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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1905)
13 MACHINERY, ELECTRICITY, THE longest building on the Lewis and Clark Exposition grounds Is that devoted to machinery, electricity and transportation. The main building Is 100 Xeet "wide, hut at each end, where pro jecting wings 100 feet square are added, the widh is doubled. The wings were made necessary by the unexpected de mand for exhibit space on the part of large manufacturing concerns. The Machinery. Electricity and Trans portation building is a plain structure, "with comparatively little attempt at orna Snentation. A red hip roof covers the structure -with the exception of the wings, which are flat-topped. Decorative efforts have been, confined almost entirely to the main entrance, which is in, the center of the west facade. Th entrance is through an arch, orna Snented with flanking pilasters, a cornice of liberal -projection supported by classic 'brackets adding to the attractiveness. Above the cornice, an extending wall is ' adorned in the center by a star window, fand each angle supports a pinnacle and flagstaff. The Inside of tho building Is -made at tractive by the immense machines which occupy the entire space and extend high Snto the air. The rumbling of several .hundred varieties of machinery also add much to the attractiveness. A few of th& most important things to be seen in the building, and those that receive the most attention are: The largest hay and straw press in the world, capable of balling 100 tons per day; an electric light plant, operated by an immense gas engine; the most expensive scale ever jnado; telephone exchange In operation; the largest oll-burnlng locomotive ever made: a collection of cables; a $2000 wagon; $1000 set of harness and a large display of road-grading machinery th like of which has never before been seen at any exposition. These, with hundreds of other things, most of which are in operation make p an exhibit that is a credit to the" Exposition. HER FATE IS AT STAKE (Continued From Page 13.) pale. Though It costs but $25 an acre for water, the Government engineers prom ise, and, every one believes, that, when watered, the land will be worth from $40 to $150 an acre, easily. The Minidoka project, designed by Gov ernment engineers, has from tho first been In the hands of D. W. Rosa. Though one of the youngest engineers in the Rec lamation Service, Mr. Ross is numbered among the most competent, and he en joys the proud distinction of having, up to this time, carried forward the work without a single accident or a single break. So great is the confidence reposed In him by the Reclamation Service that he Is given full sway on this great engi neering enterprise, and in addition has charge of all other work done by the Service in Idaho. It is a great responsi bility to bo placed on . one man, but throughout his service In Idaho Mr. Rosa has shown himself competent. He takes double pride in his work, since Idaho la his home state, Boise hla permanent resi dence. The work -done Is work to be proud of. and Idaho is proud of him. H. J. B. I It . : 1 1 I . I1, Simp AY OREGOIAN, PORTLAND,. AUGUST 13, 1905. TRANSPORTATION & c Powerful Creations of Mechanical Genius, With Motion and Rumbling Music; Interesting Exhibit. DROUINS A FREAK COUPLE Dead Man Was King or World, Wife Empress of Universe. PEORIA, III.. Aug. 12. There were un usual developments at the lnque.it over the death of Edward Drouln. Mrs. Drouln Is incarcerated In the County Jail, seem ingly deranged. The Interior of their home Is filled with furniture of the strangest character, and the walls aro covered with facsimile reproductions of the "coat of arms" adopted by Drouin and his wife. For some time he hnd posed as "King of the World." and his wife as "Empress of the Universe." "With an energy almost Inconceivable, Mrs. Drouln spent hours of each dny wrlting letters to prominent people In this city, warning them of attompts upon their lives and asserting that a band of people were threatening the extermina tion of the populace by turning on the "electric fluid." Their apartments were found to con tain vast quantities of mineral and medi cinal waters, designed to destroy the efforts of the people with the electric fluid. Great Italian Murder Trial Ends. TURIN, Italy, Aug. 12. The jury ha3 found five persons accused of the mur der of Count BonI Martini guilty with ex tenuating circumstances. Tullio MurrI, the victim's brother-in-law, and Dr. Naldi. an accomplice, were each sen tenced to SO years solita.ry confinement. Countess Theo di Linda Bonl Martini, wtte of the count; Dr. Secchi, her lover, were sentenced to 10 years Imprisonment, and Rosa Bonnetti, her maid, to seven and one-half years. The affair dates back to IMC. and ex tends throughout " Italy, owing, te polit ical Intrigues. More than 100 counsel were engaged In the trial, which lasted many months. AHnn W. Wood at Death's Door. NEW YORK. Aug. 12. Allan W. Wood, son of W. D. Wood, the Pitts burg steel magnate, lay at the point of death last night In Roosevelt Hos pital. Taken violently ill on Thura, day afternoon, he was operated on that, night. Though hope Is held out to the members of his family that he may re cover. It is admitted that tho chance Is extremely slight. Mr. Wood retired from active busi ness about four years ago. and camo from Pittsburg to make his home In New York. Great surprise was occa sioned when announcement was made last February that almost a year be fore Mr. Wood had married a well known show girl. Mr. Wood Is 55 years old. and Is well known In th'e higher business circles here and In Pennsylvania. The Kmpres3 of Russia Is to cathode la ber taste for perfumes that she vaporises the royal apartments dally with the concen trated essences of lilac. Jasmine, narcissus. Jonquil, tuberose and white violets.