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Show TORNADO STRIKES THE SUNAY SOUT: SS παπα PEOPLE OF LISBON FEAR HORROR OF FEARFUL STIRHAM ET BURIED BY ‘SENATE'S FINAL DECISION | ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF XING IS TWO NEW BATTLESHIPS THAT SWEPT OVER SOUTH i | | Are Alarmed Lest the Young King } Manuel Should Meet the Fate of His Father and Brother. | Two Hundred and Fi ‘ty Residenis of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi Meet Death. Μο-!ἱ of Those Kille? '''--ε Negros Whose Flimsy Cab re Swept Away Like So Paper.— Property Loss cnormous. Atlanta, Ga.—Reports indicate that at least 250 persons were killed and about 400 injured in storms of great violence whch passed over sections of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama on Friday. Several towns were almost totally swept away and the property damage will run into large figures. Most of those killed were negroes, whose cabins swept away were like so much paper Natchez, Miss., reports that of sixty four persons killed in that section only two were whites Late reports from Amite, a small town in southeastern Louisiana, say that the town was almost entirely destroyed and the estimates place the numberkilled at between twenty-five and fifty, while at least seventy-five were injured. At McLain, Miss., eight are reported to have been killed; at Vidalia, la. one white woman and six negroes are dead; at Quitman Landing eleven ne groes were killed; at Purvis’ Landing, Miss., three whites and nine negroes were victims of the storm, and reports of from one to five deaths come from many towns scattered over the storm swept area, In Louisiana it is estimated that a score of small towns were destroyed cr partially wrecked. They include Amite City, Areadia and Independence, while Belle Grove, Velton, Lor. man, Pine Ridge, Quitman Landing, | Fairchild's Creek, Purvise and Lum: berton, Miss., are reported seriously damaged by the storm. In Alabama, Dora was the chief suf. ferer. This town is @#skKno*n as Bergen. Four or more persons were killed. Fifty persons at the lowest estimate were injured. Those most seriously hurt were carried to hos pitals in Birmingham, Ala. reported wiped out, though only ersons are illed. known to 1s two have been Mobile reported nine dead in tiesburg, Miss. Hat- What appears to have been two different tornadoes also struck western Alabama, one claiming six victims at Bergen and Thomas’ sawmill, small places, and another striking Alberville, where thirty persons are reported to have been killed. Abandoned Attempt to Hold Up Train After Stopring It. Butte—Another attempt to hold up i the north coast limited train, westbound, the crack overland flyer of the Northern Pacific railway, was made Thursday morning at a point between Welch's Spur and Homestake, fifteen miles east of Butte, the scene of the recent hold up of the north coast, when Engineer Frank Crow was murdered and his fireman shot through the arm. Several torpedo explosions brought the train to a stop in a very rough portion of the country, Engineers Hanscomb and Gear suspected something ‘vrong in the stopping of the train in that locality, and both men observed ing. extreme Evidently caution in alight- the nerve of the would-be bandits failed when they saw that a hold-up was suspected, as the four men, with guns in Lisbon.—Great concern exists lest the reopening of parliament may be the occasion of a fresh outrage—possibly an attempt on the life of the young King Manuel, who, in accordence with traditions, must go in state to the Cortes to pronounce the opening. The city ts full of troops, and the entire route, from the Necessidades palace to the parliament house, is constantly surrounded. Some time ago a qplot was discovered, said to be a direct seuel to the tragedy of February, and a man named Halanaue was arrested. But the police failed to procure incriminating evidence, and he was released. Dissidents and The Republicans, Francoists. seem to have completed preparations to precipitate an onslaucht on the government shortly after parliament opens by reviving the scandals in connection with the “royal advances” obtained by the late King Carlos from the state treasury. The young king apparently sincerely desires to make every possible amends. He wanted the whole question investigated by a number of the assemblage oft he Cortes, and repeatedly expressed the intention of repaying to the treasury every cent of the money illegally advanced. No commission, however, was appointed. DESTROYER CUT IN TWO. British Boat Sunk in Collision, One Man Losing His Life. Harwich, England.—The British tor pedo boat destroyer Gala was cut in two and sunk early Tuesday off Kentish Knock, in the North Sea, by the scout Attentive. The torpedo boat destroyer Ribble also was involved in the collision and returned to Sheerness with two compartments full of water, The flotila was engaged in night maneuvers when the accident occurred, Engineer Lieutenant Frank A. Fletcher of the Gala, who was in his bunk at the point where the de stroyer was struck, went down with the vessels. There was no other loss of life. Lads Charged Wih Attempting to Rob a Great Northern Train, Butte, Mont.—Two youths, each car. rying a revolver and rifle, have been arrested at Basin, in connection with the attempted hold-up eof a Great Northern train. The suspects say they are George Long and Fred Anderson and give their home as Meaderville,a suburb of Butte. They claim to have been en route to the Basin smelter to ask for work. They could give no satisfactory explanation of their heavy armament. The suspects are boys, 19 and 16 years of age, respectively. kritish Soldiers and Tribesmen Fight a Bloody Battle. Simla—In consequence of an at- tempt made by the tribesmen to cut his lines of communication, Sir James Willcoxs, the commander of the British forees sent out from Peshawaur against the raiding natives, attacked the enemy on the morning of April 24, with two columns, comprising all his available troops. MISTAKE IN ORDERS. After a sharp fight Detroit.—Two large interurban trolley cars on the Detroit, Jackson & Chicago railway, a part of the Detroit United Railway system, running from Detroit to Jackson, collided Tuesday afternoon while running about fortyfive miles an hour, twenty-five miles west of here, near Ypsilanti. Nine men were killed and about thirty men and women injured. A mistake in or ders on the part of the motorman, Isa Fay, of the limited motor car, who was crushed to death beneath the ves tibule, is alleged to have caused the collision. Bomb Throwing Anarchist Dead. New York.—Selig Silverstein, the anarchist who attempted to throw a bomb into a group of policemen in Union Square a few weeks ago, and was injured by the premature explosion of the bomb died on Tuesday, Silverstein’s companion was killed by the bomb. Silverstein, according te the police, confessed that he manu- factured the bomb and intended to throw it among the police, because a policeman had beaten him several days before. The incident occurred just after the police had driven a crowd of several thousand of persons out of Union Square. Couldn’t Perform Miracle. Denver, Colo.—Mrs. Leonora Pierce and Miss Greyta Fulmer have been arrested in this city on the charge of having obtained nearly $20,000 from Mrs. Harriet A. Crowe, 67 years of age and blind, by false pretenses. Pierce about a year ago. claimed she could’ Mrs. Pierce restore Mrs, Crowe’s sight by spiritual treatments, and on three different occasions, it is charged, obtained from her $5,000 fees for her services. Celebrate End of Long Fight. Cleveland, O.—Street car service was absolutely free on Tuesday, not a fare being rung up on any car within the city limits, This action was decided upon late Monday night after the papers had been finaliy signed ending the long street car war, in order that the occasion might be duly commemorated. It is purposed to cel- ebrate the same date each year with free street car service. The entire Secretary Taft to Make Another Trip Ruef on Trial Again. San Francisco—The jury to try Abraham Ruef, former political boss of San Francisco, on one of the 117 the Prairie. A number of questions between the United States and Panama, and between Panama and Colombia, will be negotiated during the βος- New Orleans.— Mississippi, already a sufferer from more than one tornado this year, has again borne the | brunt of the winds and rains. Esti- now operated by the Municipal Traction company, the new holding com- indictments charging him with bribery, was completed Tuesday, after both sides had exhausted their per emptory challenges. The particular charge upon which Ruef is first being tried is the offering of a bribe of $1,000 to Jennings J. Phillips. From the questions asked by Ruef's counsel during the examination of jurors, it is be- lieved that Ruef will claim that the retary’s stay on the isthmus. The | money was a fee paid to him at an secretary will be gone three weeks. attorney. of Four War Vessels is Defeated Terrible Death Overtakes Residents of Little French Town on the Lievre River in Quebec. an Early Hour in the Morning, lost their lives in that state during and at Least Thirty Perthe recent two dayseof terrific windsons Perished. storms place the death list near 200, with several bundred injured. In Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia the death lists are also large, Buckingham, Quebec.—Half the litwith serious loss of life in Arkansas tle French hamlet of Notre Dame de and Tennessee. Salette, sixteen miles from here on In half a dozen communities mar- |the lievre river, disappeared Sunday, tial law hag been declared, so terrible under a sliding mountain, and at least was the destruction and so helpless thirty of its small population are were the stricken people left by the known to have perished. disaster. Serious disorders have ocAt 5 o'clock Sunday morning, just curred in some places, including as the little hamlet began to stir for Amite, La. Looting and other crimes early mass, part of the mountain have been reported, but these in- started to slide toward the river. It stances have been om the whole rare. jtore a path of death and destruction Several places have issued appeals for its way, and those who were not for aid and in Mississippi Governor | killed when their homes were enNoel has been asked to provide tents guifed were left buried under the for the homeless. mass of rock and earth, The tornadoes lasted in all a period Latest reports from De Sualette of nearly two days. It was Thurs- |make the number of known dead day night that damage by tornadoes thirty, of which eleven bodies have traveling eastward was first reported | been recovered. In all twenty houses from points in Texas. This was fol- were engulfed in the slide. lowed during the next twenty-four De Salette was built on the two hours by similar reports from Arkan- banks of the river Lievre. One house sas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Ten- on the west bank, containing the only nessee. Friday night Alabama came ' telephone in the hamlet, was the first within the flight of the storm and obstacle in the path of the sliding Saturday reports of serious damage | mountain, and in its wreck communiby the winds in Georgia were record- |cation with the outside world was cut ed. An incomplete list of the dead |off. The slide carried two houses on and injured in the storm, made up |the west bank into the swollen river trom telegraph reports from various |and across to the east bank and then points through the south, places the | covered eighteen houses there. The number of killed at 308 and injured |river was dammed and those who at 1091. | were not killed in the avalanche were Utter misery of every sort was drowned, fcund at Purvis, Miss., by relief parDe Salette was built on a blue clay, the | which rested on a stratum of limeties. Despite the fact that of years ago there was a F 2,500 inhabitants which this little | stone. Five town boasted there were only 900 left, | Similar disaster at Poupere and each spring the inhabitants along the river still there were not sufficient accom- | /live in fear of land slides. Poupere modations in the wrecked village for | ) then slipped gently into the river even the wounded. without loss of life. Land-slides along The manner in which the tornado !tne river are common each spring actet, at this village puzzled those with the rains and swollen streams. who witnessed it, Instead of enter- | CAMPAIGN AGINST YAQUIS. ing the town at one side and passing | Mexicans Will Endeavor to Wipe Out double on its trail. a vigorous campaign is about to be inaugurated against the rebellious Yaquis in Sonora. The Twenty-second terrible for the inhabitants, many of Hostile Indians. Nogales, Ariz.—It is announced that whom were caught and either injured or killed, after they had apparently battalion has arrived at Guaymas from the south on the steamer Alamos, and escaped. The usual freaks were played by the gunboat Tampico is on the way wind. Twenty-seven were in the little town jail. prisoners which remained on the site of a lumber mill near town consisted largely οἵ splinters, from the size of tooth picks up to small sticks. GOLD STRIKE NEAR ARCTIC, Bishop Brings News of Find at Head of Koyukuk River, to the same port with the Twenty- Episcopal church for the territory of Alaska, who arrived in the city Sunday from the north on the Yucatan, brings the first detailed authentic information regarding the gold strike on Nolan creek at the head of Koyukuk river. Nolan creek is only about 200 miles from the Arctic ocean. The strike was made at a depth of about 150 feet. It is estimated that the cleanup at the end of the summer will reach $1,000,000. and the Alamos. There have been few depredations committed by the Yaquis lately, but the fear inspired and mining by them has brought other enterprises almost to a standstill in the region infested by the In- dans. Santa Barbara, Cal.—An_ accident to the engines on the Missouri, which occurred on Saturday on the run of the fleet from Santa Monica to Santa Barbara, proved to have been more The serious than at first reported. high pressure cylinder of the port engine blew out and the engine roof was quickly filled with the escaping steam, No one was injured. The supply of steam was cut off after heroic work by the engine room force, and all danger was passed. Revolution in Argentina. Many Victims of Storm. Atlanta, Ga—Belated reports General Lorenzo Torres will assume the chief command. There are about 1.000 Yaquis under guard at Hermosillo, who were gathered from all over the state. They will be deTampico ported to Yucatan on the Explosion on Battleship Missouri. Seattle—P. T. Rowe, bishop of the from Alecon, Miss., say that fifteen persons were killed in that neighborhood and a hospital ceived here of a serious situation in The prothe province of Corrients. vineial chamber has approved a motion that the governor of the prov- Mrs. at Albertville Sunday, ed in Corrients. break has taken place in the province as a result of injuries received in Fri- of Santiago. day's storm, making a total of eleven attacked the A band of revolutionists governor of the prov- whites and two negroes dead at that ince, drove him and his ministers place. A second violent storm swept from the state and proclaimed a prorort Deposit, Ala., Sunday. visional government. Taft Has No Intention of Resigning. Washington—‘The story is wholly unauthorized,” declared Secretary of War Taft when his attention was called to the statement from Havana Stating that Thomas P. Egan of Cincinnati, in an interview, is quoted as Saying positively that Secretary Taft Russell May Not Return to Venezuela senate naval committee in favor of building only two battleships. The debate on the battleship amendment last three days to the exclusion of all other matters. It was begun by Senator Beveridge with an eloquent appeal for the support of the president and a suggestion that the larger navy might be needed for war. It was developed by Senator Allison during the debate that there is a well defined understanding among the senate leaders for the authorization of two battleships each year until the American navy is regarded as sufticient to meet any demands that may be made upon it. As finally passed the bill carries appropriations aggregating $123,115,659, and provides for the construction of two battleships and two colliers, and the purchase of three additional col- liers, the construction of submarines, and other necessary craft; απὰ ἱπcreases the pay of officers and enlist- ed men, as well as increasing both the pay and the strength of the marine corps. ITINERARY OF THE FLEET. Will Leave San Francisco on July ¥ for Trip Around the World. Washington.—President Twenty-eight Are Missing, London.—The total number of dead and missing of the Gladiator’s crew as a result of a collision between the American liner St. Paul and the British cruiser off the Isle of Wight is Th opinion among ship- Roosevelt has approved an itinerary for the Atlantic fleet on its way around the world, covering the trip to the Philippines, up to China and Japan and then back to Manila, According tothis itinerary the fleet will leave San Francisco July 7, arrive Honolulu July 16, remain seven days; arrive Auckland August 9, remain six days; arrive Sydney August 20, remain seven days; arrive Melbourne August 29, remain seven days; arrive Albany, Aus- Washington.—The gunboat buque has been placed at the disposal of United States Minister Russell on which to leave Venezuela on sixty days’ leave of absence, provided he is unable, because of the prevalence of bubonic plague, to obtain passage on the regular commercial steamers. The impression prevails in some quarters that Minister Russell will not go back to his post, but may be as- Blizzard in South of England. London.—A remarkable blizzard, the worst experienced in the south of England since 1861, continued practically all over the United Kingdom throughout Friday night and Saturday until Saturday midnight. It was accompanied by a violent northerly gale ping meno and naval officers and offi- and low temperature, and in many ciafs appears to be unanimous that places the snowdrifts are eight feet the accident was unavoidabble, being deep. Railway traffic has been serione of the chances of the sea which ously delayed and telegraph and teleall seamen must risk. All witnesses phone systems are completely disorof the disaster agree practically that ganized. Enormeus damage has been both crews behaved as well as posst- done, especially to the young fruit ble. crops. re- main six days; arrive Philippines, October 1, remain nine days; arrive Yokohama October 17, remain seven Members of the House Said to be Represented. ols days. At Yokohama the fleet will be Provides for Creation Commission of of Currency Eighteen Mem- bers, and for Formation of Na- tionai Clearing House Associations. Washington—As the result of 8 series of conferences between Republican, leaders in the house, Representative Vreeland of New York on Weflnesday introduced a bill to take the place of the currency bill presented by him last week. In the new bill, which is declared to represent the views of a substantial majority of the Republican members and which is the measure that will be presented to the conference of the Kepublicans of the house to be held within a few days, nothing is left of the Aldrich currency bill except the provision for the payment of interest on government deposits in national banks. The provisions for the issuance of emergency currency on corporate bonds are entirely swept away. The new bill provides for the formation of national clearing house associations by not less than ten national banks having an aggregate capital and surplus of not 1655 than $5,000,000. A tax of 4 per cent on emergency circulation based on clearing house association securities is provided for the first month, this tax to be increased 1 per cent each month until it reaches 10 per cent, where it ts to remain until the circulation is retired, Another section of the bill provides for the creation of a currency commission, to consist of six members of the house, six of the senate and six to be appointed by the president. UPHOLDS GRAZING REGULATIONS Test Case in Colorado to Decide Rights of Cattlemen, Denver.—!n contravention of the laws of Colorado and decisions of the state supreme court, Judge R. E. Lewis, in the United States district court, on Wednesday upheld the regulations of the United States forestry service in regard to grazing upon pub- divided, the first squadron going to lic lands. In a test suit arranged beManila and scheduled to report there tween attorneys for the government October 31, The second squadronwill go to Amoy, reaching there October 29, and. after a stay of six days will go to Manila, reaching there November 7. TWELVE ARE DROWNED. . Show Boat Capsizes and Passengers Were Unable to Reach Shore. Helena, Ark.—Twelve persons were drowned, one a woman, when the show boat Marion capsized eight miles above the mouth of the St, Francis river late Sunday. Captain W. A. Joyce of Neward, Ark., who was in charge, returned to Helena, bringing the information, The Marion, a sixty-five-ton boat, Jeft Helena Sunday afternoon, carrying members of a carnival company that had been playing here. About 3:30 the boat struck and capsized. The 62 passengers and members of the crew climbed on top of the overturned boat and the engineer and a negro set out for shore in a skiff. capsized the skiff and both Waves were drowned. Ten-foot high waves swept the over- turned steamer and several were thus washed from their hold, drowning before the eyes of their helpless com- panions. and for the Colorado Cattle & Horse Growers’ association the government sought an injunction to restrain Fred light, a cattleman, living near Aspen, Colo., from permitting his cattle to go upon the Holy Cross forest reserve, although the land is unfenced. By agreement the defendant did not answer the complaint, but filed a demurrer that the government has any legal right to prevent him from turning his cattle out to graze under the common law and police law of the state. The demurrer was overruled by Judge Lewis. Attorneys for the stock interests will carry the case to the supreme court of the United States. Εἰεεὶ Leaves Santa Barbara. Santa Parbara, Cal.—After a stay of five days in this port, the Atlantic fleet of battleships sailed Thursday morning for Monterey, the next schedu'ed stopping place on the long itinerary. A dance of flowers Wednesday in honor of the officers of the fleet, and in which forty of the young women of Santa Barbara’s social circle took part, was the closing feature of the entertainment here. The dance was given on the Plaza Del Mar, where a large tent had been erected. Protests Against Encroachment of Japanese. Pekin.—China has lodged a formal protest against the extension by Japan of the administration of Korea to include the Chientao territory, the dis- trict between Korea and China, the sovereignty of which is in dispute. China declares that Japan has accom- plished this in a surreptitious manner, and says that this extension of control strengthens the position of Marquis Ito, resident general of Korea, who is represented in Chientao by three officials of the residency. Jnmped Through Window While Asleep. Du- would resign immediately if nominated at the Chicago convention, and that Governor Magoon of Cuba would succeed him as secretary of war. The secretary added that, so far as he signed to duty «t some other place knew, there was no foundation for the after his leave of absence has exstatement. pired. twenty-eight. Fifty senators voted to support the house and the recommendation of the China treason, and the press J. C. Coleman, a 5-year-old child of on charges of that anarchy may be expectW. E. Bobbo and Emmet Russell died predicts A revolutionary outin introduced by Senator Piles, and the fight for its adoption was led by Senator Beveridge. Twenty-three votes were cast for the increased program, the number largely being made up of recently elected senators. Buenos Ayres.—News has been re- ince be brought before a local court was also reported. overwhelming battleships was| amendment for four The roof fifth battalion. was lifted off, but so terror-stricken were they that not one gained his freedom. None of the prisoners was seriously injured. The wreckage an Roosevelt's four-bat- tralia (for coal), September 11, and see-sawed about. Once or twice, jucging from the lay of the debris, the wind veered so much as. nearly to The result was Washington —By vote, President Views of Majority of Republican tleship program failed in the. senate, just as it did in the house. The mates of the number o! those who Mass of Earth Came Roaring Down at the President's Program for Construction by an Overwhelming Vote. Finishing destruction Dillon, Mont., was introduced to Mrs. pany. C., on the cruiser Prairie. A detachment of marines also will be sent on Tracks, formerly prominent business man of known. Friday, it was determined that Secretary Taft should go to Panama. He will sail April 30 from Charleston, 8. its MOUNTAIN SLIDE Doubled a number of others injured in Friday’s cyclonic disturbances. Much property street railway system of the city is Washington.—As the result of de liberations at the cabinet session on on Places Twister Mrs. Crowe, who is the widow of a the British troops dislodged the tribesmen. The British casualties are given as sixty. The enemy’s losses are un- to Panama. in out at the other, the storm whirled| As a Result Nine Persons Are Dead and Many Injured. their hands, disappeared among the rocks in the direction of Butte and Lasted for Nearly Two Days, Work of Destruction. Richland and Lamourie, La., were struck by the storm and nearly a fifth of their population injured. Winchester, Miss., a small town, Storm NEW CURREACY BLL MTRODUCED New York.—The dream of becoming Murdered by Religious Fanatic, Nazareth, Pa—The coroner has begun an inquest into the death of Irene May Smith, the 65-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith of Alliance, who was offered as a sacrifice by her parents and uncle, members of the fanatie religious sect whose actions have startled the community. The Smiths and Bachman, who is an uncle of the child, and who killed her during his frenzy, are in the county jail. Bachman insists that the child was possessed of the devil and that he killed her by command from heaven. Governor Stricken With Paralysis. Reno, Nev.—Governor John Sparks, a general in the army, in which Ed- who for the past three weeks has mund Hynes had been indulging, end- been in San Francisco visiting his ed sadly in a nightmare. Preparatory daughter, Mrs. McKenzie, returned to to undergoing a physical examination Reno Wednesday, suffering from a He was accompanied by his wife, his physician, Dr. St. Clair, and a trained nurse. The governor is in a very serious condi- for the purpose of enlistment, Hynes stroke of paralysis. was sleeping in the army recruiting office. At 2 a.m. he sprang out of bed, and charged through a closed window, falling into a basement fifteen tion and grave fears are entertained feet below. He sustained a badly lac- of his ever regaining his strength. He erated head, body contusions and internal injuries. His recovery is doubtful. Bandit Raisuli Assassinated. Tangier.—-Reports are in circulation here that Raisuli, the bandit, has been assassinated. The native rumors cur. rent here are to the effect that Raisuli was ambushed by a band of Leymes while journeying toward Tazrant. Raisuli has occupied the public attention to a very considerable ex- tent during the last few years by his aggressive activity in Morocco, where, besides carrying on a pretty constant warfare against the sultan, he has captured several foreigners of prominence and held them for ransom. is absolutely unable to move either ot his hands. His speech, however, is not impaired. in Hands of Kidnapers. Middletown, N. Y.—The mountains in the vicinity of Staatsburg, Rockland county, are being searched for little Mary Kelly, the 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kelly, who mysteriously disappeared from her home on Monday. The search has been pursued diligently. and every hour has increased the fears of the parents, who are now almost frantic. It is thought by some that the child may be kidnaped. The section from which she disappeared is not far from New York City. |