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VOL. V. NO. 292.
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Columbia Is Rising But
Will Not Affect City.
...Upcoming Boats Bat
tie With Drift. .
River Almost a Solid Field of
. Logs In Places lea Gorge in
the Columbia Goes Out, and
the Great "Cakes "Are Piled Up
"Very High?
. Ths flood creirrJ&ssw! rVrrtJand at-il
o'clock -last night -wim- the government
gauge showing it feet of water above
aero. Slowly the river begun to recede,
for by 7 o'clock the gauge showed SI. 4
feet. The current is fully aa swift as
yesterday, but; carries less Mrlft. al
though the boiling Surface Wby no
means free from saw logs.' piles, up
rooted trees and derelict boa thou sea
No aerloua damage was caused by the
ood this morning so far as has been
reported, and the bridges are practically
considered out of danger now that the
-haa passed.---Today-tbe- fait -will
barely be noticeable, but tomorrow-the
' rlvee will beirln to recede rapidly, and
b ' by Monday normal conditions may be
''looked for. A part of the Willamette
mio raper torn pan ye Doom ia atm
v In evidence n the harbor, a long string
of the Cradle having hung up on one pf
the Morrison bridge piers. , , ,
- Jam Agaiast Taigot. v
The piers hare been pretty well freed
- from drift by mesne of books and drag
lines worked from the bridge decks, but
-h-largefleIdo -drift -that" gathered
stern of the French bark Turgot at the
Etoutliern Paclfle dock la Intaet and
rrowdlng hard up against the Teasel.
Nearly a dosen large hawsers have been
let out over the stern so thst tbere
-..Lis now little danger of the waser-tur--
rylnsr away and drifting against the
" steel bridge.
he Columbia river Is beginning to
rise, but It is not thought the rlae will
be sufficient to sffeot the stage of
water in the Willamette, becauae by the
time the flood'reachee the mouth of the
Willamette the crest of Its freabet will
have paasod into the larger river.
tua Bona Breaks.
A dispatch to The Journal from The
Dslles today statea that the Ice gorge
on the .upper Columbia broke this
moraine and tore loose the ' portage
wharfboat. which sank. The damage Is
estimated . at 11.000. ' - The dispatch
states that the ice la piling up on both
sides of the river, la some places to a
height of IS feet.
. The river la still blocked to naviga
tion, however, the boats being unable
to get closer than within -eeven miles
of The Dalles from the lower river. Bo
. far the rise has caused no damage In
the vicinity of The Dallea. .
In "reference to the . temperature. . the
dispatch says that the upper rtver coun
try has not been visited by a Chinook,
but that the ice baa gradually thawed
and rotted away. The 'thermometer
registered 41 degrees at Ths Dalles yes-
.terday. '
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AT
Judge and County Commission
ers Declare Steps Should Be
Taken at Present Session of
Legislature for Structure. ;''
That tha present legislature should
provide for the building of a new bridge
across the Willamette at Madison street
wss emphatically asserted today by
County Commissioners Lightner and
Barnes and County Judgs Webster. -
Should the matter be left for a subse
quent legislature there Is much danger,
thess gentlemen say, that ths brldgs
msy become unsafe and may have to be
closed to traffic. ,
"The- bridge Is old and about worn
out," said Commissioner Barnes., speak
ing for the" board. One year ago ws hid
It thoroughly Inspected arid the conclu
sion arrived at was that It would be safe
for four yeara more.,
i . xattte Tints left,. ";' :
One year has now passed and If no ac
tion la taken by this legislnturs two
years more will pass before the matter
can be taken up again. That will leave
too little time for action."
- Thtcommlslotier 'urge thst the
bridge should be replaced a I once, not
only because It la worn out, but be-
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W
BRIDGE
a ID SOI! STREET
iracy
by White
Hummel
to Blacken
of
Her Future
Husband
Revealed
by Evelyn
(JoorwtTgpecUl Sarrtr.)
. New Tork, Feb. . Evelyn Thaw re
sumed her testimony on ths trial of
her husband, Harry If.lThawfonJtha
murder of Stanford White, Immediately
on the calling, of ths session of court
this morning.
The first intimation was given today
of tha point upon which the defenae ex
pacta to secure the acquittal of Thaw.
That point Is the fact. If established.
that Whit was unwilling .to give up
Evelyn) Thaw and sought to draw her
down V ' tha- depths; from which the
genuine!-e of Thaw for her and of
herself forYThaw had raised er. The
fte stand all- morning, but
It waa nearly noon before aha was abls
to give any testimony of real weight
She told how White twice tried to
speak to. her, once- on : Fifth' avenue,
when she held out her hands to him,
and -one when ha 'followed her In a
hansom. , At this point the court ad
journed until 1 o'clock. During the
morning she revealed detatla of an al
leged-conspiracy to blackmail Thaw.
Thaw's tetter Is mead.
Delmas. Tha w s attorney, - read the
postscript of tha letter from Thaw to
Longfellow that waa submitted In court
yesterday and showed It wag incoherent
IS it Thaw spoke oiThTmself In the third
person. Evelyn testified that ha meant
her when speaking of a third person.
Thaw In the letter expressed sympathy
for the subject of It - snd discoursed
Upon lies that had been told her. Del.
mas brought out tha peculiarities of ths
letter.
Ths reading Tf ths letter occupied
soms time. Ita phraseology and - ab-
nreviatlona were confusing to counsel.
Its contents were a jumble of ideas.
A letter from Thaw to Evelyn with
tha aame confusion of Ideas waa read.
It contained this sentence:
-"1 promise never to hurt you araln."
Jerome expects to controvert Evelyn's
ststement that Thaw waa alwaya good
to her and to refute her testimony that
hs did not abuse her while they were In
Europe. v .
Telia of Wnlte'a Varsatt.
Detmas aaked EvetynVTJId you'at sn'y
(Continued on iage Two.)
SUFFER FROM
COLD ON IRAKI
Portland -Passengers, Snow
bound in Canada See Wolves
Eat Cattle i Frozen in Their
Tracks.'. . '-
Passengers who arrived In Portland
last night after traveling across
Canada told of the terrible rids they
had over the Canadian plains and moun
tains, the lack of food and fuel, and
the sight of seeing from the train eat
tle frosen In their tracks and dsvoured
by wolves. Mrs. Nathaniel K. Clarke,
wife of Mr. Clarke, clerk of tha Port
land hotel, was one of tha ariivala last
night and made the journey in com
pany with her three little girls. .
Mrs. Clerks left Brock villa week
sgo Tuesday night snd was snowbound
at different places two daya at a time.
She said that they were snowbound
near Hrandon for two days and that
tha engine waa sent ahead to help clear
the snow, leaving the train without
heat " r
JCnat for OoeX
' Passengers made trips through ths'
snow- with the thermometer far below
sero to secure coal for a Are at which
the passengers could warm themselves.
Irk of food was added to tha generally
Lonsp
and
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SHALL THE IVIirOF THE PEOPLE BE DEFIED?
With one voice the people of Oregon have demanded of this
-railroad .commission, ctothedwi
"rmaer wntcn meiatf groans.
The Chapin railroad commission bill has received the indorsement of every chamber of
commerce and every commercial body in the. state. . '
. , .The lumbermen, scores of
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i;c tiiu uy u)'uv99ic taics, ucnidiiu mc passage ui nun imi. .
Two great conventions of shippers and producers have demanded this legislation as the
only means of relief frorri conditions that are no longer endurable..
. - Farmers all over the state haye. indorsed the bill through their granges. Trades unions
have urged" its passage. ,
Yet in the face of this imperious and universal demand there is grave danger that the
. Chapin bill will not become a law, unless so emasculated as to rob it of its value. By every
insidious means that can be employed the railroads' lobbyists are fighting it.
Fours weeks of the legislative session .have passed and the bill has not yet come before
- either house. Only two weeks remain. - ,
Every day of delay is a victory for the railroads, a defeat for the people. The time has
come to act. Unless the people are to be betrayed in their very citadel, the legislature must
temporize no longer. - Obey the people's will, and do it at once. . ; .'..'.' .... .
DAVEY TO
(By a Stiff Correnporxl.ot.l
Salem, Feb. I Speaker Davey of the
house ;has declared his ' intention of
doing all In hla power to prevent the
passage of the.Charfn 'Lr''m'",lon
bill unleee the provision empowering
tha governor to appoint the commis
sioner Is stricken out sbsoluteiy and
tha appoinUvs power placsd. sltusr . In
TX.'f lV5: 1
'"'bWbw a aw ast psa a sbjbb " asawa I lilf M . ' I
WW
whom have been driven to the
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FIGHT CHAPIN BILL
the legislature or ths board of control.
. According to a member of tha Joint
railroad committee. Dav.ey made 'known
last night' to three of the house mem-bera-of
. the. -committee Holt. Jones and
Kdwarda, that he waa Unalterably op
posed to giving the appointment of the
commissioners, even for a year, to the
governor, . - . ,
legislature the creation of a
verge of ruin by the car short-
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"Ton ars a.majorfty f - ths "house
members of ths committee," Davey Is
reported to hsvs said to the trio named,
"and I want you to oppose any amend
ment or compromise whatever . that
would allow the governor to name the
commissioners, sven If only for the first
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Mrs. Thaw
Rubbed
TinselOfi
World of
Graveyard
of Ruined
Womanhood
Beneath
7 (Jesrsat tpeelsl Serrtr.) -
New Tork, Feb. S. Evelyn Nesblt
Thaw's '"""""r n frf hrr b"- I
band, Harry K. Thaw, moved men and
women to tears In the crowded court
room yesterday. Densely as the place
was packed no noise waa mads by tha
throng inside while aha was testifying.
r-Aii were Intent to catch every word that
fell from her lips. - . v "
t ' It waa a sensational ss well Ss a deep
ly pathetlo recital. There bad been
hints of what aha would tell about Stan
ford White, the murdered man, but these
were far from sufficient to prepare the
minds of the -listeners for her narra
tive, which caused evidences of emotion
not often seen on such occasions.
The girlish appearance of Mrs. Thaw,
who waa attired simply and -neatly, aa
usual, and who by completely pulling
aside her veil for the first time since
the trial began permitted a full view of
her slim, lovely face, woii from the start
the sympathy of those who beheld her.
Her manner on the -stand, half timid at
times, notwithstanding Its underlying
bravery, al"o appealed to every man In
ths room. ;
Tha Appeal of Early Poverty. 1
The tale of the poverty of her family
and ber own struggles and exertions for
a livelihood biifore she met Stanford
White were aa the opening chaptera of a
tale which should put the audience In a
condition of heart and mind to appreci
ate fully tha climax of her story, ths
accomplishment of her ruin by the arch
itect In his wanton pursuit of pleagure.
It wss a plain statement which she
made, but It gripped and held atten
tion from the beginning to end, and,
startling as It was. there was nothing
theatrical In Its telling. Now and then,
overcome by her recollections, tha pale,
girlish wife of the man on trial broke
down, but no one harbored any thought
that her display of reeling was pre
meditated for tha purpose of influenc
ing . the Jury.
Jadga and foxy areas to Tears.
The jurors themselves were en ths
verge of 'tears. juxttce Fltsgeraia s
fee showed that h also fait the com.
moa emotion. District Attorney Je
rome, when ha found objection neces-
(Continued on Page Two.)
WDODLAnOS EOR
r.llLVVALKEE ROAD
Purchases Along Line of Tacoma
Eastern Significant of That
Road's Ownership ' Vast
Purchase Near Little Falls. .
.' (Special PUpstch to The Joarekl.)
Tacoma, Wash., . Feb. . Thousands
of acres of timber lands In Cowllts,
Lewis and Thurston counties have
lately been bought by representatlvea
of the Milwaukee Railroad company and
deeda for the property, are being made
out In the name or the Continental Tim
ber company. The acreage acquired la
believed by timber men here to Involve
an expenditure of nearly f 1,000.000.
The timber la largely ktoated In the
country reached by the Tacoma East
ern railroad and Ita extensions, which
gives color to tha rumors that the road
haa been bought by the Milwaukee.
The Milwaukee also owna extensive
coal properties southeast of Tacoma.
located on a line between Its largest
timber holdings and Tacoma.
A. Efflwelllng. who haa ben buying
the timber for the road, left for Spo
kane yesterday . after several . weeks
spent here,' One of the Inrgeet track
of timber purchased Includes 150.000 OtMi
feet located near Little rails,, one of
the principal owners of which wag O.
W. Davie of Flattie..-
Gaiety
Revealing
AI1AK Vimn
Goods Sent to Right
: House but Keeps the
Cash Balance.
Underwear, Flowers, Whiskey,
Etc., Arrive In Stream at Well
Known Residence, but Police
Cannnt PlnH Man UVn rn,.
Checks. i
When a florlat'a wagon left a ouantltv
ox nowers at -the residence of R. W.
Lewis, eo" Everett, street, yesterday,
members of the family expressed their
thanks to the unknown friend for his
kindness. . When several bottles of whis
key were left soon after-and It waa
discovered that It was a brand that Mr.
Lewia never drinks, they were surprised;
when various articles of wearing ap
parel, none of which was tha aixe used
by Mr. Lewis, arrived, they began to
wnnil.r. r. ,4 'wh.n tiniiim.Mhl. nth..
axUdtsureaehed .the house, the amaze
ment, reacneo me point of anger.
Investigation resulted In learning
that a smooth Individual hsd been cash
ing checka at various downtown busi
ness houses, to whloh...baw signed the
name of R. W. Lewis Jr. Into various
stores he went, purchasing - different
srtlclea and proffering a check for fit
In payment. . , ') 1 "
Took Dlfferesvoe in Cash.
The bill waa alwaya less than that
amount and tha merchant readily gave
the stranger the difference In money,
for he felt no reluctance In accepting a
check with the signature of . K. W.
Lewis, even If a Jr. waa added.
The police were notified and are con
ducting a rigid search for tha smooth
stranger. They have already found a
They hsvs learned that the young man
bought a few dollars' worth of articles'
from vsrlous stores, ordering them to
be delivered at the residence of Mr.
Lewis and accepting In cash tha differ
ence between the ailnnoiteA value o( the .
check and the blU for the good a
Among those who were victimised
waa Townsend, the floruit, at Sixth and
Washington atreets."-who sent tt worth
orfldweratoT Mr. Lewis rssidsnoe and
gave the stranger til In exchange for a
check for IIS; 8. Bromberger, 14 Wash
Ington street, cashed a tit check. Buf
fum 4k Pejidleton sent various srtlclea
of clothing to Mr. Lewis residence and
gave the stranger the difference In cash.
They still have the check.
Detectives have been unsble to locate
the smooth stranger. He Is described
aa apparently 12 years of age, S feet S
Inchea In height, weight about IIS
pound, dark complexion and small black
moustache. He was attired' la a black
suit, dark overcoat, and wore a dark
Fedora hat and nose-glasses.
Washington Bolona JunkeC
(gpeetal ptapstch t The JnwMl.
Olyropla, Wash., Feb. , -Members of
the lealslature wlU leave on a apeclal '
train this evening for Aberdeen, where -they
will be the guests ef the chamber
of commerce of that city. A banquet
will be served tonight. .
VOTES REPEAL OF
ALL FRANCHISES
House Passes Freeman Bill Can
celling Ail Perpetual Fran
chises With but One Opposing
Voe, That of Rogers.
(Speetat Dtseatck s The Jovial t
. Ealem. Or, Feb. t. The house passed
Freeman's bill this morning repealing
all perpetual franchises, with only one
opposing vote.
Rodgera of Marlon county oppneed.
He said that the legislature hal no
power to repeal franchisee.
Perkins counseled delay to give the
corporations a chance. Vawrer w.ia
willing to let the courts settle the legal
points and vote to assist MuHnnm.ih
county people to get the relirf prom
ised tham. '
Rodger said that the etelr.ire hud
no power to reject the f ranch mm be
cause of t ie amendment to the in.iml
tutloa June last, giving cities pw,r i
regulate franchisee.
ferklns snhl that It w ,
the corporations to roh
franchlM! wlttwtit glvii
to be neurit. He nn(.
Ins ss hn.l he n li" l '
trcni ' n a. ' J t 1 ' i
known and di a - 1 1
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