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. .. - .. """