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DAILY CAPITAL JOUENAL
VOL. XV. .
SALEM, OREGON, MQNDAY, MARCH 20, 1905.
NO. CO.
fACTORY
WRECKED
BY BOILER
Hundreds of Employes in
When Terrific Expl
Occurred
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Build-
Brockton, Mass, March 20. Fifty
lives nro reported lost as the result of
n boiler explosion in tlio Grover Shoo
Company '3 factory this morning. Two
badly burned bodies were removed.
Thrco floors collapsed, and the fourth
lloor, filled with girls, fell to the
ground, but most of the girls oscnped by
the windows.
All doctors in the town wcro called
building was raxed to the ground. In
the wreckage were from 200 to 300 of
the 400 employes. Tire broko out im
mediately, and in a few minutes tho
ruins wero a mass of flames. Tho front
of tho factory, which was left standing
by the explosion, caught fire, driving
out the rescuers, and an hour later tho
whole factory was in ruins. Many cnir
nloves were eaucht by falling timbers,
and tho rescucrers wero obliged to leave
t., !, nnn or to liosmtals. Pour ' them to their late. Those on tno lower
hundred employes wero in tho factory floor suffered tho most,
at the time of tho explosion. A part of ' The boiler which started the explo
the boiler wrecked n house in tho vi- sion had been idlo all winter, and the
cinitv of tho factory. Tho factory l fireman who started tho fire said tho
spread from tho doomed factory to tho boiler seomed to be in perfect conch
Bahlborg block and several residences,
DOW
JLJOa
SCHOOL
One Hundted Thousand Dollars
Gua,ta,nteed by Oregon's
Prominent Citizens
RUSSIANS CAN NOT
HEAR PROM ARMY
wa
Two Corps arc Cut Off From Commun
ication With Headquarters
Articles incorporating tho Willnmetto
University Endowment Association
were filed with the secretary of state
today. The incorporators and directors
aio Philip Buohner, president; C. P.
Bishop, first vicc-piesident; R. J.
Oimi, second vice-president; T. S. Mc
Daniel, "secretary and treasurer; It. A.
Booth, A. M. Smith, J. T. Jones, W. P.
Fenton, B. S. Collins, Samuel Council
and II. E. Neal. All of them aro iden
tified with extensivo financial and
tion.
..oven of "which were destroyed. Tho Up to li-.M tins morning - uoiues
ambulance service nnd all available- had been taken irom the rums. .Many
ina nm imsv removinc- the dead, were torribly mutilated, and identifi-
Tho Drnko tavern and the Dahlborg cation wns almost impossible. The poo
.lock aro burned. The Chuichill and pie in the main part of tho plant es-
Aldon shoo factories, on tho opposite enped, although in tho ternuie panic
. r, .. ...nM.. inliivul Tim llrn la llllilpr
torney for S. P. Co.
A. M. Smith, of Portland, president
board of trustees, president of West
ern Clay Manufacturing Co.
Hon. .1. T. Jones, a capitalist of Cotr
tage Grove, and interested in tho Bo
hernia mining district.
Samuel Connell, presidont of tho
Northwest Door Co., of Portland, nnd
vieo-prcddeiii. of tho Lewis and Clnrk
fair commission.
Hon. T. S. M. McDaniel, malinger of
the, Western Investment nnd Loan Co.,
St. Petersburg, March 20. General
Linevitch reports under dato of March
19th as follews: "Tho commandor of
tho second army reports that ho has
had no further fighting. Wo have had
no reports from the first or third army.
I have inspected tho troops whieh ar
rived from Russia, and thoy nro in ex
cellent spirits and good health."
!1 !.. 4.-.-l S rMirrfln Wll nil .
coiiiineri'iiii imi-iuon m vtvftwn, .. i- j - --..
ington and Idaho. Tho purpose of tho lot Portland.
... .i .-- i . Tlit11it Utiltini riiiQiirnr nf the
organization is 10 iosier aim iruuiuu ''p .n...., ..- -
Christian education. Tho first under- Eastern & Wostorn Lumbor to., ors
London, March 20. Baron Haynshi
todav mado public tho following ills-
pateli from Tokie:
"Our detnrhmeut at -t a. m. on March
l!th occupied Kayuan, 20 miles north
of Tio Ling. The enemy afterwards at
tempted n counter attnek, but was re
pulsed. Tho onemy burned tho bridge
on tho main road south of Kaynan, nnT
also dosjryed a part of tho railway
bridconuuber of Russinn guns were
found mined uoar Mukden."
i
Paris, March UO.-i-'ihe Pelit Journal
hna n St. Petersburg dispatch which
states that G000 Russians lftt at liar
bin last week, as tho rcjmlVof wounds,
or Jfiseaso received in batfle. Tho con
ditions thoro nro horrible in tho ox
troiuc. It Is estimated that tho sick
Russians at Harbin numbor "OjOOO.
St. Petersburg, Match 20. Reports?
thus far indicato thnt 100,000 more
wore killed, wounded nnd taken prisott
ora in (ho battle of Mukden, and eight
field guns captured. v
side of Main streot, are on fire,
Tho explosion occurred at 7:o0
o'clock. Tho entire west hnlf of tho
mnnv wcro injured. The fire is under
control, but tho loss will reach 200,
000.
CONSIDER
PEACE
CONGRESS
Birmingham, England, March 20.
Tho Post says that is is informed "by
high diplomntists thnt two or three
of tho great powers, including Grent
Britain, aro considering a proposal to
convene nn international congress to
end tho Russian-.Tapnnese war and to
roviso the rules of warfare.
EXPRESS
TRAIN .
ROBBED
Cody Trial On.
Sheridan, Wyo March 2B.-
-The Cody
Chattanooga, Tcnn., March 20. Pas
senger train No. 35, on tho Southern
Railway, which left hero at 8:10 o'clock
for Memphis, was hold up at tho foot
of Lookout Mountain. Tho express
messenger is reported injured. A spe
cial train has gono to the scene of tho
holdup.
Ono of the robbers wns trniled into
tho mountains anil captured.
Tlio man nrrested was Will Thomas,
taking of the new company will bo toj
increase the endowment of Willamette
University to $100,000 on or before Oc
tober, 1005. A considorablo portion of
the funds needed will bo provided by
tho incorporators The most of them
hnvo mado gonorous subscriptions to
tho endowment on condition thnt tho
friends of Willamette Univorsity sub
scribe tho remainder before tho date
civen.' Tho endowment funds will bo
invested in high-class securities, nnd
tho income to maintain tho College of
Liberal Arts of tho University. The
enmpaign for endowment funds will be
under the direction of Dr. J. II. Cole
man, president of the University, who
was recently successful in securing the
subscriptions for tho payment of the
debt of $3.-,000.
Tho names of tho incorporators, with
thoir business connections nro aa fol fel fol
eows: Senator R. A. Booth, of Eugene, pros-
ident of tho Booth-Kelly Lumbor Co.
Hon. C. P. Bishop, ex-mayor of Sa
lem, and owner of Salem Woolen Mill
Stores in Salem and Portland.
Hon. W. D. Fenton, of Portland, at
"t'ru"u" "" Tinro tn.Uv n rmer messenger. Mai Pruetta, the
divorco ease was resumed hore today,"
" ; .. , ... i... messencer who was nssaulted in his ear,
with Judge Scot or uaeyennu u v , -
bench. Tho reading of depositions wil ' t t
tako two days, when the arguments of
the counsel will begin.
"bhicago Markets.
Chicago, March 20. Wheat, $1.1494
(iU.15; corn, 4949Vj; oats, 31'i.
The safest way to satisfy
yourself that oar prices on
NOVELTY
DRESS
GOODS
are tight Is to examine the
same goods at other dry
goods stores. The ladies
tell as that we have an ex
ceptionally fine assortment,
eqaal to any In the city.
They are surprised at the
wonderful difference In
prices on the Identical fab
rics.! Batnes'
Cash Stoe
Undersells jcegclar stores.
Their spot cash plan does it
but Thomas wiys that it wns a person
al encounter.
stolF
STANDARD
MONEY
Portland
II. K. Noal, cashier of tho Capital
State Bank, of Boise, Idnho.
R. .1. Guinn, of Moro, mnnngor of
Moro Implement Manufacturing Co.
H. S. Collins vice-president of Os.
trander R. R. Co., nnd ongaged exten
sively in tho lumber manufacturing in
dustry. President Coleman has been working
for the organization of this association
for a year, but his ultimato success far
expends his first expectations. It would
be hnrd to get together 11 men moro
energetic, moro successful or moro rep
resentative of tho three states. Thoy
are all nctivo Methodists, five of them
befng delegates to tho Inst gonoral con
vention at Los Angeles, nnd nil of
them nro determined to mnko Wil
laeoteo tho equal of any university in
tlio northwest.
Now, that ho has this matter off his
hands, Prosident Coleman "will center
his offortH on tho construction of a
building for tho Medical college. Ho
stated, In nn interview this morning,
thnt something had to bo done, and
dono at once.
DENIED
ANOTHER
TRIAL
RAID BY
MINOR
LEAGUES
Washington, March 20. Tho supremo
court denied tho implication of Peter
Miller and Thomas .leirorson, of Colora
do, sentenced for connection of frauds,
V
for a writ of hnbeas corpun.
Contrary to expectations; tho court!
did not decide tho motion lor nn inline
dlato issuo of tho mandate In the liar
riman-Hill decision.
HEARING
WILL BE
THOROUGH
t
Spring Vacation.
Tho spring vacation nt Willamette
University will eoininonco Friday even
ing, March 31st, and class work will bo"
resumed Monday morning, April 10th.
Atlanta, March 20,-Becauso Bon
Johnson, president of tho nAinorica
Baseball Ioaguc, refused to cojno to
tho tonus of tho minor leagues, a co
torlo of maniigorB declare that thoy will
raid tho American leiigno, nnd tnko Cr
star phiyorH from it, crippling that or
ganization. Tho plan is to givo two
plnyerM to each of 125 teams. This wan
decided nt a meet lug hero today, amf
Dm Paoifio Coast League is said to bo
a party to the scheme.
Court Takes Rocobs.
Washington, March UQ. The supremo-
court took n recess until April M.
rw &
CZAR SUFFERS FROM
RELIGIOUS MANIA
Berlin, March 120. A report says that Russian victory, and llkowiso for tho
tho cVnr is suffering from n religious
mania, and spends two hours ovory day
suppression of tho revolutionary move
ment. Ho sont nlso u similar telegram
praying in tho palace chapel. Ho tob-'u 0m, (.rfl0 0n his breast contlnu
graphed Father .John, of Kronstadt ro- Hly iim n protection against nssaBln-
cently to compose spoelul pruyors for a atioir,
Oakland, March 20. At 11 o'clock
this morning John Daloy, mossengnr of
tho Standard Oil ompany at Point
iit.n,nrii whiln retiirnliiL' from the
"" ' v
Central Bank, nt Oakland, wns hold up
by two masked men and robbed of $10,-
000 in gold.
Daley, with P. K. Roche, wns driving
in a buggy along a lonely road that ran
a short disUinco from tho railroad in
a stnge. Two mnsked mon ujmpetl out
of tho brush, levelod revolvers at tho
occupunts of tho vehicle, and ordered
them out. As soon as the mon alighted
thoy woro bound and gnggod and
thrown fnco downward on the ground.
Tho robbers then entered tb buggy
nnd drove away with the treasure.
About half an hour afterwards several
workmon passing found Daley unci
Roche, and rolensed them and tooK
.i.... tn. Pnmt Reno car. The police
i nil th noarbv towns were notified,
and a number of posses are icourlng
ontra Costa county. The monoy sioiun
was to Lave boon used to iay o"
employes of the SUndard Oil Refinery
at Point Richmond.
Dragoons After Blood.
Bonsov, March 20. TKre sqtwUroM
of dragoons started for Ifcrwwui, where
nxmwl Jewa are reportwl te knlJ
the ehlef of pollee aw a mmw -.
a&iistanls.
"
Cndser Sails.
Norfolk, March SO. The eruiser (1
orado left for Venezuela at 8.30 o'clcxk
ibis morning.
Chicago, March 20. Fifteen grnud
jurors woro accepted today to inves
tigate the alkiged beof trust by tho fed
eral court. Of tho 22 mon summoned
two wero oxcused booa,uo thoy ovnod
stocks in railroads and fivo for other
nnB Tim miostions nsmxi l"C
monod this nftarnoon, nml tho panol
will prolmbly bo completed tomorrow,
whon tho lionring of tho evidenoe will
Iwgui. Assistant Attornoy-Oonoral Va
gin ileelnred that tho Investigation will
bo most rigid, and says thnt ho bollovos
sufficient evidence is already in tho
i.i... ...! !...ll..n.l I f,nMmtnn nf t 10 federal BUtllOritlflS tU
vonirmon wero seiircuuit', .'- 1 1- , , , , , i. i
disposition on tho part of tho gov Indict tho principle members of the at.
eminent to carefully avoid any possible loged trust Tho prosecution is made
error Other vcnlrmen wero sum 'under tho Sherman antl trust law.
STEAMER ENCOUNTERS
HEAVY OCEAN WAVES
POPE SEEKS TO
EPsjD HOSTILITIES
Liverpool, March 20. Tho Post
states thnt It has lqarnod on the au
thority of n pioinlnent member of tho
Vatican that tho popo is seeking to In
fluence Huroponn diplomacy in favor
of mediation in the Far Kant. Ho has
communicated directly with corlain
rulers, liHdHding tho ICalser nnd King
Kdw'nrdnfT nffo has sti a friendly
loiter to tho dlgnltnrios 'of the Greek
church, oxprecslng a hope that penco
will bo dcelnrcd.
vw York. March 20,-Tho White
Star steamor Ctnlric arrived today, after
tho most turbulont voyago in her ea
reer. She eneenntorel wavos CO feet
high. Among the passengers woro
Juboz White and Manager Charles
Mitchell. White is matahod to fight
Jimmy Brltt nt San Francisco.
NEW YORK CHINESE
HAVE TONG FUED
W York. Mara. M.-Chiatowf. i.f Chinatown. Mock Dnek, an enemy
, " -.. -,rr.rOveraf.dltwe.10f U, lo J. danger ei '"
IH a DKRtW .
. rimil faotlens. headed ly nB
Teng and nip Sing TwBg. Tae Jlice
are making every . effert i previ.
mnnier. A pre of $3000 has been
placed on the head of Tom Lee, mayorjing coats of mall.
.Slips Lave Loan petI In all parts of
Chinatown, with a seole or prieee lor
the Leads of various leaders of Ong
'Long' tong. Many Chinese are wear.
WEDNESDAY ONLY
Spr-cfal Sale No. 22
Wodnojidny Is nlways special bargain .lay at tho Big Btoro as hundreds
of pnulont shoppers can testify. This coming Wednesday In no nxwptlon.
For this day pjily o(ta' "n exceptionally fino line of
HOSIERY
'i
ThoV-nro now spring stock of fancy Jaco designs In a wide rnngo ofc
doslgns. Our regular Bite value
33c pafc
. Knnmnbor these hose are on sale for WEDNESDAY ONLY at tills
prloe. Don't uxpoet thorn on Tuesday or Thursday.
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