Yt.r
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GOOD EVENINq . ; y ,
jv :'. mviiTin. 1
., .. ' 'Tonlirtit. clmidy and threatening
m
0
,'i, -,.f ' Paturday, f ur end warmer; ouia
1
i
to west wiuuB.
Japanese Lose a Torpedo
:Boat Through Acci-C
iii:dentdi;Ccntaptij
SMALL LOSS, OF
LIFE
Seven Men Killed and Seven Injured-
Great Siege Guns to Be Turned;
Against , the .Russian
Stroojbold.-
.
It-
Iin(Joii.:Mr-ll.-i-Th.Jipi bar
' iMt a torpdo boaC the first Iou 'tt i
irar-Ywr vuitalned toyrthem In- the
"prMnt war and. Ilk the first' Rusalan I
loaa. tht VmmI u Mnt -to tl bttt-1
tote br aocldnt, .' ' . . ' i ':-.
, A.fSlapatch through tfca Renter agency
from : Tokio today .reporta the detail.
The Teasel loat waa- torpedo boat Na
41, which was entured yesterday In re
inovlna mines which had previously
been planted la-JCerr bay.: north of I
' ITallenwan. t t
The torpedo boat, while working on
one mine, was carried by tha wash
' aa-alnat another of the mercury type.
which had not been observed, and thai
destruction of the boat followed.
Seven men of tha crew ware killed I
and ' aefn Injured. ; Tha Injured aa
Wall aa those who escaped unscathed
were- lrdmedlately picked up -by boata
from another torpedo boat ; ..
"' K-r- TO atednoe ToUiessi ri-'f
i s Adrlcee, Tecelve her today, through
. Kluchwang confirm the report that that
' aB.a. m m - nalrfm spnaraf Inns ' 1 n'l
. reduce th fortress at Port A'thuf by
'oarststent bombardment v; ' ' 1
. . When tha' troops landed t at ' Pttmo I
-they were Immediately followed by
transports carrying heavy siege gttna.
' Borne - of "these ax tha heaviest and
most modern that can be. quickly trans-
Mported.;''Helylng oq the concentration
of troops enough to completely contrpl
'the' peninsula, -the. Japanese are now
; reported to- "plan th mounting of : the
beivlesf guns over used In a siege, and
of sufficient, powen to fairly ! tear th
.a I J Lm h. VawImw
.tone, obliterated tunnela and demol-
Isbed gun. .raiAi'i
,j ; mum oaxtszo &osa. ;-
kipuiM meporta' OIt e-Oa of Iss
. .. . aid ttory . t Bombardiaaat.
,'i '..;.'-,l-.,Jonrsal gpeclal .lervlee.) -'ih
Toklo. May It. Tha official rebort
bf Admiral Kataa Indicates that th ac-
cldental discharge of a nUne which hiw ;
! up - torpedo-boat ' t may hav been
.' through wir work which was at that
Aim being earned on from tne snore.
According to his sUtement, the third
fleet arrived oft Korr bay near Dalny
?' esterday. The Japanese , war vessels
takushlma. Nlshtn.and Mayako made a
" demonstration and bombarded th place, j
Tha torpedo, fleet In tha meantime was
engaged In finding and destroying mines
which had been placed there at a prior
Urn by the Russians and later supple
mented by Japanese locations.
mill
iBiiii
.' " f "' " - t.-
An offlceraad-foae mea wers-laJidedlirtviBttheng-by-tha-as-v
mA want tn th& Rucala.ni st&tion f rom
; which led -tha telegraph wires leaaing
' tofth Russian minaa. Thre of the
: tnlns were 'successfully 'destroyer by
iJ.h jus ;of l thesa.electrlowlresvrror
pedo-boat 48 was engaged in picking up
another mine for which she had beeq
sweeping"., whea the explostont which
-gent her -to thr bottom took place. .
? It Is -now"' believed possible that' the
premature connecting of the current on
the mine whioli was beneath her may
fa bave paused the .loss, xv "',;'.f
Ijt 5aTTOATXOlT TsntBATMraiOK v
Jlyltlsa Ambassador Tears Dragoa nag
' , Xay )Tloa With Japaaese Baaaer.
:."' (Jonraal Special 8ervlce.) hWH.
$ Birmingham. May 13. -The Binning
ham Post aaaerts that Uie foreign, office.
has received a long dispatch from Brit;
it s MintDter Batow at Pekln, eoncern-
Slng China's gUitud lna which :,':h
States that mere is open- uii;uuu
expressed by the Chinese imperial au
thorities "over the repeated .Japanese
auecesses. Satow regards this ; as ; th
3 nnier ntnnr in u hbiiuh. k . .v? -
1 China, he Is reported to have, said,
cdn only be kept neutral by, the Joint
effort of th European aritbaasadors. He
' suggests that Great Britain approach
v the other powers to accompiisn una
fd. . . '
3? :CA'-i
KAXnm ITBOITOLT ntTBESSSB,
- nn
lslts of Xasrlaa Ambassadot
... Oaafe Comment. i,
K j (Joarn.l Special Service.) A .(
Berlin. May 13,-HSInce his return from
4 the, Mediterranean tfliy the kaiser-has
' been visited dally by the Russian am-
basaador, causing ' much d' ,omment , In
diplomatlo r circles, t These visit 'aus
gest that ' negotiations of themost lm-
Aportant character are tbelng 'exchanged
? in Berlin and St Petersburg, i The kalsef
ri .trongly:impree..dlth th reaUty
of.th
.yellow.. pery.4,44;j..Juri;j;
tAcrx xren .sAJonrxs.
mi
A ' S" f '- f - ..- - - i f ",
One Transport Alone Carries 3,800 Jap-
. & t-Qi H,: 6. ansae aMtMSk .
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fhere state that a Japanese army .of 76,j,n
ooo sauea rrom utinnampo on bi trans-1
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iRUINS OF
1 .
' ' " ? WHO WAS INJURED."
TOREADOR CORED ?
sVfTOiDEATHiIN'RING
& !' ; 1 'BMBBaansMBaaBaBw-
- i, JeeraaI-Speelal 8ervke.)J; ; -.:
e ' Lisbon, , May - 13. Fernando :
Olivelera. the . celebrated bull- ,
flith ter, was gored to death, last .
Thursday, whUe-giving an exni-;
ibltlon. '4 His horse stumbled. v
" throwing Olivelera directly - In
front f the, charging bull, which, ;
trampled his head, disemboweled k:
e .hlm. with a wleked thrust of hlsj,
mangled body - high n 'air. '
The bull, which 'was a partlc-
4 ularly savage' .animal, 'had been i
e slstants previous to the" appear-, e
d - anoe-iOf' the ceiebratedSj toreador,
ilWhO: W 'an ldollot.th,, Spanish
; . people? OUviera entered the ring
e ireeted by a, thunderous applause-
r from- the- assembled multitude,-? 4
e "; and whlla" acknowledging, thlsrre.
I
ception. by bows tp the right and :
eV left, the maddened bulL who had 1
e been' goaded to frensy by conttn- '- e
e ued worry of the picadors, caught, '
eSslght' f Ihls SanUgdnlst (gnd '
e charged,' killing him Instantly. '
eJ(;A panto followed, inv the audl-
e ,'ence,' women fainting and a 'gen-;, e
era! rush - was made for the exit V
A number, were seriously injured
was finally killed Hy assistants e
e and the-body of the fighter re-,.
e ' moved from the arena. ; tc.e
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WHY ROSE COGHLAN
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;-:iDRpPPED DIVORCE
Intml Diwlil ManW V " J A.', i l
Helena, Mont, MaylJ. The mystery
of . the dismissal on - plaintiffs motion
of - the . divorce csutt hrourht bv Rose
Coghlan, Nthe actress, , for divorce, from
John T. Sullivan,- has' Just been solved.
The ic tress believes that the 'Stringent
code. tf.:New,bTork'-tate, which- s her
home. wlll not, recognise a divorce ap
plied for In Montana while she was i on
a tour witk hercompahy. ';v'H-'-;? I- -ifc :?
. Rose Coghlan Is best known; for ' her
performances of Peg fWofflngton. and
kindred partial John -T' Sulllvanlwas her
leading man ia Jocelyn when he married
her,' but' the touple have lived apart for
some years.
f tLJJ.r -I "f nlfThl. iI h.
&P?-,lA ti:!.
1:,?. 1 L,l '5?
'VJournal 'SDeeW Bnl(e.i &?W Mi
Corsfcana," Teat," May 13.--The 'Texas
division of, the United Commercial Trav
el era con vened lh annual esalon In Cor
sicana today, and, the meeting will con
tinue until Sunday. Several, hundred del
egates and visitors are ila attendance
! from . -various parts; of the ,sute , The
organliaflon In Texas Is
In a flourish
condition, as regards botfc i xnAmber.
"'f
nots of the. several officers,,! The vis-
llwi 0 iq wuisy .. wj caaa j vinci muicu gw
av. Ku-.i I
" - 4".
THE BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY FIRE LAST NIGHT. PHOTOGRAPH BY
Proclamation Sighed Add-
ln34I8,O0O Acresto";
(Jeoraal Speelal Bervlee.)
.Washington, May .11. Disregarding
th ' superstition lhvoltlng , the number
II,' the president this morning signed
the proclamation .which opens for set
Uement the lands of the Rosebud In
dtan agency In South Dakota. The lands
over which Indian wars were conducted
with such bitterness are to be turned
ly the plowshare and a great domain is
to be added to the agricultural area of
the middle, west -v
'. The lands are to be thrown open at I
o'clock oa the morning of August t, and
a rush Is expected. The proclamation
covers, 411,000 acres.
.v, Under the- terms of the opening,, the
land sales will go by lot, this governing
the . pricex also, , ApplicanU .registering
their snames vwith government officials
Willi bet appointed to-, conduct , the . draw
lnsa.': i ' . " r
-Tha Bride asked by the government Is
II .an acre.-far below the value of the
Land, which is very desirable. Similar
lands In north western . Iowa are . now
uoted at i80 an acre, and ar jEtot.com
monly : offered , f or 1 sale . even , at , that
price., t - ...'., ... .
, .It Is expected by the land office that
ter ln.thaiape.ofTsecurlng a choice bit
oi larming. proper - ,-. ,
GAMBLING CAUSES .
SINGULAR SUICIDE
!- . a ' ."
k.-.t (Joarsel SpeeUl Servtee.) .
-Buffalo. N.' ''T., May H.Remarklng
Itheater is .S"
thaater is fine for: a noai-nce
to
a
wealthy New Tork. broker. Jumped from
the steamer City of Erie last night
an roiite. from Cleveland.' - !
' The --suicide said before making, the
plunga that.h was financially Involved
to the extent of-$16,000, due to, bis
AMdinrra in cottoiw bad "gone up against
ha broken my nerve." -
,vJs body was . not .. recovered. . , , j
relS-O'F
':.-f:XD,'B.B,
Ai' opportunity will be given Portland
citlsens to protest? against 'vtb private
closed saloon boxes and to protests to
some purpose next Monday afternoon at
3 o'clock when the' liquor license com
mittee of the . council will, meet at the
j nance, introduced by Councilman H. B,
rate or tno or-
declded.' Much
Will i depend on . the amount of public
ihteresttsbown nd the-number, of citl
sens present who are wllilnr to make a
stand againsf the box and' tc favor the
proposed erdinance. ; j . - 'i,4. w':- if .
- It ' la promised that - all ? who " appear
before the committee wUl vrecelve at
tention and consideration, as at least
three . ot the" committee have, expressed
themselves as being ' opposed : to the
closed saloon box,'---' - a, -.v
Since revelations of u the j. saloon,, box
ie? it ustv awu uiotww w
iJUIM IhjIIhIJus 1 iuSHmnnMan lahil. I
SCORES
HUSBAND
Judgeilogue Declares D.G.
VanlloateiiSlioiildH
Be in Prison.
Tn my opinion yon should be In the
penitentiary. Instead of being at large
and terrorising your wife. I don't see
any way whereby you should have been
turned loose after murdering that man,
and no Jury on earth except the one that
did It would have given you freedom.'
This was the startling and sensa
tional statement from the lips of Munlc
Ipal. Judge Hogue this morning when
David O. Van HDuten, who slew Albert
Young in a fit of Jealousy was arraigned
before the court on a charge of assault
and battery. Mrs. Minnie Van Houten
was the complaining witness. It was
because the husband thought her affec
tlons had been alienated by Young that
he fired the fatal shots at the victim.
After a f trial In the circuit court- the
Jury quickly acquitted" Van Houten.
' Tought.fo OaUd..,
Van. Houten. capped the. climax for his
deeds when' late yesterday afternoon at
the. corner of. First and Clay streets he
walked up to his wife and mother-in-law.
Who were with little Hasei van Houten,
aged" seven years, and . took the child.
There .was a sensational, scene, for the
mother realised, her child was, being torn
from her, and called an officer . who
chanced to be near. . But . Van Houten
seoredflrst'--and r took Hasel.--!- He
boarded, a Gresham street-car.. going toJ
mo nome ot ueorge Dcmerua, wnere no
already ,had little Agnes, the 6-year-old
COllO. I
iThis .morning In court, after, entering
a, plea of sot guilty to the charge,' and
after receiving Judge Hogue's- lecture,'
Van -Houten said, he had : finished his
plans here, now that be had secured both
of the children, and that, he, was soon go
ing to Montana. This ., scheme will -b
nipped In the bud by, the court officers,
for Detective Hawley, of the Boys'-and
Girls Aid society; will be, dispatched' to
Qresham and will bring, them to the re
ceiving home' until this" case is settled.
Monday was Set as the date for the trial
of the present,. case. . . . . . .
Asks Ooort for , rroteotlon,
Tf your honor please, I think some'
thing should be done for the protection
of Mrs. .Van Houten," said Deputy City
noed, nn tE Vote'
THE SALOON BOX
HEARD ON MONDAY
Ing s citlsens and - police officers, '. publio
sentiment has been aroused' on the sub
ject as never before. Many well known
an Influential citlsens have for the past
week been working quietly but effective
ly to bring the question to a 'final set
tlement at once. The enemies of the sa
loon box want the matter brought to a
foCUS. I ' " .. .- ' . A -
; As ; the report . of the committee On
the Ordinance will doubtless receive the
support of the council and as the ma
jority of the councilmen will support
any measure determined by a commit
tee of five - of its number, the meeting
Monday will probably. for, the time at
least, determine the fate ' Of " the - ordi
nance vand Uie saloon box., , , f
'The crusada against ' saloon boxes ,is
of comparatively recent origin, .but It
Jhas so far " been .. preae with -vigor.
Officers of the Boys' and .Girls' Aid So
Clety, city detectives, patrolmen and.
m - anthMrf wh-sb -ft Alinrll I
4 ,- ' 'U II M I II II II II II II I ! I IV V 7
, MAY -13, 1804,
Illinois Convention Storm
' lest ;iniYiars!UricIe
Joe" Is Firm
(Joaroal Special Serrlee.) .
. Springfield, 111., May !. The greatest
fight in the history of an Illinois Re
publican gubernatorial campaign began
this mornlng when the second day's ses
sion of the state convention opened.
All ' combinations of candidates - were
broken to pieces. For SO minutes no'
business was transacted on account of
the deafening uproar which Chairman
Cannon threatened to bring to an end
by adjourning the. convention. The up
roar became so great that the chairman
broke his gavel In an effort to attract
attention. ,
The Credentials committee report with
Yates in full control was finally adopted.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon, as the permanent
chairman of the convention.' received a
great ovation.
Senators Cullom, ' Hopkins, Bpeaxer
Cannon" and Governor Tat es' were chosen
as delegates at large to. the national con
vention. The resolutions -committee re
ported a' platform ;whlch Instructs the
delegates . to vote tor Kooseveii ana
recommends the name of Congressman
R. R. Hitt for the vice-presidency, with
out argument the report was unanimous.-
ly adopted. . - .- t.
The convention In order to clear its
decks, resolved to hear no nominating
speeches and the roll call of the districts
Governor, Yates led In tha balloting.
but, gradually . cut down his figures as
the" voting continued. On thorourtn
ballot Yatea had a lead of only 100
votes over Lowden, with Deneen 16, votes
behind 'Lowden. , It was practically a
deadlock. ,' .
The ballots necessary for a choice. are
762.. On the sixth ballot Yates had 493
votes, Lowden 404 votes, Deneen 383
votes.
MUXSTlia VSES KZVOX.TZX.
' b-7jaaraal.Spedai Serrlee.) ' V A
Texarkana, Ark., May 13. During an
encounter between Rev. .8. I. Hay den
and Rev. .J. 8. . Cranflll, 'on a railway,
train entering nils city, the latter fired
two shots, at the former from a rapid
fire ..revolver, -neither shot taking effect
The ' trouble was caused by , a personal
disagreement
pointed out the evils of the private box
in a manner a to brlna the Question
strongly to th front At ' the secret
meetings held a few weeks sgo in city
churches astonishing revelations were
made and business men who had. never
before engaged in Investigations Intrthe
moral ' conditions here were - Informed
of matters that they had never dreamed
of . It 'was clearly brought v out that
the saloon box Is the primary Instru
ment' in the ! ruin : and degradation of
many girls. It was proved by men who
had Investigated the' saloons In the re
stricted district that " in many eases
robberies' had occurred in' closed ; boxes,
the victims being Ignorant men. half
stuplfied with '.drink, the criminals
abandoned' women of the lowest type,
Councilmen, who are favorable to the
ordinance say that the meeting Monday
will be moat Important as the fate of
the Albee bill , will largely depend on
the Interest " shown by . the people of
Pfirt Isnff. j -v.';',:'-
HIS GAVEL
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RISER BROS.
WATCHMAN HAINES, WHO-f WAS
. . i'BADtY BURNED- ' .
HORRIBLY WOUNDED
CRAWLS TO CAMP
. ..
- (Jonrnal SpeelarScrvlee.)
Eugene. Or May 13. With his'
leg shattered by the " accidental.'
' discharge of a heavy-calibre re-
' volver, OrvUle .Waller, a watch-1
man at ' the Lucky , Boy mine,
crawled up-a steep mountain side
v for more .tluuTa' mile with the
' determination: of saving' hm. life.,
,., jyalier , was ' employed ss .. !
' watchman In the stamp mill. and. .
f was Slone at the time of the So- -
cldent. which was caused by, his ',
stumbling and dropping hla re.-.4
. vol ver. The weapon, was dls-,
i charged upon striking the ground.
Waller's trip, was one of ter-
t'rlbie suffering, as he had a' tor-;
:-tuo route to tmveK'sIn-!
i, weakened, condition he spent more -
.' than five hours in making, the
"trip. ..... .. .:..vv . '
1 Although Waller was exhausted '-
from loss of j blood when, he !
reached ' the camp, It " Is 'not1
thought; that ampuutlon of his
leg will be necessary; v -
LADY MANAGERS
. INSPECT. THE FAIR
i (Special. Ptepateh. to. The Jooraal,) ;
World's Fair Grounds, St Louis.) Mo.,
May' 18.-i-Tht lady managers, govern
ment commissioners, and exposition offi
cials went In 'a 'body yesterday to in
spect the exhibits' and palaces of the
exposition' and found vast -spaces filled
to overflowing With wonderful and ad
mirably Installed exhibits. A great
army of men employed In the work has
made amasing progress In completing
the instalIatlonthis week. V
MRS. MARY PHELPS MONTGOMERY.
ELEBRATE FIRST ,
JAMESTOWN LANDING
(Joornal 'Special Sefvtae.)
, Washington. D. ; C, ; May 13. Repre
sentatives of patriotic and historical so
cieties of Washington, : Richmond,, and
other places' gathered today at Sewall's
Point and participated In exercisea, held
tn 'celebration of the. 397th 'anniversary
Of the .first, landing Of : th Epgll&h at
Jamestown. The observance , today was
in the nature of preliminary ' to the
celebration,, of ' the tercentenary of - the
founding of Jamestown. - which la - to
take the form of a great exposition to
be held In 1907.. -..' V, . , .v .
SOCX WOBXEBI WTXXt 8TRXX33.
(Journnl Sim-lal Service.)
Kouen, Frunce. May 13. The " dock
workers have ilochlcd to strike as con-
cepstons which tticy have asked have not
been granted, . !.:-'A;';a
' -':
TKE CIRCULATION
; OF THE JOURNAL-;;
r k : iv lEStERDAYWAS:
1
m I LLS
Firefe Destroys 'Three;
; targe Manufacturing
;; - Plants.
MANY WORKMEN -IDLE
Multqomab Trnnk and Jox factory,
Lomber Co., and Powers
Furniture Factory Tota'ly ( t;
Destroyed. ;
Smoldering ruins are all that remains
on ths stte, wher Tnttian eanjr:bour
thla ' morning stoodthe -plants, of . tha.
Multnomah Trunk A Box company, tha
Day Lumber company anB ,the Ira K.
Power Manufacturing cdmpany. ' The.
total loss' Is over. 1350,000. The Insur
ance is less than one-third of ' this
amount Three hundred . men are
thrown out of employment
The manufacturing , plants were .lo
cated between the river bank and Moody
street and Bancroft and Thomaa atreeta.
When the "fir alarm was turned in- at,
11:30 o'clock last night the whole plant
of the Day' Lumber company was- In
flames, and before Engine No. l, wnicu -
was the first of the fire department's ap
paratus at the blase, could reach the "
scene the mill was In ruins. - :-
Although- th ,firm -worked Ilk --
Trojans for six hours, they wer oar
fled on every hand by th lack of wa- '
ter. Only three streams could be turned
on the biasing mills, one. of these hav,
lng to be pumped for nine blocks.
The fir started In the Day mill and .
spread rapidly. About Jl:30 V o'clock
last night. Watchman Sherman Halnrs
started to feed' th furnae ef the mill
with sawdust the fuel being shoveled
Into the furnsce through a . narrow
chute, Within a minuta an explosion
occurred In th furnace, which caused .
a great mass of Sparks to be scattered
about the bin where the fuel. was kept.
In sn Instant the whole mill Was s blase .
Haines mad a heroic effort to put out
the flames, but his work r was useless.
Seeing that he could do nothing to ,l
check the spresd of the blase, the
watchman attempted to crawl out of the
mllL But he ' had lingered near the
burning bin too long.-lor when he at. -.
tempted to escape b was strrounded by
a wall or names, xmowing m nwrBov
exit Haines covered his face with his
hands snd Jumped. Aitnougn . ne goi
out o the mill unaiaea, ne naa to w
carried to his room at th Riverside
hotel. , H is- badly burned about the
face and left arm, whll his left hand
was almost burned; to a crtsp.7- -
. tack of Watx Caused Soss, .
Within 13 minutes after th alarm .
was turned in . lour - aoiiui buuiwiiwo,
three hos companies and two . trucks
were at the scene. ; Chief. Campbell at
once saw tnat in nremen wwum m
greatly handicapped by th lack of wa-,
tr. Ther were several hydrants scat
tered about-h.ard -of th . Day mill.
but these Troved useless.r Several of ;
the mill handa who rusnea to tne nrt
soon aa the blase was discoverer.
had attached a- few short -lengtns - or
the company's hose to these hydrants,
but the rapid spread of " the flames . :
qnickly drove them away, whll the
water Biuaswer-lef t-openr"'This rv
duced the flow of -the two or'three hy-I
d rants near the outside of the mlil
yards to.almost nothing, jajtfw. -
Seeing that ix quica acuan were not
taken th flam" wouM tpteid 'across""'"
the railroad on-Moody street and per
haps wipe out a large portion of South "
Portland, Chief - Campbell . ordered -an
cine 3 to a hydrant eight blocks away.
rom here water was pumped to' en-
trine l. stationea neany i.oou xeei nirr
the fire, which In turn pumped a si ream
Into the bias. This tandem ; scheme
was an experiment-but the local fire-,
men say that "It worked as beautifully a t
as could be hpped for."' A:--;.!,rAj,l;
Two other streams were brought Into .
play by engine 4 being stationed along ,
the river bank, -while engin puffed
merrily away near the burning mills.' '
"If we had only had water!" said Assist
ant Chief Laudenklos, "If we had only
had water! Although th Day mill was
a goner before the alarm was turned tn.
th other plants might hav been saved
If we had only bad the streams to play .
on them." - . a . , ' , A
: Mr. Wreaa Sorry fo SCssw i-r-t
"Although the loss of our plants falls a .
verv heavily on us.. I cannot heln but
being more sorry for th men that are
thrown .out of employment than for our
own losses, said S. E, Wrenn, president
of . the Multnomah Trunk A Box com- -.
pany. this morning. ' "By th burning of
the factories or our plant is mea ar -
out of work. Of cours. we expect to
rebuild as soon as possible, but it will "
be som time before these men can be
at work again." v;sfA;A ' Jr.;-1--'.
In sneakina of his losses. Mr. wrenn
said that they would easily reach $15.0,- .'
000, while the Insurance would not be
over 340,000, If that muclt,The plants ; -of
this company which were destroyed
by, this morning fire wore-fA'-A j-t:
Th sawmill, with, a capacity er so,-
000 feet of lumber per day; box factory,
planing mill and veneer plant. A few
weeks ag th trunk factory ; of this .
company was moved to 44 Front street
where wer stored nearly all the trunks
recently 'manufactured. although ISO
were saved from the South Portland fac
tory last night these having been stored :
there for shipment, the latter part of
this week.
- - 3Knoh Tfaumher l-osi.
"In our yards," continued Mr. Wri.
were piled l.SOO.OOO fft't f -
tOO.OOO feet of which v .- '-..,r
The average value cf t l
$14 per thousand. A t
season la almoit on, v i
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