The Oregon daily journal., March 30, 1907, Page 7, Image 7

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENINO, MARCIt 30. 1907.
COMMISSIONERS TRYING
TO PREVENT BIG STRIKE
IT TO
ASTERS IS HO
IIM.BIII
SHEPHERD EYES
I'lOIK UP FLOUR
DIRECT PRIMARY
fill KCIl
FOR MAYOR
TRADE III ORIENT
Railroad Managers Explain Their Side of Controversy, Claiming
It Would Put Roads In Bankruptcy to Grant Demands-
Scheme of Designing Politicians
Declares Removal From Fifth
Ward Has Already Lost
Him ths Seat. '
Mrs. Homer J. 8m!th, 8oCaIIed,
. Bunkoes Merchants by Her
Smooth Talk!
Expected to . Seek Republican
Nomination Labo Party
Announces Names.
J. W. Canong of Portland Flow
at Last Session of Legislature,
; Says President Haines.
ering Mills Company to Go to
Japan and China.
i Master Workmen State CW
DfSCRED
BOGUS
CHECKS
CHAIR
''' V . " ' . " (Journal' Special garriee.)
Chicago, March 10. Interstate Com marc Commissioners Knapp and Nail
arrived thla morning; and Immediately want Into session with rapreaentatlvas
f th railroad! at the Auditorium. Tha ' manage explained that ha could
not grant mora than from seven to ten par cent increase and a 10-hour day.
baoauaa It would b Impoaaibla to. par operating xpans and a dividend un
' dar tha two-cent far law In a number of states, and claimed that . th men
must modify their demands or accept responsibility for whatever bualneaa
' calamity ahould follow. - - t-
Th oommlaalonera then met with Messrs. Oar ret son . and , Morrlaey,
" chief of th trainman, and beard theworkraen a aide, how living had In
creased lully' 1 per cent, with so Increc to railroad worker, while other
laborer got SO per. cent Inereas. , They claimed that th earning capacity of
:th railroad had been doubled. ' "
It la th general opinion that a ttlement to nearer.
MANY NICE CHICKS ARE ROASTED
BROWN INSIDE OF INCUBATOR
"-roar and twenty black . bird baked
In pi, n
When the pie was opened th . bird
i . began to alng.
Waan't that a funny dlah to t before
I ' a. klngf
( Unconsciously humming th Mother
i Goose rhyme a he light . heartedly
( , hastened toward polio headquarter to
'I ' report, off thla morning,. Patrolman
I , Bale 'of the second night relief. In
Deaelna a corner of Front and Taylor
street, wa suddenly arouaed from hie
childhood reverie by th pleasant odor
. of fried chicken.
- - Glancing around to ascertain from
whence cam th appetising small. Bale
BABY - BULLETIN -
LIKE ONE
"Mai child, born March II, weighed
f H pounds th first week and steadily
growing." was - th astonishing an
nouncement mad In a report of a phy
sician ' to th local health board this
morning. . When th report was r
. oelved sverybody in th office supposed
that It bad come from Dr. CT L. Large
of Forest Qrove, th author of th
BOOT OF MURDERED
IS
Mrs. Henderson's Remains Held
for Instruction NaverCiVerr -
Maxwell's Estate.
(a-a-laf manato te The JaaraaLt
Oregon City, March -la. The body of
' 'Joseph' D. Maxwell, who was shot la at
Saturday by his son-in-law t the Wll-
11am -Tell - nous at mxtn ana nun
"atreeta In this city and who died last
. night at th Good Samaritan hospital.
Portland, will be brought to thla qUy
for burial. '
Th funeral of Mra. Henderaon was
hold yeeterday afternoon. Tha remain
had been kept with th expectation that
Maxwell. who wa bar ratner, wouia
. recover and that some direction from
htm mlvht he had. but a h never
rasatned consciousness th - unfor-
t' tunate victim was burled In Mountain
.'View .cemetery. .
Maxwell was a member of th Odd
T! fallows at Latrone. California. HI
' estate will be partially probated in
'.. th Clackamas county court sine upon
:. hi- urun ware found ' drafts and
?. checks amounting to 11.700. , Mra.- Hen-
i: derson's estate will also t pronawa in
v this county.. It consists of 140 acres
"h of farm land at Kerby. Josephine eoun
ty. this stat. '
VWOODBURN WETS AND
DRYS TO MEET MONDAY
t-
(Sparlat Dtasatc te Tb JearaeL)
. Wood burn. Or.. March . Tha fol-
' lowing ticket was placed in nomination
;ln this city last night at a law and
' order and street Improvement caucus:
K B. T. Randall, mayor: H. J. Altnow and
Oeorge Landon, councilman; J. J. Hall,
' . recorder; 8. C Berry, treasurer; Z. J.
'Riddle, marshal. .
Th meeting was enthuslaatlo and
. emphatically In favor of law and order
; - and street Improvement. - Chairman
wAltno'w'a address along these lines was
very favorably received. Thl la gen
.rally recognised as th tlckt repre
senting tha antl-llcense element -and
' th on dominated Tuesday night as
, the saloon ticket, an or tna saloons
. rloslns on th latter occasion to allow
'all advocate of llcens to attend th
'caucus. -
Th election will b held next Mon-
, day." Th result of thvot on lloenee
' .1 in doubt. .
. IF SUPERVISORS RESIGN "
THEY GO TO PRISON
v. -
iJmrnal goerls! Berries
San Francisco. March 10. Tbs graft
prosecution Is in possession of absolute
proof that Sohmlts attempted to force
three of th supervisors to resign, it
Is unlikely that anything will be don
In th matter a long as th auper-
visor do not resign, but. If they do a
term In th penitentiary stare them
; in th face.
The prosecutor has also discovered
'th Identity of the persons who have
' been distributing the circulars In the
financial district predicting a panlo If
th graft Investigation Is not discon
tinued. Th matter-was not brought
beforeth grand Jury a there Is noth
ing In th act for which thoee respon
sible can b punished. ... - ;
THAT TWELVE THOUSAND
'.: WILL BE DEPOSITED
' Deputy Collector of Customs 'L. A.
'Tike will henceforth deposit - money
collected in any United State depoal-
' tory In th city that he sees fit, In
accordance with Inatrnctlona from the
department at Washington. Th in
structions were received today In an
swer to a question what to do with
some 111.000 If silver that had been
refused by tha First National bank a
few days ago because of Its" already
having all the silver on band It oould
comfortably handle.
discovered smoke Issuing from th es
tablishment of th Paclflo Bead com
pany, at 101 Front street. Upon makt
lng an Inveatlgatlon h fonnd th In
terior of .tb place ablase, Racing to
fir alarm box 121 at Front and Sal
mon streets. Bales turned In an alarm
and hurried back to th burning store.
Upon . th arrival of th fir depart
ment, it was found that a brooder had
beoome Ignited from an overheated
lamp and the flame war quickly s
ttagutshed with a chemical stream. In
th smoking ruins of the "wooden hen"
160 Infant chickens were found roasted
to a ale rloh brown. No Inquest will
b held. ...
READS
FROM DR. LARGE
famous conundrum, "Can a man marry
his widow's niece T" An examination of
th certificate showed that a local
physician was th responsible authority
and that "Dr. Large was not attending."
. Th child born Is a son of William
Henry Morris of 1441 East Gliean
street. He was born on March It and
ha was Tnamed William Frederick Mor
ris. SIGN THAT POINTS TO '
TRANSFER OF RAILWAY
. (Special Bispatea ts The JeeraaU
'Albany, Or., March 19. Another straw
that seems to Indicate that th Cor
vallls Eastern has changed hands is
th fact that a complete supply of new
TM - - reoaiv-i
menia noing maa to relay th entire
track with tandard-welght rati and
Improve t a roadbed to th asm stat
of perfection as obtslns on tha general
line running through th valley, Seventy-five-pound
rail are being received
and these will replac th old rails
now in use. they being much lighter,
weighing from 69 to 40 pounds.
GRANGERS FIGHTING "
BLACKSMITH TRUST
V - ' '
(Bpeelsl Dlspateb to Tks Joans!.)
Brownsville. Or. March v to. Ash
Swale grange has been recently organ-
- n asu ewaie, inree mile north
west of Brownsville, with 46" charter
mem bora. This is on of th largest
ana leaning grange of Linn county.
They have organised a "farmers' black
smith shop." In opposition to th Linn
County Blackamltha' association. Other
grange in the atate are advocating th
Ash Swale grange' plan. -
M'HENRY SUSPECTED
OF AIDING BURGLARS
i """ -- .
- (Special Dtopatck te The earasLI
Hoqulam, Wash.. March 10. Marshal
Mc Kenny has arrested John McHenry
for alleged complicity burglaries
committed In thi city by - Klllngaon
and Dun. Som atolen goods- found In
McHenry shack have been Identified.
McHenry wore a atolen derby at th
trial of th two lads, Th police think
he was th middleman' for tb numer
ous burglaries committed In th olty.
He had over 160 on hi person when
arrested. H will be given a hearing
today. 4
FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLAR TIMBER PURCHASE
' fJoarnal Speck I Serrtoe.) -Hoqulam,
Wash, March to. Th Na
tional Lumbar A Box omoanv todav
confirm th report of a large purchase
of timber .land by It in thla county.
Th deal baa been pending soma time
and waa consummated yesterday. Th
consideration waa in th neighborhood
of $400,000. Thl I th second large
deal In thl city during th month of
March, the E. K. Wood Lumber com
pany having already purchased a tract
of timber land north of thi city for
4600,000. - , . -
BRINGING BODY OF
LANDSLIDE VICTIM
Coroner Flnley will return to Port."
land tpnlght with th body of George
Bosle, on of th men caus-ht h. tha
landslide on mile weat of Latourell
ran wnuo engages m construction
work on ths O. R. A N. line. Boaie'a
crushed remains wer found thl morn
ing after having been under th hun
dred of, ton of earth sine 1:10 o'clock
Thursday afternoon. -
Easter Eggs for Loggrr. . k
- (tpeelsl Dtapstr it The Jeeroat.t '
Hoqulam, Wash., Maroh 10. Tha
Foulson Logging oompany ahlDoed tn
camp on th rivr today IS cases of
eggs to be used by th logger on
Easter Sunday. Each veer .mnin...
of this company are treated to the
delicacies of th sesson though miles
away from th city.
; Brewery Strike Grows. "
ijeenmi Sneetel afHM t
St. Louis;- March 10. Three hundred
oiler employed at th various brew
eries walked out this morning and 1,100
Dottier quit auring tn day.
frafsrr vtoek Caaaed Oeoda. .
Allan A Lewis' Best Brand. .
That a consistent effort was mad
Aurlnsr the laat session of the legisla
ture by certain senators to boost the
appropriation Hat and tnus ormg eaiura
upon ths legislators elected forJh first
time by th dlrct primary act and tha
Indirectly upon the law Itself 1 th
statement made by Senator - B. w.
Haines, president of the senate, who Is
at ths Imperial for short business
visit In the city.
Senator Haines base hi opinion and
statement upon one or more conversa
tions between members of ths senkt
at which h was present when at least
on senator openly stated that he In
tended to vote for every measure carry
ing an appropriation In order to' "make
the popl alck of thi dlreot primary
law and disgust them with It untU thT
will repeal It and go back to the old
Popular clamor against th leglalatnr
and Ita acta caused th senator to' lead
Into the discussion. H maintain that-
after all ths last session was a good
one, and tuat, with three or four alna
miuii. tta mutm were fair and
founded upon a desire to enact th best
poaslbl laws for the stat.
"If," said Senator Hainan this morn
ing, "you ever hear of a man. or meet
one. who has said a kind word for th
laat session, or read In any paper where
It ha been praised for what It ha
don. I would very muoh Ilk to be noti
fied, lor II would nnunif
thing out of th common."'
. Bid lag Work WOO.' '
"With th exception of a posslbls three
or four law which were not passed. I
(mI that tha legislature did Its work
weU. Especially tn th senate, where V
presided. I personally know that the
great majority of th member were ear
nest and honest in their worav-Thls In
all probability waa Just as true of th
house, but I speak of th senate spe
cially, because I know th condition
there.
'Great el amor was mad against th
sis of th appropriations, but whan
any on begin to make apeclflo objeo
Uon he finds that tb amount was rea
sonable and generally aa little) as would
anawar th purpose for which It was
Intended. .
Tot fog BTSijthlag.
"X know thl. however, which not
vary on alse doe know," continued
th senator, rand that is that an effort
was mad by soma tr discredit the leg
Islatur becauae It was th first aeaalon
th member of which were tn th ma
jority of case elected under th dlreot
primary law. '
"I wa present at on conversation
especially wbere a senator from a large
county stated that he waa voting for
all th appropriation that cams hi way
because he warned to throw odhim upon
th first direct primary legislature. I
asked him how he would do that when
both h and I. and many other member
of the senate war not elected under
nd Id -the th majority (
th member of th whole asaembly
bad been so elected and that It waa a
direct primary . law . session. . I want."
he said, "to mak th people so sick of
this primary law that they will re
peal It. . ,.
XatUaslT CrooaV.
-"Examination of th - records - will
how that this policy was apparently
consistently followed out during th
session, and It la my belief that an ef
fort was mad during th entire aeaalon
to bring disapprobation upon the ses
sion because of th faot that It had
been elected under th dlreot primary
law." ...... '
la discussing th normal school ques
tion President Hainea said that If th
question could be settled by Initiative
as was proposed It would do more to
make possible fair and uninfluenced
legislation than any one other thing he
could think of, for it would take out
of coming aesslona ths combinations
and tradea built up from tha early daya
of the aeaalon for the protection of
th different schools. Th senator will
return to. his bom at Forest Grove to
night.
LUHACY COMMISSION
HAS THAW BEFORE IT
Lawyers Refuse to Say How
Thaw Stood the Ordeal Wit
nesses Will Be Called..
Ueeraal Sseetal Sarvtea I
New York. March 10. Th Thaw
lunacy commlasloa resumed th xaml
nation of Thaw at 10:10 this morning
in aecret aeaalon. Tb commission i
malned la secret session for three hour
and then adjourned for lunch. Thaw
was before them all morning. It w
Stated that they would probably finish
with Thaw in half an hour thi after
noon. -.
' McClur announced that as soon as
th examination of Thaw ta concluded
a public aesslon will b held. 'Dr. Ham
11 ton. ' th medical attendant at th
Tom be, will likely be among the wit
nesses. On Thursday a deputy sheriff
waa excluded from th room. Today
ha returned, instructed by th sheriff
not . to -relinquish the custody of th
prisoner unless th commission gave a
written receipt, for Thaw's body. Th
commission refused to do thla, but per
mitted the deputy to remain bealde th
defendant. .
Great care was taken that bon of
th proceeding be known. Extra brace
wer' placed against th door to pre
vent an unexpected interruption. Th
lawyer refused to venture a word aa
to how Thaw stood th ordeaL
- Ask for Minor Boycott.
The carmen's union laat night pre-
ented it letter to tne Federated Trade
council w'thdrawlng It request ' for a
general boycott on the Portland Rail
way, Light A Power company and ask
ing the oouncll to plaoe a boycott on
The Oaks resort until such tlms as the
company shall make terms with the
union. latttr'wa referred .to a
special committee of five appointed by
th chair, which will report at th next
meeting of th central body.
Tnft at Fanam.
(Joaraal .perls! Setvlee.)
Colon, March io. -The Mayflower ar
rived here this morning with Secretary
Taft and party aboard. They wer wel
comed by Chief Engineer Stevens, Dr.
Georgia, General Manarer Dlerd of the
Panama' railway, and others. Th vis
itors took tli train for Panama. They
said th voyage bad been uneventful
and all member of th party ar In
good health.
W. T. Masters, councilman from th
jfth ward. It out of th council in hi
own belief and severed bis connection
last Sight at six o'clock' when he fin
ished moving from hi old residence In
th Fifth -ward to hi new horn on
th Eaat Sid. He maintain, that he
I no longer a member of the council,
that vacancy exists and that It I up
to th council to elect aome one to
fill, out th two years remaining of
his term ' or not to do so Just as tt
sees ' fit . v.
. ."I do not consider that I am a mem
ber of. the oouncll today," aald Mr.
Master thi morning. "I finished mov
ing out of the ward last night at six
O'clock and that act in Itself severed
my connection with th council. -
Vo linger. Oonnollmas, .
"X hav given notice to th council
that it waa my Intention to mov oat
of th ward. I do not Intend to par
ticipate further in th proceeding of
th eonnotl and-mder the charter of
tb olty my removal out of the bonn
darlas of th ward savers my connec
tion with th body. I do not believe
that It la- necessary for m formally
to resign from th organisation, for I
think th charter provisions cover th
case and' I believe I am sow n longer
a member of th body.
"I do not know whom th oouncll 1
going to elect in my place. I do not
know whether they will tatt any ac
tion and tt ts not my provtno to In
struct that body In Its , future acta,
specially wban I am no longer con
nected wUh It."
. - Xaeavea Way Op.
Th foregoing announcement ssems to
leave th way open for a many fifth
ward residents to enter the race for th
remaining portion of Mr. Masters' term
as may hav ambition to eerv their
city officially. , The council may now
proceed to elect soma on to fill Out th
term until th next election in June,
when u people of th ward can select
th man to represent them.
, Three candidates are after th seat
mad vacant by Mr. Mastsra, they be
ing Thomas J. Hulme, Dc W. L Cottal
and Jam Auard. It 1 probable that
all three will take th proper atepe to
go before the people at th next elec
tion.
STEFFEN'SvWIFE
HAS GONE EAST
v
She Went to Attend Funeral of Her
Father, a Noted Physician
of Troy.
Dr. R. B. Botitecou, father of Mrs.
Lincoln Steffena, who ha been in Por'
laad-wlth har-huaband. th noted Jour
nail st and magasln editor, during th
past two week, died at hi horn In
Troy, New Tork, Wednesday night. Mra.
Steffena received word Tuesday that her
father waa dying and left th follow
ing morning for his bedside, but did not
reach the family home until today.
Dr. Bonteoou waa on of the moat
noted , physician and Burgeons in ths
east - and had contributed many valu
able treatises t hi profession. Ha
was bora In Troy la 1S14 and was a
graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnfo
Institute and Castleton Medical college.
taking a post-graduate course In th
Medical university of New Tork city.
When the civil war brok out h was
appointed United State army Burgeon
and was in command at th Washing
ton hospital, retiring with th rank of
colonel. . - .
He again resumed his practice at
Troy and waa elected to the chair of
natural philosophy in Kenneslaer col
leg a few years later. Prior to thl
tlm he had served through the chol
era epidemic In Troy during 1S4I and
186t. and had mad an extended trip
up th Amazon and through South
America In the Interests of his pro
fession. H wa elected a delegate to
th ninth international medical conven
tion held in ItST, end wa also a dele
gat to th tenth convention of tha
same association held in Berlin in 1900.
Aa a member of th American Med
ical association and th American Sur
gical association h - had gained wide
prominence throughout th Eastern
states, and was looked upon aa an
authority in certain medical and sur
gical branches. His reports on surgery
during the Civil war are the largeat
and most complete and authentlo which
hav aver been published.
SUIT OVER COSTS OF
" A RIGHT OF WAY
A suit wss filed tn the' federal court
this morning by Stephen Carver of
Montana against M. O. Hope t al ek
ing for I1.S0I damage. Th plaintiff
entered into a contract with th varloua
defendant to construct railway from
aom point on th Oregon Short Lin
road to th town of Val In eastern
Oregon. ' Th defendant war to pay
tha eoata for aeonrln rishta of wav
rand other necessary expense which
might aria from similar transactions.
Th plaintiff makes th allegation
thai th defendant did not rry out
their portion of th contract and that
therefor he I entitled to receive the
sum of 11,105 which wa expended by
htm under th term oft the contract.
POLICE COURT IS
BIG MONEY-MAKER
For th month ending today tb re
ceipts in th municipal court for fine
and forfeiture wa 11,771.10 com
pared with 11,751.10 for February.
Sine th first of the yesr 11,731. 10
hss been turned over to th city treas
urer by Clerk Frank Henneesy. In
view of the fact that only 13.1X0 waa
appropriated by th council' for main
taining tn municipal court, tha record
for the first three month ef th year
I highly gratifying to ths court of
ficial. C. W. PHILBRICK DIES
AT AGE OF NINETY-TWO
(ftperlst Men teh tm Tb Jftnraal.)
Vancouver, Waab Maroh 30. C.- W.
Phllbrlck. residing aeven mile east of
Vancouver on th Mill Plain road, died
Thursday of old age.. Th funeral waa
held yeaterday from the family home
and interment wa In th City cemetery
tn thl city. II wa fl years old and
leavea a widow, Tb family arrived In
this county seven months sgo from tVe
ast. , , ' - i
DETECTIVE NOW ON
n TRAIL OF SWINDLER
Tells Optician She Will Be Back to
. Purchase Glasses in a Few Days
ud Gets Ten Dollars in 'Change
. From Htm.
A woman has now en tend th rank
of th bogus check operators In this
eltv and aa tha rami It k a-.
in this line of work two well-known
meronanis nav been vlcttmlaed. The
woman last Saturday night visited the
Oreson Ontlral Aomnanw'a tBKii-K.
on Fourth street and suoceeded tn In-
auuins manager vuDack to cash a check
for 1 10. signed "Mrs. Homer J. Smith."
At th tlm "of presenting the check
th woman laughingly aald to Duback:
''I've, triad aavaral tiliM. .h.,. -if
- ...WW, u H - ... .
seem to think that th check may be
a fora-erv. Haw .h.n,n i n. .
glasses. My ayaa hav been bothering
miv tawny wa i u come ana see you.
Blddlnr th. nntiM.. k .... .
s -- 9WT-SWV .iHUlgi
lng him for hi courtesy the fsmale
wra-nr quicKiy ioos ner aeparrur.
J. A. Clemenson, a druggist at 2S5
Tambtll street, also parted with a lit)
note for a wnrthlaaa HI n-n.. -
dered by th woman. Th polio wer
notified and a detective has been de-
uuin on we case.
LIVER PILLS ARE
SHARPER'S PRIZE
Swindler Secnres - Singular Bill of
Goods From Woodard, Clarke
Cow, Drnggists.
An alleged swindler, evidently with
a torpid liver. Is reported to hav
mulcted Woodard, Clark and company
of good valued at. $30 and I now be
ing sought by th police. The fellow
showed much cleverness In his opera-tlons,-bu
ttt ts'-a cause-of - speculation
to his victims and th authorities why
h should hav carried, sway, In addi
tion to other thing, a dosen boxes of
cascarets and the same number of
packages of little liver pills.
, Several days ago Dr.. Wrlghtmaa of
Wrlghtman A Johnson, druggists at
Sllverton, visited Woodard, Clark and
company establishment In company
with another man he Introduced as L.
Olsen and purchased a small bill of
goods. A few day later s telephone
messaga wa received, supposedly from
Wrlghtman. and Jebnson to the effect
that Olaen would call for an order.
Upon appearing at tha store be ap
proached the saleswoman. to whom
he had been introduced, and had no dif
ficulty in aecurlng two fountain pens
valued at fl. a leather handbag worth
IJ.60, en dosen boxes of cascarets,
on dosen boxes of liver pills and a
red Ink pad.
Becoming suspicious., that rrythtng
wa not right, th local druggists In
quired of Wrlghtman A Johnson about
th matter and .were Informed that Ol
son wss never empowered to secure
the article. A detective has been de
tailed on ths case and Is searching for
th bilious Mr. Olson.- .
ANDERSON'S TALE OF
ROBBERY DOES NOT JIBE
A man giving his name as Frank
Anderson and saying he is a guest at
the Oregon hotel, reported to tha police
thla morning that an unknown woman,
whom he wined and dined at the
Quell restaurant last night had picked
hi pockets of 140 and a diamond pin
valued at the cam amount Tb purs
in which th money and Jewel wa
contained bore th Initial of L B. R.
Inqutry at th Oregon develops ths
fact that no on Is registered in th
hostelry nnder tb nam given tq, th
pOllC. . j J.----
S. F. KIDDELL WILL
FIGHT EXTRADITION
8. T. Klddell, arrested yesterday upon
th request of United State Attorney
Boyc of Juneau, Alaska, charged with
having conspired to defraud the United
State by avoiding payment of export
dutle on a large ahlpraent of salmon
from Alaska, furnished a bond Of ft,-
000 In tha federal court thl morning
and was allowed bis liberty until Mon
day, when his case will be heard In th
Federal court. Mr. Klddell la fighting
xtradltion and will not return to
Alaska unless forced to do so by decree
of th oourta. .
SHED GOLD PIECES
" WHILE DRINKING
Paul Prensehof, a blacksmith at 411
Qllsan street, who waa arrested on a
charge of drunkenness at Park and Wash
ington street last night, reported to
the polio thl morning that prior to
being taken into custody he had been
robbed of 1100. Prensehof saya when
he started out on hi drinking bout yea
terday morning he had four 120 gold
piece and 34 In allver on hi person
but when searched at the city prison
11.40 was found. A detective la making
an investigation.
DEMANDS REPORTS OF -EXPRESS
COMPANIES
floenis Sperlal Servtea.t
Washington, March 10. Th Inter
state commerce commission today or
dered the American, Adam. United
States, Pacific and Wells-Fargo - Ex
press companies to file within 10 day
th delayed atatementa of Interstate
connection and commodities. Trans
portation associations and dealers- will
be permitted to testify at the bearings
that ar to follow.
Pools Ion Next Monday. '
Judge Wolverton of the federal court
will hand down his decision in the case
of the United States against the South
ern Paclflo Mondny nest. The aitit was
one brought by the government aralnst
the enmtiany because of. violation of
the safety appliance act proved some
years ago by congress for th pro
tection of th railroad employes of the
United State.
Ex -Councilman Oeorg S. Shepherd I
about to announce"" hi candidacy for
th Republican nomination for mayor of
Portland, ecoordlng to the tatment
of cloae personal friends who say-that
Shepherd bas mad th announcement
to them privately. Mr. Shepherd baa
not as yt begun tb circulation of hi
petition, but I understood to be plan
ning their circulation th first of th
oomlng week.
The Union Labor party Is beginning
to take a very decided Intereat In city
polltcs and at tha last meeting of the
executive board recommendations wer
mad for th office of mayor, city at
torney and municipal Judge.
City Auditor Devlin and John B. Cof
fey were the two men wboaa name
will be submitted to the-referendum
vote of th members of th 40 odd
unions in th olty. W. R. McQarry and
John P. Kavanaugh, candidates for olty
attorney, .were also chosen ss the "two
names to-be sabrnttted for ths elty at
torney contest. Julius Bllvsston. can
didate for municipal Judge, was chosen
as ths man to go before th union for
Indorsement for municipal .Judge.
These candidates hav been eubjeoted
to th Inveatlgatlon of a committee ap
pointed by the executive board of the
Union Labor party, and their submission
to tb referendum means that th find
ing of th committees show . them to
hav mat with th approval of th
committee. - One man for each office
will be chosen to bo the -Candida ta of
tha labor people.
Julius Sllveston today filed his in
tention of becoming a candidal for
municipal Judge. HI platform la
follows: "If nominated and elected I
will Justly and Impartially enforce th
law towards all alike, and will honestly
endeavor to perform the dutle and ob
ligations of the aald office so as to gain
the approval of all good cltlsens." The
slogan to b printed en th ballot Is
"Jus tic to alL"
CHEKiLIER RECOVERS
FROa QOIilSE SPREE
Effect of Drug Wears Off and
"-"-Milkman Retums"t6His
Happy Home.
Jo Chevalier, a milkman residing at
IMS East OUsan street, who mysterious-
ly disappeared yeeterday while tempor
arily deranged from excessive us bt
quinine, has returned to his home and
bualneaa. to th great relief of his enx
lou relatives.
Thursday afternoon.' th horse draw.
tng Chevalier's wagon brok loo from
th vehicle and ran away. Th wagon
remained at Thirtieth and East Stark
t streets tor over a day, and Patrolman
Robson, who resides In th neighbor-
' hood, made an Investigation, but with
out being able to locate th driver. On
Thursday night Chevalier approached
'Patrolman Jeff Thompson at th Union
depot and announced his Intention of
j going to San Francisco, but apparently
cnangea ni plana and returned home.
aiter an aoseno or two days.
ASTORIA'S FAME
WILL SOON SPREAD
. n. Whyte Came From New Or
leans, Wbere Portland's Im
pressarlo Once Dwelt.'
To aasum th management of th
Astoria chamber of commerce J. H.
Whyte will leave Portland tomorrow
for th city on th coast. Mr. Whyte
ha undertaken th task of making
Astoria famous; of exploiting Ita re
source and of tailing 1U advantages
io in woria. . .
Mr. Whyte te from lfw Orleans,
which la known to fame being th
former horn of Tom Richardson, man
ager of. th publicity department of
th Portland . Commercial dub. Mr.
Whyte ha been ngagd in publicity
work for many year and bas taken a
prominent part in exploiting the south.
Mis work in that line was devoted
chiefly to th cltlea of Now Orleans
and Shreveport, Louisiana.
Mr. Whyte wilt begin his duties as
manager of th Astoria chamber of
eommero April 1. He reached Port
land yesterday and will leav tomor
row In order to reach Astoria la tlm
to begin hi work on Monday.
"Tt la, of course, Imposslbl to aay
definitely what our plan will be wltb
reference to boosting Astoria. he aald.
"But ther must be plenty of thing
about Astoria that th world doesn't
know. It is not likely that so wis a
business man as John Jacob Aator
should have been mistaken when he
prophesied that Astoria would b a
great city som day.
"It will likely b our policy to as
certain first what ar th special ad
vantage of Astoria and let th world
know about them. Th Jameatown ex
position. I think, might be a good 'op
portunity to begin, W may arrange
to hav an - Illustrated lecture at th
exposition, describing Astoria and tb
Paclflo coast.''
COURT RELAXES AND .
RICH MINE RESUMES
(Xpeelut fitepatrb tn Te Journal. 1 .
Helena, Mont., March 10. Judge Hunt
In th United State court today modi
fled an Injunction which he Issued sev
eral years ago, preventing operations
on a disputed vein lying between the
properties of the Montana Mining com
pany, owned by th Rothschild of Lon
don, and of th St. Loula Mining com
pany, whereby the latter will b en
abled to begin operations
Th St. Loula company secured a
judgment against th London company
for Illegal extraction of 1112,000 worth
of ores, and it waa to. argue this appenl
that former Senator Brown of Utah
went to Washington when he was as
sassinated recently by Mra. Bradley.
The vela Is Vtry rich snd the resump
tion of operations will give employment
to a large force, as well aa Increase the
mineral output. The vein adjoins the I
Dnimlummon mine, near here, which
Colonel Cruee, the Helena banker, sold
to the Kothsclillila for 115.000. noo cash.
f'-tied Goods.
i -.t 1 ri .1.
THIS CITY'S FINE
RECORD FOR EXPORTING
American Machinery Hss Been In
stalled in Mills Across the Pacific,
but Demand for Flour From This
Sldo Increases.'- -
On the steamer Minnesota, leaving Se
attle Monday for tb orient, Jopa
W. Oanong. vie president and general
manager of th Portland Flouring Mills
company, will sail for China and Japan,
to look up th flour trad for th com
ing year. This trade has bea steadily
Increasing for- several years, and th
prospects are even better for th Imme
diate, future. .
Mr. Oanong visited th orient seven
years ago in the interest of his com
pany. Since that time the field has
been visited by Mr. Kellsy of the same
concern. Th Portland Flouring Mills
oompany haa given particular attention
to th oriental trad, and haa become
the largest Paclflo ooast dealer m wheat
and flour In th orient. :
v ennui tmwm ma
While th Portland dour export trad
haa rapidly grown to Ita present' large
proportions, th milling industry in -a-pan
has developed to a eonaiderable
extent, and China Is now also opening
Its eye to th food valu of American
wheat. A mill has been established at
Shanghai, and other mill will undoubt
edly go Into China auring th next
year or two. American machinery is
used almost exclusively . In J span
and Chinese flouring mill. Mr. Oanong
will be absent from Portland three or
four months. Regarding bia plans for
tb trip h said:
v "I ah all go direct to Hong Kong and
after attending to bualneaa ther will
visit Shanghai Then I will take la
Nagasaki and all th Japan porta.
My business Is simply to look over tha
trade field, renew and enlarge ur busi
ness connections, and examine into
trad condition In th orient generally.
Bom member of our firm visits - th
orient- every two or three years, and
It Is up to m to mak. th trip this
tlm."
Portland's Big; Bxporke.
Statistics gathered by th Portlaa4
chamber of commerce show that Port
land' flour export trade. In 1000. TI,
411 barrels with value of II 1(4 Ana
ha increased until In th year ending)
December II, 1101, thl city exported
1.KI.I8T barrel, valued at f 4.411,05.
For tb year ending Deeember IV,
1101, th am statistics quote Port
land's wheat axport at 7.014,111 busbj
ela. valued at ll.lll.tts.
HUSBAND MADE -
HER LIFE' A BURDEN
Mrs. Ollle Burgess Say 6b e IT as
Been Made the Subject of Counts .
t less inaifrniues i or xears.
Lemuel Burgess must necessarily bo
a very bad man, tf all his wife, Mrs.
Olli Burgess, allgs In complaint for
divorce, which ah filed in th state
circuit court this morning, ts tru.
Mra Burgess alleges that .Burgess has
been ' guilty of gross drunkenness and
bas hesped personal indignities upon
her to such sn extent that her life has
become burdensom.
Mrs. Burgess allege that ah married
Burgess at Th Dnllss, September IT.
1191. She allegea further that shortly
after their msrrtag Barges began t
drink and haa kept It up ever sine.
Sh alleges, among other thing tn bar
complaint, that Burgeaa started drink
ing sxoesslvely about three years ago.
and that while in hi eupa frequently
gambled, whereby he neglected his busi
ness and lost several thousand dollars.
Mrs. Burgess alleges that there wer
no children born to them and that an
b given dlvoro because of her hus
band's actions. . i , . ...
CAMERON HOLDS
FOUR JOBS NOW
... 1 -;
Municipal Judge and ex -officio Juatloa
of the peace are th only title con
ferred on th magistrate in th pollc
court, but owing to thg absence from
th city Of Justice of th Peace Reld
and Olson and County Judge Web tar,
Judg Cameron Is now presiding ever
all of th tribunal mentioned. All of
th civil actions In th east aid snd
weat side Just to court. th Inesn
cases In th county court In addition
to th usual grind of polio court pro
ceedings, electioneering and marriages
are keeping Cameron'a tlm fully oc
cupied. It Is aaserted that this Is ths
first tlm in year that such unusual
contingency haa arisen, .
HEADACHE GIVEN AS
A CAUSE OF DEATH
"Headache of long duration" waa on
Of th contributory causes of th death
of Thomaa Connell, former banker ef
Portland and mlllowner in Waahlnsion. ,
according to th report Dr. Alan Welch
Smith filed with the health office this
morning. Pr. Smith aald death wa due di
rectly to hemiplegia, or. translated,
paralysis of on Bid of th body.
Barley snd Bsrley-Corn.
Andrew Klott, a bartender emploved
at th ncptlon saloon, on Third
street, was arrested yeaterday by Pa
trolman Bnrtee an a warrant charring
him with aaaault and battery. Th
complainant in the ease Is T. B. Barley.
Klett allege that Barley came into U
place and after ordering a drink of bar
leycorn refused to settle, IHirlng the
argument whlrh enaued. Barley Is erdt ;
to have Invited Klett to settle th neu
ter according to the prise ring rules
Klett cheerfully compiled and st tt
end of th first roun.l Unrley took l
count. The matter will be hnsr.l la tie
pollc court nevt M )ndny morning.
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