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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
FIRE DEVASTATES
MINING CAMP
Dynamite Saved Silver City,
Idaho, From Total DestruC-
ton This Morning.
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
IS AMOUNT OF DAMAGE

Big "War Eagle HOtel' Has Narrow
Escape-Armed Guards Protect
Goods Carried from Burning Dwell
ings and StOres-Chinese Lo0ters
Driven Off at Point of Six Shooters
FLAMES Start i'm Chinese Restau-
rant and Spread Rapidly-Three
Hundred Miners Fight Blaze for
-Four Hours.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
Cantanzaro Hard Hit.

Cantanzaro, Italy, Dc. 29.-Reports
this afternoon indicate that eight per-
cent of the city's $4,000 inhabitants
are either dead or wounded as a re-
suit Of the quake. Martial law pre-
walls. All supplies have been seized
by the soldiers and are being given to
the sufferers
Food is in great demand. Most of
the survivors are camping in the open
country about town. Hundreds of
severely wounded have received no
medical attention.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
SHUTTING UP SUNDAY SHOWS
Licenses of New York Playhouses
Are Revoked.

New York, Dec. 29,-As the result
of the recent investigation under the
direction of Mayor Mcclellan of al
legged violations OF the law covering
Sunday performances in the theaters.
Corporation Counsel Pendleton or
dered the drawing up of papers for
the revocation of the licenses of the
Victoria, the Alhambra. the American
and Hurtig & Seaman's 125th street
theaters. These playhouses are al
legged to have persistently violated the
Sunday law.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
Rushing Relief Measures.

Rome, Dec. ga relief commit
tee is rushing food. supplies and med
ical stores to the stricken sections,
fearful that the loss of lives, and that
the suffering Is appalling.
Hundreds Of thousands are home
less. most of them without food. The
soldiers are doing good work. Nearly
all the cities have affected orders to
shoot looters. The heaviest damage
is in Messina, in Sicily, and Reggie, in
Calabria.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
Interesting Balloon Trip.

Indianapolis4-A balloon trip that
will attract general attention is be-
ing arranged here by Carl G. Fisher
and George L. Bumbaugh. The pro-
posed flight will be across the Atlantic
ocean. The plan is to make the trip
in a gigantic balloon, attached to
which will be 20 smaller supply bal
looms, the gas from which may be fed
into the larger balloon as the leakage
makes necessary. Instead of a bas-
ket to carry the passengers, a special
ly built boat will be used
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
Gingerbread John" Dead.

Missoula, Hont., Dec. 29.-John
Veeders, civil war veteran, died here
last night, aged 67 Veeders came to
Montana in 1877 with the Third Uni
ted States infantry and assisted in the
erection of the first frame building on
the site Of Fort Missoula. He was
widely known as a cook, being famil-
iarly called Gingerbread" John.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
RUFF SENTENCED
AT 1870 TO-DAY

San Francisco. Dec. 29.-Judge
Lawler this morning postponed the
sentencing of Ruef to 4:3O this after
noon to give the prosecution an op-
portnity to submit affidavits in re-
buttal, showing the jury was not
guilty of misconduct and was not in
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
BURNS HAS GRIEVANCE.
Declares JohnsOn's Friends Induced
Police to Stop the Fight.

San Francisco, Dec. 29.-Frfends
here received today cablegram from
Tommy Burns, defeated by Jack
johnson in Sydney, saying the police
stopped the fight at the suggestion
of Jchnson's seconds, and that Burns
was still strong and could have won.
Burns cablegram says: sydney,
Australia, Dec. 29.-Johnson's Sec
onds influenced police in stopping
contest. Was strong. Had chance
as Nelson did with Cans. Johnson
was trning. Pictures snow every
thing. 1 am willing to fight john
son again. Can beat him. Will ar
rive in two months"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
Tidal Wave Sweeps Sicily.

Naples, Italy. Dec. 29.-Twenty-
five thousand deaths is the best esti-
mate made today Of the loss of lives
by the earthquake and tidal wave
which devastated southern Italy and
Sicily yesterday. King Emmanuel
passed through the city today en-
route to Rome. The king had receiv-
ed a report from Messina saying a til
dal wave had left a two-foot layer of
mud and slime over the city and scores
were smothered.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
survIyors Nav Re Roasted.

Palmero, italy. Dec. 29.-Twelve
thousand is the number Of dead in
Messina, according to a report just re-
ceived and 1t is feared that hundreds
who are still alive under the ruins
will be roasted.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
Flood Worse Than Quake.

Rome, Dec. 29.-The destruction Of
Messina is more the result of the til
dial wave than the quake, according
to the refugees who are arriving here.
. They say the dead is officially re-
ported at Messina as 1900, but 1t will
probably be as many as $4,000,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
Music Teachers Meet.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 29.-Some
of the foremost composers of the
country are in attendance at the an
nual convention of the music teach
ers national association which began
here yesterday. A series of recitals
viii be given.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
For Benefit of Victims.

New York, Dec. ga benefit per-
formance for the victims of the earth
quake in Italy was planned today by
the Metropolitan Opera company,
whose members are from the devastat-
ed regions. Caruso will give his
weeks salary of $250O to the fund.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
American Fleet Located.

London, Dec. 29.-The American
battleships, according to reports,
passed Perrin Island at noon and en-
tered the Red sea, headed for Suez
They will probably reach there jan
uarY 3.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
DUNBAR CASE
IS REVERSED
State Cannot Hold Secretary
Of State Accountable for
Fees Illegally Collected.
HAD BEEN FOUND GUILTY
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT

Supreme Court Reverses the Lower
Court and Orders Suit Dismissed
Opinion by Justice Eakin Declares
That Dunbar Could BE Held Re-
SpOnsible 10 Persons from Whom
the Fees Were Unlawfully Collected
But Not BY the State-Dunbar in
Office Two Terms
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
Conyicts Attack Refugees.

Rome, Dec. 29.-The refugee camp
outside Cantanzar, was attacked by
prisoners who escaped from prison.
Insane, they fell upon the women and
stole property of every description
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
Volcano Active.

Catania, Sicily. Dec. 29.-Signs OF
volcanic activity were noticed today
at Mount Etna. and 1t is feared an
eruption is imminent.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
San Francisco to Aid.

San Francisco. Dec. 2y.-Promin-
ent citizens of this city are planning
to issue an appeal for contributions
to aid their brothers and sisters in
sections devastated by the earthquake
and tidal wave.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
Estimates of Dead Increase.

Rome. Dec. ga late edition of
the Tribuna estimates the number of
dead at between $1,000 and $4,000.
1t says that twice that many are in
jured or are suffering.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
Roosevelt Sends Coincidence.

Washington. d. c.. Dec. 29.--Pres-
ident Roosevelt has cabled a message
Of coincidence to the King of Italy.
He said the Red Cross society would
issue an appeal for contributions.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
Franco Sends Battlesblns.

Paris, Dec. 29.-France today or
dered the battleships Justice and We
rite and three destroyers to proceed
under forced draught to Messlna.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
Horror Increasing.

Palmero. Italy, Dec. 29.-The hor-
ror Of the situation is increasing hour
ly. The people are panic stricken.
and insane from fear. The survivors
are unable to give a good account Of
what has happened.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
;sssssesssss
TWENTY KILLED IN
VENEZUELAN CLASH.

Port of Spain, Trinidad, Dec.
29.-News Of an engagement at
Macquo between adherents Of
the deposed President Castro
of Venezuela, and officers of the
new President Gomez, in which
20 were killed and so wounded
was received here today by the
gunboat Miranda.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29

from them. Ten were killed by SOL
dlers.
No word has been received from
the Italian torpedo fleet which was
off Messina at the time of the quake
1t is feared it was swamped and has
gone down.
Ragnara, razed by fire, following
the quake, is said to be completely
wiped out, killing three hundred.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29

Soldiers Fire on Lo0ters.
Naples, Italy, Dec. "a clash be-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
Checks as Evidence.

In connection with the alleged brib-
ing of councilman by bankers to Sc
cure deposits of city funds, it is said
that the plan followed was to have
the banks New York correspondents
forward the amount of the alleged
corruption fund to another Pittsburg
bank to the credit of the councilman
negotiating the bribery deal, he to
make distribution to the other coun-
cilmen operated through safety de-
posit boxes, but others wrote checks
against the fund It is said a number
of these checks will be presented as
evidence. This feature, 1t is said, has
been receiving the attention of the
federal agents. President Roosevelt,
it is believed, has been instrumental
In pressing the federal Investigations
since the first suggestion of irregular
tiles by national bankers reached the
department of justice.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-29
SPEEDY JUSTICE FOR
PITTSBURG GRAFTERS

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 29.-Attorneys
for the prosecution in the alleged cor
rupt practices of Pittsburg council
men and two former bankers under
arrest, declare the trials were to be
urged to a speedy conclusion. Dis
trict Attorney Blakely said he would
try to have the cases disposed OF be-
fore the municipal election in Feb
ruary. at which the councflmen ar
rested are candidates for reelection.
Attorneys for the defendants say that
they will be ready to meet the charges
al any time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-26
POLITICAL TAG DAY
BRAVE NEWSPAPER MEN
 BEARD LION IN HIS DEN

Washington, April 25.--l lspeciai.l q .rs man Rider and sco1a Of other ss newspaper publishers, bearded he lion in his den today. The Interview was sll. Tt and to the point. Speaker Cannon was there waiting for him and the mild lan- guage so customary with the speaker found full vent.
 Damn you, Ridder." Uncle Jo exclainl- ed as the committee passed through the door, You have been branding me all over the country as a fake"
 'Well,'' responded MT. Ridder, you all low that Stevens bill to be called out of the committee on ways and means and l will say that you are not fake. What we came down here for is action and we are going to have it or know why"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-26
MANY DEAD REPORTED IN
 VICINITY NEAR MOBILE

Ohio railroad, lost on the line of the road during the storm yesterday morning. wera located today. The northbound train was at FTuitdale and the other two at State Line, Miss, all three in the line of the storm. A washout prevented the trains moving in the darkness and they went into a side track to await daylight. No one was hurt.
 Official reports to the Southern railway show that seven trestles and several miles of track have been washed away above Jackson. Ala. It is believed that 10 days will be necessary to repair the dam age Louisville and Nashville pas senger train due here at o'clock this morning, ran into washout near Fort Deposit, Ala, this morning and five sleep ing cars were derailed, no one injured
 Among the first reports of deaths was that of Mrs. John Minniece and baby, who were reported killed at Wahalak, near Meridian. Miss. Mir. Mnniece, train- master for the Mobile and Ohio, tonight said his wife and baby are safe in Me ridian
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-26
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After few more warm words had been, spoken the committee retired. Medill McI| fermick oe the Chicago Tribune was alsy i,. the room with kidder. He cemarlSe s to him that he thought he had lost h'A head in his interview with the speaker. d
 T didnt~lose anyting," Ridder replied, T just laughed in his face"
 The speaker gave out an interview yes- terday in which he stated that the pub fishers who had been making so much fuss about the price of paper were bluff ing and would have to be dra gged to Washington and forced to testify before the special committee. This made the proprietors and business managers angry and when they were notified that the committee was to hold it's first meeting today they immediately swooped down on Washington. The committee will hear witnesses for several days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-26

train of freight cars which were thrown over, but the wrecker is expected to- night.
 By Monday the funerals will begin and the bodies will be quietly laid to rest
 Peculiar Incidents.
 The cap of little Willie Decker was picked up at Hicks store, three miles distant, and returned to Albertville.
 It was reported from Wythe City that horses head had been picked up there which is missing from the body of an animal here, ten miles distant. Another horse fell in a well on the west side, while still anothers body was thrown under falling roof. Nearly every ani- nal in the city was killed, being caught in the barns
 The Marshall Mirrors printing office indeed presented pied spectacle. Ev- cry rack was turned over, and in fact the old press, which has seen former cy- clone, is believed to pc put out of bus mess this time.
 The destruction in the families of John Decker, Bunyan Reeves, w. F. Russell, Charles Walker W. k. Russell was espec- 'ially unfortunate. Every member mad to be pulled out of the ruins and the ma jority will die
 Ira Crump of Lathemville came 10 town today with a two-horse team, which ran away, throwing him out and injur- ing him internally. N
 The family of John Hendrix, killed, was the only negro household disturbed He was living at pr. Lees place.
 w. M. Downeys horse was tied to a cable which did not break. The wini picked up the animal, tore the buggy and harness away, lifted him completely over the cable and then turned loose before the bride broke
 Stood on His Head.
 MT. Todgkins, proprietor of the hotel, was standing on his front porch when it fell in on him, knocking him unconsci- ous. H. R. Nicely was standing in inc door of his store when he was picked up. and spun around on his head in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-26

 Iart of his scalp.
 Jim Thompson was standing in the rear of the Mercantile company. The wind threw him through the open doors of freight car and buried him under the ruins of house 100 yards away. Rev. J. l.. Ray was torn loose from tree on one side of d street, made an unsuccessful grab at telegraph post as he assed in the air and managed finally to hang on to a wire fence.
 Agricultural school to be injured were Joe Drake and Young Cooper of Collins vile, and that not seriously.
 J. B. Roberts and John |. Scarber bravely started across the stfset to save a neighbours children who weke alone, but the wind caught and lifted them away, battering their bodies with stones, while the children were not molested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-26
GADSDEN PEOPLE
 ASSIST VICTIMS
Proceeds of Tag Day Are Devoted To Sufferers From Albertvlle
 Storm.

Gadsden, April 25-(Special.) .)-Although this was Memorial Day and the usual pre- gramme was carried out, the whole in- terest of the city was centered around people took the first trains for the strick
 en city and spent the day rendering what assistance they could in relief of the suf- ferers. All those who have been on the ground report conditions srch as no words can describe. The \ / ,r of it all will never half be told. \ ost of the doctors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-26

CONTINUED ON FACE 4.l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-26

the war cloud grew black about her in the troublous days of 60; and they were with her when the storm cradled nation was born.
 The tie that seemed to bind Senators Morgan and ePttus was as strong and as sweet and as gentle as that of David and Jonathan. In life they were fast friends, and God did not long leave the one to mourn for the other
 For them as good and great men their people mourn, and it will be long before grand old Alabama shall see their like again.
 ''As our southern springtime year by year sends forth the sweet aR ma of southern flowers the young men their Alabama village might we'll drop a\ }yer on their graves, and say, Here IN e ashes of two men whose lives all Alah.\ ' boys should emulate, and whose memories all Alabamians should ever keep sa- cred.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-26
DEAD BODIES SCATTERED
 FOR A THOUSAND MILES.
Reports From Mississippi Grow Worse and Death List In Three Other States Has Grown Very
 Much Larger.


2 Atlanta, April 25.-Dead, 352; in- !. jured, 12l3. These are the figures
 g as near as can be estimated from
 2 reports received from the four
 g states swept by Fridays storm. . Communication has not been estb- : lished with some portions of the :
 l. country devastated. but it is be- s lieyed that the list below is near g correct as can be had at mid
 g night tonight: g Georgia, killed. 30; injured. 100. g Louisiana, killed, 10Si injured, ; l. S5o 2 Mississippi, killed, 1S3; injured, g $50. 2 Alabama, killed. 31; injured, 113.
 8 Total killed, 352 total injured, . g 1213.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-26
Dead, Dying and MainGd In Storm Number Nearly One Hundred and Fifty PITIFUL SCENES IN
 ONCE BEAUTIFUL TOWN Fully BOO People Are Thrown Out of Their Homes, and Property Loss
 Is Estimated At
 s3oo,ooo.
CALL FOR AID.

Albertviile, April 25.-(Special.) . To the Beneficent Public. Whereas our town of Albert
 : vile, Marshall county, Alabama,
 and surrounding country has been largely destroyed by cyclone, leaving many of the people home , less, helpless and poor, many dead and a large number wounded, we , ask for charitable help for the homeless and needy.
 Rev. J. R. Stodghill. Chairman. ; Hogan Jackson, Treasurer.
 j. R. Hobdy. Secretary.
 J. R. sherman, Malor.
 Rev. W. K. Simpson, E. L. Hoop CT, T. B. McNaron, w. W. Curry, J. b. Brown, A. c. Walker, E. O.
 o. McCord, Relief Committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-26

Mobile. Ala, April 25.-Reports received from Richland. Miss, tonight say that information brought there today from the outlying territory show seven deaths all white, as a result of the tornado of Fri day. The dead:
 Will Newell wife and two children
 Sim Newell and child.
 Armstrong and one other man unidentl- fled.
 A subscription was opened at Rchland for the relief of the sufferers. Fort Deposit was badly damaged by the
 Fort Deposit was badly damaged by the being blown down and three people killed. The property damage will reach $1O,O0O
 William Easterlin, a white timberman or the river, was blown from the steamer Hardwood in Mobile harmon, while help ing to load the vessel and struck barge lying alongside. His neck was broken in the fall.
 The passenger trains on the Mobile and
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-20

blanket certificate of good character.
 All of these estimable persons will be glad to hear that the real male factors" have been pilloried and that sin has been properly punished. MT. Hartman and MT. Ryan in particular are luminous examples of the manner in which the pillory has been operat- ed. MT Ryan has demonstrated that he is grand-iury proof, and MT. Harri- man has not even answered the ques- tions put to him by Mir. Roosevet's interstate commerce commission fif- teen months ago.
 In view of what has happened to the real malefactors and what has happened to The American business men" who are not malefactors, being a malefactor seems to be one of the safest occupations in which anybody can engage under a Roosevelt admin, istration.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-20

There is little doubt about the sue cess of the democratic ticket in this city next Monday. The republicans are making little progress in their at tempt to secure support for their ticket from the democrats. They have no argument in support of such a plea to democrats who have named excellent men for the city offices and in several instances men who have served the city faithfully in the past. It is conceded, even by the republi- cans that the policies adopted by the democratic city officials in the past has resulted in giving to the people an excellent city government and as good city government is what the people want they will naturally be in clined to continue it in the hands of those who have made good in the past. Pleas for non-partisanship ac- tion always come from the minority party no matter where it is, either in city, county or state campaigns. It is simply a plea of those who are hun gry for office. Democrats should vote for democrats when the party puts up worthy men such as are now be- fore the people on the democratic ticket.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-20
For the Waist.

Now that the lingerie waist Is so very generally worn in all seasons, the girl who travels likes to know of some way in which she can keep her supply clean and fresh.
 It is always better to carry one's waists in the top of the dress-suit case, where they will not become so badly crushed and can be held in place by straps.
 A very dainty case in which to carry them can be made of some fancy cretonne cut something like an oblong envelope, excepting that the ends should be left square, and should be long enough so that when folded over they will overlap at the center; then bring up the sides, cut to a point SO that they will meet at the center just like an ordinary envelope, and tie.
 The case should be bound all sround with satin ribbon, with ties on the points, and when closed should be just large enough to it into the suit case.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-20
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