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DESPITE BRAVE WORK
K-jGREEDYEFIRE DEM0N
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Brave Work of Firemen Who, Fighting Against
Terrific Odds. Are Overcome Some . ,
. Scenes of the Pay.
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Ides of th mlir dock nrf owiy accpl
deatft Jn a great cloud of bluing itart
that f uiWenly biirt from ih hugeboiI-s
r, . iwumoec puea., eievaiea. rpaavaya,
roofe' if houaer and dooka " In ' th . vl
clnlty of the' fire wera literally oovared
with epectatora," whan ' auddanly tbw
tha roar of the three aorea of Jlamee
burtt"'"blliicHnr "ruhof "twtm. Th4
force 'of the.- explosion, wae trrino. , Im
mrdUtteiy.the docka and, lumber pllea tot
a tflatance 'Of loo feet from the bollera
buret etreak of Are; the air grew black.
wi;n emoKe ana in iv eecunae the en
tire dock wae ablaze. I eecaped narrow
ly, but a I ran. I heard the acreama
of the mlll handa. and I do not believe
they all; eecaped.!'. Another workman
whoie tinged eyebrows and amoked face
showed that he had met the fire face to
face,' said that he had been" mirrounded
In a moment by nuge streaks ami tongues
of fire that seemed to lick up tlio heavy
timbers like sheets -of jp r. Ill en
cape hsd been -almost providential. Jlut
majiy of his fellows, so be stated, had jiot
escaped with hlai, and Ivo wan not certain
that they'oould escape n an other way.
I Several firemen and employee of the
Oregon Sash . It. Door Conipany told of
jtwd men that were cut oft by the flames
and Crawled tinder .the docks to escape
ilhs. heat: These hve. not since been
found, and as the dorks are now a mass
pf charred timbers It may be a day or
more before their fate la definitely
known, v It is not even known that they
were .employes' of the "Weatem Milling
Company, but 'It is believed that such
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that more engines would be needed. Con
sequently a seoond alarm was sounded.
on the scene, and were placed at hy
d rants close to the fire on the wharf.
It was quickly seen, however, that they
would have to be removed, owing to the
fact that the flames were sweeping the
wharves away rapidly. One engine was
left at the end of the wharf directly on
the waterfront at the foot of Fourteenth
street .east of the Martin plant and the
others were placed In a serol-ctrcls
around the mills, each pumping two
.heavy streams.
From the outset there was a lament'
able lack of water, and to this fact the
firemen attribute much of the lues. En
glne No. 4 wan driven around the mills
and down a very steep Incline on tOe
river, bunk..
Shortly after' the flames had bosun to
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Mad flame ran riot along the North
Portland" water front at an early bom;
this morning and . 20,009 ssqended to
the skies In" smoke or fell to earth In
ashea.'
The origin of"' the fire appears to have
been accidental. A falling spark; a pile
of shavings, and chaos.
The mill and yards of the Western
Lumber Company, valued at 1100,000,
are a total loss. '
The Martin Planing- M1U, with mil
lions of feet of lumber, shared the same
fate and 1100,000 wortn of property dis
appeared almost before there was real
isation that danger was at band.
The Union Stock Tarda, In the path
way of the devouring flames, were
licked almost wholly from' the map.
there being barely time to rescue the
dumb prisoners from : the awful fate
that threatened. The loss there is
placed at 110.000.
The Insurance feature Is a mere trifle
in comparison with the total loss. The
Western' Lumber Company carried a
policy of $40,000; the Martin Planing
Mill was Insured for $15,000, -and there
was slight insurance on the stock
yards, the exact amount of which could
not be ascertained.
Whether or not human life was sac
rificed Is still unknown, but half a hun
dred men at one time disappeared be
hind a pall of smoke- and only a com
parative few were seen to struggle
through the fangle of. falling- timbers,
the spurting fire, or beneath the totter
ing walls to safety. Some were driven
to seek shelter In the muddy, waters of j
the Willamette,, braying probable death
by drowning to escape the more terrible
certainty' jof cremation had they , re
mained where they were and been sur
rounded by the rapacious demon of de
struction. . . ; ' , , ,
And, when the smoke-cloud lifted.
Where the men had .been was only seeth
ing, roaring- flame.
, How many lived, how many died, can
not be told. No one Is actually known'
to have perished, but great fear In en-
nuueu.
The rirst Alarm.-' -
Just as the sun showed his face above
the Eastern hills, the brazen throats of
a hundred screaming: sirens fVom fac
tories, shipping and railroad yards pro
claimed that fire was rampant. Thous
ands, rudely awakened from their last
beauty-sleep, donned their clothing hur
rledly and hastened to the scene, while
eariy-nsers left their breakfasts un
tested in their eagerness to ascertain
tha danger that was instantly known to
threaten. And scarcely had the shad.
ows of early morning begun to" lessen In
their length when the work of destruc
tion was either ended or Being completed
V tha center of an Impenetrable district
THE' DESTROYED; PROPERTY
rifle heat which had assailed their Iron
prison from every side, threw" off the
yoke of bondage nd a jrioud or scald
inr vapor enveloped "the burning- build
lngs, workmen, -engine crews and spec
tatord and shot for hundreds of feet per
pendicularly into the air.
The bollera had bursted and men,
women and Children were driven to seek
safety in Instant flight
Property Was Threatened.
There -was a moment when it looked
as though- the factory of the Oregon
Sash & Poor Company would be added
to the sacrifice and a brief but terrible
period of suspense when it looked as
though the fire would reach the Immense
oil storage tanks with dire results, but
both of these dangers, though most ter
ribty real, -were averted by a narrow
margin through the splendid and tire
less" efforts' of Chief Campbell and his
men. . y,
Lines of hose were everywhere. , From
of living lire.
Almost the whole Are fighting force
or the City of Portland responded to the
call and , hundreds , of volunteers offered
themselves .to assist in the work of sav
ing and preservation, but in spite of her
culean ffort tut forth at ever nolnt
nothing- could check tne prodigal ra
pacity of the insatiable conflagration.
Thenlafter all danger seemed to have
been passed., the giant steam, long pent
o f - within, the , boilers of the burning j
BOILERS EMIT
-"'; DEADLY STEAM
Kill a, Inflamed and swollen ! U th t el aesperateiy ngnt-
mum,umw w wwien. Uie tax- j am an ' tie Nsat aal aorUt
all jxlnts of the compass steam fire en
glnes, their boilers strained to the
bursting1 point discharged toward the
gyrating, , ever changing flre-wall.
streams Of water, which the terrible
heat-waves changed to vapor before
they reached the mark at which they
were . directed. But,, while the hose
play had no real effect upon the main
fire, a hundred smaller blazes were put
out and it was finally possible to confine
the damage to a single district
. The mills had stood for years. The
material of which they were constructed
was dry and soaked with oil,' and once
the fire ' got headway all human power
was wasted effort in the-flght to check
its progress. t;
' Great Tongaies of Sad.'..,
1 Great tongues of red . rushed toward
the heavens and sparks una cinders went
a thousand feet into the air to be car
ried for miles before dropping back
again, t ; earth. ' Had there, been aven a
slight wind it Is estimated that millions
of dollars' worth of property could not
butf havV been a total loss. There were
many shingles at the mills and "burning
flakes of light cedar wood from which
they are made fell In almost every sec
tion of Portland, streets as far south as
the Heights being blackened by their
fall. M ;
The work performed oy some of the
Portland engine companies .'In getting
their apparatus into effective position
would have put to shame the most thor
oughly drilled battery of mountain ar
tillery In the, service of the United
States Army. Particularly was this noticeable-
in he case of Engine No. 4.
which was taken by hand across side
walks, . down a steep' embanknient,
through a slough and to within 100 feet
of t the west 'wall of the burning mill.
Hera,, the suction hose, was thrust 'Into
the Willamette' and the work of fire
light ing began.' " f
: All day firemen worked . about the
rulna and it will be weeks before the
last embers shall have died out
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The Eastern Lumtsr Company is under the same management as the West
ern concern and was saved from, total destruction only by : $ho .t)nitedi: efforts ot
the firemen. ;...'-,..- ' . . i . . ... ' ' :
The Western Lumber Company, Is located several .hundred", feet seutlf of the
Eastern concern and was rapidly being- devoured by the-quickly spreading flames
when the fire department arrived. . The structure was entirely destroyed. ' '
." i The- J. M. Martin' planing Mill hi Upposed to be, the jlacer where-lhe fire
originated. The entire' building'' was a mass of flames Whea.tHe epartmen 'ar
rived and it was only sTfter tard work that several adjoining st4ctures could b
saved. The delay in getting to the fire was caused by the poor condition of the
streets In that neighborhood. "'
wero enveloped In a cloud. and the lives
of thu men working on the docks were
seen to be in Imminent danger. , As the
hissing Jets shot out to'vsrd the-crowds
of spectators, pandemonium reigned for
several minutes in the - scramble for
places of safety. While men, . women.
boys, hre and patrol wagons made a
hurried rttreat one of the . (lre-flghters
was seen to plunge into the river, and
escape unharmed to a' raft of logs, be
neath. M. E. Laffaee, superintendent of
the - Eastern Lumber Mill, and several
others made a lucky esoape from being
choked to death by cllmblnp down a
piece of hese onto a log reft. They had
not a moment to lose. .The small piece
of hose was their only salvutiou. Tho
improvised ladder was not . quite long
enough, however, and tlv jnvn were com
pelled to drop several feet to the raft.
Stock Tarda Bnra.
The Union Stock -Yards, located sev
eral hundred feet from the mills, on the
east, were soon ablaze. , The Bremen
were Unable to check the progress of the
flames in this, direction and the destruc
tion of the yards was from the start a
foregone conclusion. In the yurds were
about 60 head of cattle and several hun
dred head of sheep and hogs. In the
nick of time these were- rescued by the
attendants and a detachment of. -outsiders.
The partitions of .the stalls were
afire before the dumb beasts, huddled to
gether In fright, were rescued. It wss
with gn-eat difficulty that the animals
were .released. -, , - -
. Bonn lug tha TUttntlst. ;'
While the conflagration was at Us
height the Northern Pacific train pulled.
up, inbound, and was compelled to come
to a stop on account or the Ore hose
that crossed the track in several pluses,
A sang of trainmen was soon at wora
tearing up the planking alongside - af 1
the track and digging trenches under the
rails for the hose. After considerable
delay the belts were passed underneath
the main track and with a rush the
train missed into the -railroad yards and
Union Depot. The heat from the- burn
ing mills, stock yards and adjacent
buildings was growing- intense and the
engineer saw that he had no time to
lose as he shot by the worst Of it .
SIDELIGHTS OF .
A GREAT FIRE
What there Is about a vast fire that
excites men and sends them, rushing to
almost certain destruction If not certain,'
but all Bremen know that at suph times
It Is as difficult to restrain unwise sight
seers from rushing- into danger a it la
to rescue those who are wrapped about
Vlth flame and smoke. . ;.
.This morning-this trait of humanity
was manifest and : from the' time 'the
great liners and the fire, slrefts sent up
their, hoarse ;,, calls -. for) aid V until he
wharfs, docks and warehouses Were, but
chawed' masses of blackened Piles 4and
smouldering heaps of r ubblsh, the offi
cers, firemen and workers battled with
their fellow -men as constantly as they
did with the flames. , .
Under an orapge adn that peered
through tha yellow clouds brays men did
what they might to saVe some Temnant
of the two mills with their warehouses!-
uocss ana. wnaria. en who had fought
flames from their early years when they
saved their homes from forest flres. or
fought back; the rushing tiratrle' toments
of flam were amased at the, wonderful
headway made. -?...;..-.'. -i- : .
. , roewlbl Xis .of Xdfa. . ",v
"I was standing oa a, wlda dock,? said
Is the case.
Vat-row Ssoapcs.
From the time of the alarm at 5:20
a. ro. until this afternoon the list of
almost Injured was extended. For
the first few mad hours, when fire was
everywhere and no man knew at what
Instant his bit' of earth or board might
be engulfed the escapes of , .those,
trying to flee from tner'furnace about
them were marvelous. Men jumped to
the logs In the river, to the water slight
ly heated near the shore, to the ground
beneath the docks, anywhere to escape
the heat, the awful heat that scorched,
then shriveled, then engulfed.
Esoape of Firemen.
Later the escapes were of firemen and
officers who ventured too nesr the fur
nace. . They sent in little streams of
water that were licked up by the flres
like drops of oil. Burning piles of lum
ber would topple and fall, walls of flame
would suddenly swoop down, and often
almost hide the workers. Great 'timbers
Would burn off and topple headlong and
Vlth treacherous footing underneath, a
sea of flame beyond, a wall of smoke
about and an air that burned the lungs
like pepper,-the lot of the firemen" was
scarcely hopeful.
Stock Was Saved.
Special Officer A. Caswell arrived soon
after the fire started. He saw at once
that most of the stock yards were
doomed, with their herds of hogs, cat
tle and sheep. Almost unaided he opened
the -gates and allowed the terrified ani
mals to rush out. and rush,out they did;
with burning pelts and smoke-filled nos
trils, they tore through tha streets, and
this afternoon were to be-:-found scat
tered oyer the hni for miles. "I only i
lost one pig," said Mr, Caswell, "and
that little grunter swallowed too much
smoke for his stomach s sake, I res
cued him, but he was too far gone."
Women are ThongntftO.
: The women rose to the occasion for,
while the flames were all- about the lit
tle bouses of the mill hands and the
women did not know whether husband
or brother was saved, they worked val
iantly to carry out their few goods and
chattels. When the danger was past and
their homes were safe .these- women
moved back' and begun preparing food
for the fire fighters. By 9 ,'clock the
Wives and sisters of the milt men could
be seen everywhere among the flames
Where men still tried to save some lit
tle from the fire and with coffee pot and
baskets these good souls did their best
to make the lot of the men endurable.
iwnld
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leap about in glee In the Interior of the
Martin mill, a terrible flash of smoke and
flame burst forth from underneath. There
Were between 60 and 76 men on the
river side of the blinding, seething blast
end all possible esoape by way of ' the
tegu.'V, rovlway was cut off.
: Manager Ransom states that he was
unable to tell what portion of the mill
he was In. Bo dense was the smoke. "I
yelled to the men -who were there With
me," said he, "to Jump onto the raft of
logs In the river. It was the only means
of escape from the llery furnace for
them,, because It was Impossible for a
tnan to determine the exits or roadway.
I know that a large number obeyed my
order, but the question is, did they- sll
find their 'way to the shore? It was so
intensely hot that a man could not live
in it more than a very brief period, and
tha pall of smoke was absolutely stifling.
J. am fearful that some were unable to
escape and that they are either drownid
or. burned to a crisp.
- ' Then tha Wlads Sea-an.
. A- south -wind began to blow when the
Martin mill was wrapped in flames,
the pall of smoke shot up from beneath,
driving the curling tongues of Ore to
ward the Western Mill plant, and send
ing biasing fagots through the air to
spread destruction. The hosemtm, di
rected personally by their chief, stood
in the midst of the roaring mass, brave
ly doing their duty, but the streams were
so feeble ' that no visible effect on the
flames were noticeable.
Suddenly the flooring gave- way, and
Hoseraen Frank Slavln and Louis Wag
ner, from No. t, were precipitated to a
scaffolding below. Slavln suffered the
fracture of. his left leg, while Wagner
escaped with but a few slight bruises.
Wagner was removed to St Vincent's
Hospital.
Hoseman James McQraw, of Truck
No. 8. who was fighting the flames with
the men of Hose No. 6, states that he
heard men groaning and shrieking for
help. "My God! My God!" they were
crying, "send help to rescue us from this
awful place!"
"Their voices sounded near," said Mc
Qraw, "but the blinding smoke made It
Impossible for me to seek them out that
I might lend them a helping hand. It is
my opinion that at least a portion of
them never got out alive."
Ole Moe, day yard foreman of the
Western Mill, gave It as his opinion that
some were burned or drowned In the
panic that followed the sudden burst of
flame and smoke under the Martin MtlL
He stated that he yelled to those cut off
from escape by the roadway, to jump
to the raft below.
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Life Crushed p.. Out
; Wagon Wheels
by
Child. Fell From Sat When the
Wagon Plaogcd Into Rote ,
in the Road.
(Journal 8peclal Service.)
INDEPENDENCE, Ore., May 1. At
At rile, Wednesday noon, an accident
happened by which John Blake, the
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Blake,
of Dallas, met Instant death.
Roy Byerly, an uncle of the child, was
driving a team snd on the seat with him
was the little boy. The wagon wheels
dropped into a hole in- the road, causing
the seat to be thrown forward upon the
horses, and the boy. falling In such a
manner that the wheels passed over his
breast and shoulders, crushing him la a
frightful manner, iand'-causing Instant
death. -.
Mr. Byerly received a few bruises,
but none serious. ...
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Their Ends '
wuurnaj special aervice.j ,
viitwiw, ubt i. suruiDi cnarge. i
against capitalists and trusts, officially,
bor, have been given weight by the ap
polntment of a committee on propaganda-
tn nrvonlM khn ma ih., 1 mam ,
war on an alleged gtgantlo conspiracy
to wreck all labor unions. Responsibil
ity for this conspiracy Is laid at tha
doors of Morgan. Rock-feller and other,
multimillionaires.
In substance, the charge is. that Wall ,
street, alarmed at the Inroads being made
on stock dividends of corporations
throughout Amerlcs by the demands of -
labor and also by the shrinkage of vs.- -ues
of frsnchlses and properties beesusa
of labor's Insistence upon municipal .
Ownership of publlo utilities.', and by
anti-trust legislation brought about'
through organised labor's insistence and
claim, has formed a conspiracy. ' This
was learned from ' a high financial au-
thorlty, who declined to enter the fight.
The plan, according to Labor Leader
Dietrich. Is to shut out union labor,',
cause a depreciation of stock values, buy
In at depreciated figures and at the',
same time deal a death blow to unionism. "
Dietrich says the Initiatory step is to '
freeze out the union men In harvester
plants which have machinery enough in '
the warehouses to supply the demands
for the next six months. Hs claims the
Peering trouble Is due to this. i '
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Indians Demand - Ran
som of $500,000e '
Last Seen on a Scows at :
Foot of Savia Street.
FIRE WAS RESULT
OF AN ACCIDENT
F. H. Ransom, manager of the West
ern Mill, and half owner of . the Martin
Planing Mill, stated positively that the
fire originated from a spark in the Mar
tin Mill dry kiln, between tha two plants.
At .the time It was discovered there
was no breeze blowing, and the fire
spread very rapidly in both directions,
eating Its way along tha roadway and
lumber piles connecting the mills.
The fire - was discovered by . Night
Watchman John Bingham, ho sent ih
an alarm from Box No. if. Before th
flremen arrived, however, tha two bg
pumps Ot me wesiern aim were nut in
operation, eight ipes of -boss were laJdJ
and streams were soon turned onto tha
flames, the employes of the mill doing
excellent work. .i:-..-.., .
i Chief Dave Campbell' arrived with bis
firemen promptly, and ireiaaw at a glanos
Western Kill in Bains.
The firefighters and the myriad of
spectators lined along the adjoining
streets were praying for the wind to
cease blowing, but at the most critical
Juncture it grew stronger, fanning: the
leaping flames madder and madder, feed
ing along the whfirf and large l'imber
piles leading to the Western Mill, to the
northward. Vain were the efforts of the
firemen to stay the disastrous spread,
for the frame buildings, wooden wharves
and piling burned with lightning-like
rapidity, and the hungry fire fiend feast
ed, at least upon the Western Mill plant
ft was a terrific struggle that took place
there between the flames and the fire
men, but the fire gained, the victory, for
In another hour the valuable plant lay
in ruins before the watching throngs.
Five blocks north was the Eastern
MH1 plant, oonnected with the Western
and Martin plants by a wooden road
way. Stronger and stronger blew the
south wind, and for a time It seemed
that despite the efforts of the firemen
the blazing brands of fire -flying In the
air would kindle another conflagration
in the Eastern Mill; Chief Campbell
was preparing to send engines and hose
carts to the scene, when, like a direct
answer from Providence to a multi
tude of prayers, the wind quieted down,
and all danger to the Eastern Mill was
past But the entire waterfront was
ablaze from Fourteenth street to Twen
tieth street and the fire had swept to
destruction everything before it, wiping
out In little more than an hour property
to the value of $266,000.
A. mighty' shout went up from the
throats of the spectators' as they saw tha
fire fiend defeated in its attempt to lay
the Eastern Mill in rdUis. Then, as if
to mock their cries of victory, a north
Wind rose up, again sending the burning
brands circling through the air and
threatening destruction to a square mile
of business houses, dwellings and freight
Sheds, , ,
Stockyards Go Up.
In its northward sweep the fire had
bassed by the Portland Vnlon, Stock
yards, - It had been a .most narrow es
cape, .and all cattle and hogs were driv.
- (Continued on Seoond Page. '
(Journal Special Service.)
TUCSON. Aria, May 1. Col. Martin
Errlcson. a well known American mining
man and Capitalist has been captured
and Is being held for " ransom by. the
Yaquls of Sonora, Mexico. ,
The amount demanded Is 1500,000 and
the time limit for the payment Is 10
days. . -. ;.
The Mexican minister bf war is a per
sonal friend of Errlcson and has ordered
all available military to the rescue.
Errlcson ut a millionaire, The Mex
ican authorities say he will be executed
ui less he pays the ransom.'. ;
WHISKEY RATHER
THAR FORTUNE
Peter Costello, a hodcarrler,' residing "
with his family On Bavter street f Is ,
missing, and fears are entertained that .
he has been drowned In the Willamette
River. He has not been home sine ,
Tuesday, wheft ha waa seen about two j
blocks from his house. Ha did not go '
home that night. The next day ho was
about town and in the evening he la i
known to have purchased a can of beer
and visited a friend living on a soow at
the foot of Savler street' Inquiry thera
has revealed nothing except that Costello r
called there, remained a while and de-'
parted. It ia feared that the man may t
have walked off the gangway Into, tha .i
river, aa he is said to have been some- i
what under tho Influence of liquor. Cos- f
tello Is well known In this city, where .
he has lived for many years.' The polios , ,
The Nephew of a Duke Perishes
Miserably.
(Journal Special Service.)
SEATTLE, May 1. Jack Wood, the
bartender Who-was drowned, in a bath
tub yesterday afternoon. Is said by 'his
friends and others who are tn a position
to know, to have-been an heir to an
estate of $3,000,000 and a, nephew of the
wealthy Duke of Hamilton of England.
Wood had lived in Seattle for a num
ber of years. A few months ago an
agent of the Duke of Hamilton came to
Seattle and made every effort to Induce
Wood to quit his dissolute life and re
turn to his family in England.
"I would rather lose my fortune than
my whiskey," was his invariable answer
to the importunities of the agent
Friends of the dead man presented
themselves at the morgue today and
notified the authorities that the body
should be placed in readiness to be
shipped to his relatives 4n England.
CONVENTION ADJOURNS.
COLUMBUS. May 1. The Amalga
mated Association Of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers today re-elected all old of
ficers, including President Shaffer. They
solected Cloveland as the next national
convention place' and adjourned this afternoon.
RIPLEY-STOREY WEDDING.
PA8ADENA.' Cat, May 1. Robert
Harris Ripley, son of the president .of
the Santa Fe Railroad, waa married here
today to Miss Ada Storey a, prominent
young society woman. '
are searching. for him.
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Thirteen Koters ; Kilied;
By the Officers j
Government Had Ordered Ecctlon
of Ministerial Candidates Re- j
gardless of Voters. ,
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MOODY IS 'COMING.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.1-Secretary
of the Navy Moody Is to visit tha Pa
cific Coast when the President -comes
West. The Secretary 'will personally in
spect the various naval stations on the
Coast . -. '- v'. -
(Journal Special Servloa.) y
uinmn Mo 1 Thlrtftan matnbars .,.:.
of the Liberal party were killed and ' ,
many seriously wounded by th police of l
this city today in a riot growing out v i
a government political proclamation. ' , '
The proclamation waa to tha efEiot
that the ministerial candidates must, b s
elected to Parliament regardless of tn ! ,y
balloting. It was Planned to aeat tbo -
government candidates aven though tha" ,
Liberals should have the greatest num
ber of votes. ' - y- P. --. v..., ,):.
A mob of Liberals charged .tha offloers ;
and the latter, in self defense, wars V
obliged to fire Into the crowd.
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FOUNDER OF GLASS' WORKS
THOMAS CARRIES COIN.
The army transport Thomas sailed to
day 'or Manila. Sho carries 1 1. 500.000,
mostly in pesos, lii , saw . Philippines
coin .i . ,
(Journal Special Service.)
CREIGHTON, May; l.Captala
John Ford. the-. pioneer manufacturer of i
Plata glass and head of tho industry la
America, died this morning after a long
illness, aged, 91. . At 70 he was penniless,
He leaves an estate valued at f 30,000,0111.
FIRE AT WEST POiriTe .
' (Journal 8peclal Service.) - '
' RICHMOND. May I.-Kirs this morn
ing nearly wiped out the aumniur rx,i
at West Point " Many: pttopla were ru- '
dered homeless. Ttut Iws L1 ., a
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