THE OREGON,; DAILY ' JOVRNAt. PORTLANP, THURSDAY EVENING. JANUARY 10. 1008.'
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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
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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
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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, . ., - :
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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