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liii JOURN AL ; LEADS ;. IN CIRCULATION , IN ; TOWN AND vCOUNTRY IN LOREGCi, l -2: GOOD EVENING Journal Circulation t " " k THE WEATHER. -JTestcrday Generally fair tonight and Wednea-' day; northerly winds. , - ' " Was '.' ' VOL.: V. ,. NO. . 30. Portland; Oregon. Tuesday evening, april io lm fourteen pages. PRICE TWO CENTS.' , ""nvi'ca 1"5 I W;!s iiye FAVORITE POEM OE THE LATE . '.. it BISHOP B. WISTAR MOBMS wfwf IN MEMORIAM. II I II 1 1 . - W SK V 4 t w. 111 I K. j. j. J As A. r V II II , . ' - . I I - ""' 'I'-ll'"'' ! . Hundreds of 4 Corpses ' . Taken From Ruins of Italian Cities Buried Under Cinders Fi'om Vesuvius, v. VIOLENCE OF ERUPTION IS DIMINISHED TODAY Lava Still blowing but1 Slowly- - Buildings in Many Towns Collapse Under Weight !Two Hundred - Bodies Recovered at San Guiseppe . and as Many Mora at Ottajano. ; (Journal Special SerTtce.) " .' " Naples. April l.--The violence of the Trupllon of MtTVesuvlus Is considerably diminished this morning. , The showers of ashes which have .burled thousands of acres of adjoining territory ; have lessened, though the lava- la ctllt flow ing slowly. , , i - Many buildings have collapsed tn thla ; and .surrounding cities under the weight of ushes. Twelve corpitea and 5 badly --injured persona have been taken out from the ruins of the market. Monte . Ollveto, which collapsed this morning. Two hundred people, ' It--la-estimated, were .burled In the dubrls when the roof collapsed under the weight of cinder - from the volcandu A ," '. - Further search of the collapsed, church of Ban Guiseppe has revealed ' a total of SOO bodies. Including; practically all the people of the town who. had not fled , to places of refuge. These vlctlma were assembled in a. church to hear mass . when the - weht of ashes caused the structure to collapse. The victims were for hours without surgical or medical assistance;. 1 . 'orty-nln-corpse have -been found In the villa ire of Han tiulseppe outside -irrxTtns .Uken7irolit -;-th- ruins ul th hurtlu j There , arL-indlcatlonathat only a small percentage fit those who "lost their llres in this town have bee accounted for. . , . , -. At, Ottajano. ?0Q bodies and 60 Injured have'twen recovered In the streets, A treat number are missing and it Is - feared- that the casualtiea tn this town wlU exceed t.OUU. Five churches and 10 houses 'fell under the weight of ; ashra and cinders,, which lie five feet - deep on the ground. The village is completely deserted save by the bands . of rescuers. Nearly all structures are In a state of collapse.' ,'''; In the town of Nola TO injured: have (Continued on Page Two. . tY S -iv-ft'-.-'-'''-' -v-. - j ! ..-rvsr- i- -f'sf-- ' v-.--.. " :-ir,)'V:-.:fv' i t. --Mi vn : - I Hi In i ' ; . ; oi. i ': ;: '' n The Oregonian building, One of the City's Conspicuous Examples of the Dioregard of Laws Relating- to Fire Escapes. ' At Five Minutes Before Midnight '' Federal Grand Jury Returns. ,' ( Indictments Involving' a I v V Dozen or Mor."-'-" f BELIEVED GOVERNMENT , ' -IS AFTER RICH PEOPLE Big Operators Got Hundreds of Poor Men to Locate orr Timber Claims, " Having Previously . Contracted j to J Convey the Land to Their Employ -ers-Many Dupes Are Witnesses, At Ave minutes before 'II o'clock, last night the federal' grand Jury returned an Indictment .which is one of the most Important of the many that have grown out of the Oregon land frauds. The de fendants in this midnight Indictment are more than a dosen in number and among them are prominent citizens of Oregon, California and- eastern , states, They are charged ' with conspiracy to acquire government ' lands through fraud. ..The Identity of the indicted per sons Is guarded by the government of ficials with the same jealous care-that has been dlsDlavad in all the recent eaaea and will not be made public until the arrests have been -accomplished. At . a few minutes . before midnight word was sent to Judge Wolverton, who was waiting In his chambers, that the grand jury desired, to make a report. He took his seat on the bench and the Jury filed down Trom the third . floor where they, had Jeen. in seaalon. The proceedings -were brief. The' foreman presentedthe report., which Judge . Wol verton glanced at in silence and then passed to the clerk. A District Attorney Bristol requested that bench warrants laaue for the defendants and the order was -made.. Several days must elapse before-- the warrant can be served on those of the - defendants residing In other states.' . There is reason to believe that in this aa- in other-recent indictments the gov ernment la seeking to bring to Justioe some' of the men who profited most richly from the Oregon land fsauds. Among the. men who have been under In ves it sat Ion are several wealthy tim ber kings and their holdings, acquired through fraud, are' said to be extensive. In some of the earlier indictments the defendants were best known through their prominence in ' politics, but this does not appear to be the case, in these more recent. It was seml-offlcially an- (Continued on Page Two, By BISHOP ARTHUR I never can see a churchward old, ' ' . ' . kWiUi4t-nKy-etnsnd-motrnds, " 1 And irreen trees weeping the unforgot That rest in its hallowed bounds; . T never can see the old churchyard , i-But I breathe to 0od a prayer ; That, sleep aa I may in this fevered life, ..' . ' I, may rest when I slumber there. Our mother, the earth, hath a cradle-bed -Where she gathereth sire and son, ' -And the old world's fathers are pillowed there,"--" i Her children, everyone. v. ' And her cradle it hath a dismal name, ' ' ' When riseth the banquet's, din, .'. 'And pale is the cheek st dance or wine-. ..-If a song of . its sleep break in. . - But otir, mother, the church, hath a. gentle nest, Where the Lord's dear children lie, , And its name is sweet to a Christian ear As a motherly lullaby. . - V Ob', the green churchyard, the green churchyard,"."" Is the couch sue spreads for an; -- And she layeth the cottager's baby there .Vith the lord of the tap'stry hall. . -,!'"'. ', , ' " "' '. . : ' -; " Our mother, the church, hath neVer a child rr ; To honor before-the rest,. 'But she singeth the same for mighty kings : . .i And the veriest babe on her breast; And the bishop goes down to his narrow bed , . As the ploughman's child is laid, ; -; .-, ' And alike she blesseth the dark-browed serf '.; And the chief in his robe arrayed. GREATER SAFETY FOR LIFE : City Authorities Will See to , That Fire Escapes, " . Are Placed.' ' It MANY DISREGARD LAW ' PROVIDING SAFEGUARDS Oregonian Building Guiltless of Any Means" of Egress Except by a Stair' ; case Winding 'About an Elevator - Well." ' ' ' ' t . -Improved - appliances- to pro4de - for the aufetr of tenants in the large busi ness blocks In this city in case or rire will result from the agitation caused by the conflagration last Friday alternoon in the Chamber of Commerce building. Alreadr the city officials are planning a crusade for the Inspection of all public buildings, the installation of fire es capes where needed, and the purchase of imoroved' fire fighting apparatus. They are fully alive to.-existing condi tions, which are behind tne times, ana if possible the situation will be remedied immediately - The saltation for more fire escapes, especially - oa Urge of flee buildings, is attrartlng-conainarapit). a iitnuun, uiu lack of proper fire escapes on the Cham ber of Commerce building, which was considered fireproof, has opened the eyes of many. Nearly all the large business blocks-in the city have one pr more fire escapes, but additional stair ways will be ordered on many struc tures. Oregoaiaa Ooasptenoma lawbreaker. One of the largest structures in the city is without any fire-escapes what ever. It is the Oregonian building at Sixth- and Alder streets. -The elevators and ; the stairway- winding about the elevator shaft are the only means of es cape from the building and should a fire start in the basement where a large amount of highly inflammable ma terial is stored or in any of the lower stories, the stairway and elevator shaft would serve as a blast to the flames and carry them to the top stories, cut ting off all mesns of escape to the hun dreds of tenants In the structure. The, city ordinance requiring fire es capes On all buildings of more than two stories in height went Into effect Au gust 10, 1S03, nearly three yeara ago, but the owners of the Oregonian build ing have made no efforts-whatever -to comply with the law or to protect the lives of their tenants. ,.. "Fire escapes will have to be placed on the . Oregonian building."- - said a member of the city executive board this morning. ."There Is no reason whatever that the. owners of. this structure should be permitted to violate the laws and provide their tenants wltb no means Of escape in .case of fire. I am going to see that a resolution is introduced be fore the executive board directing the owners of the building to erect .fire escapes Immediately." Not tmly will the executive board look Into Are frbtectlon in the business dis tricts of the city, but a, resolution was' recently, adopted ' appointing the tire marshal, the chief of the Are depart ment and the city building inspector a committee to - Inspect alt schools, churches, auditoriums and other places of public assembly to see if adequate lire protection is provided.. In all proba bility an attempt will also be made to place all eleotrlo light and power and telephone and telegraph wires under ground, aa they serloualy Interfere with the work of the Ore department in time of a conflagration, as was demonatrated at the big Ore Friday afternoon. INVESTIGATE RAILROAD. COAL AND OIL COMBINE (J.Mimtl Special Sertlre.) 1 : , ., - Thlladelphia. April 10. The Inter state commerce commission began an Investigation of the alleged community of Interest bet seen the Interstate car riers and. the coal and ell trade. CUEVEIaND COXB. DOWIE KEEPS OUT , OF ZIOII CITY Deposed Prophet at Chicago Hotel Says' Will Make Legal Battle to Oust Enemies. CLAIMS OWNERSHIP OF ; ALL CHURCH PROPERTY Fears Assasstnstion and So Made Charges Against Wife Before . Death Frosty Reception Awaited ' Leader.- ' ' - .- ." . (Joarnit Speetat derrtee.)" tftlcego, April 10. John Alexander Dnjt-le. deposed "first apostle" of the Christian Catholic church of Zlon. weary and worn from his long journey, arrived this morning from Mexico, thin. emaciated and apparently wholly unatle to enter the serious battle before htm necessary to regain possession of his propsrty. He was welcomed by a great throng of people who greeted htm with cheers and catcalls and demands that he show himself. As the train drew into the station Dowte announoed that he would not go to Zlon today but would take matters dlrectlvto the courts for adlustment He sald I am a peaceable, lawabldlng cltlien. I have been wrongfully deposed front my property. . I do not care to fight In the streets of Zionforrestoratlon..l ray mr property, because Zlon belongs to me legally and not to the church.", etaylag at a Hotel. Dowle is staying at a hotel pending developments. A deputy tried to serve a writ upon him in a suit brought by Dr. William O. Sterna, an expert on, in sanity, who alleges that Dowle refused to pay hl bill of Ij'iO for his services when he was-exemined at the request cf his wife by the- physician. The dep uty was ordered sr res ted by Dowle's followers. . The police detained the dep uty and examined his credentials. When he was released it was too late to serve the writ ' ; - - II. I Burdette, formerly acting com missioner of health of Zlon City, de posed by Vol Ira. hss addressed a sting ing Indictment to Vollva. accusing him or being a traitor against Qod. Christ, the Christian people and against the "grandest leader ever raised up to lead i religious organisation." He, rails Vollva a "trickster.' cheap politician and falsa prophet." It la reported that vollva Is coming to Chicago to confer with Dowle. Dnwle retired after his bath to recuperate from the journey, - - j 1 " Vollva at Zlon City says thst lKwle remained In Chicago because he dldn'J care to be snubbed In daylight. lie prefers to await darkness, when he will be able to say that the welcoming hosts could not get out," says Vol ivar In . explaining the attack he - made upon his wife last night at Bt. lioufa, Dowle said that. ha feared assassination and thought it time to make unprint able charges before he' was murdered, as It was possible : he might be. He plana to take the position that Zlon be longs to him and not to the church and that Overseer Vollva Is In the position of a traitor emulating Judas lacarlot. Deaonaoes Xls Wife. In his speech st Ht. Xoula Dowle declared that he veptild not live again with his wife, calling her thn vilest of names on account of her betrayal of him. stating that he tore her and her sin from him.- Dowle stated that h had hoped td die last December but that Ood had seen fit to bring lilm back to health. lie stated that he would put Vollva In -the penltentlrtry, ."where Vol Iva's brother has ben for seven years." Dowle denied the charges of extrava gance stating that ha had alwaya lived well within hia Income. He said that a person at the head of a largf movement like that of Zlon had great expenses which were "unavoidable, and said that during the last year he had given $:." ooo away out of his private man for the good of the church at large. , -(Continued on-Face Tvi) i i-"-' . - ' : '. t ''' 7 . .', . . ... : .'.I-.' . 1 ' "'"i "' i ' " " it UX t-'-K - , ... The Late Bishop B. L BISHOP 0. WISTAR LAST RESTING ------- - "'- - - - - - - . ' ' - - High Ecclesiastics of Neighboring States Attend His Funeral in " ' Trinity Church Large Number of Mourners Gather at y. the Bier of the Octogenarian Prelate. in Trinity church thlM afternoon at I o'clockr jsenvteea were, held over, the body of the late Klght Rev. Benjamin Wlntar Morris.- At the conclusion of the serv ices, the body was rerooved-to- Liotte Fr cemetery; where brief services were held In connection with the interment. The body remained at the family res ilience, at Twentieth and Everett streets. until shortly before the -hour for thn services this afternoon, when it was re moved to Trinity church. It did not He la suite, and only few Intimate friends were permitted to view it. : . At the entrance of the church the re mains wen .met by the rector, lr. A. A. Morrison; the choir and the clergymen of the diocese. The services were ac cording to the universal funeral rites of the Episcopal church. A large cortege followed the hearse from the residence to the church and from the church to the cemetery Hun dreds of friends of the' lte bishop at tended and in the throng were other hundreds who knew him only by . hia TO KEEP STOCK EXCHANGE -OPEN GOOD FRIDAY Tightness of Money Market Reason of Unusual Action of , . the Governors. (Journal Srw1! Her !- New-York, April lr AHhcms; bers of the stock exchange . have voted In fnvor of closing the exchange on Oood Friday, It is the general belief on the atreet that the governors will keep it open. The tightness of the money market is given as the reason. Closing Friday and Saturday would force banks and other money lenders to arrange for three days withdrawals- on Thursday, and might cause a disturbance. . The stock exchange hHS been closed every Oood Friday since the civil war. with the exception of 1895,. the year of the war with Spain. ' The National City b;ink has secured $1,000,000 gold in London. "' '' "Seeder Keaotalsated. . . (Jonrnal Sperlal Herrlee Lincoln. Kan., April 10. The Reptih- llcan congressional convention of the Sixth district of Kansas met here todaj and romominated Congressman- William A. Reeder for a fifth term. T: B. WILCOX FAVORS $250,000 HOME FOR COMMERCIAL CLUB "The Commercial club must build a USO.OOO building and I want to, head the uhscrlptlon list with 15.000. " When T. B. Wilcox spoke these words to the members of tho club at luncheon In the Commercial club taverrt today there wa an applause whlcll lusted for almost 10 minutes. The -spirit whl li has char.tctTlsed the work of the vltio In. the post seised upon those who beard the speaker, and so quick were they to grasp the, meaning of his words and his generous . offer that the erection of a. I J&O.OtO tiulliiing beram Instantly mure Ihsn a suggestion and approached the sphere of reality." . i .' - Mr. Wilcox... ,tlie - rlulrmas nf the exe'itlve-emmitee of th Wnb. - wis Introduced to the members by President l-eiuilwtler. He spoke from th otvlies trn stand, which. Is now occupied by the office ef Manager Turn Richardson. .'Fire has driven you frem your-beau ..... v. i' ' i i it ; . imt... j-! ; :,'., ' - J i - ' v t ..- ----- Wistar Morris." MORRIS GOES TO PLACE works, it Is said that It wan one of inn Uiiriraat-coaeoiirBPS ; that- 'iias eve attended a funeral In Tortland. The pallbearers were: Dr. A.A. Morrlsotv rtevrrwrrHnrtrrror Astoria. Dr. Van Wa ters; Rev. Mr. Simpson,- Rev. Mr. Ham mond of Oregon City, Rev. Mr. Cham bers. Rev. Mr. Ramsey and Rev.-Mr, Breck. ' Bishops of the three adjoining states conducted the services at the church and at the grave. Bishop I Wells of Spo kane, Bishop S.W. Keitor of Tacoma.. Bishop - William "Nichols " of" California, and Bishop James Funsten of Boise reached the city yesterday and partici pated In the services. ' Practically the entire Kplscupal clergy of the northwest attended. Messages of condolence and sympathy have been received continually since the death of Bishop Morris by -the family from many parts of the United States. Throughout Oregon and the northwest where he has. labored for years there is a universal grief. H ARRIMAN UNLOADS STOCK OF UNION PACIFIC According to Rules of Manipula tion, Stock? Now Due for a Twenty-Point Break. (Journal Special service.) - he Journiil says: ' The J'nlon Pacific's action yes terday seemed to verify the report cur rent last week. that K. H. Harrimun had unloaded his entire speculative lino around li. . . ' ; ' ' Harrluiun performed that feat about a year ago, getting' out nearly every share .he owned abtv A 5r"AfTcr he sold. In ton Pacific broke wildly, having a gross decline of more thsn 20 points. Marrlman got the stock back, and I'n lon Pacific advanced. It, hs gone up more than 4'i points from the. low prffce established during the-weak-spelL - According to the rules of manipulation the stork is due for 20-polnt break now If , the .Harrlroan. report. Is really true, . v ...'.... ------ Wedded la Qaee. (Junriial Kpei-lal Kerrlee t . rf..-t.-M. ln.41 III Weill i it nf cIhI rioti her today- was- that of Miss Fllsle Fry, daughter of th llou. K. C Fry and Dr. Arthur Kdwarda of Seattle. tiful home,- shI.I Mr. Wilcox. "Hut from the cinders and ashes there should arise a greater Commercial club, one In keeping with a greater Portland and a greater Oregou. --The time has come when tho cltil m-eds a home of Its' own, a bond to hold the members together. I was the chi'u who first suggested that the Arlington cluh build its own homo, ond If It had not been for that bond we never' would have- held together dm-. Ing 1191. when panic selxi'd urn us. "If. -the lwmtivlMl t'hili mats quar ters now it will stuy. there until It u c orqpelled by fire to msve iikkIh. If we ner want to build a hoine the tlnm Ii now. We hive "iSO nn-n tii work pon to ge-n hmldifi futnl. Ww hsd ' nntr 2i0 tn tin-'-Arlington, club and we raMnl sa.n.nurv N'ow t't- ' Comnircll-rlnh wtin Is ,i hi'tne of It own, and we should -lee .;, lieu ( snt lo ile,l tho list 'Villi li.VO'i.' . Oregon Coast and Eastern Is In , cqrporated and Will Start ;. . '. Work ; Within ; Four ' " . ' Months. ; - ' TWELVE HUNDRED MILES OF RAILWAY IN OREGON Will Belt Coast; From Portland to THumboldt . Bayv California Cap- ital Stock Ten Million Dollars', and TThis lias Been Subscribed by New York and St Louis Capitalists. r The Oregon Coast V Eastern Railway company, after . preliminary work cova eririg a period pf two years, filed ar ticles of incorporation today for the) building of approximately 1,300 miles of main line in the state of Oregon. Tho syndicate has for" months had about 40 . men at work on rights of way. and now bas four-fifths of It secured for The fcoaat line from Portland to Humboldt bay, California. ConHtruction work wTil . be fully under .way within the next four months. - i. Tba syndicate" Includes New Tork. 8t. Louis and Oregon men. and work la be Ing pushed under direction of William J. Wilaey of Portland, a timber man. whu . wasthe original promoter of the road. The men named in the Incorporation pa pers are: W. J. Wllsey, John- M. Eddy and William M." Gregory. The offi cers and directors of the company will he as follows!. President,' John H. CraTJ r, tree, St. Louis; vice-president and gen eral manager. W. J. Wllsey, Portland; directors. Messrs, Crabtree and Wllsey; ' John U Stoc.kwell. capitalist Ht Louis: Joseph 8. Mclntlre, capitalist. St. Louis; Floyd WhocH, capltaiiaC BU.Loui;-Wil-Ham Gregory. Portland; W. J., Pat terson, Bilker City; John M. Eddy.: Eu,., gene: X J, Simpson, lumberman, North Bend . Mr. Gregory, a Portland attorney, will be general counsel. . Cornell Calef Xng-lneer. George B. Cornell, a Well known New Tork civil engineer, will be chief en-, glneer and will be on the -ground wltTiln a few days. . He has gained soma dis tinction In 4 be-railroad -world by- hsrtng been the chief engineer of the Metro- -poll tan Elevated railway in New York City., , ; . . . . ,--. The capital stew k of the compsnyi Is $10,000,000 and thla amount bas already been subscribed "try- the New York and St. Louis capital lata Interested. A party . of these men will visit Portland within a short time and make a trip over the' entire line, accompanied by a. New York, consulting engineer, for the purpose of deciding final locations. The coast line will be 400 miles long and the line through central Oregon from Coos bay " to the Snake river will be SOO miles, forming-a junction with the coaat line and probably connecting with the Moffat Toad and'wlth thg Chicago jfc North- Western. . . . . It is reported that the St. Louis men who are heavily Interested In the proj ect have -larjtattwlintwrtste along the -Moffat road in Colorado. The Crabtree concern of St. Louis has (0,000 acres of coal lands there, of which S.000 acres is (Tnthrnclte- coal, that can be brought Into . the Portland and ooast markets at .a rate materially smaller than present prices. . t . ....... , .... To Tap Qreei Tlnaber Belt. The route surveyed along the cos at, passingthrough "air the coast counties. Is said to tap the greatest belt of stand ing timber in the world. It constats of yellow fir, spruce and Vhemlock. and extends from the Wilson Tlver in Tills-' mook county to the California line, wltlt convehlcnt logging streams Howlng to ward tho Pacific ocean and intercepting the road at a large number of points where extensive sawmill interests wlil be developed. It in aald the building of the road will "revolutionise timber con ditions in the coast' counties, which are how remote from any ; transportation facilities. ... i ...... . It is said to be the plan of the cim pany- U -await loc-al developments- re intiug to railroad now projected befora .. coming into- Portland with terminal op ' right of way propositions. -. " When we reach that point In our ar rangements, we 'will come before the ' people of Portland with a fslr anB 11b- . eral proposition.- said Mr. Wllsey, "and we will expert to he received Ifl thn . same spirit." " The company's charter provides that .' It may operate steamboats 0u.-the .. waters of the north Pa?ifio o:an and , may extend its tinea into Was hint tun. California,. Idaho and t;talu; i - ; ' JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER ' ; SMILES INTO CAMERAS 'Joeraal Speetat Rrvfra.r Nw York. April l John 1. , rt ke feller went te his office at 14 Hnmilatr INI lf,lia. (IV Oil t iw, l,w paper ' m n .. to photograph- hint and ii,ii OT-niii , y tii7 yrui'l ie. met. V' " ' " ' ' - FAVOR BILL TO TAKE , WATER TO IRRIGATE lMUtaJ s'fny of a ft-liti k (IttV HUMMM-iKf'! H I 'l V " th b'tt iilNi -"sr ti ; Irrlnjitfoo t'wifni fi i. "m r'ttn rVf-f ( ! I 1 atls'Hti. 9 f