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THE MORNING. OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1906.
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SILLS STREAMS
Nearly 300 Square Miles in
Northwestern Washington -Affected
by Floods.
LOSS WILL BE IMMENSE
Pnjallup Valley Is Covered for Miles
by a Sea . of AVater Between
Tliree and Four Miles
In Width.
DESTRUCTION BY IXOOO.
Seattle 1 cut off from railroad
r m-.:.- aUen with the outride
Ti;i
Ai tUn'-hs o mud prevents Great
f in running trains.
M.re than a dozen small towns In
the White, Stuck and Green River
vil.-'v tj e-e flooded.
Bteel bridges on the Northern Pa
cino are carried out over the Green
and fctuck Rivers.
The town of Kent Is the center
of the 'W hite River, now two miles
, wide.
Immense damage has been done
to crops, and farmers are driven
from their homes. ' " "
Interurban electric line track be
tween Seattle and Tacoma Is flooded.
Loss to farmers Is put at $250,000;
Northern PaclHc, J23C0O0; King
County, $100,000; electric roads,
J7o,U00.
Puyallup streets are flooded and
residents along the river banks leave
their homes.
A heavy rain Is still falling.
Lewlston and Grangevllle, Idaho,
are In darkness.
The Clearwater River at Lewlston
is carrying down treat quantities of
timber and shingle bolts; falsework
on O. R. & N. bridge under con
struction Is carried away.
The Yakima and Natchez out of
banks and doing great damage.
TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 14. (Special.)
With a flood area embracing approxi
mately 300 square miles, Northwestern
Washington la now entering a state of
affairs which, unless the water subsides
soon, will prove more disastrous than the
floods of four years ago, and even now
the loss will run into millions. Fed by
a constant succession of heavy rains, al
most every creek, stream and river In
the Northwest has within a day and a
night risen with that rapidity which char
acterizes the waters of this section of
the country.
A!! fetecnri wlcs ar down north and
'.j i of T o: .u and no t:..r.s i.re running
fy.fp. -tp 1'i.r: 'ird, ar... very little ln-
or'.m'iorr h; s b'-f-n twi lved from the
oiTliuIe. x ""B of atfr thr. e or four
tviIp .': 1. 1 i ntending southward for
miles coverr the Pu; ailuo Vailey to the
depth of several feet. Homes are flooded,
cattle' and smaller livestock have been
lost, valuable truck farms are damaged
and large quantities of vegetables ruined.
Mills on the tide flats are heavy suffer
ei3 and cuts have' been made in the soft
parts along the river that will entail
large losses on property-owners. Many
valley residents moved from their homes
this morning by boats and rafts. The
interurban bridge over the river is in
danger, two or three bents appearing to
be out of place, and the line Is com
pletely tied up, along with all other rail
road traffic.
The Interurban tracks are under water
for several miles, east of the bridge and
the roadbed has been heavily damaged.
It Is believed that the rails alone are
holdings the ties in their jilaces In some
spots and that several days will be re
quired to repair the damage.
The flood is due to heavy rains and not
to melting snow. , Railroad officials report
that there has been very little snow In
the mountains thus far this year. The
flood Is rendered more serious by the high
tides prevailing at this season. This in
coming rush of water from Puget Sound
meeting the flood from the mountain
streams produced a volume which is ir
resistible. Residents in the lower places in the
valley were awakened early this morning
by the lap of the rising river about their
homes. The home of Ruddock, an ex
pressman, was two feet In the water. He
has a large family of small children.
They perched on tables and beds in tho
house until a raft could be made, when
they were removed to safety. Ruddock's
two horses when released from the barn
became entangled in brush and almost
drowned before they were freed.
One house standing all alone some dis
tance east of the river was almost half
submerged apparently, and no sign of
1 re came from it. A number of other
houses were either In water or in danger
and the occupants were removed to safety
In boats. From the heights overloonlng
the valley there could be seen in a num
ber of places horses and cows endeavor
ing to reach safety from the flood.
At Tuyallup the river is out of its
banks and Into the streets and the old
river channel. Residents along the river
left their homes last night with their
Block, the flood if washing the banks on
both sides and one farmer lost two acres
.luring the night. The sewer Is filled by
the riv-r backing into it. A small slide
jester.'ai and a large one this morning
p ' ; he Springs, blocked the street-car
t acka and passengers were transferred.
There were no Interurban cars in or
out of Tacoma today on account of the
flood and the local service was badly
shattered because of a lack of power. the
plant at Electron being shut down.
Three persons narrowly escaped drown
ing at 2 o'clock while rescuing lowland
ers in a boat. They were Joe Smith, Sam
Mettler and a boy named Humboldt. They
bad rescued the Humboldt family, con
sisting oi the parent and child, and were
on their way to assist others when their
boat stranded in a tangle of brush and
barbed wire and was overturned. They
waded a long distance to land and were
' almost exhausted when they reached
safety.
The family of P. E. Dizard was. rescued
by William Davis at about the same
our. The fatner. moiner arm seven cnu
l-?n v " reuiovf -i. on me- last trip
bore 1. T'r. I'.zntd and three chil-
dren the boat struck an obstruction and
was almost capsized.
ilrs. Annie Westline and two children
were removed from their home near me
Mettler place at an early hour when the
water was pouring Into their homes.
Persons on the tide flats this afternoon
saw portions of a house and a piano be
ing rapidly carried to sea. The water car
ried an enormous amout of debris. The
home of James McLear, south of the
county road, is behind a dyke that Is be
Ing carried away and the house will be
under water in a few hours.
Two men were seen strapped together
waaing out to a big farmhouse beyond
the county road, hoping to reach a barn
from which the uneasy lowing of cattle
could be heard. The men hoped to rescue
them, but their task was full of danger.
The Puyallup River Is raging -In the
hills, filling its rocky canyon to the depth
of many feet. It swept away a number
of frame buildings at the great electric
plant at Electron, but reports from
Kapowsin are that the plant itself is not
injured, though the flood is high about
the chutes, through which the water
rushes with a deafening roar from the
nozzles beneath the waterwheels. The
machine shop was saved, the men at the
plant weighting it down and tying it with
cau.es.
Olympla Foundry Washed Away.
SEATTLE. Wash., Nov.. 14. (Special.)
The Olympic foundry, just - outside the
Seattle city limits, was destroyed by the
Duwamish River flood tonight. The foundry-house
was crushed by a cave-in
caused by the river. The loss will be
J20.000.
Other factories and property in the
suburbs of South Park and Georgetown
are In danger.
CLEARWATER IS A TORREXT
L.ewlston and Grangevllle In Dark
ness From the Flood.
LEWISTON, Idaho, Nov. 14. Spe-'
cial.) Continued rains with heavy
snow in the mountains have converted
the Clearwater into a raging torrent.
Since morning the river has come up
six feet, end the swift current Is filled
with cordwood, saw timber and shingle
bolts from a dozen booms upstream.
A report reached here tonight that
the Thompson boom, at Ahsahka, has
gone out, and more than 1,500,000 feet
of saw timber has been swept away.
The big boom at Kooski went. out early
in the day, carrying away $2000 worth
of wood and shingle ijolts, other small
er losses are reported, and the debris
in the stream gives evidence that
bridges and fences have been wrecked.
All the false work has been swept
from the O. R. & N. bridge now build
ing over the Clearw-ater at this place,
together with some of the heavier tim
bers being frame on the bank. From
Grangevllle comes the report that the
electric light plant has been put out of
commission, and that city, like Lewis-
ton, is in darkness. It is estimated that
altogether 500 cords of cordwood have
been swept to the sea by the flood in
the Clearwater. Lumber loss will ex
ceed $10,000.
SHINGIE BOLTS SWEPT AWAY
Heavy Rains Are Swelling Flood In
the Cowlitz.
CASTLE ROCK, Wash., Nov. 14.
(Special.) The Cowlitz River is rising
fast, and now registers 17 leet. All
the booms have either been broken or
emptied by the action of the swift
water, and thousands of shingle bolts
carried away, entailing a great loss to
the owners and the town as well, as the
loss will tie up the shingle mills, or
most of them, for a time, .thus throw
ing a number of men out of employ
ment. The ferryboat, although it has been
brought back, is utterly useless, owing
to the terrible current and the large
amount of drift, and the further fact
that the lowlands across the river are
under water, rendering it impossible
to reach the ferry landing by the roads.
The bridge at Kelso will be in peril if
the river should rise a few feet more,
which Is quite probable, with the rain
still falling as fast as it is now.
DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES
Castle Rock Residents on Low
Ground Flee Before the Flood.
CASTLE ROCK. Wash.. Nov. 14. (Spe
cial.) The situation is growing worse
here every minute. The lower portion
of the town is Invaded and a number of
families have been driven from their
homes. To add to the inconvenience the
water has invaded the electric light plant
ana tne city is in total darkness. The
height of the- river is now about 18 feet
and still rising, though not so fast as it
was this morning.
A telegraph message just received from
Olequa says the river is falling there, but
this is not given much credence here, as
it has been raining almost Incessantly
all day. The damage to property in this
region will run away up into the thou
sands. CLACKAMAS IS BANK FULL.
Two More Bents Torn From Oregon
AVater Power Bridge.
OREGON CITY, Or.. Nov. 14. (Srjecial
The Clackamas River Is bank full and
with two additional bents swept from be
neath the Oregon Water Power & Rail
way Company's bridge across that
stream, the structure is regarded unsafe
and likely to be swept away at any
time. The company is continuing Its ser
vice, however, by transferring passengers,
tne cars no longer crossing the bridge.
The upper Willamette River is also
rising at the rate of .2 of a foot an hour.
Reports from the south end of the county
are to the effect that the Molalla River
is a raging stream and rapidly rising.
Enough Rain for Six Months.
GARFIELD, Wash., Nov. u! (Special)
Rain has been falling in torrents for sev
eral days and the ground Is thoroughly
soaked down for two feet. Farmers were
very jubilant when the rain began, but
they are all praying for it to cease now.
Should there be no more rain fall for six
months there is ample moisture in the
ground to give big wheat crops another
season.
McCroskey, the wheat king, has 1000
acres sown to wheat on Summerfallow
and it is all up and looking fine. The
weatner is warm and the grass is start
ing up and growing as in the early
Spring. When the rain ceases and the
ground dries out for a few days Fall
plowing will be resumed and pushed early
ana late until finished.
Coated Ties Are AVashed Ashore.
ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 14. (Special.)
" 8 morning the beach-walker for the
romt Adams life-saving crew found a
number of railway ties that were washed
-j T" B Clatsop beach during last night,
J" of them looked as though they
weie smearu wfTh -rn,i n ti,. iDt
steamer to loave nare th. a deckload of
ties was the Nome City. That the ties
found were po.rt of her deckload is sur
mised, particularly as thev had heen in
the water tor some time Before being
shipped and ere dark in solor. appear
ing very urarj as though oil stained
PARALYZE
RAILROAD TRAFFIC
Portland Is All but Cut Off
' From the East by
. High Water.
ALL LINES ARE AFFECTED
Sound Cities In Even AVorse Plight.
Chinook AVlnd Melts Snow In
Cascades and Heavy Rains
Are Fnlling.
With several railroad bridges carried
away by floods on the north and south
and ot-ers to the east in peril, Portland
is in danger of being completely cut off
from the East. The Northern Pacific and
Great Northern traoks east of Seattle are
reported Impassable .and several bridges
are out on the Northern Pacific between
Seattle and Tacoma. The main lino of
the Southern Pacific is still blocked at
Jefferson, where the Santlam River
washed away additional falsework sup
porting the bridge yesterday. lie O. R.
& N. ' was threatened yesterday with the
loss of several bridges and pnedrlvers
were hurried up the line to strengthen
the structures.
Herman and Eagle Creeks, west of The
Dalles, were reported very high and
carrying a large amount of drift that en
dangered the O. R. & N. bridges. General
Superintendent Buckley, of the Harrlman
lines in Oregon, accompanied by W. D.
Campbell, superintendent of the O. R. &
N., left yesterday for the scene of the
trouble. Last night they' wired that un
less the stream should rise during the
night the danger of the bridge washing
out was not great.
During the past few days -a Chinook
wind has prevailed over Western Oregon
and Washington. It has melted the snows
in the mountains and has swollen the
streams to raging torrents. So wild have
become the streams in Western Oregon
and Washington that in many places the
railroads have become Impassable.
Coast Limited Recalled.
Northern Pacific passenger "trains were
routed over the O. R. & N. yesterday as
far east as Wallula, where they were sent
to' Pasco to take the Northern Pacific
main line. The North Coast Limited went
out as usual yesterday afternoon at" 2
o'clock over the Northern Pacific tracks,
but had not proceeded ar before it was
recalled and sent out over the O. R. & N.
No. 4, the Northern Pacific train leaving
Portland at 11:45 last night, was also
dispatched over the O. R. & N. Northern
Pacific trains from the East reached
Portland over the O. R. & N. at 10 and
10:15 last night. Service between Portland
and Tacoma is maintained .by a stub
train.
The O. R. & N. telegraph wires were
reported In -bad condition last night and
reports from the Blue Mountains could
not 'be had. but it was presumed that
conditions there were such as to permit
the operation of trains. Wires were
down at Troutdale for a part of yester
day and for a time It was a matter of
conjecture whether the Herman and
Eagle creeks brlflges would resist the
floods.
Repairs to the Southern Pacific bridge
over the Santiam at Jefferson have been
Indefinitely delayed on account of a sec
ond rise in that stream. Repair crews
stationed at Jefferson w-ere unable to do
any work yesterday on account of the
high water and stood by while the sec
ond flood completed the damage done
by -the first. .
Reports here last night were that the
Great Northern track was out of com
mission east of Seattle and the Northern
Pacific wires east of Eagle Gorge were
useless. A crew on the Northern Pa
cific was put to work yesterday west of
Eagle Gorge to keep' the drift from ac- .,
cumulating at the bridges as far as Dem
sey Spur. The Northern Pacific line be
tween Portland and Tacoma was reported
open last night, but the Sumner bridge
between Tacoma and Seattle was unsafe.
This bridge crosses White River, where
the water was said to be still rising be
cause of the continued heavy rainfall.
Bridge crews were started out yester
day from Seattle to repair the damage to
the tracks bet-ween Seattle and Tacoma,
but owing to the rising water little could
be done. Until the storms subside and
the streams commence to fall, repairs
cannot be effected.
Clackamas on Rampage.
The Clackamas River became very high
yesterday and flrlft carried' out two more
bents . supporting the Clackamas River
bridge of the Oregon Water Power &
Railway Company's Oregon City line.
The river reached such a height that it
was thought best to transfer passengers
and no cars were sent over the. bridge
yesterday, the passengers being forced
to walk across Today an inspection of
the bridge will be made.
On the Upper Clackamas a pronounced
rise in ' the stream was noticed and In
the afternoon water was pouring over the
spillway of the new power dam at
Estacacta. to a depth of feet. The
spillway is over 150 feet widy The dam
was said to be in no danger last night.
.The downpour of rain in the city was
so heavy last night that all who were not
compelled to go out were content to
remain at their own firesides. About 7
o'clock a strong gust of wind blew down
a quantity of roofing tin from the new
Failing building on the corner of Fifth
and Morrison streets. Pedestrians were
frightened by the noise of the falling tin
and scurried to cover.
A report was sent to the city authori
ties last night that the high water had
endangered the City dock at the foot of
Stark street. City Bridge Inspector Reed
went out and moored the pontoon form
ing the dock more securely to the piling
at the foot of the street.
Children Must Be Cleanly.
OLYMPIA. Wash., Nov. 14. School
children must be kept free from ver
min, according to the Washington laws,
declares the Attorney-General in an
opinion to the Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction. A Mason County teach
er reported such conditions to the
riou.ru ui uireuiura ana asKea advice
as to how to proceed. The board avoid-
1 action by resignlry in a body, and
the Attorney-General says the Super
intendent must appoint a new board
who will enforce the laws requiring
cleanliness.
Fernie Miners Reject Proposals.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Nov. 14. There
Is still war at Fernie. The miners of
the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company
last night unanimously turned down
the agreement between Manager Lind
say and Thomas Burke, representative
of President Mitchell. President Sher
man, of the local union, left with Burke
to meet Mitchell at Minneapolis to fur
ther consider the matter.
BOMB THROWN IN ROME
Flnng In Front of Cafe and Causes
a Panic.
ROME. Nov. 14. A bomb -was exploded
In front of the Cafe Aragno, In the cen
ter of the city, today. The fashionable
throngs at the cafe were thrown into con
fusion and one man was seriously
wounded. The perpetrator of the deed
was not apprehended.
At the time of the explosion the cafe
was filled with fashionable people, and
the Corso -was crowded with the regular
afternoon promenaders.
BELIEVED CASTRO IS DEAD
Venezuelan Government Hides Fact
to Avoid Revolution.
FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique. Nov.
14. The Dutch cruiser Kortenaer arrived
here today from Wlllemstadt, Island of
Curacao, with the story that at the time
of her departure from Curacao, it was
reported there persistently, and was gen
erally believed, that President Castro, of
Venezuela, was dead, but that his death
was being concealed by -the Venezuelan
government In order to maintain itself in
power. The Kortenaer has received or
ders to- hasten her preparations to put
to sea again, and to leave Fort de France
for La Guay'ra, Venezuela, If the death of
President Castro Is confirmed.
The French cruisers Jurien de la Gra-
vlero and De Guay Trouin are off this
port.
VON BUELOAV. IN REICHSTAG
Speaks on Foreign Policy Where
Physical Collapse Came.
BERLIN,' Nov. 14. Chancellor von
Buelow, from the place In the Reichstag
where he fell unconscious seven months
ago, spoke, for 45 minutes today on Ger
many's foreign relations. The highly in
terested audience included Baron Aer
henthal, the Austro-Hungarian Foreign
Minister; Ambassador and Mrs. Char
lemagne Tower, several other Ambassa
dors xand about 50 members of the diplo
matic corps. Princess von Buelow sat in
the court box.
New Zealand Favors Canada.
OTTAWA, Ont,, Nov. 14. The Canadian
Commissioner In' New Zealand reports
that substantial preferences are given to
Canadian goods over those of the United
States in the new tariff adopted by New
Zealand. On many classes the tariff on
United States goods will be 20 or 30 per
cent above that on Canadian goods. On
bicycles, fittings of all kinds, gas and oil
engines, gum boots, printing paper, rail
ways and tramways, sail cloth, canvas,
surgical and dental Instruments United
States products will be taxed a duty of
20 per cent while Canadian products In
these lines will enter free.
PERSONAJLMENTION.
Ben West, a.- -well-known' East" Side
merchant, who has been ill of typhoid
fever, was . reported yesterday as Im
proving.
CHICAGO, Nov. 14. (Special.) Oregon-
ians registered today as follows:
From Portland Alexander H. Kerr
and wife, at the Great Northern; Will
iam E. Clark, at the Auditorium; A. D.
Hawkins, at the' Windsor-Clif tonv
NEW TORK, Nov. 14. (Special.) North
western people registered today as fol
lows: From Portland F. Solomon, at the Al
bert.
From Seattle J. C. Barton, at the Hol
land.
Power Company Heavily Capitalized.
DENVER, Nov. 14. Articles of incor
poration were filed yesterday by L. B.
Curtis, Henry Hlne and O. B. Wilcox, of
Colorado Springs, for the Incorporation of
the Central Colorado Power Company,
with a capital stock of $22,500,000, divided
into 225,000 shares of 100- each, 75,000 of
which are preferred stock. The officers
are:
President, Myron T. Herrick, Cleveland,
O. ; vice-presidents, J. R. McKee, S. Z.
Mitchell, New York; L. E. Curtis, Henry
Hine, Colorado Springs; secretary-treas
urer, L. EJ. Curtis; managers, Curtis and
Hine. These, with the following, consti
tute the board of directors: D. H. Moffat,
Denver; T. F. Walsh. Denver: J. A.
Hayes, C. M. MacNeill, Colorado Springs;
E. R. Coffin. W. P. Bonbright, New
York: G. I- Peabody and Copley Amory,
Boston
The object of the company is to utilize
the water power of the state, chiefly on
the Rio Grande River, for electric power
purposes.
Plans Called for Courthouse.
TirnNTpjsiNO 'Wash.. Nov. 14. (Spe
cial.) At a meeting of the Board of
Commissioners of Chehalis County,
held in this city yesterday, a contract
was signed calling for competitive
plans and specifications from reputable
architects for a modern, fireproof
Courthouse building to be erected at
Montesano, the county seat or cnenaus
County, at a cost not to exceed $100,
000. These plans and specifications are
required to be in the hands of the Com
missioners on or before Monday, De
cember 3, when they will be consid
ered for acceptance.
SOUTH BEND. Wash., Nov. 14. (Spe
cial.) George Thompson, delivery man
for the South Bend Steam Laundry was
sandbagged and relieved of about $60 last
night as he was putting his horse In the
barn. He was struck in the forehead and
was senseless for a time
Every old sore exists because of a polluted condition of the blood. Thi3
vital fluid is infected with some germ or old taint, or perhaps has been left
in an unhealthy condition from a long. spell of sickness, or the trouble may
be irfherited. The poisonous germs and matter with which the blood is sat
urated force anSoutlet on the face, arms, legs or other part of the body and
form a sore or ulcer. This being continually fed by a polluted blood supply,
grows red and angry, festers and eats into the surrounding flesh until it
becomes what is very aptly termed an "old sore." The relief produced by
external treatment is only temporary. The only treatment that can do any
real good is a blood purifier that goes to the very root of the trouble and re
moves the cause, and for this purpose nothing equals S. S. S. It drives out
from the circulation all morbid matter and germs, even reaching down to
hereditary taintsK and by cleansing the blood heals old sores permanently.
S. S. S. not only removes all taints and poisons from the blood but builds it
up by supplying it with the rich, health-sustaining properties it needs to
keep the system in health. S. S. S. makes pure blood and a sore" must
heal If the blood Is pure and healthy. Book on Sores and Ulcers and"
medical advice free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GJZ
SWEEPS RICH LUD
Cnttnud from First Paga.)
also the bridge on the new road to
the Milwaukee Camps near Weeks Mill.
The North Bend Lumber Company lost
eight bents of Its bridge across the south
fork fit the river. All of the land across
the Northern Pacific track from North
Bend is under water and a heavy current
flowing along next to the track. The
Railroad bridge Is still Intact.
Interurban Tracks Covered.
The Puget Sound Railway Company, in
terurban line running between Seattle
and Tacoma, began operating trains this
morning as far as Kent. By noon the
waters of the White River had risen and
trains got through with great difficulty.
During the afternoon the road's tracks
were covered in many places and the
trains were forced back to Black River
Junction, nine miles outside of Seattle.
A desultory service was kept up by the
electric line between Kent and Renton
Junction, with occasional trains through
to Renton during the afternoon, but to
night this service had to be abandoned.
The waters of the Wrhlte and Duwamish
Rivers had risen up to a level with the
bridges and it was Impossible to operate
during the night with safety.
The Seattle.Renton & Southern, another
electric line, has been forced across Ce
dar River and cannot approach within
half a mile of Renton. The Cedar River
bridge is out.
Train Forced to Return.
Northern Pacific officials tonight tried
to send a train around Lake Washington
and up to Northern towns in the county
where the flood damage is light. The
train could not make the trip and had
to put back. It was sent out over another
line and managed to get through. The
Great Northern got Coast line trains out
tonight but is blocked by ad avalanche
of mud near Wellington. This may be
cleared away by morning.
Grave fears are entertained by both
railroads of damage by the Nooksack
and Skagit Rivers in Northwestern
Washington which are rising rapidly.
The Snohomish is a raging torrent but
it is still confined within its banks.
Snoqiialmle River is out of its banks
and the town of Snohomish Is partially
under water, while the farmers have
been driven back to the hills. There
may be a loss of stock from the flood.
The great damage, however, is In the
White, Green, Stuck an Duwamish
River Valleys.
Stuck River Becomes Torrent.
The Green River has torn out two
Northern Pacific steel bridges above
Hot Springs, the White has taken down
another Northern Pacific bridge be
tween Buckley and Enumclaw, and the,
Stuck, a torpid stream usually, has de
stroyed & railroad bridge near Dering
er. Because the wires are down, rept)rts
that other railroad bridges have been
swept away cannot be confirmed, but
it is certain that the Northern Pacific
system on the Pacific division is de
moralized so badly that it cannot be
operated under two weeks. Miles of
track are under water, and when the
waters recede, the track will be so ten
der that operation will be too danger
ous to attempt.
Late tonight the waters of all the
rivers In this county were still rising.
Since night fell the anxious watch
ers in the valleys have kept up a patrol
in the larger communities to give a
warning if the rise of the streams be
comes threatening. -
Heavy Rain Is Falling.
.A torrential rain is falling and a high
wind prevails. It Is almost impossible
to tell how rapidly the rivers are going
up, but it varies between two and six
inches an hour. For a short time to
night there was a prospect that the
weather would grow colder and stop
the melting of snows in, the mountains,
but the night is too warm for any such
promise.
Morning will dawn upon the most
desolate scene the country between
Seattle and Tacoma has ever seen. In
places the White River, ordinarily less
than 100 feet in width, is now more
than four miles wide, and the waters
are sweeping relentlessly toward the
Sound at Tacoma. Wreckage of farm
houses is strewn for miles and far back
from the rivers' banks. Crops that
were stored for the Winter in ware
houses or barns have been swept away
and others are buried under water and
will be an absolute loss. . .
Duwamish Out of Banks.
The .White, Black and Cedar Rivers all
empty into the . Duwamish, which flows
into Puget Sound at Seattle. At George
town, South Park and South Seattle, sub
urbs that adjoin Seattle on the south, the
Duwamish is swollen and out of its
banks. No serious damage has been done
in those suburbs yet, but if the waters
continue-' rise a heavy property loss
will resulL
The rising of these rivers is forcing the
Black River, which flows out of Lake
Washington, to turn in an opposite di
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Is within the Seattle city limits, are ris
ing rapidly. This means that farm lands
around will be Inundated by morning and
damage will be done to city property
along the lake front. -
Stuck Cutting New Channel.
The Stuck River, which is causing the
damage In the lower end of King County
and in a part of Pierce, is a sluggish
stream connecting the White and Puyal-
lup Rivers. There Is scarcely any fall
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and it Is almost Impossible to note the
current. The fact that the Stuck has
become such a torrent that steel rail
road and county bridges have been torn
out gives the best Idea of the extent of
the deluge.
The Stuck Is cutting a new channel
through farm lands appraised a few days
ago at upwards of $200 an. acre. It threat
ens the town of Sumner, but Is not apt
to do serious damage there. By the rais
ing of the Puyallup River It is certain
a new channel will be cut for that stream
before the waters recede.
Moving to Vpper Floors.
It is the Green River that menaces Au
burn and which Is causing a proportion
ately greater loss than the other rivers.
Auburn Is under water, . and etock and
household goods are being moved to upper
floors.
The present flood will unquestionably
cause greater damage than any yet. The
high-water mark of two years ago has
been passed already. Only fair estimate
can be made of the property loss. The
farmers have unquestionably lost $250,000;
the Northern Pacific will suffer about as
much more, while King County loses In
roads and bridges destroyed nearly $100,
000. The Puget Sound Electric Company
and the Seattle, Renton & Southern will
lose about $75,000. These losses may be
completely overshadowed by greater dam
age If the water "continues much longer to
rise.
WILL. DISCUSS WIRING.
Problem to Be Considered by the Ini
tiative One Hundred.
Probably the most important matter
that will come before the Initiative
One Hundred for consideration Friday
night will be the regulation of over
head wiring in the city. The body will
probably take some decisive action,
and it is proposed to urge upon the
City Council the importance of some
reform.
The following committees are ex
pected to report and a busy session is
looked for:
Boulevards, parks, parkways, high bridges
and speedways, J. C. Ainsworth, chairman.
Ion Lewiea,. Drake C. O'Reilly, Francis I. Mc
Kenna; poles and overhead wires, J. Frank
Watson, chairman, H. L. Chapln; legislation
.liquor license, P. L- Willis, chairman, Rufus
Mallory, B. W. Montague, Judge Seneca Smith;
printing, Dr. Emmet Drake, chairman, C. W.
Taylor; civic eethetios, John Van Zant, chair
man, B. W. Barnes, E. C. Bronaugh, F. B.
Gibson: membership, Dr. Emmett Drake, J.
B. Laber, H. H. Emmons, O. W. Taylor. P.
E. Sullivan. George P. Lent; street improve
ments, George P. Lent, chairman, E. A.
Kemp, William Goldman; Mount Tabor Park,
W. G. Kerns, chairman, H. H. Carter. W.
Wynn Johnson. '
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HOSETO DIE DECEMBER 21
MURDERER OP MADGE DOYLE
CONDEMNED TO G ALLOWS.
Hears Fate Without Emotion but Col
lapses When He Sees Picture
of Victim in Coffin.
Henry Hose, the convicted murderer of
Madge Wilson, alias Madge Doylu, was
yesterday morning sentenced by Judge
Gantenbein to be hanged at the Salem
state penitentiary on Friday, December 21.
When asked If he had anything to say
why sentence of death should not be
pronounced, Hose answered in the nega
tive, and Waldemar Seton. his attorney,
also remained silent. Judge Gantenbein
then sentenced the condemned man in
these words, the first of he kind he has
had occasion to utter since holding office:
"It Is ordered and adjudged by the
court that you, Henry Hose, convicted of
murder in the first degree, be remanded
to the custody of the Sheriff of Mult
nomah County; that he. the said Sheriff,
deliver you within 20 days from this uute
to the superintendent of the penitentiary
of the State of Oregon; that upon such
delivery you be confined within the walls
of said penitentiary until the date of exe
cution; and that there, in Bittd peniten
tiary 01 the State of Oregon, on Friday.
December 21, 1906. In the manner provided
by law, you, Henry Hose, be hanged by
the neck until you are dead. May the
Father of us all, In his Infinite goodness,
have mercy on your soul."
Hose evinced no emotion whatever
while Judge Gantenbein was passing the
death sentence upon him, but later, when
taken to his cell, was considerably agi
tated when he received from Coroner
Finley a photograph of the murdered
girl as she lay in her coffin.
esterday afternoon, accompffnied by .a.
strong guard of Deputy Sheriffs. Hose
visited the grave of Madge Doyle in Lone
Fir Cemetery and scattered flowers over
the freshly-made mound. A fund had been
collected around the Courthouse for the
purpose, and this was his most earnest
desire before going to Salem.
At 8 o'clock this morning the condemned
man will be taken to the state peniten
tiary, under the escort of Sheriff Stevens
and Deputies Beatty and Leonard. Yes
terday Hose reiterated ttie declaration
that he had no intention of interposinc
any further delays in the course of the
law, and said he was ready to die at the
appointed time.
Ladd Returns From Cuba.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Major Eugene
F. Ladd, who has been in Cuba since the
beginning of the occupation, has returned
to Washington and taken up his duties
as assistant to the Military Secretary.
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