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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (July 10, 1903)
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The lurifi'nt atiiii fver paid fur a pre emption itiaiiitoii IihihIh in Han i- raii iiMu, Aiiiiat 30, Hail, The tmnafer ia invnlvtil.in ruin and alo k Ilia.UH) 00, lid mi-l l.y a party of lmiiieiti mt-ii fur a aiM-t uit- fur tlriglit'i liiaaiie ami Ihnlif i.-a, Inihcrlo incuratiie dia eaai'it. They I'diiiiunircJ the avriuua in--lit!aliuii of ib "i ihi' Nuveuiber 15, lial. They interviewed leore of the cured and tried il out on it menu tiy ptil!Hif over three iloi n l aat-i on the irenlinent mid uU'liiti them. They a I mi trot ,lian'in to imme rhronie, in cnralile rurni, and ailininintt-red it with the phyali inna lor j i 1 I'p to All glial i'S, H7 per rent of the tent ( were either well or pro(iri.'!iiiig favoia hlv. There U-ing hill 13 per rent, of fiiihirea the partiea were ntiMiril and I'loned the tiannHtlioii. The proceeil U K" of the iiivemigaliiig I'ciiiimilee and the clinical report of the teat cane were pnhlixhed ami will tie mailed free on up pSiralioii. Aihlrea'the John J.l-ultuii liiinpaiir, I'.M, Montgomery atreet, San ! rancinco, l'!if. our t'tuiiirft to kfttrth tlit CDii i Kin In rrlniton (u laud IxtUtiit or I.'iti(.i tminey ou real- Irtko tin Uinli ttunl, tnt lul-l ttMm kuuvlii whal rrisarilfHif the ill,. An Ablrnrt Ik ai irniial at li lia.iiikf 11. W have th iiitly htt of .-(tlrail Vkotk nrotui-Uvf xtH'nit'.l atxl natHfncUou i.HHH-rtv lo incur ttt v u a rail. W ara A1I oiiMai1tl lit Iho w or Ui. It TOU ( u tiitt. iu and h will find ft bujer. n vh i-h ahou cl D. in every nome. Ita nod paper. nu mecnanicaiiy every nmm Journal lareaur iwomanaiine ill...,, leil tliiea on aubiecta prominently Hi i h seooud halt la devoted to the inter- t . f wear. , , pattern may be ordered. OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1903. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprthen.lvc Review of the Import, ant Happenlngi of the Past Week, frtMnted In Conacnatd Form, Moat Likely to Prove Intcreatlnr, to Oar Many Header. liulgaria I preparing for war with Turkey. The death of Pope 1.00 is expected at any moment. President l-oulwt, of France, is in London, the guest of Kngland. The Pemikvlvania fliwd death lint is now placed at 20 with 10 miaaing. The American fleet in Kuropean wat ers is now the gueot of Great Britain. The opinion prevails in Ruaiian dip lomatic circles that war is inevitable. Hhumroek III hss again beaten the old Unit and hIiows qualities which greatly elate Upton.' The United States and Great I ritain have en hanced counter cases on the Alafkan boundary matter. Ht. PcterBhurg oflicial circles criticise the diplomatic mtuhoils ol Count t'an aini in the MHiichurian matter. The norgo reaixmsible for the rioting at Kvanaville, Iud., ia fatally wounded and cannot live hut a short time. An cxpioHion on tbe Union Pacific near Morgan, Utah, killed twj men, fatally injured four and more or lose seriously hurt 10 others. I!eHrts show that 36 people were killed and 1.0U3 injured in fourth of July accident. A leading Ku sian journal charge the United Mates with diplomatic hy procripy in the Manchurian trouble. Kentucky feudists have agents in the field to found the men likely to be called oijhe next jury to try Jett and While ' The national aasociatfon of wholesale tailors have signed a niue-hour agree- uient at Chicago, which iiisores ica( until ll05. Twenty-one s'.persons, ouconscious from smoke, were rescued by firemen (torn a blazing four storv. frame .build, ing in Newark avenue, Jersey City. Dr. W. C. Brown, of. Philadeplhia. who presented I bill for f 190,000 for sen-ice rendlffiaT C. U Magee, the n.ite.1 politician, bas accepted the court award of 3 1,000. Severe fighting is reorted to have ivcurred at Oskin, European Turkey. Italy has installed an American tele graph apparatus between Rome and Naplea. Jamaica is greatly excited over an oflicial report that Costa Ricas is oust ing its bananas from the American nuiriet. The ameltinir plant of the Hearst estate at Silver City, N. M., has been destroyed by fire; loss. flOO.000; in surance, 115,000. Importation of precious stones at New York for the fiscal yearjust ended was the heaviest on record, having reached a total of more than f 27,300, 000. An inveatisation has been opened at Brussels concerning the tbeft of 1,000 watches which came there from Geneva to be shipped at Antwerp for the Unit ed States. Professor Payne bas been appointed to represent Harvard at tbe unveiling of the Wagner monument at Berlin. St. Andrews is to be repreaened by An drew Carnegie. During the fiscal year just ended the money onter department, oi me Yoik postotl.ee handled the sum of f 218,313,000, an Increase over the pre vious year of 131,326,000. General Lino Duarke Level, a for mer noted VenoAuelan revolutionist, has arrived in New York, and says the insurrection against Pieaidnet Castto is sure to continue. The Bale of the property of the Ault-man-Miller company, of Akron, nianu fnuturera of harvesting machinery, for $B40,000, has been approved by United States Judge Wing. . Seventy gnns have been received from the United States South Atlantic Sqndadrou at anchor at Montevideo, and taken to the Cerro establishment for important alterations. Transfer of the Field Columbian Museum, at Chicago, from Jackson park to a site in Grant, park, in the heart of the city, has become a certain ty. Five million dollars will bj ex tended bv Mr. Field will construct and endow the museum. The British have indicted an awful defeat upon Mad Mullah. John Barrett, of Portland, has been appointed minister to Argentina. The courts have declared the ship trust insolvent and will appoint a re ceiver. A wind and rain storm in Western Wisconsinjaid low hundreds of acres of corn. Russia says the United States has opened no negotiations rega-ding the Jewish petition. Seven Geneva university students who attempted an ascension of Mount Blanc are believed to be lost. Secretary Hitchcock held up Oregon state land selections because proof of uiineriil character was Insufficient. DAM QIVES WAV. Pennsylvania Plcknickers Overwhelmed and 20 Drowned. Ureeoiborg, Fa., July 8. A water- spout of immense proportions striking io the vicinity of Oakford Park this af trenoou created a flood that caused a great loin of life and proprety. It is known that at least 20 persrns were I lost, and rumors placed tbe number of dead at more than 100, but up until a late hour tonight only two or three bodies have been recovered, having iNien washed to the banks of the litt e creek that runs parallel with the park At 3 o'c.ock rain began to fa 1 in tor rents in the vicinity of the park and spread over a territory covering prob ably ten miles. A hull hour later the cloudburst occurred. Tbe waters in the lake north of Oakford park began to swell, and Manager James McGratb, believing that there was danger of a final break in the great walla of the dam, hurried among the crowds of pleasure teekera who had gathered un der the roofs of the eating stands, the merry-go-round, the theater, dancing pavilion and other buildings in line of tbe water should the banks break, and warned them to ion for the bills. On both sides of the grounds there are high hills, tbe paik being located in a ravine about a fourth of a mile wide and a mile long. The rain continued to fall in tor rents, and about 4 o'clock a dam to tbe east, containnig 40 feet of water, gave way. The flood beat down tbe ravine with a roar that was heard for two miles. A half mile down, at tbe junc tion of the Gret-nsburg and Jeannette and Park car lines, the barns are lo cated. The entran e gates to the park were lifted, and with the force of a pile oriver the large posts were burled by tbe waters against the barn. BRIBE TO GOVERNOR. Mlkaourl Boodlcra Offered to Pay Him to Sign BIIL 8t. Louis, July 7. Ex-Governor Lon V. Stephens was before the grand Jury today for over an hour. Before enter ing the grand jury room he had a con fore nee with Circuit Attorney Folk, during which be told Mr. Folk that he had been offered $20,000 while he was Governor, if he would appoint James Butler, of St. Louis, excise commis sioner. The ex Governoralso stated to Mr. Folk that after he had signed the transit bill an order was made to him to put him In on the ground floor In the purchase of stock which would eventually net him a profit of from )50.000 to $100,000. Ex-Governor Stephens said he re fused to listen to the $20,000 proposi tion for tbe appointment of Butler. Butler waa not appointed excise com missioner, the appointment going to Charles A. Hlgglns. Ex-Governor Stephens also declared that he did not take advantage of the opportunity to Invest In transit stock. Interesting developments are ex pected from the statements of Gover nor Stephens. It is understood that his talk with the Circuit Attorney to day Is only the beginning of a line of Investigation taken up by Mr. Folk which will result in many big boodle transactions coming to light Further Investigation will he resumed tomor row. NEW FIUHT ON THB CANAL. Enemies of Panama Want Government to Show Hand. New York, July 8. In the Colom bian senate, vigorous protean against the Hay-Herran canal treaty have been made because it does not bear tbe ignature of President Marroqnin, sayK a Herald diepatch from Bogota, onder date of Friday. There have been stormy disenrsions over thigpoint. Pr. Luis Carlos Rico, tho minister of fn e gn affairs, delivered a two hours' address, during which he declared that the treaty should not bear the president's signature before final approval. Ex-President Caro, in a speech, insisted that the government should defend the treaty and not leave the responsibility to the senate. At this juncture the senate adjonrned. The discussion is lie ing continued. It is tid that ('our members of the house and canal committees are decid edly in favor of the Hay-Herran canal treaty, while three are against the measure and two are doubtful. The canal campaign is now on in earnest and the indications are that the debate will be protracted and definite action long delayed. Final Dividend Declared. New York, July 8. Jamea G. Can non, Br ay ton Ives and William L. Bull, trustees under the plan for the readjust ment of tbe affairs of Price, MeCormick A Co., today declared a final dividend of 114 per rent upon the claims of all unsecured creditors deposited under their plans. The trustees also ifsnod a statement in which they say the claims of secured creditors amounting to over 11,000,000 have been paid in full. The unsecured creditors havj received divi dends aggregating 71 per cent. Americans May Inveat In Russia. St. Petersburg, July 8. Vice Presi dent Gross, of the American locomotive company, has arrived here, and consid erable newspaper comment bas neon a ouaed by his pres moe at the Russian capital. It is said that his mission concerns not only locomotives, but an inveat in tun of the financial and econ omic conditions of Rursia, in the inter est of various groups of American finan ciers, and also an inquiry into the feas ibi.ity of exporting South Russian iron. Clash With Bulgarians. Oskub, European Turkey, July 8. In a conflict between Turkish troops and Bulgarians near Volena, 46 miles north of- Salonica, the latter had 10J killed and tbe Turks had two wounded SEVEN FALL DEAD INDIANA TROOPS FIRE ON RIOTERS WITH TELLING EFFECT. Fourteen and Perhaps More Injured Mob at Evanavllle, Made a Deter mined Effort to Reach Negroes in Jail, But Were Turned Back-More Ouardsmen Ordered Out. Kvanaville, Ind., July 8. Following four days of rioting and general lawless ness, this city tonight saw the most ter rible of its experiences with rioters. Seven persons jre dead and 14 are known to be injured, and at least that number more are thought to be hurt. At 10:3d o'clock the members of Company A First regiment, Indiana Natirnal Goard, after a day's vigilant guarding of the county jail, and 100 depu.y sheriff a under Sheriff Cbris Kratz, fired point blank into a mob of 1,1)00 men gathered on Fourth, Divis ion and Vine streets, surrounding tbe Vanderhurg county jail, and attempting its capture. From 7 o'clock this morn ing until the hour of tonight's catas trophe tbe crowd (urged about the jail, calling the militiamen vile names, as saulting them with stones and berating tbe deputy eherffc - ho guarded tbe jail. Tbe mob had gradually become more and more excited, and its manifesta tions of uneasiness more frequent, and at 10 o'clock it was seen that nothing could prevent an seranlt on the jail. At 10:30 o'clock the rioters piessed forward with determination, and inno cent onlookers and tbe curious followed. Slowly they forced the militiamen back toward the jail, until tbe alleyway be tween Division street and tbe stone building was reached. Then the lead ers, with a bicycle in their front as a shield to the bayonets of tbe soldiers. attempted to enter the alley and storm the alleyway entrance. Captain Blum, of the National Guard, ordered a charge on the rioters. Grad ually tbe crowd was forced back, toe soldiers OBing their baionetsand butts of their guns. Suddenly a rioter fell. A soldier tried to drag him to his. feet, but before he could do so was assaulted by a rioter. tones and boulders be gan to fly through tbe air. A soldier was struck with a rock and fell. A rioter was knocked down with a gun butt and then a shot was fired. Tbe tne shot started a fusilade of musketry and shotgun fire from the defenders of the jail, and a icattered return fire from the rioters. Fully 300 shots were fired from tbe jail windows, tbe court house steps immediately opposite, and the soldiers In tbe streets. Ko one knows who fired tbe first shot. The sold ers cay it was the rioters. Governor Durbin is said to have in structed the authorities not jeopard ise the safety of the jail witb ball way measures. The so!dieis and deputies fired into tbe retreating mob of men, who ran into Division street. For 15 minutes the firinj continued. When it ceased, the soldiers had tbe place. In front of tbe daggering band of 58 soldiers lay tho dead aud wounded. Moans and shrieks of agonv and fear came from tbe injured. FURNACES FROZEN. Suddca Strike of Workmen Bring Heavy Losses. Denver, July 8. James B. Grant, chairman of tbe executive committee of tbe American Smelting & Refining company, estimates the damage at tbe Grant and Glebe smelters caused b) the nnexpectel strike of tbe employes at $25,003 to 130,000. All but two of the 11 furnaces in use were "froxen, and the ore will have to be cut out be fore the furnaces can again be need. President Charles F. Mover, of the Western Fe eration of Miners, says that be does not think it will be neces sary to call out the miners of the state in support of the stneltermen. The failure of the legislature to pass an eight-hour law is given by the strikers as the cause of tbe trouble, and tbe company is accused of using improper means to defeat legislation. A large force of police is guarding the smelters in this city, and no seri ous disturbance has occurred, tbough 12 men have been arrested for disorder ly conduct and making threats. St. Helens In the Lead. Rainier, Or., July 8. The county seat election was the livliest ever wit nessed in Columbia county. All the county heard from, except Auburn pre cinct, gives a total vote of 1,' 92, Rain ier 562, Clatskanie 51 1, St Helens 625. Auburn precin t will not change the result materially. It will necessitate a second election the first Monday in August. An error in seuding out the registration books caused much delay and trouble in voting. More than 250 affidavits were made by six freeholders in Rainier precinct a one. Dynamite Wat Used. Colorado Springs, Colo., July 8. An attempt was made to blow up the plan', of the Colorado Springs electric com pany at 2 o'clock this morning by dy nam te. One hundred aud fifty sticks of dynamite, weighing 75 pounds, were piled along the nmth side of the big buildings and a fuse lighted. The ex plosion of one stick distributed the other stii ks arpund in a radios of 200 feet, saving the building and the lives of 17 employes. Toy Plant Blown Up. Chicago, July 8. Three persona were instantly killed, several injured, one fatally, in an explosion tonignt which wrecked a factory in South Chicago avenue where caps for toy pistoia were manufactured. NO. 30. POPE IS DVlNO. Chloral and Caffeine ar Being Adralnl. tercd to Sustain Life. Rome, July 6. The condition of the pope ia growing much worse this morning, though during the night be succeeded in sleeping comparatively well. Chloral and cafTelne are being administered by the mouth in order to strengthen the heart, but his holiness has refused to have either injected. The weakness and exhaustion are be coming augmented, notwithstanding the efforts being made to keep up the pontiff's spirit. Tbe only ailment which the patient has been able to take has been a little broth or sipa of oil with the volk r egga beaten up with sugar. His holi- ness refuses to take wine, which the doctor has advised him to do. In order to aid the accretions of all the organs. which are depressed, owing to the weakness of the heart. After thia morninar's consultation between Doctors Lapooni and Mai. zonl the first bulletin will be issued. The gravest indications of the serious condition of the pope is that Dr. Lap. ponl on going home after having spent the night at the Vatican. Informed his family that be would hot again return home until the disease had resulted one way or the other. The doctor took with him his evening dress, which according to etiquette, he will have to put on immediately after the death of the pope, should his illness terminate fatally. JOINS CABLE ENDS. Pacific Cable la Now Completed From San Francisco to Manila.. New York, July : 5. The Pad Us eable was successfully completed at io:50 o'clock last night. East ern time, by the welding together of the eastern and western links at Honolulu on board the cableahln An. glla, thus' completing the entire Hne of telegraph from San Francisco to the Philippine Islands, a distance of over 8000 miles, and brineinsr to a ran. elusion the greatest and most difficult of submarine cable enterprises under taken in the history of ocean tel. STaphy. A message from President Roosevelt to President Mackay. of the Commer. cial Pacific Cable Company, was aeot over the new cable around the world in 12 minutes, and Mackay's reply waa sent around the world in 9H minutes. The best previous time for a message around the world wag made on nna sent by United Stales Senator Chaun- cey M. Depew from the National Elec tric Exposition, Grand Central Palace, in thig city, in 1896. It took 50 mini tea to transmit the message. SNOW QENERAL IN MONTANA. Crops May Salter, But It Is the Making of tbe Ranges. . Butte, Mont., July 8. Snow waa . general in Montana today, "slight flnr riee being reported froni.rall oyer the state. The fall was heavy on- the con. tinental divide. "The temperature haa dropped, to 45. The snow alternate with cold rains, and great damage to crops is feared. . Later reports regarding snow and rain in Montana indicate that the rangemen will gain where the ranch' era will lose. Tbe snow and rain in the southern, eastern and northern portions of the state will do the range much good, ae it is too early tc hurt the new grass. The Bitter Root valley had a cold rain, which may retard cropa in that garden spot. The ttorm was heavy on the Continental Divide and on the range west of Mieou!a. The average temperature of the state ia 45, lowest in tbe eastern portion of the atate. Western Nebraska waa vis ited by a severe storm yesterday, and this has swept over Montana. America Not Approached. Washington, July 7. Nothing; has yet been heard in official quarters of the ultimatum delivered to China by Japan and England, accordina- to th Odessa dispatches printed today. It ia certain that the United States haa not recently been annrnar-hoil In ,! direction by either of the governments namea as parties to the agreement, so that it has had no opportunity to indi cate Whether It wnillri lonrf Ifa moral support to an effort oft the part of ciigiKuu una japan io protect tnelr interests in Manchuria. a- V' Move for War. . Berlin, Tuly 7. The Cologne ' Ga zette's St. -Petersburg correspondent telegraphs that, according to reports from Vladivostok th R, merlon Wa Minister, General' Kuropatkin, on in structions rrom the Czar, has altered his itinerary and has left Vladivostok suddenly', going to Kikolovsk, in Asia tic Russia, on the north bank of tbe Amur, supposedly for the purpose of the inspection of fortifications, which would be especially important In case of a conflict with Japan Washington Statue Unveiled. Budapest, July 7. Ariolph Friend Mann, an American citizen, and a di rector of the Burdavara Public Garden la Budapest, which Is also known aa American Park, ha presented to the garden a life-sized equestrian statute of George Washington. The statute waa unveiled in the presence of the members of the American colony here and of thousands of enthusiastic Hungarians.