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THE f MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. JULY G, 1900.
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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
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! 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
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