Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 01, 1904, Special Annual Edition, PART FOUR, Image 49

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Newspaper Page Textf PART FOUR PAGES 49 TO QA VOL. XLIII. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1904. NO. 13,435. THERE ARE OTHER WHISKIES BUT ONLY ONE YELLOWSTONE It means perfection to connoisseurs. Give it a trial. ROTHCHILD BROS., Portland, Oregon, Sole Agents THE AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY FOR 1904 PRICE, 75c BLUMMJER. FRANK DRUG CO. 142 TO 146 FOURTH STREET DR. EAT AKES m M i "There's Life and Strength In Every Drop" A BEVERAGE OR A MEDICINE For Sale by all Druggists. BLUMAUER & HOCH, Sole Distributers, Wholesale Liquor ana Cigar Dealers PIUL 1EETSCHAN, Pres. SETCITH AMD VASHIRSTOR CHANGE OF European Plan . . . . PORTLAND, American Plan Also European Plan. .Modern Restaurant. COST ONE MILLION DOLLARS. HEADQUARTERS FOR TOURISTS AND COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS Special rates made to families and single gentlemen. The manage ment will be pleased at all times to show rooms and give prices. A mod ern Turkish bath establishment In the hotel. H. C. BOWERS, Mgr. Our Furnaces are not a haphazard collec tion of poor castings. We have some SAM PLES of well, they're not Perfects, you can bet on that. Call and see the difference. W. f. MrPHFRSON f.ft. "fflvs?- .., WEDDING AND VISITING CARD ENGRAVERS Washington Building Wish You a Happy and Prosperous New Year "CLICKS' OFF THE HEW YEAR Naval Observatory Sendp Message Two-Thirds Around the World. "WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. Two-thirds way around the world the exact second which marked the end of the old and the beginning of the new year was clicked off from the United States Naval Obser vatory over hundreds of thousands of miles of telegraph wires and cables. In far-off Alaska andIn distant Guam, the birth of 19M was recorded. The Eastern Telegraph Company, operating wires cast from Great Britain to India, owing to a press of business, could not trans mit the midnight message. Otherwise, It would have gone around the world. Lieutenant-Commander Hayden had charge of the work. At 11:53 o'clock the Instruments of the Observatory were con nected with the "Western Union and other companies. Each second was clicked off to the fiftieth second of the last minute, when they stopped. Then came a pause of ten seconds, and then the last tiny click, exactly on the hour, announced the arrival of 1901. Simultaneously with the "click." an an swering "click" was flashed out by the chronograph at the Lick Observatory In California, and the spark was heard In every telegraph office In the land. Again at 1 o'clock this morning the -second was flashed for central time. At 2 o'clock, mountain time was sent out, and at 3 o'clock. Pacific time. FOWLER'S ALT USCLE and C. W. KNOWLES, Mgr. STREETS, PQRTURO, OIE001 MANAGEMENT. . $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 per Day M Prices Reduced . New Year Sale begins this morning. Our entire stock of Carpets, including finest grades and- choicest de signs, offered at cut prices. Exclusive Carpet House J. G. MACK & CO. -86-88 THIRD STREET OREGON $3 PER DAY AND UPWARD 74 FIRST STREET DIPLOMAT'S BOY -IS SHOT. Eldest Son of Minister Squiers Acci dentally Killed by Chauffeur. HAVANA, Dec. 31. Fargo Squiers, 20 years old, eldest son of United States Minister Squiers, was accidentally shot and killed today by Gaston Mitchau, a chauffeur employed by Minister Squiers. Young- Squiers and several servants were shooting at a target in the coach-house of the Minister's home in the suburb of Marianao. They were using 22-caliber rifles, and one of them apparently got out of or der. Mitchau, after examining the weapon, relocked it, when suddenly it was discharged In the direction of Squiers, who was standing between Mitchau and the target; The ball pene trated the young man's left, lung, a hemorrhage ensued, and within half an hour Squiers was dead. There is no member of the Squiers family in Cuba at present. Actor Willard Sends a Message. CHICAGO, I1L, Dec. 31. From E. S. "Willard, actor, London, was received the following: "Deepest sympathy with citizens mourning." A message of condolence -was also re ceived from Mayor Collins, of Boston, and from dozens of the chief execu tives of cities between St, Louis and New York. GITY IS ST Chicago Is Completely Overcome by Griej?. NO REVELRY TODAY New Year Ushered in Amid Deep Gloom. BUSINESS NEARLY STOPPED Such as Is Performed Is With a View to Necessity. NUMBER OF DEAD UNCHANGED Some of the Persons In the Hospitals Are Almost Sure to Die, but the Grand Total Is Not Ex pected to Exceed 600. OVER 500 DEAD IDENTIFIED. CHICAGO, Jan. 1. At 2:30 A. M. 508 dead had been Identified, the Injuries of 171 persons had received attention and 337 were still reported missing. As only about SO bodies are etlll un identified, many of the men, women and children who were reported to the police as missing last night and this moraine have doubtless recovered from their fright and returned to their homes. CHICAGO, Dec 31. For the first time since Chicago has possessed bells to peal, whistles to shriek and horns to blow, the old year was allowed silently to take its place In history, and the new yearpor-y mltted to come in with "no evidence, of joy "at its birth. All Chicago mourned for the 600 persons who died yesterday in the fire, panic and suffocation at the Iro quois Theater. In an official proclamation issued this afternoon Mayor Carter EL Harrison sug gested that the usual New Year's eve celebration be omitted. The idea found a ready response in the hearts of the people and the Mayor's words seemed only to give utterance to the universal desire. No Revelers to Be Seen. The calamity has cast Chicago into gloom. Business today was performed with a view to necessity. Ordinarily on New Year's eve the streets are filled with merry-makers, but tonight the only throngs were those around the morgues. Usually fashionable restaurants are filled with light-hearted revelers, who toast the year that passes and hail the year that comes. Tonight these places were de serted, while in some doors were locked and curtains drawn. Not only .have many of Chicago's son3 and daughters met death in a variety of horrible and torturing forms, but the blow has fallen almost as heavily on strangers within her gates. There is hardly a village or town within a radius of 100 miles of Chicago whose people are not directly or Indirectly interested in the plies of dead, or in the injured which fill the hospitals, or in the fate of those who are missing probably dead likely burned or trampled beyond recognition. Cities far distant in America are mourn ers and sympathy has come from across the seas. Number of Dead Stands at 600. The list of dead continues as it was given last night, in the neighborhood of 600. A widely-accepted estimate is that 564 Is the number of the dead. This number will likely be Increased, as there are per sons in hospitals who will probably die. It is believed, however, that the total will noexceed 600. Including the dead, miss ing and injured the total number of casualties is approximately 1000. There were about 2500 spectators and actors in the theater at the time of the fire. In the excitement following the calam ity, many persons were reported missing who have since returned home. No re port of these returns has been made to the police, and ihclr names still swell the list of the missing. "When the names of the dead who are still to be identified have been subtracted from the list of the missing. It is probable that the extent of the catastrophe will be fully revealed. Offers of Aid Pour In. All during the day telegrams of sym pathy to the people of Chicago and offers of aid poured in by telegraph "on the Mayor. He announced tonight: "I have received many offers of aid. It may be that before we get through this trouble a few persons will be found to be in need, but Chicago will be able to give that aid herself. Most of those killed and injured, now identified, can be abundantly cared for." It is no extravagance of language to say that the city Is stunned by the over whelming tragedy. There is the deepest woe -In hundreds of homes, bitter sorrow in a thousand others and a pity beyond the potency of words to convey in alL Tha first streak of daylight which shone on the snow-covered streets found the morgues still the sorrow-haunted center of many a searcher. There were hus bands looking for their wive3, wives searching for husbands, frenzied parents seeking their children, so many of whom lost their lives, and in many instances wild-eyed children,' still dazed from the horror of their experience, groped dls tressedly about In search of father or mother. Causes Strikers. to Declare a Truce. Poaslbly nothing better could typify the depth of the sympathy , which is felt for those p-ho suffered directly by the calam ity, than the action of the striking livery drivers. By a' vote which was without a dissenting voice it was decided to estab lish a truce of 10 days. President Albert Young, of the union, following the meeting Issued the following decree, which was distributed broadcast: "Owing to the great disaster caused by the fire at the Iroquois Theater, I do hereby declare a truce in the present strike of- undertakers and livery-drivers for 10 days, and do further request that every man now on strike report at once to his respective place of employment and do everything in his power to assist his .employer In caring for the wants of the public. "Wages are to have no con sideration. ALBERT YOUNG." In return, the employers issued a call to their striking employes to return to work, "irrespective of any previous affiliations with any and all organisations," and promising to protect them in all contin gencies which may arise in the future. THRASHES EDITOR P0R ACTRESS Father of Miss Farrar Takes Up the Story Crown Prince Loves Her. BERLIN, Dec 31. The German pa pers have taken up the report that Crown Prince Frederick William is in fatuated with Garaldine Farrar, an American actress at the Royal Opera House, and have printed the most in suiting libels of Miss Farrars rela tions with the Crown Prince. The "Welt Ammontag has been especially malicious, and .as a result Miss Farrars nerves have been so shattered that she is hardly able to sing at the opera. The actress' father, who is an ex baseball player and is residing with his daughter here, forced an entrance to the house of the editor of the "Welt Ammontag and dragged him out of bed. The editor was threshed until he promised that the libel would be re tracted In the paper. The editor. Heir Kohn, failed to' fulfill the promise and Farrar has determined to appeal to Emperor "William until Kohn fully and publicly apologizes. CONTENTS OE TODAY'S PAPER Lewis and Clark Fair. Oregon's New Year's greeting. Page 1. The centennial celebration. Pages 2-3. Buildings to be erected on Pair site. Page i. Officers of Exposition corporation. Page 6. State commissioner and exhibits. Page 6. History of the enterprise. Page 7. Blrdseyo views, of great expositions. Pages 8-8. Oregon's Resources. Orchards yield, abundance. Pago .-10. The Grand Bonde Vajjay.' .Pg il-. Irrigation., in. Oregon.CiPaeJ.2i X-Tr 3v Forest preserved protc$r .' 1 prober rtsoufees - Pago 18. I iRlches of "Willamette Valley. Pagfl,l" Flocks and herds of Oregon. Pages 17-16. "Wealth of tbo gold mines. Pages 20-21. Railroads that opened Oregon. Page 22. State clear of debt. Page 23. Fertile farms of Oregon. Pages 24-25. Products of the forests. Pages 26-29. "Wealth of rivers. Page 30. Oregonlans are growing rich. Pages 37-39. Counties bordering on ocean. Page 40. The Blue Mountain country. Page 41. Counties of Southeastern Oregon. Page 42. Public lands In Oregon. Page 47. Portland as a City. Street-railway extension. Page 19. Commerce with the whole world. Page 23. Improvement the city's watchword. Page 34, The city schools. Page jA. City's building improvements. Page 43. Factories for an empire. Pages 44-40. Great Chicago Catastrophe. Death list remains in the neighborhood of 600. Page 40. Twelve theater employes , arrested on charge of accessory to manslaughter. Page 40. People from many cities are flocking to city In search of loved ones. Page 49. Mayor issues a proclamation asking that there be no New Tear's celebration. Page 49. Coroner empanels a Jury to -fix the blame for the disaster. Page 49. Bevlsed list of the dead. Page S3. City will station firemen at the several the aters, at their expense, and any objection will cause closing of place. Page CO. .. National. To learn the land policy desired by Oregon was object of Roosevelt in sending Com mission to Portland convention. Page 51. Fearing he Is going to flee,- Secret Service of ficers rearrest John A. Benson, the Cali fornia .Umber operator. Page 60. . Panama. Oregonlan staff correspondent shows that Colonel J. R. Shaler Is the uncrowned king of the Isthmus. Page 51. "Washington officials believe the .probability of war with Colombia is growing less. Page SI. Foreign. "War between Japan and Russia Is more prob able than ever. Page 54. Revenues of United Kingdom show decrease of $13, 407,04a for nine months. Page 54. Sports. Favorites win only one race at Ingleslde. Page 54. Reliance will' play picked team against Mult nomah. Page 54. Hunt Club will race today. Page 54. Parke "Wilson elgns Van Haltren. Page 54. raclflc Coast. Bill protecting pheasants unUI 1903 was not passed by the lower House of Legislature. Page 521 Law regarding the levying of school taxes remains unchanged. Page 52. Ambergris Mining Company loses suit for pos session of a portion of the Hercules prop erty. Page 52. Commercial and Marine. x Bull movement In coffee. Page 63. "Wheat rules strong at Chicago. Page 63. Stock prices held steady at,New York.-Page 63. Industrial situation as reported by trade re views. Page 63. San Francisco produce quotations. Page 62. East African chartered for grain-loading. Page 62. Portland and Vicinity. Councllmen tell Mayor Chief Hunt Is a blot on his administration. Page 53. President Springer, of Livestock Association, will not be a candidate for re-election. Page 62. Commodore Gerry's gift to Portland charity. Page 58. How Rev. T. L. EU6t .will disburse $50,000 bequest to charity. Page 64. Court Issues alternative writ of mandamus against city authorities in gambling -cases. Page 58. Chinese Inspector la angry at missionaries who alded Chinese girt to escape. Page 62. State Board confers with Federal officers 're garding Celllo Canal right of way. Page 52. TO PUCE, BLAME Coroner Begins an Official Inquiry. ACTORS ARE BLAMED Charged With Opening the Back Doors. CURTAIN THUS BLOWN OUT Draft Created Carried the Flames Into the Theater. MANAGERS' VIEW DIFFERENT They Contend That Had the Exits Remained Closed, the Blaze Could Not Have Been Fanned-City Will Fix Responsibility. CHICAGO, Dec 31. Coroner Trager tonight concluded tle informal inquiry into the causa of the Are at the Iro quois Theater. - His first witness was William C Sellers, a fireman employed at the theater. Sellers- did not know just how the fire began, but said he saw it shortly afte'r it started. He threw extinguishers on the blaze, but without effect. He tried to pull down Uito drop curtain, or to tear loose that portion of it which was blazing, but without success. The fire then spread with such rapidity that he was unable to do more. Other witnesses were ex amined, and, after those had been heard, Assistant State's Attorney A. A. Hee, who ttqs present sal J: - " - "It seems, agreed f that the pabestcs curtain -was dropped, but that it ivent only down to within-10 or 15 feet 'of the stage floor. The people on the stage opened the door leading from the stage into the street on the west side of the theater and" this created a strong draft. The draft blew the cur tain out toward the audience. This held the curtain so tightly that all at tempts to lower it further were fruit less. Attempts were made by numer ous persons to pull the curtain down by hand, but without success. Places Blame on Actors. "From all the information we havo been able to gather thus far, it seems to me as though the fault in the crear ing of the draft, which threw the audience into a panic by forcing tho flames out over their heads, was due far more to the action of the theatrical people in opening the door at the rear OPEN RIVER IS ASSURED. - Joint action of the National and State Governments will open the way for commerce past the obstructions in ' the Columbia River be tween The Dalles and Celllo. That fact was settled at the recent ex- tra session of the Oregon Legislature. Congress authorized the letting o a contract for a canal, either according to th'e plans of Captain W.W. Harts or some modified plan which might be adopted by 'the Board of Engineers of the Army, pro vided the cost did not exceed that estimated for the Harts project, which was $4,125,000. An initial appropriation of about $300,000 was made, but is not to be expended except on the condition that the total of $4,125,000 is not exceeded. To provide relief for the people of the interior until the canal is completed, the Legislature of Oregon at the regular session appropri V ated $165,000 for the construction of a portage railway eight miles long from The Dalles to Celllo. Surveys have been made, a large part of. the right of way secured, and suit begun for the condemnation of the rest, vhich is owned by the O. R. & N. Co. and another person. At this stage in the proceedings the Board of Engineers of the Army decided that a canal could be cut for the entire distance past the obstructions, ten miles, within the limit of cost fixed by Con gress, provided that no part of it should be expended in right of way. The Secretary of War approved this report, but ordered that no work should be done till the right of way had been provided free of cost to the Government. This left it to the Oregon Legislature to provide funds or the purchase of the right of way. It did so at the extra session, which adjourned December 23, by appropriating $100,000 for the purpose and making it effective imme diately. The law places the work in the "hands of the Governor, Secretary of State and State Treasurer, who will begin action In a few days. The Secretary of War promptly followed up this action by au thorizing the expenditure of $10,000 of the appropriation made by Con gress in the preparation of plans and. specifications for, the canal, that no delay might follow the securing of right of way. He also author ized the immediate expenditure of $52,339 in the deepening andwiden ing of the channel at Three-Mile Rapids, which will open to naviga tion three miles of the river from The Dalles to Big Eddy and clear the way for work on the canal. This work will probably be finished by June 30, 1905. As Congress has made a rule of making sufficient appropriations from year to year to complete river and harbor improvements which it has ordered begun under the continuing contract system,. It is cer tain that the construction of the canal will begin as soon as the state has done its part and will be carried to completion. This work will make the Columbia open to navigation all the way from the ocean to Lewiston, Idaho, and will give the whole Inland Empire the benefit of water transportation and of the reduction of railroad rates which water competition always brings about It in sures to Portland the commerce of the whole Inland Empire of East ern Oregon, Eastern Washington and 'Idaho. It will make the Co lumbia the great waterway of the Pacific Northwest, as the Missis sippi River is of the Middle West and the Gulf States, and will se-. cure this section of the West against any extortion which might re sult from railroad combinations. of the theater than to the audience in opening the doors In front. "The management of the theater as serts that it was the action of the audi ence -that made the draft which wa3 the primary cause of the disaster. I may be wrong, but from the evidence now at hand I think it will be shown that it was the action of the stage hands or members of the company in stead of anything done by the audience in its attempts to escape." Rational' Republican Committeeman Graeme Stewart, member of the firm of "William H. Hoyt & Co., wholesale grocers, was told by the Coroner that the death of Mrs. Hoyt's daughter, Mrs. P. Morton Fox, and her three children would be taken as a basis for the In vestigation. 'If any persona are responsible for this fire," said Coroner Trager, "they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The investigation of the fire will be thorough. "We will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to fix the responsibility."" The Coroner's jury is as follows: In H. Meyer, secretary of the Kennedy Furniture Company; Dr. Peter Byrnes, salesman for Lyon & Healy; "Walter Clingman, salesman for the Tobey Fur niture Company; Joseph A. Cummings, manager o Browning, King & Co.; George "W. Atkins, credit man for Mar shall Field & Co.; John W.' Fine, sales- Iman for A. H- Revell & Co. .Messrs. ijavis and .powers, managers of the Iroquois, have called a meeting at the Illinois Theater of all members of tho Blue Beard Company, and a full statement will be made after a careful investigation. Davis & Powers emphatically- deny a report that there was a fire in the Iro quois three weeks ago, and that the asbestos curtain then refused to work on account of being controlled by ropes instead, of wires. They also state that the curtain was controlled by the strongest wires that it was possible to use. The facts are, according to them, that the curtain swayed the moment the ten or twelve exits were thrown open, owing to tfco rush of air. There have been numerous reports, un authenticated, however, that the aisles and passageways in the rear of the thea ter were blocked, by people who occupied standing-room. "I do not credit the statement," said "Will Davis, a proprietor of the Iroquois, "ascribed to one of the ushers, that as many as 500 persons were standing in the rear of the seats." After the fire, however, several of the ushers declared that at least 2000 persons were in the theater, which seats only 1615. FOUND DOOR WAS PADLOCKED Man Who Escaped Tells of the Awful Experience. CHICAGO, Dec. 3L Following are the experiences of several persons who escaped from the-Iroquois Theater flrei James H. Strong wentrvtp-"th6 theater with his wife, his. mother .and .-his nlec Miss Tina strong, When the panic be gan, Mr. Strong led the two women and e girl toward an exit in the center of trtA hfllnnnr tnwflfrt which no tn tj rt fort.' the balcony, toward which he saw a few people hastening. On arriving at the door he found it locked. "I Jumped up," he said, "caught the edge of the transom in my fingers, drew myself up, and smashed the window in the transom. I had found it impossible to open the door, and thought possibly I might open it from the outside. I dropped to the floor on the outside, and to my hor ror found that the door was locked with a padlock and hasp. Just then a carpenter with some tools in his hand came running up, and I told him to held me open the door. We worked and pulled and tugged at the padlock like crazed men, but we could make no impression on It. "I then told the other man to give me a boost so that I could reach the transom and pass people out to him. He helped me up and I got the upper portion of my body (Concluded on Page 51.) FOR FIRE Twelve Theater Em ployes Arrested. PREPARED TO ELEE Trunks Packed When the Police Arrive. tSUPERIORADVISES-THESTEP Charge Is That of Being Ac cessory to Manslaughter. CORONER'S VERDICT AWAITED Chief Orders That the Actors and Others on the Stage Be Found, Which Means They Will Be Taken Into Custody. DAY OF GENERAL MOURNING. CHICAGO. Dec 31. In addition to the proclamation suggesting that the usual New Tear's festivities be aban doned, Mayor t Harrison tonlsht an nounced that all departments of the city would, be closed on Saturday, Jan uary 2. He made the request that all business houses throughout Chicago also close on that day, making It a day of general mourning. CHICAGO, Dec 3L Twelve employes of the Iroquois Theater were arrested tonight on orders Issued by Chief of Police O'Neil. The charge against tnem is that of " being acessory to manslaughter. They will bo F held, pending the verdict p'S the Coroner's jury. "The" employes are: William Carle ton, stage manager; Edward Cummings, stage carpenter; Frank J. Andrew, R. M. Cummings, E. Engle, Thoma3 McQueen, and S. J. Mazoni. The last fixe are stage hands and scene shifters. After being taken, into custody by tho police, four of the men told Chief O'Neil they had been requested by people con nected with the theater to leave Chicago. When asked who advised them to do so they at first refused to say, but later admitted that the advice was given by Assistant Stage Manager Plunkett. They said they were about to follow Plunkett's advice, and all of them had packed their, trunks and would have been out of Chi cago had not the police arrested them. Late tonight detectives arrested Will iam Plunkett, assistant stage manager, and four members of the "Moonlight Chorus." The chorus is made up of eight men and eight women, and was about to appear on the stage when the fire started. Those arrested in addition to Plunkett were: William Stack, Samuel Bell, Victor Bozeart and Edward Wines. Tha prisoners were taken to tho Harrison-Street Police Station and locked up. Plunkett was charged with manslaughter and the members oi the chorus with violation of a part of the municipal code of Chicago providing for the holding of witnesses for a Coro ner's jury. Two members of the chorus, Misses" Anna Brant and Daisy Beauttes, were arrested and taken to Central Police Sta tion. After questioning by the police, they were released. Orders were issued tonight by Chief O'Neil to find members of the company and other theater employes who were wit nesses bf the fire. Tho order will mean, the police say, that more than 20 arrests will be made tomorrow, chiefly among the dancers and members of the chorus, who were crowded in the wings when the flra was discovered. According to Coroner Trager" a larga placard had been placed in the hotel where a large number of the actors were staying ordering that all members of the company be ready to leave Chicago on short notice. Believing that this was a move to keep witnesses from testifying before the Coroner's jury, the arrests were decided upon. BROTHER PERISHED IN FIRE. Chicago Holocaust Brings Grief to Otto R. Dreisei. Grief was brought to Otto R. Dreisei in Portland last night when he received a telegram from Chicago saying that his brother Hermann with his wife and four of his most Intimate friends woro burned in the Iroquois Theater, fire. Mr. Dreisei is the instructor of the Portland Turn Verein, and only two months ago came from Chicago, where he had always lived. He leaves today for Chicago to be present at the burial of his brother's remains. Hermann Dreisei was, like his brother, a gymnasium- instructor, and taught physical culture in the Chicago schools. Of the other four victims of the fire, one was Otto Dreisel's suc cessor in the Aurora Turn Verein, of Chicago, Schreiner by name. His wife perished with him and her two sisters. King Edward Sends Message. LONDON, Dec. 31. Kind Edward and Queen Alexandra have sent telegrams of sympathy for the sufferers of the Chicago fire to the United States Government, through Foreign Minister Lansdowne.