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1 L GOOD eYEIUIIG THE WEATHER.; ',' Fair and cooler-tonight; Sunday -" fair and warmers northwest winds. . Vol.; v. no. Ap. ;:.-.: -; .- - ,' - 1- Captain O. J). Henderson, Who With Sheriff Shaver; Was Shot last Nightf Died' d i Early This . Morning. - - OFFICERS MEET THE FUGITIVE UNEXPECTEDLY Sheriff Has a Chance V oXIock Today Word : ": W Oerva!, April Jt?-(BuVUUn. "At 1 o'clock!' this afternoon word was re ceived from St Louie that Smith waa - seen passing the residence of Mra., H. B. - Bennett two in Ilea west of Gervale , aj. T o'clock ibis morning.' ' Ho wit ran ning and almoat exheueted. Tba paaaea at thla and bther polnta atarted In pur- autt at one. -.'-y--. By. Bpencer B. Beet '. (Trota a Joanal 'Staff CorrsapoBdeat) ' " Gervals, Or, April 21. A posse ot . ' armed man la scouring the country In : search of Frank Smith, tba murderer , who -eluded purault laat night a ;, mile 'south of Woodburn. by shooting and fatally wounding Captain O. D. Herider- on of Woodburn, who has alnce died. ' and sertouaiVshooting Sheriff Shaver of ' Clackamas . oounty. The shooting 00 curred on the railroad track aouth of Woodburn." Smith escaped by Jumping dawn a ateep embankment and running across the country In a weateny direc tion. Darkness assisted the fugitive and the pursuing' poaaea lost track of blnv Thla mornlne. however, tna aoent waa renewed by Chief of Polios Burns, ot Oregon City. Detective Snow of Portland, easaet an aumaaaiak Af 9xa 3 They traced the murderer for the dis tance of a mile In tba direction or uer vala. Ha la believed to have alapt a few hours early thla morning In a bam on the Brown farm, near wooaourn. The place waa thoroughly searched today and traces of the fugitive found, and a posse Is now patrolling the rail road tracks between Woodburn and Ger- vale and searching every residence, barn and building In the vicinity. The ohaae is likely to continue through the night kootlnr Thla Nomina;. At 11: o'clock this morning a posse or four wslking along the track toward - Oervala encountered Smith 100 yards aouth Of Woodburn. Sheriff Shaver of Clackamas and Captain Henderson of Woodburn were on the track. Sheriff . Culver and a military man were on the road along the aide of the track. They were within 10 feet of Smith before they recognised blm. - Throw up your hands," said Hender son. Instead of complying. Smith . Inv ' mediately opened fire with a 4-ca)ibre ' revolver and - Henderson fell - with a bullet wound In the groin. He died at :30 o'clock this morning. Shaver then fired at Smith and evidently missed, for . the fugitive returned . the lira and Shaver fell -wounded acroia the body of Henderson. - - - The deaperado then leaped down the embankment. Aa he did so Culver and the- military man fired simultaneously and one ball la believed to have found , Its mark for the deaperado uttered r a cry ot pain and then threw up hie ; hands. However, he continued his flight While tracking him this morn ing the posae found a place where he reeled on the ground. Ha had vomltrd freely, which confirms the belief that he la wounded, though no blood waa . found. .. . -'..; " CoaatrraMo Tadat Anae. The country under patrol .la lit. the ahape of a triangle eovertng the terrl- ' tory between Woodburn. Oervala and St. Louis, an area of about 13 miles. A cord In of officers and armed cltlsens Is ' patrolling 4he district In case the fugi tive la In hiding In the guarded district. His capture la Inevitable. No one la certain, however, whether he paaed before the dead line waa established. - -. REWARD DEAD OR ALIVE. YfceaaMd BeUare Offered fee . Captare ef Bmltk After . latest Murder. - rtlMetai ItitHi te' vee Journal.) r Saltm. Or.i April !. Poaaea are try ' Ing to run to earth Frank Smith, the ' outlaw and murderer of Policeman Han , Ion of Oregon City and Captain O. D. Henderson of Woodburn, while the life of hie third victim. Sheriff Shaver, of Oregon City, hears by a alender thread. . A rewa'rd ef 11.000 haa been offered for Smith's capture, "dead or alive." Captain Henderson and Sheriff Shaver ' were ebot early thla morning while at tempting to effect Smith's capture. The pitched battle which resulted In the wounding of the two officers occurred ; in the outskirts ef Woodburn. where Smith wes surrounded. In the brush at - an early hour yeeterday" afternoon. "At 1 o'clock thla morning he attempted to rush to safety, aprtnglng from the brush , and taking the officer unawares. He fired the firat ahot-at a distance of six feet; bringing down; Captain Henderson. Firing aa he ran he wounded . Sheriff ' Shaver and made his eacape. The two wounded men were brought to this city on a freight train and Im mediately -removed to the hospitals, .'Shaver being taken . to the Salem hos HOW PAINFUL A" WEEKLY DEFICIT IS TO , NEAR WOODBURN of Recovery At One Comes That Smith pital and Henderson to the Samaritan. Captain . Henderson uJled during an Op eration. .. Sheriff Shaver paaaed through the neceasary operation, .but la, . an nounced "by phyplclana to be in a very critical condition. , " , - ;- . Aa soon a the latest deed of the des perado became known four posses were Immediately Organised at woodburn, and. are now' acourlng the eountry for trace of Smith. The men In the. posses are determined, and ' It is probable -that Smith whi be shot on eight without an attempt being made to take hint alive. Rewards to the amount of 11.000 have been offered for 'the capture or Smith "deajl or alive." County Judge Scott has offered a reward of IT40 and Sheriff Culver littf additional. G-.icers through outthe district have dropped alUetber 'dutiea to pursue the outlaw. . , A long' 'distance telephone message from Aurora at 1 o'clock thla afternoon stated that It waa thought Smith waa doubling on his tracks and that shots had .bean heard south of the city, lead ing 'to the belief ' that the posse hsd come liycontact with the desperado and that eefattle was in progress. Mr a. J. R. Shaver and children, left Oregon City this morning on a special to reach the bedside 'of their husband and father. .. . Captain James Shaver, brother feifithe wounded Clackamas county sheriff, left for Salem aa soon as he heard ot the shooting. . He sent a telephone mensage to Captain Del Shaver, another brotht-r. this morning, spying that the wounded man Is resting easy and stands a fight ing chance for hie life. , - t Captain O. D. Henderson was born In Scotland and waa a member of tho Presbyterian church. He waa a member of the Second Oregon when that regi ment was - In the Philippines, holding the position of quartermaster's ser geant He was captain of a company of the Oregon National Guard. He leavea a widow, but no children. He waa a harneaamaker in Woodburn. ' TOWN TURNS OUT. Fire Alarm Calls Fosse From Oregon City, Beaded by Chief. IKperlal Dispatch to The Jovraij r Oregon City, April :. herfTf John R. Shaver waa Ivstoompletlng his sec ond term of office 'end waa a native of Oregon. Mr. Shaver wga about S3 yesrs of age and waa bom In Portland. His father waa a pioneer -and a prominent steamboat mail. Mr. Shaver haa been a resident .of Clackamaa county for a number of. years, residing en a farm at alolalla up to the time of hla election to he offlce' of aberlff. ' He leavee a widow and Ave children.. Sheriff Shaver left Oregon City yes terday In search of the murderer. Immediately ou receipt of the newa of the shooting in this city the fire alarm avae sounded and a large posse organised to go to Woodburn and as sist In the capture ot the desperado The posse was led by Chief of Police Burns, and consisted of the following metrrV'O. V. Clark, Oene Woodward, C. N.- Plowman, K. L. Mc Far lan, 7 Ja-k Dauthlt, A. C. . CoxD. K- Frost, KJ Surface, Oene Gouty, Wilfred White, Jack Clement C E. Rash, F. B. Fchoen born. Emery C Dye, Dutch Brown, C. I Bock, D. C. Boylea, O. F. Jonea, Sam Knowlea. J. ' K. -Morris, W.' It Iogus, Roy 'W:opdwird F. F. Hasklna, H. W. Trembath.. O. F. Wllllnma, Dr. Mount, U. J. Miller, Chase E. Burns, Walter Venter, C R. KeUey and O. B. Dlmlck. - The baiia .left, on the aneetal 'train that waa eent from Portland to convey the wounded meet to the Salem hospital, the train leaving here abqut lam. SMITH IS SURROUNDED. Felloe tafemed That Captors ef Oregon . Cltr gmspect Is Certain. , . Chief of Polloe Orltsmacher received word by telephone from Chief Burns of Oregon City thla morning that Frank Smith, la aurrounded In the woods by a poaae one and one half - miles from Woodburn. - His capture or death Is be lieved to be certain. U K, Palmer, a farmer living near Salmon, telephoned thia morning from Marmot, a aim tlon on the O, W. P, line, that man resembling Smith paaaed his place at :40 o'clock thla morning and acted In a auspicious manner. He drove to Marmot, five miles distant to send In his report. Xhe police. In view of the poeltlve word received from Chief Burns, think the man aeon by Palmer waa not. Smith, aa.be could not have poveredv,! the . long distance - between Woodburn and Salmon Iq a night, even though he were familiar with the read and bad a horse. , PORTLAND," OREGON, ' SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL' -J-,-: - f t m Captain O. D. HendeTgon, of Woodburn," Oregon, Killed 'Yesterday; by ' V Frantc Smith. Photograph by-Jejuen ft Hall, "Woodburn. ' ; - y i " . Sheriff john R. Shaver of Clackamas - County, One of j Murderer Smith's ' Victims. ; '' .' " I ' ARMED MEN RIDE f TO COAL FIELDS Troop of - Constabulary Leaves : Reading With Winchesters' ' ? " and Horses. ' Reading, Pa., April . (Bulletin.) Troop C of the atate constabulary left here,, mounted, today for the coal fields, each armed with a repeating rifle, a re voiver and a "blackjark. ., -: , ' . Wilkeabarre Pa., April tt.--The out look In the anthracite region haa begun to'aasume a eerloua aspect. President John - Mitchell bf the miners, after re ceiving a formal reply from the opera tore'today declining the. proposition he had snbmitted to settle the anthracite differences, issued a statement-saying that, he could not forecast the outcome until sr convention was held. " , Preatdt'nt Mltrhnl) stated further that he waa personally 1 disappointed as lie had-hoped for' an amicable adjustment and that he thought It likely the miners would also be disappointed because they had not been given more consideration. CHILD DRINKS ACID I--; ! . . AND DEATH FOLLOWS V. . t. -1 ' ii ii i .. -:. ...-(' " lDrlat Hplch te'Tbe'jneraaLI " Eugene. -Or., April Ji. Jennie, the 1-year-old daughter of I. t. Carver and wife, of this c.l tv died here yesterday from the effects, of. ewallowlng a quan tity of carbolic acid two days before.' The girl found the brittle of poison while - playing ' about the house and drank the- contents. A physician was summoned Immediately and emetics ap plied but the child's life could net- be t li. -i i i eeved r. .. : i , 'J - Jfl v;, .... - , i--; -i'- ;v li n 'tflin nt'm . faarjii SEVEN YEARS OLD; COHES ALONE Willard Nelson, Youngest Unat tended Refugee, Arrives Safe and Sound in Portland. ' FATHER SENT HIM TO - GRANDMA IN SEATTLE Passengers on Train Took Iriterest in - Lad, Traveling Men Adopting Him . for Time, and He Left for North ..With Pockets Bulging. Little' Willard Nelson, aged 7 years, waa the youngest -refugee to travel from San Francisco , to Portland alone. He arrived in the city- yesterday afternoon, and last night, the center of an admir ing crowd of traveling salesmen, he con tinued his journey to Seattle, where a fond grandmother awalta him. On his coat waa a tag, telling his name, hie destination, the name of hla father and his grandmother- In Seattle, and asking trainmen and relief committees to take good care of htm and see that be made the Journey safely. The boy explained to men on the train from San Francisco that hie mother had died a few daya before the earthquake and that he had no relatives in San Francisco except hie father. After the destruction -of the city, the father saw that the boy could not re main In San Francisco, . and . learning that the railroads were0 carrying people to northern points free of charge, he communicated with the lad's - grand mother in Seattle and determined to let the youngster make the long trip alone. He was placed in care' of the conductor at San Francisco, but before the-train had passed Sacramento hla atory was known to half the people on' the train and he waa the eenter of a crowd of refugees who saw that he wanted Jor nothing. " ' . ' At every etatlon where food ou Id be obtained, passengera got off and. brought a eupply to the boy.' He waa given an upper berth In a tourist car at night By the time he reached Portland he was In need of no assistance from the relief committee, aa persona on the train took it upon themselves to see that he arrived at hla destination all right- When he arrived he waa taken to tba committee end ' bta transportation to Seattle pro cured. - Traveling men on the train took, an Intereat In him, banded him over te ether traveling men who went to Seattle on laat night's train, and he left ova the Northern Pacific, with his pockets bulging .with candy, cakes - and every thing his boy's heart could desire.', Little Willard told his story to-his new friends In a straightforward manner and did not aem a bit bothered about making the long trip without hla fathet He Is a bright little youngster, with llgljt .hair and blue eyee. - .. , II n M i i pi i .jj.lM ' FUee Baakrnpeey FetiUea. . ' rt,l W,l t Tke Jearnahl ! Eugene. Or., April 28.- II. c. Morris, a local denier In paints and wallpaper. has filed a petition Jn bankruptcy. His and ' assets 1,U.2. ITS' PARENTS i CHEER 28, 1806. FOURTEEN PAGES. 1 ' ' . . - I . - U 137 RKL IL, fw'- Fund, for Relief of San Francisco Sufferers Continues to Crow -..Two Thousand Dollars... l; ' Added Today. SHIPMENT OF SUPPLIES TEMPORARILY STOPPED Relief Committee Telegraphs to Gen , era funston Asking Instructions O. R. ft, N. Gives Employment to. Many Y- M. C. A. Baths Enjoyed by Refugees. - r 'l ' ' - Thla morning ' $2,114.40 wajr added t5 the funds m the hands of the finance committee of the local relief,-oommittee. That brings the total up to t20t.01J.0t. The Oregoniaa fund haa not been, turned over to the committee aa yet but Chair man R.' R. Hoge said thla morning that it waa expected to be aa soon as aoroe'detalla were arranged.' - The employment office, established by the O..R. A- Co. for the benefit of the refugees from San Francisco in room . It, Worcester building, will -be open all day -tomorrow to register those wanting work and assign to their va rious stations those who apply. Several hundred men have thus far been caJd for by the O. R. A- N. and work will be given several hundred more. The Armory headquarters of the women's, relief committee will be open all day tomorrow to care Tor the In coming refugees and receive supplies. - Any person having articles to donate la asked to call up any of the following: Mrs.' Louise H. Tarpley, Main 2461. - Mrs. John Shepard. Main ttl. 1 Mra. Zera Snow. Main 2l4. Mrs. Adolphe Wolfe, Main S114. On the east side of the river donatlona may be sent to the. Irvlngton clubhouse, or telephone Mrs. James Laid law. East S04. These sums have been turned in to The Journal to date: Previously reported $1.4.7.21 Mrs Tlllie Grossman, Astoria. 2.00 T. B. Woman's Christian Society of -Wallowa -,.t Cash John Kelly, Alblna.. c u cox :.. Otto Naef. Mil waukle. . O. T. Kelly..,. 1.00 15.00 1.00 8.00 20.00 .10.00 1.26 Total $2,61 1.60 Stta Floaty of Ooode.- That Portland has not run out of goods for the relief of tho sufferers of San Francisco waa evidenced this morn ing when Mrs. L. H. Tarpley sent a man to 00 different houses to gather up dona tlona of all kinds., The wbrk of outfitting the unfortun ates who arrive from the aouth contin ues at the armory and with each Incom ing train tne supplies grow smaller. - At present the Women'e Relief committee need men's clothing and undergarments, men's shoes, umbrellas, women's cloth ing, shoes, under-garmente and baby shoes. In some Instances the goods of fered have been practically worthless and have had to be rejected. Oniy good articles . can be used, . and partic ularly Is this le esse with shoes. The Women'e Relief committee esys that - It Is impossible to acknowledge the receipt of each individual package received at the Armory. The donatlone of money received . from churches, or ganisations and Individuals are listed, In order that an accurate account of moneya received and expended may be kept. All purchases made are on the basis of discounts allowed by all the stores -of the city and the bills are being eudlted aa fast aa paid. Oaat Aa know ledge SoaaUoaa. . Packages) are constantly being re ceived and jthe- receipts signed there fore are the only acknowledgment sent out So many packages arrive from the Interior towns of Oregon that It would take more time than the committee can afford to acknowledge each receipt. General Funston baa been telegraphed to for instructions aa to what la most needed and until a reply le received (Continued on Page Two.) Interesting Features Abound, in The Sunday Journal I The magazine of The Sunday Journal it always filled with features to interest and Instruct a!! f, ctattes. This Sunday the features will be of more interest than ever. It js impossible to tell of all the ' good things, but you will find in The Sunday Journal articles 'that will please you. ' 1 ' The trial of the alleged murderer of ex-Governor Steurnbcrg of Idaho will soon take r'e- Do yo.i Jtnow just what Harry Orchard's confession revealed? If you do not, read The Stingy J: !.. It u'.' i the full story of the grst crime. - " . . , . The colored comfc picture t' " '-en and also another intcreNtir r" ' big lion in the City Park tori, t ' - ' " There are 16 pages in the ' '- . j ..,, c -of the. 16. 44ss44t::;: : : Yesterday PRICE TWO Huge ' Sum AvailablelnSan - Francisco Banks, According to Conservative Estimate of -', Busmess Men of City. V WOMEN TO ESTABLISH EMPLOYMENT BUREAU Score of Young Ladies . of Good Family Who Lost Homes Start Marriage; Bureau and Ask for Hus bands .and Protectors Clearing Ruins at Santa Rosa. ' . ' " i Joaraal Special Serrlee.) ' " " Oakland. Cel.. April 28. Careful esti mates of the resources of San Francisco banks that will be available on the open ing of the-vaults places the figure at $100.000,000.. The actual loss to bank property by earthquake end fire la tlraated.at $2.$SO,000. Everything goea to show that the banks of the ruined elty In an admirable condition. ' Tl)e women- of Oakland and San Fran cisco meet today to " establish an em- loymeht- bureau, which is the. moat needed and will be formed at. once. . Twenty-five young women of good families, whose homee were destroyed, have established a marriage bureau on the waterfront A big sign proclaims: "Wanted Husbanda and Protectors.' At Santa Rosa the bodies of two men were taken from the ruins today. One was i that of., a .traveling, man - named Ward and the other that of Smith Da vidson, a local capitalist". This make total of 64 bodies recovered. The work of clearing the debrla con tinues. Banka are preparing temporary quartere and will soon be open for busi ness. - The Bar association ha agreed not to file any suite af footing land tlUea for a period of six months. At Palo Alto hundreds of men are at work today clearing up the. ruing' at the Stanford University buildings. It will require weeks to complete the work aud ascertain the true extent of the damage. Six lines of. street cars are operating today In 'fcan Francisco. The transpor tation committee meeta thla afternoon and It la believed will grant permission for. the general resumption ot the car Knee. lt la reported that gliouls have, been operating In the vicinity or Merchant and Sansome and the regulars have been ordered to shoot looters on aight .. Fillmore street continues to present a busy aspect Dosena of business firms today are establishing temporary offices there. . Becretsry Chow of the Chinese lega tion In Washington in an Interview to day said that the Chinese are making plana and are determined to rebuild on the old site of Chinatown and that no protest ef the cltisene could stop them, A BURNED TO DEATH. 'Clarke Conaty Woman ateoelves Word That Sister Xet Z.lfs la Disaster. ISpsrial Dlipetrh to The Joaraal.) Vsncouver. Wash., April 2s. Mrs. Rosa. Morgan of Waahougal, who was In this city yesterday, states that -she has received word from San Francisco ot the death of her sister. - Mra. Morgan's sis ter was burned to death in the fire that followed the earthquake. So Tar mm known thla Is the first case of Clarke county people or their relatives losing their Uvea in the San Francisco dis aster. THIRTY CHINESE DROWN IN STEAMER COLLISION - Singapore, April 2$. The British steamer Haversham, carrying $.000 Rus sian soldiers, crashed Into and sunk the local steamer Bentong, drowning Jo Chinese thia morning. Oaetellaae Trial Foetpoaed- Parla, April 28. The Castellans di vorce trial waa postponed today until after election. UP! Journal Circulation f C?:(OH 17; CENTS. ow irr : - . v EFICIAL LIST OF Reports of; General Greely and Coroner's Office Show Total of Six Hundred and Thirty- Three Deaths to Today. " , : RED CROSS ROBBED OF FOfin RY WAfiOM i nAn t Nearly Six Hundred Injured In Hos pitals, Several Score of Whom May ' Not Survive Sanitary Conditions ' Satisfactory but Distribution of Supplies' Is in Bad Shape. fJenraal Special Service.) On. V.M n.1 . 1 ql,. Att-t' record of the dead and Injured aa a re sult of the earthquake and holocaust that followed in San Francisco, aa made publle -today byi General Greely, ahowa that ttt . bod tea ' have been . recovered and (OS injured ere in the hospitals. .Of the latter 160 are In a eerloua condition and many are not expected te survive. : The coroner's death list numbers $3. Four deaths occurred "yesterday aa - a While health conditions in the stricken district remain entirely satisfactory to both civil and military authorities the distribution of supplies is in a far dif ferent state. , - . . . -. Jv.4 . A 1 1 1 . . . vyii 'turn iiwi wi vw tw uiwwi the situation that co'frffonta the au thorities la given in a report from Dr. L. J. ' Bunkla, sanitary inspector for district No. 4. Dr. Bunkln reports that a man named Golensky. in charge of a distributing station at Hamilton square, was laaulng auppllea In a wholesale and wreckless manner; that there were at least 20 (persons giving orders at thla place; that thousands of dollars' worth of suppliee were being wasted, and the situation growing worse every, hour. The Red Oosa society reports having been robbed of many wagon -loads of provisions and other supplies by fraud ulent representations on the pert of outsiders, and that the officiate in charge have adopted preventive meas ures. In aorae cases suppliee - were stolen by the wagon load. The plans for rebuilding a modsl city .1... v,Ar llnM am nnldlv taking form The supervisors are already receiving numerous sppllcatione for building per mits. Temporary one-etory wood or galvanised iron . uitdinga may do erected without permite. ' ' Leading architects) incline to a com plete revision ef the regulations that apply to the construction of buildings, aa a result of the lessons taught by tho disastrous Are. and a general widening of the down town streets Is likely. , Almost all of the principal streets from Fillmore to the ferry have been cleared of debris and donkey engines and gangs of workmen are busy la many quartere. ' Among the buildings that will be Im mediately reount are tne mympic eiuo. on Poat street the Western Union building at Montgomery and Pine, the Walter building at Market and Ecker, St Joseph'a church at Tenth' am How ard. Levi Btranae building. Croeatey and Rlalto bulldlnga, and the Ormonde and Mecca hotels. Thomaa Magee of New Tork haa ap plied for a permit to erect a It-story steel building on "Market street just above the Mutual bank building. . John D. ' Sprockets and bis family left, the city today for San Diego on the steamer Breakwater.- A stesmer will be at once pieced at the disposal of the southern California cities that wish to send suppliee to this city. - . . . OHIO SEEKS TO OUST STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Jearaal Snaelat Sen lee.) ' Steunenvllla. Ohio. Anrll It Tke . . . . .a lt a. . h . proceedings agarrtst the Standard Oil and IT affiliated companies. The rase ifrvmii h, mjw m iwni. i a 1 - -Ish. The capital of the company eggre gates more than $1,000,000,000. DEAD : i