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COB V AXiLIS, BENTCXN COUNTY, OBEGKXN", FBTDAY, JUXY 10, 1903.
VOIi. XXXX. NO, 29.
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of tlie Import
ant Happening! of the Vast Week,
Presented in Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
Pop Leo is etili alive, but his end is
near.
Russia will warn Bulgaria against
-goingto -war with Turkey.
jne number oi American troops in
the Philippines is to be reduced.
Russia inlaying a telegraphic cable
fromAri lung to Yon Gam Pho, China.
Mrs. J. 6. Blaine, widow of the
statesman, is ill at her home in Augue-
ta.Maine.
H Harlan W. Brush, of New York, has
been appointed United States consul at
: Jrli'an Italy.
The steel trust earned $1,162,530 less
during the quarter just ended than dur
ing the game period last year.
Colombia wants more money for the
Panama canal route and thinks Uncle
Sam stingy for not offering more.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Ryan has been designated as Alaskan
commissioner to the St. Louis exposi
tion; "'
A stage was held up near Colusa,
Cal., by a lone highwayman and $142
-secured. Just one year ago a hold up
occurred at the same place.
Bulgaria is preparing for war with
Turkey.
The death of Pope Leo is expected at
-any moment. . t
President Lqubet, of France, is in
London, the guest of England.
The Pennsylvania flood death list is
now placed at 20 with 16 missing.
. TbejAmerican fleet in European wat
ers is now the guest of Great Britain.
The opinion prevails in Russian dip
lomatic circles that war is inevitable.
Shamrock III has again beaten the
old boat and shows qualities which
greatly elate Lipton,
. The United States and Great Britain
have exchanged counter cases on the
Alaskan boundary matter.
'.:: St. Petersburg official circles criticise
the diplomatic mtebods of Count Cas
ein! 1h the Manchuriau matter. . ,
The nergo responsible for the rioting
at Evansville, Ind., is fatally wounded
and cannot live but a short time.
An explosion on the Union Pacific
xi ear Morgan, Utah, killed two men,
fatally injured four and more or less
seriously hurt 10 others.
Reports show that 36 people were
killed and 1,093 injured in fourth of
July accidents.' ,
A leading Russian journal charges
the United States with diplomatic hy
procrisy in the Manchurian trouble.
Kentucky feudists have agents in the
field to sound the men likely to be
oalled on the next jury to try Jett and
'.White -"""'
The national association of wholesale
tailors have signed a nine-hour agree
ment at Chicago, which insures peace
until 1905.
Twenty-one persons, unconscious
from smoke, were rescued by firemen
from a blazing four story frame build
ing in Newark avenue, Jersey City.
Dr: W. C. Brown, of Philadeplhia.
who presented a bill for $190,000 for
services rendered C. - L. . Magee, the
noted politician, has accepted the court
award of 134,000.
- Severe fighting is reported to have
occurred at Oskin, European Turkey, j
Italy has installed an American tele
graph apparatus between Rome and
Naples. . - -' '"- '
Jamaica iareatly- excited over an
official report that Costa Ricas is oust
ing Its bananas' ' from the' American
mariet.Vi' -"---. '..'.:.
The smeltins plant of the Hearst
-estatStSilverCity, N.'.M.,' has been
destroyed by fire; loss, $100,000; in
surance, $15,000. ' ;Jl . 3
Importation . of precious stones at
New York for the fiscal year just ended
-was the-heaviest on record, having
Teached a total of more than $27,300,
'000.
An investigation has been opened at
.Brussels concerning the theft : of 1,000.
watches which came there from Geneva
-to be shipped at Antwerp for the Unit
ed States.
. Professor Payne has .been appointed
to represent Harvard at the unveiling
-of the1 " Wagner monument at v Berlin.
t. Andrews is to be represened by An
drew -Carnegie.
During the fiscal year just ended the
money order department of the New
York postoffice handled the sum of
-$218,313,000, an increase over thejre
'Vious year of $31,326,000.
The British have inflicted an awful
defeat upon Mad Mullah.
General Lino Duarke Level, a for
mer noted Venezuelan revolutionist,
3ias arrived in New York, and says the
insurrection against Presidnet Castro
iis sure to continue.
The sale 6f the property of the Ault-man-Miller
company, of Akron, manu
facturers of harvesting machinery, for
i$640,000, has been approved by United
States Judge Wing.
TO WATER GREAT AREA.
ilalheur Butte Ditch Is to
pleted This Year.
Be Com'
Ontario. Or.. July 9. The Malheur
butte irrigation ditch, which was
process of construction last fail, owing
to certain conditions was not completed
as expected, and the work suspended
for a time. A deal has just been con
summated between the Artesian Springs
water and land company, which form
erly owned the reservoirs and the ditch,
and a number of substantial business
men of Weiser, Idaho, by which the
latter are to have a controlling interest
in the ditch and reservoirs. . The con
sideration 1b $45,000, and a perpetual
water right to 3,000 acres oi land under
the ditch.
About 70 per cent of the work on the
ditches has been completed and the
work remaining to be done will begin
in this coming August,, and will be rap
idly pushed to completion, and the
opinion is confidently expressed that by
next spring it will De in use. The es
timated coat of what remains to be done
is $30,000.
The Malheur butte ditch, when com
plete, will be 23 mileB in length, ex
tending from near Vale to Dead Ox
Flat and covering all the territory on
the west side of the Malheur river from
Vale to and including Dead Ox Plat.
This ditch will .connect by means of
Willow creek and another ditch above
Vale 15 miles in length with three large
reservoirs which will supply water
during the entire season in which water
is needed. . These three reservoirs,
which contain about 1,600 acres of
water, have irrigation duty of 35,000
acres when completed. They are more
than half completed, and sufficient
water is stored in this section to cover
all the land in cultivation under the
ditch, and as the reclamation of land
continues the reservoirs will be replet
ed until enough water is stored to cover
the entire acreage under the ditch.
These reservoirs are natural sites, and
by the expenditure of about $15,000
have been placed in condition for use.
The water is stored in them in the win
ter and early spring from Upper Wil
low creec and a system of springs, thus
utilizing the vast quantity of water
which has formerly gone to waste and
converting thousands of acres ef sage
brush into alfalfa fields.
DIB IN TRAIN WRECK.
Twenty-Three Killed and Nine Injured
in Collision.
Washington, July 9. Twenty four
persons were killed ana three in j urea
in a head-on collision on the Virginia
Midland division of the Southern rail
way at Rockfish, -Va., : this .afternoon.
The passenger train which lett Wash
ington at 11:15 A. M. today for Atlan
ta, Ga., dashed into a local freight
which was standing on the mam line
of the road at that point, wrecking both
engines and the baggage and express
cars of the passenger train. The bag
gage car and the second class passenger
coach immediately following it were
telescoped. The coach was occupied
mostly by colored people.
The trainmen, under a doctor's direc
tion, cut through the panels of the
baggage car and took out 20 of the dead.
Probably a score of the injured were
removed. A special train which went
from here to the scene of the wreck re
turned to the city about 8 o clock,
bringing Eome of the dead and most of
the injured.
Most of the immigrants were Aus
trian, and were bound for points as far
distant as California.
The freight train was in charge of
Conductor Brubeck and Engineer Hale,
and at the time of the accident was on
the return run from Lynchburg to
Charlottesville. Rockfish station is
midway between these two points and
the track. there is a single one. Engin
eer Hale had orders to get out of the
way of the fast passenger train, but, for
some reason, which has not yet. been
explained, he had overstayed his time,
and had failed to take a siding so that
the passenger train cculd pass. The
trains came together with a horrible
crash,. and a fearful scene of . panic en
sued when the occupants of the cars re
alized what had occurred. The pas
senger tiain was made up of an ex
press car, a Daggage . car, two aay
coaches and two Pullman cars. :
" Short Line Is Turned Over. .
Salt Lake City, July 9. At mid
night tonight that part of the Oregon
Short Line railroad system south of
Salt Lake City, was formally turned
over to the San Pedro, Los Angeles &
Salt Lake City railroad, and becomes
part of the system Senator W. A. Clark,
of Montana, and associates are build
ing to Southern California. Word was
received at the headquarters of the Salt
Lake road todav that all the details of
the transfer of the road and rolling
stock had been completed and notifying
the official to take charge at midnight.
Cowed by Militia. )
Evansville. Ind.. July 9. After the
carnage of last night, Evansville is to
night obeying the orders of the mayor
and the neoDle are keeping off the
streets. There are nine dead, one dy
ing, three others fatally hurt and 21
more or less injured. Four died today
Eifirht ccmDanies of militia and one
battery are in Evansville. The 400
soldiers are armed with rifles, and the
light battery has a Gatling gun. -
Wright Finally Gives In.
New York, July 9. Whittaker
Wright, the London financier and pro
moter, who was arrested last March,
charged with fraud as a director of the
London & Globe finance company, and
has since been in jail pending extra
ditioH "proceedings, today formally
waived all rights and agreed to be vol
untarily extradited to England by the
British authorities.
HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
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SAVE MONEY ON LIQHTNINO.
New Bid for State Institutions Shows
' Great Reduction.
The state board of capitol building
commissioners have opened bids for
electric lighting for the state institu
tions located here the statehouse,
prison, asylum and blind - school
Only one bid was presented, that of
the Salem light and traction company;
which holds the present contract. The
proposals were for either meter or flat
rate payments for all or part of the
institutions, and 'or four or ten years,
so that the terms offered are not east
ly stated, but members of the board
say that the rates offered are about
30 per cent less than the state has
been paying. '
The different plans proposed will be
submitted to the State engineer, C. C.
Lewis, who will advise the board
which plan of lighting is most advan
tageous to the state. The state owns
150-horsepower water right at the
penitentiary, which can be used for
about half the lighting if found ad
visable. Under the new contract the
state will save some $4000 a year.
Bid PLACER ENTERPRISE.
Rogue River around to Be Worked by
Means of Dredging.
A gigantic placer mining enterprise
13 that undertaken by the Bannock
Gold Dredging Company, composed of
Montana and Chicago capitalists. For
a consideration of $35,000 this company
has bonded nearly all of the placer
lands of the Lower Foots Creek
country, and extending along Rogue
river for. a distance of several miles.
Between 700 and 800 acres of placer
ground have been bonded by the Ban
nock company. They are preparing
to work the ground by dredging, and
will up a machine of their own manu
facture. They have had experts on
the field for several months past, and
a thorough prospect of the ground has
been made. The gravel of the creek
bed and of the bars along either side,
carry high values in gold.
Land Buyers In the Air.
The announcement a few days ago
that the secretary of the interior has
disapproved a number of "clear lists"
in Oregon lieu land selections, disclos
es something entirely new in the land
matters-in Oregon. None of the state
land office attaches have ever before
heard of a clar list being disapproved.
This unusual action on the part of the
secretary of the Interior is conclusive
proof, if any further proof is neces
sary, that all Oregon land matters are
to ,Jtje.scrutiaized .with jutmost -care.
The disapproval ; of these clear lists
occasioned no small surprise, though
the action is entirely in accordance
with the rules of practice in the de
partment of the Interior.
Rich Ledge Uncovered.
A new and important strike has
been made in the Waldo district by
Charles Wimer and William Ross, of
Grant's Pass. A wide ledge, carry
ing values in both copper and gold,
has been uncovered. Samples of ore
from the new find are attracting much
attention. The predominating values
are copper, though there is a consid
erable showing of gold. The main
values of the find is in Its extent. Out-
croppings show the vein to be of great
width and many hundred feet in
length. It will be developed and ex
plored. It lies on the same belt a?
does the copper mines of Preston
Peak and Iron Mountain, California.
Rain Ruins Cherry Crop. ( "
The continued rains of last week
practically ruined the cherry crop in
Clackamas county. The Royal Anne
variety, of which there was an abund
ant crop, has been rendered unmarket
able. The fruit has cracked badly and
is now fermenting on the trees. If
the rain does not cease 'soon extensive
damage will result to hay and grain
throughout the county. With a change
to favorable weather, Clackamas coun
ty will this year yet harvest one of the
most bountiful crops that was ever
raised.
Seven Headed Wheat Pays.
Eighty acres of seven-headed wheat
planted at Milton by J. M. Freeman,
show good prospects of a crop of 65
to 70 bushels this year. Mr. Freeman
obtained the wheat from a German
two years ago and last year had, five
acres of it.' selling the product to the
Peacock mill for the same price as
bluestem. The flour made therefrom
was nearly equal in quality to the best
grades of bluestem, and as the yield
was greatly in excess, the venture ap
pears profitable. This is tne secona
year of the experiment, and so far the
new wheat has only been tried on hill
land. . ' - .
Receipts of Lond Office.
Clerk of the State Land Board. G.
G. Brown, has compiled his monthly
statement of the receipts of his officp
during June, showing that a total of
$26,271.94 had been received from the
different sources, such as land sales,
payments on certificates, etc., and
turned over to the Treasurer. Of the
total amount $18,925.01 was received
as payments on certificates and cash
sale of school lands.
Must Not Set Fires.
In accordance ' with sections 1787,
1788, 1789, .1790, 1791 and 1792 of Bel
linger and Cotton's annotated codo
and statutes of Oregon, Governor
Chamberlain has issued his annual
proclamation referring to the protec
tion of timber and other property
from1 fire. The law provides that this
proclamation shall be issued by the
governor on or before the first day
of July of each year.
More Insane Patients In June.
The monthly report of the superin
tedent of the state insane asylum for
June shows an increase in the number
of patients from 1302 to 1324 during
the month. The per capita cost of
maintenance- was $10.43 per month,
or 34 cents a day. The general health
of the patients has been good.
WILL BUY MINE.
Clark is Satisfied With Southern Oregon
Copper Ledge.
, Developments at the copper .mines
on Joe's creek, known as the Blue
ledge, are continuing under the man
agement of Patsy Clark. It is reported
upon reliable authority that the pros
pects obtained from the use of the
diamond drill in the mine are showing
up more flatteringly every day. It is
now practically certain that the pro
perty will be taken by Clark under the
provisions of the bond which he has
obtained, and , that the deal will be
closed before the termination of the
term for which the bond was given.
Prominent mining, men from all sec
tions of the Northwest are flocking
to that section, looking into the pros
pects around the mine. The mine
oonaea oy uiarx is not tne only one
In this vicinity which is making good
mineral snowings. The belt of copper-
bearing ore reaches for miles north
and south from the Blue ledge, and the
bonding of the Blue ledge to Clark has
given an Impetus to the development
oi otner copper prospects in this re
gion. That that vicinity will prove
to be one of the great mining centers
or the Northwest is now confidently
expected. -
In addition to the mining interest
that may be developed in that section,
there are also large timber interests
which await access to .market by the
way of railroad r communication, and
fchould the Blue ledge prove to be what
Clark and his associates think and
confidently expect it to be, these tim
ber interests will be pushed along with
the mining interests.
Assistant In Treasurer's Office.
State Treasurer, Moore has appoint
ed George G. Gans, Jr., to assist in his
office temporarily on account of the
increase of work due to the collection
of the corporation taxes. Mr. Gann
was formerly a clerk in the land de
partment. The last legislature made
an additional appropriation for cler
ical assistance in the treasury depart
ment because of work incident to the
collection of the inheritance and corpo
ration taxes and a permanent appoint
ment under this authority will be made
later. " '
Packing nation County Cherries.
The Salem fruit cannery is having
very satisfactory run on cherries,
and manager Holcomb says that the
total pack of this fruit will amount to
about 8000 cases. Early soft cherries
were not of first-class quality, owing' to
an overabundance of water In them,
but they will keep i well. The cherry
crop as a whole has been of fair quali
ty an the quantity fSs largs afi-T-'as ex-.
pected. The cannery emnloys an aver
age of about 150 persons a day.-"
Yamhill Will Raise Fine Stock.
The H.-C. Evans farm of 635 acres,
near McMinniville, was sold last week
to Captain Foster. - of Portland, for
$18,000. This has been considered one
of the best grain farms in Yamhill
county. Captain Foster will seed the
farm to clover and grass, and is now
stocking the farm with high-grade
stock. Mlany of the large farms ef
Yamhill are now being changed into
stock and dairy farms.
Gain in Eugene Postal Receipts.
Postmaster J. L. Page, in footing up
the business of the Eugene office for
the month of June, finds that the pos
tal receipts at this office for that month
have amounted to $1,242.59, or a
gain of $466.49 over the corresponding
month last year. As an indication of
the improvement in business the re
port is highly gratifying.
Shut Down for Summer.
With few exceptions all of the log
ging camps in the Lower Columbia
river district have closed down for
month or six weeks. The logging
companies agreed to do . this so that
the surplus of logs , might become ex
hausted and the prices maintained.
Selecting Wool For Exhibition.
Hon. Henry Blackman, representa
tive of Oregon for the Lewis and Clark
Centennial and the St. Louis exposi
tion, was in Ontario last week secur
ing samples of Malheur and Harney
county wool to be. placed on exhibition
at the St. Louis fair.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla,-7074c; val
ley, 77c.
Barley Feed, $20,00 per ton; brew
ing, $21. ;,
Flour Best grades, $3.95 4.30:
graham, $3.453.85. .
Millstuffs Bran, $23 per ton; mid
dlings, $27; shorts, $23; chop, $ IS.
Oats No. 1 white, . $1.10 1.18;
gray, si.uo per cental.
Hay Timothy, $2021 ; clover,
nominal; cheat, $1516 per ton.
Potatoes Best Burpanks, '. 50($65c
per sack; ordinary, 3545c per cental,
growers' prices; Merced sweets, $3
3.50 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 10llc;
young, 13 14c; hens, 12c; turkeys,
live, 1617c; dressed, 20 22c; ducks,
$7.00 7.50 per dozen; geese, $6.00
6.50. . ' '
Cheese Full cream, twins, Va
16c; Young America, 1515)c; fact
ory prices, llc less.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2022t
per pound; extras, 22c; dairy, 20Q
32 Kc; store, 16c18.
Eggs 1720c per dozen. '
Hops Choice, 1820c per pound.
Wool Valley.lZJtfO 17c ;Eastern Or
egon, 814c; mohair, 3537c.
Beef Gross, cowb, 3)4c, per
pound; steers, 55Kc; dressed, 8c.
Veal 7Kc.
Mutton Gross, $3.50 per
dressed, 66Kc, ?- '
. . Lambs Grow, . 4c : per
dresesd, 7Xc . -
Hogs Gross, 66Jic per
dreBfled, 708e. - - -
pound ;
pound;
pound ;
DAM GIVES WAY.
Pennsylvania Plcknlckers Overwhelmed
and 20 Drowned.
Greensburg, Pa., July 8. A water
spout of immense proportions striking
in the vicinity of Oakford Park thla af
trenoon created a flood that caused t
great loss of life and proprety. It is
known thatjat least 20 persons were
lost, and rumors placed the number of
dead at more than 100, but ;up until a
late hour tonight only two or three
bodies have been recovered, having
been washed to the banks of the little
creek that runs parallel with the park
At 3 o'clock rain began to fall in tor
rents in the vicinity of the park and
spread over a territory covering prob
ably ten miles. A half hour later the
cloudburst occurred. The waters in
the lake north of Oakford park began
to swell, and Manager James McGrath,
believing that there was danger of a
final break in the great walla of the
dam, hurried among the crowds of
pleasure seekers who had gathered un
der the roof a of the eating stands, the
merry-go-round, the theater, dancing
pavilion and other buildings in line of
the water should the banks break, and
warned them to run for the hills. On
both sides of the ' grounds there are
high hills, the paik being located in a
ravine about a fourth of a mile wide
and a mile long.
The rain continued to fall in tor
rents, and about 4 o'clock a dam to the
east, containnig -40 feet of water, gave
way. The flood beat down the ravine
with a roar that was heard for two
miles. A half-mile down, at the junc
tion of the Greensburg and Jeannette
and Park car lines, the barns-are lo
cated. The entrah' e gates to the park
were lifted, and with the force of a pile
ariver the large posts were hurled bv
the waters against the barn.
BRIBE TO GOVERNOR.
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Missouri Boodlers Offered to Pay Him to
Sign Bill.
St. Louis. July 7. Ex-Governor Lon
V. Stephens was before the grand jury
today for over an hour. Before enter
ing the grand jury room he had a con
ference with Circuit Attorney Folk,
during which he told Mr. Folk that he
had been offered $20,000. while he was
Governor, if he would appoint James
Butler, of St. Louis, excise commis
sioner. The ex-Governor also stated
to Mr. Folk that after he had signed
the transit bill an order was made to
him to put him in on the ground floor
in the purchase of stock which would
eventually net him a profit of from
$50,000 to $100,000.
Ex-Governor Stephens said he re
fused to listen to the $20,000 proposi
tion for the appointment of Butler."
Butler was not appointed excise com
missioner the appointment : going to
Charles A. Higgins. Ex-Governor
Stephens also declared that he did not
take advantage of the opportunity to
invest in transit stock.
Interesting developments ; are ex
pected from the statements of Gover
nor Stephens. It Is understood that
his talk with the Circuit Attorney to
day is only the beginning of a line of
investigation taken up , by Mr. . Folk
which will result in many big boodle
transactions coming to light. Further
investigation will, be resumed tomor
row.
NEW FIGHT ON THE CANAL.'
Enemies of Panama Want Government
to Show Hand.
New York,' July . 8. In. the Colom
bian senate, vigorods protests against
the Hay-Herran canal treaty have
been made because it does not bear the
signature of President Marroquin, says
Herald dispatch from Bogota, under
date of Friday.
There have been stormy discussions
over this'point. Dr. Luis Carlos Rico,
the minister of foreign affairs, delivered
a two hours' address, during which he
declared that the treaty should not bear
the president's signature before final
approval. Ex-President Caro, in a
speech, insisted that the government
should defend the treaty, and not leave
the responsibility to the senate. ' At
this juncture the . senate adjourned.
The discussion is being continued.
It is said that tour members of the
house and canal committees are decid
edly in favor of the Hay-Herran canal
treaty, while three are against the
measure, and two are doubtful. The
canal campaign is now on in earnest
and the indications are that the debate
will be protracted and definite action
long delayed.
Final Dividend Declared.
New York, July 8. James G. Can
non, israyton Ives and William L. Bull,
trustees under the plan for the readjust
ment of the affairs of Price, McCormick
& Co., today declared a final dividend
of 11 per cent upon the claims of all
unsecured creditors deposited under
their plans. The trustees also issued a
statement in which they say the claims
of secured creditors amounting to over
$1,000,000 have been paid in full. The
unsecured creditors have received divi
dends aggregating 71 per cent.
Americans May Invest in Russia.
St. Petersburg, July 8. Vice Presi
dent Gross, of the American locomotive
company, has arrived here, and consid
erable newspaper comment has Deen
aroused by his presence at the Russian
capital. It is said thatt his mission
concerns not only locomotives, but an
investigation of the financial and econ
omic conditions of Russia, in the inter
est of various groups of American finan
ciers, and also an inquiry into the feas
ibility'of exporting South Russian iron.
Clash With Bulgarians.
Osknb, European Turkey, July 8.
In a conflict between Turkish troops
and Bulgarians near Vodena, 46 miles
north of Salonika., tha latter hA in
killed and the Turks had two wounded
SEVEN FALL DEAD
INDIANA TROOPS FIRE ON RIOTERS
WITH TELLING EFFECT.
Fourteen and Perhaps More Injured
Mob at Evansville, Made a Deter
mined Effort to Reach Negroes In
Jail, But Were Turned Back More
Quardsmen Ordered Out.
Evansville, Ind., July 8. Following
four days of rioting and general lawless
ness, this city tonight saw the most ten
rible of ita experiences with rioters.
o , . - .
ctjvou persons are aeaa ana 14 are
known to be injured, and at leaBt that
number more are thought to be hurt.
At 10:30 o'clock the members of
company A, First regiment, Indiana
- - , a Tigiiaub
guarding of the county jail, and 100
deputy sheriffs under Sheriff Chris
Kratz, fired point blank into a mob of
1,000 men gathered on Fourth, Divis
ion and Vine streets, surrounding the
Vanderburg county jail, and attempting
its capture. J?rom 7 O'clock this morn
ing until the hour of tonight's catae
trophe the crowd surged about the iail.
calling the militiamen vile names, as-
saulting them with stones and huratins,
the deputy eherffs who warded the TiaiL
The mob had eraduallv becom mor
and more excited, and its manifesta-
tions of uneasiness more frequent, and
at 10 o'clock it was seen that nothine
could prevent an assault on the jail
At 10 :JO o'clock the rioters piessed
iorwara wiin determination, and inno
cent onlookers and the curious followed
Slowly they forced the militiamen back
toward the jail, until the alleyway be
tween Division street and the stone
building waa reached. Then the lead'
ers, witn a Dicycie in tneir iront as a
shield to the bayonets of the soldiers.
attempted to enter the alley and storm
the alleyway entrance.
Captain Blum, of the National Guard.
ordered a charge on the rioters. Grad
ually the crowd was forced back, the
soldiers using their bayonets and butts
of their guns. Suddenly a rioter fell.
A soldier tried to drag him to his feet,
but before he could do so was assaulted
by a rioter. Stones and boulders be
gan to fly through the air. A. soldier
was struck with a rock and fell. A
rioter was knocked down with a gun
butt and then a shot was fired. The
one shot started a f usilade of . musketry
and shotgun fire from the defenders of
the jail, and a scattered return fire
from the rioters. Fully 300 shots were
fired froni the jaULwindo wst, the court
house steps immediately opposite, and
the soldiers in the streets. No one
knows who fired the first shot. The
soldiers say it was the rioters.
Governor Durbin is said to have in
structed the authorities not jeopard
ize the safety of the jail with half way
measures. The soldiers and deputies
fired into the retreating mob of men,
who ran into Division street. For 15
minutes the firing continued. When
it ceased, the soldiers had the place.
In front of the staggering band of 58
soldiers lay the dead and wounded.
Moans and shrieks of agony and fear
came from the injured.
FURNACES FROZEN.
Sudden Strike of Workmen Brings
Heavy Losses.
Denver, July 8. James B. Grant,
chairman of the executive committee
of the American Smelting & Refining
company, estimates the damage at the
Grant and Glebe smelters caused by
the unexpected strike of the employes
at $25,000 to $30,000. All but two of
the 11 furnaces in nse were "frozen,"
and the ore will have to be out out be
fore the furnaces can again be used.
President Charles F. Moyer, of the
western federation of Miners, says
that he does not think it will be neces
sary to call out the miners of the state
in support of the smeltermen. The
failure of the legislature to pass an
eight-hour law is given by the strikers
as the cause of the trouble, and the
company is accused of using improper
means to defeat legislation.
A large force of police is guarding
the smelters in this city, and no seri
ous disturbance has occurred, though
12 men have been arrested for disorder
ly conduct and making threats.
St. Helens in the Lead.
Rainier, Or., July 8. The county
seat election was the livliest ever wit
nessed in Columbia county. All the
county heard from, except Auburn pre
cinct, gives a total vote of 1,792, Rain
ier 562, Clatskanie 511, St. Helens 625,
Auburn precinct will not change the
result materially. It will necessitate
a second election the first Monday in
August. An error in sending out the
registration books caused much delay
and trouble in voting. More than 250
affidavits were made by six freeholders
in Rainier precinct alone.
Dynamite Was Used. -
Colorado Springs, Colo., July 8. An
attempt was made to blow up the plant
of the Colorado Springs electric com
pany at 2 o'clock this morning by dy
namite. One hundred and fifty sticks
of dynamite, weighing 75 pounds, were
piled along the north Bide of the big
buildings and a fuse lighted. The ex-
nlcsion of one stick distributed the
other sticks around in a radius of 200
feet, saving the building and the lives
of 17 employes. . . . : ?
Toy Plant Blown Up.
Chicago, July 8. Three persons were
instantly killed, several injured, , one
fatally, in an explosion tonight which
wrecked a factory in South Chicago
J manufactured.
avenue where caps lor toy pistoia were
POPB IS DY1NQ.
Chloral and Caffeine are Being Adminis
tered to Sustain Life.
Rome, July 6. The condition of the
pope is growing much- worse this
morning, though during the night he"
succeeded in sleeping comparatively
well. ' Chloral and caffeine are beine
administered by the mouth in order to
strengthen the heart, ,but his holiness
has refused to have : either , injected.
The weakness and exhaustion are' be
coming augmented, nothwithstanding:
the efforts being made to keen ud the
pontiff's spirits. "
The only aliment which the natient
has been able to take has been a little
broth or sips of oil with the yolk of
eggs beaten up with sugar. His holi
ness refuses to take
doctor has advised him to do. in order
ww uiviii a. xi n
10 aId the secretions ol! all the organs
wmcn are depressed, owing to the
weakness of the heart.
After this morning's consultation
between Doctors LapponI and Maz
zoni the first bulletin will be issued.
The gravest indications of the serious
condition of the pope is that Dr. Lao-
oni on going home after having spent
tne night at the Vatican, informed his
family that he would not again return
U. 6
.UDH1 in? aisease bad resulted
way or tne other. The doctor
Wltn nim nis evehing dress, which
aocruing to etiquette, he will have to
on immediately after the death of
the pope, should his illness terminate
fatally. '
JOINS CABLE ENDS.
Pacific Cable Is Now CnmnMH b
San. Francisco to Manila. V
York, J uly 5. The Pacific
was successfully completed
New
cable
at 10:50 o'clock last . night, East
ern time, by. the welding together of
the eastern and western links at
Honolulu on board the cableshlp An-
glia, thus completing the entire lines
of telegraph from San Francisco to
the Philippine Islands, a distant 'nf
over 8000 miles, and bringing to a con
clusion the greatest and most difficult,
of submarine cable enterprises under
taken in the history of ocean tele
graphy, r
A message from President Roosevelt
to President Mackay, of the Commer
cial Pacific Cable Company, was sent
over, the new. cable around the world
in 12 minutes, and Mackay's rSply was
sent around the world in 9 minutes.
The best previous time for a message
around the ; world 'was made on ' one
sent by United States Senator Chaun-
eey M; Depew from the National Elec
trio Exposition, Grand Central Palace, .
in this city, in 1896. . It took 50 minu
tes, to transmit the message. '
SNOW GENERAL IN MONTANA.
Crops May Suffer, But It Is the Making '
of the Radges.
Butte, Mont. July 6. Snow was
general in Montana today, slight flur
ries' being reported from all over the
state. The fall was heavy on the con
tinental divide. The temperature has
dropped, to 45. ' The snow alternates
with cold rains, and great damage to
crops is feared.
Later reports regarding snow and
ram in Montana indicate that the
rangemen will gain where the ranch
ers will lose. The snow and rain in
the southern, eastern and . northern
portions of the state will do the range
much good, as it ia tod early , tc hurt
the new grass. The Bitter Root valley
had a cold rain, which" may retard
crops in that garden spot. The storm
Was heavy on the Continental Divide
and on the "range west oL Missoula.
The average temperature of the state
is 45, lowest in the eastern portion of
the state. Western Nebraska was vis
ited by a severe storm yesterday, and
this has swept over Montana.
America Not Approached, i
Washington, July 7. Nothing vhas
yet been heard in, official quarters of
the ultimatum delivered to China by
Japan and England, according to the
Odessa dispatches printed today. It Is
certain that the United : States has
not recently been approached in this
direction by either of the governments
named as parties to the agreement, so
that it has had no opportunity to Indi
cate whether It would lend its moral
support to an effort on the part of
England and Japan to protect their
interests in Manchuria.
Moves for War. . 4
Berlin, July, 7. The Cologne Ga
zette's St. Petersburg correspondent
telegraphs that, according to reports -
from Vladivostok, the Russian War
Minister, General Kuropatkin, on In
structions from the Czar, has altered
his itinerary and has left Vladivostok
suddenly, going to Kikolovsk, in Asia
tic Russia, on the north bank of the
Amur, supposedly for the purpose of
the Inspection of fortifications, which
would be especially important'' in case
of a conflict with Japan . ..
, Washington Statue Unveiled. ' v
Budapest, ' July ; 7. Adolph ' Friend
Mann, an American citizen, and a di
rector of the Burdavara Public Garden
in Budapest, which is also known as
American Park, has presented to the
garden a life-sized equestrian statute
of George Washington. The statute '
was unyelled in. the presence .of the ;
members of the American colony here
and of thousands of enthusiastic Hun
garians. , .. , -,... ,