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,.,.11-, . .'--...1 . . THE WEATHER , - Fair tonight and Wed nesday;! probably light frost tonight . f EDITION VOL.,I. NO.1 163. .. .PORTLAND, ; OREGfON', TUESDAY EYIOTNG, SEPTEMBER 16. 1902. PRICE TXVE ? CENTS. GAY MRS: k. . ... VS.-.',' , RO COMBINE. FIRE TOPICS. DEAL IN WAGONER She Elopes Willi Dead Outlaws Brother r LEFT LARGE FAMILY Rndcr of Dive Merrill's Body Gases Great Sensation - Went to Seattle. v CHKHALI3, Sept 16. A sensation baa been created here by the elopement last Friday of Mrs. Mary Wagoner, of Napa vlne, and Ben Merrill, a brother of Dav Merrill, the escaped Oregon convict; who was killed near Chehalis, by Harry Traoy. Mrs. Wagoner found Merrill's body in some bushes while she was out berrying, and is seeking to recover the 11500 reward from the stats of Oregon. The couple purchased tickets for Beat' tie. Mrs. Waggoner is 46 years old, hav Ing three married daughters and several younger children. Ben Merrill has been working in a livery, stable at Chehalis for the last two months. GENERAL DELAYED Miles Will Not Sail for the Philippines" Today WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 16. -Gen era! Nelson A. Miles was scheduled to sail for the Philippines; today r the transport Thoman.. but owing to the de lay In finishing his report his departure necessarily has been deferred a few days. The ThomsS will be held at Ban Francisco until the commander of the army, accom panied by his aides, Colonels Whitney and Maus, reaches that city. . MERGER HEARING Testimony Taken Be fore Examiner In gersolL NEW YORK, Sept 16. The hearing of . testimony in the Northern securities mer .. ger case began this morning before Spec ial Examiner Ingersoll, appointed by the V.- 8. Circuit Court of Minnesota. ,, Jl. Xj. Grover represented the Great North ern, Charles Dunn, the Northern Pacific. George Young, and John W. Griggs, the Northern Securities. Solicitor-General Richards represented the government. The latter submitted a large number of depositions which he succeeded In having entered on the record after the argument : Counsel agreed that the previously giv en testimony following be accepted ss "testimony to prevent the stilt: Sill, Mor gan, Perkins, C. S. Mellen, J. S. Ken nedy, J. H. Schlff, W. B. Clough. Chas. Steel. The testimony of Haniman before the Interstate Commerce Commission at Chi cago will also be treated as' evidence in the present case. Adjournment was then taken until Thursday of next week. ARBITRATION BEGUN. THE HAGUE, Sept. 16. The Inter national Court of Arbitration has begun Its first case In the claims of the United States against Mexico, originating from the Pious Fund of California. The lat ter originated in 1697 and was to be used for the establishment of California mis sions. 'The properties of the fund were .'sold later to the' Mexican Government Which guaranteed' the church six per cent Interest , When California ceded Mexico defaulted in 1869 and paid nine hundred thousand dollars arrears. Since then nothing has been paid. WUHELMINA BETTER. ' (ScrlppaMcRae NggtlAssoolatton.) " THE HAGUE, Sept 16vWllhelmlna, aocompanied by the' , Phinoe ConSort, this morning, opened the sessions ot the states general. She has apparently en tirely recovered. - ,-, MOLASSES TRUST. . TRENTON, Sept 1. The American Molasses Company with a capitalisation f three million dollars secured a charter here today and la-looked on. as a new i treat. fc Davis Sewing Machine Company Don't Want'One. ' -,:' ,-- ' ' ; -: "- ' -DAYTON. Ohio.,' Sept 16,-Vlce-PresI-dent Huffman, of . the Davis Sewing Ma chine Company, says. that there Is abso Utely nothing in the story of a sewing machine combine so far as his company is concerned. He believes the story to be a canard. ' ' .' ."' A CLEAN SWEEP. Broom . Trust Being Formed by : PhiladelpnU' Capitalists. " NEW YORK, Sept 16. Well known capitalists of Philadelphia are forming a broom trust The capital stock of the new: organisation is to be 15,000.000. If the project is Successful all the big broom, manufacturing, plants in '.America ,wiU be gobbled up by the promoters of the enterprise which will eventWMly con trol .the broom' industry throughout the entire world. PLAN TO GET HELP Will Assess the Amer ican Federation of Labor WIT,KESBARRE. Pa., Sept. 16. Presi dents Gompers and Mitchell, and other mine workers and offlolnla are today dis cussing a, plan to ratfee funds to enable the continuance of the strike. It is un derstood that the plan is to assess every member of the American Federation of Labor, of which there are a million and a half. STARTS WITHOUT WARNING. WILKESBARRE. Pa.. Sept. 16. -Considerable surprise-Is being expressed at the opening of the Conyngham Colliery here this morning. No intimation of this action on the art of the operators haa been made and the opening of the col Ilery was entirely without warning.. Al though sorely disappointed, the strikers made on effort 10 rrevent the new men going to work. They gathered around thf colliery but made no demonstrations of any kind. MASSACRED A Thousand CUnese Converts Have Been Butchered. LONDON, Sept. 16. A News At-ency eis- patch from Pekln says Cathie here un derstand that from 300. to 1000 , converts have been klllel by Boxers in I ho province of ce Chuen.- LIPTON AFTER IT He Will Issue a Chal- lenge ge for America's Cup Soon GLASGOW, Sept 16. It Is authorita tively announced today that Llpton will challenge for the America's cup before the end of the week. Denny's Brothers, builders of the new yacht, Fife, say that the design' of the new racer is not so elaborate and costly. ' The final details will be settled tonight ' ' JURY DISAGREED. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16. The sec ond Jury in the trial of. Walter N. Dim' mick, who 'la charged with robbing the United States Mint here of large sums Of money,, has disagreed. Dlmmlck was arrested on the evidence of witnesses -who bad seen him at various times leaving the Mint building carrying a dress uit case. This led Uie officers to believed that he was using that method to remove thSti coin from the PTsroaesandonsequw his arrest foUffi Both trials have been .bitterly; fought on both sides and some of the best legal talent that could be secured has been employed In the case. . CERTAIN DEATH. . NORTH- FORK, Sept 16. A bulletin here says that a gas explosion followed by a powder explosion -with1 Big Four Mine yesterday lmrplsoned James Lester, John Rockey - and nfteen negro .miners. There Is no possible chance, of their be ing rescued alive as the mice is wrecked. F0RES1IIRESARE v ';MliY'Sl)BSMG What the Roll of Present, If Will Surdy Reach. Fifty and May BeOne'Hundred-The Work of Mercy Being Rushed ai All Poinb--Portland People n Are Giving Generously to the Sufferers From all reports received from the out lying districts it is evident that tlio fire has run Its course. While it is antlci-; pated that there will be luoro diimaga lone. It will sot be of the magnitude as that of the past. It Is not likely that more Uvea will be lost, unless some settler is caught in the isolated sections. The death roll Is increasing. It has been ascertained to a certainty that half a hundred lives have been lost. Dose-is ot others sre missing and but little hope Is entertained for their safety The greatest devastation Is throughout the dense nr and cedar forests of Lewis County Set tlers to the number of several hundred !iat located In this wooded w".de.no?JS and were struggling to clear ths land and es tablish homes. They were n tlie heart of the woods, and when the fames leaped over the country they had no opportunity to escape without the loss of their prop erty, and many of them could not save their lives. The fires In the suburbs of Portland are all under control. Gresham, I,mts, Oregon City, Oswego. Fulton and Kil vaukie are safe. The fire Is t till nerve at different points In the Ssndy Valley. RALLY NOBLY TO THE RELIEF 7 Fund for the Fire Sufferers Grow ing Rapidly. The subscriptions for the (relief of the Are sufferers are rolling In. The manner in which the call foi assistance Is being responded to is extremely gratifying 10 those who have In charge the wo.-K of soliciting donations. The fund will reach in the neighborhood of 14,000 before the day Is over. This morning the committee composed of . N. Flelschner and W. B. Roberts, succeeded In raising In the neigh borhood, of $300 among the business peo ple on whom many caled. Some of the churches have come to the front and made liberal donations In cash, and are actively engaged In getting together food, clothing and things necessary for the comfort Of the victims of the fire fiend. Arrangements are also made to provide medical assistance for those who suffered physical Injury by the flames. It is anticipated that the Shields' bere fit on Friday night will be a well patron ized affair, and a large sum will In this manner be secured to place Into the fund. Committees will probably be appointed to dispose of the tickets, and they will also be on sale at all the leading cigar and drug stores. FIFTY HAVE. MET DEATH In Clark County, Wash. Terrible Suffering Danger Now Past. VANCOUVER. Sept-16.-Reportv from the fire-swept districts fhls morning in dicate that all danger from forest fires is past. Yesterday afternoon the sun shone brightly, and the sky was clear for the first time in several days. Stories disaster continue to grov worse, and as near as can oe esiime.u.-a 60 people are missing since the fire. Thirty-two charred and lifeless bodies have already been found. The entire country from Washougal to the Lewjs Riyer pre sents a scene of desoldtrdnv'and over a hundred families aw-fft tujwfcless with scarcely clothing enough to cover them. Many incidents of heroic effort to save lives and property have been brought in , LICENSE REDUCTIONS. The Union Stock Yards Company has petitioned the fty to bav its license it duced from 130 per quarter to (It. as the present 'rate is out of proportion to the amount of business, dona. The pernio a tlm tne licenjie WM fixed there' was considerable complaint as to the way the yards were conducts! but that nofi' sll objections have been re moved. An ordinance granting the relief asked will be introduced at the next Coun cil meeting ' The Ames Mercantile Agency who ate taxed $23 per quarter, petition to have its license reduced to 110 and that they stand ready and willing to pay the IV) for ii e five quarters they owe. They claim that It is preposterous - to pay ss much as Bradstrestii and Dunns agencies -which operate al! over the country walls Aamei Is simply local cones' " ' Dead Will Be None Can Foretell at the But Hourly Reports Make . . It Certain That by the survivors. No more heart-rending scenes than were enacted during the aw ful tragedy could, be Imagined. The Ol'.y Council of Vancouver has appropriated 1130 for Immediate use and the Countv Commissioners met in special session to day and as a mass meeting of citizens is railed for tonight to devise ways and means of rendering assistance to the suf ferers, i ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS Of Forest Fires Being Sent Out Generously. From Oregon City. OREGON , CITT, Sept 16.-That the striken people of the burned regions, es pecially those around Sprlngwater. will soon have their bodily sufferings attended to, is made certain by the generous do nations which are- being received. One great pile of clothing and household good Is continually being added to at Burmister St Anderson's by members of the Kebekah Lodge and others, while at the house of Rev. Bollinger another large pile Is building. Everything asked ' for from money to hair pins is being given. all seeming to be only too eager to get their's there first. The money will be used to buy bread stuff and other whole some foods unless the actual coin is need ed. If arrangements can be made In time Mrs. Robert Wilson will leave this after noon for Springws ter with the FIRST LOAr'OF SUPPLIES. She is a memlx-r of the Congregational Church and is well known to many of the sufferers so her Judgment will be valua ble In distributing the supplies. A second wagon load will leave the church on Fri day or Saturday. The Rebekahs will send their collections out on Wednesday and on Friday in charge of some cool person. Although several tents have been re ceived a few more are desired for many of the families are sleeping on the ground during these cold nights. Also those hav ing food which they can spare a little of will greatly relieve the committee by leaving it at either of the receiving places. Enough food is being received to supply the present wants but these people will have to be cared for during the coming winter. The merchants are giving gen erously. One woman who managed to reach town clad only in a wrapper was fitted out entirely and sent home. Reports which only add to the awful ness Of the first accounts are received from every person coming from the burn ed district In one case the husband was compelled to take his wife from her sick bed and run with her in his arms across the stuble fields before the flames. The most -v. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE reported from anywhere was effeeted at this fire. The caretakers of Frank Bush's ranch whom everyone thought dead are alive. It was this old couple who had to bo driven from the burning house by a man with a drawn revolver and then re- j fused to go another step after they had left "the house a few rods. The whole place where they were last seen was soon a roaring furnace and it was believed that they were dead. Even Mr. Bush, their employer, went out Sunday morn ing prepared to bury their remains. This Is their story: When the flames actually reached them and began their deadly work, they tried to escape "but both fell Into a narrow ditch partly filled with water and there they stayed for one whole day and a half. , The water grew hot but the flames overhead were hotter so they stsyed there untR long after the flames had passed over until driven out by hunger. ' They are in a bad condition now as a result of their terrible experi ence. WILL ELECT .COMMISSIONERS The Port of Portlatnd Commission Will Meet This Afternoon. i ' The Port of Portland Commission will hold an important meeting late this af ternoon. The principal .business to be transacted Is the election of ft Commis sioner to. take the place left vacant by ths desAS of Bernard 8. ReiUy. ' ' Other business of importance will be the matter of the antagonism of the Federat ed Trades to the building of tbe drydock at Vancorrtr. . v . ; FLAMES RAGE . IN THE SOUTH Grants Pass and Rogue Valley Shrouded in Smoke. River GRANTS PASS. Sept. 16. Bad forest fires are raging In the pine-clad moun tains east and south of here. Never be fore haa Rouge River Valley had such a dense cloud of smoke hanging over It as It has at the present time. The smoke Is heavier and more dense than the heav iest fog of the winter months. The sun Is completely obscured and darkness set tles down early In the afternoon. At eight thirty yesterday morning It was yet dark. It is almost Impossible for one to read or write during the day vlvhont artificial light, and the atmos phere is stifling and disagreeable. In the vicinity o'f Table Rock, south of this city, bad fires are burning, and on Steerling Mountain,;' iarther south, heavy fires are raging Wlrfough the pine woods. The only damage reported to be done up to the present time Is the loss' of timber. The fires are confined mainly to tracts owned by private parties. The govern ment tracts over which the rangers are keeping vigil, are being kept free of fire. MANY DEATHS NEAR KALAMA Nine Burned to Death in Crowd While Fleeing. One KALAMA, Sept. 16. Reports of deaths, are arriving almost every hour from the rtmote districts. It is known tint rrfanv have Rsrished. An unusually sad story of the burning of a party of nine camp eis In one crowd has been bran?"-, in The victims were fleeing from tin on rnslilng flames with a team and waon. Tiieir escape it as for a short tlrr. de layed by a log which had fallen across the road. Before they could get away the entire party Was cremated. The team and wagon were destroyed. The victim? have not been Identified, but aro thought 'to be campers who were loca.ed near the base of the mountains. WALLA WALLA. WALLA WALLA, Sept 16. Smoke, and plenty of It, fresh from the forest fires of Western Oregon and Washington has arrived in this section, having been wafted up the Columbia river from the coast Yesterday the smoke' was so dense that breathing was Interfered with, and darkness set In an hour or two earlier than usual. The sun failed to - break through the darkness during the entire day, except for appearing as a white speok during a short time after noon. The equal of the smoke has not been seen In this city in many years, and most people say it has never occurred. THE DALLES. THE DALLES. Sept. 16. The forest fires in this vicinity are making great In roads on the settlers and many are home less on that account. Mr. J. T. Peters of this city has lost a mill which was located on the Little White Salmon, In Washington, with It about 1.500 cords of wood also burnt. People from down river points say that the fires are the worst that have been in thts country for some time. LEOPOLD COMING. BRUSSELS, Sept 16. Despite the de nial that King Leopold would not visit AmeHca,nt"is positively staTenatHTs ! Majesty exepcts to make the visit as soon as his affairs win permit tnmrc mmrmm DW1U T Ail. NORTH FORK. W. Va., Sept 16. The last of the 17 miners Who were Imprisoned by the explosion of the Algona mine, were recovered this morning. AH were dead, notwithstanding the, beroio efforts that were made to rescue them." . WHEAT MARKET. y . SAN , FRANCISCO. Sept. l6.-Wheat- u.i8Ki.m Large Meeting of International Fire Engineers. NEW TORK, Sept. . Fire fighting in all its phases Is to be discussed at the convention of the Internatonal-Association of Fire Engineers which, began its sessions at the. Grand Central Palace to day. From every point of view the con vention is the largest and most represent ative gathering of its kind ever held in America, or probably in the world. The fire chiefs of Berlin. Hamburg and sev eral other European cities are here to exchange Ideas with the chiefs of the leading cities of Canada and the United States. The sessions will continue all week. In conjunction with the gathering there Is an elaborate exhibition of methods and apparatus. STRONG ACTION Government to Prosecute Merger Case of North ern Securities Co. NEW YORK, Sept 16.-That the gov ernment Intends to' take positive ' -and strong action In the - prosecution of Its suit against the Northern Securities Merger Is shown by the early presence here of Solicitor General John K. Rich ards, who haa arrived from Washington. Testimony will be taken today before Frederick Ingrsoll, of 8t. Paul. Testimony similar to that In the Power case will be brought out. Morgan and Hill will be witnesses. TO PREVENT FIGHT Injunction Filed to Prohibit Cor-bett-McGovern Match. LOUISVILLE. Sept. 16. An injunc tion suit was filed here this morning to prevent the Corbett-McGovern fight There will be a hearing tomorrow. PROBING COMBINE The Meat Trust Scored by a Witness at St; Louis, ST. LOUIS. Sept 16. Attorney General Crowe opened the meat trust investiga tion this morning by calling Thomas O'Sulllvan, who has been identified with meat packing for 40 years, as. ft witness. He said he had been told by salesmen of the various coolers that a combine ex isted to bold up prices and that they knew weeks in advance when a raise was com ing, regardless of the price of cattle. He also testified to the use of ft chemical wash to restore the color of deteriorated meats and sausage. He said that the meats in sausage were not fit to eat dis eased hog kidneys, etc., being used. The cheaper grades were not smoked, but dipped in a chemical wash to give them a smoked appearance. They are believed to be decidedly pernicious to health. WILL ADJOURN TODAY. When the United States Court of Ap peals assembled this nornlng the case of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Company, appellants, vs. Gunder Kettleson. was taken up. The case came up from the District Court In which Kettleson won judgment. This will be the last case heard by the Court of Appeals, after which It . wiU adjourn to San Frantfisco. Yesterday two cases were heard,, that of Charles Sweeney. F. Lewis Clark and the Empire State-Idaho Mining & Developing Company, appellants, vs. Kennedy J. Hanley; and that of George W. Moore et al, appellants, vs. A. B. Hammond et al. The last case . grew out of the Astoria railroad project and has been in court for three years. Moore Moore, the appel lants, complain that A. B. Hammond did not carry put his contract and by doing so they were deprived of their share of tea profits which -amounted to H.0W.W. They allege that the agreement was that all the parties should raise the money, with which to build the road -and Moore & Moor should receive ft four-fifths in terest in the road, -While Mr. Hammond claims there' was. no such agreement but Moors & Moore were to raise all the funds. and in their failing- to do ' 'so he went ahead with the project t . "r ' -SALOON BURGLAlOfe At an early hour thlsvmorning the sa loon on ' Washington street between Fleventh" and. Twelfth, was entered by breaking nlot the back door, and about too flgars and some whisky stolen. ' - LUMBER Big Transaction in East ern Oregon ; - - 1 :; 1..- THE LARGEST MADE Grande Ronde Company Sells Its Entire System to Nibley ' ; & Stoddard. LA GRANDE, Ore- Sept H-Thei Grands Ronde Lumber Company has sot; its entire system of mills. Umber lands and mil property In Eastern Oregon, to ' Nibley & Stoddard, for approximately, K00.00O. This la the statement mads herej today to a Journal representative noon good authority. It 1 ths largest deal ever made In Eastern Oregon, and on o? ' the largest ever consummated tn Oregon. Details of J;he transaction ra hot avail ,: able at this time, but that th deal Is) actually made and closed is thj Asee-llc of persons who are In ft positloj to know. The Grande Ronde Lumber Company -has a fine plant at Perry, on the mata line of the O. R. 4 N.. between hero an-1 Pendleton In the Blue Mountains. It slsa holds Immense tracts of timber snd tn the country tributary, and has dons ftS enormous business. Messrs. Nibley & Stoddard have been In the lumber business for years, Mr. ' Ni&ley being also connected with the , Sumpter Valley Railroad Company, and with the beet sugar factory at La Grand. . Geo. Stoddard has been associated with him In the milling business at Baker ' City, and Is . also of ths Amalgamated Sugar Company. - v -, The purchase combines the two most"X tensive lumbering concerns east of the) mountains under the contro'. of 'Nlblejf & Stoddard. - RECORD BROKEN KionL Prinz .Wilhelm Beats Time of ..... ' H Deutsdilani, ; NEW YORK, Sept 16.-Ths Kron Prtaul Wilhelm broke the western transj-Atlan- tic record, arriving, her this morning after a voyage from Cherbourg- of VA . miles. In Qve days 11 hours -and 67 mln- tes The record was previously he.ld by) the'Deutschland. which was 2, mlnuteg ' longer. ' ' . PLENTY OF CASH New York Primaries Are Exciting Fight Is -Bitter, , ; NEW TORK, Sept It Ths bitterest ' primary fight in the history of the city is teing waged here today between ths sev eral political factions which are Strug , gling for control. The polls are to be open from 3 o'cock till and surging . masses of voters, are struggling to deposit, their ballots. Money is being .lavishly dis v trlbuted by the friends and supporters ot Croker and Carroll In an effort to secnr a majority for their leaders. A conserva tive estimate this morning places) ths amount of money spent by ths opposing . Tammany forces at at least ft Quarter of a million dollars. For the past month bitter war has been fought by both fac tions and money has been generously TUs- trlbuted by leaders- on both: side In ths struggle for supremacy. . ' . . f , COMFUMENTS NAVY. ' . NEW TORK. Sept 1.-Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beresfofd rrtvsd on th Kron Prtnx-WimrtmToday. "UommenM Ing on the recent maneuvers be said the American Navy was in excellent fighting trim and is bound to maintain' tho re spect ot every other country on ths facs; of ths globe. ' . 4 ' t .THESE WON CIGARS. " - The prizes for ths guessing contest con ducted by the Central Cigar Store mm V the number of paid admission's to th Elks' Carnival ars ready for the winner, Ths holder of ticket M gets first prto, 109 cigars; 1085 takes 75 eigars as second, while S3T nd;U7 captured third an I fourth place, respectively winning to sj- Si clgara. - ' 'li 1 '?--' .' ' V