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Hillsboro Independent bMM tridn f lata k HILLSBORO OREGON AiOS DfcPOaiTORsl. Convicted Banker Tails Whsr Sscur lliaa Ara Hwdm San Francisco, April 29. J. Dal- lull Urown, vice president and man ager of the California Safe Deposit & Trust company, who la under aen tence of 18 months In San Qulntln i for wiibf .i.!lng securities held in la a Condensed Form lor Oar information to e. j. l Breton p-.w Ooinr receiver of the bank, which will add UUOj fituuol $1,01X1.000 to the fund for the de- ' positors. lie also told facts to the i p..,.m r ihi Liu ImDortant but receiver and to Assistant District NEWS OF THE WEEK Not Lets Interesting Event of the Past Week. Mexican troops are moving to the Guatemala frontier. More than 2,000 preachers In Cal ifornia will speak against race track gambling next Sunday.' A surgton general of the nary Is having great success In treating con sumption with mercury. Two bags of valuable mall from london, worth $500,000. were stolen lu New York or In transit. Ambassador Tower has given up his Berlin borne and will start eoutn with his family Immediately. Ban Francisco shipowners are cut ting freight ratea to the Orient In an attempt to drive out tramp steam' era. A city councilman of Georgetown Wash., was arrested for keeping bis place of business, a saloon, open on tiunday. Local option which goes Into ef fect May 1 In Massachusetts will throw about 2,000 saloon men out of work. Latest reports of the sinking of the British cruiser Uladlator place the total casualties at five dead and Hi missing. Kxtra passenger trains aggregat ing about 250 coaches will be run Into San Francisco during the bat tleship visit. Spring rains and melting snow caused a landslide In the province of CJ.iuuec, Canada, which destroyed a cilluge and killed about 30 persons. Santa Barbara, Cat., gave a flower Sunt a Barbara, Cal., gave a flower fostlval In honor, of the battleship ll.-tt and bombarded thorn with bou quels. Admire! Evana took an auto ride and Is feeling much Improved. Attorney lloff Cook, which had the effect of causing Le Breton to decide to keep the Kl Dorado Lumber Com pany, the Carnegie Brick Works and the glass works at Stockton going at a profit for the benefit of the de positors. That Brown's Information relating to the whereabouts of securities which will give $1,000,000 more to the depositors Is believed to be cor rest was vouched for by Cook and by Hiram Johnson, attorney for Brown. Tbey expressed themselves as san guine that the receiver would Becure possession of the property, which Is Western Pacific stock ct the value $1,000,000 at par, and In another year or 18 months the stock will have a definite market value. Brown also gave up the cipher code book used by himself, Walter J. Bartnett and John and James Tread well. This code was secret and or iginal, each of Its owners having a copy. Cook said unhesitatingly that it contained the key to letters which had been In possession of Brown, to whom tbey were written by Bartnett and the Treadwells. The letters are now In the safe of the District At torney's office. SAILORS DANCE. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST CRtATfcST IN HISTORY. LA GHANDfc HAiafca S3, 300. Sum 8ubter bed In Few Minutes to Fruit Csmmitsio"" Rl Wl" Mk ; n -, ET. Imv's!?? fc .1 i--tT -tr II J l nl" -l t'l''! i- l rrmrr La Graade Thla city went on Oregon City J- " ' " . th, record tonight as heartily In favor waukle. frult comM'"'""' nounced of assuming all the germs of boost JV "r0 Xanlng up the pest- im v.-.. i, ...ha,tA In . fo nis intention of Clu'" r-L.mii " - afflicted orcbrJ vl . .7 ri.7 minutes the sum of $3300. and In ad- county, along tu trscks of the ore dltlon secured a weuiberi'blD sub- gou Water lower "all',.3r om acrlptloa of 125 to a reorganized Pir "lth. Southern commerclal club at $1 such. County Fru i inbpector A. J. Lewis 1oi BUliaweu mm men ailll District Attorney - mount fur boost Id it. the meeting w,,i,r..u , .. .t. ...irnose of carefully passed a resolution to canvass th lnynir nl...n- to force the owners of city so thoroughly tomorrow morn- neage(l orcnard to either spray Inn that the figures will be brought h.p t,... . ihem down. up to $6000 for the year, and a com., "Marlon and Yamhill counties mittee was appointed to do IMi have obeyed tbs law." aid Mr. Reld, This sudden burst of enthusiasm, -Aa lt , J Clackamas to do the hacked up by flnanclnl support, was Bame. u ur itrong and forceful primed and shot off through the tf- argument th hundreds and perhaps ions o iuui iiituoiumu', . w. tnoasands of honieseeKera coiuw huu the Portland Commercial Club, who the MlJt ' California, and. this afternoon raised $600 at Elgin 4ftep traTB,7 through the southern for tha aame purpose, lis oa to portoa of Or,gon and then through Lane, Linn and Manou come to Clackm 'n1 ner r eon fronted by tbs spectacle of scale-Infested trees hundred of acres of Union and Cots tomorrow. IDEAL CONDITIONS. Lake County Has Open Wintsr and them, absolutsly of no Tallin to the Early Sp ing Lakevlew After the most opn The boycott of Japanese goods by Cbinette has extended to Australia. The supreme court of Illinois de clares the new local option law valid. Pensacola street car strikers atoned the car barns and several ar rests were made. Llnotenant General Llnevltch, who managed the Russian retreat from Mukden, la dead. Representative Rayner, of Mary land, aays It Is time to curb the power of the president The Independence lesgu of Now York Is practically bankrupt and Its criHllters threaten suit. King Kdward snys of the dead premier: "He was a faithful servant of his country. I am truly sorry he tiiis 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 Groat Northern, estimates that the damage to that road by the bursting of the Hauser lake dam was about $75,000. I -os Angeles will take about 3300 men of the battleship fleet on a tour of the city. Then they will have a burbecue luncheon and see the wild Mtt show. Wldnnpread rains are canslng gnuit Joy to California farmers. It Is reported that threats have tHii msde on the life of Abe Ruef. Sudden warm weather Is causing groat aamage In Alaska from floods. Four million oysters were destroy ed by striking fishermen at Cancale, r ranee. A bunco man who has been rob bing women has been arrested In Onkland. Four masked robbers held up a iisnionaDie club at Hot Springs, ai-k., ana got away with $19,000. All the regular army troops In th vicinity of Seattle will pnrtlcl pit In the welcome of battleships c mai port. Mrs Beulah Hawkins of I,os An B"Iim, has now been asleep 7S days, nnd thore Is apparently no change In ner condition. KUht consecutive witnesses In the Fnl bribery trial testified that Onl l.'hor pnld them money to vote for iru overhead trolley franchise. Koman Catholics of the tTnlted Staffs will raise a fund of one mil lion dollars to educate candidates for ro priesthood and nld poor parishes. n attempt was mnrte to sss.issl n ! evSupervlsor OnlliiRher. of San Fr;nolsro, by blowing up his house l'h a bomb. No one was Injured. Ktisslan forces have repulsed the Kurds who had them surrounded. Saloon forres were genernlly suc-e-ssful In the recent local option fltlit. Two dry kilns of the Seaside I.nm- t Compnny were deetroyed by fire I oss $20,000. A 8t. linls councilman has been convicted of briber and sentenced to two years In the pen. Partners In sn Idaho mine qnsr-r-lM snd fought a revolver duel, la hloh one was killed. Superior Jndue. Cook, of S.sn Fran r'sivi. has asked to be excused from t'ving the California Safe Deposit cass. A movement has besun to release If irry K. Thaw from the Innane asy turn. Kansas ennrts have quashed In d'lments aitalnst H. II. Tucker, the nil company swindler. Thi house has ordered an Inqnlry irfo the paper trust snd a commis sion has boon appointed. Minister Wo Ting Fang sars he hid nothing to do with starting the bnyontt against American goods. T. J. Ryan of San Frsnrlsco. testi fied that part of $500,000 used In the crooked ferry deal, went to politicians. however, and when the available supply of eligible girls gives out they dance with each other. It Is no easy task to provide partners for looo or more dancing sailors. iwr the officers today, there was a garden party and In the evenlna- a dance. A number of luncheons and tea parties on the battleship were given to the Junior officers. WRECKAGE ASHORE. Chief Amusement for Nsvy While at Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara, Cal., April 29 There were no fixed features on Santa Burbara's entertainment pro gram In honor of the Atlantic bat tleship fleet today, the officers and men being largely allowed to pursue their own ways. Many of the latter went to Los Angeles to spend the day, and will over-stay their leaves, which expire at 1 a. m. The amusements offered the blue jackets In Santa Barbara are natur- plly rather meager, owing to the size of the city, and consist largely of flying horses, shooting galleries and a large variety of catch-penny affairs, brought here for the occasion. Dancing on the canvas-covered as- pbalton, the ocean boulevard, each evening, Is the only picturesque fea ture of the bluejackets' entertaln- wlnter that southeastern Oregon has ever experienced this section Is now enjoying a spring that Insures weaitn to her people. At no time auring ins past winter did the thermometer In Lake county register a temperature owners or to any one else.' COMPLAINS OF RATES. Eugnnn Mill Finds Railroad Tariffs Has Doub'sd Salom J. M. Shelley, of Kugene, man- below iero and most" of the Vim. the Eug-n, Mill Klev.tor Co ba my sprTng Bke weather prevailed. '"'""jS There wre but few flurries of snow. J'"' 100 per sent in eerta.n local and these melted away before a warm 'might rates is that part of the Mate. "S. Wa Tenu.t w..yUiat but little ""' . ""7 ill feeding was required, stock general- be pay, a rate of 23 cents per 100 .. " " JLii H,,,!,,,, ih. pounds on wheat and oats from Lugene tlrrtartTnVorwlnt;; V..,.,.. winch rate he finds sufficient feed on hand to tide , ,, ... the stock Interests through a hard to Jaa uarj ., . , . winter, even if no hay should be put w" e"nU- Tb! r"te A 1 1 2 up this season. I " , On the desert sheep men have re- K';ne t0 Hoseburg, is now 31 cen ta, ported an. Ideal winter, with Just whwns the fomer rnta wm IS .enta. k . ..,ik ,o.o, ir This is an increase of over 100 per cent. Oreat Conference to Be Held at White House in June Washington, April 28. When Fresi sot Roosevelt calls to order the opeuing session of the great White House con ference on Mar 13, there will be gath ered in the Fast Room of the Execu tive Mansion the must notable aseiua hlnf'A of nieu in did liuone fv tliHt iihh I ever uiut is tue uistorjr ui llui tU'tuu States. The governors of all the states have signified their intention sf being pres eut at this conference, snd each will bring with him three men, carefully chosen from among the learned of lii state, to act as advisers in the conven tion. Besides the governors and their advisers, rejirem-utatives of all the im portant national organizations, the wel fare of which dceuds in greater or less degree upou natural resources, will be in attendance, and further, the pres ideut has invited five special guests, chosen for their superlative fitness, to sat sc "advisers at large" to the con ference. Qrovor Clevelsnd, the only living ss President of the United Htstes, will, health permitting, be one of these ad visors. 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, loader of labor. Every candidate, or the presidential nomination this rear with the eicrption of Beerctary Taft, whose dutios in I'anama will prevent at tendance, will be there. Looking at the meeting purely from its historical side, it properly may be said that never before in the country's history have the governors of all the statea assembled in convention for any purpose whatsoever. Considered simply as aa epoch-marking event the confer ence will easily take rank with any as sembly of public men ever held in ths eivilizod world, for at this meeting the entire government of the United Mtates, in the persons of that government's heads, will be aseembled at one time. If for no other reason, the pnblie will be interested in the conference because of this fact. PRESIDENT WINS DAY Senate's crico on Navel CHI Is Fr3cilca!ly a Victory. HALF THOUSAND KILLED. stock, and with plenty of feed to put 1 ?'he "l'"ad commission will invest!- sheep in excellent condition. As the vast desert lying east of Goose Lake I Valley Is the feeding-ground for the thousands of head of sheep that con- McMlnnville Cleaning Up. McMlnnville The days lnterven- stltute a large portion of the wealth Ing between now and May 1 will bo, of i.nke county, a winter like the one according to common consent "clean Just ended means an addition to the up ' days In this city, the ladles tak profit column. Ing the lead In the work. Mayor Since the new year began there Macy today appointed 19 commit has been but little rain and practt- tees, each committee consisting of tally no suow. C rops of every kind threo ladles, to have supervision over were put in early, and already mere 19 districts of the city, and each in nn excellent vrnwin in evervminir i . . . ,t v. .. v. 1 .. Thejr ?eem-t0 e"Jy U nKe'y. that depends upon spring weather. year privilege to persuade each prop jerty owner to beautify his lawn, re- aaloon Istue in Marlon. pair his sidewalk or paint bis dwell Salem County Clerk B. D. Allen to- ,nK " It needs It, and above all, to Declares This Pisces United States in Front Rank in Htgards to Naval Progress, SECURES FORTUNE. Large 8ailing Vassal Prcbably Lost Off Northwest Coast. Victoria. B. C, April 29. The steamer Tees, from the Vancouver Island coast, brings further Informa tion concerning the wreckage recent ly washed ashore near Carmanah, Roby Daykln, who Investigated the wreckage, was anions the uiiaHenzem of the steamer. He says there Is no doubt that the wreckage found Is new. 1 here was neither slime nnr barnlcles, nothing of the trowth which Boon accumulates. hlnce the finding of the wreckaee previously reported, a large amount of empty cases, whlskv cases and others, have been found In the vi cinity of Mtlnak. Stanley Wood, a timber cruiser who came from the vicinity of Nltlnah, said there was an unusual amount of these cases re cently washed ashore. Dnykln says the wreckage seemed positively to indicate that some large sailing vessel. a ship or a bark bad met with disaster. Three trunks found on the rocks westward of Carmanah Point were of the usual American pattern, wood covered with tin. They were broken and empty. Jury Still Incomolete. San Francisco. April 29. The be ginning of the fourth week In the work of selecting 12 men to try Ab raham Kuef on one of the 117 In dictments returned against him by the grand Jury, charging the former political boss of San Francisco with bribery, finds the Jury still Incom plete with nine men In the box ac cepted and sworn. One of the ven iremen examined today did not know 7 'h ord accomplice meant, nlle another was challenged by Mr Ileney on the ernnml thnt M i character whs such that he was not fit to be a Juror. day oompleted checking upon the signs- remove any unsanitaryrubbish lures on the Marion County local option-1 petition and found the petition to be in I Board Irspects Normal. due lorm and signed Pv several hundred Ashland The new state board of more voters man ine law requires, ine normal school examiners, composed "" quiwwou win mereiore oe suo- 0f Superintendents Powers, of Sa mitted to the voters of Msrion eounty iem; Churchill, of Baker City, and V tfih wli' be B0, f.'Kht n Turner, of Grants Pass, completed nVt!l; i!"7 1Z " omei.1 Tlslt to the state nor- no Interest in any of the state eontests , .1 ..h, ,., , . n h. nr u iu mal thool it Ashland today. The ih.i th lnn- n,3T;, -. V k. tlZ members snt two day. In a most eonior of nTuhnuVntton. !? lott-SL h'Bt . VUiflUeik IUU IUV WVI A lb IV Ing, so a to be prepared to make Socialists Aaopt Plstform. recommendations to the legislative Medford-The Socialist party of a88emb' " provided by law Jackson county has nominated a full I . .. . , , ,i Ltmblng "uccessrul ..v luu omce. auu aoopiea rtnker rifuTh Bheenralsins- in- ..o fi"uiui, w ucn juiiowb me na- austry Ii one of the Important ra tional platform of that party. The sources if Baker county, and the nominees are to make their cam- nee-pmei have reason to rejoice this palgn here on measures demanding a fear bwu8e "f f, hi 'hn full assessment of property with a ,nK a' Conditions have been 500 exemption law. Th" levying o? m8t f'1V3rabl9 throughout he sea- . . . - i mn onI tk. .....runt u ira nf InHII nfl a special tax for build ng roads, con- T. v , -rvT i in structlon of electric roads, an eight- been v,'rj' smnl ' Thi "SP .k J hour-day law. ,n(nm. , 1 Vk. excellent tondltlon end the sheep child labor law and the enfranchise- 6re thrlv,B8 wonderfully. meni 01 women are demanded. Bittle With Knives. Reno.Ncv.. April 29 A fight with knives took place today back of the University grounds In which two In diana, one Chilean and one Mexican were the principal,. Henry Slmbron the . hllean. Is lying at death s door at the city hospital with J6 d,.,,p wounds; Kd Callalas, Mexican, re. celved many but not rf:.n..,. wounds; J,,hn Sklmmerhorn. an In dian boy, was badly cut shout the eg, and Pete Lewis Is painfully cut 18 a on,,-a'-ni,d Indian, did frightful execution with his knife and suffered least of all from cuts. Life Is All a Gsmbls. Dublin. April 29 Diseasing American politics, Richard Croker once boss of Tammany hall today nve It as his opinion that (lovernor Hughes Indorsement by New York Is merely complimentary. "Mr Hushes' Jintl-eamMlng attitude." he said will Injure him undoubtedly In his own state. ' Why can t such men keep out of that rut? Isn't life all a gamble? Put thev select the Part of the gamble that's pleasant and propose to penalize It. Go to Work to Ssve Mln. Johnstown, Ts.. April 29. fnder orders from Patrick GMdav. presl dent of district No. 2. several hun dred striking miner of the South Fork Coal Company returned to work today In an efrnrt to save the mines from heavy losses from water snd a probable permanent suspen- J ' u . Rename Madforrf Rr... Medford Medford's street which ! ,re ma "-p " ? the l1"1 were originally named from h. of daitnge caused ny last nigni ters of the alphabet, will now be frost- Froa "0D,e ,,0tiol," tne "P"" known by horticultural names The tomf thkt lb" P"1'"' Pn"eh'"' en'Tiee list now reads: Klverslde AddIo nd arl7 ,ruit" Wl11 Bartlett. Centra avenue D'AnJou' loM wLile 11 othf,r Mtion, tne KT0Wer" r-vergreen. Fir. Grape. Hollv in ,n) " .w mrtu 7 JOT King. QAkdale avenue. Laurel Mia. aamf they have suffered rrom mis , 1 ... . ..... . . ciwo, Mpwiown, orange. Peach, . tug nope, me East Side streets are to be known as Walnut, Almond, Blossom, Cherry and Man-sanita. Fruit N pped Douglsa Roseburg Douglas County fruitgrow PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Track prices: Clnb, 84c iui. V l . r. . 1 a f 9. Iilna. 6 ,w r,"a. stem, 87c: ralley. 5C- Eugene The Eugene Commercial I Barley fe,d. I24.B0 per ton; Club tonight decided to have Eu- rolled, tilen- brewing. $28. if nPT!.. d . l ,n Portland1 Oats N0 1 white. $28.60027 mZ.i , TV.,, 2.Dy 4S n,t'n 'n Per t0: gray $:- march and drill. Each m.n um. ... 7, hi ka nt ton faVAnt a V. I "III I I I H (J J B hill 11, f f" k., .5 rK iult whlte "l"x middlings 127.60; shorts, country. Xlai n A I h Jaythy, Wll.smet,e..Va,l!y. Euteno nnrl . Zrt un Tr"1 17 Ppr ton- W lnmeite vaiiey. r- hri V" ?reat crowd :il at- dinarr. Ii s V.stern Oregon. I17.B0; nic i-ni UIVII. 1 . z . .if. If. SIS' "ie.i, 16; clover, Hp - Free Delivery for Grants Psss. alfalfa mai tin r, ' ..... a nutter Extras, rr Grants Pass (irnf r fancv . Sc: store. 18Hc pTI. V'r'e delivery svtem I K" U,s and commission off. Iw? .v ""'ll Klves fiKUrV. 1 6' 1 7c per doren. ,,he "'f'" for " fl"cal CheePP7rrr cream twins. 1S4c $11 '2 Vk?"', '-lb. " W pound; crMm brick. 20c; Swiss 12 000 ;..Thl." '""ease of D" 2c; lmhurger. 22Hc. 12000 over last year's business. Tne' roultrvJvixed chickens. 13eper " n!,ncl1 hns ""''"r mnslderstlon ,b-: 'ncy hens HffHHe: roosters, n o ' ZT ""'Jl?1" th number- W. r: 2te; broilers. Ib . X L J7stmPdThh.lK,r,7''n", ,n 22H2Scf Pressed poultry per the popu atlon ' 'hP lncrPnM ,n PT'1' 1p blsrh-r. , ,n PPU'atlon. , Potato! siect. selling price. 70c e - .PT hundred- Wlllsmette Valley. Eugen Will Own W,t., par(t bnying prw se per hundred; Fast Eugene -At a municipal elecUon ",""n"m,,l, buying price. oEc: ?wtUria? tn" Proposition to pr7hl : r,apkl,ni'. huyfnt Pr,rP- pPr .,,-W",:n,,,,, Vn" rompaVvh,,n'lr''l; ew California. 5?5Hc niTWOrk Mrrl' nT "5 to 12R !PPr rn"B''; sweet. hV,C ontii. crttIIa k. " m"nlrml water plnnt'n ": fnyng prie. carried by RS7 t '"""iDer k,...' u nor rtnund. decisrM nw'7'm '"-"on w nlcllti ' "rrount OT tech Senator Oeti Half Million tor Settling Big Estate. Seattle, Wash.. April 28. United Status Senator Samuel Piles, of this city, yesterday was given possession of one hair interest of the John Sullivan estate, valued approximately at $1,000,- 000. This ends a litigation that has ex tended over a period of eight years snd which has' been prolific 10 having the history of theSulJivan family in Ireland well aired in tbe various courts of this state. Eight years ago John Sullivan, a prominent citir.cn of Seattle, owner of one of tbe biggest business blocks in the city, and suburban and rnral properties, died leaving no will. Claimants sprang rrom everywhere, although eullivao had no relatives so far as known in this country. Senator Piles, who was a friend of Sullivan, went to Ireland to investigate. Oraves were examined, ehurch records scanned, and finally the true relatives or Mullivan were locsted. Tbey agreed ba give Senator Piles one half of the eetate to defend it sgamst the many litigants who were endeavoring to se cure a slice of the valuable property. Kdward Coreorsn and Johanna C.'hIH- ghan, since deceased, of Dublin, Ireland, were declared the rightful neirs. Pun 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, te an end. Washington, April 28. Two bat tleshlps a year is whut President Roosevelt says he has accomplished through his fight for tie navul pro gram. Had he been victorious In having four ships authorized at this session, the United States could have dictated terms of disarmament to the nations of the world. This ftntewrl, made tonight, fol lowing the passage by the senate to day of the naval bill, calling for two new baltlehhlpa. Is understood to re veal the president's source of strength In the naval fight which has been waged so strenuously. Furthermore, two ships this year with the promise of two ships each year to follow, which the president has accepted as a bona fide stipula tion on the part of the senate, means simply a program which will place the united States In the front rank of naval progression, but which falls to place It In the position of dictat ing a cessation of naval aggression. That the president, on tbe wholo. Is pleased with the result of his ef forts with congress on this subject, was made manifest tonight; that he firmly believes In the ability of the United States to dictate the naval policy of the world In the future, though overwhelmingly outstripping us In naval construction. PRESIDENT TALKS STRAIGHT. Warns Congress Against Abuses of Judicial System Washington, April 28. President Roosevelt this afternoon sent to congress a special message setting Southern Storm Much Worse Than First Reported. New Orleans. April 27. Probably 500 lives lost, 100 or nrnre persoss fatally injured snd many times this number fatally hurt, together with a properly loss running up in the uill linos, is the record so far of a toruads tt'Mt ir'"in?it-d in the weM two itavs ago, sweeping lexas, Arkauas, Louis ana, Tennessee and Georgia. It lias left a path of death, desolation and want in its wske, seriously interrupted all communication between cities mi the south, and brought about chaotic con ditions in many smaller towns. Mississippi, already a sufferer from moro than one tornado this year, lius again borne the bruut of the winds snd rains. Estimates of the number of tho who lost their lives in that state place the death list between 1"0 and 173, with a thousand or more injured. In Toxas, Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia the death lists are also large, with serious loss of life in Arkansas snd Tennessee. Authentie information is in many instances lacking, owing to the crippled faeilities for communica tion and the lack of time to form any thing like an accurate estimate of tbe damage done in many sections. In half a dor.es communities martial law has been dnelared, so terrible was the destruction and so helpless were the stricken poople left by the disaster. Serious disorders hsve occurred in some places, including Amite, La. Loot i a if and other crimes have ben reiKirted, but those instances have on the whole been rare. Several places have issued appeals for aid and in Mississippi Governor Noel has been asked to provide tents for tbe homeless. The tornado has lasted in ail a period of nearly two days. It was Thursday nignt mat damage by tornadoes travel ing was first reiwrted from points in Texas. This was followed durinir tbo next 24 hours by similar reinirts from Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennesseo. Last night Alubama camo within tbe flight of the storm and to day reports of serious damnge by the wind in Georgia have been recorded. I tter misery of every sort was found toilay at Purvis, Miss., by relief parties. Despite the fact that of the 2.11)0 inhab- tants which this little town boasted yes- erday morning, there were only U(KI to day, still there were not suflieient ac commodations in tho wrecked village, for forth In the strongest of terms the necessity of Immediate legislation ' even the wounded. Negro mammies snd strengthening the anti-trust law. He 1 littlo black children lay wounded and SI. 800 to the Pan. Seattle, April 28. P. T. Rowe, bishop of the Episcopal church for the territory of Alaska, who arrived in the city today from the north on the Yucatan, brings tho first detailed authentic information regarding tbe big gold strike nn Nolan Creek, at tbe bead of tbe Koyukuk river, liishop Rowe wss in the Nolan Creek camp whea the strike was msde and washed out $.500 pans on the Olson claim with his own hands and saw pans washed out thst ran as high as $1X00. Nolan Creek is only about 00 miles from the Arctic ocesn and there were only about 123 men in tho camp wbn Bishop Kowe left for the outside. The strike was made at a depth of about 130 feet and about $4000 has been washed by ernde operations, and it is estimated the eloan np at the end ef tbia summer will reach $1,000,000. Improves Rsploly raso Eobles Hot Springs, Cal., April 8. Roar Admiral Evans continues to improve. Today be 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 snd James Hors- bnrgh, Jr., general passenger agent of thft Southern Pacific t lag Lieutenant C. R. Train, Lieutenant Evans and Mrs. Marsh, daughter of the admiral, leri Paso Robles todsy to attend the festi val at Santa Barbara. reiterates bis well-known views aS to the grave danger to free Institutions from the corrupting Influence of great wealth suddenly concentrated In the hands of the few, and urges the Immediate passage of measures similar to those be advocated In his former message on the same sub ject. Such legislation, he says, will be In the Interest of both the decent corporations and the law-abiding labor unions. In this connection, he sounds a warning to the labor lend ers who have objected to the Inclu sion of labor organizations In the anti-trust law nmendnient, and snyn plainly that the exception of the unions from the operation of tne law would render the measure Invalid. A strong effort has been made to have Inbor organisations completely exempted from the operations of tne law. whether or not their operations are In restraint of trade. Such ex emption would moke the bill uncon stitutional. It Is not possible wholly to exempt labor organizations from the workings of this law, and they who Insist upon wholly exempting them are merely providing thnt their stotus shall be kept wholly un changed, and that they shall con tinue to be exposed to the action which they now dread. Obviously an organization not formed for profit should not be re quired to furnish statistics In any way as complete as those furnished bv organizations for profit. More over, so far as labor Is engaged In protection only. Its claims to oe ex empted from the anti-trust law ere sound. This would substantially cover the rlcht of laborers to com bine, to strike ponceably and to en ter Into trade agreements with em nloyers. Hut when labor undertakes In an unlawful manner to prevent the distribution and sale of the pro ducts of labor lt has left the fold of nrntpctlon and Its action may be plainly in restraint of Interstate trade. 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 tbey had a blanket or a wrecked couch to rest upon. Thern wss not enough shelter la the town to protect them from the sun snd 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 tbe ground. Tbe grove of pines was muti lated in such a manner that it appeared as if a gigaotia scythe had swept through the grove about 23 foet abvve tbs ground. CRUISER RUN DOWN. Catch Italian Robbers. H,.no. Nev.. April 2. Servante Dsvis snd Salvstore Luhano, two Ital ian confidence men now held in the county iail for robbing a countryman of $10110 in gold sfter drugging him, sre now believed to be the same men woo ommitted similar crimes in an rran- ciecn at Twenty ninth and Mission streets, securing $."; Fan .lose, wcnr in,? C)0(l: Los Angeles securing snd Victoris, It. .'., where $!4o0 wan stolen. L. Dondero, Luhano 's partner, was tsken to Victoria for the last crime, but Luhono escaped. The mfor mation came from San Francisco Mew Consumption Cue. Washington, April 28. A prelim inary report on the treatment of tub erculosis by the administration of mercury has been made to the Surgeon-General by Surgeon Wright, of the navy, who hns been conducting Investigations Bt the Naval Hospital at Fort Lvon. Colo. In commenting on this report, Medical Inspector C. T. Hlbbett snld the subject Is en gaging much attention bv officers on duty nt the hospital and the treat ment Is being applied personally by surgeons. Trsek Lsld to Oorrl,. -m S:hi, er ,0 nnViJ;' rTn,Tn" 'own s Just inntk i .L I' Tnl" nt"" Ending on the k 1 kk . "'""mboat nlar train service ,T, k r R" May 1. "1 be established 85 Acres $8,500. nrv. $2; choice. $1.50; ordlnsry. Tl aa W lnted thre mile. . f"rm. Portervin., ci ..' A KeIs, of w. m. KeV, V.; J" !'?:0flA Th, Santa Clara district " "7 ln ,h 'it contained 85 acre. fr ,,5o fresh r,,.i.. Ornnge. $2.80?J r'H nc.t steers. 4.7Sff5; tedium, tiii7 4 75; common, iS.R0t4; "w, best. $3.75f4: ,,ornmon,'3 253.75; calves, 4fr Sheen-p,,, wethers. $(tT.oO; xsh"' ,5356; img lmbn- noml" linger),. g25; medium, ,5J: fders, $5.25 iff 5 BO Hopjj07 prim and choice, 4 5Be P' Pound; olds, 101HO Pr pin rij, Wooljrrn Oregon, avers ge 115 pir ponnd. according l2.!?l1"k- Valley. U015C -p42N-cSole." IOC: 8 HO P" Struck Gas; Two Desd. Las Vegas. N. M., April 28 -Mrs. Zachary Taylor Cooper went out to call her sons to supper last night n-t ri'"nn them desd at the bottom of a o f't well. Digging for water on their dry land farm, seven miles east of Matrons, they had struck a flow of natural gas and suffocated without a sound. A message wss sent here for s phvsioan. Jtitqioo p.zit-i m li "i '""" r'ln"n if Jo;.q p.ii.iUHJ rum 1. - 1 could be d"ne. 8evert Btorm Ina; England. Indnn, April 2. A remarkable Mi zsrd. ths worst experienced in the soutn of Fnglsnd since 181. continued P ticslly all over the Tnited 'n"r,;'m throughout Friday night snd 1 f " until Saturday mi'imgrn. ; snd rsilwsy trsffle has bees w1? laved. Enormons aamag - dose, especially to the young fruit Cut "stes to Orient. San Francisco, April 2S. With a view of driving tramp steamers from this port a radical reduction of frelcht rates on flour and craln for over-sea ports, such ns Chlneso snd Japanese, Is to be put in effect im mediately on all principal lines run nine out of San Francisco. It Is screed among the ship owners that tho rate on flour will he reduced from $3 to $2 for shipment from this port to Hongkong and Japan, snd that the rate on flour from this nort to Singapore will be reduced from $4 75 to $3.50. Sermons Agsirst Racier. Ran Francisco, April 2S Sermons voicing a protest against the race track evil will be preached In more than 2000 churches of California Sunday morning. The plan has been elHborated hv tho AnM-Raprtraek Lengne, recently organized In Rerke ev The movenn nt will call If "Rare track Sunday." which marks the In ception of a bitter campaign siralnst th racetrack ln California, the ob ject of the league being to bring about state legislation Antl-GambMrg Oampsign. Albany, N. Y., April 2S. Govern or Hughes this afternoon Inaugu rated what Is believed to be a cam paign of speech-making In several of th large cities of the state ln support of the antl-racef rack gam bling legislation which will probably be th feature of th extraordinary session which 1 to convene on May 11. Liner St. aul Sirnrji Into Warship Darius, Coowstotm. Southampton, April P7. The Ameri ssn line steamer St. Psnl, which left Southampton on her ngulsr voyage, bound for New York, this afternoon, in a dense snow storm rammed snd de stroyed the British second class cruiser Gladiator off ths Isle of Wight. The flrst report stated thst from 20 to 30 of the Gladiator's crew hsd been drowned, but later intelligence reduces Uie number of snsualties. Tho exact extent of the disaster, however, cannot be accurately luiown until tomorrow. No one on the St. Paul was killed or Injured, but the bodies of Steward Wid gery. Writer Cowdry and a Maltese steward, Dchras, all attached to the eruiser, have been brought ashore; one otlieer, Lieutenant William O. Praves, who attempted to swim to land, is miss ing, snd eight injured hsve 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. 8he Is one of the elsss of vessels designed to serve ss rams. She is 820 feet long, has a speed of 0 knots and carries a complement of 430 men. Accident to Wanhip. Santa Karbara, April 27. An acci dent to the engines on the Missouri that occurred today on the run of tho fleet from Santa Monica to Santa Rarbara proved to have been more serious than at first reported. The high pressure cy linder of the port engine blew out and the engine room was quickly filled with the escaping stesm. No one was in jured. The supply of steam was cut off after heroic work by the engine room force, and all danger soon passed. The Missouri came into port under tho star board engine alone. Cor yict Murderers nt Hirriu. Oregon City, April 27. After dn- liberating 13 hours, the iury in the ease of the Mate of Oregon vs. John M. Dickenson, William Dickenson. John Dickenson, Karl Ransier and John Riley, chnrged with th- murder of liar nan Singh, a Hindu, near Horing, brought in a verdict convicting J. M. Dicki nson and his son, William, of mur der in the second decree arid the other three boys of manslaughter. The pen alty for murder in the second degree in imprisonment for life and tho pennlty or manslaughter is from ono to 15 years in tho penitentiary. Two MlRhbirdra Killed Psn Frsnriseo, April 27. Another highbinder war broke out in Chinatown tonight, when two gun parties met B a pitched battln with revolvers st Wash ington street snd Wsverly Place. In running battle f two blocks, that end ed in Ros Alley, ,hre men were .I,,, two fatally snd snother slightly. Yua Ying, of the Hop Sing Tong, wss shot through the right eve and died a few minutes sfter h reached the Harbor Kmergency Hospital. Troops to Centrsl America. Mexico City. April 27. A persistent rumor here has it lh k. 11 , ... . 1 11 i-.-r rvi- imny wmen Is to carry special Ambas ador Rnchsnsn Knrique C. Cre to Cen trsl America, is to land armed parties should conditions is the. southern repub lic warrant th move. Official eonfir of tbs report son Id sot b ob- talaesL