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DOWN BY HAIL
Terrific Storm in Uma
tilla County.
DAMAGE IS UP IN THOUSANDS
Cloudburst Carries Away City
Water Works at Athena.
ALL OVER IN TEN MINUTES
Extent of Storm Readies Into Idaho
and Washington Railroad Track
"- Washed Out Near Union- .
town Sky Is Clearing.
STORM GENERAL IN EXTENT IN
OREGON.
Umatilla County Heaviest hail
storm in hletory of county; thousands
of dollar damage to grain; at Athe
na, city reservoir goes out.
Wasco County Heavy rains, with
several small cloudbursts; no dam
age. Clackamas Lightning sets fire to
barn and ' hophouses; worst storm
lnce 1835. .
Gilliam County Hail, thunder and
lightning: slight damage to grain.
In Washington.
Whitman County Railroad track
washed out by cloudburst; wind and
dust storm at Pullman.
Oowljtx County Tree struck by
lightning; hoy stunned.
PENDLETON; Or., Aug. 24. (Special.)
Probably the hardest hail storm that ever
ccurred in Oregon and also a cloudburst
Visited two different sections of Umatilla
bounty almost simultaneously this after
roon, causing many thousands of dollars'
damage. Hundreds of acres of the finest
-wheat was beaten Into the ground by the
hall until If Is Impossible to tell what
part of the field has been threshed and
which has not, while the cloudburst
washed away" bridges, chicken-houses,
woodsheds, farm machinery, chickens,
pigs, at least one cow, and destroyed
many acres of alfalfa hay.
The hall storm struck the wheat belt
at the Umatilla River near Thorn Hoilow.
about 15 miles east of Pendleton, and
swept northward across, the , county be
tween Athena and Weston for a distance
of ten miles or more. The path of the
storm was only about three-quarters of a
mile wide, but the entire strip of coun
try was covered with hail to a depth of
from three to four Inches, and completely
devastated. Some of the hailstones were
two Inches long and the orchards that lay
In the path of the storm were stripped of
their fruit and leaves.
All Done In Ten Minutes.
Coming on suddenly the hall caught the
harvest crews in fields, and there was
not time to unhitch the teams from the
combines and headers. Two disastrous
runaways resulted, but no loss of life
has so far been reported.
Though the damage done was so com
plete and extensive the hall all fell in
about 10 minutes of time. This was fol
lowed . by a terrific downpour of rain
and dry gulches were turned into rag
ing torrents. in the space of a few min
utes. Farms were flooded and at least
one family was compelled to abandon its
home and flee to the hills.
The dam forming the reservoir for the
Athena waterworks went out, and the
town Is threatened with a water famine.
"While the damage amounts well up Into
the thousands It Is Impossible to form
anything near. like an accurate estimate.
Representative Barrett, telephoning from
Athena tonight, says It is undoubtedly
the worst storm of Its kind In the his
tory of the county.
Heavy Damage to Hay Fields.
The cloudburst occurred on the head of
West Birch creek several miles south of
Pilot Rock and the little valley of that
stream waa completely flooded. The wat
er run through dwellings, washed away
all small outhouses and drowned all the
chickens, but the greatest damage was
to the present crop of alfalfa. The
heaviest losers are probably the J. E.
Smith Livestock Company and the Cun
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ningham Sheep & Livestock Company,
the latter having between 50 and 100
acres of alfalfa ruined. The flood reached
Pilot Rock, but beyond the washing out
of a county bridge and a footbridge, no
damage was done at that point. Several
bridges further up the stream were
washed away.
Rain fell In this city and, as far as
can be learned, throughout the county,
nearly all the afternoon, bringing all
harvesting operations to a standstill
and greatly damaging the standing
wheat. It is thought that only little
more than half the crop has been har
vested. Fortunately for the Athena
farmers, whose" ranches were in the
path of the hailstorm, they had nearly
finished threshing, but up along the
river, where It first started and where
it was the worst, the work of har
vesting had Just begun.
Continued Rain Means Harm.
It Ie still cloudy and threatening late
tonight and it Is feared that more rain
will fall. The grain has already had
all the rain It will stand, and every
drop that falls from now on' will do
damage.
With wheat at fo cents, the farmers
have been unloading their crops In
large quantities during the last two
days, and it is estimated that 1,000,000
bushels havo changed hands In that
time in this county alone. A few
growers are still holding for 75 cents,
but the majority have signified a wil
lingness to let their grain go at pres
ent prices.
WIND STORM : AT . PULLMAN
Continued 'Rains Will Hamper Har
vest Operations In Grain Belt.
PULLMAN, Wash., Aug. 24. (Special.)
A very heavy , rain at intervals during
the afternoon, together with a less violent
rain, which Is falling at this writing, 9
P. M., has caused much concern for the
crops. A downpour began shortly after
noon, following a severe wind and dust
storm. For a while the rain ceased, but
this evening the clouds are again pre
cipitating rather unwelcome moisture. - So
far, no damage has been done the stand
ing grain, but with the most favorable
weather it will not be possible for harvest
ing operations to resume until Monday.
Not more than 50 per cent of the Whit
man County wheat crop has been
harvested.
The storm appeared to have extended
over a portion of Latah County, Idaho,
and the great grain belt there Is in
danger if the rain continues. Colfax
reports gentle showers during the after
noon, but a clear sky tonight, which
would Indicate that the storm was only
local. ,
RAILROAD TRACK WASHED OUT
Wall of Water 100 Feet Wide and
Three Deep Sweeps Canyon.
UNIONTOWN, Wash., Aug. 24. (Spe
cial.) A cloudburst On the Genesee branch
of the Northern Pacific Railroad at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon tore out about 300
feet of track and the passenger train nar
rowly escaped being caught by tho raging
waters. The train was unable to get
through to the south, and came back here
this afternoon. A construction train ar
rived about 8 o'clock - tonight and will
work all night to repair the track so that
traffic may be resumed in tho morning.
The cloudburst was preceded by a rain
of an hour. It is not thought the storm
was general. The general course of the
storm was from the southwest to the
northeast. The place where the cloud
burst struck was about a mile and a half
east of Leon, which Is two miles east
of this place. Tha rush of water which
came down the canyon was about 100
feet wide and three feet deep.
Four miles south of here considerable
damage was done to grain by hall, most
of the grain In the path of the storm was
blown down and badly beaten into the
ground. Near Leon 13 sheep belonging to
Mrs. Herman were killed by the heavy
hall.
HEAVY DOWNPOUR IN WASCO
Cloudbursts In Interior Do No Dam
age Grain Still Unthreshed.
THE DALLES. Or., Aug. 24 (Special.)
After 48 hours of oppressive . heat, a
thunder storm broke over The Dalles
about daylight this morning, drenching
everything and cooling the atmosphere.
Showers fell until noon. Several small
cloudbursts are reported in different por
tions of the county, none doing any con
siderable damage.
Grain farmers are watching the weather
with much anxiety since continued rain
fall at this time, while the harvesters are
still In the fields, might cause whole
sale' ruin ' to crops'. Tonight Is windy
and cloudy with, prospects of more rain.
Rain Puts Out Forest Fires.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 24. (Special.)
Rain began to fall at 7 o'clock this morn
ing, and up to dark. 0.77 Inch had fallen,
the second largest precipitation on one
day for the year to date. The rain came
at an opportune time, as many forest
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HARRY MURPHY GIVES
OF THI KIND
MORE OF THri
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WHOLE FLEET TO
COME TO PACIFIC
Sixteen Battleships to
Sail in December.
EIGHT DESTROYERS FOLLOW
Possible Whole Force May Re.
main on West Coast. .
POLICY URGED . BY DEWEY
Efforts of Politicians to Secure
Adoption of Suez Route Fail.
New Fleet May Be Built
' for the Atlantic Coast.
PACIFIC BATTLESHIP FLEET.
Vessels
Connecltcut . .
Maine .......
Kansas
Vermont ....
Minnesota . . .
Louisiana
Ohio I..
Missouri ....
Virginia
Georgia
New Jersey . .
Rhode Island
Alabama
Illlnoi
Kentucky ...
Kearsarge . . -
Tonnage. Guns. Speed.
. . 16.04)0 24 IS
, . 12.500 20 18
. . 17,fl.-K) 24 18
, . 17.4.')0 24 18
. . 17.050 24 18
, . 16.000 24 18
, . 1-2,11110 20 18
. 12, SOO 20 "Ji
. . 14.048 24 lU
. . 14.0414 24 1H-
. . 14.458 24 lit
. . 14,048 24 10
. . 11,250 18 17
:. 11.525 18 17
. . 11.525 22 16
. . 11.525 22 18
. .228,000 355
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. The tor
pedo flotilla which will go to the Pa
cific Coast when the battleships sail
In December consists of eight vessels,
the Hull, Truxton, Whipple, Hopkins,
Worde'n, Stewart, Jawrence and Mc
Donough. Whether all will be fit for
the voyage Is doubtful.
Tho flotilla will be commanded by
Lieutenant H. I. Cone, who. commanded
the Dale to China four years ago.
The number of battleships which
will go to the Pacific Is 16. not six, as
stated In last night's dlspatihes by an
error--in transmission. Ships already
on the Pacific will increase this num-,
ber to 19. . '
. The official statement of the Presi
dent after his conference yesterdays
with Acting Secretary of the Navy
'Department, Rear-Admiral Brownson,
chief of the Bureau of Navigation, and
Rear-Admiral Evans, who will com
mand the fleet. Is as follows:
"The conference this afternoon be
tween the President and the three offi
cers of the Navy was called to decide
details in connection with the Atlantic
fleet going to the Pacific.
"The fleet will consist of 16 battle
ships. It will start some time, in De
cember. The course of the fleet will
be through the Straits of Magellan and
up tho Pacific Coast to San Francisco.
"The fleet also will, In all proba
bility, visit Puget Sound. The ques
tion of the route by which it will re
turn to the Atlantic has not as yet
been decided.
"The destroyer flotilla will leave for
the Pacific about the same time as the
battleehlp fleet, but the destroyers and
torpedo boats will not accompany the
fleet."
The choice of the " route by ' the
Straits of Magellan means defeat for a
number of politicians who had exert
ed their influence to secure the adop
tion of the Suez route, as they were
opposed - to having the fleet steam
around South America.
The President's silence as to the re
turn of the fleet la significant, in
view of Admiral Dewey's recommenda
tion that it remain In the Pacific and
that a new fleet be built up to protect
the Atlantic Coast. If he can secure
the retention of the present fleet in
Pacific waters, he would considerably
weaken the opposition of those East
ern statesmen to the continued en
largement of the Navy, for the Atlantlo
ports would clamor for protection.
Typhoid Fever on Tug Samson.
ASTORIA, Or'.. Aug. 24. (Speical.)
During the past year there have been five
cases of typhoid fever developed on the
tug Samson. Two deaths have occurred
and at the present time two members of
the crew are 111 at the hospital with the
HIS IDEAS, IN A SERIES OF PICTURES, OF
SORT OF
MORE tRU RB0UT
6- P. M.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY S Maximum temperature, 62
degrees; minimum, 50 degTeea.
TODAY'S Probably showers: southwest
, winds.
i, . Domestic !
Chicaao lrl whins tramp and leaves Mm
unconscious. Page 2, Section I.
20TS. Mlzner gets divorce ana resumes name
j of Yerkes. Page 2, Section 1.
Striking operators expect negotiations for
peace this week. Page 1, Section 2.
Professor Triggs divorced after sensational
,- evidence Is given. Page 1, Section 2.
Governor to Investigate Greek padrone sys
(' tem. Page 2, Section 1.
IWlre tappers make great haul in conse
j quence of strike. Page I, Section 1.
( Sport.
Beavers lose another game at Los Angeles.
Page 3, Section 1.
Pacific Coaet.
Terrific hailstorm in Umatilla County;
cloudburst near Unlontown, Wash. Page
1, Section 1.
Ankeny's friends feeling public pulse. Page
, Section .
Harriman party reported to have bagged
two bears. Page 1, Section 1.
Explosion of powder factory causes death
and destruction In California and causes
panic In San Francisco. Page 1, Sec
tion 1.
Foreign. - -
Moorish fanatics savagely attack French
camp. Page 2, Section 1.
British Liberals make combined attack on
Lords. Page 3, Section 1.
Gossip of European capitals: Page 1, Sec
tion 4. .
National.
Roosevelt sends 16 battleships and eight
destroyers to Pacific Coast. Page 1. Sec
tion 1.
New rate law proves effective against rail
roads. Page S, Section 1.
Politics.
Bryan attacks Roosevelt and Taft. Page
1, Section 1.
Taft advises Oklahomans to vote against
constitution. Page 1, Section 1.
Oklahoma constitution a hopeless patchwork.
Page 1, Section 1.
Fairbanks will have fight to hold Indiana
delegation. Page 1, Section 1.
Boom for Astor Chanler among Democrats.
Page 1, Section 4.
' Commercial and Marine.
Position of the hop- market on the eve of
. harvest. Page 7, - Sectlop 4.
Bears in control of New York stock market.
Page 7, Section 4. . , . ,
Wheat turns strong 'an closes ' higher at
Chicago. Paftn 7, Sectroh,4.
Steamer Bailey atzert -successfully launrhed
at-j-ards otr Portland Shipbuilding Com
pany. Pafit N Sectiea 1.
Sports. J''
Referee discusses footbay situation in the
Northwest. Page 4, Section 4.
Portland and' Vicinity.
Hopes held out Tor full' payment to depos
itors of Oregon Trust & Savings Bank.
Page 10, Section L
Bank failure develops that E. . E. Lytle. a
director, has no .connection with United
I Railways. Page 10. Section 1.
ExSenator Mulkey tells about trip to Tltla
' mook County. Page 12, Section 2.
United State Amusement Company to build
!ai-ge theater In Portland. Page 4, Sec
tlon disease.,' It is supposed the germs of the
disease are in jfhe vessel's water tanks
and the Government Inspectors will be
notified..
FlBffiS LOSING GRftSP
INDIANA FRIENDS OF OPINION THE
DELEGATION MAY SPLIT.
President's and Taft'a Speeches Turn
Tide AfrMnat Favorite on Having;
a Walk-Over in Home State.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 24. Friends
of Vice-President Fairbanks are ac
knowledging, since the Columbus
speech of Secretary Taft and the
Provincetown utterances of President,
Roosevelt, that they will have to fight
next year for delegates to the Re
publican National Convention,, not with
standing the fact, that the organization
now - and for years has been one of
Fairbanks' own- making. This may or
may not mean an open battle, but in
any event, whatever . the delegation
from Indiana may be, there will go
with It a strong Taft sentiment.
Many well-directed efforts have
ben made by Fairbanks' leaders to
find out the extent of the Roosevelt
sentiment In, Indiana, but reports from
time to time have been conflicting, it
being declared to be pronounced at
times ln'certuin sections, then to ap
pear to lie out, later to be revived by
some unexpected utterance or act of
the President.
From this the Fairbanks leaders
concluded that it could not prove for
midable under any circumstances, and
certainly would not be represented by
an organization. Within the past two
weeks, however, this feeling has been
disturbed visibly in an unforeseen way.
Amzl Smith, Man of Great Memory.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.Amzi
Smith, aged 64, for many years in
charge of the document room of the
Senate, died tonight of typhoid fever,
he had a remarkable memory for faces,
facts and the location of thousands of
documents.
SOME THING . fcF
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BRYAN
ATTACKS
THE PRESIDENT
Says He Protects the
Corporations.
PURPOSE OF CENTRALIZATION
Shield Railroads From Attacks
of the States.'
CALLS TAFT WEAK MAN
Democratic Leader Says Roosevelt
Is Easy .Victim of Railroads and
Waves Tattered Banner
of State Rights.
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 2. (Special.)
W. J. Bryan describes Secretary Taft
as weak and ineffectual in his reform
policies, and President Roosevelt as an
easy victim of the railroads, which
are seeking Federal protection from
the annoyances of the states. In a
Chautauqua address at Atlantic, la.,
Mr. Bryan charged the two Republican
leaders with robbing the Democratic
nest of its feathers. The address was
a direct reply to the Columbus speech
of the Secretary of War.
"Mr. Taft's speech," said Mr. Bryan,
"Is not likely to please any one. He
uses too much denunciation to please
the trust magnates, but, when It comes
to discussing remedies. Ire is so weak
and ineffectual as to disappoint re
formers. Mr. Taft does not go quite
so far as the President. Where he
favors tariff reform he qualifies it by
postponing it."
Taft Weak on Railroads.
On the question of rallroaod regulation
Mr. Bryan said:
"The present laws affecting railroads
are not effective. Yet Mr. Taft says noth
ing regarding the reduction of rates. He
regards the present laws as effective ex
cept so far, as they would reduce the wat
ering of stock. Mr. Taft Is more clear
on the things he opposes than regard
ing the things he favors. Mr. Taft Is not
strong on either the trust question or
the railroad question. Like his position
in the matter of the tariff, his remedies
are so Qualified as to givellttle hope to
the reformers. His discussion of the
trust question shows that he has no well
defined policy In mind. "
Leaving Mr. Taft and turning his guns
on Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Bryan said:
Grow Feathers for Roosevelt.
"An EaBtern cartoon recently pictured
me as a bird. It also pictured President
Roosevelt as a bird. The cartoonist had
the President sitting on the nest while
I was nearby, sitting on a limb of the
tree. The funny part of it was that the
President had stolen all my feathers but
one to feather his nest and I seemed to
be wondering whether he was going to
take even that one. If he doesn't, I sup
pose Governor Cummins will. But I am
ready to grow feathers if the Republican
party wants to use them."
Compars Hlmslf to Josph.
Mr. Bryan related the story of how
Joseph's brothers hated him so that
they drove him out of the country.
Afterwards, when the famine came,
they had to go to Egypt for corn.
There they found Joseph. He had- the
corn.
"Well, In one respect. I'm like Jo
seph," said Bryan-. "I've got the
corn."
- He also referred to the fact that
Senator Beveridg-e, Governor Cummins,
Speaker Cannon and ohterg had called
him a dreamer. He related stories to
show what dreamers had accomplished
and how they made their dreams be
come realities, and ended by saying-
that he pleaded guilty to being . a
dreamer.
Dealing with the Provincetown
speech of the President, Mr. Bryan
declared National Incorporation to be
the biggest step toward centralization
that has ever ye been suggesed. and
added that centrallzaion of power
meant the doom of states' rights in
the congestion of evils arising from
corporate greed.
"No threat of the punishment of the
THE MORE PROMINENT
MORE PEOPLE TO KNOW
ftSOUT P0VTLANfc.
RM flWRKENING.
big offenders," said Mr. Bryan, "can
counterbalance the proposition to de
prive the states of their power to reg
ulate the railroads and other corpora
tions doing buisness within the state."
Protection of Railroads.
In next week's Commoner Mr. Bryan
will deal still more specifically with the
proposal of the President to extend the
Federal supervision over interstate cor
porations. Mr. Bryan quotes from the
President's Provincetown speech the sec
tion In which he advocates a National In
corporation law and supervision and con
trol similar to that now exercised by
the Federal Government over the National
banks, and says:
"Here Is the. secret, it is out at last:
The states are annoying the corporations.
and the. corporations demand Federal pro
tection from the state Legislatures. The
President thinks action most pressing as
regards those corporations which, because
they are common carriers, exercise a
quasi-public function.
"If it was the people be wished to pro
tect, he, would recommend Federal
remedies that would not Interfere with
state remedies. But the railroads, not the
public, demand the removal of authority
to Washington
"Democrats can be depended on to op
pose with all their might this movement
towards centralization."
SAYS REJECT CONSTITUTION
Taft's Advice to Oklahomans Does
" Not Express Roosevelt's Views.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 24. Secre
tary Taft. in a speech tonight In Con
vention Hall to 10,000 persons, advised
citizens of Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory to reject the constitution re
cently adopted by the convention at
Guthrie. He declared that the next
Congress would pass a new enabling
act.
Mr. Taft emphasized that he Is not
representing President Roosevelt; that
the views he expressed are his own
and in no sense inspired by the Pres
ident. The vigor of his remarks against
the constitution surprised party leaders.
He discussed National Issues along the
lines of his Ohio speech.
The presence of Mr. Taft has drawn
the greatest crowd this city has ever
known. Many visitors were unable to
secure accommodations and remained
awake, last night or slept In doorways.
A committee 'of Republicans met Mr.
Taft at the station and conducted lilm
to a hotel, where he conferred with the
Republican leaders of Oklahoma and
discussed conditions.
After the conference the Secretary
was taken in an automobile about the
city. This afternoon a monster parade
with Mr. Taft as the principal figure,
was held.
CONSTITUTION A PATCHWORK
So Much , and Fearfully .Altered
Makers Cannot Recognize It.
GITTHRIE. Okla., Aug. 24. (Spe
cial.) So fearfully has the original
parchment copy of the proposed con
stitution for Oklahoma, on file In the
office of Territorial Secretary Fulton,
been interlined, cut and slashed and
altered in handwriting that It Is not
even a question now that the courts or
most thorough of handwriting experts
could not unravel many parts of It.
Page 39 of this parchment copy, for
example, which deals with foreign cor
porations, contains seven Interlinea
tions, three In different handwriting
and all different "from the body of the
Instrument, while two entire lines and
several pieces of , lines have been
marked out by straight lines drawn
through them. At least two dozen
other pages of the document present
a similar appearance. Even the body
of the constitution is not in the same
handwriting throughout, but was
transcribed by Joseph E. Johnston, of
Alva, convention clerk; C. C. Clothier,
of Guthrie, employed to do county di
vision transcribing: Miles E. Lasater,
of Pauls Valley, chairman of the re
vision committee, and L. S". Mosher, of
Guthrie, longhand expert.
This document is becoming; known
as "the patchwork constitution," al
though it is the one that W. J. Bryan
declared "even better than that of the
United States."
SKYSCRAPER FOR CLUBHOUSE
Leading Chicago Republican Club to
Erect S2, 000,000 Building.
CHICAGO, Aug. 24. (Special.) The
Hamilton Club, the great Republican or
ganlsatlon. Is having plans drawn for a
skyscraper temple, which will be the
largest clubhouse In the world owned by
a DOlitlcal organization. It will cost
about J2.000.000.
The Hamilton Club pays especial at
tention to the entertainment of Presi
dents and other noted party leaders.
Noel Gets Nomination.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 24. B. F. Noel,
of Holmes County, was nominated for
Governor In the . Democratic primary
Thursday. Earl Brewer, his opponent, to
night conceded his nomination and asked
all Democrats to vote for Mr. Noel.
NEEDS OF PORTLAND
I I W?l " V
BLOWN TO PIECES
lit BIG EXPLOSION;
No Trace of Powder
Works Men Found.
BUILDINGS ARE LAIO IN RUINS1
Shock Causes Panic Many
Miles Distant.
BAY CITY FEARS QUAKES
Giant Powder Works at Sobrante'
Destroyed With Terrific Effects.
Stampede In Cannery Causes
Injury to Many.
BERKELEY, Cal., Aug. 24. The rfiro-; '
glycerine mixing-house of the giant pow
der works at Sobrante, 12 miles north of
here, on the bay shore, blew up about 11
o'clock today and sen two men to their)
death and injured some 10 others.
. The dead:
Richard Thompson, foreman, 28 year
old.
William Doane, aged 90.
Immediately after the explosion thai
acid tanks caught Are and the flames
spread to the nltro-glycerine mixing-'
house, where three tons of nltro-glycerina
in great vats blew up with a terrible-
detonation, scattering flames and debris
in all directions. So terrific was the force
of the explosion that Thompson and) I
Doane were literally blown to atoms and
not a vestige of their bodies was found?
over which to hold an Inquest.
Three bolldlngs were laid In ruins and!
all that remains Is a pile of twisted Iron:
and debris. Thousands of gallons of acid'
In the lead tanks in roaring flames, added
to the catastrophe. The property loss wllr:
reach 30,000. The concussion caused byj
the explosions was terrific. Every win-;
dow in Giant and San Pablo, a mile away.;
was shattered and persons were thrown;
to the ground by the force of the ex-i
plosions. One of the big tanks of the"
Standard OH Company, a mile distant;
was ripped open and thousands of gal
lons of oil flowed into the road.
The Giant Company is an Independent
concern and Is not owned by the powder,
trust. No definite cause is given for th
explosion.
STAMPEDE IN FRUIT CANNERY
Explosion Strikes Panic Into Itnl-'
lans and Many Are Injured.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24. The ex-j
plosion which occurred at 11:30 o'clock;
this morning in the powder works at
Sobrante, caused a panic and the in
jury of a number of people in this:
city. When the explosion was heard
by 1000 employes .of the California!
Fruit Cannery Association, who were
at work in the big establishment of,
that company nt the foot of Van Ness!
avenue, they thought it was caused'
by an earthquake, and made a madl
rush to escape Into the streets. During
the stampede a number of people were!
thrown down and trampled upon. No I
one was killed, but at least 13 personal
were badly hurt. Seven Italian womenl
were removed to the Centrul Emer-j
ger.cy Hospital, the other women were
taken to their homes, and three morel
injured were treated at the cannery. ;
when the fthnr-k nf the explosion wasi
first felt, several Itclian employes i
went into the street to investigate t"s
cause. On returning to the building
they paid it was an earthquake, and
this rtai-ted the stampede. During
their efforts to get outside a few men
drew their knives and wounded sev
eral people. Others Jumped Into a
chute used to send cans down and
were landed in a heap at the bottom.
that the reason the shock seemed so
severe to the employes Is that the
building Is built on mud ground. They
say that no damage was done to tha
structure.
Women Nurses Show Heroism.
MIDDLETOWN. N. Y., Aug. 24. In a
fire in a hospital here tonlprht one at
tendant was suffocated. The women
nurses heroically rescued all 26 pa
tients. BETTER STREETS-
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