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mmt$ VOL. XIVX 0. 14,161. PORTIAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. IF SHIFT ON RELIEF FUND Has Already Begun on Small Scale. 'PROVISIONS TAKEN BY TONS One Thief Arrested for Storing Away Supplies. WHOLESALERS NOT LOYAL Bargaining for Sites In San Fran Cisco Oregon Bureau Equips Hospital and liaises Big Tent In Bay City. BY AKXO DOSCH. OAKLAND. Cal.. April 27. (Staff Corre spondence.) James D. Phelan and the citizens' committee will have a ta.sk in preventing wholesale Kraft on the great Mime of money which are being poured into San Francisco from every part of the country to aid the suffcrcm The oppor tunities will be too great to be overlooked and unscrupulous officiate will have chance to turn money into their own pocket. I do not mean to cast any reflection on tliose who will handle the money, who arc the first citizens of the city, but the temptation will be so groat that many of their agent will not be able to resist It. It' will be too bad, after the suprem acy of common good over selfish pur pose, to have the city decried for graft because a few unscrupulous men take advantage of the situation. TiHrgc Stores Laid Away. This fear expressed L not a prematura cry of calamity, but It is based on graft of a lesser kind which has already shown Itself. A man with a string of wagons wlfh Red Cross banners has been arrested for carting off tons of provision and storing them. ""WKolo families have re peated in the bread lines and secured stores for-months. Men have taccn op portunlty of the situation to secure pub lic franchise. The "ego" Is beginning to raise lis head and will shortly be ram pant. This Is a reflection, not upon San Francisco, but upon humanity. Food has been so plentiful that it ha staled and rotted. Help has often gone to tho unworthy. This must be expect ed, though, and cannot be avoided if the- needy are tb be kept from suffering. Where- Roller Cannot Be Overdone. There Is absolutely no possibility of overdoing, however. In preservation of health. Tents, blankets, mattresses and clothing will be needed more than money. The salvation of tho situation lies with -James D. Thclan and the citizens com mittee, but they will have to stop Issuing free supplies as soon as possible and force all able-bodied men to work. Tne slowness or tue banks to open their doors to depositors necessitates free supply, and the longer they remain closed the worse tho situation will grow. The excuse is too good. Tho opening of banks and the shutting off of supplies, except In cases where there Is no man to sup port the family by work, must come very soon or there will be graft. Oakland's Bid for Wholesalers. The' burned out wholesalers of San "Francisco are still being bid for by Oak land and have been made such tempting offers of sites and bonuses that the Real ty Board of San Francisco has been forced to seek a meeting with the whole salers. This is to take place tomorrow and at It they expect to be compelled to meet Oakland's offer. They have ar ranged with the Southern Pacific to se cure sites in the neighborhood of Fourth and King streets, and are prepared to make offers to the wholesalers of this city to prevent them from going to Oak land. That tho wholesalers should show such a lack of civic loyalty that they have to be coaxed Into remaining true to their city has caused the Realty Board great disgust. Oregon Committee Offers Aid. F. W. Leadbetter. representing the Ore gon relief committee, and Jefferson Myers, representing Governor Chamber lain, called upon Mayor Schmitz today and officially offered the services which they have been performing all along since their arrival. OIIEGOX EQUIPS HOSPlTAIi. All Essentials Quickly Supplied. Mayor Schmitz Thanks Bureau. OREGON RBMEF BUREAU. Oakland. Cal.. April 27. Oregon has a hospital in San Francisco tonight. This Institution dates Its birth from this afternoon, when F. W. lcadbetter and Jefferson Myers, of the Oregon Relief Bureau, visited the Wllmerding School and found Major Sternburg and tho Oregon National Guard Hospital Corps stationed at this school house, which since the earthquake and fire has been turned Into a hospital. Mr. Lcadbetter and Mry Myers also vis ited Harbor View Hospital, where Dr. K. A. J. McKcnzie is stationed. Dr. Marie D. Aqui is stationed at the United States General Hospital, where are also Installed the Portland nurses who volunteered their services. Prompt Aid to Hospital. At the new rOegon Hospital and at the Harbor View Hospital Mr. Leaafeetter DANGER and Mr. Myers found the physicians sad ly handicapped for the want of neces sary supplies, such as infants clothing and other things necessary to the life and health of the unfortunate children victims of the San Francisco disaster. When the men at the head of 'the Ore gon Relief Bureau learned of the condl tlons at the hospital they at once re turned to Oakland and purchased Infant nightgowns, infant nightshirts and many bolts of cotton flannel. These were sent to the Harbor View Hospital. Oregon Hospital Equipped. In ordw thoroughly to equip the Ore gon Hospital It was necessary to buy two surgical sets and hire an ambulance. In the short space of a couple of hours this was accomplished, thanks to the energy of the two prominent Orcgonlans who are handling part of the funds raised by the Portland people. The ambulance stocked with supplies left Oakland at . o'clock bearing the legend. "Oregon Hos pltal." The nurses at all three hospitals where the Oregon volunteers are performing he CONTRIBUTIONS AGGRE GATE $232,705.92. The subscriptions today for the relief of the sufferers in San Francisco amount lo .$232,705J)2. The general relief fund has reached $200,487.65 and the popular fund .32218.27. More is needed and citizens are asked to remit promptly, that suffer ing may be alleviated. role service will be looked after by the Oregon Relief Bureau. Officials Kccognlre Work. The work that the Rellcb Bureau has been doing Is generally recognized here. For several days past tho officials of both San Francisco and Oakland have spoken in high praise of the practical work that has been done. Mayor Schmitz. of San Francisco: James D. Phclan. chairman of the finance committee, and Mayor Mott. of Oakland, expressed to Mr. Lcadbetter and Mr. Myers their appreciation of the prompt relief and splendid effort that Oregon is rendering to the people of San Francisco and Oakland. Mayor Schmitz talked with Messrs. Lead better and My ers at the close of a most important meeting of the committee of 50. He said Schmitz' Hearty Thanks. "I am not at this time going lo off! daily express my thanks for the noble work being done by the Oregon Relief Bureau and the splendid way in which the entire stato responded to the call for aid from San Francisco. I have been told by member of the- committee of what Oregon, and Portland especially, has done foif us, and at some time In tho near future I will make full and of nam acKnowieagement in tne proper way. We San Franciscans are too busy just now planning for a greater and. more beautiful San Francisco and helping the needy to do more than say. Ve thank you.' " DISTRIBUTING GOOD CHEER Oregon Belief Bureau Feeds Hun dreds Cheers Greet Oregon Tent. OREGON RELIEF BUREAU, Oak land, Cal., April 27. All day long blank cts, provisions and good cheer were dls pensed to hundreds of peoplo from the Northwest at The Orcgonlan hcadquart crs in San Francisco and Oakland. Mr. McRae did not atop for meals, but gave out blankets to homeless and cannM goods to hungry- at the Oakland bureau from dawn to sunset. In several cases geographical lines were abandoned, and dire want relieved with no Inquiry as to residence. There were many a "God Bless you" as the busy little woman ac companied her gifts 'with words of good cheer. In San Francisco Mr. McRae with the .-same spirit provided for stricken peo ple from Oregon. Washington and Idaho, who found themselves dependent upon others by the sudden catastrophe which laid San Francisco in ashes. lesterday afternoon at Hamilton Square, in San Franc'sco a great tent for the relief of Oregon people was erected, and. as It caught the wind and stood upright, a cheer rofc from a thou pand sufferers who had congregated in the square. During yesterday and today 300 people were given assistance at The Orcgonlan Relief Bureaus. Branch headquarters have been established at Oakland Mole. the Presidio, Fillmore street. San Fran cisco: Jefferson Suqare. San Francisco, and 1002 Broadway, Oakland. R. M. Howe, of Portland, has been busy helping Major Torney in relief work. George Davis, the Portland theatrical man, X. Fosten. of the Pacific Coast Company; young Fred Hill and Herman Wittenberg, all of Portland, have vol unteered to assist in Oregon relief work: Tne situation Is gradually simplifying Itself, but much remains to be done. MAKING TEXTS WATER-TIGHT Tar 'Paper Will Shed Bain Four Deaths In Hospital. SAN FRANCISCO. April 27. Much discomfort was suffered by refugees last night, due to the heavy rain. Iach tent Is being supplied with enough tar building paper to cover it. and the army doctors expect to have all tents water-tight before the next rainfall. . The distribution of field stoves to the refugees Is being discontinued until it new supply is received. A number of stoves is being held for hospitals and especially dcservlnr cases. Four deaths were reported at the , general army hospital today at the Presidio. The City Tax Collector occupies tem porary quarters on Sacramento street, where taxes are rapidly helnsr -Bald- over iie,03 being received this morn- lag. Dr. Henry L. Wagoner, field asreat ef the Red Ctosx, was net serleuslv In jured fey a falling wall, as reported. s UPHIC STORY Miraculous Escapes of College Students. BURIED BY FALLING WALLS Visits Burning City on Day of Earthquake. WORKS WITH RELIEF SQUAD Stolidity of Stricken Populace Amid Scenes or Horror Due lo Man Behind the Gun Incidents of Great Conflagration. BT CT.AUDE C 34'CUI.T.OCH. STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Palo Alto. Cal.. April 27. If there is one man In this communlty who should be thankful that he is living it Is Elmer E. Young. ircstiman law student from Portland, Oregon. Not every man can ride his bed tiirougn two stories with an Imraenso pile of brick and stone on top of him and cpme out alive. But this is what Younc did in the earthquake which recentlv overwhelmed Stanford UnlversSty. Young lived In Enclna Hall, the big stone dor mitory, which lodged SCO students. He was In a front room on the second floor with two floors above him when the first hock came Terrified by the horriSle crashing and swaying of llX building he clung to his bod. and to this fact he probably owes his life. One of the large ornamental chimneys on the roof far above fell with the shock and crashed in Its downward path straight through the Portland boy's room, carrying him. Imbedded in debris, to the basement below. More than an hour afterward he was dug out from the stone and timbers by his fellow students, who never espect(c-o see hTm alive again. HV escapee wunout a acrntcn. immense beam lodged across his bed and received the impact of all the debri. All Others Were Injured. In this same crash half a dozen other sleeping students were carried down, and not a single other escaped without Injury. One was horribly mangled and In&tantly Killed while the others got broken bones, cuts and bruises. Young was not at all unnerved by his narrow escape and Im mediately turned to and aided In the rescue of others. William Masters, also of Portland, was hardly less fortunate He was Young's roommate and he too was hurled with the debris to the bottom of the building. Except for a few cuts about the head he was not Injured. The two boys both graduated from Portland high rehool last June. Young was editor of the High School Cardinal nd Masters was, a prominent member of the school baseball team. That more were not killed at the Uni versity by the earthquake is miraculous. Inmates of the frame fraternity building and smaller lodging bouses were not en dangered, for although their habitations swayed and shook but one wholly col lapsed. So early In the morning came the shock that nobody was near the Immense University building which fell, and con sequently no lives were endangered there but In the large stone dormitories, En clna Hall for men and Roble Hall for women, there were possibilities for great loss of life. In each of these, stone chimneys crashed through the roofs and carried whole wings with their occupants four stories to the basements beneath. At Roble Hall one girl only was Injured. No Panic After Quake. There was a possibility of a fatal panic in both these places, but coolness pre- alled. At Enclna many rushed for the doors In their nightclothes. Some went down fireescape. Others clung to their beds. Strange stories are told of the scene. One man said he heard nothing but curses on all sides. Others went on their knees in prayer. Strong men be came hysterical and wept like women. One student carried his helpless, weering roommate down two flights of stairs to safety on his back. Another was Just emerging from the building while the tremor was at Its height. He saw an immense boulder coming down on his companion's head. He covered his ' face with horror. When be looked again he saw his comrade standing unharmed. He does not know how he escaped. His com panion did not know he had been in danger. One man would not leave his room until he could find both his socks. Another did not know he was pasilng through one of the most destructive earthquakes of modern times, but spent the time trying to steady the drop lamp over his study table, which kept swinging. Some made the open air In time to see the Immense buildings of the University crumble down. One stalwart athlete fell sobbing like & baby when he saw the beautiful Memorial Chapel fall like a house of cards. Your correspondent was In the thick of the horror in San Francisco, both dur ing the fire and after it had nearly homed Itself out and the work of rescue had commenced. On Wednesday afternoon. April IS, he set out with three cem- panfea. fer the buralag city. The earth quake had eccarred ealy that aaeratar. bt already thousands of retsgees were maktac their war t ef the erty. 3 the M miles between PaJe AH aad aha Fraactoee.. by actual emt, mere than l.tJ people fteeta free the He a-eg were- STANFORD met. Some drove automobiles. Some were In rigs. Others walked and carried their remaining worldly possessions on their backs. Sight Grand, Tct Horrible. One man said: "You will see the grand est and most horrible thing you ever saw." We did. Another man said we could get JjO for our team If we would drive a mile out of our way and pick up a wealthy man and his family who were stranded. One told us it would be dan gerous to go close to the city, as refugees In their, frenzy would take our horses from us. Ten miles from San Francisco we encountered this danger and, only escaped with our outfit by wMpptag up our horses. At 9 o'clock we stabled the animals with a friendly Innkeeper and began our tramp Into the burning city. On our way we were often roughly stopped and questioned .by tough .char acters, who apparently had not quite, made up their minds whether1 we would make good holdup material. We jmadc the burning city safely at midnight and mingled with the countless thousands on the hills on the outskirts of -the- re. Call to mind descriptions of besieged cities when the lower residence districts have been set on fire by the shells of the cntmr And the inhabitants have with drawn to the citadels above while the firing still continues and yom.wiiljnave a perfect picture of the situation In San Francisco on the first night ef the great conflagration. For more than two miles below our point of vantage the business and residence districts were In swirling flames. At our feel wax the continuous "boom, boom" of the dynamite with which the firemen were making their hopeless fight against the flames. About us and for miles back of us people and furniture were piled up indiscriminately on tbo hills out of reach of the Arc Sol diers tramped about everywhere. Soldiers Guard the Water. In a little cut between two clay banks was a commissariat. Here drove up a wagon loaded with bread. Presently there came trotting In a mounted foraging ex pedltlon. The troopers had their saddles strung with chickens and turkeys, which they had taken from some out of the way farms. Out of one of the banks ran a small pipe and from it trickled a tiny mi cam oi waicr. ncrc were lined up many men and In turns they caught a 'little of this water, while a soldier watched to see that they did not take too much. I bad expected to sec panic Instead I saw stolidity. I did not see a single frightened, weeping noman. Everything was apparently quiet and peaceful, no doubt due in a large measure to the presence of the cool, stern regulars, who paced about everywhere. They told us stories of the lawlessness and panic of the morning. They were hard to be lieve, so quiet were. the crowds. But soon we saw an incident: which clearly prove inat oniv ineJravwnd of miniil )$JWce.check. A well- iuM.ii .jiipjcit a nontnum lor using offensive Ungttnge in the presence of women. Jn half a minute the whole street was a howling, fighting mob, and It took a charge of tbo soldiers to restore or der. There was stolidity, but there was also Ill-concealed misery- I heard one man say. "There goes thirty years of work.' as he saw his home fall before the flames. "I have only the clothes on my back. do not know where my wife Is. nor my child, but I am content I am still alive. Many Vandals Killed. It was common talk that many vandals had been shot down during the day. A boy said so frequent were the shots in the early hours of the morning that It sounded like a battle. Those killed in this manner were left where they lay be fore the advancing flames. Two men In the morning ran up the steps of the United States Mint. They were shot dead as they ran. Who knows what their mis sion was? One Idiot jumped Into the air In Union Squaro declaring that he was Jesus Christ, come to punish the world. He was riddled with bullets. A fiend In human form assaulted a girl. He was captured and hanged. An old man came into Golden Gate Park, where thousands of hungry refugees were gath ered. He said the Are was a visitation of God on a wicked city. He was holy. he said. That was the reason why he had lost nothing In the fire. God was Jest to holy people. He carried bread with blm and refused to share It with the famished women and children. He de manded an exorbitant price He was mobbed, half killed and his stock taken from him. Halt or Die, the Command. Several days later I was able to get Into the burned city again with a relief party. The Are had almost spent Itself then, except In a few out of the way districts. Measured by & cyclometer, the circumference of the burned district was twenty-six miles. Martial law even stricter than during the fire was still maintained. Except at relief -stations a light was not allowed after 8 o'clock In the evening. The corhfnand "Haiti" meant "halt, saddle." One time a blue Jacket threatened to shoot, because we were on the wrong side of the street with a wagoa. The work of clearing up the streets and searching for dead bodies had already begun. Any man without a pass was pressed lateservlce. given a shevel and put to dl grist in the ruins. We saw & well-dressed man takes from his wife and put with a gang. Two mounted offi cers rode up, near by us. dismounted hastily, pulling their revolvers meanwhile, and with leveled guns hurried In behind & high fence, where a lot of thugs were skulking. The thugs were put to work. The city was full of Id's men. though there was work for all. but most of thesa seemed to prefer to lie around help! cm with their families and wait for the bread wagons to come; On one vacant place we saw at least fire hundred families earaped anttd piles ef staMe refuse and garbage. Soldier Awes HHHgry Mob. Our party assisted in the uateadjag of 3,969 powads ef waewred ham, which had feeea hurried la f rem some outside, petec As the acst et these hams were anloadd frem the car the huapry crswd'niihta fer them. A grimy r eteeeea" m fnmt eC the eteels. leveled Ms gtta a ad catmty seM. ae-he aetrtjrted toeacee jotce (Cwmeail eaTace 4.) F POISON HIS WIFE? Member.. of Harvard Faculty Accused of Murder, ' Disappears. DOCTORS FIND ARSENIC Called In After the Science Healers Failed, They Cause Autopsy. Body Cremated, Husband Sought by Police. CAMBRIDGE. Mass., April .-(Special.) Wanted on a charge of wife-murder and believed to be Insane, the police of this city today asked the police of the country to look out for Professor Erich Muenther. of the department of German of Harvard University. The woman killed was before her marriage Miss I.eone Krebs. whose parents live In. Chicago. Mrs. Muenther was born In Fon du Lac. Wis., about 32 years ago. but had lived in Chicago before her marriage In that city, about 15. The specific charge against Muenther Is that he killed his wife with arsenic. She died April IS. The Muenthcrs came to Cambridge about two years ago. at which time Professor Muenther became a member of the fac ulty. For some time before the birth of her second child Mrs. iruenther was com pelled t6 keep to her bed. Tried Science, Then Doctors. Both she and her husband were firm believers In Christian Science, and Mrs. W. H. NIckerson. of Winchester, a Chris tian Science healer, had had charge of the case for some weeks. Mrs. NIckerson was away when the child was born, but returned In a day and found Mrs. Muen ther In a favorable condition. This did not long continue, however. In spite of Mrs. NIckerson's efforts, and finally Pro fessor Muenther decided to call In regular practicing physicians, who decided that Mrs. Muenther was suffering from some ailment of the stomach. They prescribed for her. but later, it Is alleged, withdrew because they ascertained that the direc tions were not being followed. Evidence of Poisoning.' Mrs. Muenther died on April 15, and" the physicians notlued Medical Examiner Swan, who discovered evidences of arsen leal poisoning and also notified District Attorney Sanderson and Chief of Police Pullen. earner mat day. after the woman a stomach had been removed. tuinaur -uueniner secured a permit worn tne Board of Health for the re CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TESTERDAT'S Maximum tempratttre. 55 Inln3Um. -0- Precipitation. 8.55 of ".. rurrir wmai. The California Disaster. Small jtraft ea relief fund discovered and wore Ij feared. Page 1. Stanford student tella thrilling itory of dis- Dkiaoj Kioman anil Mayor Schmltr uinnonj- in reucr work. Page Z. unusiuas imb cniui carnperi. Paga Z. Oregon relief bureau equips Oregon hospital. Latest registrations Oregon bureau. Page 3. Burnhara talks about pUn Xor beautifying Children's fund to rebuild schools pro- Latest lUt of dead. PKe 3. Tbrelga. Trench police dlrcorer Intrigue between la oor lesaers anj rnonarcnlfU. Page 3. os rxnxiin statue la Paria. Great victory of Russian Democrats In elec- Great oration to Ellen Terrr. Pae 5. Nstloaat. Spooner speaks on rate bill. Pare 4. vsiillsm tell what Democrats will do if the) win. Tage 4. Bom m tit. Harvard profeor accused of poisoning his wife. Pas;e 1. Argument In Crapsey heretr trial. Page 3. Anthracite coal operators relM in,w latest offer. Page Sport. American victories at Olrmnlan ni make Greeks sour. P. 7. Padflo Coast League will plsy out KS-ion, Tadflc Cwu. Grant's Pass Jury acquit D4ra Jeaalaga of Republican leaders conrratalate sorataees. itor stories of Bribery in Idaho dysa- smers- case, i'ajre s. CswisatitUl aad Maris. California shipments may break local but- ir marxex. i-age 15. Chicago wheat market closes weak. Pare -15. Stocks drop sharply under urgent mIUss. Page 13. Resyoat to needs of fire suSsrerx provides reason ior optimism. Fage 15. Steamer Despatch pressed teto service at a fTtaaeisco rescuing people who had takes to boats for safety. Page S. Europeaa shipowners ask exorbitant freight ris to racmc -.oast porta. Page S. Pertlaad aad VWaky. Sheriff Sharer of Clackamas County ar.d u- u. nertaersaa. ef Weeasara. shot by Outlaw Smith la battle at TCeod bars. Page 1. "Wltotj makes specific charge that ILmAA paid StS Mil ssa charged Johaaea estate IIS. Page 19. No report of eerieos Injuries ts Oregftsiasa ib saa macno has eetm reeetred at iaformatloa caress. Page 14. General relief committee has raised S366 -4S7.K In PortUa. Par 11. O-Mtaw Smith betrt to he wrrsBsded la the Brash near JfcKee Statlea. Pace 1. Peis2r faad ler reKef atew ezeeed SS.e&&. Psctlaad teTttee Xatlaaal Bdaeatleaal Xs- seesaUM te meet m tMs city. Fact 14. O. R. ". awed fer laurse-e artsra ef a retUHea. Pace H. PeMcee j lisctek. fw te pas- hie Mile eemta beCere rk Cemmlmlss. Pace W Xepuhrleaa Mat' ceatsat iiawmeiiliu will cheese a ihsifia fear. lse Mt moval of the body, and with It and his two children started for Chicago. The Cambridge police did not know he had gone Until some days later, when Profes sor Whitney confirmed the evidence of arsenical poisoning. Body Cremated In Chicago. Immediately upon arrival la Chicago the body of Mrs. Muenther was cremated. This was on Thursday. That night Muen ther disappeared and his absence was not remarked until he failed to appear at the funeral the following Sunday Today's developments recall other grim tragedies at Harvard. The most sensa iionai was the murder of Dr. George rarkman. November 22, 1S43, by Dr. John unite Webster. They quarrelled over a debt and Webster slew Parkman with an ax, afterwards burning his body by wis in tne medical school furnace. Park mans teeth were all that remained and by theso the ashes were identified. Web ster was convicted, hanged and his body refused burial in Mount Auburn, where nls family owned a lot. a more recent case was that of the alleged murder of Richard M. Grogan. Jr., oj nis brother-in-law, Charles R. East man, juiy 4. 3S0O. The trial was notable BELIEF FUNDS OF NORTH WEST CITIES. Portland funds General $200,487.65 Popular 32,218.27 232,705.92 Seattle 160,000.00 Tacoraa 31,971.00 Spokane 30,000.00 Vancouver, B. C... '23,000.00 In criminal annals and resulted in the acquittal of Eastman. Mncntlier Still In Chicago. It was learned late tonight that since his departure from Cambridge Muenther has written to several friends here, the letters bearinjr a Chlcaso postmark. In nona of these letters did he reveal his address. It was learned tonight that Muenther had submitted his resignation to the university authorities and It will probably oe actea upon next Wednesday. There was an unverified rumor at the college tonight -that Muenther had been seen la Boston yesterday. Muenther came to the United States irom ucrmany 16 years ago. He taught school In Chicago and In 1S99 received the degree of A. B. from the University of Chicago. He was Instructor In German for several years In the University of ine suojeci or iiuenthera thesis In tho graduate school here was "Insanity In German Romantic Litera ture." Those who were closely ac qualnted with him say hts was a man of high principles, but had become sonu what morbid because of overwork. FATHER DISCREDITS CHARGE Says Suspicion Arises From Mncn- tlicr's Christian Science Faith. CHICAGO. April 27.-Mrs. Mucnther3 father, Mr. Krebs. from who?e residence the funeral services were held April 15, does not believe his daughter was murdered. "My son-in-law Is a Christian Scientist and this may have" led to the suspicion that my daughter's death was not from natural causes, as I understand she did not have medical attendance during her illness." Mr. Krebs said his daughter's body was cremated and the ashes buried In Grace- land Cemetery. "Muenther and my daughter were happy In their married life and there was noth ing between them that would lead him to kill her," Mr. Krebs added. OVATION TO ELLEN TEfiRY PRETTY SCENE AT GREAT AC TRESS JUBILEE. Dove Brings Greeting: and Silver Casket Is Presented Amid Thunders of Applause. LONDON, April 27. At the clos of the performance at His Majesty's Theater to night, at which Ellen Terry bad a re markable reception, a pretty scene had been arranged for the presentation of the Playgoers Club's silver casket and an ad dress In commemoration of the actress jubilee. Beerbohm -Tree, still in his Falstaff make-up. receited an, ode of congratula tion, at., the close of which a dove flut tered down from the files carrying a scroll, which was taken by a dainty fairy, who presented It to the -'heroine of the evening. The scroll contained a rhymed response, having recited which Miss Terry oeelc haBda with Mr. Tree and with great emotion said her feelings would not allow her to express In words what she felt. Mr. Tree and a deputation of the Play goers Club then presented the casket, which Is embellished In relief, with pic tures of the Olympian games and places of public entertainment In Athens. Tho ceremony close with a scene of great en thusiasm. , The demand for seats today was re markable the crowd gathering early and the line lengthening- until the Haymarket resembled a huge picnic. BUILD CHEMICAL FACTORY Dearer Man to Establish Big-, New iBdHStry In Portland. SAXr ULKE. Utah, April 27. (Special.) W. R. "Wales, a. prssalneat physician aad Bsanafactariag chemist of Denver, was la this city today, aad said he would establish a- large chetnlcal factory at Pertlaad la the near future, which would eaaploy many peroeas ef both sexes. He win jsake chemical far the trade aad ln yeat thousands e doUars ia the eater prise. He already' ha jiant at Omaha, Den ver. Kansas ctty aad sc f aai. lie will eatabttefe ftaats aJs aC Seattle aad this etty. He M due ia Portia ad wKXin tea ays. OUTLAW SHOOTS T Sheriff Shaver Fatally Wounded. IN BATTLE AT W000BURN Captain 0. D. Henderson, of That Town, Badly Hurt, DESPERADO MAKES ESCAPE Takes Refuse in a Nursery, Where He Is Now Surrounded Breaks Cover in tho Early Morning and Encounters Posse. Frank Smith, the outlaw, added tW more to his list or victims early this orning by shootlnsr J. S. of Clackamas County, and Captain O. D. iicnaeraon. of "Koodburn. a member of the Sheriffs posse. The shontfner -re done In a pitched battle between the des perado and the posse on the railroad track In ino outskirts of TVoodbum. where Smith had been surrounded late In the afternoon. Sheriff . Shaver was shot in the abdomen, and is believed to be fatally wounded. Henderson's wound is ia the groin. News of the bloodv nffmv t-.u Oregon City at 1:15 o'clock this morn ing, wunin a quarter of an hour after it took place, meager details having been telephoned to Chl.f nr th. Burns, of that place, by Sheriff Culver, of Marlon County, who left the scene of the baltlo to telephone, the news to anaer s family and obtain medical aid. Chief Burns, in turn, telenhonprt information he had received to Cap- xam bailey, of tbe Portland Police De partment. A. little later Chief Burns told the; story as he had heard it to The Ore grnnlan over tho telephone. It seems that Smith' left his hiding place, in the brush at about 1 o'clock this morning and made a break for liberty, running down the railroad track. Ho had hardly broken cover before he en countered Sheriff Shaver and Cantnln Henderson. Henderson, who wm in advance, commanded him to halt, and the shooting- began. The outlaw fired tho first shot at a. distance of six feet, and used his revolver with such deadly effect that wltiiln few seconds Henderson and Shaver, who were Just behind him, were writhing on tho ground in agony. Other members of the posse gave chase and fired repeated ly at tne outlaw, but he was apparently unharmed by the hall of bullets, and took refuge In a nursery near the track. At last accounts the entire town, armed with guns of all descriptions, had turned out to surround tho desperado's hiding place, and his capture will probably bo effected this morning at daylight. An Associated Press dispatch from Sa lem, received at 2:30 o'clock this mominr says that both Shaver and Henderson are desperately wounded and that the Shprin is expected to die. The other members of the noss who were In the battle were JoseDh Richard son, Chester Alderman and Sheriff Culver. a telegram message to The Onmn(n from Woodburn at 2:33 this moraine- sav a special engine has taken the men to Salem. A special train left Portland at o'clock this morning, carryimr Detective Snow and Vaughn, who have been de tailed by Captain Bailey to go to th scene. They are wanted to identify Smith's body, for it Is now virtualK- cer tain that Smith will be killed or commit suicide to avoid capture. James F. Anderson. Fred Mallptt an Deputy Sheriff John Cordano also joined the posse. MOUNT ANGEL. Or.. ADril 27. n -.m t M. (Staff Correspondence.) With every road closely watched, a man noaltlvi.lv. Identified as Frank Smith, dejoerado. i hiding in the dense woods four miles doe north of Mount Angel, tonight. He was driven to cover at 5:20 o'clock this after noon by farmers, after having appeared at Moh.ee Station, three miles north ot here, for provisions. Sheriffs Culver and Shaver, who hava- been beating the brush east ot Mount " Angel all afternoon, were at once called to take up the fresh trail. They" had barely reached the scene, however, before dusk had come on. The night proved so thick that further search was not only hazardous, but fruitless. At daybreak tho hunt will bo- resumed and a determined effort made to .surround the outlaw andi kill him. It i3 not believed he will sub mit to being taken alive. Three times within the last IK hours th man recognized as Smith has been to McKee Station for food. He first ap peared at 9 P. M., Thursday, being the. same suspect as was reported at that tlmej In yesterday's paper. On his first, appear ance he secured a meal at a farmhouse. In answer to an alarm which this visita tion caused Sheriff Culver, of Salem, hur ried to McKee this mornings and with Sheriff Shaver, of Clackamas County, in vestigated the report, concluding that the suspect was the right man. They at once drove east to the vicinity of Marquaav belie viBgr the outlaw would coatinue east, keeping to the hilly aad heavily wooded! country ia that direction. The theory that lightning- never strike twiee ia owe, place proved, wrong In this? OFF EER (Cecxluded oa .Page S.)