THI2 MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1906. MADE HOMELESS FOR CHRISTMAS Guests, of Uncle Sam Hotel Flee Flames in Scant Attire. MANY BRAVELY RESCUED y Firemen and Police Carry PanJc , Stricken Lodger? to Open Air, Some Having Narrow Kscapes In Climbing From Windows. Fire In the Uncle Sam Hotel, at the southwest corner of Fifth and Couch streets, early this morning, rendered over 125 persons homeless for Christ mas day, and many of them had nar row escapes for their lives. Special Policeman Jack Hoare discovered the flam:, sent In art alarm of fire from box UT, rushed back to the house and assisted many of the Inmates to es cape. The patrol wagon arrived on the scene first, and Patrolmen Brothers, Ehmsen, Ellis. Tennant and Gruber Immediately entered the burning build ing and assisted as many of the terror stricken Inmates to places of safety ss they found rushing blindly through the smoke-fllled corridors. The firemen did heroic work In rescu ing the inmates on the top floor. There were some 30 of these, among whom were two women, and all had to be assisted down the ladders. The work of . rescuing the inmates occupied the attention of the firemen, and not until they were assured that all had escaped did Chief Campbell and his men turn their attention to the blaze. Among those rescued by the firemen and police were: John Zeigler, J. B. Gottlieb, Jacob Hunter, Frank Allen, Ed Wilde, August Jennsen, Dave Wil son, Gust Person, Harry Davidson, Sam Wuftler and Pete Wilson. All the persons rescued lost all their effects except what few clothes they could grab before making their exit through the windows to the waiting arms of the firemen, or being escorted down the first flight of stairs by the hustling bluecoats. All the men at the scene worked heroically to save the lives of the inmates. . The first man rescued by means of the flte ladders was Pete Wilson, who had thrown a rope from his room on the third floor and climbed down to a level with the second floor, from which position he was taken by the firemen. ' Sam Waftler. the proprietor, stated that he could not make any estimate on his loss, although he believed that it would reach J4000 or $5000. This does not Include the losses of the inmates, very few of whom saved anything of more value than an alarm clock. Many were seen carry ing clocks and arrayed In but scanty at tire. At the time The Oregonlan went to press the flames were under control. RAISULI ARMS FOR BATTLE Sultan Has Largest Force In Years to Meet Bandit. TANGIER, Dec. 24. It is reported here that Raisuli, the bandit leader, who has been in control of the railroad In the neighborhood of Tangier, Is ac tively arming bands of men and there Is much anxiety here as to whether he will tight the Sultan's forces or not. The government troops are in camp near here. They number over 030 men and are better equipped than is usual with the Sultan's soldiers. The Minister of War has left a gar rison of 2000 men at Kas el Keblr, another of 1000 men at Aln Delia, while a third garrison of 1000 men is awaiting Instructions at Fes. These forces together comprise the greatest military movement made by the Mo roccan government in years. ACAJUTLA SWEPT BY FLAMES Forty Beautiful Buildings in Calva dorean Port Destroyed. RAN SALVADOR. Dec. 25. A fire which broke out last night completely destroyed 40 of the beautiful buildings of Acajutla, including the market building. A strong northern wind which was blowing at the time, carried the flames to the neighborhood of the plains, which were burned over. The wharf at Acajutla was complete ly destroyed. Blrrell to Succeed Bryce. DUBLIN. Dec. 24. There Is an Increas ing tendency in Dublin to regard Augus tine Birrell, the President of the Board of Education, as the most probable suc cessor to Mr. Bryce as Chief Secretary for Ireland. Norther Damages Bananas. , KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec. 24. A heavy .norther during the past two days has caused serious damage in the banana districts. WEYERHAEUSER IS RICHER (Continued From First Pair.) to the Northwest, and having gobbled up everything in the Mississippi River district, the same machinery that had worked so effectively there was put in operation In the West. For some time Weyerhaeuser had been buying, trad ing, and by other means taking over lands in the Northwest. It was in 1900 that a big splurge was made. All of the Northern Pacific land west of the Cascades. something over 1,000,000 acres, was taken at a flat rate of $8 an acre. According to well-informed men dealing in lumber onthe Coast, there is already a profit of $20,000,000 in that one deal. Weyerhaeuser opened headquarters In Tacoma, Wash ington. Here, as was the case in the Mwsi8sipp River district, unostenta tion was the rule. An office was se cured in a quiet little red brick house downtown, overlooking the Sound, and R. L. McCormick. a partner of many years' standing, and the man Weyer haeuser trusts probably more than anyone else, was sent to the Coast to handle the business. McCormick Is a big. Impressive-looking man, with weight and dignity. He Is the dynamo of the Weyerhaeuser machine. Suave, cool. Imposing, he is the polished poli tician of that group of land-grabbing, forest-destroying dollar-hunters. He poses as a- philanthropist and public spirited citizen. He ran for Mayor of Tacoma, and. If current gossip is true, was beaten because he was so close to James J. Hill, of the Great Northern, and Weyerhaeuser. Harrlman is said to have feared for his interests if Mc cormick won In Tacoma, and at the last hour he went in and defeated him. .Whether this Is true or not. McCormlck 1 there In charge of the Weyerhaeuser interests, and he is the keenest lumber man In tht West. He has been quietly, for the last five years, shaping up the Weyerhaeuser interests, and today the dominion is as complete as it has been for years on the Mississippi." The article concludes by mentioning an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill. Introduced by Senator Fulton, of which advantage' was taken by the Weyerhaeusers to exchange certain of its lands inside the Klamath Indian reserva tion for valuable lands outside. PLANS OF MEXICAN REBELS Member of Junta Tells of Revolution Which Miscarried. 9AN ANTONIO. Tex., Dec. 24 How the revolution against Mexico was organized was today told by C. V. Marquez, a wit ness for the defense In the trial of the six alleged revolutionists. Marquez said that he had an agreement with the Magon brothers and Sarabia and others in Mexico relative to bringing about 'a revolution in Mexico. Continuing, he said: "Being in Del Rio. I placed myself in touch with all Liberals. Several lots of arms were passed into the interior of Mexico. The group at Jiminez passed arms to another group, etc. They also passed along lots of programmes. We had a great many clubs organized in Texas, California and Tew Mexico. These HEAR SPOKANE PLEA Interstate Commissioners to Come in January. WILL MEET IN PORTLAND Inland Town's Claim to Terminal Rates to Be Subject of Testi mony In Leading Cities of Northwest. OREGONJAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Dec. 24. Interstate Commerce Commissioners Lane, Prouty and Clark will have a hearing in Spokane January 15 in the case in which Spokane mer chants ask the commission to order a readjustment of rates "on a reasonable Co.. coal dealers, operating a mine at Dietz, Wyo., this morning brought suit for $20,000 against the Burlington Railway Company for coal alleged to have been confiscated recently, and secured from the Federal Court a temporary Injunction against further confiscation by that company. Northern Pacific Man Goes East. NEW HAVBN, Conn., Dec. 24. Arthur B. Smith, ' assistant general passenger agent of the Northern Pacific Railroad, was today appointed traffic manager of the Consolidated Railway Company, the. electric railway system owned by the New York, New Haven A Hartford Railroad Company. ATTORNEY IS DISBARRED Had Knowledge of Attempted Black mail ajid Concealed It. - SPRINGFIELD, 111., Dee. 24. The Supreme Court today disbarred Rich ard C. S. Reaugh, State's Attorney of Clark County, because Reaugh had knowledge that H. M. Bradford, claim agent of the Baltimore & Ohio South western Railroad, was endeavoring to secure $10,000 from parties in a $100. 000 will case, claiming that he could secure an opinion in the Supreme Court favorable to the parties and be- THE NATION'S TIMBER KING AND HIS RIGHT HAND MAN ltmy a-'-'.'.. . -.- ..r:--":7;j ' ' ... -i-.-. "A t -y &tz& F f 'A u ' 1 Frederick Weyerhaeaser, Whose Wealth Is Millions More Than That of John I. Rockefeller. lliil $mwm IS1 mm mm imam Robert I.. McCormick, the General Financial and Polit ical Agent of the Weyerhaenser Interests, In whom Weyerhaeuser Has Implicit Confidence. From tho Cosmopolitan. TheTitle Guarantee & Trust Co. 240-244 Washington Street, Cor. Second Portland, Oregon It frequently occurs that no stock holder of a corporation holds control, but a number, acting together in harmony, may pool their holdings, and thus be able to constitute a working majority. 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It did not avail, however, as Barker was convicted and sent to state prison, although he was paroled. clubs did not know ' the object of the Junta at St. Louis. They would contrib ute money to uphold the publication, but they did not know anything else. "When September 16 was near, which was the time we were to act. I had to go to visit the groups to organize them, eo they would be ready. From Del Rio, Antonio Villareal started to Sonora and Chihuahua. He had Instructions from the chiefs of groups in these states: other instructions went to the people of Tamau llpas and Nuevo Leon. Instructions were sent to Interests In dther parts by mail. The Junta in St. Louis was to send in structions when the groups in Mexico should rise. "The object of the revolution was to place a new government in Mexico." THREATEN WITH BLUE LAW Chicago Alderman Plans Revenge If Saloons Are Closed Sundays. CHICAGO. Dec. 24. The Tribune today says: A Puritanical Sunday for Chicago, with idle streetcars and elevated railroads out of commission, and with no newspapers and no Sunday theaters or even sacred concerts. Is the retaliation threatened by Alderman Michael Kenna if he Is forced to close his saloons on Sunday. This will be the last resort If the Al derman and other saloon-keepers are compelled to close on Sundays. It will be taken if Mayor Dunne Is directed to obey the state law under the mandamus proceedings In Judge Frost's court next Friday. The Alderman will be backed to the fullest extent by the United Societies for Local Self -Government. Resolutions demanding a provision in the new city charter for home rule on the Sunday saloon question were adopted at a large mass meeting of Bohemian citizens held yesterday. Mayor Dunne and Alderman Kenna will be compelled to show reason in Judge Frost's court next Friday why the man damus should not be Issued on petition of the Sunday Closing League. The most Interesting thing in connec tion with the tight between the liquor In terests and the Personal Liberty Organiz ation on the one hand and the reformers .on the other, however. Is the announced declaration of an intention as a final resort, to invoke the blue laws of Illinois if the broad principle that the cosmopoli tan population of Chicago has a right to drink its beer on Sunday ia beset too sorely. Bryan Indorses Beverldge Bill. ATLANTA, Go., Dec. 24. A. J. Mc Klway, secretary of the National .Child Labor Committee, today received from William J. Bryan a letter in which the latter expressed his thanks for a copy of the Beveridge bill, of which he says: "The plan which .Beverldge adopts for the prevention of child labor is Identical with the plan I have urged for the suppression of the trusts. I believe the control which Congress has over interstate commerce enables it to apply a very simple and effective remedy." CtyUtnias Gift From Carnegie. PHILADELPHIA.' Dec. 24 The College of Physicians in thte city today received a Christmas present from Andrew Car negie of J100.000. donated to help build a home and library. The offer is con tingent upon the college being able to raise a like sum, of which $S0.000 has al ready been raised. basis" and will allege that such a basis would give no preference to Coast points. Previously Spokane petitioned! for ter minal rates, but was denied. It now bases Its contention on the "just and reason able" clause of the new interstate com merce law. Portland, San Francisco and Seattle and Seattle will lntervere. The Commission ers probably will hold a hearing in the same case in Portland and Seattle in the week beginning January 27. It is under stood here In the offices of the Commis sion that the 'Coast ports will argue that reasonable rates necessarily Involve pref erence to all points having water route competition; that water rates are actual ly In law the basis for terminal rates. The Commissioners will also hold a hearing in Seattle January 21 on the car shortage and at any other points when possible. cause Reaugh did not make an effort to bring the guilty ones to Justice. WILL POOL STEAMER TRAFFIC Eastern Railroads Reach Agreement Not to Cut Rates. CHICAGO, Dec. 24. An agreement has been reached by the Eastern rail roads for the establishment of a pool for eastbound steamship business. The lines which on January 1 shall partici pate in the steamship business are Michigan Central. Erie, Grand Trunk, Wabash, Nickel Plate and Panhandle. The percentage of the various lines are not made public, but it is under stood that the executive officials have agreed to abide by the award which F. C. Donald, of the Central Passenger Association, shall make. The arrangement is expected to stop all existing demoralization in the steamship traffic. There are fully 50, 000 people who go from the Northwest annually to their old homes in Europe, and for these fares the railroads have always competed, paying high commissions. WILL DEVELOP GVLF TRADE Mexico Will Change Steamship Routes to Suit Railroads;. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 24. Announce ment of some of the first of the direct effects upon United States commerce by the absorption of the Mexican Cen tral Railway by the Mexican govern ment was made here today. Important changes in steamship routings and a general effort to develop Gulf Coast trade are included in the plans contem plated. Officials of the Mexican-American Steamship Company, which is owned by the Mexican Central, announce that after January 12 next, their steamers will sail weekly from New Orleans to Mexican ports, and that the present weekly sailings from Galveston will be supplanted by a semi-monthly schedule. Port Arthur, Tex., will remain on a semi-monthly schedule. HOLIDAY RATES. Announced to .Ocean Bearhe. To enable patrons to visit ocean beaches during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, the O. R. & N. Co. will, on No vember 2S and 29. December 24 and 25, and January 1. sell round-trip tickets to all North Beach points at a rate of J2.50. For further Information ask at City Ticket Office, Third and Washington streets. Portland, Oij Money-hack grocer sells Schilling's Best tea and coffee. Railroads Yield to Furniture Men. WASHINGTON", Dec. 24. An agree ment has been reached by the Inter state Commerce Commission with the railroads interested regarding the complaint of the North Carolina Case workers' Association. The complaint was that on shipments of furniture from North Carolina and Virginia points to the Pacific Coast the rail roads demanded a minimum weight of furniture In 36-foot' cars of 20,000 pounds. This weight, the association maintained, was excessive, as it was not possible to load a 3-foot car with more than 16,000 pounds of furniture. Today it was agreed by representa tives of the railroads to carry the fur niture to Pacific Coast points at the present low weight, with a minimum weight of 16,000-pounds to a car. The agreement contemplates a readjust ment of the rates on furniture. Sues Burlington- for Seized Coal. OMAHA. Dec. U J. E. Woodward. JU PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. W.. B. Addy and family arrived in the city Saturday evening to spend the holidays with relatives at 508 Broadway. Henry E. Reed, secretary of the Alaska. Yukon-Pacific Exposition, arrived ' in Portland last night from Seattle to spend Christmas with relatives. Signor L. Ruzzl, manager, and Signor L. D'Urbano, director of D'Urbano's Royal Italian band, came down from Seattle last night to spend Christmas with friends here. They will return at the end of the week. The board of governors of the Port land Commercial . Club, at a session yesterday afternoon, unanimously adopted a note of congratulation to W. L. Crissey, who has worked with Manager Tom Richardson for three years, and has accepted a position as secretary of the Aberdeen (Wash.) Chamber of Commerce, for which place he will leave January 1. CHICAGO. Dec. 24. (Special.) Ore gonians registered today as follows: At the Auditorium, M. J. Delahunt and wife. Portland. At the Majestic, T. A. McKinnon, Portland. At the Mor rison, G. Weller and wife, Oregon. WILL REVISE LAWS OF CUBA Magoon Appoints Commission Pre paratory to 3few Elections. HAVANA, Dec. 24. Governor Magoon today signed the long-awaited decree ap pointing a commission to revise the laws of Cuba. This commission will submit to the provisional Governor the draft of new electoral laws, a law defining the organi zation and function of the judiciary, a civil service law and also treat on such other subjects of great Interest as may be referred to It by the provisional Gov ernor. The commission consists of , Colonel E. H. 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