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Newspaper Page TextOREGON MIST iMMtachrrMw ST. HELENS OREGON NEWS OFTHE WEEK la a Condensed Form lor Our Busy Readers. V A Riiumi of tha Las Important but Not Let Interacting Eventa of tha Past Week. King Alfonso will vielt Barcelona in defiance of bomb thrower. Mayor Busse, of Chicago, ha taken atcpa to keep all anarchist out cf the city. District Attorney Jerome, of New York, says the charges against him are tale. In the New York to Patia automobile race the American car is far ahead ol the others. thm ianitnr nf the ColllnWOod School declaiee he fastened the doors open at the first alarm ol ore. The incident of tha selsure of the Japanese steamer Tatau Maru by China baa not yet been settled. John F. Stevens, ex-engineer of the Panama canal, says the big canal win be of little value after it la finished. Admiral Goodrich ava Amtrioan battleship! are equal to those ct nny other country but couia ne inane uucn better. China Is about to spend 160,000,000 in naval ennat ruction. The govern ment will also borrow large sums to be need In railroad construction. an lpm nf fire at Lee Summit. Mo., caused the 400 school children to rush out of the building in a panic, o attention was paid to we nre uriu. Hearst papers are accrued of inciting anarchy. Portugal seems to be drifting toward a republic. Colorado has had 29 homicide al ready in 1998. Black Hand leaders are meeting their match In ew lork. The death list in the Collinwood dis aster baa reached 174. Japan tayi she will ase force with China only aa a last neon. The Knickerbocker Trust company, ol Kew 1 or, is to reopen. Nine Chinese have been sentenced to death in Boston for murder. The Interstate Commerce commission will enforce the 9 hoar law op all rail toads. Cnklin'a hnna In 'Paris haa been dtmolished to mske way for a more modern building. Professor Quackenbos, ex-profenor of Columbia university, announcea that he had a medicine that will make bad men good. A part of the battleship fleet If sched nlwt return bv wav of the Sues canal and will also visit a number of Euro pean conntriea. Illinois Central director! are work ing on a plan to raise (30.000,000. King Edward is on a visit to France and called on the French president. Two women have been arrested at Napa, Cal., for passing counterfeit money. The Interstate Commerce commission says it is not opposed to the Fulton bill aa haa been stated. Charges have been filed against Chan cellor liay, of Syracnae .university, for speaking ill of President Roosevelt. HmiVfnr tha lllotml enttinv of timber have been filed in the United Slates court at Helena against several firms. Governor Johnson will dedicate the monument erected by the state of Min nesota on Shiloh battlefield on April 10. A monmuent and statue of Khake peare will be ready for the 30Oth in nlversay of his death and will be erect ed in London. A petition signed by 40,000 persona aaking pardon for Captain Van Hchaick, nnder 10 years' sentence for criminal negligence In earning the wreck of the steamer Gen. Slocum, whereby over 1 000 lives were lost, will be presented to Preaident Roosevelt. The first consignment of Eaater bon nets from Paris has arrived at New York. A fire in the suburbs of Tokio burned 400 houses and caused loss of $2, 600,000. The house committee on expositions favors appropriating $600,000 for the Japanese fair. Japan threaten! to nse force unlets China surrenders absolutely In the mat ter of the seized steamer. x Nine anarchist leaden have been arrested la Chicago, BLOODY FIGHT AT PEN. Thraa Montana Ulfera Msk a Mad Dash for Liberty Deer Lodge, Mont., March 10 War .leu Frank Conley, f the Montana stata penitentiary, -as tearfully wound ed Bundnv morning and his first assist ant warden, John Kohlnson. waa kill ed, when three life convicts, Owi Kook, W. II. Hayes and another who name la not given out, nial a dh for liberty In tha penitentiary ollu at 8 o'clock. It is thought the warden will live. Robinson'! throat waa cut from ear to ear and the jugular vein was severed. Oonley'a throat was gashed and he was stabbed several times In tine shoulder and groin More he a able to draw his revolver and shoot two of the assailants down. Convict! Hayes and Rook Were both shot down by Con ley aiter the latter had been wounded. The attack on the prison authorities and a aubeeqtient effoit to escape hat, according to the prison authorities this afternoon, been long planned by Rock and Hayes, who were cellmates. Both were armed with penknives, tlis blades of which were sharpened like rasors. The three convict were bronnht to the office of the penitentiary Sunday morning by Deputy Warden Robinson, to be tried for some trivial infraction of the prison rules, and Conley was waiting to sit in judgment. ' The moment the men entered the olllcedoor Rock turned swlltly upon Robinson, who was closing the door be hind the men, and quickly drawing a knife, he began slashing at the deputy warden's throat. Robinson wa unahls to retreat or move before hi throat was cut wide open and he sank to the Moor dying. At the same moment that Rock at tacked Robinson. Have also pulled out a knife similar to that of Rock and started tor Conley. The latter retreat ed to the rear of the ollice In-fore the oncoming tie-pernio. Before Conley eoold draw his revolver, however, Hayes bad ilaehed hta throat, cutting him from the left ear to a point nnder the chin. The convict, seeing bis in tended victim getting away, grappled with him and stabbed him teveial time in the shoulder and groin. Althoogh bleeding terribly, Conley managed to draw his gun from his pocket and fired four timet with the weapon pressed against Itaye a Wo men. As Hayes sank to the floor. Kock rushed at Conley, who emptied the two remaining cartlldge in hi gun into Rock and he latter also went down. The third convict who had been called to the "carpet," took to his heels at the first of tha battle, but wss quickly captured and plaia-1 in his cell. The authorities refused to give out hi name nntil they had investigated whether be was concerned in the plot or whether he had merely been called to the otlice at the same time as the other two. ARE FIRE TRAP8. SLAIN BYJUJNDREDS Nearly 200 Children Roasted Id School House Fire. HlVlSION ASSURtO. FLAMES CUT Off ALL RETREAT Disaster at Suburb of Cleveland Olatst Many Homes Teacher! Oi With "Ihsir Fleck. Dss Too Many Flimsy Building Ara Con structed in Amsric Washington, March 10. In s state ment made public last night, Richard L. Humphrey, engineer in charge nf the structural material laboratorie of the government, disc time recent fire hor rors and asserts that fire trap ss bail or worse than that which cost the live of ao many school children at Collin wood, O., exist In nearly every village and town and In many tf the . large cities. He urge the paatage of laws to pro hibit the occupation of anything except a structure of the highest fire remitting type, especially when it is used ss a school, theater cr other structure in which people assemble in large num bers. "It is a matter of record," lie said, "borne out by statistics, that this coun try spend! enormous sums of money in providing equipments in fighting fires, while foreign countries spend their money In building structures which offer the greatest resistance to Are. The per capita loss In this country yearly exceeds $5, ayainst an annual loss In 21 of the principal cities of Kurope of 33 cent per capita. Estimating the pop ulation of the country at 8),ooo,ooo the loss from fires here I 1740,000,000. If we had the same conditions that pre vail in Kuropean cities our loss would be but t28.4no.Mfio vr." Japan's Naval hirrgth. Tokio, March 10. Home reliable fig nres are now to hand showing the pres ent streniith of the Japanese navy com pared with its strength when the war broke out. Detail! are appended, but the total may he briefly stated, viz : One hundred and fifty seven vessels of all descriptions, representing a tonnage of 283,242 tons, before the war, and 204 vesse s and 616,082 tons at the present day. Further scrutiny of the figures abowa that Japan today possess es more than twice the number of bat tleship she had before the war, Portugal Not Involved. Lisbon, March 10. Investigation In stituted by the Portuguese government regarding the Titan Maru incident. have elicited from the Pekin govern ment the emphatic assertion that the leisure occurred on the high was, and that, therefore, there wai no violation of th law governing Portugal water. Cleveland, O., Marvh 6. Penned In narrow hallway, jammed P door that opened only Inward, 170 children In the suhurb of ortli (ol llngwood yesterday were killed by fire, by smoke and beneath the grinding heels ol their panic stricken playmate Theawlul irasedy occurred yeater dav morning In th public school ol North Collingwood, ten mile east of this city. At 10 o'clock last night t5 corpse r in th morgue at tolling wood, Sit children wei si I I unaccount ed for, and all the hospitals and lion ftr two mile around contalued numbers of children, com fatal!) and many lew seriously injured. To teacher also lost their live in an effort to aav their i-harire. Ail of th victims wet between the sitea of and 15 years. Th school contained Mweeu 300 and SiS pupil. 'and of this entire number only about 80 are known to hav loft the building unhurt. It will be several day before the eiact uumber of killed Is known, as the ruins may still contain other bodies and the list of fatalitm msy be increased by a nnmlrr l deaths among the children ho ere now lying In th hospital hovering between life and death. The school house was ol brick, two stories and an attic In I eight. The numtwr of pupil waa more than norm ally lary and th smaller children had been tilaied in an attic ol the tnnldlng There was but one fire meat and that was in the rear of the tmildlng. There were two stairaays, one leading to a dour in front and the other t a door In the rrar. Both of these do.r opened inward, and it is said that the rear door waa hrked as well. Whin the Haines were disc ivered the teacher throughout seem to have acted with rourage and !! ptwseaaion and to have struggled heroically for the relety of their pupils ami marshaled the Utile one Into columns tor ths "tire drill, which they oltan practiced. Unfortun ately th tin of inarch In thl exercise had always led to the I runt door, am! th children liad not been trained to seek any other exit. The fir ram from a furnace situated directly under this part of the building. When the children reached the fool of the stairs they found the Dame close npon the in and sowiltaruh was mad for the d or that In an In stant a tightly packed man of children waa piled ami Inst it. After the lire had practically burned Itself out the wirk of reselling the hod ie waa begun hy firemen and railroad employe Irorn the 1-ake. Shore shop The railroad company turned over on of its buildings near by to be need as temporary morgue, snd thither the charred and broken little Indie were removed as fail as I hey could be dug Irorn the ruins. Within five lours practically all had been removed. They were placed In rows In ths Lake Hhore hop. Identifications were rrsdn only by mean of clothing and trinkets. The fire had swept easy m arly all resem hlance to human features in the ma jority of Instances. Distracted parents soon ixn w gather and the work of identification of the blackened and mangled corrscs began. The grewscrne task of taking out the blackened husoes and hit of human remains was one of honor. A line nf rescuers was formed, hanked by half a down ambulances. As the bodies acre untangled from the debris they were passed along to the stretchers, thence conveyed to th ambulance, where wiey were wercilully covered with blankets and then taken to the Impro- vim:u iijurguea. Lira Sssslon to Ba Called to 0 Over Tariff. Washington, March I'lui.s) fort lit i ,i. i.riff have been agreed fflVIBIUU - -- , . , "mn by th Republican In cluding Roosevelt. ''". Hens-tor lWvcrulge and ltairt.i.tel.vM IVvn Dslsell and Hhetliiail, tha threw latter being inlaw " d means ommllt, wno will fmma th uew law. ., . ........ -.u,nl counter! will be called Immediately after tha Mplratlou of Ih present eongtes neii spru. ..... a bill will lie dralted isduvlng ' W th high schedule .n steal '""" and equalising" other. H l"'" .rtt aw sitcveasful I" ' national M- I. II President R.awevelt will call ongre Immediately after lb re sult Is known, s i " revised by tha Kepul.llcan. Senator llevetidgts, ho 'Tentil Ullri K.r a larifl eominU- ,1011, had a tH.uliem- a lib tha dent today. Itr n mw Hosier Cannon and Kpranlatla I'ayue, Italwll aim pneruiau. " i it,. i ih mumntMion ulan Is not a.i-eplahl. and it waa agreed thai I . ... .... .1 I Bl... - - . rewilullon shall i a.HM""" "7 " I""": nl nMigres dlrwtlng th rortaii ol ,tate, treasury, agriculture, romtims and lalwranddira U rtil th rwiiau 10 gather such data as will b useful to eoimtesa In revising tha tariff. Kpniatlv hherman, who in approval of Hwaker Cannon, I elrru. lallug a petition among nwiniwr or house which rqtiel Ih way ami mean eoliimille to ail during Ih sum ... w-mtm (.it tha imiiIxw of gathvring ilala to aid ih membe' It framing a new Uilfl law, M ignlurw h alreaiiy ben procured and th cumuilt- te will alt. RUEFACCUSii 8rilps Lav Magdaltna Bay Kan Diego. Cal., March 6 Wireless message from Magdalen buy tod,, state that th irnnhoat V,i,i.. i. . there this morning for Hsn Kranclrco aireci. ins remainder of the aecon.1 S'ltisdron. which means all th. . . - "wrniB now at Magdalena except the Call for. ma, win san on Hiiridav for Han Fran Cisco. The California will ramaln st th bay for several days thereafter and the CDeratnr at the wi . - , .......r.t "tim ((. peoti to hear from the battleship fleet through I he big cruiser shout Msrch 10 or II If she remains tlinrs. New York flpares Rod New Vnrlr U....I. I ,. .w.., ,.in,i;u fi.u - -fpf nf " """canon defeat- d the propo.Hl to r.lntro-ne th! ity. PUDIIO schools of DtMANOS ANi aaAOC Japan's Minlstsr rrnt Ultimatum to Chin Pekli.. March 0. Japan's ultlnaltro in the car of th Japattea slramahip Tatau Maru waa prveentad lt I ha bead of th ('bin l r!gn rud t.lay, and Ih tioard ha th n ailer under Consideration The Tatau Maro wa stsised off Macao on February 7 by Chine custom cmlser on th chsrv I luil bet cargo id arm and ammunition ww intend! lor Chines revolutionist, although, con- slgnmt to S n rhttl J tUt (lir. Th steamer is now being held at W hm on th ('anion mar. Th Irreducible miriiuiurn ol th Jaiaiuw claim I Ih reatoration ol th steamer. well a of her iir, snd U e payment of a lull Indemnity. AiMloii I demandei lth n a ' rmr.ai hi tiin." la cat of default or post tenement, Japan, according to l term ol her ultimatum, will "take immediate action. " Japan eipsrta a reply by tomorrow. Hh will not tnlerat China's of1 to investlgat th cjm. rh lnist npti an spoh gr for th hauling down ol th Japan Hag on II, TaUo Mara ami she will not airept mwialion, attlim Ing lltal ('bin i In rror and thai th fa-'ts ar Incontrovertihl. Ilanio Itataahl, th Japanese mini ter to China, In delivering th ultima turn, mail letereoc to Japan's Sim pathy for China In U matU-r of n traland traific In arm and eilainrl that China could not eipswt mdila so long aa sl.s ill I not admit th anti cipation of th Portuguese. INFtCTtD RATS ARE FOUND. Citiitna' Commlll Author, iss Addi tional Ispind turat. Kan FraneiarYi. March tl HTI. 1.... teriohgiiwl reports id the Kedml neaitii niih-ers suite llial infected rat ' found in neariy every diatrict of the city last week, only the HutisM and Richmond diatr cta hen lontmun It.. grealaat prrcrtit' ol 1 1, In lion la r- p. two irorn me .-iartn iieich district and In th Wrs ern sdditioti. In all buildings where Infet-t! rata w.ie fimnd. walla ami Mr as Pl agfaaayaw itu.nl snd th plsce thor.tighly futn gtttsl, Thecilirens' health coiinnlUe ha i. thoriied th Feleial health nll.A.. employ additional men, no limit lielrg 1 I ....!.... nmni on inn unmoor. Dew gang will I orKsnlsml and an eflnrt ftitils Its mm. termlnaleall the rata In Ih city within io neii ,ii days. Bonus foe I sen Child Hydney, N. H. W.. March 0 Tl.. Inonwse nf ponulatlon in Hi. r..,.,.,... Wealth Is llotiiriouslv aloar. and it.. legislator ol Western Anstt.li. .1.... the Inhabitant number only two to the -I'lare num. nave determined to take a ear out. oi in I, l th French. With a view to enciiiiiatfinu ... --pn-' ".li mes, sn srnemlinniit h.. i....i In lha Income tat hill hy the state leg. lalatlv aasemhlv . . . . H w""'spWM of A0 for every child np to tha number . m ramiiy oi a Us payer , Five children la evidently tha limit. Furnsc Got Overheated' ()lilmlius. () M.,l. o ti..i ii.. - -i w.v.. v, aimtMii, fir In the Oolllnwond at-hiH.lhona which coat Ih livo ..i i iia children was due to an over heated fur nace is ine substance of a partial report I"". iM HUl" 'lr M.i.hal Cream., "'IK M hy ths three dcputlea who hava been investigating ths causes of th lira. Makes Serious CharginJ Miiun oi rtrjorj, ALLEGES INDIE KNiqq. Dactaroa Hi! Tsstlmon. ar.. Tknjk aai.. "-'trin,l,, Wsnlg to Chaeg, rr Kranrlaco, Man.i T-ftk J Ing at 10 a'clu k Ahral,., k!T inioiigrt nig attorneys. lli.H ? Frank J. Murphy and M.C.tW iirvni hi Judg lunna tUmZ low him to withdraw his ls. ' 7 , and aW luilty in Ih rtakj nlarad on plea of not vrii St. t lapsjaa I av nu. him . French rsaiauranl itortk rasa support hi motion RmrfwiuJ davits of ! sensational natars tk. J ... . ,.i ki... ... ."" k.mi.v ,h ii sai gisao oat 1st In filing tit motion hul kI th plea of guilty waa lrnntB.i,J Inadvisedly tndsrsl sM lhii,J lemlanl la not guilty of ik, t hargavl, sml thst b tu enter th plea of gbllty bi vlrtw 1 aareotivent and BnhrtarMtlD tilt d. strict sttornvy, iiitaw H. Utp UtsamUwnt district atbiraey, fa, J Henry, th ieil sgetllol ki , Uk alUirnr, WiUlaw J, tana , th fitauclal backer i4tbaVre tiiriiey in thl piMswairua, kk, rlprwk!, and berao of U rtwnl and anderaleujlng of It is prssridtng In this depattmrat ( sl parlor eunrt, Ju lge Frank H. Dsn that Ih plaa of guilty ibw m quenlly m wlthdtaao sod it tot . , ..... mn I'll"' eiisumwi, SMIsiaf ilumisisnl againat lb u f4st. Ih mu4loo will stats lb district attorney ha hnUhumn d to Ui withdrawal of U guilty and that thl pla as situ Ir.un thi defendant by fraad, earJ dure and fa 1m pretense, TaJ lion will be prevented to lb tut. Marvh IS. LI AVE SCHOOL WITHOUT tW ntlnaj ,,Arav,e" 2.000 ft H CMIdrwn Hth Sfr New York. March T.-4 was sent InUi Bra hwdtavtsn M th pttblk) arhnol oa Ua llM Ninth strt, betwswn AmsUnksej nu and tr.dwmy. The ehl'dran wr marrihsd M a-hcol wllhotit inl or dtawdat wr aMiat)l4 la Ih ytisi horn. I'arsnta who ruaos a balldlng wr prtitd hy Its) from clirg la th ssllsaadisH Th Rrw wa on Ih t"t tool a 1 building, which I gv StoeW k'4t Ih S.CKM) pupil lelhb!W- ngagosl In tbir morning sinrw"" cla ahwtt th flr gng rang mi K e.illnud to Sing "atjwtkw" " H marched out ol Ih tPIMIftf, Ba at no lgn of panic l any tia. ICRtTH OH TOH'iOOU Bliss Company Sayc Irrlsw! sitoln prsss w I New York, March 7,-la S II 1 1 . . . . . ... . .. lalrlMir w Il,l i.'HI.Hri -- 'i (wtlle. awnrwi lb art Mj llllam r:r, a trwnsnw, w -j . it I. .1.....! has Skis) it.,, iini, . ip .i.'n", J . . . .. . I.t fall or nv.ieiaoi ii iin. r--i l.irh e now In pw of wf .. I ...... ... . 1 . .....Hltfll. MIM IUI .l P" ' " ' J iielertiv ngBgi "ii o -j t other arret will b trW J will lacharcnl wnn In .nvrfnnllKltl MflWl fnc-lil Hisiiu'"1 turn .1 ..1,1 I.. !.Imm!m 91 siturisiea wuuit w . i nriawnutlnn. It waa said, InWP ! r . .... ' i iw W! mn mad ciar. j ....... i.U la 111 wiinain r.ssjr w ballwhsm mlgnl lo wlV,aS No renrewantativ ol th f"1 appealed ageing! Fjr. Ih rhi ' pro -.i.i-- r... Ir.r Msen ... .. . . ..LTB. P- Mt. rstaramirg, smi. " kovaky, who I iwaltlm lrWJ "L liilinnaiv ntiaranc. WW V"1"- . bv Dhv.k.Un. who aittoi th state nl hi health ""'r. kov.kv will nreaent to P'"w ' Z pin an Kngllsh ptlllon 1 1" i hoai-nil sl.ne,) b S00 M1 men and mmlra of tbsaobli "7 I tha petit lotl that Coonl W , i I... in up""! , nnaaian spiiisk"'" ... 11.S1 Pal1l"T . ouneo to lorwam wi - , tm will b followed if r"' .kliL. M.-.l a. mMXMxma wmwm lllWI r.nv-.- m Helena, Mont., ,Jgil Htata Jmlgw Hunt today f7Mta severs pnaltles on Northern Montana a Ing In era who plaadsd inllt Jal ti. finaa ana iw1". . j at I .,h and Frank M'" lay and 280 saohj Ntl" Lt 4 houw and ,200; m ii bom and 100.