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if 1 f-V r PAGES 110 12 48 PAGES PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 29, 190. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XXV NO. IT. SMITH ELUDES ARMED POSSES Seen and Shot at, He Takes to Cover. ALL ROADS BEING GUARDED Captain Henderson Dies of His ; Wounds. SHAVER'S CHANCE FOR LIFE With a Hundred Men In Pursuit - Beating the Brush or Standing Guard at Points of Vantage, Outlaw Is Yet Free. WOODBURN. Or.. . April CS. (Staff 'Correspondence.) With the coming of darkness tonight Frank Smith, mur derer anfi desporado, remains at large. While It was light more than a hun dred armed men scoured woods and " brush In every direction without locat ing the outlaw. Tonight men arc lying concealed at crossroads and farm houses throughout the Valley. It Is expected that the outlaw will make an attempt to leave the country during the night. Ho will be shot on sight. That Smith Is not a great dstancc from Woodburn is the opinion of every one at this place. At 10 o'clock this morning n man answering Smith's description exactly ran through the fields east of town and secreted himself in the dense forest where Merrill and Tracy made their defiant stand against the militia a few years ago. Armed Posses Skirt Forest. Armed posses went quickly to the scene and skirted the edge of the for est. Few cared to venture in t,he dense fastness and no organized search of the remote parts' of the forest was made until the middle of the afternoon. At 3 o'clock this afternoon a man t merging from the rendezvous appar ently to get a drink of water at a stagnant pool was llred upon by W. I .lerman, of Woodburn. The man an swered exactly the description of .Smith. Jerman missed his mark and th man ran back Into the brush. A volunteer posse of nine men took up Ms trail Immediately afterwards and followed it through the dense woods to Pudding River. Iatc in the after noon the trail was lost and the vol unteer posse came out of the woods, where they had been in great danger nf being ambushed. Sheriff James Cuivcr. of Marion County, who is dl iTting the chase, believes the man nod upon Is Smith, as docs nearly rwiyone who has been In the woods today. The forest Is as nearly sur rounded as possible tonight. It Is believed Smith will work either In the direction of Gervals or Brooks Sta- ilon. a few miles south of here, or will return toward McKee Sfation, whence he t amp before shooting Sheriff Shaver and Marshal Henderson at Woodburn this morning. Portland detectives and a force of men are operating in the vicinity of Gervals and Smith is probably desperate from hunger and cannot possibly remain much longer under cover. The entire country if In arms. Fully Sheriff J. K. Hkaver. of Claekama County. Who Wa Wounded. W men were In the field today, and whll not more than a third of this number mean business there are many men who are determined to follow Smith to the ends of the earth. Then is no talk 6f capturing him. He will be shot dow like a dog, so those who are on the trail declare. Angered at Henderson's Death. The death of Captain Henderson from the wound inflicted by the outlaw early this morning has added to the Arcs of public anger. Marshall Henderson was popular throughout this district and hi: f rlen&e .are bent on avenging nls murder. Sheriff Shaver is yet alive, but his chances of recovery are sot thought to be of .the very bt. Te Peterson, who was shot by a posse at daybreak'' pen being- mistaken for the jteeoerad, fcaith, ta in a serious cooditkm, Bjp but will recover. He has three bullet holes in the upper part of his body, but none reached vital points. His principal danger Is from blood poisoning. While disappointment Is general that Smith was not run down today there are few if any persona who bellevo he will long keep his liberty. His chances were much better today than they will be in the future, since he did not have intense hunger to cope with. Again, the posses were but poorly organized. Better organ ization is already being effected, and only such men will be sent out today as are willing to risk their lives. There were dozens out today with guns who could not possibly have risked their precious hides in the vicinity of possible danger. Slow to pHrsae. In fact, it is undoubtedly due to the cautious tactics of many members of posses that Smith was able to escape. The fusllade of shots that brought down. Henderson and Shaver was heard by the whole town, and notwithstanding the fact that many armed men were aroused there were few willing to start out on the trail until broad daylight. The arrival of the Portland special bear ing volunteers from Oregon City and police officers from Portland gave impetus to the hunt. Men who had been standing about in talking groups then took the field. A Woodburn party was already in the field, however. It was composed of about nine men and took up the trail at 6:30 o'clock. It was believed at the time that Smith was wounded and could not travel fast. Fearing that he might lie in wait in some thicket great precautions were taken as the party advanced. The tracks of the .outlaw were plainly to be seen In a swampy field due west of the scene of the shooting. After following this trail a quarter of a mile the trailers came upon evidence that Smith had been sick at his stomach. This was taken as an Indication that he was wounded. One Hundred Men Out. Rv 8 o'clock 50 men were out By clock the number was fully 3 CO, au mm Certain O. I). Headerem. -of Wood burn, Who Died From Wounds Inflicted by Smith. heavily armed. Every rifle and revolver In Woodburn -was brought into-use. The bandit's trail -seemed to lead to. the tlm ber west and -north of the shooting. All evidences of it were finally lost, however. and the pursuer divided up into small parties and. struck out in every direction, Sheriff Culver wisely remained in" Wood bum to direct the chase. Without head quarters of this kind, with an efficient j man In charge, nothing but confusion could have resulted. The Marlon County Sheriff proved equal to the occasion and dispatched men to the scene of every re- ported suspect. At S:S0 o'clock a report came In that the bandit bad been seen n the vicinity of St. Louis, a small set tlement eight miles west of Woodburn. Posses went there at once and tonight are remaining In that vicinity confident that they are trailing the right man, so they reported at 10 P. M. Snow and Vaughn Arrive. Detectives Snow and Vaughn, of Port land, and Chief of Police Burns, of Ore gon City, are in charge of the posses re maining In that locality. It was exactly 10 o'clock when a telephone call from Mrs. J. M. W. Bonney, residing a mile ast of Woodburn, announced that the desperado had Just parsed through her field and was running at full speed along a rail fnce in the direction of the forest where Tracy and Merrill made thrlr famous stand. Five minuter later an elderly man drove In to town at a gallop and reported the same thing. He saw the man from the wagon road. They said the running man was dressed in dark clothes. wore a torn cap and answered the de scription of Smith. Furthermore, he was running in a crouching position and kept looking furtively behind him. That Smith could have doubled on his tracks was not only possible but entirely probable, since he if familiar with the country east of Woodburn. having spent the post two days in that direction. The country west ward is supposedly unknown to him. Send Ten Armed Men. Sheriff Culver at once sent ten armed men in that direction. Others, bearing tho report ran with guns in the same direction. By noon nearly all the pursu ers of Smith were in this vicinity, leaving other clews for the fresh trail which seemed to be the right one. Once Jn the shelter of the woods the fugitive was safe for the time being. A few of the more courageous men penetrated the open woods, but not until late afternoon did a volunteer posse scour the denser parts of the shelter. The tracks of a running man were plainly to be seen entering the woods from the fields, substantiating Mrs. Bonney's story. Every road bridge and open space were quickly occupied by armed men. They waited for Smith to come from cover or for others to drive him out. As the afternoon wore on many became discouraged at Smith's failure to appear and returned to town. Scour the Thickets. At 2 o'clock Sheriff Culver directed Deputleh William Easch and J awes Sklpton to secure volunteer aad pcoar the thickets 'Where the -fsgttlve was re- 4CaUutd oa Pax-es. sbRbsbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbI FUND TOO SMALL FOR URGENT NEED San Francisco Must Have More Cash to Care for the Destitute. CANNOT GIVE TOO MUCHJof Government Sends Last $38 8,6 88 of Appropriation Dcrlno Explains Necessity That Nation Con tinue Its BeuBty. SAN raANCISCO. AnrilrOsrJames D. Phelan, chairman of the ffnaace commit tee of the citizens" relief tend. Red Cross UHQB. rt c : " occn given xo unaersiaaa D, " ,,... i' ,,. .ntativA f tr-Mnf I tOO annronriated bv Congress for the relief I nf Run Vranrijwn wm vajniift- ana tnax. i this sum reuresented the extent of finaa- from that source. Mr. Phelan announced that Secretary of War Tart had transmitted to his order 1300,09). and that he had been informed by Mr. Metcalf that the Secretary- of "War had expended the remainder of the fund for the purchase of supplies In the Btst. Upon .corroboration of this statement by Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Fhelan simply remarked that there was only X1S.O00 available cash to his order at the Mint, and the strict est economy would be necessary. "We need money," said Mr. Phelan. 'and the. country should not be led into the belief that millions are on hand to relieve the destitute people." XEKll irELP FOR SIAXY WEEKS Devlne Urges Nation Not to Slacken EnthBSlasm in Giving. SAN FRANCISCO. April 25. Dr. Devine, of the National Red Cross, tonight issued the following statement: "It is Important for the entire country to understand that the loss of homes and property in San Francisco has not been exaggerated. Expectations have been aroused and plans have been made, based on telegrams and newspaper reports, of large contributions for relief, and these expeciatipnj!h.ojjJd not be.dlsapsoiatesL, "The distribution of food will have to be continued until there are enough stores In which to buy on a money bast and then it can be gradually diminished, but relief of other kinds Is now and will be required for weeks to come. Sick and delicate persons will need care for months. Inmates of Institutions which cave been destroyed must be established elsewhere. and on some plan yet to be devised fa ml lies which cannot get started otherwise may have to be given a helping hand. "It Is not Intended to encourage chronic dependence, but quick, generous and efS clent relief Is needed here for a very Urge number of persons whose homes and means of livelihood have been destroyed. We don't know what amount has been given in the aggregate, but. Judging from what is actually in the hands of the finance committee or at its disposal, the danger is not that It will be too large. but that It will be Insufficient." CHICAGO POOR GIVE NOBLY I'OllCS LOIiect 5100,008 ior neilCl Fund in Small Sams. CHICAGO. April 28. (Special.) One hundred thousand dollars has today been added to Chicago's relief fund for earth quake and fire victims and has come al- TOTAL SUBSCRIPTIONS I $240,040.87. The fund now reaches Ihe handsome sum of $240,040.87, of which the general relief cora- rail tee reports $206,970.45 and the popular fund $33,070.42. There is still need for more money io alleviate the urgent necessities of the sufferers in San Francisco. most wbolb from people to whom a quarter of a dollar represents a day's provisions for the family. This touching of the very heart of Chicago's charity was realized today when 2000 policemen became canvassers for Chicago's San Francisco relief fund and the poor of the city were given an opportunity to help. Of the many who had not yet given. those who could not afford it were readier with their 25-cent pieces than those who could give more. Hundreds of citizens were met with the salutation. "This is San Francisco day and I have come to see if you want to help the. homeless out there." when they opened their doors to uniformed policemen. Add ing little to little, with an occasional bill to hasten the increase, the xums in each policeman's pocket mounted. The work began at 7 A. M.. when eaah policeman received fear coupon books from his patrol sergeant. Every was given a certain, territory to cever and tV& to ashu jm mas. woataa er child ii it. "Fach ef the coupon books coa tained 50 ticket, whke ernes sfeowmg rn tv l j cents. euC . -v v. yeUOW S. It m nmaucs utc wu man approximate X1M.666. 3Hay Hum I(ghu Till II P..M. .SAN,jrANCiaCO..-AprH .TFjswiar a ssaitroasr between Xayor omasteel General Greeley, It was aaaecmced to night that begtaslwg tomorrow clttaeas would Sereatter fee -permitted to Vara lights la houses untH 11 o'clock, an hoar later than the time prescribed la the s-Sstm-g regnlaUea. KEAIi XSTATBv AGAIN BOOMS Movement to Cfeaafe Retail Center. Orders far HebRllaHng. BAN FRAXCWCO. April .-8pecL) "There was a considerable boom in the real estate market today, especially so far as the np-tewn district was con cerned, aad it bow aeeau certain that npper Fill mere street will be Bade the center of the big mail district. -Despite this fact, however, realty -value along that thoroughfare regain Srm. aad. none of the owners display aay great ais poeitSoQ to sell. Already orders save bees given tor the rebuilding of the Xehl. Mills, Mercha&u' Exckanre. McDoaowgh. Chronicle. Spreck- I els aad. Shreve halldisgs, whoso steel structures are still latact. all the Interiors and outer walls havisr been practically ruined. . No definite actlsa'aas as yet been takes en the propositi on to redlstrlct the city aad lay oat new streets, and It new seems dtkdy that most of the old street lines wtli be followed, although wherever p- Jsu tv. ...i... tfaarftnrfarnta rm ta be widened. " ' ..ToJr' rnti, aIT Yk it continued througn tne conuag weea. I t??Ll 1 I "S?r J ITI-i,.. ..... v. . 77... anin that I . i. v. .w.- ..i... v. -ii. . . i th m i .urh e-.. arrests are to the regularly coastltsted voiles officers. Big J3nent at asssu KjIij. vivsic mrr ia inrii t a ttr I w"-' w r Dan irwciica Btatni I given at Convention Hall last night by members of the tea different theat- I rlcal attractions now nlayiag 1b xs- I sas City. Every theater in the city I was -closed and aided the benent- Tne 1 show was attended by t0 persons I and X220 was added to the city's gen eral relief fund. Appeal to United Mechanics. WASHINGTON. April IS. W. L S- Gllcrest. National counselor. Junior ?a2eare2 a .pleaTe" coS ells of the order, asking the members to make liberal donations for needed I brothers In Ban Francisco. I CONTENTS TUUAT b rArtn The Weather. TMTrsDATS Uazlsaum tn&rtr. 6 OtK-i minimum. 48. rreeipuauon. oi an Incn. TODATS Fair, sllsbtly warmtr. North wert vinat. The CaHrmls Dftsater. Relief raxnmltttf itrg n& ef met moaty for aeiutui. rut i. Pliers esptarrt selUag rtlltf MplU. - - ygrogr by tJoverfimtei &.iswsitTu pproxr. Hra of -thtttr loots tht rums. Pace 39. Relief eomll(e ask Government aot to -wltfcaraw troepe. sz. EvTT library la Ban Trasetico datrord x cept oba. i re i. Orrxeo relief bureau comtstaded by Dr. JfcKenxle. Page . Fertlga. Attempt to. blow up railroad brldg. and rumors of revolution cu e panic tn Paris. I Pace 5. Britain mar fore Turkey to gi up Tabah. Pas X. Russian encroachments In Mongolia. Pag ' Rainstorm buries vtnagsa ta mud from Vesuvius. Page 15. Horrible wholesale murders dy Moors. Nattoaal. lYillUm make vigorous speech for tariff rrilMoa. Page I. Senat debates sale of Indian land. Pag 1. Senst committee believed to oppose Bris tol's confirmation. Page 3. PoUtles. Secretarr Tatt sstaks on cItII ssrvie re form for Connecticut. rag . Domestic. Suit begun to oust Standard Oil aad allies returns to Zlon aad is welcomed by small crowfl. page 4. Crapter heresy' cJ in hands ef court. J-psrt. Sheridan leads Americans la winning hon ors at Athens. Page !. Mlehlzan University wins relay race at Philadelphia and breaks records. Page I Pacific Coast League scores: Xoi Aageles 3, Portland 2. Pagli Pacific Cellexs wins from McMlnnrlUe Col lg. X2 to 44. in xieia ana iracx meet. Tage 1". . rscirie Coast. Guide' Albert Pasold. of MolalU. mysterious. lr dlrappeara from partr ex umber aunt era. Page 16. Traffic departmenta of Illtl lla pat In snai for coming coaieci. nn i- Albany College wise from McMIbbtIUs Col Ice in debate. J-aie is: Debs is gaining a. foothold la SeattI labor circles. Page is. Coesmrrclal aad Marta. Orecesr woolgrowers not aaxloas to slL Pag as. Wheat dotta strong at Chicago. Page 2S. Stock market ssarly deaaorallxed. Page IS. Bank statemtat reveals small Iocs la cash. Page SS. Steamer Kllbsrs brugs refugee from Sa Frandsco. Page 1 Crew of bark Bardowl UxtA oa biscuits asd water for two meats, rage i rertlaad aad Tletaky. Central relief committee raises goad aam for a Saturday, rage Jt. Popular fuad makes tlse growth. Page 14. Hyaterla asd public moraia. tn uiai et KaoM wis, rage April proves the record moath for building permna. rage Cdriiinr rkirte mad in the action to re move Iaaa as uaiiiiuuor l u j oau son estate. Page e Ladlts" relief committee elotb.es seedy refu gees. Page i. Hobs are cornered. Tage 24. CiinMr. fled enafldeBee are la Eaa Fran dtco. sajra I- M. iiimou. no rui'i hMnrti Portland to leek over teratosis &s4 extensions es the Soaad. Page 1. Delegates from Chamber of Commerce ef Clnb. Page G, A. Weitxate. or jaaay. lecieo. eaair- maa ef tae jiepasucas sun keaxru Committee. Page II. 'rials i f aad Pepartmeatf. Xdltorial. Page - Church tuasosaesmset. Pax SU Oxsatflea. adverttssmsata. Pages 18-3, Basaa CJegg aad Tier mtaa. sirs. -lAtarop. 3imi srsaatsesg r emarrati warrant. rage ncrttK batO m Amerieaa hhrtsry. Psge 44. Wbea royalty pears hast aad gats. Pag 4. Frederfc J. TIasMa's letter. Page 4L I Dr. mmr Mfawi. . - ritL Piie iC Bee, reviews. rae . The.TUssertK Bears. Put - -Him Tick's otk4g isssea. Pax 42. aeai. ,Pt Drawac" Pes VmiI Jfsge t- " VMMUAl-fuMeM. ra4rta 4- Tvwtk's afSMStt. vfH 4T.- -4- - STAH 0 PATTERS ;. . UNDER HOT-FIDE WlltiamS COmpIeteS AttaCk On Opponents of Tariff Revision, .BENE WT 0ES- TO TRUSTS Democratic leader Accuses Monopo- lles ef Selling Cheaper to For eigners Than Americans. CHshman Is Sarcastic WASHINGTON, rtll Special.) The tariff diacussioa started Is the House L on Thursday afternoon occupied practl- I l V.. .v." Joan aHI? ' , T,. ,, v..n -r,ia- ni rAnaatse the I first two hours in a collaboration with Towae of 'ew Tork. in which Towns mj th letters and omer arucies nu- i 11am. wanted to include, and Williams, fire of interjectory cowan. - explanation I and arzuntent. I Williams. In touching upon Boutclle's explanation of the watch trust, as spoken .... I . , . plea aew other concerns than the watcn w a. . bbsibbss oi aciuag corapr aoroaa man at heme, ana empaasuea nis demand for a revision of the tariff that I BBsll maka such nractlcis Impossible. 1 -, .1L. Tr,m,. I swer a question as an economist, not as a partisan. He -wanted to kaow whether It was not true that, whenever the differ enco between the foreign and domestic I selling prices wa greater than the cost I of tf-nnArtattn Vav fmm ft., for! I t . the domestic market, the goods ac.iaiy oc, n9e aaa compete la the domestic market with the goods originally sold here. I , , I ""P iUC roreicucra. "That Is exactly what did happen In the watch case." replied Williams. 'It wss because these watches were sold abroad at a price low enough to enable their purchasers to pay for bringing them back that they were relm ported and sold here for less than trust prices for goods originally sold here." "On. you ean't dedge the facts any suaiung at Me- .nFS'wucaai stae. laa aavt SefeacI .this system or destroy Its Tom have got to reduce the tariff to the .point whare this thing will be stopped or you 1 must go to the country aad Justify it. Ton can neither deny the fact nor aet out or it .w Tut LnLt!f !, ! . .. . VlaAx (Boutelle) attempted to get out of It." tinea ne naa conduced with the Cratch trust. Williams turned his attention to I tow .Lionel Hepburn asked for the other day in chal leaging the statement of Rainey that the Steel Trust sold rails cheaper abroad than at home. Toward the close of his speech Williams made the statement of his personal conviction: All Benefit Goes to Trusts. "I would rather pay a direct tax. and have it given out by the Government every week to the poor men working at less than fairly remunerative wages, than pay this Indirect tax and have it go Into the pockets ot these favored trust mag nates. It Is no more socialism, than the present method. Tou say you are levy ing duty to produce better pay for work- Ingmen. but that is not the truth, it Is a tax for the benent of men who see to it ti.ti. r iJ JHkM.. ,,k It that very little of Itf dribbles through to the worklagrnen. At that point Fassett. of New Tork, was GENERAL FUND $206,970.45, The general relief fund now i amounts to $206,970.45, as yes terday $64S2J50 was raised. The general relief committee confi dently expects to raise from $15,000 to $20,000 more. The first donation to the general re lief fund by the Chinese teas made yesterday by the Chinese Benevolent Society, which give $1000. About 700 refugees ar rived in Portland yesterday, which breaks all records for daily arrivals of San Francisco survivors. prompted to Interject a remark about "incidental protection." "Oh." replied Williams, 1f I walk to the Treasury and on the way step on an ant. it Is Just the same to the ant' as If I stepped on it Intentionally. But I don't go to the Treasury for that purpose I inv more than I ko hunting tor ants to I crush." CHstunan Henlles to Taunt. Williams was frequently laterrupted by the spplaase of the Temocrats. "Kr. C tubman, of washkjgtea.' be. "is one of the high tariff fighters. Cttshmaa replied. Ho is one of the hard hitters ot the high tariff fighters. "X have listened with la tease Interest to the brfRiaat sesech ef my friend from Ms4sapf." he began. "For several ( Ttlr. have heard that speech every I tv noted with Interest and pleasure the regular Improvement, it has ; been changed Is diction, m expreasioa. i la iectOR aad hi gesture, but the speech ! the same 4d speech it was seven years ago. when I heard ft fer the flrat time. M saM the eVstty aiMlatSos from e- rapptW;w4r ke tsis'.easav-'lr was: "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today aad forever." Cumaaaa spoke fer nearly an hour m defense of the protective tariff system. Following the tariff arguments. Rans deH (Dest.. Xi.) argued for an increase of the funds to. fight the Texas cattle fever, aad Watktas CDera., La- made a plea for good roads. The agricultural appropriation bin. which is before the House, will come up Monday for amendment and discussion under the nve-taiaute rale. atkm bill for the fiscal year 1907. IXDIAX BILIi PASSES SENATE All Amendments Cut Off of Appro priation Measure WASHINGTON, April 29. (Special.) The iBdian appropriation bill was passed by the Senate late this afternoon, after an all-day discussion as to the best method for providing for Indians In general and those of the Indian Territory In particu tt to remove the restrlcUons for the lar. The bone of contention was the at alienation ef laud by the allotters of the five civilized tribes. Mr. Warner, of Mis souri. offered an amendment to this ef feet, exempting, however, the fullbloods and raiaors. and it received the support of Mr. Long of Kansas, who had made similar attempt but had failed. The amendment waa agreed to after belnr modified bv Mr. Monev of Missis Lslppl. giving the Secretary of the Interior supervision over the mineral cases. This was an amendment agreed to In com- got fato the Senate Mr. Lafoilette of Wis- offered an amendment requiring ... . . - . . , . the Secretary of the Interior, due adver- ttoement made and bids to be opened uuuur ac. . yv ''KU u and tfee Lafonette amendment went out of the hill on thn nunsd of renaral tests latlon. Mr. Clapp of Minnesota defended the rtnla. nf Tiuin Taritnr-v (mm ! Iran -rat phirn of rraftln He dHard tht the enUre deallnif3 oC the Government wltn tnc Indians bad been a story of wronr. He declared that they were not fools; t'aat they were not blind, and that they could see under the plea of guardian ship that the Government had permitted their lands to be taken from them Mr. Clark of Wyoming resented the Im putation, that whenever the Government attempted to give full citizenship to the Indians and permit them to dispose of their lands that it was for the purpose of creating a monopoly, ae sata tnat tne JposfuJwhTre " Among the changes made In the meas- ure was the striking out of a committee amendment that provided for the turning over to the Indians of all moneys on de- rv,U to thli- n-lf fmm tho aU nf timber and lands aggregating several mil lions. MAI' CUT CANAL SALARIES Senate Committee After Shoots, Who Would Resign In Protest. WASHINGTON April 28. In consider lag: suggested legislation "for the govern- 'Mttte fHl Interocrani. taauls tutt. , - eussed the question of salaries of Canal Commissioners'' and tncldentajly th.noml nations pending. It was argued that the salary of the chairman was too high. and s"1 Senators favored reporting a resolution fixing the compensation - of various canal officials at considerably js thaa thev are. aow weivng. if the .salary of the chairman Is de- creased It Is expected that Theodore P- Shonts. the present chairman will , re- The chief engineer. John F. Stevens, re ceive? the same amount, but It Is the Intention of the committee not to dis turb his compensation. Another question that will be considered Is the hotdlng of dual positions by canal officials. Governor Magnon. of the canal zone. Is a member of the Canal Commis sion, a member of the executive com mittee and Minister to Panama. The committee Is said to be a unit against man holding so many positions. It wa agreed that nothing should be done with the nominations of Canal Commis sioners until after the question of salaries had been determined. Shonts Is president of the Clover Leaf Railroad, and this Is unsatisfac tory to the committee. The bill the Commission has under consideration will fix a limit on the I salaries to be paid, and it is saia win raake that of the cnalrman not more I .han tis.OOB and reduce the others tn I proportion. I President Takes Outing With Wife. WASHINGTON". April 28. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt left Washington late today on the Sylph for an outing on the Potomac They gave no notice o( their departure nor any Intimation as to their destination. It is understood, however. that they will Teturn by Monday morn ing. Francis Starts for Vienna. NEW TORK. April 28. Charles S. baasado'r to AustrV-Hungary. a pas - senger on the steamer Deutschland. which sailed today for Hamburg. KILL TWO DOZEN WOMEN DIABOLICAL WORK: OF ORGANIZED GANG IX MOROCCO. La re Victims to Slaaghter aad Rob Tsiesa Feople Demand That Pris oner Be Publicly Baraed. TANGIER, Morocco, April 2S. (Spe- ciaL) The discovery has Just been made of a series of wholesale murders ai jiarraaein, iu uicn uihci wc the victims, the crimes having been commutes appnreniiy 10 uouin iiicir clothing. The plot to kill the women was discovered when a woman recog nized certain clothing offered for sale in a bazaar as that ot her daughter, who had been missing for some time. An investigation was started and In the shop of & cobbler named Elak Xa wee a body was found. The cobbler was arrested aad he confessed that a wemaa aimed Rahalli was his accom plice. In his werk ef murder. A. farther search resulted In bring ing .to light the bodies of twenty-four women, who had been murdered. The practice of the. murderers had been to: have Rahallt Invite the Intended victims te. her howse. where they were killed. The peostle are greatly excited avmr th. licle4tres and are demand- laa-'that 'the murderers be publicly' BIN F City Is Confident and Courageous. RELIEF WORK IS EXCELLENT Railway Magnate Journeys to the Sound. TO LOOK INTO EXTENSIONS Dc'nles That Earllng's Election, to Directorate Means Joint Road "With St. Paul Down Golum-, . . bla's North- Bank if. HARRJMAN ATSITS PORTLAND. iMward H. Harrlman, Union Paclflc and Southern Pacific magnate, was In Portland lak jjlsht on his way to the Sound to aettle matter of detail In re gard to the Sound extension. Mr. Hxrrlman declares he will re turn tq San Francisco this week and stay Jost as lonr as he la needed. He lays the speedy and general re lief brought to the sufferers has re sulted In bringing courage' and confi dence to the city. The direct damaxe to the Southern Pacific propertltfl Is said to be slight. Mr. HarTtman says the route to the Sound from Portland hu not yet been determined, but brines with him' Wil liam Hood, chief engineer of the Southern Pacific, who will have charge of constructor the Sound extension. The magnate denies that the election of President Earllng. of the SU Pant, indicates the construction ot a Joint line down the Columbia by the Union Pacific and the St. Paul. "I shall go back to San Francisco next week and stay there a long as I can bf of service." was the declaration t ntmmt rr m substantial come out or-ft continued. "I have no doubt that ulti mately, the city will become more splendid than ever, but now It Is a ter rible ruin- It la almost impossible to describe the" situation. It Is a disaster to the whole coast and "as we are all neighbors it reacts upon all of us." Edward H. Harrlman. head of the great system of transcontinental Amer ican and Mexican railways, and many times a millionaire, reached Portland last night at 7 o'clock by special train In bis Vnlon Paclflc private car Ar den." from San Francisco. With him In his car were William Hood, chief engineer ot the Southern Paclflc, of San Francisco, and Mr. Harrlman' private secretary. W. V. Hill. Traffic Director J. C. Stubbs of the Union Pa clflc was on the train in his private car "Sunset." accompanied by his pri vate secretary. R. F. Wilson. These two cars, a baggage car and a locomo tive made up the special -train. Goes to Tacoma. The train left last night at 11:45 o'clock for Tacoma, where a short stay will be made, when the head of the Harrlman lines and his lieutenants will go over to Seattle. Mr. Harrlman and his party will return to Portland this week and will go directly back to San Francisco. Mr. Harrlman declares the trio Is for the purpose of arranging matters of detail in connection with the Sound extension. Terminals and rights on certain thoroughfares in both cities will be considered. "The work of relief In-San Francisco in being systematized," said. Mr. Harrl man. "A census of the camps Is being taken, electric and telephone wires are ; being repaired, water mains "laId a"d the sewer systems renewea. ma have, of course, got to open as soon as this step can be arranged prelim inary to the resumption of business, but the encouraging thing- about the tltuation Is that merchants are seek ing new quarters in which to do busi ness. r Confidence In San Francisco. "Because of the quick relief that came to the San Francisco people from every hand, a feeling of confidence and security has been engendered that Is very fortun ate. The assistance that simultaneously poured Into San Francisco has cheered the people remarkably. Everybody, from the Government down, pitched In and did everythlng they could to help. "The direct damage to the Southern Pacific properties In San Francisco was t comparatIvely slight, but the damage ln- cMen to the disaster Is. ot course, neavy. j "a of our ascents m the East will be N NG r??JlBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBm surprised when they see the reports of the traffic to San Francisco that we have carried during the past two weeks, but they will know It was in a good c"3 and will not complain of the expense. "The refugee trains have become a thing of the past, and people are no I longer to be carried 'from San Francisco free except In cases that are vouched for by Mayor Schmitr or some responsible authority. While the railroad was, of course, victimized in many instances by taking every one free who wanted to take advantage of it. it was better to .ha. trf grafters than to not bring aid to those actually in . need of It. The present trip, io the Sound, is to 4 - tXeTscii4edoaPae-W.) VI tv. i ft