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VOL. III. NO. 142.
" PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING. AUGUST 18, 1804."
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ARE CAUSING
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MtMG?:IHMA:DAl!JGEROUSt.
VANCOUVER
BREST
MUCH- DAMAGE
AR
N
VANCOUVER
Forest Fires
Washington Cities Presumably
2-0fJncen
Saw Mills and a Dozen Dwellings AI ready Dis
appear Families Have . Narrow Escapes
I . ; ---Other Fires Are Gaining - ' -)
, . . - (Special Dispatch to The Joarnal.) '
Vancouver, Wash., Aug.- It. Black
cloudi of amok hovering- over the akr
today proclaim the dancer that threat
ana Orchard and eauaea apprehension
In the mlnda of realdenta of the country
north and, east of Vancouver..
' Already the flames have destroyed the
sawmill of tha Homestead Lumber com
pany, on tha Plains road, together with
nearly 140,000 feet of lumber and quan
tities of saw loirs, and a dosen dwelling
houses with outbuildings have added to
tha desolation of the fiery path. . Nar
row escapes are reported and . a light la
nearly useless. , , - ..
, Tha most exasperating feature of tha
disaster la that It la believed to have
been caused by Incendiarism.
.Tha lira was started. - it -1 said, by
tha presumed maliciousness of some
wood-cut4ee from Portland. -A short die
tance from tha aawmlll and housea that
were destroyed waa a large slashings
and It waa by setting fire to thla slash
ing that the fire started. .In order. to
burn a slashing Jn Clarke county It la
necessary to- first secure . permission
from tha county commissioners. . This
permission la, a a matter of fact,, al
ways granted, but with certain preced
ing "requirements to ba compiled with.
Theao requlrementa are usually "that
all the adjoining property owners, or
renters shall be notified of the time and
place the lira Is to be set out"
This notlc is given In order to anv
able tha cltliena of Clark county to
prevent auch terrible destructions as
that of yesterday and may yet be added
thereto before tha close of thla lay. '
XaA Bo Permission. . -
The fire that started, yesterday which
destroyed tha mill and housea In that
vicinity waa not started with tha per
mission of tha county commissioners.
No such permission was asked. Tha
HARRIMAN GAINS HIS
SECURITIES DECISION
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' (Jnarasl Special Service.) --"'
Trenton, Aug. IS. Judg
Bradford this morning filed In
4 ' the' circuit court a decree In the ,
4 suit of Uarrlman Pierce e
e against tha Northern Securities '
4 company, enjoining the company
from disposing, of any . of lta .
e 170,280 shares of common stock
.. of tha Northern Pacific railway. e
The decree also prevents a dls-
"d trl button of the remaining
e J47.O80 shares Of the company. '
. Tha Oregon Bhort line must
4 furnish a bond of 11.000,000 to
4 Indemnify persons who may suf-
fer by the Injunction In a final
- decision. ' ..- 1 '
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CAT SOUNDS. ALARM
AND SAVES LODGERS
' On hundred and alxtythr men.
roomer In the New House hotel. Front
and Couch streets, will contribute to a
fund to purchase a silver collar for
Tabby, tha pet cat of tha hotel. For
today Tabby Is a heroin and Is receiv
ing more attention than any other feline
in th big city of Portland. ' ' 1
. That all these 1(3 men are alive aad
uninjured they hav just thla on little
cat to thank for. Tabby aounded an
alarm of fir In th hotel thla morning
at t:S0, thwarting the second sttempt of
an incendiary to burn th building and
cremate lta sleeping Inmates,
t Evidently smelling the smoke that
came from a mattress that wns fired In
room 21 on th second floor of the build
ing. Tabby rushed wildly aoout, emit
ting 'yowls and meows and ' scratching
th walls frantically. She succeeded in
awakening aaleeper in th next room,
who arose td ascertain the cause of th
cat's actions. He quickly detected the
odor of smoke, saw the flames leaping
In th hunk and. shouted to A. H. Welch,
th night clerk. He In turn sent In a
telephone ' call 'to ' flee headquarter
Hop No. 1 and chemical No, 1 were
dispatched to the seen.
It was th second call to th hotel, for
but half an hour before the firemen had
been summoned to quench two biases.
ID THE
Sweeping Toward
fire, it la 'said, was set by a stranger
who Is believed to be from Portland. -Tracks
were observed by men who In
vestigated tha matter, showing that he
drove to tha slashing in a buggy, where
b walked a, short distance . and went
away again after starting the lira. After
this it was impossible to track tha
buggy owing to the large amount of
travel along tha highway. '
- In addition to the destruction of tha
sawmill and dwelling houses several
thousand cords of wood belonging to tha
Vancouver Fuel company, Messrs. Board
man, Jamison.' and others, wars "com
pletely destroyed. . The total amount of
cord wood aald to be burnt la said to ex
coed 15,00 cords. '- - . . ,
. In the burning of dwelling houses, the
occupants were out fighting the fir and
barely got away, with their Uvea. One
family succeeded 4o toaeUnarw flaw of Its'
household effects on a wagon and getting
out Just In time to save being burned to
death. - - ..--
Tha only hope of being-able to pre
vent - tha flames from reaching the
vicinity of Vancouver ' and that of
Orchards Is to succeed In putting the
fir out before a wind rises. . .
- Wind Would Be Disastrous. ' ,
Should a wind rata to any degree
whatever it la said. In tha dry condi
tion the forests, are fa now. It will be
Impossible - to . atop . tha flames from
spreading . over a largo section of the.
country, and there la no estimating
What damage may ba dona. Many ofth
largo green trees are aflr to their very
tops and aparka are sometimes carried
from them to a long distance over
plowed fields to start conflagrations In
woods that otherwise would not ba
harmed at all. It Is this one feature
that la the moat to bo feared and tha
hardest to cop with...
KOii xorarus bittjattob.
Beporta Prom Una Ooanty Ihow JMs.
. .WghWrg Oata,- , .
" 8peelsl Dispatch te The Journal.) Vv
Albany. Or., Aug. IS. Tha wind of
tha last few daya went down yesterday.
and as a result of thla It la found that
the fire situation In thla section of Ore
gon Is much Improved today, as the
fighters of tha flames had secured con
trol In all cases, and tha indications are
that the damage done will not be as
great as at first supposed.)' -
' The worst of theee Clres was east of
Lebanon, where the- shingle mill of Gil
bert Bros, was destroyed a few days ago.
This fir, after burning up a body of
valuable timber.' entered a atrip of coun
try burned over .yea rs ago, and which la
almost worthless aa timber, - Her its
progress waa necessarily alow, aa the
wind died down and tha fighters gained
bn tha fir. . ,
- From other points almtlar report are
receiver, and the heller la mat the worst
Is over. ' . ; v . .
A thick cloud of smoke overhung the
(Continued on Page Two.)
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both set . by an incendiary one in a
basement ' corner In a pile of rubbish,
and the Other upstairs. Neither waa
hard 'to ' extinguish,", and- the ' men re
turned to their stations, believing, the
trouble waa past But hardly had .khey
unhitched th horses when they were
recalled to th seen...- , . -i
The second attempt td burn th hotel,
with, lta 161 sleeping men. came near
being successful, and would doubtlesa
have proved so but for the actions of the
eat She awakened tha sleeper In the
next room Just In time. Had th bias
been given a start of flv minutes mora.
It Is believed by the firemen that great
loss of life and the total destruction of
th building would hav resulted, aa th
house la of frame eonstructionrand very
dry. ,., '
-.Thar waa great confusion, a hurrying
ahd, scurrying and a mad rush for th
street and safety when th fact became
known that a fire was burning In th
building. It was not ' Iorrtj before th
pavement waa covered with humanity
scantily attired. . '
An Investigation Into th attempts at
destruction of the hotel ts being made
today by th police and fir officials.
Th damag ,to the- building Is 'not
more than $. Fred Blrkel owns th
property and A. X Baer 1 th proprietor
of th hotel. ' ' - i w "
FOR JAPAN
Additional Vessel to; Be
- Placed at Disposal
-of Exporters.
PROBABLY THE QUITO
Deal Will Soon Be Closed by Portland
t Asiatic Company to .Secure Another
; Vessel to Take Care - of! Local
v.- Shipment to Orient.'
: - R. . P. Bchweiin, - general manager
of tha Harrlman steamship lines.
announced today that - by tomorrow h
expects to charter another vessel to load
at Portland for Japan. It Is probable
that th British steamship Quito, now
lying at Vancouver, B. C, will ba en
gaged for. th purpose. Negotiations are
under way with that end in view. Bine
th war risks hav declined to a low
figure, ah la being offered at a far more
reasonable charter rata. . , ..
: Agents of th Portland It Asiatic com.
pany,' both, in this city and Ban. Fran
cisco, war notified today to receive
flour and other freight consigned to
Japanese ports. This indicates that th
llnera hav. notfelDB further Jo fea fuua.
tne Kueslan warsnips.'
After all the space on the Astec had
been contracted for It was found that It
would be Impossible for her to - handle
th full amount 4t freight that is being
offered by th exporters. It is said that
she will only carry about 4.600 tons of
flour, while there are other large orders
which th shippers are anxious to fill
before th new Import duty Imposed by
th Japanese government goes Into ef
fect on October 1. Within tha next few
days. It Is sssrted by those who are In
a position to- know, that an additional
cargo can be easily secured. When
asked about, the matter thla morning
Mr. Bchwerln replied that available ton
rhage Is scare on th coast, but every
effort would be mada to handle all tha
business In sight ' . ,
As yet I-hav not received an anawer
to me cams vmon a stmt iv tfapmu. aa
continued, "but I am expecting a reply
almost any minute. - It 1 very probable
that - shipping from .the Paolflo coast
will shortly b resumed with- its old'
tim activity."
. ' ' Confers With th Chipper -
Mr: Bchweiin haa been busily occupied
all day . conferring with th exporters
and tha officials of tha steamship line.
As this Is th last trip that he Is likely
to make to th Oregon metropolis for
some months to coma he has embraced
every opportunity to familiarise himself
thoroughly with local conditions.
Do you know," he Inquired, "that if a
few natural difficulties were overcome,
Portland would soon become on of th
leading commercial canter. I refer to
th permanent Improvement of th river
and the bar. I understand that an ap
propriation Of M. 800,000 would ba suf
ficient to rive the channel from . ron
land to th sea, a uniform- depth of 80
feet during tha low water season, and
considering th enormous returns that
this expenditure would afford, I am at
a loss to understand why th people
hav not united to get tha government's
sssisiance to wnicn way nr. vnuunt
In order to secure th assistance that
they need all that tha people her will
hav to do Is to make a comparison of
th appropriations which other less fa
vored porta hav received.
Colombia is neglected.
"Look 'at Ban Pedro, for instance.
Every one knows that it Is of very lit
tle Commercial Importance, but at the
same time It haa received and la still
receiving th most favorable considera
tion from the government In view of
th fact that tha Columbia liver la on
of th greatest natural highways In
th United States and drains a country
which some day In tha not far distant
future will teem over with diversified
industries. It certainly seems strange
that It ha been so repeatedly and per
sistently slighted by (he government
In th port down th coast which I
hav mentioned enormous expenditures
are being made, and when th Improve
ments s re completed they will seldom be
used. : But here the situation Is entirely
different and from, th very start th
government would receive handsome re
turns for every dollar expended. This
Is the natural outlet 'for the richest
country" in natural endowments in the
entire west There is no other section
that can anywhere near approach It
People Should Wake Vp.
Thra being true. It appears rather
singular to me that .th peopl have
not demanded better and immediate
governmental recognition. By. uniting
they can get It with scarcely a struggle.
Other sections hav don so which can
not boast of. half th natural reaourcea
with which Portland I surrounded.
When th Columbia river and tha bar
are made what they should b this city
will soon plunge ahead and become a
commercial metropolis second to none
on th coast"
Looking up Fifth street toward th
(Continued ou Pag Two.);
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'.S - ANTONIO MANNINO.. ; " ;
Kidnaped Boy Held lor Ransom by. Conspirator of th
'. Blaok Hand 8oolsty. ,
KIDNAPERS HAVE
FLED
' (Jonrnal Special SerTlre.)
New Tork, Aug. ll.Th belief Is
gaining ground that th kidnapers . of
little Antonio' Mannlno, becoming
alarmed at the activity of th polio
hav fled' to Italy with him. - A few
minutes before the steamer Nord Ameri
can sailed for Naples and Oenoa yes
terday, two men having a boy between
them boarded the steamer. Th boy waa
crying bitterly and attracted the atten
tion of several loiters. " - V
Today It was found that two men and
a boy were on the sailing list of th ves
sel but their residence Is not given.
This action on the. part of th law-
abiding members of the Italian colony
has been- brought- about- owing . to - th
surprising frequency Of the demands
that are being made by the members of
the secret society, 'who sr exacting
trlbat. from th small merchant and
th banker alike. Recent developments
tend to show that many of the more sc.
tlv members of the blackmailing or-'
ganlsatlon are- arrivals fresh from
Europe. Hundreds of letters have been
received by wealthy Italian realdenta
of tht city demanding Bums- varying
from 1100 to ilO.OOO.on penalty of dlr
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TO ITALY
consequences If th request Is not com
piled with. '.-;
' Even when a member of th Itallsn or
Sicilian blackmailing societies has been
captured, the utmost efforts of ths detec
tive department to learn anything
relative to th innermost secret of th
organisation hav proved unavailing.
While It has been th generally con
ceded opinion that th oath binding the
members together was of " an unusually
strict nature; th revelation ' of a few
days ago caused a shudder, when It be
cam known that the nature of the obli
gation requited the taking of life of the
member' own relatives, even father or
mother, If the society so dictated.
. While 'every available plan la being
adopted by the poHc and detective serv
ice to stop the present reign of terror
that has been Inaugurated, owing to tha
many difficulties under which they labor,
it. Is not . thought their efforts will be
crowned with roor than a temporary
cessation of the society's demands.' Bo
long aa New' Tork is the dumping ground
for the brigands of Italy and Blolly, It
Is predicted by many conversant with
the situation, that th "black hand"
will continue to thrive under .the very
yea of th metropolitan, police. , jN
Ads
Grand Army of the Repub
lic Veterans Elect
New Officers.
DENVER GETS THE NEXT
Tonight Witnesses Electrical Parade,
v a Feature of, the 'Greatest En
campment In the History of '
the Organization.
; (Jcoroif HfSH-UI Berries.) V
Boston, Aug. 18. Oen. W. W. Black
mar of Massachusetts was today unani
mously elected commander-in-chief of
the Grand Army of th Republic.
John R. King of Maryland waa elected
vice-commander-ln-chlef. - Rev. J. H.
Bradford of Washington, D. C- was
made ehaplaln-ln-chief, and Warren
King of Indiana, surgeon-general, after
which the convention adjourned.
Denver waa selected as the place for
the next Grand Army encampment
Th sessions of the G. A. R.
encampment and th ' meetings of
th several auxiliary organisations ware
cut short In order to permit th dele
gates to take part in th great automo
bile r!dthl afternoon.
Thanka to the generosity of the auto
mobile owners of Boston and vicinity,
several thousand machine of- Various
descriptions were placed at th disposal
of ths entertainment committee. . In
these gaily decorated vehicles th vet
eran left Symphony hall at 'I o'clock
this afternoon' and in two divisions be
jtan a JO-rall tour over th1 historic road
leading through Cambridge, Arlington,
Lexington and Concord.
Returning to tha city this evening the
visitors .will be treated to still another
of th elaborate features of entertain
ment arranged in their honor. This
will be th great electrical parade, which
promisee to be on of th most novel
and gorgeous spectacles evr witnessed
In this city.
It will be a parade of. illuminated
floats, proceeding over the surface rail
roads, representing It of th most Im
portant events of American history. In
cluding the birth of th nation, th pur
chase of th Louisiana territory, th
civil war and th acquisition of th
Philippines and other inaular posses
sions. Another notable event of th evening
will be th great campflr of th Wo
man' Relief Corps. In order to accom
modate th )arg crowd expected it has
been decided to hold the meeting in
Mechanics' building. Governor Bate
and Mayor Collin will deliver addresses
of welcome In behalf of th atata and
city, . respectively, and other speakers
will be Gen. John C Black, Mrs. Barah
Wlnans, national president of tha W.
R. C, and Miss Clara Barton.
TWO BROTHERS FIGHT
DUEL WITH PISTOLS
(Special Dispatch to Ths JoerssL)
Ilo. Idaho. Aug. IS. J. O. and L. TL
Randall, brothers, fought a duel with
pistols over a crop harvest yesterday
near her. X R. waa ahot In tha let
and received a flesh wound on th back.
Th father of the two young men
looked on calmly and. It la aald, made
no effort to stop tha affray, which ended
only when their ammunition was ex
hausted. nrsrsoT m bxtmptxb tauubt.
(speels! Dispatch to The Joarasl.)
Baker City, Or., Aug.. IS. General
Manage Calvin and General Superinten
dent O'Brien of tha O. B, A N. were
her today and Inspected th Bumpter
Valley railway. . They ar th guests
of David Eccles.
SEND ROOS EVELT
BONES OF NEGROES
(Joe rail Special Service.)
- Bavannah, Aug. IS. Th situation at
Statasboro I still regarded as serious.
Reports ar coming In from all part of
th countytof th promiscuous whipping
snd shooting of negroes. Th blaoka
ar thoroughly terrified and, It Is Im
possible to predict "the outcome . Many
negroes ar leaving tha Country.
Th bones and charred remains of the
lynched negroes were put In a box and
addressed to Roosevelt with th fol
lowing hot:
Tott'll nver eat with the niggers,"
The more conservative rltlsens re
moved the box from the express office.
The state guard have asked for their
discharge and rhnrares of mlrmanaKe
ment on the part of the. nftlcera in com
mand ar frequently heard.
REFUSE TO
SURRENDER
Russians Will Fight to
the End Decline to
Pass Nonconibatants. '
5,000 JAPANESE KILLED
Report to Berlin Says an Attack Was
, Made Yesterday and Mikado's
'Men Suffered Repulse With
v Wholesale Losses. . '
(Special Dispatch to The lonmLl
'Washington, Aug. 18.- Th following
dispatch was received by th Japanese
legation here today: "The commander of
the Japanese forcea besieging Port Ar
thur reports that on the lth Inst he
sent an -officer under a flag of true '
Into the city beating a communication -
embodying th wishes of the emperor
for the release of all non-combatants
and a letter advising the surrender of
th fortress. , . - i .
"The documents were handed to tha
chief of the staff of th garrison. On ,
the 17th nst a Russian officer, under
a flag of truce, cam with a reply. The
commander refused both th offer snd
th advice." ' . . ....
Minister Grlscom from Toklo cable
th slat department confirming th
above dispatch received at th legation;-
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Private advices sccompanying th dis
patch state that there I no probability -that
anything but starvation or actual
death will Induce the Russians to re
linquish their hold on the fortress.
mxroBT a xxrexsa.
Berlin Advlo Bay th Japan Buffet
"' ' Losses of 5,000.
. (Journal ".pedal Bervtre.)
Berlin, Aug. IS. Die Post correspondent
In the far east reports that an attack
waa made on Port Arthur yesterday and
that the Japanese lost 8.0(10 men killed.
Ths dispatch states that Immediately
after the reply of the Russians, refusing
to either surrender or release non-combatants,
waa received a general attack
waa mad and prosecuted with great
vigor. The Russians, however, fought
with such determination that th . Jap
anese, after several hours' fighting, war
completely repulsed.
. xatb zrr to,ooo.
Port Arthur Befmgee gay Japanese At
'" ' Beta sOaughtered. .,
Chef oo. Aug. lS.-4-Refugeea who left
Port Arthur last night stat that th
Japanese began a bombardment at th
time set for replying to th Japanese de
mand, i
They confirm th previous reports that
seven Russian ship ar in the uarbor In
addition to several torpedo boat destroy
ers. They say tha Japanese hav lost
SP.000 men before Port Arthur in th last
ten. days. '..-.'
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BUBaXs, WXU AOQtriXBOB. -
i. '
tJoernal Bpedsl Service. I
8t Petersburg, Aug." IS. It Is stated
on good authority that ah validity of
tha British-American view of what con
stitutes conditional and absoluts con
traband of war will In all probability b
recognised by Russia. -
The Russian reply will assert their In
terpretation of special claims to he dis
posed of later. .
What these special claims ar Is not
known, but it la presumed to govern
certain article of sTeel and material
which could be readily used . In th .
manufacture of ammunition.
It is not doubted but that th Russian
reply will In all ways satisfy both Great
Britain and America, and that with bet
ter understanding will com aa avoid
ance of further difficulties,'
Many well-to-do planters. It Is ald.
hav formed an organised association,
having for Its purpose the ridding of th
country of all negroes, who are consid
ered undesirable, although to what s- ,
tent the- plan la to be- carried out is not
definitely known. Judging, however,
from the activity that prevailed during,
last night, when the affair of th sur
rounding country" have resumed their
normal condition, very few negroes will
be within Us boundary lines.
v Many of the more iMW-sbhllngVlllierf
are momentarily expwtlng an oiithreek
In the nature of a rare rtot thst. It Is
feared, will assume grav prowM-thm.
Atlanta, Aur. M. In hu rt,-'-il re
port. Captain Hltrh. yho c.n.fi .in ! 1 I
mllltlit at StHteniMiro. n-nti-n (
geant SS svlnr that I ' '
locked the Jiiil ilo.ir, s in. 1 t
snd pointed out ItccI i
A