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VOL. IX.
JIILLSI.OKO, OUEfiON, TIIUKSIJAY, JULY 31, 11)02.
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FROM THl FOUR QUARTER8 OF
THE WORLD.
A Comprehensive Review of the Important
Happenings of the Past Week, Presented
In Condensed ftm. Whkh ti Mail
Uksry to Prv el Interest lo Our Many
Readers
In' ill Pittsburg destroyed properly
Valued at $3 IK, M)0.
King Edward I H alilii to walk about
tlm dock ul Ilia yacht.
Tliu German gunboat Panther ha
liiwii ukIitihI to Cm lhhean water.
A policeman at Hlmiiuiiduuli, pa.,
Han attacked liy strikers and severely
beaten.
Native o( 1'url uuh West Africa
arc causing the aulliiritii much
trouble anil a gcnerul uprising in feared.
It t( itiit ami demonstrationa in
Franca arw subsiding, ami a peaitful
solution i tli religious question is
looked (nr.
Another exploalou In tin New York
subway resulted In tint lalul injury of
two inmi anil tho serious injury ol
two others.
Tim president o( IVru, in a message
to ouigrean, point nut tlm great Iwimtlt
ol tlm Panama ranal to that country
ami urgna III ionplu to prepare lor II.
The battleship llliuola in ill ifrydock
In England. Examination disclose
tliat touiderahe damage (mil Ihwii mis
tained w luiii nh struck the obnt ruction.
A German electrician ha Invented
a wireio telephone,
It la U'llcvwl tliat the disturbance
In Panama am ncaily at an end.
Moid in jtiisct lii have Ixi'ii lasued
against the striking Went Virginia coal
iiiiuor.
Klr at I Im Leavenworth, Kan., pen
itentiary destroyed $20,000 worth of
roHrty,
Seven firemen were seriously Injured
liy an exploeioii whilu fighting fire at
Pittsburg.
One of thetrilieaof Indiana In Indian
Territory la giving the authorities
much trouble.
The Nicaragua!! government ha com
uiutitl tin sentence ol Huamill Wilson,
the Ohio iliH'tor w ho waa cajiturtxl
with a revolutionary party.
Serious rioting occurred at a New
Jersey primary election. One man waa
killed and a number ei loualy aounded,
liesidea ninny minor Injuries.
In a riot at Pnttsvltla, I'a., between
non-union ini'n mid atrikera, one man
waa k II It I and five badly injured.
The dead niun ami all those injured
wore iioii-tinlnn.
Demonstration continue In France
again! th closing ol Catholic schools,
Automobile devotees iu England find
themselves badly handicapped by strin
gent speed luwa.
Preparations for the coronation are
In lull awing, but theie 1 a noticeable
lack of enthusiasm.
A fight with horsothioves in Okla
homa resulted In the wounding and
capture of cavern 1 of the gang.
Cholera In Egypt la spreading rapid
ly. Many o( tlm victima are attacktHl
In the streets and die In a fuw minutes.
A passenger and freight train colllil
ed In the yards at Cheyenne, Wyoming,
resulting in tlie Injury of half a down
paHngitra.
The prnaidout haa apprnvtHl the find
ing ol the court martial in the cane ol
Miijor (ili'im, hut diaiipprovea the ac
tion In the Cook ra).
Three aoldiera were acrloualy Injured
at Knrt Dnuglua, Utah, by the horaua
attnchiol to a gun which they wore
handling running away.
Ten flKhurmen loht their Uvea In a
gale on Fraaer rlvor, II. 0.
Cholera" haa 'broken! out afrcah In
Man' In, a number ol new awca being
reported.
Jamea Jeffries knocked out Bob FlU
Hinimona in the eighth round In a light
at Han Franciaco.
Chicago meHxengeri went on strike
(or more pay. Telegram are being de
livered through the mail.
Alx-la-Chappollo, a town in Ger
many, will hereafter celebrate Ameri
can independence day by Iiolntlng the
American Hag.
There 1 much anxiety among British
cabinet official! ovor the king's con
dition. Many believe he will not be
able to stand tho coronation.
Acting Secretary Ryan has ordered a
temporary withdrawal of the tract in
Kastorn Oregon recommended by com-
miiwionor Hermann and Huperlntendent
Ormaby.
Two hundred persona were drowned
by the cnpsiitlng of a steamer on West
river, China.
There is not great deal of Interest
being tuken In the coining coronation
of King Ldward.
Capt. M. I. Hmitli, the first man who
(tretohed wires across the state of Wis
constln, is still living in Topeka, Kan
Chicago chemists have Invented a
for niakimi wall naner stronger
tlmt promises to revolutionize the in-
dtiHtry.
The largest stockholder In the United
KliLtea Steel Comnanv. "Mr. Cntler,
1 John D. Rockefeller, not Andrew
Carnegie ; his dividend ia $1,000,000
annually.
MUST QO SLOW.
Unilid Slain Gunboat Machlat Will Protect
Faraignara al Cap Hayticn.
Washington, July 31. The follow
ing cablegram, dated toduy, waa re
ittivnl at the nuvy department tliia
afttirnoon from Coinmundnr Mi (, ol
t lie Mai hiaa, arrived at ( ue llaytien
yonUinlHy :
"Aflulra are very uiurh dintutb! at
Cmi llaytien. Unoigunir.i mob in
the city, Foreign conauls have been
tlirinlenel. Will give proUtction on
board. I will prevent boniliurdiiient
w ithoiil due notiiii,"
The rtate ilepurtiiient ha no Invita
tion In fully approving the unergetiv
aii'l cullU iciit action of Commuuder
McCrea in taking care o the foreign
coiiMtila ami in preventing a Iximhard-
lueiit wltliout a warning. The Amer
ican and foreign intcrivta iu Caie
llaytien are lurge and an Ameriian
captain ia reuirul by the unwritten
law to look alur the life ami proertT
ol other foreign rcnideuta a well aa
Aniericun In audi cases. It la aaid
that the rule of international luw aa
well aa the dictatea of humanity re
quire that proper notiie be given before
iMiniluirilnit-iit In onler that wmneu,
children and liou-comhaUut may leave
the town ami carry off their personal
belonging.
The navy department feU that the
Much Inn la autlicieiitly large (or the
work at baud at tliia iKiint, though if
there wen more audi American gunboula
Iu the gulf ami Carrihla-an sea a quiet
lug and retraining iuthinnco would lie
exerted over heiw Irequent reliellious
mthrcaka Involving violation ol the
rules oi ar and grout Buffering.
A GREAT OIL TRUST.
Rockefeller, Rothich Idi and NuIkI rlavi Com.
blind and Will Control World' I Output.
l.oii'liii,Jiily 31. Iu it Uhuu this
morning the Paily Mall axaerU that
there ia no longi-r any doubt that the
three mounter oil intereiit of Rockefel
ler, iiotli:hlhl and N'oiwl have entereil
lnti a working agrwinent.
"Thus," any a the pier, "without
any publicity the grcalcnt truat the
world haa ever seen has been sprung
into lHlng,"
This combination, the paper says,
has liven hlnUxl at in mesHagea from
Raloum and Muamw and it haa been
more clearly ahown Iu the offer made
to Kuariun oil exporter by representa
tive of the Noliel and Kothachild in-
tereata (or the abaorptlon ol the whole
ol their output. The exMirtrs have
btMn forbidden to mdl through the in
tereata of their agency except U a price
arrangeil by them or to right the com-
blued forces of the three oil giants.
This offer was made openly and with
the idea of maintaining price, and it
Iik Imh'ii rofuaod, Russian exporters
preferring to fight. It was douhtleas
tli in combine, contlnuer tho Paily Mail,
which induced the tiusHiun government
to Issue invitationa to an anti-trust con
(erenee. The siiokeamsn ol tho great
combine declare It tueaus a tight to
the death and that the independent ex
torters cannot hope to win.
MININQ AND 8T0RINQ COAL.
Sacral Work Nai Beta Dont in Several ol the
Scranton Colllirlci.
Scranton, I'a., July 30. Superin
tendent Kiikm, of the IVliiwnre & Hud
son, admitted today that his and other
companies of this region have been
engaged in cutting and loading coal and
storing it at the foot of the shaft in
car ready to be hoiattvl when the com
panies see lit to do so. The work Is
being done by under bosses, company
hands and returned strikers, ol whom
the mine has a small quota. The com
panies huve been doing this work se
cretly so as to avoid drawing the tire of
tho strikers.
The strikers turned back tho men
at the Rocket Urook colliery, In Car
lunula lo, this morning, but they came
around at noon when the pickets, hud
dispersed and started the washery
going, Carpenters at Coal llrook and
Northwestern collieries, in Carbondale,
were nl ho turned hark this morning.
This activity on the part of the strikers
is the result ol a mooting ol tho strik
ers , when it was determined to make
an effort to stop all work at mines and
washenes in the Carbondale region,
Release ol Guam Prlioneri.
Washington, July 30. The war de
partment referred tho order containing
the president's amnesty proclamation
of July 4 to the navy department, es
pecially Inviting attention to the Fili
pino prisoners in (itiam, A reply baa
boon received saying that the governor
of Unain will he notified and an army
transport will tie seLt to Manila by the
way of Guam and all prisoners who take
tho oath of allegiance to the United
States will lie returned to the Philip
pine islands:.
Strange Upheaval of the Ground,
New York, July 31, The town of
Stratford. N. Y.. now has. accordilill to
a press dispatch from Little Falls, a
st ran nnheaval of the a round. Tons
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of sod, gravel and stone were tossed in
the air mid landed on a knoll 12 feet
higher than their original place. The
debris covers a Biace 100 feet squtre,
and is more than six (eet deep. It is
bolieved lightning Ignlteu a vein ol
natural gaa and caused an underground
explosion.
iEW8 OF TJIE STATE
ITEMS OF INTERE8T FROM ALL
PARTS OF OREGON.
Commercial tad riiuacial tlappeainji of Im,
poftaaca A Brief Review of the Growth
asaj Improvements of the Many Industrie
Throughout Our thriving CowiaMmweallh
Lit.! Market Report.
About 80 Indian war veterans of
Southern Oregon j,jj , rBiin k
Mislfoid last week.
A postofflre ha been established at
Cecil, Morrow county, on the route
from liouglas to Klla.
The rand taken out by the dredge on
the lowel Columbia ha Ix-en proven to
be rich enough to more than pay the
expense of handling it.
Kenton county' annual school report
shows that the school population of
that county has lui reaMl front 2,4311 to
2,680 during the pat year.
The timlierinen of Iallas and vicin
ity have organized an asm iation for
the purpose of mutual protection and
defense ol the timber claims filed on by
them at Oregon City last week, when a
township was thrown njwn.
A coal strike that promises to make
no little stir in that section has been
made near Asbeatoa, in the northern
part of Jackson county, where the
Southern I'acilic haa ls-n developing a
prospect. The vein ia six (eet wide.
The poatolliee at Antone. Wheeler
county, has been moved one mile to
the southwest. The office at Croy,
Gilliam rouiity, ha been moved six
mile to the southwest, and the oflii
at Olene, Klamath comity, i moved a
abort distance to the south.
The annual report of the register o(
the Oregon City land district, compris
ing 14 counties, gives the total area of
the land surface at 7,5tt5,l'50 acres.
(Inly Uim,4Ht) acres of unappropriated
Ian. I remain in the district, and 101,190
acres of this is not yet surveyed.
Tho farmers of the Rock Point neigh
borhood, in the Waldo Hills, have
formed an association for the purpose
of pooling their crop. The sueocaa of
the gram mot the past two years, by
which they received 4 to 6 cents per
bushel more than those outside the
pool, has given them great confidence
in this plan of disposing of their crops
A project Is on foot to put in a first
class walerwcrks at Dallas.
Marion and Umatilla counties repoit
a decreare in the school imputation.
J. A. lieattie. president ol the state
normal school at Weston, haa resigned
to accept a position in the East.
Benton county farmers are now cut
ting their fall town grain. Both the
lull and spring sown wheat will yield
well.
The state fair this year promises to
le one ol the most successful ever held.
Many siwclal feat urea have been se
cured.
The French bark Asle, which cap
sited at Portland last January, has
been completely repaired and has sailed
(mih that port with a full cargo.
The annual report of the public
schools o( Yamhill county shows a
total school population of 4,775, ae
compared with 4, SL'li a vear ago. The
average attendance also fell off.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla. OioitiSe for m-w
crop; 64ca6o for old; valley, 65c;
Diuesiem, notgooc.
Barley-$17.75 for old, 18.50 for
new crop.
Flour Best grades, f 3.063.60 par
barrel; graham, 2.953.1!0.
Millstuffs Bran, $1516 per ton;
middlings. 121.50: short. 118:
chop, 1 16,
Oats No.l whit, 1.15(81.20;gray,
$1.05(91.10.
Hay Timothy, $12(815; clover,
(7.50(310; Oregon wild hay, $5(96 per
ton.
Potatoes Beet Burbanka, 7585c
percental; ordinary, 50c per cental,
growers prices; sweets, $2.252.60
per cental; new potatoes, lc.
Butter Creamery, 20i321c; dairy
1618c; Btore, 15ltic.
Eggs 20(921 io for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 12H
(3 13c ;Young America, 13,Hi14)tc; fac
tory prices, 1 lc less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.60(3
4.50; hens, $4.00(5.50 per do ten,
liailc per ponnd; springs, 11(8
ll'Xo per pound, $2.504.50 per dos
en; ducks, $2.603.00 per doien; tur
keys, live, 13(3! 14c, dressed, 15 16c per
pound; geese, $4.005.00 per dosen.
Mutton Gross, 2 S3c per pound;
dressed, 6c per ponnd.
Hogs Gross, 6ic; dressed, 77r
per pound.
Veal 78o per pound.
Beef Gross, cows, 3(3 3 rj steers,
3v4Kc; dressed, 78c per pound.
Hops 1617c; new crop 1718c.
Wool Valley, 12 t615;Eastern Ore
gon, 8(311 4 He: mohaii. 25(9 26c pound.
Yale university gave degrees to a
class of (150, Plans for a Chinese vol
unteer mission were announced.
A Chicago dispatch says that the tear
of a bituminous miners strike is cans
Ing coal dealers and railroads to store
thousands of tons as a reserve supply.
The will of very Rev. E. A. Hoffman,
dean of the general theological semi
nary of New York, disposes of an estate
estimated at $12,000,000 to $15,000,
000.
SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKE8.
California Towns Experience Violent Shocks
aad People are Terror-Slrlckca.
Lompere, Cal., July 30. Ixmpere
valley eiiwriem-ed a severe earthquake
hock at 10:55 last night. At that
tune a violent shock waa felt which
lasted fully 30 stNonds, and waa so
severe that dishea, clocks, house plants,
etc., were thrown from shelves, and
furnituie and other artii le upset. The
people were stricken with terror and
ran from their houses, some feai ing to
return, as other light shocks continued
for several hours afterward. Another
heavy shock was felt at 5 4. M., and
oneatllA. M. A large water tank
was knocked over, the earth cracked at
man different places and the Santa
Yens river bed slightly changed at
places. The direct disturbance seemed
to lie of a local nature.
la Santa Barbara County.
fanta Barbara, Cal., Jely 30. At
11 :03 o'clock last night Santa Barbara
county waa visited by the mot severe
earthquake shock experienced in years.
Only a slight tremor was felt here, but
in other plains considerable property
was destroyed. The center of the dis
turbance appears to have been at the
Carreaga oil field near Lo Alamos.
Two 1,500-barrcl tanks containing
175,000 gallons ol oil were completely
wrecked and the contents !ecame a
total loss. Buildings were cracked and
some minor damage suffered. The
total loss sustained by the oil company
will I aliout $'.'0,000.
At Harris station an old creek which
has been dry for years began flow ing a
stream two feet deep and 18 feet wide.
At IO Alamos furniture and dishes
were broken but no lives lost.
Kcporta from Iompoc and Panta
Maria state that several severe shocks
were felt there at the same hour, but
little damage was done.
A slight shoi k was felt here at half
past five this evening.
Tanks el Oil Destroyed.
Pan Luis Obispo. Cal., July 30.
Two distinct earthquake shocks were
experienced in this place last night,
'he first and heaviest of the two oc
curred at 10:57 P. M. and had a dura
tion of five seconds. The second oc
curred at 5:10 this morning and lasted
three seconds. The general direction
of the disturbance was eait and west.
At the Western Union Oil Company's
wells on the Careaga ranch, two tanks
containing 28,000 barrels of oil were de
stroyed by the first disturbance.
Neavicsl Shock Ever Pelt
Panta Maria, Cal., July 30. A hyvy
shock of earthquake wag felt here at
10:50 last night. The vibrations were
from east to west and lasted 45 seconds.
The wave were a steady sway. Old
timers say it was the heaviest shock
ever felt here.
THREE STATES SHAKEN.
Extensive Earthquakes Felt in Nebraska, Iowa
t and South Dakota.
Omaha, Neb., July 30. An earth
quake shock, which was general over
portions of Nebraska, Western Iowa
and South Pakota, occurred shortly
before 1 o'clock today. The seismic
disturbances were felt at a large num
ber of towns in the three states, and
lasted from 10 to 16 seconds. No
damage haa been reported thus far,
although the shock was sufficient to
rattle dishes and affect bell towers in
some places. Yankton, 8. P., reports
a shock oi 12 seconds' duration; Pantee
agency, in Northern Nebraska, reports
the occurrence of a quake, and Battle
Creek, Neb., was shaken for 20 seconds.
The disturbance was more plainly felt
at the latter place than at any other
which has thus far reported. In this
city the shake was barely discernible,
and few people knew of such a thing.
MARE ISLAND DRYDOCK.
Dispute With the Contractor! la Settled and
Work Will Now Proceed.
Washington, July 30. The Atlantic,
Gulf & Pacific Company, which hasthe
contract for building a drydock at the
Mare Island navy yard, has decided to
comply with certain requirements im
posed by the government and will pro
ceed with the work. Several months
ago a controversy arose between the
government and the company over cer
tain shoring that the navy department
insisted should lie made by the com
pany. The latter refused to perform
the wotk and the matter was referred
to the department of justice, which de
cided that the demands of the depart
ment were reasonable under the con
tract. Today, Admiral Endioott, chief
of the bureau of yards and docks, re
ceived word from the company that it
had decided to yield its contentions,
For several moiitns during the dispute
work was suspended upon the dock,
which is about one-fourth completed.
Mesitnjer Boys Win Their Strike.
Chicago, July 30. The strike of the
Illinlos district messenger boys, which
has hampered the telegraph companies
in the delivery of their messages and
caused great anuoyance to brokers and
business men throughout the city, was
settled at a late hour tonight. By the
settlement the boys will receive in
creased wages and extra pay for over
time. Venice Is Careful Now.
Venice, July 2!). A technical com
mittee has ordered the demolition of
the Santo Ptefano clock tower, which
has shown signs of collapse. Several
houses have also been ordered to tie de
molished and other precautionary meas
ures have been taken. Three hundred
thousand volumes of the library in the
ducal palace are being removed, as
danger is feared to the back facade of
the palace.
WORK IS STARTED
COOS BAY BELT LINE RAILWAY
DEFINITELY UNDER WAY.
SUrt Is Made From New Dock Which Is Be
lag Erected at Empire City This Com
pletes Terminal Arrangements lor the
Great Eastern Railroad Un to Pass
Around Bay to Ead of the Jetty.
Portland, July 31. Railroad con
struction has al reaily etarted at Coos
bay; that is, the construction of the
Belt Line Bailway, starting from Em
pire, running np the bay to Marahfield,
crossing to East Marshfield on a draw
bridge, thence circling around by way
of the creamery to Glasgow and out on
the harbor jetty. The total length of
the line will be 15 miles. The Empire
council has granted a franchise through
that town and other property and
rights have been secured that assure
the completion of the Una. In the
franchise deeds it is specified that this
belt line shad be open to any railroad
company that may desire to Ore it,
upon the payment of reasonable charges
for the privilege. The specific force
behind this enterprise, however, is the
Great Eastern Railway project, in con
nection with which the Belt Line Rail
way wis organized. This is the pro
posed line through to Salt Lake City.
ork on the construction of a dock
at Empire will also be begun today.
The Belt Line Railway will be poshed
to completion at rapidly as possible,
regardless of the negotiations for the
transcontinental line, the fate of which
will not be definitely known for a few
weeks yet.
The preliminary stage of the Coos
bay railroad enterprise is deemed to,
have paased with the beginning of act
ual construction work. The belt line
s now assured, and it will not be
worth ranch without a feeder into the
interior. Therefore it is regarded as
certain that there will be a railroad
through to a connection with the
Southern Pacific, even if the transcon
tinental feature should not succeed.
Forty-five men are now in camp at
Empire. Laborers and horses are
going in from Roseburg. Engineer
George Lyman Moody is to start across
the country at once to take the levels
to Elkton. When this shall be com
pleted all will be readv for the report
on which the fate of the transcontinen
tal character of the enterprise will de
pend. HOIST FELL ON FERRY BOAT.
This Single Item ol Damage by Wind Storm
Amounts to $50,000.
Petroit. Mich., July 30. A severe
wind Btorm did much damage here to
day. The large Brown hoist, used to
lift and carry heavy plates used in ship
building, lies on the deck of the Michi
gan Central car ferry transport at the
yandotte shipyard a total wreck while
the upper worki of the car ferry are for
the most part smashed to kindling
wood. Ibe Brown boiet is an immense
piece of machinery which runs on a
track 40 feet high and about 500 feet
long. Just before the storm broke the
hoist was safely anchored about 400
feet up the track with two chains. The
Michigan Central car ferry transport
lay at the dock directly in front of the
Brown hoist track. When the storm
broke the chains snapped. The im
mense hoist ran to the end of the track
and jumped 30 feet to the car ferry.
The damage is estimated at $50,000.
Other towns within 60 miles of Petroit
report much damage to property but
no lives loet.
MASSACRE IN MINDORA.
Twenty-Three Natives on Trial for Killing
Four Americans.
Washington, July 81. Manila papers
received at the war department give an
account of the beginning oi the trial of
23 natives In the Island of Mindoro,
who are charged with killing four
Americans. The name and identity
of the Americans could not be learned.
From one of the 23 arrested partial
story of the massacre haa been ob
tained. . The four Ameiieans ap
proached the shore of Mindoro in a
boat, and as soon as they had landed
the natives attacked them, putting all
to death and mutilating them. The
bodies were put adrift in a boat. The
finding of the boat by Americans led to
the discovery of the crime and confes
sions from some of the natives gave
such facts as have been obtained.
Hall Beats Down Crops.
Grand Forks, N. P., July 31. Late
reports show -that the wind and hail
storm of yesterday in the n.rthwest
part of the state was the most wide
spread and destructive of any that has
ever visited the state. Damage was
done in Pembina, Walsh, Grand Forks,
Traill,' Ramsey, Nelson and Cavalier
counties, the hisses having been so
numerous and so widespread that it is
yet impossible to give an accurate esti
mate of their total. Hail be ts varving
in width and severity are scattered
everywhere.
On Lookout for Turkish Anarchists.
Washington, July 31. Commission
er General of Immigration Sargent has
sent to immigration officials throughout
the country photographs of anarchists
who have been expelled from Turkey,
and who are believed to be on theii
way to this country. Accompanying
the photographs from the commissioner
were instructions to investigate the
charges against the anarchists and if
they were correct to return the men.
RELIEF FOR 8TRIKERS.
Eitcasive Plans Under Consideration by Mine
workers Officer.
Wilkesbarie, Pa.,July 29. President
Mitcbell was kept bnay receiving com
mittees at strike headquarters today.
A committee from the stationary fire
men spent some time with him. It is
understood that thelndianapolis conven
tion mal no provision for the firemen,
bnt it is understood they will receive
the same provisions as the miners. A
committee fromNanticoke explained to
President Mitchell that men with large
families should receive the first con
sideration, and that the relief given
them thonld be larger than that given
to men with small families.
President Mitchell tonight bad a con
ference with District Preaidents Nichols
and Fahey and National Board mem
ber John Fallon. If is understood the
matter under diacnsion waa the vari
ous relief plans which the local assem
blies of mineworkera have proposed for
the distribution of provisions to the
strikers. It is expected that the execu
tive board, which is composed of Presi
dent Mitcbell and the district presi
dents, will make some kind of .recom
mendation which the local boards will
carry out in the work of giving relief.
Mr. Miuhell was asked whether it
was true that the United Mineworkera
had employed counsel for the purpose
of impeaching Judge Jackson, of West
Virginia. Ha replied that he had
beard nothing of such a move.
RAIN STORMS IN TEXAS.
Deluge la Ceatrtl Part ol State Continues
Immense Properly Leases.
Dallas, Tex., July 29. The deluge
of rain which has been pouring over
Central Texas for several days Jhs not
abated. In addition to three lives lost
at Stevensonville, there haa been much
property damaged. Within four hours
at Cameron yesterday 15 inches of rain
fell. A thousand feet of the Santa Fe
tracks was carried away and a portion
of the Arkansas Pass road destroyed.
Little river rose 20 feet in eight hours
and ii now bank full, bnt slowly reced
ing. The streets of Cameron are badly
damaged, and farms in the bottom
lands are being flooded.
At Galesville 10 inches of rain fell.
Two Texas & Pacific passenger trains
were tied np at Weatherford all day
yesterday. Big Springs is probably
the greatest sufferer from the flood,
from a property standpoint, as the
water is over the town from four to 22
feet deep. The track for 10 miles west
of Big Springs has been washed out
and the bridges are gone. Fifty pas
sengers are waterbound here, and no
attempt will be made to run trains
nntil the water recedes. The damage
will be enormous.
At Waco, the Brazos wag still rising
at midnight, and is within one foot of
the danger line. It is still raining
there.
LAND SALE ABANDONED.
Congress Fixed Too Huh a Price on Tracts
Near Pocatello, Idaho.
Washington, July 29. Assistant
Land Commissioner Richards has noti
fied the interior department that the
auctioning of lands within the five-mile
limit of Pocatello, on the Fort Hall
reservation, Idaho, has been aban
doned. During the seven days that
sales were conducted, only 69 tracts
were disposed of, from which the gov
ernment realized $42,437. Bids were
made for fcur additional tracts, but
were subsequently withdrawn. With
these exceptions, no purchasers ap
peared to take up the bulk of the land,
which was considered not worth the
minimum price of $10 an acre fixed by
law. These surplus lands must now
remain idle and unoccupied until con
gress repeals the $10 limiting pro
vision. The fact that the sales were so few
is conclusive evidence to the depart
ment that the contention of the Idaho
senators that no minerals exist on these
lands was correct, and that the state
ment was circulated with a fraudulent
intent. Commissioner Richards has
started for Washington.
DASH FOR LIBERTY.
A Urge Body ol Strikers Under Arrest, but
Many Made Their Escape.
Tamaqua, Pa., July 29. This even
ing about 50 strikers captured William
Esa.-an, a Lehigh Coal A Navigation
Company brakeman, and made an at
tempt to march him ont of the. Tegion.
Whau they reached a point near M au li
Chunk they were met by About 20 i!ep
uties armed with Winchester rifles.
At the point of their uris ihe. oi'irers
marched the men to A tr-,in which was
in waiting, and took the n to Lar.furd.
When they arrived there a large crowd
of strikers gathered about the twin and
made a demonstration. The deputies
surrounded the prisoners, and, keeping
the crowd back by leveling their guns
at them, took up the march to the jail.
About 8 o'clock the deputies made an
effort to take the prisoners to the office
of a justice of the peace. When they
reached the principal part of the town
the crowd pressed in and the prisoners
made a dash for liberty, all but 17 of
them making their escape. At present
the town is in a state of turmoil, and
serious rioting is feared.
Wreck Near Omaha.
Omaha, July, 28. Passenger train
No. 5, west bound on the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific, was wrecked three
miles west of South Omaha at 2 o'clock
this afternoon, the fireman be'ng
killed, the engineer perhaps fatally
hurt, and two express messengers
badly bruised. The fireman was
crushed to death beneath the engine.
The accident was caused by spreading
rails.
TROUBLE IN EUROPE
RIOTINQ IN FRANCE, ITALY AND
AUSTRIA.
Clerical Troubles la Paris Arc SeriousMany
Persona Seriously Injured and Hundreds
Arrested aa a Result of Street Disturb
ances Strikt of Agricultural Laborers la
Eastern CtJicia.
Paris, July 30. Many persons in
jured, 10 of them seriously, and hun
dreds arrested, are the net results of
the street disturbances yesterday,
brought about by the closing of on
authorized religious schools. There
were great crowds on the boulevarda
throughout the eVftninV ill Tnwlali,.n
- ei '"
of further rotting. A large procession
ol students, shouting and singing, were
dispersed by the police, and attempted
red flag demonstrations at the Straa
burg statue also were broken np.
Quiet was restored at midnight.
The religious societies in more than
50 departments have voluntarily dis
solved without any intervention by the
authorities.
Francois Coppee, the author, and M.
Lerolle, a Nationalist deputy, who weie
arrested last week in connection with
the anti-clerical rioting, addressed a
great meeting which was held in a rid
ing school in the Rue d'Enghien to
night to protest against the govern
ment's action in the matter of closing
the unauthorized congregations. M.
Coppee, in a vigorous denunciation of
the government, made remarks hostile
to President Loubet. After receiving a
demonstration, a counter demonstration
to M. Coppee occurred, but the police
were able to maintain order.
Galiciaa Strikt Becomes Serious.
Lemburg, Gaticia, Austria, July 30.
The strike in East Galicia of over
100,000 agricultural laborers, most of
them Russians, and which developed
into a rising against the landed propri
etors of the district, ia becoming more
serious. Gendarmea attacked the
striker and were attacked by them
in return. Crops and farms have been
destroyed. Several peasants have
been wounded, and others arrested.
Rioting In Venice and Padua.
Venice, July 30. Rioting in various
parts of this city has followed the suc
cess of the Clerical-Moderates in com
munal elections. A mob smashed the
windows of the Moderate club, on the
Piazza Garibaldi, and the members of
th eluh ralul't.i.1 U .k-
i . . vuiunojg ciiaira
jou the heads of the attacking crowd.
a similar out urea occurred at Padua.
MAN WHO EMULATES TRACY.
A Would-be Bad Califomian Runs Amuck and
Shoots Promiscuously.
Fresno, Cal., 'July 30. James Mc
Kennev ran amuck at Porterville yes
terday, and initiated his performance
by shooting out the lights of a saloon
and tTied to shoot the cards out of the
hands of a man in a card game. That
he only wounded the man was due to
his poor marksmanship and not to his
criminal intentions. He then proceed
ed to a livery stable and eecuied a rig
at the point of a revolver. A consta
ble, a deputy and several citizens at
tempted to arrest McKenny, but he
opened fire and four of them were
wounded, one so seriuosly that he died
today.
Officers in surrounding counties have
been notified and a sharp lookout is be
ing kept. McKenney has a bad record,
having some years ago been sent
to state's prison fiom Tulare county.
Two years ago he killed a man in Bak
ersfield but was exonerated.
William Lynn, a gambler, whose ab
domen and legs were filled with buck
shot, succumbed to his wounds today.
McKenney also filled the right arm cf
George Barrows, a printer, with buck
shot, sent a bullet into the mouth of
Deputy Marshal Willis, another into
the arm of Deputy Constable Tompkins,
and a load of shot into the arm of W.
B. West.
Before leaving town he called at the
house of David Moshier. He wakened
Moshier and called him to the door.
Standing before the door, pun in han.l
I McKenney exclaimed : "I've got into
( a h I of a fight. They came after me,
: but I whipped them all. I killed three
or four of them. They have not
I treated me right. I'll die game. Y'ou
j talk about Tracy? Tracy won't be in
' it with me. They hurt me."
rutting hid hand to hig kg he
squeezed up a handful of blood. He '
ithen drove off UuLimLsev nnrl (.
oVntly headed for Fresno countv u,i,.
jit is supposed he will make for the
.mountains. McKenney, who has a"
sliotgun, ritle and revolver, is a des
perate character, and will not be taken
alive. Sheriff Parker and his deputies
are in pursuit, but no definite informa-
uon nas oeen received as to the desper
ado's whereabouts.
More Cholera in Manila.
Manila, July 30. During the 48
hours ending this morning 150 fresh
cases of cholera were reported in Ma
nila. No reports regarding the disease
were received from the provinces, ow
ing to the st irni.
Gale Sweeps London.
London, July 29. A gale swept over
London tonight demolishing many trees
in the parks and playing havoc with
the remaining coronation decorations
in various parts of the city. The coro
nation stand at Clement's Inn, Strand,
was blown down, causing injuries to a
number of pedestrians and damaging
passing vehicles. The stands about
Westminster Abbey also were dis
mantled .