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''Of, CORVALLIS GAZETTE WEEKLY. VaiOH. Kstab. Jmlr. 1T :. f Consolidated Feb., 1899. COEVAIililS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FBIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1902. VOL. NO. 32. AJCJL fK. Kaixb. jjm.. IMS. EVENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. 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 .Fire at Pittabnrg destroyed property valued at $318,500. King Edward ia able to walk about the deck of bis yacht. The German gunboat Panther baa been oidered to Caiibbean waters. A policeman at Shenandoah, Pa., was attacked by strikers and severely beaten. Natives of Portugese West Africa are causing the authorities much trouble and a general uprising ia feare J. Rioting and demonstrations in France are subsiding, and a peaceful solution of the religious question is looked for. v Another explosion in the New York subway resulted in the fatal injury of two men and the serious injury of two others. The president of Peru, in a message to congress, points out the great benefit of the Panama canal to that country and urges his people to prepare for it. The battleship Illinois is in dry dock in .England. Examination discloses that considerable damage had been sus tained when she struck the obstruction. A German electrician has invented a wireless telephone. It is believed that the disturbances in Panama are neatly at an end. More injunctions have been issued against the striking West Virginia coal miners. Fire at the Leavenworth, Kan., pen itentiary destroyed $20,000 worth of property. - Seven firemen were seriously injured by an explosion while fighting fire at Pittsburg. One of the tribes of Indians in Indian Territory ia giving the authorities much trouble. The Nicaraguan government has com muted the sentence of Russell Wilson, the Ohio doctor who was captured with a revolutionary party. "Serious rioting "occurred at a' New Jersey primary election. One man was killed and a number seriously wounded, besides many minor injuries In a riot at Pottsville, Pa., between non-unioii men stnd strikers, one man )- : 1 I 1 nnfl Ana Kailllf 1 T 1 1 11 -iii 1 VttC blllOU ailU UYC I'OVA 1 T mini V. ti. ..,.! mn ., ll fhn i n ird ' JL. ktJ UUWU AtlUE HIIU wv WW ) were non-union. Demonstrations continue in France against the closing of Catholic schools. Automobile devotees in England find ! emsolves badly handicapped by strin- ' " ' them gent speed laws. Preparations for the coronation are in full swing, but thete is a noticeable lack of enthusiasm. A fight with horsethieves in Okla homa resulted in the wounding and capture of several of the gang. Cholera in Egypt is spreading rapid ly. Many of the victims are attacked iu the streets and die in a few minutes. A passenger and freight train collid ed in the yards at Cheyenne, Wyoming, resulting in the injury of half a dozen passengers. The president has approved the find ings of the court martial in the case of Major Glenn, but disapproves the ac- tion in the Cook tase. Three soldiers were Eeriously injured at Fort Douglas, Utah, by the horses attached to n gun which they were , handling running away. j Ten fishermen lost their lives in a gale on Fraser river, B. C. j Cholera has' broken r out afresh in Man' la, a number of new cases being reported. James Jeffries knocked out Bob Fitz simmons in the eighth round in a fight at San Francisco. Chicago messengers went on strike for more pay. Telegrams are being de livered through the mail. JJ Aix-la-Chappelle, a town in Ger many, will hereafter celebrate Ameri can independence day by hoisting the American flag. There is much anxiety among British cabinet officials over the king's con dition. Many believe he will not be able to stand the coronation. Acting Secretary Ryan has ordered a temporary withdrawal of the tract in Eastern Oregon recommended by com missioner Hermann and Superintendent Ormsby. Two hundred persons were drowned by the capsizing of a steamer on West river, China. There is not a great deal of interest being taken in the coming coronation of King Edward. Capt. M. I. Smith, the first man who etretchei wires across the state of Wis consin, is still living in Topeka, Kan. chemists have invented a process for making wall paper stronger that promises to revolutionize me in dustry. The largest stockholder in the United States Steel Company, "Mr. Cutler," is John D. KocKeieuer, not Anarew Carnegie; his dividend is $ 1,000,000 annually. MUST GO SLOW. United States Gunboat Machias Will Protect Foreigners at Cape Haytien. Washington, July 31. The follow ing cablegram, dated today, was re ceived at the navy department this afternoon from Commander McCrea, of the Machias, arrived at Cape Haytien yesterday : "Affairs are very much disturbed at Cape Haytien. Unorganized mob in the city. Foreign consuls have been threatened. Will give protection on board. I will prevent bombardment without due notice." The state department has no hesita tion in fully approving the energetic and sufficient action of Commander McCrea in taking care of the foreign consuls and in preventing a bombard ment without a warning. The Amer ican and foreign interests in Cape Haytien are large and an American captain is required b the unwritten law to look after the life and property of other foreign residents as well as American in such cases. It is said that the rules of international law as well as the dictates of humanity re- ! quire that proper notice be given before a bombardment in order that women, j children and non-combatants may leave the town and carry off their personal belongings. The navy department feels that the Machias is sufficiently large for the work at hand at this point, though if there were more such American gunboats in the gulf and Carribbean sea a quiet ing and restraining influence would be exerted over these frequent rebellious outbreaks involving violations of the rules oi war and great suffering. A GREAT OIL TRUST. Rockefeller, Rothsch Ids and Nobel Have Com bined and Will Control World's Output London, July 31. In its issue this morning the Daily Mail asserts that there is no longer any doubt that the three monster oil interests of Rockefel ler, Rothschild and Nobel have entered into a working agreement. "Thus," Bays the paper, "without any publicity the greatest trust the world has ever seen has been sprung into being." This combination, the paper says, has been hinted at in messages from Eatouni and Moscow , and it has been more clarly shown iu the ' offers made to Ruseian oil exporters by representa tives of the Nobel and Rothschild in- ' a 1. e . .. -l c .1 ...1. u .uH..u - , been forbidden to sell through the ln- . , - Crests of their agency except at a price arranged by them or to tight the com bined forces of the three oil giants. This offer was made openly and with the idea of maintaining prices, and it has been refused, Kussian exporters preferring to fight. It was doubtless A- l Z . 1 . i ....... i m . 4- 1 w i (In i li 1 11 1 ! bills uuuiuiliv, luiiiiiiuci; iiiiv i'a Ll j vhich induced the Russian government to issue invitations to an anti-trust con- ference. The spokesman of the great combine declares it means a fight to the death and that the independent ex porters cannot hope to win. MINING AND STORING COAL. Secret Work Mas Been Done in Several of the Scranton Collieries. Scranton, Pa., July 30. Superin tendent Ross, of the Delaware & Hud son, admitted today that his and other companies of this region have been engaged jn cutting and loading coal and storing it 'at the foot of the shaft in cars ready to be hoisted when the corn- panies see fit to do so. The work is being done by under bosses, company hands and returned strikers, of whom the mine has a small quota. The com panies have been doing this work se cretly so as to avoid drawing the fire of the strikers. The strikers turned back the men at the Rocket Brook colliery, in Car- bondale, this morning, but tney came around at noon when the pickets had dispersed and started the washery going. Carpenters at Coal Brook and Northwestern collieries, in Carbondale, were also turned back this morning. This activity on the part of the strikers is the result of a meeting of the strik ers , when it was determined to make an effort to stop all work at mines and washeries in the Carbondale region. Release f Guam Prisoners. Washington, July 30. The war de partment referred the order containing the president's amnesty proclamation of July 4 to the navy department, es pecially inviting attention to the Fili pino prisoners in Guam. A reply has been received saying that the governor of Guam will be notified and an army transport will be sei.t to Manila by the way of Guam and all prisoners who take the oath of allegiance to the Lnited States .will be returned to the Philip pine islands. Strange Upheaval of the Ground. New York, July 31. The town of Stratford, N. Y., now has, according to a ress dispatch from Little l-alls, a strange upheaval of the ground. Tons of soil, gravel and stone were tossed in the air and landed on a knoll 12 feet higher than their original place. The debris covers & space lul) feet squtre, and is more than six feet deep. It is believed lightning ignited a vein of natural gas and caused an underground explosion. 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. About 50 Indian war veterans of Southern Oregon held a reunion at Medford last week. A postoffiee has been established at Cecil, Morrow county, on the route from Douglas to Ella. - The sand taken out by the dredge on the lowei Columbia has been proven to be rich enough to more than pay the expense of handling it. Benton county's annual school reDOrt j shows that the school population of that county has increased from 2,438 to 2,586 during the past year. The timbermen of Dallas and vicin ity have organized an association for the purpose of mutual protection and defense oi the timber claims filed on by them at Oregon City last week, when a township was thrown open. A coal strike that promises to make no little stir in that section has been made near Asbestos, in the northern part . of Jackson county, where 'the, Southern Pacific has been developing a prospect. The vein is six feet wide. The postoffiee at Antone. Wheeler county, has been moved one mile to the southwest. The office at Croy, Gilliam county, has been moved six miles to the southwest, and the office at Olene, Klamath county, is moved a short distance to the south. The annual report of the register of the Oregon City land district, compris ing 14 counties, gives the total area of the land surface at 7,565,250 acres. Only 698,469 acres of unappropriated land remain in the district, ana 161,190 acres of this is not yet surveyed. The farmers of the Rock Point neigh borhood, in the Waldo Hills, have formed an association for the purpose of pooling their crops. The success of the grain pools the past two years, by which they received 4 to 5 cents per bushel more than those outside the pool, has given them great confidence in this plan of disposing of their crops A project is on foot to put in a first class waterworks at Dallas. ; Marion and Umatiila counties repoit decrease in the school population. J. A. Beattie, president of the state normal school at Weston, has resigned to accept a position in the East. Benton county farmers are now cut ting their fall sown grain. Both the fall and spring sown wheat will yield well. TfiA e f q f .A fnip t.hia vfa r nrnmiflAa trt be one ot the most successful ever held. Many special features have been se cured. The French bark Asie, which cap sized at Portland last January, has been completely repaired and has sailed from that port with a full cargo. The annual report of the public schools of Yamhill county shows a total school population of 4,775, as compared with 4,826 a vear ago. The average attendance also fell off. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 6263c for n-w crop; t4ooc tor old; valley, boc; bluestem, 6566c. Barley-$17.75 for old,- $16.50 for new crop. Flour Best grades, $3.05 3.60 per barrel; graham, $2.953.20. Milletuffs Bran, $1516 per ton; middlings, $21.50; shorts, $18; chop, $16. Oats No.l white, $1.151.20;gray, $1.051.10. Hay Timothy, $1215; clover. $7.5010; Oregon wild hay, $56 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, 7585c percental; ordinary, 50c per cental, growers prices; sweets, fZ.2o2.50 per cental ; new potatoes, lc. Butter Creamery, 2021c; dairy 1618c; store, 1516c. Eggs 2021c for Oregon. Cheese Full cream, twins, 12$ (13c;YoungAmerica, 1314c; fac tory prices, 1 ljc less. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50 4.50; hens, $4.005.50 per dozen, llll6c per pound; springs, .11 ll6c per pound, $2.504.50 per doz en; ducks, $2.503.00 per dozen; tur keys, live, 1314c, dressed, 15(3 16c per pound; geese, $4.005.00 per dozen. Mutton Gross, 23c per pound; dressed, 6c per pound. Hogs Gross, 6Jc; dressed, 77Jc per pound. Veal 78c per pound. Beef Gross, cows, 33f ; steers. 3)a4)sc; dressed, 78c per pound. Hops 1617c; rew crop 1718c. Wool Valley,12)415;EaBtern Ore gon, 814c: mohah. 2526c pound. Yale university gave degrees to class of 650. Plans for a Chinese vol unteer mission were announced. A Chicago dispatch says that the fear of a bituminous miners' strike is caus ing coal dealers and railroads to store thousands of tons as a reserve supply The will of very Rev. E. A. Hoffman, dean of the general theological semi nary of New York, disposes of an estate estimated at $12,000,000. to $15,000,- SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKES. California Towns Experience Violent Shocks and People are Terror-Stricken. Lompere, Cal., Jjdy 30. Lompere valley experienced a revere earthquake shock at 10:55 last ? night. At that time a violent shock; was felt which lasted fully 30 seconds, and was so severe that dishes, clocks, house plants, etc., were thrown from shelves, : and furniture and other articles upset. The people, were strickenwith terror and ran from their housek. some feaiine to return, aa other lighCshocks continued for several haurs afterward. Another heavy shock was felt at 5 A. M., and one at 11 A. M. A large water tank was knocked over, the earth cracked at many different pi news and the Santa Yenz river bed - slightly changed at places. The direct disturbance seemed to be of a local naturi In Santa Barbara County. Santa Barbara, Caf.. July 30. At 11 :03 o'clock last night ' Santa Barbara county was visited bythe most severe earthquake shock experienced in years. Only a slight tremor 4as felt here, but in otner places considerable property was destroyed. The tenter of the dis turbance appears to-; have been at the Carreaga oil fields near Los Alamos. Two 1,500-barrel tanks containing 175,000 gallons of oil .were completely wrecked and the contents became a total loss. Buildings were cracked and some minor damage;' suffered. The total loss sustained by the oil company will be about $20,000f At Harris station a& old creek which has been dry for yearfV-began flowing a stream two feet deep and 18 feet wide. At Los Alamos furniture and dishes were broken but no lives lost. Reports from Lorepoc and Santa Maria state that several severe shocks were felt there at the same hour, but little damage was dona. - A slight shock was felt here at half past five this evening.; Tanks of Oil destroyed. San Luis Obispo, Cal.. July 30. Two distinct earthquake shocks were experienced in this place last night. The first and heaviest of the two oc curred at 10:57 P. Mu and had a dura tion of five seconds . The second oc curred at 5:19 this morning and lasted three seconds. The general direction of the disturbance wat-east and west. At the Western Union Oil Company's wells on the Careaga ranch, two tanks containing 28,000 barrels of oil were de stroyed by the first dif tur-bance. Heaviest Shock Ever Felt Santa Maria, Cal., Jaly 30. A heavy shock I-, of . earthquakes was felt here.! 10:50 laat mgiil.- " 1 ThTr Vibrations were from east to west and lasted 45 seconds. The waves were a steady sway. Old timers say it was the heaviest shock ever felt here. THREE STATES SHAKEN. Extensive Earthquakes Felt in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota. Omaha, Neb., July 30. An earth quake shock, which was general over portions of Nebraska, Western Iowa and South Dakota, occurred shortly before 1 'o'clock today. The seismic disturbances were felt at a large num ber of towns in the three states, and lasted from 10 to 15 seconds. No damage has been reported thus far, although the shock was sufficient to rattle dishes and affect bell towers in some places. Yankton, S. D.j reports a shock of 12 seconds' duration; Santee agency, in Northern Nebraska, reports the occurrence of a quake, and Battle Creek, Neb., was shaken for 20 seconds. The disturbance was more plainly felt at the latter place than at any other which has thus far reported. In this city the shake was barely discernible, and few people Knew of such a thing. MARE ISLAND DRYDOCK. Dispute With the Contractors is Settled and Work Will Now Proceed. Washington, July 30. The Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company, which has the contract for building a drydock at the Mare Island navy yard, has decided to comply with certain requirements im posed by the government and will pro ceed with the work. Several months ago a controversy arose between the government and the company over cer tain shoring that the navy department insisted should be made by the com pany. The latter refused to perform the .work and the matter was referred to the department of justice, which de cided that the demands of the depart ment were reasonable under the con tract. Today, Admiral Endicott, chief of the bureau of yards and docks, re ceived word from the company that it had decided to yield its contentions. For several montns during the dispute work was suspended upon the dock, which is about one-fourth completed. Messenger Boys Win Their Strike. Chicago, July 30. The strike of the Illinios district messenger boys, which has hampered the telegraph companies in. the delivery of their messages and caused great annoyance to brokers and business men throughout the city, wae settled at a late hour tonight. By the settlement the boys will receive in creased wages and extra pay for over time. Venice is Careful Now. Venice, July 29. A technical com mittee has ordered the demolition of the Santo Stefano clock tower, which has shown signs of collapse. Several houses have also been ordered to be de molished and other precautionary meas ures have been taken. Three hundred thousand volumes of the library in the ducal 'palace are being removed, as danger is feared to the back facade -of the palace. WORK IS STARTED COOS BAY BELT LINE RAILWAY DEFINITELY UNDER WAY. Start Is Made From New Dock Which Is Be ing Erected at Empire City This Com pletes Terminal Arrangements for the " Great Eastern Railroad Line to Pass Around Bay to End of the Jetty. Portland, July 31. Railroad con struction has already started at Coos bay; that is, the construction of the Belt Line Railway, starting from Em pire, running up the bay to Marshfield, crossing to East Marshfield on a draw bridge, thence circling around by way of the creamery to Glasgow, and out on the harbor jetty. The total ' length of the line will be 15 miles. The Empire council has granted a franchise through that town and other property and rights have been secured that assure the completion of the line. In the franchise deeds it is specified that this belt line shall be open to any railroad company that may desire to use it, upon the payment of reasonable charges for the privilege. The specific force behind this enterprise, however, is the Great Eastern Railway project, in con nection with which the Belt Line Rail way was organized. This is the pro posed line through to Salt Lake' City. Work on the construction of a dock at Empire will also be begun today. The Belt Line Railway will be pushed to completion as rapidly as possible, regardless of the negotiations for the transcontinental line, the fate of which will not be definitely known for -a few weeks yet. The preliminary stage of the Coos bay railroad enterprise is deemed to have passed with the beginning of act ual construction work. The belt line is now assured, and it will not be worth much without a feeder into the interior. Therefore it is regarded as certain that there willbe a railroad through to a connection with the Southern Pacific, even if the transcon tinental feature should not succeed. Forty-five men are now in camp at Empire. Laborers and horses are going in from Roseburg. Engineer George Lyman Moody is to start across the country at once to take the levels to Elkton. When this shall be com pleted all will be ready for the report on which the fate of the transcontinen tal character of the enterprise will de pend. .- - ..'.; " "'" - . r.Zf HOIST FELL ON FERRY BOAT. This Single Item of Damage by Wind Storm Amounts to $50,000. Detroit. Mich., July 30. A severe wind storm did much damage here to day. The large Brown hoist, used to lift and carry heavy plates used in ship building, lies on the deck of the Michi gan Central car ferry transport at the Wyandotte shipyard a total wreck while the upper worka of the car ferry are' for the most part smashed to kindling wood. The Brown hoist is an immense piece of machinery which runs on a track 40 feet hieh and about 500 feet long. Just before the storm -broke the hoist was safely anchored about 400 feet up th track with two chains. The Michigan Central car ferry transport lay at the dock directly in front of the Brown hoist track. When the storm broke the chains snapped. The im mense hoist ran to the end of the track and jumped 30 feet to the car ferry. The damage is estimated at $50,000. Other towns within 50 miles of Detroit report much damage to property but no lives lost. MASSACRE IN MINDORA. Twenty-Three Natives on Trial for Killing Four Americans. Washington, July 31. Manila papers received at the war department give an account of the beginning of the trial of 23 natives in the Island of Mindoro, who a.-e charged with killing four Americans. The names and identity of the Americans could not be learned. From one of the 23 arrested a partial story of the massacre has been ob tained. . The four Americans ap proached the shore of Mindoro in . a boat, and as soon as they had landed the natives attacked them, putting all to death and mutilating them. The bodies were put adrift in a boat. The finding of the boat by Americans led to the discovery of the crime and confes sions from some of the natives gave such facts as have been obtained. Hail Brats Down Crops. Grand Forks, N. D., July 31. Late reports show that the wind and hail storm of yesterday in the n.rthwest part of the state was the most wide spread and destructive of any that has ever visited the state. Damage was done in Pembina, Walsh, Grand Forks, Traill, Ramsey, Nelson and Cavalier counties, the- losses having been so numerous and so widespread that it is yet impossible to give an accurate esti mate of their total. Hail be ts varving in width and severity are scattered everywhere. On Lookout for Turkish Anarchists. Washington, July 31. Commission er General of Immigration Sargent has sent to immigration officials throughout the country photographs of anarchists who have been expelled from Turkey, and who are believed to be on theii way to this country. Accompanying the photographs from the commissioner were instructions to investigate the charges against the anarchists and if they were correct to return the men. RELIEF FOR STRIKERS. Extensive Plans Under Consi deration by Mine workers Officers. - - W ilkesban e. Pa. , Jaly 29. President Mitchell was kept busy receiving com mittees at strike headquarters today. A committee from the stationary fire men spent some time with him. It is understood that thelndianapolis conven tion made no provision for the firemen, but it is understood they will receive the same provisions as the miners. A committee fromNanticoke explained to President Mitchell that men with large families should receive the first con sideration, and that the" relief given them should be larger than that given to men with email families. President Mitchell tonight had a con ference With District Presidents Nichols and Fahey and National Board mem ber John Fallon. It is understood the matter under discussion was the vari ous relief plans which the local assem blies of mineworkers have proposed for the distribution of provisions to the strikers. It is expected that the execu tive board, which is composed of Presi dent Mitchell and the district presi dents, will make some kind of -recommendation which the local boards will carry out in the work of giving relief. Mr. Mitchell was asked v whether it was true that the United Mineworkers had employed counsel for the purpose of impeaching Judge Jackson, of West Virginia. He replied that he had heard nothing of such a move. RAIN STORMS IN TEXAS. Deluge in Central Part of State Continues Immense Property Losses. Dallas, Tex.', July 29. The deluge of rain which has been pouring over Central Texas for several' days !has not abated. In addition to three lives lost at Stevensonville, there has been much property damaged. Within four hours at Cameron yesterday 15 inches of rain fell. A, thousand ft et of the Santa Fe tracks was carried away and a portion of the Arkansas Pass road destroyed. Little river rose 20 feet in eight hours and is now bank full, but slowly reced ing. The streets of Cameron are badly damaged, and farms in the bottom lands are being flooded. At Galesville 10 inches of rain fell. Two Texas & Pacific passenger train were tied up at Weatherford all day yesterday. Big Springs ia probably the greatest sufferer from the flood, from a property standpoint, as the water is over the town from . four to 22 feet deep. The track for 10 miles west of Big Springs has been washed out and the bridges are gone. ' Fifty pas sengers are waterbound here, and no attempt '- will - be " made to run trains until the water recedes. The damage will be enormous. At Waco, the Brazos was still rising at midnight, and is within one foot of the danger line. It is still raining there. LAND SALE ABANDONED. Congress Fixed Too Hih a Price on Tracts Near Pocatcllo, Idaho. Washington, July 29. Assistant Land Commissioner Richards has noti fied the interior department that the auctioning of lands within the five-mile limit of PocatelloL on the Fort Hall reservation, Idaho, has been aban doned. During the seven days that sales were conducted, only 69 tracts were disposed of, from which the gov ernment realized $42,437. Bids were made for fcur additional tracts, but were subsequently withdrawn. With these exceptions, no purchasers ap peared to take up the bulk of the land, which was considered not worth the minimum price of $10 an acre fixed by law. These surplus lands must now remain idle and unoccupied until con gress repeals the $10 limiting pro vision. The fact that the sales were so few is conclusive evidence to the depart ment that the contention of the Idaho senators that no minerals exist on these lands was correct, and that the state ment was circulated with a fraudulent intent. Commissioner Richards has started for Washington. DASH FOR LIBERTY. A Large Body of Strikers Under Arrest, but Many Made Their Escape. Tamaqua, Pa., July 29. This even ing about 50 strikers captured William Eagan, a Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company brakeman, and made an at tempt to march him out of the region. When they reached a point near Mauch Chunk they were met by about 20 dep uties armed with Winchester rifles. At the point of their guns the officers marched the men to a train which was in waiting, and took them to Lanford When they arrived there a large crowd of strikers gathered about the train and made a demonstration. The deputies surrounded the prisoners, and. keeping the crowd back by leveling their guns at them, took up the march to the jail About 8 o'clock the deputies made an effort to take the prisoners to the office of a justice of the peace. When they reached the principal part of the town the crowd pressed in and the prisoners made a dash for liberty, all but 17 of them making their escape. At present the town is in a state of turmoil, and serious rioting is feared. Wreck Near Omaha. Omaha, July, 28. Passenger train No. 5, west bound on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, was wrecked three miles west of South Omaha at 2 o'clock this afternoon, the fireman being killed, the engineer perhaps fatally hurt, and two express messengers badly bruised. The fireman was crushed to death beneath the engine. i The accident was caused by spreading 'rails. - TB0TJBIB IN EDE0PE ("RIOTING IN FRANCE, ITALY AND AUSTRIA. Clerical Troubles in Paris Are Serious Many Persons Serionsly Injured and Hundreds Arrested a Result of Street Disturb ancesStrike of Agricultural Laborers in Eastern Galici. , Paris, July 30. Many persons in jured, 10 of them seriously, and hun dreds arrested, are the net results of the street disturbances yesterday, brought about by the closing of un authorized religious schools. There were great crowds on the boulevards throughout the evening, in exneictation of further roiting. A large procession of students, shouting and singing, were dispersed by the police, and attempted red flag demonstrations at the Stras burg statue also were broken up. yuiet was restored at midnight. - The relieious societieo in morn than 50 departments have voluntarily dis- eoivea witnout any intervention by the authorities. - Francois CoDoee. the author and M Lerolle, a Nationalist deputy, who weie arrested last week in connection with the anti-clerical riotine. addi-anned a great meeting which was held in a rid ing scnool in the Kue d'Emrhien to night to protest against the govern ment's action in the matter of closing the unauthorized congregations." M. Coppee, in a vigorous denunciation of the government, made remarks hostile to President Lonbet. After rmxaisSno a demonstration, a counter demonstration to JH. coppee occurred, but the police were able to maintain order. Galician Strike Becomes Serious. Lembufg. Galicia. Austria. Julv 30. The strike in East Galicia of over 100,000 agricultural laborers, most of tnem Russians, and which developed into a rising atrainst the landed nrnnri. etors of the district, is becoming more serious. uendarmes attacked the strikers and were attacked by them in return. CroDs and farms have been destroyed. Several peasants have been wounded, and others arrested. Rioting In Venice and Padua. . Venice. Julv 30. Riotinir in varionn parts of this city has followed the sue-. cess of the Clerical-Moderates in com munal elections. A mob smashed the windows of the Moderate club;, on the Piazza Garibaldi, and the members of "the" club retaliated by throwing chairs on tne neads ot tne attacking crowd. a similar outbreak occurred at Padua. MAN WHO EMULATES TRACY. A Would-be Bad Calif ornian Runs Amuck and Shoots Promiscuously. Fresno, Cal., July 30. James Mc- Kennev ran amuck at Porterville yes terday, and initiated his performance by shooting Out the lights of a saloon and tried to shoot the cards out of the hands of a man in a card game. That he only wounded the man was due to his poor marksmanship and not to his criminal intentions. He then proceed ed to a livery stable and secuied a rig at the point of a revolver. A consta ble, a deputy and several citizens at tempted to arrest McKenny, but he opened fire and four of them were wounded, one so seriuosly that he died today. Officers in surrounding counties have been notified and a sharp lookout is be ing kept. McKenney has a bad record, having some years ago been sent to state's prison fiom Tulare county. Two years ago he killed a man in Bak ersfield but was exonerated. William Lynn, a gambler, whose ab- 1 domen and legs were filled with buck shot, succumbed to his wounds today. McKenney also filled the right arm of George Barrows, a printer, with buck shot, sent a bullet into the mouth of Deputy Marshal Willis, another into the arm of Deputy Constable Tompkins, and a load of shot into the arm of W. B. West. Before leaving town he called at the house of David Moshier. He wakened Moshier and called him to the door. Standing before the door, gun in hand, McKenney exclaimed : "I've got into a h 1 of a fight. They came after me, but I whipped them all. I killed three or four of them. They have not treated me right. I'll die game. You talk about Tracy? Tracy won't be in it with me. They hurt me." Putting his hand to his , leg he squeezed up a handful of blood. He then drove off to Lindsey and is evi dently headed for Fresno county, where it is supposed he will make for the mountains. McKenney, who' has a shotgun, rifle and revolver, is a des perate character, and will not be taken alive. Sheriff Parker and his deputies are in pursuit, but no definite informa tion has been received as to the desper ado's whereabouts. More Cholera in Manila. Manila, July 30. During the 48 hours ending this morning 150 fresh cases of cholera were reported in Ma nila. No reports regarding the disease were received from the provinces, ow ing to the stirm. Gale Sweeps London. London, July 29. A gale swept over London tonight demolishing many trees in the parks and playing havoc with the remaining coronation decorations in various parts of the city. The roro- , nation stand at Clement's Inn, Strand, was blown down, causing injuries to a ' number of pedestrians and damaging ' passing vehicles. The stands about Westminster Abbey also were dismantled.
