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PORTLAND, OREGOX, MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. L.-XO. 15,518.
FOREST FIRES'
TOLL OF DEAD
grdwshourly
Idaho-Montana Zone
of Danger Widens
Constantly.
HALF OF WALLACE IS SAVED
Property Loss Will Be Close to
Million, and Many Lives
Are Reported Lost.
FIGHTERS IN GRAVE DANGER
Burke and Mullan, Idaho,
Among Towns Threatened.
WHOLE REGION GOES DARK
Many Parties In Woods Bettered to
Be Cut Ofr People Fleeing
From Points Regarded as
Safe on Saturday. ,
MISSOI LA. Mont.. Aui. 31. (Special.)
Except for Wallace. Idaho, the fowl
fir situation on both aides of tha Idaho
Montana line la more serious tonight
than It was this tnornlnit.
Flames are sweeping over an Increae
Ir.g area, destroying small settlements
and arlplnc .out of existence millions of
collars' worth of property.
The Ins of life will be large. It grows
hourly, and the number of Injured Is
constantly Increasing. In and around
Wallace It la estimated here the death
list Is at least 60.
' Many Made Blind.
In addition to at least 25 otherwise
Kurt. It Is said that ten persons have been
tnnrie Mind.
Indications in Wallace, however, are
that nearly half of the city will be
saved. Communication with Wallace to
the west has been possible at Intervals
today, but eastward It Is entirely cut
ofr and It Is known that the entire east
half of the town, above Seventh street,
has been burned. West of that a hard
fight la being made and with Improve
ment In the water supply there Is more
chance that the fUmes may be driven
back.
Lives Loot In Wallace.
In Wallace the" dead Include:
John Boyd, pioneer of the district and
for 1 years general agent of the North
ern raclflc Railroad here, suffocated In
his home In Pearl street while trying to
reeoo the family rarrot.
Two unknown, whoa skeletons were
found In the ruins of the Michigan
H'mse.
I'nknown men. burned to death tn
Coeor d'Alene Hou'e.
Th conflagration tn the East End was
scared soon sfter U o'clock today. Back
firing, la which the members of the City
JTlre Department, a company of the
Twenty -fifth Infantry and many volun
teers prevented new fire west and south.
City's !. Close to Million.
The lnes to the city la estimated at close
to SI.dce.O0a. Some of the principal losses
are as follows:
Coeur d'Alene Hardware Company,
warehouse and stock. t!50,0n.
Ban Brewery, ISO" via.
Pacific Hotel and Annex, owned by W.
I. James, of Spokane. S30.C0O.
Coeur d'Alene Iron Works. fSOiOOft.
O. R. N. depot snd string of box
cars, ro ooo.
Smith Fisher, JfACHa
Tlmee Printing Company. tl&AW.
Worstell Furniture Company. 350,000.
Standard Oil Company. fcO.OOX
About ISO small residences and many
other minor bus-.neast houses.
Hospital Is Saved.
Providence Hospital and the big mills of
the Federal Mining Company were the
only buildings In the Ear End that were
saved.
Forest Supervisor Oeorge W. Welgel re
port that the region between Wallace
and the St. John River Is swept practical
ly clean, with enormous loss.
Fires between Burke and Mullan threa
ten both towns and many women and
children have been aent out.
At War Eagle tunnel etx were found
dead and two were badly burned. Five
of the dead were In the tunnel, where
they had sought refuge. They lay face
down In wjtar. covered with wet rags
and blsnkets. Some had died from the
fire and some from suffocation by smoke.
The Injured were taken to Providence.
Hosp4tal In Wallace.
Twelve dead were recovered at Big
Creek. There were three Injured and
three others were completely blinded.
Ore fire lighter was found dead near
tCoaaiaded ee. rase
SERMON ON GOSSIP
SENT TO GOSSIPS
VICTIM OP WAGGING TONGUES
TAKES rSIQCE REVENGE.
To Slop Talk Abont His Matrimonial
Troubles, General Miller Sends
Out 5000 Pamphlets.
SHARON, Pa.. Aug. 31. (Special.)
To set at rest the. wagging tonguea of
the gossips. General Charles Miller, of
Franklin, whose divorce proceedings
against the second Mrs. Miller last
Spring caused such a widespread sensa
tion, has prepared for distribution S00O
coplea of a slixllng sermon on gossip
among the talkative critics.
Several years ago General Miller aued
bis first wife, who Is a sister of Joseph
C. Sibley, for a divorce and obtained
it. Later he married Mrs. Emma Zuver
Miller, of this city. The second Mrs.
Bulen. the former wife of a Meadvllle
piano tuner, and alster of Mrs. C. T.
Miller It Is said, did not get as cordtsl
a reception In Franklin as expected.
Last Spring General Miller brought
suit for divoroe from bis second wife,
alleging cruelty and Indignities to his
person. Mrs. Miller evaded a score of
detectives snd subpena servers and
fled to Ohio, going first to Youngs
town snd Ister to New York. Later
General and Mrs. Miller were recon
ciled. Oosslp ran high In Franklin.
Then the . Rev. A. Lincoln Moore,
pastor of the First Baptlat Church, In
which General Miller la the strongest
pillar, preached a sermon on gossip
which so pleaaed the General that he
has had the sermon printed for distri
bution. DECOY LETTER IS FATAL
Long Beach Mallcarrler Accused of
Theft to "Keep Affinity.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Aug. 31. (Spe
cial.) Inspector Know, of the Postof
flce Department returned today from
Denver with a quantity of Jewelry and
other valuables which Frank Tennant,
a mallcarrler at Long Beach. Is accused
of having abstracted from letters and
sent to his affinity In the Colorado city.
The young woman will nqt be disclosed
before the trial.
Tennant in order to avert suspicion at
his home, used to take there his full
psy envelope snd to keep the girl at
Denver In presents and cash, and It Is
charged he looted much mall of money
and valuables. Four open letters were
found In his pockets when he was ar
rested. One. a decoy, contained four
marked dollar bills. These were in his
purse. He declared he found the decoy
letter In a waste paper basket and took
out the money. Much of the plunder
he sent to Denver has been identified.
HARRELL TO HANG SEPT. 9
Quick Justice Overtakes Confessed
Murderer of Xcvrell Boys.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Aug. SI.
(Special.) A stay of execution of tha
death sentence Imposed on Ike Harrcll
for the murder of Herbert and Walter
Newell last June has been denied by the
State Supreme Court and Harrell will
pay the penalty for his crime on Sep
tember t.
Harrell had been herding sheep for the
Newell boys, who were 22 and 24 years
of age. but bad neglected to take proper
care of hla flocks and was discharged.
Herbert Newell was writing a check for
the amount due Harrell and was using
his knee as a support for the checkbook,
when Harrell struck him with a heavy
platol. Walter aaw the act and rushed
to his brother's aid. When he came'near
Harrell the latter shot him. killing him
Instantly. Harrell then shot Herbert
through the shoulder, the shock of. the
bullet's Impact felltng him to the
grand. He revived later and crawled
to bis tent where he wrote a totter de
scribing the murder of his brother. While
Herbert was In the tent. Harrell came
up and shot him with a high power
rifle, the bullet tearing; ths top of his
head ofX.
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CHADS Hi MANAGUA
MADRIZ- FLEEING
Nicaragua's Govern
ment Tottering.
CAPITAL IS PANIC-STRICKEN
Lives and Property of Ameri
cans Now Threatened.
CRUISERS READY TO ACT
Grenada Believed at Mercy of Un
disciplined Warriors, . Who Soon
May Be Among Captured Es
trada on March to City.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. The pro
visional government of Nicaragua Is tot
tering to its fall, the Madrls army Is
demoralized, consternation reigns In
Managua and Dr. Madrls. his general-ln-chief.
Toledo, and General Irtaa, are pre
paring to flee the country.
This, In effect. Is the news received
by the State Department today from
United States . Consul Ollvares st Ma
nagua, and these advices are ' confirmed
by dispatches from Mr. Johnson, United
States Consul at Corinto. - - -
Panic Threatens Americans.
- The panic In the capital Is threatening
the lives and property of Americans.
Crowds are reported traversing the
streets crying, "Death to the Americans."
While the cruiser Vlcksburg and York
town are at Corinto and in close touch
with the situation, the legation and con
sulates In Managua are under heavy
police guard and preparations have been
made to meet attacks on American lives
and property. .
-The situation grew out of the victory
won Thursday by the revolutionists who
defeated a strong column of government
troops snd crossed the Tlpltapa River.
The removal of the government army
ems complete. Mr. Ollvares -reports
that General Toledo, who was In com
mand of the Madrls troops, arrived in
Managua today following his defeat and
announced that his force hsd been seised
with panic and . fled when attacked.
Soldiers made their way to Grenada whll
others continued their flight to the capital.
Mob of Soldiers Pillage.
' Grenada appears to be at'the mercy of
an undisciplined mob of soldiers, who
are reported to be pillaging the houses
there. . .
It Is sdded that the Estradan force is
already at the gates of the city and !s
preparing to take the place by assault.
From the evident demoralised condition
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SCENES AT BTTONTT) my
ABOVE, PROVIDEXCB HOSPITAL. WHICH WAS BARELY SAVED WITH ITS INMATES, AND GEKEBAL VIEW OIT BURKED CITY BELOW, STJN
ET BRCWEBr, WHICH WAS DESTBOYEIVLXD. TOWNS OF GEM ISO MUBKAV TO J5AVB WHICH HEBOIO EFFORTS ARB BEING MADE.
NEW PEDESTRIAN
BEATS OUT WESTON
NEW OCEAX-TO-OCEAA ' MARK
MADE BT 68-YEAR-OLD.
John Ennls Out-Travels Rival In
Walk Across Continent Hopes
to Do Trick In 81 Da vs.
SACRAMENTO. CaL, Aug. 31. Seventy-eight
days out of New York city,
by actual walking time, and three
weeks ahead of the coast-to-coast
walking record of 10S days set by Ed
ward Payson Weston. John Ennls, aged
8 years, arrived In this city at 4
o'clock this morning.
He rested here today prior to con
tinuing his walk, to San Francisco
which he expects to reach Wednesaay
morning, thus making a new walking
record of II days across the continent.
The pedestrian was greeted by the blow
ing of whistles on the Southern Pacific
locomotives In the yards at an early
morning hour. Members of the local Y.
M. C. A. were on hand to greet him and
escort him to lodgings. He walked from
Auburn yesterday. Ennls ' has been on
tile road for 89 days. but he does not
travel . on Sundays. He counts only the
days he walks. He carries letters from
Mayor Gaynor, of New York, which he
expects to hand to Mayor McCarthy, of
San Francisco, on Tuesday evening.. He
lectured to the Y. M. C. A. today.
INDEX OF TODAY'S. NEWS
The Weather.
YESTETtDAT'S Maxlmium temperature, 69
decrees: minimum. 51 degrees.
TODAY'S Pair: northwesterly winds.
Portland and Vicinity.
Campaign of an I. of Broadway brides bonds
an, today. . Pass 11.. . ,
Work" on Hood River highway soon to be-
Chlna Is on vere of bankruptcy, says Dr.
Alirea iingio. r.
Only big companies benefit by subsidy. Csp-
laJn Lans says. Pace 3.
Secret of hardening copper discovered In
Alaska. Page 0.
Infantile paralyaia puzxles Oregon health
authorities. " Psge -14.
Politics.
Vice-President Sherman" to take stump In
Illinois for Representative McKlnley.
Page 1.
Foreign.
Miss Elklns likely to become Queen of
Greece. Pag 3.
Wrest hire.
Men fall exhausted fighting flames ia Cra
ter laae rwrve. i G- o.
Governor may call volunteers to fight for
est fires; after much red tap, regulars
finally leave for fir son. Page 8.
Derastatlon by forest fires follows ava
lanche in the Coeur d'Alenes. Page 8.
Domestic. -
Harahan will lay bar skeleton, of Illinois
Temperaacc women nonplusted as to what
lo oo aooui nt ij.'"o ' - -
Pan 4.
New 8-year-old pedestrian outwalks Wes
ton across continent.. Page 1.
Hoort. -
Oakland 4. Portland 2: San Francisco 4-2,
ernon o -" . i.o a(,i w-,
to 3-1. Pag 10.
Australian swim champion braks world's
ma- .a- 1AA m.t.r. f.. lO.
Seal, coming north to play Beavers, minus
Paelne Northwest.
Springfield has noteworthy celebration of
"coming of railroads." Page 3.
Premier Lsurler decorated by citizens at
Princ Rupert. B. C. Pag S.
Skeleton of murdered mining man of seven
leviis ui.iru.-i .uuuu vj -,.-..-
Page 5.
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ILLINOIS
CENTRAL
BONES TO RATTLE
Harahan to Be Made to
"Bare Skeletons."
ACCUSED MEN SUMMON HIM
Issue to Be Obscured by Coun
ter Inquisition.
OLD CASE IS BROUGHT UP
Light Thrown on Mysteries of Fam
ous Coughlin Jury Bribery De
fendants - Hope .to Show Ko
Great Amount Was t-lolen.
CHICAGO, Aug. 21. (Special.) With
the opening of the long-heralded crim
inal prosecutions in the Illinois Cen
tral 81,500.000 graft scandal tomorrow.
President J. T. Harahan will discover
himself to be one of the chief witnesses
called by the men whom he is prosecu
tlpg. He will be questioned about loner
secrets of the road's acts that never
have seen the light of day.
. If the plans -of the defendants do not
miscarry it will mean the removal of
the veil that for years Is supposed' to'
have covered the work of the road's
"legislative policy," the efficiency of
which Is declared to have been respon
sible for the fact that It has enjoyed
legislative favors with which no other
corporation has been favored.
Three Officials Subpenaed.
As the first move In the plan to
switch the present investigation in such
a manner as to bare numerous other
skeletons in the closets of the road's
officials, lawyers for Frank B. Harrl
man, Charles I Ewlng and John M.
Taylor, the three accused officials, to
day supenaed President Harahan, Mau
rice Welch, special agent for the road,
who was dismissed and later re-employed,
and President Jarnes,Nlles, of.
the. Blue Island. XTar. Repair &Equlo
ment Company, as their witnesses.
Thia move came without the slightest
intimation on the part of the lawyers
as to what -their real ptrt-pbse" w'as." It
was accepted as .beyond doubt, how
ever,' that Mr. Harahan,' the prosecutor
of grafters, will be made the defendant.
If the evidence can be forced in which
the lawyers representing ilarriman and
his companions now are preparing.
, r Sew. Light on Old- Case.
Along with this Information light
was thrown on many of the mysteries
of the famous Cqughlln Jury bribing
ease during the day. It was shown
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COETJH. D'ALENES.
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NOBODY FOLLOWS
LONGWORTH'SLEAD
AVTI-CASXOS PROPAGANDA IX
TOTAL ECLIPSE.
Other Announcements Forecasted to
Be In Line With His Thus Far
Not in Visible Evidence.
BEVERLY,. Mass.", Aug. . 21. (Spe
cial.) Something has gone wrong with
the fight against "Uncle Joe" Cannon,
started In Beverly when Representative
Nicholas Longworth gave out the an
nouncement that he would not support
the present Speaker for re-election.
This action was Intended as the rais
ing of a standard which should be a
rallying point of other "regulars" who
desired only an opportunity to repudi
ate allegiance to ' Mr. Cannon. . To
date the number who have followed
the lead of Representative Longworth
Is so small that not a "regular" has
been forced to second his motion.
This adds strength to the dispatches
from Ohio, which' indicated that .the
announcement of Representative Long-,
worth was, so far as he was concerned;
as well considered from Its effect in
his own. fight as from its National
standpoint and likely to aid him to
return to Congress.
Instead . of becoming the central
figure in a rush like that of a co
terie of bears around a seller in Wall
street. Representative Longworth and
his statement seem to have dropped
out of sight. Since it was his plan
to go to Oyster Bay to visit Colonel
Roosevelt. It is possible that he has
been temporarily obscured in that re
gion. It was understood that several
others were ready to make similar
anouncements. The fact that they have
not followed the Longworth announce
ment printed on August 18, has caused
considerable surprise.
COYOTE BITE;THEN RABIES
Sheepherder of Washington Lies at
Point of Death.
. ASOTIN, Wash.. Aug. .21. (Special.)
An unknown sheepherder was found
along the Snake River yesterday 20
miles from here in' a very precarious
condition with rabies resulting from a
bite of a mad coyote. The sheepherder
was coming down the river from the
mountains where he had been employed
for several -months. As he was passing
over a high rim rock, he was confront
ed by the coyote, which when within
a few feet made a spring, burying Its
teeth deep Into- the-flesh of-his body.
The herder Is lying very ill about 30
miles from medical attention and has
slight chance for recovery. - -
BRITISH SHIP RUNS ASHORE
Japanese Vessels Have Been Sent to
Her Assistance.
, TOKIO, Aug. 21, The British cruiser
Bedford ran ashore on the southwest
portion of Quelpart Island today. ' Jap
anese warships have been sent to her
assistance. The weather Is bad.
. The Bedford at the time of the ac
cident was sailing with the Brltlsn
squadron from Wei Hal Wei, China for
Nagasaki, Japan
SHERMAN TO TAKE
STUMP in 1 1 10 u
Vice-President Is Out
for McKinley.
2 SPEECHES ABE SCHEDULED
Statement of Attitude of Ad
ministration Expected.
"SOFT PEDAL" IS LIKELY
Possibility That Vice-President May
Hnrl Thunderbolt at Cannon
Adds Interest to Campaign.
3io Opposition Vet.
CHICAGO, Aug. 21. (Special.) Vice
President James S. Sherman Is to take
the stump in Illinois this week for
Representative William B. McKlnley, of
Champaign, regular candidate for re
election In the Nineteenth district. This
announcement was made today at the
headquarters of the Republican Con
gressional committee In the Auditorium
Hotel, where the Vice-President's
speaking tour is being arranged.
. Although Representative McKlnley
had no opposition at the primaries and
has every prospect of success at the
election, Mr. Sherman will make two
speeches In his behalf. One will be at
the Weldon Springs Chautauqua at
Clinton next Saturday afternoon and
the other at Decatur in the evening.
"Soft Pedal" Is Expected.
From Illinois Mr. Sherman will jour
ney to Missouri, where he will make
speeches in several Congressional dis
tricts. Other dates are being arranged
for him in the Southwest.
The Vice-President will reach Chi
cago from the East Saturday morning
and will spend an hour or more In this
city before leaving tor Clinton.
Mr. Sherman's first speeches in the
Coffgressional campaign will be of mora
than local significance, as he Is expect
ed to voice the Administration's atti
tude in the impending primary contests
between regulars and Insurgents. The
opinion among politicians is that the
Vice-President will put on the soft
pedal In talking of the factional strife
and will not be too emphatic in his in
dorsement of the tariff act.
Cannon May Be Ignored.'
Whether he will mention Speaker
Cannon's name. In view of the recent
anti-Cannon utterance made by Repre
sentative Longworth with President
Taft's approval. Is problematical. With
a possibility that the Vice-President
may hurl a thunderbolt in Mr. Cannon's
direction, it is expected that the'
Speaker will not venture to attend the
Sherman meetings, though his district
adjoins that of Representative McKln
ley and the trip will be a short one.
A few of the Illinois Representatives,
including W. A. Rodenburg, of East St.
Louis, will act as guard of honor for
the Vice-President. The Clinton and
Decatur gatherings will mark the for-t
mal opening of Representative McKin
ley's campaign and he will make brief
addresses. .
Representative McKinley will be in
Chicago Tuesday to attend to his duties
as chairman of the Republican Con
gressional committee. His secretary,
John Eversman, Is at the Auditorium. '
TAPI S SILENCE BRINGS PEACE
Roosevelt's Advisers, However, Try
to Inject Him In Fight. N
BEVERLY. - Mass., Aug. 31. (Spe-.
cial.) Friends of both President Taft
and Colonel Roosevelt along the North
Shore have noticed that the dignified
silence of the President, regarding the
aspersions which have been cast upon
him, beginning with the adverse vote
of the New York State Republican com;
mlttee last Tuesday, has born fruit
making temporarily for peace and or
der. This was further revealed when
newspapers today brought denials from
Oyster Bay that Colonel Roosevelt had
ever said that he was sending Lloyd
C. Griscom to Beverly with an ultima-,
turn to the President demanding that:
he repudiate Vice-President Sherman.
It was obvious that the newspaper'
correspondents who have been carrying
tho anonymous storleB attacking Presi
dent Taft would get In trouble sooner
or later. Colonel Roosevelt was in a
position to repudiate them any time'. -and
now some of them have gone Into
the Ananias Club, while the prospects
for a brief peace are good.
There Is a feeling here that no matter
what may happen now Mr. Roosevelt
will find it Impossible to keep out of
Presidential politics. His closest ad-'
visers, some of whom can be claaaed as
friends of the President, are dreaming
of his becoming a candidate for the'
nomination in 1912. They give him no.
rest. They are working a regularly
organized campaign to make him feol
that all Israel is calling for a new
Moaee. The rebuff of James R. Gar
field in Ohio ad the defeat of the In
surants in Nebraska together with the
waning of the 'progressive" cause M
Minnesota do not tease them. In return
they point to Iowa, Kansas and Cail
fornla and Insist that conditions there
are typical of the entire country.
Every effort is being made by the
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