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TOL. XXV- NO. 14,079.
PORTIA3JD, OREGON, 3I0XDAY, JAXTJAHY
1906.
PRICE F1YE CENTS.
Wl'GLELLAN DEFIES
1INY TIGER
Reform Is Slogan of
New York's Mayor. i
MURPHY'S INFLUENCE IS LOST
City Officials Appointed With
out the Boss' Approval.
MACHINE MEN THROWN OUT
District Lenders Arc Astounded Wlicn
They Learn That the City's Chief
Executive Is Xot Merely
Playing to Galleries.
.NEW YOUIv, Jan. 21. (Special.) The
new cits' administration has boon In of
fice long enough to convince the people
generally that Mayor McClollan and Boss
Charles F. Murphy arc seriously on the
outs.
The Mayor' announcement of his of
ficial fMnilly. in other worde. his oom
mlesionors came as a surprise to Tarn
ninny Hull, but the belief, privately cx
prefed. was thut It really didn't mean
anything, it was just u trick to fool the
public. Hut as tin- days have- gone by
the workers are realizing to their dismay
that the city departments have actually
been taken out of practical politic!.
The government of New York City is
roughly divided into 11 great depart
ments, poliee. fire, health, street-cleaning,
docks, charities, corrections, water, sew
ers, parks and bridges. Each Is headed
by a commissioner (except the Park
Uoard. which has three), drawing a sal
ary of 57500 a year, and having an Im
mense amount of patronage under his
control.
.Murphy Xanicd Commissioners.
When McClellan took ofilce two years
ago. Murphy named all his commissioners
except John McGaw Woodbury, head of
t lie street-cleaning department. Wood
bury was a hold-over from the Low ad
ministration, and McClollan insisted he
should be retained. But Murphy ap
pointed the following commissioners,
practically without consultation with the
Mayor:
Police Commissioner. William McAdoo:
Fire Commissioner, Nicholas J. Hayes;
Dock Commissioner. Maurice Fcntherson:
Sewer Commissioner. Matthew Donahue;
Park Commissioners. John J. Pallas and
Henry Shrader: Commissioner of Gas ami
KleclricHy and Water Supply. John T.
Oakley; Bridge Commissioner. William
Best.
All of these were personal selections of
Murphy. They went to him for their
appointment, and. recognizing the fact
that they owed him gratitude for their
selection, loyally carried out his orders.
Hayes. Fcathorson. Donahue and Oak
ley were district lenders, while the oth
ers were chosen and vouched for by dis
trict leaders.
All Were 'runted Down.
These men controlled practically all the
minor appointments and all the influence
' of the administration which closed De
cember 31 last, and not one of them has
been reappointed. True, Hayes has been
promoted, he was elected Sheriff, and
Pallas died in ofilce, but all the others
were candidates for reappointment and
were backed by Murphy. Yet they were
turned down. And had Hayes and Pallas
been in the field they would undoubtedly
have shared the same ate.
McClellan has filled these places by the
selection of new men, none of whom are
powers in the organization, and none of
whom are proteges of Murphy. Police
Commissioner Bingham comes from the
Army. He had to aslc where police hcad
ciuarters was located, and was never in
Tammany Hall in his life. The Fire Com
missioner is John F. O'Brien, who was
taken from the Sun by McClellan to bo
his private secretary. Murphy didn't in
dorse either of these sJecUons. In fact,
lie privately opposed Uicju vigorously.
The new Dock Commissioner, who "has
power to greatly bother the Murphy Con
tracting Company, If lie desires, is not
even an election district captain. Com
missioner Ellison, of the gas, electricity
and water supply department, is popularly
believed to live in New Jersey. Bridge
Commissioner Stevenson is another .cx
newspaper man and a. protege of cx
Comptroller Grant. McCanon opposed
him; Murphy opposed him. But McClollan
appointed him.
District Leader Loses His Job.
Bingham turned out all three of Mc
Adoo's deputies, and- one of them was
Thomas F. MacAvoy. an ex-Inspector of
Police, and a present district leader.
MacAvoy was the Murphy tip for Poliqc
Commissioner. He is not anything at all
now.
One of the new deputies named frankly
admitted that he owed his appointment tol
G rover Cleveland, and had never met
General Bingham until he was sent for
and told the Job was his. Another is an
anti-McCanon Democrat of Brooklyn, In
dorsed by Grant. A third is a Harlem
lawyer, vaguely described as "an old
friend of the Commissioner."
The only district leaders who were re
appointed were City Chamberlain Patrick
Keenan and Commissioner of Corrections
Francis J. Lantry. Neither are regarded
as strong Murphy men. Keenan has been
a leader in Tammany for years, and Is
not a grafter. During the campaign Dis
trict Attorney J.cromc declared on the
stump on several occasions that ''there
are lots of honest men in Tammany
Hall. One of the best is Pat Keenan,
and 1 have no light on men like him."
Lantry's reputation Is also good. Per
haps that is why he holds on. Noftncr of
these two, by the way. have much pat
ronage at their disposal.
Clean Sweep In Brooklyn.
Over In Brooklyn, district leadors held
all the deputy commlsslonerblps undor
the okl administration. Mayor McClellan
has swept them all out. His nw ap
pointees are men who have never boen
active in politics, although tholr reputa
tions Ju private life arc good..
These appointments created surprise,
but the district leaders believed hat they
were simply for effect, and that the new
men would "take orders from the or
ganization" as loyally as their predeces
sors had done. So they confidently called
at the various departments with requests
for appointments and favors, but were
promptly, courteously and firmly turned
down. . ,
Complaints were madgto Murphy, who
had "stated publicly that 1m and the
Mayor "had no quarrel," and "the ap
pointments which the Mayor-had made
meet wltli my approval." In the privacy
of Tammany Hall, however, the boss fig
uratively threw up both hands.
Murphy Talks lo Jllm.
"I cannot do a blessed thing," ho said.
"I couldn't name x dogcalcher as things
arc at present. Why. I've talked and
talked to the Mayor, but he's taken the
bit in his teeth, and I don't seem te have
any more influence with him than Hearst
has. But It won't last. He will come
back to the organization before long."
But the Mayor's friends declare ho will
never come back, but plans te reform the
party as Folk and Weaver did in their"
respective cities from the inside. He
has taken to himself a new set of coun
selors, whom he regards as the high
minded, influential men of the Demo
cratic party in New York City, and It is
to them he has confided his purposes,
and it is with them that he has coiwid
ered his plans.
Grovrr Cleveland, ultlioagh he lives In
Princeton. N. J., is on the list. The oth
ers include Alton B. Parker, recent Demo
cratic candidate for President, and now a
resident of New York City; Kdward M.
Shepard. Croker's "decent candidate" for
Mayor In 1S01: Edward M. Groat, for four
years Controller; Supreme Court Justice
Morgan: J. O'Brien, who is a trustee of
the Equitable Life In sura nee Society, and
Thomas F. Mulry. one of the leading
Catholics of the city, who refused a nom
ination for President of the Board of Al
dermen last Fall.
These men know why the Mayor did It,
what he meant by it. and what his inten
tion Is in ail his future activities.
What the Mayor Means.
The Mayor's purpose. It is explained, is
nothing more or less than to abolish the
political machine known as Tammany
Hall, and to reconstruct and roofflcer the
Kings County Democracy.
The Tammany Society, it may not be
generally known, is not a political asso
ciation at all. It was organized during
Revolutionary days for social and benefi
cent purposes. Tammany Hall is a dif
ferent organization, but it now controls
the Tammany Society. The latter makes
no nominations, and Republicans are eli
gible to membership, although few join.
The Mayor believes the Tammany So
ciety is a good thing, and proposes to
establish St in its old place a a secret
and benevolent association. In place of
Tammany Hall he proposes to establish a
Democratic county organization repre
senting the true Democracy of New York.
McClellan's plan to effect his purpose Is
simplicity itself. The rrotible in both or
ganizations which has driven good Demo
crats from the fold is due to one thing-r-patronage.
So he has cut off tlie patronage, ami he
means to keep it cut off for four years.
Why the Tammany Men Huge.
This explains why the organization men
are angry at the Mayor, and Wttorly re
vile him. They have Rot nothing from
him, and are thoroughly convinced that
they will get nothing. t
A .Tammany district leader was talking
to a friend, a Hearst man. today The
Hearst man was predicting that the Leg
islature would send an Investigating eom"
mlttee down here, open the ballot-boxes
and discover enough frauds to seat the
Municipal Ownership candidate. The
Tammany leader seemed bored. When
pressed for an opinion, he finally said:
"If these jays from up the state come
down here, kick McClollan out of office,
and then lend him to the river and drown
him. I would not send one flower, not
even a second-hand violet, to be laid on
his bier. H- has treated us shabbily, but
the organization will get even with him
some day."
And the great questions in political cir
cles: Will McClellan win out or will he
lose? Is he going to be a Folk or a
Weaver, or a dead one?
TUNNEL IN SOLID HOCK
HOBBEHS ATTEMPT TO CRACK
BANK SAFE AT AT TOPEKA.
Work Had Been Commenced in the
Basement, and Floor or the
Vault It! Benched.
TOPEKA, Kan.. Jan. 21. A bold at
tempt to rob the vault.-? and safe of the
Merchants National Bank of Toneka was
discovered today. The robbers had com
menced work In the basoment and tun
neled through 11 feet of nolid rock to the
floor of the vaults, effecting an entrance.
They had attempted to wreck the safes
some time Saturday night, but their ef
forts had failed.
Chicago Saloonkeeper Killed.
CHICAGO. Jan. 2L Walter Carcziatya,
a saloonkeeper, was shot and killed by
robbers In his saloon at 5S6 Noble street.
tonight. Six customers were made to
stand in line while the robbers rifled the
cash register. The proprietor seized one
of the masked men, and vas shot three
times by the other. The assailants es
caped ' -
Ml KITH MASK
ADDS TO MYSTERY
Seen in the Streets of Grant's
Pass the Night of the
Jennings Murder.
CARRIED RIFLE IN HAND
Unknown Evinced Great Anxiety to
Reach Granite J 1 1 1 1, and Called
Twice at the Stage-Driver's
Boardlng-Hotisc.
BY W. C. MAC KAJS.
GRANTS PASS. On, Jan. 5L (Special.)
"Were yon not In Grant's Pasa Thurs
day, September 7, the night that Newton
M. Jennings was killed?"
"No, sir."
"Were you not at Mrs. Neosers boarding-house
that morning at 3 o'clock?"
"No. Jrtr.M
. (Didn't you sec Joe RtMcell mar Mrs.
Neeser" housu a boat 3 o'clock that morn
ing?" "Ne. sir." f
"DMii't you. when yon went to Mrs.
Xeesefs, inquire of her tor Hank Brown,
the Granite Hill staged rlwT"
"No. sir."
"DioVt you tell Mrs. Neescr there was
trow We at Granite HIM. and that you
wanted to get wit of there?"
"No. sir.
These questions weer naked ef J. S. Har
vey, the bunkie of Jiiawer Jennings, hy
Attoroey Colvig Saturday. Appearing as
they do. ami even as they were put to
Harvey, the questions do not carry great
sicnlltcuuce. but behind the Interrogations
te. perhaps, a solution of the- murder of
old man Jennings. Thy simply mean
there hi a mysterious ersott connected
with the killing, who. In spile of the hard
work ot District Attorney Reames and
his aostetant. Clarence Reames. Ions never
been run to earth.
Several Saw the Makctl Man.
The night that old man Jennings was
slain in his little cabin at Granite Hill
there appeared on the streets of Grant's
Pass a mysterious man wearing a mask
and cnxtryipg a rillo. 'This map Is jat ajj
myth. He wo seen hf at least naif a '
dozen persons, among them Kd Tynan, a
freight conductor on the Southern Pacific.
Others alf.o saw him. ami why some one
of the many people who nw him wander
ing about the streets dkl not notify the
authorities is as unfathomable as the
man's Identity.
Conductor Tynan saw the masked stran
ger near the depot, but he was only pass
ing through Grant's Pass, and was hurry
ing to the station for orders. He did not
have time to notify the night watchman,
but sMke of seeing the masked man and
his rifle to the few peotlc he met at the
depot. This night a man did call at Mrs,
Neeser'a boarding-house, and. from the
description given for a long time It was
believed that It was Harvey.
Insistence of the Stranger.
The stranger, whoever he was. not only
viiled the boarding-house In search of
the staged river once, hut twice, that inght.
The second time he called he was again
told that Brown was not at home, hut ho
was insistent, and wits onewn to Brown's
room. While he was being shown to the
room, he remarked:
"I've got to aec Brown. There's hell to
pay at Granite Hllf. and I've got to get
uj. of there."
This was the night of the murder, and
as it was yet unkiHwn here, nolhlHg was
thought of the matter at that time. Later
the man who wore a mask and carried a4
rifle was seen on tlie street, and the de
scription of those who saw the masked
man tallies with that given the authori
ties of the man wlto called at the boarding-house.
The description in a measure
tallies with the general" appearance of J.
9l Harvey, but when District Attorney
Reames began running the information
down, he found that Harvey had slept
at his cabin thai night and had taken
breakfast at the cookhouse at the mines
at the usual time the morning the mur
der was discovered.
Facts Iivor the Suspect.
Another thing in Harvey's favor Is the
fact that It would have bHn impossible
for him to have been in Grant's Pass as
oarly as Z o'clock that morning ami to
have reached the mines in time for broak
fasU lie would ltnvc laid to have hired
a horse from some one at the mines., for
Jasper was driving his colt that evening
when he went to pay n visit to Ms sweet
heart. Blanche Roberts.
It was the presence of fats masked man
thut made the officials for a time belicvo
that some one not living at the mines
had committed the murder. Then came
Jasper's statcmont. In which he stated
that lie "could not figure any other way.
but that his mother laid one of tlie Brison
boys come out and kill his father."
Mr. Reames wont to North Carolina to
look Into the movement of the Brison
boys. He learned that one of tljom had
been absent on or about the dato of the
murder, but lie also learned that the
Brison boy that had been absent about
that time had returned, and had not been
away long enough to have come to Ore
gon and return. He was onlyaway from
home a week; neither does the description
of cither of the Brison boys tally with
that of the man-seen here.
Unknown Under Surveillance.
The District Attorney's office has not
given up the search for this mysterious
person. Mr. iteames suu believes that
he will find out who this fellow was, and
that when he Is found he will find nddl
tional Information about the murder at
the mines. Be Is far from believing that
ho has all of the people who were mixed
uu la . the crime. There is .another man
COMING KVKNTS OF TIIK WKEK.
CriftU In Venrxucla.
If France t&akc a decisive more la
retaliation for Venezuela's treatment
of her rrsnsentatlvc. Caracas info
week will be tb worW-center:
zceki, uader the CiMro recJme.)ias
been an lateretlac preterm. knt; Um
.Monroe doctrine, ahheosh aeeemarnr
involved m h. is m imotmuM?
4rrs(xvl br aM tke Banrpeanaoam
trlea that the Siale Deiwrtmgsl an
ticipate no untoward actkm&HXtbe
jrt ef Fraaee. ij
The atoM. .recent Franco-VetUtturUii
trttofck IgvaB with the ryjoin of
it. Ilraaqthc repreeentatlre fa the
French Cable Hsasi-aW" at Caiaea.
awd CMarsp Affair Ta!soy3 pn
tt sealant lM artiea. Veneraela
heW that lUi ptwUkMt km correct aM
refoMsl to trvat further with the
French Bvcramet larvae M.
TaIzt- Then there wa a hag
H?riud. darmc wMch. oh lac u tfce
S4 ofTlce ot United State Mla
Mer ItusreM, an epea rapture as
a raided.
President Caslra. ' M dthUory
tactic, angered the French sewra
ment, and a, het waa onCe Mar
llaNtie. IIertver, this iodlcaOaa
France's determiaaliua to hmm the
matter did not have the deoired effect.
Theu followed M. Talgay'a action m
bearding the steamer 3IurtlaVie to
t4MlR dlepatcfcus and the rwfweal by
the Venezuelan authorities to permit
him to return ahore. AUheweh tech
nieally ihie watt net a forclMe expat
don. It amounted te aa act ot h
tllHy. and M. MauWeorsaret. the
Charge d'Affalre of Venezuela, was
then expelled from French territory.
Three French wareaten are now oa
the Veaexurtlaa eeasl. and. a naval
dementtratloB Is expoeted.
How Work at Alj:eclra.
From an iatcreottoc pomt of view.
Aheecirea will dlid latere with
Venezuela. At the hesianlnc to, the
Moroccan conference the delesntes i
uniformly cxpmeed the nu elves as
for eooervative action that mochwas
booed for the outeome of the nego
tiation. However, accordmg to talor
advleee. extreme caotfoa aad lack of
ceafldenee have Wguu te deeetoy tine
favoraMe atmooofcere. aad a. feetM?
wf unrert h ruM to cxfctt amz the
delegate of. the tea huereeted pw
ern. who Where that trooMe is in
Might.
The nret point at hwue or that of
eoattahand agreement, after which
will he ceoHdered the utiau to
finances ef Morocco. o that the hu
thm of the omurioallea of the Mo
rocco iMmce. which Involves the vital
leu letween France and Germany,
haii heea poMpoaed for voote time.
Election In Great Britain.
The end of the week will tee the
chwe of the soncra! elections m Great
nrltala. bat the Literal victory ha
been so ovwrafheimhu; aa to take much
of the iatoroK from the eon teat, yet
n
In another mhr It addo "aa anptecc-
fo- deatek intereot to the' ayejoaent3
which are doe to coma wtth the oaen-
lag of Parliament.
Automobile Tournament.
The annual aatomoMIe toomament
hesin at OrmoSde- Dayton beach. Jaa
uary 23. and from th race jcontalea
It hi evident there will t many ex
oitiac cent. tSvcrjr raev ht either
a record trial or for a champhioehlo.
Conference of .Mlncworkcn.
At Ind4aapM there wtft b a
joint coaferenee of the United Mtae
workers and operators.'
at Granite Hill who is under strong sns-
pksiou. There is not jaifilcieni evidence as
yet to warrant his arrest, ami the Dis
trict Attorney is withholding his name.
but if he should attempt to get ot of
the country his arrest will follow.
Dora's trbil will be resumed tomorrow
morning. She is still suffering from a se
vere cold, ami spent a very m&erable day.
It is not known how many witnesaea her
counsel will lMit ' on the stand. 1ml If
what they promise slwll come oat. the
trial Is due for another sensation. There
is a rumor tlKU si very Important witness
for Dora has been found.
The state will rest Its case about 2
o'clock. The testimony or Blanche Rob
erts will be offered as Its best testimony.
now that Jasper has flatly refused to
talk. JasKr's refuatl has tindeubtetlly
weatkened the state's ease Whei be wn
returned to the Jail, he turned to Shortff
Lewis and said:
"Well, thore whs once I had my own
way. The couldn't and didn't make me
talk."
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
. The Weather.
TODAY'S- Ilaln or mow. aotttherh winds.
probably becoming sooty.
VEtTTKKDAY'S axtmtim tMOerataee. 45
tU-K.-. minimum. -IB dg. Total preetplta-
ilea. .tCMneh.
Municipal Reform.
Mayor MeTlrtkirr ha boMir broken with
"Itoea" Murphy. if Tamnutn). Iase 1.
St. IjouUi poller- department to hf cleaned on
at order of Governor Folk. IaKe 2.
tlometr.
Panic In Philadelphia colored 'harrh eaaes
death ef lit worrfclper. Paso 1.
Man mcAtlnc In Vashingti denounces Rao
xian surcrnmcnt for Jewhdi atroeWoa.
Page S.
High temperatures are reached la Atlantic
Coast States. Pace 3.
National.
President lsue order to ih away with
i nnaec
deYart-
esftary printing irom Government
menu. Pace 4.
Iiumixenta and utalwart to haul over the
tatetMl, Mil In the Howe. Pace. 1.
l'oreicrx.
RufoUn Kraicrr call extraerdfaary confer
ence to effect reforms In Orthedex Church.
Iage 4.
France given fre hand In WnexHela on rm
lc to observe Monro" doctrine. Page 1.
SocialUtjt do net make exrctcd demonstra
tions at Rcr'ln. Pace 1.
Paelflr "o-nf.
Myytrricu marked man with riSe Asbt ia
the Jrnnlnir murder cay- Pase 1.
G. W. Griffin defends tax bill of Farmers
and Shipper' Conirre. Page Zt.
Captain of Klnx David tetts rory ef wreck
at Bajos Point. Pace 4.
Portland and Vicinity.
Railway men iraW Portland. Pare 1.
J Man of SO complains of ill-treatment at the
Poor Farm. Pace i.
Calve, queen of the opera. Mace, here, Pase &
Topics from Portland pulpit. Page IS.
Sam Jones rays men are cheaper In Portland
than bo tif. Pago S.
People's Forum plan Indignation meeting
ajralnl Richards place. Pace S.
Minimum. rUrnatures necessary for various po
litical nominations. Pse 14.
Five mile of track sraded for the Willamette
Valley Traction 'Company, Page 14.
Two women -held' -up and robbed by foGltnt.
Pare 7. . '.
p
to
Worshipers Stampede for the
Door and Are Jammed in
a Narrow Staircase.
EIGHTEEN ARE SUFFOCATED
AVoniaits Shriek of l-'irc Drives
Hearers Jnsnnc Tor a .Moment,
and the Weak Arc rod
den Under Foot.
PHlLADKLPHIA.3an. 21. A wild panic
fJ li wing a loud shout- of "Fire!" brought
death to IS colored persons and Injuries
to nearly two-score of others tonight In
Si. Paul's Baptist Church on the west
side of Eighth street, between Poplar
street and Clrard avenue. JThe terrible
rush to gain the street was of brief dura
tion, and that more were not killed in the
stampede probably was due to the fact
that the church was not crowded.
At the time the disaster occurred, not
more than M persons were on the second
floor of the building, which, with the gal
lery, wan capable of accommodating 60)
to . The fire was a trilling one and
was extinguished before the firemen ar
rived. The smell of smoke added to the
panic, ami despite the heroic work of
Rev. Mr. Johnson, pastor of the church.
who tried in vn!n to allay the fears ot the
frightened worshipers, the terror-stricken
people made a desperate rush to leave the
church, only to be choked upon the nar
row stairway.
Trampled Under 31any Feet.
Those in the rear leaped over the pros
trate forms of those who fell, and when
the tush was over. IS lay dead on the first
floor and stairs of the building. Death in
nearly every case was due to suffocation
or trampling. Following is a list of the
identined dead:
Sarah Kanac. Mr. 1-awrence. Mr. Patten.
Roth Fnuner. John Berry. Anna Alexander.
axed W; Mamie McKenny. Susie HekBtn. Mrs.
Mary Webk-ck. Charles Gardiner, aged 14:
Mamie McCalL Ambrose Slaughter, aged 3:
Catherine Sewell. Koth Trainer.
The disaster occurred while a collec
tion was being taken up. The pastor had
Just concluded his sermon, the text of
which was "Why sit wo here until we
Uler
Woman's Shriek of 4I'lrc."
Following - the collection there was to
hare been a baptism. Some of the colored
people had left the church and others
were about to go. As the pastor was ar
ranging the pulpit preparatory to begin
ning the baptismal service, a woman in
one of the front rows gave a loud shriek
of "Fire!"
Instantly nil those about her were on
their feet. looking for the blaze. Thore
were no flames. in sight, but those ticur
the pnlptt swelled smoke and started
down the aisle toward the pulpit. Then
followed a halt dozen cries of "Fire!"
ami the whole . congregation became
imnic-strleken. The pastor by this time
realhRti the seriousness of the situation
and in a knot voice, which only added to
the confusion, called to the terror-stricken
people to be seated. No one listened,
and despite his frantk appeals a rush
started that meant death to ninny that
were in it.
At the rear of the church on the sec
ond Boor there Is a wide doorwny. which
leads to a stairway to each side of the
building. Rich stairway has a shurp
bend, which proved to be tho principal
contributory cause for the jam. The front
door on tlie first lloor is wide and oasy
of exit.
laiitntcd in licnd in Stairs.
When the rush started those In the
rear of the church dkl not fully .realize
what wn wrong and were slow to move.
The frantic shrieking or the women and
children became louder and more general,
and many were knocked down in the two
afcdes of the church. Then came the ter
rible rush down the stairs. For some un-
j known reason' everybody tried to get
down the left side of tho building, com
paratively few attempting to leave by the
right stairway.
One eye-witness says that perhaps, a
dozen persons got safely down the stairs,
when several people tripped and fell nnd
caused the narrow way to become
Jammed. Several men on the first floor
attempted to hold the people back, but
were knocked down and then the human
stream came tumbling down. The weak
er ones fell only to be trampled upon by
those coming from behind.
The horrlblo shrieks" sent up by the
prostrate persons added to tho confusion,
and by thl time even the cooler ones In
tho rear of the fighting mass men,
women and children became terror
stricken. Strong men, in fear that the
building was falling. .leaped over the
heads of women and children and fought
only for their own safety.
Halttstradc- Gives Way.
-The terrific crush In the bends of 'the
stairs became so great that the bal
ustrade, which was only a frnld wooden
affair, gave way. There was a terrific
crash as half a hundred persons were
precipitated to the floor, a distance of
about ten or twelve fee.t. This height
ened the intensity of the panic and the
rush became an awful Jam.
The pastor of the church. V man of
powerful physique and strong voice, con
tinued to appeal to the crowd in the
rear to stop thefr rush, but none would
heed. Over the prostrate forms the crowd
swarmed, crushing the life out of those
who were unable to extricate themselves.
In the confusion some of tho worshipers
thought of the narrow door on the right
side of the pulpit, and made a quick exit
that way. which action on their part
probably saved the lives of a number ofj
those who had been caught in the crush.
"When those who "came down the front
stairs had left the building a torriblc
sight presented Itself to the rescuers. The
first floor and the stairway to the- bend
were covered three deep with the dead
and dying. On the street hundreds were
shrieking for help and looking for their
missing loved ones. The rescuers "did not
know which way to turn first, but Police
Captain- Hamm and a policeman who ar
rived at the scene just as the last ot the
panic-stricken people were rushing from
the edifice,-took charge and turned In a
general alarm for ambulances, policemen
and firemen.
With the help of scores of colored men
and white people who were attracted to'
the scene, the dead and Injured were ex
tricated from the terrible mass of hu
manity and laid on the sidewalks. The
ringing of the tlrcbells. the clanging of
the ambulance gongs, the almost total
darkness and the thick fog added to tno
grewsomcness of the scene and caused
utter confusion for a time. Order was
soon brought about, however, and every
one who could not stand was placed in
an ambulance and rushed to a hospital.
No time was lost, and within an hour
after the disaster occurred the street
had been cleared of people and the church
door closed.
Crowds at Hospital Doors.
The scenes at the hospital were pa
thetic in the extreme. A great crowd of
colored people gathered at the doors of
each Institution, but none was admit
ted without a satisfactory reason. Within
the buildings the entire house staff was
ordered out, and near-by physktians were
called upon to assist in ministering to
the suffering. An examination of the deud
showed that most of them hud been suf
focated or had died from internal in
juries. Of the Injured few are likely to
die. 1
The fire was a- most trifling affair. A
defective flue started a small fire in the
chimney, which caused some smoke t.t
Issue through the crevices on the second
floor. Whether the flames wore extin
guished or burned themselves out s not
known, but there was no lire In the
building when the firemen set to .-ork.
JUN D KPii. DEXT LAB Ol I 1A I tTY
HAS OPENED THEIR EYES.
Membership in Parliament to Work
Solely In Advocacy or In
ternational Pence.
LONDON. Jan. 21. Ramsey McDonald,
secretary of the Independent Labor party.
asserted today that the -successes of the
Iiborlte candidates was due to tho fact
that his organization had captured the
Torj workingmen. who for the first time
had realized the possibility of being rep
resented In Parliament by men of their
own class and of their own selection.
pledged to act and vote In absolute In
dependence of all other parties. He said
that the members of the Independent wing
of the Labor! te party already numbered
23. and that by the time the elections had
been concluded, they would number 27,
with the support ot 163 trades unions
representing a membership of nearly
million workers.
.ir. jicuonaiu sum mat tnese mem
bers of Parliament would have their own
leader and their own whips, and
prooauiy wouiu sit on tne oppo
sition side in the House of Commons.
They intended, however, to adopt no revo
lutionary policy, and had no idea of ha
rasslng the government, their purinwe be
lug rather to devote themselves to per
fecting their organization, with a view of
Increasing their strength.
The Immediate -object of the Independ
ent Labor party. Mr. McDonald said, was
to get an understanding with the Labor
and democratic parties In the colonics, in
ordr to protect the empire against the
"Jingoes." He said his party would work
hard in advocacy of international peace.
and he expected great help In this mat
ter from the strong labor parties in
l'Tancc and Germany.
SOCIALISTS, KEEP PEACE
Berlin Police Keep a Close AVatel
on the Mcctinirs.
BERLIN. Jan. 21. The Socialist meet
ngs held here today passed oft with com
plete quiet. The hails which were filled
to overflowing, were closed by the pollco
half an hour before the speaking com
menced. Strong resolutions of sympathy
with the itussian revolutionists were
passed, and protests against the present
suffrage system In Prussia were adopted,
The police had taken extraordinary pre
cautions to prevent breaches of the peace
Extra forces of policemen occupied rooms
adjacent to the halls where meetings were
held and were in readiness to act on a
moment's notice. They had also ftrohib
ited access to the galleries of the halls.
for the reason that In case of an outbreak
It would be difficult to dislodge the riot
ers. who would have the advantage of
firing on the police from above.
The speakers urged the crowds to retire
from the halls In an orderly munner and
go quietly to their homes. This advice
was obeyed to the letter. There was no
attempt made at street demonstrations.
Dispatches from all the large towns re
port that the demonstrations were . or
derly.
BURIED IN AN AVALANCHE
One Man Digs Ills Way Out
Gives the Alarm.
and
LAKE CITY. Colo.. Jan. 21. A snow
slide today carried Harry Youmans and
Fred Davidson into Nellie Gulch. The for
mer succeeded in digging himself out, and
hastened to organize a searching party
to rescue Davidson, who was burled be
neath the avalanche- It Is barely possi
ble that he will be found alive.
KILLED BY THE HAZERS
Mississippi Boy Gets Home Before
He Dies.
GREENSBURG, La. Jan. 21. Joseph
Sltman. a sub-freshman, who left Jeffer
son Military College, at Washington,
Miss., on the 11th Inst-, is dead at his
home here, and ltj.Is alleged his death
was due to Injuries, received at the hands
of a crowd of hazcrs at the colleg
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GY RAIL W A Y MEN
Commercial Club Re
ceives Manyletters.
COMMENT ON HILL BANQUET
From Prominent Traffic Offi
cials of the Country.
PREDICT A GREAT FUTURE
Shrewd. Farsi-htcd JBspcrLs Unite
in Extolling: Advantages or This
City as a Great Trans
portation Center.
In correspondence received bv Manner
Tom Richardson, of the Portland' Com
mercial club, is reflected the sentiment
concerning Portland as a commercial and
industrial center, the unusual resources
of Its tributary territory and the bene
fits that are certain to accrue to the citv
irom the great railroad building move
ment, of whicli it is the objective point.
tiumircus of persons, business men. rail
road traffic officials, real estate men nnd
citizens generally of other states who vis
ited Oregon for the first time lust year.
to attend the Exposition and were enter
tained or extended courtesies bv tho
Commercial Club, have since their return
laKen occasion to express their imnr..-
sions of Portland and Oregon.
When James J. nil!, president of the
Great Northern, and Howard Elliott
president of the Northern Pacific, visited
Portland and were entertained at a ban
quet at the American Inn th
largely attended affair of its kind ever
known In Portland and marking a new
era in development of Oregon the com
mercial Club, because ot the importance
of tho event, mulled copies of The (3re
gonlan containing the report of the as
semblage to railroad traffic officials
throughout the country to whom It would
prove especially interesting.
Comment on Hill's Plans.
Scores of letters were the response to
these newspaper letters in which was re
counted the plans and purposes of the
Hill railroad system lines to enter Port
land on a water-level route and numer
ous of the truffle men responding to the
accompanying letters of the Commercial
Club found texts for their comments in
sententious utterance of the speakers.
These letters are of unusual interest be
cause they give the opinions of men
whose faculties are kept sharpened by
contrasting .the relative traffic importance
of different points and whose department
of transportation service makes them ex
perts in judging tlie value of great rail
road centers in revenue earning power
and tonnage yielding resources. Without
exception these correspondents tell Mr.
Rlehnrdson that in their judgment there
is no other city on the Pacific Coast the
future of which is so promising jf be
coming the chief gateway of commerce,
domestic and foreign, and of ranking
among the great centers of population ot
Western America.
State AVidely Advertised.
Excerpts from some of these letters are
suggestive of the kind of personal adver
tising that Is being done by those who
visited Oregon in 190.1 and whose inter
est in the Northwest in general and Port
land in particular has been aroused and
remains active. Space forbids quoting all
of tho correspondents, but those appended
are fairly representative of the wide ter
ritory from which they come and of the
diversity of good things that Oregon and
her metropolis possess to appeal to
strangers.
PHOM A IIIPE EXPERIENCE
W. M. Shaw Says Pacific Northwest
Excels All . Others in Beauties.
W. M. Shaw, district passenger agent
Burlington Route, Cincinnati, O. I have
frequontiy remarked since my return
from Portland, that if T were 23 or 30
years younger I would certainly move to
the Pacific Northwest. I have an experi
ence of nearly 40 years in 'traffic work
and have covered the continent pretty
thoroughly, but have no knowledge of a
section so delightful as Oregon and Wash
ington. Without doubt Portland has a great fu
ture, in which the new line dawn the
north bank of the Columbia. River will
have an important part. I read with deep
Interest the remarks ot Mr. Hill and Mr.
Elliott at the banquet tendered them by
the people of Portland, and especially
enjoyed reading Mr. Elliott's speech be
cause of a personal acquaintance extend
ing over 23 or 30 years.
SAINT PETEK AX OHEGOXIAX
W. F. Holton Iiikcns People of State
to Keeper of Pearly Gates.
W. F. Holton. traveling passenger agent.
Lafayette Ind. On tr.y recent visit to
Oregon It was my good fortune to first
enter that great state at its northeastern
border, affording me the priceless oppor
tunity ot a trip down the mighty Colum
bia to Portland. One who has visited
the Pacific Northwest will tell you of the
wonders of great rivers, snow-capped
mountains with halos of clouds, fruitful
plains and fertile valleys, varying Pomo
na's offering to all. This had been told
me. but as I steamed down this great
river with Its mighty mountains on cither
side, beautiful waterfalls, dashing seem-
CConcluded. oa Pige !.
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