Heppner gazette., July 06, 1911, Image 2

DOINGS OF THE WEEK
Current Events of Interest Gathered
From the World at Large.
General Resume of Important Events
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.
A new specie of rodents is dis
covered by scientists in Nevada.
Heat in Chicago kills twenty when
mercury reaches from 103 to 110.
A toy pistol in the hands of a lad
in San Francisco is the cause of the
boy's death.
High prices of meat is said to be
a scarcity of fat cattle in the Chi
cago markets.
A Norwegian steamer foundered off
Iceland and the 56 persona aboard
are believed lost.
Two killed and ten injured is the
toll of automobiles in and about
Pittsburg, Pa., Sunday.
A driver's strike was averted in
San Francisco when the teamsters
accepted the offer of a shorter day.
Convicts at the Salem, Ore., peni
tentiary extinguish a fire in the asy
lum stables, saving heavy damages.
Mrs. J. X. Jenkins, who confesses
to having broken her mother's heart
by many scandals, is to testify be
fore the Xew York grand jury that
her admirer who presented her with
valuable jewels never paid duty on
them.
Archbishop Messner, of Milwaukee,
says Socialism is heresy.
A sheep herder in Idaho was at
tacked by a bear which tried to eat
him.
A lad runs 43 miles in lo'i hours
to reach the bedside of his father,
who he thought was dying. The run
was from Morton to Centralia, Wash.
A cyclone at Mitchell, S. D., un
roofs the Mitchell furniture store, and
caused $25,000 damages. No other
building in the town was harmed.
The day set for "at home" by a
Chicago couple proved to be the day
of the death of the bride, who had
contracted cold on their honeymoon.
Bank officials at Tooele, Vtah,
planned and successfully robbed their
own bank of $10,000. The cashier
was "bound and gagged" while a
clerk rode 40 miles on a motorcycle
with the money and "escaped."
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices: Bluestem,
9797V2e; club, 8687c; Russian, 85
S6c; Valley, 87c; 40-fold, 87c.
Millstuffs Bran, $24.5025 per
ton; middlings, $31; shorts, $25.50
26; rolled barley, $29.5030.50.
Corn Whole, $29; cracked, $30 per
ton.
Barley Choice feed $27 per ton.
Oats Xo. 1 white, $27.5028 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, Eastern Oregon, Xo
1, $2021; light mixed, $1819;
heavy mixed, $1617; alfalfa, $12.50
(13; clover, $12.5013; grain hay,
$13.50 14.50.
PoultryrHens, 1516c; broilers, 20
g22c; ducks, young, 15c; geese, nom
Inal; turkeys, 20c; dressed, choice
25c.
Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 21c
per dozen; case count, 20c per dozen;
Eastern, 1920c.
Butter City creamery extra, 1 and
2-pound prints, in boxes, 24c per
pound; less than box lots, cartons
and delivery extra.
Cheese Twins, triplets and daisies,
1414Mc per pound; Young Amer
icas, 1515c.
Pork Fancy, lOfflO-c per pound.
Veal Fancy, ll12c per pound
Fresh Fruit Strawberries. Oregon,
I1.25S1.75 per crate; gooseberries
6 6c per pound; apples, $13 per
box: cherries. $1.20(31.50 per box;
!1010c per pound; apricots, $1.50
(5 2 per crate; cantaloupes, $2.50
3.25 per crate; peaches, $1.501.75
per rate.
Sack Vegetables Xew carrots, $2
per sack; turnips, $2; beets, $2.
Potatoes Old, $3 per hundred; new
California, 4-5c per pound.
Vegetables Asparagus, 75 90c per
box; beans, 1012c; cabbage, i
per hundredweight; corn, 2025c per
dozen; cucumbers, $11.25 per doz
en: eggplant, 15c per pound; garlic,
10 12c per pound; lettuce, 30 35c
per dozen; hothouse lettuce, $1.25
1.75 per box; peas, 5 6c per pound;
peppers, 30 35c per pound; radishes,
124c per dozen; rhubarb, l1,22'c
per pound; tomatoes, $1.25 1.75.
Onions Yellow, $3; red, $2.75 per
hundred; crystal wax, $3.50 per hun
dred. Hops 1911 contracts. 23 25c per
pound; 1910 crop, 22c; 1909 crop,
1515'4c; olds, 8 10c.
Mohair Choice, 3637c pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 10 16c per
pound, according to shrinkage; Val
ley. 1416Mc per pound.
Cattle Prime grain-fed steers. $6'
6.25; prime hay-fed Bteers, $6 6.25;
choice, $5.75 6; fair to good, $5.25
6.50; common, $5 5.25; prime cows,
$5 5.50; good to choice, $4.75 5; fair
to good, $4.504.75; poor, $4.25
4.50; choice heifers, $5.50 5.75;
choice bulls, $4.50 5; good to choice
bulls. $4.254.50; choice light calves.
$7 7.50; good to choice, $6.75 7;
choice heavy. $5 5.50; choice staes.
$5.756.25; good to choice stags, $.j.o
o..o.
Hogs Choice hogs. $6.75 7; good
to choice, $6.50 6.75: choice heavy.
$f.6 25; common, $5 6; stock, $6.75
"50.
Pheen Choice spring lambs, $6
6.25; choice yearlings, 4.f'i 5; good
to choice, $4.50 4.75; fair to medium
if, 4 o-. i-hoiep pwps I.Jf :5 good ,
to choice ewes. $2.75 3: fair to med l-ift.129 acres of land in Idaho re
lum ewes $2 50 2.75: good to choice i cently withdrawn contained no phos
teavv weuiers, $3.75 4; old heavy ihate deposits of value, President Taft
wethers, $3Q4; mixed lots, $425. jbas restored them to entry.
ARTISTS' COLONY PLAN.
Burr Mcintosh Buys Big Tract for
Hotels, Workshop, Etc.
Los Angeles. The dream of Burr
Mcintosh, magazine proprietor, ex
newspaperman, long-time successful
actor, dramatist, artist and expert
photographer, who projects a world
art center in California, appears
about to be realized.
Mcintosh covered the globe with
a camera and decided that this state
would be the . ideal place for his
colonv. He has bought 200 acres in
a picturesque location south of the
city and it is announced that con
st ruction work will be begun immedt
ately. It is understood that Homer
Laughlin, a capitalist, who is Mcln
tosh's uncle by marriage, is the "an
gel" back of the unique venture.
In the center of the grounds are to
be erected a hotel with 200 rooms, an
art fair hall, a group of structures de
voted to studies, a theater, an artists
workshop, restaurant with cafe chant-
ant and SO cottages to be rented at
cost. The cost of the buildings is esti
amted at $300,000.
FOUR DEAD UNDER WALL.
Mechanics Installing New Machinery
in Pumping Station Caught.
Buffalo. At least four persons were
killed and 25 injured Saturday when
the pumping station at the foot of
Porter avenue collapsed. The acc'
dent occurred shortly after 9 o'clock.
Ambulances were rushed from all
parts of the city. The financial loss
is more than $1,000,000.
The victims of the accident were
machinists who were installing new
machinery. They were buried under
hundreds of tons of brick. The dead
were in a pit 50 feet below the floor.
It will be hours before they are re
covered. The walls, 300 feet long, as well as
the roof collapsed. Firemen are
seeking the bodies. Twenty-five men,
severely hurt, have been taken to the
hospitals.
About the time of the accident at
the pumping station a scow belong
ing to the Empire Engineering Com
pany, which was in the harbor be
low the waterworks pumping station,
turned turtle. Six men narrowly es
caped with their lives.
COSTLY BUILDING PLANNED.
Marshall Field Trustees Will Erect
$10,000,000 Skycraper.
Chicago Trustees of the Marshall
Field estate bought for $2,100,000
cash the Chicago Opera House
block at the southwest corner of
Clark and Washington streets. In
connection with the purchase it de
veloped that the Field estate was
also the real purchaser of the White
property, the old Orpheum, adjoining
the Chicago Opera House block in
Washington street, the price paid
for this latter property being above
$900,000.
This means the erection of one of
the largest buildings down town,
equaling if not excelling the $5,000,
000 Insurance Exchange building and
representing a total investment of
about $10,000,000.
The sale of the opera-house build
ing means the eventual passing of
one of the most famous theaters of
Chicago and one which at the time
of its construction was regarded as
a model. The late David Henderson
was the first lessee, and it was here
that he made and lost a fortune in
his famous extravaganzas.
DANCE BARRED BY GAYNOR.
New York Mayor Will Not Permit
Degradation of Stage.
Xew York. Mayor Gaynor has in
structed Police Commissioner Walds
to take physical possession of the
stage of the Winter Garden and cur
tail alleged improper Russian dance3.
The Mayor's interposition came as a
result of a letter written him by B.
Ogden Chisholm, who had bought
tickets for himself and Mrs. Chisholm.
Mayor Gaynor, in answer to Mr.
Chisholm's letter, wrote the follow
ing: "I have had numerous complaints
about this play, and I have instructed
the Police Commissioner to interpose
and if necessary take physical pos
session of the stage during the play
and arrest those engaged in any In
decencies which It exhibits.
"There are certain people here who
are doing all they can to degrade
the stage in this city. I am suf
ficiently assured that the play is dis
gusting."
Mrs. Peterson Sentenced.
San Francisco. Mrs. Inei! Peterson,
who represented herself to be Mrs.
Henrietta Farrelly, of San Leandro,
a wealthy widow, and attempted to
get $10,000 on a mortgage on the
Farrelly home, was sentenced to four
years at Folsom prison today. While
the court was pronouncing sentence
the woman interrupted him with a
plea for clemency, but was cut short.
The judge told her he was not hold
ing her past against her, but that he
was convinced she had shrewdly,
cunningly and deliberately committed
the crime and should pay the penalty
Women Back Mothers.
Olvmpia, Wash. Going on record as
in favor of pensioning mothers who
are deprived of their natural support,
voting to admit Alaska clubs to full
membership in Washington, being op
posed to the public drinking cup, ad
vocating the establishment by the
Legislature of a visiting board, two:
of whorn are to be women, to inspect
a:l state institutions, the fifteenth an-
inual convention of the Washington
State Federation of Women's Clubs
finished their session here.
Land Has No Phosphates.
Washington. A field examination
liiivine ui-nriose-i umi, i -i-m hji nj.n-i.i -
NDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TIE STATE
CONVICTS TO BUILD ROAD.
Governor West Plans Route From lndia" Warrior Who Saved City
Portland to Salem. HlShly Entertained.
Governor West's proposal to iw Pendleton Pendleton enjoyed a
. , . . 11 ,,u.hxv,v vlslt a few (l!,vs ao from a Nez
convicts in building a model hif.hw.n rercf Indlan chief whQ yea.s
between Portland and Salem has : figured prominently in saving this
aroused interest and approval amotigic'ty from being raided by Chief
,i ,.nn,i enthusiasts I .:Pn and his band of Piute warriors.
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and the people who live along the
proposed line of construction.
Not only would the road shorten
the length of travel between Port
land and the capital, it Is said, hut
a long desired ideal of connecting
Oregon's metrtopolie and the Willam
ette valley with roads easily traver
sable would be realized.
Two routes are open. One leads
through the country on the east side
of the Willamette through Oregon
City and is shorter than the second
route on the west side of the Wil
lamette passing through Xewbers
and Dayton and including the 12-mile
stretch between Rex and Tigardville.
That convicts build good roads is
demonstrated by the stability of high
ways in other states where they have
been put to work. The value of the
road its shown by the increase in
the value of the land through which
it is built. In southern Marion coun
ty, for instance, the prune growers
got together and taxed themselves to
build rock highways. They did this
when they found that they would be
steadily losing at their business with
out roads over which they might
haul their crops to distributing cen
ters. The increase per acre in the
prune belt was from $25 to $50; the
cost averaged about $2 an acre. The
prune growers find that building and
maintaining good roads is exceedin
ly profitable. It is said the convict
built road which Governor West pro
poses would be even more profitable
and the construction might be made
to include both sides of the river.
WIDE FIELD BENEFITED.
Showers Have Been General Through
out Pacific Northwest. .
Soaking rains that fell throughout
Oregon and the Xorthwest the first
of the week have been of immense
value to farmers, according to re
ports from Oregon and Washington
towns.- Coming on the heels of one
of the longest dry periods known in
the state, when in some districts
the crop outlook was approaching
zero, the jubilation of farmers is
marked. While grain generally is
pretty well along, they say the rains
wil have a tendency to fill out the
crop, and that the quality will be
greatly improved.
In twelve hours a little over half
an inch of rain fell, making a total
precipitation of 35.55 inches since
September 1, 8.22 inches under nor
mal. The Indications are that show
ers will continue in the eastern nart
of the state the showers being more
general over the illamette benefit
ing practically the entire state.
The rain extends over Eastern
Washington and Northern Idaho
where .23 of an inch fell. Lincoln
i-uuiny, vv asmngion, is assured a
15.000.000-bushel crop as a result of
the showers.
UNITED WORK PLAN.
Three Organizations to Labor for
Good Roads.
Co-operation with all organizations
in the state that are interested in
the good roads movement will be
one of the objects of the Oregon
Association for Highway Improve
ment. At a, meeting of the directors of
the association held recently, it was
decided to become identified with
the Oregon Development League and
the Oregon State Grange for the pur
pose of working out a uniform legis
lative program that would be ac
ceptable to all interests in the state.
The association will carry on a
campaign for additional funds as
soon as the Oregon Development
League has determined positively
what action it will take in helping
the association to advance the good
roans movement.
The legislative committee of the
State Grange will he asked to meet
the directors at an early date to
discuss proposed laws covering the
road question. C. E. Spcnce, of Ore
gon City; C. L. Shaw, of Albany, and
A. I. Mason, of Hood River, members
of the Grange committee, assured
President Prall. of the Oregon Asso
ciation for Highway Improvement of
giving their support to the organiza
tion. Auto Passenger Service.
Jacksonville Jacksonville and Med
ford people are singing the praises
of V. C. Gorst, who has established
an automobile passenger service be
tween the two cities. Mr. Gorst makes
a round trip every hour, and has
found his way into popular favor to
such an extent that he will soon put
on another machine. He is also talk
ing of putting on a truck to compete
with the Rogue River Valley railway
in hauling freight.
Coos Bay Timber Sold.
Marshfield The annual meeting of
the Southern Oreenn Co. was held
at Empire and new officers and di
rectors of the company were elected.
It became known positively that a
majority of the stock of the company
had passed into the hands of the
Menasha Woodenware Co. of Men
asha. Wis. The officers elected were:
President, C. It. Smith, head of the
Men.'isha Company; vice-president.
neniei t Arinsipm
local represe.nta
five of the com ran v: serretarv C C. !
Hockeft. of North Bend; aVif"ant
secretary, FraLk H. Damon of
ton
CHIEF VISITS PENDLETON.
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name given him bv the eonauer-
ors of his race its George Amos, but
in Indian nomenclature it is Hini-ma-tuni-se-lu,
which means Sunny
Eye. His home is on the Nez Perce
reservation in Idaho, and while here
he was the guest of his nephew,
Paul Showaway, a well, known resi
dent of the Umatiua reservation.
It was in 1878, the year of the
famous Bannock war, that Sunnv
Eye ingratiated , himself with his
"paleface" brethren of this city.
Egan, the bloody chief of the Piutes,
had planned an attack on Pendleton,
when Umapine, chief of the Uma
tillas and father of the present Chief
l'mapine, came to Pendleton and
offered the strength of his tribe in
resisting the attack. The offer was
received with' suspicion, whereupon
l'mapine, to prove his sincerity,
idcked a few trusted followers to
capture Egan. Sunny Eye, who had
wandered from his tribe because he
did not want to fight the white man,
was one of the chosen few.
SALMON CATCHES HEAVY.
Larger Meshed Seines Needed for
Big Run Expected.
Astoria Big catches of salmon
were brought in by gillnet fishermen
in the lower harbor recently. Over
half a ton of salmon each was re
ported by a number of the fishermen
as a result of the day's fishing, and
one of the packing plants reports
that its men averaged over 500
pounds to the boat.
More of the big fish are now com
ing in and larger mesh gear is be
ing used. The traps and seines,
however, are doing little as yet, and
probably will not until after the
freshet subsides. This month has
been one of the best Junes in several
years for gillnetters. The majority
of fish caught have been small, and
as a result the cannery pack is
above that of a year ago.
Only fish weighing 30. pounds or
over have been pickled by the cold
storage plants, as the packers are
not anxious, owing to the condition
of the market, to secure a big cold
storage pack.
Wheat Rain Soaked.
Condon Gilliam county has re
ceived its second rain storm within
the past week. In the first rain .47
of an inch fell, and in the rain
received a day or so ago .78 of an
inch fell. This rainfall at this time
has saved such crops of --this county
as were planted late in the spring.
Fall grain is looking excellent and
after the rain in the latter part of
last week early spring wheat ad
vanced to a stage where it looks
as fine as the fall wheat.
Farmers and merchants who car
ried long faces for a week prior to
the rains of last week are predict
ing more than an average crop. At
any rate it is stated by conservative
individuals that the yield will ex
ceed last year's, when Condon alone
received 750,000 bushels of wheat.
Quadruple Babies Born.
Klamath Falls The population of
Klamath county is being increased
by home people as well as by ar
rivals of homeseekers. Word has
been received that a quartet of
babies was born recently to Mr. and
Mrs. A. Bunnell, who live near
Stukel Bridge. Three were girls and
one a boy. The boy died later in
the day, but the girls are all appa
rently strong and healthy, though
very small.
Dr. Patterson, of Merrill, who at
tended, said that the combined
weight of the quartet was 12
pounds. The doctor further said
that during the past four years Mrs.
Bunnell had given birth to seven
children.
Not Subject Yet to Recall.
Salem School directors in Oregon
cannot be recalled until necessary
and proper laws are passed, is the
opinion handed down by Attorney
General Crawford. They are public
officers, he declares, and subject to
recall amendments, but because
school elections are special, special
provisions must be made for recall.
"When the legislature provides for
invoking the recall as to school offi
cers, if no changes are made in the
qualifications of voters at school elec
tions, women will be qualified to sign
petitions demanding the recall of
school officers.
Planing Mill Nearly Rebuilt
Port Orford. The new planing and
shingle mill at Port Orford is about
ready to operate. Some of the ma
chinery recently arrived at Bandon
and Is being installed in the mill.
The plant is owned by the Port
Orford Land & Development com
pany, and is built to replace the
mill burned some months ago. The
same company owns a sawmill on
Elk river, where 10,000 feet of lum
ber a day is being turned out.
Fruit Scenes Photographed.
Grants Pass A Southern Pacific
photographer has arrived to secure
nhotoeraphs of the bright red fruit
on the trees. The cherry crop is
lust at its hcirht 'and some hand
some photographs have been se
cured. Truck gardens and berry
patches and acres of apple orchards
were struck off under the snap of
the lens.
Bandon Well Down 1160 Feet
Bandon The oil well being sunk
bv the Miocene Oil company near
tendon has now reached a depth of(fharee( inactnny ami inattention.
i 1 i'.O feet. The members of the com-
Bos-ifanv are hopeful of striking oil this
' - Fiimmer. I
WOMAN STILL RICH.
Mrs. Potter Palmer Taxed on $965,856
Personal Property.
Chicago Mrs. Potter Palmer has
filed her schedule of personal prop
erty with the Board 9!' Assessors.
She gave the value of her stocks,
bonds and furniture tit $905,SSt!
about $5000 less than she scheduled
last year.
Mayor Harrison scheduled personal
property to the value of $3270. Fred
A. Kusse, ex-Mayor, gave the value
of his personal property an $9000.
Other personal property schedules
filed were: John E. Way man, State's
Attornev, $1500; Fletcher Dobyns,
$750; Levy Mayer, $5000; Roger C.
Sullivan, $4000; Milton J. Foreman,
$3000; John G. Shedd, $100,000; Ken
esaw Landis, $1500; Edward F.
Dunne, $3000; Arthur Burrage Far
well, $1000.
Miss Minona S. Jones, of no-vote-no-tax
fame, has not yet filed her
schedule of personal property and the
Board of Assessors is likely to force
her to'pay the penalty of an in
creased assessment.
The Board of Assessors has com
pleted its work of assessing personal
property of estate. Following are
some of the valuations of personal
property:
Estate of George W. Patten, $1,800,
000; Ira G. Rawn, $95,000; Marv E.
Sargent, $140,722; Fannie S. Stelle,
$130,526; Alice L. Sterling, $240,000;
Lambert Tree, $1,200,000; .Michael
Cudahv, $600,000; Melville W. Fuller,
$100,000; Hugh McBirney, $51,200,000.
Among the real estate valuations of
leading estates are: Lewis L. Coburn,
$1,170,000; Michael Cudahv, $215,000;
Melville W. Fuller, $900,000; Hugh
McBirney, $20,000.
ALL SMOOTH FOR TREATY.
Arbitration Pact With Great Britain
Is Almost Complete.
Washington All formalities neces
sary to final conclusion of the genera
arbitration treaty between America
and Great Britain could be completed
within four hours, assuming that
diplomatic negotiations were working
smoothly, according to official decla
rations. The differences between the two
countries now relate merely to
phraseology and can be adjusted read
ily. The British Ambassador has
full power to sign the treaty and the
Administration so far has failed to
find any signs of objection to the
compact on the part uf the Senate.
It is said that, notwithstanding an
impression to the contrary, the treaty
conserves to the utmost the consti
tutional powers of the Senate in
treaty-making and that every ques
tion to be submitted to arbitration
must first receive the approval of the
Senate. But it is pointed out that
the very negotiation of the treaty
will almost certainly have trn effect
of lessening the number of issues to
be arbitrated.
This is explained by the fact that
through the creation of a commission
of inquiry, composed of disinterested
members of The Hague Tribunal,
most of the issues that may arise
between the two governments can be
settled satisfactorily by the adoption
of the findings of that commission
and without the necessity of pro
ceeding to arbitration.
ZIONISTS ARE RUFFLED.
Dowie's Successor Forbid Harem
Skirts and Wooing.
Chicago Love, politics and hobble
skirts are hopelessly entangled in
the latest edicts of Wilbur Glenn
Voliva, overseer at Zion City, . the
North Shore community founded by
the late John Alexander Dowie.
Voliva discovered that some of the
young women of his faction are ac
tually making love to young men in
Zion' who are opposing him. The
overseer officially took the matter
in hand and through "Leaves of Heal
ing," official organ of his church, is
sued an order forbidding the young
women of the church to associate
with his enemies.
"If you want to wear hobble or
harem skirts, go live in a pond with
toads and frogs, where you belong,
you fools." writes the overseer. "The
word of God calls for moderate dress,
and there is no reason why Christian
women should follow the dictates of
foolish old women over in Paris.
"People of today will wear any
thing 6r practically nothing, just
as Dame Fashion dictates."
. Henwood Found Guilty.
Denver Frank Harold Henwood.
of Xew York, promoter, globe trotter
and society man, was found guilty
of murder in the second degree Tor
the killing of George E. Copeland in
the barroom of the Brown-Palace
hotel, May 29, las. Sentence was
deterred pending application tor a
in - w iiiiii. mm 1 1 11 ' (I ten 1 i.i vj nri-i im 1
to life Imprisonment. Henwood re
ceived the verdict without showing
emotion.
Cow Is Sold for $3425.
Kirkville, Mo. New world's records
for Jersey cattle were made here
recently, when two bulls and one
cow brought $2fi,425 at the annual
Penoloch farm sale.
Viola's Golden Jolly, a 7-year-old
bull, born at St. Queen Island. Jersey,
was sold for $13,000. Jolly Royal
Stilton, a 2-year-old bull, and Ladv
Viola sold for $10,000. Majesty's
Lady Houhla. 6 years old. brought
$3425, said to be the biggest price
ever paid for a Jersey cow.
Jews to Get Aid.
Washington Action in the near
future regarding the exclusion of
Jewish-American citizens from Rus
sia has been promised by Chairman
Cullom, of the Senate foreign rela
tions committee. Answering a criti
cism of the committee made on the
floor by Senator Culberson, who
,. ' ,. , " ' opium. Aiiotner se zure or 2 tins
ration was a lowed The conviction' ,,, ,. ,np ,nHp(iptniY, fn e
carries a sentence of from ten years U.,ia f ';
Senator Culiom said that conferences
were already being held between the
committee and the Secretary of State.
STEAMER HITS ROCK
Two Ki
25 Steamship Spokane
Goes Ashore.
Passengers Totaling 158 Pass Night
on Stony Reefs Are Rescued
and Sent to Seattle.
Victoria, B, C Two women pas
sengers died of shock when the ex
cursion steamship Spokane, which for
years has been used only for carry
ing tourists to the glaciers and towns
of Southeastern Alaska, and which
was fitted up for this service and
was laid up except during the sum
mer, struck a rock in Seymour Nar
rows, B. C, and was beached in
Plumper Hay to prevent her sinking
in deep water.
The women who lost their lives
were Mrs. G. -F. Williams, of Wash
ington, D. C, and Mrs. J. E. Strauss,
of Philadelphia. Their bodice have
been placed on a steamship bound
for Seattle. At first the women were
reported missing, and it was feared
they had been drowned. A search
of the steamship was made and their
bodies were found in their cabins,
where, it is supposed, they died of
fright.
All the passengers except these
two were landed in the small boats.
The passengers passed a night, and
day on the rocky shore, camping-,
and were taken off by the steamship
Admiral Sampson and conveyed to
Seattle.
Conflicting accounts of the cause
of the women's death have been re
ceived in the brief wireless dis
patches sent by the steamships Ad
miral Sampson, Prince George and
City of Seattle that hurried to the
assistance of the distressed steam
ship. cine message asserted that the
women died of fright in their state
rooms, where the bodies were found.
A private dispatch said that they
were drowned.
Mrs. Williams was accompanied by
her husband and two daughters, all
of whom escaped uninjured.
At latest advices the Spokane lay
with hurricane deck awash. The
boat was valued at $400,000, and was
the finest ship on the Alaska run.
The scene of the wreck was near
the place where the steamship Cot
tage City foundered on January 11,
last. The Cottage City was a total
loss, but all hands were saved.
Plumper Bay is 125 miles north of
Vancouver.
Seymour Xarrows is a narrow
strait two miles long and only 3V2
cables wide, contracted to two cables
by Ripple Rock, lying in midstream
at the southern end.
GIRLS LEAD OUTBREAK.
California Reformatory Is Kept in
Constant Turmoil.
Los Angeles Following an out
break precipitated last week when
Rose Driscoll, recently committed to
the school from San Granciseo, at
tempted to escape, seven girls, in
mates of the Whittier State .School,
were brought to Los Angeles and
locked up in the county jail. The
Driscoll girl, said to be one of the
most incorrible ever committed to
the institution, broke from the school
but was captured by Xightwatchman
Bart ley.
When she was returned the other
girls made a demonstration, assert
ing that the officer had been unne
cessarily rough in handling her, and
they aroused the neighborhood with
outcries which continued until long
past midnight. Windows were smash
ed, nil the dishes were broken, and
the kitchen range' was reduced to
scrap Iron. The girls several times
rushed the gates in a body in at
tempts to escape. Hartley entered
his resignation.
The girls made no attempt to
harm attaches of the reformatory,
but several hatchets and knives with
which they had armed themselves
have not been recovered.
Pickle Tub Yields Opium.
San Francisco False bottoms of
the pickle tubs in the Nippon Mam's
steerage pantry, on which smugglers
had rested their hopes of escaping
the vigilance of the Customs in
spectors, yielded 109 tins of smoking
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winch arrived from the Orient. To
escape the penalties now Imposed
on the masters of vessels which art
caught carrying undeclared goods.
Captain W. E. Filmer made a search
on his own account during the voy
age from Honolulu.
Dynamite Car Explodes.
Los Angeles August Hoffman, an
employe of the-Union Hardware &
Metal Company, of this city, was
unloading a car of dynamite to be
stored in a magazine, and had
pushed the small car onto the main
line when a freight train bore down
on him. In the explosion he suf
ered a fractured skull and internal
injuries and probably will die. Ray
mond Fecan, the fireman, sustained
a fractured thigh, but will recover.
The engineer was not bady hurt.
Entombed Men Unhurt.
American Fork. I'tah The fight
for the lives of the two miners im
prisoned in the Whirlwind tunnel
by a cave, bids fair to succeed. The
rescuers, after ") hours' work, have
forced an air-pipe through the ob
struction and can talk with the
i-hut in men who are unhurt.