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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.
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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.;-- "
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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
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, 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.
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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
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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
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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
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I J.JmiJTi. : 1.1V. lYATA-t I.Vi :(.. ... ft.
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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
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;; 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.
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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
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StrikeJUyiOrdered
Which Would Para
lyze All Traffic,
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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.
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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.
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. v Office.' : No. 80 Third StrMl.
Ore. Phone, Main 353 Columbia. 37.3-
Ask Increased
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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 ,
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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.
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(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
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