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ITNT . I f I LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. SATURDAY, APRIL 85, 1S08. NUMBER 22T. . -' rv DEATH AIIO DESTRUCTION Ifl THE itfAvr nr rvTC c ur Ul LAI LI1JIIL tifuu CYCLONES 3SEAKLY THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE DEAD AND FORTY TOWNS DESTROYED BY STORMS LAST. NIGHT. "Two Cyclone Running In Different Directions, But at the Same Time, Ob literate Towns In Man Southern States Hospital Facilities Inadequate o Care for the Injured Twisted Mass of Ruins and Debris Left In ' .Many Towns and States to Mark Remains e Prosperous Communities ' News Coming In Slowly, But Careful Estimate Places Known Dead at Two Hundred and Thirty-Five. r. ' . ' .. - .. ,. . ... " ..; , . : '.-.New Orleans, April IS. A total of 32S dead, countless destroyed ' vll 1 "tstes from the D.akotas to h Gulf of Mexico, untold suffering y thousands who were driven from helr homes, Is the general estimate -made today of a disastrous tornado that is still sweeping the "southern spates. ', ., The latest reports to come " from rPurvls, Miss., state that 0 whites and (50 negroes 'were killed late last night .by a "twister." . .;',;.'. ;-.... The fury of the storm was spent in H RAILROAD id u in m urmu iifuiimuiuii TO TAP WALLA WALLA AND 1 ' OTHER BIG CITIES. over the gulf states'. Death List Growing. The grim roll call of .the dead and injureu mm m. ic:u!t ; cf" 't "tt- Ing tornado that swept the gulf states yesterday afternoon and) last night, will total a full COO. Dispatches received up to noon to day from various southern points. In dicate this. All the hospitals In small towns are crowded with the Injured, j J Hospital Facilities Taxed. , Many lack facilities for caring for Pacific Southeastern is Name of a ' New Road Which Is to Have Its Terminus at Tacoma, Where Yard Facilities nave Been Secured North Yakima, Spokane and Walla Walla W1U Be Tapped Rich Men Are Behind the New Road. " " ' Tacoma, April : IS. Announcement was made today that a new railroad. the Pacific Southeastern, will be built FLEET LEAVES ' EOS SHIES DUE IN SANTA BARBARA . . ' ' LATE THIS AFTERNOON. After a Week of Brilliant Reception In Los Angeles, the' Atlantic Fleet Raises Anclior and Sails Toward Santa Barbara Immense Crowds Witness Departure Brief Evolu, Uons In the Bay Followed by Fare well Signal Fronr Flagship. Los Angeles, April 25.-xAfter' week's stay at Los Angeles ports the Atlantic fleet sailed this morning for with a terminus at Tacoma, where (00 I Santa Barbara. Immense crowds wit "" for yards have been secured. J nessed the maneuvers In the bay be- -Louisiana. Alabama and r Mississippi, so many who. need assistance. Be -where all that remains of certain sec- J cause of this, suffering In some lpcal- Ttlons of eight large towns are heaps ltles is Intense, of rulna under which are, thought to bo the bodies of many kilted and In jured. - ,. . Thirty Towns Destroyed, It appears that a tornado started In central Louisiana, sweeping every' thing before It to the Georgia line. This tornado was followed by a sec- In Loulslan alone It Is thought that end, which did further damage In :26 village were leveled. "-, Georgia. rom wnat is Known today, Reports are coming in slowly,' but the property damage will equal. $3 tattow that the first reports wre not 000,000. ; ; -exaggerated. . Five Dead In Georgia Town. Deaths In Alabama. Atlanta, Ga., April 25. Reports re- At Albertvllle and Bergen,- Ala., 1 celved from Griffin, a small town of -many were killed and Injured. ... In the ' western Georgia, states that five were first town 12 are known to be dead killed and 15 Injured by the tornado. The new line will tap Walla Walla, North Yakima and Spokane. - -' Charles Lathrop, brother of ths late Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford, General T.- H. Hubbard and George Crocker are the Incorporators, and the road's capital stock Is set at $15,000,000. All three men were prominently Identi fied with the building of the Southern Pacific. for starting i ui the evolution the v fleet, with flying colors, signalled farewell to It hosts at o'clock and started out to sea. It Is expected that Santa Barbara will be reached at 4 this afternoon. Haven. A majority of the democratic voters of New Jersey are thought to favor an unlostructed delegation to Denver. Both Judge Gray and Gov ernor Johnson have many admirers In New Jersey and they will fight any attempt to pledge the state delegation to the Nebraska statesman.'" In Con. nectlcut, too, there Is considerable op position to Bran, which may result in an unpledged delegation. Five republican state conventions wlll .be held on Wednesday, that of Pennsylvania at Harrisburg, Vermont at Burlington, Mississippi at Jackson, West Virginia at Parkersburg and the Davidson faction of Alabama at Blr mlngham. Pennsylvania's convention will be notable a marking the formal launching o( the presidential boom of Senator" Philander C. Knox. ' Taft will probably receive ths Indorsement of the Vermont convention and that of West Virginia, Mississippi! delegation will likely be unlnstructed, but favor able, to Taft, since the administration situation. . The Alabama convention! will "be that of the Davidson, or antl- Roosevelt faction, and will probably support Foraker.; Th .Roosevslt fac tion In Alabama will hold a convention later, and there will be contesting del egations from Alabama to til Chicago convention. 1 ', k i t : ?, WILL HOT TAKE 1 11 tt t ROOSEVELT LOSES. Cannot Apparently Force Amendment to Naval Appropriation 41111. 1 Washington, April 25. President Roosevelt has apparently lost the fight to force the senate to amend the naval appropriation bill so as to order four battleships constructed Instead of two as - now provided. Senator Piles' amendment to this effect failed in adoption. Later the senate granted Piles a reconsideration. The senator halls from Washington. tand 150 injured, 25 of whom. will die. TTlorence, Texas, Is reported to be lev eled. , " ' Two Cyclones. , No one knows Just where the torna--do Btarted, but apparently two 'cy--clones were traveling In opposite di rections, east and west, and spread a .wide trail of death and destruction The, Latest Report. The latest estimate of the dead as a result of the two tornados is 235, and 4 6. towns were destroyed, ... T Silent 'Quake In 'Frisco. San Francisco, April 23.- A -slight earthquake shock was felt here at 3:32 this morning. No damage Is report ed. ' Hospital Nearly Filled. With one exception the rooms at the Grande Ronde hospital are all oc cupied and four patients In the wards, Mrs. Oscar Clossen will soon be able to return to her home; J. N. Fergu son Is much 'better. Johnnie Grout Is doing nicely and It Is thought that by Sunday Miss Ada West will be able to sit up. NEXT WEEK FULL OF .. STATE CONVENTIONS, Colorado Is tho First of the. Western States to Hold Convention to Norn Inato. Men to Send to Chicago In the Week Coming Few . Surprises Predicted as the Many Whd Are to Be Nominated Have Prearranged Favorites In the Race. ; .- no n fUlLU Tl FORECAST pm mm m III IB III i m rn i UUI UULLIUIUI1. PRESIDENT REFUSES TO ' VISIT EUROPEAN POWERS. As Announced Last Evening PresldUmt Roosevelt Will Hunt In South Afri ca, But Will Not VtBlt Head of 1 European Powers Would Hurt the Dignity of His Office to Be Enter Ulncd When Not a Member of the World Rulers, He Says. Washington', April 25. As an nounced exclusively by th United Press recently, President Theodore Roosevelt will probably go to South Africa next year to hunt big gamey but beyond a brief visit In England, during a transfer of vessels, wilt not m anir.'othar -' European ' country. nor will be make a trip around tu world, :x ... ,y H announced to personal friend yesterday that he; hud given tip tne plan to follow the precedent estab lished by U. 8. Grant in making a tour He declared that he felt he could not meet and b entertained by ruler ol Europe a private citizen after hav-t Ins been their equal for seven year,; . V Ha declared that he believed the dig-; th niintpv (tapir would bs comDro-, mised It he-did so, , ' i I Diplomats disagree, with the presi dent In thl and say that If ha 'visited In Europe he wouTd be received wlthi all the honors due nit ' actual presl- TEURIBLE CATASTROPHE 1 aent." - ' -' , .4 NARROWLY AVERTED. "He 18 . considered the greatest . ! : j American since Lincoln," said one American Liner St. Paul Rams Steamer P"mtaeiirt mbttsador from a Euro Off Yarmouth ami DesperMe' Run .aB. power toduy' : to Shore Saves .Many; Lives Tliej V TL.IT0 1 11 o FOR AT J In Washington, April 25. Next week will be the busiest since the 1008 cam paign was opened, If the number of state conventions to be held through out the country affords any Criterion. While most of these gatherings-may be safely forecasted, as to their presi dential preferences, a few surprises are likely to develop. ' While no conventions are scheduled for Monday, there will be several Im portant meetings and banquets of a political nature In various parts of .he country. Grant's birthday will be ob served by many patriotic bodies In the large cities of the Jandj. One of the most Important of these will be the Grant Day dmner In Plttsburc when Senator P. C. Knox, Tennsylva nla's candidate for the presidency, will deliver the principal' address. Heera tary Taft will begin the week In Con; nectlcut, and on Tuesday will speak before tho Civic Forum. " Ho"' ht; chofiun for his subject On this- ocen slon "The Influence of Popular, Gov ernment In the World." TheInd'. pendence league will hold Its seeonn annual banqutt lri 'cw York on Mon day evening, and It Is'txpectcd, thnt William Randolph Hearst . will tal:-; advantage of the occasion tu 1 an nounce some of the plans of his new political organization, .; Republican state conventions, to c' lect delegates at largo to Chicago, will be held on Tuesday In Arkansas, Col orado and. South Carolina, while re publican primaries will be held In N'ew Jersey and the District of Columbia. Democratic state conventions, at which the Denver delegations will be select ed, are to be held on the same day In New Jersey and Connecticut. The Colorado convention will be held In Pueblo, and, Is certain to In struct Its delegates for Secretary Taft. While some of the negro voters of Ar kansas are opposed to Taft, It Is al most certain that the Hot Springs con ventlon will also go on record as fa voring the war secretary. Similar conditions exist In South Carolina, where most of the white republicans look upon Taft as ths logical successor of President Roosevelt. The primar ies In New Jersey and the Dtxtrlct of Columbia are also likely to be to Taft's advantage In tho presidential race. William Jennings Bryan will likely find lively opposition In both of the democratic state conventions to be held on Tuesday, that of New Jersey ' S ' HAYWOOD OUSTED. ' Federation Secretary Give Too Much '.'.'.' Time to Socialism. Steamer Sinks tho Instant She Strikes Ground Life Bouts Laud Safely With Passengers Wild Panic Follows tho Collision. ' . Portland, , April . 25. William Dv London, April 25. An appalling Haywood has been -ousted from the rpj( mwmipr wn nflrrnw v nvopr.n rn. avan imv nnnrn nr ma ivraiArn cifi- day when off Yarmouth, The St. eratlon of Miners, according to a re-' Paul, an American liner, rammed, the port from Denver, and the official an steamer Gladiator in a dense fog. A nouncement will be, made- public to wild panic among the passengers fol- day in ths Miners' magaxlne, It is lowed. ,;'''''! " said that Haywood' speech-making ' The St. Paul keeled badly but stayed tour In the east, In which he strongly up.' The Gladiator made a desperate advocated socialistic , doctrines, an run for the beach and grounded Just gered the Federation men,' who be- tn time to . prevent; sinking. No. loss lleved he should devote mors attention of life Is reported, as small boats made to the Federation, a safe landing. Both steamers were running ata fair. rate pf speed. w Twenty Reported JaM. . An unconfirmed report here Indi cates that 20 of the crew of tho'"Olud. i ik ft si . i .Died. 4 - r Mrs. Jane House of Imbler, die ) at tho Hot Lake sanqtorlunv yesterday afternoon, Tho remains we. i fcrousH'! tutor were lost la collision with the to La Jl rand last night u , v;r, St, Paul.', In responno to appeals for burled In. he I, O, p, F, ciimctkry thl assistance warships have been sent tq afternoon, Funrl rvic It lleni'i the scene of the accident, Many were. A Carr's undertaking parlor iu X 1 Injured, on the Gladiator, ' m, Fire at I lizard. The 0, It, tt N, Shoiitses Set Sail, t.Yorlt, April ahd Mr: section hoilno nt TTI1. gard was consumed by fr ihls afW I Thsodora Shonti anil tltHltihlff, Ml noon. Wdrknleri removsd all ihB ' sfargut'i-ltei "siiHed for Paris today i toois and other movable porp'nrfy be-1 the St. Louis. All are grlef-strlck. foro the flamed had dofie any damage over' the untimely end of the Duo i to themi The orlglrt of the fir Is to Chaulnes, husband of former Ml have been fro ma defective flue. Theodora Shonts. OUGHT TO BE THt HAPPIESS AMD GLORY l every citizeM U so live and act that his fel low citizens will esteem him for his goodness, IT his kindness and his usifutness. The pit clples of good citizenship should constitute the code of rufes Z for every kind of business whether public or prlvSstt This applies partlctlarly to the drufi business, be cause, ouini to the limited knowledge of the qualities of drugs by the general public. It follows that the re liability of the dru&lst Is the chief guarantee of good service. HILL'S DRUG STORE m h Orego, La Grande In Trenton and of Connecticut In New I