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CANADIAN LOCK IN
SOO CANAL RUINED
Two Vessels Sunk and a Third Badly
Wrecked as Result.
'Big Liner Rams Locks and Current
Sweeps Through Million and a
Quarter is Loss Blame for Acci
dent is Put on Engineer of Steam
Freighter.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., June 10.
.Because the engineer of the Gilchrist
liner Perry G. Walker misunderstood
signals from the pilot this afternoon
as the vessel was off the Canadian
locks of the "Soo" canal, the $4,000,
000 waterway is damaged to the extent
of $1,250,000; the Perry G. Walker
and the Crescent City are sunken
wrecks, the Canadian Pacific steamer
Assiniboia is badly damaged and two
waterfalls and a giant whirlpool are
raging in what was formerly the great
canal.
The Walker, a steel steamer of over
4,000 tons displacement, was approach
ing the canal locks from Lake Superior,
when her captain signalled the engineer
for "half speed." The engineer mis
understood the gongs and the big
freighter was sent forging ahead at top
speed, striking the leaf-gates of the
high- level chamber of the canal and
crushing them in like paper. Instantly
the full force of all the water in Lake
Superior surged into the chamber, car
rying the Walker with it as if the big
freighter were only a feather.
At the same time the Crescent City,
of the Steel Trust fleet, was entering
the locks from the lower end, while a
little distance astern of her was the C.
P. R. boat Assiniboia. The rush of
water in the upper lock swept down
the intervening canal gates and poured
through in an uncontrollable torrent.
On the crest of the great wave thus
made was carried the Walker, and the
rush of water picked up the Crescent
City like a chip of wood and hurled her
against the Assiniboia.
A huge hole was torn in the bow of
the latter vessel, while the two former
ones were carried through the canal
.and sank in the open water beyond.
Tugs went to the rescue of the Assini
boi and hauled her to the flats on the
American side, where she settled into
the soft mud.
The loss to the Canadian govern
ment probably will reach 250,000
pounds, and the damage to the Assini
boia is estimated at $100,000.
READJUST TARIFFS.
Interstate Cammerce Commission to
Hold New Hearing.
Washington, June 10. Under an or
der issued by the Interstate Commerce
commission today all class rates fixed
by its recent decision in the Spokane
case will be put into effect July 1, but
the commodity rates touched upon in
that case will continue as at present
without change until after the commis
sion has taken further testimony and
given further consideration to Buch
rates, both to the Coast and from Coast
points East. This order was entered
after a brief hearing this morning,
participated in by representatives from
Spokane. Portland and other interested
Coast and Interior cities.
This is a practical reversal of the
famous freight rate case. While the
whole matter of graded rates and the
effort of the railroads to build up job
bing centers in the Middle West to the
detriment of the Pacific Coast is post
poned until the fall for a full hearing
and discussion, the commission has
withdrawn, tentatively at least, from
the position it assumed in the decision
in the Spokane case when it ordered
reductions in class and 32 commodity
rates from Chicago to Spokane.
Although the class rates ordered at
that time are to go into effect, these
rates only affect less than carload lots
and scarcely 15 per cent of the traffic
moves under them.
Object to Whiskey Tax.
London, June 10. John E. Redmond,
the Nationalist leader, hoisted a sig
nal of revolt in the course of the de
bate in the house of commons today.
He notified the government bluntly
that the Nationalist party would vote
against the budget on the ground that
it was grossly unfair to Ireland, and
constituted a breach of the act of union.
Mr. Redmond's objection was to the
proposed increase in the tax on whisky,
which he characterized as a crushing
imposition on one of Erin's few re
maining industries.
Plan Big Naval Review.
London, June 10. A formal invita
tion from America to Great Britain to
participate in a naval review to be
held in San Francisco next October to
celebrate the rebuilding of the city af
ter the earthquake of April, 1906, has
been presented. The question is one
for consideration by the cabinet, and
it probably will be several days before
an answer is received. There is much
likelihood of acceptance, as there is a
strong friendly feeling in England.
Cut Out Preservatives.
Atlantic City, N. J., June 10. The
American Medical association, through
its house of delegates, went on record
as opposed to the use of benzoate of
soda or any other preservative in food
products. The resolution will be taken
to Washington by Dr. A. L. Reed, of
Cincinnati, and presented directly to
President Taft, who will be asked to
support the legislation desired.
DR. HALE DEAD.
Chaplain of Senate Passes Away Af
ter Brief Illness.
Boston, June 11. The morning light
was breaking as the venerable Edward
Everett Hale, D. D., chaplain of the
United States senate, Unitarian divine,
author, journalist and lover of peace,
breathed his last yesterday in his home
in Roxbury.
At his bedside were his wife, his
daughter, Miss Ellen D. Hale, and his
son, Philip L. Hale, the artist. Two
other sons, Arthur Hale, of Washing
ton, and Professor Edward Everett
Hale, Jr., of Union college, returned
home last evening. It is expected
that partial arrangements for the fun
eral on Monday in the South Congre
gational church, of which Dr. Hale
was the pastor emeritus, will be an
nounced tomorrow.
On his return from Washington a
few weeks ago it was reported that
Dr. Hale was not in good health, -but
he soon regained his activities and
until Tuesday attended meetings and
received friends. It seems as though
the whole country joined in mourning
the loss of Dr. Hale. Messages ex
pressing sorrow and esteem poured into
the Hale household, one of the first
being from President and Mrs. Taft.
As an author Dr. Hale's fame rests
on his short stories, such as "The Man
Without a Country." As an instiga
tor of social uplift, the work of the
two great organizations, the Lend-a-Hand
club and the King's Daughters,
will always add to his renown. As a
minister and pastor his half century in
the pulpit of the South Congregational
church and his preaching in many other
churches were prolific of wise spiritual
inspiration. As a historian his writ
ings have become authorities.
WOULD NOT AID SMUGGLER.
Dining Car Cooks Refused Money
Chinaman Died in Ice Box.
Chicago, June 11. August Mueller
and Gustave Weir, dining car cooks,
employed on the Golden State Limited
of the Rock Island railroad, told on the
witness stand before Judge Landis
how they had refused offers of money
to aid in sumggling Chinamen into the
United States. The men were wit
nesses for the prosecution in the trial
of Bob Leung, a well-to-do Chinese
merchant of El Paso.
Until one Chinese was smothered to
death it was the regular practice, ac
cording to. testimony, to place the
smuggled Chinese in an icebox of the
dining car after they had been put
aboard the Golden Gate Limited. "The
icebox," testified Albert Champion, a
negro cook on one of the cars in ques
tion, "was about four by four by two
and one-half feet in dimensions. On
one occasion one of the brakemen told
me we would have to find some other
way of carrying these Chniese. They
won't ride in the box since that one
was smothered."
HARRIMAN KEEPS POSTED.
Synopsis of Press Comment Sent in
Twice Each Month.
Chicago, June 11. Edward H. Har
riman, who is absolute master of over
54,000 miles of rail and water trans
portation, has decided to keep in con
stant touch with public opinion regard
ing himself, his railroads and railroads
generally, provided it is possible to do
so through things which are printed
about them.
Twice each month each general man
ager telegraphs Mr. Kruttschnitt a
brief synopsis of public sentiment as
reflected by the press. His report also
shows the number xof publications
which were examined, the percentage
favorable, the percentage unfavorable
and the percentage which is neutral.
He quotes also from criticisms, com
plaints, expressions of opinion and
from special articles as well as giving
the trend of opinion as voiced in po
litical and commercial centers.
Mr. Harriman regards the reports as
valuable aids in detecting causes of
friction between his railroads and the
public and in applying corrective meas
ures. Cattlemen Pay Damages.
Denver, June 11. According to a
Republican special from Sun Dance,
Wyo., the criminal case which grew
out of the raiding of the sheep camps
and burning of the ranch buildings of
the Rodney King Sheep company and
the Guthrie Sheep company, in Crook
county, have been settled out of court,
the nine defendant cattlemen paying
the sheep companies all damages, at
torneys' fees and expenses of prosecu
tion and agreeing not again to molest
the sheep men. Valuable range is also
left to the exclusive use of sheepmen.
Huge Libel Suit is Lost.
Boston, June 11. A verdict for the
defense was given in the Supreme
court today in the libel suit of ex-Judge
Henry M. Dewey against five mem
bers of the Good Government associa
tion, in which $76,440,000 damages
were asked. The suit was the outcome
of the statements alleged to have
emanated from the Good Government
association in the mayoralty campaign
of 1905, when Judge Dewey was can
didate for mayor.
College Girls on Tour.
San Francisco, June 11. Two hun
dred girl students of Radnor college,
Nashville, Tenn., arrived this morning
on a sight-seeing tour, which is a part
of the school curriculum, and departed
tonight for Seattle to visit the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition.
A BRIEF DAILY REPORT ON
THE WORK Of CONGRESS
Saturday, June 12.
Wahington, June 12. Having com
pleted the consideration of items of the
tariff bill that had been passed over
under objection by senators during its
second reading, the senate by its ad
journment today until Monday marked
an important period in the progress of
the measure. When the bill is again
taken up, it will be upon its third read
ing for the final disposition of items
upon which the most pronounced ob
jections have been made.
In completing the second reading of
the bill, a number of items in the free
list were disposed of. Works of art
over 20 years old. and collections illus
trating the progress of art over 100
years old, were retained in the free
list by a vote of 53 to 15.
The starch industry received protec
tion by a reversal of the recommenda
tions made by the committee and tapi
oca and sago will be subject to a duty
of one cent a pound, when not import
ed for food.
Crude potash, potash carbonate,
caustic potash, yams and radium were
placed upon the free list.
Friday, June II.
Washington, June 11. The income
tax shared with the wool schedule the
senate's attention today, and after dis
cussion of an hour or more its further
consideration was postponed until June
18 by a vote of 45 to 34. This action
was the result of a motion made by
Aldrich, which followed a charge by
Bailey that undue influence was being
brought to bear against the proposed
income tax amendment to the tariff
bill. Aldrich declared that he knew of
no such effort, but pleaded for tne
postponement of the question until the
schedules should be disposed of.
It was agreed to admit animals for
breeding free of duty and an amend
ment offered by Aldrich putting fruit
in brine on the free list was adopted.
The consideration of the free entry
of hides was postponed for later con
sideration. An amendment offered by
Dick admitting miners' safety appli
ances free until January 1, 1912, was
agreed to as amended by Culberson,
eliminating the restriction as to the
time.
It was decided to pas9 over the ques
tion of free refined petroleum. Orange
oil was stricken from the free list and
nut oil and oil of nuts were placed on
it. The restriction on the value of oils
admitted free to 60 cents a gallon was
stricken out and palm kernel was added
to the list. Oleostearine was also in
cluded in the free list.
Thursday June 10.
Washingon, June 10. Time and time
again today Dolliver and others of the
so-called progressive Republicans went
down to defeat in their efforts to break
the ranks of the Aldrich forces on the
wool schedule of the tariff bill. Dolli
ver offered numerous amendments look
ing to the reduction of the finance com
mittee's rates, but in each instance the
amendment was voted down and the
committee sustained.
The debate throughout the day was
good-natured and Dolliver seemed to
have real feeling over the possible
tears in the eyes of the Irish potato.
Tho wool schedule occupied the at
tention of the senate throughout the
entire day and on this account consid
eration of the proposed income tax,
which had been set for today was post
poned until tomorrow.
Wednesday, June 9.
Washington, June 9. The woolen
schedule of the tariff bill was still un
der consideration by the senate today
when the recess for dinner was tpken.
The committee amendment increasing
the house rate on wool tops and other
wastes from 20 cents a pound to 30
cents a pound was adopted by a vote of
40 to 30. This was a finance commit
tee change and the committee scored
its usual majority. Gamble and Craw
ford deserted the "progressives," but
with these exceptions the ranks of the
contingent remained unbroken. The
committee amendment increasing the
duty on shoddy from 20 cents a pound
to 25 cents, and that on tops from 8 to
20 cents also prevailed, by 42 to 31.
Tuesday, June 8.
Washington, June 8. Much good
humor and pleasantries were injected
into the debate on the woolen schedule
in the senate today. Dolliver, the
central figure, offered several amend
ments and announced his intention of
preserving others, appealing to Repub
lican members to vote with him be
cause, he said, the amendments would
justify the attitude of the Republican
party in advocating a protective tariff.
One of the interesting features was
a lecture on the woolen industry from
beginning to end by Carter, who
brought forth a large box filled with
samples of various grades of wool. To
senators who gathered about him he
explained each step in the manufacture
of woolen goods from the raising of
sheep to the making of th ? garment.
He familiarized members of the senate
with the uses of shoddy waste, soils,
tops and various grades of wool.
Legation Secretary Out.
Washington, June 11. Algernon
Sartoris, secretary of the American
legation to Guatemala, has resigned.
The cause assigned is ill health. That
there may have been other reasons than
ill health for the resignation was
strongly intimated tonigh,t. The Times
is authority for the statement that
while he was on leave in Paris recently
he received in response to a request
for extension of leave a curt message
that his resignation would be acceptable
Monday, June 7.
Washington, June 7. The senate
chamber was again today the scene of
a lively debate, Aldrich leading the
conservatives and Beveridge heading
the progressives, did most of the talk
ing. Both senators were frequently on
their feet and there were many sharp
conflicts between them.
Beginning the session with a vote on
the recommendation of his committee
for a duty of 3 cents a square yard and
20 per cent ad valorem on the fabric
known as window hollands. Aldrich
wai ' apparently somewhat encouraged
over the prospect of making decided
headway with the cotton schedule. -
About the middle of the afternoon
the senate reached its second vote,
which was on an amendment by Sena
tor Dolliver to strike out the commit
tee provision fixing a duty of one cent
a square yard for the process of mer
cerization. The amendment was lost
by ..the unusually close vote of 32 to
38. The narrowing of the margin was,
however, due to the absence of senat
ors rather than to the conversion of the
progressives to the Aldrich standard.
At the night session Dolliver argued
against a duty of 50 per cent ad val
orem on cotton tapestry and jacquard
figured goods as affording too much
protection to American manufacturers.
Aldrich then offered an amendment
making the rate of 40 per cent ad val
orem on good3 valued at more than $1.
These rates were adopted.
Shake-up Badly Needed.
Washington, June 8. Although con
ditions existing at the United States
naval academy at Annapolis are giving
the navy department officials much
concern, it is not considered probable
that Secretary Meyer will adopt radi
cal corrective measures until Captain
Bowyer relieves Captain Badger as su
perintendent this month.
The recent report of a board of five
naval officers specially detailed at the
academy, which was in substance that
physical exercises now in vogue were
responsible for poor physiques common
among recent graduates and midship
men, has been borne out in a measure
by the failure of 43 out of 180 midship
men to graduate this year on account
of physical disability. Most of those
who failed, however, were rejected, it
is said, because of defective eyesight.
Turkey Makes Strong Denial.
Washington, June 8. Emphatic de
nial was entered today at the Turkish
embassy to reports that 20,000 or 30,
000 persons had been killed in the re
cent troubles in Asiatic-Turkey. It
was declared unusual efforts were be
ing made to punish those , responsible
for the disorders. Deep regret was
expressed that exaggerated reports
had been printed in certain newspapers
concerning the disorders. In contra
diction of the reports, it was stated in
the last official news that victims
would not exceed 4,000. Not only had
the minister of the interior asked for
the appropriation of $150,000 to aid
the victims, it was stated, but the gov
ernment, on its own responisbility, had
sent $10,000 at once.
Oil Lands Restored.
Washington, June 12. Oil lands in
Malheur county, withdrawn a year ago
at Senator Bourne's request, have been
restored to settlement notwithstanding
the application madby Malheur peo
ple for continued withholding that fur
ther explorations for oil might be
made. Secretary Ballinger decided
that the original withdrawal was con
trary to law, and no law having been
enacted subsequently to the change in
the legal status of the lands. - Bourne
will introduce a bill making lawful
such withdrawals.
Taft Will Visit Coast.
Wcshington, June 9. President Taft
said today that he expected to be in
San Francisco on October .19. He said
he had decided not to visit Alaska, as
he would be obliged to start late any
way, and aside from that he desired to
allow Mrs. Taft to take more time to
recuperate from her attack of nervous
prostration due to her activity in social
matters since entering the White
House. He thinks the Alaska trip
may come at some future time.
Five Destroyers Ordered.
Washington, June 10. The follow
ing companies were today awarded eon
tracts to build one torpedo boat de
stroyer each :
Bath Iron Works, $659,500; New
York Shipbuilding company, $648,000;
William Cramp & Sons, $637,000;
Newport News Shipbuilding company,
$620,000. The Fore River Shipbuild
ing company also will be awarded a
contract for one at $644,000.
Gift to Miss Boardman.
Washington, June 10. The famous
"Taft Philippine party" showed its ap
preciation of Miss Mabel Boardman by
presenting her tonight with a diamond
studded watch and chain. President
Taft made the presentation. He spoke
of the kindly feeling which every mem
ber of the party had toward Miss
Boardman, because of what she had
done to make the trip pleasant for
everyone.
$250,000 Asked for Juneau Building
Washington, June 12. Delegate
Wickersham today introduced a bill
authorizing the erection of a $250,000
public building at Juneau, Alaska, to
be used as territorial capitol, and to
accommodate all government offices
located there. He has also introduced
a bill providing a new system of mine
inspection in Alaska.
JUDGE DEFENDS HENEY.
Declares Man Shot in Court Room
Entitled to Sympathy.
San Francisco, June 9. A quarrel
of unparalleled bitterness, involving
Judge William P. Lawlor and virtually
all of the attorneys engaged in the
trial of Patrick Calhoun, enlivened a
day otherwise devoted to presentation
of routine testimony. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Heney started the dis
pute by charging that Earl Rogers, an
attorney for the defense, had been
smiling at certain members of the jury.
There was an angry response from
John T. Barrett, of the defense, who
declared that the prosecution had un
necessarily prolonged the trial by the
introduction of trivial matters.
The subject of the jurors' smiles was
about to be dismissed, when John J.
Barrett reopened the issue by saying:
"I do not think we should be lec
tured by the district attorney into a
state of seriousness regarding this
case. The prosecution has spent weeks
in a presentation of matter that is ri
diculous, trivial and ludicrous, attempt
ing by the length of time devoted to
their presentation to make the jury
think them worthy of consideration."
For these remarks Barrett was
sternly reprimanded by Judge Lawlor,
who told the attorney that if he made
another such reference he would send
him to jail.
"If the court intends to punish me,"
Barrett answered, "then what about
this man sitting over here, who has repeatedly-
been permitted to insult the
court, the jury and the attorneys?"
Heney at once took up the fray and
shouted:
"These are the ebullitions of a man
who was appointed to office by the
crookedest mayor the city ever had,
Eugene E. Schmitz."
"Why, you've been mixed up in more
crooked work than any man in this
courtroom," said Barrett.
"Mr. Heney has never insulted the
court, "thundered Judge Lawlor sternly.
"He has certain temperamental qual
ities which I have observed and made
allowance for. He was stricken down
in this court while engaged in the per
formance of his duty, and resumed his
activities at an early date. Mr. Heney
is laboring under embarassments which
should appeal to the humanity of aDy
individual. That circumstance appeals
to the court if it does not appeal to
counsel on the other side."
STIRS SOUTHERN ANGER.
Senator Dolliver Breaks Appointment
for Speech at College.
Durham, N. C, June 9.- Because
United States Senator Dolliver, of
Iowa, cancelled at the last moment an
engagement to deliver the annual ad
dress at Trinity college commencement
tomorrow evening, President Kilgore
from the rostrum tonight accused him
of unfair treatment.
"This is the first time any man has
treated us unfairly," said the presi
dent. "Senator Dolliver had ten days
to make this announcement and he
waits until the last moment to embar
rass us." After stating that Mr. Dolli
ver in the telegraph message he sent
gave physical exhaustion and tariff
duties as his reasons for declining,
Dr. Kilgore stepped from the rostrum
and declared, it is alleged, to friends:
"I would as soon look to a bootblack
for wisdom and character as to a
United States senator. I wouldn't trust
Bome to cultivate a peanut patch."
Favor American Horses.
London, June 9. At the Interna
tional horse show this morning, W. H.
Moore, of New York, took second
prize with Berkeley Bantam in Class
II, judging of pony stallions foaled
previously to or in 1906, not exceeding
14 hands.
Olympia was packed to its fullest
capacity this afternoon for the gala
performance of the horse show in honor
of the visit of the King and Queen.
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid and
practically all the other ambassadors
and ministers in London were present,
accompanied by their wives and daugh
ters. The big event, the jumping com
petition for the King's cup, in which
teams representing Argentine Repub
lic, Canada, Great Britain, France and
Italy, took part, was won by the French
team.
Fire Eats Up Timber.
Victoria, B. C, June 9. Despite
the greater stringency of the law to
prevent forest fires, the fir-covered
mountains fringing Vancouver island
coast are blazing lines of flames at no
fewer than four points between Vic
toria and Clayoquot. The most serious
fire at present is in the Jordan Meadow
district, where large areas purchased
only a few weeks ago by Michigan cap
italists are now threatened with total
destruction. A telegram from the
Meadows says rain alone can save the
entire tract.
Cyclist Helpless in Sun.
Ely, Nev., June 9. Dr. W. L. Ma
good, a prominent dentist of this city,
started for Osceola, 60 miles distant,
last Saturday, riding a motor cycle.
When on the desert he was thrown from
his seat, breaking his wooden leg. He
was unable to walk, and after crawling
for four miles in the scorching sun.
collapsed by the roadside, where he
was found 20 hours later in a serious
condition, having been without food or
water for that time.
Two Killed t Re-union.
Memphis, Tenn., June 9. Intense
heat characterized today's sessions of
the Confederate reunion, 30 persons
being prostrated, two dying. There
was a reception to the women of" the
Confederacy tonight. A flower parade
in which many women participated,
followed the afternoon session.
BALLOONS SHOW
GREAT ENDURANCE
Leader Remains in Air 44 Hours and
Was Still Going
Would Have to Cross Gulf of Mexico
or Land in Water to Break Dis
tance Record Indiana Fired at
While Crossing Kentucky and New
York Gets Bullet from Alabama.
Indianapolis, June 8. If the balloon
Indiana has not been disqualified by
touching earth it has broken the Amer
ican endurance record by staying in
the air more than 44 hours. Since the
balloon started in the national distance
race of the Aero club of America from
this city Saturday two reports have
been received from it.
One was that it had touched the
earth in Tennessee and had taken on
water and proceeded toward the south.
If this is true the balloon is disquali
fied under the rules of the International
Aeronautical Federation. A second
dispatch signed by the pilot, Carl
Fisher, and his aide, G. L. Bumbaugh,
has stated that they dropped down near
enough to earth to let down a lid and
draw up a bucket of water. Under
these conditions she has not been dis
qualified. It is not possible according to avail
able information, that the Indiana had
broken the distance record of 852
miles, for it was traveling due south
and would come to the Gulf coast al
most 100 miles short of the record es
tablished by the German balloon Pom
mern in the international race nearly
two years ago for the James Gordon
Bennett trophy, which started from St.
Louis ai.d landed at Asbury Park, N. J.
The last of the six balloons entered
in the national distance race from
which a definite landing report has
been received is the St. Louis III,
which dropped at Kelso, Tenn., having
covered about 340 miles. A. B. Lam
bert was pilot and H. E. Honeywell the
aide. Other balloons landed are as
follows:
New York, A. Holland Forbes, pilot ;
landed at Corinth, Mass., covering 375
miles in 36 hours, 10 minutes.
University City, of St. Louis, trav
eled 340 miles, landing at Blanche,
Tenn. ; time, 25 hours, 24 minutes.
Hoosier, Captain Baldwin, pilot,
traveled 240 miles, landing at Green
Brier, Tenn.
Cleveland, landed at Columbus, Ind.,
40 miles, 2 hours 55 minutes.
Dr. Gothelink, pilot, and R. J. Ir
win, assistant, flying the Indianapolis,
won both the trophies in the handicap
race, which started at 3 :45 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon, just preceding the
national race. The Indianapolis won
the cup offered for the greatest dis
tance by the Indianapolis Merchants
association, having approximately 16
miles better to her record than the
Ohio. She also won the Fisher trophy
for time in the air, having a margin of
almost two hours over the Chicago.
The victory of the Indianapolis men
and their balloon is considered remark
able, inasmuch as they are new at bal
looning. They started on their flight
with but five bags of sand, and were
lightly provisioned. They made 235
miles, and were in the air 19 hours.
A. message from them'says their high
est altitude was 13,000 feet. They
were shot at twice as they went over
Kentucky, but were riot hit.
The New York, which landed near
Corinth, Miss., was also tshot at Sun
day night, while passing over Morgan
county, Alabama.
Irrigation Project Damaged.
Cheyenne, Wyo., June 8. More than
$50,000 worth of property has been
damaged and the big Pathfinder irriga
tion dam, a government project, is
threatened with destruction as the re
sult of floods and waterspouts in Wyo
ming today. The plant of the Carbon
Timber company at Douglas, is under
water and the sawmills and railroad
tracks have been washed out. A cut
on the Union Pacific has delayed traffic.
At Uva a waterspout washed out a
bridge on the Colorado & Southern and
several pieces of track.
Aeronaut to Ape Columbus.
Chicago, June 8. With the same
northeast trade winds with which Col
umbus figured out his route to the dis
covery of America, Joseph Brucker
says he will attempt to cross the
Atlantic in an airship or dirigible bal
loon. He said: "I will spend most of
the winter in building my airship and
in the spring I expect to start my voy
age from Cadiz, Spain. I expect to
land either in Cuba or somewhere in
the Middle states."
Nebraska Suffers Heavily.
Lincoln, Neb., June S. Seven inches
of rain at Hebron and four inches at
Pleasantdale today caused floods and
serious damage in and near those
towns. More than 200 feet of Bur
lington track were under six feet of
water, and trains were stalled for ten
honors. A Burliiigton freight engine
and four cars went into a ditch on ac
count of the soft track.
White Salmon Moves Back.
White Salmon, Wash., June 8. The
Columbia river at this place is high and
still rising rapidly. It is expected the
waters will reach the highest point in
many years. A large part of the flat
below the town is flooded and prepara
tions are beirg made to move above
the danger line many buildings and
warehouses near the water's edge.