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WOODEN THEATRES
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. WABHJKOTOir , : ACCOKSXHd TO
1 WtESEWT PLANS.
"If I had my say, there would be no
; wooden theatres operated la Portland,'
said Fire Chief David Campbell today,
when asked regarding the new vaude-
vllle house soon to be erected at the cor
ner of . Fourteenth and i Washington
streets, "I do not believe they are. safe,
and an ordinance to Abolish all the wood
en structures' used for theatres - would
-meet with my approval. . ' !.
"Of course, the building Is going up
outBlde the fire limits, the limit being
at west Park street. I cannot see how
the pity can compel the proprietors of
th.it theatre to alter the plans or, build
a fireproof house unless all of the others
are made to do the same thing. But as
long as I perform the duties of inspector
1 will enforce every law that Is on the
city's statute-books. .. All the regula
tions governing places of amusement
will have to be complied with before I
will allow them to open. Thus far all
the managers have complied willingly.
I gave Instructions to the man who is
going to open a vaudeville bouse where
the Fredericksburg - used to be, and
: told him Just how many exits were nec
essary, and what other ' precautions
against fire must be taken. He said he
would conform to the law in every re
spect."
"The new theatre building is outside
of the fire limits, but the city can ex
tend the limits as far as It sees fit,"
said City AttorneysMoNary. -"Ihardly
think the council . would favor an ordi
nance abolishing . all wooden theatres,
but It can make all such places as safe
as possible otherwise.", , .
20 TO 1 SHOT RUNS .
AWAY WITH MONEY
(Journal Special Service.) .
San ' Francisco, March 85. Elmer L.
at 20 to 1 furnished , the- surprise at
Emeryville yesterday. Results;
, Six and one half furlongs, selling El
mer L won, Northwest second, Vlgoroso
third: time, 1:27.
Half mile, purie Medea won,' Esco-
bosa second, Eduardo -third; time, 61 M.
, Six and one half furlongs, selling
Crlss Cross won, Maraschino, second,
Mlm May Bowdlsh third; time, 1:28.
., Futurity course, handicap Jockey
Club won, Thumada second,' . Mlsty's
Pride third; time. 1:15. v
- Mile and 50 yards, selling Oalanthus
won, Flaneur second, Boutonniere third;
: time. 1:61. - , : '
Six furlongs, . selling Letola . won,
Ocyrohe second, Hulford V third; ' time,
: J:l., . . -::: r.A
At Xos Ang else. '
Los Angeles, March ' 25. Favorites
and second choices carried off the money
yesterday and the bookies were hit hard.
8ummary: -
Five furlongs, selling General Cron
je won, Red Horse second, Ragnarock II
third; time, l;03?i. f .
Seven furlongs, selling Thlabe won,
Emshee second, Phys third; time, 1:30.
Mile and one eighth, hurdle Nitrate
won,; Can., Nell . second, . ? Walter , third;
time,; 2:0. 'p '
Six furlongs, selling Eld red won,'
Military second,, Marta third; time,
1:14. '
Five furlongs, selling Victoria 8.
' won, Maude ' Browne second, El Chihua
hua third; 'time,-1:04. 1
Six furlongs, selling Lady ; Fonse
won, Flamere second, Chief Loha third;
time, 1:16.
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1 MR. e. Z Qeel I don't see Mary about any .
whrv, I guest I will Invest a few dollar hart!
2 MR. E. Z H'ml H-ert-nvm-m-m Walt a
tnenV, I'll tak another five dollars' werth.
" 'JUT
i MR. E. Zw Well, well, these church fair are all
I rjohtl I got my ten dollar' worth this time aura. I
t wonder whar Mary can bat
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4 MRS. MARK Well, E. Z I'm ao glad you got
the worth of your' money this time. Don't you think
It I tlm for u t go homaf
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second, General Stewart third; time,
l:S2 4-5. .
One mile and ' 40
and upward Rough
lulu second, Bessie
time, 1:64.
Two miles, steeplechase Gum Honey
won, Bonney Boy second, Trinity Belle
third; time, 4:20.
yards, t-year-olds
Rider won, Hono-
McCarthy third
At Banning. . '
Washington,. March 25. The spring
meet at Bennings opened yesterday. Re
sults: - - .: : .
Six furlongs Rain or Shine v won,
Toysan second, Gold Dome third; time,
1:19. ; v : .
Arlington purse, four furlongs, 2-year-olda
Modred Law won, Filigree seoond,
Dulcl Bella third; time, 0:61 1-6.
Bennings Spring handicap, six fur
longs, S-year-olds and upwards Shrine
won, Sals second, Ascension third; time,
1:1T.
, Seven furlongs, 1-year-olds and up
ward Queen Elisabeth won, Malmon
At Xlttle Book.
Little Rock, Ark.. March 25. Clinton
Park summary: ,
f our furlongs, purse courant won.
John Barbe second, Nettuig third; time,
Six furlongs Boomerack won. Joe
Martin., second,, . Sweet Dream third
time. 1:16.
Seven, furlohgs, selling Tennesseean
won, Porquis Passe " second. Balm of
Gilead third; time, 1:21.
One . mile. . Arkansas Derby, $1,000
added Ralph Young won, Rainland sec
ond, Barley (third; time, 1:46. ,
One mile and TO yards St Tammany
won, Caithness seoond, Kingstell third;
time,, 1:48. , ,
One mile and an eighth Inspector
Shea won. Bugle Horn second, Sister
Lillian third; time, 1:62.
AU TKB XOBSES riU.
" (Journal Special Servlca.)
London, March ' 25. The Stanley
steeplechase, held at Liverpool yester
day, was marred by the extraordinary
string of accidents. Ten horses started
and every one of them fell during the
run. All the fences were demolished.
Most of the Jockeys sustained severe in.
Juries. . ,k
' Journal f rlenas and readers, when
traveling on trains to and from Port
land, should ask news arents for The
Journal and insist upon being supplied
with this paper reporting all failures in
obtaining 11 to tne omce ni pumicacion,
addressing xne journal, rortiana, ur.
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. Cor. Third and Morrison Sts. , .,
BADLY WOUNDED
BY SMALL RIFLE
While playing with his brother and
another playmate yesterday afternoon
Ernest. Austin, the 11-year-old son of
Frederick Austin, 828 East' Eighth
street, was shot in the body by the ac
cidental discharge of a .22-callber rifle.
The ball passed through the wall of the
liver and made eight perforations In the
Intestines, lodging in the back. The boy
was removed to the Good Samaritan hos
pital, where Drs. Charles Hill - and
George Wilson removed the bullet At
first It was thought that the Injury
would prove fatal, but this morning the
wounded boy was reported much better.
Ernest Austin, his elder brother, and
John Martin, aged 17 years, were play
ing near the Southern Pacific carshops.
Martin had the rifle, and said that he
was Just getting ready to shoot at a
bird when two large dogs were seen run
ning toward them. Ernest Austin be
came ' frightened and ran into Martin,
thus causing the discharge of the rifle.
When Martin saw that he had shot his
little playmate he was Inconsolable. He
was very much afraid that the little fel
low would die, but the doctors this
morning are of the' opinion that he will
recover. - , : -
H. M. H., in Chicago Tribune.
For hundreds of years Chinese coast
Ing Junks, beating along the Yellow sea
in the coastwise trade, had run into
the land-locked harbor of Lu Shun Kow,
down at the extreme southern end of
the Liaotung peninsula. AH along the
shore great gray cliffs ran up straight
from the sea to a height which varied
from 300 to 1,600 feet. If you come
close enough in you could, make out a
Blit In the mountains which gave en.
trance to a body of water within. , This
slit was not more than 200 or 800 yards
wide. Once you got through the pas
sageway- there was a wide stretch of
water before you, hemmed in by cliffs
on every side. At high .tide the water
was deep enough for the anchorage of
a big ship, but when the tide went out
hundreds of acres of mud flats were ex
posed to' view. . '.- -.ft - .
- In the valleys between the cliffs were
built, some 60 or 60 miserable mud huts,
and in them lived 300 or. 400 Chinese
coolies. That was the situation up to
1860 In what is. now Port Arthur. .
In that year three or four ships of
the British navy came that way on a
surveying expedition. One of these ships
was the . gunboat Algerlne, commanded
by Lieutenant William Arthur. Lieu
tenant Arthur daringly ran his vessel
In between the cliffs which guard the
harbor, which , was thereupon named
Port Arthur in honor of his exploit
But beyond the name,. Port Arthur
gained no . new fame for another 20
years. In 1881 It was still merely a
convenient harbor into which coasting
Junks could run for safety when great
storms swept the seas outside.. On the
cliffs and . in the valleys thereabouts
there lived only. a few hundred wretched
Chinese coolies. .
WHOLESALE DISTRICT
TO BE PROTECTED
"It is entirely probable that we will
have plans ready for presentation to the
executive board at its next meeting for
an engine and hose company at the foot
of Third street near the terminal yards,"
said Councilman C. E, Rumelin- today.
"The property-owners there are In favor
of it, and It Is an excellent place for
the purpose. I am making arrange
ments for It now, and expect to have
things ready for the coming meeting of
the board." ' .
"The establishment of an engine and
hose company at the foot of North Third
street would be one of the finest things
for the city that could be done," said
Fire Chief David Campbell. "I under
stand it to be the purpose to place the
new large engine there, and thus to fur
nish protection to the large district near
by.
"The site Is so situated that the en
gine' could easily reach the east side by
crossing on the steel .bridge, and the
large wholesale district along Front,
First and Second streets. It is an ad
mirable place for the new engine."
TRADE MACHINES
. ARE NOT BARRED
"There Is no difference between play
lng a slot-machine for money and play
ing It for cigars or any other trade con
sideration, but public sentiment will not
back up the officer in enforcing the
anti-slot-machine ordinance to the strict
letter," said City Attorney L. A. Mo
Nary today, "But sl4-machlnes are no
different, as far as the gambling prln
clple goes, than the ordinary raffle
pulled off In a church. - Yet I venture
to say that should church officials be
arrested foe holding a raffle they could
not be convicted because of the puallo
sentiment against It. . -
"I construed the ordinance Just passed
NOTE PURCHASED
BEFORE BANKRUPTCY
Attorney Joseph N. Teal appeared In
the United 8tates district court this
morning and asked for an order naming
T. C Taylor as a party to a suit brought
against the estate of C. B. Wade, to col
lect on an assigned promissory note for
120,000. Wade Is a bankrupt and Tay
lor Is the trustee in bankruptcy. The
note., was purchased before Wade was ad
Judged a bankrupt by A. R. Burford,
cashier of the First National bank of
Walla Walla, Wash. . . ..
COURT SUSPENDS
, DOLEY'S SENTENCE
Judge C. B. Bellinger of the United
States circuit court this-morning sus
pended the sentence of Mike Doley, who
pleaded guilty last Monday to a charge
of robbing the postofflce at Blalock.
Doley was committed to the Insane asy
lum. .;-' - ,
"From what I learn," remarked Judge
Bellinger, ''I do notbelieve Doley Is
shamming. Dr. Lane, who examined him,
tells me that the man Is craiy in sev
eral languages." - , , -.,
. Senatorial Brlskaesa.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Why can't this bill be rushed
through the senate T" f
"It can, my boy it can. I'll see that
It's presented this session, brought up
next session,, argued the third session
and possibly pased the fourth session."
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' Fref erred Stock Canned Ooeas.
Allen, & Lewis' Best Brand.
to mean that all machines, both money
and trade paying, must be closed, but a
mora liberal construction has . been
placed upon it. presumably for the rea
son' I have-Just stated. ' There are too
many people who like to" play them."
The Young Man's
Tailor
Since Armstrong com
menced making swell Suits
for the price usually paid for
ordinary ; ready-made stuff,
the young men of Portland
are all having their spring
clothes tailored at Arm
strong's. , '.
Clothes made by Armstrong
are easily recognized and
stamps the wearer as a man
of good taste and refinement,
as they are made up in the
most fashionable manner, the
best of materials are used
and are tailored by, the best
journeymen tailors in the
city.
Suits and Top Coats as low
as $25, the equal in style
and makeup to garments
made by high priced tailored
for $40 to $50.
Large assortment of spring
goods just arrived.- Cloth
sold by the yard. Samples
mailed. - - ..
ARMSTRONG
THE TAILOR ;
313 WASHINGTON ST.
Then the great Celestial empire, be
gan to wake up. Foreign engineers were
sent along the coast to pick out a safe
harbor .which might be fortified and
made the chief station for the new and
modern navy of China. They settled on
Port? Arthur,- and it was planned, to
transform the place Into an Immensely
tArofi'g and completely fitted naval sta
tion. Plans were drawn for great dock
yards, workshops, dry docks, refitting
basins arid foundries, while above them
on the commanding cliffs strong fort
resses were to be erected. The con
tracts for all this work "were let . to
French, contractors, so that it was France
wnicn nrst among me nations naa 10 ao
with this Gibraltar of the far east,
French contractors, with the aid of
swarms of Chinese coolies, working like
slaves for IB to 20 cents a day, worked
for years on the works in and about
Port Arthur. Not until 1891 was the
place turned over to China, ready for
occupancy as a great naval station.
By that time Port Arthur its name
sake already forgotten had become a
fairly well built town,- Containing more
than 1,000 houses and shops, outside of
the government works. It then had a
commercial population of (.000, to say
nothing of the Chinese garrison of 7,000
or more- soldiers. . The , forts were
mounted .'with modern guns, and Chi
nese gunners were trained by German
and other foreign experts In the use of
the artillery.
la 1894,, during the month of Novem
ber, the victorious Japanese . army
marched down one or the two. narrow
passes which , lead through the sur
rounding mountains to the city of Port
Arthur, captured the city and put to
the sword many of the inhabitants, non-
combatants as well as the members of
the garrison. It was a ' bloody day,
though the Japanese officers stopped the
slaughter as quickly as possible.
- For a time then Port Arthur was ap
parently In the permanent possession of
the Japanese, until the pressure of the
allied powers forced her to give It back
to the Chinese In January, 1896. Before
they marched out the Japanese destroyed
a large part of the Chinese fortifica
In 1898 Port Arthur was "leased" to
Russia, who Immediately began to for
tify It, with the Intention of making it
the strongest port in the eastern seas.
Its Importance to Russia Is great
Vladivostok, the other great Russian
port on this Japan sea, is Ice bound a
large part of the year. The possession
of Port Arthur gives the navy of the
czar a port which is never frozen. More
over, it 'Is a port which commands ths
approach to Peking, the Chinese capi
tal. -
Never since the Russian occupancy
has there been any cessation of activity
In and about Port Arthur. In miserable
hovels on the hillsides swarm thousands
of coolies,, who at a word can be hired
for 20 cents a day to do any kind of hard
IABOEST CX.OTH2EB3 XV THE 2TOSTHWXST.
Southwest Cor. Fourth and Morrison.
Inexpensive Suits For Boys
BASEMENT SALESROOM
$2.15, $2.85 and $3.35
The best values ever
offered in boys' wear.
Suits designed to with
stand the hardest kind
of wear from durable
serges, cheviots and
worsteds.
Norfolk, Sailor and
Double-breasted Suits
- for Boys at - k ' .
$2.15, $2.85, $3.35
. Long Pants Suits for
Youths
$4.35 to $6.35
and adventuresome work. Last year a
Russian contractor at Port Arthur of
fered to' bet that within a half hour he
could hire . 10,000 men outside of his
regular large force. These regular forces
are extremely large and are kept stead
ily at work both by land and sea. Any
time within the last five or six years one
could find In the outer harbor a fleet
of from 600 to 1,000 Chinese' junks, all
loaded with railroad 'ties, lumber, and
other building material. They, of
course, are all working for the Russian
government . , '. ; , , -
One Important result ' of the Russian
occupancy of Port Arthur has been a
tremendous increase in the Imports
from the United States. During several
weeks In 1902 American goods to the
value of more than 12,000,000 weekly
were landed at , Port' Arthur, and che
yearly commerce of the United States
with that and ; the adjacent ports has
been estimated at neany. 8100,000,000.
But the Russian plan has been from
the first to make Port Arthur a purely
military and naval center. With that
plan in view the Russians several years
ago began the construction of the won
derful city of Dalny, 80 miles north
and 10 miles east of Port Arthur, which
they hope to make the commercial capi
tal of the far east The plan contem
plates that all commercial ships shall be
barred out of Port Arthur and sent to
Dalny and that the former fortress shall
be barred to civilians, where, - Indeed,
they are now allowed only on sufferance,
property being held on merely tempore
ary leases. "'
Dalny or, rather, the site of the pres
ent city was located on an open road
stead, where the navies, or an nations
might ride. In order to make there a
safe- harbor, an immense breakwater,
costing millions, was built and Is now
comcleted. projecting Into the sea for a
great distance and inclosing a splendid
anchorage. At Dalny, also, great ad
ministration buildings were erected ana
even that rare thing In the far east
a first-class and comfortable hotel.
F,ventually. as planned. Dalny is to oe
the final terminus of the great Siberian
railroad, by means of which Russia has
tied together her widely scattered em
pire. ,
Visitors to Port Arthur, within the
last few years have been vastly Im
pressed by the spirit of boundless en
ergy which prevails there. Life in the
fortress city is In great contrast to that
in most of the settlements along the Chi
nese coast The streets have been
thronged with Russian soldiers and with
gangs of coolies, all busy oa some im
portant errand.
The Russian soldier, as seen at Port
Arthur, Impresses the visitor as being
in deadly earnest Berore tnem aa, iroro
the lowest private In the ranks to the'
highest officer, shines In the hope of
Winning the little cross of St George
for valor In the face of the enemy. And
on the day of St George the brave men '
who wear this cross have the honor of
breaking bread wlthhthe great white cxar
himself in Ms palace-St Petersburg,
if they be stationed thre; or, If they are
quartered at Port - Arthur, 'they .- eat
breakfast at the table of the csar's vlce-
roy. Admiral Alexleff and how can .
greater honor come- into the life, of one j
of these wiry Cossacks, wrapped In
skins and furs and mounted on a little'
shaggy pony, even tougher and hardier
than his master?
1 So, strangely, In the passing of the
years and in the working out of the
policy of the nations, has the little Chi
nese junk harbor of 40 years ago, named1
by the English, fortified by the French. I
for the Chinese, .won by the Japanese at
a great cost of blood and finally leased
and turned Into a Paclflo Gibraltar by
the Russians, come to be the center of
the world's Interest.
FBAYEB 07 ST. VAT2UOZ.
The . following Interesting extract in
Irish with the English translation wa
found among the papers of a distin
guished minister:
The oldest piece of Writing In the
sweet Irish tongue' is called St Pat
rick's Armour or-Breastplate, v
It is a prayer hymn written when
St Patrick was going to Tara to preach
before the kings and nobles of Ireland.
At that time all the great people In
Ireland were pagans, and Patrick
greatly feared that he should be killed
at. Kara.;:.; ''f rv'-y
The, Praysr of St Patrick.
At .Tara tdday the strength of God
pilot me, the power of God preserve me,!
may the wisdom of God Instruct me.'
the eye of God watch over me, the ear'
of God hear me, the word of God give
me sweet talk, the hand of God de
fend me, the way of God guide me.
Christ be with me, Christ before me,
Christ after me, Christ In me, Christ:
over me, Christ on tny rigm nana,
Christ on my left hand, Christ on this
side, Christ on that side. Christ at my
back, Christ In the hearts of every per
son to whom I may speak, Christ in the
mouth of every person who speaks to
me, Christ In the eye of every person
W UV .uw, .
of every person who hears me at Tara!
today.---. - '.- .-' - v-
Little Wesley la radium expensive,
papaT v" - '
, Papa Radium, my son, la to Mr.,
Rockefeller what coal la to me, ,
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