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Newspaper Page Textr- - G JOXmKAI'POHTXAKI); OEEGOIT, TnunSDATT, , MAY ' I, 1902. . THE rDrAT tudhmo Hi.ni : i iiiiuiiu UP - TO Such a 'Crowd: Was -'NeverBeforef Seen ,;ln . " ' ; the, Angei:City : f- ' v LOS ANGELES, Cat Mar tTne moat 0 table gathering of women ever held In the country, : the sixth biennial conven tion of the General Federation of Wo nen'e Clubs,' opened today in the Simp on auditorium. , , , - Three thouand animated woman In up-to-date clothes,, covered with badge, packed thej, great auditorium and . balco ales and the unfortunate who came at : the Uth hour stood la the rear and loit ered In -the lobbies. ; The president,' Mrs. Rebecca Douglas Lows of Alabama, was the' conspicuous Bgurs on the platform. Surrounding her were the general officers of the federation 'and the speakers of the entire conven tion. - V,S i -A 1 ' The colors of the federation, white and pale blue, fluttered everwhere. Great streamers hung from the ceiling and connected at the balcony rails with festoons of the stars and stripes." The. rear of the platform wm a rnase f palms ehd'potted plants. The seats; ot the various delegations were designated by banners of gorgeous hne.-.'-.v vV-' : The assemblage was strictly feminine) from the small girls who erred as pages to the women physicians, who were on band in case any of the delegates, were old-fashioned enough to faint The delegates 1 were as representative CHICAGO CLEANING OUT THE TOUGHS TODAY (Journal Special Service.) CHICAGO, May 1 This was the day for Chicago's housecleanlng, and the scene was Clark street, from Harrison to Twelfth, tor many years known as one of the "toughest sections' of the Western metropolis. " All the saloonkeepers along the street , and all those having houses, at which the law frowns were notified some time since ELECTRIC FRANCHISES Three Companies Seek Favors from the City. Chairman EX C. Bronaugh and Messrs. Branch, Gllsan and Merrill,! members of the Council Street Committee, met yes terday and considered the report on the form of electric franchises to be sub mitted to the Council. Messrs. Morris and Whitehead, who de sire a franchise for the Oregon Water Power. 4k Railway Company, to furnish electricity from a plant on the Upper Clackamas River, were represented by W. T. Muir; Mr. Green proposes to suppjy electricity from soma notnt east of the Cascades, said to be the Dectiutes niver, and he was represented by Charles Thom as', his consulting engineer, and his at torney, Alex. 8 week; Charles H. Baker, of Seattle, who proposes to have his pow er plant at Snoqualmle Falls, Wash., was present With his attorneys, Bnow 4 Mo Camant. . H. , W.. Goode, . President of the Portland General Electric Company, was present as a spectator, f . After considering' the following prin clpea features of the, proposed ordinance; tome of which were changed to suit the grantees, the session 'adjourned and will . endeavor' to report fully : at the next .meets. IngV-f v V f "r- . --iX Gsantees'are- given the right to- regulate the "-else of ' trie, wiree and conduits;' to allow the city the right: to stretch wires on poles or through conduits of the grantees, only so, long as the city receive no revenue therefrom.' V ' - i Mr. Baker objected to the grantees put ting 4up Sr large J bondj a4 suggested 1,000.. Some of the members of, the conir mittee were Jn favpr of vthe bond being 5e,000l ; - .';"-- The completion of the plant capable of turnleHtng 10,000 horse power, within two aftd a half years from the passage ot the ordinance was objected to. i ' The propcslttpn to require the grantees to nay the city ' a certain, percentage of the annual earnings after the first year was discussed at some length. It was suggested to the committee that one-half of one per cent was 'sufficient amount? Mr Baker urged that no Company should be required to pay the percentage unlets, all should pay It, meaning, to assess the Portland . General Electric Company, which already has a franchise. ItwasJ said in reply that H would not , be. right to "hold up; the Portland. General" Elec tric Company, with a possibility of the prospective grantee's never ..coming to tljUe. ' : '! . UNION ALL AROUND. " There is a certain cltisen ot '.Portland who If erecting a house for himself and family. He is anxious to get his dwell ing finished. He made some Inquiry for a man who knew how to lay shingles, but for some reason could not get one as soon as he wished. In his earlier years he did more or Tees of that kind of work himself,, and, : rather than r have matters drag, , determined to shingle-bis bouse himself, .... , , - , ,Donhlng a pair of overalls,. hajrent 10. "work. He had placed one course of the shingles in . position," and was " rnaking .good progress; when" tbe head o a man suddenly appeared at the lower edge of the ' roof. The stranger shifted about ftrtta kU feet to get a more enmfortahie nc ui - DATE WOMEN -V- ' f . , 'ft- tf- . i k as ' they -were numerous.. Hundreds of delegates were on hand from New -England, the ' East and the great Middle West,', while the South was neve before so well represented.', w. ;'.v., ' v After Invocation by Mrs. Chester P. Dot-land. ' addresses of welcome were given by-HenrY T, Gage, Governor of California; Meredith P. Snyder. Mayor ot Los Angeles, and " Mrs.. Kate Bulktey, president of the California State Fed eration. ,1 ' ! ' The response by Mrs. Lowe'wa enthu siastically received. In a touching and effective wanner she expresed her appre ciation of .her reception. - - . Those ' speeches " were - followed by im portant reports Including those, of the local biennial Committee, the committee ion credentials and the recording and cor responding secretaries. , ..'.;,..', An early adjournment . was taken to permit the4 visitors to prepare for some Of .the elaborate function prepared in their honor. " The' first of'these. ' scheduled for this evening, is a grand reception at the Wo-, man's Club. ' . ' ' ' . Bright and early tomorrow morning the convention will'; begin business in earnest, and owing to the Importance of some of the Issues to come up, the ses sions are likely Jo bo lively as well as Interesting. that no disorderly house would be per mitted to exist after May X' J ; Restrictions will be placed about the few saloons remaining, -and Ohtef of Po lice O'Neill, declares that the street will be made a decent as any in the city. The protests of persons i who use the electric cars on the street and of the churches in the neighborhood have made the change. position on the ladder, and then began: "Hello." , '.'"r" ' ?'HeUo :yourselff"J answered the shln gler.' ' "What yer doln'T' 7 ' i "Can't ;you sect I don't know as it Is any'of your business; anyway." , 'Well, I guess it is my business, Just the same., Are you a union man?" "No; don't haye to be." "Oh-o,' so you're a 'scab,' are you? That's what I thought. You'll have to quit working, for all the carpenters at work" downstairs and the plumbers are going to quit, because they are .all union men and refuse to work with a 'scab.' " "But, see here," Mid the owner of the house; "this is my own place, and I guess I can do Just as I want to." The owner of the houSe, who, after all, was not particularly desirous of doing any hard work himself, anyway, agreed to come down if the other fellow would find him a union man to do the job, which was done. Now ihe union carpenters hammer and saw away serenely under the rules., the union plumber still ex ercise their privileges of a lead-pipe cinch, and a union shlngler nails on shin gles made by a union mill, fastens them with union nails and drives thrm home with a hammer made, by a union firm. Iff DDIS And They Take Place ? in One Day at - " Salem. , (Journal Special Service.) SALEM,' May 1 Salem is rapidly com ing to the front as a wedding city, and before long promises to become .'the Ore-, gon Gretna Green should present, pace be kept up. On Tuesday ' the wedding of James. Rogers 6t Portland 'and Mrs. Edl.th Stipe was celebrated at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. 8. E. Howard, In this city. Th grqom s an engineer of the O. R. & N. Company, running .between Portland ai Tee Dalles, and the bride Is State deputy su preme oracle for, the Royil Teltiibors of America. - The happy coupN will rucile In Portland. ; Another, 'pretty wedding .ras that of Miss NelUe O. Spong to Edward looter Shipherd.T' which -was solemnised at the residence of the bride's grandparents In this city yesterday. Mr. Shlpherd Is the traveling1 representative of the Honey man Hardware Company of Portland -The newly married Couple have gone on a short visit to the Sound, but will be at home to; their friends at 3d Taylor street, Portland, after June i;.';v' Miss ' Delle Edmunsen and Charles Stanton, two of Salem's popular young people, were quietly married yesterday, at, the home Of the bride's mother at Macleay . v, The groom an employe Of the T. Kay Woolen Mills of Salem and Is highly, regarded by a large circle of friends here. Mr. and Mrs.) Stanton will reside ,ln. Salem. ; . 0vR. & N.'s New Map. Ther has seldom, if ever,' been issued In this city a, more creditable map thai that,, which 'has Just, been put forth by the -general passenger department ot the O. R. N. Company.; It Is In five colors aad!sj!2x!3 'jjnebej-la.' slseNot.only are the: linee of , thew company shown, hat those 'of other lines' In Its territory as weItCmaplia"m6dei of convenience. The map covers the southern half of British Columbia, s'hows territory as far astwant - as I Jvlnsvtnn, Mont., and southward V B1 Lake, tJtah. and Eure ka, Cal. . Rivers, ' mountains, ftatlonal parks,: forest reserves. Indian reserva tions wagon rode. etc., 5 are ' clearlJ shown. ' General Passenger Agent ,Cr.l shows much ability as a map, editor, and may later on appear. as a' book maker not of -the, horse ind, however. "v MUST TAKE THEIR 'MEDICINE - " (Journal. Special Service.) WASHINGTON; May , t-Corhmenting on the sentence and term of . Imprison ment at San Marco of .the American nav al officers of the cruiser Chicago, .charged with disorderly conduct, Secretary Long said last night: f f .i ' ,"7 "If officers or nien of our nevy have violated the laws of other countries, they will have to suffer for it.' t do notlook for any internattlonal comp!lcatlonsT?'Tbe offlcers of the pavy, as well as the . civil ians of this -country must; rspct the laws of Italy when they .are in Italy. If there is a violation of these inwa, they must stand the consequence and not ex pect this Government 'to Interfere.?, ' WE Tom Thunder Was DrownedinMiss- , issippL (Journal Special Service;) ;: BLACK ftlVER FALLS, Wis., May 1. Tern Thunder, the celebrated Winnebago Indian, was accidentally drowaed in the Mississippi River yesterday. . i , h Tom Thunder is the young "buck who disputed the claim of "Chief Whjle Buf falo" Tom Roddy ot Chicago, to the chief tainship of the Winnebagos, and, accord ing to the request of the aged Black Hawk 'after his death, Thunder wished to settle the rivalry by a tomahawk duel over the grave of Black Hawk. YOUNG DENTISTS 'The commencement exerciser of the North Pacific Dental College we're .held last night In the First Baptist Church, the church was beautifully decorated, nnd the fine addresses and excellent mu sic were thoroughly' enjoyed by those present. George H. Williams delivered the, on" nual address. He made a comparison be' tween dentistry and other sciences, show ing the philosophy of each. He conclud ed with "True merit will generally find reward." . . " Dr. Woods Hutchinson, In his charge to the class, requested them "not only to be true to your science, but truu to your community and your race. Be men In every sense of the word"." In a brief talk, Wilbur Norton Plntler thanked the faculty for what they, did for the clH88. and expressed tt determi nation strive to make their work in the future of such a standard that . tt would honor the Instructors and their school." " The following are the new D M. D.'s: James Townsen . Allen, Alice May Ma gllton. Robert Walter Anderson;" Ernest Carl Macy, George Sydney Barrett,' Will iam Leslie Martin, Hugh Hanford Bowl by, Nathan Ray Norris, Gustavus Mag nus Osterberg, Fred Franklin Boody, Wil bur Norton Plntler, Everett Elijah Bailey, Charles Park Poston, Herbert Earl Bar rett, Herbert Wood Pugh, Ernest Jay Doty, D. Franklin Pyle, Vlrsll Lewis Dlmmick, Charles Allen Rambo, Curtis Egbert. Eugene' Carlton Rossman, Sam uel Arichabald Fulton, Rey Stone Stryk-' er,' John Wllllairl Nelson Shepherd, Fran cis Joseph Fredericks, l.lizle Catherine Stewart, George Glase, Wallace Cordon Shearer, David Alonso Griffin, Peter James Sharp. Roy Groger Haskell, New ell Lee Smith. Ralph Hutchinson, Donald Bruce Stuart, Harvey Egbert Kelty, Burt Raue Stevens. George Larkln. James Hugh Webster, Klnzo Mortyama, Frank Henry Walgamot, . Maria tt Alroy . Win ninKham. 4 The Alumni Association will give a ban quet this evening ot thevCommreclal Chib in honor of the graduates. . A POINTER FOR MR. BAILEY (Journal Special Service.) CHICAGO, May 1. The agreement re cently adopted ' by the Milk Shippers' y.nlon, controlling the Chicago milk sup ply, went into effect today. ' . Heretofore One price has been charged the dealer by the shipper for' milk, poor or good. j Now milk is to- be delivered' in grades according to the amount of cream it con tains, and a lower price is to be paid for the lower grade milk. NOT DISCOURAGED (Journal Special Service.) LONDON, Ma y I. Vhe Berlin' corre spondent -of .the Dally Mall says that, al though the trials of German submarine boats are' unsatisfactory, the Emperor has ordered that the experiments ibe contin ued. When Prince Henry was In New York he arranged with Mr. Holland, the inventor of a submarine boat, to send one of his vessels to Germany. -The Fulton, one of the boats, will be taken , apart and sent when certain confidential nego tiations between Mr. Holland , and the admiralty have been concluded. ' - V , ROSE SOCIETY MEETS. i ' ' -Jr..'.'! '), '. ; A meeting of the Portland Rose Society was held In the Unitarian Church last night,; at which the vice president, J. V, Holman, presided.; Addresses were made by George .Otten, sabject, "Floral Cult ure," and Michael Scheydeqket, whose, subject ,wss "Roses,'!r fidth spoke -regarding preparations' for the Lewis and Clark Exposition, exhibit of Oregon roses.' v;: :-;r .f irS .fX Mr.-Otten presented the principles of budding, grsrting ana cultivating rosea 1 and the principal, features of Mr. Schey decker address was the presentation of a plat for a ifloral display Which would t h hnth.mtlottl-end evcnllant. . ' i. X RPR nF - y,.it;',.?j.t;l- . TKere f sNo Distress in Cuba Now. , ; ' (Jouqhal Special Service.) - WASHINGTON, May L-'There U no distress in' Cuba, and the people of that Island are In better financial shape than, ttwwfaV;l)eeB'''.before,''' said Rep resents tlye Gaines of West Virginia, "It is not true that the Cubans are not em ployed.,, No, one Who Is acquainted with the situation and who has any regard for his reputation van say truthfully that the Cubans ar. hot employed. "All who desire to work are employed at good wagefc fjFarm hands are being paid $30 a month end are 'found.' Those are better wages than are paid the American farW hands. "Considering ' this sltuallon, we should not be asked to Jower the tariff on Cuban products on the ground that the island ers, are In distress. ' One trouble with the Cubans Is their lack Of desire to work. They demand their pay at the end o each day, and will not work as long as they' have motley " 111 " their pockets. It would b a blessing to the island If the dally pay day was abolished. "Inhabitant of tropical and geml-trop-(cat countries sre , more or less thriftless and have ho concern about the morrow.. This is-due t the fact that it is easy for them to live 04 fruits which grow without cultivation and the fact that the people do hot.'' require, much clothing. "If Cuba had: COltl 'weather during a part of ;he year it 'would be the best thin that could happen to Its people Then they would have to work more reg ularly to provide fuel and clothing during the cold spell." fin colli Meet Jeffries San .Francisco. in (Journal Special Service.) NEW YORK., May L Bob Fltsslmmons will leave Baa TranciBoo the latter part of, the week for th purpose of holding a conference Wl$h' ; James1. Jeffries, to ar range the details for their battle for the heavyweight championship of the world. As soon as the battleground Is decided upon, FiUslmmons will go Into training in the outsklrta of,iaa JTranotaeo and re run In there until affer the fight. 11 1 i practically; settled that the con test will take jpiaee on the Coast. All the. idea of the big -fellows meeting In London during the coronation week has been abandoned.. Jeffrie and Fitzslm inons both reoQgnisev that there la more money for them, in, America than in Eng land. ., v'rjn.i..- ' " RUCTIoiilN A CLUB A Part of South Portland Club Is Partisan. Evidently there Is a big rupture in the ranks of the Young Men's Republican Club of South Portland. The entire mem bership is rent in twain and .Is in Immi nent danger of going to pieces. This club was organised jrith the under standing that it was to continue to be non-partisan and it was o keep out of the factional fights of the party in Mult nomah County as far as possible. Dur ing the campaign preoeedlng the prim aries It required herculean efforts to do this but It was done. SOon afterwards It was discovered that a part of the members were trying to swing the club Into line to the support of the Matthews-9cott combination and a large number of the members objected most stresuously. A" arrangements were made for a big smoker and Vally tomor row night at Terwilllger hall, but when it was found that such a large faction Objected to turning the patriotic club to a ''mere factional aggregation, " the Mathews-Scott faction bolted "and rented Capon's Htll from Rodney Glisan where they will whoop up things for the straight Mltcheo ticket. ' At this meetirnr Judge H. E. McGinn, the gentleman with a grave-yard proxy, and the invincible Dan J. Malarkey will be the chief orators. Remarks will .also be made by W. C. Elliott. J. C. Jameson and L. A. McNary.. Musical , and min strel show number are also on the pro gramme. KNOX TRIAL , (Journal Special Service.) '.. KkOXVUXE. Tenn.,v May l.-The seven count against Kid Curry for which lie will be tried In the Knox County criminal tourt have been set for May 21 and' H." He- will be tred- first for' assault and .battery and felonious, assault and later for carrying weapons and bringing stolon money into the, state', the latter being a felony in Tennessee. Curry Is one of the Great Northern train robbers who carried away the na tional bank notes of the1 First National Bank of Helena, '.''.", " ' Mr. De vers Honored. A well-deserved honor ! hail' been given to A. H. Devers by the Manufacturers' Association. The association has nomi nated Mr. Devers for a vice president of the National Reciprocity League. The board of directors of theVleague will elecfMr. Devers at their meeting In Chi cago today. ifK.''1, ss.V .; , This league was organised Some time ago: for the building up of the export trade of the United States. ; j y . " . ..... - ' . Conditional transfer President Rufua Mallory of the Colom bia River A Northern says that the re ported transfer of The: PallcsPortlWdJ & Astoria Navigation company and Its property to President Mallory 1 . road Is a conditional one. . The railroad company Is to have 10 daya to look over the navl- . "Iftfee .with, lbs four steamers, plying: between The Dalles and ' Portland, the railroad company wilt be given an outlet to this city for It proposed lint from Golden-' , dale. The railroad and navigation cow' pontes will connect at Lyle, at the mouth of the Klickitat river. 1 la reported that the negotiations for the complete transfer will be 'completed; la tk day or two. " " ", . ' CALAMITY. IS COMING Swarms of Locusts to Infest the Country. (Journal Special Service.) .INPIANAr-OLlS, ind., May l.-This is the month set for the appearance of the 17-year locust plague, according to State Geologist Blatchley. Mr. Blatchley declares tlia't Indiana; Il linois, Kentucky and Ohio wilt be Infest ed with the plague this summer, and that Indiana will have more locusts, than all the other central states together. Only Eastern Illinois will be affected. Many farmers have paid attention ' to the warning and have set out fewer trees this year thin usual. - NEW THING. Union' Composed of Preachers, Teachers and Professional ' Men. (Journal Special Service.) CHICAGO, May 1. A convention of the International Laborers' Union opened In Chicago today. This organisation was temporarily formed at Sorunton," Pa., last December. It has , now about 10,000 members In fourteen states. In the large cities it confines Itself to the common laborers and thosa $adea which have ho international bodies of their own, while in small towns and villages it organizes all, yet strictly rec ognising trade autonomy. Among its members are teachers, preachers and other educational men. THIRD REGIMENT, O.N. 0. The following eneral' orders have been -issued to the 'Third Regiment, Oregon National Guard, by order of Colonel Everett: "On Monday, May 5, weekly drills by companies, except Company A, Will bo suspended and battalion work, taken up as follows; "First Battalion. Companies C, E and D, on Wednesdays, May 7, 14, 21 and 28. "Second' Battalion, Companies B, V and G; , n Thursdays, May 8, 15, 22 and "Assembly at 8:15 o'clock P. M. "Battalions must be on the drill ground and fully formed by 11:30 P. M. "Recall from drill will be sobnded at 10 o'clock. ' " . r, "Company A will 'costlnue weekly drills untH further ordefB, from these headquarters. , "Recruits will not be permitted to drill with their companies In the battalion, but will be' given special Instruction In the school of the soldier while the bat talion drills are in progress. "Rifle practice on the armory ' range will be continued In accordance with or ders heretofore published, except that companies in the First. Battalion using the range on Wednesday evenings and those fn the Second Battalion using It 'on Thursday evenings will arrange with the regimental Inspector, of rifle practice for reassignment of an evening and hour until close of this series of battalion drills." " OIL lit MONTANA (Journal Special Service.) Bt'TTE, Mont., May 1. Eugene Car roll, Prenldent of the Butte Oil Company, received word today from Kalispell that oil had been struck In the well the com pany Is drilling at that place. The well will be sunk deeper and Mr. Carroll is confident that a big producer will be struck. LARGEST IN THE WORLD A $5,000,000 Building for Chicago Bank. . ' (Journal Special Service.) CHICAGO, May l.-The work of con struction on the new home of the First National Bank of Chicago was . com menced, today. The building Is. to cost 5,000,000, and will be the largest building In Chicago, If not la the world. , " Tho structure will be sixteen stories high and will not be completed before May, 1904. " U. PHILLIPS, President. gallon j company's . property. If. tne InA paction ' prove' satisfactory then the deal Is to be perfectly consummated. By the acquisition of the boat . line. TH E NEW TRUNK FACTORY. Lumber Will move when you buy a i runK at me , NEW FACTORY." : $a.oo ND ,UP. 3 1 1 MORRISON STREET; , OREGON-CITY. Public Building: Appropriation--V Bifir Prices for; Potatoes.' 7 '" (Journal Special Service.: OREGON , CITT, May t-The latest Washington dispatches convey the Infor mation that 8enator Simon's WH appro-, prlaUng ' 1150.000 fof a 1 publla bUUdlng In Oregon City Is receiving favorable con slderation,. The City, Council has donat ed the public square off the bluff above where three stairways' come togsther on Seventh street, for the location of the proposed building. The site Is almost In the business center of the city, and the building In this tightly location could be seen several miles away on approaching boats and cars. .' -Portland commercial bOdles will be asked to use their- Influ ence In aid of the new building, which Is to serve the purpose of a home for the United States Land office, as well as the postofflce. ' . , ' ' A conference of the woolen mill strik ers and President' Jacobs was held yes terday, but Tto basts of settlement was reached. A number of the old factory hands are securing- employment else where, and unless the mills start up soon there will be a scarcity of help. In the item about District Attorney fees printed ; yesterday . morning, the amount probably, collected,' in divorce cases should have read '$2000, Instead of $200. ,: ' Z'""1'. -r - -V, Ex-County Judge .Gordon B. Hayes will speak at Brown Schoolholise ln New Era precinct tomorrow night Ho paid for printing the posters at a, local printing office, and is apparently moving Inde pendently.' In reply to the-question as to. which side of the flght he Intended to champion, he simply answered that he was going to talk politic. . The Judge "has the kppearance of a man who has a grievance. W. A. Huntley, who has been receiving treatment In a Portland sanitarium for several weekapast, visited his place ot business yesterday afternoon. ' L. Ferguson, a New Era potatO-groVer, yesterday afternoon exhibited "; a letter from a San Francisco commlwilon house stating that potatoes were now from $1.70 to $2 per hundred. The farmers; of New Era precinct haVe" been shipping their potatoes to San- Francisco, commission houses, .end has received very satlsfac tary .returns. The potato crop, has ttot brought less than, ' $150,000 to Clackamas County this year, and the growers are enje-ying an era of prosperity. One prom inent New Era man atated yesterday that If Governor Geer had raised- good crop of potatoes, Furnish would not have beat en him for1 the nomination for Governor. Receiver William Galloway'., the hold over Democratic official at the local land office., was very busy all day yesterday casting up his account of public moneys received during the past month. He stat ed that he bed received an order from the department "at Washington to trans fer his deposits from the First National Bank of Portland Jo- the Merchants' Na tional Bank. .The, business of the land office amounts to a great, many thou sandfi of dollars during the year, and It has heretofore been the custom to use the Ftrt National Bank ot Portland as a depository., through the ".Commercial Bank of this cttjr.' . Camera Club Exhibit. An exhibit of lantern slides from the Colorado and Minneapolis Camera Clubs will be given at the rooms of the Oregon Camera Club at 8:15 P. M. tomorrow. The scenes will consist principally $f Arizona and Wyoming mountain views, Mexican cliff dwellings and pueblo ruins of the Southwest and the castles and mountains of Scotland. TWO HUNDRED UNDER THE SOD Handsome Monument to the Survivors of Brandy wine. (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) EPHRATA, Pa., May L-On Zlon's hill, where are buried 200 revolutionary heroes who died at the Bphrata Cloister hospi tal from wounds received at the battle of Brandy wine, there was-unveiled' today In the presence of patriotic thousands a handsome monument In commemoration of their valor.. . The unveiling was carried out with in teresting ceremonies, civilians, military and office holder uniting to make it a gala' day never to be forgotten. The principal' oration was delivered by ex-Governor Robert R Patterson, and other addresses were made by General John E. Roller, Colonel J; A. Southgate and Congressman J. A. Stober. ' Audubon Officers. The State' Audubon Society has been organised with the following officers: President, A.": King Wilson secretary, Mrs. Gertrude Metcalf J treasurer, Mrs. J. A, Strowbridge. No other offlclrs were named, as societies In other parts of the state were not represented at the meeting, and the remaining offices and the executive board wtil be selected from vhrloua societies. This organisation will entitle Oregon to a delegate to the na- rtional convention of ornithologists. Do not delay trying the Peacock flour; you will never regret It. INCORPORATED. ,ak ''. II HMD r: ; QflllM :,-r ' i mm fc i W.H.Moody Steps Into Long s Shoes (Journal Special Servloe.1 v.' t WASHINGTON, May L-WUltea TU Moody, of Maesacbusttts, wbo succeed Secretary Long of the Navy, visited the; department today and mad the ao ' qualntaace of the officials preparatory tg. assuming active charge of hit duties. Through his service la . congress Mr. Moody Is welt known among naval men and in government circles generally, and' those beet acquainted with him express) the opinion that he will bring Into the department new vigor and many aeej Ideas. f The new secretary was born In New bury, Mass., in 1858. - . He was graduated from Phillip An dover academy In UTS and from Harvard) university In 187lf He Is s, lawyer bfl profession and was district attorney tot the Eastern district of MassachusetU from 18M to 1896. -rV He has served four terms In Congress, and retires from that body with a splen did record. BANKS SURPRISED. : No Aristocratic Hours for Tm Chicago Concern. (Journal Special Service.) . V. CHICAO, May .l-"Baakers' hours" art rudely upset by the new Chicago Savings Bank, which opened for business today. The new concern, acting on art original idea, opens Its doors at o'clock In the: morning. Instead of the customary hour of 10, and does not close them until o'clock at night. . -- t-v. Ing'in the week also,, , i The long hours are for the accommoda tion of wage earners who days worM does not end until 6 o'clock In the after noon or later, - " V ' . WAGES RAISED. (Journal Special Service.) PITTSBURG. May l.-Two thousand structural Iron and bridge work railway worker In tills vicinity, members of tha; International Association of Bridge e Structural Iron Workers, are .benefited by the wage 'increase of tt per cent, which became effective today. . r It Is believed that this concession on the part of tho structural Iron companies together with the granting of the eight-. hour day, has prevented a great strike which Would nave involved many of the larger cltlee of the country. , 1 ; I HOTEL CLOSED. ' :;v:-- . j (Journal Special Service.) NEW TORK. May t After thirty, years existence, the Hotel Bristol. Forty second street and Fifth avenue, one ot Manhattan's best known "hostelrles, closed today. ' ' " ' A revaluation of the property, causing a large increase In ground rent, la tha cause. ' It Is said htat the buUdlng wUl be re placed by a modern hotel and- of flee) building. ;! ',. . SAYS CHARTER WILL iunri cd TiViTinM . IHWICAOC IftAflUW ' ' '. ' To Tha-Journal: I was surprised to see In The Journal Tuesday evening as edi torial stating that "Portland taxes ought to be reduoed one-third.; The new Char ter ought to effect the saving." ' - Portland taxes are and have been ainca 1898 as low aa could be expected. No money has been wasted by the city sine 1388. There has been no extravagance la city government since 189s. The present charter authorises a levy of only t mllbf for all purposes, including XVt mill fog lntoreet. . ' - The new charter authorises a tax levy of 7H mills, 1 without any levy for in terett. Money for interest must be lev led and 'not less than VA mills will do. Therefore add 2ft mills tor interest, and the new charter authorize a tax leT of 1Q mills in place of I mills la present . charter. , ' ' T)ie proposed new charter does not pur port to, arid will not, reduce taxea.v lt will raise them. 1 RALPH R. DUNIWAT. j MUDD RENOMINATED. (Journal Special Service.) BALTIMORE, May l.-The Repub lican congressional convention ot tha Fifth district, held today at Chesapeake Beach, resulted r in the renomtnatioa of Congressman Sydney B. Mudd. . " C. A. PARTLOW. Sea, and Treasv Our Trunkis'v y: " , ' ,Are made of Orejri .' i, Spruce, r , " . 1 patronize Home t ; INDUSTRY vf , TELEPHONE REDilSai. ' opposite posto; X -r?