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Newspaper Page TextVOL. XLIL NO. 13,029. POKTLAHD, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WRITE US FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES OP , PACKING M Headquarters for AH Kinds of Rubber Goods GOODYEAR RUBBER COMPANY 11. 11. PEASE, 73 and 75 Fir.it Street. The The The Eastman Kodaks 20 per cent, off published prices Juniauer- Frank Drug Co. Wholesale and Importing Druggist. SHAW'S PURE SHAV5 IXCMAL BLUMAUER & HOGH 108 and 110 Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon J. T. DAVIES. Trem. St. Charles Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED). FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON American and European Plan. oeoi o e o e e o o e e e o o o 9 87-89 Plrst Street, Portland, Or. We shall be pleased to have merchants when visiting the eity make our store their headquarters. Our FALL STOCK of shoes is .select and complete. In fact, we know ire can make It an ohject for dealers to place their orders ivlth us. Fifth and Washington Streets EUROPEAN PLAN Checlc Restaurant Connected With Hotel. NEW YORK DENTAL PARLORS FouiToTst- Old-established and reliable dentists, where all work is guaranteed absolutely painless. OPIATES fjfe Full Set Teeth $5.00 PrKwM Gold Crowns 5.00 ShfAsTtv? GoIdFIU 1'00 lay Sliver Fill 50 Our. offices are not managed by ethical dentists, but by Eastern graduate specialists. NEW YORK DENTISTS REMEMBER THE NUMBER PIANO WAR AS LIVELY AS EVER Do not infer, because the big banner had to come down, that OUR address has been changed. Our address is still 353-355 Washington Street, Cor. Park, where we have for sale, at special Carnival Prices, America's oldest and best piano, the t4Knabe," the sweet-toned "Hardman," and the now famous "Harvard." M. B. WELLS 353-355 . DEATH FROM POISON DUST Spraying of Cotton Vines Results Fatally to Pickers. PARIS. Tex.. Sept. 12. A report has been received here of -wholesale poison ing, which is said to have, occurred In Klamtla, L T A farmer recently applied Paris green to cotton In his field, where worms were doing damage. Three or four days ago seven cotton-pickers, four men and three women, went to work In the patch where the poison had been applied. Late in the evening they "became sick and during tho night all of them are reported to have died. Their deaths are said to have been caused by Inhaling dust from ths poison. Iowa MeKInley Day Proclamation. DES MOINES, la., Sept. 12. Governor Cummins today issued a proclamation calling upon the people of Iowa to hold special memorial services next Sunday upon the anniversary of President Mc Klnley's death. lOOO Ohio Miners on -Strike. MURRAY. O., Sept. J2. A thousand miners are on strike at Job's mines, Ath ens County, over a question of the check off system. President. Portland, Oregon. Brownie No. 1, list $1.00.... 80c Brownie No. 2, list $2.00.. $1.60 Panorama, list $10.00 $8.00 and the New Plate Camera, list $25.00, $20.00 America's ORIGINAL MALT WHISKY Without a Rival Today MALT C T. BEIXJIIER, Sec. &nd Treu. American Plan European Pltn f!S. 1-S0. 91.75 UOo, TOa, 1.00 esale Shoes PERKINS PORTLAND, OREGON Rooms Blngrl ..... Rooms Double ..... Rooms Family .... T8o to 1.80 per flay (1.00 to 2.00 per day S1.S0 to 5.00 vt day WASHINGTON STREET Opposite Cordray's Theater CROPS SHOW UP WELL. Secretary Wilson's Observations on His Western Trip. "WASHINGTON, Sept 12. Secretary Wil son, who returned last night from a trip through the West, today summarized tho agricultural conditions In the states he visited. Those states Included Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. He said there was a great abundance of crops generally in that region. "Corn is now substantially out of the way of frost," he said. "The wheat crop of the West this year is also very fine, and what may be considered as really the most Important crop the grass is exceedingly good. The census tells us there has been a great in crease during the past 10 years In' the num ber of cattle in the United States. This information, taken together with the fine crop of grass, Insures lower prices of meat." First Woman Lawyer In Maryland. NEW YORK. Sept. 12. Etta Haine Mad dox, of Baltimore, has appeared before the Clerk of the Court of Appeals here, qualified and taken the oath of admission to the bar, says a Tribune special from Annapolis, Md. She is the first woman to be admitted under the law. UNITS IKE Fire Ravages Wide Stretch of Country. LOSSES IN THE THOUSANDS Farmers Fight to Save Their Burning Homes. MANY FLEE TO SAVE 'LIVES Flames Encroach on Snbnrbs of Portland Eastern Multnomah Dnniaged $42,500 Loss Over $25,000 Near Lents. XO RAIX IX SIGHT. "We can see no rain in sight as yet." said Forecast Official,' Beals yesterday. "Of course, by the average rainfall, we can go only a few days more without rain, but as our predictions do not cover that length of time I cannot prophesy rain at once. The humidity was down to 17 per cent this morning at 5 o'clock, which is a remarkably low mark, and rain cannot fall without moisture first accumulating In the air. It has been very cold in the- Middle West- States, but the temperature otlll remains high here. Yesterday morning I was slightly encouraged, for the ba rometer fell decidedly, but it soon rose again, and there was less variation to day. I received a telephone message this morning from Astoria, saying that the wind had shifted and was now from the west." Forest fires are still raging In every sec tion of Eastern Multnomah and Clacka mas Counties. Thousands of acres have been burned .over, .and hundreds of per sons have been rendered homeless. The fire Is still spreading and gaining, in force, while the weather conditions promise- no relief".. The people have been compelled to-flee for their lives, and many escaped onls by galloping through the fires that enveloped the roads. No fatalities have yet been reported In Multnomah or Clack amas Counties, but It Is feared that men working in the canyons of the Cascade foothills will be surrounded by fire be fore they learn of their danger and will bo burned to death In the firy trap. Farmers In the vicinity of Gresham, Rockwood, Powell's Valley. Pleasant Home, Damascus, Sprlngwater, Viola, Highland and Dodge have lost their houses, barns, fences and much of their livestock, and must have assistance from the outside in order to avoid 'suffering. By courageous fire-fighting many dwell ings were saved, but barns full of hay, orchards and crops standing In the field are a total loss. The reports' of devasta tion and ruin which were brought to Portland yesterday, will be continued to day, unless rain should stop tho progress of the fire. All buildings, fields, dead trees, fences and logs are so dry that a flying spark easily ignites them, and the fire, once started, soon gets beyond con trol. Farmers Seek Places of Safety. Yesterday the town of Logan, In Clacka mas County, was crowded with farmers who had brought their families In from the surrounding country, and as the vil lage was circled with fire, the danger of disaster is great. The roads are strewn with furniture and other household goods lost from wagons during the hasty flight. Green fields of clover furnish almost the only safe retreats for farmers families, while livestock kept in wooded pastures is doomed. Day and night the people keep up an almost hopeless fight against the advanc ing Are. Little valuable timber has yet been destroyed, as the fire is confined mostly to the slashings, but there is rea son to fear that the destroying element will gain a hold upon the forests of the Cascade reserve In the eastern part of Clackamas County. Fires Still Burning Aronnd Portland. All day yesterday the Are back of Wil lamette Heights burned, steadily in the brush, 'tree trunks and logs, and gradual ly extended the burned area. The progress is comparatively slow, however, and no Immediate danger Is feared in that vicin ity. The Are Is also burning In the hills south and southwest of Portland, In the Mar quam Hill, New Berlin, Bethel, Fulton Park and Slavln road neighborhoods. Tho entire country where dead timber fur nishes fuel will be burned over, and resi dents of that section will suffer unless they protect their fences and buildings by building back fires and using water on roofs to prevent fires catching from sparks. There was no serious damage in that district yesterday, but losses were avoided only by prompt and persistent fire-fighting on the part of the residents. Smoke Less Dense Than on Thursday. The discomfort occasioned by smoke and falling ashes in Portland yesterday was not as great as on Thursday, but all day long the smoke was so dense as to make the sun appear like a huge red ball In the heavens. Apparently the upper air was more heavily, charged with smoke, while the lower atmosphere In this vi cinity carried less smoke than on Thurs day. HEAVY LOSES XEAIt LEXTS. Flames 'Destroy Property Valned at $25,000 Mrs. Mitchell Missing. Fire at Lents and at Sycaroour, near Mount Scott, destroyed property' to the value of $25,000 in the last 24 hours, burn- Ing houses, barns and everything- that happened in its path. Mrs. Mitchell, who lived at Mount Scott, is reported missing, and It is thought that she per ished in the "flames that consumed her house Thursday night. One woman at Sycamour was badly burned, though to what extent was not ascertainable last evening. Large forces of men are fight ing the flre on every hand., and it is thought that Lents 13 safe, though Tre mont Is still in danger. The fire came from the east from Gresham, where It has been raging sev eral days. It swept everything in Its path, and approached Lepts from the eastward. t All of the citizens who were able rushed to the flre line, and plows and scrapers were secured from the grad ing of the O. W. P. & R. Co.'s road, to set back fires, and to make trenches. E. J. Jukes, of the railroad company's gang, brought his men at a critical moment, and If It had not been for them, the flre would have wrought much more damage than it did. After a hard day's work the town was saved, though all the houses and barns In the outskirts were burned to the ground, Including the schoolhouse of District No. 12. This building was valued at $15,000. and the In surance Is stated to be $12,000, leaving a net loss of $30C0. Superintendent Tiffany, of the Oregon Water Power & Railway Company, sent six flat cars and a number of box cars to Lents for the citizens to load their property on in case the flre started In the main part of the town. The water tank was sent, and several hundred feet of hose, which was attached to the new city waterworks. This was a great help, and undoubtedly assisted In the saving of much property, though the stream thrown was small. There are probably 40 men working at (Concluded on Page U.) CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Local Forest Fires. Forest fires encroach on Fulton Park and Irvlngton. Page 1. Havages In Eastern Multnomah do over $42,- C00 damage. Page 1. Flames near Lents do $25,000 damage. Page 1. Xorthwest Forest Fires. Sixty people homeless at Sprlngwater, Or., as result of forest fires. Page 5. Two women lose their lives In the forest flre 10 miles east of Vancouver. Page 5. Bridal Veil sawmill Is a total loss. Page 5. Two men ride for their, lives through 12 miles of burning timber near Hoqulam, Wash. Page 5. Political. Governor McBrlde says victory of railway com mission was in no way a personal one. Page 3. Railroads will change, their political methods in Washington. Page 3. Senator Piatt and other Republican leaders In New York will hold a conference today. Page ? Revolutions in Tropics. Battle-ship Wisconsin sails from Bremerton for Panama. Page 2. Colombia's new gunboat, Bogota, will bo manned by Americans. Page 2. Flrmlnlsts are much wrought up over sinking of KlUlck's battle-ship by Germany. Page 2. , Foreign. American Generals bid good-bye to Kaiser and quit scene of German Army maneuvers. Page 3. Great Britain secures extension . of reciprocity treaties pending, with United States. Page 3. China is disturbed over determination of Rus sia to remain In Manchuria. Page 3. General. Representative Hepburn says Attorney-General is finding that title to Panama Canal can not be maintained. Page 2. Several St. Louis legislators who accepted bribes are examined by grand Jury. Page 3. Fire in Beaumont, Tex., oil district burns it self out. Pace 3. A. R. Shepherd, ex-Governor of District of Columbia, dies In Mexico. Page 12. Pacific Coast. Mrs. W. M. Stewart Is killed In automobile accident at San Francisco. Page 1. Woman is robbed in a Pullman between Port land and Roseburg of $4000 worth of Jewels." Page 4. Arrangements are perfected on Vancouver Island for laying of the trans-Pacific, cable. Page 4.- Report In case of Hanley vs. Sweeney has been filed at Boise, Idaho. Page 4. 1 Sport. Portland defeats Seattle, 3-1. Page 5. ' Tacoma defeats Helena, 2-1. Page 5. Butte defeats Spokane, 8-1 and 21-0. Page 5. National and American League games. Page 5. Commercial and Marine. Frost In com belt sends up grain prices at Chicago. Page 13. Squeeze In call money unfavorably affects tho New York stock list. Page 13. Smoke responsible for a large over-due fleet. Page S. ' Two additions to the list of chartered ships. Page 8. Portland and Vicinity. Ravages cf forest fires In the vicinity of Port land. Page 1. Lewis and Clark directors approve Fair .site.. Page 14. Coos Bay Railroad will connect with Southern Pacific at Ro.eburjr. Page 10. Shrlncrs visit Elks' Carnival. Page 12. Teachers' Institute clorcs. Page 10. Street committee discusses franchise of Oregon City line. Page 12. Flro at First and Madison streets does $10,000 damage. Page 14. BRIDAL VEIL LUMBERING COMPANY SAWMILL DESTROYED BY FIRE. DEATH IN AUTO RIDE Mrs. William M, Stewart Is Killed in California. TELEPHONE POLE IS STRUCK Friend of the Bend Woman Swerved the Machine in Order to Avoid Colliding: "With a "Wagon,, and Lost Control of It. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12. Mrs. Wlll lam M. Stewart, wife of the United States Senator from Nevada, was killed today In an automobile accident. Mrs. Stewart was enjoying a ride with hr nephew, Henry Foote, eon of YV. W. Fcotc,. the attorney, and H. B. Taylor. They were going along Santa Clara avenue In Ala meda County, Taylor suldlng the ma- RUIN AND DEATH FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF NORTHWEST FOREST FIRES. The "Weather Bureau gives no promise of rain within tho next 24 hours. Bridges attacked and residences threatened in South Portland. Damage in Eastern Multnomah amounts to $42,cC0, and every family has been fighting the flre since Monday. Several families burned out on the Section Lfne road. Three dwellings and the county bridges gone in Pleasant Valley. , Flames surround the dwelling of a resident of Rockwood and race west along the Base Line road. x To protect the town of Gresham, men stand guard night and day. Fully 100 men are at work to save property in the dangerous heat. P. H. Roork has a narrow escape from death at Pleasant Home. A sawmill was destroyed and four others were In danger. Fire companies were called out to Irvlngton. The residents of that part of Portland were on duty from 2 o'clock yer-tcrday morning. Non-arrival of grain and coasting ships due to dense smoke at tho mouth of the Columbia. Telegraphic' market reports curtailed owing to trouble with the wires. Damage near Lents amounts to over $25,000. Tillamook City has been saved from Impending doom by timely change of the wind. t Forests In Douglas and Jackson Counties are on fire, but damage yet la small. Superintendent Ormsby, of Cascade Forest Reserve, says no fire has yet entered the reserve. Sixty people in the town of Sprlngwater, Clackamas County, forced to flee for their lives and rendered homeless, and a fine timber belt de stroyed. Sawmill- of the Bridal Veil Lumbering Company and the whole town of Palmer, situated two miles east of Bridal Veil, In this county, de stroyed. Valuable timber destroyed near Coburg, Wilholt Springs and Wend Hng and other points. Men atWendling are swamping the timber in order to save it. Losses will amount to thousands of dollars. Destruction of village of Viola stems certain. Woman burned to death .near Vancouver, Wash., and a woman and her child are missing.- - - Mills, lumber and timber tovaluo of $1,000,000 destroyed in Chehalls County, Wash. chine and sending It along at high speed. A vehicle approached, and Taylor swerved the automobile In order to avoid a collis ion. At that moment he either lost con trol of the steering apparatus or made a miscalculation. The automobile ran into a telegraph pole, and tho occupants were thrown out Mrs. Stewart struck on her head and was carried in an unconscious condition to a sanitarium in the vicinity, where she soon died. Foote and Taylor escaped with minor bruises. Taylor Is a coualn of Frederick Bene dict, who was recently crushed to death under his automobile In New York. Mrs. Stewart resided at Washington, D. C. She was visiting her sister, Mrs. Louis Ald rich, who lives In this city. (Mrs. Stewart before her marriage was a Miss Foote, a daughter of Henry Stew art Foote, Governor and United States Senator from Mississippi before the Civil War, and who during the '50s spent some years In California. Senator and Mrs. Stewart hove several daughters, ope of whom lives In New York City.) Senator Stewart at The HaRue. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. Senator Stew art Is at present at The Hague, In con nection with the Pious Fund arbitration. In whfch he has taken a very deep inter est The case involves title to a large amount of money claimed by the Catholic church Of Lower California, to be held for it by the Government of Mexico. It was due largely to the Senator's efforts that the claim was submitted to the arbitra tion of the distinguished European tri bunal now engaged In Its settlement. The Senator and Mrs. Stewart since tho sale of their old home on Dupont Circle, known as Stewart's Castle, to Senator Clark, of Montana, and Its subsequent destruction, had lived in the Winter time in an old- LOCATED TWO MILES SOUTH OF BRIDAL fashioned residence on F street, near the State, War and Navy Departments build ing. In the Summer they spent more or less time at Aehburn, a village In Vir ginia, where the Senator had established a large dairy farm, which he ran on sci entific and sanitary prlnclplea Of late years he had not taken so mich Interest In social affairs as formerly. COLD WAVE IN COLORADO Potnto Crop Is Injured Late Corn Dumnged in Iowa. DENVER, Sept. 12. There was a kill ing frost last night all along the eastern slope of the mouatalns In this state, ex cept in the southeastern .corner. The thermometer registered 0 degrees atthe weather bureau In this city at 6 A. M. With one exception, 0 years ago, it was the coldest September day of which there is any record: Potatoes are the only crop Injured. Late Corn Damaged in Iown. MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 12. Dispatches from a score or more points to the Jour nal tell of killing frosts in the Northwest last night. The mercury fell to 24 degrees In many places. Late corn in Northern Iowa and South Dakota Is badly dam aged. Flaxseed and all uncut crops Iri North Dakota suffered. Minnesota point's report damage to all vegetation not -matured. Much of the corn In the North- west was out of the way. Late stuff will not be cut and fed as fodder. WILL NOT MOVE TO SEATTLE Pacific Steamship to Retain Ilcad qunrters in San Francinco. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12. As has been previously announced, Goodall, Per kins & Co. will retire from the manage ment of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company on the 16th Inst, and a circular was Issued today announcing several changes made necessary by the change of management It is announced that Ed win Goodall has been elected president and J. F. Lawles3, who has been auditor for tho company, with headquarters at Seattle, has been appointed manager, with headquarters in this city. Captain Charles Minor Goodall will re tain his position on the board of direct ors. It Is announced that no material .change In the company's present force of employes is contemplated, and an of ficial denial is given to a recent rumor that the headquarters of the company would be removed from this city to Seat tle. The present organization will be kept 'Intact. and the company's present headquarters will be maintained. It is further announced that several appoint ments, including that of a general freight agent, have been decided upon, and that they will be In the nature of promotions from the rank and file, the company hav ing decided not to offer official position to any person outside the service. Plntt'M Candidate Is Appointed. WASHINGTON. Sept. 12. The Presi dent has appointed Representative George W. Ray United States Judge of the Northern District of New York, vice Alfred Cox, who has been appointed United States Circuit Judge. The ap pointment settles a long controversy. Mr. Ray was Senator Piatt's candidate. VEIL Photo by Browning. Bridal yeil Sawmill-Is Destroyed. LOSS18 ABOUT $80,000 Prosperous Town of Palmer !s Wiped Out. STATE COVERED WITH BLAZES Sixty People Homeless nt Spring water Coburg Fire Beyond Control Xo Damage -t nt AHtoria BRIDAL VEIL. Or., Sept 12. At 3 o'clock this morning fire destroyed tho sawmill of the Bridal Veil Lumbering Company and the whole town of Palmer, situated two miles south of Bridal Veil. The flre originated along the right of way of the O. R. & N. on Monday last and soon threatened the property of the lum bering company. Since noon on Monday the company has fought It with every man in their employ. The flre got beyond control, as a terrific east wind was blow ing, but by heroic work In cutting and fir ing back into the brush and timber they were able to save the planing mills, dwell ings and lumber at Bridal Veil Station. In spite of all efforts, the flre worked up the mountain side, and at midnight Thurs day the sawmill caught Both the mill and the town of Palmer had a perfect system" of water works, but on account of the high wind the water seemed to have no effect on the flames. Within one hour after tho fire struck the sawmill tho once, prosperous town was completely wiped out Palmer was situated In a canyon, and the consequent draft created helped the flre. Of the 250 people employed, there Is none known to have perished. Most of the people escaped by the country road to Troutdale and Gresham. The engineers succeeded In saving two Baldwin locomo tives' by. running them out of the round house to a place of safety, but In doing so were badly burned. Of the people, a majority are more or less burned, and none faved any effects except what he carried on his tack. It Is not yet known what the extent of the damage to the log ging road or the other property of the lumbering company will be, but the offi cers estimate their loss at $30,000, less $12, 000 insurance. Loss to private individuals Is $10,000, with no Insurance. SIXTY PEOPLE H03IELESS. Town of Sprlngwater Almost "Wiped Out Panic Prevails. OREGON CITY. Sept. 12. (Special.) Sixty people arc homeless In the town of Sprlngwater. 20 milfco east of Oregon City. Flre reached that place early this morn ing and the people were forced to lice for. their Hve3. The postofflce and store, owned by W. J. Lewelling, took flre and was destroyed In a few hours, together with tho Grange Hall. Maccabeo Hall, the church and public school building, and many residences. Myers & Son lost their barn and horses. The woods about Sprlngwater are full of roasted cattle, horses and hogs, which fled In a. vain effort to escape the fiery fur nace. One of the finest and largest tim ber belts In Clackamas County has been destroyed. The flames are now headed In the direction of Logan, fanned by a fierce wind. The Inhabitants of Sprlngwater and vicinity are terror-stricken. At Gladstone the flre Is under control, and the same may be said of the flre near Jennlng's station; on the line of the Ore gon "Water Power & Railway Company, between this city and Portland. Business in. this city is practically dead, as many people have gone to the country to fight fire: At no time since the fires began has the smoke been so thick as today. The air is full of minute particles of ashes, which fell heavily all over the city last night Back of the city in tho canyon near Elyvllle the fire Is raging, and the peopli living In that end of town have turned out en masse to make back fires. This afternoon the- wind changed from east to west and should It stay there for any consideVablo time the fires may bo checked. On the west side of the river Pete's Mountain Is on fire, and several hundred cords of wood in the wood camp on the. Tualatin havo been burned, and there is great danger of more being destroyed. It Is difficult to secure enough men success fully to fight the flre, which burned fierce ly last night and lighted up the sky with a red glow west of the city. Silas D. Hedges came In from Salmon River today and reported that the Mcln tyre place, owned by J. W. Parker, had been totally destroyed by fire. The storo at Salmon, postofflce, houses and barn of Mr. Parker were burned, and 55 tons of hay went up In smoke. His Insurance wag only $300. Out of "all that was burned the United States mall was the only thing saved. Mr. Hedges says that when he left this was the only flre In the Immediate, neighborhood that was likely to endanger houses. The burning of the Mclntyre place oc curred Wednesday. The flre started in tha green timber around the hatchery about 10 days ago. A number of men were burn ing slashnigs. and the flames came out of the timber and caught the barn, 150 yards away. Fruit and shade trees have been destroyed, and a number of hogs and horses. The Mclntyre place is at tho mouth of the Salmon River, about one half mile below the bridge. The new hatchery Is a mile from the, mouth of tho river, and when Mr. Hedges left there was fear that It also might be lost IX THE SPRIXG WATER. REGIOX. Farmers Flee for Their Live Fences, Barns and Dwellings Barn. James Heatley. a representative of the A. Schilling Company, of San Fran cisco, who traveled over Clackamas Coun- tConcluded on Fifth Pace.)