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VOLUMK LX NO. 270
ASTORIA. OltEdON, SA ITKDAY, MARCH 3, 1900
PRICK FIVE CENTS
2
OTEVE ADAMS
TORNADO WEEP OVER
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MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
Twenty-One Whites and One Hundred Negroes
Killed by Storm Buildings Blown Down
Fire Adds Horror to Scene.
WIND BLOWS SEVENTY -
DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED AT ONE AND ONE-HALF MILLION DOLLARS
BUSINESS SECTION IS DESTROYED -MANY PEOPLE BURNED
UNDERNEATH RUINS OF HOUSES RAIN FOLLOWS IN
IN THE HURRICANE.
I MOBILE, Wareh 3 Information ha
leached Mobile by telephone of de
tractive tornado which viited Meri:
1iiin, Min., til 0;.'lu Ut evening killing
t Men ly fin.- white person and over lOO
liogioet, and damaging propeity to the
rvtent of (1,500,0110. Also more were
eiioiuly injured being caught in the
wreckage of houses, '1 he tornado caught
the city on the niuthurM and tmveled
in a t lic.i -1 ripi-nding itself iu the RiiluiitiH
wheie many negioc were killed or in
jilted, tile whole tenement di-tli' l lii ing
wiped out. Two l iege wholesale stolen,
one Kiualler one, the principal hot .1, the
electiic lighting pliiut and all tlie small
er propeity between the Mobile tin. I
Ohio depot and the busine-a part of the
city wrr badly damaged. Twenty one
men were caught in a restaurant and
aevernl were killed. The negro tenement
district, in the not !h of the city n de.
inolinhcd and the dchiu raiigltt fue
threatening a new danger, but the local
Jciai tun nt with the aiil of hundred of
citizen overcame thin after a hard light.
They vcie aHi(.,l h a torrential lain
following the tornado. The city i- in
darkness and the full extent of the dis
aster will not be known until da) light.
It is known the path of the storm was
TO OUST ASSOCIATION.
Wholesale Grocers in Ohio Charged With
Restraint of Trade.
COM' Mill's, Ohio, March LV-Attor-iiey-ficneral
Kllis today in the circuit
court lil d a petition to oust the whole
sale grocera' association from it's char
ter on the ground that it has operated
to restrain trado, contrary to the pro
visions of the ant i trust law. The peti
tion was bii-cd on complaints made to
the attorney-general, that the associa
tion had arbitrarily fixed the prices nt
vhicli sugar and coffee should bo sold
by retail grocers in Ohio.
COURT ADMITS
IN THE
CHICAGO, March 2. The direct ex
amination of Special Agent Durond in
the, packers' case was finished today
And the cross-examination begun. No
change was made in his direct evidence.
Karly today a sharp argument occurred
regarding the admlssability of the names
of 200 witnesses which were turned over
OTARTLING CONFESSION
Are
FIVE MILES AN HOUR
(loo feet w ide and a mile long.
Wind Blows Hard.
MKMJ'JIW, March 3.-A long distance
me-age to the Item from Meridian says i
that during the tornado
which lasted
iiIhiiiI two minutes, the wind blew about I
,
i'W atxint
seventy-live miles an hour. A conserva
tive timatd places the number of
buildings blown down at U-twcen thiity
and forty.
Buried in Debris.
VKW ti:i.i:.NS, March .l.-The
I'ieayiine'n Jackson, Miss., eon espnndent
-ays tlie tornado struck the city from a
noithea-teily diiectioti near the New
i leans and Northeastern depot. The
passenger iind freight depots were com
pletely destroyed. Sixteen employes of
the Queen nnd Crescent railroad were
buried in the ruins and so far as can
b- learned none were rescued, A large
number of bodies vveie recovered, but
as the tornado passed through the den
sely populated district and the houses
caught lire immediately, it will take
days to learn the exact, number of
killed.
Ask For Aid.
lllltMINGHAM. Ala., March 2.--A
message received from the operator nt
Tooiiisii Hay, four miles north of
Meridian, asks for n huge force of
workii to assist in removing the dead
and injured from the debris.
LOOKS LIKE POISON.
SAV KKAXC1SCO. March 2. Mark
Shaiighuchsy, ma linger nnd trainee of
Harry 'Jenny, who died after his lKl,t
with Krankio Neil, nnd who was pres
ent when Tenny died, in describing the
little lighter's last moments, gives many
symptom of strychnine poisoning.
Captain of Detectives lbnnett i mak
ing a careful inquiry of wluit was given
Tenny after the light.
WAGES INCREASED.
SI'lilXCFIKU), 111., March a.-Wagw
of about 800 firemen on the Illinois
Central liailrond have been increased
from 10 to M cents per day.
200 NAMES
PACKERS' CASE
to the department of justice by Com
misioner Garfield. District Attorney
Morrison fought against the ruling and
when it was finally made, he said he
would not have them. The court or
dered the government to search for the
names and all correspondence relating
to them.
LEATHER GOES UP.
Shoes Cost More and Vegetarian Are
Blamed For It.
CHICAGO, Miirvh 2 -Vegetarians are
laig-ly ri!ionibl(j for the Increasing
price of ho leather, i the belief of
' August 11. Vogel of Milwaukee, who
I wan the principal speukrr last night at
j the Keml amitial dinner of the shoe and
leather aociation of Chicago, lie and
other sneaker complained that nhoes in
I Chicago were nold too cheaply.
I "The world' visible supply of hid,"
j aid Mr. Vogel, "i every vcar Incoming
li'R in proportion to the inT''He in
population. The hide indti-try iit de-
; pendent on the consumption of meat.
People are eating lekH meat than for
merly. The consumption of cereal and
Vegetable food in incicuing every year
and the price of leather In increasing
j proportionately.
j "There has Ix-en n advance of shoe
h-ather all along the line and it would
le natural and legitimate for shoe deal
em to ak for from 10 to 30 per cent
more for their good, hut they don't ex
cept in the cheapest grades."
STATE BAR DECIDES
c,. l D,:.iA : H J. ninAA.
1 1 ait ui Liiuiui hi nanus wi vivii
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Bar Association.
PRESIDENT WAITS DECISION
Roosevelt Wishes to be Fair with Bristol
and Will Await Report From the
State Bar Before Acting
on the Matter.
WASHINGTON, March 2.-The Itar
Association holds the fate of L'nited
States Attorney lliistol in its palm. The
case has been dragging before the De
partment of Justice here for- the reason
that Attorney-General Moody has been
going over the evidence carefully, but
will venture no move until the State
ltar Association at Portland ends its in
vestigation, which is said to be now in
progress.
It is thought, here that in all probabil
ity the Par Association's report will
clear Attorney ltristol, but, of course,
there has been no intimation of its prob
able action
President Roosevelt wishes to be en
tirely fair with Mr. l'.istol, nnd that
the charge of "put up job" can be probed
better by Mr. Bristol's home people.
The Department of Justice will await
the report fim the Bar Association,
after which Attorney-General Moody
will carefully vise all of the evidence
submitted .
MEASURE PASSED.
Senate Passes Five Civilized Tribes Bill
Yesterday.
WASHINGTON", March 2. The Sen
ate today passed the five civilized tribes
bill, but under the guiae of considering
the bill it consumed practically the en
tire day in a discussion of the railway
question. The subject came up on La
Follette's proposed amendment prohibit
ing railroads from owning or acquiring
coal lands in the Indian Territory. The
amendment was finally laid on the table.
Notwithstanding that La Follctte has
been in the Senate less than three
months, he led the debate and occupied
more time than any other Senator. It
is a general bill for the final adjustment
of the affairs of the five civilized tribes
upon the abandonment of their tribal
organization.
MAKES A
TELLS OFF
IIP ill
MODERN SODOM.
Louisville is Full of Unsaved
People,
Says Postmaster.
CHICAGO, March 2.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from Louisville, Ky., nays:
"Send me a list of the unsaved men
and women of Jmisv ille."
This ine-sage wan received yesterday
by l'ostiu,iHter Baker, from a man at
Rutland, Vermont, who said he had
heard of the wickedness in Louiville
and desired to do missionary work here.
Postmaster Baker forwarded a city di
rectory with a letter saying that the
directory contained 2.10,000 names and
be was certain that this plan would af
ford cverylxtdy in Ixniisville a square
deal.
MSN IS ARRESTED
President of Defunct Chicago
Bank Charged With Crime.
MISAPPROPRIATED FUNDS
Federal Warrant Accuses Walsh With
Violating National Basking Laws
in Making False Returns to
Comptroller of Currency.
i CHICAGO, March 2.-John R. Walsh,
president of the defunct Chicago Na
tional Bank was today arrested on a
federal warrant charging him with vio
lating the national banking laws in
making false returns to the comptroller
of currency nnd also asserting he con
verted to private use without the prop
er authority, funds of the bank amount
ing to $3,000,000. Walsh was released
after giving a ifoO.OOO bond. The com
plaint specifically charges that Walsh
unlawfully made certain entries to the
effect nt the close of business on No
vember 0th, that the amount of loans
and discounts on which the officers and
directors were liable was $45,000 where-
j as iu fact it was $3,000,000 and that the
amount on which he was not liable was
over $10,000,01)0 where it was $7,500,000.
The arrest of Walsh came as a direct
result of the last examination of the
books of the Chicago National Bank by
special Examiner Curry. The data fur
nished the treasury department was sent
to District Attorney Morrison with in
structions to take proper steps.
After his release, Walsh stated he be
lieved a more thorough investigation of
the facts by the department of justice
nnd a comparison of the returns with
the books of the bank would convince
the department that it's action was un
called for and cannot be sustained
.Walsh aserts any inference that there
has been a misappropriation of funds in
any way, is false.
BREAKS THROUGH TRESTLE.
CIIEYKNNE, Wyo., March 2. An en
gine and a mail car and a baggage car
of the north-bound passenger on the
Cheyenne and Northern broke through
a trestle at Buckhorn this afternoon and
fell into the canyon. The engineer, fire
man, and the mail clerk, were injured,
the latter two seriously. No passengers
were hurt.
CERS ABOUT CRIES
TORIOUS "NNER CIRCL
Miner Arrested At Haines, Oregon, Makes Full and
Complete Confession of Dastardly Crimes
Committed By Federation.
CORROBORATES CONFESSION MADE BY ORCHARD
DETECTIVE McPARLAND TELLS GO VERN0R GOODING THAT ADAMS
CONFESSED VOLUNTARILY HI S STATEMENT GIVES DETAILS
OF MANY MURDERS NOT REFERRED TO BY ORCHARD
IN ANY MANNER-VOLUMINOUS DOCUMENT X
BOISE. March 2. The Statesman will
sav tomorrow:
The Statesman is authorized to an
nounce that Steve Adams, arrested at
Haines, Oregon, in connection with the
Stcuiienber;? assassination made a full
and sweeping confession. This confes
sion is far more important than Op-
card's.
"This statement was made last even
ing by James Mc-l'arland, the famous
detective in the presence of Governor
Gooding and II H. Hawley who is in
charge of the prosecution.
"McParland added that Adams' confes
sion is fully and exactly corroborated by
that made by Orchard at every point
touched upon by both.
"Moreover, 'McParland continued, Ad
ams knows far more of the workings of
the 'Inner Circle,' than Orchard, and was
able to give a mass of detailed informa
tion which Orchard's confession does not
cover.
"The confession of Adams, lie said, is
corroborated by that given by Orchard,
in every substantial point connected
with the assassination of Steunenberg.
Adam, however, was not at Caldwell
at the time of the assassination, nor
with Orchard at the time of the unsuc
cessful attempt in November. The man
who assisted Orchard on the latter oc
casion was Jack Simpkins.
"Still another statement made by the
detective was that Adams' confessions
gave the details of a large number of
murders not referred to in any manner
by Orchard. He further stated the con
fession had been reduced to writing,
signed and acknowledged. It was a vol
uminous document, covering a greater
field and in more detail than that made
by Orchard. A further statement was
made, that Adams had made his con
fession without being promised any
thing. When talked with about tile
KING EDWARD OFF FOR
HIS HOLIDAY TRIP
LONDON, March 2.-The Duke of
Lancaster, as King Edward will be
known, left this evening on his holiday
trip for Paris and Biarritz. He will
stay at tho British embassay in Paris
and see President Fallieres, whom he
has not yet mot. He will go from
!!
matter, he simply made a clean breast
of all he knew about the case and of
the secret workings of the Western
Federation.
'It was announced by Governor Flaw
ley and McParland that while they
thought these facts should be given to
the public, there would be no further
information given out or hinted at re
specting this confession"
No Disagreement
Governor Gooding tonight gave the
Associated Press a igned statement pro
noiwinu k tissue of falsehood the
rpenpt fefiele of n special correspondent
to the etT-et of a disagreement between
himself and Prosecutor Hawley. On the
contrary, Fays the Governor, more cor
dial relations could not exist.
The Governor's statement also denies
the statements that the prisoners are
not well treated. The Governor's state
ment concludes by saying a committee
of the trades council was given per
mission to visit the penitentiary after
which it reported that it found condi
tions much better than it had hoped for,
and that Moyer, Haywood, Pettibone,
Adams and Orchard had no ground for
complaint
Orchard Testifies.
Before the grand jury at Caldwell this
morning Orchard completed his testi
mony in the Steunenberg case. It is
s-aid he went into great detail about the
matter, telling the jurymen what in
duced him to undertake the crime, how
much he was paid, etc. During the af
ternoon several other witnesses were ex
amined, including former Lieutenant
Governor Hutchinson, who first formu
lated the theory that the murder was
accomplished by means of a bomb. The
jury may take additional testimony to
morrow, but it is not expected any in
dictment will be returned until early
next week. Orchard is quoted as hav
ing said to one of the officers who
guarded him, tonight: :
" Now that my mind is unburdened of
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Paris to Biarritz, whew he will see King
Alfonso and discuss the details of the
latfer's marriage with the Princess Ena.
At the end of March when the King
leaves Biarritz, he will cruise in the
royal yacht in the Mediteranean, where
it is said he will meet Emperor Williams.