The Oregon daily journal., August 22, 1905, EXTRA, Image 1

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PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDA YOUST - 22 1905.
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VOL. IV. no. m. ,.- "
A IPC
Lives
of Hundreds of Ledgers Endangered
by Furious; Flames on East Side, IVhich l
Cause a Loss of Wearly $200,000
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Boy Leaps from Window and Man's Leg Is BroKen-
Flames Started by an Exploding Stove in
, the Iova Lodging House.
.." Stm ragtag fiercely, a flr that has
baffled Portland' - ntlr department
Sine 7 o'clock this morning Is sweep
ing th eaat atda and baa already da
vastated four blocka ' of building. ' '
; Thro, people' war . Injured, 'woman
too 111 to make their escape unaided from
Impending death war readied by fire
men, river ' and streetcar : traffic - was
suspended until noon, telephone eonneo
tioa waa cut , off, a financial loaa of
about 2150,000 haa, been sustained, orer
a acora of people were made homeless,
before one of the fastest and flerceat
Area in Portland' history waa under
- control at. noon. - - ;
j.Aetha reeult of an almootjrohlbitlire
Inauranca rate the loae will be almoat
complete. . . . y';
With the exception of the expoalUon
battalion; Portland' entire Are depart
the personal direction of Chief Camp
bell, haa fought the flame alnc they
.Were aiacoverea. ,,.-.'.c,i, ... r
" The devastated dlatrlct include four
blocka' of . buaineaa houaea and real
' dencaa,' lying between Stark . and Pin
and Union ayenue and Blxth atreet The
entire dlatrlct ia In ruin and; other
' vdjacent aectiona have . been destroyed
by the flame.,' . f '.
Tere , . waa . a stiff ' aouthaaatarly
i.tbreese this' morning. ' It fanned the
, flanWaTand aant burning amber hissing
In thjUfnAiit.,pool below thle-
rated roadway and bnUdlnga. ; It wa
apectacular flr. J- "
- Leaping high as they scaled the wan
of some large building,' the flamea war
than beaten down,' and running along
' . tha dry and worm-eaten beama and raft
era that support the elevated roadway
and building thej turned the stagnant,
'unsightly pools and alougha into biil
llantly colored lagoona. ,'
, . Waera the Pire . .. ....
The (Ira aUrted in the kitchen of the
. Iowa restaurant, at Union .avenue and
East Stark "street, and waa caused by
the plolone gaa stove. Jn an bl
atant th small wooden building wa
.' In flamea. The fir descended and within
"a few momenta bad oaten a way under
the. wooden streets and-elevated roads
, in th neighborhood. ' r
Police Officer Slnnot tried to turn In
a fir alarm, . but Improper" telephone
connection prevented Captain Bailey at
headquarter .from ; understanding th
- nature of th officer's massage.
Streetcar service in East Portland was
suspended as the result of -the eon
flagratlon and it ia estimated that It,-
000 persons walked down town In con
'. sequence. , v ' . ... . '. ..
, Telephone communication wlth nearly
- atr-tharrldwaa' alio, impoaalble
, because of broket) wires.. , ,
, Though many sleeping Inmate of th
various lodging-house and other de
' stroyed buildings were rescued by Are-
- men and police officer there wer few
accident. "A woman Vho wa ' ill in
the Kadderly building, ' Beat Oak - and
1 Union avenue, ' was ' unable ; to escape
: by her own efforts, but after an agon
. laed wait, firemen . rescued her.
v Paopto Wsts tnjnred. "
.! John Stewart, a driver for the B. A
it. company,' suffered a ' broken leg,
which Is th only accident reported up
to noon. He was driving hi wagon on
Eaat Morrison,, near First street, when
engine No. X daahed by tn-reeponae to
the alarm. Ill horse-became fright
ened.' ahled violently, and he waa thrown
under th wheels. " Th unfortunate
man learned : while h wa suffering
from hi Injury that hi home had been
destroyed by the fire. '. !
-1A boy. who Jived -with-hie parents In
. the second story of the Kadderly build
ing leaped from a window and was In
jured. H waa removed, to , th . bom
. offc a neighbor, ..and hi condition J
said to b serious. -- -J
Ttafllo on ' th river waa auapended
because it wa Impossible to open . th
Morrison atreet bridge. - ' - , ' '
: River . ateamera which - have dock
. above th bridge wer delayed until al
moat noon.' The bridge wa eloeed for
sba moa tSat the electric compao
shut off th eaat aide power, and as it
has : no cut-oit switch, it ' could not
break connection with the eaat aide
without discommoding the west aide,
too. The captain of the steamer Lur
Ilne. which started down stream, was
forced to remove th flagstaff' to pre
vent disaster when he learned that the
bridge would not open for him.'.
A heavy pall of .amoke has hung over
the east aide since early morning, from
four, entire blocka, 'which soon became
a roaring ' furnace. v; - Nina anglnes and
every available Are company In the city
are fighting th ' flaaaes, while on the
river the Areboat Oeoerge H. Williams
la rendering all possible assistance, i;..
axoeUea Work ef Oapal Stekee.
, While fighting tha Are the firemen en
countered all eorte ef danger. , A mixed
rew of track,' engine andT chemical com-
"wers1 liiaylna a atieam 1 un a
building near the southeaat . corner of
Union avenue- and 'East Stark street
when they-llaoovered flamea-under, the
elevated, roadway on which they', wr
standing. ?yx:.-""''-.:i 1.',
George Stoke,, captain of truck No. f.
who waa in charg of th men. ordered
the planks out at once and water turned
on theIre underneath. . A second Un
of boa - was stretched and laid in th
direction of the flamea 10 feet below.
Btokee called for 10 'men toatand on
th. hose., and hold it taut, and , then,
as -easily-a be-would slide the, pole la
an engirt house, be went down the hose
to the ground below. Pour of his crew
followed and h ' told the other to re
main on top. Water wa turned on and
the flames were speedily extinguished. ;
,' At Union avenue and Eaat Oak street
th same trouble was encountered. ' The
temporary captain of a . company had
two hole cut . in the. roadway. He went
down over the boa first and told th
men . how to direct ' th streams. . The
smoke, blinded the eyes of the firemen
below and the captain told than to pour
water in the direction. -of his voice. H
got a full stream from the noaxle of big
No. 1 straight In his face each time. t
. Plremea la Saage Prom Wtre. :
' At th corner of Eaat Oak and Eaat
8tark trt the firemen wer la dan
ger of their Uvea from the falling of
electrlo wlrea. Tha , wire on Grand
avenue were the Afat to fall, and on
Union avenue th firemen bad to turn
th streams from the fire to tha tele
phone and - electrlo light bracket and
Insulators. When the fire waa at It
height man from th telephone and alec
trio light companies crossed tha . river
and cut th wlr. - -
Th Oak atreet aewer, built a few
years agoy was -destroyed,-r war also
the main of the- Portland Oa company
from between Eaat Stark and Eaat Oak
streets. The , water . main under 'th
Union ayenue roadway , waa in danger
for . time and inspectors wer On hand
to turn off 'the water, if it should .burst
On the arrival of the engines they
wer-unable to make connections with
the only 14-Inch main In the 'vicinity.
But for the work of the. flreboat the
fire would have covered a much greater
area, and until the George H. William
waa In operation .the fire waa practi
cally without opposition. Th main In
that section are email and the pressure
wa low. ' ' s " . ' ,' ..' .
. . Plre aeaeath the Boadway. ' '
, Prom th Iowa' ; lodging-house the
flamea worked rapidly toward the north
east. Fanned by the draft beneath
the. elevated structures they broke out
In . varioua sections ' simultaneously.
Beams and rafters soon began to give
way and firemen were sadly handicapped
In- their, .work.!-- ..-i..'-..-,..: ",:
A group of firemen stattyied with
several lines of hoae were operating the
lines from an elevated roadway 'when
It, waa-discovered that 1 the fir -waa
raging directly beneath. -
Theywere warned of the dnngef end
prang 'from the board walk Just ae-M
fell with a crash into the slough below.
The block between Stark and Oak
tracts wag destroyed quickly." Follow
ing their, course beneath the, bulldlngal
th flaaea'gooaoachod til hug war-
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houss and th Kadderly ft West build
lng, which collapsed with a crash al
most before it was known the . flamea
had reached it. 4 '
For a time It waa hoped that'tha J. X
Kadderly building would be saved. Tha
building waa a three-story brick, occu
pied on th ground floor by th buai
neaa firm of that name, and la th upper
stories as living apartmenta. -
Tare Womea Zajured. ''
. Police' offloer and fireman had diffi
culty in rescuing . the' lnmatea pf the
place. - Three woman ware injured while
being rescued, though it la believed
that . their injuries ' are not serious.
- Fire lines were - established by tha
police around the' entire district. Great
crowds of people congregated at every
available place to watch th fir and
th fireman: . 't.' '. .,
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Captain BaUey had dlfflrftllty in keeping
the people behind the danger f opes. ,'
Ttlu Pell, a Wiemau aUsjolied tu. "glui
No. , was painfully but not aerlously
injured, ' A heavy hose noasle wa swept
around, atrlkmg him on th kneeotp and
making It . Impossible for him to per
form hla duties. He waa taken to the
engine-house In . the police ambulance
and attended by a phyalclan, afterward
being taken to his home at Ml First
street. - ;, ',
Owing to the elevated roadways where
the fire raged and. the Jumble of shacks
which wer largely occupied ty aecond
hand atorea, the blase spread with, great
rapidity. ' A portion of the roadway had
been condemned, preventing the fire de
partment from reaching all parte of the
endangered district. After tha -piling
caught fire, hoa Ilnea wer put below
th decking, and there ' the ' firemen
waded and wallowed- through th alough
In . a deaperata ' effort to protect the
structure ao that they would not col
lapse. 1 .'.:'.';,. .. .... - V
' Aa the wires of the 'streetcar and
power companies began breaking before
the current could be turned off, there
wer savers! thrilling -.. escapes from
death In thla form. ; Firemen working
on , th elevated roadwaya .were fre
quently endangered, and tha fact that
no one lost his life waa apparently more
luck than caution. - ' ,
.When aeen, a general alarm - wa
turned in, as this is regarded aa the
moat dangeroua district of the city, and
the eaat aid department responded in
force. " V! ;
AH ltnglae ia Aotloa.
' In a few minute It-became 'apparent
that there waa greet danger of a serious
conflagration,' and all available engines
andspparatua.-on tha-west - aide -were
brought over by Chief Campbell.
At th same time th fore on th fir
boat got Into action, extending ho line
from th river up to th scene, and di
recting heavier ' atreams ' than were
thrown by th steamer engines. Every
hydrant In the entlr region wa tapped
quickly, and llnea of hoae were brought
to bear upon all adjacent property, and
upon euch portlona of the' flame as
could be reached. .... .
; The first alarm waa aent from th old
Iowa lodging-house. ' By thl tlm th
bias had fair headway. . The popula
tion' living over the gulch at thla point
wa astir in a few momenta Hundred
wer quickly In th atreet. dragging
bod and furniture and rushing hither
and thither with their belonging. .
Other pressed harder for time began
tossing their effect out of window
to th street, while th alarm spread
more rapidly than the flamea, and
houses distant . from th blase but In
the. track that It was .taking obedient
to th breese. were soon clearing their
placea of furniture and valuables.
By hard work the fire was prevented
froni going westward fromCnlon ave
nue, although th building on thl Un
had to be drenched constantly.-
Stark atreet was also maintained as
the sduth Una with much dlffloulty. '
, Plamea Spree, ta Oak Street."
To the north the firemen were not ao
successful In holding tha flame to
.Oak street, aa AOiilAa ( UUg iWntiah-
fare la high In th air. and the bias waa
quickly in the . piling t the elevated
roadway and consuming th. decking so
that the bulldinga could "not.be ap
proached - very :, closely. . The .. brick
formerly occupied by J. J. Kadderly aa
a hardware atore on Union avenue be
tween Oak and Pine waa lost, aa the
intense . beat soon set the facings and
woodwork- on. fire. '
Then the roof caught, and the struc
ture ' waa gutted, while ' ; th ' fireman
poured floods of water Into it. It being
three-atotie high, the two upper stories
being fitted ' up ; for lodgings, made a
great blase. . , . ' : j .
By thla time the bias waa crossing
Grand avenue.' cutting' under th street-
car line and undermining the telephone
and. light polea...
A portion of Grand avenue has been
condemned for some time, and tha fire
apparatus ; could . not move freely
In this ' district. ' A - feed . store,
formerly used ', for an automo
bile ' , houae, . commenced burning
and another feed atore caught. 7
Plxeeaem Almost Overcome.
Three or four lodging houses caught,
and the heat from these spraad'To'. the
three -story brick at Grand avenue "and
Oakv A house had to be destroyed near
to prevent further spreading.
In thla stag of th 'conflagration the
firemen wer everywhere. .. Some crews
wer subject to such great ' heat that
their brothers had to turn water on
them occasionally. . At one time an ele
vated street fell, nearly taking one crew
down Into th biasing piling and muck
beneata. ''. " .'
' The flimsy lodging houses began
collapsing rapidly, adding fuel to the
blase. ' "r".,, .'.'.' .. ' .;' ''. i'l''
". Some of th Tjosses.
A .'partial JIat ; of th buildings de
stroyed and damaged and th loss on
sach is aa followa:
v Kadderly building, three-etory' brick,
M.000. .A'.l v- ::'.-..
Kearn Br.
.VUIRJ.
$1.000..-,, v .Tj.
TaTdglnfihniiM In Koar
Iowa restaurant and . lodging-house.
where the fir started, 00.
Welder ' as - Weeterraan, second-hand
atoreriJ.sOO. "j'iV, ,?'v"i'; . .'.'. i,
Jamea Smith, expressman and second
hand ator, tl.S00. -. ti: V',';.' ! ; . .;
, 8. Hochfeld, second-hand store, $1,500
Portland Cement Tiling Co., $2,500.
Air-Tight Stove Ca, three-story brick,
$20,000. '. -'. '- V. '. .
'Bailey's Paint Stor. $1,000.
C. B. Miner and D, H. Dowllng. auto
mobile garage and repair shep, $100.v'
" F. F. Johnson, Union avenue near Eaat
Stark, second-hand store, loss probably
$j.ooo.' ' '; ;.'-."-'".
' 8. Hochfeld, southeaat .corner of
Union avenue and East !Oak, one two
story frame building, loaa $1,000: insur
ance, $200. An unknown Arabian-had
a candy ator in . th . building': hi loss
I probably $250. ' " . "':-'.. . y V'
'Mrs. Henry Erdman, who rented 'the
two upper floors of the Cully building,
owned by Kadderly V Beakey, at the
northeast corner, of Union avenue and
Eaat Oak atreet, loaa, $2,500. ' One of
the lodgers, who would not give hla
name to the police, aald he lost $25
In coin and paper money and a gold
watch. . . . . I .. -
Williams Bakery A Grocery company,
in tha Cully building, lose $1.(00, partly
Inaured.
Parrott Machine A Iron ' Bedstead
company,' in the Cully building, loea
$2.50q, ., - .'--- , . . :,
CATHOLIC YOUmB MEN IN
"(Jearaal SpseUI gerrlaa.) '
Albany, N. Aug. 21. The thlrty
flrat "annual convention of the Catholic
Toung Men'S National union . opened
here this morning with a large attend
ance. The delegates assembled st tho
Catholic .union at t o'clock thla morn
ing and marched in procession to--the
cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
whero they attended a solemn high
mass. Immediately after the mass the
delegates returned to the Catholic Union
building and the opening session of
their convention waa called to order in
the auditorium. Tho Rev. Walter J.
Bhanlcy, the president of the organisa
tion, occupied the chair and delivered
the opening addreas. ;
The reet -of th' morrflng ' session
waa taken up by the reading of tha re
ports of diocesan unions, individual o
cletle. officer and committees. In the
afternoon session addreseee were deliv
ered by Daniel P. TflSmey of Boston on
"The Press:'" W. C. 8ulllvan-of Baltl-
more, en "Th Toung Men Club, and
William 1. Toohey of Newark, on -lAt
erary Soclettee for Catholic Toung
Men." There were about 400 delegatea
In attendance. The convention will eon
elude Its business tomorrow morning.
Tonight and tomoroW afternoon the
delegates wllf be entertained w.th trol
ley rida and other amuaementa by the
local members.' There will also b sev
eral receptlona and Informal dinners In
honor of tho visiting delegatea - ' . ,
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Polar Explorer Anthony Fiala and the Ship America, Which Carried the Jfiala Arctic Expedition to i Point 32
. Degree,' 13 Minutes and.. 1 Second North Latitude. Explorer Fiala Is Engaged to Marry Miss Clara Pur-
" year, a Bell' of Nashville, Tennessee. A'v:;;' f- .''';"'-.'-f- . . '" ' '
SlIELTER manager
IS CONFIDENT
Eastern Oregon Mines Continue
r;; to Increase Their Ore y
Tonnitga.
tIST WITH BIG PROMISE
Manager "Fuller Says .That Deal for
Oregon King in Crook County Has
- Not Been Made,; but that It Is a
.Good Wine. ', ' ' . y '
Manager Fred D. Fuller of tha Oregon
Smelting A Beflnlng -company, operating
at Bumpter. la here on business. Dis
patches from Ashwood. Crook county,
recently contained the Information that
Mr. Fuller had examined the big Oregon
King mine, owned .by C. M. Cartwrlght
and o there. Mr. Fuller., stated thla
morning that auch an examination had
bien made, but that the property . had
net been transferred. He did not care
to discuss the maer further, aa. it was
of a private business nature, but did
say that the Oregon King appealed to
him aa a great property.
Mr. -.Fuller, grows more confident re
garding the smelting situation in the
Blue mountain dlatrlct. He aaya the
progress nude la gratifying and that a
larger tonnage of ore I being offered
the smelter. With gradual growth and
all condition favoring Do doubt ia felt
regarding th future of the Industry,
when the Bumpter. smelter will handle a
large tonnage from - mines of the ad
jacent dlatrlct. Thla year. find several
new properties entering the producing
list, aome of which have large reserves
With the old mlnea revived and new
onea giving aa great promise as any yet
opened In that district, the eastern Ore
gon country is entering upon a greater
period of prosperity than it haa en
joyed alnc the halcyon placer days. ;
PLEASED WITH WORK.
marts Oroup and Tlctor Companies Said
- ' Annual Meeting a sUunpter.- .
.Manager H. T. Hendryx of the GelseT
Hendryx Investment company of Port
land and Sumpter haa Just reached the
city with a large party of southern men
who are Interested In 1 his properties.
Annusl meetings - of the Platta , Group
Gold Mlnea' company and tha Victor
company vwere held In Sumpter,-which
wer attended by men representing a
majority of the stock in both concerns
Manager Hendryx, A. O. Hanauer. fiscal
agent. Consulting Engineer Allene Case
and the large party of eaatern maa
making tha trip were In attendance
Plana for future development were sub
mitted and will be acted on by the di
rectors.' 'The directors and stockholders
expressed their approval of the work
that had been done the past year o
both groups. " .' .,
MINING NOTES.
Drilling for ll In the Nehalem dla
trlct ha commenced under the direction
of the Portland Development company.
A standard rig drill has- been secured
and la said by the management to have
commenced boring. It will drill to a
depth of 2.100- feet, if necessary, te
prove the formations . Thla work Will
command greater - attention than any
other oil boring begun In the state, be-
,h t. of pr,tni work and the favot-
abl oil formation found In NehaJem. - '
Eugene. Or.. Aug. 22. The Great
Northern Development companyoperak
lng the Oreat Northern mine "in the
Blue river district, has elected the fol
lowing ofnrers: W. 8 SUndlsh, presi
dent; J.- H. Olaaa. secretary; W. 8.
Standlsh, treasurer; directors, W. S.
SUndlsh. C. L. Inmsn, Dr. Morse.
Balem; Dr.Hodgea, Albany, and J. 8.
Mahon.
Fhotalj B. C Aug, 21,- et 'V '
ns ' huiirting MEW PROPERTIES XN.TER . THC
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ALLEGES FRAUD III
UINTAH LANDS
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Former Chief Ranger 3j,nd .Chief
of Indian Police Makes Sen- ;
. ALLOTTED DEAD MEN
Personal Interests Looked After, at
; the Expense jof the Public In Open
ing Reservation Mysterious, Irreg-
ularities. ' ; ,- , iv v. V.
- (Journal Special Service. )
-Vernal, -Utahr Aug. 22 Q' CUrkj
former chief ranger and chief of Indian
police ' on the Uintah . reservation,
eharge that at leaat 62,000" acrea of
Irrigable land of the .Uintah reservation
haa been allotted to dead Indiana. He
declarea that he la ready to furnish evi
dence to aubstantlate hla statements
should Investigation be made by the
proper authorities. Clark aaya:. s
"Personal Interests have been looked
after at the expens of the public In
making the allotment. It la my belief,
having been among them for 14 years,
that there are not more than 1,200 In
diana on the reservation.. Kstlmat a
fourth of them aa heads of. families,
entitled, to to acreaApiece, and you have
24,000 acrea. The other' 000 women and
children are entitled to 40 acrea each,
or 24,000 acres, a grand total of 40,000
acrea ...
"Information that 112,000 acres of
land have beeh allotted to Indians makes
clear the purpose of many mysterious
irregularities, which to my certain
knowledge have been practlceu In con
nection, with, the opening of thl reser
vation.". ; 1 ' .
Charges were recently filed at Wash
ington against Land . Commissioner
Richards by the Gentiles of Salt Lake,
accusing him of partiality and unfair
ness by unduly favoring Mprmorn .in
matters pertaining to the reservation
opening.
Oranby furnaces have been blown" In
and tha two new furnace will go Into
commission Immediately. The entire
plant would be running now but for the
fact that the -. new flue chamber was
hardly complete when connections were
made with th two large furnacea just
completed..
Juneau, Alaska,' Aug. 22. No doubt
remains that : the , production "of the
Klondike thla season will fall below that
of last year. Tha water proved shorter
than usual and mos. of the Important
Claim havs stopped Work. ' . , ..
Alaska's road fund, under the act of
congress appropriating license revenues
outside the incorporated towns, aggre
gates 121,000. The total receipts from
this source are $40,000 to date, of which
26 per cent la for schools outside the
towns and I per cent to care for the
Insane. . Arrangements are being made
to commence Important road construc
tion at such points aa show the greateat
need. ''' .
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DEAD CONFEDERATES
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(Joernal Beectal Service
Shlloh. Tenn, Aug. - 22. The monu-
ment erected to the memory of the Bcc
1d ..Tennessee Infantry regiment. C. 8.
A., on the battlefield of Shlloh. was un
veiled thle forenoon In the presence of
several thousand eijc.iiralonlste from all
parts Of thla sfat. Among those prea
ent st tha ceremony .were about 100 for
mer members of that rogtment and a
large number of Confederate veterans
from other rerimenta of TennesMoe.
Misa Leonora fheney, di"jhtcr of Con
troller 11. J. f
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TO FIRE DYNAMITE
FROril THE SKY
Califomian Invents Aeroplane
That May Revolutionize'
J Modern Warfare.;".;
AIRSHIP, CONTROLLED BY
ADJUSTABLE PROPELLER
No Rudders or Movingyteights Re-
- quired One Man Can Discharge
, Explosives Through , Six "', Tubes
Over.btpsr Forts or City. '
(Journal Special ServW.t -ValleJOraU-Aug-sS.
If lt that-la 1
claimed for It provea true. Vallejo is
destined to revolutionise modern war
fare. Peter Levins of this place. In a
letter to Admiral - McCalla, has aaked
that permission be granted hlra to ahow
a model aeroplane with the view of th
government accepting tha aam for use
during war. Admiral McCalla referred
the inventor to Naval Conatructor Ev
ans to examine Into the merits of th
new airship. - It Is called a self-balance
aeroplane, equipped with alx adjustable
tubes for, the discharge or dynamite.
Several aeronauts who have examined
the model commend the Inventor. The
Inventor says:
"My aeroplane will have a fixed point
of gravity, which will enable it to main
tain lta equilibrium under all conditions
while In the air., It can be raised from
the earth by Its own contained power,-
and will lift more weight relatively and
fly farther and faster than- any aero
plane yet recorded, and will return to lta
place of atarttng with as" much aafety
and certainty aa the ordinary automo
bile. - ' - -
"AH motiona, up or down, port or
starboard, are Instantly controlled by
an adjustable propeller. No rudder or
moving weights are. required. One man
can go In the aeroplane and with the
adjustable , tubes discharge the dyna
mite over a ship, fort or city with dead
ly effect.'' '.- ' -" -
She Blea yftnt to Organise.
(Jouraal Special games. .
Detroit. Mich., Aug. 22. The annual
convention of the Michigan SUte Retail
Shoe Dealers' association opened it
esslon here thl morning with a large '
attendance. Besides member from va
rious parts of thla state delegates from
similar organisations in Wisconsin and
other; states were present with a view
of conferring with the-'Mlrrlilgan shoe
men concerning the formation of a na
tional organisation. There-la a etrong
feeling in favor of auch a national or
ganization and It Is believed the conven
tion which opened here thl morning
will take the Initiative in atarttng th
movement,..'....: ..
' " Soldier aad Sailors' 2Wanio9.
' (Jouraal Special anrrke.)
Bonnlcas'tle. N. Y.; Aug. 22. Th Sol
diers and Sailors' association of Wayne
county opened It twenty-third annual
reuulon her this morning. This morn
ing there was in Informal gather!..
and In the afternoon biemortsl. service,
will be held. t th meeting ftmorrow
several prominent speakpre wilt audrr.
th veteran. The reunion IU last a::
t hrou gh the week.
lolo TonraBat at Mewper.
. . (Josraal Selal Srtoe.
' Newport, R. I.. Aug. 22.--Th an
tournament of the Westchester I .
club opened hers today. The e-
re unusuallr numerous and a
contest I experte.1. The tor
will cIoks on Augiw 10. " T'
trophlee to l- f-Mitested f -fj,wp..rt,
the Westoliester I
the lirenton t : f c i.
I yo t