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TERRIFIC STORM
ON GULF COAST
City of Mobile Completely Isolated
From Outside World.
SEVERAL LIVES ARE LOST
Crci ol Tubol tad To BarM isi f atnlly
ol Mot Oroaacd al New Or-lcioi-(incl
lean lor
Shipping.
ATLANTA, fji.. Ar l.'i Tiu- tr .j.J -ml
M ini h hi ii )( 'H'-ti iaMiK l .ti
i!i- itj:r i-jk. r.ir ,iy. i.mKh:
.111;.: i.-i v '...i! -. :hv . i! - ,,f M .l.lle,
AIhImhiii. fr...n .,u::l,- w.uM. f.
l CninTi In: mil h .lun.n;,' ,, !,..,.
I 'll.- .il .ii.- :i wjt.-i fr uit l.i Mill.:.-.
Im: wh' .I.t .li.'i.- h,m l,..- any I -.i .if
llf'' .r hi l :n,. v '-.m) mi.-; ur- ,ViI!i
UiK li.i It-ti i.-i-. fr.,m i In- cmiiiry
.'ii!li ,,f M.il,:.- -jj, to tli, ;.m. :),,. ,(;
Ii I . M !, f4il. .1
A! half ji i ( ,( rrn , , I.
ni I'n! n 111.,. M . t . 1 ... u .m .tin ..
I. nl. the ,!;: ihj: : : n . t-.n
thiv in jj-ut tin r un.
T'l,- Ax hi Pr , ;T.it 'r :h.-re
'n: thin in-'Vjic
"Am ..ii -i;, ..f ,t l:. :i I, ir. hi r.
with th,. liM inui. Th-' w.itfr U nv,-r
' 'in''- f.-t m h: r.inii ,iii,l n:;;
n;iiK Th- lnl ih.wl-K at thv ra:;
t Mfy nil un i,u,r n I ..k
t-T 'r;. th:tu :..nlh!. Ttin l.us.m
,tl:il.-t i li-i-r: ,)-
II -iv -.he wlr- '.ili !.
MANV UVKS L.T.
iru.' Re;.; Awjy an,) Kumlly Inclu l
IliU Nln.. Oilllr;n 'Jr,nl
NKW nitMCANS, Auir i:..-The
" ni h: h n bn-n nwi-.-plnn rh- Oulf
I'.iu.t f!,ini prnnui ila anj nwvl v ei.
virl . lurinK ih- pat tw,i ilin h.u
pr-iirris I ti-l-taph and t-.Mh..n.-wlr.-
I u h un extent thai nttn fnun
th,' ,niMl!is- t.v'.iiin In h.ir.l . K"'t.
Oru f.Mt have tieen . n Ti r : al n.-.l f r
the if..;y ,f !!i,- people )iv.nu lit 1 .rl
Kiln, whli-h l tie mouth f !h- M:.
inlppl riv.r .and for th,- uhlpn that
sr!.d f,ir ,-. Jat hef.ire the ;,irm
Tin- Ii hiii. ,.f a nun tain..,) rKI.-n.
half a mile aluve th iiunr.inihie ..!
!lin, - (iwpt aw.iy nnd all nn-m-Iwrn
of the family. ln lii.llim- nine rhil
!r'n. wer,. ilr.iwned.
Thf hi tow tm it fhamliiTlaoi w.is
driven hluh and dry on the m.ir!i. The
a.iveinment ln.it 0,iit.i Hen Is lu
llevi'd to have been ,.8t. The nuajn
hoat Ilui'BK waa driven n?hoTe ne.ir the
llirhthrtiwe. Her erew were naM to havtf
hecn mviI. The luirlot Vela.ieo and
two barges are believed to hue ptie
down and their crews ,if twenty or more
pepl,. dnw ned.
Th-re I nerio.m ajuir-henflon ,mii
ernln the Chnlere ramlade mid
Grand rle section on the r.mth UuiIk
Innn coast, wet ,if the Mississippi riv
er, where :00rt lives were lost in ISM
by a tldtl wnve.
In flu. cltv of New vlrlenns and sub
urbs there has been considerable d.m
i"'. At the Mlla.Miurv lake resort, the
railroad pier held, running out Into the
Iftke f,,r lmiO ynrtls. has be,'ii destniyed
e.nd all lltcht bullillnga demolished.
Tile steamer Neptune, tied to the pier
h-'a.l, pounded hers-lf to plives and
sank.
At the est end '.he lake rushed over
ltevetin -n: an 1 destroyed nearly all the
buildings there, six coal barx with
an afrs-reftate capacity of fiiHKI tons if
coal sank. The towb,t Henry Marx
pounded a hole in her bottom at tlretna
aril sank.
ON AMKrttx'AN LINKS.
Shamrock II. Very Near Model of Co
lunibl.i A Dangerous Opponent.
NUW YORK. Aug. 15.-Shu.mrock II.
went Into dry dock t,Muy and Ameri
can experts hud their first chance to
study the line of '.he craft. The cup
challenger resembles the Columbia very
much, so f.ir as h r under body and
tin lire concerned. That Shamrock II.
Is n dangerous opponent was conceded
by exn-rts who saw her today'.
That she has lnirinslc merit and will
loubtlcss be hard to beat was admitted,
but everything about her bull that Is
meritorious has been fathered from
American sources.
PROPOSED G. A. R. AMENDMENTS.
The Change Will En he Thousands cf
Loyal Confederates to Join.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 15. At the Thlr'y
Of th annual encampment of the CI. A.
It., to he held next month In Cleveland.
a number of Important amendments to
the constitution will be nresentcd, for
adoption. Among them la one amend
ing the last clause of article four by
Inserting the word "voluntarily" and
making It Tead "No person ahall be
eligible to membership who haa at any
Ilinn Vilurit4rily birnn arm agiltiHt the
Inli.- H
This amen Iment , pr ip .! t i inililf
t hiiUH mhId i if m-n 1-iy J ;u :h '..'.linn,
n'lin iMTf cnii"l-I l tik" urtiiii
aKii!n: tlir Nurth, liut wli-n 'Pp'r;u
nliy i (tcr. 1. i-n. ap nj nl n!!ii.'l In the
Nnlii'Tn army. M t) jiii.- n-tiit. m of
Hk- 'jrttii'l Army.
VIIKJIXIA IK.MifKAT.-(
MKKT IN ( o.NVKNTI'iN
ILrfrm Kn lor i National Iii-.no, r l il
Ic Party From Ji-lfirson to llry
an OppoiiiljT to Trust.
NoitFitLK, Vu., Auk IJ.-The ro.
luteins c immlttce of th- Iwram ratlc
stite convntloT if i. r l-liitc out f ,rty.
e.ht hours, pre-n!d lis ri p ,r: tonight,
The pla'form (b-.ils larn-ly with stute
1hiu'-. Tlie firm plank reads:
"The I-morra:s of Vlnt nla r-ilhtm
'h'.r all' anv m l unf.ilt rli.a dev
tei t.i the nallonil I-mx ratlc party
a ,d iee.ir llielr a Im.ra l n f r Its -a 1
.r from J-ff -rs ,n l Ilry.in.
The ti ll"; plank Is as f ilovs:
We d, i l.i re un.iltiralile ,;;i .siti.fi to
rrlmlnil tnis and ti .-very Ulejf.-il
i nil t,t ri 1 1 ! ri of c ipl:a'..
Nu P.Kri'KKNi-: Th Iil'.VAN.
l'-iiiHylviriii liemoeri lr platfirm i' n
fliied to State Aff.iirs.
HAKItlSlU'lta. Pj., Auif. I.Y The
I' in r itle s:;tie conv -r.ll i t w 1 ., y ri.mi
lnatl JudKe Harmon Vtrk'-s. ,f !
littown, f.,r the supremv t-ourt Ju!fe
an 1 Ilepte.-ntatlv Andrew palm, of
Meadville, f r s:a - treasurer.
Th? platforni nink no r-fer,nee to
W. J. llryan or the tiati.mal jff.iirs, le
I K roiiflned fxelusiViIy 1.1 iti;e affairs.
Ii the dosing monun'.s of the en
ventl ni re,ilutlon were ad 'P'el whl. h
mav l-ave the effee: of bhvking any
eff ir: tha: may be contemplai-il !.Mik:tig
to the withdrawal of the candidate for
state tre.uur-r and the uiis:l:u:l"n of
ai anil-Uuay Kepubl.can on the fusion
ticket. Content between rival Pblladel
phi 1 factions f.ir recoanltion by the con
venMon resulted In a harmonious atfre"
ment between the rec-nrnlxed leaders of
ihe two el-'ineits.
rl ruvruvruvon nn rvn rvaruwruvn j tnp
MINISTKUS SION Pi:rTO' L. 3
PKKIN'. Aui. 16 Ministers of
th,. p.niiTs h ive sipl l a j-re-liininary
Jta.'t of the prot k'o! in
order ! bird the r c vrTiitiii-n:s
and : prevent fur:her ex- s
2 cha:i:fs. They expee; to s:gn 5
wlih the t'hlnee plenijKitentl.ir-
LI s next Tiles. lay. 5
surunirujfL'sunrinnnnrurtt
AMOTIONS To THE NAVY.
Thr.-e T irpedo H.i.u lVstr oyers launch
ed at rtaltlmore.
HAI.TI.MOKi:. Aug. 15-Three r.ddl
(Ions to the t'nlted States navy were
christened and launched a: ;he khlp
yards of the Manl.ind Steel Company
herlt this aftern.xm. They are torpedo
boat destroyers and will be known here
after ns the Whipple. Truxton and AVor
dVn. The boats are the largest of 'heir
type In 'he Vnlted Slates navy ,-nd they
are aKi amorg the largest in any navy
In the world. Wooil Is totally absent
from the construction and fitting if the
vessels.
ALLIED THIRD PARTY.
Chairman Cook Issues Call for Mass
Meeting for National Conference.
OARTIUGE. Mo.. Aug. 13.-J. W.
Cook, chairman of the Allied Third Par
ty, and also ohalrm in of rhe Fuslon
Popullst state committee of Missouri,
has Issued a call for a mass meeting
for a national conference to meet in
Kansas City, September IS and 19.
All reform force of the United States
are i'lvk-d to participate for the purpose
of launching and naming the national
third party polltk-nl organic itlon on the
lnes with the principles enunciated at
the Kansas City conference Ju:'e IS nnd
19, ll'Ol.
MUST EXPLAIN HIMSELF.
London Editor Summoned to Appear
Itefore Har of House of Com
mons. LONDON. Aug. 15. The house of
commons today, on the motion of John
Redmond, Irish Nationalist leader, or
dered the editor and publisher of the
Globe, an evening paper of London
(Coi'servutlv), to appear a; the bar
of the house of commons tomorrow for
1 gross breach of privileges ot the
house n accusl.ig the Nationalist mem
bers of corruption In connection with
the private bill legislation.
TOSTMASTER SENTENCED.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 15.- Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Bristow
has received a cablegram from Inspec
tor General Posts In Cuba stating that
the trial of E. P. Thompson, formerly
psotmaster at Havana, has been con
cluded anj Thompson convicted. He
waa sentenced to pay a fine of $400 or
serve bIx months In prison.
I I I
CRESCEUS KING
OF TROTTERS
Beats The Abbott by Half a
Length in 2:03 1-4.
WORLD'S RECORD BROKEN
Tbt Abbott Breaks la Stcond Hcit-fiace
WitfltiMd by Larjcft Cro4 Ever
Seta oa New Vark Trot
Hot Track.
NKW TOItK. Aug. IS. :receu
(2.UV.) and The Abbott 12:02') met t'
dhy aril Cr-reeus w in. dictating The
A 1I1 it: in the M'c.md h.-at.
The trilling ln:eres;s ot the Empire
;: have riot r.wived such a ox,m in
a ou irt'T of 1 renlury 33 was developed
tol'.y. A lirg-r i.'"vi was pre'-.:
M;an wis ever 'j 1 ire j't-n 011 the New
1 Y Tk :rj:t!iig ;ra -k. Tne weather was
j Imply p.-rf e; l-r a g:-a; tiul and the
:ra k was Ik- v:v.-t. though proibly
a "c md 1 w. ,
The driver if ''r'.-.ejs. f.-.urcd the
pole, a derided a (vantage when two
h us.j i i:eeii. e,.-, r. ji-.i.i t -f re,.
i rl ar? c. nsidered. Af'er an ven star:,
Crvscru ruhrj to th. ."nn; and had
the lead ot a leiipih, vhl-h he nell to
;h- uuarter. m.ikl; g tiia- mark In 30 3-3.
This !-,id The Abb. tt j'.lshtly rejucd at
the la,f. whlrh wu reacaed in 1:01V.
u. d he was a very close .vJ i't :he
thri-i'iiuartir p ,le In 1:32'.
Coming lown th streteh ;t was 1 ba;
royal, w!:h Tae Abbott very flose
up. bat Cresceui, With his bull-dog grit,
kep; on ail Just mJncgel to beat 1.1s
o; p m-n: by half a length In 2:03V,, the,
worl l' trotting record In a race.
A little over half on hour had ex
pired when the two grand horses came
out for the secind trial. They were
snt away beautifully but The Abbott
had not traveled a hundred yarls be
1 fore he mad a disastrous break and
lof.ir; he could recovtr hU gait Cres
.eti. was In fr mt. Cresoeus passrd the
Hiarvr in 31V half in 1:024; three
iUrters !n 1 . 3.1. and came rushl ig home
nSk rg the las: nuarier In 31V. anl d -ir?
!ht mile I - M'i. v::h The Abbot;
back of the tlaj.
A the mc; was the best thre In five.
Ketcham onsntPl thu Creceus go
I another het. This he did. accompan
ied by a runner for the first half, where
h-' wis Join-'d by another runner and
he did rhe mile in 2:03.
I
KOYUKUK GOLD DIGGINGS.
Excellent Prospects for Good Results
But Preeuu:! ins Should Be Taken. .
SEATTLE. Aug. 15.-The first detailed
news received since las: winter from the
Koyukuk diggings -.re to the eftec: that
the camp Is turning out well with 300
men In camp. Half a doien creeks are
turning out well, or.e property paying
S1K0 a day.
The camp is not a new Klondike, but
as an attraction to men who are cast
ing about for a new placer field It Is the
strongest offered this season. No one
should go there, however, without an
outfit calculated to laat a year, as food
is scarce and transportation difficult.
Except by private enterprise ft Is too
late to get Into the camp this season.
The distance from Dawson by the all
river route is 1500 miles.
AUSTRALIAN FIGHTER DEAD.
Otto Crlbb, Weil-Known on the Coast
Succumbs In Sydney.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15. News of
the death of Otto Crlbb, the Australian
pugilist, has Just been received. On
the night of July 22 Crlbb fought
"Mickey" Dunn in Sydney before the
Gayety Athletic Club. The fight ltuned
nine rounds and ended In a knock out,
Dunn being the victor.
The next morning Crlbb was found
dead In bead. Cribb was well-known
on this Ciiasi. having fought several
battles her.'. His real name was A. O.
Simpson,
ENCKE'S PERIODIC COMET.
Astronomers at Mount Lowe, Cal., Se
cure an Excellent View .
MOUNT LOWE OBSERVATORY,
Cal., Aug. 15. Encke's periodic comet
was well seen Wednesday morning at
3 hours -13 minutes. Its position was
right ascension 6 hours 5S minutes,
north declensl in 30 Jejrjes 3S minutets.
The ovit Is large but faint. It Is not
visible without a telescope. Its motion
is rapid and towards the southeast.
ALASKAN CABLE LINE.
Work of Laying Between Skagway and
and Juneau Will Shortly Begin.
SEATTLE, Aug. 15. The party
which la to lay the government cable
between Jun au and Skagway will leave
for the North. The cable arrived last
w k on nine flat cars from the a: and
i f re -if men has ten at work spllt
mg he diffHrer.t l-mgihs together. Ab ut
fifteen miles were loaded on each car,
hut It was necessary to connect the
whole In one piece before It was loaded
on the steamer.
The Lakme, which was chartered to
carry the cable to Ita deatlnatlon. and
from which It will be lowered Into the
water, arrived during the early par: of
the week and after the necessary
changes In h-r hold had been compUtel,
the wrk of loading was b-gun. The
last of the cable wis placed on board
last evening. The work of splicing and
loading has been conduced by a party
of University electrical engineering stu
dents unl-r the direc'.lon of experts
from the east.
TO PREVENT CONSOLIDATION
OF CARLOAD SHIPMENTS
Carload Ra--s M'.ll No; Be Given on
I Small C insicnm nta to Txa
Points.
NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-Th Journal
of Cjmmer.-e says: It has twen learn
el from offl ! il sour.-es that lailiutds
ir. ;he Siuthwestern Freight Associa
tion and th'-ir connecting meamer lines
brtween northern and southern ports
are enleavonng to prevent the consoli
dating of small shipments ; T?xas
po.nt less than carload into carload
!its for the ,iur:oe of obtaining the
lower freight rate given en cao-ioad con
signments. The poin; was made tha: the practice
has assumed quite extensive proportions
and has caused a losa in revenue to the
carriers concerned. Some doubt, how
ever, is entertained among merc'oanu
her? as to the outcome. In point of in
creased revenue, of effort to stop the
practice.
The Millory line has already given
notice to shippers to the effect that
fmall consignments from different ship
pers cannot be bulked together on the
dork in order to get the lower carload
rating. The Morgan line. It is under
stood, has issued, or is about to issue
a similar notice. The Mallory line states
in substance that in order to get the
carload raring shipments must be made
by one shipper from one point of origin
and to one consignee; that carload rates
will no: be given on small conslgnmtnts
of roods from different quarters and
shippers and consolidated on the dock.
QUEER WILL CONTEST.
Unless the Document Is Voidel )25,WiO
In Good Money Will Be Burned.
; CHICAGO. Aug. Ii. Twenty-five
j thousand dollars la bills will be publlc
1 !y burned by order of the probate court
J unUss a clause in the will of Paul
' Scott which w as filed with Judge Hutter
j is knocked out by the courts, says the
j Faribault. Minn., correspondent of the
I Recvrd-Hera'.d. Scott, who was S2 years
oil, ! ft an eatate of 150,000. half of
which Is in bank notes and United
States currency.
The object of the will is supposed to
be to Jeprlve his legal heirs thiee in
number of any share In thia money.
The hairs have protested on the ground
that the administrator has not more
right to lestr y the :noneyby fire than
he would have to destroy buildings.
They will make a bitter fight in the
courts against the carrying out of the
terms of the will.
NEWSPAPER MAN DEAD.
W. J. Chamberlain, of New York, For
mer Chinese Correspondent,
XEW YORK. Aug. 16. Wllber J.
Chamberlain, a well-known New York
newspaper man and recently corre
spondjit In China, died yesterday at
Carlsbad. He was a native of Pennsyl
vania and was 35 years of age.
SOLDIERS FOR THE NORTH.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 16.-The
Transport R oseerans is scheduled to sail
at 10 o'clock this morning with several
detachments of troops for the North.
Lieut-man; Gunster, from Vancouver
Barracks, will have charge of the de
tachment to go to Fort Liscum and will
remain there all winter.
PAUL CORCORAN PARDONED.
BOISE. Ma.. Aug. 15.-The state
board of pardons today p.irdonol Paul
Corcoran who belonged to the Coeur
d'Alene miners' itnlon, and who was
convicted of murder as the outgrowth of
the 1S99 rlo:s.
DESTRUCTIVE CLOUDBURST.
BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Aug. 15. A
terrific cloudburst occurred this after
noon at Tehachapl, doing an immense
amount of damage. All connection by
wire is revered and it Is Impossible to
obtiin parttcula rs.
PRUNE PRICES BETTER.
BAN JOSE Cal., Aug. 15. Prices for
fresh prunes are ruling better In this
valley than for several seasons. Fairly
good prunes are selling for from $26 to
30 a ton and sails of choice crops are
reported as high as $32 a ton.
TO BRING ABOUT
AN AGREEMENT
Efforts on Foot to Settle the
Steel Strike.
STRIKE LEADERS BROACHED
rorsjer Mil Owaer Hai Ca-aferrtJ WUk
Taen-Moriaa'a Great Labor tales
Plaa to Unite Capital aid
Labor.
PITTSBURG. Aug. 15.-Onr more
efforts are afoot to settle the strike
being waged against the United States
Steel Corporation by the Amalgamated
Ass-iclition of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers, but their success Is problemat
ical.
Neither side win admit that there ha
be.n a single step toward bringlnsr
about reproachment or that there I. anv
prospect of exchange of peace propos
als. B. M. Caldwell, formerly a mill
owner of Mingo Junction, is known to
have conferred with the strike leaders
wi'h a view to sketching a basis of set
tlement which he plans to place before
the officials of the steel corporation.
President Shaffer, In , a sigaiflcent
statement made today, said that person
ally he was for peace, and that he was
ngnung only because he was on the de
fensive and forced to fight. Meantime
he contest between the two rreat Inter
ests la being waged with vigor and
illghtly varying fortunes.
MORGAN'S LABOR UNION.
1 1
Would Present Steel Employes With
Several Million Dollars Worth of
Stock.
NEW YORK, Aug. la.-Tbe Press to
morrow wiu say:
J. Pkroont Morgan has -planned the
greatest labor union of the age, a un
ion of labor and capital. According to
his plans, the stock of the United States
Steel Corporation, valued at several mil
lion dollars, at par, has been se: aside
for purchase at Irslde figures by 18,500
men employed by :he companies that
make up the great steel trust. The
plan was concerted before the strike
was though of and then It was expected
that it might be put in operation in
two years.
OBEYS THE STRUCE ORDER.
JOLIET. Id., Aug. 15.-The four lodg
es of the Amalgamated Association em
ployes of the Illinois Steel Company at
Joliet by a unanimous vote decided to
night to obey the strike order of Presi
dent Shifter.
SETTLEMENT APPEARS REMOTE.
Employers Association Refuse Tender
of Mediation by Municipal Leag-je.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 15. The
Employers Association today refused to
consider the tender of the Munblpal
League to mediate the local labor trou
bles and announced that they would
consider no further propositions In that
direction. Their determination to treat
only with Individual employes Is fixed.
This action makes the possibility of a
settlement very remote.
CROKER'S NEW AMUSEMENT.
Finds Greatest Pleasure In Misleading
Newspaper Interviewers.
NEW TORK, Aug. 15. A disn-iteh to
the Tribune from London gays:
Mr. Croker's closest associates ad
here to the statement that he will sail
for New York a week from Saturday
or Wednesday of the following week.
Me is n.:t bookjd for thfl American liner
of August 24, unless passige bas been
taken under another name, and it is
f reliable that he will all for the Cu-
iiardcr reaching America on August 31.
This wll be a week or fortnight earlier
than he assured various politicians that
he would assume active direction of
the Democratic campaign.
Mr. Croker Is now fairly hunted down
by interviewers and finds delight In mis
leading them and throwing them off the
right scent. ,
GRAIN COMPANY BANKRUPT.
CHICAGO. Aug. 15. Under proceed-
ings In voluntary bankruptcy the Chi
cago Title and Trust Company was to
night appointed receiver for the George
H. Phillips Grain Company.
PRESS ASSOCIATION ADJOURNS.
TACOMA. Aug. 15. The Washington
State Press Association elected officers
today and adjourned to meet In Walla
Walla next year. Frank B. Cole, of
Tacoma, was elected president.
BASEBALL SCORES.
PORTLAND, Aug. 15. Portland, J;
Seattle, 0.
TACOMA, Aug. 15. Spokane, 7; Ta
coma, S.