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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNIN& AUGUST 21, 1904.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. XXIII. NO. 34.
WHEAT lit BIG
Umatilla Farmers
Buy-
ing More Sacks.
FIRST ESTIMATE TOO LOW
W a! la Walla Shows Propor
tionateGain Over Last Year.
NEWiAND GIVES 40 BUSHELS
Two Neighboring Counties Will Have
a Nfne-MIIIion-Bushel Product
to Sell, With Big Prices
In .Sight.
PENDLETON, Or., Aug. ' 19. (Staff Cor
respondence.) The early predictions of a
5,000,000-bushel wheat crop for Umatilla
County are In a fair way to be fulfilled
by the returns now coming to hand from
the harvest fields. Some of the more
conservative of the grain men In the
county are not yet prepared to concede
more than 4,500,000 bushels, but with light
land fanners coming back for the second
and third lots of sacks after securing
what they had estimated to be a suf
ficiency and with, the . better class of
land at least coming up to expectations,
there are better indications of a 5,000,000
bushel crop than have been In evidence
for many years. This Is a "light-land"
year and large tracts In the western
part of the county where the yield per
acre last year ranged from four bushel3
to- nothing are now turning off yields
which average as well if not better than
those from the old, reliable, never-falling
lands nearer the foothills. As a matter
of fact, paradoxical as it may seem, the
only poor yields In Umatilla County are
on what Is known as the good land.
A Light-Land Year.
The light-land farmers must have had
a premonition of what was coming, for
yield -which at present prices wlir more
than make amends for the unprofitable :
preceding' season. This bumper crop and
big prices have enhanced the value of
wheat lands In a marked degree, but It
Is bringing no comfort to the advocates 1
of diversified farming or to those who
are anxious to increase the population
of the county. A number of sales at in
creased prices have been made since har
vest began, but the buyers in nearly
all cases were men who already have
largo' holdings and who are now more
thoroughly than ever impressed with the
profits and advantages of bonanza wheat
farming. If this system continues, and it
will continue so long as good crops and
high prices prevail, there will be a de
creasing instead of an increasing num
ber of wheat farmers In the county.
And wheat-growing on the scale on which
it is conducted not only In UmatIlla
County, but all through the "Walla Walla,
and Palouse countries is certainly an at
tractive business.
Many Bonanza Farmers.
There are nearly a dozen farmers In
Umatilla County who will harvest from
60,000 bushels to 100,000 bushels this year,
while the, men who have from 10,000 bush
els to 50,000 bushels are too numerous
to keep track of. These big farmers in
the years of light yields and low prices
learned to "cut corners" on expenses
attached to the business, with the result
that they now have the cost of production
reduced to a minimum and the profits are
enormous, present prices showing for
some of the largest farmers a net profit
of nearly 50 cents per bushel. Both Pend
leton and Walla "Walla, as well as other
cities and towns on this side of the moun
tains,, show evidence of this prosperity
that has shone on the wheat farmer, for
large numbers of the men who lour years
ago had hard work to secure the bare
necessities of life have since moved into
town, built fine residences and aro circu
lating their comparatively easily acquired
riches.
Walla Walla's Big Gain.
Walla Walla shows a gain over last
year In her wheat output almost propor
tionate to that of Umatilla County, and as
in the case in Oregon's banner county,
the light lands have pulled up the yield.
There was a large acre'age of this light
larid In wheat last year but most of it
was cut for hay and Beveral thousand
acres of which were harvested did not
yield enough tb pay for the cutting. Last
year my tale of light crops through this
section was brightened by reports of some
wonderful yields over near the foothills.
Fifty and In some cases as high as GO
bushels per acre were reported and in
tensified the sadness of the light-land
farmer who was only getting from four to
Elx bushels per acre. The big yields
are still coming out of the foothill coun
try this year, but they are not averaging
much if any better than the yields that
are being secured on the despised light
lands, which a few years ago were a
3rug on the market at prices ranging from
one-tenth to one-twentieth of that freely
paid for the lands which could always
be depended .on to turn off a crop even
In the dry seasons.
Four Million Bushels Expected.
The light .lands In this county are show
ing such remarkable yields that early
estimates on the output have been ad
vanced, and it seems reasonably certain
that final returns will show a yield of
fully 4,000,000 bushels, with some very well
Informed wheat men placing the figure
250,000 bushels higher. Here, as in Uma
tilla County, there are a great many phe
nomenal yields on land 'now turning off
its first crop, some farms running as high
as 40 bushels per acre. Wlth Buch yields
from lands which last year produced noth
ing and from others which a year ago
were turning off nothing but straw or
four-bushel wheat yields, It is easy to un
derstand how the output has been nearly
doubled this year.-
The banner yields on some of the old
reliable foothill farms have been shaded
some this year by reason of the heavy
rains, which washed out such extensive
gullies that it was necessary to fill them
up in order to admit of harvesting opera
tions. It is a rare occurrence for loss
to be sustained through too much rain
between seeding and harvesting, but some
loss of this nature has been sustained in
Walla Walla County this season.
High Prices and Free Selling.
With a crop of approximately 9,000,000
bushels for the two counties, Umatilla and
Walla Walla this year have the unusual
experience of high prices and big crops
coming together. In Umatilla there has
been considerable disposition to take ad
vantage of these prices and sales already
made are said to approximate 1,500,000
buBhels, which Is a very free movement
for so early in tho season, especially when
the financial standing of most of the
farmers is considered. Of this' amount
Portland has secured, nearly a million
bushels, the remainder being purchased
by Puget Sound buyers. Both the Port
landers and the Puget Sound buyers have
made some heavy sales for Eastern
shipment, and if the movement continues
In anything like Its present volume the
ship owners' combine may bo obliged to
revise their schedule of rates for water
shipment to Europe.
Much Wheat Going. East.
Eastern business already handled out
of these two counties amounts to about
150,000 bushels, while more than as much
more has been negotiated for shipment
for the Palouse country. This business.
while highly satisfactory to the farmer,
is likely to be attended with bad results
In the way of a car shortage. It Is well
known that blockades due to car shortage
are always in evidence In big crop years,
even when the grain Is hauled to tide
water at Portland or Tacoma and'qulckly
unloaded. From this it can be readily
understood how the trouble will be in
tensified when the cars are sent 2000 miles
away and may not get back for months.
Grain men are of the opinion that- most
of the business already worked has been
for breakfast-food purposes, but admit
that if the present differential between
Portland and Chicago Is maintained, there
will be a heavy demand for Oregon and
Washington wheat from Eastern millers
for mixing purposes. Another effect of
these prices will bo to check the selling
movement. Most of -the sales already
made have been by farmers who were
willing to sell a portion of their holdings
jjn-order tqse"cure mofcey forcurrentex-
penses and will hold the remainder for
higher prices. E. W. W.
NO HASTE BEGABDLNG RESERVES
Interior Department Is Not Consid
ering Oregon Matters.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Aug. 20. There Is not the slightest
inclination on the part of the Interior
Department to hasten the creation of the
Blue Mountain and Wallowa forest re
serves in 'Eastern Oregon, even though
all necessary data to determine the bound
aries, of these reserves is in hand. "On the
contrary, the department will stave off
the' creation of these reserves just as
long as lt.can, ignoring the fact that the
Governor of Oregon, on the advice of the
State Land Board, has asked that the
reservations be created. There is no dis
position whatever to help the state out of
Its embarrassment over its mineral base
transactions.
It is admitted that these two reserves,
when created, will embody about 50,000
acres of school lands, which the state can
use as base for Indemnity selections, and
it Is recognized that this land will be
worth $5 an acre to the state, only It be
comes base land. But there Is a feeling
akin to gloating among the Interior De
partment officials over the embarrass
ment of the Oregon -Land Board because
In the eyes of the department the state
authorities should never have sold any
Indemnity land until It was sure Its base
lands were of such character as to ba
accepted by tho department. As one of
ficial expresses it, "the officials out In
Oregon have been selling Indemnity lands
to which the state had no title. In some
instances they have sold the same land
twice, and now they have got to sweat
for It. It Is up to the state to pay back
to its purchasers the money It received
for these lands erroneously, and the stato
need not look to this department to help
it out"
Slpce President Roosevelt Insisted on re
storing to entry those lands that were
known to be unsulted for forestry pur
poses, the old hostility of the Interior
Department .toward Oregon has been re
vived. It is partially out of resentment
that the department Is so set against
creating these two reserves. Secondly,
there Is the fear that It will be creating
base for speculative lieu selections. As a
matter of fact, there are in the General
Land Office today maps and records show
ing the boundaries of the BJue Mountain
and Wallowa forest reserves as they have
been practically agreed upon, so drawn
as. to exclude almost every private hold
ing, thereby reducing the opportunities for
lieu land operations to the Jnlnlmum.
Only the way in which these reserves
will be created, if the people of Oregon
want them created, Is for the Governor
or the Congressional delegation to make
this fact known to the President and ask
in strong terms that this matter, which
has hung fire for over two years, be dis
posed of without further delay. Presi
dent Roosevelt does not understand the
true situation in Eastern Oregon. He has
heard only the Interior Department's side.
It Is not to be doubted that If a full
presentation of facts was made to him,
he would order the prompt creation of
these two reserves, regardless of the ad
verse attitude of the Interior Department.
Paris Has Not Received News.
PARIS, Aug. 20. No official confirma
tion of the cruiser Diana arriving at Sai
gon, China, has been received here.
Mining Congress Will
Open Tomorrow.
GREATEST OF SESSIONS
President Richards" Tells His
Plans and Hopes.
CONVENTION TO JNAME HOME
Denver and Salt Lake City Want the
Permanent Headquarters, While
Next Meeting-Place Is Also
in Doubt.
J. H. Richards, of Boise, Idaho, the
president of the American Mining Con
gress, Is at the Portland,' accompanied by
Mrs. Richards, having reached the city
yesterday morning.
President Richards is the man . who has
made the American Mining Congress suc
cessful, who has evolved It from a band
of men with no Idea, no plan and no
purpose. Into a corporation" which has as
its aim the upbuilding and the benefit of
the mining industry of the United States.
Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock tho
American Mining Congress, as a gather
ing of men, will be called together for
the seventh time' In as manyyears, but
it will be the second time that It will
convene as a body organized for a definite
purpose and with a settled plan of reach
ing that point mapped out by the leaders.
President Richards will wield the gavel
tomorrow, as he did a year ago.
Two years ago, when Mr. Richards was
elected president of the congress, he found
that for five years, the men who make
mining their business hadmet, had talked
over their conditions and had adjourned
with but little done and no general plan
of action. The new president, who la
something of an administrator,- decided
that sometlUng&lennlte should be accom
plished. .anJJlHjS set-to work to make a
befflnrUngJBl5Bt nJffirln hla room at thcfcji
hotel lioToTH2bi"The ovbrk he has doner"
for the mining Industry of 'the Nation,
and of .the lUfms he still has In mind for
the future. "
"When I was elected president a couple
of . years ago," said the head of the
American miners, "I found that the con
gress had been running for five years
with no definite aim or plan. I at once
went to work to put the organization on a
sound basis. The first step that was
necessary to bring the organization before
the people as some'thlng of Importance and
permanence was incorporation, and after
having looked into the incorporation laws
of the states, Colorado was chosen as
having the most liberal laws on the sub
ject The American Mining Congress was
Incorporated under tho laws of the State
of Colorado, and from that time on the
work has begun to assume more and more
a definite' direction and purpose.
"There- will be two things of chief In
terest In the present session of the Con
gress," continued Mr. Richards.' "One will
be the selection of a permanent home for
the organization, and the other will bo
the choice of the place for the next con
vention. Fight for Congress' Home.
"Both Denver and Salt Lake are going
to make a fight for tho home of the con
gress, and both are prepared to offer in
ducements to the congress for the privi
lege of tho headquarters. Both cities will
send large delegations to the congress,
and have been working for some time,
seeking to secure the support of the dele
gates from the other sections' of tho coun
try. It will, I think and hope, be a very
spirited and interesting contest.
The place for the next convention is also
"In doubt, with Denver, Salt Lake and sev
eral other cities trying for it. Where it
will go is as yet unknown, for the dele
gates have not had a chance to hear tho
pleas of the different sections, or to make
up their minds as to which part of the
country they would rather visit next
year."
Then President Richards left the present
and talked of the future. He has great
faith in tho future power of the organiza
tion for the good of the mining Industry
of the United States, and told something
of the plans that were being outlined.
Want Mines Department.
"We of the congress," he said, "have
hopes that in time the Government will
create a Department of Mines and Mln
lng Just as they have recently created the
Department of Commerce. Such a thing
would be of untold value to the miners
of the country, and would do much to i
place the mining business on a safe and
prominent basis "before the people. With
such a department under the charge of the
government working in harmony with the
congress, the mining Industry would re
ceive great encouragement and help.
"Our exhibit is another thing that will
come with the establishment of a per
manent home. As soon as a headquarters
has been provided for the congress, it
will begin the collection of an exhibit of
minerals from all the sections of the
United States, and there Is no reason why
It should not be the best In the world."
The -plans for the entertainment and the
care of the delegates to the congress are
all completed, and Monday noon will see
the convention In full swing. The dele
gates are beginning to arrive, and already
the hotels are commencing to fill up with
those who extract the wealth of the
Nation from the minerals of the ground.
A large collection of minerals from all
over the state , is being shipped into the
city, and from the rate at which' It is
arriving there will be two tons or more
on exhibition when the congress is called
to order.
William H. Tibbals, the chairman of the
raining committee of the Salt Lake
Chamber of Commerce, is at the Portland,
accompanied by his wife. Mr. Tibbals is
hero to work for -Salt Lake as the per
manent home of the congress. He has
many arguments to advance as to why
his town Is the best location for the head
quarters of the organization, and will urge
them before the convention, aided by .a
large" delegation which Is yet to come-.
Colonel Thomas Ewlng, of Los Angeles,
the first' vice-president of the congress,
Is also in the city, making his headquar
ters at the Portland. Mr. Ewlng is en
thusiastic regarding the importance and
the future of the congress, and would like
to see the next convention held In his
home city. He thinks that tho members
are here for business, and that the work
done at this session of the congress will
be of more Importance than that trans
acted at any previous meeting.
F. H. Newell, the head of the reclama
tion bureau of the Interior Department,
reached the city last night from Seattle,
and will make an address at the con
vention, speaking on the relation of the
forests to mining. .
Pinchot Will Speak.
Glfford Pinchot Forester of the United
States, will also be present and will ad
dress the convention on the relation of
his work to the mining industry. .
Ttuff-mornlng the delegates will begin to
arrive In large numbers, and by tomorrow
morning the bulk of the convention will
be In the city. From tho advices received
It is now certain that the attendance at
the convention will be large.
The publicity committee of the Women's
Club, has arranged to entertain the ladles
accompanying the delegates .during their
stay In the city. On Tuesday afternoon
a trip to Oregon City will be taken by
boat starting from the foot of Taylor
street a't 3 o'clock, and returning shortly J
after 6 In .the evening. The Commercial
Club, will also tender a reception to the
delegates .and their ladles during the time
of the convention, though the exact date
has not yet beert determined.
.
To Work, for .Denver a3 Headquarters.
DENVER; - Col., Aug. 20. President
James F. Galbraltlv Jr., W. F. Mills and
D. S. Lehman, representing tho Denver
Chamber or Commerce, left today for
Portland, Or., for the purpose of invit
ing the National Mining Congress to lo
cate Its headquarters In this city.
Dates'TdV Portland Recruits.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Aug. 20. From November 17- to
December 24 a party of naval officers will
be at Portland to receive recruits for the
Navy.
CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER
uaso-Jap an esc War.
!T in. jftdwlnc Utter disregard Tor Uveal
breaking all pro'ceata-'PorrlA'ftHunST
Page 3. v-
Japan holds neutrality of China at Bhangs
hai is imperfect Page 3.
Czar smnmom all reserve officers to the
colors. Page 3.
.Russian slilp Grozovl must leave Shanghai
at once or disarm. Pago 3.
National.
Interior Department is In no hurry to cre
ate forest reserves In Oregon. Page 1.
General Funston can remain at Vancouver-lf
he desires. Page 1.
Domestic '
Tornado in St Paul causes $2,000,000 dam
age and loss of five lives. Page 1. .
Another wild day In the Chicago wheat
market Page 2.
Colorado citizens to the number of 2000
deport alleged strike agitators. Page 3.
Political.
Democratic papers score "Williams for his
speech at Davis notification ceremonies.
Page 1.
Ex-Senator Turner will run tho Democratic
campaign In Washington. Page 6.
Sports.
Illllouon wins Irvington handicap with ease.
Page 11.
Pacific Coast League scores: Los Angeles i,
Portland 0; Oakland 4, Seattle 3; Tacoma
6, San Francisco 3. Page 11.
San Franclscb pitches Joe Corbett In spite of
National League's Injunction. Page 11.
Tennis tournament for championship of Ore
gon opens tomorrow. Page 11.
Pacific Coast
Superintendent Potter, of the Chemawa In
dian School, marries one of the pupils.
Pago 7.
Washington loggers will decide next Satur
day abput opening camps. Page C
Walla Walla and Umatilla .will raise about
0,000,000 bushels of wheat this year.
Page 1.
Controversy over lslots formed by the Jetty
at the mouth of the Columbia River.
Page 0.
Portland and Vicinity.
Officers and delegates arrive for onenlnjr
of Mining Congress tomorrow. Page 1.
Open river advocates make plans to hasten
building o portage road. Page 10.
Four-year-old girl Is burned to death. Page
1C.
Filipino Commission will arrive' tomorrow.
Page 16.
Prominent business man sued for losses on
stock and cotton deals. Page 12. .
Washington Democrats profer Roosevelt to
Parker. Page 12.
Chinatown Is preparing to welcome new
Jobs. Page 21.
Astoria regatta will attract many Portland-
ers to Astoria. Page 22.
Commercial and Marine.
Wheat advances over a cent at Chicago.
Pago 15.
Stocks in New York market continue to make
headway. Page 15.
Favorable weekly statement of New Tork
bank conditions. Page 15.
lBase s1" speculation at San Fran-
cisco. Page 15,
Steamer Algba takes Arabia's place on Port
land & Asiatic line. Page 12.
Sternwheeler Elwood Burns on Puget Sound.
Page 12. v I
Features and Departments.
Editorial.- Page 4.
Church announcements. Page 13.
Classified advertisements. Pages 24-27.
Photographing young Golden Eagles. Page
30. -
Sport of Portland street Arabs. Page 31.
Mr. Dooley's letter. Page 20.
Fabulous real estate wealth of a few New
Tork men. Page 33.
A chat with General Frederick D. Grant
Pago 38.
John Mitchell's letter from Ireland.' Page 33.
Americans eat too much meat Page 30.
Social. Page 18.
Cartoons. Page 37.
Seaside notes. Page 10.
Dramatic Page 20.
Household and fashions. Pages 34-35.
Youth's department Page -33.
LOSS IS ill IONS
Tornado Sweeps the
City of St. Paul.
SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE KILLED
Two Score Are Believed to
Haye Been Injured.
MINNEAPOLIS ALSO SUFFERS
Wire Service Is Completely Demoral
ized and Particulars Are Hard
to Secure The Storm Is of
Short Duration.
ST. PAUL, Aug. 21. (3:30 A. M.)-Sev
eral persons were killed, a number are re
ported missing and' 50 to 100 were Injured,
some fatally; business property and resl
dences were damaged to the extent of
perhaps 11,000,000; tho massive steel
bridges across the Mississippi were
wrecked and strained; shade trees were
levelled and much other damage was
done In St Paul and Minneapolis by a
tornado which broke over the two cities
shortly after 9 o'clock last night
Apparently, tho storm was of a local
character, for as far as can be learned no
damage was done in the neighboring
towns. The storm was particularly severe
hin the business districts of the two cities.
Windows were blown In and roofs torn
from Immense wholesale warehouses and
the flood of rain which accompanied the
storm did immeasurable damage to stocks
of goods. Dwelling-houses, churches and
schools also suffered greatly.
Railroad traffic between St Paul and
Minneapolis was completely cut off. The
street-railway systems of both cities were
prostrated. For hours after the storm
had spent its fury it was Impossible to
get Into communication with Minneapolis,
the telephone wires being demoralized.
Rumors of great los3 of life were rife,
but on being tracked to their sources were
found to be Incorrect
rAll-tele'graph wires were down and the
Associated Press was compelled to send
men to stations down the river before
communications could be established with
the outer world.
Practically every building on the north
side of East Third street Is wrecked. The
Habe-Hurst block, at Seventh and Wacota
streets, was unroofed, and -the Economy
department store was damaged to the ex
tent of $20,000. The front wall of tho
building occupied by LIndeke, Warner &
Son,, wholesale furriers, was shattered
and the stock and fixtures damaged to
the extent of thousands of dollars. Will
iam Donaldson & Co., big department
store in Minneapolis, was badly damaged.
Tho loss Is said to be $30,000. At Minne
apolis there was no one killed, but many
were wounded. The dead at St Paul are:
GEORGE WETON, killed In Tivoll Theater.
LAWRENCE F. HOWINSON, fireman on
Northern Pacific, killed In Tivoll Theater.
A partial list of the Injured: G. E. Claire,
cut and bruised, will recover; Thereson Kents,
actress, Tivoll Theater, badly cut and bruised;
Sadie Kenny, actress, Tivoll, hands cut and
head bruised; Polly O'Neill, actress, Tivoll,
hip and body badly bruised, serloua; Kitty
Larson, actress at Tivoll, will recover; John
Hammond, Injured about body, serious; Will
lam Arno, seriously injured about body and
Internally; William Lindsay, skull fractured,
probably fatally; Ole Swanson, hit on head by
falling plank, probably fatal; Theodore
Swltzer. blown from wagon, seriously injured;
Mrs. Robert Rorlnger, caught in collapsed
'house in La Fayette 'avenue. Injured internal
ly, may die; Clarence Strong, machinist, hand
crushed; John Dugan, newspaperman, badly
cut about head by flying glass; John John
son, planoplayer at Tivoll, badly cut and
bruised, serious.
The storm was of short duration, lasting
not more than 15 minutes. The devasta
tion it wrought was terrific. The wind,
according to the Government Weather
Observer blew 0 miles an hour, coming
from tho southwest Buildings were un
roofed and fronts blown In, the cellars
being flooded by the rain which came in
great waves along with the wind. Electric
wires were prostrated and many persons
were injured by contact with electric lleht
and trolley "wires. An excursion steamer,
towing a barge on the river below St
Paul. Is reported to have been wrecked.
Belief parties In steam launches have been
dispatched to the rescue. It Is said that
many lives were lost there.
The St Anthony Elevator In Minneapolis
was leveled. One person is reported
killed In one wing of the House of the
Good Shepherd, which was blown down.
A little girl was killed and 10 or 20 women
Injured. As later reports come In, It is
thought the list of dead will be materially
Increased.
The Pioneer Press building, a 13-story
steel and brick structure, was consider
ably damaged. The windows on tho top
floors were blown In and a number of
printers at work In the composing-room
were seriously cut by flying glass. The
Western "Union Telegraph office on the
eleventh floor of the Pioneer Press build
ing was flooded. An Immense skylight
was crushed to powder and .the court in
the center of the building was filled with
debris. The work of getting out the
Sunday edition was not interfered with.
Buildings damaged: Paine-Avenue Fire
station, $2000; S. Carroll's department
3tore, loss $2000; Stere3ford Episcopal
Church, almost completely destroyed, loss
$6000; store buildings along Paine avenue
were more or les3 damaged, aggregating
a loss of about $10,000; Davidson block,
Fourth street roof blown off, stock dam
aged; G. Somers & Co., Fourth street
windows broken and stock damaged;
Finch, Young &.MacConville, roof blown
off, windows broken and stock damaged;
all windows In stores on both sides of
Seventh, street, between Broadway and
Sabelle street, windows broken and stocks
damaged; Lanpher, Skinner & Co., win
dows blown in; Noyes Bros. & Co., whole
sale druggists, large part of roof blown
off; Englne-House No. 2, roof blown off;
Milwaukee Railway freight-shed, roof
blown into river and south wall blown
In. About J00 residences in various parts.
of tho city were damaged to more or i
less extent
The tornado came as a climax, of & day
of humidity and warmth. Early in the
evening there were Indications jof a heavy
thunder storm with lightning flashing and
the thunder rolling distantly. Shortly
after 9 o'clock it began to rain and then
to hail.
A strong- draft of wind came from the
northwest filling- the air with debris.
Then there was a calm for a short space.
the wind veered to the southwest and the
tornado was on In all its fury. In down
town districts heavy tin roofs were
picked up and and smashed against
the sides of skyscrapers, shattered
plate-glass windows and tearing down
electrlp wires. Pedestrians unfortunate
enough to be caught without shelter
were thrown violently to the pavement,
and in many cases were struck by fly
ing glass and timbers, suffering serious
Injury. The streets were rushing- tor
rents of water, and the wind swept be
fore it trees, wires, sighs and debris
of all kinds.
The anemoleter of the St Paul
Weather Bureau recorded a velocity of
SO miles an hour, coming from the
northwest for one minute, and then
broke. The rain gauge was demoral
ized early In the storm, so that the
precipitation will never be known.
The center of the storm seemed to
follow the Mississippi River from Fort
Snelling- to Bridge Square, where the
greatest damage was done, and then
to spend Its force In the wholesale dis
trict on Dayton's Bluff and the north
east part of the city. Two spans of
the high bridge were crumpled into
mass of debris. The Tivoll Concert
Garden on Bridge Square was crushed
as if it were an eggshell, killing two
persons and more or less seriously In
juring a score of others. The wharves
along the river frontage were wrecked.
Wire Service Cut Off.
LA CROSSE, Wis.. Aug. 20. With the
exception of a short message over a rail
way wire, all communication between St.
Paul and La Crosse has been cut off
since 10 o'clock. The last message re
ceived said a high wind was raging, and
that the Pioneer Press building had been
damaged, one man being , killed. La
Crosse was not in the path of the storm,
and reports from Winona. Minn., say that
all is quiet there. Telephone wires north
are all down. A circuit established by
way of Madison to Eau Claire, 100 miles
east of St Paul, brought the information
that a severe storm lasteed there from
S o'clock until .midnight with rain and
lightning. So far as known no damage re
sulted. LOSS BY TORNADO GROWS.
North St. Louis Now Estimates tho
Damage at $150,000.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20. A more thorough
estimate of the damage done by the tor
nado which descended suddenly over a
small area in North St Louis late yes
terday was made today by business men
and others Interested In property in that
vicinity
.In addition to the loss of one life and
the Injury to more than 150 persons, the
damage wrought by the storm Is now es
timated at $150,000. More than half of
that amount was done to manufacturing
plants, the remainder being .divided be
tween owners of residence property,, more
than 100 houses being inoro or les3 Seri
ously damaged. On the East Side, In the
Illinois towns of Venice and Granite City,
the damage Is also greater than at first
supposed. Two lives were lost In that
vicinity, and many property-owners suf
fered losses running from $2000 down to
$50.
Traffic was resumed on the Broadway
streetcar line today, after having been
suspended for more than 18 hours, al
though the sides of the street are still
lined with wires and telephone cables,
and the sidewalks cluttered with broken
telephone poles and other wreckage.
STORM RUINS FINE GOWNS.
St. Louis Fair Places Damage to Par
isian Creations at $500,000.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20. Magnificent Paris
ian gowns valued at $500,000 are In a
ruined condition In the Palace of Manu
factures as the result of the heavy rain
storm which swept over the World's
Fair. The valuation 13 placed by Mar
cel and the acting Commissioner-General
of France, who has investigated the havoc
wrought by the water.
The gowns were made by French dress
makers and were one of the most Inter
esting features of the Manufactures
building. They were displayed In glass
showcases, but the rain was driven
through crevises in the roof of the build
ing and poured down upon the top and
eventually soaking the garments.
Worst Disaster Known at Globe.
GLOBE, Ariz., Aug. 20. The flood dis
aster of last Wednesday was the worst
that ever visited this camp. Six persona
lost their lives and $20,000 worth of prop
erty was destroyed. The drowned were:
Addison T. Epley, pioneer citizen.
W. K. Mitchell and wife.
Johanna Mitchell.
Mrs. Ella Hurd, nee Brashear.
Josle Moody.
Epley was in his adobe cabin and' was
engulfed in the torrent The other victims
were all In the Mitchell boarding-house
on lower ground near the smelter, and
could have escaped had they heard the
warning given them. Five bodies havo
been recovered.
Cloudburst Causes Great Loss.
KINGMAN, Ariz.. Aug. 20. A report by
messenger from Eldorado Canyon. Nev.,
an old mining, camp. 75 miles northwest
of here, states that one of the most
devastating cloudbursts In years fell over
that place the afternoon of August IS. The
storm broke on the mountains west of
town and In les3 than ten minutes a river
of water 30 feet deep was rushing down a
nine-mile canyon. No lose of life Is re
ported. TOR FUNSTON TO SAY.
He
Can Remain at Vancouver
racks If He Desires.
Bar-
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
lngton. Aug. 20. If General Funston
prefers to remain .In command of the
Department of the Columbia to assum
ing command of the Department of the
Lakes, he will be allowed to retain his
headquarters at Vancouver Barracks.
This decision has been reached by the
War Department and will be conveyed
to him on his return from Alaska.
The War Department has announced
tho dates on which the officers of Wash
ington National Guard are to be ex
amined. The dates are as follows: Ta
coma, October 3, 4 and 5; Seattle, 6, 7
and 8; Everett, 10, 11 and 12; Belllng
ham, 13, 14 and 15; Ellensburg, 18 and
19; North Yakima, 20, 21 and .22; Spo
kane, 24, 25 and 26; Colfax, 27, 28 and
29; Waltsburg, 31 and November 1 and
2; Vancouver, November 4 and 5; Ho
quiam, 7. 8 and 9.
DEEM IT SILL!
Williams' Speech Tires
Democratic Press,
DAVIS IS A DISAPPOINTMENT .
Money Question the
Issue Discussed,
Only
FORMER VIWS TAKEN UP
New York Sun Wants to Know How
He Can Indorse Free Trade in
Face of His Last Speech'in
the Senate.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Aug. 20. Leading Demo
cratic papers find little to com
mend In the events which occurred at
Whke Sulphur Springs last Wednesday,
when ex-Senator Davis was notified of
his nomination,- while the Republican
press finds much to criticize. All the
papers, however, appear to agree that
John Sharp Williams notification speech
was ill-advised, silly and unworthy ot
the man and the occasion. Even the New
Tork World and the New York Times,
find nothing in it to commend, while the
Boston Herald and the Baltimore ' News,
which are supporting Parker, openly and
emphatically condemn it Discussing
-the notification ceremony the Tribune
says:
"The performance was far from mas
terly. It only deepens the Impression
that the Democratic candidates have
neither the disposition nor the courage to
face the real Issues of the campaign.
Judgo Parker, In accepting the Dem
ocratic Presidential nomination, found it
advisable to observe Judicial Indecision on
many issues, but Mr. Davis, in accepting
the vice-iTeslaentlal nomination saga
ciously Ignored any and all political ques
tions on w.hich he felt it embarrassing or
Imprudent to express an opinion. On one
only does he venture Into the field of to
day;, as regards political issues. He says:
'I regard the present monetary standard
of value- as Irrevocably established.
" 'How can It be so regarded now,' asks
the Sun. 'If protection Is robbery of the
many to enrich the few, as Is declared in
the platform which Mr. Davis admiringly
regards as sane, safe and sound? What
does he mean by his eulogy of platform
utterances on the rights of labor. Inter
pellated Iii his speech as originally pre
pared; and what does he mean when he
alleges 'the apprehension which now pre
vails in business circles and the pres'ent
unsatisfactory industrial conditions of the
country' as a reason for the election of
the party of Bryan to power.
Short of Silly.
'We regret to add that the scheme and
tone of John Sharp Williams' notification
address, while intended by him to be un
conventional and lightsome, was posi
tively nothing short of silly.'
In a subsequent editorial the Sun shows
Davis' allusion to "rights of labor" was
an exact quotation from his letter of
August 15. The Sun says: "It thus be
comes evident that the dazed condition
of mind in which John Sharp Williams'
effort to be humorous left the venerable
candidate Is responsible for the Interpel
lation in the- speech of the acceptance of
parts of a private letter written by Mr.
Davis only 24 hours before."
"In so saying Mr. Davis has to stultify
his own record, he has to reverse his own
vote and action as delegate to the St
Louis Convention and to condemn his own
work in that body as a member of tho
committee on resolutions. Mr. Davis at
St Louis voted to report to the conven
tion the platform which refused to recant
the free silver coinage-'declaratlon of 1S96
and 1900.
The Philadelphia Press says:
"The feature of 'Davis' notification
was tho puerile and silly speech of John
Sharp Williams. The acceptance of Mr.
Davis may be quickly dismissed. It was
decorous and respectable, but there was
nothing notaoie in it. But tne penorm
ance of Mr. Williams will last beyond
the day to the discredit of himself and
the discomfiture of his party.
"Williams whole speech is a prolonged
sneer at the President and will excite
disgust with decent-minded men even
among his own party. Instead of the
speech of a leader. It is the performance
of a clown. Is it any wonder that the
party does not make headway when its
ablest representatives perpetrate such
follies?"
The New York Sun asks: "What in the
world does Henry Gassaway Davis mean
when he says that the St Louis 'declara
tion of principles' is sane, safe and sound
and quotes from the platform denouncing
protection as 'robbery of the many to
enrich the few?'
It continues: "Does Mr. Davis believo
the declaration sound and sane? If he
does, what did he mean when he declared
to the contrary In his last Important
speech as a United States Senator? 'I am
for a tariff that will yield sufficient reve
nue for the economical and proper ex
penditures of the Government, and in that
tariff I believe Incidental protection to
our own Industries is right and proper. It
has been so regarded from the foundation
of the Government, it ought to be so
now.' "
Report of Japanese Repulse.
CHEFOO, Aug. 20 (7:30 P. M.) There is
a rumor here, the source of which cannot
be learned, that the Japanese have been
repulsed at Port Arthur.