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I I PRESIDENTCURTIS 'OPTIlEftlOEltHWEST CONSTUCTION'COMPArJYiPROVESTJIE JOURNAL'S CA VOL. JX NO. 171. rOETLAND, OREGON. FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEJIBER 25, 1003. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RR0BBER C01DRS SII1NT Ul)ERsSMATING; . $ Tonight ana Saturday, fair; west W , ' iV IV yVMi M IV sTijiim J,ff-' - fS AS' V VT U' V'V' O ' ft) O J FV iTtaaW "". , . ' ' 1 ,i i . . i i i i ... r . .' 1 T SEiRGHING m HIS COMPANIONS :y r : , riyi r In A At IA ill FUGITIVE BANDITS HIDE THEIR TRAIL Sheriff Storey and His: Men Unable to Get Track of. Escaped Train Robbers but Flush a Farmer's BoyRob ber Connors Now Courts Death. - Sprtom af mU oldtrp Oaee. Condition of "Jim" Connors, the wounded bandit Improving. '- Engineer Barrett rapidly recover Inf. i i : Suspect named Fulock . arrested ' and released. Fresh possea In pursuit of fugi tive robbers. Thlrty-nina hundred dollars re ward for conviction of bandits. On the Washington side, Sheriff 81a aecker Is making; search, under almllav plana. The haunts of criminals in this city ara also being closely watched by Chief Hunt's men, as several of those work lng on the ease believe that the fugi tives succeeded in reaching this city by boat. .The best evidence of this la that tha boat stolen from the Reed farmhouse opposite Troutdal on the Washington aide has not been found. Worth 91,100 Apieoe. To the officers each of tha bandits now at large-is worth 11.100, the rewards Robert Wakefield Confirms Published Criticisms on Jetty Work. OPINIONS OF AN EXPERT TTnl.ia tia succeeds in atarvlnr him elf to death or commits suicide by capture and conviction being soma other method. Jamea Connors, the ",T, "l""owu- a-a .nrv. x.r4t .in in .u I O. R. A N. Company $500 I Express Company 109 vi i. Lp,at vrf gr"n ................... 100 JWTr rr . Th niMnl nirnnxl hr h. .i ,r;Tunn"nyTorr l . mi . . mm i rruuiiuou vetuuiv now in oubidqt, na tlon today ahowa oonsiaermble lnroye- r,war(1 Con-quenUy ha' la worth only went, and ha slept the greater portion ..oft trtjh- m.r. ' of the forenoon. He is very nervous . Th- .-.-oh in the section near the and restless and tosses about in his ot the hoMim- ( imnnit sleep. In hla waking hours he Is morose Tb, country on both slds of the river and sullen, refusing to talk on any i. densely timbered, and as one of the subject Contrary to raport, he is Uffloers put it, a regiment of aoldlers cauaing ma aiienoanta no irouwe, a xact eould conceal themselvaa among the flt wnicn teaaa to a oeiiei mil na m oiamg i ror days. , nis.iun ana n opponuruiy we win Tha ShacUTa Oapttre freed. President of the Northwestern Con . stroctlon Company Insists that the Specifications Will Be Observed. attack the guard and make a break for I Sheriff Storey and several of hla men JlDTjrLTi X IlfJi 11 LB Ul UllUUUwVilUUBUtHII I . . .... a. u4 whnf rVyp r!lrT In' "rtnglng with them W. R. rmlock; have left him and, while Dr. B. P. Geary I whom Bnerlff Blosecker of Clarke county r. " " " , , I neia as a suspect. Fruiock was looked him out of danger, hla condition la up ln tne county Jail last' night, iut puca mm w iwu " " this morning, after being closely exam m n wm "urvivt,. ,ned hy Deputy District Attorney Spen Jim w -o aj rom. eer and tha railroad detectives, waa Since being taken into custody, con- go. Fruiock convinced the author! tiors haa refused to eat or drink, and ties that ha had no hand In the holdup, tha only nourishment ha haa had was Ha la known to aome of the attachea at -forcibly given to him thla morning. It the courthouse,' having figured aa a wit- conslsted of a few tablespoonfula of cor-1 ness in the Fisher Stevenson case. Tea ana a small juantity of milk. Hat Sheriff-Blesecker met Fruiock near fought against taking tha liquids, and I Waahougal yesterday afternoon and aa tha struggle demonstrated that beta a I he In some respects answered the de- jnan of great physical strength. scrlptlon given of one of the train rob- His vitality is also remarkable.. It bers, ha asked Fruiock to ride with him. iwas learned toda-that-fter lein shot Fruiock. not suspecting Blesecker of ly Express Messenger Korner he rolled being an officer, said he had been In off the roadbed into a ditch. There he Troutdale the night before and had been lar for upward of three houra, until carried acrosa tha river by a fisherman diecovered by the aherlfTa offlcers. His early Tuesday morning. According to wound received no medical treatment until early yesterday morning, after he arrived in thla city. , torey Tries to Abuse Confessional. When Sheriff Storey learned that Con- . k... o . tr '- VV.-ni;-i mk h.riui k ' " he waa under arreat Fruiock expressed Hospital and had called for the atten- his story. It waa a strange fisherman that, took him over, for he landed hla passenger about five miles from a settlement. When they arrived in Waahougal tha sheriff searched hla man and told him tiona of a priest, he immediately tele phoned from Corbett to hla acting county jailer to have the priest secure .... a full confession from tha - wounded I f bandit and to give it to him. Connors is aa much a mystery to the! Detectives and officers as aver. They ara unable to get any clue whatever to hla identity, and in addition to the no surprise and asked what the charge waa. He said that ha had not heard of la holdup, although he remained over night at Troutdale. When pressed for an explanation he aald that he waa drunk.- No weapon was found on him when arrested. STo Xeanlta Yesterday. Yesterday's search for tha robbers I hias dinttvxalvr ilairnl1 aantl4 al aaTCit An Flnkerton men. all of the city detectives Lh- t..K t. i. dnu mrnay 01 uiw ixuiceraen ana snenn s ,. nn th. .iirht.,1 h- ' offlcr" hv,,Uke" l0ok ' he whereaouta fl tha fugitives or the dl- . w. w.clu v inoy reckon they took in making their escape aver saw him before. It ia the Inten- --. tlon to hava tha official in charge of Tn- ,earch toi.y UB t0 J lat- hou- teniiary u i iwi ai vne prisoner. I jar results. hi ZZZ V Exprew Messenger Korner, who so Connors will be turned over to tha bravely and auccessfuUy defended his tniwil OUlM HUU1WIUM lor iriai, as I will h.r. thl. .ft.mnnn tha penalty under the Federal law is It la not thought that, ha will be able much more severe than under tha State to give any additional information or to . Vnfor, thaynite Statesatatute t umlsh-anythlng .llkh. aa aoourata. Sm- in muiuiuui cubiijt 1Wr . uiienenng .criptlon of the fugitive robbers. witn tne mans is w yeara in prison, I oiii i. namti thiinHrhwu -wnue ine maxim urn pu7 or mgn- wounded during the attempted robbery, jway roooery unaer tne atata law 13 H. .hh t.. vmonf. hoanital. He is ptar-trywm- - . " 'tl I reatinKf aasy . jmdth-woujidv4ii-.--.tlia Hunt xTSar BMaai Tell. . nhauMni- l hullnr nlrnlv. H will, it ana wnereaDouia or uonnorr com- u iinnctM. ha hi ta leave the insti. psions in crime, wno escapea ine DUj-1 tutlon within a few days. "l ' jwBr -. auratri v. ill anAV Hiitmn. MM I at aatll aa tMVataPV ThA- kin -tTnaa I . . w " " fu-' '"7,".. . V:';r I Tha death-dealing powera of the in aystematio manner, several parttea ahotguns ; used by express being out. LL qw :y - I . -, iA III! ; - vi ''"' PERISHED BY FIRE While Fifty Guests Slum ber Hotel Is Envel oped in Flames. is BOUGHT BVOISI. President Mohler Tells of Extensive Pur ' chases. JUMPING FROM WINDOWS Unfortonate ; People Seen from the Strcctbut no Aid Could Be Rendered Policemen Rescoe Many. MAKING IMPROVEMENTS He Counsels Co-OperattoBjy Portland Rather Than Coercion-Talks of tr . .... Financial Stress Feared in the East Criticisms recently made by Danfei Kern, president of the Columbia Con tract Company, upon the manner ln which the Oelambi river jetty is being constructed, are fully corroborated by Robert Wakefield, who waa also one of tha unsucceaafjul bidders upon the . con tract. ' (..-'.'.V' . . I do not see a thing in Mr. Kern's statement,' aa published In Tha Journal, that is not absolutely correct," said Mr. Wakefield, after a -careful perussl of tha article in queatlon. "Of course I waa one of those who bid on the con tract, and I therefore hesitate to express any criticism of the manner in which tha work la being dona, but tha facta have been plainly stated by Mr. Kern, and they cannot be denied. Mr. Wakefield haa had long experience ln similar , large contracts, and haa done a large amount of work for the government, for the state, and for pri vate corporations and Individuals. He is now engaged ln tha construction of the Port of Portland drydock. Among tha government contracts which he haa held were two for extensive rock work" at Coos pay, one at tha mouth of the Bluslaw river and one at Tillamook. Few men is tha North weat ara better poated upon the requirements In such work aa that now in progress st the mouth of tha Columbia. Book Mo of Mas Specified. "The rock which is now being deliv ered for tha jetty la not of the else the Specifications called for," aald Mr. Wakefield. "There are only two quar rlea adjacent to the Columbia elver which, ara capable of furnishing rock of tha alia and ln the quantities re quired by tha specifications. This must hava been known to the government en gineer. These two quarries are Fisher's Landing and the Butte quarry. "Tha Northwest Construction Com, pany, .which waa awarded the contract, la getting lta rock from Mayger'a and from Bugbya. -The quality of the May ger'a rock la good, but the rock Is small. and I venture to say that no piece has gone down . from that quarry that weighed aa much as three, tons. I vis ited both Mayger'a and Bugby'a my self, and I apeak from personal obser vatlon. - " "When I waa at Bugby'a very little work had been done there, and the onlv loose rock waa what had fallen down from the face of the quarry. This rock Is not of so good quality as that at Mayger'a. though It may be of larger I Increased by night work, the plan by lie. I which the company hopes to hasten the Almost sTore to BialntegTate, completion of its contract. It haa been The quality Is such that it is I- claimed that the company can double moat certain to disintegrate if used .on lu 0UtPut ,.W working night shifts. tha Jetty. It is so full of seams that t band hammer. Indeed, I aaw a man . to this Mr. wakerieia said: break up. a very large piece with a five- "I do not think tha Output can be ln pound hammer. The seams run all creased one-fourth by night work. They fnrougn, Jt, sua wnin.it i: dumped nlwlH Just-Hsueeeed In smashing -enough (Journal Special Service.) Rochester, N. Y Sept 25. An appal. ling disaster occurred here early this morning vhn the HotetBTUBiwiei burned to the ground and probably a dosen guests suffered death. About 1 o'clock thla morning an alarm of fire waa turned in which waa re sponded to by several engines and a hook and ladder truck. Arriving on tha scene of the fire it waa at once I discovered that tha hotel building could not be aaved owing to the rapid spread of tha flames. A. L. Mohler, praaldent of tha O, R. & N. Co., who haa returned from an extended Journey throughout the East. announced - today the following- pur- cbaaea by hla company: v 12,000 tons of (0-pound it eel. 16 large locomotives. 1361,000 worth of bridge steel ma terial Tha execution of ether plana not yet aufliclently advanced to permit pub licity at this time. riaaacea Distorted ta tha Zaat, 'I found financial - matters In - tha The work of saving tha tenants of I East considerably disturbed," said Mr. tha hotel began, but so fiercely was' the j Moblar. "Manufacturing concerna fire burning that no one could enter the I there are beginning to curtail their out building. I puts and railway companies are inau- At wlhdowa on the third floor of the I guratlng policies of retrenchment. All structure several forms were seen. Fire- are apprehensive of tightening business men shouted for the persons to Jump as conditions, and ara trimming their aaila It was the only chance they had of aav- to meet tha temporary storm, ing their lives. "These facts ara the result of my A. EL M'Cue waa the first to obey the I observations and Inquiry of those who order. Firemen had spread a net, but I are in a position to know exactly what so Intense was -the heat that the net lis doing in the centers of financial in could not be taken near enough to the I fiuence, and tha operation of tha large building. A huge petition waa run be- I enterprises of the country. This policy . tween the building and the firemen, but I of retrenchment la quite general ' it took fire and waa almost at once I throughout tha lonsr line of comoanlea I consumed. M'Cue landed fully IS feet I that handle tha business of the United from the net and would have rolled! statea. - - back Into tha fire had not two firemen rescued him. He is fatally Injured. Tout Others Tamped. Four other persons Jumped from the nans of tha 0,1.11. "However, in '- spite of these : condi tions, the O. R. N. Co. baa bought 12,000 tons of railroad ateel of tha 80 third atory and were seriously If not pound weight, 15 large locomotives and fatally hurt One woman landed ln the S61,000 worth of ateel bridge mate telegraph wires and waa rescued with rials. great difficulty. She waa the least in- "Other plana are forming for tha ex- ' Jured of any. I tension of the road's facilities, and tha The scene waa terrible. At four dlf-1 betterment of the system. Tha com. ferent wlndowa facea were seen only to I pany will continue its policy ot lm be soon burled in a mass of Are aa it I provement, which it haa consistently broke la the rooms where the unfor-1 followed during tha past years. tunate persons were. I "The other plana that ara in process There were 60 guests at the hotel at of execution cannot yet be given out the time the fire started. Policemen I for publication, but they will demon who Arrived first on the scene were sue-I trate the company' Intention to cara ' eessful ln carrying at least SO women for tha business dependent upon it. snd children from the burning building. "Already, it haa been announced that In tha hallways the smoke waa so dense I the Portland A Aalatio SteamBhlD Com at times that the offlcers were In dan- .ny will add a steamer to ita fleet, the XZS8 JTATICA BOTES. (Journal Special Service.) i New York, - Sept 25. Miss Natlca Rives, one of the most prominent of the younger : -.embers of the 400,' is just recovering from nervous prostration, the effect of the strenuous social life aha led at Newport this season. ger of suffocation. Algoa, which ia to aall from Portland By noon today two bodies have been Un October 11 with 7.600 tons of flour taken from the rulna and It la believed toT tno Orient. Tha company will look that others pensnea, as several Known out tor the increaae In Oriental ship guests are missing Under tha direction of Sheriff Storey, company messengers are very great. Ordinary buckshot Is not used, but - a thla aide of tha river, between this cltV 5afr.J!af'" P'ileJ.U,t and Bridal Veil, is being scoured. Early this morning a special train bearing a the else of a large Mexican or red bean la Substituted. Frequently the mes- number of sheriff, officer, and special. iS5th. 5 - left the Union depot Tha men will be left at various points along the road .. and the country thoroughly searched. or Iron slugs and- the result of a dls charga of the gun is like that of a (Continued on Page Two.) ON OVERLAND TRAIN ' Baker City, Or., Sept 38. Deputy : Sheriff Gibson waa seriously hurt ln a fight on the train last night at Durkee 'with an unknown criminal. - Ha waa stabbed twice ln tha face and in' the chest with a knife which. ,the man car lied. The fight occurred as the east bound overland train was stopping at Durkee. Gibson had nearly completed a search, of tha train for Charles Rit ner, 'who Is wanted In Baker City on the chsrge of assaulting 12-year-old Mabel fcAuiey.. He scrutiniaed tha facea of all mala passengers. A man curled, up on a aeat - in tha smoker objected to being examined and drew a knife and slashed the deputy ' sheriff. ' Gibson raised tha - train lantern he carried - in hi. hand and brought it down acrosa tha head of his assailant with fearful force. The fellow was knocked sense less and did not recover until an hour later. - He was brought to Baker City this morning and placed ln the county JaiL - It is thought- from his actions that rie is wanted on a criminal charge somewhere and ha wllL.be held here until hi Identity can b sUbllihtd - ; the jetty those seams will split and the action or the water will quickly disinte grate the .whole piece. It will be Im possible, In my judgment- to get rock from Bugby'a large enough to comply wun tne specifications. Mr. Wakefield does not believe that the present output of the Northwest tools at night to keep ' them busy re pairing all the next day. It la my ex perience that a night ahtft always does a lot of damage, Mr. Wakefield remarked that his state ments must not be construed as a criti cism of the government officials in charge of the work, but he' was satia- Constructlon Company can be greatly 1 fled that they would eventually find that the rock delivered from the May gera and Bugby'a quarries Is not up to requirements. The Northwest Construction Company still Insists that It will not seriously overrun the time for completion of Its contract, and by- working night a.td day it hopes to finish the work by Novem ber 1. T. H. Curtis, the president of the company, aald thla morning that the daily output of rock. which now averr ages from 1,000 to-1,200 tons, would be doubled next week, provided the com pany Is able to do as much work by night as by day, and that If tha addi tional machinery already ordered should MINNESOTA APPEALS ON MERGER SUIT Twenty-Vine Counts of Error Which Will Carry tha Case to the' Su , preme Court of tha Vaited States. menta from this port, and there will ba no difficulty ln furnlahln sufficient facilities for this traffic-when tha high grade on the bar of tha Columbia river has been reduced. Company Sas Been Criticised. "While tha Navigation Company haa been criticised for not increasing lta Oriental fleet on a, losing business, it has certainly gulped down . lta losses ? with less facial contortion than any other business . Interest la Portland would have dona under, like ciroum- tancsa, i rt.Juj-r-,'lll;,y'-i--l,t"l ,' ., "The Harrlman line, ara loyal to tha Interests of the territory through which they are operated, and ara not carrying water upon both shoulder-' The O. R." Nf CoJTiae already epent (Journal Special Bervlsa) St. Paul,-Sept 25. Minnesota haa ap ba received soon, the output would be I pealed from the decision of Judge Loch- I several million, in betterment of way, ' increased to z,600 tons per day. 1 ren or tne unuea matea court in iavorianj Wu expend ln addition large sums Mr.' Curtis strongly deprecates the of the Northern Securities Company, j ln continuing thia policy of improve- (Continued on Page Two.) r,i.,i, ill. ...,?, ifl!lllTT - which waa the state s anti-merger case, jment Tha track ha. been Improved so l Twenty-nine points oi error are assigned 1 1. . th best in tha count rv. all of information character. The I-1 curves hava been straightened, grades peal la made direct to the United States I reduced and trasUea filled aU along tha Portland Irish-Americans Pleased With The - Journal. supreme court Portland, Oregon, September 24, 1903. To the Editor of The Journal: , ' The imdersigned, representing the various organizations participating in Emmet's Centennial C&ebration, Sunday last ' desire to thank, you for the magnificent manner in which The Journal commemorated ; the affair, and assure you that the Irish-Americans of this 'city, thoroughly appreciate your, edition of September M'last as a touching favor to their sentiments. P " EDWARD KILLFEATHER, J. W. McGINN, (Journal Special Service.) .St. Petersburg, Sept IS. Tha official version of the riot, against tha Jewa at Gomel waa made publlo today. ' It ia claimed that tha trouble started in a fishmongers' fight, after which the Jews paraded tha streets, shouting JThis isn't Klshinef.". They dared resistance and fired revolvers to show that they wsre isaa.aAiiAaiAAAti.i. HaUroad wortam r laceas! P.. RYAN; "1 P. J. SMYTH, JOHN CHARA, JOHN.aHAJRE; - Committee. WaJTTS SJOPS WZTB9BAWX. ? Constantinople, Sept. J 5. The Turk ish foreign minister will hava a con ference with : Minister Leishmann today on the formera proposition for with drawal of the American ships from Bei rut. Mr. Mohler wa. in tha East, la part. on account of tha Illness of hi. daugh ter, and waa for a-tima in tha Adiron dack ';;;'; ', v.. ':.-. statx orrxcsB oozs wmoiro. Cnlumbua. Sent, 25. Governor Nash The parteso wishes, Qtaimina- a I thla rooming removed from office State settlement of difference, between Amer- Examiner of Stationary Engineers lea and Turkey cannot proceed until the George Collier, whoi has disappeared, fleet, leaves. T- $2,700 short in accounts. RUSSIA'S REPORT SAYS JEWS TO BLAME and attacked th procession, A gnrai fight. ensued, in which, H0 houtwa were destroyed and many persons lnjure.l. Hebrew leaders have been arras !1. Another vaoflctal mrt atates Omt the fight "Wt ween the il.hmoiii"rs r aulted in the injurln of a I'.u-.tan. after which revenge wa t.kn mcn-Mi. the Jews bnoansa on of thoir nir..