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THE MORNING OKEGONIAN. SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1906. RIGHTS If DOUBT Bad Plight of 100,000 Natur alized Citizens. FIRE DESTROYS EVIDENCE Serious Political Kcsults or San 1 Francisco Disaster Hanks AV1U j Soon Heopen Preparing ' History of Kartliquakc. I 'SAX FRASnSOl, May IS. Anxious applicants at the courts have called the otinty Clerk's attention tu the t?rave fart that the records in over 100.000 cases of citizenship have been destroyed. The po litical importance of this cannot he over estimated, as in the majority of instances absolutely no. documents exist whereby naturalization and tlie right to vote can l.fc proved. iAt the same time the opening for polit ical fraud is enormous, for. should an illf-fral voter's rlsht to cast a ballot be challenged, no method of establishing the )K-rjury could be devised. The County Clerk's books on citizenship, which were consumed by the fire, "date from 1W2, and comprise 210 volumes, in I'gih of which over 500 names were en lored. The tilings of the final papers were likewise lost. f AVII.Ij KXFOKt'K SQUARE I) EAIj Slates Will Boycott Insurance t'om i j panics Which Shirk. Liability. i.N FRANCISCO. May 18. That the insurance companies which manifest in tention of resisting claims and evading jiayment of losses .sustained by policy holders in the croat fire here, by resort Inn" to leisal technicalities, will be marked companies and may meet with drastic Action in some states; is indicated by the tnor of replies received by Insurance . Commissioner Jv Myron Wolf, to bis ap peal to the insurance departments of other states to assist him in compelling the insurance companies to deal fairly with their policy-holders In the present crisLs. Mr. Wolf yesterday received the following official communication from Sam P. Davis, State Controller of Xevada: 4 understand that me of the Eastern and f'irelpn companies are proposing to crawl behind technicalities In the matter of adjuist Irg loosen in San Francipco: that where houses nerc dynamited to May the proicrefe: of the flHniea houses which in the natural course of events would have been weit away by the' fire a few minutes later they will refuse t" pay the Insurance. Now. It appear to mo that the act of destroying- these uJldinKs was alone what saved the rest of the city from total destruction, snd no doubt protected theeo companies from further 1osj. If till. Raving of additional loss 1o these companies Is to be made a pretext on their part to evade their Just obliKHtinna in eettlement of their San Francisco liabilities. It ts prima facie evidence to jne that the rompanlfia resortinp to these technicalities are ctlehoneM. and on a proper showing of these facta I will revoke their licenses In Nevada. BAnit.VCKS FOR IIOMKLKSS. Army Houses 5000 People and En- ( forces Strict ltules. SAX FRANCISCO. May lS.-The bar racks built by Colonel Morgan Draper at Mayor Srhmlts's order for the homeless refugees in (iolden date Park are already cojnplcte and partly occupied. It is x p.jcted that they will house 5000 persons. .Kach family is allotted the sluice of two robins, running ! from front to back of the barracks, and tlicre are !K! of these apartments on eiu'h street. Down the streets which separate the shods four stoves ate placed and the fam ilies on each side do all their cooking; on these. Kadi apartment has a door and window in the front room and a wln liow In the back room. The Govern ment supplies the occupants with regular Army rations and insists upon the strict est neatness within the confines of the barracks. i:i) holidays about jum (iuvrrnor Will (ilve Notice W.hen the Hanks Are Heady. SACRA MKXTO. Cal., May IS. Although nothing definite Is known as to the date on which tlovernor Pardee will discon tinue the issuing of legal holiday procla mations, which he litis instituted to as sure a resumption of business in Stm Francisco with no danser of a panic, it is presumed here that they will be discon tinued about Juno 3 or 4. It is known that the Governor has stated that he would discontinue the holidays as soon as the banks in San Francisco were ready to resume business, and that be would give at least five days' nolii-e before calling them off. As it is an nounced that all the banks will be ready for business about June 1. it ij presumed that the holidays will cease a few days afterward. (OMI'lLE 1IISTOKY OF DISASTEU Iticns (inther Information From AH Who Were There. SAX FRANCISCO. May IS. Kach of the oltiBcns of San Francisco who was present durlna: the days of the recent pneat catastrophe will be asked to aid in the compilation of the history of that event. Today the. history committee pre pared a circular, which will be widely dis tributed. It contains a score or more of questions covering all data desired. In addition, each Individual addressed will be asked to relate his personal expe rience durlntr the trying times. From this mass of material will be gleaned the mat ter which will be comprised in the author itative history of the disaster. (OMIUXE TO MOVE DFBRIS Hailroads and Contractors Will lo Work Rapidly. SAX FRANCISCO. May IS. Active work on the clearing away of debris is to com mence on a large scale in the near future. Representatives of five railways the Southern Pacific, Western Pacific. Santa IV. Ocean Shore and the United will con fer with the contractors of the city to morrow as to the most fea-sible scheme for ic.mmoncing the gigantic task. All of the roads have run spur tracks tlirouRhout the burned sections, and it is believed that, when work Is actually com menced, rapid prosTess will be made. It is expected that a report on the plan will be presented to the committee of forty on Monday morning next. Contents of Vaults Intact. ' SAX FRAXCISCO. May lS.-Over lfloft persons, each wearing an anxious and worried look, and Impatient to examine papers and valuables deposited In the vaults of the California Safe Deposit & Trust Company, stood in line yesterday, awaiting the opening of the vault when the brick and debris had been cleared away. The contents of the boxes were found intact, and mOit of the depositors left their valuables in the compartments. The Anglo-California Company also opened lt vaults, and found books, pa pers, currency and coin In perfect condition. RED CROSS GROWS STRONGER Recent Disasters Show Usefulness In Peace as Well as War. SAX FRAXCISCO. May 18. "The San Francisco disaster, the Japanese famine, the" eruption of Vesuvius and the recent typhoon in the Philippines have given the Red Cross an opportunity to show its usefulness and have demonstrated to the public that a relief organization is Just as necessary in peace as it is in war," said Miss Mabel T. Boardman. of the executive council of the American Red Cross, who has just returned from a three weeks' trip through New England, where she addressed many meetings in the interest of the Red Cross movement. "In Connecticut the interest in the Red Cross is. especially great." Miss Board man continued. "Six months ago we had only SK members in the State, and now the membership is StH. There are 400 members in the city of Norwich alone. Maine. Massachusetts and Rhode Island are developing good State organizations also." SCARCITY OF BRICKLAYERS Their Wages and Their Helpers' Are Raised by Employers. SAX FRAXCISCO. May 18. The Ma sons' and Builders' Association has raised the wages of bricklayers and bricklayers' helpers. Commencing May 21, bricklay ers will receive $7 per day of 8 hours and helpers J4 a day. This is an advance of Jl a day for bricklayers and 50 cents for helpers. In a statement- that has been isstied. the Builders Association declares the supply of this kind of skilled labor is inadequate to the demand and that it has been found necessary to take action as an inducement to journeymen to come anil help in the rebuilding of the city. F. L. Hadley, secretary of the Journey man Bricklayers' Union. Is of the opin ion that there 'are enough bricklayers here to supply the demand existing, but that many of them are temporarily en gaged in repairing chimneys. FIRST IXSURAXCE IS PAID Undisputed Claims Settled by May 31 Plan to Hasten Payment.- SAX FRAXCISCO, May 18. The insur ance companies paid to policy-holders yesterday $1ti0.000, the first payments that have been made since the fire. It is re ported that by the end of the month the greater part of undisputed claims will have been settled. There is still some question about the payment of the larger claims because of the difficulty of adjust ment. To overcome them It has been agreed among " the underwriters that where the insurance Is divided among many companies, a committee of three adjusters will be selected to determine the extent of the losses. formal Water Supply Restored. SAX FRANCISCO. May 18. Health Of ficer D. F. Ragan reported to the Board of Health yesterday that San Francisco is no longer In danger of a water famine, and that within a few days the entire water supply will be in a normal condi tion again. According to Dr. Ragan's report, the big 44-inch Crystal Springs pipe, which was broken for 3000 feet, has been repaired, and there Is flowing into San Francisco now about 26.000.000 gal lons a day,, which he considers amply sufficient, providing there is no waste. Banks Fear No Panlc SAX FRAXCISCO. May IS. At' a meet ing of the clearing-house committee yes terday it was decided that the commer cial banks of this city will- open for reg ular business next Wednesday. It is be lieved that the extended delay has in sured the banks from any panic, that the confidence of depositors has been re Ktored and that the banks have had am ple time to prepare for any run on them: Carmen Mobbed for Killing Boy. CHICAGO, May 18. While the body of Harry Sturm, 8. years old, lay under the car which had killed him last night, the motorman and conductor had to defend themselves from an angry crowd of near ly 1000 people. The traction men sought refuge in the car after they had been beaten by the men and women who were aroused by the death of the boy. Heavy details of police rescued the carmen after all the windows in the car had been broken. The motorman said the boy walked deliberately in front of the car, npimrently not seeing it, and was struck before he could stop. Accused of Trying to Bribe Jurors. OMAHA. May 18. Joseph Crow, former Postmaster of Omaha, and foreman 'of the recent Federal Grand Jury which re turned indictments In the land fraud cases, was today arrested on an indict ment by the Federal Grand Jury, charg ing him with attempting to obstruct jus tice. It Is charged that Crow tried to bribe the members of the grand jury of which li- was foreman to prevent the indictment of Rev. George G. Ware, of South Dakota, who was recently con victed of land frauds. Crow was released on J.") bonds. Steals Auto Loaded With Bonds. NEW YORK. May IS. A J10.000 auto mobile containing 400.000 worth of bonds, scrip and other valuable papers was stolen early today by a man, who jumped into the machine while It stood unoccu pied on Broadway, near Forty-second street. Its owner. J. H. Clarke, an auto mobile manufacturer, who hail stepped into a restaurant, rushed to the street, but the thief sned the machine around a corner and escaped. FAIL IN FILIBUSTER Democrats Finally Beaten in Old Contest. PAY VOTED NEGRO MEMBER Struggle Extended Through Thirteen Congresses Continued AH Day by Williams and His Bour bon Legion. WASHINGTON, May IS. Reminiscent of the stressful days of the 47th Congress were the scenes in and about the House today. Hardly had the journal been ap proved when the remocrats, under the leadership of Williams (Miss.) began the first real filibuster in a number of years, their object being to defeat the bill pay ing to the estate of Samuel Lee, of Sou Carolina, S0.4S2 for allowances made by reason of the election of Lee, a negro contestant for a 6eat in the 47th Congress. This bill has been reported favorably by nine Congresses six times by Repub licans and three times by Democrats. The certificate of election, which Lee con tested, was given to John S. Richardson. The committee on elections reported In favor of Lee. A vote was taken on the resolution to give him the seat held by Richardson, 124 voting in fayor of the resolution and 114 against. Lee's contest progressed no further. The Democrats began a noted filibuster and the 47th Con gress ended by operation of law without a quorum being present'. Today's filibuster followed similar lines, Williams resorting to every known Parlia mentary tactic to encompass the defeat of the measure. Numberless rollcalls and Btill more divisions were demanded and taken, but the bill was finally passed. RAILROADS IX PHILIPPINES Contracts Amounting to $30,000, 000 Soon Will Be Signed. CHICAGO, May 18. A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Washington . says: Arrangements for carrying out -the plans of the Government for a system of rail ways in the Philippines are about con cluded, and the last of the contracts will be signed in a few days. They involve the construction of several hundred miles of track and the expenditure of about $30. 000.000. most of it within the limits of the islands. The project recommended by a commission of engineers while Secretary Taft was Governor-General will be fol lowed very closely with a view to the de velopment of the great natural resources that are now inaccessible, as well as pro viding suitable transportation facilities for those sections which are most thor oughly settled and cultivated. Contracts for about 400 miles of track in the Island of Luzon have been agreed upon by Secretary Taft and John G. Mil burn, attorney for James Speyer & Co., the well-known bankers of New York: the terms have been approved by the Philip pine Commission at Manila, and the pa pers will be signed as soon as they are received. Contracts for 300' miles of track in. the Islands of Panay, Negros and Cebu have already been signed by J. G. White & Co., of Xew York, representing a syn dicate incorporated under the title of the Philippine Railway Company, and com posed of that firm, Charles M. Swift, of Detroit: Cornelius Vanderbllt, of New York: Mr. Wilson, president of the ' Lin coln Trust Company, New York: Heidel bach, Ickelheimer & Co., and the Inter national Banking Corporation. The Speyer contract carries no subsidy, but a perpetual franchise. The Philippine Railway Company also has a perpetual franchise., and the .Government of the isl ands guarantees 5 per cent Interest upon 95 per cent of the actual cost of con struction for a term of 30 years. OPPOSE FEDERAL CONTROL Southern Democrats Condemn Bill Against Election Frauds. WASHINGTON. May 18. A minority report condemning the Bonynge bill re cently reported from the House commit tee on election of President. Vice-President and Representatives In Congress and governing Federal jurisdiction in elec tion fraud cases has been filed in the House. It was signed by Representatives Mucker, Missouri: Hhardwick, Georgia: Ellerbe. South Carolina; Watkins, Louis iana, and Gillespie, Texas. The report includes an argument to show that the Constitution only gave to the Federal authorities jurisdiction over elections as a final safeguard to the Union: that there are no extraordinary conditions at present which call for the exercise of this power, and that the bill therefore ought not to pass. PAY FOR KLAMATH CANAL Hitchcock Asks for $149,000 to Give Company. WASHINGTON. May IS. The Secretary of the Interior today asked the Treasury Department to issue a warrant for $149,000 to pay the Klamath Canal Company for its canal and other property, taken by the Government as a part of the Greater Klamath irrigation project. Republican Wins- Missouri Contest. WASHINGTON. May 18. The House elections committee today decided the contest between Wood (Dem.) and Coud rey (Rep. i. from the Twelfth Missouri District (St. Louis, In favor of Coudrey. Wood now occupies the seat. vlands' Plan Gains Point. WASHINGTON. May 18. Senator New lands has been authorized by the mem bers of the interstate commerce commit tee to report his bill for the creation of a joint committee, consisting of members of the Senate and House of Representa tives, to frame a report as to the prac ticability and advisability of a National incorporation act for railroads engaged in Interstate and foreign commerce. Francis Welcomed by Austria. VIENNA, May 18. The Austro-Hunga-rian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count Goluchowski, today received the Ameri can Ambassador, Mr. Francis. The in terview was most cordial, and It was set tled that Mr. Francis will received by Emperor Francis Joseph immediately after His Majesty's return to Vienna from Buda Pest. Census of Gas Business. WASHINGT6N, May 18. The Census Bureau today Issued a preliminary report on manufactured gas- for the United States for 1904. showing 1017 establish ments, an increase of IS per cent over 1900; total value of gas manufactured, $125,034,965. Mikado's Gift to Roosevelt. WASHINGTON. May 18. Mr. Aakl. the Japanese Ambassador, presented to Presi dent Roosevelt as a gift from the Em peror of Japan, a piece of ancient steel armor elaborately embellished. It will be placed in the white House. Favors Employers' Liability Bill. WASHINGTON. May IS. The Senate committee on interstate commerce today adopted further amendments to the em ployers' liability bill and ordered it favor ably reported. ' Bill to Prohibit Shanghaiing. WASHINGTON. May 18. The House committee on merchant marine and fish eries today authorized a favorable report on the Morrell bill to prohibit shanghaiing. Washington Postmasters Confirmed. WASHINGTON, May 18. Po Jtmasters confirmed: Washington F. "W. France, Buckley; I li Hardin, Kent. JUSTIFIED HER AGT ITALIAN GIRL'S LAWYER MAKES IMPASSIONED PLEA. Josephine Terranova's Trial for the Murder of Unnatural Uncle and Aunt Begins In New York. NEW YORK, May 18. (Special.) The terrible story of Josephine Terranova's wrongs, her life of shame and drudgery, forced upon her by her uncle and aunt, which finally led to madness In which she stabbed to death both those relatives, for whose murder she Is now on trial for her life, was told to the Jury today. Ex-Judge Palmleri, counsel for the girl, told It in his opening address. The girl herself, he promised, would tell It more fully, and her husband and others would corroborate it. His plea, he said, would be insanity due to disease and drunkep parentage and abuse and sudden fury caused by the tardy realization of her wrongs. He would also appeal to the unwritten law. The accused girl wept silently as her counsel told the story of how she was brought here from Italy at the age of 10 years by her uncle and aunt, who were her sponsors in baptism,' how she was defiled at the age of 11 by her uncle, with the connivance of his wife, and from that time kept a prisoner, away from school, from playmates, from priest, even from her mother, for six years; bow she was made a drudge, working from early morning until late at night, scrubbing, cooking, washing and mendr ing, not only for her uncle and aunt, but for 12 men in their employ. He told of her marriage, from which her mother was barred, and how the aunt, fearing exposure, prayed that the newly married couple might "die to night." He told how exposure came when the girl's uncle, again desiring to get possession of her, hinted to her hus band that she was impure: how she con fessed and was driven forth by her hus band, and denied shelter by her mother, and in despair heard a voice saying. "Kill them." and went on her errand of vengeance, "The really guilt yonee are dead." he said, "and when they were stricken it was not the act of this girl, who held the knife, but the vengeance of Almighty God.". MORE WATER FOR GOTHAM New York Will Expend $160,000, 000 in Adding to System. NEW YORK. May 18. The State Water Supply Commission today rendered a fa vorable decision on the application of the City of New York to take an addi tional water suply. from the Catskill Mountains at a cost to the city, as esti mated, of $160,000,000. The Ashokan reservoir, to be built In the Catskilla, will Impound the enorm ous amount of $170,000,000,000 gallons, of water, and will be the largest of its kind in the world. STATISTICS OF OREGON MANUFACTURES SUMMARY OF STATE AND CITY OF PORTLAND. CITY. The State Per cent of Increase. Portland Per cent of Increase. 5 if 3 Salaried offi cials, clerks, etc. lsnsifioi 1900 14O8: 13.S. 1905 ;i9oo: 43fi 4iS. $43.999.54S '176! 2S.359.0S9 '114 55.2 ,54.S ; i 19.7'.S41: lOiV 11.632.S13: 69.4il54.6l Wage-earners.! I 3 : o $2.132.514i'lS.56Si 1.222.160 114.459 74.5j 2S.4 1.316.157 I S.216 732.369 ! 5.3SO, 79.71 52.71 $11,439,512 6.S22.011 67.7 H S.33S.166 2, 703, .TO 97.411 $4.1S4.295 1.979.2S7 111.4 1.899.116, 85" 346! 122.21 O $30,463,113 20.758.83:1 46.5 16.Sf0.653 10.177.32S 66. i H" : E - .: Ew : i o - rt c a : n so s : 2.S2. : 73? J55.359.498 36,592.714 51.3 28.485.696 16.903.707 68.5 FIVE SELECTED IVDrSTTUES. Canning and preserving, fish. Flour and grist mill products Lumber Printing and publishing 1905! 19001 19.' IPiiOi 19"5 Slaughtering wholesale . . and I19(l0i JlfXV)1 meat-packing, !1W5 '1900. 241 l-4i ins: 42 413! 239' 201' io! $ 1.653.097! I SS 2..S5S.642 SSI ' 3.973.069 I ji&j .I.OOrt.516'1 821 12.7S5.6-H 400' 6. 763.937' I 271 1 1 3? 705'! 1.631.275:1 971 974.727fj 60 760. 44S 1 41 i $ 85 56 lofi 83 51 253 315 113 .4?2j .125! .66: 1.171! ,245 ,521 .942 1,446' .914: .130j; 3511 6361 S9o! 420 Mil O.S66' 9.36 1 7691 246 J 172l 200.481! I 219,744 27.1S3 2:8.596: i.378.2SO 1 :,40.226il 6S3.777,: 378.692U 155,498 I S7.S21;! $ 183.91! 147.S5S 234". 536 j 177.632! l,31S.65j 497.243 126.17S: 35,7681 $1,700,298! 1.182.211 7.21S.7SOI 6.179.6271 5. 700. 123' 5,097.8321 632, 894 1 356.4021 2 3S9 902 1 1,359.361 $ 2,577.746 ' 1.7SS.ST19 8.301.98 6.136.250 15.137.227 10.9-5S.716 2.664.112 1.429,991 2.907.154 1.638.480 Employes working in factories under contract were included to some extent in 1900, but omitted in 1905, the amount paid for contract work being included under miscellaneous expenses. The above statistics are published by the Director of the United States Census. This census is confined to the manufacturing establishments with a product of $500 of over, thus excluding the neighborhood industries and hand trades, such as the building trades, dressmaking, custom millinery, custom sawing and grinding, cobbling and black smithing. The totals are reduced as nearly as possible to a comparative basis. PURSUED BY HATRED Female Spy of Russia Driven to Suicide. TRAITOR TO TERRORISTS Insane With Blighted Love, She Be trays Assassination Plots and Saves Oar's Life Dies to Escape Avengers. PARIS. May 19. (Special.) The mystry surrounding: .th dath of Marie DeReval, who committed suicide in a hotel in London two months aso, has been cleared up by the Russian Em bassy here. According; to the Infor mation given out, the real name of the suicide was Helen de Crebel, and she belonged to one of the highest' families in Russia. She was undoubt edly, according; to all reports, a spy in the service of the Russian govern ment, and committed suicide to escape the vengeance of the Nihilists, whom she betrayed. It Is said that her timely warnings have foiled many plots of those seeking the lives of the heads of the government In Russia, and It Is known she once saved the life of the Car. While professing to be a rabid Nihil ist, but only acting the part as a spy for the government, she was chOBen to carry out the assassination of a prom inent official in St. Petersburg. She leave her assent to the plan and appar ently undertook the task, but betrayed the Nihilists to the police. It was after this exposure that she fled from Russia, and wandered all over Europe and the United States, twice visiting America, In her desire to escape the vengeance of her pursuers, who at all times followed her closely in an attemupt to mete out punishment for her betrayal of their secrets. The report states that she was at one time In love with the chief of the government's arch enemies, but when he deserted her for another woman she became insane with Jealousy and vowed vengeance on the Nihilists. This fact caused her to enter the service of the government. TOWNS PREY TO FLAMES (Continued Prom Page 1.) buildings, including large numbers of stock, are in danger. The Menominee Are department has been called on for help. The wind rose rapidly during the even ing and endangered Daggett, Powers and other towns. It is reported that Saunders, with 300 inhabitants, has been burned. Quinnesec, 2000 population, is reported on fire. The station agent at Daggett reported at 10 o'clock that the fire was half a mile from town and blowing directly toward the village. LUMBER TOWN PREY TO FIRE Over 100 Residences and Dozen Bus iness Blocks Burn. STANLEY, Wis., May 16. Fire which started in the stables of the Northwestern Lumber Company from a spark from the. Northwestern mill raged all afternoon and until midnight. Over 100 residences and a dozen business buildings were de stroyed. The total loss is $300,000. A high wind carried the flames away from the Northwestern mill and saved that structure, but six blocks to the east were completel burned out. The large de partment store of the Northwestern Lum ber Company was among the business places destroyed. The company's lumber yards and feed mill were destroyed. NEW MIXING TOWN IN ASHES Cobalt Destroyed and Several ePr sons Injured by Explosion. NORTH BAY, Ont, May 18. A report has reached here that the town of Cobalt, one of the mining centers In New Ontario, has been completely destroyed by fire. A later dispatch says a large quantity of dynamite in the northwestern section of the town, ignited by a bush fire, exploded, wrecking 25 houses. Several persons were injured, but so far as can be learned no one was killed. The town of Cobalt is In the center of Canada's newly-developed silver mining district. It is south of Hudson's Bay and about 300 miles north of Toronto. There were about 20 stores in the town and about 20 mines in the district are now in operation. SWEEPS 200 SQUARE MILES Flames Lay Waste Four Counties, Including Virgin Forest. MILWAUKEE, May 18. A Sentinel spe cial from Marinette, Wis., at 11 P. M. says: The best Information obtainable at this hour is-that the forest fire which is sweep ing the country north of here has reached Iron County, north of Dickinson. This makes four counties which are suffering from fire. The area is 200 square miles. The country swept by the flames varies from pine timber land to barrens. Part Is iron-mining country, and the districts In clude immense tracts of hardwood which have never been touched by woodmen's axes. In the barrens settlers have taken their stand. Information received at Marinette is that the lumber town of Schaefer, in Dickinson County, was wiped out. No word has been received as to 'the Joss of life there. If any. The village of Saunders, in Iron County, a lumber town directly north of Florence, Wis., has also been swept by the flames. WISCONSIN TOWN THREATENED Lumber Xards Burn and Flames Ap proach From W oods. WAU3AU, Wis., May. 18. Fire broke out in the lumber yards of Phillips & Menxmer at Marathon City today. Over 3.0-30.000 feet of lumber, valued at $50,000, have been consumed and the town is threatened. The woods north of the town are burning fiercely. Village of Auburndale Burned. MARSHFIELD, Wis., May 18. The busi ness portion of Auburndale. nine miles east of Marshfleld, was destroyed by fire this afternoon. Loss. $100,000. niBflOBflHi f77)n one ocHsion? ttid &heroei, US Jffofaes hith a grim Gzmte, "J entered the office cf3 business- msn., Iwa sfabbfi attired, ffl mission Tsas important but my appeamnce brought me sc3nf courtesy, ugairzf exled upon a banker dressed in the he&bt qf Ife&bion. J7e receiyed me cerd&tfy wmout knowing who I was. OneScotbes havejiu&t tbst influence os? be mind and often tiaye & rearing on one1. future careen i o, Isay, pay some attention to your clothes for the sake of the impression they isii and aiwsys do create. " CORRECTLY TAILORED CLOTHES With; all the little "kinks" that distinguish them from the ordinary sort, are obtain able at our store with no additional cost SPRING SUITS for MEN $15 to $35 OUTING SUITS $15 to $25 T3T7TVT CUT T TTYTr" leading III II 1111,1, 1,1 CLOTHIER brick furniture factory of the Estey Man ufacturing Company, factory "A," was burned tonight. Loss. $100,000. Great Fires Around Marquette. MARQUETTE. Mich.. May 18. Forest and bush fires are raging tonight in places in upper Michigan, causing heavy damage to farm property and timber holdings. There is little fire east of Marquette, but in a wide expanse of territory west and south extensive havoc has been wrought." The woods are dry In Marquette County the loss to settlers alone Is nearly $50,000. Vtah Wins Debate With Idaho. SALT LAKE CITY. May 18. The de bate between the Universities of Utah and Idaho this evening resulted in a victory for Utah. The question was '.'Resolved, That Jaws should be passed compelling any persons' In control of any business corporation to sell its products at a reas onable price." Vtah had the affirmative. Two of the judges voted for Uiah and on for Idaho. Mine tJas Burns Seven Miners. WILKESBARRE. Pa.. May 18. (Spe cial.) Seven men were seriously, two of. them , fatally, burned by an explosion of gas in No. 11 colliery of the lyehigh Wilkesbitrre Coal Company this afternoon. The men were coming up No. Z slope in a car when a lamp ignited a gas feeder and the explosion followed." Those fatally injured were William Peerless and John Delso. Pennsylvania Road and French Cash NEW YORK. May is. The Pennsyl vania Railroad is reported to have made tentative proposals In Paris for floating a new loan of $23,000,000. Your DrriKKtst Will Tell Yon that Murine Eye Remedy Cures Bye. Make Weak Eyes Strong. Doesn't Smart. Boothea Eve Pain, and 6e!ln for 50 cents Furniture Factory Burned. OWOSSO. Mich., May 18. The five-story Great Cut Price Suit, Coat and Skirt Sale LE PALAIS ROYAL 375 Washington Street HALF-PRICE SUIT SALE 50 Suits made of Mohair, Panama, Broadcloth and raised materials, Eton and Pony Jackets, all-good styles; $23.00 J 1 O r Suits at pl..OU SHIRTWAIST SUITS Shirtwaist Suits made of Panama cloth, blue, brown, cream and black; $15.00 values at... $9.95 DRESS SKIRT SALE 1Hl 1 1 0 Hfl. 1 11' I nr . i i- , , j.ou uicm omi is tuaue ui moiiair anu uooi materials. Ilglil. medium and dark colors; values up lo $8.50, your choice ; $3.95 COAT SALE All our Coats and Jackets greatly reduced in price. They are made of Covert Clolh, Scotch Mixtures, Shepherd Plaids, Silk, Broad cloth, etc., all included in this sale . $10.00 Covert Jackets go at 5.00 $1.3.00 Covert Jackets go at $ 7.50 $20.00 Covert Jackets go at. '. .$10.00 Silk Eton Jackets, Tourist Coats, Black Silk Coats, long or short, all go in this sale. MUSLIN UNDERWEAR SALE One-Fifth Off All Corset Covers, Drawers, 'Chemise, Skirts and Gowns. We carry the ROYAL BRAND. SPECIAL WAIST SALE $1.50 White Lawn Waists $2.00 White Lawn Waists 98 91.40 SILK WAISTS India Silk Waists in black and white; $5.00 qualities at.... $3.95 KNIT UNDERWEAR ISc Ladies? Jersey Ribbed Vests.. 25c Ladies' Jersey Ribbed Vests 39c Ladies' Jersey Ribbed Vests 65c Ladies' Jersey Ribbed Vests HOSIERY Ladies' 20c Black Hose... Ladies' 39c Black Lace Hose... Ladies' 69c Black Lace Lisle Hose Ladies' 75c Black Lisle Hose 39c White Wash Belts 65c White Wash Belts :. All Silk Belts in black, white and colors, worth up N. B. White Linen Suits, Skirts and Jackets 10 .25 .49 12U .' :.25 49 60 25 ...49 to $1.25 at 49 just arrived.