MbRE ANDAMORg WATER AT .THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER NOW OVER 26 FEET AT LOW TIDE-AND LESS AND LESS BARRIERS TO FREE NAVI
' GATIpN TO UP -RIVEIj POINTS WILL BRING MORE AND MORE BUSINESSTO PpRTLANP AND OREGON. KEEP AGOINGS ; :-7
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BUSINESS fOR SALE?
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MUST FAG
Labor at Denver in Force In
troduce Campaign for
"Corporations Ajrnjnst
ITnio'is" Want Plunk
to "Mean Something."
Br.van Declared to Be
Strongly in Favor of Reso
lution That Will Guard
Labor Against Restrain
ing Orders by Courts.
ny JH E. NEVTNS.
(tnltfj Crew 'Vlre.)
Denver, Colo., July 3. Labor In
here to mako its fight, around which
will center the chief Interest of the
Democratic convention next week.
The contest for an anti-injunction
plank will fcet 'results" at Chi
cago was a niere skirmish compared
to the battle that Is to be fought
here, lf-the. statements of the leaders
are correct.
The Democrat are fa4o the open
threat, backed by the strongest In
dications of sincerity, that failure to
Incorporate In the platform a strong,
plain, concluiiive plank, pledging the
party, If successful, to enact lawa
that will prevent the use of courts
"by corporations ngRlnst the labor
unions" will mean the Immediate
launching of a labor party.
On tlif oilier band, the Democrats are
promised the mipport of labor if they
put in the "rlRht kind of a plant."
Cfo Beyond Nebraska Plank.
Atnons the labor leaders who are here
today me H. II. lVrham, president of
tho li.iilwny Telegraphers; P. If. Mor-rissi-y,
kimthI chief of the Brotherhood
of Hallway Trainmen; A. H. Garretson,
uranil chief of tho tinier of Railway
i 'ond nctors, anil Jnr:ies O'Connell, na
tional president of the aehlntsts'in-
lon Samuel !ompers, p,'slile;it of tho
.American Federation of Labor, 1 en
route.
The leaders say that the Nebraska
plank in nil right, as far as it goes, hut
that It Is not conclusive eno-ugh. They
are firhtinK for the stronRest possible
wording which will not go without the
hounds of what they consider a proper
respect for the courts, which, they nay
they do not desire in any way to at
tack or undermine,
l.nhor Is not flshtinff In this battle
alone, either. Many of. the advance del
egations arriving here bring support
to tho iintl-Injunctlon plank. The main
opposition is expected from New York
and the east.
What Bryan Has Pladgtd. f
Alton R Parker's allecd plan to ftt
tack the anti-injunction plank covertly
in a resolution In memory of tho late
drover Cleveland has brought . down
great crlllclbin upon his head, and on
every side ihe pro-labor men are con-
(Continued on Page Two.)
E
W L COX-TO IB OV E CORNER
Handsome Structure Will Grace Quarter Block at Sev
enth and Purchased for $100,000 fiwner
Optimistic Regarding Portland's Future.
"Portland real estate In my opinion.
was revcr so cheap as It la tidsy." re
marked Thetdfire B. Wilcox while dls
cussing his purchase of the quarter
Mock at the southeast corner of Sev
enth ond Stark streets from John B.
Teen.
i-or 20 fears." continue! Mr. Wilcox.
"I hav been afraid tttot on account of
Its ouilet Puget sound would rventually
rain the iprer hand In the Tast corn-
mere of the Pacific, but I now realise
that with sn open river to the sea, wttn
railroads from the great Inland empire
coming" down both banks of the Colum
bia aid the assurance that the whole
Willamette valley l to be grldjronurt
with electric railways, the hfishtess of
the Pwclfio unrtlnrnt Is bound to oenter
In Portland, and the future ef the city
Is assured beyond a dnubt.
"I cn't take my money with me and
I know of no better p4c oft earth to
Invest It , than right here In Portland.
For J years I have wntobed the arawrh
and development of this cltv and al
ways hesitated to mike Investment
bere, but the outlook r"W seem so
I roml"lnr that I r-ard Portland prop
erty a a cheaper than ever Vef ore In Its
hts'rtTT. '
"I neter made aa Investment that I
was ao wall aaUalled 1u aa l m Wlt2
SCENE OF LAST NIGHT'S FIRE,
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7- ,w,
.f-4 irvTr
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6, f J
FOUL PLAY
Body of Jlan Supposed to Be
II. G. Edwards, With
-Hands
Found
Wyeth.
Tied to Stone
in
River
Near
(Sprrlnl rUnpntrh to The Journal.)
Wyeth. Or.. July 3. Telling a muto
tale of what may prove to have been
a", atrocious crime, the body of a man
supposed to be II. O. Kdwards of Rich
land, X)r.. was yielded up by the Colum
bia river near this dace tills morning
The tug Ia Crosse of the Wind River
Lumber company discovered the body
The wrists were strapped behind the
back. Attached to them was a heavy
rock. The pockets of the coat were
crammed with smaller rocks.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict
of death by foul play.
From marks of violence on the face
and head It Is .evident that Ihe man had
been brutally bealuu before being cast
tiito the river. In spite of the fact
that the corpse had been In the water
for at least two weeks It is apparent
that the victim was a man of means.
Local authorities are inclined to the
theory that robbery was the motive
of the murder. The clothing bears the
appearance of having - been thoroughly
searched. Two knives, n pair of spec
tacles and a purse containing; one cent
were found on the body. The only
document of anv kind was a card of the
real estate firm of Hodson. rsishop .t
Hall of Caldwell. Idaho, on the ba 1:
of which was written, H. U. Kdwards,
Richland, Or." This Is the sole clii,
such as It Is, to Identify.
The murdered man was between fid
and 70 years of age. He Jiad on a dark
suit of clothing ami a pair of shoes,
nil being comparatively new. His hat
was securely tied 'around his head. It
Is believed this was a further precau
tion to completely obliterate all trace
of the crime.
tht rui chase of the corner at Seventh
anil Stark, streets. In a short time
property on Stark and Alder streets
will be as valuable aa Washington strvel
property."
The property purchased be Mr. Wil
cox yesterdav wa sold by John U- Teon
through the agency of Charles K- Henry
Sons, the price Iwlng $160,000 and un
derstood to be an all cash transaction.
It Is one of the most valuable vacant
corners In the rlty and Is In a district
In hieh a lar-; amount of veluahte
building ha been done In the past few
years.
The F.Iks' Cluh. the Hotl Oregon and
the PortianJ library building oct upv the
other three cornefa at the tntereeetton
of Stak and Seventh streets. The 1
story annex to the Oregon hotel and the
six-story Heck building are go4nT up Ir
this district. Adjoining the Heck build
ing on the north gro-nd hia been
broken for a fle-storr structure to be
occupied by Glass A Fru Jhomme.
Mr. Wlleoi stated that he. would at
once put a barxlsome Improvement oa
the site, but was not prepared to make
nr announcement a to the character
of the butlrtlna further than that It
would be In keeping with the surround
ing Improvements, and with tbe. vain
of tho lot and Importance of. tho local
ity. ' . i
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RESTRAIN COURTS
Californians Go to Denver
v Demanding Chiefly
These Blanks.
(United PrcM Leafed Wire.---"-'
San Francisco, July 3. The Califor
nia delegation to the Democratic con
vention at Denver, which left here on
a train laden down with wines, fruits
and flowers, according to a statement
made by one of the delegates who at
tended tho caucus before the train
started, will mako two fights at Den
ver. One will bo for the adoption of
the nnti-injunctnn plank recommended
to the Chicago convention by the Amer
ican Federation of Labor and, the other
fUiUt wiJl. kd-. waged upon a plank call
ing for o rluhl enforcement of the
Geary exclusion law directed ngainst
Inese, Japanese and all Asiatics.
Thoilre A. Hell. CnlifornKt's Demo-
atic leader, who will bo temporary
chairman of the convention, left on the
sueciai train.
The selection of a national commit
teeman from California has not vet been
maile. I here are two caffdfdates for tho
honor, Nathan Cole Jr. of Los Angeles
and Timothy Speilacy. Bell favors
Spellacy, but it Is Jikely Colo will be
elected-. The delegation will hold a
caucus Willie the train is crossing the
Salt Lake cutoff, to elect (he chstirman.
The delegates at large t;iat left on
the train are: Theodore A. Bell. Ii. M.
Fitzgerald. Judge William M. Conlev
and Nathan Cole Jr. Their alternates
art- M. J. Laymance, W. 11. Rogers and
Mattlson B. Jones.
ACTIOX OF MIKADO
DELIGHTS WASIIIXGTOX
(t'nlted IrrM Leased Wlrr.)
Washington, July 3. News of th
Japanese emperor's approval of tln
Japanese-American peace trenty Is re
ceived with pleasure by officials of both
countries here, for while It Was a mer-
formality it makes immediate ratifi
cation possible. The treaty will !.
formally raiifleil within a few tias.
The new treaty is similar to those al
ready arranged bv Secnvtarv Root with
all Kurojican nations except Germany.
and with Mexico. It provides for the
submission to The Haggle court of ill
disputes between the two nations ex
cepting those which involve vital in-'
teres: s, or the Interests of a third party.
bomeWor
In Line for Xice Job Till
Wi'ey and Senator Mad
dened President.
(t'pllrd lrra Leterd Wu.l
Wnshlngt' n, July J. The persistency
of Jonathan Bourne, t'nlted ?tat a sen
ator from Oregon and the original "sec
ond elective" term boomer, and Tilr.
Symons. wife of Colonel "fliomas W,
pyroons. It was bsrnei today, rn.t the
colonel the position of chief of engi
neers, to which Cnionvl W. L. Marshall
has been appointed.
When h s.Micht a successor to Gen
eral .V1a kenite. the president looked
favorably uptm Colonel J)nions. That
officer's wife. however. tlnght it
would II t.j cHrwtf the matter,
and eft-r enlisting the aid of Bourne,
wbe has ccme to be known as the
Tnoemilto fleel of tha swnate" on ac
count of hla persiatency, she eomrotneed
a bombardment of the white Houe
Although, tha president intimated
that he did Pot Want to be annove the
Ktraom boomers kept up g. ronllniKiu
firo.. A result ColooeJ 'Marshall Is
IX appoint.
queered mim
SIXTH AND IRVING STREETS, NORTH PORTLAND
4
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m Li!
Awakened by Smoke, Puppy
Licks Blaster's Face-S
Horses Taken From Burn
ing B. & 0. T.'s Stables
Loss $25,000.
A pup with a good noso for untimely
smoke persistently licked the. face of
hia master. William A. Brown, last
night, and this led to an alarm of fire,
in. time o save the lives of S5 horses
In two stables at Sixth and Irving
streets.
Though tho horses were led In safety
from the buildings, the northern half
of the block hounded hy Fifth. Sixth.
Irving and Hoyt streets is littlo more
than a pile of cinders. The burned
portion Is directly opposite the union
depot. The tire began a few minutes
after midnight. The damage is close 10
jL'o.oOa.
Brown, who is proprietor of the Port
land Carriage company on Irving
street, was' sleeping over hW stable.
Next to him Is the barn of theBaggage
& Omnibus Transfer company. Here
were 67 horses, while Brown' stalls
held over 15.
Carnegie Medal for.
A, young puppy made his way Into his
masters room, and olawei his bed ana
licked his face until Brown got up.
Then he smelled smoke and gave the
(Continued on Page Two.)
SnOWEBS APPEASE
FABMEBS AND CITY
BESIDEXTS ALIKE
District Forecaster Beats says
It will rain tomorrow. That is.
he expects showers now and
then during the day. The farm
ers in the eastern part of the
state have been wanting rain
for several days aVid it Is due to
come this e.nliicr. and tle peo
ple of Portland complained of
the warm weather and dust, and
so the rain was turned on hare
today. Thus It is ex lalned by
the weather n an.
'Showers tonluht and Satur
dav, s oi; I: wester lv winds." sa5
the forecast of this morrtlng.
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IXST AXI POVXI
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Questions asked.
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ROGERS OFFERS
TENTH PER CENT
Insulting Pittance of $50,
000 to Pay for Process
Worth Billions.
. " (United Preas Leased Wire. r
Boston, Mass., July 3. Rather than
appear on the witness stand In his pres
ent state of health, Henry H. Rogers,
the Standard Oil magnate, today agreed
to pay C'adwallader M. Raymond J50.
oao In full settlement for his claim of
$60,000,000 alleged to be due for tha
uso of an Invention iised in refining
crude petroleum.
Rogers was recently given a decision
In tiie case, which has been dragged
through the courts for four years, but
Raymond expressed his Intention of con
tinuing tha fight.
t ne action was based on a royalty
contract alleged to have been made by
Rogers with H, F. Greenough In 1S74.
hy which the magnate obtained the use
of a secret process for making oil
non-explosive.
jCKIES HAXKEBEI)
FOB BAW ALCOHOL
U nited ITeM Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, July 3. An appetite
for raw alcohol has landed eight sailors
aboard tho . battleship Ohio In Irons
and they are facing the chaijge of hav
ing attempted to force their way into
the painter's locker. The bluejackets
were caught In the act of stealing raw
alcohol, which they Intended to dilute
and sweeten and use as a private store
of grog.
One of tho men, looked upon as the
leader, may nave to taoe court martial
and go to the prison at Mare island.
The others will remain In irons fur sev-
erals duys.
CARBOLIC BECA USE
LOVE WAS FX K I XI)
(United Prens l.eiiaed Wire.)
Pasadena, Cal., July ?. Hubert Mer
cer. 18, Is dead at hin borne at Oak
land avenue as the result of drinking
carbolic acid last nli.'!,t. The cause of
th suicide Is not known, but It Is
thoughta love affair with a young
woman of Tasadena had some hearing
on the deed. An limuest wlil be held
this afternoon.
LOSES HOUSE BUT
SAVES THE COOK
Woman at Tonopah Solves
Servant (iiii Problem in
Her Own Way.
(t tilted ITum I.eo.l Wlr )
t Tonopah. July 3 After saving her
servant's life by causing the total de
struction Vf her own home. Mrs. Key
Pittman. wife of a rrortlncnt attorney
here, is th her oine of Tonopah.
While tn coak was preparing break
fast l.er .'res cMiiuht t ire ! nrr. the
stov'. 'a: ii- st i'Ken. the "n.an ran
shrifkitL: towTrrl the door ym. Pitt
man, teiiiz ' K 1 1 at ti.e str"iig bre-'
outside W-'li.d f.m the flames. 8. iztsi
her servant and threw her to the fior.
I'nabie to forco h. r captive to listen to
reason, Mrs pittman Raton the cook
until Pittman came to Cie rescue and
eiirc.ded in x ttrgaiRlung tho women a
Waling Urease.
As soon as he had removed hla wife
and the aen-ant to a place of Bafe"y?'?e'vlia; hla appeal from the Judgment-
Pittman attempted to nave hla home.
which had n--cn Ignited ty the burning
garments of Mrs. Pittman and the
rook. H'a efforts were In Tain, how
ever, and hie 4.Sv0 residecx-e w&a
totally aeetrcyea The taauranc
amount te but lIMt
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Fireworks Explode in a
' iwded Store" Xearly
One Hundred Persons
3Iore or Less Injured-
Panic Follows.-
(t'nlted Pri-M Leased Wire.)
Cleveland. Ohio. July 3. Fourth, of
July celebration cost the lives of five
women, one boy and -the Injury of prob
ably 100 girls and women today when
a patent torch exploded during a dem
onstration of fireworks in the Kresges
five and 10-cent store here at noon to
day. The store was In a five-story brick
building and employed 100 girls. It
was crowded with customers, who were
attracted particularly to the fireworks
department.
one of the filrls engaged In the de
partment overturned some fireworks on
a table. At the samp moment the toreu
popped and a spark flew Into tiie com
bustibles. The firecrackers let go and
also other fireworks.
When tho firemen forced their way
Into the burning building the six bodies
were found In the basement of the
Kresges store. Those killed had evi
dently been suffocated' In llrclr efforts
to escape.
The stire was crowded with custom
ers when the fire broke out. When
the cry of alarm spread through the
store, the women shoppers nnd sjrls etu
ploveJ as clerks started in a wild stam
pede to escape. Tig stairways leading
from the upper floors were blocked
quickly:
The fire, spreading raphllv. caused
a gf'cat volume of smoke, which spread
through the building, causing terror.
The girls who Jumped from the win
dows to the pavement evidently were
frightened out of their minds.
The fire df prirtrnent arrive, "on the j
scene quickly aid firemen were in tiie
SIX KILLED
very act of preparing nets when -some j f'i n s and the upper hand. They brok
of the girls leaped. j Into houses and dragged c-rylna; women
Most of them Vyere unconscious when nnd children Into the Streets, Sorno
they were picked up but so far no de-! times they killed them outright, anil
tails have been reported. sometimes they tortured them to make
It is believed that everyone who 11 ' sport for their drunken comrades,
on the )..er floors of tee bun, una-! AH attempts at restoring order have
escaped, but the smoke was so d-v.e '
ov trie time tne Iirenien .irrte,i
they could not enttr an! we;,, forcd
to fictit the fire from utthuut
The nearby stores were 1 inverted
into hospitals, and physicians were hur
ried to the S'-i't e from the hospitafs
More than ja ;!rls sprang from th
windows of ti.e upper floors and fell
unconscious cn the sidewalk. The fir--tnen
rigged up their nets as quickly s
pos!tde ari'i ."aucht manv who ha 1
fe-ir-l to lump before but were cut off
from ese.1e
The :tost distressing scenes pre
vailed about the flre during the tlm4
when the firemen were unnU to ntr
the IvuiUllng and It was not known
whether all of the occupants had ce-
caped.
1 tie nre. starting In the combustible,
spread with great raplditv and the fire
men consider It a miracle that more
fr not killed.
Many of these Injured In the stam
pede were small, children wo had gorjeJ
to Tne store wun a few certs to ruv
fireworks for tomorrow' -celebration. A
BAIL FOB BABTNETT
COMES UP SLOWLY
(t nltd Ptms taaea Wire. I . -
Ban Francisco. July Jv Walter J.
Rartnett, convlctedV banker, a.fter try
ing alt Hay yesterday to aeruro " ha II ;
ao that he could remain out of lail -
oi ine superior cour eentencice; mm t
14 yers tn state s prtson. at a late ,
hour tad been unatie to r lee oe tetita
f tbe t; 5ft.09 required. It la I k'U p
will have to remaif In prison it;t t5
either goea to San Wen'in or is granted
I anoiber trial ty U ii.gt.tr cvui
IRIITHIFSS
MURDER flF
Shah's Drunken Cossacks
Break Bules of War and
Commit Terrible Crime3
Women and Children
Shot Down Without Mercy
England's Winning Unheed
edHalf of Town of Tab-"
riz. Burned Bebels Are
Forced to Defend Them
selves After Surrender.
(Copyrighted by the Fnlted Press Asso ;
clatlons). '
St. Petersburg, July 3. Authentic ad
vices received here today state that Ta '
brlz Is' helng sacked by a Cossack horde.
The soldiers of the shah are drunll '
and are rbptlng through the city, kill
ing men, women and children. Most,
of the main streets are blocked wltlt
bodies of the dead and several thor
oughfares are literally running with
blood.
Frenzied and brutal Cossacks are run
ning about the town, burning houses
and killing their occupants. Manv
soldiers- are carrying the heads ot
women and children on, their nikes. Over
2.060 people have already -been butch-v
ere,d since the shah's forces entered
the city last night
rne last reports received here tonigni 1 :
say the rebels havo taken to arms to
defend their women. Oesperate street
fltrhting 4 gotrip oti-ln -alt- partsor tht -
city.
City to Be, Swept of Xdfe.
Raehin Khan, commander of tho
shah's forces, la ' trying desperately ti
marshal his forces and restore ordor,
but he has entirely lost control of tho
army undar his command.
Women and children are fleeing; In
the city in all directions to escape the
horrible massacre. Keports Indicate that
the Cossacks will not cease the butch
erv until everyone in tho city has beett "
killed. -
The shah's forces entered tho city',
at nightfall last evening after a fight .
of two days before the city. The-revo- ;
lutlonists hail held out stubbornly ' and
lack of food a n ammunition was all
that for6d tho surrender. Between
Sunday and last night 370 had been,,
killed and over "00 ' wounded by the'
fighting.
s British Warning- la Vain.
When the English representative at
Tabriz heajl that teprtis of surrender
wero bcinjr negotiated they hurried to
k ion and warned him that tr a massa
cre took place, (Jrent Britain would Ini
if-i ,rnr, uunii, . I i in I2fm iu sety ig - It-
that no disorder followed the entry of
the victors Into the captured, city, anil ,
a truce was arranged. '
Shortly after the Cossacks had en
tered the city trouble started in a drink
ing bout In the Hiabnn quarter. A
small riot there quickly spread to other
parts of the city and tha shah's Cos - "
sacks ran through the city crying -"Kill
the rebels!'' - ...
The. cry was taken up. by soldiers In
all parts of the city. Some one applied
a torch to the drinking place In which
the trouhle started and another Cossack:
killed: the wife of the "proflrnytor" an.t '
ran through the streets with the Bev
eled head on his acimitar. . y '
Russia Bees Her Opportunity.
Incensed at the sight, the rebels. Who
hn l promised to' maintain peace, took to
arms. Pillaging, fighting and lootlnir
followed. The Cossacks, most of whom
w.ie armed with superior swords and
so tar proved use,, ss. Tho
armv of
U.e shah has been turned by the thirst
for blood . Into n howling .tntib. Tho
(Continued on Page Two.) '
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