V t It 101I1IES iVRECKED SHIP ""Steamer British King Founders " Off USabla UlamlTwenty Nine of Crew Rescued. LIFE BOATS SMASHED. BY FURY OF THE GALE Sailors of Rescuing Ship Battle He 7 roically With Storm and Wave to Zi Save Doomed Men Darknesi End ;: Reacue Work. '' ; , (Jnorsal gpertst BervVe.) ; New Turk, March II. The steamer ' Mannheim anivedhlemorning rwlth 11 ' survivors from the . TnoenIS:Itne "steamer Brlttsn :Kfngt which "rwag-lost Sunday last, about 16 rotlee eoutlt of . Sable 1 aland. .-..Among ; the- aurvlvora- is -the third . mate, who think that the total loaa of life on the foundered vessel numbers II. aome of the crew bavins deeerted. before sailing. Thirteen nerobara of he crew were rescued from the sinking vessel by Iceland steamer Bostonlsn, which ar .. rived at Boston last night. Five others wer picked up by ths Boatonlan from a 1 trail bit of wreckage. . . :. ' Captain Jamee O. Hasan of the Brlt- ' effects of Injuries reoelved while trying , to, aava his ship while rescuing the shipwrecked men. ' Two lifeboats from the Bostonlsn were crushed to frig' - mente -and the crews- which -manned them were thrown Into the sea. - Sailors from th Mannheim battled heroically with wavea In taking off the "11 men. but on account of the increas ing sea gala wars Imul to civs ud the battle with the wavea Moon afterward the BHtlah Xing', whlch-l was then waterlogged, plunged to the Bottom. The British king sailed from New -Tork last Wednesday bound for An t , werp with a mlscellaneaoua oargo and M aattlev There were no passengers. verylltetoat on the vessel was de molished. The vessel was supposed te carry a crew ef M men. but. It is thought that there were "only - 46 oa r board. ... , ' COLFAX HOTEL AND BANK : - DESTROYED BY FlfiE t; Two of the Finest Structures in - the Palouse Valley Are j,r- - Gutted. 10 OL. (Ipeclal Dlspatrs to The arael.-" Colfax. Wash., March II. Fire gutted . -the magninoent Hotel Colfaa and the Colfax National bank, two of the finest buildings to Colfax, this morning. The -. : lira originated In tba furnace-room from . as overheated furnace at I o'clock this morning .and quickly apread to all parte of the building.-- . ... . - ; The Qre department respondsd prompt ly and aeon M4 the fire under control, but the damage from amoks and water la double that from fire. The loss on the hotel building and furniture la 18.000, the loss on the bank building and furniture- la 11.000, fully . covered by insurance. The. hotel bulld - - ing is owned by H. W. Livingston and the hotel furniture la owned by Martin '" J. . M alone y. m . "7" , ' j . The hotel wa opened . in . November last and was the beat furnished la the Palouse country. - FROZEN WATER PIPES. fray's sTarW Shivering- ' ta Onttlag Blasts sf Vaaeaaoaabla Wsathe. ---Aberdeen.' Washer March lsVr-Qray'a Harbor la struggling in ths grasp of an unseasonable spell of cold weather, colder than It has been all winter. Ita , cltlsens are confronted with fro sen wa ter pipes and shivering In the cutting blasts of a raw east wind. Samuel Benn. -the -ploneer settler-of Aberdeen.-save f - that be doea not remember such axtreme cold . In the month of. March in the en tire course of his residence here, and he has lived here 40 yeara or more. The water was running -early In the morn ing, but frose before daylight. The spring baa been unusually early and vegetation has been well advanced, but it Is feared that It has been much In jured by the cold, especially the fruit, some of which wss in full bloom. Where Quality Zs at Its Best" Our New Silver Bon Bon Dishes Will really appeal to you as a suggestive? wedding or annlver- aai j -a-tf t. Ths quality iw atsrirn g and stamped so on each one. The weight bespeaks mightily . for good value giving. The plainness of styles, many of which are of . the pierced designs, are the sea son's Isteat and are of exceptional , beauty, - . We are also s howls pretty Bon Bon Baskiets Cor. m aad Wsiaiagtoa eta, , - Jewelare, . niversmltss, BLasafaoeartnf Opttolaaa, ' - " . W TO wo i ---v'. THE eHFBa-4Ji j mi, ...u-u mi i i - . .LJ (U U L 0 V.J Ateo DIOTINCTIVELY A CREAM OF TARTAR BAKI NO POWDER - It docs not contain an atom of phosi , phaticacid (which is digested in ulDhunc acid ) or which is one-third stances adopted for other-baking powders because of their cheapness. WATTED FOH AUCTION SINCE DAYS OF CIVIL VAR lMercHand1sToftorycwned Ey the Russell Sage of Cross River It Sold. . - (Journal gueclal Bern re.) New Tork, March 11. In the nine house hamlet at . Cross River., nestlsd exactly. 41 mllea from Herald Square. among the hills of Wsstchester county, there waa an auction aale today which the Inhabitants of that section have waited for since the. days of the civil war. The goods Included 1nthe auctlsq constituted the enure stock or the gen eral store of George R. Avery, known as -'the Russell Bags of -Cross River,' who in' 1141. because of ill health due to worry Over his wlfs's death, closed his store and never opened It again. When yeara ago the store collapsed. In ruins, Avery moved all the wares to bis barn. Never in all those yeara ha he permitted any one even to get a look at the stock-until todey, when, -oni his eighty-elxth birthday. . the - doors weie thrown open and William Mower, auctioneer of the village, announced that bids would be heard. ' Exactly IZOO.tt was realised on the first day tt the aale. The wares disposed of embraced tht entire category ,pt a typical country "general store,'1 and likewise many other thlnga not Included In such classifies tfon. There were hats of ths fashion of the early 10s. green and pink striped socks, paper neckties, hoopsklrts, shawls and lace collarettes. KEPT CAPTIVE IN HARBOR (Continued from Page Ons.) N.Neeh-picked TrOirana discovered inside the letter to T. M. Leabo from hia son. . The father thought the bov and a companion had gone to Seattle to look for work. 4The letter Xollows Appeal (or Help. "We tare got Into serious trouble and want you to help us.- we accepted an offer from Shipmaster Grant to make a trip to Manila, lie aaliV we could work our way very easily and wouldn't have to do aallor work. Of course, ws thought him true to his word, but now that we are on board they demand ua to do sailor work, which la Impossible for us. for we never have had any . experience or none any worx in mat line. "Of course ws could remain hers anil do the best we could.. If . there were enough able seamen to manage the ablp on the sea But we know that la Impos sible, ss there are only four able aea men on board and nine of us arc no good for sailor work at all. So you can see that this man Grant has Juat a cute way of kidnaping. "Saturday afternoon we all refused duty and asked to aea ths general con sul. But the captain refused us be cause he known he will get In serious trouble for shipping us undsr such con ditions and he wanta to keep ua all here and take ua to aea Just the same be cause It's bard to gst sailors. So you see he Is Oust trying to mske sailors out of us agsinst our will, and we know If some one gets on board and sees how affairs are It will bo an sasy matter to get us off the ship. But a It Is we can't leave the ship to tell any one aa It Is anchored In the middle of, the river and we are watched by men with guns. "But If you would like to know Just how we are situated come On board aa quick as possible. What thla Grant needs la to be behind the bars In prison. I wish you would corns aa quick as possible and do something for us, for this is a terrible state of affaire. The captain la anxloua to aail aa soon as possible before be le detected. We don't mind eo much taking a chance for our lives sometimes, but we are sure this' is sura death If we go on this "ship, for It la In no condition for the voyage and we were placed hero under mis representation. " . - Trouble Zs Settled. Matters thla afternoon -were amicably aettlsd on the Eskaaonl and ths veasel will leave down tomorrow bound for Manila wlta-a lumber, cargo, After the Ave beya had been taken ashore the otheV seven men remaining reported for duty thla morning. They are experienced aeamen and explained that the only grievance they bad was the fact that "green hands'' had been employed to work 'With them. - - Nine mora experienced men have been employed to come from Bag Francisco and. Join the ship at Astoria. Thty will some on one of the coasters and will reach the mouth of the liver about the same time as doea the Eskaaonl. TO ESTABLISH HOME FOR CRIPPLED MINERS Uosrnal Special Service. Butte. Mont.. March 11. The Butte Miners' union laat nlaht adopted resolu tions calling1 upon Montana repressnta- I tlvea la congress to -urge an-spproprta-' tion of 100.00S arrea of land for the l purpose of establishing a home for In capitated minora aad smelts men. -vr-V;.. X ..I ; bREGONAILrJQURNALV-PORTLAND. THURSDAY- the product of bones t . or aium sulphuric acid) sub COS SUICIDE- WHILE TELEPHONING BRIDE liana Physician bhoots rum- self While Conversing With His Sweetheart. ': ' . V. .. fjanru gDeeial Berries J Frankfort. Ind., March II. Dr. Ellla Dixon, aged II years, a pro parous den tlst. yesterday afternoon called up Mis Bessie Buchanan of Indianapolis on the telephone. They were soon to be) mar tied, and he dlaoussed the event pleas antly with bar for a few momenta. Then there was a hasty, half-smothered "Goodbye" over the telephone and the sound of a ahot.- Then the conversation ended. ..... . .. . Miss Buchanan was alarmed oy ,tht unexplained termination of the conver sation, and noise. The frantls- bride again and again triad te ring up Dr. Dixon a office, but could get no con nection, Finally aha called Otto O ruber, roommate of Dr. Dixon, and told btm her feara . ... Q ruber Immediately went to tba office and. found -that Dr. Dixon had blown out his brains while talking to Miea Buchanan. He was leaning back In a chair, the receiver still presssd to his ear. G ruber says that he had noticed for several days that Dixon' a mind waa affected. , . 7 : " " MRS. VY. E. COREY VISITS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Special Dispatch te The loarnaL) Rlvsrsids, Cal March 16. Instead of seeking a residence In South Dakota, as reported, Mrs. W. E. Corey, wife of the steel trust magnate, accompanied by her husband's mother and alster, are regis- tered at the Olenwood. The-party ar-I rived here several days ago. Mrs. Corey and her companions have devoted their time to auto tripe la the aurroundlng r"""fT frr rH"f : . fr"-i i'h- guests of the hotel. When approached today Mrs. Corsy declined to be Inter viewed. She refused to state whether she contemplated filing dlvoroe proceed ings, or whether she would take up a temporary home in South Dakota., So carefully had Mra. Corey concealed her identity that there were few bare who knew she waa the much talksd ot wife of the president of the stsel trust. TO DISTRIBUTE PURE MILK IN SOLID FORM - (Journal Special Service.) Ithaca. N. T., March 11. After varl oua experiments In his laboratory, which he has kept up diligently for over a year. Professor G. W. Cavanaugh of Cornell, has discovered a process where by he Is able to aeparate the aolld mat ter from the watery part of milk. He hae demonstrated to the eatlafaction of a large chemical company that the solu- tlon of the prdblem Is of great practical value. Ths company ' will soon protect the discovery by patents and be able to distribute pure milk in powdered form, needing only additional water to return It to Ita natural form, at a low price. - GEARIN SURE OF MONEY (Continued from Page One.) The prosperity of the east, said Sen ator Gtarln, while It is general, does not compare with the good times In Portland, Oregon, and along the Paclflo coast This section of the country ta receiving much attention on the At lantic coast, and of a most favorable kind. Capital is seeking Investment, end Oregon and Portland ara receiving their share ef oonelderatlon,- with -the likelihood of material results along ex tended financial lines, declared! the sen ator. PRISONER CONFESSES - - PLOT TO KILL KING Rome, March II. Oaaetti Del Trlbu- nall aaya that a priaoner who la ill In the Infirmary of tba prison baa con fessed that he wae present at a meet ing of anarchists In which a plot wss concocted to kill the king of Italy on the occasion of the Inauguration of the Milan exhibition, April II. A searching Investigation of bis story has been ordered. ! 1 . You may look respectable, but you certainly do not feel so if youf . teeth and mouth are suffering for want of ' Liquid, F0vnUr er , Posit, y J A, esssW C. ..." ;...... . , ' OED RAILROADS TO BUY OAKLAND TROLLEY: LlaES Negotiating: for the Consolida tton of " LiecEiloRoaoa of I -Two California Cities. ' 7" Uoarsal Special Serrioe . K Francisco. March 15. A Wg Street railwa7eaX"biv1hg tolTtsTWrptJaej-tlirt absorbing by the united ttaiiroaae ox San rranolaco of all tba railways of Oakland and vicinity, A owned and con trolled by- tb -Realty .Syndicate under the name of the Oakland Traction com pany, haa been under negotiation for some time past The pries said to have been offered by the United Railroads or ths eastern owners of that corporation la 17.000,000. Thta figure was declined by . tba ..Realty Syndicate 'people, and 'negotiations were briefly suspended, only to be resumed by financiers repre senting the great Interests engaged in the game of mllllona. The transaction Involves all the street railroads acquired by F. M. Smith, the "borax king," and bla associates in the Realty .Syndicate, during - the past IS years, other than the Key routes-other- 4 wise the Ban Francisco, Oakland at Ban joss railroad, and ferry connections be tween Oakland and thla city, - CHAMPION CHESS PLAYER IS Oil HIS DEATH OED Harry N. - Pillsbury Suffering . From Strokes of Apoplexy V:: I ni Paralysis. - Journal Spedat Berrioe. - - Philadelphia. Pa.. - Maroh - II. Harry Plllabury. the champion chess-player, la now -lying at the point of dath In a stroke of apoplexy, .which waa quickly bury returned recently from a vacation in Bermuda, where be went on account of ill health. - Upon hia return ha wat batter in health than for a eouple of yeara, and be waa Juat on the point of beginning a tour through the United States when ha was stricken by apoplexy at - his home here. He waa removed to a hos pital, and on bla arrival there It was found he was also suffering from .par alysis. Hs cannot apeak. Ha may live two or three weeks, but physlclana ssy he will not laat mora than three or four days. . r ' , , . ' NOT-A BARREL OF CfrZMENT (Continued- from Page Ona) eould give him nothing except Federal cement; it didn't have any other 'sort and couldn't gat any. The Federal brand Is of eastern manufacture and la not on the city lists, hence cannot be used iir any work thai haa to be paaaed upon by tbo building inspector. - The result: Five crews of men had to be laid off by thla contractor. "And i am not the only one," said the builder, "who la in the same boat. - We ara all .up against the same -condition of affairs. Work is tied up all over the city. -Contractors everywhere are unable to turn a hand." Wot TW riiw ef Koata. Mr. McCraken saldrthat there waa not a pound of first-grade cement in the market and he could not hone to get any before the first ot next month and than only If the ahlp carrying hia cargo arrives on time. - "What we have ordered," said he, "will give aome temporary relief, but a few heavy ordsrs would clean ths mar ket out again and leave It is very bad condition." . , All city work in which cement la a necessary element ia affected by the shortage; ' Wort on the Irrlngtoti sewei bsa stopped. Bo hss work on all aide walk and street Improvements of a like nature. It la said. . - . "Ws are expecting a few barrels of California cement by trsln tomorrow." said the manager of Nottingham A Co I "and thla will enable work to be re-1 sumed on the aewer, but ths rest will have to wait. Thsre ara two eargoea of the foreign product expected by ua and McCraken about the first of the month, but the ships have been dis abled and We do not know when they will arrive. Even when thla arrives the existing condition will not be perma nently relieved. Forty or fifty thousand barrels is llothing whsn we have to keep at least X4.000 barrels on hsnd all the time to meet the demand. We may expect a ahortage all summer." Shertsg Throughout Coast. The shortage, it is said by the deal era, prevails throughout the coast, not, however, to such an extant In Cali fornia yet as In Oregon and Washing ton. Tha demand haa been far greater than the supply for aome time, and building work haa Buffered accordingly. Not only has the contractor lost monsy, but the i carpenter, the finisher, the pa perhanger, painter and others have been deprived of much work, and, tha mills have been affected because ths build fiiga can not be .gotten in readiness for tha use of lumber. Local dealers fear the, shortage will apread over tha mar ket of the entire country before condi tions change. Anticipating the arrival of a oargo of foreign cement next month a num ber of contractors have put in orders for it. They have bsen Informed that the price will be 11.11 per barrel In stead of 11.61 as hsretofore. ' The ad vance In price began whea tha ahortage Brat made itself felt and It haa gone up with lesps and bound a The oom bine -oontroUIng- the sand - and - gravel has likewise boosted prices of theeo ma terial. This haa been done regardleaa of the fact that both materials are cheap In cost of produotlon and can be easily got here. - This Is rapidly rais ing the cost of building and all olaaaea of cemant work in the.oity.T-- Cant Get Foreign, Product. ra"slhsir-T)oTtioti'' of tn grade csmsnts used In .America come from Germany, Belgium and other for eign countries, ths condition of the local market Is directly due to the fact that It la almost Impossible to get sny foreign product. It Is claimed that the trust Is eorrallng all the foreign make for uee on the Panama canal, acting on the theory that the demand there will be so heavy aa to awsmp domeetlo fac tories completely and foreign ones, too. when a audden demand la made. - Ho much of tha foreign product has al ready been taken off the market that the domestics factories were awamped some time ego. i "In addition to this." aatd the man- ager of the cement department of Not- Tma bbs oovast sttbvp. 8. L. Apple. ex-Probate Judge. Ot tawa OA.. Kansas, wrlteai "This Is te say thst I have used Ballard's HoreJ hound Byrup for years, snd that I do not hesltste to recommend it as the bnt cough syrup I have ever used." 2 Bo, lOo and 11.40. Woodard. Clarke A te. EVENING MARCH 15. fe ' 1 1 1 ., L : . . . ........ - . . ..,,. , ; (. ; -, . j- ... I . m i - . t . 'esaisj ' ' '. -" ; . , f 1 In samples of Ladies' ..MutUn Undemear, Gowns, Skirts, Drawers arid Cor set Covers, Knit Underwear. Vests in long, and short sleeves and sleeve " These Th garments being Samples 7Lsi Than Cost of Material.-, J.RadneFeet. ............ Etra()rr3inaryiduenlg SS5 j lMt.Hood C rL Shirts for Man," Youth or X-X 25c, 29c, 35c, 50c xmxxxSc t ':: ' Tr;. New-Things -. r " II ' Odd Things Children's Drawers and Jean Waists, Mus 7 lin and Knit, lace trimmed - Cor ner Th tlngham Co., "the demand for cement Is far heavlar than It haa ever been be fore. Building operatlona have been more extenalve and thsre haa been a call for the material auch aa factories and dealers have not had to faoe In the past. They can't meet . the demand. Then, too. It Is difficult to catch steamers coming this way from Europe that will bring cement. It la aeldom yon can get a cargo of tha material. The principal domeatie factory on the Paclflo coast Is in California, but though it la working to capacity , limit day and night, it cannot relieve the ahortage in that state, let alone take cars of the demand for outside markets. BAGGAGE AGENTS IN -SESSION IN LOS ANGELES (Journal titkrlal Berries.) Los Angelas, March II. A large number of baggage agenta representing the - principal - railway .systems of - the United States and Canada are attending the annual convention of the American Association of General Baggage Agents, whloh began In thla city today. The session will last two days, and teohnlcal papsra and reporta will occupy, the at tention of the delegates. The conven tion will - be followed on Saturday by the annual meeting of the Western Bag gage Agents association. ZenseS" CHil laaamaai 1 " 11 Hutchinson. Kan., Maroh II The Republican congressional convention of tha -eeventh district la In aeaalon here to name a candidate to succeed Con grsssmaa Victor Murdoch, who baa be come the nominee of the new eighth district, Thsre are two eandldatea for tha nomination Judge K. It Madiaon of Dodge City and Judge W, B. Hutch inson of Garden City. . - geminated tot Co: (Joarnal gpeetal gervlcs.) Warsaw, Ind., Maroh IS. Tha Re publicans of ths thirteenth district in convention . here today renominated Congressman A. U, Brick. There waa ne opposition. Murphy Bane mine tad. (Journal gDeeial Berries.) Lebanon. Mo., March II. Congrsss- man Arthur P. Murphy waa renominated today by the Republican convention of tba sixteenth congressional dlatiiot in session bare . . 15C3. Friday and less. Pants and Tights to the knee and ankle and Chil dren's Garments ranging from lOjf upward! j AUo Sam ples of White Lawn Shirtwaists and Fancy Hosiery. Garments Were Secured fcr V -S" are thVcrearflfTJerfectiott in MakeStyle and Finish. Prices glance will convince ..'you of. thetruth-of aU mtenieata .:6f andT i rd and Morrison Streets GW-WEAniERLY. CoauanoCoke . - JJ.G.PECK. m ii jfiim i ui i n i 1 1 k ii 7"-'V WE ASSURE OUR CUSTOMERS PROTECTION REGARD- LESS OF "COMBINE OR COMPETITION - KILLPRESIDEMTTTTOTWASH AVAY VORLD'S SiaS MadmanoulcLSlayRooievelt . in Order to Cleanse Hu- ' . manity and Save It. (Jeoraal Bpeelat Serrleat) Cincinnati, March VI. The police to day nipped la its Infancy a plot that developed la the mind of an unidentified madman, to go to Washington aad take the - life of the preatdant Tba man's rambling talk betrayed him and be waa IRVING'S BUCHU WAFERS. Cere aD XMnay Tvoablea step pals la ths beck, sks mm ef alba men Is the arise impneelble and aetually rebalia the hrstums wall of the gldners. ner eootsai mat waat wastes u reiimve tae disease, seat tae eere spet ana i j b."n relief wlUils a few bom aad ear. w stay esres. Sola at BOe a bet by I a, (a, gnrldmore ai Oo, Praerlrti, 181 J s-girA st sole ag-eata for WoiaA, Cm. Saturday . -.. -j i , IN GILT BELTS, LONG GLOVES IN SILK AND KID, SCOTCH RIBBONS, PERSIAN RIBBONS, LACE COLLARS Aprons . For Waiters,' 'Cooks, ' Butchers, Nurses, Fancy ApronsV in' pure white, black and ' ginghams PRICES LESS THAN COST1 OF MATERIAL. HMCarlock; 5?.-7 n'torrison Phone East 244. locked Op" 14 "the-fIrsrdlstHot police station, .''.-' -,.. ,. "I want transportation ta Washing ton." he aald to Alexander Landssoo. the mayor' a secretary- Ha waa asked why and refused to anawer at first. - "I have frlenda there,'' he declared. Then bla talk began, to ramble. . 1 want to kill tha president," ha crted out-auddanly '.'1... will. JtUI,. him. , T president and I are aavlora of humanity. The alna of tha world must be elsaassd with hia Wood." . . ftooialaa Qmaraatlae. r ' '"tJaarsal tpeeikl Serrlee.l ' Nsw Orleans. March 1. Aa a pre-, cautionary meaaure the Louisiana atate board of health today established a modified form of quarantine. - Ths re strictions ara against Cuban and Cen tral American porta. . . " Worth that Alloock'a are -tha erlinal and genuine porous plsstere; all other are Imitation. - Milwaukle Country Club. ,' Loa Angeles and Oakland race. Take ell wood aad Oregon City cars at Pint and Alder. "... A Ilea Law! Best Brand. " ,-mmn (V