The Oregon daily journal., January 16, 1907, Image 1

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Entire Island of Jamaica Shaken But
Heavy Damagells Confincd toiliing
ton Churches, Public Buildings and
v IIotels.Gon
; of Devastation-
New York, Jaa 16.(BuIletin) Oxke's Tourist agency
; estimates that 2,000 Americans were visiting in Kingston
at the time of the quake. Dispatches this, afternoon say
."T that the dry is practically ruined. 'The dead are estimated
' at 400 and the property loss is $I5,000,00a Later calcula
. tions will probably increase this. Communication has been
1 partially restored. - The fatalities are confined mostly, to
'" natives. ,The English arI3 American tourists ;'iosOriQsfox
. -.. m Iw .-'i s . . . . . a
tneir personal ettects. Most or tne notei3 were aestroyea.
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U; Kingston, Jamaica (Direct), " Jan. ' 16. Kingston "was
. ' overwhelmed by an earthquake at 30 o'clock' Monday
afternoon. r Alirhcses-withina-radius-of-10 miles ;were
- - damaged. Almost every house in the city was destroyed.
(Fire broke out. after; the earthquake, and completed the
. work of destruction. The business section of the city is
..:. a smoldering heap of ruins The killed number about 400.
'Thousands were injured. Churches, public offices and
--hotels are-gone. -No fatalities occurred ut the Constant!
Springs hotel. Sir James Ferguson was among the killed.
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v "T ' ' London,"Jan. 16. The telegraph company announces that the
- streets of Kingston are unsafe on account of the tottering buildings.
The city hospital is intact, 300 injured are gathered there. The
mercantile section hat8fcfc)fcompleteV destroyed by fire and smoke.
Private dispatches state that several hundred are dead. .
- It is" officially, announced that Sir James-Ferguson was killed.
Thirty soldiers' were killed in the collapse of the military hospital.
No officers were killed, but Major Headymany was seriously. in
. jured. Captains Young and Constantine of the Royal Steam Packet
. company were killed. The fire is decreasing. Slight shocks con
! tinue and the colonial office is preparing to send relief from neigh-
. Donng iiruisn colonics..
' Many Buildings Collapsed. - 'v.- A v
, New Vork, Jan. 16. cable to the Sun from Holland bay,
Jamaica,' gives details of the great earthquake shock in Jamaica: .
....An earthfjuaice of several minutes' duration, followed by several
lesser shocks in quick succession, shook Kingston violently at 3:30
o'clock Monday, afternoon. A conservative estimate has it that one
sixteenth of the city was destroyed by the shocks and the fire that
followed, immediately and that 30 people were killed and 300 injured.-----;
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With the first shock many structures in the poorer part of the
city went dowh and fire started along the wharves, where the wreck
acre of freight , sheds offered immediate fuelr The-clogging of the
Ltreets with debris and the creat
waterfront gained considerable headway - before -the-department
could bring to bear any effective work.' T . t . . j: i ;?rr
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Immediately after the first severe shock people rushed into the
streets. Succeeding shocks toppled over weakened walls on many
pf them. :,-:..-''v, " '' v' :.'.- "." ''.-'-.
Rescue work began at once. The general hospital was not de
stroyed by the. shock and thither carts and. stretchers bore the
wounded as fast as rescued from -the wreckage. . The shock , de
stroyed the Myrtle Bank hotel. The British military station was
destroyed and the camp TTospitaj for invalid soldiers was wrecked
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-. . Sir James Ferguson is the only foreigner reported filled. No
other foreigners are missing. ; -
All telegraph wires leading from Kingston were brought down
with the first shock and cable communication from here was im
paired for a timcThe West Indian and Panama Cable company's
office at Kingston was so'wrecked as to be untenable. The opera-
tors trietrto rig up a field office outside the range of the fire, but
were unsuccessful..! i v - . f : ; -
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confusion following the shocks
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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY
" SCENES
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OHIO RIVER 0(1
Lowlands About ' Cincinnati
". Flooded Evansville ' Cut'Off
From Main River by Change in
Channel -People 'Prepare to
Flee for Safety. : yf r
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Cinclnnatt, Jut. Th Oblo rlrcr l
at ll.t fet thta mornlnt and rtitng at
tb rat of two Inches an hoar. , Th
weather bureau forecaata that St feet
will b reached by Thuradajr noon, which
ataca tneana tha tux pension of scorea of
factories and the abandonment of many
school, houses and depots and the de
moralisation of rail traffic.' '
Evansville, Ind.. Jan. The river
Is near ths danger stage and has com
through a new channel above the city.
Boats ara passing there and ths rains
continue. Warmer weather and more
rain is preaicira. int inmDiunu are
ready to flee tonight. It Is feared that
tha course of tha river has permanently
changed and that tha city will be left
dry. .The destruction, of ; the water
works la threatened. . . . ,
HAWLEY TO HELP GET
THINGS FOR OREGON
(Wuhtmttne Rnrvas of The Janraat. '
Washington. Jan. U. Representative-
elect Hawley of Oregon reached here
today and expects to remain the bal
anca of the session helping the Oregon
delegation with , legislative, matters
beneBtlng Oregon..
RAMPAGE
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HEIGHT
REACHED
IN KINGSTON, CAPITAL OF JAMAICAJIUINED BYEARTHQUAKE.
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For Miles About Kingston Not a House Ref
mainslnhabitable Dispatches Brief and -
; : v Contradictory Regarding Disaster ;
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tondon, Jan.. 1. Dispatches "from
Kingston are scant and contradictory.
They indicate that the disaster at first
wss exaggerated, but Is stlU very grave.
The area of destruction extends for
mile around the city. Shocks war felt
from 60 to io miles. A temporary cable
station st Bull Bay states that not a
single bouse remains between there and
Kingston that la safe.
London, Jan. 1. The cruisers Inde
fatigable and Brilliant are now In the
WeaL Indlea and bava been ordered 'a
the relief of Kingston. Dispatches Indi
cate that only 'a sixteenth of the town
has been destroyed. Water mains did
not break and the efficient fir depart
ment, was abl to cop with th Xtameav-1
COMPETE WITH THE
Retail butchers of Portland are for
mulating plan to leas the - packing
plant owned by former Councilman!
Louis Zimmerman at Fulton ; and do
their own slaughtering.
' Th plan is now nnder advisement by
th members of th Retail Meat Dealers'
association, and . arrange ments were
made last night at their meeting to take
definite action next Tuesday evening on
leasing the Fulton plant. At that time
Mr. Zimmerman will aubmlt bis final
proposal to leas th plant to the asso
ciation.. In expectation Of leasing the pecking
plant to the retail butchers, so the lat-
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Washington. Jan. J. Secretary: of
th Navy Metcalf last night sent a cable
dispatch to Admiral Evans, In command
of tha United States fleet off Ouan
tannmo, Cuba, requesting him to In
vestigate the extent of th earthquake
disaster In Jamaica, and report to the
department.
Admiral Evans Is authorised. If neces
sary, to proceed to Kingston, which Is
about a It hours' trip from Quantanamo.
New Tork. Jan. If. Th American
nners Allegheny and Prince Joaquin
sail, tne lormer rTiasy inn tne immr
HntunJeywtto- relief supplies . for
Kingston.. . - . r. . .
Halifax. N. 8, . Jan.-II. D.' Rndge.
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Portland Retailers Plan to Op
erate the Zimmerman Plant
' at Fulton Now Being ,
; r ' Renovated. ' :''
ter can operata tt as an Independent
concern, Mr, Zimmerman Is renovating
the Fulton property and building exten
sive additions to the buildings, In fact,
th work of getting the plant la shape
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COLD WEATHER
SOOfl BE OVER,
SAYS MR. BEALS
Temperature of Last Night
" Lower Than That of Tuesday,
' and Mercury Is Now Rising
" White All Portland Civet Fer-
vent Thanks. ------
At last District Forecaster Beala has
managed to turn off tha cold-air blast
and gradually the temperature is ba
i coming more endurable. Th best of
It all Is that he Is stilt promising "not
so cold" for tha next 24 hours. - Ta hlro
It appear as If th cold - spell - has
reached - Its climax and . that - warmer
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began two weeks ago when Mr. Zimmer
man broached th subject of leaning It
to tin association, and the latter hailed
the pmponal with enthusiasm, but left
It to further discuselon.
Work Independent f True. . '
With the completion of the additions
to the buildings, the Fulton plant will
be large enough and will have suf
ficient equipment to handle thff slaugh
tering business of the members of the
association, which Includes practically
three fourths of the retailers In' Port
land. It Is th Intention of th retailer
(Continued on Pare Four.)
MEAT
TRUST
CENTS,
C-W Tally A WD wrwa
KTAVKi. riVX CiXlS
Both Branches of Leg
isfature Adjourn Till
-iMonday-ManyCIerks
Lose Jobs
Cheap Form of Calendar Adopt
ed. Saving State Ten Thou
sand Annually Clerk HIra
"ReJuceoJunket Farce Also
Stopped.
(By Staff CorrMpoBoeat)
. Salem. Jan. 14. Both senate and
house adopted a concurrent resolution
to adjourn until 1 o'clock Monday after
noon. A majority of th senators left
for Portland today on a special train.
Fifty bills wereJnjrpduccdJn tha en-
at this- morning,- read the first timet,
and passed for second reading.
The senate committee en resolutions
la considering a plan not to allow mile
ag to members using passes on trips.
When pasaes are not used, senators will
be required to make vouchers for mile
age before they can collect .th money. -The
resolution Brovidlng ibat Joint com- .
ml Usee examine the treasurer's book
of pablic Institutions was reported un
favorably, -guch a resolution will not
b adopted.! ,'
"t AH Want Booaoay. - - - -'
Joint committee will visit all state
Institutions, but will not be allowed
clerks to accompany them. This elimi
nates 14 clerkships. The resolutions
commttte combined the messenger to
th house and to the printer in one.
Frank Rodger waa appointed senate
messenger.
Senators believe that auditing state
accounts by th committee Is a waste '
of time . and money and a fare that
ahould be stopped. They favor a meas
ure like th Newell house bill. Booth
reintroduced senate pill from last
session, providing a stat examiner fog 1
publle Oica.- 1...
Olexka Oat. Oat. ''--.'
Each senator will be allowed on
clerk.. Eleven clerka for Important coos
mlttees are provided, making a total -jC ,
41 clerks. At th last session there
war SS senate clerks and 14 Joint com
mittee clerks. The Kay resolution ia
estimated to cause a saving ia dark
ships of 17.000.
Th. Dunlway form of calendar was)
adopted by both senate and house, ef
fecting a saving of over 1 10,000 during!
th session. -
A Joint committee of - Oregon and .
Washington legislators t Investigate
th fishing Industries of the Columbia
.was provjued in a resolution Introduced,
by Whealdon, t ....
IN LOWER HOUSE
Cheap Calendar A(loitd-5Ianj',
Savings Proposed by Newell BilL
-(Bf a'gtaff Cormnondmt.) '
Salem, Jan. 1. A cheap calendar wag
adopted by th sous of representatives
at th opening of . the session this)
morning, which by 'estimates of the
members, will savs over - 110,004 of
money during the session. Th matte
came up . on resolution of Jackson eC
Douglas, who asked that a form of
calendar, similar- to on used by th
California legislature, set in manu
script style, solid matter to all Intents
and purpose, be adopted. This form
will save from to ) per f th
cost of last session's calendar.
The resolution waa discuseed but a
short time. Newell of Washington
ssked for Information. He said that
It waa a matter of great Importance t
the house Coffey "aid mat he thought
th resolution should be sent to the
committee for careful consideration.
Simmons of Marlon moved to adopt it. '
8tst Printer Dunlway was Invited to
give an opinion on- the proposed form
of calendar, and Indorsed It. eaylng that
it would e the slate 1 10,000, which
would be taken out of the earnings of
the state printer s efflce. .
The calendar last session rout tn
house t.4275, the senate 1, a
total of 17.7Jl.i. The new ealendir
will est both houses approximately I
000. B. F. JOnex. following the a !
tlOB Of th Cttllfnrnln frrm, cu-.. : .
sensation bv Introdnrlug a r
abolishing th ri.-t-i .r
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