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Xarge "Wireless Telegraphy Plant Proposed for Italy. TURIN, Sept 19. At a conference here today with Signor Gifllmbertl. Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, William Mar coni submitted plans for the erection of a wireless telegraph station, to cost $140. 000. for establishing connection with Italy with the British and American" stations. The scheme will be submitted to Parlia ment IClng Victor Emmanuel has be stowed the cross of the Order of the Crown on Marconi. Naval Ofllcer Disappears. "WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. The Navy De partment was informed today by the commander of the battle-ship Massachus etts of the disappearance from that snip of Alfred C Owen. There was soma mis understanding about a recent extension of leave granted Lieutenant Owen, and a number of papers connected with this point were forwarded to the Massa chusetts today. New York Likely to Get Gold. LONDON, Sept 19. It is believed .the greater part of $1,000,000 or 51,500,000 In gold due to reach London tomorrow Is likely to be secured for New York. Headaches Liver Cure Will wake things up for you. Shakes up your torpid liver and makes you feel like a new man. Guaranteed to be the best tonic on the market. Try a bottle for your liver's sake. Biumauer-Frank Drug Co. Wholesale and Manufacturing druggists America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today MALT C T. BELCHER. Sec kad Trera. Amerlctn Plan ......... European Plan ......... .....S3. ?1.60. fl.73 00c. 75c l.CO 0 000 Booms Single ....7o to M.BO prr flay. Rooma Doubls $1.00 to $2.00 per day Booms Family 1.50 to tt.00 txr fiwr Fourth and Morrison Sts. Portland, Or. Full Set Teeth :....$5.00 . . Lrowns 5.00 uoia nil 1.00 Company Hall, - 355 Washington St., Cor. Park NEW THREE-LINK BODY. Patriarchs Militant Effect a Nation al Organization. DES MOINES, la., Sept. 19. Baltimore today secured the next sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows, winning from Hot Springs, Ark., by a vote of 95 to 93. After several years' discussion and one failure, a National organization of Pa triarcha Militant was effected today, to be known as the National Council Pa triarchs Militant General M. A. Remey, of Marengo, la., present commander of tho Iowa department, was chosen Na tional commander with jurisdiction over all cantons in the United States and Canada. Croker President of Fire Engineers: CHICAGO. Sept 19. Chief Edward Croker, of the New York City Fire De partment, was elected president of the International Society of Fire Engineers1 without opposition. The convention de cided upon Atlantic City as the next meeting place. Payne Is Renominated. GENEYA, N. Y., Sept 19. Representa tive Sercno E. Payne was unanimously renominated by the Republicans of the Twenty-eighth District today. Stampede Costs Lives of 80 Negroes. FIGHT STARTS THE RUSH Cry Raised Is Mistaken for That of Fire, SERIOUSLYIHJURED EQUALDEAD Mclce Begins as Booker T. "Washing ton Concludes His Speech, and Continues for an Hour 3Iost of the Victims Arc "Women. Birmingham. Ala., was the scene of a' terrible catastrophe last night by reason of a negro congregation of 2000 mistaking the cry of "tight" for "Are." Se.enty-elght people were crushed to death or died, from suffocation, and as many mcre"""ecrlou3ly Injured. Booker 3. Washington was In the audience, but escaped Injur'- BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 19. In an awful crush of humanity, caused by a stampede In the ShIIoh Negro Baptist Church, at Avenue G and Eighteenth street, tonight 78 persons were killed and as many more seriously injured. The ca tastrophe occurred at 9 o'clock. Just ns Booker T. Washington had concluded his addreas to the National Convention of Baptists, and for three hours the scenes around the church were indescribable. Dead bodies were strewn in every direc tion, and the ambulance service of the city was utterly unable to remove them until after 1 o'clock. Dozens of dead bodies were arranged In rows on the ground outside of the house of worship await ing removal to the various undertaking es tabl'shments, while more than a score were laid out on the benches Inside. The church Is the largest for negroes in Birmingham, and the -pastor toys there were at least 2000 persons in tho edifice when the stampede began. Instructions had been issued to-vallqw no more to en ter, but the negroes forced their way in side the building and were standing In every aisle. Even the entrance to the church was literally packed. Fight Starts the Rush. Just as Booker T. Washington concluded his. address. Judge Blllou, a negro leader from Baltimore, engaged In an altercation with the choir leader concerning an un occupied seat and, it is Eald, a blow was struck. Some one In the choir cried: "They're fighting." Mistaking the word "fighting" for "fire," the congregation rose en masse and started for the door. One of the ministers quickly mounted the rostrum and admonished the people to keep quiet He repeated the word "quiet" several times, and motioned to his hearers to be seated. Again the excited congrega tion mistook the word "quiet" for fire," and renewed the struggle to reach the door. Men and women crawled over benches and fought their way Into the aisles, and those who had fallen were trampled upon -like cattle. The ministers tried again and again to stop the stam pede, but no power on earth could stay the struggling, fighting mass of humanity. The screams of women and children added to the horror of the scene, and through mere fcight many persons fainted and as they fell to the floor were crushed to death. Steps Prove a Death Trap. The level of the floor Is abQUt 15 feet from the ground, and long steps lead to the sidewalk Trom the lobby just outside the main auditorium. Brick walls extend on each side of these steps for six or seven feet and these proved a veritable death trap. Negroes who had reached the top of the steps were pushed violently forward, and many fell. Before they could move others fell upon them, and in 15 minutes persons were plied upon each other to a height of 10 feet This wall of struggling humanity blocked the entrance, and tho weight of 1500 persons was pushed against It More than 20 persons lying on the steps underneath the heap of the bodies died from suffocation. Two white men who were In the rear of the church when the rush began escaped, and, realizing the seriousness of the situ ation, rushed to a corner near by and turned in a Are alarm. The department came quickly, and the arrival of the wag ons served to scatter the crowd which had gathered around the front of the church. A squad of police was also hastened to the church, 'and, with the firemen, finally succeeded in releasing the negroes from their positions In the entrance. The dead bodies were quickly removed, and the crowd Inside, finding an outlet, came pour ing out Scores of them lost their footing and rolled down the long steps to the pavement sustaining broken limbs and in ternal Injurlea A Most Sickening Sight. In an hoir the church had been practi cally cleared, and the sights which greet ed the eyes of those who had come to aid the Injured was sickening. Down the aisles and along the outside of the pews the dead bodies of men and women were strewn, and the cries of the maimed and crippled were heartrending. In a few min utes the work of removing the bodies was begun. The ShIIoh Church is located Just on the edge of the South Highlands, tho fashionable residence section of this city, and all the physicians living in that part of town went to the assistance of the In jured. As many of the negroes as could CConcludcd on Second Poge. MILITARY STATUE TO 3E ERECTED AT RIVERVIEW CEMETERY. The .bronze statue to be erected. in the state military plot .at the RIvcrvlcw cemetery, made by W. H. Mul Hns, of Sa'em. 13 now on view In Woodard & Clarke's window. The .figure, which was designed by D. D. Neer, represents, a soldier in the act of firing, and Is supposed, to be life size. Owing to thft Targe' marble pedestal on which It Is to stand, however, tho size ls.ollghtly exaggerated,, and it measures 7 fect 1 Inches high and 20 Inches sqiiare at the base. The monument will be built' by Otto Schuma'n. He Is now waiting for the granite to. arrive, -from- California, -:but expects -to -haw,everytblng ready within tho ncxtlmonth. - . v m--ty MADE CHIEF Of TAMMANY CHARLES F. MURPHY AT HEAD OF NEW YORK DEMOCRACY. Ex-Chief Devery Is Refused Ills Pa pers as District Lender Charge of Fraud Preferred. NEW YORK. Sept 19. Charles F. Mur phy was tonight elected leader of Tarn mmy Hall, at the meeting of the execu tive committee, which was attended by all the members, with the exception of August Moebus, of the Thirty-fourth As sembly District On the calling of the meeting to order, the following resolu tion was offered by President "Haffel, of Bronx Borough: "Whereas, The experiment of the com mittee of three has proved the desirabil ity of individual responsibility and lead ership; be It "Resolved, That the position and duties heretofore occupied and performed by the committee of three be hereafter occupied and performed by Charles F. Murphy." The resolution was cirrled by a vote of 29 to 9. On a proposal to change tho place for holding conventions In the Ninth District by selecting delegates to state, County, Senatorial and Assembly districts, Frank Goodwin demanded .that the matter be laid on the table, and pro tested against Willlim S. Devery becom ing the accredited representative of the district, on tho ground of fraud. The matter was referred to the committee on elections. After the meeting, Devery made a formal demand for his credentials, but was unable to get any satisfaction. REED IS "WITH HENDERSON. Ex-Cznr Rather Scouts the Idea of an Ulterior Motive. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. Ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed, in an interview tonight on the withdrawal from Congrera of Speaker Henderson, of Iowa, said that he saw no reason why General Henderson's statement of the reasons for his retire ment suou?d not be accepted without searching for an ulterior reason. The ex-Speaker said: "I do not see why wncn a man In the political world assigns a good reason for sudden actlrn on his part If It be precipi tate, he cannot be believed." Mr. Reed said he was opposed to tariff revision, aiV.Ing: "I belkvn tre sentiment of the people of this country Is opposed to tariff re vision, and if it ia not It certainly will be, should the tariff be revised." When asked what, in his opinion, would be the effect -of Speaker Henderson's at titude on the Republican party, he said: "Well, you know I am out of politics, and I look to others for political forecasts, but I might say that sometimes a great conflagration may be started by a very little match" AFTER HENDERSON'S PLACE. A Score or More,of Candidates Desire the Nomination. DUBUQUE, la., Sept. 19. More than a score of candidates are being urged for the Republican nomination for Congress declined by Speaker Henderson. Among those formally announced are: C. E. Pick ett of Waterloo; O. B. Courtwright, of Waterloo; Purton F. Sweet, of Waverly; C. F. Ransjer. of Independence, and C. E. Albrook, of Eldorado. Judge BIrdsall, of Clarion, Is expected to announce his 'can didacy tomorrow. . Speaker Henderson tonight denied the story set afloat during .the day that he would attempt to dictate tho nomination. He- said: "I Tvmt my district to he absolutely free, from any Influence of mine in the selec tion of my successor. I have .not an enemy In the field." The Speaker will leave Dubuque In a day or two to Join his wife and' daughter at Atlantic City. "Wealthy Indianapolis Mnn. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Sept 19. D. P. Erwln. one of the wealthiest men of this city, and owner of the Dcnlson Hotel, died this morning, aged 58' years, after a long illness. CONTENTS OF TODAY'S . PAPER. Political. Charles F. Murphy Is1 elected chief of Tam many Hall. Page 1. Tammany refuses ex-Chief, Devery his papers as leader of the Ninth District. Page 1. Henderson's declination may have been due to his being sore" over not being Invited to Oyster Bay conference.- rage 2.- Ex-Speaker Reed sees no reason to search for ulterior motive In Henderson's declination. Page 1. General. Panic In church at Birmingham, Ala., costs lives of "8 negroes, and, as many more are seriously' Injured. " Page 1. President Roosevelt begins his Northwest tour. Pagi 2. Hooper H'oung, ex-Seattle man. believed to be principal in murder which Is sensation of New York. Page- 3. Foreign. Stanley Spencer makes flight of SO miles over London In en airship. Page 1. England calls on powers to" learn probable action on Secretary Hay's note in behalf of Jews. Page 10. , Queen- of tha Belgians. Mario Henrlette, dies suddenly. Page 3. Colombian Revolution. Colombian rebels move up to -railroad track, and flgflhtlng Is probable at any moment Page 2. Commander McLean notifies both sides that no obstruction to tramc will be allowed. Page 2. United. States will station ship In tropics to be prepared for emergencies. Page 2. Sports. McGovcrn-Corbett light knocked out In Ken tucky by decision of court. Page 5. Mies Remscn wins three-quarter-mile .clash by a head from Doreen at Oregon State Fair. Page 3. Portland defeats Tacpma, 7 to 1. National and American League scores. ' Pacific Const. Two wrecks on Northern Pactflc. In which en gineer was killed and several people In jured, rage A. , Woodman day at Oregon State Fair. Page" 4. Rich ere strikemado In Baker County. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Flurry In the market for canned corn and toma toes. Par 1". Bullish Influences advanced wheat at Chicago. Page 13. Heavy buying cf stocks at New York on expec tation of a favorable bank statement today. . Page 13. Certainty of a com crop starts Fall buying In Middle West. Page 13. River boats runnlnz in splto of the strike. Page 10. China steamer Indrapura" arrives at Astoria. Pago 10. i Portland and Vicinity. Fire rellet fund stands at $7655 05. Page 14. How the. forest fires made great havoc along the North Fork of the Lewis River. Page 1. Republicans criticise Speaker Henderson for his withdrawal. Page 8. Salmon train of 40 cars, valued at $100,000, starts xEast Page 111 Federated Trades to bring suit to compel build ing of drydock In Portland. Page .10. OVER LONDON IN AIRSHIP STANLEY SPENCER MAKES FLIGHT OF THIRTY MILES. Santos-Dnnionf s Longest Trip Great ly Exceeded. Aeronaut Has Com plete Control of 3Iachine. LONDON, Sept. 19. Stanley Spencer, a well-known aeronaut, succccafuly accom plished a remarkable flight over London In an airship of his own Invention. It is estimated that his ship traveled nearly SO miles. From observations of niose on the ground, Spencer appeared to have complete control of his vessel. He started from the Crystal Palace at ,a quarter after 4 o'clock this afternoon.- and de scended three hours later near Harrow. Tho route taken by the aeronaut was over Stratham, Clapham Common and the smoky South Side of the metropolis, across the Thames, over the populous Chelsea district, across. Kensington and Earl's Court out to Harrow, and then safely past the forest buildings. He ex ecuted an easy descent at the little vil lage of East Cole. Spencer had been experimenting recent ly with his vessel at the Crystal Palace. Finding the condition3 suitable, he sud denly decided to etart off on his dan gerous voyage late this afternoon and the usual crowd of palace spectators gave him a hearty send-off. The airship at once rose to a height of about 3C0 feet. After traveling about a mile with prac tically no deviation In his course. Spencer made various detours, and seemed able to frtcer his ship as easily as a torpedo boat. Near Clapham Common, he came fairly close to the ground for the pur pose of maneuvering. The appearance of the air-craft created Intense astonish ment among the thousands of persons on the streets over whose heads the aer onaut passed. Perclval Spencer, referring to hie broth er's trip through the air, said it exceeded the longest trip of Santos-Dumont, the Brazilian aeronaut, by nearly 20 miles. . Spencer's "airship has a blunt nose and tall, and does not taper In a clgar-llke point like the airships of Santos-Dumont. In general outline It has the appearance of a whale. The bag, which Is 75 feet long, contains 20,000 cubic feet of hydro gen gae. The frame Is built of bamboo, and the propeller is In front instead of behind as is the caf?e with Santos Dumont's vessels. The motive power of Spencer's machine is a petroleum motor of about 30-hcrsepower,' and Ihe machin ery Is controlled by electric buttons. The oxtreme speed of the airship In calm weather Is about 15 miles an hour. The machino accommodates only one person. Its entire weight is about COO pounds. Special features of the airship are de vices to avoid pitching and dipping. Dewey's Yeoman nt Mnullu Bay. NEW YORK, Sept 19. Patrick J. Hy land, 36 years old. a yeoman on the cruiser Brooklyn, Is dead at his home in this city. Hyland, who entered the serv ice In 18S3, was one of the best-known petty officers In the Navy. He was Ad miral Dewey's chief yeoman on the Olym pla at the battle of Manila Bay. He was on board the Trenton when that vessel was lost In the hurricane at Apia. Sa moa. Hlg Barhed Wire Plant Bnrned. PITT3BURG, Sept. 19. The barbed wire department of the Oliver plant of the American Steel Wire Company, on the South Side, was totally destroyed by tire tonight. Los3 about naO.000. Havoc on North Fork of Lewis River, SIXTEEN ON DEATH BOLL Property Loss Will Reach $1,000,000 or More. SAD STATE OF THE SURVIVORS Here the Recent Forest Fires Created Most Awful Destruction How In habitants Waged Losing Bat tle With the' Flames. Forest fires created greatest havoc In the Lewis River Valley, In Washington. To ascertain the csact extent of the damage. The Orcgonlan dispatched a re porter to the-Bcene, with Instructions to traverse tho ground In person. The re sult Is to confirm In the fullest measure the appalling stortc3 to'd about the aw ful dlKtstcr visited upon th hardy pioneers; of that section, excent that, fortunately, the "loss of life is not, so gieat As at one time feared. The In habitants' lcslnr battle with the Are. andthe present fad situation, are fully described In the appended article. --TTtT,,,... The verdant valley of the north fork of the Lewis River Is an ashen waste. Within its confines arc devastated homes, farms and thousands on thousands of acres of ruined timber land. The loss In timber alone is over ?1.000.000. Sixteen persons lost their lives, and SO families have been rendered homeless. It Is hard to realize that within 35 miles of Portland such complete devastation has been wrought upon defenseless farmers, and that men. women and children have been burned allye or suffocated with the blind ing smoke. The ground along the north fork of tha j( Lewis River Is of a very broken charac ter. Rugged, timbered hills rise abrunt- ly from the rich meadow, lands, near tho jewis, anu the timber-cruiser has found many sections of valuable fir timber on their rough sides. The region Is as thor oughly a primitive pioneer community as can be found In the State of Washing ton. A long, rough road to Woodland, near the Columbia, Is the only outlet for those living around Speleyah Prairie and beyond. Only 18 miles of this road are now passable for wagons, for the fire. In Its course, has burned the numerous log bridges, and pack animals are the sole means of conveyance Into the burned dis trict. Speleyah Prairie Is the only natu rally treeless space for many miles around, for the bottom lands as well as the hills are covered with fir, cottonwood and alder trees. The farms are usually widely scattered, and the children have far to walk to attend school, while the postofEces are evr-n more widely separ ated. ' Causes of the Holocaust, The cause of the various fires which have wrought such destruction are really unknown, though many theories are held by the Inhabitants of the affected coun try. There seems to be no doubt that more than one fire sent the sparks flying through the air to waiting brush plies and dead timber, where the breeze soon fanned the small blaze Into another hurricane of llame, which, blown onward by the strong wind of its own creation, often directly crossed the path of the parent fire oi started In a precisely opposite direction. Small fires were seen simultaneously on outlying hlll3 so distant fr.om one another that the theory that all the fires sprung from one blaze seems Impossible Tha fire that swept around Speleyah Prairie Thursday night and Friday morning ol last week came from the east, across tha open prairie and three miles to the west ward, where It crossed the path of anothez fire that apparently started In the hllla which divide the waters of the Kalama and the Lewl3 Rivers. This fire had de stroyed several houses east of Ariel post ofllce before the other fire arrived. The fire that burned the homes east of Spele yah Prairie Is supposed to have been started by two . insurance men from Se attle, who touahed a match to slashing! on their timber claim, an act which Is contrary to law, and the blaze,- once started, soon grew beyond their control. They quickly retreated, but, knowing thai they might be severely punished, they hurried 'out of Cowlitz County with all speed. Nothing Is known of these men except that they were accident Insurance agents from Seattle, Another theory Is tliat a fire was started by careless camp, ers on the Muddy, an affluent of the north fork of the Lewis River 30 miles be yond Speleyah Prairie. This probably spread to the headwaters of the Sucson, another affluent, and. sweeping down ward, raised the mighty wind which spread the sparks In all directions and started so great a number of crossflrej that the origin of the parent fires will n main a mystery. Losses Xot Fully Known. The extent of the burned district will also be unknown until the heavy pall ol smoke rises completely and the men ol the country have time for exploration. Ariel, which was practically the western limit of the fire, is 18 miles due east ol Kalama, while Yale, another rural postal station, is nine miles further to the south, east, and about five miles from the bound ary between Cowlitz and Skamania Coun ties. Between these two postofllces tha fire undoubtedly reached its greatest, in tensity, and It was in the neighborhood of Yale that 16 lives were lost Just how far to the north and south the fire swept 'a unknown, for an occasional prospectoi 'or timber-cruiser is the only person who penetrates tho fastnesses of the upland hills. The greater part of the destruc tion was wrought on the north side of tha river, but several houses are now report ed as burned on the south side of the north fork. Driven Out by Flames. The party comprising the Held, Smith and McKeen families stopped at Reld'a claim, across the river from Yale, the night of the fire, and some time during the morning of September 12 they were (Concluded on Page 12.)