TLQU FOUR. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1904, STORM CLAIMS VICTIM NEAR ROSEBURG-MAN CRUSHED Roseburg." Ore.. Marvh 10. Dan Cox a jrvwd Idea to have a gun han-ly, so .ki. w- we could kill one another, for it would a well known, younjr man of this place. louIU , hurd to have to He thre and starve, was instantly killed by a falling trw- o rtMp am, wm, durln the heavy wind at 11, o'clock !awak,u( by a loud cracking noise, last night. The accident occurred on ! r heard the branches of the falling tree Union creek. In the Cow Creek moun tains, about SO miles southwest of Riddle, at which plaoe Cox. In coin- brush the tent and called to the boys. Herbert rolled over on his face and started to raise up, when the tree de pany with Fred rilkington, of this city, j molished the tent and Tell diagonal and Herbert Leonard, of Cottage Grove, across Unit's head, kMin him Instant had been In camp for the past two ly. The tree did not miss Herberts eeks. Pllkington. who left Herbert j head over six imhea and mine not with the body, arrived in this city at over a foot and a half. Herbert and I noon today, and notitied Coroner J crawled' out from under the demolished Twitchell of the accident The remains tent and tree branches and I struck will be brought here tomorrow. The a light ami called to Dan. He did not substance of rilklngton's story of the answer and I pulled up the tent and ASK TUB AGENT OR TICKETS vu mm ..TO.. SPOKANE, ST. PAUU DULUTJl MINNEAPOLIS, CHICAGO AND ALL POINTS EAST. accident is as follows: "It seems to me that Dan had a pre sentiment of what was to happen, for early in the evening he lifted four candles and placing thera in a row re marked. 'We'll Just have a little wake here tonight." When we retired Dan was the last one to bed and he turned in on the outside, opposite me. Leon ard being in the middle. As we retired we could hear the trees falling farther up the mountain and he remarked that should a tree fall across us in the night and pit us all down It would be saw that his head was under the tree. I pulled his pillow out and, found it was covered with blood. Then I found that his skull was crushed and that his brains were ooslng out We removed the tree and as soon as It was daylight I came to Nichols station and notitied the people there and sent a man to the scene of the accident and then came to Roseburg." Cox was about SO years of age and a native of this state and he lived in Roseburg most of his life. He leaves a mother, Mrs. Alma Cox. of this city. ; 2 TRAIINM DAILY FAST TIME 2 For Full Particulars, Rates, Folders. Etc, Call on or Address - H, DICKSON. City Ticket Agent. 123 Third Street, Portland. 8. . TBRKE3, O. W. P. A. (11 First Awnue. - Seattle, Wash CHURCH SERVICES. Baptist The usual services will be observed tomorrow. Norwegian Danish M. E. Church Rev. C. J. Larsen, pastor. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Services at 11 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. M. E. Church The pastor, W. S. Grim, will preach at 11 a. m. and at 7: SO p. m. The subject of the sermons wll be "The Guest Chamber," and "Who Can Read the Future V Sun day school at 12: 15 and Epworth League at 6:30 p. m. Mark Wolf will lead the league meeting from the subject, "Ap petites That Unmake Men." Let every member of the church be present at least in the morning. between this city and Davlsville and i the branch line between Orovllle and j Marysville, and the . line running to ( Willows are out of service. Trains be tween this city and Snn Francisco have to take the round-about Stockton route, making a difference of several hours more of time. During the past 4$ hours there was a fall of 12 feet of snow in the mountains, making a total depth of 15 feet at Summit. A DIRECT LINE to Chicago and all points east; Louls rUle, Memphis. New Orleans, and all potnta sooth. SPRING TRADE 8TACK8 UP. Reports From Over Country Shows Deficit Over Last Year. New York. March 11. Special tele grams from correspondents of the in ternational mercantile agency through out the United States show that spring trade, now about completed, has fallen 10 or 15 per cent behind the total vol ume distributed in the first two months ' in 1903. The difference is not so great at New York, but merchants find the movement of dry goods, clthlng, shoes and groceries about equal to that of a year ago. but at St Louis and Louis ville there are gains this year over last Minneapolis and St Paul report that the northwest is very conserva tive, and that business is about 10 per cent less than in March last, while at Philadelphia the falling off in metals and some other lines is as much as 2Q per cent Pittsburg has felt a like de cline, but says recent large purchases point to the .long-waited turn in the tide. - Special inquiry as to winter wheat shows that east of the Mississippi re cent weather conditions have been fav orable. Larger New York city con tractors expect the total will about equal that of last year. Philadelphia and Chicago each report a tendency toward a decrease In industrial wages. Leading metal and agricultural prices Incline higher. To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money If it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's sig nature Is on each box. 25c. tf Rain Was Welcome. San Francisco, March It The dam age done In northern California by yes terdays terrific storm was more than counterbalanced by the relief it brought to the south In the shape of bounteous rain. It rained all over the state, and the downpour wus heavy all the way to the Mexican border. More than an inch and a half of rain fell in Los Angeles and nearly an inch In San Diego. The storm pased rapidly in the southeast, carrying rain and high winds with it Heavy snow fell In the Sierras, and the wind was exception ally high in land as well as at sea. Showers and sunshine alternated In this city today and shortly before noon there was a heavy fall of hall. No serious floods have been reported from the river districts. 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