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VOL. W NO. 91
Portland; Oregon, monday evening, june 24, 1907 fourteen pages.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
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MAJiWi. flVl Ciaii
7'PE
OF SOU!
Wharf Slip at Stone's Land
ry ing Between facoma and
Seattle Collapses With- a
. . Picnio Crowd and, Eisrhty
. ' Persons Thrown In Water
1
Confusion Reiffns Among
; Sunivors4-Herbic Efforts
, 3Iade to Rescue Victims
Children4' and ;Womenr in
Water Until Help' Comes.
Tacoma, Wh June 14. Between
five nd seven people were drowned and
oorea ecped death by the narrowest
kind of margin by the collapee of a
wharf allp at Stone'a landinf. . midway
:: between Tacoma and Seattle laaKnisnt
ThJead ao far aa known are:.
-Amea Peterson, ace 10, daughter of
Peter, Peterson, Tafoma. . " , ,.
Elmer Oberf, age 4, Edith Oberg, age
14, children of Mr. and ' Mrs.: Pred
Oberg. Tacoma. .""
.Unknown man, SO years old. , ?
Jrnn Street, young man. - -. . ,
There are several -others missing. In
cluding Judith Oberg, all of whom It
Is thought were drowned''
The injured are Exther Oberg, Mrs.
Gertrude Malcolm, Miss 8va - Berg,
Mrs. Charles Williams. Mrs. Adolpli
Lundelt Mrs.' Fred Obprft, Mrs. O. A.
Willen, Mrs, C. N. Johnson, Mrs. Gus
tave Pterson, Mi" Mabel, McCamany,
Mrs. Hannah G. ErlckMun. s
' All dead and Injured 'are of Tacoma.
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UUV Ll- "5 MS ' g I VH Uii.iVUiiy
In t nH (, All, M'hrt niiMln. mrA .'V..i
the dead are.- There may be four or
- rive more arowrieo.oi wnom no account
is jrot made..; , ,
t . . Wharf Waa Crowdsd. "'"
The aocldent. took placs at o'clock
when hundreds of people -were crowd
.r ing up the wharf, and Into' thu slip to
; . board steamboats ' for - Tacoma. The
- Swedish order of Valhalla of Tacoma
gave a-big nicnic at the landing yes
terday, and about 1,100 people attended.
Porty kegs . of beer were taken along,
, and the day was spent In a. hilarious
manner. There was a great Jam to get
on last boats In the evening. - The slip
' was packed with about 80 s tne steam
" er Multnomah slowly -came alongside.
Suddenly the slip gave way beneath the
" weight, and th people were Instantly
precipitated into 2 xeet or water, in
describable : confusion ,tosUntljr , p
Vailed. v
Manjl of those on ' shore leaped Into
! the water to savs their wives, children
' or sweethearts." while '-Ufa- preservers,
" llferaf ts . and boxes were throws from
, the steamer bv deckhands. Many people
pitched Into the bay near the wharf, or
: graotMHI iioaiins; aeuri., "
$ - There, were many acts of individual
:- heroism in rescuing helpless women and
children. In tha meantime the steamer
T manned Its boats and boats also put out
i from shore, and began picking up Strug.
Kllng persons, scores of . whom were
drowning. Many wera caught while In
the agonies of death. Several little
i babes had sufficient clothing to par
I tlally buoy them up until, help came. v .
' ,v:--:Vi f acaay srsar ssatib , '.
I After the people were taken ashore.
; it required. In. some Instances, half an
hour to resuscitate some who had been
submerged in the water. cMon who were
t in the water exhibited a high order of
heroism, and instead of trying to get
' out of the water themselves, gate first
thouarht to ' rescuing - the - women and
children r struggling m the water with
them. .i . . - : . . .
they felt, and acted as a aort of buoy
for a few moments. V1''
: i no oik iBuncn .ruruBivr wni imir uy
with 1 small boats, wftich it immediate
ly got into action. These excellent. and
' prompt means of rescue caused the
I number of deaths to be so small. After
rORTpOAL'S THRONE TOTTERING ,
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KlnK Carlos of Portugal.'. Revolutionists v are .making- great - progreas
agaln6t"hJa government, - ,.
(Continued n Paga Four.)
STEAMER SIIIKS;
' OHLY 2 SAVED
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.Santiago of Pacific Steam
N Navigation, Company's -tYr
Fleet-Founders.
" (JoornalSpeclal Serflea.)
Santiago. Chile, June 24. One pas
senger and one officer are all who re
main to tell the tale of the fate of the
' steamship Santiago which foundered off
f Point Corral "during tha night The
captain, a crew jof about 50, -and many
passengers went down to death as the
steamer sank. .
Tha Santiago was caught in a terrific
squull at a point about 60 miles north
of Point Corral, where' a lighthouse
warns navigators of , the dangerous
shorn line. - The scene of . the wreck is
several hundred miles to the south of
this place wherefore details are difficult
to obtain. The exact number of pus-sengers-on
the boat is not known here,
but . the' steamer had accommodations
for about 200. ' ' i.;' -.
. Th Santiago flew the British flag
and belonged to the Pacific Steam Nav
igation company and registered 1,36
tons net She has been engaged In the
coasting trade , for some time, plying
between Panama and ports on the south
const of the continent. The nearest
rorta to the wrerk are Valdivla and Kio
Bueao, buUi laijlsnlflcant places. - ,
REFUSE T01I0
ABED
P S
GIB DiivDiiiii'JS
Andreas ' Schmidt Charges
Married Daughter and ljer-
r Husband With Neglect.
Andreas Schmidt, an1 aged Germah,
appeared before Judge .Fraser , in the
circuit court thla morning to testify; th
a suit against; hia daughterandter
husband to 'set aside' a'deed alleged to
have : beep made. In conalderationol. jin
agreement to support. Schmidt and .his
wife during the remainder of their lives,
Hrhmlrlf. f'79 veara old. infirm and
bent 'scarcely able to walk.. He had
to be assisted by a son and his attorney
as ha tottered across the 'floor to the
witness chair.s, . His wife, Barbara
Schmidt,;? who -Joins ;n, complaining
against their daugnter, is n years oa,
but is much more active than-her hus-
It la charred bv the atred couple that
lnMarch '1900. the v deeded to-thelr
daughter, TreBste, and ner nusDana, Hu
bert . Kublclc. a half, acre of .land , near
Woodlawn on the promise of the young
people -to support and care .for 'the Wd
people as long as they lived., The deed
was given with the understanding that
It was not1 to .be recorded :. until after
Schmidt's death,,; it is alleged, but It
was recorded -by Kublck last year.-' It
la charged that-kudick ana nw wue
ot supported the-old people nor
provided a . home for them and the court
is asked to set aside the deed on that)
ground.' ,
. Kaa iiT som dj ua., ,
Kublck contends that ; Schmidt had
five acres of; land .at Woodlawn which
ha divided between his three sons 'and
Mrsr Kuolck on the .condition that , each
of the children should contribute $3 . a
month to their parents' support. '. The
three sons have failed to keep up their
contributions, says, Kublck, land the en
Ufa burden of the old people's care fell
upon himself and wife - v-; ;
Kublck alleges - that he was appointed
miardlan of the old man so "hecou!d
collect the $3 a -month from each of the
sons, and that one of tha sons tootc -ex-
(Continued on Pago Four.)
LIGHT SEIIIEIICE
Much: Married Walla; Walla
y an Gets Off .With Sixty.
' -;I)ays;iri'JaiLv. v
1 '
'' '' 4.. ,1. . V y '
Horryr.C.vGIbsoit," the muchly, married
nianiwho was arrested atr Walla, Walla
last winter for. posing as a secret aer.
trice' operative, pleaded vguUty to ;the
offense' before' Judge Charles B. Wolirer
ton ,lnithe,Unitedf8tatas 'district; court
thla morning and was sentenced to serve
60 days'ln the Multnomah.- county Jail.
1 Gibson owe his light sentence to , the
fact that ha eerved wlth'distinctlon in
several battles,. In .the Philippines; In
which 'be was. wounded? four times, one
bullet: striking 'him; in' the .head, one In
the left leg and the third In tha atom
ach. Slnce Glbson'a arrest ;ha - liaa
crossed .his stories, according to a state
ment made 1y Assistant;, United v8tates
Attorney, James .Cole this nornlng, and
It is- believed : that at times he suffers
slight derangement resulting from 'the
wound'ln' his head.' V,' j
fi Whii Gibson i -was In the county .fall
awaiting the action of the federaLgrand
Jury two women pus in a ciaim ior nio
marital affections. rjOne .claimed that
she married him several years ago. In
Washington and the other states Gibson
siii and won her in -eastern Oreron.
Gibson says- that he . thiught his first
wife had divorced him and took a sec-
SI TO
1ITII00
Despite the Fact That Com-
. panics Notify Telegraph
ers Jobs Are Lost if They
- Do Not Return to WTork,
, None Desert
Western Union Officials in
East Notify Meil Promised
Concessions Are Cancelled
But Will Be Granted . if
j Frisco Strike Called Off.
ond wife on the. supposition. It is prob-
l a Digamy.' onarge . wiu
Ls-ainst him : UDon his
from Jail.
1- be
Im upon his release
brought against
nm mil. i , ...
Gibson owes. his downfall, to his action
in - representing himself as a secret
service .officer to Major- uiawaras, 'su
perintendent of- the Umatilla Indian
reservation. . Gibson made an Investiga
tion of-. Edwards' affairs and 1 gave out
a statement to a Walla Walla newspaper
t the effect that. Edwards was short In
bin Ar-enimts. The story -started a aoan-
dal and Secret Service operative i nomas
B. Foster souRht out tilDson ana piacea
him under arrest
San Francisco, June 14. A slight Im
provement Is noted this morning la the
telegraph strike situation. .The force In
the-West Oakland operating department
of the Western Unipn was slightly in
creased and business moved. In better
shape than on Saturday. At' the ferry
office a bare handful of operators are
at work. The Postal is in little better
shape than on Saturday; .. . i
Despite the fact that ' the - company
managers announced that tha strikers
must return to worn today or os re-
f laced, none deserted the union. - The
hreatened strike of .messengers did not
materialise. -.- ' V .
- Mora Chiefs Join Valoa. : ' f
It was renorted this - morning that
two more division chiefs had deserted
the Western Union. Money is pouring
In from all parts of the United Status
and Canada from union operators to aid
the striking operators. , Messenger boys
t San - Francisco ana .L, uasiana - wm
strike when President, Small orders
them to do so. ; At present so lew nia-nnsc-n
are bnlng handled he- does not
oonfclui r Ihis- -necessaryj -,vnion men
are confident of wlnnlngjij .--:.--.';-; ; '
t Both the Postal and , Western Union
are losing ground every hour, claim the
atrtkorai . afessSses , 48 - hours old are
mailed to the. nearest .relay , point and
mn n Thla . mornlnK the ' Western
Union absolutely- refused to accept any
eastern business under any conditions.
The Postal mailed most of , Its Sunday
business to various points slong the
line, the biggest pan ; w s ,!
and ErPaso. .Texas....-',.' t-iV
Business is. oaaiy congeaiea ia
direction. ' The Western union at uni
cago reports 2,000 messages on hand for
San Francisco ana vnuni .t"""1
h.. tnn nn hnnd - ODerators all over
the 'country are ready to strike, at
moment s .,nouce,. ana.- m , y
msnlnst' President Clowry,
of the Western Union, through General
Superintendent Jaynes, again offered to
compromise with President Small., who
nas li unacr .cuubiuoiimivu, . ...
probably hold out for better terms. It
Is said that ; these terms are for an
eight-hour day, ther matters to be left
,r CLOWRY) DENIES ACTION
President States That Relations, With
' . Union1 Are Undlstorbed.
- TAnvnal flnHal 8ervlea.l i '
'eHtw Tork. Je 24.--It iSTOfflolally
announced by 4hs Western Union this
In Opening Statement
of Defense Assassin's
Guilt Acknowledged
and He Is Bitterly Ex
coriated as Worthless
Clarence Darrow.
Jfci'sWi' ,(tiiwfwf-'o mli.- saaaaai
-(Continued on Paga Four. '
THIS EVASION
MAY BE ENDED
Spreading Tracks on Bridges
ifor Purpose of Getting
v Out of Paving to Cease.
Advertising" RecorB for thc Week
't For thweek ending June 23 the advertising record shows,
thalrthr foltowing-aniofint of space was run:' s '
' - - - TournaL OreffonianlelesTarn.
Local. Inches . . . , . . . G,892 , 5,153
x. For eigTii'-inches ..'..".-....., v oO 1 VnS
Classmed and-Kedl estate, in", i,zi '- o,uua
433
. . Totals, inches . , . , t , . . . - .10,023 ' 0,6 19 , . 8,000 -
'Fifstaiwefk had itveficct brt'th adtertiing;i"tuation,"
The-Journal, -however, continued about Ihe 10,000rinch, mark.
X D.unng 'the week 'The -JournaK carried 13 inches fhw than
the Oregon tin.'. - 1' W V '
' Advertisers wno-want to tnakc ccnaur.ot resuirs usc-ine t
' Journal.;' Those wlw ha. ve real 'estate to sell-'or. want ,to buy.;
are r usin?.' 'The ' Tonrnal and ; iretfcinc" solendid results, - Two x
dcalers',tc5t1ticd in 'the Sunday'.; issue : that'. they- derived fndre ,
X benefit -lirum-Journaradvcrti.-.ttighan they -did'through any
Jotbcf i . medimn.' .The1" Journal toMil inue to grow and . adve r-
liVr i,rni'nue To:rcilr. ( " v ' , . j
mtwwwmmw.tiftmWtW
Spreading tracks 'on bridges to avada
tha ordinance compelling tha laying of
hard-surfaca : pavement' by streetcar
companies when tha. distance between-
double tracks does not exceed six ieei
will no lor svt be tolerated In Portland.
This afterioon; at the executive board
meeting W. G. MoPherson will intro
duce a resolution calling for an inves
tlgaUon of the matter with particular
reference -tO' tne priuao i"i
canyon. Mr.s McPherson Intends to fol
low the matter up to determine whether
or not the streetcar companies can ap
propriate a space greater than six feet,
and an ordinance will probably be In
troduced confining them to that amount
whon ien this mornlns: relative to
th proposed resolution Mr. McPherson
said: .'::'v' -iv-ivw. '.xi'.'V:" ' ;
int n tha Balch canyon bridge' the
streetcar company baa spread its double
tracks to such an - extent mat ute car
steps hang ovor the sidewalks, making
It extremely aangerous to peaeatnans.
Wagons are - - compelled to cross the
tracks to find room to pass the cars. ,
"The . streetcar "company,- might . con
tend that its object , in spreading the
tracks on the bridge Ja to find the
strongest supports, but others - besides
myself are firmly of the belief that it
was to avoid tne expense oi paving d
tween the tracks. - The ordinance pro
vides that where the space between the
double tracks is six reet or less tna
streetcar company shall be compelled to
stand, ' the cost - of hard-surface pave
ment By extending, the tracks a little
farther the company exempts itself from
meeting the Improvement cost"
'I have not looked over other bridges
In : town.-but presume the same condi
tions "will be found- to exist , among
them, i An ordinance should 'be intro
duced compelling the .street railway
companies to stay where they belong
MAS PUIS 0,"
I!
mm
1.
i
Tuberculosis Patients For-
I bidden Entrance to lone
j: 4VStaftae;l'!';;j
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:"f -t. " --vt (Jonrnal .Spwtal.'Beirvles.) v.
Austin,? Te'x.V 1 June U.rr. "W. ' H.
Brumby, state health officer,1 announced
today that' he Is preparing a proclama
tion which heiwUl Issue in a few. day a
establishing 'a 'state quarantine against
all. persons, who areln the last stages
of tuberculosis, All i such i persons ; will
be prohibited, from entering the state,
'.: Dr. - Brumby has Just ; returned from
a visit , to many Points . in the south
western, portion "Of Texas, 'and he aa y s
that great numDers of tuDercuiosis pa
tten ta are comlna- into that region, from
other states. ' He thinks the: danger of
infection from'' these health-seekers is
so great as to warrant the establishment
of a rigid quarantine against persons
who are Buffering with ' the disease in
the acute stage. He is of the opinion
that hs has full authority , under the
law to keep them out
.Texas win be tne first state' to place
tuberculosis In the same class .of in
fectious Ulseaaea a -yellow; fever and
Smallpox, r . 4 ; ' .( -i ... ' : v ' .:
1 '-i.-;;
MILLIONS OF ACRES V
PURCHASED BY GREEN
'j'..,-:..,4'J,..: - . ' ' w'. -,v,
:!)', :r;: j. r . . 1 . ' ". ',,' m '-" Vr4 l-.i,A?tf
' (Joarnsl Special ssrviee.) .
Chihuahua. Mex., June : li.Colonel
W. C. Green of New Tork and hla asso
ciates have closed a, dealt for the pur
chase of J.260,000 acres of land in the
northern part of this -state. Tney ai-
IHUJ Willi ,WV,VVV W V IWIM
grating land in this state.. ,
Colonel Stokes Begins Suit
,'to Have His Marriage
v ; Annulled. 1
By Hugh O'Neill, Special Commissioner for the Dan-'
' wr Post and Oregon Journal. , -Boise,
Idaho, June 24. At 10 o'clock this morning;
; darence S. DVrow commenced , his, opening state
ment In behalf of William D. Haywood,1 secretary of
the "Western Federation of 'Miners, charged with tha
murder of Frank Steunenberg, one time governor of
Idaho. ),"--,
"., Before Parrow commenced his address the court
room was filled with spectators but the' erowd was
: not ' unusual. : Hay wood's mother was seated beslda
him Inside the railing and his, wife sat next to her
and his younger daughter and his wife's nurse. Hay
wood and Richardson sat well " back" from . the tahle
- of defending counsel. John' Nugent and Edgar Wil
son,' also of counsel for the jetensevVsat .' wtehlns
f Darrow closely, and listening intently to every word ,
' he said. : And to tollowDarrow ;, with' intelligence
; f needed lntentness. L iHe - spoke often 'in;: broken ' sen-
- jtences, phrased many of his state
ments elliptlcallyr left not a little of '
his; meaning'; to the personal infer
ence of his listeners.
Darrow is a large man with a slightly
protuberant abdomen and heavy, crouch
ing shoulders. His hair Is as black and
as straight as an Indian's, bis face is
melancholy and very aallow. Ills voice
has something of ,the high, appealing:
crow of revivalist: hysteria.
The open Ins statement Mr. Darrow '
made was neither obligatory nor binding
upon , the defense. In presenting its
evideree the - defense can ignore every
statement mrde by him.. He need not
bring one witness to substantiate a sin
gle opening arrirmauon. . He addressed!
himself not to tne court but to the Jury
FIRST 1IUSBAUD
IS STILL AlIK
(Joarnsl Special Berries.)' .
' New! Tork, : June 24. Colonel William
A. Stokes, ' commander, of the Twenty-
third regiment the crack national guard
organisation of Brooklyn, has begun
suit against his wife to have their mar.
riage annulled on the ground that when
It took place, her first husband, from
whom she had not been divorced, was
living. - k - - '-
His wife was formerly Mrs. Elisabeth
W. ! Hltchlngs. Her husband. John
Hitehings. left Brooklyn In 1896 to go
to the .Klondike In pursuit of gold. He
did not return and a little over a year
ago;. Colonel Stokes, whose first wife
had died two years previously., was mar
ried to Mrs.' Hltchlngs. ' His children
were opposed to this marriage and left
him." ...
Colonel Stokes owns a fine residence
on exclusive bfc jsnarns avenue, in
Rrnoirivn. and , trdnbla started between
him and his second wife over her desire
to have htm transfer the exclusive own
ership of it to her. Then he began
tracings ner past,- ana, a j"
states, he found that her first husband
waa not dead, as she orofessed to-be
lieve, but was , living in the aUte of
Washington.
A atntnment of (why hs had left his
wife was obtained from Hltchlngs, and
Rtka' attorney savs it can 1 be pro
duced at. the trial of the suit ir needed.
Stokes - is - rich and' prominent and his
second wife has been received wun mm
in hlnh annia.1 rlrples. - t if'
It was learned today that John Hltclw
nn wu located at. Tacoma, waanina-
tnn. where he is keeDlnx a aeneral mer
chandise store, and selling supplies to
Alaskan miners. , .
OFFICE
Sneak Thieves Enter Sixteen -Rooms in Prominent Office
Buildings-rSteal Stamps, Gold Teeth, Perfume and
, , MonejOverlook' Valuable City Warrants.
A startling series of? wholesale burg
laries was perpetrated last night by an
organised gang, of ' snealt, thieves who
entered I , rooms' InCthrea of the most
prominent office buudinga in tne city,
each located In the very canter of the
business ; district . Nine roon.s were en
tered In ; the Buchanan building, a new
structure adjoining the Swatland hulld-
ing ; on " Washington . street between
Fourth "and Fifth atreetv alx' in ? the
Mohawk building. ''Third and Morrison
streets, and one room tha Washington
buildings Fourth .v. and Washington
'SinuVtak-variedfrftm t to I SO the
most popular r objects -with the (thieve;
being stamps and gold i-crowns and
plates taken .from , dentists.- The police
have no knowledge either ss to.the num
ber engaged 1n the robberies or as to. the
nr.. whan thuv wra committed. - .
' In one of . the rooms entered there
wese IJ.lsO in olty bond -warrants; be
longing to 'W. K. Kieman or tne "a
clfio News bureau. Tpere were a numi-
ber of ' tools lying on tne tame, among
which "were drills "and chisels, making
quitei a complete burglars' - outfit but
From this fact and others it Is inferred
that the . burglary., waa committed. , fay
amateurs- - ..'.-.
' Count Senosky, publisher of a Sunday
paper, lost S12.80. He also lost several
bottles of imported perfume, the scent
from which it is expected may lead to
the apprehension of the thieves.-
In the Buchanan building the Vene
tian Soenio .Glass company . lost $ J in
stamps; . Dr. William Cavanaugh be
tween 20 and 2S in gold plates and
crowns;- Dr.. Treve Jones,? about $30 in
gold scrap : crowns; Rober Machinery
company, 1 1 in stamps; Prudential Life
Insurance company,- $) in stamps. .The
offices of the Oregon Home Land com
pany and Burroughs Machine company
were ..entered, but nothing is missing, -
. : Overlooked City Warraata. .
In the Mohawk building the rooms
ef . The Tradesman, the Ladies' - Tailor
Inn department and the Sunday Wel
come were entered, but only small sums
taken. The rooms of w. o. gmlth, en
graver, ire '.tne - wasnington - buudlng,
were -entered and the safe struck, but
not opened or dam a red. . , : -
In several instances the Combinations
on the safes were struck,-but none waa
opeped, showing every .attempt to.be
the work of amateurs. , The entrance
was made through the transoms In most
cases and In others the locks on the
doors had been cut away with a chisel.
Small sums in savings banks - were
overlooked besides tha large sum In
warrants, mentioned . - -
snd he had been talking for half an hour
before he indicated in any way the line
of defense that would be . followed.
Then it was. after admittlna- the forma
tion of the Western Federation of Min
ers In the Ada county Jail in 1832 by
some miners imprisoned there, that Dar
row said: -v..-. I, - ,
' - Work to Destroy Union.
As soon as the Western Federation
of Miners was born, the mine owners
started the work of destroying It. and
as the chief means of destrbying It they
nirea tne jrinxenon sgency,,. witn on
McParland as its head From the be
ginning until now that agency has been
busy - scheming and working and lying.
to get ins men or tne western r adora
tion. We will show that among other
thlnrs. the mine owners' federation re
peatedly hired detectives and placed
them in positions of responsibility sa
secretaries and ' presidents of local
unions, and the mine owners Sent those
Plnkerton - detectives " out to sdvlsa
strikes and advise violence and advlsa
bloodshed, and advise dynamite, and ad
vise murder." : ' ,
'-- Then Mr. , Darrow dealt in further1
rhetoric concerning the Industrial and
social conditions, of the Coeur d'Alen
before the days of 'the bull pen, ami
then Darrow. like Richardson, fell under
the everlasting spell of Harry Orchard.
He aeniea tnat orcnara naa commltte.t
half the crimes he charged himself
with; he denied that he had ever tried
to blow up ' Bradley In San Francisco)
he denied that he had ever - cut any
figure as an assassin; and he ended his
Phlllolo by calllnr Orchard the "most
monumental-liar that ever lived." ,
There was nothing consecutive in the
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CANAL HEALTHIER :
THAN EVER QEFORE
Most Tigorous AVar Upon
Mosquitoes Successfully '
, Waged.
(Josraal Special Service.)
Washington, June 14. General health
conditions In the , Panama Canal ne
are better, than ever before since the
American government commenced di ur
ging the-canal. a Thts gratifying condi
tion of health. Colonel W. C, Gold.
chief sanitary officer, says In a report
to the canal commission., seems to"
due not, only to favorable climatic con
ditions, but largely . to ; the Improve. 1
housing and feeding of the canal em
ployes. v- - ;
Colonel -Gorgas says . that th fro
longed dry season and the late b u. in t i t
of the general summer rains b l-
productive of conditions favoiabl
the rapid breeding of mosquitoet. T ,
conditions prevailing on the sonn ar .
unusual that the sanitary dpnm
has been compelled to adopt pr'(i'n
ary measures which have never t
been utilised. The application ff ' i '
breeding places was only part: .-
feotlve in the destruction ut I.
phela and the culex.
Gangs Of laborers have been - '
work to cut down ths uniis rbri.
tatlon has been removed fr.
beds, the flow of !r. rnn 1
quickened, statrwuit pfm !
done away with and the tr
of masquitoes are ss-.ciin..
and dcsiroyti -