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Newspaper Page Text1 - ? K i. - .. t; y- .. -.1 TOIlTLAy OREGOyV - TUE8 PAY JlfaY ; 1, 1 1902. . $ VOL; . I. ,. NO.' 97. t - ., -K-.-.: ......... .tw .. ..... ... . , .... , . . jjr, T . . . ' ' ' i-rn.'ii' l,. I . Tl I" ' I ' I ' ' II I - I 1 NEW CITY OFFICIALS TAKE OFFICE TODAY Few: Changes nj Municipal; Of : fides for the Present. 5 Mayor Wiljiams Will Outline His Policy, and I ake' Appointments Tomorrow. At l o'clock yesterday afternoon -the Ireya of ofllcn wer$ handed over by the outgoing Mayor, H. S.' Bow, to hla and csorv and thla morning . Jiidga O. H Wllllama took hla seat tor the ftrat time aa chief executive, of the CUy of. JPort , land. What hla policy will be and. who ere the .persona alated . for the appolnt- menta. to be made, by him Is aa yet ' a matter of conjecture and many ' of those who are-on the aaxloue seat is thla apect naust remain there for another 2i houra. .' , . .-' V NAMES OFFICIALS TOMORROW. Inquiry of the new Mayor' today, drew forth the statement .that at the . first meetlngr of the Be w Council, which takes place tomorrow,. at 2 p. m., the llat.of, appointments ' for the following ' offlcea would be read: Board of publio works, ope member; board of fire commissioners, one member;, board of police commis sioners, 'one member; city physician, health officer, plumbing inspector, super intendent street , cleaning and sprinkling department, poundmaster, harbor master. MANY PLACE HUNTERS. " In thla connection Mayor Williams aaid: "In, the matter of, these appointmenta I am- aa yet unable to ay anything for the reason, partly, that in aome of them l' hare not aa yet made up my mind. In .a majority of the cases there are a great many applications for the posi tions, and aa each of 'these has a host of friends to urge his claims, 1 am prac tlcally deluged. . I shall endeavor, how ever, to appoint to each position the man who, in my opinion,, is, th best fitted to handle the dfttles of his ofnee with credit to himself and advantage to the City of Portland." THE PROGRAM TOMORROW. "When the new City. !CwclKjneet at I t uwifwwn r,.! Ot'clock tomorrow. nVmVSTTaa "of ::t'tJ.eDutt-'Diakkitk.ttoriey. be tne election oi (rewv ,Wi rttx rnNrat tsfirv When that li Wotnplumed I ahftll pro- f y: THE NEW COUNCILMEN. ceed to the appointment of the various committees, after which the,, liat of my appointmenta will be read.' -In (addition to the above r. will' make a statement of my position and vlewa on the, various' matters of Interest to the city as finances,- etc. This will be only a- state ment, however, of my general attitude towarda the various matters of interest to the citlsens. Any specific declaration will come later, and will be drawn out when specific motters come up for con sideration." AtTDlXOR'S DEPARTMENT. '-. T. C. Devlin, the re-elected City Au ditor, la in hla old accustomed place to a.v. He statea that for the preaent at least there will be no cl-ange In working -force of hla department tne All ALL LOOKED AT BAILEY Mr. Beyeridge Receives Congrat A ulations for His Stand. ; (Scrlppe-MeRae Newa Association.) WASHINGTON. July i.-Senator Bailey of Texas was the cynosure of all eyes when the Senate was called to order this morning. He appeared on the floor after the opening prayer and was at once sought out by Spboner, who later con sulted with Fairbanks, tbV'coileague of ' Beveridge, with whom Bailey had his sensational encounter on Mondayt , ., Senator Beverldge waa not in his seat, but came. in at noonand was cordially greeted! by. a number of his party friends. Beverldge has been receiving all, sorts of congratulations for the manner in, which he conducted himself during the encounter. . Qe says Bailey did not choke him. . , .. . POLICE RECORD. ,'...:...,,: - ' ' Judge Hogue had quite a grist of rou tine police court matters to face him this afternoon, ; The . first official act of his Honor was to declare the ball of two simple drunks forfeited. : George 8nyder is velng given a bearing - n a charge of firing a toy cannon' IB south' Portland.-. A-. ' t, :; ':.. ; There waa J. E. Tucker,.' charged .with assaulting ..Walter Reed's little -son by knocking him down and kicking him. The ssase went over, until tomorrow. ' ... . J. Black, a young logger employed on As night crew, at Jones' mill, fell into ;he Mver last night at 1:15 a. ro , and was Irowned before aid could be given him. In leeS than an hour the body was re iovered .nd, an. effort made to resusci stte him, but he was beyond all human ld. . - i.. -'- -'t-.-.r,- - ; The oroner. took charge of the .body indwiu bold an Inquest, this venln :-' l 10W DMI! his subordinates, are In thorough touch with their work, and he ta satisfied that ha could hot better .th4 envlce of his department by making any changes. t ,.: The same applies ' to '5 the City Treas urer's office, where Mr Werleln rules. He will retain his old f ofcein tts entirety ' : iaTX,lBNaiNBER8;:-OFFICB. A W." C. Elliott, the new City Engineer, assumed the duties of his office today, and has completed the list; of the em ployes ef tu department. Some shifts have been made, some new men. are on hand, and some familiar ' races have vanished for at least one term, .but .the general make-up of the force is as before at least for. the. present, c ; ' I " THE PRINClPAl)EMPLOYES. , ; Following IS a list of he moat important members ' Of ' the department aa recon structed by' Mr Elliott!" Oerge Scog gln, chief deputy (surveying department);' Geqrge F.v Bodman,-- def uty ; R. Rueter, draughtsman;' A M.;1. Shannon, deputy (street department); William Braden, deputy; W. "Brown, deputy; W. B. Steele,' JrV'de'pWyi "'v Hannam, dep uty; John 'Baker, deputy; C. A. Dren-nan,- chairman; W.' i. Monehan, fhalr maa: A. X Marshall.'lnspector of streets; W. P. Lillys, ; West Side Inspector; B Frison, sewer' construction; R. Hbbklrk, Inspector sewers; Calvin Brown, engineer steam roaJl roller, M - NEW MUNICIPAL JUDGE. Municipal Judge Barry W, Hogue oc cupletl the bench made vacant by Judge Cameron's retirement today." The new magistrate Alls -the position with becom ing dignity1 and. shows good Judgment jn his method of dispensing law. and Jus tloe. i , , f ,:, DEPUTT CITT ATTORNET ''3 A J. Fltsgerald's familiar face was again in evidence ai an" officer- of the Court. Only this .time he appears as City L Attwnelf l Charles .MeNary'a deputy. In- Those who will compose the . Council which, meets for the first time tomorrow, are: First' Ward,' CJ jSlRumelln; Sec ond Ward. M- FoeUer; Third Ward. r. T. Merrill; Fourth Ward. A. K. Bentley; Fifth Ward. B. P. Cardwell, Sixth Ward, B. D. SIgler; Seventh AVard, L. Zimmer man; Eighth Ward, t. T. Sherrett; Ninth Ward, J. P. Sharkey Tenth Ward. H. C, Albee; Eleventh Ward, A. F. Flegel. JlisTlCE CLERK. J. Kller will be in Clerk F. S: Bennett's chair next- Monday when Justice of the Peace - , William . Reed . succeeds Judgj Krnemer.' lt Is hot known who will suc ceed Deputy Constable iou Wagner as Constable- Jackson has made no an nouncement as t whom ne would pre fer. (,,W--:".-v,- ' - Nurses Graduate. The graduating exercises of the eleventh class of .- 'nurses of the -training school connected with the jQood Samaritan hos pital will be t held ' thla evening, at o'clock at tne lecture hall of the Medical colleges, V'twfnty-thlrd and Lovejoy atreets. -.The-- !lass-,;:ls' composed of 12 young ladles, as follows; Miss Maude Fletcher Hanover, of Tacoma; Mlsa Ivah M. Callender, of Athena, Oregon; . Mrs. Catherine .'Edrls. of Portland ; Miss , Eu genie Ayerst, pt Seattle;. Miss Caroline R. Montague, of Portland; Miss Margaret Scott, of Portiand;- Miss Helen M. Rich, of Toledo, OreVi Miss Ada P. Thomas, of Turner, Ore-'.'f Mis Arietta Miles, of Seat tie; Miss Mary -oyd, , of Seattle; Miss Cathlene Boyd, of Portland: Miss Laura L. Shaw,, of Salem., The address to the class will be: j' delivered :by Rev. F. W. Keator, -' bishop of Olympla. , The pre sentation f diplomas and badges will be by the R. 1 T- IUv. B, , Wlstar Morris. The public ls'jnvlted to -be . present at the" exercises.;-- " " "V p.i. .. LAST: HOURS -: OF SESSION The House aod Senate Will Adjourn This Evening. (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) WASHINOTON, July.-If . there was any general interest In the get-away to day at the Capitol, there were, no evi deuces' of Jt when, the House was called t - order thla morning, 4- ----: ..- Speculation as to the exact time of to day's adjournment varies between 8 and. 10 p'plock. Those f av6rlng the latter hour base their estimates upon the fact that the Senate, will desire to devote some time to ; : discussion jof .. the conference report on the Philippines bill, i; The proceedings in he House and Sen ate today will be along .the usual lines, much of the -time being, devoted to the consideration of b!1ls-of. minor import ance by . unanimous consent ' J i t; WHEAT: AIARKET.J; SAN FIUNCISCO, July t Wheat, tUS 6l.l?4. , ' -. ',' - - , " , CHICAGO, July, tVWheat. SWSmia., NEW STARS For All the Bridge Tenders, In- . r j s. . a -aL -s y V'.' The police commissioners held their reg ular monthly meeting last night, at which only - routine business - was 1ru sacted.-",'. . frfSS' Mayor Williams propped is. and spent a coupie oi nours witn tne commission ers, fit was thought that the . Mayor might bring Mr. Cohen's successor along and Introduce him, but such was not the case. Mr. Williams stated that be had not made the appointment,-hut It is said that W. M. Ladd has been offered the appointment. - " v ' , ' Mr. Maxwell, Commissioner Rankin's successor, took the oath of office yester day and sat with the board. . ' - At the request of the County Commis sioners, the board invested the follow ing men with special police authority; Joeeph Webber, John Busby, -Joseph , ac- ton, A. W. Bchler, F. S. Hutchinson and A.. Perkins, all bridge tenders.' f 'V, Joseph Acton Is the ,ex-m(ddlewelght champion wrestler of the world, . lately one of the instructors of the Multnomah Club. The appointment, which Is quite a surprise. Was made at the instance of Judge Cake... tA V-J ;' Steel - Trust Gobbles More Money Every - Day.- CScrlpps-McRae News Association.) ' NEW iORK, July 1. A statement of earnings for the jBrst quarter WW be is sued by the United States Steel Corpor ation 'this afternoon. It will show the net jearnings to be $40,000,000 as compared with $26,000,000 for the same quarter-last year. a- 5- , 11 HQ Wheat and Corn Are Going Up to. the , Top Notch. (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) CHICAGO, July 1. Renewed a.c- -f tivlty was displayed In July wheat -f on the Board of 'Trade today. ,It 4-i HMOf Gill jumped from Uc to 16c. an, early JjliMr; Matthews replied: "I should con- advance of 3o In 24 houra.. The continued rains are responsible tor the rise In price. Manipulation by the Gates' com bine sent July corn up to T8c 'tov ih. -V" 4. 4- -r-e e-4 4-4-4- -V 4--f 4 MORE PAY IS.. THEIR DEMAND v pfHCAQO. July 1. The boHWrnakW on I WASHINGTON. 'July' L-The Secretary the entire Chicago & Northwestern ' 'sys- . of the Navy announce that the four new tem struck last nlsht. They demand S3 j battleships authorised by Congress will cents an hour. They are "now 'reviving j e named . tWe Washington, the Tennes SO cents. ' ' ; ?'!: ' t I tee,, the. Louisiana and th Connecticut. THESTRIKEIARM ' ,' . -i'r ". t '.:..-'-f t Stuart Quits-Tiffany Remains Name of P. C. & 0, Changed. Superintendent Tiffany announces this morning that he has "resigned"! his posi tion with the P. C. & O. He subsequently explained that the old company had been dissolved and had assumed th more bight sounding title, "The Oregon General Slec-, trie Company," of which he will continue to act In the capacity from which ne re cently withdrew. ''fJv'wf..Ct Dispatcher Stuart bade farewell tp his host, of friends last night, and took ,hls departure to the congenial, cltme. 9f sunny California. Many were at the train to-see Mm leave, but not a drum Was heard nor a tear was shed. But many pleasgnt Im pressions .will continue to . cluster, around his 'memory. va f -. ; The street railway, employes .met flast night and held a very enthuslastlo taeet Ing. A large gathering waa present, and several speeches were mad by a few f Ul 1 ':.'; '.. : U v.,;..4' ; (a LABOR" XEADE-iV'i,:;; About U or IS new member were Initi ated. X It was th tinanimou. decision to continue the strike along the samp lakes which hae been adopted front, the, start,, T1j.rfi''wre :no.;slrns-btiweakeln.:. from th position which;; the employes;-; have taken. Before returning to -work It was th ! general verdict tbat ftBeir- demand must b grafted. Sv-saff -i? . A few'of the linemen returned tJtk thlar morning, but this will hav ne edteot up) strike niatsiver. , - Taey -aliavpiy tATES? EDITION w f 0 When. Jack: Matthews :EWa;g)ointed 1 .United 8tat::sandis)l Zoeth Hopser doesn't know: Jusj woea 'he will relinquish his office Jnt ..tl; bands of Walter F. Matthews ' Mr. Matthews doesn't know when he will be ready e take the office, and thus the matter stands. The latter has not givest Mr. Houeer arfy Intima tion aso when hs'wlll come In. Bis commission has not yt arrived WhenMt .Housef ias ,ven the of. -!Uil,.''ft;was;irBUlysjr. tonths before his commlslon arrived aft hla appointment had Jeen eonflraeds Mr. Houser admits frankly thai he was a little surprised that Mr. Matthewi got his appointment so" soon.' ; ' .tf. i '-."I knew Mr. .Matthews was looking for the place,"' said' Mr llouser this morn ing, "but did .not X0ect, lie would get It at, present-but-tater' 'on, Jhought it probable that he ttiis-ht' be successful. I knew he was heading fer it." and Mar shal Houser smiled plelisantly, . "Has Mr. .Matthews anything to you aa to whether he contemplated mak ing any changes 'In the utaft of deputies or: office f or ce f was ! saked, ; "I cannot tell. anything about Mr. Mat thews' intentions,": replied Mr. Honser. "I am unable to , say whether my suc cessor ' will 7 retaili y present force of efficient deputies or hot. That Is some thing I cannot say,- 'Wien I get through here I shall s leeve the office., with only kindly feeling: toward everyone with Whom I have been .associated. I was appointed January JB, 18J8, or rather en tered upon the duties of the office on that date. I am glad osey that during the past four year there has ben nothing. but pleasure- In nry administration of the duties , el the place. 'i I Tiave tried to give satisfaction i4 trust that I have done so. There hasbeen a lotal lack of fric tion between '.the office' and the courts end the ether -SVderal offices' with which It has come Into-contact" ' i Mr. Houser wa$ not entirely clear aa to whatibuslnjeas he should engage In. . He is heavily, interested In mine south of the. Sumptex. lnliildltrlct. and said that the conUnue JMvifopment of those properties would keep him busy, fer some time to come. r . . Walter F. Matthews, of1 "Jack," as nearly every-one familiarly; calls him. was found, this morning. He said he was looking Into matters preparatory to as- sunlng the UUtles of United States Mar- I shal. rWhen'you take eaarg ef tae. oflTce, Mf. Matthews, will you make any changes - in the present force of .depu ties. will you leave them as thev ra a. present?' Side- It a little premature to make any announcement of thla kind. I am not vet j lit actual possession of the office, and j until 1 am I cannot say anything what. ' fver. I cannot say what date I shall lake control." NAMED FOR -' F0UR1STATES went on duty this morning to see that the wires along the nnl are kept In good re. pair... They went out In the first place simply through sympathy with the ear then, but when they saw that they could b4 Of no .particular assistance to the strikers they concluded to RETURN TO WORK. AH the employes yesterday received a topy.pj the following letter.V signed by President W. H. Hurl hurt; I "Having declined to perform your du ties, you are hereby discharged from the employ of the company. yti are directed Jo return-to the company air of Its prop, erty .In,' your possession. Upon doing so ou' wlU be paid the amount due you for wages, and your deposit will be returned to you." . :.',f..:;: :'";';. ..: . Chairman Dlralck, of the strikers' com mittee, t preparing a reply to the com munlc Uon. In which he will , giv th reasons why the road Is tied- up. ' v ' ' Xhr Mayor and several other prominent Cltisens .of - Oregon City will . hold: ar con sultation with the management of the road, today to ascertain If there is ny Immediate possibility, of' a resumption -of trafflcv- The result of. the conference bemg awaited with interest, , . . It Is reported that the company is- lit receipt of -a message from the stockhoM-. prs in'Phllaaelphl. urging that Tifsany be retained at all nasards. If this ir tru the fight - give promts iag- long '"-r--.i'K.:',M,i,t'.'":-. ,;f: ' I J.JmiJTi. : 1.1V. lYATA-t I.Vi :(.. ... ft. I . ... l. . BE TIED Eng ineers Apd Deckhands :, :"; The general, tie-up of steamboats did not occur today, as waSj anticipated, but front present Indications it Is likely to tak. place tomorrow. All the boats went out today on sched ule time with the exception of the T. J. I'otter, owned by the O. R. A N. Com pany'. The regular engineer gave up his position, and 'until noon the boat lay at the dock. , She wa finally taken out by Henry Paupe; chief engineer of the com- The w'ag )us.tion is the cause of the trouble. - On the three important lines, usually classified a the O. R, ft N., the White Collar and the Regulator lines, the engineer are demanding an merease of 110 per month in wages, while the deck hands ask for raise of $5. This would make the engineers' salaries amount to 1100 per month and the deckhands $40. On the- other , boats,' known as the outside lines', 'the engineers are receiving 175 per month and ask that the amount be brought UP to'tlOO, or an increase of 25 per cent. . The raise which the deckhands aak Is practically th same as is asked by the men on the other boats. ' The notice asking for the increase was received by the variou companies only a few days ago, and they believe that they I Hlu Are Devfsing Means "to Crush Their Laborers. X8crlpps-McRae News Association.) NEW : YORK. JVIy l.r-Thi ijresldentt of the coal-carrying railroads are in eonr ference her today over" the strike situa tion Jir th. anthracite- region. : While n 'definite sUtement 1 expected a a result of the conference, it is believed the oper ators are discussing plans with the view of starting UP several collieries. irs - jut off St. Louis Courts Won't Allow the Corbett Prize Fight. (Scrlpps-McRae Newa Association.) ST. LOUIS, Md., July t On application of tf.e Circuit 'Attorney today the.Clrcuit Court issued an' .order o the Chief of Police to pifeven ,'the Corbet t-Sul It van fight fpr the featherweight championship, which wa scheduled for next Thursday night. BURGLARS AT WORK. Burglar Med to enter the hardware store of Manning ft Ferguson, corner Grand avenue- and East Washington street, last evening. A hole was cut In the panel "of the three-auarter-lrich door In the. rear' o. the store, the cutting evi dently being done with a large pocket knife. , ICn trance to the etore was not effected dn accpunt of the heavy barri cades against the door, which the robbers were unable to ;mpv. , ' The( work' ta evi dently the,, work of 'the Bathe1 gang who have been, robbing all the grocery stores on the, East, Side lately. 4" The men had entered the(alley. In the rear of. the store. Of course-the police have no due. .. Object to Standing Cars. Warehousemen lrr the vicinity of Eaat First street . and; Hawthorne avenue are complaining' of the action of the manage ment .of th$ Portland City ft Oregon ttallway v Company In keeping about a dosen ; of fthelr cars on the elevated -road-way On Jiawthorn avenue and complete ly blocking the roadway. The com pany ha established a freight depot In the' middle' of the avenue by hauling one of it freight cars to the corner of East Second street and allowing It to remain1 ftere. Bualnesa men in the vi cinity tay that some action will soon take place to make the company remove the vtx:--f-:'V r-- -'-' - ;; r: THE WEATHER. v Th. preesure has rapidly decreased In th North Paolflo States and the weather be a again become unsettle dand theraten lng. Moderately .beatr. Tain have- fallen hvBrtttsh Columbia and shower -bAv ooeurred in Utah,' Colorado, New Mexico; Eastern ,Montan'.Nebrask. Minnesota nLiM:J?akotaar Temperature are b4 law , the normal generally la. all states wet f th Mississippi Rrrer. v ,; , Th Indication.- for abewwrs tonight In , ,th. fifVUlamette f, VaHey .and Sound onutry and also tn the Eastern portions ef Oregon and-Washlngton at elevatioas abov 100ft feet,' , , , Mil now UP BVSTRIKE and Employes. - , ... should have been given . more time In which to prepared for the matter. They explained this to the engineers this morn ing', and prevailed Upon them , to go out upon their runs today until they could give the matter mature consideration. So a temporary truce was declared and' the strike was averted tor one day at least. But river business' Is threatened to be brought to a complete' standstill either tomorrow or in the near future, unless a compromise is soon "reached. . Representa tives of the companies, who are owners of the boats, met thla' afternoon' and de cided to extend an Invitation to the strike committee and , one engineer ' from each boat to meet them a soon as possible for the purpose of .trying to arrive at some agreeable understanding. It was also given out by those who attended the meet, ing that there is no possibility of settling the trouble unless the men withdraw their demands.. They declare that it -is utterly out of the question to grant the demands,! as ! they have fcontre&ts which, run for some time and when they were taken the present scale - of wages paid was taken into consideration. . : . Some of the owner also report , that many of the. engineers are perfectly, sat isfied ; with th present -seal of - wage CHICAGO CRISIS ... . , ... ; ;. ....... . . StrikeJUyiOrdered Which Would Para lyze All Traffic, t ; -, ,. , . Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) ; CHICAGO, July 1,-The crisis In the freight' handlers' trcfubi here will be reached today, It wa expected that a strike order Which 'WOU14, paralyse the freight traffic In Chicago and affect'ali' traffic throughout . 'the" TJnited " States Would be Issued, thia mornlna- ' but the railroads receded at the last moment and asked for f conference.. It IS exnected I that this "wffl be hel4 this afternoon. TnJ have nothing t do with tn "Roaring ' ' :-: .k J . . . .... ' IftVM" fh. mo ..Ill men u( an increase oi wages, it a i strike Is ordered It I expected that the 'longshoremen and the teamster will re fuse to handle goods roofed by the non union men. , ' Petition Is Signed. 'The petition betng circulated in vicinity of the Standard Oil Co.' "tanks is re ceiving numerous signatures by the busi ness men of the vlolnity. Theyt all say that the tank Is a menace to the Inter ests of the property owners In -the vicinity as well as-the-entire city. The petition will be presented to the City Council for their consideration. The will of Wa, Hume1' was filed for probate in the County Court today. The entire, estate is, bequeathed to Emma Elisabeth Hume,' widow, and to his daughters, Lottie and Aurora.- The wife is named as executrir without bonds, the testator requesting that no letters testa mentary or of administration be Issued, but that the estate be managed and set tled without - the Intervention of the courts. , '-. ' . 4 A Postoffice Notes. The seven new postoffice clerks whose names were published by The Journal yesterday entered, upon their duties thla morning. They dropped into their places without any confusion and. went to work just as though they were veteran In the service. The month's business at the Portland postoffice for June,' Shows: Receipts front stamps, stamped envelopes, and postal card sales, $20,U.U-n , increase over June, 1901, of t3.130.86. nun Will WHOLESALE SHOES: Complete line Mens, Boy's and Youths, Wo men's. Misses and Children's. ' ) When In the city call and see immense stock. Krausse & Prince, Mssr, BanfieldVeysey FuI Co. ii- t; SLAB Get your orders la early a chance c ... 11 ,ji--t-:-'v ;; - --';.' ,l . t . v Office.' : No. 80 Third StrMl. Ore. Phone, Main 353 Columbia. 37.3- Ask Increased " . t. j : .... . ' r i ; and that if tkey quit It wtll.'be against their better Judgment Only, a few of - : them were consulted, so th -companies'' aver, when the proposition -off asking for the advance was brought up. ' , The strike committee Is comprised o Engineers Jackson, Smith and McFeelye. They have been busy today Sljlng up the general situation and calling upon, otber , engineers who were abaord the va.rioua, u boats. A number of the men claim that . ' the boats would not have gone out to-, day If the engineers had not been, too': attentive to flimsy excuses. ( 'They say that the Regulator, the White Collar and the C. R, Spencer met their remands ? this morning, but none of the . others, ; . did. Whether they will continue to do ', so or not remains to he seen. The engt- r. neers believe that they are asking for- , nothing unreasonable, and Intimate that ' 1 they either expect to get It or not return v -to, work. 1 ' If there is a strike It will rafeaa a., big bio -wto the business Interest of. Portland. It will also mean a big loss- ; to the ranehers and fruitgrower at the . various points along the river, aa ft will be also Impossible for them to get their j "s products to market. . , 1 1 '. - A , . r . t . " Governor Gage'sSuit -Against Spreckels Isy: So Labeled; (Scrlpps-McRae News Assoc la tlooj SAN FRANCISCO;' July I.-Attdrney , A. i. Moore, representing'? Governor Gage "and W. W. Toote, a frleWp th Cburu after a stormy scene before "Judge. Frits on the question pt". Jurisdiction- In : the Spreckel libel ' proceed lnaa walked " ut, loudly declaring that they would ,;"rTft"''i"u"'w!,u':: . Chaa W. HerralL A.' B. Ferrer and Chas. Arata today filed an Inventory lit ' appralsment ' of the estate of Oulsepp ' Arata, deceased, showing personal prop-' erty to be valued at -W, 321 69. Real prop erty, lots 7 and 8, block 41, Stphens' addl. tlon, 15.000-; lots""J and 4, block's, Multno mah addlUon, 300; lota l to t Inclusive; block 14, Irrington Park, $400; .southwest one-quarter 'of southwest ' one-quarter, , section 23, tdwnshlp 3 north, range west 500; total, ,. ' ' ( fc -f 1 TIE-UP THREATENED. 'i i (Scrlpps-McRa News Assoclatlon.1 v '.;. SAN FRANCISCO, July 1. This 1' th ' day iet 'for the final struggle between th " ' Building- Trade Council andxthe; Broth ( ' erhocd Carpenter for the control f local ' building. The Brotherhood met " last ' night and resolved to stand firm, f.' Th :; council, however,' has the contractor on Its side, and seemto have the victory. T The council .wants to dictate local terms, ' while the Brotherhood look to the. Na i tlonal body. ,A.Ue-up la threatened. Residence Robbed. - 'r , The residence of R. Llstman, 634 asti Davis street., waa entered last Saturday, afternoon while the family was bnt, The thief entered the house by breaking the door in with an ax. : AJ1 the rooms1 in the house were entered and everything ; , upset. Only, a gold ring has been re ported missing. Th polio were notU ' fled, butJ as usual no arrests hav been ' made, -t ," i-:.T I Ha j, I . WOOD and cive your vccl to Iry. toiyt: mnrc fctitf. HKHIH J UlitlL i'