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A City in Guatemala Is
Destroyed.
1000 PERSONS PERISHED
Eruption of Mount Tacona
Ruins Retalbulen
NEWS BROUGHT. BY STEAMER
Volcano Had Been Restless Since the
Great Earthquake of April
18 Man- of the Inhab
itants Fled.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 6. Another city
in Central America has suffered almost
complete destruction, and hundreds of its
inhabitants have bean killed by volcanic
eruptions.
The steamer Palena. which arrived to
day from Southern portfi. brings the news
that the town of Retabulen, situated at
the foot of Mount Tacona, In Guatemala,
has been buried uidcr a mass of lava,
stones and ashes thrown from the volcanic
crater, and probably 1000 of Its people have
perished. The volcano la about 25 miles
from Champanico, and near the town of
Tapachulo. which, it is believed, also suf
fered severely.
The eruption occurred several daya be
fore the Palena arrived at Champanico.
The vessel's officers were Informed by the
agent of the Pacific Steam Navigation
Company at that placs that the volcano
had shown sighs of the Impending erup
tion for several days previous to the out
break. In fact. Mount Tacona had been
restless ever since the great earthquake
of April 18, which destroyed the City of
Quezaltcnango For weeks a black pall
Of smoke hung over Its summit, and the
glare from the crater frequently illumi
nated the- sky Many of the inhabitants
of Relabulen fled from their homs to
places of safety, and" these escaped frfghf
ful death?.
When the eruption at last broke forth
in its full fury, showers of lava, ashes and
stone? were ejected, and covered the coun
try for miles around. The Bay of Cham
panico was a mass of floating pumice and
ashes.
No details were obtainable by the offi
cers of the Palena, but the loss of life
was estimated at not less than 1003.
The same steamer brought a letter to
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.. agents of the Pa
cific Coast Steamship Company, from G.
M. Melville, their agent in Guatemala,
confirming the report of the eruption. He
also stated that since the earthquake of
April IS shocks had been of almost daily
occurrence. A few days before the Palena
called a small village near Mount Tacona
was destroyed, but no details could be
obtained.
The volcano of Santa Maria is also
stated to have been In a aate of eruption.
PELEE IX ERiqPTTOX.
Another Outbreak, but Little Panic,
at Fort dc Frace.
FORT DE FRANCE, JuneTs. Mount Pe
lce Is still In violent eruption! This morn
ing, an enormous column of black ecnbke
rope from the volcano to a height esti
mated at four miles, and then spread rap
idly Into a mushroom-shaped cloud, which
appeared to have a diameter of 40 mile.
The spectacle was impressive, but thure
were no detonations, no electrical dis
plays and no showers of ashes. Fort de
France had been shrouded In Intense
gloom like that which accompanies a total
eclipse of the sun.
The most notable phenomenon today
was that the sea rose nearly three feet,
and then fell back to below its normal
level, and then returned to its normal
level. The eruption today was absolutely
not accompanied by earthquakes. The sky
is now clear, but a heavy surf Is beating
on the coast. No reports of damage have
been received. It Is probable that the
area of 'activity and destruction Is the
came as that of previous outbursts. This
area is now completely abandoned. The
explosion this morning was expected and
watched for. There was consequently very
slight panic among the people here, and
quiet was soon restored. A large number
of French families are leaving the island.
It is noted at Fort de France that th
volcanic outbursts coincide with the
changes of the moon.
Darkness Wag Intense.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, June C At 2
o'lock this afternoon the daTkness was In
tense over St. Lucia. A submarine explo
sion here today caused the sea here to
recede to Its normal level. No damage
was done. The SoufCrlere volcano, at St.
Vincent, is quiet.
BASSE TERRE, Island of St. Christo
pher, B. W. I., June 6. It grew very dark
here this morning at 10:15 o'clock, and
lights had to be lit. Very loud detonations
were heard from the southward. They
were not audible on the French Inland of
Guadaloupe, and only faintly audible on
the Island of Dominica.
OREGON'S EXHIBIT
Great Figure at the Charles
ton Exposition.
MR. BOSCH'S EFFECTIVE WORK
Some Result of Our Enterprise at
the South Carolina Metropolis
Mr. Dosch' Exposition
Views.
Ship Annrni Felt the Shock.
QUEENSTOWN, June 6. On the arrival
here today of the British ship Anarus,
from Portland, Or., January 3, her com
mander. Captain Henderson, reported that
May 9, 10 P. M., in latitude 5. longitude
43, a terrible vibration was felt through
out the vessel, the shocks making It ap
pear as if the ship was bumping on rocks.
At the same time the sea was violently
agitated, and the crew was in a state of
semi-panic. The phenomena lasted half a
minute. It was not until after relating his
experiences that Captain Henderson
heard of the Martinique catastrophe.
Enrth From Mount Felec.
SALEM. Or., Juno 6. Governor Geer to
day received from B. S. Pague, of
Charleston, S. C, a vial containing a
quantity of dust, showing the quality of
earth discharged from Mount Peleo, Isle
of Martinique, In the recent volcanic erup
tion. The dust was gathered from. the
deck of ..an- ocean vessel that at the time,
cjf the eruption was 256 miles distant from
thd volcano. The dust is of a dnrk
brown shade, line as powder, and gathered
to the depth of half an inch on the 'deck
of the vessel.
The Georgia Primaries.
ATLANTA, Ga June 6. Complete re
turns received from the State Democrat
ic primaries yesterday for the nomina
tion o'f Governor, state officials and Rep
resentatives in Congress verify last night's
majorities. The Congressional Represen
tatives now serving, except W. H. Flem
ing. In the Tenth district, who was de
feated by W. H. Wardwick, received over
whelming majorities for rcnomlnatlon.
King of Saxony III.
DRESDEN, Saxony. June 6. The condi
tion of King Albert of Saxony, who has
bee n ill for some time, is today regarded
as critical.
(By a staff writer Letter No. 5.)
It Is not I hope the bias of state senti
ment which makes the Oregon exhibit
here at Charleston surpass In my view
that of any other state. At least there
are others with the same view; for 1
hear It said many times each day that
the very best special attraction In the
whole exposition Is the Oregon section.
One reason for this lies In its extent and
variety and another in Its surprising
quality. I will confess myself surprised
on both points, for. knowing how small
was the provision of money made by the
w ... .. . .I..T- -. ttift.
.Legislature, i expeciea ume muio wu
a perfunctory exhibit.
To understand how the small sum of
foOCO has accomplished such large results
one must know something of the history of
this exhibit. Mr. Henry E. Dosch, as ev
erybody knows, Is an enthusiast in all
matters relating to Oregon and her produc
tions The horticulture of the state has
been his special hobby for years, and he
has long amused himself In making a col
lection of things notable and interesting
In connection with It. His collection, rep
resenting untold labor and many thou
sands of dollars In money, was loaned to
the state for use at Buffalo, and formed
the backbone of Oregon's general exhibit,
which won so much praise there. And
when it was decided to carry the Buffalo
exhibit to Charleston, Mr. Dosch permit
ted his private collection again to be used;
and here it is a second time serving the
interests of Oregon In a way to com
mand the attention and admiration of all
comers.
Another valuable and very striking feat
ure of the Oregon exhibit is its repre-)
sentation of our timber products. There j
Is a man of modest habit down at As-1
toria who Is too little known In Oregon
who 1 In fact less known at home than
among the scientific forestry, men pf the
! world. I refer, of course, to Mr. A.' J.
J Johnson, w ho knows more about Trtjes
j than all the other people in Oregon to-j
getner. xne maKing oi mis exmnicin iisa
timber features was under the immediate
efforts of Mr. Johnson; and, while It may
not be, as he says, the best that can be!
done witn uregon materials, it is gooa
enough. It contains all the commercial
varieties of our woods in tho rough and
in finished forms, making a very large j
and beautiful collection. Its more strik-1
Ing features are a cut from a giant spruce j
which when lying on its side is nearly as
high as the celling, and a sawed fir tim
ber, 64 inches square and about 75 feet
long. Nothing more striking and Im
pressive In the way of a single exhibit
could be imagined, and there Is no single
thing In the whole fair I think which at
tracts so much attention. This whole tlm- 1
ber exhibit has been presented to a for
estry collection which the Government 13
creating at Tale University, and when the
fair here closes it will go there to stand
as a permanent advertisement of Oregon's
mighty forests. Mr. Johnson, who has
been In constant attendance here upon the
Oregon exhibit, and who has been an ex
tremely busy and useful man, will person
ally look after its installation at New
Haven.
Oregon, is one of the few states which
have been at the pains to make an ex
hibit of Its resources at Charleston, and
the only one from the North. In many
Instances, as It has been noted In the
course of this correspondence, the Invi
tation of South Carolina came too late
for action on the part of State Legis
latures. This explains in part why the
South Is so poorly represented and why
the North is represented by Its com
mercial cities rather than by state com
missions. The North and East have, in
truth, only the commercial and friendly
purpose In matters of this kind. They
have nothing to show and their policy is
to make their official buildings simply
ornamental contributions to the fair sort
of rest stations. There are half a dozen
such statehouses on the grounds here
places where the chairs are comfortable,
the leading state papers are on file and
the official welcome cordial and gracious.
The construction and maintenance of
"these houses Is a mere Interstate compll
menta mark of friendship on the part
of sister states. And this being the
practice of the older state, an exhibition
of resources, such as that made by Ore
gonespecially when It Is Intrinsically one
of the leading attractions of the fair
becomes very notable and attracts a world
of attention.
Mr. Dosoh had a theory in the matter
of bringing the Oregon exhibit to Charles
ton. He knew that there would be noth
ing like It on the grounds, and his no
tion was that the fair would be attended
by a great many men of capital on their
way to and from the Wintering grounds
of Florida. In other places the purpose
of Oregon exhibits has been to Interest
homeseekers and to promote immigration.
Here its purpose was chiefly to enlist the
interest of the capitalist. The result has
been all that was anticipated and more.
One transaction in lumber growing di
rectly out of our represantation at
Charleston has yielded the state five
times the cost of Its enterprise here; and
in many other Instances Messrs. Dosch
and Johnson have Indisputable evidence of
the good which has already come to Ore
gon as the direct result of its Charleston
exhibit. But to the surprise of all the
popular Interest in the exhibit the sort
of Interest which lies back of immigra
tion movements has been greater here
than at any other fair In which our state
has been represented.
And there is a speciaL reosgn, fpr It,
The South is full of people who have a
desire to get away frdm the "blight in
volved in the overwhelming presence of
the negrox He occupies the labor field
to the extent of keeping all others out of
it; and not more by his competition than
by the social atmosphere he creates he
prevents the Incoming of new social and
Industrial forces; he binds the country
to backward policies and to a long If not
a permanent separation from the active
life of the modern world. Nobody sees
this more clearly than the Southern peo
ple, and there is a very general wish to
get out Into freer air, especially on the
part of the more enterprising ones who
want for their children better chances
In life than can be found at this time In
(Concluded on Pago 8.)
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NO TRACE OF ALLEGED MURDERER OF HIS BABE.
PAUL UXDER.WOOD
ABERDEEN, Wash., June 6. Paul "Underwood, the alleged murderer of
his 2-weeks-old bs.be, is leading his pursuers a tnerry chase, and the closer
they come to where he was last seen the more difficult It seems to catch
him. After leaving Westport Wednesday morning. Underwood kept right on
down the beach, reaching Tokeland early that evening. He put up over night
at Kindred' Hotel, spent the next day, Thursday, around tho village buy
ing provisions, chatting with people, and in no way arousing any suspicions
that he was an alleged criminal. Shortly before 3 o'clock in the afternoon
he ate a hoarty meil at Kindred's, packed up his supplies and started
leisurely back from the shoro toward the timber. No one at Tokeland
gave his departure any thought, but when the stage arrived from Westport,
half an hour liter, bringing news of the murder and Information that Under
wood was the man wanted for committing the crime, a few of the men and
boys around Tokeland started out in search of him. Underwood had reached
the timber In the meantime, and as the undergrowth was so thick that it
made the tracking of him Impossible, the crowd drifted back to the village
again to resume the search, when Sheriff Huff arrived there on a launch
from South Bopd, shortly before 10 o'clock last night. The search was kept
-up all night, but without any clue being obtained of the fugitive or the dl-
3IRS. PAUL UNDERWOOD.
rectlon he had taken. At 8:30 o'clock this morning Sheriff Huff sent word to
Aberdeen by the stage then leaving Tokeland for Westport that he had Un
derwood pocketed and his escape wis Impossible, there being eight officers
and a big crowd of citizens searching for him. At 6 o'clock tonight a pri
vate message was received here from South Bend, stating that up to that
hour no trace had yet been found of Underwood, and that his capture was
now as great a problem as ever. The message further stated the young fel
low who crossed the river to Riverside, and was reported to be Underwood,
was not the man. Sheriff Huff is still at Tokeland. No boat is missing from
Tokeland and it Is not believed Underwood crossed at Bruceport or any
other point. There are men who know that country above Shoal Water
Bay, and on up the North River to the divide, thoroughly, and they say
that It is more than probable that Underwood is keeping to the big timber,
working back up. the North River to a point where he can make the trails
leading to Johns River, where he will sneak back to the Gray's Harbor shore,
cross over to the north side and make for the Olympics.
Mrs. Underwood, who is Jointly charged with her husband with tho
murder, will be taken to the King County Jail immediately by one of Sher
iff Cudlhee's deputies. She is at present under guard in theMarshaU"home
in this city.
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Legislature Likely to Be
Convened.
WORK FOR EXTRA SESSION
Flat Salaries for State
Officials One of Objects.
REPUBLICANS PLEDGED TO IT
Governor Alao Wants Initiative and
Referendum Amendment Put Into
Effect Time Under Considera
tion Early In January.
Governor Geer la considering the mat
ter of comenlnff an extra session of th
Oregon Legislature a few days prior to
the time for the regular session. The
principal work before the body would
be to sut Into effect that plank of the
Republican state platform which de
clares for fiat salaries for all state of
ficials. By enacting the law before, the
newly-elected officials are sworn In they
would have to abide by it. Governor
Geer would also recommend that the
extra sess'on pass a law making opera
tive the initiative and referendum, for
which the Voters declared by a large
majority at Mondaj's election.
SALEM. June 6. There is a strong prob
ability that an extra session of the Ore
gon State Legislature may be convened by
Governor Geer. The purpose of the prob
able special session will be the considera
tion of a measure providing for the pla
cing of all state officials on flat salaries,
and the enacting of a law that will place
In operation the Initiative and referendum,
form of legislation.
Governor Geer was seen this afternoon,
and asked 'it he contemplated calling an
extra session of the Legislature. He said:
'T had thought considerably of calling x
special session of the Legislature as being
the only means of making effective ths
plank In the Republican platform pledging
flat salaries for all state officers. Every
member of the Legislature Is pledged to
the support of such a mwisure, and the
only way to make It effective Is to enact
such a law at a session to be held preced
ing the swearing In of the newly elected
officers. An extra session need Jiot bo
convened until a few.days before the time
for convening the regular session of the
Legislature, which would admit of one
continuous session. I do not wish to be
understood as saying I will call an extra
session. You may state, however, that I
have the matter under consideration."
The first intimation that such a step
was in contemplation was divulged in an
editorial in the Capital Journal last even
ing. In which a special session vas sug
gested for the passage of a law placing
all state officers on fixed salaries and di
verting all fees and perquisites into the
state treasury- Ordinarily the sugges
tion therein outlined would not have re
ceived serious consideration, but the Jour
nal hns always been a staunch friend of
Governor Geer, and from the very friend
fly relations that exist between Editor
Hafer and Governor Geer, it is not be
lieved that this suggestion has been made
without the knowledge and approbation
of the state's chief executive. The edi
torial clearly states a proposition upon
which. It is expected, a fight will be
(Concluded on Second Page.)
CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER.
Congress.
Hanna continued his speech for the Panama
Canal. Pago 2.
The House is still debating the anti-anarchy
bill. Page 2.
Richardson, a Georgia Congressman, denounced
the President's Arlington speech. Page 2.
Foreign
The City of Retalbulen was destroyed by an
eruption. Page 1.
Kruger will not be required tp acknowledge
British sovereignty over the Transvaal.
Page 2.
There is an uprising in Slam. Page 2.
Domestic.
A cloudburst caused great damage la Nebraska
Pago 2.
Instructions to Judge Taft for the purchase of
friars' lands. Page 3.
There is no change in the situation in the an
thracite district. Page 3.
Pacific Const.
Governor Geer may call an extra session of
tho Legislature. Page 1.
Paul Underwood, alleged murderer of his own
babe. Is stIU at large. Page 1.
Chamberlain's lead for Governor reduced to
200. Page 4.
Raw salmon are to be worth more on Lowe?
Columbia. Page 4.
Great copper strike in Josephine County
Page S.
Marine and Commercial.
British ship Glenlln the winner in a long ocean
race. Page 12.
Twenty-five steamers to operate on Upper Yu
kon this season. Page 12.
Reinsurance speculators may yet receive money
on Otto GUdemelster. Page 12.
British bark Baroda safely floated. Pago 12.
Stocks again become dull. Page 13.
Wet weather causes slight advance in wheat
in East. Page 13.
Weekly trade reviews. Page 13.
Portlnnl(and Vicinity.
Federated Trades Council suggests arbitration
for the strike. Paee 10.
Travelers' Protective Association electa offi
cers and adjourns. Page 11.
Campaign of 1002 Is over and headquarters
are closed. Page 11.
Portland again defeats Spokane and is In lead
for the pennant. Page 5.
Labor unions reticent about their policy ob
the counter boycott. Page 10.
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