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PART FOUR
PAGES 49 TO QA
VOL. XLIII.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1904.
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"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.
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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.