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1 OQD EVENING; . -Th Circulation i Of The Journal . ' Yesterday Was A The Weather. ' Tonight. and.Wednaaday, elotidy :tlth.Jiiawtri; westerly winds. ; Destruction of Life and Property. Widespread Through Kansas. EVERYSTRUCTUREIN' PATH IS DEMOLISHED ManyVictima Killed-Outright in heir HOmes WhileVOthbrt her Are Buried Beneath the ' Wreckage, " ' ' '(Journal gpeelal Berries.) """ " l Kansas CrtyTMaTTrfay . A cyclone "ewept through the town of Marquette; - McPherson county. Kansas, lsst, night. . - killing from "S5 to 30 persona, injuring over 100 others and. completely demol . ishlng scores of structure. V " At nontUiodlea hart hern recovered frQm the wrecked building. The known i - dead are: -- -'- . GU8 ANDERSON.. TILLIE ELLERSON. MRS. A. V. ANDERSON. BLANCHE 8WITZER, r I.KNA WI TZER, - - V 1, NINA 8W1T55KR, 1 -. " ' - ANNA COUL.80N, .J. - M. P. NELSON, wife endtwo chlF . AJrcn. . . .' . , 5 - A D.-.UUA ON 010?' HANSEN and wife, GOTTFRIED NELSON, wife and chlld, ELM BR NELSON. ' MRS. POSTIER and child. CHARLES ROBERTS. Unidentified man. . The known Injured- are: A. V. Anderson, f Rosa Briton, O. 8. Ellvin and wife. J. A. Carlson and wife, ' ' Mrs. C. MoCormlck, . William Barkleyr Charles Roberts, wife and three chil- - dren. , - Anna Plttloff. ,r M. 8. Jogren. r ' Mrs. Berg. '-.-' Olof Carlson, T" " ." s Beats Swenaou, Mrs. John A. Carlson, M. Coulaon and three children, Swan Hart, - Andrew Peterson and wife. Reporta from the surrounding coun try show, that the destruction of life and property la widespread and the list r- of dead and InJured.isonetantly grow- Ing. The storm was general through-' out central Kansas, devastating large .sections of Harvey. McPherson, Sallna, (Ellsworth and Lincoln counties, culmi nating In a cyclone at Marquette, a town of 600 Inhabltanta on the Missouri Pa- clfloralmuuJ, m -Mcraersorr county. Telegraph wlrea are down and comrau- nlcatlon-to-other "rKT'. rnlr- '" aamage ia reported at Burrton. Harvey county, where much livestock was killed and many buildings demolished, though no loss of life Is re- - ported. , The tornado formed three miles south , of Marquette and traveling north cut a wide swath through the residence sec tion-of Marquette, but did not spend Its force until It had passed several miles north. With two or three exceptions, every house In the path of the tornado - van destroyed. The tornado struck .the southern end of the town about mldnjght and cut a rj Pain uv jmuff ww. tHiiinii'i.nin VI inv tuwm ruBiiiB nuiui it uiu niuuii damage throughout the farming country, demolishing every building In Its path. Many victims were killed outright In . their homes and others seriously In jured and burled beneath the wreckage. .When the storm abated toward morning cltlsens went about with lanterns re- moving thedead and Injured from the wreckage. " " . . M" "t hnuaaa destroyed be longed to the poorer class and were largely occupied by the Swedish colony. Among the larger, buildings demolished are the Methodist church, the Swedish Lutheran church, the opera house and' cores of residences. .... .Physicians were sent for from Sallna V - and other - towns and people In other artl""ff "f the pUca hastened to- begin :' the work of rescue, giving their princi pal attention to the Injured.- The f urnl ture store of Olaf Olson was converted . Into a morgue and bodies exhumed from debris Bmr bronght ' In where they .IK .-.'Were tdentlfled by' friends and..lUves. The storm threw tho entire town Into a state of panto and. business has been entirely suspended. -' ""'JT-. '- " The list of desd Is placed nt 2 with more than 100 Injured.-, - . ' " 'A- telegram - ielnlVed this, morftlng ' from Lincoln states that In addition to the 2 bodies recoversd In the town of Marnuette. five In one family were killed Jn the country north Including , father, mother and three children. " Owing- the prostration of tele . graph wires throughout the entlnt ,re :riSniort -1 '! next Co-Jmpossible to obtain ' detailed accounts of the storm.' As klstance In the shape of supplies and i money is belnd mshed -from neighbor ing communities and averythlng possl- Continued on Fait Two. - . Mr. E. figging. Grand . SecreUry CRUSADE TO DRIVE Louisiana Whites Assemble and Engage-Irr :- Pitched -Battle - With Colored Toughs. , . PLANTATION WORKERS ARE- SHOT BY UNRULY ELEMENT .Th'Eatally Wounded Rowdies "Brought to New Orleans ' '-; Hospitals.- Joarnr SpeeUl Bervire.) - New Orleans, May . Respectable clt lsens of St. James parish, on the Missis sippi - river, 10Q . miles above- New Or leans have begun a crusade to drive unruly" negrosa out of the parish with thd result teat three negroes are In the charity hospital here fatally wounded. Representatives of the tarlshlndlcat thar'tHartfouble'has only begun. .. Jti is reported that several negroes have been killed. - - - According to the meager reports re ceived that trouble started In a country saloon. A negro plantation hand was. shot and fatallyv wounded In the abdo-' men and a number of others were slight ly wounded by a gang of negro toughs. Before the smoke cleared away the white men of the neighborhood, learn ing that plantation negroes were being shot down, began to gather armed with pistols, rifles and shotguns; A hasty' resolution was reached to drive all bad negroes out of the neighborhood. After -a good slsed crowd of white men had gathered a charge was made on the negroes, who were Intrenched In one of the ssloons. After firing a few shots, slightly wounding several white men, . the "negroes scattered. Three of them rho were left lying In the saloon were brought to this city and are ex pected to die. BULLFIGHTS BATTLE WITH EiECIRIC RAIL (Journal 8pclat Serlce.t Sal Rafael, Cal- Durham bull fought a Inning battle with a- "third" electric power -rail of the Wsrth tlluiie nllHiufT quarter mile from West End station this afternoon. As a result of the unequal contest the bull -was knocked down several time snd wss finally burned to death by the deadly current. The bull wandered away from a ranch and began hunting trouble. He knocked out a fence and found himself on- a rail road track. Here the third rail loomed up before him, several . . feet above ground. His bullship lowered his head and charged. A . cloud of- hair and smoke rose through the atmosphere and the bull went down for the count. He took his time about getting up. When he did, he wss game and rushed again. Once- more 1.100 pounds of tough steaks hit the gravel. -These tactics .. were-. repeated four dimes, when the rail succeeded in kill ing and almost Incinerating the animal EX-SHERIFE That Chlefjtpf Police Hunt Is to.be removed from office by Mayor Williams as the price of Indorsement for re-election by the liquor dealers of the city Is not only ' rumored broadcast but Is vouched for by politicians In a position to know wheraof they speak. - Moreover,. It Is looked 1n as a atrong probability that-former jKherirf W. A. Storey will- be selected chief of 'police. Though evasive in -MhVanswera when questioned. Mr. .Storey virtually -admits thai powerful Interests are working In hla behalf. -What has been accomplished he pretends not to know. - . . ... Despite Mayor. Williams' reluctance to discharge air sppolntee under lire. It Is said that he has not "only been brought - to -realise wthat Chief Hunt forms a most serious obatscle In his psthway to the mayoralty, but that the chances for the election -of Df. Harry Lane are largely Increased on account of the general antipathy toward the present head of the police department. The Brewers' and Wholesale - Liquor Dealers'- assoclatlon-emtalmt-'a-Tinmber of sstute politicians, Some tlms prior to ths primary election . they decided thst Chief Hunt was a millstone around the mayor's neck. fcivestigatlon dis closed to them that not only Is the un popularity of Chief Hunt general bull that nowhere is the antagonism to him f . - . ; ' ""-a " Grand Jury Hears He Cot 41,000 For His Vote on 'Phone Franchise RUMELIN SAID TO HA - BEEN DISBURSING AGENT ttalemmUsJhatAfterMbney Was.Paid, Councilmatr Made Deposit jn Bank, But Did .V Not Stay Bought. "71,"L - That 'Councilman : John P." Sharkey, represenJJnjr the eighth. ward. was paid $1,000 by Councilman Charles - E. Rumelin, for the Pacific States .Tele phone company, about a year and a half ago, to induce htm to assume a position against the f ranchlBea.BkedtoL. at that time by the Los Angeles company la the allegation In testimony-today-laid before the district attorney, and by him transmitted tothe grand jury. Examination of the records and in quiry u mon g 1 ton e bo wers acquainted with the facta relating to the proposed telephone franchise at that time form parts of the Information given today. and which, it Is asserted, substantiate theae -statements'. That Councilman Bharkey at flrst fa vored the franchise asked for by the Los Angeles company, and was for It for soma time; that while the question waa under consideration 'before the ouiini'll. ghaiHBydepoalted90a In - the Cltlsens bank, on the east side, send ing the money by another person,, and first taking from the roll of bank notes 1100. which he put In his pocket; that thla money waa paid to him by Coun cilman Rumelin, whe acted as the dis bursing agent for . the Pacific States Telephone company: that at once Shar key changed his attitude, and opposed the franchise asked for by the new com pany, and that later Sharkey changed back again, and supported the Los An geles company's franchise, tl)la . time, however, receiving no money Consider ation; ha was Induced to change his original position through-the tmporta nity of a friend. " " ' ( f Would aet Business. ' It is also alleged that, while the new company did not offer any money, some promises were made that business would be thrown to Bharkey that would add materially to his revenue, The state ments Is made that Sharkey waa given free telephoneawhlleuhe waa support ing the old company In tta . effort to prevent the nets company from gaining a foothold In Portland, and that other favora were granted him by corpora tions that 'Were Interested In retaining a hold on public utilities. ; part of the testimony laid be fore the flistrlct attorney, the allega tion was made thst Sharkey three years 5"raBo7neiTne enloredTtlie council waa deeply-In tfbt and that since thst time he had received money from Kumeiin and In many other deals that had been made with the council by corporations that have wished favors at the mem here' hands. It 'is understood that 'the lnveattga tlon has developed facts of a startling nature Involving other members of the council, and thasywheh the grand Jury makis Its final presentation ' to the court these will be brought out. In the form or indictments. l. Froduced the Telegram. Manager Dumara. of the Western Union Telegraph company.. waa a wit ness this morning, and brought with him -the original telegram sent by James F. Johnson, one of the county rocKplle (Continued on Page Two.) L; i VlVJ l-l,Uli-il lwlll-i VlXIl-iJl JL A WX 1 x V " r j - , I ' , .- . V,' 4 V , V'- . . x . Charles II. Hunt. ., p, mm f , e. A :f :;. Mrs7Prir.ynanTegi8tratkn Com mittee," L.' A. to O. K. C. " BOX ORDINANCE IS STILL HELD; UP Motion for Rehearing Will Be ' Filed in Supreme Court Saturday. MAY DELAY ACTION TILL ELECTION'S OVER City. Attorney iWillrndeavor to Push the Matterto Quick -r--r. DecisionjLHowever.. Further delay In the enforcement of the ordinance prohibiting private boxes ln"lch liquors are sold in restaurants and .saloons will be made by the filing next Saturday of the expected motion for rehearing In the sdpreme court. -J John F. Logan, counsel for the res- taumnt-Jtnd salona men-lnrHhe injunt' tlon suits: brought to restrain the- ctty from enforcing the ' provisions ' of the ordinance, ' yesterday fixed the ' date of filing the motion. Pending a considera tion of the motion the execution of the ordinance will be delayed. The" cases will be placed on the calendar and in aU' probability the supreme court will not act until after the June election. "There are several points Involved In these cases on which the supreme court did not touch In Its recent decision In which It upheld tha validity of the ordi nance," said Attorney Logan yesterday. "and we desire to have these questions definitely settled. - The supreme court did not state anything In regard to pri vate boxes In restaurants, where no liquors are sold, neither -did It decide whether liquor could be sold In boxes containing 160 square feet or over. It Is not to delay the execution of the or dinance that we contemplate filing .this petition, but this 1s a matter which my clients would like to have definitely set tled." ' - . ."-'... , " City Attorney McNary stated today (Continued on Page Two.) VAY TWO CENTS A The Daily JOURNAL is sold on -the streets of Portland -at two cents a copy PAY-NO MORE.-Eastern people visiting' Portland expect to buy papers at two cents a copy, but a few "westerners" have a prejudice against pennies, but the penny and the two-cent paper have! "come to stay," so do not be "a chump" and "throw your money away." -There will be other two-cent papers in Portland before very long. The Evening Appendix will fall into the procession fretty soon see if-it does not. It has imitated-. THE OURNAL before followed in its footsteps and it will do so again. So buy THE DAILY JOURNAL at twotrents a copy on the STREETS OF PORTLAND and -PAY-NO MORE. " ' ' V ' - ..... " . . stronger than In the police department. It Is said that Mayor Williams was apprised of .the condition, of affairs by representatives i of the association and Informed that he would be Indorsed by the liquor Interests on the contingency that he would agree to depose Chief Hunt .While no person was chosen by the association to succeed tha chief, It is reported, on reliable authority, It was suggested to him that ex-Sheriff Storey's appointment to Hunt's place would meet with the approbation of the liquor - In terests, j - 'i : ' T , Recently Mayor." Wllllnres ; has ad mitted to a number of persons that ho nes come to realise the unitopularlty of Chief Hunt. He has expressed himself ss mystified st the feeling artalnat the chief, because he thought him an honest-man. While refusing to admit tha he had reluctantly concluded to dls-chsrgf-the chief, he asserted thst he was not pledged- to hold him In office, and 'Would exercise his' Judgment In' the matter. , lt,;t. .--w- JX-la-fleured-that the' appointment of Mr. Storey will result In his ceasing hla sctlvlty as theli- political opponent- "Be lieving, thst Storey Is on rordlal terms with Sheriff Word on account of the sld given him as a csndldste for the shrievalty. It Is anticipated that the enarlff -will be less likely to take a INJURED BY MAY Ei THE VAR Roosevelt Writes Auto graph Letter to King Edward for Peace. RESERVlTSQUADROir"" ORGANIZED BY JAPAN Rojestvensky LeayesFrench Waters Russian Naval Of-T f icer From Port Arthur Ar- rives"at Victoria. " ... -(Jooraal Special rvles.l - Mancheater. , May - The Dispatch says that Sir Mortimer Durand, British ambassador at-Washington, who ar rived reoentiy-'rrom-Ametoit.itJ- bear ing an lmpqrtantautogTaprjIetter to the klngTrom President Roosevelt on the subject of the war in- the far east and the possibilities of bringing about a ces sation ot, hottllUesJt Is underatood- tne King .will niru ia - nuiuirmifiuv reply to JoacptiCJloa.le. If tiring, Ames fcah ambaasador. ' '.Tt--"- The Dispatch quotes a prominent naval officer as authority for the state ment that Japan - has organised a, re serve fleet, consisting .of tour or five battleships and 20 fast converted cruis ers, which will b strong -enough to pro tect communications between Jspan and Manchuria In case Togo Is defeated. Admiral Dejonquires, the French conu mauiler In Indo-Chinese waters, has or ganised a patrol aervlce through which full '. Information 'regarding the move ments of Russian vessels along the wa ters of the French "coast will be se cured. It la - announced that-Rojestvensky has left coast waters. Dr. Motone, the Japanese minister at Paris, had another conference with Min ister Delcassa this afternoon, presum ably In connection with, the present situation In Indo-Chlna. The German steamer Neumeuhlen ar rived at. Hongkong' today and. reports that she sighted 46 vessel! In the vi cinity of Kamranh bay on Friday, of which 20 were warships. The steamer ilalmun sighted a Jhpanese cruiser off Amoy Friday. The Russian embassy at Paris gsve out a report last night thst Admiral Togo's flagship, the battleship Mtkusa, struck a mine In the China kea and was lost with allpnboard, There Janaxojui flrmatlon of the report. Shore leaves to British offlc-s at Hongkong JhaveJ been suspended,.'. It. It evident that navy officers are prepar Continucd,ev Page Two.) COPY NO MORP . .W. Ay Storey. , , , i - PRiCE - TWO - TORNADO -- - -- s Mri.-J.H.- McrerandPresident, ' -Ladlea' Auxiliary to O. R- CS WILL BRING SUIT AGAINST OREGON State of Washington to Begin Action to Determine Boun dary Line. IS RESULT OF MEAD'S VISIT TO SAND ISLAND Major Langfitt Understands It to Be lV1erely a Prospective - Contest. (SiMlar1tiratch to The Jooraal.) Olympia. Wash.i Msy .. -As-a result of Governor Mead's recent visit to Sand Island, at the mouth of the Columbia river, a suit will be Instituted against the atste of Oregon in the federsl court to settle the dispute over -the boundary.. trrns-between'T-he states. - ' Olympiads annual rose - carnival . will be held the latter part or this montn. Five committees composee of leading women of the city have seen - assigned the task of arranging the details. When interviewed this morning re? gardlng the burden of this sult, Major W. C. Langfitt, In charge of engineers for the northwest, stated that-he under stood it to be merely a prospective con test between the two atata- to-de- termlna the location of the- boundary line at the mouth of the river. This would not in sny manner affect the lurladlctlon exerctted-by -the govern ment over Sand Island as tide land, pur suant to which the property baa Just been leased to fishermen. Time has changed the exact location of thla Island, with reference to adja cent shores and the main current of the river. When the state boundary was nraTTiwdTTrseersed to be toncdd that Sand Island was well toward the Oregon coast, and within the bounds defined by the central Ttver-Mnej Debr-ls-f rom tha river and aands awent In by littoral currents havs cauaed the-exposed spit to shift toward the northern- shore, until It Is said to be now weU beyond the Una aa primarily , understood. Legal points which the suit -would In volva are neculiarlv riparian or of' a tide nature. Washington seems desirous .rJrnn.lnT If new land formed near, llfr shore line falls under tne aomUilon of established Jurisdiction st that point, or whether the shore from which .It. Ie re ceding; has the right to follow the elu- siva Island until It- at - Jeasi oecomes affixed to ,the mainland. In this suit all facts explaining how snd why Sand Island seeks to change citizenship will probably be explained, and the truant tract will be declared territory of one or other state,wlth . federal control -yet exlstrng as completely as over a mlll tsry fortress. , --. -. woxajt anrsT hajtci.- ' -(Joeraal 8peelat BerTlca.) Trenton, N. J., May . Judge Lan nlng has refused - a writ of habeas corous in the case or Mrs. valentine, the Italian woman condemned to hang for the murder, of her husband. - j r IS RUMOR hand In the administration of city af fairs, In caae Storey Is. mad, the police chief.- . . Mr. Storey laughed aa If the IdeW were a huge Joke thla morning when aske3 If - he knew - anything - about. the . ru mored Intention of the mayor to de pose Chief Hunt and make the former sheriff his successor.- ..' : "This Is the funniest thing I have heard In a long time," he Jovially re-, marked. . 1 .. ... . . - "It- may be funny, Mf. "Storey, hut Isn't It true?" he was asked. .- "Well, you see," he evasively replied. "I am very busy now attending 'to my coal business. I hnvs.lold orders late ly that represent thousands if dollars, snd have very little time to -pay atten tion to poTitics.r !- ."Now, I'll tell -you air t know about It," he continued. "I Understand thst my frlepds among the llquor-deaiers would be pleased with mi as chief of po lice. A number of them hav told me sov.i I have) bt- ormed that- they In tended going to Mayor Williams about It. Whether they have recommended me for chief of police or not' t do 'not know; but 1 have beard and believe- It to be true that Mayor Williams has been informed that Chief Hunt . Is a seri ous handicap in hnt race for the mayor's i chair. That la all X know about It," L f ,r CENT - S OW TKAIXI AMD WlWt TO 0. R. C. I, White and "Green Streamers Wave Gor- -dial Greeting. 77 FIRSTBUSINESSESSION BEGAN THIS AFTERNOON Hundreds of Delegates-Come to - Attend Sessions of Ladies Auxiliary., of -Which Mrs. - Moore Is President. v., - At the arinoriFHaV 1 o'clock thla afters noon PresIdentjClark called to' order ttT thirtieth session of the grand division of the Ojfder of Kaiiwajr Conductors,., OlOJr4j4eJeiftt?t-w-Je- preenirepz reaentlos practically every railroad In the" United States and Canada. . An hour later the public- reception at Elks' ball. In the Marquam building, began In honor of the "eleventh session ' i,t tha If- " HI.H.tr.n n (h. I n II.. ' III. Mary to the Order of Railway Conduo- tors that will convene at .Klks' hall at 10 o'clock tomorrow. It Is estimated that there are over 800 delegates to tl) 'Ladles' auxiliary convention. . . -i This evening at o clock there will, be a publie reception to the grand di vision of the Order of Railway Conduc-t.. tors st the Msrquam Orand theatre. E. IA Jom-a 0.S h a irjnan ot the, aiwutlva ., comnMiiee, win presiut'.. uoTtrnor Chamberlain will deliver an address of welcome on beJia-lf of Hie state, and7 Mayor Williams on behalf of the city.. Red. white and green bunting streams from .windows and balconies Jn tha business section of the-e It y-today In -honor of the visit of the conductors. In every window down town there Is a sign of welcome to the "O. R. C," and " various clever devices that tell of Port land's regard for the order are dis- - I played in other-parts of the city. The Order's Colors. In Washington street windows there are miniature lanterns flashing lights of red, white and green, signaling to the railway men. The cdlora are those of the order. The list of delegates has ' not been completed, but It is estimated that there sre2,3 00deiegtttes to the - session of the grond dlvlakm In hecl'o.t) morning - a special train. , .called the - "Augusta special," reached the city from Augusta,-Florida. The trip from the tropics -wasmatte leisurely and" Lstops were made at various cities along tne route, including San .Francisco and Los -Angeles. - . - -5 The train carried a sleeper from An. guata, one from Jacksonville, Florida, and another from Memphis, jennesaee. Delegations were taken aboard en route through the southern states. IsawadiaSely an Its assiwal lw Useti land began a scrimmage for the meet ing place of the next biennial conven tion of the order In 107. Delegations from Memphis and from New Orleans are busy today telling the claims of their respective cities. Tho Memphis delegation wears white caps with "Mem phis. 1907," in gilded litters across the front - t ' - - . Up to thla time only- two'cltles nava bid for the next session. ' The fight be- tween the two- southern cities shows' ' keen rivalry, though only preliminary; , steps have been taken by either delega- . tlon as yet. The Memphis delegation professes to be conftdam- of seem1 trig tha "" convention, and the assertions are ad- mitiea generally ; 'by delegates front other parts of the country. JTreliialaary Details. The session at. the jirmory thls-af-- terhooh- was devoted largely to prelim inary aetaiMtr organisation; work will be resumed tomorrow, and will continue until May is. Trips of special Inter. eat have been- arranaed-for that nerirut. including a trolley ride of ,7 mile t ' me canyon qr tne jjpper Clackamas over.- me unea. or tne Oregon Water Power & Railway company. , 'The reception tonight will be nubile. and will be attended by a number of mends beside members -of tha order and. their families. The program to be' PiiMcrvfd follows; - - - .. . .. : Prayer. Rev. Dr. B. p. Hill; addreae- . of welcome to- the state, Hon Oeorge K. -Chamberlain, governor of Oregon; . ad dress of weWrae tf .... tha ity. Hoik George If. Williams, mayor of PortJ , land; response, E. E. Clark, grand chief conductor; song. "Shoogy-Shoo," Am brose; eong. "The Widow'a Ijimeiit." Old ' Welch. Lakme quartet; address, R. A.' Worthlngtnn, vice-president-snd general managor Harriman lines; address, Mrs. J. 11. Moore, grsnd; president Ladles Auxiliary; address. . Tom..-Utf hardson. manager Portland Commrrilnl club; song, "Annie Laurie,'' arranged by D, Buck, Lakme quartet; benediction. Most Rev. Alexander Cklath p. 1J. . Mrs.' J. H. Mre, Aran.l president of the iJidles' Auxiliary, arrived Uot night and will respond tolth. addrena of wel come at tha receptien.Jhls sfterun t be delivered by lr AhWa n.rk.f, Mrs. Moore flevtd h snerglas thla' iCootlDxiea e fui JJuss. ' V -z H IiLrV Villi; - i "7"' i , I ..-'-. - , 7 A- J i .V- "i -