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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 23. 1907.
GAS DILL KILLED
ill THE HOUSE
CHASED HER HUSBAND
BECAUSE SHE LOVED HIM
LOWER THE RATES
TO KLAMATH
L1AY ROUTE SHIES
TO COOS BAY
IIOLlAd CARPET Oil
SALOON FLOOR
RESIGNED
PROSECUTOR
Mrs. Andrew Even Tried to
Climb Through' Transom of
. .. Door He Locked, i
NOW TIMID HUBBY J
" LONGS FOR DIVORCE
Though Other Men Sought to Pay
;; Iter Attentions Sh AVantM Only
Her Scared, Nerroo "Spouse and
Kh. Wanted Him Badly.
' The Strang ca of a woman who
played cat and mouse with ' her hus-
fofoTfoweJ hltrt hoi ,16 Ml lilm.
but to love him, yet who Inspired In him
mucn me aame terror aa nui.ers inoi
Jieart of a' aqueaklng mouM pursued ty
a cat.- la revealed In tha hearing of the
divorce ault ox Andrew against Andrew,
on trial today In Judge Fraxer's depart
ment of the circuit court.
A typical incident la that related on
the stand this morning by J.- K. Kelly
of the firm of Caswell A Kelly. Mrs
Andrew is a large, full-blooded. woman,
wblle Andrew la small, nervous jand delt
lent. In September, 1964, according to
Mr. .Kelly, Andrew ran into his llquoi
atom st Park and Morrison streets.
' slipped through the swinging doors to
tho barroom, skedaddled across It, and,
quivering with fright took refuge In the
office. - - . . . . - -
mid la a Saloon.--
Mr. Kelly was dumbfounded, but a
great -light dawned In his mind when,
a moment later, a . large, handsome)
women burst through . , th . winglng
doors. -
-. 1 "I want my husband. ' Give ma my
husband.' she- cried. '
"It my . wife." g.'sped Andrew.
Kelly remonstratej with Mrs. Andrew,
' telling - her that it was against the
' law for women to enter a saloon In
v Portland. 8he replied that she wss per.
fectly willing to leave, but that she
lntenddauytng until her husband Jeft
A threat to cell a policeman had no
; rneot, and Kelly' actually went, for an
"'officer. When be returned his femsle
visitor Wss gone. Andrew remained a
the pluce for several hours, not daring
to go out on the street for-fear of
meeting his wife.
-,-r " aji4 In Doctor's Ofllo. ' .'
Similar to the Kelly Incident was on
'related by Policeman Dellawnrth, who
wa one night actually called to eject
i. Mrs. Andrew from Dr, Whiting's office.
WIRES GOING UNDERGROUND AS .
RESULT OF
t'nderground conduits for the tele
phone, wires ar being utilised aa far
as possible by th Paclfle States Tele
phone & Telegraph company 'whll the
. repair, work to the system Is la pro-
i gress .Th thousands of 'phone , put
out commission during the recant Ice
storm, have made it Impossible la carry
all the wire below the surface, - but
. when tho final work of 'repairing tha
broken wires is completed Inside of the
next 10 days, a large percentage will be
operated through tha underground
tubea.' ! '-.:--.' ' - ' ' -
The wholesale destruction of - tha
company's ay stem has hurried 'he un
derground work, th company using aa
' far as possible the conduits now under
construction- instead: of rettringtng the
wires overhead. On th east sld to-
iAILS WILL SOON
by united Railways company
Steel rails for th Jnlted.RatwayB
"company's city lines are arriving In
Portland from the eastern mills. The
shipments hav been held up for weeks
along th lln of the Union Pacific sys
tem, by washout and snow, and will
com slowly during th next 10 days,
until all the ralla are her for the build
ing of the Front street line. , Everything
has been In readiness for construction
'work for several days, and U B. Wick
VERNON PEOPLE REJECT FREE
. WATER AND INDORSE METERS
Fre water waa rejected unanimous
ly at a meeting of the Northeastern Im-
pr6vmnt "' association - last night"
feast Eighteenth and Alberta atreets.
.Th proposition waa thoroughly . dts-
ssed and free water llteratur was
read to th member by th yard but to
no avail further than to convince them
that th small householder would not
;KS FOR LIGHT
HE HAD STOLEN LIGHT WIRE
Through hi admission that 'h had
twice been convicted f th earn crime,
Joseph Medley waa railroaded to th
roekpll at Kelly Butt thl afternoon.
Medley had been tried befor Municipal
Judge Cameron on a charge of having
tolen a quantity . of . wlr from the
Portland General Klectrla company. He
sitij for a llg.ht sentence. Me suid
SHOVEL ON HIS CGKSCIEHCE
FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS
Most Astonisning Story Enriches
cific Railway. ,
. .- . igperto JMaftateK ta The Joans!.)
Wonnmirn. -''b. 23. Whlls seated In
hla office yesterday wondering what
lTt would occur In the lively city of
Voodburn, Southern" Iwclflo Agnt 8.
T. Jackson was called to the tli ket win
dow where be was sccostei ,y an ol.l
In the Msrquam building. Her husband
had taken-refuge there and she had
flatly refused to leave until ba left
Other Incidents of the same charao
ter were told by C W, Pallett. a money
broker, and by tha landlady of a he
apartment house where the Andrews
resided for . a time. Pallett the land
lady and Pr. , Josephl al test Wed thst
they had. told Mrs. Andrew that - they
could not understand, how she would
wish to live with a man who did not
care for her. : .
"I love him; be la my husband, and 1
Intend to compel him to live with roe,"
waa Mrs, Andrew's firm" reply, .
Went Anywhere Tot Ktau
The cat and mouse life extended over
a period of several yeara. - Twice, while
In search of her husband. Mrs. Andrew
forced her way Into the bedroom of an
other man. At another time, when An
drew took refuge In his office and
locked the door, ' the' woman tried
tit rl'"ih through the transom to
get to him . Her purpose. It seems, waa
Ltiot to, chastise him, but to make love
to mm. D"in s Birrniiuui women, mitw
took strenuous means to carry eut ner
purposes,
About two yeara ago Andrew suc
ceeded In eluding his wife entirely and
In securing rooms where she waa not
admitted. The woman thereupon took
lodgings at the Portland hotel and soon
became tha object of the attentions of
men who aaw in her more charms than
did "Mr. -Andrew, --Andrew, wanted a di
vorce and wanted It badly. Be hired a
tailor named McCloud to do tha detec
tive act for him at II a day.
Other Men Liked "Car.
McCloud dogged the steps of Mrs.
Andrew for about two months, making
dally reporta In writing to his employ
er. , These reporta were read In court
today. According to them Mrs. An
drew was wined find dln3 and other
wise entertained . almost dally by a
traveling man named ' Mackle. A Port
land hotel clerk named Bailey waa nam
ed aa second In the competition for her
smiles. Bailey having taken the woman
to The Oaks on numeroua - occasions.
An Insurance agent named Wynn. an
other traveling man named Dunnlgan,
'and Gideon Clarke, a broker, were other
names which were used In the report as
showing Mrs. Andrew more or less at
tentions.
Charles B. Andrew la well known aa
a member of one of the "first famlHe".
of Indiana and waa aa attorney of La
Porte. Tha couple were married about
to yeara ago. Andrew Ja the plaintiff
in the suit, cruel end Inhuman treat
ment being hla -charge. - Mm. - Andrew
opposes the granting of-the decree for
what she cells "coneet-entloua" reaeons.
The plaintiff Is represented by Attor
neys Thomas O'Day and W. D. Kenton,
tha defendant by Henry McGinn.
THE SILVER THAW
, . D.it nnii '.-H fit - Johns the con-
dulta will be brought largely Into play.
and work la neing crowaea
branches to accommodate the llnea which
It Is believed will again b In working
order by the close of next week.
. The eonatruotlon of underground con
duits is in lino with th general plan
put -under way some time ago to una th
underground aystem throughout th en
tire city and. suburban districts, but
the wrecks ge reused by the storra has
made It'neceeaary for th company to
put In cables which will be used until
such time aa the wires can be trans
ferred beneath the surface.
The telephone company has Increased
Its scale of wugea psld to linemen, the
average now being tl.50 a day. 'A simi
lar Increase wss made by th .street
ratlwsy company yeaterday. . '
BE LAID
ersham, constructing engineer, ha been
on the ground awaiting matertala.
C. K. lA)ss, under whose direction th
road will be built, arrived In Portland
this .morning from southern California.
He said the materials were In transit,
but that the long delays by flood and
storm haa made It tmpoasible to begin
construction work as soon as waa ex
pected when he left Portland a month
ago. , It la thought operation can be
actively begun next week. a.
get fre water under th so-called sys
tem. On the other aid th meter ays
tem was heartily Indorsed.
Th meeting last night waa ona of the
best attended that thlr association haa
held , atnea its . recent organisation.
George Frank, president presided. Noth
ing but th water queatlon waa brought
up at thla meeting.
SENTENCE AS
he had stolen wlr from th company
twice befor and one he bad served 90
day for the crime. The second time 41
waa acntt-nced to alna month In th
county Jail.
. 1T1I glv you th limit thl tlm.
aftid Judge Cameron. You'll serv on
the rockplle for on year."
TK wlr stolen by Medley waa sold
by him to junk dealer. -
man, who handed, In through th win
dow a slip of paper containing -his
nam, and a brand, new ahoveL
Th visitor, who I an old-timer of
Woodburn and haa been' member of
the Saints church, explained that h had
been attending a series of revival meet
Ings and his conscience troubled htm
for an act don In the past
Eighteen years ago,' he said, 'there
was a. wreck In Woodbnrh and In the
confusion he stole a shovel" Not hav
ing that shovel at tha present time, he
had purchased a new one and wished
to ease his troubled conscience by turn
It over to a representative of the rail
road company, from which he took" the
one now past Its -state- of usefulness
snd probably not In existence.
Mr. Johnson accepted the Implement
snd forwnrded It to Superintendent
I'il.la iih a full report of th affair.
Representatives Refuse to Con
cur in Amendments Passed
.' "r by the Senate. ' - .
(Br e Staff fSomepeadrat.
Baleen, Or.. Feb. . ft. The Coffey gaa
franchise bill waa practically killed In
the house this morning by a refusal to
concur in the senate amendment. The
senate had changed the bill providing
that the franchise cease December 1 1,
MOT. and prior to that time tha value
of the franchise should be determined
by the people In court of competent
Jurisdiction. Davey argued that con
currence would mean an admission by
the house that a ' perpetual franchise
was a vested right Freeman aald that
It waa unfair . to take- the-, franchise
away without remuneration. Newell
traces of corporate Influence in tha sen
ate. Coffey closed tha debate by say
lng:
"The battle Is between tha common
people and the corporation If you ac
cept thla amendment it will oome home
to haunt yon scon."
The vote to table tha bill paaaed with
Bayer, Bevertdg, Beutgen, Chapln. Far
rell. Freeman, Hendrlck. . Jackson,
Knowles,' Kubll, Merrlmaa. Moore,
Rothchild and Wilson voting no; all
(-ethers-voting aye."
Freeman tried -to table the measure
after the vote, but it waa sent back to
the senate, where tit. was laid on the
table, after the house refused to con
cur. Two effort made to table the bill
first failed. Nottingham tried to re
consider yesterday's vote for the pur
pose of offering new -amendments thla
morning, but lost by a vote of IS to 14.
Hodaon moved that the senate recede
Its amendment and tha" motion waa
lost Hodaon'a aecond motion to " lay
the bill on the table was then carried.
legislative circles were thrown into
excitement this morning by a controver
sy between Representative - Moor of
Baker and Paul Bowers, a cleric, who
charged Moore with having Induced him
to sign an assignment of hla salary war
rant for 120. Moors denies any Intent
to do Bowers wronj. . .
...Bowers, whsln student at Willam
ette university, says he mad a bargain
With Moore for a clerkship, promising
to give .Moore half tha aalary for the
Job. Moore got a job and. according to
the story of Bowers, yesterday gave
Dowers t 15 and this morning gave blm
IS more and asked' him to sign an as
signment of his warrant for 110. .
- Bowers told Senator Bingham of tha
occurrence. Bingham gave the boy $10
and went with htm to ioore and got the
assignment back. Moor aaya he took
the -assignment to prevent Bowers' leav
ing with money due htm. and intended
no wrong. ;
KILLTWO NORMALS
1U TWO YEARS
Legislature Settles Controversy
by Providing Funds for All
Four Schools.
By 1 Stiff 0respuedeet.)
: $alem, -Or., Feb. ZJ. The normal
school settlement waa, cleared to some
extent this morning by a partial com
promise on the part of th senate. The
body passed tha house measure provid
ing appropriations for tb Drain and
Monmouth schools and receding the
amendments-made by Vawter on th
board of regents' bill, but Inserted a
provision that In two years this board
should recommend two school to b
maintained by the state. The house
accepted the amendments. . .
A th proposition now stands, all
four schools will hav maintenance ap
propriations for two years. One board
of regents will mans re all schools. The
settlement of the na tion of the num-
ber of schools
In t5 yesrs will be set
tied by th abolishing of two schools.
Th house passed the Portland public
play ground bill a coming from th
eenate' thla morning. There were no
dissenting votes. -
' The enrollment committee la swamped
wtin mv 7 WVI- in uiv .-n.1-.
Clerks have all drawn wagea and left
the building. Th house la very In
dignant ' and strenuous efforts sre be
ing msde to get clerk to enroll the
bills. Th legislature cannot officially
adjourn vntll all th bills are paaaed.
and signed by both speaker and pres
ident - If It does adjourn, all -the bills
unsigned will be killed,
There are trospecta that . th two
houses have to hold over until" late In
th afternoon, perhaps night Or sllow
th bills now pending to go by default.
Governor Chamberlain Is very busy
diving Into the mass of bills left for
him by- the session. -Thero, la a prob
ability that he will veto the Beach bill
providing for voting machines, on ac
count of hi suspicion of a graft In the
measure. He Is also liable to us th ax
on Perkins'- bird bill and Beala' cream
and dairy Inspector bill. - .
THAW WOULD PROVE
Y SANITY UPON STAND
f Joe real RpeMsl Rervlee.)
New York. Feb. 2S. Attorney Hart
rid ge Issued a statement In the nam
of Mrs. . WfUlam Thaw this afternoon
denying as "untrue, unwarranted and
unjust the report that th family had
paid Kvelyn .Thaw to testify, . Hart
rldg states on his own account he
would never consent to a lunacy com
mission. ' . t
Rumor rilled the air today In con
nection with the Thaw ease. Non are
well founded. Only one seemed to have
any foundatlcn. It Is said that Thaw
will take, the stnnd In his own behalf
next week. He wants to prove that he
la not Insane-now.
ARRESTED FOR THEFT OF
DRAWING INSTRUMENTS
, K. ft. Ilobeok was arrested last night
at the Terminus hotel In I-ower Alblna
by Detectives Hill and Mnllet on a
chnrge of vogrrncy, but will b com
pelled to. . answerto an lulormatloet
t ha r r1ng him with larceny from a
dwelling. Hobeck is accused of hav
ing stolen a aet of silver drawing In
trument valued at 125 from the room
of T. J. Camerbn, nn engineer residing
In the hotel and disposed of th plun
der to a second-hand dealer.
The prisoner, has been Identified by
th pawnbroker a th man who made
th en In. Hobeck was formerly In th
United State army. ; ;
Freight Shipments Will Soon Co
Through From Pokegama
' . " on Time.
. A considerable reduction of charges
on freight from Portland to Klamath
Falls will result from - new arrange
ment that are being mad by E. T. Ab
bott general manager of the Weyer
haeuser railroad, operating from Thrall
to Pokegama. A combination haa been
made with the Mclntyr Transportation
company, freighters, by which consign
ments will be moved regularly by team
between Pokegama and Klamath Falls.
and - affording' delivery . at the tor
door. -- - -
"W hope to have the new arrange
ment In effect by' May 1. and at that
time the reduction of freight rat
JjElU atlaoejrtOBetherjiULlhroiiga.
billing, I aid wr. ADooti, wno was m
Portland today. "Freight can ba billed
through the same aa If by any con
tinuous transportation route, and we
will be certain of having it moved
along promptly. Heretofore the team
ing business between our terminus, at
Pokegama. and Klamath Falls, has not
been regular. ,
Kelp h Shipper. 1'
'"Sometimes we would hav th
freight houaa plied to th roof with
goods, and no teams available. At other
times there would ba enor teams than
were needed. . Th new plan will be
operated so thst transportation of goods
will be not only cheaper, but the
shipper will know Just what It is go
ing to cost him to put the goods
through to destination. As matters
have been going, our road received Si
cents ner hundred for hauling th
freight to Pokegama. -and from thst
point to' Klar..ath Falla tt eost-what
ever the freighter waa disposed t
charge."
Th first-class rat wlU be $1 per
100 nounda. Ther will b a second
class rata of . about 00 cents, and a
fourth-class rate of 85 or cents. All
earlot rates will b cut out-on -tha
Pokegama line. .
gtaures Stlek la the Mud.
' The stage road between Klamath
Falls and Pokegama la in very bad con
dition from rains end much air Acuity
is being experienced in getting passen
ger and freight over It Tha stage
with It passengers aboard broke down
s.few miles from, the railroad tr
minus on day this week, and tha pas
sengers had to walk back. - -
Th stage that left, Pokegama for
Keno Thursday had not reached the lat
ter point yesterday when Mr. Abbott
left pokegama, and la believed to have
been stuck on the road and held all
night with th passengers camped In
It- -
TO BLOCK INQUIRY INTO
EXPRESS COLIPAHIES
Strong Pressure Exerted In Con
. 1 gress to Head-Off Inquiry ,Z
- ! Into Business. .
. .', (Jeeraal Special Service.) '
Washington, D. C. Feb. II. A strong
effort Is being mad by the railroad
and xpress lobby to prevent th Inter
state commerce committee from report
ing out house resolution 141.. Intro,
duced by Representative Kennedy of
Nebraska, Instructing the Interstate
commerce commission to Investigate aa
to the lesallty of buslneaa don by th
various express companies In. tha
United States, Including th Wells-Far
go and other companies operating in
th west - ' , ,
Thl. -nliitto-. la the outcome Of th
.A.niin. t the Western Fruit Job-
! hers' association held January 4 at Kan
sas City, where It waa cnargea inai ex
press compsnles were enraged In th un
lawful handling, buyin and selling of
fruits, vegetables and oysters, thsreby
ntmlnr Into direct competition with
l-j merchant and jobbera. It wa charged
that euch buslnese was an uniawrui one
for the companies to engage In; that it
gav them an opportunity to cover up
dlscrlmlnatlona, for the payment of re
bstos. and for other unlawful practleea,
and that the express corapanlea had In
creased their rates to an unreasonnble
extent, to th detriment of growers,
shippers and consumers.
PERMANENT LEAGUE
OF LOUD PROTEST
Tli Moyr-Hey wood-Pet tlbon league,
which managed the street parade and
Armory demonstration last Wednesday
night, hss decided not to go, out of ex
istence, but to organise on a permanent
basis and continue actlv agitation un
til the union offlclala ar either liberated
or banged. Th organisation meeting
will be held Sunday afternoon at -liSO
o'clock at tot tav.ls street
In case th federation leader ar
oonvtcted th promoter of th league
promts a bigger and mor emphatlo
protest than that of last Wednesday
night . , .. i' .,- -
SECOND INDICTMENT OF
. AN ASYLUM ATTENDANT
' (Jnnroal perl1 Berries.)
Athena, Ohio. Feb. 13. An additional
Indictment Jias been returned by the
grand Jury In th Insane asylum cases.
Hobart Reeder fa now charged with
killing Emmet Vlckers, a patient Sep
tember I. 105. Thla makea two Indict
rnenta against Reeder, who, 'With Har
klna. the other attendant utfner Indict
ment haa been reletncd on bond.
G. A. R. T0 OBSERVE
WASHINGTON'S BIRTH
. A special meeting will be held thl
evening by Sumner Pdst. No. It, O. A.
R, at East Pine and Grand avenue, in
observance of Washington birthday.
Various phases" of Washington's career
and life will b presented by different
members,, and the women of 8umner's
Relief Corps will furnish appropriate
music.
0 R. 6YILL!NE OPEN IN 1
EASTERN WASHINGTON
Repairs on the Shanlko line of the
O. R. eV N. ' company are being rushed,
but owing to the extensive damage In
fllcted by the fluods It will be rmpo.
: slble to get the line open before next
I1 week. Th main line to 8okan and
branches In eastern .Washington ' sre
now opsn, snd trains are being operated.
Steamship Company Contenv
' plates Making Oregon Port
. Terminal Instead of Frisco
So much freight has been offered th
steamer, F. A. Kllburn for Cooa Bay
that the local agent here Is contemplat
ing having that ' point instead .of San
Francisco made the southern terminal
of th rout thl trip. Th Kllburn
reached Astoria this morning and will
be her tonight from the Bay City and
way points. She is the only boat at
present plying between Portland and
Coos Bay, the Alliance having been laid
up for her -annual overhauling aad In
spection. - - i -
Th Alliance will be held up about 10
days her - before her "Overhauling la
completed. F. P. Baumgartner, local
ir.r,t nt tha r--"'" -'- a ""if"" Cn.t
Bteamshlp company, today Issued a no
tice to th effect that on' and after
March T th steamer Alliance wlH ply
between Portland and Coos. Bay onljr
making weekly trips. ' .
Th merchant of Coos a re anxiously
looking for the tlm when ampl trans
portation faclllttea will be provided be
tween Portland and their part of the
state. And they believe, too, that Port
land's merchants should be Interested In
having more steamers placed on. th
route, which offer excellent Induce
ment to Investor. That th trad
with Coon 1 all Jn favor of Portland Is
shown by th nature of freight handled
by th steamers now on th rout. An
Illustration I ahown In th fact that
whll th steamer' Alliance and Kll
burn run full both ways, most of the
north bound freight Is booked for points
In th east whll the southbound goods
hav all been purchased her-
'"So rapidly haa freight been brought
to th Oak street dock for tb Kllburn
during th past fw. day that thr lr
already more on hand than th steamer
can handle even for Coo bay. not to
mention Eureka and San Francisco.
Th boat la scheduled to sail Monday
night but not until thla evening will It.
be decided whether or not to 'send the
vessel further south than Coo bay thl
trip ' A1k.
If Eureka 1 eut off th rout thl
trip, merchants fcajr that trad with
that port will be Injured' becaua ev
eral ahlpments of flour and feed f
that destination hav been held up for
some Urn. Ther la aald to be danger
of th "order - being cancelled unless
th'gooda can ba delivered within rea
sonable langtb of time, in which event
th buslneaa would revert back to San
Franclaco. , . ,
San Fraxiolaoo did moat of th busi
ness with -Eureka prior to th earth
quake, but Portland merchant secured
a good ehare of tha business Imme
diately following the dlsaater and they
hav managed to hold it so f sr. That
port ha better rVIe than Coos Bay.
however, because In addition to the Al
liance and th KUburn, th ateamera
Roanoke and Geo. W. Elder, of tha
North Paclflo Steamship company,
touch there regularly . .
I3PEU T VIO B AUKS
III PORILAIID
San Francisco Capitalists Fils
Articles of Incorporation
for Institutions.
Th wll known Myer brother of
San Francisco will shortly -launch two
new bank in Portland. They already
hav eight bank In th atata, art of
them capital ised at 15.000 each. The
new banks ar capitalised each with
a similar sum. They were Incorporated
today under th names or tnercrencn
bank and th Swiss-American banav
Their purpose Is to carry on a general
aavings and commercial banking bust
nesa and to establish branch backs
throughout tha state H. 8. Myers. F.
N. Myers, and M. 8.. Myers are named
as th incorporator.
. Th Richardson-Holbrook company, a
real estate concern, tiled artlclea of in
corporation with the county clerk to
day, Th capital stock 1 f 10,000. Th
Incorporator ar A. B. Richardson, F.
B. Holbrook and Arthur E. Burch.
Th Holoomb Realty company Sled
article of incorporation with th
county dark today. Th capital stock
Is $60,000. Th Incorporator ar George
W. Holcomb, Frank R. Dooly and Clin
ton C Palmer.
ARRESTED, HE RAN AWAY,
BUT WAS CAUGHT AGAIN
'! Chewl was arrested at First and
Oak streets last night by Patrolman
Humphrey and booked at th ctty
prison on charges of having lottery
ticket s, opium and obscene pictures in
hi possession. Whll being taken to
th station he attempted to escap but
wa overhauled by Humphrey after a
short chase. In the municipal court this
morning the case was continued until
Monday, when Chewl wtll be tried on
state charge for th opium and unlaw
ful photograph found on him.
DIRE PREDICTIONS-FOR
HUMANITY IN MARCH
(Journal gpeela) Service.) '
London, Feb. 13 A dispatch from
Rom to th Dally Mall report Profea
aor Matteuccl of th Vesuvius observa
tory a saying that toward tha end of
March th substance of the new comet
discovered by Marchettl will . come In
contact with tha earth's atmosphere.
with consequence probably dangerous to
the world. His brother is or the same
opinion.
THREW DINNER DISHES
; AND WIFE GETS DIVORCE
Judge Sear today granted a divorce
to Catherine Cxarnl'nskl from Frank
Cxamleskl. Poles. The couple were
married In Illinois In 1181. Whll In
Seattle In 10 the husband became
enamored of another woman, and drove
his wife and- child away from home by
throwing dinner dlshea at them.
Ecklcs Father Is I)caJ.
(Jnarsa! Sneetal sr-lr.
Princeton, 111., Feb. IS. James Starr
Ecklea, aged 10 years, father of James
E. Ecklea. former controller of the cur
rency, died hare, today.
Preferrew Stool Oaaned Oooda.
Allen Lewis' Beat Brand.
District Attorney of the Fifth Ju-
dicial District Informs Cov
: ernor Chamberlain.-
Harrison Allen, attorney for th fifth
Judicial district of the state of Oregon,
haa submitted hi resignation ta uov
run, chn m her luln. Th resignation
a ,k. Afrtwt March 1.
air. Allen has been district attorney of
the fifth Judicial dlatrii t alnc lo. hav
ing been elected to that position iwk,.
At the last election It waa so generally
conceded that he would be reelected that
the opposition party failed to nominate
a candidate. , .
-It waa Mr. Allen's announced Intention
to resign Jsnuary t, but for private rea
sons he failed to do ao. It la aald that
in asrreement waa reached between htm
and ftovernor ,Claaberlalw wherebyhe - j
should continue- in office for a tlm.
However,' be haa decided that h will
hav no mor of th office, and hla res
ignation will reach th governor today.
"I am resigning for the reason that I
find It to my Interests to do so," said
Mr. Allan. "I ahall devot my tlm to
privet practice and ahall ba perm;
nently located In Portland."
Mr. Allen haa office with Judge
Carey In the Chamber of Commerce
building. He made an enviable., record
a a publlo prosecutor and aucceasfully
handled eome of the moat famous case
that hav com to trial In tha flfCi dis
trict Governor Chamberlain haa not
announced Mr. Allen' ucceor, who
' will be chosen by th chief executive. ,
APPROPRIATIONS FROMBULL
RU!1 AND SANDY RIVER
-a-sBaeaaaawaSMswaaiBaB
Four Canals and Threo Reser
voirs Projected by Mt. Hood -Company.
(SpecUl Dttpatrk to The Jeeraal.l
Oregon City, Feb. M. Four larg ca
nals and three Immense reservoirs a re
to b built by th Mount Hood Power
Railway company, according to thjfUed th- COmplainta. I Intend to call
tenof or vertr. watef-Tlght-approprta
tions filed in th county-recorder of
f lc her yesterday. . Tb content ' of
th notice ahow that th water 1 to
be appropriated from the Sandy and Bull
Run river and their ttibutarlea. The
document ar filed In the. name of C
W. Miller, en agent for that company.
and th object a stated is to develop
eleotrio power, energy and light. For
this purpose 400 miners' inches of water
ar to be taken from Peer creek, th ap
propriation being In volume a continuous
flow of 000 cubic feet of water per minute.-
Another notice appropriates (0.000
miner Inches of water In th Bull Run
river, being a continuous flow of 10,000
feet of water per mlnut at a point in
section , township 1 south, rang I
east
f" Th third notlo appropriate 10,000
Inches from th Sandy river and a flow
of 10,000 oubtc feet per minute.
A construction canal Is to b built
from Deer creek five feet wide and four
feet deep. Canal No, Is to be 10 feet
wide and It feet deep, and No. 4. of the
same dimensions, will ba used to carry
water to th three reservoirs.
SECOND LEADING. LADY IN
PRODUCTION OF MIZPAH
' 'Mist Louisa Kent.
Miss Ixuls Kent, who haa been en
gaged by tm Baker stock company. Is
expected to reach Portland next week
And wlil make her Initial appearance
In thla city In th production of "Mlx
paji." Miss Kent will be th aecond
leading woman of th Baker company.
Bh conies from Atlanta, Georgia, where
she has achieved great success In ber
fprofesslon. ...
DELINQUENTS MUST
" COME UP WITH COIN
.
Nearly 100 people who are subject to
th occupation tax hav been reported
as delinquent by th llcens ' otTloera,
nd they have been notified to settle
their account with th city by March t
or tnk a chance for a Job on the county
roekpll at Kelly' Butt. The total
mount, of the delinquencies Is 'about
$10,000. This sum should have been
paid into th city treasury on January
1, but the debtor, a Is customary, neg
lected to settle up their account.
HIGHER TAXES DUE TO
SAN FRANCISCO FIRE
fjoeraal pertat tTW.
- Baeramento, Cel., Fab. Th gen
eral appropriation bill Introduced In the
assembly today ahow an Increase of
t"ioo,000 over that of two yeara ago,
the total being IM 00.000. The tax rate
would b 60 cents as sgatnst 40, the In
crease being due to less sssessnbln
property owlnp to th Snn Franclico
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Sfott Is Gain In-;.
Jrtmes Plott, who was not pji pi 11
to live yewfr-ltv. is r'"1nir "k.it .'it
the Ooo.l ; :'w i an hflt,il t. l.iv.
Much In!.-, -t U ! hi
Htntfu fi. f f . ) ' . I I 1 . r,
Htott's f
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Customers of Zetesch's Resort
Found In State of Beastly
Intoxication. ' v T
Astounded at the disgraceful cenrtl
tlona prevailing In the saloon conducted
at 604 Third street by Max Keteeeh,
revealed aa th result of a. rtd on, th.
resort yesterday afternoon by Patrolman .
J. F. Anderson when aix confirmed
drunkard were found in various atages
of Intoxication, lying on the floor of tha
place, Iieputy City Attorney Flixgerald
this morning Issued warrant of arrest
for the saloonman and hi bartender on
three charge of selling liquor to per
sons already intoxicated. - - i
The warrants were given to atrol.
maa Anderson for service and Ze teach
and his mixologist Herman Madge were
- brqught ta"pbTCeiTquorters. STmSg
attempted to strike the policeman and
waa promptly knocked down by Ander ,
son.
Ota Stand XI Castoraer.
As th bull waa $100 In each of tha
three case a, Zetesch waa compelled to
furnish 100 In cash' befor securing the
releaae of himself and assistant He
was loud In hi denunciation of th
police and declared that he could bring
any number of witnesses to testify to
his good reputation. -J'
After the raid yesterday Zetesch came
to police headquarter to protcat against :
th action of Patrolman Anderaon, but
received but llttl satisfaction from
Chief Grltimaehsr. Th liquor dealer
pointed with pride to th fact that he
aold Just aa good whiskey and wlnea for
a nickel aa dispensed by uptown re
sorts for a bit -: .. -
According to th authorltlea tha In
toxicant old by Zetesch ar on a par
with the vil tun dispensed by the
defunct Chines "gin Joints,? and the
habitues of th' plac ar th former
patrons of these resorts.
'1 ws Informed yesterday afternoon
by a eltlien that Zetesch' saloon was
on of tha worst place In th city and.
that drunken men wer lying all over
th place," says Fttxgorald. "I reported
the matter to Chief Urltxmacher and the
raid followed, - Th office found three
or four mtn lying In a drunken stupor
on th floor of the resort I interviewed
three of tb drunkarda arrested and upon
their statements that - they had been ,
given liquor when already IntoaJcated.
the attention of th license committee
to th resort aa It should be put out of
buetness at once." "
Three men found In Zeteaoh'a plaee-
this morning when th warrant a were
erved wer also brought to tha atatlon
and booked on charge of vagrancy.
Illustrative of th deadly character of
the wines sold In . th saloon, 1 th
statement by on of those arrested yea- .
terday to th affect that threw drink
of so called sherry cauaed him to be
come beastly Intoxicated.
ROCKPILE FOR
A DEAF MUTE
At Least Burns ' Pretended He
Was Afflicted, but Judge Has
His Poubts.
Hr I a copy of th scrawl. W.
Burns, a stalwart vagrant with a deep
baiiton vole handed to ympathatio
pedestrians when soliciting alms: . .
"A Mute Appeal. Having lost say
speech and hearing I. appeal to yota for
assistance. Will you help a deaf mute,
atranger. whan you meet on b dla
treaa. . Whll your 11 f la kept from
danger other aeala are laid to rest
Tour assistance will b th mean of
helping me cur an education br
which I hop to better my condition."
Burn In company with Ed Clearr
wa arrested1 yesterday br Patrolman '
Golts on a charge of vagrancy. When
brought befor Judge Cameron - thl
morning ther wa no evidence of deaf
ness or any mpedtment. in hi speech.
After the charge had been read to him
by Clerk Hennessy, th prisoner entered
a plea of guilty and Judge Cameron
gav him 00 day on th reck pile, dur
ing which time he will have an oppor
tunity of improving hla education.
Cleary, who acted a spokesman for
Burns on th begging expeditions, wa
given a sentence of 10 daya.
OLD-TIME PAL
HELPS HIMSELF
Mr. New Now Very Sorry He
Ever Saw Jeff Dover
. Again.
Although George New of III -Grand
avenue had not seen' Jeff Dover for
over IS yeara, yet today he 1 lamenting-the
renewal of the old friendship.
New, after meeting hi boon companion
of bygone days. Invited him to his honta
and, after swapping reminiscence until
a tat hour, showed Dover to th par
bedroom.
This morning, upon arising. New
found that his former friend had si
lently stolen away during the night and
i Incidentally annexed about 11. A detee--I
tlve is now searching for th mlaeing
J Mr. Dover.
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SENATE FOR NATIONAL 1
PARK IN NORTH IDAHO
(WathltMrtaa Hnra tit The ioetn.l V
Washington. I. C, Feb. 33. Senator
Hey burns bill for tha creation of a
national park In Northern Idaho pst
th senate toddy. It provides .that the
Couer tfAlene Indians shall be compen
sated for their lamia to be taken tor
park purposea. ' ' -; . ' ' '
DEMOCRATS PLEDGED TO :
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
(Jmirnat StieetKl gervVe. )
i f'hlraao. iVu. :a The platform which
the iH'nmcrntlc city convention adiiptwi
tn-lnv savs:
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