The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, January 16, 1908, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON,; DAILY ' JOVRNAt. PORTLANP, THURSDAY EVENING. JANUARY 10. 1008.' 13 FIGHTS WIDOW'S STATEfffilT GAS TAPPED 10 TO TALK SHOP E ROUTE TO HE COLD WEATHER . PiiEITE FIELD e BIRDS mm ":V ' SCRIBES HERE. son PREDICT SURA C ClII I Editors of StatcV'. Weekly raraljzcrs Arriving: 1 to Attend Press Meeting. . City Given Chance by Mount ' Hood Railway Company to "Personals", ars rlmply stopping up th tintala today. "Curb tone Chronl Safeguard 'All. ItS Inter-; cles." tH-anlng . from, tha Strand CStS in UUll XlUn Water everywhere because the Ut editors. Pithered for tha meelng of the Oregon raa association tomorrow, ara arrlv In in Portland by every train- Tomorrow morning the aesalona of tha association will be opened In tha Knights of Pythias hnll at Eleventh and Alder street a. Tha editors are Hights. Vv Further light on the "secret' meeting . of the water board Tuesday morning reveals the fact that the city had with in its newer the opportunity of ae 7-. , itt trtl ine orncers ara: president curing absolute and jerpetua4.Utle to 1 Woodw,rdt nWberg Graphic ail claim wnicn tne jaoum ..uuuu u- . way - company alleges to possess . to water right o'a the Bull Run river. What action the board took upon the matter, i believed to have been. Inde cisive, and It is expected the matter ww Mutual' tife Resists: Effort - to Collect Tolicy t)f - $5,000. "y : ' Alleging that Richard W. Francis rep resented himself as a (empexata man, when In fact be was a drinking man, the' Mutual Life Insurance company of New York la i fighting In the clacujt Court the effort of the' widow. Mary C. Francis, to collect 16,000 insurance on his life. Francis waa- killed last July while working- on a wheat thresher near PrnaMir Waahlnatnit The Insurance policy had never been delivered to Tancis, dui r-aa peen up head hora is 1.1k ataoa without a mite of proved W im neaa ww in.ww fun excepting the evening's .reception; York and forwarded w JTJfir to be given-V ,.the xecutlve officers reseniatlye of the company in Sratt e. tomorrow nlaht at the. residence of "la claimed by the defence that tit Dr Henry Waldo Co. - ... . .- P "'.L """I-: Th .fttftr IN! PMI AAnL HL Ii. wni, nu a waa a, a, es. vls,k president. J. 8. , Delllnger, Pally Ae torlan: secretary. D. W. Bath, Hllla- boro Independen.tr ;orrespomilng secre tary. Dr. Henry Waldo Coe; treasurer, Miss Frances Qotshall White Ribbon. Events for Trlday. " 1 O'clock Meet at hall to spend 11 come up at afutur meeting of "the J an hour receiving badgea and getting members. . : - T 1 i lnrk Addrena b tha resident: In exchange for the rights which the I reception of members; paper, "Needed city Is so desirous of gaining the cora-1 Legfalatlon." J. 8. Pelllnger, pe As, Jv oh that It be alven.a riglit,lr.J2d...bJL,rWB,,,B way over a smau airm oi iy - rty outside or tne ttuu-nua and further, the right to cross .. the southwestern comer of the reserve with water flume wmco im wraiBur Muinlng from tne Ldiua oapay nvrr i lis proposed poww ,iiBi ni Inasmuch as tnere hi a conu.mii in. ' """T"1'' " brought ty tne railway wmpnj tha rltv. nendln at Oregon City to Kala the right of way asked for. 4 bv ountv nrmjitzerS. I o'clock Reeptlon to tha members and their ladles, given by the executive officers of the sssocintlon at the resi dence of Dr. Henry Waldo Coe, corner Twenty-fifth and Ivejoy ttreeta. Saturday's Program. . 10 o'clock Paper, "The liocal Paper R. Bradley, Hood River News-Letter. nllASAj i mm 'laAiiaalAe I . Kha Uam a eTfl a as lUilVWVU V J UIBJVHDDIflli . X IIW DTTIirJIllw of Organisation.", 8. C Beach, Portland; miscellaneous business. , 1:80 o'clok "Moss-backwardness." Miles Overholt. Tanglefoot. Jackson vllle: report of treasurer; election of officers. r ' suit. aralnst v;.:x.?rrt;7n thai the.oitv win ui nmiiui mfPBTtt tha tender of the rail way company. In thle manner all suits. and litigation with . wnicn ins eny i; now threatened at a great eost; would be aettled at once and give the city free rein on the vast stores of-water to 'be taken from the headwaters of. tha Bull Run. - ri ' Compear Kas JTo Bights. If Is advanced that , the,, city, could Hot well afford to refuse such a tender, although none of the city officials ad mit the company baa any rights to the water supply that would in any way affect the clta supply. . . . , It is practically admitted that the mm nan v will aaln Its condemnation suit and, as for tne matter oi Farrell of assault on A. ".Y.":;; in7.V for thethe, night of November 1. "saased" CORK FROM BREWER'S TONGUE HITS HANEY Cortes Brewer, accused with C E. Schuback on nairmlaalnn la to aaVS an CXDenSS Of hnm us. ooo. which' it would be nec vRsnry to Incur to carry the water flume around tne adjacent riae. ' . , The city's position is undeniably tron in the matter of water rights on JJuH Run river and In the matter of fu ture favora,. which the. companywlll rrobably ask'' for in the way or rran rhiu. m,hn the'milroad la completed Into Portland. The camp any could not well afford to antagonise the - city on either of these points andlt baa .been the declared policy of the company that It did not wisn to gain any water rigiu on the river save .those not used by the With both parties taking the ' ssme stand on the main polnta of the contro versy it is considered that future nego tiations, between he city and company will bring forth a settlement of the dif ference without resorting to the courts. It is also considered that the company's request for a right of way on tne city a property and across the corner of the reserve .would not von uaruaiup th rltv nor interfere with its opera : tiohs in regard to its water system or the contemplated lighting system. Xaay Monroes of Supply ""in.Afiir aa tha llehtlnr system Is con cerned the city will always have plcr.ty of water sources from which to get a supply. There is an Immense overflow from the head waters of Bull Run river that could be run Into reservoirs. Be sides this there are other streams, such as the Clackamas, nearer to me city, from which It is claimed the city could secure a sufficient supply for tne opera tion of an electric power plant to gen erate current for the proposed city lighting system. The city's lighting contract with the Portland General Electrlo company ex pires December 11. 1908. and inasmuch ' aa the nrobosed olant - liKhtln system could' not ' possibly be constructed by that time, the city will have to enter Into a fresh contract with the company, Bo far as time and resources are con cerned the City lighting system Is still Yinionary. Bv rrantln the Mount Hood com pany the rights of way for which they sre.wiuing to surrenaer nil tneir ciaimn to the water supply or nun hub river, the city would be assured of the tx1 ' elusive use of the overflow of the bead watera of the Bull Run which could be stored in reservoirs and used in provid ing power for the contemplated lighting 9 - y BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF ROSE SHOV FLOATS J. W. Harper and bis assistant from St.- Louis- reached rortland today and will begin drawing designs and prepar ' fng plans for .floats for the Rose Festi . ral parade at once, Mr. Harper for SI years has designed floats for the Veiled rrophets carnivals In St. Louis and is an expert in his line. He declares that : the Rose Festival has been splendidly advertised through the east, and that ' people-have heard more about it than Sthey heard of the Lewis and Clark fair. H says' the attendance should be enor mous, from all indications. f 3tOTOTENTI0N8;-' : , HOTEL MEN HAPPY Portland-hotels are going some this . i week. .' tjii.. . 'There baa (been a convention every day so far this week and there are others scheduled .for. tomorrow and Sat ... urday. ' - . . . But even without the conventions and reunions, the transient business has improved wonderfully si.nce the first of the year. , During, the last few days i nearly ss many traveling men have been coming to Portland as during the . busiest season of last year. Wliile the Portland and the Oregon botels are holding their own, the big pest business this:, week is being done at the smaller hotels. The Imperial fca had every room occupied every nieht this week. .The PeAlns is doing equal ly as well. The LeHoi and theBel vedere registers lo show a big in crease in the number of arrivals, f ; GOLDBEIT FINE . FINALLY PAID The 120. line imposed by Judge Cam eron on M. Oolabert several - days ago, when that gentleman- waa 'before the municipal court on a charge of erueitv to animals, wss paid to tha clerk of the court this morning by Max Conn, .v The Miter had not succeeded in - his ex 1 reed Intention of getting the amount ti ine nni reouceu. ear, conn stated tists tnornlng that he-no longer held the bonorahle position' of secretary of the ; 1H(n Knubllcan club, but that he was ,nii a member ef the organisation and s moment to serve, bis party la the fi rtit3r(tively lowly position of high irntie ta tee tear raiik, . ., - : - . .'....-,.-- : f::-:' Deputy District Attorney Haney when he was arraigned la the circuit court yesterday afternoon. He bad said that his attorney was a Tacoma man and Haney remarked that Brewer ha bet ter have bis attorney here when he Is called on to plead If he wants the Ta coma man to act for him. Then Brewer retorted: : "I can take care of my own affairs." Haney said that probably waa tiwe, but ha merely offered the suggestion. In the end both Brewer and Farrell en tered pleas of not guilty without wait In for attorneys. . Jacob Hilt, the; county hospital em ploye who assaulted an aged Inmate of the Institution with a broom handle on November 15. and was arrested nn the charge of assaulting Superintendent D. D.t-Jackson, who arrested him, will not -nave to stand trial. The district attorney returned "not a true bill' and he was released. Hilt had not been cnarged with assault on the old man whom he beat with the broom, and tho case -reii aown. -. Another, prisoner . released bv action oz tne district attorneys orrice is I- o. ives. cnarged witn emoezziina- sifio irom u.,UL iioiiiBter. . because . the company's detective at Prosser. who in this case was the post master, had reported that Francis was a drinking man. j The plaintiff, on the other band, as serts that the rejection of Francis wa determined on only after the , Seattle representative of -the company hod learned from the newspapers that Fran els had been killed. He la alleged to have wired this information to new York with a request for instructions. and was promptly Informed that the ap plication should ba rejected and tha pol ! daatrovad. Tha case went to trial before a lury In Judge Oantenbeln'a department tbis morning. - - : 17AS FORMER PARTNER ; OF: P. L PS 4 , Zsaao . W. Balrd, one of the best known real estate brokers in Portland. died at his residence, Twenty-tnira ana Ollsan streets, at o'clock this morning. Mr, Balrd was (0 years old and had been a resident of this city for the past 10 rears. He leaves a wiaow ano one sis er. Mrs. Strong, wife Of the foreman of tne iortiand iron woras. v Mr. Balrd waa a native of the state of Ohio and for a number of years was associated with Jathes Bailey of Bar- num Jk Bailey In- the circus business. He wss also manager of John .Robin son's circus, touring the southern states with that aggregation. Later, he be came Interested in the minstrel business and at one time had two minstrel troupes on the roaa. His last connec tlon with the theatrical business was as manager of the Fanny Kemball opera company. During the first two years of his resi dence In Portland Mr. Balrd was owner and manager of the Qulmby hotel, at that time one of the leading hotels In the city. In 1890. he engaged In the real estate business and amassed a con siderable fortune- buying and selling property. . .. rne runerai exercises win oe con ducted by the local lodge of Elks, of wnicn deceased was a prominent mem ber, and by Dr. Clarence True Wilson. interment at Kiverview cemetery. ASSESSORS HOT FAVOR HEW TAX LAW Members of the Oregon association of county assessors placed themselves on record at their final meeting yesterday afternoon against the proposed Initiative petition to do away with taxation on dwelling houses, factories, farming im plements affd property devoted to educa tional, municipal, scientific and charita- oie purposes. . The members listened to an address by County Assessor -R- D. 81gler in wnicn ne declared the petition was un fair to other property owners, - Before) adjourning the members elected Mr. Slgler. president, and T. J. Nelson, assessor of Clackamas county. secretary. The next meeting will be held in Portland, January 12, 1909. FAMILY ROWS WILL BE AIRED AT i . Yielding to the continued requests of the people of St Johns for the es tablishment of a, justice of the peace district with their town as the center, chewers. the county commissioners probably1, will grant the request and alter the tenta tive plans' heretofore -agreed: upon re garding the territory composing the Jus tice of the peace districts. It was agreed that It would be best to have only two districts in the coun ty, one oeing composed Of roruand, all tne west side precincts and-several east side precincts. Including 6t Johns. AH the rest of the county was to be thrown Into the Multnomah district - v A delegation of .St. Johnsltes visited tne county court this morning with a reiteration of the request for a district cornering at St Johns. . It . was also MARKS PASSING OF LAND FRAUD TRIALS suggested that Linn ton be placed in the new district as the- most, convenient point for litigants from that town. Final decision has not been made, but it is expected that the St. Johns people will be given what - they ask, at least . so far as their own town is concerned, ' Sixty Yean In Priesthood. : (Oolted Press Xeswd Wire.). '-'. Rochester, N. Y Jan. 18. Today marked the 60th anniversary of Bishop Mc-Quald'a ordination: to. the. priesthood. The bishop is now in his 85th year, hvlni . Kami hnrn 1 Vam . VmL. ni.v December 15,1825. , In July next he will ceieprate nis 40tn anniversary as head or tne Roman i catholic diocese of Rochester. Bishop McQuaid in his earli er years was one of the best known educators In the-church; - He was the founder and first president of geton Hall college and. seminary of New Jer sey. He is an ardent advocate of paro chlan schools and has written, and lec tured much on that subject Loosely . Filed .Exhibit. ' From the St Paul Pioneer Presa. ' The office force of the state history teal department Is very reticent about picking up books and papers since one of their recent exhibits, a centipede, es caped from the bottle in which it was confined, and is generally supposed to ?hl ta wait among the papers of "" iwur IV ge: captors. f ; v . John C. Black, Joseph Black and Jo seph Anderson, three wealthy Wiscon sin lumbermen. Indicted by "W. C Bris tol In 1900 for conspiracy to defraud the overnment out of large tracts of timber land In the southern part of the state, seem to have been able to escape the penalty of the law through a decis ion of the United States circuit court of appeals at Chicago rendered yester day. - - - : -i,. The three men were indicted by tot. Bristol in May, 1900, and an effort was made to -have them brought to Oregon for trial. .At the hearing before ' the United t States ' commissioner the men were ordered sent to Oregon but began habeas corpus proceedings before Judge Quarles of the United States district court of Illinois. ' The court went into tne merits or tne case and held that the indictment did not set out any overt - act committed within the statutory limitation of three years prior to the filing of the Indict ment He therefore held that tho men could not be brought to Oregon for trial. The court or appeals, according to tne reports, sustained Judge Quarles on tne anneal and dismissed the case. This decision throws the case out of court j HAD TO HAVE GUM OR GO BACK HOME Every one who has ever lived in the New England states has chewed spruce rum. It Is one of the favorite stunts of all the boys and glrla Even when some people are grown- they still long lor tne spruce wnicn aa uiey cucw uun them back to , the happy days of their young ine. . . ' Nathaniel K. Clarte, - of -the Hotel Portland, is one of these spruce gum chewers. Mr. Clarke must have his spruce regularly. He Is originally from Vermont and acquired tne naou wnen he waa ypungv years and years ago. When Mr. Clarke first came to Port land he was muck worried as to where i . . 'i - . S. ' .. ' ' 1 Accountants Will' : Submit Oregon Savings Condition. 'to';;Q)urt; Neit; Week. W may reasonably expect to have tha receiver's statement ready to sub' mlt to the court by the middle of next week,". ) said C'1- B. , Pfahler, expert ac countant who is In charge of the work of making up ' the final statement' of Receiver T. C. Devlin of the Oregon Trust A Savings bank. The work has been under way a week and la now pro ceeding rapidly. i v Thla statement will be a complete showing of tha bank's condition. Its lia bllitlea . and assets at this date, the amount of debts paid by the receiver and the' moneys colleoted by him, the amount of bonds subscribed - and the bonds still In the bank's possession, and It will also show whst . offsets have been allowed by the court and credited up on tne receivers books.. ' .. "It Is an easy task to corral tha as sets 'of the bank and list them," said Mr. pfahler, "but when it comes to rig urlns out every detail correctly in statement of liabilities to dateTthat is work which requires time. Oreat care has to be taken to avoid listing liabili ties on which offsets have been allowed or which have been settled In cash or otherwise. The statement has to be ab solutely' correct - In every- detail and muat be certified to by the accountant" Should the receiver submit bis report next Wednesday to the court It la be lieved a decision will be reached before the end of tho week. If the proposition of the- German-American bank to take over the Oregon - Savings' -and pay its liabilities Is approved by the court, the merger win oe. an accomplished ract before tho end of January. -. ' ii r " ' Government Farty Will ; Ec- Five Thousand Song Birds') Believed Second Well WUI connoiter ja North Dur- Visit to Tacoma Relieved :h Gush ami Start Number to Mean Snow in March. v. , Ing Winter Months. . (Speelal Dlptch te The Jnsraal.) Tacoma, Jan. 10. The Alaska road One in Short Time. (Special Dispatch to Tbe onrnl.) Tacoma, Wash,, Jan. 1. Five thous- (Special Dlipttch te Tbs Journal.) .-Payette," Ida.,: Jan. 18. A com par commission has sent to Valdes, on th I ana birds, singing much like canaries, J actively strong vein of gas wss struck steamer Santa Clara, a, reconnolssance dropped from the alrMnto Point Defl- party u oetermins yie practicaDimy or anoe park this morning. , "I wish you could have been out to see the beautiful sight" said Superin tendent Roberta. "They were slnginz and whistling on every bush and tree, lid we feed them? Of course, there is always Plenty to eat for every living Jning at roint Defiance para, adoui lghtor nine years ago we had a similar winter visitation Trom tne canary oiros. It means a cold spring. Next March you win see two leet or snow. ECCENTRIC OLD MAN DIES VERY SUDDENLY J. L. Plonks was found dead In his room la tho rear of 8t Main street this morning by Patrolman Robinson, who had been sent there to make an Inves tigation. It la baileved that death re sulted from natural causes. - Plonks bad been employed by Mrs. Deane as a choreman about tho house for a number of years. He was nearly (0 years of age and was looked upon as an eccentric by. the few who knew him. He occupied a small room in the rear or the t remises at zrs Main atreeL but. never permitted anyone to . enter of In any manner scrutinise his small pos sessions. Recently he had suffered greatly from rheumatism, and It Is be lieved that the disease attacked his. heart, causing his sudden death. r When the old man did not come to the house as usual this morning, Mrs. Deane surmised that all was not -well with him. Finding the door of his room locked she Informed fhe police, and Pa trolman Robinson was sent to the house to make an investigation. Tho officer forced the door open and then discov ered the body of .the old man on the floor of the room. . Death had evidently com suddenly, as the body waa fully dressed and had apparently slipped to the floor from the chair In which the man had been sitting. The coroner was notified at once and took charge of the remains. Plonks was the proprietor of tha Globe Advertising company, and oper ated such business as the concern trans atced from the little room where he lived. Little is known of his family. though It is believed ho has a sister living somewhere in tne east HALF MILLION IN LOCAL CORPORATION route for a sled 'road from Raward to Kaltag. on the Yukon river. At thla point connection will be made with tha mill - reun i rum rtiroanxi to Nome. ueorge ruinam, rormeiiy superintend ent of the stage service from Whiu Horse to Dawson, will be In charge of tne party, ana w.. l aoodwln will be engineer. The reconnolssance Is made at this season so that the report will reiate 10-acruai winter conditions. The proposed sled road, when estab lished, wui result In a saving of be tween zvv and sun miles over tne pres ent iniann man route to JNOms. It Wl'I also facilitate the exploration of the country, aa it Is planned to have it cross many of the headwaters of the jK.UHKOKwim river.. Much of the coun try - which the . party - will traverse la practically unknown, s - . . Th, Milt, 9 K I. .a V .1.-. the Alaska-Central Slload to Us nres' ,nffl-i&Valnt. ni tarminna fimki.k nUn, V ii. I valley and he , thinks . likely that is will b. tha first ohlantiva Vnint 1 where the llttle'vlsltors came from this J. A. yesterday in oil well No. 3 of tho Ore gon oil & Oaa company, at a depth of 600 feet: The flow.Ms much stronger than it was at the same depth In ' tha . first 'welt-.;. ';'"' T " Knowing what occurred when weir No. '1 was sunk, people are ; closely i watching well No. 1 now, so that they may be on hand If another spectacular blowout occurs. Frorn every indication there will be a gas blowout when the depth of the first well Is reached, which i two feet of snow." ; I depth of the rirst wen is reac Bowles, 401 South O street, who will be soma time this week. Is recognised as one of the best au thorltles on birds In the city, thinks the birds seen at Point-Defiance park are undoubtedly the pine siskin They have a note somethlna- like the canary. It la their habit to winter In this coun try. generally florklna- together by the hundreds and. seeking the shelter of the I It li vary nrobabla . that If One Well. spouts the other will also as well No. 1 Is becoming more -turbulent around the plug In the casing as weU. No..l is being sunk than it ever was before. , Oood progress is being made with tha There will be no delay this time wnen I the bio- flow of aaa la struck as Man- aH3g M.mjtMW V .liej . VVIUSU em ss LABOR IVAR AT HWIHE morning when they, alighted to spend a day In Point Defiance park. He does ". (Bpedal Dispatch te The Joamatl Bo Ida, Jan. 10. A labor war. Is on at Mountain , Homo ' aa a resul of importation of 100 O reeks by landown ers to clear their lands and set out fruit trees. Last eight 10 masked men, all armed. Visited the camo and notified the O reekS to leave within li hours. To day the Greeks decided to remain and appealed to the sheriff for protection. An effort was previously made to Im port Japanese for the same purpose, nut white laborers warned them that trou ble would result and the orientals re fused to undertake tha work, - WALLA WALLA IS FOR DAM ON SNAKE RIVER not beieive tha visitation means any thing -as a -weather prediction, but at tributes their coming simply to bunker. The pine - siskin Is sometimes called the gold-finch with which It la lo some extent related. It Is also related, some naturalists . say, to tha red-poll and green-finch. - It Is of a grayish color. witn markings of yellow 'and white.' and . J i . . n. .1 , 1 .J. a HIV HHIIIV .mill. which Is derived from the German word meaning "cage-bird." Indicate . - . ADMITS FAKING PORTLAND T.1AN Is prepared to take care of It and will case It off and' continue drilling until the oil is struck. If there la any oil to be tanned.'. Fine specimens of ooal were drawn from the well yesterday. Mschlnery for the Payette OH A 'Oaa company - Is ' expected .- within - two - or three weeks now, from Ban Francisco. . ' Every foot of possible oil land with In a radius of 20 miles of Payette has been filed on r leased where .Jeaeea could be secured, V , -- , CHICAGO Oil HER FIIIAL CRUISE N (Special , Dtapatck to Tbe Jooraal) Walla Walla, Wash., Jan. K.-rPlead- lng . guilty, to .a charge of ' defrauding George .Reynolds of Portland when he sold him the National School, of Musk) he was to get his supply of spruce.. For a time he thought he -would be com pelled to send to bis former state and have his friends send out a box of It But at last he found one Place in Port land where the gum could be purchased. Now he is a regular customer. .The gum is put up in Portland, Maine. even , with the B.T.h tie eounca of the TTnlted SlS"e?-" wrker t America has w- .V1,- "e,.'ach of l.n" 18.000 mem bers three cents . a week. for the. Sup port of the Brussels carpet-weavers cbttMtt? B "-rl!t, ' MassU WIFE HAIB HANDLE ; OF HUSBAND'S SPITE When Patrolman Kultter arrived at the corner of Fourth " and Morrison streets at 1:50 o'clock this morning In response to a woman's screams for help he found R. Redmond' dragging his wife about the street In a manner that spoke volumes for his strengtn or arm ana singleness of purpose. Both husband and wife, resented -tne interrerence ox the offlcer t and declared that nothing had occurred to roar their usual affec tionate relations. - Not . beinia convinced of the sincerity of. .their protestations the officer haled them to tne ponce sta tion. where he preferred a charge of disorderly conduct against them. They will appear for trial before Jude Cam eron tomorrow." ' 7 , ' 1 EMPEKOR, CZAR AND KING. WILD CONFER Rome;' Jan. 10. It Is believed on good authority, that- next spring there will meet In the harbor of Genoa, the king, Victor Emmanuel, the emperor of Germany and the csar. It Is also as serted - that -the president of Franca wUl bo present . " '- " '-","' ' Cholera In Russia.- St Petersburg. Jan, 10. A national count : declares that there have ; been 4,511 cases . of ' cholera morbus In the empire In an epidemic, that seems Just now ending, Its -ravages, of which J.80O have died. i . i, , .--;v For the third time Tolpagin has been condemned to death for crimes that It la said, were committed by tha secret police, ... ; A 1500,000 building concern filed ar tides of Incorporation with the county clerk today.. . It Is formed of . F. 1 Rieder. L. E. Crouch and J. C. Flanders. and la known as the Portland building The Alaska Coal Oil company, com posed of D. B. McBride. Thomas Mil- burn, George Wlgg, J. J. Febvett and & u. ijoveii, nas incorporated with, a cap! tal stock of m.OOO. It is formed to take over and operate the property of WIV ITSUfiV UUmiVp WllDlBklllK tit BV acres of oil placer land, and 1,600 acres oi -similar iana oz tne jung syndicate, all In the. Kayak district Alaska. Incorporation papers have also been placed on record by the Oleson Lumber company, having a capital of $6,000. The incorporators . are Charles Oleson, a IS. i 8 wanson end C. G. Younger, Clackamas county men. , RAILROAD WINS, - " , ; .. DOCKAGE SUIT (Special Dlspateh te Tbe Journal.) Walla Walla, Wash., Jan. 18. At tempts to have the Walla Walla Com mercial club go on record opposing tha passage In the senate of the bill recent ly passed In the house to permit con struction of a dam across Snake river at Five Mile point by tho Benton County Power company, : were defeated by a strong vote. The club reiterated Its fa vorable comment on tha bill made last J ear. and adopted an amendment tn orslng the power company's efforts. ' Notice of the club's action will be sent by telegraph to Washington, and tne passage or tno measure in tne sen ate recommended. Sentiment here as expressed tonight favors the building or a dam and irrigation project oy a pri vate company within a definite period or tnree years rather than watting un til some possibly remote period -when the government may undertake the work. -. .-,-.. The only strong opposition to the bill came from E. N. Warner of Two Rivers, while those who spoke In behalf of the Indorsement Included President Richard son of the Kennewick Commercial club. Captain W. P. Gray, president of the. Pasco Commercial club, Dr. N. G. Bla lock and Bert C. Holt About. (0 busi ness men attended the meeting. RUEF GETS BILL FOR HIS GILDED PRISON 'mmm, . - .fHV'- ' (Special Dispatch to The Jooratl). -San Diego, Cal Jan, " llyMaving Magdalena bay yesterday, tile cruiser. Chicago, first of tho ahlps built-in tha new navy. Is on her way to' the Atlan tic coast where tho vessel will ba taken from active service and used as a train ing ship f6r the cadets of the United States Naval academy at Annapolis. In this city, -J. I. Saunders waa lined f Mail was carried by the Chicago for $200 and . coats In tha . superior court the ships of Rear-Admirals Dayton and yesterday 'afternoon. . I Sebree, now at war practice at Magda- Baoqaers ana an employe, T. V. bock- tens oay, ana tne rami Iirst tiay tnr qwiimihi officers and men of the two fleets. Whlla , at Maa-dalena ' bay. 74 - men aboard the -Chicago were transferred to other ships. , . . ' . According to tha official Itinerary ot tho Chicago's trip given out at tha of fice of R ear-Admiral Swinburne - on board of the flagship Charleston, it wilt take 101 days to make the voyage. She Is duo to arrive at her destination, Nor folk, Virginia, April it. According to the schedule she will make eight stops on route, the greater number of which will be for the purpose of taking on coal and supplies. At the various stops a total of 40 days will be passed in port This Will leave a total of Just 00 steam ing days. The Itinerary Of. tho cruise I a. ,,11 I - fAllAWI V Port , Dlst Arrive. , Leave. , Acapulco, Mex . . . m Jan. js , Jan. zs Callao. Peru ,....J.18 Feb. I Fb. 10 Valparaiso . . . .1.80J Feb. 1 ; Feb. 2 Monteviaeo .....l.ns . Rio do Janeiro ..1.0B Mar. j; Apr., j San Lucia 8,217 Apr. 1 Apr. 21 Norfolk .........1.017 Apr. 28 w . Soon after her arrival at Norfolk tha Chicago, . still under the oommand of the same officers, will take the mid-' shlpmen of the naval academy on a nil. anil after that the old . cruiser will be put out of commission and con verted Into a training ship. worth, - entered Into a conspiracy to "skin' Reynolds and succeeded in trim ming him for 81,600, by padding the receipts of the school. .. . According to tho ' books Saunders showed Reynolds the .school was doing a business of 8200 per week-and the profits were close to 8100. Reynolds agreed to take a81,600 Interest in tbe business providing Beckworth took a one fourth - Interest and ' remained as manager. The deal went through and Beckworth rave Saunders a check for 81.(00 for his interest The check was later destroyed and Saunders and Beck- worth divided the 11,600 paid In by Reynolds. v ... -h.'" f Later. Saunders and Beckworth had a falling out and, Beckworth while on a drunk gave the scheme away, with the result that Reynolds hart both ' men ar rested for eonsoiraoy to defraud. Beck- ,-worth made a complete confession,. Im- Siicating Baunaers. uecicwortn is gull t Jail. Saunders paid blsvflaa. WjlSHINGTON MILLS CLOSED TILL MARCH . '-. (United Press Leased Wire.) San Francisco, Jan. 18. A bill very like the following has-, been sent to Abo Ruef try tha graft prosecution: " To eight days' board 8700. "No discount granted." The 1 bill waa sent to Ruef for tha eight days he spent In his white prison house on Fillmore, street, beginning January 1. Ruef e. .detention In private officially ended on that day, but at his own re quest his removal to the 'county Jail was deferred until January 8. . Ruef agreed to bear the expense of his -maintenance In the meantime, and has Just received tho bill for 8700 from Chief of Police Biggy.. his officially constituted elisor.- .- The bil Includes charges for food, lodging, guards and other details incl-: dental to his detention: Ruef Is asked to pay at the rata of 887.60 a day foil tha nr4vllas-A. ll (SpecisI Dtspatcb te The Jenroal.) Seattle, Jan. 18. Of 476 shingle mills In this state only JS are oneratlnr. and it Is believed by DaiNcVY Bass, who has Just completed a tour of the state, that at least five of these will cease work before the end of the month. Intermit tent manufacture may be attempted by various - mills, but Bass . believes that between February 16 and 20 not more than so sningie mma wiu do running. The-close-down tacitly agreed upon by kit the shingle manufacturers of the state will be the most complete the northwest has aver seen. The propor- SWILL ALASKAN: MEET AT SEATTLE (Special Dispatch to Tbe JafraaL - ' Seattle, Jan. 18.--AJaska mining mea wUl bold a meeting In tha Alaska dub tlon of dally output maintained up to toemi tonight to prepare for the guar March 1 Is so small that shingle deal- I . .- i-..., mlninv ers have not attempted to estimate It l "Z7 fllatt -March 21. At present there are not enough congress, to id n faattla rcB 21. shingle bolts In the water to run tha " Revision of. the AJaska mini ng tawi mills more than a month and the log- will be the big (ature Jf tha aesslonu.- gers will not resume operations before Secretary Jamea R. l Garfield I of the in April or May. This means It will be lm- Jerlor dSf"dviSttbnxf snaiSrt " possible for the shingle mil. to .begin ngne to re warco, anu men a. win- i v. '- -"- - - - --3 -r,- ,r..j , , " . cone ior - AiHBKa, cuiu American mining congress to agree cutting before March. porary close-down may be necessary to equalise the log supply. ; - ; XjOggers propose noiaing sningie doih CANADIAN LUMBERMEN 5 WILL STAND TOGETHER The ' Northern Pacific "Railway com pany, yesterday,, won judgment against E. W. Soencer 6f The Dalles Trans portation company for dockage for use of the wharf at Vancouver, Washington. The steamer diaries R. Spencer has teen calling there, but denied the right of the railroad company, to charge for the privilege of dockln-.! clalmlnar that it was a public dock and free for 'the wbinartAn Th. (fflSLTh 7V i of British Columbia It is a case at the at 812 per thousand from the start of operations. .. xnis win nave tenaency, when coupled with a short shingle sup ply, to keep , prices up fb a maximum lj figure. Shingle manufacture, will try to maxe tne oasis. 01 n.io mr stars tno minimum figure for the year. There Is a very short stock of shingles on hand at the mills now, and eastern yards ara not well supplied. t (United Press Leased Wire.) i Vancouver. B. C. Jan. 16. With the lumbermen of the , mountain - districts per month since November, 1902. AUTO COMMISSIONS , MAPPING OUT WORK Members of the automobile commis sion, consisting of K. D. lnman. C. B. Brown and A. G. McPherson, held their nrst meeting yesterday , and - outlined their future work. The duties of the commission are extensive and tha mem bers will have in their power the res-u latlon of running automobiles within the city limits. Rules and regulations covering the examination of chauffeurs will do adopted later. flaaaiBBBawMaaawaaBBBBMMBBaaMsaBBSBBBaMBaBBjBShB V ' HEIRS rOF ENGINEER SUING ST. JOHNS U. MWVUllVlli t nUUUUIBtldlUI Vi the estate of William W. Goodrich, has oegun suit in-tne circuit court to coi lect 84.063 that is alleged to be due rrom the city or est. Johns, ooodrich was city engineer - of St Johns from August 28, 1906, to the time of - his death. February. 10. 1905. "and the sum claimed is ror commission on work per xormea xor tne city as engineer. .. .. REHEARSE 'SONGS " i FOR COMING RECITAL Between ' 200 and .800 local slnaers gathered at Kilers hall last night for their first . rehearsal - Of the cantatas which they will sing In conjunction with the Chicago Symphony orchestra In Portland in April. The singers were under the leadership of W. H. Boyer and much, enthusiasm was shown. , The first rehearsal 'was devoted to the can Uta, "Fair Ellen." ; The others to be sung by the chorus -are "The, Swan and the Skylark": and "The Messiah.", . Soedlal.meetlnr : plasterers union.. local 82, Friday evening, January 17, 264 H Alder Street 1. D. Reed. nraai- dent .a-;i jrji--2i.;v.ii. 1. present time of stand together through the depression Or face inevitable ruin. The coast mills are not in such a bad position because their stocks of lumber and logs are much smaller than those of tho Interior mills. 1 The Interior lumbermen, at the con vention Just concluded in Nelson, frank ly stated their position to the delegates from the coast and In order to further Impress It as much as .possible on the coast millmen, they will attend In force, a convention to be. held In Vancouver, on January 28. , Should the coast mills mage any cut at present or ourmg the coming summer the mountain mills would suffer a heavy loss. The latter therefore . are - bringing - every influence to bear to prevent any reduction in the price or lumoer ana at present they have the support .of . every millman on tne coast. - -: - - - IDAHO FARMERS TO EXTERMINATE COUGARS I ' . ' MnMal ' fHanatch to The Joornal.l Cataldo, Idaho, Jan. 16. The farmers upon a new cone. j.-a. outroy, if Mndraw anil Watson Allen were named at tho Joplln, Missouri, meetinjur mining code for aibsks, nut tne,tass was believed to be too large for a spe cial commtttee and a quarterly .meeting was suggested instead. i-i-' -. . vw. Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana will be represented In .the March session at Seattle. Coincident . witii the Alaska situation th- nara . mining conditions of the northwest will be discussed, and' it Is .probable-soma Important recommendations - will ba made at that time. James F. Callbreath of Denver, secretary Of the congress, will be here Monday to arrange for tha meeting.' .- - o-. '- Aside from the revision of the Alaska. f thUiace"ho for "artta. Va urS In hi. message to co"nt RAILROADS TRYING TO SCARE LEGISLATORS - (United. Press leased Wire.) , Topeka. Kan,. Jan. ."We are Just on the verge -of reducing wages. That applies to all railroads." This state ment' was made c bv Vlee-Praalriont Mudge of the Rock Island railroad who ts in xopoKa.xor a lew days. "If the legislatures keen on with nnoh legislation as they have already enacted against us It will simply mean trouble. Men are being laid off now and . more will be laid off risrht alonft-. Wa hava Sot to such 'a .point 1 fear that the re liction of wages will come next" ARTILLERY. CORPS AT TACOMA IS PLANNED nTnlted Praiui Iiaaid Wlra 1 ' Tacoma, Wash, Jan. 16. Preliminary steps were taken at a meeting last ni suits a corps or aruiiery in Ta- coma, the first of the kind In the state of Washington. - Officers were -elected and a recruiting committee annointad. Captain. I. M-Howell was elected com mander or tne oattery.- The corps will have quarter In the new Armory build ing to bo erected tbis sair. .. . . lianil rtt rnniriLrs and In the past week- 1 goats have been 1 killed by these animals. -. " r The farmers are up In arms and will exterminate 'every cougar in the ' dis trict. - There are at the present - time about 400 Angora goats here, and they are kept to clean up the brush around toe farms, a spienaia- prom - is aiso realised from the sale of the goats' hair., - DEMONSTRATION WILL ?E ADE AT SEATTLE ? ' - (United Press Lea'aed v71re.) S-attle,jan. 16. -At a convention of delegates from - various labor unions held in the Industrial Workers of the World hall last night It was planned to assemble every unemployed man In Se-j attla to make a demonstration at the I city hall Monday evening. ;- -y, a ; A. committee of seven was appointed to wait on me mayorin tne aiternoon and later to address the city council. A-demand will , be made that work be provided for the men now idle with the alternative of providing food and shelter until employment can oe louna. , .... TAH0MA NEW NAME OF, NEW REVENUE CUTTER ' I- (United Prass Leased Wlre.J.., Washlhgton, Jan.' 16. -The name for the new revenue Cutter Which 1a being built to taka the place of the cutter Grant in the service on Puget sound was selected by w Representative Cushman without any flourish jof trumpets; if any cities or -towns in the. northwest having Indian names don't like the name they will have to swallow their disap pointmeMIl lur the name has been ac cepted by the treasury department and It will surety stlak. It Is ahoma. fri , men of Alaska want Important changes made. In the Tanana country a clearer definition of discovery Claims is da-" slrod and quarts miners want to be eg-i. empted from assessment work this year. R0CKPILE FOR- . : HOTEL BURLAIl Through the efforts of Detectives Price and Coleman one of the men held responsible for maiw of the petty thefts that have been reported - to the police recently was today, given a sentence or 80 days on the rcckplle ? at Jteiiy a Butte. His name is Patrick Riley. He was arrested by Price and Coleman sev eral, days ago on a charg of vagrancy. t . t.u. that- the 'man had. been connected with the theft -of oloth- lng from rooms m several ;CBJ '""V lng and rooming houses, but dence was of such a nature aa tofliake a. conviction : uncertain the? charge or vagrancy was allowed to stand.. - Ha was given a hearing br:J"dS: eron Jir the police cotsrtthlS morning and the sentence f ollowed.' ' - , . j.i. 1 ' -.y-..ri - B. C Shlpley.s 85.000 damage sul against the Portland Rallwaycompany" for alleged unlawful ejection. frOm , a car went to trial before a Jury In Jndge I Bronaugb's department this -morning. I ihe defense Is. that Shipley presented a l( transfer an hour old, the conductor re-k, fusing to receive it and demanding an- J other fare. Shipley isa musician and f was on -his way frOm the east side tolf fill an engagement, taking a Morrison j Mt tMnfr H says he went into I . hn. near the transfer point for a few V minutes, but is sure than another oar had not passed when he boarded a west bound car. ' . The rules of the company it require that a passenger having a trans- if fer must take the next car passing the! tranarer point alter tno urns puncnear ln the margin.-. -.: - .-. . - fi sv J.