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GAZETTE. WEEKLY, MLi!Vi.CiBidIiitod Feb., 1899. COBVAIiLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OEEGON", FEIDAX, JULY 3, 1903. VOIi. XXXX. NO. 28. SHUT OUT FOREIQN WOOL. America Is Determined That Cattle Dis ease Shall Not Oain Foothold. Washington, June 30. A matter of a good deal of importance has come to the attention of the department of agri culture. A shipment of bulls for breeding purposes has recently gone from Indiana to Argentina, in South America. They developed foot and mouth disease before they got there. Nothing of this kind exists in Indiana, nor anywhere along the Mne of travel to New York, from which port the ani mals were shipped. They unquestion ably contracted the disease on board the vessel that has been bringing wool from Argentina to the United States. The department has reliable informa tion that foot and mouth disease not only exists in Argentina, but has exist ed there for a considerable time. Sheep are just as liable to this disease . as cattle. The question presented to the depart ment is whether it will stop the impor tation of wool from Argentina and such other countries as have foot and mouth disease. The department will make careful inquiry into this subject. Two propositions are presented. One is the shutting out of wool from these coun tries altogether; the other is the possi bility of disenfecting at our own ports. If exhaustive inquiry into the coun tries from which hides come shows that we aie in grave danger of getting foot and mouth disease from these countries, one or two things will be im perative, viz: Importation oe stopped, or that such disinfection be had as will prevent the possibility of our getting this disease. SYND1CATB BUYS MINES. 'Powerful Eastern Company Will Spend Much Money In Utah. Salt Lake City, Jnne 30. State Senator A. B. Lewis made the an nouncement today that a powerful Eastern syndicate had acquired heavy holdings of iron and coal lands in Southern Utah, and would spend be tween $25,000,000 and $30,000 000 in opening the mines, building railroads -and putting up an immense steel plant. To this end, the Utah Goal & Iron Company will be incorporated next week under the laws of Coloradc. It will have a capital Of $20,000,000. and will issue bonds in an equal amount. Mr. Lewis absolutely refuses to tell whom he represents, except that they are experts in the iron business and amply able to furnish the last amount of capital necessary for the undertak ing. C. C. Parsons, a Denver attor ney, is in this city now on business connected with the corporation. DUST CAUSES BAD FIRE. Explosion in Great Grain Elevator Re sults in Loss ol $200,000. Milwaukee, June 30. A fire early today in the big elevators owned by the American malting company is shown to have been caused by an explosion of lust. The buildings destroyed are malthouse C, yearly output 800.000 bushels of malt; engine house and boil er room, three stories; elevator F, six stories, capacity 25,000 bushels; malt .house A, output 7i0,000 bushels; ele vator was badly damaged by water, but the efforts of the firemen saved it irom destruction. J. M. Beibs, local manager of the American malting com pany, made' the following statement: "The loss to the entire plant and contents will be about $300,000. I es timate that about 400.000 bushels of .grain and malt has been destroyed. The buildings destroyed contained 72 pneumatic drums in which all the malt and grain was stored." Oil Belt Has a Fire. Sour Lake, Tex., June 30. Much excitement prevailed in the oil field for time juBt after the noon hour today, caused by flames springing up on the five acres of oil waste belonigng to the 3uffeys and Texas Addition companies. The fire was caused Dy some one throw ing a lighted match into the oil. For a time the flames were fierce and led to the belief that the big Guffey tanks were on fire. The surface accumula tions soon bruned over and by 3 o'clock the flames were under control. The loss is insignificant. Denies Postal Charges. Washington, June 30. The General Manifolding company, of Franklin, Pa., criticism of whose contract with the postoffice department presulted in the letter of Third Assistant Postmaster -General Madden to the postmaeter gen era l asking for an investigation of the matter, has sent to the postoffice de partment a denial of the charges that it was a non-union shop, and says it han never emnloved child labor in its plant. The matter will be investigated Expects Early Action on Treaty London, June 30; The Times' corre spondent at Shanghai telegraphs that the Chinese treaty commissioners are informed that the Pekin government expects an early ratification of the Brit ish treaty, which, says the correspond ent, is adisable, because, while article 8 has not been accepted in its entirity "bv all then owers, its spirit is adopted in the present American and Japanese negotiations. EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happenings of the Past Week, Presented In Condensed Form, Most Likely to Prove Interesting to Our Many Readers. , The British have inflicted an awful defeat upon Mad Mullah. John Barrett, of Portland, has appointed minister to Argentina. been The courts have declared the ship trust insolvent and will appoint a re ceiver. A wind and rain storm in Western Wisconsin laid low hundreds of acres of corn. Russia says the United States has opened no negotiations regarding the Jewish petition. - Secretary Hitchcock held up Oregon state land selections bceause proof of mineral character was insufficient. A ScottsDoro, Ala., eheriS was severe ly wounded while trying to protect negro from a mob bent on lynching. A careful compilation from official records of shipments and of the fest obtainable data regarding stocks on nana June su, snows a wheat yield in 1902 for Oregon, Washington and Idaho .of 14,678,000 bushels. Postmaster General Payne will take a vacation for the benefit of his health. The Colorado rivei is 27 feet above its maximum height at Yuma, Arizona. Britain will pay the American fleet unprecedented honor on its arrival there. The president's firm stand for Post master General Payne has silenced his critics. Russia has summoned Minister Les sar and other officials to attend a Man churian conference. The treasury department has pur chased 190,000 ounces of silver for coin age into Philippine money. A total reward of $6,100 is now offered for the arrest of Harvey Logan, the escaped Montana train robber. The lord mayor of London, a He brew, says Jews can only obtain relief in Busisa by appealing to the better side of the nations. Japan's participation in the Lewis and Clark fair is assured. The New York and Chicago limited on the Pennsylvania road was wrecked near Lucas. Ohio. A number of pas sengers were severely injured. The employers association, of Kansas City, has commenced a fight against unions. Mad Mullah has defeated the British, capturing 2,000 soldiers and killing 30 officers. The enemies of the Panama canal were defeated in the first skirmish in the Colom ian congress. A passenger and freight collided near Petersburg, Va., killing two men and injuring a number of others. The French cabinet faces a crises in its stand for community schools in place of congregational institutions. It has been brought out that the ; postal frauds were largely due to wire polling and "good fellows" in office. Harvey Logan, a Montana train rob ber, in prison at Knoxville, Tenn., made his escape by lassoing the jailer. The flood in New Mexico and North- i era Mexioc has driven many from their homes and rations are becoming 'short. Violent earthquake shocks were felt at Ealu, Hungary. Ex-Postmaster General Smith denies all charges of fraud. An American named Thornton and his native scout have been slain in Congo. ' Dr. J. W. Jewett, for 40 years cus toms examiner at New York, has been removed. Russia will refuse to receive the pe tition' of the Jews, which Roosevelt will forward. Emperor William, at a dinner, said Teutons and Amreicans are bound by ties of blood and relations should be closer. Almost the entire plant of the Cin cinnati abattoir company, one of the largest in Ohio, has been destroyed by fire. Loss, $300,000. Peru has arrested a number of depu ties who were to take part in congress on finding illegal documents in their baggage. In a raid by the police on the head quarters of the Macedonian revolution ists at Eostendie, Bulgaria, six men were killed and much dynamite cap tured. Seventeen New York murderers will be executed within the next week. Three tramps weri wreck of a freight train killed in the at Layfayette, Ind. Colombia telegraph wires are down and proceedings of congress are not ob tainable. Definite steps toward the erection of a $3,000,000 art museum in Chicago have been taken by the National Art Museum. x Interference by the Toledo humane society stopped a butchers contst for killing and dressing animals. . Andrew Carnegie has given $100,000 to Utica, N. Y., college. HUNDREDS ARE DEAD. Awful Explosion of Fire Damp in a Wy- oming Mine. Hanna, Wyo., July 2. At 10:30 A M. today an explosion of hre damp in mine No. 1 ot the Union Pacific coal company snuffed out the lives of 23b men, injured scores of others and caused the destruction of a vast amount of property. The nine was not fired as stated in the early reports, but the explosion was teriific, and completely shattered the timbers of the main shaft and numerous entrances, filled the workings with debris, and those of the miners that were not killed outright by the explosion were buried alive. The explosion was heard for many miles around, and attracted people from the adjoining settlement. Huge tim bers and railroad iron were hurled from the mouth of the shaft a distance of 200 and 300 feet. Superintendent . 8. Brooks and a large force of men went to work with will to remove the debris from the shaft and reach the entombed miners Their progress into the mine was block ed by the foul gases, and several times they were forced to return to the sur face. All day the rescuing party worked, the force being increased from time to time by the arrival of ranchmen and others from near by settlements, and by those of a relief train sent out from Kawlins, which arrived about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. About 1 o'clock this afternoon four men were taken out alive, and half an hour later they were followed by 42 others. Many were unconscious and had to be carried from the workings some were injured, but none fatally Several are in a critical condition, but it is believed all will recover. Two hundred and eighty-two men went down in the "mine at 7 o'clock this morning, and up until a late hour tonight only 48 had been accounted for Of this number two are dead. Horses and scrapers were put at work hauling debris away from the shaft, and cars were pushed down the inclnie, loaded and hauled back up to the tipple and dumped. The work is progressing slowly, owing to the narrow space in which the rescuers are compelled to operate, but by daylight the mine should be opened sufficiently to permit of deep explorations and the rescue of the dead bodies. Late tonight a party of rescuers reached four mules that were alive, and this caused hopes to arise in the breasts of the tired workers and the anxious women and children gathered about the shaft. It is a faint hope, however, for experienced mine bosses and miners say that when the imprisoned men are reached all vill be found dead. - Some of the miners that escaped say that they saw 20 dead bodies in entry 17. They reported that many of the men were crazed by the explosion and ran hither and thither in the mine. Many of these could have escaped, but they laid down, buried their faces in their hands and gave up the fight. Of the 243 dead about 175 were mar ried and leave large families. About 100 were h inlanders, 50 were colored and the remainder were' Americans. BID ADIEU TO KIEL. Americans Leave German Waters Amid Great Booming of Cannon. Kiel, July 2. The United States squadron sailed at 6 P. M. today from Kiel, all the German ships saluting and the Americans replying. The flag ship Kearsarge, Tioggo and San Fran cisco will go through to Cattagat, stop ping at Kallund Borg, Denmark, for two days. The Macbias will go by way of Kiel canal to Bmnsbuttel and thence will rendezvous with the other Ameri can ships off Spithead. The squardon will arrive at Portsmouth July 7. The salutes of the imperial standard were hred as the Uonenzollern sailed for Eckernforde this morning to accom pany the emperor and empress tonight, after the cruiser yacht race. The em peror started for Eckernforde on board the Meteor at 7 A.M. The empress was on the Iduna, which also started for Eckernforde. . The American naval officers at tended a series of receptions on board the German warships this afternoon. , Slays nan In a Frenzy. Austin, Tex.'. July 2. Frenzied by supposed wrongs, W. G. Hill, an ex- attache of the state controller's office, today entered the private office of State Controller R. M. Love and killed him by means of two bullets from a large caliber revolver. As Hill turned to flee, he was intercepted by Chief Clerk Stevens, of the department, who en gaged him in a scuffle, during which Hill's revolver was accidentally ex ploded. The bullet entered Hill's abdomen causing a wound frcm which he died this afternoon. Eight Killed in Tornado. Wilder, Minn., July 2. A tornado passed over this place tonight killing eight persons and doing much damage to property. The storm first struck the lanch of Dr. Wester, destroying all the farm buildings, from here the tornado turned eastward, taking every thing in a path of 40 rods wide and about eight miles long. At the farm of Daniel Gallagher all the buildings were demolished and Gallagher and his daughters killed. China Sees Methods in Move. Tien Tsin, July 2. The local news papers comment on the alleged signifi cance of the gathering of the Ameri can, British and Japanese fleets in the northern part of the Gulf of Pechili. It is asserted that no less than 57 Rus sian warships of one sort and another are assembled at Port Arthur. The Japanese reserve officers who were on leave in North China are said to have been called home. HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON WHERE ARE THE GUIDE 'BOARDS ? Law Says Road Supervisors Shall Place Them. There is on section of the road law whi h is more imperative in its require ments and which is more disregarded than that which -makes it a duty of road supervisors to. erect guide board at the forke of every highway. If the law were strictly - followed no super visor could draw his salary nntil he had erected guideboards wherever roads unite or cross, yet pit is remarked by everyone who travels in the country that there are very, few Buch boards in evidence. Newcomers in particular notice the absence of signboards. The law on the subject is section 30 of the latest edition of Oregon road laws and reads as follows: ; Every supervisor shall erect and keep up at. the forks of every highway and every crossing of public roads within his road district a guide or finger board, containing an inscription in leg ible letters directing the way and spe i fymg the distance to the next town- or public place situated on each road re spectiveiy; provided, mat the road su pervisors shall not be paid after sub mitting their report to the county court nntil they have shown to the satisfaction of the; conrt that the pro visions of this section have been com plied with. i - HARVEST PROSPECTS EXCELLENT. Linn County Crops Have Been Helped by the Showers. L,mn county larmers are elated over the excellent prospects for good crops. The damage done by the few days of hot weather early i in June has been overcome by the cool weather and rains of the past week and the indica tions are that almost a full crop will be harvested. f just now tne rain is doing some damage to hay. t A considerable amount of clover hay has been cut and will be injured some by the rain. A week's good weather would see a large portion of the hayf crop safely har vested. I The fruit, outlook is excellnet, al though the crop of apples and pears will be light, there will be an extraor dinary yield of prunes, which consti tute by far the greater portion of most orchards. The prune trees in this sec tion will be loaded with all the fruit they can possibly b?ar. In some in stances a part of the fruit will have to be shaken off to save the trees. Lands In a Tangle. A large stack of disapprovals of lieu land selections which lay on the desk of the state land agent a few days ago snows the wholesale manner m which the general land office and the department of the interiaor are turning down Oregon lieu lands. Thousands of acres which have been selected by the state and sold after ap proval by local land offices have been rejected recently by the general land office, and the end is not yet. Appeals are being taken to the secretary of the interior, but if that official adheres to his present policy there is small chance of a change in the decisions. Beyond question the state land depart ment is involved in the worst tangle ever known in its history, and it will be a long time before the kinks are straightened out. Crook's Population Increases. Crook county is getting its share of the newcomers into the state. Four hundred and forty-eight claims of differ ent kinds have been proved np since July 1, 1902. Beginning about July 1 the land commissioner says that there will be made at his office here from 10 to 12 proofs a day until October 1. More than 1,000 settlers have come in to the county in the last year and every stage from Sahniko to Primville is crowded with people looking for land. Scarcity in Brick and Masons. The state board of capitol building Commissioners has recently let con tracts for three new brick buildings, an addition to the prison, a new indus trial building at the reform school and a closed cottage at the asylum As a consequence, there is immediate de mand for a large quantity of brick and the prison brickyard will be kept work ing at its full capacity for nearly two months to supply them. The contrac tors all wish to begin work at once, and hence each wants brick first. Few Reports Are Made. There are 9,000 legally organized corporations in this state and only about 500 have filed their annual re ports as required by the provisions of the Eddy corporation law. All that have not filed reports will be liable to a fine of $100 if they continue in de fault for 20 days. Some very promin ent corporations have failed to make their reports, and it seems almost .cer tain that they have done this through neglect. Articles of Incorporation Filed. Only two new companies filed arti cles of incorporation in the office of the secretary of state last week. They were: Davis Lake Irrigation com pany, Roseburg, $25,000; Suitro Lum ber company, Linnton, $25,000. Baker Will Pay the Taxes. Sheriff Colbath, of Marion county, has been notified that ex-State Printer Frank Basker will pay the taxes due on the state printing plant. The sheriff had advertised the sale of the property to take place this week. ARID LAND NOT IN DEMAND. Department of the Interior Approved Two Applications for Reclamation. The rush which was made a year ago for land under th arid land law is not in evidence this year. Only a very few applications for arid land contracts have been received in the lsat six months, and all of these are for small tracts which will be occupied, reclaimed and cultivated by the applicants. Only two of the applications for large tracts have been approved by the department of the interior. One of these is tne application of the Portland company, organized by W. E. Burke, which com pany has a contract for the reclamation of about 8,000 acres northeast of Mal heur lake. This tract is entirely in cluded within the reigon recently with drawn from entry by the department with a view to examining it to ascer tain whether a suitable site exists for the construction of large irrigation works by the government. ne other application approved is that of the Pilot Butte development company, which has secured some 87, 000 acres near the headwaters of the Deschutes, from which stream the water for irrigating the land will be taken. This is the company organized by A. M. Drake. Among the applica tions pending are those of the Oregon development company for 78,000 acres near the headwaters of the Deschutes ; the Three Sisters company, for 27,600 acres between the Deschutes and the Cascade mountains, and the Harney valley improvement company, for 69, 999 acres near Malheur lake, in Harney county. A part of the application of the Oregon development company has been rejected on the ground that the land is timbered and cannot be proper ly classed as arid land. Mrs. Geer Made President. xne uregon lederation of women's clubs completed a most Buccesfsul three days' session at Astoria last week by the election of the following officers to serve during the ensuing year: Presi dent, Mrs. T. T. Geer, Salem ; first vice president, Mrs. Samuel Elmore, Astoria; second vice president, Mrs. A. Bern stein, Portland; recording secretary, Mrs. Hattie Young, Grants Pass; cor responding secretary, Mrs. Samuel Wnite, Baker City; treasurer, Miss Olive Slater, La Grande; auditor, Mrs. h Iorence Sheldon, Eugene. The feder ation will meet at Baker City next year. ' -- ' Horses Sent to Canada. A shipment of 23 cars of horses of all sizes and kinds went from La Grande last week. They will go via Spokane to Cut Bank, Mont., and be driven frcm there to McLeod, Alberta. There are about 700 horses, and the purchase price is about $21,000, of which $17,- 000 was paid to the horse growers of Eastern Oregon. With freight and 20 per cent duty, the purchasers will be in about $30,000, and will sell out to the local dealers of their section, and come again, should the venture pay. Prices ranged from. $10 to $125 dollars. Apportioning Money. State Superintendent Ackerman has advised the various county school sup erintendents of the state that the state treasurer, in making the regular appor tionment of school money this year. will strictly follow the provisions of the state law on the subjet t. The disburse ment will be made August 1 , and such counties as have not filed their repcrt with the state superintendent before that date will not receive their share of the apportionment. Christian Convention a Success. The convention of the Christian churches of Oregon, held at Turner last week, was a great success. There were nearly 40 ministers in attendance and over 200 delegates and very many visitors. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Wal la Walla, 70 74c ;- val ley, 77c. Barley Feed, $20.00 per ton; brew ing. $251. Flour Best grades, $3.95 4.30; graham 3.453.85. Millstuffs Bran, $23 per ton; mid dlings, $27; shorts, $23; chop; $18. Oats No. 1 white, $1.10 1.15; gray, $1.1)5 per cental. Hay Timothy, $2021; clover, nominal; cheat, $15 16 per ton. Potatoes Best Bnrpanks, 5065c per sack; ordinary, 3545c per cental, growers' prices; Merced sweets, $3 350 per cental. -Poultry Chickens, mixed, 10llc; young, 1314c; hens, 12c; turkeys, live, 1617c; dressed, 20922c; ducks, 1 7.00 7.50 per dozen; geese, $6.00 6.50. Cheese Full cream, twins, 15 16c; Young America, 1515c; fact ory prices, lljc less. Butter Fancy creamery, 2022Ke per pound ; extras, 22c ; dairy, 20 22c; store, 16c18. : Eggs 1720c per dozen. Hops Choice, 1820c per pound. Wool Valley,1217c;Ea8tern Or egon, 8 14c; mohair, 3537c. iJeei tiroes, cows, 34c, per pound; steers, 55ic: dressed, 8)4c. Veal 7K8c. Mutton Gross, $3.50 per dressed, 663c. r - Lambs Gross, 4c per dresesd, 7c. Hogs Gross, 66Jc per dressed, 78e. , pound; pound ; pound; PLUNGE OFF BRIDGB. Spanish Train Goes Into River and 300 are Drowned. Madrid, July 1. Fourteen bodies and fifty injured persons have been ex tricated from the wreck of the Bilbao train which overturned at the Nejerilla river laat night. According to offi cial information, thirty persons w killed and sixty others seriously in jured. Many of the latter will die ui the rfuu passengers on the train, il is stated that only six escaped unhurt lhe train, which was composed of two engines and 16 coaches, was cross ing the bridge, when the couplings broke between the engines. The sec ond engine left tho track and fell, fol lowed by the entire train, into the bed of the river. Fortunately, the wat er was low. lut) nearest medical attendance was TU i i. a mile and a half distant, and those passengers who were least iniured aid ed the others and did all possible nntil the arrival of relief trains bringing nnrseB, doctors and soldiers from Bil bao. The train fell fifty feet from the bridge to the river bed, the coaches pil ing up in a mass of splintered wood and iron-work. The scene is described as horrifying. Many corpses were car ried down the stream, which was ac tually reddened with blood. It was found impossible to extricate numbers of the injured who were pin ioned under the wreckage. A railway guard was arrested in the act of rob bing the dead and narrowly escaped lynching. It is believed that the official figures underestimate the number of killed, some accounts giving the number of dead as 100. The full extent of the catastrophe will be known only when the wreckage has been cleared waay. The latest dispatches from Sara gossa, near which place the catastro phe occurred, give the number of dead as 90 and the injured as 100. The res cue of the injured from the debris is not yet completed. COMET HAS TWO TAILS. Observations Made at the Lick Ob servatory. San Jose, Cal., July 1. The follow ing report was received from Lick ob servatory this evening: The conspicu ous white spct on bat urn, which was observed at Lick observatory on Wednesday, has not again been in a fa vorable position for identification nntil Sunday morning, when it was looked up at Lick observatory. The spot ap pears to have divided too far to be eas ily distinguished. , ' The comet discovered by Borrelli a week ago at Marseilles has been regu larly observed with the 12-inch tele- el cope at the observatory. It has also been fully photographed with the long exposure, showing two tails. Ths is an unusual observation, as only about one comet in 20 iB so situat ed as to permit of this direct measure ment. Its nucleus is about the bright ness of a 9K magnitude star. It lies due south at 2:30 in the morning, 53 degrees above the horizon and is about three-fifths of the way up to the zenith in the stellar aquaria. ELEVATOR GIVES WAY. Twenty-Three People Fall Forty-Five Feet All are Injured. ' Pittsburg, July 1. The breaking of a shaft on the nrst floor oi the H. J. Heinz company's plant in Allegheny today leleased the ropes supporting a long freight elevator, on which 23 per sons were crowded. The cage fell from the fifth floor to the cellar, a distance of 45 feet, and every one on the elevator was injured. It is thought that at least two will die. When the accident occurred the ele vator was evidently overcrowded. Ac cording to Dr. J. S. Phillips, physician at the plant, the antics of two men on the elevator, who were intoxicated. caused the disaster. Dr. Phillips says the two men crowded into the car after being told by the operator to stay off. Once on, they commenced jumping, with the result that the shaft snapped and left the elevator without control. Lands Reserved for the Navy. Washington, July 1. The president has issued the first of a series of procla mations under the Porto Rican land act, reserving for the use of the United States government such of the public lands of Porto Rica as are needed for naval purposes. The lands reserved in today's proclamation are 80 acres along both sides of the Cagaus road between the harbor and the railroad station, the Isla Grande, all public lands and struc tures on Punctella point, the park and the presidio and the Island of Culebra and adjacent keys. japan Is Becoming Excited. London, July 1. According to the Tokio correspondent of the Times th excitement in Japan over the Man- cbnrian problem is increasing and the nation is plainly resolved to support the government in any measures which are deemed essential to assert the rigths and safeguard the interests of the country. Marquis lto and uount Yamagata, who hitherto advised a waiting pclicy, .now, advocate resolute action by the Japanese government. ' An Immense Landslide. Ouray, Colp., July 1. An immense lnadslide, 1,000 feet wide came down from the main range into Silver creek basin, beyond and between the Reve nue and Camp Bird mines. The whole top ot the mountain broke off, and an other section of the mountains looks as if it would break off. The slides are caused by the melting of deep snow. No damage has resulted. RAIN IN NEW YORK FLOODS MANY STREETS TO A DEPTH - OF FIVE FEET. Families are Held Prisoners IJo-htnino- n ta Strikes Tammany Hal), But Does No Material Damage Greatest Loss Is Along the Water Front Sewer Caves In With Fatal Results. New York, July 1. New York and vicinity, as well as other parts of the country, were flooded today by a down pour ot rain, during which, in the course of a few hours, about half as much water fell as in the prolonged period of wet weather last month. The storm was accompanied by thunder and lightning and Tammany hall and sev eral other conspicuous spots were struck by bolts but no damage to speak of done. Streets in various sections of Greater New York were inundated, and it is ex pected the damage by water will be very great. The flood was most serinim along the shore front, on South and West streets, in the borough of Man hattan and in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, where much damage wan done by flood 12 years ago. ior a good portion of the dav horn the water, in some of the streets was four and five feet deep, and mant fam ilies were held prisoners in their homes. Fifteen feet of a sewer which is be ing constructed in Brookljn caved in and filled with mud and water. About 20 men were at work in the excava tion, but all managed to escape except Peter Sears, who, it is suDnosed. wan caught in the flood and was washed away in the sewer. SECOND SFARCH BEGUN. Qround Between Heppner and Lexington will Be Covered. Heppner, Or., July 1 Another body was today added to the number found. This was the body of a woman dragged from the mud and slime of a deep puddle of water in front of the residence -of William Dutton, two miles below town. Though badlv de composed the corpse was identified as that of Mrs. Clarence Andiews, a mem- per ot the ill-fated family of George Swaggert. Searchers were attracted to the place by the noiscme odors and found the body partly exposed. Yesterday the executive committee went over the ground between Hep pner and Lexington, to note the prog ress of the work of search and decide upon future plans. The result was that all men. were called in and paid off, then three crews of ten picked men each were selected and sent back to go over the searched territorv a necond time. All cases of need have been relieved temporarily, and Mrs. Britton. who has had charge of emergency work, leaves for her home at The Dalles to morrow. Contributions continue to arrive. Those which came today amounted to $2,345.72. LAMP LIT MINE GAS. Twenty-Four Killed and Fifty Others la- jured in Explosion That Followed. Barratoeran Coanuila, Mexico, July 1. Twenty-four miners were killed and about fifty others seriously wound ed in an explosion of gas Thursday night in Las Esperanzas coal mines. the property of the Mexican Coal and Coke company. The disaster ' was caused by the ignition of gas by the flame from a defective lamp. JLhe men were on the point of quit ting work for the day. Probably 100 men were in the mine at the time of the explosion. After the shock of the explosion those who were able to move rueshd to the exits, but the falling earth and debris carried many down to death. Fully fifty miners escaped with broken limbs and scorched flesh. At last reports the bodies of twenty- four dead men had been brought to, light. Others may die as a result of their injuries. Caught Robbing Mali Boxes. Harrisburg, Pa., July 1. Jacob Devine was arrested at Columbia last night charged with breaking open and pilfering street mail boxes. The postal officials have been working at this case for three months, and claim to have at last captured the culprit. Postoffice Inspector Malone, of this city, says Devine was detected breaking open a box and the Columbia police notified. When Devine was searched one of the numerous decoy letters sent through the mail by the inspectors was fonnd on him. Robbed by Clever Ruse. Little Valley, N. Y., July 1. Rob bers broke into a farm house two miles from Limestone last night and robbed James and Patrick Qiunton, who lived there alone, of $4,000. The intruders set fire to a mass of rubbish in the yard, and when the brothers opened the door to run to the fire the robbers hit James on the head, knocking him unconscious. The other brother is a crip ple. . Both were bound and were not able to releaes themselves. Large Creosote Works Burned. Mobile, Ala., July 1. A telephone special from Pascagoula today says that fire totally destroyed the West Pasca golua creosote works, entailing a loss of. probably $200,000. The works were said to be the largest in the' South. The fire was caused by a piece of hot iron falling on the creosote. An explosion followed. No one was in ured. .. - .. """