OREGON
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, J tJLY 13, 1900.
NO. 30.
vol. xvi r.
MIST
THE
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of th j Telegraphic
News ot thr. World. 1
I'KKSK TICKH FRO JiiK WIRES
An InlvrMtlits Collpittloii if Item Kritin
' tho Twn llomlNplieree lra nw 1
In it Owidaiiaed form.
Twenty thonaaud ChImno solder nru
within l'vklu whIU, 80,000 oukitle.
Admiral Kempf! reports that the dm
gon is uut In u dangoroua ponltiou.
The Herman minister lit Pekin has
been killed.snri other lugatioUK are uu
Uor selge and starving.
The cruiser Philadelphia arrived nt
Astoria t take imrt In the Fourth ot
July celebration there,
The steamer Danube airived nt Na
nslmo, ll. C, five (lavs from fckugway,
Wltl) 40 lUMHMU((OIM mid $70,000 iu
gold duat.
At a laat hop of saving foreigners In
Pekin, the powers way now threaten
to doxtroy the -grave, of iho luip'riul
ancestors.
Fire destroyed tho luriie soap and
fertlltlug phtutnf tho Walker-Strut-man
Cutnnauy at Pittshurg, causing a
loss ot $70,000. ,
A scandal In Klondike. Gold Com
missioner 8tnklr ii charged with il
legal grants to persons with whom be
wm partner.
Lou Crnier, ol Indciieuilouco, Or.,
a pioneer ol 18112, committed suicide
by hanging himself. Jo cause U
known lor the deed.
The fotir-oarod race betwoon Penn
sylvania, Columbia and Cornell crewi
wm won by tho former. The race took
plat-eat PoughkeeiiHle, N. Y.. r
At Chanter park, Cincinnati, W. A.
Rut and F. llansmau, of New Haven,
Conn., on motor tandem, mode
mile in 1:29 4-5. Thia givos them the
world'! record (or a cement track.
lly the Imratlng of a reservoir of the
city water work of Croud Rapidi,
Mich., 100.000.000 gallona of water
wit precipitated upon a thickly popu
lated diatrlct of tin oity, doing dam
age eMtiinated at huudredi of thousand!
of dollari.
The JJoxer war la carried into Texas.
Aocording to advices a fight recently
occurred between eight cowboys and
ranchmen and Chinamen bolongiug to
the l'el Chung colony, located iu Du
val county. Four Chuninen are known
to have been wounded, one fatally. A
cowboy wm wounded In the cheat.
The timely arrival of a detachment of
atate rangeri aaved further bloodshed.
The itrength of the foieign forces at
prevent in Chiua are as follow!! Ger
many, 44 olllceri and 1,400 men; Great
Britain, 184 olll era and .1,700 men;
Auatrla, 13 officers and 127 men;
America, 20 officer! and 829 men;
France, 17 officer! and 887 men; Italy,
aeven ollloera and 131 men; Japan, 119
otnoun and 8,709 men, and Ituiwia, 117
ollloera and 6,817 men, with a total of
68 Held guna and 86 maouiue guns.
The Boers attackod Mamuionia, but
were repulsed.
The United State eruisor Brooklyn
baa proceeded to Takn.
Chinese have begun the desunction
( iniaaioua at Hhan Tung.
Today and hereafter you can tend a
letter to Hawaii for two cent.
At Angeles, Luzon, General Aquino
urrenderod to General Grant.
Chlneae iltuatlon exercises dopiessiug
Influence on trade in Germany.
Many worker! in Pittsburg are idle
pending the ad juatmeut ot wage acalei.
The poatofflce at Union, Oregon,
looted bv burnluri and $160 wai
carried away. ,
a wenlia acontlna in North Luzon re
inlted in 60 rebels being killed and 40
wonnded. One American was Killed.
The Indiana on llaiuy river, Outario,
threaten an uprising. Three thonaand
re gathered near the mouth of Itulny
river.
The great lumbor yard!, covering
bait a mile, at Ulaok hock, a suouro oi
Buffalo, N. Y., were burned, witn
low of $400,000.
The!teamshlp Nomo City, which
made the trip from l'ortlaud to Nome,
.unniul 47 iMwiide on the way, the
crews and passengers of two wrecked
choouors.
Over 110.000,000 worth of property
Juimviul. man Uvea loHt. mitUT
. persons injured and at leant 1,500 Uvea
imperiled by a nre on a oouk at
token, N, J. !
The transport Sumner arrived at
Dan VrinnlHco from Mnilllu With 48
aiak aoldierl, 70 diacharged men, 12
in.ana mttiflnta and 10 member! of
the hospital corns.
A .Tuuriul dlanntoh from Shanghai,
dated June 80, anya that all on board
h. Tinlrnd Hiatus buttleHhip Oregon
uhinh wnt aahore in the Calf ' To
Ohi Li, have been saved. There ia
louit chance that tho "essul may bo
floated.
Germans naturalized in America uie
in disfavor in the fatherland. -
TI.. mall nil nnr trust. 0UO Of tllO
earliest and best known of the com
blnationa, has asked (or a receiver.
Since January 1 174 national banks
have been organlaefl. uu juue mw.
were 8,764 national bauks in the ooun
try.
Carloton college at Northflold, Minn,
hai reoeived $30,000 from Dr. P. K
arsons, of Chicago.
LAI kR NEWS.
Many proatratlon from heat in New
York oity. . .
Two more Britiab warships have been
ordered to China.
A Franco-American alliance is pro
posed by an euthnaiastio Frenchman.
Fire In the buainesi section of Pitta
burg caused the death ot four person!
and injury to six others.
l'iie in the Cramp's shipbuilding
yard near Philadelpha, destroyed prop
erty to the value oi $200,000.
Nine deaths in one day in Chicago
from extreme heat. The record for a
week is 37 deaths and 96 prostrations.
The total number of bodioi recovered
from the recent lioboken fire now
number 148, and 140 persons "are re
ported missing.
A cyclone, accompanied by a cloud
burst and hall atorm, swept over Kala
mazoo, Mich., resulting' in damage to
property of $100,000.
On June 17, the Chicago ft North
western railway opened for traffic their
new line from Jielle Plaiue, la., to Ma
son City; also their new Fox lake
branch. The length ot this new lint
li ll)B miles, which added to their mile
age gives them total of 8,402.86
miles, the largest mileage of any rail
road iu the world.
The dock laborers' strike at Rotter
dam, Germany, is assuming threaten
ing proportions. The carmen have
now joined in the strike, and the police
and marines are guarding the streets
in order to check disturbances. The
strikers have picketed all the ap
proaches to the town, so as to prevent
uon-unlouista from entering. The la
borers ot Rotterdam will hold a mass
netting to discuss the best means of
aiding the strikers.
The orders recently issued for the re
moval ot a large number of troops fro-n
Cuba have been gladly welcomed by
the Cubans, and General Wood is in
receipt of many letters from various
municipalities offering thanks for what
they call bis dlsKsition to trust the
Cubans, and declaring that the entire
island is in state ol absolute tran
quillity. The Tenth infantry, it is be
lieved, will leave the island shortly af
ter the departure of the regiment now
nnder orders to proceed home.
James W. Porter, of Chicago, has re
ceived a cablegram from Che Foo, an
nouncing that hi! brother, the Rev.
lleurv J. Porter, and hla sister, Miss
Mary H. Porter, missionaries of the
American board of commissioners for
foreign missioua, stationed at Pang
Cboanu, 200 miles south of Tien Tstn
had arrived aafelv at Che too, July 6,
coming overland from Chilian Fn, cap
ital of the province. They were acoom
panied by the Rev. I). P. Perkins, an
other missionary stationed at Pang
Chuang.
President Kroger is reported to have
moved to Nelspruit.
Eight deaths from extreme heat are
reported from Chicago.
In a wild plunge ot a street-car into
a gulch at Tacoma, ou peopte were
killed and 00 injured.
Elizabeth Chapman, a Salem pioneer
of 1848, died at that oity in her 81st
year, ot a complication of diseases.
An explosion ol flrewoiks in Phila
delphia oaused the death ol lour ciiu
dren and the fatal injury oi tniee oin
era.
By the explosion of an oil tank in
Parkeraborg. W. Va., six men were
blown to atoms and three others fatally
in J urea.
Thrna men were killed: one wound
d in a wreck on the Delaware. Lacka
wanna ft Western road at Durkla'i
Cut, noar Ileoryville, Pa.
Southern provinces of China are
Ariftlnir au-av from the em Dire. Li
Hung Chang ami the friendly viceroy!
are engineering uie movement.
The foreigners in Pekin will be left
to their fate. The allies cannot rescue
thein on aocount of the overwhelming
force of Chinese tnat oppose mem.
Th TTnitwd Htates battle-sliiD Ore'
gou, whloh ran ashore on tne isiana oi
llnu, Ka. In the Miatau uronD. 85 miles
northeast of Che Foo, ou June 28, has
been floated.
Tho atnamnr Diriiro ariived at Seat
tie from Skagway, bringing 10 boxes ot
gold dust, valued at nearly tBOO.ooo.
The Diriiio oarrlea Ti passengers,
mostly from Dawson.
Rnur.Arimlrul Bare, now command
aut of the Norfolk navy yard, has been
...Inofnrl tn succeed K ear-Admiral
Philip, deceased, as commandant of the
New York navy yard.
rthnrlna VV. Dickinson, inventor of
the geometry O lathe, which made a
suocessful counterfeiting oi Danic noma
iinnnMibla. ia dead at bis home in
Belleville, N. J., aged 77 years.
Tn ita ttfl ttt errand staff of the Rus
inn armv ant(mated the Chinese army
to number 1.720.000 men. He also
.oM that uluint 000.000 Mausers have
been imported within the IubI three
years.
from TtoinbaT sari that
tn all anmt three districts cholera is
raging in Bombay presidency, the oases
reported for the week ending june so
numbering j)0,G89, and the deaths, 12,-
888. ,
i n,An.ni ataht in Manila ll
Pit ..Inn nimWnt or washerwoman smok
lug a large cigar and clothed in a low
necked a-own. with flowing sleeves and
a handsomely embroideried silk scarf.
Partlok Sharkey, who died at theagi
of 88 in East Cambridge, roass., was
the last survivor of the fonr organizers
of the Father Mathew Temperance so
nUtir tlm oldest association of its kind
among the laity ot the Roman Catholic
church, .
BRYAN IS NOMINATED
Unanimous Choice of Kansas
City Convention.
ON A FREE COINAGE PLATFORM
Wsbator Davis Arraigns fit Rrpnulloaa
Party tm I.oW ot ayinuathy
fur th Uuor.
Kansas City, July 6. William
Bryan, of Nebraska, was tonight
unanimously placed In nomination as
the Demnoratio candidate for president
of tho United Htates, on a platform op
posing imperialism, militarism and
trusts, ami specifically declaring for the
free coinage of silver at the ratio of 10
to t. .....
The nomination came as the culmina
tion of a frenzied demonstration in
honor of the patty leader, lasting 97
Minutes, and giving utterance to all
the peut-up emotions of the vast mul
titude. It followed also a fierce strug
gle throughout the last 86 hours con
cerning the platform declaration on
lilver and on the relative position
which the silver question ia to main
tain to the other greariasues of the day.
It was late this afternoon when the
convention was at last face to face with
the presidential nomination. Early
in the day there had been tedious de
lays, due to the inability of the plat
form committee to reconcile their dlt-
ferencea and present a report. Until
this waa ready the convention managers
beguiled the time by putting forward
speakers of more or less prominence to
keep the vast audience from becoming
too restless.
Tne first session, beginning it 10
o'clock this morning, was entirely
fruitless of results and it wai liot un
til late in tbe afternoon, when the eo
ond session had begun, that tbe plat
form committee was at last able to re
port an agreement. Already its main
features, embodying the 16 to 1 princi
ple, bad become known to the dele
gates, and there was little delay in
giving it unanimous approval. This
removed tbe last chance for an open
pture on questions of principle and
i tbe way clear for the supreme
entoi the day the nomination of tbe
presidential candidate.
The vast auditorium was Alien to it
utmost capacity when the moment ar
rived for the nomination to be made.
Not only were the usual facilities af
forded by ticket! taxed to the utmost,
but tbe doorkeepers were given liberal
instructions, under which tho aisles
and areas and all available spaces were
packed to their fullest limit. When
the call of states began for the purpose
of placing candidates in nomination,
Alabama yielded its place at the head
of the list to Nebraska, and Oldham, o'
that state, made his way to the plat
form for tbe initial speeoh, placing Mr,
Bryan in nomination for the presi
dency. The orator waa strong-voicad
and entertaining, yet to the waiting
delegate! and spectators tbi-re was but
one point to his speech, and that wai
the stirring peroration which closed
with tbe name of William J. Bryan.
This was the signal for the demon1
'tration of the day, and with a com
iion purpose, the great conourse joined
iu a tribute of enthnsiastio devotion to
the' party leader. All of the Intensity
t former demonstrations and much
more was s)dded to this final tribute to
the leader.
When the demonstration had spent
itself, the speeches seconding the nomi
nation of Mr. Bryan were in order.
Then came the voting. State after
state recorded its vote in behalf of the
Nebraska candidate, giving him the
unanimous vote of all tlio states and
territories. The convention manager
bad already agreed that this waa suffi
cient work for tho day, and the vioo-
presidential nomination was allowed
to go over until tomorrow.
Next to the demonstration for th
lavty candidate, the greeting ot th
announcement that imperialism waa to
be the paramount issuo of this cam
paign was tho most spontaneous and
significant Of the day.
Another stirring event of the day
Wis the appearance of Webster Davis,
ex-asslntant aeorctury of the interior
under McKiuley's administration, in
speeoh severely arraigning the Repub
lican party for its lack of sympathy for
the Boers and formally announcing his
allegiance to the Democratic party.
Victims or rtnlioknn Fin.
New York, July 3. Up to 11 o'clock
last night 120 bodies had boon recov
ered from the waters ot tho North
river. Thero are yet over 125 people
missing.
. A large eleotrlo light plant will be
put in at the Cornucopia mines In
Union county, Or. The waters of Pine
creek will be utilized to operate the
machinery, Work on the same will
begin Immediately.
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Imperialism Annoone.d as tbe Para
mount luo.
Kaunas City. July . Following ia
tbe official text of the platform as
ageed upon by the committee on reso
lutions and presented to the conven
tion: . v
We, the representative! of the Demo
cratic party of the United States, as
lembled in national convention on the
anniversary of the adoption of the Dec
laration ot Independence, do reatiirm
our faith in that immortal proclama
tion ol the inalienable rights of Ameri
cans and our allegiance to the constitu
tion framed in harmony therewith try
the fathers of the republic.
We bold with the United States su
preme court that tne ueoiarauon oi
Independence is tbe spirit of our gov
ernment, of which the constitution is
the form and letter. We declare again
that all governments instituted among
men derive their just powers from tbe
consent of the governed; that any gov
ernment not based upon the consent of
the governed is tyranny; and that to
impose upon any people a government
ot force is to substitute tbe methods ol
imperialism (or those of tbe republic.
Believing in these fundamental prin
ciples, we denounce the Puerto Rican
law enacted by a Republican congress.
against the piotest and opposition ol
the Democratic minority, as a Doia ana
open violation of the natioq'i organic
law and a flagrant breacu oi tne na
tional good faith.
We condemn and denounce the mil
lupine policy of the present ad ministra
tion. It has embroiled the republic In
an unnecessary war, sacrificed the
lives of many ot ita noblest sons and
placed the United States, previously
known and applauded throughout the
world as the champion of freedom, in
the false and un-American position ol
crushing with military lorce the efforts
of onr former allies to achieve liberty
and self-government. '
We oppose militarism. It means
oonqnest abroad and intimidation and
oppiession at borne. It means tbe
strong arm w hich has ever been fatal to
free institutions.
We pledge the Democratic party to
an uuceaslng warfare in nation, state
and city against private monopoly in
every form. Existing lawa against
trusts must be enforced and more
stringent ones must be enacted provid
ing tor pnblioity as to the affalri of
corporations engaged in interstate com
merce and requiring all oorporationa to
show, before doing busineaa outside of
tbe state of their origin, that they
have no water in their stock and that
they have not attempted and are not
attempting to monopolize any business
or the production or any articles oi
merchandise.
We condemn the Dingley tariff law
as a trust breeding measure.
We reaffirm and endorse the princi
ples of the national Democratic plat
form adopted at Chicago in 1896, and
we reiterate the demand 'of that plat
form for an American financial plat
form adopted byjthe American people
tor themselves which shall restore and
maintain a bimetallic price level, and
as part of such system the immediate
restoration of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at the pres
ent legal ratio of 16 to 1, without wait
ing for tbe aid or consent of any other
nation.
We favor an amendment to the fed
eral constitution providing for the elec
tion of Untied States senators by direct
vote of the people, and we favor direct
legislation wherever practicable.
We are opposed to government by in
junction; we denounce tbe blacklist
and favor arbitration aa a means of set
tling disputes between corporations and
their employes. -
We favor the immediate construc
tion, ownership and control of the
Nlcaraeua canal by the United States
We favor an intelligent system oi
improving the aiid lands of tbe West,
storing the waters for purposes of irri
gation and the holding of such lands
for actual settlers.
We favor the continuance and strict
.1 V 1H1UA HI. WUllllUHUV "---
forcement .of the Chinese exclusion
law, and ita application to the same
classes of all Asiatio races.
Speaking,' as we believe, for the en
tire American nation, exoept its Re
publican office holders, and for all tree
men everywhere, we extend our sym
pathies to the heroio Boera in their un
equal struggle to maintain their liberty
and independence.
Believing that our most cherished
institutions are in great peril, that th ,
verv existence ot our constitutional .
republio is at stake, and that the decis
ion now to be rendered will determine
whether or not our children will enjoy
these blessed privileges of free govern
ment which have made the United
States great, prosperous and honored,
we earnestly ask for the foregoing dec
laration of principles the hearty sup
port of liberty-loving American people,
regardless of previous party affiliation!.
Tho Ticket mud.
Kansas City, July 7. The Demo
eratio national ticket waa completed
today by the nomination ot Adlai E.
Stevenson for vice-president. The
nomination was made on the first bal
lot, state after state joining in the wild
scramble to record their support of the
winning candidate. It was not ac
companied by any soon frantic demon
stration of approval as had marked the
proceedings at previous stages.
" glpldo, Would-bo-Aasaatln.
Brussels, July 9. The assiae court
today returned a verdict of guilty ot at
tempt to kill the Prince of Wales
against Jean Baptist Sipido, who
fired at the ptinoe in this oity, April
14. The court considered that Sipido
aoted without discernment, and sen
tenced him to reformatory mntil he
shall have attained bil majority.
Meert. Penohot. and Moirere, the In
stigators ot the attaok upon the prince,
were acquitted on the ground that they
oousdiered the plot a Joke.
GIVEN A FREE HAND
Japan Will Try to Suppress
the Trouble in China.
HAS TUB CONSENT OS RUSSIA
Thirst for Blood prjlln In Alt th
ttorthora rrovineaa Prlueo
Tuan'a Coup d'K tat.
Condon, July 7. The Russian gov
srnment announces that it will give
Japan a free band to apply military
force in China. The terms of this con
tent are summarized in tho subjoined
dispatch from St. Petersburg, under
iate of July 6:
"Under inquiry from the Japanese
cabinet regarding the dispatch of Ja
panese troops to China to render aid to
the foreigners-in Prkin, the Kitsslan
government declared June 27 that it
left tbe Japanese government full lib
erty of action In this connection, as
the Tokio cabinet expressed its readi
ness to act in full agreement with the
other powers."
It is in consequence of this, no
doubt, that Japan is preparing to em
bark 20,000 more troops. Political
considerations that were thought to
have been influencing the action of the
powers are thus laid aside for a mo
ment, at least, by the governments
supposed to have tbe clearest purpose
respecting China's future. Japan's
sending of troops can have little bear
ing on the fate oi the foreigners In Pe
kin. -v,
Baron llayashi, tho new Japanese
minister, who arrived in London Fri
day, said that 10 days would probably
be reqniied for the carrying of troops
to China. His dictated statements
contained these sentences:
"If all the conditions Japan has
asked were conceded, 1 see no reason
why Japan should not undertake the
task of suppressing the trouble. Tbe
powers are all agreed in wishing to put
down tbe rebellion, but it does not
seem that they are agreed on tbe
means."
From this authoritive utterance it is
inferred that Japan demands condi
tions, and that the concert of the pow
ers is a little jangled.
Details of further horrors in Pekin
are gathered by correspondents at
Shanghai from Chinese sources, espe
cially of the slaughter in the Chinese
and Tartar city of thousands of native
Christiana, so that the capital reeks
with carnage. The ruthless thirst for
blood is spreading in all the northern
provinces; and wherever there are na
tive Christians tbe scenes enacted in
the capital are reproduced in miniature.
From these provinces nothing further
somes regarding the legation forces,
ixcept a repetition that they are all
dead. The correspondents aver that if
tbe Chinese officials in Shanghai
wished to throw light on the real state
of affi.irs in the capital they could do
so, and, therefore, the worst reports
are accepted as true. -
Prince Tuan's coup d'etat is de
scribed by the Shanghai correspondent
of the Daily Mail as a sequence to the
grand council of ministers at which
Yung Lia advocated the suppression of
the Boxers promptly. The dowager
empress gave her whole support to
Yung Lia, and a scene of disorder en
sued. Prince Tuan passionately inter
vened, backed by Hand Yfh. They
rushed from tbe council, and their par
tisans raised the cry, "Down with the
foreigners." The effect was electrical
The eunnchs, palace officials of all
jorts, and nioBt of the populace took
ap the cause of Prince Tuan, and bis
agents immediately put tho emperor
and the dowager empress under re
straint.
The Chee Foo ooirespondent of the
Express, telegraphing Thursday, says
that there is no longer any doubt that
disaster has overtaken thn Russian force
. ,
of 8,000 that left Tien Tsin for Pekin
June 11. Tbe Russians had a full
fivld gun complement, and carried their
own transports. As nothing lias lieen
heard from them for 24 days, it is at
umed tbat they have been over
whelmed. Trustworthy news is re
oeived to the effect that all tbe country
to the northeast of Pekin is covered
with the corpses of men and horses of
the Western gairisons. Fighting of a
desperate character took place in the
immediate neighborhood of Tien Tsin
June 80.
Takn dispatches say an attack in
great force ia expected a any moment.
Tbe Chinese commanders are awaiting
the arrival of more guns and reinforce
ments before making an effort to retake
the oity.
A dispatch from Shanghai to th
Daily Telegraph, dated July 8, says
the losses of the allies opto June 29
totaled 000. .
The trial of Philip Nordlund, who
May 13 last, on the steamer l'rins Carl,
on which he was a iiasmngar, murdered
seven men and wounded five others
and a woman and a boy, after which
he escaped in a boat to Koping and
waa captured the following day at Ea
kllstavana, was concluded ' at Stock
holm, Sweden, and lesulted in the
prisoner being convicted and sentenced
to death.
Native Fight for Boer Cattle.
London, July 0. A special dispatch
from Pretoria says that an iuter-tilbal
tight, in which more than 1,000 natives capital yesterday with tha usual ao
were engaged, ia taking place in the oompaniment of crackers, cannon and
nlaina of the Boer position. The fight. ' oratory under burning blue sky. The
It ii added, is for the possession oi the
Boer cattle.
Powder Kxploalon In ltnula.
St. Petersburg, July 9. An official
dispatch from Nikoii, dated July 1,
'says tbat 50 persous wero killed by an
' explosion oi powuor at uiuauou.
CAR'S WILD LEAP.
Carrlod SS to Daatb-Throo ova Ota
ora Injnrod, Mmf Fatally-
Tacoma, July 6. Nearly 100 people,
paaaengers on a car bound for thia city,
were plunged down gulcb at Twenty
lixth and 0 streets, shortly after 8
o'clock yesterday morning. Those who
were standing on tbe platform dropped
off only to be crushed and wonnded by
tbe heavy body of the coach, while oth
ers inside were killed and maimed be
fore tbey knew what had happened.
Tbe car jumped tbe track and was
smashed to kindling wood in the bot
tom ot tbe chasm over 100 feet below.
The dead will number nearly three
score, for there are many of tbe injured
who will never recover and who are
expected to die at any moment and
there are at least 60 of the passengers
f th oar now in the various hospitals
and nnder the care of their own pbysi
siani. The car which carried ita human
freight into a deep ravine instead of to
the city was No. 116, of the United
Traction Company's can, and waa on
the Edison line. It left Edison at
about 8 o'clock, in charge of F. L.
Boehn, motorman, and J. D. Calhoun,
conductor. Tbe car, which ii one of
tbe big box-like affairs, was crowded
to the doors, and every inch of apace
on tbe platforms' wai taken. Men
bung on the railings, and were glad to
be able to get a ride to tne city, lor,
like those inside, they were anxious to
arrive early, so as not to mise any of
the Independence day exercises.
Tbe oar ran moderately along, tbe
passengers chatting with each other,
for tbey were nearly all acquainted, and
everything was pleasant until it reach
ed th crest of the hill just beyond
Tacoma avenue. From this point tbi
stories differ. One ia that the motor
man, after starting down the , hill,
turned on his current instead of shut
ting it off, and when the car had gained
such a momentum as to threaten to get
away from him, he turned oft the cur
rent, but it was then too late, for the
ear waa going at ligntning speed, and
there waa nothing to bring it to a
standstill, for tbe incline is steep.
Paasengers on the front platform, who
saw the sharp ourve on the bridge as it
leaves DeLin street, endeavored to
lump. Several of them succeeded, and
reached the ground in safety, bnt oth
en were as badly injured aa they miht
have been had they remained on the
car to the bottom of tbe chasm
Where the car went off there is as
sharp ourve, at the foot of steep
irade. As tbe car struck the curve,
instead ot following tbe rat ia, it wninea
completely over and pitched from the
bridge, atnking on its top, tne neavy
trucks and body of the car crashing
the frail upper works to splinters and
smashing down upon tbe mass ot men,
women and children, with which tbs
car waa loaded.
It waa one of the most appalling ao
cidenta that has ever occurred in thia
city, and it came at a time when it wai
least expected. Here were happy peo-
ola. residents ot tbe nearby towns, Ed
ison. Lakeview, Parkland, Lake Park
and other places, coming to Tacoma
full of joy and patriotism to spend the
Fourth of July. Their journey was
nearly at an end when death interfered,
and claimed them ai his own in most
frightful manner. Crushed, maimed
and mangled, th unfortunates were
dragged from beneath tbe wreck of tin
car. and kind bands ministered to
tbem until conveyances could be bad to
carry them to hosptala and to the home
of their friends. The dead were laid
on the grass, but there wers few In the
crowds of spectators and rescnera who
gathered at the scene at that time whe
knew which were dead and which were
livinir. Such a spectacle of battered,
mutilated bodies ia seldom leen. A
member of the First Washington vol
nnteers. who has played a part on
many battle fields In the Philippines,
said he bad never witnessed such
sight. . '. '
FOUR
CHILDREN
KILLED.
Kaplosloa
Torrlbla
Effect of mm
Flroworka.
ol
Philadelphia. July 5. A blank cart
ridge fired at close range by a small
colored boy into a large collection of
fireworks of a highly explosive char
acter yesterday, cost the Uvea of fou
ohildren. the probable death of thre
others, and severe burns and lacera
tions to 20 other persons, only two of
arhom were adults. The dead are:
Carmel Dianno, aged 11 years; Charles
Feruaai, aged 11 years; two unidenti
fled children. Those who will prooab
lv die are: Isabel Derites, aged 8;
Jennie Diano, aged 5; Frank Naccitro,
aged 9.
The explosion occurred in front of
small shop ot Antonio Mammerello, on
Eighth street, in the most thickly pop
ulated section. The nreworics were on
a stand on the pavement, and consisted
lamely of giant firecrackers, torpedoes,
rockets and "ohasera." A crowd of
children were clustered around the
stand. A colored boy. Isaiah Harris,
was seen to point the pistol in the di-
r acton of the fireworks and fire. The
force of the explosion which followed
shattered the windows of many stores
and residences in tha vicinity, and the
scene was covered by a dense smoke.
When this lifted, the formi of more
than a tool a of children were found
lying on the itreet, burned and bleed-
tig. The owner of the firework! waa
arrested. Following tha explosion, the
police confiscated about three wagon
loads ot firework! In the neighborhood.
Tho Fourth at Whlnton.
Washington, July 6. The birthday
t the republio waa celebrated in the
Sons of the Revolution, the Sons of the
Amertoan Revolution and tha Oldest
Inhabitants' Association abandoned
their customary exercises at the foot of
the Washington monument and read
the Declaration of Independence In tha
cooler recesses of churches and the ho
tela. .
WRECK OF A YACHT
Six Persons Perished in
Lake Erie Disaster.
BOAT WEST DOWN IN A STORK
Bad fteainanfthip la laid to H Beea
taa Coneo of tho AeolileuC Ono
Paaeenfer Was aaved.
Cleveland, O., July 10. The schoon
er yacht Idler was lost in a terriflo
storm 16 miles off this port thia after
noon, with six persons, all members o'
tbe family of James Corrigan, wealthy
vessel-owner of this city.
Mrs. John Corrigan waa the only
passenger aboard wbo was saved. C.
II. Holmes, tbe captain; t-nmuel Big-
gam, tbe mate; lour sailors, two cooks
and the ship's carpenter were alto
saved. The yacht left Port Huron yes
terday with the family of Mr Corrigan
aboard and started to Cleveland. Mr.
Corrigan was ill, and left by tbe train.
At 2 o'clock the storm came up, and
inside of five minutes the yacht sank.
AU the women, except Mrs. John Cor
rigan and Miss Etta Corrigan, were in
the cabin when the gale came up.
They became panic stricken, and re
fused to leave the place. The men im
plored tbem to come to the deck, bnt
tbey refused. Mrs. John Comgau
clung to a cork sofa when tne gale
came, and wai saved. , Wben rescued,
Biggam said:
'It was about 2:05 wben tbe squall
struck ati The yacht laid down ou hnr 1
beam ends, and the water ' rushed
through the deadlights and companion
way a, and in tbree. minutes she sank. ,
Mr. James Corrigan, Miss Ida Corri
gan, Miss Jane Corrigan, Mrs. Charles
Roilly and the inlant daughter ol Mrs.
Reilly were all in the saloon below
wben tbe storm came on ui. Captain
Holmes gave me orders to take in sail.
and I transmitted tbe order to tbe men.
They obeyed quickly. The captain,
myself and tbe crew made efforts tn
save the women, but without success.
We told them tbe yacht waa sinking, .
but they could not or would not come
on deck, x waaeo into uie saioon
when the water waa up to my neck,
but Mrs. Jamea Corrigan would not
come out. She may have been rendered
incapable of action by fear and knowl
edge ot the impending doom. An
effort was made to take the infant
daughter of Mrs. Reilly out, bat Mrs.
Reilly would not let the child go.
It was realized that nothing coma
be done to save those in the cabin, and
attention was turned to saving those ou
deck. The latter, outside of the cap
tain, mate and crew, were Mrs. John
Corrigan and her daughter, , Miss Etta
Corrigan. The captain ana tbe crew
tried to get Mrs. Corrigan and her
daughter np on the crosa-treea in tbe
rigging, but the heavy sea washed
them all overboard.
"For God'i sake, Mrs. Corrigan, you
and your daughter keep a tight hold ou
the rigging," we called to tneiu.
"Even as we yelled the sea swept thero
and ns overboard. Fortunately, Mrs.
Corrigan had succeeded in taking hold
of a cork lounge. She clung to it and
was aaved."
Aocording to the testimony of several
sailors, the topsail, mainsail and jilt
were all set when the storm came up.
Thia is denied by Biggam, who declares
that they were in good condition to
face the storm. Captain Jamea Corri
gan declared tonight that good sea
manship could have averted the
tragedy. He is almost frenzied with
grief. The Idler was a staunch schoon
er yacht, which Captain Corrigan re
cently purchased from John Cudahy. of
Chicago. The survivors of the wreck
were picked up by tugs a few minutes
after the aocident and brought into
thia port.
Fli tenure rtromaa Died.
Pittsburg, July 10. Stewart Burns,
of Engine Company No. 4, who was
taken out of the wrecked Evans build
ing last night, died at an early hour
this morning, making the list of dead
number five. Captain Dan Campbell,
also of No. 4, who was thought last
night to have suffered the least injury
of any of those buried, ia tonight in a
very oritical condition, suffering in
ternally. The physicians considered
his chances of recovery very slight.
The other injured men are getting along '
nicely. All of the wounded men unite
in saying tbat their rescue was little
short of miraculous. None expeoted to
be taken out alive. .
No Budlee Yet Boeoverod.
Cleveland, O.. July 10. None of the
bodies of the six persona drowned by
the oapsiiaug of Captain Jamea Corri
gan 's yacht, the Idler, 15 miles off
this port yesterday, have yet been re
covered. On aocount of tbe high sea
still running, divers were unable to do
anything towards recovering the bodies
today. Another attempt will be made
tomorrow.
I , . .,
seattie, wasn., ju.y a
nre cauawu vy m MjnK.p. u. .....
oi a oareiess uujr ,,bj, u.
business block occupied by Holden &
Wilson. Randolph Gross and Rhodes
Bros., on Second avenue. The build
Uig d most of the contents ill a total
AH are believed to be fully Insured.
Tha Aahantoo War.
London, July 9. The colonial office
baa received a dispatch from Govreuor
Hodgson, of the Gold Coast oolouy,
aayiug that owing to tbe non-arrival of
the relief column at Atekwaute, June
26, and the reduotion of the food sui
ply he had decided to push through the
rebels and had deceived the enemy re
garding the route followed. The col
umn suffered great privations, but the
loaa waa only six men killed and sev
eral wounded.