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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,'. PORTLAND FRIDAY " EVENING, '.' MAY 10, ' 1C07. rials ' 3ELDING DENIES ALL-; tl'lfllllilll: IS HOOD RIVER ORCHARD IN SEASON OF BLOOM OF , m jo ooiid O DQIIES '.W-'W !paaiia)aafc.?WaAl. INTEREST IW FRANCHISE DOCK III DOUBT Councilman Stys Property Bought Is All Near His Own Home 5t Johns Property Relieved to K;:, Be. on Other Person's 1-. P. R A U. Projects Unes From Vernor.la to MIshawaka and '1 Point Naar Jewel. wnite's ranner rouows nim in f and That He Purchased It Without, Thought of Value ruing a reuiiun in wo , , -'v.4 Federal Court. Being Increased by United Railways Company. 'w't':: Possessions. ' ..it': LOCATION ' I rnnncllmnn M l. BeHlnir enters Tig- eraua denial to the charge that he 1 personally Interested in the success of the United Railways company, xxi aaya moreover that ha 1 strongly opposed to extending: tha company's rranctiise, ana '.that tha franchise should ba forfeited If the road la not built, in aooordenoe With Ha condition". . , ; - m - t "They have time1 enough to finish tha road, aaid councilman owum . ' -it tv.. in Tint comolv with the term Vof the original grant, I am in favor of nrffMni tha present Tranenise. unan - lot nmnanv &nnl v for a new fran ehlae, one that .will property safeguard ' ' the city's interests and containing pro : vision for a pwper.bond," ; - . . ' As to tha charge' that ha bought ' property alone; tha proposed route or. n ' United Railway whlls Its application . for a franchise was before the .council last year, Councilman Hewing maaes the following statement In ', letter to : Tne journal: r . - : Makaa Denial, v i 'In last night's; Issue M The Journal there wm an article which reneote on me as ceuncllmen. insinuating that I am In collusion or was in collusion wun tha nfflniala - of the almost defunct United Railways eompany. Now, I do not believe you are willingly doing me an Injustice, otherwise I would not have : taken the trouble to oome.. to you to " ask you to 'correct the misstatement' 'The records In the city hall will show that I persistently advocated a common-user clause with the Willamette "Traction company, believing that the Willamette Traction company was the only corporation of those who applied for franchises' who would make good, and I strongly objected to the granting of a franchise allowing freight cars on Seventh, Street v':-"" ':'.-. V'- vi Common User for Both. "The records will show that instead of aiding and helping the franchise and its provisions I was endeavoring ail the time that neither of the two corpora tions (United Railways and Willamette Traction company) should have an ad vantage over the other; that both com panies should come in under a common user clause and to protect the city in every possible way. ; The records will bear me out to that extent .-"Borne of that property on the south side I bought before the United Rail ways obtained tbelr franchise, .some of it afterward," never having In mind whataoerer that the United Railways project would either advance or reduce tha value or my property, oeing an ma time of the firm conviction that the project never would materialise. f 'Property All Wear Zone.. '1: ! "All this property Is within a radius of a few hundred .yards of my home, and I would like to know if X have not the night and privilege to buy property la the open market wherever I choose. "All tha property, I own is in tna sixth ward my borne. ; Even In the heat of a political campaign my' oppo nents ought to confine themselves to the trtith. '-.'. v - 'I feel that you win do me the jus tice of looking up this matter and have It corrected." 'V;" :v 'y.' ''' John a McLennan, real estate broker, has followed in the footsteps of his partner, Eugene White, and filed a pe tition In bankruptcy in tne unuea States district court this morning. His liabilities are placed at 111,471.19. and his asaeta at 1200. which he declares ex empt White's liabilities were placed at more than 148,000, and his assets or $100 were also claimed exempt. - - a. The largeat creditor of Mctennan is the Exposition 'Accommodation Bureau, which has a claim for 110.000 for sub scription t capital stock. H. C Broa den has a claim of I879.SS, and W. J. Hartman, of Chicago, has one for $114 Breedeh's claim Is pn a note for goods, . Scene typical of a' celebrated region of perfect fruit and material opulence, through which Portland'i builnesa men, nbw4 oa excursion, were conducted by the prosperous end, hospitable Hood . Rlrer cltltens BUSIIIESS IJEII while Hartman s claim is on a contract royally eptertalaed them. In addition to these claims there are I ' 1 "" 1 1 , . . . severs!' smaller 'ones. i '. 't n .m.. 'v".?. White and McLennan had their offices in the Oregonlaa building, ; i ' PHI DELTA PH! MEMBERS MEET AT BANQUET BOARD . v -..v.- , i '.'' '.:'.' h Ex-Senator Mulke Joastmaster at Gathering Last Night in , : , wommercii viuo. DIKEMIIIBIP Portland Party Visits Pendleton on Way Home From the V Junket Into Idaho. ' -.1! HELPED HIMSELF TO. SUIT. CASE , ! OF. SHOES DURING ST. LOOiST FIRE 8. B. Btaley, arrested by flergeant Cole , last night on a , charge of vagrancy, is ' believed by the police to have a orimlnal record. ' SUley approached a seoonS ' hand dealer at J 81 Front street" with a proposition to purchase six pairs of . women's shoes of various makaa The merchant became suspicious and om- municated with the police. ' DeteoUve ; Alden was detailed on the case to await , the return of Staley, but - the fellow failed to put in an appearance while the officer was at the store. Later Sta ley returned and Bergeant Cola, who happened to be In the vicinity, promptly placed him under arrest v: In a dress suit ease carried by the prisoner 'were found the shoes. Staley maintains, that during a fire in St Louis some one told him to help himself and consequently he annexed a quantity of footwear. The case has been continued for further in vestigation. 'jj'''"r ' , FAMILY'S SOLE SUPPORTER III Meningitis Strikes Dovn j Boy . Who Took Care of Invalid : ' Father and Mother, v 'JELCOi liillll AS CROP-BOOST ta .htTr.n in : the Miller family. 72 East Twentieth street, are dead of eplnal meningitis. waiter, f agea ! years, died yesterday after an Illness of -live-hours.-'" A little gin passea w7 : Wednesday.v Miss Matilda, a telephone ; operator Theodore and riorence, are at a sanitaiium and little hope Is now held out for their recovery. Pierce Miller, electrician in the postofflca, may e- .eover.f These children ,-are pracUcally the support or tne iaimiy. .. . , . Perhaps the most pitable case. of all Is that ot,' Clarence Johns, 1 years old, living on ; the Macadam ' road. His father ,1s eo paralysed that he can neither move nor peak. - The boy has been supporting the father and mother in a plain little cottage. Tuesday the boy was taken sick, Dr, Wheeler, city health offloar, was oaUed. He found .a slight case, of meningitis had developed. Th boy was afraid he had contracted the dread meningitis and was so frightened that. Dr. Wheeler be lieved it better to tell him he had neu ralgia. Yesterday the truth could be kept from him no longer; for, though the chvslcian had given htm the treat ment for menlrTgitla from the first, he was much worse. Ha was removed to the sanitarium. Today ha Is reported to be In a critical condition.'. If he goes the paralysed father and the mother who must cara for her husband will be left alone. vv, ' Th. nmnVWA . . ttnA . Hllnton IfallV schools were opened today for, cleaning and school will no resumed Monaay. Cases of meningitis demanded fumiga tion of each building. -ka i .' . , ROGER APPEARS ! HERE IN SALOME Actor Known to Portland Theatre .t Goers Takes Part of Herod In " Notable Play, " "Salome," the play which Wilfred Jtoger will present at ..the Hell I g to night, Saturday and Sunday nights. Is the one which, la operatic form, created such a sensation when produced at the Metropolitan jOpera house in New Tone Mr. Roger, who has the part of Herod in this Oscar v Wilde play,. 1s san am bitious young actor who besides taking tha stellar part ; in its performance is financially responsible : for its, produc Jon. Mr. Roger has madaran enviable record as leading man with the Colonial tock company. In Saa f jnclsco and Js lot u nknowh to Portland, 4 He4' played rlth ' the Nell-Morose stock comparty hen t hat, organisnxion . ajiernated With ho Baker stock company or this city. He "was lienr la)t year with Alberta 3allatln in"Cousin Kate", and left a .rv Pleasant lmpressin,M; ; The real attraction, of the play,,ae- ordlna- to my ideas. Is Its beautiful fnca." said Mr. Roger. Th dramatic (.nstructlon is perfect , and., the. Unas hroughotit the piece are aa beautiful s any I have ever heard on the tags.' IDE HUMMEL MUST GOB? TO PRISON FOR YEAR '."'' Jmimi fiperlal ervl4.,;'.-if,V.' New Tora, May 10 The appellate dl ision of the, supreme court today af r?iri the conviction of Abe Hummel, rniTu e to one r in prison for eon !t af v. He has been "out on 110,000 uU pendio an appeal i.f'Wfn 1 Bankers Declare It Means Addi- tlonal Prosperity to the ' ' '". , , Oregon Country. ' '., Business men and financiers, like far mere, know ihe-vaiue of rain when it fails just at the right time. ' Every one is delighted with the widespread shower that passed over the Oregon country last night and this morning, breaking a dry fortnight that -Jbas been a period of successful planting and cultivation. The rain had a stronger bearing -than la generally supposed on tha financial sit uation. : ) ; ..' A Portland hanker said this morning ''Business conditions look bright The rain immensely Unproved the crop pros peot for this year.' It same Just at the right time, and in proper quantity, and covered a wide spread of country. . The week closes with a fine business record for Portland and the tributary country. The situation looks good from a banking standpoint." . , i .. m ;- '.,."; . Clearings for the week ending last night were 17,141,007.01, an increase of 19 per cent over the same week of 190. While this increase is not . so great as tnat snown zor tne preceding 10 weeks, it is ample to keep Portland in the front rank of leading cities of the coun try. that are increasing their bank clear ings week by week through legitimate business transactions .: and devoid of boom features. , , , k. . Portland's average increase of bank clearings by weeks for the last two or three months has averaged about 74 per cent greater than the same weeks of last year. The slight droo in total Clearings this week is not accounted fbr, nor" does It occasion any anxiety, for the growth shown Is so great that it Is a matter of no conseauncs whether the clearings each week keep up the preced ing week's ratio of increase. The In crease of balances this week ' was in greater proportion ' than ? that - of ' tha clearings. ;; .. -.in:lyv:-::i":,s.- . . .v. t v.. -.j t. ' i..i inpeeui vuparea vo jm onrnai. Al ma annual minimi v. w ' , . i mereial club rooms last night the men of Portland arrived on their special alumni association of the fraternity was train from points east at a 0 clock this revived, and Ex-Senator F, W. Mulkey, I morning. They were met at the tram who presided at the banquet as toast- I at I o'clock this morning by a recep master, was elected president The tloa . committee and""th Eagles band and marched to the Commercial club rooma - - - . In the absence of Msyor James A. Fee. attorney, John -A. , McCourt deliv ered the address of welcome, to .which E. F. Beach of Portland responded. Congressman Ellis made a few appro priate remarks oir Pendleton's apprecia tion of its distinguished visltora H. M. Cake of Portland spoke of the busi ness men's appreciation of the courtesy shown" them. :-' :.-"-"' ' ' H. F. Graves,' who is here in tha in terest of The Oregon Journal's special edition, took an active part In acquaint ing the business men with Pendleton people, who have shown him many courteslea Pendleton and the - sur. rounding- country nave two pages In the edltloa -:.',- "' 3 : The . reception committee comprised T. T. Oeer, Dr. C 4. Smith, r. W. , alumni so amended their old by-laws as to make the annual election of officers hereafter occur at the annual fraternity banquet . '--,''.-. Covers were laid for 15. Those who responded to toasts proposed by Toast master Mulkey ware Hopkins, Jenkins, L. E. Crouch, J. C. Teasie and F. L. Morgan. At the conclusion of the speaking, the revival 'of the alumni as sociation was effeoted. The officers elected to assist President Mulkey. In keeping alive the association were: V. H. ; Stephenson, vice-president; Clinton A.) Ambrose, Secretary; and, A, B. Strin ger, treasurer. ' m',..,.1;-.. Th banqquet was' given under the auspices of Chase chapter, . University of Oregon law school. Phi. Delta Phi. which was organised in 18(9, has among its members : President Roosevelt and Secretary of . War Taft Judge J.. B. ' Cleland, who was a charter member of the first chapter of the fraternity, was unable to attend tha banquet because j of the sudden death of his father. Those : present were: F. W, Mulkey, ;J. . E. i Cronln, R. S. Searle, A, R. Stringer, E. E. Hendershott, V. H. Jorgensen. Hop kins Jenkins, EX B. Sterling. C. H. Held. T. ,H. West D, H. Stephenson, F. H. Steel, A. H. MeCurtain,- a Howard.' Alex Rlddell, v John Cahalln,' F, -A. Bui- livan,' Stanley E. smith, C. A. Ander son; E. P. Slovarp, C A. Ambrose, J. A. PKEIMEH DIES OF SEA SIC iiess Found In Berth of the Steamer Roanoke, Where Had Rup t , tured Blood Vessel. ' Cola, Bert Huffman, T. C. Taylor, Leon Cohen, Lee Teutsch, C. E. Roosevelt R. Alexander and Stephen A. LowelL : While there, was not time enough to view Uia surrounding country, Its great resources were spoken ' of, - the great wheat fields discussed sad the Umatilla Irrigation project and wool Industry In vestigated. Pendleton Is one of the most up-to-date, wideawake towns in the country, In tha opinion ot all of the A passenger .' named Johnson .was found dead In his berth on the North Pacific Steamship company's steam ship Roanoke while she was on her way from San Francisco to Portland this week.. He had been dead several hours when discovered. The body was taken ashore af .Eureka. "" . " No details concerning the death ot the passenger are obtainable here since the representative of the company en tertaln the opinion that no report should be made of the Incident' Agent Toung referring . to the dock agent and the dock agent referring, o the - ticket agent . . Fellow passengers made the matter publto upon their arrival here a couple of days ago and from them It is learned that the man's name was Johnson. They say he was taken violently ill with Sea. sickness off Cape Mendocino, where the steamer ran Into a heavy sea. Appear ances Indicated that a blood vessel had been ruptured, causing the man to bleed to death. '- . ... : .'.v i;, : t:-: GRAND JURY . : INDICTS TWO 3. F. 8horey, manager . of tha ' City Messenger eompany, was Indicted today by the federal grand jury for withhold ing a letter containing a draft ror 160 which waa sent by John Peterson, of Ooldf ield, Nevada,, to J W. Hayes, of the . .Hasty Messenger company. , A lSltOrS, , na .iiaaiy jimaaongac , comiiaiijr. , a T7.. ...n..lAl.ta mm m t vtthna man tiv the nua of Borland.' in Beckwlth, C. E. Hlcksv L. HumpM KoBOr aCoompanieA by many Pendleton employe of Shorey. was indicted with reya A, A Aya. A W. . Person. B. I ...-, . i i i-..,.-- I i amnlnvar m tha aama nff.n.a Rati was made. - They were . welcomed- by Ws fixed in both cases in. the sum of DEMURRER TO WAGN0N g AMENDMENT, WRIT .S v-al.- SfJli Mayor I .A. Ksteb and th citlaens l?0. The grand jury returned the In- - -. v. . www.m v. . m. mi a - - , . . m . a i 1 in, man, m mi, .ir .m rvin .... . , ... I ur auu cuuuu -vi--um. "V) i , , ., . . imurgau. , , , . .. , j I tt.,I11. .nlutona aaan , TKa ,i I Hsjtt C. Oibaon. was sjan Indicted atop was made at Hermlston, a new! this afternoon, on the charge of imper town on the'project a few miles froraaonsting a secret service officer. Glb t ha sua- ilam. Thav were mat bv the I son was arrested by 'Secret Servloe On . . . . . I AailM T TD..a. .a. VTT. 1 WW 11- committee ana given a cnance to tiw ruv .. o..xwwr i yvbju rva.ua, the irrigation town. , , Washington, several months ago and has Altogether, the' trip In Umatilla eoun- heea In the county Jail ever since. His tv waa ana of tha most anlovable of the ball waa fixed at $1,000. whole Journey.- , , I William Schmidt was Indicted by the leaenu grana jury ims anernoon lor ar urDksiQTMVI I raising posiomoe money oraers. tscnmidt ni iiunmivi wii 1 la servlna a short term at. MaNell'a la. land for committing the same offense in Excursionists Planning for Arrival I Washington. When released be will be vroutm -io rnrusDa (or inu' ' Joxkson 4 Dearlng, real estate, brok ers, syesteiday :afternoon notified, f the Port of Portland that to" their . beat belief the- drydock at St Johns Is lo cated partly on ground - not owned by the Port but belonging to them or some one whom' they' represent '. The members of the Fort of Portland commission oo not believe that a mistake can have been made in locating the. dock whan It was built three years ago, but nevertheless will have a new survey made and find out where they stand. ' . , The matter v came up at tne regular monthly meeting of the commission yes- terday afternoon. ; The j real , estate brokers also proposed to' purchase a por tion of the drydock site if the same Is for sale, alleging that they had a large manufacturing firm negotiating ; ror alta on tha river, -t i . " f It waa thought possibly the Port of Portland had more grouni than it could use and would be willing to dispose of portion of It The matter will receive the attention of the commission at the pext meeting, when election of of floors will also take place. , . i . -) . ' (Special PlapiMs to Tbe JoaraaL) 8alem, Or., May 10. The Pactflo Rail way ft Navigation company today filed with the secretary of state notice of Us intention definitely to locate a branch Vernonla In Columbia county to a point near jewel in. Clatsop county, by way of Rock creek; also a route from Vernonla to Misnawaica, a ciaiaop county. This move was taken by the board of direc tor of the company at a. meeting held Monday.'....-- ,. ... . ; ., . , TELEPHONE COMPANIES DENY RUnORS.FROn SALEf. " ... .esBaSMaBBBjaaajaaJaiaaaaajB fy Construction Work Said to Be Carried on Without Cessation ;( 'by Competent Crews. Hi- TO TRY GIRL FOR : PASSING BOGUS CHECKS Miss Piatt Will Be Up After . ' the Winnie English Case . Is 'Heard. Almeda Piatt pleaded guilty before t lleppner This Erenlng. "i (SiMelal Dlsnsteh 'te The Jaeraal.1 Hermlston, Or., May 10. The visitors were met at Echo . and i escorted to ing to the chcejrge of passing on J fa p jjodd. F. H. Bartlett O. W. Wotor- I JUSTICE SHREVE SUES COUNTY FOR t SALARY Clemenaon-a forged check for 110. The n tn)I.w. H. Skinner. Hermlston is T..C, Shreve, JusUce of the peace at passing of sentence on the girrwas de- center of the government IrrlgaUon Mount Tabor, has filed a mandamus ferred untu next Thursday, pending the project costing over $1,000,006 and has suit against the county court to corn outcome of the trial of Minnie English, a TaS0rvolr which ' will supply iO.OOO pel payment of 11,600 alleged to be due u,. ,uu,.,, .u , ,v.(ra acres of earth. . The reservoir is nvsinim as salary, enreve presented his checks, and taught the Piatt girl to pass mU tronl town , t - -I claim for salary due since last July, tn?m .j.. : - F. H, Bartlett made the address of but was turned down by the commis- Mrs. Engllsn will be tried Tuesday. . mnjt ,.. iriiitnn v pi Islonera. He bases his claim tinon tha It is believed that the girl will be sen. Bew.h and A, A. Lathrop made a few re- provision of the statutes as shown in tenced and paroled, a place for her to marks. x. . rj . . , , section 8001, which , gives - Justices of wor navmg oeen iouna on me fast The narty will e 'met this evening the peace In districts included in-cities upon Its arrival at Heppner by a bust-1 of 150,000 or more inhabitants a salary ness men's committee headed by Mayos I or ij.ooo annually. Frank Ollham. " 1 - I The district presided over by Mr. i ' iBhreve is partially inside the citr and part out The . office, v however, la within the limit and Mr. Shreve bases his contention on that fact The dls- slda 'i. ' Building Permit. D. C Oslin, dwelling, Dwlght between Hunt and Houghton, leoo; Perry Smith, dwelling, . University, between ' East Fourteenth and East Fifteenth, . H.000 TIP PORTERS City "Attorney McNary this morning appeared in the circuit court on behalf of Auditor Devlin, to whom was issued an alternative writ of mandamus order liig" him either to J place the Wagnoh amendment on the ballot or appear this morning to show cause why he should not do so. McNary filed a demurrer to the petition, alleging that It la not suf flcient to warrant the Issuance of a per manent writ or maadarnua - it 'was agreed that the demurrer should be argued- before Judge Cleland Monday af ternoon at a o clock. . .' t - ? , , j? ' - . " 1 , m ' - " REPUBLICANS OF FIRST , s WARD TO FORM CLUB A meeting of the Republicans of the First ward will be held at 750 Thurman street tonight at t o'clock for the pur pose of organislns a Republican club,1' ana ouiumng a pian ' or campaign xor tne ward. The meeting was called by J. H. Bush, chairman of tha first - ward central committee. , ELECTRICAL WORK IN . . : SPOKANE SUSPENDED Spokane. ; Wash., May l0.EIectr!cal work In the eitr is tied no.' Onlv one shop is running. The electrical work ers refuse to go back to work until the companies sign up, and this; they refuse to oo, .wttn ithe : exception of one com pany. . Thls company is doing a big business. Some of the emoloyes have ordre"a material and claim they are go. tng to set up shops of their own. Both claim they will win... T. Horn, .tor Kaat Bh.n. Vm. Employe .on Tndn Bememtrered at triet was annexed last July. Judga us.. frv.i-....,i. M.. I . . ' ' ,.' - . i uBuwamin . bh.i ihun sb tiiernau t ath h.tn.. rmut mA W.M1 ( RnaoUI "Manati-h ts Tha JnamaLl s I """" l" W BrauBuv Ms or 14.800: JI B. Moon, flats. Northrun. be-1 UmafflU. Or- May 10.Tbe special h eause why they should not do so. tween Twenty-fourth and Twehty-Flfth, arrived at Umatnia on time and made a i,700f Meade estate, repairs . to the I BloP r in" "0 dwelling Fifth, between Clay and Co-1 met Dy aiayor a. r" cul"; lumbla, 1500 each; same, brick store, Co mittee of business men. . Being the end lumbia, between First and Seoond, , the rallroaddlvlslon, George Hoyt aaa. a ir.n.ii . j.ui.. tn..A t... I Bhri p. fx. , .Tliirfum, .warn ft.rnolntAn a eighth: imT ci ARv,wuA V1 ibrndin coii8ct' ml. cVmmirclal bXe Jttand tl- Prty. total ,ot $225, of h the Crystal loo f?. Pearl,a J,000; ..May-Welich, -dwelUng.1 ,wm. WILD IS HELD ON VI EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE East Thirty-first between Surman and Mildred, $400; Thomas Billings, dwell ing. Grand avenue, between Alberta and Wygant 1,250 ; T. C; Shaw, . dwellings, Cleveland avenue, between Skldmore and Prescott 11.500; Mr.. Mace, wall. Kelly, between Hamilton and Seymour, $140; A : li Tyler, two dwellings. East Twen tietn. petween East. Stark and East Washington, $1,800 each: J. C Henriott. dwelling, Haight, between Pearl and AT ECHOV".' Angeles. California, bv Detective Hell yer on a ' charge of . embesslement, waived preliminary examination In the police court . this morning and was School Children Turn Oat to Greet (bound over to the grand Jury in the - k .. ' l sum or 160. ii is aiiegea tnat wild UTaoing rwtj. A t I oollected about f 800 from his employers (8peH.i ptoeatrt t. The ioreal ITS1-b Wroprtatad to his ownttse. n.ha a, . Ma Tha avnnrainn ar. I Wine, i women and autoa are said to rived at Echo, a few minutes lte and 5Te h efUBe" Wild's wrong at tha atatinn h h nnhn mtr. I doing. In default of ball the defendant KWingaworth, $2,500; J, P. Faust dwell- "et ? fo"ee comprising '.. ln. KellV. between Kaat Twantv.Rlvth I osbuii nwriuaiij, . jj. DUDiium -.. and TT..t Tr.t v. a, I F. T. Oeorge and Dr. F. R, Dorn, Prln-1 ' : r S! Z'ZihXkZ?1. teher' and ,0 FINED FOR EXTREME - i.wa .BU.T,r uiu muon. s ji x ill, i . Ten construction crews are at work erecting lines for the Home Telephone company at ' points between' this city and Salem under the supervision or B. E. Clementa- Communication between Albany and Portland will be established over the Home lines within a few weeks, says Mr. Clements, and .the work Is nrorres sins- sneedllr. Mr. Clements says there ean be na foundation for the report that tha Ba lem crews have quit work, a he left that city only yesterday, where every- thing was moving aiong in as satisrae tory a manner as possible. y - City superintendent j. H. mckman or the-pacific States eompany says that the Portland office Is In constant com munlcatlon with the Salem superintend ent and that nothing was said about the construction crews being laid off. but on the contrary work was reported as progressing satisfactorily. - , NEGRO FIGHTER TO WED PRETTY WHITE WOMAN ' r (JcareU Bpeelst Serrles.1'--"'-. Oakland. Cat, May 10. Jack Johnson, the heavyweight colored pugilist has modestly stated tnat he is engaged to marry Miss Lola Toy, a rich Australian white woman. 'i'Vi.rt.iv,.::' -, Tha rumor of tha marriage waa called to big Jack's attention and he admitted tha facts. . V. ( i "Yes, It is true that I am to marry Miss Tor. she la a native of Sydney. and I expect o-marry her in November. She will come from Sydney and I expect the wedding . will take place in this country." '. ' : t ; '.. ... --.: iv. SNEAK THIEF ROBS WHILE SECRETARY LAKIN IS OUT v ".y ';"': ",. " ' . 1 " -V't ' ': ! During the noon hour today while X O. Lakin, secretary and treasurer of tha Traveling Men's Protective asso ciation, 209 Commonwealth biuldlng, was out at, lunch a sneak thief entered the offloe and took from the safe fit In money. r A bunch of checks for sev eral hundred dollars waa looked over, but none was taken. - Usually Mr. Lakin has on hand a large amount of money the first of the month, but most of this, had' been paid out It is believed that the theft was committed by some one familiar with the office and its business, r The com blnatton had not been turned, and the door was easily opened by swinging back the .safety bolt . PORTLAND AND SEATTLE RIGHr-Of-lVAY UTIGATIda Palouse' Irrigation Company It ; Fighting for Life Railway ' Experts on the Stand. 4 . (.peclal rUDitch to Tha Jonnul t opoaana,, nun,, May 10. The su. perlor : court at Rltzvllie, Washington, with Judge W. W, Zent presiding, li now occupied with the caae of the Pa. louse irrigation Power company -vs. the Portland A Seattle railroad concern, lng the road's right of way, through Adama and Franklin countlea 8.- il Steel Is attorney for the Irrigation oom pany and F. J. Cannon, chief counsel for the Northern Pactflo. Is In char.. . Of the Portland A Seattle road's side. M. P. Martin - of Seattle, secretary and treasurer of the Portland Se attle railroad, - the first witness, tea. t If led that tha rompany had a rheetlng laat August at Vancouver, and all ttu stock of the Portland A Seattle com pany waa subscribed: that the ore- posed road will extend from Portland to Pasco, thence" to SDOkana. and thai a branch line will be constructed from point 17 miles east of Pasco to Texss Ferry. Whitman tjunty. Ho tes tified that 115,000,000 had already been . spent on the road, .. ?"-- .- v.. '.',-.': T. h. croswelL nrinclnal assistant engineer for the road, and In charge ot construction . between Spokane and ' Pasco, testified as to the necessity of taking certain landa along, the proposed right of way..' .... ., There were share ouestlonlna-a aa te the feasibility and practicability . of ; building th road through certain sec tions, where. It Is claimed by the Irrl- gation company, it would suffer Irre parable Injury. It was shown that at i one - place within a -space of three. Quarters of a mile it would be neces sary to construct six Inverted siphons. LATT SORRY HE MADE : ROOSEVELT PRESIDENT V BOURNE WILL AID IN LOCATING BUREAU HERE Senator Jonathan Bourne telegraphed United States Attorney William C, Bris tol today, asking whether Mr. Bristol desired his cooperation in securing a naturalisation bureau for Portland. Mr. Bristol Immediately wired back that If such was the plan of the department he would be glad to have any assist arifce Senator Bourne could render, Besides minimising naturalisation frauds, the bureau would be able to pre vent many election frauds that are per petrated by citlaens naturalised on the eve of elections, ., - , (Journal gpcoUl garvlea.) -"y New Tork. May 10.-Denylng that "he will bra candidate Ursucoaed himself and expressing bis enmity to PresWeat Kooseveu united states Senator: Piatt has given out an . Interview in which he announces positively .that he will retire from public life at the end of his present terra la the upper house nf con gress. ' '. -.i- - .. - In speaking of : President Roosevelt Senator Piatt stated that he never had liked Roosevelt hut made him gover nor of New Tork because he thought he would sse able to get votes and down Black. He then kicked him up Into the vice-presidency to get rid of him, never dreaming that by that' move he would make him president In the interview he expresses his regret at .having put Roosevelt In a position to -obtain the executive chair, and sneers at the ch!t . executlva ATTEMPT TO ROB BANK : , . AT SAN FRANCISCO Glena- dwelling. BidweiL herwaan vat I A. is-sieD. ins mayor, welcomed tne Mint, ani iTa tci..v o.. c. I party on Denan or tne city, and jr. ! a vn fttm.Msm -. vwiill. SatlV. OL. OLUa I . . . . Islaus Polish church, church Maryland. ! Benator FuUOn ana Tom Rich- between Faillna and Shaved ty I nrdson r responded, with brtef remarka . Drawn, dweliina- vrn . irmcipai, iveeier, juoge nauey, w. monL 1100: a m 8t.'n.t .IiiV.. Williams, .H. M. Cake and O. P. Morton UnlversiV:t!rM East -rt,irtanK Z wr "0 "rl rom' ' t " East Fifteenth; C Bhleve. reoalra Mieh.T i ' ' f- lean, between Beech and Failing nan. . . ? . niVFN FLOWFRs ;.J! . Mrs. Htroui, oweinng, oantenbein, cor- U CRUELTY TO HORSE Wilson Bradley, a youna- stableman employed by ' the Union laundry, who was arrested last week on a charee of cruelty, to animals, was found guilty In the police court this -morning - and sentenced 10 pay a iiae or iio. It was aUeged thatf Bradley, while in toxicatea unmercuuiiy neat a horse in .fr r reoaT Wimil. tn Tenalty Will Be Result of the laundry company-, barn, and felled 1179, I oauvie, repairs, - Williams I . , tha anmil tt th a ckb. A Wmm . xxng opeeco. - .. . I siding in the neighborhood witnessed (ffcaefs! tntDateb to The Joonali1 ' Irrlgon, Or., May 10. The party ar avenue, between Fargo and Cfeok, $100; F. W Finn, aweiung, jcaat Twentieth. between Sherrett and Multnomah, 1160; W. I Dill," flats, Stanton; corner, Com mere)!,' $8,000. ' the affair and swore to a complaint ! The case was tried prior to the primary ;X Barge Bent Back to Prlson."r" .Bert La Barge, who was on parole on an order from Judge Cleland, 'issued April 89, has broken the parole and was Committed to the penitentiary today by order of the same court to serve out a 20 years' sentence for larceny. Hved ai IrrlgonTt 1:20 o'clock and' was fj10"- but Cameron continued wiabf fSv Ar1lesvn Tlannatf . mU- a tka I : . ' town, E. B.1 Kicker, , prlnolpal, th teachers and 80 school children,'' who rendered songs and presented flowers and cards to the party." F. E. Beach and Tom Richardson y made remarks but Dayton Rejoices In Rainfall. ' (Special DisDatrh to Tha JcnmuLI ;: : Dayton. Or., May - 10Rain beiran falling here, early In the night and at there were no long speeches on account I 7 a. m.' shows no signs of abatement of the penalty of death hanging over! The roads were very dusty and the rain tae.'speaker,.-''?'j i'-. :' is weioomed, by.au. DIVORCED BECAUSE ; : HUSBAND A CONVICT '.'a L - ' J'V" "" ! ' ''".!S:hfi?':f?':',fi;;i (Speelal ' fnspatcli to The' JoormaLi Salem. Or.. May 10. Judge Qeorffs Burnett today granted a divorce to Mra Llxsle R. Luper from T. J. Luper, who at a former trial was found guilty of perjury, and afterward sentenced rto three years in the . penitentiary. - This case has been In the court at various times and Is considered the most sen sa tlonal divorce case in the county for many yeara , ' . - MIZNER. DIVORCE SUIT SUBMITTED, TO, COURT ",(.. - - i !'...' . , (Journal Bpeela! fcrrlca.) New York, May 10. The report of the referee In the suit of Mr. Mlsner for divorce from Mlsner was submitted to the court today accompanied by ths request of the counsel that it be con firmed. : r. v , T'V : ;;') ', ,-.Vv j'f'i i; v' (Joomal Special' Service.) San - Franoisco, May' 10. A ' resolute but frustrated attempt to rob the Stand ard Oil bank was discovered this morn lng. ' When the officials -opened ths doors they found two holes In the back walL : L Investigation ' showed '.' that s sheet of corrugated iron, with which the outer wall was covered, was cut and i sawed away near the ground. ; : Then the backing of wood had bean pierced "with auger ' hole ; until two . panels had been sawed out, large enoupb ' to admit the robbers. ; They wers ap parently Just about to commence, opera tlons on the safe when scared away. ' ' ,, ,, " " . n . i. i.i , ;-,' ' CITIZENS OF THE DALl . SIGN FOR REFERENDUM (Soedtl Diana trh to Tha' loornaLl ' ... Salem, May .10. Petitions containing , several hundred names have reached the office of the secretary of state from The Dalles asking that the bill providing for the. appropriation of $125,800 yearly for the maintenance of , the University ' of Oregon belsubjected to the referendum next-June. 'The-petitions were circu lated by Seth Morgan of The Dalles. Theyj will be . of noisily filed at a latei -date. . . : - ... .. . i ?' -. :. . ONE NEW CASE 0FI V:,V m MENINGITIS REPORTED ..f'H'v.frr-r-r' " . ' . f Annie Johnson, 19 years' old. employed ' as a domestlo In the Grant residence on Thurman. street was today found to bo suffering from meningitis. This Is ths only additional s case reported, today. There are 10 patients in the aanltarlum. CONFLAGRATION KILLS .: V FIFTY-EIGHT PER ' 1 TSi. WRIT.WHICH CONFINES- .. MILLER IS ARGUED At the reauest of Dr, Solomon Mil ler's . attorney, the habeas corpus pro ceeding by which it waa sought to ob tain Miller's freedom from the otty Jail, was not passed upon by Judge Cleland yesterday afternoon.' The - attorney asked another day in which to examine the warrant on whioh Miller is held. and the writ la being argued this after. noon. ' Miller has been in Portland for several months In the employ ot Joseph i Rloen, a First street aruggisf " (Joornal BdmUI RerrlM i' Toklo, May 10.-Forty-elaht Uvea ware lost in a conflagration at Sapporo, ths capital ; of the Island of Hokkaido. THREE. QUEENS SUARTZ RICHEST EVER FOUND imPm VKi (Joamal Special Berrlce.) - ' . Auburn, Cat, May 10. Word has just been received here announcing 4 phe nomenally 'r'loh . strike in - the Three Queens quarts mine at Forest H11L The property is owned by George Wlngfleld, the Goldfleld . mllllonalra The rock Is half gold and said to be the richest ever -seen in a placer country. . . Tou can move to a better locality read the '1 urnished rooms' ads Jn the Journal, , , ,