33rd YEAR. NO. 56.
V$lA, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 5 1603
APPALLING
. CMiin
JOHNSON, TAFT, HUGHES.
Will
J 65 Pupils Burned
Death. .
to
400 CHILDREN IN SCHOOL
Speak. But Politics Will bi
Tabooed.
NEW , YORK, March 4. -An
nouncrmcnl wakmade yesterday by
otnceri of the Friendly Soni ot St
Patrick that Governor Johnson of
Mlnneiota li to attend the dinner of
that lociety in this city on March 17.
Two other notable speakers on that
occasion wil be Secretary of War
Taft and Governor Hughes. The
dinners of the Friendly Sons are non
political and it was said last night
that the spccheei of Messrs. Johnson,
Taft and Hughes would be without
political significance.
Colllnswood School Building
Catches Fire From Over
Heated Furnace.
SEVERAL PUPILS ARE MISSING
The Frightened and Panic-Stricken
ROBBS PETER TO PAY PAUL
BUTTE, Mont, Mar, 4.-Judge
Bourquin of the District Court has
granted leave to the stockholders of
the Butte Central and Boston Cop
per Company to intervene in the suit
against the Butte Central and Boston
of the Tri-National , Corporation
Copper Company, on the grounds
that collusion exists between the di
rectors of the two companies as the
same men are in charge of both cor
porations. '!- ..,,-'
It is alleged that the Butte Central
and Boston Copped Company does
not owe the debt of S51.44S.58 for
sr-
currency
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Widows and Any Other Means That
Could be Found.
Children Turned to Eacapa by the which luJ, h brought ,nd th,t
the business of the Butte Central has
been handled for the purpose of giv
ing the Tri-National the property.
Doth the Butte Central and Boston,
Fcnned I Tri-National companies are finan-
ieu vj umiun interests.
CLEVELAND, March 4,
in a narrow hallways, jammed up
against doors that opened only in
ward, 170 children in the auburb of
North Colliniwood today were killed
by fire, by smoke and beneath the
grinding heels of their panic-stricken
playmates. The awful tragedy oc
curred this morning in the public
PUZZLING PROBLEM
school of North Collingiurood 10 Disposition Of AvertJUCh'S Re-
miles east of this city. At 10 o'clock
tonight 165 cor ones were in the
morgue, six children are still unac
counted for and all the hopitalt and
houses for two miles around contain'
ed numbers of the children some fa
tally and many leas seriously injured.
All the victims were between the
ages of six and 15 years. The school
contained 325 pupils and of this en
tire number only about 80 are known
to have left the building unhurt. It
will be several days before the exact
number of the killed will be known as
the ruins may still contain other
bodies and the list of fatalities may
be Increased by a number of deaths
among the children who
BILL TALK
Heyburn Opposed to the
Aldrlcb Bill
AND PERKINS FAVORS II
Was Like Giving a Man Medicine
After He Had Recovered
From His Illness.
BAILEY AND DEPEW TO SPEAK
Aldrich Announced That be Hoped to
Have Vott on the Measure Next
Wednesday Heyburn Paid Hia
Compliments to N. Y. Flnanciera.
WASHINGTON, March 4. -Cur-rency
legislation was the subject of
consideration in the Senate today.
Heyburn opposed the Aldrich bill
and declared it useless and said he
would not vote for it. Heyburn laid
great stress upon what he declared
was the wrong principle of allowing
security to be used as a basis for cir
dilation. He declared that only the
bonds that have a taxing power
back of them should be used for that
purpose. The passage of the bill
now, he said, was like giving a man
mi.rlirinA nftr li ka.1 jwA f -m
ANARCHISTS WANT THE BODY his illness. He said the so-called
panic was only a nightmare and if the
financiers are given to understand
that they cannot depend upon govern
MONTANA LANDS,
BUTTE, Mont.,, March 4.-The
committee on mineral land clastifi
cations, appointed by the Montana
Mining Association, oncisting of J. A.
Rowand, Dr. O. M. Lanstrum and F,
W. Whiteside, will leave tonight for
Washington to lay before President
Roosevelt the data which has been
collected bearing on the classification
of lands in Montana. It is asserted
that nearly a hundred cases in which
fraud has been shown hare been se
cured to be presented to the Fresi
dent. On the strength of this infor
mation the committee will demand
that an investigation be made.
PARCEL POST
SYSTEM
Postmaster General Meyer
Favors it.
IN OPERATION ABROAD
ALDRICH BILL.
WASHINGTON, Mar.4.-A care
less canvass of the senate to ascer
tain the sentiment in regard to the
Aldrich currency bill, indicates that
when the bill comes to a vote there
will be more democratic senators for
it than republican senators against it
Since the speech by Senator Smith
of Michigan in opposition to the rail-
mail hnnrf fraturr. nf th tnair it
has been stated persistently that there WOULD AID RURAL DISTRICTS
a republican defection that en
Objections Have Been Raised In
Various Quarters to Measure
From Selfish Motives.
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dangers the passage of the bill.
MILLERS FALLS MAN KILLED.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 4.-Irv-
ing W. Bosworth, 55 years old, whose
wife and family, are said to live at
Miler's Falls, Mass., was struck and
killed by a Southern Pacific train nearj
San Pablo, Contra Costa county on
Monday night s .
mains, Up to Authorities.
NO RAISE OF RATES
That it Would be of Material Advant
age to the Retail Merchant in Com
petition With Mail Order Housea
is Apparent to AIL .
WASHINGTON, March 4.-Post-
master-peneral Meyer is making an
earnest effort to secure the enactment
of legislation to extend the parcels
post system, believing, be says, that
such extension would benefit mater
ially a large class of people living in
rural communities, and would aid the
DOUBLE MARRIAGE.
Mother and Daughter Are the
Brides.
CHICAGO, Mar. 4.-A double wed
ding at which mother and daughter
were the brides was the unusual ser
vice which Chicago gave t othe eventa
of yesterday. The brides were Mrs.
Adclla McKey, widow of Henry Mc
Key, and her daughter Miss Gertrude
McKey. Mrs. McKey was married
to Mr. Fielding A. Randle and Miss
McKey became : the bride of Mr.
Edwin A. Hearne, the service taking
place at the home of Mrs. McKey.
Mrs Randle has been a resident of
Chicago for the last thirty one years.
Before her marriage she was Miss
Adclla Parkhurst of New York, a
distant relative of Dr. Charles Parkhurst.
TAKING CARE OF THE BOYS.
NEW YORK, Mar. 4.-Tfaat the
big cities of the country should take
special pains to make ' something be
sides criminals out of boys, who more
in the spirit of mischief than antjiing
else come under the care of the police
was the opinion expressed by former
Judge Alton E. Parker last night in
an address before the Jewish Protect
ory and Aid Society here. Judge
Parker declared that there was no,
more important work than saving
these boys and that the people could
not be too. charitable in their conduct
towards them. The protectory So
ciety before which Judge Parker
spoke was organized a year ago to
lake and care for boys who have been
arrested for some misdemeanor.
Denver Hotel Men Pledged Not trade of small local merchants, and
to Raise Rates.
THAT ERRONEOUS STATEMENT
at the same time help make the rural
free delivery system of the Postoffice
Department self-supporting. In
recent letter to a Western Senator the
Postmaster-General said
'It does not appear to be generally
known that comprehensive system of
parcels post is at this moment in
operation in most foreign countries.
of the Dead Man Waa Sunested at wouJ t mott apt to conduct their
a Meeting Held at Maxwell and affairs on a sound basis and thus pre-
Canal Streets. I vent panics, lie took the ground that
the result of the bill might be to sup
plant the present currency with emer
gency bills, as bills, once in circula
tion could not be called back readily.
Heyburn said he never felt his
Scholtz, president of, the Chamber of
Commerce, issued a statement today
in which he made clear the fact that
The Plan to Act Through the Sister h""' assistance in such cases they The Contributione of the Hotelmen The ,irait of wc8nt fix " a number
Were Inaignificant Compared by 01 inem ,s snown: t-reat Britain, H
What Waa Given bv Other Inter, pounds; Germany, 11 pounds; France,
este-No Extortion of Any Kind. " P0": ta"y. " pounds; Chile, 11
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puunus, new .ceaiana, 11 pounds;
Austria, 11 pounds; Belgium, 13
pounds; The Netherlands, 11 pounds;
DENVER, Colo., March 4.-M. L. Cuba, 11 pounds.
The parcels post rate in all of
these countries is lower than the rate
(12 cents a pound) which has been
recommended for the central narr1
Denver noiei men were pieageo not post jn the United States.
to raise rates during the meeting of "The present rate on the general
the Democratic National Convention, parcels post is 16 cents a pound for
'There has been printed in many people in our own country, the limit
newspapers an erroneous statement of weight being four pounds, while
to the effect that Denver hotel men the rate from the United States to 29
paid a large share of the $100,000 foreign countries is 12 cents a pound,
raised here to help defray the ex- and the limit of weight to 24 of these
penses of the . national democratic countries is 11 pounds. In order to
convention and that they intend to have the rate consistent and more
make it back by raising rates," said equitable the department has recom-
Mr. Scholtz. "As a matter of fact, mended that on packages for delivery
the cotributions of the hotel men in this country it shall be the same
were insignificant compared with as on thqse sent abroad, namely, 12
what was given by 'other, interests, cents a pound, a reduction of 4 cents,
The hotel men are pladged in writing and the weight limit 11 pounds, an
not to raise their rates beyond, what increase of seven pounds.; also ma
is charged for meals and rooms at terial advantage to the retail mer
ordinary times and there will be no chant in competition with the mail
just ground for complaint ; on the order houses is seen at once when it
part of any one who comes here to at- is pointed out that the latter, at the
tend the national democratic conven-1 proposed general parcels post rate of
tion. There is no truth in the asser- 12 cents a oound. would be oblized
CHICAGO, Mar. 4.-Laxarus Aver
are now I buch, the young Russian anarchist
lying in the hospital hovering be- wh0 attempted to assassinate Chief breast swell with gratitude toward the
tween lite ana death. The school-1 u omppy mo wn nimseii financiers in new ionc who had been
house was of brick, two stories and '"'. was one of the body of men given credit for saving the situation.
attic in height. The- number of wno "' Pn counsel urundage Fcrkins spoke at length in favor of
pupils was more than normally large "cveral weeks ago to secure pcrmis- the bill. Bailey stated he would speak
and the smaller children had been i0" for the parade of the "unemploy- on the currency bill Monday and
placed in the attic of the building. cU" ' Thi permission was denied be-1 Depew wil speak on Friday. Aldrich
There was but one fire escape and "use it was feared it would bring I announced he hoped to have a vote
that was at the rear of the building, "bout a clash between the "Reds" and on the measure next Wednesday. The
There were two stairways, one lead the police. I Senate adjourned after listening to
Ing to the door in front and the other Avcrbuch was not a member of the addresses on the bill to increase the
to a door in the rear. Both these regular committee that accompained pay of the army.
doors opened inwards and it is claim- Dr Ben L Reitman over to the city
cd that the rear door was locked as hull. He was a sort of "camp-fol-
well. lower-
When the flames were discovered Joseph Ifuhn, Mr.: Brundage's sec
the teachers throughout seem to have retary, yesterday recognized in the
acted with couratre and self-posses- dead man who still is at an undertak
sion and to have, struuirted heroically ' establishment, a, roan who had
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for the safety of their pupils and come with the Reitman committee. ?
marshalled the little ones into col- " saw this man,'' said Mr. Huhn.
timns for "fire drill" which they often ''He was one of the several who came
practiced. Unfortunately the line of over with the committee. He was at
march in this execise has always led the inner door of the vestibule lead-
had been taue-ht to seek anv other "I no speak English - he said when "," '" '' "w ' .
exit. The Jire today came from the ! asked him what he was doing there1
furnace situated directly underneath Afterwards he muttered something
,inis part or we ou.u,i.H. ...v -,.. VVw.... ... . . . . . .
children reached the foot of the stairs ihe disposition of the remains of ,. 'u.sZ. ..'At .'.
....... . ... I -.t...M AK.ifc'. io r.c.i . .,.i;., iW.v' 3 to wOB uica
iney louna tnc name UUN n. m.m ,,..v housekcener for a number of vrs
BRIDEGROOM 82; BRIDE 47.
NEW YORK, March 4.-At the
age of 82 former Chief Eli Bates of
the New York fire department, is
enjoying his second honeymoon with
hia bride, formerly Mrs. Nellie Mc
Bride, a widow of, Park avenue, Ho-
boken. It transpired yesterday that
the couple was married in Hobbken
on February 16. Mr. Bates' first wife
to Hobokcn several years later. , He
was New York's chief from 1873 to
1884 when he was retired on half pay.
and so swift was a rush made for the problem to the authorities.
door in an instant It was tightly Despite- his attitude of sworn en-
nncked mess of children was piled up mity to society, there is no wish to
against it. From that second none! deny him the ordinary privileges of
of those who were upon any portion the burial rite provided it be perform-
nf h fif flight of stairs had any ed with the utmost privacy. No
Ahr. fnr heir lives. The children friends have called to view the re
nt the foot of the stairs attempted to ) mains, however, and unless his sister j
FLAG FOUND.'
fieht their way back to the floor
above, while those who were coming
shoved them mercilessly back into
the flames. In an instant there was
a frightful panic with 20G of the
pupils fighting for their lives. Most
f those who were killed died here.
The ureater part of those wno escap-
(Continued on page 8.)
informs the. u 3 :lcr taker to-day that
she is financially able . to bury the
body it probably will be interred in
the Potter's field.
The police when they arrested the
girl, found in her possession a trifle j
over $19, which is believed to be all
she had, and it is thought that the
(Continued on page 4)
PACIFIC GROVE, Cal... March 4.
News' has been received from Hon
olulu of a notable California relic. It
s the identical American nag first
hoisted over Monterey's custom house
when Mexico's flag was hauled down.
One Of General Fremont's old sol
diers, John Cook, by name, now 84
years old, who has lived 60 years in
Honolulu, has guarded this historic
flag together with a pistol that be
longed to the pathfinder. The flag
has been identified as authentic : by
Captain Teler arid Alex McDuff.
POSTOFFICE BILL
Appropriation BiilTechnicaily (In
der Consideration.
DEBATES TOOK WIDE RANGE
Hitchcock Pleaded For Placing on
ree List Wood, Pulp and News
print Several Members Secured the
Floor for Brief Periods.
tion that.' rates will be raised here' to pay $1.32 for sending a 11-pound
during mc convention ana inai state-. pacKage to a rural route patron,
merit is made' to set' at rest any un
easiness that may have been caused
by such misleading statements." .
W. F. R. MilLs, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce and a promi-l
ncnt Republican, ; supplemented Mr.
Scholtz's statement, in a similar vein.
"I am a Republican," said Mr. Mills,
"but I want, every one to know that
nothing will be ieft undone by the!
Republican '.citizens of Denver to
make all who come to the meeting of
the democratic ' national convention
come and enjoy their stay. , There
will be no extortion and every visitor
Willi depart satisfied with the treat
ment he receives. It is a matter of
pride on the part of all citizens of
Denver t5 treat every visitor to this
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difference in favor of the local store
keeper of about 10 cents, or $1,07 on
a 11-pound package. "
Uoiections have Deen raised in
various quarters to the measures
which the department is advocating,
and wherever these are not obviously
the outcome of selfish motives they
have been answered. Although no
sound argumnt has been advanced in
opposition, the contentions that have
been made are not without interest.
I mention the more important of
them, at the same time giving the re
plies which they have elicited:
"It ha"s been stated that the depart
ment is not equipped to deliver 11
pound parcels received in the general
mails. The present regulations pro-
(Continued on page 8.)
WASHINGTON, March 4. -The
postoffice appropriation bill was
technically under consideration in the
House today but a discussion under
the license of general debate took a
wide range. Speculation in cotton,
i nance, the tariff and a number of
miscellaneous matters in turn oc
cupied the whole time of the session.
Sims spoke in favor of the Burleson
bill to abolish dealines in cotton
futures. Chanef and Lindberg talked
on the financial questions. Hitchcock
pleaded for placing on the free list
wood, pulp and print paper and sev
eral others secured the floor for brief
periods. The general debate on the
postoffice appropriation will continue
tomorrow
DIGGING THE DITCH.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 4,-Up to
March 1, 28,414,934 cubic yards of
excavation had been taken from the
Panama Canal route. This is just
one fifth of the entire amount that
was estimated May 1, 1904, that would
be required to be excavated to com
plete the water-way, viz; 142.000.000
cubic yards in round numbers. Should
the work proceed at the present rate.
it is estimated the remaining excava
tion would be completed in three
years.
However, it is thought the work of
excavation will not be pushed to com
pletion, but that meanwhile constru
ction of the locks will proceed, the
intention of the commission being to
finish all parts of the canal construc
tion at about the same time.
Notwithstanding that there were
tiro less working days in February
than in January, the amount of ex
cavation on the canal was 733,312
cubic yards greater, the total excava
tion for. February being 2,645,880
cubic yards.