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Mttm 32 PAGES PAGES 1 TO 8 f -.. VOL. XXL NO. 25. POBTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 22, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Mmr mt Flames Visit Heavy Dis aster on City. DAMAGE ABOUT $400,000 Six Blocks Consumed at East End of Madison Bridge; HEAT DRIVES AWAY FIREMEN Inadequate "Water Facilities Offer but Feeble Resistance to Disas trous Spread of Fiery Torrent Xo Loss oC Life, 'l TUB LATEST. At 3 o'clock this morning, the firemen had the situation well In hand. Chief Campbell felt sure that the efforts then being made to keep the flames away from the tanks of the Standard Oil Company would be successful. This was the pivot -of danger, a spread of the flames being hardly possible at any other point. The Troy Laundry, "which rcas thought to be In great danger ear lier In the night, was considered safe, as tv ere the buildings east of the South ern Pacific track. East Side Lumber Co $100,000 Phoenix Iron "Works 80,003 J. H Johnston, shipyard.... 73,000 Portland City & Oregon Railway Co... 30.000 Madison-street bridge 25.000 Ciy of Portland, roadways 20,000 Standard Oil Company 15,000 Parlin. Orendorff . Co 13,000 Torpedo saloon and hotel 10,000 Peter Brauer, saloon 1.7U0 Gus Brauer, saloon 1,700 Miscellaneous 20,000 Total . ?333.400 Fire, originating In the old Wolff & 2 wicker Jron TVorkslast night,, --swept, away sir blocks of East Side water-front property, burned down the two east spans of the Madison-street ' bridge, reduced East Water street to "ruins from Salmon to Jefferson streets, and burned so hotly" about the great oil-filled tanks of the Standard' Oil Company that it looked for a time as if a terrible explosion would spread the flames out over the river and along the entire water front. The loss Is approximately J400.000, much of which is not covered by insurance. There was no loss of life. It was 10:50 when the alarm -was turned in, and before the first en gine company could reach the foundry of "). the Phoenix Iron Works, formerly the Wolff & Zwicker plant, the roof ), was ablaze, and the dry timbers were carrying the fire in covry direction. j. ne wreicnea water xacuiucs along the oul-co, tnu uim iiusuuce ui any means to take the engines to the river, which was directly beneath the roadway, made It impossible to do much more than spit at the fire with a few 30-foot streams, and in less than a half hour the Iron works were In the center of a rapidly widening zone of flame, which soon ex tended south beyond Jefferson street, and almost to the Troy Laundry Company, near East Yamhill. Every building In the district was olthor leveled to the ground or left a crumbling ruin, except the brick warehouses of the Standard OH Company, whose contents were still burning at daylight this morning. Those who suffered by the Are are as follows: East Side Lumber Company. Johnston's Boatyard. Phoenix Iron Works. Standard Oil Company. Parlin & Orendorf Agricultural Ware house. Barney Esselbacher, Torpedo .Hotel and saloon. Peter Brauer's saloon. Gus Brauer's saloon. Madison-street bridge. City of Portlond, elevated roadways. Portland City & Orogon Railway Com pany. Miscellaneous. Immediately upon the arrival of Chief Campbell it became apparent that all the available force of the department would be needed, and engine and company calls brought apparatus flying from every direc tion. It was hardly 10 minutes after the outbreak of the flames that they extended over tho roof of the pipe-shop to the river, leaped Into the tower and licked up the boat sheds on the north side as if they had been paper. Wall after wall crashed in, sending sheets of burning lumber into the air, to fall on surrounding property and set hundreds of little fires in every direction. The Torpedo saloon, on the south side of the iron works, burst Into flame suddenly In every part, and the Are, sweeping over and under Hawthorne avenue, the approach to the Madison- street bridge, comunlcated to Johnston's boatyard, set ablaze the building occupied by that establishment as a machine chop, and was beating fiercely upon the lron sheathed warehouse of the Oregon Furni ture Company before an added pressure obtained from Grand avenue enabled the department to check its progress. The lightly built boat shed on the north ride of the shop served as an admirable conductor of the flames, and before any thing could be done to hold them back they were consuming the piles of lumoer on tha platform of the East Side Lumber Company, and making their way rapidly to the mill itself, which soon tumbled down about the dock, a shapeless mass cf charred or blazing timbers. Meanwhile the underside of the dock and elevated roadway was sending the fire today the Standard Oil Company's warehouse. The cry of "Oil tanks!" went up from all sides, and as the flames climbed a pile of greasy barrels and shot up high above the nett of big vats there was a terrified scattering along Water street Almost at the earce time three sharp explosions came from somewhere Inside the burning mass, and Ave minutes later, with a muffled re port that shook the ground, a great cone of fire sailed high in the air. soared sev eral hundred feet above the heads of the crowd, and Anally disappeared, like a rocket in smoke. Such an occurrence at such a time led to the belief that the oil works were indeed doomed, and for a Jew minutes it was hard for policemen and flremen to make headway against the surging, struggling crowd, each person bent on escaping -with his life. As no re ports followed, this Titan display of Are works, however, people Began to stop and look back, and it was not long before it became known that jthe pyrotechnics were due to the explosion of a boiler in the Iron works. By this time the Fire Department had begun to work to better advantage. En gines were posted on the river front at several places, and others were sent to Grand avenue, where the pressure in the mains Is higher. One engine, stationed a block from the center of the Are, had to be withdrawn when walls began to fall all around It, but owing to the rotten condition of the hose the stream It sent down from Grand avenue was of little avail. North, along' Water street, the de partment got several strong streams In play, and by the aid of a short stretch of open ground saved the Troy Laundry Company's plant, which had been In Im minent danger, and that of the Chrlsten son Machinery Company, which was scarcely more safe. By 12 o'clock all the large buildings had fallen except the three-story brick of the Parlin & Orendorf Machinery Company, which stood alone, and apparently un harmed on Hawthorne avenue a block above the Iron works. But In a few min utes more Aames began to burst from the third story of the building, which had been but recently rebuilt, and in half an hour it was" sending a column of Are skyward from every bursting window, with not a stream to be spared to play on it. The walls fell In one by one, each crash sending up a shower of sparks, and soon it was reduced to the general level, while the Aames roared and crackled over an area acres In extent, with the dark outlines of the oil tanks alone breaking their' blinding surface. It was bright as daylight for blocks around. Every point of vantage was black with people, and the Morrlson-stroet bridge was Ailed with a steady proces sion hurrying to the scene. Along the tracks of the O. R. & N. Company and the Southern Pacific, on the elevated roadr way which carried Union avenue across the lowland back of the river, on the bridces and on Men' ttast nhd west street "leading to the rTver7"'were 10.O00 propter! while all the small boats that could be pressed Into service were on the river, their occupants regardless of what might happen If one of the tanks should ex plode and sent a sheet of blazing oil over the water. Just below- the east approach of the Madison-street bridge, which was blazing hotly all the time, lay moored the free swimming baths, opened only a few days before. It looked as If they, too, mu3t yield to the withering tongues of Are that were shooting toward them, but the launch Hoo Hoo, of the Columbia boat house, which was under steam, came to the rescue, and after sevoral Ineffectual attempts to take them away as they stood, they were taken to pieces and towed to safety, section by section, to gether with a number of other small craft which lay In their vicinity. y this time the approach to the bridge was burned down, and the two east span?, which had been snapping and crackling, began to totter. Tho newly-laid wood block pavement, veneered with a coal-tar preparation, had kept adding fuel to the fire that was eating at the foundations of the bridge. As soon as the last sup port was undermined the flrt span fell, and not long afterward the second plunged Into the water, sending spray high Into the air, to meet the Aames, and go hiss ing away In vapor. The work of the Fire Department was all that could be expected. There was plenty of apparatus at hand, and the men, under the personal supervision of Chief Campbell, worked hard and faithfully, and took long chances In working right up to the oil tanks. The horses, too, behaved well, and a prettier sight than the way the team attached to chemical engine No. 3 dashed down Hawthorne avenue and ap proached so closely to a burning building that the scent of their singeing hair was perceptible to those near them, was as pretty a spectacle as was ever seen at a Are. But the department was handi capped, first, by the lack of a firoboat, second, by the' miserably small main on Water street, and third, by the difficulty in getting water. There was water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to throw on the Aames, and what was done in the way of getting en gines to the river Is a compliment to the energy and Ingenuity of the Chief and his assistants. The police, under the direct supervision of Chief McLauchlan, were on hand, and did good service In keeping peo ple away from the flames, and out of the firemen's reach. When the Are was at Its hottest, and firemen were rushing to and fro In the constant fear that the Aames had got away from them, a woman, who had taken her belongings out -of a room in a lodging house, long since gone up In smoke, stood behind a pile of lumber amid her effects, holding a bird-cage high In the air. "Poor little follow," she said to the piping can ary, "him wouldn't be burned, so he wouldn't; hlm'U be took care of all right, so him must go to sleep." OX EAST WATER STREET. How the Fire Spread Between 31ndl fton and Morrison. Engines Noa, 1 and 2 got Into position on East Water street between the Phoonlx Iron Works plant and that of tho Standard Oil Company. A slight southeast wind was blowing at the time, and a shower of sparks blew across the strcot toward the oil tanks. Ten horses were hurriedly tak en from their stalls In the Standard Oil Company's yard and guided to a place of safety. The Aames licked their way to the (Concluded en Second Pare.) ARID LAND SURVEYS Government Plans to irri gate Oregon. FORCE WILL BEGIN WORK SOON Sites for Storage Reservoirs Are to Re Selected In Reservation Sec tions in the Eastern Part of the State. WASHINGTON, June 2L At the request of Representative Moody, the Geological Survey will send three Aeld parties Into Eastern Oregon this Summer. I. C. Rus sell will spend the season In making sur face examinations In the northern extrem ities of Malheur and Harney Counties, to determine the amount of artesian water available for irrigation, and the probable depth to which wells must be sunk. Last Summer he conducted similar examina tions throughout Southern Idaho. A second party, which spent last season In making trlangulatlons to the west of Baker City, will continue this same work east and and north from that point, pay ing particular attention to the Cornucopia mining district As soon as this trlangu latlon Is completed, it is Intended to have this mineral belt more closely examined with a view to determining the extent and richness of ore deposits in a manner sim ilar to the Llndgren examination of tho Blue Mountain gold Aelds a year ago. A third purty will be sent Into the Blue Mountains to locate feasible sites for stor age reservoirs, with a view to their ulti mate use by the General Government un der the new irrigation law or their Tiltlll zatlon by private enterprise. The depart ment Is convinced that the waters from streams rising In the Blue Mountains, If properly stored and controlled, can be made to reclaim large tracts of lands that are now practically valueless. Examina tions for reservoir sites will also be made in a part of Crook County and along the Deschutes River. On the recommendation of Representa tive Tongue, a fourth party will visit the mountainous region in Josephine and Jackson Counties, and north into Douglas County, to locate sites for storage reser voirs. While there is not the same de mand for irrigation there as In Eastern Oregon, experience has demonstrated that irrigation materially aids in the cultiva tion jl jfcuits, and while the Government may not undertake the construction of reservoirs in the vicinity of Ashland and Roseburg, It 1s believed the Government surveys will be of great assistance to pri vate enterprise. A party will be sent into Washington to continue the examination of reservoir sites on the eastern slope of the Cascade fountains, with a view to storing the waste waters of streams flowing eastward. Water storage In the Upper Columbia R.ver Basin will also be given some at tention. DEMOCRATS' THUNDER GOXE. Committee Has No Hope of Carrying: the Next House. WASHINGTON, June 21. Democrats who understand the situation have no confidence In the claims of their fellows that the next House will be carried for, that parts. Those same men profess to say that Democratic defeat Is preferable to success, as the Democrats would not know what to do with their House If they should secure It, Nearly every campaign issue that the party counted upon to arouse the country and cause the voters to repudiate the Republicans seems o have failed, and the Democratic managers are very much disheartened. No attempt at harmony, or even the appearance of Cleveland and Hill UDon the same plat form, advocating Democratic doctrine.", ends encouragement to the Democratic committee which is in charge of the Democratic campaign. Xd Open Amis for Cleveland. Whatever the impression upon the coun try as a result of the appearance of Cleve land at the Demoo:atlc rally, it is certain that in private conversation, the Demo crats, especially the Bryan wing of the party, are very much disturbed over the entrance of Cleveland into public life. They feel that there Is not room in the same party for Cleveland and Bryan, and while convinced that the party must be reorganized to win, they think that the reappearance of Cleve land will drive a large section of the Bryanltes Into the Populist part. There Is sooni foolish talk In Eastern papers about Cleveland as a candidate, and while his strength In New York. New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland, states which the Democrats must have to win, is acknowl edged, at the same time the third-term barrle. would prevent his nomination. To stand with Cleveland or anything" that Cleveland stands for is like poison to most Democrats, who have devoted years to denunciation of bim. Oftentimes he has been repudiated in the House of Repre sentatives when the Republicans have charged anything to a Democratic ad ministration. The attitude of these same Democrats publicly is to "grin and bear it." in the hope that the gold wing of he party may unite upon a tariff reform plaform with the Southern Democrats and carry the next Presidential election. PARTY LASH FOR SOME SEXATORS. Suggestion Arises From Their Oppo sition to Cuban BUI. WASHINGTON, June 21. There Is a suggestion that the party lash should be laid upon the Republican Senators who are Indifferent to Cuban reciprocity. It has been attempted already, sa far as the beet-sugar Senators are concerned, and failed. Then the ardent advocates of reci procity began to lay the blame upon Ald ilch. Allison, Spooner and Hanna, because they did not exort themselves more to force the reciprocity bill through. ' Now attention Is directed toward Fairbanks, Galllnger, Quay, Hale. Hoar and some others who have been rather lukewarm in their advocacy of the bill, and who have been Inclined to sympathize with the men from the beet-sugar states. For example, Fairbanks has been heard to say that when IS or 20 Republicans, a third of the party in the Senate, were deter mined, he believed it would be wise to consider their objections, and not try to force the bill upon them. His views wero voiced by the others named, and they have been subjected to considerable criticism by men like Piatt of Connecti cut, Lodge, Beveridge and others, who have been trying to put through the bill, notwithstanding tho opposition that has developed. WAIL FROMvPUGET SODXD. Complaint of Discrimination In Pur chase of Army Supplies. WASHINGTON, June 21. Representa tive Jones today laid before the Secretary of War a complaint from the Merchants' Association of Seattle, alleging that Colo nel Nye, purchasing commissary agent of the Department of the Columbia, In mak ing purchases for the Army, has been dis criminating against Puget Sound mer chants. The charge will at once be looked Into, as other complaints of discrimina tion have been received. The department ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE WASHINGTON STATE BANKERS' ASSOCIATION rtBiHslssHlslsslsflBsflHBlBIIHiBlSEfiwB99BlsflBSsllflHflllB fln9BHWHHBslsHBHKHiHnI&3raE9HHHH t & MILES C MOORE, announces that it Intends if possible not to allow discrimination of any character. According to a bulletin of the Census Office, there were in 1&00 GS butter, cheese and condensed milk factories in Oregon, representing a capital of 5223,409. Their output for the year was valued at 5639,222. Ten years previous there were but 12 fac tories, whose output was 5C6.425. In Washington there were 60 factories, capitalized at 5304,173, whose products were valued at 51,193,239, as against three fac tories in law, witn an output oi H3,ii. Idaho now has 19 factories, with an out put of $116,006. THAXKS PRESIDEXT FOR OREGOX. Moody Compliments President on His Stand for Irrigation. WASHINGTON, June 21. Representa tive .Moody called da the President this morning to thank him on behalf of the people of Oregon for his asslstanco in putting the irrigation bill through. He told the President that had it not been for his untiring efforts the measure could never have passed tho House, nor been given consideration In that body; that the measure was of Incalculable benefit to the West, and the people of that section appreciated to what, extent they wero In debted to him for his aid. Mr. Moody also called the President's attention to the editorial of The Oregonlan of the 14th, strongly indorsing his mes sage on Cuban reciprocity, and added that the people of his state generally believed with Mr. Roosevelt on thfa Important is sue. The President deeply appreciated the support of the paper, saying Its comment en the situation was exactly correct. He was a!so pleased to know that the people of Oregon approved of his course. LcvtIm and Clarlc Journal Xot to Be Hsd. Senator Mitchell recently addressed a letter to tho American Philosophical So ciety of Philadelphia, which has In it possession the original Journal of Lewis and Clark, kept by them on their journey to the Pacific Coast He said that. In view of the coming exposition at Portland, the people of the Pacific Northwest are anx ious to procure this paper for republica tion in pamphlet form, and asked K he might not have access to It long enough to have it printed as a Senate Document. The eoclcty replied that they had re cently entered Into a contract with New York publishers by which they "are to re produce this journal in full in elaborate style, and under' their contract they can not lepd tho papers for that purpose. Shot In Self-Defense- SUNNYSIDE, Utah. June 21. At the preliminary hearing today Tom Dllley. the cattleman, who, two weeks ago, shot and killed Steve Chlpman, a sheepman, during a quarrel over a range right, was discharged from custody. It develoced at the- hearing that Chlpman -.wm the ag gressor, ana umey snot mm in self-defense. IHHHHHBiiBH ssslsssssssissssssHHEiRlBlBlSaitedkH&lI1 4H(VHlKflsSlllssssslssBislsssslBt)fflssssBilsssl AID TO CAREY AGT irrigation Bill Wiii Help, Not Retard It. SETTLER WILL BE BENEFITED Any Appreciative Difference In Cost In Reclamation of Lands "Will Be In Favor of tho Carey Law. j WASHINGTON, D. C.-June 21. Sena tor Hansbrough, who Introduced the Irri gation bill In the Senate, is firmly con vinced that there will be no conAIct whatever between this new legislation and the old Carey act. He thinks rather than retarding development under the Ca rey act, which has heretofore been availed of but little, the new law will Induce even OF "WALLA WALLA. more development under that act than ever before. - Ho believes if there is any difference In cost, that lands reclaimed under the Carey act can be sold to the settler for even less than ho can acquire water rights under the new irrigation law. Chairman Tongue, of the House Irriga tion committee; Representative Nowlands, who introduced the bill in the House, and Representative Mondell, who managed It during Its consideration, together with Georgo H. Maxwell, of the National Ir rigation Commission, all agree that there will be no conflict between the two laws, and the one will In no way retard settle ment or development under the other. They see no reason why one scheme should offer Inducements superior to those offered by the other. Mining School Bill Will Go Over. In all probability the bill providing for the establishment and maintenance of schools and departments of mining in the several states, to be supported by a fund arising from the sale of public lands, is to go over until the next session without action. There Is no doubt in the minds of some of the friends of the mining school measure whether they will now be able to secure a part of the land fund for this purpose. In view of the donation of this fund for irrigation. SHELLED BY "WARSHIP. Venezuelan Vessel Bombarded Sub urb of La Gnnyrn. WILLEMSTED, Curacao, June 20. All day today a Venezuelan warship has bombarded, without result, Macatuom, a suburb of La Guayra, where 700 revolu tionists are now entrenched. For a month the government has been Imitating tho tactics of the Spaniards In Cuba and the British in South Africa, by compelling natives and foreigners living in the dis trict to abandon their homes and concen trate at La Guayra. The United States gunboat Topeka an chored at La Guayra today. Capture of Agna Dulcc Expected. PANAMA. Colombia, June 2L News of the capture of Agua Dulce by the 'gov ernment forces under Generals Berti and Castro Is expected momentarily. General Vlvero, who was a prisoner at Chlrlqul, escaped and arrived here yester day. He reports that Agua Dulce is de fended by 100Q men, and that there la great demoralization among the Liberal troops. Xo Development In Ship Combine. LONDON, Juno 21. If J. P. Morgan had not been unexpectedly absent in the Med iterranean, this week would have been marked by Important developments in the financial stages of the Atlantic shipping combine. All the heads of the company, including Bernard N. Baker, president of the Atlantic Transport Line, who Is now here, expected Mr. Morgan in London Fri day, but he was' unable to come, and so the proposed meeting was postponed. The Associated Press Is informed that every thing Is progressing satisfactorily, and it Is likely that sweeping changes and econ omies In working expenses will soon be put in operation. ROAD WILL BE BUILT. Mohct Secured for the Denver Jfc Pa cific Line. NEW YORK, June21. David H. Mof fatt, president of the First National Bank of Denver, who has been In this city for the past 60 days, has concluded success fully the financial arrangements prelim inary to the building of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway. Senator W. A. Clark has entered Into an agree ment with Mr. Moffatt, by which the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad will connect at Salt Lake with Mr. Mof fatt's new road, and tho lattery will con nect with the Rock Island and the Bur lington at Denver. The new road, it is expected by its pro moters, will reduce tho time between Denver and Salt Lake by 10 hours. Work on It will be begun at once. Large or ders have been placed for SO-pound steel rails. Mr. Moffatt, before he left for Denver today, said: "I have made the necessary prelimin ary arrangements looking forward to tho building of the road and the enterprise ha3 now advanced to the point where we can go on and build It. In addition to the 52,200,000 subscribed In the City of Denver, outside capital has been secured to build the line. Ralls have been or dered and the work is going on. At the proper time the public will be acquainted with the, details of the enterprise. We purpose to issue 520,000,000 of bonds and 520,000,000 of stock. The stock will be preferred and common. This road, run ning, you may say, north and northwest from Denver to Salt Lake City, is not built for the purpose of entering into a competitive field or for the purpose of making another road to the Pacific Coast. It does this, however, simply because in connecting these two cities it forms a link in a railroad chain. What we chiefly want is a first-class, well-built road be tween Denver and Salt Lake City. "The Importance of this undertaking has been apparent to the business interests of Denver and Salt Lake City for some years. Leading men have advocated the building of a road and organized indus trial and financial" bodies notably the Denver Board of Trade not only advo i cated a closer- connection between the two cities, but have from time to time endeavored to create a connection estab lished not only with the region traversed and developed, but that will lead to a better connection with the entire North west and as far north as Idaho, Wash ington and Oregon." Sprlnlded. With Oil. BOISE, Idaho, June 21. General Man ager W. H. Bancroft, of the Oregon Short Line, was here today on a trip of Inspec tion of the line. He was very much pleased with the result attained in laying the dust on the road by sprinkling with oil. There Is no dust whatever where the oil has been used. The roadbed between Med bury and Caldwell will be sprinkled with oil. Superintendent of Motive Fovrcr. SAN FRANCISCO. June 2L H. J. Small, who recently moved his offices from Sac ramento to this city, has been appointed general superintendent of motive power of tho Southern Pacific, with headquarters in San Francisco. The order of promotion Is to take effect the first of next month. Invented a Xolscleas Gun. NEW YORK, Juno 21. Colonel Humbert, a French artillery officer, has Invented, according to the Paris correspondent of the Tribune, an apparatus which, applied to a rifle or to a rapid-firing cannon, com pletely suppresses the flash, sound and smoke, even of black gunpowder. Colonel Humbert says: "I have succeeded In converting the ex plosive powder, which has been known for centuries, into a motor power, giving impulse to projectiles from rifles and can non without report, without smoke, with out flash, without recoil and without any diminution of force or effect." The military authorities here attach su preme importance to this discovery, which they consider will bring about a complete revolution In the methods of warfare. CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Congress. McClellan apoke in tho House in defease of the Army. Pase 2. The House adopted the conference reports on tho West Point and sundry civil bills. Page 2. More speeches were made in the Houso on the Philippine bills. Page 2. New Irrigation bill In no wise conflicts with Carey arid land act. Page 1. General. Geological Survey parties to select sites in Oregon for storage reservoirs for irrigation. Pace 1. The strike situation on the Union Pacific be comes serious. Pago 1. President Mitchell Is preparing a statement for the public Page 3. The British colonial conference may be a fail ure. Page 3. Sport. ' Cornell won the three races at Poughkeepsle. Page 0. Wyeta won the American Derby at Harlem. Page IT. Northwestern League scores were: Helena 4, Portland 0: Butte 12, Seattle 4; Spokane 7. . Tacoma 2. Page 12. Pacific Coast. Washington forest fires are still raging, and have already dene 51,100,000 damage. Page 17. Convicts Tracy and Merrill again seen, and posse renews chase. Page 17. Walla Walla County Republican convention pledges its support to Levi Ankcny for United States Senator. Page 0. Underwood and wife, alleged child-murderers, bound over without ball at Seattle. Page 0. Washington bankers declare for scientific cur rency sstem. Page 7. , Commercial. Campaign to advance prices of stocks gains strength for the week. Page 11. New York bank statement shows Increase In loans. Page 11. s Portland and Vicinity. Disastrous flro on East Side water front: loss, about $400,000. Page 1. Imperial Potentate Akin, of Mystic Shrlners, on a visit here. Page 24. Coroner's verdict Implicates Gladlsee In Bargus murder. Page 18. Explosion of alcohol barrel causes fata! acci dent; James Grlffln lose3 life. Page 17. Rose show has great floral parade, and closes. Page D. Feature and Departments. Editorial. iage 4. Dramatic and musical. Page 10. Social. Page 20. Scenic beauty of Portland homes. Pase 25. Mr. Dooley's letter. Page 23. Ade's fable. Page 26. Scrapbook. Pago 27. National war on flies. Page 27." Youths. Page 23. Fashions. Page 29. Questions and answers. Page 30. , King Edward as a baby. Pago 30. Books. Page 31. Four sermons by the laity. Page 32. TR1KE MAY SPREAD Situation on Union Pacific Becomes Serious. MANY SHOPMEN DISCHARGED Action May Precipitate t a. General Walk-Out Among Machinists Company in Good Condition - , . for Engines. OMAHA, June 21. The strike situation on the Union Pacific took on a more seri ous aspect tonight than it has assumed at any time since the difficulty began. Five hundred and .twenty-five shopmen were given their discharge as a direct re sult of the strike of the boiler-makers, and were told by the railroad officials that the wholesale discharge wa3 caused by lack of work, resultant from the lockout of Wednesday. Of this number, 225 were employed In the local shops, 200 at Arm strong, Kan., and 100 at the Cheyenne shops. The men wero also notified that any who felt aggrieved by the action taken by the road and refused to report for duty Monday morning would be dis charged and not reinstated under any cir cumstances. An official of the road this afternoon stated that this action on the part of the road was necessary, as the strike o bollermakers had crippled the other work and It was Impossible to keep other men employed as long as the strike continued. Ho also says that the company Is lri good condition for engines. The bollermakers were also notified today that they will have until Monday morning to return to work. Those who refuse will, it Is stated, be barred permanently front further em ployment by the road. It Is believed by somo that this action on the part of the railroad will precipitate a strike among the machinists. Grand President McNeil is due in the city from Topeka. Members of the local union, it is stated, will take no action until their chief arrives. CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 21. Twenty flve per cent of the working force In tho machine shop, paint shop, carpenter shop, and other departments of the Union Pacific plant here was discharged tonight. About 140 men were let out. The reason assigned for the action Is that owing to the boiler-makers' strike there Is not enough, work on hand to keep the pres ent large force going. THE PATERSOX STRIKE. Militia Will Be Kept at SIUc 31111s "Cntl Trouble Is Over. PATERSON, N. J., June 21.-A. meeting of all trades unions connected with the silk industry in this place was held late today. It was decided not to go to work again In the mills until the military had been withdrawn. No formal strike was declared, but the matter was left In the above shape. In addition to this, tho unions decided to send a committee to the millowners Monday and ask them to submit the differences between the own ers and dyers' helpers to arbitration. The city officials decided tonight to post militia at the mills and keep them there until the trouble Is over. Two hundred Winchester magazine rifles of the latest pattern arrived at police headquarters here today. Tho weapons were purchased by order of Mayor HInchcllffe. With the rifles came a large consignment of ball cartridges. There are now rifles enough stored at headquarters for tho Mayor at a moment's notice to arm his 104 police men, his 40 members of the Fire Depart ment, and nearly; If not all, of tho special deputies recently sworn in for riot duty by tho Sheriff of Passaic County. NEW YORK, Juno 21. The silk mill owners of Hudson County, N. J., met In this city and decided to open the mlll3 Monday. The mills have been shut since the Paterson troubles began. The owners have asked the Hudson County authorities to give them protection when the mills open. Los Angeles Conference a Failure. LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 2L The con ference between a committee of strik ing boiler-makers of San Bernardino and The Needles and A. G. Wells, general manager of the Pacific system of the Santa Fe, ended today in a disagreement. Tho committee left for their homes to night, haying re-referred' the question of a strike of 'the machinists on the entire sys tem to John McNeil, grand president of the Brotherhood of Boiler-Makers at Kan sas City. Effect on the Iron Industry. EASTON, Pa., June 2L The coal strike has had a serious effect upon the Iron industry in the Lehigh Valley. Every furnace in the district is either banked or blown out, and an iron dealer Is quot ed as saying that there Is not a pound of pig Iron In the market that can be pur chased. The scarcity of pig iron will bo the cause of the shutting down of many Industries using that product, unless the miners go to work within a very short time. Telephone Girls "Walk Out. DES MOINES, la., Juno 21. Seventy telephone girls walked out of the two local exchanges this morning, tying up the Iowa and Mutual lines. They have organized a union, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, and will attempt to make the strike general over the state. They demand an increase of wages to 530 a month and a nine-hour day. Xothlngr Accomplished. PITTSBURG, Kan., June 21. The con ference of the miners and operators to day accomplished nothing as usual. Nei ther side offered any concessions. How ever, there Is a disposition on the part of the miners to accept a compromise, and if a settlement is reached. It Is not be lieved that the miners will favor a gen eral strike, even should one be ordered by the National convention next month. Toronto Street-Car Men Strike. TORONTO. OnL, June 21. The street car men of this city went on strike this morning. More than 900 men stopped work. The employes demand recognition of their union, 25 cents an hour, and a nine-hour day. The company Is willing to pay from 17 to 21 cents an hour. The men. It Is understood will accept from 18 to 21 cents. Klne Edward Hni Recovered. LONDON, June 21. King Edward has ; completely recovered his health and has now arranged for the court to return to London Monday.