,Mj,iM"'Mfc'wfcM""fcjj i ..y. .. .n B .M p. 1 . . . ... . n..n M n nrr-rrr r hiitii i r mi i i i i i in i n . . l..l i n mini n mini n n i i. ij - THE MORNING OREGONlAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1906. JAPANESE 'REFUSE mm? fcil Scenes in Pensacola and Mo bile, Devastated by a Terrific Hurricane. TO ,. -'-'-(iniiiifumi' i:....i...r.ttitliiiiiriii1(fiiir,ifl)tit.ti.v)i)ijiiiitiMiiiii.iii.itui1il r i . f Yon have the only good reason for not wearing Could Easily Have Pulled Off Rocks at. Midway Island. it?' -i-'.ru - it.lftHil-n M .il.i .0 nil- U', :i "M ii'ia lUWllUUtUUiUaJ BASELESS .EXCUSES GIVEN ''!1' MONGOL A r ' 1 1WMl!.llv Training Ship ' Anagawa Severely Denounced by American Cap lain for Withholding . Help to Ship In Distress. HOXOL.Ut-U. Sopt' 2& The Pacific Mail Steamship Company steamer Mongolia, which recently went ashore on Midway Island - and was - subsequently floated, reached this port today, accompanied by the United States transport Buford which was sent to the aid of the- stranded vessel and its passengers. " The officers of the Mongolia bitterly criticize the officers of the Japanese training ship Anagawa for their refusal to assist the Mongolia at Midway when assistance was badly needed. The Mon golia's officers say that when Purser Renule went aboard the Japanese vessel to plead for help, he was ordered off. The officers of the Mongolia declare that if the Anagawa had given .assistance, the stranded steamer could easily have been, pulled off the .reef, but the Japanese, refused to-render any assistance, stating that they had not enough coal. Captain Porter, it .ig. said, offered them the coal which he was throwing overboard to lighten the Mongolia. The Japanese al so refused. It is suid. to sell or loan any of the launches from the Anagawa, al though the Mongolia's position at the time was regarded as extremely peril ous. ... According to the Mongolia's officers, the Anagawa spent her time at Midway In muking soundings around the island without even asking permission from the Americans.-. Captain Porter, of the Mongolia, de clines to deny, or affirm these reports and refuses to make any statement. The report of;the conduct of the Japa nese officers'- of the Anagawa in desert ing the Mongolia has created a sensa tion here, that vessel iipon her arrival at this port having reported that she tried to pull off the Mongolia until her coal supply gaye out. Those aboard the stranded, steamer, however, declare that the Anagawa never had a line fast, to the Mongolia. The Mongolia has been docked along slilj of the Manchuria. Captain Hanabusa, of the Anagawa, said tonight that he was surprised that Captain Porter did not deny the state mcnta made. When he arrived at Mid way he conveyed to the officers of the Mongolia a 'willingness to help and made elaborate arrangements to do so. ' His only hawser parted, but he went as close as he dared and ascertained that the Mongolia's passengers were safe. He al so learned that steamers were coming to aid the stranded vessel. The Anagawa was out of coal and it was Impossible to approach close enough to accept Cap tain Porter's offer of coal. Captain Hanabusa said he was unable to remain near the ship without endan gering the. Anagawa. Referring to the report that Purser Rennie was ordered off his vessel, Captain Hanabusa said that it was evidently due to a misun derstanding of the language used. No soundings were made, he said, ex cept to -ascertain how near it was pos sible to approach the Mongolia. The Mongolia's passengers are stopping aboard tonight. Some of them take the Alameda Wednesday for San Francisco. Attempts to float the -transport Sheri dan have thus far been failures. LOSS ALONG MISSISSIPPI A SECTION OF THE WHOLESALE BUSINESS DISTRICT OF MOBILE. THE MOBILE OHIO RAILROAD DOCKS AT "MOBILE. KOTAI, STREET, IH THE KEI4II BIS TRICT OF 5IOBILE. '.-V 4 " r SCENE AT A PENSACOLA WHARF. jsH- ft. - rr f- vfAi UNLOADING BANANAS AT OJjE OF THE MOBILE DOCKS. GULF CITIES ARE REDUCED TWINS (Continued From Pago 1.) WInilc Country I'lidcr Water and Many Fishermen Lose All. NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept. 18 The first definite news from the Mississippi delta was receivej today. It showed that the delta land had been flooded, that hundreds of fishermen had been driven from their homes into lug gers, but that despite the wrecking of some of these boats the loss of life was probably very small.- Property dan-age a.lonj? the lower river, how ever, was widespread. Great damiige to the cotton crop was reported in dispatches to the Cotton Kxohangro. Baton Rouge, La reported about 20 per cent damage; Callman, Miss., reported 'winds - which flattened the plants -down '.in the mud, and Natchez, Miss., reported that there and Immediately across the river in Louisi ana the damage is probably 15 per cent. No damage to sugar cane mas yet fceeu reported. .. The excursion steamer Camelia, on Lake Pontchartrain, about whose safe ty fears were expressed, today' safely landed' the 40 passengers which the hurricane '. prevented from coming ashore here Wednesday night. This morning Lake Pontchartrain had calmed, and the ' high water fallen to very near its normal level. Dr. W. N. McQallalrd, a passenger on the first New Orleans & Northeastern train which came into the city late last night, said the train was compelled to run slowly- through the storm yesterday, with trees constantly falling, some of which threatened to block the track In falling. Unroofed or demolished negro cabins were continually passed. Fre quently, he said, lashing of the wind and crack of trees made a roar-which drowned out the train's rumble. Reports from Monticello, Miss., eay that considerable damage was Oone to pine forests near there, hundreds of trees being uprooted. Trees had fallen across the railroad tracks to such an extent as practically to su-spend railroad traffic east of Monticello. The brief dispatches . received here in dicated that the losses in Interior towns of Mississippi alone will reach hundreds of thousands of dsllars. Heavy damage was reported at many other points, bu th storm appears to have demolished a few thousand -dollars' worth of property in every county and town, tearing off roofs and blowing down scores of old frame buildings. Vlcksburg reported damage to shipping. In addition to reports of cotton crop losses, passengers on Incoming trains tell of widespread damage to timber. Tele graph and telephone wires were so uni versally damaged that every town yet heard from reported that at some time yesterday It was cut orr from communi cation with the outside world. The first news of the havoc wrought hy the hurricane on the lower Mississippi River was given by e. Ansel, a pilot, who came up from the mouth of the river on the tugboat Charles- Clark. Ansel sakl he saw the lower river banks strewn with household furniture of fishermen, but that most' of these families had es--caped from the high water by taking to their lugger-rigged boats. He saw the wreckage of two or three luggers floating down the river, but was unable to learn "hat became of their occupants. road to get a train out of the city, Its first string of cars having left Mobile at 4 A. M. Friday. Sawmills Torn to Splinters.. Numerous sawmills located in the northern and marshy districts, have been either washed away by the t-ejri-fic waves or torn to splinters by the wind. Their lumber and timbers are scattered over the city . or floating down the slowly-falling river. - , The harbor steamer James A. Car ney, plying between Mobile and the eastern shore, lies beached Just acvoss the river, and opposite St. Francis street. Its sides are jammed in and its superstructure blown away. ' Much fear is entertained for Fort Morgan, where the Government quar antine station is located, and many soldiers are quartered. In the city many persons and much livestock was rescued only after heroic efforts. Provisions are almost ex hausted. Restaurants feed many, but have no supplies on hand. Ham and eggs constitute their food supply. These, too," will soon become exhausted. Wholesale houses lost many thou sands of . dollars from flood and will ingly paid as high as $1.50 an hour for common labor and earnestly begged men to accept such pay, so frantic were Jured and cut by the flying slate and tin. The railroads have started wreck ers out to clean up and repair the tracks, but their task is herculean. Telegraph Offices Washed Out. The office of the Western Union Tel egraph Company was six feet under water, its batteries were flooded with water and it will 4e some time before, business can bo resumed. The Postal Telegraph fcuilding, while not quite as low-lying,-also suffered severely. The Merchants' Bank, the First Na tional Bank and the Lienjauf Bank were Inundated. ' There Is no way to arrive at a cor rect estimate of the losses, owing to the disordered state of all business. The city was astir early this morning, however, the water had receded some what und'everybody armed with buck ets and brooms, worked hard for a restoration to normal conditions. Cotton Floats In Streets. Hundreds of bales of cotton floated through' the main streets and will be arried out to sea. Cotton not lost in this way was damaged by muddy water. ' At Fort Logan, 35 miles down the bay, the wind had a much higher ve locity than at Mobile. Towns along the Mobile & Bay Shore road suffered im mensely owing to their exposed posi tion. No word from the coast towns along the Louisville & Nashville road has reached the city. There Is no doubt that many lives have been lost and se- THE CITY OF MOBILE. Mobile is on the west bank of the Mobile River In' Alabama at Its en trance Into Mobile Bay, 30 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico and 140 . miles uit-northeast of New Orleans. It Is the leading city of the state, being an Important cotton port. Its site Is a level, sandy plain, about 15 feet higher than the. bay. The streets are shaded by magnolia and llv oak trees and the residences have . large gardens. Mobile Is the natural outlet of one of the greatest eptton-growlng re gions and steamers ply to Montgom ery on the -Alabama River and to Tuscaloosa on the Black Warrior River and In. high water ascend the Tombigbee River as'far as Columbus. Steamers also run . through Lakes Borgne and Pontchartrain to New Or leans. . The Louisville & Nashville, Mobile & Ohio and r other railroads enter the city. The harbor admits vessels of 23 feet draft. ' The port exports from 250,000 to 300,000 bales Of cotton yearly, besides large quan. titles of lumber, staves, slllngles and naval stores. A large export trade Is -done with South America, Cuba and the British West Indies. The city was founded by the French about 1710 and was one of the last Southern ' cities to hold out against the Union In the Civil War. It was not captured until April. 1865. The population in 1900 was 38,469, of which about 13,000 were colored. Mobile Bay extends 3G miles north ward from the Gulf and varies In width from 8 to 18 miles. The en trance is guarded by Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island and Fort Morgan on Mobile Point. they in their efforts to save goods. Even at this figure few men, white or black, would accept work. Wind Tears City to Pieces. Words cannot describe the terrors of the storm. Between 6 P. M. Thurs day and noon Friday, trees fell and roofs were crushed by the hundreds. Through the streets, carried by the ter rific wind, were hurled, thousands of pieces of slate, tin roofing, cornices. shingles and all kinds of debris. Blinds were torn from their fastenmgs and windows smashed as thowgh of tissue paper. Many people were seriously In vere damage done to the residences and business property. The lowest barometer' reading was 28.34 at 6:30 A. M. Thursday morning; lo93's record was 29.16. The barometer rose steadily from that time and at 4 P.' M. read 29.41. The rainfall for two days was 6.47 inches.-The average ve locity of the wind, as officially an nounced by the Weather Bureau, was 55 .miles an hour. The maximum was not announced. ' Lake S3 Miles Long. Along the line of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad ' to Meridian the Associated Press correspondent saw huge trees lying flat upon' the ground with limbs torn off and. twisted. The streams are all out of their banks, and for 25 miles north of Mobile, -Jooking to- the right of the railroad, one can see nothing but a solid sheet . of water running swiftly toward Mobile. Many-farmhouses are situated In this inundated section, and there may have been loss of life there. The fruit trees and Fall vegetables all over Southern Alabama and Missis sippi are ruined. So also are the cot ton, sugar cane and other crops. One large Mississippi planter made the as sertion today' that he would willingly accept J16 for his cotton crop and feel that he had the best end of the deal. Suburbs All in Ruins. . Bienville - Square, one of Mobile's beautiful parks, is devastated. The Bay Shell road is washed away In many places. At the extremity of the road is a suburb called South Eads. This has been totally destroyed, only one small house remaining. Bayou Labret, Coden, Del Champs, Theodore, Parker, all in Alabama on the Mobile & Bay Shore Railroad, have suffered great damage. These towns are surrounded by' exten sive truck farms and are popular Sum mer resorts. To the Mobile & Ohio Railroad be longs the honor of getting out the first train, which left Mobile Friday morn ing. All the railroads are trying to ex cel each other and no- expense or labor is spared. SEES .TWENTY-FIVE . WRECKS Railroad Engineer" Says Coast Is Lined With Them. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 28. About 13 wrecked schooners on the gulf coast be tween here and West Tascagoula. Miss. were observed today by a Louisville & Nashville Railroad engineer on an In spection tour. STORM CONTINUED TWO DAYS Gradually . Rose and Reached Its Worst Thursday Morning. MOBILE, Ala., Sept. 28. The storm which was first noticed by the Weather Bureau between Jamaica and Cuba, made its appearance In the neighbor hood of Mobile Tuesday afternoon as vith joyous hearts and smiling faces they romp" and play when in health. and how conducive to health the games in which they indulge, the outdoor life they enjoy, the cleanly, regular habits they should be taught to form and the wholesome diet of which they should partake. How tenderly their health should be preserved, not by constant medication, but by careful avoidance of every medicine of an injurious or. objectionable nature and if at any time a remedial agent is required, to assist nature, only those of known excellence, should be used; remedies which are pure and wholesome and truly beneficial in effect, like the pleasant laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. Syrup of Figs has come into general favor in many millions of well informed families, whose estimate of its quality and excellence is based upon personal knowledge and use. . . . : Syrup of Figs .has also met with the approval of physicians generally, be cause they know it is wholesome, simple and gentle in its action. We inform all reputable physicians as to the medicinal principles of Syrup of Figs, obtained, by an original method, from certain plants known to them to act most benefici ally and presented in an agreeable syrup in which the wholesome Calif ornian blue figs are used to promote the pleasant taste; therefore it is not a secret rem-' edy and hence we are free to refer to all well informed physicians, who do not approve of patent medicines and never favor indiscriminate self-medication. , Please to remember and teach your children also that the genuine Syrup . of Figs always has the full name of the Company California Fig Syrup Co. plainly printed on the front . of every package and that it is for sale in bottles of one sjze only. If any dealer offers any other than the regular Fifty cent size, or having printed thereon the name of any other company, do not accept it If you fail to get the genuine you will not get its beneficial effects. Every family should always have a bottle on hand, as it is equally beneficial Tor tne parents ana tne cnnaren, whenever a laxative remedy is required. when fitful winds began to blow and the. barometer commenced to fall. The wind rose steadily all through Wednes day and between 2 o clock and t in tne evening blew with a velocity of 4S miles an hour.. Wednesday night it rose steadily and at 7:30 Thursday morning reached its greatest speed. blowing from an easterly quarter at the rate of 55 miles an hour, the ba rometer falling to 28.86. A fe.w min utes after 8 o'clock on Thursday morn ing the wind decreased and the barom eter commenced, to rise. The total rainfall in Mobile was-6.58 inches. PARTIAL LIST OF THE DEAD Whole Families Slain at Gulf Towns. Many Unidentified. MOBILE. Ala.. Sept.: 28. The dead as far as known are as follows r At Naw Cove Mrs. D. Ladimlr and two daughters, Alexander Johnson, Henry Johnson. ant of Mrs. Klosky: Mr. and Mrs. O. Werneth. Mrs. S. McRae. Miss McRae, Mm. Henry Turner, Captain J. Stevens, three Mls3es Alexander, Edward Huh land, .Mrs. Huhland, three Huhland children, three unidentified bodies found on the beach.' At Bayou La Batre Two brothers named Carraway. At Alabamaport Mrs. Elijah Nelson. At Del Camps Mrs. Al. Hazen, of Newcastle, Pa., and two children; one unidentified woman, two unidentified negro children, three negroes killed by a falling house, Mrs. Henry- Warmfck. Railroad Property Much Damaged. LOUISVILLE, Sept. 2S.-43enefal Man ager Evans of the Louisville & Nash ville Railroad received a dispatch, this afternoon from the Pensacola agent of the railroad, stating that there were re ports of loss of life along the bay-front in Pensacola, but that he could not con firm them. The dispatches . stated fur ther that no loss of life had occurred among the employes of the Louisville & Nashville. There Is much damage to railroad property and warehouses. 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