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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, , -.
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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 ..-., .-
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- W.T PKRTT : - iTWWIS PRE&r fT'C.J pNJAniM VICE -?KtS.,..rR.F.KEIiIlttffl5iERBGCCWIw
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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
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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.
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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.
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