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4 THE MORNING OKEGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1908. HORSES PERISH IN FIRE Dexter Stables Burn; Adjoin ing Property Also Suffers. BLAZE IS SPECTACULAR '"Flames Shoot High Into Air Before ' Firemen Get Water On Marshall-Wells Building Nar rowly Escapes Destruction. APPROXIMATE FIRE IXSSE8. Dexter Livery Stable 110.000 Burfoiv Lodging-house 2,000 . Jlarthall-Wells 500 Marha!l-Wells 200 .Tnn I.ln. residence ROO 4 Holimann Sign Company 400 Hennlneer Messenger Service. 300 , 4 Volunteers ot America 300 popcorn wagons j,vuu . ' Total 115.200 ". Sixty Rorses, perished In a. fire of un known origin which started shortly after 12 o'clock yesterday morning in the Dexter Livery stable, corner Fifth and Ankeny streets. The loss to buildings and prop- - erty is estimated at fully SIS.OOO. The blaze gained rapid headway In the " dry fodder In the loft of the barn and the old two-story frame structure of dry . lumber was In less than no-time a seeth ing mass of flames which spread rapidly throughout the structure from Fifth street to Fourth. The flames crossed Ankeny street at the corner of Fourth and partly de stroyed a small- wooden building used as 1 a storehouse. - Water Tank Takes Fire. ' A water tank on the roof of the Mar f shall-Wells Hardware Company's big building, adjoining the stable, took fire and the roof of the building was badly scorched, the damage being estimated at $200. Explosives are said to be stored on the fifth floor, but the fire men, smothered the flames before they got through the roof. The fact that it was a windowless brick wall next to the stable saved the block. The second story of the Burton lodging-house, at the corner of Fourth and Ankeny streets, was completely gutted, and the meeting room of the Volun teers of America, on the first floor, was damaged from fire and water. Next door to this building Jung Lin, a Chinaman, -with a family of eight or ten children, barely escaped with their clothes. Jung's loss is $500. Candy Wagons Burned. In a vacant lot adjoining were col lected a dozen or more popcorn and oandy wagons, about half of which burned. The Hennlnger Messenger Company's quarters, corner of Fourth and Ankeny, suffered $300 loss to stock and fixtures. Holzman's stock of paints and fixtures. In the sign-painting shop, adjoining, 'was damaged $100. Delay in Getting Water. The fire was one of the most spectacular-seen in Portland In years. It was sev eral minutes before the Fire Department -got a stream of water on the flamea, and the rickety frame structures were quickly devoured.- Showers of sparks shot high into-' the air. the wind carrying great clouds of burning cinders over the roof of ""the- Marshall -Wells hardware building o the south. i' Livery Heaviest Loser. '," Patterson. Hart & Co., proprietors of .the Dexter livery stables, suffered the heaviest loss, estimated at $10,000. Over ,y. 10 head of horses were confined in the ,'i'Uikltng, and it is estimated that at J, least half this number perished in the flames. Some one was able to cut the horses loose from their stalls and a large number of the animals got out before the flames overtook them. Horses kept coming from the burning building even after the interior was v. aflame. Many of the animals escaped a- with their manes and tails singed clear , of hair. One horse was seen to come out ' of the burning building to the edge of " the sidewalk only to return to find death among the flames. The lire alarm was turned in by two men who saw flames bursting from the livery statin building at the corner of "' Fifth and Ankeny streets and Jumped "''from a passing streetcar to turn in an alarm from box- o4, corner of Fourth aiid Ankt-ny streets. - Charles AI. Patterson, one of the pro-i-prietors of the stables, entered the office " phortly after the fire got under head way to recover $MW of hie personal money from the safe. While working at the combination the walls fell and Patterson was badly cut on the hands and arms by a large piece of glass. His injuries were of such a nature that he was hur ried in an ambulance to a hospital. BV1LDIXGS TO BE TORN" DOWN Taolfic Paper Company Intended to Raze Buildings Soon. While there Is always an element of sympathy lor those who lose in a con flagration, in the case of the fire that destroyed the livery and sales stable last night at Fourth and Akeny, the loss Is not without its compensating feature. Across Ankeny street the old buildings on the half block from Fourth to Fifth were about to be torn down to make room for the builduig to be erected by the Pacific Paper Company. The old buildings were practically of little value and the ftre damage to them is nominal. The tenants of these old buildings had been notified to vacate and within the next few days would have moved away. As it is. whatever loss was sustained fell upon the small shopkeepers who had re mained .rin the premises after being wnrncd to set out. The 'HKx2iw lot occupied by the barn was recently bought by a Los Angeles syndicate. Frank Perrine being Inter ested in the 'transaction. The firewall of tlie Marshall-Welts building saved that building from destruction, but the fire furnished an object-lepeon that doubt less will be taken cogniiance of by property-owners who have buildings alongside of frame structures in the business districts of the city. REFUSES TO QUIT OFFICE Treasurer Re&vls Holds Books and .Money of Wallowa County. ENTERPRISE. Or., July 6. (SpeiaU County Treasurer F. A, Reavis today re fused to turn over the books and county mony to W. T. Bell, who was elected Treasurer on June 1 by one plurality over Res. vis. The" reason given by Reavis for not turning over the books is that Bell cannot legally qualify, as he is already holding one lucrative office, the Post mastership of Enterprise, contrary to ar ticle two. section 10, of the State Consti tution. . i . - . ' Mr. Reavis states that he is acting un der legal advice. Mr. Bell will, through his attorney?, begin a mandamus suit at once to compel Mr. Reavis to deliver over the books and money. The money is now deposited in the Wallowa National Bank of Enterprise, of which Mr. Reavtti Is assistant cashier. Mr. Bell's candidacy was favored by a Joseph and Wallowa bank and they exp3ct to be made deposi tories of the county money, which at -this time amounts to about $20,000. Mr. Bell on June 6 tendered a provi sional resignation as Pastmaster to take effect if the department ruled he could not hold both offic?s. He has been in formed that it is contrary to the postal regulations and immediate steps will be taken for the appointment of his suc cessor. Ben Weathers, editor of the Wallowa Chieftain, who would like the job. has the support of a large number of business men and patrons of the local office, besides the Indorsement of lead ing Republicans over the state. W. F. Eisenbeis, of Joseph, is also an aspirant. PEARY SHORT OF F FvXPLORKR'S SHIP NOT FULLY . PROVISIONED FOR TRIP. Will Sail for the Arctic In Spite of Fact and Depend on Luck. ' NEW YORK, July 6. The Roosevelt, Peary's Arctic exploring ship, left her pier this afternoon on a voyage as far into the ice of the North as she can safely be taken, whence Peary will make his dash for the pole. Commander Peary, his crew and many invited guests, were on board the vessel, which was convoyed by a Government tug to City Island, where she will lay at an chor until tomorrow. From City Is land, the ship will go to Oyster Bay, where President Roosevelt will inspect her. Over $40C0 is still lacking in the esti mate the explorer made some time ago of the smallest amount of money neces sary for another attempt to. place the Stars and Stripes over the geographical point never before reached by human beings. BOMBMAKER IS ARRESTED Italian Grocer Prepared Explosives for Black Hand Agents. NEW YORK. July 7. Detectives of the Italian squad last night arrested a man whom they claim was the maker of the bombs used in the recent Black Hand outrages. He said he was Savarle Viral, a well-to-do grocer, &0 years old, and had been in this country 25 years. He declared his arret was an out rage. He was not moved even when detectives produced a memorandum book in which were many strange for mulas, apparently giving ' directions for the manufacture of bombs, as well as well-executed drawings of the ground plans of houses, in some of which, according to the police, bombs have been exploded already. "The book is not mine." he said. "I know nothing about it. I do not know the Blavk Hand and I do not make bombs.' Latter the detectives brought in four more men , alleged to be accomplices of Virzi. Letters said to have been sent by blackmailed victims to the gang in response to demands for money were seized also. According to the detectives, there is enough evidence in the book which Vlrzi repudiated, to make all his denials of guilt useless, and they declare that he is the master bombmaker for the Black Hand in this city. REDS AND BLACKS CLASH Snake Indians Say They Are Euchred Out of Land. , WASHINGTON, July 7. There was a clash between the Snake Indians And Negroes rear Sonora. Okla.. Sunday, according to dispatches received by the Indian Protective Association of Washington from Eufaula Harjo, orator of the four Indian tribes. Sev eral complaints have been registered here of late by the Indians, who de clare that the whites, through Gov ernment officials dealing with half breeds In Oklahoma City, are obtain ing possession of their land with but nominal remuneration, and this Is understood to have been the cause of the trouble. THOMAS' BODY TAKEN EAST Admirals Pay Last Tribute to Their Dead Comrade. SAN" FRANCISCO. July 6. The body of Rear-Admiral Charles M. Thomas, who died at Del Monte last Friday, was brought to this city today and taken East tonight. The widow and daughter ac companied the remains. Simple and dignified tribute was paid by Admiral Sperry when the. body arrived and when it was started on its last Jour ney. The train was met by Admirals Sperry, Walnwright. Emory and Shroeder and their staffs and the captains of all the warships in port. There was also a guard of honor from the Minnesota and pallbearers from the Louisiana. CITY ONE-THIRD BURNED Minister at Port au Prince Wires Facts to Department. WASHINGTON. July 6. American Min ister Furniss at Port au Prince has sent a dispatch to the State Department re garding the, conflagration in that city. The message Is timed 10 A. II., July , and says: "About one-third of the city has been totally destroyed by fire which is still burning but apparently under control. I'ntil now the Legation of the United States is safe.' BOY; TOY PISTOL; LOCKJAW Fourth of July Fatality Overtakes Rltzville Boy. RITZVILLB, Wash., July 7. One of the first cases" of lockjaw ever known here proved fatal when, at S o'clock last night; Artie Bauer, the 8-year-old son of Jacob Bauer, manager of the Ritzville Trading Company, died. Friday the boy was play ing with a toy pistol, and the powder from a discharged blank cartridge burned his hnd. Saturday, he became ill and Sunday was seized with lockjaw. OlymplaBeer. "It" tne -water." Brew ery's own bottling. Phones. Main 671, TAFT FIGURES IN BASEBALL GAME Plays Right Field for States men in Contest with Cor respondents. FAILS TO SCOP.L A RUN Hits Horsehide for Home, but Young Son Charlie at Second Catches Hot Liner and Puts Father Out. HOT 8 P RINGS, Va., July 7. "William H. Taft,, Republican candidate for the Presidency, yesterday distinguished him self on the. diamond where a game of base ball was played between the statesmen so journing here and the newspaper corre spondents. The game was the result of the activity of Senator Murray Crane who has had long conferences with the Republican candidate while here. Mr. Crane had no sooner finished his break fast today that he began planning for a contest of skill between, the statesmen and the correspondents.- The statesmen's nine was made up of Senator Crane, pitcher; Representative Burke, of Penn sylvania catcher; John C. Everaman, sec retary to Representative McKinley, first base; Representative Burton, of Ohio, second base: Representative McKinley, eentor field; Senator Beveridge, left fields and William H. Taft, right field. Proxies Win Honors. When the game began Mr. Taft was having a talk with Senator Beveridge on Indiana politics and they gave their proxies to two colored boys, who gained them more glory In the matter of field ing and batting than their principals scored after they finally finished their talk and assumed the responsibility of the game. The game was hotly contested, but for some reason the correspondents fell be hind in their- score and lost out after eight innings, by a score of 14 to 11. The correspondents went outside of their own numbers for the second baseman, plac ing young Charlie Taft in that respon- slble. position. Puts His Father Out. Charles distinguished himself when his father went to bat and struck the second ball delivered to him. The ball went whistling toward second base and it looked as if it would give Mr. Taft a home run, but Charlie nipped his father's hdpes by catching him out. The game was played on the local ball grounds Just after a heavy rain, and as the participants sprawled in the mud in their frantic efforts to run the bases, all were rather the worse for wear when the game had been played. Mrs. Taft came out to see the game, which was witnessed by a large number of specta tors from the hotel. Conference Over Indiana. Senator Beveridge, of Indiana; Repre sentative McKinley, of Illinois, and Rep resentative Burke, of Pennsylvania, ar rived here yesterday. Mr. Beveridge was closeted with W. H. Taft for a couple of hours and they went over conditions in Indiana arid elsewhere with great de tail. Mr. Beveridge told Mr. Taft that he did not consider that the affairs of the party in Indiana in any condition to endanger the state next Fall. Mr. Taft will ha.ve a talk with Mr. McKinley and Mr. Burke tomorrow. Sen ator Hemenway and Representative Wat son will be present tomorrow to take part In the conference. Mr. Beveridge and Senator Crane left tonight for their homes. With the Increasing, number of confer ences concerning the chairmanship of the National committee, ft is apparent that Mr. Taft desires - to have a chairman whose selection shall""be as nearly unani mous as possible, but his own preference for Frank H. Hitchcock seems to be gen erally conceded. Mr. Taft's horses have arrived and hereafter he will alternate golf with rld inff over the mountain paths. MANY COREANS MURDERED Patriots Rill Countrymen Wlio Bow to Japanese Yoke. SEOl'L. Corea. June 15. via San Fran cisco. July 7. (Correspondence of the As sociated Press.) Nearly 1000 Coreans have been murdered by the Corean insur gents and so-called patriots wlthip the past few months. These Coreans were members of the Il-Ching-Hoi, a pro-Japanese society. Most of the Coreans mur dered by their fellow countrymen were peaceful, hard-wofking men whose only crime seems to have been opposition to the disturbing element In the country and friendliness to the Japanese protectorate. In addition to those murdered there have been a number of cases of cruelty and hardship. The actual statistics care fully collected and in every case verified, show that since the Japanese protectorate of Corea commenced 926 members of the Il-Ching-Hoi have been murdered by the Corean insurgents, 360 houses have ben burned. Involving a loss of about 60,000 yen. The revolution in Corea Is gradually be ing driven into a corner. Scattered bands of rioters are being rounded up and either forced to surrender or their activity ef fectually stopped. The course taken by the government In the last rigorous cam paign instituted against the disturbing element is approved by the people of the country, both foreign and natives. GIES WILL BE RELEASED ?o Evidence Against Suspected; Poi soner in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA. July 7. Frederick Gles. Jr., who was arrested Sunday night on suspicion of knowing something re garding the murder of Dr. William H. Wilson, who-died after drinking poisoned ale. was given a hearing before a Magis trate today and held in J600 bail for an other hearing pending further investiga tion. The police have practically cleared Gies of any connection with the death of Wilson. The case against Gles having collapsed, the police are completely at sea. Ratify Preston's Nomination. NEW YORK, July 6. The nomination of Martin Preston. Presidential candidate of the Socialist party, was ratified at a mass meeting in Cooper Union tonight. Preston Is serMng a term of Imprison ment for shooting his employer in Gold field. New The nomination of Donald Monru. a dentist machinist, for Vice President was also ratifled. The Marseil laise was played and radical speeches were made. Taft, Bryan and the "capi talistic press" were scored and President Gompers came in for bitter criticism. LARGEST AND LEADING FUR MANUFACTURERS OF THE WEST. 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We also pay the very highest prices for Raw Furs and save you the middleman's profit, as we are manufacturers. Send them in. GQSSAGKSQNGUARD Watch for Fugitives at British Legation. APOLOGY IS DEMANDED John Bull's Dignity Again Hurt at Teheran Russian Bank Aggra vates Crisis by Demanding Payment of Bills. TEHERAN. July 7. Sixty Cossacks took a position Saturday night behind the British Legation, where many persons have taken refuge, with the expecta tion that the refugees would make an endeavor to escape from the building. The British Charge d'Affaires has pro tested to the Persian government against this action of the Cossacks, and has demanded that the Governor appear before him In full uniform and apologize. The bazaars have again been ordered to close. The Russian Bank has sud denly demanded the repayment of out standing bills, thus causing many com mercial difficulties. SHAH PURSUES HIS ENEMIES Leader Caught in Disguise Fighting Continues at Tabriz. BERLIN, July 6. A special dispatch received by the Lokal Anzeiger from Teheran, timed at 10 o'clock this morn ing, says that the Shah leaves nothing untried in order to- secure the capture of the remaining revolutionary leaders. Sej ed Chemal, one ol the most prominent revolutionists, has been ar rested at Hamadan, 165 miles southwest of Teheran, disguised as a soldier. He will be brought to Teheran, where the sentence of death awaits him. He fled during the bombardment of the Parlia ment buildings. Fifty of the chief spokesmen of the Sliiite religion, the correspondent con tinues, have sent a request to the Ger man and British governments for help to resist the proceedings of the Shah. Reports from Tabriz declare that sanguinary fighting is still going on there. The Indo-European telegraph wires have been cut and up to 2 o'clock this morning communication between Teheran and here has not been re stored, r HIGHEST PEAK IN CANADA Two Men 'Will Try to Surmount Snows of Mount Robson. Two trained mountaineers of Canada, Dr. Coleman, the geologist of Toronto University, and Mr. Kinney, of Vic toria, B. C, will attempt to reach the top of Mount Robson this Summer. It is a virgin peak. Mr. Kinney went to the mountain last year only to meet rain below and snow above in such quantities that he could not make the climb. Mount Robson is one of the most in accessible summits In North America It stands a little west of the divide be tween waters going to the Arctic Ocean and others flowing to the Pacific. So far as is known it is the highest point in Canada. Its height was ascer tained by the Canadian Geological Sur vey only about ten years ago. It is 13.7)0 feet above the sea and rises 10.750 feet above the neighboring val ley, but somehow it never Impressed those 'who saw it with its tremendous elevation, nearly two miles above their standpoint. It Is in the center of scenery of re markable grandeur. James McEvoy, of the Canadian Geological Survey, ex plored tnis region in 1888 and said that the descriptions of Milton and Cheadle, written in 1S65, had in no respect been overdrawn. Thl Is of Interest to all tourists In America, because Uua magnificent SEE WINDOW DISPLAY mountain region, now very hard to reach and impossible for the ordinary traveler to traverse, will before long be open to all. The route of the Grand Trunk Pacific, which is now being ex tended westward from Edmonton, will be carried through the Yellow Head Pass, and. In the stretch where it will skirt the northern bank of the Upper Fraser the trains will pass only a few miles south of the great mountain. Mount Robson will be a hard propo sition for the average mountaineer, and its ascent will doubtless be left to experts, for it has a slope of 60 de grees practically from base to summit. It Is glacier clad, very rugged, and its apex of ice, glittering in the morning sun, two miles in the air. Is said to be one of the finest sights that mountains anywhere afford. MURDER A DEEP MYSTERY Indiana Girl and Married Man Are the Victims. CHICAGO, July 7. A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Vincennes, Ind., says: Miss Mayme Baker, 20 years old, is dead, and Charles Ingle, 40 years old. is mortally wounded as the result of a remarkable tragedy In the girl's home yesterday. Mrs. Ollie Toungblood Ellis, a cousin of the girl killed, ad mits, it is alleged, that she fired, all the shots, and says that she was trying to drive away Ingle, who In a fit of rage had seized Miss Baker, threaten ing her with harm. Mystery surrounds the affair and the stories of the wounded man and the woman do not agree. Ingle insists he was simply attempting to warn the woman, who, he says, had annoyed his sister's husband, to leave town, and he claims the shooting was without provocation. The bullets which ended Miss Baker's life were aimed at Ingle.' who, Mrs. Ellis says, at the time, had the girl in his grasp. ACTION CONVINCES JAPAN Big Appropriation for Tokio Exposi tion Evidence of Friendship. TOKIO, July 7. The action taken by the American Congress In appropria- Merchants Savings 6 Trust Company 247 WASHINGTON STREET Capital$150,000 Fays Interest on Savings Ac counts and Time Certificates. Receives deposits subject to check without limitation as to amount. j Effects collections in any part of the country on most reason able terms. Acts as Trustee In all legiti mate relations. Cares for properties, collects rents, etc Interviews solicited with those contemplating any phase of our service. Cor. 4th and Morrison Sts. $4.00 CHILDREN'S WASH HATS 93c Mothers, buy one of these Lingerie Wash Hats for the little one's outing; best values ever offered in children's Summer headwear, for 93 NECKWEAR SPECIALS OF NOTE NEW ARRIVALS SPECIAL 1 Ladies' Neckpieces in jabots, bows and ties. Regular $1.00 values for only 89 SPECIAL 2 Ladies' Ties and Bows. Regular 35c values for only 290 ting one and a half million dollars for the Toklo Grand Exposition of 1912, has done more than anything else 'to con vince the public that the policy of America Is of friendship. The Exposi tion officials who were somewhat dis couraged by the proposition to appro priate 1250.000 are- now loud In their praise of the United States. It Is be lieved that the lead thus set will be followed more or less generally by other countries, but it is hardly ex pected that any of them will do what has been done by America. Preparations for .the- Exposition are now going on rapidly and with the beginning of 1909. the ground will be broken. Among the projects on foot for the Exposition- year is a $6,000,000 hotel situated on high ground near the Exposition. The Government has been extremely generous in connection "with all proj ects that will further the undertaking, and the greatest attention is being paid to the requirements of foreigners. Summer School at Montesano. MONTESANO. Wash!, July 7. (Spe cial. ) The Montesano Summer Normal School began its eighth annual session in this city yesterday, and will run for a six-weeks' term. Professor Eldridge New York Central Lines ostonandKetern Every Thursday Until Sept. 24th inclusive From Chicago $29 I "LAKE MICHIGAN From St. Louis $33- "BIG FOUR ROUTE" Good for return 30 days Correspondingly low fares to Canada, Adirondack Mountains and St. Lawrence River W. C. SEACHREST, N. P. C. A. 132 Third St., Portland, Or. WARREN J. LYNCH, Passenger Traf. Mgr., CHICAGO ASTORIA 6 COLUMBIA RIVER RAILROAD CO. DINING CARS on PORTLAND-ASTORIA-SEASIDE TRAINS Train leaving Portland 5:30 P. M. daily for Astoria and Clatsop Beach Points, and train leaving Seaside 4:50 P. M. daily for Portland, each carry dining car. Service is first class in every respect EXCLUSIVE OUTFITTERS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. APPAREL apparel in Ladies', Wheeler. County Superintendent andtl principal of the-Montesano city schools,! and Mrs. K. H. Moore, of Elma, are the! Instructors. An examination Is to be held at the end of the term for first, second and third grade certificates. The: attendance is large and a good session is promised. - CAMPING ON THE M'KENZIE Eugene People Prepare for Outing. Jeffries Party Coming. EUGENE. Or., July 7. (Special.) The Summer outing season has fairly opened on the McKenzie River and the Cascade- Mountains, and. many . people who spend their Summers along .the well-known stream have pitched their . tents to remain until the Fall rains drive them home. Indications are that the number to visit this section during the present Summer will exceed all previous records. Among those who will go far into the Cascades for hunting during the season will be the James Jeffries party. Two years ago Jeffries and a number of his friends spent several weeks hunting in this country. TO VIA SHORE" ,OR CENTRAL VIA