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TOFF BLANCO
Steamer South Port-
land Goes Down.
HITS REEF IN A FOG
Only 17 Persons Out of
39 orrBoard Sved.
RESCUERS DRIVEN BACK
Two Women Among the Pas
sengers Drowned.
SURF OVERTURNS LIFEBOATS
Vessel Was on War From Portland
to San Francisco With- FhII Car
go ot Grain and Fourteen,
Passengers.
THE DROWNED AXD MISSING.
Mrs. Fletcher Bent, of Nova Sco
tia. 8. Baker, -of Alameda.
J. S. Lahcy.
Mrs. W. E. Tyrrell, of Portland.
Mrs. Tyrrell's rob, aged 14.
F. Merlnge.
C. Hallenbeck.
D. McKay: i
Paul Relnnuth. t i
J. C. Wright.
J. Watsoa.
Second Officer KWgore. .
First Assistant Engineer Charles
Hofion (died shortly after being res
cued). Steward William Uolmnn. x
Second Cook George Jackson.
, 35. Humphrey, cook.
IL Chrifttffea,' seaman.
John McKenxic, seaman.
Charles Peterson, seaman.
B. Doherty. fireman.
P. Wolf, fireman.
THE SURVIVORS.
Captain J. Mclntyre.
Charles Brace, flrst officer.
James Ward, chief engineer.
T. Plzxottl, second assistant en
gineer. John McKcown, oiler.
J. Driscoll, oiler.
William Hushes, fireman.
William Robinson, fireman.
James Alwood, seaman.
C. Johnson, seaman.
John Relxner, teaman.
Emanuel Pasomemls, cook.
SURVIVING PASSEXGERS.
L. Baker.
Guy Bent.
Al Bailey.
William L. Wilson.
H. Weber.
MARSHFIEL.D, Or., Oct. 20. The
steamer South Portland, which sailed
from Portland, Or., last Sunday, loaded
with grain for San Francisco, struck on
Blanco Reef last evening at 5 o'clock
during a heavy fog. The vessel carried a
crew of 25 and 14 passengers. Of these
the following have reached shore:
James Mclntyre, captain; John Reimer,
a sailor, of San Francisco; Emanuel Pa
somenis, chief cook; William X. 'Wilson,
Jr., of Baltimore; L. Baker, Alameda,
Cal.; Guy Bent, a boy of 12 years, of
Nova Scotia; Al Bailey, of North Dako
ta, passenger; Charles Bruce, first of
ficer; James Ward, chiefiengineer; T. PIz
zottl. second assistant engineer; John
McKown, oiler; J. Driscoll, oiler; W.
Hughes, fireman; W. Robertson, fireman;
James Alwood, seaman; H. Weber, pass
enger; C. Johnson, seaman.
Charles Huson, the first engineer, died
as they were taking him off the life raft
from exposure. Eighteen persons are yet
missing and aro probably lost.
The South Portland struck bow on go
ing at a speed of about seven knots. .As
soon as she struck .she began to settlb
astern and In a minute or two slid off
the reef and began to sink.
AH Hands Take to the Boats.
Captain Mclntyre, seeing th& there
was no hope of saving tho ship, ordered
the boats lowered.
One of the boats that got away from
the ship's side, loaded with part of the
crew and some of the passengers, was
capsized as sho cleared the ship's side
and when last seen was floating away in
the fog without a living soul aboard.
The captain's boat, with" about IS
aboard, succeeded in clearing, but was
also capsized and only seven were able
,to get back to the boat. These consisted
of Captain James Mclntyre, John Reimer,
Emanuel Pasomenls. W. L. Wilson, L.
Baker, Guy Bent and Al Bailey. They
reached "Port Orford last night.
A lifeboat, on which the following em
barked, succeeded 1ft reaching shore this
afternoon:
Charles Bruce, first officer; James Ward,
chief engineer; T. PIzzotti. second assist
ant engineer; John McKown, oiler; J.
Driscoll, oiler; W. Hughes, fireman; W.
Robertson, fireman; James Alwood, sea
man; -H. Weber, passenger; C. Johnson,
seaman, and Charles Huson, the first
assistant engineer.
The survivors suffered much from ex
posure. Anotker Raft Oat Yet.
There Is another raft out yet that hag
not been sighted. - On this raft are seven
persons. It la almost certain that the
loss of life, will figure but 11 all told, pro
viding those on the second raft are res
cued, but the cool, chilly nights and tho
exposure they have to endure make it
almost certain that some of the weaker
ones will perish before morning.
The Bandon life-saving crew went over
land to Port Orford and started In search
of the last-named party. They have not
yet returned, but an anxious throng
eagerly awaits them, with 'hopes ot good
news.
The tug Columbia is in the vicinity of
the wreck, having left Coos Ba"y at 10
A. M. as soon as the fog cleared, hut
no nows has been heard of her yet.
Struck In a Blinding Fog."
Captain Mclntyre, of the wrecked
steamer, was disinclined to talk for pub
lication on tho matters pertaining to the
courso his boat was traveling or w'hether
she was oft her course when she run on
Blanco Beet last evening. When ques
tioned tonight he said:
"Wo had been running in a blinding fog
ever since we left tho Columbia River and
it was so thick when we struck you
could not see any distance. There were
17 in my boat-when we left the sinking
steamer. When away from the ship's
side our boat swamped and went down.
I, with a seaman, got in again and balled
her out and got five others In with us.
It was 4:40 o'clock when we struck and
we were In -tho "boat until 5:50 this morn
ing, having to make shore with, one oar
and a piece of mast. ,1 wljl make my
full and complete statement as to the
cause of the accident to the inspectors."
STORY OF THE WRECK.
Brougnt Out From Evidence of Pas
sengers Before Coroner's Jury.
PORT ORFORD, Or., Oct. 20. (Special.)
The steamer South Portland struck
northwest Blanco sunken reef at 4:40 P.
M., during a thick fog. According to re
ports from survivors. It was from 20 min
utes to one hour after striking tho reef
UHtil tho vessel sank. She carried 9 peo
ple, all told 14 passengers and a crew of
25 of whom five passengers and 12 of the
crew were saved." Of the crew saved were:
J. B. Mclntyre, master; John Reimer,
seaman; Manuel Pasomemis, cook; Charles
Bruce, first officer; James Ward, chief en
gineer; T. PIzzotti, second assistant engi
neer; John McKeown, oiler; John Driscoll,
oiler; William Hughes, fireman; William
Robinson, fireman; James Alwood, sea
man; C. Johnson, seaman; Charles Hus
on, first assistant engineer, died from ex
posure, after being taken into the life
boats from the raft. -The passengers saved
were:
Guy Bent, 12 years 6fT age, from Nova
.Scotia; Lester Baker, of Alameda, Cal.;
Al'Bailey, of Leonard, S. P.; William Wil
son and H. Webber.
The Coroners jury is In session now, and
the evidence from survivors of the wreck
In relation to the death of Charles Huson,
flrst assistant engineer, shows that Cap
tain Mclntyre left the vessel In the flrst
officer's boat, No. 2, at the request of
First Officer Bruce, 15 minutes before boat
No. 1 left the vessel, and that tho vessel
steamed 15 minutes from the point of
striking tho reef after the captain had
left.
In the "meantime, the crew constructed
Impromptu rafts from the hatches, etc.,
for the saving of the remainder of the
crew and passengers. Tho vessel is pre
sumed to have struck on the northwest
swash rock of Cape Blanco reef. In
launching the boat, they evidently dumped
the passengers and crew, as No. 1 boat Is
still adrift without occupants. No. 2 boat,
In charge of Captain Mclntyre, landed at
Port Orford beach at 5:30 A. M., with
seven persons aboard. This boat, manned
by two survivors and Port Orford men,
put out In search of the raft, and succeed
ed In finding and landing It at Port Or
ford with the remaining survivors at 12:30
P. M.
Chief Engineer Ward, In charge of the
life raft, reports having seen an Im
promptu raft containing six people, after
the vessel had gone down, and It Is sup
posed, they are still adrift.
The tug of the Simpson Lumber Com
pany and the Bandon life-saving crew aro
using their best endeavors to rescue any
other' sun-Ivors.
Mrs. Bent and Mrs. Tyrrell, the only
ladies on board, are known to bo among
tho missing.
Fim Officer Bruce, who was on the
bridge at the time of tho disaster, and
Chief Englneer.Ward are given full credit
and praise for their conduct during the ex
citement. At 11 o'clock tonight the Coroner's Jury
had not returned a verdict in the case of
the death of Huson.
RESCUERS DRIVEX IV.
Little Hope for Those Out on the
Other Raft.
MARSHFIELD, Or.t Oct. 20. Latest
advices irom Pore onora are . mat tne
relier parties nave rerumca o snoreT
driven In by the fog and darkness. The
tug Columbia was sighted on her way to
tho scene of the wreck and she Is ex
pected to hang around there until morn
ing. It Is positively asserted that only six
more of the lives .on the wrecked South
Portland can be saved, as all the others
have perished In a watery grave. These
six were last seen clinging to a raft con
structed, of the steamer's hatches and
were being carried in a southerly direc
tion by the current. The only hope for
their recovery Is tnattne wind "will anve
them near shore, where they can be seen
and rescued.
PASSENGERS FR03f PORTLAND. .
IIl-Fatcd Steamer Left This City
Sunday Morning.
The steamer South Portland left this
city at 2:30 o'clock Sunday morning with
14 passengers and 1100 tons of freight for
San Francisco. Pilot W. H. Patterson took
tho vessel down the river. Astoria was
reached at noor Sunday and at 2:20 in
the afternoon tho steamer crossed out
bound for the Bay City. Had 'all gone
(Concluded on Face 4.)
TlflWI
Dowie Guards Have to
Subdue Mrs. Nation.
SHE INTERRUPTS "ELIJAH"
Police Fear a Riot and Refuse
to Let Late-Comers In.
PRESS AKD CLERGY SCORED
Dr. Parkhurst Addresses a Charac-
terlstlc Letter to the Zionist
Leader, and Tells Him His
Head Must Be Twisted.
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PARKHURST TO DOWIE.
I went to hear you preach the Gospel.
Tou preach Dowie, Zlon City and
"stink pot."
Your performance was a Ions way
below the- standard even of the cir
cuses I have witnessed at the earn
garden.
You cannot bully people Into Zion
ism, nor blackguard them, into the
Kingdom of Heaven.
I was ashamed of you, and almost
ashamed to bo In your audience.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20. Mr. Dowie, ar
rayed In evening clothes, talked for two
hours tonight before a great throng In
Madison Square Garden, the burden of
his talk being a denunciation of the
clergy and the press.
When ho began speaking the huge gar
den was crowded and the police say C0GO
persons who could not gain entrance
were turned away. In half an hour, how
ever, tho crowd began to surge out, and
then the police refused to admit any
late comers, saying they feared a riot.
It was with difficulty that any sem
blapco of order was kept The speaker
was repeatedly interrupted with hisses
and shouts of disapproval. At ono point
Dowli-ordered the police to arrest two
men- In different parts ot the building,
who had Interrupted him.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, who occupied a
seat near th front, asked "Elijah" to.
answer some questions. He refused and
ordered her to sit down. Dowie then
praised the spirit In which Mrs. Nation
had warred on the saloon, but said she
Used wrong methods. Mrs. Nation again
demanded the privilege of asking- ques
tions. At once the Zlon Guards surround
ed her and with the help of several po
licemen ejected her.
At this several hundred persons at tho
back ot the garden made a rush to get
out. Tho entrance was blocked in a
moment and Dowie, shouting that tho
way had been blocked by the crowd out
side brought there for the purpose of
creating a disturbance, ordered the Zion
ists to keep their places. He then re
quested audience to be seated, and after
having the side exits opened he requested
the audience to rise in sections and go out
at the sides.
Tho meeting was one -ot. continuous dis
order) Dowie had announced he would,
reply to an attack by Rev. tDr. James
M. Buckley, published In a magazine last
year, but he only referred to this sub
ject casually. Ho attacked Rev. Dr. P.
S. Henson, Rev. Parkhurst, J. P. Mor
gan and others, and announced that here
after ho intended to keep the newspaper
reporters out of his meetings.
Dowie's chief olds, his son and his wife,
are about, to leave him for a trip abroad.
Tjiey will start on Thursday from this
city, takhig the steamer Saxonia Thurs
day from Boston. They will go first to
England and then to Australia, where
Mrs. Dowie's family s'till lives. They do
not expect to return to the United States
until next July.
PARKHURST TO DOWIE.
Either His Head Is Twisted, or His
Heart Infected.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20. Rev. Charles H.
Parkhurst sent the following open letter
to- Dowie:
"I do not want to bo presuming, but
doubt if It Is any more presumption In mo
to come and try to clarify you than It Is
for you to como and try to clarify New
York, and I do not know which of us has
taken the heavier contract. I attended
your service at Madison Square Garden
last evening, and I went determined to en
Joy It If I could bo benefited by it and go
away and refute some of the charges that
I bad heard alleged against you. But it
was of no use; your behavior on the plat
form crushed every throb of sympathy I
had with you. I never heard from aLpub
Hc speaker such a discharge of efferves
cent wrath and coarse invective. I went
to hear you preach the Gospel, and you
preached Dowie. Zlon City, 'stink pot.' I
was ashamed of you, and almost ashamed
to be in your audience. It was a long way
below tho standard even of the circuses
that I have attended in tho same garden.
The only consolation I could derive was
that It was &o abominable, and so far be
yond the bounds of respectability that
even -those In your congregation who did
not know what Christianity is would have
no Idea that it had anything to do with
what you were saying.
"Of course, the ridiculousness of the
performance was mainly enhanced by the
Immensity of your pretensions. If you
claimed to be only an ordinary man. there
might 'be some hope for you even with
what you call the 'rabble,' but the rabble
is discriminating, and can discriminate as
keenly as the keenest between a prophet
and a juggler, between an Elijah and a
mountebank.
"I say this in no spirit of slander, but
either your head is twisted or your heart
infected, or you have blundered badly In
your method. You cannot bully people
Into Zionism, nor blackguard them Into
the kingdom of heaven. I hope you will
take this In the kindly spirit In which It
is offered, and that It will ha blessed to
you."
GET SPEECH BY 'PHONE.
London Papers Install Battery of In
struments to Hear Chaxnlierlafn.
LONDON. Oct 20. At Newcastle to
night Joseph Chamberlain returned to the
tariff controversy when he addressed an
enthusiastic meeting of 4000 people and
held his audience for an hour and a half.
A novel feature of the meeting was a
battery of telephone receivers placed in
front of the speaker's platform, by means
of which the speech was conveyed di
rectly to the offices ot the local newspa
pers. Interest In the tariff controversy has ap
parently not abated, reports on the speech
and comments on it taking precedence, In
the press of even the decision of the
Alaskan Boundary Tribunal.
The speech Was principally a reply to
criticisms of Mr. Chamberlain's previous
utterances. He had not pretended, he
said, that his system would be Instituted
without costing anything at the start,
but ho did urge that taxation be trans
ferred from points where It benefitted no
body, to points whero tho empire would
profit
WIND BLOWS A GALE.'
Wyoming Roads Are Filled With
Timber, and. Trannvny Wrecked.
SALT LAKE. Oct 20. Reports from
the Saratoga and Grand Encampment
country. In Southern Wyoming, remote
from the railroad which was recently
swepti by a hurricane Indicative that the
wind at times attained a velocity of a
hundred miles an hour. The stage road
between Ward and Wood, W.yo., a dis
tance of la miles, wa3 so thoroughly
burled under fallen trees that It cannot be
cleared up before next Summer.
An aerial . mining tramway at Grand
Encampment. 16 miles In length, and one
Of the wonders of Western mining, was so
badly damaged that It probably will have
to he Rebuilt Through a wide area of ter
ritory along the Colorado line, the de
struction of timber was immense. The re
gion is very sparsely settled, apd no loss
of life has been reported.
AMBASSADOR GOING HOME
Baron Sternberg Carries Message
From President to Kaiser.
WASHINGTON, Oct 20. Baron Stern
berg, the German Ambassador, will leave
Washington tomorrow morning for New
Yprk, whence he will sail the latter part
of the week for Germany. He will carry
with him personal messages of friendship
and good will from the President to the
Emperor and Prince Henry of Prussia.
DR. HUNTER ON TICKET.
Ex-Minister to Guatemala in New
York Campaign.
FRANKFORT, Ky7 Oct 20. Secretary'
of State Hill today certified to the Coun
ty Clerks of the Eleventh District the
name of Dr. W. - Godfrey Huntorz to go
under the log cabin official Republican
ballot Dr. Hunter was formerly United
States Minister to Guatemala.
Freshman Game Breaks Record.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cah, Oct.
20. Atletlc Manager Dave Cowden an
nounced today that the total receipts
from the intercollegiate freshmen football'
game amounted to 53400. After paying ex
penses the net receipts from Stanford's
share of the total were $1403. The attend
ance was the largest In the' history of
freshman football contests In this state.
CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER.
National.
Senator Mitchell takes Brownell at his word
on standing out against his nomination as
United Btatea" District Attorney. Page 2.
President Issues a proclamation convening
Congress in special session November 0
to consider Cuban reciprocity treaty.
Page 2.
Oregon Senators are planning an active cam
paign In behalf of the 1005 fair. Page 2.
Alaska Boundary Commission.
Award is formally signed. Page 0.
Canada is very bitter toward England, and
relations may never be as friendly as
formerly again. Page C
Chief Justice Adverstone explains why he de
cided for America. Page 6.
Domestic.
Dowie has police eject Mrs. Carrie Nation
from his New York meeting because she
persists in interrupting him. Page 1.
James J. Hill tells ot the great growth ot
the Northwest, and what can yet be dona
by Irrigation of lands. Page A..
Bankers hold sessions preliminary to the open
ing of national convention at San Fran
clso today. Page 5.
Baltimore banks experience no run as result
of two failures and panicky feeiing-ls over.
Page 3.
Foreign.
Secret treaty between Russia and China by
which former is practically conceded Man
churia. Page 2.
Negotiations between Russia and Jaran con
tinue to lag. Page 2.
' Pacific Coast.
Steamer South Portland wrecked on Blanco
Reef and 21 persons probably lost. Page 1.
If Oregon Is to get full value for the Klamath
Marsh great care must be used In handling
it. Page -4.
Extraordinarily rich placer grounds are re
ported discovered not far from Valdes.
Page
Miss Hlllstrom in Hood River valley is smoth
ered in a ditch under her horse. Page 4.
San Francisco police say they are not abla
to hold boy who have passed Confederate
bills on unsuspecting women. Pago 5.
Sports. -
Lou Dillon easily defeats Major Delmar in
match race. Page T.
Pacific Coast League: Portland 2, San Fran
cisco 1; Sacramento 4, Oakland 4, tie game
called in tenth inning. Page 7.
Hermls, eight to Ave, wins the $9000 handi
cap at Brighton Beach. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Dullness in local potato market. Page 15.
Changes in salt schedule. Page 15.
Chicago wheat market closes barely .steady.
Page 15. t
San Francisco produce quotations. Page 15.
Dense fog on Oregon coast. Page 15.
Portland and Vicinity.
Gigantic land frauds on Pacific Coast dis
covered by Government. Page 1.
Real estate prices advance to former level.
Page 10.
S. Morton Cehn and his manager. Edward
Shields, can't agree. P&co 10.
East Side woman's experience with a rat.
Page 11.
Old Morrison bridge may be used to span
gulches and save ?-5O.O0O. Pago 1C.
Wedding follows romantic love affair between
nurse and patient. Page 10.
Contest for $7000 dicovered in Nickum es
tate. Page 10.
Good Roads convention to meet in Portland.
Page 11.
Another holdup on the Bast Side. Page It
I
Government Agents
on Its Trail.
FRAUD BY WHOLESALE
Through Claim of Brib
ed Officials.
ALL ALONG PACIFIC COAST
Forest Reserves Created at
Dictation of the Ring.
TO CHEATS BASIS FOR- SCRIP
Author of Lieu Land Law Believe
to Be Head of the Ring State
and Federal Ofllcials
Brihed.
The United States Government Is at
last on the trail of the IIqu land rlnr
and it promises to prove a conspiracy
involving- state and federal officials In
all the Pacific states.
The ring has acquired hose land in
forest reserves through dummy lo
cators, but is alleged to have bribed
men In the General Land office, the
Surveyor-Generals offices and state
land offices, also field officers who
mapped out forest reserves.
Two secret service agents have ben
in Portland investigating the frauds
and have obtained much evidence.
The heads of -the conspiracy dc
alleged to be F. A. Hyde- Co., of
San Francisco, the Aim consisting of
F. A. Hyde and John A. Benaoa. The
secret was revealed by J. H. Schneider.
one of their agents.
Uncle' Sam is digging up a stupendous
lieu land graft on the Pacific Coast Tho
deeper he goes the deeper he gets, hut ho
has already delved far enough to con
vince him that a lieu land ring has been
carrying on a flagrant business, without
conscience and without stint, in every
well-timbered area on the Pacific slope.
This ring has not only acquired 'base'
lands by "dummies" and other fraudu
lent means; it has debauched state land
officials, making them hirelings or part
ners In the business; ilt has maintained la
the General Land Office at Washington
agents whose duty was to "leak" Infor
mation about proposed reserves and other
profitable matters; It has cast its spell
over field officers of the General Land
Office, who mapped out boundaries oC
proposed reserves; and it has "worked
those officers by the glitter ot gold to
conform those boundaries to its own In
terests. The central figures of this colossal con
spiracy are alleged to be F. A. Hyda &
Co., of San Francisco, brokers and dealers
In real estate and lieu land scrip. The com
pany consists of F. A. Hyde, reputed to
be the author of the lieu land law, and
oJhn A. Benson, who was involved many
years ago In the notoriously fraudulent
"Benson surveys" of California.
One day last week two strangers put up
at Hotel Portland. They were gentlemen
quite mysterious, and when reporters tried
to grope through the veil that hid tho
mission of the visitors, they got lost In
the fog. The strangers registered "Port
land" as the place, of their residence.
Bu,t since their departure the fog haa
lifted from their trail. Their footprints
reveal that they live not at Portland hut
at Washington, D. C, and that they aro
agents of the Interior Department doing
espionage for Uncle Sam. Their namea
are William J. Burns, in the secret serv
ice of the Treasury Department, and A.
B. Pugh, Assistant Attorney-General, in
the Interior Department
The mission of the visitors was to se
cure from persons In Portland, who havo
innocently or knowingly been agents ot
the ring, evidence that will help the Gov
ernment In prosecuting the Instigators o
the conspiracy. The strangers Interviewed
ti number of men, who had been paid for
the use of their names in applications foq
state school land; also certain notaries
public who are accused of certifying falso
and fraudulent affidavits.
At least half a dozen men . who had
applied for school land In 1S3S and had
sold their rights for ?5 were called before
the visitors. They could thrqw Httlo
light, however, on the dark placvs.
They had sold, they said, to somebody,
who had sold to another somebody. But
ultimately It transpired that the last
"somebody" In each case was one J. H.
Schneider.
And who is Schneider? This gentleman
for many years was employed by Hyda
& Co. as agent Only last year he quit the
firm shabby treatment was his reason
tand forthwith he began to divulge secrets
within the hearing of uncorrupted Fed
eral officials. His confessions. It true, laid
bare a system of fraud that puts In the
shade any scandal In Western annals.
But he did not reveal the secrets under
oath. So artlessly was he handled that
he afterward "braced" up and refrained
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