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VOL. XIX
SALEM, OHL'dOX TIESDAY, Al'Ol'ST 31, 11)0.
No. 105.
CHILDREN
ARE BURNED
TO DEATH
St. Malachi's Home for Chil
dren In New York Was
Totally Destroyed
Last Night.
SEVEN BODIES FOUND
NEARLY A THOUSAND CHILDREN
IN IMMENSE WOODEN HULD
IN(1, AND IT WAS THOUGHT ALL
.HAD BEEN SAVED BODIES
FOUND LYINU TOOETHEH.
United l'retn t.Mrl Win.
New York, Aug. 31. Tho uodlo
of twvoii young chlldrou, burned be
yond possibility of recognition, wero
fMind la the rulus of tho St. Ma
" laolil'H homo for chlldrou today.
Firemen aro working In tho char
rod romulus of tho homo looking tor
othor bodies.
Iho dlHcovory that a holocaust
hud occurred came as u shock today
as tho police lau night roported that
nil children had oscaped from tho
blitzing home.
Hundreds of little onus weio saved
from douth TJy tho bravcVy of tho
slscora of the orphauago, and tho
quick response of the children to a
tire drill call.
It ib not known how tho seven wijo
wero killed became soparated from
their companions. Tho bodloa wero
found huddlod togothor iu a masB
r room on tho SraevAid lloor of tho
building, und apparently tho chil
dren wero clinging to each other
when douth caino.
Nearly 1000 children wero In tho
homo, which wus a wooden structure
occupying an entire block, and fac
ing tho Atlantic ocean. The chll
dreu'ti ages ran from two years to
twolvo.
Tho lire started In tho engine room
of the homo nt 7 o'clock last night.
The children bad Just retired and tho
.lstors wore at their dovotlons.
When tho Ilamos spread rapidly a
Are drill was sounded.
Scores of spectators, attracted by
li. lilnr.v nhmtrml ns tho 12-year-
olds appeared carrying llttlo children
.mil linli!rvn
As soon as the children were In
tho street a l oil was called, and all
wero roported saro. It was not sus
pected that any wero missing, and
tho fli-amen confined their efforts to
flL'MIni? ilio flames.
Tho refugQO chlldrou . aro .bolng
cared for at a Hebrew sanitarium sit
uated In an adjoining block.
Wtun u search was made for tho
records of the homo today It wub dls.
covered that all hail been destroyed
In tho coiiflagrat'on.
Thin will niako It nractlcaltv I'
possible to dotermlno tho namos of
tho dead and missing, as the books
and papers contained tho "history"
of tho children who wero ocoupants
of tho Institution.
SHEEP HERDER SHOT;
PROBABLY ACCIDENT
United l'rw I.m.M Wire
Pendleton. Aug 31. A sheep
herder known as "Alphonso," In tho
employ of tho J. 13 SmUa Company,
was mystorlously shot in the back
near Moneham yostordny. Whether
tho man was accidentally shot by a
hunter who mistook him for an ani
mal, or whether ho was tho victim
of revengeful cattlemen or Bottlers,
la the question officers will be called
upon to determine. Though the
wound la serious tho victim Is still
nllvo and it is though that ho has
chances of recovery.
The herder apparently has no Idea
of tho ldentlt of the man who did
the shooting. According to his brief
.- story ho was out with his sheep
about a mllo and a half east of Mea
cham when he heard shooting and a
ball struck him In the back.
According to Information received
here, tho bunet did not go straight
througu. but foowed a rib around,
thus saving the man from being kill
outright. As soon as he was found
he was taken to Meacham. Sheriff
Taylor and Doputy Sheriff Wilson
have gone to make an Investigation.
o
Earthquake Sltock Recorded.
United Pre Leaaed Wlr I
Cleveland. O.. Aug. 31. The seis
mograph In the laboratory of Father
Odenbaugh, of St Ignatius college
today recorded an earthquake shock
occurring somewhere on the North
American continent The vibrations
began at Gil this morning and
lasted until G.27
The movement was more pro
nounced than the shock at Panama
i, yesterday.
MAYOR AND OTHERS
-CAUGHT KILLING DUCKS
t United I'rni LeaieJ Wire.
Forest Grove, mig. 31 Tho proud
est man here today Is J. Alva Lowls,
denutv irnme warden, whosa cnuso
I for elation Is tho fnct that ho suc
1 ceeded in running down and arrest
ing Mayor Tonbrook of Merrill, Or.,
and a party of wealthy business men
whom he caught hunting ducks out
of season.
Lewis cume upon the mayor pud
his pnrty, which comprised T, A
Bariows, n wealthy stock man; O 11.
Ennls, n banker: John Martin, flour
mill man at Merrill and Klamath
Falls, while they were aboard a
Initnch. When the party saw Lewis
tho engineer put up the river at I'll;
speed and Lewis started In pursur.
On tho flight n string of ducks
was thrown overboard and Lowls
wns compelled to stop and tnke them
aboard as cvldenc . Then ho con
tinued tho chnBC until Mi- mayor.,
pnrty ran upon a snnd bar nnd stuck
fast. There they made tin Ignomlr.
ous surrender.
Mayor TcnbrooK and his "niiipun
Ions were marched before JiiHtle .f
the l'enco uffleld, who fined 1iln fel
low townsmen $2 ft apiece.
A TRAIN
WRECKER
IS KILLED
Watchman Discovers Thugs
itting Explosives on the
Track Kills One but
Is Wounded.
Tnlr,! I'rf.n I.mh.iI Wire '
M'noml City. O. Aug 31 A plot
to wreck tho Cleveland d VWm
burg passenger train this morning
between hero and Cannl Dover was
frustrated today by Watchman John
Mace, who Is In a dying condition nt
Cannl Dover, following his brnvo nc
t'on. Mace came upon four train wreck
ers, who wore laying exploslvos In a
tunnel. A revolver duel followed, In
wh'rh Mace shot doad ono of tho
bandits, wounded another and re
ceived wounds that may causo his
death
Section hands, drawn to tho tun
nel by tho shooting, camo up, and
in a hand-to-hand oncounter with
thr bandits, two of thorn wero shot.
Tho thugs fled after tho .shooting,
leaving the dend comrade. A trail
of blood loft ! a wounded bandit
may old tho authorities In capturing
the men. An attompt Is bolng mnde
to Identify the dead train wrecker.
WIRELESS IS SILENT
IN HONOR OF ECCLES
IfnltH I'ri Miltt Wlra.1
San Francisco, Aug. 31, From 2
o'clock until 2:30 today nil the
wireless stations of tho United Wire
less telograph service were silent,
out of respoct to George Eccles, tho
wireless operator on board the Ohio
when she wns wrecked nml who Insf
h's life wh'Ie at his pot calling for.
aia.
The general order Issue dby Man
ager Armstrong rend?
"Out of respect to the memory of!
Georco C Ecclcos. klllpil In fhn nhln
disaster, all wireless communication
w'll cease during the funeral ser
vices, to Tie held between the hours
of S p. ni and 2. -30 tiday. August
al."
WITHDREW MUCH LAND.
RESTORED A LITTLE
Waited Pr f.eaied Wlrel
Washington. D. C, Aug 31. Act
In gSecretary Pierce, of tho depart
ment of the Intorior, today restored
18.000 acres of land wlthrtrnwn In
connect'on w'th the Yakima irrlga
Hon project In Washington.
He ordered withdrawn 49.000
sores In Arizona In connection with
tho Salt River project; 28,000 acrea
(n the La Grande, Oreirnn. Alatrlnt
connected with tho Umatilla project,
and also 3840 nrrps nlnnir n.hnr-n.
topa creek. In Colorado, w'th the
vew or protpctlng possible power
sites from being filed on by private
i-urpurauons.
THE INCUBATOR KID
AGAIN TO THE FRONT
Kansas City. Mo.. Aug 31. Mrs.
Bleakley this afternoon declared that
she was opnosed to the compromise
suggested bv Mrs Barclay, who of
'red to s'gn away her claim on
Marfan Bleakley. the "Incubator
baby." providing all prosecution on
the kidnaping charge was dropped.
N'ot only did Mr Bleakley refuse
to agree to the camnrnmlKA httt ha
also promised to prosecute the al
leged kidnapers to the fullest extent
of the law
TELEGRAPH
SERVICE IS
KNOCKED ODT
Fires Between Riddell and Glen
dale Cut off all Communi
cation South From
Roseburg.
0.R.&.N LINES DOWN
FIRES EAST OF HOOD HIVEK AND
IN SKAMANIA COUNTY, WASH.,
SHUT OFF PORTLAND FltOM
THE EAST ONLY LINE OPEN
IS NOUTHEHN PACIFIC.
d'ntt-l Pr. t.eu1 Wlr 1
Hood Rler, Aug. 81. Forest
fires which for several days hnvo
been burning through tho Hood Rlvor
country and east of here gained re
newed energy today with th icsult
that wire communication with the
east Is practically cut off. Ow'ug to
the Inaccessibility of tho country
where the flies are, details nre In
complete. Pinltiind Almost Isolated.
Portland. Aug. 31. Owing to for
est flies east and south of this city
PortliMid'todiiy Is practically isolated
by ulte irom communication with
California and the east. Though tho
eastern fires nre several miles away
the valleys surrounding this city are
filled with a thin blue haze of smoke
from burning timbor.
Word has been received by rail
road officials fiom vnrloiiH parts of
Washington that extensive forest tires
are burning owing to dryness of the
timber.
Flros In tho proximity to the North
ern Pacific route botwoon hero nnd
Seattle have rendered travel burden
some owing to excesulvo heat and
donso smoke.
Fires Near ICalama.
Knlamn, Wash., Aug. 31. A for
est lire Is raging In tho green timber
oast of horo. The Alger logging
camps have been burned out and
ono or more donkoy onglnea de
stroyed. More than a section of Al
ger's timber had beou burned over
Sunday, ami tho fire was rapidly ad
vancing toward Darr's camp. The
loss will be considerable, especially
whore the owners are not prepared to
log off their lauds at once
o-
RE6DLAR
SPANISH
ELECTION
New Orleans, Ln., Aug. 31 For
three day rioting has been In pro
gress at Port Union, Costa Itlca,
oyer the elections, according to dis
patches recolvod hero today.
Thoro was a pitched battle yester
day at Reventacon Bridge, In which
a scare were Injured. All Sunday
night the rioters fought, and It Is be
lieved that some of their numbor
were thrown from tho bridge Into the
tream and drowned.
The authorities have raided their
headquarters and confiscated arms
concealed there, and CO arrestg wore
made.
The raids are being continued to
day. The rioting is general. Tho
balloting finished today. It Is pre
dicted that Don Rlcardo Jlmlnez will
be elected president.
! LAUNCH IS BURNED
BY EXPLODING OIL
San Francisco, Aug 31. The
launch Pirate Is In ruins today fol
lowing the explosion of an oil lamp
last night which set the launch on
fire and caused tho death of Carl
Schoene .20 years old, who had been
Hvrklcj ts a dook hand.
The launch was towing a barge of
oil and was opposite Pinole when the
lamp exploded. Captain Daniel Web
bter and Ole Nelson, the niato. Jumped
' th bam- and fearing that the
blazing launch might iUr. the barge
to burning the tow rope was cut
At the time it was though tint
Sohone hss on the barge but later
hW 'rai -.as seen sllhoutted against
ne flyuies. Soon afterward the
launch sank in the wa N tiace
t h dkhnd has been found and
.' Is -belleted that he fell ba k into
he funfi ind wen' ' Hi '.'om
f b' b.y t h tht flarwl g cuft
ROBRER
HELD DP
TRAIN
Lonesome Bandit Stops Train
on Pennsylvania Railroad
and Makes Crew
Assist Him.
GOT FIVE THOOSAND
CLEANED UP EXPHESS OAK AND
THEN WENT THROUGH PULL
MANS COMPELLED FIHEMAN
TO OAK11Y PLUNDEH LATEIt
ABANDONED hACK OF COIN.
I United I'rm U'nurd Wire)
Ilnrrlsburg, Pn Aug. 31. After
he had exploded n dynamite car
tridge on the trucks of tho Pennsyl
vania railroad and brought the fast
Pittsburg and Northorti express to a
standstill when noar LowUton Nar
rows, ii lonely spot 62 mllos wost of
here, u lone masked highwayman
boarded the engine, and at tho point
of pistols compelled the crow to
might nnd accompany him to the ox
press cniv
There with tho train crow looking
oh he forced tho messenger to place
$r000 In n sack. Whllo thin wiih In
progress tho train conductor entered
the oxproea cur. Tho lone bandit
ordered him to throw up his hands.
The conductor was slow In obeying
the command, nnd to show his dls
ploasuro tho hlhnninii sent a bul
let through the family part of the
trainman's rlgut arm. This momber
fell useless nt tho conductor's side.
Thou tho highwayman commanded
ti.e engineer, n big husky follow, to
pick up tho heavy sack containing
tho monoy und to follow him. This
tho englueor did. The bandit led the
engineer to the Pullman cnni and aft
awakening the sleeping pnssongors,
or nwnkenlng sleeping pnssongors,
unbles. Whllo all this was going on
tho entire train crew wns nt tho ban
dit's IiooIb powerless to aid the un
resisting passengers.
Aftor loading htmsolf down with
valuables and monoy tho highwayman
forced Flremnn Wluis to carry tho
sack to tho top of n rugged hill.
Aftor they had reachod Its summit
tho bandit politely thnnked the fire
man nnd ordered him to hustle back
to tho engine nnd help send tho train
on Its way. Willis lost no timo ln
obeying theso Instructions.
" When tho train reached Altoona
tho railroad officials wero notified
of tho robbory and a posso of rail
road dotectlves wore rushed to tllQ
scone on n special train,
A search of tho woods lovoalod the
fact that tho highwayman hnd left
tho sack containing the money be
hind It evidently hnd boon too
heavy for lilm to carry. A number
of dlscnrdod wnllots of tho passengers'
wore also found nlong tho rondsldo.
A numbor of now Lincoln ponnloo
wore found In tho sack dosorted by
tho bandit.
Tho railroad detoctlvoa hnvo llttlo
hopos of apprehending tho bandit ns
he wore n mnsK which completely
hid his features.
WATER RIGHTS ARE
BEING ADJUDICATED
Application for tho determination
of water rights on a number of West
ern nnd Southern Oregon streams
have been mado to tho Stato Water
Board, under tho new water law
iiassed nt tho Inst soslon,
The Rogue river rights will bo
adjudicated. If an application filed
recently by A B. Savllnir nnd V. v.
Allon Is granted, which In all prob
ability wilt bo done. This will be
one of th'o largest projects 6t the
kind In the stnte Petitions aro also
In for tho determination of the rights
on Applegatd creek, Little Butto
Creek. AlthoiiRn emeU. Otilnnn rrnnlr
and Williams croek.
All appl'catlons except those for
he Rogue river and Williams crook
water havo been favorably acted up
on bv the board. Th Little Butte
irohlem w'll bo the first ono taken
up.
(I T. Iflli?nln utinnrlnlnnitnnt nf
dl trlct No. 1. under the water taw.
has reslgnotf' his position as cashlor
f a bank at Bonanza, and will move
o Klamath Falls, where he will de
mote all his time to tho business of
the state.
o ,
.Slight Earthquake In Home,
Rome. Alicr. 3l' A nllplit onwl,.
quake was, felt hero this afternoon
which, althotig lino damage was dono
frlehtenPll thu nonnln rnnglilnmlilu
The shake was fplt by Pope Plus nt
the Vatican The vibrations lasted
but a few seconds
DR. BR0UGHER MAY
GO TO LOS ANGELES
(United I'rrM Limd Wire. I
Los Angeles, Aug. 31. During tho
next wook Dr. Whltcomb Urougher
of j-ortland probably will receive n
formal call to tho pulpit of the Tern
plo Baptist church of this city to suc
ceed the Uov. "Bob" Burdctto, ac
cording to n decision reached by the
church pulpit committee. The com
mittee will recommend that tho new
pastor recelvo a salary of $fi000 u
year. If tho Tomplo congregation,
at Us meeting called for tomorrow
evening, ratifies tho recommendation
of Its committee, it call will bo issued
nt once to tho Portland divine. Dr.
Urougher loft last evening for Port
land When tohLnt tho train or the
decision of tho committee he said:
"I appreciate the honor conferred
on me by tho commlttco and I will
give the call, u extended to me, tho
most careful nnd prnyorful consider
ation. "Tho Tomplo church Ib ii monu
ment to Rev. Dr. Robert J. Burdetto
nnd his noolo wife, und I would con
sider It a great nonor to bo tho pnB
tor of It."
THE FLEET
ARRIVES
IN FRISCO
Cruisers of the Pacific Squad
ron Stop for Supplies.
Leave Next Sunday
for Asia.
(United Press I.enncil Vln-.l
Snn Francisco, Aug. 31. After
hovering outsldo tho heads for nearly
2 1 hours, tho olght crulsors of the
Pacific sqtindron, bonded by tho flag
ship Tonnossoo, Rcnr-Admlral So
brco commanding, Htoumed Into San
Francisco bay early today.
Tho Tonnossco nnd tho cnulsor
Washington anchored In tho stream
and tho California, Colorado, Penn
sylvania, Maryland, South Dakota
and West Virginia proceeded to Mara
Island navy ya'rd for ammunition
and suppllos.
Tho squadron Is uudor ordora to
lonvo Sunday for an oxtondod voyngo
I to Aslntlc norts.
Botwcou San Francisco and Hono
lulu an attompt Is to bo mado to es
tablish u now s pood record.
Whllo nt soa tho squadron will on
gago In maneuvers and havo target
practice.
Tho rcasels will not return to tho
coast until February,
WHEAT MARKET A
TRIFLE- STRONGER,
ttJnltrd l'rti faitd Wirt.)
Chicago, Aug. 31. Tho wheat
market acted with moro favor toward
tho bulls, and closed to 1 cont a
bushel higher thnn yostorday.
Foreign mnrketa started tho
chnngo In Bcntlmont with tho ad
vance of to 1 at Liverpool's
closing, nftor an oponlng of low
ir than yostordny
Cash whoat Bales: No. 2 rod.
$1 1I14M llii; No. 3 red. 99c
tl.02; hard wlntor. 11.0101. 01;
No. 3 hard winter. 90 11.00; No. 2
Northern spring. $101 1.03.
SPANISH VETERANS
AND COLORED BROTHER
(United I'rm L,eae4 Wire,
Pasadena. Cat., Aug. 31, Con
demning ns "unpatriotic and mil fra
ternal" tho efforts mado to oxoludo
from their convention three mom.
bora of tho Harrison Gray Otis
camp, colored, of Los Annoles, the
delegates to tho annual oncampmont
of Spanish War Voterans, which 13
bolng held ln this city today, paBsod
a set of drastic resolutions.
Thji split In the order, which was
threatened by tho protests of dele
gates from Alameda, Vallojo nnd
Oakland, as a result of tho attempt
t6 seat the negro vetorans, Is dopre
cated by the resolutions. According
to a clause In the document, which
will havo a place In the archives of
tho association, tho dlfferenco of
opinion over thbo rflco question nev
er existed. Another clause, howev
er, scores tho dolegatlons from tho
Northern California cities' who throat
en tho disruption
Idaho CliihlieH With Department,
limited I'reii Uaied Wire.)
Lewlston, ittaho. Aug 31. In
creased friction botwoon tho forestry
bureau and the department of the
Interior Is exported to result from
tho uctlon of officials of tho United
Statos land office here today In post
ponlng action on allowing the stato
of Idaho to select 70.000 acres of
national forosi reserve In Ne4 Perce
and Shoshone counties Opposition
to 'ho selection of the forest lands bi
the state was made )v tht 'cal for
tstr officials
RAINING
AGAIN IN
MONTEREY
Conditions Following Flood Are
More Terrible Than Sup
posed, Is Report of
the Consul.
AID IS BEING SENT
TWELVE Hl'XDHEI) DEAD AND
FIFTEEN THOUSAND HOME
LESS IN MOXTEREV NO RE
PORTS RECEIVED FROM OUT
LV1NO DISTRICTS.
(By Louis F. Correa. Staff Corre
spondent of tho United Press,)
Monterey, Mex Aug. 31. Optim
um Is the koynnto In Monterey to
day. That tho (lood swooping nwny a
portion of the buslnus section will
have a honellclnl effect ultimately Is
undoubted. Sfvoral villages wero
damaged, but tho optimists declare
that tho water will benefit tho farm
ers, rendering the Holds moro su't
able for sowing wheat.
Timely nld has boon rccolvcd from
tho vlco-prealdont, Ambassador
Thompson, of tho United Stntos, and
tho private citizens of Moxlco City,
who hastened to tho nld of tho city
with provisions nnd monoy. Tho ro
habllntion of Monterey Is looked up
on as n mnttor of courso.
Tho destroyed buildings will bo re
placed with modern Jtructuroe,
The poorer clnssos sufforod most
In the flood Tho residents of tho
stricken city aro taking stops to aid
tho Biiffoiora nnd provont a repeti
tion of the scones nt (lunnn Junto
nftor tho Hood sovon years ago, whoa
thoro was much unnecessary suffer
ing on account of tho slowness of
tho government In distributing tho
relief funds. Thoro wore a groat
many funerals today.
Washington, Aug. 31. Conditions
nt Monterey, Mexico, following tho
disastrous floods, are moro terrible
than hitherto roportod, according to
n messago received today by the
stato department from Consul Hnn
na. Ho eatd:
"Please toll tho press that tho con
ditions nro more torrlblo thnn sup
posed. Twolvo hundred are doa.d.,
16.000 homeless nnd without iq.
"'". It 8 ratfllnfl again! in
doing nil wo can,"
Thj Red Crois today sent 13000
to assjat in alleviating tho sufferer
of tho stricken population of tho do
vnstntod district,
?ABA,AUent P'" nns contributed
$30,000 to tho relief fund. Money
conrtbltuonn from nil parts of the
United Stntos nnd Moxlco are belns
wired Into Montoroj. which will bo
put to Immodtnto uso In purchasing
suppllos for tho hungry, and Iu erect
nig sholtors for tho hnmoless
Tho war department has shipped
tovoral thousand tents to the break
'ii tho railroad linos. As soon as the
railroad Is repaired these will reat-h
tho city.
HARRIMANISALL
RIGHT, SAYS M0HLER
f Uulteil I'rem I,emxt W(r 1
Omaha. Nob.. Am- si tnr.i.
man has not bon off tho Job." de
rlarotl Vice-President Moblor, of the
uiiiuh memo noro today, In reply to
ho question when ho woqld return
to work.
Mohler received a letter from Har
rlman today, which was mallod from
Anion, the wizard's country home
whore ho Is now confined.
Moblor reftmn.l tn .ii.... . ...
out from tho communication for pub
lutiuii, uui sam tlio magnate'
l'"y, leal condition Is not alarming
At no time has Harrlman beoa
SO Blck UH In nmiinAt lil... ,-. Mt....iMM
his work." Mihlor concluded
DOWIE'S SUCCESSOR
MUST SERVE SIX MONTHS
(United I'tm l.ea.r,) wire I
Waukegaii III . Aug. 31. Vollvla.
Dowio's succossor ns the loader of
Zlon City, was taken to tho Me
Honry county Jail today to bogln a
six-mouth ' sentonco, following his
failure f pay a ten-thousand dollar
'the! Judgment held against him by
PhU'j) Mothorslll.
Vollvla expostulated all the way to
bs cell Before entering upon his
torm he declared that wo will con
Untie hia religious work ned edit
his magazln from the prison during
h a incarceration