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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1908)
OREGON MIST sm.iI tack frMay ST. HELENS OREGON NEWS OFTHE WEEK la a Condensed Form lor Our Resume of tha Less Important but Not Las Interesting Event of the Pad Weak. Admire! ?an took an auto ride and la feeling much Improved. The boycott of Japanese snort by Chtneae. tut exteuded to Australia. The supreme court of Illinois de claro the new local option law valid. Pensneola street car striker stoned the car barn and several ar rest were made. Lieutenant General Llnevltch, who managed the ltusslaa retreat from Mukden, 1 dead. Representative Rayner, of Uary laad. aay It la time to curb the power of tha prealdeat. The Independence league of New York U practically baukrupt and lta creditors threaten suit. King Edward aay of the dead premier: "He was a faithful servant of his country. I am truly sorry he has gone." The Illinois democracy has In structed It delegate to Tote for Bryan and use all honorable means to secure his nomination. General Manager Gruher of the Great Northern, estimates that the damage to that road by the bursting of the Mauser lake dam wa about $75,000. Los Angeles will take about 3300 men of the battleship fleet on a tour of the city. Then they will hate a barbecue luncheon and see the wild west show. Widespread rains are causing great Joy to California farmers. It Is reported that threats have been made on the life of Abe Huef. Sudden warm weather Is causing great damage In Alaska trom floods. Four million oysters were destroy ed by striking fishermen at Cancale, France. HALF TMOUSANO KlLLfcU. Southern 8iorm Much Wors Than First H parted. Now Orleans. April 8".--Probnblv 800 lives lost, 100 or more person fatally injured and many time this uumbvr fatally hurt, together with a property loss running up in the mil linos, is the record so far of a toruadv' that originated in the west two days ago, sweeping Texas, Arkansas, Louis ana, Tennessee niul lloorgia. It lias left a path of death, desolation and want in its wnko, seriously interrupted all aomuiunication bet weili cities in the south, and brought about rliaotiu eon ditlons iu in n n y smaller towns. Mississippi, already a sufferer from morn than one tornado this year, has nguin borne the brunt of the winds and rains. Kstimatcs of the number of those who lost their lives iu that state plaeo the death list between 1.10 and 15, with a thousand or more injured. In Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia the death lists are also large, with serious loss of life in Arkansas and Tennessee. Authentic, information is in many instance larking, owiug-to the crippled facilities for comniunica tion and the lack of time to form any tiling like an accurate estimate, of the damage done in many section. la half a doaen communities martial law ha been declared, so terrible was the destruction and so helpless were the stricken people left bv the disaster. Serious disorders have occurred in some places, including Amite, La. looting and other crime have been reiwrted but those iustauces have on the whole been rare. Several place have issued appeals for aid and in .Mississippi ttovornor .o.-l has boon asked to provide tents for the hnmclcas. The tornado has lasted in all a period or nearly two days, it wa lhursday night that damage bv tornadoes travel ing was first reported from point in Texas. This was followed during the next Si hours by similar report from Arkansas, Louisiana. Mississippi and TennoiMoe. Last night Alabama came within the flight of the storm and to day report of serious damage by the wind in (icorgia have beeu recorded. t'tter misery of every sort was found today at l'urvia. Miss., by relief parties. Despite the fact that of the 2'eiu uihiili tants which this little town boasted yes terday morning, there were only poo to day, still there were not sumctcnt c coniuintlationa in the wrecked village fur even the wounded. Negro mammies and little black children lav wounded and lilplexs under the broiling Southern sun. .Some had broken boues, some were part A bunco man who has been rob-1 ly crushed and others had been wound bine women bas been arrested In Oakland. Four masked robbers held up a fashionable club at Hot Springs, Ark., and got away with 110.000. All the regular army troops In the Tlclnity of Seattle will partici pate In the welcome of battleships at that port. Mrs. Beulah Hawkins of Los An geles, has now been asleep 78 days, and there Is apparently no change in her condition. Eight consecutive witnesses In the Ford bribery trial testified tbnt Gab higher paid them money to vote for the overhead trolley franchise. Roman Catholics of the United Liner 8t Paul 8maih Into Warship states win raise a tuna ot one mil- i Dunn Snowstorm Southampton, April 27. The Am.rl can line steamer St. Paul, which left An attempt was maae to ssssiisi. Mouthamuton on her n .mini- nov... nnto ex-Supervisor Gallagher, of ban bound for New Vork. this afternoon ,n rrancisco, oy uiownig up uia nuu ia dense snow storm rammed and d with a bomb. No one was injured. Utroved the liritiab second clans crni.ee Russian forces have repulsed the M'ladiator off the Isle of Wight. ed by sticks and splinters. These unfor unates were lucky if they had a blanket or a wrecked couch to rest upon. There was not enough shelter in the town to protect them from the sun and many nf the walls which remained standing hid no roofs, and by a ipoer ireaa or me tornado many of the trees which had not been uprooted had lie.-n snatched off a few feet above the ground. The grove of pines was muti lated in such a manner that it appeared a if a gigantic scythe had swept through tho grove about 23 feet above the ground. TORNADO IN SOUTH Dead In Ihree States Number At Least 225. MANY TOWNS INTIRELlf IUIMD Negro. trd Most, their Light Cab'n doing to fiscal Like Card Houses. Atlanta, tin. April 35. --Report up to 3 a. in. Indicate Hint 335 t son were killed and at least 1 000 were Injured Iu storms o( great vio lence which iwssvd over section of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama yesterday. Several town were al most totally swept away and the property duninge will run Into large figures. Nearly 30 town wor struck ly the "twister," of which there etiu to haw been at least five. Most of those killed were negroes. whose cabin acre swept away like so much unpvr. Niitchoi. Mis, report that or persons killed In that etlo only two were white. latest report from Amite, a ininll town In Southeastern Louisiana, say tho town whs almost entirely de stroyed and the estimate place the no in ter killed nt between 35 and 0 while nt least 7a were Injured At Mi'l.nln. Miss . eight ar re. ported to have been killed, at Vf- dull. La., one white woman and six negroes are dead; at ljullman Land lug. eleven In roe wvre killed. The latest report at hand come from l'urvia l-andtng. Miss, where :'5 whites and 50 negro were vie tltn of the storm, and report nf one to five death came from many town scattered over the storm-swept area. Details at present are meaner .New Orleans aud .Mobile were rut off rrom wire communication with the outside world for several hour today and telegraph companies re port wires down In all directions Tonight the storm Is sweeping through Georgia, but bevond turn n tlnl rains, accomplished by high winds and hrlillnnt electrical display serious damage or Inns ot llf CRUISER RUN DOWN lion dollars to educate candidate for the priesthood and aid poor parishes Kurds who had tbetn surrounded. Saloon forces were generally suc cessful la tho recent local option fight. Two dry kilns of the Seaside Lum ber Company were destroyed by fire. Loss $20,000. A St. Louis councilman has been convicted of bribery and sentenced to two years in the pen Partners In nn Idaho mine qunr reled and fought a revolver duel. In which one was killed. Kansas courts have quashed In dictments against H. II. Tucker, the oil company swindler, I he first report stated that from 20 to 30 of the Gladiator's crew had been drowned, but later intelligence reduces the number of casualties. The exact extent of the disaster, however, cannot tie accurately known until tomnrro No one on tli St. Paul was killed or injured, but the bodies of Steward Wid g-i-y, Writer Cowdry and a Maltese steward, !i bras, all attached to the cruiser, have been brought alburn; one oilicer, Lieutenant William (J Pr.1.0. who attempted to swim to land, ia miss ing, and eight injured have been taken to tho military hospital at Golden Hill for treatment. It is believed only a few others are unaccounted for. The Gladiator was benched and her crew took to the boats. Sh is onn of The house has ordered an Inquiry I the class of vessels designed to nerve as Into the paper trust nnd a commis sion has been appointed Minister Wu Ting Fang says he had nothing to do with starting the boycott against American goods. rams. She is 320 feet long, ha a snivel of 20 knot. and carrie a complement of 450 men. Cor vict Murderer rt Hinr'u. Oregon City, April 27. After de lta been reported In the state Report also say that the storm struck Alliertville. La., lute this aft ermxm. il.lng much destruction to life and property An uuconflrme.l report from this section glee the loath list as trom 30 to 35. with score of persons injured. A trntn wa ent from Ilirmlngham tonight carrying physicians and a squad of state militiamen to the district Richmond and l.ntnourl. la . were struck by the slohn and nenrlv a fifth of their population Injured Winchester. Mis, a small town. I reported wiped out, though only two persons are known to hre teen killed. Mobile report nine dead at Hat tlesburg. Miss., but this has not been confirmed. Th tornado thnt first appeared In Concordia Parish, La, appear to nnve been the most serious, both In respect to number of victim and ex. tent of territory covered Although It cnvrecl rural dutrlct and sirm ii no large town, tho known results ,t Its work, were fit dead .ml n I 0 Injured, with the r,rtiieet thai tile list w be considerably swelled by morning. More than 50 of the dead are ne groes, whoso log robins proved par ticularly fatal to the oectipan's. be ing easily torn to pieces, while the weignt or timber crushed (,n mat to deutli. it -1. .. . . mini, iipiieur in nave been tw uiiWeot tornadoes srurk In Western einioniiiH, one claiming six victims at norg.m & I noma sawn.HI. UHtAUs. IN HlatlUliY. Qrsal Conference to He Mld at Whin Huul In don Washington, April !2M. Whim I'rwsl cnl linnsevolt calf I" "ler the tieiilng session of the great Wlilui llous emi ference mi May LI. there will be gnlh cod iu the Lust llootit of th Kxueu live Mansion the most notable assent hinge of men iu the public eye that has uver no t In the history nf the I'lilled Slat The governors ef all the stale live signified t Itt-tr intention ef being pre cut at this conference, ttlnl each Will bring "ilk him three noli, carefully ehciscu from among the learned ef hi. stale, to act as adtisrr in the convert tool llen-le the goinnors slid tlielr ioIvimts. rej-resi nUtUes of all Hie Im poitant iistional iitganuatl'Ois, the we tire nf which ib petul in greater 01 less ib grew upon natural resources, will be in aitcmUnec, and further, the pre lb-lit has united fle special guest, chosen for their suietUlie filnwss, ,i net " lu l St latgo to the eon frreuee, llrevef rleveliltl l, Ihe only living c President nf the l uited Stales, will, health iM-ieuittng. be one of ItieM ,( visels 'the others Wilt be William J llivaii, Who hopes to be president; An drew t'arie-gie. Itoluntrial king, Joies .1 Dill, railroad monarch, and John Mil ehcll. leader of Isk-r. Kicry candidate f,r Ihe pivsidealiat nomination this vear with the etcrptiea ef Iseerctary Tan, w he.e duties to I'suama wilt prevent at tendance, will be there Un king at the meeting purely from Its historical side, pt...efl way br aid that tieier before in the country's hoo.ov have the governors ,,f K) j),,, tales assembled ia convention for any p!lt.e whatsoever Cashiered iflildy s an epoch marking event the robfef cnee will casilv take rank with any as sembly of public Bif eei held IB th Civilited World, for al this nowling lbs etilire goiernuif at ef the I int.. I Stale In the " roh c.f Inst go.ernairtit ' heads, wiil be Mmhied t limo If for ol her re. a, ihe p-.il hc w i ,e interested in the oaf ofrnce bscauss. of this rct HtCUMtS FOHTUNk. NtW ELttTBicj? Wiilametta L Branchjs U Checker BUILD 301 MILES OF Kij P"ih""n 01 Or,,,,, ta. ..L 1 rorttanj, A.,fl, I wn.meB v,;7'rj tha .,, ' " IrJ - - - t d ju, i ! Il.ll..'"! -isu r ""liistto. T' M . . 1 0" K.le... '" uthci.J:",,& ,..il ...... "-slllto.J ,,... titira win i. .... tha line Oregon Klmrtrle n.,i lh original ,c . . .. " "i'tiaiifii i SO0.0M0 Wa, 1 1 Ik it tut in.. uri tsf (h,8 ., Senator Cats Ml( Million for Mettllrg ti g I '!. States Uti, e lie. ; e, W e I . I , . .terds.l !f iti'.r,t ,ff t . ',- . - l'mt.,1 hsinso I P;!.-., f l!, is Was giwn pou.is.sioq of J"hsi lilU 411 t:i... aho-.l appr.ttura'.e!, fl, 111, f'.i ends a litigation fUt ba tt-ti.l.-d cf p..til ef cgai ,,., a6d Which l.as b.e pjollfv 111 imu be lii.tory f the .'ojJSliaa famih In Irel.o.l I aoe, la u vfia, cu.t, f hlt slat,- lif'H year ag- J.-ha hiilhv.n. pr.uiin.-nt r,iii, ,.f Health, owner f .tie , f the tugged bgs.n... bb-ks in the and suburbs sad iurl iii.i,ilr. i.e.i i.-ing no witt lMm.au .i,.. from e.ertwhere. aiifcouii Moii.v . t,..i retail vp , f, ,B)W , ,h countrr Meritor I ,e,. ), , f,i,,J f uiinan wet-i 1., ir,!ie,i i "J KlOekhold... ..T? company m,, ;"?1 ms ( or belt bii.i,t. rtlrle of Ihco, w,," 1 no follow lug n n-J I fatty al rtrdav . L'! to Albany. 1 1 toitLTHi to Hlllsboro. u , 1 itiamiHia. j a.,..., Ihugeoe. US h,ii,..V"t1 t Itv. i h.iu, V ."T"" Wltk the So mil. u-Tf bjMb. company ZT ana Maiem. ,.. -1 line. I,... tho Oregon Klecirlc it, 1 sinecrin firm blth . , '1 h. tiregoa Klectffc.X, I b ed rcirtstri.eii. .. ... .' 71 Wl- .or. h si:: ,leH II 11: . . ' " ' ' '"uoro IlM N .-omtileti.,0, ttenti J' to building ,e.m It I l.ke.y ,hM lM- L B eTl - i I, " ' ' tJ k bolder, .nd 4Ht company i ,t,dsr', ,,, All tha new Pne., pktM. e, whteh I. ..,1,4,1, g, ""!. nn thro,,! MofTatt & Whit.. I New ..ra city. , .)irn ) ndl at. that is sutn,ti. tal for lb Oregon J com mil tw u made an of tin -Ing New Vork rapftnliitt 4J ror.l. lieorgw llarrUy K. William a. White. PfttBIOtNT llOMtw ..ilerplor' lUoui, jw lr?.t s..i. . . .. . I i..li.i. I ossninfien. atirll i.raiss were esamiard. churrk fee.,. .1. IHWiertell (M siiacd II. -aimed, b4 fm.ily tu true rolalk, ., " liability bill un-, sJ c- iuiisn Were l .enlr.l TK, . .....I M"IO")a from A ttorassVsM gn fietiM,,, (,!,, nn ,,(! laparin that the nmtatt tn 4 ":o ' o-l' li-l It l.'.lll.l Ik. line a sure f , e s..l.l. l-lst'l r r,, thirty 1 I. a In,, t tLili gl'sn, since .-e.ed, of I'ut.hw, Ireland -in- nee,.,,,-., ,,, ,,, ,., '" ''''' f"w al. t rew ' .. wen , iho s.nator I ,r bringing "I. f'ght, the remarUbb. J .,. -I... IU nil. .late, to ma , Qoeineine ToHcva r,vilr nt Ann Prsn. Cisco, has asked to be eicused from lih"ratin 13 h""r"i tho jury in tho case trying the California Safe Doposlt ""K"? M I'le.euiHin, e. iiiinin I'lCKcnsori, .lolin llickenson. r.arl Itnnsier ami John T. J. uyan or nan rrancisco. tesri- ijilev. rhnrgeil with the murder of Uni fied that part of $500,000 used in nan HIiibIi. a Hind n. near Ito.inr. me crooner. lorry aeai, weni io poll- brought in a verdict convicting .1. M. i..i,!iih, I Dickenson nrul his son. Wil hum f Florida republicans hold two sop-1 dor in the second deifren and tho other arate and rival conventions, tiach ont throe bovs of iminslaiighter. Ttm mm electing delegates to the national ally for murder in the second degree is convontion. New Orleans. April 2Ti 3 a ni At this hour belnt-d n-mirii b- swoiien ino total number of (tenths 07 inn lornniloe n Mississippi ,m iniann ami Alabama to '. ui..i. niiuu surrereu innnt. ,ut pr rom mtinleatlons kept t,e full .-item , tho illsnster from heromtn. tne (lentn m was suddenly awoth-n oj neiirijr ion aciuitional victims In .ni. in lion jinuii r ii. v i,.u,. ... , i ' im ...n iieiiru in up i midnight. in- ursi report Indicated that i.i.ir-iiiiiis oi me Vlrtlm, were lie groes, but the later report ,wB, an Increasing number of whites. the Survivor of Moc;n, Bir.rl New York. April 25.... With USViterl , .... ' ' nen a tn ruber of .Morgans raiders during the CV wnr cinsp.-ci l0 (,1a heart Colonel w llnm H Warwick was fo,,d ,,.,t(j ln his bed on the top foor r h( . In tho Ilron vosi.r,i,, .... ' . W,.,u.el. ' ' ' oionel n iiiiioi III a I:.,,,,,,,. .., , uiiillw... n ' "II V. . . """ Wl"1 bom viiKiin'i an yc-nra imr, ir In imprisonment for life and the ponaltv l-.e,,, i', . . , K" '""I Two morn hndles have heen ctlr manspniiinirer is rrnm onn to 15 years mi,.... i,.i..i.i.. o. ' ' """i "until covered In tho ruins of Chelsea. ,u i""""'"1""'' Mass., making tho total deaths by tho fire 15. A movement has begun to release Harry K. Thaw from tho Insane asy lum. The second trial of Tlrey I,. Ford for bribery has begun In San Fran cisco. A Los Angeles woman has slept for 76 days and shows no sign of waking. Troops to Central America. Mexico City, April gi.--A peismtent rumor h"rn has it that, the cruiser Al Irony, which is to carry special Amlins aonr tiuciianan r, nri'iuri t . ;reel to C'en . hlu " . ha niiiillte, Hlfleo then ho had lived in hiirnblo lodgings Tka Orrhsrrf, Depot tlon. Ounnhori, Colo,, Anrll n, trlct Judgo Bhncklefnrd today Kr i" o,l ii..ll,,..li.. .. .. .. trnl Amerieii, i to land armed parties n., t,.- in..... . . "H'on, ntfor. should conditions In the southern repnb-1 position from ii 1, . '"' n "" lie. warrant the move. Official confir-! ,Z e r tod w , n ''i'" ' ,n mation of the report eould not bu ob-jlrtal for the klllli of A t"hu "r '!"n ttt'' at TBllurldo, Colo 'r Co,ll" tl "I i tutluttal. The bill make raltrtwd comiooa rarrlsr.. t)h ttaM Ititeratat rommeft. IUU tr Injury or death of a rmami injury or death --tigtt It sm IB part from tho nrgllwrxt t "f the officer, tgeiit of mitt the mltroad. or by ojf fjifen J sumrt-ncy in tiipmt T! visb.n i. made ppl!cahl te oi in in terrttori.ig, id nams lumbla, ih psnsm rsail l thef pmnr.s!o, ot (t 'A .Staff., It I provided that ! l q brought under His' nrwvUSew ' t anthrntir information bill Ihe Inltireil tmnliitt iksBl' 'g g 't.i ir, ke b Nolan held to have assumed the r; be a I of tha k.,o' ..h leiiiiilinrfienl In iii esse Slrrni liowe mm ,h . latlon bv the carrier ol l? '4 Wloil the .OiLn tt . I ellaele.l I... ...f,.l of.mR'Marl f -'-I bans on ihe dl.on irlbuted to the Itiliiry Of n31 i "wa hands and aaw i.an. eiiililnvci. Any rohtracl. r. M 'U U.hl On k. 1...... . II - fc. ' . , iks iisiHl. ihiiii m iisiyirs. rnsuis " nan I reek i !v .1 ...... , f a . M.l,rl from tl,.. Arci.. ,, ., ... . ., .;' .w. .. ... . e. . ,-( . ... - .. nii'i 11000 were mi ei in rriioereo, niis.i.ii .'noil l.o men o, I!., ....... e .. I il.u.l...o... ... o.i . j. - - -- ..oil, SHnaoiisiHiiiiH MJ ia. we-.- holt howe lefl f,. II.- ...... . I , . , ... .... k...Mtf e, - , , oui.oi,,, i i rovisiort i inaqe, bi""- 1 in- tnko w. ,.... ... . .. .!., . . ., kf abom io . . " oepm tifiinn rnrrier snail rawn i .1 reet ,! Klt (J,M) u J,,,, cntrlbiitlon P)d tt & y crude ooeratlon. It l. IllloVe n, hi. fun, 1 1. Ill IkS f KTS entlmatml the elean ..... " . .. 1.. ' ' ''. ,"',. Hi f tl: o'.Aiil.k from lie th- fir. "'rftdiiig th ' '-'Ii, nt , Not 1 t'r... k and nasi,, , r'aim with h list, i-. olilv ll I (100 to ih fan. M"l -'s V T ,.w. bi.h.,1, - in ii i ,,r me leflil,,rv - . '.r.i ,o ii,e rttv to.lny "'r't, ,,, Vacua b.ie... I I' eftfii this summer w( , , jMMl.liOO. Improves Raolulv. . , KuM" " Hl"'g.. f, April Idar Admiral Kv, cntinne, to e Unlay hn ealn.e.l ... .... ro n to ii ,i i " It 'tile t I ""k". no was seeoli,,. I l. n. I i,.. I, 7 Iission San Miguel, urgh, ,lr An action for tha riSeOyefTw e must be commenced sit" year from Ihe dale ol tM f Mtllt. R.v.sl Burei' stkH- Washington. April 81-TJj etamlliallun of Womlfnftl 0 p J formerly clerk In lbs tfm" oitlce. wa Ihe fcalnr W . j llyd-llenoit nimond ectiaf s'l fraud trial. J. C, Campwi-j M' llonald and Jain.-. It..,. g' to-riil i,.., . . . Ic'rnni'lirn attoruetr fnf H vi ,.f.i. , "'-"" "nt r.vnn nrif Mm. Mn - ni tm. i ..ji 'It If his't .. .1 . . I.,..t.. .--.I..- I.. SiWlirff ITVi"- . i ... iiiit'iiii iti r..ii i i hit MtiTtvr ii nisi. . Knnii, llarbara v-r Hiorm Ing England. London Anril "s ... 'anl the ,,: , 'einaraabln till i. no. ei,,,.,,,,,....,, , ,. ..... ii, ..iiii ii 1"M coi,tlo,., ,,ra. Ihrougl,,,,., "., Kd o,.l . u. . . ' linn govern meiii. jjei thnt under tho ln'MC""""ir-1 III I... Ili.rnt U f''A iio.i.oo nH... , ilniiiaiiileit money rrnm " 4 I . . - e.vrimt w ' I menu Ol lieneoi. iigiainl ,i, icallv nil ,.. Newhttrg. N. Y-. APf' ;J ...I f. u.erv If. Tha leu' o IU III H II 1 1 Mi. I .. ..I .... I ... . . 1. .. atOiefllll. V Hiirdnv mliloi.i. - ."" ""V oroer oi ip - o .,piv i,l.... .. .." ,l,,1,'t. Telegraph (ha .oMLrllltendellt of In', i -ii u-ii was it nr....i I ....!.,... i, nerrrm " ""'I rm way Irani el ... i . 1 1 "sunn asjumi ... r mJf lye, H; , or ,, , ,,, ,"",n """'o-ly do- sign anappllrnih.n lot J ,!, a i. "T hn !""' hen. corpus. Th wIHJ young fruit I Into court for a neari. - "ops. J Hon of bla ssnlty. n:WI.'19e(l0'.re.n! IS-. 'i-I1'-wlI''':ee'ifne.-ijifyi y , i -,ef,v- c.' ,-T. f,-.-eeiieiie!se.ernfi,i