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THE MORNING OREGONlAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1906.
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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.
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UNLOADING BANANAS AT OJjE OF THE MOBILE DOCKS.
GULF CITIES ARE
REDUCED TWINS
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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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