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3 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAy. PORTLAND. OCTOBER 18, 1903. . . . -i OMAHA CROWDS ROAR FOR Thunders of Applause at Im mense Meeting Make Him Beam. MAKE AUDITORIUM SHAKE hrask Metropolis Gives Candi date Genrrous Welcome Ho Strives to Convert Sprinkling of Republicans in Audience. OMAHA. Nb.. Oct. 17. Every tt In th bis auditorium lr was filled to night and standing room was In de mand almost an hour before the time at which W. J. hryan was advertised to appear and for an hour afterward hundred came and were unable to a-atn admission to the Rrat hall. That It was an enthusiastic crowd and trongly favorable to the Iemocratic candidate was evidenced by the pro longed demonstration that greeted every reference to Mr. Bryan by the speakers who pre.eded him and the riot of applause that shook the preat edifice when cwry one of the thousands stood and waved the tiny flags to give greeting to Nebraska's most distin guished citizen when he appeared upon the stage. ... Slavor James r. Dahlman presided, and back of him on the stage were 300 prominent Democrats of the city who had been designnted as vice-presidents. Bryan shows Grttifiralion. Mr. Bryan's grntif icathin was evi dent as he arose to speak, lie was re ceived with thunderous applause and it was some time before he could secure quiet. The candidate explained his gratitude at what ho termed "This grand assemhlrge of good Democrats and Republicans." and called attention to having received their support at all times during the 18 years he had been In public life In the state. After the meeting. Mr. Bryan de clared that, although he had spoken manv times in the big auditorium, he had never so large nor enthusiastic an audience as the one which greeted him tonight. There was a large sprinkling or Re publicans In the audience, and two or threa times during his address he made reference to the fact, and presented some pointed remarks calculated for auditors of that faith. Quiet Trip From Denver. This was a quiet day fc Mr. Bryan. He had been scheduled to travel east over the Union Pacific from Denver, but at the last minute decided that ho wanted to stop at Lincoln on the way to Omaha, so he took the Burlington. Nobody knew he was on the train and lie was not called upon for any speeches on the way. He was sched uled to arrive In Omaha at 5:30 P. M., but fame In an hour earlier. Never theless, quite a crowd of admirers who had lerteil of the change in his plans greeted him at the depot. At o'clock Mr. Bryan spoke at the carnival grounds to a large assem blage, and at 6:::o lie addressed another hig crowd from the steps of the City Hall. Believes He t an "Convert Senate. In his spcxh at the Auditorium. Mr. Fran eaid that, in view of the fact that many in the audience were Republicans. li felt like so shaping his address as to please the Democrats without treading upon the toes of the Republicans, "but." he added. "I beli."ve that the defense of the Democratic principles is more accept able to Republicans this year than oer before." Mr. Bryan declared that, if the people elect a DciiKK-ralic President and House, he believees the Senate can be induced to aid In reforms. Mr. Bryan urged the election of the Tiemoeratic state ticket and a Democratic legislature for the purpose, among other things, of securing a si ate law for the protection of bank deposits. He took the guarantee piank of the Democratic plat form up and said: Talks of Rank Guarantee. "Of the many policies proposed in our platform, this Is the simplest and most easily understood. When any person reaches the perhxl of Intellectual develop ment where ho Is able to see that, when a man puts hie money in the bank, he ought to bo able to get It again, ought to have In telligence enough to understand this sub ject, but until he gets to this point he can vote the Republican ticket without hav ing his good Intentions questioned. Our position is that, as the banks make their profits out of the people's money, the bankers ought to give the Insurance the people require." Quotes Farmers' Argument. Mr. Brvan told of an old German farmer who. ho declared, had made the argument In the best form he had heard It. Said te: When I go to the hanker for a loan lie e!l mo to got my farmer friends to go my security. When he asks for my de posits, let him get his banker friends to a-o hi security." Mr. Bryan continued: "Now. my friends, you may ask If the banks axe not now sufficiently secure. That is what the bankers say. They will even tell you that only occasionally a bank fails, but the trouble is that we can not tell In advance which bank is going to, fall. Look at the notice that they Jiang up. Does it say. "This bank will faiir No. The note says. This bank la closed. and that Is all." Mr. Bryan then discussed the tariff and other Issues. FAMILIES DIE IN FLAMES (Continued from r'rt Page.) gasped for air. death visited them. A tower of flame shot across the road, another leapt from behind into the brush and grass at the children's backs and a second aftetwards the spot where they lay was a whirling mass of embers and smoke. Brave Woman Meet reath. Only a short distance from Alpena iliss plebert was burned to death this afternoon In her father's lumber camp at Wolf Creek. When the flames ap proached the mill. Miss Siebert was with lier father and his crew of work men, vainly endeavoring to save the plant and valuables locked within the company' safe. When the heat be came so intense it was no longer en durable and Slebert himself had given orders to withdraw. Miss Siebert In a desperate effort to secure a package of papers from the office, rushed back Into the bank of smoke and fire. A few minutes afterwards two men. who themselves braved death to res cue her from her perilous position, brought back her body. The young woman's life had been snuffed out be fore ahe had advanced ten feet Into the intense heat ana smoke which sur rounded the mill. Harrowing scenes are reported from Posen, where many of the homeless, burned and suffering refugees from Meti and Bolton have sought shelter, and the stories told there are beyond the descriptive power of words. Anguish over the death of relatives and friends Is making many cases more keen than the physical suffering. Last night several hundred refugees had to sleep in the open air. Without adequate shelter, some with only a few clothes, a drop In the temperature, which can be expected at any time, will add In large measure to the un bearable suffering existent on all sides. Three carloads', of provisions were sent to Posen last night from Alpena and more will go forward today. Measures of relief for the stricken peo ple In Presque Isle and Cheboygan Coun ties are alr-ady under way. Hundreds are homeless and ,many have not sufficient clothing. A theater at Alpena was thrown open to receive contributions for the refu gees and already gifts of clothing are be ginning to come. The flreswept dietrlct takea In an area, according to estimates made today, of about 1V square miles. The Area in the neighborhood of Sault Bte Marie are growing worse thia after noon. The clouds of smoke there are so dense that the sun Is obscured. All of the country between the South Shore Rail way and Lake Superior in Chippewa County is ablaxe. Klres are still raging uncontrolled through the counties of Sheboygan. Pres que Isle. Alpena and Alcona, as well as In other scattered districts through Northern Michigan. Diligent search was begun to day to determine the full extent of the holocaust. It may take many days to reveal the tragedies that are likely to have occurred on Isolated farms, with families fighting bravely to the last to save their Uvea and their modest home- S t f A d S. The death list may not be fully known for a week. But It needs no elab orated details to determine that the prop erty loss will run Into the millions. Whole villages have been blotted off the map and logging camps by the dosen have been destroyed, with their entire aea soa's output. Near Turner. In Saranae County, a flock of nearly MO sheep were burned alive. In tho immediate vicinity of Mlllersburg. in Presque Isle County, alone, the losses are estimated at half a million dollars. Other districts where bad forest fires are reported, are in the neighborhood of Klmira, Gaylord and Johannesburg, in Otsego County: Cadillac. In Wexford County: Gayling. in Crawford County, where 4.000.0UO trees planted by the State Forestry Commission, were destroyed: Grawn. In Grand Travere County, and Casevllle and Bad Axe. In Huron County. In the upper peninsula threatening for est firee are reported around Sault Ste Marie. Menominee. Bscanaba and Calu met and Houghton. At Koss. near Me nominee, 18 homes are reported de stroyed, with as many more threatened. So many farmhouses were burned In Alpena, Presque Isle and Montmorency Counties that it is Impossible to gather any satisfactory estimates of the aggre gate losses. An unconfirmed rumor from Satilt Ste Marie says that the town of Gore Bay. on Manitoulln Island, was destroyed today. Gore Bay is a town of 1000 population. TKAIX LEAPS 1XTO FIRE Survivor of Michigan Disaster Tells of Thrilling Experience. BAY CITY. Mich.. Oct. IT. Leslie Ir win, a Bay City traveling man, who was one of the survivors of the Met relief train disaster, gave a thrilling account of the forest fire tragedy. He said: , , "The train left Met about o clock Thursday evening and ran Into the fire three miles south of that place. A burning pile of cedar had warped the rails and Into the trap the train leaped, carrying Its human cargo to destruc tion. The five boxcars Immediately took fire ami It was with difficulty that the ZOO peojrle In them escaped. In a deep-bodied steel coal car were located the women and children and as the heat increased they were unable to escape. Men were forced to seek places of safety and could give no aid. It was terrible to witness and I hope I will never be compelled to go through such agonv again. It made one's heart sick as the pitiful cries of the women and children reached the ears of the fleeing men. calling pleadingly not to be left alone in that seething furnace. The women clung to their little onea and begged for aid. Agonizing cries rent the air and caused the blood in one's bodv to run cold. "A party of seven of us took to the woods and were forced to Jump over burning logs and run through fire in ... . Tt nam the nnlv maKiiiK o" ' " " - ' ' chance to take and we thought it pref erable to rciuiii" T.w.. w.w ad children and meeting the same fate. For five miles we ran through smoke and Are which seemed every minute to be taking our strength away. "When within a half mile of Posen mv eyesight gave out and I could only depend upon the railroad track to guide me through. Only three of the origi nal party kept together." Arthur White, of Metz, another sur vivor of the fire, said: When the relief train reached a point about a mile south of MeU. we ran into a regular hell of flames and smoke, which swept over the open car. setting our clothing on Are and singing our hair. All of a sudden the engine went off the track and wo stopped right in the midst of a mass of flames which surrounded us. My brother and his lit tle bov were next to me. I lifted the lad over the side of the car and drop ped him and got out myself. I could not And my brother, but T picked up the bov and struggled through the flames and smose in no ) WORLD CANVASS GIVES TAFT 205 Electoral Votes for Bryan Number 178, Doubtful Ones 100. NEW YORK STATE NEEDED Either Candidate Must Carry It to Bo Elected Socialists Drawing Heavily From Ranks of. Both. Parties. NEW YORK, Oct. 17. (Special. V A can vass of political conditions In 23 "battle ground" states , has been made, by the World In conjunction with newspapers In other cities, and as a result the World presents a table giving Taft 205 electoral votes and Bryan 178. with 100 placed as doubtful. States regarded as certain fol low: i For Taft. California Delaware Iowa - Maine Mehlgan New Hampshire.. North Dakota ... Pennsylvania South Dakota ... Washington 10- Connecticut 31 Illinois l:i' Kansas 6. Massachusetts 14iMinneeota 4. New Jersey .. 4: Oreg-on 34! Rhode Island 4. Vermont w: Wisconsin Total For Bryan. Alabama Colorado Georgia Kentucky Mississippi Montana North Carolina. . South Carolina.. Texas Virginia . ll'Arkansoa . 5! Florida .. . loj Idaho .... . i:t' Louisiana . lO.MIssourl 3 Nevada .. . 12'OkIahoma OiTennessee . IS rtah . 12. Wyoming Total Indiana Nebraska Ohio Doubtful. ... 151 Maryland S !!. 2'West Virginia 7 Total W This canvass is made in Maryland, West Virginia. Ohio. Indiana. Wiscon sin, Minnesota, North Dakota. South Dakota, Iowa. Missouri. Kansas. Ne braska, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Idaho, Washington, Nevada. California, New York. New Jersey and Connecti cut, the complexion of the other states not being regarded as open to question. Taft Can Win With Xew York. If Taft carries New York, he will he elected by a majority of two votes, even If he loses all other doubtful states. Brvan by any combination of figures must carry New York to be successful. The World, while holding to the statement that Its poll shows the Democratic State ticket will be elect ed in New York, says New York s vote for President is still very uncertain, and that county leaders are still at sea regarding It. The causes of the uncertainty In states classed as doubtful are set forth by the World as follows: , Causes of Uncertainty. 1. Injection into the campaign for the Presidency in some of the. West ern States of an insidious and disturb ing religious factor, which Is working against the Interest of the Republican candidate. 2. The tendency of the labor vote to break away from the control of all parties, as illustrated in the surpris ing spread of the Socialist cause, both East and West. - 3. The inability of both Republican and Democratic parties intelligently to approximate the distribution of the vote to be cast by the army of unem ployed estimated in round numbers at 1,400.000 voters. 4. The inability of both Republican and Democratic managers to antici pate the distribution of the colored vote in states where It has always been classified aa Republican. 5. The complete absence of an Issue of general value or vote-getting po tency to either side. Socialists Draw From Both. The World says It Is apparent from the canvass of S3 States that the So cialists are drawing from both of the old parties, and that the Independence League has not developed sufficient strength to alarm Democratic or Re publican managers. TURKEY WANTS TO FIGHT (Continued from Frst Page.) to troops In Anatolia, those In Mace donia being partially mobilized. "A war between Turkey and Bul garia appears imminent," the dispatch concludes. At midnight dispatches received from Sofia were more assuring, indicating that Czar Ferdinand had succeeded in persuading the Cabinet and war party to adopt a more conciliatory attitude and yield to Turkey's demand for dl- Alcohol Ask your doctor if a family medicine, like Ayer's Sarsaparilla, is not vastly better without alcohol than with it. AyersSarsaparjlla NON-ALCOHOLIC A Strong Tonic - r A Body Builder - A Blood Purifier - - A Clrpnt Alterative A Doctor's Medicine - Ayer's Sarsaparilla We have no secrets! 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Poprikoff. the Minister of Foreign Affairs, today to give assurance that the military measures undertaken by Turkey were only precautionary In character and that the Porte had Informed Great Britain and Germany that Turkey had no Intention to disturb the peace. M. PoprlkofT in reply said that Bulgaria was willing to send the reservists to their homes If Great Britain and Ger many would guarantee the preserva tion of peace. This exchange of assurances had a a i w : anJ Mfnlclr iranquuiAiJiK oncn ... l. v.,. of War countermanded the order call ing out lo.ooo eauitionai rescrvisis. Information from Turkey tais that 168.000 troops have been massed in Macedonia. The Foreign Office, how ever, regards the local transposition of troops in Macedonia aa no cause for anxiety. Only the transfer of army units from Asia Minor would be con sidered a direct menace to Bulgaria. Such a transfer has not taken place and the Bulgarian Government con tinues to act upon the supposition that Turkey has no intention of going to war, from which neither side has any thing to gain. ' Bulgaria has sent a special delegate to Vienna for the special purpose of ar ranging, if possible, with the Oriental Railroad Company. TCRKS MASSACRE ARMENIANS Sultan's Troops Show No Mercy In Viran Shehr. BERLIN, Oct. 17. There have been frightful massacres In Armenia, accord ing to the Constantinople correspondent of the Berlin Tageblatt. This paper today publishes a dis patch from the Turkish capital which says: "Armenians in Viran Shehr have been massacred by Turkish troops. The women and children have been sub jected to fearful treatment. "The troops were sent to Viran Shehr to overawe the mutinous towns people, two-thirds of whom are Arme nians, and they at once began to mur der and slaughter. They are said to have completely overrun the city." The village of Viran Shehr is in the heart of Turkish Armenia, between Konya and Kalsarle. It is described as built upon the ruins of an old town, possibly Chaboras. Its population is not stated. GIVES ITS FIRST BANQUET Hood River University Club Holds Flist Annual Meeting. HOOD RIVER, Or., Oct. 17. (Special.) The Hood River University. Club, which, it Is said. Is the only organisation of this kind in a town the size of Hood River In the United States, held its first annual banquet here tonight at the Mount Hood Hotel. Seventy-two of the 86 members were present and the enthusiasm was un bounded. Autumn leaves and college pen nants and flags from almost every col lege In the United States decorated the banquet-room. The programme Included the following: Address by E. D. Smith: a talk on the value of a university club by J. Van Niece Bandy, an address on the universi ties of the Pacific Coast, by Professor C. 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