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PORTLAND OJREGON TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1902,
PRICE XPIVIJ i CENTS.
LAST EDITION.
WOODARD, CLARKE SL COMPANY
LILAC D A YS
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POWERLESS BEFORE
NATURE'S CONVULSIONS
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BATHED
FLAMES.
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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
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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.
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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 - '
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SAN FRANCISCO May" tt-Wheat,
11.13.
CHICAGO, May 13. Wheat, Wft?8o 3
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Explosions Deal
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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. .
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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."
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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
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