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THE. "MOEKINGk OBEGONIAN,. -WJBDJNESDAY, MARCH ,22, l&Qg. DEATH ROLL GROWS One Hundred Dead and Miss ing at Brockton. CHARRED FRAGMENTS FOUND Only Fourteen of Fifty-Five Bodies Recovered Have Been Identified Only Traces of Engineer Are Found. BKOCKTON, Mass., March 21. Satis fied that there -was no chance o recover ing additional bodies from the ruins of the R. B. Grover Company's shoe fac tory, search was abandoned at 11 o'clock tonight by the small army of volunteers after 37 hours of constant tolL Although the police and Medical Examiner Paine felt that they have removed from the debris all remains which were not reduced to ashes, a second search shortly will be Instituted to satisfy relatives and friends nf the victims. The revised list as given out by the ptlice at 11:30 o'clock tonight was as loi lows: "Bodies recovered, K; Identified, 14; missing, 5; reported as escaped, 2S3. It now seems probable that but 14 bodies will be burled with their Identity posi tively established." An Inquest will be held shortly. The day saw the first movement on the part of the workmen In trades similar to that pursued by the victims to raise a relief fund for the bereaved families. It Is expected that several thousand dollars will be subscribed. Fragments of Bodies Found. At the ruins tonight hundreds of men drenched to the skla by the rain tolled unceasingly amid the half-burned timbers for -fragments of flesh and bone which, when found, were hurried to the morgue to be scanned by those waiting; there. That the 65 dead represent the total num ber of victims no one familiar with the disaster believes. It Is extremely doubt ful, however, that more than fragmen tary pieces of other bodies will ev'er be found. Medical Examiner Paine said tonight that he believed other bodies had been reduced to ashes and that the number of victims might never be positively known. He did not believe that further Identifi cations of the charred remains at the morgue were probable. Every body which had on It a trinket or piece of clothing has been more or less positively Identified. Remains which have been placed In boxes and marked "unknown" are In such a state that there Is no possibility of their being recognized. . Today the first of the funerals of the victims was held. Governor Doublas being among those -who followed the body to the grave. The funeral was that of Je rome Mayo, a finisher In tho factory and brother-in-law of C. L. Fish, a close fc friend of the Governor. A public service for the victims will be held Thursday afternoon In the City The ater. Two clergymen, one a Catholic and the other a Protestant, will speak. The remains of the unidentified dead will be j Interred in 'the" Melrose cemetery. j Tonight numerous meetings were held by fraternal and labor organizations to offer assistance to the city in relieving the distress of the families. Remains of Engineer Found. A careful search of the boiler pit In which the remains of David Rockwell, the engineer, were found resulted in the finding of a watch, the rubber heel of a shoe and a torn piece of clothing, all of which were shown to Mrs. Rockwell, the wife of the engineer, and were identified by her as belonging to her husband. Then the police found a part of a chair with a pelvis of a human frame in it. from which they inferred that Rockwell was sitting beside, his boiler when the explosion came and was Instantly killed. The police today, in explaining the failure of "a number of employes to re port their escape, cited an instance which indicated to them that many of the work men were dazed after the explosion. Jo seph Jones, employed in the stltchlng room, escaped with a few bruises. In a confused state of mind he walked to another shoe factory in the city, applied for and was given employment, and In a mechanical way he worked through the day. Not until he returned to his home and found his family mourning him as dead was the man's brain clear enough to enable him to recall the Incidents of the day. Captain D. B. Grover, president of the Grover Compans', who has been ill for several weeks, was Informed today of the .loss of life which attended the de struction of his factory. He was tempo rarily overcome, but was better tonight. ALL .CLOSELY GUARDED NO MAN MUST TALK TO BEEF TRUST WITNESSES. Posse of Secret-Service Men Will Pre vent Their Being Approached by Packers or Newspaper Men. CHICAGO, March 2L Fifteen secret service men have been brought to Chi cago to guar the witnesses who will appear and testify before the special grand Jury which tomorrow will begin the investigation of the - transactions of the so-called beef trust. So great is the desire of the federal officials to maintain strict secrecy in the investigation that every witness will be closely guarded to prevent ils being approached by news paper men or agents of the packers. C. B. Morrison, who today was ap pointed District Attorney to succeed S. H. Bethea, recently appointed District Judge, declared tonight that any person detected speaking to or inquiring the name of any of the witnesses will be liable for contempt of court Twenty men have qualified as grand Jurors, and the federal officials hope to be abie to complete the list of Jurymen tomorrow. , Ohio Anti-Trust Law Upheld. COLUMBUS. O., March 21. The Ohio Supreme Court today upheld the con stitutionality of the criminal section flUTV 'PfiTTnV-TJ'nT.Tl'TJrR C POOTTP OT.j-of the Valentine anti-trust law. The Civil section uu.u auoiuy uctu mrn f Pm.Itah,. Flnallv Adont "PB as constitutional sums i.m Mutual Plan of Management. NEW YORK, March 2L A plan for tho gradual admission of the policy-holders of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States to ehare in the con trol of its affairs was adopted by the di rectors today. It provides for an amend ment of the society's charter so that 23 of its 2 directors shall, at the expiration of four years, have been elected by the policy-holders, and the remaining 24 by the stockholders. Under the new plan, seven of the 13 directors annually elected will be choson by the policy-holders, and six by the stockholders. The new method of con trol will thereafter become effective after four years. Capmakers Win Strike. NEW YORK, March 21. Several hun dred capmakers who went on strike three months ago against the "open shop" in all the factories of the New York Cap Manufacturers' Association have returned to' work, having settled with their em ployers and gained recognition of the union. Y. W. C. A. WILL ASSIST THEM If Sufficient Number Apply It Will Aid Working Women. loonkeeper. early Sunday morning, were captured by the police today. Almost the entire police department of the North west side, as well as Central Station de tectives, participated in the round-up of the alleged robbers. One of the captured men was shot in the "bead, but the bullet missed touching a vital" spot. The suspects were arrested at their homes and In every case. It is alleged, the police were forced to break down doors to make the arrests and des perate resistance was shown. Many shots were exchanged between the officers and men, but no officer was wounded. HEALTH BOARD BEOBGANIZED Dr. Andrew C.' Smith President, and R- C. Yenney Secretary. Dr. Woods Hutchinson Is no longer the State Health Officer and secretary to the State Board. Ho resigned yes terday as a result of a proposed reduc tion in salary and a curtailment of the amount heretofore allowed his office for expenses. The resignation was ac cepted and Dr. R. C Yenney immedi ately selected to fill the position.. The sessions of the State Board of Health yesterday consisted principally of discussions of removing the offices of the Board to Salem, the sanitary condition of the Lewis and Clark Expo sitlon grounds and the state of the food supply of Portland during the Fair. Considerable time was taken in a dis cussion of the financial necessities of the Board and In llstenlngto the re port of the secretary. Following the report of the secretary the election of officers was the order of business. Dr. Andrew C Smith was unanimously re-elected president for the third term and Dr, E. B. Plckel was chosen vice-president. The matter of the. appointment of a consulting engineer to the Board was taken up. and Oscar Huber was selected to serve without pay. Dr. Pickel was Instructed to Inform the petitioners for the removal of the cemetery at Ashland that the Board did not have authority to act. The proposition to remove the offices of the Board to Salem was defeated, after which the Board adjourned to meet at Pendleton some time in June TALKON GOOD ROADS Two Days' Session of Southern Oregon District. THOUSANDS HAVE KIDNEY IH Ai DON'T KNOW II HELD IN GitY OFGRANPS PASS Schwab Wants Warship Contract. NEW YORK, March 2L Charles M. Schwab sailed for Europe today on the steamer Kron Prinz Wilbelm. It was said today that Mr. Schwab was bound for St. Petersburg to negotiate the build ing of warships for Russia. British Still Ahead at Checkers. BOSTON, March 21. In the Interna tional checker tournament today the score was: British, 6; Americans, : drawn. SO. Total score: British, 45; Americans, 24; drawn, 151. How working women are to live when with Increasing rents and higher cost of necessities their meager incomes are swallowed up without provision being - . i. vn n . ... .n Via nftVilitm laid before the business meeting of the j at lne call or the president. Younc Women's . Christian Association yesterday. It was the longest session on ATtp SUSPECTED OF POLYGAMY record, and many important subjects were -"-"- w xuiiuum presented, As -to the workng womea, it was decided that If a sufficient number registered at the association office, saying that they would soon have to face this dilemma, the directors would then take up the matter In all earnestness. In this con nection Miss Prltchard. of the People's Institute, asked for the appointment of a committee to help her in improving the conditions surrounding the working girls of the North End. This afternoon at 3 o'clock the associa tion will hold an adjourned meeting at the Exposition grounds to witness the breaking of th,e ground for the Fair head quarters building. POLICE BOUND UP DESPERADOES Chicago Sends Out Small. Army to Capture Four Suspected Murderers. CHICAGO. March 2L In one of the most desperate encounters between police and alleged desperadoes since the cap ture of tho notorious carbarn bandits, four men. suspected of being Implicated in the murder of Frltx Kreuger, a sa- Mormons in Hawaii Under Investiga tion by Government. HONOLULU. March 21.-R. W. Breck- ons. united fatates Attorney, is reported to be investigating the Mormon . settle ment at Late- for evidence of polygamy, on Instructions from Washington. Mr. Breckons refuses to confirm or deny the report. A. T. Atkinson. Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction, and father of Territorial Secretary Atkinson, has resigned at the request of Governor Carter, who consid ers his administration unsatisfactory. In his letter of resignation. Superintendent Atkinson demands a public Investigation. Freight EmbargS Is Lifted. RENO, Nev.. March 21. The embargo placed upon all freight, except the neces sities of life, by the Southern Pacific sometime ago, will be raised tomorrow morning by order of General Manager Calvin. He returned to Reno today with the above announcement. Thousands of tons of freight, consisting' of mining ma chinery, etc.. are now sidetracked waiting for the embargo to be lifted. interesting and Instructive Addresses Are Made by Prominent Men From Many Parts of the State. GRANTS PASS. Or.. March 21. (Special.) The- Southern Oregon dis trict convention of the Oregon Good Roads' Association closed a two days' session In this city this evening with a large and enthusiastic meeting .There were large delegations present from Northern and Southern Oregon. Among the prominent men present from a dis tance were: Judge John H. Scott, of Salem: ex-Governor T. T. Geer, of Salem: W. E. Coman, of the Southern Pacific Company, of Portland; Judge Ryan, of Oregon City; Judge J. C. Trenhard, of Astoria; Dr. James Wlthy- combe. of the Oregon Agricultural Col lege; Professor J. M. Hyde, of the State University; George W. Evans, of Port land; Judge M. D. Thompson, of Rose- burg: Judge G. W. Dunn, of Jackson ville; Hon. D. H. Jackson, of Ashland; Hon. H. Von der Hellen. of Wellen; Hon. W. L Vawter, of Medford. The goods roads committee of the Oregon Development League was rep resented by three of Its members, head ed by the chairman, John S. BealL The Roseburg Commercial Club had a dele gation present and there were also large .delegations present from Ash land. Medford,. Jacksonville and other smaller towns of Southern Oregon. 1 The convention was called to order by Judge George II. Durham, who briefly outlined the object of the con vention. Addresses of welcome were made by Dennis H. Stovall on behalf of the citizens of Grant's Pass and Jo sephine, and C. L. Morgan, president of the Grant's Pass Miners' Association, on behalf of the association under whose auspices this convention was held. During the convention addresses were made by A. H. Garaon, Commissioner of the State Board of Horticulture for the Third District, on "Bad Roado as an In direct Tax on the Agricultural and Hor ticultural Industries." and by Judge J. C. Trenchard on "Raising Road Taxes by Road District Levies." Dr. "Withy. combe spoke on the 'Economy of Good Roads." and Hon. R. G. Smith, of Joseph ine, oh "How Should a Road Fund Be Acquired?" Addresses were also made by ex-Governor T. T. Geer and John H. Scott, of Salem; W. E. Coman, general passenger and freight agent of the South ern Pacific lines In Oregon; John S. Bealls and others. The session of Tuesday evening, which closed the convention, was largely taken up by Professor John M. 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Y.. on every bottle. machinery used In road-building, ana : which were Illustrated by stereopticon views. The closing session of the con vention was attended largely by residents of Grant's Pass and the Good Roads As sociation, recognizing the valuable as sistance of the ladles In creating gooa roads sentiment, elected a member of the Grant's Pass Woman's Club, Mrs. L A. Wishort, as secretary pro tern for the evening. In response to the request of Judge Trenchard, who acted as presiding offi cer for the evening, short addresses were made by Mrs. A. Conklln, Mrs. A. E. Voorhles and Mrs. R. T. Coe, expressing the interest of the ladles in cause of good roads. The convention aroused a very great in terest in the cause of good roads, and In the general discussion which followed the addresses some well-made points were given by prominent business men, miners and farmers of Josephine and Jackson Counties. The musical features of the programme were supplied by the Grant's Pass men's quartet and by the Grant's Pass Woman's Club, the latter having charge of the dec orations of the Opera-House, which were In the .National colors, and tne stage In streamers of white and green, tha clul colors, and the Oregon grape and plum blossoms. Nebraska Society Entertainment., John Manning presided at the meeting of the Nebraska Society in Alisky Hall last night, and Mrs. Ida Boyer took charge of the programme. Miss Frances K. Houser gare two piano solos. Addresses were delivered by Clyde B. Aitchesen. Rev. C. Buechler, George R. Wilber, Miss Ger trude Bomgardner, Miss Woodcock and B. F. Morden. Miss F. B. Morden gave two solos. Theodore Olsen. Danish Vice Consul at Omaha, expressed himself so pleased with Oregon that he Intended, if his wife would consent, to make his home here. Luncheon and cards followed the addresses and songs. BUSINESS ITEMS. IX Babr la .uttlnx Tee tit. Be ion- and use. that old and well-tried remedy. Mrs. WisaIows Soothing Syrup, for -caildrea tecthtsx. It soothes the child, softens the rums, allays all pain, cured wind cr.Ha and diarrhoea. The Best Pill I ever used." is the fre- ! quent remark of purchasers of Carter's lllll. T.lvai. TMllc WhAn vntl tn? i you will say the same. Mosners friend ALL KINDS AND CONDITIONS OF MEN All kind? and conditions of men are Ending rendezvous at the office of the Clerk in that unplctureeque old ruin known courteously as the Multnomah County Courthouse. These are the days when the parties are busy recruiting their strength In making ready for the fray which Is to come. The Republican and Democratic line officers have again taken the field on active service, and skeleton battalions which have served to maintain party organization during tho Inter-elec-tlon truce are being filled and reinforced to a war footing. A Mayer and divers Aldermen are to be chosen and there are spoils to be won. Spring has come again and a Spring in which not only flowers bloom, but -which holds a city election and the many fine things which tingle in the political pulse. There are' many sorts of men In the ranks of them who are mustering against the day of primaries when the many are to be called and the few chosen. A motley convocation is now to be seen each day at Olerk Fields' -counter. j. he many who want to vote arc regis tering. Sonie are there to swear and make qualification from a high sense of civic duty. Not many, but some. Some because Ihey lgnorantly believe they are cogs In the machinery of municipal gov ernment. Others are there out of cus tom, going to the registering books as they take sarsaparilla for their blood. Because It Is Spring. But most of them are going because they are nudged in the ribs and told to go by the file-closers who have their orders from higher up. I wandered Into the place where sev eral men were behind the counter tak 'lngr the names' ot 'the many who want to vote They are clerky and proud and a bit- haughty, if to be at once clerky and haughty Is possible. One ot them asked me If I were Re publican er Democratic and when I didn't lenow he was patronizing', even pltylnsr- I put a hypothetical question and askel what Socialists and Prohi bitionists did. and he told me they didn't register. Standing there In the way of anxious sovereigns he asked: "Well, do you want to register?" I didn't know. "If you want to vote you've Ot to regis ter. It was immaterial to me so I was moved along by the ranks of those -who wanted action, at the ballot-box. Side by side -were the Municipal league champions and the "b"bys who didn't care a tinker's expelitlve about reform "so long as thoy get an "open town. The .men who alt"ln"carpeted'ofJ flees and dictate to blonde stenogra phers hobnobbed with the fellows who work on the docks. Genteel family men of substance and men whose Idea of finance is an' elastic currency of beer check. One by one they gave their names and callings, and for the most part their confession of political faith was the same. "Bud Jones. Republican, barkeeper, been In Oregon two years, live at the Ex celsior Hotel, voted often at every elec tion." "That'll do, Mr. Jones. Now the next." And Mr. Jones, after answering the ques tions fair passed on conscious of his strength as a sovereign. "Donald McConnlck. Republican, bank er, been in Oregon 40 years, live on Kings Heights, voted often." . And the smug patriot in Immaculate and modest garb joined his brother with the heavy weight face and crp-shooter's sartorial display. Death and politics level all. They were one In the faith and they rejoiced equally In their sovereignty. So they passed all the afternoon. Up to the license stand to get their authority. Today and tomorrow their like will pass again and for many days for the slogan has been borne aloft and the clans and hosts arft rallying- There Is to be an election and In their nostrils is the scent of reform, or spoils, or wassail or duty or a dollar the vote, for the fathers long ago In the exuberance of freedom lifted up the gates and made the host the sov ereign In a notion that the one and the other man is necessary to a government of the people- It's a fine, an arousing, a pathetic and possibly an edifying sight to see. The numbering of the sovereigns. A. A. G. Every mother feels a great dread of the pain and danger attendant 'Upon the most critical period of her life. Becoming: a mother should os & source of joy to all, but th& suffering and danger incident to the ordeal makes its anticipation one of misery. 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