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Whert Fire Destroyed
RISKS HIS LIFE TO
SAVE HORSES
Fireman Jack Baldwin Doe?
terete1 "Work at Mm
- Conflagration.
JFLAMES EAT INTO LUMBER
YARD AND CAUSE. DAMAGE
Hundred-of People Ride to Sce$e
- of Fife in Streetcar to WitneuDe
struction of Apex Mill. and Other
Building.
in- the fire at-Nineteenth and Wlleon
streets last night that destroyed the
Apex mill and damaged ether buildings
In the vlclnltr. causing a oaa estimated
at 130,000, (oar horaea wert Imprisoned
In a burning barn and left to their fate.
At the rlak of hla own Ufa Jack Bald
win, a fireman, entered the barn - and
reacued the tortured animal. - -.The
fire originated In a bam In the
rear of the Apex mill.- It la aupoeed to
--fhave been ..caused, by . the friction of a
belt on the feed mill In the barn. It
had gained fairly good headway when
discovered by John Kllgore, night watch
man at the mille. at 10:40 o'clock. Ha
tried to extinguish. It with a patent fir
extinguisher, but aoon realising that hla
efforts were futile turned In an alarm.
West slde englne responded at once,
but bpfore their arrival the flame had
enveloped the mill and a ventilating and
drying apparatus plant to . the west,
leaping acrosa the narrow street the
flames fed quickly upon the large lum
ber piles of the Honeymsn Hardware
company and aoon covered the rear por
tion of the plant. n .
The sky was luridly Illuminated .by
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T r THElOEENING of HISlNEW " J
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j -. ': : . Saturday, June 9, 1906 : j
U ' HATS ' f , FURNISHING GOODS ' ; I
S -Mta rtunu
Thirty Thousand Dollars Worth of
the flames and crowds from the city
were a tract ed. ' Engines were rambling
through the streets toward tha fire aa
the performance of the Royal Hawaiian
band ended at the Helllg theatre, from
which place tha flames were distinctly
visible. Hundred followed . the englnee
In the direction of the brilliant glow and
street cars ' were crowded, ..... .-.!. r.
- A cordon of police in command of Ser
geant -Jones stretched -ropes about the
te browoTalfeVCTwa fiwa luteifw-
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flames rapidly ate tnetr-war throngh-the
huge lumber pllee in the rear or the
Oregon Planing Mills plant and ' for a
time the Fhoensr tllTworkg-were -threat
ened. 1
parka: Cans Aaxlety.
' Roof of residences and other build
ings in the vicinity were ignited by
sparks, but firemen succeeded in con
fining the flames to the block- bounded
by Twentieth, Roosevelt, Nineteenth and
Wilson. Only a small portion of the
block, waa destroyed. -
Mrenten encountered difficulty Jn
fighting the flames be cause of the loca
tion. Wilson street le being opened and
extends for only half block. It was
crowded with wagons and freight' cars
on a siding which .run 1 through' the
street; X fretgul engine from the tee
mtnal yards penetrated the burning area
and succeeded In removing a car loaded
with lumber. Another car was totally
destroyed. A number of wagons in. the
street were also destroyed. -Beeoue
Imprisoned Koreas.
"v It was when the flames . Dad reached
their-height that- Baldwin rescued the
Imprisoned horses. The barn tn which
they were confined" wa Immediately in
the rear . of the plant of the planing
mill and was enveloped in flames. The
horses were powerless to escape because
each waa hitched In Its atall with a
haltar.
Uttering weird and unearthly screams
they attracted the attention of thou
sand of person who were watching the
flames, - but -. aid seemed Impossible
Baldwin Anally went boldly Into - the
barn and with a penknife eat the halter
ropes. The hair , and manes had been
burned from-the animals and', they
writhed In patn. Three rushed from
the building a soon as the were re
leased. - The fourth horse seemed daaed
by the light It ran recklessly about
the barn still uttering cries of alarm I
TIK2 OliEGON DAILY jbURNAt. POBTLTAND, FRIDAY
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Property Last Night
and pain. Baldwin" Anally succeeded la
throwing a sack over its head and lead
ing it from the building. K . ,
, - ' . Second AJanev Bounded.
On hla arrival at the fire Chief Camp
bell toned 1n a second alarm. .Every
engine on the west side and two ' from
the east side- responded. The Are boat
George H. William rendered efficient aid
in checking the Are. it worked -from
M0"t'tT!?
three streams of water upon, the flame.
.Nortbe ra. J?8l Aapflener-trai rv
which . leaves union station at 11:46
p. m., waa delayed until I -o'clock by
lines 6f hose, which stretched across
the tracks near the scene of th By;
-'-' lOM.ti Heavy. , -
Estimated of the loss resulting from
the Are vary. The heaviest loser is the
Enterprise Grain at Mill company, which
controlled both the Apex mill and the
drying and heating apparatus plant
The Honeyman - Hardware company,
which owna the planing mill and the
piles of lumber In the rear, also lost
heavily. The combined loss of the two
companies la estimated at 130,000, which
Is said to be fully covered by insurance.
A spectacular feature of the fire was
the effort of a policeman -to remove
portion of the-lumber fioui one of t he
large pllee in the rear of the planing
mill. The patrolman mounted the pile
and worked heroically throwing aalde
the boarde in order that the firemen
might more eaally reach the name with
a stream of Water. HI work wa wit-
nesaed by thousands of people. - Finally
he completed his effort and the firemen
who waited below shouted
"Give her h 1L"
Another ' feature" was the drenching
of Jire-Chlef KUmore .Tyson of JUouls-
vllle. Kentucky.1 , Chief Tyson is visit
Ing lln Portland and, with Chief Camp
bell, went to the first last night. - He
wore civilian clothing, which were al
most ruined. : He accidentally, paseed
in front of a stream or water.
." Odd Tallowe Sleot Officers.
(Bnettal MsMtca to Tbe Journal. I
The Dalles, Or., June I.- Columbia
Lodge, No. t, I. O. O. P.. elected the fol
lowing officer for the terra beginning
July 1 and ending December V. ' B. 8.
Smith, noble grand; W. E. Gllh'ousen.
vice-grand: O. D. Doane, secretary; Ed
Kunts. treasurer. ...
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RAILROADrSYSIKl
IS SIOLEII
Portland '-Councilman ; Commit
Great Theft and Escape Ar
rest and Prosecution.
CARS, BRIDGES, TRACKS C
: AND DEPOTS ARE TAKEN
Gigantic Steal Accomplished Under
. Eyes of 'Company's Officials, Who
Make No "Move to Sv Their
1 Property. ' ' ' ""'r
TU Just take the engine aa a souve
nir.". .
"Give me one of those ear.1
. The drawbridge for mine."
AnA the membera of the"augurCfty
council of Portland grabbed whatever
they could reach, of a. complete railway
system, tucked, the cars, track etc. un
der their arms and left.
This was the wlndup of the banquet
given by J. Whyte Evans, president of
the . United Railways - company at the
Oregon grill last Tuesday evening to
the city offlcals. Mr. Evans the week
before had received a franchise for an
electrlo railway on Front street, but
by the time j the offlcals were through
with the railroad be had provided for
their amusement there wasn t much re
maining. , .. . - - :
One of 'the oddest features of the
banquet wa g miniature railway, whose
track was laid' along the edge of the
long . table. -There were stations.
bridges, switches and every detail of a
real live road.
The motive power of the engine was
a strong hidden . spring. The engine
drew line cars, including m-baggage
car. The coaches would be loaded with
cigars at the station marked - "HIUs-
boro" and sent down the line to, "Port
land." Then they would be loaded with
cigarettes and returned. Everybody at
the table enjoyed the fun. i The dig
nified councilman threw the swltoh and
shunted the train back and, forth with
great pleasure. It waa voted one of
the niftiest railways in - existence, and
hint were thrown out . that "annual
Dasses would be acceptable.
- Just a the gueat were leaving the
table somebody began the raid on the
railway system. It made the much
tout od raids of Hill, Harrlman and the
other- big ones upon ordinary railways
look like a circus ground after the chow
has left"-"'" :-r-f
"Never mind, I ve got a ear," shouted
John P. Sharkey' as he mads off with
his loot. City Auditor Devlin grabbed
another coach and a genial person who
had been Introduced as the "puke of
Mancheater" seised-another. Somebody
elee got the drawbridge, others took
the pretty little painted denote and
then the raid on the track Itself began.
When it wa au over end the table
cleared of the system, Mr. J. Whyte
Evens found that he had remaining
nothing but the franchise along the
tablecloth.
NEGRO PREACHERS NOT
CHURCH OF GOD MEMBERS
The Journal ha received the follow
ing communication relative to the ar
rest of two negro street preachers for
using profane end abusive language on
the publie streets:
"To the Editor I notice an article
tn - The Journal yesterday evening 1 of
the arreat of two negro preachers for
using profane and - abusive language
while preaching on the atreete. --They
alao stated they were ordained minis
ters of the Church of. God. I take this
EVENING. JUNE 8. 'ISCJ.
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VACATION ATTIRE
that these people are In no way con
nected with the Church of God on Haw
thorne avenue of this city.--We have
met one. of these men and found him to
-ee-rveryr-badly deceived and fsr from
the teaching of the Bible and the real
Church .of God, although they assume
that title. - ;
"Tou will find the real Church of God
are quiet, law-abiding eittsena. I am
aure the panic-stricken! people of Ben
Francisco have our earneet prayer and
heartfelt eympathy and not our chiding
and abuee. Very respectfully, ' - ,
"ELDER O. T. NKAL, 7
"Pastor of the Church of God, 419 Haw
- thorne Avenuei Portland. Oregon.
POLICE PREPARE FOR
ANNUAL INSPECTION
. Captains, sergeant and patrolmen ef
the-police department are busy brushing
up their summer uniforms and polish
ing thslr brass buttons preparatory to
the annual Inspection to be held Satur
day morning,. June f, at 11 o'clock in
the Armory. Mayor Lane and the com
mittee on police of the executive board
will be In attendance, and the Inspection
WUt ' be under their - supervision. The
mounted police and.' their horses will
also be inspected. Commencing with
the inspection the eummar uniform will
be worn by all members of the depart
ment until fall. ' '
On and after June 11 a vacation of
one week" wiirgTntedrte)--all -mem- I
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bers - of the polio department. . All
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of this privilege will have to file ap
pllcatlone and It .will be.ao arranged
thaijot njere .. Ttnan, , threaLJatrbimen
from each relief are to leave the city
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MASONS WILL CONDUCT
BELLINGER FUNERAL
- The funeral of Oscar M. .'Bellinger, as
sistant, engineer of the O. R. N., who
died at hie borne in Woodstock Wednes
day evening, will be held tomorrow
AfUrnAon At 2:10 o'clock at the crema
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lodge, NO." 4. A. jr. at A. M., oi wmcn
lodge deceased had been a member for
many yeans. Mr. Bellinger was 4 years
of age ana was' the oldest son . of the
late Judge Bellinger. He leave a wife
and several children, two of whom are
now living In southern Oregon. -
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CHINATOWN'S ELITE "
'GRIEVED AT REPORT
1fhere'lsgrlef lriTlhe honie or China-
town's elite, due to a combination ef
circumstance which resulted In the
printing of a newspaper article which,
declared that at 14: t Second atreet.
during a recent fire, Chinese slave wo- '
men were rescued with difficulty by
firemen. - - - -
- On "the evening of May Si fir broke
out next door, and the firemen on climb
ing out onto the roof saw barred win
dows in the building adjoining. The
bars. It seems, were pieced on the wln
dawa.lo. prevent thieves entering, not to
keep any one In. But the firemen ap- .
parent ly did not know this and thus
the story t was started.
In the house'ln question live some of
the beet known Chinese in Portland,
with their families. Beld Back leases
part of the building, and -Wong Kim.
who conducts a saloon in - It. 1 Beld
Back's partner in the lease, and Uvea
upstairs with his family. Likewise LI .,
Ml Gun. manager of the Kwong Leon
Tal company, with his family; Mol Ham.
with his wife and four-children; Jew
Tung of Wing, Man, Lung Sc Cos, with,
his family;. Wong Lung and Mrs. Wong
and the' little Wongs, and Li Foo and
his progeny live upstairs. And they are
all good Chinee e.
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