Corvallis gazette., July 11, 1902, Image 1

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.LIS
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WEEKLY.
nrl:VJbVL'isz. Consolidated Feb., 1899.
CORVAILIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, ' - FRIDAY, JTJIY 11, JJ1902.
VOIi.
NO. 29.
EVENTS OP THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
A Comprehensive Review 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
Chicago tea meters refuse to help
striking freight handlers.
.Ambassador cnoate lias been sug
gested as a candidate for president in
1904.
A, man answering the description of
Merrill has been . arrested at South
Bend, Wash.
Twenty thousand teachers are in at
tendance at the national educational
convention in Minneapolis.
The expenses of the Oregon militia
while hunting Tracy and Merrill
amounted to $700, which will be paid
out of the military fund.
All organized labor and the public in
general will be called upn to contrib
ute to a national defense fund to aid
the striking coal miners in the East.
A family of four traveling overland
through Oklahoma were murdered by
unknown persons, the bodies stripped
of all clothing and terribly mutilated.
Tracy, after an absence of two days,
again showed op in South Seattle. He
was surrounded by officers, but succeed
ed in throwing pos-e off the track, fie
sprinkled pepper along his trail so the
dogs could not follow it.
A train wreck in Spain resulted in
the death of six persons - and the fatal
injury of 27.
Tracy, the escaped Oregon convict,
has complete! v disappeared, leaving no
trail whatever.
A new strike lias been made in the
Thunder mountain mining district,
Idaho, which has proven to be the
richest yet made.
No trace has been found of Merrill,
one of the escaped Oregon convicts, and
officers are at a loss as to whether or
not Tracy killed him.
Aguinaldo will come to the United
States and start on a tour, delivering a
series of lectures and making a plea lor
the independence of his countrymen.
A large body of Moros of Mindanao
island planned an ambuscade for
American soldiers,but the latter were
warned in time and dispersed the
rebels.
Venezuelan government troops, under
President Castro's brother, were de
feated by the rebels with heavy loss.
Many of the soldiers deserted to the
ranks of the insurgents.
President Castro has gone , to the
front with the Venezuelan troops.
President Mitchell is confident that
the coal miners will win their strike.
Half a million were fed on the occa
sion of King Edward's dinner to the
poor of London.
It has been apparently confirmed
that Andiee did not perish, but was
murdered by Eskimos.
Eleven men wpre butt, three of them
fatally, by the overturning of a wagon
at Florence, Colorado.
Wind and rain destroyed thousands
of dollars woith of property in the
western part of New York.
China has appealed to the United
States to use its good offices to cause
the allied powers who still retain their
soldiers in Tien Tain to evacuate that
place.
Tracy, after several running fights
with the officers in the vicinity of Seat
tle, in which three men were killed and
one seriously wounded, has eluded his
pursuers and is now heading toward
Whatcom.
Minnesota Republicans have renom
inated Van Sant for governor.
Seventy bills and resolutions were
passed the last dain the bouse.
Shopmen of the Northwestern and
Burlington & Ohio are on strike.
The cabinet has begun the considera
tion of the isthmian canal measure.
The Columbia liver salmon pack
this year will be the largest in years.
Many nominations sent to the senate
for confirmation were not acted upon.
China refuses to pay the July indem
nity installment at the present rate of
exchange.
The cash value of real estate of Chi
cago and Cooke county is placed at $1,
263,924,250. The session of congress just closed
appropriated $ti9,855,2t2 more than
the session of last year.
An Italian striker at Wilkesbarre,
Pa., was shot by a policeman. This is
the first loss " of life since the great
anthracite strike began.
Frequent riots have occurred in South
Russia.
The Union Patcific strike has set
tled down to a stubborn contest.
The United Presbyterian geneial as
sembly has received an overture pro
posing union with the reformed church.
The lllinios Audubon society has
warned Chicago milliners that prosecu
tions will follow if birds are used on
fall hats.
The Missouri state university at
Columbia has conferred the degree ol
doctor of laws on Samuel L. Clemens
;Mark Twain.)
NEW YORK FLOODS.
Great Damage Done to Farms and Railroad
- ' Property.
Rochester. N.Y.,July 10. News from
the flood devastated districts is coming
in slowly. Reports from Medina show
that the cloudburst that struck that
place did great damage. Today there
are evidences of a great flood, and
wreckage is piled up along waterways
which have been dried up for a month
In the neighboring .country buildings
were destroyed by lightning and rail
road tracks washed oat. The Genesee
river, which at this time of the year is
a mere raceway, is today a raging tor
rent. Great quantities of driftwood
and trees are coming down.
From up-river points come reports
that the -lowlands are under water
Cloudbursts have interfered with
traffic on the Western New York divi
eion of the Pennsylvania system. The
Erie tracks between Attica and Batavia
are washed out. from unnrcnviiie
come reports that Black -creek is the
highest known in any spring freshet.
It is out of its channel and caused great
damage to growing cr ps along its
banks. rennyan gays that many
thousands of dollars of damage has been
done to residences along the course of
the creek following through Ham
mondsport.
Mount Morris reports the Genesee at
that point fnlly two feet higher than the
highest previous record at any time of
the year. Early yesterday it broke
through its banks east of the village
and has ruined thousand of dollars
worth of crops below here. Manv fine
farms have been entirely ruined.
Large fields of growing crops have been
washed away, and all Nunda has suf
fered greatly. Portageville, Pike,
Lamont, Roseberg, Fillmore and. many
other towns are under water. The
farms ail about Portageville are laid
waste, and no field crops can be saved.
The tracks of the Pennsylvania are
washed away, and a new road will have
to be laid at many places befcre trains
can be moved. Pike reports the loss of
a large iron bridge, the postoffice build
ing and opera house, a meat market,
cheese factory, drug store, two dwelling
houses and the village warehouse.
Stafford reports heavy damage.
NINTH WEEK OF STRIKE.
No Change in the Situation in the Anthracite
Coal Fields.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., July 10. With
President Mitchell in New York, and
all the other miners' leaders at Nanti
coke attending the. annual convention
of District No. 1, strike headquarters
was an extremely quiet place today.
The ninth week of the suspension of
anthracite coal mining shows no change
in the situation, there not being the
slightest indication that either party is
ready to quit. The visit of the miners'
chief to New York continues to aiouse
interest. No word of his movements
in the metropolis have been received
here, arid there is much speculation as
to what caused him to go there. The
entire coal belt continues -quiet, very
few men congregating in the vicinity of
the collieries. The large force of coal
and iron policemen, estimated at 3,000,
is kept constantly on duty for any
emergency. Several arrests were made
in this valley of persons for intimidat
ing alleged "unfair" workmen but the
arrests were made so quietly as to cause
no disturbance of any kind.
The district convention at Nanticoke
today disposed of much business of a
routine nature. About 400 delegates,
representing 75,000 mineworkers, are
attending the convention, which em
braces all the teiritory from Forest
City, 22 miles north of Scranton, to
Sliickahinny, 16 miles southof here.
SALE OF FORT HALL- LANDS.
Pocatello lias Been Chosen as a Better Point
Than BlackfooL
Washington, July 10. The public
auction of Fort Hall lands within the
five-mile limit of Pocatello will be con
ducted at the city of Pocatello, instead
of at the Blackfoot land "office, as had
originally been intended. Commis
sioner Richard', who will conduct the
sale, consulted with the Blackfoot land
olticers, who gave Pocatello as the most
advantageous point for holding the sale,
believing that better prices can be- ob
tained there than at Blackfoot, and
that purchases will be more leadily
made. These lands will be sold in 40
acre tracts by townships, beginning
with township. 5, R. 34 E., and pro
ceeding by sections in numerical order
throughout the township. The same
system will be followed in townships 6
and 7, same range. The corresponding
townships in range 35 will then be dis
posed of in like order. The most desir
able lands are situated in the first two
townships Sales will be from a large
display map, cash payments being de
manded for each tract as it is taken.
Bcuncamino Met Mrs. Lawton.
Louisville, Ky., July 10. -General
Suencamino, ex-secretary of state in
Aguinaldo's cabinet, arrived in the city
today and presented an expression of
sympathy from the Federal party in
the Philippines to the widow of General
Lawton, who resides in a Suburb of
Louisville. General Bnencamino left
Louisville tonight, going direct to San
Francisco, whence he will embark for
the Philippines.
Strange Phenomenon.
Guthrie, O. T., July 10. Great ex
citement has been caused at Tulsa, I.
T., owing to the discovery by surveyors
working north of that place of cracks in
the sides of the mounds, as though
from great pressure underneath. Gas
is escaping from the fissures, and a con
tinual hissing and roaring can be heard.
On the extreme top of the highest hill
there has been a small volcano at work,
raising large boudlers and tossing them
aside. ....
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 Oar thriving Commonwealth
latest Market Report.
A record apple crop is assured in the
Hood river country.
ThejAshland Iron Works is the name
of a new- company lust organized at
Ashland with $20,000 capital.
. Timber values in the Nehalem coun
try are advancing rapidly. Claims are
now selling for three times as much as
one year ago.
The Interocean Mining Company, of
Baker City, has filed articles of incor
poration with the secretary of state.
Capital, $1,000,000.-
When the, supreme court convened
last Monday, Judge F. S. Moore sat
upon the chief justice's bench, Judge
Bean becoming the junior judge.
Arrangements are being perfected for
the holding of the fourth biennial frnit
fair at Hood River. The date of the
fair will probarbly be set for the second
week in October.
There is a movement on foot at Baker
City to organize some kind of a society
or corporation, the- purpose of which
will be to collect and publish facts re
garding the mining industry of Eastern
Oregon.. This in brought about by the
tact that mines of other states are forg
ing ahead, while the mining industry
in this state is seldom heard of outside
its boundary lines.
A $10 gold piece issued bv theSan
Francisco mint in 1852 has been found
12 miles south of Corvallis. There is
no likeness of the goddess of liberty on
the coin. One side, save a band across
the middle, is checkered with delicate
lines that form equares by crossing each
other like the wires of a sieve. On the
band are these words: "United States
Assay Office of Gold, San Francisco,
California, 1852." On the other side
there is the figure of an eagle. An old
overland road used to pass the spot
where the coin was found.
The receipts of the state land office
for June were $35,240.84.
According to the city superintendent
of schools, Portland has a population
of a trifle over 98,000. ,
The run of fish on the Columbia has
shown another improvement and the
proportion of large fi.-h is also increas
ing.
The Bret labor trouble in years in
Astoria was caused by the plumbers
going on strike for an increase. of 50
cents per day in wages.
Fish Warden Van Duseh has made a
trip to the Coquille river, where he
will establish a hatchery this fall on
the south fork of the river.
A petition is being circulated askme
the Southern Pacific to extend the serv
ice from Sheridan to Portland via Cor
nelius so as to include Sundays.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
repair t of the Madison street bridge at
Portland. The structure will be oien
for public travel in about two weeks.
As a result of the labor tioubles, all
sawmill owners in Portland have ad
vanced the price of rough lumber $1.50
per thousand feet and $2 per thousand
for clear.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 66c:
bluestem, 6768c; valley, 66)67c.
Barley Feed, $22; brewing,
$23 per ton. - ,
Flour Best grades, $3.053.60 per
barrel; graham, $2.95(33.20.
Millstuffs Bran, $1516 per ton;
middlings, $21.50; shorts, $17.5018;
chop, $16.
Oats No.l white, $1.201.25 ;gray,
1.151.20.
Hay Timothy, $1215; clover,
$7.5010; Oregon wild hay, $56 per
ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 60c per
cental; ordinary, 40c per cental,
growers prices; sweets. $2.252.50
per cental ; new potatoes, 1 c.
Butter Creamery, 1921c; dairy
1618c; store, 15 16c'
Eggs 1819c for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 12 )4
(513c;YoungAmerica, 13)14)c; fac
tory prices, 1 ljc less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50
50; hens, $4.005.50 per dozen.
llllc per poend; springs, .11
ll)c per pound, $2.004.50 per doz
en; ducks, f 2.503.00 per dozen; tur
keys, live, 1314c, dressed, 1516c per
pound; geese, $4.005.00 per dozen.
Mutton Gross, 2a3c pef pound;
dressed, 6c per pound.
Hogs Gross, 6Jc; dressed, 77e
per pound.
Veal 6J67&c per pound.
Beef Gross, cows, 33 c; steers.
3sJc; dressed, 78c per pound.
Hops 1416 cents per pound.
Wool Valley,i215;Eastern Ore
gon, 814r: mohair. 25326c pound.
New York is to have the - most mag
nificent hotel in the world. It will be
20 stories high and cost $10,000,000.
German experts, after two years'
test cn four men, declared borax in the
human system retards assimilation of
fats and albumen.
It is reported that" Andrew Carnegie
gave his second cousin, Miss Harriet
Lauder, of Pittsburg. $1,000,000 when
she became Mrs. J. C. Green way re-
Jcently.
AGUINALDO IS FREE.
Afraid to Go About Streets of Manila on Ac-'
-. -- count of His Enemies. .
Manila, July 9. Asa result of the
proclamation of amnesty July 4, the
guard of American soldiers has been
withdrawn from duty . at the house
where Aguinaldo lives and Lieutenant
Johnson, Aguinaldo's ' custodian.
Drought the filmino todav to soe Gen
eral Chaffee. - It was the first meeting
between the American general and the
leader of the Filipino insurrection
Lieutenant William L. MKinlc nf
the Ninth cavalry, acted as interpreter.
" a. ti . . . .
agumaiao was tola thaflie was free
to go anywhere he Dleased and General
Chaffee asked him if he had anv com
plaint to make of American discourtesy
or narsnness. .;
Aguinaldo replied that he had no
such complaint to make. He told
General Chaffee that he was going to
visit triends at his home in Cavite Vi
ejo, in Cavite province, and inquired
what protection American authorities
would afford him. He seemed to be
afraid to venture out. General Chaffee
replied that Aguinaldo would get the
same protection as any other citizen. :
The former :Fil iDino leader then
asked General Chaffee to prevent the
courts from requiring him to testify in
ciyu suns. lienerat unanee replied
that he had no authority to grant this
request and advised Aeuinaldo to make
a social call on Acting Civil Governor
Wright. This Aguinaldo said he
would f"o, but that he would eo at
night, as he waatiiriii ahnnt nnnnarinc
w , ir I o
on the streets in, daylight.
lhe retease of the ex-leader has re
newed speculation as to nnnnihln vn-
L f !
geancfe apon film by friends of Luna.
land his other enemies. Luna was a
Fil ipino leader i;hom Aguinaldo caused
to be killed in 1&99.
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LEWIS AND CLARKE FAIR.
Committee on Location of Site Urges Selection
of City Park.
Portland,-July 9. The first definite
step towards selection of an exposition
site for the Lewis and Clarke celebra
tion in 1905 wasj taken yesterday morn
ing, when the report of the subcommit
tee to which the matter had been re
ferred was presented to the executive
committee of the Lewis and Clark cor
poration. Its report discussed briefly
the scope of the Lewis and Claik ex
position and its probable needs. . It
considered only two of the sites that
have been mentioned in connection
with the fair the Hawthorne tract and
the city park and its conclusions were
in favor of the city park. There was
some discussion of the report before a
vote on its adoption was taken. With
the understanding that the report
should go formally before the board of
directors, where there would be full
opportunity for its consideration, the
subcommittee's report wasj formally
adopted, by the executive committee.
It now stands in the executive commit
tee, and is expected to be reported to
the board at its regular monthly meet
ing. - FIERCE CHICAGO FIRE.
Caused Losses-Amounting to $325,000, Par
tially Covered by Insurance.
Chicago,' July 9. Fire early today
destroyed the building, at 305-09-11
Wabash avene., causing losses aggregat
ing over $325,000. For a time the fire
threatened widespread destruction, and
it was only through the utmost efforts
that the flames were prevented from
entering the department store of Siegel,
Cooper & Co, fronting on State street
and separated from the burning build-,
ings by onl a narrow alley. Much
excitement was caused among the
guests at the Auditorium hotel, directly
across Wabash avenue from the burn
ing buildings, and at the -Auditorium
annex. The guests were aroused from
their slumbers at 7 o'clock in the
morning, when the fire had gained such
headway that it threatened other
buildings in all directions. On the
Wabash avenue side the flames belched
out into the avenue so fiercely that it
was considered unsafe for trains on the
elevated loop to i-ass, and for overtwo
hours all traffic on the loop was sus
pended. NO NEWS OF STEAMERS.
Portland-and Jeannie Still Reported Adrift in
the Northern Ice Fields.
Seattle, July 9. No news of the
missing steamers Jeannie and Portland,
is the report made by the steamship
Indiana, Captain E. V. Roberts, which
arrived from Nome. The Indiana sailed
from the North on the evening of June
26, two days later than the Senator.
Purser McCullom says there is a great
deal of uneasiness at Nome concerning
the long overdue liners.
On June 26 the United States revenue
cutter Thetis was reported at Teller
City on her way back into the Arctic in
search of the Portland and Jeannie.
She probably passed through the straits
the 27th. The Indiana was at St.
Michael on the 25th. There were then
in that port the steamship Conemaugh,
of the same 1 me, and steamer Elihu
Thompson and several river boats; also
the steam whaler Bugiies, which arriv
ed the same day from Nome. There
were no ocean vessels at Nome and only
one steam craft, the Sadie.
Big Check Missing.
Indianapolis, July 8. Indiana offi
cials are worryingas to the where
abouts of a check for $635,000, drawn
by the United States for Indiana in
payment of its war claim. The check,
was mailed in Washington two days ago,
but up to this time it has not been seen
by the state officers. : The fact that the
checks to Illinois and several other
states, in payment of similar claims
have been received has increased the
anxiety of the Indiana officers.
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PLAN AN OUTBREAK I
ANOTHER JAIL DELIVERY AT
SALEM STOPPED.
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Man Appeared on the Prison- Wall at Mid-
night Guard Discovered Intruder and
fatm.. u.a. Aw. iik..I
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Appeared wear Where Arms Are Be-
lieved to Have Been Smuggled in Before,
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.w.. . .- unKnown
man iriea to gam entrance into tne
penitentiary Monday night at midnight,
according to Guard Sampson. The In-
truder appeared on post No. 5, on the
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south wall of the prison yard, and ap-
pearea oe waicmng tne njgnt guard,
It is believed that Tracv and Merrill
received their rifles over this wall, and
that the weapons were brought over at
nignt ana secreted in tne to nary by
accomplices. The appearance of the
stranger on the wall at night is taken
to indicate a further plan ior an out-
j f ...
teilow intended to smuggle .weapons
into the prison for the use of the con
victs.
Before the outbreak of June 9 only
one guard was in the prison yard at
night. Now an extra guard is there,
and the matter of smuggling in arms is
somewhat more difficult if the guards
are alert. Just before the discovery of
the stranger JSimpson had walked down
to the south wall, and inspected the
gate where the Southern Pacific track
enters the yard. He then started back
across the yard northward, and when
he entered the shadow of the laundry
building, about 200 feet distant, he
tsrned and looked back at the south
wall. At that instant he saw a 'man's
head above the wall, but it suddenly
disappeared. He waited a moment and
the head reappeared, and after a few
seconds went down out of sight again.
Simpson dropped a cartridge into the
barrel of his rifle, and when the head
appeared again he fired. Instantly the
figure was gone, and when the two
guards arrived no trace of the man
could be found. The surface of the
ground near the wall is hard and cov
ered withgra8s, so that no tracks would
be visible in the morning. The guards
did not dare leave the yard at night.
It is apparent that the visitor was
familiar with the system of guarding
in force pi ior to the Tracy and Merrill
outbreak, for at the time he appeared
he would have found his way clear to
enter the yard if the old system had
still been in force. The prison officials
decline to say what the ; rules observed
by the night .guards are at present, but
they are such as to make an entrance
by a stranger very difficult.
The man who appeared on the wall
stood on the walk attached to the out
side of the wall about four feet from
the top. He could therefore conceal
himself easily, exposing his head only
long enough to observe the position of
the guards.
Tne prison officials are reticent con
cerning the attempt to enter the prison
yard, and there has been an effort to
keep it quiet. These facts were relat
ed by Guard Gambell, who was on duty
in the front yard. No attempt, so far
as known, has been made to run down
the culprit.
TRACY AGAIN ESCAPES.
Posse With Bloodhounds Close Upon
His
Heels, But He Throws Them Olf.
Seattle, July 9. Convict Harry Tracy
eluded the. Washington officers aain
and is once more heading for Seattle.
The posse pressed him hard at Benton,
in fact, his escape seemed impossible.
Bloodhounds were placed on his track
within 10 minutes. They were soon
close on the heels of the fugitive.
Pressed to desperation, he scattered
cayenne pepper in his tracKs. ine
dogs soon came upon this, and once
their nostrils were filled with the fiery
substance, balked until it could be re
moved, which requited 10 minutes.
They again took the trail but soon lost
Anderson, the man Tracy made ac
company him from Meadow Point Sat
urday, has been rescued at Kenton.
He was tied to a tree when found. He
had been subjected to this experience
before on his trip with the outlaw, and
it was in a very feeble voice that he
made his presence known to his res
cuers. Anderson states tnat iracy is
being aided in every possible way by
four men whom he does not know, but
who are supposed to be partners in
crime with Tracy.
Mo Financial Trouble In France.
Paris, JulyTO. Contrary to reports
circulated in the United States, there
is nothing threatening in the financial
situation here. The minister of finance :
,i i. ;ti it.- .1 1 .. r :
win presem a iuh iu mo cuaiuwr
deputies tomorrow convening me apt
per cent rentes.mto 6 per cents, and he
wouia naraiy cnoose a mreaiening that ensued when the prisoners en
moment for such an operation. Both deavored-to get out of the way of the
3 and 3 per cents made a slight ad- flames, a number of persons were
vance today, and the Bourse was gener- crushed, and two women are said to
ally calm. have been seriously injured.
Teachers Overdoing It j
Washington. July 10. Complaints
have been received at the war depart
ment that certain teachers in the Phil
ippines have been trying ' to induce
Catholic children to become Protestants.
The complaints have been forwarded to
Acting Governor Wright, with instruc
tions to have the practice,- if itpievaiis,
stopped. The teachers will be informed
that it is no part of the policy of the
government to have any religion taught
in the schools.
TO WATER LAND.
Government Will Take Up Small rVojccts
First Sites to Be Selected Soon.
Washington, July 8. The indica
tions are that by next spring tne secre-
jtary of the interior will, through the
geological survey, begin the construe-
tion of the first irrigation system to be
built under the recently enacted law.
Where the start will be made has
not yet been determined, but in all
probability it will be a project of mod
est proportions, costing $500,000 to
( $1,000,000, and one of which the suc-
cess is reasonably certain. xne secre-
t-r now - olannino-field Mmm.
tions, with a view of selecting those
sites wnich give the promise of success.
nd from which earliest returns may
?" .e ,?,,evea n bck
into the lrntrntir.n fnnrl aa mniHIn oa
possible all money that is to be expend-
ea in constructing reservoirs and can-
. aI8 .-
! "i8.very PPare.nt 't neither the
Gila liver nr TrnM Pan' nrnto
j m Arizona is tc be among the firet
chosen, because of the enormous cost
, lnTOlved- Moreover, the secretory
involved,
warns to Know more about these pro
I iectS from the monev stand rvnint. hnfnra
xie oruers ineir ouiiamer. rne
numer
ous reports that these systems will cost
very dearly in proportion to the amount
of land reclaimed has somewhat alarmed
him, and resulted in his deciding to
make haste slowly.,, Thie course,
moreover, was recommended by many
We8tein senators and representatives
before they left for home. -
In deciding to begin with small pro
jects the department has made it possi
ble to undertake the building of a num
ber of systems simultaneously, and to
distribute the work into several states,
as, at the time field operations are com
menced there will be an available sum
of $6,000,000 to $8,000,000 for carrying
on the work.
PACKING HOUSE FIRE.
Half Million Dollars' Worth of Property De
stroytd in Chicago Stockyards.
Chicago, July 8. By a fire which
broke out in their plant at the stock
yards Swift & Co. suffered a loss which
is estimated by the officials of the com
pany at $500,000. The fire was con
fined to one building standing at the
intersecton of Packers avenue and
Broadway. This structure was Jour
stories high, built of brick, and was
300 feet square. The first floor was
occupied by the wholesale meat market
of the company, the second by the
shipping department, and the third
and fourth by the general offices of the
company. The latter are said to have
been the largest single offices in the
United States, more than 800 employes
working in a single room.
The cause of the fire is not known,
but it was discovered near the engine
room. It spread so rapidly through
the building that it was found impossi
ble to save anything in the structure.
The-first arrivals of the fire department
were unable to check the fire, and re
peated calls were sent in for assistance,
but all the engines were not able to
prevent the entire destruction of the
building. Within an hour after the
fire was discovered the building was
ruined, although the fire continued to
blaze for a long time.
The burned building adjoins por
tions of the plants of Armour & Co.,
and Libby, McNeill & Libby, and for a
time the fire department had a hard
fight to keep these buildings from the
flames. The wind was blowing strong
from the southwest, and at times the
flames were touching the sides of Ar
mour's buildings, but the firemen man
aged to confine the fire to the building
in- which it had broken out.
TORNADO IN IOWA.
Severe Storm Accompanied by Cloudburst Does
Immense Damage to Property.
Council Bluffs, la., July 8. South-J
western Iowa was visited this evening
by the worst storm of the year. In
several towns it amounted to ar tornado,
and fears ''are entertained that there
has been loss of life. Damage to corn
and Jinharvested small grain has been
very great. In some places the rain
which followed the wind storm
amounted almost to a cloudburst.
At Whiting a dozen buildings are
reported destroyed, and one woman was
badly hurt.
At Anthon 20 buildings were demol
ished, by the tornado, and at this
place it is believed lives were lost.
Communication by wire is cut off. .
At Rockwell City the damage done
by the wind was less serious, but the
rain fell in blinding sheets for an hour,
and the whole country is under water.
Crops were beaten into the ground and
are a total loss in many places.
Fire In Elevated Railway Car.
Chicago. July 8. A motorcar on the
Metropolitan elevated railroad caueht
fire last night while passinz Aususta
street. There were 200 people on the
train, and a panic ensued. Several of
. ,
tne passengers made enorts to jump
fr0m the moving train, but were pro
vented by the guards. In the scramble
Crews Driven From Cars -Pawtucket,
R. I., July 9. Two cars
of the United Traction company were
assailed by a mob of 100 men in Sayles
ville tonight and the crews driven off.
The rioters cut the curtains to pieces
with knives, broke the windows and
battered the woodwork. Two cars were
attacked in-Central Fall", one at Lons
dale and one in this city, despite the
efforts of the police to give the employes
protection. Finally the running of cars
was suspended.
GREAT STRIKE 18 ON
FREIGHT HANDLERS IN CHICAGO
OUT FOR MORE PAY.
Over Nine Thousand Men Quit Work Upon
Order of Executive Committee of Freight
handlers Union Chicago Federation of
Labor Disapproves of Strike and Will Not
Assist the Freight Handlers.
Chicago, July 9. Hopes of a speedy
settlement of the strike of the Freight
Handlers' Union, which was declared
yesterday, are entertained by officials
of the union and members of the state
board of arbitration. . The officials of
the union, at a conference last night,
told Chairman Job, of the board of ar
bitration, that they were willing to
permit employes of the different com
panies to meet officials of the same to
discuss the wage scale, providing a
joint conference should be held at
which officials of the union would be
permitted to act as advisers to the men.
The arbitration board is now working
on tne matter in an effort to bring
about a conference between the railway
managers and committees representing
the men. As the railroad officials
have offered this step from the begin
ning of the controversy, there is little
doubt the strike can be settled satis
factorily to both sides if the conference
is arranged.
Lack of unanimity alreadv perme
ates the strike. The Chicago Federa
tion of Labor was ignored when the
order was issued for the men to quit
work, and its executive officials are '.
somewhat offended and are inclined to
let the freight handlers fight out their
battle in their own way. There are
12.000 freight handlers in and about
thev various fieight houses of the 24
railroads centering in Chicago. Of
this number, more than 9,000 are now
involved in the strike. Some of the
men who quit work did so under pro
test. Notably was this the case in the
freight house of the Lake Shore &
Michigan Central. The men there
employed were receiving all the con
sideration they had asked. They were
forced to strike, however, by the order
of the executive committee of their
union. Before going out the men in
formed the railway officials of the situ
ation, and said they would seek an im
mediate return order from the authori
ties that had ordered Ahem out. v
The sudden suspension of customary
operations by the freight handlers oc
casioned considerable trouble in and
about the various railroad warehouses
and stations, but the inconvenience and
delay were but a drop in the bucket to
what will happen if the strike shall
not be settled soon.
To add to the present difficulties of
the railroads,- the Teamsters' and
Truckmen's Union threatens' to join in
a sympathetic strike. If this shall
occur, it will affect all incoming and
outgoing freight of every kind. Every
railroad in Chicago today accepted all
freight offered. While it was con
fessed by several railroad officials that
freight was not being moved as expe
ditiously as heretofore, yet it was said
the larger part of it was being handled
well. The various freignthouses and
yards, however, disclosed a large ac
cumulation of unmoved freight and cars
loaded with freight.
There was no trouble or disorder in
or about any of the freieht houses.
Anticipating the possibilities of such a
strike, the railroad companies had
brought to Chicago a number of men
to take the places of the strikers.
These men were intercepted by pickets
of the strikers, and most of them were
induced to join the Freieht Handlers'
Union.
TO DREDGE COOS BAY.
People Request a Change in Plan of Harbor
Work Non-Extension or Jetty.
Washington, July 9. Senator
Mitchell has been advised by wire by
the commercial interests on Coos bav
that the $50,000 appropriated in the
recent river and harbor bill for extend
ing the jetty at the bay entrance was
not sufficient materially to advance that
work, and asking if the money could
not be used for dredging a channel in
stead. He has laid the matter before
the chiet of engineers, and at" his sug
gestion telegraphed Captain Langfitt,
asking him to take this request into
consideration. If it is found that there
is authority for changing the prrject
from that specified in the bill, and
Captain Langfitt favors the dredging,
the change will be authorized.
Senator Mitchell also urged expedi
tion in carrying out the work on the
Columbia river. He was told that this
work would be pressed as rapidly as
possible; that as soon as the special
board 's report and their action is ap
proved, actual work will be begun.
Socialist Riots in Italy.
London. Julv 9. A special dispatch
received here from Rome says that So-
lalist riots occurred at Urte, on the
rieht bank of the liber, during the
municipal elections held there yester
day. The polling place was wrecked
and several policemen were stabbed.
The police and military fired on the
mob. Over 40 persons were wounded.
Troops have been ordered to Orte.
Many Earthquakes at Salonica.
Vienna, July 9. The Nene Frie
Pres'-e publishes a dispatch from
Salonica, European Turkey, saying that
since last Saturday 30 shocks of earth
quake, eight "of which were tiolent,
were experienced there. A violent
shock caused damage to villages in the
vicinity of Salonica. Other dispatches
received here from Salonica say that,
the shock destroyed 150 houses and
killed one child at Guvesne, and that
two persons were killed at Salonica.