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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JULY 30, 1906.
PRIVATE'S ARREST
CAUSES A MUTINY
Battalion of Garrison at Pol
tava Attempts to Rescue
Political Prisoners,
LOYAL TROOPS DISPERSE
Mutineers Had Paraded the Streets,
Accompanied by a Great Crowd,
and Were Battering at
s " the Jail Gates.
BCTMOB OF TRKPOFT-S DEATH.
!ET. PETERSBURG, July 80. A
rumor reached the Associated Press
4 at a lata hour laat night that General
t Trepoff has been Ulltd. It eoald not
5 be confirmed, but probably ta a re
vival of the false rumor current laat
4 week.
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POLTAVA. July 29. A grave out
break occurred yesterday In the Sevsky
regiment owing to the arrest of a
private of the First Battalion, who was
discovered with lomt other soldiers In
a shed whese the revolutionists are In
the habit of holding meetings. After
the arrest of the entire First Battalion,
accompanied by a large, crowd, paraded
the streets In defiance of the military
authorities.
The soldiers proceeded to the artil
lery barracks, where they seized sev
eral guns and marched with them to
the prison, where the political prisoners
are confined. At this stage all the re
mainder of the Poltava garrison waa
called out.
The loyal troops lired on the muti
neers with machine guns as they were
engaged In breaking down the gate of
the prison. Several men were killed
or wounded. The outbreak was not
suppressed until 2 o'clock this morn
ing. "
NEWS KEPT FROM THE PCBLIO
Revolutionists Declare Trouble Not
Over at Poltava.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 29. No news
of the formidable revolt at Poltava,
which was first predicted In manifestos
In Southeastern Russia, will reach the
Russian public through the press tomor
row. Dispatches of the occurrence have
been suppressed here, and only scanty de
tails are obtainable by the foreign press
correspondents through the regular tele
graphic channels.
The revolutionists here, however. Who
are almost as promptly and fully in
formed as the government, declare the
trouble to be far from over. An official
dispatch gives credit to the statement
that machine-gun detachmentg and Cos
sacks are being used to suppress the mu
tinous battalion.
There is the same paucity of details re
garding the outbreak at Shusha, in the
Caucasus. This outbreak, however, is
not due to revolutionary causes, but to
the Immemorial hatred that exists be
tween Armenians and Tartars.
The situation at Shusha had become so
tense that the Governor divided the quar
ters Inhabited by the two races by a
"deadline," which neither faction was
permitted to cross. The Tartars violated
the order not to cross and commenced a
battle. The garrison Interfered, when the
combat became general, and bombarded
without partiality both camps with 21
guns.
The town is said to have been to a
large extent destroyed. The "lasting
peace," which the two races are said to
be drawing up. if Judged by past similar
agreements, will be only a hollow- truce
which neither race has any Intention of
observing.
The' situation at Tiflis is exceedingly
strained. It is announced that armed
force will be used to disperse any gather
ings on the streets without preliminary
warning.
A plenary meeting of the St. Petersburg
Council of Workmen's Deputies, repre
senting 130.000 workingmen, was held to
day at Terickl, a little town across the
Finnish border, which Is now the Mecca
of all opponents of the government. The
members agreed that a general strike,
though It must be declared later, at the
present moment would be untimely.
The afternoon was spent in discussing
other measures and an expression of
views as to the attitude to be taken by
the workmen on the dissolution of Par
liament. Many of the delegates favored a
gigantic one-day strike, but no decision
on this point was reached.
There Is more jubilation among the rev
olutionists over the escape from prison at
tVbastopol of Samenkoff, who is believed
to have been an accomplice in the at
tempt last May on the life of General
Nepleuff. This escape sets at liberty one
of the most dangerous revolutionary or
ganizers In Russia.
Samenkoff Is a leading member of the
central committee of the Royal Revolu
tionists. His friends have steadfastly
maintained that he had no connection
with the plot against General Neplueff.
and say that the authorities used his
presence in Sebastopol the day of the at
tempted assassination as a pretext to ar
rest and railroad htm to the scaffold.
In addition to putting screws on the
Russian press to prevent the publication
of unfavorable news from the interior and
throwing in the waste basket practi
cally all the foreign press comments on
the dissolution of Parliament, the gov
ernment has shown itself extremely op
posed to publlci opinion abroad, and has
Imposed a strict censorship of telegrams
sent through the official agency. In order
to prevent as far as possible harsh criti
cism.
Even the censorship on foreign newspa
pers, which for a number of years blocked
out all distasteful articles to the gov
ernment, but which wae practically aban
doned this year, is being restored. The
'classic caviar (articles are blacked out
with a mixture of caviar, printer's ink
and sand) adorns column after column of
the leading foreign periodicals now re
ceived in Russia.
Perelom says that' General OrlonT, "pa
cificator" of the Baltic provinces, and
Prince Troubetskoy, chief of the Imperial
escort, are now the personal favorite of
the Emperor and exert great influence
over him.
HOLD UP A PRINTING OFFICE
Armed Men Compel Issue of Copies
of Viborg Manifesto.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 29. A party
of men armed with revolvers forced
their way yesterday Into the Boussel
printing establishment here. They
made the foreman a prisoner1 and pre
vented the compositors from leaving
the building. They then had printed
150,000 copies of the Viborg manifesto
of the outlawed lower house of Parlia
ment Strangers calling at the estab
lishment while this work was being
done were detained to prevent their
giving an alarm.
While this was transpiring within
the printing works, a religious pro
cession, escorted by policemen both
mounted and on foot, drew up to a
church Immediately, opposite, but no
one was aware of what was passlag
inside the establishment.
PEASANTS ATTACK MONASTERY
Fugitive Reaches Train and Tele
graphs for Troops.
YEKATERINOSLAV, July 29. While
the train upon which a correspondent of
of the Associated Press was traveling
from Kharkov to Yekaterinoslav was
passing the great monastery erected near
Borky by Alexander III to commemorate
the escape of himself and members of
the Imperial family from a railroad
wreck in 1888, firing and cries for help
were heard.
The train was stopped and ' a monk
came on board. Be said the peasantry
were attacking the monastery and that
the monks were defending it. He had
managed to escape to summon help, lie
was brought on the train to Tekaterino
slav, whence he telegraphed the Governor
of Kharkov, asking that troops be sent to
the monastery. No further details have
been received. The peasantry apparently
have seized the telegraph lines.
STEAMER CREW IS ARRESTED
Suspected of Aiding Polish Bandits
Who Held Up Train.
WARSAW, July 29. The postal car rob
bed on the Warsaw-Vienna Toad near
this city Saturday night contained a pack
age of $60,000 in cash from abroad and at
least 150,000 additional funds. The ac
tual amount taken by the robbers cannot
yet be definitely stated, as the docu
ments attached to the money parcels are
missing.
The officers and be entire crew of the
Volga steamer Kurjer have been arrested
on suspicion of plying the steamer at the
disposition of the band that held up a
train on the Volga railway last Thurs
day. DEATH FOR FOUR MUTINEERS
Naval Court-Martial Condemns
Others to Penal Servitude.
SEBASTAPOL, July 29. A naval court
martial today passed sentences upon the
seamen who" were arrested for complic
ity in the mutiny of the Black Sea fleet
of November, 1905. Four men were con
demned to death, one to life servitude,
32 to varying terms of penal servitude,
and 60 to imprisonment. Six were ac
quitted. (
A man named Samenkoff, who was
charged with complicity in the attempt
with a bomb upon the life of General
Neptueff at Sebaftopot May 27, escaped
from Jail today. He was assisted by a
volunteer and disappeared.
Viborg Manifesto Seized.
KHARKOV, July 29. The authorities
have seized copies of the Viborg mani
festo issued by the outlawed Parliament
to the weight of 400 pounds which have
been surreptitiously shipped into
Kharkov.
Demonstration at' Samara.
SAHARA, July 29. A great demonstra
tion occurred here following the receipt
of the news of the dissolution of the
lower house of Parliament. Five nunarea
of the demonstrants were arrested.
TIE-UP IS NOW COMPLETE
Kruttschnltt Forbids More Freight-
Cars in San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 29. (Special.)
The embargo of the Southern Pacific on
lumber, lime and hay has been increased,
and now includes all articles from the
north. Not a pound of freight can be
shipped Into San Francisco from Port
land or adjacent territory until the freight
tie-up at San Francisco has been loosened.
This is the latest edict of Julius .Krutt
schnltt who has been threatening to do
this for some time unless the situation
speedily cleared. It has been decided by
the local authorities to taKe no runner
chances, but to stop at once all ship
ments from the nortn.
For the embargo there Is only one rem
edyto clear up the congestion In the
freight yards. Efforts in this direction
are being made by all the freight agents,
and the missionary work among the con
signees is having a salutary effect. The
unloading in the yards la going on at a
faster rate, but not fast enough to suit
Kruttschnltt. who has taken the precau
tion to see that no more cars are added
to the glut that is already crowding the
tracks.
The tie-up Is working to the detriment
of the city, as many merchants through
out the state are sending East for their
goods Instead of patronizing the wholesal
ers of San Francisco, believing that they
can secure their- stocks just as quickly
under present conditions.
STRIKE ON UNITED RAILROADS
About 1600 Men Will Be Called Out
Today in San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 29. To add to
the complication of the harbor situation
in San Francisco and following close
upon the heels of the strike of the line
men and electricians on the United Rail
roads, all the laborers and other work
men engaged In construction work on the
street railway system, will be called out
tomorrow morning.
A general strike of all construction la
borers and workmen on the United Rail
roads was decided upon at a special meet
ing of the Street Railroad Construction-
Workers' Union this afternoon and com
mittees named to call on .the men tomor
row night. The union numbers about
1000 members, but the order, it is said,
will affect about 1600 men who are en
gaged in rehabilitating the street rail
ways and changing the cable roads Into
electric systems.
It Is alleged by the union that the
United Railroads started the trouble by
discharging workmen because of their af
filiation with and activity in the union
and that the strike has been called to
enforce the reinstatement of the men and
an Increase of wages from $1.50 and $2
to $2.60 a day for laborers, and from $2.60
to $3.50 for pavers, and the demand of an
eight-hour day instead or ten.
At today's . meeting of the union the
city was divided Into districts and com
mittees designated to work among the
men. The majority of the members of
the unions are foreigners and strangers
in the city, having been brought here
by the United Railroads.
Insurance Companies in Mexico.
MEXICO CITY. July 29. Notwith
standing the organization of a Mexican
life Insurance company, with ample cap
ital, with the object of carrying on busi
ness In Mexico and' Central America,
there Is no intention on the part of big
New York life insurance companies here
to abandon the field. They have some
thing, like $100,000,000 outstanding and
find the field a profitable one. Two of
the companies own their own buildings.
The Sultan of Turkey la far from being an
Indolent eovereirn. He has been described as
the "Imperial convict," a designation which
1. not Inappropriate, for be works on an
avenura 15 hours a day.
E
TO
Portland Commercial Bodies
Will Ask Harriman to Re-;
tire Old Tubs.
PROMISES NOT FULFILLED
Steamers Plying Between This Port
and San Francisco Inadequate
and Run Irregularly Com
pany Favors Seattle.
Something must be done to better the
Inadequate and entirely unsatisfactory
steamship service between. Portland and
San Francisco. This is the sentiment of
the' commercial bodies of Portland, and
agencies are now at work to effect a
concerted movement to induce the Harri
man interests to Improve the service. The
independent companies are doing the best
they can under the circumstances, but the
Harriman officials have outstanding prom
ises to improve conditions, which appear
to be farther away from fulfillment than
they were months ago.
A special committee of the Board . oi
Trade will meet today to discuss the sit
uation and to devise ways and means to
remedy th deplorable conditions. The
transportation committee of the Chamber
of Commerce le at work with the same
object In view, and is gathering informa
tion and details relative to the service
preparatory to taking some decisive ac
tion. The members of these two commit
tees are determined to accomplish results,
and declare that, if protests do not avail.
another course of action will be adopted.
The committee of the Board of Trade
Is composed of President Nash, T. F.
Townsend, Frank C. Barnes, J. F. O'Shea,
W. B. Glafke and T. J. Armstrong.
Shippers Have No Recourse.
Shipments to San Francisco by water
cannot be made with any degree of cer
tainty. There is no regular service, and
the congestion between Portland and San
Francisco on the Southern Pacific railway
line has tended to make affairs all the
worse. The vessels of the San Francisco
Portland Steamship Company cannot
handle the traffic, as they are small ana
slow, and the shippers are the ones who
suffer. They turn to the railroad to find
that It has more business than it can
handle.
The assumption has always been that
Harriman has endeavored to throw the
coastwise traffic to the railroad, but, now
that It has more business than It can
conveniently take care of. the conditions
appear to have resulted from neglect of
Portland. When General - Manager . f .
Schwerln. of the San Francisco & Port
land Steamship Company, was In Portland
a year ago, the promise was made that
the service would be improved.
It was understood that two modern ves
sels would be put on the line, the docks
in Portland would be improved, and that
the transportation facilities would De
made satisfactory. If this had been done
the commercial bodies of Portland would
not have been compelled to rise up In
arms and protest. The service .was bad
enough before the fire, but since the dis
aster it has been worse than ever, despite
the enormous increase in shipments from
the Northwest to the Bay City. The Bar
racouta and the Costa Rica are vessels
which ordinarily would be considered to
have outlived their usefulness, but Har
riman evidently believes that they are
good enough for Portland.
Action May Be Forced.
Local officials are laboring against dif
ficulties to do the very best they can do,
but they are powerless. So the matter
will be carried up to General Manager
Schwerln. If he fails to heed the protests
of the commercial interests of Portland
as represented by the commercial bodies.
another more effective course of action
will be adopted. It remains to be seen
whether any further action will be neces
sary, and if It does materialize. Just what
it will be. One thing is certain, however.
and that is that the commercial bodies
will not let the agitation rest until re
sults have been accomplished.
'A condition confronts the shippers
which must be overcome," emphatically
remarked J. N. .Teal, of the transporta
tion committee of the Chamber of Com
merce, yesterday. Lately we have prac
tically no service between Portland and
San Francisco, and this condition of af
fairs cannot go on. Something must be
done, and I am confident that it will be
done. The Harriman vessels do not arrive
or depart at regular intervals, and the
shippers are in a quandary as to what
to do.
'The transportation committee Is en
gaged in securing all Information obtain
able to enable it to reach an intelligent
understanding of the situation. As soon
as that can be done we shall act. The
protest will be made to the higher offl
cials who are responsible, and we hope
that Portland's needs will receive the
proper recognition. But It unsuccessful at
first we will not stop there, and will keep
up the work until the evil ceases fo
exist."
Position of Board of Trade.
"The members of the Board of Trade
have decided views about the condition
of the water service between Portland and
San Francisco, and we would be only too
willing to co-operate with the other com
mercial bodies to see if something cannot
be done to Improve present conditions,
said President Nash, of the Board of
Trade, yesterday afternoon. "The Harri
man interests profess to favor Portland
as a port, but the existing service Is a
glaring example of neglect, and what I
believe a desire to swing the coastwise
traffic to the railroad.
"It appears to me that the present agi
tation is but the warning clouds that pre
cede the storm. It may blow over, and I
believe It will, for I think the officials
will realize the strength of Portland's
position and grant us that which we ask.
I think the company will put on one or
more good vessels and trouble will thus
be averted. But If Harriman persists in
pursuing the same policy he Is now follow
ing the storm is sure to break, as I be
lieve all parties interested are determined
to keep up the fight until the service has
been made what it should be."
PASTORS PLAN VACATIONS
Strangers Will Occupy East Side
Pulpits During August.
In many of the East Side churches
there will be strange faces In the pulpits
next Sunday, for the month of August
is vacation time among the pastors. A
very few will remain at their posts
through the Summer months and preach
every Sunday, but they mostly all will
go to the coast or mountains'.
Rev. Andrew J. Montgomery, of the
Third Presbyterian Church, will leave on
his vacation Monday. He will spend Aug
ust at Mount Hood with his family. Rev.
H. H. Heppe, of Centenary Methodist
Episcopal Church, and family, are now at
Mount Hood, where they will remain till
September. Rev. El Nelson, of the Haw-
BETTER SE
BE DEMANDED
thorne Park Presbyterian Church, will
leave for Cannon Beach, on Elk Creek,
next Friday. Rev. Jerome McQlade, " of
the Mizpah Presbyterian Church, will
leave Monday, August 6, for Newport,
where he will spend August.
Rev. D. A, Thompson, of the Sellwood
Presbyterian Church, and wife, are at
the beach to remain until September.
Rev. C. A. Lewis, of the Sellwood Meth
odist Episcopal Church, and family, are
taking a vacation on their farm at Court
ney. Rev. Lewia returns every
week to look after the new church, which
is being put up on the sits of the old
building. Rev. S. C. Lapham, of the Sec
ond Baptist Church, is dividing his vaca
tion between Portland and White Salmon.
His family are camped on the high bluffs
overlooking the Columbia River. He
spends most of the week there, and re
turns to the city Thursday, remaining
until Monday morning.
Rev. W. T. Jordan, pastor of the Cen
tral Baptist Church, will leave Monday
tor Belnap Springs, where he will spend
his vacation. Rev. J. J. Staub, of the
Sunnyslde- Congregational Church, and
family, leave Monday for Little Bear
Creek, where they will remain 10 days.
Families of S. C. Pier and Charles
Rosenborough make up a camping party.
Rev. Henry Marcotte, of the Westmin
ster Presbyterian Church, will leave the
coming week on his vacation, but has not
decided whether it will be at the beach or
on the Wilson River.
The Evangelical ministers of the city.
and also of the state, will take their va
cation at River View Grove, at Jennings
Lodge, July 31 to August 9, where the
Chautauqua conventions of that denomi
nation will be held.
KELSEY GETS THE TROPHY
NEW YORKER WAIVES HIS
RIGHTS IN THE CONTEST.
A. A. Post Finished at the Same
Time as Tarrytown Man for
Deming Prize.
BRETTON'S WOOD, N. H., July 29.
8. W. Kelsey, of Tarrytown, N. Y., was
today awarded the Deming trophy for
the automobile tour of 1100 miles, which
ended here last night. A. A. Post, of
New York, who finished at the same
time as Kelsey, and who also had a
clean score, resigned In favor of the
Tarrytown automoblllst. The chief
trophy, that offered by Charles K. Glid-
den, of Lowell, Mass., the organizer and
sponsor of the tour, has not yet been
awarded.
Guy Vaughn, a New York automobll
lst, narrowly escaped death today, while
driving his car through the Crawford
Notch. The car struck a big water bar
in the roan, bounded mto the air, then
turned turtle and landed on the rocks
at the side of the road. The car was
demolished.
Vaughn, although covered with bruises,
escaped without serious injury. Hs was
not a participant in the tours for the
Glidden and Deming trophies, but had
come here to enter the hlll-cllmblng con
test tomorrow and was testing the grade
up Crawford Notch hill, in preparation
for that event- He estimated that he
was traveling at the rate of 40 miles
an hour when the accident happened.
No one was In the car with him when
the accident occurred.
Forty-eight cars have been entered in
the hill-climbing contest, which will be
COURT DEFINES DRUNKARD
ONE WBO BECOMES INTOXICAT
ED PERIODICALLY.
It Is Not Necessary to Be Constantly
Under the Influence of Liquor
to Qualify.
OLYMPIA, Wash., July 29.-Special.)-
In reversing the case of Grace Page,
appellant, vs. Will - Page, respondent,
from Spokane County, the Supreme Court
lays down a definition of the term "habit-
-ual drunkard," as applied In divorce pro
ceedings. Plaintiff sued for divorce on
the ground of habitual drunkenness,
abuse and failure to provide.
The testimony was confined principally
to the first-named allegation, and the
case was not contested by the defendant.
but the prosecuting attorney appeared on
behalf of the state to resist a formal
decree. The lower court found that the
charge of habitual drunkenness had not
been sustained and dismissed the action
The Supreme Court calls attention to
the fact that the other two allegations
in the action appear to have been over
looked by the trial court, but says, also,
that it is unable to agree with the court
below on the findings as to the habitual
drunkenness charge not being proved.
"To be a habitual drunkard," in the
eyes of the divorce laws, says the Su
preme Court, "a person does not have to
be drunk all the time, nor necessarily
incapacitated from pursuing, during
working hours of the day, ordinary un
skilled manual labor. One is an habitual
drunkard In the meaning of the divorce
laws who has a fixed habit of frequently
getting drunk. It is not necessary that
he be constantly drunk, nor that he have
more drunken than sober hours. It Is
enough to have the habit so firmly fixed
upon him that he becomes drunk with
recurring frequency periodically, and that
he is unable to resist when the tempta
tion Is presented."
The case is reversed and a decree or
dered in favor of the appellant.
HAS MONEY FOR INVESTMENT
State of Washington Wants Interest
on Idle Funds.
OLYMPIA, Wash., ' July 29. (Special.)
Governor Mead has addressed a communi
cation to the Attorney-General asking his
opinion on the manner of handling the
funds of the state charitable, educa
tional, penal and reformatory institutions
now in the state treasury, under present
laws. It appears that there are now
moneys lying idle belonging to some of
these funds and amounting to arout 7S,
000.
Assistant Attorney-General Falknor, in
replying to the Governor's inquiries, says
there appears to be no law upon the stat
ute-books at the present time providing
for the investment of these permanent
funds, but that they are subject to the
disposition of the Legislature for invest
ment. the funds being themselves irredu
cible.
DROPS FROM A BALLOON
Parachute Does Not Work and Aero
naut Slay Die.
SALT LAKE CITY, July 29. Joseph
McCann, an aeronaut, will probably
die as the result of an accident at the
Salt Palace tonight. He ascended in a
cannon' attached to a ballobn. When
the cannon, sustained by a parachute,
was cut loose from the balloon, McCann
undertook to drop from the muzzle of
the cannon with a second parachute.
The apparatus did not work properly
and the aeronaut dropped 150 feet.
Both angles were broken and he was
injured Internally.
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LOSS BY DISASTER
Insurance Companies Make
Returns in San Francisco.
ACTUAL SUM $132,823,067
Gross Amount Involved by All the
Companies Is $222,836,307; Re
insurance, $65,248,771, and
Salvage $33,814,468.
ALBANY, N. Y., July 29. State Super
intendent of Insurance Otto Kelsey to
night made public the results of his in
vestigation as to the losses of fire in
surances companies In the San Francisco
disaster.
All joint stock fire and Inland masine
Insurance companies transacting business
in the state were called on for a sworn
statement as to their losses In California.
The companies were asked for the gross
amount of Insurance involved In risks de
stroyed or damaged, the deduction for
amounts recovered by reinsurance, the
deduction for estimated salvage, the total
deduction and the net amount of loss as
shown by the records June 30, 1906.
The New York state companies, 47 In
number, show the gross amount of insur
ance Involved ag $41,110,069; the reinsur
ance to be recovered $10,831,195, the esti
mated salvage $7,137,183, and the actual
amount of loss $23,138,090.
Returns from other Joint stock fire and
fire marine insurance companies, 84 in
number, show the gross amount of insur
ance $90. 423,704; reinsurance to be recov
ered, $22,130,167; estimated salvage, $11,
358.425; actual amount of loss, $51,983,111.
The foreign companies, 32 In number,
made these returns: Gross insurance In
volved, $101,302,533; reinsurance to be re
covered, $32,281,808; estimated salvage,
$15.31S,85S; actual loss. $57,701,856.
The gross amount of Insurance Involved
by all companies was $222,836,307; reinsur
ance, $65,246,771; salvage, $33,814,468, and ac
tual loss, $132,823,067.
The company with the largest net losses
Is the Hartford Fire of Connecticut, ac
cording to the report. Its loss Is $6,186,701.
CENTURY IN NINE HOURS
New York Broker Uses Six Ponies to
Win $1000 Bet.
NEW YORK. July S3. To decide a
wager of $1000 made with Edward L.
Norton, a broker, Harry K. Vingut, of
the Racquet and Tennis Club, a horse
owner, rode 103 miles on horseback
in nine hours and nine minutes at Bel
mont Park yesterday afternoon. Un
der the terms of the bet he had 24
hours in which to complete the Jour
ney. Vingut used six ponies, mostly quar
ter and halfbreeds, and galloped his
-z sale 1 oday, J uesday and
Wash Wednesday only at exactly
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mourlts all of the way. Members of
several New York clubs were not only
treated to the spectacle of a man giv
ing his best efforts to win a bet, but
were witnesses of a storm which came
near turning the contest into a
tragedy.
Vingut was riding past the three-quarter
pole, galloping freely on a fresh horse,
when a bolt of lightning struck the pole
and shattered it. He was only ten feet
away. He clapped his knees to the sides
of the plunging horse, caught him before
the animal could start into a run. wiped
his hand across his face as though dazed
and then continued to the point where his
anxious friends were Waiting for him.
He swept by them with a wave of his
hand to indicate that he was unharmed
and then passed around the curve.
Mr. Norton, who watched after Vingut,
at the conclusion of the feat declared:
"I lost $1000, but I am mighty glad Vin
gut beat me. It was a game struggle.
V am as tickled over the result as though
he had paid me the money."
One of the pontes covered 30 miles at In
tervals. Mr. Vingut rode continuously for
43H miles on one relay. It took the rider
13 hours and 39 minutes from the time
he took his first mount to complete the
100 miles. He was on the ground three
times.
LEi OUT OF GAR WINDOW
SCUFFLING - FRIENDS ARE HIT
ON THE HEAD.
Supposed to Have Been Struck by
the Open Door of a Re
frigerator Car.
SEATTLE, July 29. Jack Hadaon re
ceived Injuries from which he died and
Earl Herbert was injured seriously, while
leaning out of adjoining windows of the
smoking-car on Northern Pacific train
No. 1 as the train was passing through
Prairie Station today. The men are both
of Acme, and were on the way to Deming.
The accident Is supposed to have been
caused by the men being struck by the
open door of a refrigerator-car standing
on a siding. The men were sitting in op
posite seats and had been leaning out of
the adjoining windows, scuffling with each
other, for some time.
Northwestern People at New Tork.
NEW YORK, July 29. (Special.) North
western peopie registered today as fol
lows: From Portland C. Savage, St. Andrews;
P. 8. Tyler iand wife. Grand; B. Albers
end wife. Imperial.
From Spokane M. Loryea and -wife,
Woodstock; Mrs. F. T. Miles, Manhattan.
From Tacoma C. F. Huber, Astoria;
Mrs. C. C. Mackintosh, Navarre.
From Seattle L. M. Rice, Gllsey.
Great Drouth in Bokhara.
BOKHARA, Central Asia, July 29.
On account of the long continued
drouth the water supply of the Khan
ate of Kokhara is practically exhaust
ed. The people are drinking from
thick, stagnant pools.
The cotton plantations are scorched
by the heat, and unless rain falls with
in a week the oasis will be swallowed
up by the surrounding desert
27-Inch Imported
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Regular 60-cent grade; special,
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Regular 85-cent grade; special,
only 71t
Regular $1.00 grade; special,
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COLORED
English Mohairs
at 84c
In Brilliantines and Sicilians
just the fabric for hard service
and bathing suits; all colors to
choose from.
Regular $1.00 grade; special,
only . . 84
Regular $1.25 grade; special
only $1.04
Regular $1.50 grade; special
only $1.24
Black and White Silk and
Washable
Silk Stocks
Special 19c
A large assortment of silk and
washable silk stocks in black,
white and colors; also a lot of
washable stocks that are slight
ly soiled; regular value, 35
cents; special. ........... .19
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When applied it stains and var
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1-2 Pint Can ..Special 20
1 Pint Can Special 32
1 Quart Can Special 60
2 Quart Can. ... .Special $1.08
FIRETO HIDE CRIME
Woman and Three Children
Are Murdered.
POSSE LOOKING FOR NEGRO
Pennsylvanian Returns From a
Drive in the Evening to Find
Home in Flames and His
Family Wiped Out.
CANONSBURG, Pa., July 29. When
Samuel Pearse, a well-known resident of
Washington County, returned to his
home from a drive tonight he found his
wife and two children dead and a third
child dying from bullet wounds. Who
fired the shots has not yet been learned.
Indications point to robbery as the mo
tive. An attempt had also been made to set
fire to the house, but Pearse arrived in
time to extinguish a blaze that had been
started in a bedroom.
Mrs. Pearse, who was 26 years old, had
been shot through the breast; Margaret.
S years old, and Dwlght, 11 months old,
had been shot through the head, while
Robert, still living, had a bullet through
the lungs.
The Pearse home Is three miles north
of this place and Mr. Pearse had driven
to the station here. When he drove Into
the lane leading to the barn he noticed
a cloud of smoke rolling from a bedroom
window.
Leaping from his buggy, he rushed to
the front door, which he found locked.
Going around to the rear he gained an
entrance and upon reaching the bedroom
from which he had seen the smoke issu
ing, he found upon the floor the dead
body of his wife. Side by side on the
floor a little distance away lay the little
girl and Robert. He approached the crib
at one side of the room and there found
the baby, also dead.
A heap of combustible material had
been thrown together at the foot of the
bed and this was burning. Pearse put
out the fire and summoned neighbors for
help in searching for the murderer. The
Coroner and police were notified and a
posse was formed, which is searching the
surrounding country for a strange negro
reported to have been seen about the
Pearse home.
Carnegie Pension for Dr. Harris.
WASHINGTON. July 29. (Special.)
Dr. William T Harris, ex-Commissioner
of Education, has the honor of being
the first American educator to be se
lected by the Carnegie foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching to re
ceive the highest retiring allowance,
an annual Income of $3000, for mert-
torloua service in the cause of education.