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
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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
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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
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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
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(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.
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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, .
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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-.
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