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. . a m9 ., V - I: i FIRST SECTION ! i . - f ' 1 ' Ores Qai Daily ! l - ' ' ' - i omnia :7? T0 WATm. - , Tonight and Sunday, shelt ers; southerly wind. .. j ' VOL. I. XO. 311. PORTLAND," OHEQOK , SATTJKDAY EVEKiyG, HARCH 7, 1903. PBICE FIVE CE2T&" Mi)lANMiHCB?iraiIHG TO ENTER PORTLAND ' -MIWllB.DIAN GRAIN FIELDS A. FROM SPOI(ANE IM-BIEDING DOWN COLUMBIA RIVER POSSES PURSUE BENSON Outlaw Believed to-Be ; Surrounded and a . Fight Likely. Murderer SeenThisMorn ing by Woodsmen in the Hills. KAISER AMBITIOUS NAVAL POWER OLYMPIA, March 7.-After lagging for several day a, the chaae la again in full cry. Benson was aeen thla morning by wood-cutters who at once communicated with the officers. A posse la in pursuit of the criminal, who waa heading north ward on the Peninsula between Budd's and Kid's Inlets. It ia believed be has run himself into tight quarters, aa a oordon of guards haa been placed across ) the base of the Peninsula from Olympla to Mudd Bay, a distance of four miles. Launches containing armed men are cruising along the shore Una to prevent ' escape of. the fugitive by boat. The County Commissioners today authorised the expenditure of unlimited money in tracking down the man-killer and blood hounds have been sent for. rtAhiitv frr1.lf11and returned this morning from an all-night hunt, and found that Benson had atolen the chick en, the remains of which were found In ; the cabin near Black Lake. V Mrs. Frank Carter, at Bellmore, a sec tion station of the Northern Pacific, about two miles from the cabin, report- P A . flnn DtvMAiitli 'Dfthr knn hail Ram ,- atoierr-frora her pleT Wmlay Ttiirhf. and the feathers found in the cabin were from the Plymouth Rock chicken. Benson was known aa a notorious chicken thief. Before his escape ha told some of the prisoners that if he got out he would take hit time In getting out of the country, and he would "ftx some people' before he left He is now headed toward the ranch of Casper Brenner, with whom he had some words prior to hla arrest, after Bren ner had accused him Of stealing some of his chickens. Benson has before threat ened Brenner's life. Benson is now known to have a full supply of ammunl tion with him. He eluded the officers in the swamp last night and spent the night with an old soldier, a' basket-weaver, one and one-half miles west of town. Officers are confident Benson Is within easy reach, and all speed is being made to overhaul him. A . desperate light is expected to be chronicled at any moment. III , " J , 4 i - ' V i . ,' I i ! i ; 1 Bi' JJssBBSBassaa v ia' iv i u j:-" w 1 lie Oernan BatU. Zaiaar XTIIhalnJn. The ajoAOUcemaat from Spokue that the Canadian raelfle's recent 'mysterious laorsmeat lm the.tat of Washington that the above named road la to solid down the OolmmbU silver and establish a termi nal In this lty, thus opsalag rich eomntry that haa heretofore remained nndeveloped heeanse of took of railroad facUitlsa. and mating that ter ritory tributary to SerUand, la of far-reaching Importance. Xt means. If carried eat, that millions of bushels of wheat now marketed on ruget Bound will oocte to thla port for Bklpment, and that the entire future produot of districts that have heretofore yielded nothing will also be , brought thla way. ' . . Wot months there have been rumor that Canadian laolne surveyors " were at work In outhern Washington, but no one paid any great deal of attention tV them, keoaust It was generally considered aa absurd to believe the ferFlsh oompany would orosl the Una and oomo this far south. But Meant, developments la and about pokaao have caused a change of opinion In taw regard. - ( Xt has been known for some time that the Canadian Bnelflo was bar- ' taring for av right ef way had depot grounds in the rail City and the newspapers there 'have printed columns la speculating- aa to the probable intentions of 'the oompany.. further than this It Is positively known that high officials fat the Canadian road have been la Washington carrying on these negotiations. rortland ttuUroad men, while they know nothing regarding the netnal Intentions ef the Canadian Yaelflo, today admitted the projected line would be vastly remunerative and what they termed "good business." That thetBTorthern' Bnolfle is planning a road along the north bank of (he Columbia. hUver to thla city is well known, and with thia road completed and the Oamadlaa Vaelflo operating here, Portland would be the greatest tallroad and grain shipping center west of Chicago. It al ready haa thettrnlon elfieV the aTorthera Vaelflo, the O. B. si V. and aw number of leasee roads, or feeders. , RUSHING WORK ON GERMAN NAVY BERLIN, March 7. -Aiming to get ahead of the United States and more particularly to reduoe Bngland'a naval prestige, the Gorman government ia making active preparations to increase the Kaiser's navy to eh appreciable ex tent. German shipyards are now being overworked in an effort to produce aev eral new battleships of the above class. DARING HOLD-UP ' (Journal Special Service.) . ' AN FRANCISCO. March 7. Ah Gow. one. of the most prominent Chinese qier chants "of this-city, was held up and robbed of isso in slain Might of a thou and people at 11 o'clock this morning. The robbery occurred at the very doors of , the Bank of California, the robbers shoving weapons under the nose of the Chinaman ana -compelling' him to give up his money,, which was all in coin. Al though the' money must have proven heavy load the men fled through the streets, dodged into an alley and escaped. Half' the police force of an Francisco is searching for the fugitives. ' This la one of. the most, daring crimes ever eommit- tea in an jrrancisco. - LINEMEN'S STRIKE IS UNSETTLED (Journal- Special Service.) SEATTLE, ' Wasli... March 7. The strike. between the union linemen and the Seattle Eleotrio Company is un changed today. The trouble,., which Is now more , than two months old, seems no nearer a settlement than! on .the day It was waged. The, men demand 13.50' for an eight-hour .day.' 'The ' company will pay but, $3.25 for nine hours' work. The company has . employed-non-union linemen and is trying; to carry the work on the same as before. The company and the men are equally determined in refusing to give in a single pftlnt. As it stands today there is no telling when the strike will end. One . hundred union men are affected by the strike. A simlllar strike waa declared against the Sunset Telephone Company recently but that haa long ago been settled, the company agreeing to give in to the men. Xnglaad Is Beady. V - LONDON. March 7 The British ad miralty la not to be caught napping by the Kaiser's ambitious attempt to devel op his navy. Six new battleships are now being produced for the English navy. They will be of the same order as the Formidable, aa above enown. out the moot powerful battleships ever puilf; " i vt- . .. a. ;.'-,i';-r- PORTLAND TO GET BIG INDUSTRY Channlng M. Ward of Evanston, Wyo., and D. 8. Kamerer of Pittsburg, Pa.., arrived this morning for the pur pose of at once establlsning a packing house In Portland, These are two of the rentlemen who Incorporated the Columbia Packing Company with a cap ital stock of 1760.000. Mr. Ward, who seems to 1 be at the bead of the con cern, was yery uncommunicative re garding the project on foot of making Portland a livestock center. "I am not in a position to make statement as to, what we are going to da." was the invariable answer to nearly every question put to Mr. Ward. What did you tome to . Portland for?" wa asked. "We came to look around for a few days. When we get our bearings then we will go back East, make some necessary , arrangements ..with the other incorporators and then return to Fort- land." "Is it 4 fact that you are going to start a meat packing plant in Port land?" was the next question. "It looks that way. floes It not?" counter-questioned Jd ft-Ward. "When are you going to start work. then?" "I do not know when we will start work, but you may be assured that it will be pretty soon. e came .here to start a meal packing .plant and we are going to do It We cannot discuss our plans for the present or future, as we must first investigate and get our bear ings, then we can talk." The Columbia Packing Company, of which Mr. Ward seems to be head, was incorporated in Portland about two months ago with a capital stock of 1760,000, the Incorporators being C. M. Ward, David S. Kamerer and B. B. Wil son. About three weeks ago an option was taken by thla company on 400 acres of land near St.. Johns. It is under stood that the property will be pur chased by the company at $100 an acre. The plant of this company will give employment to about 1,000 men. It will be furnished with the most modern machinery. J ROTHSCHILD : VERY SICK NOPLES, March 7. Baron Nathan Rothschilds, head of the famous bank- ing -houscr . of tha RothBchilds, la seri ously (U here and may die within a few days, ' -;; ' Prominent physicians have been sum moned from various parts of Europe to the bedside of the sick man. It was announced this morning' that the baron had passed a very baa night. Baron Rothschilds Is one at the wealthiest men in Europe. He Is the head of the family that practically con trols the flnauoee of fcngland and the Continent ,. ( ,. Ue?..... .j,' , - ; 6) MMMUMSlMH.IIMIMMetVMIH ; KVCASVvf? Tv) -r? Ax . DEPOT SITE IS SECURED AT SPOKANE Rights of Way Are Under Negotiation: Preparatory to Pushing Work From Canada to the Sea. i. The British Battleship ronnideble. Din Exhibit at Portland Cost $40,000 to 4) STRIKE STILL ON Canadian Pacific Road Insists on Non Union Man (Journal Special Service.) VANCOUVER, B. C March 7. -The Canadian Pacific Railway strike came near to be aettled at 1:30 this morning. But for one point of difference the men and the company would probably have reached an agreement. The railroad Insisted that the freight foremen should be non-union men. This Droposltlon was refused by the strikers and the settlement now appears as for away aa ever. Five hundred employes of the Canadian Pacific at Winnipeg Joined the ranks of the strikers today, being ordered out by the international organization. STEAMER IS SUNK Ferry Boat Meets Mis . bap and Italians Are Drowned PEOPLE FLY FROM FLOOD (Journal Special Service.) PADTJCAH, Ky., March 7. Lowoland residents continue moving their prop erty, aa the danger line was passed last night. The river showed 40 feet 10 inches this morning. The situation in the Lower Ohio Valley is seriouoa. The river is certain to rise lor nve or six days yet, and will reach a higher polont than at any time since the disastrous floods of 1S84. THE POPE IS BETTER ROME, March 7. LappohU the Pope's physician, today announced that His Holiness,' condition was again satisiac- torv. It is said the receptions incident to the jubilee will be resumed Monday. BOOTH GOES HOME. NEW YORK, March 7. General Wil liam Booth, commander of the Salva tion Army, sailed for England tola mora Ins on the Campania. (Journal Special Service.) GLENN FALLS, N. Y., March 7; A small ferry boat, while crossing the river below Spier's Dam, this morning sank in mklstream. , Twenty Italian laborers were drewned. As they were in midstream a Jam of logs and Ice crashed Into the boat. One Italian, becoming frightened, sprang overboard, seizing a tackle rope as he went. This caused the boat to swerve broadside on, taking the full force of the ice. Italians say the exact loss of life will not be known until a call of the roll where they were working, but the list may reach more than twenty. FERRYBOAT RUN :D0WN BY STEAMER (Journal Special Service.) PITTSBURG, March 7. The ferryboat Neptune was sunk in the Ohio River this morning in a collision, with the steamer Margaret. The ferry Is a total loss. Her crew of eight men and the 24 passengers on board were rescued with difficulty, six of the latter swim ming ashore. The steamer was back ing when she rati into the Neptune and was considerably damaged. R0 GENERAL STRIKE (Journal Special Service.) ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 7. Vice-Grand Master Lee of the Brotherhood of Train men, officially denies the statement that In the event of the Wabash strike becom ing active, other roads will go out in sympathy, and says the fight will be con fined to the Wabash. . Worth Dakota appropriated M,000 yesterday for the Lewis and Olarh ralr and St. Xrfrals Sxposltloa. Of thla ana. 840000 la for the Lewis and. CUrk rate. , It is JrWjr,.proba,ble .that l0,ooo mora will be appropriated, ior the 2ewla and Clark ralr In IMS. This morning the following telegram was received from Special. Commissioner Henry W. Coe, from Bismarck: "After four defeats of the measure, at the last moment the-'Portlarid Fair bill passed the Legislature by a close mar gin. The appropriation amounts to 60, 000 for an exhibit at Portland and St. Louis. The exhlbtt will be ordered di rect from St. Louis to Portland. Ap propriation la not divided by items, but all except the cost of maintaining the exhibit at St. Louis applies to Portland, This is equivalent to $40,000. An addi tional appropriation can be easily se cured at the next Legislature to which, throughout this session, attempts were repeatedly made, on account of other excessive demands, to refer the whole Portland Fair matter." Commission to Organise. The Lewis and Clark Fair Commis sion will meet at 2 o'clock next Thurs day afternoon to perfect an unofficial organization, inspect the Fair grounds, study the plans of the Fair directors, examine the sites for the Memorial Building and be ready to compare notes with the Fair directors at a. Joint meet ing the next day, Friday, at 4 o'clock. This coll for a meeting of the Com mission on Thursday Is due to the reso lution adopted by the Lewis and Clark Fair directors at their last meeting re questing that Bix members of the com mission act Jointly with the board In any transaction concerning the Fair. As the commission Is only In name till 90 days from the datw of the passage or the bill creating it, which will be on May 21, any action It might take till then would be 'unofficial. It Is the purpose of the resolution adopted by, .the direc tors that the commission should act with the board as private citizens, and that on May 21. When the members of the commission qualify, they should ratify their previous actions. Work Must be Done. As It 1b Imperative that work Bhould be done on the Fair grounds, such as construction of the various buildings, etc., the commission will probably elect a chairman and Hix members to act with the directors of the Fair. Some of the members of the commis sion do not desire to do anything In Lewis and Clark F4ir matters until they qualify, as they Bay that some action of theirs may be prone to criticism, which would tend to create opposition to the appropriation bo as to require a referendum. However, the commission will unofficially organize next Thurs day and go to work. COMPANY GUILTY, (Journal Special Service.) GLOVERS VILLE, March 7. The Mountain Lake Electric Company was todav fined in the sum of $5,000 ford manslaughter In the second degree be cause of the accident on last Independ ence Day, when 14 persons were killed and six others dangerously injured by a runaway car, for which the company was held responsible. SPOKANE. March 7.i-The Panajll&n Pacific Railroad Company la barterlng for right of way privileges Into this city and has already located a freight depot alts here and, despite all reports to the contrary, is preparing. t0 make Spo kane Hi baxc of, operations for building down the Columbia Rlvef to Portland and the sen. It has been known for weeks that the Canadian Pacific management was en gaged In carrying out some project in this territory and newspapers all over the country have been speculating on what the outcome would be. It was at first announced that the Canadian road had entered into an agreement with James J. Hill and the (Jreat Northern and when thai story waa denied another followed it to the effect that the O. R. Jc N. was a party to the ' Invasion by the railroad from the north. Neither of these stories were true. As a matter of fact the Canadian Pacific is faced with the certainty that within a few years at least one additional transcontinental line will cross Canada, and the fight for the great grain ship ping business that is to develop In Mani toba and British Columbia will become a battle royal. Heretofore the Canadian Pacific has had the field to Itself and has been able to dictate its own terms, but with the Grand Trunk .building toward the Coast, ail . thla la changed, awk4taeheeecyavv,ha Uee?Wata awaken to tb& seriousness of the situa tion. That , this awakening has come la proven by information which has been received here and which is proven beyond question by operations now be ing carried on. The main reason for the Canadian Pa cific seeking an outlet through an American-port is the fact that docking facilities are almost impossible to se cure at either Vancouver or Victoria, the seaportl now reached by the lln6. Not for a less expenditure than millions could quays be built at either of the ( -above-named points and all other sult-i able locations have been pre-empted by; ' , the up-to-date and progressive Grand ' Trunk, which ba already, entered. WS a -Its campaign, even before its tracks aren ; , laid. 1 At the same time It Is obtaining a aultr ' able shipping point it la the Intention of the Canadian Pacific to secure along" Its Amerloan road enough separate) business to pay good interest on the) outlay. With this end In view It has) , been decided to follow the Columbia River for a greater portion of the dis tance from a point opposite this tit? ; (-to the mouth of that great waterway, j . Dock facilities are to be had, at Port-' I -land and th.-U point has oceo chosen as the American terminus of the road because of it bitnj possible to reach It on a water grade, the gradual - fall of the river being all the gravitation neces sary to be overcome vhen empty cars i , are hauled back to their point load' J Ills . -.. ' VO'VtrV '..; It Is understood ' there waa- some thought of making Pugnt Sound' the' Canadian's terminal, but the mountain' grades that would have to-- be over come If this were done forced abandon ment of that Idea. , The Northern Fa, oitlc. which already ias a road to tba. Sound over the mountains, 1 ooatemp-; atta -bulldm. doiaa.lha-Colm)ia to-re -duce the heavy expense of ftiel con sumed on these grades, and the Ca . nadlan Pacific, in looking about to flnej ' a suitable route, has taken advantage:. . . of the mistake made by its sister road. : By following the Columbia ' Rlve from a point high up toward the North ern boundary of the State of Washing-, ton it will be possible for the Canadian! road to open new territory and to ae v cure shipment of much produce over ltfl j , (Continued on Second Page.) j . - -. HELEN MORS ILL (Journal Special Service.) NEW YORK. March 7. Miss Helen Mors, the famous- act ress is critically 111 with cancer of the breast, and has can celed all engagements. The cancer is said to be in the most virulent f onr "nd death seems likely to result. SENATOR MITCHELL i " ...... .; 1 -. DANGEROUSLY ILL .f . yi V 4 31 1 1 4i "HW SEHATOB JOHH K. ?TCXSU . . - WASHUfOTOH, D. 0., March 7. Senator Mitchell, who haa teem aa Joying fair health for a oonple of weeks, waa taken suddenly and aeri ousiy 111 yesterday and today is eonflned to hla bed suffering- front ijUrt fever. Sla physicians fear that hla atrength Is so far wasted that recovery to complete health will be very alow at least. There la gwa i fear of a oomplete Breakdown which would ha almost oertaia to Meruit fatally.. - . . . . .. . - - .-.---.. . . iimuiT'Ti'f rr' " i -r i :