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VOL. VII. NO. 128.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1908 SIXTEEN PAGES.
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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.