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:
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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.
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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.