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DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, WKDN'KSVAtf, DKCEMI1ER 30, 1008
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LIST OF DEAD GROWS LARGER HOURLY
NOTB SHOCK TODAY VIOIMT AS FIRST COMPLETES RUIN
MIPORNIA AROUSED
OVER INCREASED RATES
fass Meetings Held Throughout the State Today To Protest
Against Raise in Freight Rates Proposed by the Southern
Pacific and Santa Fe. Shippers Are Preparing to Put
Up a Strenuous Fight.
(United Press Leasod Wlro.)
fSan FranclBCO, Dec. 30. A grout
honcrntlvo mass mooting will Do
Id todu ytliroughout Cnlifornln to
otest ngolnst tho proposod lncroaso
frolgtit rates by tho Southorn Pa
lllc and Santa Fo railroads on tho
it of tho nppronchlng year.
:a final mcotlng of tho oxocutlvo
pmmlttco was hold horo last night
nd It wiib decided that tho sllonco
the railroads should ho tukon ns
i Indication Unit tho Increnso would
placed In effect. It whb docldod
bat beforo nppoiillng to tho courts
or Injunction!) to restrain tho ronds
l-om enforcing tho rntoa, tho shlp-
porB should lay tholr claims beforo
tho Intorstnto comtnerco commission
and ondonvor to uecuro rodross
through th'nt body.
Tho shlpporB hnvo iBsuod n final
call and It Is oxpected that tho meet
ings today will bring forcibly homo
to tho railroads tho fooling of tho
shlppors and consumors. Intercut
In tho appronchlng arrival of Wil
liam It. Wheeler, who Is coming to
take chargo of tho trnfllc bureau of
tho Merchants' Exchange, Is growing
moro intonso as tho strugglo bo
twoon shippers and tho roads becomo
moro.blttor.
(Cuntlnuod on Page 5.)
GONSUL
CHENEY
AND WIFE
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KILLED IN QUAKE Aff
MFCCINA 1
(United Press Leased Wins.)
Washington, Dec. 30. Tho Btato
dopnrtmont today rocolvod tho fol
lowing dispatch from Consul wll
llam H. Gale at Malta teday:
"Consul Arthur S. Cheney and
wlfo both dead at Messina. Bodies
not ytit recovered."
Tho Btnto department Is Informed
that tho American, consulato Is; in
ruins. Cheney 1b a nntlvo of Illi
nois. He was appointed from Con
necticut us consul nt Messina Aug
ust, 1907.
Sutart I.upton, of Tennessee, vlco-
cousul nt Messina, Is among tho survivors.
TWENTY CITIES IN FLAMES
DEAD MAY NUMBER 200,000
VOLCANO IN FIERCE ERUPTION
City of Reggio With 35,000 Inhabitants Swept By Tidal Wave And Almost Eitire
Population DrownedSea Opened Aid Let Ferry Boat Drop to Bottom -lost
of Inhabitants of Reggio Temporialy Insane Bodies Being Buried By Military,
STUPENDOUS MAGNITUDE
fMWUIpurvi"'l4-:
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Is now in progress at the Chicago Store. The entire stock
must be closed out, as we are going to make our store
double its present size and we don't want to have our goods
spoiled with mortar, sand, dust and lime. This is a chance
of a lifetime to buy the newest and best goods t for aboui
Half Price
COST CUTS NO FIGURE
is the way we are selling our
goods now
50c full size sheets now 29c
15c pillow cases now 9c
Standard Calico, yd 4,fic
Best apron gingham, yd 5c
Jl.00 white bed spread 65c
we wool dress goods, yd 29c
85c fancy waisting silk ,yd 39c
Ladies' $12,00 coats now $5.90
Ladles '$8,00 coats now $3.90
55.00 dress skirts now $1.90
Girls" $5,00 long coats for $1.90
And so all over the house. All you
have to do is to ask for tbe adver
tised goods. They must go.
ALTERATION
This is a bona fide sale. No non
sense or song-anddance. AH you
have to do is to come to our store,
pick out whatever goods you may
want, and we will give you prices
on them that you have never heard
of before in Salem. How is this
for a BARGAIN:
Men's 65c wool fleeced under
wear now only 35c
Women's and misses' shoes, about half
price,
50c corset covers now only 23c
-' SALE
Prices
Slaughtered
ALTERATION
..... jA1vL .i...
Prices
Slaughtered
(United ProaB Loasod WJro.)
Home, Doc. 30. Following 1b U
nummary mndo tonight ot tho main
ovonta of tho dny In tho oarthqualco
doiitrnictiou. Tho estimates of tho
number of dead aro p.laccd as high aB
200,000. Somo of tho ultra conserv
atives ay that tho total will not oo
moro than 35,000. Accurato esti
mates uro Impossible but It la bo-
llovod that botwoen 100,000 anil
120,000 aro dead.
At least 20 cities In Southern Italy
and Sicily aro in unmos.
Anothor oarthqualco shock waB
folt today at Palormo, but did not
do much damago.
General Foccla do Cassato haB been
burning tho bodies In tho stroeta -of
MosBlna to nrovont plague. TIjIb hai
to bo dono undor guard of Boldlors
to provent citizens from Interfering.
All wagon roads and railroads Into
tho stricken city hnvo boon destroyed
and tho only direct means of commu
nication la ,b' water or on. foot.
Tho volcano on tho Islund of Strom
boll, north of Sicily, bocnino nctlvo
during tho day, and aont up groat
olumott of Hinoko.
Tho ml'ory of itho wretched rofu
gees In uovoral of tho most sorlotinly
affected districts wus Increased by
chilling halt storniB that bent down
n tho wounded lying unprotected on
tho ground.
Tho duvaatated region In Calnbrla
and Sicily .Is bollovod to cover (5000
Bquaro tnllos. It extends from tho
neighborhood of Montoleono through
out tho southorn half, of Calabria
and in Sicily from Messina to a point
woll boyond Catallssctta far Into tJo
Interior of tho Island. General do
do Cncsato, In charge of tho troops at
Mo'slna, and temporarily a practical
dictator, requested moro soldlors, ana
oxprossod ho advisability of ashing
othor countries to oond troops. Tho
Messina sRimtlon is almost boyond
control. Tho survivors aro almost
f liisnno, and tho doud nro ovorywhero.
(Only tho moat rigid action and tho
most fearlodu stops will savo tho city
from pcstllouce, which' throatens to
v'slt it as tho final chapter of 19
torrlblo mlofortuiios.
flclals Bay tholr royal Mghnosacs will
bo uuablo to holp, and that tholr
iprosonco will only servo to tlo tho
hands of other ofuc-xs bottor fitted
to dcul with tho situation.
"It la feared that somo Insane par
son will attempt to assasslnato thn
king or quoon."
TIUd mcougo Is taken as absolutoly
authontlc, having como dlroct from
Messina to tho .wlroless station horo.
Tialu loads of rcfugoos, noarly all
of whom nro fo;vr fully wounded, uro
arriving horo 'today. Many died on
tho way. Tho trains aro loaded at
a point tvolvo miles from Messina,
which la tho nearest approach to tho
city by rail.
All tho rafugccB aro slniplfled am)
aro unablo to glvo any cohorent ao
counta of iho-dlsastor. ' Most of them
chatter llko small children, r i
It was loarned today that Dovoral
bluejackets woro killed In a clash
with outlaws booh after tho earth
quako at Mossina. Tho outlaws nrndo
a desporato Btand' but practically all
of thorn woro klllod, It Is Bald.
direction.
Pnoumonla and monlngltls lias
broken out in tho rofugoo campa.
Tho foodl supply 1b (utterly lawffl
clont, and the danger of hundreds
Btarvlug to death 1b sorloua.
Palmoro, Sicily, Dec. 30. Tho of
ficials of tho Dank of Sicily at Mev
islna, today eont tho following wire
less message to Palmoro.
"Gonoral PcccI do Cnsato is tak
ing tho atrongest poslblo measures
to provont tho catactropho from bo
coming worso through disorder and
for tho present will maintain a prac
tical dictatorship.
"Tho chlof danger now is from
plague, as thousands of bodies, llo un-
burlod in tho streets and havo re
Icolved no attention since death
j "General Cusnto advocate tho
cremation of all bodies immediately
but tho peoplo alrondy boaldo them-iselvo-.
wllll not permit this. They
j cling to the d ad In w'ld Insanity and
leay hey will not allow tho bodlos to
'he l'lt-ncd.
I "Tho troublo Is grently oxaggor
atPd owing to tho yttor loia of nerve
by the Inhabitants-through thn stu
por that seonm to affect every one
I "The authorities regret tho nroi-
Qu(cn lUxcues Child.
Catania, Sicily, Dec. 30. Queim
Holeno, at tho risk of her life, ron
cued a wounded child from a wrecked
building In Messina, according to an
authontlc rojwrt received horo
through ofllclul chnnnols this after
noon. Tho king and quoon w.ro paBjlng
noar tho building, whou tho pitiful
walls of tho wounded child woro
hoard by tho quoon, and she rushed
Into tho ruins and dragged tho little
victim to sufoty.
King Emmanuol protested ngalnst
her ontorlnc tho building, but sho
had dono so beforo ho realized It. Tho
otructuro had boon badly shattered,
and waa In constant dangor of col
lating. Tho quoHj carried tho child -to a
rollof boat which was waltng noarby.
After her first collapso Helena
gained strongth rapidly and heroic
ally aided in tho rescuo work.
aftaci
V'lu-s Itaglug in ltulns.
Itomo, Doc. 30. Fires aro raging m
many of the ruined cltloj In tho oarth
qunko districts, according to roports
rocolvod horo today by tho minister
of marine.
It Is bollovod tho fires at Messina
havo dono their worst, and now have
boon controlled by tho soldiers. Itlgld
enforcement of tho law at Messina
today failed to bring about much aom
bianco of ordor. Looters aro nt work.
Tho soldiers shoot down any ma a
they see In tho act of stoallng from
tho dond or looting wrocked build
ings, but In many instances tho flondn
sacrn to be unawaro of tho danger of
death from tho rlflos, or aro unmind
ful of It.
Tho deputies nro gathering in
Itomo today for a special soslon of
parliament, at whloh relief measuro?
will bo adopted spoodlly.
Tho mlnlstor of marjnq . rqcelved
niossagos from tho warships at Mes
sina, faying that tho rosouori aro so'
badly swamped with work fhat It
will requlro many days to' Sstabll'sn
any nuequato relief system Tho mf-
Maiiy Driven Iiumuio.
Palmoro, Sicily, Dec. 30. Quoon
Holona swooned as sho and King Vic
tor lOmmanuol approached tho ruluod
city of MosBlna today. Medical aa
slstnnco was ciummonod, and it waa
somo tlmo boforo tho bravo quoon to.
gained hor senses.
Tho king and quoon wopt blttorly
aa thoy saw tho doBtructlon spread
out boforo thorn.
Scoro of ttlmoat Inmnp survivors
gathered about ho royal couplo and
throw thomftolvos in tho mud scream
quooii iioionn. .wrror-BincKon,oom
by "tho horrifying sight o'f tlio do
stroyod' city and ho wild -lictloBe of
tho peoplo, clung to tlio rm of tho
king.
Many trtod to klsa tho hundB of tho
king and quoon and prayed to thm
aa if thoy woro saints.
Tho horrible Bufforing in tho city
In gradually driving thoso who wir
vlvod Into insaulty. Days and nlghtd
without food, In tho presouco of death
and destruction ovoryw.horc, with no
possibility of cloop and rent, havo loft
tho living a) holpless as tho dead.
Tho king, will take chargo of tho
rescuo work aa soon as he ablo to
form an organization. Trains of sup
ples and volunteers nro arriving, and
It is hoped '(hat somo uort of ordor
may bo brought out of tho chaos to
morrow. Tho queen Is conttantly noar col
lapse, but refusqs to loavo hor hus
band for a momont, Insisting that
whorover his duty takes him, sho also
will go.
W'th 50,000 doad, tho city In ruins
and on flro, it is ulino&t Impossible to
mnko a successful start.
Tho llroo havo boon controlled to
a groat oxtont by tho soldiers. It la
thought that many may still be allvtv
In tho imlna of tho shnttored dwel
lings. Practically 100,000 men, women
and children, who oscaped doatli, aro
encamped on tho hllhldcs outside of
tho city.
once of tho king and queen, Tho of- ugoea are, scattered for inJlea in ovroy
Many Moved by Sen,
Rome, Dee. 30. All low Year
colobrntlonn throughout' Italy havo
boon nbandonod. All thoatora and
public places of amusement hava
been closed.
Tho railroads and tho tolograph.
Hues hnvo been placed under tho
supervision of tho government.
Tho minister of murl.no received
reports tonight that ninny of tho
wounded and half crazed survivors
havo boon removed by ships from
Mossinn to othor coust towns.
Frlonds and relatives of persons
in tlio affected districts nro being
glvon free transportation by tho gov
ernment but nro being warned not
to go luiloaa pr,pnrod to nd In tho
rescuo work.
Tidal Wnvo Destroys IteKgio,
Cantanznro, Italy, Doc. 30. Tho
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