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4 "1 TIIE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING, 'APBJL' 18.'' lSCX CilLIFORiM IS REPORT Long Distance Terephone to Portland Carries ;:; Rumor of Tidal Wave in San Francisco '-Latest-News" of Destruction. PACIFIC SQUADRON REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SUNK IN BAY ;Heavy:Loss of Life atMany Towns. Outside Sari FranciscOFbuh Hundred Ijuhatics W Reported Killed Near San JoseL:i: ' - (JonrMl Special BervV.) Chioago, April IT. (Bulletin) It to . reported through ImU F heda.uartr rtbia ittMMn that the estimate Nl rut tajutl'li southern. California placed 10,000. - A aommlMtt ktM ' by Mayer Duaa, which baa x4sd fse 009 for wssuvtus suff mn, kave Aeotded .o dlvtde It with Saa Francisco, raising ; . mor. . t tt -, - Washlng-to. April la. (Bulletin.) . The navy department la Informed that Berkeley, California, ha ham demol ished. A wmiNiM of th shocks oo stirred at loo "clock.. The bnlldlng- -v toft standing after tha first (hook faU before thl n.- Fdsrel troop are knr .. true" to th devastated .district. The ' , Bationa, Bad Cross to telegraphing lm- mediate oalia to all feraaohee for aeslat- ames to tha suifsrer. j . To add ta tha- horrors of - earthquake "an -conflagration. a -tidal -wavsLl r ' ported, te have-sir uck. 8a a - Francisco, - sweeping; over -port1on of tha doomed ;-clty, .The rumor reached Portland by - Jong distance telephone from Baersmen ' .'to shortly after t o'clock this after noon, and has not yet been confirmed. - ' If the movement of the earthquake was from the west to tha east a tidal wave might be expected to follow. Ban Francisco, extends from the bay across '.the peninsula to the. ocean, but that . portion- lying" near the oceart Is. sparse ly settled. Tha damage from a tidal , wave in that, part cf tha city would .. not be great. -3ut a tidal wave pouring through the Ooldeh Gate Into tha bay ...would force tha waters over the lower part f -the-Hy and tha antlra water sfront -would ba submerged. . The famous Cliff- Mouse, at tha mouth of tha bay. must have been swept away If the ' report of a tidal wava Is con- - firmed. Oakland, - Ban - Rafael, - Vallejo ' and the. other bay cities, and towns must' have contributed their quota to the tale of disaster. Tha waterfront of - Ban Francisco Is for tha.moat part made - ground and Ilea but a few feet above "- the high-water level of the bay, so that -'-it would toe quickly submerged - by tidal wave. The report received from Sacramento said that the water was sweeping Into tha atreets of San Francisco. According to a. long distance telephone . message received at 1:80 this after- - noon from Sacramento the loaa of life " In . San Francisco , had, than... reached I. 000. . - ' ., 'Oakland has suffered heavy loss, tha ' destruction of property amounting to II, 000,000. The famous Cliff House at tha mouth of tha bay collapsed from tha earth . : quaks shock and the ruins are strewn - along the beach, half submerged by the ocean wavea. The new St. Francis hotel on Union square 'Is reported' to have been de- strored and the same fate has overtaken ' the Grand, the Palace and tha California. The Emporium and Jhe old Flood buildings were destroyed '. for . lack - of " wster. - FEARFUL LOSS OF SAN FRANCISCO REPORTED San Francisco, April It. It Is r . ported that (5 per cent of the -building in San Jose have been destroyed. -All ths brick structures In tile city hav collapsed, arl the streets are filled with ruins. Many ara reported to have been killed and Injured. All communication has been cut off until a late hour this afternoon. - . Santa Rosa Is snld to b in flames following the earthquake. St. Agnew's Insane asylum near San Jono. Is, reported destroyed and nearly 400 Inmatea killed. ' Th Palace hotel la burning and seems doomed. Th St. Francle is reported dynamited, aa Is th California, Th Emporium department store has been destroyed by flames a ha th old Club building-- ' Martlet law has-been Btablttwdraii AID FROM NATION. Freeldeat Offers Federal Asslstaao t . . Stricken people f California, . (Jourmal Swrelal Berrlee.) ' Washington, April IS. In th house ; thla aftermvon Cahn of California, whose family Is in San. Francisco, and from ' whom ha is unable to get a word, with a ' voice quivering - with" -emqtlon, moved "that the war and navy departments be ' directed to extend all aid possible to th - sufferers. A resolution . drawn as . a joint Teao!utlon was passed and tb house adjourned out - of - respect for those who lost their lives. Ths president sent messagea to the governor of California and tha mayor of u p.. ..I,.. nffplBlVfnnithv' mnii San Franelsc offering sympathy ssalstanc to th fullest sblllty of the federal government. He requested of ficials to use freedom in ssklng for any thing that th government could do. . - -. ? NO PROTECTION. .Iasuraao Can a OoUeoted by SMa Fraaelao amfferer. -. (Jnornal gntdal Service.) "New York, April !. H. K. Miller of thw natlianat board of-fire Underwriters said this afternoon that the atandard fire Inenrane policy does not protect holders fr"-a losg from . earthquaker . ' The hotels destroyed were all blown UP with dynamite -tpjf tajrthe progress of tha conflagration. - Tha -buildings of tha Call, the Exam iner and tha Chronicle have all been burned. ; - .' .-' - ; r- kceasage From the Balms. ' 'A dispatch-from tha chief operator of the Postal Telegraph company's office in San Francisco, received by tha local office Just before, t o'clock thla after noon, says: - "Call building completely burned out. Examiner building Just fell in a Heap. Fire in the residence district raging In event direction. The Emporium and old Flood buildings have been destroyed. There la no water and tha fireman are blasting buildings, in every direction in an effort to stop tha flames. The -destruction- by tha earthquake and tha Are is terrific. "1 want to get out of here immedl ately or I will be blown up." ----- - F. Arnberger. chief operator at the San Francisco office of the Postal Tele graph company, sent this dlepatcfc-WUh flames roaring in the buildings about him, debris crashing into ths streets on every alde.'-exploalone dulling his sense of hesrlng and death on every hand, he aat at the telegraph key and gave to the world the atory of .Ban Francisco de struction. Firemen, and police warned him ta leave, but h refused. Not until the Postal building was declared doomed and the firemen' prepared to uae dyna mite upon it did he leave. Al long as there was a wire In condition ha worked a war at the key. "1 II have to get out, no wired nnany. and that was tha last heard of him - Arnberger la an Oregon man, and was formerly the manager of the Postal telegraph office, at Albany, Oregon. He left. Albany about 11 yeara ago, and aince going to San Francisco has risen rapidly In his profession. . A dispatch to the O. R. AN. offices at o'clock-stated that every building from the waterfront on Market atreet to Ninth waa being blown up by dyna mite to atop tha spreading of the con flagration. At that hour, the dispatch stated, every newspaper office In th ctf jrag-been"totally destroyed. - - - The entire Pacific squadron anchored in San Francisco bay has been sunk by a tidal wave, according to rumora in Western Union dlspatchea received shortly after S o'clock thla afternoon. Reports Of K tidal sn had celved earlfer by long distance tele phone, from Sacramento, but were not confirmed. :" . ........ Tha California state university at Berkeley and Stanford university st Palo Alto both suffered severely from th earthquake . shocks and many, bf th buildings were damaged. One student at Stanford la reported to have been killed. . ' ' Thousands of terror-stricken people are seeking escape from San Francisco and the railroad line are crowded to their capacity. Traffic has been re sumed to Ixm Angeles and Fresno and on the eoaat line of the Southern Pa cific, but eastern trains are aa yet un able to handle the heavy rush of travel. LIFE OUTSIDE It seems almost eertaln that practically the entire town will be destroyed. The Are Is far "beyond control. Building after building Is going down before the flames. The 17-story Spreckle build ing, occupied by th Call, Is completely destroyed and the Chronic) and. . Kg amlner buildings ar ablase. All fir departmenta on the pacific coast hsve been called upon for! assists anc. Moat of th residence section of the city is built of wood, and Is Ilk tinder to the flame.. The wind - has turned and Increased In velocity. . All efforts to check th spread of th flame hsv fallad. . Th fir district now embrace both sides of Market street to eighth snd I spreading rapidly to the jouth of Mar ket tenements. He' said ther were a few earthquake policies, but they ar uncommon. Los by fire, following collapse from earth quake la expressly egempt In all poli cies.,'' - t Th San Franciaco dlasster haa had a depressing effect on the stock market. , Other Cities X.ead Aid. ' (Joaraal Special service.) ' Chlcsgo. April U. City officials of Boston, Pittsburg and Philadelphia ars raising money and offering , all assist snc to San Francisco, DEATH ROLL REACHES THREE-THOUSAND ' : Uonrsal Sperial Sen tit.) . Dallas, Tex., April 11 Report re- celved ' at th Postal Telegraph com pany's offic ar that, nearly I. 00 ere' dead In San Francisco, From elevations ths city' appesrs t be a seeming fur nace. The Call and Examiner buildings ar adr and doomed. i Kverybody deserted th Poetbl build ing at noon. - It-was early damaged and its Immedlflt collapse was feared. - Th Valrncur hotel collapsed, burying 7S persons. At Eighteenth and Valencia streets ,,her la a crevlc six feet wide. The streetcar tracks ere badlj twisted. FELT ill GaEGGI'O III "MO, CEVADt v Central California Suffer From , Earthquake -Fatalities Con fined to . San Francisco (Joamal dpetlal gerrtee.) .: Sacramento. CaU April It. Th en tire central portion of California is a sufferer from thla morning's- earth quake, although the heaviest damage occurred at Ban Francisco. All the cities around the bay. suffered heavily both from the quake and from fires that followed It - - .- Thearthquake extended from Fresno oh the south, to Redding on the north, although shocks were felt as far north aa Grants Psss, Oregon, and aa far east aa Reno, Nevada. Mor or leas damage waa don throughout tb region In many places, the earth having aunk from three to alx feet Th Southern Pacific railroad tracks between San' sVanolsoo and Sacramento in many place have sunk alx feet, cutting ett railroad com munication. An effort is being mads to get a train containing exploalvea and fire apparatus to Ban Francisco by round-about route. Three miles of track near Benicla have aunk. At Pleasanton and other places trains were turned over on the rails, ., A -number of buildings were cracked in thla city and Stockton and . in Sun Jose, though no fatalities are reported. Electric, lighting plant in many of th suburban towns and th long-distance line runnntng from th mountain to San Francisco wr all put out of busi ness. : ' ' '; ' ---. - : At Point Richmond th . Santa - F roundhous and machine shope col lapsed. Bom of th tanks of - th Standard Oil company are reported to have aprung big leak. -..Telephone and telegraph wire through out the district are prostrated. Chim ney and - water -tank were shaken down as far away as Tracy and Bulaun. EARTHQUAKE SHOCK . : -. FELT'AT VANCOUVER The earthquake shock tea plainly felt - at Vancouver thla morning, and was so noticeable that at least on per son there foretold new of an earth quake long before word of the disaster resched Portland or ' Vancouver. At 5:01 this morning Sister of Charity in the Vancouver convent felt a. shock and noticed the lamps swaying from th effect of the selsmio disturbance. At that ' time the mother superior " told the sister that there bad been a seri ous earthquake somewhere on th coast and that they would learn of It whan they reached Portland. Several cam to th city, and th first word- they heard after their arrlval-waa.-Uiat.-of San Francisco's disaster. ' Several Portland people asserted that a shock waa felt, but according to th local weather bureau there Is too ground for such a statement, a the dellcat Instrument at th observatory show no Indication of an unusual disturbance. PORTLAND PEOPLE WHO 7" r ARE ANXIOUS TODAY Attorney ' Robert Galloway, librarian of the Multnomah law library, has three cousin in Ban Francisco who ara con-ducting---large-printing-office there. The head of the firm is Berkley Gallo way. ... . . - , A . .' . A. H. McCurtaln, asslstantlaw libra rian, has a brother, r. F. K. McCurtaln. residing -in. th Bay City. Mr. McCur taln is married and has one child. A alster of K. L. Johnson, a student of the law department of the University of Oregon, resides in the stricken city, aa does a brother of T. J. Chinook, a law student Id, the office of Ed and A. U Mendanhall. x - Captain Arthur" Edwards, ' United Statea army. Is a brother of LeRoy d wards. chief clerk In the local. North western Railway company's offices. William Sherrett, brother of former unellman, tn Bherrett, la a. Bay City caroenteri ' Mr. and Mrs. J. K. GUI of th local firm of J. K. Otll ft Co.,- ar visiting la th Bay City. SHOCK STOPS MANY ; : CLOCKS AT ASHLAND - (Special Dlspatcti to The JaaraaL) Ashlsnd, Or., April It. The earth quake shock was felt her by many peo ple this morning. -The tremor waa dis tinct snd a number of clocks stopped at i:l(. ' The mlnersl springs hsve been af fected. The flow of the sulphur spring near the railroad depot has been in creased -tenfold SEISMOGRAPH RECORDS --SHOCK AT WASHINGTON (Joemal Sperlal Bervlr.) . Washington, April 18. Th seismo graph at the weather bureau here re corded - the San Francisco earthquake, and waa violently agitated all morning. TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR CLUB HOME FUND The .subscription to bonds for th Portland Commercial club's ,ner build ing today exceed In total amount 1200, 000. For some days the construction of tha building haa been practically as sured, and today It Is beyond question of doubt. . It is now simply a matter of effecting final arrangements and secur ing a suitable design. -The latest sub scriptions to bonds ar as follows: Lip-man- -Wolf. $5,000; Oregon Trust Savings bank, 15.900; Olds, Wortman King, tS.000: II. W. Ooode, 15,000; Mrs. C. IL Lewis, 1 10.000. . PASSENGER AGENTS. " DISCUSS RATE BILL 'Vt. : (Joarsal prtl BrrrW Loa A"Seles, April II. The conven tion of th Transcontinental Passenger assoclstlon opened - at thaT Alexandria hotel this morning for a four days' ses sion. Fifty member, .were present The prevailing question up for discus sion Is th rat bill. Keep -D Graves Tooth Powder '.-. . ., where you can use it twicca-dayv It helps the poor teeth ; preserves, brightens and whitens the good ones and leaves a pleasant after taste.. :Ask vour tlentist4 la laaady ssetal can or bottles, SSei , Cr-Griy:.' Tc:th Pcri:r t. TO PRICE FIXED Executive2Board Decides on ' Valuation of Franchises for V -Valley Electric Line. COUNCILMEN MEET IN i l : CAUCUS TO LAY PLANS Desire to Place Whatever Price They See Fit If Mayor Vetoes; It I Thought That Twelve Will Vote to . Pass . Measure. , " , .At a special meeting of the city ex ecutive board yesterday afternoon th report of th special commute- ap pointed 'o fU a valuation on th fran chises of th United Railways com pany and the Willamette Valley Trao tton company- tor an electric railway line on Front street was adopted In full. .. .. ... Tha city council tonight will wholly ignore th valuation fixed by the exec utive board and fix a prlc to be paid .by the railway companlea as It sees fit At a caucus held In Councilman Shep herd's offlc In th Marquam building last night, at which CouncUmen Annand, Belong. Bennett. Grsy. Kellaher, Mas ters, Menefee, Shepherd, Vaughn. Wal lace and Wills war present. It waa unanimously agreed that th valuation of $13,500 should be placed on th franchise of th United Railways pany and f ,000 on that of th Wil lamette Valley Traction company. Member or th executive board com plained that the ordinances war - too loosely drawn r that, the . corporatlona seeking franchises were not surrounded by enongh restrictions.- r " "thee franchises were-so" framed that- thclty -council -could at any - f u tura tlm lower the freight and passen ger rates I would b In favor of re duclng the valuatlbns to on half of what w hav named them, said C." A. Cogswell, a member of th committee which fixed th valuations. "t would like to see the city council give all tha railways, the opportunity, ta. com in over this lln freely and open ly,r said Ttfayor Lane, "providing th proper sort of franchises were granted them. I think a revocable claua should be inserted In these franchises. These estimates of th committee are Just, In my estimation,-for -the franchlae-a they ar framed." 77 JL-TPeary-waa th only member who thought th valuations too high. . It - hr -tonceded that - the-; mayor will veto tha ordinances when, they come to him to be signed, but it is said that ther are sufficient vote in the coun cil to pass th measures over his veto. It-will taks.lt of tn II vote in th council. . - - - - -Tonight th council will fix th val uation and wlllrder the ordinances published. After they have been pub lished 11 days the measure - will be taken up for final consideration. PRIZES FORI ESSAYS ON "MADE IN OREGON" Fifty Dollars for Those Who Write .... Best Arguments for.Lo- : 'i - cal Products.- Fifty -dollars In rash prises Is to be divided" among th brightest school children of Portland and Oregon for the-l best esssy on "Mad In Oregon. Th prise money will be paid by the5otnt committee In charge , of th made-la- Oregon exposition to be held from May If to IS in Portland' strests. Th says ar to deal with th benefit de rived from th purchase and us of Oregon-made articles. Th committee last evening considered the matter of publishing some of th bast, together with .the. names of ths authors, in a pamphlet for . general circulation dur ing th week of th exposition. The parade committee reported last "1" h!-!.i'. ' l-ru. ine khooi children of th city -will be Invited to participate. Th school board will be requested tn order th dismissal of th schools a littles earlier than ususl on thst dsy. The made-ln-Oregon general commit tee will erect about a dosen floata, and It Is probable that ther will be SO of th tredea unions, firm and business houses. . Th O. R. Sc N. and th Southern Pa cific will transport free of charge all material consigned for exhibit at th week's exposition. Low excursion rates will be. announced within a few days. Th final sal date will permit of a return limit on th ticket from Fri day, the 26th, t HI Monday, th 18th of My. Commencing with Saturday, May 19, the opening data, It is announced that from all points In the Willamette valley as far aouth as Eugene a rat to1 Portland of on far for the round trtp, goo- from Saturday till Monday, will bt made. . - . TO HASTEN BUILDING OF UPPER RIVER STEAMER At a meeting of the directors of th Openr- River - assoclathmirterdy, th commute naving cnarge or securing boats for th upper river was authorised to proceed Immediately to contract for machinery and -for construction of ,th first of a number of steamboats that will b Aperatedln -conjunction-with th Celllo portage railway. The first boat will be It feet In length. II feet beam and hav alx feet depth of hold. It will be equipped with th beat maohlnery money can buy for a boat of Its class, and wilt be an oil burner. Th Openj River association "wtir own snd operate th boat - THOUSAND DOLLARS EARNED BY BENEFIT Nine hundred and four dollara In eanh fhas been turned over to Chief . Camp- i bell of the Tire department to be depos ited with th city tn-ssurer to th credit of th fir and police relief fund a a result of the benefit performance given In tb Helllg theatre Monday night This does not Include the amount which win b realised rrom me-souvenir pro gram, which will probably be 1100 mor. Chief Campbell of th fir depart ment th city Official and members of the fire and police departmenta feel grateful to all who assisted In. making the benefit a success. Within th last two week nearly 12. 000 ba - been added to- the relet fund from various eouroes, , mud IIIO PACIFIC COAST-BAPTISTS "-I.Uy OHfiAlilZE-v One Hundred Twenty-Five Now In Attendance at Evangelistio Conference,- 1, The evangelistio conference at th Whit Temple I growing-In attendance, Ther are now about 115 from coast points, and more ar expected, this aftei emoon and evening. ;. . ...... Th morning cession waa given over to Pr. Cornel tus Woelfkln. who had aa ls theme "Points of Km p has is In th Minister's Life." Me dwelt on ths ne cessity of training to keep oa the mala lln of thought.'-remembering .th doc trine of th-eros-as the centas ei llglon. He a)ao advised large and gen eral reading, .but emphasised th Im portance of retaining th good and re jecting th bad. The afternoon session was addressed by Dr. Chlvers. ' -This evening follows the formal open ing of the Pacific coast Baptist conven tion, which is th first one held.- Dr. J. Whlteomb Brougher will giv th ad. draa jt wslcoma. . . and- Rev Albert Hatcher Smith of Pasadena. California, will speak on "Baptlat Ideal Revealed by the Scriptures. ' - - - Ther has been no" organisation of th Pacific coast Baptists, and th ad vlssMlity of this is being discussed. This is th first fhretlng Including th whoi coast. . Th delegate who hare arrived sine yesterday are: C. A. Nutley. Greaham. Dr.; P.ev. Henrv B. Robins, Oregon City; H.- Scbvendener, St. Joseph. Mich.; Rev. R. Teatman, Vancouver, Waatv; H. Northop, McMlnnvllla; Georg Reynold, Grasham ; W. H, Bowles. Shoshon. Idaho; O. L. Hoe In. Lents; L. W. Oow en. Boise, Idaho; U O. Clark, Helena, Mont.;-" Jams lEdmunda.olty' L. C Wllllama. Newberg; T. L. Lwla. Oregon City; Mrs. Oilman Parker. Montavtlla; Mra. C H. Welch. Tabor Heights; Ray Palmer, city; Rev. J. W;- Tanner, W natchee, Waah.; Rev. B. L Roy Dakln, Victoria. B.C; C. H. Davis, Dallas; A. H. Hause, Pnyallup, Wssh.r Jr Franklin Day, Puyallup. Wash. W. TC. Myers. Pe Kll.Waah.1 Homer J. Voebergh. Oak land; CaL.'F. Klrkpatrlck. M. D., Riddle: 8. Bally, B." C. Miller, Brownsville; Frank Heath, Seattle;. Roger Greene, Seattle l Mrs. -Greene, Seattle: Ar thur Wadaworth, So, Passadena, Cal, ; "Klbert H. Hlcka, Roseburg, Or.; Mrs. D. H. mick. Ysnolt; William Thomas, Salinas. CaL; George W. Griffin; Bpo kane; L. L, Simmons, Spangle. Waah,; Arthur 8. Phelps, Ijo Angeles; Rev. A. Bchwedler, Mra. A. Schwedler, Anaconda. Mont.; F. G. Boughton. McMinnvllle; A. B. Mlnaker, Burns, Or.; Mrs. George Riley. Petaluma, Cal.; F, Okasaki, Seat tle; Arthur 'Polk Brown. Fresno, Cat; Thomas M. Cornish, Pomona. Cal.; B. B. Jacques, Mrs. B. B. Jaaucs, Bants Clara, Cal.: W. E. PowsU, Pullman. Wash.: Albert Longbrldge, : La Jalla. Cal.; C R. O. Poole, Snohomish, Wash.; Willis B. Pettlbon. Spokane; J. J. Bur gess, Oregon City; W. F. Harper, San Jose; Oliver W. Van OsdeL Bpokane; K. B. Morgan, Vancouver, B. C: A. W. Rider, Oakland, CaL: Stephen A. North rop, Loa Angeles; Ernest Ornlck, Wil lows, Or.: A. M. Allyn, Spokane; Clai borne - M. lllll, Berkeley; J. Herndon, Garnet t, Santa Ana, CaL; C. H. Hobart, Oakland. Cat; George Nollar. , Great Falls, Monti W. A. McCall. Davenport, Wash.; Mra. Mary - E. Allbrlght, Unt verslty Park; Lawrence Q. Albright. University Park; EL R. Bennett, Santa Cms; Albert Hatcher Smith. Mrs, Albsrt Hatcher Smith. Pasadena; T. J. Collins, Rltsvllle, Or.! David P. Ward. Pasadena; C. W. Brtnatad, Oakland, Cal.; Lesndep Tumey, Santa Rosa, Cal.: Robert Lynch Petaluma. Cal;Xioula l. Sawyer, Ban Francisco. RESOLUTIONS PRAISE 1 : ttzzzLATE BISHOFMdRRIS . The standing committee of th Epis copal diocese in special seeslop adopted th following resolution with reference to the death of Blahop Morris: -"Where, We dealre to express . and plao on record on our own behalf and on behalf of the diocese the deep sens of sorrow which we. all feel in th loss of our beloved bishop. "Resolved, That the following minute be placed upon our records:. "That In th death of the Rt. Rev. B. Wlstar Morris, D. D., the dlocea and tha whole church ha lost on of Its most ardent and devoted missionaries. When he came to thla northwestern country ILyears ggahla.Xeld.inc)uded - th.re mwm two mfaaloearv t.iriiln. tlons and on diocese. "What Bishop Morri did in laying th foundation of church work In thla great northwest will e appreciated more' a nd more - In fu tur years. "In the dlocesa of Oregon ther ar noble monument to hi memory. St Helena hall and the Good Samaritan hospital,--very prosperous Institutions, ar Identified with the name of. Bishop Morris. To him, undsr Ood, many churches In Oregon - and Waahlngtoa owe their origin and growth.' "Our lamented, bishop will be known In history ss an Illustrious missionary pioneer before whom difficulties and hardships were only opportunities and privilege.- . "We bow before Ood and thank him. for. th great heritage which our dtocee ha. In. th life of Its bishop and find consolation In the fact that th whole some Influence of thl life will remain to Inspire tha church for her future work. ,- - - . -- "We pray God's Messing upon th af flicted widow and family, and commend there to him and the word of his grace. "OEOROK B. VAN WATERS. " "WILLIAM SKTMOUR SHORT. "Al A. MORRISON, " "H. TFJ. JOSEPH!. -r -r "JAMES 8. REED. "" "FRANK SPITTLE." FARMER KILLED BY . O EXPLOSION OF GUN LPpeHlt Dtepatrti to The Joarnil. Dallas, Or, April II. Plato McFee, a farmer living four mile from Dallaa, was found dead under a tree . at t o'clock last evening. While shooting squirrels h waa killed by hi gun ex ploding. He was aged 41 years, had lived In Polk county e number of year and waa well known. He leavea wife and two children. Alva Walters, a workman employed by th Dallaa City Lumber eompany. had hi arm cut off below th elbow by saw In th mill. Th accident hap pened- yetrd A- fternoon. Tb e JTOU n f man la well known here. MRS. HARRY BUNKER MARK F0R.BAD LUCK (Jraraal 'Special gervtee.) " ah Fnthclsqo, April H. Fir yester day dtstroyed practically all th house hold good of Mr.' Harry-Bunker, wife of the. disgraced senatorial. 15 1 . Mia. slnn-street. There was only a small amount , of Insurance. " "I seem to have become mark for I b4 luck," ald Mrs. Bunkers BLODGETT'S FATE Jury Will Probably Reach a Ver diet in Minthdrn Murder; CaseToday ACCUSED KEEPS NERVE ... DURING TRYING HOURS Telia Jailer That He Would Make, a ttcr.I.oolring Corpse If He Wai Hanged Than If He Should Die of Consumption.' ; " Tht afternoon George . I. . Blodgett will no . doubt know the fate that 1 to , meted out to him for having killed A lire M In thorn at her room In the Van Noy hotel oriMareh"-fr"T)pi uty blstrlct Attorney - Ou - C. Moaer mad the closing argument before th Jury, finishing hi remarks about o'clock p. in. V - . , V . As Blodgstt went down to his 'cell In th county-Jail from th courtroom at noon he sang' a popular air. As he was coming up to th oourtroom thl morning he remarked as he passed Jail er Harry Orafton: "Wall, I only hav on-Urn to die. and I'd make a beuar- looklng corps if I waa hanged than I would if I died of consumption." For two. hours thla morning and -1 hour yesterday afternoon Attorney Charles F. Lord argued for mercy' for the prisoner. . Many quotations from the Bible wer cited by . Mr. . Lord to show that when a man waa filled with l-wlne he did not know what h had done.; Case-that have . bean -triad In other court in which alleged murderers were freed because their- acta had. been com mitUtd . while drunk.-wv alee-read by th defendant counsel. . Th attorney asked for mercy on behalf of the wtfe and children of the prisone.r. . Mr. Lord declared that th woman now dead had snared - Blodgstt - from - hte- home.-- Ira robbed him of both lov and money, and then spurned him. Th attorney showed that for days- before the fatal shots were fired Blodgett had been on a con tinued spree, and that ha was craxy .when th woman- was killed. - District Attorney John.Mannlng mad th opening' speech before th jury yea- terday, speaking about an hour. . He called Blodgstt a coward and a 'dog. Mr. Moser called th prisoner a deviL .During the morning Mrs. Blodgett. who-haa sat. through the trial, wept blttnrlyat times. At noon and In tha evening, -wheartha court- session . was closed, ah has always kissed htm good' byel : ' v ----- - Th trlaf of th prisoner began last Friday morning. - Th first - day spent In securing a jury, 15 men having been examined before a jury was se lected. All men who did-not drink were excused ..from Jury ' duty by th de fendant counsel, while H those who had been engaged in selling liquor war excused, by th stats. A few men were not allowed to serve on general prlncl plea. Ten witnesses - testified, for the state and IS for tha "defendant.- The following are th juror who heard the evidence and argument In Judge Oeorge s department of th circuit court: '.. Alfred "Baker. Alfred Amond. F. P. Baumgartner,- W. H. Chgpln. Christ Ma- lore. William Bartiett R- W. Olbba, John Sullivan, V. Blust, F. M. Cammack, IS. E. Mink and Charles Slgglln. . . CITY; HAS SEVERAL -JOBS-GOOD PAY Men are In demand in the olty' civil service. Ther ar many lucrative posi tions open for competent applicants, at salaries ranging from. 14.36 a day for laborers to 1160 a month for building Inspector. - At a meeting of th municipal civil service commission' this morning exami nations - of applicants -.were called as follows: ' Llnsmen. ' fir department. May 7; engineers, fir department May 11; pump engineers, water department May 11; stokers, fire boat May 11; com puters, city engineer department '-May 14; civil engineers, city engineer's de partment May IT; instrument men, city engineer's department May 17: master and pilots for flreboat May It; first and second engineers, flreboatMay-H; chalnmen. city engineers department May 25; draughtsmen, city engineer's department May XI; building Inspector, May Si.-- ; - - SIX ENGINES BURNED IN UMATILLA ROUND HOUSE (SpeHal tnipatcb te The Joaraal.) Pendleton, Or., April IS. The O. R. N. roundhous at Umatilla Junction and lz locomotive were destroyed by lire, supposed to have originated In an oil burning ngtn at 10 o'clock last night. Th loss will be 1100,000. Th build ing hod a very dry floor, which waa saturated with oil from engines, and burned very quickly. Local aid saved th other buildings. - The fir was very rapid, being over In It minutes. - Th engines burned ar Nos. 192 and 127, oil burnsrs of th Portland di vision; Nor-1 of -the - La Orands di vision, and Nos. 11, 1(4 and 45. - En gin No. 140 of th Portland division was run out of th burning roundhouse' by a . hostler. The Umatilla, round hous was on of the largest on - tha w VI8IT WOODMERE 0 Fortlaad's most beaatifnl suborn. ' 85 mlnut from city est . X Soon E X-ot Selling BUpldly. 0 ; ' LOTS r---;:fv- $i50i 'r D $3.00 oomr . I:B I ' btxbt .eosTTxirxsiTCs rr tt t . tt-'v n rr l lit fake let. ttoott Car, First Geo. W. Sot vaiutS r--. r tr :zs t r tries to sneak. irrro t: UNITED STATES CINATC. WHOLE-GAME EXPOSE" HltiMongrebCrew;.ot Politick - Freebooters, and Their At tempt tb Use Statement No. 1 to Boost ThemseTves and Their Notorious Leader Into Power. Jonathan Bourne Jrv has the incon- . celvabl nerve to aaauma thai ha mc tool all the people all th tlm. ' True, nobody ever before did It, but Jonathan -thinks h can. ,lle- has -aucoeeafully played th role of bold buccaneer on the high seas of Oregon politics for so long that h thinka he need do no more than nail the black Bourn flag to th tnaat call for volunteers, sail into-Republtcea water and th sntlre Republican party FUl.J!llmtboard. ButU hasn't.,. lt. won't It never wllL Th merry, merry . crew of tha pirat ship la not mad up Of or for Republicans. Never, with Jon athan Bourn a captain; W. XL Burke, renegade Republican, as first mats: W. S. U'Rsn, Populist second mat; W. p. Keady, lobbylat and corporation hire ling, third mate; Jim, Kyle, professional roustabout quartermaster, . and Billy . Battenbanka. nondescript as oabhv boy. .. Captain Fallataff bad no mor motley army than Captain Jonathan Bourn haa ': enltated aa- hi craw tn th good ship t statement No. 1 or bust . tor his . free-1 . booting crew. It 1 difficult for any sans man wni know the history of Oregon politic for the last 1 years to believe that Jonathan Bourn 1 In aarnaat In hi sensational quest for United State senator. But ba la. Undoubtedly he Is. He 1 spending great sums of money t thst nd, distributing- everywhere hla BOURuE'S flash literature, substdlxtng country 1 -1 newspapers buying up pollUoal soiJUsrar offartun . and organising throughout ( th state an affsotiv maohln to carry. th day on April 10. But that 1 the only thing he Is In. arnt about. H le after toe-eenaterehlp and h 1 going... to buy It or steal It, or oonnsoat it. - or grab and run with It any way to get it. His .whole campaign for statament ; No. "1 is an insincere and - dlahonest fraud. Bourn started out to ducate t tha: whole people of the state In tha tin-. told beautle and undying- merits of statement " No 1. Then he . proclaimed himself th blushing champion of state ment No. 1 and modestly declared that any bouquets that were to be thrown on 1 ' It account should be heaved his way. Tha championship and guardianship of statement - Now I - was - apparently - an eaey road to th United Stat sen' . . at. All ther was to do was. to -. elect a statement No. 1 legislature, get ' th popular vot for senator, and ther waa nothing to It - Ther wouldn't ' hav been If Bourn had stopped there, but h didn't. He proceeded to "Job" th whole stat. - He put up a ticket 1n -, Multnomah county, chosen from a se- ' leet few of- his -cholc hsnchmsn. what; hsd signed ststement No. 1 at hi In- ; stance Ha cast aside absolutely all hla former pretense of falmee and - litgh-mlndedness by excluding from the shining light of his favor a large num ber of. other candidates who had signed statement No. 1 and declared publicly that hi statement No. 1 claqueurs only I were almon-pure, al other bogus. . honsstly adhering to an honest prln- ulple, was ever committed la Oregon. Bourne' action simply means that no candidate has any right to be for state ment No. 1 unless he Is for Bourne Bourn first, last and all-th time. It meana that the men who are on the . Bourne slate hav been procured te da th bidding and serve th ends or Jone- than Bourn at Salem, whatever they are, and whether a legislature Is to be organised or held up. Ther la not a slngl man on the Bourn slat who la not branded with th Bourn dye, and who will not do for Bourn whatever reckless dsed their audacious leader re quire of them. Briefly, what Bourne has done la- aa follows: -.-i- ' He champlohed statement No. 1. H sought to educate th state up to statement No. 1. Ha Importuned every legislative ctoat dldate to sign statement No--l. ' ' ' He announced himself as a candidate for United Statea senator under , the' -broad terms of statement No. 1. - H pledged himself to go tap or go)'.' down-bytatmeot No. L-r - , - . r He committed hlmaelf to. th suff-sj rages of th people under etatemensi No. 1. . - He elected to abld absoluUly by their cholo whether for or against' him AND THEN H played dirty politics by violating ; every pledge h mad to th people by making a personal slat of hla own ami ! seeking to defeat candldaUa who 1st good faith and' with- honest latent tiad signed statement No. 1, and had Bought to go to th legislature to carry out expressly to carry out the will of the people aa to United Statea senator. . Defeat th Bourn state in oraer te defeat Bourn and rotten politic.' Choooe your legislative ticket from, among th Independent Republican oan-. dldatea, so that a United States senator may be fairly and honestly lotd at Ralem and th wui ei tn people mar not be corrupted, debauched or per verted by Bourn and Bourn methods. eystem. Large quantities ex supplies , were stored In it Machine shop. In which a number of men were Imployed. wr attached to it - a railway. '.1. Sold a EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS Sent Walt. .. But stow. ' . ' T '' -Ff - . . - , : I I' n "4 TTTs f '""5 J m HOMES (Q) ullttOBuit u rmrohass. . T7T 1