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vol: I-- fro. ss: -1 V5 PORTLAND OJREGON TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1902, PRICE XPIVIJ i CENTS. LAST EDITION. WOODARD, CLARKE SL COMPANY LILAC D A YS i 4 POWERLESS BEFORE NATURE'S CONVULSIONS V.: - ..IT...- . ,. ' ,..-.. . ...... . .. A BATHED FLAMES. It -. 1 .:: W Thousands Die uuatemaic . (Sarlpps-McRae News AuoctaUoB.) FORT Dtt FRANCE. -MAT U.-AI GREAT CLOUD BTlLt. HANGS OVER 8T. PIERRE AND THE COUNTRY FOR MILES AROUND. EVERT PER SON WHO ESCAPED , FROM THE ERUPTION HAS FLED TOWARD FORT DB FRANCE. LEAVING ONLT THE SOLDIERS AND OTHERS SENT BT THE GOVERNMENT- TO TUB SCENE. THE WQRK OF BURNING THB BODIES IS OOINO ON AS RAP IDLY AS POSSIBLE. OUTSIDE HELP IS QUICKLY NEEDED HERE. AS THE TOWN IS FILLING UP WITH REFU GEES. THB FOOD SUPPLY AT HAND IS TOTALLY INADEQUATE. AND THE TERRORS OF STARVATION CON FRONTS THB SUFFERERS. THB HEAT -18 INTENSE. THB UNi HEALTHY SEASON IS AT HAND. AND AN EPIDEMIC IS GREATLY FEARED. FOOD IS BSTNG DEALT OUT CAUTIOUSLY, BECAUSE OF THB SHORTNESS OF THE SUPPLY. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MANY WILL DIB OF STARVATION . AND EXPOSURE BEFORE PERMANENT RELIEF. CAJf REACH THE ISLAND. THE CONDI TIONS CAUSED BY THB DECOMPO- ROOSEVELT ASKS TO WASHINGTON. May IX The Senate today passed a resolution providing for an appropriation of a half million dollars for the relief of the people Of Martinique and St. Vincent. In this is Included the 200,000 appropriated yesterday. The Cabinet meeting today was devoted al most entirely to the discussion of meas BATTLE The Entire Population Either Fighting or Under Arms. ' (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) CAPE HATTTEN. Haytl May 13,-More fighting occurred in the streets of Port au Prince last night and early this morn ing. Almost . tha entire male population IS armed, and demands ex-President Sam's immediate departure from the Isl and. Several revolutionary leaders havo taken refuge In the United States Con sulate. ' : HORROR GROWS Nearly Two Thousand Dead in St. Vincent. (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) LONDON, May 18,-Slxteen hundred Uvea are now known to have been lost oh St. Vincent island as a result of the eruption ot the volcano La Souffrlere. According to a cablegram received her this morning, on account of the continued flow ot lava and the Intense heat, the stricken section cannot be penetrated. Refugees arriving at St Lucia say; how ever, that the loss of life will far1 exceed 1600. It Is now a week since the erup tion began, and the tremendous explos ion! and rumblings had not ceased when - BLOODY Like Flies in t-Man's Works of Qiant Forces. Mmmmhmmmmimmmhnmmimm ...... . BITION OF THE BODIES DEAD AT ST. PIERRE ARB HOURLY BECOM ING MORS UNENDURABLE. . $300,000 MORE. (Journal Special. Service.) i WA8H1NQTON, , Mayvl.-Lt, yester day afternoon both homes of Conrrsss appropriated 1290,000 for the relief of the Martinique sufferers," and today, in ac cordance with' the recommendation of President. Roosevelt, they appropriated 1300,000 additional, the same to be imme diately, available. CITIES WIPED OUT. (Scrlpps-McRae New Association.) NEW ORLEANS, May 13.-The steamer Anselm, from Fort Barrios, Guatemala, arrived here last night with additional report of the Guatemalan earthquake, Which confirm the previous reports of ??Tmm?!M?, destruction of Que-1'"-fo and other cities. Estimates of the total lout of life are between 2500 and AID SUFFERERS ures for the relief of the stricken peo ple of St. Vincent and Martinique. It was decided to appoint committees and citisens of all the large cities of the United States to take charge of the pop ular subscriptions. Later the President appealed, to the people of the United States for subscriptions. the cablegram was sent from St. Lucia. This morning many refugees arrived at Dominica In canoes. St. Vincent cannot be seed 'from the neighboring islands on account of a heavy fog. The sea in the vicinity is covered with trees and other debris swept from the island. DIED FOR AN ATONEMENT Erring Couple Pay the Penalty of Misdeeds. (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) ORO KINO, Idaho, May 13.-L.ylng In the hotel here are tha bodies of D. F. J. Leadbrooke and Miss Winnie Booth of Moscow, Idaho, who have paid with their lives the crime of loving not wisely but too well. Leadbrooke was a wealthy married man, and had once been a 'min ister. The girl was the daughter of the Rev. G. M. Booth of the Moscow Meth odist Church, and the revelation that a criminal intimacy had existed between the dead parties caused great excitement in their home town. , The circumstance of their not appear ing to their meals" aroused the suspicion of the hotel proprietor, and when the door of their room was broken In at noon yesterday both were found on the bed, the girl dead and her lover at his last gasp. ( They had taken hypodermic Injections of morphine. The self-destruction had evidently been deliberately planned, for several letters to -friends were left, declaring that, as they could not live together except in adultery.4 they had preferred to die and end their troubles. One letter to the girl's father contained 1200 to be applied on their burial expenses. FAIR SITE LOCATION. T. T. Steubl has sent In a new propo sition for the Love tract for the Expo sition site, t He offers to sell the tract at ,the rate . of J5X1 per acre, on,-thlrd pay able In cash, the balance payable In five years at C per cent. The Love tract consists of 754 acres, 200 of whidh are on the, Vancouver road, This 200 acres Is offered for the Fair. site. Five acres would be given to. the city free of charge for the use of a permanent building. .1: To competition Is, tht kind of work we do. Even our competitors acknowledge tha superiority' of our work by trying to lm ; lute it. Mpst peoplt however, know tha difference. . .'. , ...... Main office 26 S. C Water St. West Side office 30S Washington St. Phones-Oregon East" tx Columbia tta. - PUBLIC Hard Blow Laundry St, Pierre and the Toys S000. The disturbances extend Into Noca ramua,4and the city of. Montombo has been partially destroyed. Mount Montom bo; on Lake Manamua, an active volcano, has shown new signs of life. Hot ashes are falling down lte sides, and the people are fleeing In fright. BURIED HUNDREDS (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) PARIS, May 13. The following dis patch from the Secretary cf the, Marti nique government was received, by the Minister of the Colonies today: "The perimeter ravaged by the erup tion includes Le Carbet, Le Precheur, Grand Riviere, Macoube and Basse Pointe. Le Precheur was entirely de stroyed, and It is probable the same fate overtook Grand Riviere and Macouba. "Despite repeated efforts. Senator Knight has been unable to reach St. Pierre, owing to the ashes from the vol cano, which It Is still throwing. He went to Le Precheur, burled 400 dead, and brought all the survivors he could And hack. to Fort de France.: 3? cable com pany says the cable will be repaired tomorrow." CHICAGO CRIPPLED lias Only Toily Hours Six Hundred Gas Work ers Have Gone Out on Strike. (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) CHICAGO. May 13. Sir hundred gas workers Struck here this morning and ev ery company In the city Is affected. The present supply of gas in the tanks will last 24 hours, and by strict enonomy and impressing clerks and other office at taches into service, it can be made to last 40 hours. If the strike Is not settled by that time. It Is likely that gas consumers will be compelled to use lamps or candles. The strike was precipitated by the re fusal of the companies to reinstate men discharged for asking permission to or ganUe a union. INMAN SPOKE TO MILLMEN Before the union of mlllmen. number ing several hundred, Ki D. Inman spoke on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Inman is an honorary member of the union and was present by their special invitation. The hall was filled with the men who carrv the burden of the labor In Portland saw mills. President Bushman waa In tha chair and introduced Mr. Inman as one of them, a man who has worked like them in the dally toll of everyday work. Mr. Inman spoke on subjects of tech nical interest to mill workers. The meeting- was enjoyable and profitable, and was one of the features of modern, union labor organization, which femandVsuch discussions as men. of experience, both as laborers and proprietors, can give, Mr. Inman received 'the thanks of the men for the valuable advice given on Sun day afternoon. T Mark Hanna Forces New Trial From Roosevelt. WASHINGTON, May tt-President Roosevelt has. directed Secretary Root to confer with the Cuban Court of Appeals and ask Jurisdiction to review the esse of Rathbone and to take additional testi mony. : f - ' ?, v WHEAT MARjCETS , SAN FRANCISCO May" tt-Wheat, 11.13. CHICAGO, May 13. Wheat, Wft?8o 3 HI Explosions Deal - in asters (ScrloDS-McRae News, Association.) PITTSBURG, May. 13.-Late last even ing the yards of the panhandle Railroad at Bherfdan was tha scene of ope of the most awful catastrophes which has ever occurred In this state. In making up a train four cars of hapiha and petroleum were shunted with too great force. One of the tanks of naptha was burst, and the dripping fluid escaping, caught fire from a signal lampr instantly resulting in a fearful explosion. Showers of flame were sent over the freight station near at hand and ear of lumber and 'other inflammable materials werer a blase in a few moments. ; : In 10 minutes tha; hills surrounding the yards were covered with people eager to watch the conflagration, Snd then the two other care of petroleum exploded with a terriflo report,- which was heard In Pittsburg, five miles away. This Was followed by a muffled roar from the di rection of the Ohio river. The flaming oil had run through a sewer and, ex ploding when it reached the open air, had blown to atoms the Sumpter Hotel and the Collins House, on River road, and badly wrecked, a frame building near ey, in which sregated 200 .eM more men from Pittsburg and vicinity, betting on the races and ball games. Few of the occupants of the building escaped injury, many being i badly hurt. Mrs. Seymour and her daughter, of the Sheri dan Hotel, were aeriously and, it is. fear ed, fatally injured. DEADLY FOURTH EXPLOSION. The third explosion served" as a warning to but few of the spectator at Sheridan, Without a moment's sjrarnlng there was an awful roar. kud enough to be heard in the hear of Pittsburg, five .miles away, and a sheet of flames shot up from the wreckage and enveloped both hillsides, even to their tops. There was a moment's lull, as though every living thing in the vicinity had been annihilated. -And then came the cries and screaming for help, and the blanks in the crowd told of the explos ion's dread result. . Beth. ,of the two, re maining tank ears bad blown up. A. Jar rent of flames belcheetlorth on each side ot the track, sweeping back the terrified spectators like a charge of artillery. The scene that followed Is beyond de scription. The successive explosions had heated the air to such an extent that be fore; the third explosion many were ren dered unconscious by the extreme heat POLICE AT SEA Murderer Williams Not Yet Captured. While there is absolutely no doubt as to who killed "Cockney" George Hicks, the police have no clue whatever to the whereabouts of the murderer. All trace of him has been lost since he called at a North End cigar store, three hours after the crime, to inquire about the time of outgoing trains. The entire detective force Is working on the case. Every outgoing train and boat is carefully watched and a system atlc search of the Norm End lodging- houses Is being made. It is not thought that Williams has succeeded In leaving town, as yet, but that he Is being harbored by some friend. However, In case the murderer has succeeded In getting out of the olty, it is hardly likely that he can get very far, as every station through which he might pass Is being -watched by- officers, who have a full description of him, fur nished by the lo al police. The Coroner held an Inquest over the body of Hlcks yesterday, but nothing new developed. , Roosevelt Liberates One of the Nome Grafters. (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) WASHINGTON. May .-Preldent Roosevelt has granted a pardon to Cas Frost formerly a special attorney In the Department of Justice,, who Is serving a year term In Alameda County Jail, Cali fornia, for contempt of court In connec tion with the Nome mining scandals, in which Judge Noyea was Involved. SETTLED OUT OF COURT. The contest of Margaret Ferris against the report of her guardian. Thomas Gib bons, has been settled out of court. The settlement is upon liquidation V of the amount of the mortgaVe, 11085. assigned by Gibbons to Dr. Harry MacKay. and the cutting down ofjthe guardianship claims several hundred, dollars; In addi tion, . the plaintiff agrees to cancel the mortgage and forego the attorney fees." Attorney J. H. Hitching represented the ward, and & C Spencer was attorney for Gibbons. . Rttsbu HI Death and Ruin ir Dis- and the gaseous fumes and were being carried away-when the torrent of flame swept over the excited crowd. There was an awful hush for a moment. . Then followed a scene of frensy. Men and women, their clothing ablaze, their faces scorched and blistered, and their hair burned off their heads, ran wildly shrieking hither and thither, only intent on escaping from that awful furnace of Are. Some gave vent to frenzied appeals to kilt theih Md put them out of their misery, and little children, with their curly locks and light summer clothing, small pillars of fire, cried plteously as they were swept along by the tide of burning humanity. ! The townspeople did all-in their power for the stricken victims, and all the Pittsburg ambulances were Immediately dispatched to. the scene with a corps of physicians. Many of those not seriously burned were removed to their homes In Sheridan, whllo others were sent to the various Pittsburg hospitals and the dead removed to undertaking establishments In Sheridan and vicinity andltrthe Pitts burg morgue. The list of dead will reach 30. Over 100 are badly Injured. FAR "KjL'RTHER CALAMITIES It Is feared a gerater explosion than those that occured yesterday may result as a possible disarrangement of a 86-Inch gas main situated below the wreckage caused by the naphtha explosions. If the gas forces Its way through to the sur face Monday's disaster will be more than duplicated. THE SCRAN TON VERSION. SCRANTON. Pa., "May 13.-Thlrteen weer killed and over 800 Injured In two explosions of naphtha last night In the Panhandle yards at Corks Run. Many of ths Injured are In 'a serious condition and several are expected to die. The dead are: James Keenan, Charles Heartlg, W. W. Taylor, Harry, Smitley, Flnnerty, G. E. Hunter, Walter Wright, Dallas Byrd, Pascal Mader, Don ald Smith, George Wilson, Matthew Marnon, unknown bey. , H TWENTT-FOOTt DEAD. . (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) PITTSBURG, May 13. Four names were added to the list of dead before noon, bringing the total up to 17, and this afternoon further Information of the catastrophe has Increased the number of the unfortunates to ti. BRITISH SUCCESS Transvaal Goers top il) ioaj told. Nearly One Thousand of Delarey's Men Are Taken. (Scrlpps-McRae News Association.) LONDON, May 13. An official dispatch from Pretoria says: "Bruce Hamilton has captured 27, Co lenbrander 70 and Ian Hamilton Sot Boers, with practically all the wagons and! stock of the commandos In the cen tral area east of Hart's rjver, Trans vaal. " "Since March, Delarey's forces have been reduced by 860." 5f 1 IKlfll PEKIN. May 13.-An official note an nouncing the defeat of the rebel forces in Pecb.il! province and the capture of their leaders after two days' fighting has been issued by the government COAL MINERS STILL STRONG (Scrlpps-McRae News Association,) .. SCRANTON, P.. May 11-The com plete suspension of anthracite mining epilations throughout the state continues lodayrThe result of the HaseKon con vention tomorrow continues ' uncertain. but public . opinion leans toward a con tinuation of the tie-up.'. a Furthe Feared BUS eUrimts SPECIALS LILAC Sundae LILAC Sanjgaree ULAC Ice Cream Soda LILAC Cream Frappe 10 Cents Woodard, Clarke & Go. Ue $UM MER S E AS O N IS A COMPELLING AK-1r li. . CUMENTIN FAVOR, OF V-xOOKlIlg Dy VjrSaS aatasHsasBasBaBSiSllyv'lB , OAS STOVB i.oo - , , . , . f Eastman Kodaks 20 per cent off published prices Blumauer-Frank Driicr Co. . OLD KENTDGICY HOME CLUB 0. I 05 J Favorite American Whiskey - '. BLUMAUER. & HOCH, Sole Dbtribntcai ' Wholesale loraiidagir Dealers, 10a-I10Forth St. Banfield -Veysey Fuel Co. SLAB Get your orders in early and give your wood a chance to dry. ' Office: No, 80 Third Street. Ore. Phone, Main 353. Columbia, 373. No More Dread of the Dental Chair New York Dental Parlors . , j 4th and Morrison Sts., Portland, Ore. . ' .fawns No Pain Full Set of Teeth extracted and filled a.baolutslv Msthod applied to the sums. No slesp-produclna- agents or cocaine. These ere the only dsntal parlors In Portland bavins patsnted eppfl ances and Ingredients to estraet, fill sad apply sold crown and porcelain erowne undeectable trvm natiuml teeta. and warrants to 10 rears, ,W1U eat the least pals. 1 - - - . . v ' ' Honrs: &30toft.OOSaadsyi8dO to)KXX .v. ? DIED OF HIS WOUNDS. tOtJlaviEtR May 13.Walter Halde. men, ownsr f the LoulsvQle 7 Courier Journal,- died this mom Ins from Injuries received on Saturday when he waa struck liy a streetcar.. SPECIAL 'if, For SATURDAY Royal Lilac; PERFUME fresh From ths Flower. ' ' , 15 cts oz. Regular 50 eest os. . t Aside from the economy, the fact that you can banish Heat, Ashes, Coal-Carrying, Wood-Chopping, and Hard Labor from your kitchen should appeal to you." NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER. Portland Gas any 5th and Yamhill Sts., Portland, Or. The Brownie, No. i, list $i.oo. 8oc The Brownie No. a, list $a.oo...$i.oo The Panoram, list $io.oo......$8.oo and the New Plate Camera, list $25.oo..$ao.o6 ; i R Wholesale and Importing Druggists. P. S. WHISKEY STRICTLY WHOLESALE SHOE HOUSE A complete line of PACKARD'S SHOES for men, also the veil-knoim V PURITAN in five stvlea. A comDlete -. line of Shoes for Women, Misses, Child ren, Boys and Youths, constantly, 6a . t hand. Send for catalogue, or will hat -. our representative call on you. -, . , i 4 , $ Krausse & Prince, t ; 87-89 first Street, PORTLAND, ORZ. WOOD PORTLAND, OR No Gas Tcetli $5.00 i without rutin, hut ntw late vluHfla : MANN Q ABBOTT r::.ve:a:-ic-JC i i '4 i s 1
