ONLY JF'lV EMKS :MQRE O GOOD MORIIHIG Journal Circulation THE WEATHER. MM Yesterday Was . Qoudy; probably showers; winds southerly. . : .-' s v.-v r - v V.'' "V-,? ' " V" '"::...V; j. vLS-M"- ' ,' ". - ; ; ' A : , ' v ' , ' ' - 'V " ' ; " , ' Word From Tacoma Build by' the Most Direct Rout& . From Portland to St ? 4 Will Construct Line Down the NorthiSide:of the ColuinbiarBridge thetRiver and Gain New : : EntranceBig Investment Here.v-"v' Bwlf t-movtnf Tenta vast In their sic ntflcano hava within tha laat few weka brought sreat railroad devclopmenta tha door of Portland.' , r, '. v , Incorporation of a new railroad com pany the Portland ds 8eattle Railway company at Olympta and Vancouver, whoae object la to bulldl a - triangular railroad ayatem from Portland to Seattle and from Portland to Spokane, rla Wal lula Junction places the Northern ' Pa clflo Railroad -company legally in convenient poaltton- to lutch tta great undertaking of con at runt tag eytnatir-ltnf down the north bank of the Columbia river, a bridge acroaa that river, and a new entrance into Portland- , i. The plana of the company are aald to be practically complete, and when coa eliminated, will have Involved the ex penditure of upward of $10.000,000.. to make Portland ita prinaipal Paclf In eoaat terminal. Including the coat 4t . th Weidlertrmct and ef numerous blocks of adjoining property ' recently ' acquired the company - haa. - invested nearly tt.000,000 in this eity already and will spend millions more in accomplishing thla purposeL . A. "tip" . from Tacoma haa keyed up to the highest pltcjjethe expectations of those who have had Inside information concerning the Northern Pacific's planar , Xnformatiajk ! Definite. " - , Th Information., jraav. definite, .and confirmed statements tht have been made exclusively la . The. Journal to 'the effect that' tha company will build down . the north bank of -the Columbia, cross that stream and the Willamette river over a new drawbridge, and cntet Portlandwlth new terminals for rail road and steamship' traffic" '.; v . - Tha Information Is that tha nest move An the great enterprise would be made - by tha Portland A Seattle Railroad com pany. 'Which would be in the forefront ' of the construction forces. The cam paign has already begun.-This company ' has put. surveying parties In tha field between Vancouver land Lyle. the only . stretch of territory along the north bank from Wallula Junction to the aite of the proposed Columbia river bridge that ' haa not been acquired by the Northers Paclfio for Its new line. ' . . This move will precipitate tha great-1 THIRTY KILLED, SCORES INJURED IN POWDER WORKS EXPLOSIOH Rand Powder, Works at Fairchanca, Pennsylvania, ; Blow 1 Up " . With Frightful Resuli Plant Is Completely De- ' , r ; (stroyed -Windows Broken Miles Away. ; ; (Special Dlapatck by Leased Win to The Joaraal) " Connellsvllle, Pa., Sept. -. With a report that could be heard for a radius of It miles the Rand Powder works, lo Acated at Fairchance, Pennsylvania, blew -1 up this morning, causing. It is believed, ; over tO deaths and considerable finan . clal damage. So far 1! bodlea have . been taken from the ruins and it la stated there are many other bodies still under the ' debris. ' Hundreds of ' people have volunteered for rescue work, - but progress is slow and It will be some .time before ' the casualties .ire j' known. ' ......... -: The first explosion occurred In a ar of powder and was followed a few moments later by a larger and heavier oneu when the flames Ignited the large - magazine. The. concussion of .the second explosion was so great that telephone, telegraph nd . trolley wires were blown down. In terrupting 'all communication with tha . scene of the catastrophe. ; The bodies recovered were, burned almost' beyond ..recognition, j C', For a mile ardund- Fairchanca build ings were blown over, and at Unlontown, , Pennsylvania, seven miles from the ex plosion, i hundreds of windows were ' broken, A large skylight In - the eourt ' house at. Unlontown waa smashed and ' there waa a panlo among the occupant to escape from the building. Damage waa done at Connellsvllle, Mount Pleas- ant and Scottdale and In hundreds ot ... homes the dishes fell from the cup. boards and pictures were thrown from ...l- ' ': c 7 t Soeres.Are Injured. Scores of people in the town' of Fair chance have painful injuries. , Not Vestige of the buildings that made up .. the big powder works remains standing. - The debris is now on ire and two car of dynamite that cannot be removed from the vicinity of th ruins are mo- , mentarlly expected to. go up. Thou "sand of people ruahd to the scene of the explosion within half an hour after It had happened Unlontown sent tiun- -jiredanfrJKiiind lihe country turned "i ' nmo. now mey are returning panic stricken, fesrful Of another ex plosion from the dynamite cars that "may add further terror and swell the death list to greater, proportions, , -. : .., . . ,. .; cooler; ,v PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY . liORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1905..-THREE SECTIONS FORTY PAGES. ' Says the Road Will eat batUe for territory ever fought' be tween railroads In the Pacific northwest It will be waged by -riant railroad cor porations tha Hill and the Harrlman f orres. The agents of both are in the field. The Portland Seattle company represents Hill; the Wallula. Paclfio 14 the advance guard of Harviman. ' Denial Does JTo Oonvlaoe. I Oerllnger, .who is president of. the Wallula Pacific, has emphatically de hied that the New Tork people for whom he la admittedly, acting ore- connections of tha Harriman board of directors. Information from equally ' reliable sources Is to tha effect that tha Incor poration articles of tha 'Wallula Paclfio were drawn by the legal department of the Oregon Railroad A Navigation com pany. The bbject declared m-the arti cles Is tha construction of a railroad from Wallula Junction-So Vancouver. The company has for several weeks had surveyors st-work between Lyle and Vancouver.' Between Lyle and Wallula Junction it has a right of way, on which aoma mllea of rails ara already laid, lit Is. not. assented hy any one that the Harriman people Intend building on the north bank a railroad twin 'for Its Una on the south bank, but It will make the supreme battle-of Its existence for poeaesslori of the- right of way and territory Involved In tha fight. . No doubt Is expressed anywhere that the Portland eV Seattle' company, repre senting, as It Is belleVed, the Northern Paclfio, la bent. on constructing a line Over this route. , Ita Incorporators are Portland, Taooma" and Seattle men, of unquestioned .connection, with , tha Hill people. , . -J. Couch Flanders of Portland Is pres Tdent; C."F. Adnm,"resldent '07x110 Portland Gas company, ia treasurer; 8. B. Llnthlcum, secretary. Is a Portland attorney, wfth ofnees in the Chamber of Commerce, and other incorporators are John S. -Baker, vice-president of the Fidelity Trust company. Tacoma,' 'and James D. Hoge, Jr., president of the Union Savings aV Trust company, Se attle. Betioaaos aires Consent. ' A representative of The Journal" In. vestlgatlng the plana of tha rival corn. (Continued on Page Seven.) The scene In the neighborhood of the powder plant is one of horror. The debris Is strewn about for a great dis tance, and pieces of human, bodies are among tha wreckage. Large boles -were made in the ground by the fore of Urn explosion. , It Is. said that the explosion started In a car of powder and apread to all of the bulldlnga of th plant. One. of th odd features Of the taf fair is that pas senger train No. SS on the Baltimore A Ohio, northbound from Morgantown to Connellsvllle. was passing the scene at the time the explosion occurred. The train was jarred tremendously and every window waa broken. X number of the psknangers were cut by the showers of glass- Which, fell about" them. Nobody was killed on this train, but It la said that some were very seriously out.. Oononsslon lake narthquake. - Th concussion was like an earth quake to those around about, and there was- greht excitement in aurroundlng towns. Manager Rand was not killed, but was seriously hurt The first thing he did after being removed was to Insist upon being carried to a telephone so that ha cbuld talk to his wife in Union town, because be knew she would hear the roar of the explosion, and believed nothing else- than his voice would re aaaur her. ' - The search for bodlea In the wreckage Is alaw-and it wilt be some time befor anything Ilka an estimate of the casual ties can be made. It is probable .that th cause of th exploalon of . th car of powder, never, will be known. All ih. man hn wi.lrln.. .kitt . 1 . are believed to have been blown to pieces. rrom mis car. me explosion spread to the magaslne, whtch carried with It about everything there was to the plant Ray Hevener. who waa Jn the keg shop when the explosion occurred escaped and says that he heard th loud report, and the first thing he'knew th kegs of powder from the floor abov Titm he gun to rl h-down arirf-mlamHes flew In the air. - Havener and two others ran out across the.' streetcar tracks and escaped, but Elmer Hughes, , who' was also there, was killed ..-., .- ?' sM..-..JM. lIs - W.T PKRTT : - iTWWIS PRE&r fT'C.J pNJAniM VICE -?KtS.,..rR.F.KEIiIlttffl5iERBGCCWIw t, 4- i ifi:n ;-r-7' smm - K--- , , - -." ' ' - r- ENVOYS BID ADIEU TO PRESIDENT Peace Plenipotentiaries of Rus sia and Japan Make Farewell Carhr-orrftoosevertr JAPS TAKE LUNCHEON, 1 1 RUSSIANS ARE DINED Mission of Delegates to Portsmouth - Is Formally Ended Komura and ' Takahira Arrive First and Are -7F0nowed by JVitte and Rosen. J (Spealal Dbpatcb by Laaatd Wire te The Joaraal) New York, Sept. ' . Th peace pleni potentiaries of Russia and. Japan today visited Oyster Bay. bidding- farewell to President Roosevelt,- tha instrument of their peace, and officially" closing thelt mission to this country. Baron Komura and Minister Takahira lunched with the president and after their departure the Russians came and dined. . The Japanese envoys came from New York aboard ' the sylph, arriving at anchorage at' th J, AVeat Roosevelt pier at -11:80. .accompanied by Lieutenant tpvans, . the Sylph , commander. ' They went ashore and were driven to Saga more Hill, f Aboard the Sylph the Japa nese remained in the cabin, after which they were driven up the winding road and to the president's home, not a word pssslng between them. , - It was a solemn ending of th great task they sought a few weks before to perform and who can tell that they were not thinking of the reception that awaits them In the far-off land of Nip pon. ' There was no one in readiness to greet the envoys as. they mounted the step of the summer White House and there was a long wait after Minister Takahira rang the doorbell. They were finally admitted to the library where Secretary Lb awaited to escort them to the new room. '' The president came down Immediately and extending his hand to Komura one agalitr thankedtilm for th nobis sacri fice his oountry had made'yln response to the call of humanity andi civilisation. At 1:10 luncheon was served the presi dent and Mrs. Roosevelt and the two envoys., At t o'clock Baron Komura and Minister Takahira bade farewell, to th prealdent and aet aall aboard the Sylph, tot New. York,, formally ending their M. Wltte and Baron Rosen arrived at 1:10 p. m. In A special car, attached to the. regular train, And wr driven , to Sagamore H11U , ' , Officerg-of the American Asaociatl A FIGHT FOR LIFE A MILE IN AIR Gripping a Huge Rent In His Baloon, ' Aeronaut : Swings -AboYe-trThotiffarttfloTer- KEEPS APERTURE CLOSED, WITH HANDS IN DESCENT George Hamilton's Thrilling Escapt After an 'Ascension at . Clifton ' Park, Near Paterson, New Jersey, Yesterday. :.. ' .' - ''' (Special Dispatch by teased Wire to Th Joaraal) - New York, Sept. . Gripping a huge rent In the silken fabrio of his airship to prevent the total escape of gas,' Pro fessor George Hamilton swung a mile and a. half above th beads of 1,000 per aona gathered this - afternoon at th Clifton race track near Paterson,,. New Jersey. Through the long descent he clutched the edges i of the ghastly rent while the silk ripped under his hand Probably no more thrilling' escape from death' ever occurred. i .Few of those on 4 he ground, who had been I watching trie automobile and motor-cycle races realised - the serious ness of the aeronaut's plight. They saw the airship shoot higher and higher into the air and applauded tha exhibition. The ascent. was made at o'clock this afternoon. The car, which is of . th same type as that in which' Knaben ehue recently jClew' over New. York.: Is fitted with propeller and rudder and lifted by a long -cigar-shaped balloon. It rose swiftly until 3.000 feet in the air and made two graceful circles around the park. - The-propeller ceased to "revolve "and Professor Hamilton discovered that hi machinery had Jammed The motor was crackling away - dangerously, but the shaft hung motionless, and In a moment the daring aeronaut realised that he waa facing a crisis. For several minutes Hamilton worked away wlih tha -motor and-then suddenly -realised that the car had kept ascending quickly while he was busy -with the motor and was now at least t.000 feet above the ground. - Hamilton knew that he would have to descend at once. . He gave the valve rope a Jerk, but It fell from the escape valve and dropped through the air.. VPhe big clgar-ahaped balloon continued .upward by darts snif bonnas and Hamilton took the only chance open to him. He sprang into the network ' (Continued on I "age Seven.) ' - Jivof Traveling Paenger Agents, Which Will Meet in Portland This Week. DAYS FOR BOOD FELLOWS , 'a ' ''''' . , .'. - . - Elajoraterogram LArrangedjior Entertainment of Pas- sehgeTAgents. FREEDOM OF 'FAIR AND v CITY TO BE CIVEN THEM They Will Also Dip Into the Mad .. Pacific, Climb to the Heights of Our Snowy Summits and Cruise Through Placid Sound. - L ' "Our mission Is to pilot you through the old Oregon oountry, point out to you historic spots and places of Interest, and show you that we live In what is truly a part Of the Garden of Eden," M. J. Roche writes in a greeting to the Ameri can Association ot. Traveling Passenger Agents, for whose annual convention In Portland this week be has compiled . a souvenir program and itinerary. Next Wednesday they will arrive the railroad men ot America whone work Is to go Into th missionary field, as it were; .and educate the people to travel and to learn about their own land. The traveling paesenger agents' of America, it Is said, deserve to rank among the most Intelligent and progreealve bueines men of the country. They are eaaentlal to the railroads, and are a' blessing It often In disguise to the public They are banded in an organisation' national In its scope, and Including many of the brightest- minds In the railroad world. and next week they will hold their thirty-third "annual convention lasting fout days In Portland. A reception commit tee of Portland , passenger agents . left last " night in a special car over th O. R. 4 N. and the Northern . Pacific for Butte, to meet the special train that will bring the larger part of the dele gate. The commute Included the fol lowing: i II.. M. Macgregor, ' Union Pacific: -J. Mcilrov. M. R. T.i F.. W. Valentine, C. P. R.rof San Frsnclscor W: C. Me; Bride. D. A R. G. : W. A. Cox. C. N. W. B. H. Trumbull, I. C; J. W. Casey, C, M. 4k St. P.: Tom Richardson, mana ger Commercial club: M. J. Roche, -D, R. U. ; George S. Taylor, . Wisconsin Central; E. L. SneJI,, Southern Pacifies of Portland: W."TU Olln. C O. W.: J. RNagal. P.-R. e N., Seattle, and II, S;-!!!!!!. 1.'.: Br. p;. M. OTTFpofcahe. The apeclaUtralnr of the association over thek-Nortnerh ; Pacific will reach T (Contlnued on Page Seven.) HAPPY GRAND JURY TO CHARGES OF, Land Fraud Jurorr ProbeHnto Alleged Effort" to" Influence ,Cer.'r" ' ' -tain -Members-Whilft :;; "T- Case Recently. . ," Close on th heels of the Indictment Of Sheriff Smith of Crook county and Dr. Van Gesner. on the charts of .tam pering with government witnesses In the pending land fraud prosecution, comes j the news' that the federal grand Jury is Investigating an alleged effort to in fluence certain members of the panel from which the trial Jury In that case waa drawn. . Oscar Cavender of 811verton and J. W. Korb of Scotta Mills were members of the panel drawn In the United States court on August 31. and from that panel the trial Jury was subsequently choeen which Is now hearing the evidence agalnet Congressman J. N. Williamson and his codefendants. It Is said that; both - Cavender and Korb - were ap- j proached by some person hi th Interest of these defendants and that the object was to obtain some assurance that In case either of the taleeman wg drawn j on the Jury he would vote for acquittal. Details of the charge cannot be ob tained, as the proceedings of the grand Jury ar Jealously guarded from pub licity and the district attorney abso lutely refuses to give any Information on the subject. ; It Is known, however, that, the grand Jury was engaged yes- terday afternoon - In .probing - Into-, this latest charge of attempts to Improperly Influence the result of the pending trial. Important ' evmence, was.. .given "In the TV 111 lam son trial yeaterday -afternoon. Green Beard, one of the entry men who took up timber claims -at the Inatanc of Biggs and Oesner, was recalled ' to the witness stand by District Attorney Heney and asked whether n had told the whole: conversation that took place In June, 1D01, at the Wllllamson-Gesner eheep ranch, when Gesner proposed to Beard and others that they take un claims. '"' "No. not all of it," replied Beard. -Tell the rest of the conversation. then." mid, Heney, while Judge Bennett launched a series of Ineffectual protests. "Well, Gesner told us that be would furnish the money to prove un tha clalme and when, we got title he would pey us the balance." "said the witness. What else-?" demanded Heney. Inez. orably. r . , ' "He asked us If that would be atu. f actoryio. uaanA-ws said yes.f " Judge Bennett had reneatedlv Inter. rupted the witness with objection,' but mm roun reiueeu to entertain them. The significance or the testimony lay In the fact that It seemed to establish the con PRICE ' FIVE CENTS. ' ;.' (- AGAIN CONSIDER "nni Van,.fisner BRIBERY' tention of th . prosecution that there . was an actual agreement between Gesner .' and the entrymen for the conveyance of their claims as soon as title was obtained from' th 'government. Beard . had been on the stand for two hours -In the morning, but had failed to say anything about this Important part of th conversation , with Gesner.' - Judge . ' Bennett demanded to know what had occurred in the noon Intermission which,-'1'-1 had Induced him to add to his former testimony. . . . ' . . " Besrd at first denied -but-afterward admitted that he had gone , to Heney , " . and told hlm of the facts which had - been omitted from hia previous teatl- ' mony. . . t '":"-, , . '-''. Why didn't you tell .th whole story ' this morning when you were on the . stand?" asked Heney. ' I didn't think I had to," was the lam responae. - ,"'-' "Then you didn't want to tell anything that would hurt these defendants unless ' you had toT" demanded the district at- . torney. ; -' , . " " " Judge Bennett Jumped to his feet with . . a vehement objection, which wit sua-. talned by tha court. . . ''; Th easa was then continued until 1:20 o'clock Monday morning. . ., .(. JOHN MINT0 FIRES'' ' : v r- AT BOLD BURGLARS; . J At 1 o'clock this morning an attempt ' was mad to rob the reeirteuce of Post master John Mlnto, 741 Overton street. Mlnto heard some, one stumble ovsr s a chair In his bedroom. As he sat tin in bed gruff voice said: "Keep still or I'll shoot." Mr. Mlnto snatched a . revolver, fromJnewth bis pillow and . fired tout shfAs. I-Ttr" Intruder fled. - Breed Wastes Uvea. 1 " (special DUptc by UaaMl Wlf Tb Jesrsall . Washington. Sept. . Oraft pervaded . th' letting of contracta for armor for Russlsn battleships, aceordlnsf to Ire- ports -received here. It is said that Rujestvensky's fleet was protected by worthless srmor. ' (ScUI Dispatch by Urn 4 Wlr. te Th f" Waiililngtnn, Sept. I. The repo't i Robert Bacon Is to succeed I secretary f the treasury Is her. TW'- ' r' s'