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HEPPNER OREGON
BRIEF NEWS OF
THE PAST WEEK
Interesting Events from Outside the
State Presented in a Manner to
Catch the Eye of the Busy Reader
Matters of National, Historical
and Commercial Importance-
Three miners were buried by a cave
in in a Goldfield, New, mine.
The physicians attending Judge Wil
liams are hopeful of his recovery.
A big fight is on in Missouri between
the breweries and prohibitionists.
A French army dirigible balloon ex
ploded in the air and four aviators
were killed.
The Omaha streetccacr company will
make concessions to its men and a set
tlement is likely.
Disease is breaking out in the dis
trict denueded by the hurricane along
the Louisiana coast and more deaths
are expected.
Reports from Morocco say the tribes
men have inflicted a terrible defeat
upon the Spanish, driving them back
and killing 7,000.
An American company will be
awarded the contract over a British
concern for furnishing the machinery
for constructing a small arms factory
in Australia.
Hunger among the Moors has led to
overtures for peace.
A Colorado man 78 years old is to
remarry the wife he divorced 50 years
ago.
Moro pirates are thought to have
captured an American cutter and mur
dered the crew.
Police of Omaha are busy in their
efforts to prevent riots in connection
with the streetcar strike.
Several English suffragettes in jail
in London have refused to eat and had
to be fed with a stomach pump.
Eastern railroads established cheap
excursion rates from the Middle West
to the Atlantic this summer with good
results.
Clarence H. Mackay says the report
that the Postal Telegraph company is
about ot absorb the Western Union is
unfounded.
The Wright brothers are to start a
fight against several flying machines
which they consider infringements on
their patents.
The late Governor Johnsono, of Min
nesota left no will, but it was his wish
that his wife should have all bis prop
erty, worth about $18,000
General Solicitor Loomis, of the
Union Pacific, with headquarters at
Omaha, is to go to New York to be
come head of the legal department of
the Harriman lines.
French inventors have several new
aeroplanes.
The death loss in the Gulf storm is
now placed at 100.
Peary says his indictment of Cook
will contain 30 counts.
Religious riots at Castro, Spain, re
sulted in the death of a priest.
An Iowa grand jury has indicted 85
men for a gigantic bunco game.
The steel trust has secured a foot
hold among rich districts of China.
High winds have fanned California
forest fires until they are again assum
ing dangerous proportions.
A young Chinese at San Francisco
has invented an aeroplane which has
made several successful flights.
Thousands of pounds of supplies are
being sent from Monterey, Mexico, to
the flood sufferers. Pack mules are
used.
The recent flood fatalities in North
ern Mexico have reached the appalling
total of 3,000. The property loss will
reach into the millions.
A conductor on the Southern Pacific
tried to lock a car door near Reno, but
could not insert the key. Examina
tion revealed a diamond worth $275.
t is thought to have been hidden there
by some thief who intended to secure
it later.
Peary has arrived at Sydney, N. S.,
on his way home.
Damage to crops by the Southern
etorm will reach $1,000,000.
Government troops of Paraguay have
been repulsed by revolutionists.
Dr. Cook has reached New York and
received a tremendous ovation on land
ing. Maxine Elliott, the actress, says
King Edward is "charminglyj delight
ful." Claus Spreckels' Bons have engaged
in a legal war over the division of the
estate.
The trial of Patrick Calhoun has
ben continued until September 27.
Ex-Governor Pardee, of California,
has started another attack on Secretary
Ballinger.
The Postoffice department has order
ed a 12-cent stamp. It will bear a
likeness of Henry Clay.
A new tribe of Eskimos have been
found on Prince Albert Land. They
are very tall and resembple the North
American Indian.
CLASHES WITH GOVERNMENT
National Troops May Be Called To
Settle Georgia Trouble.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 28. Lawyers
and judges of the state are intensely
interested in the serious clash now on
between the state and the Federal au
horities in the case of Charles E. Steg
gall,. in jail at Trenton, Ga., for con
tempt of court by order of Judge A.
W. Fite, of the Dade county Superior
court. Steggall refused to testify be
fore the grand jury in reference to an
alleged distillery.
Over Steggall the bitterest legal
fight in the history 'of the s'ate has
been precipitated, with both sides con
fident and standing pat.
Should the State court persist in its
attitude of defiance to the mandate of
the Federal court, the chances are that
most interesting developments will
come to pass this week, which will re
sult in the arrest of several other offi-.
cials. It is believed here that the Fed
eral court will carry its point, even if
obliged to make a direct appeal to the
United States government to enforce
its orders.. Therefore, in the settle
ment of this dispute, national troops
may have to be used.
The acute situation in Dade county
arose over an effort to secure evidence
in an alleged blind-tiger case. The
people of Dade county, near Rising
Fawn, have believed a distillery has
been located in that neighborhood for
some time, and that it has paid the
government license to secure immunity
from Federal raids. In order to get
the necessary evidence, the grand jury
summoned before that body Charles
Steggall, storekeeper and government
gauger. Steggall then communicated
with the collector of internal revenue,
H. A. Rucker, asking him what he
should do in the matter.
Rucker wired him thatunder the
government rules, he would have to
keep quiet. This is the outcome of a
government statute, under the revised
laws, by which government employes
are liable to loss of position, fine and
imprisonment, if .they divulge informa
tion secured in their official capacity.
Steggall promptly informed the
grand jury that he could not answer the
questions put to him, and gave the gov
ernment rules as his reason. His re
fusal brought the matter to the atten
tion of Judge Fite, who ordered him to
answer. Three times he was sent for,
and three times refused to answer, and
then he was sent to jail.
He made appeal to the Federal au
thorities in Atlanta for protection. As
the government cannot afford to allow
its employes to be kept in prison for
obedience to government rules, the
Federal officials determined to stand
by Steggall.
Before they could take action, how
ever, Judge Fite held that Rucker had
interferred with the conduct of his
court by ordering Steggall not to
speak, and so he sent Sheriff Thurman,
of Dade, to Atlanta, to serve summons
on Rucker to appear in his court.
CANADA WANTS ASIATICS.
Railroad Contractors Facing Serious
Labor Famine.
Ottawa, Ont., Sept. 28. The Cana
dian railways are face to face with a
labor famine, and unless a plan can be
devised whereby Asiatic labor may be
imported for construction work, much
of their railroad building will have to
be abandoned. This is the opinion ex
pressed by Collingwood Schrieber, con
sulting engineer of the department of
railways.
On the Western prairies the demand
for farm laborers ha3 temporarily de
moralized the railway construction
gangs, the Grand Trunk Pacific road
being especially hard hit. Thi3 road
has been able to retain only a small
percentage of its laborers employed on
construction work, the farmers in that
section having offered as high as $4 a
day for men while the railroad company
pays but $3.
In the next two years, four new con
tracts are to be let for construction
work, and 25,000 men will be needed.
Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, president
of the Grand Trunk system, ha3 ben
here consulting Sir Wilfred Laurier
upon a proposal to employ Asiatic labor
in building new lines. It is proposed
to bring the Asiatics to Canada and re
turn them to their native countries
after the work has been completed.
Japs Herded With Pigs.
Victoria, Sept. 28. Captured by the
Russian cruiser Shilka, in an attempt
to make a sealing raid on the Ski
island seal rookeries, three Japanese
seal hunters of the crew of the Japan
ese sealing schooner Hosei Maru. have
returned to Japan, being released ac
cording to information brought by the
steamer Empress of China, which ar
rived last night. The report is that
the arrested seal poachers were thrown
into an outbuilding on Copper island,
containing a number of cows and pigs,
and were imprisoned there for 13 days.
Handshakes Are Tabooed.
Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 28. Harry
M. Moffitt, chief of Becret service on
the Pacific coast, is in Sacramento con
sulting with Chief of Police Sullivan
concerning the handling of crowd
when President Taft visits this city
on Oc'.eber 4 and talks at Capitol park.
Moffitt Fays orders have been received
from Cheif Wilkie that no public hand
shaking will be allowed here. Crowds
will be kept at a safe dis'ance from
the nation's chief.
Shipwrecked Men Return.
Victoria, B. C, Sept 28. Seven
survivors of the Japanese schooner
Hykuman Maru, given up long ago as
lost, returned to Hakodate shortly be
fore the departure of the Empress of
China, which arrived here last night.
Their schooner went ashore in the
Kuril'islanda August 25, last year.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
COVE'S APPLE CROP.
Estimate Places Output at 300,000
Boxes.
Cove A conservative estimate of
the fruit crop near Cove is 12 cars of
early mixed fruits, SO cars of prunes
and five cars of late mixed fruits 80
cars of prunes and five cars of late
mixed and 300.000 boxes of winter
shipping apples, although there is
only a 60 or 50 per cent crop this year.
There is a full croD of plums, pears
and prunes, but the late rains have cut
down the yield in other fruits.
All of the big prune growers in the
valley are scouring the country for
help and are finding it very hard to se
cure enough pickers. This is the first
year for seven years that all of the
prune crop has been packed for fresh
shipment; in previous years a large
part of the crop has been dried. From
250 to 300 people are required here to
pick the prunes and the growers have
been forced to bring in about half of
these from the outside. In a few days
the Italian prune, crop will be ready
for picking and this will last about
three weeks.
With such a crop as this and with a
quality of fruit that is unequaled,
Union county and Cove should be cele
brated for the fruit grown here.
Umpqua Pears Have Record.
Roseburg With a banner 25 feet
long, bearing the words "Umpqua Val
ley Pears shipped by the W. C. Hard
ing Land company," a carload of
D'Anjou and Clargeau pears left Rose
burg a few days ago for New York
city. The fruit was raised by Dr.
George A. Bradburn, on his Edenbower
orchard. The shipment comprised 660
boxes, for which Mr. Bradburn receiv
ed $1,485, or $2.25 per box. So far
as known this is the highest price ever
paid the grower for Umpqua valley
pears, and higher than Rogue river
valley is said to have received so far
this season.
Feed Fat Cattle at Haines.
Baker City Indications are that
Haines, eight miles north of Baker
City, will be the feeding point for the
Swartzchild& Sulzberger Packing com
pany. That concern has just arranged
to procure winter pasture and also to
contract all the hay that can be pur
chased in the valley. Stock will be
shiDDed from Idaho points and probably
some will be drriven in from the inte
rior. Cattle will be held at Haines
on feed until the plant at Portland de
sires to consume the stock. Hay prices
have made a marked advance since
buyers 'for the packing plant entered
the field.
Stockmen Atter Alfalfa.
Newbridge About all the hay in
Eagle and Pine valleys has been bought
up by stockmen, the price for alfalfa
being from $6 to $7 per ton. After
cutting three crops of alfalfa each
year the farmers sell their meadows to
cattlemen for pasture, the price in a
few instances being as high as $5 per
acre. Under the present reserve sys
tem stockmen must have their stock
off the range by a certain time each
fall, hence the green alfalfa fields are
in good demand for early fall pastur
age. Cow Creek's Big Peaches.
Glendale Two peaches are on exhi
bition at the Commercial club rooms
that demonstrate that the Cow Creek
valley is strong on peach culture. The
fruit was raised by R. H. Springer,
and is of the Early Crawford variety.
One peach measures 10;34' inches in
circumference, and the other 10 ?j inch
es. The Cow Creek valley produces as
good fruit a3 grows anywhere, yet the
fruit industry i3 in its infancy in this
section.
Lane County Farm Sold.
Cottage Grove The Nelson farm of
375 acres, on Row river, three miles
from this place, was purchased last
week by John Spray of the Spray
Wynne Hardware company of this
city, the purchase price being $16,000.
Mr. Spray will begin at once digging
a gravity irrigation ditch from the
Currin bridge, about a mile above the
farm and intends irrigating the entire
tract, which is very fertile.
Yield Over 52,500 Per Acre.
Dayton From 30 trees in the or
chard of J. L. Dumai, near here, 517
boxes of apples were gathered la?t
week. This is an average of over 18
boxes per tree. The receipts from the
547 boxes were $64.25. Of the total
472 boxes were sold for $1.50 per
box and 75 boxes at 75 cents per box.
This yield from an acre would be, 8213
boxes and the gross receipts from the
same would be $2,547.50.
Buys Milton Apples.
Milton William Gibson, Sr., of the
Gibson Fruit company, of Chicago,
was in the city recently and closed a
contract with the Milton Fruit Grow
ers' union to take all the apples this
season at$2 per box, f. o. b. Milton.
A few years ago Walla Walla valley
apples were practically unknown in
Eastern markets, but since they are
receiving recognition it is hard to bud
ply the demand.
Make Federal Building Larger.
Pendleton Pendleton's new Federal
building is to be made large enough to
house the Federal court and attaches,
the Northwest headquarters of the Fed
eral bureau of animal industry, as well
as the postoffice. This is the announce
ment that has just been made here.
WILL WATER PROJECT.
Private Company Will Take Up Mai
heur Irrigation.
Ontario The second turning down of
the Malheur project by the government
has not materially affected business
here. Such action had been antici
pated.
lne tsoise-uwynee High Line com
pany is willing to extend its canal to
the Malheur river, providing land own
ers will sign contracts. Another pri
vate company is making preparations
to water 30,000 acers above Vale by
conserving the flood waters of Bully
creek. This company, claimed to be
Washington capitalists, has purchased
the L. J. Seevey and O. Johnson
rancnes on Jiuny creeK lor a reservoir
site. This almost natural reservoir
can be made complete by putting in a
clam 100 feet high, or higher if neces
sary. The canyon here is not much
over 100 feet wide and ore and rock
for the dams can be drawn from the
hillsides.
lnere is considerable talk oi organ
izing an irrigation district for the pur
pose of watering lands in the vicinity
of Ontario and Vale not already under
canals, and the Upper Dead Ox flat,
while landowners of the Lower Dead
Ox flat are arranging to secure water
from the Snake river by means of
pumping plants.
Elmore Buys More Land.
Astoria Negotiations are in pro
gress and will probably be consum
mated soon for the purchase of 50 feet
of valuable water frontage in this city.
Samuel Elmore is the purchaser, and
the property extends from the Astoria
Iron works to the property of F. L.
Parker, now occupied by the Astoria
Wood & Fuel company. With this
purchase Mr. Elmore will own the
frontage from the Astoria Iron works
to the cold storage plant of S. Schmidt
& Co., except the Parker 50-foot strip.
With his other waterfront holdings,
including his control of the property of
the Columbia River Packers associa
tion, he will control more Astoria water
frontage than any individual or corpo
ration. Railroad Must Rebuild Highway.
Hood River The committee ap
pointed by the Hood River Commercial
club to devise means to construct a
highway from Hood River to Portland
finds that the railroad company is
specially bound to replace and repair
all portions of the wagon road destroy
ed in the construction of the railroad
through Wasco county. It is expected
that the company will be called upon
to make good by Wasco and what is
now Hood River counties.
Rich Young Orchard.
Cottage Grove. J. D. Jones, of Cot
tage Grove, has a 10-aere tract sot out
to fall and winter apples. The or
chard is three years old. The state
orchardist was in this section a few
days ago, and after inspecting the or
chard told Mr. Jones it was one of the
best in the state. Th;s orchard lies
southeast of Cottage Grove, and is not
irrigated.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Bluestem, 95c; club, 86c;
red Russian, .84 4c: valley, 89c; fife,
86c; Turkey red, 86c; 40-fold, 88c.
Barley Feed, $25.50(3 26; brewing,
$26.50(3 27 per ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $27(327.25 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, Willamette valley,
$15(316 per ton; Eastern Oregon,
$17. 50(3 18. 50; alfalfa, $14; clover,
$14; cheat, $13(314.50; grain hay,
$15(316.
Butter City creamery, extras, 36c;
fancy outside creamery, 33(336c per
pound; store, 21(3 22c. Butter fat
prices average 1 c per pound under
regular butter prices.
Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 32j-c
per dozen.
Poultry Hens, 1 6(3,1 6 c per pound ;
springs, 15(316c; roosters, 9(3; 10c;
ducks, young, 14(3 15c; geese, young,
10(311c; turkeys, 20c; squabs, $1.75(3;
2 per dozen.
Pork Fancy, 9J.j(310c per pound.
Veal Extra, 10(3 10'c per pound.
Fruits Apples. $1(3 2.25 per box;
pears, 50c(3$1.25; peaches, 75c(3$1.25
per crate; cantaloupes, 50c(3$1.2o;
plums, 25(3 50c per box ; watermelons,
lc per pound; grapes, 80c(3$1.25 per
crate; Concords, 25c per basket; casa
bas, $1.50(32 per crate; quinces, $1.50
per box.
Potatoes 75c(3$l per sack; sweet
potatoes, 2c per pound.
Onions $1.25 per sack.
Vegetables Beans, 4(3 5c per pound ;
cabbaere. 1(3:1 c; cauliflower, 75c(3;
$1.25 per dozen -, celery. 50(3 75c; corn,
15(320c; cucumbers, 10(325c; onions,
12(315c; peas, 7c per pound; pep
pers, 4(3 5c; pumpkins, Oilc;
squash, 5c; tomatoes, 50c per box.
Hops 1909 Fuggles. 20(321c; clus
ters, 21322c; 1908 crop, 17c; 1907
crop, 12c; 1906 crop, 8c.
W'ool Eastern Oregon, 16(3 23c per
pound; valley, 23(3 25c; mohair, choke,
23(3 25c.
Cattle Steers, top quality. $4 25(3
4.50; fair to good, $4; common, $3.50
(3 3.75; cows, top, $3.50; fair to good.
$3(3 3.25; common to medium, $2.50
(3 2.75; calves, top, $5(3 5.50; heavy.
$3.50(3:4; bulls, $2(32.25; Btags, $2.50
(33.50.
Hogs Best, $8; fair to good, $7.75
3:7.85; Btockera, $6(37; China fats,
$7.50(578.
Sheep Top wethers, $4(3 4.25; fair
to good, $3.5013.75; ewes, J2'e less
on all grades; yearlings, best, $1(3
4.25; fair to good, $3.50(33.75; spring
lambs, $5.25(5.50.
HILL GIVES PRIZES.
Railroad Builder Helps T ry Farming
Congress With Cups.
Billings, Mont., Sept. 27. Five, sil
ver cups, 'aggregating $220 in value,
will be features of the liat of prizes
offered by James J. Hill, chairman of
the board of directors of the Great
Northern railway, for best exhibits at
the International Dry Farming exposi
tion which will be held at Billings,
Montana, October 25-29, in connection
with the Fourth Dry Farming congress,
October 26-28. George J. Ryan, gen
eral industrial agent of the Great
Northern, has sent to the headquarters
of the congress at Billings a list of the
prizes and the conditions under which
they will be awarded. The aggregate
value of all the prizes is $1,000. This
award by Mr. Hill is similar to that
made by him in the case of the Omaha
Corn exposition, with the exception
that the cup feature is made a special
one in favor of the Dry Farming con
gress. In regard to the cash prizes,
Oregon. Washington and Montana are
given the same list, thereby eliminat
ing the competition of one state against
another where conditions for certain
crops might be better in one state than
the other.
BURNING LAKE STUDIED.
Adventurous Spirits Go Into Crater of
Active Volcano.
Honolulu, Sept. 27. L. M. Hale, J.
Reynolds, and Earnest Moses, a photo
grapher, descended today into the pit
of the crater of Mount Kilaueau, re
maining half an hour on the edge or a
burning lake of lava and fire. This is
the first time that this feat has been
accomplished.
The members of the party ventured
almost to the rim of the seething lake
and attempted to take photographs
The heat was intense and at times the
adventurers walked over partially
molten areas. After completing their
observations, they returned safely to
the rim of the crater, where half a
dozen friends had witnessed the descent.
Kilaueau is one of the largest active
volcanoes in the world, on the east
slope of Maunaloa, Hawaii island. Its
altitude is 4,400 feet and the circum
ference of its crater is about nine
miles, with a depth varying from 700
to 1,100 feet, depending upon the level
of the molten lava. Violent eruptions
occurred in 1797, 1844 and 1866, and
since the latter date there have been
several outbreaks of less severity.
ENGINEERS TO YIELD.
Settlement of Miners' Differences in
Butte in Sight.
Butte, Mont, Sept. 27. Although
no definite statements have yet been
made by either side, it developed late
tonight that there is plausible prospect
that the differences existing between
the Brotherhood of Stationary Engin
eers No. 1 and the Butte Miners' union
may be settled, and the miners will re
turn to their work at the various prop
erties before tomorrow morning.
It is known that certain overtures
have' been made to the engineers by the
officers of the miners' union, and it is
quite probable the engineers will make
certain concessions which will be ac
cepteable to the miners. Whether the
concessions will be permanent, and
whether they will involve a return of
the seceding engineers to the Western
Federation of Miners, it was impossi
ble to ascertain.
The adjustment will be reached, it is
believed, without bringing the mining
companies into the controversy, either
as arbitrators or because of their influ
ence, and it is highly probable that
there will be nothing for Charles Moy
er, president of the Western Federation
of Miners, to settle when he arrives.
Omaha Strike Nears End.
Omaha, Sept. 27. Chances of f nd
ing the streetcar employes strike
seemed favorable tonight. President
Wattles, of the car company, after a
meeting with the municipal officials
tomorrow, will make a plain state
ment of what conditions would be ac
ceptable to the company. The strik
ing employes, he says, will be given
an opportunity to accept his conditions.
In a disturbance just before the cars
stopped running for the day, James
Murphy, a conductor, was knocked
down and seriously injured.
Court Upholds Rate Act.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 27. The Ne
braska Supreme court today upheld the
Sibley rate act. which cuts express
rates in this state 25 per cent. The
decision is the first ever entered against
express companies. The act was pass
ed in 1907, and has been in court ever
swice. It has Deen in lorce experi
mentally for 16 months under a tem
porary injunction, and the actual oper
ation of the law wpb the chief thing
that led the court to the opinion that
the law wa3 valid and was not confisca
tory. Five companies are affected.
Reyes Goes to Europe.
Monterey, Mexico, Sept. 27. Fol
lowing the resignation of General Ber
nardo Reyes from the presidency of the
local casino, it is rumored here that
General Reyes is preparing to leave
Mexico and to take up his residence in
Europe. Much color is lent to the re
porta due to the fuct that the home of
General Reyes, valued at $90,000, is
for sale. It is not believed that Reyes
has intentions of leaving Mexico until
after the elect'ors.
Johnson's Will Is Found.
St. Paul, Sept. 27. It was learned
today th it Governor Johrson had left a
will bequeathirg all his estate, which
probably will aggregate $25,000 to his
widow.
BUTTE MINES ALL
GLOSED BY STRIKE
Ten Thousand Men Quit Work and
Leave Shafts.
Smelters and Other Allied Industries
May Be Forced to Suspend Po
lice Protect Men Who Would Con
tinue Work Sheriff Threatens to
Shoot if Necessary.
Butte, Mont., Sept. 25. Every mine
in Butte is shut down tonight and 10,
000 men are idle, with the prospect of
5,000 more being thrown out of work.
If the suspension continues for five
days the smelters and other allied in
dustries will be forced to suspend.
The trouble was caused by a majori
ty of Engineers' Union No. 83 having
seceded from the Western Federation
of Miners and organized a new union.
The Butte Miners' union ordered its
members not to go to work in mines
employing members of the new engin
eers' union.
The evening was ushered in with
great excitement, when nearly 2,000
miners surrounded the shaft of the
Gagnon mine, apparently for the pur
pose of mobbing 28 miners who defied
the command of the union to stop work.
A detail of 15 policemen with Captain
Thomas Norton in command hurried to
the scene, and reinforced by Sheriff
John K. O'Rourke, with every deputy
of his office at his back, succeeded in
reaching the shaft mouth.
Mounting a pile of timbers, the sher
iff in plain language told the crowd
that the officers proposed to protect the
Gagnon miners and intimated that any
attempt at violence oupon the part of
the strikers would result in shooting.
It is hardly likely that work will be
resumed before a week, and the various
smelters throughout the state may be
compelled to suspend operations.
WRECK AT SEATTLE.
Trolley Car dumps Track and Crashes:
Into Corner Cafe.
Seattle, Sept. 25. Of the 80 passen
gers on a big Wallingford avenue car
that was wrecked at the curve near the
main gate of the World's fair, shortly
before noon yesterday, not one escaped
being cut or brused or sharply shaken,
but it is believed that none of the in
jured will die. Frank Hull, of Taco
ma, aged 46, an Oddfellow attending"
the festivities accompanying the Sov
ereign Grand lodge meeting, died an
hour after being taken from the wreck.
The car got beyond control of the
motorman, attained a speed of 30 miles
an hour at the corner of Fourteenth
avenue, Northeast, and East Fortieth
street, careened, left the track and
crashed into a one-story building at the
southeast corner of the crossing, de
molishing the flimsy building, splittings
and wrecking the car end hurling the
passengers forward with frightful force
Every pane of glass in the car was
broken and the jagged pieces showered
upon the passengers, who were tossed
one upon another in indescribable con
fusion. WRECKAGE LINES GULF.
Southern Coast Strewn With Broken
Ships and Launches.
New Orleans, Sept. 25. With the
list of dead from Monday's tropical
hurricane well above 100 tonight, every
indication points to a much larger num
ber of victims. Many small sloops
and launches are lying wrecked on the
Gulf shore of Louisiana ard Mississip
pi, and there is little doubt that some
of their occupants are lost.
Anxiety for the safety of steamers
bound for New Orleans during the hur
ricane period on the gulf, has been re
lieved. Nearly all of these vessels,
were many hours late, but finally ar
rived at this port with the exception of
the Utstein, which is four days over
due from Puerto Cortez. She was re
ported today to have gone aground
off
Seashore light near the mouth of
the-
Mississippi, with no loss of life.
Juarez Bomb Harmless.
El Paso, Tex., Sept. 25. It devel
oped today that there was no plot con
nected with the finding of a supposed!
bomb in Juarez, Mexico. The "bomb"
proved to be a small pepper box, three
inches long, an inch and a half in di
ameter, and containing a substance
like parafline poured over the top.
Eveii had it been exploded it would
have done no harm. The police have
arrested an American tramp who had
been sleeping on the premises of Senor
Arguelles and had been ordered away,
lie had made threats against Arguelles.
Spain Turned Back.
Oudja, Sept. 25. Native reports say
that the Spanish advance toward Se
louan on September 20 was stopped
and turned back by a strong body of
Riffians. Similar reports were current
during the operations at Souk Beni Si
car, when a number of the tribesmen,
fighting for the Spanish cause, were
paid to have deserted to the enemy,
forcing the Spanish troops to retire to
Melilla. These reports probably are
the basis of a rumored Spanish reverse.
Hundreds Flee in Skiffs.
Biloxi, Miss., Sept 25. About 500
storm sufferers are homeless at Bayou
la Manre, near the mouth of the Mis
sissippi river, and two lives were lost
there. The water rose eight feet in
the houses and the people saved their
lives by taking skirt's and rowing up
the Mississippi river.