East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, April 24, 1906, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY EVENINGEDITION 9 T:. I DAILYEVENINGEDITION JteV ( ( M QVV0V) J WEATHER-FORECAST. I X " llll i' ) I Unsettled weather with probably 1 T. 1 "'r1""" wiMa ' "" "jr I ahowera tonight and Wednesday. People who buy and people who ell are brought together through Intelligent, advertising. It ia the chief means o( Introduction. II 'I anBaWHam "6 - imoaHaaaBaaa i - I' f VOL.19. PEnI VpN, OREGON, TUESDAY, APltlL 24, 1906. , NO. 5650 . . l I i i .. I aft am a . - lllia I f 1 li 1 f V I VST MP1?!) I I sm saaBi . a, a . . . a . III MM ill liriMrM The first systematic search for TV ENTY-F1VF. MEN ARE DIGGING GAS PIPE TRENCHES. United States Relaxes Red Tape for fl I I 1 1 1 I I M 1 1 1 Mil IIUUI V a.wa.w FAR SOI TIME Regulars to Supplant State Troops During Marttol Law at San Fraocisco. DlrfcTCCaVTIEfi ARISING AND 4JXPECTED WO GROW. lOaauTrd lltanalns of Srsaxntcen Vle i tlnw of finrthquake aaad' Fire Found i In One Building Vussnsteer Physlc lan Accidentally Killed' by Ilia Own Gun Order Being Brought Out of the Cbaos of Kulaa aid Tents Tito Water 'Famine Ia a)an End Two HnndrMl Bodies CarwniAted In One Dint ram. Washington. April 24. General ' Greely reports this morning: "Consultation teste place between Mayor Schmita and' General Funston regarding the neoesBlttles of the near future. The mayor urged that the army take charge ot the large districts now guarded by state militia. Apart from other conAUlons, It Is evident the state troops oaonot be expected to serve there any (considerable time. while It la certain that within 10 days such a aituatloa will develop that i Increased force i( regulars will be necessary to guaad property and con serve public Interests. "They recommended that at leaat 2500 men, mostly cavalry, be sent from outside division, and that the trans ports Warren and Crook be Immedi ately put Into onmmisslon. "Already difficulties exist, regarding supplies, forage "and lumber, and the difficulties are certain to increase la the near futwi:" Seventeen Ilr 'In One Frame Howe. San Francttmo, April 24. It Is be lieved the charred bones of 17 persons repose In the arthes of a frame build ing ot 119 Firth street Fragments of; one body have been recovered. The! building collapsed like an egg shell, and the WTeck Instantly took fire. All attempts at rescue were futile. Oc-1 cupanta who waped saw a woman and man pinioned on a bed and aim heard a baby Trying. Mrs. Murray, ' the proprietor, Ss missing. Volunteer IPhysIclan Killed. Dr. C. P. Tairgart, one of the most prominent physicians of Los Angeles, who volunteered his services to the Hearst relief Vureau. was shot and killed yesterday by the accidental dis charge of his ewn pistol while run nlng up the 1ms of Crocker school bulliltng. He wan a graduate of Mor ris Medical college. The refugee camp at Fort Mama and the Presidio, begun work today on a systematic plan of organizing 200, 000 homeless pvople. Tents which had been placed here and there have been arranged into streets, and all will soon assume the regularity of an army camp. . Four men caught attempting to loot a safe at Fifth and Rrannan, are now In a guard house and will be given a trial by courtmarthtl. From theatrical headquarters at the "Novelty theater. 15fl thespians were given transportation 'Boat. Almnilnnt Water Soon. The tnsk of restoring the water sup ply hi well under way. Large squads of men are repairing the water mains 1n tile burned district Tifl -the city will be woll equipped for water by .noon. President Itoncnvlerl, lf the board of education, has Issued general or ders filming the schools for one year. All school houses statidlng are thrown open to the public aa lodging places. Cremated 200 Bodies. Two hundred bodies, found 1n the Potrcro district, south of Channel street, were cremated by order of Commissioner Walsh. Some were killed by falling buildings, and some by fire. In the majority of casea Iden tification Is Impossible. Military control of the city Is divid ed Into districts and assigned to regu lars, police, militia and university ca dets. The regulars are taking the dis tricts where the greatest liability of trouble exists. Five Hundred Bodies Disposed of. S;in Francisco, April 24. It la esti mated that 600 bodies of victims so far have been recovered and disposed "" Family Attempts Sutvlde. Philadelphia, April 24. Rasper Fahns and his entire family were overcome by gaa this morning. The mother and two daughters are dead, while the father and two sons may re cover. It appears to be a whole sale attempt at suicide. There haa been much sickness In the family for a year past. ot by burial or cremation. Many were hastily burled, not being Identified. The -first systematic search ' for bodies haa begun, the rulna In some places having cooled enough to permit digging In the debris. The city la di vided Into districts with temporary morgues for receiving dead. TKOOPS TO KAN FRANCISCO. Walla Walla Bonds 55 Cavalrymen to Help Kccp Order. Walla Walla, April 24. An officer and 6i enlisted men of the Fourteenth cavalry, stationed at Fort Walla Walla, have been ordered to .proceed at once to San Francisco to wist the other troops there in preserving order and doing general police duty. The order was received t Fort Walla Walla this morning irom Gen eral FunMUin who Is In command of the forces .at San Francisco. The O. R. & N. company has pro vided A tourist sleeper for the use of the soldiers and an extra baggage car to cary .their equipment. These two cars all I be attached to .the regular train bound for Portland -tonight. MCOOTAXA'H NEW JIKSERYE. TOrwiy 1,000,000 Acres ef Forest Are to He Set Mle. Helena, April 24. The president haa dniued a proclamation creating a new f forest reserve 1 'southwestern Montana, which will conserve the timber and water supply of the coun try .In the vicinity of -Helena, Boulder and Butte, It embraces 780,000 acres et Hand extending fratm. Helena south westerly about 71 anlles, and north westerly about 26 miles. The Boulder, Little Blackfoot and UneTibodge rlvera all head In this re serve, and conservation of water In .these streams will aid Irrigation lower own their sources. Trite "water supply of Helena, which uiiimeBi from Ten Mile creek, and of Butte, which Is drawn . from Basin neek,v will also be iprotected by thit iseeerve. $5, SaSNI&LKTOX'g SHIRK IN THE HKUEF OF FIlWC.j Mtmit-Fhrlit lMlarfl CoiuritazM! Late. Yesterday Tlio Money is lie-. ilng (KxpeiHled far NecetHarVri ("-' (hrr . the Direction of PureiuMiiig' iConunlttce Kaajrjtivs will He Sla ,ned M Vee of Chararo, Ko Purrhasps! May an WHI lie Made Ilrre a actamahcre. Over: J5200 haa nw been subscribed ra i-enuieion ior uie nrener or ine isan Fnunckrco sufferers, auid the work Is KH! goaug on. Tbe tfollowlng rab HCEtpllinis have beta anude since ye tierday: Jumee .A. Snyder..... $ S.0 James Kilkenny 24.0 Anivn 'Nute 5.04 J. S. :MlLeod 15. E. C HKiirS i.0 Kenaeth Warner ...,.v. 5.0 O. R. & .. employes... 2J.4H X reply has yet beca rrecelved from nnttrul Funston, who wjih wired yes terday uml i aked comsrming what shimlfl be amt from herr. However, the mmiey -gradually Viitig expend ed under the direction of the purchas ing crorrLHtltrtf.', conslstina of F, a.. Judd and L. liAlllzlker. fry , goods. clothing and fajocerles aire being bought id will be shlptn-tl to San Francli- over the Hnniniun , lines. As no fne1?ht will be chnraMtl n re lief suppbes tlw same can iie sent from here us well from auwy ether lilace. NORniWfWT ;IH)1XG WEU,. Relief Sunpllro Arc d'ciiig Kccr-hMXliln Sun Fiuiiclx-o Vlo ro They Are Hi- trlhuted by Arsiy, Agent E. C. Smith, of the O. R. JS. company, has received the follow. Int; message from Genernl Manngtvr O'Brien, of the O. R. N, 111 nddl-; tlon to thoF-e published In the Knst Or egontan Inst evening: Portland. April 21. E. C. Smith, Agent Pendlwton: I hare Just received the following message from E. E. Calvin, general manager of the Southern Paelflc com pany: "Please notify all your people who are furnishing relief supplies, that they are being received 1i good shape and are being distributed ity the quartermaster department of the Unit ed States army. The Northwest ha do ing remarkably I well In this emerg ency." please give this message the wtdcrt possible publicity. Moved From Athena Here, Station Agent Smith, of the O. R. A N. nt Athena, has resigned his position aa agent at that place and has moved to Pendleton, having accepted a posi tion with the Bankers Reserve Life Insurance company, with headquarters at this place, Toppentsh, which Is located on the Yakima reservation, has 261 residents and SO voters; and wants to Incorpor ate, although the law requires 800 residents. OVER SUfiSGR BED This morning actual work on the gar plant was commenced by the Northwestern Gas & Electric company, when a crew of 25 men was placed at work on Main street Work was started at the Junction of Main and Railroad streets, and a trench was dug down the center of the street. At first the crew was distributed along the street, .cov- ering a block and a half. With the force at work rapid work Is being done, and It will not take long to lay the main on that street. Pipe will be distributed as the trench is dug, and placed In the same Im- mediately. After laying the line on Main street the main will be extended up Court, and later other streets will be piped. Several carloads of pipe are now on hand. 22 MINERS DIE MILE UT WORK Disaster Caused by a Windy Shot Which Ignited Dust, Causing an Explosion. tt 1T1IK PROPERTY OV THE ' COLORADO Ft "EL COMFAYC Irosxl Men Were In Banana Near the .'Main Fn t ra nee VMmrrn Working l iDMant Parrs of taae Mine Were On litinrt and Made TMr Ex Major ity of the Dead Jaw Italians nd (Japanese One Masa Mining, Boliev- ed to Be DeadOne Mcmdred and I Eighty Men Entpkryed in the Entire Property The Propoitj liom tsy Ex plosion Was SBgaat. Trinidad, CoL, April J. Aa Itha re sult of a dust erfilosioa in a anlne oT the Colorado Fuet Iren company, 1 i miles west of Trtniaafl, shortly beTore noon today, ZZ snlnerc are Known re be dead and one elher hi mlaanng, with little hope of being ifnund ulive. There were 44) men In 'the mine at the time of the 'expansion. Seventeen miners, who were wiirklng 3.700 'feet from the entrance, escaped unhurt through another 'opening. The explosion .occurred !ln rooms '3 and 4 near the main entrance, and 'was the result ct a. windy allot, which ignited the duet -ana caused asphyx iating gases. An order for 22 -corflns has been re ceived by a local nindertriker 'here, that many bodies Tiaving been taken out today. The -mine wa not batfry damaged and work van be resumed in a couple of days. The mine employed iagj men. Miners from adjacent camps are as sisting In the rescue. Superintendent 'Robert O'Neil left 'here on a special main at noon, and Is -personally direct ling the rescue woit Among the dead te James iReod, "fire ImKs. Most of the others ore Italians mud Japanese. 'QUAKE FELT AT MsMinicr Alliance Was tilirtkcn 'Off Eureka tTaar. X'hen two milea off the Eureka 'bar. the steamer Alliance, Co,ptula Kelly, viu badly nhaken by lhe earthuuakc, says .the Oregon Daily Journal. Four distinct shocks were fall and Uie skip per thought that he had run hito the rocks. The engines were reversed and the HV.'iimer backed off tor some dis tance. Soundings were taJken aad 16 fathoms. of water was fnd. It was then known that an earthquake hud occurred. The rasscngers rushed oat on the deck helinvlng that the boat had suf fered an accident. They remained out until the eleamer crossed the bur md reached Eureka, The first eight to greet them was the dilapidated bronce statue on tij of the court bouse. Th figure was bent and twisted and hang lug over the edgo of the building at right angles. Hardly a building in the itown escaped damage. t'Ol.l MISI.V RAISED AND FELL. A Few Moments After tlio San Frnn cltfco Enilluiimke. . J'ho Dalles Chronicle of Thursday contained the following Incident, evi dently credited by It at Us face value, whlt'ji doubtless it should be: "A big whale must have come up the Ctdumbla this morning," said In dian Jake Andrews to F; A. Seufert yesterday morning about o'clock be fore the news of the terrible quake In San Frnwclsco was heard. And then Jake went on to tell that he rowed across the river from Seu ferfs cannery to the scow, three miles up the river, on the opposite side about 5:30 o'clock, and as he nearcd the scow the river suddenly came up fully four feet on the bank. He was shocked to see It It fell Immediately and Jake stood In amazement won dering what was happening. ( Others say there were marks of an unusual rise on the Oregon bank, and It Is firmly believed that the disturb ances affected the Columbia at this point. The more so since news comes of Its effects being felt at Vancouver. NEIGHBORHOOD OF A THOUSAND Dead at San Francisco, While Many Wre Cremated and Never Recovered. THERE WM.L HE NO SERIOUS KJPRF.CI.VnOX OF STOCKS. The Sun Francisco Stock Kxtchange ' 'Haw tlteopcned rDisnotiHloai Shown ( (Hold to Stories Ugl Stroke of JSarthquake Last Night Creates threat Alarm Work of Hooonanruc Ition Is Already IV gam Trolley Wires Being Strung and SareeX Cars Will Run Soon Rtroctan-al Jfcater tial Duty Free. San Francisco, April .24. Coroner Walsh states hla deputle have taken charge of 350 bodies taken from the ru1na not Including those marled by the police and militia In the Potrere. Over 100 were burled In this sectioa alone. It Is believed now that tt'he, deafJh list will be in the neighborhood of '1 000. Many were cremated and newer recovered, and of those recovered, many have not been Iderrtffiea. Bodies buried in Portsmouth End Washington squares will he exhumed and an attempt made at Identification. Stock Exchange Reopens. San Francisco Stock Exchange 'has opened In temporary quarters at 1407 Oough street. President Ituggles says he sees no reason for serious depreci ation of stocks. Everybody is Inclin ed to hold their stocks smfl later real ize on them. Slight Qnake Lass "Vlglit. Another short, sharp earthsjatlke shortly before midnight gave the peo ple of San Francisco and surrounding towns an attack of heart faflune. Qn spite of the continuance of these shocks, Forecaster McDIe and other scientific men declare there is little danger of serious disturbances. These earthquakes, of which there have heen eevernl since the great shake, are de clared to be due to "readjustment" of the earth's crust following the heavy shock. It coonst ruction Brgnn. .San Francisco has begnn the work of reconstruction, and in a short time temporary structures will begin to rise among the ashes of the burned city. Sohllers have made good progress demolishing with dynamite the threat ening walls along Market street near the feriy. A big force of men Is engaged In stringing wires for a trolley line on Market street, and In a few days cars 'lll be running throughout the city. Structural Material Duty Free. Following precedents from the Bos tun and Chicago fires, congress will puss a bill authorizing the free im port of structural steel and other building material for use at 'Frisco, NeniHy $10,000,000. New York, April 24. The national relief fund for San Francisco haa reached $15,800,000. It appears the fund wUl reach 120.000,000. Tills city alone bus passed the 12.000,000 and Is expected to reach 13,000,000. Ex clusive of supplies, free transportation and other necessities, the contribu tions are increasing Instead of de creasing. $1,000,000 From Chicago. Chicago, April 24. Chicago is con tributing at the rate of $100,000 per day. It has passed the $700,000 mark and Is expected to pass the million dollar mark by Saturday. New York Stutci Appropriates. Albany, N. Y., April 24. The gov ernor has signed the relief bill appro priating $250,000 from the state treas ury for San Francisco. Fourteen hours elapsed from Its Introduction to the time the governor's signature was affixed. Lecturer Coming Thursdny. Thomas Handsaker, a lecturer and entertainer, will appear In a delight ful program at the First Christian church next Thursday evening, April 26. United Ktntos Relaxes Red Tape for California Sufferers. The United States postofflce depart ment is coming to the aid of the home less and penniless of San Francisco. Numbers of letters are being forward ed from that city and Oakland without postage, says the Oregon Dally Jour nal. Several arrived In Portland yester day and today, and at thla end of the line Postmaster Minto has continued the good work and ordered the letters delivered at once, without the red tape process which usually accompanies such cases. "I do not believe the government can censure this branch of the postal regu'' Hons," said Mr. Mlnto today. "I would rather put stamps on the letters myself than cause the people of Port land to whom they are addressed the greater anxiety and sorrow more de lay would cause. I look upon It that these letters contain important news of cafety of loved ones, and whereas if the usual method was followed the letters would not be delivered for 24 hours at least, I have ordered that the y-outlne be dispensed with and the let Iters delivered Immediately." Portmastcr Minto added that from the advice he had received he thought the San Francisco postal authorities would soon have arrangements com pleted whereby business at that city could be carried on without Interrup tlon and In the regular manner. CHVRCII FACTIONS FIGHT. Orthodox Catholics RepuNed by Marl' anctte Sectarians. "Vienna, April . 24. It Is reported today that at Lesmo, near Warsaw 200M orthodox Catholics led by priests attempted to retake a church seized by Marlanette sectarians. The de feniders defeated the Catholics, killing 12 and wounding BO. L MEET ON MAY 5 l I CAIABD BY SFPT. SHELLER OF THE FOREST RESERVE. Will DiNCUHg Reserve Problems, Allot ment of Range and Receive Appli cations for Range Allotment Other Meeting of Similar Import Will Be Hold at La Grande, Baker City and . AuHtln Apply to Supt. Shcller for Necessary Blanks. A meeting of stockmen has been called by D. B. Sheller, superintendent of the eastern division of the Blue mountain forest reserve to be held in this city on May 6, for the purpose of discussing the reserve, for partitioning the range to stockmen Interested and to receive applications for range al lotments. A series of meetings has been ar ranged for the month of May, the schedule being as follows: Pendle 'ton. May 6; La Grande, May S; Baker City, May 11, and Austin, in Grant county. May 13. Stockmen are Invited (to attend these meetings and discuss the features of the reserve with the superintendent. At each meeting the purpose of the government In creating the reserve n dthe regulations under which It will be run will be fully explained and all questions which may be asked iy the stockmen will be willingly an swered by the forest superintendent, who has charge of the eastern divis ion of the reserve. The date for re ceiving applications for grazing closes May 19. Upon May 14 in La Crnnde. Prlne ville, Portland and Roseburg civil ser vice examinations will be given appli cants for the position of forest ranger and upon the same day In all the large cities of the west examination for the opsltlon of supervisor will be held. Those wishing to take the examina tion for forest ranger must forward application to the civil service com mission at Washington. D. C, and re ceive permission to take the examina tion. Application blanks can be se cured from Superintendent D. B. Shel ler at Baker City. STRIKE SITUATION IS WORSE. French Government Is Alarmed at Menacting Conditions. Paris, April 24. The strike situation Is growing steadily worse throughout the country. Small tradesmen are Join ing the strikers' ranks, and the gov ernment Is greatly alarmed. NARROW ESCAPE FOR LOl'BET. Sizzling Bomb Found In the Window of His Study. Paric, April 4. Former President Loubet mysteriously escaped death. A bomb with fuse burning was found In the window of his study and extin guished. It was found to be extremely deadly. Duma Is Opened. St Petersburg, April 24. The czar today personally opened the duma. STOCKMEN COURT AND UN Mayor and Council Were a Unit in That Decision at Last Night's Session. WILL ADVERTISE FOR BIDS IMMEDIATELY. Resolution Giving Validity and Force Was Adopted to Back Uie Judgment of City Officials, and Only a Two thirds Remonstrance by Abutting Property Owners, Can Prevent the ' Improvement Mayor and Three Councilinen Investigated Bltulithic Paving as It is Applied and Used at Walla Walla. At last, after months of doubt, Pen dleton is now In line for street paving, and the long fight for the improve ment of Main and Court streets is all but over. At the adjourned session of the council held la-t evening the coun cil decided unanimously to pave with bltulithic, and the city attorney was directed to advertise for bids on War ren's bltulithic waterproof paving. Also, a resolution was passed calling for the Improvement and the two notices will be published simultane ously for 10 days. a'-. Council Acts as tTnh. . All was harmonious last evening the mayor and the entire council act ing as one In the decision reached. On Sunday Mayor Fee and Council men Murphy, Hinkle and Mumm vis ited Walla Walla. There, accom panied by the street committee of Walla Walla, the Pendleton people thoroughly investigated the merits of asphalt and bltulithic. That they were thoroughly convinced in favor of bltulithic was shown by the unani mous action taken lost evening. The decision to advertise for bids upon bltulithic rather than to accept the present offer of the Warren company, was taken upon the advice of City Attorney Carter and the War ren people themselves. By this ac tion every possibility of an Injunction Is averted, as competitive bids will have been received twice. The advertisement for bids will be published for 10 days, commencing tomorrow. At the end of that time the bids will be opened, and provided no remonstrance Is presented, the con tract will be let to the successful company. As the Warren company alone has the pavement, they will ba awarded the contract. Remonstrance Not Feared. The only way by which paving may now be blocked is by a remonstrance from two-thirds of the property own ers of the district to be Improved. That this cannot be secured Is confi dently believed by the street commit. tee. Th" remonstrance made but poor headwrv several weeks ago, when the council was divided and the mayor was disposed to stand out against the Improvement Now that the may-r and all the councllmen are unanimous for bltulithic. there can be no excuse for a remonstrance. Today the three members of the street committee. Renn, McCormmach and Ell, have been warmly congratu lated for the work they have done in behalf of street Improvement. These three men and several others In the council have stood firmly and con sistently for paving through many weeks. It is largely to their efforts that the present favorable condition is due, and they are entitled to credit for the same. LETTERS DAILY FROM 'FRISCO. No Bud News Yet Received by Pen dleton People. Letters are now being received dniitf by Pendleton people from friends and relatives in San Francisco. So far no bad news has been received by anyone. This morning Mrs. Lee Drake received a letter from her sis ter, Miss Myrtle Hager, saying that she was safe. The letter was written on a paper carrier's report slip and was maueu rrom San Francisco. This morning Frank Macey of the Boston store, received word that Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Townsend. rlo movvd there from Portland a week before the earthquake, were both safe. Mr. Townsend was cashier for the Wells Fargo company, whose building was completely destroyed In the fire and quake. He was formerly a resident of Salem. Operators Are Signing -p. Indianapolis, April 24. The miners are confident the finis In the bituminous fields will be favorable to the miners and the public. The number of opera tors who signed exceeds the number who refuse, and others are expected to follow. In Illi nois It Is expected all will be signed in 60 days.