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VOL. XIVX XO. 14,160.
POBTIAKB, OREGON, FRIDAY. APRIL 27, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GAY CITY STANDS
LIKE A WRAITH
Ghastly Skeleton of Its
Former Glory.
SILENCE OF DEATH IN RUINS
Clearly Defined Streets Lit
tered With Debris.
MANY WALLS UNSHAKEN
From View at Montgomery and Mar
ket Streets a Few Dwellings on
Telegraph and Russian
IIHIs Alone Show Life.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS BDRNIXG.
KAN FRANCISCO. April 20. (fa
cial.) For the first time ulnce the
earthquake and the resultant flr
electric lights are burning In the City
of San Francisco tonight. True, there
are not a great many of them, but an
an evidence of the great work of re
generation that lias already been don
the light of a few suburb and along
one or two of 'the principal thorough
fare, and especially in the vicinity
of the Oakland ferry-house, 1 an In
spiration to all of tlioce whose con
fidence In the future of the metrop
olis of the Golden Slope has never
been sTJaken.
BV ALFRED HOT-MAN.
OAKLAND PIER. Thursday. April 2C.
(Special.) I liave put In the past 2
liours in a personal round-up of the situ
ation in San Francisco and Oakland, and
shall attempt In this writing to set forth
in a general way the conditions as I
find them. The burnt district remains
almost exactly as it stood when the last
fire burred Itself out three days ago.
There are ttlll banks of smoldering de
bris everywhere, while evidence of heat
appears in the wavering atmosphere
above nearly every ruin.
The vast burned area of approximately
seven square miles presents a scene quite
impossible to portray adequately to any
body who has not seen it with his own
eyes. It Is not merely n heap of ashes:
Indeed. It still bears the semblance of
an upright city. But it Is a city of broken
walls, of ruin upon ruin, ghastly In every
aspect, deathlike in Its silence. Great
hulldings still stand as ghostlike skele
tons, while lO.oOO walls, shattered and
broken, are Mill upright.
Sentries Guard the Streets.
The streets are streets, tlll clearly
defined, and may easily be traversed, but
everywhere excepting Markt street, they
are littered with bricks and other refuse,
while masses of debris cover them In
places to a depth of many feet.
The ghost city Is by no means tenant
less. There are sentries at every Inter
section and along many of tho chief thor
oughfares and all day long yesterday
streams ot people filed through the gen
eral avenues where the military permit
ted It. In large part the visitors were
persons anxious to examine the ruins of
their formere places of business, but
amid the throng thcr was a. large propor
tion of mere sightseers and not a few
women.
Standing at the intersection of Mont
gomery and Market streets and looking
in every direction, the eye can find but
two little spots not marked by destruc
tionone a cluster of small cottages
clinging to tho southern and eastern
slopes of Telegraph Hill, the other some
half-dozen houses of better quality near
the summit of Russian Hill.
Old Outlines Are Unchanged.
Everywhere else, as far as tho eye can
range, disaster has left its mark, and
yet In this black and ashen wilderness
the outlines of old San Francisco are
easily traceable. Looking up Market
street from the point where Battery In
tersects It, one by half shutting his eyes
might easily deceive himself with the
notion that all things are as--they were,
for at Its core the outlines of the city
remain unchanged.
The Crocker building stands upright,
windowless and blackened to be sure, but
apparently firm and In Its normal form.
The Palace Hotel, shorn of its bay
windows and of its roof, stands prac
tically unbroken as to its walls. The
old Chronicle building is upright to the
fifth story, while the frame of the newer
building under construction is apparently
unharmed.
The Call building, sen from - n few
Mocks away, exhibits few trace of tho
ordeal through which it has passed. It
is, to be sure, windowless and stained by
smoke and fire, but even Its roof is In
place and its upright flagstaff supports
the gilded ball which for ten years past
has marked the summit of constructive
achievement In San Francisco.
Xo Modern Building Succumbed.
Not one of the great modern buildings
actually succumbed, excepting the Kohl
building at California and Montgomery
streets. AH are entlr- jr windowless and
bereft of every ves'..,e of burnable ma
terial, both Inside and out. Tho outer
walls of all these structures are more or
less chipped and broken and the streets
In which they stand are littered with
fine debris which shattered down under
the disintegrating force of the intense
beat.
- gsmfc ywf KtLyfaicfat -tfa gag.
ner of Post street stands the new Shreve
building, is filled -with fine atone chips
to a depth of two feet. Of all the great
structures this appears to be te most
seriously marred, although it stands
bolt upright and Its frame is apparently
unwarped. The St. Francis Hotel is In
its exterior -walls much marred and
broken, but It, like the rest, is appar
ently sound.
The Dewey monument i still stand
ing, bearing its figure of Victory up
right, but sadly blackened by the
flames, but its colum stones are out
of plumb and the trident, once held
ground beneath. Farther down the
street the Lotta Fountain remains In
all its Intrinsic tawdrlness, practically
undamaged, but In front of where the
Lincoln School stood the statue of the
great liberator lies prone and smashed
into fragments.
Flag Floats From lxfty Staff.
The new James Flood building, on
the site of the old Baldwin Hotel, la
almost unmarred exteriorly, excepting
that it is windowless, and ns a mark
of its triumph it bears at the summit
of its lofty flags toft the Stars and
Stripes, waving: blithely In the Spring
sunlight. The half-completed Monad
nock building on Market street, be
tween the Palace Hotel and the Exam
iner building, is apparently uninjured,
and there, too, the National flag waves
In Triumph. .
The Mills building Is comparatively
little Injured, several of the floors be
ing apparently undamaged by lire and
many of the windows unbroken.
On the east side of Montgomery
street, between Pine and Calif, almost
buried under wreckage, there are two
small buildings, one long occupied by
Sutro & Co., and the other by the gen
eral offices of the Selby Smelting
Works. Both are said to be uninjured,
having been sheltered by their taller
neighbors.
Mint Protected by Steel Shutters.
The United States Mint stands alone
and uninjured, due to the fact that Its
windows were protected by heavy steel
shutters Had others of the great
structures throughout the burned area
been similarly protected, all. 1 think,
would be Intact today, excepting as to
their outer walls.
Already there are some slight signs
of Industrial activity In the ruined dis
trict. At a few places workmen were
engaged In clearing up the streets and
loading the debris Into wagons, while
In two or three places I noticed gangs
of men with derrcks and tackle drag
ging out small safes ind bringing them
to the street. In the larger buildings,
however, this Is not pralcablc. since the
heat is still Intense immediately be
neath the surface. The authorities dis
courage operations of this kind and. In
deed, permit It only In exceptional
cases. Nobody, not even the owners of
the ruined structures, are permitted to
enter them without permission from
the. troops on guard.
Xo Entrance to the Ruins.
Anybody offering to enter any one of
the ruined structures or to depart from
the lines prescribed by police authority
is quickly recalled and reminded to
move on. There is absolutely no pos
slbllity, undo rthls close guard, to es
cape anything approaching a loot of
what remains In the ruined structures.
In front of many places stakes liav
been stuck up bearing placards setting
forth where the business onco trans
acted there is now carried on. One
such notice reads: "Climate too hot
here. May be found at Xo. Flllomre
street." Another reads: "Crashed, but
not crushed. Find company at Blank
street. Oakland.
Grim Humor of Placards.
At one pace, which had been the depot
of a safe salesroom, an open safe was
exhibited, with an Invitation to note that
the blank safe manufactured, by Blank
& Co.. is superior to both earthquake and
fire. In most cases, however, where plac
ards are displayed, the simple announce
ment Is made of where the firm may be
found In lis new quarters.
In nearly ever instance the beginning of
tho destruction ot each building was from
the top. the fire catching In the roof or
upper floors from flying brands and from
leaping flames and slowly working Its
way downward. Here Is the explanation
why so many ruined structures arc still
upright. Tho descending heat burned out
floor after floor In turn from the top
downward. Under this process there was
not such Intense heat as is generally
when a Are starts from the bottom and
Involves all parts of a structure at the
same time.
Basements Appear Undamaged.
The lower floors of most buildings are
relatively undamaged, and this is an espe
dally hopeful fact. In connection with tho
safe deposit and other underground vaults
where large treasures are stored. I ab
served. particularly the conditions of the
safe deposit basements and found not one
which appeared to have suffered the se
verest brunt of the flames. In the
Crocker vaults, at Market and Mont
gomery streets, the basement story ap
pears almost wholly to have escaped.
Another effect of the slow-burning
downward action of the conflagration
appears In the practically unbroken
condition of the streets.
After the great fire In Seattle some
16 years ago. the streets were as badly
ruined ns other parts of the burnt
area, but in the burnt district of San
Francisco I find hardly any evidence
of damage. The car-tracks on Market
street, for example, are Intact, and In
shape to be operated tomorrow. And
this is also almost true of most other
streets.
'Made" Lands Have Sunk.
The only points at which the streets
appear in any degree damaged are In
the regions of "made land. There are
wide rents In the broad area of streets
which face the city front, and in the
lower part of Market street. The
tracks are in waving lines, due to set
tling under the earthquake shock of
places where there were originally
great 'fills, in order to bring natural
depressions up to the common grade.
Looking- out over this vast expanse
of broken ruin, one -wonders when and
where the work of rehabilitation Is to
begin and by what means it may be
carried out- The work of digging out
If SENATORS
STILL IN DOUBT
Railroad Rate Bill Will Come
to Vote When Their Po
sition Is Known.
STICK ON COURT REVIEW
Thirty-Eight Republicans Arc for
Limited Provision, 27 for Un
limited. "While 23 Will Xot
Declare Themselves.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, April 26. As soon as it is known
with reasonable certainty how the Senate
stands on the railroad rate question, a
-day will be fixed for a vote on the Hep-
burn-Dolllvcr bill. At the present writ
ing neither faction can count a sure ma
jority, and neither Is confident of carry
ing the day.
The "railroad Senators say they can
figure out almost a majority, but they
are dubious about the few necessary votes
to carry them to victory, so they will not
consent to fix a day for a vote. The
opposing faction Is equally doubtful of Its
strength, and Is therefore willing to let
the debate run along until something posi
tive Is known of the position of at least
tome of tho doubtful Senators.
Two polls of the Senate have recently
beeu made one by a Republican who ad
vocates a broad court review; the other
by a Democrat who favors the limited re
view amendment. The former poll shows
37 for limited review. 2S for unlimited re
view, and 23 doubtful: the latter counts
41 for limited review, 26 for unlimited re
view, and 21 doubtful. There are there
fore from 21 to 23 doubtful Senators, more
than enough to swing the vote cither way.
and It Is with these that the leaders are
concerning themselves Just now.
Republican Poll or Senate.
The Republican poll lines the Senate up
as follows:
For limited court review Allison. Ankeny.
Bailey. Berry. BeveHdse. Blackburn, Burkett,
Cirxnaxk. Carter. Clapp. CUy. Culberson. Cul-
lom, Daniel. Dolllver, Dubois. Fotter. Fra
iler. Fulton. Gamble. Gearin. lUle. Hopkins.
LaKolIette. Lonff. ilnJIory. Millard. Nelson.
Vmiliiti VItihi Ovrrman Patterson. Per
kins. Piles. Itayner. SlmmiAf, "Warner and
Tlllwan as.
Vor unlimited review Aldrich. Alter.
Brandecft. Bnlkeley. Buroham. Crane, De-
pew. Dick. Dillingham. Drrden, Etkinc, Flint.
Korakcr. Fire. German. Kn, Knox, Lati
mer. lyjdKe. McEnery. Martin. Tenrose.
riatt. Spooner, Teller. Warren and fvetmore
Doubtful Allee. Bacon. Burrows. Clark
of Montana. Clarke of ArJcan. Clark of
Wyoming. Hanabroush. Hemenway. Key-
burn. Klttr-dK. Latimer, McCreary. Mr-
Cumber. McLaurln. Money. Morgan. Feltut,
rroctor. Ecott. Snioot, Stons. Sutherland and
Taliaferro 23.
The Democratic poll counts Bailey.
Clarke ot Arkansas, Latimer. McCreary,
McLaurln. Money and Taliaferro In the
list of those favoring limited court re
view, lists Hopkins, Millard and Xlxon
doubtful, and places Galllngcr among
those favoring unlimited review.
Indicate the Llnc-Up.
While these polls cannot be considered
accurate, they In a general way show
tho line-up of the Senate so far as can
be ascertained, and It is evident that
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TODAY'S Showers; easterly winds.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, IWJ
dec: minimum. 3J. FrcdplLatlon. .01
inch.
San rraaclsco.
Alfred Hotman gives hit personal experience
in visit to ruinea city, rage i.
Joint committee of Red Cross and citizens
committee has charge of relief funds.
Pago 4.
Army is in charge of feeding the refugees
1'age
Oakland rushing Mole In effort to capture
sn Francisco shipping, rage l.
Wholesalers offered tracts fre for two year
in Oakland, rage a.
Street-ear lines will be started today with
great precauUons against fire, rage 3.
Long conference held by relief committee
over Wie situation, rage. -i.
Colonel Kelly, of California National Guard.
defends the shooting by volunteer guards.
rag s.
National.
Doubtful vote on rate bill larg enough to
swing either war. rage 1
Senator Gearin thought twice oa request
made for cauing of tne ureses, ix-glila
ture. Pago 2.
Ashlapd forest reserve, enlarged' to protect
city water supply, rage z.
Arm? transport service hsadauartera win
not be removed from Saa franclsco.
Page 2.
Deaestic.
Prosecution rests rase In trial of Rev. O. S.
Crapsey for heresy. Page 13.
Dowle's wife reconciled with prophet, appar
ently on ceainrjea. rage
Bellevue. Tex. devastated by tornado: 40
reported killed. Pag .
Miners advance new propositions to operators
and ask tor another conference. Page 66
Commercial aad Miriar.
Wool buyers and sellers stilt apart- Page 17
Chicago wheat market closes steady. Page
17
Insurance companies sell -stocks to raits
money. Page 1
Oriental liner Xlromedla arrives with heavy
cargri. rage in.
Body of watchman ot si earner Telephone.
round in river, i-age is.
Steamers leave San Francltco for Portland.
Page is.
Pacific Ci.
Governor Chamberlain opena ' campaign" at
adount Angei. rase e.
Seattle dtlseas dessaad better "fir protection.
rage e
Attempt made to buy secrets from graad
jurors wno inaictea warry urcstra. rage a.
General relief fund has reach! SlB5,mL38.
rago 10.
Popular fund now ajeomta to 331,5277.
rag
Ladd begins his defease as adsualstrator ot
UM josasea esuie. rage J 4.
It U plajteed to eosatruct aaot&er stair to ta
dty.nau. rage i
Vote Is oTlcialb' announced. Psgt 18.
Womea car for Saa FraacUco refugeea.
rsge 14.
Republican State Central Committee his In
rortant work In selection of a chalrawia.
jjl trace of Traak Ssallh. jsHtrdtrer OSlssr
IN
neither aide can count on enough votes
to Insure Its success. Naturally the ad
vocates of unlimited review claim enough
ot the doubtful votes to give them &
majority; the same claim Is set up by
the other side. bt the disinclination ot
either to have a vote for fixing a day for
a vote is evidence conclusive that neither
is confident It can win.
The foregoing polls contain one mani
fest error; on both lists Senator Heybum
is classed as doubtful. His recent
speeches and the amendments he has
proposed clearly put hlmlamonjc the ad
vocates of broad court retew. The next
few days will probably sfcfcw where other
doubtful . Senators stand, x
"With the exception ot 3fr. Heybum. It
Is believed that every Jfrnator In the
Northwest will vote for twp Hepburn bill
with a limited court-review amendment;
In other words, the Northwestern Sena
tors, with this one exception, stand with
the President on the rate Ime. Mr. Hey
bum Is the author and aavocato of the
broadest court-review amendment yet
proposed, and he is there-fere believed
TOTAL STJBSOEJPTIONS,
$230,768.62.
The total subscriptions today
amount to $230t76S of which
the General Eeliei Committee
has received $19SfiilSl5 and the
popular fund 31,?mti2. The
combined sum is aiargc one,
but more is needed awd the citi
zens of Portland Should not
slacken in this good work. He
who gives promptly gjyes twice.
The need for immediate relief
is great.
to be lined up against the President.
Mr. Dubois, the only Dqpiocrat from
the Northwest except Mr. ('carta. Is an
out-and-out advocate of the Hepburn bill
In the form approved by the President.
Ue has made no speech on this subject,
but has had frequent conferences with
the President and lias been an interme
diary between the White House and the
minority of the Senate.
Gearin Counted With Other?.
Twice Mr. Fulton has spoken In advo
cacy of the Hepburn bill In Its present
form. and. while he would prefer the
bill without any- amendment, he yet will
not oppose a limited review amendment
If it Is properly worded. His colleague.
Mr. Gearin. has made and will probably
make no speech on the rate bill, but his
position is known and he is counted on
the side of the President.
The Washington Senators have not par
ticipated In the discussion to any
marked decree, but Mr. Piles has from
the?, flrsj- been..a. clcso follower oC the
President on litis and other&toplcs and
It Is known where he will be found when
the vote Is taken. Mr. Ankeny Is coually
certain to support tho administration bllL
WIPE m DOWIE VISIT
RECONCIIjIATIO may have
BEEN BROUGHT ABOUT.
Prophet Critically 111 and Is 'Re
ported to Be Dylnp, Though
Followers Deny It.
CHICAGO. April Following reports
that John Alexander Dowic Is very III.
Overseer Jane DSwle. wife of Dr. IowIe.
visited her husband In his aparNicnts
at the Auditorium Annex today. TbisIs
the first time hiy have sen each other
In several months. When General Over-
seer Vollva assumed control at Zlon City
Mrs. Dowle cast her lot with the nes;
administration and slnco then has re
pudiated her husband.
Because of this state of affairs, thoie
Interested In the controversy over Zlon
City placed a great deal of significance
In the visit of Mrs. Dowfe and a recon
dilation is hinted at.
Mrs.' Dowie was accompanied to the
annex" by her son, Gladstone, but the
latter 'did not enter the room occupied
by bis father. Mrs, Dowle was weeping
when she entered and remained In her
husband's apartments for half an hour.
after which she wan again joined by her
ton and they relumed to Zlon City.
That Doirle was in a dying condition
was denied by all those still faithful to
him, but It Is reported beart disease will
end bis life within & few days at most.
REACTIONARIES' CONGRESS
CoHnter-Rcvolarfon Predicted That
Will Cost Millions of Lives.
MOSCOW, April 3S. The Congress ot
Monarchists, which has been in session,
closed Its deliberations today with the
adoption of a series of extremely reac
tlonarr resolutions, declaring that the
new partlament Is not representative of
Russian public opinion and pronouncing
itself against the autonomy of Poland
and the aanulent of the privileges of
the Germ as la the Baltic Provinces.
The congress further declared Itself In
favor of the abolition of tke privileges
granted to the- Finns and of treating
Jews as foreigners and excluding them
from all rights, such as the purchase or
renting of lands or education in tne mia
die school or universities. The proceed
Ings closed with a speech by Professor
Nlcholsky. a noted reactionary. In which,
to the accempanlmenr of cheers, he
nroohesled a counter revolution, to re
store the old regime, which would cost
the livas of seven million Jews aad Coa-
SUltrUOaai uaneoaw.
Draft of thfe Xw Iesaked Oat.
ST. PETERSBURG. April 35. A great
scandal has bee caused by the preraa
ture psBlIcatSon of the draft of the sew
"fundaaeatal law. or CMstltutioa of
Russia. The Smperer has ordered an
iBvestlgatle to detecaOae bow the sews
leaxea w. -,
Good Crop Oatlook in CaticasHS.
ST. PETERSBURG. April X. Reports
from ue cwTespopastttg te te. Associated
Pre throughout ftatthera Roveta. ami
the Caaewas show i -MierM, a "favora
ble etsthMk-'for crop eeMfefoM ad the
presyest e?a food rM tt ltt the
LOSE ALL TRACE
OF
Man-Hunt Through Willamette
Valley for Frank Smith
Continues.
SLAYER OF OFFICER HANLON
ManySusplcIons Characters Reported
Prom as Many Towns, hut
All Prove to Be ot
tho Man Wanted.
MAY BE NEAR MOUNT ANGEL.
Shortly before 1 o'clock tht moralnjc
Sheriff Cotrer at Salem received a
telephone communication from Mount
Ansel ajtcr that the tstmio Smith
nui his appearance at a fannhou."
In that vicinity at 9 o'clock last night.
He demanded food and when It was
given him. ate with the ravenous ap
petite of aa starring man. The man.
after caller h! nil la reported to have
starred his pockets with provisions-,
after which he started for the brush.
The ceacriptioa tallies exactly with
that of Smith. The farmer at wheae
place the man appeared hurried at
once to communicate with the authori
ties. Sheriff Colver at once mad ar
rangements by telephone to hare th
roads In that Tlclnlty guarded. Should
further Information warrant such ac
tion. Sheriff Colver will leare at cay
break with an armed poe.
SAI,EM. Or., April 26. (Special.)
Frank Smith, escaped prisoner, mur
derer of Officer Hanlon, at Oregon City,
was still at large at midnight. With
a reward of $300 over his head, and
crimes to his credit that are an open
challenge to the offices of the law. he
still continues to enjoy, his liberty.
Apparently the $500 reward does not
look half so big as the -weapon the out
law Is carrying-, it Is evident that he
Is belnjr given a pretty wide berth.
For oil that could be learned up to
midnight, the earth might as well have
opened up and swalloked the fugitive.
The Portland police, having captured
the bandit's hat, are resting. The Ore
gon City officials aro beating around.
the bush In that neighborhood. At
Canby, where a man supposed to be
smith robbed the Postofflce, the author
ities havp returned from the hunt dis
couraged. If Smith Is ever captured It
will probably be by someone who has
not yet been on the trail.
High State of Excitement.
Tho Willamette Valley settlements
were In a high state of excitement all
of yesterday. The reports came from
many points of suspicious characters.
But not until late In the afternoon
were any of the rumors run down, and
then they were found to be the prod
ucts of some highly excitable minds.
There was not a town between Oregon
City and Salem that had not had Its
suspicions characters, and many per
sons were goln? armed In anticipation
of a possible raid. The opinion Is gen
eral that the Oregon City murderer is
a desperate man. and that he will fight
when cornered. This fact seemingly
allays a great deal of enthusiasm that
might otherwise attach Itself to the
chase.
Frank Smith Is' at soma point south of
Portland and that he Is less than B0
miles away seems quite certain. It Is
furthermore believed that he Is afoot.
traveling by night and sleeping In the
thickets by day. That he will fight at
the drop of the hat until the very end
none who hahs studied his career thus
far has any doubt.
Many Suspects Reported.
The Identity of all suspects but one has
been explained. This one spent last night
In a barn at Woodburn and Mallcarrier
Watson of that place, who saw him. says
that the description tallies exactly with
the printed description of the fugitive.
This fellow got out of Woodburn before
daylight- Nobody thought It advisable
to Investigate him until late In the
afternoon, then a visit was made to the
bam. The hay upon which he had slept
was carefully examined for possible
dews. In fact, there seems to be a
more earnest desire for clws than a
personal Interview with the desperado.
If the man who last night slept with tho
cows Is Smith, he has undoubtedly taken
to the woods in the direction of Needy
and Mount AngeL The country lying
south thereof Is quite thickly populated
and It Is probable that Smith would not
be foolhardy enough to try to escape on
the much-traveled ranis leading to Sa
lem. The country In the direction of
Mount Angei is rougn ana ne&vuy um
be red. It would be next to Impossible to
drive him out from this retreat. The
only means of effecting his surrender
would be that of surrounding his rendez
vous and keeping- him at bay kntll hua
ger made him desperate. Then when he
came forth for food be might be shot
with a mlalxnum of danger.
Will Have to Seek Food.
Today definite Information of the
desperado- to expected, aa- he will have
to coate out r from his hdiag for food.
There Is not a. farm that is not fully
asarised or. hie record aad eescriptloB.
Sheriff Colver to ready te start out at
a minute's warnleg from Salem Sa the
evept that the fellow to within the
boundary of Marie County. The SheriJt
states he will take an orgaaned posse
in case the ftwrttive encroaches ueoa his
domain- He also has stated that la the
went he takes the fieM It witt he m
tk. earfh of Smith and et at clew.
Tme a time faatetttar K was heMeved
. that th ewtfew-jFa tocaMd, isy-tha .lratst
MURDERER
... . I
south or Gervais. eignt miles nortn ot
Salem and about four miles south of
"Woodburn. A very nervous appearing
young man whose general appearance
answered the description ot Smith ap
peared at tho Gervais corner saloon. He
asked Saloon Keeper Flgue Choquette for
the morning paper.
Stranger Seems Excited.
Whea banded the paper the young man
is said to have looked hurriedly through
It. pausing at the article on Smith's ex
ploit and reading It through with eager
haste. He went from the place and
looked about in so strange a manner as
to arouse the suspicion of C. W. Hayes,
of the Hayes Implement Company. Gov
ernor Chamberlain, who was at Gervais
at the time, became suspicious and In
structed that tho Sheriff of Marlon
County be notified. This was -done, and
Sheriff Colver kept a sharp lookout on
all roads to Salem. Although the bus pec t
was In Gervais at 9 o'clock yesterday
morning, the mystery surrounding his
personality had not been explained at
o'clock In the afternoon. The young man
was seen to walk: south on the railroad
track for about a mile, after which he
disappeared in the brush, going In the
direction of the Barnes farm.
Rumor Is Rw.n Down.
The Oregonlan representatives ran
down the rumor late In the afternoon.
After an extended t search, the suspect
was found at a ranch two miles from
Gervais. where he had gone to work on
8. hop farm. He proved to be James
Hoscoe. an unfortunate young man who
was robbed of JS0 in Portland's north
end two days ago. after which he had
been ordered out of town by the police,
being In destitute circumstances. While
he bore some resemblance to the fugitive
Smith, he disclaimed having acted In
any manner that sensible people should
have regarded as suspicious.
Another suspect was reported at
Brooks a small settlement four miles be
low Gervais. He was also located by
newspaper men shortly before dusk, and
proved to be a deaf mute, who was beg
ging his way through the country. Still
another suspect, who appeared at a house
near Hubbard, turned out to be a lead
pencil vender, weighing about 200 pounds
and not even remotely tallying whh the
description given of Smith.
Bcllcvcdno Be Headed South.
All who have followed the hunt believe
that the man who did the murder is
headed south. It is his natural avenue
of escape. The roads are comparatively
smooth and level, and skirted by. dense
underbrush and thick woods. At an In
stant's notice the fugitive could dodge
from the road Into the woods and re
main hidden Indefinitely. Then there are
lonely farm houses, where an abundance
of food could be secured. South of 'Wood
burn, of courte, publicity would be harder
to avoid. That Smith, the man who es
caped from the city Jail at the risk of nis
life.. Is' the man who murdered Officer
Hanlon -at Oregon City and robbed the
postofflce at Canby, there. Is now little
or no doubt In police circles. All three
acts bear the same desperate thumb
marks and after a lapso of three days
there have been no developments to In
dicate that more than one criminal 13
involved. The country through which the
desperado is supposed to have passed
within the last thirty-six hours Is the
same through which Harry Tracey made
his death-dealing, desperate dash for lib
erty a few years ago.
Follow False Clews.
Xo word of the whereabouts of Krami
Smith has been received -by Chief of
Police untzmacher or Captain Bruin. A
rumor was In circulation Wednesday
night that the fueitivo hart -nrnrkfw hl
way back to Forest Grove bound for
.rortiana. uetecuve neising was sen.t to
Forest Grove, but the neraon thoue-ht
to be Smith did not in any way answer
tne description.
ComDlete descrlntlon nf -Smith Tin
been sent to all thp stnto nenltentiarleo
in the West- and It Is belleveri that If
he has been an Inmate of any of them
that pictures of the murderer will bo
forwarded to Portland. Yesterday the
Chief had not received anv wnrrf from
hls numerous messages, but expects to
near Bometning today. The reward for
the capture of Smith has been Increased
from ISO to 3500. The additional CSH
wan added by Clackamas county yester
day afternoon.
Faneral of Officer Hanlon.
OREGON CITY, April SS. Special).
Funeral services over the remains of
Officer Hanlon were held at St. John's
Catholic Church in this city this morn
ing. The members of the City Council
attended the services In a body. Rev.
Father HHdebrand officiated, the pall
bearers being John Gleason, T. "W. Sulli
van. Mat Michaels. Frank Glennon, John
Long and Anton Natterlin. The Inter
ment took place at the Catholic ceme
tery near this city.
MINERS OFFER NEWTEBM5
ASK FOR ANOTHER JOINT COX.
FERENCE WITH OPERATORS.
President Mitchell Makes Public the
Proposals Made President
Bacr to Prevent Strike
WILKES BARK. Pa., April 2S. Presl
deat Mitchell of the United Mlneworkers,
tonight made public two proposals, to
K ether with a recommendation for an
other Joint conference submitted by the
anthracite miners scale committee to
President Baer and hi? associates.
The first proposal asks for an Increase
In wages ranging from 5 to 15 per cnt.
according to the wages now received.
The second proposal asks for an advance
equal to ten cents -per ton upon the total
production of coal to be added to the
wages of employes and apportioned In
such per ce stage as may be agreed upon.
MEETING OF BIG MONARCHS
Edward, William aad Nicholas to
Confer at TanHStadt.
LONDON, April 38. King Edward. Em
peror Jflchela and Emperor William
wHl ateet at Xarntadt, capital of the
Graad Duchy of Hesse, during the first
week in Sestemfeer. according to iho
Pall Malt GaiKtte. which adds that th
Raantea. WiWBiror and Rflspress will leave
Re4. tie a fg (visit to the Graad
vmm ac jaws i
OUD SEES A
CK TO PROFIT
Rushes Construction
on a New Mole.
WOULD CAPTURE SHIPPING
Bay City Wharves Are Very
Much Dilapidated.
WHOLESALERS ARE DECIDED
Larger and Better Buildings Will Be?
Constructed dn Sites or Old
Ones Corrugated Iron
Sheds Springing Up.
BY ARN'O DOSCH.
OREGON'IAX NEWS AND INFORMA
TION BUREAU. Oakland. Cal., April 28.
Oakland is taking Its chance and la try
ing to supersede San Francisco as the
chief shipping point of California. It Is
rushing the construction of a mole to
parallel the Key Route and announces
that within 60 days It will be able to
handle all the shipping which formerly
came to San Francisco. Its attempt to
take advantage of San Francisco's help
lessness is open and all, the Oakland pa
pers tonight make a display of the new
move.
San Francisco may be down, but It Is
not out. however, and will meet Oak
land's clever work with a good defense.
Tho wholesalers of the city have met
and agreed that they will build larger
quarters than before, and meanwhile will
hastily establish offices in the uninjured
district near the Southern Pacific depot
at Fourth and King. They will have
orders shipped them from the East Im
mediately and will resume business upon
their arrival.
Bay Clly Docks in Bad Shape.
Thefshlpping Interests of San Francisco
are" less fortunately place- and will be
forced to bide the time necessary to build
up the water front of the city, which
has been largely destroyed. Enough re
mains, however, to prevent the neces
sity of relying absolutely- on Oakland's
wharflng facilities. It is certain" that
the merchants and shippers of the Bay
City will not let their Brooklyn supersede
them.
San Francisco will shortly resemble
Itself In i5. Temporary structures of
corrugated Iron will spring up every
where, but Its future construction will
be tho best in the world. Chairman
Jeremiah Deneen. of the building com
mittee, said In an interview today:
"The height of such structures as may
hereafter be erected may be restricted,
the arrangement of many of the streets
will probably be changed. Including a
system of boulevards, and some strict
regulations will be made in regard to
the material used in all new buildings
cast of Van Ness avenue or whatever
point may be hereafter fixed as the Are
limits.
Xo More Frame Buildings.
"It is safe to prophesy that no more
frame buildings will be permitted, that
brick will not find much favor, that steel
frames will be Imperative and that even
stone will be barred unless It Is of such
a quality that It can pass a rigid fire
test."
Three Important buildings, the St.
Francis Hotel, the Shreve and Crocker
buildings, will be refitted Immediately,
though completely gutted, and a dozen
other steel frame buildings less seriously
damaged will be repaired.
The Ocean Shore Railroad, which has
been attempting for a long time to get
a franchise touching Market street, now
has a temporary franchise to Twelfth
and Mission, and out of gratitude for
the free work It will do, the franchise
will probably be made permanent.
Van Nes3 will become a temporary re
tall street, where the homes of million
aires stood will now be cheap buildings.
The first break, on the line of former fine
residences will be the site of the Marie
Antoinette apartments. The whole dis
trict between Van Ness and Fillmore
will hold temporary establishments for
the large retail houses.
Good Work by Oregcnlans.
Dr. b. C. Dalton, of Salem, the first
Oregon doctor to volunteer his services to
the Injured and to arrive on the ground.
Is in charge of the Emergency and Ma
ternity Hospital on Fillmore street and
has done such excellent work that he re
ceived a personal note of thanks' from
Mayor Schmjtz. He was here through, the
worst of the first few days amd showed
himself capable and energetic.
H. M. Rau. of Portland, who turned over
his automobile to the relief comraittee.
was upset -on Van Ness ayenue by ft.
frightened nurse interfering with, him
when running at high speed. He broke
his kneecap, but even then would not
stop his work, but hired another mar
chine and continued. .
Oregonlan Tents Requisitioned,
' The large, tents secured by Tie Ore-1
gonian have .been requisitioned by Oiptato:
H. B. Rutherford, assistant surgeeB, and,
will be used for hospital aad relief pur
poses. A number of people left their baggage'
In charge of the Fifth Army headquarters;
park lodge. Golden Gate Park, to be for
warded to Portland. These will 'be seat
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