Heppner gazette., July 15, 1909, Image 7

PRAIRIE STATES
SWEPT BY FLOOD
Seven People Known to Ba Dead, but
Eight Are Missing.
Heavy Rains and Melting Snows in
Mountains Turn Missouri Valley
Into Vast Sea of Sluggishly Flow
ing Water Property Damage is
Very Great.
Kansas City, July ' 8. Swollen by
unprecedented rain and by melting
-snows from the Rocky mountains, the
rivers of the Lower Missouri valley
are out of their banks, causing damage
in many parts of Missouri and Kansas.
The results of the flood up to a late
hour tonight were as follows:
Train No. 5, of the Atchison, Tope
ka & Santa Fe railway, which left
Kansas City at 9:25 a. m. for Denver,
left the track at Pomona, Kan. Of the
10 coaches which made up the train, a
baggage and three day coaches left the
track and slid into 18 feet of water.
A telephone message from Pomona,
Kan., at midnight said the four-yeBr
old daughter of Mrs. Carrie Rose, of
Chicago, had been drowned in the
wreck. Three hundred other persons
who had taken refuge on top of the un
affected coaches were rescued by boats
and quartered at nearby farmhouses.
Pomona is almost completely inun
dated, the Marias des Cygnes river at
that point being three miles wide. A
relief train was sent from Ottawa to
night with food and other supplies for
the passengers, who were slid to have
climbed on top of the coaches for refuge
from the rising waters.
in Kansas Lity the situation is
threatening. In the bottoms in the
western section where are located the
stockyard?, wholesale warehouses and
manufacturing plants, the waters from
the confluence of the Missouri and Kan
sas rivers are lapping the danger line.
Pattensburg, a town in Missouri 50
miles north of Kansas City, is ten feet
under water, and its 1,500 inhabitants
are in dire straits. Fifty rowboats
were put on a special train at Kansas
City this morning and hurried to the
scene. Later reports say that the ma
rooned citizens were all removed to
higher ground without loss of life, but
that the property damage will be tre
mendous. At Chilicothe, Mo., on the Grand
river, six men were swept from a bridge
this afternoon and were seen floating
down the stream.- Whether they
reached shore or not was not learned.
The bridge was carried out when a
great wall of water six feet high swept
down both forks of the Grand river and
joined at Utica, continuing after that
as one great flood. The water spread
out all over the bottom lands and did
"great damage to farms and crops in its
path.
The water overwhelmed the railroad
tracks, blocking traffic absolutely, and
causing the death of several people.
Joe Willard and his wife were drowned
two miles west of Chilicothe as they
were fleeing along the tracks. William
Christian was also drowned and six sec
tion hands are reported missing. The
agent at Gault, Arthur Fisk, was res
cued from the roof of the Btation after
a close escape from the flood.
The Burlington bridge to the west of
Chilicothe has been abandoned.
Body On Way Home.
Washington, July 8. The body of
Representative Cushman, accompanied
by two representatives of the sergeant-at-arms
of the house, left New York
at 4 :45 yesterday afternoon, and was
met at Harrisburg by Robert Joyce,
"with whom Cushman lived here, and'by
A. G. Hendricks, representing Senator
Tiles. They will accompany the re
mains to Tacoma. The body is expect
ed to arrive there Sunday night.
In accordance with Mrs. Cushman's
wish no congressional party was desig
nated to act as escort. Congress will
appropriate $7,500 for Mrs. Cushman
in accordance with the custom of be
stowing upon the family of deceased
members an equivalent to one year's
salary. The house will also bear all
funeral expenses.
Waterways Men Meet at Yankton.
Yankton, S. D., July 8. One of the
most notable gatherings ever assem
bled in this part of the country in the
interest of waterway development was
called to order today when the Missouri
River Navigation congress met in sec
ond annual convention. Representa
tives are present from Missouri, Kan
sas, Iowa, South Dakota and other
states in the section tribputary to the
Missouri river. Senators, representa
tives, governors, captains of finance
and others high in ollicial and commer
cial life are scheduled as speakers.
Mysterious Surey in Mexico
San Francisco, July 8. News of a
mysterious surveying party, near Sa
lina Cruz, Mexico, was brought here
today by the steamer Columbia. The
crew reported that two days before
their departure a large party of Ameri
can surveyors went into camp near the
city. The mission of the party was
not learned, but it was rumored in Sa
lina Cruz that plans were being laid for
a new railroad enterprise in which
American capital was interested.
Calvin is Doing Nicely.
San Francisco, July 8. The condi
tion of E. E. Calvin, vice president and
general manager of the Southern Paci
fic company, who underwent an opera
tion for appendicitis Sunday, is report
ed to be entirely satisfactory.
YIELD NEAR RECORD.
Northwest Wheat Crop Now Placed at
56,000,000 Bushels.
Portland, July 9. Estimates com
piled from data received from more
than 350 of the principal wheat sta
tions of Oregon, Washington and Ida
ho, indicate the 1909 wheat yield for
the three states to be approximately
55,000,000 bushels, compared with 40,
000,000 bushels last year, 60,000,000
bushels in 1907, and a five-year aver
age of 48,500.000.
Of the three states, Idaho has the
best crop, with Washington showing
up exceedingly well, while Oregon, es
pecially in the river counties, Buffered
from dry weather to such an extent
that the damage could not all be re
paired by the late rains.
Some of the poor yields in Oregon
have been offset in the totals by an
increased acreage in new territory,
The most noticeable increase of this
nature is along the Wallowa extension
of the O. R. & N.
Another locality in which new acre
age will aid in swelling the totals is
the Haystack and Bakeoven country,
where there is an increase o! about 20
per cent in the acreage, with the yield
about 10 per cent better than last year.
Sherman county is somewhat spot
ted, and early in the season the outlook
was poor. Rains in the latter part of
June helped, however, and there will
be a material increase over last year s
output. Conditions in Wasco are sim
ilar to those in Sherman county.
Umatilla, the banner wheat county
of the state, is not coming up to its
usual standard. The light lands suf
fered by the dry weather early in the
season, ana tne snowers mai came
later were not general throughout the
county.
Along the Arlington branch of the
O. R. & N. the crop is light until Con
don is reached. Around Condon, how
ever, the outlook is far from gloomy.
With the exception of about 20,000
acres, which have been taken by
weeds, there will be a pretty fair
yield.
Morrow county is not quite bo good
as Gilliam, but there, as elsewhere in
the river counties, some very short
stalks of wheat are turning out well
filled heads.
Union county has an excellent crop
and 40-bushel yields will not be uncom
mon around Elgin and Summerville.
The Willamette valley has ceased to
be a figure in the export wheat mar
ket, but the yield is an important fac
tor in the milling business.
Washington reports are uniformly
good. Walla Walla, with its never
failing foothill land, promises an out
put of 4,500,000 bushels. Barley is
also turning out well in this county,
and has made some n oidi on the
wheat acreage.
Columbia and Garfield counties are
both expected to turn off record yields
of wheat and barley. This region was
favored with rain at a time when the
river counties in Oregon were missed.
Whitman, the banner wheat county
of all the Northwest, gives excellent
promise of breaking records. The acre
age is large and the crop conditions are
far above the average. Estimates run
from 9,000,000 to 12.060,000 bushels,
the latter being generally regarded as
too high, while 9,000,000,bushels is re
garded as conservative.
Lincoln county, which in "light
land" years has come very close to
Whitman's yielc", has suffered this year
by dry weather.
Adams county is still in the uncer
tain class, as the crop is late in that
region and even the winter wheat is
not out of the woods. At the best the
crop will be only fair, except down in
the southeastern part of the county.'
Douglas county lost the greater part
of its wheat territory when the new
county of Grant was carved out this
year, and Grant, which has an in
creased acreage as well as a fair yield,
gives promise of about 3,000,000 bush
els. Some new wheat land in the
northern part of Douglas county will
make the yield for the old county in
excess of 500,000 bushels.
Spokme county was in the moisture
belt with Whitman, and as a result has
a fine crop in prospect.
Franklin county is somewhat behind
its neighbors in y Mid, and in the vicin
ity of Connell the crop will be smaller
than that of last year. Farther east
the outlook is more favorable.
Klickitat county, which has always
been in Portland territory, gives prom
ise of a very good yield, with some in
crease in acreage.
The Horse Heaven country, lying
just across the Columbia from the
river counties in Oregon, suffered from
the dry weather that cut down the
Oregon yield. Spring wheat in this
district is almost a total failure, but
some of the winter wheat will make a
fair crop.
Asotin county was also in the rain
belt and promises to turn off a crop
that may break records.
The crop for the entire state of
Washington will approximate 35,0000,
000 bushels.
Idaho has the best crop on record.
There is not very much increase in
acreage, and there is a big crop of bar
ley and oats, so that the wheat yield
may not quite reach thf.l of 1907.
Latah county will probably harvest
nearly 1,000,000 bushels of wheat, and
Nez Terce and Idaho counties will have
from 5,000,000 to 6,000,000 bushels.
Save Trees From Flames.
San Diego, Cal., July 9. The La
Jolla grove of Torrey pines, said to be
the only grove of those trees in South
ern California, had a narrow escape
from destruction by fire today. Occu
pants of a passing automobile noticed
that the underbrush in the grove was
burning and hastened to La Jolla for
help. A party of fire fighters was
summoned quickly to the scene. After
several hours of hard work the flames
were extinguished.
A BRIEF DAILY REPORT ON
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
Friday, July 9.
Washington, July 9. During a ses
Bion lasting nearly four hours, the sen
ate today passed the Philippine tariff
bill, and the bill automatically contin
uing the Porto Rican budget. Only a
nominal resistance was offered by the
minority to the measure. An amend
ment to the Philippine bill by John
ston, of Alabama, declaring the inten
tion of the United States eventually to
grant independence to the Philippines,
was rejected.
Washington, July 9. The tariff bill
is now in the hands of the conference
.nmiftno A f toy on Vinnr and a half
of debate the house today, by a vote of
178 to lol. disagreed 10 me oeiiic
amendments. Eighteen Republicans
voted against sending the bill to con
ference, and one Democrat voted with
the Republican majority.
Washington. July 9. The house and
spnntp conferees on the tariff bill this
afternoon maDDed out the program for
the many sessions they must hold to
make the final draft ot tne measure
An agreement may be reached in 1(
days, though the house conferees are
expected bitterly to contest many oi in
spnate amendments.
Senator Aldrich and Representative
Pavne are fearful lest the hnal action
on the conference report in the two
houses be delayed, and an eliort is De
inir made to have President Taft tak(
part in the threatened controversy.
Thursday, July 8.
Washington, July 8. The tariff bill
passed the senate just after 11 o'clocle
tonight by a vote of 45 to 34. Ten
Republicans voted with the Democrats
against the bill and one Democrat vot
ed for the bill.
As it passed the senate, the bill con
tains almost 400 paragraphs. Ihe
senate made 840 amendments to the
house bill, many of which were added
today. Consequently the enrolling
clerks are finding the preparation of
the bill for the house an arduous task.
They have been following as closely
upon the heels of the senate as was
possible, and have the work well in
hand, but Bay they probably will not be
able to complete their labors before
late tomorrow.
There will be no delay in sending
the tariff bill to conference after it
reaches the house. It is expected that
the bill will be sent to that body by the
senate late tomorrow. The house will
met daily from now until the end of
the session.
As soon as the bill is received, Dal-
zell is expected to offer a resolution by
which the house will disagree to the
senate amendments en bloc and agree
to a conference.
Wednesday, July 7.
Washington, July 7. With a gene
ral understanding that the final vote
on the tariff bill should be taken by 4
adjourned at 7 o'clock this evening.
The arrangement for a vote tomorrow
was arrived at as an alternative for a
session tonight. The income tax ques
tion, including the corporation tax
provision and inheritance tax, received
much attention in the senate today
and the straight income advocates were
afforded the opportunity to get a vote
in favor of the income tax as opposed
to the corporation tax. The income
tax was defeated by 48 to 7 and with
the corporation tax provision securely
established as a part of the bill, there
was considerable effort to amend it.
Tuesday. July 6.
Washington, July 6. The Republi
can majority of the senate finance com
mittee today stirred up a hornets' nest
by reporting the new schedule of to
bacco taxes as having been recom
mended when it had not even been sub
mitted to the minority members, much
less laid before a meeting of the whole
committee. Aldrich was forced to
back water and recognize the rights of
the minority.
Aldrich said that he would call a
meeting of the finance committee for
tomorrow morning, giving the minor
ity members a chance to express their
opinion.
All sections of the bill tht senators
do not desire to reserve for further
amendment will now be agreed to en
bloc. The senate then will consider
the tobacco amendment, the only
amendment not adopted in committee
of the whole.
Monday, July 5.
Washington, July 5. By unanimous
vote the senate today adopted the reso
lution submitting to the state legisla
tures the income tax amendment to the
Federal constitution. Then it devoted
its attention to the administrative
features of the tariff bill and adopted
them. The tobacco schedule will be
considered tomorrow with a few other
uncompleted details and then the bill
will be reported from committete of
the whole to the senate. The only
subject likely to provoke debate is the
tobacco schedule. The proceedings af
ter the bill is reported will be brief
and the bill will then go to conference.
Wrights Displease Army Officers.
Washington, July 8. The signal
corps officers concerned in the aero
plane trials exhibit signs of irritation
at the apparent unconcern of the
Wright brothers regarding matters
which to the army officers seem ex
ceedingly important. Brigadier Gene
ral James Allen, chief signal officer,
and every member of the corps want
members of the house to witness the
flights that congress may treat more
kindly requests for appropriates.
FALL EXAMINATION DATES.
Civil Service Tests Will Be Held in
Northwest Cities Generally.
Washington, July 9. Civil service
examinations to fill vacancies in the
government departmental service in
Washington are to be held generally
throughout the country this coming
fall, and will cover appointments as
clerks, stenographers, typewriters, etc.
The examinations will be held at Port
land September 8 and 20 and October
13; at Astoria, Baker City and Eu
gene, September 8 and October 13;
Grants Pass, September 18, and Pen
dleton, September 30.
In Washington the examinations will
be held at Seattle September 8, 23 and
October 13; Spokane, September 8 and
29; Pullman, Bellingham, North Yaki
ma and Port Townsend, September 8
and October 13, and additional examin
ations at Bellingtam September 15 and
North Yakima September 28.
The Idaho examinations will be held
at Boi3e September 8 and October 1
and 13; Pocatello, October 4, and Mos
cow, September 8 and October 13.
Nothing Doing in Oleo.
Washington, July ,6. President Taft
has expressed himself as opposed to
the plan of Secretary of the Treasury
McVeagh to raise $2,000,000 by an in
ternal revenue tax of 2 cents a bound,
flat rate, on oleomargarine. The dairy
men, according to Representative
Tawney, of Minnesota, chairman of the
committee on appropriations, are op
posed to the scheme. Secretary Mc
Veagh has stated that he has no desire
to introduce a bill to carry out his ideas
unless "all interests" agreed on the
terms. The objection of President
Taft and the dairy interests will obvi
ously be sufficient to make the intro
duction of such a bill futile.
Census Officers Named.
Washington, July 6. Robert M.
Pindell will be appointed in a few days
as appointment clerk of the census bu
reau, one of the most important posi
tions in the government service. The
appointment of A. H. Baldwin, to be
chief clerk, vice William S. Rossiter,
resigned, also was agreed upon at a
conference today between Secretary
Nagel and Director Durand. Charles
S. Sloane, now serving as geographer
of the census, was appointed permanent
geographer.
Manufacturers Are Aroused.
Washington, July 7. Proposed in
creases in the internal revenue taxes
on all forms of manufactured tobacco
have brought a veritable hornets' nest
about the heads of the senate commit
tee on finance. An estimate of the
increased revenues that would be pro
duced was received by the senate com
mittee today. If no decrease in con
sumption is occasioned by the proposed
increase, it would raise about $20,000,-
000 more than now collected.
Will Cruise Asia's Coast.
Washington, July 12. Tentative ar
rangements have been made by the
Navy department to have the first and
second divisions of the Pacific fleet
cruise in Asiatic and Philippine waters
during next autumn and winter. Rear
Admiral Sebree, commander-in-chief
of the fleet, will arrange the details.
The vessels probably will leave the
Pacific coast late in August and return
to the United States late in March.
McCleary for Mint Head.
Washington, July 10. There are
strong indications that James T. Mc
Cleary, of Minnesota, former repre
sentative in congress and later assist
ant postmaster general, will be ap
pointed superintendent of the mint,
succeeding Frank Leach, who resigned
to accept a business proposition in
California. His nomination is expect
ed before the expiration of the present
session of congress.
Cannon Will Leave Vacancy.
Washington. Julv 9. It has been
c j
decided by Speaker Cannon not to fill
the vacancy on the ways and means
committee resulting from the death of
Representative Cushman. That com
mittee will not meet again to consider
tariff legislation and until anoth r
tariff bill is framed, will be less im
portant than it has been this session.
The Republicans still have a majority
of four.
Twenty-One Lose Places.
Washington, July 10. Seventeen in
spectors and f mir revenue agents on
the denatured alcohol rolls of the in
ternal revenue bureau have been dis
missed because their services are no
longer needed. The expectation that
denatured alcohol would make rapid
strides in supplanting gasoline as a
motive power for small farm engines,
automobiles, etc., has not held good.
Fear Dark Enumerators.
Washington, 'July 6. Concerned
abnut what they suppose to be the pos
sibility that negroes may be sent into
the homes of white residents of the
South as census enumerators, Demo
cratic members of corgress will urge
President Taft to give instructions that
only white" enumerators be employed in
districts south of the Mason and Dixon
line.
Corporatiors Plan Fight.
Washington. July 10. Confirmation
of the expectation in many quarters
that the large corporations of the coun
try will seek to hold up the collection
of taxes under the corporation tax bill
by an appeal to the courts to test the
constitutionality of the law, was given
here today by a prominent official of
the Treasury department.
MOURNED BY ALL.
News of Cushman's Death Shock to
Friends in Congress.
Washington, July 7. News that
Francis W. Cushu.in, representative
frirm Washington, had passed away in
New York yesterday morning, came
as a great shock to his host of friends
in both branches of congress. Morn
ing papers contained dispatches an
nouncing he had successfully passed
his crisis and was on the road to recov
ery. It was not until the members of
congress reached the capitol that they
heard of his death, and even then word
spread slowly among the members, for
the house was not in session.
In conformity with Mrs. Cushman's
wish, there will be no congressional
escort appointed to accompany the re
mains to Tacoma, but the body will be
taken across the continent by a repre
sentative of the sergeant-at-arms of
the house, who went to New York this
morning. The house will not meet
until Thursday. At that time Cush
man's death will be announced, and ad
journment probably be taken out of re
spect to his memory.
Senator Piles, who was with Mr.
Cushman when the end came, returned
to Washington last evening. He said
Mr. Cushman passed away peacefully,
being unconscious during his last
hours. Heroic treatment was resorted
to as soon as Mr. Cushman's condition
took a turn for the worse, but he was
so weakened that he did not respond to
treatment. He sank steadily through
the night and breathed his last at two
minutes past 5 yesterday morning.
HOLDS UP BANK.
Heavily Armed Bandit Works in Broad
Daylight.
Everett, Wash., July 7. A lone rob
ber held up Assistant Cashier E. C. Ol
son, of the Bank of Commerce, shortly
before the bank closed yesterday after
noon, wounded Cashier J. L. Lyen and
escaped with a few hundred dollars.
He fled on a bicycle to the north end
of the city, then turned toward the
waterfront. Here his pursuers found
the Batchel in which he carried his
money. It contained only $15. Dep
uties and citizens are searching for the
man. Bloodhounds have been secured.
When the robber entered the bank
he thrust two revolvers into Olson's
face and commanding him to throw up
his hands, laid down one gun and seiz
ed all the money he could reach and
placed it in his satchel. He paid no
attention to the few customers in the
bank.
Cashier Lyen was in the rear end of
the building. He ran down an alley
way and entered by the front door to
take the robber by surprise and grap
pled with him. The robber shot three
times, one bullet passing through Ly
en's jaw and neck, making a serious
wound. The robber then fled, with
both Lyen and Olson shooting at him.
His hat was shot off and it is believ
ed he was slightly wounded. He is
supposed to have had a bicycle hidden
in the vicinity, for he was next seen
riding furiously north on one. He was
seen by hundreds of people, but before
armed citizens and officers took up the
chase in automobiles he disappeared.
New York Tax Roll Out.
New York, July 7. Andrew Carne
gie and Mrs. Russell Sage are each as
sessed as possessing $5,000,090 worth
of personal property in New York City,
on the rolls presented to the board of
aldermen today. John D. Rockefeller's
personal assessment i3 $2,500,000, and
that of seven members of the Vander
bilt family aggregates $1,340,000. J.
Pierpont Morgan is down for $440,000,
while the late. H. H. Rogers and Wil
liam Rockefeller are each assessed
$300,000.
Gunnison Bore Finished.
Montrose, Colo., July 7. The last
round of shots in the East heading for
the Gunnison irrigation tunnel was fired
at 5 :30 o'clock this evening. A few
minutes later workmen from the two
headings shook hands through the open
ing. The tunnel is six miles long and
has been under construction four years
and a half. This project has been car
ried out by the Federal Reclamation
bureau at a cost of $3,500,000. It will
furnish water for the irrigation of
150,000 acres of land.
Ne Machine for Flying.
Victoria, B. C, July 7. An airship
which, the inventor asserts, will right
itself within a few feet when started
upside down and will fly from Victoria
to San Francisco in less than five
hours, has been built by A. W. Gibson,
a Scotch engineer. The inventcr pur
poses to make his first flight from Vic
toria to the Seattle exposition and hs
offered to wager $1,000 that he can
go the distance in half an hour. The
air.-hip embodies entirely new princi
ples and is propelled by an engine
weighing 222 pounds.
Hill to Invade Canada.
Helena, Mont.. July 7. There was
filed with the secretary of state today
a-i oifioial resolution adopted by the j
board of directors of the Great North
ern railway, showing its purpose to
construct a branch l.ne from Poplar,
Valley county to the Canadian border,
a distance of 80 miles. The inference
is that the line will be extended furth
er north, tapping the grain fields of
Saskatchewan, thus invading the Cana
dian Pacific territory.
Use Cannon at Oil Fire.
Martinsville, 111., July 7. Fire,
started by lightning in one of the 35,
000 barrel tanks of the Ohio Oil com
pany, was brought under control to
night. The tank was punctured by a
cannon shot and most of the oil draired
out. This prevented an explosion.
OUTLAW MOROS
TRAPPED IN CAVE
Every Man in Jikiri's Band Is Killed
by li. S. Troops.
Attacked in Mountains, They. Flee to
Last Retreat Only One American
Killed, but Many Wounded Jikiri
Had Made Many Raids but Always
Eluded Pursuit.
Manila, July 6. In a desperate fight
near Patian, on Jolo island, yesterday,
Jikiri, the famous Moro outlaw chief,
was killed and his entire band exterm
inated by detachments of regulars and
constabulary under Captain George L.
Biram, of the Sixth United States cav
alry, operating in conjuntion with a
naval flotilla of the mosquito fleet un
der Lieutenant Commander Signor.
The American loss was one private
killed and three officers and 20 enlisted
men and one sailor wounded.
Captain Biram's cavalry, with a few
scouts and constabulary and a detach
ment of sailors under Lieutenant Com
mander Signor, located and attacked
the outlaws in the mountains far from
the coast. The Moros fled and took
refuge in a large cave. The column
of troops and sailors surrounded the
place, but Jikiri refused to surrender.
A concerted attack was made, the
Moros fighting desperately in the
mouth of the cave until the last mem
ber of the band was dead. , As yet but
few details of the fight have been re
ceived here.
Jikiri was one of the most famous
outlaws remaining in the islands. Ever
since the American occupation he has
fought the whites and has led raid af
ter raid.
DEATH LIST CUT.
Annual Patriotic Carnage is Greatly
Reduced.
Chicago, July 6. With three days'
celebration of the nation's birthday
this year, the remarkable 1 fact stands
out boldiy that the annual carnage has
been decreased to a great degree. Ad
vices from all points up to midnight
show that in all large cities new rules
and their strict enforcement have
checked the customary slaughter of
children.
In New York there were but four
deaths for the three days. In Chicago,
usually drenched with blood under the
guise of patriotism, there was .not a
single death for the three days. In
Washington there were no deaths and
no injuries, and only the smallest fire
crackers were permitted.
Five deaths are reported from the
state of Massachusetts, one each in
Boston and other large cities. One
death is reported from Philadelphia.
The entire state of Oklahoma reports
but two deaths and nine serious injur
ies. Small cities in New Jersey and
Pennsylvania and Far Western locali
ties seemed most patriotic in casual
ties this year. In every case this can
be traced to lax police regulations.
CUSHMAN IS DEAD.
Congressman from Washington Passes
Away at New York.
New York, July 6. Francis W.
Cushman, representative in congress
from Washington, died at 5 o'clock
this morning at the Rosevelt hospital
from pneumonia. At the bedside at
the time were, besides the doctors and
nurses, United States Senator Samuel
H. Piles, of Washington, and Andrew
S. Burleigh, of this city, a life long
friend.
Congressman Cushman underwent an
operation a short time ago and pneu
monia resulted.
Senator Piles and Mr. Burleigh, who
had been with the patient alrrost con
stantly since his condition became ser
ious, said they would make arrange-'
ments for the sending of the body to
Washington.
Powers Block Russians.
Pekin, July 6. Great Britain, Aus
tria-Hungary and the United States
have notified China that they do not
recognize the preliminary agreement
between Russia and China devised for
administration of the Russian railroad
area in Manchuria. These powers de
clare also that the laws affecting the
right to reside in the international set
tlement in China must originate with
the treaty powers. The negotiations
on this subject, which were opened last
month, are now blocked for an indefi
nite time.
Mud Blocks Royal Gorge.
Canon City, Colo., July . It is re
ported that 000 feet "of Rio Grande
track just beyond the Royal Gorge, at
Parkdale, is completely covered up
with mud and debris from rains last
night and today. No. 1 Rio Grande
passenger train was tonight backed to
Pueblo, and will be run out over the
Colorado Midland. The traffic through
the gorge on the Rio Grande probably
will be tied up for 24 hours before the
road can be cleared.
Revolution in Colombia.
Guayaquil, Ecuador, July f. A pri
vate cablegram from Numa ptates
that a revolution has broken out at
Barranquilla, the most important com
mercial city of Colombia, against Gen
eral Jorge Holguin, who is acting pres
ident in the absence of President
Reyes, and in favor of Gonzales Va
lencia. '