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ST. HELENS OREGON
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
la a Condensed Form lor Our
Busy Readers.
V
A Riiumi of tha Las Important but
Not Let Interacting Eventa
of tha Past Week.
King Alfonso will vielt Barcelona in
defiance of bomb thrower.
Mayor Busse, of Chicago, ha taken
atcpa to keep all anarchist out cf the
city.
District Attorney Jerome, of New
York, says the charges against him are
tale.
In the New York to Patia automobile
race the American car is far ahead ol
the others.
thm ianitnr nf the ColllnWOod School
declaiee he fastened the doors open at
the first alarm ol ore.
The incident of tha selsure of the
Japanese steamer Tatau Maru by China
baa not yet been settled.
John F. Stevens, ex-engineer of the
Panama canal, says the big canal win
be of little value after it la finished.
Admiral Goodrich ava Amtrioan
battleship! are equal to those ct nny
other country but couia ne inane uucn
better.
China Is about to spend 160,000,000
in naval ennat ruction. The govern
ment will also borrow large sums to be
need In railroad construction.
an lpm nf fire at Lee Summit.
Mo., caused the 400 school children to
rush out of the building in a panic, o
attention was paid to we nre uriu.
Hearst papers are accrued of inciting
anarchy.
Portugal seems to be drifting toward
a republic.
Colorado has had 29 homicide al
ready in 1998.
Black Hand leaders are meeting their
match In ew lork.
The death list in the Collinwood dis
aster baa reached 174.
Japan tayi she will ase force with
China only aa a last neon.
The Knickerbocker Trust company,
ol Kew 1 or, is to reopen.
Nine Chinese have been sentenced to
death in Boston for murder.
The Interstate Commerce commission
will enforce the 9 hoar law op all rail
toads. Cnklin'a hnna In 'Paris haa been
dtmolished to mske way for a more
modern building.
Professor Quackenbos, ex-profenor of
Columbia university, announcea that
he had a medicine that will make bad
men good.
A part of the battleship fleet If sched
nlwt return bv wav of the Sues canal
and will also visit a number of Euro
pean conntriea.
Illinois Central director! are work
ing on a plan to raise (30.000,000.
King Edward is on a visit to France
and called on the French president.
Two women have been arrested at
Napa, Cal., for passing counterfeit
money.
The Interstate Commerce commission
says it is not opposed to the Fulton bill
aa haa been stated.
Charges have been filed against Chan
cellor liay, of Syracnae .university, for
speaking ill of President Roosevelt.
HmiVfnr tha lllotml enttinv of timber
have been filed in the United Slates
court at Helena against several firms.
Governor Johnson will dedicate the
monument erected by the state of Min
nesota on Shiloh battlefield on April 10.
A monmuent and statue of Khake
peare will be ready for the 30Oth in
nlversay of his death and will be erect
ed in London.
A petition signed by 40,000 persona
aaking pardon for Captain Van Hchaick,
nnder 10 years' sentence for criminal
negligence In earning the wreck of the
steamer Gen. Slocum, whereby over
1 000 lives were lost, will be presented
to Preaident Roosevelt.
The first consignment of Eaater bon
nets from Paris has arrived at New
York.
A fire in the suburbs of Tokio burned
400 houses and caused loss of $2,
600,000. The house committee on expositions
favors appropriating $600,000 for the
Japanese fair.
Japan threaten! to nse force unlets
China surrenders absolutely In the mat
ter of the seized steamer. x
Nine anarchist leaden have been
arrested la Chicago,
BLOODY FIGHT AT PEN.
Thraa Montana Ulfera Msk a Mad
Dash for Liberty
Deer Lodge, Mont., March 10 War
.leu Frank Conley, f the Montana
stata penitentiary, -as tearfully wound
ed Bundnv morning and his first assist
ant warden, John Kohlnson. waa kill
ed, when three life convicts, Owi
Kook, W. II. Hayes and another who
name la not given out, nial a dh for
liberty In tha penitentiary ollu at 8
o'clock. It is thought the warden will
live.
Robinson'! throat waa cut from ear
to ear and the jugular vein was severed.
Oonley'a throat was gashed and he was
stabbed several times In tine shoulder
and groin More he a able to draw
his revolver and shoot two of the
assailants down. Convict! Hayes and
Rook Were both shot down by Con ley
aiter the latter had been wounded.
The attack on the prison authorities
and a aubeeqtient effoit to escape hat,
according to the prison authorities
this afternoon, been long planned by
Rock and Hayes, who were cellmates.
Both were armed with penknives, tlis
blades of which were sharpened like
rasors. The three convict were bronnht
to the office of the penitentiary Sunday
morning by Deputy Warden Robinson,
to be tried for some trivial infraction
of the prison rules, and Conley was
waiting to sit in judgment. '
The moment the men entered the
olllcedoor Rock turned swlltly upon
Robinson, who was closing the door be
hind the men, and quickly drawing a
knife, he began slashing at the deputy
warden's throat. Robinson wa unahls
to retreat or move before hi throat was
cut wide open and he sank to the Moor
dying.
At the same moment that Rock at
tacked Robinson. Have also pulled out
a knife similar to that of Rock and
started tor Conley. The latter retreat
ed to the rear of the ollice In-fore the
oncoming tie-pernio. Before Conley
eoold draw his revolver, however,
Hayes bad ilaehed hta throat, cutting
him from the left ear to a point nnder
the chin. The convict, seeing bis in
tended victim getting away, grappled
with him and stabbed him teveial
time in the shoulder and groin.
Althoogh bleeding terribly, Conley
managed to draw his gun from his
pocket and fired four timet with the
weapon pressed against Itaye a Wo
men. As Hayes sank to the floor. Kock
rushed at Conley, who emptied the two
remaining cartlldge in hi gun into
Rock and he latter also went down.
The third convict who had been called
to the "carpet," took to his heels at
the first of tha battle, but wss quickly
captured and plaia-1 in his cell. The
authorities refused to give out hi name
nntil they had investigated whether be
was concerned in the plot or whether
he had merely been called to the otlice
at the same time as the other two.
ARE FIRE TRAP8.
SLAIN BYJUJNDREDS
Nearly 200 Children Roasted Id
School House Fire.
HlVlSION ASSURtO.
FLAMES CUT Off ALL RETREAT
Disaster at Suburb of Cleveland
Olatst Many Homes Teacher!
Oi With "Ihsir Fleck.
Dss
Too Many Flimsy Building Ara Con
structed in Amsric
Washington, March 10. In s state
ment made public last night, Richard
L. Humphrey, engineer in charge nf the
structural material laboratorie of the
government, disc time recent fire hor
rors and asserts that fire trap ss bail
or worse than that which cost the live
of ao many school children at Collin
wood, O., exist In nearly every village
and town and In many tf the . large
cities.
He urge the paatage of laws to pro
hibit the occupation of anything except
a structure of the highest fire remitting
type, especially when it is used ss a
school, theater cr other structure in
which people assemble in large num
bers. "It is a matter of record," lie said,
"borne out by statistics, that this coun
try spend! enormous sums of money in
providing equipments in fighting fires,
while foreign countries spend their
money In building structures which
offer the greatest resistance to Are. The
per capita loss In this country yearly
exceeds $5, ayainst an annual loss In 21
of the principal cities of Kurope of 33
cent per capita. Estimating the pop
ulation of the country at 8),ooo,ooo
the loss from fires here I 1740,000,000.
If we had the same conditions that pre
vail in Kuropean cities our loss would
be but t28.4no.Mfio vr."
Japan's Naval hirrgth.
Tokio, March 10. Home reliable fig
nres are now to hand showing the pres
ent streniith of the Japanese navy com
pared with its strength when the war
broke out. Detail! are appended, but
the total may he briefly stated, viz :
One hundred and fifty seven vessels of
all descriptions, representing a tonnage
of 283,242 tons, before the war, and
204 vesse s and 616,082 tons at the
present day. Further scrutiny of the
figures abowa that Japan today possess
es more than twice the number of bat
tleship she had before the war,
Portugal Not Involved.
Lisbon, March 10. Investigation In
stituted by the Portuguese government
regarding the Titan Maru incident.
have elicited from the Pekin govern
ment the emphatic assertion that the
leisure occurred on the high was, and
that, therefore, there wai no violation
of th law governing Portugal water.
Cleveland, O., Marvh 6. Penned In
narrow hallway, jammed P
door that opened only Inward, 170
children In the suhurb of ortli (ol
llngwood yesterday were killed by fire,
by smoke and beneath the grinding
heels ol their panic stricken playmate
Theawlul irasedy occurred yeater
dav morning In th public school ol
North Collingwood, ten mile east of
this city. At 10 o'clock last night t5
corpse r in th morgue at tolling
wood, Sit children wei si I I unaccount
ed for, and all the hospitals and lion
ftr two mile around contalued numbers
of children, com fatal!) and many lew
seriously injured. To teacher also
lost their live in an effort to aav their
i-harire.
Ail of th victims wet between the
sitea of and 15 years. Th school
contained Mweeu 300 and SiS pupil.
'and of this entire number only about
80 are known to hav loft the building
unhurt. It will be several day before
the eiact uumber of killed Is known,
as the ruins may still contain other
bodies and the list of fatalitm msy be
increased by a nnmlrr l deaths among
the children ho ere now lying In th
hospital hovering between life and
death.
The school house was ol brick, two
stories and an attic In I eight. The
numtwr of pupil waa more than norm
ally lary and th smaller children had
been tilaied in an attic ol the tnnldlng
There was but one fire meat and that
was in the rear of the tmildlng. There
were two stairaays, one leading to a
dour in front and the other t a door In
the rrar. Both of these do.r opened
inward, and it is said that the rear door
waa hrked as well.
Whin the Haines were disc ivered the
teacher throughout seem to have acted
with rourage and !! ptwseaaion and to
have struggled heroically for the relety
of their pupils ami marshaled the Utile
one Into columns tor ths "tire drill,
which they oltan practiced. Unfortun
ately th tin of inarch In thl exercise
had always led to the I runt door, am!
th children liad not been trained to
seek any other exit. The fir ram
from a furnace situated directly under
this part of the building.
When the children reached the fool
of the stairs they found the Dame
close npon the in and sowiltaruh
was mad for the d or that In an In
stant a tightly packed man of children
waa piled ami Inst it.
After the lire had practically burned
Itself out the wirk of reselling the hod
ie waa begun hy firemen and railroad
employe Irorn the 1-ake. Shore shop
The railroad company turned over on
of its buildings near by to be need as
temporary morgue, snd thither the
charred and broken little Indie were
removed as fail as I hey could be dug
Irorn the ruins. Within five lours
practically all had been removed. They
were placed In rows In ths Lake Hhore
hop.
Identifications were rrsdn only by
mean of clothing and trinkets. The
fire had swept easy m arly all resem
hlance to human features in the ma
jority of Instances. Distracted parents
soon ixn w gather and the work of
identification of the blackened and
mangled corrscs began.
The grewscrne task of taking out the
blackened husoes and hit of human
remains was one of honor. A line nf
rescuers was formed, hanked by half a
down ambulances. As the bodies acre
untangled from the debris they were
passed along to the stretchers, thence
conveyed to th ambulance, where
wiey were wercilully covered with
blankets and then taken to the Impro-
vim:u iijurguea.
Lira Sssslon to Ba Called to 0
Over Tariff.
Washington, March I'lui.s) fort lit
i ,i. i.riff have been agreed
fflVIBIUU - -- , . ,
"mn by th Republican In
cluding Roosevelt. ''".
Hens-tor lWvcrulge and ltairt.i.tel.vM
IVvn Dslsell and Hhetliiail, tha threw
latter being inlaw "
d means ommllt, wno will fmma
th uew law. ., .
........ -.u,nl counter! will be
called Immediately after tha Mplratlou
of Ih present eongtes neii spru. .....
a bill will lie dralted isduvlng ' W
th high schedule .n steal '"""
and equalising" other. H l"'"
.rtt aw sitcveasful I" ' national M-
I. II President R.awevelt will
call ongre Immediately after lb re
sult Is known, s i "
revised by tha Kepul.llcan.
Senator llevetidgts, ho 'Tentil
Ullri K.r a larifl eominU-
,1011, had a tH.uliem- a lib tha
dent today. Itr n mw
Hosier Cannon and Kpranlatla
I'ayue, Italwll aim pneruiau. "
i it,. i ih mumntMion ulan Is not
a.i-eplahl. and it waa agreed thai
I . ... .... .1 I Bl... - - .
rewilullon shall i a.HM""" "7 " I""":
nl nMigres dlrwtlng th rortaii ol
,tate, treasury, agriculture, romtims
and lalwranddira U rtil th rwiiau 10
gather such data as will b useful to
eoimtesa In revising tha tariff.
Kpniatlv hherman, who in
approval of Hwaker Cannon, I elrru.
lallug a petition among nwiniwr or
house which rqtiel Ih way ami
mean eoliimille to ail during Ih sum
... w-mtm (.it tha imiiIxw of gathvring
ilala to aid ih membe' It framing a
new Uilfl law, M ignlurw h
alreaiiy ben procured and th cumuilt-
te will alt.
RUEFACCUSii
8rilps Lav Magdaltna Bay
Kan Diego. Cal., March 6 Wireless
message from Magdalen buy tod,,
state that th irnnhoat V,i,i.. i. .
there this morning for Hsn Kranclrco
aireci. ins remainder of the aecon.1
S'ltisdron. which means all th. . .
- "wrniB
now at Magdalena except the Call for.
ma, win san on Hiiridav for Han Fran
Cisco. The California will ramaln st
th bay for several days thereafter and
the CDeratnr at the wi
. - , .......r.t "tim ((.
peoti to hear from the battleship fleet
through I he big cruiser shout Msrch 10
or II If she remains tlinrs.
New York flpares Rod
New Vnrlr U....I. I ,.
.w.., ,.in,i;u fi.u - -fpf nf
" """canon defeat-
d the propo.Hl to r.lntro-ne
th! ity. PUDIIO schools of
DtMANOS ANi aaAOC
Japan's Minlstsr rrnt Ultimatum
to Chin
Pekli.. March 0. Japan's ultlnaltro
in the car of th Japattea slramahip
Tatau Maru waa prveentad lt I ha bead
of th ('bin l r!gn rud t.lay, and
Ih tioard ha th n ailer under Consideration
The Tatau Maro wa stsised off Macao
on February 7 by Chine custom
cmlser on th chsrv I luil bet cargo id
arm and ammunition ww intend! lor
Chines revolutionist, although, con-
slgnmt to S n rhttl J tUt (lir. Th
steamer is now being held at W hm
on th ('anion mar.
Th Irreducible miriiuiurn ol th
Jaiaiuw claim I Ih reatoration ol
th steamer. well a of her iir,
snd U e payment of a lull Indemnity.
AiMloii I demandei lth n a ' rmr.ai
hi tiin." la cat of default or post
tenement, Japan, according to l
term ol her ultimatum, will "take
immediate action. "
Japan eipsrta a reply by tomorrow.
Hh will not tnlerat China's of1 to
investlgat th cjm. rh lnist npti
an spoh gr for th hauling down ol th
Japan Hag on II, TaUo Mara ami
she will not airept mwialion, attlim
Ing lltal ('bin i In rror and thai th
fa-'ts ar Incontrovertihl.
Ilanio Itataahl, th Japanese mini
ter to China, In delivering th ultima
turn, mail letereoc to Japan's Sim
pathy for China In U matU-r of n
traland traific In arm and eilainrl
that China could not eipswt mdila
so long aa sl.s ill I not admit th anti
cipation of th Portuguese.
INFtCTtD RATS ARE FOUND.
Citiitna' Commlll Author, iss Addi
tional Ispind turat.
Kan FraneiarYi. March tl HTI. 1....
teriohgiiwl reports id the Kedml
neaitii niih-ers suite llial infected rat
' found in neariy every diatrict of
the city last week, only the HutisM and
Richmond diatr cta hen lontmun It..
grealaat prrcrtit' ol 1 1, In lion la r-
p. two irorn me .-iartn iieich district
and In th Wrs ern sdditioti. In all
buildings where Infet-t! rata w.ie
fimnd. walla ami Mr as Pl agfaaayaw itu.nl
snd th plsce thor.tighly futn gtttsl,
Thecilirens' health coiinnlUe ha i.
thoriied th Feleial health nll.A..
employ additional men, no limit lielrg
1 I ....!....
nmni on inn unmoor. Dew gang will
I orKsnlsml and an eflnrt ftitils Its mm.
termlnaleall the rata In Ih city within
io neii ,ii days.
Bonus foe I sen Child
Hydney, N. H. W.. March 0 Tl..
Inonwse nf ponulatlon in Hi. r..,.,.,...
Wealth Is llotiiriouslv aloar. and it..
legislator ol Western Anstt.li. .1....
the Inhabitant number only two to the
-I'lare num. nave determined to take a
ear out. oi in I, l th French.
With a view to enciiiiiatfinu
... --pn-' ".li
mes, sn srnemlinniit h.. i....i
In lha Income tat hill hy the state leg.
lalatlv aasemhlv
. . . . H w""'spWM
of A0 for every child np to tha number
. m ramiiy oi a Us payer ,
Five children la evidently tha limit.
Furnsc Got Overheated'
()lilmlius. () M.,l. o ti..i ii..
- -i w.v.. v, aimtMii,
fir In the Oolllnwond at-hiH.lhona
which coat Ih livo ..i i iia
children was due to an over heated fur
nace is ine substance of a partial report
I"". iM HUl" 'lr M.i.hal Cream.,
"'IK M hy ths three dcputlea who hava
been investigating ths causes of th lira.
Makes Serious CharginJ
Miiun oi rtrjorj,
ALLEGES INDIE KNiqq.
Dactaroa Hi! Tsstlmon. ar..
Tknjk aai..
"-'trin,l,,
Wsnlg to Chaeg,
rr Kranrlaco, Man.i T-ftk J
Ing at 10 a'clu k Ahral,., k!T
inioiigrt nig attorneys. lli.H ?
Frank J. Murphy and M.C.tW
iirvni hi Judg lunna tUmZ
low him to withdraw his ls.
' 7 , and aW
luilty in Ih rtakj
nlarad on
plea of not
vrii St. t lapsjaa I av nu. him .
French rsaiauranl itortk rasa
support hi motion RmrfwiuJ
davits of ! sensational natars tk. J
... . ,.i ki... ... .""
k.mi.v ,h ii sai gisao oat 1st
In filing tit motion hul kI
th plea of guilty waa lrnntB.i,J
Inadvisedly tndsrsl sM lhii,J
lemlanl la not guilty of ik,
t hargavl, sml thst b tu
enter th plea of gbllty bi vlrtw 1
aareotivent and BnhrtarMtlD tilt
d. strict sttornvy, iiitaw H. Utp
UtsamUwnt district atbiraey, fa,
J Henry, th ieil sgetllol ki ,
Uk alUirnr, WiUlaw J, tana ,
th fitauclal backer i4tbaVre
tiiriiey in thl piMswairua, kk,
rlprwk!, and berao of U
rtwnl and anderaleujlng of It is
prssridtng In this depattmrat ( sl
parlor eunrt, Ju lge Frank H. Dsn
that Ih plaa of guilty ibw m
quenlly m wlthdtaao sod it tot
. , .....
mn I'll"' eiisumwi, SMIsiaf
ilumisisnl againat lb u f4st.
Ih mu4loo will stats lb
district attorney ha hnUhumn
d to Ui withdrawal of U
guilty and that thl pla as situ
Ir.un thi defendant by fraad, earJ
dure and fa 1m pretense, TaJ
lion will be prevented to lb tut.
Marvh IS.
LI AVE SCHOOL WITHOUT tW
ntlnaj ,,Arav,e" 2.000 ft H
CMIdrwn Hth Sfr
New York. March T.-4
was sent InUi Bra hwdtavtsn M
th pttblk) arhnol oa Ua llM
Ninth strt, betwswn AmsUnksej
nu and tr.dwmy.
The ehl'dran wr marrihsd M
a-hcol wllhotit inl or dtawdat
wr aMiat)l4 la Ih ytisi
horn. I'arsnta who ruaos a
balldlng wr prtitd hy Its)
from clirg la th ssllsaadisH
Th Rrw wa on Ih t"t tool a 1
building, which I gv StoeW k'4t
Ih S.CKM) pupil lelhb!W-
ngagosl In tbir morning sinrw""
cla ahwtt th flr gng rang mi K
e.illnud to Sing "atjwtkw" " H
marched out ol Ih tPIMIftf, Ba
at no lgn of panic l any tia.
ICRtTH OH TOH'iOOU
Bliss Company Sayc Irrlsw!
sitoln prsss w I
New York, March 7,-la S
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(wtlle. awnrwi lb art Mj
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. . . .. . I.t fall
or nv.ieiaoi ii iin. r--i
l.irh e now In pw of wf
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MIM IUI .l P" ' " ' J
iielertiv ngBgi "ii o -j
t other arret will b trW J
will lacharcnl wnn
In .nvrfnnllKltl MflWl
fnc-lil Hisiiu'"1 turn
.1 ..1,1 I.. !.Imm!m 91
siturisiea wuuit w . i
nriawnutlnn. It waa said, InWP !
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iw W! mn mad ciar. j
....... i.U la 111
wiinain r.ssjr w
ballwhsm mlgnl lo wlV,aS
No renrewantativ ol th f"1
appealed ageing! Fjr.
Ih
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pro
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Mt. rstaramirg, smi. "
kovaky, who I iwaltlm lrWJ "L
liilinnaiv ntiaranc. WW V"1"- .
bv Dhv.k.Un. who aittoi
th state nl hi health ""'r.
kov.kv will nreaent to P'"w ' Z
pin an Kngllsh ptlllon 1 1" i
hoai-nil sl.ne,) b S00 M1
men and mmlra of tbsaobli "7
I tha petit lotl that Coonl W
, i I... in up""! ,
nnaaian spiiisk"'"
... 11.S1 Pal1l"T .
ouneo to lorwam wi - , tm
will b followed if r"'
.kliL.
M.-.l
a. mMXMxma wmwm
lllWI r.nv-.- m
Helena, Mont., ,Jgil
Htata Jmlgw Hunt today f7Mta
severs pnaltles on
Northern Montana a
Ing
In
era who plaadsd inllt Jal
ti. finaa ana iw1". . j at
I .,h and Frank M'"
lay and 280 saohj Ntl" Lt
4 houw and ,200; m
ii bom and 100.