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imam) PAGES I TO 3 I 40 PAGES PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNIN& AUGUST 21, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XXIII. NO. 34. WHEAT lit BIG Umatilla Farmers Buy- ing More Sacks. FIRST ESTIMATE TOO LOW W a! la Walla Shows Propor tionateGain Over Last Year. NEWiAND GIVES 40 BUSHELS Two Neighboring Counties Will Have a Nfne-MIIIion-Bushel Product to Sell, With Big Prices In .Sight. PENDLETON, Or., Aug. ' 19. (Staff Cor respondence.) The early predictions of a 5,000,000-bushel wheat crop for Umatilla County are In a fair way to be fulfilled by the returns now coming to hand from the harvest fields. Some of the more conservative of the grain men In the county are not yet prepared to concede more than 4,500,000 bushels, but with light land fanners coming back for the second and third lots of sacks after securing what they had estimated to be a suf ficiency and with, the . better class of land at least coming up to expectations, there are better indications of a 5,000,000 bushel crop than have been In evidence for many years. This Is a "light-land" year and large tracts In the western part of the county where the yield per acre last year ranged from four bushel3 to- nothing are now turning off yields which average as well if not better than those from the old, reliable, never-falling lands nearer the foothills. As a matter of fact, paradoxical as it may seem, the only poor yields In Umatilla County are on what Is known as the good land. A Light-Land Year. The light-land farmers must have had a premonition of what was coming, for yield -which at present prices wlir more than make amends for the unprofitable : preceding' season. This bumper crop and big prices have enhanced the value of wheat lands In a marked degree, but It Is bringing no comfort to the advocates 1 of diversified farming or to those who are anxious to increase the population of the county. A number of sales at in creased prices have been made since har vest began, but the buyers in nearly all cases were men who already have largo' holdings and who are now more thoroughly than ever impressed with the profits and advantages of bonanza wheat farming. If this system continues, and it will continue so long as good crops and high prices prevail, there will be a de creasing instead of an increasing num ber of wheat farmers In the county. And wheat-growing on the scale on which it is conducted not only In UmatIlla County, but all through the "Walla Walla, and Palouse countries is certainly an at tractive business. Many Bonanza Farmers. There are nearly a dozen farmers In Umatilla County who will harvest from 60,000 bushels to 100,000 bushels this year, while the, men who have from 10,000 bush els to 50,000 bushels are too numerous to keep track of. These big farmers in the years of light yields and low prices learned to "cut corners" on expenses attached to the business, with the result that they now have the cost of production reduced to a minimum and the profits are enormous, present prices showing for some of the largest farmers a net profit of nearly 50 cents per bushel. Both Pend leton and Walla "Walla, as well as other cities and towns on this side of the moun tains,, show evidence of this prosperity that has shone on the wheat farmer, for large numbers of the men who lour years ago had hard work to secure the bare necessities of life have since moved into town, built fine residences and aro circu lating their comparatively easily acquired riches. Walla Walla's Big Gain. Walla Walla shows a gain over last year In her wheat output almost propor tionate to that of Umatilla County, and as in the case in Oregon's banner county, the light lands have pulled up the yield. There was a large acre'age of this light larid In wheat last year but most of it was cut for hay and Beveral thousand acres of which were harvested did not yield enough tb pay for the cutting. Last year my tale of light crops through this section was brightened by reports of some wonderful yields over near the foothills. Fifty and In some cases as high as GO bushels per acre were reported and in tensified the sadness of the light-land farmer who was only getting from four to Elx bushels per acre. The big yields are still coming out of the foothill coun try this year, but they are not averaging much if any better than the yields that are being secured on the despised light lands, which a few years ago were a 3rug on the market at prices ranging from one-tenth to one-twentieth of that freely paid for the lands which could always be depended .on to turn off a crop even In the dry seasons. Four Million Bushels Expected. The light .lands In this county are show ing such remarkable yields that early estimates on the output have been ad vanced, and it seems reasonably certain that final returns will show a yield of fully 4,000,000 bushels, with some very well Informed wheat men placing the figure 250,000 bushels higher. Here, as in Uma tilla County, there are a great many phe nomenal yields on land 'now turning off its first crop, some farms running as high as 40 bushels per acre. Wlth Buch yields from lands which last year produced noth ing and from others which a year ago were turning off nothing but straw or four-bushel wheat yields, It is easy to un derstand how the output has been nearly doubled this year.- The banner yields on some of the old reliable foothill farms have been shaded some this year by reason of the heavy rains, which washed out such extensive gullies that it was necessary to fill them up in order to admit of harvesting opera tions. It is a rare occurrence for loss to be sustained through too much rain between seeding and harvesting, but some loss of this nature has been sustained in Walla Walla County this season. High Prices and Free Selling. With a crop of approximately 9,000,000 bushels for the two counties, Umatilla and Walla Walla this year have the unusual experience of high prices and big crops coming together. In Umatilla there has been considerable disposition to take ad vantage of these prices and sales already made are said to approximate 1,500,000 buBhels, which Is a very free movement for so early in tho season, especially when the financial standing of most of the farmers is considered. Of this' amount Portland has secured, nearly a million bushels, the remainder being purchased by Puget Sound buyers. Both the Port landers and the Puget Sound buyers have made some heavy sales for Eastern shipment, and if the movement continues In anything like Its present volume the ship owners' combine may bo obliged to revise their schedule of rates for water shipment to Europe. Much Wheat Going. East. Eastern business already handled out of these two counties amounts to about 150,000 bushels, while more than as much more has been negotiated for shipment for the Palouse country. This business. while highly satisfactory to the farmer, is likely to be attended with bad results In the way of a car shortage. It Is well known that blockades due to car shortage are always in evidence In big crop years, even when the grain Is hauled to tide water at Portland or Tacoma and'qulckly unloaded. From this it can be readily understood how the trouble will be in tensified when the cars are sent 2000 miles away and may not get back for months. Grain men are of the opinion that- most of the business already worked has been for breakfast-food purposes, but admit that if the present differential between Portland and Chicago Is maintained, there will be a heavy demand for Oregon and Washington wheat from Eastern millers for mixing purposes. Another effect of these prices will bo to check the selling movement. Most of -the sales already made have been by farmers who were willing to sell a portion of their holdings jjn-order tqse"cure mofcey forcurrentex- penses and will hold the remainder for higher prices. E. W. W. NO HASTE BEGABDLNG RESERVES Interior Department Is Not Consid ering Oregon Matters. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Aug. 20. There Is not the slightest inclination on the part of the Interior Department to hasten the creation of the Blue Mountain and Wallowa forest re serves in 'Eastern Oregon, even though all necessary data to determine the bound aries, of these reserves is in hand. "On the contrary, the department will stave off the' creation of these reserves just as long as lt.can, ignoring the fact that the Governor of Oregon, on the advice of the State Land Board, has asked that the reservations be created. There is no dis position whatever to help the state out of Its embarrassment over its mineral base transactions. It is admitted that these two reserves, when created, will embody about 50,000 acres of school lands, which the state can use as base for Indemnity selections, and it Is recognized that this land will be worth $5 an acre to the state, only It be comes base land. But there Is a feeling akin to gloating among the Interior De partment officials over the embarrass ment of the Oregon -Land Board because In the eyes of the department the state authorities should never have sold any Indemnity land until It was sure Its base lands were of such character as to ba accepted by tho department. As one of ficial expresses it, "the officials out In Oregon have been selling Indemnity lands to which the state had no title. In some instances they have sold the same land twice, and now they have got to sweat for It. It Is up to the state to pay back to its purchasers the money It received for these lands erroneously, and the stato need not look to this department to help it out" Slpce President Roosevelt Insisted on re storing to entry those lands that were known to be unsulted for forestry pur poses, the old hostility of the Interior Department .toward Oregon has been re vived. It is partially out of resentment that the department Is so set against creating these two reserves. Secondly, there Is the fear that It will be creating base for speculative lieu selections. As a matter of fact, there are in the General Land Office today maps and records show ing the boundaries of the BJue Mountain and Wallowa forest reserves as they have been practically agreed upon, so drawn as. to exclude almost every private hold ing, thereby reducing the opportunities for lieu land operations to the Jnlnlmum. Only the way in which these reserves will be created, if the people of Oregon want them created, Is for the Governor or the Congressional delegation to make this fact known to the President and ask in strong terms that this matter, which has hung fire for over two years, be dis posed of without further delay. Presi dent Roosevelt does not understand the true situation in Eastern Oregon. He has heard only the Interior Department's side. It Is not to be doubted that If a full presentation of facts was made to him, he would order the prompt creation of these two reserves, regardless of the ad verse attitude of the Interior Department. Paris Has Not Received News. PARIS, Aug. 20. No official confirma tion of the cruiser Diana arriving at Sai gon, China, has been received here. Mining Congress Will Open Tomorrow. GREATEST OF SESSIONS President Richards" Tells His Plans and Hopes. CONVENTION TO JNAME HOME Denver and Salt Lake City Want the Permanent Headquarters, While Next Meeting-Place Is Also in Doubt. J. H. Richards, of Boise, Idaho, the president of the American Mining Con gress, Is at the Portland,' accompanied by Mrs. Richards, having reached the city yesterday morning. President Richards is the man . who has made the American Mining Congress suc cessful, who has evolved It from a band of men with no Idea, no plan and no purpose. Into a corporation" which has as its aim the upbuilding and the benefit of the mining industry of the United States. Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock tho American Mining Congress, as a gather ing of men, will be called together for the seventh time' In as manyyears, but it will be the second time that It will convene as a body organized for a definite purpose and with a settled plan of reach ing that point mapped out by the leaders. President Richards will wield the gavel tomorrow, as he did a year ago. Two years ago, when Mr. Richards was elected president of the congress, he found that for five years, the men who make mining their business hadmet, had talked over their conditions and had adjourned with but little done and no general plan of action. The new president, who la something of an administrator,- decided that sometlUng&lennlte should be accom plished. .anJJlHjS set-to work to make a befflnrUngJBl5Bt nJffirln hla room at thcfcji hotel lioToTH2bi"The ovbrk he has doner" for the mining Industry of 'the Nation, and of .the lUfms he still has In mind for the future. " "When I was elected president a couple of . years ago," said the head of the American miners, "I found that the con gress had been running for five years with no definite aim or plan. I at once went to work to put the organization on a sound basis. The first step that was necessary to bring the organization before the people as some'thlng of Importance and permanence was incorporation, and after having looked into the incorporation laws of the states, Colorado was chosen as having the most liberal laws on the sub ject The American Mining Congress was Incorporated under tho laws of the State of Colorado, and from that time on the work has begun to assume more and more a definite' direction and purpose. "There- will be two things of chief In terest In the present session of the Con gress," continued Mr. Richards.' "One will be the selection of a permanent home for the organization, and the other will bo the choice of the place for the next con vention. Fight for Congress' Home. "Both Denver and Salt Lake are going to make a fight for tho home of the con gress, and both are prepared to offer in ducements to the congress for the privi lege of tho headquarters. Both cities will send large delegations to the congress, and have been working for some time, seeking to secure the support of the dele gates from the other sections' of tho coun try. It will, I think and hope, be a very spirited and interesting contest. The place for the next convention is also "In doubt, with Denver, Salt Lake and sev eral other cities trying for it. Where it will go is as yet unknown, for the dele gates have not had a chance to hear tho pleas of the different sections, or to make up their minds as to which part of the country they would rather visit next year." Then President Richards left the present and talked of the future. He has great faith in tho future power of the organiza tion for the good of the mining Industry of the United States, and told something of the plans that were being outlined. Want Mines Department. "We of the congress," he said, "have hopes that in time the Government will create a Department of Mines and Mln lng Just as they have recently created the Department of Commerce. Such a thing would be of untold value to the miners of the country, and would do much to i place the mining business on a safe and prominent basis "before the people. With such a department under the charge of the government working in harmony with the congress, the mining Industry would re ceive great encouragement and help. "Our exhibit is another thing that will come with the establishment of a per manent home. As soon as a headquarters has been provided for the congress, it will begin the collection of an exhibit of minerals from all the sections of the United States, and there Is no reason why It should not be the best In the world." The -plans for the entertainment and the care of the delegates to the congress are all completed, and Monday noon will see the convention In full swing. The dele gates are beginning to arrive, and already the hotels are commencing to fill up with those who extract the wealth of the Nation from the minerals of the ground. A large collection of minerals from all over the state , is being shipped into the city, and from the rate at which' It is arriving there will be two tons or more on exhibition when the congress is called to order. William H. Tibbals, the chairman of the raining committee of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, is at the Portland, accompanied by his wife. Mr. Tibbals is hero to work for -Salt Lake as the per manent home of the congress. He has many arguments to advance as to why his town Is the best location for the head quarters of the organization, and will urge them before the convention, aided by .a large" delegation which Is yet to come-. Colonel Thomas Ewlng, of Los Angeles, the first' vice-president of the congress, Is also in the city, making his headquar ters at the Portland. Mr. Ewlng is en thusiastic regarding the importance and the future of the congress, and would like to see the next convention held In his home city. He thinks that tho members are here for business, and that the work done at this session of the congress will be of more Importance than that trans acted at any previous meeting. F. H. Newell, the head of the reclama tion bureau of the Interior Department, reached the city last night from Seattle, and will make an address at the con vention, speaking on the relation of the forests to mining. . Pinchot Will Speak. Glfford Pinchot Forester of the United States, will also be present and will ad dress the convention on the relation of his work to the mining industry. . Ttuff-mornlng the delegates will begin to arrive In large numbers, and by tomorrow morning the bulk of the convention will be In the city. From tho advices received It is now certain that the attendance at the convention will be large. The publicity committee of the Women's Club, has arranged to entertain the ladles accompanying the delegates .during their stay In the city. On Tuesday afternoon a trip to Oregon City will be taken by boat starting from the foot of Taylor street a't 3 o'clock, and returning shortly J after 6 In .the evening. The Commercial Club, will also tender a reception to the delegates .and their ladles during the time of the convention, though the exact date has not yet beert determined. . To Work, for .Denver a3 Headquarters. DENVER; - Col., Aug. 20. President James F. Galbraltlv Jr., W. F. Mills and D. S. Lehman, representing tho Denver Chamber or Commerce, left today for Portland, Or., for the purpose of invit ing the National Mining Congress to lo cate Its headquarters In this city. Dates'TdV Portland Recruits. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Aug. 20. From November 17- to December 24 a party of naval officers will be at Portland to receive recruits for the Navy. CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER uaso-Jap an esc War. !T in. jftdwlnc Utter disregard Tor Uveal breaking all pro'ceata-'PorrlA'ftHunST Page 3. v- Japan holds neutrality of China at Bhangs hai is imperfect Page 3. Czar smnmom all reserve officers to the colors. Page 3. .Russian slilp Grozovl must leave Shanghai at once or disarm. Pago 3. National. Interior Department is In no hurry to cre ate forest reserves In Oregon. Page 1. General Funston can remain at Vancouver-lf he desires. Page 1. Domestic ' Tornado in St Paul causes $2,000,000 dam age and loss of five lives. Page 1. . Another wild day In the Chicago wheat market Page 2. Colorado citizens to the number of 2000 deport alleged strike agitators. Page 3. Political. Democratic papers score "Williams for his speech at Davis notification ceremonies. Page 1. Ex-Senator Turner will run tho Democratic campaign In Washington. Page 6. Sports. Illllouon wins Irvington handicap with ease. Page 11. Pacific Coast League scores: Los Angeles i, Portland 0; Oakland 4, Seattle 3; Tacoma 6, San Francisco 3. Page 11. San Franclscb pitches Joe Corbett In spite of National League's Injunction. Page 11. Tennis tournament for championship of Ore gon opens tomorrow. Page 11. Pacific Coast Superintendent Potter, of the Chemawa In dian School, marries one of the pupils. Pago 7. Washington loggers will decide next Satur day abput opening camps. Page C Walla Walla and Umatilla .will raise about 0,000,000 bushels of wheat this year. Page 1. Controversy over lslots formed by the Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River. Page 0. Portland and Vicinity. Officers and delegates arrive for onenlnjr of Mining Congress tomorrow. Page 1. Open river advocates make plans to hasten building o portage road. Page 10. Four-year-old girl Is burned to death. Page 1C. Filipino Commission will arrive' tomorrow. Page 16. Prominent business man sued for losses on stock and cotton deals. Page 12. . Washington Democrats profer Roosevelt to Parker. Page 12. Chinatown Is preparing to welcome new Jobs. Page 21. Astoria regatta will attract many Portland- ers to Astoria. Page 22. Commercial and Marine. Wheat advances over a cent at Chicago. Pago 15. Stocks in New York market continue to make headway. Page 15. Favorable weekly statement of New Tork bank conditions. Page 15. lBase s1" speculation at San Fran- cisco. Page 15, Steamer Algba takes Arabia's place on Port land & Asiatic line. Page 12. Sternwheeler Elwood Burns on Puget Sound. Page 12. v I Features and Departments. Editorial.- Page 4. Church announcements. Page 13. Classified advertisements. Pages 24-27. Photographing young Golden Eagles. Page 30. - Sport of Portland street Arabs. Page 31. Mr. Dooley's letter. Page 20. Fabulous real estate wealth of a few New Tork men. Page 33. A chat with General Frederick D. Grant Pago 38. John Mitchell's letter from Ireland.' Page 33. Americans eat too much meat Page 30. Social. Page 18. Cartoons. Page 37. Seaside notes. Page 10. Dramatic Page 20. Household and fashions. Pages 34-35. Youth's department Page -33. LOSS IS ill IONS Tornado Sweeps the City of St. Paul. SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE KILLED Two Score Are Believed to Haye Been Injured. MINNEAPOLIS ALSO SUFFERS Wire Service Is Completely Demoral ized and Particulars Are Hard to Secure The Storm Is of Short Duration. ST. PAUL, Aug. 21. (3:30 A. M.)-Sev eral persons were killed, a number are re ported missing and' 50 to 100 were Injured, some fatally; business property and resl dences were damaged to the extent of perhaps 11,000,000; tho massive steel bridges across the Mississippi were wrecked and strained; shade trees were levelled and much other damage was done In St Paul and Minneapolis by a tornado which broke over the two cities shortly after 9 o'clock last night Apparently, tho storm was of a local character, for as far as can be learned no damage was done in the neighboring towns. The storm was particularly severe hin the business districts of the two cities. Windows were blown In and roofs torn from Immense wholesale warehouses and the flood of rain which accompanied the storm did immeasurable damage to stocks of goods. Dwelling-houses, churches and schools also suffered greatly. Railroad traffic between St Paul and Minneapolis was completely cut off. The street-railway systems of both cities were prostrated. For hours after the storm had spent its fury it was Impossible to get Into communication with Minneapolis, the telephone wires being demoralized. Rumors of great los3 of life were rife, but on being tracked to their sources were found to be Incorrect rAll-tele'graph wires were down and the Associated Press was compelled to send men to stations down the river before communications could be established with the outer world. Practically every building on the north side of East Third street Is wrecked. The Habe-Hurst block, at Seventh and Wacota streets, was unroofed, and -the Economy department store was damaged to the ex tent of $20,000. The front wall of tho building occupied by LIndeke, Warner & Son,, wholesale furriers, was shattered and the stock and fixtures damaged to the extent of thousands of dollars. Will iam Donaldson & Co., big department store in Minneapolis, was badly damaged. Tho loss Is said to be $30,000. At Minne apolis there was no one killed, but many were wounded. The dead at St Paul are: GEORGE WETON, killed In Tivoll Theater. LAWRENCE F. HOWINSON, fireman on Northern Pacific, killed In Tivoll Theater. A partial list of the Injured: G. E. Claire, cut and bruised, will recover; Thereson Kents, actress, Tivoll Theater, badly cut and bruised; Sadie Kenny, actress, Tivoll, hands cut and head bruised; Polly O'Neill, actress, Tivoll, hip and body badly bruised, serloua; Kitty Larson, actress at Tivoll, will recover; John Hammond, Injured about body, serious; Will lam Arno, seriously injured about body and Internally; William Lindsay, skull fractured, probably fatally; Ole Swanson, hit on head by falling plank, probably fatal; Theodore Swltzer. blown from wagon, seriously injured; Mrs. Robert Rorlnger, caught in collapsed 'house in La Fayette 'avenue. Injured internal ly, may die; Clarence Strong, machinist, hand crushed; John Dugan, newspaperman, badly cut about head by flying glass; John John son, planoplayer at Tivoll, badly cut and bruised, serious. The storm was of short duration, lasting not more than 15 minutes. The devasta tion it wrought was terrific. The wind, according to the Government Weather Observer blew 0 miles an hour, coming from tho southwest Buildings were un roofed and fronts blown In, the cellars being flooded by the rain which came in great waves along with the wind. Electric wires were prostrated and many persons were injured by contact with electric lleht and trolley "wires. An excursion steamer, towing a barge on the river below St Paul. Is reported to have been wrecked. Belief parties In steam launches have been dispatched to the rescue. It Is said that many lives were lost there. The St Anthony Elevator In Minneapolis was leveled. One person is reported killed In one wing of the House of the Good Shepherd, which was blown down. A little girl was killed and 10 or 20 women Injured. As later reports come In, It is thought the list of dead will be materially Increased. The Pioneer Press building, a 13-story steel and brick structure, was consider ably damaged. The windows on tho top floors were blown In and a number of printers at work In the composing-room were seriously cut by flying glass. The Western "Union Telegraph office on the eleventh floor of the Pioneer Press build ing was flooded. An Immense skylight was crushed to powder and .the court in the center of the building was filled with debris. The work of getting out the Sunday edition was not interfered with. Buildings damaged: Paine-Avenue Fire station, $2000; S. Carroll's department 3tore, loss $2000; Stere3ford Episcopal Church, almost completely destroyed, loss $6000; store buildings along Paine avenue were more or les3 damaged, aggregating a loss of about $10,000; Davidson block, Fourth street roof blown off, stock dam aged; G. Somers & Co., Fourth street windows broken and stock damaged; Finch, Young &.MacConville, roof blown off, windows broken and stock damaged; all windows In stores on both sides of Seventh, street, between Broadway and Sabelle street, windows broken and stocks damaged; Lanpher, Skinner & Co., win dows blown in; Noyes Bros. & Co., whole sale druggists, large part of roof blown off; Englne-House No. 2, roof blown off; Milwaukee Railway freight-shed, roof blown into river and south wall blown In. About J00 residences in various parts. of tho city were damaged to more or i less extent The tornado came as a climax, of & day of humidity and warmth. Early in the evening there were Indications jof a heavy thunder storm with lightning flashing and the thunder rolling distantly. Shortly after 9 o'clock it began to rain and then to hail. A strong- draft of wind came from the northwest filling- the air with debris. Then there was a calm for a short space. the wind veered to the southwest and the tornado was on In all its fury. In down town districts heavy tin roofs were picked up and and smashed against the sides of skyscrapers, shattered plate-glass windows and tearing down electrlp wires. Pedestrians unfortunate enough to be caught without shelter were thrown violently to the pavement, and in many cases were struck by fly ing glass and timbers, suffering serious Injury. The streets were rushing- tor rents of water, and the wind swept be fore it trees, wires, sighs and debris of all kinds. The anemoleter of the St Paul Weather Bureau recorded a velocity of SO miles an hour, coming from the northwest for one minute, and then broke. The rain gauge was demoral ized early In the storm, so that the precipitation will never be known. The center of the storm seemed to follow the Mississippi River from Fort Snelling- to Bridge Square, where the greatest damage was done, and then to spend Its force In the wholesale dis trict on Dayton's Bluff and the north east part of the city. Two spans of the high bridge were crumpled into mass of debris. The Tivoll Concert Garden on Bridge Square was crushed as if it were an eggshell, killing two persons and more or less seriously In juring a score of others. The wharves along the river frontage were wrecked. Wire Service Cut Off. LA CROSSE, Wis.. Aug. 20. With the exception of a short message over a rail way wire, all communication between St. Paul and La Crosse has been cut off since 10 o'clock. The last message re ceived said a high wind was raging, and that the Pioneer Press building had been damaged, one man being , killed. La Crosse was not in the path of the storm, and reports from Winona. Minn., say that all is quiet there. Telephone wires north are all down. A circuit established by way of Madison to Eau Claire, 100 miles east of St Paul, brought the information that a severe storm lasteed there from S o'clock until .midnight with rain and lightning. So far as known no damage re sulted. LOSS BY TORNADO GROWS. North St. Louis Now Estimates tho Damage at $150,000. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20. A more thorough estimate of the damage done by the tor nado which descended suddenly over a small area in North St Louis late yes terday was made today by business men and others Interested In property in that vicinity .In addition to the loss of one life and the Injury to more than 150 persons, the damage wrought by the storm Is now es timated at $150,000. More than half of that amount was done to manufacturing plants, the remainder being .divided be tween owners of residence property,, more than 100 houses being inoro or les3 Seri ously damaged. On the East Side, In the Illinois towns of Venice and Granite City, the damage Is also greater than at first supposed. Two lives were lost In that vicinity, and many property-owners suf fered losses running from $2000 down to $50. Traffic was resumed on the Broadway streetcar line today, after having been suspended for more than 18 hours, al though the sides of the street are still lined with wires and telephone cables, and the sidewalks cluttered with broken telephone poles and other wreckage. STORM RUINS FINE GOWNS. St. Louis Fair Places Damage to Par isian Creations at $500,000. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20. Magnificent Paris ian gowns valued at $500,000 are In a ruined condition In the Palace of Manu factures as the result of the heavy rain storm which swept over the World's Fair. The valuation 13 placed by Mar cel and the acting Commissioner-General of France, who has investigated the havoc wrought by the water. The gowns were made by French dress makers and were one of the most Inter esting features of the Manufactures building. They were displayed In glass showcases, but the rain was driven through crevises in the roof of the build ing and poured down upon the top and eventually soaking the garments. Worst Disaster Known at Globe. GLOBE, Ariz., Aug. 20. The flood dis aster of last Wednesday was the worst that ever visited this camp. Six persona lost their lives and $20,000 worth of prop erty was destroyed. The drowned were: Addison T. Epley, pioneer citizen. W. K. Mitchell and wife. Johanna Mitchell. Mrs. Ella Hurd, nee Brashear. Josle Moody. Epley was in his adobe cabin and' was engulfed in the torrent The other victims were all In the Mitchell boarding-house on lower ground near the smelter, and could have escaped had they heard the warning given them. Five bodies havo been recovered. Cloudburst Causes Great Loss. KINGMAN, Ariz.. Aug. 20. A report by messenger from Eldorado Canyon. Nev., an old mining, camp. 75 miles northwest of here, states that one of the most devastating cloudbursts In years fell over that place the afternoon of August IS. The storm broke on the mountains west of town and In les3 than ten minutes a river of water 30 feet deep was rushing down a nine-mile canyon. No lose of life Is re ported. TOR FUNSTON TO SAY. He Can Remain at Vancouver racks If He Desires. Bar- OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash lngton. Aug. 20. If General Funston prefers to remain .In command of the Department of the Columbia to assum ing command of the Department of the Lakes, he will be allowed to retain his headquarters at Vancouver Barracks. This decision has been reached by the War Department and will be conveyed to him on his return from Alaska. The War Department has announced tho dates on which the officers of Wash ington National Guard are to be ex amined. The dates are as follows: Ta coma, October 3, 4 and 5; Seattle, 6, 7 and 8; Everett, 10, 11 and 12; Belllng ham, 13, 14 and 15; Ellensburg, 18 and 19; North Yakima, 20, 21 and .22; Spo kane, 24, 25 and 26; Colfax, 27, 28 and 29; Waltsburg, 31 and November 1 and 2; Vancouver, November 4 and 5; Ho quiam, 7. 8 and 9. DEEM IT SILL! Williams' Speech Tires Democratic Press, DAVIS IS A DISAPPOINTMENT . Money Question the Issue Discussed, Only FORMER VIWS TAKEN UP New York Sun Wants to Know How He Can Indorse Free Trade in Face of His Last Speech'in the Senate. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Aug. 20. Leading Demo cratic papers find little to com mend In the events which occurred at Whke Sulphur Springs last Wednesday, when ex-Senator Davis was notified of his nomination,- while the Republican press finds much to criticize. All the papers, however, appear to agree that John Sharp Williams notification speech was ill-advised, silly and unworthy ot the man and the occasion. Even the New Tork World and the New York Times, find nothing in it to commend, while the Boston Herald and the Baltimore ' News, which are supporting Parker, openly and emphatically condemn it Discussing -the notification ceremony the Tribune says: "The performance was far from mas terly. It only deepens the Impression that the Democratic candidates have neither the disposition nor the courage to face the real Issues of the campaign. Judgo Parker, In accepting the Dem ocratic Presidential nomination, found it advisable to observe Judicial Indecision on many issues, but Mr. Davis, in accepting the vice-iTeslaentlal nomination saga ciously Ignored any and all political ques tions on w.hich he felt it embarrassing or Imprudent to express an opinion. On one only does he venture Into the field of to day;, as regards political issues. He says: 'I regard the present monetary standard of value- as Irrevocably established. " 'How can It be so regarded now,' asks the Sun. 'If protection Is robbery of the many to enrich the few, as Is declared in the platform which Mr. Davis admiringly regards as sane, safe and sound? What does he mean by his eulogy of platform utterances on the rights of labor. Inter pellated Iii his speech as originally pre pared; and what does he mean when he alleges 'the apprehension which now pre vails in business circles and the pres'ent unsatisfactory industrial conditions of the country' as a reason for the election of the party of Bryan to power. Short of Silly. 'We regret to add that the scheme and tone of John Sharp Williams' notification address, while intended by him to be un conventional and lightsome, was posi tively nothing short of silly.' In a subsequent editorial the Sun shows Davis' allusion to "rights of labor" was an exact quotation from his letter of August 15. The Sun says: "It thus be comes evident that the dazed condition of mind in which John Sharp Williams' effort to be humorous left the venerable candidate Is responsible for the Interpel lation in the- speech of the acceptance of parts of a private letter written by Mr. Davis only 24 hours before." "In so saying Mr. Davis has to stultify his own record, he has to reverse his own vote and action as delegate to the St Louis Convention and to condemn his own work in that body as a member of tho committee on resolutions. Mr. Davis at St Louis voted to report to the conven tion the platform which refused to recant the free silver coinage-'declaratlon of 1S96 and 1900. The Philadelphia Press says: "The feature of 'Davis' notification was tho puerile and silly speech of John Sharp Williams. The acceptance of Mr. Davis may be quickly dismissed. It was decorous and respectable, but there was nothing notaoie in it. But tne penorm ance of Mr. Williams will last beyond the day to the discredit of himself and the discomfiture of his party. "Williams whole speech is a prolonged sneer at the President and will excite disgust with decent-minded men even among his own party. Instead of the speech of a leader. It is the performance of a clown. Is it any wonder that the party does not make headway when its ablest representatives perpetrate such follies?" The New York Sun asks: "What in the world does Henry Gassaway Davis mean when he says that the St Louis 'declara tion of principles' is sane, safe and sound and quotes from the platform denouncing protection as 'robbery of the many to enrich the few?' It continues: "Does Mr. Davis believo the declaration sound and sane? If he does, what did he mean when he declared to the contrary In his last Important speech as a United States Senator? 'I am for a tariff that will yield sufficient reve nue for the economical and proper ex penditures of the Government, and in that tariff I believe Incidental protection to our own Industries is right and proper. It has been so regarded from the foundation of the Government, it ought to be so now.' " Report of Japanese Repulse. CHEFOO, Aug. 20 (7:30 P. M.) There is a rumor here, the source of which cannot be learned, that the Japanese have been repulsed at Port Arthur.