- WEEKLY.
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COKVAIililS, BENTON COUNTY, OEEGOM", FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1Q01.
VOL. XXX VIII. NO. 28.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS
THE WORLD.
OF
A Comprehensive Rtvi-w of the Important
Happenings of the Past Week Presented
in a Condensed Form Which Is Most
Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many
Readers.
Senator Kyle, of
dead.
South Dakota, if
The public debt increased $17,737,
347 in June.
Last year 49,612 names were added
to the pension rolls.
Judge Tii ft has been appointed civil
governor of the Philippines.
Secretary Hitchcock refuses to delay
the opening of the Oklahoma lands.
Nearly 200 employes of the Illinois
Central Railroad have been retired on
pension.
Recommendations have been made
that the navy be equipped with wire
less telegraphy.
Twenty-eight persons were injured
in a railroad collision at Rock
Springs, Wyo.
A number of insurgent officers and
bolomen have taken the oath of al
legiance in Bataan.
Eleven boys were killed and another
fatally injured in Chicago by being
struck by lightning.
An oil cloth trust, embracing seven
of the 10 concejns in the United
States, has been formed.
The hot wave continues throughout
the entire East. Numerous deaths
are reported from every city.
Three battleships and a torpedo
boat will participate in a sham battle
in Vineyard sound, off New York. -
In a Cheyene, Wyo., rifle shoot,
the world's record was 'broken, 98 out
of a possible 100 points being made.
A fire in Charlestown, " Mass., de
stroyed $200,000 worth of property
and for a time threatened the entire
town.' v
Four hundred and fifty tons of
dried fruit were destroyed in a San
Jose packing house fire. Loss,
$60,000.
In a trial between the yachts
Columbia, which defended the cup
two years ago, and the new defender
Constitution, the latter was defeated.
The supreme court has . sustained
the decision of the lower court in the
case of Frank E. McDaniel, convict
ed of a murder in Portland, in 1899.
There is no break in the hot wave
in the East.
Oil has been discovered near Baker
City, Oregon. .
Fiftffl thousand steel workers have
gone on strike.
The City National Ban'-, of Buffa-
lo, N. Y., has failed.
The Perry monument at Yokohama
will be dedicated July 14.
South Caronlina is seeking to have
taxes on dispensaries refunded.
General Shatter, in command, at
San Francisco, has been retired.
Philippine trade in 1900, showed a
great increase over previous years.
Prince Chuan will return from Ger
many by way of the United States. .
There were 600,000 deaths from the
plague in India during the past five
years.
Four regiments from the Philip
pines have been mustered out at the
Presidio.
Officials at Washington, D. C, and
Ottawa, Ont., attach no importance
to skagway flag incident.
The transport Thyra, from the
Philippines, . with the Thirty-eighth
volunteer regiment, arrived at Portland.-
The troops went by rail to San
Francisco, where they will be mus
tered out.
Religious riots continue i Spanish
towns.
J. P. Morgan gave tver $1,000,000
to Harvard university.
Harold . M. Pitt was acquitted at
. Manila of the charge of buying gov
ernment stores.
An immense grain fire is raging in
California,by which thousands of dol
lars will be lost.
Speaker Henderson, .who has just
visited Europe, says King Edward is
Thirteen persons were killed and
about 50 injured in the Wabash train
wreck m Indiana.
The transports Thomas and Buford
arrived at San Francisco with four
volunteer regiments.
The loss of life in the northern
jntrt of the West Virginia flood dis
trict was greater than at first re
ported. ' .
One thousand striking laborers in
Rochester, N.' Y., attacked the police
and in the ". 'fight which ensued,' 11
officers and 20 rioters were injured.
Florence Nightingale, who has so
long been an invalid - and confined to
her London house, recently celebrated
her 81st birthday, i A .. . -
Willow furniture, mattings, etc.,
may be cleaned with salt and water
applied with a nail brush. Rinse
well and dry thoroughly.;. ."'' j-
To wash' silk handkerchiefs soak
them in cold salt and water for 10 or
10 minutes: .wasn tnem in the same
- water and iron immediately,
RAN OUT OF HER COURSE.
Passengers Became Panic-Stricken, but Were
Safely Landed." -St.
John's, N. F., June 28. Th
Orient Steam' Navigation Company's
steamship Lusitania, from Liverpool,
June 18, for Montreal, having 300
passengers on board, was wrecked
last night off Cape Ballard.
The Lusitania was bound round
Cape Race for Montreal with a large
cargo and a shipload of passengers.
She mistook her course in a dense fog,
and went ashore near Renews, 20 mile
north of Cape Race, before daybreak.
The ship ran over a reef, and hangs
against a cliff. The passengers, who
are mostly emigrants, were panic
stricken. They stampeded and fought
for the boats, but were overcome by the
officers and crew The rougher ele
ments among the passengers used
knives. The women and children
were first landed, and the men fol
lowed. The crew stood by the ship.
A heavy sea was running, but at
latest advices the Lusitania was hold
ing her own. It is thought that she
will prove a total wreck.
The passengers of the Lusitania
had a terrible experience. The first
knowledge they had of the disaster
was when, owing to the ship scraping
over the rocks, they were hurled from
their berths by the shock. A scene
of great excitement prevailed. Three
hundred people were clamoring to
escape, while the crew tried to.paciiy
them and launch the boats, lhe
male passengers in their attempt to
seize the boats, trampled the women
under foot and fought the crew with
knives. Some of the more cool head- '
ed of the passengers assisted the crew
in the efforts to get out the boats.
The women and children, almost
nude; were pulleS up the cliffs by the
coast people. ' - '"-": ,.-
The unhappy passengers, after
shivering for hours on the hilltop,
tramped weary miles to -reach the
houses of the fishermen, where they
are now sheltered. Previous to reach
ing the cliffs, - the passengers . passed
two hours of terrible anxiety on the
wreck. As a furious rain storm and
heavy sea raged all night, it is feared
the Lusitania will be a total wreck.
The . last reports received here said
the steamer was breaking up, that
her foreholds were full of water and
that her cargo was .being salvaged.
There is hope of saving the effects of
the passengers, as, where possible,
they were stored above decks. -
RIOT AT ROCHESTER.
Policemen and Strikers Fought and Many
Were Injured, -
Rochester, N. Y., June 28. One
thousand striking laborers had a
brisk encounter with the police today,
in which 11 policemen and 20 rioters
were injured. . The rioters set out, as
several times before, too drive off phe
laborers working on 'street improve
ments. At Mill and Commercial
streets they encountered 50 laborers
employed by the Rochester Gas &
Electric company in digging a trench,
and drove them from the trench.
The workers sought refuge in the
power house of the company, and the
police undertook to disperse the mob.
The police reserves were drawn up in
a platoon of 50 across the street, and
upon orders advanced with drawn
clubsipon the mob. Immediately
the air was filled with bricks, stones
and wood, and shovels and picks in
the hands of the strikers were used
freely. Amid the melee a-shot rang
out and the sergeant commanding the
platoon ordered the police to fire over
the heads of the 'strikers. ' This had
the desired effect. The strikers scat
tered and the police chased them
through the streets to. the City Hall
Park, where they were held awaiting
action by the mayor.
Police, reinforcements were hurried
to the scene of the riot, but their ser
vices were not required. The injuries
sustanied by several of the policemen
are of a serious nature. The hurts of
the rioters were mostly scalp wounds
inflicted by the officers' clubs.
A Second Cloudburst. -
Bluefields, W. Va., June 28. An
other destructive storm swept the
flood-swept district tonight, and while
no - loss of life is yet reported from
this second visitation, the damage to
property has been great. The , work
done by the large force of men repair
ing the damage of the last storm has
been destroyed in many places.
Refunding Proprietary Stamps..
Washington, June 28. The com
missioner of internal revenue, Yerkes,
has decided that the value of propri
etary stamps properly affixed and
canceled on proprietary articles not
removed from the factory for sale or
use before July 1, 1901, may be re
funded on proper application to the
collector from whom the stamps were
purchased. . .. ...... -
California Hotel Burned.
Bakersfield, Cal., June 28. The
Central hotel in Kern, about a mile
east of here, caught fire today, and
before the flames were . subdued one
life is known to have been lost and
Others are missing. The skull of a
fireman, was crushed. " The fire is
supposed to have started from the ex
plosion of a lamp in one of the rooms,
In a moment all ways of escape were
cut off by walls of flame. Loss, $10,-
000; insurance, fd,0OU. .
NEWS OF THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PARTS OF OREGON.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im
portance A Brief Review of the Growth
and Improvements of the Many Industries
Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
Latest Market Report i l
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A large fruit evaporator is being
built at Riddles, Douglas 'county.
The First National bank of Eugene
has installed a large new money vault.
The contract has been let ' for the
building of a new . school house at
Riddles. -
The old telephone line between
Pendleton and Thorn Hollow is
undergoing repairs.
The new water company at Rose
burg is troubled considerably with
broken and leaking mains.
A number of fish have been - found
dead in the Rogue river. The evi
dence points to the use of dynamite.
A crew of sheepshearers at Lake
view went on strike the other day for
7 cents per head. . The current price
in the county is 6 cents. .
A boom of about 10,000,000 feet of
logs, cut on the - headwaters of the
Willamette and Mckenzie rivers, is
being taken to Oregon City. ,
Some 'locations of gold bearing
quartz lodes in the Sampson creek
district, southeast of Ashland, 'have
been made recently, which are likely
to prove of good value. - .
..The new flouring mill at The Dalles
is being rushed to completion. By
the end of the week all that will re
main unfinished of the - carpenter
work will be the windows.
Oregon's mineral ' exhibit at the
Pan-American is the best of its kind
from any state in the union.
lhirty-hve car loads of cattle were
shipped from Baker City and Hunt
ington to Montana the other day.
The Gray's Peak Gold Mining Co.,
in the Sumpter district, have made
arrangements for the erection of a
new stamp mill. - ; i
Governor Geer has received an in
vitation to help open the Louisiana
exhibit at the Pan-American, but was
unable to accept.
From the number of scalps coming
in for bounty, it is thought the appro
priation made by the legisature will
prove none to large. .
The Mammoth and Bald Mountain
Mining Companies,, in Eastern Ore
gon, nave maae arrangements tor run
ning a tunnel 2,000 feet into the
mountain. - ' ; t
The Portland General Electric
Light Company has reduced its rates
for light to the Oregon City council
By : the new contract that city will
save $40 per month..
Fish Warden Van Dusen caught
several fine specimens of trout near
the Upper Clackamas hatchery, which
will be forwarded to Buffalo to be
placed in the Oregon exhibit.
One of the-salmon which a lew
years ago were caught and the adipose
fin cut off, was caught the other day
at The Dalles, This is the first one
to reach the Upper Columbia. . It
weighed 50 pounds.
Portland Markets.
Wheat Walla Walla, export value,
57c per bushel; bluestem, 58c;
valley, nominal.
Flour best grades, $2. 90 3. 40.. per
barrel; graham, $2.b0. -
Oats White, $1.32)1.35 ; grav
$1.301.32 per cental.
Barley Feed, $1717.50; brewing,
$r717.50 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton ; mid
dlings, $21.50; shorts, $20; chop, $16.
Hay Timothy, $12.5014; clover,
$79.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per
ton. . . ;
Butter Fancy creamery, 15 17 Kc
dairy, la 14c; store, !U(g 12c per
pound.
Eggs 1717Wc per dozen.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 12
12c; Young America, 1313Jc per
pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.75
3.50; hens, $3.254.00; dressed.
10c per pound ; springs, $2.004.00
per dozen; ducks, $3 for old;. $2.50
(ga.UU tor : young; geese, $4 per
dozen ; turkeys, live, is 10c; dressed,
1012c per pound, -
Mutton lianibs, . aJtc "gross
dressed, .; 67c ; per pound ; sheep,
$3.25, gross; dressed, , b6c per lb,
Hogs Gross, : heavy, So. 75 6
light, ?4.offlo; aressea, t7c per
pound. -
Veal Small, 78cj large, 6
7c per pound. . -
Beef Gross top steers, $4.00(34.25
cows and heifers, S3. 25 3. 50; dressed
beet, b(gc per pound. -;
Hops 12 14c per pound.
Wool Valley, ll13c; Eastern
uregon, o(gizc; monair, zu2lo per
pound.
rotatoes -$ i.za .per sack; new
potatoes, 11c per pound. ;
... Tubs will not warp or crack if
pail of water is put into each directly
alter using.
- Germany, in extending the favored
nation clause of Great Britain, ex
ccpts Canada.
An American has offered $2,000 to
have his daughter introduced into
British society,
London learns that the United
States steel corporation is planning to
go after the trade of the world.
TIEN TSIN CROWDED.
City Full of Soldiers and Officers Returning
. : Home.
Tien Tsin, July 2. The city of
Tien-Tsin is now more crowded than
ever. Officers of all nations are here
en route for their homes,: and the
hotels are placing cots in every avail
able place. Apartments have been
prepared at the University of , Tien
Tsin for Prince Chuan and his suite
of.40, who will remain there for three
days before leaving for Germany to
make formal apology lor the murder
of Baron von Ketteler. V
Mr. Denby. -who, whefi the foreign
troops arrived," was appointed by the
Chinese Merchants' Company to pro
tect its property, says the company,
in its claim against the United States
government, did - not ' use the word
loot '' against the marines, but mere-
held them responsible.. The
greater part of the company's proper
ty consisted of rice, which was after
wards distributed under orders from
the British and American generals to
assist those in need.- Mr. Denby
thinks the company's . cliam should
have been added to the indemnity as
legitimate' expenditure." : Other mer
chants say the company never had
300,000 taels' worth of property here.
It is pointed " Dut that the company
stored three boxes of valuables with
the chartered bank before the trouble
began and did not withdraw these
until October, and that, consequently,
it is quite improbable any jewels
were left to be looted. Moreover, the
place was thoroughly gone through
by local looters before the allied forces
arrived. It would be legally impossi
ble to hold any portion of the reliev
ing force responsible for anything but
the rice and coal, which were used as
a military necessity, to feed Chinese
coolies who were forced to labor and
also those who were without means of
livelihood.
-TUNNEL "CAVED IN.
Narrow Escape of Passengers in an Express
- Train. j
Baltimore, July 2. The roof of the
Union Railroad tunnel in the eastern
section of the . city, used and con
trolled by the Pennsylvania Railroad,
caved in shortly before- 2 o'clock this
morning. It js supposed that a de
fect in the arch of the tunnel caused
the accident.
A narrow escape from death or ser
ious lniury was experienced by the
passengers and crew of an express
train which was caught by the falling
debris in the tunnel. As far as can
be learned,.: the, avalancTie : of earth
ana rocks caught. . the rear express
car, which was immediately : in front
of the passenger cars. The tram was
not running rapidly and the jar was
not severe. The engineer quickly
brought his train to a full stop and
word was sent from a signal tower to
the Union station. :. A yard engine
was sent : into . the tunnel and the
thinly hlled passenger coaches were
drawn back to Union station without
the occupants being aware of the dan
ger; through which they had passed,
SOLDIER TRANSPORT HELD.
One of Passengers - Died of Bubonic Plague
- at Nagasaki.
Port Townsend, Wash., July 2.
The United States transport Kintuck
arrived yesterday- morning -from
Nagasaki with 200 soldiers on board,
and is held in the stream pending the
decision of Surgeon General -Wym an,
whether she will be sent to Diamond
Point quarantine station. While
at Nagasaki, a case of bubonic plague
developed on the Kintuck, and the
victim was taken ashore, where he
died. - The vessel was fumigated and
detained - 10 days in . quarantine at
Nagasaki, and then allowed to pro
ceed on her voyage to this city. No
new case developed during the voyage,
but . before allowing her to enter Dr.
M. H. Foster, United States . quaran
tine officer, deemed it best to comma
nicate with the authorities at Wash
ington, and pending a reply, the ves
sel is anchored in the stream with the
yellow flag flying. - Communication
with her is forbidden. :
SUFFERING IN NEW ENGLAND
Work Suspended In Many Factories. Pros.
(rations In Boston.
Boston, July 2. There has been
but slight diminution in the inten
sity of the heat throughout New Eng.
land today, and in some localities
temperature has been reported even
higher than yesterday. Tempera
tures ranging from 100 to 106 are re
corded in many places, while 116, the
top notch of the day, was the report
from Nashua, N. H. " It became ne.
cessary to suspend work in many
manufactories all over New England
during the day on account of the ter
rible heat. Many persons were pros.
trated by the heat in various sections
of New England, although outside of
Boston but. four fatal results halve
been reported.
Patrol wagons and ambulances were
kept busy in taking care of the heat
victims here, two deaths due directly
to the heat constitute today s record.
CoL D. R. Paige Dead. , -
New York, June 2. Colonel David
R. Paige " died at" his apartments in
thin e.itv from a complication of dis
eases.- He has .been an invalid for
msnv months. Col. Paige was prom
inent in J business interests in this
city for many years. ' He was a mem
ber of the Forty-eighth congress from
the Twentieth district. -In the elec
tion for the Forty-ninth congress Ma
jor McJlinley deieatea mm.
FLAG CAME DOWN
UNION JACK WAS REMOVED AT
SKAGWAY CUSTOM HOUSE.
Flag Had Been Hoisted by Canadian Customs
Officer, Under Instructions From His Gov
ernment An Oregon Man-Cut It Down,
and Calmly Handed His Card to the Offi
cial Who Protested.
Vancover, B., C. July l. The
steamer Islander, from Sakgway to
day, brings news of an exciting flag
pisode at Skagway. E. S. Busby,
Canadian customs agent there, acting
on instrctions from Ottawa, hoisted
the British flag on' a pole above his
office. Several incendiary remarks
followed the hoisting of the ensign,
and on the following morning a tall,
athletic-looking .man glanced up at
the flag, and : stopping at the foot of
the staff, took out his pocket knife,
and cutting the halyards, pulled down
the flag and run the halyards through
the block, rolled up the colors and
tossed them into a recess of the build
ing. It did not take Customs Agent
Busby long to come to the defense of
the flag of his country. When he
reached the flag-furler the latter
calmly pulled a card from his pocket.
and, after handing it to the astonished
Canadian official, turned on his heel
and walked away. On the card was :
George . Miller, attornev-at-law.
Eugene, Oregon." Miller is a brother
of Joaquin Miller, the California poet,
and is visiting friends in Skagway.
GUAM TERRORIZED.
United States Forces Brought Into Disrepute
Commander Schrotdtr's Orders.
Washington, July l. The atten
tion of the navy department has been
formally called to what appears to
be an unsatisfactory condition of
affairs in Guam.- The incoming mails
brought a copy of an order issued by
the naval commander of the island,
Commander Seaton Schroeder, de
nouncing hoodlumism and lawless
ness," which he says are rampant at
the station. The order refers .to ter
rorism at the fort, gambling and
drunkenness, which have brought the
United States' force into disrepute."
The order closes with the imposi
tion of restrictions on the liberty of
the marines.
It is believed the navy department
will be obliged Jto look into the de
nunciation of the marines. .General
Hey wood, commandant of marines,
already has been called upon to fur
nish such information as he has, and
it may be that a court of inquiry will
be appointed.
STORM IN THE NORTHWEST.
Damage Done
in the Twin Cities
Persons Killed.
-Several
Minneapolis, Minn., July 1. A
terrible storm swept over Minneapolis,
St. Paul and vicinity this afternoon.
The storm broke out about 4 o'clock,
being preceeded by almost total dark-
38. . Many people went into the
street, and, when the storm of wind
and rain broke, there were many in
jured. Several! persons were killed.
The wind also - blew down several
buildings.
Heavy storms are reported all over
this section, : and the property loss
will run into the thousands, and
many head of livestock killed. The
worst storm was that which pass
through the district south of New
Richmond,- Wis. It was a tornado
and did much damage to farm prop
erty, although no lives were lost. A
rainfall of nearly four inches is re
ported there. : .- - , '
' Coronation of King Edward.
.London, July l. lhe royal proc
lamation announcing that the coron
ation of King Edward is to take place
in June next, the exact date date not
yet being determined upon, was read
this morning at St. James s" palace,
Temple Bar and the Roayl Excahnge.
with all the quaint, medieval scenes
which marked the occasion of the
proclamation of the accession of the
king. Today s ceremonial . was un
heralded, but crowds -quickly gather
ered."
$15,000 Fire at Rosalia.
Rosalia, Wash., July 1. Fire
which started at 3 o'clock yesterday
morning in a hardware store destroyed
the building. Loss on the building.
$2,000; on the stock, $13,000; insur
ance, ss.ouu. lhe origin ot the fare
is unknown.
, TheOregonian's Mishap.
New York,"July 1. A dispatch to
ths . Herald from Montevideo, says
The - American steamer Oregonian,
bound for San - Francisco . with coal
for the Pacific squadron has arrived
off Buceo, a short distance from this
port, and ;. anchored there. . The
American authorities sent a tug to
inquire why , the steamer s captain
has chosen such a peculiar anchorage.
The captain of the Oregonian declared
that the vessel was damaged! He
said that he did not wish the steamer
towed into the harbor.
Sheepmen and Cattle-Raisers Mix.
Cheyenne, Wyo., July 1. A report
of a clash between sheepmen and cat
tle raisers in the Sweet Water country
has reached here, but nothing definite
can be ascertained. The Sweet Water
country , is where a dead line was re
ported established by cattle men a few
weeks ago. "The. ranges there are
greatly overstocked with sheep, and
the flocks have been threatening to
invade territory heretofore held ex
clusively for cattle.
HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.
Ten Thousand Claims for the Burning of
Plague Infected Buildings.
Honolulu, June 23, via San Fran
cisco, July 3. The number of claims
that will be presented to the court of
commissioners appointed to adjudicate
the claims of the damages resulting
from the great fire that destroyed
Chinatown as a result of the burning
of the plague infected buildings by
the board ofhealth, about a year ago,
is now estimated at 10,000.
; The total amount of the claims will
probably reach $5,000,000, while the
appropriation for such claims is only
$1,00,000. The Japanese consul has
2,000 claims of his countrymen, and
the Chinese consul has over 5,000
claims of Chinamen, and there are
many individual claims.
The house of representatives has
passed and sent to the senate the
salaries appropriation bill, cutting
the governor's estimates for the
period of two years by about $130,
000. The current expenses bill has
been taken up and heavy cuts are be
ing made'in all departments. The
senate's views differ in many respects,
however, and it is thought that the
legislature may fail to pass any appro
priation bill at all. Over half the
time of the extra session has passed
and the houses have not yet reached
the stage of conference committees.
The grand jury called to investi
gate the charges of bribery in the leg
islature has made its report to the
circuit judge. The jury reports that
it has found no evidence that there
was any bribery of members of the
leigslature.
The work of registering Chinese at
the office of the collector of internal
revenue has been completed, and the
total number ot certificates issued is
close to 29,000. This is 2,000 more
than the total number of Chinese in
the islands as shown by the last cen
sus. WASHINGTON G. A. R.
State Officers for Ensuing Year Everett Se
lected for Next Encampment
Tacoma, July 1. H. A. Bigelow
was elected department , commander
of the state G. A. R. at the annual
encampment held here last week. . He
H. A. BIGDLOW.
is a member of Stevens Post," No. L
Seattle. The Women's Relief Corps
elected as department president Mrs.
Jennie Wiscombe, of Spokane. The
next annual encampment of the G,
A. R. will be held at Everett in 1902
BY WAY OF AMERICA.
Chaun Will Return Home Through the United
- - States.
Washington, July 3. The state
department has received a dispatch
from Mr.Rockhill at Pekin, taying
that Prince Chuan, brother of the em
peror, will sail lor uermany July zu, ;
on a special mission. He wll re'.urn
by way of America and is expected to
reach this country early in October.
The special mission is to apologize to
the Geramn government for the mur
der of its minister at Pekin and other
indignities to its citizens there.
The trip of Prince Chuan to Ger
many and America will bs the first
event of that kind on record, as it is
an unbroken tradition in China that
the members of the imperial family
shall remain within the boundaries of
the empire. It had not been known
up to this time that Prince Chuan
would come to this country, as the
advices reaching the Chinese lega
tioon here indicated that he would
return the other way. For that reas
on the legation officials have made
no arrangements yet for the entertain
ment of the distinguished guest, but
it is presumed that be will be quarter
ed at the legation and shown the high
consideration accorded to one of his
high rank. ' '
No Break at Newport News.
Newport News, Va., July 3. The
striking machinists at the ship yard
are adhering to their determination
to hold out for their demands. . The
strike is now in its fifth week, and
seems no nearer a settlement than on
the day of its inauguration. The
machinists claim they have 98 per
cent of the number solid for a contin
uance of the strike. The ship yard
employed 7,500 men before the pres
ent trouble. Now about 3,000 are
employed. The superintendent states
that no concessions will be made.
- - Troops in Cuba. . . : "i"
- Washington, July 2. There is no
intention on ; the 'part of the war de
partment to reduce the military force
in Cuba at the - present time or in
the immediate future. . The present
force of nearly 5,000 men is held in
Cuba on the recommendation of Gov
ernor General Wood, and the secre
tary will depend on Genci-al Wood's
advice as to the reduction of the force.
FATAL LIGHTNING
TRAGEDY ON THE LAKE FRONT
IN CHICAGO.
Elevea Boys and One Man Who Sought Shelter
From the Storm, Huddled Together in a
Small Cabin, Struck By a Tremendous
Thunderbolt, and All But One Were In
stantly Killed.
Chicago, July 3. Crowded to
gether in a little zinc lined shanty
under a North Shore pier, 10 boys and
young men and one old man met
instant death by lightning todav.
They had left their fish lines and
sought shelter from the fierce thunder
storm that deluged the northern part
of the city, about. 1 o'clock. There
were twelve who sought shelter and
just one escaped. The dead are all
from families of comparatively poor
people. They were fishing and seek
ing relief from the heat of the dav or
had come to wade or swim.
The scene of the tragedy was a pier
just south of Marquette terrace and a
few hundred feet from the waterworks
pumping station at the foot of Mont
rose boulevard. The storm was as
violent a visitation as has ever been
experienced in Chicago. The skies
were fillled with the flashing glare of
ngntning, and the air rumbled
steadily with thunder. Half a dozen
houses, outbuilding and trees in the
vicinity were struck and amost all of
the telephone wires burned out.
There were 13 men and boys on the
pier at the time. They rushed for
the only available shelter and crowd
ed themselves in through the little
trap door in the top of the cabin till
they were packed almost to the suffo
cation point. Then came the thun
der bolt. It was the worst of the
storm. Watchers in the pumping
station saw the zigzag lightning
strike the water, as they thought. .
mere was one small boy, however,
who saw the bolt, and whose senses .
were all alert, despite his excitement.
But for him the dead might have lain
where they were for hours, and the
one not killed might have suffocated
under their bodies. This boy, clad in
bathing trunks, and watching from
the water, heard a scream as the bolt
struck. Mindless of the storm he
rushed across the beach. At the pier
he heard a cry, "Help! Get me out!"
He could not move any of the bodies
so telephoned to the police station. '
50,000 MEN ARE OUT.
Strike of Hoop Trust Employes Ordered Is
But a Beginning.
Pittsburg, June 3. President T. J.
Shaffer, of the Amalgamated Associa
tion of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers,
has issurd an order calling out all
union employes of the various mills
of the i.inerican Steel Hoop Com
pany, knowrr as the hoop trust. It is
estimated that 15,000 men are subject
to the call, which, in connection with
the big strike of the American Sheet
Steel Company, ordered by President
Shaffer, will affect 50,000 men. - Pres
ident Shaffer said tonight :
"The open mills to be closed are
one at Hollidaysburg, Pa., three at
Pittsburg and one at Monessen. The
organized mills which will close on
our call are the upper and lower mills
at Youngstown, O. ; Pomeroy, O. ;
Sharon, Pa. ; Girard, Pa. ; Warren,
Pa., and Greenville, Pa. This, I be
lieve, will bring the number of men
affected up to 50,000. It is a matter
of regret that the issue has been
formed, but it now looks as if it would
be a fight to the death. We have
funds and will use them. If it is to
be a strike, we will make it one to be
remembered. The officials now deal
ing with us have but little idea of the
extent to which this strike will go,
once it is on."
Retired on Pensions.
Chicago, July 3. About 200 em
ployes of the Illinois Central railroad
were retired on pension under the new
system which became effective at
midnight last night. Their pensions
will be based on their average month
ly pays during the last 10 years of
their service, they being allowed a
certain per cent of this amount for
each year of their total service. To-
carry out this scheme the company
tJ . - t -, - i
each year a sum of not to exceed
$100,000 will be set apart for the pay
ment of the pension allowances for
the year.
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Freight Handlers Out
St Louis, Mo., July 3. Between
350 and 400 freight handlers employ
ed in and about the warehouses of the
different raiilroads entering East St.
Louis, 111., are out on a strike today
for an increase in wages to 15 cents
an hour - for regular truckers on the
platforms and 16 cents and hour for
pickers, the men who sort the mer
chandise. Practically all the work of
transferring freight from one road to
another is at a standstill, but it is
believed the different railroad com
panies will accede to the demands.
; Picnickers Upset
Chicago, July 3. One person was
killed and nearly a score of others
were injured in a collision between an
electric car in Irving Park boulevard
and : two wagons loadedVf.ith pier
nickers. . Both wagons - were over
turned by the shock and ..their occu
pants crushed and bruised by the
heavy timbers and the stamping of
the frightened horses. fv-Both the
motorman and conductor- of the car
were arrested.