I. IP r rrrVVW'AVKAtKVlr.lT Til a5g?Hg i O I n 1 y i r H U ill , ' ' VOL. XLVHI-XO. rORTLAKft OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER IT. 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ' ' i 1 I n r i -7i i inikinnftlo I ri r" r" "T" n nPI Itfrn BRAZIL ABANDONS FLEET IS J is BRYAN BOOKS BEAR TAFT STAUNCHES! FOOTBALL TEAM TWENTY-TWO OIE COFFEE CORNER DRIVES OUT SPY NO UNION LABEL T YET BY BIG IN FOREST FIRES FRIEND OF L WILL BORROW $75,000,000 TO SAVE BIG LOSSES. UTAH MAX CAUGHT WATCHING COLORADO PRACTICE. MOST OF THEM PUBLISHED BY UNFAIR HOUSES. MARTIN UtLHlLU TYPHOON AGREED ABQR 4 Flames Devour Train, Cremating Fifteen. FIREMAN BOILED TO DEATH Fleeing Train Wrecked and Prey to Flames. SEVEN PERISH IN HOMES Death Comes to Women and Chil dren Before They Can Escape. Six Michigan and Wisconsin Towns Are Destroyed. REll.T9 OF FOREST FIRES. Urea Lost. On relief tratn from Mets 15 Henry Kemps, wife and three children, near Mets 5 Fred Newlckl.and wife, near Mets 1 Total 12 Tomu Destroyed. Mets. Mich.; South Rogers. Mich.; Pound. Wis. ; Packard. Wis.; Bolton. Mich.: Cathro. Mich. ALPENA. Mich.. Oct. IS. Fifteen peo ple lost their lives last night in the burn In of the Detroit 4b Mackinaw Railway relief train, which was carrying the In habitants or the little village of Met. miles mirth of here, to safety from the forest fires which were sweeping away their homes. The ill-fated train was ditched by spreading rails at Nowlckl, siding, a few miles south of Me:, and the terrified refugees were forced to ahandon the cars and rush for safety either down the track with burn ing forests on either side, or Into the .ploughed fields near the siding. Eleven of the victims were women and children, who were unable to escape quickly enough from the gondola car whlca they wore nccupylr.g. Their charred bodies were found there today, when res cuers reached the scene. Two of the men victims were members of the train crew. Four additional fatalities occurred in the neighborhood of the wreck last nlht. Mr. and Mrs. Fred "Wagner died from heat and exhaustion on their farm near the scene of the wreck, and Mr. at.d Mrs. Fred Nowlckl. Jr., lost their lives In their burning house near the elding where the wreck occurred. Following is the list of the dead in the wreck: List of Dead. WILLIAM RARTI.ETT. Alpena, brakemaa. ARTHUR LEE. Alpena, fireman. JOHN K ON I EOS-NY. MRB. JOHN KON1ECSNT. JOHN KOXIBX'SNT. aged . , JOSEPH KONIEX-SNT.' ased a. HELEN KON1BCSNT. aged 7 months. MRS. GEORGE CICERO. MARGARET CICERO, aged X. GEORGE CICERO. aged B. ... A THMD CICERO CHILD. ejred S. ifns. WILLIAM A. HARDIES. PAI-LINE HARDIES, aged . MART HARDIES, agad . MINNIE HARDIES, aged 8 months. When the forest fires closed in yes terday about the little Tillage, a spe cial train of three empty box cars and two coal gondolas was rushed to Metz. In charge of John E. Ktnville. con ductor; William Foster. engineer; Arthur Lee. fireman, and William Bart lett, brakeman. As rapidly as possible the people and their goods were loaded Into the cars. Some refused to aban don their goods, or the train might have left earlier and have reached Alpena In safety. When the train finally started there were about 100 frightened people aboard. The flames were already sweeping; through the village. Foster started his train for Alpena. Nearlng Nowlckl crossing, he saw biasing piles of cedar ties on both sides of the track. Opening wide the throttle he tried to dash through at full speed, but the heat had loosened the rails and they had spread and the train left the track. Blazing piles of ties -surrounded It. and in an Instant the cars caught tire. Mothers and Babes Cremated. The terror-stricken people, caught by the peril from which they were fleeing. Jumped from the cars and rushed down the track. Three mothers and their little ones were not quick enough. They were cremated In the gondola car. where they were caught. Bartlett sprang into the water tank be hind the engine, only to be literally boiled to death as the flames swept over It. Foster and Ktnville fled down the track through the fire and smoke and were the first to ' reach the village of Posen and they reported the wreck and asked for assistance from here. Behind them straggled a burned and wounded procession of refugees from the wrecked train. It was a fearful march over the hot ties with the flames from the burning woods on either side of tlie track roaring and snapping In their fsces. Foster was terribly burned about the head and face, but It Is thought that he mill recover. Ktnville was badly scorched. James White was totally blinded by burns. John Nowlckl. Sr.. and his wife and Mrs. Albert Hardies and her young son were also seriously burned. Many more of the refugees are suffering from painful burns. The first relief train from here reached (Concluded on Page (.) Republican National Committee Is sues List Proving Xebraskan's False Position. CHICAGO, 111.. Oct. 16. (Special.) Charges that William J. Bryan, despite his avowed friendship for organized labor, generally picked out a non-union shop when he had a book to be pub lished were made today at Republican National headquarters. Following is the list of Bryan's woks as issued from Republican headquarters: "Letters to a Chinese Official," pub lished in 1907 by McClure. Phillips & Co., New York; no union. label. "World's Famous Orations." 1906, ten volumes, published by Funk & Wag nalls; no union label. Given as a pre mium with Literary Digest. -The Second Battle." 1900. published by W. B. Conkey & Co., Chicago: union label. Eighty-seven pages reprint on "The First Battle. "Republic or Empire?" published by W. if. Conkey & Co.. con taining a collection of speeches by Bryan. Goinpers. Adlai Stevenson and others. Introduction written by Bryan and book edited by him; no union label. "Under Other Flags," published In 1905: no union label. "The Commoner Condensed," pub lished in 1901; no union label. "The Old World and Its Ways," pub lished In 1907; union label. "The First Battle." published in 1896 by W. B. Conkey A Co.: union label. MRS. TUCKER" WILL WAIT Determined to Prosecute Husband as Soon as He Recovers. CHICAGO. Oct 16. States Attorney Healy today stated, following a con ference with Haynie R. Pearson, at torney for Mrs. William F. Tucker, that no action would be taken against Colonel Tucker In the courts, pending the result of the latter's Illness. Mr. Pearson said that the charge of wife abandonment was withdrawn yester day by Mrs. 'Tucker to clear the way for an Indictment by the grand Jury and subsequent extradition proceed ings. "Since then," Mr. Pearson said. "I have received a.copy of the War De partment order directing Colonel Tucker to proceed to the Government Hospital at Hot Springs. I am also Informed that the patient's condition is critical and hence agree with Mr. Healy that this Is not the time for an Indictment. This course meets with the approval of Mrs. Tucker, who, however. Is anxious to vindicate her self of any misapprehensions which may have found lodgment in the pub lic mind." WHY CHANLERS QUARRELED Hostile Criticism of Amelle Rives' Novel Was Cause. CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va., Oct. 16 John Armstrong Chanler. former husband of Amelia Rlws. the authoress, and brother of Lewis Stuyvcsant Chanler, Democratic candidate for Governor of New York, took the stand today in his own behalf In the insanity proceedings before Commissioner Booth. The object of the suit is to establish legally Chan ler's sanity and to recover his. fortune, which he alleges has been confiscated by the New York courts. Mr. Chanler testified that one of the causes for the Ill-feeling that exists be tween him and his brothers was that at the time of hts engagement to Amelle Rives one of hts brothers. Wlnthrop As tor Chanler. sent him a copy of her book. "The Quick and the Dead," with hostile criticism marked on the margin in blue pencil. He showed this to his fiancee, the result being that she did not invite his brothers and sisters to the wedding, the single exception being Margaret Living ston Chanler, now Mrs. Richard Aldrlch. CARPENTER IS SUSPENDED British Amateur Association Pun ishes American Runner. NEW TORK, Oct. 16. James E. Sulli van, president of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, today received official notification of the permanent sus pension of J. C. Carpenter, of Cornell University, by the Amateur Athletic As sociation of Great Britain. Carpenter was the member of the American Olympic team who finished first In the 400-meter race on July 23 last, but who was dis qualified for alleged "boring" and Inter ference with Lieutenant Windham Hal swelle, the English runner? The annual meeting of the Amateur Ath letic Association will be held November 23 and the suspension of Carpenter by the British Association will be taken up.' TUG ENGINEER TESTIFIES Hearing in Star of Bengal Case Is Then Postponed. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16. The Inves tigation Into the circumstances connected with the wreck of the bark Star of Bengal In the Arctic on September 20. was con tinued today before Inspectors Bolles and Bulger. Engineer Olsen of the tug Hat tie Gage, whose captain Is accused of cowardice in deserting the bark before the wreck occurred was on the stand. The engineer was unable to give much In formation as to the condition of the weather at the time the tow line was cut as he was In charge of the engines. The investigation was then postponed until the mate of the Hattie Gage- and other witnesses can be present RooseveltWrites Letter to Union Leader. RECORD ON PANAMA CANAL Proves Him Model Employer of Workingmen. SURE G0MPERS WILL FAIL President Declares Candidate Occu pies Position Towards Labor as Himself Labor Worst Suf ferer by His Defeat. CHICAGO, Oct. '16. T. J. Dolan, gen eral secretary-treasurer of the Inter national Brotherhood of Steam Shovel & Dredgemen, today made public a letter from President Roosevelt, an swering one sent by Mr. Dolan, in which Mr. Dolan declared that his or ganization was proud of Mr. Taft's honorary membership In the brother hood. Mr. Roosevelt's letter follows: a Sure Taft Is Labor's Friend. "The White House. Washington. Oct. 15. My Dear Mr. Dolan: I have your letter of the 13th Instant and am much pleased with the copy of the article for your Journal which you Inclosed. Indeed, you may rest assured that. If I did not believe that Taft would oc cupy Just the position toward organ ized labor that I have tried to occupy and in which you and I believe, then, fond though I am of him. I would not back him. As you know, I have never for one moment hesitated to oppose organized labor on any point where 1 thought organized labor was wrong; but Just as little do I hesitate to stand up for organized labor when I think It Is right. "The administration can well afford to stand on its record of positive accom plishment for organized, labor, and, as' regards the Isthmus of Panama, where we have much to do with organized labor, that record Is Taft's. You yourself know well what the United States Government has done as regards the workingmen of the Isthmus; thanks largely to Mr. Taft. the record of the Government at Panama Is that of a model employer, both as re gards wages and hours and as regards the housing and care of employes . Labor Would Suffer Most. "I do not believe that the laboring men of this country have ever had In of- (Concluded on Page 3.) I "THE ADVANCE AGENT OF PROSPERITY." j ' , , . . ' ' m ' . . ' m t . , . , lt , . . . . . . . . . ..... . . .... iVa ' t - ----------- Grandson of Brigham Young Rough ly Handled and Threatened With Ducking. COLORADO SPRINGS,, Colo., Oct. 16. George Young of.Ogden, Utah, claiming to be a grandson of Brigham Young and a student in the University of Utah, was found concealed behind the . grandstand on Washburn Field, watching the secret practice , of the Colorado College Tigers yesterday afternoon. He was roughly handled and It was with difficulty that the students were prevented from throw ing him into Monument Creek. However, he was allowed to go on the promise that he would not return. About 40 minutes later he was seen back of the grandstand at the west side of the field. He had a kodak and was trying to get some snapshots. Young was escorted to a train by the students and sent out of town toward Utah. PINE CREST. Colo., Oct. 16. Joseph Maddock, coach of the Utah football eleven, when questioned regarding the report from Colorado Springs of the dis covery of an alleged Utah "spy" on the Colorado College campus, denied the man was In any way connected with his ag gregation, or. in fact, with the university. DINING CARS ARE ROBBED Colored Woman Arrested as Ac complice in Oakland, Cal. OAKLAND, Cal., Oct. 16. Mrs. Earl Smith, a colored' boarding-housekeeper, is being held for trial here on the charge of appropriating goods be longing to the Southern Pacific Rail road dining-car department. She and two of her friends were arrested Just after they had picked up a bag of gro ceries thrown from an outgoing eastern-bound dining car at the West Oak land yards today. The bag contained sandwiches, sugar, cans of vegetables and fruits, butter, oranges and lemons. The dining-car department has been missing goods lately and suspicion fell upon the boarding housekeeper be cause of the character of her table and the variety of her. menus. The woman has friends and. ' relatives on the diners. ALLIGATOR FIGHTS MASTER Gives Trainer Battle ' for Life on Stage of Theater. CINCINNATI, Oct. 16. A battle for life took place before the eyes of hun dreds of spectators in the Auditorium Theater last night between "Great Swaft." trainer of alligators, and Nell, the largest reptile in his group of eight The attack was made by the alligator in the large tank In the cen ter of the stage used by "Great Swan. But for the presence of mind of sev eral stage hands the trainer would un doubtedly have been killed. He Is suf fering from deep wounds in his limbs. Locked Up for Night Without Verdict. . CASE CONCLUDED AT 2:16 P.M. Defendant Is Hopeful, Despite State's Strong Case. SERIOUS AT TRIAL'S END Suspected Murderer of Xathan Wolff Grows Restive After Re turn to Cell Because Hours Pass by Without Acquittal. - JURY LOCKED CP AT 10:30 P. M. The Martin Jury had not reached a verdict at 10:30 P. M. and was locked up for the night. At 6 o'clock last night the talesmen went to sup per, returning to the Courthouse and conltnuing their deliberations within a short time. Judge Cle'and stood In readiness to receive a erdlct and many of the spectators, as well as the lawyers in the case, remained In the courtroom until It waa known there would be no return last night. That there would be a disagreement waa the general opinion at the Court house. - Edward H. Martin's fate was placed in the hands of the Jury early yes terday afternoon, after a final plea had been made for his conviction of the murder of Nathan Wolff, and Circuit Judge Cleland had given final instruc tions to the Jury as to the manner in which they should go about solving the intricate "murder' mystery. At I P. M. the court began deliver ing his charge to the Jury, a process which consumed 14 minutes. Tb,4 12 men were then delivered td the cunbdy of the bailiff and takto Into a closed room for deliberation. They filed from the courtroom at 2:16 o'clock. Martin Shows Severe Strain. During the climax of the trial, ' Mar tin was in a most serious mood, but the moment the Jury had left the room, there was a relaxation, from the strain and he began talking good-naturedly with his lawyers. "I think they'll be back here in a little while and then I can go home," he suggested, optimistically. A mo ment later he seemed quite put out when Sheriff Stevens told him he would (Concluded on Page 12.) Governmental Attempt to Keep Up Price of Staple Costs Tax payers $1,000,000. NEW YORK. Oct. 16. (Special.) After having sustained -a loss of $1,003,000, Brazil has abandoned its at tempt to-corner the worjd's coffee mar ket. For two years the government of Sao Paulo, the chief state of Brazil, has been purchasing coffee from its planters to keep up the price, now having on its hands 8,000,000 bags of coffee. " According to advices received today in New York, a loan of $75,000, 000, which is necessary to take care of the present huge accumulation, is soon to be offered for public subscription. This corner is regarded as one of the most interesting, but foolhardy finan cial experiments ever attempted. Bumper crops .have followed one an other, and in 1905 the harvest returned 20,000,000 bags, a surplus over the en tire world's requirements of 2.000,000 bags. Then the scheme of cornering the market was planned. In two years Sao Paulo had purchased from planters 8.000,000 bags, at an average cost of $10 a bag, which was more than double the market price. Money thus spent was borrowed in the United States at high interest. Now the various loans are to be consolidated into one' of $75,000,000. COREY AND WIFE BARRED Not Invited to Wedding or Steel Magnate's Sister. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16. (Special.) "Owing to the division in my family, due to my son's second mar riage, neither my son, William Ellis Corey, his second wife, who was May belle Gilman: his first wife, nor any of her relatives has been invited to the wedding of my daughter on November 1," said Mrs. A. A. Corey, mother of the steel magnate, today. Miss Ada B. Corey, sister of the millionaire, is to marry Dr. Charles Howard Aufham mer at present attached to the staff of the Episcopal Hospital. "Ellis and Maybelle will kno. why they are not Invited," added Mrs. Corey, "and so will the first Mrs. Corey. I could not invite one without the others, and to have asked them all would have meant only trouble." SIOUX THREATEN TROUBLE Oppose Removal of Bodies From Fort Yates Cemetery. ' ' I ST. PAUL, Oct. 16. Word has been re ceived that - an outbreak of the Sioux Indians Is likely to occur at Fort Yates, N. D., If the bodies are (removed from the Indian grave-yard the! . With the intention of abandoning , he post, an order was recently made to remove the bodies of all dead in the cemetery. The principal objection to the removal Is said to be the fact that Sitting Bull, the great warrior, is burled in the Fort Yates Cemetery. SWELTER IN NEW YORK V Hottest October Day in Thirty ' Years Causes One Prostration. NEW YORK," Oct. 16. A warm wave that followed the crisp weather early In the week, sent the mercury today to a point which has been exceeeded only twice on October 16 in the last 30 years. From 66 degrees above zero at 8 o'clock the temperature Increased steadily until at 2 o'clock this afternoon, the Weather Bursau reported S3 degrees. William Tell ' was-overcome by heat in Third avenue. SUSPENDED FOR SESSION Socialist Member of Parliament Is Punished for Rash Speech. LONDON, Oct. 16. Albert V. Grayson, the Socialist member of the House of Commons, who created a scene yesterday by denouncing the members for not suc coring the starving thousands on the streets of London, was today suspended for the rest of the session. Furious at the Jeers of his colleagues, Mr. Grayson turned at the exit of the Chamber and howled the single word "Murderers!" MANN DECLINES HONOR Bishopric of Washington Refused by Third Man Elected. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. Giving as a controlling reason that his work- in Bos ton is still unfinished. Rev. Dr. Alexan der Mann, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church of that city, has declined the posi tion of bishop of Washington to succeed the late' Bishop Henry Y. Satterlee. Dr. Mann's declination is the third since the death of Bishop Satterlee about alx months ago. PLANS COSTLY MEMORIAL Rich Widow Gives $500,000 for Auditorium in Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, Or., Oct. 16. Mrs. Mary M. Emery has given to the Ohio Me chanics' Institute $500,000 to bemused in erecting a building to be known-as the Emery Auditorium to be devoted to the use of music Mrs. Emery Is the widow of the late Thomas J. Emery, millionaire capital ist, and the gift is a memorial to her deceased husband. Buffeted by Monstrous Seas off Luzon. THREE MEN GO OVERBOARD One l.s Drowned, but Other Two Are Rescued. FOUR VESSELS DAMAGED Sperry Sends ' Story of Battle Ith Wind All Damage Repaired. Fleet Will Arrive at Yoko hama, Sunday Mornins- TOKIO, Oct. 17. The following wireless telegram from the American battleship fleet, giving particulars of the storm en countered off the Northern Philippine Coast and accounting for the delay in the fleet's arrival at Yokohama, was re ceived by the Associated Press this morn ing: "On board United States steamer Con necticut, off Cape Shiomisake, October 17, 5:10 A. M. "On the morning of October 12 the fleet encountered a northeast gale, while off the north coast of f he island of Luzon of the Philippine group. Tremendous Seas Smash Boats. "The storm was very heavy and all that afternoon and night the seas were tremendously heavy. The fleet was moving in line of squadrons at the double distance of 800 yards and the vessels were rolling and pitching heavily. Speed was reduced, but the ships were con stantly taking seas aboard. The height of the storm was reached on the morning of the 13th. "The Virginia, New Jersey and Wiscon sin each lost life-boats and the foretop mast of the Kearsarge was carried away but repairs were soon effected. " Two Men Overboard, One Saved. "William' Fuller, a gunner's mate, was washed overboard from the quarterdeck of the Rhode "island and drowned. "A Gladden, a seaman, was washed overboard from the Minnesota. A well directed throw from the Vermont, next astern, placed a lifebuoy in his grasp and he was rescued. The sea was too rough to lower a boat. "The fourth division of the fleet, with head up to the sea, slowed down during the night of the 12th and on the morning of the 13th was east of the main body. Sea Calms, Speed Increased. "The fleet held its course during- the (Concluded on Page 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY Maximum temperature, 52 degrees; minimum, 42.0 degrees. TODAY Generally fair weather, with ru ing temperature; southerly wlnda. Foreign. One German balloon still misslns; another picked up at sea. Page 3. Programme for Balitan conference provokea many protests. Page 4. Brazil coffee corner abandoned and gov ernment must borrow heavily. Page 1. National. Rooeevelt to visit England on return from African hunt. Page 3. Fleet in terrible typhoon off Luzon and loses one man. luge 1. Politics. Contributions to Democratic Congressional Campaign fund. Page 5. Hearst sued by Haskell for libel and sum mons served by deputy who breaks Into Hearst's room on car. Page 5. Bryan speaks to graat meetings in Denver. Page 5. Bryan's book printed by non-union men. Page . 1. Taft makes triumphant tour in Tennessee. Page 7. Roosevelt writes letter on labor Issue In campaign. Page 1. Sheldon denies Democratic story about Wall street contributions. Page 7. Domestic ' Great feat of portable wireless telegraph. Page &. Morse's high-finance methods exposed at trial. Page 4. Twenty-two persons burned to death and six towns destroyed by Michigan forest ' fires. Page 1. - -Strike In paper mills may cause paper fam ine at election. Page 4. Sports. Coast League scores: Portland 4, San Fran cisco 2: Oakland 8 Los Angeles 1. Page 7. Colorado football team mobs spy from Utah University. Page 1. Kid McCoy returns to prize ring and de feats Stewart. Page 7. Pacific Coast. J. W. Scrlber, confessed embezzler of La Grande bank funds, arrested and bound over to Federal Court; prisoner la wretched physical wreck. Page 6. Judge McGinn makea rousing talk for Taft at Corvallis. Page 6. Judge Bean recommends pensions for su perannuated professors of state colleges. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Prune buyers hold off, expecting lower prices. Page 17. Wheat strengthened by reports of frost In Argentina. Page 17. Advance In Union Pacific bends. Page IT. Approach of election checks general trade. Page 17. Steamship Nicomedia will discharge Eastern freight at Portland. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Martin Jury is locked up for night without reaching verdict. Page 1. Second day of Horse show even more brll . llant than first. Page 10. Executive Board unable to reconsider ac cepted street Improvements. Page 11. City Executive Board fails to approve ap pointment of new master mechanic of fire department. Page 12. Engineer Modjeskl to submit reDOrt of bridge and tube projects. Page 12. F "a Seufert. of The Dalles, will build can nery opposite Astoria. Page 9. Conrregatlonalists will hold state conven tion at Hassalo-Street church. Page 11. r'hmberlaln gives his reasons for declining to take stump for Bryan. Page 18.