FIRE LOSS AT FAIR
Missouri Building With Contents
Totally Destroyed.
ART COLLECTION A VALUABLE ONE
One of the Finest Structure* on the
Grounds Now a Heap of
Blackened Ruins.
*
Great
FAIR AT AN END.
Lewis and Clark Exposition
Passes Into History.
«- -wiof Estacada, Oregon ■ '■ "■
Portland, Oct. 16.— The Lewis and
Clark Centennial exposition is ended.
MANUFACTURERS OF ALL CLASSES OF
Its imposing palaces and buildings will
come down; its well groomed terraces
and lawns will quickly fade to har­
monize once more with the rugged
landscape. But its influences for the
betterment of a new country will live
on forever.
It ran its course on a chalk mark of
success and ended in a burst of glory.
From a financial standpoint it was a
grade building material a specialty
success; from a commercial standpoint
1 it was a success; from an artistic stand­
point it was a success. Look at the
If You Are Going to Build, We Can Fit
Portland exposition from any stand­
point you w ill, and all you see is suc­
You Out to the Top Notch in Every­
cess.
thing
Tbe end came at midnight, October
14, with a scene that words can but
poorly describe.
Although a heavy
Mouldings in All Styles
rain was falling, thousands stood the
wetting and waited for the vital hour.
At ten minutes of the hour President
H. W. Goode, Governor Chamberlain,
W . A. JONES is our selling agent in Estacada, Oregon
Mayoi Lane and a large party of prom­
inent citizens and exposition officials
Telephone connection direct with mill
entered the bandstand on G ray’s boule­
vard.
The band played a medley qf
patriotic American airs, which brought
forth prolonged volleys of cheering.
Dr. C. B. SMITH
Then Governor Chamberlain w a B intro­
duced.
In a few well directed words
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
he congratulated the people of Portland Oregon Water
Power and Estacada office: Up stairs in Howe's store.
and of the Coast for the great success
Railway Company
they had achieved, and in passing, eu­
logized President Goode and those who
Offices:
131 i-a First St. Portland, Ore. Dr. »Smith will be at his home in Eagle
had been actively interested in shaping
Creek evenings and mornings.
tbe destinies of the exposition. Mayor
Cars leave Estacada
Lane spoke in a similar vein, and ex­
pressed particular delight in the fact • t 7 : 37 . 9 : 37 . ” : 37 . a- m. and 1:37
that the fair should end in the midst
3 :47. 5:37 and 9 o ’clock p. m.
of a good old Oregon rainstorm.
William K. Haviland, M. D.
Cars leave Portland
Then there came a pause, a breath­
PHYSICIAN and SURGC0N.
less pause, during which there was a at 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 a m and 1:30
nervous consulting of watches. Tbe
3:40, 5:44 and 7:17 p m
Office
at
tbe
dreg store,
-
minute hands pointed to four minutes
of midnight; then to three, then to
Night calls answered.
Way freight leaves Estacada at 7:10
one. The life of the great exposition 1 m for Portland, and leaves Portland at
was swiftly ebbing away. It was but
Night bell at Second St. entrance
10:30 a m for return
now a matter of seconds.
The hush
was that of a death chamber.
For further particulars inquire of
President Goode arose slowly to pro­
claim the end.
It was ten seconds
CHARLES L. FER R Y,
away. "T he greatest honor that has
E. L. M EYERS,
ever come into my life or that ever will
J e w e le r a n d
Estacada, Oregon.
was that of declaring this exposition Local Agent,
open,” he said; " I now officially de­
O p tic ia n .
clare the Lewis and Clark Centennial
O . B . D IM IC K
W . A . D IM IC K
exposition at an end.”
OREGON
ESTACADA,
The Dubois Lumber Company
Fir and Cedar
LUMBER
Portland, Oct. 14.— Missouri e state
building is the first of the edifices of
the Lewis and Clark fair to meet an
nntimely fate at the hands of the de­
stroyer. It was not a wrecking crew
which totally demolished Missouri's
magnificent reprsentation at the West­
ern World’s fair, last night, but it was
fiendish,
relentless and unfeeling
flames, which tore and burnt their way
through the building from one end to
the other, devouring the rarest treas­
ures of art, almost invaluable exhibits,
costly fixtures, leaving in their wake a
path of destruction, a vivid reminder
of the awful power of fire.
The fire began apparently from an
unknown cause at 8 »’clock last night,
presumably in the rear end, and within
15 minutes the whole of the building
and all of its contents had been utterly
dectroyed.
A desk, a trunk and three
chairs were the only things that were
saved.
The statue, representing the
state of Missouri, which Btands in front
of the building, and which was present­
ed to the state of Oregon this week,
was untouched. The Missouri building
was sold yesterday to the Missouri
wreckage company, a local concern, for
$2,000, but was not to have been de­
livered until today. The erection of
the building resulted in the expendi­
ture of $12,000, and the cost of install­
ing the exhibits amounted to aboi t
$8,000 more. While the loss of the
art gallery is commercially ectimated
at $20,000, most of the paintings and
statues were owned by art admirers,
and could net be bought for the mere
sake of money. The total loss of the
building, art gallery and exhibits is
estimated at $50,000. Of insurance
there was a meager sum of $5,000 on
the art gallery.
AH that remains of the Missouri
building is a ghastly and heart rending
pile of blackened boards and twisted
ironwork, where until last night stood
DIM ICK & DIMICK,
one of the most beautiful buildings of
KOMURA REACHES TO K IO .
the whole Lewis and Clark exposition,
Attorneys at Law
and which contained an art gallery of
beantiful paintings, and masterpieces Received Warmly by Mikado, Coldly Notary Public.
Estates Settled.
Mortgages
by His People.
of noted sculpturee, which can never be
Foreclosed. Abstracts Furnished
replaced.
Tokio, Oct. 17.— Baron Komura, the
Money Loaned
The art gallery was the feature of the Foreign minister, who acted as chief
building, nearly all the noted artists of plenipotentiary for Japan, arrived here
O FV ICK: 2, 3 & 4, C A R D S BI.DO,
Missouri contributing to the assem today from Vancouver, B. C . His re­
blage of the paintings and statues for ception at the railway station was not O R E G O N C I T Y ,
OREGON
the express purpose of having them ex­ enthusiastic, those present being prin­
hibited at the Lewis and Clark exposi­ cipally government dignitaries
The
tion.
streets were strongly guarded by the
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troops, police and gendarme«.
The
Sweden D ’ssolves Union.
Geo. C. BROWNELL
baron drove to the palace in an impe­
Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 17.— The
rial carriage.
LAW YER
onion between Norway and Sweden ex
The emperor showed exceptional
isting since 1814 has been dissolved,
honor to Baron Komura by dispatching
All business promptly attended to
both houses of the riksdag having pass- \
to Yokohotna, where be landed from
ed the government bill repealing tbe .
OR SCON
the Empress of India, Colonel Inouye, OR RCOIV C IT Y ,
act of union and recognising Norway
his majesty’s aid-de-camp, who went
"a s a state separate ; from the union
alongside the steamer in a dispatch
with Sweden.” The lower house adopt­
boat and brought Komura ashore.
ed the bill without debate, but two or j
three members of the senate expressed
Want Prohibition in Arizona.
the opinion that the diseolsution wgs a
irreparable minsfortune and would be
Tucson, Arizona, Oct. 17.— A Star
regretted. Both houses subsequently special from Prescott says that tbe A ri­
passed the new flag law.
zona Association of Congregational
Ministers has adopted a resolution urg
ing congress to incorporate in the Ari­
Naturalization Frauds React.
W . A . JONES, P rop.
a prohibition
Washington, Oct. 17.— Tbe license of zona statehood bill
'«n mates, pilots, masters and engin-, against the licensing of gambling, lot­
errs at San Francisco were revoked to­ teries and the sale of intoxicating
AS work given prompt attention
day by Cnited States steamboat in- ( liquors in the state of Arizona, claiming
spectors. The action in each case was protection to the Arizona Indians and
W OO D
for the reason that their naturalisation the citisesiship of the state, as provided
by the Oklahoma bill.
papers were obtained by fraud.
Dry, say Inffk slwsy* on hast
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