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Newspaper Page Text- r-T- ii'.n..... LwM... "' '-"J -"' ' i I Probably lijht rain or enow; south "to eat winds. N "". . "TT . l VOL..IY. i:o, ' t:v ,' Is .t-y PORTLAND, OSEGON, WEDNE3DAY. EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1906. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. 4 EaEsCV rT THE CHICKEN CHOW. IlllIIIiL; lycsfr Prqe of fJnncapofsr oofGff py Flame&-Panic Among Guests IVhd Leap eroc ?cscicsa 6 Rrc FightersCaptain; UancHuriDyln ."v.l .-Y X ' ' -i - ' T; r t . (IovmI IpMtal BWrln.) ) "r. Minneapolis, Minn., Jan.: 10. Ten lives are known to have been and J icore were injured in a fire which rutted the West hotel this morn : ing, damaging the structure $250,. : 000. ' . i : : ".. i- cO . t . j ; ". ; , "-The dead are": j ,'"':-..-v: ' Captain John Berwin of Minne 'apolis fire department. ; J. B. Peisinger, New York. ; y ; '' Thomas : Sommerville, Spring afield,, Ohio..5 'i,:, :'J,". t , ? - y -A::Gy Nichol,- broker,Minner apolis. .' ... tOt'.Z ' ..' r ; Clinton Lamme.v 7. v .:i ;iC H, Wright, New York. ' ' y. 1 Unidentified baby, its mother and grandmother. r . ; '.''..Jniuredi '4..-V; Vi-J- ' William i Davidson, American consul -to Manchuria, dying. '--A- brother- of -W."E. Manger; - dying. ' "- " sj V vA v ;H I ' : Mrs.' Emiline Barlow, 65," will - probably-die; ! .'. :li ' ". k t:; Jame-Speechberger.T':Ff j y ii James 'att. .'. ,."' 1 J; .ft; Fireman Charles Corton. ' N.-:'S. . Arjnsden."- ;TT';'V.';t Ii Maryjlahawv ::k , Mra. E. H.'Hodges, lecturer, of ' Waco, Texas. ;... ip, r Twenty others' ire in the hos vjpitajs badly burned or injured. 1 " Flames Hbroke out at Y :30 o'clock this morning. Starting in ; the elevator shaft in the base ; ment from crossed wires, the fire swept upward rapidly. Soon the . entire, structure .was ablazei; As soon as the Jire was discovered the alarm was" sounded and every one in the hotel aroused. '.The wildest pamcjcnsued among the guests' who numbered hundreds. For a time it seemed the flames would get beyond control of the local fire department and help was asked from St. Paul, but be fore the arrival of the StCPautl fire-fightera the flames were un - der control,' though the building was practically ruined. ; ' l---Guests." from the Jower floor had little trouble in making their exit safely.'. It was from the two " upper floors that the fire secured -w-its-vietimsr On- thesr floors were - 172 persons, and when it became evident that escape was impos sible panic-stricken people began4 DAVID -STARR JOaDAH IS FLAYED BY HO-- ; High Sheriff of Honolulu MakM Accusation Regarding Death of Mre. Stanford. - Uearaal "aeelal aerrk.) ' V San Pranclaoo, Jan. 10. A latter front Honolulu says: . -High Sheriff William s. Henry, who waa at the head of the polio i force When Mrs.-Stanford died here ' March last, advances the theory- that ' Mrs. Stanford's death waa brought about in th Interest of Stanford uatyer- y. elty, which, ha claim,- waa In such .ur gent need of money that It wa almost bankrupt. Ha asserts, that th condition - of th unlrerejty waa- such that her death, meaning a devise to. the unlver ' altyf practically her whole estsrte. waa -a.rry - much noeded. " Ha - reiterated ' In -brief that Mrs. Stanford waa murdered. Of th person and motives connected ' In his opinion with the murder, he say; -y -"t belleya Dr. David Starr Jordan la a scientific crank. Hla whole life ha been devoted t th advancement Of act . enc. and I believe he would stand at nothing If he thought th Interest of aolence would be promoted thereby, v ' '8Unford university at-the time of Mrs. Stanford's death waa In most ur gent need of money. A a- matter ef fact, from Investigations I mad while ' handling tba case, I ascertained that th university wa practically bankrupt , When Dr. Jordan wa here, ostensibly to Investigate the cause of Mr. Stanford's dean, hla rest purpose waa to create the , belief that Mrs. Stanford died of natural , causes.'."- . . . i t - , , Stanford tlnlversity.- Csl., Jan! id. .President Jordan refuses to. discuss the etatement made by ehsrlff i:nry. VI.' . - jumping r from'' windows on ; all sides.' ' The ' fire . department stretched nets and 'many were taved by ; jumping-into them. Others panic stricken jumped to .. " - . me pavement dciow ana were in stantly killed. v - 'V.t ..':' " Fire Captain John Berwin lost his life in ' trying to save Mrs. Emiline Barlow from a window in the fifth story. 'He had almost reached the window on a scaling ladder "when -the woman; jumped into m arms, 'overbalancing him and precipitating both to death. Every bone in Berwin's body was broken -by the fait ;; :l . w Judge Atwater, the oldest law yer in the state, -was rescued by a male" nursf, who carried him five., floors, through - smoke and water.vMany other heroic rescues both, by a firemenand.hote! at taches took place, v - r 't " Two'- men jumped. ' from k a seventh story- window together and, .; were I instantly Skilled. --'-A woman, ..her' mother - and baby leaped from the seventh floor to death below. Their bodies have notL1een'rfden"CfTeg.'? a "'r'. s. "Trom his loom : in an x upper story", Wflliam Davidson, Ameri can consul .to" Manchuria, - was rescued.' Helhad; .fallen' to the floor overcome by the smoke and his condition is serious. Doctors state that he cannot survive. . W. E. Maener and his brother were found suffering on the fifth floor, both of them hadly burned. Maener died shortly after rescu ers reached ' him. His brother hangs between life and death 'at a local hospital.' - " v, . " y ' ' "' " A. G. Nichol, a stockbroker of this city, jumped from theJ fifth floor and was dead when found. He was stark naked and was evi dently too panic stricken to wait until the " firemen 7 reacnea nis windows. -v'""",'.. ' .' . Others who jumped from . the upper floors and were! instantly killed" are JJ B.Teisenger of New York, and Thomas Somerville of Springfield, Ohio.-"- ; ; -" A man, identified by papers in his pockets as Clinton Lamme,! was overcome by smoke and dead when found, ; a' '-' ': The Hotel West was the most GEKERAL LDXE 17R16HFS SOIl vicra of rosPmiiE Resigned From", Navy ' "and JB came, Common LaborerFalls y Unconscioua in Restaurant. . , XJearaal Special enloe.V V Arkansaa City, Ku., Jan. 1. Luk It Wright Jr. fell anoonscious In a restaurant bar yesterday afternoon aa result of morphine poisoning. Hla recovery la doubtful.) letters 1 found In hla f pocket a show that he is a son of Luke 1 Wright "of Memphis, Ten. nesse. governor-general of th Philtp- pln. ' .-j --u-,. -i - Wright haa been working a a com mon laborer In a grading; gang on the Midland , Valley railroad. He cam , to Arkansaa City- yesterday prepared to go home, aa he had received a draft for 1180 from hla father to defray ex penses. , A Wright wa art ensign In th navy, but resigned In Julvr, after a service of eight years. No cause for th resignation waa (Iran.. ,".'- MANAGER JORCEDJOlilL -: OPP SAFE TO THIEVES ':'"-'y",',z-X' t. ' . (Jnsraal SpeHel eevtre.) . Butte, Jan. 10. Hennessy Mercantile company's branch store- at Centervllle, a suburb; waa held up last nlghKby two masked men, who escaped with more than 11.600. - Manager Mullana waa sur prlaed by ' highwaymen and forced to open his safe. - Watchman MrOeever wis also captured -by th bandits and disarmed. Th polio arrested two men oa auapioiaav - i Hurled to Death Vlith famous hostelry i in 1 the - twin cities and was known throughout thecountry as one i of the largest and besTliotels in the Mississippi valley. ; It was seven stories in height, occupied an entire block of ground and was built of brick with' granite trimmings.' On a commanding site, overlooking the city and valley, it has since its construction been a landmarkrit was, built in the Jater '80s.' The Republican national convention was here inl892 that nominated Harrison for a second term. The fire completely gutted themag nificent structure and damaged it to- the extent of $250,000, all furniture being practically ruined by smoke and water. . . ..... . The first alarm .was sounded at 7:30. It was barely light and but few people were astir. ; In a. re markable short time an-immense crowd congregated,' although the weather . was r bitterly cold and volunteers aided the police and firemen in. rescue. work;: By the prompt work of the fire-fighters within , half an . hour . the flames wefenindcr-fc6ntrra-wTlhin an hout ; from tht! first alarm 'they were extinguished ;., , . -. ' Th day fore 'had Jnat aona 4n duty at tba Wat hotal wbtn the alerator boy atricken. ahoutlna fir at the top of hla lunre. .When the clerk "reached .the ahaft the flames were sweeping up the nue rapidly, raining tremendous head way through the. forced -draft. - At each floor the tongues of flame leaped through the ateel work, spreading rap. Idly along the halls and - woodwork. Alarms were sounded in each room and bellboys sent to arouse those oocupanta not awakened and fleeing. Within fly minute from the time of Its dlaooyery every, floor In . the big structure wa ablaa and the stairway and flr- cap thronged by scared guests la half. dressed array, who lost no time In their flight. .-..1 v '.- , - ' Thore guests on tb upper floor war partially cut off by the rapid progress of the flame below, and It seemed for a abort while a If all were doomed te destruction. -.- Half - erased men and women rushed around the ' corridors shrieking wildly-for help.. Other too terror-stricken to know what they were doing leaped from sixth and sereoth- tory window to destruction. With their scaling ladders. firemen rescued many from the fiery oaldroa. Other firemen stretched life nets below and caught those who leapt to safety. Scores were carried out. fainting, from certain death, picked ' op unconscious where they had fallen , orereome by. flam and amok, patrol and ambu lance wagons war kept busy . taking th Injured to, the hospital. (Continued oa Pag Two.) (1,000 FOR STRIP OF LAliD QUARTER i;:CH in 17IDTH ' :-yyh r y.':y ' ; . Figured In aYwnty-Foot Lot, Valuation Would Total yy..'-y Nearly a Million. V t t 1 " tJoaraal Special Sarvfa.) New Tork, Jan. 10. -A atrip Of .land, one-quarter of aa inch In width, baa juat been aold at th highest rat tor real aetata aver paid in Brooklyn and next to the highest price In th greater city. The purchaa price, was. 11,000, whlcH, figured out on a 10-foot lot, would bring th valuation up to f 010.000. This quar-ter-tnoh of land lies In tha center Of a plat In which It Is proposed to erect large apartment structure. . X realty company waa tha purchaser and also ha paid 11.000 for a one-Inch atrip In th plat. . These fractional blta of real . tat data back to tb earlier transfers ef lot forming tha plat la question. la those transfer error wer made In atating tha dimensions, with th result that tha present purchaser ' baa been obliged to pay heavily to and th com plications arising from these errors. CONDEMNED MURDERESS ' v GRANTED A REPRIEVE i (Special Dtopatek te The Jo et Trenton,: N. J.. . Jan. 10. A reprlev waa today granted Mra. Tolla, the Italian woman accused of murder. The time limit is unfixed but will probably be 40 day' respite. . - . . 4 She was to have been hanged Friday. Jerry Rossa. sentenced to be hanged th same day, waa also reprieved, . 7 VIEW FAT JOB FOR HIS -PARTNER nated for United Statee Die trlct Attorney of New York, i FULTON SECURES MONEY ? V FOR COLUMBIA RIVER WCl Remove Rocks In Upper Waters Watson of Illinois Annoancaa .That Both ' PhUippin Tariff and , Sutahiood BUI WU1 Paa Hotiaa. fflpeeUI Maateh ' Tae'JeoraaL) Waahisgton, Jaa, 14. Henry - IV Btlmson, a member of Ellhu Root' law firm, waa nominated today for . United State district attorney of Hew -Tork. Th position la under a fee system and la worth 100,000 a year.' Neither Sena tor Piatt nor Depew Indorsed the an- potntmeni. . . . FULTON GETS MONEY; Avpyopflaeion o . ;fca.Vpp Oetaaaksa. .. . JWahlna-toa Bsrasa ef The loeraal.) Washington. Jan. 10. Senator Fulton recently received a telegram from the management-of... the Regulator ateam. I amp line stating tnat beoaua or . low water traffic on the upper - Columbia waa practically - suspended and that several rocks in the river channel ob structed navigation. Fulton took th matter up Immediately with the ehief of the engineers, who today appropriated 1 100,000 for tha removal of th ob structions. - - . , f- CALLS FOR REPORT. Coaunittee Aeaa- wavorably . la - VorUiexa eeeurttlea Bolatlaa. ;i Uearaal Special Servtee.) ' Washington, Jan. 10. Th house com mittee on Judiciary by unanimous vote today authorised a favorable report on the resolution calling upon tha attorney. general for a report as to whether or (Continued en Page Two.) WILLIAM R. HARPER r; ; :. . r , ' DIES 'IN. CHICAGO uoanai . Bpeeni im.i Chicago, Jan.- 10. wiDlam Rainey Harper, president of th : ' University of Chicago, died tbla , afternoon at I:t0 o'clock of can- e eer, to remove which he had undergone eeveral surgical opera- tiona during tha last two yeara. , d Through President Harper lib : oral endowments made by John , D. . Rockefeller were 'obtained. He wa born July t. KtO, at New Concord, Ohio.- In till he married Ellen, -the daughter " of : 4 David Hall of -New Concord, Ohlor He rbeoame principal of 4 the Masonic college at Macon. .. Tennessee In 1071. Th follow- . 4 ing year ha, want to Denison unK t 4 varsity, Granville, Ohio, aa tutor and later aa principal. He ao oepted th chair of Hebrew at th Baptist 'S Union Theological seminary at .Chicago .. in-117 1. From rtW he went . to Tale, where he held awtmllsr position. In 101 he went aa president to th University of Chicago. ( - . : lf1 I" ,' fp f -IUA :-y-:Jy" K,l: :rr A TYPE IAi JEf FRIE yjTttSS IIORUSOFCROrj Stkits; snon One Thouin4 Fort lA&k Poultry Exhibition Rooms Ring With Their Calls." "T" f. MORE PLYMOUTH ROCKS THAN ANY OTHER BREED Poultry Fanclars . and , Others PQ 14 Into Show Rooms at Second and . Salmon Streets in Steady Stream ; Judginf Starts Tomorrow. With a'eborua'of loud, falsetto notes from 1,000 chicken throats ; the 11th annual exhibition of the .Oregon State Poultry association waa : opened ' this morning In a large hall at Front and Salmon streets. Tb chorus waa led by a big, speckled Plymouth Rock rooster, who haa practiced so long and well that hla crow sounds Ilka th dreary, blatant blast 'of a foghorn. .-' -v ,-f . The Plymouth Rock bawled forth a loud, uproarious "howdy-do", r to tha other startled , roosters . as soon aa the covering of hla cage waa removed thla morning.' . A - dapper . little ; bantam across tha way lifted, up, his voice In shrill response, and' a lasy" Black Minorca' 'way down In th other end of the hall 'heard the salutation, blinked hi eye, stretehedTilmse1f ' and said something In a deep, guttural vote that wok up all th other roosters. ., Then they:' all began to crow and with their salutations waa' Joined the feebler. Shriller 1 chattering of tha bona whoa cackling called soft but vigorous pro tests ' from a long - row of pigeons la another part of the hall' - - i Tha ahow la one of the best th state association 'haa ever held.. There are approximately 1,000 blree on exhibition with about 000 pigeons. . They are ar ranged ' In cage, accommodating two fowla each, that are placed In rows two stories high th entire- length of the large hall.. The exhibition will oontlnue until-January II. ; '...'.' Chickens -of all breeds are tn th list of sxhlbltors. . Barred Plymouth Rocka are numerically In predominance.. There are 126 of them. - Besides - there are White and .. Buff ' Plymouth - Rocka, Wyandotte - of ell kinds, a large class of .Minorcas, Whit and Brown g horns and all kinds of game and ban tam chickens. Geese are also included In ' the- list of feathered exhibit , and there are tome splendid specimens of Embden and other kinds. . , . . . Early in the morning visitors began to reach . the - place and . continued In . a ateady stream throughout the day. Stu dent of tb T. .M. C. A w4r war tak ing th flours In poultry culture, -vie-Ited the place In a body -with their in structor. . ,, ... ' - Officer of tha association ar: F. Fenwick, president; B. H. Bauer, treas urer; James Murrow. vice-president, and J. C. Murray, secretary. Th executive committee consists of F. A. Ball, C D. Mintoa. D. N. Lash. E. J. Ladd. W. P, Snook, Charles Btelnel and . A. B. Keatoa. B. H. Bauer la superintendent of- th exhibition, ' - Judge T. H. Shellabefger of West Xb erty, lows. "Will place the ewarda at th poultry show., He. haa a national repu tation, and la well known on the coast, having acted aa judge at a poultry show in San Franclsoe and In Portland . la 101. . : ,- .4 -l . ;' v " Valuable prises - have been . offered. Placing .of. award , will , begin, tomor row, r ' , -' j --,-4 ; . .. i n a 11 1 1 1 , ,' , . ,' . aTagr Xoraeaed ta Tama..;;", tienrsel Nnerial Pervtre.t Moscow. Tex., Jan. 10. Ben Harris, a negro, was lynched ttUs'roornliig. ii kUledvA white maa. v 'SHE WORErUnQ VWlTCRFwR .v.ejw.' rn HAVEOlCfD: THE AX 50 IX? ODD H6E OY mm ; Plot to Get Hie Estate 'After Death. SAYSANOTHERUS; HIS NAME AT WEDDING He Gets Affidavits That He Is Not the Edward S. Gordon Married to Bertha Leech m Vancottrer Laat October Singular Case, .- A school teacher. Bertha S. Leach. and Edward 8. Gordon, of Coos Bay. Oregon.. ware married In Vancouver toward tha and ' of laat October. Ed ward S. Gordon Is . tha '. aame of a wealthy lumberman of Coo Bay. aged I yeara. whose health. la greatly. Im paired. Miaa Leach went to tha court house-and secured a license for. her and th supposedly bogus Gordon ta wed. They wer married by Rev. A. Teatman of tha Baptist church. Tha aooount of their union . waa published la several pa pars and attracted tho attention of friends of the aged Gordon. They at one sent him letter of congratulation. He made . an investigation and dis covered circumstances - which lad . him tobelleyeanattampt-w being made to secure Ms property after hla death. Ha secured affidavits that ha waa not tha Edward 8. Gordon married by Dr. Teatman, . and baa taken every other precaution to prevent the carrying ou of .what ha believes to be a plot to de fraud hi hair after hla death. - . , ,- CASTLE ROCK WOMEN : ; ' WANT, SUNDAY CLOSING fflpeeUI Dispatch Is The JearsaU """""" vCaatl Rock. Wash.. Jan. 1. Th vote polled at tba apeclal election yes terday' waa tha largest In the history of tb town, there being 101 vote. . Th election waa to get - aa expression of publlo sentiment aa to whether th sa loon a should be closed on Sunday. Tha count, showed II for and 104 against. The women also had a rota of their own, which resulted In 101 votes, all for dosing. Tha women's vote waa entirely separate from tha men a. AROUND THE WORLD WITH i WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN X - . No auch aerie of artlclea haa e . aver before been offered to the people of Oregon aa that which I it X e ' The Sunday Journal will begin - next Sunday when the first of tha e'l letter- from, abroad . written by ' William Jennings Bryan will ap 1 pear. Thee letters covering e- tha Interacting feature of a trip d around tha world, by on of the e " moat eminent- men In America today, cannot rail to attract at- d-; tentton. -Thar-they deserve' all tha Interest tney create roe 4 without saying. . No man la bet-- tsr qu alined, thaa WUIlam Jen. e r ntng Bryaa to dlscuea th I,, t e : problem : of govrrnnt r 1 policy which . are t. world. He .1 on r others who .can r t view of thing a- 1 tlon of hla u t ' Tou must it . whloh will ' r entire tour c. 00 St Singular Dropping Out of Av lets at College When Foot , i ball Seaaon Enda, atO.Ae ), C for Example. ; - GAMBLING AND DRir.Xi;:3 ARE AP.0fG THE CHAr.CZ3 Inreetlgation at One of Oregen'a Leading State CoHegee Shows Coa dition That Should' Not Be AUovaeJ to ContmoePoor Secord of At! letes as Stndents. .'. V'; '-.,'S;K:'. , Today . Th Journal prsnt m report n football condltlona In atate collegaa. Th report Is made by a person whom ' The' Journal believes . to be competent . to speak and entirely - disinterested. Oregon Agricultural college wa selected particularly for thla Inquiry because I had perhaps tha . strongest northwest college team thla year and furnishes a . typical case of college methods Is se curing strong football material. Ia vestlgatloa mad at - Eugen disclosed much th ' same conditions as exist at Corvallis. Pacific and Willamette wer not looked Into . because they are -nominations! Institutions. C and Eugena ary state . lnti ' o"ejoentJy crn ta- pub..c c-, Uiareao t o. Th Jor- ' r tattve, Jutt as he hr 1 .... lOWMl '..,' ' 1 f " r ' -' ' .-t - i - .- . he,t of rivalry haa ewuiel and tn a. denta who for three month have maue football their chief concern, th subject of their chats and th object. of their, prayers, these student have . at las turned their attention to other and leaa attractive thlnga their studies. -Th Agriculture! college, at Corvalll haa put out a splendid team which, al though it haa met with some unsstia- factory results, at admitted to be th ; strongest la th northwest. Th eleven men and thro or four substitutes wh comprise the team have been the object of admiration and almost worship far over 000 atudenta at that great Institu tion. . -.. - -: ...-.'.- V a Now.' Just what la there In that stal wart aggregation deserving ef all thla attention? Tha question la admittedly aa Impertinent one.' - Aa well . oueatlon . tha Integrity of Achilles. . Zeua or Apollo of old. ' Even so. the question le dared io be raised, and for tha following reason : - it la a well-knowa fact that tha character of an Individual ta largely -the result ' of - tha idea which he cherishes and tha thoughts upon which he dwells while In his formative period. and that to produce good man tt ta extremely desirable that hla admiration for noble thlnga and hla dislike for Ignoble things be cultivated and de veloped. Now there ta no aouot but tnat, the students of tha Agricultural college are cultivating aa admiration for tha mem bers of Its football team, that their minds are to a considerable extent upoa the subject f loetbelt - and It may truthfully be added they are being en couraged la thla bjr- tha administration, ' which ha on aumeroua occaslona . sounded the praise of tha football team and urged th students . loyal support Of It '. : : ;." 80 the question as to th ' erualltle possessed by tha heroes whloh warrant such unstinted admiration la raised. Here ar - some statements which par tlally answer the question! . ' ' ; : . Xaf-Ten tadeata. ' ' Of th II men .who constituted the first team and Ita substitutes four are -graduates and two others bav been lit the institution longer than the required . length of Mm for graduation, -Three of the team entered late at the pe relet ant solicitation of the sporting leaders. All of them left Immediately after tb laat game of tha season, two not even returning from Portland where It waa played. Four more left school at the Chrlatmaa h oil da re. making .seven oat, of fifteen who ar not now. la school. . and leaving eight In school. . - , At the recent term examinations, the team paased II per cent of tha studies and failed to pais tn 41 per cent. Te this might be added the statement that moat of them wer taking lighter work -than were the average students, and that thsy were gtvea grades mr puref! - - culture, which was simply .. football practice. Aside from this, one player Who waa there moat of the term and ' , played several ' game . took ' sbnolutely no work In the .college and had no ' clasres whatever. It may b aald. however, - that this general average of the team's gra- 1oes Injuatlc to about three who real r did very good work, and helped to ra. th general average. eaohara r J-e- . " 71fls" recognised among t 1 i that they are to be I. rot a 1 ' men. and chey pennit r ' r .e away - at 1 t t a - ! - . - fc. V ' -- W 1 ' - ....