THE MOBNDIff OBEGONIA27, FRIDAY, "APBIE 2f, 1903.
WOOED BY A CONVICT
Udaho Girl Just Pardoned for
Horsestealing,
'MAKES CONFESSION TO MATRON
"Who Puts a. Qnlclc t&aletns on. the
Proceeding Hundreds: Bad Petl
tloned for ller Release Front
the Stats Penitentiary.
, BOIEEX Idaho. April a-KSpeclaD-On
Tuesday the Board of Pardons released
Ida Laherty. an lS-year-old girl sent from
Moscow for horsestealing. It now devel
ops that an effort has been made hy a
lormer convict to spirit the girl away.
She was placed In the Crlttenton Home
until she could be sent home.
Ida had received a number of letters
signed by a Mrs. Davis, giving her en
couragement and advice. She was atoo
furnished with clothing and shoes by the
writer. Mrs. Barrett was called up on
the telephone by a man who said his
name was Davis and that he was an uncle
of the Laherty glrL Owing to the Illness
of hlfl wife he was unable to call at the
home In person, he said, but he would
send his two little girls after Ida. whom
le wanted to come and live with him.
Becoming suspicious, Mrs. Barrett drew
from the girl a confession that "Davis"
was none other than Fred Marshall, who
was recently discharged from the peni
tentiary after serving two years for as
sault. The child said Marshall wished to
marry her. but she did not care for him.
Attorney Green, of Moscow, who repre
sents the girl's mother, was Immediately
communicated with, and Is now on his
way to Boise to take charge of the girl.
Ida Laherty was convicted last January
and sentenced to the penitentiary for one
5'ear. The Board of Pardons was flooded
with petitions for her release, signed by
hundreds of promlnCnt people.
CODIIT AT O REG OX CITY.
jJndsment Is Reopened In Ladling
Salt Other Cases.
OREGON" CITT, Or.. April H. Special)
Judge llBride this afternoon sustained
the motion of District Attorney Harrison
Allen to open the Judgment in the suit
of A. Irfielllng vs. Clackamas County for
fiwo and interest, alleced to be due the
plaintiff for deputy hire while ho was
county Recorder from 1S36 to 1838. The
District Attorney has filed an answer to
the complaint specifically denying every
allegation In It, and the case will now
Bo to trial. A change of venue to Mult
nomah County will be asked for.
A true bill was returned today against
"William H. Hall, who Is accused of as
sault with a dangerous weapon on Silas
B. Hedges. Hall will bo arraigned to
morrow.
A true bill waa also returned aralnst
Paul Echroeder, accused of rape. He
pleaded not guilty and his case has been
cet lor next Tuesday.
Divorce decrees were granted In the
cases of Royal B. Holcomb vs. Oram jr.
Holcomb. and Belle Biley vs. Joseph
.ruiey.
A decree of foreclosure was handed
down in the cult ot A. E. Latourette vs.
G us tar Dahlke et at
John Murdock, James Murdock end
Grant Kash were discharged from custodv.
They were accused of larceny, and the
evidence was found to bo Insufficient to
return a true bill against them.
Jeremiah Evans -pleaded -guilty to the
.charge of assault with a dangerous weap
on. His sentence was suspended on ac
count of his advanced age. 79 years, and
because of his previous good behavior.
SIOHU FOR BIG FISH.
Tiro Cold-Stornuc Firms Meet Un
denbergcr'i Price.
ASTORIA, Or.. April 3. (Special.) The
feature of the fishing situation today was
an Increase In the price of large fish by
two cola-storage arms. As before pub
lished, Llndenberger has been paying 1
cents per pound since the opening of the
season for chlnooks weighing 25 pounds
and over, while the others have" been
yaylng only 6 cents. Today Martin Both
and 6. Schmidt & Co. decided to meet
X.lndenbcrger'B prices. The other plants
are expected to do the same, but up to
a late hour had made no official announce
ment.
XJndenbergcr stated some tlmo ago that
If bis price of 7 cents was met by any
cf the other companies be would raise
the' figure to 8 cents, but as yet he has
not done so. There was a slight Increase
In the catch In the lower harbor last
night and today, especially by the trans.
jand the proportion of large fish Is some
what better, although the run Is by no
means heavy. sumcient are caught, how
ever, to enable the canneries to rjack
each day. a thing that Is unusual at this.
eeaaon of the year.
KUEL SCARCE AT SALEM.
j Price 1st III Kb. and Probably Will
Remain So,
SALEM. Or" April IX Special. Sa-
'Hem Is as near being face to face with a
fuel famine as It has ever been. "VVood
dealers have sold everything from their
yards, and the only wood to be had Is
that which Is brought in from day to day
by a few farmers. As thla Is a busy sea
,Bon. very little Is being hauled. Prices
nare men, as might be expected. Second-
growth Hp sells for 11 per cord, and large
nr lor .&. uroinariiy tne prices would
be JLtO less per cord on each kind ot
wood.
No definite Information can be had con
cerning the quantity of wood out In this
vicinity during the past Winter, but it Is
believed that the quantity is small. The
scarcity of labor and the high wages de
manded have greatly reduced the annual
wood cut.
WORK OX OLD SCALE.
Ortrson City Textile "Workers Satis.
fled With Conditions.
OREGON CITT, Or.. April SW Special.)
-The Oregon City Manufacturing Com
pany and its employes today agreed to
continue for another year the scale which
has been in force for the past year, and
ever since the termination of the big
strike. The local textile union several
days ago presented a revised schedule to
President Jacobs, and among other things
asked that the employes be paid semi
monthly Instead of monthly. A confer
ence was held, with the result that there
will be no change in present conditions.
President Jacobs said this afternoon that
the employes have declared themselves
well satisfied with the treatment they
have received and assured the company
they would do all In their power to fur
ther the interests of the woolen mills.
WOMAJT BCRXED TO DEATH.
Shock Makes Ravins; Maniac of Hus
band. T
RIVERSIDE. CaA, April 3.-Mrs. F. C
Fisher, the wife of a barber ot this place,
was burned to death today as the result ot
a gasoline explosion. She was cleaning
a garment with the liquid when It ex
ploded. When the husband of the woman
was called to her aid. he became raving
crary from the shock.
WRECKED BV R US' A WAY- CAR.
Colon Pacific Train Hit and Fire
Persons Injured.
SALT LAKE. April 3. A special to the
Tribune from Evanston. Wyo., says that
a runaway car, loaded with, coal, today
crashed Into the Eastbousd fast mall on
the Union Pacific 30 miles west of Evans-
ton. Two trainmen and several paseen
gera were injured. The most seriously
hurt are:
George Baker, engineer, Evanston: con
dition serious.
W. H. Chapman, engineer. Evanston.
Clara Maggarla, Santa Clara, CaL
Andrew Fisher and wife, Santa Clara.
All the Injured were taken to Evanston.
The collision occurred on a sharp curve,
the shock being terrific Traffic was
delayed several hours.
FEXDLETOX LACKS LIGHT.
Electric Plant Broken Dorrn Scar,
city of Candles and OIL
PENDLETON, Or, April . 23. Special.)
The City of Pendleton Is In total dark
ness, owing to a break in the engine ot
the electric light plant. The machinery
cannot be repaired In less than two weeks.
The candle supply has given out. Kero
sene, also, is very scarce, the stores hav
ing this oil In hand refusing to sell more
thnti one gallon to one person, and lamps
are In 'great demand.
The distress will be relieved In the
morning, when plenty of kerosene will
be on hand. -f
Colombia Connty Jury List.
ST. HELENS. Or, April 25. The Sheriff
and County Clerk today drew the follow
ing Jury list, who will be summoned to
serve at the next term of Circuit Court.
which convenes Tuesday, May 12:
Edward Anderson, John w. Boals, May-
ger; M. D. Link, Edward Black, James B.
Kenny, Goble; Emery Mills, Andrew El
liott. Pittsburg; O. G. Hult. Vernoala; R
G. Johnson. A. C Atton, Hudson: R. B.
McNeley. John Wallace. J. H. Aldridge.
Martin Harvey, J. M. Hill. Anton Blrken-
tela. Br, Mist; Peter Bergerson. Klst;
Peter Loulslgnont. Harry West. Scap
poose; Fred S. Malcolm, Kyser; J. W.
Charlton, C F. Briggs, Tankton; Joseph
Holaday. C. E. Olsen, Herman Schmltt.
Deer Island; A. IL Mathews, Moulton; C
G. Thayer, Martin Both. Rainier; R. 8.
Payne, Qulncy; J. A. Van, Fishhawk;
Jasper H. .Lewis, Clatskanle.
Astoria Plumbers Want Less Honrs.
ASTORIA. Or.. April 2X (Special.)
Some time ago the Journeyman plumbers
made a request ot the employers for an
eight-hour day, and at the last meeting
of the union the master plumbers were
notified that the new schedule would go
Into effect on May L The master plumb
ers held a meeting last evening to dis
cuss the matter, but no definite action
was taken. Another meeting will be held
within a few days, when they will de
cide whether or not the demand will be
granted.
The plumbers wages now are &S0 per
day of nine hours. Their demand Is for
the same scale for eight hours' work.
The Indications are that the controversy
will be amicably settled.
Broke In Northern Pacific Cars.
NORTH TAKUIA. Wash, April 23.
(bpeciai.) ueorge Roberts, James Jloran,
Thomas Winters and Joseph Dodd were
brought here this morning from Wal-
lula. where they were captured yester
day. They are the men who robbed a
boxcar near Kiowa on the Northern Pa
cific of several hundred dollars worth of
merchandise consigned to Portland peo
ple. They are all recognized by the offi
cers to be old-time Northwest crooks.
This makes' ten car-breakers that have
been arrested In this valley during the
past two months.
Water fn Fort Stevens Reservation.
ASTORIA. Or, April 21 (Special.) It is
understood that the plan of providing a
water supply for the Fort Stevens Bar
rack by constructing a pipe line to the
Lewis and Clark River, a distance of
about 30 miles, has been abandoned by
the War Department temporarily, at least,
as the officials report that they have been
successful In discovering inside the reser
vation a supply of good water, sufficient
for present-needs.
Baldwin Answers Charges.
WASHINGTON, April 23. Secretary
Root has received a reply from General
Baldwin, In response to the War Depart
ment's Inquiry regarding the recently
published Interview with that officer. In
which he Is alleged to have cast reflections
upon colored and Filipino soldiers. The
reply will not be made public until Colo
nel Mills, wno was sent to Denver to In
vestigate, makes his report.
Case Aftalnst Officer Dismissed.
BAKER CITV, Or, April 21 (Special.)
The case ot the State vs. Police Officer
Hudspeth, who was arrested for assault
ing Mr. Bishop, a commercial man from
Portland, came up before Judge Travilllon
yesterday morning. On motion of City
Attorney Meaner, the case was dismissed
on the ground that the County Judge had
no jurisdiction in such matters.
Crazed From TCse of Morphine.
BIG TIMBER, Mont.. April 23. James
Jackson Stansbury, whose home and
family are In Bolivar, Mo., was taken
from a train here today, violently Insane.-
His trouble Is attributed to excessive use-
of morphine, eight ounces of which were
found on him. Stansbury leaned to hla
feet, drew a revolver and attempted to
shoot a stranger. He was disarmed.
Rosebnrs; Residence Darned.
ROSEBURG, Or, April 23. (Special,)
J. F. Barker's residence In West Roseburg
was completely destroyed by fire yester-
oay aiternoon. Tne loss on the house and
contents approximates 33500. The Insur
ance Is $2000. The house of A. A. Bellows
near by 'was considerably damaged, and
was only saved by hard work.
Idaho's Governor Goes to St. Lonls.
BOISE, Idaho, April 21 Governor Mor
rison left tonight for St. Louis to be
present at the dedicatory ceremonies of
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. While
there he will gather such Information as
may be of value In preparing for partici
pation by this state In the exposition.
Benson In the Penitentiary.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., April 13.
ennst uenson, murdered oz Jailor David
Morrell, at Olympla. was received at the
Penitentiary today. He will serve 20
yeirs.
Coast Telegraphic Notes.
A colege field meet will be held at Mo
Mlnnville College next Saturday.
, Slwashcs in Eastern Oregon are start
ing on their annual Bummer outing.
Armed pickets will patrol the range
claimed by the Camas Prairie Stock Pro
tective Association la Umatilla County
to keep out sheep.
James Champoux. found guilty recently
in Seattle of the murder of Lottie Bruce.
a concert hall singer, may escape the gal
lows on a technicality.
The wife of General A. E. Woodson.
who Is dying from a paralytic stroke at
Great Falls. Mont, Is hurrying to his bed
side from Wichita, Kan. They have been
estranged for years.
North Yakima people are aroused over
the raising of the theater license by the
Council of that town from 100 to C50 a
quarter. It may result In the closing ot
places ox amusement.
Four Walla Walla land claimants erect
ed a cabin that covers the corners of four
quarter sections In Franklin County,
Washington, and each will claim the
house as his residence in case ot contest.
The falling ot a portion ot the roof on
a whistle cord aroused the crew of Hos
teler & Sons sawmill, near Woodbum.
Or, Wednesday morning, and, with the
aid ot neighbors, they extinguished the
flames, with a total loss of but 1300.
Mrs. J. E. Scott, ot Evanston. 111., was
yesterday reelected president of the
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of
the West. The state vice-presldenta elect
ed Included: Montana. Mrs. C L. Gave;
Washington, East; Mrs. W. F. Infield;
Washington, West, Mrs. George- Campbell.
CASE OF "SHANG" DRAPER
A "GEJETXEMAX BANK? ROBBER
WHO BECAME A MASOV.
Hla Ambition Disclosed His Connec
tion With the Northampton,
and Other Robberies,
If Shang Draper had done nothing
else to make himself a public character.
he could at least claim the distinction of
having caused the greatest sensation In
Masonic circles since the Morgan episode
of more than half a century ago, says
the New Tork Press.
This man. companion of the most noto
rious crooks ever known In this country,
member of "Red" Learys gang of bank
robbers, former associate of "Billy" Por
ter. "Jimmy" Hope and "Big" Frank Mc
Coy, on the strength of having re
formed" to such an extent that he did
nothing worse than run a gambling-bouse
and act as agent for corrupt police of-
money from the gamblers of the Tender
loin, had the temerity to seek member
ship In the meet powerful and exclusive
secret society In the world.
Moreover, he succeeded In carrying his
point, and had It not been for his ambi
tion to go higher in the work of Masonry
his affiliation with the order might never
have been discovered. His record was dis
closed when he made application to be
come a Royal Arch Mason, Now his case
Is being discussed In the many thousands
of lodges throughout the country and Ma
sons everywhere are looking about them
to see It any- other disreputable charac
ters have managed to get Into the order.
As a result ot the exposure the charter
of Doric Lodge. No. 290, A. F. and A. M,
of which Draper has been a member
since last October, has been seized by
Grand Master Elbert Crandall. the lodge
forbidden to celebrate the golden anni
versary of Its Institution, and steps taken
for the immediate expulsion ot Draper.
The scandal bids fair to result In a general
Investigation which will not be limited to
the state or the Nation, but to the whole
Masonic world.
But It Is not surprising that "Shang"
Draper got Into the Masonic order, for
no man In New' York baa more powerful
and Influential friends In official circles.
The tall, handsome, well-preserved man
of SS, so reserved and unassuming, looked
the part of Thomas Draper, "broker and
gentleman." as he was Introduced by his
sponsors. Nothing In his demeanor sug
gested association with criminals, and It
was taken for granted that the inquiry
always Instituted by the order had found
nothing In his career which unfitted him
for wearing the white lambskin of Doric
lodge.
One of the strangest features in the
life of this man Draper Is the Influence
he has been able to wield. Long before
he became the collector of police black
mail, long before be reformed, he was
able to bring this Influence to bear to
save himself. Although his picture Is In
various rogues galleries and be has been
arrested In connection with many famous
crimes, although In one case at least he
was "caught with the goods on," he never
has been In a state prison. Some of the
greatest lawyers of the country have
been well paid to get him out of trouble.
In one Instance General Benjamin F.
Tracy, William F. Howe and several
other prominent criminal lawyers were
engaged In his behalf.
Most of the men who were Draper's
confederates In the days of great bank
robberies are dead, but he Is In his prime.
He Is said to have a fortune of more
than halt a million dollars. He has the
confidence and esteem of gamblers, and It
is not an Infrequent thing for race-track
bookmakers to deposit $50,000 or 100,000
with him to keep In the safe In his gam-
bllng-houee over night In the racing sea
son.
As a bank robber Draper's name has
been most prominently connected with the
Northampton and the Manhattan bank
cases. In each of these robberies the loss
was more than 8.000,000.
No one has ever doubted his complicity
In the Northampton bank robbery. It
was the criminal sensation of .the day,
and It was almost two years before the
burglars were caught and a portion of
the booty recovered. The robbery was
committed on the night of January 25.
1S76. The gang forced their way into the
house of the cashier of the bank, and af
ter handcuffing and locking the other'
members of the cashier's family' In a room
they proceeded to torture the cashier in
order to induce him to give them the
combination to the safe. For three hours
the bank official held out, but finally he
could stand It no longer, and he gave
the desired information.
After the gang had divided the money
they hid the securities In a schoolhouse
near by. They returned for them sev
eral weeks later and then commenced the
negotiations for their redemption by the
bank. Draper. It is understood, had
charge ot these negotiations. Before the
transaction was completed It was rendered
unnecessary by the confession of one of
the participants and the recovery ot 700,000
of the securities.
Two members of the gang were sent to
prison, but Draper and the others man
aged to evade the authorities. It was not
until a year and a half later that they
were caught, and then It was through the
efforts of Thomas Murphy, who Is now
Inspector ot police in Brooklyn.
Along in 1S7S, after the excitement over
the Northampton robbery had died out.
the police of Manhattan and Brooklyn were
puzzled by a series of daring robborias.
Safes were blown open as If they had
been dry goods boxes, and some of the
leading merchants of both cities suffered.
In one ot the robberies a big lot ot silk
was stolen from the warehouse of H. BaU
terman &. Co.
In those days Murphy was a young de
tective attached to the ninth substation.
In. Gates avenue, Brooklyn. It might be
stated In passing that a handsome little
Gothic cottage at the corner of Patchen
avenue and Jefferson street bad been tak
en about this time by a "family" con
sisting of two men, two women and a
child. The people were exclusive. They
did not seem to care for their neighbors,
and no one knew whence they had come.
They seemed to enjoy themselves, how
ever, and the men and women trequntly
were seen playing croquet In the yard of
the cottage.
Inspector Murphy Is now gray-haired,
but If he lives to be 100 he will never for
get the afternoon of August U. 1878. A
drizzling rain was falling, and the detec
tive had fcolsted his umbrella. As ha
walked up Broadway, near Myrtle avenue,
he noticed two men strolling along In tne
same direction. One of the men took off
his coat and carried It on his arm. The de
tective thought this a tittle strange. -It
was warm, to be sure but tho rain. Mur
"Shano- Draper.
phy recognized the men as those who lived
In the little Gothic cottage on Patchen
avenue. He wondered why a man should
take his coat oft In the rain. It was so
unusual & proceeding that he followed
them and saw them go into a hardware
store on Broadway. Presently they came
out. and the detective went In.
"What did those men want in here" he
asked ot the proprietor.
una or tnem Dougni a aiedge hammer.
was the reply.-
I didn't see them have a sledge ham
mer." said the detective.
"No," the hardware dealer remarked.
"The man who bought It removed the han
dle and put the head under tha cost, which
he carried on his -arm."
Murphy remembered the rra number of
robberies that had been committed. He '
went to the Ninth substation and tokl
sergeant Dunn of what he had seen. It
was Saturday, and Saturday night Is re-
Earaea as haymaking time by men who
buy sledge hammers secretly. Murphy
told of his suspicions, and It was decided
to watch the Patchen avenue house.
The detective went to the rector of the
Episcopal church, on the other side .of the
thoroughfare, and' asked to be permitted
to make the church his headquarters from
which to watch the cottage opposite.
Permission was jcranttii readllr. A
stained glass window was turned on its
pivot and through tho aperture the, vigil
began. Sergecnt Dunn, who accompanied
the detective, went back to the police sta
tion before midnight, but not until the
two men who lived in the house had been
seen to come out.
It was about -i A. M. before any signs ot
life were seen about the cottage. But Just
as Detective Murphy was beginning to
grow drowsy he eaw four men enter the
bouse. About fi o'clock one came out
in his shirt sleeves, looked up and down
the street, and spoke to some one Inside,
Then two men came out and started away.
Murphy followed. They took a Tlgzag
course, and he would wait until they
rounded a corner and then be would run
to see the direction they took. He met a
policeman named Woolrldge, whom he
asked to follow and be ready If there was
troublo when he closed In on his men.
As he rounded a corner he saw that one
man had disappeared. He closed In on the
other suspect, a big red-haired fellow, who
might have put up a stiff fight if it had
not been for the detective's pistol. Wool
rldge came up and the man was searched.
He bod a little more than J1S0 In bills and
silver. Hla companion was at this mo
ment seen behind a house, where he had
witnessed the arrest of his associate. He
ran off in the direction of Patchen avenue,
and Murphy and Woolrldge took their
.prisoner to the nearest police station, and
word was telegraphed to Sergeant Dunn
to send men to surround the Patchen ave
nue toouee.
Detective Murphy went back to the cot
tage, getting there about the time the po
lice squad arrived. As they posted them
selves on all sides ot the dwelling Murphy
went Into a lattice work summer house In
the yard. There, partly concealed under
sfme rubbish, lay the man who escaped
from him, and wbo had coma back to
warn his pals.
It was "Shang" Draper, and the amount
ot money found on his person was exactly
the same as that taken" from his big. red
haired confederate.
After some delay the police obtained ad
mission to the house. The occupants were
scurrying about In a room upstairs. The
police forced open a door, and on the floor
were scattered money and silks from Bat
terman's which the gang had been unable
to hide.
The four men arrested were Draper,
"Billy" Porter. "Jimmy" Irving and Gil
bert Yost, tho four .Northampton bank
robbers, for whom the police had been
searching for more than a year.
The arrests caused a profound sensation.
The day before the arrest Martin Ibert &
Sons, operating a flour store on Graham
avenue, reported the robbery of their safe,
which had contained about 635. Among
the bills was one for 100. This was found
on one ot the gang.
Draper was never prosecuted for these
robberies. There was a requisition for
him for the Northampton case, but some
how he managed to get free. Two mem
bers of the gang were convicted for the
Brooklyn robberies, but they "escaped"
before the time they were to be sent to
the penitentiary.
Irving was killed later in a saloon row
by Draper. Yost died in prison out West.
Porter, it Is said. Is serving a sentence In
a foreign prison.
This was the breaking up of a band of
robbers that had been the terror ot every
bank in the country. No state seemed
strong enough to resist their attacks, and
as some of them were expert mechanics,
the latest electrical contrivances of that
day were practically unavailing. Among
the moneyed. Institutions which suffered
from their depredations were the Manhat
tan Bank, the Second National Bank of
Elmlra, N. Y.; the Falls City Bank of
Louisville Ky, other banks at Qulncy.
11L: Saratoga, N. Y.; Covington, Ky and
Rockville, Conn.
Another and perhaps the most desperate
adventure of all was the attempt to rob
the First National Bank ot Pitts ton. Pa.
Here the memocrs of the band were so de
termined In their efforts that they were
almost blown up by the explosions with
which they tried to wreck the safe.
It was after getting out of the North
ampton affair that Draper "reformed."
He came back to New York and opened a
saloon In the Tenderloin. This was a re
sort for' all sorts of queer characters.
After four or five years of saloon keeping
Draper extended his operations. He be
came the owner of a gambling bouse.
From this he branched into a new in
dustry. Certain police officials who needed an
agent to collect the tribute they exacted
from the gamblers for the privilege of
conducting establishments thought Draper
admirably fitted for the position. ' It Is an.
open secret In the Tenderloin that in re
cent years no gambler would "give up"
without paying the "Initiation fee" to the
police agent and could not remain "open"
unless the monthly "contribution" was
Tsald In advance to this agent. The Initia
tion fee was 1000. and the monthly-charge
was based upon the ''business" the house
commanded.
Draper has the reputation of' being
"square." His word Is trusted absolutely
by those who have dealings with him. He
Is reported to have aided many crooks to
reform. Why he should tempt fate bj
forcing his way Into Masonic circles is one
ot those strange things whlcb can never
be explained. There Is, of course, the pos
sibility' that he contemplated making use
ot the order as a shield.
A Rebel of the Veldt,
Our Dumb Animals, far April.
Sadcla and brldl and rirthi
Stirrup and cropper and bit;
Man on th top of a little bone,
Sasxrr sad strong and fit. f
Rsnd sad bnrctd face.
Barred old est ot felt,
nine that kills at a tboruasd yards,
And a tliat-cnistaed csrtxldzo belt.
He doesn't know bow to cress.
And be doent know bow to drill:
But be nut the mnrtest troops in the world.
And fouxht till ther had their' nil; I
BVs a slovenly, swkwsrd ensp;
He's a lubberly farmer man:
Bat he lay on the veldt, from dawn tin dawn.
And shot till they broke and ran. '
' Bertraod Ehadwel.
Ha didn't know how to scrap.
Was so rood at th ran.
Bat c was tbe bhor who cave too points,
When It came to cat and .ran.
fbsak Ood! Tbe war Is o'er.
That peace Is signed you bet.
For now Mr. Boer can save his boots,
Else ho mlxnt be rannlnc yet.
Portland. April 22. Barney (yHeefan.
Cattlemen In the Sweetwater country,
Wyoming, have decided to allow sheep
men to use their leased land and other
tracts, but this Fall will make a deter
mined stand against sheep encroach-sent.
OIL SUDDENLY EXPLODES
KILLS OWNER. AND WHOLE OFFICE
FORCE OF WAREHOUSE.
Building; and Contents With All Oc
cupants Enveloped In Flames and
Blown. Cp Ten Are Dead.
MINNEAPOLIS. April 23. Eight men
and two women were killed by an ex
plosion at the plant ot the. Northwestern
Star OU Company at the foot of Sixth
avenue, about 113) this morning. The
dead:
W. H. DAVIS, president.
C. H. STJRRIN. ctnersi manartr.
STANILCS W. MITCHELL, cashier.
JACOB-DOMX. bookkeeper.
MISS CAROLINE A. RECORD, bookkeper.
HAROLD a COLBORN. clerk.
MISS ELLA M. ROUNDT. stenographer.
DAVID DACET. foremen.
JOHN SPONTANSKE. laborer.
JOSEPH LAFOND. aborer.
The Injured: Will Lsrsen. laborer: Charles
A. AMonson. Joseph McGlnty. Walter E.
soott. Joseph Dironlck. E. J. Link. Joseph
Llrlnrxton.
The explosion came without an Instant's
warning, and a second after the concus
sion the walls had been thrown down and
the entire structure was a mass of flames.
Not a person in the office escaoed alive.
Five workmen engaged on the second
floor were thrown 20 feet into the air,
and these were the only persons who
escaped. They climbed through the de
bris and are now at the City Hospital.
.Aitnougn the cause of the exploslonias
not been determined. It Is said that some
ot the employes of the company were
emptying some oil tank cars Into the
tanks In the basement of the building, and
It Is possible that sparks from a switch
engine' ignited the. Inflammable fluids.
several explosions followed In aulck
succession and made the work of the fire,
men both difficult and dangerous. The
men could not approach the ruins, and the
water thrown on the flames was without
effect. Ail that tbe department could do
was to permit the flames to burn them
selves out and then search for the bodies
of the dead. At 10 o'clock tonlcht there
had been recovered those of Do mm and
tne Misses Roundy and Record.
The Are Is still burning and the work of
searching for the bodies Is carried on
with great danger, for It Is believed that
another tank with oil has not exploded.
'ine company was composed- of W. 11-
Davls and was not incorporated. The
stocK was valued at 0,000 and the build
ing at 15,000. The loss Is total. All that
remains of the building Is a fire wall
which stood between the office and the
tank room. All the other walls are
leveled.
STANDARD SIZE OF CARS.
Mechanical Officials Will Make It
Uniform on Harrlman Lines.
SAN FRANCISc6TApril 21 The con
vention of mechanical officials of the sev
eral Harrlman lines, which has been
meeting here during the past several days
and deliberating on the problem of es
tablishing a uniform standard of equip
ment for the several roads, has reached
several conclusions that will be viewed
with considerable Interest by railroads
throughout the country.
Among other things. It has been decided
that henceforth all freight cars that ore
built for the Harrlman lines will be con
structed with steel u rider-frames; that
stock cars shall have a capacity of 60,000
pounds; that boxcars shall have a ca
pacity of SO.OOO and 100.000 pounds: that
all Cat. gondola, ballast and hopper-bottom
cars shall have a capacity of 100,000
pounds, and that all passenger coaches,
chair, mail and express cars shall be ot
uniform length ot 60 feet.
In the renewal ot the equipment of the
Southern Pacific, the Oregon Railroad &
Navigation Company and the Oregon
Short Line, these standards will hence
forth be observed.
HARRIMAN ON UIS WAY WEST.
Rnsblnc: Work on Utah Improve
ments Xot Opposing; Moffatt.
DENVER, April 23. E. H. Harrlman.
who arrived in Denver last evening, left
for the West via Cheyenne this morning.
accompanied by President Burt, of the
union pacinc.
"This Is not wholly a business trip, but
one or pleasure mostly." said Mr. Har
rlman. "I am accompanied by my daugh
ter, and we are taking our .time. I want
to see the country, talk with officials and
Inspect the properties. I shall go through
to San Francisco, but beyond that I have
no plans. I don't even know by which
route I shall return, or when. If I do
not return East for three months and
come over the Union Pacific, I shall cross
Salt Lake," declared Mr. Harrlman. with
emphasis. "We are going ahead with that
cut-off, and successfully, too. This talk
of the engineers being up a tree, as It
were, and unable to find the bottom in the
lake. Is all bosh."
Mr. Harrlman denied emphatically that
he was opposing the construction ot the
Moffatt road.
Northern Pacific Dividend.
NEW YORK. April 21 The directors of
the Northern Pacific Railroad have de
clared the reglular quarterly dividend of
1 per cent, payable May L In February
tbe dividend paid was 1V9 per cent regu
lar and s Ml per cent extra.
Low Tariff for Settlers.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 21 Owing to
the requests of many colonists who are
coming to California to live, the Southern
raclno and Its connections have decided to
make a low tariff on household goods in
small lots shipped from the East.
ITS HEART BURNT OUT.
One-Fourth of Nebraska Town De
stroyed by Flames.
FAIRBTJRY, Neb, April 25. Fire this
afternoon destroyed fully a quarter ot the
best business portion of the town, com
prising an entire block on the south of
the public square, lumber yards near by.
the Methodist Church and parsonage a
block away, and minor damage to resi
dences. The total loss Is estimated at
from 210,000 to. 300.001
AT THE HOTELS.
THE PORTLAND.
F'Goodman. Balto
M J Henchan. Seattle
C L Hathaway A tc
Denver
M Lewis, Clevelsnd
E B Bost. Chlcsso
E H Fowls. S F
L F Pereroy. Baltimore
J B Smith. Jr. Chi carol
j iismim. Colombia
i tl Qraa&m, ind
F D Merwln. Chicago
W E Ball. N Y
C B Dlvwr. N Y
J Collins. Seattle
L H Howe. N Y
C Starcher. N Y
N A Goodwin. S F
A R Fsuu. S F
E R Ellis. S F
C E DeCsmp. L A
L Van Nostrifid. S F
a Anstin. PHI!.
Mrs W B Perlne. Abcrd
Miss II McCutcheon. do
am a is-Aiore. seatue
J H Suthoft A wf, Hoo
W H Wood. Aberoeen
S G Thomas A wf. Spok
J Furst. Cincinnati
J D Kuppenhelmer. NT
F Vf Waterhouse, S F
J D Andley Smith, Den
Mrs J Garvin. Chlesxo
ver
j iiCLuxna. jsgo
M C Robblns. Chicago
L V MorelL do IF I. RUIn. Kurt
H J 6chomen. Buffalo ' E W 'Williams- da
W C Wallsdorf. Mont iS H Kellorc Jfc w. St F
ii r oionigomerr, i-nuirl L turret, ri X
E A Parson. S F
F W Forneat. wf and
dan. Pa
C E ShulU. Dearer
S H Manners. England
Mrs S E Lsrahle & dsn.
jiontans
G W Andrews. Seattle
- Lm usmpDeu, B r
W Hogget. Alaska
S N Fitch A wf. Tacom
J W Roach. Ft Wayne) J p Hartman, Seattle
W R Hum. Astoria
S L Marks. S F
A Hoekestetn. Salem
F B Thayer. St Paul
R G McPnersoa, Cngo
W E Coman. do
P D Walsh. Canton. O
iru Albert. Salem
K C T Attbury, Astoria
THE PERKINS.
Mary Csllahan. Oak Ptj
F S Wakeman. S F
Kate '.-sinnsn. ao
a B Newton. EUess&rg-
H J Resert. Albanr
J L Hastings. Roaebrc
J r Day, oo
J B Day, do
Miss Nellie Day, do
J TBoyles, Aberdeen
u xi Harmon, ao
E L WUr, Wallows
A S Foster. Knass
D W Reed. Iadpls
lArthcr Green. Colo
Mrs
J H
stoii. do
I ciara oumap. wasco
VUda R Dtmlap. do
H McCres. Newbntx
Miller. Tacoma
T V
Oman, do
Hre
-cm
p W Small, do
Mlss Kate Tounr. do
Mrs
u small, do
Brown. Salt Leke
TV SV llsnn
i v search. Ohio
F F Fitzgerald. Seattle
Mrs F E Blair. Eugene
f I. -xt ail.. -
J W
J II Ouse. Salem
AH
E M KlmbaUTCal
A U
Cl
Lan-owe. do
menry c Oias. do
L M Rice. Seattle
T t Rih.. n VI.
openzier. Kansas
Toonr. S F
Aluf Pit
J w
I.. . (
A T Peterson, do
H W Jones, Amity
D 1
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rairaan. Ash wood,
' r- Auen, waan
Mrs Kemp. Baker City
U V Gates. HlUiboro
J P
PlnfT rt It. .
IT .. p.ij
A
" IT""- -vut:ixaUC
(T T Geer. Salem
D
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c i neiirexou, aposane
IT E Online, Gt Falls
S J WUson. S F
p Metlnm. Gt Falls
HlIKw a
Mittie X Brokan. lone
-c rut, ice jjaJiea
R SiMln -r-
E H Ingham. Eugena
I x r v
Mrs I - Rak.r
HC Rlggs. Everett
Mrs M T Nolan. Dalles
iG A Conkle. do
Mrs L K Cary. do
IS II Paul, do
x Biewan. Tekos,
R C Wands, do
Cho r t . (-h rM
l-aa xjernaro. a-rosser
" Jioreaeaa, ursine
J&rs ai xternaro. ao
. ..""iti , i Airs a. r aiemara. ao
A Ward. Arlington iMrs O PrWen. Ellensbg
Htmter, do
Mrs L P Bernard, do
rt vl. ,1.
Mrs W K Thompson &
Chaa Grlsser, McMlnsr
. AGirai. u asco
V Nash. St Paul
A Pagar, g F
J E Cronan. S D
;w J Lemon. Tacoma
THE IMPERIAL.
TV T. R. -...11 w
S SK"- Canyon
Sirs H Etsneeu. do-
T. n Pin,,.. I-
W W Powell. Tacoma
Hattle Kerr. The Dalles
-W L Robb, Astoria
Mrs Robb. do
James Robb. do
F
- i (rang-, aa
Airs will Madison, do
Mrs J R Kline, do
TT T Tiri.,.
j- f.rsoen, statue 1
H Jlrd. Westphal
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(Frank Darey Salem
A Raymonds. Cheha
Dr.
as as rasin, xuus
Albert Brlx. Astoria
S S Dale. N T
1fr rwi. v -v
J
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M Stoerer. Drayad
W filvrvnn TV.
R H Dickinson. Butter
yr r w v..ii , .
Mrs G c Fulton, do
Mrs J H Fulton, do
Miss Bertha Hobson.
a Bpuiman. ao
H D Blmle. Csthlamet
W A Dwlght S F
Jas Canatt. Colfax
Mrs T a . r,.il, ...
Mrs W H Barker, do
Geo Noland. do
J R Branson, Cal
-mra airsnson, ao
Len Cockrell. do
nfj.fc.M4 r1 . . t. . ...
. JJ nam, do
W Smith, Astoria
PWirlinJ, Seattle
CI rirant CT.m
Mr A Mrs Wlnstanlr,
1 G Mitchell. Pendfctn
uixnia
Mr A Mrs Mann, do
. M Grerorr, do
Alias Joyeung. do
TT T. T7tum.I1 ih.h.11.
Le Roy Grofe. XewOrs
H O Vn Ousen. Aato
la. dacooson. ine Dalles
C E Cochran. Union
C L Campbell. Dalles
Leon Graham, Port TOs
Mrs Harktns. do
n ? 5 V' S?03 R1vrlp R Davles. Astoria
lonrnion, Deadw
5 J Farler. The Dalles!
Walter Lyon. Salem
H J Miller. Aurora
Jos Barton, Baker City
Mrs S B Eakln. Eugene
. anompson. cas-
It Albert, Salem
O J Robinson. TjuimApinnu P...I t. .u ...
Mm PAhlnttAtt A
Mr Nona. Dwyer, S F
aoniunson, uni-
I versuj, ur
David Graham, do
R T IVii e-n. An
i ivoontz. Echo
C Sturck. N T
II r A It Sfcrere. Cath
larnor
Mrs J D Albrecht,
l ii-
5, w. Ts?.11- st
- .. VUIL.,,
Mrs Just, do
J B Markley. S F
IE yt parks. Tacoma
THE ST. CHARLES.
Ch Dstertw- e
Camas. Or
" aiuiicrmeisier
T Carpenter, Xelsc
C Hall. Ijyle, Vin
H P Howett. do
J Brockmeyer, Wis
I IVfllf msohsf .a
Balrd. Woodland
A L Glpson. Molalla,
it. ""peon, ao
Miss Anna Wlckstrom
St Helens
G B Rooutz, Th Dai's
Tl 53 Rna.tr, TT1 Til
IW W Roberts. Fisher
f C atnti1rrnaita, C--t
;Mrs Horton. Ke'nllwort
r i ajnr, ocappoose
Mrs- F Payne do
I" R frrTsaItsin C T4)
W W Luntin. Pilot R
Tt Q HUU Sattlo
Geo Day. Sandy
. " " IMIUVLU, 01. It
W Welch Pennsylvania
r rr tiii.. . o. r
-civa Kicliardson. McC
R O Shaw, Clon
Mrs R o Shaw, do
w i.7ie, a,Tie
J A Moore, La Center
Mrs D Laurlnt. do
O V. THllntt .f-ai-fitA
B J M11I, Eagla Cliff
v Kin. aa
Jin u J jjjiis. do
W P Heacock. KewbK
1 TV Scnaffner. Ft Dee
A RhnfTneai- An..
r .t uikd, oo
Joe Buck. Tacoma
I E Roberts. Marlon
Derero Schaffner, do
aOerero Schaffner, do 1 1 fi Roberts. Marl
E It BoshoelU PaJmrjF R Roberts. do
s-l. TC. 1 f-a. I TT Tlf -- T
T Gorman, Eagle Crtc
K W Bennett, Eugene
t Jieea, ao
Jam-. Pnr -
J A Underwood, do
I J C Hlgdon. Mauer
T PntHll mi. T"-l ...
M Li underwood, do
TVro Dopsen. do
ii n j : hi trflTTn ttt.
J S Van Cleave. Scan
E W Robinson. Kerns J X Munco
"W R Blackburn, Or Cy
n cfc.itn. ni.t
I) u lucjaiiian. -uiiy
U u Mcjaiiiaji. K,ny Noun nanney, reai
DrQW Vaughn. Pdjtp Smith. Palmer
John Kinney. Seattle
Hotel Trrrans-rrfcTc. Seattle.
Earopeaa Elan, popular rates. Modern
bnproTeznenu. misiness ctntec Nets
ocpot.
Tacoma UoteL Tacoma.
American plan. Bates, g ana op.
Hotel Donnelly. Tacoma.
STirst-class restaurant In connection.
Rainier Grand HoteL Seattle.
European pi&n. xiab caae on utui,
Hdqrs. naval, military- and traveling; men.
. . . n arul tntrt Tit".j ,hnM
baths- Rates, tl qp H. P Dunhai- i-fii
TIIIIIIMI awiim iin
It's a pleasure to put on a
Cluett-Peabody Shirt. The
perfect way in which it fits
will appeal to you.
CInett Shirts $1.50 up
Momarclt Shirts jji.oo
Cluett, Peabody & Co.
i-siit 11 e.'rsi Hi latitat
111 I ill 1 ) as.-!. t.C .-a
TEETH EXTRACTED AND FILLED
ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT PAIN by our
late scientific method applied to the sums.
No aleep-produclnf agents or cocaine.
These are the only dental narlors la
Portland bavins PATENTED APPLI
ANCES and Ingredients to extract, nil
and apply tola crowns end porcelain
crowns undetectable from natural teeth,
and warranted for ten years, WITHOUT
THE LEAST PAIN. All work done by
GRADUATED DENTISTS of from U to St
years experience, and each department in
chance ot a specialist. Give us a call, and
you will And us to do exactly as we ad
vertise. We will tell you In advance ex
actly wnai your wcric win. coil DZ a
ajfl PLATES
n Drift..
Set of Teeth 55.00
Gold Filling 51.00
Gold Crown.... $5.00
Silver Filling $ 0
in oar GOLD CROWNS and BRIDGE
WORK, of wnlch wa are making a SPS
CIALTT. the most BEAUTIFUL. PAIN
LESS AND DURABLE of all dental work
known to the orofeaslon. you will nod sn
example of the HIGHEST ARTISTIC AT-
j,AU JtLn' a. iuo fluaytAuiu-. wa n-1-
to the .HYGIENIC condition, of tho
mouth u ssQuestloned.
New York Dental Parlors
HAD." OFFICE FOTJRTH-iND MORRI.
SON STa. PORTLAND.
Brancht Hi First Avecae, Seattls.
HOURS:
!30 A. II. to X P. 1L-Sundays, 130 A, IC
Eton. Ohio
jrw r. is.
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Fleckensteui-Mayer Co.
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To see the
Country?
None of the points of in
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you join one of our Pull
man tourist sleeping car
excursions to St. Louis
or Memphis. Conduc
tor with each car who
points them out and tells
you . about them. .For
particulars ask
C. W. Stinger,
City Ticket Agent
Third and' .. 0.,R.&N..Go.
Washington Portland
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FOR TOILET AND BATH
Delicate enough for the softest
skin, and yet efficacious in removing
any stain. Keeps the skin In perfect
condition. In the bath gives all tho
desirable after-effects ot a Turkish
bath. It should be on every vashi
stand.
ALL GROCERS AND DRUGGISTS.
Every Woman
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about the wonderful
makyll Wturlioa jpray
The New Ladles' Syringe
josat, oaiest, aiost
anrenlent.
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If hft rsnnot btxddIy Uu
HABVBL. aeDtco
otliir. bat mtuI BtamD for 11-
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fall iHLrrJ rn In and dlreettons Ira.
Tarunle to ladle. M.tlVtt.co..
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For sale Dr Wooilnrd, Clarice A Cot
wnrnT TawQV tax i
MTorTtAra tee enlyssle snd rtdlaUe ss
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3 4VTmaa- Wa Qosrd- sr 19-. AaMreis
These tiny Capsules are S'jpe
to Baljm of Conatba."
Cubebj6rlnjectionsa.JfifJ
tba sams diseases' v'ti
inconvenience.
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