DOINGS OF Ira
Current Events of Interest Gathered
From the World at Large.
General Resume of Important Event!
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.
Mexican insurgents have captured
two more towns.
Wholesale grocers and millers favor
a national anti-flour-bleaching bill.
The house of representatives has
voted in favor of San Francisco for the
Panama exposition in 1915.
Directors of the Harriman roads
have ordered the double-tracking of all
linesalongthe Columbia river.
t1 A Chicago millionaire, over 60 years
of age, has suddenly turned out to be a
first class artist in oil painting.
A Minnesota couple are spending
their honeymoon taking a six-weeks'
course at the agricultural college.
The National Refining company, of
New Jersey, haB sued Havemeyer for
the return of$10,000,000 worth of
sugar stock.
A man and his wife were knocked
off a trestle over Deep creek on the
Cazadero electric line near Portland,
and fell to the rocks 60 feet below,
both being killed.
Carrie Nation is a nervous wreck
and doctors say she will not re
cover.
National banks are holding In re
serve $86,000,000 more than required
by law.
Carnegie has doubled his original
offer of $14,000 for a public library
at Salem, Ore.
Theodore Roosevelt will speak in
Portland April 5.
Mexican rebels and federals both
claim victory at Sahuaripa.
Three laborers were killed by a
snowsilde near Truckee, Cal., while
clearing snow . from the railroad
tracks.
A volcanic eruption has nearly de
stroyed a small island in the Philip
pines and several hundred people are
believed to have perished.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices: Bluestem,
48c; club, 80c; red Russian, 79c; Val
ley, 81c; 40-fold, 81c.
Barley Feed, $23.5024 per ton;
brewing, $27 27.50 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $23 24.50 per ton;
middlings, $3031; shorts, $2426.50;
rolled barley, $2627.
Corn Whole, $29; cracked, $30 per
ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $28.50 per ton.
Hay Track prices: Timothy, Wil
lamette Valley, $1920 per ton; East
ern Oregon, $2122; alfalfa, $14;
grain hay, $14.5015.50; clover, $13
14.
Apples Waxen, 50c$l; Baldwin,
75c$1.25; Northern Spy, C0c$1.50;
Snow, $1.25; Red Cheek Pippin, $1
1.25; Winter Banana, $1.752; Spitz
enberg, $1.502.50; Yellow ewtown,
$1.75; Arkansas Black, $2; Delaware
Red, $1.75; Gano, $1.25; Wlnesap,
$1.75.
Sack Vegetables Carrots, $1 hun
dred; parsnips, $1.501.75; turnips,
$1; beets, $1.25.
Vegetables Beans, 12 per lb.;
cabbage, $1.501.75 per hundred;
cauliflower, $2.25 per crate; celery,
California, $3 3.25 per crate; cucum
bers, $2 per box; egg plant, 15c per
Jb.; garlic, 8c10 per lb.; green on
ions, 15c per dozen; head lettuce. 50c
60 per box; hothouse lettuce, 75c
$1 per box; peppers, 15c per lb.;
pumpkins, lclc per lb.; radishes,
30c35 per dozen; sprouts, 8c;
squash, lcl per lb.; tomatoes,
$22.75 per box.
Potatoes Oregon, buying price,
$1.251.40 per hundred; sweet pota
toes, $3.75 per hundred.
Onions Buying price, $2 per hun
dred. Poultry Live: hens, 19c(S20;
Springs, 18c 19: turkeys, 22c23;
ducks, 22c23; geese, 12c14; dress
ed turkeys, choice, 25c26.
Eggs -Oregon ranch, candled, ?0c
82; Eastern, 27c 30.
Butter City creamery extra, I and
2 pound prints, in boxes, 35c per
pound; less than boxes, cartons and
delivery extra.
Pork Fancy, 10i&cllV6 per lb.
Veal Fancy, 85 to 125 lbs., 13c15
per lb.
Cattle Prime steers, $6.25 6.50;
good to choice steers, $6.00 6.25;
fair to good steers, a. 50 6.00; com
mon steers, $4.005.00; choice to
prime cows, $5.25 5.50; good to
choice beef cows, $4.755.25; fair
to good beef cows, $4.25(34.75; com
mon to fair beef cows, $2.00 4.00;
good to choice heifers. $5.005.50;
fair to good heifers, $5.005.50; com
mon to fair heifers, $4.u04.25; choice
to good fat bulls, $4.50 4.75; fair to
good fat bulls, $4.004.25; common
bulls, $2.503.25; good to choice light
calves, $7.758.00; fair to good light
calves, $7.00 7.50; good to choice
heavy calves, $5.256.00; fair to good
heavy calves. $4.75 5.25; common
calves, $3.754.75; good to choice
tags. $5.00 5.25; fair to good stags,
$4.004.50.
Hogs Choice hogs. $8.S59.00;
good to choice hogs, $8.508.85.
Sheep Yearling wethers, grain fed.
$4 255.25; old wethers, grain fed,
J.75f?4.25; good to choice ewes, grain !
fed. $3.25 3.75; feeders, $2.25(3 3.00;
choice lambs, grain fed, $6.25?i6.50;
irood to choice, grain fd. $6.00
6.25; fair to good, $5.255.75; poor
tambs. $4 95 5.00.
Hay fed sheep and lambs, 60c lower
thin grain fed.
OPPOSES RECIPROCITY.
National Grange Demands Reduction
on Everything or Nothing.
New York The machinery of the
National Grange, an organization
claiming a membership of 1,000,000
farmers in SO states, has been started
to defeat the ratification by congress
of the Canadian reciprocity treaty,
The legislative committee of the
grange at a special meeting recently
adopted a resolution protesting
against the enactment of the recipro
city bill, called upon the membership
to exert pressure upon representatives
from their various districts to vofe
against the measure and decided to go
to Washington to map out a campaign
there.
The legislative committee is com
posed of ex-Governor Nahura J. Bash
elder, of Concord, chairman; Aaron
Jones, of South Bend, Ind., and T. S
Atkeson, Morgantown. W. Va. As
soon as the terms of the proposed
treaty became public they exchanged
telegrams, decided upon New York
a meeting place, and left their homes
without delay, to head off any possible
campaign that might be started for the
burs enactment.
"We are not opposed to a general
reduction of the tariff," Mr. Atkeson
said, "but we are opposed to any ar
rangement which will make fish of one
industry and flesh of another. Revise
the tariff yes, but do it all at once,
and not by a reciprocal treaty with
country which exports agricultural
products almost exclusively.
"Remove the tariff on steel and iron
and manufactured articles along with
farm products and we won't object.
But we do not think it fair to compel
the farmers to compete with foreign
products and allow the manufacturer
to derive the benefit of a high protec
tive tariff.
"Acting along these lines we have
decided to oppose the enactment of the
bill. The committee issued a state
ment this afternoon which will be sent
to every one of the 1,500 granges in
the organization..
IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Great Preparations Making for Na
tional Meeting In Chicago.
Chicago Plans are being formu
lated by the Chicago board of control
to make the 19th annual convention of
the National Irrigation congress
which will meet here December 5 to
9, 1911, of world-wide interest. Pres
ident Taft has promised to speak at
one of the sessions on the closing day,
and, in addition, there will be repre
sentatives from practically every irri
gated district on - this continent, gov
ernment experts, railroad officials, cap
italists and delegates from foreign
countries.
Former Judge Charles F. Fishback,
a member of the board of governors!
has interested 30 prominent business
and professional men of Chicago in the
work of the local board of control, of
which he is chairman, and the coopera
tion of the people of Chicago and the
millions tributary to this great central
market is bound to be a tremendous
aid to the movement, which has for its
chief purposes the saving of forests,
storing of flood waters, 'reclamation of
deserts and making homes on" the land
The National Irrrigation congress
will have the support of our public
spirited men," .said Judge Fishback,
"and with the assistance or our
friends in other parts of tbe country
there is every reason to believe that
the coming convention will be the most
important in the history of the organ
ization."
Aviator Encircles Dome.
Sacramento Charles F. Willard, the
Curtiss aviator, encircled the dome of
the Capitol here Monday. Fighting
one of the trickiest winds in his exper
ience, Willard. in a flight that lasted
nearly an hour, raced from Agricultur
al Park, the scene of the three days
meet just opened, to the capitol, swung
around the golden-tipped dome, drop
ping a message of greeting and wel
come within three feet of the window
looking from the office of Governor
Johnson, 'and scudded upward and away
into the teeth of a strong wind.
Steel Mills Show Activity,
New York The steel companies are
inclined to make much of the fact that
mill operations have increased from 6
to 10 per cent since the low point in
December. The larger new orders and
specifications have increased actively.
The sheet and tin plate mills are oper
ating slightly under 80 per cent of the
capacity, the wire mills a little over
80 per cent and the tube and bridge
shops about 75 per cent. Much of the
increase has come from export trade.
Gen. Piet Cronje is Dead,
Kerksdorp, Tranvaal General Piet
A. Cronje, the noted Boer general,
died here Saturday, Feb. 4. Piet
Cronje was commander of one of the
Beer armies in the early part of the
war with Great Britain, which lasted
from October, 1899 to June, 1901. He
occupied a strong position at Magers
dorp in the Orange Free state in De
cember 1899, ar.d repelled several
reckless assaults from the British force
under General Lord Wetheren, who
suffered terrible losses.
Puerto Corter Taken Over.
Puerto Cortez, Honduras General
Lee Christmas, the revolutionary mili
tary leader, arrived here with 'parts of
his force to take over the administra
tion of this city, evacuated several
days ago by tbe government troops and
held "by tbe international forces pend
ing the arrival of tbe revolutionists.
Puerto Cortex is tbe most important
port on tbe Atlantic coast of Honduras.
OF OREGON
Salem,' Feb. 4. Allegations that an
attempted change in the water code is
a move to further the plan for placing
two more justices on the Supreme
bench will be fought out when the pro
posed changes are put before the legis
lature, unless they are killed in com
mittee beforehand
Open allegations of dishonesty,
charges that Dairy and Food Commis
sioner Bailey had purchased furniture
witn money oi tne state ana exchanged
it for secondhand goods, and a declara
tion by Governor West that if any dis
honest acts by Bailey are found to
have been committeed in Marion coun
ty that a grand jury investigation will
be conducted here, were, developments
this afternoon in connection with the
investigation of 'Bailey's office by a
joint legislative committee. The ses
sion was also'marked by lively tilts be
tween Bailey's counsel and committee
members.
Anonymous 24-page pamphlets, as
sailing the management of the State
insane asylum and the treatment of
patients in that institution, appeared
today on the desks of the members of
both houses.
The authorship of the pamphlets ev
idently rests with Carl Free, now re
siding at Los Angeles, from the fact
that in the same mail in which the
pamphlets were delivered came a
signed letter from Free, dated Los An
geles, January 20. The text of the
letter makes reference to various
charges contained in the pamphlet.
In company with President J. H.
Ackerman, Representatives Chattin,
Abbott, Mann and Reynolds, members
of the house ways and means commit
tee, visited the Monmouth normal
school today and went over the build
ings and grounds. While the members
were noncommittal as to what may be
done for the school, they feel that the
equipment is not adequate.
Salem, Feb. 3. All of the official
acts of Jay Bowermen as acting gov
ernor, which under the law are re
quired to be attested by the secretary
of state to be valid, such as all com
missions, pardons and appointments of
all kinds, are void, according to the
opinion of both the governor s office
and secretary bf state s office, ex
pressed today.
For this reason all notarial commis
sions and appointments made by Act
mg Governor Bowerman are invalidat
ed and can be affirmed only by reissu-
ance of the commissions by Governor
West or by a curative act of the legis
lature assembly, affirming all the ac
tions of the acting governor so attest
ed' by the secretary of state.
Two bills have been introduced in
the legislature attempting to authorize
an assistant secretary of state to act in
the absence of the secretary of state.
One such bill was introduced in the
senate by Senator Bowerman of Gil
liam, Sherman and Wheeler counties
and the other in the house by repre
sentative Derby of Hood River and
Wasco.
Representative Steelhammer's bill
to require engineers and signal boys
working on donkey engines in logging
camps to be 18 years of age or older,
met determined opposition when it
came up for passage in the senate yes
terday afternoon. Senator Lester of
Clatsop, who is engaged in logging,
said that boys are perfectly competent
to do signal work, and that to shut
them out would cause hardship for
families dependent upon such support.
Members of the house indulged in
some choice personalities yesterday
afternoon before they could decide to
adjourn until Monday instead of Satur
day, in the the course of which Hunt-
ngton of Douglas grew angry and de
clared that Fouts of Multnomah was
using ' horseplay and acting like a
'fool".
Salem, Feb. 2. House bill No. 98,
presented by Buchanan of Douglas,
and automatically regulating the sal
aries of county officers, tried to ride
the waves in the lower house yesterday
afternoon, and several times approach
ed perilously near the capsizing stage.
Finally It appeared that even with
smooth and experienced hand of the
Douglas county man at the tiller it
could not survive, and Buchanan suc
ceeded in getting it back to the salar
ies cmmittee.
Friends and "opponents of the bills
of the state good roads association, in
a forerunner of what is to come, en
gaged in a skirmish in the house this
morning. Those favorable to the bills
desired to have them considered in
committee of the whole Saturday
morning, but they lost by a few votes.
Senator Dimick of Clackamas re
ceived a dressing down from Presi
dent Selling this morning, when he at
tempted to have his eight-hour bill,
which was recalled from the house,
reconsidered and referred yesterday,
changed from the committee on com
merce and navigation to the .industries
committee.
Dimick charged the bill had been
taken from the industries committee,
of which he is a member, and sent to
the commerce and labor committee, of
which Nottingham is a member, by re
quest of Nottingham, in an irregular
way.
Corporation Committion Approved.
Salem, Feb. 2. By unanimous vote
of the four members of the senate rail
road cohnmittee present, tbe Malarkey
idea of a state-wide commission for
regulation of public service corpora
tions has been approved.. The meet-
ng was held just before 2 o clock this
afternoon with chairman Eellaher ab
sent. Kellaher is a champion of the
local idea, but was alone in his views
on the committee. He was notified of
the meeting but failed to appear.
DOINGS
STATE LEGISLATURE
The senate this afternoon voted to
adjourn until Monday
Approximately $107,000 will be car
ried by the general deficiency bill for
the last two years when it is reported
by the ways and means committee to
the legislature this year. Senator
Wood of Washington has been gather
ing the figures and it is with the idea
of preventing such deficiencies in fu-
ture that he introduced the bill passed
yesterday, making it a crime to exceed
appropriations hereafter without ex
press approval in advance by an emer
gency board. 1
Salem, Feb. 1. Senator Joseph con
tributed four new bills to the senate
late this morning, the only new meas
ures presented. One of these is a dup
licate bf a bill introduced in the bouse,
increasing the membership of the Sii-
preme court by two.
Another provides that two terms of
the State Supreme court Bhall be held
in Portland each year and increases the
pay of the justices to $5,000, the ex
tra $500 being intended to cover the
additional expense entailed.
A third bill adds to the recall pro
visions for payment of the 'expense for
public meetings, not to exceed $10 for
each precinct in the district affected
The other bill provides the time for
appeal from a judgment shall not run
until a motion for new trial has been
decided.
The house bill providing for the pur
chase of ferry slips and operation .of a
ferry at St Johns has been favorably
recommended to the senate.
A bill allowing tbe deposit of . state
school funds by the state land board in
any recognized state depositary was
among those passed by the senate,
It
meets the condition raised by the de-
cision in the J. 1 nor burn Kosa case so
the state may derive interest from
this money.
With four dissenting votes the house
yesterday passed the bill regulating
loan sharks. The bill requires the
written consent of wives before the
wages of married men can be assigned,
and also provides for the recording of
all assignments. Evasion of the law
on usurious interest is prohibited,
The bill was presented by Amme,. of
Multnomah.
Salem, Jan. 31. Suggestions that it
be prescribed as a penitentiary offense
to kill an elk, and that a closed season
of from two to five years be placed on
China pheasants, are some of the more
important features at a meeting of the
committee on game tonight, which was
attended by many sportsmen from all
over the state.
It was also urged that the season on
deer be set back a month, opening tbe
season September 1 instead of August
1. This plan, it was said, is to protect
the forests from fires, many of which
are said to be started by hunters,
Heavier bounty on timber wolves,
cougars, and bobcats was asked, as a
protection for deer. Willamette val
iey sportsmen want the duck season to
extend to March 1 instead of to Feb
ruary 15, as at present.
The ways and means committee has
deniedjAttorney General Crawford ad
ditional assistance and increased pay
for such assistants. In a bill cintro-
duoed by Buchanan the attorney gen
eral was to be given one deputy at $2,
100 per annum, another at $1,500 and
a stenographer at $1,200 per annum.
A s reported by the committee this
office is given one assistant at $2,000
and a stenographer at $1,080.
To obviate the difficulty of candi
dates being in the race for the office of
supreme justice who are not credited
members of the bar, Senator Sinnott
introduced a bill this morning which
provides that no one. who is a candi
date for justice of the Supreme court,
may have his name written on the bal
lot unless he is an attorney of five
years standing in tne state.
Salem, Jan. 30. Superintendent
Stelner, of the Oregon Insane Asylum
and State Treasurer Kay came to the
bat for their innings in the asylum
controversy tonight when they ap
peared before the ways and mea
committee.
Superintendent Stelner entered into
a general rerutation or tne enarges
made against him on the senate
floor and in the report of the legis
lative committee and left $1500 with
the ways and means committee to
be given to the Young Men's Chris
tian Association if a penny's waste
in his management of the asylum is
proved.
What proved to he the most decided
contest of the morning in the senate
developed over Bowerman's bill to
create the office of Assistant Secre
tary of State and empower that of
ficial with all of the duties, privileges
and pwers of the Secretary in the
absence of his superior.
Freauent clashes between Senators
Kellaher and Malarkey, intimations
that the members of the Oregon Rail
road Commission were taking unus
ual interest in the subject and
charges that if the bill were enacted
it would prove unconstitutional
marked the initial public hearing be
fore the senate railroad committee
tonight when Senator Malarkey's bill
providing for a State Public Service
Commission was considered.
Label Bill Nullified.
Salem, Jan. 31. House bill No. 82
practically lost its value this morning
in the senate when it was reported
favorably with amendments. The bill
provides that all convict-made goods
shall be so marked. The amendment,
which was adopted, modified this by
providing that no such marking shall
be required under the present Loewen-berg-Going
contract, which covers convict-made
good in this state. This
nullifies tbe bill indefinitely.
POWDER CAUSED EXPLOSION
Gotham Horror Was Result of
cident to 10,000 Pounds.
Ac
New York Ten thousand pounds of
black powder on board the lighter
Katherine W, "contrary to the com
pany's policy or orders," probably
caused the explosion of dynamite at
Cummunipaw, N. J., on Wednesday,
states Dr. H. W. Hudson, inspector of
the E. I. Dupont de NemourB Powder
company.
This powder, he Baid, was part of
Dupont shipment for South America,
as was the dynamite, but it should
have been delivered to a steamship, he
maintained, before the dynamite was
taken aboard.
"Contrary to general belief," said
Dr. Hudson, "black powder is far more
dangerous than dynamite. We believe
the powder became ignited and in ex
ploding detonated some of the dyna
mite not much of it. Dynamite
freezes at about 45 degrees Fahren
heit, and it is nearly impossible to ex
plode it when frozen. . The tempera
ture on the day of the explosion was
below 45 degrees.
Hudson Maxim, the inventor, an
authority on explosives, is inclined
the same belief. He agreed that the
after-effects of the explosion suggested
gunpowder rather than dynamite,
"The eight arrests are only a begin
ning," said Prosecutor Garvin, of Hud
son county. "It is not our intention to
pick out little men in the employe
the corporations. We are after the
men really responsible."
LOUISIANA TO EXHIBIT.
Southerners Will Show at Panama-
Pacific Exposition.
New Orleans If the plans of the
Louisiana development league are car
ried out, the state of Louisiana will
have one of the most attractive and
beneficial exhibits at the Panama-
Pacific exposition at SarFrancisco.
Plans are now under way, according
to C. H. Willard, one of the directors
of the organization, to this end. Mr.
Willard said:
"Louisiana cannot afford not to have
an exhibit at San Francisco. We have
been put to the- test, and we must do
our best in order that this state have
an adequate representation of its pro
ducts and resources. We want to
make the Louisiana exhibit the most
attractive in the big show.
"It will be a center of observation
on account of the magnificent efforts
made by our people to win the prize
We have come. out of the contest with
honor and with clean hands. We have
won the respect and admiration of the
world for pluck and energy, and every
one who attends will want to see what
Louisiana has done.
"1 believe the commercial organiza
tions and the people generally will
come forward and assure a handsome
state building and other displays."
BLUESTEM DOOMED TO GO.
Walla Walla Farmers Say New
Hy
brid Variety Better.
Walla Walla, Wash. That blue-
stem wheat, for many years the lead
ing grain grown in the .Walla Walla
valley, will be displaced within two
or three years by a hybrid variety, is
the opinion of leading farmers of the
Walla Walla valley in attendance at
the Farmers' convention here.
Bluestem, they point out, has always
had faults of being easy to burn, easy
to freeze out, and a light yielder. Hy
brids originated at the Washington
state college, they claim, do away with
all these faults, and add many virtues
that the old variety never had. Be
sides yielding better, they are hardier,
and do not burn as easy as does blue-
stem. And the muling quality of at
least two of the hybrids is just as good
as is that of Bluestem, which has been
raised simply because it brings two to
six cents better to tbe bushel.
Many of the farmers will plant ex
tensively with the hybrids this spring.
Morgan's Loan Is Rejected.
New York. Confirmation of recent
cable advices for Tegucigalpa, via San
Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, that the
Honduran congress has refused to ap
prove the Morgan loan transaction,
was supplied by Senor Parades, the
Honduran financial agent in this coun
try, whose special mission was to ne
gotiate the loan. Senor Parades said
he had received a telegram from Presi
dent Davila, announcing the rejection
of the loan convention by the congress
of Honduras.
San Joaquin Valley is Flooded.
Stockton, Cal. Rising waters in
the San Joaquin river and flooded is
land tracts have caused the serious in
undation of French camp, south of this
city, and rescue parties have been dis
patched in launches from tbe sheriff's
office. Many homes are surrounded by
high water and much livestock has
been drowned, many farmers losing all
their possessions. It was necessary to
remove sevral patients from the build
ings in the county hospital grounds.
Blizzard Sweeps Nome,
Nome. The worst blizzard of the
season is raging here and there is much
suffering on the trail. Thomas White
ied of heart disease following expos
ure to the extreme cold. Ed Johnson
was brought in with both feet frozen
nd must submit to amputation to save
is life. '
REBELS HHY LOSE
Juarez Receives Reinforcements of
Government Troops.
Federal Train Derailed But Forces
Proceed and Reach City After
Hard Fighting.
El Paso, Feb. 6. At 11:15 p. m.
the exact results of today's develop
ments in the situation about Juarez are
beclouded by numerous conflicting re
ports. From the Federal viewpoint
the situation may be summarized as
follows :
Colonel Rabago, with 300 men
marched into Juarez at 9 :25 tonight.
unmolested by the insurrectos, and
amid the joyful acclaims of citizens
and soldiers.
Rabago's command repulsed the at
tack of Orozoco's force at Bauch today,
with only two dead and six wounded,
inflicting on the insurgents a loss of
140 killed and wounded. Insurrectos
reported badly scattered as a result of
the clash.
General Navarro's command, "of a
strength unknown, reported marching
to the relief of Juarez and expected to
arrive tonight or tomorrow. .
From the insurrectos' viewpoint, the
situation stands as follows:
Rabago's command reached Juarez
tonight, after defeat at Bauche, in
which they are reported to have lost
more than 100 men Jand a substantial
part of their arms and equipment.
Alanis' rebel force of 600 men in a
fight with 100 Federals 25 miles east
of Juarez..
Alanis expected to'join Orozoco some
time tonight for an assault upon Jua
rez, which is scheduled for about day
light tomorrow. .
General Navarro in command of 700
Federals, consisting of infantry and
cavalry, left Gal lego Friday for Jua
rez. The fatal policy of delay having en
abled reinforcements to reach Juarez,
the probabilities of taking that city
are now considered much more remote
than before.
Other reinforcements, in the shape
of General Navarro's column, are en
route from Chihuahua and will reach
Juarez tonight or tomorrow, and it is
believed here that the Federals will be
able to hold thegcity, and that know
ing this, the insurrectos will retire.
There is a rumor that the insurrectos
are near Juarez, but this cannot be
verified. The net result of the battle
at Bauche today between Orozoco and
Rabago was two killed and five wound-.
ed among the insurrectos. The Federal
loss cannot be learned, as they carried
their wounded with them.
CAPITOL BUILDING BURNS.
Convicts Make Heroic Fight for Mis
souri's State House.
Jefferson City, Mo. The Missouri
Capitol building was totally destroyed
by fire. The total loss, including the
building and many records and state
papers, is estimated at $1,000,000,
with no insurance.
Lightning which struck the dome
shortly after 7 o'clock spread flames
to the roof and in less than half an
hour it was apparent that the building;
was doomed.
Because of the inadequate water
pressure, the fire could not be reached,
and no aid could be rendered for some
time by the local fire company.
Governor Hadley personally directed
the fight against the flames, which,
bcause of the building's great age,
rapidly gained great headway. The
penitentiary fire department wa called
to the scene and the convicts worked
heroically, scaling .walls and taking
dangerous chances. 1
The local military company was
ailed out and formed a cordon around
the building, driving spectators from
dangerous positions and removing rec
ords.
Federals Beaten at Coyome.
El Pasco, Tex. Mail advices say
that a special train has arrived here
from the Northeast, bringing many
wounded from the vicinity of Coyome,
Chihuahua, where the rebels defeated
the Federals and killed 170. The cor
respondent says the death list is con
firmed by several mining men, all of
whom report the people in the region
are out of supplies and almost starving.
One man says he saw 19 Federal
wounded guarded by soldiers and that
he saw also a wagon load of uniforms
taken from the Federal dead.
River Wrecks Property.
San Jose, Cal. The San Benito riv
er, which is swollen by the heavy
rains, is doing a great deal of damage
at San Benito. It has changed its
course and is sweeping everything be
fore it. At Taylor s ranch five acres
of land and a.barn full of hay were
washed away by the powerful current.
The property loss as a result of the
storm will run into the thousands of
dollars. The river is subsiding slight!!
ly at laBt reports.
Sea Wipes Out Village.
Helsingfors, Norway An entire
fishing village of 253 men which had
been established on the ice outside
Bkorko Sound, was carried out to sea
in a gale on Friday night. The disas
ter was not discoverred until morning,
when tbe village was already out of
light. Boats have been sent to the
rescue, but have not yet returned.