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r , f I . V - V t 4 . 77 J 4' 4 4 Se J GO OD E V E Hill G THE WEATHER. ' Fair tonight, possibly -Thursday -fair,? warmr . Wind. L' VOL. V. NO. 43. THE LEAD With Only Two Counties to Hsar .... From Cajce Has Undoubtedly ... Lost His Chance for the Senatorship. SURPRISE IS FOUND y. r nrrHrcmraTfrrroTE Going' Out of I Muhnomah :- County With Two Thousand . Plurality, Cake Wat . Overwhelmed by a ITlood orTbstiH"JBailots in the 'State; : . ' . y t. 391 VOTES l VAST SUM IS - Jonathan . Bourn Jr. Is th Repub lican nominee for United States sena tor. His plurality over H. M. Cake, his nearest competitor for the nomlna- , tlon, la already 11,' with only two counties. Harney- and Malheur, to hear sCT-from-Both of these wunttes are ' x peoted to. give, pluralities .for. Bourne, and It la expected that when all re turns are In he will lead Cake by at least (SO Votes. . Eastern and southern -Oregon - rolled up a big vote for Sours and wiped out : the -heavy-plurality, which .Multnomah ....save) to Cake. .'The result has come as . -eompaet surprise, for-until this mom Ins Cake was regarded as the certsln --victor. Forth last three days he, has been receiving the congratulations of hla friend.' Bourne, on the other hand, had practically given up the fight, and . when the ;d began to turn In : his favor It was as unexpected to him as to his opponent. ' J " - Belated Beturns Oaas Chaos. Cake's apparent plurality before to- . day's returns- was It:. He -carried Multnomah county' by I.Olt and Ma rlon. Folk. Umatilla, Tillamook. Wah- lngton, Yamhill, Wasco , and Baker .counties save, him pluralities ' over Bourn. ' ; ' ' But- s Mh belated returns began coming in ' thts morning the situation changed. Crook county reported a vote of 142 for Bourne, 01 for Cake. Gilliam - gave- Bourne 1 14i, .. Cake t. Wheeler j - Gave Bourn 1. Cak 77.- In ' Curry . oounty Bourne's vote was 15, Cake's ' It. In Grant Bourne had 1M, Cak (S. -r'Correctlons of earlier reports were also - received from-a number of counties and the returns now at hand, which In al ' moat every eaa are official, give Bourn . a total vote In the state of 12,4(4. cake 1 2.0T. -- :vrr' . Benra Beyond Question. . There can be- no question of Bourne's - victory. . Both .Harney and - Malheur are counted upon to swell hla plurality but even In- thev unlikely event that they should prov to have gone to . Cake. th result would not be .changed, as the vote In these counties Is., small, Clackamas Is the banner county in t.ie Bourn column, having rolled up a plu. - rallty for him- of f 7. Coos, curry, Doualas. Josephine. Jackson. Lane. Mor row -all contributed handsomely to his ' vlotory. Oomplete returns- from Jack son were Bourne tts, Cake 197. a signal chanae from earlier figures. Bourne' victory will dtrect sttentlon afresh to th attitude of legislative can- dldstes a to statement no. I or mo ai. rct primary law. A decided majority of th Republican nominees for the leg. lalatur sr pledged to vote for the peo ple's choice for United States senator: ' Democratic - nominees, almost without ' exception,' hsv given the sam .pledge. There art It holdover senators in th ' legislature who hsve given no pledge whatever, not having been candidates In this 'campaign. . .. . ... . .. ;': t - ' ' ' r WasfctBg-toa's OffioUl Tot. , ' Hllisboro. OrH April 25. Official vot of Wsshlngton county. Republican: w state -representatives M. - 8. Barnes ITI. M. N. Barrett 782. Van B. PeLaah- mutt 221. A. B. Flint 4, 8. A. T. Meek . t. Wilbur K. Newell 457, B.' F. Purdy 470, li. P. Bpencer 170. Count y liHlge J.- W. Oondln-4 tia. W. Marsh 14, D. B. Reasoner ItO. ) ' - County commlealoner W. J. ' Butner 1,052, J. Weston 1. J. J. Krebs 1. Sheriff J. W. Connell 1.110. x County clerk E. J. Oodmsn 1.14S. County recorder 'Willis Ireland 1,0(6. '' ' County treasurer W. M. Jackson 61, F. A. Olds 144. George J. Pslmateer 142, I. K Weltsel 102. -v, - - Couhty surveyor A. A. Morrill . 4(1, X. Schiller (22. t- C. Walker 45. . Coroner E. C Brown ((7, W. O. Donelaon 4(2. j . " , - ' United Bute senator; short , term ' Fred W. Mulkey. S43. ' 'i .' United States . senator, "long term Jonathan Bourn 272, H. M. Cske 425, Stephen A. Lowell 224, E. L. 8mlth 1(3, K. B. Matson 4(. , Governor Harvey K. Brown 10!.' T. T. Oeor 802, C. A. Johns 74, C A. " Behlbrede (0, Jsme Wlthyromb (4(. Representatives In congreas W,. C. Hawley 24s, S. B. Huston ( 5 S, Walter I Toose 261. . z , Secretary of state--Frank WV. Benson "" 4(7, Clsude Oatch 427. I I Prsrcs H, T. T. Wrlghtman It. ' ' . , State traaurer John H. AKkln Iff,. (Continued on Page Four. , ,A, light frost. -westerly rr - 7 r- Twenty ' Millions fort San - Fran Cisco's Relief Is the-Whole A- Country's Contribution Up.tpJT-Oday. P0RTLANDiQELE BI(NQ H EAR D FROM Latest; Lift of Those Who " Patted "Safely Through the Stress and Shock of San 'Francisco's Awful Week and Are Able to Telegraph Their Friends. - ' ' : ' At noon today" subscriptions "-4 4: for th benefit of the 8an Fran- 4 Cisco sufferers by residents of' Portland snd Oregon amourited ' 'to 212.546.t0. The sum of" 4 ((,020-ras7contrtbuted -todayr1 4 ; Those In chars of receiving 4 : andl shtpplns 'tho-various dona- tloni of clothing and supplies re- 4 quest that, they b seut.to the 4 Armory, Tenth and Davis streets. " 4 Other places where donations 4 ""'maybe sent 'sr Thsr Journal. 4 - Oregonlaa - ov Telegram . of floes, - 4 4 'from which they will be sent 1m 4 mediately to th Armory. Thee 4 In charge of . receiving th dona- tiona believe that the work may 4 be facilitated by those who de- -elre to contribute If all supplies 4 will be sent to the Armory or to 4. theJ newspaper offices. . . . 4 Subscriptions of money should be aent 'to Kd Gtltner- at th 4 chamber of commerce. - - He . is 4 secretsry of the finance commit 4 tee which : has charge of all 4 'funds. ... 4 ' Up to date th people of the 4 United States hsvs contributed a (20,000,000 towards the relief of 4 the Ban Francisco sufferers. 4 New York City alone has given 21.500.004. The empreaa of China. 4 ' has just sent 150.000 for th re- Si Uef fund, and hss promised 120, 4 000 more. - - 4 f : " 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Work Is being fdund for practically very destitute person who has come to Portland from San Francisco. .Plenty t - place are open, - Th ' T. M.- C. - A. at Fourth and Alder - streets snd ths relief committee with headquarters In th union depot ar making a specialty of this work. -.. Th Y. M. C A. is giving help to those who need help. Fully to were provided with positions through this agency yes terday. Two-men are- glvlng their en tire time to this work. Following Is a list of positions to be filled: i Two stcsm fitter helpera. 40 paper mill hands, 2 planing mill hands, 2 gath erers of statistics. !1 engineer, i can vassers. 1. expert sent' furnishing, 10 sawmill hands, 1 traveling salesman (expert),--1 - salesman - extracts and sploes. 1 porter, 1 publication solicitor, 2 stenographers, experienced solicitors. 1 expert hatter, 1 apraver, 1 driver. 1 stationary engineer (oil burner). 1 gardener may take wife, I pickle pack ers. . 1 draughtsman, 1 bookkeeper, ' 1 lineman. 1 molders, 1- brass- finisher, 1 machinist. - 2 canvassers, -11 1 steam shovel crane man. t common laborers. 1 carpenter, 1 blacksmith helper. 1 con crete worker, 2- expert, carpenters, 1 carpenter's helper, t boys.' Mors riaoes Blaewhere. ' Mm J. 'P. Wager. 121 North Twenty first istreet, can slv work to four or flv carpenter for several weeks. . On should be a good foreman. W. O. Smith A- Co.. Washington build ing, can give employment to a good copperplate printer. ' -' v ' American Laundry, 'Twelfth and Flan ders, wants four or five girls. 1 Queen City Dy works, , 2(1 Grand avenue, can use a man who understands cleaning and pressing. D. E. Budd. 110 First street, will find employment for laborers who com In on th train snd will furnish free trans portation to railroad points and no fee charged. J. F. Datson, 311 Marguereta avenue phone Bast 5227, can us on all-round painter. Mrs. Morgan, (a Kasr Salmon street. telephone East 2302, wants a . girl for houee work. Ths Portland -Fruit snd Hop Basket compsnx... 641 Alblna avenue, can us two climax DaKi manei a. - - Mr. A. Gevurta, 54( Taylor street. wants a girl for light housework. W. H. Daughtrey. president of th Portlsnd Union stockysrds, wants two men to work on a ranch. He prefer those born on a farm. - Mr. Daughtrey also wants a blacksmith for. a short Jb st good pay.- Apply at the stockyards, corner Seventeenth snd Vsughn streets. News Is constantly -coming In of Port land, people who are asf In Htn Criii rlaro or Irt that vicinity. Following are those reported, today: x. RASED (Continued On Psg Twelve! "PORTLAND, OREGON, . WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL t( Walls of One Burned District, . Poet off ice, HEW CITY Twelve-Story ' Steel Structure Announced for Powell Street and Ten-Story Hotel. SERIOUS FRICTION : . ; BETWEEN OFFICERS Militia and Police Often Clash Southern - Pacific - Railroad - Corn- pany. Has Sent Out ; Nearly 800 Trainloads of Refugees, - (Special Dispatch to T Joaraat) Oakland, Cal., AprH 88 Bef or . th ashes . cooled workmen today. . began building a greater San Francisco on the ruins of fh"old city. Announcement ws made In the f 6rnoon that a capi talist lswyer will erect a 12-story steel structure on Powell street and also re build on the sit of thei burned Hotel Rx a new 10-story steel building. Th Southern Pacific officials state that 789 train roads of 'refugees has been sent out between Wednesday and Sunday night carrying 221.000 persons. This exodus is now over and aftdr Thuraday no more fre transportation will be given without special orders from army headquarters. An effort .is being mad td keep air abl bodied men here. . '-' . W. J.' Barnett of th Western Pacific says plans for making San Francisco the' moat beautiful olty In the world will goon be under way and that all funds needed will b forthcoming when required. . The Intention is to follow th suggestions - embodied In' a report of Architect Daniel Burnham for the beau tlflcatlon of the city. Th announce ment Is made that banks have at -their disposal $100,000,000 when business Is resumed. All bank vaults hav bee a examined and found In good condition but. will ba. unopened' nor two. or three weeks, owing to th Intense heat. Serious friction between the mllltla and police has caused a strong demand for th withdrawal of the state troops end It Is likely they will be recalled to day. Militiamen hsve arrested police men and In some Instances compelled them to work on - th streets. Chief Dlnan sent a sharp warning to th mll ltla to stop -this snd also to ceas lm preaafng cttlxana for work. it -was maimy mrougn in work or Detective Sergeant Thomas Gibson that all records of Bertlllon measurements and photographs of Identification, In ths bureau of ths polic , department wer eavsd, ' i ' -. , WORKMEfJ MAICIHG TEiE REST. 1 N ICS- rU.t II4 s isaaaftlSftf'.-Js.-4 San Jose, Still Smoking.-' km?'. San Jose. , a H Searching for the Dead. Two' Bodies SOT ; ;. -.- . Here. : ; , , . '''. '" QUEER FREAKS OF AS OBSERVED Tower of Stone Postoffics Building Leveled to Roof -Main Part of Hotel Vendome Stands Intact but Annex Is Complete -' WreckNew Hall of Justice Twisted Out of Shapd":"v:r .' " By F. W. Kelley. Th writer waa located at San Jose, California, when at 1:14 a. - nu April It, came th awakanlng by th earth quake, ahock. ' In an earthquake everything .mov able 'moves.. .At this particular time, mor things moved than I car to se or feel mcva again. There was a crashing of glass, tumbling ' of . walla, laying wast on all sides.. "Arising aa quick) as polbl. I wenl about to se what had happened. The creek that ran near ths house where I stopped was all stirred to a muddy slop, having1 been washed from bank to bankr Finding thst th building In which we lodged was still Intact, and In no dan ger of falling unless ' another shock should come, I went out to see how the other parts of the little -1ty had fared. " I flrat saw a lions of frame- con struction thst had ! been ; completely wrecked and "Isld fist on the - ground, and upon Inquiry was told that seven people wer . In th wreck. Which had caught fir. There was no help for them and no water to put out th fir, and th department was engaged with a SAY THE. PEOPLE; AND THATJS REG '"'" " 25, 1906 FOURTEEN ; PAGES. J 5 NOW i I v I i tosW-vvi && &sMM&.-Xw& jhiv AtWswWr, High SchocH San Joe. .. - W.-e. - I - z- -j: Hll of. Justice. San Jose. 7A New J. : J K Were Found 'in Wreckage Shown EARTHQUAKE SHOCK IfrSAH JOSE much larger blase nearer the heart of the city. . , Soon there earn along a man In an sutomobll who was asked to go and get some hoa which n did. .Further down town I found wreck sad ruin on all sides. ' My attention was called especially to the poatofflce build ing, because It had been constructed of stone. The tower had been leveled to th roof, of th building. ; t' - Th Wrecked Spiral Stairs. . The pole-like object extending to th left of th-owr in th plctum shown Is what remains of th spiral stair which led up lo the clock In th tower. To the rear o the building .can be seen the Catholic cathedraly-which was part ly damaged. ' About ,a block and a halt away a large crowd' had. gathered. ' many of them digging In, th ruin a of col lapsed building. I was told that there were people burled beneath the ruins. By this ttme the National Guard had been celled to do duty, as poltre. Al lowing only jcerlaln ones Ctogo to th rescue of th entombed , victims, they (Continued on 'Pag Four.) g ' - Yesterday Was PRICE TWO TAIPEI NOMI MA .: Building; Not . Yet Completed. mOHEY FOR JETTY AVAILABLE !. Appropriation of Congress Can Be Used at Once for . ' ' "1- .: Work at Bar. - BIDS FOR MATERIAL TO BE CALLED FOR AT ONCE With Arrival of Rock Jetty Can Be . Rapidly Lengthened . as - Every thing " Is Prepared for Commence ment of Contract. -rr rr" -Colonel-B. -. W. Roesshnr-received ad vices from Qenwrat Mackenile, chief of th United States engineers, thla morn Ins that th (400.000 appropriated by congreas for the extension of th jetty -at the mouth of the Columbia-river la available and work on the improvement will be started Immediately. Proposals for the necessary material will be asked at one and they will b opened May 4. But In the meantime it Is the Intention to request -the contractors .who war formerly supplying rock for the jetty tu continue aom so at th sam Drlc they charged last ' year. -The specifications now being drawn up will call for 200,000 tone of rock. Other- material needed will be Iron, steel, lumber and piling. Ther Is said to be nq doubt that the can be . cured without the work being subjected to anyj great ooiay. During the past few months n big fnroe of men hss been In the employ of the"overnment mak ing repairs to th wharves, rolling Stock snd plant In general at th mouth of the river. Consequently It Is claimed that everything Is In good shape for beginning , operation on an ' extensive scale. . - , 7 . It Is believed that the 'money now available will be sufficient to last dur ing the -entire eaon.,.n effort will be made to get th beat resulta at as lfttle-expense aa possible. In. thla man ner, It Is claimed, an excellent showing can be made before th storms In th fall make It neceesary- to atop work. With th jetty pushed out in the sea two or three more mllea the best au thorities ar of the opinion, that th Columbia river ' bar will be greatly deepened. It la expected that thla r suit will be brought about during th present season snd shlpa of th deep est draft will hav no difficulty to get Into the river during all sorts of weather by folloa-lng- the tide.-' ' j All of th tugboats which wer In service last sesson transporting .rock to th Jetty are In splendid condition, snd If neoeaaarv can be plaoed In aerv Ice tomorrow. TThe boat hitherto used 1 (Continued on Tags Four.) - - ' ' ""; -4 Journal Circulation SSI CENTS. VtSaSvffvm Amid Ashes of,' Ruined Town -Seven Lines Are Now Carry- -j Iiig Committees and Ma- """Tterial for Buildingr- MILLIONS OF MONEY v - A VATEAB t E4NJCITY Many Big Structures to Be Reboflt and - Work Commences Fnnston Still in Command Militia to Bs Relieved and - Regulars to : Police - Oakland Shooting of Looters. viJoaraal Special Servtea.) t , Oakland. April 25. Th sun Is shin ing brightly today, brlaging cheer to th thousands of homeless' who ar shel tered In tent In th ' various camps surrounding th.. blackened' ruins of what wer one their home. Whit great fears- were. - entertained - of - a . spread of smallpox and other dlaeases, th rigid enforcement of sanitary rules by th relief committee has anticipated sny epidemic and all fear of danger from thst source is now son. Vigi lance will not, however, be relaxed and a force of 200 physicians la engaged In a house to hous inspection correct--log sanitary evils. - Seven streetcar .lines era in "opera tion today and mor will ba started as -fast as trolley wires can be strung.. . i sodlra Burled Deep. While th mortality list Is still placed by th coroner at 1,000 so far only about 100 bodies hav been recovered and buried by-the coroner ' and.-his assist-. .' ants. - Th work of exhumlnr - bodies that hav been given temporary burial In th vacant lots and park continues. No thorough search- has been mad south of Market street or th Chines quarter, where It Is believed hundreds of bodies were cremated or 11 burled ' beneath th debit. ' The school building suffered heavily. Twentv.eigbt - wer destroyed and .45 left standing, many . of . which ar -In poor condition. Schools will remain closed until fall, when ' It Is hoped scholars will be provided for In tem porary buildings. ; President Wheeler of th University of California says that summer school at that Institution will b held as usual. , SCoaay Jtaoaga. a Staad. ' . i ( . The amount of caah available will b aufflclent to carry on all th regular ' routine business. ..Three million dollars has been transferred -from th mint to ' -th Oakland banks and will be available Immediately to depositors to relieve pressing needs. Berkeley bank bare also received large amounts and th shipments of coin serosa th bay con- . tlnue. - . ' ' The vanlta of the datnollahiHl ctv hall far mtact-wlth -nearly- ((,000.000 of the city's 'coin saved. Tbey will, however, not be opened for some day for fear th Inrush of air will start a conflagra tion that will destroy th bonds and valuable papers, - Th report that General Funaton had been succeeded In command by General Greeley Is incorrect, and Funaton Is still In command of the department of' California, while General Greeley is In command of a division. , Creatine- BU of atom. By Thursday all mintla-.wlll be, re lieved from duty, and. by th end of this week be on their way home. A regl ment of regulars from Vancouver bar racks, Washington,, will replace the ml lltla irii Oakland, where the Influx of thousands makes careful policing nec essary. - Shooting Of looter entinuea, several being killed last night. On unknown man was shot and killed thla morning, while ha was dropping from a window In th second story of a building with . ht( loot. At Vallejo and East street man was shot by marines, and another ': wa shot and killed at Fourth and Mar ket streets by guard a. While off the ferry landing last night filled with Injured on their way to the hospital, a hospital launch waa msde the target of a dosen shots, though for tunately none of th shots took effect. . iris reported that 1 looters, caught red handed In acta of vandalism, ar Imprisoned aboard th flagship Chi. cago. They will be courtroartlaled shortly and th most flagrant violator shot. Faastoa Afte Spaatal Folic. Th unwarranted conduct of th spe cial polic came to a head this moriiina,. when General Funston Usued an ord. r keplng them off the streets and threat ened punishment If any violate the or der and are found wandering, about t . restricted district, la many vaaea I -clal policemen have ben arrested t the troops. The special police will ' aucreeded by the eltliens patrol, w. guarda. agalnat fire. Troopa,.ond polic will be ne1 c'lualvelr to preserve order. Itc sent here from Chicago were not r and have returned hom. '1. rnAi i rn no II I J 1 1 1 I I U I1 lit1 ! IHULLU lillltu RUNHI06 (Continued on I'age row ; y ... 4 ( . , j , ; , A':