THJS MUKA'liSe OKlSliOriAtf, " WEDNESDAY, HAECH lo, 1905.
ROASTED TO DEATH
Nineteen Persons - Perish in
Tenement House.
FIRE-ESCAPES ALL CHOKED
Thousands In New York Witness
Horrible Scene Heroic Police and
Firemen Risk Lives in Res
cuing the Inmates.
NEW YORK. March 14. Nineteen
persons were burned to death in a tire
which destroyed tne five-story tone
ment-house at 105 Allen street early
today. More thai 43 are injured and
only a few of the sleeping- inmatcs.es
caped unhurt. Several of those who
perished were roasted to death In plain
view of the thousands in the streets.
Coroner Goldenkranz declared after
an Investigation that he had reason to
believe the blaze was the work of an
incendiary. He issued subpenas for
the Flro Marshal, Tenement-House
Commission and building owners and
health and police officials to appear
before nim at the inquest Tnursday.
Of tne 19 dead, three, a boy and two
fc'lrls, are unidentified.
The Are started in the basement occu
pied by Isaac Davis, his wife and three
children. Davis had been out last night,
and returned home early this morning,
going into his store upon the same floor
Just in time to sec a kerosene lamp in
the rear explode.
He says he awoke his wife, and both
tried to put out the flaming lamp, but
without success, and then gave all their
attention to gottlng their children out
of the building. A policeman who
heard the cry of alarm rushed to the
scene, ..und every effArt was made to
rouse the sleeping persons in the house.
in the meantime, the flames had spread
with startling rapidity, and when the per
sons .who had been asleep In the upper
floors awoke they found themselves con
fronted by a wall of flames on every side.
The panic-stricken people, lighting for
their Uvea, rushed to the fire-escapes,
only to find them littered with rubbish
of all descriptions and almost impassable.
Down through these narrow passageways
flowed a stream of humanity. Oa some
of the escapes the rubbish was so closely
packed that it became impossible to pass
certain points, and men, women and chil
dren stood literally roasting to death as
the flames roared through the windows
around.
Brave Policeman Crippled.
One of the escapes, which ended near
the roof of a shed about 20 feet above
the ground, had been manned by Police
man John J. Dwan, who had run a plank
across to the window of an adjoining
building. Nearly a dozen persons had
been carried across this narrow bridge by
the policemen, and then the flames began
to sweep around the lower end of the tire
escape. Rushing into the lire, a police
man seized a little child and started on
the last return trip across to the place
of safety. Ho had made only half the
distance when the plank, burned more
than half through, broke where it rested
on the lire escape, and the rescuer and
rescued fell to the stone-paved yard, 20
feet below. The man etruck fairly on his
back and one of his shoulders was shat
tered by the force' of tho fall. The girl
was uninjured.
In tho meantime , the firemen bad run
up ladders at other points around the
building and dozens of persons were belhg
taken from the crowded fire 'escapes and
upper windows. By this time the build
ing was a, furnace and the rescues were
effected in many cases only after the
greatest show of bravery on the part of
the firemen.
Heroes developed at this time. Lieu
tenant Bonner. Hon of the former Fire
Chief, ascended the now red-hot fire es
cape five times. Four times he came
down with a woman or a child in his
arms. The fifth time he was making for
the street with an unconscious woman
when his strength gave way. He stag
gered and would havo fallen to death had
not a comrade come to his assistance.
As Bonner reached a fourth-story win
dow on one of his ascents and dragged
a little girl from a window where she
tHood surrounded by flames, she pleaded
with him to leave her on the escape and
go in after her little brother, whom she
had carried to the window. He had fallen
unconscious and was roasting, she said.
Bonner Jumped through the window and
it seemed to those belpw as If he was
going into a furnace. He found the little
boy Just Inside the window and carried
him out.
Fireman Hannigan repeated Bonner's
feat on the third floor, rescuing Miss Fan
nie Ginsberg.
Dies In Sight of Crowd.
A woman, her night dress "blazing, was
seen to crawl out of a window and start
down the fire escape from the top floor.
The hot iron blistered her feet and burnt
deep into her flesh, but she continued on.
The scaling ladders were run up close
to the escape and a fireman had almost
reached her, when a belch of flame cov
ered her like a wave and bore her down.
She fell back and died in sight of the
horror-stricken crowd.
Tho position of thoee who had taken
refuge In the rubbish-choked fire escapes
became more and more desperate every
minute. They feared to Jump and they
could not wait until the scaling ladders
reached them, so Intense was the heat.
Now and then one would jump to the
ground with a scream.
A baby was flung into the arms of a
policeman below by its fear-erased moth
er Just as tho policeman caught the
child the mother dived to the ground.
Her body struck the policeman on the
head and he fell unconscious. The woman
escaped Injury by the fall, but she had
been badly burned. The baby was unin
jured. Death was reaping a harvest on other
fire oscapes on the buildings as well at
this time. At the rear two men and two
women were seen on the escapes. The
women came flrst and every step they
mado was blocked by some can or box
of rubbish, often too heavy for them to
lift. The men would then come to their
nKlstnnif unit Vii;ri tho nhstrurHnn Inin
the yard. The quartet were descending, j
slowly between the third and fourth floors
when flames burst from the windows all
about them. The flames darted up from
the tnird floor windows, enveloped the-j
two men and women. They fell and i
were roasted to death. Their bodies
were brought down by the firemen.
Through the smoke another figure
was seen on the fire escapes on the
fifth floor. No one could tell whetner
i was a man or woman. The clothes
were aflame. In a moment the victim
sank to the escape and died.
Finds His Family Dead.
On the top of the fire escape at the
other side of the house lay three bod
ies, Mrs. Solomon and her two sons,
Isaac and Jacob. They had been over
come there by the flames. Two other
members of the Solomon family were
seen to look from the windows and
then fall back in the burning building.
The elder Solomon, the husband and
fatner. was one of those rescued by
Patrolman Dwan. When he reached the
street hi" whiskers had been burned
off and ho wore nothing but undercloth
ing. For more than an hour he had
been wandering around in this condi
tion, -searching for his f anally, when he
came upon the bodies -after they had
been removed from the fire escape. As
he" recognized the charred remains he
broke into passionate weeping, with
agonised cries of "Mein kinder: Mein
kinder:" His experience was paralleled
by dozens of others in tne house.
After the flro was under control the
street was filled with half-dressed
weeping people, seeking for their rela
tives, imploring the policemen to go
into tne Durnmg building and rescue
the loved ones whom tney believed were
perishing there. Tet om man vinu
family had been saved bewailed the loss
oi some jewelry left in his apartment
and begged a fireman to save it for him
Throws Her Babe to Safety..
The desperate resourcefulness of
some mother in her effort to save the
lives of her children was shown when
a bundle was seen to fall from a high
window in the burning building and
light gently unon a bean of snow. Tn
the center of the bundle, wrapped
around by several thicknesses of blank
ets and comrorters. was found a 4-year-old
boy. who suffered not at all from
his unusual experience. The fate of the
motner is not known.
One cause of the terrible loss of life
was negligence in falling to keep the
skylight door free and clear. It was
not only fastened tight, but also frozen.
as tne names rushed up the stairs the
tenants dashed for the roof. They
found the door, which should have
swung easily open, fastened down. Un
able to burst It open, and wedged in by
the surging mass below, numbers were
burned to death.
The Dead.
Of the bodies recovered, only the fol
lowing have been identified:
BACHAEL SOU5MOX. ased 45.
JACOB SOLOMON, seed 16.
ISAAC SOLOMON, ared IS.
JESSIE COHN. ased 15.
HOSE WEINER, aed 23.
EANDr "5VEH.VER. aped 4.
IDA ilUSKOWrrz. ased 10.
HARRY KAUFMAN, aged 10.
ROSE- MILLER, aged 4.
MORRIS MILLER, aged 5 months.
GARSHON FUCHS, aged 30.
13 EI LA ZEIDLER, aged 12.
HARRY ZEIDLER, aged 40.
Three bodies remain unidentified and
their names may never be known. It
is believed that those three victims
were visitors with some of the families
who lived there. The bodies were so
badly burned that they are oractlcallv
unrecognizable.
Fire Chief Edward F. Croker said tho
loss of life was mainly due to delay in
giving the alarm. Elsrht minutes, he
said, elapsed after the fire started be
fore the alarm was sounded.
Great Factory Burned at Chicago.
CHICAGO. March 14. Fire broke out
today in the printing and box department
of the Grand Crossing Tack Company's
plant at Seventy-nlntn street and South
Chicago avenue and caused a loss esti
mated at $500,000, fully Insured.
Arter the printing and box department,
a three-story brick building, had been de
stroyed, the walls collapsed, spreading
tne lire to two adjoining portions of the
big plant. These sections, containing
valuable machinery, were destroyed. The
entire plant, valued at 51,000,000, employed
800 persons, many of them women and
children. At the flrst shout of "fire"
there was a panic among those working
on tho upper floors, but all were taken
out in safety.
ALL SUFFER LOSS IN WAGES
Seniority Pay Taken Away From
Penitent Subway Strikers
NEW YORK, March 14. The traffic
conditions on the elevated railroads and
subway today were slightly Improved
over those of yesterday. No more trains
were run, bit a little better speed was
maintained.
All the employes of the Interborourh
Company who went on strike and whose
wages had been previously advanced be
cause of the length of their service, se
cured re-employment only at the sacrifice
of whatever advance In wages they had
obtained. Experienced motormcn were
reduced from 53.50 to 53 a day. Gatcmen,
from $1-55 to $L40: guards, from SI-CO to
5L55. and conductors, from 52.40 to 52.10.
So crushed was the strike spirit that the
men accepted the reductions without pro
test. Gompers Boycotts the Fair.
WAei.iNGTON. March 14. President
Gompers announces that the Invitation of
the Lewis and Clark Exposition, at Port
land, to transfer the Federation of La
bor's exhibit at the St. Louis Fair to
Portland has been declined. Inasmuch as
the management has shown itself hostile
to organized labor.
Right Bank of the River.
PORTLAND, March 13. (To the Editor.)
Will The Oregonlan answer In lis columns:
Which is the right bank of a river? It will
bo unsatisfactory to 'reply that it depends on
trhlch way one Is going up or down stream.
J, C. BROWNING.
The Manual of Survey Instruction for
the Survey of Public Lands of the United
States and Private Land Claims provides
that "proceeding downstream the bank
on the left hand Is termed the left bank
and that on the right hand the right
bank. These terms will be universally
used to distinguish the two banks of a
river or stream."
It Is unanimously accepted by all gov
ernment and hydraulic engineers through
out the United States that the deslgnatlve
terms of right and left banks of a river
are determined by facing the mouth of
a river or stream. This applies also to
an estuary or slough which receives its
supply and currents from the ocean. The
right bank or shore in any case is that
bank or shore which is to the right hand
when facing towards the mouth.
Madman's Bullets Prove Fatal.
DENVER. Colo.. March 14. Police Sur
geon Frank Dulln. who was shot three
times on Sunday by George Shlstlcr when
going on the police ambulance to the aid
of Kay Fill and his wife, whom Shis tier
had previously shot, died today of his
wounds.
Swinburne.
Harper's Weekly.
It is not yet time to discuss just what
niche Mr. Swinburne is to fill among the
poets. "When one reflects upon his own
unerring Judgment in poetry, the exqui
site tightness with which he placed Shel
ley above Byron. Collins above Grey, and
Coleridge above Wordsworth, upsetting
Mr. Arnold's authoritative verdict, the
direct insight with which he pointed out
to us, many years since, that we had pro
duced but two poets, Poe and Whitman,
and that the rest were mere local celeb
rities, it seems almost a pity that he
cannot write an essay upon himself, and
pass a final verdict as to his place among
the great Victorians.
If he falls short of the heartening mes
sage of Browning, the normal perceptions
of Tennyson, the calm and restraint of
Arnold, the only contemporaries with
whom he could possibly be compared, he
excels them ail in that riot of the blood,
that rush of passion and exaltation of
emotion without which poetry is mere
rhymed language. Sensuous and passion
ate his verses are always, and what one
questions is whether he ever made the
final reach and attained simplicity.
Attaches Start for Japan. '
TOKIO. March 15. The American at
taches. Captain W. V. Judson and Colo
nel V. Havard, and a British attache.
Captain C J. Ayres. who were with the
Russian army, and wlio were captured
at the battle of Mukden, left Liao Tang
for Japan today.
GOLDEN STATE DAY
Trainload of California's Best
Men Coming.
TO GIVE OREGON GREETING
California Promotion Day Will Be
One of the Greatest Days at the
Fair Splendid Train .of
Twelve Cars Coming.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 14. The an
nouncement that President Goode of
the Lewis and Clark Contennial Exposi
tion has named June 12 as "California
Promotion Day" brings up tho coming
excursion of the California promotion
committee to Portland. This excursion
will consist of the most prominent men
of California; it will be strictly a "stag"
affair, and it is planned by Rufus Jen
nings, executive officer of the California
promotion committee, to take the party
to Portland in the most elaborately ap
pointed special train that has ever left
California. The train, consisting of 12
coaches, will leave San Francisco Fri
day evening, June 9. so that by the day
set aside to commemorate the promo
tion committeo's visit the members of
the party will have rested sufficiently
to do full Justice to the occasion.
The California promotion committee
is the central organization of 148 cham
bers of commerce and development as
sociations in the Golden State and. as
such, the leading and most progressive
men of California are affiliated with its
work, among them being Governor
George C Pardee. President Benjamin
Idc Wheeler, of the University of Cali
fornia, and President David Starr Jor
dan, of Stanford University, and the
prominent bankers, merchants and pro
fessional men of California. In fact,
the party wnich goes to Portland on the
promotion committee's special will be
thoroughly representative of the-commonwealth
and industrial life of Cali
fornia. "This excursion will bo California's
official call at the Lewis and Clark Ex
position," said Mr. Jennings, "and wo
mean to show that tho commercial in
terests of California are heart and soul
with tho commercial interests of Ore
gon and tho Northwest. Wo know that
the whole Coast must work together
and I think you will find that the men
of California are taking as much inter
est in the Lewis and Clark Exposition
as if it bolonged to them. W have a
pride in the Exposition."
"California is going to make her bow
to Portland and to Oregon In good style."
said Andrea Sbarbero, chairman of the
California promotion committee. Mr.
Sbarbero is also president of the Italian
American Bank, secretary of the Italian
Swiss Colony, president of the Manufac
turers and Producers Association and a
dozen other associations. "You can say."
said Mr. Sbarbero. "that wo will have the
most representative body of Callfornians
that was ever gathered together on one
train. I think this excursion will do a
great deal to bring the people of Cali
fornia and Oregon together, and I want
them to meet personally. I believe the
California exhibits at Portland will be
fully equal to. if not better, than those at
St. Louis. I believe this excursion of
the committees win assist In advertising
the Exposition throughout California."
The California promotion committee
promotes immigration, advertises prod
ucts and lends its aid to develop the
state generally. The committee has given
a number of excursions by special train
throughout California. A recent excur
sion covered over 3400 miles in four days.
Twenty-two towns and cities were visited
and at every stopping place the visitors
met with the greatest reception, brass
bands, barbecues, etc. signalizing the
event. Among Invited guests on the ex
cursion will be President David R,
Francis, of the St. Louis Fair: John M.
Mamner. editor of the St. Louis Star:
John A. Slelcher, editor of Leslie's
Weekly: Senator George C. Perkins, of
California; Senator Thomas Flint, of
California, and others.
VANDEVANTER HAS A RELAPSE
Washington Senator's Condition Crit-
ical, and He May Not Recover.
SEATTLE, March 14. State Senator A.
T. Vandevanter. who suffered a relapse
of typhoid fever. Is in a critical condi
tion tonight and his recovery is not
looked -for. He is conscious and the at
tending physician issued a statement that
the patient would nrobablv
night.
HOW IT WAS LOST.
(Continued from First Page.)
dispatched and a call was sent to Tie
Fass for 13 locomotives. The forward
ing of the locomotives without interrup
ting the northward movement of trains
was a delicate piece of train dispatching.
nut tne overworked railroad staff accom
plished It successfully. At 3 A. M. the
second .string was started northward, and
at 9:4o A. M. the last train of the string
of 16 departed.
All the trains had 52 to 53 cars. Three
trains contained the ammunition of the
park of artillery which had bean dis
patched the evening before In 540 cars;
another train carried clothing, one was
ccal-laden. and one was loaded with Red
Cross supplies, one with engineers' dennt
supplies, three with commissariat freight.
and the remainder with wounded. The
last train out was the service train, with
all the employes of the railway, property
and station papers.
The exertions and devotion of this little
band of civilians rendered service the im
portance of which cannot be overestimat
ed for the future of the Russian nmr.
It saved thousands of wounded soldiers.
an immense amount of ammunition and
millions of dollars worth of property and
cash. It must be remembered that flv
miles north of Mukden an unceasing fight
was in progress. Trains earlier had been
bombarded with Shlmose shells, and the
railroad was twice damaged. . The trains
traveled unllghted and without whistling,
under eight-mile headway.
Huge Bonfires Light the Night.
Fires blazed In a gigantic ring, burning
straw, coal, wood, corn and biscuit. Oc
casionally boxes of cartridges exploded
or rockets rose and burst Into clusters
of stars. The flames had plenty of ma
terial, and there were over 3600 cartloads
of corn and biscuit and over 323.0C0 cubic
feet of coal, straw and mllleL This was
the only reserve commissariat and other
stores that were destroyed. The wounded
crowded the station, filled every vacant
place In the cars and the brakebeams.
buffers and roofs were occupied, while
others were hanging on the steps. The
last train pulled out as General Tserplt
eky's troops began to pass the station
shortly "before the explosion which
wrecked the Hun River bridec On tn
platform remained eight telegraphers who J
had volunteered to stay at their keys un
til the arrival of the Japanese.
In the hospitals of the Llvonian Divi
sion of the Red Cross and medical start
were 10GO scverely"woundcd. including S6I
Japanese, the Chinese Governor of Muk
den giving his word to defend them until
Mukden was occupied by the Japanese.
How many wounded reached the station
after Its evacuation is not known. Of
the military railroad, all but 123 miles
was abandoned and the wagonettes de
stroyed. Tens of thousands of boxes of
ammunition were destroyed, but most im
portant of all from a material point of
view is the loss of the Fushun coal mines,
which supplied the road with coal. The
trains were heavily bombarded, but came
through safely.
Panic Among Wagon-Drivers.
. The retirement of the wagon transport
was twice imperilled by panic the morn
ing of March 10. A Japanese squadron
and guns concealed in the mountains
opened fire and the drivers, who were un
disciplined peasants, unaccustomed to the
sound of Shlmose shells, began to desert
their carts and wagons, cutting loose the
horses or throwing the stores from the
wagons. Confusion became rampant and
spread to terror-stricken civilians and
even gunners, and was communicated to
some infantry troops. The gray-clad
crowd, without information, hidden by
dust, surged on. Tho Japanese, however,
soon ceased firing and order was restored.
Troops following the wagons carried off
cannon, but were unable to gather the
abandoned property. Soldiers broke open
officers' boxes and portmanteaus and ran
sacked them for valuables.
Just before dark another panic occurred
at tho station of Santiatsc, where an enor
mous collection of carts had halted for
the night. A column of Russians advanc
ing was taken for Japanese and the cry of
"Japanese cavalry" was raised. The un
armed drivers commenced to flee, while
those with rifles fired in every direction.
The cooler heads quieted the panic
stricken mass, but a number of lives were
lost and additional property was sacrificed.
The retirement of the central and western
army was effected by four roads and over
the fields between. The army of. General
Llncvltch followed the eastern roads from
Fushun, Impan and Fu Pass. The third
army retired in echelon, leaving a strong
rear guard.
The Japanese, who at nightfall occupied
half of the village of Santiatsc, burst
at daybreak Into the park of the Imperial
Tombs and opened a heavy rifle fire. Tho
Russians, however, refrained from open
ing fire in the holy places of the Chinese.
The Japanese did not press severely from
the rear, bending their efforts to thrust
in from the flanks and outer portions of
the army. Several divisions, acting as the
rear guard under General Laounln, were
almost surrounded, but broke through un
der a heavy fire on both flanks. The rear
guard the night of March" 10 held the
heights at the station of Sushltai and on
March 11 and 12 fell slowly back to Tie
Pass.
Ready to Fight Again.
Now, two days later. Tie Pass is a
great organized military camp, in which
the troops assembled are calm and have
gotten themselves Into order. The men
Immediately forgot their recent hunger,
sleeplessness, weariness and fears of
death and sit around the blazing camp
fires and sing and are ready to defend the
position, or even go out and attack the
Japanese.
FLEE TO SAVE THEIR HEADS
High Turkish Officials Victims of
Palace Intrigues.
CONSTANTINOPLE. March U.-Anoth-cr
palace Intrigue, so common in the Sul
tan's entourage, has resulted In tie sud
den flight of a trio of high Ottoman of
ficials, Generals Ahmet Pasha and Riza
Pasha, aides-de-camp of the .Sultan and
Arlf Eey, His Majesty's chamberlain. It
is said that the three officials fled abroad
to escape the machinations of a secret po
lice cabal at the Yildiz Kiosk, who were
said to be bent on their destruction. Riza
Pasha was recently attacked and wound-,
ed in a street brawl, alleged to have been
Instigated by tho Chief of the Secret
Police.
CHINESE DIRECTORS ARE "SEEN"
They Agree to Resume Operation of
Sinmintln Railroad.
YANKOW, March 14. It Is stated that
service on the YInkow. ICoupantze & Sin
mintln Railroad will be resumed within
a tew days, the Chinese directors hav
ing been successfully approached. They
now attempt to Justify their action on
the ground that the Japanese threatened
to seize the line unless they were per
mitted to ship rice over the road. Th
directors declare that the removal of the
rolling stock to Klnchow was a precau
tionary measure, and express regret at
the Interruption of traffic. They say that
communication has been reopened upon
the assurance of the Japanese that there
was no intention to seize the railway.
Ian Mclaren Gives Up Pastorate.
LONDON, March 14. Rev. Dr. John
Watson (Ian Maclaren) has resigned tho
pastorship of the Sefton Park Presbyte
rian Church In Liverpool. In his farewell
address Dr. Watson said he was worn
out and could not go on. He never had
been strong, he said, and had to do his
work with hindrances from bodily weari
ness, and now his strength is nearly ex
hausted. Kuropatkin Blames His Generals.
ST. PETERSBURG. March 11. While
Kuropatkin has assumed full responsibil
ity for accepting a battle at Mukden, be
has complained to the Emperor that his
failure to execute his orders of two Gen
erals, whose names cannot be learned. He
also throws blame on some of the troops,
which failed to respond properly at the
critical moment.
Trying to Drive Russia Into Peace.
LONDON, March 14. The Dally Tele
graph declares that the French govern
ment has given Parisian banking houses
clearly to understand that they must not
conclude the proposed Russian loan un
less Russia is prepared to negotiate for
peace.
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History of Shoes.
Redfe'rn's "Royal and Historic Shoes."
In no article of attire have more vagar
ies been shown than In shoes. Today a
lady who desires to be considered in the
height of fashion wears shoes pointed as
much as possible, but in the time of
Queen Mary the taste was all the other
way, and it was found necessary to Issue
a royal proclamation prohibiting shoes
with toes wider than six Inches. But
perhaps the' most extraordinary develop
ment in the way of footgear were the
"chopines" Introduced by the ladles of
Venice to make themselves taller than
they really were. The articles were really
a kind of stilts made of wood and leather,
and sometimes reached the absurd height
of 12 inches. Even a trained acrobat
would have difficulty In walking on such
things, and ordinary women had such
trouble with them that when they at
tempted a promenade they required the
assistance of a servant at each side and
another behind to keep them from taH-
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TAKES KAY TO CHINA
Ras Elba Completes Her Port
land Cargo.
ELLERIC WILL FINISH TODAY
Olympia, Unfortunate Blockade-Runner,
at Last Delivers Her Sup
plies at San Francisco, and
May Return Here.
The British steamship Ras Elba fin
ished loading hay at Albers" dock late
yesterday afternoon and this morning
will start down the river, bound for
Tslngtau, China. She has 98S8 bales
of hay aboard, also 01.01S bushels of
oats, which were loaded at Seattle. The
cargo was provided by Albers Bros,
and all of it would have been shipped
from Portland had the firm been able
to secure dock room here. While the
steamer is going to Tslngtau. there is
little doubt that the forage she car
ries is intended for the Russian forces,
as there is no demand for such a quan
tity at the German port. It is equally
certain that were it intended for the
Japanese it would be sent direct to a
port in Japan or to Port Arthur. As
the steamer will clear for a neutral
port, she will be safe from molestation
by Japanese warships.
The British steamship Elleric, which
has been loading barley here for a
week will complete her cargo of 5003
tons at Mersey dock today and will
sail tomorrow for Yokohama. It is be
lieved by her officers that when she
reaches the Japanese port she will be
ordered to proceed to Port Arthur.
The steamship Olympia, which .loaded
2500 tons of oats at this port in Janu
ary for Vladivostok, but got no far
ther than the coaling station of Comox.
where an accident to her .machinery
caused her to return to Seattle for re
pairs, reached San Francisco Monday
night. Her cargo has been sold there,
but there is a belief that it will be for
warded to Japan, possibly on the same
steamer. In the event that it is trans
shipped, the Olympia may return to
Portland.
STEAMER FOR GRAY'S HARBOR
Toledo May Be Put on Run From
This City.
John Undstromr Mayor of Aberdeen,
is negotiating for the steam schormer
Toledo for service between Portland
and Gray's Harbor. It Is proposed to
make a round trip each week to points
on the harbor and once a month to
seed the steamer down to Alsea and
Taquina Bay. The Toledo was built
last year and is a first-class coaster,
but has not been able to find an open
ing on any of the lower runs. A. Fay,
of San Francisco, a part owner In the
steamer, was making inquiries yester
day for a master for the craft. Sev
eral years ago there was profitable
business for a steamer between Port
land and the harbor, but the building I
of the Northern Pacific extension killed
it off. It Is thought that the heavy
travel In the West this Summer on ac
count of the Fair will enable a steamer
on this route to do a paying business.
Cannot Carry Passengers.
The little stern-wheeler G. W. "Walk
er, of the Kaxnm line, will hereafter be
used exclusively as a freight boat.
Local United States Inspectors Edwards
and Fuller have Tevoked her passenger
licence, as the steamer is not considered
Perhaps you suffer almost continually
with, pain la the back, bearing-down
feelings, headache and utter exhaustion.
Tour poor health makes you nervous,
irritable and at times despondent; but
thousands of just such suffering or
broken-down women are being restored
to health, and strength every day by
the use of that wonderful discovery.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great
kidney, liver and. bladder remedy.
Not only does Swamp-Root bring new
life and activity to the kidneys, the
cause of the trouble, but by strength
ening the kidneys it acts as a general
tonic and food for the entire constitu
tion. The mild and extraordinary effect of
the world-famous kidney and bladder
remedy, Swamp-Root, Is soon realized.
It stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases. A
trial will' convince any one and you
may have a sample bottle sent free by
mall.
In taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root
you afford natural help to nature, for
Swamp-Root Is the most perfect healer
and gentle aid to the kidneys that has
ever been discovered. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, and the address, Binghamton. N.
X., on every bottle.
to be in condition to handle passenger
traffic
Marine Notes.
The schooner Beulah has cleared for
San Francisco with 450,000 feet of
lumber. f
The steamer Redondo will sail for
San Francisco today with passengers
and 500 tons of grain and 420,000 feet
of lumber.
Two side-dump scows belonging to
the Port of Portland Commission were
lifted on the drydock yesterday to be
recaulkcd.
Tne Port of Portland tender John
McCraken left for Astoria yesterday
afternoon. She has been leased by the
"Weather Bureau and will be used in
recovering the lost North Head cable.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA. March 14. Arrived at 1 and left
up at 9:30 A. M. Steamer Nome City, from
San. Francisco. Arrived at 9:30 A. M. and left
up at 12:4.") P. M. Steamer Alliance, from
Eureka and Coca Bay. Sailed at 4 P. M.
Schooner Andy Mahony. for San Francisco.
Condition of the bar at & P. II., smooth; wind
east; weather cloudy.
Point Lobos. March 14. Passed at 11 A. 21.
Steamer Rosecrans, from Portland, for Mon
terey. Falmouth. March 12. Arrived French bark
Duplelx. from Portland.
Hoquiam. March 14. (Special.) Sailed
Steamer Coronado; schooner A. B. Johnson, for
San Francisco; schooner Melrose, for San Pe
dro. Arrived Steamer Homer and schooner
Comet, from San Francisco.
San Francisco, March 14. Arrived Steamer
Nebraskan, from Kahulul; German ship Mag
dalen, from Antwerp and Newcastle. England:
schooner Alumna, from Wlllapa; steamer. Czar
ina, from Coos Bay; steamer Centennial, from
Seattle. Sailed Whaling steamer Jeanette, on
whaling cruise; French, bark Bceauet, for New
castle. Australia; steamer Breakwater and
steamer M. F. Plant, for Coos Bay; schooner
Lily, for Umpqua. Cleared Bark Mohican, for
Hoaolu)u; schooner Halcyon, for San Jose de
Guatemala; steamer Oregonian. for 2ew York,
via. Seattle and Honolulu.
PERSONAL MENTION.
B. L. Smith, of Hood River, Is at the
Perkins.
Frank Menefeev District Attorney, oi
The Dalles, is at the Imperial.
Dr. J. A. Geisendorfferv of The; Dalles,
is at the Perkins for a short visit in the
city.
Senator and Mrs. R. A. Booth, of
Eugene, are at the Imperial for a few
days.
Dr. J. W. Strange, a prominent physi
cian of Roseburg, is a guest at the
Perkins.
Frank Menefee, Prosecuting Attorney
of "Wasco County, i3 stopping at the
Imperial.
"W. K. Newell, member of the Lower
House of the Oregon Legislature, is reg
istered at the Perkins.
Fred Judd, a prominent business man
of Pendleton, is at the Portland for a
short visit in the city.
Ralph Feeney, past grand master of the
A. O. U. "W., leaves today for .a trip
through Eastern Oregon In the" interests
of the order.
Major and Mrs. Lee Hoo rehouse, of
Pendleton, returned to their home last
night after a few days spent in Portland
visiting friends.
H. S. McGowan, the well-known can
neryman of McGowan, is in Portland on
business. He has much to say of the
good that will result from the Centen
nial and thinks that every resident of
Oregon and Washington will attend.
E. L. Smith, president of the Oregon.
Development League, is in the city from
bis home at Hoed River, for a short visit
on business connected with the conven
tion of the league, which is to be called
in a short time. He is stopping at the
Perkins.
"W. H. Snedaker, general agent of the
Illinois Central Railway, with head
quarters at San Francisco, is in Port
land on business. He Js Very enthusi
astic upon the subject of the Exposition
and thinks that the whole Pacific Coast
will be equally benefited.
H. EL Slmonda and N. H. "Webber
are guests at the Imperial. , Both, are
SWAMP-R08T A BLESSING TO WOMEN
My kidneys and bladder gave me great
trouble for over two months' and I guttered,
untold misery. I became weak, emaciate
and very much run down. I had great dif
ficulty in retaining my urine, and was
obliged to pass water very often night and.
day. After I had used a. sample bottle of
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, sent me on my
request. I experienced relief and I Immedi
ately bought of my druggist two large bot
tles and continued taking It regularly. X am
pleased to say that Swamp-Root cured ma
entirely. . I can now stand on my feet all day
without any bad symptoms whatever.
8wamp-Root has proved a blessing to me.
Gratefully yours,
JIRSl E. AUSTIN, .
19 Nassau St., Brooklyn, N. T.
well-known cannerymen of the North
west. Mr. Simonds is on his way to
Blaine, Wash., where he expects to estab
lish a large cannery in the near future.
NEW YORK. March 14. (Specials
Northwestern people registered at New
York notels today as follows: Portland
Navarre: J. F. Ames. New Amsterdam: L
Labowitcb. Walla Walla Hotel Astor: R.
B. Caswell and wife.
Chinese Lottery Raided.
Lottery tickets were, prizes captured
by tne police late last night in a raid
into a dark room on the second floor
at 130 K Second street. Sergeant Hdge
boom and Patrolman Nelson battered
down a door, stumbled over a number
of sleeping Chinese and burst into a
room where a great quantity of lottery
tickets had been secreted. Leong On,
Long Tai and Dr. Singleton, a Chinese
doctor, were locked up on the charge of
having the tickets in their possession.
None of the Chinese in the room es
caped. There's nothing like Hood's Sarsaparilla
for keeping blood pure and giving real
strength.
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