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THE STAYTON IYIAIL
C. D. ALEXANDER, Publisher
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TO
T R Y A G A IN .
P e a r y Is A n x i o u s to S t a r t f o r N o r t h
P o l e by J u ly I.
FLOODSCAUSEHAVOC
T W EN T Y -O N E
DEAD.
T o r n a d o S w e e p s Path A lo n g Kan s.it-
N e b r a s k a L ine.
'NEW PENNY POSTAGE
Om aha, Neb., June 8 The tornado
New York, June 9.—Confident o f ,
L which
passed over Southern N ebraska Two Cents an Ounce to (ireat
his ability to carry the stars and Montana Cut Off From;Outslde by .mil portions
of N orthern Kansas F ri­
stripes to the north pole, Comm ander
day evening was the most destructive
Britain the New Rate.
Raying Rivers.
Robert E. Peary, who has planted the
and covi-re«! the m ost territory «<f any
sim ilar storm which dias visited the
Am erican flag nearer the coveted
stale in many years. At least tw enty-
northern goal than any other living
one
persons are known to be dead,
man, is in New York m aking active
five fatally injured and a score of BE OPERATIVE NEXT OCTOBER
RAILROADS
LOSE
MUCH
TRACKAGE
for another Arctic dash
others m ore or less seriously hurt,
I d a Condensed Form for Oar in preparations
some of them dangerously.
the hope of solving the m ystery of
Busy Readers.
Additional reports receivrtl state
the north, which for centuries has
several persons were kille«l at
been the aim of daring explorers. G r e a t S t e e l B r i d g e s W a s h e d O u t — that
the tow ns of Byron, N eb , and Court- P o s t o ffic e O ffic ia ls B elieve I n c r e a s e d
A R e su m e o f the L e s s Im p o rta n t but The stanch steam er Roosevelt, which
C o m m e r c i a l I n t e r c o u r s e Wlil
land, Kali., which tow ns have been
W i r e s D o w n o n All S i d e s
the Peary Arctic Club built for Com­
N o t L e s s In te re stin g E v e n ts
cut
<>IT
from
com
m
unication
with
the
m
ander
Peary,
and
which
carried
him
B e the R esu lt.
D
e
l
u
g
e
C
o
n
t
i
n
u
e
s
.
o f the P a s t W e e k .
outside world.
and his little party on his last no rth­
At Fairfield m ore than forty build­
ward journey, has been overhauled
ings were m ore or less wrecked and
and put in better condition than ever
Great scarcity of beef in Chicago for her expected battles w ith the ice Missoula. M o nt, June 6.—At 5 o'clock some of them , including three W ashington, June 4 — Postm aster-
dem olished. The loss General Meyer announced today that
causes high prices to prevail.
barriers of the frozen north. The last »-evening the flood situation in west­ churches, were
9100,000.
Seventeen of the finest paintings in ship is tugging at her hawsers in the ern Montana was growing more serious will In exceed
vicinity of Hickley farm an agreem ent had been reached with
harbor of New York, ready to start each minute. Helena is cut off from houses the stood
Taris have been seriously injured by when
the brunt of the storm the British governm ent providing for
her
com
m
ander
gives
the
word.
vandals.
and
one
or
m
ore fatalities arc re- letter postage of 2 cents an ounce
the
outside
world
She
is
without
rail­
present plans contem plate
norted, with a num ber receiving in- between the United States and G reat
A life-size bronze statue of P resi­ his Peary's
departure
from
New
York
about
way,
telegraph
or
telephone
communica­
dent M cKinley has been unveiled at July l, but lack of sufficient funds to tion. For a short time in the afternoon juru-s, some of which will prove fatal Britain and Ireland, to l»ec«>me «>pcr-
Serious dam age is reported from
Philadelphia.
finance the expedition may prevent
was a telephone connection, and Byron, ten miles west of Chester, a t­ ativc O ctober 1. 1908.
The Russian douma has refused to the start. In fact, unless $25,000 is there
by considerable fatalities, but I'lic m atter of "penny postage,” as
m ake the necessary appropriation tor forthcom ing by July the project will at the time it was learned that all of tended
no details can Fie learned All the it in called in England, has been under
have to be abandoned. An auxiliary the streams in Helena and vicinity are bridges
a new navy.
are out and com m unication consideration for some time, and as
or collier will accompany the overflowing, and that there lias been by telegraph
The death roll from the explosion ship
an«l telephone is entire­
Roosevelt
as
far
north
as
Etali,
where
much
damage
to
farms
and
consider­
far back as last July President R oose­
ly cut off
on the cruiser Tennessee has now Peary's coal depot in the last expe­ able loss of livestock.
A telephone m essage from Hardy, velt approved Mr. M eyer's course in
reached six.
dition was located E tah was the The Great Northern's branch lines Neb,,
says the tow n of Courtland, urging a "restricted union with E ng­
A Norwood. Mass., boy of 14 years w inter quarters of Dr. H ayes’ last ex­ are out of service, and the main lino Kan , jttst
across the N ebraska line, land.”
pedition
and
is
located
about
70
de­
in northern Montana is cut in several was struck by
has confessed to the killing of three
the storm and that sev­
grees north latitude. A small party places The first train started eastward eral
sm aller children.
casualties occurred, but lack of On O ctober 1, 1907, the Universal
of
sportsm
en
and
scientists
may
go
out
of
Spokane
over
the
Great
Northern
Gas in a mine at Gladstone, Colo­
m unication m akes confirm ation Postal Union, which governs the in­
as far as Etah on the auxiliary is now tied up. There is no communi­ com
impossible to«lay. T rains in all direc­ ternational postage transactions of
rado, killed tw enty rescuers of im­ north
ship, returning with her about Sep­ cation cither by rail or telegraph.
tions are abandoned because of w ash­ the various civilized countries, rc-
prisoned miners.
tem ber 1.
All streams continue to rise. The outs
destroyed roadbeds. At G e­
Com
m
ander
Peary
has
devoted
Big Blackfoot riser is nearly its high­ neva and
O. H. P. Belmont is some better,
the storm w rought great de­ «luced the rate of letter postage from
although his physicians hold out small nearly 20 years to efforts to solve est flood mark.
5 cents a half-ounce Hat to 5 cents per
the great problem s of the north and The Northern Pacific has lost sev­ struction.
hope of his recovery.
The st«irm has covere«! such a wi«le ounce, and 3 cents each additional
already
has
put
into
the
work
all
of
eral
miles
of
track
east
of
here
during
A New York actress has secured his personal means, am ounting to the day. At Bonita. Nimrod and Bear- area and been so destructive wherever ounce, which is the present rate b e ­
dam ages for the sale of her photo­ $80,000.
it touched the earth that it has alm ost
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mouth the telegraph operators have caused
graphs w ithout her consent.
a panic am ong the inhabitants. tween the United States and ctiuntric*
been compelled to leave their |x>sts. H undreds
of farm ers drove into town with which we do not have direct
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A new record for m otor bicycles
driven out by the rising waters. At seeking shelter,
many of them being steam ship com m unication, but on mail
has been established at Buffalo, N. Y.
Garrison nearly all the residents have homeless.
On a race track ten miles were made M o n t h M a y be R e q u i r e d to R e p la c e tied from their homes and arc camped
on which we have to pay an additional
upon the hills in the rain
in 9:40 3-5.
charge to countries through which it
M o n t a n a R a i l r o a d L in e s .
None of the dams on the river have
E N D 33 D A Y S ' R A IN S T O R M .
passes in transit. Under the articles
John Brandt W alker, leader of a Butte, M ont., June 9.—The N orth­ given
way, though the power «lam
of the I nivcrsal Union, however, any
great bear campaign in the New
by ex-Senator William A. Clark, R i v e r s B e g i n to Fall, but C o m m u n i ­ two states can form a restricted
York stock m arket, has failed At ern Pacific east from Butte is again owned Missoula,
is reported to lie in a
union Exam ples of restricted unions
one time he had a fortune of $3,- tied up by a new washout of 600 feet alxive
catio n is S t o p p e d .
critical
condition.
those now existing which perm it
000 000
of track near Jefferson Island, a small Yestertlay afternoon the Northern P a­ Missoula, Mont., June 8.—Saturday a arc 2 cent
an ounce letter rate between
Brewers from all parts of the coun­ station in the Jefferson River Valley, cific released by wagon transfer 200 of night at 6 o'clock the sun broke the United
and Canada.
try are to meet at Chicago to plan a about 60 miles from Butte. Tw o steel the passengers that have been marooned through the clniuls after 33 «lays of Postm aster States
General
believes
defense against the ever increasing trestles on the Great N orthern arc east of here. They will be sent to Spo­ rain and the rainfall, which had hern this reduction in the Meyer
rate
to the
wave of prohibition now sweeping reported as having gone out. near kane on a made-up train.
lessening
since
m
orning,
ceas-d.
United
Kingdom
ultimately
will
re
the U nited States.
Basin, 35 miles north of Butte, add­ The damage to the new roadbed of The rivers show a lower mark than suit in an increase in receipts, because
St. Paul line between Missoula they did 24 hours ago and there is it has been found that a reduction in
Because of washouts in M ontana ing to the dem oralization of that road. the Butte
will not fall short of a mil­ hop«- that the w orst is over. But the letter rate resulted finally in in­
the Burlington road has canceled all Great N orthern Railway officials and
lion dollars, and it is becoming greater there
has been great dam age and it creased revenue. He is also of the
Pacific Coast trains running in con­ will not venture an opinion as to all
the time.
may
be
or weeks before railroad opinion that a biwer postage will lead
nection with the N orthern Pacific when norm al conditions will he re­ The
Northern Pacific lias assembled on traffic is days
stored, one official stating that in his
resum
ed to the eastw ard. to a freer com m ercial intercourse.
until further announcem ent.
a m onth's time would be nec­ this division all of the piledrivers from All day Saturday M issoula was cut M anufacturers, he says, are increasing
King Edward has started for Russia. belief
essary to put the M ontana line of the the west that it can g e t: it has taken ff from the outside world. Not until their sales m England and must rely
its own western divisions and has night had there been wire com m uni­ to a great extent upon mails for «>r-
Sir Robert H art predicts a great fu­ N orthern Pacific in proper condition. from
The G reat N orthern telegraphic serv ­ borrowed from ojber roads. The fight cation and it consisted of a single ders and increase of trade
ture for China.
ice is com pletely dem oralized, and the against the water is bcirtg carried on by line to the w est and none to the east. "F u rth er,” he stated, "this will he a
Eight persons were killed in a col­ officials
they have yet to learn of lo.iMKi men. but the water is gaming Saturday night and Sunday m orning great boon to our adopted English-
lision on a trolley road near Annapolis. the real fear
m agnitude of the destruction steadily, and the rain continues to fall the high w ater reached its maximum, speaking citizens and their connection
in torrents The Missoula river at this registering the highest m ark ever here, as it will enable them to keep up
Scandinavia, Neb., has been wrecked wrought by the flood waters.
by a cyclone. Eranklin also suffered The barom eter is higher than for place is but a few feet below the high­ known in this country. All of the correspondence with their relations
several week« This would indicate est mark ever registered. The expensive city and county bridges are out and an«| friejjds in the old country at do­
much damage.
warm er w eather and with that th.* city bridges are in danger, and art- Missoula is divided into three <lis- m estic rates."
Mayor Bussc. of Chicago, has been rapid
m elting of the snows in the guarded to prevent their use. so danger­ tricts, each of which is without com ­
married a month, and his friends have m ountains.
As there now' is lying ous are they considered
m unication with the outside. T hree
PREPARES FOR EM ERG ENCY.
just found it out.
from three to four feet of snow in West of here the Northern Pacific large residences in the city went down
lias
no
trouble
as
yet
the
m
ountains
it
is
feared
the
rush
of
Hearst has made a net gain of 10 .')
the river. T heir occupants had been
votes so far in the recount of ballots waters will add to the dam age already At midnight the Northern Pacific has warned and were out before the flood H«»ney F e a r s E n e m i e s M a y G et G a ll a ­
done.
surrendered the fight against the water struck. T he big log jam of the Black-
for mayor of New Aork.
g h e r and P la n s A ccordingly.
east
of Missoula for the present. Un­ foot Company has hern held in place
While O. H. P. Belmont’s physicians
San
Francisco, June 4.—Convince«!
less the rain stops soon, there will lie and the great power dam owned by
H E A R S T ' S G A I N N O W 123.
have not abandoned all hope, there is
very
little
left
«jf
150
miles
of
the
most
W.
A.
Clark
is
intact.
that
the
"higher ups" have determ ined
little chance of his recovery.
expensive road on the line. Two big The «Im age to farms in the bottom t<> kill form er Supervisor J unes I..
R e c o u n t i n g o f 7 7 B allot B o x e s C o m ­
steel bridges have been washed out. Inn lands will he great T he loss to the Gallagher. A ssistant D istrict A ttorney
A tornado in Nova Scotia killed two
pleted in N e w Y o r k ,
it is not understood that they arc «le­ city and county will run far into the
persons and injured a number of others.
Much damage to property is reported.
New A ork, June 4 —The recount of st roy«-d.
thousands and cannot be estim ated Francis J. Honey announced yes­
The
serious
feature
of
the
situation
is
until
the w ater goes down. The out­ terday that he will dismiss the case
:he
ballots
in
the
disputed
m
ayoralty
The interstate commerce commission
of 1905 proceeded with expe­ the fact that the high water has ex­ look todav is encouraging and it is in which Abraham Ruef is charged
will be unable to give a decision on the election
today before Justice Lam bert, tended west of Missoula, and is attack­ believed the crisis has been passed. with bribing form er Supervisor J J.
Pacific coast lumber rate case before dition
in
the
superem e court, and 29 ballot ing the track between Missoula and the
I'urcy, because G allagher’* testim ony
July 1.
boxes were opened, which show a west end of the state. The Idaho di­
before the grand jury led to the in­
M IS S O U R I O N R A M PA G E.
The situation in Persia is steadily go­ gain of 16 votes for W illiam Randolph vision has sent a big force of men over
dictm ent.
ing from bad to worse, and it is believed H earst. Seventy-seven boxes have to help in the fight on the west end.
The testim ony of a dead man given
the present shah will not rule much been counted since the recount be­
C o n t i n u e d R a i n s in M o n t a n a C o s t 8 before a grand jury cannot be use«|
longer.
gun, and the total gain for H earst is
C R U I S E R ’S B O I L E R . B U R S T S .
L iv e s and M u c h Property.
in future action. Repeated attacks on
123. E arly today H earst made large-
Japan says the revolt in Corea is now gains.
G allagher's property with dynam ite
Great
Falls.
Mont.,
June
8.—Never
which
were
m
aterially
reduced
confined to the remote districts, and by the recount late in the day.
F o u r M e n K ille d by E x p l o s i o n o n T e n ­ before in the history of M ontana has and continuous threats against his life
that in a short time the entire country Suprem e Court Justice Lam bert,
led H enry to take steps to pre­
there been such a flood as has been have
n e s s e e at S a n P e d r o .
will be pacified.
vent the loss of G allagher's testim ony
who is trying the case, lias requested San Pedro. Cal., June 6.—While the sweeping down the valley of the M is­ through
death.
The crown prince of Servia is ac­ Governor Hughes to recom m end to United States armored cruiser Tennes­ souri River and its tributaries Five (t is H his
oney’s
purpose to file a new
cused of plotting against M ontenegro. the legislature that a special appropri­ see was steaming at 19 knots per h ur lives have already been lost in the inform ation against
Ruef in the sam e
waters
in
this
vicinity,
and
the
«lam-
ation
be
made
under
which
the
jurors
English socialists oppose the pro­ who arc hearing the evidence m ay be on speed trial off Ponit Hueneme, Cal. age to farm s, railroads and industrial prem ises and call G allagher as a w it­
posed visit of King Edw ard to Rus­ allowed extra com pensation for their at 11 :08 yesterday morning, a steam pipe and com m ercial institutions will run ness at the prelim inary hearing, if
sia.
in the starboard engine nxim burst un­ into the millions. The river is at the his testim ony is taken in this way, it
duties.
on recor«!.
a 235-pound pressure, killing four
O. H. P. Belmont is believed to be It has been learned that one af the der
point ever known since the will The be necessity
men and injuring ten others—all of the highest
such unusual m eth­
dying of an operation for appendi­ jurors has lost his em ploym ent since men
fir^t settlem ent of M ontana and it is ods is believed for
the compartment at the time. still
to he urgent by the
rising.
citis.
the opening of the trial nine weeks Two in
of the injured will die.
bers of the prosecution, who fear
of the sm aller outside towns m for em their
T he Union Pacific will im m ediately ago, and that another’s business has The explosion, the cause of which is are Some
own lives as well as for that
in
even
worse
condition
than
is
seriously
suffered
from
neglect
for
so
issue $50,000,000 in bonds for the
yet unknown, occurred only a few min Great Falls. At last reports Chotenti of Gallagher
long
a
period.
It
is
said
that
from
$5
building of new roads.
utes afier Admiral Uriel Sebree, Cap­ was com pletely surrounded by w ater This probably will he the next pro­
to $10 a «lay for each juror was the tain
J. B. Howard and Chief Engineer and all bridges were gone. A large cedure against Ruef in the graft cases,
The Erie railroad will im m ediately com
had left the engine room on
reopen its shops, giving em ploym ent ernor. pensation suggested to the gov­ a Robertson
of Relt was partially under w ater and it is proposed to take it as rapid­
tour of inspection. Four of the men part
ly as possible, as the prosecution be­
to several thousand men.
and
the
were killed instantly, and two more are ground.. people had taken to the high lieves that the “ higher ups" are be­
T o r n a d o in Io w a .
Governor Johnson, of M innesota,
coming more desperate every day.
says no one yet has the Dem ocratic Charles City. Ia., June 9 —A to r­ expected to die at any moment.
C
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a
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B
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s
G
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nom ination for president.
nado struck this city Sunday, dem ol­
B o y c o t t Is S p r e a d i n g .
S c o r e s P e r i s h in T o r n a d o .
A I.os Angeles banker has been ishing about 200 residences and fokio, June 6.—Two hundred thou- M cLeod. Alberta. June 8.—The C a­ W ichita
Falls, Tex., June 4.—Scores
robbed of $10,000 in jewels which he barns. One man, W . R. Beck, is and yen is now indicated as the size of nadian Pacific bridge at W est Mc­
was carrying with him on a street known to have been killed and four the proposed present to Canton guihls Leod was swept away Friday night. of persons are believe«! to he dead in
children are reported missing. The if the boycott is discontinued. Mean­ St. M ary's bridge, between here and the path of a tornado which is sw eep­
car.
Lethbridge, is a total wreck and the
path of the tornado was about ten while
advices from north China and Canadian Pacific ptnpping station ing Texas today. Reports indicate
A num ber of clubmen in Los A n­ rods wide. It struck the city in the
geles have been arrested because southw estern part, crossed the river Manchuria state that, owing to the ac­ has been swept into the river The that it is the m ost terrific of all tile
they were selling liquor w ithout a and lifted the water alm ost clean tivity of the Cantonese emissaries, the bridge at Brow ket on the Crow’s Nest storm s which have visited this part of
license.
from the river bed. “It passed in a movement is ranidly sprea«ling through­ fine is exported to go at any time, the country in the last m onth. Com ­
northeasterly
direction, just m issing out the north The emissaries are work­ and mail and freight and passenger m unication fm m m ost of the dam aged
Indications are that Hoke Smith
systematically and secretly. Their traffic is at a standstill. Rain con­ area is cut off. W ires are down and
has been beaten by Joseph M. Brown the Charles City college buildings, ing
literature makes no mention either of tinues to fall in torrents Farm s for railroad tracks are blocked. Many
as Dem ocratic candidate for governor and spent itself a few miles northeast the
boycott or of Japan, speaking of many miles around are inundated and small towns are known to have been
of the city.
of Georgia.
‘ the national disgrace with reference to houses have floated away, and the loss struck hv the tw ister, but no definite
Trainm en on the Nashville, C hatta­
the country responsible," which the Chi­ will be enorm ous.
inform ation could be obtained as to
ts R o b P a y Train.
nooga & St. Louis railroad threaten City B of a n d i Mexico,
nese all understand means Japan.
the extent of dam age this afternoon.
June
9.—W
ord
to go on strike unless the com pany has reached this city that bandits at­
T w iste r S tr ik e s O klah o m a.
takes back some discharged men who tacked a pay train on the way to the
B r i n g i n g B a c k the M e a t .
Steam er L o n g Overdue.
D urant, Okla., June 8 —A tornado
belonged to the union.
I.os Grandes mine near Balzac in the London, June 6.—It is declared here which swept over a territory 12 miles Norfolk. Va., June 4.—The steam er
C. J. L. Meyer, aged 77, first presi­ -tate of Guerrero. O f the escort of today that 210,000 pounds of American west of D urant Saturday night de­ F.uropa, which sailed for H am burg,
dent of the Chicago N orthw estern four men, three were killed and one meat that has hern stored in I.ondon stroyed a dozen farm houses and with Germany, 45 days ago, hound in re­
railroad, and worth at one time a m il­ wounded. Four thousand dollars was Glasgow and Liverpool was today re- a heavy storm of hail, which accom ­ turn for Norfolk, loaded with fer­
lion dollars, has applied for adm is­ stolen Rurales are in pursuit of the shipped by fast steamer to New York panied it, did dam age estim ated at tilizer, was expected to make the trip
sion to the Milwaukee county, W is­ highwaymen. The mine belongs to to meet the continued shortage of meal $150,000. A num ber of persons are within 2t days. N othing has been
n the United States.
in Am erican company.
consin, poorhouse.
reported injured, none fatally.
heard from her, however, in 41 day».
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