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READ WHAT THE PEOPLE'S INSTITUTE is DOING for POOR CHILDREN SUNDAY JOURNAL - - - " ' - " - 1 VOL. V. NO. 196. PORTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 20, 1908. TWO SECTIONS TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. SjSglgPgSS 600 PERISH IN SOUTHERN STORM 1,500 WORKINGMEN ON BARGES MISSING OFF FLORIDA COAST Survivors of One Barge Picked Up Off Bahamas-Property Loss Totals Four Million Dollars-Hundred Perish in Cuba, Between Thirty and forty in Havana-Southern Coast Devastated (Journal Special Service.) New York, Oct. 20. Six hundred dead and a property loss of $4,000,000 is a conservative estimate of the results of the recent gulf coast storm. This may be increased as the ships report, but many, it is thought, are likely to turn up, having ridden the storm in safety. Between thirty and forty are dead in Havana. A total of one hundred in all Of Cuba will probably cover the extent of the loss of life on the island. The loss of life off Florida may be greatly increased, as ten barges, carrying 1,300 workmen, are missing, having been driven out to sea. (Journal Special Service.) Charleston, 8. C Oct. Rain It falling and tha wind la blowing a rale. Tha tide la two feet above normal. Several alracta are under water and the storm la Increasing in velocity. It la this city will auffer a hurricane. (Journal Special Service.) Tampa, Fla.. Oct. 0. It la esttmnted that 500 are dead la Florida and off tha Florida coast aa a result of the norm. The property loss Is about $1,000,000. Great damage was dona to tha govern, nent llgnThouaea on the eastern and southern coast of Florida. Tenders are smashed or washed away and fears are entertained that disasters have over taken ships at sea. Ten barges, loaded with workmen, en gaged in railroad extension work, were at saa during the storm, and are not reported. It Is thought the 1,200 are lost A steamer picked up tha surviv ors of one barge, off the Bahamas, sav ing 49 out of 181 survivors. The sur vivors say that 0 wars killed when the house-boat crasAed during the storm Into the steamer Jennie, which rescued them. Three other ships appeared and saved many, but the number Is unknown, as tha ships proceeded on different courses. Advices from Miami show that the deaths In that vicinity will number sev eral hundred. By the swamping of Elliott Key by a tidal wavs yesterday more than 100 people lost their Uvea and part of the fleet of the Florida Fish a Produce company Is believed to have been lost in the storm. When the tidal wave engulfed BU'.ott Key there ware about 250 people on the Island, all of whom lost their Uvea. The steamer Ste, Lucie was anchored on the lee shore of the Island and went to the bottom, and of tha lot passengers wlfo were aboard, IS lost their lives. Cap tain Bravo was Injured. A barge with 100 people aboard was also anchored at tire Island whsn the MRS. SHYDER MAY LEAVE CITY Says She Will Depart Tomorrow Unless the Officials Take Decided Action in Endeavor to Apprehend Her Husband's Murderer Mrs. Madge Snyder, widow of tha lata Oarer M. Snyder, who was murdered 10 months ago near his hsme at Olencoe, announced this morning that aba will leave Phralafid tomorrow unless officials of Washington county take some de cided action with reference to a solu tion of the mystery surrounding the death of her husband. Mrs. Snyder Is angry and Is becoming restless as a result of bar long wait Though officers are convinced that she 1 ossesses Information which would aid materially In running down the robbers of the Forest Grove bank and the mur derers of her husband, they admit that they have been unable to Induce her to tall bet story. At Hlllsboro. when she was placed under oath and examined by District Attorney Harrison Allan and his dep uty, T. H. Tongue, tha woman defied them end positively refused to answer questions whloh did not suit hre. At the Inquisition she ralked freely of the crime and told numerous unim portant details In connection with It But whsn asked a question that required a direct answar she promptly announced that she I a fused to answer. The combined efforts of the offlclala were unable to fores her to answer. Continued and repeated efforts on the part of the officials have likewise failed to secure front her Important testimony. wave struck and It Is reported that 10 of her passengers ware drowned. Forty-nine survivors of barge No. 4, which was engaged on east coast ex tension work, have been landed at Key West The report that nine other oargen were engaged in me wur, out that ne trace has been round of then, and It Is feared that they wore Wrecked with a fearful loss of Ufa during the atorm. DAMAGE IN HAVANA Wrecked. WaUi Mundred Uvea (Morsel Special tsmce.) Havana. Oct. 30. As tba result of the wrecking of Camp Columbus, where the American troops were quartered, by the storm, one member of tha Twenty-eighth Infantry, Teamster Harry Foster, will probably die and Wagon master Frederick Butllff has serious In juries from which he will probably recover. The transport Cubans, for tha safety Of. which great fears wars entertained, has arrived safely In port, although nor rigging was badly damaged by tha cyclone and a number of cattle, which were being carried, dead. More than (0 houses wars wrecked hare, walls ware blown down, one be ing a partition wall of the American legation, wblch wracked the furniture and wat tha record boo fs through. Trees throughout the city were up rooted and during the storm the lower streets of the city were flooded. Conditions In the harbor are being rapidly righted, but tha ships surviv ing tha storm are forced to load di rectly at the wharfs as ft lighters, heavily loaded with sugar and mer chandise were lost In the cyclone. The American cruiser Brooklyn, which was driven on the , rooks during .tha storm, haa bees pulled oft and tha dam- (Contlnued on Page Two.) She Is known to have expressed her belief In the guilt of George Perry, but when asked at the Inquisition to give her reasons she simply replied that she would not, and she did not. As a result of hsr refusal to talk. It is probable that the mystery sur rounding the murder will never be solved. Though detectives and others have secured evidenoe pointing directly to the guilt of Perry and showing that Mrs. Snyder knows far mors about both the robbery and the murder than she has told, no action has been taken to ward tha arrest of sny of tha sus pect a. A final meeting of the Washington county oflclals with Mrs. Snyder Is being held this e.ftemoon. They hope that she may cousent to aid them In solving the mystery, but she declares that they hope In vain if they rely upon her. "I have told what I know and won't tall any more, for I don't know any more.'' she said todav. "And I am tired of this waiting and delay X wht to announce to the offtoers that If thsy don't do something by tomorrow morn ing. I en going to aklddoo.' I have been staying hers In tha hope that they would do something, snd told them that t would wait until today. Today has oome and nothing has been dona yet, so 1 am preparing to leave an tha morning Reading From Left to Right George A. Burnett, Lot L. Pearce, "With Next Rise BURNSIDE PORTLAND HOST OF MASONS Of OREGON TODAY Members of Masonic Orders Gather to Lay Cornerstone of Now Temple Being Erected at West Park and Yamhill Streets. Portland Is host today for many hun dreds of Masons who came from all parts of Oregon to attend tba exer cises Incidental to the laying of the cornerstone of the handsome new Ma sonic temple which Is In course of con struction at West Park and Yamhill slpeeta The exercises, which commenced promptly at 1:80 o'clock this afternoon with the opening of tha grand lodge In the Mssonlo temple at Third and Alder streets were Impressive In their sim plicity. Most Worshipful Grand Mas ter Dr. W. T. Williamson waa in charge of the services and the cornerstone lay ing Under the escort of the grand com mandery of Knights Templar the grand lodge of Oregon marched to the new building. The members were In uni form and presented a beautiful spec tacle aa they marched down Washing ton street In the bright autumn sun light . Hundreds of Portland Masons were In Una and the streets were lined with oltlsens who watched the progress of the marcher. Immediately after arriving st the site of-the cornerstone laying. Dr. William son stepped forward and amid a pro found silence directed the placing of ths massive stone. Directly after the hurl careful examination of the stons's position Dr. Williamson, reading from tba Masonic ritual, said: "Men and brethren here assembled, be It known unto you that we be law ful Masons, true and faithful to the laws of our country, and engaged, by solemn nbllgaUons, to erect magnlft eent buildings, to be serviceable to the brethren, and to fear Ood, the great architect of the universe. We have imong us, concealed from the eyes of all men, secrets which cannot be di vulged, and whloh have never been found out; but these secrets are law ful and honorable, and not repugnant to the laws of Ood or man. Thsy were Intrusted, in peace and honor, to the Masons of ancient times, and having bean faithfully transmitted to us. It Is our duty to convey them unimpaired to the latest posterity. Unless our craft were good and our calling honor able, we should not have lasted for so many centuries, nor should ws have been honored with the patronage of so many Illustrious men In all ages, who nave ever shown themselves ready to promote our Interests and defend us from all adversaries. We are assem bled here today In the face of you all. to build a house, which ws pray Ood say dseerve to prosper, by becoming a place of concourse for good men, and promoting harmony and brotherly love throughout the world, till time shall be no mora" Judge Oleland Speaka. Following the address of the grand master. Judge John B. Cleland was In troduced and mads the principal ad dress of the day. He was In turn fol lowed by Judge Oeorge A. Burnett of Salem, grand commander of Knights Templar; Meet (Excellent Orand High Priest Dot U Pearce of Salem, and Mrs. Robert I.utke. past grand matron of the Order of the Bastem Star, all of whom made brief remarks. .fudge Clektnds address In part, follows: "This in a notable day In the history of Masonry in Oregon. It la an tm- (Continued on Page Sevens PROMINENT PARTICIPANTS IN of River Bridge Will Go Out" BRIDGE DECLARED PILES SUPPORTING DRAW ROTTEN AND SURFACE TIMBERS CRUMBLING Reconstruction Necessary Immediately and Cost Will Approxi mate One Hundred Thousand Dollars Citizens Placed in Peril. "With the next slight rise of the Wil lamette river," says Foreman Harry Stutsman of the Burnslde street bridge, "this bridge will go out" According to William Taylor, bridge carpenter at the Burnslde structure, and other authorlUes Oregon fir can only be expected to serve aa bridge Um ber nine years. After this safe limit has been passed no bridge can be con sidered secure for even light traffic. The Burnslde bridge has been built for 14 years and has been in operation for II years. The piles supporting ths draw and the draw protection stand In 60 feet of water. All tha surface timber used on the bridge Is thoroughly rotten and can be kicked away with the foot. Engi neer Stutsman states that it Is Impos sible even to drive a nail into any of these timbers that will hold. The piles above the water are only shells, decayed from top to bottom and rotten clear through. During the high water of laat winter tha draw swayed ominously and It was only a miracle, says Mr. Stuts man, that the bridge stood at all. Besides the draw- timbers that need renewing the east approach and tha supporting drum will have to be re placed with new material at a cost of nearly 1100,090. These expenditures ars SAVED HIS LIFE BY FEAT OF GREAT STRENGTH Outdoes Sampson by Breaking With Hie Arms the Machin ery of Rook Crusher. ijonmsl kg i Hal surrlee.) Quebec. Oct. 30. Possessed of Samson-like strength, Albert Fischer saved his life recently by a remarkable ex hibition of hie power. Fischer was an employe at the stone crusher and his duties consisted In feeding rocks Into the huge machine. To do this he stood on a platform Just above the crusher. He had Just dropped a (0-pound boul der into the machine when his foot slipped and he fell headlong between the steel jaws. No person waa near to stop the engine. Bracing hie shoulders against ths steel crushers, which were slowly closing together, the sturdy workman exerted all his great strength Tke Best in tke West 1 In ill the western country The Sunday Journal is with out a rival. Its leased wire service covers the whole world ; whatever is true aad worth printing appears in Us news columns. Its special features are written by experts and are of interest to all classes. The Journal talks for the people, represents them and fights their battles. If you want the best newspaper in the west, the paper that appeals to the largest number of people, you should read The Sunday Jour nal. Every week the newsdealers are sold out, and if you do not take the paper from the carrier you should order from the dealer now. Alssee MASONIC CEREMONIES. Dr. W. T. Williamson, Judge John faced by the county now and It la the opinion of Mr. Stutsman that ths cost will be greater If immediate attention Is not given the Burnslde structure. Not only la the present perilous con dition of the bridge a dangerous Item for the city, but It constitutes a sort, ous menace to the harbor which will soon result In the government demand ing a new bridge for the safety of the port of Portland. Foreman Stutsman says the county la helpless under present conditions to remedy the evils existing, as no au thority Is given It to expend so large a sura on the bridge, and the legisla ture will have to be called upon to allow the county this heavy expense. Accord ing to previous arrangements It de volves upon the county to operate the bridge and keep It up although funds are not provided for suoh an emer gency as ths present one. Further the county Is liable to other additional ex penses due to sgreements entered Into by the railroads which provide that the county must put In steel cylinder bridging when the east end Is repaired In order to preserve the safety of the trains paaslng under that end. This Item with the repairs on ths draw are estimated at about $100,000 by Mr. Stutsman, and they ars expenses that cannot be deferred longer. In one powerful effort. For a moment the machine stopped then the massive sides drew apart, and finally there was a rending of steel Joints and the crush er fell to pieces. STREET CARNIVAL IS CAUSE OF BIQ FIRE (Joarsal asocial Barn as.) Kansas City, Kan., Oct 10. The Ma sonic Temple snd 10 or 10 residences are ruined and several persons are re ported to he dead as a result of a fire today, following the explosion at noon of gaaoline In a booth of a street carnival in progress In the business center of the city. The animals In ths show wsre also burned to death. RESCUES HIS COUSIN WITH FATAL BULLET Houston, fez.. Oct. 20. Marshall Tankereley, Jr., a society man. wag shot early this morning and killed by his cousin, E. E. Nichols, who with the dead man's brother was trying to persuade the youth to leave a ques tionable house. M oe B. Clelsnd. Harry Stutsman DANGEROUS ABBEY BUILT BY NORMAN WILLIAM IS BURNT DOWN One of the Oldest Buildings in England Destroyed With Price less Relies Founded by the Conqueror and Birthplace of King Henry I. Selby. England, Oct 10. Selby Abbey, built In 1001 A D. by the Normans was destroyed by fire or unknown origin this morning. Many priceless relics were oonsumed. The abbey was built by William ths Conqueror for ths Benedictines and was ons of the oldest in England. It was raised to the dignity of a mitred abbey by Pope Alexander II. Moat of the orig inal structure bad long slnoe crumbled away though there still remained the church of St Mary and St. Germain although much changed' by alterations and repairs. The original parts pre served In their entirety were ths nave. transept and weet front In 118 ths church was made paroch ial. Henry I was born In the abbey shortly after Its erection, a fact that accounts for the special privileges con fsrred upon It EMORY IS ARRESTED BY SENATOR M'NICHOL Philadelphia, Pa.. Oct. 10. Senator McNIchol this afternoon filed suit for $250,000 damages against Louis Emory. Jr., fusion candidate for governor, al leging criminal libel. A warrant has been Issued for Emory's arrest CASES MUST 60 TO TRIAL Judge Sears Overrules Demurrers to Indict ments Against Participants in Alleged Sellwood Precinct Election Frauds Judge Sears In the circuit court this morning overruled the demurrers to in dictments against the participants In ths alleged election frauds In Sellwood pre cinct and the IS men Indicted will have to stand trial on the charges preferred against them. Having exhausted the legal technicali ties by which trial may be delayed, ths defendants will now be tried In a com paratively short time. It Is believed that the trials will be had before Juries In ths circuit court early In November. Objections to the Indictment were made on ths ground thst even though the accused men bad dons everything charged agalnat them, their acts were not sufficient to constitute the crime of perjury. This contention wss based on ths allegation that several of the blanks In the a fl davits sworn to had net been niled out and that they were net valid affldavlta aw tested by the statutes It was also alleged thai the Indictments generally were not properly drawn. In passing upon the questions Involves. Judge Sears said: "The supreme court ef this state haa set forth the essentials of an Indict ment for perjury, namely: The name ef ths person that he had authority to make the affidavit, proper aili-gat Ions, aad materially t mailer - The most troublesome iuvstlon in these OS eve Is as to the sufficiency of the affidavits. The affidavits are made out In een GALE BRINGS DEATH TO 5 IN BAY CITY San Francisco Swept by Worst Wind Storm Sincethe Earthquake. Workmen Buried ' Sections of All Buildinss Left Standing by Fire Are Hurled Upon Laborers Working Below Many Are Buried In Grand Opera House. ( Joorasl Special San Francisco, Oct 20. A Sl-mUes an -hour gale blew over San this morning, knocking down ths walla left standing by ths firs, burying many workmen In the ruins, at least flvs of whom were killed, and endan gating the) lives of hundreds of persons on thels way to work. A gang of It men employed In dear lng up the ruins of Sc. Patrick' a church, on Mission street, near Third, bad lust guns on duty when the wind, which was blowing hard all night, .Increased In force, knocking down a 20-foot section of the 40-foot wall. Several workman saw the Wall toppling and gave warning and all escaped except three, who were burled under tone of bricks. Ths fire department was called out and the unfortunate men quickly dug from the debrla. One man waa taken out dead and the other two badly In jured, one dying on the way to the hos pital. The blow that knocked over St Pat tick's church wall si so leveled the wall of the Pacific Mutual Ufa buHoTng a Montgomery and Commercial streets, burying several workmen, three of whom were killed snd one fatally hurt. The wind was ths hardest since the great fire, rendering conditions In the burnt district dangerous. Great clouds of mortar-dust wers blown through tha streets, making It Impossible to see half a- block away, resembling a sand storm. Latter ths wind blew down the walls of the Orand opera-house st Mission and Third streets, burying 14 workmen. One body has been recovered. Two of the dead have been Identified. One Is a Oreek named Durant living la Oakland and the other is Peter Kahn. Although a number of vessels had hard time on the bay none met with accident. The State was tied up at the wharf and was considerably damaged by a wall 110 feet long, being erected on the pier, falling on It. Several men were on a tug at the time, but none were Injured. Uearsal flseelsl Serrlee.) Washington. Oct 20. It was offi cially announced at the White House this morning that President Roosevelt will opea the Jamestown tticentennlal exposition with a speech April It, next forfmty with ths forms prescribed by our laws, but many of the blanks are not filled at si I. One for Instance, does net show the county, township, range, section, street or street number. I am Inclined to think that the only thing definitely stated Is that this mas lived In Oregon. "If It should he essential that these affidavits should be sufficient to Justify the Judges of ths election in allowing the elector te vole, generally it might be questionable whether the statement that he had resided In Oregon wsuU be sufficient The great weight of entire rHy sea ts Ins the posltlo i that If sny materiel fact la aet forth In the sffldsvH upon which the tribunal sha.l act, whloh te untrue, or knowinl untrue, It is suf ficient on whloh to base an lodietaaant . for perjury. It certainly Is see pan terlai circumstance In these sssss thus) ths freeholders Should be eigSAtnted with the elector, aad the sversaent Is uisde in these tndlstsseute as tn fasstty in this raanrd. it will be found that aa of these IndJctsssnts Imileslee a nee with ths reejSBBmsjBWS ss by our supreme tourt. It Is the courts thai a prosanStlen