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THE DALLAS WASCO COUNTY. OREGON. SATURDAY. MAY l. 1897.
VOL. VII.
NUMBER 22.
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Portland Yesterday.
THREE KILLED FIFTEEN INJURED
Imprisoned Fuwicn Have a Terrible
', BtruKCle for Life Demd AreW.W.
. V Blanchard, Newton Hansen and
' Catherine Baillie.
Portland, April 27. At a few min
utes before 7 o'clock this morning car
No. 52 of the City & Subnrban electric
line left the rails on i. East Morrison
street, a few feet east of the corner of
- East Eighth street, and, plowing its way
'.- across the bridge with a quick swerve to
the south, struck the sidewalk, and car
rying away planking and stringers,
. plunged into the slough below, taking
1 with it a score or more of passengers, of
whom three are dead :
'.' -W. W. Blanchard, engineer at the
- Acme flonring mills, 48 years of age,
living at East Thirty-fourth street, near
Taylor.
Newton Hansen, 16 years old, em-
' ploved at the Great Eastern Tea Com-
1 pany, residing at Sunnyslde, and '
. Miss Catherine Baillie, aged 25 years,
of Illinois, who was visiting Mrs. Alex
ander at Mount Tabor.
Others of the passengers have been
taken to their homes sorely injared.
CAR AND ITS PASSENGERS '
Car No. 52 was scheduled to leave
- Mount Tabor at 6 :35 this morning, and
promptly on time got away.' Motorman
John G. Keiffer was on the front plat
form, with Conductor Stephen Guthrie
on the rear. -. -
. All went well until the down-grade
' stretch leading onto the Morrison street
bridge at Eighth street was reached.
In the interim, between Mount Tabor,
ss street after street and station after
station on the road were passed, the car
had picked up thirty passengers, as the
. fare indicator rescued from the sub
merged car, afterward showed.
. Passing East Sixth street, and the car
entering on the gentle descending slope
toward the bridge, Motorman Kieffer, as
- is customary, cut off his power and start
ed the descent with the brakes alone.
All East Side residents know of the
rocking and swaying accompanying the
passage of an electric car onto the Mor-
rison street bridge, and therefore notb
ing was thought of the somewhat excess
of motion taken on by. car No. 52 nntil,
with a bound, it leaped the tracks above
Eighth street, and took to the roadbed,
Instantly there was a wild scramble
for the rear end of the car.
- Plunging and tearing along over the
earthen pavement the car flew onto the
1 .j .1 . 1 1
a rattle , and crushing of planking, and
then, at about sixty feet from the bank
the car swung off to the left.
With a crash the front truck of the car
struck the wooden curbing of the bridge
. walk. . Like so much pasteboard it gave
.way, and pushing the sidewalk ; to its
own width ahead of it. the car rjlnnired
: bead downward into, the slough twenty
feet below. .. , '
There was one agonizing scream from
the doomed oassengers as the car toppled
over, above which rang the cry . of Con
ductor Guthrie: "Jump, or you'll be
killed!" the brave fellow at the same
- time sticking to his post and going down
. with the car.
.ven as the car stood toppling on the
brink of the abyss,' the terrified shrieks
of the passengers had brought Dr. Ernest
Everest and his son, Fred, whose home
is opposite the point of the accident, to
the xcene. and as tha ear tnnk it wild
plunge these two men, assisted by neigh
bors, took their way down the precipi
tins river bank to the water below
V, l- (V.
".' A HORRIFYING SCENE. .
The scene presented was horrifying
Aside from the bodies of the dead, there
were to be seen those still living, but un
conscious and slowly drowning to death,
their struggles momentairly growing
more feeble, driving the . rescurers to
giant efforts in the endeavor to . save
those prisoned in the wreck.
The first victim extricated from ' the
wreck was Norton Hansen, aged 16 years,
employed by the Great Eastern Tea
Company and living with' his brother,
Mi Hansen, at Sunnyside.
W TT M 1 . 1 1 . I
- xoung Hansen was ieariuuy injured,
bis left thigh, left arm and back being
broken, while a terrible gash .had been
cut in bis groin, ' from which the life
blood welled in a flood. .
- "Take him to my home," ordered Dr.
Everest, and as tenderly as possible the
dripping form was carried up the steep
bank and Disced on a coach in the doc
tor's residence. '' V ": '
The next victim removed was little
Andy Gatzka, an ' Evening Telegram
newsboy. He had received .a crashing
blow on the head, cutting the scalp in a
- - - . - , -
long deep gasn. ana stunning me uoy.
He also was taken to Doctor Everest's
residence, where he is rapidly recover
ing. ' ; '"-".-
Following little Gatzka came the still,
inert body of W. W. Blanchard, station
ary engineer at the Acme flouring mills:
He was dead. The frothy foam on his
hps plainly denoted drowning, although
a sharp line of braises on the right Bide
of the face woald indicat that a blow
had prod need unconsciousness with
Blancbard's reaching the water.
The next body drawn from the wreck
ed and submersed car was that of a
handsome, well-dressed woman, appar
ently 23 years of age. Every part of her
apparel and appearance denoted the
cultured, refined lady. When taken from
the water, the body was still warm, and
every effort was made to resuscitate it,
but all efforts proved fruitless. . This
woman, as bad Blanchard, had received
severe bruises about the right side of the
face. This was Miss Catherine Baillie.
- . FIBS ALARM BOUNDED.
Ere this the full horror of the catas
trophe had loomed upon the crowd that
had gathered, and the need of skilled
assistance being given the rescuers was
appreciated. A fire alarm from box 234
was sent In. The department promptly
responded, and rendered much-needed
aid. . . :
THE INJURED. .
Before the arrival of the engines, Doc
tors Koehler, Johnson, Josephi, Panton
and Gillespie had reached the scene of
disaster, and as rapidly as the injared
could be carried to the street above,
their wounds were dressed. Those not
seriously injured were sent to their
homes in MouDt Tabor and Sunnyside,
while the dangerously wounded were
carried to the hospitals, the polic patrol,
hacks and express wagons being utilized
Some of the wounded were enabled,
after the first shock had passed, to make
their way to their respective homes un
aided, and it is impossible to gain their
names, but of those seriously injared the
following list has been obtained.
Miss Lizzie Lawrence, employe of the
Troy laundry, living at Glencoe, injared
internally. - .
Two Larsen brothers, of Glencoe one
had an arm broken and the other was
bruised about the shoulders. ..
William Gaskey, living at Glencoe,
arm broken and legs slightly bruised.
J. N. Casey, of 111 East Thirty-fifth
street, employed in Gadsby's furniture
store, injared slightly on the tight leg
arm. He will be able to be' at work is a
day or two. He was sitting in the rear
end of the car, but rose to' bis feet and
was hurled through the door, striking in
the water. - : - r ' -
Ernest Brown, an -employe of the
cigar-box factory on Front street, re
ceived a few slight ecratehes, but not
sufficient to prevent bim from attending
to bis . work. . He .. made his escape
through a window.
J. C. Butler, living at 1067 East Mor
rison street, was injared on the right
shoulder, and severely bruised about the
limbs. He was Btanding on the inside
of the car, the third man - from the rear
end. He went clear to the bottom, and,
paddling up to a window, broke the glass
and crawled out.- He , then helped to
take oat the dead woman.
Earl Hunter, a Sunnyside grocer man,
was slightly bruised in the back. He
occupied a seat in the center of the car.
in attempting to crawl through a win
dow,, he was pulled back three time by
some one clinging to his feet. He finally
kicked himself loose, and got ont.
C. M. Atwood, of 170 East Thirty.
fourth street, employed i as -. janitor by
the United Carriage ' Company, was
braised on one leg, and bad an ankle
badly twisted.
Robert Thompson, an apprentice elec
trician employod by the Portland Gen
eral Electric Company, right arm dialo-
cated and badly injured internally.
Face severely bruised. . He lives at
Mount Tabor, and was taken to Portland
hospital. : ; . -':' -. ' j -
Mr. Trissom, an old man,' living at
Mount Tabor, broken arm: taken to
Good Samaritan hospital. '
Mr. Benninger, of Prettyman's sta
tion, shoulder hurt, and a rib reported
broken; found his way. home unas
sisted. - -'. '., , ; .
j Unknown young man, wounded in the
head ; the wound was dressed by Dr.
Baflety. ) ; 'V
C, C. Miller, of Miller, Smith i Co.,
grocers, at West Park and Washington
streets, internal injuries. . .
George Howell, of Sunnyside, cat and
braised about the head and shoulders.
R. . 0. Collis, of 942 East Morrison
street, rib probably broken; internal in
juries; head cut.' . .; .
B. L. Collis, of 942 East Morrison
street, hurt about head and shoulders. ' '
. - Aldebert - Matteson, managor Palette
Printing .. Company,- living at Tabor
Heights, arm dislocated and internally
injured. ' Taken to Good Samaritan
hospital. ''''."' ' ':-
. -Conductor Guthrie, arm broken and
received , internal injuries which, may
possibly result fatally. - He was removed
to Good Samaritan hospital.
' Motorman -Kieffer jumped before the
car took its fatal plunge and escaped
with a few slight broises, being able to
reach bis home within a short time
after the accident. - ' .
' A. Teller, of Mount Tabor, injared in
right shoulder and arm.
. SEARCHING FOR FURTHER DEAD.
Immediately following the. accident
Superintendent H. C. Campbell, of the
City and Suburban road, with a force of
men arnyed on the scene and proceeded
to the raising of the car. ''
Rumor had it that from four to six
bodies were imprisoned beneath the car,
some morbid individuals going so far as
to state that they had positively seen
human form 8 lying dead beneath the
wreck. -,, .
with Blocks and tackle the car was
raised and a diver sent down to explore
beneath it. His report eased much of
the suspense felt by friends ' and rela
tives of those who were supposed to
have been on the car and were yet un
accounted for. There were no more
bodies beneath. -
INGULFED BY A WAVE.
An AppallaR- Calamity Befall the
- of Guthrie, Ok.: -'
City
Kansas Citv, April 28. A special to
the Star from Guthrie, Oklahoma, says :
A terrible flood in the Cottonwood river
suddenly engulfed West Guthrie shortly
after sunrise this morning. - There is
reason to believe that fully a score of per
sona were drowned. Hundreds were
driven from their homes, and many
houses were swept away. It is the most
appalling disaster that ever befell Guth
rie.
The Cottonwood river is a small stream
scarcely more than 40 feet wide, that
winds in many curves between the banks
in West Guthrie, which lies in a level
yalley. Terrific fain fell yesterday
afternoon and the greater part of last
night. The river was already full from
the heavy rain of several days ago. Still
no great alarm was felt last night.
At about 6 a. m. the' river began to
rise as if . by magic. Then it jumped
four feet in twenty minutes. This part
of Guthrie is. thickly settled, mostly by
colored people. ' Many began carrying
their household goods to places of safety.
Few made more than one trip, then they
were forced to flee for their lives. The
river burst from its banks and a raging
sea half a mile wide swept across the
valley, carrying houses barns and fences
before it.
To add to the horror of the situation
the main supply pipe of the waterworks
system burst where it crossed , Cotton
wood in the southern part of the city
and alt' the water in the reservoirs
poured into the river. During the night
the bridge leading across the river to the
city had been swept away.
Tnis morning when the flood from the
reBervoir came down in a solid wall and
cut across an arm of land near the main
land, it cut off the people from escape.
They fled to a higher part of the newly
formed island. ' "
The river at 9 o'clock was thirty feet
higher than the usual level.
DEBuE AT LAST ELECTED SENATOR
End of the
Bitter Contest in Ken-
tacky.. ;
Frankfort, Ky., April 28. Deboe
was elected United States eenator today.
The vote was as follows:. Deboe 71,
Blackman 50, Martin 12, Stone . 1. . The
election was followed by a great demon
stration on. the part of the spectators
who crowded the chamber. ,
W. J. Deboe is about 50 years old, a
pative of Crittenden county, where he
was a practicing county physician for a
number of - years. His first political
prominence was his election to the state
senate, four years ago. He is still a
member of the state senate. ,
We Can afford tO Say:
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back ; Oil What ' yOU dOn 1 1
like." .
Your tea-trade for. the
rest of your life is worth the
risk and besides, there is
no risk. " :-v' -'
A Schilling & Company '
.San Francisco
437
PLACE OF DESOLATION
Five Hundred Homes Went
Down to Destruction.
SCENES IN THE FLOODED DISTRICT
Number of Lives Lost Is Now Estimated
at Twenty-Five Water Is .
.'.' 1 '-, Rapidly Recedlhr.'
' Wichita, Kan., April 29. A special
to the Beacon from Guthrie says :
- The ecene in the flooded district this
morrling is one of desolation. . The river
went down rapidly last night, and when
the son rose the awful extent of the
damage to propertv could be seen. The
river is still bank-full, but the water has
receded from most of the inundated dis
tricts. ' ' ,. : . ' -
mis morning most or the missing
people have been found clinging to bushes
or driftwood down the stream on - the
weet bluffs or scattered ' in '' the farm
houses. It is believed the death list will
not exceed 25, most of them being seen
to drown in the ' main channel during
the first rush of water. The bodies
were carried' away. : The only bodies
found this morning are those - of Mrs.
Fannie Raffin and five children, all
lodged in a pile of driftwood. These, with
George Owen, a butcher, drowned while
rescuing others, Frank Meyers Mrs
Dumas, Mrs. Jane Watt, Mrs. Francis
Moore, Mrs. Drummond, Mrs. Dennis
and child and Mrs, Watson, are the only
ones known to have been drowned,
though fifty or more are still missing.
Five hundred homes were swept away
and their contents rained. A hundred
and fi'ty bouses were wrecked, and. 20
streets devastated. One thousand peo
ple are homeless and half as many more
are destitute." The property damage ex
ceeds $100,000. "
Systematic relief work is being carried
ont and ferries are working across the
river so supplies and clothing can' be
Bent to ail. Many are being brought to
the unharmed part of the city to be cared
for in private houses. ' ' ' -
It is now certain the flood was caused
by a cloudburst 20 miles up the - valley
Everything: was swept before it. Had it
come two hours earlier thousands would
have perished. :
cbushi.no veiteat.
Ir.snrgenta Won the Battle of Pnrga-
- tory Bills- '
Ihew York, April 29. A Herald
patch from Havana says :
die-
The engagement which the ' Spanish
had with General Rodriguez in the
Pargatory hills, and which was reported
as a decisive Spanish victory, turns out
to have been the reverse. .
The SpaniBh columns encountered the
insurgents and attacked sharply, relying
on their superior forces. The rebels re
treated toward their camp, and succeed
ed in playing their old trick of drawing
the Spanish into an ambuscade. ; Gener
al Castillo arrived with reinforcements
while Rodriguez was engaging the Span
ish and fell upon their flank. The fight
ing lasted five hours, ' and in ' killed,
wounded and prisoners, the Spanish lost
280 men.
News comes from Santiago de jCuba
that 200 volunteers headed by a priest
and a prominent physician have joined
the insurgents because they were dis
satisfied with conduct of the Spanish
authorities,' and believed that -Garcia
would succeed in retaining his suprema
cy in the eastern province.
The situation at Banes continues to
command attention. ' Four crusiers and
several gunboats have been ordered there
to land a force to march on the port in
the direction pf ' Holquin. The rebel
force in and near Banes is estimated at
3000. ' ' W.-viY'.'- .-,-;;.
General Weyier came quietly back to
Havana yesterdav morning after a six
weeks' trip to Santa Clara, during which,
if he accomplished anything from a mil
itary standpoint, the fact baa been most
effectually concealed. It is now report
ed that he is going to Spain 7 Boon, but
the report is prolmbly due to the fact
tnat nM Bon 8allB APnl m-
. Tfc xxr a a rAnnrffki last iiaTit that an
surgent chief of importance kad been
a. T! J 1 T? TT. ! 1 M 1 A .
inriPra hnf. 'fTiA
statement lacks confirmation;
" From Matanzas and other towns in
Havana, Santa Clara and Pinar del Rio
comes the news that starvation and dis
ease are on the increase.
THE NEW GREEK CABINET.
Official Announcement of Its Personnel
. Made Today.
Athens, April 29. It is officially an-
nonnced this evening that the new cab
inet will be as follows :
President of the council of ministers,
M. Ralli; minister of war, M.- Simo
poulb; minister of finance, M. Carapan
os; minister of education, M. Toetoki;
minister of the interior, M. Stoyv ; , ,
After tomorrow's vote of confidence,
M. Ball Simopoolo will go to the Greek
headquarters at Pharsalos., '.
JAPAN'S IK! IS AROUSED.
Exclusion of Emigrants From
Hawaii
' Is the Cause. .
. - -. - - i
San Francisco, April . 29. Advices
from the Associated Press correspondent,
received by the Doric from Yokohama
this morning, say : ' - - -;'
The Japanese government is aroused
over the refusal of the Hawaiian gov
ernment to permit Shinshia Maru emi
grants to land at Honolulu, and has or
dered war ships to Honolulu 'to enforce
what the Japanese emigrants choose to
consider their rights. 1 The foreign office
instructed Hiogo Kencbo at Kobe on the
Sth inst., to stop the departing of any
emigrants for the islands at once.
Grave complications nave arisen, ac
cording to the Japanese official news
papers, over the action - of the United
States government in sending the Phila
delphia there. Japanese official organs
claim that the crusier has been sent as a
menace to the Japanese government,
and is significant that it . fortells annex
ation of the islands to the United States.
Kokumin is of opinion that this re
fusal of the Hawaiian authorities to ' let
Japanese emigrants land is -merelv the
first step towards affiliation or ' amalga
mation with the United States. '. It fur
ther says that the Japanese government
is opposed to the anion, and that it has
been definitely decided to send warships
to Hawaii, and that the minister for the
navy will select vessels for the service
from those in the standing squadron in
the near fatare. .
Yohiuri remarks that Shinshia Maru
should be sent back again under eecort
of Japanese warships and the landing of
emigrants demanded.' Should the de
mand be refused, Mr. ; Shimamura, the
Japanese minister, should be instructed
to offer strong objections. It also sug
gests that the Japanese government de
mand compensation from Hawaii!
Japanese official newspapers are full of
war talk such as this. Cbuwo states
that a telegram has been received by the
Japanese authorities to the effect that
England has Bent an intimation to the
United States government that she ob
jects to the intended annexation by the
atter of the Hawaiian republic. Sek
aino Nihon says that a series of tele
graphic communications are at present
passing between the United States lega
tion in Tokio and the United States gov
ernment, and is of the opinion that they
relate to the refusal of the Hawaiian
government to permit Japanese emi
grants to land. ' ' - ' .
We would like to look into the pleas
ant face of some one who has never bad
any derangement of the digestive organB.
We see the drawn and unhappy faces of
dyspeptics in every walk of life. It is
onr national disease, and nearly all com
plaints spring from this source. He-
move the stomach difficulty - and the
work is done.
Dyspeptics and pale, thin people are
literally starving, because they don't
digest their food. Consumption neyer
develops in people of robust and normal
digestion. Correct the and loss of flesh
and we cure the disease. Do this with
food. -' ;. ' ,- : . '
The Shaker Digestive cordial contains
already digested food and is a digester of
food at the same time. Its effects are
felt at once. Get a pamphlet of your
druggist and learn about it. 16
Laxol is the best medicine for chil
dren. Doctors. recommend it in place oi
Castor Oil.
There Is Nothing: So Good.
There is nothing just as good as Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, so demand it and do
not permit the dealer to sell you some
substitute. He will not claim there is
anything better, but in order to make
more profit be may claim something else
to be just as good. . Yon want Dr. King's
New Discovery because you know it to
be safe and reliable, and guaranteed to
do good or money refunded. ' For Coughs,
Colds, Consumption and for all affec
tions of Throat, Chest and Lungs, there
is nothing so good as is Dr. King's New
Discovery. Trial bottle free at Blakeley
& Houghton's Drug Store. Regular size
50 cento and ?1.(X). ' - .... ;3)
' Attention Horsemen.
The horsemen will meet at Bakeoven
May 1st, lor the purpose ot Having a
general round up. All horseowners are
requested to be present. - ! d
- . - - R. Bootek,
, - - : . ' H. C. Roopee,
' '- - ,'"'. ' ' .Feask Fleming.
mm
Absolutely Pure.
Celebrated for its great leavening strength and
healthfulness. Assures tne food HKnintit alum
and all forms of adulteration common to the
cheap brands. ,
Eotai. Baking Powdkb Co. Hew Yobk.
VISITING TOILETTES.
Th Are Made Thin Hrauon to Look Well
Pithoot Wraps. ;
: Toilets for calling' are "being '' built
with special reference to outdoor wear
without a wrap, or, at best, for a loose
cloak or mantle of fur; to be left in the
carriage or the hall: Bodices of heavy,
warmly lined broadcloth ore popular,
with boleros or small Etons of fur or
velvet. ' A tiny black velvet bolero is
trimmed down the rronts and most ooo
ly about its edg-e by a frill of thickly
plaited black ribbon which stands out
from the-figure almost like a ruche
above a very tight and nign ceinture.
of moire. The bodice beneath is plain
to the point of severity, with a military
choicer, about which is tied a black rib
bon, with a short, square bow under the
chin. Iu the tortoise-blue broadcloth, '
with "black velvet bolero, overlaid with
K-tiif-5 f'creani Honiton und eoracule
fur. black, moire ribbon ruffles, and
ceinture, the effect is stunning. Motifs
of fur and lace are used to trim the
skirt - in deep, square scallops, knee
deep, with plaitings of black ribbon
beneath. Whole blouses of glace-print- -
'ed velvet are very French j, with thick
ruches of fur about the throat, and
perhaps fur sleeves and a yoke of fur
on the broadcloth skin. Kucnes oi
'it CiT.lz ill u tjl nuirivunuiC) uuu u.
signers are capable of making-a fab
ric serve every purpose, however for
eign to its popular use. They are usually
.1 T . .
and very fashionable fur, that is so
adaptable. Ruffles of this fur are also
stylish. . They are, rather,- circular
flounces in different widths, sometimes
as an edge to a very short bolero, some
times encircling a skirt about.liem and
knees and still higher about the back '
breadths only, giving that smart, bouf
fant effect to the tonrnure. Chouc of
snKlp. of sonl. of Pci-sion lamb are worn.
formed by two loops of four and two .
sharply-pointed ends thrust through a
buckle under the chin, to fasten' a boa
or collar reaching far below the waist
and edged with, sable tails. f '
for these autumn days as a tight-fitting .
basque and a plain, skirt of ocarse can
vas so close that it seems woven of
tords, with1 fully, an eighth of an inch
f bright lining gleaming through its '
nit-shes. . Mack braiding put on by hand
ibout the basque and the hips, a small
mmr of nrfll vplvet Dim iiifick wine's.
with the tiniest of veils, the biggest of
araeuie and black feather ruches, and
V'ruffly muff to- match, with a coral
.'ining, make a smart ensemble for call-
:Ar.other costume for this weather.
vhen;loely woman goes out "in her
igiirc," is also of coarse canvas, with
a large lull dotting it an over, tne
color being a rich, purple, it Has a
black moire Eton, the short edgeslashed
into square tabs, wired to stand out
from the figure above the folded vel
vet ceinture, the" front rolling' away '..
from the waistcoat in stiff tabbed rev
ers.. The blouse beneath is of black
caracule, of which the sleeves are iiJso'
built, a velvet choker havrng caracule
wmgs naring out Deneatn eacn ear. .
V very rough and coarse serge is hand-
some, braided in black in a, broad band.
that encircles the skirt obliquely iu a .
spiral, a bow of caracule and a steel
buckle fastened on one knee, where the
braiding commences. A ceinture of
black moire, with flat post ilions behind,
reaching aimost to the knees, and a
big 'directoire cravat cf black moire,
finish' a peculiarly 'novel gown, the
sleeves quite covered with the braiding.
St. Louis Uepublic. " '
Take the First Rank.
cery takes firsrt rank as a lover oi ab
stract justice. Recently in stating an
account as master When the evidence '.
showed that a large quantity of corn
bargained to plaintiff had been lost
by the defendant's agent, whose duty , -
it was to deliver it to plaintiff, the reg
ister announced his decision as follows:'
"While, perhaps, the law and the evi
dence are on the side of the plaintiff,
I think it would be unjust that the de
fendant should lose all this corn. I, , .
therefore, charge the plaintiff with tha
corn. :'. , ; v..
New styles in
Btraw hats at A. M. ,
Williams & Co.'s.