Heppner gazette., August 05, 1909, Image 6

Meppner Gazette
luMd Thursday of Cack Wack
HEPPNER OREGON
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.
The Spanish revolt may spread to
Madrid.
The czar ia in France visiting with
President Fallieres.
Count Zeppelin has made a flight of
220 miles in his airship.
Major Burnham his found evidence
in Mexico of an extinct race.
Governor Shallenberger and a party
of 50 will tour the Pacific coast.
Chicago school authorities are to do
away with high school societies.
A streetcar strike involving every
line in the city threatens Chicago.
The Chinese vice consul in New
York has been murdered by a crazy
Chinaman.
A daring robber held up a Vancou
ver, B. C, bank in broad day, but se
cured only $100.
Spokane police will overlook the
anti-cigarette law during the National
Irrigation congress.
The king and queen of Great Britain
reviewed the great naval pageant,
which was made up of a line of war
ships seven miles long.
An explosion of gasoline at St. Paul
caused the death of five persona and
the injury of seven othera. A four
story building was also destroyed.
Goldfield, Nev., mines with a capital
of over $19,000,000 have been consoli
dated. The anti-Diaz riots in Mexico are
said to have been started by expelled
students.
The French talk of other powers
helping Spain in Morocco, where the
situation is serious.
A Denver man has received a de
mand from blackmailers for $10,000
with death as an alternative.
Chiccgo is experiencing the hottest
weather of the year and there are doz
ens of deaths and prostrations.
A gang which has been systemati
cally smuggling goods across the line
has been broken up at Vancouver, B. C.
Wright's aeroplane has successfully
passed another government test, mak
ing 42 miles an hour with a passen
ger. The Colombian congress wants to
know why President Reyes left the
country and then sent in his resigna
tion. Terror and tragedy are supreme in
Spain. Burning buildings have turned
nie-ht into dav at Barcelona and it re
quire a constant vigilance by troops to
prevent further trouble.
A storm off the German coast has
caused great damage to shipping.
The Great Northern is planning sev
eral extensions in Pacific Coast states.
Northwestern senators fought to the
last to secure a higher tariff on rate on
lumber.
Another hot wave is spreading over
the East, causing many deaths and
prostrations.
The sugar trust may have to pay a
fine of $750,000 for absobrbing a Penn
sylvania refinery.
A California man has fasted 30 days
and as he does not feel hungry will not
eat until he does.
A Chicago man has figured out that
the Windy City will have a population
of 5,000,000 in 1940.
A moral crusade has started in Chi
cago and 20 divekeepers have been in
dicted as a beginning.
Bleriiot, who successfully crossed
the English channel, is willing to enter
a race with the Wright brothers.
The Italian king has announced that
he will send the princes of the royal
blood to visit Italian colonies in North
and South America.
President Rafael Reyes, of Colom
bia, has resigned.
Crete has raised the Greek flag and
declared independence of Turkey.
The United States Steel corporation
has increased the dividends on its com
mon stock.
French Socialists have protested
against the proposed visit of the czar
to France.
Colonel Leopold Markbreit, ex-minister
to Bolivia and mayor of Cincin
nati, is dead.
A coal train on the Denver & Rio
Grande ran away in Utah, but the
crew escaped unhurt
The Wright aeroplane has a device
to prevent accidents in case the ma
chine should fall in water.
Senator Stone, of Missouri, has been
arrested at Baltimore for striking a
negro waiter who did not Berve the
senator just to suit him.
Tourist travel to the Yellowstone
park is bo heavy that all hotels are
full and the Oregon Short Line has
topped traffic to that place temporarily.
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MOTORMAN IS BLAMED.
Evidence Shows : He Ran by-Switch
Near Coeur d'Alene.
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 3. In the
collision of two passenger trains on the
Coeur d'Alene & Spokane railway Sat
urday afternoon, two miles west of
Coeur d'Alene; 12 persons were killed
and 102 injured. About 60 of the lat
ter sustained only slight injuries and
are not in hospitals. 1
Motorman Campbell, of the wrecked
train, who was reported among the
dead last night, is alive today, but it
is thought it is only a matter of a few
hours until he dies. He was badly
mangled in the vestibule of his car, and
is barely breathing.
Campbell stated tonight that he un
derstood his orders were to meet the
other train at a siding five miles from
where the collision occurred.
It is learned from an official who de
clines to be quoted that Motorman
Campbell, of the wetsbound train, the
extra which was wrecked, had orders
from the dispatcher to pull out of Coeur
d'Alene and to take a siding about
three-quarters of a mile out. in order
to allow the regular eastbound train to
nass. He Dassed that sidine. either
forgetting his orders or imagining he
could make the next siding, about an
other mile ahead. It was between the
two sidings that the collision occurred.
ACAPULCO IN RUINS.
Destitute Inhabitants of Mexican City
Face Famine.
Mexico City, Aug. 3. A dispatch
from Acapulco today states that 73 dis
tinct shocks of earthquake have been
felt there since the first shake Friday.
The city has been destroyed and the in
habitants face a famine. During one
of the shocks a tidalwave engulfedjthe
harbor and a number of lives were loat.
Chilpancingo also has been practical
ly destroyed. What the earthquake of
Friday failed to do waa accomplished
by the stronger one Saturday, which
either leveled or rendered uninhabitable
every building in the two places.
All the markets at Acapulco were
destroyed in the shocks of Saturday and
the country people are afraid to take
in more produce to the town. People
are camping in the public squares and
have no food. The buildings standing
are being leveled by dynamite, as they
are little more than tottering walls.
During the heavy shock Saturday
the water in the harbor receded 33
feet, and then rushed back, covering
the docks and piers, causing considera
ble damage. The people are suffering
from exposure. The tents in the pub
lie squares and streets do not keep off
the heavy rains that fall at this eeason
of the year.
Funds are being raised in Mexico
City to relieve the distress of Guerrero.
In Mexico City Saturday the shock
was heavier than any other yet experi
enced. So far as known no lives were
lost in the last tremor.
REBELS DECLARE REPUBLIC.
Don Jaime de'Bourbon to Lead Revo
lution in Spain.
London, Aug. 3. Quickly ""following
messages received here early today that
Spanish troops had been repulsed in a
collision with revolutionaries at Barce
lona, came a report that the insurgents
in that city had proclaimed a republic.
Color is lent to the report by other
dispatches emanating from Cerbere on
the Franco-Spanish frontier. These
tell of a continuance of fighting
between the troops and revolutionaries
in Barcelona, showing the government
has not gained control of the insurg
ents, as censored dispatches stated.
Officials of the Spanish government
at Madrid and other points have con
tended for several days that the rioting
was the work of anarchists and social
ists. These claims are challenged by
a message received yesterday from
Barcelona by way of Cerbere. stating:
"Nine thousand armed revolutionar
ies have formed a committee of public
safety. A meeting of Carlist leaders
has been held at Figueras, and the ar
rival is expected of the pretender, Don
Jaime de Bourbon, in order to place
himself at the head of the rebllion."
Opium in Machinery.
Manila, Aug. 3. The government is
pressing the investigation of what ap
pears to be an extensive opium smug,
gling plot which waa brought to light
by the discovery and seizure of 460
pounds and 72 ounces of cocaine in
geniously concealed in a shipment of
mining machinery brought from Hong
kong. Louia Grant, an American bus
iness man of considerable prominence,
has been arrested charged with being
implicated in the smuggling plot, and it
is believed that several others are being
closely watched by the special agents.
Alaska Road Is Operating.
Cordova, Alaska, Aug. 3. The first
ticket was so'd and the first regular
passenger train made ita run yesterday
on the first ail-American railroad in
Alaska, the Copper River & Northwest
ern. The passenger fare charge is 15
cents a mile. Fifty-three miles of
track have been completed and placed
in operation. The tracks will reach
Tickel river in October. At present
4.000 men are at work on the construc
tion of the road.
Ship With 3.0C0 Overdue.
Durban, Natal, Aug. 3. Some alarm
has been created by the non-arrival
here of the British steamer Waratah,
from Sydney, for London. She left
Port Natal July 26, and since then has
not been seen by any vessel, k search
has been instituted lor her. The War
atah has 3,000 persons on board.
NEWS ITEMS OF .GENERAL INTEREST
FROM" THE STATE OF OREGON
FRUITS MUST BE COOL.
California Growers Save Much Money
by Proper Treatment. ."
Sajem That the California growers
of. small fruits have been saved $1
000,000 a year for several years past
by .the adoption of up-to-date methods
of pre-cooling fruit for shipment to
Eastern markets, is the statement of.
G. H. Powell, who, with Arnold V.
Stubenrauch, was the guest of the
Salem Fruit union and board of trade.
The men are special representatives of
the United States Department of Agri
culture and for several years past have
been engaged in pre-cooling and ship
ping experiments, largely in Califor
nia. Mr. Powell states that in California
75 per cent of the growers are organ
ized into associations. One hundred
local associations, representing ap
proximately 5,000 growers, are affili
ated with a large central organization,
known as the California Fruit Grow
ers' association, which handles all the
fruit of the members from the time it
leaves the tree until it reaches the
markets. Mr. Powell stated that the
soil and climatic conditions of this sec
tion of Oregon produce a remarkably
solid fruit that possesses great merit
for long distance shipping. He ex
plains that the difficulty in shipping
arises from two causes; first, the im
proper handling and preparation for
shipment and including bruised and
damaged fruit, and second, the slow
cooling of fruit in transit. Fruit
placed warm in the cars continues to
ripen for several days, when it be
comes chilled, but not until it has be
come ripened too much to stand trans
portation and handling. Pre-cooling
of fruit chills it at once and keeps it
in the same condition until unloaded,
as when picked.
Water for Oregon Land.
Walla Walia Private enterprise
will take up and develop the irrigation
project on the John Day and Deschutes
rivers, which the government several
years ago abandoned, after having
spent thousands of dollars and several
years' time, according to a statement
made by Dr. N. G. Blalock in connec
tion with the filing of incorporation
papers for the John Day Power com
pany. The papers have been filed and
state that the company is incorporated
at $500,000 to generate water and elec
tric power and to supply water for irri
gation and power purposes. The land
covered lies almost wholly in Oregon
and embraces parts of Umatilla, Mor
row, Gilliam, Wasco and Sherman
counties and part of Benton county,
Wash.
School Heads to Meet June 28.
Salem The annual convention of
county school superintendents has been
called by J. H. Ackerman, superin
tendent of public instruction, to meet
in his office Monday, June 28. Among
the topics to be considered are school
supervision, how it may be made more
effective ; Bchool libraries, how to use
them; annual institutes, most import
ant subject to emphasize for all insti
tutes this year; school sanitation, what
has been done, what should be done;
school board convention, value of, how
to conduct.
State Apportions Water,
Richland The principal, topic of
conversation and argument on the
streets for the last few days was oc
casioned by the state water commis
sion stepping in and apportioning the
water to the shareholders of the Newst
Young ditch. It has been the habit of
late years for some of the farmers
nearest the head of the ditch to flood
their ranches, in some instances using
twice the amount needed, while neigh
bors on the lower end of the canal were
losing their crops for want of water.
New Railroad Proposed.
Albany The Albanv Commercial
club, taking advantage of the railroad
ituation on the Deschutes, has written
Julius Krutschnitt at Portland sug
gesting the immediate extension of
the Corvallis & Eastern railroad from
Detroit to Madras, as a means of solv-
ine the Deschute3 railroad problem as
well as to furnish immediate transpor
tation facilities by easy grades to the
large business interests in Eastern
Oregon.
Samuel Hill Gift to Quakers.
Newbertr Samuel Hill has made a
li
heral donation toward the fund for
carrying on the work of the Friends'
church in Oregon. Mr. Hill ia promot
ing a model town on the banka of the
Columbia in Klickitat county, to be
known aa Maryhill, and he invited the
Frienda to attend the opening of the
town in August. Inducements to
Pennsylvania Quakers have been made
by Mr. Hill to locate in his new town.
Lumber Company Complains.
Salem The Bridal Veil Lumber com
pany ban complained to the state rail
road commission that the rates on lum
ber on the Mount Hood railroad are too
hiirh. The Bridal Veil Lumber com
pany also claims that the Oregon Lum
ber company is owned by the railroad
and that this company gets a much
lower rate than other shippers.
Crops Fine at Wallowa.
Wallowa W. E. Dearing was in
from Powwatka and reports good crops
there, but not better than previous
years, as the splendid late rains that
fell on this portion of the valley missed
them entirely. The peach crop will be
light and the hay harvest will be much
below the average.
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.. 'COWtTALKS PRINTED. ..
State Dairy Association Issues Inter
esting Data on Industry.' '
Salem The Oregon State Dairy as
sociation" "has put out its antiual report,
which giws , many , valuable hints v to
those engaged in the, dairying industry.
Copies may be secured free by address
ing the secretary 'of the association,
Salem. .
The publication contains the report
ot the proceedings of the l'908 conven
tion, in Salern, which had the largest
attendance, of any of these conventions.
The convention was held under the
auspices of the Salem board of trade,
and the address of welcome as given
by August Huckenstein, president of
the Salem Business Men's league, is
published. The response was made by
F. L. Kent, president of the dairy asso
ciation. Both spoke highly of the
great resources in Oregon for this
branch of work, and Mr. Kent told of
the progress made within the last few
years. An interesting discussion on
the care of dairy cows followed.
Ed T. Judd, former president, then
read a paper on "Food Problems in
Oregon." Dr. E. N. Hutchinson, of
the United States bureau of animal
industry, gave a paper on "Tuberculo
sis" as a cattle disease, with some val
uable hints as to the best way to fight
it. J. W. Bailey, dairy and food com
missioner, spoke on "Dairy Legisla
tion;" C. H. Fraer, of the Corvallis
Creamery company, Crissey, retiring
secretary of the dairy association, on
"Dairying and Advertising;" C. L.
Mitchell, on "The Quality of Butter;"
Mrs. A. Yoakum, on "Needed Improve
ment in Milk Production;" Paul V.
Maris, on "Cow Testing Associations."
A resume is given of the business of
the convention and the awards made.
The discussions are given in full.
275 Cars From Rogue River.
Medford The pear crop of the
Rogue river valley lor the season of
1909 is estimated at 275 cars, which
will represent a value of over $300,
000. The crop is an exceptionally
good one, and will bring the highest
prices. Very little second grade fruit
will be among that going forward.
The work of gathering the Bartletts
will start within the next two weeks
Local fruit men are doing considerable
worrying over the fact that they may
experience a car famine, such as is the
case in California at the present time.
The apple crop also promises to be an
exceptionally heavy one.
Irrigation Congress De'egates.
Oregon City The state committee
has requested Judge Grant B. Dimick
to appoint five prominent men of Clack
amas county to represent that county
at the Seventeenth National Irrigation
congress to be held at Spokane, Wash
ington, August 9 to 14. Judge Dimick
appointed the following to go from
Clackamas county: Hon. E. G. Cau
field, Hon. Frank Jagger, Hon. C. D.
Latourette, Mayor W. E. Carll and
William Sheahan.
Are Pleased With Mill.
Wallowa Stockholders of the Nib-ley-Mimnaugh
Lumber company have
just inspected the company's interests.
They express themselves well pleaded
with the progress on the mill here.
The statement waa made that their
holdings here would keep the mill run
ning 30 years at an annual cut of 10,
000,000 feet.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat New crop, bluestem, $1.02;
club, 98c; Russian, 96c; valley, 97c;
Turkey red, $1; forty-fold, $1.
Hay New crop, Timothy, Willam
ette valley, $12(16 ptr ton; Eastern
Oregon, $17 18; mixed, $15.50
16.50: alfalfa, $13; clover, $1112.
Grain bags 53c each.
Fruits Cherries, 412c per pound;
peaches, 65c(a$l per box; apricots,
$1.25fal.50; loganbreries. $1.251.40;
blackberries, $1.90; wild blackberries,
10c pound.
Potatoes New. 1(351 Jc per pound.
Vegetables Beans, 5c per pound;
cabbage, lHHi celery, 90c(ft$l
per dozen; cucumDers, zapzouc; let
tuce, head, 25(fi 35c ; onions, 124(ftl5c;
neas. 7ft.'8c Der pound: radishes. 15c
ner dozen: tomatoes. 50c(rl$l.
Butter City creamery, extras, 30c
per pound; fancy outside creamery,
27a;30c; store, 20c. Butter fat
prices average lc per pound under
regular butter prices.
Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 27(a 28c
per dozen.
Poultry Hens, A((ilic; springs,
15tffl5Kc; roosters, 9frl0c; ducks,
young, 13C;14c:geese, young, 11c; tur
keys, 18c; squabs, $2 2.25 per dozen.
Pork Fancy, lKTllc per pound.
Veal Extras, 9ff;10c per pound;
ordinary, 7(r78c; heavy, 7c.
Hops 1909 contracts, 18f?I20c per
pound; 1908 crop, 12(?ll3Mc; 1907
crop, 9tf?10c; 1906 crop, 6(S7c
Wool Eastern Oregon, 16(fZ23c per
pound; valley, 2325c; mohair,
choice, 24(ri25c.
Cattle Steers, top. $4.50: fair to
good, $4(24.25; common, $3.75(a4;
cows, top, $3.50; fair to good, $3(f
3.25; common to medium, $2.50(2.75;
calves, top, $55.50; heavy, $33.50;
bulls and stags, $2.75(3:3.25; common,
$2Cri2.50.
Hogs BeBt, $8.75(3 9.15; fair to
good, $7.75(3,8.25; stockers, $6(g7;
China fats, $6.75(3:7.
Sheep Top wethers, $4.25; fair to
good. $3.50(3.75; ewes, c less on
all grades; yearlings, best, $4; fair to
good, $3.503.75; spring lambs, $5.25
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INTERURBAN PARS, MEET.
Collision Near Coeur d'Alene Results
in Death of ,1.3', .
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 2. Thirteen
persons were killed and 881 fnore 'oriesa
seriously injured in a . head-on trolley
car collision Saturday afternoon, at
Coldwell, on the Spokane tand. Coeur
d'Alene branch of the Spokane & Idaho
railway, 25 miles east of Spokane.
OftiiaTs of the lin'e haVe not made a
statement as to responsibility for the.
wreck. It is said the eastbound train
did riot take a sidetrack as U had been
ordered. It is incomprehensible why
the motormen did not avoid the col
lision,' as the accident occurred , on a
straight track. . The. motorman of the
westbound train is among the dead
Both trains were running at a high
speed, especially the westbound train,
and were presumably beyond control.
The wrecked cars were .ground, to
gether in one confused mass. The in
juries are of all kinds. Lega and arms
are broken and heada and bodies are
crushed. Bruises and scratches from
splintered wood and broken glasa are
numerous, and internal hurts, which it
is feared will swell the list of fatalities,
were infliccted.
The first car of the train, the smok
er, was so smashed that nothing but
the trucks remained. It was crowded
with men and scarcely one of them ea
caped alive and uninjured.
This is the first serious wreck in the
history of the road. The track was
cleared in about an hour and a half.
PEOPLE IN PANIC.
Repeated Shocks in Mexico Add to
Earthquake Damage.
Citv of Mexico. Aug. 2. With the
people absolutely frightened and trem
bling in terror Irom their awful exper
ience in Friday s earthquake shocks,
five distinct thocks were felt again
Saturday, and the damage Friday is
light compared with the damage batur
day.
All communication was cut off from
Chilpancingo, Acapulco and surround
ing towns by the quakes, after it waa
restored following Friday's shocks, but
information of the serious nature of
the shocks came through before the
wires went down. In every instance
the frightened operators at the keys in
the stricken towns, talking to the
equally frightened operators in the
capital, declared "the town is com
pletely wrecked," or words to that
effect.
The operator at Chilpancingo, capital
of the state of Guerrero, reported that
the palace of Governor Damien Flores,
which had been partially wrecked, com
pletely tumbled down, but that the
family had left its crumbling walls.
The shocks here were more severe
than the former ones were, and not an
American and but few foreigners re
mained indoors. The parks and plazas
are crowded to overflowing and many
people are in actual want of food.
OSAKA IN RUINS.
Important Japanese City Is Swept by
Terrible Conflagration.
Osaka, Japan. Aug. 2. At 6 o'clock
yesterday morning the terrible confla'
gration which has reduced to ashes a
large portion of this city was under
control. Up to that hour 13,000 build
ines had been destroyed. An area four
miles square was swept by the flames
A fire which threatened to destroy
this city started at 4 o'clock Saturday
morning. At 9 :30 Saturday night the
fire had consumed one-fifth of the town.
The firemen who had been fighting
all day, were completely exhausted and
troops were call .d out to assist in the
fire lighting and to prestrve order in
the city.
The exact amount of damage done
by the flames cannot be estimated at
present, but the total will be large. A
number of persons have been killed
and seriously injured by the fire.
Osaka is one of the "imperial cities"
of Japan, and is one of the most im
portant manufacturing and commercial
cities of the empire. It sheltera al
most three-quarters of a million peo
pie. The largest of the Buddhist tem
ples, for which the city is famous
among travelers, covers an enormous
area. The chief public building of
Osaka is the palace, built of stone in
1583.
Ordered to Take Offensive.
Madrid, Aug. 2. At Melilla the
Moors are preparing for a new attack
upon the Spaniard., but Genera Mari
ne has been instructed that as soon as
the big army is concentrated he should
assume the offensive, march out of
Melilla and strike a decisive blow.
Work of reinforcing Melilla is occupy
ing the War department. King Alfon
so today visited Gafateofoto to inspect
artillery corps bound for the front.
The fund for the war victims ia grow
ing. Queen Victoria today contributed
$3,000 and the Queen mother $2,000.
Thousand Chinese Drowned.
Pekin, Aug. 2. A government dis
patch from the flooded district in Man
churia this morning says that not less
than 1,000 lives have been lost in the
vicinity of Kirin. The flood is 20 feet
deep over a large area and the proper
ty loss cannot be estimated. As the
waters are still rising the extent of the
calamity cannot be reckoned for sever
al days The Yalu bank, where large
sums of money were on deposit, is re
ported to have been swept away.
Adverse News Suppressed.
San Sebastian, Spain, Aug. 2. (By
way of the French frontier.) No news
is allowed to be published from Barce
lona, except that favorable to the gov
ernment, but reliable private reports
spy that the revolutionists still hold a
large part of the city and that the ar
tillery has not succeeded in driving
them out.
HUNDREDS KILLED
IN MEXICAN QUAKE;
Acapulco In Ruins From the Many
Shocks ftnd Tidal Wave:
Mazatlan Laid Waste While Recover-
Ing From Destructive Fire Snips.
Sunk in Acapulco Harbor, Caus-i
ing Great. Loss of Lite Many In
terior Towns Destroyed. -
Mexico City, Mexico, July 31. Hun
dreds of lives were lost, innumerable
persons were injured and great prop
erty loss resulted from earthquakes
which shook the entire - Southern part
of Mexico, extending from Oaxaca on
the Southeast to Acapulco on the Pa
cific coast, which was partially devas
tated at 4 o'clock yesterday morning.
Eleven dead are reported in this city
and 52 bodies have been recovered at
Chilpancingo.
Adding to the horror of the quake a.
tidal wave swept the city of Acapulco,
carrying down the bamboo houses
which line the shore, with hundreds of
occupants, who were unable to escape.
Most of these, it is said, were women
and children.
Driven panic-stricken from their
homes by the quake, it wa8 some time
before the inhabitants realized the
predicament of the families in the?
poorer quarter. Fires which started
gained a good headway, and these
added to the death list.
The total number of dead in Acapulco
is not known, it being difficult to get
details from there tonight over Federal
wires.
About 100 miles inland from Aca
pulco the towns of Taluca, Puebla,
Horles and Chilpancingo, the capital
of the state of Guerrero, also suffered.
A runner reached Chilpancingo with a
report that the town of Mazatlan, a
near seaport, which was only recently
swept by fire, was again devastated.
The people there had only commenced
to rebuild, and the damage, therefore,
was not as great as it otherwise would
have been.
Reports have also been received from
Reopan. Zapate, Providencia, Atoyac,
Ayutla and Chilpa, and it is said seve
ral people were killed in each place,
while there was also a great loss of
property. Iguala, Teloloapan, Cocula,
Cutzamala, Amatepec, Salterec and
other towns north of the Balsas river
suffered. Some of these reports have
reached the city by native runners, or
have been received from the territories
by Federal wires.
The shock was felt a3 far as Oaxaca
on the Southeast, and great rumblings
are reported in the ground in many
places, while the quake threw many
bridges out of plumb on the Ouerna
vacal railroad. Many of the towns
where damage is reported are practi
cally isolated, having only runners as a
means of communication with the out
side world. Every effort is being
made to get details of casualties, but
it may be weeks until official reports
are received by mail. .
Acapulco ia in the earthquake zone,
and many temblora have been experi
enced there, but the present one, which
was followed by a tidal wave, is said
to be the most destructive in the his
tory of the seaport.
In the tidal wave several craft in the
harbor, it is said, were sunk, increasing
the loss of life.
Vast Area Feels Earthquake.
Mexico City, July 31. Central Mex
ico, from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and from Querato on the north to Oax
aca on the south, an area of more than
1,000 square miles, was shaken yester
day by a series of the most severe
earthquake shocks felt in the region
for a quarter of a century. The lower
part of Acapulco, the whole of Chilpan
cingo and probably the other towns
were totally destroyed. Reports of the
loss of life are scattering, but it is cer
tain that hundreds must have perished
in the coast citiea and in the interior
towna.
New Grave for Z. M. Pike.
Denver, July 31. The body of Zeb
ulon Montgomery Pike, early explorer
of the Rocky Mountain region and dis
coverer of the famoua peak that bears
hia name, will be brought to Colorado
for final burial, according to Curator
Ferrill, of the State Historical society.
Curator Ferrill has just received word
from Sackett's Harbor, Mass., that the
bodies of 256 soldiers are being disin
terred at Madison Barracks cemetery.
Among them is that of Lieutenant
Pike. It is planned to bury Pike at
the foot of Pike's Peak.
Millions for San Pedro.
Los Angeles, July 31. Fortifica
tions costing possibly $6,000,000 will
be located around San Pedro harbor if
the government can secure the neces
sary sites for a satisfactory fort. This
was brought out today at a meeting
between Brigadier General Arthur
Murray, chief of the Coast artillery.
and representatives of the harbor com
mission. The question of buying the
site was left with the local engineer
ing office.
Cuban Cabinet Resigns.
Havana, July 31. The cabinet cri
sis, which for some time has been im
pending, reached a climax today, when
all the ministers and the presidential
secrteary resigned. The action of the
cabinet was taken after a conference
with the avowed purpose of expressing
loyalty to the president and relieving
him of the embarrassment of making
removals.