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PORTLAND,
SHE FOURTH CUTS
DEATH LIST TO 54
Annual Patriotic Car
nage Is Reduced.
SERIOUSLY HURT TOTAL 1720
Figures Show 60 Per Cent
Drop in Number of Deaths.
RAIN COOLS ENTHUSIASM
Campaign for Safer Celebration
Bears Fruit and Casualty Rec
ords Fall Far Below
Average Size.
JILT 4 CASUALTIES, LAST FIVE
YEARS.
Dead. Injured.
inns 163 5.4HO
lftOT 14 4.249
lftllfl l.n ,v:si&
11K5 ,...1S2 4.WH4
1S4 S.9S6
10U3 1S2 a.9S3
Figures for three days, 1909:
Killed. seriously Injured, 17-0;
Are loss. $rt34,450. Toy pistols lead in
deadly weapons; cannon crackers
second, while exploding: cannon
ivaused an unusual number of deaths
and Injuries.
CHICAGO, July 6. (Special.) With
three days' celebration of the Nation's
birthday this year, the remarkable fact
stands out boldly that the annual carnage
lias been decreased to a great degree.
Advices from all points up to midnight
show that In all large cities new rules
and their strict enforcement have checked
the customary slaughter of children.
In New York there were but four
deaths for the three days. In Chicago,
usually drenched with blood under the
guise of patriotism, there was not a
single death for the three days. In
Washington there- were no deaths and no
injuries, and only the smallest flrecrack.
era were permitted.
Five) Iead Near Boston.
Five deaths are reported from the State
of Massachusetts, one each In Boston
and other large cities. One death is re
parted from Philadelphia.
The entire State of Oklahoma reports
but two deaths and nine serious injuries.
Small cities in New Jersey and Pennsyl
vania and Far Western localities seemed
most prollflc in casualties this year.
In every case this can be traced to lax
police regulations. In all other large
cities there were but few deaths and a
limited number of injuries. The cam
paign begun by the newspapers, medical
associations and the peaceful public gen
erally five years ago. Is beginning to bear
fruit,
Laws Prevent Carnage.
This year, in the large cities, the ax
was laid to the root of the evil when
only a limited number of reputable deal
ers were permitted licenses to sell fire
works, and they were strictly forbidden
to sell to children or irresponsible per
sons, , giant crackers, toy pistols dyna
mite canes and similar deadly weapons.
The beneficial result shows in the great
decrease in mortality.
Chicago proposes to go a step farther
nex year and compel all purchasers of
fireworks to register, as they are now
compelled to do when they buy firearms
or deadly explosives. If this law becomes
effective, the police will know in ad
vance Just what points to watch for
trouble.
Rains Aid Campaign.
Nature combined this year with the
forces of law and order to save life and
property. Copious rains, fairly general
over the country probably saved the in
su ranee companies thousands of dollars
and also dampened the careless ardor of
celebrants.
There doubtless are many cases of in
juries at picnics in remote localities.
news of which will not be available for
some days. . Presumably a number of
these accidents will eventually result in
death. The list of tetanus victims is
compiled in August. Victims of July 4
Accidents who survive the month of Au
gust are likely to recover and are not
.'lassed in the lists as July 4 deaths.
In any event, basing the estimate on
, advices at hand at midnight, the list this
year will be far below former years.
PARTIAL LIST OF CASUALTIES
Many Killed and Injured in Spite
or "Sane Fourth."
CHICAGO. July 5. While the casualties
so far reported indicate that the "safe
inrt sane" Idea of celebrating July 4 has
laid hold upon the majority of communi
ties, yet a goodly number have paid toll
to deadly explosives.
.The killed and Injured as a result of
accidents during the last three days'
Fourth of July celebrations, so far re
ported, follow:
At Louisville, Arthur Granville Lang
ham, uncle of the Baroness Speck von
Sternoerg. fingers of right hand torn from
sockets when giant firecracker he was
holding exploded, died early today.
At Sacramento. W. H. Gardner, real es
tate man, right hand blown off by giant
firecracker while attempting to play a
(Concluded oa Fas .
EXTRA
F. W. CUSHMHN IS
DEAD IN HOSPITAL
CONGRESSMAN FROM WASHING
TON EXPIRES THIS MORNING.
Improvement in Condition Had
Been Noted Last Night, But It
Proved to Be But Temporary.
NEW YORK, July 6. Francis W.
Cushman, Representative In Congress
from Tacoma, died at 6 o'clock this
morning at Roosevelt Hospital from
pneumonia. At the bedside at the time
were, besides the doctors and nurses.
United States Senator Samuel-H. Piles,
of Washington, and Andrew S. Bur
leigh, of this city, a life-long friend.
Congressman Cushman underwent
an operation a short time ago and
pneumonia resulted.
Senator Piles and Mr. Burielgh. who
had been with the patient almost con
stantly since his condition became seri
ous said they would make arrange
ments for the sending of the body to
Washington.
THRILLING RESCUE MADE
Asa Post Risks Own Life to Save
Drowning Boy.
CHELAN, Wash., July 5. (Special.)
A 12-year-old boy from Brewster, while
in a rowboat in the Chelan River, was
capsized on the boom above Woodin
avenue bridge yesterday afternoon and
rescued in a thrilling manner by Asa
Post.
The swift current carried him to the
dam, a few hundred feet below the
bridge, where he clung desperately for
five minutes to some drift. Asa Post
started to the boy's rescue in a rowboat.
but before assistance reached him he
was carried over the dam, seemingly to
certain death.
Post heroically shot his boat over the
dam, narrowly escaping being swamped.
and, reaching the drowning boy in the
edge of the rapids, he lifted him bodily
Into the boat as he was in his last strug
gles. Post regained the oars just in
time to avoid being carried against a
large rock in the rapids and reached
shore. The boy soon recovered conscious
ness. Prominent citizens who saw the
thrilling rescue speak in high praise of
Post's heroism 'and say he should be
awarded & Carnegie medal. The river is
high, swift and dangerous.
FISH-TRAP MEN ARRESTED
Wardens Capture Five Operators
Working During Closed Season.
. t
ASTORIA. Or., July 5. (Special.)
While patrolling the river Sunday
morning. Deputy Warden Rathburn, of
Oregon, and Deputy Commissioner
Klrby, of Washington,' captured Julius
Jensen, S. Magnerson, A. Anderson, A.
Ranno and A. Hansen, who were oper
ating three flshtraps In Baker's Bay
during the closed period. The four lat
ter are fishing for the Columbia River
Packers' Association, while Jensen op
erates an Independent trap.
The five men were brought to this
city today and released on $55 bail each
to appear for trial in Justice Goodman's
court tomorrow afternoon.
Last evening Deputy Warden Rath
burn arrested Nick Mariana and Nick
Pageana, two glllnetters, who placed
their nets in the water at 5:10, or 50
minutes before the time fixed by law for
the commencement of fishing. These
men were also held under $55 bail each
to appear for trial.
ROBBER GETS MUCH GOLD
Man Who Knows Combination Loots
Safe in Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES. July 5. Working the
combination of the safe in the office of
the Los Angeles & Pacific Railway, a
thief, believed by officers of the company
to be an employe, procured $3700 In gold
and currency.
The loss was discovered today by
George H. Clark, cashier of the company,
though the theft may have ocurred at
any time between this morning and Sat
urday, when the safe was locked by
Clark.
INCENDIARY KILLS FIVE
Boardlng-House Keeper and Her
Four Children Burn to Death.
HOLLISTER. Cal.. July 5. Mrs. M.
Leoumber, who kept a boarding-house
at a mining camp near New Idria, in the
Bouthern part of San Benito County, and
her four children were burned to death
as the result of an alleged incendiary
fire last night.
The Sheriff and Coroner left Holllster
for the scene today.
ALARM OF FIRE STARTLES
Bottom Drops Out of Stove in Med
ical College at Willamette. ..
SALEM, Or., July 5. (Special.) When
the bottom dropped out of a stove at
the Willamette University Medical Col
lege tonight, there was great excitement
for a few moments, and a hurry call for
the fire department.
The actual damage, however, was very
slight, the department having but little
to do upon Its arrival.
TUFT CELEBRATES
WITH OLD NORWICH
President Is Guest of
New England City.
INDIAN DANCES ARE FEATURE
Religious Freedom Is Theme
of Executive's Address.
NATIONAL SALUTE FIRED
Noise, Airship Flight, Pageant and
Other Features Mate Day One '
Long to Be Remembered by
Crowds of " Visitors.
NORWICH, Conn., July 6. President
Tat was the chief figure today in the
celebration of the 250th anniversary of
this historic old New England town. In
an address to the people, after a fine mil
itary parade and civic display, the Presi
dent, finding a theme in the church in
fluence in the foundation of Norwich, ex
pressed his views on religious liberty.
The President declared amid laughter
that the American forefathers came to
this country ostensibly to escape -relig
ious intolerance, but as a matter of fact
that they might follow out their own re
ligious ideas in their own way, and with
a large degree of intolerance toward any
other form of belief.
General Freedom Sow.
"We have passed beyond that now,"
said the President, "and are coming
more and more to realize the right of tho
individual to worship God as he may
choflSe."
"We have a great deal of discussion
of free government, and references
made to the Declaration of Independ
ence, which this day celebrates, and
some people so construe that instru
ment that they would make It' mean
that any body of men or children or
-women are - born -with the Instinct -of
self-government, so that they can
frame a government as soon as they be
gin to talk.
"Now that Is not true. Self-government
has been fought out in the history of
this world, and by certain races has been
hammered out by a thousand years of
struggle. Men have taught themselves
how to govern themselves. They are not
fit to govern themselves until they have
sense and self-restraint enough to know
what is their interest and to give every
other man ail that is coming to him, ac
cording to right and Justice.
Must Learn Principles.
"Now what was true with respect to
our ancestors is also true with respect to
many races in this world today. They
have to be led on and' taught the prin
ciple and lesson of self-government. Our
ancestors by a wise attention to the
home government for nearly 200 years
came to be the best-prepared people
there were in the world for self-government."
'
The pageant was on a grassy lot, sur
rounded by giant trees. Several hundred
persona took part in the tableaux, the In
dian dances, the battle between the tribes
and the portrayal of the march of his
torical events.
The President lunched with W. Tracy
Williams, of Yantlc. Later he reviewed
a parade, addressed the people from the
reviewing stand, held a reception and
witnessed the night's brilliant display of
fireworks. He left late tonight for Al
bany, N. Y., en route to the celebration
at Lake Champlaln.
Many Features in Day.
Chief among the features in the cele
bration was the National salute of 21
guns that was fired as the Presidential
party came on Geers Hill; and the
flight of the Baldwin .airship, "The
California Arrow," which made a suc
cessful ascent from the grounds of the
Country Club.
The day was ushered in by the boom
ing of cannon, 250 blank shots being
fired by a battery of state militia.
Aside from this all the bells in town
clanged out a welcome to the day, and
the factory whistles were kept screech
ing for half an hour Just after s. jrlse.
BABY IS BURNED TO DEATH
Parents Busy Saving Lives of Other
Children and Home Is Destroyed.
LA GRANDE, Or.. July 5. (Special.)
An exploding lamp in the home of Bert"
Oliver caused tne death of the 6-months-old
Oliver baby late Sunday night, the
serious injury of two other children, and
the loss of the home. Friends had been
visiting the Olivers during the evening,
and Mrs. Oliver was putting her baby to
sleep after their departura, when the
other two children started playing about
the table on which the lamp was standing.
Inadvertently they Jarred the lamp over,
and both were instantly a mass of flames.
Mrs. Oliver grasped one child, and her
husband another, and took them outside
to extinguish their clothes. When this
had been accomplished the parents saw
to their horror that the house was burn
ing fiercely, and they were unable to re
turn to rescue the baby. Neighbors hast
ened to uieir assistance, but were unable
to save the home, which was a total loss.
In saving the lives of the older children,
both, parents were seriously burned.
200 PASSENGERS
MISS HOBO'S PLOT
THROWN OFF FREIGHT, HE
PLANS TRAIN WRECK.
Tramp Confesses Obstructing Track
With Ties to Get Even
With Road.
HEPPNER JUNCTION. Or., July 6.
(Special.) In an attempt to get even
with the Oregon Railway & Navigation
Company for being thrown off a freight
train four times while beating his way
from Umatilla to Portland, George Eng
lish last Friday night tried to derail
O. R. & N. train No. 6, bearing 200
passengers, near Castle Rock. English
was caught by Detective Ed. B. Wood
of the a R. & N. last night just east
of Arlington and. confronted with evi
dence pointing to him as the would-be
wuolesale murderer, he confessed and
begged a speedy trial, saying he would
plead guilty to the crime. He was
lodged in jail at Willows for the night
and this evening he was takerf to Hepp
ner for trial.
Had it not been for a freight train a
little ahead of time English in all prob
ability would hav wreaked his venge
ance on the railroad company by caus
ing a disaster the death toll of which
might have been appalling. The freight,
in taking a siding near Heppner Junc
tion to give the speedy passenger fol
lowing from Portland a clear way,
struck the ties placed on the tracks by
English and ground them to a pulp.
In a few minutes train No. 6 rushed by
at a 40-mile speed, the previous freight
barely frustrating English's plan to
gain revenge.
Investigation after the plot that
failed cast feuspiclon on a "well-dressed
hobo" who was seen acting suspiciously
In the vicinity of Castle Rock. De
tective Wood and Marshal T. D.
Sweaton, of Arlington, took up the trail
of the man on the track, English's ar
rest and confession resulting. The
prisoner fs 30 years old and voluntarily
gave his captors the Information that
he served a term in a reformatory of
New York. The penalty for an attempt
to derail a train ranges from 15 years
to 20 years in the penitentiary.
SCENE SHIFTS IN IDAHO
Mysterious Railroad Building to
Salmon City. '
SPOKANE, Wash., July 5. (Special.)
Salmon City, Idaho, the remote mountain
town on the Salmon River, is now the
center of the Idaho railroad war. The
Pittsburg & Gilmore Railroad Company,
a corporation as mysterious as the North
Coast Railroad; fi actually building 120
miles from Armsted, Mont., to Salmon
City, Idaho. The Pittsburg Railroad was
organized by Pittsburg mining capitalists,
but residents of the little towns are
guessing the identity of the backers:
Some declare that the road is a Hill
feeder and that a connection will be made
with the Northern Pacific at Twin
Bridges. Others declare that the road is
undoubtedly a subsidiary corporation of
the Northwestern.
The Oregon Short Line has purchased
400 acres of land in the outskirts of
Salmon City, while the Pittsburg & Gil
more Company has just closed options
which have covered two farms adjoining
the little river town. The latter road
now has deeds to a farm of 150 acres
owned by W. S. Andrews, and to one
formerly owned by John Steel, comprising
196 acres. This land was purchased for
$100 an acre.
RACES END IN. DISASTER
One Man Drowned and Eight Shells
Swamped at Boston Regatta.
. BOSTON, July 5. During the New Eng
land rowing regatta on the Charles River
basin today, eight shells were swamped
and Edward Morley, of the Junior eight
of the St. Alphonsus Rowing Club, of
Boston, was drowned.
There ''were several narrow escapes and
very few of the races finished without
accident.
Morley, 18 years of age, drowned while
clinging to a tow rope to which he' had
been helped by two boatmates, after their
shell had capsized.
Meanwhile the five other crews which
had been contesting the Junior eight
oared race, the last event of the re
gatta, were struggling in the water, two
other boats swamping before reaching
the line and three others after reaching
it.
RACING AUTO KILLS MAN
.
Ex-Mayor Stafford, of Eureka, Is
Dead and Two Others Injured.
OAKLAND. July 5. C. G. Stafford, ex
Mayor of Eureka, Cal., was run down
by N. K. Silva, and instantly killed in
the seventh race of the automobile meet
at the Emeryville track this afternoon.
Sllva's car was upset, turned over twice
and fell on the driver, breaking his nose
and otherwise Injuring him.
Stafford, with another man, who is yet
unidentified, attempted to cross the track
in front of the racers. Stafford's neck
was broken. His companion, who was
also struck, is unconscious, but not fatal
ly injured.
REVOLUTION IN COLOMBIA
Barranquilla Rises Against Holguin,
Reyes' Substitute.
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, July 5. A pri
vate cablegram from Nuena states that
a revolution has broken out at Barran
quilla, the most Important commercial
city of Colombia, against General Jorge
Holguin, who is acting President in the
absence of President Reyes, and ia favor
of, Gonozales Xaienpla, ...
KETGHEL
RETANS
TITLE BY
Given Decision Though
Papke Has Lead.
LOSER MAKES CRY OF ROBBERY
Ketchel Says Broken Hand
Prevented Knockout.
HE USES IT IN KNOCK-DOWN
So-called "Assassin" Forfeits Title
by Tame Fight, in Which Nei
ther Man Shows Power
to Deliver Punch.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 5. (Special.)
Stanley Ketchel retained his middle
weight championship title against Billy
Papke at the Mission-street arena this
afternoon in their 20-round fight by
the merest thread and largely through
the courtesy of Referee Billy Roche.
It was not a popular decision, nor one
that was merited, and nine-tenths of
the vast crowd that was on hand re
ceived the surprise of its life when
Roche raised the hand of Ketchel In
the air to signify that he had won on
points. ,
Papke Had Shade of Advantage.
To the fact that Papke held on for
the last two or three rounds and that
he was knocked down in the tenth, at
which stage Ketchel was at his best,
can be charged his defeat. Round by
round, however, trfe Illinois man had
a lead over, Ketchel, and if there was
any shade to a fight that came to be
a thorough disappointment before It
was finished, that shade belonged to
Papke.
"I was robbed," declared Papke. "I
ought to have known better than to
accept Roche as the referee. There
was never a chance for Ketchel to lose,
unless I knocked him out. A draw
was the very worst that I should have
received and the fight was coming to
me.
Robbery, Says Papke.
. "I certainly think that I was robbed,
and you can't make that statement too
strong. I fought him all the way and
I think that the worst I could possibly
have received would have been a draw.
I feel fine now and was strong all
through the fight. The decision at the
end of the fight came to me as such
an awful surprise that I could hardly
realize what had happened. I honestly
believe that I should have been given
the decision and I am more than ready
to meet Ketchel again, and I feel that
I can settle the question of supremacy
between us in a decisive manner."
Ketchel said nothing. All the smile
had gone from his face before the
fight was more than half under way
and he was apparently glad to take
the verdict as it came and without com
ment. Ketchel Forgot His Injury.
Ketchel claims to have broken his
right hand as early as the sixth round
and also says that he injured his left
thumb later In the game. To this he
ascribes his inability to beat Papke,
and because of it he says he will be
glad to give Papke a return match
whenever the opportunity offers.
Ketchel forgets, perhaps, in declaring
that his right hand was broken in the
sixth round, that his best work was
done from the ninth to the 12th rounds.
In the 10th he put Papke down for no
count with a right swing, using the
very hand that he claims was disabled.
Both Men Lack Ginger.
As a fight between two men who had
accomplished so much in the ring,
whose puncnlng powers had been their
strongholds, it was an utter disap
pointment. Ketchel should be stripped
of the title of "Michigan Assassin," for
he showed none of the qualities of a
killer this afternoon. Papke also should
doff his "Illionls Thunderbolt," for
when he had Ketchel staggering about
the ring in the closing rounds, he could
not land one good blow. In the 19th
and 20th rounds, when he should have
been doing his best work, Papke closed
up like a clam, held on for most of the
time and absolutely refused to break
until the referee forced his way be
tween the men.
Fought Like Old 'Women.
. To use a time-worn expression that
could not be better placed, "they fought
like two old women." After the first
round and up to the ninth, Ketchel
seemed absolutely lost, .with no punch
and no accuracy. He looked all over
a loser, until his rally in the ninth
brought the blood profusely to the
nose of the "Thunderbolt." Then the
tide commenced to turn, and in the 10th.
had Ketchel been able to set himself,
he might have ended the fight then
and there. But his swings were wild
and his punch feeble. Papke weathered
the storm of the 10th and llth rounds,
and came back in the 12th easily the
fresher of the two men.
WINS ON AGGRESSIVE WORK
Ketchel Awarded Fight, Though
Papke Holds Him Even.
ARENA, San Francisco, July 5. Stanley
Ketchel, of Michigan, is still the world's
middleweight champion. In a desperate
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TED
LIGHTNING KILLS
BOY AT WALLOWA
BOLT FROM SKY STRIKES LAD
IN OPEX ROCKY FIELD.
Clark Burton Downing, 19 Years
Old, Is Felled While in Pas
ture After Cows.
WALLOWA, Or., July 6. (Special.)
Clark Burton "Downing, 14-year-old son
of Joshua Downing, was instantly killed
at 6 o'clock last night by a thunderbolt.
He was struck while walking in an
open rock field, 150 yards from any tree
and about 25 yards from the house. His
hair was singed and several small burns
marked his chest beneath metal but
tons on his shirt. The body was not
otherwise disfigured.
Clark was the sixth son of the family.
The Downings beld a family reunion on
July 4. Saturday, all gathered home, and
Sunday a number of neighbors visited
them. After the departure of his guests
whom he accompanied a distance on their
way home, young Downing returned to
the house and told his mother he would
bring home the cows.
The same bolt that killed Downing,
frightened a horse that his younger
brother was riding, and it came near
killing the smaller boy.
POWERS BLOCK RUSSIANS
America, England and Austria Ob
ject to Preliminary Treaty.
PEKIN, July 5. Great Britain, Aus-tro-Hungary
and 'the United States
have notified China that they do not
recognize the preliminary agreement
between Russia and China devised
for administration of the Russian rail
road area in Manchuria.
These powers declare also that the
laws affecting the right to reside in the
international settlement in China must
originate with the treaty powers. The
negotiations on this subject, which were
opened last month, and which contem
plated detailed regulations, are now
blocked indefinitely.
PHANTOM AIRSHIP IS REAL
But Britons Were Scared by Work
of Fellow-countrymen.
LONDON. July B. Acordlns- tn th
Daily News, the airship flying about
various parts of Great Britain last May
was a 300-horse power craft. 150 feet
long. The ship was Invented and built
by Dc William M. Boyd, who savs tha
in his experimental flights he crossed the
Irish Channel at a speed of 32 miles an
hour, covering a total distance of 90
mues.
On another occasion the doctor said he
traveled 350 miles, making only one de
scent.
NEW ALPINE ROAD OPENED
Austria Overcomes Great Obstacle
to Connection With Coast.
GASTEIN. Austria. July 5. The Tau
ren Railroad, the new Alpine line con
necting Gasteln and Speitall. was of
ficially opened by Emperor Francis Jo
seph today.
So great were the engineering diffi
culties to be overcome in the construc
tion of this line that, although it is oniy
30 miles in length, It eost $62,500,000.
Eight years were required for the com
pletion of the Tauren tunnel. The rail
road greatly shortens the distance be
tween Central Europe and the Adriatic.
FIRECRACKERS RUIN HOME
Boys Set Fire to Woodshed and
House Is Burned to Ground.
LA GRANDE, Or., July 5. (Special.)
While Frank Hide and his family were
in the city enjoying the celebration today,
a fire broke out in the woodshed of their
home in North Fou'rth street and in a
short time the house was burned to the
ground. The fire originated In the wood
shed, where one of the small boys of the
family and his comrades were shooting
firecrackers.
Friends of the family are circulating a
subscription list to assist Mr. Hide in
rebuilding, as he Is a laborer of small
means, with a family of 11 children.
MUD BLOCKS ROYAL GORGE
Scenic Line of Rio Grande Road Put
Out of Commission.
CANON CITY, Colo., July 5. It is re
ported that 600 feet of Rio Grande track
Just beyond the Royal Gorge, at Park
dale, is completely covered up with mud
and debris from high water resulting
from rains last night and today.
No. 1 Rio Grande passenger train was
tonight backed to Pueblo, and will be
run out over the Colorado Midland. The
traffic through the gorge on the Rio
Grande probably will be tied up for 24
hours.
LA GRANDE HAS PARADES
Two Pageants N'eeded to Satisfy Pa
triotism of Oregon Town.
LA GRANDE. Or., July 5. (Special.)
The most lively celebration ever seen
In La Grande was participated in by
over 5000 people today. The parade was
the feature of the day. Sixty floats and
over 30 "plug ugly" features composed
the pageant.
In the evening the Japanese of the city
furnished a gorgeous parade and a fine
pyro technical display.
OUTLAW MDRQS
TRAPPED IN GAVE
Every Man in Jikiri's
Band Is Killed.
FIGHT DESPERATELY TO END
Attacked in Mountains, They
Flee to Last Retreat.
ONE AMERICAN KILLED
Jikiri, One of Famous Outlaws Re
maining in Jolo, Had Made
Many Raids and Always
Eluded Pursuit.
MANILA. July 5. In a desperate fight
near Patian. on Jolo Island, yesterday,
Jikiri, the famous Moro outlaw chief, was
killed and his entire band exterminated by
detachments of regulars and Constabulary
under Captain George L. Blram. of the
Sixth United States Cavalry, operating
in conjunction with a naval flotilla of the
mosquito fleet under Lieutenant-Commander
Slgnor.
The American loss was one private
killed and three officers and 20 enlisted
men and one sailor wounded.
Private O'Connell of Troop A, Sixth
Cavalry, was the one man killed among
the Americans and the officers wounded
are Lieutenants Kennedy, Miller and Ar
thur H. Wilson, all of the Sixth.
Make Last Stand in Cave.
Captain Byram's cavalry, with a few)
scouts and constabulary and a detach-
ment of sailors under Lleutenant-Com-j
mander Slgnor, located and attacked the
outlaws in the mountains far from th
coast. The Moros fled and took refug
in a large cave. The column of troop
and sailors surrounded the place, b
Jikiri refused to surrender. ,;
A concerted attack was made, the Mor
fighting desperately in the mouth of 1(
cave until the last member of the banc"'
was dead. As yet but few details of th- '
fight have been received here.
The division headquarters of the ArnX
here account for the large' number ov
wounded among the troops on the theory
that the cave was mined, and that some
of the Americans were wounded by the
explosion. . x
In his. brief report. Captain Byram
warmly commends ' Lieutenant Miller
(Concluded on Pace. 4.)
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature 57.0
degrees; minimum 64.5 degrees.
TODAY'S Showers; westerly winds.
Foreign.
English suffragettes again repulsed by
Asquith. will appeal to King and be
aiege Parliament. Page 7.
Meet ins of Hindus in London to condemn
murder of Wyllie. beats man who de
fends crime. Page 4.
National.
Senate passes resolution to submit Income
tax amendment and almost completes
tariff bill. Page 3.
Outlaw band of Jikiri. Moro chief, extermi
nated in Jolo island, page 1.
Politics.
Advocates of free trade start movement
against protection. Page 3.
Governor Gilchrist, of Florida, speaks on
race issue at 1 ammany celebration.
Pae :t.
Taf t speaks at celebration of founding of
Norwich. Conn, page 1.
lomestlc.
Mrs. Montanya's friends say she shot her
self by accident, but suicide is still sus-
. . pected. Page :i.
Insanity experts to test truth of Ella
Glngles' story. Page I.
Jap leaders in Hawaii arrested for Kidnap
ing strikebreakers. Page 5.
Educational convention discusses Industrial
training. Page 2.
Deaths and mannings due to Fourth of
July celebration. Page 1.
Celebration of 300 anniversary of discovery
of Lake Champlain. Page 2-
Celebration of tho SOOth anniversary of dis
covery of Lake Champlain. Page 2.
Chinese Embassy prevents tons; war in New
York. Page 4.
California boy carried up In ropes of balloon
comes down unharmed. Page 4.
Sports.
Coast League scores: Portland 4-2. Oakland
-1-1; Los Angeles l-'.l, Vernon O-O; San
Francisco Sacramento O-0. Page 17.
Martin Sheridan breaks own athletic fleld
record by winning nine out of ten events
at CelUcPark. Page 17.
Successful motorboat races run on Willam
ette River. Page JQ.
Ketchel given decision over Fapke, who
cries robbery. Page 1.
American polo team regains cup from Eng
land. Pase jo.
Northwestern Ieague scores: Portland 2,
Aberdeen 1; Seattle :-'2, Spokane 1-3;
Tacoma 4-0, Vancouver 7-0. Page 17.
Pacific Northwest.
Schlvely may resign if Spokane charges are
quashed. Page i.
Oregonians celebrate despite rain. Page 6.
Lightning kills boy near Wallowa. Page 1.
Man who shot up town of lone still insists
people tried to murder him. Page 6.
Chautauqua opens at Gladstone Park today.
Page IS.
Portland and Vlclnitr.
Hobo tries to wre.-k O. R. A N. train In
revenge for being put off. page 1.
Rain spoils great part of Portland's cele
bration. Page 18.
Chief Cox enforcing Mayor Simon's policy;
petty thievery less. Page 18.
Regulars and state troops go Into camp at
Clackamas Station next Monday.
Page 13.
Portland ninth among cities in United
States in volume of building. Page 12.
New Council will meet and organize to
morrow. Page lit.
Many Chautauqua campers arriving at
Gladstone Park campground. .Page 7.
out of panel of 40 Federal jurors only six
ask to be excused. Page V2.
Heavy rain benefits all crops except cher
ries. Page 7-
JCew City Park, in North Albina, dedicated.
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