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PORTLAND. OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1904.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TASTE OF WILD WEST
FOR PITTSBURG KNIGHTS
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RIOHT EMINENT SIR WILSON I.
FLEMING,
"Grand Commander of the Grand Com
mandery of Pennsylvania.
" After narrowly escaping a hold-up by
a. wild and woolly western highwayman
the Pittsburg commandery. Knights
Templar, arrived this morning In the
longest special passenger train ever
taken across the contlnnent and the 180
Knights and ladles spent the time until
4 o'clock this afternoon viewing the
city and fair grounds.
It was In Montana, aa the long .train
was approaching Miles City, that the
sensational affair 'happened. A brake
man, aa he stepped out on the rear
platform, was confronted by a masked
man, who pointed two big revolvers at
hla head and told htm to "elevate." The
brakeman did so and at the same time
backed Into the car 'and informed the
Knights and crew what waa about to
happen.
Attempt to Arrest Tramp.
At the next telegraph station word
was sent to the sheriff at Miles City
to arrest an armed man on the rear end
of the Pittsburg special. When the
train stopped at that place the- sheriff
waa on hand with a pair of revolvers
van larger than those the bandit Had
displayed.
The masked man promptly tumbled off
the platform when the sheriff appeared
and the officer took a ' flying shot at
him aa he rolled In the gravel beside the
track. To this fire the fellow replied
and, a touch of real wild west excite
ment waa given the Knights. The train
pulled out and so far the Knights have
not discovered whether their bandit waa
captured or not.
A Fortune Aboard.
Whan the train waa speeding through
the night It waa learned that a high
wayman Was hanging? on behind. The
Knights discussed the situation. They
found that there was about $60,000 on
board and only one email revolver to
defend this treasure. The armory baa
Inoe been materially enlarged.
largest la World.
The Pittsburg lodge Is the largest In
the world, and Its delegation is the larg
eat that will attend the Ban Francisco
conclave. The Pittsburg Knights began
to prepare for their Journey three years
ago, and after three years of effort more
than 170.0 was raised for the pil
grimage fund. This was found to be in
sufficient when tje magnitude of the
exodus waa finally, discovered, and $30.
000 more waa reojutred before the Jour
ney was begun.
More than 1100,000 will be expended
by the Pittsburg commandery before the
12 days of Its itinerary la ended, and this
will Include only the cost of the trip
proper, as much more will be expended
by the Knights for personal comforts
and souvenirs, aa well aa side trips and
general unexpected expenses. A goodly
UNIONS GALL OUT
MEN IN PACKERS' STRIKE
(Journal Special Service.)
Chicago. Aug. li- In accordance with
the plan adopted yeaterday by the strike
leaders to continue and extend the pack
ing house strike, and realizing that the
life of the union is at stake unless more
forceful blows were struck at the pack
ers, the union officials this morning
called out the stock handlers employed
by the Union Stock Tarda Tranalt
company to the number of 150.
Of these 121 are special policemen.
The remainder were employed at weigh
ing, counting, feeding and driving cat
tle. It Is believed the wslk-ou of these
men will seriously cripple the operation
of the plants. Before going out, the
stock-handlers took care of a large part
of this morning's receipts.
Close Independent Plants.
President Donnelly aimed another
blow at the peckers this morning when
he announced that he would immediately
call out the butchers snd all the work
'men In the Independent plants.
The Independent plants that will be
forced to close down today are Boyd A
Lunham. Roberta Oakea, and Boors A
Co. This move will bring on a meat
famine and call the attention of the pub
lic to the seriousness of the situation.
The strikers hope by this means to force
Intervention.
According to Donnelly there will not
be a pound of union meat produced In
the country when the lateat order goes
Into effect tonight. This order Involves
11,000 butchers and meat cutters. 4.100
of them In Chicago. More than 12,000
pickets will patrol the stock yards dis
trict night and day from now on.
Threatens Downfall.
The union officials were brought to a
saddea realisation of the threatened
Arrive in Portland After
a Strenuous Journey
Across Continent.
IN A PALACE ON WHEELS
Largest and Finest Train Ever Hauled
on Western Railroads Nearly.
300 Knights and Ladies
in the Party.
portion of this sum waa left behind by
the delegation on their arrival in this
city, foV the curio stores were left bare
of souvenirs and local postcards by the
hundred began to encumber the malls
before the delegation had been in the
city an hour. ,
A Grand Showing.
The Pittsburg conclave has so many
things to be proud of that it requires a
dozen Sir Knights and J. E. McKlrdy of
the PJttaburg Dispatch, who is travel
ing aa envoy of publicity with the
Knights, to tell them.
The Pittsburg train consists of 15
coaches, the longest train ever pulled
across the continent. On It are three
dining-cars, the largest number of din
ers ever attached to a train making the
transcontinental tour. The first check
for this train was for 135,000 to the War
bash, and 115,000 will be needed to pay
the expenses of the train Itself. The
itinerary of the commandery la the long-
eat made by any of the Knights, occupy
ing 31 days. The train has not beep
broken on its entire trip, though four
engines were of ten required to pull it.
These are a few of the things that the
Pittsburg people point to with pride:
Carry a Quintet.
The commandery has a quintet of
singers to discourse sweet strains during
the long stretches of desert and plain.
It has a moving city on Its palatial train.
There are observation cars, Pullmans of
the best chum and picked by the presf
dent of the Wabash, dining-cars filled
with good things, and a commissary oar
built for the Journey and adorned, with
out with a fine piece of Masonry telling
the world that the Pittsburg Knights are
headed for San Francisco.
To Cover Long Distance.
The SDeclal train will have lourneved
8,000 miles when it reaches the union'
station In Pittsburg again, and during
all this stretch not a aar will have been
separated from the entire train. A hat
hung up In Pittsburg on the departure
will atUl be holding the same peg
when the train gets back, after travel
ing twice across the greater part of
the continent and Journeying for 11
days.
Every detail of the Itinerary was ar
ranKl long before the journey was
begun and the members of the big
party are one in holding Sir Knight
Herman Junker chiefly responsible for
the entire success of the Journey. 8o
far, his work as chairman of the ways
and means committee has contributed
largely to the smoothness and complete
success of the long pilgrimage,
till atuob to See.
The Itinerary of the Journey Is a
long one and moat of the enjoyable ex
periences are yet In store for the
knights. Minneapolis, Fargo, 8. J D.,
Helena, Mont., Seattle and Tacoma
have been the chief points of Interest.
At Tacoma the knights were given a
rousing reception which they recall with
pleasure. The knights evidently regard
Portland as the city of the northwest.
downfall of unionism, not only In the
city of Chicago, but practically In Amer
ica, by the circular aent out by Fred
erick W. Job, secretary of the Employ
ers' Association Employment Bureau,
setting forth the benefits of the asso
ciation to employers of labor and urg
ing their co-operation In an effort to
make It possible for persons to obtain
employment without belonging to a labor
organisation, and to encourage all such
persons In their efforts to resist the
compulsory methods of organised labor.
In speaking of the stockyards strike.
Secretary Job admitted that the collapse
of the strike, which now seems a cer
tainty, will fall upon organised labor as
a stunning blow. He further said:
''No other blow has fallen upon the
labor unions of Chicago with the weight
of the impending crash. I believe It
may mSrk the beginning of the end. Its
effect will be felt In every direction,
and It ia not to be wondered that em
ployers opposed to the methods and
practices of unions may take advantage
of the aituatlon to rid themselves of un
desirable restrictions.
"More significant than all else, how
ever, Is the noiseless work going on In
the depths under Chloago's streets,
where a system Is soon to sound the
doom of the teaming organisations In
the down-town districts. We are not
organised to fight unions;, we simply
reflect a sentiment that exists. If the
union leaders adopt methods that cre
ate such a sentiment, they are digging
the graves of their organisations. Vio
lation 'of law, violence, brutality and In
justice nenct They create sentiment.
That factor, when friendly. Is the main
stay of the so-called peaceful strike, and
It ia estimated it cost over $4,000,000 for
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EDWARD LEWIS.
Eminent Commander. Pittsburg Com
mandery No. 1.
since their official schedule of attrac
tive points states:
"In the afternoon by special arrange
ment trolley cara will be taken to view
the city, the real business metropolis of
the Pacific northwest, one of the great
wheat shipping ports of the world, and
the Ttve snow-capped mountains stand
ing out In bold relief."
The Knights will return via Los An
geles. Riverside, Colorado Springs, Den
ver and St. Bonis, where three days will
be spent In viewing1 the fair. On Sun
day, September 25. at S p. m.. the Pitts
burg commandery will again a rri ve . in
the city of steel, oil and millions.
High Officers with Party.
The following officers of the Grand
Commandery of Pennsylvania Journey
with the Pittsburg pilgrims: Right
Eminent Sir John P. S. Goblin of JLeb
anon, pant grand master grand encamp
ment of the . United States: Right Em
inent Sir Wilson I. Fleming of Belle
fonte, grand commander -of Pennsyl
vania; Mrs. Wilson I. Fleming; Very
Eminent Sir William J. Dlehl of Pitts
burg Commandery No. 1, deputy grand
commander of Pennsylvania; Right Em
inent Sir William W. Allen of Phila
delphia, grand recorder of Pennsylvania;
Right Eminent Sir Charles M. Stock of
LHanover. Pa., past grand commander of
Pennsylvania; Mrs. Charles M. Stock,
and Eminent Sir Henry W. Smith of
Philadelphia, assistant grand recorder of
Pennsylvania.
The Boston army of Knlghta Templar
that Invaded the sclty yesterday does
not comprise all of the Knights Massa
chusetts is sending to the San Fran
cisco conclave, aa the local reception
committee diacovered this morning,
when a special train unloaded 125
Knlghta and ladles comprising the Mel
rose and New Bedford, Mass., com
manderles. Capt-Oen. Milton A Stone
and Hugh Stevens are the leading offi
cers of the pilgrimage. The Melrose
commandery la known as the Hugh De
Paynes commandery, No. 20, Knlghta
Templar. It is represented here by 71
Knights and ladles, and the. New Bed
ford contingent by 47.
The party spent the day In seeing the
city and visited Mt. Tabor, Portland
Heights, the fair grounds. City Park.
Masonic temple and the waterfront and
harbor. The party will not leave until
tomorrow afternoon at t o'clock, follow
ing the example set by the Connecticut
commandery In choosing Portland aa
the oasis in the pilgrimage.
The following compose the, Pittsburg
party: William W. Allen, Mr: and' Mrs.
Walter V. Arms, Mr. snd Mrs. L. B.
Anderson, Edward F. Austin, Jacob J.
Abersold, Dr. and Mrs. T. F. Alleson,
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police protection furnished strike-affected
plants during the last 18, months.
Aside from that cost, fortunes have been
expended by firms and Individuals In
meeting strike conditions. Tet the
newspapers are filled with stories of as
saults, murders and property damage
which even these precautions have not
sufficed to prevent. In the face of these
facts It is only natural that this oppor
tunity to curb the unlone may be seised.'
Switchmen Meet.
Aa a result of Donnelly's appeal the
Switchmen's union will Hold a meeting
this afternoon, when It Is expected some
action will be taken on the proposed
sympathetic strike of the switchmen to
refuse to handle cara loaded with pack
ers' goods.
It la reported a telegram has been
sent to Grand Master Hawley, of the
Switchmen's Union of North America,
asking him to order all the switchmen
In the country not to handle meat trains
belonging to the packers.
The police detail In the yards today
has been Increased In anticipation ot
trouble. Reports from Kansas City and
Omaha say that the situation Is not af
fected by the new general strike order
Issued by Donnelly.
MO imCT AT ST. PAUL.
Backbone Of Strike Mas Long
Oon-
sldered Broken.
(Journal Speelsl Service.)
St Paul. Aug. 11. President Donnel
ly's strike order to the allied trades can
have no effect here, aa none save the
switchmen are unionised. They have
not as yet been approached, and the
backbone tot the strike has long been
considered broken here.
PORTLAND
PLEASING
Secretary of Treasury Is
impressed With Beau
ties of City.
SUAVE, CORDIAL, FRANK
Sensational Opening of Republican
Campaign at Marquam Grand To
night His Initial Trip to
Oregon Pleases Him.
"I never discuss In Interview politics
or the probable financial future of the
country." said Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie M Shaw this morning.
"I will tell you why," added the cab
inet member frankly as he debated how
best to soften the blow. "By the time I
have been Interviewed and that Inter
view has been commented on editorially
and extracts have been taken from thla
and another editorial Tkss been written,
some queer things happen, and I prefer
to avoid mistakes by keeping still.
"My annual report Is prepared with
great care. My statements are guarded.
The entire report is given my closest
personal attention before It appears.
Still persons, who have apparently read
the report, praise me for saying things
that I never thought of saying, and con
demn me for other things that I also
never thought of mentioning.
Tells Tale Tonight.
T will, however, In my talk tonight,
take ub. the entire bill of fare and all
the Issues will be considered and that
la about jail there la to be said."
Mr. Shaw was. not averse to stating
his opinion of the northwest snd of
Portland, which was very favorable.
"Until this tour I bad been In every
state of the Union except Washington.
Oregon and Idaho, said he." and Oils
time I have added those to my calling
list I feel that I have saved the best
for the last"
Suave, cordial, even frank and unas
suming, atlll the secretary of the treas
ury la absolutely non-committal on the
money question, the financial aituatlon
In the eaat, the prospects of the Novem
ber crop of rotes and the best way to
make a gold dollar. He Is direct In his
refusal and willing to explain Just why
he cadnot talk of these things and the
man that seeks bis opinion will not get
It, but will probably depart with a
warm spot In his heart for the secretary.
He learned statescraft in the school of
Methodlrc politics, where McKlnley re
ceived his early training, and where cor
diality and suave diplomacy are com
bined with determination and the ability
to say nothing gracefully.
Visits Pair Grounds.
Mr. Shaw was shown the fair grounds
this, morning under the guidance of
President Goode. This afternoon he was
the guest of the Oregon Water Power &
Railway company and visited Estacada,
where dinner waa served. At 7 this
evening a concert will be given before
the Portland hotel by De Caprio's band,
and at 7:46 the band and party will pro
ceed to the Marquam Grand theatre,
where the formal opening of the Ore
gon Republican campaign will be made.
F. C. Baker, chairman of the Repub
lican state central committee, will In
troduce Senator John H. Mitchell, after
which a quartet composed of Mrs. Wal
ter Reed, Mrs. A. C. Sheldon, Dom J.
Zan and A. L. Alexander will render
patriotic pieces. Secretary Shaw, after
these opening exercises, will discuss the
Issues of the campaign, being Immedi
ately preceded by the reading of the
Chicago platform by W. W. Cotton.
Arrived Last Bight
Secretary Shaw arrived from Puget
sound laat evening. He was greeted at
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REAL RATTLER IS
KILLED AT DOCKS
Measuring 4 feet long and
adorned with It rattles and a
button, a rattlesnake was killed
thla morning underneath the
Couch street dock by William
Baker, assistant aarent for the
California Oregon Steamship
company. 'The snake showed
fight and waa dispatched with a
10-foot pole.
So far as known It is the first
rattler that has ever been seen In
the Willamette valley When
found It was slowly crawling
near the water's edge. Upon
hearing Mr. Baker walking In
that vicinity the anake began to
coll up for business, rattling and
darting out his forked tongue.
Mr Baker seised a pole and hla
first blow waa so well directed
that It put his snakeshlp out of
commission.
Where the rattler came from
no one In the group at the dock
could determine. No one had
ever heard of his species ever
being on this side of the Cascade
mountains. The general Impres
sion seemed to be that the rep
tile had come down the Willam
ette river In a pile of driftwood,
presumably from the headwaters
of the Clackamas. But as no
rattlers had ever been heard of
ia that regton this conclusion
not sltogether satisfactory.
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MAN HUNTERS
ON LIVE TRAIL
It Is believed by the authorities that
Bert Oak man, who murdered Frank
Bennett at Htllaboro a few days ago, la
now on Sauvlea island, with man hunt
ers closing In on htm from all sides. In
formation ef a positive nature that
Oakman crossed the ferry at Holbfnok
and went en the Island between ( and 7
o'clock last evening reached the sher
iffs office at 7 o'clock, a short time af
ter the crossing is said to have been
made. Sheriff Word and Deputy Sher
iff Downey, fully armed, . at once' has
tened to the scene and are now engaged
In the search for the fugitive.
Oakman Is reported to have been
seen coming down the Cornelius Pass
road ahortly before noon yesterday. Ho
was walking fast and every now and
then turnea nis nean as it 10 see
whether or not anybody was In pursuit.
Two men, one deputised by the sheriff
of Washington county, followed him In
the afternoon, staying at a farm house
laat night and resuming the pursuit this
morning.
Before reaching the ferry at Hol-
brook,' Oakman asked three different
men where a farmer named Howell
lived. , He was told where Howell could
be found, but did not go to his house.
SENDS $300 CHECK
AS CONSCIENCE FIND
(Journal Special Service.) -Albany,
August 11. X check for 1100
has been received by State Treasurer
Wlckser from a firm of New York at
torneys, together with a note statins
that It was for a conscience fund.
The attorneys aay it was placed In
their hands by Attorney John T. Doyla
of San Francisco for a client. The check
Is drawn on the First National bank of
San Francisco.
FIFTEEN DEAD, 122 HURT IN
WRECK OF CROWDED TRAIN
Journal Special Service.)
Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 11. A dispatch to
the Enquirer says that II persona were
killed and 121 Injured In a wreck on the
Grand Trunk railway near . Richmond.
Quebec, this morning.
The disaster occurred on a curve at
11 o'clock thla morning and waa caused
by the head-on collision of two pas
senger trains running at nearly full
speed.
One of the trains, constating of 11
coaches; waa filled to the utmost with a
gay party ' of excursionists en route to
the St. Hyacinths fair. The other trsln
was the regular eastern exprees, whtc.
was also filled with passengers and waa
endeavoring by fast running to make up
for time previously lost upon the run.
Without any preliminary warning the
two engines swung around a curve and
KIDNAPERS MAKE A
MISTAKE IN IDENTITY
(Journal Special Service.)
Chicago. Aug. 11. Grabbed by an un
known man, forced Into a ' buggy, put
under the Influence of a drug and sub
jected to extreme torture, Gertrude
Spoden. 11 years old. of this city,
escaped from what la believed to have
been an attempt at kidnaping.
Tbe girl Is suffering from burns on
her arms believed to have been In
flicted by lighted matches while she
was being driven through the streets In
a covered buggy.
The girl waa walking In an alley and
was stopped by a man who was stand
. .r - . a
Thla Is taken to Indicate that he asked
for Information relative to Howell
merely In order to allay suspicion as te
his identity.
The ferryman at Holhrook gives a
description of the man supposed to ha
the murderer which Is said by thja 'aa
thorltles to tally absolutely with tli.it
of Oakman. Sheriff Word and Deputy
Downey went to Holhrook. In a baggy.
They are armed with rifles. A large
number of residents of the vicinity have
armed themaelves and Joined the chase,
all being on the Island today. The man
hunters are hopeful of locating the
fugitive by nightfall.
Hlllsboro, Or.. Aug. 11. The funeral
of Frank Bennett, who waa murdered
by Bert Oakman, will be held In the
Christian church of this city Thursday,
September 1 at 2 o'clock In the after
noon. TRev. James Campbell of Portland
will conduct the services at the church,
after which Interment will take place in
I. O. O. F. cemetery, under the auspices
of the M. W. A of Hlllsboro and neigh
boring camps.
Mrs. Bennett mother of the murdered
man, la still seriously 111, and yesterday
morning two of the children were taken
sick with typhoid fever.
FALL OF PACK MULES
CAUSES $40,000 LOSS
(Journal Special Service.)
Mexico City. Aug. 11 A dispatch from
Mazatlan today says that four pack
mules loaded with 140.000 worth of gold
bullion from the Guadeloupe de Los
Reyes mines fell from a mountain road
Into a swift river near there and were
swept to sea with their precious bur
dens. The bullion wss. being taken to Masat
lan for shipment to San Francisco, CaJ.
before the startled engineers had time to
even set the air brakes crashed Into each
other with terrific Impact
Both -locomotives were Interlocked in
a shapeless mass of twisted steel, from
every opening of which (rushed forth
spouting steam. The forward coaches
of both trains were telescoped Into each
other and plied upon the demolished lo
comotives. So forceful was the collision and so
great the shock' that scarcely a passen
ger on either trsln escaped without In
jury t)f more or less serious nature. Im
mediately after the crash those with
slight Injuries began the rescue of the
lees fortunate. A runner waa sent to
Richmond, and upon telegraphic notifi
cation a special train carrying surgeons
and nurses was dispatched from Cher
brooke. On arrival at the scene they
ing beside a buggy. He suddenly
grabbed her and forced her Into a
buggy, where another man gagged and
bound her. The police assert the men
were kidnapers who, having taken the
wrong girl In hope of securing a ran
som, released her when they found she
worked for a living.
WIFE OF BOODLER
LEHMANN IS INSANE
(Special Dispatch to Tbe Joan-sal.)
Mi. Louis. Aug. 11 As a result of
brooding over the tncareeration of her
husband In the penitentiary. Mrs. Ju
lius I.ehmann. wife of the convicted
municipal boodler. haa become violently
insane and will be taken to tbe asylum.
BATTLE IS
CONTINUED
Japanese Onslaught on
Liao Yang Renewed at
Break of Day.
OPENS WITH ARTILLERY
Kurokl's Strategic Move to Cut Off
Kuropatkin's Retreat Still Hangs
lo the Balance-- Sakharoff
Repor's.
(Journal Special Sarvtes.)
St. Petersburg, Aug. 11. (Bulletin.)-
General Samsonoff reports this after
noon that he has captured an entire bat
talion of Japanese troops.
(Journal Special Service.)
Liao Tang, Aug.' 31. Despite the fact
that the Japanese under Kurokl yester
day made an advance on the line of
communication between here and Muk
den and are endeavoring to establish
themselves so strongly that all chance
for a retreat of the Russian army. In
case such an emergency arises, would
be cut off, there Is nothing up to this)
hour to Indicate their complete sue
cess.
, Communication with Mukden by wire
remains open and uninterrupted. Indicat
ing that the Japanese have not aa yet
reached the direct line of travel. What
the outcome will be the next few days
will tell, but the Russian officers re
main confident in their ability to beat
back Kurokl's battalions whenever the
need arises.
Scarcely had today's dawn partially
cleared the mists of a gloomy morning
when the Japanese guns again took up
the frightful clangor and din of yester
day's uncompleted battle. Nor were
they slow In finding answer. The Rus
sian gunners, strengthened hi their con
fidence by the outcome of yesterday's
fighting, slept at their poets, and grimly
took up the day's business.
Apparently the artillery exchange ot
yesterday with its lack of result made
no Impression on the Japanese, or else
their commanders deem It but a waste
of life to hurl their men forward In
frontal attack'.' There are no Indications
at this hour of the forenoon that an
other attack la to be made upon the-Russian
center, although through the
glasses Japanese troops can' be seen in
formation aa though waiting a critical
moment or change of tactics.
May Use Big; Onus.
It may be that the Japanese have faith
in the heavy guns which they are said to
have either brought forward, or now
have on the way. and expect through
their greater range and destructlvenoas
to destroy the fortifications which out
wardly and to the cl village" at least,
present an Impregnable front
Their guns must do more than bellowr
to reduce some of the works which have
been constructed near here. A soldier
from the firing line yeaterday asserts
thsat scarcely a men was killed In the
Russian bomb proofs snd that nothing
but the shrapnel which shrieked in and
over the trenches lying outside the more
strongly protected sons did execution.
To gain the batteries themselves the
mikado's men must clamber up open
slopes, where sometimes the rise Is ab
rupt and must' overcome In some other
points the snares of modern Warfare
which include wire fencee and similar
means of retardation. To plant" bis
banner on ny Important point will coat
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found five bodies already removed from
the wreckage, and within a short time 10
other bodies had been placed In the hos
pital train. Tbe list of Injured was so
great that the surgeons and nurses
found their efforts taxed to the utmost
to alleviate the Bufferings of the
maimed.
In the hospitals at Cherbrooke are now
112 Injured.
search of the wreck continues, and
It is thought that several, and perhaps)
many more, bodies will be found beneath
the huge pile of splintered timber, bent
steel and crushed woodwork.
Among the first of the dead to be re
covered was tbe Hon. J. B. Blanchett.
a widely known member of parliament
from St Hyacinthe, who waa taking aa
hla guests to the fair a number of the
excursionists.
TURKEY AGAIN STIRS
WRATH OF UNCLE SAM
(Joeraal special service.)
London. Aug. 11. Turkey haa again
stirred the wrath of the United State
and more trouble Is likely for the sul
tan. Turkish officials at Aleppo opened
a bag of letter addressed to the
American Singer company and stamped
the contents. In accords nee with the)
regulations of the new stamp act
The officials now demand payment for
the extra stamps, In addition to a fine
for non-compliance with the new regu
lations Minister Leishman baa made a
vigorous protest against the action of
ths offlctala. which If unheeded may
cause another 1 risen ssssrsajtlng