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ANNUAL M l ETING CALIFORNIA GREETS GF EUGENE'S BATTLESHIP FLEET CITY COUNCIL AT CORONADA BEACH of the present plant, is unfavorable to the construction of settling and coag ulation basins, if these were con structed it would cost 115,000 and necessitate the relocation of the plant. The cost of filtering water by the use of mechanical filters is variously estimated in the different cities of the United States at from 13.50 to $7 per million gallons. Striking an av erage of say |5 per million gallons, and estimating the city to use 1,000,- 000 gallons pur day. the ru-t of fil tering alone amounts to $1625 per year, it is not probable that at the pres nt location the suction pipe across the river can be made to re main uninjured in the bed of the stream, during the winter season. the gravelly bed of the river bging constantly shifted by the current aud will undermine any constru ction of pipe line across the river; h enee the only available source of supply Is the river, and the present well Is un- available. It seems to have been the design of the engineer in placing the new reservoir on the highest point of Skinner's butte to get adequate fire protection with the smallest diameter of pipes n >w In use in the present system. This can >n!y be accorn- pllsh<*d by an enormous inc r> ase of friction in the pipes to get the in- creased velocity of flow neef‘ssary to give the city good fire pr otectlon. When such high pro^sur • 1« used at the expense of pumps and ■the ill- creased cost of power >r the■ greater expense of high pressure pi pe. In a gravity system, the expense» is too great to be squandered on fr ictlon in the pipes, and »sot h frlctlo nal loss entails a dally expense as long as the sy.'tntn Is In use. the extra expense will In a comparati vlv short time pay for larger pipes and th cost of a low. port of street work for the past year: New lumber used for constructing street crossings, alley crossings, cul verts and repair work amounts to 82,045 feet. Old lumber used for repair work. 20.59 7 feet. Total number of feet used, A®»-* 642. Lumber now on hand, 6723 feet. There are now twenty-five (25) new street crossings where none ex isted a year ago, also eleven (11) al ley crossIn *’• There has been ouilt during the past year wooden sidewalks, 10,866 feet, or a fraction over two miles. Cement sidewalk where none ex isted a year ago. In the residence district there are 7918 feet of cement sidewalk. On Willamette street, or the business part of town, there are 1968, or nearly two miles. New Improved streets graded and graveled, fourteen < 14) blocks, or a little over one mile. Alleys graded and graveled the past year, eight hundred (800) feet. There have been eight hundred and fourteen (814) loads of river gravel hauled and used to repair the streets with, also about one thousand (1000) leads of gravel that was excavated on Willamette street hauled on outside streets to repair with; also there has been 3 4 05 feet of sewer built the past year. There has been one hydrant placed on the street the past year. There have been thirteen (13) ce ment alley crossings built in the past year.| Respectfully submitted, A. W. GILBERT. ' GEORGE FISHER, .1. P. TURNER, Street Commissioners ( From Tuesday1'» Dally Guard.) The annual meeting of the city council was held last night at which time the newly elected councilnien scores of gaily decorated launches w^re sworn In, the annual report* of ut of the bay early this morning the several city officials and the dif cruised far down the i coast to ferent committees of the council were When read, the annual message of Mayor approaching fleet, came Into full view they to be steaming In lines of Matlock was delivered and tne ap four ships in each line. pointment of officers announced. The four flagships, Connecticut. Geor Louis E. Bean was appointed city gia. Alabama and Maine steamed attorney In place of 8. D. Allen, who abreast ut the head of the columns. Approaching the first of the Coro has served In that capacity during nado Islands, the ships turned sharp the past year. E. A. Farrington was ly inshore and for the time were as reappointed chief of police, W. W. signed anchorage positions. Purdy was named as cheif night The oncoming of the fleet was a watch, Harry Graham as night police beautiful sight, and the passage of a ’V the vessel* to anchorage was accom man, J. P. Turner street commission panied by the tooting of hundreds of er. Alb«-rt Baker and A. F. Baker, as v,hlstle:., the ringing of hells and con sistants, .1. <). Bristol, policeman for stant hurrahing of thousands gath- Fairmount, all reappointments, and I ered on the beach and elsewhere to W. 8. Moon, park commissioner. Council committees were appointed vl<-v tli>' remarkable spectacle. Scarcely had the Conn ctlcut conic as follows: Financ- Williams, Moon, Berger. to anchor when a launch put off from Street- Gilbert, Roach, Moon. Coronado pier with an aide to Gov- Fire aud water Fisher, Garrett, i ernor Gillette on board. l!e re- ! paired on board the flagship to ask Harbaugh. Heai'h Berger, Gilbert, Roach. ' when It would be convenient for the Printing Garrett, Gilbert, Roach. admiral to receive the g vernor, who Sewers Moon. Harbaugh, Fisher. desire 1 to extend the official welcome Pidice Roach, Williams, Fisher. of Hie state to the fleet. Il< iitin«- Work. Admiral Thomas declared he held At the beginning of the meeting an liims lf subject to the governor's REAR ADMIRAL THOMA3. FIX \X( IAL ST XTFMEXT command, and hal fan hour later the ordinance to prevent minors from General Fund Otilcer who will command the fleet governor, accompanied by his aides, frequenting billiard parlors and such 1907 during its stay at San l'ranclsco. were rec«dved aboard the Conectlcut places was brought up, but after with military honors. Later In the some discussion it was again referred April 8.—Amount unpaid warrants......................................................... $31,374.44 Warrants issu'd during the year— afternoon the admiral returned the to the judiciary committee. For street lights.............................................. $ 4,262.25 The street committee reported the San Diego, April 14. The Ameri visit anil paid his respects to the gov For water......................................................... 1,200.00 amount of lumber used during the can battleship fleet, returning to ernor at the Hotel Del Coronado. For paving, streets......................... 34,501.27 home waters on the Pacific coaat af Following these ceremonies, a local month and reported that the con For street. Improvements and repairs... 9,396.55 ter a cruise of nearly four months reception committee, headed by U. tracts for grading Moss and Orchard For lumber........................................ 333.60 •round the southern etui of the West, S. Grant, Jr., visited the Conneticut avenues be let to A. C. Mathews. Mr. For fire department..................... 2.769.78 ern Hemisphere, cast anchor off here and were received by Admiral Thom- Kilborn gets the other contracts for For police department.................. 3,265.20 at 12:47 today, thirteen minutes; - as, as were the chairmen of the vari- grading and graveling In East Eu ..................... For city attorney, $600; recorder, $600. 1,200.00 ahead of schedule time. ’ The shores O1|H Hub-commlttees In charge of the gene. The fire and water committee For city treasurer............................ 258.00 of Coronado Beach were lined for a fleet celebration. Later in the hay sev reported the condition of water in For incidental expenses.............................. 1,027.41 mile or more with an enthusiastic eral boats were sent out from the the reservoirs during the month and throng gathered from all over ths shore with 35,000 California oranges, other matters. Total............................................................. $58,214.06 to be distributed among the enlisted West. Health Ooounlttee'a Report Add interest on warrants paid.................... 2,232.36 $60,446.42 The day of the fleet's arrival open men. The health committee made its an ed dark and threatening, but by noon nual report, showing 8390 feet of the sky was a sapphire blue The Total............................................................................................... $91,820.86 new sewer constructed during the shores of Coronado beach, the van Contra Cr. year, making 60,885 feet all told tage point to view the coming ships, within the city in good working or April 8.—Balance, cash on hand.................................... $ 2.920.06 were thronged all th«« morning, spec Received from taxes...................................... 18,246.25 der. There wtire 48 deaths and 78 ial trains, steamers and trolley cars Received from Lane County road taxes birth*; 62 cases of contagious dis being taxed to their utmost to handlu collected........................................................ 4.390.66 eases, but no deaths resulting there the crowds. Received from road taxes............................... 5,761.79 from. In the number of deaths re- Faint films of smoke rising to th«» Received from street assessments (pav ported eight of these were not clouds gave the first indication of the ing, etc) ..................................................... 18,337.34 chargeable to the city, but were approach of the fleet, and at 10:30 Received from road poll taxes................... 309.50 deaths at the hospitals of persons the flagship at the head of the ap Received from licenses, theatres, shows, If the brought from other places proaching column could be mad«> out dogs, et al.................................................. 649.00 city has a population of 8000 people by powerful glasses, twenty miles Received from fines......................................... 802.50 4 0 deaths per year, or 5 per 1000, away. Received from miscellaneous sources.. 805.37 will compare with any city in the As th«1 ships passed the Mexican valley. boundary |ln<- the first real American Warrants unpaid and issued In excess of receipts.... $39,598.29 Street I'onimlnsiom-r's Report note of welcome sounded. A party of Rcaourc«** 'he street commissioner made his customs offlclalH on duty at Tla Ju 1908 annual report, showing 10,866 feet April 8. Taxes in course of collection ana had erected a flagpole on the . . $12.000.00 board sidewalk built, and 10,680 feet •here, and at Just the moment the $26,230.47 . I «.880 17 quant streel aaaeaam»lit»,... of cement walk built, 3405 feet of Conectlcut crossed the Imaginary lino sewer. A petition to grad«- and grav- conforming to ths boundary nionu-1 General fund deficit............. < I an alley bt-tween Sixth and Seventh inent the stars and stripe* were hoist Sewer Fumi street, from Blair west three blocks, ed and the little band of patriots 1907 was referred to the street committee, gavu three lusty cheer*. This demon $ 5,657.96 April 8. Amount unpaid warrants.............................. also to grade and gravel Alder street stration could not reach th»« ships of j Warrants issued for construction and re REAR ADMIRAL SPERRY. from Eleventh street to the mill race. the fleet to gain a response, but the pairs .............................................................. $ 2,930.30 Naval vlllwr who will take the bat- fact did not in any way diminish the Nelli Members Take Scots. 1.231.18 Intereat on bonds............................................. tlaahlu U au L around the world. enthusiasm of the party. 458.12 Add interest on warrants paid.................... The report of the canvassing board Several excursion steamers and ' showed J. E. Roach elected council ■ - ■ 1 1 ----- $10,277.56 Total.............................................. man from the First ward, W. S. Moon • Contra Cr. from the Second ward, A. W. Gilbert 198.52 Balance, cash on hand.................... $ from the third ward and J. M. Wil 4,992.95 liams from th«- Fourth ward. Their Received from taxes............ 2,239.57 7,431.04 certificates of election and oath of Received from assessments office were duly presented and the $ 2,846.52 new members were Inducted into of Warrants In excess of rect^pts. . Resoli ree* fice, Councilnien Henderson, McCrady 2.459.77 Delinquent assessments................. and Calkins retiring. <>| hiis With Prayer. I $ 386.75 Deficit The new council was then called to Recapitulation. order, and Mayor Matlock called upon $13,367.82 General fund deficit Barcelona, April It .lean Buell Rev. D. II. Trimble, pastor of the Sewer fund indebtedness................. Washington, April 14 Comprcs 386.75 Methodist church, for prayer. This sed Into what would be not more than and accomplices, yesterday found 5.000.00 Sewer bonds, 7 per cent.................... custom was Inaugurated by <he may a ten-minute speech on the floor of guilty of complicity in the recent se .22,000.00 S. « r bonds, 4 per cent.................... congress, the president today urged ries of bomb explosions and anarchist or a year ago when h«' took his seat. Accrued interest on sewer bonds 527.50 The mayor then read his annual mes that body in a special message io pro outrages, were sentenced today Jean found elsewhere tn sage. which Is vide for the construction of four bat Ruel), Herman Ruell and Marla Quer- . . . . $41,282.07 Total indebtedness................................................ tleships of the largest and most ap ralto were sentenced to death. Jos. thia Issue. Respectfully submitted Kniuili'r's Annual Reixirt proved type at once. The arguments Ruell, was sentenced to seventeen B. F. DORRIS of the president to Impress his Insist years; Amado Trllla to twenty-four Th«< report of City Recorder B. F Recorder. ence of the naval program were few. years, and Francisco Trigueros to Dorris was read at the meeting. It April 8, 1908. fourteen years at hard labor. Oth Is as follows: but calculated to be effective. China waa held up as an example ers were given lighter sentences, or City Enginc.'r'w Report. er reservoir, it Is poor economy to: of the "peace-at-any-prlce” doctrine. acquitted Eugenue, Or.. March 28. 1908. The mother of Burgeos, one of the To > the Hon. Mayor and the Common continue the use of so high a pres • nd Great Britain aa having a naval sure system, not to reckon the cost policy to to be emulated. The result accomplices, slipped a knife Into the Council of the City of Eugene; for repair* if the present intentions | of the last Hague conference made It hand of Herman Ruell with which he Gentlemen Pursuant to request I of the city are carried out and a grav plain that the nations would not for attempted suicide, but was frustrat submit the following statement of ity ayateui put in, the extra cost of some time, If ever, agree on a plan of ed by the guards. the present water work« system of pipe for *0 high a pressure would ex- limitation of naval armament. Arbi the city of Eugene. ceed the cost of the present reser tration, the president holds, cannot An up-to-date water works system voir* and th«> cost of repairs would [ be relied upon aa an effective rem such as the people of the city de be correspondingly greater. With a edy, though It should be utilised to mand. should have pipes Urge pressure such as could be maintained the fullest extent. enough to furnish adequate fire pro economically in a gravity system the Dls< laimlng any Intention on the tection. with a pressure economical in pipe lines in the present system are part of the United States to ever en Berlin. April 14 A dispatch from the consumption of power, and cost too small for adequate fire protec gage In a war of conquest the presi Vienna, April 14 The whole of of repairs, if a gravity system 1s em tion. and new reservoirs ami a recon Corfu states that Emperor William in dent made It plain that this country course of a dinner in honor of the of could III afford to relapse Into a place Galicia la in a slate of excitement ployed. also an abundant supply of struction of the pipe lines would be1 ficers of the British battleship Im where Insult would have to be borne over the assassination at Lemberg on | pure water for domestic an«l commer necessary. The present plant has not; placable, following a toast, said: Sunday of Count Andre Potoeki. gov cial purpose*. The present plant is given good satisfaction to the people.1 in alienee. "I drink to our two flags, and I ernor of that province, by a Ruthenl I supplied with filter*, which if provid The company has employed experts an student while the count was giv ed with coagulation tanks and the In the manipulation of its plant and wish that they may ever be united for own welfare and the world's ing an audience to a delegation of proper settling basins, should deliver there Is no likelihood of the city be their n i'iioi'riin student*. water to the consumer that is prac- ing able to get more competent men peace.” Captain Kerr, commander of the 1 bacteria and sedi to manage the plant more satisfacto The "Young Ruthenlan*'' in th»- tlcally free from Implacable, whose father was Lord Austrian parliament declare such mentation. I li is stated by good au- rily than the present management crimes a necessity to put a stop to anth lorlty that in order for filters of Th«’ present system can only be re Admiral Kerr, responded: “Mv father used to say with refer Polish oppression, and last night a this type to be effective it la neccs- garded as a makeshift to be used un thousand Poles participated In an an aarv for 3 |>«r cent of the water forc til the city could put in a new and ence to your majesty that God had created a great emperor out of a man ti Ruthenlan demonstration They ed through them to be used as a back up-to-date gravity system. gathered In mob* and broke the win flow In cleaning or washing the fil Not mentioning the value of th«( who had become a great admiral.'* dows of the Ruthenlan clubs of the ter*. when the water 1» fr««e from sed- real estate belonging to the company' Intent as are the waters of the Wil and estimating the total replacement ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ city. MIM I. llUlRFItS lamette river during th«« summer cost to be 8111.808. and deducting ♦ ♦ INJI BID IX W IIK k MMIKIFD months in time of freshets, when $30.850, depreciation of material and ♦ ♦ • —___ ♦ DeWitt'* ( arbollsed Witch Hasel the water is muddy or very turbid, machinery by reason of age and use. ♦ Butler. Pa . April II In the wreck of a car at Evans City today, caused Salve It 1s especially good for pile« a back flow of 30 per cent is re anil ranking a further deduction of ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ Bold by all drugglsta. quired to keep the filter* clean and $17.000, the »«(mated present value by breaking away from the engine In Eugene. April 10, 1908. Solo allow them to do effective work of th«« pumping plant, reservoirs and and plunging down a steep grade mon F Barnes and Miss Emma F Filtering without coagulation and *et. The homeaiead contest case of Vi twenty-one workmen, a majority of well, would leave $55.245, vnhie of I’ybnrn, Justice of the Peace R S them foreigners, were Injured, three ola E Wiles va. Henry 1» Miller, In tllng I* not effective and doe* not material which the city could use, Bryson officiating valving KO air»» of land In section remove the Impurities from the wa though at a great disadvantage, in perhaps fatally. The filter*, under the present' the construction of a gravity system 3J. township 18 south of range 6 ter Henry Jone*, one of the young men west, was heard before United States cooatruction, could not be expected G H W AGGONER. Plenty uf Trouble. who was bound over to the circuit City Engineer. • * caused by stagnation of the Uvei Commissioner W W Calkins today to do effective work, and frequently i court yesterday, charged with con- •«mwt 4’ommiller'« R«'|««rt and bowela To get rid of It and I X Harbaugh and I. M Travis are sedimentation I* fount! in the wa trlbiitlng to the delinqu. icy of a Eugene. Or., April 13, 1948 headache and blIlousnvM and the the attorneys for the contestant and ter drawn from the service cocks, and in time of freshet* the water is so To » the Honornhle Mayor and Com- minor girl, has furnished bail and poison thaï brtngs laundice. take Dr Williams A Bean for th» contest«-» has been released from custody badly discolored a* to indicate that Rings New Idfe Pilla, the reliable mem Council of the City o( Eu Henry is an industrious ung man the filter* have not been used at all. purifier* that do the work without gene: and has here;.»fore kept DeWitt's Little Earlv Riser*." tHT We, the undersigned, street -om- ble. He wishes it stated out of trou grlndlng or griplng. Me at W A famous little Liver Pill*. For «ale and under present construction could I' not be u*»-d that he was i ml ’ te«' and street commissioner. Aere- Kuvkendall'a drug store f"t in the carousal at «he Twfiley1 by all druggists. The ground or rsther the situation by submit the following annua re- • I BOMB THROWERS PRESIDENT URGES SENTENCED TO THE BUILDING OF DEATH PENALTY BIG BATTLESHIPS COUNT MURDERED BY YOUNG STUDENT GERMAN KAISER TAFFIES BRITISH WARSHIP OFFICERS SENATOR FORAKER IN DEFENCE OF NEGRO TROOPS Washington. April 14.—Seldom, if ever, has the capital contained so ruauv negroes as today. They were attracted by the announcement of Senator Foraker's speech in defense of th«' negro soldiers who were dis charged by the president on account of the Brownsville riot. The negroes crowded the senate galleries, and long before the senate opened every seat was taken and the corridors con tained almost enough people to refill , the galleries. A careful analysis of the testimonj taken in the investigation of the shooting up of Brownsville, Texas, on August 13-1 4, 1900. and the argu ment in favor of re-enllstment of col ored soldiers of the Twenty-fifth reg iment was mad ? in a speech deliv ered today by Senator Foraker. He prefaced his remarks by saying the! pur ose of the investigation was not to embarrass the president or any one else, nor had it been prosecuted to make capital of any kind for anybody or against anybody. He stated that the negroes gave their evidence with such straightforward frankness and such manif'st truthfulness that noth ing r,1'iains to shpw their complete vindication xcept only the discov ery of the real culprits, which time will surely make unless the adage, "niur 1 t v. ill out,’’ has ceased to be ;i truth. The s’ 'liter declared the soldi rs good character should greatly strengthen the presumption of their innocence and said the citizens of Brownsville had abundance of th" kind of ammunition with which the soldiers had been supplied, every cartridge of which the soldiers had accounted for on the day f.in?w.tj ,::ay. .Must Have Subig Bay. In the course of the <1,- uss I m »» the house provision for fortifying oT big bay. Representative H !,<un FACTION FIGHT WINTER HAS SENATOR J. B. FORAKER. ed a telephone message from Admiral Dewey saying: “It is Sublg Bay now and forever if we are to have a naval base.' BEEN MILD IN ILLINOIS SEEMS SETTLED AND DRY Chicago, April 14—Governor John- Following is a summary of weath er conditions in Oregon during the winter, as prepared by the weather bureau at Portland: The weather during the last six months was, on the whole, miid and dry, with no severe cold spells and less than the usual amount of snow in the valleys. There were three rainy days near the end of October but the seasonal rains did not really begin until the second decade in No vember, and they continued thereaf ter intermittently until the tnd ot Marcii. During December there was a marked excess in precipitation be tween the Coast and Cascade ranges of mountains, and one mod rate cool spell from the 16th to the 21st. when the temperatures in the western coun ties were slightly below the freeafng point and in the eastern counties from 10 to 20 degrees lower than the freezing point, but only two stations reported zero temperatures. Not withstanding rains occurred almost daily in January, the total amounl was small and by the end of the month there was a deficiency of near ly two inches, which was proportion ally greatest In 'the eastern counties. The coldest weather of the season occurred during the first three days in February, when zero temperatures were reported in nearly every eastern county, and tempeattires from 20 to 3 0 degrees above zero In the west ern counties. This cold spell was of short duration and followed by mild weather during the remainder of the month. The February precipitation was deficient in all counties, and hardly any snow fell in the cultivated valleys. About the middle of March there were three or four days with heavy rains and mild teni|»eratnres, which caused all rivers to run bank full and numerous washouts occurred along the railroads in the eastern dis trict. Frequent light frosts occurred in March, and in the higher se.tioas there were a number of killing frosts ROLLER C. SULLIVAN. son, of Minnesota, was the guest here today of several clubs. He de clared that he and his friends are taking no part in the factional fight in this state between the friends and opponents of Roger C. Sullivan, na tional committeeman, and were not attempting to influence in any way the personnel of the Illinois delega tion to the Denver convention. Peoria. April 14.—One of the prin cipal features of the Bryan rally here tonight is the appearance of Frank J. Quinn, as presiding offk-er. Three years ago at Springfield Quinn joined the Sullivan fores against Bryan,but all difficulties seem to be amicably settled and Quinn has accepted the offer to preside. 0. A. C. STUDENTS CAUSE TROUBLE ANNA GOULD A crowd of fourteen O. A. C. stu dents came over from Corvallis Sat urday to witness the baseball game between the college and Willamette I nlverslty After the game the young men skated at the rink and before starting home six of the crowd went into th» Royal hotel on First street and raised a rough house. Thev emptied the salt and pepper Into the! sugar and in leaving carried off| knHes. salt and pepper shakers, and In fact anything they could lay their I ^»"h" '? Th" I,,,llcP were »nable to catch the young hoodlum* before I ey left town Such ungentlemanlv 1 AND HER PRINCE GO TO EUROPE New York7April 11.- Madam» An na Gould, with her children and their tutor, sailed for Genoa ani Napi® on the steamer Friedrich der Grosse today, and about the same hour Prince de Sagan, who has be r. pay ing assiduous court to Mme (Huid sailed for Europe on the st amor St- Paul. Mnte. Gould was rec ! - Miss Annette Chapin, and e ;* registered as E. D. Hodg . id. — Alba SERVIAN BANDITS SURRENDER TIMED BUILO ANOTHER STORY Seattle, April 14.—Without fir '* a shot. Deputy Sheriffs Ma‘ •’-1 wich and John Liner, h-ading 1 termlned but exhausted p ’-**• la ’’ yesterday afternoon, in rt* bound fastnesses of the Ca«a» mountains, south of Stamped» P3’4- flowed in on Mike Petridg- and J«’“’ Bosavich. the Servian ’ ar. i Fir«» W 1 be erected The captured them. First National Bank Is putting a see M/ bU"d,n’‘ ieive the ¿tter th’ *nd, th” Would ADMIRAL KVAM4' .a COXIHTIOX |MPIW’’W building in that haff »«-‘»ry Paso Roble*. April 14 td®!"** a Evan*' condition is mosr enr ■•'lCia»' He was taken to the bath- t la.’ chambers 1er several days of conflnewea* » hi* room. -A ” Fr,en,1,y. the Pioneer dry goods merchant.. 1« having plans drawn for a second story to the build men»O<‘7PJ.ed b> th'‘ depart- rnent of hl* store. While he 1» nr>t fully determined upon building it is I