does galore through New Orleans anil Vicinity. Ep. NINE MORE WILL DIE |j O ver $ 1 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 — Nuin*d end Hundred* o f Building* D ettroyed . Orleans. Oct. center of 6.— T h is cyclonic region disturb- ? lt |e»st three o f which w ere w and caused the less o f six W i nine persons fa tally Injured, [jrst tornado struck w est Baton ¿parish about 6 o ’clock, killing ?. porei and her daughter, Mrs. ¿ Mr*. Fore 1's body was found field near her demolished house. UMrtn In Mrs. F o rel’s house [ diallf Injured and five more inured in the collapse o f a sugar io James Parish one woman was f. aid Mrs. If. R ebber and daugh- f#rs John Meyer, and a negro 4 fatally Injured. F ifteen build- Uere blown com pletely down in (parish. L p0jDt Chataula, G eorge Hawes 'on and daughter were killed by ftollapse of their house, and an- L child of the fam ily was fatally U A negro was also fa tally in- (¡there, besides injuries to a dozen y persons. j( third tornado struck N ew Or- i about 8 o’clock. Although no i «ere lost, p rop erty damage lied J500.000 and about fifty per- ^ were Injured, one fatally. Fully buildings were dam aged, about 75 K blown flat. M ost o f the demol- , buildings were negro cabins and s here that nearly all the Injuries rred. path of the tornado .hrough the -was about eight m lljs long, ine tornado here appeared at a dis- t as a cloud sw eeping the surface the earth. Its course was undulat- tiome buildings being skipped en- dr as it bounded skyward. Fre- ;tly It demolished verandas and res on one side o f the street, le not an object on the other side disturbed. T h e cloud occupied eeral minutes in crossing the city i hundreds o f persons who saw and *rd it approaching had tim e to run io f Its pathway. One exciting race was made by a eet car, which was loaded with isengers on th eir w a y to work. At rengo street the m otorm an threw full power. T h e flyin g car was less •n half a block past the roller skat- : rink when that structure went rn. Another street car was de- dled. ANOTHER BIG M IN E F IR E . ifWn Men Entombed By Ga* Explod ing in N ew Mexico. Denver, Colo., Oct. 6.— According to a special to the N ew s, 15 men are he ed to have been entombed in the chman mine at Blossburg, N. M.. 2:30 o'clock this morning, by an .plosion which w recked the walls nd roof of the tunnel in which they ere working. O nly six men are posi- hrely known to have been in the towel at the tim e o f the explosion, ~t the usual night shift numbers 15. md none of them have been located outside of the mine. Rescuing parties have taken out tour dead bodies, one o f which has ten identified as Jan Jenski, AO Mrs old. A ll but one o f the night ikift were Austrians, the exception be fog an American. firedamp has settled in the tunnel, Baiting rescue w ork difficult. It is *°t thought that any o f the entombed can live w ith this condition pre T*0ing. As y et no fire has been re torted. ST. JOHN SET FREE. N IN E T E E N N ot Sufficient Evidence to Hold Great M in er»’ Leader. Grand Junction, Colo., Oct. 8 __Vin- C* “ i 8*- John, ex-president cf the Tell- unde M iners’ union and prominently identified with the Waetern F e d e r a l^ of Miners, la again a free man, all chargee against him having been diop- ped by the atate. " W e were unable to verily certain evidence ag .in .t St. John, and rather than go to trial with . weak case we decided to abandon further proaecu- turn, is the way District Attorney Sel g put it. District Judge Steven* promptly ordered St. John released. St. John bad been out on bonde un der the charge of being responsible for the strike riot of 1900 at Telluride, when a man named Burnham was k ill ed. St. John, alter leaving Telluride, went to Idaho. He was arrested for complicity in ifce assassination of ex- Goveinor Steunenberg, of Idaho, but later released and immediately re-ar rested, charged with the murder of Burnham in Telluride, and brought to Colorado. He was placed in jail and a strong guard thrown around the jail to prevent what was alleged to be an at tempt to rescue him. Three weeks later the evidence did not apppear to be so strong and he w a released on a $10,000 bond. Hia case dragged along until at this term ol court the proeecntipg attorney announc ed that he had not evidence npon which to hold him, and he wae released. L O S E S M IL L IO N S A N N U A L L Y . Congress Must Reform Second Class Mail Rate Law. New York, Oct. 8.— The congreesion- al committee which hae been investi gating the carrying of eecond class mail matter by the Postoffice department de cided today to adjourn the hearing to Washington, where representatives of the Periodical Publishers’ association w ill be heard on November 28. F. C Madden, third aasietant postmaster general, said: " I think that beyond question the Postoffice department hat established its case— namely, that the present laws regulating second-class matter are out of date and practically nullified by present practices beyond the control of the department as now equipped, and that a real and effective enforcement would be injurious to the publishing interests. There are now many persons enjoying the privileges of the second- class rates in violation of the intent and purpose of the statutes to the de triment of the postal revenues amount ing to millions annually. “ From the hearings, the correctness of this is specially conceded by the publishers themselves. They seem to be substantially agreed that a reforma tion of the lawe iB imperative, just what view the committee w ill take or what action it w ill propose, if any, no one at this time can say.’ ’ P O LIC E A T LOGGERHEADS. Criminals Allownd To Go Unpunished In San Francisco. San Francisco, Oct. 8.— It is charged by newspapers here that politics in the Police department is serionsly handi capping the efforts of the force to ap prehend the two murderous thugs who looted the Japanese Golden Gate bank, slew the vice president and pounded the cashier over the head with an iron hlndgeon until he was almost dead. The department seemed demoralized over the struggle now progressing as to who shall head the detectives, and within 12 hours not an arrest has been made, nor is there the shadow of a clew to promise one. Ed Wren, whom Chief Dinan wants to make inspector of police, appears to be unable to handle the situation, and matters in the upper office are at a standstill, with Acting Mayor Gal!a- gher demanding Captain Duke to take command and infuse a mild solntion of brains into the work, while Dman is equally deteimined not to accept the p ro g ra m .__________________ Will Withdraw Coal Land. It is Washington, Oct. 8 - Stood that the president has finally made up his mind to withdraw all coal lands not already taken land laws of the United States. The expectation is that he will, by a special message, request congress to ebangejh* Another Storm N ear Mobile. statutes, but that meanwhile he HI Mobile, Ala., Oct. «.— A t 11:10 this trimself temporarily ^ - . . ‘ ^ c o e l morning a tornado passed near Kushia. lands from further entry. It is stated, „ ,b .t before the withdrawal •Lout 12 miles north o f Mobile. No loss of life has been reported, and o*ing to the th in ly populated country, jl *s hardly probable that there will coal lauds, as a basis lor the order. any. The tornado cut a swath 100 Has Found Cancer Cure, tet wide and felled much timber. The n net 8 — Piomise of a core for ^’“stern Union T elegrap h Company °st its wires along the M obile & Ohio. “Onlsville & N ash ville and Southern , d. Railways. M obile fe lt no effects of snrgtcal congress a **>« tornado. Dead May Total Seventy. Bluefleld, W . Va.. Oct. « . — Twenty- nine bodies have been recovered fr°® the West Fork o f the Pocahontas Col- nerle* Company m ine at Pocahontas. character.__________________ and a con servative estimate Places the total number o f the dead at Rumor Plan Will 1 The rescuing party reached the ,ctne of the explosion, but the im- m»nse amount o f debris and wreck- " o f " ‘ailing 'health? but !** has hampered the search for partly b ^ «o se ^ (CC,,0„ t of the “nflieg. T here Is no evidence thus far more P*r* d “ orjJ L be recently re- ®f »re. Rebel* Capture $125,000. Ff». Russia. Oct. «.— An armed band nnmbering 40 mem held up a mail near the bridge over the BJela P * n" « t ‘ -H m at« * » effort to * * » • ded at the navy " T*r last n ig h t A fte r k illing a soldier d e p a r t m e n t » 1 . hurricane by 7 * bounding three others who w ere the war nfoBfge o f the m ail the robbers d«- <* «P «d with »125.000. c“ r ' sasssa BODIES RECOVERED. I ( V irgin ia Coal Mine Still Holds Many More Victim *. Pocahontas, Va.. Oct. 5.— Nineteen known dead and from 30 to 40 more men entombed, and doubtless all dead, is the situation up to a late hour to day at the W est Fork mines o f the Pocahontas Colleries Company, where an explosion occurred late Wednesday afternoon. The bodies of these men w ere recov ered from the mines as the result of “ He’d skin a man out of his eye teeth, to get even with him ever since I m a d » heroic work o f a band o f 35 men con- if he thought there was a gold filling the trade, and I couldn't think o f a Guerrera’ a T roop s Being Sent Home stituting a rescue party that werked ' IQ 'em,» galtl the customer to the hard- thing, but I met him one morning and incessantly through the hours o f the ware dealer, who was weighing out lt came to me as quick— Just like that l by Trainload* — Fighting W a* night and day. “ ‘ H e llo !’ I says. ‘Bay, I want to ask aightpsony nails. "H e skuu me a plen Mostly by Gamecocks. It wag not until 7:30 o’clock last ty now, I tell you. Hmv much do you you about something. H ave you mlssedl evening that the rescuers reached a suppose I ’ve paid you In the last week any money or anything lately?’ point near Paul entry, where the ex tor what I ’ve bought here?” “ ‘ Missed any?* he says. You can’t Havana, Oct. 4.— The alacrity with plosion occurred. Toward the middle “I couldn't tell you. F ive dollars, never get any straight answer out o f which the rebels are laying down their o f the evening the hope was expressed Urn. ’ What do you mean?’ maybe. Why ?’’ arms to the commission appointed to that all the bodies would be recovered “ "Oh, nothing,’ I says, T guess you ‘Why? Why, he told me the house was In good repair. I ’ve done nothing haven’t or you’d know what I mean superintend that Important phase of by midnight. The authorities anticipated the hut repair ever since I ’ve been there.” quick enough. A man doesn’ t have a the termination of the revolution is ffearful extent o f the casualties by or ’Couldn’t you take time to see «»both bunch o f money lying around without the greatest surprise the provisional dering a carload o f coffins and burial remembering IL Anyway, I guess any er lt was In repair or not?” has yet encountered in the smoothly supplies, which are now on the way. 'I did. He made me think it was. thing I found would be mine.’ working program. This operation is The order Is being rushed at Blue- Hypnotized me, I guess. 1 went all “ You ought to have seen him look a t now well under way In the vicinity of field and the burial supplies, which over from the basement to the attic and me. Then he kind o f laughed. *1 guess include 60 coffins, are expected to I didn’t see anything particular that you ain’t that sort o f a man,’ he says. Havana, 700 of Guerra’s men with reach Pocahontas early tomorrow was wrong w ith i t I ’ll bet you I ’ve ’You’re too honest to take advantage. their horses having already been en morning. paid you $20, my friend. Say, didn’t I'm kind o f careless about mislaying trained for Pinar del Rio, while one The W est mine has pver 700 acres I buy wire screening and window fast money and now I come to think o f It— brigade marched to Guanajay today o f “ worked out” or abandoned work enings and a sink faucet and screws now much was It you found?’ ings. This fact alone made It difficult three or four times and a whole set of ” ‘Just twice as much as the half o f without a sign of disorder. for the men to get to the part o f the carpenter's tools and— • don't know It,’ I says. 'H ow much was lt you Hundreds of persons from Havana mine where the explosion occurred. what all. I ’ve made that house all mislaid?’ went out to Santiago de las Vegas and A ll the brattices in these old work over, anyway.” ’ ’ I ’ll try and find out,’ he says. ’ I Rincon today to view the disarma ings had been blown out. T h e scene “ W ell,” said the hardware dealer, think I can tell you, but whether I can o f the disaster Is over two miles from ment. They were disappointed at “not “ we can t tell much about what a house or not. If you’ve got any money o f mine the drift mouth. Is till we go to living in I t that's a you ought to return lt to me. nnd I can seeing the rebels actually surrender In the operation o f the telephone their guns, but nevertheless they wit system o f the mine a number o f boys fact. Maybe he didn't realize lt him make you do it If It comes to th a t No body but me has been lu that house nessed an interesting sight. As a con are employed, and the greater number self.” “ You bet he did. He knew all about since my tenants left I t ’ cession to the men General Funston of these are said to have met death “ ‘ You give me the name nnd addretw and Major Ladd permitted them to in the explosion or w ere caught by 1L I ’m not going by what he did to take their arms to Pinar del Rio, where the afterdamp. It is said that shortly me. That was plenty, but he’s done of your tenants,’ I says. ’Maybe I can Say, If 1 wanted do business w ith ’em. I f you think you most of the men joined the Insurgent after the explosion one o f the boys worse to others. army. The rifles, however, were first called up the office outside, but was money as bad as he does I'd buy me a can make me give up anything to you— counted by officers of marines under overcome before he gave his message. gun and go out and get It. I tried to supposing that I'v e found anything— the direction of Major Ladd and the The boy probably died at the tele get a little rebate from him, but think you’ re welcome to try. I didn’t say I’d I could get him to give up a cent? No, found any money or anything else.’ men will be required to surrender phone. ‘‘W ell, he sort o f looked down hia sir. He got my money and he proposed them before leaving the train at Pinar The cause o f the explosion cannot to bang on to I t I couldn’t pry him nose and went away and I ’ ll bet he’s del Rio. be definitely ascertained as yet, but it It is reported that some o f Del Cas is thought to be due to a gas explosion loose from a dollar with Jackscrews. been to see those folks that had the tillo’s followers were reluctant to dis followed by afterdamp. T h e mines They tell me he Uvea on 15 cents a day house to try to pump ’em. He doesn’t was giving him arm, but all the brigade commanders were considered the safest and best the year around— never goes over lt a know whether I have informed M ajor Ladd that all ventilated In this section and the com cent Thanksgiving he puts ou his old straight goods or whether l was string their men will disarm and disband pany has been at enormous expense in est clothes and goes where they’re ing him and he's losing sleep and flesh kicking himself because he ain’t sure handing out free turkey to the poor." when ordered to do so by General Del equipping and ventilating them. that It isn't a chance he’s missed. It “ He don’t do th a t” Castillo. Wednesday afternoon Gen “ W ell, If he doesn’ t he goes without may worry him Into his grave y e t I eral Castillo gave Major Ladd an or turkey. But what he did to me Isn’t a wouldn't be surprised. Say. If you see der directed to all his subordinate com N EW S A M A Z IN G T O CUBANS. marker to what I ’ve done to him. I him tell him yon heard I ’d found a manders and telling them to comply guess I'm even with him right now and $10 gold piece out In the back yard.” with every request made by the Am er Palma’s Early Request fo r Interven “T h at would lie too darned mean a there’s more coming. I f he tiasn’t suf ican officers. Major Ladd will work to tion Surprises Them. fered the last week nobody ever did. 1 trick to play on him,” said the hard night to carry out the disbanding ar rangements. Havana, Oct. 5.— That ex-President laid awake nights to study out a way ware man.— Chicago Daily News. According to the testimony o f an Palma early In Septem ber asked for American named Harvey, a former American interference in the Interest Roosevelt Rough rider, who has been of foreign lives and property Is not with the insurgents, the amount of considered surprising here, in view o f actual fighting during this revolution his subsequent request to Mr. Sleeper, was Teally very small. H arvey Bays the Am erican Charge, and Commander that most o f the fighting he had seen John C. Colwell, o f the cruiser Denver. was between game cocks. About 10 But that he suggested calling Congress per cent o f Guerra's men carried to ask for Am erican Intervention as fighting cocks tied to their saddles. early as September 8 Is considered surprising and that on Septem ber 13 he officially asked for intervention Y E L L O W JACK IN H A V A N A . and had then irrevocably decided to resign causes amazement. •*Your mother telis me that you’ve “That's good,” said the nice old gen* The correspondence between the Full Details Concealed and Health Officers Working Hard. State Department and Consul-General been fighting, Johnny,” said the nice tleman, with hearty approbation. “ W hat old gentleman to the little boy. “ Is lt name did you call him?” K ey West. Fla., Oct. 4.— An opposi Steinhart in connection with Cuban The little boy squirmed ognln, but intervention reveals the truth o f the true?” tion many times more serious than the The little boy tried to withdraw his did not answer. rumors current here at the time, which insurrection in Cuba is awaiting Uncle were persistently denied at the palace, hand from the nice old gentleman's “W ell, never mind, you weren't afraid Sam's army of intervention, according Palma declining to speak for interven clasp and squirmed about uneasily, hut to cnll him something, and if be wae a he made no reply. better fighter thun you and let him get to a wireless message feceived here tion. On September 13 Mr. Bacon received I ’m mistaken about that, though,” lu tlie first whack, o f course you weren’t late tonight from Havana. The new a dispatch which told o f the Irre said the nice old gentleman. “ You to blame." enemy is yellow fever. “ I did hit him on the shoulder ” said According to the dispatch ten new vocable intention o f President Palma weren't fighting. You weren't doing a to resign and to turn over the govern thing when that rough, savage Bennie the little boy, “ but Just then somehow cases were reported today and dozens ment to an appointee o f President Pendleton Jumped right ou you and my foot slipped— ” o f suspicious cases are being closely Roosevelt in order to prevent complete threw you down in the mud and pum- “ And he got you down and held yon watched. The first reports sent out. anarchy. It is added that lt may be meled you in the face and scratched tending to minimize the extent o f the so you couldn't do anything, while ha necessary to land a force to protect you, all fo r nothing. T h at wua it, pounded you and scratched your face, epidemic, are now acknowledged to American property. eh? Well, that's too bad. 1 must teach wasn’t It?” have been purposely toned down. This message was sent upon the day It is said that the American forces you how to take care o f yourself a lit Yes, sir,” said the little boy. that Am erican marines first landed In w ill find Havana in a much different i t ’s disgraceful,” said the nice old tle, Johnny. I think I can allow you sanitary condition from that which ob Cuba, but were ordered back to the gentleman. " I hope when your mother how to cutch hold of a boy and mnka vessels by Secretary Bonaparte. On tained under General W ood’s rule. him fall down, too, so that you can the day follow ing it was announced tells Mrs. Pendleton about lt she will There Is said to have been a decided hurt him ns much as he does you. I'll that Secretary T aft, and Bacon would spank the little ruffian welL H e cer lapse toward the old. inefficient condi liet that other little playmate could be sent to Cuba, and upon that same tainly ought to lie spanked.” tion under Spanish rule. M ajor Jef show you how— what's his name— The little boy’s face brightened with ferson R. Keene, who left here tonight day a message was received saying pleasure. Frank?” for Havana, expressed no surprise at that the Cuban Congress could not “ H u h !” said the little boy, ” 1 can 'I hope some day he w ill pick on a meet for lack o f a leader, neither the the report of the serious condition of little boy who knows how to tight him wrastle Frank. And I ’ll bet you Ben affairs, but declared that the sanitary President nor V ice President being self,” continued the nice old gentleman. nie didn’t hurt me any worse than I did department of the army o f occupation willing to retain th eir office. I hope that little boy w ill call him him.” is ready to meet the situation and will some names and make him feel bad “ Is that so?" said the nice old gen doubtless be doubly reinforced as soon U rge Sold iers to D esert. firs t I know some boys not any big tleman. “ W ell, well, now this is en as Washington can be acquainted with Ronen, Oct. 5.— A large number of ger than you that wouldn't be a bit couraging. But I think I ’ll have to the real gravity o f the situation. posters were placarded on the walls afraid to tell Bennie Just bow mean talk to your mother before she goes here during the night, signed by the he was, whether he began on them or over to see Mrs. Pendleton. I think Anti-M ilitary association, summoning n o t” M eet Inspection Begins. your other story needs a slight revision. the new recruits to desert from the Chicago Oct. 4.— Three hundred in “ I ain’t afraid to,” ea'd the little T e ll dear mother I want to see her, spectors entered npon their dutiee at lim y if they believed they were “ un boy. “ I did call him one name." Johnny.” — Chicago Dally News. the packing houses yesterday. nnd»r able to endure the insults, punish ments and vexations of barrack life ,” the new Federal 'aw. Judging fiom the firat day’s experience, the inspec and concluding with an invitation to E N D A N G E R E D B Y D R IF T IN G LOGS plates. I f tbe p r o f i l e r o f a steamship tion w ill he thorongh snd systematic. the women of Rouen to form an “ in- . N a v i g a t i o n A I o n a ! • » « P a c i f i c C o a « t struck one o f these derelicts the pro “ I f there is anything wrong now, it is ternational society of mothers to resi.t peller would do no more propelling. If M en aced by a W r e c k e d H aft. HD to the government,” ssid one pack the despots ol the government, which C ap t Ernest Bent, commander o f the the engine* were not crippled by the er with apparent relief. That is the is s till tbirrtin g for human blood.” Japanese liner Hongkong Mara, which Jar. position of t il «he packers. From | The police tore down the proclamation, These logs are scattered across the arrived recently from the Orient, la statement» made by Secretary Wilson, glad that be wae able to make bis ap entrance to this harbor like a fleet Equitable Must Answ er. of the Agricultural department, the of submarine boats and are every bit Balieton, N . Y ., Oct. 5. — Justice proach to port in d ayligh t I f he toad government is willing to asinine the ag deadly. Far beyond the Farallonea come in at night he believes his vessel Vau K irk today dismissed the demur- ___________ retponsibility. they float, lurking dangers to approach rers of the défendant* in the suit would have been seriously crippled, a* ing and departing craft, and vessel* brongbt hy M r*. M ary B. Yonng as a In the darkness It would have been a l Burn Theater Used by J e w * from the aouth report encounters with Odessa. Oct 4.— The local theater | policyholder and stockholder against most Impossible to have avoided collis these silent monatera from the northern ion with some o f tbe Immense logs, the Equitable L ife Aseurarce ecriety to where the Jewish company played has foreata long before the bar 1* reached. which were fast encountered about thir been entirely deetroved by fire. A pro c impel a reetitution of the funds of T h e e m it also ordered ty miles tbe other side o f tbe Faral- Capt. Bent has made a report concern lessor and two students perished in the that sreiety. that, if the defendants do not within 20 lones and through which tbe Hongkong ing the log» to the United Btatea light flames. ____ Hays after service of a c >py of the Judg threaded her way until she passed in house board and masters o f departing Police petrol* end convovs are now ment answer the com plaint and pay beyond tbe nine-fathom buoy, says tbe vessel* are warned to keep a sharp look supplied with rifle* in addition to re out There wa* 8,000.000 feet o f lum volvers end aabre*. Governor General tb e c M is , final judgm ent may be had. Ban Francisco Cali. ber, *11 made up o f huge logs, in the Kan'bars has ordered the guards on These logs formed part o f the raft r a ft W eird E vidence o f Slaughter. dn’ y st public building« to b sve their which le ft Astoria in tow o f tbe steam riflee *1**7« loaded and ready for New York, Oct. S.— A special cable er Francis H. L egg ett T b e l,eggett lost T h e l.a a t R e t o r t . to tb# Tim e* from 8t. Petersburg says the r a f t which subsequently went to prompt use. __ _________ fn a country neighborhood when a that nine c irpeee, with eack* over their pieces to the great peril o f eoaetwlse man fall* at everything el*e be takej beade end b allet holea ia tbair breasts shipping. They are log» o f great * z e tb* agency for a washing machine.— j L o t* by »ha Gulf S torm . Mobile. Oct. — Prominent in«ur- hev# floated ashore near the palace of Lannrbed head-on by the heavy ocean Topeka Capital. ence mce estimate tb * etorm loss here PeterhoL They are presumably those eweil against the boll o f a ship, eny An egotist likes to call himself $ a' I I 000 000. Tha total loas of life of eai'or* receotly sxicatod at Kron- on* of these floating menace* ootiId tear a hole through the stoutest o f steel genluR w ill not esceod 100. IM“ *1- Pacification of Cuba Proceeds Without a Hitch. MARINES GUARD LARGE CITIES