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Newspaper Page TexttTHEi HE STREETS COSTS TVO CENTS. PAY NO MORE " : jar'ssei . IImH, Jjrii-iL liitl IlllCll ."""" w" t rj -, i UU -i ..' ;. LVOL.' IV. NO. 57. PORTLAND, -OREGON.' THURSDAY, EVENING," MAY. 11, 1903 TWELVE PAGES PRICE TWO; CENTS. EJS&rtyF. ciZ COOPER! SB" lEiffl Dcatlrand Destruction Stalkin Wake of Storm inr()kIahoma- BUSINESS SECTION OF SNYDER IS WIPED OUT . .? Over a Hundred Injured" and All StnictureaJnPath of Whirl Wind Demolished Dead ?HoiriblyMotltated.jri (Journal Special BerTfce.) Hohart, O. . T.. May 11. A tornado Mcasyepi flituugirTfia lown CTTiiiyH'tna' Pt ah air hose onfttfreTglirimih der weit of her - at-r-o-oiocjs iaat nlguC la .reported to have killed 100 ! : persons outright, "" to have-Injured be ,ltwee sO-and 100 others- and- to -have auad av property - loss " exceeding tt-laoo.ooo.-- V - " The .northwest aectloh of Snyder, a -' town of 8,600 population, Is completely r ' wiped put-: nly eight buildings in the section north of the railroad track be- - Ins left standing. .The dead are horrl- - My mutilated and 'many of the Injured : 7 have frightful wounda which will re """auirTatatlyrBome iBfthedead had their heads or limbs crusnea anaura- bers blown through lEelrT)6aieir tUlief ftompUy lt Relief train loaded with doctora and nurse from Hobart, Quanah and other nelahborlng towna arrived on me scene i-Uurlng llie-wernlng and ew.coatroBtart " by a, scene of ' utter desolation. - All buildings i the pain oi me imnu, win. lbeceptIon pfWayhardwarastorf - - antl the Prlaro raiiroaa roononvura were deatroyed, and thak wtckaga acat " tfred:lover an -trameasa.' Bret tonz Dead al mangled bodies wera found plnnd itmrn amonr pllea-of dabriawhlch " ' nad been hbuaea, many cniihed- of Ufa and others pinned down by tlm bera and Jaatened by t limb In which "bones were smashed nd only ahreds of 'lleBli held them together. - , Th Ktnrm struck- the town at 9 .'.ii ia nlsht from the aouthwest and It traveled northeast through the business section of the town, -which. " numbers about J.600 - populallomvAH telegraph and telephone wlrea are pros- JlUtraied and lVwaa lmposalbla for hours ' to get mora than mager Information out for mora assistance fr'om neigh boring localities,. - . 7 " waxalaa of the Storm. ; : ' --' Teaterday fcad been unusually hot and oppressive and the air. waa loaded with -electricity. Rain began falling early in the evening In torrenta. The tornado, which formed -some najes .aouth of town, dipped, struck the town with ter; rlnf orbeVjavellng buUdlngs and bury- !lngviollms tnthe ruins. The storm tt. full force among . the best business block crashing them aa If they o ww-nr-ahellB-eiitomblng-their ooau. pants, in a rew minuies n Its way northward. '' -Th. nanriemonlum- el -the- storm nd the crashing wreckage was followed by a few seconds' of alienee' 'which' was broken by the groans, and shrieks othe Injured lantTTaylng, ranlo-strlcken survivors rushed madly ihreugh- Ul trcetstoowrought up to - render much aid. Not umu uyi...i this morning did help arrive from, the ....m n aM in carina- for the wounded. nvt riifif crewa are now atwprk. - TrXa of tha Storm. There were many narrow escapes from death and many freaka performed by tha atorra. People were carried a distance and dropped without being In lured and others were covered with tons of debris, and rescued uninjured. From n.. i.nuntrv districts several wagon- loads of dead and Injured were brought Into town. '- - ' ., t- 1 r . L.Th nnm FIAMAFf The nrsi reuri reached the stricken .town Just before dsyllght. In all directions evidences .k rrihi hivoo were apparent. TheTdcacTahd -ylng lay about, the streets. In ysras. sna n " houses.. UUc help arrived from JIo. "gum, Lawton, Altua and yernoti., . The storm waa not connned to-Boy adr.)rrlt-war to- -- stricken town people dead and Injured were passed In plain eight of the relief tralna. Al Quintan several houses were destroyed. ''-' Mrs. O. W. Cox and two sons are known to be killed, ' ' "' At 1 o'clock this afUrnoon It Is re ported that over 100 are killed outright . or have succumbed to their injuries. Among the dead are: K. W. Bailey' and wife. ' Professor Hubbard andsmlly fathef and mother. " , :. -;; " '.T K. B. Ralston and son. Mrs. Cr.smp. ' ". . r J. H. JJonovan. "Ji . . '. ""i ' "", m -ft' " 1 "ITTORNADO AT STREATORr . Storm ia Illinois Unroors ; Slonses and - Does Oreat Damage. ' . - (Journal Sperlsl Barlra. ) Streator, 111., My( 11. A tornado' struck Btreator from the aouthwest - shortlyjtfter il o'clock' today, unroofing r-Jiouse,- nprootlnr trees and doing dam age to-the amount of several thousand - (Several were slightly Injured. . '1 Ar. TJrrosTorrxcrf suaaEo.'. '. (Special Mapatck to The JoarssL) " ' ' Kellogg, Ids., May 11. The post office here wen robbed of Its Sunday. Thr, burglars blew open tha safe, but left Btfelue: ' . I C " "x mm PasscngcrfralirCrashcs ! Into Dynamite Cars . 'andiBtirnsE TWENTY-FIVE ARE DEAD : 'ONE HUNDRED INJURED Rescuers Helpless to Save Those Pmnedf BeneatrrxWreckage c . Who Are Cremated With Burning Mass. 4 (Journal CaecUt rlc.t Ilarrlaburg, Pa., May 11. The burst- Pennaylvanlav i rallroad-Tlionth -of Mars rlsburg, at 1:10 o'clock this mornlngy caused the loss of about 25 lives, the Injury of" 126 "persons arid the deatruc- tlon' by-lira of -two-lrains, - -The bursting of the hoe in the mid die of the freight train at Cedar street caused several cars to buckle and fall across the pan Banger traokv The west bound Cleveland and Cincinnati ex? press crashed Into the freight cars on the main track causing an explosion of two cars of dynamite, strewing the ground - with - the dead - and - mangled hiKHM, nii setting flre to the wre"K both trains. - ' -The shock following the explosion was terrific, destroying windows in all parts of the city. Passengers were thrown out of their berths in sleeping cars and iawaea1 daw shs los smhawhiweei and in the Susquehanna river-;- Follow ing the dynamite explosion c9pe the exploslonfitheflglnbollers j)fj. ih passenger train, whlchjeft the . )oco moUve a tangled mass of troan ; Too for Ylrsiuen. ' 1 . An alarm of flre was turned In ind tBeZraradcpafUuanL-T aether-with hundred of hands- from 'the w4mW In the vlebi It yi-iut eJt-wor practically helpless in "the work of res cue.' the intense heat keeping the res cuers . from approaching the burning mass Of wreckage. Physicians from all parts of the city were summoned, patrol wagona were commissioned as ambulances, ' and the trolley company made up a special I r train carrying the wounded to Union!1 station. The hospitals were Boon filled to overflowing, and many of the Injured were- taken Into private houses. The offices of the Pextang Light. Heat Power company were converted Into an emergency - hospital - and morgue, - and the dead mnd injured ware xarr.ied from the wreck there until they could' be moved to more suitable quarters.--tt The wreck occurred Just " south of Harrisb'urg, where there are but few houses, .and many of those-who es - compels noef through the fields In their night clothes. The force of the collision crushed all tha ten oassenrer cars, which were I piled tip lirft tsugv mass with the freight cars, and were soon a seething cauldron of flamns. -All who were not pinned In the debris or totally. Incapacitated ran awajr from the fierce heat. v Oas Tanks Burst. - - - ollowlng-the main explosions -cme series of small ones aa the gas tanks on the cara were reached by the flames. lt-wn-utterly--hnpos8lWf"td"rescue the Imprisoned passengers, whose frantic cries rent the night air. As soon aa those who were dead or Injured could be reached -they were laid In ghastly rows along, the track. The train was the second section of No. It, known as tha Cleveland and Cin cinnati Express. It left Philadelphia at 11:60 o'clock last night and was due at Harrlsburg at 1:30 o'clock a. m., and at Pittsburg at 8 o'clock a. m. There were 169 passengers on the train in addition to the crew and it Is Impossible to learn the number of -deaths exactly. Flrsrssttmates- placed" "the deaths at BO, but this has been" constantly reduced during the day and It la not thought at (Continued -on Page Two.) M)Q! .Judge Bellinger's life hangs bf a slender tnread. , . " 1 '-, J.A.. restless night has still , further weakened hla.. nfeebledP'vnaTltrCnd Increasing fever and quickened pulse tell ail too plainly of the progress of the disease. At noon today Dr. E. H. Parker Issued' the following statement: . 'Judge -Bellinger had a restless-night and Is weaker this morning.- He Is still able to take small quantities of liquid nourishment. His temperature. Is 102, pulse 130. . : T r " - ' "When "asked whether neBtiy enter tained hope of recovery, Dr.. Parker re plied:' f " ...'.'Judga Bellinger la very, very loww "AnV one can judge of his condition by the symptoms which I have stated.'' . A consultation ' of -physicians was held at t o'clock laat evening- at Judge Bellinger's residence; those present were Dr. Parker,-Dr Jlarry -Lane, Dr. Woods Hutchinson and Dr. Alice T. Chapmsn of Woodlsnd1, Washington. At that time the patient's condition, seemed slightly, more favorable, but the. hopoe of further Improvement have not, been realTied; No1mmedlatB chn(t for" the worse la anticipated and conditions msy remain as they are for 24. hours or even longer, but the physicians are plainly mnch discouraged by the recurrence of tn Unfavorabls gtpptopig, mm -: - - " - - ' - - " r;r - '- '. 81 T. - ; -rv"'"".--' V-r-": i.rr;r (Ceprrlg1i'''U0S, of'- W.' U.'. Hrt) -"''Z.i? ."' ZL7: .'4 sH20-JElLtD III Kl EIOTS Martial Law Proclaimed but Dis orders ContinueHghting In Progress. RUSSIAN -.WARSHIPS-ARET" rSEENTO FFJ APANTS COAST Two Vessels Sighted in Straits ofstigarr-ossaek-?omil :inander-ls Slain. (Jraraal Special- Service. - 8t.' Petersbuig, -TKuy 11.---A prlvatrf telegram received today . eattmates the r JDf Jews killed and tnjure trrthe rlota a-Zhltomlr as-120. Martial law- hag baoit dEciaCTaVJmtottogrrcoirtlimeg. Reports rrom Kovno, omoiensx. say inn nghtlng- continues in the Je-18tr ouar ters. i i The official account - of the Zhitomir tdmult assigns as the origin of the rlot- Ung an encounter between a party of Jewa who were ooat-riuing ana some roughs on the bank of the-river. The atter stoned the Jews, wnp yderenaea themselves with.1 revolvers. wounding several of the attacking party,, but tnot seriously. ' " .. - The disorder culminated on May 7 in a pitched - Dattie oeiween jews nna Christians In the public square in 'the center of the city. Simultaneously there were collisions In several of the suburbs.. ""Therprlnclpal1.bloodBhed oc curred this day and the rioting assumed spparently ah organised character. Fin ally the military, or -which there were three regie a town, Intervened and dispersed the crowds. Numerous arrests .were7Tnade,"1ncludlng 40 Christiana. wiuxxrs orr japajt, 1 J (Journal Sprdal Barrio. ) - Toklo, May 11. Two- Russian war ships from Vladivostok were reported fl ... ..rait. TuuilaW tHllwmmr ',n nrt i. v the - ahtns were" Dart of Rojestvensky's squadron. COSSACK ASSASSINATES. (Journal cU).-olc I i Nljnl Novgorod. Mayv- 11. Captain Gronhour, .commander of - tha Cossack patrol, was asssssinated last night on the street. The assassin waa arrested . AIRSHIP BULLET MAKES SUCCESSFUL ASCENT (Jonrnal Special Service.! bos Angeles, May 11: The airship "Bullet" made a successful ascent this morning at Playa del Rey and atarted on Its flight to Los Angeles. ' L. K. Trembly is making the trip alone. - At noon yesterday Judge Bellinger's temperature was 191 " bl pulse-aia.J'IUnessaf Judg Bellinger will not Dr. WopflsHutchlpBon gaia inisarter noon: " ' '"' ' " - "Last, night we thought Judge Bel linger had a fighting chance, but the re turnvpf the high fever Is very urlfavor. able. ' I cannot entertain much hope. Heavy doses of -elphtherla antl-toxlne and streptolysin have been admlnlaterodlfraud trials. It would aeemreaapnably and at'flrat reacted quit favorably, but the treatment Tiow'leemS ld.be having less effect. . - - Drv Hsrryi-iane -was-: hopeful, -until this morning, that the progress of the disease had been checked and that Judge Bellinger's ' naturally strong constitu tion" might enable hlm- fo rally-front the attack -BHt-he now ahares the view of his associates, and regards the esse as far mors" crltlca-than It was yes terday. Dr, Lane, who Is one of Judge Bellinger's'. warmest iand' most Intimate friend, .has been constantly at his bedside, dorngv everf thlnr ' which . pro fessional aklll Could. suggest. Notwlthstsndlng . Judge Bellinger's serious Illness, the) land fraud cases will be tried 1n Jnfi according olh orlgmaLjUnaoflhe.. government. . I heressary, aome other judge will be called to alt In Judge Bellinger's place. This Information was receive- from United State Dlntrlct Attorney Heney, who. in response toi The Journal's In quiry, wired, aa followil . ,r --"- .;ilT:L--. The Last Chip. , " ' ' -" ' " ' IIELEN-CODLD-WILLf EDUCATE BOY HERO YouthWho -SavedPassenger --Trarn:FromBeing Wrecked : to- Be Sent to School. WAVED RED BANDANA TO " . 7-SAVE--SC0RE-0F LIVES Pride of 7. Young Mountaineer - CavseeRef usatrofAlj-R wards Except Jackknife. (Jnurna) Special- n-rtce.) - PernrerrMay-l.8turdy lruy rven Dixon,-h toy nro of -the- Ban-Juan .Vvt.lon nf the rnnvr A Rio nrande rall- jtnedui ) pald long time to overcome- the strong spirit bf-indenenonoe'tn-Hh-on-of-The-poor rancher 'of L Plata county. The boy will be sent east shortly to enter one of the best schools in the country. : As soon sb he completes the grammar achool course he will be placed in a preparatory scb.ool.-i: After graduation. ttheJaUer he will be given , his choice of univer sities. , With only a red bandana handker chief for 4 signal, Leroy, In October, 1904, prevented a Kio' Grande paasengrr train from being hurled hundreda of feet into the canyon of tha Las Animas river. Leroy was -walking to School, several miles from home, when ha dis covered the rocksllde on the track. Far down-the, canyon he heard the whistle of the approaching train and scrambled down-the mountain side to the tracks, I where he' Tttn forward wavtng-hlB hand- kerchief. Englneet-McCabe" saw the lad In time to-etop- the train 200 feet from the rock slide. - Trainmen and: passengers tried to make a hero of the boy, who was then 13. years old. Some one wanted to pass the hat for him, but he refused to ac cept anything. . He was finally per suaded . to acept the engineers Jackr knife? Theonlylhlngs Leroy wanted wera "store clothes and a, red top." - CONVICTS SET FIRE TO L : SAN QUENTIN JUTE MILL (Journal Special Service.) . - San Rafael, May 11. The Jute mill of the Ban'Quentln prison was set on fire by convicts three times yesterday. The laat fire was discovered at S o'clock last night and did damage to the extent of I5.000. Convict. Davis has'confessed setting the fire to the warden. The reason Is. thought to be that It would, give an opportunity for a general break.- ' 1 1 The warden while looking for .fire arms this morning found his own pistol on a convict. The convict had picked his pocket the day- before. ' "San Francisco. May 10. 105. . "San Francisco. May 10. 105. , l'Illnessaf Judge. Rclllnger will not delay irlaL-of -land- fraud -aeicime other judge will hold court In June.. "FRANCIS J. HENEY. If Judge Bellinger should recover It mtist be many weeks before he will be able to undertake work so arduous and exacting; as ' the hearing of . the Jand certain, thereforey-t hat the earlier trials will be conducted before som other federal Judge."Z " The "substitute must.be -bns of the eight district judges In I this circuit, or one of the three clrculf Judges. Cntll last yesr tha choice was restricted to the district Judges of the same circuit, but by an act pgssed ln'Uot the circuit judges msy I no act, Tmlold-law Is found In section ttl of the ' United States revised ststutes, which provides that In rase of the absent or disability of the district' Judge,' the circuit Judge may, "If In his judgment the public ln terest so require," designate some other district Judge of the same circuit to b"li-COurt r-i , . ' '. "7 'thlB law- was modified "by ah "act passed April 1904. which provides that 'In case of the absence df the'dts trlct Judge of Oregon from said dls-. trlcL or of his disability, a circuit Judge of-the 'circuit to which . such district belongs msy bold the district court and perform the dutiea of , h -district LEVY-SrTRICK- MAY- FORCE FOURTH TRIAL Prosecutor Withheld Letters in Evidence iAgainstNarriJ"' :" ' Patterson.- EXPECTED TO USE THEM WHENDEFENSE CLOSED As.JLevyOffered - No- Evidence heyCouldffvOt Be-Used: Another Trial May Result. " ' ' ' (Journal Special Service.) "New-Tone " Ma y7I ILetters whlcli thdIstricrgttorney ""DeHevea iTare" In erlmlnat Ing.-flgure 4n theyroblem wh ICB District Attorney Jereme Is -to-slve--be fbre"""a'eciaing whetherNan PatterSon shalLbe Jlberated-.upon ball Jit upon her own recognizance, or shall be placed on trial a fourth time. It Is thought these letters were Signed by Nan Patterson and other persons, including some of her Immediate relatives, and were. In the possession ofthe district attorney at the time of the last-tiaLu , They were not placed- In evidence, as it was planned by Assistant .District Attorney Rand to use them In rebuttal and In the cross-examination of the actress. 'When Lawyer Levy decided not to put in a defense it shattered this plan. i Mr. Jerome Is looking up the law and If he flnda authority to warrant the -ad-mlMslon Of the documents Nan Patterson will bo tried again. The district at torney said that he would not put the county-to the additional expense until he waa satisfied aoflvlctloncould be obtained . ' . r AMERICAN AND BRITISH -NAVIES CONTROL WORLD 7 : tJornal BieolttScTvtcf) New Yorkr-May- 11. According to Lord CharlesBeresf ordylce-ad ml ra 1 of the rBrltlsli . navy, . who returned from England today on the White Star liner Oceanic the balance of the naval power of the world resides In the combined fleets of America, end England. He said that although the United1 States had some excellont battleships in the navy she-waa more or less handi capped by many vessels which had gone out of fashion and do not rank with tha highest class of sea-fighters found In foreign - navies. Nevertheless, put in combination with Qreat Britain's fleets, American and English guns would not only maintain, but command the peace of the world. -He said that tfthe"Japnesa and Rus sian fleets meet on the sea the Japanese 111 be victorious, owing to the superior marksmanship of the gunners and thelf ability to outraaneuver the Russians. Judge." 1 This Is Interpreted SB enlarg ing the number of judges from whom -the substitute may be chosen. Tha ninth circuit includes IdahorMon tana. Nevada, Oregon, ? California and Washington." Each of 'the four states first named , constitutes a district by Itself; California and Washington are each divided Into two districts. The district Jule-r' jamee Hi lleatty of Idaho. Hiram Knowles of Montana, Thomas P, Hawley of Norads. John J, De-Haven bf th northern district of California. Oiln Wellborn of the south ern district of California C. H. Han ford of the western district of- Wash. Ingtnn, Edward Whltson of the eastern district of Washington, and, C,..iJ. Bel-, linger of Oregon. ' - The three circuit Judges of the ninth circuit are William U liber t of Port land, William W. Morrow of Sen Fran cisco, and Erskine M. Ross of Los An geles. It wlll.be the duty of the cir cuit Judges to appoint one -of their own number or one nC the district Judges to sit in Judtje Bollinger's, place. -I "Judge IHlbert wllr probabfy dr mlne the selection of the Judge who will sit in Jtidtn Itolllnaer's nlace." aald Senator - John - M. Thurston. Senator Mitchell's rtttomey.-thls morning. "This trbts home state, so that hla assocatea ken the circuit, bench would probably de fer to his views in the matter. 1 under stand that either a circuit Judge era llESlg GoveraoHssue$-Procla4 mation for Observance Anniversary? ASKS CITIZENS TO LAY ASIDE" DAILY VOCATIONS Ttiu rsdayt!!7ulTirsVibe"clared a! Public Holiday in Com- ; memoration of Great Historic EvenU'r:- (Special Dlapatch te Tha Joaraal.) were, issued bOovernorhainberlaln at noon today as follows: . "Proclamation The - management n -of the -Lewis 'and 'Clark - Centennial ex position has set apart two weeks, com mencing June t and ending June 17. as 'Oregon -cities'-weeks at the exposition. During these weeks every loyal son and daughter who can" conveniently do so should.Jay aside their dailnvocations and assemble at Portland to honor the name of the great state end the thriving and attractive municipalities which are Its pride. " Onr state ia foremost among the enterprising commonwealths of -this splendid country and for these reasons elation of , the compliment bestowed upon them by the' exposition manage ment In this instance, by the largest possible attendance during the special period allotted -to them. sm E. Cham-1 berlaln, governor of the state of Ore. gon, by proclamation do hereby call the attention of-tteo-ettlsens f the state q this fact-and-urge alt alio ajaw" to et- tend the expoaltton particularly -during these "Oregon oltles' weeks' -and- Join 4n worthily represent Ing the municipal It lei of our state. - "' 'la . testlmo'ny . whereof IJiava .here untiispt mx. hand amLjaused the, gr; seal of the state to be affixed. Done at thevcapltol, tn the city of Salem, . this third day ef Msy A. D. 1906: (Signed) .'XJEORGE E. CHAMBERLAIN." 7 " "Oovernor. "By the Oovernor: - "P. I. DUNBAR, - " "Secretary of Stated "Proclamation; In pursuance of it long cherished design of Thomas Jeffer son near the beginning of the last cen tury he sent Meriwether Lewis and Wil liam Clark across the continent to the northwest territory on an expedition of exploration and discovery. These In trepid explorers with a few heroic fol lowers, guided and directed through, the barren " waste and" over the mountain wild, ofttimes Inspired when courage al moat failed by the unerring sagacity and - loyal devotion of Sacajawea, an untutored Indian "bird woman,' unfurled thostar and . atrlpea . at . the . mautu of the Columbia on the seventh day of No vember, 1806, and laid the foundation for an acquisition by the IFnlted States of a territory equal. If not superior, in wealth and Importance to-the Louisiana purchasit The people of Oregon deem ing It fitting that the hundredth an- nlversary of this event should be be comingly celebrated, took the Initiative tn TnovTmenrwhicKsoojr enlisted "the active and loyal cooperation not only of the states which were carved-eut of-the Oregon country, but nearly all the states In the union, and national and foreign governments as well, with the' result that the anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition discovery will be cele brated by a magnificent exposition to be held In Portland, beginning Thursday, June" 1, and ending October It, 1906. "Now. therefore. In honor of this great historic event and the opening of aald exposition, I, Oeorge El Chamberlain, governor of the state of Oregon, do hereby declare Thursday, the first day of JuncyJfl6. as a puhllc holiday, and. I do earnestly -request the people fof the state to rest from their labors on said day and to show the world by, their -Continued: on Page Two,) district ujgejn this circuit may be ap pointed, the act of 1904 having simply enlarged he provisions ofJhlormer lawv"- ; ;.". .. Senator Thurston expressed deep con cern over the Illness of Judge Bellinger. When asked whether he expected any delay In the land fraud trials, he. re plied: - : "I earnestly hope" mrrrwlTrbff no delay. We are anxious for a trial In June.. and -it -would -be-- very great hardship on us - to have the cases go over to a later date.", At a meeting; of the Multnomah Demo cratic club last night, R. D. lnman. Dr. Lane and John E. Lathrop were ap pointed to draft a resolution of sym pathy with Judge1 Charles B. "Bellinger, and expressing hope tor hla early re covery. Tho resolution waa aa follows: "Whereas, The Honorable Charles B. Bellinger of the United Statea district court, a distinguished cftlXen, an able Jurist and a patriotic representative of the principles of true democracy,' Is stricken- with - Illness that for a time cansed apprehension for hla recovery, and. j . , 'Wbereasjaratifylng news f of Jm. provement comes from his sick room. "Resolved. That the Multnomah Cmmty Democratic- clnh and Its guests here assembled heartily proffer sym pathy to Judge Bellinger and express the hope of -speed t; recoverx,', -- . , END TODAY Working taSecure-aWestf riiTPacific Outlet- to: TOIand and Sound WOULD BUILD FROM r NEVADA TO THIS CITY Line Would Include Some of the L Roads In the Northwest and About Seven Hundred - - -'"Mifeaof New-Trackr 4.- ' The -QouKrTartroaa' InterrstB rT' working tn aemire a . Wiestern Poelffa outlet-.-ta-PortlndL-and -thewtBd.-iiJtr-is reported from New Tork JLhat a, plan.... is being formed to unite a number of isolated links snd form-a -line-from, -Reno,-on the route of the Western Pa-. elf ic In 'Nevadav- taiPortland . and T- coma, using the line and 'terminals of the Oregon-"Water Power- Railway company to galn-entrancern'toPort-; land, jand the line' of ths'Ticoma a . Eastern to reach the sound. The plan la detail Includes tha use of the Nevada. California afc Oregon, the . . Great -Southern, the Corvallis atEast-" -ern, the O. W. And the TacOma afe 700 miles of new road In the chain be tween Reno and the Bound. It Is known that about three months ago representa tives of the Western Paclflo and the Denver A RloOrande went orrrthe Jlne ; ef the N.t C. A-O. -and exitmraedr- the" country through - the Klamath region; and spent several days In Portland. Shortly afterward e-TeTOTtwgpub-C llshed - in San Francisco that Gould had . acquire the -N, C ftThU fl-.lY about 140 miles long- and extends from Reno to Madeline, nesr Goose lake. about 60 miles soutir""fTthe Oregon : stats line, on tha .west sldsi eadea. U.tyaaproJected - to -extertdr- through the iuamath..cauuiry ana tp the Columbia-river. 1 1-is nw proposed"' to continue this road - northward to V junction with the' Great Southern, which -Is to be extended south to Bend.- ' Fnxchaaisg X,ooomotives. ' 1 1 The -Qreat Southern Is nearly com. tance of 80 miles. A force of 300 men . Is at work . laying ' the .iron, and It Is Intended to open the road between July 1 and 16. President John Helrarlch of Portland la now -in New York to pur chase locomotives and 25 cars." The plan of the Goulds is to utilise this road. It la. Bald,to reach the Co lumbla, river,-and-from there connect -with the Tacoma tc Eastern, building . the gap from The Dalles to that road's southern terminus, a distance of about 160 miles. The route will give an al most direct north and south line from Reno, Nevada, to Taacma and -6 tt ley The plan Includes acquisition of) the Corvallis & Eastern, and connecting It with the system by a Hne from Bend te Idanah, through a pass south of Mount Jefferson. " A short line from . Portland -to a point on the CAE. would complete -f a eystem-that would give tha tlouide- four ocean terminals in the - Paciflo northwest, tap rentralfand western Ore gon, FortIand,"Tacoma and "Seattle,a"iir put the Gould lines in a position to do battle with the Harrlman - system throughout the Paclflo coast. Construe' tlon of the Western Pacific haa been commenced at both ends of the sur veyed route from 8alt Lake to Oakland. -It la said Gould will not rest until he haa Invaded the entire Harrlman terri tory on the- Paclflo coast. ; , j' - Off leers metloent, Local Interests affected by the pro ject are keenly, alive- to- the feasibility fof the scheme, and say It is entirely . within the range of probability. There Is no Gould representative in this city. as far-as can be learned- who, ia a thorlsed to speak on the subject The business agents of the Gould system here ssy they have believed for soma trmetha,t the' Gould interest had de termined to get Into Portland and aound territory" with, liaea of road that would enable them to successfully compote with the Harrlman1 roada for the vast " and growing domestic and export bUsl-" hess of the. Pacific northwest. A Journal dispatch from Washington connecting the Oregon Water Power A Railway company's line with the pro- ' f osed plan wus shown to-PrewMent W. -I. Hurlburt. He read It with close In terest, but. declined to etiher deny or. confirm the report. "I am not at liberty to make any statement at this time, was all - he would say for publication. ,2t is a. fact- recSKiOxeti. by railway man. that the Oregon Water Power aV Rail way company holds the key to the ter rolnal situation on the east side of the Willamette rive In Portland. It own and controls a great water fronts k". and splendid terrain) facllltlea, whlcli . It is constantly enlarging and Improv Ing by fills snd sidetracks, in the region between Madison street bridge and the Inman-Poulaen lumber mill. ,.8hotilil, any transcontinental Hne deslre to gale entrance litto Portland It would find the) O. W. P. company valuable ally. MAKES APPROPRrATION" FOR LANE EXHIBIT (Special tMapetrk te Tke Iastm!.) 1 Eugene. Or May 1 l-Tb-Mety ; court today made sn additional srpro. prlatlnn of f 1.110 fof the Ijine count' exhibit st the Portland fair. A cmtoiu- te from K'usene and t'ottage drove Commercial clubs s 0nic4 tj b'aUle th funds, - '' " V -f.