Heppner gazette., April 30, 1908, Image 6

Hcppncr Gazette
Issued Thursday of Each Week
HEPPNER
OREGON
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers National. Political, His
torical and Commercial.
Admiral Fvans took an auto ride
and is feeling much improved.
The boycott of Japanese goods by
Chinese has extended to Australia.
The supreme court of Illinois de
clares the new local option law valid.
Pensaeola street car strikers
stoned the car barns and several ar
rests were made.
Lieutenant General Linevltch, who
managed the Russian retreat from
Mukden, is dead.
Representative Rayner, of Mary
land, says it is time to curb the
po-er of the president.
The Independence league of New
Tork is practically bankrupt and its
creditors threaten suit.
King Edward says of the dead
premier: "He was a faithful servant
of his country. 1 am truly sorry he
has gone."
The Illinois democracy has In
structed Its delegates to vote for
Bryan and use all honorable means
to secure his nomination.
General Manager Gruber of the
Great Northern, estimates that the
damage to that road by the bursting
of the Hauser lake dam was about
J75.000.
Los Angeles will take about 3300
men of the battleship fleet on a tour
of the city. Then they will have a
barbecue luncheon and see the wild
west show.
Widespread rains are causing
great joy to California farmers.
It is reported that threats have
been made on the life of Abe Ruef.
Sudden warm weather is causing
great damage in Alaska trom floods.
Four million oysters were destroy
ed by striking fishermen at Cancale,
France.
A bunco man who has been rob
bing women has been arrested in
Oakland.
Four masked robbers held up a
fashionable club at Hot Springs,
Ark., and got away with $10,000.
All the regular army troops in
the vicinity of Seattle will partici
pate in the welcome of battleships
at that port.
Mrs. Beulah Hawkins of Los An
geles, has now been asleep 78 days,
and there is apparently no change in
her condition.
Eight consecutive witnesses in the
Ford bribery trial testified that Gal
lagher paid them money to vote for
the overhead trolley franchise.
Roman Catholics of the United
States will raise a fund of one mil
lion dollars to educate candidates for
the priesthood and aid poor parishes.
An attempt was made to assassi
nate ex-Supervisor Gallagher, of San
Francisco, by blowing up his house
with a bomb. No one was injured.
Russian forces have repulsed the
Kurds who had them surrounded.
Saloon forces were generally suc
cessful in the recent local option
fight.
Two dry kilns of the Seaside Lum
ber Company were destroyed by fire.
Loss $20,000.
A St. Louis councilman has been
convicted of bribery and sentenced to
two years in the pen.
Partners in an Idaho mine quar
reled and' fought a revolver duel, in
which one was killed.
Kansas courts have quashed In
dictments against H. H. Tucker, the
oil company swindler.
The house has ordered an inquiry
Into the paper trust and a commis
sion has been appointed.
Minister TVu Ting Fang says he
had nothing to do with starting the
boycott against American goods.
Superior Judge Cook, of San Fran
cisco, has asked to be excused from
trying the California Safe Deposit
cases.
T. J. Ryan of San Francisco, testi
fied that part of $500,000 used in
the crooked ferry deal, went to poli
ticians. Florida republicans held two sep
arate and rival conventions, each one
electing delegates to the national
convention.
Two more bodies have been dis
covered in the ruins of Chelsea,
Mass., making the total deaths by
the fire 15.
A movement has begun to release
Harry K. Thaw from the insane aBy
lum. The second trial of Tirey L. Ford
for bribery has begun in San Fran-i
Cisco.
A Los Angeles woman has slept
for 75 days and shows no sign or
waking.
A jury has been secured to try
Banker J. Thorburn Ross, and the
trial has begun.
Bryan denies the charge that he Is
a plutocrat and says his views are
unchanged by wealth.
Russian troops who were sent to
punish brigand3 on the Persian fron-
tJT are surrounaea ana cui on irom
all help.
Both political parties In congress
are dlsposea 10 ascertain jusi wno
was to blame for the financial panic
of last fall.
HALF THOUSAND KILLED.
Southern Storm Much Worse Than
, First Reported.
New Orleans. April 2?. rrobablv
500 lives lost, , 2Q0 or more persons
fatally injured and many times this
number fatally hurt, together with a
property loss running up in the mil
linos, is the record so fur of a tornaJc
that originated in the west tyo days
ago, sweeping ,Texas,"";Arkausus,? Louis
una, Tennessee and Georgia. It lias left
a path of death, desolation and want
in its wake,.. seriously, nte.ruptcd all
vouimuuicuwon oeiween cities in me
south, and brought about chaotic con
ditions, in many smaHtir to.wns. . )
those who lost their -lives in that state
place the death list between 150 and
175, with a thousand or, more injured.
In Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and
Georgia tho death lists are also large,
with serious loss of life in Arkansas
and Tcnnesseo. Authentic information
is in many instances lacking, owing to
the crippled facilities for communica
tion and the lack of time to form any
thing like an accurate estimate of the
damage done in many sections.
In half a dozen communities martiai
law has been declared, so terrible wan
tho destruction and so helpless were
the stricken people left by tile disaster.
Serious disorders have occurred in some
places, inoluding Amite, La. Looting
and other crimes have been reported,
but those instances have on the whole
been rare.
Several places have issued appeals for
aid and in Mississippi Governor Noel
i i i i :j. .l
una ueeu uo&eu ll uruviuo leuLa lor int.
"-vu oovu yiv, me "
homeless.
The tornado has lasted in all a period
of nearly two days. It was Thursday
night that damage by tornadoes travel
ing was first reported from points in
Texas. This was followed during the
next 24 hours by ,similar reports from
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and
Tennessee. Last night Alabama came
within the flight of the storm and to
day reports of serious damage by the
wind in Georgia have been recorded.
Utter misery of every sort was found
today at Purvis, Miss., by relief parties.
Despite the fact that of the 2500 inhab
tants which this little town boasted yes
terday morning, there were only 900 to
day, still there were not sufficient ac
commodations in the wrecked village for
even the wounded. Negro mammies anil
little black children lav wounded and
Lelpless under the broiling Southern sun.
Some had broken bones, some were part
ly crushed and others had been wound
ed by sticks and splinters. These unfor
unates were lucky if they had a blanket
or a wrecked couch to rest upon.
There was not enough shelter in the
town to protect them from the sun and
many of the walls which remained
standing had no roofs, and by a queer
freak of the tornado many of the trees
which had not been uprooted had been
snatched off a few feet above tho
ground. The grove of pines was muti
lated in such a manner that it appeared
as if a gigantic scythe had swept
through the grove about 25 feet above
the ground.
CRUISER RUN DOWN.
Liner St Paul Smashes Into Warship
During Snowstorm.
Southampton, April 27. The Ameri
can line steamer St. Paul, which left
Southampton on her regular voyage,
bound for New York, this afternoon, in
a dense snow storm rammed and de
stroyed the British second-class cruiser
Gladiator off the Isle of Wight.
The first report stated that from 20
to 30 of the Gladiator's crew had been
drowned, but later intelligence reduces
the number of casualties. The exact
extent of the disaster, however, cannot
be accurately known until tomorrow.
No one on the St. Paul was killed or
injured, but the bodies of Steward Wid
gory, Writer Cowdry and a Maltese
steward, Debras, all attached to the
cruiser, have been brought ashore; one
officer, Lieutenant William G. Praves,
who attempted to swim to land, is miss
ing, and eight injured have been taken
to the military hospital at Golden Hill
for treatment. It is believed only a few
others are unaccounted for.
The Gladiator was beached and her
crew took to the boats. She is one of
the class of vessels designed to serve as
rams. She is 320 feet long, has a speed
of 20 knots and carries a complement of
450 men.
Convict Murderers of Hindu.
Oregon City, April 27. After
de-
liberating 13 hours, the jury in the case :
of the State of Oregon vs. John M.
Dickenson, William Dickenson, John
Dickenson, Earl Ransier and John
Riley, charged with the murder of Har-
nan Singh, a Hindu, near Boring,
brought in a verdict convicting J. M.
Dickenson and his son, William, of mur
der in the second degree and the other
three boys of manslaughter. Tho pen
alty for murder in the second degree is
imprisonment for life and the penalty
or manslaughter is from ono to 15 years
in the penitentiary.
Two Highbinders Killed.
Pan Francisco, April 27. Another
highbinder war broke out in Chinatown
u ifpjU'ln, uireuuy u suiierer lrom Xot satisfied With raisin" that r 1 inspector a. J. iewis siaie, 10 ai'i us uuvisers in uiu eonven
more than one tornado this year, has 'amount for boosting, the meeting tfrnd, district Attorney Gilbert L. tion. Besides tho governors and thei
a-ain borne the brunt of the winds and'P: resolution to canvass of carefully advisers, representatives of all the in.
" city so thoroughly tomorrow morn- TO Ug p,ana to-tor the' owners of portant national organizations, tho wel
j.t.u.i.o ui iuu uumra tine tri.it thp ftirnrua .ni v,,, .. i, t uiseasea orcnaraa to either soray tare oi wineii ue
tonight, when two gun parties met in aopprare, ana pronaoiy me aay
pitched battle with rovolvers at Wash
ington street and Waverly Place. In a
running battle of two blocks, that end
ed in loss Alley, three men were shot,
two fatally and another slightly. Yun
Ying, of the Hop Sing Tong. was shot
through the right eye and died a few
minutes after he reached the Harbor
Emergency Hospital.
Troops to Central America.
Mexico City, April 27. A persistent
rumor here has it that the cruiser Al-
bany, which is to carry ppeeial Ambas-
pador Buchanan hnnque C Creel to Cen
tral America, is to land armed parties
abould conditions in the southern repub-
ncs warrant mo move, wmciai connr-
matinn of the report could not be ob-
tained.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
LA GRANDE RAISES 33,300.
Sum Subscribed in a Few Minutes
Bjom the Town..
La Grande This city went
rpcunl tnnlnlit nu k,mi.(ii t f vnr
- bVutQtl. 1. U . L l 1 1 1 III.' , 14 til 1
of assuming all the germs of boost
, , ., . , ,. . . , ,
'uoo'u,c wucu 11 uuciiuuu in a if
minutes the sum of $33 00, and in ad-
Lditioa secured a niembcrKblD 6tib-
scrintion nf 12K . in n vpnrnlyi-fl
commercial club at $1 each.
inir th.it tho flrnruii nlll ho hi-mu'lit
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:nrlmed and shot off throueh the tf.
J forts of Tom Richardson, manager of
i the Portland Commercial Club, who
this afternoon raised $600 at Elgin
for the same purpose. He goes to
Union and Cove tomorrow.
Oregon Will Still Raise Hops.
Salem Thn vrv low nrpo that
. , r .
have ruled In the hop market 'for'the
last few years hare not caused many
Oregon hop growers to go out of bus
iness. Perhaps 2500 or 3000 acree
hare been plowed up in the entire
state, but enough yards are left, un
der favorable conditions, to produce
a crop as large, if not larger, than
that of 1907. Cultivation is being
neglected or postponed in some sec-
Lions, nnr. in mnprs rnft crnwpra nro
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tn v, v, i
Lunula Lun ucnL nai r 11 1 I in I t I un.
up to $6000 for the year, and a com- Ll",r lrees or cu tnem owu
mittee was appointed to do this. 'v Marlon - and Yamhill 'counties
. This sudden burst, of enthusiasm'111 obeyed the law," said Mr,, Reid,
hml.-d un n nn,,tl I 'and it is un to Clartam.'ia tn Hn tho
The proportion of the matured crop , trip. The idea was suggested at
that will be picked will depend on Newport and Albaay is taking it up.
how money matters can be arranged It is planned to have the commercial
in the summer. A good'many of the Clubs of Albany and other valley
small growers are going ahead with cities attempt to secure this arrange
their work in the hope that some- ment through the Oregon delegation
thing will happen before picking in congress. If arrangements are
time to raise the market to a higher made as planned the fleet will come
level, when they will be able to bor-'as close to the shore as possible off
row money on their crops. The pros-1 Yaquina bay and stop for possibly
pect is a gloomy one, however, and it an hour. In the event that arrange-
looks now as if the big crop Oregon
is growing will only make the mar
ket worse.
Crush Rock for Roads.
Astoria The county clerk has
purchased a new rock crusher, with
a capacity of 18 tons an hour, and a
20-horse power boiler and engine
which it has directed be taken to
the quarry near Olney. The smaller Tu of Grants p completed
crusher now at the Olney quarry is iits first offlcia, vlsit to the stat nor.
to be moved o some point further m l school Asnland tod xhe
out on Ine of the road being bu.lt ; mernher3 spent two aays inJa most
to the Nehalem valley. Both crush-jri id inspectlon of tn institution,
er3 will be operated all summer in'itC! onir,onf or,H ..i, u i
order that so much as possible of the
Rename Medford Streets.
Medford Medford's streets which
were originally named from the let
ters of the alphabet, will now be
known by horticultural names. The
list now reads: Riverside, Apple,
Bartlett, Central avenue, D'Anjou,
Evergreen, Fir, Grape, Holly,
Ivy,
King, Oakdale avenue, Laurel,
Mis-
tletoe, Newtown,
Quince and Rose.
Orange, Peach,
The East Side
streets are to be known as Walnut,
Almond, Blossom, Cherry and Man
zanita. Eugene Coming to Fiesta.
Eugene The Eugene Commercial
Club tonight decided to have Eu
gene represented at the Portland
Rose Carnival In June by IIS men in
march and drill. Each man will
wear a white serge suit, white shoes
and hat and carry a lemon-yellow
and green umbrella bearing the
words, "Eugene, Lane Cojnty." A
special excursion will be run from
Eugene and a great crowd will at
tend the carnival.
Free Delivery for Grants pas.
Grants Pass Grants Pass may
soon have a free delivery system.
Postmaster Donnell glve3 figures
showing the receipts for the fiscal
lyear ending April 1, 1908, to be over
i $11,000. This is an increase of
$2000 over last year's business. Tne
city council has under consideration
an ordinance outlining the number
ing of houses. This increase can
only be justified by the increase In
the population.
Eua-ene Will Own Wfr Plant.
Eugene At a municipal election
Saturday the proposition to purchase
the Willamette Valley Company's
waterworks carried by 635 to 125,
and the proposition to vote $300,000
bonds for a municipal water plant
carried by 567 to 171. The bonds
were voted at several previous elec
tions, but each time the election was
declared Illegal on account or tech
nicalities. Murshfie'd Clftans Up.
Marshfield The chamber of com
merce has Inaugurated a movement
for a "cleanup" day In Marshfield,
and the ladles of the Artistic Needle
work Club have agreed to take
charge of the w-ork and arrange for
j eiifini i-itriiiiini; up m ine ciyy.
The mayor and city officials will co
Will
be declared a holiday.
McWinnville Stud Ftperanto.
McMInnvlllo An Esperanto Club
has bepn formed In this city with six
charter members, for the study of
the new universal language. J. C
Cooper is president, Arthur McPhil
llps secretary, Kate Latits treasurer,
and Rev. C. F. Rwander, instructor.
Meetings will be held weekly.
Market Last Year's Wheat.
Bend Freighters are very busy
now hauling wheat from the Madras
country. There was a quantity of
wheat left on hand last fall when the
oaa roa,as pur. a stop to nanllng, bnt
It will all be hauled to the Shanlko
market this spring.
MUST SPRAY ORCHARDS.
to Fruit Commissionen Reid Will Make
Owners Obey Law.'
on). ' Oregon City' j. II. Rold, of MI1-
wailKle. fruit commissioner fnr- tho
-
- JJf: strict, hi announced
Jus intention ot cleaning up the pest-
afflicted 'orchards of Clackamas
county, along tne tracks of the Ore-
ou Water Power & Railway Com-
" l-nCBOUinem 1'nClIlC Com
pany, and will hold a conference with
. 1 . .
- !atoe. If is a strong and forceful
argument that hundreds and perhaps
.thousands of homeseekers come from
:lue easi mrougn uaiirornm, and,
after traveling through the southern
portion of Oregon and then through
Lane, Linn and Marion counties,
conie to Clackamas and here are con
fronted by the spectacle of scale-in
fested, trees, hundred of acres of
j.vu.vu., kiuvij, u unui l u vi atica ji
: then;, absolutely of no value to the
owners or to any one else."
WANT TO SEE FLEET.
Newport Will Try to Have Ships Stop
One Hour Off Yaqjina Bay.
Albany A movement is under
way here for an attemut to have the
' narr ipbiiid r pot cfnn fnr n ihnrt I ms
, . - - f - wuv. u w . .
I v..i- i i.. .i j
run mi 11 iii.l Liv (ill iim iir n w: r i
ments are made, big excursions will
be run from Albany and Corvallis to
Newport and boats will take crowds
out to view the fleet.
Board Irspects Normal
Ashland The new state board of
normal school examiners, composed
of Superintendents Powers, of Sa
lem! Phiirrhill nf RaL-sr Citv anil
, so"as , b9 prepared to make
uoiitinwij cio (;iutiucu kJ J lu n,
Ready to Strike Oil
Monmouth The complete outfit for
boring an oil well on the Whiteaker
farm, three miles north of Monmouth
has arrived and is being unloaded
and placed on the site for the well
The indications for oil veins in this
vicinity have attracted the attention
of experts for several years past, and
much interest among the landowners
is taken in the outcome of this work
which is backed by ample capital for
a thorough test.
Commercial Club Elects.
Albany The Brownsville Com
mercial club has assumed renewed
activity and has chosen the follow
ing new officers: President, Ed Hoi
loday; vice president, E. E. White;
secretary, R. F. Richardson; treas
urer, H. Wayne Stanard; board of
managers, V. M. Knapp, R. W. Tripp
and F. M. Brown.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices:
per bushel; red Russian,
stem, 87c; valley, 85c.
Club, 84c
82c; blue-
Barley Feed, $24.50 per ton;
rolled, $2728; brewing, $26.
Oats; No. 1 white, $26.50 27
per ton; gray, $26.
Millstuffs Bran, $24.50 per ton;
middlings, $27.50; shorts, country,
$27.50; city, $27; wheat and barley
chop, $27.50.
Hay Timothy. Willamette Valley,
$17 per ton; Willamette Valley, or
dlnary, $15; Eastern Oregon, $17.50;
mixed, $16; clover, $14; alfalfa, $12;
alfalfa meal, $20.
Butter Extras, 27'c per pound;
fancy 26c; choice, 25c; store, lec.
Eggs Loss and commission off,
16H(?17c per dozen.
Cheese Fancy cream twins, 154c
per pound; cream brick, 20c; Swiss
blk., 20c; limburger, 2 2c.
Poultry Mixed chickens, 13c per
lb.; fancy hens, 1 4 fi 1414c; roosters.
old, 8c; fryers, lb., 20c; broilers, lb.;
22 (ri 25c; dressed poultry per
pound, lc higher
Potatoes Select, selling price, 70c
per hundred; Willamette Valley,
buying price, 45c per hundred; East
'Multnomah, buying price, 55c;
Clackamas, buying price, 55c per
hundred; new California, 5(?8 5c
per pound; sweet, 5c per pound.
Onions Job price, $4.75 ff 5 per
hundred; buying price, $4.25 tl 4.50
per hundred; garlic, 1 5o per pound.
Apples Select, $2.50 per box;
fancy, $2; choice, $1.50; ordinary.
$1.25.
Fresh Fruits Oranges, $2.50 3
per box; lemons, $2.75 (f? 3. 50.
Cnttle Best steers. $4.75 (tf 5;
medium, $4.25(5' 4.75; common,
$3.50 ?M; cows, best, $3.75 4;
common, $3.25 (ft 3.75; calves, $4
4.50.
Sheen Best wethers, $61?? 6.50;
ewes, $5 5.50; spring lambs, nomi
nal. Hogs Best, $6(6.25: medium,
$5.75(6; feeders, $5.25 !? 5.50.
Hons 1907. prime and choice, 4
(3 6c per pound; olds, 1(
pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon,
average '
best. ll(f15c per pound, according
to shrinkage; Valley, 1215c, ac-
cording to quality.
I
2020c per
Mohair Choice,
pound.
GRt A I EaT IN HISIOHY.
Great Conference to Be Held at White
Hous-i in June
Washington, April 28. When Presi
ent Roosevelt calls to order the opening
session of t ho groat White House con
ference on May 13, there will bo gath
ered in the East Room of thei Execu
tive Mansion the most notable assem
blage of men in the public eye that has
e,vcr met in tho history of the United
Mat.
The
governors of all the states have
signified their intention of being pres
ent at this conference, and each will
bring with li i in tlirco men, ' carefully
chosen from among the learned of his
ponds in greater or
Jess degree upon natural resources, will
be in attendance, and further, tho pres
ident has invited five special- guests,
chosen for their superlative fitness, to
act as "advisers at largo" to the con
ference. O rover Cleveland, the only living ex
President of tho United States, will,
health permitting, bo one of these ad
visers. The others will be William J.
Bryan, who hopes to be president; An
drew Carnegie, industrial king; James
J. Hill, railroad monarch, and John Mit
chell, leader of labor. Every candidate
i in 11, iiiiuri ui liinui . rivt'ij Lttuuiuiliu
for the presidential nomination this year
with the exception of Secretary Taft,
whose duties in Panama will prevent at
tendance, will bo thoro.
Looking at the meeting purely from
its historical side, it properly may bo
said that never before in the country's
history have the governors of all tho
states assembled in convention for any
purpose whatsoever. Considered simply
as an epoch-marking- event the confer
. - , . . .
ence will easilv take rank with anv ns-
. ,
sembly of public men ever held in the
civilized world, for at this meeting the
entire government of the United States,
in tho persons of that government s
heads, will be assembled at one time. If
for no other reason, the public will be
interested in the conferenco because of
this fact.
SECURES FORTUNE.
Senator Gets Half Million torSettlirg
Big Estate.
Seattle Wash., April 28. United
States Senator Samiiil Piles, of this
city, yesterday was given possession of
a one-half interest, of the .lohn Sullivan
estate, valued approximately at $1,000,
000. This ends a litigation that lias ex
tended over a period of eight years and
which has been prolific in having the
history of the Sullivanfamily in Ireland
well aired in t ho various courts of this
state.
Eight years ago 'John Sullivan, a
prominent citizen of Seattle, owner of
one of the biggest business blocks in the
city and suburban and rural properties,
died leaving no will. Claimants sprang
from everywhere, although Sullivan had
no relatives so far as known in this
country.
Senator Piles, who was a friend of
Sullivan, went to Ireland to investigate.
Graves were examined, church records
scanned, and finally the true relatives
of Sullivan were located. They agreed
to give Senator Piles one-half of the
estate to del end it against the many
litigants who were endeavoring to se
cure a slice ot the valuable property, have been the most serious, both in
Edward Corcoran and Johanna Call i- respect to number of victims and ex
ghan, since deceased, of Dublin, Ireland, tent of territory covered. Although
were declared the rignttul neirs. en
ator Piles' law firm will also be reward
ed as well as the senator for bringing
this fight, the most remarkable of its
kind in this state, to an end.
$1,800 to the Pan.
Seattle, April 28. P. T. Rowe, bishop tlcularly fatal to the occupants, be
of the Episcopal church for the territory Ing easily torn to pieces, while tho
of Alaska, who arrived in the city today j weight of timber crushed the in
from the north on the Vucatan, brings mates to death.
tho first detailed authentic information What appear to have been two
regarding the big gold strike on Nolan different tornadoes struck in Western
Creek, at the head of the Koyukuk ' Alabama, one claiming six victims at
river. Bishop Rowe was in the Nolan. Bergan & Thomas' sawmill.
Creek camp when the strike was made
and washed out $500 pans on the Olson I New Orleans, .April 25. 2 a. m.
claim with his own hands and saw pans At this hour belated reports have
washed out that ran as high as $1800. swollen the total number of deatha
Aoian creek is only about ou miles
from tho Arctic ocean and there were
only about 125 men in the camp when
Bishop linwo left for the outside.
The strike was made at a depth of
about 150 feet and about $4000 has been
washed by crude operations, and it is
estimated tho clean-up at the end of
this summer will reach $1,000,000.
Improves Rapidly
raso Robles Hot Springs, Cal., April
28. Rear Admiral Evans continues to
mprove. Today he enjoyed an automo
bile ride to Old Mission San Miguel,
nine miles from Paso Robles Hot
Springs. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Evans, Dr. McDonald and James Hors-
burgh, Jr., general passenger agent of
the Southern Pacific. Flag Lieutenant
C. R. Train. Lieutenant Evans and Mrs.
Marsh, daughter of the admiral, left
Paso Robles today to attend the festi
val at Santa Barbara.
Struck Gas; Two Dead.
Las Vegas, N. M., April 28. Mrs.
Zaeharv Tavlor ?oniier went, nut in rail
1 1
her sons to supper last niH.t and found
them dead at the bottom of a fiO-foot Trinidad, Colo., April 25. Ex
well. Digging for water on their dry 1 United States Senator William A
land farm, seven miles east of Watrons,
they had struck a flow of natural gas ,
and suffocated without a sound. A ,
mepsag" was sent here for a physician,
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could be lone.
Sevee Storm ing England.
London. April 2.8. A remarkable bliz
zard, the worst experienced in the south
of England since 1SS, continued prac-
1VC peritically all over the United Kingdom
throughout Friday night and Saturday
ni 11 .aiur.iay nii.inigni. leiegrapn e
and telephone service was disorganized '
and railway traffic has been seriously de-
laved. Enormous damage has been j presented when Adams Is placed on
done, especially to the young fruit .trial for the killing of Arthur Colling
crops.
SOUTH SWEPT
BY TORNADOES
225 Known Dead and At Least 8C0
Wounded.
Five Separate Twisters Tear
Louisiana, AUbima and
Across
Missis-
Sippi Killed Are Mostly Negroes,
Whose Flimsy Ctb.na Went Down
Like Card Houts.
Atlanta, Ga., April 25. Reports
up to 2 a. m. indicate that 225 per
sons were Killed and at least 1000
were Injured in storms of gr'eat vio
lence which passed over sections of
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
yesterday. Several towns were al
most totally swept away and the
property damage will run into large
ilgures.
Nearly 20 towns were struck by
the "twisters," of which there seem
to have been at least five. '
Most of those killed were negroes,
whose cabins were swept away like
so much paper,
Natchez, Miss., reports that of 64
persons killed in that section on?
two were whites.
Latest reports from Amite, a small
town in Southeastern Louisiana, say
I the town was almost entirety de
stroyed and the estimates place the
number killed at between 25 and 50.
while at least 76 were injured.
At McLain, Miss., eight are re
ported to have been killed; at VI-
dalla, La., one white woman and six
negroes are dead; at Quilman Land
ing, eleven negroes were killed.
The latest report at hand cornea
from Purvis Landing, Miss., where
25 whites and 50 negroes were vic
tims of the storm, and reports of one
to five deaths came from many
towns scattered over the storm-swept
area. Details at present are meager.
New Orleans and Mobile were cut
off from wire communication with
the outside world for several hours
today and telegraph companies re
port wires down in all directions.
Tonight the storm Is sweeping
through Georgia, but beyond torren
tial rains, accomplished by high
winds and brilliant electrical displays
no serious damage or loss of life
has been reported in the state.
Reports also say that the storm
struck Albertville, La., late this aft
ernoon, doing much destruction to
life and property. An unconfirmed
report from this section gives the
death list as from 30 to 35, with
scores of persons Injured. A train
was sent from Birmingham tonight
carrying physicians and a squad of
Btate m,miamen to the district,
Richmond and Lamourle, La..
were struck by the storm and nearly
a fifth of their population Injured.
Winchester, Miss., a small town,
is reported wiped out, though only
two persons are known to have been
killed.
Mobile reports nine dead at Hat-
tiesburg, Miss., but this has not been
confirmed
1 he tornado that first appeared In
Concordia Parish, La., appears to
it covered a rural district and struck
no large town, the known results of
its work were 6 4 dead and at least
100 Injured, with the prospect that
the list will be considerably swelled
by morning.
Mnre than 50 nf the rlenrl are ne-
Icroes. whose log cabins proved par-
by the tornadoes in Mississippi Lou
isiana and Alabama to 225. Missis
sippi suffered most, but poor com
munications kept the full extent of
the disaster from becoming known.
The death list was suddenly swollen
by nearly 100 additional victims In
Purvis and McLaurln, Miss,, towns
not heard from up to midnight.
The first reports indicated that
four-fifths of the victims were ne
groes, but the later reports showed
an increasing number of whites.
Survivor of Morgan's Raiders.
New York, April 25. With the
sword he carried when a member of
Morgan's raiders during the Civil
war clasped to his heart Colonel Wil
liam S. Warwick was found dead In
his bed on the top floor of a house;
In the Bronx yestrdpy. Colonel
Warwick came of a famous old
southern family and was born In
Virginia 85 years ago. He had a
large Income and entertained south
erners lavishly. Two years ago h
lost his entire fortune. Since then
he had lived in humble lodgings.
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Clark, of Montana, left here for Jer-
ome, Ariz., today after returning
from a trip of Inspection to the conl
property In this vicinity on which ho
has held an option for two years. "I
have closed a deal with Charles
Francis Adams, of Boston, for 12,000
acres of coal land, 20 mils west of
Trinidad," said Mr. Clark today. "I
don't care to name the consideration
but It was around the million mark."
Take Orchard's Drpos;tion.
Gunnison, Colo.. April 25. DIs-
trict jdge Shackh?ford today grant-
authority to O. N. Hilton, attor
ney for Steve Adams, to take a do-
position from Harry Orchard, to bn
at Tellurlde, Colo.
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