12 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1903. SITE FOR DRYDOGK Port of Portland Selects Tract on Mock's Bottom. THE BEST LOCATION OFFERED Commission Will Tiny the Rtmnell Bljth Property of Twenty-Five Acre Dock to De Ready Ansuit 4. The Port or Portland Commission has nt lant selected a lto for the sectional drvduck being built lor It at Vancouver. The Russell &. Blyth tract, at Mock's Bot tom, Is the choice of the members, and al though the selection has not been official ly ratified, there Is no doubt that It will be In a few days. Mock's Bottom Is the low land lying on the east bank of the river Just In front of the bluffs of the university property. The drydock site Is a trifle over four miles below the steel brldpe. and Is close to the lower end of Swan Island. The tract contains about 25 acres, and Includes a part of Mock's Slouch. The price to be paid for the land Is understood to be about $23,000. The site, all things considered. Is the most advantageous one at the disposal of the board. It Is within easy distance of the workshops of the city. Is In the midst of what will before long be the shipping district, has a deep-water frontage, a rail road runs along two sides of It, and It Is easily reached by a good wagon road. Furthermore, the position of the tract southeast of the high ground shelters It from the strong up-stream winds that rrlght Interfere with the working of the dock. Borings on the property show the material of the ground to be clay and gravel, with no Indication of quicksand such as made- the building of the Villard drydock. further up the river, a falure. A dozen boles were sunk In different parts of the property, and though the drills went down SI feet there were no symp toms of a false bottom. To accommodate the dock a basin 43 feet deep will be excaiated. By using the mouth of Mock's Slough for this purpose a great deal of work can be saved. The dock will be 4S0 feet long and 112 feet wide, and the basin will be slightly larger than this. The sides of the basin will be walled with a row of piling to prevent the earth from caving in. As the land sur rounding the dock is low and overflowed nt high water, the earth excavated from the basin will be plied up around it and will furnish a space of dry land safe from anv stage of the river. The dock Is to be placed diagonally with the water front, with the opening down stream, which will make the docking of vessels an easy matter, regardless of the current running. It will set back some distance from the river, and an opening will be dug connecting it with the chan nel. On -one side of the opening a wharf is to be erected, where vessels can be moved, if necessary, before entering the dock. The land included in the tract and not occupied by the basin will bo used for shops and other necessary buildings. The contract for the building of the drydock specifies that the work shall be completed by August 4. The dock is now only a quarter completed, but the work is to be rushed from now on. and it is believed that everything will be finished In time. One of the five pontoons is to be launched in a few days, and work on an other pontoon is well under way. At a special meeting of the Commis sioners yesterday many matters in connec tion with the dock and site were consid ered. The first matter to come up was the proposal to change the system of wiring of the drydock. Fred J. Hesse, of the Columbia Engineering "Works, the con tractors for the machinery, and James R. Thompson,, of the Portland General Elec tric Company, which has the subcontract for the electrical work, explained wherein certain alterations of the specifications are necessary. The matter was left to Commissioner Swlgert and Superintend ent Lockwood to report on at the next meeting. The superintendent requested that ten four-inch flooding valves bo placed In the drydock to aid in submerging It, and the request was granted. The board also authorized the placing of a. derrick on the stern of the dredge Columbia, to be used in swinging the an chor, and nettled a long-standing con troversy with the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection Company by paying 3 for in spection of the Columbia's boilers. Su perintendent Lockwood was authorized to use certain of the patterns of the ma chinery of the dredge by agreeing to pay $30 therefor. . WILT. GO. TO ESQUniALT. Alstcrnlxe Will Be Towed Around There for Repairs. .ASTORIA. Feb. 26. Captain Anhagen. of the German bark Alsternlxe. has let a contract to the Puget Sound Towboat Company to tow his vessel to Esqulmalt. B. C.. where she will be placed in a dry dock for examination and repairs. The survey of the bark, which lias been in progress for two days, shows that sev eral 'of the steel braces in the hull have been twisted, and water is seeping through '.the bottom in two places, probably caused by broken' rivets. About 400 tons of the ballast had been removed wTille the "vessel was on Sand Island, and the remainder was considerably disarranged, but this is now "being trimmed and the topsails and headsalls bent.- The intention Is to have the bark ready to start for British Colum bia next Saturday. Captain W. S. Gordon left this evening for Portland to take charge of the new Government steamer Guy Howard, which will go into commission on next Satur day as a tender to the forts around the mouth of the river. It is announced that the revenue cutter Commodore Perry will be stationed here, and not go up the river again before start ing on her annual cruise to Alaska. Last evening officers of the vessel entertained the 'member sof the Irving Club on board with a smoker. The affair was a return of courtesies which the officers have re ceived while in this city. FAST passage: up THE .coast. Bato'da Tovred From San Francisco to Eaquimalt In Three Day. The steam collier Tellus has arrived at Esquimau with the steel bark Baroda in tow, after a fast passage of three days up the' coast.. The Baroda will be dis mantled and made ready for service In the coal-carrying trade between Comox and "Vancouver. She wan purchased for this business by R. Dunsmulr's Sons Com pany, at San Francisco, from Captain Kelson for The Baroda Is a British bark, which went ashore about 18 months ago. and after lying for several months fast in the sands on the Oregon Coast the vessel was salved by a wrecking crew headed bv Captain Burns, who was sent from Lon don by the underwriters to salve the vessel. She was taken to San Francisco ana sold to Captain Nelson for 113,000. 'W.LI. PLY OX TJrPER RIVER. Fast Boat Being Built for Columbia & Okanogan Company. Articles of Incorporation were filed last Thursday in the Auditor's office at Wenatchee, by the Columbia & Okanogan Steamboat Company; capital stock, 3100.- coo. This is a reorganization of the C & O. line, ana the officers are named .as follows: President, WVH. Pringle; vice- president. A. s. Griggs; secretary, James J. Griggs; treasurer, Clifford C Griggs, general manager. Bruce A. Griggs; gen eral traffic manager. J. H. Ferryman; as fUtant secretary and treasurer. It. E. Thayer. Work was started Wednesday on the company's new steamer. The boat, which is being built by George CottcrllL of Lakeside. Is to be 110 feet In length and IS feet beam. It is promised that she will be the fleetest craft on 'the river. LONG VOYAGE EXDED. Duncnrn Arrived Snfcly nt Sitka, 22t Day From Cardiff. SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 26. Advices were received in this city today of the arrival of the British bark Duneara at Sitka, Alaska. She In 223 days out from Cardiff, and carried 20 per cent reinsur ance. Alexander Is Safe. NEW YORK, Feb. 26. Marino advices received here from Bermuda say , that the collier Alexander was towed in there today by the Dutch steamer Beta. WASHINGTON. Feb. 26. Captain Cove, commanding tho collier Alexander, which has been adrift for the past two weeks with a broken shaft, today reported by cable to the Navy Department from Ham ilton. Bermuda, that he had been towed into that port by the Dutch steamer Bela. The Alexander was on her way from San Juan to Norfolk when the accident oc curred. Mississippi River Bont Race. NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 26. A river race such as waa a common occurrence 20 years ago is now in progress from this city to VIcksburg between the steamers City of Louisville, of Cincinnati, and the Queen City, of Pittsburg. Both boats are loaded down with paiwcngers, principally visitors returning to their homes from the New Orleans Mardl Gras, and If either boat breaks the record made by the Rob ert E. Lee, the citizens of VIcksburg will give a handsome pair of cabin horns to the winner of the contest. Xeka Aot Allowed to Land. GLTAYQUIL, Feb. 26. The Kosmos Line steamer Neko, from Seattle ahd San Fran cisco for Hamburg and varloun points, arrived yesterday at Manta. Province of Manibi, Ecuador, but was refused admit tance by the health authorities and pro ceeded South. Marine Notes. The steamer Alliance has cleared for San Francisco and coast ports with a full general cargo. The Ocklahama left down yesterday with the Amaranth, and the Queen started down with the Scottish MlnstreL The Coloma. which has Just arrived at San Francisco with lumber from Port land. Is coming back for another cargo. Three square-riggers arrived up yester day, the Crown of India, Peru and Caster. The first two, which are to load lumber. docked at Mersey and the last, chartered for wheat, went to the Sand dock. Steamship lines running between Hone Kong and Manila are engaged In a rate- cutting competition.- Before the Spanish- American War and after, they reaped a rich harvest, the fare at one time for mediocre saloon and cabin accommoda tion on one of the worst runs in the world, where most "of the passengers rejected food from the time they left one port till tney readied me other, being J60 for the single trip. The single Journey may now be made for R and the return trip for $35, and the class of steamers on the run has become superior. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Feb. 20. Condition of the bar at 4 P. M.. rough; wind northwest: weather cloudy. Outside at S P. M. A large steamer. San Francisco, Feb. 26. Arrived at 7 A. M. Steamer Meteor, from Portland. Arrived Steamer Senator, from Victoria; brie Lurllne. from Gray Harbor. Sailed Schooner Advent, for Wlllapa Harbor; steamer Mackinaw, tor Tacoma. New York. Feb. 26. Arrived Palatla, from Genoa. Queenstown. Feb. 28. Arrived Germanic, from New York. New York. Feb. 20. Arrived Rotterdam. from Rotterdam: Koenlg Louise, from Bremen. Queenstown, Feb. 28. Sailed Oceanic, from Liverpool for New York. Liverpool. Fob. 26. Arrived Haverford, from Philadelphia. Naples. Feb. 28. Arrived Trave. from New York, and sailed for Genoa. New York. Feb. 28. Sailed La Champagne. for Havre: Main, for Bremen. Prawle Point. Feb. 20. Passed Mesaba, from New York for London. Cherbourg. Feb, 20. Sailed Ka!sr Wllhelm der Grosse, from Bremen and Southampton for New York. Seattle, Feb. 20. Arrived Steamer Charles Nelson, from San Francisco; Britten ship Glenerlcht, from Port Blakeler. Yokohama. Feb. 25. Sailed Empress of In dla, from Ilong Kong and Shanghai for Vic toria and Vancouver. B. C Taeoma, Feb. 20. Arrived British ship Se irura. from Port Los Angeles. Sailed British bark Alice A Leigh, for Melbourne. BOWLERS ELECT OFFICERS Congress Ends With Contest Anionic Tiro-Men Teams. INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 26. The Ameri can Bowling Congress today elected these officers: President. Joseph R. Rowe. Cleve land; first vice-president, C. F. Mell. Mil waukee; second vice-president, H. N. Fow ler, St. Paul; secretary. Samuel Karpff, Dayton, O.; treasurer, Frank Pasdeloup, Chicago. At 10 o'clock tonight, after ISO teams had contested for the National two-men team bowling championship, the contest closed. The first five winners and prizes follow: Collins and Selbach, Columbus; O., 1227, 3100; Morgan and Terrell. Cleveland, 1205, 390; Olney and Wooley, (Minneapolis. 1203. 3S5; Moll and Burns, Milwaukee. 1301. 390; Lau and Schneider. Chicago, 119S, 375. Before the election two important amend ments to the constitution were adopted. The first provides that each association shatlhave one delegate and one alter nate and an additional delegate and an alternate for every ten clubs in its mem bership or major part thereof above the first ten clubs. The other provides that such association shall pay annually SI for every one of Its clubs. The present rule provides dues of 32 for each club, i Breaks Automobile. Record. LONDON, Feb. 26. Stewart Rolls, the well-known automoblltst, has broken the world's automobile record for a kilo meter, covering the distance In 27 sec onds. This was accomplished at a pri vate party given by the Duke of Port land today on his Welbeck Abbey estate. The time was taken by officiils of tho automobile club. Sale of Trotting Horses. CHICAGO, Feb. 26. At the fourth day of the sale of trotting horses at the Union Stockyards the highest price was for Alpha TV., 2:08. The horse brought 31000 and went to the Spring Grove stock farm, .Mllston, Mont. OrtRon Express Is Derailed. REDDING. CaL. Feb. 26. The Oregon express was derailed near Gibson switch this morning. The diner and one coach left the rails. The diner fell over and against the bank. A colored porter in It was naaiy Bcaiaea. Johnson IVIn Over McVer. LOS ANGELES. Feb. 26. Jack Johnson goi me decision over Ham Mcvey at the enu oi me aim rouna tonight. Confirmed by the Senate. WASHINGTON. Feb. S6. Confirmations by the Senate: Brigadier-General Henry C Merriam, u. a. a., retired, to be Malor-Genernl. Postmasters: Idaho Sophia Davis. uaiaweu; Hurt venable. Payette: John W. Peters, Rathdrum; Arthur P. Hamley, HAS SLAIN FIVE WOMEN KXAPP COXFESSES III3ISELF AX IX HUMAX MOXSTER. Makes Clean' Breast of Ills Crimes nnd Solves Mysteries Which Pns zled Cincinnati Police for Years. HAMILTON. O.. Feb. 26. Alfred Knapp. the Indianapolis man arrested yesterday, who confessed to the murder of his third wife, today made a full confession of five murders. Among them Is that of Ida Geb bard, the West Indianapolis girl, who was found murdered in a stable July 3, 1S3S. Knapp's confession, which was sworn to before Mayor Bosch, is as follows: "On January 21, 1S31. I killed Emma Llt tleman,.ln a lumber-yard in Gest street, Cincinnati. On August 1, 1SS4, I killed Mary Elkhart. In Walnut street, opposite vne Y. M. C. A.. In Cincinnati. On August 7. 1SS4, I killed my wife. Jennie Connors Knapp, under the canal bridge In Liberty street. Cincinnati, and threw her into the canal. In Indianapolis, In July, U33, I killed Ida Gebbard. On December 22. 1902. I killed by wife, Anna Knapp, at 333 South Fourth rtreet, in Hamilton, and threw her into the river out by Llnden wald. This is the truth. "I make this statement by my own free WHERE THE DRYDOCK XL mFJm L MOCK'S BOTTOM SITE .CHOSEX BY THE PORT OF PORTLAND COMMISSION. will, and not by the request of any officer or any one else. ALBERT KNAPP." Sworn to before me this 26th day of February. 1903. "C. E. BOSCH. Mayor." After his confession. Albert W. Knapp admitted that he had repeatedly assaulted women and killed some of them. He said he met the Llttleman child in the lumber yard and choked her to death when she made an outer. "I went Into a room with the Eckert girl," he said, "and she cried. I strangled her with a towel and hurried from the house. "I was mad at my wife. Jennie Connors Knapp. when I killed her. We were walk ing along Liberty street. I sat her down under the bridge and choked her to death. I deny that I poisoned her. I never told any one I did. After she was dead I threw the body into the canal. 'Ida Gebbard I killed, but my memory is not clear as to what I did. I cannot tell you what made me kill these people. I could not help It. Simply a desire to kllL I am sorry for my crimes, but now I hope they will be easy with me." After the confessions a formal charge of murder In the first degree was filed. Attorney C E. Tenney. of Cincinnati. was allowed to see Knapp, and told him to make no further statement. Knapp was surprised that his people had secured a lawyer for him. Knapp talks much of the Pearl Bryan murder, and Is afraid of being lynched. Despite assurance of no danger of lynching, he is frightened, and does not want to be taken from the County JalL Knapp is now suspected or having strangled three women at Evansvllle. Ind., and of killing women elsewhere.. He was in the Cincinnati House of Refuge when 17 years of age. and other criminal rec ords are being discovered almost hourly. HAS SOLVED THREE MYSTERIES. Knapp's Confession Clears Doubts of Cincinnati Police. CINCINNATI. O.. Feb. 26. The three murders which Alfred Knapp confessed committing In Cincinnati could never be solved by the police. Two were dropped as "suicides." and the third as a "strangle mystery." The dead body of Emma Llttle man was found on June 21. 1S94. in the lumber-yard designated by Knapp In his confession. The finding of the dead body of Mrs. Jennie Knapp in the canal is a crime which puzzled the police of this city and Hamilton. The body was cut and there were marks on the woman's throat which Indicated that she -had been choked to death. The mystery in the case had re mained as deep as ever until the confes sion of 'Knapp. Mrs. Jennie Knapp waa a Cincinnati woman, and before her mar riage was well known in Cummins vtlle. In this case Knapp was never suspected. He said that his wife had left home without telling blm where she had gone, and- he went to the home of her sister to search for her. The police arrived at the con clusion that the woman had committed suicide. In the Mary Elkhart murder mystery the woman was found strangled to death In a house' in Walnut street. The police tried to solve the mystery, but without success. They finally declared that the men who killed Mary Elkhart also com mitted similar crimes at Denver and else where throughout the country. .His meth ods were likened to those of "Jack tho Ripper." Served Term for Burglary. TERHE HAUTE. Ind.. Feb. 26. Alfred Knapp formerly lived here. He was sent to the penitentiary for one year in 1SS1 for burglary. His first wife was Miss Emma Stubbs, a 17-year-old girl, whom he married about 1SS3. After living vrlth him for a few months she left him and secured a divorce. DEED OF BRUTAL ROBBERS. Club and Torture Whole Family In Search of Supposed Wealth. TOLEDO. O.. Feb. 26. Ten masked rob gtrs went to the home of Christian Joeh lln. two miles from the city limits, late last night, and battered down the doors. Eight men entered, leaving two outside on guard. In the house were Mr. and Mrs. Christian Joehlln, John Anderson, Joseph Joehlln. also a 3-year-old boy and an 18-months-oId girt. All, including tho baby boy and girl, were clubbed Into in sensibility, bound and gagged. When the Joehllns recovered conscious ness the robbers demanded 320,000. which they said they knew was secreted in the house. When told that no such amount was there, the bandits applied burning torches to the faces and feet of all their victims, blistering even the Infant's feet. Christian Joehlln, an aged paralytic, was burned so severely that there is not a spot on his head that is not bruised or burned. The marauders, before leaving, securely tied their victims and searched every cor ner of the house, securing 3300 In. cash and several articles of Jewelry. They drank considerable wine which they found In the cellar, prepared a hearty meal, including meat, potatoes, coffee, wine and other edibles, and coolly .devoured it. They were In the house four hours, leaving at 4 o'clock this morning, after notifying the family that they would return for the 320.000. Every policeman and detective In the city Is working on the case, but not even a clew to the Intruders' whereabouts had been discovered. Three Trne Bills Airntnst nnmmond. CHICAGO. Feb. 26. The grand Jury to day voted three true bills against George J. Hammond, of the Combination Invest ment Company, on a charge of swindling and embezzlement. A local attorney, rep resenting over 1S0O persons who allege they were swindled by the company, laid before the Jury the history of the com pany. When a, receiver was appointed for the company he found assets of 325,000 and liabilities amounting to 3300,000. Xo Pcnnlty for Turf Swindling;. CHICAGO. Feb. 26. No penalty Is to be visited on H. B. Blackstone. the al leged Chicago manager for A, J. Arnold WILL BE LOCATED. & Co., tho turf investment proprietor. Blackstone was arraigned before Justice Prindvllle today, charged with obtaining money by false pretenses from M. Metall man. The attorney of the latter asked for dismissal of the charges. G. W. Corens. manager of the Mid-Continent Investment Company, also raided by the police, for feited his bonds. Charged With Bribing- Councilman. FORT WAYNE. Ind.. Feb. 26. The grand Jury, which has been in session for four weeks, has returned an indictment against Henry J. Miller, a capitalist and stockholder In the Jenny Electric Light & Power Company, charging him with giving a bribe to Councilman George Hench, cnairman or the committee on contracts and franchises. Hench died last Fall. RIOTERS TAKEN TO JAIL Flve Dead Among 'iVest Virginia Miners Jinny Arm Captured. CHARLESTON, wTva.. Feb. 26.-Dcp-uty Marshal Cunningham and posse brought ten of the Stanlsford rioters here today on charges of violating an injunc tion of the United. States Court. Sixty are held by the state authorities at Beck ley on charges of conspiracy, but the Gov ernment will ask that they be turned over for criminal prosecution. 'Five are dead as a result of the battle and CO wounded are accounted for. Deputy Marshals reported that armed resistance to Federal authority In the New and tho Hlney fields has been thor oughly broken as a result of the battle at Stanlsford. The posse captured besides 71 prisoners nearly 100 guns, 60 pistols and a quantity of ammunition. Many United Mlneworkera here de nounce this mob violence and approve the action of the officers. Marshal Cunningham and his .posse ar rived here today with ten men, who were placed In Jell. Six wounded, rioters were taken to the hospital at McKenzle, and tonight two are dying. Xo Settlement on Santa Fe. TOPEKA, Feb. 25.-No agreement on the advance of wages on the Santa Fe Railroad has been agreed upon. A rail way official said tonight that most of the demands of the trainmen are unreason able, and the officials will not grant them under any circumstances. No settlement of tho difficulty is promised for the Im mediate future. PROPERTY RIGHT IN NEWS Massachusetts Supreme Court Up holds Rights of Gatherers. BOSTON, Feb. 26. The right of property in news was decided by the full bench In the Supreme Court today. The court finds that any one gathering news or Informa tion at some expense nnd furnishing It dally to subscribers, orally or In writing. under a contract by which they agree to hold It In secret confidence and for use In their own business, has a valuable right of property, which a court of equity will protect against those seeking to obtain It from tho owner without right and to his damage. WITHHELD FOR IRRIGATION Large Area In Eastern Oregon With, drawn From Settlement. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. Approximate ly 113.200 acres of land, comprising five townships In The Dalles and La Grande, Or., land districts, have been ordered by Commissioner Richards, of the General land Office, to be suspended from any form of disposal except by homestead entry. The suspension Is for irrigation purposes. Protocol With Mexico Signed. WASHINGTON. Feb. 26. Mr. Bowen tonight signed tho protocol for the set tlement of the claims of Mexico against Venezuela. Tho King of Spain Is the person named to appoint an umpire. should the occasion arise. The commla slon Is to be appointed by Mexico and to meet by June 1. The Mexican claims against Venezuela aggregate about 390,000. Xevr French Minister Arrives. CARACAS, Feb. 26. M. Welner. the new French Minister ,to Venezuela, who Is charged to renew the diplomatic relations between the two countries, arrived today NEED MORE BUILDINGS BOARD OF TRADE URGES GREATER IXVESTMEXT OF CAPITAL. Great Demand for Stores, Hotels and First-Claim Dwellings Cannot Be 31 et. The Board of Trade Is dally flooded with inquiries for business locations In Port land. To meet this demand for store buildings, hotels and first-class dwell ing houses, no effort is being spared by the board to interest capital In making these Investments. Secretary Sbillock said yesterday: Despite the gratifying building record made by Portland last year and the build ing activity in evidence at the present time Indications point 'to a dangerous scarcity of store buildings long before tne doors of the 1905 Exposition are thrown open. I use the word 'dangerous advisedly, for unless timely action be taken to supply the demand not only will the fair name of Portland suffer through the exaction of exorbitant rentals, but many business enterprises seeking a foot hold In the metropolis will be driven away and forced to seek location elsewhere. "The Inadequacy of Portland's hotel ac commodations Is apparent to all observing Pomanders, but the scarcity of store buildings, though perhaps not so nottcable to the public at large. Is equally serious. Even at the present time the demand for store buildings far exceeds the supply. This demand Is based entirely upon nor mal conditions, and Is incident to the natural growth of the city. The 1905 Fair has little. If anything, to do with this. Portland Is growing. Business Is expand ing. More room is needed to meet this growth and expansion. The search for suitable store buildings la already be coming strenuous. Fancy bonuses are dally offered for desirable locations. Rep resentatives of a number of Eastern firms are In the city looking for quarters al ready. More are coming. Only within the past week a represen tative of an Eastern Implement house, with 40 carloads of machinery on the way, had about come to the conclusion that he would be obliged to dump his machin ery In some vacant lot, when he succeeded in getting temporary quarters in a ram shackle of a warehouse. Representatives of a business college have enlisted the efforts of this board to secure them any kind of rooms at almost any place not too distant from the business, center, suitable for a business college. Even today an advertisement offering a 3100 bonus for a residence location within a certain dis trict on the West Side Is running In one of the daily papers of this city. These cases are only cited as incidents of the general building-hunting movement in progress. TTie demand for storerooms is based entirely upon settled business conditions. What this demand may be as the opening of the 1905 Fair approaches can only be conjectured, but the present situation Is of sufficient gravity to emphasize the Im portance of still greater building activity to meet the growing demand for buildings. This demand must be met and that soon, if Portland desires to keep those seeking homes and business Investments In this city. "In view of the existing conditions and the certainty of their aggravation there is little question that no more Inviting field for profitable Investment presents Itself In Portland today than in the building line. It Is of vital Importance to Portland that some effort be made to supply the demand for buildings. It means more to the future of the city than a casual consideration of the matter may suggest. Portland may need a great many things, but nothing more just now than more buildings." . DR. GATLING IS DEAD. Inventor of Famous Gun and of Modern Gun Metal. NEW YORK. Feb. 26. R. J. Gatllng. In ventor of the Gatllng gun. died here to day it the home of his son-in-law, Hugh P. Pentecost. Dr. Gatllng died very suddenly in the arms of his daughter, Mrs. Hugh O. Pen tecost. At 1:15 o clock Dr. Gatllng re turned home from a trip down town. Be ing 84 years of age and accustomed to resting after any physical effort, he told his daughter he would He down. Shortly afterward he commenced to breathe heavily. A physician was called and he administered strychnine, but to no purpose. Richard Jordan Gatllng was bbrn in Hertford County, North Carolina, Sep tember 12, 1S73, and developed his invent ive genius early In life. As a boy ho helped his father to perfect a machine for sowing cottonseed, and he later in vented' a machine for sowing rice, adapt ed it to wheat and patented It. He grad uated from the Ohio Medical College in 1S50. but never practiced. In 1SC2 he In vented the revolver gun which bears his name, and In 1SS6 be Invented a new gun metal composed of steel and aluminum. Congress voted him 340,000 for experiments in a new method of casting cannon. He has also Invented a hemp-breaking ma chine, a steam plow, and other machines. Ilia residence for many years has been at Hartford, Conn. COXRAD X. JORDAX DEAD. Assistant Treasurer at Xew York Succumb to Relapse. NEW YORK. Feb. 26.-Conrad N. Jor SCROFULA Bad air, poor food, insufficient clothing, dark, damp or crowded apartments are frequent causes of scrofula. Perhaps this explains why the ailment is so common in the poorer sections of large cities. It is but a step from scrofula to consumption and herein lies the great danger. It is just as well to avoid the step. Scott's Emulsion contains the very things that nature requires in curing scrofula. The pure Norwegian cod liver oil helps to build up the whole body and enables one to acquire new, healthy, solid flesh: The hypophosphites of lime and soda act as a tonic, replacing the waste and giving strength and new structure where it is most needed. There is nothing that will do more good in the case of scrofula than Scott's Emulsion. Well send you a sample free upon request SCOTT & BOWNEm 409 Pearl St, New York. dan, assistant Treasurer of the Subtreas ury in this city, died today, aged 73 years, llr. Jordan ios been III for some days with the grip. He bad rallied and ap peared to be Improving, but today suf fered a relapse. Conrad N. Jordan was born in New York City. April 20, 1830. He received his early education in the public schools, learned the printing trade and was a compositor until 1S32. He then accepted the position of clerk In the Hanover Bank, New York, which position he retained un til 1S84, when he was made cishler-of the Third National Bank. He continued his work there until 1SS0. when he accepted the treasurershlp of the New York. On tario &. Western Railroad. He was as sistant United States Treasurer of New York In 1SS5-S7, and from 1S33 to his death. During the years between 1SS7 and 1S93 ho wis vice-president of the Western Na tional Bank of New York. CREMATED IN THEIR BEDS Several Dwellers in Lowell Lodging House Burned to Death. LOWELL. Mass., Feb. 27. The Burbank building, on Prescott street, caught fire at 3 A. M. and Is burning fiercely; prob ably will be a total loss. At 4 o'clock this morning It said there Is good reason to believe that seven or eight lives were lost in the fire in the Burbank building. The building contains many lodging-rooms. It Is Impossible to get at this time a definite Idea of the num ber who were sleeping In the building when the tire bfoke out. The building was of five stories and is completely de stroyed. The' Howe block, adjoining, has also been destroyed. Efforts are now be ing made to get a list of the people who had lodgings in the block to ascertain positively If lives had been lost. A large number were Injured In being removed from the building and have been taken to hospitals. The building Is located in the heart of the mercantile district, five stories high, and Is valued at between 0,000 and 344,000. H. B. Shattuck & Sons are the owners. The ground floor is occupied by four stores, all of which are submerged In water. Only the skeleton of the two up per stories remain and It looks as though they may fall at any moment. About 75 rooms were on the second, third and fourth floors. Those In the second story escaped by the stairways, but those above, who had been less fortunte in reaching the street, were taken out on ladders. Several lodgers are still unaccounted for, although It Is barely possible that they were successful In getting away by the rear windows, which open Into one alley leading Into Merrtmac street. Those who escaped early were taken into a restaurant in the same building, but after 15 minutes shivering in their night clothes the sufferers were obliged to move to another place further down Pres cott street. At 4 JO o'clock the flames were spending their fury on the metal face frame work which was the only remaining part of the third and fourth stpries. A call was sent In for the ambulances and doctors soon after the arrival of the the fire department and there was a quick response. Nearly every one who escaped from the third and 'fourth stories reached the ground suffering from bums or from smoke. When hope of being taken down on the ladders left him. William B. Pat terson Jumped from a third-story window for a wire which hung from his window to a point about 20 feet from the ground and slid to the end and then dropped In safety. Miss Sarah Klttredge, a newspaper cor respondent, occupied a room on the fourth floor. No one remembers having seen her nnd it is not improbable that she was overcome with smoke and that her body will bo found in the ruins. Miss May Brouthcrs, another roomer on the same floor, is also unaccounted for. All that can be said at this hour (5 A. M.) about the loss of life Is that five or six Inmates who were known to have re tired last night have not been seen since the flro broke out. The probable loss will be 3125,000. MACVEAGH AS COUNSEL. Will Represent United States In Ar bitration on Venezuelan Claim. WASHINGTON. Feb. 26. The name of Wayne MacVeagh is under consideration by the President as the representative of the United States at the arbitration be fore The Hague tribunal on the question of preferential treatment. MAY SETTLE SEPARATELY. France, Spain and Belgium Make Xew Proposition to Castro. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. Through ad vices received here from Caracas it has come to light that the representatives there of the French. Spanish and Belgian governments have approached President Castro regarding the claims of their coun tries and have proposed a scheme of set tlement Independent of that which is now under consideration by Mr. Bowen and tho Washington envoys of these nations. In consequence President Castro has sug gested to Mr. Bowen that it would be ad visable to refrain from signing the French. Spanish and Belgian protocols until these governments signify whether their representatives In Caracas or In Washington are to carry on the negotia tions. Mr. Bowen Informed the Belgian Min ister today, and also will make similar representations to the French Ambassa dor and the Spanish Minister here, that if they do not Intend to sign the protocol which he has submitted, all negotiations looking to a settlement of their claims must be transferred to Caracas. No replies have been received from tho allies regarding the draft of The Hague protocol recently presented to them by Mr. Bowen. WHOLE TOWN ABANDONED Shower of Ashes From Collma, Drives People From Tonlla. COLIMA. Mexico, Feb. 26. The contin ued eruptions of the volcano up to yester day afternoon created an Immense panic In all regions within 20 miles of the moun tain. A column of black smoke rose above the crater and ashes fell In dense showers, especially at the town of Tonlla, which its Inhabitants abandoned. THINK IT OVER Something You Can See In Any Res taurant or Cafe. 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