Heppner gazette., July 29, 1909, Image 3

GALVESTON SWEPT
BY MERGE STORM
Seawall Breaks Violence of Waves
and Saves City.
Huge Waves Broke Over Wall, Flood
ing Lower Part of CityTen Lives
Known to Be Lost Property Loss
Reaches $100,000 Storm Warn
ing Great Benefit.
Galveston, Tex., July 22. A hurri
cane equaling in violence the one that
devastated this - city nine years ago,
swept in from the Gulf of Mexico yes
terday, did $100,000 worth of damage
in the city proper, cost the lives' of
about a dozen people, cut off all rail
and telegraphic communication with
the mainland and then swept on inland,
leaving a wake of destruction and suf
fering behind.
Owing Bolely to th e warnings sent
-out by the weather bureau that had
first detected the storm in the Carib
bean sea, the shipping at the port
here escaped damage, all vessels being
made snug before the fury of the gale
struck. The 17-foot seawall, built
two years after the former devastation
of the city, kept the huge wa e3 from
eating away the land as they had done
. before, but this wall was not sufficient
to keep the water from the lower
streets, from whence it poured into
the warehouse cellars, damaging thou
sands of dollars' worth of goods.
Ten people were drowned in the
water that swept over a portion of
Tarpon pier, . seven miles from the
city. They were washed from the
rock promentories into the gulf and.
the bodies have not yet been recovered.
During the height of the gale a
heavy dredge which was at work in
the channel behind the island, broke
from its moorings and was swept into
the steel railroad bridge that connects
Galveston with the mainland. The
impact of the blow at once severed tel
ephone and telegraph wires, and for a
time fears were felt on the mainland
that a repetition of the disaster of
nine years ago had occurred.
Sweeping westward, the tropical
storm, which had been central over
the gulf for 24 hours or more struck
Galveston shortly after 11 o'clock. The
wind attained a velocity of 68 miles
an hour, and heaved the waters of
Galveston bay up against the island
and flooded the section that had not
been raised. The water backed up
into the main streets. The principal
damage, however, was confined to the
beach front, where bath houses and
pleasure piers were swept away, but
shipping was not disturbed.
A hurricane for East Texas was fore
casted early in the day, and when the
storm broke, Galveston was prepared.
The inhabitants of the few scattered
houses sought safety, as did the ves
sels riding at anchor in the bay. The
fury of the storm soon abated and the
anxiety of those who entertained fears
of another tidal wave were thus early
relieved. So short was the duration
of the storm, that a Mai lory line
steamer, booked to start for New York
shortly after noon, left on time.
VOLCANO BURSTS FORTH.
Sumatran Villages Are Devastated by
Eruption and Floods.
Victoria, B. C., July 22. News was
brought by the Norwegian steamer
Tricolor, which passed in today from
Sourabaya, Java, of a disastrous earth
quake on the west coast of Sumatra,
the second largest island in the Malay
archipelago, in mid-June.
According to the report received by
the Tricolor 200 lives were lost. The
earthquake followed an eruption of
Mount Korintji, a volcanic peak 12,400
feet high, and inland 50 miles from
Indrapura. Mount Korintji has long
been supposed to be extinct, its crater
having been filled with a large lake.
Following the eruption of the vol--cano
and the earthquake there were
torrential rains, flooding the rivers and
causing additional losses.
Cloudburst Wrecks Ouray.
Ouray, Colo., July 22. Fifty fami
lies are homeless, seven business and
residence squares are inundated and
property has been damaged to the ex
tent of $30,000, as the result of a
cloudburst that came upon this city
this afternoon. Cascade and Portland
ji.A.L'd tHnir hanlra find Kn-
came raging torrents through a portion
of the town. Several persons were
rescued from the windows of floating
houses by men on horseback. It is be
lieved two weeks will be required to
clear away the debris.
Storm Sweeps Over Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, Wis., July 22. Reports
from Northern Wisconsin, particularly
in the neighborhood of Ashland, tell of
serious losses as a result of a cloud
burst. The estimates of the loss range
from $450,000 to $700,000. Innumer
able bridges and dams are reported as
carried away, and the situation on the
Odanah Indian reservation is serious.
In the summer resort country enormous
damage has been done to the small
houses.
Duluth Damaged SI, OOO.OOO.
Duluth, Minn., July 22. Duluth
was flooded again tonight, the second
time within 24 hours. The damage
may reach $1,000,000. Nearly three
inches of rain fell in an hour and a
half. The water poured into the Bijou
theater, where a performance was in
progress, and a panic waa narrowly
averted.
EQUIPMENT GOES IN.
Rush Orders Given for Railroad Con
struction on Deschutes. '
The Dalles, July 26. All yesterday
four-horse teams, hauling wagons piled
high with railway camp equipment,
have trekked out of The Dalies, bound
for the Deschutes river. Beginning at
7 o'clock in the morning it was not
until 5 in the afternoon that the last of
the 40 wagons shipped here by Porter
Bros., railroad contractors, who are
supposed to be working for the Hill
railways, wended its way to the south
east.
Indications are almost conclusive
that Porter Bros., intend to establish
not two,' but five or six camps, as if
preparing to cover the entire ground of
the Oregon Trunk line surveys. Ihey
themselves did not know, was the re
ply given by representatives of the
Oregon Trunk to inquiries as to the
number of camps and places of location.
Every indication is . that men and
equipment were secured hastily, and it
is believed here to be true that the
contractors only know in a general way
where the camps will be established.
Either a sudden decision to contest
with Harriman for the traffic of Cen
tral Oregon or the sudden acquisition
of knowledge that the Oregon Trunk
would be down and out very soon unless
it began construction is believed to be
the cause of the rushing of men into
the Deschutes country.
Either alternative raises conjecture
as to whether Porter Bros, are playing
a hold-up game on Harriman or are
backed by James J. Hill or actually in
tend to build a railroad themselves
BLERIOT CROSSES CHANNEL.
French Aeronaut Makes the 22 Miles
in 23 Minutes.
Dover, July 26. Louis Bleriot, the
French aviator, accomplished the re
markable feat of flying across the Eng
lish channel Saturday in 23 minutes.
The distance from his starting point,
near Calais, to Dover, is about 22
miles, and he therefore traveled at the
rate of nearly a mile a minute.
The aviator left the French shore at
4:30 and within a few minutes sighted
the white cliffs of the English coast
He descended gracefully in the North
Fall meadow, behind Dover Castle, at
A -Ka a. m.
M. Bleriot looked little the worse for
his hazardous trip, although his foot
was burned by petrol. This gave him
some trouble, and he had to be assisted
to an automobile which was waiting.
He drove to the Lord Warden hospital,
where he waB greeted enthusiastically.
A French torpedo boat destroyer
followed the aeroplane, but so swift
was the speed of the machine that the
destroyer was soon left far behind.
Although the start was made i calm
weather, the wind soon rose and a
strong breeze was blowing at the time
of the descent, making the perform
ance all the more noteworthy.
The French torpedo boat destroyer
arrived at Dover at 6 :50 with Bleriot's
wife and a party of friends on board.
By his achievement Bleriot wins the
special prize of $5,000 offered by the
London Daily Mail.
MOORS FIGHT SPANIARDS.
Tribesmen Put Up Desperate Fight
Against Trained Soldiers.
Malaga, Spain, July 26. The steam
er Menorquin, with 80 wounded aboard,
arrived here today from Melilla, where
the hospitals are overcrowded. Pas
sengers on the steamer declare that the
residents of Melilla are panic-stricken,
the successes of the Moors giving rise
to the belief that they will swoop down
on the city itself. Friday's battle was
sanguinary, there being much hand-to-
hand fighting.
The Moorish tribes now gathered
close to General Marina's camp are es
timated at 16,000. Their recent losses
are said to have been nearly 1,000.
The Spanish forces lost not less than
3,000 men.
When the battle became general, the
Spaniards endeavored to trap the Moors
between two lines of fire. The tribes
men, however, were too wary and
fought desperately. They retreated
only.wben they were literally hurled
back, at the points of Spanish bayonet.
At duBk there was a lull in the fighting.
Victory for Americans.
Pekin, July 21. On account of the
failure of the negotaitions at the re
cent meeting of bankers in London
and Paris, an attempt is being made at
Pekin to close quickly the Hankow
railway loan by increasing the amount
bo as to give Americans equal partici
pation and not reduce the original allot
ments to the other three powers Great
Britain, France and Germany. This
arrangement was agreed to by the
Chinese foreign board Saturday and
the four days' negotiations ended with
the consultations of foreign bankers.
Export Argentina Wheat.
Buenos Ayres, July 21. During the
first five months of this year the ex
portations of wheat amounted to 77,
700,000 bushels. A decree hai been
published modifying the law prohibit
ing the importation of cattle from cer
tain countries, so that hose countries
may send cattle to the exposition of
1910. The government has also sent
instructions to our minister in Wash
ington to agree with the bureau of
American republics on a program.
Lightning Hits Scientist.
Christiana, Nor., July 26. Captain
Englestad, of the Norwegian navy, was
killed by lightning today. He was
taking meteorological observations dur
ing a thunder storm. Captain Engle
stad waa to have commanded the polar
expedition ship Fram on the coming
Amundsen polar expedition.
A BRIEF DAILY REPORT ON
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
' Saturday, July 24.
Washington. Julv 24. The hide
' - n w r
miPHtion was settled and unsettled to
day, and, while there seems little doubt
that eventually hides will go on the
free list of the new tariff bill, the con
test over their status cannot be re
garded as closed. None of the ques
tions made nrominent through Presi
dent Taft'a interest in them were set
tled today, although the conference
was in strict executive session all day.
The conferees expect to spend a large
part of Sunday wrestling witn these
problems.
Friday, July 23.
Washington, July 23. While no
agreement was reached by the tariff
conferees today on coal, lumber, bides,
oil, iron ore, the cotton schedule or
wood pulp and print paper, it was said
tonight that the prospects of settling
these big questions tomorrow were ex
cellent.
Heroic measures were used in an
effort to adjust differences between
the senate and house and to carry out
President Taft's program for a reduc
tion of duties on raw. materials. AH
the conferees said tonight that the
feelings they entertained for one an
other were more pleasant than they had
been for many days.
Thursday, July 22.
Washington, July 22. Today was
one of conferences and concluded with
a consultation at the White House to
night, narticinated in bv the presi
dent, Senator Aldrich and Represent
ative Pavne. &t which the chier execu
tive was assured that harmonious set
tlement of the differences is likely.
The senators ODDOsed to the free raw
material program were consulted today
by Mr. Aldrich, and a committee rep
resenting the same position on the
house side conferred with Chairman
Pavne. In addition, the house con
ferees met to have the experts of the
senate finance committee explain the
senate changes in the cotton scneauie.
Wednesday, July 21.
Washington, July 21. Better pro
gress was made today by the tariff
conferees than on any other day since
the troublesome disputes were reached.
Many questions were settled without
any renewal of hostilities.
The entire zinc schedule was adjust
ed. Spelter was made dutiable at 1
cents per pound, which is a reduction
from the senate rate of cents and
an increase from the house rate of 1
cent. All the senate differentials were
adopted. Zinc in sheets will be duti
able at cents, and sheets coated or
plated with nickel or other metal at 2
cents. The house rate at 1 cent for
old and worn-out zinc fit only to be re
manufactured was adopted. Tungsten
ore, which is used in the manufacture
of ferro afloys, one of the chief com
ponent parts lthe manufacture of low
steel and steel i parts of automobiles,
was made dutiable at 10 per cent ad
valorem instead of 15 per cent, as
fixed by the senate.
Lemons will pay a duty of 1 cents
a pound, the senate rate. This is an
increase of U cent over the house rate,
and half a cent over the Dingley rates.
Tuesday, July 20. .
Washington, July 20. Wood pulp,
print paper and lumber, to say nothing
of hides, iron ore and other so-called
raw material, are receiving the most
serious attention from the conferees.
The paper and pulp fight bids fair to
be especially stubborn and probably
will be somewhat prolonged.
Much progress has been made on the
cotton schedule, but hosiery and a
number of other leading items of cot
ton manufacture are causing the tariff
arbitrators much concern. The draw
back provision is practically the only
important administrative feature that
remains unsettled.
Although the rates of duty have
been fixed on practically all of the
steel products, there has been a pro
test against the increased rate on
structural steel punched for use. It
was thought that a compromise on lead
and its products was in riew, but this
schedule also has proved difficult of
adjustment. The duties on zinc in
blocks and pigs, which were increased
by the senate over the house rates, is
another matter which is delaying the
settlement of the metals schedule.
Monday, July 19
Washington, July 19. Today the
conferees devoted their attention main
ly to the revised corporation tax pro
vision, which was adopted.
An effort was made today to dispose
of the wood pulp and print paper sched
ule. The retaliatory provision con
cerning pulp was rewritten, and it is
now believed that it will prove satis
factory to American mills. The print
paper schedule is still in controversy.
The only controversy expected on
the cotton schedule relates to hosiery.
Representative Payne stands firmly for
higher duties and the other house con
ferees are likely to sustain him.
Wheat Exports Smaller.
Washington, July 20. According to
Special Election Urged.
Washington, July 22. Senator
Jones, in a telegam to Governor - Hay,
of Washington, today advised that a
special election be held immediately to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Representative Cushman. Though the
new congressman cannot get to Wash
ington before the adjournment of the
special session, there are other matters
demanding attention through the sum
mer, which cannot be cared for by
Humphrey or Poindexter.
figures made public by the department
of commerce and labor today, the total
export of wheat from Portland during
the year ended June 30, 1909, was 6,
350,033 bushels against 13,411,581
bushels the year before. The decline
in wheat exports was even greater at
Puget sounc, namely from 13,699,237
to 44,630,174 bushels. There was also
a marked decline in exports of flour at
Portland, from 858,845 barrels in 1908
to 552,423 in 1909 and at Puget sound
from 1,911,966 to 1,055,952 barrels.
Canal Nearly Half Dug.
Washington, July 24. Substantial
progress in canal construction all along
the line is shown by reports coming to
the Washington office of the Isthmian
Canal commission. Excavation work
approximates 80,000,000 cubic yards,
almost as much as the total quantity
of dirt taken out by the French during
the period they were engaged in opera
tions there. Less than 100,000,000
cubic yards of earth remain to be taken
from the ditch. Colonel Goethals has
estimated that the great waterway will
be ready for the transit of ships by
January 12, 1915.
Power Site Withdrawn,
Washington, July 24. Carrying out
the policy of Secretary Ballinger in
preventing the monopolization of great
water power sites by large corpora
tions, Acting Secretary Pierce today
withdrew for a temporary power site
25,086 acres of land along the Green
river and its tributaries in Wyoming.
All of the water power sites withdrawn
will be reported by the secretary to
congress in order that legislation may
be enacted to preserve them to the
government.
Sentiment Was Unanimous.
Washington, July 23. In an official
telegram from Teheran, received today
at the Persian legation, announcing
that the hereditary sultan, Ahmed Mir
za, had been proclaimed shah, it was
stated that the unpopularity and un
worthiness of Mohammed Ali Mirza
caused him to be deposed. The mes
sage saing at a conference between the
heads of the Mohammedan church,
princes, high dignitaries and the old
members of congress, the vote was
unanimous against the deposed shah.
Cabinet in Saving Mood.
Washington, July 24. A special
meeting of the cabinet was held at the
White house today further to discuss
the matter of cutting down the esti
mates of the various departments for
the coming fiscal year, according to
the statements of Beveral of the cabi
net members before entering the con
sultation room with President Taft.
The cabinet devoted its entire session
yesterday to a consideration of esti
mates and ways and means of reducing
them.
Taft Will Visit Oregon.
Washington, July 23. Representa
tives Hawley and Ellis called on the
president today to ask him to stop at
other points than Portland while in
Oregon. The president said that on
his way south from Portland he would
stop at Salem, and if his schedule per
mitted he would try to make other
stops. In case he goes to . Denver, he
told Congressman Ell 19 he would en
deavor to make short stops in Eastern
Oregon.
Taft Favors Canal Bonds.
Washington, July 21. At a confer
ence between President Taft, Senator
Aldrich, Chairman Payne and treasury
officials today, it was decided to ask
congress to authorize a bond issue to
the extent of the latest estimate of the
cost of the Panama canal, the proposed
issue to bear 3 per cent interest. The
Goethals estimate of $397,000,000 as
the cost of the canal will be used as a
basis for the issue. The existing canal
bond limit is $130,000,000.
Invitation Goes Begging.
Washington, July 20. By a vote of
100 to 158 the house today refused to
refer to the committee of the whole
the invitation to attend the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition. R denberg,
of Illinois, sought to get unanimous
consent for the consideration of a reso
lution providing for the acceptance of
the invitation, but Macon, of Arkansas,
objected on the ground that no commit
tee had considered it.
Congressmen to Visit Hawaii.
Washington, July 23. A party of 25
senators and members of the house is
preparing to visit Hawaii. The visit
is in response to an invitation extended
by the Hawaiian legislature at its last
session, and the party will sail from
San Francisco on the steamer Siberia,
August 24. Eighteen days will be
spent in Hawaii, during which time
the four largest islands of the group
will be visited.
Army Sport Line of Duty.
Washington, July 20. Again the
War department has passed judgment
that a soldier whose death resulted
from an accident while engaged in an
athletic contest encouraged by the offi
cers was in the line of duty. The con
test which called forth this decision
was known as a "battle royal," and
took place in the post gymnasium at
Fort Michael, Alaska, last December.
Ballinger to Visit Malheur.
Washington, July 20. Secretary
Ballinger has wired Senator Bourne
from Seattle that he will personally
inspect the Malheur irrigation project
in Eastern Oregon. He will make the
inspection about two weeks hence.
LEAVES DEATH AND RUINS.
Meager Reports From Gulf Storm
Show Great Destruction.
Houston, Tex., July 23. The West
India hurricane that swept from one
end of the Texas coast to the other
Wednesday brought death to 12 outside
of Galveston, fatally injured four and
Beriously wounded 16. . Whole towns
were devastated and the damage will
reach to hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. At Bay City half the business sec
tion was damaged, including the opera
house, one bank, the court house, high
school and the city jail.
Every building in Velasco was un
roofed or partly demolished and that
town tonight waa under four feet of
water. People escaped in boats on
the Colorado river, one mile away.
Reports from the special train on
which General Manager W. G. Van
Vleck, of the Southern Pacific, left
Houston'today, indicate that the ' Low
er Coast country suffered greatly.
But few houses at Eagle' Lake es
caped. The same situation is reported
from Lissie, Nowatta and East Ber
nard. At Elcampo the electric light plant
is wrecked, all elevators are badly
damaged and almost every church in
town is wrecked. In the oilfield around
Markham derricks were blown down
and wells were stripped of machinery.
At Galveston Bay the situation is
not as bad as it was first reported. No
part of the railroad bridge which spans
the arm of the bay between the island
and Virginia point was washed away,
but 50 feet of the structure was thrown
out of alignment by a huge barge
Communication was established this
afternoon with Angleton, a town of
2,000 people on the Gulf coast south
of Galveston. Angleton reported that
nearly every house in the town had
been badly damaged as a result of yes
terday's hurricane. '
Damage from the storm in the Texas
rice belt will reach $100,000. The'
towns of Rosenberg, Randon and East
Bernard suffered.
A dispatch from Sabine Pass says
the gale caused record-breaking tides
there, but no serious damage was done.
The streets were flooded, but the
waters receded rapidly.
LOSS IS HEAVY IN LOUISIANA
Grave Fears for Safety of People in
Small Towns Entertained.
New Orleans, July 23. That there
was greater loss of life in Southwest
ern Louisiana than that reported up to
1 o'clock today is confidently behevad.
Several hundred people have taken
refuge in the United States biological
station at Cameron, La. The waters
of th gulf last night covered a large
portion of the parish, rising to a point
within six inches of the high water
mark made during the storm which
destroyed Galveston nine years ago.
Much stock has been destroyed.
The gravest fears are still being en
tertained in connection with the fate
of jiiany persons at coast towns. Be
tween Calcasieu Pass, La., and Sabine
Pass, Tex., there are several hundred
people who have failed to get into com
munication with the outside world
since the hurricane. Heavy damage
and possible loss of lifa is feared at
Johnson s Bayou, La.
Reports of damage at settlements
and towns as far south as Brownsville,
Tex., are coming in.
It is reported that many houses were
wrecked in Brazora and Allenhurst.
At Richmond, an interior town, 50
houses are reported to have been par
tially wrecked.
On account of anxiety felt over the
fate of 1,000 or more persons in at
tendance on the State Baptist Young
People's encampment at Palacios, on
the coast of Texas, an effort is being
made to reach that point. All tele
graph wires are down as the result of
a storm which swept the entire coast.
Further loss of life is reported from
Cameron Parish, La. Basile Dagg, a
fisherman, and his young son were
caught by the high tide which resulted
from the hurricane and were drowned.
Another son, 12 years old, managed to
escape.
The St Louis-Brownsville Mexican
railway has been advised that the dam
age at Bay City, Tex., is $150,000,
with two dead and six seriously in
jured, many others being slightly
hurt.
Thousands in Paris Accidents.
Paris, July 23. Exactly 63,184 peo
ple were killed and injured in street
traffic accidents during 1908 in Paris.
Though the exact figures cannot be
given today for the first half of 1909,
the prefect of police declares they will
vastly exceed those of the preceding
year. Of the total, 8,800 accidents
were due to automobiles; cabs and oth
er vehicles, 45,688; bicycles, 3,289;
tramways, 5,417. Carelessness, the
prefect said, was the principal cause
of accidents. Pedestrians crossing in
front of autos were in the majority.
To Fortify Prince Rupert.
Victoria, B. C, July 23. The steam
er Princess Royal, which reached port
this morning, brought among her pas
sengers General W. D. Otter, inspector
general of Canadian fortresses; Gener
al Rutherford, Captain II. T. Hughes,
royal engineers; Lieutenant Heycock,
of H. M. S. Shearwater, and Captain
Hay, of the Canadian army, a party
sent to locate a chain of fortifications
to be established as defenses at Prince
Rupert.
Passengers Stay By Ship.
Southampton, July 23. The North
German Lloyd steamer Derifflinger,
which grounded on Shingle bank yes
terday, is still aground. Her passen
gers, numbering 100. remain on board,
though she is gradually settling and
her position is dangerous.
JAPAN DISTINCTLY
THREATENS CHINA
Premier's Organ Says Terms Offered
Unacceptable to Nippon.
China Refuses to Reconsider and Ja
pan May Abandon Effort to Con
ciliateAlarmist Note Now Ap
pears in Controversy Mikado'a
Patience Is Exhausted.
Tokio, July 20. The Kokumin, one
of the most influential of the Japanese
newspapers, and which is generally re
garded as the mouthpiece of Marquis
KatsUro, the premier, in matters per
taining to the government's policy, in
an article today discussed the situation
between Japan and China and strikes a
somewhat alarmist note.
It was expected, says the article,
that the withdrawal of the proposal to
refere to The Hague arbitration tri
bunal the differences between China
and Japan, preceded the adoption of
what was hoped would be a conciliatory
policy by China. But this expectation
has not been realized. China now pro
poses wholly unacceptable terms and
refuses to reply to Japan's request for
reconsideration. The article concludes :
"The Japanese government is exer
cising all possible patience, but is not
carrying its endurance to the point of
sentimentality. Unless China's mood
changes before the conclusion of the
current month, Japan will be obliged
to assume a different attitude."
MAY MEAN RUSSIAN ALLIANCE.
Pekin Diplomat Sees Deep Meaning
in Crane's Appointment.
Pekin, July . 20. The appointment
by President Taft of Charles R. Crane,
of Chicago, a man unknown to the
Eastern world or in diplomatic circles,
to be minister to China, is recognized
in Pekin official quarters as the break
ing of new ground as well as the most
striking action with reference to
American representation in China for
the last 50 years.
The Russians and French in the Chi
nese capital have attached special sig
nificance to the transfer of W. W.
Rockhill from Pekin to St Petersburg,
holding it to mean a Russo-American
alignment on Chinese affairs.
High Chinese officials declare that
Japan is China's greatest enemy, but
Great Britain has unofficilaly warned
China that the Anglo-Japanese alliance
was never more strong than it is at
present, and has urged that China de
vise amicable relations with Japan.
TRYING CALHOUN AGAIN.
Court Begins Interminable Task of
Securing Jury.
San Francisco, July 20. Patrick
Calhoun, president of the United Rail
roads, is again on trial in this city on
a charge of offering a bribe to a public
officials to gain a privilege for his
corporation. Half a day had been de
voted to interrogation of prospective
jurors when the first panel of 25 citi
zens was exhausted, and an adjourn
ment taken until next Wednesday
morning.
Except for the absence of three or
four notable principals and the pres
ence of District Attorney W. H. Lang
don as chief prosecutor, the proceed
ings today differed in no particular
from the early stages of the first trial,
which resulted in a disagreement. It
was evident from today's examination
that the talesmen were anxious to. es
cape service on any pretext.
May Be General Strike.
Mexico City, July 20. Reports from
all parts of Mexico indicate that the
sentiment in favor of a strike in sym
pathy with the train dispatchers by the
engineers and conductors of the rrerged
railroads of Mexico is rapidly crystal
lizing. Many telegrams declare the
engineers and conductors will leave
their posts if necessary. President
Stone, of the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers and Vice President Cur
tis, of the Order of Railway Conduc
tors, are expected to arrive here today.
They will decide on the issue.
Moors in Bitter Fight.
Madrid, July 20. Official dispatches
received here today indicate that the
fighting yesterday between the Moors
and Spanish at Melilla was graver than
at first believed. The Moorish cavalry
made a concerted attack on the Span
ish headquarters, swarming down from
all directions and firing their guns as
they approached. The tribesmen dis
played fanatical bravery and the head
long charge was stopped only by a
deadly fire of the Spanish batteries.
Plan for Hayes Funeral.
Colorado Springs, Colo., July 20.
The funeral of Mrs. J. Addison Hayes,
Daughter of the Confederacy, whose
death occurred Sunday evening, will
he held at the family residence next
Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock.
Following the funeral services, the urn
containing the ashes the body having
been cremated at Riverside cemetery,
Denver will be interred in Evergreen
cemetery until fall, when it will be
taken to Richmond, Va.
Revives Carlist Party.
Madrid, July 20. Although the Car-
list leaders are divided, the majority
believe the accession of Don Jaime as
head of the Carl is ts will give a new
impetus to the party. Don Jaime made
repeated visits in disguise to Spain in
order to consult with his followers.