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Si THE MORNING OREGQXIAJ.', WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1906. . a' FftGTSftBOUTWlOHOS Attacked Only After Patience Was Exhausted. HOW WOMEN WERE KILLED lit by Shells at Long Range Scott Tells History of Trouble "With .Mount Dujo Band and Defends "Wood. WASHINGTON. March 0.-Socroiary Tuft hag rnceivod the following telegram from Governor-General Ide, at Manila, dated today, relative to the Mount Dajo Jlght: Newspaprr report from Manila announcing TVMttea Maushtor of women and children at Mttt Dao extremely wusatlonal afwl in all cvwftftl dotalta faUa. Tho situation occupied l Moro outlaws on the crater of the volcano 2100 feet high was exceedingly difficult and r4Hlrcd rreat display of hrotam on tho part of ike Army and Navy and Filipino and Moro VwAaiHilao i who rendered most valued erv ie. Same tvonien and children were killed or vwmdod by urellmlnary fuelling at a dls naaeo. Mores wore outlaws and fanatics and i4wo& to rarrender to the last, ayomptln? rwatedly to murder our forces, who wore rwwildE wounded Mores. Moro Sultan and 3"idtnc Datum rendorefl groat assistanre and tlx- mrroaadtnc iopuiation is iu great aym uh with til oounse taken to remove the mt cutthroats wlio worn praying 'Upon lW comnHinlty. retreatlnt: as oocaslon re- qtrr to what they Jfuptofed to lc impon -ctmbto faMnetscn. Thw was no Killing of anyone except euch Jae ww lndirpeapablc to end aif intolerable UMtuatlon. Attack not ordered until vwy 't-Mmrr looking to possible adjustment Jailed Troops and officers dewninK of highest prai. Mr. Taft also has made public ah ox hauetive report from Major Hugh Scott, .who was Governor of the Moro Provinces tjttst preceding the engagoment, respecting the lMtbtts of warfare of these people. Tho text of Major Scott's report fol lows: Origin of tlie Trpuhio. Tae recent trouble in Jolo had Its bccln- nS a year ago. when a Sulu Moro by tbe mm r l'ala ran amuck In the rtrcets LabiN. Data, Hrltlh North Itorneo, and imn awj- nncr Killing- una wounding- peo- $. He rwtwrnod to hie cottage on the south t4. of lite Sulu Islands, about 15 miles from Jolo. It was not to be tolerated that tho vitteem of a friendly power should thus be MMrdered b- cava under American Juristic . a an attempt was made to arrest )Ih jmirrtsc. Hl ootta wa taken and rf-Btrafr. but h escaped in the jungle. He hmd many ermiMtttds'-rc, relatives and friends In v&rio-e jarta of the Island, among the tettiud about Mount Dajo. who 11 rod vi the American troops and depredated vpoa frteMdly Mores in the neighborhood. I1tt Uffort at Huiwrrsoion. Oeacral Wood came' down with trosns from MtadaiHis (the Seventeenth Infantry was about t lve for the United State and had become eted i number) to surround Pala's jungle jumI arrest him. General "Wood wa tired unon m the way to Pala'j Junglo in the Tatnbling i y tuo IJaJo people. One eoldior and -rI Muru- woru killed. Many of the Dajo I-opte uan rah up on Mount Dajo and began iMTiitHg tnemsflves. The troops went on. '"w i-nte, who would nut surrender, and Killed Mm. in3 men went on to Tando loc, 'where nnoUver rand of t-ymputhlzora. win had been fl-HWCtusc Mon frleadly Moras, wereifeund erater oh a mountain about T. miles from Jai. uy meon of an oM Moro. who was captMtrd on the way. tlie chief of this band vs NMMced, after many effortu and long walt- i. wirraer without a fight to tho com nwmtcr the force and give up his gune. ieriH wood wlh the troops jk-iH the great i pari of the day far from water, under t tiical ib. watting with the atmont patience n the dilator" tactics of the ravagm. In order RivyoH?h the subjugation of this band Itcfuge nt Mount Dajo. im rctarn or General Wood to Jolo v nan considered that the ringleader were. a ue Mwvb had beon iKinlshed enough. expeomon wan ojfbanded. It n Hoverd that Dajo fugitive from the i auiDimg light were en ton of Mount r Th Mtt In a. crop of rico and sweet potatoes -'ww rrnter. ana bad plenty of water " "n ln 'ir round. They said they did . ni u ngnt. ana only wished to cultlvat iw reap their crops. A demand was made on tir I tor. Joakanaln and Kalbi. for the oi wc nngleadere. which were FUrren- red. and tacy were told to come down and -ute helow. bat could cultivate their crops xiwf x not to Hire nil their food. They )-'imled to refrain from depredating uix.n n.vbod- and to prevent anybody from using l" mowniain an a mrongheld for tlileey Dauo JoMknntUn and Kalbi (from whom the ihijo pefe had run away) oxertod their now- r of comma i Ml ovor them and kopt them from -predating during the Sammer and Fall. They a v-ordlngl- caeed about 150 of the original 2"t roeorted to lc on the mountain to come J-wn and settio la their Id lioinos below. A day or ao before Thanksgiving I went t.. XamlMtnga. lo mlleo tHanli, and rotunied ttt DAeoniber 1. 1 found that durine iv Kbkenec some Mwo had tohl the Dajo people ir uovernor would attack them at day Jight en November SO. Thay all ran away on ti of the mountain, touudod their gongs all r.gat and made ready or tlie aUack. Tlioy viMderrd that a tutcof war was on, and iM-tod that 0 armed Moron were going about night t take property from friendly Moron. ioral Imffaloett liad been taken w4ien I ar- vxl. Prwuure wan at once put ujon Jak-n-'Mn lo allay this excitement and stop all V i redatfonp. A loiter was written to General ", od. detailing the clrcumstancea and warn Suk him of the proximity of trouble if Joak naln ritould not have tho power to control XI Dajo people, whereupon General Wood o-dred twn companies of the Nineteenth In fantry to Jolo. as tho cavalry -quadron had u-t arrived from the United States. Kept Quiet br DitltoH. i wkaaalH won unable to prevent any fur tWr dcprodaUenM atid iald that If ho wan al liwwi t he would ruosced in geuing all the Mon off the mountain. All during the month v Deoembor he kopt them quiet and brought in AUVo. who was the mwt prominent man there. Ako wanted very much to get a dog. The ti-ntmor gave him one, and he went away jch pleafed. and did hb utmost to make ve others come off the mountain. Tho Sultan a 1 his two brothers. Raja. Muda and Datto ' k. also Majarah Opuaa and f?awajaln, all IfPurntlal Moras, went to the mountain and wcJ their utmort endeavom. I saw General Wood last about December 2u. and told him tho two companies of the '".el-enth. Infantry would not lieneeded for the present, an the Moras were being kept Jown by Joakanaln, and tho order wending t?m to Jelo was revoked. While the elements T 'rouble were mill there fthe cJements of J-ouMe are always somewhere in Jolo) it was th -night t oould leave then an well as at nry other time, and accordingly J started on lrav of absence on January 1. Wood roller of Patience. The last advices by mall from Jolo were Cated January 29 and, the Dajo question not tring mentioned. I suppoaed M Moras re wained quiet, at lea until that date. It is presumed they got out of Joakanaln's control entirety and 'began to depredate on other Moras a "cordtnc to the Moro custom, and had to be rubdaed. or ele It would be neccs,ary to aban- on the effort to preserve law and order in ! JlOiO. The policy of General Wopd in that archi pelago ha always Iw-en to tiring about peace and order as generally and with as little Iosa tcf lire as rouble. In .every case when It ha been necessary to arreat Moras charged w.th crime and they have gone- Into their I?ron;hc4dfl and called their friends and i-ela-tlt about them to rcslet arreat. every possible i carert. extending In eomc caacs over weeks. f J and months, han been made to bring about tbe arrest without bloodshed. Major Scott here cites instances where this policy has been successful and continues: Mountain Hard to Capture It is not conceivable -that tills policy of humanity carried out in every case In tbe past two years and a half should not have been changed, especially a General Wood was there In person and no one would take more trouble to avoid unnecessary bloodshed than he. Mount Dajo li about midway In ih Ialand of Sulu. and Is over 2000 feet high Upon the top is the crater of a volcano, long extinct. Tho mountain It five or six miles around tho base, covered with trees In most parts, and has on Its hides many landslide. As the core Is of rock, after the aoll has gotten a resting place on its sides and unmsuaj rain falls the water Is soaked up. the aoll becomes very heavy and as tho roek 1 no steep the earth falls, breaking down trees below like an avalanche of now. HI 'ery sleep and difficult to climb under most favorable drcura stances, and to climb It successfully under Are w undoubtedly a most gallant foal of arms and, unless great skill had been ued, many more llvos would have been lost among the troops. The Moras themselves consider the top of that mountain Impregnable, as they have food and can ratoe more, and an aband ant supply of water Is reported in the crater, which made an Ideal stronghold. As that mountain and crater cannot be destroyed, it will aiuaya be a menace to peace and order in Jolo unless the Moras from some supersti tion shall avoid it hereafter. LAISOIIEK HAD1A' WOUNDED BY A JAPANESE. Quarrel Said to Be Over Payment for a 3IcaI Oriental Makes His Escape. , Thomas Anker, a laborer, war stabbed and seriously wonndd by a Japanese at Second and Durnside streets at midnight. Tho fight, it -Is. . said, occurred over the payment ? a meal in a rostnurant. The police believe the nonpayment for a meal was the caui.c, but admit that it is only a surmise. Others contend that tlio quarrel was over a pool game. After stabbing Anker several times In the neck the Jap made his escape before the eyes of over a score of people who watched the affray with out interference. Two detectives. Murphy and Jones, took after the fleeing man, but the latter ccapd by running through a lodging-house and gettfng away through a rear door. Bloodshed and a serious stabbing affrav ovor tho nonpayment of a meal In a North End restaurant for which Thomas Anker, a laborer, was badly cut about tho neck- occurred at Second and Burnsldc streets at midnight. AnkerV- assailant, a Japa nese, made his escape before tho eyes of a j-coro of people who saw the cuttlntr Detectives Murphy and Jones chased the fleeing man two blocks, but lost sight of mm when he ran Into a lodging-house at 234 Third street. riio quarrel, which the police boilvc was over tho non-payment of a meal. started in trickson s saloon. Hot words were followed by tho Japanese inviting Anker to the sidewalk. After moro dick ering the Oriental drew a long sheath knlfo and dealt Anlcer two or three blows across the neck, Inlllctlng serious wounds. A number of people -aw the cutting, and the detectives, who were attracted by the Japanese running, took after him, but failed to make a capture. Anker fell to the yldcwalk bleeding pro fuseiy. - He staggered to his fcetontorod the saloon and asked for medical aid. and then ran to tin street again, where be fall. He was removed to Good Samaritan Hospital by Policeman Johnson and Pa troldriver Gruber. whore, after tho opera tion was performed, it was salr that the wounded man would probably recover. Anker is In a weakened condition from great loss of blood. A description of the Japanese Is all the police now have to work on. As soon as notified Captain Bailey dispatched officers and detectives to all parts of the restricted district, in hope of capturing the man. E. Cummings and George Blako, who jww the light, say that the Jap, without warning. drew a long knife from his pocket and commenced slashing. No effort was made to capture the man until he had accom plished his purpose. When It was realized that a murder had probably been com mitted, several men, including the two detectives, took after the lleelng man. who outstripped the crowd and mado his es capo through the rear entrance to the lodging-hous-. E5 E MOB ENUAGED AT L.YNC1IING OF JOHNSON BY WHITES. Troops and Police Prevent Hlot at Cliattanooa, but Two. While Men Are Shot. CHATTANOOGA. Tonn.. March 20. A squad of less than 100 ioliccmon backed by four companies of militia tonight held In check a large crowd of negroes, va rlously estimate! at from 2000 to 40000 in number, and pmventod a riot which might have resulted In a great loss of life. The negroes were bont on revenge for the lynching last night of Ed Johnson. With the exception of a small fusiladc of shota on East. Ninth street npar tho intersection of A, in which two white men were shot and the burning of a house on West Ninth street, there were no further disorders. The injured are: John Curtis, a railway man; snot in t-nouiuer oy unxnown negro: DJck Ught, Deputy Sheriff, ahot in hand by unknown negro. The officers arc satisfied with tho situ ation here tonight and it is believed Uiftt. if tomorrow passes without troublo, the crisis will be over, "i no funeral of John son will occur wlthou trouble, but It Is feared that some outbreak may occur after that. During the- day all the manufacturing plants Jn the, city were closed' because of the refusal of the pegroes to work and by night.' they w-erc forming into parties, wblch the officers broke up as fast as pos sible. , SUPltEME : 'OUHT MAY ACT Judges Consider Proceedings Against Mob Which Lynched Johnson. WASHINGTON. March 20.-Some Qf the members of the Supreme Court of the United States are considering the advisa bility of an attempt to secure tne pun ishment of the mob which last night took from tbe Jail at Chattanooga. Tenn E. Johnson, the negro whose legal execution, set for today, was stayed by an order Is sued by the Supreme Court yesterdav. The Departments Justice also Is consid ering action in the matter. " The Supreme Court is not now In ses sion and will not be for a fortnight, but it is possible that a conference may bo called at a near date to consider what course should be pursued. Painful hurnJi. any sere -skin hurt quickly healed by Satin skin cream. 2C-a DEAD IN THOUSANDS Earthquake "Destroys Three Towns in Formosa. WHOLE ISLAND IS SHAKEN Violent Shocks Continue W'hoIe.Day, Killing 2000 Persons In One Town Estimated Ixss Is 545,000,000. IXDNDON. March 21. According to the Dally Telegraph's corresponuent at Toklo. it is now estimated that several thousand persons were killed by the recent earth quako in Formosa. Tho wholo Island was shaken from early mornimr on Satur day until late .at night, the shocks being continuous. On the. same day slight shocks were felt in Japan, and from Saturday nhtht until the following morning five distinct shocks occurred at Kumamolo. Telegrams from Formosa state that tho prosperous towns of Datlyo. Raishlko and bninko were complotely destroyed. At Jvagi alone 20W natives and seven Japan were killed. The government depart ments are transacting business In the open air. or In hastily constructed sheds. At Datlyo GOO bodies have already been recovered from the open fields, to which the people had fled only to succumb to tneir Injuries. At a rough estimate the damage amounts to ?5.000.0CO. REFUSE OFFERED ADVANCE French Miners Scorn Ten Per Cent and Fight Gendarme.. I..ENS. France, March 20. Tho Miners Congress today rejected the company proffer of an increase of 10 per cent in wages. The action of the consress. how ever will be submitted to tho referendum of tho S1.0W strikers. The congress has issued a manifesto calling on the miners to remain calm and not to listen to rcvolutlonanr agitators. urging mat uius tney win best serve their own interests and render more like ly an Improvement in their condition. The strikers are still exci'ed. Tumultu ous demonstrations occured this evening. but there was no intervention of the troops. "WILL. AVOID CHURCH HIOTING CIcnicnccau Indicates Change of Pol- Icy on Separation. PARIS, March 20. Milnstcr of the In terior Clemenceau. replying to a question in tho Senate today, tersely expressed the government's view relative to tho employ ment of force to carry out tho inventories of church properties. 'U c intend to enforce the law," he said. "but the numbering of candlesticks in churches Is not worth the risk of sacri ficing a single human life." This Is construed as indicating that. whore resistance is offered, other means will be adopted of obtaining tho end. WALDOKF ASTOIFS WEDDING Anglicized American Will Marry Mrs. Shaw in April. LONDON. March 21. It Is stated that Waldorf Astor will marry Mrs. Nannie Laughorne Shaw at the end of April in Virginia, and that they will reside at Cliveden, tho Thames resldonco of Will iam Waldorf Astor. which will be the wedding gift from Mr. Astor, who will also bc.tow upon his son an income of $100,000 yearly. PRETENDER ENTERS PROTEST Object.? to Powers Disposing of Mo rocco and Will Ignore Them. PARIS. March 20. The Moorish pretend er and M chiefs have forwarded protests to Algeciras against the representatives of tho powers disposing of Morocco with out consulting them. Thoprctonder, ac cording to the text of the protest pub lished this morning, states that, when he enters Fez victorious, he will refuse to recognize tho conference's docistoit. Austria Proposes New Scheme. VIENNA. March 20. Austria has In structed Count Wolsershlemb. delegate to the Algeciras conference on Moroccan re forms, to endeavor to arrange for a sit ting of the conference on Thursday or Friday, when he is to put forward an amendment to article 4 of the Austrian police proposals, providing for the appoint ment of a superior officer belonging to a neutral power who shall be attached to tho diplomatic corps at Tangier and will exercise supervision over all eight Moroc can ports and the police force. Prince nenry's Auto Scares Tcnm. RERUN. March 20. Prince Henry of Prussia, while personally driving an au tomobile, ran into a team near the til lage of Tarp. not far from Schwcrin. and badly frightened the horses. The Prince compensated the owner liberally, but after ho left the latter telephoned to the police at Schwcrin. who stopped His Royal Hlg'hncs. He explained the situa tion, and as they seemed to be iu doubt as to what to do. Prince Henry proceeded. with the remark: "lou know where I live." INSERT Refuse Offered Advance Fire continues in the lateral galleries of the Courricres mine, where hundreds of bodies remain. Striking- miners and gendarmes had a severe encounter today in front of the Town Hail, where the miners' congress was In session. The gendarmes charged several times and a number of people were trampled unaor foot, and many ar rests wore made. BUI to Aid British Shipping. LONDON. March 20. The long-promised bill amending the merchant shipping pets so as to place British and foreign ships on the same- rooting was introduced in the House of Connnons today by David Lloyd-George, president of the Board of Trade. The bill undoubtedly will pass. Shot Dead by a Priest. NANCY. France. March 20. A manl- festant at the Inventorying of- church property here is dead, its the result of a bullet 'wound inflicted by the vicar of the church during the disturbance. HE DAY'S DEATH RECORD John R. Gubbins, Derby-Winner. LONDON. March 23.-John R. Gubbins. the well-known horsa-owner, is dead. John R. Gubbins was born. In 1K3 in Ire land, and- In JSCS was High Sheriff of i i i . . - County Limerick. Ife won the Devonshire plate on J. W. Whytc's Fairy Landing in 1SS won the Wiler cup at the Down Royal meeting in 1SS3. and 1S37 he won the 2K0 guineas, the Derby and the St. Lcgcr with Galtee More. In 1SC Mr. Gub bins won the Derby with Ard Patrick. Galtee More was bought by the Impe rial Russian stud In 1S02 for JlW.ttO. and In 1504 was sold to the Imperial German stud for $55,009. i i Senator Bailey's Father. NEW ORLEANS. March 20.-J. TV. Bailey, father of Senator Bailey, died ear ly this morning. Senator Bailey Is onhis way here Mr. Bailey was born In New York In 1SS4. but was educated in tho South, and has long been a prominent resident of Crystal Springs. Miss., whence he was brought here for an operation, from which he never rallied. Dr. T. F. Richardson, New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS. March 20. Dr. T. Far row Richardson, of the Marino Hospital Service, who was selected by Surgeon General TVyraan to conduct the sanitary campaign in Spanish Honduras, died last night of typhoid-pneumonia. STATEHOOD BATTLE TDDAY WILL BE WAGED OVER ADOP TION OI'" SPECIAL. RULE. Insurgents Will Fight Rule Sending Bill to Conference Predict Split Among Regulars. WASHINGTON. March 20,-Thc state hood bill will be taken up n the House tomorrow under the protection of a spe cial rule, the adoption of which will be tho necessary step on the part of the House to get the bill Into the hands of a conference committee of tho Senate and House. Forty minutes' debate will be di vided between the friends and opponents of the rule, when a vole will bo taken. The special rule Is declared V bo the only way the bill can be taken from tho Speaker's table, as otherwise it would have to go to the committee on territo ries because of the Senate amendment making a different disposition of certain Government property from what wan con templated In the Houso bill. If this amendment should not be made, a motion to concur In the Senate amendments would have been In order as taking prece dence over a motion to disagree. How ever, the advocates of the House bill see a tactical advantage In the special rule, as some members who were Inclined to support a motion to concur with the Sen ate will not be inclined to oppose a rule direct from the Speaker's room. A meeting of the Republican insurgents Is contemplated. Their leaders say the rule probably will be adopted, but that, while they have no real objection to send ing the bill to conference, thoy will vote against the rule as- they consider it con structive Instructions to tho House con ferees that they are not to report unless they can reach an agreement In accord ance with the House bill. They predict that the vote tomorrow will be the last one In which the "regulars" can hold their strength, and that. If a report comes In, Arizona and New Mexico will be elimi nated from the bllL INSURGENTS STAND UNITED Thirty of Them Pledged to Rcslt Rule on Statehood. WASHINGTON. March 2X Thirty "In surgent" Republicans mot In Representa tive Hancock s commit tee-room today and agreed to stand together In opposition to Speaker Cannon's plan to send th statehood bill to conference. The "Insur gents" say they favor sending the bill as amended by the Senate to a conference but will not support any rule designed to shut off debate and prevent the House from Instructing Its members of the con- icrence now to vote. Summons Served on Til ford. NEW YORK. March 20. Henry Woll- man. Now lork counsel for Atlornev- General Hadley, of Missouri, announced tonight that the task of serving Henry M. Tilfonl with n subpena In the mattor of the Standard Oil hearing In this city had been accomplished today. May Inspect Amalgamated Hooks. ALBANY. N. Y.. March 2a The Court of Appeals today decided In favor of Jo seph Fannelly. who sued the Amalga mated Copper Company and the National City Bank, of New York. In order to se cure the right to inspect the copper com pany's stock books and papers. Murine Ere Itemedr Cures Errs- v,Vn WaV Eyes Strong. Soothes Eye Palo. 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The second day's session of the oil hearing in the ouster caso of Missouri against the Standard, Republic and Waters-Pierce oil companies was marked by the failure of II. Clay Pierce to appear as a witness and the sworn testimony of Dr. Bond, his physi cian, that Mr. Pierce was threatened with pneumonia and unable to leave hl3 room, and the severe cross-examination of Charles M. Adams, secretary-treasurer of tho Waters-Pierce Company, who oc cupied most of the day with his testi mony. Stock certificates wore produced and road to show that tho Standard Com pany held stock in tho Waters-Pierce Company in 1SC0. when that company was reorganized. Closes "Way of Escape. Attorney-General Hadley today tele graphed to Secretary of State Swanger at Jefferson City, asking him not to per mit the Republic Oil Company to with draw from continuing business in Mis souri, as such a course. If permitted. would dofent the purposes of the investi gation. Mr. Hadley explained that dur ing the taking of testimony. In Cleveland recently, he received an intimation that there might be a shifting of oil interests in Missouri, and that he had immediately written Mr. Swanger along that line, re questing that particular care be taken that this should not be allowed. Pierce's Doctor Testifies. When Mr. Piorco was called this morn ing, counsel for the Waters-Pierce Com pany presented a physician's certificate, which stated that he was suffering from tonsllltis and bronchitis, and was unable to attend. Mr. Hadley refused to accept the certificate, and on. his Insistence Dr. Bond came into court and testified under oath that Mr. Pierce was threatened with pneumonia, and that it would not be safe for him .to attend the hearing. Mr. Pierce then was excused until to morrow. At the Pierce home, a reporter inquired as to the condition of Mr. Pierce. The statement that he Is 111 was received with surprise by a member of the household. who said: "Mr. Piorco Is not at home. He may be at hte office." At Mr. Pierre's office It was stated that Mr. Pierce was not there, and had not been there for a year. TAKING WAS NOT STEALING JEROME'S OPINION ON INSUR ANCE CONTRIBUTIONS. Advises Court That Officials Who Gave Companies Money to Pol itics, Committed No Crime. NEW YORK. March 20. The giving of political contributions from the funds of a life Insurance company by the officers of such a company does not constitute larceny or any other crime, is the opinion of District Attorney Jerome. This opinion was submitted to Justice O'Sulllvan, in tho Court of Goneral Sessions today. Tho opinion was given In connection with the presentment on the insurance investigation, in which Justice O'Sulllvan was asked to advise the . grand Jury whether he considered the giving of such political contributions as constituting grand larceny. The District Attorney in his opinion says that, after a careful ex amination of authorities he Is led to the conclusion that the actions embodied in the four statements of fact found in the presentment do not show the commission of the crime of larceny, or of any other crime. Judge O'Sulllvan tomorrow will charge Towle's New Log Cabin Syrup "Penoche" is good for them. the grand jury as to his own conclusions in -the matter. TRAIN DUG OUT OF SNOWDRIFT Passengers Imprisoned All Day An other Train Stalled In Illinois. DECATUR. 111., March 30. A Cincin nati. Hamilton Sc. Dayton passenger train from Indlanopolls. held fast In a snow drift six miles cast of Decatur all day Monday and last night, was dug out of the snow today-. The 15 passengers did not suffer. An Illinois Central passenger train that left Decatur Monday night for Cham paign Is stalled In a snowdrift 12 miles from Decatur. Four engines tried unavailing- all night to move It. Twelve passengers on board are comfortable, a farmhouse near by supplying food. A, Vandalla passenger train, due In De catur Monday morning, arrived this morn ing, drawn by seven engines. The Continental Limited, on the Wa bash, from New York to St. Louis, passed Decatur this morning, after being seven hours In a drift near Philo, III. MINERS FLEE FROM CAMPS Thousands Fill SUvcrton, "Where Famine Threatens Them. DENVER. March 20.-Owing to the fear of snowslldcs. all mines in the neighbor hood of Sllverton. Colo., have been closed, and 2000 miners have fled to Sllverton for safety. Sixteen men have been crushed or suffocated to death by the avalanches In that district In the last three days, and tho property loss, is estimated at SiOO.OCO. - As the railroad between Sllverton and Durango is blockaded. Sllverton Is now facing a famine. A train which had been four days on the road reached Crested Butte, tho ter minus of the branch of the Denver & Rio Grande running north from Gunnison, late last night. AH the snow-bound pas sengers. Jt Is said, have been rescued without undergoing special hardships. WRECKS ON EAST COAST SIX VESSELS LOST IN STORM OFF NEW ENGLAND. Schooner Smnshcd to Bits and Five Lives Lost Woman Drowned on. Sunken Barge. BOSTON. March 20. In the storm of March 19 and SO at least a dozen vessels were wrecked or damaged and six lives lost. That the list will grow in the next few days Is probable. In view of the size of the fleet which was .off the coast when the storm was at Its height last nlsht. The list of disasters and less serious ac cidents includes the following: Schoonera Lady Antrim, of Booth Bay. Me., total wreck at Marblehead: five lost. Rosa MucIIa. of. Booth Bay. ashore at Cape Podue. Mass.; crow escaped. Marlon Draper, of Booth Bay. ashore, but floated at Hyannls. Wlnney Lawrcy. of Boston, sunk off South Yarmouth, Mass.; crew rescued. Sarah A. Reed, of Calais. Me., ashore at Joiicsport, Me.: crew escaped. Barge No. 17, N. E. Transportation Com pany, sunk at Newtondon; woman lost- BARGE .LOST "WITH THREE MEN Breaks Away From Tug In Galo and Goes Down. NEW YORK. March 20. The tug Mar garet arrived in port today with the barge J. R. Dempsey In tow. after a thrilling experience at sea, in which Captain Hick man, of the tug. was compelled to aban don the barge Martha McCabe. on which were Captain WHIard Massey and two sailors, and the bargo Virginia Hudson. The crew of the latter were taken off in a small boat, but it is feared that Captain Massey and tho two sailors perished with their vessel. The tug left Norfolk Friday with tho threo barges. loaded with rails and rall roadties. The barges broke away Monday during a gale, and tho crew of the Hudson was rescued onl yafter a desperate, strug gle. SMASHED TO BITS ON ROCKS At Least Five Lives Lost, Two Bod ies Coming Ashore. MARBLEHEAD. Mass.. March 20. Wreckage of the Booth Bay (Me.) schoon er Lady Antrim was washed up at Mar blehead Neck today. Later two bodies of Makes Home Sweet Home. 3ceaseca9soi Ijpxf Cocoa beans grow in ' mlfc pods on the trunk and limbs of a deli- ySThey contain six EKSMj times more food val- Ww We use the highest ml cost beans that are i Ml grown and there is i Ml nothing in our cocoa 1 That is why it is 1 Hthe most delicious of S PxSJVll K 71 LTSR toir5KT C9 M The Beautiful Story & Clark Piano Has gained more friends in a few years than any other high-grade piano. The Story & Clark is sold only hy EILERS PIANO HOUSE, Stores at Portland, Spokane, Boist, San Francisco, Stockton, Oakland and all other important points. Is thcreanything better than trade between friends? Schilling's Best makes friends and trade. . Your grocer's; moneyback. seamen came ashore. The Lady Antrim carried a crew of five men, and. as she whs literally smashed to pieces, it is feared all were lost. Th evessel was so completely smashed up that it was some hours after ' the wreckage had been discovered that her identity was learned. The first body was found high up on the beach' about noon, and several hours later the other was hauled out of the surf. The searchers also found a quantity" of clothing, and among It was a woman's glove. The Lady Antrim was a two-masted center-board schooner of S3 tons net bur den. She was built at Edenton. N. C.. In 1S57. She was owned and commanded by J. H. McCHntock, of Booth Bay Harbor. Me., and It la thought he was one of the victims of the wreck. Snowplow Kills Three Men. ' DAYTON. Or., March 20. While operat ing a snow plow on the Dayton & Troy traction road at Chambersburg. six miles north of here, today. William Humphreys. Bert Hoover and Gustavus Nicol were killed in an accident. 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