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Newspaper Page Texttf fiwtitf p 1 PART THREE I I PAGES 17TO 24 f: e4 VOL. XXI. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, -JULY 6, 1902. NO. 27. F1REBGAT8 IN EAST TYPES OF FIREBOATS OWNED BY EASTERN CITIES. GIVE UP ELECTIONS I r Importance of Water-Frorrt Protection Realized. Democrats Concede Next House Is Lost to Them. COST AND CAPACITY'OF'CRAFTS ISSUES ALL BRUSHED ASIDE rM0itttt, - ' riMi i is3tZr? ' ' ' . iTZZ " -T, ...,..- .. .-r...ir . ,. . , 1ir T- tf .MMin-,,,m infrini n. i.nn . T ms-jh . t , . -; v'';.;KiwsnHwef5wfcBWMSFBLi JLi TOW j - tic- . y . WT K i..r i' I I I H fc ! n Wooden. Boat to Cot About fSOOO "Would Fill the Bill In Portland Where Can It Bo Built the Ckcapost? ,t NEW YORK, June 30. (Special corre cpondence.) "How big is Portland?" asked Chief Cheswell, of the Boston Fire Department. "About 100,000 people." 'And you say you have seven or eight miles of water front?" "Yes," answered the tiative Oregonlan proudly. "Ours is the chief port of the Paclflo Northwest." "And you mean to tell me you have no iflreboat?" went on the Chief depresslng ly. "Dear, dear!" And he looked as If he thought Portland was way hack as far as it is from Boston. "But we're going to get one." braced up the native Oregonlan, loyally. In all the Eastern water-front cities the writer has visited the heads of the Fire Departments have shown the same sur prise. "Insurance people must eat you up," they say, and when they learn the rates on the Portland front they exclaim "How In the world "-do you do business?'' And then the Oregonlan had to explain thei Indigenous obstacles to the acquisition of a flreboat and to expatiate on the par amount of Portland virtues patience. Hovr Much Would It Cost? What a flreboat would cost of course Is the leading point of interest just now' in Portland. A wide disparity of estimates exists even among citizens who pride themselves upon knowing about flreboats. In the writer's Intercourse in Portland with Insurance men and well-informed citizens, he has found little consensus of opinion. on the subject. Some Insist that a good, serviceable boat -would cost no more than $25,000 and that the city would be throwing money away In expending more. From this figure, estimates run up to $50,000, $75,000, $100,000 and over. This letter does not pretend at techni cal knowledge of the subject. It will sim ply cite a few facts that the writer has gathered in his untutored rambllngs and interviews. In Jicw York. Tho cost of fircboats in Eastern cities has generally ranged between $50,000 and $100,009. The New Yorker, 'the largest fere'Hbat In the world. cost about $125,'000. The William M. Strong, about half her pump'ing capacity, cost about $75,000. The Zopher Mills, about the same size as the Strong, cost about the same. All three boats are of steel throughout. The New Yorker pumps 12,000 gallons or 50 tons of water a minute. Her max imum number, of streams is about 20. She has a draught of 12 feet and her speed is about 10 miles an hour. Her indicated horsepower is 730. The William M. Strong can pump about 7000 gallons of water a minute. This ,1s more than the combined power of all the seven fire engines of Portland. She draws 10 feet of water. The Zopher Mills draws nine feet. These three boats are in serv ice about Manhattan Island. At Brook lyn, New York has two more steel flre boats, each equal In power to the William M. Strong. These flreboats give the best possible safety to the New York front. They co operate with the land department on many occasions even when the Are is back in the city. Their combined pumping capac ity is nearly equal to that of all the 75 steam Are engines in Greater New York. The New Yorker has been built about 11 years and the Strong three or four. The city had a wooden boat until recently. Two more steel boats the size of the Strong are now planned. In Boston. Boston has two wooden flreboats. Their names are respectively "Engine No. 31" and "Engine No. 44." The flrst pumps about 4500 gallons a minute and the other about 6500 gallons. No. 31 discharges up to 10 streams and No. 44 up to 12 streams. The former has four standplpes (nozzles worked by hand machinery), is IIS feet long, 30 feet wide and 6 feet draught; has twin screws, pumps 9 inches in diam eter by 10 Inches stroke, and 2000 feet of 2-lnch hose and 2S00 feet of 3-lnch. Number 44 was built seven years ago, and is six years younger than the other boat She draws 10 feet, is 112 feet long and 25 feet wide. Two of her four stand pipes discharge flve-inch streams. Each boat cost between $50,000 and $60,000. In Detroit. Detroit, about half the size of Boston, has two flreboats, one of steel and one of wood. The James Battle, of steel, built two years ago, cost $103,180. The Detrolt er, of wood, built in 1893, cost $44,815. "The Battle Is a very fine boat, the peer of any of her size In the East. She will throw 7000 gallons a minute and has vents for 22 streams. Her largest nozzle Is four inches In diameter. Her standplpes num ber four. The Intake pipe is 14 inches in diameter and the discharge is 12 inches. The boat is 122 feet long by 25 feet beam, has 10.000 feet of hose, two ScoFch boilers and 1200 indicated horsopower. She is ca pable of steaming" 17 miles per hour. The Detrolter, the wooden boat, will throw 6000 gallons a minute, In 14 streams. She has one discharge pipe. She has given good service, but naturally the chief re liance is placed In the other boat. Steel vs. "Wood. Steel boats and wooden boats both have their advocates. Chief Crokor, of the New York department, says that steel boats have the higher efficiency, although their cost of maintenance Is much greater es pecially in salt water. Their advantage is their economy of space for machinery and their disadvantage Is their high initial cost and their- big expense for mainte nance. Steel bdats have to be docked and repainted at least once a year In salt water. The advantage of a steel boat does not EnpiliE: Hunter A-4-. 805TOn.(GJo0d) consist so much In Its inflammability as might be imagined. 'Captain Bralstcd, ot the New Yorker declared that he 'prefers a wooden boat. "It Is more economical, more durable and costs less In tho begin ning," he says. "A Are that is too hot for a wooden boat Is likewise too hot for a steel one, because the fighting power of each Is conditioned more by tne endurance of the men than by the material of the boat." Chief Cheswell, of Boston, is an advocate of wooden boats. The captain of the James Battle, however, was in love with his steel boat. - From what .the .writer has plckedpa wooden boat would give Portland the pro tection required. Such a boat has been in use at Seattle for several years. And the great argument for a wooden boat is its cheapness as compared with one of steel. As Portland would have to add to its al ready great municipal debt to build a boat; cheapness of construction Is impor tant. Cheapness docs 'not mean low effi ciency. Wooden boats give satisfaction In many places. Besides, saving of interest money is a strong argument. The cost of a wooden boat at Portland should be about $50,000. Between $50,000 and $60,000 would be the cost In New York or Boston. About $15,000 of this would be fat pumps and necessary egulpment. The question Is: Caq Portland ship builders make a wooden boat as cheaply as can Eastern shipbuilders? D. 3. IN LATIN AMERICA. Citizens of United $tnte Appropri ately Celebrntcd the Fourth. NEW YORK. July" 5. Citizens of the United States in the Latin American states celebrated the Fourth appropriately, ac cording to dispatches to the Herald. Americans In Havana and everywhere in the Island celebrated with a great show of patriotism. Only an order from the Mayor prevented a -display of fireworks. The feature of the day was a reception given by the American Club, which was attended by the most select society of the city. The entire American legation was present Several prominent mem bers of the Cuban Congress attended with Cuban officials. The President was ex pected up to the last minute, when he sent a note expressing great regret that "manj' occupations deprive me of the pleasure of assisting." A dispatch telling of President Boo&evelt's speech was heartK cheered by Cubans and Americans alike. The reception ended with "Dixie" and the National hymn. On all the public buildings and many, .residences were displayed flags In honor of the celebration of the independence of the United States, says a Lima, Peru, dispatch. In Callao a similar display was made. The Cuban flag was seen here for the flrst time. It was noticeable in va rious places. There was a splendid re ception at the United States legation. More than 1000 persons attended. Fami lies of the members of the Peruvian Cab inet, members of ,the diplomatic corps and the Chief of the Army Staff. General Canevaro, as well as the elite of Lima, were present. Senor Jose Payana, Cuban, presented Mrs. Dudley, the wife of the United States Minister, with a magnificent bouquet. At San Jose. Costa Rica, the Fourth of July reception held in the American legation by Minister William L. Merry was attended by President Esqulvel and his Cabinet, the members of the Consular and diplomatic corps and many prominent citizens of San Jose. Receptions were held In all of the United States Consulates in Salvador la honor of Independence day. Carnegie Bays Acton Library. LONDON, July 5. The Times this morn ing says It hears that Andrew Carnegie has purchased the library of the late Lord Acton. . THOETERANS'TURN Indian War Pension Blanks Will Be Out This Week,- INSTRUCTIONS- 'ARE-:-&XPLlClT Employment of Attorney by Claim ant Unnecessary In Event of De lay Congressional Delegation Should Be Notified. WASHINGTON. July 5. Pension Com missioner Ware will next week Issue blanks upon which Indian War veterans and their survivors, according to the re cently enacted law, will make applica tion for pensions. These blanks may be had on application to the department or from the members of the Oregon Con gressional delegation. Each blank car ries with it full instructions as to the course to be pursued, instructions being so explicit, both as to the evidence re quired and tho manner In which claims shall be filed, that It will be unnecessary for the pensioner to employ an attorney. If any claim Is held up, no one better than a Senator or Representative can have the difficulty adjusted, for they have a standing and priority before the depart ment that Is not accorded attorneys. In fact, the attorneys are utterly without authority. Veterans Meet to Blscnss Claims. HILLSBORO. Or.. Julv 5 Th Tnrllnn War veterans of Washington County met. in tne courthouse this afternoon to con sider ways and means for .prosecution of their pension claims before the depart ment. Hon. W. H. H. Myers, of Forest Grove, presided. It was voted to meet again July 19, and a commltteo was ap pointed to confer with Representative Tongue upon his return from Washing ton and ask him to attend tho meeting. " STORM IN .NEBRASKA. tinll' and Rain Do Much Damage In Central Part of State. OMAHA, Neb., July 5. The worst hall and rain storm of the season visited Cen tral Nebraska last night, doing a great amount of damage to crops and other property. At Grand Island the hall prac tically destroyed vegetation over a strip of country seven miles long and four miles wide. In the city few plate-glasa win dows were left whole, and trees and shrubs were destroyed. Corn and unhar vested small grains were beaten Into the ground and are a total loss. Great pieces of lcc, worthy the name of hailstones fell in some places. Elm Creek, Elmh'urst. Miller and West Point were the other towns that were visited by the storm. . France's Attitude Toward the Church PARIS. July 5. An interpellation was made In the Chamber of Deputies yester day concerning the application by the government of the law of associations by the recent closing of schools, etc. which were managed by unauthorized congrega tions. Premier Combes replied that the government had decided not to permit any evasion of the Jaw of associations, that it was determined to break down all re sistance in religious affairs, and that it ftmF 65QO Crallonz a flmute. had decided to carry out the spirit of the French-Republic. ''... "We have-flnniy-resotVeuV' said thfr Pre mier, -"to- assure the supremacy of clv.ll society over monastic obedience." "" Mr. Combes received an ovation frqm to Chamber, and It was decided that his' speech should be posted throughout France. A motion approving the decision of the government ard expressing the. .Chamber's reliance upon the government for the firm application of the law of as sociations and the necessary defense of the civil rights of the state, was adopted by 330 votes to 206. ROCK ISLAND ROBBERY. Detectives Bell ere Cassldy and Long baugh Did tho Work. CHICAGO. July 5. The detectives of the Rock Island Railroad claim to have sev eral clews to the Identity of the men who held up the passenger train near Dupont. They assert that the robbers were "Butch" Cassldy and Harry Longbaugn, who are said to have belonged to the gang thdt held up a Union Pacific train some time ago. L. P. Moss, a farmer, liv ing a few miles from the scene of the robbery, has furnished the police with a description of. a young man who called at his house the morning of the robbery and Inquired the way to Chicago. Mors was suspicious, and In company with his hired man followed tho stranger a short dls ta'nce. The man, seeing he was followed, ran into the woods and escaped. Tho officers arrested Otto Hoefel, a sec tion handempl6yed by .the railroad, who was 'found near Dupont a short time after the rjjbbery. He claimed that he was up attho;yKourr because he had been made jrfckvjjy;'"drjpklng too much well water." He was released' this evening, but Is be ing watched. Charles Nessler, who gave the engineer the command to stop tho train, also has been released. Nessler claimed he was- compelled to do as he did under threats of being shot If he refused. He made no effort to escape with the rob bers, and the officers are satisfied that be bore an unwilling part In the holdup. Jealous Italian Lover's Crime. NEW YORK, July 5. Furious that the girl to whom he had once been engaged should care for another. Isidore Lukino, a handsome Italian, sought out his old-time Bweetheart, Ganofra Casofino, a dark-eyed Italian girl, 19 years old, living on tho floor beneath him. drew a revolver and fired several times. The girl ran screaming about the room. The mother sprang for ward and threw herself between Lukino and the girl Just In "time to receive the last bullet In the abdomen. Lukino was pursued and Anally arrested. Female Robbers Ran Dovrn. NEW YORK, July 5. Brooklyn police who have been attempting to run down a gang of thieves operating on an ex tensive ncale in apartment buildings re cently have arrested two women with property valued at $5000 in their posses sion. The police believe they are at last on the trail of the gang which has been giving them much trouble In- the past few weeks. Ohio Hoy Violinist Takes a Prize. LONDON, July 5. Francis MacMllIan. the 16-year-old violinist from Marietta, O., who won the flrst prlzo at the annual contest for the Brussels Royal Conserv atory of Music, also secured the Van Hall prize of 52S francs. The Jury added that MacMllIan showed the "greatest distinc tion." Tho critics frankly characterize the boy as an exceptional player. Emperor May Decorate Conreld. BERLIN, July 5. Hclnrlch Conreld. manager of the Irving Place Theater, New York, was summoned from Carls bad to Travemuende for an audience with Emperor William today. His Majesty's obJe.ct. It Is understood. Is to decorate Herr Conreld In recognition of the gala opera performance given by him during Prince Henry's visit GAMES ARE CLOSED Chief of Police Orders Gambling to Cease. PLAY STOPS AT MIDNIGHT Crovrds Gather at- Leading Houses, Making Last Htueards Saloon Do-ncchnlls Shut Rockplle ' Starts Monday. All open gambling ceased In Portland at midnight. Dancehalls connected with saloons are closed. The city rockplle will be started tomorrow morning to punish lawbreakers, white and colored. Chief of Police McLauchlan Issued the necessary orders at 9 o'clock last night. and sent policemen arourid to seven "of 'the prin cipal gambling-houses to notify the pro-, prietors- that' play must cease. This Is the flrst stroke In the crusade against vice, by tho Williams administration. About 140 dealers and other employes of gambling-houses will be throwq out of employment, and. the weekly expense bill of the seven houses, amounting to about $6600 per week, will cease. There Is a loud wall from the gambling Interests. The order to stop gambling was not tho result of a decision of the Police Commis sioners, as they have not had a meeting since last Monday night. "I gave the or der to close," said the Chief of Police last night, and It is presumed he has act ed under general orders from Mayor Will lams. Boss gamblers were not greatly surprised when the order to close came, as they had been expecting something of th'e sort since they read Mayor Williams' message to tho City Council last Wednes day. Big Crowd at the Games. Yesterday thero was a feeling In the air that the police would shut up the Big Seven gambling-houses before long, and every house did a lively business except the Bell, at Seventh and Washington streets. There were only two games run ning at the Bell, and the crowd was small. Two or three mqnths ago, one of the pro prietors of the Portland Club held an In terest In tho Bell, and under his regime there was a rushing business done. But he sold out, and there was a lull. Most of the Bell trade went to the Portland Club, on Fifth street, near Alder. The Portland Club did a big business last night, and keno was probably never so eagerly played. About 10 o'clock there ! were 70 men at least playing keno, and they played the gime for all that they were worth. -Excitement was keen. In the adjoining room, upstairs, there were four or five games played roulette, twenty-one, faro, etc., and tho crowd was or derly. Not one Chinaman was observed seated at the tables, and the majority of the players were quiet in their behavior and well dressed. Aboufll o'clock It got noised around the club that the games would close at midnight, and there was a general examination Into the supply of ready cash, to bet on the closing games. There was an unusually quiet crowd at the Gem Club, Sixth street, near Alder. There Is no saloon attachment at this place, and nothing can be seen from tho street. To the unitlated It wculd have appeared that the playcft were not gam bling and staking money on results; there was no noisy discussion. The Gem, like the Portland, drew a better class of trade than some houses. The Gem people at tracted traveling men and visitors from other cities and near-by towns. Four or five games were running. Cheap Play In Xorth End. Cheap play and stakes ruled at Erlck son's place, on Burnslde street. There were one or two games running down stairs, but up stairs a lively business was done at five tables. Quite a few Chinamen and colored people were ob served among the players, and It was no ticed that .poorly dressed men. who looked as if It would have been a mercy to spend money on clothes Instead of enriching the gamblers, were quite active in getting rid of their dimes and quarter dollars. Pretty much the same condition was ob served at Blazler's place, across the street, except that games were running on tho ground floor. Four tables did a good business among an unwashed crowd, with here and there a few well-dressed men also busy. The upstairs tables were well patronized. Blazler's uptown place, on First street, near Madison, did a good Saturday-night trade. . Fritz place, on Burnslde street, next to Blazler's, had less patrons than usual. Thero were two small games running downstairs, and a fair business was doing at the upstairs tables. o. Boaa-Gamblcg.J'nlt-w..., ., .. . Of course, none of the boss gamblers would talk for publication when the order to close arrived. They seemed "to dread some legal action that might follow when the period of the raids by the police start. But after "a good deal of persuasion an Oregonlan reporter got one of the pro prietors of a well-known gambling-house to talk, as follows: "I guess that Mayor Williams wants to make Portland a Sunday-school town. That's how It looks to me, I believe that the majority of men In and around Portland want to gamble when they feel Inclined that way. You have never been forced to gamble In this house, have .you? No, sir. The entrance to our place Is secluded, the "play Is all upstairs, and we have no flaming an nouncement that this Is a gambling house. Mayor Williams cannot stop gam bling In Portland by giving the order to close. Men will gamble in spite of the gambling-houses being closed; they will be driven to back rooms. Of course, we will stop all play at our place, as we do not wish to be arrested. But It would be a far more sensible plan to have a semi open place like this, where men can play faro or poker If they wish. "We have a doorkeeper stationed at the entrance to see that no drunken men, no minors and no women or girls are ad mitted. We positively refuse to allow a man to play In our place It we know that he Is married and .has a wife and family depending on him for support. Sometimes wo have been fooled by men coming here pretending that they are not married, and when wives have come to .me stating that their husbands have sambled and lost their week's wages. I have willingly re paid the money. We dp not want and did not want that class of trade. We did a large business from hotels, and had many patrons from Oregon City, Salem, Albany and other towns Up the state. We did not look for Portland trade wo would have starved If we had solely depended on Portland people. You see. young business men and employes of business houses are, as a rule, narrowly watched at home ami It would mean their ruin In a great many Instances If It was reported to the head of the Arm that certain persons were losing , w.cit iuuuc) in a gamming-house. So these fellows play away from home, on business trips. In places where nobody knows them, and the people at home here are not one bit the wiser. Now, we shall nave playing on the ply all over town I would call the attention of Mayor Wlll lanxs to the fact that play Is Indulged In at most of the social clubhouses In this city." hat sort of a police arrangement about gambling would please you, then?" asked the reporter. Gambler Favors Taxation. "Allow quiet gambling-houses to run at a fixed charge per month and give the revenue so derived to the fund for the Lewis and Clark Centennial." said' the veteran. "Some of the guarantors will never pay what they have promised, and the result will be probably a loss of $50.- 000 to the centennial general fund maybe more. Tax the principal gambling-houses for three years, and the Lewis and Clark fund will be richer by $150,000." Quite a number of remarks in comment were heard from the crowd, as it passed from the Portland Club last night, on the way home. "So we have to stop play have we?" said one young man to his friend 'Oh1." snorted the friend, "the gamb.Ing-houses have been closed before and they have always been opened again! 1 ffucss the matter can be flxed somehow. It has been flxed before." J?0,?,.!11 WhiV!chaPel lt night business JI ' d. the Process'on of drunken wretches passing from one dancehall to another was missing. It was a quiet Sat cJonfJ! f1' and no maquercaux were tSihf e,slare, l the clectrlc s"t3 with the display of their diamonds. Tablet to Martyred Prenidcnti. NEW YORK. July 5.-A bronze tablet commemorating the three murdered Presidents. Lincoln, Garfield and McKin ley, has been unveiled at the West Sldtt Young Men's Christian Association building. Attempt to Slake "Thunder" Ont of the Philippine Question Falls and Tfovr Candidates Mast . Run Independently. WASHINGTON. July 5. The Democrat ic leaders In Congress, as they depart from Washington, admit that there Is lit tle hope of carrying the next House of Representatives. They say confidentially that thero Is nothing in the Philippine Issue for them. Their candidates will be allowed to chooee their own Issues, and to run Independently. This Is in direct contrast with their attitude up to a month ago. when they asserted very positively that they would have no difficulty In car rying the House this Fall. It was when their spirits were at the top notch that they forced an Investigation of conditions in the Philippines, for they Intended to cause no end of trouble for the Administra tion and the Republican party as a result of the revelations to be made. But the In vestigation proved a boomerang and re acted upon theoe who brought It about. The Democrats now retreat under cover of the statement that their party would gain no advantage In carrying the next House, as It would have to contend with a Republican Senate and President, Yet, when they were so free to express confi dence of success they believed that a Dmocratlc House would have much Influ ence on the Presidential election two years hence. DISASTERS ON THE FOURTH Many Serious Accidents In Xevr York and Brooklyn. NEW YORK. July 5. At police head quarters 135 accidents due to the use of explosives In celebrating Independence day have been reported during the past 21 hours. Roosevelt Hospital officials an nounced, however, that 347 accident cases had been treated there alone. Stray bul lets fired by reckless celebrators injured three persons so seriously that it is feared all may die from their injuries. Four young men were terribly Injured, three possibly fatally, by the explosion in Brooklyn early today of a big bomb with which they were going to wind up their celebration. Charles Kenny, aged IS, was Jnjurod -aboutr-the-Shlgh nd-Jegs, Henay-TeeoverrThose 'believed Jto-have been fatally Injured are: William Hart.'g, 20 years old; William Walnscott, 10, Mil ford, N. J.; Edward Ryan. 20. The force ot the explosion mangled them externally as well as Inflicting Internal In juries All were unconscious when as sistance came. A man who Is alleged to have given the bomb to the boys was ar rested. The bomb which caused the dam age is known as a "Coston signal." and contained more than three pounds of pow der. It Is used on ocean steamers and Is considered dangerous when not properly manipulated. Several unsuccessful efforts were made to explode It with brick3. Finally Waln scott volunteered to explode It with a lighted match. The boyo gathered around and Walnscott dropped the match Into the can. The powder flickered an Instant and then the bomb exploded with, terrific force. The report was heard a mile away. The boys were thrown in all directions. No help was near and Kenny finally dragged himself to the nearest street, where he secured aid from the police for his wounded comrades. Accidents at Chicago. CHICAGO. July 5. Three- persons were killed and more than 100 injured in tho celebration of this year's Fourth of July In Chicago. Of all these the killed re ceived the fatal wounds from, firearms, while 22 others were Injured by guns and stray bullets. The desire to have some unique machine with which to emphasize their enthusiasm led to the Injury of three persons, while the cannon cracker added 30 more to the list. A number of men were arrested for discharging firearms In the city limits. Fifty arrests were made on the West Side alone. Teddy Roosevelt Ilnrt. NEW YORK. July 5. Theodore Roose velt, Jr., had his forehead cut open by a piece of flying glass while celebrating In dependence day at Oyster Bay. He had placed a firecracker In an old bottle and after the explosion found his forehead bleeding from a deep gash. By-standers rushed to his assistance, but he walked to his mother, who sat on the veranda and asked her to bandage the wound. He soon resumed his merry-making. St. Paul Casualties. ST. PAUL. July 3. The casualties of the Fourth In the Twin Cities include four drowned and a large number of injured from toy cannons and other explosive". The drowned: John Buckley. In St. Croix Lake, having fallen from the steamer Cy clone: D. W. Emerson, in Lake Calhoun; Paul F. Thompson, In Cedar Lake; Will Reber, in KIsh Lake, near Osseo All four were residents1 of Minneapolis. Killed by a Gasnipe Bomb. DODGE CITY. Kan., July 5. D. N. Han na. a young man employed in the Santa Fe depot here, is -dead as a result of a ' Fourth of July celebration last night. The top of hie, head was blown off by tho bursting of a gaapipe filled w 1th powder. Struck by a Skyrocket. MARSHFIELD. Wis., July Z. Azear Sheriff, a bookkeeper, was struck in tne abdomen by a skyrocket last night, and died In this city today. Training-Ship Mohican Overdue. HONOLULU. June 2S. via San Francis co. July 5. The United States training ship Mohican is 30 days out from Yoko hama, on her way here, and there Is some uneasiness lest she should have met with dlsister. Though the Mohican has steam power, she usually traveJs under sail in mid-ocean, but it Is thought she could have made jport some days ago. Convention ot Gideons. CEDAR RAPIDS. la.. July 5. Nearly 200 traveling men. representing many states, wer present today when President S. E. Hill, of Belolt. Wis., called the National convention of Gideons to order. The morn ing sceslon was devoted to reports of of ficers and committees, which showed grat ifying growth of the order, which Is an association of Christian traveling men.