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COK VAILIS, BEXTOK COUNTY, OREGON, FEIDAY, JUNE 13, 1902.
VOL. XXXIX. NO. 25.
GAZETTE
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
A Comprehensive Review of the Important
Happening! of the Put Week. Presented
in Condensed Form. Which Is Most
Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many
Readers
The senate has passed the naval ap
propriation bill.
Republicans of Iowa have renominat
ed P. Hepburn for congiess.
Two Jnegroes were taken from the
t liarlotte, .V C, jail and lynched.
The third trial of Jessie Morrison" fcr
murder lias been commenced at Eldo
rado. Kan.
Tracy and Merrill, the escaped con
victs from the Oregon jienitentiary, are
still at lare.
A tornado in the northeastern part of
Iowa did great damage to property
No lives were lost.
The labor tronble in Manila is grow
ing much worse. It is estimated that
7, (tOO men are now out on strike.
The members of the Cuban house
and senate will receive $3,000 a year,
President Palma having signed the bill.
A tornado in Clay and Becker coun
ties, Minnesota, killed at least five per
sons and destroyed $100,000 worth of
property.
The house has passed the anti
anarchy bill.
Ten persons were killed and many
injured in a Chicago hospital fire.
Mexican troops and YaquI Indians
met in a battle which resulted dis:
asteriously to the Indians.
The floods in Kansas have not en
tirely subsided. The Mosho and Cot
tonwood rivers have again left their
banks.
The May postal receipts at 50 of
the largest offices in the United States
show an increase of 50 per cent over
May, 1901.
Three business blocks at Saratoga,
N. Y., were destroyed. Five persons
lost their lives. The property loss Is
estimated at $300,000.
Two convicts at the Oregon Peni
tentiary slayed three guards and
wounded a life prisoner and escaped.
They are well armed with rifles and
revolvers and have plenty of ammuni
tion. The forming of the new French cab
inet has been completed.
Mitchell denounced the Panama canal
route in a speech before the senate.
A plot has been discovered at Pre
toria to blow up the government build
ings. Twelve trainloads of Mystic Shriners
arrived at San Franaisco to attend the
imperial council.
Coal miners in West Virginia have
gone out. A larger number quit work
than was anticipated.
The officers of the cruiser Chicago
who caused the disturbance in Venice
will not be court martialed.
V
An excursion train on a Michigan
road was wrecked, killing one person
and iujuring 33, three fatally.
The relief supplies sent by the United
States to the Martinique sufferers were
nt properly distributed and did not go
where they would do the most good.
Kruger will not be required to ac
knowledge Britishjsovereignty in South
Africa.
The preeident is being urged to send
a message to congress on the Cuban
question.
Fire in Denver destroyed a grocery
store, rooming house and several other
business concerns.
: June 8 and 9 have been declared
thanksgiving days and holidays
throughout Cape Colony.
A boat containing eight Spanish ar
tillery officers was rnn down by a
steamer at Gijon, Spain, and five
drowned.
Retabulen, a town in Guatemala,
Central America, has been destroyed by
a volcano. One thousand people lost
their lives.
Governor Geer may call an extra
session of the Oregon legislature for
the purpose of fixing flat salaries for
the state officials.
The pavilion in the horticultural
gardens, Toronto, the second largest
auditorium in that city, has been en
tirely destroyed by fire.
The America Federation wants to
take farmers int -its organization.
Three men were shot in a riot be
tween union and non union iron mould
ers at Granite City, III.
Some of the mines in the anthracite
coal region are tilling with water be
cause of the firemen and pumpmen
joining the strikers.
Lord Kitchener was created a vis
count and promoted to be general and
given 50,000 pounds for his services in
the South African war.
There are 2,740 murders yearly in
Italy; 2,400 in Kussia ; i.nwuin spain
Iess than one per cent of the land of
Norway is in use for gram nelds.
ilnlum 1viri hmn issued in India for
the return to store of all .ammunition
containing dnm-duni linnets.
As a result of experiments with a
new secret explosive, the Italian gov
ernment has decided to manufacture a
new type of cannon for garrison artil
lerv and coast defense.
ROB PURSUERS.
Escaped Convicts Hold L'p Two Men of Posse
and Take Horse and Buggy.
Gervais, June 11. Harry Tracy and
David Merrill, who escaped from the
Oregon penitentiary Monday, came
into Gervais at 9:30 last evening and
secured a meal at the home of Alonzo
Briggs, who was made to do their
pleasure at the point of a gun. They
next appeared in an alley back of the
drag store and postoffiee on the main
street. They climbed a fence and
passed through a back yard and then
by two hotels. Netr this place they
met and held up a buggy containing
two members of the posse searching
Ki them. Both men were made to
pive up their guns and one his coat.
They were then ordered from the buggy,
which the fugitives took and started
out of town. Ten minutes later the
horse returned with the empty buggy.
Several citizens saw the convicts in
town, but none attempted to capture
them. Sheriff Durbin soon came up
with two bloodhounds from the Walla
Walla penitentiary, in charge of guard
Carson, and again set out in pursuit.
Convicts Return to Salem
Salem, June 11. Tracy and Merill,
the fugitive conviit murderers:, came
into Salem Monday night, held up a
man, divested him of his clothing, stole
a team of horses and made their escape.
All this hapiened about 10 o'clock, but
the officers were not informed until 4
o'clock in the morning, the victim of
the highwaymen having fearsof his life
if he talked sooner. The convicts then
passed through the residence district of
the city into Cartwright's addition,
where they stole a team of horses from
a barn within a block of the East Salem
school and then left the city, going
north. They were seen to pass through
Brooks at 12:30 yesterday morning.
FIRE IN A HOSPITAL.
Ten Persons Killed and Thirty Injured in a
Chicago Blaze.
Chicago, June 11. Nine .men and
one woman were killed and about 30
persons injured in a fire which yester
day afternoon destroyed the sanitar
ium connected with St. Luke's Socie
ty, at Wabash avenue and Twenty
first street. The greater portion of
the patients received in the institu
tion were those seeking cure from the
drink habit and those who were ad
dicted to the use of drugs.
When the fire broke out there was
on the fifth floor a number of patients
suffering from delirium tremens and
some who were deranged by drugs.
Some of these were strapped to their
beds and it was impossible to save
them, so rapidlv did the fire spread
through the building.
The fire originated in the basement
of the building and spread rapidly to
the upper stories through the elevat
or shaft. Before the occupants of the
building could be warned, the .flames
had been carried to the roof, had eat
en through it and were leaping high
in the air. As the fire ran through
the building patients sprang from
their beds and before they could be
prevented several had lumped from
the windows to the pavement. The
hre department was on the scene In
a few minutes and as the windows
were filled with people shrieking for
help, the firemen devoted their first
efforts to save Uvea and allowed the
fire to burn. While this was the
means of saving a large number of
people, who were carried down lad
ders by the firemen, it gave the fire
such headway that there was almost
no chance for those on the upper floors
of the building to make their escape.
and those who were not suffocated
were killed or badly injured by leap
ing from the windows.
MINES FILL WITH WATER.
Companies Cannot Keep Men to Operate the
Pumps.
Hazleton. Pa., June 12. Superin
tendent Kudlick. of Coxe Brothers.
was attacked by women on the
streets of Freeland today, but was not
injured.
About 800 strikers gathered todav
nt Ebervale. and about 1000 at Jeddo,
to Intercept traction oars carrying
non-union men to North Side collier
ies. Sheriff Jacobs was notified last
night of the strikers' intention, and
accompanied by eight special officers,
went to Freeland to prevent any dem
onstration. District Secretary Galla
gher preceded Sheriff Jacobs and per
suaded the men to return to their
homes.
Unable to seoure firemen and purem
runners. .T. S. Wentz & Co. will per
mit the Hazlebrook colliery to be
flooded. Coxe's Stockton colliery is re
ported by the mine workers as filling
with water, owing to the depleted
force of firemen and pumpmen. :
Paying Honolulu Fire Claims.
"Washington. June 12. The Senate
committee on Pacific Islands and Por
to Rico has authorized a favorable re
port on the bill allowing pay for the
destruction of property in Hawaii on
the order of President McKinley on
account of the prevalence of the
plague in 1899 and 1900. The commit
tee decided to recommend that an
amendment shall be made to the gen
eral deficiency appropriation bill pro
viding for the payment by this gov
ernment of $1,000,000 and authorizing
the Territory of Hawaii to issue
bonds for the payment of the remain
der of the claims.
Boers Will Be Loyal.
Aliwal North, Cape Colony, June 12,
Commandant iouche, supervising
the surrender of various Boer comman
does, said the Boers had been good citi
zens in their own country, and they
would be equally good citizens under
the British government.
Nomination Confirmed.
Washington. June 12. The appoint
ment of J. F. Jewell, of Illinois, to be
Consul at Martinique, was confirmed
by the Senate.
NEWS OP 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.
A street carnival will probably be
held in Eugene this year.
The Woodmen of the World will
erect a hall at Dusty, Benton county.
A lodge of United Artisans with a
membership of 18 has been organized
at Fall Creek.
A two story brick building to cost
$15,000 will be erected at Roseburg for
the Douglas County Bank.
The prospects are that the fruit crop
of Josephine county will be heavy and
of exceptionally good quality.
Lower Columbia river cannerymen
have raised the price of fish weighing
over 25 pounds one cent a pound.
Farmers of the Waldo hills have
pooled their wool, feeling confident
that tbey will be able to secure better
orices theiebv.
A company has been formed that will
absorb the La Grande sugar factory and
two in Utah and hereafter the three
will be run as one concern.
The Snow Creek group, consisting of
four claims, in the Greenhorn mining
district. Eastern Oregon, has been sold
to New York capitalists for $ 65,000.
The cultivation of corn as a crop is
becoming more general in the Wil
lamette valley as diversified farming is
extended. There is a much larger
acreage this year than ever before.
Two special features of the 1902 state
fair will be the livestock department
and county exhibits, the present indi
cations pointing to increased competi
tion and more creditable displays in
both departments.
The final reports of the committee of
awards for the Charleston exposition
give Oregon and Oregon exhibitors a
larger percentage of -medals than to any
other state. Two hundred and fifty
three medals and diplomas were se
cured.
The run of fish in the Lower Colum
bia is still improving.
Oregon grand lodge A. O. U. W. will
meet in Portland June 10.
Richard Cheadle, an Oregon pioneer
of 1848, died at his home near Leba
non, aged 72 year?.
Commencement exeicises which will
last a week are in progress at Wil
lamette University, Salem.
Ashby Pearce, a prominent pioneer
of Albany, is dead. He was born in
1841 and came to Oregon in 1847.
By authority of the secretary of the
interior an institute will be held at tht
coast institute, Newport, for the benefie
of teachers of the Indians.
The old opera house at Weston has
been purchased and is being remodeled
by the Odd Fellows. Woodmen of the
World and Knights of Pythias.
The Nehalem Logging company has
been organized in Astoria with a cap
ital of $ 10,000. The object of the com
pany is to engage in logging on the
claims owned by the members in the
Nehalem valley.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 6565c;
bluestem, 6667c; valley, 66e.
Barley Feed, $2222.50; brewing,
$23 per ton.
Oats No.l white, $1.201.30;gray,
$1.151.25.
Flour Best grades, $2.853.40 per
barrel; graham, $2.502.80.
Mill8tuffs Bran, $I516 per ton;
middlings, $1920; shorts, $1718;
chop, $16.
Hay Timothy, $1215; clover,
$7.5010; Oregon wild hay, $56 per
ton.
Potatoes -!- Best Burbanks, 11.15
percental; ordinary, 6075c cental;
growers prices; sweets. $2.252.50
per cental ; new potatoes, 2c.
Butter Creamery, 1818c; dairy,
1416c; store, 1315c.
Eggs 1718c for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twine, 12
13c; Young America, 13M142c; fac
tory prices, 1 ljc less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.50
5.50; hens, $5.006.00 per dozen,
llll6c per pound; springs, ,11
llsc per pound, $2.505.00 per' doz
en; ducks, $4.505.00 per dozen; tur
keys, live, 1314c, dressed, 1516c per
pound; geese, $e.uo87.00 per dozen.
Mutton Gross, 4c per pound;
sheared, 3c; dressed, 7c per pound.
Hogs GrosB, 6Jc; dressed, 78c
per pound.
Veal 614 8c for small; 6 K 7c for
large.
Beef Gross, cows, 4)r; steers.
54c; dressed, 88Jc per pound.
Hops 12fe'15 cents per pound.
Wool Valley, 1214; Eastern Ore
gon, 812c; mohair, 25c per pound.
A healthy person breathes about 20
cimes a minute".
The average duration of life in towns
is 38 years ; in the country, 55 years.
The sun's flames spiing at times to a
distance of 35,000 miles from its sur
face.
sprouting by being smoked with sul-
A LACK OF SYSTEM.
Supplies Sent by the Dixie Were Not Dis
tributed With Dispatch.
Washington, June 11. Professor
Robert T. Hill, of the geological sur
vey, who was one of the scientists on
the expedition of investigation sent out
by this government following the Mar
tinique disaster, arrived in this city
today from New York. Professor Hill
says:
"The Dixie expedition was a great
success. It was organized in less than
four days with a complete equipment.
The endeavor which the United States
made to relieve the distress, and the
large representation of naval vessels
and newspapermen has made a deep
impression on the people of the island,
to whom we were a constant marvel
and source of astonishment. The
negroes of Martinique were laboring
under a misapprehension that Ameri
can enterprise was going to rebuild St.
Pierre, and when told that it was on
French territory, they could not under
stand, why a little matter of interna
tional complication should be permit
ted to interfere in the work.
"Too much cannot be said of the en
terprise and labor of United States
Consul Ayme, who rushed to the scene
of action from his station at Guadeloupe
with hardly a stitch of clothing or a
cent in his pocket, and intelligently
did everything in his power to assist
the people of the island and the
American relief party. . It is feared
that his health, which was already pre
carious, is seriously shattered by his
labors.
"The only criticisms that could be
made concerning the outcome of the ex
pedition would be concerning the man
ner in which the relief was distributed
on the island. Notwithstanding the
reports to the contrary, there was much
distress on Martinique, and had our
supplies been distributed with the same
generosity by the local officers as that
with whiqh they were given, much
more good would have been done, the
governor and many of ' the prominent
island officials having9 been killed in
the disaster. The slowness of the
relief was no doubt due to the disor
ganized condition of affairs."
TO SETTLE STRIKE.
Public Opinion Demands Arbitration of Port
land Labor Troubles.
Portland, June 11. The public call
for an arbitration of the difficulties be
tween the planing mill owners and their
employes is the general topic of conver
sation among those interested in the
strike situation, and the general senti
ment expressed was that the welfare of
the community demands that such a
course should be pursued. The em
ployers declare that they have nothing
to arbitrate, and that the question in
volved is as to whether they shall be
permitted to run their own business or
whether they must be dictated to by
the union. The sentiment expressed
by many of the prominent men of the
city, is to the effect that the loss in
curred by any concession that might be
made to the union would be insignifi
cant when compared to that incurred
by any continuance of the strike, and
that so long as the union people are
disposed to stand by the decision of an
unbiased committee, the employers
should be willing to terminate the
trouble in this way. The sentiment
is not undivided, however, and there
are many who think the question of
union standing and union power is the
one involved, and that it should be
fought out and decided now. They
say that the trouble is between the
planing mill men and the union, and
should be left to them for settlement;
that if the employers say they have
nothing to arbitrate, tbey are running
their own business, and should be al
lowed to take any stand they see fit ;
that if the employes do not like their
terms, they should quit, but that men
who wish to work at these terms should
be allowed to do so, and that the union
should not attempt to force the mill
owners into, subjection.
Liberty Bell Leaves Charleston.
Charleston, S. C, June 11. The
Liberty bell left here today for Phila
delphia on a special truck attached to
a passenger train and accompanied by
an escort of a committee of councilors
of Philadelphia.
Caught in a Squall.
Boston, June 11. The Harbor
Master's office and the police stations
along the water front were besieged
today by anxious men and women.
making inquiries for friends who
went out in small boats yesterday and
had not returned when a heavy squall
swept over the harbor between 7 and
8 o'clock last night. More than 20
persons are missing. The squall came
up very quickly and was unusually
strong, and it is feared that small
boats, heavily laden, could not have
survived.
War in Colombia.
Colon, Colombia, June 11. All the
government troops who were stationed
here, numbering over 1,200 men, left
for Panama today. At Panama they
will ioin forces with the government
troops at that port, who number several
thousand, and the combined army will
start immediately to attack the insur
gents by land and sea. Some of the
1 1 oops embarked at Panama today.
Previous to going on board the soldiers
were addressed by General Berti.
SIX NEW WAESHIPS
PROVIDED FOR BY THE NAVAL
APPROPRIATION BILL.
Some of Them Will Be Constructed in the
Government Navy Yards The Bill as
Passed by the Senate Carries Over $78.
000.000 Canal Bill Being Considered
In Favor of Nicaragua.
Washington, June 12. Shortly after
the senate convened yesterday consid
eration of the naval appropriation bill
was resumed, the pending amendment
being that providing for the construc
tion of two first-class battleships, two
first-class armored cruisers and two
gunboats. . Perkins, a member of the
committee on naval affairs, argued that
some of "the vessels ought to be con
structed at government navy yards, and
he urged that the admirably equipped
naval yards ought to be utilized. This
policy, he said, was demanded by the
labor unions.
Piatt, of Connecticut, asked if this
was a demand or a request on the part
of the labor unions.
"I mean that it is a request," re
plied Perkins. "They maintain that
it is to the interest of the government
that the navy yard, belonging to the
people, should be utilized for building
war vessels."
Perkins maintained that the in
creased cost of construction iri govern
ment yards, on account of the eight
hour law, was more than offset by the
immense salaries paid the management
in private yards. In his opinion the
government could be protected from
excessive cost cf ships by the utiliza
tion of the advantage of government
yards.
At the conclusion of Pei kins' speech,
without further comment, the commit
tee amendment as to the building of
two each of battleships, cruisers and
gunboats was agreed to. Without fur
ther debate, fhe bill was passed.
The isthmian canal bill was the next
order of business laid before the senate
and Turner spoke in favor jpf the con
struction of thejS icaragua canal. He
uiged that theie 'were no diplomatic,
legp.l or equitable difficulties ' in the
way of construction of the Nicaiagua
canal. He presented at great length
the difficulties in which the United
States might become involved by an
acquirement of the rights, concessions
and property of the Panama Canal
Company, saying that it was manifest
that this country could not get clear
title to the property, based, as the sale
would be, upon an insufficient order of
a lower court of France.
Morgan discussed the legal difficulties
of acquiring the Panama canal property
and declared that the United States
could not buy the property without ac
quiring the encumbrances upon it.
STRIKE AT MANILA.
Its Extent Frightens Its Leader, Who Resigns
7,000 Men Out
Manila, June 12. The strikes here
are becoming general. The printers,
the butchers, the tobacconists, the
hemp workers and the cigar makers,
estimated in all to number over 7,000
men, are out. Isabelo de los Reyes,
who organized the strike movement,
has become frightened at the conditions
which have resulted from his efforts,
and has resigned the leadership. A
dummy leader has been appointed in
his stead, but the strikers admit that
De los Reyes still issues all orders.
The majority of the strikers tell their
employers that they are satisfied with
their present wages,- which are today
three times higher than they were be
fore the Americans came to the islands,
but that they must obey orders, as
otherwise they will be killed. When
De los Reyes resigned, he said it was a
matter of indifference to him whether
the Americans shot him on account of
his efforts.
CUBAN SITUATION NOW ACUTE.
Poor Prospect for Legislation at This Ses
sion of Congress.
Washington, June 12. The Cuban
rerinrocitv situation is becoming verv
acute, and the prospects are not very
good lor any legislation at mis ses
sion. It is understood that a move
ment, is on foot to demonstrate that
nothing can be done, and even to com
promise by appointing a commission to
investigate the conditions in Cuba.
Every effort made to secure a majority
of the Republicans for a straight reci
procity proposition has failed, as there
are a large number of beet sugar Repub
licans who are determined to vote to
strike out the differential if the bill
ever comes into the senate. Great
pressure is being brought to bear on
every man who is known to oppose the
Hnhan reciprocity bill, and it is be
lieved it is having some effect, but
leaders of the beet sugar men say they
have enough men who will hold out to
prevent the passage of the bill if it
does not offer terms satisfactory to
them.
Under Hurry Orders.
St. Thomas, D. W. I., June 12. The
German cruiser Falke sailed for La
Guayra, Venezuela, yesterday, and the
German cruiser Gaselle sailed for the
same port today, under " hurry orders
from Berlin.
New Generals Retired. .
Washington, June 12. Brigadier
Generals Sumner H. Lincoln and Sam
uel M. Whiteside, recently promoted,
have been retired.
SEA DREDGE FOR BAR.
Columbia, River Likely to Have One at Once
- Funds On Hand to be Used.
Washington, June 10. As soon as
the rivet and harbor bill has been
signed by the preeident, the chief of
engineers will appoint a board of en
gineers, in accordance with the pro
visions of the bill agreed to by the con
ference committee, to visit the Colum
bia river and make an examination and
estimate to determine whether a canal
for overcoming the obstructions be
tween The Dalles and Celilo can bo
built for less than the estimate nude
by Captain Harts two years ago, ap
proximately $4,000,000. The first
action taken under tbe new bill will bo
the appointment of special boards. If
this board shall report the Harts esti
mate a reasonable and safe one, and
that the, work cannot be done for any
considerably less amount, the chief of
engineers intends to authorise the com
mencement of work without further
delay. While there is nothing addi
tional in the department on which to
base an opinion, engineer officials here
incline to the opinion that Captain
Harts will be sustained by the board.
Work at the month of the Columbia
river will be taken op as soon as the
local engineers submit projects, upon
which contracts are to be invited. The
preliminary work dene under the last
appropriation has placed the jetty and
approaches in such condition that the
work of extension can be carried on
without delay. In this connection the
chief of engineers is considering the
advisability of taking a part of the
funds on hand for the month of the
river for.building or purchasing a sea
dredge for maintaining a deep channel
across the bar until the jetty is com
pleted. He is of the opinion that he
already has authority to make this ex
penditure, and has informed Mr.
Tongue that he is very favorably im
pressed with the proposition, realising
the necessity for immediate relief
Other work 8 will be taken up as soon
as plans can be prepared.
TIE-UP IN WEST VIRGINIA.
More Miners Obeyed the Strike Order Than
was Anticipated.
Wheeling, W. Va., June 10. The
strike ordered by the United Minework
ers of America, to take effect in West
Virginia today, was much more com
plete in some districts than expected
and less effective in others. The in
complete reports are conflicting, but on
the whole several thousand more men
went out than was anticipated. The
strike affects not only the industries of
this state, but also the railways and
river navigation. All of the local coal
railroads suffer. Among the trunk
lines, the Norfolk & Western suffered
most today, but very many miners were
also idle along the Baltimore & Ohio
and the Chesapeake & Ohio.
As a rule the miners qmt work with
out much demonstration, but in some
places they were marching with bands.
It was ascertained that the operators
in some places had secured many
armed guards in anticipation of a pro
tracted struggle, if not of violence. In
a few places the striking miners were
served with notices to vacate the houses
belonging to the coal companies.
While the stritce in this state is gen
erally regarded as sympathetic with
that of Pennsylvania, there is a general
impression that the bituminous coal
interests of other states have had their
influence in bringing on a crisis in
West Virginia. There is a strong or
ganization of miners in this state inde
pendent of the United Mineworkers of
Ameria, and the members of the state
union have continued when the United
Mineworkers have ordered strikes in
bordering states and in Indiana, Illi
nois and other states.
RIVERS ARE SUBSIDING.
Worst of the Flood in Kansas Is Over Loss
will be a Million or More.
Emporia, Kan., June 10. Both the
Neosho and Cottonwood rivers are sab
siding. The former estimated loss of
$1,000,000 is still adhered to, and it is
now believed that it may even go
above this. The Neosho has subsided
enough to clear some of the fields, but
all over the flooded country a sedi
mentwas left that will, it is believed,
kill all crops, including alfalfa. The
Santa Fe today ran trains over the
main lines. The Cottonwood river,
which was at its height last night, has
fallen three feet. The farmers along
the Cottonwood are in as bad a state as
those on the Neosho. The eropB are
totally lost and many hundred cords of
wood piled in the timber have been
carried away.
King of Saxony Dying.
Berlin, June 10. The king of Sax
ony's condition is evidently worse than
official bulletins indicate. Private dis
patches from Sibyllenort 'represent his
majesty's condition as well nigh hope
less. The Saxony ministry assembled
in permanence this morning to await
the end.
Mrs. Vanderbilt's Gift
New York, June 10. In memoiy ef
her late husband, Mrs. Cornelias Ya
derbilt has arranged to present to St
lartholomew's Protestant Episcopal
chnrch a new front and four bronw
doors. It was the original intentieai
nf' Mrs. Vanderbilt to flrive only the
doors, but she decided a better effect
j could be obtained by remodeling the
' entire front ef ma eainee. iao ib
provOBaent will coat $200,000.
CONVICTS ESCAPE
SHOOT THREE OREGON PENI
TENTIARY GUARDS.
A Lift Prisoner Intervenes and Is Shot in the
Leg Both Men Arc Desperate Criminals
They Arc Well Armed With Rifles and
Revolvers end Have Plenty of Ammuni
tion Large Posse In Pursuit
Salem. June 19. Harry Tracy
and f David Merrill, convicts, escaped
from the Penitentiary at 7 o'clock
yesterday morning aad made their
way to liberty, leaving murdered be
hind them Guards F. B. For r ell, S. R.
T. Jones and B. F. Tiffany, while
Frank Inghram, a convict, who tried
to bar their road, was shot in the
knee which was so badly shattered
as to require amputation. He Is now
resting easily, and strong hopes are
entertained for his recovery. Clad in
their prison garb, well armed and pro
vided with ammunition, the men are
now lurking in the woods not far
from town, and, although hundreds of
citizens have recruited the posses that
are searching for them, they have
thus far eluded pursuit.
The convicts, who are professional
criminals of the most dangerous type.
had secured rifles and revolvers Sat
urday or Sunday, probably from some
confederate previously released from
the Penitentiary who had smuggled
the weapons in. The men working in
the stove foundry, among whom were
Tracy and Merrill, had Just been
marched in from the chapel and were
about to report to work to Ferrell,
when Frank Girard, another guard.
heard a rifle shot, and, looking quick
ly in the direction from which it
came, saw Ferrell dead and the two
thugs, both armed with new rifles.
approaching him, Girard, like all
shop guards, was unarmed, and he In
stantly took to flight, running for his
life down the center aisle of the build
ing, while his pursuers gained on.
him at every step. Suddenly Frank
Inghram, a life prisoner from Linn
county, seeing the peril In which the
guard was placed, stepped out and
endeavored to stop the highwaymen,
Tracy stopped long enough to fire a
shot at him.
Before reaching the yard Tracy and
Merrill again brought their murder
ous rifles into play. First they rid
dled the extreme southwest and
northwest guard posts, but fortunately
did not kill a man. Then, with a
single shot at a distance of 150 yards,
one of them brought down Jones, who
was on the wall in charge of the north'
post. As the guard fell dead they
turned and took several shots at Tif
fany and Ross, guards on the north
wall.
Then, believing that they had suffi
ciently cowed their keepers, they
coolly proceeded to take a ladder from
one of the shop buildings, placed it
against the east wall and .mounted it
while bullets from guards on more re
mote parts of the wall flew thick
about their heads. Tiffany, who had
not lost his nerve at any time during,
the fusillade, sent shots repeatedly
after them, but none of them hit its
mark, and the escaping men In an-.
other instant had jumped from the
wall and disappeared.
Running along to the spot where
the men had crossed. Tiffany and Ross -
leaped after them and followed them
around an angle in the wall, where
they met them face to face. Instant
ly the guards were covered and com
manded to give up their rifles and
cartradges. With the memory of the
murder that had already been done
fresh in their minds, the guards com
plied and threw their guns and am
munition on the ground. They were
then ordered to stand forth and were
marched ahead of the convicts for 100 "
yards.when a guard from one of the ;
posts fired at the fugitives. They in
stantly returned the Are, and Tiffany
whom one of them had selected for a
target, fell dead with a bullet through
his right breast. Ross immediately
dropped, and his presence of mind
saved his life, for the men, believing
that he, too, had been killed, paid no
further attention to the Bhots behind .
them and ran for cover.
Cuban Minister Coming.
New York, June ll.-M5onzalo -Qnesada,
Cuban Minister to Wash
ington? and his family have sailed for
New York, says a Tribune dispatch
from Havana. Mr. Quesada will gd
immediately to Washington and open
the legation at the Hotel Raleigh un
til he secures a house. He is the
bearer of the good wishes of Presi
dent Palma to President Roosevelt.
To Favor American Ships.
Washington, June 11. Senator
Perkins today Introduced a bill dir
ecting the Secretary of War to favor
American built ships In transporting
supplies for the Government to the
Philippines.
Collision in Colorado.
Denver, Col., June 11. Four men,
members of the train crew, were in-;
jured today, none fatally, however, in,
a headon collision on the South Park
branch of the Colorado and Southern
Railroad, two miles north of Valverde
between the fishermen's train return-;
Ing from Platte Canyon, and the westj,
bound passenger train. Railway offis
clals attribute the collision to the
failure of Engineer Latham to follow: '
order.