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MANY THINGS HAVE . CHANGED ? PORTLAND;-SINCE- TliE JOURNAL CAME TO TOWN VOL. II. NO. 302. rOBTLAyp, OBEGON TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 1903. PBICE FrVE CENTS. SOUTH PORTLAND: WRECKED AT CAPE ' BLANCO : ' : ' " ; -TmRTY-ONErPASSBNGERS AND SAILORS MISSING MARINE DISASTER ON 9 ,1 .. . , , ., . I ' I ' . I, I I EENS OF ASKED TO CHRISTENDOM STOP MURDERS On Desolate Shore, Steamship . Goes Down in Fog and Heavy Seas Captain and Six are . Saved. Two Boats Reported Launched Bat Only One LivesMaster of IH-Fated Vessel Believes All Lost Except Those of His Party. . (Journal Special Service.)' Marshtleld, Or., Oct 20. Startling news was received here this morning from Bandon that the steamship South Portland from Portland to San Fran cisco went ' on. the reefs near Cape Blanco last night In a heavy fog. Thirty-one Uvea are reported lost. The vessel Is reported to be total wreck. Capt Mclntyre, with two of tola crew and four passengers landed at the Blanco light In a small boat and came to Bandon. One other boat that was launched In the terrlflo seas peculiar to this treach rous part ' of the coast Is believed to have been pounded to pieces on the rocks. Details of the disaster are meager, as no telegraphta communication is to be had. Port Orford, eight miles below Cane Blanco, has long .distance tel phone, but at 4 o'clock this afternoon no particulars were known there. Vs ", Tna Itart Slaw The first news of the wreck was re ceived - from Bandon, village on the Oregon Coast Capt Mclntyre - Is re ported to have made the town this i afternoon. He aaya his vessel struck ''the rocks In a heavy fog en routs from Astoria to Sari Francisco. The captain says the shin must have brogen up al most Immediately and that there Is little chance of crew or passengers being saved. He thinks fully 23 of the crew and 7 passengers who were left on the vessel must nave perisnea in tne neavy seas. There was only time to lower but two boats. The exact number of pas engers Is unknown yet as the wreck Is on an Isolated coast The South Port land was t blc freight steamer and carried a few passengers. There is lit tie doubt that 31 persons were drowned. The vessel wj.s owned by W. W. Beam tnel of San Francisco. Bar Cargo. Astoria. Ore. Oct 20. The steamer South Portland left this port last 8un day with the . following cargo: , Eight thousand four hundred sacks of 'wheat 1,400 sacks of oats and 8.600 sacks of barley. She took no passengers irom Astoria. The news of the loss of the vessel caused no surprise here, because she was very hard to. handle. On her last trip up she brought 100 tons of powder for the Bugby quarry, ana tne wonder was expressed that she ever made port safely. The steamer's officers are. well known and popular here. El more A Co., local agents of the South Portland know nothing of tne wreck except what they have learned from the meagre reports. Inquiry at their office falls to elicit any information as to the number of passengers on the steamer. Mora Details of Wraok. Bandon, Oct 2M m. A life raft with a number of the crew aboard was seen drifting south of Cape Blanco this morning.. A life-saving crew is rushing to the rescue. The vessel struck last night oft the moub of the Coqullle river between the town or uanaon, ana tape Blanco. When the vessel - struck , there was the graetest confusion. Mem bers of the crew rushed . up and down the deck trying to calm the dls traded passengers, but the seriousness of the situation was. so .apparent that their fear could -not be. allayed and a mad rush was soon made for the boats. The captain was first to 'get away and Is unable to tell whether any others have escaped, as the vessel went down at once. . , -' ''.,!;.., . Sanies of Those Saved. -The latest details of the wreck as gathered here comes from - the lips of ' Captain Mclntyre of San Francisco, who was master of the ill-fated steamship. - In conversation- this-, afternoon he said: "At 5:15 o'clock yesterday after noon a dense fog was covering the mouth of the Coqullle river below Bandon. I thought I could make Port Orford, eight miles below Cape Blanco, but so dense was the fog and eo dark and tempestu ous the weather that no bearings could be taken. All boats were launched, but In my belief the only one that lived Is the one that I landed. I was the last to leave the, sinking ship. The scene aboard was fearful. Women screamed and the men were scarcely more brave. Those saved with me are John A. Rainier,' San Francisco; Emanuel Tap- sonanis. Ban Francisco; Lesley Baker. Alameda; Al Bagley, N. D.: William L. Watson, Baltimore, and Ouy Bent of San Francisco, whose mother was drowned , as she attempted to gain the boat in which we were. TWIIT1 PABSEVGEBS. All Those Aboard Us Wrecked Steamer Are from Portland. The passenger list follows, all from Portland: FIRST CLASS. Mrs. W. E. Tyrrell. W. E. Tyrrell. W. 8. lAhey. I Baker, H. Weber. STEERAGE. J. Watson. ' J. C. Wright. Paul Reinert F. Marine. E. McKay. , C. Hallenbeck. A. 8. Bailey. Three of the passengers are Mrs. W. E. Tyrrell and her 15-year-old son, who! resided at 438 Washington street nd a laborer named McKay.. Mrs. Tyrrell and McKay purchased their tickets 'from C H. Thompson, at 128 Third street Mr. Thompson .sold 11 persona tickets for the trip on the ill fated steamer. The passenger who did not secure his ticket from Thompson was a relative of one of the officers of the steamer. Mrs. Tyrrell Is the wife of W. E. Tyr. I reu employed by James Laldlaw & Co. BAPT BXGBTED. irY V:-"l 1' A 11 1 On1 - -J lofi J o o ' x liS o C S ROBBERS FIRE ON T SHOR 1 Conductor Has Warning, Notifies Pas sengers to Hide Valuables and Sends Train Through at Full Speed. Bullets Aimed at the Flying Express Attempt to Rob No. 6 Which Arrived in Portland Yesterday-Described by J. B. O'Neill. Two noble and prominent women who have signed a petition to the women rulers Imploring that Turkish bar barities may cease. On the left Mrs. ro raker, wife of the Ohio senator. ' On the rig-nt la Mrs. K. De Soto Money, wife of the senator from Mississippi. " ' ' 4 port at Merchants Zzonanga Indi cates, that IS Were Saved. A dispatch received at the Merchants' Exchange at 1 o'clock stated that a raff with 1? people aboard had been sighted near the place of the wreck. .: It Is sup posed they have been picked up by this time. There were 87 persons aboard the Ill-fated ship. OBATETAKD 07 SKIPS. Soma of the Wrecks that Have Made Bandon Books Terrible. The coast between Bandon and Cape Blanco has long been known as most dangerous, the bones of many a good ship being strewn along its sands. On account of the many wrecks that have occurred near the mouth of the Coqullle river and along the shore below Bandon harbor the United States government established a life saving station near the river in 1891. . Since, that time the life saving crew has been called out 66 times to assist vessels that.; were in distress, One of the first ships to go ashore along this coast after the station had been established was', the ' American barkenttne Oregon. By prompt work on the part of the life saving crew no lives were lost, although the, vessel was a total loss. -The hulk of the Oregon still lies on the beach some four miles be low Bandon. On November 13. 1891, the American schooner Llziie Prlen drifted in shore, but was hauled off the beach before It was damaged to any great extent. But not so lucky was' the British steamer Bawnmore, 1,428 tons register, which' drifted onto the shore 18 miles below the station. The accident hap pened on the night of August 28, .1895., during a 'blinding rain and hail storm. and "was a total losss -The steamer was In command of Capt Alexander Wood side, and was coal laden,' bound for Cen tral America from Comox, British Co lumbia. No lives were lost in this wreck. v ; The ' gasoline schooner Moro ran ashore on this, coast May 4, 1896, and was. a total loss, as was the schooner (Continued on Pag Four.) BURNS TO DEATH IN . SIGHT OF FRIENDS. -' - ALASKA BOUNDARY OFFICIAL REPORT LAST VX&XT SZaVATTBSS OP TXB MAJOSXTT Of TIB COMMISSlOir EXS WZXB ATPIXBD TO BOCIJ xxxTABT piiroiiros DlSPir AS- TTXB EXPmBSSXO TBOBt B1TOXJ8K. Fresno, Cal., Oct 20. James Duke, an engineer at the San Rlcardo vine yard, was burned to death last night and another man was severely injured In 1 the office building utiartera. " The structure caught fire from an overturned lamp. Duke attempted to Jump from the seeond-storywindow and fell back Into the flames. ,Jt afterwards devel- oped -that he had broken his back In the fall, thus making- it impossible to 1 es cape, i His" companions saw hind burn to death in 'great agony.1 but were pow erless to assist him. . Some of the men had been, drinking heavily during . the day, and It is supposed that one went downstairs to get-a drink of water and overturned the" lamp. V - ; (Journal Special Service.) London, Oct 20. The official decision of the Alaskan commission was an flounced this afternoon. Secretary. Carter made the statement that not until last night was -the final determination known even to the mem bers of the tribunal. . As It stands Can ada gets the Portland canal and the isles of Prince of Wales and Pearce, The rest goes to America. In continu ing the announcement Mr. Carter stated that Saturday's report was a forecast, or rather a guess made by followers of the controversy. That it came near being correct Is a coincidence; as mem bers of the commission themselves did not know until last night how the final vote would terminate. The awarding of the islands to Canada is believed here to be practically of no value, as America will control the Strlklan. and Kannaught Islands, which command the - entrance to the Portland channel and the ocean passage to Port Simpson, thus destroying the strategic value of Prince of Wales and Pearce islands. The Canadian commissioners, Jetto and Aylesworth, who refused to sign the award, have Issued a statement and say the decision of the majority regard' ing the mountain' lines and islands 1 hot judicial one and-claim that Canadian rights have been ignored. The moun tain "line adopted as a boundary - gives Xmerlca a complete ' land barrier be tween Canada and the sea from Mt St Ellas to. the Portland channel. Where Yew Line Xs. Foster, the American' counsel before the Alaskan commission, today said that Americana were .. ' satisfied with - the award., but would of course have liked to retain the 'Portland Igaiialrtiiut lhey have no criticism. The new linefjfle? marcatlon as decided upon by . the ma jority of the tribunal is as follows: The line of peaks starting at the head ' of the Portland canal,' running along - the high mountains on the' outer 'edge of the mountains shown on the maps of the survey made in .1893; from these moun tains the line extends to Mount Whipple, thence along what is known ,as : the .(Continued on Page Xwo.J, r-Tmnn STOLEN rll 1 1.1rVv ; tunuuLoo , T PAY TO GET PROPERTY President Issues Procla mation Convening an Extra Session. THE CUBAN CONVENTION METHODS OP X.OOAX. POUCH SB PAXTMBBT THAT MAKE XT COIT X.T PO VICTIMS OP XOBBEBT WXAT CHXSP OP POZ1CB HVWT SATS BEOABDIjra TUB MATTE B. Matter So Important That it Neces sitates the Meeting of Both Houses-November 9 the Date Set for Action. : (Journal ' Special. Service.) . t Washington, D. C, Oct 30. Presi dent . Roosevelt today issued the procla mation calling for an extra session of congress Monday, November 9. The wording of the president's procla mation id as follows: Whereas, by a resolution of the senate, March. 1903, approval by congress of the reciprocal commercial convention between the United States and Cuba signed . Decem ber, 1892, la necessary before it becomes effective for congress to act . Whereas, it Is Important to the public Interests of the United States that said convention becomes operative as early as possible. Now therefore. I Theodore Roosevelt by virtue of the power Vested" in" me by the constitution. do proclaim and gentr for Mrararr4nerlHldentttted Attlnr that Ihm AitnnrjlinarT ntim- i nmn.rt. 'anl . v.n rKiA u,ni. declare that tne extraordinary occa slon requires the convening .of both houses of the congress of the United States in their respective chambers at Washington. D. C, on the ninth day of November, next at noon, to the end that it may determine, whether the ap proval of congress ahail be given , the said convention. w ' . '. ; jThe proclamation cloeea wittu t h eus-1 tomary lormei notice waa signature, Section 1,809 of the revised statutes of Oregon reads: "If any person shall buy, receive or conceal, or attempt to conceal, any stolen money or property, knowing or naving good reason to believe the same to be stolen, such person, upon con vlctlbn, thereof ' shall be punished by imprisonment In the penitentiary not less than six-months nor more than Ave years, or by imprisonment in the county jail not leas than three months nor more than one year, or by a fine not less than $60 nor more than 1500." This law, it would appear, is a dead letter under the present police admin istration. Instead of being compelled to surrender such stolen property as comes to them In the natural course of their business, without process of law, the victim of the theft must make good the amount of money the pawnbroker has advanced. Chief of Police Hunt says that this method is right; that it is customary in Portland and he rule makes It easier for his detectives to find stolen prop erty, Under -the law the victim of a robbery is entitled to his property with out the payment of a cent and any peace officer has a right when he sus pects that an article Is stolen to seize it and hold it awaiting its identifica tion. On the night of October 10 the flat t 248 Sixth street, occupied by. Mrs. riorence warriner was entered and a gold watch stolen. The day following the theft was reported at police head quarters. Chief of. Police Hunt located the stolen watch' in Miller's pawn shop at 7 . North Third street The pawn broker said that, h had loaned 16 on the watch and gave a description of the man who had pledged ltjrhe.watch was '"turned over to Chief Hunt who By the vigilance of the Oregon Railroad Navigation company and the Oregon Short Line officials, a carefully laid plan to hold 'up the Pacific express. No. 5, due to arrive in Portland at 10:20 p. m. yes terday, but which .was delayed until 2 o'clock p. m., was frustrated. 'The hold up was to have been accomplished this side of Nampa, Ida.; but. Instead of suc ceeding in boarding the cars, the bandits saw the train speed by them, and, tend ing beside the track, In the darkness, vented their disappointment with yells of rage. Shots were fired at the disappear ing train, none, however, taking effect. .Every train Is now caVrylng armed guards through that section of country. They board the cars at Nampa, and con vey them pant the point' of danger. Telegrams pass over the wires accord ing to pre-arranged signal codes, warn ing the trainmen when to keep unusual watch, and the resources of a great rail way system are brought Into play to out wit the gang of bandits that Is strung along the- line to the East, and whose fellow desperadoes have been terrorising the Northern Pacific and Great Northern companies up in Montana. Warned to Kids Talnables. The story of the exciting experience- sitting in a Pullman sleeper. In a trans continental train, with money and val uables secreted and momentarily expect ing to see masked men enter the car, was told this morning by James B. O'Neill of Philadelphia, who, with Mrs. O'Neill, Is at the Imperial hotel. Mr. and Mrs. O'Neill were on the train which was to have been held up. They reached Port land at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and are not yet through talking of bow It feels to expect to be robbed. "It was the other side of Nampa," Ida., said Mr. O'Neill, "that the train con ductor of the Short Line came into. the Pullman sleeper, and. In a quiet tone, in formed us section by section that it would be wise to secrete our valuables. He said that he had received a telegram from headquarters, warning him that a plot had been discovered to stop the train and rob the passengers. . Suppressed Excitement "Quite naturally, every passenger was aroused to keen interest in the remainder of our Journey into the far West. ' We had read of train bandits, and yet had not thought to be brought into close contact with them, as we started towards the Pacific coast. The conductor exer cised such self-control that we were kept In a state of suppressed excitement, and little was said for some time by the pas sengers. There was careful hiding . of money and Jewelry, however, and, in a few moments, everything was in read iness for the onslaught of the robbers. "Hints were given that fhere had been several attempts to hold up trains along there during the past few days, and, ap parently, the railroad company was on the watch for trouble at any time. .We heard hints that one train had been stopped, but could not verify .the report, At any rate, it was evident that all along the line of the road preparations had been made extensively to spoil the plans of the bandits. .' . Armed Guards Aboard. "It was about 7 o'clock when we ar rived at Nampa. The lamps were not lighted when we got off the train to go to the Dewey hotel at Nampa, to eat din ner. As we ato dinner, the lights werej turned on. "Another Incident occurred that fright ened Mrs. O'Neill. As we left the train at Nampa, getting oft on the side to wards the hotel, we saw two men, one dressed In a light overcoat the other In a dark top-coat, get aboard on the oppo site side. At first, we feared that these men were bandits, but It transpired that they were armed guards, several more getting aboard there at Nampa, until about a dosen were with us, armed to the teeth, and under leadership that would have sent them against any gang of robbers that might be encountered. "Contrary to the custom, the train erept out from Nampa without blowing a warning whistle or ringing the bell. ; This fact was noted and commented on by thft passengers, who were on the qui vive tel see what was going to happen. Shot Past the Bandits. "Soon the train was speeding away westward In the gathering darkness, which closed down so that we could no longer see anything from the windows. No preparations were made to have berths arranged for the night. No one wanted to CO to sleen. with th nrniiwt of being aroused by the cold steel muszle of a pistol thrssf against his face. - It was rather a sleepless crowd. "From Nampa to Huntington, where the U. R. & N. line begins, is 82 mile.,. We left Nampa about 7:80 o'clock. It was quite a distance this side from that town, when we reached the point where was to have occurred the holdup. "The signal was whistled by the en gineer 'down. brakes' but the train con ductor pulled the bell-cord and ordered the engineer to go ahead at full speed. He obeyed the signal. The cars shot ahead swiftly, and, In a moment, we heard on both sides of the train loud yells. I judge there ; were several men on each side. "Bull X-ig-ht" on the Track. "About half an hour later, the train conductor came back to our car, and, leaning over close to the Pullman con ductor, told him that the engineer had seen a 'bull light' qn the track. I asked of someone else what such a light was. and learned that It was a bulls-eye lan tern."- ' rv The Intention of the bandits was ob vious. By placing a large bulls-eye lanterii on the track, they thought to make the engineer believe that he was running into the rear end of another train, and - knew1 that ordinarily, -he would come' to a full stop. Had not the trainmen been warned, the : engineer would have applied the air-brakes . and the robbers would have swarmed into the cars and relieved the passengers of their money or the express messenger ... . of the cash in the safe. ' W. O. Jeffs,. who with his wife arrived In town Sunday night stated that guards . boarded the train at Nampa when they passed through that town. It was Bald by several others that guards are kept on the trains nowadays by the Short Lino officials. . -. t - : Hot a Hew Occurrence. . For years, the Short Line officials have been kept on their vigilance by the pres- ; ence in the country around Nampa and Welser of a gang of desperadoes.1 It has been known that, extensive ' horse and -cattle stealing has been carried on by a' gang that has its connections all along the railroad tp Nebraska, They have, been accustomed to steal whole herds of livestock, and in one Instance It was proved that they stole -a flock of 1.000 sheep, drove them to Ontario, hired cars , and shipped them to Kansas Cljy, getting away with the booty. t, V Officers have been hard-worked durtng 20 years past, and even before that time, when vigilantes wera in control and law was administered by them. A dosen times during the past 10 years, plots to rob the Short Line trains have been discovered, and It is asserted that the Short Line keeps detectives con stantly employed under a chief of ex perience. DISTIHQTISXED CHUBCHMES. Washington, Oct. 20. A hundred dis tinguished churchmen from every quar ter of America, Canada,-Hawaii. West Indies, Philippines, China, and Japan are here today at the opening of. the session or tne pan-American cuniervni; hi.hr.ni nf th Protestant Enisconal church. Missionary projects and church extension will -be the principal points : discussed. ' " " .'" TBVB BXXkb AGAtirST WKIOHT. X Journal Special Service.) London, Oct 20. The grand Jury to day returned a true bill against Whlt aker Wright, the promoter. His trl.il begins Immediately. PLUCKY MOTHER GETS BACK HER CHILDREN her property "and then Chief Hunt- In formed her that in order to get her watch back' ft would be necessary for her to pay $6 the amount advanced by the : pawnbroker. Mrs. Warriner - pro tested and told the chief that she con sidered the demand an outrage. f , "I never heard' bf such a thing," the lady said to Chief Hust - j 1 - (CoaUauel on Teg Two,) ' (Journal Special- Service.) San Francisco, Oct 20.-Seven months sgos J. 0". Buck," formerly a motorman In . the employ - of the United Railroads of this city, deserted his wife and left for parts unknown, taking with him his boy, aged 9. and a girl of T. His dis consolate wife went to drepsjiftking and. savFdmomy mcruptt tn starrtn her troa band'i jjurauit, BUa located her misslcg family with the man's winter in West ern New TorK. . Annum leg a rf'sjrc she went to the village and t the rnjil. rert as thev were coming ut of . sHim,; She took thei across tne I'ttrmHylvai! -t border and arrived with them in K n Francisco, yesterday. Th "f:ui'm "s i not know of the act unM an f '. . raiT'lr-had lieeur nada fvr t;.o i .. ; oua, ,. ..: . . ,1.. - ..... ;J . ....