THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING,'! FEBRUARY 10. 1908. THEJOURNAL in' IXDEPBKPENT NEWSPAPER. r, t. JACKSON. .Pnblfcbtr I'ablhbae' mry araatnf (eieept Buodr) mmt ary Seadar BMirnlnf. at Tba Jnarail Boll Ins, riftk esd XanfeTu Mrtrli, Portland. Or, Kntr4 at ha BaatntriM at lort laad. Or.. tra imUlua tarovja tb Bulla aa erooad-claaa TKLKFaOKES-MAIN T1T8. HO a, A-eflSI. An aVpartiaenta rMb4 br tbaaa mbara. Tall tba aparatiir tba dapartmant oe waat. Kaat Side of flea. B-U4: Baal to. rOBK10f AOTKSTI8INQ BrPRSSBNTATJVBi Vmland-Renjumla Special Adrrrtlalof A garter, Braaawtrk VulMlut, fa MHh araaoa. Naa T lorbj Tribune Polldlm, tnlcaf. Babaertpfloe TVratt 7 nail ta aar esdreae la Ua t'sltad State. Canada or Maiko. DAILY. . . On rW.... ...W W I Oaa swats I -AO SUKDAY. . M rea.......$tM JOoa noatb .29 DAILY AND SUNDAY. Cm raar 17.60 I Oaa Boalb I which reiulted ; In t new republic' rect vote of the people. Let us do it, Napoleon la-1807 ordered. Portugal without ny conditions. Let us elect to shut its ports" against; England men to' the legislature who will agree to this, and agree to keep their bands off. These politicians care no more in reality about the federal constitu tion "than they do about yesteryear's birdsnests. They are afraid to trirst the people; that is the trouble with them. Now it is in the people's hands Stick to the primary law and especial Iy to Statement No. 1, and they will really and fully elect their senators, henceforth. This is important; whether the man elected is a Repub lican or Democrat is unimportant. and not being satisfied with . King John's partial and equivocal compli ance made It so uncomfortable tor him that he emigrated to tfrar.il, and Portugal was governed for awhile by regents. In ,1833 Maria Gloria was recognized by France and Eng land as queen, but civil wars devas tated the country till 1852, since which time Portugal has enjoyed peace, but has been the prey of cor rupt gorernment gradually grow ing worse. Luis I reigned till 1889 when he was succeeded by Carlos. the king lately . assassinated, and whose heavy Job now devolves upon the youth Manuel. -a v Holiness is an infinite com passion for others: Greatness 1 ii to take the common things f 'of life and walk truly among them: Happiness is a great lore and much serving. Phil lips Brooks. -a TUB FARMERS' OITORITXITV. i T TS A DILEMMA. ' - 4 SI PEAKING IN favor of the ab- -.V rogation of the tariff on wood a 1 pulp the Review of Reviews recently observed: 1 "In the first place, the pulp milts are de stroying our remaining forests with frightful rapidity. In the second place the making of white paper for the use of newspapers, maga zines, and books seem to have been subjected to a monopolistic control which Is forcing up the prices of HE BEST news of the hour con cerns the northwest farmer. It is a message of enormous in fluence on his future. It is a picture of train loads of fat cattle, fat hogs and fat sheep rolling along every northwest railroad, or boat loads of them steaming down the Columbia and Willamette rivers to supply the Swift and the Sulzburger packing houses soon to be built in Portland. It is a picture of such prosperity as has not hitherto Deen known in this region. At one stroke it makes animal husbandry almost a premier industry. It gives to the northwest farmer that great asset which has made rich the farmers in the states contiguous to the Chicago, Kansas City and Omaha packing houses. It opens up to him a mar ket that ought to be as good a mar- Governor Hughes has some heavy handicaps. The latest dark burden he is callod upon to bear la the sup port of "Tim" Woodruff. But Gov ernor Hughes Is not to blame for that. Everybody knows that he de spises "Tim." So the Republicans may nominate a New Jersey man. Governor Fort. for vice-president. We don't remem ber his financial rating, but being governor of the trust-breeding state we presume he Is "alright." It ia a curious situation; the Re publican party will have to Indorse and applaud a Democratic president Roosevelt, and also the Republican party, which he has split asunder. That platform will be a funny thing. WILL PROSECUTE MIL MEN BOGUS Federal Government to 'Try Quartet for Passing: De funct Bank Notes. faper and thus gravely abusing tbe!kct .inV in, th .worlf II. hou, : protection afforded by the tariff. .The newspapers of the country are ', demanding the abolition of the tariff on wood pulp, and many reasons of public Interest would seem to Jus tify .congress In dealing with, this item as a separate and urgent mat ter.", It Is further argued that the forests of Canada are so vast as to be practically Inexhaustible, and that their distance from American mills . makes a freight differential entirely , sufficient for the purpose of protec tion. , All this is true enough, but it does not touch the point which the lead ers of the dominant party In con gress have principally to consider. ' In establishing and maintaining high . protection, that party has been leg islating all along for the benefit of a few and against the Interest of the many and only here and there one of them has Indicated a disposition to change that policy. The few "put j up"; the many wete deluded. Will It do, is It possible, thus to abandon this sacred foundation principle of protection? For while It is true that wood pulp affords a conspicuous In stance of the Injustice and absurd ity of high protection, and shows : that such a policy fosters and main; tains oppressive monopolies, this duty is no worse than many others, and needs abrogating no more than they. 4 The tariff on wood pulp and paper . Is made especial object of attack now because It imposes a heavy bur- den on newspapers and other publi cations, and they have a voice that cannot well be entirely Ignored, but the tariff on this product needs ab- : rogatlng no more than that on steel and many other articles. Protection ist organs are in rather a dilemma; in advdeating the abrogation of the : duty only on tne principal materials they use, they lay themselves open ; to the charge of narrow selfishness, and they cannot advocate the abro gation of all equally unjust and un necessary duties without attacking the whole structure of protection, the "very foundation principle and ' the chief mainstay of their party. The majority party In congress is in a dilemma also; if it follows the president's advice and takes the duty off paper and pulp, and stops there, what fun . Williams and the rest of the Democrats will have at its ex- '. pense? And the people who are not large .direct consumers of paper, but are consumers of many other highly protected articles, will say , they "have not received a square deal and Will turn against a party that is 'scared by the newspapers into giving them relief and neglects everybody else. And if, yielding still farther, .the Republican paity selects a few other things to remove the tariff frpmtbe whole structure wjlj crum : ble; It will be a debacle. , Then , where will the party be? It looks like a rather rocky road ahead for our friends, the Republl , cans, for since they will not begin to revise, the tariff how none but very ; credulous voters win believe that any platform promise made next summer will be sincere and will be carried out. Perhaps the best :thing the Republican party could do this year would be to stand pat'for the Dingley tariff, and fight it out on that line. and will revise his price list, and place the figures in the highest notches. Living in a region where livestock can be grown and fattened at the least cost, he will have a mar ket to bring the highest figures. In the past he has been selling in a market that he could easily over- supply. It was a contingent market because without packing houses. A constant tide of northwest cattle, hogs and sheep rolled by the train- load into Kansas City, Omaha and Chicago. The grower paid the freight on this long and unnatural haul, which left him scant figures for his profits. But there is to be economic revo lution. The Portland packing houses will work it. They will be nearer Alaskan markets, nearer the oriental world, and nearer South America than all competitors. It will be a water haul, the cheapest haul known to transportation. In addition it is now declared that the Panama canal will be completed within six years. It will almost be ready for use by the time the Portland packing houses are well under way. By that token the northwest stockman will be closer! than all others to the door of over crowded Europe with its enormous demand at high prices for meat pro ducts. The products loaded into the hold of an ocean steamer at the very door of the Portland packing plants, will be unloaded without further han dling at Liverpool, Hamburg and other European ports. There will be no railhaul as is true of other estab lishments and no transfer of cargo. It places the northwest stockman in closer and cheaper touch with all the world. It will give the northwest farmer a decided advantage over the hitherto unapproached stockman of the great livestock empire of the mid dle west. It will make the northwest a new livestock' kingdom and open up easy opportunity for every farmer in the region to wax rich at theindustry. The farmers up the country must help themselves. They can do this by patronizing their friend, the Open River association, instead of their enemy, Ilarrlman. Whoever is nominated and elected president, the country will be saved. The people will gradually attend to that. Winter, fierce, howling, relentless, has the east In its grip now and look at Oregon and be thankful that you live here. The federal rovernment la to make an effort to convict the quartet ar rested several days aso on susnlcion of having- passed a number of defunct tats bank notes of Georgia, on a charge of using tha United fttataa , - wKwaB sa a a a w defraud. R. V. Walla 3 V . D..,ln. . . Cavlness and M. J. Dorsey wars ar raigned before United States Controls. a I iak at tV... li.i, . i Z. V. an-ivaa in ins r scleral building; this mornlnv and tha hara postponed until Tuesday at the ,r- yuvai qi mi counsel tar tha Hnf.n Court Sao Is Ion. Several years aa-n th lra Jiutn llnger handed down a decision that leasing ueiunci DanK notes was not aa set which would hold the prisoner Hay ble to answer a charge of counterfeit ing unneo Di&ies currenoy. Owing to this fact the government agents have not been able to prosecute many of the cases which have been brought to their The defunct bank nntaa ara nur. chased in Chicago at a cheap price. It Is alleged that Haylor and his confed erates received the paper In Portland. .lo.iiis uou ji nni Dy registered mail. Owing to this charge they will be tried iur using me malls to defraud. iiiuuwnni oi aoiiara nava hn re ceived by different Individuals In Port-, tana wunin the last few months In ex- ennna-a for unr mumhlin. r.Mi bills and which affWward proved to be wvruuess. LAST, OF-THE SHIP EMILY REED Sr. . : V After Part of the Stranded Ship Emily Reed, Showing Charthouse and Poop Deck. The Journal. Photograph Taken for COMMISSIONERS LISEN (Continued from Page One.) a .-.TIUVn?0k'"Or-' Feb. 1 Wreckage from the lost ship Emily Reed Is strewn all over the beirh at rtf. A party of four persons from this city started for the scene of the wreck srrlln thvL ufJli1 J? r CTtr " Photographs of the half of the stranded ship were taken. The vessel brokt 7n imo am"fshln2 Win!7 nl'!??: quarters and poop deck and chart house above water. This remnant of the shl? la fast' ol?g 5 pllcea a , ' I OSLER THEORY DOES NOT CARRY "WEIGHT LN CITY OF ROSES Certain councllmen should remem ber that 200,000 other people are more Important than a dozen or a score of law-breaking saloon-keepers. The question is: Shall the people elect? Everything else Is Impertinent. This Date in History. 1473 Nicolaus Copernicus. Polish as tronomer, born. Died 1543. 1(77 American congress commls loned five major-generals. 1780 New York ceded her rlrhts in western lands to the United States. 1793 British nag raised over Cor sica. 1803 Ohio admitted to the Union. 1864 Second Confederate congress met at Richmond. 1871 General John B. Magruder died at Houston, Texas. Born In Virginia. Auaruat 16, isio. 1874 Business section of Panama de stroyed by fire. 1887 (Jon uress passed a bill to retire tne iraae aonar. LEAVE IT TO THE PEOPLE. T PORTUGAL. PORTUGAL, where, the latest ' royal assassination took place, ... has passed through many ex citing experiences, and, for a little, country it baa played quite a prominent part in tne world's at v fairs, especially several centuries' ago - when voyages of discovery and col onlration were the rage in Europe. Portugal broke away from Spain In 1640 after. 60 years t captivity," and by forming an alliance with Eng- land maintained Its Independence for over a century and a half. Gradual ly Portugal lost most of Its colonial possessions to the French, the Eng lish and the Dutch, and finally lost Its last important one, Brazil, thresh, a guccessful revolution --".5 -" "Vvr, .-v . ' HE CRY of alarm amone the Republican politicians, office seekers and would-be bosses is: "If the Republican members of the legislature are pledged to State ment No. 1, they will have to vote for Chamberlain for senator, for he will beat the Republican nominee in June." Th is is rather a curious ad vance admission that though the Democrats have less than a third of the vote of the state a Democrat would be chosen senator. But suppose that apparently im probable thing should happen. It will be the people's work and will. It will be because the oeoole want Chamberlain. They know him. He will have been governor over six years before his term as senator be gins. He is no stranger. If elected it will be on ln's known and proved mer its. If with their eyes open, and after full deliberation, the people of Ore gon want Chamberlain in the senate instead of Fulton or Cake, why should not they have a right to send him there? This brings the matter right back to the main proposition; let the peo ple choose. Mr. Geer and others say that if the legislature is Republican it must choose a Republican senator. And this even though iiie same voters that had chosen that legislature had deliberately, intelligently, purposelv. and we will suppose for the Sake ff illustration, by a large rnajority, chosen a Democrat. There is no consistency in this. Geer and others who oppose State ment No. 1 say they are in favor of electing senators by the people. They are not; they contradict themselves; they prescribe a condition.. Why are not the people as capable of electing a senator as a legislature. Why give the people their will and way as to all , ana make an excent on Bishop Gallagher's Birthday. Right Rev. Nicholas Aloyslus Galla gher, Roman Catholic bishop of Gal' veston, Texas, was born February 19 1846, In Belmont county, Ohio. After attending the district schools he went to Cincinnati and studied for the priest hood at Mount St. Mary's seminary In that city. He was ordained on Christ mas day, in 1868, and became assistant priest of St.. Patrick's ohucch.lp Cp lumbus. Here he remained from 1869 to 1871.1 In the latter year he became president of St. Aloyslus seminary In Columbus, continuing In that position until 1878. The next few years were spent as pastor of St. Patrick's church, Columbus, and as vicar-general of the aiocese. in January, 188Z, iatner ual lagher was appointed bishop of Canopus and administrator of the diocese of Gal veston, his consecration as bishop tak ing place in April of the same year. Ten years later he was raised to the blsl.oplc of oalveston. which had been expended on the west aiae in me matter or Improvements and brought out other testimony In an ef fort to prove that the roadbed and track were In a good condition. Between the years 104 and 107 the offioials produced figures to show that only 97,674,176 fca4 been spent oa the Harrlmaa Unas In Oregon In the better ment of the tracks and improvements In raaaral. Mr. Cuckiey said that the accident at Forest Grove was the first time ino wrai siae road had ever killed I passenger and that no railroad nun pany could guard apainat the accidental breaking of the rails. owing to the fact that part of the wiut-n is supposed to have caused the derailment has never been found, the hearing of the commission Is be I" continued today In the Chamber ui commerce Duildlng. Three Ken for Repairs. According to residents along the line ui me ooninern racuic Between Cor nelius ana wapato, a distance of 12 miles, the section of track for that uioiance is Bepi m repair by three men. inis iney say. has been the number of repaJr men allowed this section since me beginning or Harrlman's "retrench ment" policy last year. . It was on this section of track 'which Is left In the charge of three men, that the wreck of last Tuesday nlhf occurred. Citizens of Forest Grove and other towns along the west side branch point to the fact that while there are plenty of unused ties piled along the right of way of the railroad readv m the place of the rotten old ones Building Permits. W. G. Woods, to erect dwelling on East Thirty-third, between Killings worth avenue and Holbrook, cost 127000; H. A. Shields, to alter and repair dwell ing at 664 Tapgart, corner of East Eighteenth street, cost $600; Lillian M. Dickson, to erect store on Third street, between Davis and Everett streets, cost 15.000; George J. Hemmeter, to erect dwelling on East Thirty-fifth street, between East Market and East Mill streets, cost $1,500; Mrs. M. De Grand pre, to erect a dwelling on Broadway, between East Sixteenth and East Seven teenth Btreets, cost $2,500; L.. Olds, to alter and repair dwelling on Florence street, between East Sixth and East seventn streets, coat $50; A. J. Walters, to erect dwelling on Tuurnian at head of Wilson street, cost $3,000; C. V. Lanbrin, to erect a flat on Larrabee street, between Dupont and Dixon, cost $8,500; N. B. Hall, to erect dwelling on Belmont street, between East Twenty third and East Twenty-fourth streets; (. Koster. to alter and rnip dusiiinn on East Flanders, betwean East Twenty seventn and East Twentv-eis-hth tn. I cost $125; J. A. Homer, to erect dwell ing on Macauam road near Flower street, cost $500; E. G. Worth, to erect two dwellings on East Main street be tween East Thirty-fifth and East Thirty-sixth streets, cost $1,500 each- II . neese io erect dwelling on East Twenty-eighth street, between Prescott and Going streets, cost $2,000- V A Brace, to erect dwelling on Frances avenue between East Thirty-second and East Thirty-third streets, cost $2 000 Dammeier Investment company ' to erect flat on Eleventh street, corner Of Jackson, cost $8,000; W. Smith to erect dwelling on Knott street, between Gantenbein avenue and, Commercial! street, coat $2,000; W. C. Selfert to Alter arxA ranafr diiiAlHnc r 1 . street, between East Thirty-fifth and East Thirty-sixth streets, cost $350- C ! H. Koreli, to erect flat on Hoyt street' ' between Twenty-second and Twontv- i a third afreets, cost $4,000; John HlT Haack, to alter and repair dwelling ori ' Decker street, between East Salmon and Base Line road, cost $2,000; T. E. Bo-i gard, to erect dwelling on Farragut X street, between Burrage and Peninsular I T avenues, cost oov; u M, Allen, to erect 1 owening on Koaney take now in use, the retrenchment policy iiki me lac in men maaes It Im possible to replace the worn-out ties. During the wet weather every train that comes Into Portland from the west side line Is spattered with mud, thrown up from the soft and shaky track ovor which the train la traveled. In many o lares alono- tha uctlnn n iraca Deiween sorest Urove and Dilley inn iiiua roHuoea nas wasned out from under the ties. leavina- them with ...- little support and making It possible to stand on one end and "rnek" the entire tie. Journal Pnotogrsphs. The photographs taken by The Jour nal photographer show a sample of these loose ties. When a train Dasses over them they "Jump" Into the aoft bed of mud and water, snlnshlno' tha mud into the air like a heavy wagon passing through a mudpuddle. At the exact spot where the wreck occurred a sample of the careless lay ing of track is shown in the photo graphs. At this point two new rails I were joined Dy a ilshplate. Two of the four rivets with which fishplates are uHuttny insienea io rails are lacking. Apparently two of the rivet holes did not fit together perfectly and the Job was left half finished, the rails being ivrii.c., uy uui vwu nvoia, ii -can also be shown In the photograph that there in "o -io Deneain me juncture of the rails, so that the support falls entirely MJjyvii UlvDt; I IVCiU. ai pernapa a dozen places in the ".. "nu a nan or tracK in question daylight can bo seen between the rails and the ties This fact Is particularly iiui.;ui.io Hum me wagon roaa Detween Forest Grove and about 200 feet before me roaa crosses the track south of ruitsi urove. nere person rirhHn, Although both are beyond tha age when .by the Osier theory 4 they should shuffle off this mortal coil, Douglas A. Morrlss .and Olive A. Putney are to be married tomorrow at 11 o'clock at the Ladd canyon farm. 4 Mr. Morrlss, a hale old farmer of (4, appeared at the county clerk's office thla morning and obtained the license. He coyly admitted that the bride-to-be la 4 also 14. Neither one has pa- tience with the Osier Idea Cupid has sent several darts ) In tha direction of persons be- e yond the Oaler limit In the last few daya Day before yester- day James Reld Boland, 60 years e of 'age, .secured a license to matry Miss Barbara A. Camp bell who, confesses to only S years, and.' two daya previous to that E. L. Johnson and Lucy M. MarsheU,,ach' 03 years of age, secured permit to be happy for the Test of their Uvea GOVERNMENT MOVES TO REGULATE DRAWBRIDGES along this road and with their eyes on a lyel with the track can plainly see the spaces between oaynent through the ties and rails. Walk to Town. Since the wreck it Is said that owing to the unsafe condition of the west side track those living along the line wain miles and drive into Portland rather then rlda over the track. J. E. Bates, whose wife, Mrs. Sarah Batt-s, and her child were killed In the wrerk. has not ridden over the line for several years. His wife had expressed her fear of taking the trip from Forest Grove to Gaston, but as she had the ninuu ciiwuren wun ner it was deemed best not to attempt to walk the dls tance. She had repeatedly refused to come to Portland by train, fearing at other officers as may be deemed neces sary. Franchises and the conduct of miblla service corporations are especially nro- viueu xor unaer tne commission plan. franchise) Orals Frerented. No franchise can be granted by the cuuiuiiHiun iur wrm lunger man 2U years. Further, no franchise can be come effective until the expiration from the date of passage. Within that time a petition signed by 10 per cent of the voters may compel the calling oi, a spe cial election, the expense of which must be borne by the company asking the franchise. If a majority of the votes cast at the election shall be In the negative the franchise shall become null ana voia. Thus franchise grabs are effectually blocked. In dealing with publto service corpo rations the commission has the Dower which was granted to Missouri councils by the enabling act, adopted at the spe cial session or the legislature. The Idea la to get simplicity and di rect responsibility to cut out the red tape. Undoubtedly the commission plan will not give efficient or honest government if administered by Incompetent or dis honest men. But it wlU give the people a cnanoe io Know wnicn or tneir com missioners are especially efficient and to recognise at once a worthless- man or a boodler. There can be no dodging oi rvspunBiDiiuy, unnecessary delays In ODenlnr and closing the draws of bridges crosslni the Willamette and Columbia rlvera will be Investigated by the government engineers and guilty bridge operators will be prosecuted without fear or fa- von The Intention la to carry out the law to the very letter and bring about results that will prove beneficial to Bridge patrons and shipping alike. Manv comnlainta have hn marta nt late concerning the opening of the Driage draws, in some Instances they are swung too soon and In others again they are not swung soon enoush. Some times they are swung wide open to al low a wee oit or a Doat to crawl through when the boat could pass with the draw only slightly open. It Is said much time could be saved if the bridge men would display proper Judgment In handling the draws. The Is a law on the books providing for a fine of from $1,000 to $2,000 or imprisonment not to exceed one year or both for failure to operate bridge draws reasonably promptly. It Is said that this law will be Invoked should com plaints continue to pour in. Steamboat man, too, are warned against delays and damages to shipping and the harbor through careless naviga tion. A notice sent out today requests tha operation of all stern-wheel steam era under half speed when passing the mouth of the Willamette river. Dredg ing is being done In the Columbia near the entrance to the Willamette and re pairs are also being made to the revet ment 6n Coon Island. Robert Shaw Oliver, acting secretary of war. today notified Colonel 8. W. Roessler, United States engineer corps, that the signal for opening the railroad bridge across the Columbia river WlU be one lonsr blast followed oulckly by one short blast. During foggy weather an answering signal rrom tne , chime whistle on the bridge will be one long blast Indicating that everything is clear and the draw open, or a succession -of short blasts from the chime whistle In dicating that there Is some difficulty In Immediately opening the draw. The, signals ror me wuiameue river rail road bridge near St. Johns will be one long blast followed oulckly by one short blast and one long blast. SEARCHING PARTY ROAMS HILLS ENTIRE NIGHT IN EFFORT TO FIND OLD MAN T ONE LATE TRAIN IS REC0BD FOR TODAY of this one? O, the federal avenue ht..N KIHlngsworth avenue and Surmnn street, osi ta.uuu; jonn Hastings, to i ereci aweuing on fcasi Fifteenth street. On corner of Mill street, cost $400 Antoine Feller, to erect dwelling on Walnut "street, between Vine And Kaat Fifty-second streets, cost $1,400,- same. to ereci earn ai same location, cost $800; R. H. Stehl, to erect dwelling on East Thirty-fourth street, corner of Clinton street, cost 11,400; C. E. Bade, to erect dwelling on East Fourteenth street, corner or uancocu cost $5,000; proper way to dodge the letter of the constitution and elect Senators by.di- Gress Bros., to erect dwelling on East 1 4 DiAieonui iiiooi, peiween Aioerra ana Mildred streets, cost $1,200; George Williams, to alter and repair dwelling on East Leith street north, between Alberta and Springfield streets, cost $160; M. E. Hinkston, to erect dwelling Art IMVinn citraat - kaf htaa. 3 Olin treetst cost $1,800; Robert Hughes, vw vrcrcv uweiunjj on roruana ioui hi. ui.i..j. " """Ution. Tarl corner. Concord street, cost iTsoo ..... .. -unuge, ciaptrap, "humbue.'U VY Mr,?r io erect dwelling on East c nave round an entirely leo-itirnat 1 Z.LU' r,a"t..tieYenln East $20,000 PENINSULA TRACT IS SOLD TO PORTER BROTHERS One of the most Important transactions in lower peninsula property made In several months was concluded yesterday by M. L. Holbrook, who sold to F. R. Porter of Porter Bros., con tractors on the north bank road, 200 feet of St. Johns -waterfront for $20,000. The traot contains about three acres and adjoins a 400-foot strip hereto fore optioned to the city as a site for the proposed municipal docks. While no announcement has been made of the uses to which this property is to be put, It Is believed that It will be uttllaed as a site for a manufacturing enterprise. Waterfrontage In the vicinity of 8t Johns con tinues to be in active demand and Is selling at prices consider ably above those of a year ago. One train was late today. Northern Pacific No. 1, due at 7 o'clock, arrived on time. Southern Pacific No. 16, due at 7:55, arrived at 8:20. - Southern Pacific No. 18, due at 11:30, arrived on time. O. R. & N. No. 18. due at J4:80, arrived on time. O. R. & N. No. S due at 8 o'clock, arrived on time. , . Astoria & Columbia No. 21, due at 12:15, arrived on time. Searching parties that 'covered the en tire Willamette Heights district and spent the entire night endeavoring to locate Thomas W. Thomas, 82 years old. who disappeared from His home In northwest Portland yesterday morning, found him thla noon In a boarding- house in Llnnton. The aged man had wandered over the country through the rain, unable to And nis way nome or io sneuer, ana nau spent the greater part of last night traveling down the river bank. When he reached Llnnton he asked for refuge at' a boarding-house and today his friends who had been out all night cov ering the hillsides and going througn the woods on the chance that he might have lost his way in the rugged coun try north of the city found him suf fering from exposure and fatigue, but otherwise uninjured. Mr. Thomas has been living at the home of Hugh Minns, 4(3 Biackstone street. He has been sick much of the time of late, but left the house at 9 o'clock yesterday morning without let ting any one know of his Intentions. He explained today that he had Intended taking a short walk, but went further than he realized. He finally got Into a strange neighborhood and left the city limits altogether. From that time on he knew little of what transpired, save that It was raining and he continued ataggerlng on until he reached Llnnton. When Mrs. Minns discovered the ab sence of toe old man ahe Immediately summoned assistance and a search of the neighborhood was made. When this proved barren of results the police were notified and the search extended to other parti of the city. arched Beavsrton. Late yesterday afternoon Mr. Minns went to Beaverton, where Thomas spent 80 years of his life and where he still owns considerable property. It was thought that he might have rone there and found refuge with aome of bis for mer neighbors or acquaintances. This supposition proved to be groundless, for no one In Beaverton or the Immediate neighborhood had aeen Thomas, though ne is wen Known to all or the rest dents there. Mr. Minns returned to Portland and all of last night oontlnued the hunt for the old man. In this he waa assisted by the police and a number of his friends. ut no trace of Thomas could pe round. It waa known that Thomas had ahmit $8 In his possession when he left the Minns' home and It was feared that some one had made a murderous at tack on the old man In order to aaeura possession of the money. EARLY MORNING FIRE ROUTS RESIDENTS AND DESTROYS HOMEl The county court of Lane county wlU donate $25 per month of the tax payers money io neip ooost Lane.coun considered unconditional ty. Marlon county is doing the same thing. In Linn county such action is Two residences at the corner of Preseott and Penn streets, Albina, were totally destroyed by fire at 4 o'clock this morning. The fire started in the residence of B. Lasoskl and had gained considerable headway before It was discovered. An alarm was turned In over the telephone, but as there are no water mains In that district the only apparatus sent to the scene was a chemical engine. By the time the chemical arrived the flames had communicated to the two-story residence adjoining, occupied by the family of Mrs. Dora Wolf. Vol unteers had arrived before this and wining hands aided in the work ,of I stripping the Wolf residence of furni ture and fittings. A greater part of I us cumenis were removed before the I men were rorcea to suspend their ef forts on account of the encroaching I The outbuildings were saved by the crew oi me cnemical engine, but not before they had been severely scorched mi na oeen on. lire a aosen times. 1 ne total loss will amount tn aav. eral thousand dollars. Lasoskl carried uu insurance on his property. Mrs. Wolf states that she carried Insur ance to tne amount of $1,500. 4 Eighth streets, cost 81,800; J. F. Grif fith, to alter and repair laundry on Dekum street, between aBast Sixth and Sast Seventh streets, otM 2.0(0. , James H. Ferries, national chairman of the Populist party, announce that Kentucky- is the first state In the un ion to elect delegates to the national Populist convention. The Blue Grass state has already seleoted Its 29 dele- Sates to the national convention, which to meet In fit. Louis early la April. Z l--'''1')1'- r - i' ;tV" jS - x ,u , u, -r 1 i I e p" , ' ,wwm- -tW'-''"'-Tfi- "r ' - - I ' w ? v W ) i hxria.twawta TWO BOLTS TO HOLD FISHPLATE. iJOTB CONDITION OP PLATE WHERE END SPIKE ZGtaM'lT.