VOL. XIAIII NO. 14,872.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FOUR BLOCKS
ARE SWEPT
BYJUIES
Blaze Causes Loss
of $225,000 in
North End.
IS DRIVEN BY FIERCE WIND
Terrific Fire Starts in Barn
of Oregon Transfer
Company.
PERHAPS SET BY INCENDIARY
Great Business District in
Jeopardy for Hours.
SAVED BY BRICK WALLS
Barr Hotel and Klcrnan Block Arc
Among Properties In Fire That
Is Conquered Only After
Great Fight.
FACTS ABOCT NORTH END FTKE
LOCATION Flames originated In
upper part of Oregon Transfer Com
pany's place in the block bounded by
Fifth and Sixth, Glisan and Hoyt
street. An alarm was turned in at
5:03 o'clock, followed by a second
and third alarm and by a general
alarm at 5:40 P. M.
EXTENT The fire apread rapidly,
traversing four block, and was gotten
under control at 6: 2D o'clock on
etrlking the blank walla of big brick
buildlnga
LOSSES An estimate of the loaaes
plarf the amount at $225,000. This
estimate Is regarded as conservative.
ORIGIN The cause ts somewhat
obscure, theories being advanced
that It may have been incendiary,
the result of spontaneous combustion
In a loft of new bay, or the result of
a carelessly dropped cigarette or
match.
Fire blotted one full blork oft the
map of the North Portland business
district, burned most of the property
off three other blocks, and threatened1
the entire district, late yesterday after
noon. Property worth approximately
225.000 was destroyed, property repre
senting nearly $1,000,000 was actually
scorched, and property worth well into
the millions was within the danger
zone.
The fact that a line of brick build
in it blocked the course of the
flames until the Fire Department had
an opportunity to concentrate its forces
at the weak points, accounts for the
limiting of the flames to five blocks.
Mystery as to Origin.
Cause of the fire Is not yet clear.
There are several theories incendiar
ism, spontaneous combustion in & loff
of new hay. dropping of a match -or
cigarette, flying sparks from a chim
ney. The origin was traced to the mid
dle section of the Oregon Transfer
Company's place at Fifth and Glisan
streets.
The fire popped up with the sudden
ness that attends the lighting of a gas
jet. Some moke was seen on the roof
of the Oregon Transfer Company's
place about 4:45 o'clock. Fifteen min
utes later the roof had given place to
a great column of flames.
Fanned by a strong wind from the
northwest, the column of flames passed
quickly from building to building.
Qainmg Impetus from the big frame
building and tons of hay and other com
bustible matter, the fire quickly leaped
across the street to the Northern Pa
cific Wagon Works, where there was
another great array of fuel, and sweep
ing this, passed on through the block
from Fifth to the blind west wall of
the Union Meat Company's place.
-J.ea ps Across Two Streets.
Checked here, it concentrated its
fury, as If with an intelligence of its
own. and leaped Into the block north of
Glisan street and then jumped Fifth
and worked both east and west.
When, at 6:30 o'clock, it had run its
course and given away before a small
river that had been poured on from a
score of nozzles, a sad picture of dis
aster lay all about. The whole block
bounded by Fifth. Sixth, Glisan and
Hoyt streets was a heap of smoking
debris. Nearly all the west half Of the
block bounded by Fourth, Fifth. Glisan
and Hoyt streets was gone; all frame
buildings were in ruins between
Fourth, Fifth, Glisan and Flanders.
The block between Fifth and Sixth and
ROOSEVELT WILL
KEEP HANDS OFF
PROMISES XO INTERFERENCE
WITH NOMINATIONS.
Leave States and Districts to Choose
Congressmen and . Governors. .
Confer With Woodruff Today.
OYSTER BAY, July' 28. President
Roosevelt's attitude with regard to se
lection of candidates for Congressional
and Gubernatorial offices was made
known today.
'The President will receive a number
of political leaders at Sagamore Hill
during the Summer." said Secretary
Csar Nichols II.. of Ruhr la. En
terlaininK 1 rent dent Fallleres
at Rrval.
Loeb. "They will be both National and
state men, but that does not mean that
the President will interfere in any nom
ination. He will maintain an attitude
of noninterference 1 in the selection of
all candidates. Congressional as w$fi as
Gubernatorial."
Mr. Loeb stated that the visit tomor
row of Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman
of the New York State Republican com
mittee, to Mr. Roosevelt is an "en
gagement made a lonsr while ago."
BUMPED, SHE ASKS DIVORCE
Bride of 20 Days Alleges Husband
Threw Her Krom Hammock,
HIL.LSBORO. Or., July 28. Special.)
Florence D. Walker, of - Portland,, has
sued W. H. Walker for divorce. The
couple were married in Portland, June L
1908. and the bride swears that on July
20 the husband brutally threw her out of
a hammock, bruising and Injuring her
in such a manner as to cause her to fear
or her safety. She asks that her maiden
name, caier, be restored.
FORBID HOP SUBSTITUTES
British Protective Measure Will Help
American Growers.
LONDON, July 28. With the view of
assisting the local hop industry, the
British government intends to prohibit
the use of hop substitutes in all beer
brewed in the United Kingdom. Ameri
can hop-growers will benefit largely by
this measure, as many brewers prefer the
American hops to the local product.
I la&vlVWiiMalriMi. rnl i "-1.1
VIEW OF THE FIRE LOOKING NORTH ON SIXTH STREET TOWARD THE UNION DEPOT. THE FEtEMEN ARE PLAYING STREAMS UJN lUJi dbj&b.
HOTEL AND THE FRAME BUILDINGS IN THE VICINITY : .
' I ;i A IrB'r r: ' -sr " 1 "S7
fTfS.Nis ff A I i- . . - mJ 1
K 2- ,?J? C Xd?r . .:. y: v:
iiinii'ivi ' mi niii1:t'"iiNit ' "n w" m ulini ii i sn S smfir'if iTMir'i "iriir-nrrn mit "iSst ninri i n iiiiiiiii n uim i m i-tiirn-1 n innii umim m -----
TUFT
NOTIFIED DF
HIS
I
Great Crowd Witnesses
the Ceremony.
CINCINNATI IN GALA ATTIRE
Speech of Acceptance Punctu
ated by Hearty Cheers.
CANDIDATE GIVEN OVATION
Fellow-Townsmen of All Parties
Unite in Paying Honor to Repub
lican Standard-Bearer Pub- -He
Holiday Is -Declared.
CINCINNATI. July 28. In the pres
ence of a cheering throng that packed
the streets of his home city for blocks
around. William Howard Taft today, at
noon, received formal notification of his
nomination for the Presidency by the Re
publican party. A flag-draped platform
erected in front of the old-fashioned res
idence of Charles P. Taft. in the heart of
the business district of the city, was the
rostrum from which the formal speeches
incident to the ceremony were delivered.
The city "was in gala attire in honor of
the occasion, and the day was generally
observed as a holiday.
Seats of Honor on Porch.
The thoroughfares in front of the old
homestead where Judge Taft will make
his campaign headquarters during Sep
tember and October were fairly choked
with the early arrivals and the platoon of
police stationed in the neighborhood had
all it could do to keep a way open for the
guests and members of the notification
committee, who were provided with seats
on the big front porch, and with standing
room on the spacious lawn.
Senator William Warner, of Missouri,
past commander' of the G. A. R., headed
the notification committee, which con
sisted of a member from every state,
territory and island possession of the
United States. The representatives of
the committee were chosen from the
delegations attending the nominating
convention at Chicago. There were
also present today many members of
the National committee, including
Chairman FTank H. Hitchcock, who,
made a flying trip to Cincinnati, en
route from Chicago to Washington and
New York.
Crowd Cheerrul Despite Hea.
The day was clear and very warm,
with the slightest of breezes blowing
from the hilltops. The standing guests
and the crowds in the streets, however,
seemed not to mind the scorching rays
of the sun. But Judge Taft had blue
penciled his speech for purposes of
delivery, and while not omitting any of
the important declarations, he ellmi-
(Concluded on Page 4.)
NOMNA
GOLD IS FOUND
AT LOS ANGELES
BIG - Xl'GGETS, WEIGHING $ 1 2 5
EACH, IN EXCAVATION-
Discovery Sets City, Wild and Hun
dreds Begin . Digging for .
Precious Metal. x-
LOS ANGELES, Cel., July 28. (Special.)
While digging a cesspool this after
noon on his lot in a fashionable new
residence district In the southwestern
part of the city, Morris Hurwltz found
four . gold nuggets, weighing about half
a pound each, within a radius of five feet,
and at a depth of 26 feet. The yellow
Clarence J. Shearn, Chairman of -Independence
Party's Commit
tee on Resolutions.
I
chunks, each about three inches long and
two inches in diameter, were taken to an
assayer, who valued the four at $300, or
$125 each.' They were found in a stratum
of gravel and Hurwitz became so wildly
excited over his discovery that he im
mediately stopped work and spread the
news broadcast. The result was a wild
stampede for the scene. It is expected
that by daylight tomorrow hundreds of
persons will be digging in the vicinity,
and trouble over the ownership of prop
erty is feared. Every 'lot will be turned
Into a gold mine.
The same stratum of gravel was struck
in other" cesspools, but nobody else ever
took the trouble to examine the material
brought up, in which Hurwitz found the
precious metal, and experts who made a
hurried. .Investigation, this evening pro
nounced prospects exceedingly good
throughout the section. '
BEER FOR STANFORD MEN
Inn at Mayfield IJcensed, Despite
University's Objection.
BAN FRANCISCO, July 28. A liquor
license has been Issued to an innkeeper
at Mayfield, the town near Stanford Uni
versity, despite the fact that the town
has been "dry" for four years. The uni
versity officials are determined that the
institution itself shall continue to place
liquot under the ban, but the officials of
the neighboring towns refuse to enter the
campaign and have granted the right to
retail alcoholic beverages with meals.
Ill
- " - ' 1$
is
FDR PRESIDENT
Independents Choose
on Second Ballot-
GRAVES FOR VICE-PRESIDENT
Some Vote for Hearst, Despite
His Disclaimer.
SHOUTS GREET PLATFORM
Denunciation of Old Parties -Followed
by Declaraton of Radical
Principles Walsh Tells
Why He Changed Base.
CHICAGO, July 28. The first ballot for
President in the Independent convention
resulted: Htegen, 396; Howard, 200: Graves,
213; Lyon. 71; Hearst. 49.
The second ballot was Hisgen, 590;
Graves, 189; Howard, 109; Hearst, 49. His
gen was nominated.
John Temple Graves was nominated for
Vice-President.
CHICAGO, July 28. "The credentials
committee was late in bringing its report
to the convention hall, and as the result
the first session of the convention of the
Independence party was somewhat late
in commencing work. The chairman
could not be found, but the New York
member of the committee wrote out a
substitute report from . memory, and' it
was promptly, submitted and adopted.
It declared that only one contest had
been brought to It, from the Fourteenth
District of Massachusetts, "and," added
the report, "the contestant was seated."
The successful competitor for the seat
was not named, however, as the New
York member of the committee had not
charged his memory with the identity
of the member.
Mr. Hearst, the actual temporary
chairman, was not on the platform, and
Judge Reuben B. Lyon, of New York,
who presided, called, next for the report
of the committee on rules, order and per
manent organisation. This named
Charles A. vValsh, of Iowa, as the per
manent chairman.
Walsh Tells Why Party Is Born.
The mention of Mr. Walsh's name
was received with cheers. He was es
corted to the platform and, upon taking
up the gavel, delivered his address as
permanent chairman as follows:
We have reached the parting- of the ways.
In the long- years that have brought many
of us sered and whitened down to the ' irre
vocable step which we are about to take we
have followed with all the zeal, all the
loyalty, all the honesty and energy which
possessed us. either the one or the other
of the old party standards, glorying In their
victories or unflinchingly facing their de
feats, watching with sadness the rise of un
worthy leaders, the upraising of new Ideate,
the slow but steady wasting away of tho
(Concluded on Page 4.)
sen
NAMED
POUR MONEY INTO
BRYAN TREASURY
ADMIRERS OF NEBRASKAN COX
. TRIBUTE CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
Letters From Every Part of United
States Contain Donations
From Democrats.
" LINCOLN, Neb., July 28. (Special.)
When William J.- Bryan returned to
Lincoln this morning he found ap
proximately a bushel of letters con
taining contributions to his campaign
fund. These letters came from every
part of the United States and con
tained amounts varying from 1 to
Prewldent Fallleres. of France.
Who conferred With the Czar
on European Politic Yester
day. to several hundred dollars. Among
checks was one from a Memphis news
paper' for $426.75.' which that . paper
had collected from its subscribers.
List of givers to this Memphis fund
Included a "widow's mite" of fl, and
an equal amount from the Mary Gal
loway home of Memphis.
Word has been received at Falrvlew
that In all parts of the country Dem
ocratic newspapers are receiving sub
scriptions to Mr. Bryan's fund. Es
pecially in the South is this kind of
work being done.
"On the train between Omaha and
Lincoln this morning several contri
butions were handed to Mr. Bryan. He
was highly gratified at the reception
accorded him In Iowa and in Nebraska.
SACK AMERICAN STORE
Shah's Horsemen at Tabriz Get A-way
With Sewing-Machines.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 28. A special
dispatch received here from Tabriz, Per
sia, says that the horsemen under Rach
in Khan, who is operating on the side of
the Shah, have pillaged the Russo-Per-sian
high school at Tabriz and sacked
the warehouse of an American Sewing
Machine Company.
Carnegie In Auto Wreck.
INVERNESS. Scotland, July 28. The
car in whloh Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Car
negie were motoring here today collided
with another car. Mr. Carnegie's car
was damaged, but no one was injured.
JEW HIGH SCHOOL
LARGE HOTEL
District Buys Block in :
North Portland.
REPLACE WEST SIDE SCHOOL
T. B. Wilcox Will Build Annex
to Imperial.
COST WILL BE $250,000
Hotel to Be Eight Stories High and
Cover Quarter-Block Important
Deals Closed by Charles '
K. Henry. . '
TWO BIO SEALS CtOSED.
Two bl dwito were closed ymter
dmr by Charles K. Henry, uwmrriss
large sums of money and Insuring- to
Portland two new . and handsome
buildings.
School District No. 1, thttrastt tho
Board of Directors, las purchaB.4
the block iKnuidvd by Coueb, Davis,
Seventeenth and Blg-htenth streets
for $100,000. upon which will be
erected m. modern hlch- school for
West Portland.
T. B- "Wilcox will erect an efjrht
story anscz to the Imperial Hotel,
upon the quarter block at the south
east corner of Sevtnth and Stars
streets. It .will cost (260.000. The
site was purohased for $160,000.
In keeping with the march of progress
In Portland, the "West Side is to have a
modern, fire-proof high school building.
It was announced yesterday that the
Board of Education baa already pur
chased the site, paying therefore $100,000.
The deal was closed by Charles K. Henry
and the property acquired in the entire
block,, bounded by Couch, Davis, Sev
enteenth and Eighteenth streets. It is
considered a choice location for this
purpose. . .
As further proof ef the stability of
Portland property and the rapid growth
of the city, it was simultaneously an
nounced that T. Wilcox will erect im
mediately upon the quarter block at the
southeast corner of Seventh and Stark
streets, purchased by him last week, a
modern, fire-proof, eight-story structure..
This deal was also closed by Mr. Henry
and the new building has already been
leased to Phil Metschan, of the Imperial
Hotel, and will be used as a part of that
hostelry. It will cost about f?50,000.
Plans Now Being Drawn.
This new hotel will be one of the most
modern In the city and will be a beau
tiful structure architecturally, as well
as being modeled for convenience and
pleasure. Plans for the building are
being prepared by Architects Whidden
& Lewis. It will probably be finished
outside In beautiful white tile brick.
That work on the construction for the
new hotel building will begin soon, is ap-
Concluded on Page 11.)
INDEX OF TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather. .
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 73
degrees; minimum, 65 degrees,
TODAT'8 Fair and warmer; northwesterly
winds.
Foreign.
Turk, call for clean sweep of corrupt of
ficials. Page 2.
Csar and Fallleres meet and ministers con
fer on European politics. Page 2.
Holland will make war on Venezuela,
Page 3.
. Politics.
Roosevelt will not Interfere In tat ami
Congressional conventions. Page 1.
Taft Is notified of nomination and declares
his principles. Page 1.
Hisgen and Graves nominated by Indepen
dence convention. Page 1.
Domestic
Steel trust reports Improving business.
Page 2.
Railroads given time to reduce lumber ratea
on condition they do not enioln Com
mission. Page 8.
Gould admits he would be 'glad of Hani
man's help. Page 8.
Gold 'Nuggets found In excavation at Log
Angeles. Page 1.
Sport.
Minor Heir wins Chamber of Commerce
stakes at Detroit. Page 14.
Portland defeats San Francisco, 10 to 8.
Page 14.
Pacific Coast.
-Washington country editors lining up for
Cosgrove. Page 4.
Tacoma man elopes with another eooiu
white wife's body lies in morgue. Pago .
Commercial and Marine.
Interior buyers scramble for new wheat.
Page 15.
Chicago wheat market closes steady aftor
fluctuations. Page 15.
Many leading stocks advance to highest point
of year. Page 18.
Wool quiet, but strong, at Boston. Pags 16.
Minnie B. Kelton breaks adrift, but is re
taken. Page 11.
Portland and Vicinity.
Four North Portland blocks are swept by Are.
Page 1.
Detailed fire losses that aggregate 1226,000.
Page 10.
Between 4O.0O0 and 50,000 people crow
streets at fire. Page 10.
Deals closed that assure two more fine build
ings. Page 1.
Government will close 1 side la Booth-'
Singleton trial today. Poge 11.
Orders Issued for encampment at Amerlcaa
Lake. Page 14.
Construction begun on railroad from Salem
to Dallas. Page 8.
AND