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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
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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.
A physician puts the query: Have you
never noticed In any large restaurant at
lunch or dinner time the large number or.
hearty, vigorous old men at the tables;
men whose ages run from 60 to SO years;
many of them bald and all perhaps gray,
but none of them feeble or senile?
Perhaps the spectacle Is so common as
to have escaped your observation or com
ment, but nevertheless It la an object les
son which means something.
If you will notice what these hearty old
fallows are eating you will observe that
they are not munching bran crackers nor
gingerly picking their way through a
menu card of new-fangled health foods;
on the contrary they seem to prefer
Juicy roast of beef, a properly turned loin,
of mutton, and even the deadly broiled
lobster Is not altogether Ignored.
The point of all this Is that a vigorous
old age depends upon good digestion and
plenty of wholesome food and not upon
dieting and an endeavor to live upon
bran crackers.
There is a certain claps of food cranks
who seem to believe that meat, coffee, and
many other good things are rank poisons,
but these cadaverous, sickly looking In
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their own theories.
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