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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1908)
Hcppner Gazette Issued Thursday of Each Week HEPPNER OREGON BRIEF NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK Interesting Events from Outside the State Presented in a Manner to Catch the Eye of the Busy Reader Matters of National, Historical and Commercial Importance. Mrs. Frank J. Gould is suing for divorce. Centralis, Wash., was swept by a disastrous lire. Desperate fighting continues be tween factions in Persia. Mexican rebels have captured the town of Viesca. The government has sent troops. Bryan expresses perfect confidence that he will he the Democratic nomi nee for president. Cleveland was buried in Princeton cemetery with simple ceremonies and no military display. There will be 1.250 American ma rines ashore in the canal zone to keep order on election day. A Portland fruit peddler was fined $3 for staying too long in one place to sell his last box of cherries. James S. Sherman, Republican nominee for vice-president, is rapidly recovering, and will soon be able to travel. American authorities do not expect anv open trouble with Venezuela. Th'ev expect to just let Castro severe ly alone. Harvard beat Yale in the great in tercollegiate boat race. Secretary Taft, who is a graduate of Yale, wit nessed the race, and was sorely dis appointed. A collision between a freight and a circus train in St. Paul injured eight persons. A Chicago professor has fallen heir to' an immense ' fortune, mostly in Idaho mines. Heney accused Ruef of plotting his death, and Ruef promptly called Heney a liar. Pendleton man who is afraid to trust the banks has $75,000 in postal money orders. The Venezuelan envoy to the United States is awaiting orders to leave this country. Shooting and looting continue in Teheran, the capital of Persia, caus ing a reign of terror. A French passenger steamer was wrecked on the Spanish coast and about 100 persons perished. A Seattle man was killed by a cake of ice falling down an elevator short and striking him on the head. Flour and other provisions are get ting so high priced in Chicago that many are scarcely able to buy enough to eat. A well-organized ring has been dis covered in Southern California en 'gaged in smuggling Chinese coolies across the Mexican border. The youngest son of the late Charles Crocker, the San Francisco millionaire, has undergone his second operation for cancer of the stomach. A Russian paper predicts that when reinforcements arrive for the Persian revolutionists, the shah's army will be defeated and the government over thrown. Thee Rivers, Quebec, had a million dollar fire. The wrapping paper trust has pleaded guilty, and each member was nneu. Eight persons died and scores were prostrated from the heat in u.nicago. A second son has been born to King Alfonso and Queen Victoria, ot Spain It is claimed many cures have been effected in a leper colony in Louisiana, The- hriherv case aeainst Tirey L, trrr! nf ian Francisco, has been dropped. Hvde and Schneider were convicted of - -. t T ' 1 land frauds, and lienson ana jjimonu acquitted. Two men jumped from a speeding au tomobile in Calitornia, tninKing n was beyond control. .Both were Dadiy in jured. Thomas V T.awson. of Boston, pro poses to raise one million dollars for a Democratic campaign fund to elect Governor Johnson, ot Minnesota, presi dent, and W. J. Bryan, vice-president. Mulai Hafid has reached the Moroccan capital and proclaimed himself sultan. Woman suffragists in London held the greatest demonstration ever seen there. Taft says he would like to see a "good game of baseball; a game for blood." W. J. Bryan says that "the anti-injunction plank of'the Republican plat form, as finally adopted, is a transpar ent fraud." A collision of electric cars three miles from Portland on the Mount Scott line badlv injured six persons, slightly in jured many more and wrecked two mo tor cars. An accident to the Portland Railway company generating plant a Cazadero destroyed three dynamos, worth $30,000 each, in about three minutes, besides about $20,000 damage to turbines and power house. A Washington man has applied for Jeave of absence from his homestead on account of the numerous rattlesnakes. He expects to be away helping neigh bors during harvest and dares not leave lis family alone. I A Jap spy has been caught with; complete plans of New York forts. j MASSING TROOPS. Mexican Government Preparing for Extensive Revolution. El Paso, Tex., June 30. Fifteen hundred troops have arrived in Tor reon to protect that city from the ex pected attack by revolutionists, and the Americans arc preparing to send their families to the States for safety, according to reports brought here last night by passengers on the Mexican Central. It is reported that the revolution ists have attacked the village of Mata moros, Coahuila, about 15 miles from Torreon, and have occupied that town. Official advices relative to sending troops to Torreon say that with the forces already stationed there the town is "impregnable." In Chihuahua there is considerable alarm among citizenry, and guards numbering from 20 to 25 soldiers in a single patrol are continually passing through the streets. A great many extra police have been sworn in to do guard duty. Information brought here last night by passengers on the incoming Mex ican Central train is that all bridges and approaches to Torreon on every road except the Mexican Central have been burned. The international line out of Tor reon, on which is located the town of Matamoros, reported to be in the hands of revolutionists, has suffered heavily, and the Coahuila Pacifieo is entirely tied up as the result of depre dations committed by revolutionists. A pay train on the Coahuila & Pacific was attacked on Friday night, soon after leaving Torreon, but the crew succeeded in running the train back to Torreon and escaping. There is a general movement of troops from Mexico City to north, ac cording to news received here, and reinforcements are being rushed to Jiminez, which js said to be still in the hands of revolutionists. "BET YOU MILLION." John W. Gates Wakes Up Slow Old Illinois Town. St. Charles, 111.. June 30. John V Gates, the "Bet You Million" man, who founded the home in this village for boys, slipped in here yesterday, and what he did during his short stay has left the town gasping. There will be no other topic mentioned here for the next six months. Epitomized, here is what Gates did in about five hours. Kissed his old mother. Got shaved by the town barber and gave him a $10 gold piece. Threw showers of quarters and half dollars to the street boys. Was run home by a curious crowd. Bought a fine stock farm for $25,000 and gave it to an old friend. Begged for "dear old 5-cent cigar-' and smoked it blissfully. Yelled at t Me son ot a Iriend to come anu go to jtuirope wnn mm anaipoik took him along. Left for Chicago at 11:30 last night with Mrs. Gates and the buy, after one of the greatest days of his life. Gates and his wife will tour Europe in an automobile. Worst Ice Pack Known. Seattle, June 30. First to reach Nome of the fleet which sailed June 1 was the steamship Victoria, Captain Porter, who is the first home, arriving last night. The steamship brings news of the worst ice ever known in Behring .sea since it has been navi gated by white men, and Captain I'or- !ter is authority for the statement that vessels of the returning fleet cannot be expected on schedule time unless conditions have changed radically since the Victoria sailed. The Vic toria arrived in Seattle with 02 pas sengers and $050,000 in gold. Officers and passengers of the ship describe the voyage to and from Xome as an unprecedented battle with ice. Great bergs which 'drifted trom tlie Arctic ocean last tall, and are frozen in the Behring sea, packed as high as the steamer's stack, were found in 65 feet of water. Expose Royal Grafters. Lisbon, June 30. A mass meeting organized by the Republicans and pre sided over by Bernardino Machado, the Republican leader, yesterday, passed resolutions demanding a vig orous investigation of the advances of money to the royal family and t tie misuse of public funds during the regime of the late King Carlos. A strong force of police surrounded the meeting place, but there was no interference with the speakers, some of whom were most violent in their expressions. Xo untoward incidents took place. Root Takes Treatment. Xcw York, June 30. Secretary of State Root is at William Muldoon's health institute at White Plains, again for a course of .medicine, ball-throwing, hard walking and riding, cold shower baths and plain cooking. He went there on Saturday, not because; he needed this treatment as he did last year, but because he obtained so much benefit then that he and his phy sician decided a short course of I r--fessor Muldoon's curriculum each year would be a good thing. Cloudburst Floods Homes. Beatrice. Xeb., June 30. The Roue river at this place is on another ram page, caused by a two-inch rainfall and a cloudburst. The precipitation is placed at seven inches. The rise here was very sudden, and water is running over West Court street for several blocks. Thirty families in a low-lying section were compelled to abandon their homes. Traffic over the Union Pacific is abandoned, water running over one section of the track to the depth of eight feet. Sherman Improves. Cleveland. O . Tune 30. Congress man James S. Sherman continues to gain strength. He slept much Sunday. His condition remains normal, and there has been no change made in th plans for him to leave the hospital not later than next Wednesday. NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGON OFFICIAL RETURNS. LargestPlurality for Congressman Ever Recorded. Salem The ollici.il returns from the recent election give Chamberlain a plu rality of 1,522 over Cake for United States senator. While the ofh'cial can vass has not been made, Secretary of State Benson has tabulated the figures from the different counties, and the result is definitely known. Thero are some of the abstracts yet to bo cor rected by the county clerks before the official canvass can he made. The of ficial returns gave Chamberlain a gain of 100 votes in Crook county, as com pared with unofficial reports. The total number of ballots cast was in the neighborhood of 113,000, the ex act number not being reported by all counties. Since thero are some voters who do not mark their ballots as to all offices, it is not possible to determine from the number of votes for any office the total number of votes cast. The largest vote was that for senator, which was as follows: Amos (Prohibition) 3.787 Cake (Republican) 50,899 Chamberlain (Democratic) 52,421 Cooper (Socialist) 5,267 Total 112,374 Party strength is computed according to the vote on congressman, and by this test it is found that the Republican plurality in the state is 38,762, Hawley having a plurality of 17,04S in the first district and Ellis a plurality of 21,714 in the second district. This is by far the largest plurality ever recorded for congressman in either district. The plurality, however, is about 4000 short of the plurality for Roosevelt over Parker four years ago. The vote on senator bv counties is as follows: United States Senator o o o a B -2 C3 C- tnS "So Wit -a i x a " w 5, 2 " rr : - r2. : ' r : r 23 o : 3" : w 44 1,572 1.SS1 171 65 1,071 1.063 38 192 2,132 2,666 258 184 887 1,245 236 90 898 732 203 156 1,505 1,386 412 83 684 936 107 7 263 196 35 87 1,903 1,892 234 16 453 448 24 49 699 653 64 IS 466 395 58 157 1,702 2,182 261 57 908 949 215 57 725 669 87 25 383 450 31 1981 2,981 2,322 339 30 482 530 82 133 1,940 2,339 232 54 610 791 55 294 3,309 3,235 163 32 631 491 79 630112,176 13,243 793 128 1,305 1,468 135 41 442 354 20 37 544 447 105 167 2,071 1.777 155 125 1,550 1.567 183 51 908 801 87 145 1,700 1.643 137 08 1,911 1,778 120 26 390 327 11 201 1.69S 1.565 134 3,787 50.S99j52.421 5,267 COUNTY. Baker . . . Benton . . . Clackamas Clatsop . . . Columbia . Coos Crook Curry .... Doiisjlas . . Gilliam ... Grant .... Harney . . Jackson ... Josephine Klamath . . Lake Lane Lincoln . . . Linn Malheur . . Marion . . . Morrow Sherman . . . Tillamook . Umatilla . . T'nion Wallowa . . Wasco Washington Wheeler . .. Yamhill . . . Total . . . . NEW ROAD FILES ARTICLES. Astoria, Seaside & Tillamook Line is Incorporated. Astoria. Articles of incorporation of the Astoria, Seaside & Tillamook Rail- , waX company were filed in the county clerks omce here yesterday, bv f. L. Evans, E. Z. Ferguson, IT. G. Van Dusen and V. E. Buffum, as incorpor ators. The capital stock is $2,000 000. divided into 200.000 shares c f ?10 each. The principal office of the company is to be in Astoria, and, according to the articles its object is to construct and perate an electric railroad and tele ; K:'al,!1l1alld telephone Hues from Astoria to Tillamook via Warrenton. Hammon and Seaside. It is also authorized to erect and maintain elevators, docks and warehouses, and to operate steamers on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers. Tillamook Bay and the Pacific Ocean. Josephine County Going Dry. Grants Pass. Judge Jewell, of the Josephine county court, has ordered that all saloons be closed in Josephine county on and after July 1. The liquor dealers have been notified, and so far as now appears no objections wi:l be made to the order. The 10 saloons of this city, and nearly all the country and mining camp saloons of the out side precincts are already preparing to close. The goods on hand are be ing disposed of as rapidlv as the thirsty will buy, and it is evident that after July 1 there will be very little liquor on hand in this county. Good Job Vacant. Salem. The election of Robert G Morrow to the office of circuit judge in Multnomah county will create a vacancy in the position of supreme court re porter, which Morrow has held for a number of years. There are already four or five candidates for the place. The supreme judges select the court re porter. His duty is to arrange copies of supreme court decisions for the printer and to write syllabi to he pub lished at the head of the decisions. His compensation is $500 per volume, which means about $750 per year. The work does not interfere with private practice. St. Johns Must Go Dry. Portland St. Johns will go dry in accordance with the vote at the last election. Judge Gantenbein, in the circuit court yesterday morning UP held the motion of County Judge Webster and Commissioners Light ncr and Barnes to dissolve the tem porary injunction which had previous ly been issued against them compell ing them to refrain from declaring St. Johns and University Park dry until a hearing was had in court. Fair at The Dalles. The Dalles. The mid -summer meeting of the State Horticultural Sorietv and flhirrv Fair will hr hrA jat The Dalles on June 30, July 1 and 2. OPENING LAKE MINES. Stockmen Let Go of Claims and De- velopment Begins. Lakcview. It is now more than two years since the first discoveries of gold were made in this section, but still no mine has been opened up. Most of the good prospects are owned by sheepmen and ranchers, who are not familiar with mining, and have held onto their claims, expecting that some one would make a rich strike and that they could then dispose ol their possessions at a big price. Since this has not been the case, some ol them are letting go now, and the properties are passing into the hands of practical mining men. This spring a number of capitalists and men of experience in mining have visited this section, and some of them have se cured either leases or options on some of the best claims both at Xevv Pine Creek and at Plush. One of the big gest deals was consummated a few days ago, when a group of claims in the Pine Creek district was leased for a term of years, and the payment made was $4000 in cash. SETTLERS IN HARNEY. Stock Ranges Are Disappearing Be fore the Plow. Burns. The recent heavy rains have insured the farmers and stock men large crops of grain and im proved the wild hay crop, which was almost a failure, owing to the light snowfall last winter. More people are farming in this county this year than ever before. Localities where a few years ago only cattle grazed are now occupied by progressive settlers, who are turning land that had never produced anything but sagebrush and bunchgrass into grain fields, orchards and alfalfa meadows. There has been a heavy immigra tion to this county during the past year. Most of the new settlers are well pleased with the country, stating that the land is better than they ever expected to find open for entry under the homestead laws. The 00,000 acres held tinder the Carey act by William Hanley, of this count, and some Portland business men is being contested by the Pacific Livestock company in the general land office on the grounds that the land sought is not desert land and will produce crops without irrigation. If this tract is reopened for settle ment, it will be the means of increas ing the population of the county by several thousand people, besides brmging under cultivation the best farm land in Harney valley. Wins Oratorical Contest. University of Oregon. Eugene. In the Failing-Beekman prize oratorical contest last evening in Villard hall, Bert W. Preseott, of Baker City, was accorded first place, and the Failing prize of $150 cash. Miss Miriam Van Waters, of Portland, won second place, and the Beekman prize of $100 cash. Bert Preseott is president of the associated students, and this year won the intercollegiate oratorical contest. Miss Van Waters is editor of the Oregon Monthly. m Warehouse for Canby. Canby. Work has begun on the new warehouse of W. II. Bair, and the new building will be one of the best and most complete warehouses in the valley. The structure will be 50x100 feet in size, with concrete cellar, and two floors, with paper-lined air spies in the walls, making the building frost-proof. This makes four warehouses of this kind at Canby, and makes Canby the best mar ket along the Southern Pacific, in this vicinity. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheftt Track prices: Club, 88c per bushel; red Russian, S6c; bluesteni, 90c; Valley, 88c. MillatuiTs Bran, $26 per ton; mid dlings, $30.50; shorts, country, $28.50; eitv. $28; wheat and barley chop, $27.50. Barley Feed, $25 per ton; rolled, $27.5028.50; brewing, $26. Oats Xo. 1 white, $27.50 per ton; grav, $27. Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley, $17 per ton; Willamette Valley, ordi nary. $15; Eastern Oregon, $18.50; mixed, $16; clover, $14; alfalfa, $12; alfalfa meal. $20. Dressed Meats TTogs, fancy, 8c per pound; ordinary, 7c; large, 6c ; veal, extra, 8c; ordinary, 67c; heavy, 5c; mutton, fancy, 8(759 Butter Extras, 25c per pound; fancy 24c; choice, 20c; store, 16c. Eggs Oregon, 17(7il8Jc per dozen. Cheese Fancy cream twins, 13c per pound; full cream triplets, 13c; full cream Young Americas, 14e; cream brick, 20c; Swiss block, 18c; limburger, 20e. Poultry Mixed chickens, 11(7t)11?c per pound; fancy hens, 12c; roosters, 9c; fryers. 16(7i)17c; broilers, 167D17c; ducks, old, 15c; spring, 15ffi)20?c; eeese. 8(75,9e: turkeys, alive, 16(75)1 8c for hens, 14(alfic for gobblers; dressed, 17tff!l5)e. Potatoes Old Oregon, $1(77)1.10 per hundred; new California, 2(a2Jc per pound. Fresh Fruits Orances. fancy, $3.25 (73.75; lemons, $4(754.75; strawberries 50c(7T$1.25 per crate; grape fruit. $75 ' nor linT! hnnannfl. 5Jl(7f)fi rr A . 1S11 95 rwr ut- pnoseberries, 5c per pound; apricots 1 (75)1.25 per crate; cantaloupes, $2.75(7S 3.25; blackberries, $1(75)1.25 per crate; peaches, 90c$l per crate; plums, $1 per crate. Onions California red. $1.65(791.75 pr sack; Bermudas, $2 per crate; gar lic. 15(720c per pound. nOpsl907, 4rime and choice, 55c per pound; olds, 2(75)2e per pound. Wool Eastern Ore?n, average best, G(rii3& per ponnd, according to shrinkage; Valley, 10(7i)12e. Mohair Choice, 1818ic per ponnd. REBELS ADVANCE. Apparently Going to Loot Rich City of Torreon. El Paso, June 29. El Corrco, the conservative daily Mexican newspaper of Chihuahua, in its issue yesterday morning, which arrived here last night, has a story that an army of a strength variously estimated at from 4000 to 7000 men is marching on Tor reon, one of the richest cities in the state of Coahuila. The story, after reviewing the at tack on Viesca tells of reported at tempts to rob the pay train of the Mexican Central railroad, and says that the country around Torreon, which is so closely settled that there are stations about every four kilo meters, is swarming with armed men, who appear at the railroad stations with guns and cartridge belts. "These same reports," says El Cor rco, "say that three bridges on the railroad between Parass and Torreon have been burned, probably with the object of impeding the passage of troops into Torreon. The incendiaries also probably selected Torreon for invasion because they considered it a rich city to loot. Among the re ports that we have heard is one which says that about 4(W0 armed men, near ly all of whom are inhabitants of ranches, are said to have passed Homos, in the state of Coahuila, on the Coahuila & Pacific railroad, about 05 kilometers from Torreon. "Whether the movement is directed against the government of Coahuila or against the federal government, no one is able to say. It is generally supposed the movement is not against the state, but against the federal gov ernment. One version says the revo lution is wholly against the state of Coahuila, that the governor is not ac ceptable to the people of that state, and that he was forced upon them by the president of the republic. "It is also said that a train of in fantry has been sent to Torreon from Monterey and a small detachment of cavalry." Torreon, the town named by El Correo as the object of attack, is one of the richest towns in the state of Coahuila. There are six banks the Banco Minero de Chuihuahua, mean ing a branch there; a branch of Banco Xaconial de Mexico; the Banco dc Coahuila; the Banco de Xueva Leon, and the Banco de Durango. The Banco Laguna, recently organized, has a capitalization of $0 500,000. There are about 25.000 inhabitants. DEATH IN TORNADO. Minnesota Twister Kills Seven and Does Immense Damage. Clinton, Minn., June 20. A tornado struck this town at 5:25 o'clock yes terday afternoon, killing seven peop'e and injuring twenty-live, some seri ously. Twenty houses, a printing of fice and two churches were blown down. The tornado, which was unaccom panied by rain, started three miles north of the town, destroyed two farmhouses that were in its path and swept over Clinton, which is a place of about 400 people. A Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul mixed train was just pulling into the station as the storm struck the town and 15 cars were blown off the track, as was also a passenger coach con taining 17 people. All were injured, among them Father Keavcy, of Grace-! ville, Minn. The two churches destroyed are the Xorwegian Lutheran and the First Episcopal. Telegraph lines were blown down, but as soon as possible news of the disaster was sent to the neighboring cities. Soon help was on the way from Ortonville and Wheaton, near by Minnesota towns, on the Milwau kee road, and from Millhank. S. I)., which is but a few miles away. SAW MRS. GUNNESS. Two Witnesses Inform Dotroit Police She Is Alive. Detroit, June 20. The Detroit po lice believe they are on the trail of Mrs. Belle Gunncss, of La Porte, Ind., who is accused of wholesale murders on her farm near that city. Two young women. Lulu Raymond and Grace Benson, whom the police had in custody yesterday afternoon and evening, are said to have met Mrs. Gunness since her supposed; Dtirned hotly was tound in the rums of her home. The police claim that the state ments of the two voting women con vinced them that Mrs. Gunness is still alive. They gave the names of other persons who are also said to know that the woman is alive, Bomb for Spaniards. Barcelona, June 20. A bomb was exploded yesterday in a lavatory in one of the public squares, seriously injuring two persons and slightly in juring many others. A panic followed the explosion, which did much dam age, a policeman being badly torn by a portion of the wreckage. Many women and children were crushed and bruised during the stampede. The bomb exploded while a procession was passing, great crowds lining the streets and points of vantage. Bryan's Fortune. Lincoln. Xeb., June 29. The tax able property belonging to Mr. and Mrs. William J. Bryan, real and per sonal, has been listed with the asses sor at a total valuation of $S4..10(). The returns show that Mrs. Bryan owns 50 acres of real estate, and Col onel Bryan S7 acres, a total of 137 acres. This is valued at $29,125. The residence is returned at $21,000, the Commoner at a valuation of $19,000, -nd personal property not mentioned shove at $12,500. Deadlock Broken. Charlotte. X. C. June 29. Con gressman W. W. Kitchin was nomi nated for governor of the 60th ballot at fi o'clock Saturday night by a ma jority of 60 votes in the Democratic state convention. MEXICAN REBELS TAKE LAS VACOS Border Town Captured After Bloody Conflict. . Surprise Government Forces, Raid Ammunition Wagons and Capture Horses Intercepted While Mak: ' ing Escape and a Desperate and Bloody Fight Follows. San Antonio, Tex., June 27. Lai Vacos, Mexico, directly across the Rio Grande from Del Rio, Tex., yes terday afternoon witnessed its sec ond battle of the day in what niay be the opening of a general uprising; against the administration of Presi dent Diaz. All wires on the Mexican side leading across the river have been cut. At 5:30 yesterday morning a band of 150 revolutionists silently stole upon .the camp of the Mexican cav alry at Las Vacos and captured all of the horses, as well as making u raid upon the ammunition wagons. They were discovered just as they were about battle took until 10:30 shots were were killed. to leave, and a pitched place. Firing continued A. M. More than 300U fired, and several men One wounded man made: his way across the river to Del Rio. but he refused to. say whether he was with the government force or the revolutionists. Yesterday afternoon the firing upon the government troops had been re newed, and the sounds of shooting were plainly heard in Del Rio. Where the revolutionists were gath ered is not known, but that the attack upon Las Vacos was to follow imme diately upon that made upon Viesca, a town in the interior, there is little doubt. Viesca was attacked and captured by the revolutionists last Thursday afternoon, when several were killed and wounded. Del Rio, Tex., wired last night thai revolutionists and Mexican regular soldiers came together across tlu river from that point yesterday; that several on both sides have been killed and two Mexican officers seri ously wounded. All communication is cut off, for the authorities will not permit any one to cross the river. Mexican official statements that the rein! invaders were repulsed from Las Vacos are not wholly credited here. F.l Paso, Tex., June 27. In an en counter between revolutionists an t troops of the Mexican government in the town of Las Vacos, in Coahuila. Mexico, near the border across from Del Rio, Tex., early yesterday morn ing, between 40 and 50 were killed and the Mexican commandant badly in jured. The sheriff of Valverde county, this, state, telegraphed Governor Camp bell, of Texas, that the revolutionists had been repulsed, and that a number of them were fleeing to the United States. NEGROES TO DEFEAT TAFT. Conference to Meet in Denver and Control Negro Vote. Springfield. 111.. June 27. Colored 1 voters ot i n c united Mates wiio are ! antagonistic to the candidacy of W. U. Taft, Republican nominee for president, will hold a national confer jence at Denver on Tuesday, July 7. .the day the Democratic national convention opens. I lie purpose ot 'the gathering, as stated in the call, is to "conrdder their political affilia tions and conditions, and devclo; plans to change the political complex ion of states .wherein the negro vote is the balance of power." They will also memoralize the Democratic convention "to declare against- degrading a soldier of the United States army without the pre liminary of a trial, and pronounce? for a strict adherence to the constitu tion and all of its amendments; dis cuss the feasibility of nominating a candidate for president on the Civil l iberty narty ticket, or vote tlirect for the Denver nominee, and issue an address to the colored citizens of the nation." Mother Dies for Child. Long Beach, Cal , June 27. -The body f.f Mrs. Will iain D. Watkins was found yesterday floating in the West Naples canal. On the bank the cap of her seven-year-old daughter, Eva, was found, ami efforts arc being made to recover the child's body The horse anil buggy with which Mrs. Watkins and the girl started from home early yesterday morning stood near,' tied to a signboard. The theory is that the child slipped and fell into the water, and that the mother was drowned in trying to save her. Grain Elevator Burns. Dnluth, Minn., June 27. F.levator D, of the Consolidated F.levator com pany, was destroyed bv fire yesterday, entailing a loss on the building and contents of $1 000.000. An adjoining dock and warehouse belonging to t he Northern Pacific railroad suffered to the extent of $:!0.000 The elevator contained .inn nun hnclmtc ,.r ... !,., OO.ooo bushels of flax and 7000 bushels ot oariey. i lie buildings and grant were fullv insured Tli fire cannot be determined. Steel Mills Resuming. Pittsbnrc. Tune 27 Ton ' 'IV I XI I I inents of the Homestead steel works of the United States Stppl tion will be in operation tomorrow. tne nrst Saturday that they have op erated during the past three months. This will add an extra dav' tmw tn. the 2000 men employed in these de partments. It is generally expected there will be almost a trpn r 1 1 re sumption of the entire works next week.
