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VOLUME LXIII. NO, 300
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COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THC LOWER COLUMBIA
ASTC ,rtEG0N. TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BIG MI
BUILDING
v.
Given Severe Test By the
Fire.
ONE FIREMAN INJURED
Many Guests of the Hotel Were
Scantely Clad When They
Reached the Street
PRINTING HOUSES GUTTED
Tbf Wind Drova the Flames Direct
ly Against the Sixteen-Story Bank
Building Which Formed Complete
Barrier to Spread of the Fire.
CHICAGO, III., January 27.-Fan-tied
by a forty-mile gale, a fire
which broke out in the Hotel Flor
ence, 163 Adam ttreet, early today,
scattered burnina ctnberi ftbutit the
aouthern portion of the loop district,
. endangering a score of itructurci and
; i.l iiiniwi
causing $ loss caimwivv a
Twenty guests of the hotel, which
wet a four-story structure, were,
roused from their beds by policemen
and firemen. All of the inmates arc
believed to have escaped.
Adjoining the burning structure on
the cast is the partially completed 16
atory building of the Corn Exchange
National Bank. The new skyscraper
was given a severe test but with the
execution of ionic temporary wood
work," resisted the flames successfully.
.Two members of the fire department
were struck by boarls which fell from
burning scaffolding on the 15th
floor of the bank building. One of
them, Edward Wakefield, a truckman,
was knocked unconscious. The other
Herbert Scanlon, a pipeman, escaped
ith slight bruises.
The wind drove the flames directly
against, the bank structure which
formed a complete barrier to the
spread of the fire, but at the same
' time acted as a chimney to. carry
'burning brands, sparks, and embers
hundreds of feet into the air. During
the height of the .conflagration i
flaming cascade of sparks poured up
oh the Rookery building at La Salle
and Adams streets and upon 3 the
Board of Trade, Grand Pacific Hotel,
Illinois Trust Savingsc Bank,
! Western Union, Home Insurance and
' other big structures. Some of these
buildings were erected so long ago
, that their fire proof qualities are a
matter of doubt and detachments of
firemen were sent out to keep watch
upon them. Some of the guests in
the Grand Pacific Hotel were awak
ened by the noise of the fire engines
and the glare of the flames, but what
ever fears they may have entertained
were allayed by employees of the
house. ' " : ' .'. . '
The fire started In the rear of the
aecond story of the Hotel Florence,
Before they were discovered they
gained considerable headway and
shortly after the firemen arrived the
second and third floors and a portion
. f the rear wall fell. A six-story
building adjoining the hotel on the
vest caught fire and was partly gut-
'ted. It was occupied by six printing
and two tailoring concerns, most of
which suffered heavy damage. In
three of the printing offices night
shifts of employes were at work and
these men were driven to the streets
so hurriedly that many were forced
to face the blizzard clad in the
sleeveless garments of the sterotyp
ing room, Many of the guests of
the hotel were also scantily clad when
they reached the street. They were
eared for by the police. Despite the
threatening nature of the fire, hard
work by the firemen confined it to the
two structures. The fight called for
the complete fire department forces
of the downtown and wholesale dis
trict, and the men swarmed upon the
roofs and fire escapes of adjoining
structures, pouring tons of water up
on the names from these vantage
points. Two hours after the first
alarm had sounded the flames were
under control.
TO DECLARE
THEMSELVES
STAMP ON JEWELRY.
Natives of India Getting
Uneasy.
URGED TO OPEN REVOLT
NEW YORK. Jan. 27.-Manufae
luring jewelers In New York and
other places have started a campaign
against the scljcrs of fraudulent jew
elry. The stamping act, passed by
Congress at the request of the jewel
ers provides for penalty in case of
jewelry stamped as oi a nigner graae nua iKa 4h- WhJl4l
than It really is. This has been effec-1 - " "
Man is Their Logical
Master.
tive but as the law does not require
stamping there are dealers who sell
unstamped jewelry or jewelry fr"om
which the mark has been removed.
Manufacturing jewelers now warn all
nurchasers that thev should look for
the stamp on all the jewelry they buy PREPARING TO STRIKE BLOW
and should also look for the mark of
the manufacturer.
AND
GOSLN
Captain Rhode of German Steamship
Neldenfels Brings Startling Infor
matlon That the 300,000,000 Natives
of India Are on Eve of Revolt
Heney Says Fulton Was Their
Attorney.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-That the
natives of India are preparing to
shake of! the British yoke is the
opiulon of Captain William Rhode of
the German steamship Neldenfels,
jus in from the Orient The captain
says that throughout the east the na
tives are getting over the idea that
the white man is their logical master
They Induced Men From Portland's! and are preparing to declare them-
North End to File on Timber Land selves. The 300.000,000 natives of
AGENTS OF A. B. HAMMOND
With Understanding That Their
Claims Should be Relinquished.
India, he believes, are preparing to
strike a blow for freedom and he ex
pects it to come soon. The success
of Japan in the war with Russia, he
believes to have much to do with the
changed conditions in the Par East.
He says:
"In the Punjab district the agitators
are urging the natives to open revolt
the testimony of W. E. Burke and W. The white man throughout the East
G. Goslin, former agents of A. B. is no longer looked upon as the na-
Hammond, the timber land specula- tura ord an " It is generally
PORTLAND, Jan. 27. -Senator
Pulton was again dragged into the
Hall-Mays case today by Heney. By!
believed among the natives that what
the Japanese did, the Indians can also
do, and it will not be very long, to
my mind, before there will be serious
trouble all over Asia."
tor, it was shown that in 1899 and
19(X), Fulton appeared as attorney
for Burke and Goslin and two others
who had been indicted on the charg
of conspiracy to defraud the govern-
ment by perjury. Burke and Goslin GUARANTEED CREDIT NOTES
testified they induced men from! ...
Portland's North End toYile on tim- CHICAGO, Jan. 27,-Professor J.
lr t:iml with rh. ltmlerstandiiicr that Lawrence Laughlin, head of the de-
thcir claims should be relinquished partmcnt of economics at the Univcr-
when Burke and Goslin, representing ity:of Chicago and one of the high-
Hammond. Drocured in lieu land est authorities on finance in the Unit-
script to cover the land included in cd States, believes that the guarante
their relinquishments. ' ; J ed credit note measure brought out a
Ex-Registrator of the Land Office week ago by the American Bankers
niuures, OI VJrCgOn V-lly, lUCnilllCU I nwuiuwu uuumasiuu iuvwu w
letter to Hall notifying him of the come a law
annarentlv unlawful character of Prof. Laughlin in mi framed a
Burke and Goslin's operations.
George Sorenson told of a conver
ge united btates will be es
tablished here soon. Prominent re
ligious workers among the Chinese
population of the city, in view of the
rapidly increasing Chinese popula
tion have decided to equip a leased
building with all the features of regu
lar Young Men's Christian Assn. insti
tutions and eventually erect a suitable
structure in a locality convenient for
the use of the city's Chinese. Plans
for the building will be presented at
a celebration of the Chinese new year
in the Twenty-third street branch of
the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion. ; :.,'
POLICEMAN IS RECOVERING.
akw fUKK, Jan. Z7. After an
operation which surgeons in the Har
lem hospital say is more serious than
the one performed in the attempt to
save the fife of President McKinley,
John Loughmah, a patrolman, who
was shot Monday night, last, while
attempting to aid a detective in ar
resting a pickpocket, is in a fair way
to recover. Hiss intestines were
pierced six times. At the hospital
last night it was said that Loughman
would probably be tit for discharge
in two weeks' time.
ATHLETIC CARNIVAL
Athletes Meet in Madison Square
Garden.
EN CHAMPIONS TO COMPETE
An Event Expected to Furnish One
of the Closest Contests is the 600,
Yard Run in Which the Pastime
Athletic Club Will Compete.
LAST WEEK
THAV TRIAL
Judge Dowling Makes Im
portant Inquiry.
"MANIC DEPRESSIVE"
Jerome Disappointed the Spec
tors When He Refrained from
Last Year's Tactics.
EVIDENCE IN REBUTTAL SOON
In 1899 Thaw Demanded the Walls
of the Room to be Torn Down and
Twenty Tons of Ice Put in to
Cool it
monetary system for the San Dom
mgo government, was a member of
sation with Hall in which the district'! the 'Indianapolis Currency Comission
attorney told him since he (Soreh-
sen) and-Browncll and others were
implicated in the land frauds, they
had better "stand in" and support
Hall for reappointment.
in 1897 and is author of many books
on the subject.
In declaring he favored the asset
currency measure of the Bankers As
sociation, Prof. ' Laughlin emphasi
Ex-Surveyor-Gcneral , Meldrum,ed three important points which' he
whom the government brought here could recommend the plan to the
from McNeill's Island prison, was not most strongly, f '
allowed to testify on an objection by They Ire: 1 'The bill provides
the defense that he wos not a com- for notes issues that will be absolute-
petcnt witness. Ex-Senator Fierce I ly safe.
Mays suffered from a very bad mem- Z. The measure offers protection
ory while on the stand. His manner I against inflation.
was apparently affected and seemed I 3.1t would provide an elastic cur-
to strain the patience of Heney to al- rency for the actual needs of business,
most the breaking point Heney tried "I favor the plan developed by the
to get the witness to admit Hall and currency commission of the American
Mays conspired to get the Bar Asso- Bankers Association," said Professor
ciation to demand that Heney retire Laughlin, in an interview yesterday,
from the land fraud prosecutions in I because under present circumstances
favor of some Oregon man. Mays ) it seems to be the most feasible of all
answers displayed only , the densest
ignorance on the subject. Heney will
close the government's case tomor
row noon when the defense will be
gin to introduce evidence.
Judge Webster expects this will re
quire about two days. In that event
the cases 'should go to the jury Fri
day or Saturday.
the remedies thus far' offered. It is
not a perfect bill but it is a long step
in the right direction."
Y. M. C. A. FOR CHINESE.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-What, it is
said, will be the first Chinese Young
Men's Christian Association in
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-Many ath
letes of national prominence are
scheduled to participate in the Pas
time Athletic Club's carnival in Madi
son Square Garden tonight In the
list of competitors are to be found the
names of 10 champions, several for
mer champions, a world's record
holder and three holders of American
records of entrants well known in the
athletic world are those of J. B. Tay
lor and Guy Haskins of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania; Eli B. Parsons
of Yale; Melvin Sheppard and Mar
tin J. Sheridan of the Irish-American
Athletic Club; Chas. J. Seitz and
Harry Hillman of the New York Ath
letic Club; America's champion high
hurdler; Forest Smithson, formerly of
Portland, Ore.; Daniel J. Kelly, the
speedy western sprinter, and H. C
Ramey and Frank J. Waller of the
Chicago Athletic Association. '
An event expected to furnish one
of the evening's closest contests is
the 600 yard run, in which Hillman,
Ramey, Taylor and L B. Dorland of
the Pastime Athletic Club, will com
pete. ' a .'.. ""'''.'.' ' '
Forest 1 Smithson, the champion
high hurdler, won the 60-yard hurdles
at the indoor, meet of the New York
Athletic Club tonight; time 8 seconds.
Dan Kelly, champion sprinter, was
unable ;to overcome his handicap in
the 60-yard dash and in the 220-yard
race the field was so large he was
unable to get past the handicapped
men. Kely ran a scratch in both
races. - : , ' flSIS
RUEF'S CHAFFEUR MISSING.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27,-Dis-trict
Attorney Langdon hints ,that
the defendants in the trolley cases
know where the missing witness,
Alec -Latham, has gone. 'Abraham
Ruef flatly accuses the prosecution of
having kidnapped his former chauffeur
and adds that there is a sinister mo
tive. , .'"' v;7' :;i ..
"It means more to the prosecution
that it does to me to keep Latham out
of the way," said Ruef today. "That
is something which cannot be demon
strated now, but I shall have facts to
add in a day, or two which will give
the public something to think about."
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-The de
fense in the Thaw case closed its case
today with "Manic depressive" in
sanity as an explanation of homicide.
Tomorrow-the prosecution will begin
evidence in rebuttal and the case will
go to the jury Wednesday night or
Thursday "noon. " Jerome will tomor
row apply for an appointment of a
commission to take the testimony of
Abe Hummel, who is in the peniten
tiary on Blackwell's Island. Little
ton said he would oppose such action,
whereupon Judge Dowling said he
would go to Blackwell's Island to
morrow night in company with the
defendant and his counsel to preside
at the taking of Hummcl's testimony.
The jury will not be taken. Thaw is
delighted at the prospect of an out
ing and smiled broadly at the court's
suggestion., Jerome disappointed the
room full of spectators when he re
frained from last year's tactics in
baiting defense's alienists, thf ee of
whom, Drs. Wagner, Jelliffe, and
Evans, declared that Thaw, when he
killed White, did not know the nature
of his act .
It was Judge Dowling who made
the most important inquiry of the
alienists. He desired to know if
"Manic depressive" insanity was re
current He also wanted, to know if
a - person suffering from this kind of
insanity is likely to commit assaults.
He learned that it is a re-current form
of insanity that attacks a victim
without warning, a period of insanity
followed by maniacal outbursts, then
by a period of complete depression
and then by a lucid interval. 1
It seemed as if the judge was secur
ing the information upon which to
base a judicial action in case of a
verdict of not guilty on account of in-
santy or straight acquittal. For even
in the latter event the judge could
have Thaw committed for examina
tion. The English surgeon, Dr. Syd
ney R. Wells, first gave mention to
"Manic depressive" or "Sub-cute
mania." Wells diagnosed Thaw's
case in 1899 when with a normal tem
perature Thaw demanded the walls of
the room to be torn down and that
20 tons of ice be put in the apartment
to cool it
Littleton's question which was an
swered by the experts, was a com
plete resume of the evidence, with the
exception as Jerome pointed ' out of
Smith's testimony
The fourth and probably the last
weqk of the trial of Harry, K. Thaw,
charged with the murder of Stanford
White begins today. In spite of the
fact that the first trial required 12
weeks the present one, will, it is ex
pected being elided in one third of
that time. Much of the evidence in
troduced at the first trial has been
eliminated this time and with each
side knowing what every witness
would testify, to the examination of
witnesses was much easier and much
shorter. Today the 'defense will call
to the stand four or five doctors and
nurses, who attended Thaw during
spell of illness there and will then
call its insanity experts, to whom will
be read the hypothetical question
which Mr. Littleton has prepared and
which is said to cotain some 15,000
words. To this question the alienists
will reply that in their opinion Thaw
waswhen he killed White, incapable
of knowing the nature or quality of
his act, or that the act was wrong,
the legal definition of such insanity
as excuses one from punishment for a
crime. Mr. Littleton has stated that
he believed the case would be com
pleted before the end of the week.
District Attorney Jerome has not
indicated what witnesses he will call
on rebuttal or what attempt he will
make to combat the insanity defense,
which has been set up. It is not be
lieved, however, that the rebuttal tes
timony will occupy any grit amount
of time.
Mr. Jerome will probably renew his
attempt to have placed before the jury
the sealed evidence taken before the
lunacy commission last year, when it
was decided that Thaw was not in
such a mental state as to warrant his
removal to an asylum at that time.
Several attempts have been made
by the district attorney to hare this
testimony opened and read to the
jury, but so far without avail. Justice
Dowling is considering a motion for
the opening of the testimony.
SAILOR'S PROPERTY
Daughter Supposed Her Father
Died Penniless.
LEFT MONEY IN THE BANKS
Half Brother Discovered the Old
Sailor Had Left an Estate Valued
at $15,000 and Had Himself Ap
pointed Administrator.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-A contest
over the property left by i Stephen
Thompson, an old sailor of the navy
has developed through the application
of his daughter, who has not seen him
for 25 years prefious to his death, for
the discharge of James M. Thompson
as administrtor of the estate and the
turning over of the money belonging
to the estate to her. Until a short
time ago she supposed her father to
have died penniless. Thompson enter
ed the navy in 1865 and served con
tinuously until 1881, when he was
transferred to the Brooklyn . naval
hospital where he died last August
In 1877, while serving on the great
lakes, he married a girl living in Erie
She continued to live there and he
saw her only at intervals between
voyages. After he died, James M.
Thompson, his half brother, discov
ered that the old sailor had left an
estate which is estimated to be worth
$15,000, most of it in the shape of
deposits an banks. He had himself
appointed administrator and - the
daughter who now asks his removal
says the first she knew of an estate
left by her father ;.: was . the
the half brother's proposal to
her that she take $5500 as her share
and divide the rest among the fath
er's half brothers and sisters.
NEVADA POLICE BILL.
CARSON CITY, Nev., Jan. ,27.
The police bill passed the House to
day, 31 to 7. , .
The bill provides for a system of
policing in time of riots that it is be
lieved will quell all the trouble in the
Goldfield section at the present time '
and place the state in a position to
handle future contingencies that may
arise Several members who were de
vout union men made a fight in oppo
sition to the bill Speaker Skaggs
left his chair and voted. Skaggs de
nounced the measure as pernicious
and czar-like and predicted that the
men who voted for it were digging
their own political graves.