The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-02-21

night and is now raising at q rate
Eof nearly four inches an hour.
ST.. Louis, Feb. 1.-THE present
storm is the worst in years. The
temperature today is six below
| freezing.
Norfolk, Va, Feb. IA torna-
do struck the passenger steamer OIL,
i've, which plies between Franklin,
Va, and Edenton, N. c., at $50
last night and sent her to the bot
tom of the Chowan river, off Wood
ley's Pier, between Mount Pleasant
and Olives wharf. Seventeen per-
sons are known to have been drown
ed, and others who were rescued
are in a serious condition.
The storm, when it struck the
Olive, caused her to go over on her
beam ends, and when she righted
it was only to- sink on account of
the water she had taken. A ma
Ijority of the passengers and crew
were below at the time, and had no
opportunity to reach the pilot house
of the vessel. This point was the
only portion left above water, and
in 1t, standing waist deep from the
time of the. accident until 6 O'Clock
in the morning, Captain George
Withey and FIVE others were res.
cued.
According to the statement of
Captain Withey to the Associated
Press correspondent here tonight,
there are II known to have been
lost on the sinking steamer, and a
lifeboat loaded with Engineer C: L.
IConroy, Assistant Engineer J. P.
Murphy, Purser J. N. Bell, one
white and two colored passengers
and two colored deck-hands, which
1sft~the steamer in hope of reaching
/ a vessel whose lights could be seen
in the distance, is not yet heard
from. If these have been drowned
the list will reach 25.
Captain Withey reached Norfolk
this afternoon in company with
Martha Barrett, colored stewardess
of the steamer.
At 6 o'clock this morning the
river steamer Petit hove in sight
and rescued the almost frozen sur
vivors.
The Olive was small screw
steamer, owned byJ. A Pretow, of
Franklin, Va, and had been ply
ing betwesn North Carolina and
Virginia for several years. She. left
Franklin last evening for
Edenton, and had almost reach
ed her destination when the torna-
do struck her.
Salem Feb. 17.-Senator DAILY, q
member of the joint COMMITTEES sent
from the Oregon legislature to in.
! terview itsWashington contemporary
body regarding fishing and fish laws
has opinions of his own. His views
Imay not exactly coincide with those
Of others, but he expresses them
emphatically and in a way that
makes them carry weight.
"The committee on fisheries ac-
icomplished snothing at Olympia.
We met with a similar committee
from the Washington legislature
and conferred, and that was the
end of it. as has ever been and ever
will be the end of such action. No
good can come from it. That leg
/ islation for the protection and reg
ulation Of the fishing industries is
desira we all know, but that is
not the way to go at it. I will tell
Iyou what I know from experience
to be the correct plan.
'Take the matter entirely out of
the hands of the fish men and 1t
those who have no active interest
in fish and fisheries attend to it.
In that way may be obtained un-
biased legislation. AS long as
fishermen, Gamers, etc, are placed
on committees governing fisheries
Legislation there will be private in.
terests involved. Each man who
lis engaged in that business has
some pet scheme. He may honest
ly labor for what he considers to
be the best interes ts of the state,
but he will be influenced. Hecan-
not help it. That ir fuence is ex-
erted without his kn owledge con-
sent, but it is an influence.
The way to change all thisis to
take it out of the hands of the fish
packers altogether. Then it will
stand on its merits and receive un-
biased consideration That is NV
view. | saw the same conditions
prevail in regard to education, and