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TOE OREGON DAILY J OUIJNAIj, POETLAXD, SATUJl DAT EVEjNTfrG. FEBRUARY 27, 1904. .1 TORNADO'S FREAKISH MIGHT LEAVES STRANGE WRECKS Wind Giant That Gamboled in Central Addition Mashed ; Houses; Picked Chickens, Wrecked" Barns and Took- Womeiuonr Aerial. Flights:- Scientists Fail to Explain Just Why Here .Air Is So Peculiar, , i. w. ,,. The terrific force :. of ,1 the ' tornado which yesterday bored its way through the suburb of Central addition, Is In comprehensible 10. those who witnessed He wild night and. have "since" examined tne ruins left in its wake. The ttn measurable force of whirling' air hurt- ling through space and playing leap-frog rover the. country Is as great a mystery to the scientist as to the novice,, . How the pqwer can be concentrated and pro , pelled with the force of a projectile. j seemingly by its own volition,. Is a sub Ject for investigation. Th causes which ' started the little whirlwind and augmented Hi sise and destructive powers until it was irresis tible are . unexplaihabl to the ynder etandlng' of the average person. How air. without compression, can transform Itself into an element of destruction sumclent to tear up great trees by the roots, to pick up houses, with the ease of paper, and twist, rend, wreck, and mangle them into splinters, and' scatter them broadcast or deposit them in a shapeless mass, is beyond the human Intelligence to grasp. Tornado' in" Action. " " . The observations taken in the com posite, , as gleaned from eye witnesses from all points of view, leaves the fol lowing description Of the cyclone An motion: "A strong wind blowing from the southwest and the rain falling in a steady pour. Appearance - of a bank of clouds on the horizon, which rolled near . with great Velocity. A -darkening Oft the sky . and a chilling of th atmosphere. A sudden calm, as if the elements were holding their trtath. A' commotion in the cloud bank, .from ' which sprung, like a great vulture,.' a dark mass, which with rapidity resolved itself- into the shape of a gigantic funnel,; from which a sheet of lightning - made lurid the heavens. It swooped ' down .with . the thunderous noise of many cannon. Soar ing, spinning, flashing fire, bounding and Six Free Trips to the TOirld'sFair OPEN TO THE JOURNAL BOYS AND GIRLS UNDER 20 YEARS OF AGE The Journal will send three boys and three girls, furnishing ', transportation. Including Pullman accommodations, and expense for a 14-daya . trip - to the world's fair at St. Louis, on the follow ing conditions: . 5$ ' ' "t : Tlrst Condition. .The boy and girl In Portland secur ing the greatest number of cash sub scriptions to The Journal, each 19 cents of subscription counting a point in their favor, will be entitled to the first two of the free, trips. . ( ; Second Condition. 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" Subscriptions to the Dally, Weekly or Semi-Weekly Journal will- be accepted and credited under thls offer. v , This contest will close at , S o'clock p. m . on .Tuesday,, May 31. 1B04. and the names Of the successful contestants will be announced in The Journal aa soon as the vote Is canvassed, enabling the successful boys and girls to receive the benefits hereunder between Jun S and the close of the. world's fair. Enter the bontest at One the ! . ' Time Is Limited, -and Oppor , ; ' tunity Knocks t .Year' Door. ', h ; . You MeyWin.;' r'-r; 1; ' ;:; : . - v . ' .. . t. The Jouriial CFJCCON. , starbuck's.'home wbscked byTthe rolling. It dipped to the earth. 'Strong rooted trees that have withstood' the at tack of storms for a hundred years were dragged from -the earth,.wlthout-.a mere visible effort than' at Wrong -man ..ex pends 'Tn' pvllirir'a straw of; wheat from the mellow earths Houses were-crushed like egg shells struck with1 a' hammer. Barns' arid outbuildings were carried and tossed In the vortex aa llghtjy. as. this tledown on a summer breeze. . In tlie maelstrom. of 'wind whirled .. boards, fences, limbs, .of .trees, shingles, chick ens, and everything 'which came In Its grasp." ' " . : "' " : Some Varrow Escapes.- The escape from death of the etar bucH" family was a miracle. Mr. and Mrs. Starbupk and daughter Edith were caught , under thousands of pounds, cf debris from the upper part of the house. They, were saved by a bath tub and a cook stove holding-up the mass. A pet cat the only other, and smallest, living thing in" the room, was crushed to a wafer-Ilk' thickness. After the wreck ' the .cook stove set fire to the timbers and until xescuedhynelghbars the plight of the Starbucks was desper ate, as they were blocked' in by the fragments,, with the Are crackling all about their prison. : ' In one of the barns that was, blown to splinters were Jesse and Lizzie Barton, Daisy Varden and Ethel Meatchem. The children were ' playing when the struc ture suddenly went up In the alr.and after turning three or four flip flops was scattered- broadcast.- a' mass of spllntera. None of the children were hurt although they were frightened and slightly bruised by the heavy' hail stones that were falling., , Mrs. F. H. Bennett, who lives' In the Central addition, was Just going into her house when the storm caught her. She was picked up and soared to a height of 16 feet, and was let down easily,, her clothing actng as a para chute. The chimney on her home was swept away and the bricks rained around her After , she ; reached the ground, but none of them struck her. , Amos Seybold and . George Bldgood also were in the maw of the tornado. They both took an aerial flight .and landed back on earth stunned, cut and bruised. While In the air they Were spinning like tops. : Treaks of the Tornado. .Atthe home of J. Nicholson, part of the 'shingles were swept from the roof. A number of scantling which formed a scaffold and extended, above the building had their tops twisted off. , In striking one corner of the store of William Henton, one of four windows was broken.1 Through this hole the suc tion of the wind extracted a kerosene oil can,-and carried it about 100 feet and twisted it into the shape of a pie plate. A baby tornado was switched Into the store and before it spent Its force, swept the goods -from the shelves. An outhouse on the place of Thomas Frenoh 'was carried about 60 feet and Jammed head first into the side of a barn.. The inside of the house was filled with shingles branches of trees and a dead duck, which it scooped up while in the embrace of the tornado.'' Mrs. Lamoers noticed the cottage of E. A. . Fearing sailing through' the air and dropped on the outside of the yard. She stated: 'The roaring', of the storm was awful. " I could see ducks and chick ens in the rushing clouds, and after It had passed picked up. a dead rooster and a goose, both of which had been plucked clean by the tornado.1 A 'cow feeding on the 'flat 1 was caught and sent spin ning tover the gVouhd. She picked her self up and went staggering away with one-horn' missing."" A, barn , In which - was , ; calf., was picked up and hurled 700 feet and landed In kindling 1 wood. . Tne 'calf v madeits escape. without a scratch. . r .'.' Of , two large trees standing side by side one had -the top broken- off and the other was tormup. by -the roots." A small building In the yard of Jo seph Prael disappeared -completely and no evidence of ? It could lie- found. Parts of it may be. mixed-.up,, with the' debris from 'the wrecks .barns and shacks. , The .barn of '. V-' S- Osborne was turned upside down on Its foundation, but ,0th-erwise-notymust injured.'. Sv , t The house of J..JB.Thoraas. which was completely " wrecked, had ay like experi ence last summer... It was-the, in the course of construction , and' was -leveled to the.' ground by at whlrlwitjd.ii v' -; In the path of the tornado; near Center station -about 16 , years, ago ' ai storm of the same kliid passed, and mowed 'down the forest. - The uprooted trees are still In evidence..., V;.?; ',.,.,;," , t'Ly,. Weatherv Obaerve'r';; Seals -..-is.5 today making a sclentlflc ipvestlgation Of yes terday's tornado, which .wrought much havoc , at- Center-addition. He has not yet completed .the task,1,"; but probably will : finish today. ' ,:. ! ; : .A scientific definition of the : tornado Is given as follows:- "A whirlwind of small radius and highly destructive vio lence,; usually seen as a whirling-funnel pendent ' from - a ; mass of dark clouds. The principal condition precedent to; the formation- of a tornado 1 Just'- as -for 1 a thunder storm. Is the unstable state of the atmosbhere. ' In the tornado a whirl ing motion from "right- to left of tre mendous energy, is generated in a mass of clouds; and is often maintained for a couple of -hours. The destruction: in a tornado may be caused either by the sur- BTORM. ' race wind . which : Is v forced In s on -all sides to 'feed the - ascending, current of the"torriado funnel, - or by the gyrating winds of the funnel' Itself. when suffi ciently low"' to come within the reach of buildings;-in the latter case no struc ture, .however strongly ' built, is ap parently . able - to - withstand ' the . wind's enormous force. , '': "Cyclones take place under conditions which .involve unequal atmospheric pres sure, or densities at the same heights of the atmosphere, due to' inequalities in the geographical distribution of tem perature .and humidity. .'They are the phenomena resulting from a disturbance' of the equilibrium of ' the atmosphere considered - horliontally, but -whirlwinds and ' tornadoes have . their .- origin In a vertical disturbance .of the ' atmospheric equilibrium.". - FIRE BOAT HAS 11, christen thee the George H. Will iams.'" Miss Nellie Williams, daughter of the mayor, with these .wqrds this ',af ternoon broke a bottle of wine over the bows of tlW new fireboat" and "the vessel glided from the ways and into the Willamette, . i Tho boat will be towed to .the Wil lamette Iron A. Steel works' boiler docks, where her machinery will be Installed. Mayor Williams Ms ordered' the ground cleared at the foot of Eaat'Wash tngton street for the construction of the flreboat'dock and the place will be ready for use by the-time the vessel is turned over-to the city by her builders. "The flreboat will be ready for her trial trip about the . middle of April." said .the mayor. '1 intend to make the trial trip a public demonstration, and prominent cltisens will ue Invited to be aboard during the initial . run." Engi neer Ballin Is confident that' the. vessel will come up to the requirements of the city. , . .''. The pumps for the city flreboat ar rived this morning in '. good condition. These pumps are said by engineers and flreboat experts to be the best avail able and are similar to the pumps in every first-class flreboat in the country. The cost of the pumps was $11,600, and were furnished by A. G. Long, Port land agent for the. American Fire En gine company. The pumps will throw 24 tons of water a minute, weigh 27.000 pounds, and are expected to last consid erably longer than the boat. They were manufactured by the American Fire En gine company, at Seneca ' Falls, N. Y., from which place they were shipped direct to Portland. , . . ' Mr.. Long stated this morning that the pumps would, soon be placed in the flreboat. The pumps will probably be placed next week, or at least the work Of Installing them will be begun, and within the next 10. days the boilers for the boat are expected. It Is believed by those who will have charge of plac ing the machinery and : finishing the George H. Williams that the boat will be ready for duty In two months from the day, of its launching. , .., Portland People are Pleas ed to Learn How v it U Done; ; It's pretty hard ' to attend to duties with - & constantly, aching ' back with annoyihgV .urinary , disorders. . Doan's Kidney -Pills make 'work 'easier.'- They cure' every kldney ill. . ;.' ,'" : George Rutter,' who is employed with the Oregon Railroad & Navigation' com pany, and ' resides at 1291 Second street, says: "I had more or. less, trouble with iny kldneysor a year or more. v. 'My back bQthered me with sore,, irritating pain. Doan's; Kidney Pills were recommended to me,, and, I'got a. box at the Laue Davls' Drug company's store.corner of Tamhlll and -.Third streets. '; ; I '. ' eom mericed to use . them as directed, and to my ' surprise when I had taken about half the ' box the pain left : my back. Every kidney sufferer should know about tfoan'e Kidney rills." . . ,'';.;, 'V. ., For . sale by all dealers. Price, . BOo. Mailed by Foster-MIlburn -Co., Buffalo, N. T..' sole agents for the United States. , Remember the' name, DOAN'S, . and take no substitute.' " ; BEEN LAUNCHED Makes Work Easier ENGLAND NOT SLEEPING (Continued from Page One.) the harbor her and officers of the fleet did not seem to realise how near war is approaching.:'; Parties and balls -were of nightly occurrence and festivities were often transferred to shipboard where naval . officials held forth in all the glories of social function. The town is poorly, policed and t,t here have been fre quent depredations by the low class of hangers-on to the army and navy. Jap anese residents .according to their ver sion of the case, have been maltreated by subordinate officers of the police de partment and the military. Thera are still 3,000 subjects of the mikado In the city and air are anxious to get away, but cannot do so, not only from lack of financial assistance, but because of the , scarcity of transportation facili ties. :..,- ' ' '....-:.' It is hard to describe .the extreme Im patience, of the Japanese in awaiting the reply, of, Russia to their note and Japan realises that" Russia is not playing fair and Is using a diplomatic game as a blind for covering up preparations that have been going on for months and that are of a decidedly hostile character. Under' the circumstances Japan cannot be blamed for showing nervousness so obvious is the Russian game of "waft." Loyalty of Japanese subjects: to their' government , has beert strikingly illus trated on scores of occasions since there' has been talk of war. Private fortunes have been placed at the disposal, of the government and sacrifices have been made by the poorer classes that show that In a struggle for her ,flag, Japan will have the unstinted support and physical aid of the entire empire. There has been only one case of trai tor to the cause of the mikado, accord ing to reports of the secret service.' A Japanese , attache of the Russian em bassy named Takah'ashl has been ar rested on suspicion of being an aid of the Russian -secret service. The charge against him is. that of having violated, the strateglo - secret and preservation law, and he will be tried by a civil court, and subsequently before a mili tary tribunal. Authorities say that they have ample evidence to prove the crime and that they will surely cenvict their man. This is a most extraordinary' case, as a Japanese seldom, if ever, betrays the trust that the government imposes in him in the time of threatened trouble of his nation. The following Is of importance as a review of the engagements at Port Ar thur, that' have occurred since this let ter was written: The Russlon fleet in the Orient, is not In a condition 'to go into' action. I have it from high' Rus sian authority that ships are all in need of repairs and that dock facilities of the Russian government in the far east are not adequate. Since the beginning of last fall the fleet, especially the battle ships, have been in, need of repairs, but work has been delayed until the ves sels have suffered considerably from neglect, all of the ships are short of coal and a supply Is not readily secured. Large orders have been placed for fuel, but these if delivered will not bring the supply up to a sufficiency. The rules of the Russian navy permit for a battleship's crew of about S00 men and a detachment of marines, which is below the average of other nations. Ships will all be short of blue Jackets u theyere-drawn into-a-light The custom has been to assign ' cer tain shore troops to ships in event of war 'and filling up marine detachments with comparatively green men. Soldiers are, of course, of little use at naval fights Of the period and Russian ships are, thus weakened as a sea power. CHINESE DINNER ON HONEYMOON Peter McCraken was the host of s unique dinner, given last evening at his home, 81 1 Johnson street, in honor of Miss Bailie B. Slayden of Spokane and Famous the world over, and recognized by competent judges as the best type of BRANCHES New York, Chicago, Kansas City, Ma, Dallas, Texas, Denver, Salt Lake City, San . FACTORY South Bend, Indiana. Studlebaker Bros. 330-336 East Morrison St The Grip leaves Thousands in its Patli T antM nj- tr effectA lik4 debili ty, ntrvousA 'nest, ivt.l pepsta ana other ca tarrhal conditions resulting from the Grip, in tht tntirt Materia Mtiica 1 have found no rem- idy that equals Ft runa tor prompn n- p ft i Hartman. Pre si dent The Hartman Sanitarium. . T IKE A DEMON grip has crossed onr XJ country, leaving behind scores of physical wrecks. Victims of catarrh of the head, catarrh cf the throat, catarrh of the lungs, catairh of the stomach, catarrh of the kidneys, catarrh of the pelrlo organs, are to be counted by hundreds of thou sands. Grip is epidemic catarrh, and owe tho aeed of chromlo catarrh within the system. This la go true that few grip sufferers are able to make a complete recovery until they hare used Perana. Never In the history of medicine has remedy received such unqualified and I universal eulogies as Feruna. Kew Terk Alderman's Ezperlsaee. Hon. Joseph A. Flinn, alderman Fifth District, writes from 104 Christopher stieet,New York City, ae follows i 'When a pestilence overtakes our people wet take precaution as a nation to preserve) the citizens against the dread disease. La grippe has entered thousands of our homes this fall, and I noticed that the people who used Peruna were quick ly restored, while those who depended on doctor's prescriptions, spent weeks In reeorering, leaving them weak , and emaciated. " 4 " I had a slight attach of la glpp and at one took. Peruna, which drove the T her nance, Mr. Harry S. McCraken, It was a Chinese honeymoon dinner, and the decorations were characteristic. The table was decorated with an ar tistic arrangement of Chinese lilies and fruits, - while . lanterns, fans, umbrellasJ and gorgeous embroidered tapestries gave an oriental flavor to the occasion. - 1 Wl I . i JUL SBBSBMsse tUlA 1., - mmM - W- v.. asNMMsVeW A. " - I Carnages Wagons Harness hjv w - I disease out of xny system In a few dare and did not hinder me from pursuing my daily work. "I should like to see our Board of Health give It official recognition and hare It used generally among our poor sick people In Greater New York." Joseph A. Fllnn. ' D..L. Wallace, a charter member of the International Barber's Union, writes from 15 Western avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.! "Following a severe attack of la grippe I seemed to be affected badly all over. I suffered with a severe backache, Indi gestion and numerous Ills, so I could neither eat nor sleep, and I thought I would give up my work, which I could not afford to do. ' , "One of my customers who was greatly and I procured a bottle the same day. I used It faithfully and felt a marked Im provement. During the next two months I took five bottles, and then felt'splen did. Now my head Is clear, my nerves ! stead yt I enjoy food,- and rest well. Pe runa has been worth a dollar a dose to me.? D. X,, Wallace. Mr. O. H. Perry, Atchison, Kansas, WTiteS ... , . , :;4flk.' - , "Again, after repeated trials of your medicines. Peruna and Manalln, I give , this as my expression of the wonderful Covers were laid for It. Besides the guests of honor, Miss Slayden and Mr. McCraken, and the host, the guests were Miss Whalley, Miss Maud Kiln, Miss Louise Meslck, Miss Etta Honeyroan, Miss Maud Jones and Messrs. Ernest Brown, Chester Murphy, Robert Mc Craken and Irving Rohr. . Co From Journal, "DurinA the rtcenn Grib tii- demic. claiming a million victims or more, the tffiA ciencycfPeruK rtlievinr this malady and its after-effect has teen the talk of the continent. results of your very valuable medicine lfl Its effects in my case after repeated trials, M First, It cured me of chronic bron-j chitls of fifteen years' standing by using two bottles of Peruna in January, 1694 and no return of It. - " After 1 was cured of bronchitis I had la grippe every winter for several win ters. But, through the use of Perunaj it gdt gradually weaker In Its severity until It dwindled down to a mere stupor for two or three days. Now the stupor, does not trouble me any more." O. Be Perry. A Cangreumaa's Expertsaoa. '") House of Representatives, Washington, D. O. ; Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. Gentlemen "I am more than satisfied lent remedy tor the grip and catarrh. I have used It In my family and they all join me in recommending It as an exoel lent remedy." George H, Whiter ILrou do not receive prompt and satle write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving J full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give yon his valuable ad vice gratis. . '! Address Dr. Hartman, President of , The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. O. ' Vp to Her Wow. j From the Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Pneer So sorry you must go! By the way, when are you coming to ! take dinner with ust ' I Miss de Mulr I'll oome any day you'll ask me. , ! vehicle on the market Francisco and Portlano, Oregon. 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