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29, 1906. TWO SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. SJSitVFMSi
TAFT IS NOW GOVERNOR OF CUBA
PTEMBER
100 UVES
IN STORM WHO
Damage to Property at Mississippi Sea
port Placed at Ten Millions Many
Towns Completely Wiped Out Hun
dreds of Ships Wrecked at Sea or
Stranded on the
Washington. Sept. 11. (Bulletin.)
: Captain BlckneM. commandant at the
Pensacola navy yard, reports that the
Sunboat Machlas and the tug Wabat
were sunk In the etorm, the converted
yachts Vixen and Gloucester and the
tug Acamat Atomic and coal barge
number one are high on the beach, the
gunboat Isle de Luson is afloat, but
leaking, and the wooden drydock. whWi
eest $7,000. is destroyed. No loss of
life is reported.
(Journal Special SerTlre l
Mobile, Ala.,- Sept. It. One hundred
sad la the estimate of the loea of life
In Mobile and vicinity by the recent
storm, and $10,000,000 loss-in property.
Wires are still down from neighboring
places, but tales of disaster are con-
t..,tU. Ntnhln. thl. .Ilv WKnl. tnurha
were wiped out and many vessels
wrecKen ana tneir crews lost.
Gulf port le reported washed sway, the
less Including the famous Oulfport ho
tel, having to rooms overlooking the
Sen. The British steamer Doriflhrook
dragged her anchors and Is high and dry
on Dauphin Island.
The steamer Bellas arrived this morn
ing and eteports that Navy cove was
wiped off the map end every house
wrecked or damaged In the vicinity.
Army Boa Itaaasgroa.
The army post" at Mobile was swept by
the terrific Storm, the entire post hav
ing been under water. Every building
was seriously damaged, and some de
stroyed, including 'the pumping plant
which furnished a water supply for
the ordnance and warehouse, the quar
termaster's storehouse, two primary sta
tions JSfth Instruments, the quarter
master docks and the main watertsnk.
Lieutenant Rice, quartermaster at
Fort Morgan, SO mtles couth of Mo
bile, anouncea the death of six men dur
ing the hurricane, and destruction of
government property to the amount of
tioo.ooo. The six men were killed by
civilians. One enlisted man la missing.
Death and ruin murk the trail of the
fierce tropical hurricane throughout the
gulf states. Whole families have been
wiped out of existence. Scarcely a per
son In Mobile or Pensacola has escaped
some effect of the storm. The shores of
the gulf arc strewn with the wreckage
of boats, ranging from the small Ashing
smack to the large Iron steamer, and
each wave seems to cast up a tangle of
wreckage or human forms
At Mobile and Penaacola. the worat
centres of the storm, the havoc wrought
la beyond description and estimation.
Nothing but time will reveal What a
FRISCO TO AGAIN HAVE CABLE CARS
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Efforts to Have Electricity Take Place of Old System End in
Failure and Officials Reluctantly Return to Former
Methods Cars to Run Soon.
(Jftaroal Special Ssrrtet.l
an Francisco. Sept 1. The cable
ear, which so Impressed Kipling when
he visited Ban Francisco, will once more
move over the steep hills of the city.
This hss been snnouneed by Thorn
well Mullaly Of the United Railways.
Officials of the TThited Hallways have
been trying for some time to devise a
way to get ears over the steep hills of
the city by means of electricity and
have at lest given the ides up end have
decided to go back to cable cars on the
worst hills.
On the Powell street hill and some
of the hills In the western addition s
cable will be used to pull the cars over
the steep grades.
Numerous plans have been suggested
to do sway with cable cars, but all of
them hare proved Impracticable. It baa
BRIDEGROOM WHIPS
BRIDE AS SOON AS
COUPLE ARE UNITED
(jesraal Speelst wrlee.t
Carml, in.. bwp- -' .
Bchmlttler exercised his prerogative ss
husband yesterday and whipped his wife
ss soon aa the Justice had pronounced
the words which made them- one.
The bride was Miss Josls Hnggerfy. of
Princeton. Indiana. They conducted
their courtship by msll snd aha came
here to nave the ceremony, performed.
LOST
WASTES MOBILE
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Beaches
harvest has been made by the elements.
The damage done by the atorm will
reach Into the tens of millions.
At Pensacola no attempt is even made
to estimate the dead, but there is
strong probability that the victims of
the storm there will number more than
at Mobile. Fifty big steamers and sail
ing vessels are plied up on the wharves
to which they were tied or arc high and
dry on the shore. In addition to these
crafts. SO fishing vessels are wrecks
Iron ships were picked up by the storm
as if thoy were chips of wood, carried
Inland and left high and dry. Not
house along the waterfront for a dis
tance of 10 miles escaped being com
pletely wrecked, while every business
bunding in the city is without s root.
Houses were torn down while families
were still In them, and many are burled
under the ruins, without food and with
out homes to go to, famines are walking
the streets, while every building that
wss left standing is filled to overflow
Ing with homeless victims of the storm.
The loss to property alone In Pensacola
will reach $8,000,000.
Pssaegs In Mobile.
In Mobile all the churches of the city
are damaged or destroyed. Of the fine
line of wharves that marked the harbor
where the government has spent mil
lions of dollars In Improvement, not one
is left. Soma were destroyed by the
weight of the large ateel steamers.
which were picked up bodily by the
storm and landed on the pier, wrecking
both structure and steamer. Not an
electric light la left Telegraph And
telephone communication is practically
at an end and a street car has not moved
tor 48 hours. The surrounding county
for 16 miles is under water and the cot
ton and sugar crops are utterly ruined.
Everything la in a chaotic condition.
Martial law has been declared and the
state troops are In control of the city
No one Is permitted on the street unless
he has a special permit. Every means
of getting supplies have been cut off,
and unless help reaches the city soon
there will be terrible suffering among
the thousands of homeless. The ship
ping Interests at Mobile suffered be
yond estimation. Many of the liver
boats are now benched or sunken, sad
big vessels tied at wharves are tangled
wrecks. The revenue cutter Alert went
down In Mobile river during the height
of the storm, she having been rammed
by another ship that broke from Its
mooring. The crew of the revenue out
ter was seen rb take to the boats, and It
Is believed they escaped safely, but
nothing has been seen of them.
been proposed to make a great out In
the Powell street bill and reduce the
grade so that cars could ascend. Cross
lines would in that esse run over bridges
and viaducts would be built for pedes
trians. This scheme has been given up
and It has been thought best to go back
to the old method.
It Is with the greatest reluctance that
the officials of the United Railway
have decided to go back to the cable,
they had hoped to have ell cars in
the city operated by mesne of elec
tricity. The lines that will be used for
cable ears sre In fslr condition and will
not be rehabilitated, but will be put In
commission with necessary repairs and
the old cars will again comejntn aervloe.
Work will begin shortly on the hill lines
snd It Is hoped to hsve .ie csble cars
In aervloe again In s few weeks.
As Justice Alfred Penned completed the
service the bride knocked the book from
hla hand to the noor. The justice of
fered the certificate for them to sign.
She poured an Ink bottle over "on the
document.
Judge Pennell looked up In amassment
snd she rubbed some of the ink on him.
He fled and the husband Immediately
seised s cane sad whipped his bride.
STRIKE MAY
IN
NEXT WEEK
CenflictBetweenGrain
handlers and Export
ers Begins to Assume
Serious Character
Employers Declare Enough Non-
Union Men Will Be on Hand
Monday Morning to Work All
Docks Strikers Declare Man
Cannot Be Obtained.
"By the first ef the week a full crew
of grainhandlers will be working on the
docks In the places of the 160 strikers.
Between 40 and 50 nonunion men are
already at work unloading the wheat
oars." Statement of W. 3. Burns, man
ager of Balfour, Guthrie & Co. and pub
licity agent of the exporters.
Men cannot be got to unload the
wheat oars st 35 cents an hour. Ws
hsve Jobs for them at 40 cents. The
number of nonunion grainhandlers
now st work la less than SO. We hsve
too pickets out snd ss fast ss the new
men find out the real situation they re
fuse to continue In our places. State
ment of Oscar Melby, business agent of
the Grainhandlers union.
"When the first esr 00 mee with wheat
to be loaded Into S ship I will unload
that wheat into the ship without delay.
If It costs me every cent I possess:"
Statement of John A. Brown, of Brown
and McCabe. Portland's big stevedoring
firm.
"We will refuse to handle any grain
unloaded by scabs." Statement of Busi
ness Agent Hall, of Longshoremen's
union No. 265.
The first week of the grainhandlers'
strike passed peaceably, with little ex
citement and no wsr. The second week
does not promise as well. Before the
coming seven dsys sre over there will
undoubtedly be a much sterner clash of
employer and employed than has so far
occurred.
On last Mondsy the 260 grainhandlers
belonging to Longshoremen's union No.
26$. commonly known as the Grain-
handlers' union, struck or wore locked
out, according as you view it from the
etandpotnt of the employers or of the
men. The employers call It s strike be
cause the men quit work In a body. The
men call It a lockout because they were
given the option of quitting or signing
an agreement to work for another year
at the old scale, thus heading off any
demands for higher pay.
Question st Issue.
Practically speaking, however, the
question at Issue Is: Shall the grain
handlers get 35 cents an hour or 40
cents?
The result of the ressstion of work
on the docks was a congestion of loaded
wheat oars in the O. R. N. yards.
The yards on the east side are now full
of loaded wheat cars which were In
transit at the beginning of the trouble.
It Is estlmsted that ths number todsy
Is between 360 and 400, which means
that the exporters sre paying Just that
number, of dollars demurrage chsrgee
to the railroad company, the price being
$1 a day for every car remaining unload
ed after standing. 4$ hours In the yards.
Another and more serious result of
the cessation of work la that no moVe
shipments of wheat sre being made
to Portland and that no more will be
made until the present trouble Is set
tled. This means a loss of trade to
Portland and s gain to her rival In
grain shipping. Tacoma, for grain that
would have come to Portland la now
being routed to that city.
Beyond these points there hsvs been
no complications of consequence on
ths docks; first, because both sides
hoped for an early surrender of the
other; second, because there were no
wheat ships In the harbor and therefore
no conditions that would force the
stevedores to declare s sympathetic
strike or refuse to declare one. Both
of these conditions will pass away with
the passing of the first week of the
strike snd interesting complications are
certain to arise.
Try to (let Laborers.
Toward the end of the present weak
the exporters made strenuous efforts to
secure grainhandlers. But, according; to
Business Agent Melby of the union.
they have so far met wfth little success.
According to Melby there hss been no
attempt to do any work at any of the
docks except the Montgomery and the
Oceanic.
"At the Montgomery dock they hsve
eight men working today. Six of these
sre Italians and two are white scabs
from eastern Oregon," aald Melby. "A
committee of union men visited the
sgent of the Italians, and he promised
to call them off today. Ws talked -with
the other two men also offering them
lobs st 40 cents en hour. They re
fused, so they must be getting more
money where they sre. What can we
give them to go at 40 cents an hour?
We- have plenty of jobs around the
docks that ws can get them st t hat
price and sometimes more. The men st
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At the Top Is the First Photograph of the Landing of the United States
Troops Prom the Denver, at Havana. Below Is a Photo Showing
Cuban Flags Displayed at the Wharf in Havana.
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OUSTED SLEUTHS
WIN POINT IN
CIRCUIT COURT
Judge Sears Holds That Mayor,
Chief of Police and Executive
Board Proceeded 'Contrary to
Law in Discharging City De
tectives From Force.
Holding that the major, chief of po
lice and executive board did not pro
ceed in the manner prescribed by the
olty charter In discharging Detectives
Snow, Vaughn. Hartman. Reslng, Carp
enter and Day. Judge Seare In the clr-
cult court this morning granted the pe
tition of Detective Snow ror a writ of
review of the proceedings by whleh the
six detectives were ousted.
"I find nothing to Indicate thst there
was any attempt to comply with the
law," ssld Judge Bears. "The officers
of the city view the charter In a very
different light than It presents Itself to
the court. No specific charges were
mad. The detectives were given no
opportunity to answer any charges.
They were simply notified thst they
were discharged.
"The rule seems to be universal that
where an officer msy be removed fer
reuse, there must be specific, charges
made agalnat him aufflctent to charge
htm with that which It la assumed he
Is guilty of. Such ebsrges are of a
f
quasi criminal nature, and charges of
general neglect of duty are Insuffl
elent. They must be so specific as to
permit him to make a defense.
"The mayor, civil service commission
or executive board do not possess more
power insn is vcatea in mem oy me
charter, and that la to make sn appro
prlate charge against the officers. Th
chief of police has power to suspend
one of his foroe for 10 duys. but the
mayor has no power to suspend sny-
laxiy. There Is ft very marked differ
ehce between discharging a man and
auspendlng htm.
"I think the law has- not been com
piled with In this esse and the writ of
review will be Issued.
Attorney R. K, Moody, representing
Detective Know, filed the petition for the
writ. Attorney Moody also represents
Detectives Reslng, Carpenter and Day,
and should the writ of review result In
a decision by the circuit court that the
action of the mayor, chief of police and.
executive noarn noes not operate as s
discharge, a similar proceeding on be
half of the other detectives will be in
stituted. Snow's rase Is to be the teat.
MILLIONAIRE WALL TO
WED STENOGRAPHER
(Joanml Special Sarrtra.)
Mllwsrfkee, Wis.. Heptt. It. Adward
C. Wall, sged 3 years, a multimillion
aire, s member of the Democratic na
tional committee and the presidential
nomination convention St. Louis con
vention, who has for two years bean s
widower, thle morning announced his
engngement to Martha Arndt. aged It,
who was formerly hla stenographer. -
G0MPERS IS TO ASK
UNION MEN FOR COIN
1 Journal Special Rervtrr 1
Chicago. Sept.- It Samuel Qompers
and Mitchell will ask the unions to -
trlbute $sro.ooo to aid them In their po
litical fights.
MRS. L0M6W0RTH FIGURES
IN ARMY SCANDAL
Irregularities in Quartermaster's
Department at Manila
Develop Sensations.
1 (Journal Special gerrlce. )
New York. "Sept It. A csble to the
nVra from Manila says the Investigation
Into the Irregularities in the quarter
master's department, in which Major
Fredenball Is under charge of misap
propriation of public fund continues
behind closed doors at military head
quarters. The Investigators have com
pleted and revised, though it Is still un
official, s list of unsettled accounts that
takes up five typewritten foolscap
Among the names on this Hat are
those of Major Oeneral Corbln, Captain
Horton, Miss Alice Roosevelt, several
Washington officers and numerous mili
tary and civil officers, who sre, or have
been, stationed In the Philippines.
A sensation la expected on the
sr -
rival of the transport Thomas, which Is
understood to be bringing Important
witnesses.
11,000,000 HUNfiS ON SEMICOLON
Upon Interpretation of Two or Three Words and Punctuation De
pends Payment of Fire Insurance Policies in Three
Welching Companies at Bay City.
(Journal Special terries.)
San Francisco. Sept. It. Upon a
word, or the Interpretation of two or
three words, a semicolon, and two or
three adverbs depends the payment of
$U.00,000 on the fire Insurance poli
cies by the welching Insurance compa
nies, which urge the earthquake clause
as an excuse for repudiating their debts
to those who suffered loss In the San
Francisco fire.
Thla case, ultimately Involving- the
payment of million of dollars on fire
Insurance policies held by the Williams
burgh City. Norwich Union and the
Idemntty Fire Insurance companies was
argued on demurrer before Judge Hoe
mer of the superior court yesterday and
submitted without briefs.
SILVERWARE DUO UP
PROM AMID RUINS OP
BURNT PALACE HOTEL
(Journal Special Serrlss.1t
San Francisco, Sent. It-. Rutted in
the ruins of the Palsee hotel, battered
by debris and blackened by Use, Is a
large quantity of silverware whleh Is
belli iin-nrihcd by workmen engaged lb
etearlna tin- site
Some of it
The test S
for the SSW hostelry
Is fair v we I nrenerved .!,., UruMuraa
It Is belli anusht hv men t.., .all. will
wh., lioil 111 the asn of souvenre Most I work it. k from Wtt
of the .,ld slltcr will be marked Palsce" I will be .
Snd sent egStiMHpii tta where I now is -
Mie ": f -1 Is I the debris the
I well known and wsere a souvenir or Its ya d Tele win ts
ruins will a. prised
CUBAN FLAG
STILL FLIES
ON CAPITOL
Provisional Govern
ment Will Be Main
tained Until Election
to Restore Peace
(Journal Specie! Ssrvies.)
Havana. Sept. It. Secretary of Wag
W. H. Taft Issued a proclamation this)
morning declaring himself provisional
governor of the Island of Cuba and
published It broadcast. Thousands of
copies were circulated. The terms
cause general satisfaction, -being unex
pectedly moderate in tone.
The proclamation states that the pro
visional government is undertaken only
on account of the necessities of the
situation and promises that ths provi
sional government will be maintained
purely for the res'oraUon of psaos. or
der and public confidence, until per
manent government be established.
The proclamation says: Insofar as
consistent with the provisional govern
ment, under the authority of the United
States, this Cuban government ls eon-
forming to the Cuban constitution. It
announces that elections for permanent
officials will eventually be held. The
Cuban flag will be hoisted as usual over
the government buildings and all de
partments will be administered as un
der the Cuban republic. All heads of
departments. Including Oeneral Hod
erlgues, commanding tjje rural es and
Oeneral Roloff, the treasurer, are or
dered to report to Secretary Taft, who
signed the proclamation as "Secretary;
of War of the United States asd Pro
visional Governor of Cuba.
The first detachment of troop win be)
landed tomorrow, when the Lite men
under the command of Lieutenant Malt
land will be quartered at Camp Colum
bia. Close watch is being kept on all
armed Insurgents and all moderates wbe
talked rebellion against Amertoa, who
could make a tot of trouble, but little
Is anticipated. Taft and Bacon are
meeting all such suggestions by smiling
and saying nothing.
Oeneral Rodrlgues, commander of all
the Cuban armed forces. Is acting tnji
perfect harmony with the American
commissioners. The rural guard am eta
Were directed to police Havana, thai
police being not fully trustworthy. The
4 - comm
isstonera, through the Americana
military atiacnw, nave oaa aamsuunorj;
(Continued oa Page Two.)
Suit was brought by Fred Walters
against the Wllllamsburgh City Fire
Insurance company to compel the pay
ment of a policy of $1,090 on a dwelling.
The policy contained the earthquake
elause and in this Instance the phrasing
happens to be Identical with that of the
other two companies sjamart, The clam
reads:
"Thla company shall not be respon
sible tor loss caused directly or indi
rectly by riot. Insurrection Or tnvasloa
by military or usurped power; or foe
loss or dsmags occasioned by or through
volcano, or earthquake." etc.
The question at lasue is whether ths
semicolon after the word "tower' per
mits of the word "Indirectly" to carry
over to volcano " and "earthquake."
Work Is proceed ingly rapid!
m the
demolition of Ms Paleee.
MaheweF,
Bros., the contractors.
to iiw iirht sisaass of dn
! Interior walla MS JfS
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