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VOLUME LXI NO. 249
fTORIA, OREGON WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 191906
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MUCH DAMAGE
SUSTAINED
Hong Konr Shipping Al
most All Demolished
BY TERRIBLE TYPHOON
Many Lives are Lost ind Enormus
Damage is Done to Prop
erty By Storm.
WRECKAGE STREWS HAR60R
Ocn Liner, Junki and Sampana Piled
on Shore In Ma of Debris Impot
lible to Eatlmatt the
Damage.
HONC! KONG. Sept. 18.-A terrific
storm broke uddciily here this after
noon, ltlng two hour and destroying
Innumerable native craft and causing
much ln of life. The harlor I liter
ally strewn with wreckage ami the
utreet of tlie city are blocked with
debris. - '
'An unknown ateamer collided with the
British steamer Strathraore, erlouly
damaging the tatter1. The British
ateamer Loong Sang collided with the
British steamer Chip Sing with slight
damage. The river lioat Fatshan
fouled the French mail bout Tolyne
lan. The British steamer MonUagle,
the Herman ateamer Slfrnal, the Herman
uteiiiner Emma Lnyken, the Britlh
steamer C1mngha, the Herman. ateamer
fWta, the Kowlnon, a ferryboat, and
waterboat were driven ashore, The
American ateamer Sorsogon and the
Herman ateamer Johanna are ashore. A
Japanese ateamer la stranded on Kel
lett'i Island. The British river gun
Imat Moorhen la leaking badly and one
French torpedo boat destroyer is ahore
and two others dragged their anchor
the entire length of the harbor. The
Brit steamer Empress of Japan wa
saved by the dock company' tugs keep
ing her steady. The ateamer S. P.
Hitchcock was driven high and dry
ashore. The British river steamer
Kwong Chow, San Cheung anil Sun Lee
foundered. The French ateamer Charles
Ilardouln wag damaged. The little
Chinese ateamer Wing Chnl was
beached. Numerous eteam launches
foundered and most of the wooden piers
on the waterfront were' demolished.
The military quarter wa demolished
and the men are quartered In the case
ments of the fort. A fleet of nineteen
junk was washed ashore on Stone Cut
ters Island. A tramp vessel collided
with a French torpedo boat destroyer,
the Fronde, and it is said twenty
Frenchmen perished. The French tor
pedo lMat destroyer Frinoisqne Is ashore
and the steamer Apedrade la badly
stronded on Stone Cutter'a Island and
the British ateamer Radnorshire is dam
aged. R, D. BIBBER TURNS TURTLE.
' CHARLESTON, 8. C, Sept. 18,-The
Clyde liner New York today brought
Into port the mate and three seamen of
the American bark R. D. Bibber, lum
ber laden from Savannah to New York,
wrecked off Frying Tan shoals. The
vessel turned turtle and went to pieces.
The men were found clinging to spars.
The captnin and others of the crew were
not found,
eleven.
The Bibber's full crew was
EXCHANGE SIGNALS.
MIDWAY ISLAND, Sept. 18.-This
evening a Japanese training criuer an
chored within two niilos of the Mongolia.
The two ships exchanged nignals,
GETS BIS PRICE,
Refuses Offer for Blent of Y nd
Railroad Come Tto&J)j
rHKKWATKK, Or., Kept. IM.-Repre-tentative
from the Walla Walla Trac
tion company were la this city during
Ut week semiring additional right of
wa yfor the blectrlo railway Into this
thy. Hum Krlsmen, who own a ten
acre tract within the city limit of
Freewater, refused to sell the right of
way through hi property and Attor
ney Ruder, for the traction company,
advUed President Anderson that con
demnation proceeding for the right of
way would amount to $1,500 approxi
mately, which was considered entirely
tor j high, Mr. Krlsmen wa asked hi
price for the entire ranch and $4,000
win named, which offer wa immediate
ly accepted, ; The tlte U an admirable
location for a termlnu and the com
pany will use part of the territory for
thl purpose,
FORTY-ONE DROWNED.
Flood In Mexico Cause Great Lou of
Life and Property,
Mi PASO, Texas, Sept. 18.-A Herald
dispatch from Guadalajara ways the
correspondent of the Jalisco Time at
Miizatlan has wired his paper that forty-one
peion were drowned In the
recent flood in Santiago, Luxlntla and
the adjacent district in the territory of
Teple. It I reported 500 people are
homelrs. Widespread damage result
ed In the inundation of Sinaloau. Sev
eral river town are partially destroyed
and thousands of cattle are drowned
and the crops ruined.
ALL AFTER ADAMS
Both Idaho and Colorado Officers
Want Accued.
EXCITING RIDE TO WALLACE
Idaho Authorities Convey Adam .to
Wallace by Relays of Teams Den
ver Officers Would Extradite
Adams.
WALLACE, Ma., Sept. 18. Sheriff
Sutherland, Warden Whitney of the
State penitentiary, and Detective John
aon arrived today with Steve Adams,
one of the chief wltnessea in the Steun
enlerg ease.' Adam was arraigned for
the murder of a man named Tyler in
the fall of 1004, to which he confessed
at Boise, Implicating Newton Clover,
Jack Simpkin and one Mason, Adams'
preliminary liparlng is Thursday. War
rants have been issued for the other
three and Clover was arrested today.
The trip to Wallace from the peniten
tiary was sensational. The distance, 270
miles, was covered by relays of teams
to avoid going out of the state, al
though the party was compelled to
spend last night at Tekoa, Wash., be
cause tliey were unable to find accom
modations otherwise. Two Denver dep
uties are waiting here to take Adams
to Colorado to answer a charge In con
nection with the murder of Lyte Greg
ory, providing the proper papers can be
obtained.
R. J. T0BIN DIES.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18.-R, J.
Tobln, one of the founders of the III
bernia Bank, and its former) president,
died at 12:15 o'clock this morning, af
ter a lingering Illness, He formerly
was a police commissioner and was one
of the best-known citizens of Snn
Francisco.
SEVENTEEN MUTINEERS SHOT.
IIELSINRFORS, Sept. 18. Seventeen
Sveaborg mutineers were shot today.
Eighty others were sentenced to various
terms of imprisonment. Eleven were
acquitted.
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REJOICE I
HIS DEATH
Esther Mitchell and Sister
Give Testimony.
NOT AFRAID OF DEATH
Two Holy Roller Women Justify
Killing of Brother be
fore Commission.
SAY THEY ARE NOT INSANE
Women Assert George Mitchell' Death
Wa Jut-Are Willing to Die if
Necessary Hearing Come to
End.
SEATTLE, Sept. 18.-Early this af
Urnoon the Mitchell Creflield insanity
commission heard the last testimony and
In a few day will make their report
to Judge Frater. The two women pris
oners were the last to give their testi
mony, and while different from any they
had previously given, was very much
alike. They said they were glad they
did the deed and would do the same
thing again if circumstances presented
themselves, grid are not afraid to die
and welcome death in any form. They
are also said to have considered tak
ing their own lives and will do so if
called upon by Ood to take that step.
In this connection they said they would
kill anyono if Cod told them to do so.
They declared that Crellleld said the
night before his death that he would
soon be taken away and after George
Mitchell did the shooting they at once
planned his death, if he should escape
conviction.
The testimony was to the effect that
Mrs. Creflield was first called to do the
killing, but afterwards It devolved
upon Esther. They denied the state
ments made by them at the time of the
trial, regarding their motives for the
act, and said they had planned before
hand the statements which would hide
their real motive, so as to protect their
religion from the scoff of people. Esth
er stated that in making the statement
she expected mob violence and de
(tired to die in that manner, She stated
that Creflield was to have been instru
mental in bringing about the re-incarnation
of Christ and inasmuch as this
was his mission, Mitchell had committed
a deed for which he must atone with
his death. Esther said she wanted to
see her brother punished for shooting
Creflield and when she was told it was
her duty, she was glad. It was not
hard, for she was given strength. "I
am not insane," she concluded, "and
never have been."
FREIGHT THROUGH BRIDGE.
GUTHRIE, Okla., Sept. 18.-The
northbound Snn Francisco freight went
through a bridge on the South Cana
dian river, near Carleton, Okla., this
morning. The engineer and fireman are
dead and one brakeman is missing. Per
sons near the scene of the wreck report
the corpse of a man to be seen on a
small island near the broken bridge.
The brakeman' body is reported to
have been found two miles below the
wreck.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
At Portland Portland, 8 j Fresno, 2.
At Seattle Seattle, 13; San Fran
cisco, 0.
At Oakland Oakland, 5; Los An
geles, 0.
ROAD PURCHASED.
Western Pacific Will Enter Reno
Virginia and Truckee.
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SA.V FRANCISCO, Sept. 18. The an
nouncement is made that the Western
Pacific ha acquired) control of tibe
Virginia & Truckee Railroad and will
build into Reno. The transfer of the
property to the Goulds has not, It is
said, been made formally, and it will
not be turned over until the Western
Pacific has been completed. Reno i'
the trade center of Nevada and the
mining country and its freight and pas
senger traffic 1s worth thousands of dol
lars. For a time the Western Pacific
contemplated entering Reno by way of
the Roca and Loyaltorf road running
through a tunnel near Verdi and par
alleling the track of the Southern Pa
cific for several miles. This route was
abandoned because of the grades and
negotiations for the purchase of the
Virginia & Truckee were begun.
MILLIONAIRES SEE PLAY.
DENVER, Sept. 18.-Digby Bell in
"The Education of Mr Pipp," opened
hi western tour before a large and
fashionable audience at the Broadway
theater in this city last night. The event
wa also the opening of the Winter sea
son at the theater. The story of the
play hinges on the career of a Pitts
burg millionaire, and in the audience
there were many millionaires to wit
ness the education of their prototype.
Among those in this clas who wit
nessed the play were Huron Monchure,
who was the gue-t of Thomas F. Walsh;
II. W. Bennett, John Searn, Thomas F.
Daly, Lawrence C. Phipps and Crawford
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WILL CROSS OREGON
Hill and Harriman Interests in
' Eastern Oregon.
RACE OF RAILROADS BEGAN
Southern Pacific Buys California and
Northwestern Hill Coming From
Butte to Frisco Through Cen
tral Oregon Country.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 18. The
second move in the great war of two
railroads has been made. The Hill in
terests have gathered their forces and
are contending with might and main to
wrest from Harriman the control of the
rich districts of Central Oregon. The
purchase of the California Northeastern
by the Southern Pacific was the first
move in the game and. was designed to
forestall the plan of the Hill interests
who had announced the intention of
building a road from Butte, Mont., to
Boise, Idaho, down through Central
Oregon and finally ending at San Fran
cisco. News has now been received here that
the Hill interests are not asleep. The
officials of the San Francisco, Idaho A
Montana road have announced large
contracts for bridge work and structural
steel and say that the whole route has
been surveyed and cross sectioned and
that actual construction work will be
gin in a few days.
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FINED THE LIMIT.
SEATTLE. Wash., Sept. I8.-W. Lee,
alias Casey, alias Wright, who was re
cently araested for selling scalps for
bounty to the county officials, pleaded
guilty to two counts yesterday and was
fined $100, the limit. Lee also returned
$323.50, which he collected in bounties.
Lee is believed to be the leader of a
gang which has been working through
out the State of Washington, and
which has been making much money col
lecting bounties on scalps ' of wildcats
and coyotes which have been purchased
elsewhere. He was arrested as he left
the courtroom at the request of Sheriff
Cauley of Thurston county, who wants
the man on a similar charge. He was
taken to Olympia last night.
RAN
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Express Plunges Through
Weak Bridge.
SEVERAL LIVES LOST
Ten Injured Removed from Wreck
Only One Person Known
Dead Positively.
SEARCHERS HARD AT WORK
Latest Report from Wreck Are More
Encouraging and Only One Life U
. Known to be Positively
Lost
The latest new s from the Rock Isl
and wreck near Dover, Okla., is more
encouraging. It is now stated the only
passengers were in the smoking car,
where so many fatalities are said to
have occurred. Of these all but three
are said to have been accounted for.
So far no bodies are recovered and only
one person i positively known to have
lost hia life. With one exception the
wounded, of whom there were about
twelve, do not appear seriously hurt.
KINGFISHER, Okla., Sept. 18. While
it is believed several lives were lost
today when several cars of the Rock
Island train, north-bound, went into
Cimmaron river at Dover, because of
the collapse of a bridge, none of the
bodies have been recovered and the only
person on the train positively known
to have perished is Hank Littlefield, a
circus employe, who was drowned. Ten
injured are here, one of whom fatally.
The engine, tender, baggag and mail
cars, smoker and day coach left the
bridge and plunged into the current
flanked by treacherous quick sands.
The locomotive disappeared from sight
almost immediately. The mail and bag'
gage clerks escaped from the coaches
and swam ashore. The accident was due
to the defective condition of the bridge,
which was out of line owing to the
pressure of driftwood.
The train was an hour' late and was
running at high speed. The engine driv
er did not see the condition of the bridge
until within a few yards when too late
to atop. He shouted to the fireman,
threw on the brakes and jumped. He
landed on the very verge of the river
bank and escaped unhurt. The fireman
was less fortunate, and sustained se
vere injuries. When the engine struck
the bridge, the whole structure col
lapsed, precipitating the engine and
coaches into the river. The chair car
and sleepers remained on the track. The
scene was one of indescribable confu
sion. The shrieks of those imprisoned
in the partly submerged cars were add
ed to those on the bank. The current
whirled the day coach down stream and
lodged it against a sand bank.
The occupants were helped through
doors and windows. The smoker floated
down stream all submerged but the top.
It struck a bar in the middle of the
river and four men were seen to clam
ber through the windows and pull them
selves on tp the caor. They ?a!!cd loud
ly for help, but those on shore were
unable to reach them on account of the
high waters. While they were begging
for assistance, a mass of driftwood
swept down stream and carried away
their fragile footing.' Three jumped
before it struck the car and struck out
for shore. They pulled out a quarter
of a mile below, almost exhausted. The
number in the smoker is not positively
known, though it is claimed all but two
NTO
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of them have been accounted for. Men
on bit of driftwood have been seen go
ing down stream at various points, but
attempt to resuce them in most case
proved futile. The searohera continued
the work after nightfall with torches
and lanterns, ,
OFFICERS FIRED ON.
Cuban Rebel Shoot at Party of Amer
ican Naval Officer.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 18.-A special ca
ble dispateh to the W'oiW state that
some subordinate officers of the United
States cruiser Denver were fired on by
rebels a they were riding in the coun
try in an automobile Sunday night. No
body was bit and when the rebels dis
covered their mistake they were pro
fuse in their apologie. They explaine4
that they were expecting some Cuban
government officers to pass that section
and that they sent a volley after the
first automobile that came along which
happened to be the car occupied by the
American officers, A little later the
party was again fired on with the same
result nobody hit, explanation and
apologies.
When Captain Colwell heard of the
incident he issued an order forbidding
shore leave for the present.
WITHDRAW FROM COAST.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18. The
Rochester-German Insurance company of
Rochester, N. is about to withdraw;
from the coast. Notice to that effect
has been sent far and wide to all coast
agents by H. F. Atwood, the company'
secretary, who is out here at the pres
ent time.
American Marines at Cienfuegos
Prevent Any Trouble.
GtN. FUNSTON MAY COMMAND
In Event That United States Dispatches
Troops to Cuba, General Funston
Will Probably Be Assigned to
Command.
WASHINGTON, Sept 18. The Stata
department today received a dispatch
from Sleeper at Havana, but in view of
the prospective arrival of Secretary Taft
the contents were not disclosed. It
is believed to have dealt with the at
titude pf the Cuban government and in
surgents toward American officials.
Commander Fullam of the gunboat Ma
rietta cabled the navy department that
the landing force seems to have over
awed the insurgent force at Cienfue
gos, and there is no present fear of the
further destruction of property. In
formation was received today of the
destruction of the Esperanza sugar es
tate near Cienfuegos by the insurgents.
There is some question over the au
thenticity of this information, it being
believed it is the same plantation men
tioned in yesterday's dispatches'. While
orders have not been issued for the dis
patch of troops to Cuba, the army was
never in better shape for quick move
ment. General Funston, who is now on
his way to Washington, will probably
be assigned to command them if Inter
vention is necessary. 1
TEN HORSES BURNED.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18. A match
tossed into a patch of dry grass this
afternoon caused a fire that destroyed
a large livery barn and damaged four
lodging houses. Ten horses were de
stroyed! and Lon Meyjers, a cowboy,
who had just put up his horse at the
stable, severly burned himself trying
to rescue his animal. , Spectators
claim to have seen a stablehand dis
appear into the building just before it
collapsed, but the report cannot be con
firmed. The loss is several thousand,
dollars, ;
REBELS
OVERAWED
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