Start is Hade on Parish Club House t PAl'JfJS i Reading Prom Lft to Right Father W. A- Daly, ArchbUhop Christie, T ' V :. . . Preldn of tha rthnllft Ynniir Mnn'a ' In the preaenee of Mayor Lane and a congregation of Catholics. Archbishop , ChrUtla y.esterdsy - afternoon broka .ground for tile -new clubhouse to be v erected by tha Tonne Man's club of Bt. . Mary's pariah.. Tha site la oa Morrla . atraet near WlllUma avenue. , W POWER FOR CARSfe i 0 II VV EST ; SIDE TRACKS i Electricity; Lacking Even If the Southern Pacific Determined to ; ' , Abolish Steam Englnet on FQurthStreetFenton ; :, :. Makes Definite Statement to Councilmeru Within I years, and possibly In less traffic will be taken oft --time, freight Fourth atraet by the Southern Pacific company and tha Una used solely for passenger traffic, aoooralng to state ments mads by Attorney wuiiam v. J Fenton before tha council committee on Judiciary at -a meeting held yesterday v, afternoon. Tha statements war based ' oa a letter written by General Manager ? J. P. O'Brien. Tha Southern Padflo la now waiting ' for permission from the war department . to commence eonatruetlon of Its bridge acrosa tha Willamette at or near Os--Lwego This bridge was- authorised by the laat session of the legislature and ''right of way has been secured by the company for a cutoff to the main Una .' on the east aide bridging the river at ; Oswsgo and running between Beaverton ' and . Wlllsburg. It la. tha intention of the Southern Paclfle to rua aU freight over the cut . off, thus avoiding the hesvy grade on , Fourth street, to use tha latter street . for passenger trafflo and in all prob ability to electrify the lme. Freight " might "be handled over the line by night thus ' avoiding any Interference . with ' city traffic In the daytime. Judge Fen ton asked that ' no law be passed that a would cripple tha company in the build ' Ing of the bridge. " " .' i "How soon ean the bridge be built : at Oswego T" asked Chairman Booths. . ' ' ,, Taafha ZnantsrMvo, c "That I oannot ten," answered Judge : Fenton. ' "The plans will have to be approved by the war department and that might take alx months or a year. The building of the bridge might require from one to one and one-half years. . - "Can't yon electrify your Fourth- street line nowT" abruptly asked Coun cilman Vaughn, who had Introduced the ordinance for the revocation of the Fourth-street franchise. .jr t. "We -cannot get aufflolent electrical power." said Judge Fenton. "All the power In Portland Is taken." "I am eredtbly Informed," said Mr. ' Vanghn, ' "that all your trafflo7' on ! Fourth - street can be carried, by ears operated by electricity." , , . .' , "We cannot get the ; power," re sponded Judge Fenton. - V '--'Alex 8 week, representing the Board of Trade, aald the locomotives on Fourth - street were a nuisance. The board Is preparing to. build a lt-story building on Fourth ' street and It does not want, any locomotives passing In . front of the structure. It does not . wish the franchise revoked, however, Willi CELEBRATE GOVERNMENT Exorcises i will , be - held . at ''"Old Champoeg" on Msy t to celebrate the sixty-fourth anniversary of the organi sation of ' tha provisional government . of Oregon. Bon, F. X. Matthleu, who Is the only one living out of the total 'of 101 persons'who voted at Champoeg on May I. 1141, will be a conspicuous figure at the celebration a month hence. Ho la tt years of age and' still, enjoys . the best of heslth. " Judge George H. Burnett of Salem GILBERT PETITIONS TO: BE DECLARED BANKRUPT , - Irmial. Spertal Berrl ''"- Loa Angelas. April i. With 'claims against him sggregattng 1438.119 and aaseta Consisting of clothing valued at 154, A. T. Gilbert formerly owner of . THP POLICYHOUbCRS' COMPANY It tha only purely Orttoa Ufa lnuranc Coinpany THL VERY BLST FOR AN ORLGONI AN Call or wr ta tor further Information . HOME OFFICE SIXIH AND ANKtNV S I REt:T5, PORTLAND ' A. U MILLS. U KAMUEU . CLARENCE S. 8AMUEU , PresldsnU General Manager.' ' Aslst ant Manager. ' P. E. Bulll van, praaldent of tha board of directors, had charre of tha "exer cises. Archbishop '. Chrlstla turned tha aod with a ?ade and afterwards called down a blessing upon tha spot. Father William A. Daly delivered tha principal address. : Ha expressed pleasure at tak . : '"It seems that Ce board wants the are stopped In the city," aald Judge Fenton, after Mr. Sweek had concluded. "Wo do not want to' confiscate any er the company's property," said Mr. wee. , ,1 . Might Step sa "If the people stop the cars In the city the company might: stop them at Beaverton." mildly remarked Judge Fenton, "That would oauae a whole lot of trouble," In tha same mild tone. f Tor Beaverton la aevtn miles away and the hundreds of people who come to do business In Portland dally would not want to waig, tne a is lance. "Well you have a franchise and It is revocable," said Mr. Sweek. - "It Is well. In my opinion any franchise granted may be revoked." . -- "I don't like to take vested rights away," aald ' Councilman Baker, "The company ought to have electric In stead of steam cars on Fourth street We should give it a reasonable time to make the change say two years or until the bridge la- built at Oewego. understand General Manager O'Brien has promised to build the bridge. I am not making any grandstand play for reelection.., I'm trying to speak for all the people, high and low." . ' Old QnasKoa V Again- . "But , the question," interjected Chairman Boothe, "la whether we can terminate a perpetual franchise If we want to." "I contended , that 'we had,"- aald Councilman Vaughn,' who la a lawyer. "but Masters, former chairman of this committee, said we . had net" "Perpetual franchises cannot be re voked by the council,- aald Mr. Sweek. "No. they cannot," aald Judge Fen ton. 9 "I believe they can be when their ownera maintain nuisances," declared Vaughn aggressively. . -,A man might run a soap factory and have vested right a If the - neighbors complained you would rescind his license. Bmogy oars steaming down Fourth street dur ing the day and the night are lust aa much of a, nuisance as the soap fac tory would be." ... in answsr to a Question ny air. mam- Mr. Sweek said - that the Board of Trade "was not trying to deprive the Southern Pacific of any of its right a. It almply wanted to regulate the traf fic carriera. - Tha ' committee . desired further information, and it postponed consideration of the matter until next Thursday.- ' 1 i . , PROVISIONAL - v DAY. AT CHAMPOEG win preside at the exercisea to be given on the enntverssry'-dsy.' and Hon. Rob art A.'UUler of Portland wlU deliver the address.- - v,! ;,- " ' r , Special rates have been arranged for the round trip from Portland, leaving here at f:4l a. m., over the Oregon City Una and leaving Champoeg on the return trip at 4 p. m. . Exercises are to be held In the provisional government park, and the trip up the Willamette Is looked forward to aa an additional pleasing feature of the day's celebration. the Gilbert bank ' of , Salem, ' Oregon, filed a petition In bankruptcy here yes terday afternoon, ..Nearly, all of the claims scheduled bv Gilbert arise from the failure of his bank st 8a1em. Tha largest single credit Is that of tha es tate of William Cosper of Salem, which Is placed at 1860,000. There are 134 creditors In all )'.. ; J Ir- -y THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, ' 1907. j Mayor Harry Lena', P. K. Sullivan, Pluh - ?.'.- ' I ing part la th ceremony. . A song by ohlldren dosed the exercisea of tha day, but la tha evening a ratification enter tainment was held at the Zeller-Mualler rauslo halL- The building will cost about . $10.004.. Tha dedication exer cisea wUl be held In the falL. - FROf.1 RUIilS.OR OLD POr.lPEII CoirAi Owned in Portland Show ' Effect of Long Stay In - Hot Ashes.1- VI: V SWEDISH CEN J OF - " SEVENTEENTH CENTURY Another Cnrioaa, Cotn It One From . the Province of Brand, Borneo, v . bat System o( Y Dating There Is Different and Ago la Xs. ' ' -H . ,' ." ;' ' Tare coins excavated at Pompeii. If genuine, ere probably the oldest pieces of money that have been" brought to The Journal office. . One la In a good state of preservation, sbout the site of a- penny, but much thicker and is or bronae or of heavy copper. It is Inscribed with Greek charseters-haa, a picture of two. large UfQs on -one de and a wreathed head on the, other. - This coin belongs to W. H. .Loop, of the Arcadia Real' Estate company In ths Benson block. Jlfth and Morrison streets. The other . Is not so well preserved but the word .. "Roma" can easily be discerned. It shows the effects of tiav Ing withstood intsnse heat. -F. W. Met calf, president of the Portland Delivery company. Sot Washington street is ths owner of thin coin. , It cannot easily be determined whether or not these coins are genuine.- There are such coins In existence and they can easily be aa old as the Christian era as the destruction of Pompeii occurred In 11 A. D. Mr. Metoalf alao has among others a Ger man thaler of 10. well preserved, one of 1787 and sn American half dollar coined In Ills. i ? . - Mrs. John Schwaubauer, Tl Vancou ver avenue, has a half -cent piece of 1104, and would like to know Its value. C F. Kullmtr. 151 Oak street has a Swedish cent piece made of copper, of 111 and one or Iff! and numerous others ranging in date from 170. to 1741. A punllnr coin la owned by . S. lift- Kinney, of St Johns, of the Sultanate of Brunei, a province or Borneo, witn the date 1104 distinctly on Its face. It has circle of Arablo characters on one side with a Star In the center. Brunei la. a Mohammedan principality so Is probably dated from the beginning of the Moslem era. V - - J. C Pennlman, of Portland, fromerly a resident of Husura. Washington, ex hibits s, Danish srowa of the yesr 1444. It Is but. little worn, and the obverse side has a picture of King Frederlch. Mr Pennlman picked up the coin in the eaat some years ago and kept It 4s a lucky pocket piece. "Of course the coin baa brought me alt kinds of good luck,'! he aald. Bhortly after securing the coin he came to the Paelflo eoaat which is regarded aa good enough luck for an average lifetime. ,. . . ,, , FISE OF $5 PER DAY . :. Oil ALL DELINQUENTS " mm aaBajBBBPJBjBwssjn y ' " Executive Board Makes r Drastic Ruling Regarding Contract-' . "ori on City Work. : The executive board, at a meeting yesterday afternoon, decided to levy a fine of ft per days upon every street and sewer contractor who was behind In his work. Tha board also ordered the Portland Railway eompany to lay heavier rails on First street from Mad ison to Burnslds.- The following bids . for,- street Im provement were opened: - Florida street O'Neill at Co.. ft.Tll.4i. East Thirty-fourth street Stevens Bros., ll.0Sa.40. Texas street O'Welll Co.. tt.ttt 14. Vancouver avenua, Bechlll Broa t8. 217.14: Paelflo Bridge coca pan y, I8.tll.lt. ,. - . . ;. Virginia . street OTfelU A Co- tL4ll.lt. . -i- ' . , , Minnesota avenue sewer, George Gor- don, tl.16t.IO. Florida street sewer, George Gordon, tl7; O'Neill 4k Co., tl0 41. Ohio . street sewer, George Gordon, 40.f0. apansaBBBassBBBassBkBSMaMSBWsaBMSaBBMMBsaBajsjssaaBag Klamatb Fails Get Mali Again. Mraalal plsaatoh te The Joareat.t Klamath Falls. Or., April 0. Delayed mall Is now coming In. One hundred and fifty saoka arrived In the first con slgnment The Klamath railroad has resumed Its daily schedule. 10 BUY A REVOLVER Young Miner Pawns Wedding ' Ring He Had Bought for , r- His Sweetheart. BOUGHT REVOLVER AND SHOT HER THREE TIMES Murdrrous Assault Was Foretold by Woman Jn' a Drram Miner Shot J, Two Others Beside Fiancee and : rjommitted Hniclde. ' "''', 5 ' f Joursal Rnarlal Rrrlc ) ' ' Sheffield, April 4. .Two weeks tfi. Joha French, a young miner of Shef-' field, went to a jeweler and bought a I gold Wedding ring to place on the finger ! of pretty , Norah . Cole. Testerday . he pawned the ring and used the money he 1 got on It to buy a revolver, with which I ho-attempted t muroer 4haglrl. i After. . aerloualy wounding her and two other people he blew out his brains.. . -1 The affair Is on of ths most melo dramatta tleft ever occurred In Sheffield, and a eurioua fact In connection with It was that It was forstold in a dream which .the mother of one of the victims had on tba night before tff Jragedy occurred. . Thla was - an elderly woman named Fltsslmmons. Her son. Thomas Fits slmmona, - wss . French's landlord or rather his host,' for It wss purely ss sn ct of charity that the miner wss tsken into ths Fltsslmmons household some five weeks ago, at a lime when be was out of work. Soon afterwards French fell In leva with Norah Cole, who waa a servant In Fitsslmmons's employment end before long he succeeded In msklng her promise to marry him the arrange ment being tht their marriage- should tske place at a registry office in a fortalght'a time.. . . . Apparently, however, the miner, who waa of rather a brutal type, had gained the girl's consent Isrgely through bully ing her. for a few: days sgo she told him she had changed be mind. . And next day she wss warned by her. em ployer's mother not even to go out with French, who. the elder Mrs. Fltsslm mons declared, wss dsngeroaa The old Isdy asserted that oa the previous night she hsd dreamed that shots had been fired in their kitchen and-that ths as sailant .wss French. -.tr Next day, - when - the - F1tsslmmons family and two of their neighbors were sitting tn the kitchen, French suddenly cam in. ' Going up to' Norah Cole he asked her If ahe Intended to marry htm and the girl plucklly replied, that she wss not golffg to have anything to do with him. French then drew a revolver, fired at the man Fitsslmmons, then at Mrs. Elisabeth Fttsslmmons. who , had a baby on her knee and then turned to the girl. , ' :' He told her to prepare to die, Bhe fell on her kneee and implored him not to. kllLher. PiitJie was unmoved y her sppeallng cries. Hs fired three shots st her, and then shot himself in ths hesd with ths last bullet left In the revolver and fell dead. , , Fltsslmmons escaped with' bua slight Injury, but Mrs. Fttsslmmonfs ' nose waa blown away, while the girl wss seriously hurt, . On French's body be ing searched, a pawn ticket for a wed' ding ring was found In . one. of his pockets. With the proceeds he men hsd taken out. a gun license. Then be bought the revolver and cartridges. POODLE CAUSES A FAF.1IU SEPARATION Husband Wanted to Sell Pet, So V. Wife Went to Her v Mother. ' V Because her husband held that a pet poodle is out of place In the home of a laboring man, Mrs. Leota M.. Coffey left home and. refused- to return. - Bhe took up her restdsnco with her mother In Seattle, and. after repeated efforts to get her to come back, her husband. Jamea . T. Coffey, entered suit for di vorce. ". .......-- . . Coffey told his story in 'Judge Sears' department of the circuit court yester day, The couple were married In Se attle In June, l0t. They came to Portland, and soon afterward moved Into a little home on the east side, which Coffey tjegaa paying or on ths Installment plan. A poodle became a member . of . the household. Coffey might have been Jealous er he might have been merely economical, but when be got an offer for the dog ha closed the -bargain.1 -' ......,....-; .. ... "After that she refused to recognise me aa her husband,, explained Coffey to the sympathetic judge, who prompt ly granted the divorce. ; FROEBEL ASSOCIATION ELECTS ITS OFFICERS kX the annual meeting of the Free be association held yesterday afternoon at St Helen'a hall the reports of the year were heard and the following officer wero elected: : PresldsntxMlsa Elisa beth K. Mathews; vice-president Mlsa Joaanhlne Schell: secretary. Mlsa C. C. Chapman; treasurer, Mlsa Nora S warts. The program was In charge of Mian Helen Coldwell and miss Beulah Dun comb and was wall arrangsd and well rendered. Miss M. Bode gave a reading. . Mies Mathews report showed that the association has aided la establishing a kindergarten at tha Brooklyn school, and that much has keen done toward furthering the .plans for publla play grounds . and vacation schools. Miss Katharine Ball gave an lnatruotlve pa per oa Japanese art . A social day haa been arranged for May t, when Miss Bwarts will be chair man. ' ., . . R 6 ; Keep Graves : TV)olli Powder where you can ose it twice-a-day. It helps the poor teeth ; preserves, brightens and whitens the ood ones 'and leaves a pleasant after taste. Ask your dentist la bandy metai emns or bottlee, BSo. Lr.C::v:;,Tc:::4rcv;,:rC:. We Have Removed Our Salesroom to Our New 328 Heating ,7 . EXECUTIVE BOARD'S v -COHllTEES CHANGED Donaugh Takes" Place of Pat- V -r tullo .on the PoKce Committee. At the meeting of ' the executive board yesterday afternoon Mayor Lne announced' changes of . committees aa follows: , 1 ., , ' Fire Max Fletachner, L. T. Pee nr. Richard Wilson. Meets ' 4 o'clock of the Thursday preceding the regular board meeting, which Is on Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock following council meet ings."" ' . Police Thomas- O. - Greene, R I Bab In. IX, M. Donaugh. Meets 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon preceding board meeting day. 1 Bridges W. O. McPherson. . Max Fletscbner. Meets 4 o'clock Thursday1 afternoon following board meeting day. Streets R. I Sabtn. Richard Wilson, D. A. Pat tullo. Meets S o'clock Thurs day preceding board meeting day. - Sewers U T. Psery, C. A. Cogs well, W. O. McPherson. Meets t o'clock of the afternoon of board meeting day. Street-cleaning C. A. 'Cogswell, . D. M. Donaugh. R. U Sabln. Meets t o'clock of the. afternoon of board meet ing day.; '-"" ' . ' ; Llght8-MaxFlei8chherD.-wA.-rPat tullo, Thomas G. Greene. Meets at I o'clock of the afternoon of board meet ing day. ; ' -: ' " City haU Richard Wilson, W. G. McPherson. Meets 1:10 o'clock of ths afternoon of board meeting day. - Current expenses D. M. Donaugh, D. A. PattuUo, I T. Peery. - Brave little trllllum with petal a three - In somber woods unfolding to ths light; Tho' skies are dark, and rain falla ceaae- leasly - . . . . Dauntless. " with look o( a faith, so .. . ,1... pure, so white . , ;. ,, S catch the message, flower with neart . -of gold; . ' So work, and faith, and love, that - .. trinity - .. i , Of life shall bring me Joy, tho daya are - eold; " - . God'a truth holds still, through all eternity,. , , - 1 (Although today would scarcely lndl- eate It, aprlng haa am vea ana in sev eral ways la showing the effects of Its arrival. One Indication la ths budding of Miliums and of yellow violate and a few other flowers. Only under ths most auspicious con ditions have even these hardy harbing ers come forth, however,. , In places where the' sun haa found Its way most frequently, where there haa been shel ter from the storms, flowers have bloomed bravely. - ' 1 Robin redbreasts have been seen In the hedges and vacant fields near the city, which Is another Indication of ths arrival of aprtng. otherwise, nowever, there has been little advance announce ments.--The sky-has not shown it, and the weather has been aa unspring-llks as It waa possible to be. SAYS TATOOSH SAVED ' THE COQUiLLE RIVER ' V , T '"', ''' 0. R. A N. Company Files Libel Against Steam Schooner Which Nearly Foundered, f The Oregon Railway A Navigation eompany haa filed a libel ault In the United States district court against the steam schooner Coqulile River, claiming salvage against the schooner cm the ground that ahs.wea rescued' from de struction by ths company'a tug Tatooah. According to the papers filed by the company, the Coqulile River left Tilla mook harbor March 11. The same after noon ahe wss caught In a gals and flew distress signal a. After several ineffec tual attempta on the part of the steamer Santa Ana to tow the dlatressed vessel Into port the latter waa finally cast off. Bhe waa found at anchor the next morning off North Head by the Tatooah and was towed to the river. . The railway company alleges that had It not been for tbs assistance of their tog the steamer would have been a com plete loss. Ths Coqulile River earned, according to the railway company. 40, 000 feet of lumber, valued - at H.OflO. The company aaks the court to make such award aa It la entitled to. Japan Orders Big Battleship London, April I. Japan Is to have the largest battleship in the world, snd It Is to be built In Knglsnd. Accord ing to reports received here today, the order haa been placed for the new war veaael which la to have a tli.-; I co rn nt of 11.000 tons. It wlU cost about tll.000,000. . ' , - SPRING IS ON THE WAY Clisan Street i Between Sixth and Seventh ahd-Ventilating-lLngirieers ' i r - - r ALCOHOL 1 PER CENT. Aef(ablfVrparauWirAti ting die Siaradts aodBowasi US Promotes Di toflonflriifi ness and ResiXontains ntiffltr Onumfarphioe otMubiIJ NOT NARCOTIC. - Apetftct Remedy rorCaBsflpt tlon.SourStoroadLDlarrtm VYonns jCotTvmswris Jrwri ness and Lo ss OTSeeer ' letSkalc SifOAturtof . ' NEW YOPK. vr Exact Copy of Wrapper. Aii. r Jfahfrisfr- . ' sfrySsWWvwfr AMesAw ...... I fill l'flll " 11 1 1 I 1 - How Much Paint io the Can? 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