CORVA
GAZETTE
WEEKLY,
zkttk! J'Vsm. I Consolidated Feb., 1899.
COR VAIiLIS, BENTCXN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUXY 31, 1903.
VOL.. XXXX. NO. 32.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
5 TWO HEMISPHERES.
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Comprehensive Review of the Import'
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented In Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
Russia, in retaliation foe the Kisb
iDef petition, will issue fewer passports
to Americans.
John D. Long, United States consul
general at Cairo, Egypt, is dead as the
result of a fall.
Russia, it is said, has made conces
sions to the powers, which will assure
peace in the far East.
The lumber freight rate on the
Southern Pacific will be raised from
$3.10 to 5$ a ton August 20.
Populisms in conference at Denver
have agreed to for tret the past and will
re-enter the political arena.
: Whittaker Wright, the London pro
moter, will be extadited at once, the
papers having been prepared.
A fierce race riot occurred at Lor
aine, Ohio, because two negroes severe
ly cut a white man with a razor.
Russia has been swept by, a severe
tornado, which destroyed three vil
lages and caused great loss of life.
A cablergam from Consul General
Gudger, at Panama, says everything sis
queit and ne expects no further trou
ble. Representative Wilcox is at the
head of a movement to secure indepen
dence for Hawaii from the United
States.
Ihe American squadron will engage
in a great mimic war off the coaqt of
New England next month. Thirty
vessels will paiticipate.
The race war at Danville, 111., is
over and quiet restored.
The Japanese press is strongly in
favor of war with Russia.
Cardinal Gibbons received- a very
cordial reception on his arrival at
Rome. ' ,
A convention to organize a new re j
form political party is now in session
at Denver.
The British press terms Russian
official's worns t)nManchurian"' situa
tion asiinsulting. .
A Texas contractor attempted to
bribe an army officer by Bending him
$ 200 in a box of cigars.
Preparations are completed for the
holding of the conclave which will
elect a successor to Pope Leo.
Satisfactory progress is being made
in the trade treaty negotiations be
tween the United States and China for
the opening of Manchurian ports.
"'A coke trust, headed by the'Frick
coal company, is to be formed. The
capital is placed at $7,000,000. The
new concern , has control of 10,000
acres of coal land.
The discovery of four boxes of dyna
mite in the mountains three miles
from Kelson, B. C, with the date 1881
marked on them has led to speculation
as to a tragedy in which pioneer pros
pectors were the victims.
A fierce wind Btorm in the Boundary
creek valley, B. C, has done $5,000
damage. It blew down a steel smoke
stack at the Greenwood smelter, over
turned buildings, smashed windows
and crippled telegraph and telephone
wires. Several men were injured by
falling trees'. . T
Harriman will try to wrest the con
trol of the Northern Pacific from Hill.
Secretary Root will recommend that
troops in Alaska be' given double time
allowance. .
A high Russian official charges Great
Britain ,with duplicity in the Man
churian affair.
Five men were hurt and $100,000
worth of property destroyed at a Terre
Haute, Ind., fire.
Extreme hot weather prevails in
eastern Nebraska. Crops are thought
to have been injured.
The stubbornness of a Hungarian
officer is responsible for the prostration
of 450 soldiers by heat. .
Cardinal Gibbons surprised every
body in Europe by appearing in ordi
nary dress inBtead of robes.
Canada is still in favor of reciprocity
with the United States, despite Cham
berlain's policy for preferential trade.
. A sensational note has been eent to
President Roosevelt exposing a plan of
Hnncarv to control its people in the
United States.
The battleship Kearsarge made the
trip across the ocean in nine days, four
and a half hours, an average speed of
13.16 mile ean hour. She arrived on
this side all ready for action.
The pope's remmains have been laid
in the temporary resting place.
Thirty thousand people viewed the
remains of the late pove the second day
they lay in state.
Prince Ferdinand has fled from Bui
garia and it is thought he will not re
turn to his tnrone.
Indian cannibals on Tiburon island
captured a party of Mexican prospec
tors, killed ana ate mem.
Tom Johnson says he does not want
tn he vovernor of Ohio but would like
to succeed Hanna as senator.
HUNT FOR COVER.
Escaped California Convicts are Headed
for the Mountains.
Placerville, Cal., July 30. Of the
13 convicts who escaped from the state
penitentiary at Folsom, 12 are still at
large. Joe Murphy, who was serving
a 14-year sentence for robbery, was
shot at Pilot Hill. S. M. Gordon, the
reported leader of the gang, who had
been sentenced to 45 years for robbery
deserted bis followers soon after they
left the prison. He is heavily armed
and it is not known in which direction
he sought safety. A negro convict
named Seavis, who was reported
wounded in the first encounter with
the officers, appears not to have been
injured.
The 11 outlaws who remain together
are ma&ing lor toe bierra jsevada
mountains. They are closely pursued
by the sheriffs of Sacramento, Eldorado
and Placer counties each backed by
numerous deputies and assisted Dy a
company of militia. About 20 guards
from the Folsom prison are also en
gaged in the chase. It is believed that
the fugitives will soon be surrounded,
and a desperate battle is anticipated,
as all are heavily armed.
The work of the pursuing posses has
been rendered less difficult toan was
anticipated by the unexpected action
of the convicts, who released all of the
free men they had held as hostages.
It is thought that this course was
prompted, by lack of food and ammuni
tion. The 11 escapes are now believed
to be near Placerville, in Eldorado
county, in a rough eountry and not far
from the mountains, waich they evi
dently hope to make their refuge.
The fight at Pilot Hill between the
convicts and their pursuers seems to
have been a more serious affair than at
first reported.
After they had looted a provision
store at Pilot Hill they were practical
ly surrounded by the sheriffs of Sac
ramento and Placer counties, each com
manding a strong posse. All four
horses on the convicts' wagon were
shot, and one of the criminals was
killed outright. Then the outlaws
raised a white flag and marched up tne
road with the guards and others wloro
.they had captured on each side of them.
A general volley was not ordered, as it
might have kil'ed several "innocent
men. In this desperate manner the
second escape was made.
Now that the captives have been
freed, the pursuing officers have been
instructed to shoot the convicts on
Bight, and thier death or capture in the
near future ia expected.
SHEEPnEN IN ARMS.
Montana Camp and Pens Burned bx
Warring Cattlemen.
Butte, Mont., July 29. A Miner
special from Big Timber, Mont., eays
that the sheepmen of Bridger Creek
country, several miles from tlnre, are
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up in arms as a result oi me ourning
of the Flannagan Bros', eheep camp
and pens, the largest in this section of
Montana. The destruction is believed
by sheepmen to be the work of cattle
men with whom they have been on the
verge of war for the past six months.
The sheepmen have organized posses
under the leadership of William Bell,
one of the prominent sheepmen, and a
search of the surrounding country is
being made for a man whom the sheep
men declare they know is - the incendi
ary. Pickets have been strong out over
an area of ten miles square.
Parties just in from the scene say
that th 3 situation is extremely serious
and a lynching is threatenecTif the cat
tlemen BUBpected of firing the Fianna
gan pens falls . into the hands of the
pursuing sheepmen. '
Transport Dlx Goes Aground.
Washington, July C 3t). Quarter
master General Humphrey has been in
formed by cable that the transport Dix
went aground off the Japan coast last
Saturday. She has since been docked
at Draga. and it is estimated that it
will take 40 days to make the necessary
repairs, as she is in bad condition
The Dix is a freighter, and had on
board 225 tons of Philippine exhibits
for the St. Louis exposition. It is ex
pected that one of the tranpsorts now
out of commission will oe put on to re
place the Dix. ...
Colorado Ready to Quit.
Topeka, Kan.",' July 30. It is report
ed that the governor of Colorado is
about to make a proposition to Gov
ernor Bailey for a settlement of the
Arkansas injunction suit. According
to the agreement Colorado is to take no
water from the river for irrigation pur
poses during tbe monthe of July, August
and September of any year, in addi
tion, Colorado is to reimburse Kansas
for the $10,000 spent in prosecuting the
suit.
New Diplomat In Washington.
Washington, July 29. General Jose
Manuel Hernandez, the recently ap
pointed Venezuelan minister to the
United States, came to Washington to
day. He is enthusiastic over the gov
ernment's recent victory at Cindad Bol
ivar, and says it means the restoration
of peace in Venezuela. All opposition
to the established authority is now at
an end, he wys. . r , - .
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HAPPENINGS HERE IN OREGON
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GREAT FRUIT. YIELD.
Rogue River .Valley Traes Promise Choice
.. Product.
From the viewpoint or the grain-
raiser dame nature is in a state of
revolt this year in Southern Oregon.
the drouth prevailing for the past few
months having wofully reduced the
average in all small grains. It ap
pears as if nature, indeed, rebelled
at man's persistent perversion of soil
apd climate conditions intended to
produce nectar for the gods, to the
baser uses of growing provender for
nine or grain for human kind or
other cattle.
The orchards and alfalfa meadows,
however, are yielding up such stores
of wealth as only those realize who
are familiar with existing conditions
Apples and pears promise fancy fig
ures again this year, in fact growers
look for record-breaking prices, owing
to partial failure of fruit of ordinary
quality in the east. Of course the
fancy fruit for which this section is
distinguished- is not exactily in com
petition with ordinary barrel stock,
but scarcity of the latter article al
ways enhances prices all round.
Growers are carefully thinning and
applying the summer spray at pres
ent, and favoring weather conditions
are giving promise of quality Bur-
passing, perhaps, any former year in
the history of the local trade.
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FIX PRICE OF PRUNES.
Willamette Valley Growers Association
Says 2 Cent Basis.
The Willamette Valley Prune Asso
ciation held an important meeting at
Salem last week. Delegates were in
attendance from Douglas, Lane, Linn,
Polk, Benton and Clackamas coun
ties, and from Vancouver, Wash., and
was the most representative gather
ing of the fruitgrowers of the North
west ever held in that city. Organi
zations are already formed in Linn,
Benton, Douglas, Marion and Yamhill
counties, and at Vancouver, Wash.,
and associations will be formed all
over the state and the northwest in
the near future. The plan under dis
cusTon at the meeting was to have all
the associations in the Northwest un
der one secretary, so that it will be
impossible for one organization to un
dersell another in the market, thus
creating uniform scale of prices for
all fruits on the coast. The plan met
with the approval of all present and
an effort will be made to bring the
condition about.
The "price of prunes this year is "fix
ed on a 2 cent basis.
( Coming Events.
Ninth annual regatta, Astoria, Au
gust 19-21.-
State fair, Salem, September 14-19.
Second Southern Oregon District
fair, Eugene, September 29-October 3.
Summer -association of the North
west Indian agencies, Newport, Au
gust 17-27.
Lane county teachers' institute, Eu
ene, August 4-6. .
Klamath county fair, Klamath
Falls, October 6-9.
Good roads convention, Jackson
ville, August 15.
Fruitgrowers' convention, Jackson
ville, August 15.
Teachers .institute, Tillamook, July
29-31. v. .
Old Folks' celebration, La Grande,
August 1.
Hoo Hoo contenttion, Portland,
August 1.
Knierhta of Pvthias convention. As
toria, August 20-21. -
Teachers' institute, La Grande, Au
gust 17-21. -
Smiling Fields of Polk County.
Excellent samples of hay and grain
have been brought to Independence
this week. Early oats and spring
wheat have commenced to change col
or, and the heads of each are well
filled. Some early hops have been
exhibited in town, which are three
fourths grown. Hay harvest is ueing
pushed rapidly forward, and there is
a larger acreage in Polk county this
year than has ever been planted be
fore. The fruit season for cherries
and berries has practically passed,
but the plums, prunes and apples are
just commencing to ripen.
Bricks Made on Coos Bay.
The first lot of brick just burt at4
the' new kiln in Catching slough was
delivered this week at North. Bend
to be used In making the foundation
for the boilers and engines of the
woolen mills and sash and door fac
tory. This is the initial burn and
somewhat of an experiment, but from
the apnearance of this production
Coos Bay will be able to turn out
first-class brick, a much needed indus
try, for heretofore this article had
to be imported.
Huckleberry Season Here. ,
Huckelberries are beginning to rip
en in tbe foothills of the Blue moun
tains. Never before was there prom
ise of such a bountiful" crop there as
is now presented. The season has
been an ideal one for their growth.
There were no early frosts, and as a
consequence none ' were blighted.
Every bush is loaded, and already
parties are being formed to go out
and gather the luscious fruit.
Collecting Mining Data. '
George E. Boos, of the United
States Geological Survey. Washing
ton, D. C, is at Baker Citv, and will
make a complete report, of mining in
Eastern Oregon, showing production,
cost of operation, wages, etc. By act
Qf congress . mineowners are compel
led to furnish information under pen
alty: : -.- -: - ' v..
Reany for Steel Bridge.
The approaches and center pier for
the Lewis and Clark draw bridge near
Astoria have been . completed and are
ready for the steel draw -when it ar
rives from the east. It has been on
the road for several weeks and is
expected within a few days.. ,.
JUNE OUTPUT SPLENDID.
Sumpter District Mines Cleaned Up All
of $350,000.
Estimates based on the production
of ore in the Sumpter mining district
for the past month give much greater
returns than heretofore. v The deep
sinking operations carried on in most
of the leading properties have result
ed in opening up a larger area of min
ing territory and consequently an in
creased production has resulted.
According to the estimates that are
at hand from the best sources obtain
able, the Bonanza is said to have clear
ed up during June $50,000; the North
Pole, $80,000; the j Columbia, $45,
000; Golconda, $35,00; the Badger,
$30,000; total, $240,000. The produc
tion of the Red Boyfis variously stat
ed to be from $25,000 to $50,000." and
therefore should bemadded to the to
tal production. o
There are many;; other properties
that . are constantly ,. shipping ores
away for treatment at smelters. It is
impossible to get any. figures as to the
value of these ores, as no returns are
given from the smelters receiving
them, except to the owners, and the
latter as a rule are; opposed to mak
ing public these figures. It would be
safe in fixing the tofal at $350,000 for
the month. This total includes the
cleanup from many -claims in the dis
trict that are not ranking with the
big producers. This also includes the
output of the placers as far as can
be learned. i
Oregon King Looktsg Up.
ne Oregon -ng mine, which has
been shut down for; several years on
account of litigation, is again hoist
ing ore. The management is looking
for more miners and preparing to
make heavy shipments. To give .
history of this min.i would be to re
peat that of other properties accident-
ly, discovered, abandoned, relocated.
ana developed sufficiently to make a
trial shipment, which , was found ta
give surprising returns. ' Shipments
followed, which, a-, after deducting
charges for a 60-mile wagon haul to
the then terminus of the Columbia
Southern railway, Vwhich was being
extended southward and freight from
there to the smeitf c at Tocama. net
ted over $105 per t-.m.
Not Enough Water.
The voters of, the proposed Little
Walla Walla river, irrigation district
near Frewater tTirtHd-kdown the pro
position tofVrnt an; irrigation
district by 89 to, .52, the vot
ers living at the upper end of the dis
trict killing the proposition xm the
ground that the river ' does not give
enough water when at low ebb - for
those holding riparian rights, where
as if an irrigation district were form
ed including both themselves and
those below them, they would have
to divide what water was with those
elow them. A three-fifths vote of
the residents was required to carry
the establishment.
Hot Contest for Land.
A contest of more than usual impor
tance was begun in the Oregon City
Land Office a few days ago. Import
ant is the contest because an entire
section of heavily timbered land lo?
cated near Corvallis, Benton count.
involved. It is estimated that the
section contains 16,000,000 feet of
fine timber. There are four entry
men, each having filed upon a quarter
section, and there are as many con
testants on the ground that the en-
trymen abandoned and did not prove
up properly on the land.
Prospects for New Flax Mill.
James Boyce, a millionaire of Mun-
cie. Ind. who is at Salem, is Investi
gating the prospects for a new flax
mill in that city. He has made a for
tune in that business, and is impress
ed with the idea that such an industry
would be a paying one there. He is
much pleased with the excellence of
the Oregon flax fibre, and may back
Mr. Eugene Bosse, the local flax-grower,
in the construction of a mill to
manufacture the flax fibre into , a
marketable product.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 7778c; val
ley, 7Pc. .
Barley Feed, $19.00 per ton; brew
ing, fu.
Flour Best grades, $4.10 5.50;
graham S3.353.75.
Millstuffs Bran, $23 per ton; mid
dlings, $27; shorts, $23; chop, $18.
OatB No. 1 white, $1.07 1.07;
gray, $1 05 per cental. ,
Hay Timothy, $1920; clover,
nominal; cheat, $1516 per ton.
',. Potatoes Best Burbanks, 7075c
per sack ; ordinary, 35,4ic per cental,
growers' prices; Merced sweets, $3
3.50 percental. '
: Poultry Chickens, mixed, ll12c;
young. 1617Kc; hens, 12c; turkeys,
live, 1012c; dressed, 14ai5c; ducks.
4 005.00 per dozen; eese, $6.00
6.50. i-v
Cheese Full cream, twins. 15K
16c; Yonng'America, 15)16c; fact
ory prices, 11 c lessi ' "
Butter Fancy creamery, 20(822 c
per pound; extras.' 22c; dairy, 20
22Kc; store. 16c17.
Eggs 2021c per dozen. : "
Hops Choice, 1516c per pound.
Wool Valley, 1718c; Eastern Or
egon, 1215c; mohair, 35837c. '
Beef Gross,' cows, 3J4e, per
pound; Bteere, 55c; dressed, 7e.
Veal 7M8c.
'Mutton GrosB, 3c per poind;
dressed, 566c. .
Lambs Gross, .. 4c per . pound;
dressed, 7c. ( ;
Hogs Gross, , 66jc per , pound
dreamd, 67t, ;
NATIONAL IRRIQATION CONQRESS.
Utah Forwards Object With Liberal State
Appropriation.
Ogden, Utah, July 29. UnuBual
efforts have been made to insure the
success of the lltb. National Irrigation
Congress, which will be held here
September 15 to 18, inclusive! A lib
eral state appropriation was made.
and the amount has been doubled by
private subscriptions' from officers of
tbe congress and from citizens of the
city and state.
The program has been carefully ar
ranged with the view of achieving
practical benefit, and will include
practical irrigation and forestry les
sons, reports of experts, application of
provisions of sthe reclamation act,
state progress under the national act,
views on settlement of legal complica
tions apd the pertinent and important
theme of colonization.
As Utah is the pioneer state in irri
gation, special opportunities will be
offered for the study of the history and
progress of the science, and excursions
will be arranged to enable delegates to
take full advantage of the fact.
Special terms have been secured
from the railroads, and Ogden hotels
have announced that there will ba no
advance in their rates. Complete ar
rangements have been made for tbe en
tertainment of visitors, reception com
mittees being detailed to visit all
trains.
The basis of rpeiesentation in the
congress will be:
The governor of each state and ter
ritory to appoint 20 delegated; the
mayor of each city of lees than 25,000
population to apoint two delegates; the
mayor of each city of more than 25,000
population to appoint four delegates;
each board of county commissioners to
appoint two delegates; each chamber
of commerce, board of trade, commer
cial club or real estate exchange to ap
point two delegates ; each organized ir
rigation, agricultural or livestock asso
ciation to appoint two delegates; each
society of engineers to appoint two del
egates; each irrigation company, emi
gration society or agricultural college,
and each college or nniversity having
chairs of hydraulic engineering or for
estry to appoint two delegates.
The following are delegates by virtue
oi their respective offices: The presi
dent and members of his cabinet: the
duly ac redited representative of any
foreign nation or colony ; the govern
or of any state or territory ; any mem
ber of the United States , senate or
house of repiepentatives: member of
any state or territorial commission.
FATAL CRASH IN FOG.
Two
Trains in Minnesota Collide
and
Four Men are Killed.
St. Paul, July 29. Two trains met
in a head-on collision on the Chicago
Great Wetsren this morning and the
result is four men killed and 25 cr 30
passengers injured.
The two trains were the Twin City
Limited and a fast freight. The
limited was running as a first section to
Minneapolis. The second section con
sisted of an excursion train running
from Des Moines to Minneapolis and
was three hours behind time. Ihe
fast freight, Southbound, received an
order at Dodge Center reading that the
Be con j scetion of the passenger tram
was three hours late and tbe crew evi
dently misread the order and attempted
to make Vlaisty Siding, between Dodge
Center and Hastings, Minn., thinking
that it was the limited that was late.
Meanwhile the limited was pennd-
ing along at regular speed nd met the
freight head-on just after it had
rounded a curve at Vlasity.. The morn
ing was ioggy and neither engineer saw
the other in time to stop, although the
engineer of the limited had applied the
air brakes.
That the two trains came together
with terrific force was evidenced by the
fact tbatboth engines wertjroadly dam
aged andthe baggage and,buffet cars
weie completely wrecked, ihe bag
gageman was bnried beneath a pile of,
trunks when the car was lifted off the
track, but was taken out uninjured.
General Davis Retires.
Manila, July 29. Major General
Davis has transferred the command of
the department of the Philippines to
Major General James F. Wade, General
Davis having been retired for old age.
General Davis last act was to review
all the' troops' about Manila. The re
cords in the case of First Lieutenant
Foley, of the Fifth cavalry, who was
court martialed on charges involving
the embezzlement of soldiers' money
and other financial irregularities, have
been forwarded to Washington.
Boy Not Fit For a King.
St. Petersburg,1 Jnly 559. A special
ist on the treatment of backward chil
dren, at the command of the imperial
government, examined and observed
Prince George, the eldest son of King
Peter Karageorgevich of Servia,' during
tbe past week, and has reported to the
emperor that the boy ia a degenerate.
Prince George is 16 years bid. On
June 12 a Berlin dispatch to the Lon
don Times said that King Peter might
abdicate in favor of his son.
Razed By Lightning. ' '
Minneapolis, July 29- One of the
worst wind, lightning and rain storms
in tbe history of tbe city struck Minne
apolis todav. In Southeast Minneapo
lis the financial loss will aggregate
many; thousands of dolars, Buildings
were razed, others were unroofed and
lightning splintered some v . Electric
wires were prostrated and nearly all
the street cars were tied up.
CONVICTS ESCAPE!
THIRTEEN PRISONERS IN FOLSOM
TAKE TO THE HILLS.
umnreaK was Unexpected and Officers
Were Taken by Surprise Used Knives
Made From Files to Capture Guards-
Looted Armory and Secured Plenty
of Arms and Ammunition.
Folsom, Cal., July 29 Thirteen
ueaperate convicts assault and over-
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come tne guard, capture the prison
...uiu.jr, uia meir escape ana carry
with them 11 officials and guards of
the Folsom state prison, including War
aen wiiKinson and Captain R. S,
Murphy.
buch, m brief, was the newa that
startled the people of this community
and Bent a thrill , through the length
and breadth of the state this morninc.
This morning affairs at the prison
went forward in the ordinary groove
There was no indication of trouble
The conspiracy of the desperate con
victs whe had decided on a dash for
liberty, had been well kept. The pris
oners marched into the -dining room
and had breakfast. After the meal
the men inarched out of tbe main gate
of the prison into the yard. The upper
yard line was out and most of the stone
line was through, when" two prisoners
turned suddenly on W. Chalmers, the
outer gate keeper, and a dozen others
rushed Jor the captain's office, only a
few feet to the left of the main en
trance to the prison proper.
Each of the desperate men
was
armea witn a "D'e unite" or a razor,
and in the twinkling of an eve thev
were in tne midst of the assembled
guards and officers, none of whom were
armed, and ordered them to line up
and march out.
The convicts, having quelled all
demonstrations made by the free men.
started with their prisoners across the
yard in the direction of the prison arm
ory. Fonr guards were at the armory
receiving their rifles preparatory to
taking out their "lines." The convicts
marched their prisoners up to the arm
ory, and, holding their knives over
them, demanded that the doors be
opened . It was a case of open ing the
doors or slaughtering the warden, cap
tain and other officials. Warden Wil
kinson realized the ueelessness of re
sistance, and told the guards to open
the armory doors. This was done, and
the convicts took possession, secured 10
rifles, 25 revolvers and all the ammu
nition they wanted, and then marched
to the main entrance and demanded
that the gate be opened. They again
threatened their prisoners and the gate
was opened. The convicts marched
out and up the hill in the very teeth of
the Gatung guns trained On them. I
Thei plan had worked even beyond
the wildest hope of their imagination.
Their prisoners were' their safeguard,
and they bad not lost a single man.
Posses were started in pursuit. 21
guards, headed by lieutenants, and
were after the fugetives half an hour
after they started. Sheriff Beeee dep
utized J. J. Hinters, who gathered a
posse and staited on the trail over the
mountains, and popses from Eldorado
county were also put' in motion.
Battle With Convicts.
Auburn, Cal., July 29. A. fierce bat
tle occurred between the escaped Fol
som convicts and the officers tonight
near Pilot Hill, in Eldorado county.
The convicts were traveling in a four
horse wagon, and after holdiner no and
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'1 i '. i f-i 1 i n 1 1 .
luuiiug a store at nioi mil oi provis
ions, proceeded in the direction of
Colona.
Shortly after leaving Pilot Hill tbey
were overtaken by posses from Sacra
mento, Folsom and Placerville. Guard
Curry, of the Folsom posse,' opened ne
gotiations bv shooting one of tbe
horses attached to the convicts' wagon,
and this blocked the advance and an
open fight ensued. Convict Howard
was killed outright and Seabis, a negro
convict, was . badly wounded. Two
guards, who were with tbe convict,
managed to escape. It was alsc noticed
that Gordon and another vconvict, were
missing, and it is presumed that they
dropped out somewhere between Folsom
and Pilot Hill and have taken to the
woods, which anywhere in this locality
would provide safe hiding. .
Panama Situation Grave.
Washington, July 29. Consul God
ger at Panama has made the following
report by cable to the stjtte department
of the episode at that place: "Last
night about 10 o'clock soldiers, headed
by the commander-in-chief, searched
the governor's house. The governor
escaped, tried to reach the consulate,
but was intercepted. Took refuge at
the house of an American. Streets
lined with soldiers. Arrested, secre
tary ' of state and departmental em
ployes. Department has money.',' -
s Thames Flood Damages. '; '
. London,' July 29. Heavy rains over
the south of England can feed serious
floods and great damage in London.
The underground , rail way was flooded
and many printing rooms of London
newspapers built in the underground
district between Fleet street and the
Embankment were flooded and unable
to print. The heavy rains coincided
with a high tide on the Thames, in
undating several lowlying district?.
Bid TIMBER DEAL.
narnman and Hill Unite in Effort
to
Control World's Market.
San Francisco, July 28. The Bulle
tin says that E. H. Harriman and
James J. Hill are uniting in a great
timber deal, whereby they, with a num
ber of associates, will control the lum
ber market of the world. They are se
curing large tracts of forest laDd in
Northern California and Oregon,
through their agents, who have been -v
for some time quietly buying property
on the coast. Among the associates of '
the two railroad magnates are Frederick
Weyerhaeuser, of Minneapolis. T. B.
Wa kur. rf Minno.iio.
. 1 - M"IIO
Jacob Blod-
gett, of Grand Rapids, and a number of
other members of influence in the vari
ous timber sections of the . Western
states.
E. W. Eberlin, of New York, has
been in California for several months.
He is Harriman's agent in this state.
and has made frequent trips to the
northern part of the state, where lie
has been buying up available timber
lands. Eberlin has also been working
toward securing options on timber land
held by various Eastern people who ;
purchased it since the boom in , Cali
fornia timber began about three years
ago. , . ;;
With the many minor holdings which
Harriman and his associates may count
on, it is said that the plan is to merge
the more valuable lands controlled by
the Hill roads and the Southern Pacific
into a trust. The Southern Pacific's
principal holdings are represented in
the grant of ten miles en each side of its
road, lying between the southern boun-
dary line of Oregon and a point south
of Portland, and consists ot about 1,-
000,001) acres of fir and sugar pine. In
his plan to place these landB in a pool
Harriman does bo conditionally, with
provisions for the protection of the com
pany's creditors, to whom all the lands
of the company are pltdged in security
for its indebtedness.
With the landB of the Hill and the
Harriman roads and those of Walker,
Weyerhaeucer and others in Washing
ton, Oregon, Idaho and California
under control, Harriman and hia asso
ciates would be in p poeition to control ,
the lumber market of the world.
RACE WAR ON.
Illinois People Lynch One Negro While
in Pursuit of Another.
Danville, 111., July 28. A - race
war broke out here tonight. - While a
mob of 600 men was on its wav to
the county jail to lynch James Wilson,
, .
a Bloom irgton negro, who bad con--
ffiHHftfJ tn assanltino' Mra Thnmo a Dm.
gess, wife of a farmer, an unknown
negro ihot and killed 1 Henry Gatter-:
man, white, a member of the mob.
The murderous negro, a refugee from
Evansville, Ind., by the name of J. W.-
May field, was later taken from the
eity jail and lynched by the mob, and
three other negroes who attacked the
whites were badly beaten. The mob
fina ly resumed its march to the coun-.
ty jail, determined to lynch Wilson!
When the mob reached the jail, it
was fired, upon by the sheriff. Nine
persons were wounded and the crowd
scattered.
The entire police force, numbering
aVout 20, has been called out, and
this, with 12 , deputy sheriffs Tand
Sheriff Whitlock, forms a garrison-at
the jail. Wilson admitted that he at- "
tacked Mrs. Burgess, but denies . that '
he criminally assaulted her.. After
the nergo had made these statements.
Sheriff Whitlock went to the outside of
the jail and pleaded with the mob to
disperse. His brief address was 5n
teinpted by shouts from the mob, "
members of which loudly declared
their determination to have the ne
gro's life sooner or later. "
Trains Collide at Crossing.
Hutchinson, Kan., July 28. A score :
of persons were injured.- two fatally.
in a wreck of the Santa Fe east bound
train No. 2 and a Missouri Pacific
north bound tram at ' the Junction
west of this city today. Both trains
were running behind schedule time.
The Missouri Pacific tiain was just'
crossing the Santa Fe tracks when the
Santa Fe train came around the bend
at a
tremendous speed. The heavy
mogul crashed into the rear cars of '
the MisFOuri Pacific, piling them into
the ditch. . , '
Make War on flosqulto. ;
- New York. July 28. Another $tep
has bsen taken in war on the misqnito"
in New, Jersey. Representatives of
21 cities and towns, at a meeting in
Newark, have formed ' an organization ;
to be knwon as the conference commit
tee on misquito extermination. ' The '
object as set forth is to rid New1 Jersey '
of the misquito, both of the marsh "
breeding and malarial kinds. . Practical ,
work will begin at once and remedial ,
egislation vigorously pushed. ,
I ? ' Oovernor Hunt to Resign. :
Oyster, 'Bay, July 28. It is under -stood
that Governor Hunt, of ' Porto
Rico, has indicated his intention of re
linquishing the island governorship.
When his resignation will take effect is
not known definitely.