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N Pages 1 to 12 OL. XXVIII.-XQ. 14. PORTLAND, PRECOX. STTXTTAA- MmtVTvr. ipptt , V FT. LOSES S2, ,000 BY FIDE FlamesSwept Over City by Strong Wind. ONE PERSON LOSES LIFE Three Churches Among Ruined Buildings. SANITARIUM ALSO GONE . Starting In Barn, Fire Clears Large Arm !n Southern Part or City. Texas & PaciHc Railroad Is Heaviest Lower. FORT WORTH. Tex.. April 3. Starting In a barn, presumably from a carelessly thrown cigarette. Are this afternoon de stroyed' property In the southern portion of Kort Worth conservatively valued at J2.BOO.O0fl. caused the death of one per son. J. J. Newton, of Krum. Tex., and rendered several thousand persons home less. The fire originated at Jennings avenue and Peter Smith street. In the center of a fashionable residence district, and. fanned by a stiff wind, was beyond con trol within 15 minutes. Spreading to .the south, it burned Its way through 32 blocks and continued until It had swept through the yards of the Texas & Pacific Railroad, burning the railroad buildings and a large amount of rolling stock, where the Are practically burned itself out. Churches and Hail road Surfer. Throe church buildings, the Broadway Baptist and Presbyterian and the Swed ish Chapel, ere among the buildings burned, as was the Presbyterian Sanita rium. The patients of the latter institu tion were all removed in safety. The T(ajt-&.jaWs&a41road suffered the largest individual loss. Fourteen lo comotives ware reduced to twisted masses of stejl and iron and several hundred boxcar3, besides the roundhouse and oth er buildings of the road were destroyed. The Texas & Pacific estimates the loss to the road at $160,000. while the damage to the church property is esti mated at 33)0.000. Burns Till Kuel Kxhaustcd. In answer to appeals for aid. special trains bearing Are-fighting apparatus were dispatched from Dallas and Weath erford, Tex., but all efforts to check the spread of the flames were without avail until the yards of the Texas & Paciflc were crossed and the "reservation,"' a vacant lot of ground on the east, was reached. On the south the Texas & Faciflc depot.a stone and steel struc ture, proved to be a bulwark which saved the wholesale district. The Are-swept area was patrolled to night by armed guards to prevent loot ing, while the owners of the burned buildings gathered what they could of their household effects and sought shel ter for the night wherever it could be found. The livestock building and audi torium at the fairgrounds provided a temporary abode for many, while others slept in vacant houses or accepted the hospitality of Dallas and nearby cities. DALUS HAS FIRE VISITATION Flame Destroy Residences on Quar ter or Square Mile. DALLAS. Tex.. April 3. Sixty-four residences and a private sanitarium In Oak Cliff, a suburb of Dallas, were de stroyed by fire today, causing a prop erty loss of approximately I2S0.000. The Are was fanned by a strong southwest wind and before It could be checked Had swept through 114 residence blocks and in the burned area, which covers more than a quarter of a mile square of ter ritory, only Ave buildings remain Intact. Alt of the patients at the sanitarium were removed from the building In safety. CANDIDACY OOKfc i la There Are Other. WORTH 5un STUDENTS STRIKE FOR SOCIALISM BRITISH WORKMEN' AT OXFORD STAND BY PRINCIPAL. Regnlar I n ion Methods Pursued. Successor Barred and New College Planned. OXFORD. England. April 3. The students of Ruskln College, which was founded here in 1899 by an American. Walter Vrooman, to provide working men with facilities for the' study of social and economic subjects, have been on st tile e for a week on account of the dismissal of Dennis Hird, the principal. The students are dominated by the la bor unions and the strike has been con ducted on strictly union, methods, the students boycotting the other lecturers and picketing the grounds against any attempt on the part of Mr. Hlrd's suc cessor to take charge. After a lengthy meeting today the students decided to appeal to the unions for 100,000 sub scriptions of a shilling each to start a new college. Mr. Hird was removed on the ground that he was unable to maintain discip line. The students scoff at this expla nation and think he was deposed be cause his teachings were considered too socialistic. CHILD'S BOND RECOVERED Father Secures $1000 Forfeited When Girl Disappeared. 6POKANR, Wash., April 3.-(Speclal.) The Rev. W. Q. Moter. a Methodist min ister at Newport. Wash., today recovered the $1080 bond that he posted for the ap pearance of his daughter Winifred Moter. who Is now serving an interminate sent ence at Walla Walla for forgery. After being in jail for some time fol lowing her arrest,, the girl was released upon bond. Upon the day her case came up in the Superior Court, she appeared in court in the morning and the case was continued until 5 o'clock in the after noon. When the hour arrived she was not there- and after waiting some time the bond was declared forfeited. It was shown that the girl, who is only IS, and twice married, had made no at tempt to escape, but had appeared at the Courthouse soon after the bond was for feited. The Rev. Mr. Moter. after the sentence of the girl, made application to have the money returned and the order was entered today. LOSES MUCH COAL LAND" Northern Pacific's Title to Large Montana Tract Void. j HELENA. Mont.. April 3 In the Unit ed States Court today Judge Hunt de clared null and void the title of the Northern Paciflc Railroad to 1200 acres of coal land in Carbon County, valued at S2600 an acre. The Government instituted suit to recover the lands because of their mineral character. Judge Hunt in his decision held that, though classifled as non-mjneral, it was well known that they contained coal before they were entered upon. CRUISERS ON LAST RACE Two-Thousand Mile Coal Endurance Test Starts From Newport. NEWPORT. R. I.. April 3. With each ship's company aroused to the highest pitch of excitement in friendly rivalry, the three scout cruisers Chester, Birm ingham and Salem swept out of the har bor at noon today, and at 12:45 P. M., crossed the starting line oft Brentons Reef lightship for their third coal-enriur-. ance test of 2000 miles. The cruisers encountered rough weather after getting outside. WESTON HURTS ANKLE Veteran Walker WIU Rest in Ohio Over Sunday on Long Walk. YOUNOSTOWKT. n Inrli c-j j Payson Weston, on his walk to the Pacific Ceast, reached here from Sharon. Pa., at 10:30 this morning, ap parently in excellent condition. Weston will spend Sunday here, leaving for Canton Monday. He sprained his ankle today on his walk from Sharon. HARRY MURPHY BLOCKS TRAFFIC BY PANAMA ROUTE Harriman Stirs Up Gov ernment to Action. REFUSES STEAMER TRAFFIC Pacific Mail Declines Ship ments to New York. SCARED BY INVESTIGATION War Department May Take Drastic Action on Shippers' Complaints or Attempts to Divert Traf ric From Isthmus. SAN FRANCISCO, - April 3. (Spe cial. An investigation of the high handed action of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company In refusing ship ments for New York when its Panama steamships, were sailing wit vacant cargo space has been made by Gov ernment officials connected with the Government-owned Panama railroad, and signatures have been obtained to statements from big San Francisco shippers which may result in . drastic action by the Secretary of War In breaking off the hold which E. H. Harriman has sought to obtain on the Isthmus route to the exclusion of com petition. J. p. Williams, the local agent of the Panama Railroad, has the papers In his possession, and it is asserted that they are to be sent to v ashington. Joker in Rate Reduction. When the Pacific Mail Steamship Company announced that it would take freight to New York by the Isthmus st a reduction that amounted In many instances to cut of 60 per cent in 2-jihe shippers were delighted. Kut when steamer after tu - with vacant cargo space, while ship pers seeking to avail themselves of the reduction were put off with one excuse after another, the sensation of delight gradually gave place to a con viction that the millenium had not fully come. Fearful to complain when the ship ments were refused, the merchants had remained silent. While a rival line around the Horn might take their through freight, those who were ship ping to the Interior by rail knew that the men who owned both the Pacific Mail and the Southern Pacific might put on the screws in a manner that would make the complainant wish that he had endured the indignity In silence. Excuse Tor Not Taking Freight. The refusal of freight is accom plished In divers ways. One pretext that Is employed is that New York freight must be loaded In the bottom of the hold, and if "Mexican freight has already been stowed away the shipment for New York must wait for the next steamer. In other words, where freight is offered that must be moved from Interior points by rail the steamship company expresses a will ingness to receive it. but when the shipper attempts to have It transported to San Francisco the railroad falls to find empty cars for that purpose. Backs Down Upon Inquiry. Then the company learned that an investigation was on foot, and In the last week letters were sent out by Freight Traffic Manager A. M. Gar land to San Francisco shippers declar ing that the Pacific Mail was ready to receive all shipments which might be offered. Evidently the Harriman company fears that the investigation has a sting to it, for the California Fruit Canners' Association, which had been refused space on the last Pan ama steamer, was suddenly notified that Its shipment would be accepted, and it went forward. Itiis known that the general facts In the situation have (Concluded on Pace 2.) MAKES PICTORIAL FUN LAST CUE IS NEAR FOR AGED ACTRESS PRIEST WAITS TO GIVE MODJES KA FINAL RITES. Distinguished Tragedienne Not Ex pected to Survive More Than Another Day. SANTA ANA. Cal., April 3. Late this evening Madame Modjeska was reported to be sinking rapidiy, and her physician hardly expected her to survive another day. Dr. Boyd Issued a bulletin at 9 o'clock saying that his patient's pulse was 88 and her respiration 20. The veteran actress was still unconscious at that time. Late this afternoon Father Steeters, of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, at Santa Ana, was summoned to the home of Mme. Modjeska to administer extreme unction in case the distinguished actress should recover consciousness. He arrived at the ho-ise soon after, and is in con stant attendance near the sick room in case his services are needed. Mme. Modjeska has long been a suf ferer from Brlght's disease, and this is now complicated by a weakening of the heart. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weatber. TESTER DATS Maximum temperature, 49.5 degrees; minimum. 3S.1 degrees. TODAY'S Frobably showers; wanner; winds mostly southerly. Foreign. Students of Ruskin college, Oxford, strike against removal of principal. Section 1. page 1. Britain alarmed at increase of American Navy, Section 1, page 8. Naples makes great preparations to welcome Roosevelt. Section 1, page 8. Admiral Cerver diad. Section 1. pago 5. National. Republican insurgents dictate terms of sup port to tarilt bill and committee makes many changes. Section 1, page 1. Tarilt debate shows much Republican opposition- to duty on necessaries. Section 1. page 5. Bill in Congress to prevent courts from sus pending laws. Section 1, page 3. Two Important disputes submitted to Hague Court by Unltei States. Section 2. page 2. Domestic. Respectable Chicago man flees when dis covered to be ex-convlct and family tears suicide. Section 1. page 1. Fire destroys 2. 300,000 worth of 'ort Worth property and one life; pictures of Kort Worth buildings. Section 1, page 4. Wheat passes hTKh records of Gates deal and boom causes failure In Chicago. Sec tion 1, Dage 2. Harriman diverts freight from Panama J?" e SDti Government starts to block '- Section 1, page 1. Sports. CsL"y AhR fiV more Pitchers than He will - t , page t. , Ketehel boomed to fight 'Johnson after beat ing Burns. Section 4, page 4. Heavy sales of autos enow prosperity in Ore gon. Section 4. page 6. Three opening games in week satisfy greedy n Francisco fans. Section 4. page 5 Grammar School League will open season Tues day. Section 4. page 5. J. Cal. Bwlng-s retirement would please Port land ball fans immensely. Section 4. page 4. Local baseball season in Coast League opens April 13. Section 4. page 4. Oxford wins nerve-wracking boat race with Cambridge. Section 1. page 11. St. Yves wins great Marathon Derby. Do rando second, Hayes third. Section 1 page 1. U. of O. wins Indoor meet. Seattle second and O. A. C. third. Section 1, page 10. Paciflc Northwest. Suit begun at Marshlleld to recover posses sion of Coos Bay and Eastern Railroad. Section 1. page 6. Superior Judge cited for contempt for re vealing secrets in Gordon grand Jury probe. Section 1, TaBe 3. Sa'm .horse-show attracts blooded stock, section 1. page a. United Railways asks for right to enter Forest Grove. Section 1. pagl 7. Commercial and Marine. EIct0' probable hop production on prices. Section 3, page 11. May wheat sells at 1.22y, at Chicago. Sec tion 3, page 11. Steamship Numantla clears with flour cargo for Oriental ports. Section; 3. page 10.' Portland and Vicinity. Reclamation engineers' report may block Des chutes road to Central Oregon. Section 1 page 8. ' Wife of Jesse C. Moore, belligerent druggist sues him for divorce. Section 2, page 12. Oregon Klectrlc to spend J2OP.O00 on better ments at once. Section 3, page ' 12. Names of many candidates will come before Republican assembly. Section 4. page 10. Mayor Lane says moral squad raids will con tinue. Section 3. page 12. . Local logging men say tariff discussion has not lowered price of logs. Section 2 page 12. Portland Railway. Light Power company claims rights over proposed Madison street bridge. Section 3. page 10. Mrs. Mary Nichols found dead in bed; thought to be suicide. Section 1. page a! Big sales made in real estate market. Sec tion 4. page 8. Important building projects will help Sunny side. Section 4. page 7. East Side lots sell well at advanced prices Section 4, page 7. Many new houses going up at Montavilla. Section 4. page T. Indian springs win be made into Oregon Carlsbad. Section 4, page 8. Theatrical news. Section . 4, page 2. OF THE MAYORALTY iVi, IEi? J501 Portland 2. Lm Ange les 4 ban Francisco 1, Oakland 0; Vernon . S. Sacramento 1. Section 1, pare 11 T'l.,?01'. "V" Mitordtle. 4 tu.,.4; game Is called in 11th. Seciinr. i 7 DICTATE TERMS ON TARIFF RATES Insurgents Send Ulti matum to Leaders. THREATEN TO DEFEAT RULES One Demand Is No Vote on Free Lumber. NO RECIPROCITY IN COAL I Republican Opposition Claims SO Votes Committee Cuts Out Tea and Coffee Duties and Taxes Philippine Rice. WASHINGTON, April 3. Fearing that the demands which they have made for an opportunity to vote on sdme of the principal schedules In the Payne Tariff bill might result in changes which they consider more disadvan tageous than the provisions now in the bill, nearly 30 Republican members of the House met today and agreed upon the changes which they desired to have submitted in the form of committee amendments. At the same time a meeting of all the members of the ways and means committee was In progress to pass upon the amendments which the sub committee of Republican members, had submitted. The committee will report about 60 amendments, including those striking out the countervailing duty on coffee and the duty on tea. Insurgents State Demands. Implying that they would vote against any rule to restrict amend ments to the bill unless the changes they desired were provided for by the ways and means committee, the Re publicans who met today decided "to send the following petition to Chair man Payne: "To the Republican members of the ways and means committee: "The undersigned request your com mittee to present the following com mittee amendments to the Payne tariff bill. "An amendment providing for a duty of 45 cents a ton of 24.000 pounds on coal and striking out the provisions for reciprocity. "For a duty of 25 cents a ton on iron ore. "For a duty of $3 a ton on pig iron and scrap Iron. "For a duty of ten per cent on hides. "The amendment to the lumber sched ule to be confined to the proviso. "A rule which will provide for the above will receive our support." Shut Out Free Lumber Proviso. It was stated by the leaders of the movement that fuliy SO signatures of Republican members would be sub scribed to the petition by Monday. The meeting of Republicans was attended by three of the members of the ways and means committee, Foi-dney of Michigan, Cushman of t. nshino-t j Gaines of West Virginia. A number of those who attended the meeting have contended that their de sire was merely to permit the offer ing of amendments to the lumber, iron ore, coal and hides schedules. In order that there might be a vote on them. That such a vote might result In plac ing lumber on the free list and that the other changes sought might be de feated has become evident. It was decided, therefore, that the best way in which to bring about the desired changes was to have the rule that is to be brought in on Monday restrict amendments to those which the ways and means committee will report and have that committee Include the five amendments asked for in the petition. Oregon Men Among Insurgents. Besides the three members of the committee, the following Republicans - (Concluded on Page 2.) SITUATION AND OF SOME EX-CONVICT FLEES FROM REVELATION 'CHURCHMAN-BROKER" LEAVES HOME :AND FAMILY. Fearing Past Will Become Public Gossip, Sow Respected Man Disappears From Chicago. CHICAGO, April 3. (Special.) Pri vate detectives and police of the coun try are searching today for Charles Wallace Mosher. the "churchman broker" of Chicago, who. relatives fear, will kill himself in a fit of aberration unless found. Mosher fled from Chicago when i.e believed that his life's secret the fact that he was an ex-convict was about to be revealed. He was laboring under a heavy mental strain, and his wife and stepson fear for his safety. The revelation which came was that Wallace Mosher, broker, promoter and devout church member, was Charles Wallace Mosher, ex-convlct and former politician, banker and capitalist, who was released from Sioux Falls Peni tentiary 16 years ago after serving a sentence for the violation of the Fed eral banking laws. At the time of his sentence, Mosher, It Is declared, was a leading figure of the West- He was also wealthy, and was Interested In many big ventures. He was sentenced In connection with the wrecking of the Capital National Bank of Lincoln. Neb., of which he was president until the crash came. More than $1,000,000, It Is said, was swept away. DEATH REVEALS RELATION Denver Shoe-Lace Peddler Was Cou sin of Hall Calne, Noted Novelist. DENVER, April 3. The Denver Post today asserts that Philip Caine, known as the "Shoe Lace" man, because of his having existed for years by the sale of shoe laces and who died last Novem ber in Ignorance of the fact that he had been .nade .heir to a fortune of $60,000, was the cousin of Hall Caine, the nov elist Philip Caine lived the life of a recluse in . Denver, and none knew that he was the relative of Hall Caine until, it is asserted, the relationship was established a short time ago by attorneys engaged in the settlement of the estate of John Calne, a brother of Philip, who before his death was a resident of the Isle of Man. The Isle of Man is the home of Hall Caine. SAYS PIER LONG AND BONY Mark Twain Refuses to Leave Car to Inspect It. NORFOLK, Va,, April 3. The opening of the new Virginian Railroad was cele brated tonight with a banquet given In honor of H. H. Rogers by the., business men of Norfolk. Among the speakers was Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), who made one of his characteristic humorous speeches. He appeared In his well-known suit of immaculate white and declared he was the whitest man in at tendance. Explaining why he did not leave the car to inspect the great eteel pier of the Virginian Railroad, Mr. Clemens said he saw It en route to the city and noted that, like Mr. Roger's foot, "it was long and bony." BEATS THUG WITH BUCKET Spokane Groceryman 'Retreats Un der Fire and Locks Door. SPOKANE, Wash., April 3. (Special.) Armed with a galvanized Iron water pail, John Gelina, proprietor of the Enterprise Grocery at Addison and Gordon streets, stood off a thug carrying two revolvers at 8:30 tonight and was shot in the arm. He darted inside the grocery and bolted the door just in time to escape further shots. CHILD DROWNS IN WELL Two-Year-Old Meets Death While Playing in Yard. MARSHFIELD, Or., April 3. (Special.) The 2-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe, living on South Slough, met death this morning by falling into a well and drowning. The child was playing about the yard when the accident happened.. OTHER THINGS " FRENCHMAN WINS GREAT MARATHON St. Yves Beats Rivals With Final Sprint. DQRANDQ FINISHES SECOND Longboat and Shrubb Give Up Worn Out by Pace. HAYES, BEHIND ITALIAN! Repeated Efforts to Wear Out St Yves Only Exhaust Competitors, i'o Aiatntains T Furious Speed. ... ; NTDW YORK, April S.-Henry St. Yvesj of France, won the International Mara-s thon derby for professional runners a the National League baseball park to day. Dorando Pietri. of Italy, was sec ond; John J. Hayes, of New York, third, and Matthew Maloney, of Tonkers. NL T., fourth. Tom Longboat, the Canadian Indian, quit the track in the 30th mile, and AlV fred Shrubb. of England, gave up lnv the 25th mile. Both were completely ex hausted In trying to keep the terrific pacer set by the Frenchman. Shrubb made a game struggle from 20th to the 25th mile, but the pace was too fast and the dis tance too far for hu. St. Yves Finishes With Sprint. ', St. Yves, the almost 'unknown, covered) the Marathon distance of 26 miles 883 yards in 2 hours 40 minutes SO 3-6 seconds, a remarkable performance under the con-, dltlons. and finished with a fast sprint la good condition. Dorando was 4 minutes! 47 3-5 seconds behind tho Frenchman, while Hayes followed the Italian across the finish line 3 minutes and 60 seconds later. No time was taken on Maloney, the fourth man. St. Yves took J5000 of the prize, Dorando) 2600, Hayes $1500 and Maloney iiooo. Shrubb and Longboat go unrewarded for their brave efforts. Greatest Marathon Race. These-are the net results of the great est Marathon ever run In America, and except in point of numbers o contest ants, the greatest ever run anywhere. Six of the best distance runners in the world, competing for a smaU fortune in prizes, brought out a crowd that packed the newly arranged stands of the polo grounds to the point of standing room. The day. was tot pleasant for an outdoor func tion, but 30,000 spectators put up umbrel las for protection against the showers that fell during the first hour of the race. When the six runners came upon the field at 3 o'clock, the showers had softened the course. St. Yves Takes Lead With Sprint. When the men were sent away with a pistol shot, Dorando at once leaped into the lead, closely followed by St. Yves, Shrubb and Longboat. Maloney and Hayes fell behind several yards and took up a steady trof. In this order they ran. for five laps, Hayes dropping behind. Then St. Yves passed Dorando and began to sprint. He gained 60 yards and fin ished the first mile in 5 minutes 19 'sec onds. Many Frenchmen were present and the band stirred their enthusiasm witt the "Marseillaise." The short, choppy, strides of the Frenchman did not im press the crowd, and there were cries oj "Oh,, he'll come back all right," but the! "dark horse" went along at a furious:' pace, and on the second lap of the sec-' ond mile he caught up with Hayes, and) thus gained the first lap on the Ameri can. " - ( Shrubb to Third Place. Shrubb increased his pace in the second) mile, opening a few yards between him self and Dorando. The Italian sprinted! and overtook him, however, and the Eng. lishman fell back Into third place. Long boat was pegging along easily behind Shrubb, while Maloney ran at "an even (Concluded on Page 10.) Reedy for S.bjeet. Ti. .me, bet Oh 6. DIMereet. it . I 1 L.-... ""::rz::0r-r oh. .PPy D.r for the t " " 1 " : ,, .... i