rTMiE JOURNAL
JL It the only paper In Portland that prints
the news without coloring it in the
; . Interest of faction or party. It alor.s
has no private axes to grind. "
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VOL. II. NO. 279.
PORTLAND; OREGON, FRIDAY , EVENING, JANUARY 29.' 1904.
TRICE FIVE CENTS.
PREPARING LETTER
TO PvUYOR VILLIAM
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Railroad Men Accuse Goddard of the
Executive Board of turning City
Shipments Over to His Line. ;
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Charges Are Proved,
ment in Question Was Private '
, The storm .aroused over the shipment
fef 4,000,000 pounds of material for the
Morrison street bridge over the Burllng
' ton and the Northern Pacific Is increas
ing in fury. H. W. Ooddard. assistant
general agent of - the Burlington Is
credited with securing the shipment for
his line, As he is a member of the ex
ecutive board, railroad men are accus
ing him of using his place to help his
business. J
Railroad men are today considering
the form of the letter to be submitted to
the .mayor protesting against Goddard' s
alleged discrimination. Several letters
have been prepared and discussed, but
as yet the precise form of the communi
cation has not been agreed upon.
Practically every interested freight
man In the city is Joining hands with his
fellow to discover whether any redress
can be had in the - present case and
whether future business controlled by
the city will go the same way.
The railroad men declare that as they
pay taxes they should get a share of the
city's business.
It is known, and letters are on file in
local railway offices, to show that six
weeks ago this shipment was disoussed
by the head officials of ; roads having
Portland offices. Agents of certain lo
cal lines assert that from no less an,
authority than the president of- the Pa
cific Construction company at San Fran
Cisco came the statement early h De-
- cember that the shipment would be
routed over the Burlington, as Mr. God
dard, the representative of the Burling
ton road, was a member, of the execu
tive board.
Harrlmaa at Work. , .
It Is generally understood that ? the
Harrlman Interests are - working S the
New York end of the fight, and that
through their eastern head officials are
telling the ; Chicago, Burlington- &
Qulncy exactly -what must be don to
avoid a rate war or retaliatory discrim
ination. The O. R. A N. is not mingling
in the local skirmish.
"The ten or more lines represented
in Portland who have been shut out in
this division of freight," said an agent
of a Chicago-Omaha road today,; "hav
considerable power. t As long as I "have
a ticket to sell, I am going to sell it
over some other connecting line than
the Burlington, and the rest of the fel
lows are In the same boat. I don't
the system will gain anything by
Its work in this case, and even a 136,000
shipment may prove a costly luxury.'
The Mayor's Tlew.
"The city had nothing to do with It,
and has no Influence over the way this
freight shall be shipped," said Mayor
Williams, when asked concerning the
case this morning. "I never knew any
thing of the matter until I saw it in
the papers, and the question, of freight
routing was not broached in the execu
tive board. We have no power . over
the way the Pactflo Construction com
pany shall send their freight, and we
cannot change or modify this private
arrangement." .$. - , p- i;
"Bhould it be proved that Mr. Ood
dard. through his Influence ss a mem
ber of the executive board and a mem
ber Of 'the judiciary committee, changed
the route of the freight to his own road,
thereby gaining 4,000,000 pounds of
freight end a long haul for his line,
would the city charter confer the power
to you or the board to act in the mat
terT" was asked.
"I do not wish to give a statement on
that subject at this time," replied the
mayor. "X will probably pass on the
esse as final authority, and any state
ment on this subject at this time might
be taken as Indicating bias, or preju
dicing the case. Let us wait, until the
side of Mr. Goddard has been heard and
until he can make a statement, then
when the evidence is in we can form our
conclusion and act on the matter."
Mr. Goddard Is expected to return io
the city tonight.' His office stated to
day that he would probably arrive this
evening from the sound, his visit In the
North , being curtailed, as he, was not
expected to return to Portland befqre
Sunday night '
Charter Beqnlrementav
The city charter says:
"Section 184 No councilman or other
officer or employe of the city shall be or
become directly or indirectly interested
LAKE MICHIGAN
SOLID WITH
V y (Jonrail Special Berries.)
Chicago, Jan. 19. Lake Michigan Is
frosen from shore to shors today. This
condition, almost unheard of, is the cu
mulative result ot the continuous cold
weather, the temperature . In ' December
and Januay having been lower than
any winter since 1874. It is the first
time the lake has been entirely oovered
with Ice In many scores of years. Even
In the most severe winters a -strip- ot
blue wster usually remains unfrozen in
the middle of the lake. For weeks this
strip has been growing narrower, and
the cold weather of today bridged It
over, and Late Michigan, frtra end to
T r
rower to Remove it
but That the Ship
In or in the performance of any con
tract for the supply of labor or ma
terial for the city. Or in the sale of
any article, the price or consideration of
which Is payable from the city treas
ury,' or in the purchase, or lease, of any
real estate, or any other property be
longing or to be taken by the city or
which shall be sold for taxes or assess
ments, or by virtue of legal process at
the suit of the city. And in case any
officer or employe of the city shall be
Interested personally aa a promoter or
stockholder,- or shareholder in any flrnvj
or corporation in any grant or privi
lege or franchise sought by himself, or
his associates, or such firm or cor
poration from the city of Portland, or
any public utility which Is sought to be
acquired or duplicated by the city, or
which is offered fpr sale or lease by the
city, such officer or employe shall be
Incapacitated to take any part In the
negotiations or proceedings connected
with the giving r granting of such
grants, privilege or franchise, but all
such negotiations and proceedings and
acts as would otherwise be conducted
by sttcfr-officer or employe shall -be
conducted and done .on behalf of the
city of Portland by k such officer and
employs as would 'have done and con
ducted the same In the absence of such
Interested officer and employe. -
"It any , officer or persons, in this
section designated, shall violate the pro
visions of this seotlon, he shall forfeit
his office and such contraots, grants.
privilege and franchises in the hands
of others than purchasers, witnout no
tice for value shall be void."
Xr. Bntlsrt Story.
"It is a damned ller said F. M. Butler
when told of the charges of collusion
made against himself and Mr. Goddard.
Mr. Butler, is the local representative of
the Pactflo Construction company, who
secured the routing of the material for
the Morrison-street bridge over the Bur
lington and Northern Pactflo railroads.
"I did not see Mr. Goddard before the
contract was let," said Mr. Butler, "and
I did not know htm any better than any
other member ot the executive board. I
came here from San Francisco to get this
contract and I got it We routed the
material the way we did because it was
convenient for us to do so. We thought
over the matter and weighed the ques
tion of dividing the shipment between
several roads, but for the sake of con
venience decided to give the freight to one
company, or rather two, and awarded the
traffic to the Northern Pacific and Bur
lington. If we had given It to the O. R.
& N. or any other road, there would have
been Just as big a howl,' and ths only
way we could have escaped this talk
would have been to divide the shipment
up. and this would not have suited us as
well as to send the material in one lot
- '-Avoar Anyway." . :"
"There would have been a roar any
way, I suppose," said Mr. Butler when
told of railroad comment on the routing
of the bridge material, "but I, did not
think of it at the time. I suppose it
would have come anyway, but I don't see
as the publlo Is Interested in the matter.
Our position, you understand, 1 Is simply
this: We routed, the material as we did
because it suited our convenience."
"No. not because It was necessarily
the best route," replied Mr. Butler, when
asked If the Burlington and Northern
Paotflo saved his company anything, "but
merely because it was convenient"
As to Other Material.
"Some think It peculiar that the ma
terial for the Marquam-gulch bridge Is
going to come the same way," was ven
tured. Mr. Butler smiled end said:
:. "That don't concern me, .you know;
the Burlington Is lucky. I guess."
II. Tu Sisler, general agent of the
Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis A Omaha
road, was quoted in the Interview yes
terday, published under the sypoalura
of railroad men on the Morrison bridge
material shipment as saying that the
O. R. & N. was the natural gateway
and would have "usually received the
greatest proportion of the shipment
This statement was made by another
local freight man and not by Mr. Sis
ler. The relations of Mr. Siller's line
to the Northern Paclflo are friendly and
the Omaha road la a direct connection
with the-Northern Paclflo and regards
that line as a natural ally.
ICE
end, is stretched as motionless as - a
prairie under ths silence of Ice and
snow. One could start across the lake
today and arrive dry shod on the other
Side.'
Along the . city's Vaterf ront espe
cially near the mouth of the river, 'the
Ice is particularly heavy.' Wind and
waves have piled It against mimerous
obstructions and into the semblanca.of
glacial bergs, Solid ice reaohing from
the bottom to 20 feet 'above the sur
face is seen. In appearance the take's
frosen surface suggests a scene from
the Arctic. Windrows of Ice it feet
high ft often halt a mil long..
s:'-
Subjects of the. Mikado
Anxiously Await the
Reply From Russia.
(Special Dlptcl) to The Jonreal.)
Tokio, Jan. Russia's response Is
eagerly awaited this afternoon, - and
should it prove unsatisfactory -to Japan
an Immediate declaration of war seems
unavoidable. The Japanese-feel that'
the entire responsibility of the .out
come rests with Russia, - Some doubt is
expressed that Russia appreciates the
determination and temper of the Jap
anese' people, but it - seems incredible
that Baron Do Rosen 'has failed to cor
rectly inform : his government in St.
Petersburg of the real situation.
Japan has been busy perfecting her
financial program, and it was announced
at noon that a plan had been promul
gated to issue bonds and increase tax
ation. This meets with great popular
approval but some - objections have
been mad to the proposed method of
procedure, as well as to the redemption
plan. It is expected that final details
will be settled soon, probably before
midnight ,
Marquis Ito, Matsukata and General
Tamogata, members at the Imperial
household and finance council, had an
audience with the emperor this morn
ing, at which it was decided that the
Imperial household would subscribe lib
erally to the government's emergency
bonds should they be issued. It was
undecided, however, what amount would
be taken. , This will make the emperor
a personal Subscriber to the proposed
bonds. The government is receiving
many offers for the bonds, and it is ex
pected that the issue will be oversub
scribed several times.
serious com era mxets.
St Petersburg, January 29. At
the special meeting of the council
of state, under the presidency of Grand
Duke Alexis, the. members considered
the subject of war for an hour and a
half .yesterday, snd they reached the
conclusions which will be drafted and
submission to be made to the ciar for
his final approval. Among those pres
ent were Foreign Minister Lamsdorff,
War Minister Kuropatkln. Vice Admiral
Avellane, head of the admiralty depart
ment; Admiral Abazxa, executive chief
of the committee of the Far East; Gen
eral Sakharoff, chief of the army staff,
and Gen. M. Mart wig, chief of the
Aslatlo division. Grand Duke Alevls
will draft the report which, it is be
lieved, will receive the signatures of all
members of the council, and will be
presented to the csar tomorrow. .-.-..
The. final conclusions ; reached by
fhsc6uncll are carefully .guafdedtrnut
the same official assurances were given
that the subject was considered in a
paclflo spirit, and with a determination
to do all possible to preserve peace and
to successfully terminate the negotia
tions. WA7ft lEEKS SUM.
Port Arthur, Jan. 2.-A telegram was
received here today Informing the Rus
sian authorities that the mobilisation of
Japan's army continues. The effect of,
the telegram was to renew preparations
for dispatching troops already ordered
to the north but whose departure was
delayed' owing to the peaceful aspect of
affairs. Authorities here today act as
though war is inevitable.
coiroESBxoira rsox japav.
London, . Jan. 29. The Central News
today says It Is authoritatively informed
that Japan Is" not anxious to deprive
Russia of access to warm water seas snd
does not ssk the evacuation of Port
Arthur-and Dalny; Japan is ready to
recognise Russia's special Interests in
those places and also Manchuria,
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i London. Jan.' 2 9. Hayashl today said
th Russian reply had not yet left St
Petersburg and not the slightest inkling
of, its contents would be given out.
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Paris, Jan. 29. Ten -persons were
bellied snd five seriously Injured In sn
explosion of. acetalln, gas.in a village
I, near Avlgnen today, - -
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PARK SCHOOL. DESTROYED BY FIRE LAST NIGHT.
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GARFIELD HOTEL,
TWO FIRES CAUSE
LOSS OF $85,000
Lives Menaced in Destruction of Garfield Hotel
Park" School Totally Destroyed 800 Pupils
Have; a Holiday UntU-Monday
' Fire broke ' out 'a few ' minutes after
10 o'clock last night. and within' two
hours destroyed Park school, occupying
the block bounded by West Park, Tenth,
Madison and Jefferson streets.' The Are
Is believed to have been incendiary. The
loss Is estimated at f 65,000, on which
there Is $22,000 insurance. Eight hun
dred pupils attending the school will
have a holiday unt)l next Monday, when
they will be distributed among other
schools. At a special meeting of the
school board tomorrow steps will be
taken toward rebuilding the structure.
Fir Chief Campbell and Chief of Po
lice Hunt are cooperating In an investi
gation of the cause of the fire. Neigh
bors asserted that ' a 1 gang of young
rowdies has been making the building
a night rendesvous, insulting passers
by; '; ' ; '
-Frank 'Rigler, superintendent of city
schools, -estimates the loaa at-$65,000.
He reckons the value of the contents
of (he building at' $5,000, although the
original ' cost was much' greater. On
thla item 'there 1 $2,000 Insurance. Per
haps one-third of the furniture, books,
maps and other- articles were saved,
though a good deal of the property taken
from the burning building was scorched
or damaged by water.
The loss on the. building, which was
one of -the largest frame school houses
In the city, he places, at $0.000. The
Insurance Is placed among these com
panies. ' '
The total Insurance on , the Park
school amounted to $22,000, of which
$20,000 was on the building and $2,000
on Its contents, i The Insurance was
placed among the following companies:
Hartford-Connecticut, $1,600;, Royal,
$1,000; Queen, $3,000; American of Phil
adelphia. $1,260; Westohester. . $2,000;
American of Newark, $1,000; Phoenix of
Brooklyn, $1,000; London & Lancashire,
$2,000; United States, $1.000; , Pennsyl
vania, $1,000; N. B. , A Mercantile, $2,
000; Phoenix of London. $1,260; Niagara,
$2,000; Northern Assurance, $2,000,; on
Provlaiar Fnplls. . '
Attending the school were about 800
pupils. They had no studies today, but
the school board has already formed
plans to provide for them temporarily
until a new.buildlng is erected. They
will be accommodated at other-schools
until, temporary, structures can be
erected on the Park school grounds. It
is believed that these can be finished in
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BURNED, TO THE GROUND
' The' burning . of ' th .Garflold hotel
this morning was due to the work of a
firebug. The flames started In a wood
shed in 'the southeast . corner - of the
building., .While a; chimney from the
kitchen passed near the spot, there had
not been a fire in the stove for hours.
That loss of life was avoided Is only
due to fortunate circumstances. The
butldingwas a three-story one and built
of wood. There were but two front
exits, one on Savter street and the
other on Fourteenth street,' near. Savler.
This necessitated the 'Occupants in the
south part of'the house going ss far as
70 feet through-the dark hallways be
fore they could reach an exit. Had the
fire started In the front of the house the
only salvation for the roomers would
have been to Jump from the windows or
grope to the narrow stairs in the rear
of the place. vv .
; on of Confusion.
The first man routed out by the
flames was JS. C Johnson, who runs the
grocery store.: and. lost $1,000., He was
Bleeping in the rear of his place of
business, which was directly In front
of , th kitchen. The first warning he
had was when a stick of burning tim
ber tumbled from the celling upon
his bed. He jumped up and made for
the front door, dragging his trunk after
him. He tried to return to the room
to get some other valuables, but found
the place filled with smoke and flames.
He at once rushed up stairs, shouting
the alarm and pounding on the doors to
awake the sleepers. But for his prompt
action a number of fatalities would un
doubtedly -have occurred, as some es
caped only by a narrow marglnjaf time.
om Xiost Tbelr Clothes.
- There were 60 persons In the build
ing, the majority, or whom lost every
thing, and a number of them left with
out clothes, not having time to got them
before escaping. When, the alarm be
came general the halls' were crowded
with a confused mass or people rushing
In every direction. But for the cool
ness ot a number of the men present a
panic would have ensued,, the narrow
stairs jammed with thoee rushing to
escape, and a miniature Iroquois horror
repeated.,"' -J..:v-.i" ';' : '' ,:.r',r's-
( A Woman' Courts Death.
Lottie Crane, a woman employed In
the dining-room of the place, had' a
room in the front part of the house.
Bhe rushed to the street with no-cloth-
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CHICAGOANS IN AN .
AWFUL FEAR OF FIRE
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Chicago, .Jan, 29. Fire " op-' 4
curred In the building adjoining
the Masonic Temple this morn--
lng, the result of an explosion .
of chemical!. Miss Mary Varva. ,
a'young Woman, was fatally hurt. .
Chemist Rudolph was seriously
and several others sllchtly In-
Jure 4
The flames gutted the flf tfi and
sixth floor, occupied by the Gas , 4
Mantle factory. Thirty thousand
dollars will be the damage. '
' The Bennttiveness of Chicago-.
ans to Are was again demon-
strated when thousands blocked
the BtrectK, making them Impass-
able. Police efforts to clear the
streets were, futile.
The continued outbreaking 'of
fire in this district seem a strange
fatality. The Iroquois is still 4
fresh in the memory of all, and
the breaking out of a Are causes
the people to become greatly ex- 4
cited and beyond the concrol of
the police, while prior to the late 4
disaster a Are alarm would at-
tract only casual notice, now the 4
whole populace rushes out In an
uncontrollable mass. 4
Every precaution is being taken 4
in all of the large buildings to 4
prevent Are,, but they seem to 4
burn In spite of this. Every
4- alarm of fire brings fear to per-
4 sons in every section of this big 4
city. 4
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THIS MORNING.
CARNATION DAY '
AT WHITE HOUSE
PBXSIDXWT XOOBZTELT AJTD XCEM
BBSS OT THS KOTJBB ABB BBOO
BATBS WITH TKB rMWIlt
ZTJLOOT OH nBSZSBHT VCXIX-
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Wanhlngton, Jan. 2. At the White
House today was observed Carnation
day. President Roosevelt and Secretary
Loeb wore Immense bouquets and gave
each visitor a boutonnierre. .,..'.
: The house members today are nearly
all wearing carnations. The chaplain
delivered a prayer In which he eulogised
the late President McKlnley. In the
senate only the president pro-tern and
the chaplain wore the flower.
The senate passed a resolution that
the president be requeued to inform
the senate whether all the correspondnce
from Colombia over the Panama affair
had been sent to the senate and. if not,
that all be sent unless Incompatible with
public interest. '...-.'
EACH ENGINEER TO
HANDLE ONE ENGINE
Bakersfleld, Call, Jani 29. It is re
ported here that the Southern Fbclflo
will return to old method of giving every
engineer and fireman individual engines
and holding each responsible for their
condition. The pooling system now in
use Is unsatisfactory to both men and
the company, as too many men handle
the same engines. The return to the In
dividual system will be welcomed by the
men.
WARSHIP
SLOWLY
(Journal SpecUl Brrlce.) !
' San Francisco, Jan. 29. The ways un
der the cruiser California, now build
ing at the Union Iron works, hav set
tled considerably and may Interfere
with the launching of the vessel, which
was to have s taken place at an early
date. The cruiser is one of the finest
of the big, swift veseels for th navy,
and the Iron worka people are very
much worried. The -cradle ; rests ! on
made ground snd was dlacovered to be
sinking some months ago. The naval
constructor took precautions to keep
It up, neverllu-Ws the hullnrKed about
an Inch, -Werisfs wore driven under the
DISGRACE
Harry Egbert Pays the
Penalty; for His Crimes
on the Scaffold.
GIVES WORDS OF ADVICE
Without an Outward Sign of Fear a
Double Murderer Is Hanged at .
Salem First Execution -.
tfoderflew law -
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Salem, Jan. 29. "My friends, take m
as an example. If you have children, re
member me and bring them up so that
they will not follow in my steps. My
heart aches for them. Keep them in at
night away from the saloons and out Of
bad company Bad raising and bad com
pany brought me here. I repent of my "
sins and am ready to die. It is not true
that I have any hatred for the woman t
love. I still love her with ell my heart
and die true to her. My heart is too full .
to say anything moreA ,
With farewell address to those assem
bled to witness the first legal execution
at the state penitentiary, Harry D. Eg
bert, or John H. Frost swung into eter
nity at 12:42 o'clock this afternoon. "The
drop was 'seven feet.' At 12:62 Dr. J.
D. Shaw, prison physlcisn, snd Dr. E. A.
Pierce, member of the state health board.
pronounced that the heart had ceased
beatlrrg. Death was caused by th dislo
cation of th'-neck.
As the doomed man stood on the trap .
door no finer built man ever faced death.
He bore the ordeal with military . forti
tude, and as he faced the witnesses,
scarcely a tremor went through his
strong physique. , Robust and athletic,
ho was at the . threnhhold . of another
world, all ready to die.
March from th Cell
The march -from the -cell begun at
12:35. Just prior to this Superinten
dent C. W. : James announced that all
was ready and produced the death war
rant. Egbert waived its reading. Su
perintendent James and Rev. Bt Pierre,
the spiritual adviser, Jed the procession
while supporting the condemned men
wer Warden Frank Curtis and Assist
ant J. D. Smith. v ; . . c i
. They had to wait a moment until th
prisoner roUed a last .cigarette. This
he smoked nonchalantly on his way to
the scaffold. :
His last request ' to Warden Curtis
that he be not shackled was granted.
and , like a soldier he marched to meet
his doom. Guard Warren Cyrus, to
whom Egbert took s so great a liking,
was with him during ths last few min
utes in the celL
Without assistance ' Egbert mounted
th steps of the scaffold. Spectators
removed their hats and the prisoner
stepped to the front to deliver bis part
ing address, Placing his hand on th
railing he spoke In a clear distinct voice.
During the speech he bowed his head
and It was feared he was about to
break down. But he recovered In a sec
ond and reaumed.
As he finished, his voice wss filled
with emotion and tears welled to his
eyes. - . ,'''.;
The minister read the wen Known
verse of John $:xvt as the mask was
adjusted and Curtis placed th ' noose
over Egbert's ' head.
Last Solemn Bites, ,
"Father unto Tby keeping I commit
my spirit," said Rev. St. Pierre and the
body dropped to death. The black t
was disarranged, but did not expose the
features. Physicians held th body
counting th heart beats. In 10 minute
th man was d and Tfn law had been .
fully satisfied. The rope was removed
and the corps laid In a plain pin coffin. .
Superintendent James summoned the fol
lowing cltliens to certify to" the fact
that the hanging had been legally car
ried out: J. K. Roberts. Melton Ham
ilton, H. D. Patton, Earl Race, H. O.
Meyer. James Linn. Frank W. Dunbar,
J. A, Simpson, Oscar Johnson, l. V.
Vaughn. Henry Downing. A. O. Dlsque. '
The desn of Willamette University re
quested the body, but th superintendent
will holdjt unttl satisfied th relatives ,
will not cIalnTlT. From 10 o'clock."
when Egbert rose and dressed, the 'min
ister was with hlro, listening to his pro
fessing religion and repenting for his
sins. Before noon he was shaved in the
chapel. Then he dressed neatly In a
dark blue suit and roll collar and black
necktie. He constantly found solace In
cigarettes. The cell where the mur
derer had been closely gusrded for six
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SINKING
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cradle and the hull jacked up till It
assumed Its normal position. Navhi
Constructor Adams said today that )
had not noticed any further sinking, snd
he 'thought the launching could aV
place without , fear of damage t' ttit
vessel.
The Oregon was contructed at th'-m
works and is conldered one of tli m .-t
substantial boat in the. navy. ( "
vesoels have ben, built In ttie P"! t
never yet have they fallen hrln is . .
peotationn. Th 'a!f'rniii h'U i i,
ptoted. it in said, will he the ).. ' . .
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