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"WHERE ROLLS . v THE OREGON "to wai t 1 fair and warmer; ftoutbwwt to north- VOL XI. JTO. 134. rOBTLAOT), OREGON., THURSDAY EVENING. AUGUST 13. 1903. PBICE ' FIVE CENTS. BEAUTIFUL JAMAICA DE VAS TA TED BY HURRICANES- .-tir:-- ; .. v-- . 1 ' i " ' 11 iii. to Shreds and Ten Million Dollars Worth of Prop erty Swept from the Face lot the Earth- Many Lives Lost that displayed when the big Morgan liner arrived from Oalveatoa today with a. tiny Spanish boy aboard who had been picked up at sea after floating many days without food and water. v The child was nude, helpless and ex hausted when rescued, and could do nothing mora tuan murmur between ' parched 'lips the name of hla mother. After being partially revived, the boy. who la nine years of age, said that he, with ft few others of a few years older, were Ashing outside the Harbor of Ha vana. The boat broke adrift and his companiona""swam ashore, but he, being unable to swim, stayed in the boat. He 'WltHi! had been adrift five days. Captain Logal says it would J impos sible for a boat to drift sj far in Ave days, as he was discovered 530 miles from Havana. The captain thinks the boy was adrift at least 10 day without food or water. The 1 ft tie fellow Is too feeble to talk, and is a mere skeleton. His skin is peeled off and salt-water bolls line his limbs. Physicians say he will survive. BELIEVES VESSEL WAS A POACHER State Department Not-Officially " Notified ot Silver Spray Affair. WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. The State Department has not yet been officially Informed of the Silver Spray affair, and declines 'to make a statement It ad mits, if the vessel was in American wa- when fishing, the matter is serious, it it is inclined to believe it was poach- the Canadian side and should have led when hailed by the revenue-cut ter Tsjftrel. ADRIFT IFO! w'mnok ' AT SEA ifcv v - Is Tossed About on a. Lonely b4 V 'US -n Ocean. Without Food to Eat, r 6 yOffiSZ. It SM? WMtM$M A or Water, , . glSmt . . JfrArfZ--- NEW YORK, Aug. 1,-Seldom ,n the . ;H U fWll I, ff history of marine trials and Bufferings 1 , , , , , - --- , , , J w f3fi 3J4 UT itmfi ha to vivid ajpicture been presented as tSS&jSjA l WAffnWM.ffi fJ L ' 111 l" ' S ' U.Ssff Jf scenes f ,1-, f tofrj'yW jfipffift. J$ n ISLAND . w ; -stH . Mmmm . JAMAICA ' T' . t5SS?1VI WJ&ffik i 0 I S CANE" T Port A htohia ' . " " 1 W LWiM TIRADE iiiy 1 t? AGAINST : IlA mf I 111! 1 Ull itX II . tV4iimhtl.Jf '.f IJE I I WX II f .! fftl " TT.T'. r 1 ... i. SKETCHES FROM THE BANANA WHICH WERE TERRIBLY DAMAGED M. Parrv. President of the National Association of Man ufacturers, Makes Bitter Speech' Against Labor. Calls Up All the Invectives that Are Known to English Tongue Much Comment Made on His Address. V ters KV on T LONDON FIRM GOES OUT OF BUSINESS "Inflated Condition of American Stocks' Caused Failure Across the Atlantic. LONDON, Aug. IS. The recent panic In Wall street found an echo on this ldejf the Atlantic this morning when tlvTirm of F. W. Hemmant, stockbro Yf. closed Its doors and went Into the 01 a receiver. - iso aennite lnror ynnatlon regarding the conditions can as corpora,tlon came to grief aa a result of the irtBated condition of American tocks. STUDY RUSSIAN ARTS i NOJT NOVGOROD, Russia, Aug. 18. A party representing the American government arrived here today to study Internal waterways and manufacturing plants. They are visiting the palaces along the Volga, Severe Criticism Is Made by Some Who Say that Such TalkaDo More to Create Feel ing Than Anything Else. (Journal Special Service.) CHICAGO; Aug. 13. Excitement Is being caused throughout the country by the address made this morning by D. M. Parry, president of the National 'As sociation of Manufacturers, which is being telegraphed broadcast and posted on newspaper bulletins here today. Parry's address was. made at the Chau tauqua convention, and is entitled "Mob Spirit In America," In which he again bitterly assailed organised labor. He said that In this country, during the' past year, mobs of different kinds had assembled, but that the most dan gerous of all Is the mob of, organised labor. Continuing, he said: "No man can object to any kind of an association of labor or other organization for lawful and beneficent purposes, but organised labor, as conducted today, stands con victed by its own leaders as a lawless or ganization, which seeks by physical force to override Individual rights. It is continually railing against laws and is denouncing courts and public officials, and it fulfills all the requirements of the definition of mobocracy. "Unlike lynching bees and vigilance committees. It is a standing mob, under fair discipline by its officers, and ready upon an occasion to commit overt acta 01 outrage ana destruction,, which are the true outward manifestations of mob spirit. "It declares In effect that its will is superior to customs and traditions of MURDERER APES RELIGION Peter Mortensen, the Erstwhile Sunday School Superintendent Will Be Shot Under , the Laws of Utah (Journal Special Service.) SALT LAKH, Aug. IS. What revives Interest in one of - the most sensational murder trials ever taking place In this state was the decision of the Supreme Court this morning sustaining the sen tence of Peter Mortensen for the mur der, of James Hay in December, 1891. The murderer Is sentenced to be shot, and the ordeal will be carried out. One cold morning in December, 1891, Mortensen, who was at that time a zeal ous-Sunday-school superintendent, lured James Hay, a popular lumber-dealer, to a lonely pasture near this city, and there. under some pretense, shot him through the back, killing him. The murderer then secured $2,800 in notes from his vic tim which he owed Hay from a lumber firm. Mortensen returned to his home and business, and that same night, it is said, he led a prayer meeting In the church to which he belonged. Suspicion was directed to iilm by hla bold display of the notes of which he had robbed the murdered man. During his confinement the murderer has been very religious, praying morn ing, noon and night, and Incidentally telling people that the Divine Power will punish any who seeks to take his life. Physician say that the man has not the least semblance of insanity', but is one of the disgusting characters who makes religion a cloak to hide gross in iquities. FEARFUL BLOODSHED EXPECTED IN TURKEY Insurgents Have Now Become Fearles and At tack Troops of the Sultan Wherever They Are Found MOSQUITO WHOSE BITE IS DEADLY PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Aug. IS. A new mosquito has come td town which Is causing great excitement here and great dead, and. In some In stances, death. In appearance It la much like Its posthumous brothers, .. but After a bite the victim suffers great pain, the part bitten swells and becomes great! inflamed. John Columbus of Gloucester. N. J., scratched , a wound made by one of these numerous pests and blood came. It was Impossible to-save his life, as blood-poisoning set In. Physicians think the reason the bites are so serious, they feed on garbage and rotten fruit 1 - (Journal Special Service.) SOFIA, Aug. IS. The Insurgents are now fearless and seem to be ' courting publicity. The newspaper known as the official organ of the discontented faction boldly prints the names of the leaders of the uprising, Including Eitolia, this morning. There is a feeling that the movement has gone so far that It cannot now be controlled, and that the time for public IS. Ad- announcement has arrived. CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. vices today state that a number of Turk ish soldiers were attacked by insurgents near Prelip this morning, and several of the latter were killed. Encounters also took place at Vodenl and Volenltza by a detachment of 150 insurgents under the command of Barafoffs. It Is claimed that they defeated the Turks with a loss to the latter of 104 killed and wounded. government regulations, and even the Constitution of the country. "It asserts that an Individual has no inherent rights that cannot be taken from him, and therefore has the right to say that no man shall work and no Industry shall run without its consent. "In its attempt to compel recognition of its pretensions, organised labor . re lies not on reason, but upon coercion. In timidation and the bludgeon. It is a continual impeachment against law and a constant appeal to baser passions.- It Is doing more th,an any other agency to Inculcate the mob spirit and encourage the unfurling of the red flag of anarchy." After quoting the different utterances of labor leaders and criticising them, he continued by saying that the Nation lost millions of dollars by organised idleness and that worklngmen pay millions .to agitators, who give nothing but trouble in return. Parry's speech is severely criticised on all,. aides today as a stirring element against- well-meaning members of organ ised labor, and it is openly said that a few more such speeches will do more to delay good feeling between capital and labor than, anything ejae JAMAICA T ORNADO Hon Nearly 50 Lives Reported Lost, $10,000,000 in Property De stroyed and Thousands Ren dered Destitute. RIOT AT A NEGRO MEETING Attempt to Mob Special Police man bmith at a Religious Gathering on the East Side Last Night. Officer Accused of Striking a boy Who Created a Distur bance Lad's Friends Rush to the Rescue, to the number of 100 or more left their seats and followed Smith to the corner. By this time Patrolman Sloan had gone to Smith's assistance. Sloan la an old officer. He admonished the crowd to keep cool. "Lynch Xtm!" Cries of "Lynch him!" "Oet a rope!" rose from the mob about Smith. To pacify the mob. Walker was released. A friend of Smith's made the following statement: "I did not see what Walker was doing; neither did I see Smith strike htm. The special policeman is a friend of mine, and I know he struck the boy on the Impulse of the moment. He afterward admitted that he did wrong. There was plenty of excitement, and it wouldn't have taken much to have in duced the crowd to handle the officer without gloves. It was a narrow escape from a good-sized riot." PASSENGER TRAIN WENT INTO DITCH "Lynch Him" the Cry Re lease of Prisoner, "Shorty " Walker, an Amateur Pitcher, Pacifies the Belligerents, A small riot occurred last night at the negro campmeetlng In a tent at East Eleventh and Division streets. The wor shipers were transformed into a howl ing mob, threatening to lynch Special Po liceman Smith, who, it Is said, struck a boy. Rev. John Olasgow and hla wife have been conducting the meetings for the past two weeks, and some of the neigh bors have complained about the noise. Patrolman Isakson. on this beat, report ed that the speakers made more disturb ance than the gang of boys who attended to see the fun. The crowd was large last night Pa trolman Sloan of the regular force has been detailed to the meeting, and Smith was there as a special policeman. Struck a Disturber. "Shorty" Walker, known as an ama teur pitcher of some note,-is said to have created a disturbance while the services were in progress, ana umitn, who was standing by, took him by the collar for the purpose of ejecting him. Walker, it is said, reached for a club..' In the ex citement Smith is alleged to have struck Walker over the head with a cane, cut ting open the scalp. Then Walker was hustled to the outside. . . .. Walker's friend and otber young men TOPEKA, Aug. 13. The fireman was drowned and many others on the Chi cago, Rock Island & Paclflo passenger train narrowly escaped a like fate this morning at a point two miles west of McFarland. A trestle crossing ,a small gulch had been washed away by a cloud burst during the night, and the. train, running at high speed, crashed into the gap. The locomotive, mallear and one coach went Into the river. There was no time for warning and no one could Jump. Both engineer and fireman stuck to their posts, but the former escaped. i (Journal Special Service) KINGSTON. Jamaica, Aug. IS. As the sun broke for a moment through the black skies this morning, for the first time since the terrible tornado of Tues day night, a scene of disaster and devas tation was presented on the island that beggars description. Qreat fear yet lin gers that the storm is not over, for the wind is high and the air is filled with ominous signs. Many lives are lost, whole plantation laid waste, villages swept away, thou sands and thousands made homeless and natives panic-stricken is the fearful story today. it is estimated that the property loss alone will amount to more than $10,000, 000 on the Island of Jamaica. This vast sum does not include the) wrecks that are strewn along the coast of vessels that were swept as corks front their moorings to be battered upon the -rocks of the beaches. Already 41 fatalities have been report- ed from the sea. On the shores of An netta Bay are a dozen local sailing ves sels washed high and dry, and among the wreckage the bodies of It unfortunate seamen were found today. Doom of the TesseL A big Norwegian steamship was driven ashore on this bay, and now lies in a dangerous position. A wind is ris ing from the northwest, and. should it continue, the doom of the vessel la) sealed. In this usually prosperous and quiet city a thousand houses were damaged. half of them beyond possible repair. Wharves are battered down to the shore line and scores of local trading vessels lie sunken in the harbor. The drift and debris upon the bay is Immense. A partial story of the horror of the terrific storm is told when the roofs of dwellings are seen floating in the harbor. Even household furniture was carried from wrecked houses which stood near. the raging waters of the bay, and dead domestic animals by the hundreds are ; strewn upon the beach. Two dead bodies were washed up by the sea this morning. One was that ot man. In his death grasp he held the arm of a young girl. The dead proved to be father and daughter, who had lived mile from this city. They were caught in a little skiff while fishing, and no earthly power could save them. 'Coming into this saddened town today (Continued en Page Two.) HUNT CLUB WILL RIDE TO THE COAST Across the mountains to the eoast and up the beaon to Astoria, m distance of 200 miles, is the trip 10 enthusiastlo members of the Portland Hunt Club will 'start out upon tomorrow night. The party expects to be absent about 10 days, and the Itinerary has been planned with, the pre cision of that of ifi presidential Journey. - - Because of the dust between Po rtland and Forest Grove, the mounts : will be sent on ahead tomorrow morning to that place, the riders follow ing by train. , ' Saturday morning the horsemen will leave Forest drove for the Har ris ranch. ,ThIs will be the longest day's Journey 45 miles. The party will rest over Sunday at the Harris ranch, and Monday will proceed to Til lamook, 15 miles away. Tuesday the ride to Nehalem, a distance of 10 miles, will be made, where the party will again rest for a day. The next Jaunt will carry them to Elk Creek, and Seaside will be but a short day's ride. A day will be spent at Seaside; and then the riders will go to As toria, the end of the Journey on horseback, v The party wlU return to Portland from Astoria by. boat .... The horsemen expect no difficulty in their long ride, as the roads are said x to be in excellent condition and there are plenty of farmhouses along the way, so that In case of accident stopping-places can be easily se- cured, ,' - -v ;; j :-r; w"'';.:,;-;';I'''';, 1 Those who will make np the party are: Mrs. T. O. Buffum, Mr. an I Mrs. A. M. Cronin. Mr. and Mrs. Eld redge, Miss Anne Shogren. Miss Mab,l Lawrence, James Nicol, Ralph Jenkins and E. T. Ctase.