near the park tended to show that th price aaked for almllr property "if-l f... TI0"S;55d" to tiMMOO. - Dr. C H. IUffety said he had endeav ored to ascertain cash valuation of all adjucent lot and ha found that they run from f 1,500 to 13,000 a lot. Th gulch in th park would hav to b Dy in nawtnorne eatate wa reason able, A number of atreeta would hav to be condemned, and'lf th park wa bought It would, attar condemnation proceeding, be enlarged by three acre. ?.h ""LV" ,,J. . . V ' . cover streets that have never been dedi cated to the city and that afford an en trance to 20 lota. The matter wa htld over for further consideration. - The mualc fund for the Bummer was fixed at $4,000. Of thla aum $3,000 will hav to be obtained by private etib acrlptlon. - Park Commissioner ; J, ; D. Meyer, "Who haa raised th private fond for th paat three yenre, said he would not undertake tb task this year un to th railway company contributed f 1,000. . Mr. Meyer intimated that h Wa tired of beararlnar monev for a rich fflty, and he believed sufficient motley should have -been appropriated by tha council. 1 ' . As th appropriation la only 118,000. tha number of park laborer waa cut down to 10. Additional men will be provided in oae of emergency. Conaideratlon of th appropriation of 15,00- for a survey of a system of park, and boulevards wa postponed. Th matter will b taken up at a spe cial meeting. ' ' USE TELEPHONE IF : YOUR HOUSE CATCHES - In order that ther may be no d dangerous delays In promptly se. curing the services of the fire de- d "nartment In tlwavent of flrea, e a Chief Campbell announce for th on circuit in in west aid Dust- ne" aection of th elty 1 at present In operation, and the tel. ephone should be used to give alarms. - - - . ... Th entire fire alarm system wss put out of commission dur ing th recent disastrous silver 1 thsw. and although th city elec trician and his assistants have been-working- day and night to " repair the breaks In the lines. It will be at least a week before It boxes ar In worklnaT order; and perhaps a month before the system Is restored to It former efficient condition. In the meantime, until other-' wine announced, all persons hav ing occasion to give fir alarm are requested to call Private Ex change It on tbe telephone and give the exact location of th blase ao the operator at head quarters will be able to dispatch th nearest . apparatu , tv th scene, . w i J FORCE WOMAN TO . KEEP A CONTRACT Oeorg I and John A. McPherson hav filed ult In the fnlted States cir cuit court against Mra- Msrion Mac Leod to enforce sn sgreement for the purchase of a piece of land tn Clatsop county. According to the complstnt. the complainants entered Into a con tract with the defendant to purchsaa the property for $5,20 and paid down $100 to bind th contract. - Th complainant allege that Mrs, Macleod haa declined to deliver n ab stract of till of the property, which. It In alleged, ah agreed to do In th con tract. Tli auit la brought to enforce th term of (he contract and to aecure th favored consent of the defendant' husband, which th McPheraon ask th court to determine. THANKFUL TO THE FIREMEN FOR THEIR AID a 1 rtolleavand-- fir department relief fund by E. A. and S. A. King on account of th services of th firemen at a fir on the King property. Recently the Kings were forced to burn the shack occupied by the old Chinese leper en their land and tbey aaked that the department be ready to respond to an alarm if th flame should spread. Firemen were detailed by Chtef (.'amp bell to look after the burning of tlte building and the result wa the ad dition of th aum to tb relief fund. PHYSICAL TESTS : . WEED OUT APPLICANTS Of the S3 men who took the physical examination for posltlona a patrol men Thursday, only 10 wer l!c!ble lr the mental examination thl mornlnx. Twenty-one failed In th phyaical teat, and one failed In the speed test yeeteri dny afternoon. The examination this morning consisted of questions In el. ntentary arithmetic, penmanship. th spelling of simple words. pnrtirn! questions relating to th rhnrtfr j., ... vtnlons regulating police mti'ri m 1 the rules and reg'iUtlons of the . . department. Will Hold r.nf. r. The Port In nd 1' ' ' ' union will h.il! .1 Hrtertwm htv! e-. nt ' V ! I 1