The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-09-12
UNDER FALLING WALLS
Eleven Firemen Killed at
Benton Harbor.
PIONEERS MEET
AS plendid Reunion Held at Jack
sonville by the Southern Ore
gon Organization.
Ambassador Lii Monkeys With Electricity
and Gets a Bad Shock-Free Excur-
siOns Continue Carrying Peo-
pie to Canton.
PIONEERS MEET

BENTON HARBoR, Mich, Sept. g.
The most horrible holocaust, with the
greatest loss of life, known in this
part of the state occurred last night,
when Yore opera-house took fire and
in the fight to save the building and
other blocks adjoining, IL firemen,
one a volunteer, met their fate at one
time, the deaths being instantaneous
with five of them. Six lived only a
few hours in awful agony, while sever
al others met with severe injuries.
During the evening, the play, "A
Factory Girl" had been given by To-
cal talent, and the theater had closed
but half hour before the fire was dis
covered. The building was filed from
basement to the fourth story with
suffocating smoke, which burst into
sheets of flame throughout the entire
audience-room, before the first depart
ment could respond with a single
stream of water, there being some con-
fusion at the outset, owing to the lack
of hook and ladder facilities, although
the local fire companies had closed
two days. tournament, exhibiting
great skill in their work.
The st. Joseph department was
called on for assistance. They ap-
preached the building through an
alley, unloading ladders in the rear of
the building, and, while hosting them
the upper walls fell over without warn
ing, covering the,men.
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Reunion of Those in the Southern Part
of state.
JACKSONVILLE, Or, Sept. 5.-The |
10th annual reunion of the pioneer So
ciety of Southern Oregon was held at
courthouse square here Thursday.
The president, Judge P. P. Prims who
was just recovering from severe at
tack of illness, was present, but was
not able to preside, and Hon. c. c.
Beekman was called to the cnair. The
secretary, Judge S. J. Day, read the
memorial resolutions on members de-
ceased since the last annual reunion.
The death-roll contained the names
of 10 well-known pioneers, the largest
mortuary list in a single year since
the organization of the society.
K. K. Kubli, native son, and a re-
cent graduate of the Harvard law
school, delivered the annual address,
which pictured, truthfully and graph
ically the Oregon pioneer. The ban
quet was then announced, and the pio-
neers and their friends marched to the
long lines of tables spread under the
trees in Courthouse square, where the
native sons and daughters dispendsd
the hospitality of the occasion with
generous and willing hands. The af-
ternoon program was arranged by
Miss Genevieve Reames, and consisted
of vocal and instrumental music, reci-
tation and short addresses, and proved
charming ending Of a most delight
full day.
George 81. Hines, secretary of the
state pioneer society, had honored the
occasion by his presence, and was in
troduced to the audience, and greeted
by prolonged applause. He made a
short address, in response to his cor
dial welcome, and said he was not in
any sense a speeclmaker, and his
presence on this occasion was to get
historical data for his state pioneer
records. There is still u large enroll
ment of pioneers, and the 10th annual
reunion was one of the most interest
ing and best-attended ever held by the
society.