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THE PRICE of THE DAILY JOURNAL IS TWO CEBITS A COPY ON THE STREETS and AT THE OFFICE Uso The Journal To rour Use The Journal To Rtnt Your Rooms 30,306 The Weather Fair tonight and Wednesday ; northwesterly winds. VOL. VII. NO. 128. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1908 SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS 0N traihs ab xwvrt i. o. STANDS. IIVK C talis. 00N ON BIG BUILDING -nt;.J II' , ,, - J . . . CONSTRUCT ON W0I1 USE DIRT TO CHECK INCENDIARY BLAZE BLOC IS DESTROYED COURT TO COW HAMILTON TO ASYLUM Mt. Scott Again Suffers From Work of Firebugs No Water, Earth Thrown on Flames to Prevent Them Spreading. to of their Another Incendiary fire, similar in many ways to those that have destroyed thousands of dollars' worth of prop erty In the Mount Hcnlt district this summer, was discovered In the rear of the Splcer block in Creston at 1 o'clock this morning- When tt had burned It self out the block had been totally de stroyed, causing a loss of over J6.000, and the fire was with the greatest diffi culty kept from spreading to the flour mill' of the Masson. Percy A Strlckler company. Everything: ahout the circumstances of this latest fire points to arson, and such fires have been of so frequent oc currenoe hi the Mount 8cutt district that residents there, deprived or water because of being outside trie city limne .. are talking- of banding themselves gether ror mutual protection nronertv. Two firms were burned out In this morning's fire the Creston pharmacy, run bv Dr. C. K. Bogue. and me uran fill & Deter Grocery company. Two other stores in the building were vacant. Horse aires the Alarm. 8. I,. Hicks, a blacksmith living Just north of the Splcer block, was the first to see the fire. He had been awakened bv havlim the horse from the grocery store stable run through his garden. Getting up he saw that there was a ltt- tl fire in the rear of the Cranfill oi Deter store. Ho hurried over and found a bundle of wood and kindling placed against the rear wall of the frame huild Ing. The fire had been started In the kindling and caught the wall, and when Hicks got there the outside was burn ine nearly iid to the roof. Calling for help. Hicks tried to reach his garden hose over to the burning building, but was unable to reach the fire. Falling In gettin'g water, the men who had gathered tried to extinguish the fire by throwing dust and sand up on the flames. They kept this up until the fire had eaten Its way through the wall Into the interior or the store, whwn It got beyond their control. Engine company No. from Sunnyslde made n three-mile run to reach the fire and found citizens of Creston throwing sand and dust to save their property. There are no hydrants at tached to the mains of the Woodmere Water company and the engine purapM out of a private cistern as long a.s there was any water to pump. The flremm then had to use chemicals and wet blankets to prevent the fire from spreading to the Masson mill on the west and the home of Professor William Shepherd on the north. Complete Xioas. Practically nothing was saved from the grocery store, the stock, valued at several thousand dollars, being com pletely destroyed. The greater part of the stock of the Creston Dharmnc.y. however, was savod. Pr. Bogue was preparing to rpove hak to Arleta and had a portion of his goods out of the building at the time of the fire. Pr. Bogue has had hard luck with fires. It was his drug store in Arleta that was burned some time after he had sold it to the Armstrong Prug company. A month later the drug store across the street from the one formerly owned by hlin. and in which he was clerking was burned. He had Just se cured a new location In Arleta and was preparing to move Into his new quarters today It Is claimed by Mr. Hicks that hair an hour neinro n" saw wie rire a ngni was burning In the grocery store. Af ter the fire had started, however, and before It hud cnten into the Interior of the building this light was extinguished This circumstance has caused some to think that the store may have been burglarised and then set fire to. The occasion for the horse and dellverv wagon being out of the stable Is as yet a mystery J7o Question About Origin. "There Is no doubt but that the build ing was set on fire." said William F! Prtleer the owner of the property. ' Everything points to Incendiarism, hut I am at n loss to explain who rould have done It." Mr. Splcer savs that the building cost him $3,200 and that he had 12.000 Fred Hamilton, arrested some time ago for the robbery of sev- 4 eral down town Jewelry stores, 4 and afterward found to be of un- 4 sooncl mind by an Insanity com- mission. Is still In the county Jail 4 awaiting the action of the county 4 court. According to the procedure 4 Hamilton must be adjudged In- 4 sane by the county court though 4 the commission has found that 4 he Is out of his mind. The dis- 4 trlct attorney, who has the mat- 4 tor in hand, has not been able to 4 bring the case before the court 4 because of the absence of Judge 4 Webster from the city. 4 It was slated this morning, 4 however, by Mr. Cameron that he 4 would make an attempt to bring 4 the case up for settlement to- 4 morrow, as he understood that 4 Judge Webster would be back In 4 the city by that time. He ex- 4 pee4s then that the court will ap- 4 prove the finding of the commls- 4 slon and commit Hamilton to 4 the asylum at Salem. 4 FAMILY OF FOUR FOUND IN A WELL One of the Tragic Fatalities of Femie Fire Shows Ex tremes to Which People Were J)riven by Terrible Conflagration. Pathetic Manner in Which Mrs. Addie Turner, Aged Invalid, Met Death en able to Walk and Was Left to Die. Seven Offending West Pointers n GREAT STRIKE in; c. p. uses Tomorrow Morning Machin ists of System Will All Leave Their Work. (rnlted PrM Iel Wire. Winnipeg, Aug. 4. J. H. McVtety, representing the machinists' union, today officially announced that the machinists of the entire Canadian Pacific, railroad system would quit work at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn ing. His etatenient indicates mat the general strike has been carefully planned for that time. The whole system rrom ancouver to Montreal will be tied up. as the con ductors' and engineers unions nave promised their support. Ten thousand men are involved. The troubles between trie i anaaian Pacific officials and the mectianics have been brewing for several days. The dispute Is the ontgrowtn or ine new schedule of wages and hours put Into effect bv the company. nu mn threatened to call a strike If the sched ule were not withdrawn On Saturday the mechanics sent an ultimatum declaring a strike would b6 railed If the action they sought was not taken before then. I HUGS IN AMBUSH SHOOT A WOMAN Fire on "Pay Clerk for His Roll Posse Finds No Trace of Murderers. (Continued on Page Two.) Bishop, Cat. Aug. 4 A posse that has been searching the high Sierras above this city since last Sunday night had found no trace early today of the murderers of Mrs. Fannie Snyder, wife of Peter Snvder. contractor In the em ploy of the Nevada & California Power compan v. Mr and Mrs. Snyder were riding on a lonely trail when they were fired on from ambui-h. The first bullet killed Snyder's horse and the second pierced Mrs Snyder s body. Snyder drew hts revolver and began firing The rob bers fled. Snyder, who paid the men employed in the camps, had a large sum of money and robbery Is supposed to have been the motive of the attack. Fernle, H. C, Aug. 4. Smoke and embers are still flying over the site of the destroyed town, making it extremely disagreeable for the homeless people, but there Is no danger unless another gale arises. The bodies of the victims have been placed in the basement of (lie oITici) of the Crows Nest Pass Coal com pany, a cement building, and one of the two buildings standing, where those which are unknown await identifica tion. Tne Body of Robert Kern, an aged man, who chorcd about ,tha Wordrop mn, wnicn was round naKed on the railroad track, Is the only one found ol any oi the missing men. Traffic Fatality. One of the most tragic fatalities of ine lire, aim one which shows the ex tremes to which, people were driven to tsoape the heat, was the finding of the Domes or a family of four In a well. A miner and his wife and two children h;id tried thus to gain refuge from tho iernri: neat. i lie nead of the man, whose name was William Ford, was badly burned, while his wife and ohil dien, a boy of two and a girl of eight years, had all db-d of suffocation. There was only a little water In the well, which was curbed with wood. After climbing Into It the miner and his family were evidently unable to get out again, and the curbing burned down almost to the water's edge, suffocat ing them Old Woman's Death. Even more pathetic is the awful man ner in which Mrs. Addln Turner, an aged invalid, who lived with her son in Fertile Annex, met death. When it was .een that the house was going to be ignited by flying enters in the gale. Turner, a miner, prepared his wife and children for flight. The aged woman could not walk, and she plealed with them to leave her and save themselves. Finally, when the house was caught by the flames, Turner wrapped the old woman In a wet blanket, carried her out of the house and laid her on trie grounJ. Ho then seized his wife and children and fled. Nothing but the blackened bones of the old woman were found by tho searching party. Turner and his family escaped. Xost in Hotel. It Is believed that several lives were lost 111 the Waldorf hotel. In the old town. The last persons to leave the hotel after It was In flames say that three or four drunken men were left lying on the floor and It Is believed they perished. Robert I-'ine. whose body was found In West Fertile, near the Elk Lumber ompany boom, was a young miner who had been married only a few months. Anderson, the stationary engineer at the Pacific CoaJ Coke company, be came separated from the rest of the crowd ar.d wandered Into the air tun nel, where the Inrush of smoke suffo cated him. SEIPLLL FAMILY IS SAVED BFT MILL DFL'NED A dispatch received this morning' by 2 (Continued on I'age Two.) CHEHAL s Forest Fires Destroy Property in Washington Valued at $2",.000, and Are Still Paging Pack of Hoquiam. ASKS DIVORCE FROH TOSELLI Former Wife of King of Sax ony Again Asks for Separation. West Point Recently Had .Another Hazing I'plieaval and Fight Young Men Have Keen Suspended on 'harges of Hazing. The Pictures of So'ii of Them Arc Here Shown. They -Are From Top to Ilottom: William T. Hossell, William Nolle, H. (i. Weaver, James A. (iilletipie, (Jcorge W. Chase, William W. Prude and Byron y. Jones. Pres ident Hoosevelt Said Yesterday That There .Might Be Some Way by Which the Offenders Could Be Ketalned but at the Same Time Severely Punished. Their Cases Are Still I'nder Consideration. FORTUNES TIED UP BY DROUTH Tanana Dumps Loaded With Wealth While Traders Walk the Floor. SENATOR ALLISON TRUSTEE COMPANY'S PLANS PERFECTED IS DEAD (Special IMipatrb to The Journal.) Dubuque. Iowa, Aug. 4. Senator Allison of Iowa died nt 2 o'clock this afternoon of heart disease. Senator Allison has been 111 for a week or more, but It was not believed that l:e was seriously HI. He took a turn for the worse this morning, which ended In his sudden death. HENRY fillLlER III SARCASTIC 100 Passage of Words and Checks Between Actor and Clubman. s-an I rani is.-o, Aug. 4. "If newspaper critics were cipher-headed, they were at least humanists. s they were tolerant when you. through the financial gains of your ancestors, were able to make ; pitiful exhibition of vo.irself in the un forbidden town of Oakland. Rnelos. please find check for your J I 4." -Letter or Actor Henry Mther to Clubman Rich ard Hoiaiing of han Francisco. Society and theatrical circles are hold ing their collective breaths today, await ing the reply of Klehard Hotallng, club man, lloheniian, bon vivunt, llterateur ami erstwhile amateur portrayer of BJiaKespearoan roles before Oakland tneatre-goers. to Henrv Miller s satiric thrust. i lie anove caustic reservations unon JTotaling's character and critical powers constitute the retort courteous of Miller to a somewhat hotter challenge dc com bat sent in a letter by the clubman to the actor denouncing Miller's produc Hon of a new play. " The Servant In the House, at the an Ness theatre last week. llotallng. lured by the enthusiastic comments of the newspaper dramatic writers, organized a theatre part- of his friends and attendel the play last Thursday night. Fourteen dollars of his money was expended upon the treat. His Impressions of the drama were ex pressed In his note to Miller "Mr. Henry M 11 lor- -I 'ear Sir T went to the play, 'The Servant In the House.' under the falso representations of tie-cipher-headed newspaper critics. For the reason that 1 was misled by their criticisms Into investing $14 In tickets, I consider myself stiing." Miller read the note, gasped, read It again and exploded. KILLS HIMSELF WITH DYfflilTE Xelse Bod ine Sits on Stick of Giant Powder and Is Blown Skyward. At San Francisco Portland vs. San Francisco Thn Journal 5: SO Edition today will carry the introduction to the game at San Francisco and the score hy Innings up to a reason nhle time. The result will be flushed In time for press. In ad dition to interesting hnsehnll gos sip there will be all the late sport ing and general news of the day. The 5:30 o'clock Edition is a complete newspaper stilted to all rlnsses of readers. Ask for the 5:30 o'Clock Edition of The Journal STORE FOR GIG HI Structure Designed for De partment Institution Will Soon Pise on Pennoyer Block Million Dollar Investment. mins HEAR HUB'S WELCOME (Cnlted Preim Lensod Wire.) floston, Aug. 4. -The delegates to tho nntlor.nl encampment of the Knights of Pythias were welcomed to-lay by (Jov-. ernor Guild for tho state, Mayor Hlb bard for the city and Grand Chanoellor George W. Fcnnman on behalf of the grand lodge of Massauclietts. Chan cellor Charles A. Barnes of Jackson ville, in., responded for the delegates. The report of the grand secretary to day showed that there nad been an In crease In membership from 50.239 on December 31. I ! 0 ; . to 71,1B2 in 190(1 nd t19K,5.13 In 1H07. The aaln In the first six months of HOJS Is estimated at 14.000. Since t lie amalgamation of the rtath- bone Sisters with the I'vthlan Sister hood, the membership of tiio latter or der has been increased lnll.000. rtut two policemen today are guard ng the tent city, where N.flflO deleKatew are encamped. The delegates are prac tically defenseless against thieves, ami so many robberies have been reported that they threaten to abandon the camp unless the city provides some protec tion for them. .Many of the delegates ire leaving for hotels, which are al eady crowded. The afternoon was eiven over to the general parade of the Uniform Rank. Several thousand visitors came Into the it y to watch the Pythians march. Some o.iioii members of the order, represent ing many slates, were In line, under the omniand of MajoivGenera 1 Arthur .1. Stobbart of St. Paul. The line of march was elaboratelv decorated and the side walks, windows and stands were rowded with spectators who heartilv applaudnd the many attractive features of Uie parade. Ore.gon City, Aug 4. Nelse Rodlne, a farmer residing near Boring, committed suicide about 3 o'clock yesterday after noon bv dynamiting himself He was blasting stumps in a field close to his dwelling, and his last act was to wave his hand to Ms daughter, who was standing in front of the house and shout "goodhve." The explosion followed Immediately, blowing him Into atoms, a portion of the head, shoulders and an arm being all that could be found He apparently sat down on a stick of giant powder, connected with a fuse, and then applied a match to the fuse. No known motive existed, the family assert, for Ills sudden self-destruction. Coroner Holman went last evening to the scene no. I held an Impiest The lurv returned a verdict of suicide by explosion of giant powder FOREST FIKES NEAP CTSIC, WASHINGTON (Sperlnl Dispatch to Thf Journal Cuslc, Wash., Aug. 4 Fires are ras ing in the timber near this place and Newport. Millions of splendid rrees will be burned and the loss will run up Into the thousands. There Is a large force of men fighting the flames, but) unless rain comes JIUle can be done. The million dollar department store proposition of the Trustee company of Portland on the Pen noyer block Is about to crystallize Into the beginning of construction work. The Trustee company has nearly completed arrangements to commence the building, and work will be started this month. W. D. Wood, president of the Seattle Trustee company, J. B. Meikle and A. L. Hawley, president and vice president respectively of the Trustee company of Portland, are in confer ence in this city today, and during the week a meeting for organization will be held. The department store buildlngV equip ment and ground on the Pennoyer blocft, for lesse to Olds, Wort man & King, will cost in excess of 11.000,000. Tha company more than a year ago secured a lease on the block at a rental ot J1.500 per month for a period of 50 years. Money Wow Free. It was the Intention to begin the con struction of a building last year. The financial stringency whfeh set back nearly all development projects at that time also delayed the operations of tiia Trustee company. However, It proceed ed steadily with Its preparations, and during the year all buildings were re moved from the block. The company's arrangements are now nearly completed, and it is expected that work will begin on the foundation within the next few weeks. Meantime the Pennoyer estate Is drawing $1,500 per month rental from the vacant ground. Property Benefited. Surrounding property will be very largely benefited by the project, as such a great emporium In that neighborhood will practically create a new retail dis trict and ground will be In demand. It Is said owners of near-by lots are sub scribing liberally to the bonds of th proposed department store building. The natural advance of all values la the Portland business district sine tho Trustee company secured possession of the Pennoyer block is said to have) been more than enough to pay all rental charges, interest and a profit on th Investment. The construction of the new buildlnar will require a year and a half. Should WORK STARTS OX BUNGALOW DEPOT (lnlf1 rr Wlr Berlin. Aug. 4 According to 1vlri lir.h ,, A oc T' " mt costU or-oi'h .n 'e K;T-rv .f ;h receled from Heidelberg, Frau To el II Tanana distri i r Idst-g t. . k f- un tried! vorced w ife of the king of Raiony. I I K '"d output T.' .r- I 'n only two ur.: ,r nr !n u r :a!rt -: e ;t BUT JOHN LOVES PEARL THE SAME Despite Fact That Accident Had Made Her Help less for Life. (Special Ptspatrh to Tb tiornil.l Colfax. Wash.. Aug 4. -Work will be gin on the Inland electric depot at this place In two weeks. The structure will be completed early In the autumn. The style Is after the bungalow typ and built of brick It will cost when com pleted $18,000. The site selected Is opposite the courthouse. the building bo commenced this month. It would not be ready for occupancy by the big department store before Janu ary of H'ltL The building will cost be tween $500,000 and $00,000. and th equipment will represent $250,000 more. j This, with the ground value, will make) I the entire plant represent considerably J more than $1,000,000. The store is ex i pected to be one of the mercantile marvels of the eountr'- The best Ideas . from all department stores In America : have been gathered and are embraced In the plan of construction and equipment. Refuse to Discuss Strike. (t'nltej PreM tinted W!r 1 Winnipeg, (Int. Aug. 4 Officials or the Canadian Tai lflc railroad companv here this afternoon refused to discuss the strike of the machinists. IIER'S WIFE IS ABDUCTED Mrs. James Burford Mysteriously Disapjiears 3Iillion aire Husband Offers Reward and Is Given Clue Over Telephone Extortion Suspicioned. ri TMi (I'lilte Prrm Wif. Hoquiam, Wh-, Aug 4. Forest flrea which he hen .tng all night 12 mtlen north of this citr d which r till bv. blng briskly today have alreadr iestryd timber and other property valued at $:!.. Ktrtr befer In 4J history of Cbe- ' baits county has such a destructive fir- visited It. The entire logging works f the Poison lgglng company are threat ened The burning of this prcpertv would roesn a tremendous lo. Al though cor of men are fighting the flames thy ! been ucctful only In certain pUces. has engaged a Iswver to effect the d!- n.titlon rt hr r.rfif nl n.ttr.1... lth Signor Toselli. the Italian pianist It! "7 ej;-, 1 r. r 1 ;,, ,-. sr T- n ..-- ' is exported that papers will be filed , rhn! " sufer.g as . being' to-iy stating 'tie grounds for the c lion, whlrb ire f.jr.roseri to i ordant views of l.fe srisirg rom the tints are unable i difference in e or t:-,e Tosehis (r"nt,J Prrm te1 Wlrik) I'-.ncirnjti, A ig 4--I.o won an other !' torv against heavv odds todar whe-i tr;.- honeymoon of John H. Hspp of 8e.att!- a-i.1 his brioV hecan Csrrr trg lfiii ojr.g 'rcan in Ms arms, i Harp enTd the marr'age Hcr.s bu- I irn!te) Pre Ieed Wire ) Loi Angeles. Cai , Auk. 4 Officers at Ventura today are hunting for bandits who. they believe, are holding Mrs. James Burford captive, waiting for her millionaire husband fo Increase the $600 rewarj he ha offered for her return. The f'sr clue io her hereabouts ob tained sire s;e disappeared Sunday lira hie , e ; to eoljr e fiijnih1 with t he hr oroer t'le llir J.' "Jrr in t.e The couple hv lived apart for some 1 t"rilt-j p-!,t who tf ji i.r-i of th time, the husband having abandoned the real cond'ttoit h-r no! r. i ini concert stage a a pianist and rniito . lnir r!!n. Thr r nr hoir'1 of In tea-rhing. Fran Toe!li has asked ' thounnds of dollars' wr.rt of g.il 1 on, her former roval husband to sanction Ithe dumps but not a d ;;ir " wrth ran: her ra.dac in Csraria, J be . sluiced, oo account of U k of mater. I r'-i i of f I p i- f ' Portland, lnd Rap p,'l clerk n counter rnft'Je out she fi:'u- h i band an of b ir a 'irtj lerk s m i s : on nrr" as Pe off!- and ie! Th 1 Kuppcll. ,! ir.arrrvrata pon the and a the ltcrne wa rral'1 ga'lv with her i a'.d s:ae rv appeir harr v trlde j Tbe vAgnr orrtn a irtared In aj railroad ccidT that necessitated tht amputation cl her ieft, i was a telephone message receiv.fi by Piford eterda A man saving be was an offi' er riamed Smith called Bur f rd en t' telepb ne and sabl he hii ilrs B irford In custody and would brir.g ht r to th Hollenbeck hotel at 7 o -lock The millionaire waited at 'he hotel all evening, but his wife fail-d to appear vvi'", he a waiting Burford tn-t a Ventura roan, whose name he refuse to ff. whom 'ie accused of being con r""i with the disappearance of hU 1fe The a-eused man denied that ne knew snytbing of her whereabout ant stated that h was eomute to Anxoaa. Burford. who Is a Hco mining man from Arlsona bmafht bis wife here some time ago. tne coaple stopping t, the Hollenbeck hotel. Recently they rented a house snd last Sunday Burford went to their new home to put things In readiness for their occupancy After spending several hours at new home the millionaire returned his hotel and learned that Mrs. Burfo-. bad disappeared. No one about hotel had seon her snd nothing' mora was heard frm her -until rer huaOn.I re,jvedQ cU on the telephone yeat 'r- "l this B'urfordT Inquired a strati? T?'r. I win be dwa on the T e clock trala with your lfe. ses sr-4 sound. "Who Is thlsr demsnde4 the mlalns; man. ttur-tMm ' mlta Ta in -Mrs- Burford has rnnsmlrted crime snd r" hse a rir' t l -it her In custody," shouted th eri: husKsnd. "Well that's all rifM; f m fcist---her dVtwa and etpoct thf rr j Burford hllev wi.n m t - -" them stxlurle-l ' i : n ' ' trcttR4 iatfe sum . ' him.
