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RAVAGED FIRE
On Man Killed and Damage Es
timated at Two Million
Dollars the Result.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS
FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES
High Wind Fans Ramos Which
Firemen Are Unable to Check
for Several Hours.
(Journal Special Berries.)
Rloux City. Ia., Dec. 14. On man
kilted, two entire blocks In the business
district destroyed, with a loss approxi
mating S2.000.00t, 1s the result of a fire
that started In tba basement of the Fel
Uetler department store In this city about
o'clock yesterday evening. The Pel -Metier
store was located In the T6y block,
a big six-story stone structure. A high
wind fanned the racing flames, which
spread with great rapidity. The Christ
mas shopping wis at Its full height.
The Pellletier and several other big
stores that were situated In the block
were crowded with a throng of men.
women and children, and It Is consid
ered little less than miraculous that
many wars not killed or Injured. The
only person killed was a nan, who
jumped from the Massachusetts block,
a distance of firs stories.
Before the Are department had arrived
the flames had gained great headway
nd were pouring from all part of the
building In which they originated. Ev
erything In the path of tba Are waa de
stroyed, tba department being unable to
stay Its progress for mora than three
and a half hours, and not until the
flames had eaten their way out of range
of the big buildings ware tba firemen
able to check their onslaught.
The Massachusetts block, a sis-story
building, was the second one attacked by
the flames. With Incredible rapidity
they quickly spread to the Commercial
block. In which was situate the City
National bank, wholesale grocery and
clothing stores and the Western Union
Telegraph company, vrged by the high
wind that seamed to Increase with the
intense heat, the flames swept across
the narrow alley from the Massachu
setts building, quickly devouring tba
Northwsstern National bank and other
email buildings on Fourth street. Many
small establishments fall before the
fury of the wind end flames. Including
the new West hotel, at Third and Ne
hrseka street, nnd the Leader hotel,
at Third end Pierce streets.
Concentrated efforts on the part of
the Are department checked the flames
when they had reached a point near the
Tribune building. This structure, al
though considerably damaged, was
saved from destruction.
Among the heaviest losers are: Pel
lletier Pry Goods company, $240,000: J.
Brush & Co.. $60,000: R. R. Purslow,
West hotel and other buildings. $46,000:
commercial block. $40,000: Schuleln es
tate, $60,000: George M. Conway, whole
sale tobacronlst. $56,000; Stat Bank
building. Toy building. $175,000; Martin
Bros., department store. $76,000.
The Tillamook Herald published last
week a large special edition, with a
flne Illustrated front pnge, and will In
future Issue a special Indus
Ion, thus exhibiting much en
terprise.
SCOTT'S EMULSION
We don't put Scott's Emul
sion in the class of advertised
cure-alls; it doesn't belong
there. We hardly like to use
the word "cure" at all, but we
are bound to say that it can be
used for a great many troubles
with great satisfaction. Its
special function is to repair
the waste of the body when
the ordinary food does not
nourish, 'and this means that
it is useful in many cases
which are indicated by wasting.
W.TI aaas fss i
HOW CHRISTMAS
WILL BE OBSERVED
King Edward Will Carve a Royal
Roast and Kaiser Will Eat
Boiled Carp With Beer.
BOSTON'S NEW TRANSIT
TUNNEL LIKE A GIFT
Its Opening Will Attract the At
tention of Holiday Crowds
White House Doings.
(Joans! Special serrfc
London, Dec. 24. London presents
the deserted appearance usual on the
eve of Christmas, the king and other
members of the royal family Having
gone to the country. Emulating tba
royal example, the aristocratic fami
lies, together with all aorts and condi
tions of people, have gone to country
homes, where Christmas will be cele
brated in the old-faahtoned English
style.
In no home of the whole British em
pire, perhaps, are the traditions or
Christmas observed with stricter regard
than at Sandrlngham. where King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra have spent
the Christmas ssaaon for years past,
surrounded by their children, and lat
terly by their grandchildren. Here the
26th la a day of peace and bounty and
charity. The house party usually in
cludes ths Prlnoe and Princess of Wales
and their children, ths Duke and Duchess
of Argyll and their children, and Prlnoe
and Princess Charles of Denmark. Prin
cess Victoria Is, of course, of the
party, f
This afternoon and evening the cot
tages, workmen and other laborers at
Sandrlngham assemble and receive pres
ents of beef, the Joints averaging six
pounds apiece. This pleasant task com
pleted. Christmas trees are exhibited
and presents are exchanged among the
members of the royal family and the
guests In ths bouaa party.
Bright and early Christmas morning
the grandchildren of their majesties
scramble out of bed pretty mueh In ths
same manner of children all over Christ
endom, and run to their stockings to see
what Santa claus has brought them.
The king, queen and all ths houss
party attend Christmas service In St
Mary Magdalane'a church. After serv
ice lunch la served, and ths royal ken
nels and stable are visited. King Ed
ward, as la well known. Is very fond of
horses, and the queen makes a pet of
dogs, of which she keeps quits a num
ber. At aVmarlngfcam.
Christmas dinner Is eaten in the hand
some dining hall at Sandrlngham. Many
of the customs Inaugurated and estab
lished br Queen Victoria In regards to
ths Christmas dinner are religiously ob
served by the present sovereign. King
Edward will carve the roast, which when
served at the table will weigh In the
neighborhood of ISO pounds. The differ
ent courses will be marked by the quaint
ceremonies Inaugurated In the reign of
Henry the Eighth and since followed by
every sovereign on Christmas day.
The plum pudding, which will weigh
an even 100 pounds, will be placed upon
an Immense golden platter decorated
with mlaUatoe and holly and borne Into
the dining room on the shouldsrs of
four attendanta at anna. At the close
of the dinner the toasts will be drank by
the company stsndlng to the memory of
the late Queen Victoria and the prince
coneort, and hla majesty will then
toast In order, the Prince of Wales
Oroat Britain and her colonies and her
loyal subjects.
The presents of the king and queen
to the servsnta of ths royal household
are on the usual liberal seals, while ths
outlay for toys, articles of Jewelry,
books, pictures and boxes Of clgsrs, for
the gentlemen and ladies In watting, the
grandchildren, children. Intimate friends
and other favored ones. Is said to hav
exceeded $10,000. In addition to those
of the Immediate family circle there
were handsome gifts for ths relatives
and frlenda at St. Petersburg, Berlin,
Darmstand, Bucharest and other foreign
courts.
so numerous and generous a family. But
in about two hours the ceremony 1s over
and the emperor loaves the apartment
to take his solitary walk about Potsdam.
In ths course of which he distributes
largesse to those of hla poor subjecte
he chancea to meet.
GIFT FOR BOSTON.
sTsw Transit Tunnel Undsr
nor Is Completed After Hasty Tsars.
(Journal special Service.)
Boston, Dec, 34. The city of Boston,
and especially that suburban section
known as East 11 'ston. is going to re
ceive a Christmas gift that will be "a
Joy forever" to every man, woman and
child in town.
The new transit tunnel under Boston
harbor, connecting Bast Boston with the
olty proper, le completed after years of
work and will be opened to trafflo to
morrow. The new tunnel la the most
Important segment of ths Intricate and
elaborate underground system of trans
portation which, when completed, will
give to Boston a rapid transit system
that will rival NSW York's recently
opened "Battery to Harlem In 10 min
utes" Subway. Tho through line as
planned will make It possible to run
ears from Roxbury and the western
suburbs underneath ths great, throbbing
arteries of travel of ths olty, and Anally
Underneath the harbor Itself to the East
Boston terminal.
The tunnel now completed was begun
on August IS, 1900, and has cost $1,11$.
607. It is 7,100 feet long and the pres
ent terminus In Boston proper Is Scollay
square, where It connecte with the sub
way. Two thousand six hundred feet
are under tho water and ths rest undsr
the streets, buildings and wharves of ths
olty.
AT
, King Bora on
It is slways supposed to be peculiarly
lucky to bo born on Christmas day or
cnriatmas eve, yet only one sovereign
has had the privilege this Is King
George of Greece. Queen Alexandra's fa
vorite brother, and ons of ths few royal
personages In Europe Who may be
counted a sincere well-wisher to the
British empire and Its many peoples.
So far as luck Is concerned the career
of King George seems to bear out the
popular superstition, for he has succeed
ed In "holding down" a shaky throne for
more than 40 years and at the same time
accumulating a fortune through shrswd
Investments and speculation that has
made him one of the richest of ths
world's rulers.
The Christmas holidays as usual are
being made the occasion for numerous
house parties snd festivities among the
nobility and aristocracy of England, one
of the most notable being a great chil
dren's party given by ths Duchess of
Roxburghe. formerly Mies May Goelet,
at Floors Castle. One of the features Is
a monster Cbrlstmss tree, for ths adorn
ment of which the duchess ransacked
the toy shops of London, Paris and
Vienna.
Many of her purchases were of the
most extrsvsgant kind, among them be
ing a collection of mechsnlcal toys, In
cluding a perfect miniature motor car
on rails, which, when wound up, races
round and round at' unlaw'ul speed. In
Its progress upsetting a small automatic
policeman and eventually pitching out
Ha two occupants.
CHRISTMAS AT POTSDAM.
and Imperial Tamily Will Cele
brate Holiday u Stall of Shells.
'Journal Special Serrlee.)
Berlin, Dec. $4. Emperor William and
the Imperial family are gathered at
Potsdam for thslr usual Christmas cele
bration. Chrlstmss eve Is the big time
of celebration with the Germane and
consequently the imperial family and the
members of ths court will assemble this
evening to enjoy the delight of gaatng
upon the plantation of evergreens that
graces the famous hall of shells In the
new palace. The Bescherung. or distri
bution of presents, of the German court
takes plaoe after dinner, a meal that is
served In the Apollo room, and, by spe
cial desire of the emperor, always In
cludes the national Christmas dish nf
boiled carp served with sauce composed
of beer end ground gingerbread.
In most families one Chrlstmss tree
suffices for the neets of all, but at Pots
dam nine are called Into use one for
the emperor, another for the empress
snd ons for each of the children, the
smallest being tree six feet in height
thst Is the property of Princess Vlctoris
ltitse.
The distribution, which Is preceded by
the singing of the csrol, "Peaceful Night.
Mety Night." -fcy all peeeent. Including
tbs emperor, is a lengthy proceeding la
(Journal Special Service. )
Washington. Dec. 14. The younger
Mi,. Attire etttMrem through
Christendom, sre on the tiptoe of ex
pectation and Impatiently awaiting the
dawn of Christmas day. Express wagons.
mall earners ana messenger
numerous psckagee to the White House
today and It required much strategy on
the part of Mrs. Roosevelt to keep the
contents unseen from the prying and In
nl.in,. avaa of Archie. Kerralt. Miss
Ethel and little Qulntln.
The children win nna pmr w use
fruits of Santa Claus' visit tn their
stockings as soon as they arise. Later
they will assemble In the library, there
to receive gifts from their father and
mother.
FINE POULTRY AND
CATS RECEIVE PRIZES
Wke ekASW s. ThlJ ATI A TswY-
A ISW JV'UMI J ftVUWW es w
lor streets will remain Open all day to
morrow and Monday.
The Judges devotea tneir aiienuon io
day to the household pets department.
-a- ,,mhr nf ImDortant
awards. They started with Tom cats.
Mrs. Marlon MCKee won nrsi in wiv
white, amber eyes, Peralan speclea, and
Mrs. O. P. Armstrong won second with
her "King lurelanh-" For a short
haired cat, S. Joseph won first. All
other awards, for Toms and Tabbies,
went to the FOruaoa uira cmdimj.
TK. .r.Alal nr.milimi WAfS dlSDOSed
. ,1 w r. i. , . -
of as follows: For 10 highest scoring
birds, Maseiwooa r-ouiiry uomiienj.
t k.ii ftimlav of poultry
from associations outside of Portland.
Yamhill County Poultry association,
first; Corvallls association, second.
Beat display or pigeons, v oiemeu.
nest collection barred Plymouth
Rocks. J. D. Murray.
Beat pen of Buff Coschlns. W. Snooks
(contributor of the trophy).
T,.- Vnrlhai.t Pnnltrv Journal's CUD
went to the Yamhill County association
for the beat display outside of Portland.
wir t aiivj. run for tba beat
solid colored female In the Show was
taksn by the Haielwood people.
For the best Buff Leghorn collection.
Oene Slmpeon of Corvallls won ths
prise offered by the Buff Leghorn club
of Battle Creek, Mich.
SAYS DELEGATIONS HAVE
UNITED TO PASS BILL
(special Dtssata to The Vearaat)
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 14 In an inter
view given out here Robert Moran Is
.. anvtn. that th Waahlneton-
ton. Oregon and California, delegations
In congress have united In an effort to
- will ,.,4nrln. tn A nmr rent
BSWS, . i oth . - - r
differential m shipbuilding en the Pa
cino coast over ins smpyaras vi
Atlantic seaboard. If this Is dona, he
states. It Will Insure a largely Increased
output of battleships on the Psoitis.
unu,.r It la tba Intention Of his
firm, he says, to kssp on bidding for
the WSr vesseie oraerea uy conirew ana
not yet swarded, whether the differential
la allowed or not, In the hope that some
.. ., Ha fownH ta set another con
tract, now thst ths Nebraska Is Bearing
completion.
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O. W. Waterbury today filed the pa
ners to ant. muriate from the Bandy rlvsr
100.000 miners' Inches of water, being a
flow of 1(0.000 cubic feet per mtnute.
He proposes to construct a ditch to be
named the Portland canal. Ths oanal Is
to be 40 feet wide on the bottom. Point
of diversion Is in section 25, township 1
south, rsnge 4 E. W. M., the water to be
turned again Into the Sandy river six
miles below the point of diversion. The
ditch is to be on the west bank of the
river.
Our darkest days are flooded with
brightest aunshlne aa compared with
those prevailing In London or sometimes
In Chicago.
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