: r i . X- USLItHia FULL AttOOIATftD PMM f POUT COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWE COLUMBIA! VOLUME LX I NO. II ASTORIA. OREGON. FRIDAY APRIL' 13 1900 PRICE FIVE CENTS TORNADOS DESTRUCTIVE STORMS CAUSE MICH DAMAGE Town of Stafford Visited By Wind Storm of Great ViolenceSeveral Injured Houses and tttrches art ItrijoL SOUTHWEST STORM STRIKES BUSINESS SECTION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IS DE MOLISHED SEVEN HOUSES ARE COMPLETELY DESTROYED IN TOWN OF STAFFORD AN OTHER TORNADO STRIKE S BUSHTON, BLOWING DOWN MANY BUILDINGS. WICHITA. Kan. Aj.ri! it-A special to I Im Knjjlo t.ifiimlo struck fitufford tlii evtmJiig, Several wer injured, neu hjuue ml dijurcU completely delroed ami veral other building were damaged. 'I lit- storm tit me from ilia oulbwet pawing ovr tbs busine portion with out damage. The firnl truck two block i east of main street demolishing a boue ami Uia parwinag of the Con gregational church. Tim (Jim km' church wm blown down, the dabri falling on a third liou.o which wan aIo destroyed. Mr, (ihlnhitig uw the torm coming and ran into a yard to icwue a child but In-fore he reached him he wa picked up and hurled aglnt a tclejihono pole und wrlou)y injured. The child wa unhurt. Tin atorm then lifted, but alrut'k again in the. northeast part of the town, demolishing several hou- RAINIER SMOKES ALSO. NORTH YAKIMA, WhApril 12. A letter received here today from Jack Campbell, who j guarding eoul claim for Yakima people at the extern bane of Mount Rainier, say the tiioinitaiii hu Imcii Hinoking wince Tucmlay niht and that on Wednesday It belched ahc and cindcM. Tho summit ha been' hrotided In cloud, but on Ttieday morning muttered rumbling wan heard by ML (VinplN-. It w iH, tijll WedncHilny morning 'however, that he paid any nttention to the nolne, when a wind brought cinder .and nhe from the moiintuiri peak to the Wall ity where he was working. CONDITIONS IMPROVING. Yaqul Indiana Are Better Controlled Than Formerly. WASHINGTON, April 12.-U ; Thompson, the Americnn nmbiiHmulor in Mexico, lut advised the State Depart inent that condition In the Yaipil In dian territory In Mexico me improving but it to still unsafe for person to go there without military oeort. Tlie di patch stated that tho Mexican Minis INSURANCE BILLS PASSED BY NEW YORK ASSEMBLY ALBANY, April 12.Fonr of the bills recommended by the legislative : In vet (gating committee', were passed by both houses of tho legislature today and tomorrow will be transmitted to 1ln gavlovnor fo W ' N)gnn'tonj. In addition, a bill generally amended the insurance law passed the assembly and wns ent to the Senate. for concurrence. The' latter body rnailh' the bill special . .iwiaisEaaa e mid damaging aeveral others. Four in itv wont of Stafford another tninmlii blew down several farm build ing ; and Mrioualjr lnured one man who hud nought hwltr In a granary filled with wheat. The sun thon bright ly while tlia torin were wreaking their have, ' 'Another tornado U reported at Bush ton thrity mile outh of Stafford. Sev eral residence and other buildinga were blown down. No one wa eeriouly In jmi'.l. The wire are down and little information I obtainable from Bub (oiU Seven Tornado. ' TOI'KKA, April 12. At leaat seven InriiHdo were seen east and northeast f Ort'Ot Bend, Baton county thf af ternoon. No damage other than the demolishing of a vacant vhool house anil the destruction of a threshing out 111, i reported. ; ter of ftirtdgn Affair, hat advixed Mr. Tkouip-on of the change for the better, but warned him of the danger still exitting for person not accompanied by aoldiera. The Mexican government U doing nil in it power to make travel among the Yaquia safe and la furnish ing escorts for nil peronh located In the Indian country anil for a many oth er pcron a it can look after, No restriction other than that of pru dence I now Imposed on those who do lr to enter the Ytiqui county. BENEFIT FOR ELLEN TERRY. LONDON.Aprtl 12.-The movement for tho fund to celebrate the 50th anniver sary of Kllcn Terry 'a. connection with the tnge i growing slowly. The Tri bune, which originated the fund ,hn nppctilcd'tn the other British newspa per'' to assist the collection. - The letter of invitation- concludes a follows) , , , . , "Without impertinent intnistin into Mis Terry' privacy w'e may bo per mitted to any that It is our desire to use the funds for tho purpose of plac ing Mis. Terry beyond any future an1 xietv regarding her comfort." order for next Wednesday, The four bills passed today are the so called nntl Lobby Bill, a bill more effectively pena lizing ho falsification of record of a corporation by nn officer or an employe a bill prohibit ing campaign contribut lions, and a bill qualifying -any. policy holder to liocomo a director in the stock of n life insurance company wheth er he hold stock or not. SWEEP ' ENTER PROTEST. Shipperi Enter Determined Protest . Against Freight Rate Discrimination. CHICAOO, April 12.-Through the Denver (.'ommcnial Club the shippers j of (hat iity hav made a determined i protent iigdinst lleged discrimination in freight rate. A committee of Den v.'i' ahlpper met jeterdny with traffic executive of Western road and the Western rte frubric wa di(Miiaed. The Denver men declare that if relief I not afforded them they will go to the Interstate Commerce Commilon and to the court. In gem-rul the complaint i that the Missouri river Jobber can get good from Chicago and hlp them through Denver to Salt Lake and to point wet or northwest at a cheeper combination of rate than Denver can hip to the samf point. BASEBALL SCORES. FUKSXO. April 12.-Portftiid 2, Fre no 11. SAN FRANCISCO. April 12,-San Francisco 2, Seattle I. LOS ANCELER April 12.-1 An g le 4, Oakland 3. RAILROADS CLASH Hill Mtn Throw Dynamite . At Harrimen Forces. MEN ARE PUT TO FLIGHT Fight Between the Portland & Seattle Railroad and the Columbia Valley Line Result in Open War fare Yesterday. l-OJtTLAND, April 12. The Hill and llarriman construction gangs at Carson Washington on the North Bank of the Columbia collided at noon yeterday when dynamite was freely used to drive the Columbia Valley graders off the land Ywlonging to the llarriman road. One InlKirer wa hit by a (lying rock but only slightly injured. A lighter stick of dynamite wa also thrown among the Columbia Vnlley grader, but the men took to their heel and escaped injury. Finally a deputy sheriff wa summoned and wnrned the Hill con struction gang to desist from furtheY demonstrations. The situation was serious lat night and fitrthor clashes at feared. - ' v ' - Members of the Columbia Valley crew assert the blast of dynamite were de liberately laid with the intention of in juring their men, and werte not fired for the purpose of frightening them merely. This they state is shown by the fact that two mine of dynamite wire laid during, the noon hour upon the spot, where the Columbia, Valley crew vvere at work. The Columbia Valley people assert the blost were not set upon the grade being established by the Portland and Seattle railroad company's contractors, but upon the very spot where the Co lumbia Vnlley crews will resume opera turna. -j ' ',-k '.. v ." ' ' ' Tho Portland and Seattle erewi are said to have outnumbered tha oppo sition four to one. ,' ; ' INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS. WASHINGTON. April 12:-The War Department', has ordered General Wil liams at .Vancouver to send a reliable officer to investigate the .-conditions.'! of the TJnmtilla Reservation, and if groun ds wavrant to order one or more troops of cavalry to go there from Fort Walla Wnlla. OVER PROSPECTS NOT BRIGHT. Miner Submit to Operator Two Propo sal and Both Will be Rejected. N KW , YOniCApi i! lt-At a meet ing of the sub-committee of anthracite operator and miner Unlay the mini worker submitti-d to the owner the choins of two proposiiion in . an en deavor to come to an ami'-able settle iiieiit and the op.-ratot made an infor mal reply in which it wa intimated they are not likely to accept either of thi wageworlter offeM, THe opera tor will make an official answer to the miner by letter and there will be no further meeting mile lometbing de velope. The meeting txlay did not bring the contending partie elocr together. If the oja rator decliine to entertain eith er proposition submitted by the rniner today It i probable a convention of miner will lie called t which tbe dele gate will declare a strike ex ist. Briefly' stated the offer made by Mitchell today wa a resubmission of the miner original demand with two additional amendment, and in cae they are not accepted he promise that the whole 1 placed before the strike commission. DOM Will FIGHT "First Apostle" Will . not Flee to Mexico. TO WAGE VIGOROUS WARFARE Elijah Authoriies Statement That He Will Take Legal Steps to Regain Zion Opposing Attorneys Hold Conference. CHICAGO, April 12.-Dr Dowie did not turn tail and flee to Mexico. He will wage vigorous legal warfare to regain control of Zion, and as soon as be consider he has taken the. proper preliminary teps will descend upon that place and proclaimjiimself the only "First Apostle." J This statement is authorized by Dr. Dowie and the firm of lawyers which represent him. Attorney, Haley of Edison, Haley and Wetton, who 'represent Dowie stated that they would advance only on one condition the restoration of power both temporary .and ecelesiastica, and de mand the j absolute retraction of the slanderous, ftatements made by; Voll va and his followers.. He added a bill In chancery is being prepared petition ing the nullifying of the transfer be tween Voliva and Granger, because the instruments are absolutely void. ' Attorneys Hold Conferences. .... Despite those assertions, the attor ney of both factions held ' numerous conferences throughout the. day. The attorneys for Dowie have secured an or der from the postoflice department di recting that all mail addressed to Dowie be deelivercd at his apartments in the Audjitdrium Annexe. iThisl they con eider a very important strategic move, aa a majority of the letters are from members of the ! churches remitting tithe. This they claim checkmates the order sent out by Voliva ordering that no money he rernitti-d to Dowie here- aftef. ;' v; .;',,..'' ? '". FORAKER SPEAKS. ( WASHINGTON. April 12. A brief speech by, Latimer in the Senate today in support of the railroad rat bill, and Foraker took floor on that measurre and consumed practically all 1 the re urainde of tho day's session Foraker spoke against the constitutionality , of the bill, from various point of view. I To was frequently interrupted. VESUVIUS QUIETS DOWN AFTER AWFUL ERUPTION Conditions Arouna. Volcano Beyond Description Ground Covered Feet Deep With Volcanic Ejecta . Hundreds of Dead Being: Taken From Ruins, SKY PRESENTS BEAUTIFUL SCENIC EFFECTS HEAVENS CHANGE FROM HOUR TO HOUR NOW SKY IS LEADEN, AND NOW CHOCOLATE COLORED MEN AND WOMEN MOVE ABOUT, ASH-COVERED, LIKE GRAY GHOSTS DEAD AT OTTAJANO NUMBER 550. NAPLES, April 12.-While the news from Mount Vesuvius today i reas suring, conditions are sticky in Naples a to make it difficult to realize that conditions are "actually better. A wind I Wowing from the volcano toward Naples carrying the ashes in this direction. Toward evening the fall of ashes and cinders was worse than at anytime since the eruption began. The scenic effect vary from hour to hour. Now .the sky i chocolate colored, and now leaden. lTndtr thi men and wo-nu-n witH hair and clothing covered w ith ashe move about like gray ghosts. Beautiful Scenic Effects. The fortress of San Martino, as it lower above the town, can just be seen w hile Castello DeH'Ovo is bodily mark ed in the light, seemingly like silver against a brown sky. Tn the south beyond the smoke zone lies smiling sunny Tosilipo, while far away glisten the sea, on which the Islands seem to float in the glow of the setting sun. Adding to the strange picture, a French man "of war is anchored $o as to be , half in the glow and half ob scured by the falling ashes. From the observatory of Mount Ve suvius where director Matteucei is con tinuing his work in behalf of science and humanity the scene is one of great mpressiveness. To reach the obser vatory, one must walk for miles over hardened, but hot lava covered with BEATEN AND ROBBED. SAN FRANCISCO, April 12.-Charles Carlson a well known racing man was called to the door of his room on the Ashworth Hotel thi morning by three masked men who beat him to insensi bility and robbed him of $560 and a $60 watch. The robbers escaped.! SEATS ENDANGERED. MOSCOW, April 12. The seats in parliament of Wm. Petrunkevitch, Rodicheff and Kuzmin-Kararaieff, the HOUSE HEARS DEFENCE OF RATE BILL BY COCKRAN WASHINGTON, RprU 12.-Ia view of the announcement that Cockran of New York, would speak in the house today the galleries were crowded and a large proportion of the members of the house were in attendance. Cockran briefly discussed the fiction of "gen eral debate" and then launched into a defense of the Hepburn rate bill and the higher position taken by the house EMSAS sand until vhe comes to a point where caa be seen nothing but sand. Above the heavens,; gray like the earth be neath and seemingly as hard and im movable. In all this dreary waste, thert is no sign of life or vegetation and 10 sound ave the muttering of the vol cano. ' '' ., " V Silence is AwfuL One seems almost impelled to scream aloud, to break the horrible stillness of a land seemingly ; fogrotten by both God and man. Every day that passes gives new evidence of the magnitude of the catastrophe. . Today's visit of King Victor Emmanuel to Ottajano reveal ed new tragedies. At a certain point hi majesty was obliged to abandon his motor car and went forward on horse J back, his hours floundering through fonr feet of ashes, stumbling into holes, blinded by the fall of large cinder and ' a target for falling basaltic masses. In the presence of the king 129 more I bodie were excavated from the ruin, j The dead at Ottajano are said to num- ner sou. Many Robberies. There have been a large number of robberies of the deserted houses de spite the efforts of the authorities to j protect property. In the excited con dition' of the populace there is some difficulty at preserving order. Closing I the church at Torre Annunziata, which was considered unsafe precipitated a small riot. three most important leader " of the Constitutional Democrats, are endang ered by a protest which has been filed by the Mayor of Rzhey seeking to in validate the elections in the province of Tver. . ... Inspired by the strength shown by the radical movement, the Octaberists have decided to re-name their party the "Russian Liberal Party," and to in clude in its programme more liberal planks on the labor and agrarian ques tions and the autonomy of nationalists for the consistent unity of the era pe. ";'S ;' not only in an exceptional character of legislation, but in the dignified way la which the bill had passed the lower branch of congress. In this connection he ridiculed the constitutional debat evs in the senate.. Considerable progress was made on the postoflice bill, 18 of the 29 pages having been completed. , But few amend ments were made.