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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
FOUR1EED KILLED
Tornado Followed by Fire
Wipes Out Entire Town
Y. Of Bellevue, Tex.

Bellevue, Tex, April ga tornado
here has caused the loss of fourteen
lives, the injury Of a large number and
practically wiped out the entire town.
The tornado was followed by fire,
which consumed the wreckage. ~:
The town of Bellevue consisted of
over 200 houses. The whole business
section and all stocks of merchandise
were destroyed Six hundred people
are homeless and practically destitute
The tornado path was a mile wide
and eight miles long. The storm lev
eled everything in its path, running
crops and barns on the way, @-$E L
Conservative estimates place the
loss between $150,000 and $4,000.
The Inhabitants of54the town are
not only homeless but without food
or raiment and utterly destitute. all
their possessions having been swept
away. Relief is being fastened to
them from neighbpring towns.
Dispatches from Hico, 1870 miles
south Of Bellevue, are to the effect
that Hamilton, the county seat, was
also devastated by the tornado and
several lives lost. Two relief trains
have gone from Henrietta, carrying
doctors and nurses. ss 5s sss
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
SLUMP ON WALL Street
Hill Stocks Lead in Sensational Decline in Prices Of
Securities. Forced Liquidation by Insurance
Companies Said To Be an Element

New York, April 2S-The stock mar
ket was thrown into condition of de-
moralization during the noon hour by
a sudden outpouring of liquidation.
Support seemed to be entirely with
drawn and the panicky break in the
Hill stocks caused feeling of nervous
ness and an indiscriminate unloading
regardless of prices. The selling had
every appearance of being forced and
liquidation for account of the insur-
ance companies was believed to be an
element. The bears also fercely at
tackled the market and offered prices
down swiftly many points at time
before bringing out any bids. Violent
rebounds followed the first breaks and
the bears rushed to take their profits.
Great Northern preferred was the
most acutely affected and suffered a
perpendicular drop of rs points. North
ern Pacific fell liz, Chicago and
Northwestern 8, Chicago, St. Paul,
Minneapolis and Omaha 9, St. Paul
York Central 81, Colorado Fuel 8,
Sloss Sheffield Steel 51a, Anaconda 8
and the active list of prominent STOCKS
very generally from one-half to 3
points When the selling had spent
its first force Great Northern preferred
suddenly rebounded IA points, North
ern Pacific Az, Anaconda 4, Colorado
Fuel 2A, St. Paul and Northwestern
and active stocks generally from 1 to
IL. The demand quickly subsidized at
the rebound and there was a quiet
market for awhile.
l. Another wave of liquidation swept
over the market just before O'Clock
| and developed new weak points in the
| list Prices again rallied and the trad.
ing became dull, but the tone was
fererisn :, - .
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Henry Jackson Wells Dam, the
dramatist and magazine writer of New
York, is dead at Havana
OF the hundreds of San Francisco
refugees who reached Denver Thurs
day number received medical treat
ment for broken bones, burns and 9th,
er injuries. ~
The appropriation of $4,000 made
by the board of aldermen of Buffalo
for the San Francisco relief fund has
been declared illegal by the corpora,
fion counsel. H. %$
Dispatches to Dun's Review indicate
that trade Is progressing favorably
under the stimulus of more settled
weather and manufacturing plants are
1 busily occupied.
The president has sent to the sen
ate the nomination of John Peterson
TO be collector of customs for the dis,
triet of Minnesota Peterson Ia the
present incumbent.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
NEW PROPOSAL OF MINERS.
Ask Increase of Wages but Eliminate
Other Demands.


Wilkesbarre, Pa, April 2S.-Presi-
dent Mitchell of the United Mine
Workers has made public two propo-
sitions, together with a request for
another joint conference, submitted by
the miners committee to President
Baer and his associates.
The first asks for an increase in
wages ranging from 5 to Is per cent.
The second asks for an advance
equal to 10 cents per ton upon the to-
tai production of coal, to be added to
the wages of employees and appor-
toned in such percentage as may be
agreed upon.
Commenting on the proposition the
miners communication says:
1--WE have eliminated every feature
of our former proposals to which you
have objected except that of wages
and in the matter of wages we have
kept in mind your oft repeated state
mands would result in advancing the
cost to the consumer of domestic coal
S1.20 per ton
While we have not been able, even
by the most careful analysis, to ascer-
tain by what process of reasoning you
have reached your conclusions as tc
the alleged necessity of such an ad
| vance we beg to assure you that We
| have no desire, neither would we con
sent, to become parties to any com
| pact that would increase the cost o1
domestic fuel to such an extent
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
STATUE
OF Ben Franklin Presented
to Paris by an Ameri-
can Banker

Paris, April 2S.-The Franklin cele-
bration, preceding the unveiling Of the
statue of Benjamin Franklin presented
to the city of Paris by John H. Harjes,
the American banker of this city, was
held in the palace of the Trocadora
during the afternoon
The ceremony began in the palace
Of the Trocadoro and was continued
later before the vast crowd massed
on the Trocadoro square, where the
statue of Franklin overlooks the
splendid esplanade' and the avenues
leading to the triumphal arch and the
Seine.
The great auditorium of the Troca-
doro had been handsomely decorated
with flags and emblems of France and
the United States intertwined The
formal exercises were as follows:
Address by Ambassador Mccormick;
Grafton on Franklin by the delegate
appointed by the United States gov
eminent, Professor Albert Henry
Snayth, Philadelphia; reply by the rep
resentative of the French government,
Minister of Public Works Barthou.
The ceremony was then transferred
to the Trocadoro square, where the
exercises continued as follows: u.s.
Presentation of the statue of Frank.
lin to the city of Paris by Mr.. Harjes;
acceptance of the statue by M. Chau-
tard, president of the municipal coun-
Gil in Paris. t55s II II
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
NO SERIOUS DAMAGE DONE.
Salinas, CAL, Reports Three Heavy
Earthquake Shocks.


Earthquake Shocks.
Los Angeles, CAL, April ga long
distance telephone message to this
city from correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press at Salinas, 120 miles
south of San Francisco, states that
three more very heavy earthquake
shocks were felt there, one at p. m,
another at $50 y. m. and the last at 2
a. m. The shocks lasted about four
seconds each, but so far as known did
no damage.
The damage at Salinas from the
earthquake shock Of last week is in
excess of S1,C00,000.
The Salinas river is reported to
have been sunk ten or twelve feet all
along it's course for miles. Nearly all
of the bridges across the river have
heen condemned and will have to be
rebuilt
: A later telephone message received
by the Evening. Express says that
earthquake shocks have been felt
there daily since the first disaster,
April 10, but that no further damage
was done.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
DRENCHED BY COLD rain
Homeless People Of San Francisco Suffer as Result Of
Bad Weather.. Militiaman Under Arrest, Accused
Of Reckless Shooting While on Duty

San Francisco, April 28.-Many of
San Francisco's2 homeless people,
camped in the parks, squares and
vacant lots, were awakened early in
the morning by the water dripping
through improvised tents which afford
ed poor protection against the heavy
rain that began to fall. about a. m.
and continued for several hours.
Drenched to the skin by the heavy
downpour and with bedding thorough
ly soaked many persons were driven
into nearby houses for shelter.
Although the various camps were
better prepared for the storm than for
several days past, hundreds of tents
having been received and put up since
the last storm, still there are thou
sands who are without proper shelter
and who shivered in their wet Clothes.
They vainly tried to get warm after
the rain ceased by walking or were
huddled around little campfres. The
least distress and suffering was at the
Presidio. where nearly all the refu>
gees have been provided with tents by
the quartermaster's department. A
wagonload of picks and shovels was
furnished and trenches were dug to
carry off the water
In Cow hollow" at the rear of Har-
Dor view, about 5000 Italians from
Telegraph and Russian hills and a
sprinkling of Chinese and Japanese
are camped. Few Of them have been
provided with tents and there was
much distress among the women and
children, Of whom there are many in
the camp. -.~
A chilly wind was blowing in the
morning and the difficulty of prepar-
ing warm food added to the distress Of
the homeless ,
I An official map of the burned dis
trict shows that, the area burned by
- FIRE is a small fraction Tess than four
square miles. -
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
MiLITIAMAN UNDER ARREST.
Taken lato Custody for Alleged Reck
- less Shooting.


San Francisco, April 2S.-The first
arrest for alleged reckless shooting by
members of the state militia, which, it
Is asserted, has made unsafe streets in
certain sections of the city, controlled
by the national guard, was made
shortly before midnight. Ernest Will
der, military sentry, was taken in
custody and disarmed by Captain B. F.
Rittenhouse Of the United States ma
rine corps, who turned him over to the
police. - -. ~ ..-..sr. &,
Captain Rittenhouse charged Wilder
with leaving his post and shooting
up" the district commanded by Rit-
tenhouse The marines patrol the best
residence part of the city left un.
touched by the fire and are extremely
Jealous Of the splendid order main
tanned without unnecessary harshness
or stoppage of citizens whose business
requires them to be on the streets
after dark For several nights there
has been considerable shooting In the
vicinity of Ellis, Eddy, Geary and Fill
more streets, where the districts of
the militia and the marines touch. It
became so unsafe on the streets that
the police refused to go into that dis
trict patrolled by the militia, declaring
I that they were afraid Of being shot.
It was not uncommon for the militia
sentries even to stop police officers.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
DRASTIC ACTION TAKEN
French Officials Attempt to Apprehend Element Foment
ing Disorders discriminating Papers Found in
r.: Homes Of ROyaIist Sympathizers

Paris, April 2s.-The police adopted
decisive measures during the morning
to apprehend the element which Is
fomenting disorder and capture the
sources of its supplies. Early in the
day a search was made of the head
quarters of the Confederation of Labor
and also of it's fifty branches through
out the city. simultaneously the po-
lice searched the homes of number
of royalist sympathizers, who were
suspected of encouraging disorder in
the hope of effecting a coup d'etat."
The offices of La Croix, a reactionary
paper, were also searched.
Important papers, it is understood,
were found at the homes of some. of
the royalists.
The search of the headquarters of
the Confederation of Labor yielded
negative results.
The firmness of the government in
making searches and gathering large
military forces has led the executive
committee of the Confederation of La.
Dor to consider the ACCESSIBILITY of post
poning the demonstration from May 1
to June Is. The committee is holding
secret sessions.
The police and military precautions
are not being abated. Six thousand
police, 800 cavalry and 5000 infantry
have been detailed to guard the banks,
railroad stations and the plants of the
electric, gas and water companies.
Parades Vigorously Prohibited.
The formation of PROFESSIONS in col
umns is vigorously prohibited and all
groups will Immediately be dispersed.
The project of police, M. Lepine, will
take absolute control of the city, in
eluding authority over the troops,
which will act as reserves subject to
his call
The prefecture of police specifically
denies having knowledge Of any an
archistic plot 1t declares that public
uneasiness is not warranted, as the
police and military safeguards are
merely precautionary.
A considerable element of the pop
ulation, however, continues to be nerv,
GUS and apprehensivese People are lay
ing in stocks of provisions and the
large provision stores are doing a
thriving business in canned goods, oil
and mineral waters.
Among the houses searched were
those of Count de Largle, Count Du-
rand de Beauregard, the imperialist
leader; Xavier Feullant, a former Off
Ger of the imperial guard, and jacques
Piou. president of the Liberal league.
Besides the. residences Of the per
sons named the police searched the
apartments OF many imperialists, mon,
archists, anarchists and agitators OF
lesser Importance. .s ~ /
Officers Feared Mob Violence.
GAINESVILLE, Wis. April 27..Willian
Anderson, q barber from Beloit, Wis.
Is closely guarded In jail here, hayins
been brought from Beloit because on
GERS feared mob violence He 4
charged with q serious offense agains
his tWelve-year-old stepdaughter.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
TO ABOLISH GOLD BASIS.
Venezuela Figuring on National Bank
and Paper Currency.
Now Xork A 1,ril % Tho Trihune

says:
The government Of Venezuela is to
establish a national bank and substi-
tute a paper currency for the gold
basis on which the country has been
operating. Among the missions with
which J. Torres 'Cardenas, secretary
general of Venezuela, and Manuel
Corao, who arrived here from Caracas
on Monday, are charged is the nego,
tiation for the national bank contem
plated by ex-President Castro.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
Work Eegun on New Town Of Gary, If
Lake County, Ind.

Lake County, Ind.
Chicago, April 2S.-The stupendous
work of building model city to &C
commodate 100000 people was begun
when 100 woodcutters were set at
work clearing a 6000-acre tract on the
shore of Lake Michigan in Lake coun-
ty, Ind.
At the same time another 100 labor
ers began the work of levelling the
huge sand dunes to the east of the
mouth of the Grand Calumet river,
where the newly organized Indiana
Steel company proposes to build the
largest steel mills in the world at a
cost of S10,500,OOO. The new city is to
he built to accommodate the toilers at
the mills.
The new Indiana Steel company is a
subsidiary corporation to the United
States Steel corporation and was Or
ganized recently.
The new city is to be known by the
name of Gary, being named after the
chairman of the board of directors of
the Steel corporation.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
one Dead, Two Fatally Hurt.

Harrisburg Pa, April 2s.-J. \. ]
Good, engineer, was killed and G. III.
lie Fever, fireman, and 7. j. Waliower
brakeman. were fatally injured by the
explosion OF an eastbound freight loco
motive on the PeEnsyl railroad
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
INDICTED FOR PERJURY.

Former President of Washington Life
Insurance Company.
New York, April 28.-William A.
Brewer, .Jr., formerly president of the
Washington Life Insurance company,
has been indicted by the grand jury
for perjury. The charge grows out Of
a report made to the state superin-
tendent of insurance in 1903 regarding
the condition of the company.
According to the perjury indictment
the report to the state superintendent
of insurance made it appear that the
company had surplus of about $780,
900, when there was really a deficit of
$4,000
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
Fail to Reach Agreement.

Clearield. Pa. April ,2S.-The con.
ference between the operators and
miners scale committees of the Sec
aond bituminous district of the United
Mine Workers of America has adj
Journed without coming to an anicable
settlement and 1t was announced that
d strike would be declared in this dis
irict. M. s + 81. Il
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
MICHIGAN TOWN CAVES IN.
City Of Quinnisec Built Over an Aban.
doned Mine. H.

Quinnisec, Mich, April 2S.-Over an
acre of ground in this place suddenly
went down with a great roar, carrying
number of buildings with it. It was
thought for a time that the entire
town would go. The ground fell 100
feet and it was found to be cavein
over the workings of an abandoned
mine.
Considerable damage was done, the
city water system being badly Grip
pied. There is fear that the other
parts of the town may fall, as mine
workings extend under a good part
of 1t. ne .@-.y>
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
TWO CHILDREN PERISH.
Burned to Death in a strawstack ir
Montana


Helena, Mont, April 2S.-Before tie
eyes of their agonized mother, Louise
and Chester Kicker, five and three
years old. children of Ezra Kicker, a
ranchman living near Poplar, in the
extreme northeastern part of Men
tana, burned to death at the Robert
REM ranch.
The little ones, with one of the
REM children, were playing house" il
an old ;strawstack. They crawled into
holes burrowed by pigs, and in these
started fire.
Mrs. Ricker's screams brought the
father of the REM child to the scene
and he managed to save his own child
although he was badly burned, but the
other two perished Even their bones
were reduced to ashes.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
RUSSIANS GET THE MONEY.
Loan Is Oversubscribed in Spite OF
Opposition of Jews.

Loan Is Oversubscribed in Spite of
Opposition of Jews.
Vienna, April 2S.-Tne Russian loan
has been twiee covered in Austria
Hungary. Bulgaria subscribed $4,000
600. The result in Vienna is below ex-
pectation, owing partly to the publica-
ton of circulars on the eve of sub
scription demonstrating the political
and financial unsoundness of lending
to Russia and partly to the violent OPP
position of the Jews, who at mass
meeting denounced the loan. One
speaker appealed to the audience to
prove the falsity of the saying that
business was always business for the
Jew and to leave the lucrative oper-
alton to bankers who were no longer
Jews, but only mere cash machines.
STEEL TRUSTS MODEL CITY.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
DoWiE's ILLNESS DENIED.
Said He Is In Better Health Than for
nnrs Tis1na

Chicago, April Is. AT the apart
ments OF John Alexander Dowie at the
Auditorium Annex IL was emph atically
denied that reports announcing his
serious illness have the slightest foun-
dalton. ..ss#4
1t was announced BY the secretary
that the health and physical condition
OF DR.. Dowie has been better the past
three days than at any time since DR..
Dowie returned from Jamaica
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
Rain Makes Refugees Miserable.

Oakland, Cal, April 2s:-A heavy
downpour; of rain set in at midnight
and continued throughout the morning
1t made things miserable for the un-
fortunate refugees from San Fran
cisco now living under canvas in the
various camps established for their
accommodation in this city. ~
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
70 PREVENT COMPLICATIONS.

President Suggests That Governor Re-
quest Federal Troops.
Washington, April 28.-Secretary
Taft has telegraphed to Governor Par
zee of California a suggestion from the
president that in order to avoid any
possible legal complications the gov
ernor should call upon the president
formally for the use of United States
troops in San Francisco.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
American Fishing Boats Seized.

Washington, April 2S.-The state de-
partment has received the following
dispatch from Edward H. Thompson,
American consul at Progresso, Mex:
Three American fishing smacks
seized by Mexican gunboat Particu-
lars by mail"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28

Drydock Dewey Enters Canal.
Port Sad: Egypt, April 2S.-The
United States drydock Dewey, on her
way to the Philippine islands in tow,
entered the Suez canal during the day.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
, Emergersy Bill Passed.

Washington, April 27-Mr. Littauer
IN " in the house presented the.
emergency appropriation bill carrying
$4,000 for the navy and postof1ice
departments to be expended at, San
Francisco. The bill was passed.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
GREAT STRIKE AsERTEp.
Manchester Cotton Operatives Get In.
."H. crease OF Pay Asked.

Manchester, Eng, April 28.A great
ltrike of cotton operatives has been
avoided by the employers federation
granting the cardroom workers their,
demand of per cent increase In
wages. More than loo. 600 operatives
were involved,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
Ha,f-ron Safe Carried Off.

Columbus, O., April 2S.-Robbers
entered the general store Of Becker
Bros, removed the safe weighing 1000
pounds, rolled it along road three
blocks away, pried it open and took
$500 and a certified check for $4,000.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
Provisions Reaching San Francisco ir
Abundance.
GREAT QUANTITY OF SUPPLIES.

Oakland, Cal, April 2S.-Sixty car
loads of provisions from various por-
tons of the country arrived over the
Southern Pacific at the Oakland mole
during the day. The supplies were
Immediately taken in charge by the
relief committee for distribution in
Oakland, San Francisco, Santa Rosa
and San Jose. So great is the guam
tity of supplies that are now arriving
that notices have been sent to the in
terror cities and towns Of the state to
hold consignments until the trainloads
on the way here have been used.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
SECRETARY METcALF REPoRTs.
Wires President Of Conditions as He
Finds Them.

5 Washington, April 2S. Secretary
MetcaIf, who went to San Francisco
as the represe sentative Of the national
administration, with instructions from
the president to report to him regard
ing the conditions In the stricken city
as he should find them, has wired the
president d complete summary OF the
situation. He thinks the loss of life
4 viii mt exceed 800 the injured being
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28

about 1000. The loss to government
buildings is not so heavy as the early
reports indicated. Secretary Metcalf
says, however, that the industrial and
commercial losses are appalling. There
is no suffering from lack of provisions
or water. Everything considered the
health of the people is excellent The
people are confident and hopeful. The
secretary recommends that: congress
make appropriations at once for the
repair and reconstruction of govern
ment buildings.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-04-28
GROSSLY EXAGGERATED.

General Greely's Opinion of San Fran
n cisco Casualties. = H a. il
San Francisco, April 2S.--It is the
opinion Of General Greedy that the
number Of casualties has been over
estimated. 81 ~ sj s#a L l53s4
so many and grossly exaggerated
reports OF the number of deaths due to
the earthquake have been sent out
that we have determined to make a
Systematic investigation Z, he said.
For instance, It has been stated that
there were as many as seventy five
lives lost In the Valencia hotel, but SO
lar as we have been able to ascertain
The loss did not exceed twenty be-
lieye that there are similar discrep-
ancies which will be discoHered later
after thorough examination Of the
records and search Of the ruins. u