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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1907)
fi NEWS OF THE WEEK Jn a Condensed Form for Busy Readers, Our HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS , A Reaumo of the Late Important but Not Lata Interesting Events of the Past Weak. Rockefollcr linn given another 2,. 000,000 to Chicago university, A long distance lmlloon flight from HI. lml to Washington I to Ixj U (umptixl. Jame llnrtlctt Hammond, president at tlio Hammond Tyowrltcr company, In Insane, An attempt wo ado to wreck n n netiger train on tlio Houtliorn railroad near Harrlalmrg, N. u. Ihtvlil Wilcox, former president of tlio Delaware fl Hudson railroad com xny, 1 1 n committal aulcldo, A gntig ol oro thieves Itrut bean rap tmcil at OoldlMd, Nov. Tlio hod 061 'pounds of high grado oro rachvd, Postal authorities nfler Inupcrtlng mtcol null ear expnti satisfaction and no doubt nil new cam will hereafter Ira made of steel. Tlio Hnn Frnnrlsoo l.nW council ha paanvl nwoliitlou condemning ltoom. volt for Ilia itamt In tlio Moycr Petti Ixmo-llaywood oaso. AH signs seem to M)lnt to another rcivultitloti In Guatemala In the near fiitorn. One party hit gono o far n 'to form n irovUlonal government to Im ready for rmergorx3lc. ITIio British cabinet Iim offered a isllght roiKviilon to IroUnil. Ilarrlinan plana a. double track line .IwlwtH'ii Tacoma ami Poittand, A Mil for I'olltli autonomy liaa been itiltoliiotxl In tlio Itnulan douma. Tlio trcainrei of tlio Woona:kel, It. I., electric company liaa cmbctslod U2,000. Lumber hniiillrra at tlio Vancouver, II. 0., initial liavo koiio on atrlku fur a nhorlcrday. George J. Gould favor rallied legls Intlon, but does not llko Die Idtn of 2-crlt fare. Tim fiont of an oljjl't-etory Chicago 'building collated without warning. No ono wn hurt. A largo Pittsburg pocking liotwe con lalulrig a half million xumla of Icrd burned. Tlio loaa ! 300.000. Ktnyvrsant Fish, n director of tlio 'Gould nail, my tho coming crop will 1k a hard ono to imne, na tlio rot short ago I n Miriou na otcr. There will I hi a meeting attended by delegat' from nil patta of the Uliltod State hold In Washington early In May to discus way mid mmni of erad loatlng thi) white plnguo. Tlio lthodo Irland legislature liaa nd ouinrl without breaking the aouatorlal deadlock. Tlio attorrcny general of Kansoa baa a oolieuio whclh ho bvllovcs will effort Ively atop all liquor traltlc In his atate. Eastern Montana I cxicrlenclng n billiard. On Uio Flathead Indian res crvntlon thero I over lx Inches of snow. Harrlrrnnn has plana for n now ter minal in Chicago and propose to reach It by a tunnel 22 miles long under tho Jake. Tho government liaa been aiked to tiiko ata hand In the lalxir trouble of Uio Itlo (Iruiiilo railroad and provont a trlko. Tho crows, nil Americans, of seven ot um trains m mo Bonora railroad aro In prison In Moxlco charged with tilling vllng arms and ammunition Into that country, Four mon buriuul to death, 260 bnrtips klllinl and 12 firemen Injured, two of them seriously, nod u property low of (200,000 Is tho result of a Now York llro. Governor Mugoon has signed a do -crea granting umnesty to tho mombora of the armed forces of CuUt who Imvo lieon found guilty of committing offens d during tlio recont revolution. A ixirllumont hotmo Is to bo built by Itii'sla. Tho nonatorlal doadlook In WlHoonsin -contlnueu unbroken. It It said Thaw lawycra will ask for : diango of vomio for Uio noxt trial. Itusshvn Industry is bolng parnlyrod by Uio continued strlko of tho en I lor a. Tho aenatoridl deadlock in It hod e Island Is praotlcally where It was 13 -woeks ago. A resolution asking Hooeovolt to no .eept another tern) has boon defeated by Uio Pennsylvania legislature BUILDINQB UNFINISHED. Jamaslown Exposition to Open 00 Par Cent Completed. Norfolk, W. Vn., April 113. Drapllo the energetic effort of ofllclals and workiupii, the JamtTiujwn Tercentennial oikmUIoii will Ik) oxuitd thin week tin. lendy, Many of Uie structure that nro to have domestic and forolKn com iiim-mImI Mvliltilta nml ,li.lt.t ll.n achievements In the Industrial art ar I Incompluto. Yet the aunt of what ha Imhiii done, a romjiured with llio un flnlahod work, form a tatlifactory ro- aim. In tlio beauty of tlio water allow with Ita aiimtliiii uathorlnit of forulKn llecui, rppracnlliiK tlio moat formldablo tyipa of ruival flKhtliiit iiiacliltica of nearly evory xwrr in tlio world, and in an opening piosrnin with 1'rcaldont Iloono volt In tU lending role, with diplo matic, military mid naval reprcpnta tivai of itrral and amnll forelxn nation participating, Uio public will have IU rwoiniciino. The ground and building at the ex THMltloti are about HO or cent flnlolicd. Hoveral thousand of tho moat liniiortanl building aro built mlldlr of brick, conn-tit and Iron, and thca nro Intend ih! to leinalii on tho ground a a nu oleu of a great park. Kegardhiu of the 'wrinAiienoo of the work, hoHever, the nxlerlor of rnot of tho building will bo ready when tlio expOfltlon la formally ojcnpl on Friday neit. Tho Jamcatown Trrrentennlul. wlien couinletrd, will he. nlmoat all that la Implied In the exprtwalon, "a world' fair," but It will not atop theio. No other exposition hat nttoinptol to abnw the world tho life of thticolonltta, th tiariU)ilM of the ploneor who oreiiJ thurountry after clvllltatlon hal Iwrn attalnol on tho aonboard, and the achievement theeo jieoplc workixl from tlio raw material. Twcnty-flvo atntc will trace their hlatory from Uislr ear lpt ilay to tho prtwent, arid tlio ex hibil will Iki aheltertMl by bulldlnc. The atato biilldlnga havo bten erouned along tbu hlitorlo ahoro of Hampton Itoada, and command an excellent view of tho navlea of the world. It I thia gieat naval difplay that will prove tlio crowning glory of tho exposition. Nothing llko It liaa ever IxTure been attempted. Theiearo few harboia In tho world that accomodate o large an aaaernblago of warthlpa. Tlie lleota will number, In ddltlon to aeveral of Uio boat type of each of the foreign naval power, tho Atlantic fleet of the United Blalc navy, under corn mand of Iteai1 Admiral Kam, which I concedel to be the driest organltatlon of fighting machine alhnl. ThnaoAlof goternment aporiaonhlp will Le aet upon the exposition by Uie coming of tho president of tho United Stale, arntnaaadoni and rnlnlitor of foreign government, tho governor and repricnlatlvm of slates and tcrritorlea and delegations representing luipoitant civic bodies. DIQOENEFirTO ORAIN COOPS. Fruit SI'Khlly Injured In Nebraska but Bnow Did Great Good. Omnlut, Neb., April 2.1 Aa a ro suit of unprecf dented weather that pre vailed during tho greater part of tho month of March, nml tho freeltng weather and heavy snowfall of tho pnsl few days, early fruits such as peaches, plums, apricots, cherries and blackbor rlon In this section Imvo been injured, but tlio general opinion nmong those who havo the bent uicana ot Information la that tho damage Is not as great na has been reported. Indeed, many are of tho opinion that, whllo early fruits havo len Injured and In romo In stance) completely killed and poiilbly oina of the later varieties have been hint, tho benefits rranlting to the irrain crops from tho snowstorm moro than oltieta tho damage. "Itoiiorta from nolnta nlonir tho lino ol our rallrooil are not unfavorablo," aid O. W. Ixnnli, militant general manager of tho Ilurllngton, today, "Tho fruit In tho southern part ot fieiiraiiKs, wiiipii ino unusual warm weather In March had brought to an advanced atato of development, Is re ported to have been pretty badly dnm aged, but llttlo or no damage Is report ed from polnta north, Tho snow, how ever, did n vat amount ol good to wint er whml, and has put tlio ground In fine condition for other farm crops." Hllmllar reporta havo been received at the goneral oflloos fo tlio Northwest ern toad. To Defend Harrlman Una. Topcka, Kan., April 23, It was ru mored here today that N. II. Loomls, general solicitor for tho Union l'acltlo miltoad In Kantian, was to bo mndo gen eral councilor for all tho Harrlman lines In cur.es before the Intoratato Com rncrco oommisslon. Mr, Loomls today admitted that sucli a plan was under cousldornMon. In cane tho position Is created, Mr. Iwinls will movo to Chi cago, where ho will Imvo a largo corps of assistants. Tho pool Hon in now in railroad circles and Is made neoessary by tlio pnneugo of Uie now rate law. Pray for Pain In Ouba. Havana, April 2!!. Prayers for ruin wero onored In churches throughout tho Island Bundny. No rain has fallen In six menths, The country Is parched, many cattle aro dying and forest drttt are devastating vast areas. NEWS FROM THE AFTtH LUMUEH THUr, Qovernment Extends Inquiry to Every ProducIrK Uoctlon. Wruihlngton, April 20. Tho inveatl gallon of tho lumlxsr trurt is now In full swing. It Is regarded by tho Im ronu of coriKimlloris as tlio moat com pruhenaivo and far reaching of uny ) .t undeilaken. Tho informntion oblnlnod will bo used by tho department of jus tlco In protocoling tho truet, If audi no tion la wnrmnlod. A preliminary inquiry rrganling price has ulnvuly been concluded. HjHolitl agent nro now being sent to all the prlnrlxil districts where lumber Is produced to uncertain facts relative to production arid tho restraint of compe tition, I.very eectlon of tho country will bo vlsltvd by these agents. Dalit now collected show tho steady and uniform advance In prices for nil kinds of lumber during tho pact ten your. Thero wna a remarkable In crcuaoof cott price In 100(1. Tho fig urea collected ahow that tho diminish ing supply of timber i not nlono re- rxnlhlo for tho gieul ndvanco in prices. uoinmlMionpr Hmlth will make n sixtilal effort to a'cvrtuln why lumber price wero no tluirply mlvanred In 11)00. It Is believed to Imvo In-cn tho lotult of combination contrcl In viola tion of tho Khermnn antl-truit law. Canal Zona's Health Record. Washington, April 20. Health con dltton on tho rntial rono aro alxiut as good now na they ever will bo, accord Ing ton rejxirl from Colonel Gorgas, chief ranltury ollk-ei, for tho month of March, jimt received atthoofllces of the Isthmian Canal commisaiun. Blncc lust August the number of sick among tlio employes has steadily declined un til It l now 10. -10 men per 1,000 na ngatnpt 33.72 In August. Among 4,600 Americans, white, employed tluro were only two deaUis from dlaeaio during March. Tafr Back at Work. Washington, April 26. Secretary tan yentcniay resumed Ills routine du tie at tlio War department. Tho fact that It was cabinet day made It ruvea aary for him to cut short the tlmo al lowed to caller. Ills doubtful it In hs Washington experience tho secre tary has had to detil with moro news paper men than ho saw during the day. They were mainly deilroua to learn !uat whnt the mcrrtary intended to do ii answer to the challenge which Sen ator Foraker had Usuod In regard to the contest in Ohio. Immigration Commission Meets. Washington, April 24. Thecommis slon appointed in pursuance of the ac tion of the lait iktmIou of congrers to Invostlgnto condition In connection with tho subject ot Immigration met today. It is expected that a prelimi nary Investigation of tho port of New York and Ikwton will Im made, and at terword either tlio full committeo or a subcommittee will go abroad to extend tho Inquiry In tho forolgn countries from which moat of tho immigrants como. No Hope of Aremnt. Washington, April 26 Tho Control American controversy is no nearer set tlement today than it was yesterday, according to a dispatch received today at tho Otate department from Philip Drown, the American charge ut Guate mala, cabling from La Union, Salvador. Mr. Ilrown stated Uutt tho deadlock was still on, Ho held out no hope of an early agreement. How Roads May Da Made. Washington, April 27. Senators Fulton mid Hourno arc asking for the assignment ot Samuel C. Lancnstein, government load expert, to Oregon, Washington and Idaho for ono ycai as Instructor In nirxlom road building. Samuel Hill, of tho Wathington Good lloads nrsoclution, Is here, Interested In tho pro'ecU Roosevelt Coins; to Oyster Day, Washington, April 24. President Itoofovolt will leao Washington for his summer homo at Oyster Ilay on June 2. Tills is much earlier than has Wen his practlro heretofore, but he feel that public business Is lu such shape thnt he can leave. The president Is to make two speeches on ''Georgia Day' at tho Jumettown exposition on Juno 10. Ran Domingo Favors Treaty, Washington, April 26, Mlnliter Dawson, ut San Domingo, cables (lint yesterday Uio ticaty with tho United States was favorably rcportod to tho sonatc. Its consideration was Intrusted to throo senators, two ot whom filed a repmt In Its favor, and tho third a re port In opposition. Stevens Talks With Roosevelt. Washington, April 23 John F. Stevens, formerly chief oiislneer and chairman ot the Isthmian Canal coin- mission, talked with the president to day about conditions on the Isthmus, He said It will tako bstweon six and soven years to complote the canal, NATIONAL CAPITAL niOHTb IN DANQEH. Opinion of Senator Bourne Regarding National Government. Washington, April 24. "In my opinion a great crlals now confronts this country," raid Bcnnlor llourne In an Interview given here today. "Tho reactionaries nro determined, If possi ble, to obtain control of tho govern ment and use It for their own personal advantago nud to the detriment of the people. The true Itepubllcan policies. as promulgated by Lincoln nnd enlarg ed and exemplified by Itocaevelt, nro tho rlghUi of man and Uio abrolute sovereignty of tho people. The Issue now before this country Is: Miiaii tne advocator of the rishls and liberties of Uie people and of tho owcr and majesty of the government, or sliall the onornlos of both prevail? ino peopio must decido." Want Republican Convention. Washington, April 27. President Hootevelt tolav diecused national pol Itlc and somo ot tho business ot the Itepubllcan national convention with Its acting chairman, Harry S. Now, who remained with tho president aomo time. With tli nowrptcr men Mr. Now would not talk politics. He said, however, that four cities are already In tho field for the honor of holding tho next national convention of the Itepubllcan paity, Invitations bavins Leen received from Chicago, St. Louis. Kansas City and Seattle A selection will be made by the national comrnltUo at its sJJcetlng hero in Dtcombcr. Qorah Denies Rumors. Washington, April 26. "I havo not como to Washington to make an appeal to the president or to the Department of Justice," raid Senator ilorali, of Ida- no, as no loll tho white Mouse today after a brief call ujon the president. This statement was made by the senat or when his attention was called to re porta that ho liod come Kat to Induce tho otliclals here to call a halt upon the Federal officials In his state In tho mat ter of tho alleged Indictment of persons charged with having been engaged In timber land frauds. Wilt Appraise Railroad. Washington, April 23. John F. Stevens, foimerly chief engineer and chairman of the Isthmian Canal com mission, Is to be employed by ono ot the large Kastern railroad companies to iiuiko n physical valuation or Its prop erty. Mr. Stevens declined tonight to nsmo tho railroad with which ho is to become afilllatcd, but admitted that it Is one of tho largo companies of the East. He expects tc enter upon his new duties soon. Many Dead Latters. Washington, April 27 All previous records for a day's work In returning letters to witters from the division of dead letters wero eclipsed on Mondav Uat when 20,308 letters wore returned. Tho largest number heretofore returned In a single day was 14,488 on March 28 last. Tho number of letters en hand awaiting roturn has been reduced to 03,000. A llttlo over a month ago thero wero over 200,000, ct such letters on hand. Coat Land Laws Codified. Washington, April 23. A codlflca Mon ot tho coal land laws, combined with regulations for thoir administra tion, was Usued today by Commissioner Itallinger, of the United States land ofllce. Tho lands aro classified accord ing to vnluee and Information as to the price at which the government will sell each tract Is disseminated. Tlio prlco arlea from $10 to f20an acre, accord ing to accessibility. Keeps Attorney General Posted. Washington, April 25. District At torney Ilulck went to Italtlmore today nnd conferred with Attorney General itonapnrte regarding the Itorah indict merit, Idaho laud fraud and Haywood Meyer case. When he returned to Washington ho declined todlscuss what took placo In llaltimoro. Funston to Command California. Washington. April 23. Brhradler Gonoral Frederick Funston has been re lieved ot the command of tho South wMem division, to take effect upon tlio expiration of his present leave 'of nbaouco and will proceed to Pan Fran olrco to tako command ot the depart ment ot California. Hero of Russo-Jspaneso War. Washington, April 25, Daron Kuro kl, second in oemmand of tho Japanese forces In tho Japanese-Ilusslan war, will land at Seattlo May 2 and come Kaet via tho Oregon Short Line, It is potslblo he will visit Portland on the way. Ho Is hero to see Uie Jamestown exposition. Not Forbidden to Go to Isthmus. Washington, April 24, 8o far as the Italian embassy In this olty has boon' Informed, Italy has issued no decree prohibiting hor subjects from going to Panama m canal laborers. DREAK HARRIMAN MONOPOLY. Secretary Bonaparte May Reclaim Big I Union Pacific Land Grant. ' Cheyenne, Wyo., April 22. A one of the results of the recent Investiga tions Mj Uio Intcratao Commerce com mission Into Western land frauds, At torney General IJonapnrto has under consideration an attempt to force the Union Pacific railroad to return to Uio government all tho millions of acres which remain unsold of the original land grant. Of the great grant of moro than 20,000,000 acres, the rosd yet noids an area equal to the states of Connecticut, lthodo Island and Dela ware, and still havo nearly 600,000 acres left over. This immense body of Isnd In Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, If returned to the government, would immediately be thrown open to settlement under the homestead laws. Immediately after the Interstate Co mm err o commission's investigation of the conditions which have made pos sible the monopoly in coal land which the Union Pacific lias maintained for 26 years, Commlsisoncr Prouty called upon tne attorneys for the commission to submit recommendations for reme dial legislation or to suggest other means of dealing with the monopoly. Those recommendations are now In the hands ot the attorney general. "Deatroy the land monopoly ot the union rociuc, u ino basis ol this re port. IMMENSE FRISCO GRAFT. Police Captain Tails of Blackmail fn Tenderloin District. Ssn Francisco, April 22. Captain ot Police John Mooncy was on the stand In tho grand jury room for two hours tcilay, and when he left it was an nounced that be had not completed the story of police corruption, hot would return tomorrow to finish tho recital. Mr. Moonoy's testimony was sensa tional in the extreme. The burden of It was that corruption of the blackest kind exists In tho drpaitment, and that It exists by the fuuerance and encour agement of Chief of Police Dlnan, Mayor Schmltx, Abe Rucf and a cer tain element In the lower courts. Mr. Mooncy raid that all his eflorts to purge the town of undesirables wero blocked by tho men In authority, whose duty it was to assist. Mr. Moonvy charged that resorts In Uie new tenderloin were protected at regular rates. With his aeslttance Uio grand fury has been put In possession ot evidence which shows a depth ot do gradation almost unbelievable. It has been shown that Uie mayor and Ruef have been partners In scrae ot the most nefarious entcrprlies launched In any municipality. BAD CONDITIONS ON ISTHMUS. Italy- Forbids Emigration and Sertoli Man to Investigate. Koine, April 22. Lcroy Tark, agent for the Pansma Canal commissiou, who was sent hero to Investigate means of obtaining men for work upon the isth mus, learns that tho Italian government has received grave reports legarding the hvglenlc, humanitarian and mora) con ditions of tlio isthmus; that the govern ment had forbidden further Immigra tion ot Italians to Panama, and that a government omcial had been sent to the isthmus to investigate conditions. Mr. Park did even-thing possible to place Uie situation before the government and to convince Uio offlclala here that the men at work upon the canal earned 12 a day, wero woll fed, well housed and humanely treated, adding that he be lieved that 6,000 immigrants might leave Italy for Panama Immediately and that thousands ot others would soon follow. Many Governors to Attend, Now York, April 22. Fifteen gov ernors have accepted Uio Invitation to name delegates to attend the national conference on combinations and trusts in Chicago, May 28-31. Tho accept ances of the governors ot New York, Iowa, Mlssouil, Michigan, Wisconsin and Utah were received today. Tills conference will discuss: Governmental powers over corporations engaged in Interstate commerce; the division of power under the constitution between the nation and the state, and similar subjects, May Tie Up Street Cars. San Francisco. April 22. San Fran oisco is threatened with a bitter street car strike on May 1, when tho present agreomont between the mon and the company will expire. The men now receive up to 32 cents an hour for a ten hour day. The men request a flat rate of 3 n ilay for eight hours. Both aides admit Utov expect a strike and ore pre pared tor it. it ta known Uutt the United Railways lias begun Uie lecrult Ing ot strike breakore with whom to supplant Its men when they go out. Only Week's Supply of Coal, Winnipeg, Man. April 22. More than 15,000 coal miners are now In volved in Uie strike in Alberta and British Columbia. Wlhln a week, it Is aaid, tho Canadian Paolfio will not bo ablo to operate Its passenger trains for lock of coal. Until navigation 1 pens thsre is no relief in sight. president king German Ambassador Carries Mes sage on Hague Heeling. DISARMAMENT LINES ARE DRAWN Austria and Germany Refuse to Dis cuss Limiting of Armament Serious Rupture Feared. Washington, April 23. A most Im portant revelation in connection with Karon von Sternberg, German ambassa dor, and his visit to Germany at this tlmo has been made by a diplomat la this city. The diplomat In question 1 quoted as raying Uiat, although tho purposed the German ambassador's vacation a very brief one. by tho war Is ostensibly to take a rest in his own country, In reality it is concerned with the present instability of German in tematicnal politics. It was even said that Baron von Sternberg was Uie bearer ol an Important message to Emperor William from President Roosevelt and that thi action was being hidden under the pretext of a vocation to his estates. In connectloon with the German am bassador's departure, It la hinted that two other ambassadors mar find it na ceeaary to postpone or rearrange their plans for tho late spring and summer. Thceo are Baron d Planches and M. Jusserand. It turns out that the canto ot this diplomatic turmoil Is the disar mament queition at The Hague, as proposed by England, and what may happen in cose Germany and Austila insist on not discussing the proposal. This question concerns the United States, bcraute II is believed and Uie president's remarks lately teem to confirm this view ot it that, If tho powers persist in maintaining their declslvo stand, it will cause a realign ment of the nations and a serious rup ture will occur between this country and Germany It is with these possi bilities in viow that the Italian and French ambassadors will endeavor to place before their respective govern ments special reports containing sug- gestlons. Hitches are likely to occur In the near future between England and Ger many, and Franco and Germany. If Italy persists in taking tides with Aus tria and Germany at The Hague con ference, It is stated, it will cause a halt In the sympsthlea between herself and England and France, and also this country. DEVOURED BY PEST, Disease Is In Nearly Eviry Chines Famine House. Victoria, B. 0 April 23. Mall ad vice fiom Shanghai tell of many pa thetic incidents observed by committees engaged in (amine relict work in Cen tral China. Refugees and don wero seen fighting for tbo flour spilled at dintilbuting depot. Smallpox Is rav aging the stricken areas. In nearly every house there is smallpox or fever and nothing to eat but the bark ot trees and potato vine. James Ware, of the Red Cross, writ ing from Tsing Klang Pu, says he saw bodies ot children laid out by Uie road side to be devoured by the semi-wild dogs of the plains, and dead men Mat tered along the roadway. Many famallee are tear Ing down their houtes and selling the timbers ia pur cliato food. Hundreds aro employed repairing roads and filling swamps, being paid from 6 to 10 cr-' day. British Delegates to Tho Hague. Lcndon, April 23.- -Tho British dele gates to the peace contoronce at Tho Hague are. as vfollow: Sir Kdtrr.nl Grey, ex-lord Justice ot appeal and a member oftho permanent couit of ar bitration at The Hague; Sir Ernest Satow, ex-British minister at Tokio and Pekin and member of permanent court of arbitration at The Hague: Lord Reay, president of the Royal Asi atic society and University college. London, and a member ot the privy council, and Sir Honry Howard, tho British minister at The Haguo, Wholesale Sheep Theft. Butte, Mont., April 23. A Miner specla from Billings states that John Tllden and Chester Martin, two of tho most prominent stockmen of Eastern Montana, have been arrested on tho chargo ot wholesale stock thefts. It la alleged that the two men stole 426 wethers, driving the animals into tho recesses of the Bull mountain district, tar from their accustomed range. Rains Flood Mobile City. Mobile, April 23. From midnight last night until this morning, Mobile was visited by a torrent ot rain. Bo great was tho downpour that streets in many sections of the city were covered with water tvo feet. Children were unable to reach Uie schoolhousea and the schools were dosed. The new anion station m auirouaded by watar.