The Oregon daily journal., September 07, 1905, Image 1

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VOL. IW NO.. 183.
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PORTLAND, OEGON,.rHTHURSDAY EVENING,' SEPTEMBER 7. 1005-FOURTEEN, PAGES.
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Japanese Assault- iiaihyay Magnate and '.T
. oiaiLoiiiaii) uui 11 iwoiuuiw vi uuu-
& ister arid ten Christian' Churches.1
Revolutionists With Torch and . Sword' Devastate
Southeast wn Russia
iReduccd to
.JowmI Spaelal , ..
k '-Tokio, BepC 7. Rloynt' which h
' bn In proiTM her t lnterrala alnca,
TuewUjr nlaht oh account of th popular
. ovr 4thr;.VMa ttlnnt. col
' wtil today when tm ttatMtad
'itoiMd Jdarqula Itot "' Japan'B tortmort
- ta toaman ml for manr yer tha Mol
of tha popultc. and Edward XL .Jlarrl
1 man. tha American railway magnate.
The two wera ' drlylna; t through tha
r atraeta whan they ware -oat. upon by a
, mob of jeering rioters and only escaped
severe handling through the prompt aa
sletance rendered by .the police. , . :.
-t fr. aara Klaiatafa mommtk-xr-rsr-
A mob today burned the residance of
MlnUtetJt-iha.IijJtrtor . . XOThkawa
Aklmasa. About noon'a-crcejrd, yelling.'
' "Down -with '--the - government!", sur
. rounded ' the , beautiful grounds and
costly home of the minister andV aw
tacked the place, hurling . stones and
"other missiles. The - servants . badly
. frightened, fled, 'leaving the house alone.
. The police endeavored to disperse the
crbwd, wJitch waa constantly augmented,
' but were unable to cop -with It. With
the avowed Intention of lynching the
' oft Ida L who waa thought to be at .home
the ringleaders searched-the place and
tne moo looted it or -many -vaiuaDies,
ending by setting fir to the structure,
which-waa completely destroyed..' Reln
. forcements mbf4 ,th police to .scatter.
the mob-, -r-V v f-r-iv--; r- -'4
. A mob this afternoon sacked and burned
! Christian churches 'and mlanlone.
inteiiwe lnllKsj uslsas ssjalnai AnrcteetM
-and other foreigners, to whose Interven
tion is rinmee ui compromise treaty.
' MMftlal law hits ' been-idealared and rig
oroua steps are being taken to suppress
' the disorders.. f :
In the various clanh(.a htvm t h nA.
lire ana rraiers several nave oeen aiuea
and nearly 1,000 . wounded. - The- only
buildings destroyed so far' are several
police stations, but the people, are la ah
angry mood - and further violence - Is I
learea. . , - . , t, ; f (
.fc .:- Mass Keettatfa . MM.,;,.rJ
' Mass meetings held In various parts of
the empire have passed resoluttona se
verely arraigning and denouncing the
government for making the concessions
. to Russia mads to seeure peace. Many
' other meetings called have been dis
persed by the police, who have received
' strict orders to prevent the gathering
" of mobs. .''( ' " . - -' - - ;
The attaqk .on Jtto, and Marriman la
- regarded as a manifestation of tha bit
harness with which the Japanese people
have received the news of the peace
terms. The crowd quickly gathered
when tha distinguished men appeared
together this morning" and began Jeer
ing. . Ito was cool and .Ignored the-rnr
.suits, and soon many ' missiles were
-wwaw'w' aa ' '" "T It"-!!?" SJOPBi UwaMObu
: , , ' eaasd Agaiasl Aaaartoa. ' V". "
- Marquis Ito la blamed more than any
. body .else for the terms "granted to Rus--.
sla. -America Is blamed In some quar
ters for the loss of Indemnity, and this
accounts for the unfriendly attitude aa
i aumed toward Mr. Harrlman. Threats
of further violence were made against
.Jaerrlman during the aaaault.
Marquis Ito Is chief of the naval gen
eral staff and the foremost, statesman
of Japan. He la J years of age and
has been In the tfubllo service IS years,
when ha enterecTthe imperial Japanese
''navy. -.. ; s-y. - '
' Tot winning the battle of theeYalu,
'defeating the Chinese In 1894, Ito ws
created viscount and later made a full
admiral. (-' -.'. - ,
It ntM Oeleteattoaa. - -.v. -Harrlman'
la aald 'to be here with a
- view to purchasing the privately owned
- railroad llnea of Japan, -negotlntlons be
ing; under way whereby a syndicate of
'American, capitalists, represented by
- Haarimaa) will make huge investments
, in Japan. , '; '-
- - There la no doubt that the entire na
lion "of" Japan 'la- keenly disappointed
ever the peace treaty. There have been
no peace celebrations and an active card
palga la being made by radicals demand
ing the punishment of those responsible
'-for the compromise. ,;. -
BAKU JN FLAMES.:
" Tor loug atiotlag 'ta-1
' . . Control of , Military.
St. Petersburg. . Sept 7. The latest
advices from Baku state th city la en
tirely in flames. The situation la hope-
less.". ' . -.; "
GREATEST. YEAR '.IN
e OF IRON
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. (Jeerasl seetal Sarles.V
I Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. ?.- Consldersbt
comment has been caused In steel circle
when It wss announced that the Car.
negl Steel compenry had ' withdrawn
from the steel market of , ItOt. Its
order book Is filled wttrV n
structural shspts.' steel rails, plates and
fcglets. ...
This Is the ftrat V"e sine imj that
ordctl bar h.sn so J it'.l. A mass
- Entire; Oil : - Region v
At -Balakhan, where"'' many- of the
largest oil wells are located, States that
the entire . place is' reduced to ashqs.
The csar has sent orders to the viceroy
to stamp outithe revolt at any cost and
the viceroy .has . ordered, .treope to . re
inforce th soldiers at Baku and 'com
manded -that -the most vigorous meas
ures be taken to suppress the disorder.
.The Armenian and ' Tartar - warring
factions are beyond control. ' The streets
of Baku are, unsafe and street battles
are of hourly oocurrence. Many of .the
Inhabitants have been slaughtered on
account of the withdrawal of the troops
to- the fiy works Tuesday, .leaving a
portion, of the population unprotected.
Communication with Baku has been
cut, railway Iracks 'torn up and wires
prostrated;.-' T , . l. ' . . '.,
Reinforcements are hastening from
Tlflls but will .be. Inadequate, to cope
with the situation. ' In the oil region
the- fight is. desperate and the 'soldiers
are using artillery. . The oil ' Industry
In the Baku region la wiped out and the
oil men are fighting to get out ajlv. . -
In -the -various towns throughout- ths
Caucasus.- troops are, constantly - fired
upon; .Armenians are surrounded by
armed Tartars and- bloody clashes- are
occurring between the two races.
Btreet fighting continues In Klshln.
where Jewish shops sre being sacked
and more than a -score ' ef . soldiers
killed. - -All -ef, he Inhabitants Ot .tha
Armenian 'Village of slnkent ' In the
district ef Stangesursk. have been maa
sacred b Tartars, i . .
.. Tha antl-raetla..trooltlear-of Kiahl
n'eff have been reueated In dreadful
fashion In th Crimes n town of KertcW
A mob of 'ferocious- Jew haters awarmed-f
to 'the ' ghetto' and attack the Jews;
The mob broke Into stores and private
dwellings, tossed their contents into the
aauBiaaB&aeV n aft l .laa aiaadaaOj e W aai iamssaaaan Aaaa aah aataaaaa t
ber of houses. ,. .,. . ' - -.
The climax Scania when ' a ' party ; of
young roughs seised the Infant son of
Mas Hlrschmsnn . and. tossed him on
top of a. huge bonfire' built In front' of
KHlrscfcmann's house The pleas of th
I boy's1 mother Were met ., with " blows
from clubs that stretched her Insensi
ble. A group surrounded the bonfire
and' prevented the rescue of the- boy's
body until' it had burned to V crisp; "
Th governor Is declared to have re
mained passive, but. on the instant 60
young Jews with Revolvers attempted to
drive away the' ruffians who were
despoiling the Jewish colony, he celled
out troops and a slaughter followed
that left I8 wounded on the streets. :
iro'jris couple iveddedki
Brid Adorned With Two aid Half
. Yards .of Cems-emark-
! abf Display of Wealth.
I (Jeoraal IpeeUI Service.)' : i
T Niagara Falls, N. Y Sept. 7. Beatrice
Schoellkopf, daaghter-of Mr. -and Mrs.
Arthur Schoellkopf. of this city, and
Julius Schwtll of Chicago were married
here last evening. - There waa a remark
able display of wealth at the wedding.
Tne. grooms gift. to- the bride waa
chain i of diamonds two and one half
yards 'long, which she' wore-to loon un
her veil. t V he bride gave the matron of
honor i a bracelet . , with "a timepiece
setting, while the maid of -honor re
ceived a bracelet with her name In dia
monds. The maids received bracelet
Initialed In diamonds. The gift, of the
bride's- father was ISO.OOO In stocks.
For more, than a week decorators have
been transforming the Schoellkopf real
dence and grounds, . using more - than
1,000 Incandescent lamps in the flower
beds and trees. - A' feature was. a huge
umbrella done In red, and there waa
also a miniature Niagara.. Th bride'
cake weighed KS-'pounds. v ,'-'
FIVrrmRrBAEOORN
TO YOUNG TEXAS MOTHER
" (Special tHspateh to
Th JeersaL)
Jackson, aged 17. the wife of John Jack
son, ard ill, today gave birth to five
girl, babies. All are living.' The haav.
iesV weighs five pounda . .
HISTORY
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A t.
AND STEEii TRADE
of orders hag been booked In the past
month. , The demand, for finished ma
terial and billets Is unprecedented. ; The
tonnage, of 10S la greater than 10J
and several million tons greater than
10. r
ha fsaiisyivanla 1 Rnrtrnifl fninba'fnr
has Increased Its order for' freight cars
to 17.000 for delivery during 1100. This
Is In aild'.tton. to U.OOO ordered for de
livery during 1(0 V. . . '
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COKi BOXESIOUIID
ON THE DESERT
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Wells -Fargo Looted y Money
Chests Are Located Under v v
; Rocks and Sagebrush-;
DISCOVERED NEAR' HOME '
OF. DEATH VALLEY, MINER
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Within a Few Feet of What Is Poaic
"t tively , Identified ' as J Walter J Scott's
Mine Are Broken and Charred Bits
of Stolen Boxes. '' i j
(Josraal Bpeelal , Ber rice.) v
' Ooldfleld, Nev.Sept: 7. Hidden un
der, a pli' of . rocks . and sagebrush,
wltfefn a, few. feet of what Is positively
Identified .as the horn of Walter Scott,
he BEectacu 1 a r ."Pes t h. T.J ley. miner." tt
miles south of the Funeral range, there
ha beea-Mnearthed thwe of tlje money
chests' of 'Wells,'' Fargo ft Co.," which
John. p. Poe, a one-time famous football-
player-of the Princeton tesm, made
ths . iiisi'iivai'y.1"" orig1 vf 'ilia. vnestatiitdr
apparently hut recently been opened and
lay - uncovered In the sun. The-boxes
gave evidence of having comVTrom tn
Santa Fa railroad and wera evidently too
large to have - been used on a stage
route.1, i, , , . v
- Broken; Mt of the boxes found had
been collected an a pile and burned. .
' How the. bpxes came there . Is not
known.' The spat Is one of the loneliest
and most-Inaccessible In, ;the" region. It
la presumed thst -they-we-taken-during
one Of. the big train robberies' few
years ago when the .Wejls-Fnrgo com
pany loat a laTge sum-In gold coin and
the robbers -successfully elitdHI pursuit,
making away-with their plunder. . , ' . '
- '-'jiiwki.-a.M m Am.a ' . -
Mearsal Bpeelal rli. - ,
' AWiny. Setit. T. Tho trawpert l.wsaw,
f. The1 trawpert Lags
bearing' General Corbln and party, ar
rived this morning vend -many 'went
nahora to Visit the oen of. the recent
riot, ' ' " -v
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ALLEGES FRAUD III
TIMBER : LANDS
Suit Brought in Federal Courjt to
i Recover ? Property Worth "
v f t Eighty Thousand.' V--
BENSON AND COBBAN ARE
MccuseD of;; CONSPIRACY
Alleged: to Have Filled r Out Blank
Applications , and " to Have Deeded
Property Four "Yean Ago'Unknown
"to the Kightful Owner.-'. -' ' '.
(Xpeelal Dlipatrb te Tk JoaraaL")
r Boise,' Idaho. 'Sept 7. Suit' was filed
In the- United States court this morning
to set aside 'the title to timber lands
valued at (80,000, held. by the Payette
1-umTSer company. ' Tha TSSffipTSTnaTIV
rMollle Conklln,- of gn ,Frnceco,-was
ownr or a largs tract ' of .land -In cor
pora I d""TrC tli e " BlerraTforest reserve In
California. 6h alleges thnt her at
tnrney," ramt)hfll..f,nniUlrod, with Jnha
A. Benson to Induce her to Sell the land's
to. Benson at (4 an .acre..' She signed
deeds 'purporting " conveyance f of 'th
same to be placed In' escrow. , Among
the papers, signed were deeds, convey
Ing the land, to the Vnlted States, power
of attorney In blank and blank applica
tions forth selection of lltu lands. 8h
alleges that the defendants Sled the deeds
to the government, filled out the' power
of-attofny In' rhw-wnme'of'rV'M.- Cob
ban,, wW selected the lieu lands In
Hoi county, and sold the same lo K B.
WelrlchV.true of the Payette Lumber
company., for the .considers tlon of (1.
- The transaction is dated September
20. l0l. : It wss Just discovered by the
coinplnlnaht. ' Tha court Is asked to
set aside the transfer, decree the land
to the complainant, alleging, that . th
power rof attorney waa never' acknowl
edged., snd-that.no.surh -notsry ! In
enlntenc . aa -appears .to have taken
tba'arknowledgntents.'; ' - ,
BITTER HGIIT
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Scandaf Shake Letter-Carrler
. Sesslona When Allegations . -
, ,Are rviaae Againsx,
t-vr" Secret aTftrJT
ARKESON'S QUESTIONS . ;
PROVE -THUNDERBOLT
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Delegates Hear of Investigations of
Scribe's Office, ;4 Notes of Which
".Were Stolen, and of Suppression of
Information, After. Which President
; Declines to Ba Candidate,' '"
e - Tomorrow ' wilt", be - 'Letter-'
e 'Carriers' day at the fair and th
-I postmsn of this city will hav a
-holiday In order to take part In 4
'the parade and- the' festivities at - 4
the exposition. - There .will be, e
two mall deliveries In the busl- m
ness - and one In the residence 4
' section of ths city In the morn- w
4- ing- There will be no dellverlea . w
4 -In the afternoon. The postofflc-
" will be open all day.
7T- Sunday morning the visiting - w
. letter-carriers will take a trip up 2 4
4"V the Columbia river to -Cascade 4
4 Iak-Ks on the steamer Telephone, 4
4' which will leave Oak street dock 4
4 at i ' ' :;:":' v;:. ' 4
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' Failure of the executive committee
of. the. National, -Association, of Xetter
Carrier to include. In Its biennial re
port a statement of the resignation of
I one of -Its members caused sensational
disclosures "'at. this morning's 'session,
ar wWh charges of a shortage of IIS,'-
sou in tne secretary a orrice were mad
and the detail of two Investigations of
his office were revealed. : ' f .
' In the midst of the tempest President
Keller announced his refusal to. be a
candidate, for reelection because of the
bitter-Internal 'jealousies and factional
fights which, he declared, exist in the
organisation, ; ,
The good of the organisation had been
retarded by dissensions, he .said,' and
the work of the? officer had gone fo
naught.. .,- . .i..-.; . ;. ...'. . ... . --.; .:
.The trouble among the letter-carriers
waa precipitated Immediately after, the
reeding - of the biennial report' of the
executive 1. committee. The committee
on by-laws and constitution reported.
recommending a number of changes.
and K.. J. Oalnor -of Muncle, Indiana,
chairmen of the special committee to
consldeFThe afmralloir wltneAmerI
can' Federation of Labor, had read the
committee's report, refusing to accept
the invitation.
Secretary Davidson of St. Louis had
completed, the reading of the executive
committee s report in - which - various
minor transactions were recorded, 'when
James Arkeeon, a delegate from Fall
River, Massachusetts, .. walked ' calmly
down the stale and paused In front of
the speaker's stand. .
. Arkeeoa Asks rotated Qveetloas.
Turning to face- the delegates, who
were stilled by tha set look on hi face,
he said: - ,. . .... .
"I demand to know why the executive
committee failed to state in Its report
that' one of ita members had resigned."
There waa an uproar at once and half
a' dosen men Jumped to their feet.
"And I demand to know," . continued
Mr. Arkeeon. "if the story that has
been whispered around la true to the
effect that the president has resigned 7"
, His question caused a sensation. Dele
gates tried to get -the floor,' Insisting
that-the convention go . Into executive
session In order-that the scandal might
be kept within .the ranks of the organ
isation. - The majority, however, insisted
on open meeting. ' . a . Y
Froro the rear of the hall John Hlner-
wadel of Syracuse arose and walked
through. tha crowd of excited men. Vnr
til recently he was a member of the ex-
cuttv committee. " ; rr r;
' "I- resigned because I found the or-
ganlsatlon , to "be . honejeomBed with
treachery." he -said on mounting' th
treachery," he - Bald on mounting' tha I
platform. nd because I found that
faltrcT'aTirTiortr.e-gooo'Tte-yrder1
controlled everything.' . I resigned after
the investigations into the alleged short
age In the secretary's office had been
made." .. '..,''...' ' '., 1 v .
Mr. Hlnerwadet was confused and ex
cited. .Delegates shouted questions nt
hifn and demanded explanations, and
he said the records of the Investigations
tbst were kept by a stenographer would
explain everything better than he couli
He was asked where wr the records. -'"T'"Aaaerta
Paper Wera sWoaea.- '-'."''
' "They were atolen from my 'grip be
tween Syracuse and 'this' city," he said.
"When I left my home town they ware
In my grip and myself snd a friend
watched thst grip, until ' w arrived.
But In spile of our vlgllsnre they . were
stolen. ' There Is a duplicate copy, but
It Is In Syracuse and It would take four
or- five- da ye- to- get- It heres--
Why dldnl'you kep Suctt Ire
papers on- your person V shout'
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. Ladderman E. .W. Davy,
IN CATOfJ CASE
Hufford Tries to Bring Names of
.. Jay Upton and Dudley Evans 1
t Before the Court. ",' f
VISIT TO DYING MAN . : s
IS ALSO MENTIONED
C F.Lord Is Eliminated Frpjn De-
tense and Other Names . May Be
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Brought Before the Court in His
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Forgery of the signature of Benjamin
F. Caton to a certificate of deposit for
i000 -and Jts wssngfut ooaveealew with
Intent -to appropriate the money was
charged by Judge- E. Ai" Hufford thla
morning In bis -opening Statement be
fore ' the. Jury in the. case of Harry 'K.
Northrup, . administrator, '. against the
Cltlsens' bank. A. N. Wilson and Charles
F. Lord. 4udge Hufford' statement-in-
volvad. Jay tiiptan, bailiff of thr coun
ty until recently; Dudley Evans, county
health officer, and R. O. Bcott, brother-in-law
of Upton. . . ",
. Judge H..- H. Northrup Is also coun
sel for the plaintiff, and Mr, Lord, who
originally waa one of the defendants,
represents the defense. Mr. Lord has
been eliminated from the codefense, hav
ing satisfied the court that he .claimed
no Interest In the. money called for by
the certificate. The Cltlsens .bank also
Is merely a technical,. defendant. ..
. The case is still on trial. It will be
completed this afternoon) Jndge Sears
Is hearing it In the circultcourt .'
, Charge f Porgry. ''......-.'. . l
prw eIU prove." ssld Judge Hufford.
''thst Benjamin T. Caton was an eccen
tric man who lived alone In thla city;
that he was sick and that on March I,
105, Jay 'H. Upton and Dudley Evans
visited him. remained Irt'hla house two
hours, snd then took him to the hoenitaL
Caton died March -if, 'intestate. -
''March It, li, a cei tain Itwyr of
thla city received a letter from A. N.
Wilson dated Seattle. Inclosing a cer
tificate of deposit on Ladd 4b TUton's
bank for $200 due one year from April
25, 104, and ' asking him , to have It
cashed; aa he needed . the ' money, This
certificate was mad In favor of Caton,
and across the back waa written In' lead
pencil the Indorsement of, Caton., The
attorney went to a bank . and tried to
secure the mdfrey .on It; but the. bank
refused, owing to 'the f set thst the In
dorsement was in pencil; he returned it
to Wilson m Seattle March. 20. - i
'This certificate wss .due April1 2$.
The day before R. O. Scott, brother-in-law
- of . I'pton. went ' to a , broker and
offered to pay hlm IB00 If . he would
procure the cash on.it, which offer waa
rftted.v.
Boeaat Bsssmble Oatea'a Slgaatur. '
"W will shoy.hat the signature of
Caton ' on- the Certificate does not re
semble his signature to' letters which he
wrote to -several persons. . v - -
"Later -the -certificate ,'wes cashed by
the Cltlsens. bank , snd the' money se
cured thereon ia the question- to be de
.termlned by this Jory.i- We claim that
Caton's signature was forged . and 'that
the- persons who- had the . certificate In
their possession had no right to bsve It."
j "When' the lawyers for - the plaintiff
,"l!gLt.tm.l-"i"" . avWencsl
tendTng'Tlo prove ' tfial" these slleaatlons
o Judn H f f ord - were true,- Mr. Lord
objected, and the forenoon " was cnri-
n vi in v,i m oiurn arauntvni; only a I
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'. 1? H.; Riddel I was the first witnHj
j?11";'11" ,'TO'yeTpreTerre47o
wuneaees were pieced on the stand.
by Judge Hufford as having received
the certificate from Wilson at Seattle
with the-requeat that he secure the naat,
on It, It wss obvious that he had .noth
ing further to do-with the transaction,
as he returned .It to Wilson; a copy- of
his letter so returning it wss offered in
evidence. . IV Is said that there la no
luriner evioence connecting RldfieU With
.. Sisters Deny Signature.
- Mrs. Lovelace and Mrs. Elliott, sis
'"'fTY1 C,ton were- called : to Identify
hlafgnature to , several letters, and
both swore that the name on the hack
of the certificate was pot signed by their
brother. They also said that ltd was
eccentric, and that he had alwaya been
particular about alining his name in
in; mat nis lather had taught him t
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FORGERY
CHARGED
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Pursued by Smoke and Flarrle,
People . Dash Naked. From :
v'-V Burning Calumet ' Hotel-' V ;
Early This Morning. -r- ; -
TERROR OVERCOMES .
MANY OF THE GUESTS
Blaje of Mjraterious Origin, uitiuif
' in Vacant Room, Sends' Through , "
- House Volumes of Choking Vapor,'
Amid .Which Firemen and. Police
men Perform Deeda of Heroism.
ThaCalumet "hotel caught' Are early""
this .morning and the lives of ISO peo-
pie were endangered. Prompt - action
on the part of the police and firemen
aayed them. -" ,''. '- -.'!, ; i .
- Awakened suddenly to find her room
filled with smoke, and hearing the flames
crackling underneath her. room, Mrs.
Gregory, a fair visitor from the east, .'
waa overcome , and -had to be parried .:
from her room. - ... i.
T VTt R. Ellis, cashier of th Ttosenfeld- "
SmtthCigaiLojnMnywMc.arrled fromJ-
his window by Ladderman K. W. Davy ,
of trunk No.1. Mr. Kills Is lam and:
rl was. unable to -climb down the Sre es
cape. The Calumet la located at Sev-
enth and Morrison Streets and is Owned '
by C A. Doiph. ,iJ?i ;;" ' -'"ri"
The fir broke out about' 4:20 o'clock
his morning in. the basemeiit under th
storeroom formerly occupied by th -Oregon
- Mercantile- company. Only tha
hardest work by the department, under ,
the direction, of Chief David Campbell,
subdued, : the fire. The Japanese serv-
aata of-lhe hotel failed e- awaken many J" "
people and Patrolman Annundsen rushed '
fhoough the halls arousing the aleep- "
era; although: he waa almoet overcome .
by smoke, "he kept at the -work and got .
men and women to places ot safety, sad
by hs prompt action undoubtedly saved -
a' number of lives.. . yt- f - , - . .
'. eopla me for Their ZJve-
Mrs, L. E. Hamilton sUted that she .
was called shortly after 4:30 O'clock by
one of the porters and that as soon aa
she -reached the - hall she smelled the
smoke. 'At once she rang the call bells
in the various rooms. - By this and with ,
the assistance of the firemen and po
licemen all the guests were awakened -
within a short time - after - she was '
aroused. At tbe same time an alarm -
waa turned In by a patrolman from '
box 21. . .... r. ... v
The excitement In the hotel was In-
tense when the Are department reached-,
the scene. The guests, terrified by th
clanging of the bells and cries of fire,
and bewildered by the jlensTOlume nt
smoke that Oiled their rooms and halls,
had difficulty . in escaping. Into the
balls and , apartments dashed the fire
men with lighted lanterns; guided by
the .light that .shone dimly - through
the murk the people took each other by
the hand and with a fireman of police' .
man in the lead the procession waa led
to safety. ' ' . . . ,,
A crowd of guests curiously dressed
and- undressed -. stood' hi' front "of th
Calumet and" wstched the firemen fight
Ing the blase, expecting every moment
to see. the whole structure break out tv '
flames. -.. , , .
' ' Shivering em ike Kdw4ka. -- : .)
They shivered in the chilly morning
air. and some of the women wept bit
terly as they thought of the destruction
of their treasures; others seemed to en
Joy the- experience; their pleasure In
creased a they saw the" fir .yield t '
the well-directed streams of water.
Tbe 'fire started near the boiler in th ,
basement of a vacant store. The. cause
s unknown, but employes of the Port
land General' Electric company iwer at
work in the basement 'yesterday, and it
la thought that a match might I have
been dropped by them- and nhat a rat :
nibbled It. . This is .only a theory, t The . ,
fire ate Its way up through ths walls
to the seconds floor. ' and . It-was on'r - ,
by the hardest and fastest sort of '
lhALihJtlteJJved1J.By,th tlme
the guests were ' awaaened tne
In th nans and menyof tn reonrs w
so dense that. jpeople.could hardly see
their hands in front" ol them. . ,
-When I wss awakened. ssld Mr.
1 mila'thaiaQJtaia:'nr"J,yj' J!
thick thst I could hsroiy oreame,
crawled to th window and out. cm thy
fire escape, and then called for help. 1
tell you. It Is a queer sensation to
wnken and find yourself almost smnth
ered; the feeling Is mor than queer: It
is awfuU I felt thankful when I f t
that fireman graP m and start do
th ladder. ven If I n higher i
than the1 eecond floor."
. I ',. jraedad Assieiaa, :
Davy, who reecued Ellis, has HU! '
aay about th arrair.
, "There . was a man
wanted s 1
that a all.'' r '
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