T H’. EUGENE WEEKLY GUARD
UNVEILING OF PHIL
SHERIDAN MONUMENT
Washington. Nov. 25.—With mill- he turns to his men. waving hat in
and splendor, an heroic “und and snouts
t turn
--- to
---- them
luvm to
tzry P°n11’ General
Philip Henry1 back. He is mounted ou his cele-
stztue of
lKAtnnnh°r3e Rienii'
'
Sheridan was unveiled in this city »50,000 was appropriated by ( ti
Con-
,ay Th« President of the United gress for the statue which is said
stztes and member» «1 the cabinet. to contain more molten brass than
,hL diplomatic corps, justices of the ever before cast in this country. The
Xreme court of the United States. piece is 12 feet long, 9 feet wide and
Unitors. Representatives
in Con- as completed the entire bronze piece
v. rans of the Civil War and is 14 feet in height.
Especial interest was given the oc
many others prominent in official
.1(e S5 well as a large concourse of casion by the presence of the widow
citizens were persent. Thousands of of the dashing soldier and her son
soldiers of the regular army and of Lieutenant Phil Sheridan of the Ar
the National guard and United States my. The statue was unveiled by Mrs
marines and bluejackets from the Sheridan, herself pulling the cord
Navy weic assembled as a tribute that held the drapery in place.
The statue is located in the most
to the dashing soldier of the Civil
War whose effigy was displayed to fashionable '«sidential section of the
‘«Qown as Sheridan
the public gaze for the first time in city, in wk»,
Square at .
■
«¡on of Massa
this city today.
-bird and
The statue, the work of Gutzom chusetts Avett».
R.
streets.
It
is
suFil
-any
Borglum. was admired by everyone
splendid
mansions
and'
is
„
who saw it. It represents General
Sheridan on horseback, his steed be of one of the most popular dri»
ing shown in a position of action of the city.
The military parade was headed
rather than standing placidly as Is
the case with so many of the eques by General J Franklin Bell, chief of
Staff of the Army, with General P.
trian statues of this city.
The statue is one and three quar Duvall, as his chief aide. The 13th
ter times larger than life and de Cavalry, the 4th Battery of Field Ar
picts General Sheridan at the age at tillery. the 17th, 44th, 45th and
which he performed his greatest 104th Coast Artillery, Companies E STATUE IN MEMORY OF AMERICA’S GREATEST CAVALRYMAN.
deeds The pose is taken from the and H, of the United States Engin
rhe picture allows the fine aqiMwtrUH statue erected tn Wa^togpan In
occasion when he returned to the eers, Batteries D and E of the 3rd
Field Artillery, the 15th Cavalry, 4 lienor of < eu.rul l'lill Sheridan, the famoua cavalry leader e< tMe »tvtl war
field at the Battle of Cedar Creek.
It ii . h ,le„n;ued by Gotzon HorgUim. tlie acalptor wb<< hi Cuiibblin ae engy
He had been defeated by General
' > Il -1 Illi«-, for the Cathedr»! of'HI ><A>> the IMv4»ie la New TsM
Early and as he reins in his horse
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OVER $50,000
FOR BUILDING THE
EUGENE Y, M. G. A
CITY WAI ta
BOARD APPOINTED
BY THE MAYOR
Ordinance Creating Board of
Five Passed By Council
LATEST—At last night’s committee meeting the amount
This Morning
of $51.089 was reported raised.
With all large subscriptions raised, the Y M C. A fund at the
noon report today had reached the total sum of $45,830. No ONE MEMBER SHALL BE
reserves were left on the hands of any of the sub-committees.
ELECTED EVERY YEAR
I B Rhodes stated that this entire .urn would have to be raised
by “hard bucking" through the small subscriptions. With this
much raised, there is to be gathered in during this afternoon and Mayor Is Chairman of Board
evening, up to 10 o'clock, *4170.
and Ex-Officio Member.
While the workers at the noon luncheon were jubilant at the
success so far, it was duly impressed upon them that the hardest
One From Each Ward
effort is required to complete the full $50,000 by 10 o'clock to
night.
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For this reason any who may have held off until the last
hours of the campaign are requested to telephone their pledges
to headquarters. Telegrams are being sent to different places
Mayor J. D. Matlock..
today by the enthusiastic captains and their workers. One was
♦
I’. I). Newell. 1st Ward.
sent to California, and a response is expected this evening.
♦
W. T. Campbell, 2nd Ward.
K. M. Day, 3rd Ward.
Many are also expected to increase their original pledges.
♦
D. K. Yorau, 4th Ward.
For today's work the city was divided into four sections by
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last Eleventh and West Eighth streets and Willamette street,
which run through the whole breadth and width of the city.
The northwest district is in charge of Captains Wetherbee, Grif The city council at a meeting this
fis and Wheeler, the southeast is in charge of Captains Dixon, forenoon passed an ordinance creat
ing a city water board, and the ma
Speacer, Straub, Dunn and Eaton, the nertheast is is charge of yor
made the appointments as pro
•aptains Bingham. Howe and DeNeffe, and the sonthwest is in vided for In the ordinance The ma
yor Is chairmau and member of the
charge of Captains Hull, Shelley and lug.
board ex-officlo and the remainder
Later reports this afternoon indicate that during this even of the board consists of one man
from each ward. After the passage
ing about $2000 will have to be raised. At 8 o’clock there of the ordinance the councilmen
each ward named their choice
will be the second meeting of the day for the captains and their from
for members of the board and the
teams. If the sum is not raised by that time, work will be con mayor made the appointments ac
Those appointed were ae
tinued until 10 o'clock. Reports of teams on today's work were cordingly.
follows:
P D. Newell from the
as follows:
First ward; W. T Campbell from
Second ward; It M I>ay from
No. 1, $330; No. 2, $1000; No. 3, $252; No. 4, $105; No. the
the Third ward, and D. E. Yoran
5, $286.25; No. 6, $330; No .7, $255; No. 8, $428; No. 10, from the Fourth ward.
The ordinance was read first, sec
$253; No. 11, $140; No. 12, $107.80; No. 13, $20; No. 14, ond and third time and placed upon
$15; No, 15. $40; No. 16, $50; No. 17, $66; No. 19, $40.62; Its final passage. The ayes and noea
were called for and the vote result
No. 20, $58; executive committee, $2528; total, $6310.42. ed as follows:
Ayes,
Garrett.
Roach, Moon, Gilbert and Berger;
noea, Williams and Fisher
Heller
was absent.
The mayor and city
recorder at once signed the ordi
nance and It became effective at that
time, as It contained an emergency
clause.
Offers a Sulmtitue.
Before the ordinance came up for
Its final passage. Councilman WI1-.
which
Hams offered a substitute tA'""
provided for the appointment of the
board at the present time, all the
members to hold office until the
city election next spring, when the
Valeta Island, Malta, Nov. 25.—Nearly 200 passengers and terms of each should expire, and the
people should elect the entire board
crew of the Ellcrman line steamer Sardinia are believed to have at
that time.
The substitute was
perished today when the steamer was destroyed by fire just af voted down. The ordinance that
passed provides for the appoint
ter it had sailed for Alexandria, Egypt. The Sardinia was was
ment of s board by the mayor, on»
scarcely a mile off Grand Harbor when the first sign of fire ap member'» term to expire next April.
successor to be elected at that
peared, but with a strong wind fanning the flames the whole I I Ills
time, and the term of one member
I
to
expire
at each succeeding annual
ship was soon ablaze and the passengers and crew had but little
election.
chance to save themselves. There were wild scenes on board |
Provisions of III«* Ordinance
as the flames drove the passengers to the rails. Many of the
Following are the provisions It»
of the ordinance creating th»
excited ones jumped into the sea before the boats were lowered brief
water board:
The member» shall be freeholders
Others were trapped by the flames and roasted'or smothered
and elector» and shall hold office
to death without a chance for their lives.
for a term of four years until their
Several tugs and other small vessels went to the assistance successors are elected and qualified,
except that In the organization of the
of the doomed steamer, but owing to the heavy sea and gaie it board one member shall hold office
was impossible for them to approach aad they could do very little until the regular election In 1909
and the term of one memlter shall
in the way of aid.
I expire each year thereafter an«T
year thereafter a member of
The Sardinia left Liverpool November 14 with a cargo of It each
he Ixiard »hall tie elected by the
general merchandise for Mediterrvaoxa ports and a . c, / < f 4 4, electors of the city.
There »hall be one member of th»
with twenty first-class and six second class passengers. Most board
from each ward.
The member» »hall determine by
of the other passengers who were taken on here were Levant
lot their roapectlve term», one to
ites, Maltese and Egyptians.
expire each year at the same time
The flames originated in the forehold, where a quantity of as the terms of other city officers.
Vacancies In the board shall be
naptha was stored.
filled by appointment by the mayor
The captain and crew stood nobly at their posts serving out until the next annual election.
The mayor Is an ex-officio mem
life belts and doing everything possible to help the panic-strick ber of the b«>ard and shall be pres
en passengers, most of whom were Arab pilgrims. There were ident.
The hoard shall elect a se retary
only eleven Europeans on board in a total passenger list of 151. and trasurer to serve one year. The
treasurer and
«11'«'or
Up to 3 o'clock this afternoon fifty bodies had been brought secretary.
shall be required to give a sufficient
: ashore.
bond.
Th* members of the board shall
Seventy persons were rescued. The dead include 100 Arabs, receive
no pay and shall not be in
five European passengers and eighteen of the crew. It is not terested In any contract for furnish
the board supplies
I impossible that others may be saved, as it is believed some are ing The
board shall have entire con
drifting about at sea, and a large fleet of small vessels is pa trol and supervision of the water
plant and Its operation and manage
trolling the vicinity.
ment An annual report of the In
made The board »ball make rules
come and disbursements shall be
governing the use of water, etc.
SCHMITZ BONDSMAN
CONTRACT LABORERS
In <a»« of misbehavior of any
memtier of the hoard be can be re
FAILS TO APPEAR
MUST BE DEPORTED called
by the recall amendment to
the state constitution.
Washington, Nov. 25— A sweeping
Mrviaion of < Inert er.
Han Francisco, Nov za
William
Pursuant to • resolution passed by
I I. Dingee. one of th* bondsmen for d«|*>rtatlon or violator» of the con
I former Mayor Schmits, did not ap|e-»r tract labor law» has been ordered by th« ma net I at a meeting last night
, the mayor at the meeting tnl» morn
I In court today for examination a» to
'■ his qualifications to remain on the the department of commerce and In ing appointed lb»* following com-
. to revise and amend the
I lr>nd for 54PO.OOO, Riven Jointly by bor. Fifty-three peraon» who can
I him and Thomas H. William» to »*- Into thia country under alleged ai. I city charter. The charter in amend
' cure th»- release of Schmitz
The ful arrangement» with the Firth Car ed form is to be submitted to the i»eo-
' pie at th« nest annual election. Tho
« ;h*HM«na could not be served. and he
L. T.
| was given until Monday to appear It pel Company have been ordered re commission 1» aa follow»:
in thought that Iringee will be ro- turned to their noiue» In England
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
and Scotland.
plated on the bond
OVER HUNORüi LIVES
LOST WITH STEAMSHIP