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OUEGON, FRIDAY, JULY .'J, 1903.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehenalra Review of tha Import
ant Happcalnga of tha Paat Week.
Prcacntad la Coadenaed Farm, Moat
Likely to Prove Interfiling to Oar
Many Rtadera.
Poatinaelor General Payne will take
a vai ation for the heneSt of hi health.
The Colorado rivci i 27 feet above
it maximum height at Yuma, Arizona
liritain will pay tha American Htx t
unprw-edentiil honor on it arrival
there.
The president' firm stand for Poet
mutter General Payne baa lilenced his
critic.
ftuaala ha aummoned Miniater Lea-
ar and other official to attend a Man-
clmrian conference.
The treasury department ha pur
chaiwd 1U0.000 ounce of eilver for coin
age into Philippine money.
A total reward of 11,100 ia now
offered fur tbe arrant of Harvey Logan,
the eraped Montana trainrobher.
The lord mayor of London, a He
brew, rtayi Ji'ws can only obtain relief
in Kuaiaa br annealina- to tbe better
tide of the nation.
The New York and Chicago limited
on tbe Pennsylvania road was wrecked
near Luraa, Ohio. A number of pae
engsr were aeverely injured.
The employer association, of Kansas
City, ha commenced a fight against
union.
Mal Mullah hat deWtod the B itish,
capturing 2,000 soldiers and killing 30
orlieer.
The enemies of th Panama canal
were defeated in tbe first ikirmlsh in
the Colom' ian congress.
A passenger and frsighfcollided near
PeliTBburn, Va., killing two men and
injuring a number of others.
The Frem b cabinet face a criaet in
ita itand for community ichoolt in
place of congregational institutions.
It La U en brought out that the
postal frauds were largely due to wire
palling and "good fellowa" in office.
Harvey Logan, a Montana train rob
ber, in prison at Knoiville, Tenn..
made his escape by lassoing the jailrr.
The flood In New Mexico and North
ern Mexioc has driven many from their
home and ration are becoming Jshort.
Violent earthquake shock were felt
at Ealu, Hungary.
Ex-Post master General Smith denies
all charge of fraud.
Japan's partit ipation is the Lewis
and Clark fair ia assured.
An American named Thornton and
hia native scout have been slain in
Congo.
Dr. J. W. Jewett, for 40 years cus
toms examiner at New York, baa been
removed.
Kussia will refuse to receive the pe
tition of the Jew, which Roosevelt
will forward.
Emperor William, at a dinner, said
leu tons and Amreicans are bound by
ties of blood and relations should be
loter.
Almost the entire plant ol the Cin
cinnati abattoir company, one of tbe
largest in Ohio, has been destroyed by
fire. Loss, $300,000.
Peru has arretted a number of depu
ties wh were to take part in congress
on finding illegal documents in their
baggage.
In a raid by the police on the head
quarters of the Macedonian revolution-
st at Koetemlie, Bulgaria, six men
were killed and much dynamite cap
tured.
Seveateen New York murderers will
be executed within the next week.
Three tramps were killed in the
wreck of s freight train at Layfayette,
tnd.
i"Y.lnhl tnlMrranh wires are down
and proceedings of congress are not ob
tainable.
Definite steps toward tha erection of
t t nnfl nnn art museum in Chicago
have been taken by the National Art
Museum.
Interference by the Toledo humane
society stopped a butchers' contst lor
killing and dressing animals.
Andrew Carnegie has given f 10ff,000
to Utlcs, N. Y., college.
Tha rhlcaso nnenmatic tool comoanv
ha iWlaraH the retrulsr l'i tier cent
dividend for the quarter ending June
30.
Tha denartment ol agriculture will
locate at Nodochea. Tex., the largest
tobacco experiment station in the
world.
iVu0 1 flfWl oarnantara Amnloved bv
the various Chicago packing houiee
have struck lor an eigui nour any auu
60 cents sn nour.
Tha battleships Alabama, Illinois,
and Massachusetts and the cruiser
Brooklyn, accompanied by the May
Bower aa tender, have Bailed (or tbe
Asores llssnds for the summer man
euvers.
a fmm the volcano BanaraT. in
Icuador, have been falling for aeveial
days.
Three days of rain have helped to
dispel the fears ot s crop failure In
China.
PLUNGE OFP BRIDOB.
Spanish Train Qoa Into River and 300
art Drowned.
Madrid, July 1. Fourteen bodies
and fifty injured peraons have been ex
tricated from tbe wreck of the Bilbao
train which overturned at the Nejerilla
river laat night. According to oM
cial information, thirty persons were
killed and ixty others seriously In
jured. Many of the latter will die.
Of the 300 pastengers on the train. II
is stated that only six escaped unhurt.
The train, which was composed ol
two engine and 16 coaches, was cross
ing the bridge, when the couplings
broke between the engines. The iec
ond engine left the track and tell, fol
lowed by the entire train, into the
bed of the river. Fortunately, the wat
er was low.
The nearest medical attendance was
a mile and a half distant, and Ibore
passengers who were least injured sid
ed tbe others and did all possible until
tbe arrival of relief trains bringing
nurse, doctors and soldiers from Bil
bao. The train full fifty feet from tbe
bridge to the river bed, tbe coaches pil
ing up in a mass of splintered wood
and iron-work. The scene is described
as horrifying. Many corpses were car
ried down tbe stream, which wai ac
tually reddened with blood.
It was found impossible to extricate
number of the injured who were pin
ioned under the wreckage. A railway
guard wa arretted in the act of rob
bing the dead and narrowly escaped
lynching.
It ia believed that the official figures
underestimate tbe number ol killed,
some accounts giving the number of
dead as 100. The full extent of tbe
catastrophe will be known only when
the wreckage ha been cleared waay.
The latest dispatches from Sara
gossa, near which place the catastro
phe occurred, give the number of dead
as 00 and tbe injured as 100. The res
cue of the injured from the debris is
not yet completed.
COMET HAS TWO TAILS.
Obscrvatlona Made at the Lick Ob
servatory. San Jose, Cel.. July 1. The follow
ing report was received from Lick ob
servatory this evening: The conspicu
ous white tpct on Saturn, which was
observed at Lick observatory on
Wednesday, has not again been in a fa
vorable position for identification until
Sunday morning, when it waa looked
np at Lick observatory. Ihe spot ap
pears to have divided too far to be eas
ily distinguished.
The comet discovered by Borrelli s
week ago at Marseilles has been regu
larly observed with the 12-inch tele-
slcope at the observatory. It bas also
been fully photographed with tbe long
exposure, showing two tails.
Tlis is an unusual observation, as
only about one comet in 20 ia so situat
ed as to permit of this direct measure
ment. Ita nucleus is about the bright
ness of a US' magnitude star. It lies
due south at 2 :30 in the morning, 63
degrees above tbe horixon and is about
three-fifths of the way op to the xenith
In the stellar aquaria.
ELEVATOR QIVES WAY.
Twenty -Three People Fall Forty-Five
Feet All are Injured.
Pittsburg, July 1. The breaking of
a shaft on tbe first floor of the H. J.
Heinx company's plant in Allegheny
today leleased tbe ropes supporting s
long freight elevator, on which 23 per
sons were crowded. The cage fell from
the fifth floor to the cellar, a distance
of 45 feet, and every one on the elevator
was injured. It is thought that st least
two will die.
vVbeu the accident occurred tbe ele
vator was evidently overcrowded. Ac
cording to Dr. J. . Phillips, physician
at the plant, the antics ot two men on
the elevator, who were Intoxicated,
caused the disaster. Dr. Phillips says
the two men crowded into the car after
being told by the operator to stay off.
Once on, they commenced jumping,
with the result that the shaft snapped
and left the elevator without control.
Lands Reserved for the Navy.
Washington, July 1. The president
bas issued the first of a series of procla
mations under the Porto Kican land
act, reserving for the use of the United
States government such of the public
lands of Porto Rico as are needed tor
naval purposes. The lands reserved in
today's proclamation are 80 acres along
both sides of the Cagaus road between
the harbor and the railroad station, the
Isla Grande, all public lands and struc
tures on Punctella point, the park and
the presidio and the Island of Culebra
and adja ent keys.
Japan la Becoming Excited.
London, July 1 According to the
Tokio correspondent of the Times th"
excitement in Japan over the Man
churian problem is increasing and the
nation is plainly resolved to support
the government in any measures which
are deemed essential to assert me
rigths and safeguard the interests of
the country. Marquis Ito and Count
Yamagata, who hitherto advised a
waiting pel icy, now, advocate resolute
action by the Japanese government.
An Immense Landslide.
Ouray, Colo., July 1. An immense
InadBllde, 1,000 feet wide came down
f . I. n . I HnnA (n.n GIIva .M.b
1 1 U ill uiv uiam iaut.? .i.iu w.a.v. .
basin, beyond and between the Reve
nue and Camp Bird mines. Tbe whole
top ot tbe mountain broke off, and an- J
other section of the mountains looks ss
it it would break off. The slides are'
caused by the melting o' deep (now.
No damage has resulted. I
RAIN IN NEW YORK
FLOODS MANY STREETS TO A DEPTH
CF FIVE FEET.
Families arc Held Prisoner Lightning
Strikes Tammany HaD, But Doea N
Material Damage Oreatctt Lot I
Along th Water Front Sewer Cava
la With Fatal Results.
New Yoik, July 1. New York and
vicinity, as well aa ether parts of the
country, were flooded today by a down.
pour of rain, during which, in the
course of a few hours, about half as
much water fell as in tbe prolonged
period of wet weather last month, tbe
storm waa a-'com pan led by thunder and
lightning and Tammany ball and sev
eral other conspicuous spots were struck
by holts but no damage to iprsk of
done.
Streets in various sections of Greater
New York were inundated, and It is ex
pected tb damage by water will be
very great. The flood was most serious
along tbe shore front, on South and
Went streets, in tbe borough of Man
hat Un and in the Williamsburg section
ot Brooklyn, where much damage was
done by flood 1 2 years sgo.
For a good portion o the day bere,
the water in some of the streets was
four and five feet deep, and man) fam
ilies were held prisoners in their
homes.
Fifteen feet of a sewer which is be
ing constructed in Brookl) n caved in
and filled with mud and water. About
20 men were at work in the excava
tion, bnt all manned to escape except
Peter Sears, who, it is snppoced, was
caught in tbe flood and was washed
away in the sewer.
SECOND SFARCH BEdUN.
Qround Between tlcppner and Lexington
Will Be Covered.
Heppner, Or., July 1. Another
body was today added to the number
found. This was the body of a woman
dragged from the mud and slime of a
deep puddle of water in front of the
residence of William Dutton, two
miles below town. Though badly de
composed the corpse was identified 'is
that of Mrs. Clarence Andiews, s mem
ber of tbe ill-fated family of George
Swaggert. Searchers were attracted
to the place by the noiscme odors and
found tbe body partly exposed.
Yesterday tbe executive committee
went over the ground between Hep
pner and Lexington, to note the prog
ress of the work ot search and decide
upon future plans. The result was
that all men were called in and paid
off, -then three crews of ten picked men
each were selected and sent back to go
over the searched territory a second
time.
All cases of need have been relieved
temporarily, and Mrs. Britton, who
has had charge ol emergency work,
leaves for her borne at The Dalles to
morrow. Contributions continue to arrive.
Those which came today amounted to
2,345.72.
LAMP LIT MINE OAS.
Twenty-Four KlL'ed and Fifty Others In
jured in Explosion That Followed.
Barratoeran Coanuila, Mexico, July
Twenty-four miners were killed
and about fifty others seriously wound
ed in an explosion of gas Thursday
night in Las Esperanxas coal mines.
the property ol the Mexican Coal and
Coke company. The disaster waa
caused by the ignition of gas by the
flame from a defective lamp.
The men were on the point of quit
ting work tor the day. Probably 100
men were in the mine at the time of
the explosion. After the shock of the
explosion those who were able to move
rueshd to the exits, but the falling
earth and debris carried many down to
death. Fully fifty miners escaped
with broken limbs and scorched flesh.
At last reports the bodies of twenty
four detd men had been brought to
light. Othere may die aa a result of
tbeir injuries.
Caught Robbing Mall Boxes.
Harrisbnrg, Pa., July 1. Jacob
Devine was arrested at Colombia last
night charged with breaking open and
pilfering street mall boxes. Tbe postal
officials have been working at this case
for three months, and claim to have at
last captured tbe culprit.. Postoffice
Inspector Malone, of this city, says
Devine was detected breaking open a
box and the Columbia police notified.
When Devine was searched one ol (he
numerous decoy letters sent through
the mail by the inspectors was found
on him.
Robbed by Clever Rase.
Little Valley, N. Y., July 1. Rob
bers broke into s farm house two miles
from Limestone last night and robbed
James and Patrick Qiunton, who lived
there alone, ot 14.000. The Intruders
set fire to a mass of rubbish in the
yard, and when the brothers opened
the door to run to tbe fire the robber
bit Jame on the head, knocking him
unconscious. The other brother is a crip
ple. Both were bound and were not
able to releaes themselves.
Large Creosote Works Burned.
Mobile, Ala., July 1. A telephone
special from Pascagoula today says that
fire totally destroyed the West Pssca
golua creosote works, entailing a loss
ol probably (200,000. Tbe works
am ealil in be the lanreat In tha
South. The fire was caused by s piece J
of hot iron falling on the creosote. An
explosion followed. No one wss in
ured. . j
vn on
SHUT OUT FOREION WOOL.
Aaserlca Is Determined That Cattle DU
ease Shan Not Oaln Foothold.
Washington, June 30. A matter of a
good deal of importance has corns to
the attention of the department of agri
culture. A shipment of bulls tot
breeding purposes has recently gone
from Indiana to Argentina, in Sooth
America. Tbey developed foot and
mouth dissars before tbey got there.
Nothing ot this kind exi ta ia Indisns,
nor anywhere along the 'Ine of tr.v.l
to New York, from which port the ani
mals were shipped. Tbey nnonaatlnn.
ably contracted tbe diiease on board
the vessel that has been brlntrlna wool
from Argentina to the United States.
xne department has reliable inform-
tion that foot and mouth disease not
only exists In Argentina, but ha vi.t.
ed there for s considerable time. Sheep
are just as liable to thi di eaaa aa
cattle.
The question presented to tha dm.rt-
men! ia whether it will stop the impor-
taiion oi wool from Argentina and each
other countries ss have foot and month
diiease. The department will make
eareful inquiry into thi aobiect. Two
propositions ara presented. One is the
shutting out of wool from these conn.
tries altogether; the other ia the posai-
Diiuy ol diseofeeting at oar own ports.
ll exhaustive inquiry into tha coun
tries from which hides come shows
that we aia In i-ai !.. .i . . :
- - -- ' " -"ft". Ui gflt lUg
loot and mouth disease from these
countries, ana or two things will be Im
perative, via: Importation oe itopned,
or that such disinfection be had as will
P event the possibility of our getting
ajisa VaiCTTBOSJ.
SYNDICATE BUYS MINES.
Powerful Eaatera Company'; Will Spend
macB moacy la Utab.
8alt Lake City, June 30 State
Senator A. B. Lewis made tbe an-
nosuicement today that a powerful
Eastern syndicate had aconired hw
holding of Iron and coal landa In
Southern Utah, and would spend be
tween 125,000,000 and $30.000 000 in
opening the mines, building railroads
ana patting ap an immense steel plant.
Tothisend, the Utah Coal A Iron
Company will be incorporated next
waea under the laws of Coloradc. It
will have a capital of t20.000.000. and
will ieaoe bonds In an equal amouiat.
air. Lewis abeoln-el lafnaa to -n
whom he represents, except that they
are experts in tha i rOfi hnfil ntaaaa at xA
smply able to furnish tha last amount
of capital necessary for the undertak
ing. C. C. Parsons, a Denver attor
ney, is in this city now on business
connected with the corporation.
DUST CAUSES BAD FIRE.
tbpteaioa m Qreat Orala Elevator Re
nt u LOS of f 200,000.
Milwaukee, June 30. A fire aarlv
today in the big elevators owned bv tha
American malting company la shown to
navo oeen ceased by an explosion of
dust. Tbe buildinrs deatmvarl km
malthouse C, yearly outont 800 000
bethels of malt; engine house and boil
er room, three stories; elevator F, six
stories, capacity 25,000 bushels ; malt-
noose A, output 700,000 bushels; ele
vator was badly damaoed bv water.
but the efforts of tbe firemen saved it
from destruction. J M Poik. i i
manager of the American malting cam-
t "7i waue we loiiowing statement:
"The loaa to tha ntin nun .-J
contents will be about 1300,000. 1 es
timate that about 40,000 bushels of
grain and malt has been destroyed.
iuo uuiiuings atstrojeo contained 7J
paaouiuatic urama in wnicn all the
malt and grain was stored."
Oil Belt Ha a Fire.
Sour Lake. Tex.. June Sn MnoK
excitement prevailed in the oil field for
s time just alter the noon hour today,
eansed bv flamea anrinoinc nn nn ,k.
five acres ot oil waste belonigng to the
uuney ana lexas Addition companies.
The fire was eansed oy some one throw
ing a lighted match into tbe oil. For
a time the flame were fierce and led
to the belief that tbe big Guffey tanks
were on fire. Tbe surface accumula
tions soon bruned over and by S
o'clock the flames were under control.
The loss is insignificant.
Denies Postal Charges.
Washington, June 30. Tbe General
Manifolding company, of Franklin, Pa.,
criticism of whose contract with the
postoffice department presulted in the
letter of Third Assistant Postmaster
General Madden to the postmaster gen
eral asking for an investigation oi the
matter, baa sent to the postoffice de
partment a denial of the charges that
it was a non-union shop, and says it
bas never employed child labor In its
plant. Tbe matter will be investigated.
Expects Early Actloa oa Treaty.
London, June 30. The Times' corre
spondent at Shanghai telegraphs that
the Chineee treaty commissioners are
informed that the Pekin government
expects an early ratification of the Brit
ish treaty, which, says the correspond
ent, is adlaable, because, while article
8 bas not been accented in its eutlrlty
by all thep owers, ite eplrit le sdopud
in the present American and Japanese
negotiation.