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COEVAIililS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FBIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1902.
VOL.
NO. 32.
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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
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Demonstrations continue in France
against the closing of Catholic schools.
Automobile devotees in England find !
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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-
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, been forbidden to sell through the
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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
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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
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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.