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HILLSBOBO, OBBGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1903.
NO. 22.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review ol the Import,
ant Hepoeolags ol th Put Week,
Preseated la CoadBM4 Forat, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Maay Readers.
A dltstticut hurricane pi the li
lt u J ol Martinique.
Oil will bo aeedln llio Oregon City
paper uillli for fuel lui(nai ol wood.
Th ontlro North Atlantic quadron
will go to Oyaler II; to bo reviewed by
the president.
A large"amount ol counterfeit token
money be been made In Portland and
la Doing wwil In California.
Tlie National building trade council
hsa endorsed William H. Hearst at In
choice (or United Kiatei president.
The Hritiah lmmiratioit eommla
loner favor! tlio pasugeuf lawa similar
to tlioaa In fore In tlio I'nl'ed Huttes
Klghty-four bodle of victim In the
I'arU train wreck liavo been recovered
and the death Hit l expected to reach
100.
Macedonina deny the itoriea of
atrocltlee and hold that Turkey !
preading them to poison the mind of
Lurope.
A Portland firm hu been awarded
tlio contract of reconstructing the Port
land i-ttlolllie. The work U to bo fin
lihed in II tnonthi.
Tho interstate commerce comniluilon
he received replies from number of
railroad to charget recently Bled al
leging discrimination In rate. They
one and all admit tho eiceeslv charge
and auk tho couimlwion what It It go
ing to do about II.
General Mi let declare lor iniall
armlet lor all nation.
Supporter ol the Irish land bill be
lieve lt passage It now asaured.
Tho anlthlng touche are being put
on bhaiurock III prior to the big race.
Thlrtv-lhre more biKlle have been
taten from th Uanna, Wyoming
mine.
The Cm I no gambling bourn, on ol
tho moat notorious In Franco, ha been
destroyed by fire.
The International typographical on
ion ha commenced It tlh annual so
ion at Waahlntgou.
Penny pontage rate between Great
Britain and the United State are
deemed Impracticable.
A Kinase woman loat a buatle cn a
train containing 1 7, SOU. Kali road de
tective found It lor her.
Th Canadian Pacific railroad ha
declared dividend of ' per cent lor
the all month juat ended.
The textile worker of Philadelphia
have given up thtlr ttrike. Over 10,.
000 have relumed to work.
tirain field Area near Hakereflold,
Cel., have destroyed thousand of
ere of wheat and paaiure.
Three thousand men have gone on a
ttrike at Cripple Creek, Colo., In order
to atop ablpment to smelters refuting
to grant 8-hour day.
Th Insurrectionary movement In
Macedonia 1 ipreadlng.
Cruelty ol noble to their American
wivet will force many to ak lot di
vorce. Chlnooe ol Now York have pe
titioned Hecretary Hay to sat the re
former. Penator Morgan says, forakor and
not Roosevelt, will be the republican
nominee lor piealdent.
Safe cracker blew open a tafe with
in two block of the police station at
Portland and secured $160.
The pope gar bli bleating to the
world from Inside and not from the
balcony a wa hoped by many.
Captain Charlea J. Dai-clay, ol the
Fuget eound navy yard, 1 now ranking
officer on the Hit ol navy captain.
A HattloRburg, Miss., mob chieeled
into the ll, secured the negro who
hot Jailer, and then hanged him.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Root did not eulogiae Mile because
they felt that he w not deserving of
praise.
A tornado iwept the mlningdlstrlot
of FitUburg, Kan., killing four,
wounding HO and doing great damage
to property.
Lieutenant General Miles bai re
tired. Roosevelt li In favor cf a more la-
tlo currency.
Bulgaria will be neutral in the Mace
donia trouble.
Fire at Barcelona, Spain, rendered
8,000 families homeless and destitute.
Mere Russians have been killed by
troop in labor trouble.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson, oflCleve
land, Ohio, will be a candidate for gov
ernor. Foreign consols will not allow the
delivery of reformer to China lor ex
ecution. Cape Colony will not be represented
at the 1004 fair as wa originally the
Intention.
An Insane man hai been killed by
officers by mistake In searching for the
Folsom convlots.
to quit cabinet.
Sec rat try Root Will lUslga Before Oo
Ing to England.
Waehlngton, Aug. 13. For (overal
months pat there have been rumors
float that Secretary Root la to retire
from the cabinet, and It 1 now known
definitely that hi retiguatlon will be
tendered bofoie ho leave lor Europe to
aerveontho A lassan boundary com
mlaalon. It la nnderatood that th
matter ol hi successor ha been die
coined, and while nothing official can
be obtained, It la believed it will be
tendered to Governor Talt.
While Kecrotary Root I In Iondon,
ha will remain In communication with
the war department, and matter per
taining to general staff and other Im
portant affairs will be referred to him.
If th sitting of the Alaska com nil
Ion eitend beyond December I, It I
prouable that the aecietary' resigna
tion will be accepted, and hi tuocee
or appointed at that time.
The president is very loath to part
with Root, lor he is one ol the moet
valuable members ol the cabinet.
1 be secretary haa been Bullous to go
lor aodie time, but he has dealred to
put his general staff law into operation
before he retired. He !" wanted the
Philippine lueular government on a
firm looting before he relinquished con
trol over the Inlands.
Hecretary Root was called to the cab
inet by President McKinley, who in
flated tspea having a lawyer ol known
anility to handle the problem growing
out ol the hpanith war. Root aacrl
Heed a law practice ol more than I i 00,
000 a rear in order to accept a place in
the cabinet, and did to largely through
patriotic motive, and also becauee he
felt he wa summoned a a lawyer to
perform a great government service.
CASHIER ROBS BANK.
Fleet After
Losing 178.000
oo Urtla.
Gambling
Clrclevllle, O., Aug. 13. John K
Drown, caahier of the Union bank at
New Holland. .. I mlaelng, and it
aald there I a ihortage of nearly f 75,
000 In hi i accounts. Tb bank vault
were not opened at the usual hour thl
morning as Drown had the combine
tion. An eipeit from Canton. O.
onened the eafe thin evening In the
pretence of tho directors, and only $458
in coin wa Ion ml.
The books show deposits of $150,000
one week ago, and also show $"u,000
in loans. t ashler Brown' shortage
will probably be In the neighborhood
of $76,000. The shortage, to far, foots
up 150,642, and an eiamination of the
book mar show heavier losses.
Tb bank I an Incorporated concern,
which, under the Ohio laws, makes
each stockholder liable for double the
amount ol his shares up to th amount
ol any ihortage that may ocrur.
The Union bank wis established 13
years ago, and has had a prosperous ex
istence. Urown his been caahier since
ita existence. The bank haa been pay
lug regular dividends since it opening
It is said Drown hit been speculating
in the grain market with backet shops
at Washington.
POPE'S HEART WEAK.
Doctors Will Insist on His Suspension
of
Audience.
Roire, Aug. 13. Pope Pius, who
fainted while celebrating mass this
morning, is suffering from heart weak
ness, agrgavated by fatigue. Although
he was much better this afternoon, Dr.
lapnoni, who visited him again,
thought it more prudent lor bis holi
ness not leave his apartment, and not
to go into the garden ol the Vatican, as
he desired. The doctor further inaitt
ed upon a suspension ol audiences.
The pontiff seems more docile to the
doctor's withe than hi predecessor,
although he Inflated on transecting
some current bualnee.
r. Pavenosla, (peaking about tho
pope, said :
"If they wish onr Plus not to sue
eumb, the Vatican authorities most
cKange their system. They must not
oblige him to follow the habits of Pope
Leo. The present pontiff needs es
pecially plenty ol fresh air. He ninst
not be shut up In a bos in a vitiated
atmosphere."
Striker Rult With High Hand.
London, Aug. 13. Firms here have
received mall advices from Ktoff, Rus
sia, dated last. Saturday, which says
that the strikers have completely par
alyzed bnelnoas and will not allow
finished machinery to he delivered
from manufactories. The men turned
girls out of dressmaking and other
workshops nnder threat of death. The
treeti are full of soldiers, according to
these advices, and shooting occurs
daily, The price of bread ha risen
150 per cent and is still going up. The
troops are working the water works.
Russia Claim Point In Core.
' London, Aug. 13. The Times corre
spondent states that Corea haa granted
the Russian lumber company a 20-year
lease rf 350 acres at Yonghampo, with
the right to purchase, at reasonable
prices, all the timber floate! down the
Yalu by Japanese subjects, thereby con
ferrlng a practical monopoly of the
lumber in the Yalu valley, thus Rus
sia, while opposing the opening of
Wiiu. herself secures free access to the
Yalu valley.
"'""" Fifty Prisoners Mutiny.
Carthage, Mo., Aug. 13. Fifty pris
oners In the county jail mutinied at
midnight and made a demand (or better
fjod. The fire department was called
ont and turned a stream of water on the
prisoner!, who, after turning out the
lights in the -corridor, hurled empty
bottles at the firemen and Jail officials.
The prisoner jvere finally lubdued.
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
BIO PROFITS IN FARftlNQ.
Willamette
Valley Ranchtri Will Do
Well This Year.
Willamette valley farmers are re
joicing over the prospect for good
profits In almost every thing they
have to sell this year. Not only are
prices good, but yields are large and
as a consequence there will be more
money In the valley this year than
there has been for more than a de
cade before.
Whctt at Salem Is quoted at 70
rents, with the mills paying a Z-cent
premium. In ordinary years all above
60 rents would be clear profit, but be
cause of the high wage paid to farm
help this season It will take from 62
to 05 cent to pay the cost of produc
tion. The average yield, so far as
can be learned, will be about 20 bush
els to the acre or more. This means
a clear profit of from $3 to $3.50 an
sere on wheat, after allowing for all
labor and expenses. Oats have turn
ed out better In proportion than
wheat, and the lnrge yield, with a
price of about 25 cents per ' bushel,
will lesve a good profit on that crop.
The season haa been very favorable
for hay, and yields have been good.
The prices quoted at present are from
$7 to IX a ton In the local market ror
loose bay. Farmers say that about
half of this price Is profit. Yields run
from two to three tons per acre, mak
ing this crop a better paying one than
wheat.
Hops promise a price ranging from
15 cents upward, and It Is generally
figured that all above cents Is profit,
though growers who hire all their
work done and give their yards a good
spraying say that the cost of produc
tion Is 10 cents a pound. At any
rate there seems to be an excellent
profit this year.
The prune crop Is large, ana though
the domestic market has not opened,
has been making sale at It own
price, a 2-rent basis, which price
leaves the grower a "better than fair
margin.
All through the year dairy products
have brought an extraordinary price,
and even country butter ha found a
readv market at paying figure.
Woolgrower sold their fleece this
year at a high price, and heep have
been In demand all through the year.
CATTLEMEN REFUSE TO SELL.
Despite Scarcity ol Feed They Hold for
Better Figures.
Never In the history of the country
around Dale has the cattle market
been as unsettled as It Is at the prev
ent time. Prices offered by export
buyers are extremely low, and the
cattle- raisers are refualng to sell.
Crowding on top of this, there Is a
scarcity of hay as compared with last
year, and prices are running moun
tain high. Hay Is selling In the field
at $10 per ton, which 1 $4 higher
than It was hut fall. Cattle-raisers
who have not a sufficient supply are
trying to contract for all they can se
cure, but the farmer will not sell.
Again there are more rattle on the
range this year than last, without suf
ficient feed for them. Notwlthstanfl
Ing the discouraging state of affairs
which confront the cattleman, he Is
willing to wait for further develop
ments.
The export cattle-buyers who have
been In the country have had to go to
other parts because they could not se
cure the cattle here. The buyers
give Portland quotations here at $2.70
per hundred for cowe and $3.35 for
steers. The average Is $3.76, and
even better price than that were re
ceived last year. If both the buyer
and the seller continue to hold out. It
Is believed that there will be a num
ber of forced sales on the part of the
stockmen, and that they will sell at
a loss to themselves.
No Ores to Fight Over.
There Is no range war In the Upper
Deschutes valley. On the contrary
there Is the peace of desolation. The
range wa overstocked and eaten out
and no grass worth making war over
remains, where neat cattle and
horses once throve by the thousands
there Is now none too much feed for
a lew nunnrcna. i wemy years ago
there was no finer grazing region In
the United States. Men who now ride
all day in a cloud of dust tell of the
time when the grass was up to their
knees as they bestrode their horses
and rattle fairly wnllowed In the feed
that covered the 30 m les of present
desert between Bend and Prtnevllle.
Cowlitz Navigation Obstructed.
During the recent freshets a sand
bar formed at the mouth of the Cow
11 1 z river which greatly hlndored the
operation of the plant belonging
the Columbia & Cowlitz River Boom
Company. A dredge will shortly take
the work of clearing the channel In
hand, after which the company will
put In two new piers and rearrange
the sheer boom. When finished this
boom will be one of the best on the
Columbia river and will be of great
assistance to the loggers
To Hava Brand New School House.
Canyon City Is to have a new and
up-to-date school building that will be
a credit to the town. The school au
thorities are advertising for bids for
Its construction. The building will
be two stories hluh and will have four
clans and recitation rooms. Its cost
will be about $3000.
President Smith Inspecting Farms.
E. L. Smith, of Hood River, presi
dent of the Stnte Board of Horticul
ture, la In Coos county on a tour of
Inspection. While there Mr. Smith
will visit most of the principal farms
in the county.
Planing Mill Burned at Haines.
The Hafnes Lumber Company's
planing mill, at HMnes, was burned
last week. The loss Is $5000. The
plant was owned by James Mitchell,
of Baker City, who carried no Insurance.
MAY BE FOREST RESERVE.
Commissioner Richards Oives Remsoos
lor Withholding Largo Tract.
Register Dresser, of the Oregon
City land office, has received from
Commissioner W. A. Richards, of the
United State land office, a letter re
lative to the telegram of recent date
withdrawing certain public lands In
that district from settlement. The
letter directs the withdrawal, tem
porarily, of all vacant unappropriated
lands In townships 6 to 13 south, both
inclusive, range 4 east, from settle
ment, entry, sale or other disposal.
nder the public land laws, pending
the determination as to the advls-
billty of Including said area within
the Cascade range forest reserve.
Regarding the rights of settlers
who have already located on lands In-
luded In the specified area, Commls-
loner Richards says:
Neither this temporary withdraw
al, nor the permanent reserve of the
lands which may follow, will affect
any bona fide settlement or claim
properly Initiated upon the lands
prior to the date hereof, provided
that the settler or claimants continue
to comply with the law under which
their settlement or claim were ini
tiated, and place their claims duly on
record within the prescribed stat
utory period. The withdrawal oper
ates to defeat all settlement claims or
other claims Initiated subsequent to
thl date, regardless of the date upon
which you receive the telegram.'
DAILY ATTENDANCE SMALLER.
Though Oregon' School Population Ha
Qraatly Increased.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion J. H. Ackerman ha Just finished
compiling the annual school statis
tic as gathered from the reports re
cently filed In his office by the sever
al county superintendents. A the re
ports for laat year covered a period
of 16 months, there Is no basis for
comparisons except In a few partic
ulars. The school census for the year end
ing in June. 1903. shows that there
are in the state 143,757 persons be
tween the ages of 4 and 20 years. At
the same time last year the school
population wag 138.466, so that an in
crease of 5291 Is shown.
The average dally attendance In all
the public schools of the state during
the preceding year has been 64,219
while for the preceding year it was
66.779. or a decrease of 2560. A de
crease in the average daily attend
ance at the same time that there Is
an Increase In the school population
Is probably due to the scarcity of
labor and the high wages, which, to
gether, take many of the older boys
out of school during the greater part
of the year.
Protest Against Withdrawals.
A special meeting of the Roseburg
board of trade and citizens generally
has been called to protest against the
withdrawal of any more public lands
from entry in that portion of the
state. Other commercial bodies In
the western part of Oregon will be
invited to co-operate In protesting to
the officials In Washington, D. C, and
to our senators and representatives
In congress against the further ex-
tension of our already Immense for
est reserves. Such recently proposed
extensions will work serious hard
ships on many bona fide settlers now
located on some of these lands,
To Clear Coo Bay Channel,
Replying to an earnest request
submitted by Congressman Hermann
based upon a petition of the Coos
Bay chamber of commerce, Secretary
of War Root wires that he has appor
tioned $10,000 as an emergency aid
for removing the recent shoal forma
tion In the Coos ba yentrance chan
nel, which delays deep-draft vessels
As the shoal Is constantly enlarging,
commerce there would have material
ly suffered had It been necessary to
await congressional action.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Z Wheat-Walla Walla, 7678c; blue-
ttem, 7881c; valley, 7980c.
Flour Valley, $3.60(3)3.86 per bar-
rel; hard wheat etraighta, $3.603.85;
hard wheat, patents, $4.10(94.50;
graham, I3.3R(3.75; whole wheat,
$3.65(4.00: rye wheat, $4.00.
Barley Feed, $20 per ton; brewing,
$21; rolled, $21(921.50.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.07,4'; gray,
$105 per rental. .
Millatnffa Bran. $23 per ton; mH
dlinga, $27; shorts, 123; chop, $18;
linseed dairy food, $18.
Hay Timothy, old, $20 per ton;
new, $ 14(415 ;f clover, nominal; grain,
$12; cheat, nominal.
Butter Fancy creamery, 20(3:220
per pound; dairy, nominal; store, 16
17c.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 14c;
Young America, 14c; factory prices,
1 IKo less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 11
llo per pound; ipring, 16c317)t'c;
hens, 12c12,Si'o; broilers, $2c? 3 per
dozen; turkeys, live, IOiiflHe per
pound; dressed, 1415c; ducks, $46
per dozen; geese, $56,50.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 19(20c.
Potatoes Old Burbanki, 70 75c
per sack, growers' prices; new pota
toes, Oregon, 8 0o$l per sack; Call
fornla, lc per pound.
Wheat Backs In lots of 100, S c.
Beef Gross steers, $3.75(0)4.25;
dressed, 6,74c per pound.
. Veal 8c per pound.
Mutton Gross, $3; dressed, b
6c; lambs, gross, $3.60; dressed, 7c.
Hogs Gross, $5.505.75; dressed,
7c.
Hops 1902 crop, 15(916c perponnd.
Tallow Prime, per pound, 45c;
No. S and grease, 2 (9 Ho.
Wool Valley, 17(ltl8c; Eastern
Oregon, 12815o; mohair, 3637Ho.
LIBERTY VERY BRIEF.
Murderers Break Jail at Cheysano, Wyo.
FWrco Straggle WKh Jailor.
Cheyenne, Wyo.. Aug. 12. Tom
Horn, the condemned murderer of lit
tle Willi Nlckell. and Jim McClood,
in custody (or poetoffice robbery, es
caped from the county jail at 8:40
o'clock thl morning after overpowering
Deputy Sheriff Proctor, but wer recap-
tared after a brief but exciting cbaee.
The ringirjg of fire bell brought hun
dreds of armed citizens to the. scene
and it looked (or a time a though a
lynching would take place, bat the es
cape were hurriedly brought Dace to
the jail and placed in their cell be
fore the crowd coo Id form themselves
into a mob. The men did not get but
two block away before tbey were re
taken. The plot which led to their escape
wa well planned. Horn and McClood
were the only prisoners connnea on
the upper Boor ol the jail. They oc
cupied steel cells, so arranged that
communication wa ccmuaratively
easy. Thl morning McCloud com
plained to Deputy Proctor of being ill
and requested some medicine and a
glas of water. Dpontreturning with
the articles asked for, be discovered
that the men bad left their cells,
which were not locked, and had walked
to the end ol the corridor through
which tbey were allowed to exercise.
When Proctor opened the door to the
corridor, be was pounced upon by the
two men and securely boond with a
cord which they had secured in so mo
manner. Horn and McCloud demand
ed that be give them his keys and al
though Proctor bad them on bit person.
he replied that they were locked cp B
the safe.
Proctor was then conducted to the
safe and directed to open it. The or
der was obeyed, bat on opening the
safe, Proctor snatched from inside a
gun and turned on the men. Tbey
weoa too quick for him, however, and
soon bore him down. In the briel
straggle Proctor fired bis revolver at
them four times, slightly wounding
McCloud.
The shooting attracted the attention
of Deputy Know, who hastened to the
tene, but wa met at the doorway by
McCloud, who bad secured possession
of a shotgun in some manner. Snow
retreated and Horn and McCloud es
caped through a rear door of the jail,
after binding the arm of Deputy Proc
tor. McClond secured the only horse
in the sheriff's stable and mounted the
animal and started toward the west.
Horn ran in the opposite direction.
BUTTE JAIL YAWNS.
Murderer and Highwaymen Escape Eas
ily Oct the Drop on the Jailor. ,
Butte, Mont., Aug. 12. Three mur
derers, two nnder sentence of death, a
stage robber wanted in Wyoming and
two highwaymen, escaped from tbe
Silver Bow county jail shortly after 6
o'clock tbis evening, without any diffi
culty. Tbe men who escaped aie:
L. L. Felker, who escaped once before,
Charles Lenox and James Martin, J.
R. Wocds, alias Joe Rodgers. and Pat
rick Rodger Frank Oestroff is
wanted in Cheyenne for holding np a
stage coach. The latter and Joe Rod
gers were canght within an hour after
tbey escaped. Oettroff waa armed.
Oc stroff and Rodgers planned the de
livery. Oestroff complained of being
sick and a doctor was called in. When
the jailor opened the corridor, Oestroff
dropped a revolver on Jailor William
Dolan, and then took tbe keys from
him. Oestroff then, with the aid of
Joe Rodgres, opened tbe cell of the
prisoner, and the jailor was overpow
ered. Oestroff kept Dolan at bay while tbe
other prisoners walked out of the jail.
One of them secured a revolver from
the jailor's office. Lenox and Martin
went out the rear way of the jail, and
tbe others cooly walked out the main
entrance. Oestroff was ran down Dy a
horseman, and var completely ex
hausted when caught.
Senators on a Sandbar.
Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 12. When
tha steamship St. Paul left Nome 10
day ago. United States Senators Nel
son, of Minnesota; Patterson, of Colo
rado, and Dillingham, of Vermont,
were stuck on a sandbar in the Yukon
river, 200 miles above "ulato. These
senator compose part of the senatorial
committee appointed to investigate
Alaskan affairs. After visiting Skag-
way and Junest, they went to Dawson
and inspected Klondike mines. They
started for the mining camp on the
Lower Ynkon on the steamer Van Vleet.
Broad Hint to Power. .
London, Aug. 12. The Times prints
a dispatch from Shanghai, which says
that the anniversary of the capture of
Niu Chwang was celebrated, and that
M. Groseee, the Russian administrator,
Issued formal invitations lor tbe inaug
uration of the Russian civil administra
tion building, and that this was inter
preted as equivalent to the declaration
to the representatives of the other pow'
era that they could not claim a footing
ol equality or rights in this port.
Meteor's Blaxe of Light.
" Chickasha, I. T., Aug. in. During
a heavy thunder storm last night, a
meteor fell here with a blaze of light
and a shower of sparks tbat lit up the
country for miles around. The aerol
ite struck the earth in tbe back yard
of Mrs. Sarah Sibley. Mr. Sibley
was severely stunned. A terrific ei
plosion occurred as the meteor struck
and incandescent fragments flew in all
directions. The telephone system was
wrecked.
NINETY ARE LOST
TRAIN WRECK W PARIS TUNNEL
CAUSES A GREAT PANIC.
Official Lose Their Witt sad AUow Pas
stagers to Die as Flames Firemen
Unable tor Honrs to Roach tho Vic
tims, UatU They Finally Saccaoo la
Flooding Burning Mas.
Paris, Aug. 12. An awful catastro
phe occurred laat evening on the Met
ropolitan electric railway, which run
mostly underground, in which 90 per
son are believed to hsvo lost their
live. Eigbty-two bodies bave been
recovered and the March continue.
One of the train broke down at Menil
montant, which is a poor and populous
section of the city. Thi train wa
promptly emptied, and the train, wblcb
followed wa ordered to path it to the
repairing sheds. On the way thtse two
trains caught fire, but the employe
succeeded in escaping. Meanwhile a
crowded train reached Lee Cbaronne,
the preceding station, and the official
seeing smoke pouring out of the tun
nel, gave tbe alarm. A panic ensued,
the passenger straggling to escape.
Amid the increasing smoke many at
tempted to return along the line toward
Belleville and were mffocattd. Tbe
official seem to have lost their bead
and are unable to y bow many pas
senger! went oat. Tbe firemen for (ev
er I hour were unable to enter the sta
tion or the tunnel, owing to the dense
smoke, which poured ont in black
cloud. Meanwhile ten of thousand
ol anxion people gathered about tbe
station. All tbe police and fire engine
were on the ipot and the excitement
was intense.
CZAR UP IN ARMS.
Say Turkey
Mast PnnUh
CoasuL
Slayer of
Bt. Petersburg, Ang. 12. Ihe czar
has demanded the exemplary punish
ment not only of the murderer of the
Russian tonsui at Monaetir, who waa
killed last week by a Turkish gend
arme, bat of ail the military and civil
officials in any way responsible for the
crime.
In reporting the occurrence to
th foreign office, the Russian consul at
Constantinople telegraphed as follow
"Tbe Rsusian consul at Monaatir baa
fallen the victim of an atrocious crime.
Tbe grand vizier and the Turkish for
eign minister have come to trie with ex
pressions of regret in the name of the
sultan. Ferid Pasha, the grand vizier,
informed me that the assassin waa
gendarme named Halim, and that be
will be subjected to the severest pun
ishment, and tbe vali of Monaatir will
be removed from hi post."
In reply, Count Lamsdorff, the for
eign minister, telegraphed to the am
bassador: "His majesty has received a telegram
from the sultan epxressing bis deep re
gret at tbe death of tbe Russian consul
at Monaatir. When I showed the tele
gram to the emperor, his majesty gave
orders that you should not confine
yourself to receiving explanations from
the grand vizier, but should make the
most energetic demands on the Turk
ith government for full satisfaction and
immediate and exemplary punishment
both of tbe murderer and of all the
military and civil officials on whom
ponsibility lor tbe audacious crime
may fall."
ROOT NOT TO RESIQN.
Secretary
War Win
Cabinet.
Remain In th
Oyster Bay, Aag. 12. The attention
of the president tonight was directed
to a circumstantial statement, pub
lished today, that Secretary Root ex
pected soon to retire from the cabinet,
to be succeeded by Governor Taft, of
the Philippines. It can be said that
there ia no denfilte foundation for th
story. Tbe president, since the first
Intimation many month ago of Secre
tary Root' possible retirement, has
hoped, and still hopes, that he will re
main in the cabinet for a long time.
He believe tbat the secretary will re
main through tbe ccming winter, and
probably a much longer time.
Want Prices Raised.
London, Aug. 12. The Daily News
this morning prints a dispatch from
Warsaw, dated last Friday, which says
that an American association, said to
contain 37,000 farmers, has addressed
itself to the Russian ministers of fi
nance and agriculture, requesting their
assistance in raising the current prices
of agricultural produce, particularly
wheat, an saying that tbe association
projects a great union between the
wheat growing countries of the world
for tbe purpose of fixing an annual
minimum selling price.
Pope Aging Fast.
Rome, Aug. 12. Pius X had anoth
er fatiguing day, as he received all the
delegations which had come to Rome
to attend the coronation ceremonies.
The pontiff allowed all the members of
the delegation to kiss his hand, and
called by name those whom he knew,
just as he had when he met them for
merly when in Venice. His old Vene
tian friends agree that the pope looks
ten years older than he did before his
eieetion.
Japanese Desire Peace.
Tokio, Japan, Aug. 12. A number
of public men, including Prince Kon-
oye, president of the house of peers,
and Counts Itagaki, ex-minister of the
interior, and Kuma, have formed a
non-partisan association for the pur
pose ol urging the government to in
vite Russia to terminate th cause ol
tbe present international complication.
FALL IN MASS.
Walk at Baseball park (Uvea
Way, KH-
lag Four P
Philadelphia, Aug. 11. Four ner.
ton are dead, at least 12 are thought
be fatally ininred. and (nil. ika
other are hart, eome teriootly, the
result of an accident hii.h
today at tbe Philadelphia National
league baseball park. A board walk,
which overhung tbe field bleachers,
fell to the tieet, carrying 200 tpeca
tort. r
Two game war schednUl h.
Boston and Philadelphia thi afternoon
and the attraction drew over 10,000 per
son, to tho ball park. Thas.u,t
ooturredat8:40o'alotk and wa lndi-
recuy ana to a quarrel between two
drunken men in the street. The Na
tional league stand are bnilt ol steel
and brick, the brick wall extending en
tirely around tbe ground. At the top.
of tb left field sett, and extending
tmninun fco me bleachers,
there wa a walk about three feet wide,
which overhang the treet. It waa
thl walk tbat save wav nn,i th.
heavy weight. Men who were stand-
Ing on the walk were attracted K. -
disturbance in the tret. The. I.t
over tha aide of the railing to see what
wa ia zrouDie, and drew the atten
tion of tha other spectators seated on
the top row of tbe bleacher. Then
occurred what is seen almost every day
at a ball game a rush to tea what th
other spectators were looking at.
ine wan Became overcrowded, and
without a moment' warning 200 feet
of it tell to tbe aidew.lr an it
low, carrying all who n it
There were probably 3,000 person lit
ting on tbe left field bleacher and tho
roar mad by tha falling timber cre
ated a panic Instantly tho apectatora
rose en masse and made o rath down
the stand and Into th playing field.
Men and boy climbed over on another
in their effort to etcap from th
ground. J Notwithstanding what bad
occoried, th ball player and other
tried to top tb mad rush, but tby
were wept aside in their nmr.i
effort, and severs 1 person war badly
'U U1V UUgJQa
OCEAN TAKINQ ISLANDS.
Tttamsta
drone) S Destined to Be Be.
clahoed by Waters.
Papete, Tahiti. Jul 26. via R..
Francisco, Aag. 11. wooM
that the island known variously aa th
ix)w Archipelago, or Tnamotu group
are deatined to be reclaimed by th Pa
cific ocean. Last January they wer
swept by a flood composed of hish
wave from the ocean and lesser one
from the inclosed lagoon, and in con
sequence nearly 600 of the inhabitant
were drowned and nronertv to the !.
ne of $500,030 wa daetroved. And
now, six month later, fierce gale
from the southwest and southeast hav
again caused great (urging crests to
sweep over some of the islands. So
far only four person are said to have
perished, bat the fear is great that
when all the islands are heard from
there may be a distressing list of fatal-
itKM.
The steamer Exceliior mffart n,n.k
damage dnring the series of gale while
she waa on her trip from Tahiti to th
Marquesas group. Three of the Tuam
otu islands were nnder water to such
an extent that the inhabitant had to
climb cocoannt trees fnp ..f.t.
House and atorea, copra and finally
the cocoanut tree wer destroyed,
while the inhabitant bad a close call
to death.
REBELS ARB ACTIVE,
MactJoolas Uprising Affects More Cftlea
-Dyaasatta Being Freeh Used.
Constantinople, Aag. 11. Th in
tnrrectionary movement in Macedonia
appears to be widening. Band ar
reported to be active in tb Sanjak ol
Dskabandth district ol Kroshevo.
where tbe government telegraph office
hava been dnsmiui t.it- t j,
trictofDibra fonr Bnlgarian village
bave risen, provoking a comnAnit...
rising in tne neighboring Albanian !
village. According to tbe statement
of the porte, however, th aotboritle !
have succeeded in ' calming the Alban- f
iansand inducedjjthem to return to i
their home. .
King In Fear for Mia Life.
Cologne, Aag. 11. King Peter of i
Sorvia is being openly terroiized by '
his eutorage, according to the Belgrade !
advices ol the Cologne Gazette. Moat '
of the nmmn m. rtl i i i
ticipated in the murder of King Alex
ander and Queen Dram
1 w VU U I . iim.'i. W.tn TIB.
oDjectea strongly to the appointment '
uusuujaniu, tne Servian at-
iscne at Constantinople, to the post of i
court martial. The official gazette yes- '
terday contained the appointment, but !
shortly after it publication all copies
of the gazette were called in.
Urgea Brazil to Incroaae Navy.
New York, Aug. 11. While dlscua.
Ing naval estimates in th chamber of
deputies, Thomas Cavalcanta baa, ac-
coraing to a Herald dispatch from Rio '
Janeiro, whed the members of the pos- r
nihility of foreign aggression and plead- j
ed that Brazil should place herself in a
position to oppose the attacks of
Euronean country. Parti lav tfMM '
was placed on danger of agrgsesion by
Germany, and the deputy urged that 1
Brazil build up a navy at once. ' '
i
Fleet Not Off for Chins. j
Washington, Aug. 11. Tbe navy do-
partment today authorized a denial of
the report that the Europen rquadroa 1
is destined to Chinese and Japan
waters. It 1 stated that the ciulse of :
the squadron will probably be confined 1
to the Mediterranean until December
next, when tbe entire equadren will
all for tbe West Indiea to take part ia
the naval maneuver arranged for nxt
January.