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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY CO, 1CC7. 23 KILLED, 41 INJURED r u IN WRECK 0Il BIG FOUR WATER RATES r i IIARKirJAf. RAISES f(fh: i Eight Known to ; Have 7 Been fc i Killed Outright, tha Other , . Perishing Jn Flames. INTENSE HEAT DRIVES ,' ' . RESCUERS FROM SCENE Wife of Railroads General Manager Turn Private Car Into Hospital j for Injured. Several of Whom Will lYobably Die.: '. t" imuiwir rw ny sperui uun wire, f i Fowler. Ind.. . Jan. 19. Twenty-three , i In this morning's wrrck of the Big Four ' irallrosd's "Queen City Special'' and a - freight train on tne itn unw mree quarters of a mil east of here. Th '. 'list la officially given out by tha rail ' " i road company. Survivors aay they be- llteve It la correct, though some think I two or. three more bodies may hare beu cremated In the Ore - which de- ," ' 'stroyed th debris of the passengeaXkeej sh ;traln. If so, these will probably, never ., -"tie accounted lor. ; . Of those who mot death, eight are ;' know to have been ,.' killed, outright, - .Hhelr. bodlea . having been aared . before (, " the fire "reached tlnem.- The others.- ; ' fMd, dying and Injured' - were pinned irast In tha wreckage and burned. .i,- That several miaht have been -saved cvruiin" iuw nui imv imuun. ucq i ' driven back by -the intense heat. Their ' " ' aareama of agony and crlea for. aid ' ' V could be heard for many minutes aa the - ' flames drew' nearer -and nearer and finally enveloped them.. Owing to the "" shocking disfigurement" of the bodies, i the work of 'Identification -will be slow and may never be satisfactorily com l' fpleted la every ease, , . v ".- .; . , '.;. L" ' lid of Snow eaA '' , The known dead are: -";' John Shannon, died on relief' train on ' . hrae- to emergency hospital at Kankakee. -Henry C Outcait, Cincinnati, fireman 1 of pasaenger train, hurled 10 feet from . r locomotive and killed. " ' - -JB.-3.- Hlddlnger, Lafayette Indiana, Conductor of .pasaenger train. '. J. I. McGee, Lafayette, Indiana, bag- rageman on passenger train. Henry Minor, Griffith, -Indiana, flre- i man on rreignt train. . ' W.-B. Harris. Indlanapolla, died la ,- wnwgency.jioapitai.st KanKakee. Henry. A. Prince. Long BesffirXatl- tfornla, Instantly killed. , ; ' , Unidentified man. instantly killed.- - The charred , bodies taken from the smoldering wreck -of the paaaenrer train are those of men, women and children. IThey have been laid out In a hurriedly , , Improvised morgue here and every .ef , "fort Is being made. to secure their lden- .. Several Xniored Win Die. '. ' j i The- lnjnrod war harried to Kankakee 1 In a special, train, where tha most ae-. jrioualy hurt are being eared for at the emergency . hospital.: Those able . to i travel, were sent to their homea. . pf tboae two or three will probably die. , The "Queen City special" waa running 60 -miles an hour whan It crashed Into the freight train. The dense fog made It Impossible for the passenger engineer to see tha semaphore light - directing him l stop aa the freight bad tha right ox way. Though tha operator, seeing tha train dash by, frantically waved his lantern and emptied his revolver Into tha air in tha hope of attracting the engineer's attention, the special did net slacken speed. ' Whan the paaaenger and freight trains mat tha two looomotlvea plunged down a steep embankment Into the ditch. The combination baggage and passenger coach at tha front of the -.special crushed like an eggshell by ths Impact of tha Cincinnati - and Independence Pullmans. Tha 'Pullmans and private car kept tha rails put tha passengers were burled belter skelter from . the berths amid tha smashing of wood and rattle of glasa. Though noas waa dan. geroualy hurt, scarcely any escaped In jury. . ; ', Wemaa.'e aterolo Work, ' lira, Schaeft- wife of the general manager, who waa not with the train, was also thrown from her berth In the private ear and severely bruised. Hast ily ' dressing, she .directed the removal of tha wounded from tha wreck, herself assisting to arrange her car for hospi tal purposes. ' After acting as nurse la charge of the ear on Its way to Kanka- Inslsted on returning to ' the scene of the wreck, where, her .fact ghsstly with horror, she urged tha men to the work of rescue at those under -I'll stay until tha last body Is taken cut?, aha n wered.t the railroad men, wno Deggea ner to leave tne spot. - . The, wreckage ..took fire, almost In stantly following tha eraah. It T la un certain just how many were In tha com bination ear, but it Is believed there were 16. and .that only two escaped one man who was dragged from under a seat, .which pinned him faat before the flames reached him, and another who waa pitched through a window in. to tha ditch. - At least one woman and two children are known to have been In tha ear. JOURNAL PHONE IS 7173 All Department Can Now Be Beached Throngh Number. ' f :' Can Main f 17! when you wish to telephone to any department of Tha Journal. A private exchange has been' Installed In Tha Journal office with enough trunk - llneo to . . accommodate tha oonstantly in- creasing demands upon the tele phone service. - - - ------. - Tell the operator whom yon wish to speak to, and she will connect you at once. ' '" , Remember, Main TITS la the ' new number of all departments of Tha. Journal. . . Iowa'a Loss; Gain for Texas. -Cato Bells, wbe aspired to become the Iowa member of tha . Democratic na tional committee,' but waa beaten by Judge Martin J. Wade, has decided ahake . tha diart of, the Hawkeya State from his feet; and will make his future home tn Texaa,- ' 'I1 h ; , h ' ', ii zzxs THI BIO 8 TORE WITH TH LITTLE PRICES '. . . . ' . . ,. .... Sari Francisco Merchants Indig. ' nant Oyer Being Forced to Pay High Steamer Rates. , TO SEEK HELP FROM V 1 COMMERCE COMMISSION Water Rate the Same aa Ball Rate Between Seattle ' and . Portland ' " Under ' - New Schedule Compe tition la Effectually Stifled. I n ( ll IJJ IJ IJ U IJ IJ lf: ha by CLOTHINGCOMPANY r v Comer Morrison and Second Streets Our Great iearjng is now-ON See Our Window Display l -V . and be convinced that these are the greatest values ever offered A'. vasTst v eewe if VW Vkr. MiJl , as a WW tern. Our clearing. 9.25 Suits and Cravenettes. Other stores, ask $15.00 . . for them. Our clearing. ' price. Suits and Cravenettes. Other stores ask' $20.00 for them. Our clearing 1 0 O price. Great Reductions in All Departments Advance Styles of Spring ;f Hats Now - Ready - U ZZZZZZltZSXMXXMWmMMMMMgBi . Hant Newe by Lenceat Uaard Wire.) San Francisco, Jan. !. -The mer chants of Baa Francisco are Indignant because they, will shortly feel a decided sqheese from- the navigation companies' operating along tha eoaat. ' Beginning January 28 the tariff for tha transpor tatloa of all' clauses of freight betweeen Baa Francisco, Portland and Astoria by the. water route'wtll be Increased from 29 to 25 per cent la some eases the raise will only be about I per cent, while in a very few. according to the otate- mita or local managers, no raise at all win be made. , It Is a well-known fact that steamers can carry freight much mora cheaply and usually with much leas delay than railroads. These mrchajita...cauld not figure out the necessity for the raise ana it is hinted that the interstate com tnerce commission's attention may be called to the manner In which two In terstate linos that formerly competed vigorously for business have ceased to afford competition under the Harrlmaa merger,, ,. - Oompetlttom aHmlnstsd. All the steamship companies In the territory Involved have agreed to ad vance, which wHl make the water tariff equal to that of tha rail ratea. "Jhe steamship companies concerned In the new schedule are the Pacific Coast Steamship company, operating between Saa Francisco and Puget sound points, and the Saa Francisco Portland Steamship company, operating between here aad Portland. Tha latter la eon trolled by B. H. Harrlmaa and his associates. Before the mergerTrf the Southern Pa cific and Union Pacific Interests the Ban Francisco-Portland Steamship Una. then portion of the Union Paelfle'a Oregon Railroad er Navigation company ' sys tem,., afforded competltlon between here and Portland, but Harrlman doea not believe In competing with himself, and has now decided to make the ratea water, practically the same aa by rail, eo that all business going ever the Harrlman lines will bring la the same revenue to the coffers of tha Harrlman general fund. The Pacifle Coaat Steam ship company. It Is said, readily agreed to Hani roan's suggestion for Increased profits. . , Caa Send by Ball. Shippers will still have the choice whether they prefer to send their freight by water or by ralL But the price either way will be the same. In view of ths ear shortage which Is embarraaslng the Southern Paclflo, many shipments .had to be sent to the north by the water route, and the new move by the steam ship companies . will still enable the Harrlman syndicate to . gat - the same'' profits out of the merchants. The local officials of the company aay the raise la due to the fact that operating ex penses have been Increasing lately and the price of labor la higher than It was formerly. - 'These two facta, they say, justify them In putting aa addition to the ratea and making It still harder for merchants and. wholesalers to bring supplies Into the city to help In the .re building. , . ' : ' 1 A comparison of rates shows that ths contention of the officials that the rase la due to Inoreased oost of operating If hardly more than a flimsy excuse. ""When the new tariff goes into effect It will rost-ga much., to -Ship, flour nr.. wheat from - Portland to Saa Franclsoo as It does to ship the same commodities from Portland to the orient Some of the Im portant raises follow:' . i . - Flour and wheat have been shipped at the rate of t2.6 a ton. When the new tariff schedule goes Into affect they will be Ustsd at 41 a ton. The freight on beans and peaa will be raised from ft to-14 a ton;, canned goods will be. ralaed from IS to $4 a ton; carpets will go up from II to $18; furniture from tt to 14; hardware from $4 to I4.E0; box shooks from 11.75 to $1.25. A similar Inorease haa been mad. on almost every other commodity shipped. NEVADA WRECK KILLS PORTLAND ENGINEER ' Vi' '.SHf 'v ,Vi;..,'. " TMM aCOBTASUIaT aVaJrOS. Although the piioe of ths Monarch range Is a little higher than that of other ranges which you can purchase, we still claim that it la the cheapest range to buy. At -the present price- of wood and ooal the dif ference In . ths fuel consumed should pay the entire coat of the range In about two years. Wherever ycyi go you will find this same claim made and It would be well to inquire ths reason why one range may be better than another. The Monarch range Is put together entirely with rivets just like' a ateam boiler . and the Joints are per fectly tight The Iron which enters Into Its construction Is wrought or annealed, which makee It Impossible to break even with a eledge hammer. We would be pleased to have yeu call and let as explain to yon the difference , between Monarch ranges and others, or if you prefer, drop us a note and we will send you the booklet describing them. $140 A WZXX SVTf A M OaTAJtCX BAJTOB. dart's Folding Ironing Board shows abort; !;. Ur price 12; this week ;.$1.M Bandy Ironing Board w hlch eaa be fasteaes e , any laaie; rag mar sx.xo; nua wees 13 ONIY ONE BILL TO PAY Have yon eve thought ef the ooavenleaee of trading a eas store aad getting everything yoa reqalred at reasonable prices, where yoa eenla have It pat oa yea aoooaat aad delivered at your eoavaaleaoet Thla Is snoh a store. Ton eaa get yoa earpett, furniture, erookery. silverware, laoe eurealns,- range or heating stove, u fact, every article that goes to the complete faralshlar of a home. If yoa oaoe try the easy pay aaeat plea whleh we offer la eoaasetloa with oaa ea tremaly low prices we are Certain yen will become one of eay regular enstomsrs. , . . - SItw . 1L 'Jd.i.lLl'i: LS , ! Jw' Thla department la one ef the largest of Its kind in the city, occupying a apace on the second floor of 5,000 square feet. We have .In stock all the standard makes and many ether for which we have the exciualve agency. We call special attention to the following ax elusive tinea: ( . ' ' . . ' Oriental Bag Carpets, regular BOe goods. Out price 331 American Tiber Carpets ons yard wider sewed, laid and lined t.... ,.49v Sedgwick Fiber Carpets, beautiful Ught effects, tans, pinks and green mixtures, quality usually-aold for TSe, one yard wide. Our price, sewed, laid aad lined . ...S4e Vera Ruga In all alses. purs wool fabrto. extra heavy. . very durable end fast colors, look like a Turkish rug, . but-are much better - The price of a txlt slie Is . ..........v..... ..........,.....$15.00 Scotoh Body Brussels which have the - appearance of real Body Brussels and much lower In price; we have them vln various slsea, the colors are very superior to a Tapestry rug of the same prloe and must be seen to be appreciated. .We sell the txlt for....f 20.00 : 'oSseswaahiwii4eefel silil sa .IwiCiiSsii ee w vaaaw U snihi m iS ia Www ::... '. ;' v"--: ; WIWlaiJei""H"aevis( ',. ., - Teeelr. "T" ' ;. "" man RANG! OOMTAITY. ""The 8v'1g-opTnof-n TgtaI eafor received" from the manufacturers of the Monarch range. We will be compelled to advanoe the -price ea February' 1st, when our preeent stock -will bo exhausted, ST lu xxaO IOT TOO VIU BATS XOsTBT. - The . Somersaultlo Davenport - Bed - here shown In aa entirely new . thing In fur ' nlture construction. - The frame la steel - and '- the upholstery Is . hyglenle felted cotton.. The mechanism is so simple ' that a child can operate It The bed ' clothing can be folied inalde of the Par- .; ( V . "-'' ' enport and the cushions which are, used lrJ durinar the da are not maahed down hr P. 7. sleeping -on -them -at nighfc The- mat tresses and springs are much wore com . foruble and softer than thoee of an -rerdinary hed.The price 'of onercf thsss f oovered In valour ls..,..-..i.,..f 40.0O If V;t V ELANttifS' ' We have decided to continue our Blanket, Sals for the next week.. Prices are as fol lows; . $0e Cotton Blankets, 45 Inches wide, two shades gray, with pink or blue r ' ' stripes . ......654) $1.00 Cotton Blanketa. light tan effects, pink or blue atripea.... ...,T5e Full double eise Blankets, $2.50 value, In- -dian oolortnra . . .s?.Tr; . c.-.-r.f 1.65" Medium weight- gray.alL wool,, regularly . fj.00, now . .......... ..........f 1.85 Fine gray wool; double aiie," Very-'soft and warm . ......f 3.75 AT. - .J . i i 'aa'T 'in- v '?' mi C.t. XUJj mm W ' a . ii -1 mi Frank M. Howe, a locomotive engi neer who had been working out ef Port land off and on for the. paaj 15 years, but recently employed on a railroad at Ely, Nevada, was seriously Injured In wreck at that place lsst Sunday and died the following Monday night from the Injuries sustained.. He leaves a wife, Mrs. Ida Howe; Mrs. C. E. Howe. his mother; three sisters, Mra F. E. Cole, Mra W. I Car mack, all realdlng at Portland, and Mra F. Fitch residing at Canyon City, Colorado, and aa only brother, B. N. Howe, residing at Ka- lama. Wash. The remslns will - be shipped here and laid, at rest In Multno mah oemetery. . , . : Mi 3 WHALERS CRUELTY AIRED IN COURT TwoTrty-Fiv8 Merr Forced tcrLIrs 'Six Months Upon Twenty T ' Four Sacks of Flour, v . 5 WALRUS HIDE THROWN ."' JNASAJIAREDESSERT Three Saflorg Bue Olga Owners for Heavy v Damage as Result of Treatment Saatnlned In Arctic Seas From Bar barons Captain. SPENDS HIGH "TT FERRY BENCH Benjamin Ida Wheeler Unexpect edly Compelled to Accept Hos V ';." pitality of State. ! FILES CHOKED HER, SAYS WIFE, SEEKING DIVORCE Charging cruelty, Mrs. Louise H. Files began suit for a divorce from H. Ia Files In the state circuit court yester day afternoon. Mr. Files said her bus- band cursed and choked her, drank and squsndered all his sarnlngs, and that she was compelled - to support herself and two children. She aaya also that becauae of her husband's cruel treat ment she was forced to leave him last July. . They were married at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, In lilt, and have tWb children.- The mother asks to be given their cuetody. - 1 ...... . Catarrh Whether It Is of the nose, throat, stomach,' bowels, or more delicate erg ana, catarrh Is always debilitating and should never fall of attention. Ii la a discharge from the aaneong mem brane when kept to state of Inflammation by aa Impure, commonly scrofulous, coo-. Oltloa of U blood. , Hobd'sSarsaparilla Care all forma of catarrh, radically end permanently It remove, the cause and iTroome ail the OeoU.Cet Sood'fc. (Hearet Kews kr Loosest Leaaed Wire.) San Francisco. Jan, 19. "The crew of the whaler Olga, consisting of IB men. were compelled to subsist from Decern. ber 1, 1105, until June U 1106, upon ti sacks of trade flour, one walrus bids and a little rotten meat t "On October IS, 110. George Johnson, a member of the crew, waa abandoned by the maater of the whaler, Charlee Hansen, at North Heads, on the bleak coast of Siberia, In the winter time. Without any fault on his part." . These are extracts taken from a com plaint filed In the United States Dis trict court yesterday against George E. Plummey Co., owners of ths whalers Charles Hansen and the Olga., by Frank Miller, George Johnson and Alfred Carl son to recover wages and damages ag gregating over $6,000. . hipped en Whaler. These men shipped as sailors for a whaling voyage to the Arotlo and the Paclflo ocean to last it atontba They were to serve in either Of the whalera They left San Francisco on March 14, 194, on the Hansen, en which they served until May 11, 105. and ware then transferred to the Olga. Here they saf fered until September 1, 1101, when they were again shipped on the Hansen, reaching this port November 11, It 04. While on the Olga, from December 1, 1906, until August 10. 190. the crew numbered It men. Thess persons were "compelled to subsist during that time upon 14 sacks of 'trade flour,- one wal rus bids and a little rotten meat, exeept after June 1, 1904, when they got a little deer er bear meat by hunting. . The dally diet, according to the com plaint, from December to June 1. 1904, "waa without exception a wholly insuffi cient quantity of, flour mixed Up with an Insufficient euantlty of grease and aalt to make It as palatable aa auoh a mixture could be. made." . Johaaoa Abaadened. ' Johnson was abandoned at North Heads, on the coast of Siberia, on Oc tober II of last year, according to the sworn statement of the libelant. It waa bitterly cold and bleak. The maater of the Hansen kspt all his possessions and he has been unable to recover them since. Johnson waa compelled to work big wax back to Saa Fran Cisco and civ- j . (Hearst News by Leageet Leaaed Wife.) Saa Francisco, Jan. 19. President Benjamin I 3e Wheeler, of the Unlvere-. ity of California, Waa compelled to ac cept the hospitality of the stats In an unexpected manner several nights ago, when, missing the last boat to- Berk eley, he slept until dawn In the ferry building. Far from being disgruntled by his experience on the hard benches provided by the harbor commissioners. aarasaBBmsassnsBBBg-w ' ' - sr TWaA.f ArV' -s. ... VA. el I B.-..J J VSkrael-V; Benjamin Ids Wheeler the noted educator telle the story aa an excellent Joke, on hlmeell Prestdsnt Wheeler coming from Monterey, had' been delayed by a wash out, and the train arrived in thla city rate at night. When he reached the ferry it was only to see ths lights of lllsatlon. For thla abandonment he aaks 11,800. ' The Vessel was so badly provisioned, sky the complaint, that on June 1 of last year ths supply of flour became ex hausted and from that date until August 14, 1904, the libelants had nothing to eat except the wild meat that tha mem- bers of the crew occasionally killed. The medlolne chest Is 4 escribed "as being filled with-stuff that no ons on board knew the contents or nam of, and that the bottles had no labels or mark to ladicat the eontenta thereof." ' Thar waa no lime Juice or antl-ecor. butlca on either vessel and no lime Juice waa served to any of the crew. TV re sult waa eonaidesabl sickness on board all the time. In- addition to the damages prayed for the men ask ths court to award them the following amounts due for wages: Miller, M9; Johnson, fJOO, and Carlson, ... a ths last boat far away- near-ths Ala meda shore. The drenching rain and the uncertainty of getting a car mad a trip to an uptown hotel impracticable. With the philosophy that has mads him famous. President Wheeler oast, about for a bench, wrapped tne drapery of his cloak about him and lay down to pleas ant dreams. 'i The rain - beat down and ' the wind whistled through the Ferry building but the distinguished head of the university heeded It not. And when 1n the gray dawn be awoke to resume his homeward Journey, be east a parting glance of sympathy at the walfa of the city, who, like him, had been driven to the ferry' shelter aad who still slumbered. Ignor ant of the distinguished guest who that night had shared their bedroom. , , -i . SWEAR - WORDS TOO VILf FOR COURT TO HEAR -' . . Mrs. Lacey Asksr Release From -. Profane Domestic Combina- tion on Fargq Street, t Mrs. Ollv S. Laoey of I4T Fargo street began suit for a; divorce .from Samuel M. Laoey In the atate circuit court yesterday afternoon. .. She charges that he awore at her in such a vile msnner that the language waa unfit to be aprsad upon the records ef the court, and for that reason the swear words were net quoted In the divorce complaint. " . .. Ort ons oocaaion, aaya Mr. Laoey, her huaband caught her In an open door, and pulled the door shut on her body, causing Injuries . so severe that . she Bj Hip Sea Eilers Ad. l ,i i , ,,i a fears she may have- - to undergo an operation to be mired. The litigants ' were married at Oregon City rn July. ; HIT.' Mra. Lacey esk that aba be, granted a divorce and III a month alimony, laoey earna 174 a month, ac cording to hla wife, and la well able pay her half ef hla salary In slim An Injunction restraining LaetW from annoying hi wife, of In any way Inter fering with her until the suit Is settled. was granted by Judge Sears. Mrs. Laoey Is represented by Attorney John C ShUlock. . ' . , Maybe, Maybe. 'asepb EL Cboete. 'the lawyer and dlnlemat. eeM at a lawyers' dinner! . "We tawrer eealds't ee better thaa to roeolre to the new veer te be gentler la oar woes .Moilnerloea. Rudeoeae la eraee eaaaitaatlos sever, arret para This is s tralh that I once saw proved In s eaoiafe ratt. Ia thla eirit a eross-eaamln-Ing lewrer aboetel et a witness la oTerall.l 'Yoa. there! In the overall. ; hew imcb are yoa paid for telling sntrntherv 'ten than yon are.' the wltnesi retorted. n ron'4 M la lie, tas." . -.r.-. WE GUARANTEE TO FIT TOE EIOST COMPLICATED CASES , - 1 : THE LEADING CPT1 CI A.NS OF TCE PACIFIC NCRTDVVEST . '. i V 7