THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1907. SHORTENS SAIL Tl MET STORM St. Paul Road Abandons Many Improvements and Extensions. CRUSADE CAUSES ALARM Would Suspend Work on Pacific Ex tension Were Work Xot So Far Advanced Karl in ft Plays Prudent Mariner. : CHICAGO. Feb. 2S.-(Speelal.)-OwlnR to railway legislation and the difficulty of raisin money, as well as the Increased cost of labor and material, the St. Paul Railroad has temporarily abandoned Im provements and extensions for which it expected to spend between $6,000,000 and JS.000,000. Besides this retrenchment, the board of directors seriously considered the tem porary abandonment of the Pacific Coast extension. This proposition was debated for some time and it has not yet been decided beyond recall. The only reason the work on the extension has not been discontinued is the present progress of the undertaking. The directors decided the work had proceeded too far to halt it without great loss in certain directions. It was decided, however, to retrench everywhere possible and to "put the house in order," as one of them expressed It, for what may happen if the present agitation and crusade against railroads does not cease immediately. "It is true," declared President Barling, "that the St. Paul road Is not going to do any work this year that is not nec essary. We are doing what every other prudent railroad- company is doing and what must be done. In view of the ten dency of the times. We would stop the building of the Pacific Coast extension were It not for the fact that the work has proceeded to a point where it could not very well be stopped. I am not an alarmist, but. when the prudent mariner sees a squall coming, he will trim his sails. And it seems to me there are plenty of squalls on every side for the railroads Just now." New Terminals for Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Feb. 26 An agree ment to build passenger and freight ter minals at Kansas Qty, at an estimated cost to the railways of J50.000.000. was reached late last night at a conference here between John M. Egan, president of the Kansas City Terminal Railway Com pany, representing the leading railways entering this city, and a committee of city officials, headed by Mayor Beard sley. The railways are to erect a J2.O0O.O00 union passenger station near Grand ave nue and Twenty-second street, five union freight houses along the river front In the west bottoms, and 43 viaducts and subways, the latter to be maintained by the railways. The city agrees to give the railways a 60-year grant for their ter minals. . J Two-Cent Fare Is Law In Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 26. The Governor today signed the 2-cent railroad fare act. It has no emergency clause, and goes Into effect with the publication of the new laws about May or June. HEROIC WORK OF FIREMEN Twelve Persons Rescued From Burn ing Building in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Feb. 26 Fire which had its origin by spontaneous com tiustion in the basement of the Fair (Novelty Store In the five-story brick Ger main building at 236 South Spring street, shortly after 1 o'clock today, gained great headway before It was extinguished, and caused the death of one woman, serious ly endangered the lives of several others and caused a property loss of many thou sands of dollars. Mrs. Emma Stewart, 5633 Pasadena ave nue, an employe of the Germain Com pany, with offices on the fourth floor, was overcome by smoke while attempting to spread the warning to others in the building and was unconscious when found by H. R. Sawyer, a newspaper pho tographer, who carried her to the street. Physicians failed to revive her and she died an hour later. The firemen performed many heroic res cues. Upwards of a dozen persons were taken down the fire escapes a-nd the fire men's ladders -from the offices in the up per part of the building. Seven were un conscious, and with difficulty revived. John G. Bru baker, a mining broker, was overcome n his office on the fifth floor. Brubaker weighs 300 pounds, and six fire men lowered him with ropes around. his body from the window. He was revived. Mrs. Phoebe King, a stenographer, was also taken out unconscious. The building was an old one, having been built 17 years ago. It is valued at $200,000 and 1s Insured for J90.O0O. FROM LITTLE COLLEGE. (Continued From First Page.) Toung Brown, and he was the first of them to come into prominence. He was elected to Congress before reaching the constitutional age of 25 and had to wait one session In order to qualify. When but a few days over 25 he won a Na tional reputation by a debate with Ben Butler. This piece of audacity made him the Idol of all Kentuckians. Another of that noted class was "Qui nine Jim" McKenzle, whose death not long since was the occasion for mourn ing in every malarial section rir the Na tion. "Quinine Jim" earned his name and fame because as a member of Con gress he secured a reduction in the duty on quinine, bringing the price down from J3 an ounce to a few cents. For this the ague districts canonized him. Mr. Mc Kenzle was one of the best story-tellers who ever lived, and It was an open secret that, when Proctor Knott was made Gov ernor of Kentucky, he made "Quinine Jim" Secretary of State just to have a good story-teller and a good listener near at hand. v William C. P. Breckenrldge was another of the schoolmates who came Into Na tional fame as an orator. He was known as the "silver-tongued" and during his 12 years in the lower house of Congress was the peer of any orator in public life. He possessed a voice of peculiar penetrating quality, and it is said that "Tom" Reed could never bear to hear him. Although a scandal caused his re tirement to private life, his name is on the roll as one of the great sons ot the commonwealth. Thomas T. Crittenden also belonged to that extraordinary lot of schoolboys. Aside from serving as the Attorney-General of Missouri and going to Congress for two terms, he was Governor of that state from ISSI to W5. Much attention was attracted to him because of the tact that he pardoned Frank James, brother and co-worker of the bandit, Jesse James, who was assassinated. The author and fighter of the famous class was Thomas Marshall Greene, au thor of the "History of Famous Ken tuckians" and "The Spanish Conspiracy." Greene was a duelist and acted as princi pal and second in many conflicts. In one of his fights at Lexington he killed Lou Baldwin, an ex-Sheriff. High Quality or Output. John T. Phillips, Joseph D. Hunt, Thomas "z. Morrow and W. L. Dulaney were other members of this Justly fa mous class who made their mark In the law. Mr. Phillips has been on the Federal bench In Missouri for years; Mr. Hunt afterwards served on the circuit bench in the same district which included Centre College: Mr. Morrow was Circuit Judge in Kentucky: and Mr. Dulaney also became a jurist of rare ability. These boys were all under the direct Instruction of Dr. John C. Young, president of Centre College from 1830 until 1857, who was one of the fore most scholars of America In his day. Although this school has had a proud record, all its modest catalogue says is this: "Centre College has educated 25 col lege presidents, 46 college professors, 25 Representatives of Congress, 5 Unit ed States Senators, 9 Governors of states. 2 Vice-Presidents, one Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. 39 Judges, State and Federal, 60 editors and six moderators of the gen eral assembly of the Presbyterian Church." Greatest Woman Linguist. The greatest woman linguist in the world Is Miss Elizabeth S. Colton, an American woman, who is now in India completing her -knowledge of Sanskrit. She acknowledges that she owes the distinction more to chance than design, because her first intention was to be come an opera singer. When very young, she went abroad to study under Manuel Garcia, the noted teacher1, who died In London not long ago at the remarkable age of 101. She had com pleted her studies and was to make her debut with Theodore Thomas' orchestra In Chicago, when an unfor tunate cold rendered her voice useless. In sore disappointment she turned to the study of languages for consolation. Under her father, she mastered Greek. Latin and Hebrew. Her sojourn in Europe had given her command of the continental languages, and she went to Berlin to study Sanskrit, Chinese and Persian. From there she traveled In the Orient, learning Syrian. Arabic, Assyrian, Pall, Asbeston, etc., until now she Is the complete mistress of more than 40 languages and their va rious dialects. v "Old Ike" Finally Sells Out. "Old Ike" Collins, of Asheville, North Carolina, has for 20 years enjoyed the distinction of being the one man who was proof against Vanderbilt millions and Vanderbilt Influence. "Ike" is an old negro, who many years ago bought a six-acre lot near Asheville and set tled down to the enjoyment of his cob pipe and the sunshine at his cabin door. Then Mr. Vanderbilt dropped his eye on that section of the country and coveted It. For Mr. Vanderbilt to want was to have, and so he bought up all the land that he wished until he reached "Ike." That worthy calmly refused to sell. "I've been a-wantin' to live clost to rich folks all my life," he announced to the astounded agent, between puffs of strong, home-grown tobacco, "and I s'pose I won't sell." And he wouldn't. Enormous offers were made and even the law resorted to, but "Ike" still puffed away in the sunshine, and watched the Improvements grow on the land of his wealthy neighbor. Mr. Vanderbilt then built a ten-foot wall all around the old darkey's tract, but "Ike" only moved his chair outside the gate and watched the brilliant ' folks drive by to the palace on the hill. For 20 years he refused a standing offer of J50.000, but at last he has been per suaded to sell. No one knows why the old darkey finally changed his mind, but It lias been announced that Mr. Vanderbilt is to build him a J10.000 house and settle upon him a large an nual allowance. The little log cabin and Its screening fence will soon be removed, and the one blot on "the face of Blltmore will have gone forever. Lady of the Jonquils. Mrs. Margaret Deland, author of "Old Chester Tales." is known as "The Lady of the Jonquils" by her neighbors in Boston. Window-gardening is one of her special accomplishments, and jonquils the most successful of her many Indoor plants. Once each year she throws open the doors of her home to the public or her annual jonquil sale, the proceeds of which go to charity. She sends each Spring to Holland for her bulbs, and derives much satisfaction from giving the young plants her personal attention. She has not only been able to produce some remarkable specimens of the standard varieties, but by grafting has been able to produce ' several new shades. Mrs. Deland goes about her charity sales in a strictly business fashion, advertising her wares for sale In the papers as any other florist would. Tomorrow The Gentle Art of Trust-Busting. Ill HANDS OF HIS FRIENDS SHAW TO LET HIS PARTY DE CIDE POLITICAL Fl'TX'RE. Business, He Sarys, AVill Keep Him in New York, but Iowa Will Al ways Remain His Home. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. Secretary Shaw, who was today elected president of the Carnegie Trust Company, New York, when asked what effect his accept ance of this position would have upon his political future, said: "Whatever Shaw Presidential sentiment now exhibits has sprung up sponta neously, and unless it continues to grow in the same way, my name will never be mentioned In a national campaign. Mean time I will not appropriate tasks, nor re fuse to do my share of the world's work. "For a time my future place of busi ness will be in New York City, my domi cile will probably be in some convenient BUburb. but my home will be In Denison. Iowa. There will I spend a remnant of my days If I live, and there will I be buried. It will be for my party to de termine whether I am again invited from the fields of personal endeavor to the perplexing fields of public service." LEAKED TO LAND THIEVES (Continued From First Page.) gon, including J. O. Haymaker, Sol Hirsch, H. Hirschberg, H. A. Smith, for mer Senator Mitchell and George H. Kav anaugh. During the past few days the case has dragged to such an extent that Interest In It has about died out here. There were present in the courtroom today less than a dozen spectators, and these were main ly .habitues. Send Your Mail Orders to Us. All orders received by mail have the same careful attention that a customer does when they shop in person. Try it if you live out of town. COME AND SEE THE NEW CARPETS AND DRAPERIES Agents for Royal Worcester Cor sets We have the Portland agency for this best of all corsets, and we are pleased to announce that many Spring models will soon be readv. That Ma rvelous Neckwear Sale Will Be at Its Best Today This Is the Third Day Don't wait another moment; come right to the store this morning as early as you can, and pick out a half-dozen of these splendid 50c Ties that we are selling for 29. The sooner you come now, the better choosing you'll have, and tho there isn't a Tie in the. whole assortment that isn't a good pattern, and a very good 50-cent value, those that pick first have the choice of a greater variety of patterns. Spruce up. Improve the appearance of your entire outfit with a fresh, new Tie. While this sale is on you'll get two for only a little more than the regular price of one. The silks are superbly good 50-eent quality, the patterns are those that wll-dressed men wear, and the selection is so varied that the most fastidious persons in the world can select one that will please them in pattern and color. ' '.if ti -1 : 1 I ONE ON WASHINGTON STREET AND ONE ON SIXTH STREET All 50 See Window Displays of These Splendid Ties Your choice of a lot that NOW contains over three thousand of the best 50-cent Tie? ever made TWENTY-NINE CENTS. CHOOSE FROM AN IMMENSE ASSORT C 10S MENT AND PAY ONLY ...... 29c Emb'd'yFiZ Embroidery Outfits Those complete outfits are making a hit in the Art Department makes it easy for any woman to do needlework for herself. This time we are go- thins" vou'll all be in- Underwear patterns, plete with enough, to complete the pat- instmctions as to Women's Nightgowns stamped on fine French Nainsook; Royal Society Floss 'enough to complete it, and full size paper pattern for cutting. Sizes 34, 36, 38 and 40. Price of the com plete outfit... $2.25 Infants' Coats, Stamped on white cashmere ; Royal Society Floss enough to complete it, Ail. FOR $1.00. Corset Cover Out fits One corset cover stamped on fine French or AVallachian enough Royal Society Floss to complete the embroidery, to- ' gether with full size paper pat terns, sizes 34, 36, 38 and 40 (a U four). Price com plete 50 in a: to give you some terested in. Muslin ready to make, com Royal Society Floss tern ; and complete liotv to go about it. Handsome Lin gerie Shirtwaists outfit includes 3 yards of fine India Linon, stamped for shadow, French or Wallachian embroidery and paper pattern with cutting instructions; sizes 34 to 40, and enough Royal Society Floss to complete the em broidery; all for $1. Embroidery Lessons Free Daily, 2:30 to S P. M. New Things in Pretty Fixings TURNOVER COLLARS, starched, in em broidered effects. The latest and smart est creation ii the neckwear line. Blind embroidery on good quality material. Going to be very popular; QCg each OwC NEW GUTMPES, for wear with the jump er waists, with yoke of Valenciennes lace, and body of lawn; very pretty and low priced; take the place of a shirt- "7 CZf waist; price I DC EMBROIDERED SHIELD BOWS, for wear with the tailored collars; eyelet em broidery designs, hook on the collar but ton, no trouble and very pretty; price, each ,', JOC RICH LACE TRIMMINGS FOR EASTER GOWNS are here. Rushed through by express so you could have them for the garnishment of your Easter Gown. They're ready to show you now. RICH COMBINATION NET AND VENISE AP PLIQUE, in galloon or festoon ef- '7 Eii fects, selling at. the yard, 25 to...V .JJ ALLOVER NET, Fillet Mesh and Point Venise combined a beautiful pattern-. Price, the yard Galloons and Edges to match, 75c up. New Tab Ties To wear with the new starched Turnover Col lars. Come in e m b roidered or, lace-trimmed ef fects; chic, dain ty and very styl ish ; only : 35c Each $5.00 NOVELTY LACE SETS, with E( allover, in festoon effects, yd. Edges and Galloons to match, vd... 75c up. FINE PRINCESS LACE, that looks like real, but costs only about one-fourth as much. Comes in medallions, festoons and edges. Festoon effects are going to be much used this season. They're new and very pretty. They come in Venise and Baby Irish effects NEW TAILORED WASH BELTS, em broidered in blind or openwork effects, on white linen, finished with metal or. pearl buckles; special values, 7-r each ' ALLOVER LACES, Venise patterns, cream color; . extremely rich patterns; price, the $ 00 NOVELTY PATTERNS IN FILLET MESH, in all overs, edges, bands and galloons, the C Cf vard. $1.50 to pO.DU A NEW IDEA IN TRIMMINGS is to face the lapel of a coat or jacket .with prettily contrasting color of velvet, overlaid with lace applique. Then (he applique is headed back with pulled braid in fancy designs, the whole making a decidedly new and striking trimming. Let us show you how it looks. Very Dainty Muslin Underwear Spring shipments of lingerie are on display now in the White Garment Section, on the second fl:or. High-grade mnslinwear is the specialty by which we have built up our splendid underwear business. This isn't a special price sale, it's a showing of the best muslinwear to be had but even then the prices are so modest that we could easily tell yo?.,they were special. NIGHT GOWNS, with short sleeves and . low neck, or long sleeves and high neck, all daintily trimmed, 85 CORSET COVERS, trimmed with Valenciennes lace or em broidery, priced from lf 65 to plU ?! to DRAWERS, in various styles, plain, umbrella or circular style, regular and ex- 1 fl tra sizes, at 35 to..PV CHEMISE, plain or combination. 50 to. p liVNU BJS-ltli. S. lace or em broidery trimmed, each, $1 to $50 New Things for the Baby CHILDREN'S ROMPERS, or play suits, pink or blue checked ginghams, or plain blue or brown linens. Also girls' brown or blue f fifk Overalls, 50 to pM..UU INFANTS' CROCHETED SHAWLS, a special sale for this week. Many of them to select from, and the prices run from 75c to $4.50 each now RE DUCED ONE - FOURTH. See This $20.00 Coat Every day makes the assortment better in the Suitroom. Swagger chic Jackets for street wear, handsome Evening Wraps, and lots of smart Tailored Suits are coming daily now. CHILDREN'S COATS, in novelty wool goods and white ser-cs are among the new arrivals. For little ladies, (i to 14 years of atre" ' WOMEN'S COATS Three-quarter length, made of all-wool novelty goods, in light tan and white checks; panel front effects, trimmed with braid, and collar and cuffs of tan moire silk. 00 WOMEN'S COATS Three-quarter length style, in green and tan checked pattern, all-wool materials, loose-fitting effect; sleeves are plaited to elbow to form cuff; coat trimmed with fancy buttons and braid and finished with patch pockets and shoulder nj ff cape; collar and cuffs of green silk. Price. p&0. UU WOMEN'S SUITS-Pony jacket style, light plaid effects, ut black and white; trimmed with soutache braid and neat buttons ; has three-auarter-length sleeves; collarless style, semi-fitting, lined with the finest satin; skirt plaited in clusters: all t i e f r p&.OU Pric BABEG W1EET DEATH Sixteen Burn With Teacher in School Building. SCARED AT DENSE SMOKE Children in Kindergarten Depart ment at Montreal Rush Back to Danger Xo Fire Escapes Erected When Ordered. MONTREAL, Feb. 26. Principal Max well and 16 children perished In a fire this afternoon in the Hochelagavschool of the Protestant School Commission. The Are was first noticed by workmen employed nearby. The teachers were no tified and the work of getting the chil dren out of the building was begun. The kindergarten department was located on the second floor and It was here that the loss of lite occurred. The children were started out. but found the lower hall full of smoke and refused to descend. They retreated to the rooms whence they had come. ' - Rush Back to Meet Death. The fire by this time waa making its way upward and the smoke growing so dense that even the experienced firemen could not stand it. Firemen tried to get Miss Max'vell to go down the ladder, but she refused and rushed back Into the back part of the building in search of the children. Later she was found lying on the floor with a child beside her. The deaths were caused by asphyxiation. There were no fire-escapes In the build, lnp. Miss Sarah Maxwell, principal of the school, was 31 years old. The children who were killed ranged from 3 to 8 years. It was asserted at the office of the Building Commissioner that official no tice was served on the School Commis sioners in November that not only the school, but 60 others in the city, must be provided with fire-escapes at once. None had been built at the Hochelaga school. Another point to be explained is why the kindergarten class had been taken to an upper story. Boy's Story of Disaster. A pupil in the second class said there was a bell in Miss Maxwell's room, which was used when fire drill was given and which could be heard all over the building. This alarm was not sounded. "My teacher." said the boy. "went out Into the hall and we all heard a, great noise. Teacher ran back and seemed very much frightened and red In the face. She told us to get our things on and run right home. "I ran out. and as soon as I got to the landing I saw the stairway full of smoke, with boys and girls crowding on It and afraid to go down. I pushed through them and ran down to the front door and called to the rest to come on, and a lot of them came. The smoke was so thick in the hall downstairs that It was just like dark. "I think the children who went into the cloakrooms after their wraps were the ones that got killed." Will Lend Kingston $5,000,000. 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The report, which was written by Lieutenant-General Smirnoff, the actual com mandant of the fortress, Is sensational in the extreme and categorically accuses Stoessel of cowardice and Incapacity and finally of the deliberate, treasonable has tening of the surrender to save his own life and in defiance of the decisions of two successive councils of war. The re port is biased in the extreme, breathes the most bitter enmity, and shows that Hood's Pills The best Laxative Catharlta After-dinner pill i pnrely Tegetable; prompt and pleasant; easy to take and easy to operate, 360. Peptiron Pills Ironize the blood, feed the nerves and brain, tone the stomach, and give restful sleep- 50c. or $U JJroge mfe or mail. C J. Hoftd o., Ijomu. .lit ilade b7 Hood It's Good. the high officers of Port Arthur garrison In the darkest days of the siege were al most at each other's throats. 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