THE OREGON DAILY. JOURNAL. PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, FEDKUAKY H, 1 1W7.
DIRECTORS HOLD BAYER
RESPONSIBLE FOR BILL
RAILROAD TO HAUL
OPT COAL
Line Definitely Promised to Tap
V Mines Near Med- -
"V ; ford." . ' .
VETOES JUUEfilLE
OFFICERS IRE ALL
REELECTED
R TORT -8.5,340 118
FEBRUARY 23
T BILL
day's r;
Disgruntled Contractor, They Call Him, and Declare the Provis
V Ions of the Measure; Now Before Legislature Would
'Largely increase Expenses of School District. ;
Chapin Bill Invalidates All Passes
Governor States In Message
That He Has Learned Cost of
Denver Tribunal.
Hardware and Implement Asso
elation Honors Those Who
Have Served Already.
Y. M. C.f A. Building Fund Rs
, -celves Several Large Sub- ;
" , ; scrlptions.
' and Solons Must Pay Fare
.!.,", : y Going Home. ' ,
IIOUS
TOADJOURN
01
Z 'S Member of the city board of d
' ' cation r extremely Indignant over th
Introduction of bouse bill No. SI, which
, provide, amoag other thlnga, for In-
creasing the membership' of the board
from five te seven, and for the elec-
.; tton of. an architect' who 'must be a
'member of the American Inatltute ef
. Architect, t.
-:.; The three member of the board who
.were seen todajr all expressed thero-
.'selves etrongly opposed to th bill,
- and -two H eases. Wittenberg --and
' Beech expressed the opinion that the
author, J. C Barer, had Introduced the
.blll to, -vent a personal aplta against
: , the present board.
'(' 'It la "Imply a acheme on tha part
i of certain people to get their auger In."
' -tsald Herman Wittenberg. 'blame
: Bayer more than anyone else. . 'Bayer
" j haa alwaya been a dlsgruntledcontrac
' 'tor and I have no hesitancy In saying
, that he has, mora than any other per
son, been disrespectful and ungantle-r-
manly la-hla ac tlflnalQ wa.r itli em im
bera of the board. .
. i ' Sacked fey raw Axchlteots. , -'
f "Bayer la backed by a few disgruntled
' i architects who want to corral the work
for themselves at tha exorbitant rates
", charged by the American Institute of
Architects. As to Increasing the mem
'bership of the board, I do not think it
.. . la necessary. It .will be Just that much
harder to get a quorum for our meet
ing" N, Flelschner"s 'Chief objection was
HAS YOUR VALENTINE COMETYET?
IF NOT, DON'T BLAME MAILMAN
Sucb wealth of artistic, dainty vat
entfne creations waa never before aeen
in Portland aa haa covered the eounter
- - of tha department and stationery store
'-. for the past week. . Thousands of little
: emboaaeiLcaplcls rained hearts and se
lections from the sentimental poeTHTaenlef.
; printed on material of every conceivable
f. tint, were sent through th Portland
'. mails yesterday and today.
The department store managers aay
.they were. wholly unprepared for such
a volume of valentine buying.' One of
-the leading places sold out clean yester J
day every valentine on Its counters and
! had to strip the show -windows this
.' morning to supply belated customers.
. The most popular priced valentine
were those that sold for from 25 cents
to II. A few went at prices ss high aa
- $4 each, while countless number of the
; I -cent kind were purchased by school
JUDGE COULD SEE
m mat::
John Conrad,' Notorious ' Dive
, Keeper, Goes Free From '
:'y-'- ; Police Court ;
In th face of strong evidence of
. guilt. Judge Cameron In th police court
, today dismissed ail of the charges
against John Conrad, the. notorious
' Alder street dive keeper and husband ol
4 Essie Watklna, the owner of a Davis
' street house of ill fame, on the ground
' that the prosecution failed to produce
, evidence to aubstantlate the allegation
: that the defendant resided , with, the
:, woman In question or that ah bad been
J proved to be a female of loose morals.
The sole witness called by the Be
.."'fens was Ilattle Moore, the convicted
'mistress of the defendant' brother,
t George Conrad, and In the main her
evidence was immaterial. It Is re
garded as a slgnlncant feature' of the
trial that Attorney Maklln, Judge Cam-
, 'eron s lsw partner, was one of the
counsel for th defense, and waa aaalat
ed "by Attorney -Seabrook. who. J asso-
r elated with Senator Dan J. Malarkey.
The prosecution brought strong proof
;.thal.Conrd had openly violated th law.
'prevents policeman from
: arresting1 husbard
Mrs. Brown Had Been ' Mai
's treated Before but Remained
-. Loyal to Mr. B. .
O. 8. Brown of 184 First street, wh
I waa before Judge Cameron several day
ago on charge of maltreating his wife
and allowed hie liberty -en his promise
' to leave th city immediately, appar
, ' ently has ignored the order of tha court.
; Patrolman Stuart waa called in last
night to suppress a disturbance In th
'Brown household, but Mr. Brown re
; fused to allow the officer to arrest her
husband.
-. Stuart reported th matti r to Judge
: Cameron today and a bench warrant
wil be Issued for the arrest on a charge
of contempt. As he agreed to take the
maximum penal t;- if again brought Into
court. Brown will undoubtedly spend the
next six month on th rockplle.
AGED COUPLE FOUND
FROZEN TO DEATH IN BED
. ( ..
-(BpefUI Ptasetc te The Jarail.)
Vancouver, B. G, Feb. 14. Ir'roxen to
death in their homes, neighbor found
' the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. James Mo
Mullen, both over 60 years of age. at
Warden Hill near Port Mope, Ontario.
The woman was found dead in bed near
th kitchen stove, Th man wa fully
dressed and waa also foond -In the
kitchen; Th cat also lay dead on th
woman' bed. ' t
HfWTteat Tax Hall In Veer.
' 4ee4l Mspstrk te The JoerasL)
' On sills. Or., Feb. 14. Tax collect
ing Is In prOitifs at the Benton coun
ty sheriff's offloe. The total of taxes
to be collected Is ft7.127.ts. th largest
amount vcr collected In Benton county.
Including lbs county school tha total
far vouuty purposes Is .4 J.tt for
tha rlfy ef Corvalil.' tS,rT.; for the
eiiy of Philomath, $l.v0.7B. , ', '
to the extra expense that would b en
tailed by hiring a member . of tha
American Institute t0( draw up (he plane
for the .construction or repair of build
ings, i ' i . "
"The bill la ridiculous eald he. "The
present system could not be Improved
upon. There Is no resson whatever why
the question aa to whether or not the
architect must belong to -a certain or
ganisation should not be decided by the
board. The prices of . the members of
the American Institute of Architect are
exorbitant,' especially In the matter of
repairs. I understand that they charge
29 per cent of the cost of the repairs.
The architect we now ,employ does
not, of course, charge anywhere near,
that price. Weare doing a great deal
of repairing. In fact, wo ara doing re
pairing all tha time, and tn additional
expense would be considerable. That
money ahould be saved and put Into new
buildings instead of being given to an
architect. No, tha preaent arrangement
la perfectly satisfactory." ,
Kxtra Member Unnecessary.
Mr. Flelschner Is opposed also to in-
creasing tha membership of the board.
lie declared that two extra members
would be aa unnecessary as a fifth
wheel to a carriage. J. V. Beach was
tha third member of the board, who ex
pressed himself vigorously a opposed
to the bill.
I believe Mr.' Bayer Imagine he haa
a grievance against the board and that
he Introduced the bill for that reason.
I am not In-favor of the bllL"
Children. Th hideous caricature that
were so popular a few year ago are
little In evidence this year. Some of
the. principal stores declined- to. handle
them at all.
"Valentine will b called for, for
two or three weeks yet," aald one
There are always a number of people
who forget to remind their loved one
of their constancy at the right time.
These will come in for tha next few
days, buy and mall their valentines, and
then abuse the mat) carrier for not de
livering them on time." r I
"People of all age buy valentines,"
remarked a fair saleswoman, "for a
week they have been haunting this de
partment Little tots who can scarcely
reach the counter,, clutching a few pen
nies, men and girls, and grandmother
who wish to add to a child pleasure
everybody buy valentines." .
BRYAN SAYS KE17SPAPERS
? ABE L0S1KG POWER
Deserting Field of Moulding
: Opinion to Become Money-
Making Machines.
'"""Usmil Special Berrlee.)
Bt Paul, Feb. 14. William J. Bryan,
who was delayed In thl city today, n
rout toNelllsvlU. Wisconsin, to lec
tor,' addressed the Minnesota edLtorial
aasoelation this morning. He said:
"Newspapers are becoming mere busi
ness enterprises, losing political power,
and In general deserting the field of
moulding public opinion, to exclusively
seek financial gain.
The man smart enough to edit a
paper rarely has monev enouah to con
duct It. and the man with money enough
10 own one, rarely nas enough sense to
run if' - : - ,- V - . ,..v x.
Bryan say that president Roosevelt
haa done much and la doing much that
la meeting with his approval.
MERRY COUPLE '
WILL WED ANYHOW
E. W. Moyer and Ethel Maddox
rNot AfraJduf- th tJnT
; lucky Number.
At least One young Multnnah county
eoupl were not afraid to begin married
life on the Uth of the month. While
other . prospective bride and bride
grooms fought shy on the marrtag li
cense clerk yesterday, K. W. Moyer and
Ethel Maddox, S4 and 1 year old, re
spectively, took no stock in th sup
posed ill luck wrapped up somewhere
In .the number.lt.
Gaily they tripped together Into the
county, clerk s office and without a
tremor of fear at the awful conse
quences that, might, follow, ,; put their
namea down as desiring to wed and to
wed right away. A license was prompt
ly handed them and they left as gaily
aa they fame, saying that they would be
Drav enougn to marry on the ltth aa
well aa to get th neceeaary papers on
that day. ". , . .. , ,
BRAKES FAIL TO HOLD
AND CARS ARE SMASHED
(gpeelsl Msnetrt to The Joer.t.
Newberg. Or, - Feb. 14. While , th
northbound freight was attempting -to
wax a flying switch last night, th
brake failed to set and th two section
of car crashed together, smashing two
cars to kindling wood. Crates of tur
keys snd chickens, dressed ' meat and
other merchandise were scattered for
many yards along the tracks.. Th
broken-an. who was trying to make the
coupling. Jumped and aaved himself
from injury.. Th track wa cleared in
ttme for the avenln train to pas. t
THAW CASE POSTPONED
UNTIL NEXT MONDAY
lrBsl gpeelsl Struct.)
New Tersv Feb. 3 4. Upon agreement
the attorney In th Thaw caae decided
to take th depositions this afternoon
of Dra. Deemer and Blngman so they
cn return te their home In Pittsburg.
The testimony relatea to collateral In
aanlty. Court adjourned at 2:40 o'clock
until Monday at 10:. In th mean
time the Jury will be allow, to asperate
and will not be confined nor umter
guar. --.... , ,
,' Inexhaustible supplies of coal lie in
the mountains back of Medford. accord
ing to II. c. Oarnott, of the southern
Oregon city, who Is In Portland with
Mrs. "Gamett.-- Mr. Oarnett Bays that a
railroad will be In operation between
Medford and th mlnea by July, and the
coal i will be ahlpped into Medford.
where It can be distributed to all parts
of the state. In speaking of the re
sources of the mines and the . develop
ment' of tha Rogue river country Mr.
Qarnett said: ' y
The greatest thing that . ha hap
pened to Medford In a long time ha
been the opening of the coal mlnea
They lie about air miles southeast of
the city on the wagon reaa, Dut wnen
we get a railroad constructed the dis
tance wIM be cut dows to four mile K
'The supply of coal la Inexhaustible.
Experts have found a, vein of coal IS
feet deep and superior to any in the
northwest .' A peculiar fact connected
with the development of the mines I
that . the gouthorn Pacific owned the
property and about four yeare ago at-
i '"ipw
opsn I up. i nn rtomnany
failed In Its attempt, and for several
years nothing waa done with the prop
erty. Then we aecured possession of
the land and went about three fourtha
of a mile farther up the mountain,
where the big vein wa discovered.
Boad STow Assured. '
"Sine the discovery we have attempt
ed to have the Southern Paclflo build
a line out to-the mines, but we have en
countered the aame delay, that has char
acterised the operation of the railroad
oompany all over the state.. We now
have the assurance that they wtll either
build for ua or allow ua to uae ateel
rails :which they have there so we can
build our own line, which we will prob
ably da . '
"Then we hav the Blue Led re cop
per mlnea, about SS mile from Medford.
There are 1,000.000 tona of ore lying
on the ground and the work of build
ing a smelter has been started;--' A railroad-
will be bum out to the copper
mine by spring and - development of
the property begun.
"The people who ' own ; the " " copper
mines si so own the coal mines, and a
rbadTirD6nlU frum Medford
lng both proi.rtlea, so that the coal c4n
be carried to the smelter to be used in
refining th or. . - ' .
1A large gas plant is to be built at
the coal mines, which will employ many
men and furnish gaa for fuel purposes
to Melford. Ashland, Central- Point
Jacksonville and other town and cltlea
in the valley. ' " . .
"Agriculture I tlll booming. On
company which already haa 400 tree j
act-out. nas se men ai wur gruouing
and clearing tha ground for extensions
to their orcLarda.
"Wa have wide-awake city - official.
who are doing everything to advance
our city and country, and we are grow
ing rapidly. , A fine new scltool- building
has just been completed and two new
bank bulldlnc have been completed re
cently. We are ail prosperous 'an'd
happy, and live la content in the knowl
edge that we have the finest climate and
country tn the world. Also because we
grow the finest apple and pear In the
country. - t
Mr. Oarnett la in Portland attending
the hardware men convention and Mrs.
Gornett 1 visiting with friends ariH
shopping. They are at th Imperial
hotel. , ...... . . .. .':
MULKEY READS MEMORIAL
TO C0.WS'
- ,
Oregon in Favor of Constitu
tional Amendment for Direct
-' Election of Senators,
(Waohlsirtoa Boreas of The - Josrn.l.)
Washington, X. C. Feb. 14. Senator
Mulkey today presented the memorial
from the Oregon legislature setting
forth the fact that the state ha become
more populon since the establishment
of the rural free delivery, but that the
compensation of carriers I Inadequate
and ahould be increased to 11.00 per
year.-. He also presented a memorial
from the legislature saying it la th
sense of the people of Oregon that
United States senators should be elBcted
by a direct vote of the people, and con
gress Is therefor aaked to. propose an
amendment to the federal constitution
to oe auDmiitea 10 mo several state lot
ratification. ....
FATAL GAS EXPLOSION -
OCCURS IN LOS ANGELES
; (Journal Special Berrlee. 1
Los Angelas, Feb. 14. An explosion of
leaking gaa In restaurant near th cor
ner of Second and Main streets in th
heart of th city yesterday killed three
persons, horribly mangled and Injured
half dosen other, seriously Injured near
ly a score more and completely wrecked
a two-story brick building In which waa
loeated four small business concerns.
-The explosion occurred In th restau
rant of B. OssarU. 114-114 West Second
street, shortly before noon. Th res
taurant was completely wrecked, a wa
also the tailoring establishment of H.
I Eyger and a small laundry office.
Offices of several small concerns on th
second floor were completely ruined.' , ,
Following ara the dead: - ' r.-
John W. Main, aged 6, ranchef; was
seated at table In th restaurant. ,
vLavonne Meyers, waltresa. , ,
Annie Crawford, waltresa. '
OBJECT TO BRIX BILL
IN KLAMATH FALLS
- tsprrlal TNspatck to The Jneraal )
Klamath Falls, Or., Feb. 14. Repre
sentative Brti's bill concerning stream
capable of floating log becoming pub
lic highway ' has rrmwed eewsleVerabl
Interest here because Of 'the history In
connection with Link river, which In Its
length of less than a mile and a half
haa a fall of ll feet, It connects th
upper Klamath lak with tnke Rwatina,
the latter being the aource, of th Kla
math river. . . -j
In 1I the brother C. 8. and R. .
Moore obtained a contract from the
county court, to Improve Link Hver,
with the privilege of charging a toll of
60 cent per thousand for all log and
lumber floated through It, th contract
to run for tl years. Several times since
they hav asked the connty court to rs
new the contract, but thla the court has
refused to do, and because of past leg
islation th Brig bill 1 looked upon with
disfavor, . ; '- ..
(By Stsff OMTeapoadsot.) '
Balem. Or., Feb. 14. The house ha
greed to adjourn alne die on Saturday
night,. February It, at midnight, a con
current resolution by Northup being
adopted to that effect thl morning. ,
The house also adopted a resolution
providing that no bills, except those In
traduced bji. committees, should be pre
sented during the remainder of the ses-
eivu. a u huum is now sax oenina ana
swamped by Its own business, no con
sideration having yet been given to sen
ate legislation. .
Th defeat of the Freeman compulsory
pass Din by the senate practically causes
the stringent anti-pass provision In th
Chapin commission bill to become ef
fective at once, th Chapin bill having
an emergency clause which will be oper
ative when the , governor signs. ,;Th
Chapin bill anti-pass clause waa amend
ed to except officials, to wham the giv
ing of peases is required by law, and
the defeat of the Freeman bill this
morning means that there will be no
law requiring the Issuance of passes, so
eeep44oa-ia-the Chapin but wlU aot-ba-
errective. -
After the Chapin bill 1 signed by the
governor It will be unlawful for publlo
officials' to accept or uae a pass and
legislators may not be allowed to return
home on the passes they now hold.
An effort Is being made to have th
senate to reconsider the vote by which
the compulsory paas bill waa defeated.
It la hoped that a new vote may result
In passing th bill.
HEHEY TO RETURN
FOR TRIALS
Will Prosecute Land Fraud Cases
Where He Has Secured In
dictments.
'Trancla J. Heney . will return t
Portland to prosecute the remainder of
the land fraud -case wherein he secured
the indictments." . .
This announcement was made today
by United States District Attorney W.
C Bristol, who returned this morning
from San Francisco, where he haa been
for some time la attendance at the ses
sions of the United State circuit court
of appeal. .
Bristol stated that while in the Bay
City he had a number of conference
with Mr. Heney in regard to the land
fraud cases, and that th famous prose
cutor declared that he Is prepared to
leave for Portland whenever the federal
court Is ready to take up the trial.. Mr.
Bristol stated that on . account of th
congested court calendar, thl will not
be for alx or eight week a r,
Bristol disposed of 14, federal eases
while on his recent rip. - - . '
SAVEOHERSELF FROM DEATH
BY EATIflG LARD
' (Special Dispatch t The JeeraaM .
Baker City. Or rFeb-14. Itnllevln-
sh waa taking medicine prescribed by
ner pnysician, Mrs. K. B. Davis swal
lowed a large doss of carbolic add this
morning, but saved her life by her pres
ence of mind In eating a larre auantltv
of lard.
Mrs. Da via la near-atrhted and had
two bottles similar In alxe. Instead of
pouring the liquid into a spoon, when
the smell would have warned her, she
took It directly from the bottle. Imme
diately she rushed to the kitchen and
ate a large Quantity of lard, which
caused her stomach to eject the acid. '
SUFFRAGISTS IN JAIL-
.GOOD THING, SAYS LEADER
" (Toffftisit ?pHrJ 0iTtaT -
Chicago, Feb. 14. Mis Rachel Avery,
secretary cf he International League
of Woman Suffragists, declare every
woman aent to Jail In London thl morn
ing 1 a martyr and deserves the 'Com
mendation and gratitude of their tax
Rev. Anna, Shaw, president of th - na
tional aasoelation, say a: -
"That these women should go to jail
Is the best thing that could-- happen.
Many of them are related to Influential
men. who will now be compelled to
think about women' right in order to
get their wlvea out of Jail."
M'MINNVILLE PASTOR .
STRUCK DOWN BY JRAIN
-f, . .. ... ,,- , -
(Special Dhpatch tn The Journal. 1 ." 4
Pendleton, . Or., Feb. 14. iRev. W. B.
Pope, formerly paator of, the Baptist
church .of Pendleton, now general mis
sionary of the Btjptist church In Oregon,
waa struck by No. t, westbound, O. R. aV
N. train at Ilermlston at I o'clock - thla
morning and seriously Injured. He held
services at ths Hermlston schoolhouse
last night and Intended to go to Port
land on th morning train. II flagged
It with a piece of lighted paper. He wa
knocked down. In some way and hi left
arm broken and scalp cut open. , He wa
also Injured in th back, but hi Injuries
may not be fatal. His bom I in Mo
Mlnnvtll. SUFFRAGISTS PREFER
, JAILT0 PAYING FINES
i . ..
' (Joernal Rpaclai sendee.) '
I-ondon, Feb. 14. Of th (S women
suffragists arrested as a result of a
riot In th house of common only two
thl morning paid fine, 61 preferring
the Jail. They have been sentenced
forf from a - week or two to several
month. Th house of commons ha
sdopted a resolution that hereafter no
women will be admitted to the lobbies
unless accompanied by member. -.
Building Permit.
Building permits wer - Issued thl
morning a follow: Mr. Oeorge Raa
mussen, one-story dwelling. Marguerite,
between East Lincoln and East Grant,
$1,700; H. I Chspln. four ono-etory
dwellings; Kast Twenty-ninth, between
Alberta and Wygant IS.OOO; R. A.
Chrlatentnn, one-story dwelling. Alblna
s venue, between Stanton and Sell wood,
11X00 ' . . : , ,
(By a Stiff Osmspaaeent.)
Salem, Feb. 14. Governor Chamberlain
returned the Juvenile court bill to the
legislature with hla veto this morning.
The messaaje Is brief. .The governor dis
approves of the bill on the score of ex
cessive expense entailed by the proposed
law. He has been Informed by Judse
Llndsey of the Denver Juvenile court
and father of the system that th cost
of his court Is S, 900 per year1. The Ore
gon bill provldea fixed charges of tlt.000
besides the erection and maintenance of
a bom for th wayward. On 'account of
the heavy burden upon th taxpayera of
Multnomah county the governor vetoed
to, bill. ,' , , , . ,
FINED FOR GAMBLING Ifl A
Jph n Boden, proprietor nf a sslnnn at
11 Third street, and Fred Gena, Qeorga
Brown and Joe Martlnlt were arrested
by Patrolmen Bales and Quatafson In a
raid on Boden' establishment at . 4
o'clock thl morning. Th four men
were found playing poker. -
A charge of keeping his place of busi
ness open after houra and gambling wa
placed against Boden end hi compan
ions were booked for gambling. - All of
th men furnished ball snd appeared be
fore Judge Cameron this morning.
Pleaa of guilty were entered by the
Quartet. Boden pleaded for clemenoy
on the ground that he did not know that
he was violating the law, as long ss hi
saloon was closed. The court fined him
S10 on the gambling charge and 2( for
not closing the saloon on time. The
other three defendanta escaped with fS
fines. . - ' , . , . - .
.-- .,. i i.i i i .,
TRENCH DIGGER INJURED BY
RUNAWAY TEAM
While working In a ditch" at East
Morrison and East Watr street today,
Frank Ctrodulll, an employe of the Port-
,m tv- ""'''"'''' " "V
wheel of a runaway wagon ' and auf
fered severe injuries Which caused hla
removal to St Vincent' hospital. It i
feared hla Injuria may be fatal.
- Clrodullt waa in the ditch when a, team
belonging to the Portland Sawdust ft
eiaowoou corapsny cam.
the atreet. . Frank Relbuat waa thl
driver, but n waa unable to manage
the runaway team. Clrodulll rose aa the
team approached and a wheel atruck
him on the shoulder. He also received
Internal Injuries. He waa removed to
th hospital In th polio ambulance, ,
WASHINGTON DIVIDED "
. INTO THREE DISTRICTS
" (Speelal'Wspstdl " Tbe JonrnaL)
" Olympia. Wash., Feb. 14. The house
this morning by unanimous vote passed
the bill providing for the division of tbe
state into three congressional districts
along the lines of house bill No. I by
Representative Gregg of Spokane. If
the bill passes the senate and becomes
law it will not require th retirement
of any ef the present congressmen aa
the division Is such aa to leave each in
one of the new districts. An attempt
wa made In the committee to defeat
th bUl by a substitute bill providing
for but two district and on at large,
but the substitute waa downed on the
floor of the house and th original bill
passed without a dissenting voice.
TEK0A RAILWAY STATION ;
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Belated by thedamag to telegraph
Una, th new haa arrived that tbe O.
R. A N. depot at Tekoa waa destroyed
by fir Tuesday night. The fir waa
discovered at 11:48 o'clock. Flames were
Issuing from th baggag room and be
fore anything could be done the building
wa a burning mas and was entirely
consumed. The content were destroyed
with th exoeptlon of money, tickets and
records saved by the agent.- A truck
load of United State mall waa burned.
There wa no damage to equipment In
the yards.' The loss la probably 15,000.
Including th original building. The de
pot was partly burned about three weeks
ago:- It la thought the cause of both
fires wa defective electric light wiring.
FORErvfANS SEEM TO I
- HAVE DIVORCE HABIT
. W, A. Foreman and Harry B. Fore
man, father and son, are parties to di
vorce sulta pending In the circuit court
of Multnomah county. Evidently, the
marital trouble of th Foreman com
In bunche.
February t W. A. Foreman, th father,
sued hla wife, B. A., for divorce, alleg
ing that she habitually fell Into' such
violent fits of temper a to cane him to
fear for hla Ufa The couple, were mar
ried In Wisconsin In 1880 and hav five
children. Today Maud Foreman, wife of
Harry, .the son, sued for divorce on
ground of desertToh. Th couple wer
married In Portland In 1103. -
PENDLETON-SPOKANE
; - LINE AGAIN OPENED
"pedal rMapatrb to Tbe Jrarsal.)
Pendleton, Or, Feb. 14.- Tbe second
train during February over th O. K.
N. for Spokan left Pendleton this
morning loaded with nearly too paa
sengers who hav been waiting her
from the asst. Th train went by th
way of Umatilla and Wallula. . Th
branch line to Spokane I still closed
while repairs are being made, also tha
Washington Central railroad. It will
be the flrat of next week before travel
Is resumed. The main line' of th
O. R. Sk N. now la entirely repaired. .
Laundry Driver Took Coin. .
Manager Warren, of the Opera House
laundry, .Second and Everett streets, Is
having his time pretty well occupied In
an attempt to ascertain the exact
amount parried off by Charles Carey, a
driver, who loft the employ of the com
pany suddenly one dsy Inst month with
out giving his smployer due notice that
he wished to discontinue hi connec
tion with th firm. .
' Th whereabouts of th eloping
driver la mystery also. ' No clue has
yet been able to' lead to hi apprehen
sion. . , , . -. , .. -
The officer of th Oregon Retail
Hardware and Implement aasoelation
were reelected at thl morning1 session
of that body. . H. J. Altnow of Wood
burn waa reelected to th presidency,
R F. Wallla of Bank, vice-president;
Frank Dayton of Portland, treasurer;
F. I Chambers of Eugene and W. A.
Johnson of Th Dalle, executive com
mitteemen were all named one more.
,Th session opened thl morning with
a materially Increased ' attendance, a
number of delegatea having arrlvad' last
night. An Interesting paper on the
"Display of Goods, Show Windows,
etc.". by John Hardy of the Honeyman
Hardware company was read by tha sec
retary of . the association.
E. M. Brannlck talked on "Live and
Successful Salesmen, and this Practice of
Salesmanship." Th association met
again at i o'clock - thla afternoon in
executive session, when the business of
the convention will be wound ' up and
final adjournment had. . '
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FORM COAST FEDERATION
Implement and Hardware Men An-
' Aoance Dectohm,'';,;-i,,v.
A federation of Paolflo coast hard
war and Implement dealer haa been
decided upon by the representatives of
the trad from Oregon. Washington and
Idaho in Portland attending th- an
nual convention of the Oregon State
Retail Hardware and Implement Deal
ers' association.
' An effort will be mad to Indue th
atate aaaociatlon in Montana, Nevada,
Utah, Art son and California to Join th
coant federation. - Th plan, a outlined,
1 for th delegate from th varlou
state to meet tomorrow forenoon in
the Chamber of Commerce and perfect
the organization. ' '" :
The banquet given to the member ef
the Oregon Hardware Dealer' associa
tion by the Portland Jobber at th
Hotel Portland last night was an. elab
orate affair. It wa attended by over
100 herd ware men from all part of th
northwest For two houra the banquet
era war entertained by speeches from
prominent Fortlander. Mayor Lane,
Judge Webster, T, M. Honeyman. E. M.
Brannlck, John , F. Carroll, Warren
Scott,- 8. CrT'ler wnd Dr. RV C." Coffey
t were ths principal speaker." John S.
i Patton.
manager of tha Oregon-Moltne
Plow company, acted - aa toastmaster
and general faototum of th evening.
. At the executive session yesterday
afternoon of the atate aasoelation. only
retail hardware ' dealers were allowed
1 1 k-ii e .
' ,, hL,i Ji
to come up. Th program, however, as
arranged wa not . closely followed.
Many delegate engaged In a discussion
to change tn bylaws. 4 The question of
credits also came up and provoked
wide range of discussion.
The feature of the afternoon meeting
wa th paper by T. M. Shearman, pub
lisher of th Vehicle - and Implement
Record, of San Francisco, on "Organisa
tion, Cooperation and the Benefits De
rived -Therefrom.'- -The speaker 'wa
closely . followed - and j. hla -argument
given careful consideration.
ELOPIKG COUPLE; OCCUPIED
ROOMS OH EAST SIDE
Mr. 3. S. Clark, aged tt, and her
stepson, Henry Clark, aged tl, who
eloped from Salem last week, the former
leaving behind a husband, to whom she
had been married 10 years, and a faro
11 y of two small -children, hav been
occupying - housekeeping rooms at th
Otis lodging bouse, 171 East Burnald
treat, at the corner of Union avenue.
They left last night, abandoning a can
vaa valise containing aome clothing.
Th couple arrived last Tuesday and
engaged rooms. Laat night they disap
peared, presumably because the recep
tion tendered them by the mistress of
the house waa not the most cordial. She
state that- she asked them no ' ques
tions and had very little to do with
them after reading the story of their
flight from Salem In Tbe Journnlthat
same-evening, and says that she knows
very little concerning them and nothing
aa to where they hav gone. Sh ex
pect them to return for the valise:
They paid for everything. ' ; v '
Mrs. Clark left her home In Salem
a week ago Wednesday, without intl
mating to her husband that she was
dissatisfied. The stepson had flrat been
compelled to leave because he was not
able to get along with th new mother.
Later, on returning, he got along too
well and the husband this time forced
him to vacate tbe premises. A few day
afierward, without .warning, the wife
also disappeared, leaving a child sick In
bed. : . '..
CITY SCHEDULE OF
SALARIES ERRATIC
Under the new aalary . schedule ar
ranged by th council, two of th city
teamsters will receive a higher rata of
compensation than soma of th draughts
man who plan sewer and street Improve
ment costing hundred of thousand of
dollar. Each of th teamster will be
paid P& a month. Some of th draughts
men get only ISO a month, and the high
est salary paid to any of them is IW.
Axmen get 171 a month. Th seme
positions command a salary of from tlOV
to 1125 a month with ths railroad com
panies. Th Inequality In the arrange
ment of the aalarle wilt probably be
brought before tb.e council at It next
meeting. . i - , :
DYNAMITE STICK FOUND"
ON STREETCAR TRACK
4 ' ' Claim Agent Uoynton of th ,
' Portland Railway, Light A Power
company today turned -over to
Chief of Police Qrltxmachnr a
small stick of dynnmlt. In which 4
two cap had been Inserted,'
4 which had been found by .a ear 4
' craw at o'clock thla morning -
at Humboldt street and Alblna
4 avenue.
4 . January 24 a stick of dyna-
S mite wa found on the St. John
4 line, and on the preceding dpy
4 two railway . tie wer found
4 placed across tit tracks on th '
Fulton line. Several defective
have been aaslgned to the esse.
'
' Today was a banner one for the so
licitors of th building fund for th
new home of th Y. M. C A. and the
Y. W. C A., for 15,140 waa reported at
the noon meeting. Thla leavea but
1100,000 to be collected for the fund,
and th worker a era ' happier today
than they hav been for a long time.
They say that with aid from th peo .
pie in lessening their work that much
good will be accomplished and the' :
money will be in bef ore the month 1 ,
up. . Th difficulty that the solicitors j
hav encountered in the new campaign '
haa not been lack, of willingness on the .
part of the people, but because many of
them compel the workers to visit on
subscriber v several time - before th
subscription 1 signed up, .
Th small number of committees make
It almost Imperative that, tha people
who wish to give subscribe on the Meal
Tl,'.' well PI1U . 1 1 W miVIIVII ,1111, yj
call on other subscribers.
Tha largest subscriber today war
H. L. Plttock and F. W. Leadbetter,
who gave 11.600 each to th fund. Out-
side of tlies
good ones were received and mad up '
large total for the day' work. Those
who . gave today were: H. U Plttock
and F. W. Leadbetter, $1,600 each)
John 8. Beall and the Oregon Packing
company. 1100 each; Clay 8. Morse, S40;
T. J. Raley, Charles M. Meredith and
th Union Printing company. Hi each:
O. W. Slmpaoa and Otto Roemlck. flO
eaoh; R. H. Guthrie, to. . ... -
JOURHEY TO TILLAr.iaOK ONE
OF WEARINESS '
Metschan and Friends
Horseback and Must "
While Standing UpJ
R)de
Eat
Phil Metschsn Jr. of the Imperial ho
tel has returned -front - Tlilamooknr3
ay .that after hi 'arrival there he waa
compelled to eat hi meal standing up
because of the results of a horseback
lid of It mile. - Mr. Metschan waa ac
companied by hla brother, H. A.
Metschan. and . William Grace. They
went to Tillamook to Inspect .Umber
clahna ' . .- :
They left Portland and traveled by
rail to North Yamhill, where they wer .
forced to take the stage to Falrdale,
From Falrdale to Traak they wer com- "
pelled to rid on heree.- The distance
was lmllea, and th trip wa mad at
night. , After their night Journey th
tired men again took th stage to Till
mook. -.. - - i
Several day wer spent In the Beaver
creek country, which Mr. Metschan de
scribes as a wonderful timber country.
In climbing down an enbankmant Mr.
Metschan slipped and had it not been
for the quick action of tbe guide would
hav fallen 25 feet Into the rook-f Uled
stream. .
Via traveling through' the Beaver oreek
country th party consumed sis hour
In covering four miles because of the
tnlck brush nd fallen trees, which were
piled up In some place as blgh as a
larg butldlng. " "V
SLAPS JUDGE FRAZER JUST
TO SHOW HILI
C. X W. James, an excitable fa
who resides at 110 Flint (treat, came
very near getting Into Jail yesterday
afternoon for slapping Circuit i Judge
Fraser on the cheek. That the alap waa
no harder than a love pat ' and that :
James apologised both before and after
wards saved him frqra th lockup, v
' James had been brought before, th
Juvenile court to show cauae why hi
little daughter ahould not be taken
away from hint. , Th demoralising ef- '
feet of 'Vartow cat-and-dog fight en
tered into between James and his wife
were urged aa reasons for. taking th
girl 1 away, Jamea became very much
excited In hi attempt-to prov himself
gentle with his wife, and aa a matter
of demonstration he forgot himself so,
fsr as to slap Judge Fraser, "Just to
show you that I don't hit her hard
at all. - ! ' .
James wa severely reprimanded by .
the Judge and th child waa taken from
him. - . ;. .'.'.
BLOCKADE 0.1 NORTHWEST
LINES IS RAISED - -
AH transcontinental line terminating
at Portland and tbe ound are aaaln
ope for pasaenger and freight traffic -The
Oreat Northern waa th last to get
relief from th heavy snow blockade.
Today tt 1 announced that th road la
oad la
wrT
clear through tha Cascade, th Roc
end North Dakota, where th
blockade exlated. .-.'".'.
Th Northern Prujlflo' through. train ;
ar running, although Somewhat be
hind schedule Urn. ' Th Union Pnclfto
la clear. Thl evening n 1 expected to
get the Spokane flyer. No. 4, through
between Portland and Spokan for th
first tim In mora than a week. The
train will leave Portland at T o'clock.
The flood damage to the eaatern Wash- '
ingtnn line I being rapldlr renal red.
and train service will be resumed at all
polnta before the Close of the week.
in eastern Oregon the Shanlko Una -
la the only one remalnlna orlnnle.l.
It Is thought trains will get through oa '
thl road tomorrow.
CABALLA WILL BE SEA ;
TERMINAL OF TWO ROADS.
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(Kneelal ptopatrk te The JeeraaM
Seattle, Wash- Feb. 14. Catella. Is tn
be th Sea terminal of two railroads, th
Copper River A Northwestern and th
Alaska Pacific Hallway 4k Terminal oom
pany. On the Alaska Coast company
teamshlp Bertha sailing north
nlgbt were 0 men and a big quantity"
... iiuor company, i ne
Copper River line will commence oper.
atlons about April 1. On the steamship
Jeanlo, sailing tha latter part of th
week, will be aent donkey engines,
sawmill plant and other heavy ma
chinery necessary to start the work on
the line for the Alaska Pacific company
The Copper, River .line la now In th
control of the Onggetihtmsan4 work
Will b rushed. '.
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