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THE MORNING OREGON IAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1907. SPECTACULAR FIRE DRAWS BIG CROWD ATHLETES WHO WILL REPRESENT MULTNOMAH CLUB IN MEET WITH SEATTLE NEXT WEEK SOLID SILVER TABLE WA 2 f" "'''-imumi'iiaiJimiiB Row of Frame Structures at Third and Ankeny Streets Quickly . Destroyed. SMALL INSURANCE CARRIED 1 lxss About $12,000 Jetrerson Street Car Collides With Truck 3 and Puts It Out of Commis sion Firemen Are Unhurt. A spectacular blaze which attracted thousands of people practically destroyed the frame buildings on the quarter-block lit the northeast corner of Third and Ankeny streets at 6:30 o'clock last night nd entailed a loss to several small mer i'hants of about $12,000. Little Insurance The orUin or the Tire is unknown, al though the blaze is said to have started In the rear of a lodging-house conducted ay Mrs. M. U Druby at 25914 Ankeny treet. and within a few minutes after Ihe flames were first seen the. entire jpper and portions of the two-story frame buildings were wrapped In flames. Sev ral narrow escapes from the conflagra tion were recorded, and that there were "io deaths was due to the prompt action f Patrolmen Pat Maloney. Phillips. Harms and Wanless, who roused the sceupants from their rooms and warned ttiem to flee before they were cut off. A. J. Bell, brother-in-law to Mrs. Druby, lifter hearing the police warning caught up his infant daughter and. . calling to his wife to follow, succeeded In -getting his family through the thick smoke to the street in safety. Mrs. Druby, who Blso conducts a restaurant and lunch 'rounter at 259 Ankeny street, beneath the lodging-house, was not aware of the fire tintll Bell and his family entered the res taurant and warned them of the impend ing danger. The Fire Department responded prompt ly to the alarms and soon had streams playing on the flames. It Is due to the excellent work of the department that adjoining buildings, mostly inflammable structures like those consumed, were laved. Streetcar Traffic Held Up. Detective Price saw the fire break out ind turned in an alarm from box 13 at Third and Washington streets, while Pa trolman Wanless turned in the call from tiox 142, at Third and Davis streets. With 111 arrival of the tire apparatus came Muspension of streetcar trafflc on Third Street, which was tied up for fully an hour while the department was engaged In (Ighting the conflagration. Captains Moore and Slover, of the Police Depart ment, were on hand with 20 policemen, fcnd the surging crowd of several thou tand was kept back by ropes. While responding to the alarms Truck Ho. 3, of the Fire Department, was run Into by streetcar No. 4, of the Jefferson- treet division, at the intersection of Fifth Hid Everett streets, and while not seri ously damaged was prever-ted from get ting to the scene of the fire. The acci dent came near being a repetition of the accident to Truck No. 1 at Third and Couch streets about one year ago, when teveral firemen were severely Injured tnd the big truck put out of commission to such an extent that repairs have not yet been completed. The only damage to Truck No. 3 last night was the breaking of the tongue. One of the horses was slightly skinned and bruised. Captain Elliot and Driver Haines had remarka ble escapes from serious injury, if not death, for the forward part of the truck was Jammed between two cars. The south-hound Jefferson car smashed the big apparatus Into the front end of a north-bound Fifth-street car, which had stopped in the middle of the crossing. This was the fourth collision between streetcars and fire apparatus in the last year, and the firemen are highly indig nant over what they declare is careless ness of car crews. Little Insurance to Cover Losses. The scene of the lire was a row of ' ramshackle frame buildings fronting on both Third and Ankeny streets and owned by the Wiley estate. The struc tures were among the oldest in the city and have been familiar landmarks for years. As they were practically destroyed, it Is doubtful whether an attempt to re build them will be successful, for they were within the fire limits. The firms suffering by the fire are as follows: The Glendova Wine company, Joe Glicksman, proprietor, loss smoke and water about $j0O0, little Insurance; Wah Hong, 8 North Third, damage to tailor ing stock, principally by water, $:)000; M. Galls, new and second-hand clothing, 4 North Third street, J1500; Mrs. Druby, restaurant and lodging-house, 2r9 Ankeny street. $!10; Mrs. Wilson, lodging-house at 4'i Third street, about $500. On account of the high rate on these frame struc tures very little Insurance is carried by "ceupants. HOLIDAYS GIVE EXTENSION Work of Savings Bank lto. ,:;i!i.a tton Will Bo Continued. During the continuance of the bank holi day, it Is likely that Receiver Devlin will permit the work of reorganizing the closed Oregon Trust & Savings Bank to continue, although it was his intention to wait not longer than today before dis posing of the bank's assets, and winding up Its affairs. It is probable that the re organization work will be kept up until Monday at any rate and possibly longer. There is now reasonable hope of reor ganization, provided the remaining de positors take advantage of the short time remaining to sign for telephone bonds and bank stock. Officers of the Depositors' Association made very good progress yes terday, securing a numler of substantial subscriptions. The time remaining to complete this work is short, however. $15 AND $18 MEN'S SUITS And Cravcnette Kaincoats, Special at $8.85. Jletter than any $15 suit in Portland. Better than any $15 Cravenette raincoat in Portland. We guarantee them. SlnT gle or double-breasted suits, 34 to 44. Cravenette raincoats. 34 to 48. See them today or tomorrow. The Chicago Cloth ing Company, 69-71 Third street, between Oak and Pine. If Baby In Cut (In r Teeth B ure and use that old well-tried remedy, Mr. WlBiow'i Soothing Syrup, for children teething. It eoothea the child, softens tn umi, allay pain, colic and diarrhoea. PEE RISER'S NEW STORE. 9cenic Photos. 21S Alder street. Eyes fitted to glasses, $1, at Metzger's. The Multnomah Club Is preparing to eend her best athletes into the coming interclub boxing and wrestling meet with the Seattle Athletic Club, to be held at the local club, Friday night, November 8. Ed Johnson, Jack Walsh, Kdgar Frank, Will Lennls and Olmar Dranga have been chosen to represent the club in the different events. John son is one of the oldest and best boxers in the club. He has been in the ama teur ring f jr the pact 10 years and in that time has also won fame as a wrestler. In 1902 Johnson was sent to the Olympic Club in San Francisco to represent the Winged M, in a big inter club meet, where he fought Sam Berg er, then an amateur, but lost. While on the mat, Johnson won a number of contests, and defeated Wiley, Cornell and other crack men at Olympic Club. He is a strong aggressive fighter, willing to take punishment, and always ready to hand out a stiff wallop. He will fight at 175 pounds Friday night. He is at weight now, in first-class con dition, and ought to be able to do good work. His opponent will be Sam Peck. Jack Walsh, who will enter the 158 pound boxing class for the club, is really a 140-pound fighter, but be- Grants Injunction Asked by the Oregon Lumbermen. AGAINST RATE INCREASE Judge Wolvcrton, of Federal Court, Follows Precedent Set In the Seattle Tribunal Outsid ers Must Intervene. Following the decision rendered by the United States Circuit Court at Seattle Wednesday, Judge Wolverton, of the Fed eral Court, granted an injunction yester day restraining the railroads from putting in the advanced lumber rates to the Bast until the merits of the case can be set before the Interstate Commerce Commis sion and a hearing held. The restraining order was asked by the Oregon & Wash ington Lumber Manufacturers' Associa tion, and upon his return from Seattle yesterday morning, Judge Wolverton an nounced that the prayer of the lumber men would be granted. Judge Wolverton ordered the associa tion to put up a bond for $0,000 that will be called for in the event' the rail roads finally win. This money will be used to pay the difference between the present rates and the proposed tariffs, should the railroads Unally win. Lumber companies in the state not members of the association are advised to file suits in intervention as soon as possible, in order that the railroads will not be enabled to enforce the proposed freight rates on firms not parties to the suit brought by the association. The advanced rates, as announced by the railroads on all lumber shipments to the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, were to have gone into effect today, but the Injunction will postpone them indefinitely. The increase was published some time ago and tariffs issued by the railroads. Ap peals were made direct to the Interstate Commerce Commission to postpone the enforcement of the rate, but as no com plaint was before the Commission, it could not act upon an appeal. An injunction suit to restrain the rail roads from putting in the rate until the Commission can try out the issue was filed, and this has been more successful. Hearings on the question will probably be held before the Commission at Portland within the next few weeks. IDLE MEX THROXGIXG CITY Stopping of Railroad Construction Work Has Wide Effect. All over Oregon the work of dismiss ing crews of workmen on railroad con struction went on yesterday and idle men poured into Portland on every train. John Anderson, an employment agent on Burnside street, estimates there are 3000 idle men in Portland who have been dis missed during the present week and who are eager to work if the chance is offered. Mr. Anderson, says no orders for men are coming in with the single exception of the logging camps. He favors a cheap rate to the East for laboring men who have been left without employment, for large numbers of laborers came out earlier In the year to engage in railroad work. These men. would be glad to get back East but in nearly all cases are short of money and must have cheap rates if they are not to stay in the Pa cific Northwest and swell the ranks of the unemployed during the Winter. XEW SWITCH ENGINES HERE Arrive Just One Year After Order Was Placed. Two new switch engines just received from the shops of the American Loco motive Works, at Schnectady, and valued at $28,000, have been put into service by the Northern Pacific Terminal Company. These engines were ordered last October, CDURT SIGNS ORDER cause of the lack of a good man in the 158-pound class, the club has been forced to put Walsh in above his weight. Jack has a good record as a fighter, and has been in the ring for the past four years. He won the Coast championship In his class at the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and took the Northwest championship at Spokane last year. He Is aggressive, clever, and possesses a good punch. Olmar Dranga, in the 130-pound class, is one of the best boxers pro duced by the local club. He has fig but owing to the crowded condition of the shops and the large orders ahead, could not be delivered before October, 1907. just a year from the time the order was placed. These new locomotives make the total number of switch engines at work in Portland terminals 17. All these engines are constantly on the go during the day and 12 are at work making up trains at night The terminal company operates nine engines in the yards below the Steel bridge, while the Southern Pacific keeps three at work all the time in the East Portland yards. The O. R. & N. has five engines at the O. R. & N. yards in Albtna and these locomotives are always on the move. This shows what a volume of traffic is handled In Portland during any 24 hours. So much system has been introduced in the work that the enormous amount of freight coming to the city and leaving it is handled through the locat terminals without the congestion that formerly hindered the delivery and des patch of freight. Lakes Close Next Month. M. J. Seabrook. general Pacific Coast agent for the Mutual Transit Company, with headquarters at Seattle, was in Portland yesterday. Mr. Seabrook in cludes Portland in his territory and is here frequently on business. He says his company is notifying shippers that the last date upon which freight will be accepted for transit across the Great Lakes, owing to the early close of navi gation by ice, will be November 21. Improving Streetcar Service. Additional cars will be put on the Twenty-third street line, probably today, and as the new cars ordered by the company arrive from the East, other city lines will have additions and the consequent im provement of the service. The additional cars for Twenty-third street will be put on during the rush hours, making the service during the morning and evening a five-minute one. Recruits Go to Sound. Eighty sailors, newly enlisted for ser vice on warships now on Pugt Sound, passed through Portland last night on their way to their new stations. The men came from San Francisco on South ern Pacific train No. 14. reaching the city at 11:30 last night, and leaving at 11:4b P. M. over the Northern Paclfie. Rate Hearing Postponed. The hearing to be held by the Oregon Railroad Commission on the complaint of the transportation committee of the Chamber of Commerce against distrib utive rates in effect out of Portland, was postponed yesterday and will be held next Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock P. M. in the offices of the transportation committee. ASKS TO BE SENTENCED Riley Burden Sent to Federal Prison for Six Months. Charged with perjury in proving up on a homestead near Pendleton, Riley Burden was brought before Judge Wolverton of the Federal Court yesterday, and upori pleading; guilty was sentenced to serve six months on McNeil's Island, and to pay a fine of $250. The charge was lodged against Riley 'several months ago, and also against two witnesses who assisted him in proving up on the land. He grew weary of waiting for sentence to be pronounced after his plea had been en tered, came to Portland yesterday, and after a special effort succeeded in be ing brought before the court. Burden says he got into trouble be cause of an error of a Government clerk. He said last .night at the Coun ty Jail that what he said when he was before the clerk was that he had been on his place for two months, and that the clerk wrote into the papers that he had not been 'tC the place" for two months. As his two witnesses pleaded guilty, however, he said there was nothing for him to do but to do the same. The two men who pleaded guilty were sentenced several weeks ago. Those who cnange from other shoes to Hanan's never change back. A Hanaa customer Is a persistent cus tomer. Sold at Roscntht l's. ured In a number of ring contests and has held the club championship in his class for the past three years. Dranga. is not a fighter of the Johnson or Walsh style, being more of a defensive boxer. Edgar Frank, who will enter the 125 pound wrestling class, needs no in troduction. He has been on the mat for the past seven years, and last Spring was sent to Newark, N. J., to the National Wrestling Tourney to rep resent the club. He has won the Northwest and Coast championship in GQAST STATES CO-OPERATE MAY DECLARE BANK HOLIDAY'S FROM TIME TO TIME. Portland Financiers Think This Plan Will Tide Over Present Lack of Gold Coin. That the flve-day bank holiday de clared last Tuesday by Governor Cham berlain may be continued from day to day, as the situation warrants, Is the probable outcome of present unsettled financial conditions. Bankers hold that the three states of the Pacific Coast should act in harmony and that the Gov ernors should declare further holidays as occasion may require. That there Is" need of bank holidays here next week is likely. This will depend, however, upon arrangements now being made for the importation of gold coin from other states. , Negotiations are going forward for the shipments of gold from the subtreasury at San Francisco to the Portland banks. It is desired that $1,000,000 be brought here to relieve the local situation. This sum, it is believed, will be sufficient to tide over the present difficulty, and by the time this amount is used, matters will have adjusted themselves so that currency can be had from the Eastern Institutions owing the Portland banks. "I am of the opinion that the Govern ors of the three Pacific Coast states Bhould act together," said J. C. Ains worth, president of the United States Na tional Bank. "They should call bank holidays from day to day as required, in order to protect interior banks, which may save themselves in this way from unreasonable demands made upon them. These banks are affected through no fault of their own and, being unable to get money due them, may be crippled by excessive demands. The bank holidays would safeguard these institutions. ' "The banks are sound. Their condition is all right, but the situation must be handled carefully, and to my mind the best way to meet it Is to have holidays from day to day, A3 needed. There would, no doubt, be some small incon venience to courts, but this would not be so great as the benefit to banks, and particularly those of the interior." Payrolls .were provided for generallj throughout the city yesterday by , the banks, it being the last day of the month, and the aggregate of the payrolls in Portland Is no small sum. No trouble was met in taking care of these demands and in fact the banks met with no dif ficulty whatever in carrying on regular business. Depositors of none of the banks showed symptoms of a panic and from all appearances, confidence is Increasing. Anything but panicky conditions have prevailed since Governor Chamberlain declared a five-day holiday, and the out look is decidedly encouraging. The return of normal conditions is a matter of but a few days, if appearances are any criterion, and the bankers of the city are good judges of the situation. Conditions were more nearly normal yes terday than at any time since Monday and it is expected that they will improve with every passing day. Clearing-house certificates are helping out in the ab sence of coin. .Deposits in the city banks continue to be made, thus proving that there is no fear of the outcome. STORES WILL ACCEPT CHECKS Merchants Sign Statement Bearing 'on Present Situation. A statement bearing the signature of several of the largest commercial estab lishments in the city was yesterday given circulation for the purpose of gaining a clearer understanding of the new system of exchange which has been inaugurated. Owing to the fact that it was late In the afternoon before the paper was sent out, an extended list could not be secured. Additions to same will be made today. The circular is as follows: . We, the undersigned, merchants of Port land, hereby notify our customers and frienda that we will accept checks stamped "Payable only through Portland Clearing-House" In pay ment of bills or accounts- In exactly the same manner as though not eo stamped. We further advise our friends that thl sys tem of payment has been adopted generally throughout the United States during the pres Z1D. C. U02-TJVOSJ his class several times, and Is consid ered Multnomah's most scientific wrestler. Will Dennis, who enters In the 158 pound class, has also been in the game a number of years. He Is a strong man, scientific and an all around wrestler. ent financial disturbance and results in no Inconvenience. MHIER & FRANK CO., OLDS, WORTMAN & KING, LIPMAN. WOLFE & CO. SAMUEL ROSENBLATT & CO. R. M. GRAY. . BEN SELLING. MOYER CLOTHING CO. A. B. STEINBACH & CO. WELCH, The American Clothier. BLUMA UER A HOCK. THE BRETMAN LEATHER CO. Otto Breyman. President. FLE1SCHNBR. MAYER & CO. CLOSSET & DEVERS. ALLEN & LEWIS. L T. Lewis, President. NBl'STADTER BROS. M. SELLERS & CO. M. W. HOWE & CO. GOODYEAR RUBBER CO. Mr. Forrest. WADHAMS CO.. INC. M. Baruch, Secretary. J. G. MACK & CO. SIG. SICHEL A CO. BENEFIT AT THE MARQUAM Proceeds of Performance Monday to Go to Woman's Exchange. The annual benefit of the Woman's Ex change will be given at the Marquam Theater Monday night, when "The Night ingale" will be sung by the San Francisco Opera Company. This is one of the prin cipal social events of the year in Port land, owing to the position which the la dies who constitute the membership of the exchange enjoy. Every year the Ex change gives a benefit at one of the local theaters, the proceeds going to alleviate the pecuniary embarrassment of deserv ing women. This year the benefit prom ises to be one of the most memorable In the history of the organization. There is every Indication that there will be a crowded house to greet the performance of "The Nightingale" and all prospects are pleasing. The Marquam management promises to give one of the best performances of a comic opera ever seen in the city and no one who is interested in local charities can do better than to attend the benefit of the Woman's Exchange at the Mar quam Monday night. Seats now on sale. Uncle Sam Can't Stand Luxury. SOUTH BEND, Wash., Oct. 31. (Spe cial.) The postoffice at Canto is of by gone days, the Government having no tified the postmaster, John Kearcher", that as he was the only person receiving mall at that office the Government would not pay a mall-carrier to deliver his mall to him, but If he could arrange to hire a carrier for an amount not to ex ceed three-quarters of the amount of his salary as postmaster, he was author The Stein-Bloch Trio Are Company You can't slight the workmanship of a garment without marring its style and fit. Without one of them you lose the rest. They are brothers. Fit without style is useless. Style without fit is useless. 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The procuring of a jury for the trial of William Dollar, charged with conspiracy to defraud the Government out of title to public land, will begin in the Federal Court Monday morning, Judge Deitrich having set the case for trial at that time. Gilbert Preston, the defendant alleged to i deoisTERCDisea. 5 SINCE 1854 NEW YORK, 130-132 Fifth Ave. Sixth and Washington Sts. have been implicated with Dollar and whom the District Attorney sought to try jointly with him, pleaded guilty this morning, which leaves Dollar for trial alone. The court overruled the defendant's mo tion for a bill of particulars, but ordered that the defendant's counsel be supplied with the identity of the persons whom John Doe and Richard Roe stand for in the indictments. Dollar's defense will be that he did not know and had never met either Swisher or Preston until some time after the land alleged to have been fraud ulently obtained had been proved up on; that he never bought it himself, but that when it was transferred to an Eastern, company the- money to buy It was paid through his bank. Eat Government-Inspected meat. MOM A lKOTO3Ayw irr) is cX