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""""i;- ( "VmC THE f MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. JULY G, 1900. ' "T ". TfiE DEAD NUMBER 39 Several Others Expected to Die in Tacoma. CORONERTS JURY WAS IMPANELLED fjWriouw anil Distressing; Incidents of the Trolley-Car Catastrophe The Company's Statement. TACOMA, Wash., July 5. Coroner Hos ka, todar empanelled a jury to hold an Inquest .over, the 28 victims of yesterday's railway accident. After viewing: the bodies and the wreck the inquest -was Adjourned until Monday. The following 1 a corrected list of the deadi ?t Brown, Gig Harbor, omes Benston, Lake View. K BertoU, Hillhurst, Mrs. M. X. Campbell, Parkland. J. D. Calhoun (conductor), Tacoma. Miss Lolu Drake. South Tacoma. Dottio Dinger, Lake View. Louis Dinger, Lake View. 'W. H. Davis, Lake View. Charles Davis, South Tacoma, Mrs. George Elliott, Parkland. Mrs. G. Fleming, South Tacoma. .Rev. Herbert Gregory, Lake Park. Annie Glasso, Parkland. Mrs. Grossman, McNeil's Island. George. Harry Gaul, South Tacoma. A. L. Healy, Lake View. "Willie Hastings, Tacoma. Richard Lee, South Tacoma. Otis Larsori, Parkland. Boy Lingerman, South Tacoma. Joseph McCoon, Lake View. G. McMullln, South Tacoma. -Carl Moser, South Tacoma, Albert Moser, South Tacoma. William Nieson, Lake Park. Gordon Newton, South Tacoma. John Paulls, South Tacoma. Oie Ranreen, Lake Park. Lottie Suiter, South Tacoma. Robert Steele, South Tacoma. A. T. Sirtberg, South Tacoma. John J. Shauger, Parkland. Mrs. J. J. Shauger, Parkland Richard Sanborn, Lake View. Guston Vandershelden, Reservation. William Williams, South Tacoma. C. W. Woodruff. B. E. Bray. The following are the names of the In jured who are not expected to live: 3Irs. Swanson. Glassoff (child). Ethel Withers. Unknown man at St Joseph's Hospital. The more seriously Injured who have good chances for recovery, are: O. T. Brotten. Parkland; Alfred Brot ten. Parkland; J. F. Callahan, South Ta coma; Mrs. Louis Dinger, Lake View; Guy T. Fleming, South Tacoma; Dot Fleming, South Tacoma; Goldle Hoffman. Parkland; Bernlce Hoffman, Parkland; M. M. Hosklng, Wllkeson; Earl Hosking, John. Jaeger; J. B. Lingerman. South Ta coma; Oscar Lee, South Tacoma; Hermon Moser, South Tacoma; Arthur Newton, Epanawey; Artilltls PistolesI; Sophia Boresly. Parkland: Lillian Severson, Park land; Mary J. Suiter, South Tacoma; Har ry Suiter, South Tacqma; Mrs. Swanson, Parkland: Alfred Anderson, South Ta coma; Malcom D. Campbell: Samuel Hen ry, South Tacoma: Russell Hayes; Bessie Rice, Woodland; Fred T. Startrel, Wash ington, D. C. The Growing List of Dead. Since g:80 o'clock yesterday morning when car No. 116 took its fatal plunge over the DeLin-Street bridge, the death list has been steadily creeping up. A total of 23 dead was taken from the wreck. Since then IS of the injured have gone beyond suffering and four more are expected to aie, raising the list of fatalities to S. It is impossible to describe the scenes In the vicinity of the disaster. Old sol diers who passed through bloody scenes in the Civil Wat agree that no place on any of the battle-fields presented such a horrible sight as was to be found in the vicinity of the wrecked car. In a space of about 200 square feet were more than 100 dead, dying and wounded men, women and children, many of them hor ribly mangled. Women and children, lit tle boys and girls, dressed in gala attire, "were lying on the grass, some minus legs or arms, others covered with blood frpm wounds in the head and body, and almost destitute of clothes, made such a sight as no battle-field ever witnessed. The dead in several cases were so terribly mangled, that even the doctors shuddered at the sight; as the heavy car, as it fell, had In many cases decapitated its vic tims. That the death roll, large as it is, Is not much greater, is miraculous, for when one looks down upon the splintered boards and car trucks and wheels and realizes that that is all that remains of e large car. and remembers that when1 this car took Its fatal plunge it contairred over 100 souls, the wonder is, that any one came out of it alive. So complete was the destruction of the car. that not a board in Its construction is intact An idea of the destructiveness of the wreck may be gained when It is under stood that out of the entire list of pass engers on the car, not over 20 escaped without serious Injury, and not over five or six uninjured, and that of more than 100 passengers supposed to be on the car at the time it took the leap, 63 were treat ed at the hospitals, and five at private houses, and 23 of the victims were killed instantly. Strange Incidents. At Mrs. Austin's Is a little 3-year-old boy as yet unidentified, but whose par ents are supposed to be either dead or in the hospital. This boy was thrown bodily through the window of the ar, just before it left the track, and the presumption is that his parents realised their danger and tried to save their off spring. Tho boy fell In some bushes by the side of the track, and aside from a few scratches, was uninjured. Another strange case is that of the three children of Mrs. W. A. Wering. Mrs. Wering spent the evening of the 3rd with her sister. Mrs. Bare, and her children were coming In on the fated car to join their mother. Though all three of the children went down in the wreck, and when taken out "were surrounded by dead and wounded passengers, they escaped almost uninjured, and beyond a lew bruises, are today none the worse for their experience. Of three men who -were standing on the platform and jumped in a bunch, only one escaped, two of them being caught under the car and crushed out of all human shape, while the third man, escaped, and with only a broken foot; though he was the mldd' man. How he escaped he does not know; all he can say is, "I jumped when they did." Many Painful Mistakes. On account of the mlxlng-up of the ef fects of the passengers at the wreck, as clothing of everj kind was gathered up and taken in charge by the Coroner, many a heart was made sad for a time as peo ple who nad relatives or friends on the -ill-fated car recognized a hat a coat or other articles at the morgue. They na turally came to the conclusion that the 'wearers of these were among the victims, and in some cases It was hours before the mistake was discovered. One man who 2iad come In on his bicycle, after leaving his wife on the platform to take the wrecked car, was wild with grief, as he could not find any trace of her among the Injured. He thought she must be -un der the car. He was frantic with grief, and was digging away to help get the bodies out when a voice called his name, and there on the bridge stood his wife. She had missed the car, and had come in on the following-one. The strain was too much, and he fainted. 'o Pnnerrl Arrangements. No arrangements have been made re jrardlns the burial of the flead. Borne of the friends of-the dead may wish to inter their own from their homes, but it is ex pected a public funeral will be given the remains. A subscription fund was started to give immediate relief to those in. need. The street-car company headed the list with oJlOOO subscription, and by noon today 52500 had been raised. The street-car conv pany Is doing all that lays in Its power to relieve the sick and the injured, and every physician and hospital in the city have instructions to care for all the in jured at Its expense. "An Unavoidable Accident." Street railway officials 'claim the dis aster was the result of an accident and one entirely unforeseen and impossible to have prevented. An officer of the road stated Jost pjght that the company had recovered the register and this showed 66 fares. The number of children on the car Is not of course, included, and the commuters state their tickets are never rung on 'the register. Estimated on the basis of the dead and. Injured, it is be lieved abQUt 100 passengers were on the car, andthls is the number the street car officials estimate. General Superintendent F. L. Dame gave the Ledger this statement of tho disaster: "The car was in charge of Motorman F. L. Boehm and Conductor Calhoun. Mr. Boehm Is an experienced man and was selected for the South Tacoma run on ac count of his experience. He was for nine years an employe of a Cincinnati electric line, and thoroughly competent Conduc tor Calhoun had been working for the company about two months. "X posted an order at the street-car barn Tuesday night. Instructing ail street-car employes not to attempt to keep on sched ule time on the Fourth. They were told to pay the utmost attention to the safety of passengers, and to be especially care ful about teams and pedestrians who might be on the tracks. This applied to all lines, as well as the South Tacoma system. "The car was in perfect condition. Boehm was at the car barn Tuesday night working Dn the car. He took out the old sand and put in new; tested his brakes and the current The brakes did not fall, for an examination shows they were not broken. I understand the mo torman tested his sand at the. top of the hill. "Just how the car got beyond tho mo torman' control Is not known. The rail was bad, and It may have started to slip. There was just enough mist and rain to make the rails slippery and the sand may not have been sufficient to hold the car. It certainly got a start and the brakes, would not hold it ' "The current was reversed as a lost re sort There was not much chance of It holding, as It is apt to burn out as soon as the first notch is reached. This is probably what it did, but &ie only chance of stopping the car was to turn on a re versed current "The car must have come down at a' terrific rate of speed, for it leaped the track clear over the guard rail. The curve is an unusually high one, and under or dinary circumstances there would not have been any danger. The guard rail and timber did not stop the car; in fact a stone wall would have been of no use. "The brakes on the car were "found half . set Little can be told from this, how ever, as the fall would have dislocated the brakes. It Is probable they were set on as hard as possible. The trucks and mo tor were not destroyed, but the rest of the car Is ruined. "The accident is a most terrible and de plorable one, but It Is one that could not have been foreseen, and Is purely the re sult of causes over which we had no con trol." Other Accidents on the Grn.dc. The DellnBtreet grade has been fated for accidents. Twice during the days the old motor line ran to Oakes Addition lives were lost by accidents on the street and since the electric line was built there has been ohe other accident besides that of yesterday. This was during" the time the line "was under the management of the Tacoma Traction Company. A car jumped the track at the O-street curve; but did not go over the bridge. It was on this grade that -two motor cars collided with force about 10 years ago. and a half dozen men were maimed and at least one death occurred. It was on Sunday, and both trains were heavily loaded with pleasure parties, either bound to or returning from Wapato Lake. The list of injured was confined to those on tho platforms. A s'team motor leaped over the bank and into the gulch during tho time the steam road was operated. A woman lost her life In, this accident Hoseman Was Run Over. CORVALLIS, July 5 While running in one of the hose races yesterday after noon. Elmer Clark, of the Young Amer ica hose team, fell and was run over by other members of the team. Fortunately, the wheels of the hose cart did not pass over him. As a result of the concussion, he was unconscious for a time, but be yond severe bruises on various parts of his body, the consequences are not im portant Washington Notes. The ball .given, at Olympfla, the night of July 3, was attended by GOO people, most of whom danced. E. S. Herbert, extradited to Pennsyl vania to answer a charge of forgery, writes friends at Everett that he has been acquitted. The run of salmon at New Whatcom Is slowly increasing, and all the canner ies wjll be running full time within a few days. Spokane needs a smelter, and Is agitat ing the question whether the old one, be low the rlly, 'an be operated successfully and profitably. Work on the new Everett flouring mills will commence at once, and bo pushed rapidly so as to permit ,ot active operation by the last of the year. Py a vote of S to 14 the New What com Aftermath Club. Monday, withdrew from the State Federation of Women's Club-, and recalled the Invitation to the federation to meet there next Summer. Edward E. Cushman. of Tacoma, has been tendered the appointment of As sistant United States Attorney for tho District of Washington, to succeed Col onel Charles E. Claypool, who resigned. Frank J. Parker, late pf the W&lla Walla "Statesman, Is reported to have re tired to his ranch in Lincoln Counts. Ore gon, because of "delinquent subscribers and deceassd Democracy." He )s a Gold Democrat The Washington State Grand Lodge of Masons, at its recent session in Tacoma, voted not to admit liquor dealers to mem bership in the order, and directs present members who are in that traslness to withdraw. Will Bartel, working on a railroad bridge near Trinidad, "Douglas County, fell 110 feet into a gulch on the 3d, and suf fered the fracture , of both legs, several scalp wounds and many bruises. It is thought he will reebver. Everett has; a petty squabble over "Sewer Inspector" two men claiming xhe right to see the work"" done on the new sewer, from time to time, at $75 per month. The Independent says there is a job In the effort to get rid of tho first Inspector. Pullman farmers are beginning to let go their holdings of wheat of the 1E99 crop, and considerable is changing hands every day. The price ranges about H oents. sacked, in the warehouse, but 45 cents has been paid lor some chotco lots. Charles Newell, who came to Walla Walla from the East to edit the Dally Statesman, .has gone, to Washington, D. C, and Fred Marvin, who has been edit ing the Dayton Constitution, a Demo cratic weekly, will be editor of the Dally Statesman. The body of Otto Dobbins was found albngslde the railroad track, two mllos south of Everett Sunday. The causo of his death Is unknown. Some think It a case of murder, while others believe he was struck by a passing train. He was ft. common laborer. TO HELP EARLY CLOSING RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE ORE- . GON GITY COUNCIL. Police" to Report infractions of the Agreement ClackamaH TcnehersV Institute Salts in Circuit" Court. rmnrrmc pttt Tui. k a , numinr monthly meeting of the City Council held tonight the Recorder's report showed thatthree burial permits had been issued during the month of June. A petition was read asking for the Improvement of Jaak-. son street with crushed rock and six-foot ; sidowalks. which was referred to the street committee. The Council passed the following resolution unanimously: , "Whereas, The merchants of Oregon iCity havo signed an agreement to close their stores at 8 o'clock P. M. of each . QULCII NEAR "WHERE THE TACOMA CAR JU3IPED FROM day, except Saturdays and .payday at thj Willamette Pulp & Paper, Mills; and "Whereas, The said merchants desire tho assistance of the City Council in the enforcement of said agreement, believing the early closing of the stores beneficial to the citizens; therefore be it "Resolved, That the City Council assist the merchants in the eirly-closlng move ment, and that the Recorder be and is hereby instructed to perform such dutios as are imposed Upon him by the said merchants' agreement, and to" furnish the night watchman With a copj' of said (agreement containing tho names of the merchants-, and the- said night watohman. 4s- hereby instructed to report all Aiola-J tlons of said agreement to the Recorder. -and to the merchants' executive commit tee." The special committee appointed, con sisting of Albright, Busch and Huntley, to report on the advisability of Sunday closing recommended the enforcement qf the state Sunday law as to such stores as : sell dry goods, clothing, notions and gen eral merchandise. The report of the com-' mlttee was adopted An ordinance was passed appropriating ?300 for the Improvement of the Aber nethy road. There was a tie vote on the passage of the ordinance granting the Board of Bi cyolo Path Supervisors a three years' franchise for a path on the north side of Upper Seventh street The Mayor not desiring to cast the deciding vote, -sent tho Chief of Police out to arreBt Coun cilman Grace, who was absent at a lodge meeting, and bring him to the Council chambers. Mr. Grace's vote defeated the. ordinance. Over 100 teachers registered at the teachers' institute today, which promises to be the most successful ever held In Clackamas County. The musical programme-each day Is conducted by Profes sor E. S. Crumpston, and A. M. Grllley, general secretary of the Y. M. C, A., gives a half hour's Instruction in physi cal development County Superintendent Bowland secured. President W C. Haw ley, of the Willamette University, for the first class instruction this morning. He gives United States history and civil gov ernment at thg same time, combining five recitations in one. Professor H. 8. Gib son, of Oregon City, gives Instruction In arithmetic, and Professor D. W. Jarvis, of Portland, gives his methods of teach ing geography and grammar. President A. B. Coffey, of the Washington Stato University, devoted his time this after noon to primary teaching". In the Circuit Court today, Mary Free man filed suit for a divorce from Henry Freeman, on the ground Of desertion. The following divorce suits were also filed, the plaintiff In each case being a former resident of Multnomah, and the ground in each suit desertion: George W. vs. Hannah J. Baker; Annie vs. Thomas Bell; Grade Vs. Allen Randolph Murray. E. Mack Howell has filed a suit against the Oregon Iron & Steel Company to set-, tlo the title to 0 acres of land taking In a part of the town of Willamette Falls and taking in the falls of the Tualatin. The plaintiff claims that the defendant's one-half Interest In said property is not valid, and that he has purchased this di vided one-half from the legal heirs, and wants the court to give him legal posses sion. The property-is valued at probably $25,000. J, W. BerrXam, superintendent of the Rogue River -hatchery, left last night to begin taking salmon eggs for the season's work. Mcldrum McCown, ex-Deputy Fish Commissioner, has gone to that place to assist Mr. Bcrrlam In the work. BAKER CITY TVATER CONTRACT. Awarded to n. Spokane Firm Sump ter RourIi Hitlers Coming. BAKER CITY. Or., July 5. At a spe cial meeting of the City Council this even ing, the contract for tho construction of the gravity wator system was awarded to Fife ft; Conlan. of Spokane. Their bid of JS7.791 SO was the lowest Work on the line will commence as soon as the mate rial can bo laid on the ground. Colonol John T. Grayson returned today from his mines in the Cable Covo district PTe Is the owner of four mines, and has 12 men at work on the property. He says the outlook Is favorable. The ore Is high grade, but depth is required, which will be attained as fast as the men can do the work, Troop B, Oregon National Guard (Sump ter Rough Riders), In command of? Cap tain T. K. Mulr. arrived in the city to day on their way to the stato encamp .xnept at Salem. The troop marched from Sumpter to this city, a distance of 29 miles, in six hours, and stopped one hour used by the troop were shipped to Port- land this evening, and the men will take their departure on the morning train. The troop is composed of 45 men and three officers, and is' the second of its kind In the state, -the other troop being located at Lebanon. NO JFRDE FISHING STATIONS. Several Decisions to That Effect by Secretary of Interior. WASHINGTON, July L The Secretary of the Interior has affirmed a number of Land Office decisions which affect fisher- j men on tno Alaskan coast and which are in every instance detrimental to these parties. In each Instance the Secretary affirmed the decision vjrhich rejected sur veys of a tract made upon the applica tion of the parties named because the land was being used solely as a fishery station. The law under which such lands j are acquired specifies that the land shall j be used for promoting some manufactur-1 lng or other form of business, It being In tended in this way to place the lands In the hands of parties who would go in and develop and build up the country, but fishery stations, where no real business Is conducted, are not construed by the department to come within the provisions of the act The parties decided against with the localities of their tracts, are as follows: John Malowanslty, on Uganuk Bay; Andrew Anderson, Ugashek River; the Thin Point Packing Company, on. Kadlak Island; Wllllam'Chrlstianscn, on Ugashek River, and John StalKen on Kadlak Isl and:' ' NORTHWEST -BEAD. . Old Soldier Ruptured Blood Vessel in a Fit of Sneezing;. ASTORIA, July 5. Daniel Cronk, an old Grand Army .man. died at the hospital this afternoon. He was In his usual health until last evening, when, during a fit of sneezing, he burst a blood vessel in his nostril, which caused his death. He was about 65 years of age, was born In Newark, N. J., and came to this coast in 18. November 29, 1851, he enlisted in Company C, Connecticut volunteers, and served during a great portion of tho Givil War, making an enviable record as a soldier. He was wounded at the battle of Gaines Mills, and was discharged from the serylce December 12, 1863. Later he enlisted in the Thirty-sixth United States Veteran Reserve Corps. He left a wife and two children. His funeral wilt be held on next Sunday, under the auspices of Cushlng Post G. A. R., of which ho was a member. "Lucy Zlegler, tho 5-year-old daughter of Mr, and Mrs. G. Zlegler, died this morning from scarlatina. James Auderrray, ot Tnnffcnt. ALBANY. July '6. James Auderway, an old citizen of Linn Counts', residing near Tangent, died last evening at the age of 86- years. NORTHWESTERN APPOINTMF.NTS. Portlcnder for West Point Chemava Indian ScWool Ne-vr PoMtmnsters. WASHINGTON, .July 5. Senator Simon has secured tho appointment of Alvin B. Barber, of Porllanjl, as one of the ad ditional alternates appointed tar the West Fdlnt Military Academy, authorized by the recent Army bill. The Indian Office has taken up the mat ter -of a new girls' dormitory at the CHomawa Indian School, and has begun the preparation of plans for1 an adequate bulldlnff. to cost $20,000. Postmasters appdlnted today are: R. F. Potts, at Tualatin, Oregon, VCde J. R. C Thompson, resigned; J. M. Cowan, at Taioosh, Wash, "WHITE MAN ASSAULTS SQUAWS. Bent Them Wltb n Clob and One Died. NOtlTEt XAKIMA, Wash., July 5. Two Indian women were assaulted a few miles below here on the reservation by a white man and. brutally beaten with a club. One of Ihe women, 70 years old, was" left unconscious. She died. Her as sailant la known, but no arrest has been made. Oregon. The Dalles is offered a pesthouselte of 124 acres -for $250. In Baker City, tho prosecution failed t6 convict two women accused of conducting a house of prostitution at Sumpter. Mayor Dufur, or The Dalles-, seems to have a conflict "on" with the Common Council, as It has rejected his nomina tions for Recorder and Marshal. The town of Ontario Is complacent over the fact that 1000 horses were driven to it frem Payette, for shipment to the East because of "better rates and better "car rying facilities." D. E. Wynkoop. a timber buyer from Traverse Clty.Mlch., recently sent to a laundry in Salein a. bundleof clothing In which $210 In greenbacks was wrapped. He missed the money soon after and re covered it In Linn County school district No. 6 there were three applicants for the teach er's position. The Directors could not de cide betwen them, and allowed them to draw -straws. The youngest and prettiest was successful. There was no collusion. The receipts of the postofflce of The Dalles are sufficient to entitle the city to free delivery, and the Common Council has instructed .the Mayor and Recorder to "present a proper memorial to thei Postal Department asking that the same bo established' RAINIER " I ' half OF ' BUSINESS -SECTION OF . . .,. ' TOWN DESTROYED. . . . I I ! The Gatscrt Arrived" and Turned. Her Hose Oa to Stop tlto Flae Loss About $10,000. ST. HELENS, Or.. July 5. At about 2 o'clock this morning tha rear end t and upper story of the Deltz block, In Rainier, was discovered to be In flames, and In a very short time the -entire 'block was in ashes. The fire sproad to tha Newsom b'ock and the old Muckle building, which wero also burned before the progress ot the tiro could be checked. W. J. Deltz la the heaviest loser about $3500, partially Insured. I?eltzv carried a large stock of general merchandise, a part of which was saveL C. W. Haw- THE BRIDGE. man, tho butcher, saved nearly all his stock. W. H. Wagner saved a portion of his household goods, barber tools and confec tionery and bakery stock. His loss Is about $100, no Insurance. Bradshaw, the lunch counter man, saved all his stock. Tho Blue Goose sa loon, owned by Daugherty and Clark, lost only the fixtures; covered by Insurance. Tho Knights of Pythias, Rathbone Sis ters, Maccabees and Lady Maccabees, Who met In the hall In the Deltr block, lost alL of their paraphernalia, which were uninsured. Their combined loss Is said to be about $500- k TheNewsom. block, a new. bullding.-stlll in .the. course of construction "and tha old building, were Insured foe $lSX)."whlch. wutaimost cover that loss, it wasoccu pled by- John MorgusCwlth a general mer chandisa stock worth, about J40CO; no in surance. S. H. KIstners general stock of mer chandise, valued at $S00. was Insured for $500. A. L. Clark, the Postmaster, saved everything -except the fixtures. Eugene Harper, the barber in this block, saved all. The Bailey Gatzert, which happened alotfg at that time, did excellent work with her pumps and hose. She has the credit of saving the dock, warehouses and other buildings in that vicinity. The Are is a severe stroke to the town, as it takes almost half of tho business part. It was only by hard work that the Jargevthree story hotel property belonging' to M. Both was saved. Superintendent McGulre, of the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad, was: notified by- wire of the fire, and speedily made arrangements to ship a fire engine to Rai nier, but learned that the fire was out and that the steamer Bailey Gatzert had arrived and had a stream on the smolder ing ruins before the relief train started. THE FOURTH AT CALDWELL. Enthusiastic Celebration Reminis cence of the Town's Early Days. CALDWELL. Idaho, July 5. The cele bration ot tne r'ourtn at this thriving city of Western Idaho closed with a ball that danced Itself into daylight this morn ing. Tha exercises began at sunrise with the usual salute from an anvil la lieu of any captured cannon. At 10:30 there was a parade that was more magnificent than tha original parade here 15 years ago, but not a bit moro enthusiastic It had for its Grand Marshal a man whom an old-timer ot the Willamette Valley said was "The Bill Frazler or Idaho." Sheriff Dan D-. Campbell, of this county; and, barring that Dab. Is much more florid (In fact "A, Skaneateles blonde") the re semblance Is remarkable. The Modern Woodmen turned out a large number. At the pavilion there was music by the cornet band, and choruses by a choir of 25 people. Thero was an invocation by Rev. W. J. Boone, of the Presbyterian Church, and an oration by Hon. W. K. Borah, of Boise, In which he took th country through Its expansion career from Jefferson's purchase onward. Thero wer e also a few remarks by W. J. Cuddy, of Portland, on tho first Fourth here, in 1SS4, in which he referred to a number of the pioneers of the town and tle way they "'whooped her up" that year; also pleasant allusions to the prophecies made In the early days and their truthfulness as. evidenced" bJ events. Very fitting was the barbecue just after noon. All night before a whole ox had been roasting In pits near the pavilion, and a free dinner was served at the close of the exercises, It was devoured with the avidity that nothing but an Idaho appetite can prftduco. All the afternoon there were sports without number for boys, men, fat men, horses, three-leggeders, etc, and as soon as it .got dark the fireworks were let off, and. dancing followed tho pyrotechnics. The whole celebration was the success that was assured when thcrepresentatlve men of the city took hold of It such nier. as Ho;:. A. K. Steunenberg, Dr. A. F. Isham, Sheriff Campbell and others. VALENCIA FROM NOME. Report 30 Ships at the Cape Gold nt Cnpe York. SEATTLE, July 5. The steamer Valen cia arrived today, from Nome, June 24. She had two Nome passengers J. H. Hall and F. G. Irving, both of San Francisco. The Valencia reports the following ves sels at Nome at tho time of her depart ure: Aloha, Su Paul, Mary D. Hume, Charles D. Lane, Seward. Ellhu ThOmp. son, Victoria. Rainier, Lakme, Signal, Centennial, Noyo. Grace D.ollar, Garonno, Bear. Charlfes Nelson. Abble F. Morris, Louise J. Kenny, Francis, Alice, Lady George. Alcedo, Nellie G. Thurston, Fischer Brothers, Louisa D.f John and Wintbrop, Thomas F, Bayard, Laurel, J. pil LI DC AT Oly fillL A 1 JC Coleman and an unknown full-rigged brig. The Nome City sailed for Seattle a few hours before the Valencia. The Valencia called at Cape York, where she landed 60 passengers and a large amount of freight. Purser Fielding says York has a promis ing beach, from a gold-bearing' stand point NEWS OF INDEPENDENCE. Finishine Nov Creamery New Boil ers In. Position Rain on Hay, INDEPENDENCE, Or., July 5. The carpenters expect to finish up the cream ery building this week, ready for the ma chinery which is now on the way from the .East Mr. Eldrldge. the manager,, has not yet arrived, but he probably will before the machinery does. In the mean time everything will be ready for its reception. The new engine for the Independence and Monmouth Light & Water Company hog bepn placed In position. Light was expected last night, but we did not Re ceive it However, all is arranged' for the sendlng.QUt of light this evening. The lights were jjhut off four nights while the change in engines was made. Heavy rain, lasting for over an hour, fell today. As there is considerable hay down It la feared that jnuch .damage was done by the rain of yesterday and today. A great many farmers have not yet cut their hay, owing, to the unsettled condi tion of tho weather, while there are somQ' who have been lucky enough to get their hay in before the rains came on. Seme of our Cape Nome miners are ex pected back here this t evening, on the steamer they left op foe tKe North less than two months ago. Ed pwen o- John Kirkhmd, concluding that they havo had enough of Alaska wereln Seattle the first of the week, en route to their homes here. "WOUNDED SOLDIBR'S RETURN. Saytr Hard Fighting In the- Philip pines In Over. VANCOUVER, Wash- July 5. Lieuten ant John P. Hasson,' Thirty-fifth United States Volunteer Infantry, arrived homo today from Manila. He was wounded In the loft hip some two months ago, during an engagement in the Philippines. His wound is healing nicely, and he thinks ho will be sufficiently recovered to rejoin his regiment at the end of the 60- days sick leave granted him, and which he purposes to spend with his parents. Captain and Mrs. P. Hasson, on their farm, five miles northeast Qf this place. Lieutenant Hasson thinks the war in the Philippines Is abdut over. There Is considerable bushwhacking and Intermit tent guerrilla warfare being carried on in different parts of the islands now, he says, and which "he thinks may continue foe some time yet, but from present ap pearances there will be little or no more heavy fighting He expects his regiment, which left here 1 months ago, will have returned to tha United States and been mustered out by the end of its two years' enlistment TRANSFER OF YAMHILL OFFICES. Bonds Approved and" New Men Took Charge Last Nigrht. M'MINNVILLE. Or., July 5. The Coun ty Court of this county met today, County Commissioner Pearce retiring and J. C. McCrea taking his t place The bonds of the various ofllcers-elect , were apprpvgd this afternoon, and possession of the various offices was delivered to tho newly elected officers tonight,. Sheriff Sltton has appointed W. C. Haggerty as his chief deputy; Cbunty Clerk Nelson has appointed Ira F. Nelson as deputy, and the County Recorder will have as deputy J. O. Rogers until he gets famil iar with the duties of his "office. David H. Wade was arrested this" morn ing for giving alcohol to an Indian named ' Walcheno. Both are la jail pending ex amination. Tha annual teachers' institute, 'opened here today, with about 65 teachers pres ent. -Professors tDurette" and Grput aro tho Instructors. . PORTLANDER CUT TO DEATH. Supposed Encounter With .Robbers in Seattle. SEATTLE, Wash., July 5. John J. Reed, a resident of Portland, Or., and a barber by trade, met his death this morn ing in a terrible hand-to-hand conflict, which resulted In the deceased having his clothing literally cut from his Dody. The apparent motive for the crime was rob bery. The body was discovered shortly nfter 4 o'clock this morning. Numerous long gashes and silts in his coat and trousers gava silent but conclusive tes timony that before he gave up the-strug-glo fdr his life Reed had both fought and grappled with his assailants. Teamsters' Union for Astoria. ASTORIA, July 5. Steps are being taken to organfzo a teamsters' union In this city that will affiliate with the Federated Trad,e3. Nearly every firm Or individual in the city who owns a dray or delivery wagan has signed the application for a charter. Prosecuting Attorney Allen today an nounced the appointment of J. U. Camp bell, of Oregon City. as' his deputy for Clackamas County. There were no appli cations . for the position filed and Mr. Allen tendered it to Mr. Campbell, who was a leading aspirant before the Repub lican convention for the nomination for Prosecuting Attorney. His acceptance of tho appointment was received today. Pensions to Northweaterners. WASHINGTON, July 3. Pensions have been granted as follows: Oregon Original Lewis E. Armstrong, Barlow, $12; Marshall H. Knapp. Baker City, 5: John C. Green, Woodburn, $S; Joseph Corth. ScappOose, $C. Restoration Charles Gallea. HUeard, $5.. Increase James Batchelor. Salem, $10. War with Spain, original Leon G. Holland, Salem, $0; William H. Ponath, Portland. $12. Increase Jerome Tetterly, Allhouse, $S. Additional Henry Proctor. Elgin, $S. In creaseJohn McDonald, The Dalles, $S. Original Widows' special accident, June 16 Emma K. Glass, Dilley, $S. Washington Original John M. Cook, Seattle, $10: Henry' M. Be Lano, New Whatcom, $6. Increase George Smith, Oak Harbor, $10. Original Theodore Cook, Everett IS; Napoleon. B. Long, Garfield, $6; Morris Johnson, Tracyton, $8. Increase Jostah Starkey, Retrdon, $S; Special act Juno IS, Flavel H. Van EatOn, Olympla. $3(1: special act, Charles Crltzer, Spokane, $25; Farnam J. Eastman. Cheney, $50; Clayton Troth, Centralla, $8; David Burton, Cora, $&; Isaiah Wlndover. Loomls, $10. Idaho Original Jeptha B. Wood, Hous ton. $&. Increase Solomon Ash. Caldwell, $12; Sherburne D. Smith. Moscow, $S; Corydon Bevans, Shelly, $20. Minlnjr Stoclc Quotations. 8POKANB. July 5. The closing bids for mining stocks today wert, Blacktall $0 135ilN"obln Five o Butt & Boston. 2 Princess Miua.. 3 Deer Trail Con.. 41IRambJer Cariboo 2ctH Eventnp Star .. 7ViRescrvatIon .... 054 Gold Ld?e 1 Rossland Giant.. m Golden Harvest lglSullh-an ; 10S Insurgent ttjrom Thumb .... 184 Loae Pine Sun. 10. Waterloo 2 Horn. Glory 31 NEW TORK, July B Mining stocks today closed as follows r Chollar .........to ISlPntario . ta tk Crown Point ... 7lpphlr or Con. Cal & Va. Dcadwood ...... Gould &. Currr.i 1 40 Plymouth ., 10 40 Quicksilver 1 60 101 do pref 7 50 aOlSlerra. Nevada. ... Hale & Norcross.. Homeatake 50 OOjStandard ,. 3 M Iron SIKer KJIUnlOn Con 20 Mexican 16 yellow Jacket .... 12 New Skamnnia Cownty Poirtottlce. WASHINGTON, July 2. A postofflce has been established at Underwood. Ska mania County, Wash., on the route from Hood River, Or., to Chenowlth, Wash. Grace Dark has been appointed postmas ter. - SHOT WIFE IN THE BACK THEN TOOK A LARGE DOSE OF MORPHINE HIMSELF. Afterward Shpt at n. Teamster The Wife Will Die The Children Witnessed the Tragedy; LEWISTON, Idaho, July 5. A special to the morning Tribune, from Troy. Idaho, gives an account of the fatal shooting of Mrs. F. M. Griffith by 'her husband at 7 o'clock tonight. The couple live near that town, and Griffith Is a woodchopper. They had trouble some time ago when dlyorce proceedings were instituted. The woman with her children has since been living alone. Griffith went to the house tpnjght when h:s wife fled to the yard, and he shot hor In the back. He, then carried her In the house and placed her In bed, and later sat on the foot of the bed and took a large dose pf morphine. He then started down the road, and, meeting a man on a wagon, fired three shots at him, but missed each time. A posse Is now looking for Griffith. The woman will die. The children wit nessed the tragedy. Eighth Grade Graduates. ALBANY, Or., July 5. Under -a law passed by the last State Legislature pro viding for tho granting of diplomas to students In the public schools having completed a prescribed course, ending with the eighth grade, tho. County Super intendent has just completed passing up on the examination papers of about TO applicants. This is the first examination held under the law and it promises to bo an important factor In promoting the cause of education. Thirty-two were granted diplomas, which entitle them to enter any ninth- grade in the state. Miss Ethel Gore, of Harrlsburg, only 14 years of age, passed the highest examination, recalvlng an average marking of 95 1-5. County School Superintendent A. S. Mc Donald bos been elected principal of the public schools of Corvallls, to succeed Professor Pratt. Idaho. Prospects are reported good for large cropi in Fremont County. Boise's mean temperature In June was 70 degrees. One day the mercury" reached 103. The lowest point was U. The population of Boise Is said by the Statesman to be "placed at S000 by con servative estimates of the census dis tricts." Judge D. W. Stindrod, James C. Ram sey and Geofge M. Parsons ate promi nently mentioned for the Republican nomination for Governor. The receipts of ihe Oregon Short Lino at Boise last month amounted to $50,000. of which $3S.00O was for freight arid $12,0CQ for tickets, a great increase over June of 1899. The state Is preparing to offer a large quantity of North Idaho whlto pine for sale. At Moscow, on August 16, the tim ber on 23,320 acres In Latah County will be offered, and at Wallace, on August S, that on 16,440. acre! In Shoshone County wH he put up. The timber must bring as much as its appraised value. Nez Pcrces County complains of In equitable representation In the Legisla ture. The Lewiston Tribune says: "Con ties of less population will have double the representation of Nez Perces County. Two years ago Nez Perces County had the largest registration of voters in tho state, and the vote polled was only slight ly exceeded by two other counties. In the lower house of the Legislature the county had one vote for each 1250 voters, while other counties hud a vote for each 600 voters." The Legislature will be asked to remedy the Injustice. x-S' College Admits both sexes, is nonscctarlan, away from the city, beautiful, and healthful location. Tho academy receives younger and less advanced pupils. Strict Military Discipline Expenses reasonable. Send for the new catalogue before deciding upon another school. Address a postal card to President A. C Jones, Ph.D. Burton, Wash. TOO MUCH TAPE A Live Crawling Thirty-Foot Man-Eater. Human Liven Destroyed by Tape Worms. Thousands of Wcalf, .De bilitated People arc Worm-eaten. Lots of people are eaten alive without know ing it. Thousands of lnallds suffering from weak ness and debility, wasting away in a. slow death without apparent cause, are turning out to be YlctlmS of tape-worms. Cascarets Candy Cathartic are found to b perfeet eliminators Of tape-worms, thosa de stroying parasites that axe eating up human liea by thousands. There was no way of telling: tho presence of tape-worms until Cascarets began killing them. The records ot cases come In dally. Here Is one: Lima. O., Feb. 25, 1890. Gentlemen After suffering for two jcars acd spending a great deal of money tryine to be relleed from a tape-worm, I was Induced to try a box o your Cascarets. After taking ' four tablets between 0 A. M. and 5 P. M.. at 7 o'clock inthe evening: I passed a worm, about thirty-two (32) feet lony. head and all. I take jxeat pleasure In recommending- Cas carets to any one suffcrlrg- from this trouble Tours truly. SAMUEL WEINFELD. Traveling- Salesman. Henry Diesel Cigar Co If you feel bad. and don't know why. take Cascarets, They are absolutely harmless, maka the liver lively, open the bowels and kill tha disease germs la tho body. Buy and try Cascarets today. It's what they do. not what we say they'll do. that proves their merit. All druggists'.. 10c, 23c. or 50c or mailed for price. Send for booklet and free sample. Address. Sterling Remedy Co-, Chi cago; Montreal. Can.; or New York. This Is the CASCARET TABLET. Every tablet ot the only genuine Cascarets bears the magic letters "CCC," Look at the tablet before jou buy. and beware of frauds. Imitations and substitutes. The Orerjon Mining Stock Exchange Auditorium, Chamber of Commerce Bids., P. O. box G79. Portland. Or. Telephone Main 810. J. E. Haseltlne, Pres.: David Goodsall Treaa.; F. J. Hiird. Sec Dlrectbra I. G. Clarke, J. B. Haseltlne. Da vid Goodsell. P. J. Jennings. L G. Davidson, F. V. Drake. E. A. Clem. THE GOLD HILL & BOHEMIA MINING CO. owns four first-class quartz mining iproper tlea; three of them, embracing nine claims, being In the Gold Hill mining district, Jack son County, Oregon; and one of them, em bracing seven claims, being in Oie very heart of the Bohemia mrolng camp. Capital stoclc $100,000 00; 40 per- cent of stock In treasury; all promoters' ptock pooled. Listed with the Oregon Mining Stock Exchange. In vestigate. Davidson. "Ward & Co. (members of the Oregon Mining Stock Exchange), 408 Caambcr of Cocsaroo. Pboae Qy o33 CCJC