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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1911)
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK FEDERALS TRAP REBELS. Scout Discovers Too Late That Ap- I ro .chinj Forces is Enemy. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE CHINA YIELDS TO RUSSIA Unprepared to Resist She Agrees to Czar's Demands. Pekin China is not prepared to Agua Prieta, Mex., March 29. I Messages from Governor Torres, also MOTOR LAW MODEL. ROUTES PUSHED W.S1WARD antagonize Russia completely, and as j messages to the rebel junta here, show a roault of prolong«*«! conferences th«« that the rebels suffered a decisive de Oregon Electric Right ot Way Reach Only State License to Be Paid Speed Chinese foreign office assured th«* Rus feat near Ures yesterday. Their loss Zones Must Be Marked. es Santiam. sian minister, M. Kortostovetz, that is placed at 75 dead and many wound Salem Local city or c«»unty author China would acquiesce unreservedly Salem Right of way for the ex ed. The messages to the rebel junta place the number of Federal dead at tension of the Oregon Electric railway ¡ties have n«> power under Oregon’s to the demands mude in the Russian company south from Salem to Albany new motor vehicle law to adopt any 30. ultimatum concerning the provisions General Resume of Important Event It is believed the rebel force which and Eugene has been procured as far | engage«! in the fighting at La Colorado as th«« Santiam river, a point mors rules for the regulation of motor ve of the treaty of 1881. Russia insisted Presented In Condensed Form i a few days ago. had divided, one sec than half way between Salem and Al hicles which requires th«' owner to ujHin an answer immediately. for Our Busy Readers. tion going around to the west of Her bany. except for three or four sec pay any license or fee other than th«’ It is g«'n«*rally oonaidvre«i that there mosillo from the south, under com tions, to obtain which condemnation 1 state licenae or to prohibit the owner was no alternative course, in view of mand of Jesus Rivera. The other proceedings will be brought in the I from the fro«' use of th«’ streets or China's utt«’r unprepa redness for war. Roosevelt scores professional muck- half, under command of a leader named Circuit court for Marion county at Intense interest is being nianif«*sted Loyzien, marched to the east and once unless pending settlements are affecting the numbering or registra in the attitude of Japan, which is ob rakers in a speech at Berkeley, Cal. tion of vehicles such as would teml to viously holding entirely ahsif, al north, joining Juan Cabral and 220 reached. A new city directory of Portland. The Oregon Electric’s right of way cortfuae the authorities in enforcing though more (siwerful than ever at mounted rebels who had gone south Or., gives the city a population of between Albany and Salem will be' th«* state law, but the city or county Pekin. from Carbo. 252.621. The rebels a few days ago ceased two and eight-tenths miles shorter i While the issues between China and Russia has accepted China’s reply to cutting the telegraph wires, and in than the Southern Pacific right of way ■ authorities are not restricted in the Russia have been almost oblitérât«*! regulation or licensing of automobiles her demands, but diplomats are sus- stead tapped the wires and eaught the and the Southern Pacific right of way ; by th«* recent series of ultimatums, government messages. The govern is 28 miles long. Th«* rails to be used ’ and taxicabs that are used to carry the and th«*orotically insufficient cause for p' -ious. occupation exists, Russia apparently Taft says the coming change in the ment sent decoy messages which between Salem and Eugene are IKK public for hire. Mexican cabinet will bring peace to threw the insurreetos off in their cal- pound rails. The electric railway ex- I A city may by ordinance regulate fears that she could obtain only paper cuations. Rebels at San Rafael, near pects to make th«* run between Euget e promises which the Chinese would not that nation. Ures, were joined by Giron and a and Portland with its through trains th«’ spee«i of automobiles to 10 miles observe unless intimidated. Russians The Minnesota legislature has force from Sahuaripa and the com in 2j hours, and with regular trains an hour within its jurisdiction but hero point out that they have less now adopted the recall for all state officeis bined force under command of Loyzien thre«' hours. Trains are to operate cannot place any further limitation in the way of concessions from China e ccept state judges. took up quarters in the old Federal between Portland and Eugene in 1912, upon the s|>ee«l of motors but all ve than when the treaty was signed. unless there is difficulty in getting Some sections of th«* legation «plan The Maderos say pteace will come in barracks. Only two roads lead into San Ra bridge material for the structures hicles of whatever class must be lim ter so ridicule Russia for not follow Mexico within St) days, and that Diaz fael. and Loyzien placed two scouts to across the Santiam and Willamette ited to the same speed. The city can ing in the first instance the recent ex will resign the presidency. guard these. One of these scouts is rivers. Th«' Willamette will be prescribe different speed limits in dif ample set by Great Britain in occupy Peter Widener, a Philadelphia cap said to have taken along a bottle of crossed near Harrisburg, near where ferent parts of the city, but th«’ speed ing territory and awaiting Chines«’ italist. purchased Rembrandt’s paint mescal, and when he saw the Federal the Southern Pacific now crosses th<t zones must be marked by large signa readiness to discuss the <*,>ntest««i ing. “The Mill.” for $500,000. army he thought the troops were stream and the Santiam between Sa points. But it is recognised that bearing th«’ words “Slow down to .... lem and Albany. Russia by failing to do this, has shown Secretary Knox has drawn up a rebels miles. ” Where the city limits and Colonel Ojeda, who had collected As soon as the right of way matters that sh«* does not jsisseas aggressive treaty of arbitration between the forces from Hermosillo, had obtained can be settle«!, several crews will be country meet th«' city must post signs désigna. United States and Great Britain. informaticn that the rebels were at San gin construction at different points where all automobile drivers can s»*e Th«’ Chine««’ new-pap«’rs, which ar«’ The Kansas City council has passed Rafael, ai d before approaching the along th«1 right of way between Salem them, specifying th«’ spee«l limit with utterly ignorant of foreign affairs, over the mayor’s veto a bill prohibit town, divided his forces into two and Eugene. It also comes from a in the city by similar signs. Th«* are hostile to Groat Britain, which ing the use of hat pins whose points wings, which neared the camp in the source here that preparations art' un signs must bear arrows designating ■ they accuse of beginning the present project beyond the side of the hat. form of a great pair of shears. The der way to double track th«' Oregon where th«* speed limit applies. land grab, and they prophesy that and A Spokane woman has been award rebel scout realized his mistake too Electric between Wilsonville Section 25 of th«’ act relates to the Isith Japan and France will be not ed $3,500 damages for being run over late, and got into the rebel camp only 1 Portland this summer. authority of cities. The framers of long in following suit. by an automobile, and the Supreme a short time ahead of the Federal the law say that it contains no jokers, ami then* will be fouml nothing in It EIGHTEEN LIVE ON #175 MONTH court of the state affirms the decision. who closed in on the old barracks NEHALEM ROADS IMPROVE. from both sides. to restrict the authority of cities to A blinding snow storm caused a an unwarrantixl degree. The law is a Chicago Parents ot 10 Ch'ldren Say train collision near Chicago, injuring $31.000 Appropriated in Single D'S- rnialel of its kind, and a close scrutiny All Mouths Are Well Fed. several persons. trict; Cheese Output Larger. of its provisions w ill further reveal Chicago Should the sovereign stat«- Mexico has appointed a new minis Wheeler The Tillamook county 1 its superiority in legislation rogulat- ter to the United States, whose name court is now advertising for bids for , ing motor vehicles. It embodies th«’ of Illinois decide to pay a bounty f<>r is Zamacona y Inclan. the* construction of the first mile of best parts of the mot«ir vehicle license I large families and cull the roll of its Albany. N. Y., March 29. — The I the Wheeler road, to be built from th«' laws of other states ami is the result citizens. Michael Fox, 781U Vaneev A wind storm reaching a -velocity of state capitol. erected at a cost of $25,- , of much study on the part of its au ' avenue, will be able to answer "pres i bridge across the south fork of th«* 59 miles an hour swept Northern Ohio, : 000,000 caught fire shortly before 3 ent.” Nehalem river to the townsite of thor. doing much damage in Cleveland. I o’clock this moring and is threatened Mr. Fox, who is a switchman on th«’ I Wheeler. There will be a call for bills Illinois Central railroad, never has re A force of Russian infantry and with complete destruction. J for the remaining mile as soon as the WEST NOT TO INTERFERE. The fire is fanned by a stiff breeze. 1 plats and profiles are made. ceived any congratulations from The«« cavalry is reported to have crossed the This is It originated in the west end of the I but one of the many road propositions dore Roosevelt, although deserving of line into the Chinese province of Ili. Prison Management Satisfactory to ' great structure on the third floor and them. Of the 814,115 children in It is rumored that former officials of the whole side of the building is I to tie undertaken by the county court Governor, Ho Says. Chicago Mr. Fox has 16 and they tire in this section. In this road district the Steel trust are forming a new cor wrapped in flames with which the Salem That there will ba no change all strong and vigorous. there has been appropriated $31,000 poration to compete with the old con i firemen seem powerless to cope. There was a m«rt of a reunion of th«* for road work. in the administration of affairs at th«' cern. The capitol is one of the finest The new cheese factory being erect state penitentiary was asserted by Fox family Sumiay, but Mr. Fox was He was out in th«’ A plow trust has been organized, buildings of its kind in the country. ed by R. Zweifel. almut one mile Governor West in commenting on let not present. combining 22 of the larger manufac The building is of drilled granite, four above Wheeler, is progressing rapidly, ters he has received relative to the switchyards at work, for it takes all turers and having a capital of $50,- series high, and houses the assembly, and the factory will be able to coijj - dismissal of McCullough, a guard, h«’ can «*arn seven «lays a Week to fill t le senate, the court of appeals, the mence manufacture of cheese about 000,000. I from the force at that institution re the stomachs and cover the feet of the state library and the offices of many April 1. The other factories in tl e cently. He saiii h«* had received let young Foxes. The Italian cruiser Etruria is visit state officials. “ How do we manage to feed and Nehalem valley, three in number, will ters from men well known in union ing San Francisco. At 4 :05 o’clock the flames had swept also start about April 1. Indications labor circles, but did not divulge their clothe so many?" re|>eat«*<i Mrs. Fox in answer to a question to«lay. "Well A complete inventory of the prop ' across the entire west section of the are for a considerably larger output contents. erty of the Harriman railroads will be building and were bursting into the from this valley this season than last. “With antiquated and obsolete they don’t l«H/k as if they didn't get enough to eat, do they?" sh«’ asked as taken, from bolts and oil cans to real senate finance committee room and the Work on the railroad has be.-n going j adjoining offices of the temporary ahead rapidly during the past month equ pment and buildinga and many she look«*«! admiringly at her large estate and franchises. difficulties to contend with, those in ■ president of the senate. At that hour of good weather. Track is now lai«l charge have given it a national repu family. “M¡ke makes about $80 a month,” Three members of a swindling firm the fire threatened to reach the sen for al/out six miles above Wheeler, tation as one of the best in the coun of stockbrokers in New York City, ate chamber. and is going down at about half a try,” he said. “What action is said Mrs. Fox, “and our grocery bill At 5 o’clock the fire was not under have been arrested, charged with mile per day. taken by the superintendent toward runs between $90 and $100 n month, Two of using the U. S. mails to defraud the control. It was advancing across the his employes is for him to pass upon but we get along all right. public of several million dollars in the front of the building and threatened Governor West Plans Parole. and I do not intend to interfere. I the Iwiys are working for the Illinois to destroy the entire structure. past two years. am satisfied so far With th«' manage Central and two girls work in the tack Salem Governor West has devised ment of th«’ prison an«i 1 have no factory, so the family income is al«>ut TOWN DEFIES INSURRECTOS. $175 n month. They all get enough another way to prevent building cells thought of making a change.” PORTLAND MARKETS. to eat and all are strong an«l healthy.” on the roof of the penitentiary for the i Wheat — Track prices: Bluestem. 200 Rebels Fail to Capture Village be 'ping of the prisoners. Dr. Calvin j TOWNS TO BUILD ROAD. STANDARD OIL IS BUYER. 86c; club. 82c; red Russian. 816/82c; S. White, state health officer, announ- l After Five Hours of Firing. valley, 82c; 40-fold, 826/83c. ces that the governor intends to parole | Parral, Mex.--Demands of 200 or some of the higher class prisoners and Barley—Choice feed. $256/25.50 per Southern Pacific Gives Control of ton; middlings. $276/28; shorts, $216/ more insurreetos for the surrender of | send them out to work on the farm Labor and Team» for Work. Associated O«l Company. . the town of Inde, situated several j connected w ith the state tuberculosis 22; rolled barley. $276/ 28. Athena The state legislature turn San Francisco Following upm an hours ’ ride from the national railroad, Com—Whole, $28; cracked, $286/ sanatorium. They will be prisoners were refused by the jefe politico ar.d who have nearly finished their terms ing down the gissl roads bill, citizens announcement made a few days ago 28.50 per ton. I as a result a fire lasting five hours was and who have not been confined for of Athena and Weston have taken the that th«* Southern I'acic company ha«l Oats—No.l white, $28 per ton. case in their own hands. As a result named a price for th«* sal«* of its con Hay—Track prices; Timothy, East direited on the town. The insuir ctos the more serious offenses. They will i a macadam road is to be constructed trolling interest in the Associât««! Oil I lost eight men. ern Oregon, No. 1, $196/21; mixed, take the place of the salaried attaches company to an Eastern syndicate, a A boy was sent by the "insurreetos of the sanatorium, of whom there is between th«’ two towns. $166/18; alfalfa, $116/12; grain hay, The county is to furnish the machin rejs/rt appears in the Chronic)«/ that with a message to the authorities ask at present such a number that by the $136/14.50. ery, Athena the rock quarry and town th«* prospective buyer is the Standard ing for surie.-.der, p omising n > pillag Poultry -- Hens, 20c; broilers. 25 I time their salaries are paid then/ is The boy was de not a great deal more than is, neces- residents and farmers have agreed to Oil company, saying that the Standard 6/30c; turkeys, 21c; ducks, 206/23c; ing was to be done. furnish labor and team». Fully 400 Oil company "is in a position through tained and a short time afterwards a geese. 126/14c; dressed turkeys, sary left for the feeding and care of j days’ lal»«r with men an«l teams has this contract to assume practical con few shots dropped into the plaza. the patients. choice, 236/ 25c. already been subscrib«.«! for the roa«l. trol of the entire oil output of the Eggs —Oregon ranch, 296/21c dozen. Just then the tri-color of the republic Dr. White says that the newly ap This road will be one of the most California fields. was run up the pole by order of the Butter—City creamery, extra, 1 and pointed superintendent. Dr. Fitzger beneficial in this part of the country, The Associated Oil company ia re 2-pound prints, in boxes, 31c pound; jefe as a defiance to the invaders, and ald, intends to increase the number of as the highway between Athena and ported to be handling 80 per cent of less than boxes, cartons and delivery then th? firing commenced with vigor. cows on the place, so that no milk will Weston is one of the worst, especially the oil market«*«! from Californa fields extra. have to be bought. They will get in winter. Th«/ work will begin at at the present time. Berthold ’ s Fate in Doubt. Pork—Fancy, 10j6/llc per pound. chickens and pigs, and with the crop Mexicali, Mex.—The news that Si ping capacity of the farm be able to once. Veal—Fancy, 85 to 125 pounds, 12 Insurrecto* Not Pleased. mon Berthold was wounded in a fight make the institution nearly if not 6/ 12J c per pound. El Paso, Tex. On intimations di ” Y ” or Turntable Required. with the federáis near Alamo, together Apples — Fancy, $26/2.75; choice, quite self-sustaining. Salem Notification has been sent rect from Francis I. Madero, it is giv with the information that the govern $16/2; common, $50c6i 1 per box. to the Astoria A Columbia River rail en out in insurrecto circles here that Vegetables Asparagus, 8c pound; ment force at Tecate has been doubled Elgin Orders Cement Sidewalks. road by the Railroad commission that the selection of President Diaz’ new cabbage, $1.50 per hundred; rhubarb, I by the arrival of 100 men, again cre Elgin At a meeting of th«' city $2.256/2.50 per box; sprouts, 9c; car ated alarm in the rebel garrison at council an ordinance was ordered the practice of operating trains back cabinet is, so far as made public, be rots, 85c6/ 51 per hundred; parsnips, Mexicali. General Leyva dispatch« d drawn to compel the property-owners ward one way between Warrenton and lieved to be entirely unfriendly to the 85c6/$l; turnips, 85c6/$l; beets, 25 mounted men under Captain Fran along Front street to put in cement Fort Stevens must be discontinued. reforms for which th«* Mexican insur cisco Quijada to hold Picachos Pass sidewalks. The council decided not to The road will either b«* compelled to rection is being waged, an«l that as a 90c6/$l. Potatoes — Oregon, buying prices, against the possible advance of the institute condemnation proceedings, install a "Y” or a turntabl«« to carry consequence, the war probably will go $1.356/1.60 per hundred. Federáis from Tecate, or the approach but instead ordered the walk placed out this suggestion. The road is also on ¡uninterruptedly. It is pointed out Onions Buying price. $2 hundred. of the main army by way of the west on the street line. This will place the instructed to plac«* lights on its draw that among the men select«*«l for th«/ bridge at the Skipanon river, the cabinet, none is distinguished for any Hops—1910 crop, 17J6/18C; 1909 side of Lakuna Salada. walk three feet from the people’s bridge at the present time not being activity in the reform movement for crop, 126/13c; contracts, 156/16c. property or building line, which if lighted, it is alleged, in compliance which Madero is in arms. Plow Trust Organized. Wool—Eastern Oregon, nominal, 12 they cover with cement also will make 6/18c per pound; valley, 166/17c; Moline, Ill. A merger of 22 plow a 12-foot walk along their properties. with the United States navigation Alaska Oil in Field laws. mohair, choice, 32c, delivered Port manufacturing companies into one Port Townsend, Wash. The first land. company with a capitalization of $50,- Elgin Acres Win Record Price. O. A. C. Bulletin* to Africa. shipment of Alaska fuel oil, inaugura Cattle--Choice steers, $6.256/6.60; 000,000 was announced here. The Elgin The record price for raw Oregon Agricultural College, Cor ting what promises to become an ag good to common, $5.506/6; prime name of the consolidation will be cows, $56/5.50; choice, $4.756/5; Deere, and its headquarters here. The land was made Tuesday when Newton vallis The natives of Southern Afri gressive opposition to the oil trust, common, $26/4; choice heifers, $5.25 concerns that comprise the new com Roberts bought of Henry Hug a five- ca will be taught the science of agri will be mad«1 at an early date, coming 6/5.50; choice bulls, $4.506/4.75; pany are located here, East Moline, acre tract at $150 an acre. This land culture according to bulletins pub from the Katalla district, where three fair to good fat bulls, $3.756/4; fair Syracuse, Ottumwa, Welland, Ont., could have been bought last year at lished by the Oregon Agricultural col wells are in operation, running 1,200 to medium heavy calves, $4.756/5; Fort Smith. Ark., and Minneapolis. $60 an acre, and the whole 90 acres lege experts. The bulletins have been barrels in 24 hours. Other wells are choice stags, $5.256/5.50; fair to The scope of the industry will be ex could have been obtained this year for sent at the request of George A. Rob being bored and a stupendous supply $100 an acre. The tract, in recent erts, a former student at this institu is predicted. The first shipment will good, $46/5.50; choice Tight,' $7.90 tended. years, produced 60 bushels of wheat tion, and now head of the industrial be 30,000 barrels of oil and haa already 6/8; choice heavy, $7.506/7.75. an acre. department of the Old Untali Central been sold on Puget sound. Two American* Killed. Hogs — Choice, $7.906/8; good to * Training school at Rhodesia, South choice, $7.756/7.90; good to choice El Paso, Tex. .James T. Harper, of Shipment Cost Alleged Great. Rio Grande Engineers Get More. Africa. heavy, $7.506/7.75; common, $76/ El Paso, a captain in the insurrecto Denver, Colo.—As a result of a set 7.50. army, arrived here from the interior Salem Complaining that it costs Soon Use Double Track. tlement agreed upon at a conference Sheep-— Choice yearling wethers, of Mexico. He said Robert E Lee, $30 to ship a carload of freight from grain fed, $46/4.85; old wethers, $4 of Kansas-JzUyr Mo., and Martin Medford to Eagle Point, a distance of The Dalles The work of double between officials of the Brotherhood 6/4.25; choice ewes, grain fed, $46/ Ryan, whose residence he did not only 11 mil«»s, when it costs but $120 tracking the line of the O.-W. R. & N. of Locomotive Engineers and officials 4 50; fair to medium, grain fed, know, had been killed in the battle at to ship the same car from Portland to between The Dalles and Deschutes is of the Denver A. Rio Grande railroad, $2.756/3.25; choice lambs, grain fed, Casas Grandes on March 6. Harper Medford, a distance of 329 miles. Von now completed and as soon as th«* 750 engineers of that system will be $5.256/5.50; good to choice, grain said about 26 Americans had been der Hellen Brothers, of Eagle Point, block system is perfected, which will given an increase of 9 per cent In 56/5.25; fair to good, $4.756/5; taken prisoners. The official report filed a complaint with the state rail be in a very few days, the double wages, better working rules and a con a d 17 foreigners were taken. track will be in use. tract fur a year. road commission. $2.506/3.50. Doings of the World at Large Told in Brief. FIRE DESTROYS CAPITOL OF NEW YORK STATE 148 PERISH IN NEW YORK FIRE Sky-Scraper Shirt-Waist Fac tory Scene of Holocaust. Victims Nsarly All Women and Girl*] Who Must Daath In Flamos or Laap to Pavement. New York, March, 27. One bun- and forty-eight persona, nine tenths of them girls from tho Esat Side, were crush«*«! to death on the pavements, ainoth«'r<*«l by smoke or bunic«l to crisp Saturday afternoon in th«* worst lire known since the steamer Slocum was burned to th«* water’s edge off North Brother island in 1904. On«* hundr««l ami forty-one I kh II i - s have l«e«*n removed from the ruins and seven of the injured died in hospitals. Thia, it is believed, coinplot«’» the list of dead, moat of whom are uniden tified. Grief-cruztsl relatives b«*»ieg<*d tho morgue as th«’ boilies were li«i«i out. Nearly, if not all. of the victims wore employed by th«’ Triangle Waist coin puny on tho eight, ninth nn<i tenth floors of a In story loft building at 23 Washington place, on the western fringe of the downtown wholesale dis trict. Partners of firm, Isaac Harris and Max Blanc, escaped, carrying with them «»ver an adjoining roof Blanck's two young daughters ami a govern«-»». There was not an outside fir«’ e»ca|>e on the building. How th«* lire start««! will probably never lx* known. A corner on the «■ighth flisir a as its |s>int of origin and only th«' three upper floors were swept. On the ninth tl< or 50 bodies w< r«* fouml, 63 <>r more persons were crush««l to death by jumping, more than 30 clogged the elevator shafts. l-osa to property will not exce«d $100,000. Ped«-»t rians going homo through Washington place at I 50 o’clock were sc itterid by the whiz of something rushing through the air Iwfore them; there was a horrible thud on the pave ment and u Issly flattened on the flag stones. Wayfarer» on th«* opjMisite aide < f the »tr«et shad««l their eyes ngainst the setting sun ami saw the windows of the three up|M*r fl'«ors of the building black with girls crowding to the sills. “Don’t jump!" yell««l th«* crowd. But the girls had no alternative. Th«* pressure of th«* maddened humlnals be hind them am! the urging of their own fears were too strong. Th«*y began to fall Ui the siili'Wnlk. Four alarms were rung within 15 minutes. Before the engines could respond, before th«' nets could be stretch««! or the ladders raised, five girls ha«l fallen from the eighth ami ninth floors »*> heavily that they crashisl through the very str«*eta to the vaults below. In an hour th«* fir«* was out; in 30 minutes it hui! «lone its worst ; probably th«* death list win complete in 20 minutes. The buihling stands on a corner with ex|*>«ur«-s on two sides, but the only fir«* escap«* was in th«* interior, <>|H-ning on a light ami air shaft. In all there were s«*ven exits the single fin* «•«cap«*, two freight «'lcv«'ators at th«* rear, two passenger elevators in front ami two stairways. All of them prov««l almost useless and practically all who <*j<CHp<«l either climb«-d to the roof am! scrambl«*d thence to th«* r>««f of the building occupied by the Anu*r- K'an Book company, adjoining, or fled in th«* first rush for safety befon* .the crush ami smoke grew too thick. The building stands now as a shell intact, the partitions of architectural tiling between fliwir ami floor lire sound, an«! it is impossible for one who s«*cs it to imagine how th«* flames in so short a time could have wrought such havoc. Seven hundred hands, 590 of them women, were employed by the shirt waist company. They sat in rows at their whirring machin«*s, th«* tables before them piled with flimsy cloth, the floor littered with lint, the air .it- self full of flyng, inflammable dust. Treasure Found in Ruins. Ixtmlon Treasure trove to the vnl- u<* of $1,250,000 is report««! from Jer sey, where it was uncovered by Athelstan Riley, whil«* he was pulling down the ruins of an old manor houst* built in the 13th century with the ob ject of using the stone to enlarg«* his present manor. The discovery in cludes ancient urns fill««l with spade guineas, coined «luring the reign of King George III ami bearing the Brit ish coat of arms on a spa<le-aha|M«l shi<dd. One urn bears the monogram of Emperor Vespasian. Boy Slain in Gang Fight. Cleveland, (>. Following a battle in a gully with sticks and atones (Sun day afternoon between two rival! fac tions of South End boys anti while one aid«* was retreating, two leatlers of the other side opened fire with a re volver and a rifle, killing Albert M«*t- san, 13 years old, one of the retreat ing side. Mrs. George Baumgarter ami her daughter, Marguerite, while carrying the dying boy away from the field, were also fired upon. English Railroad to Be Electric. New York —- The first of the main railway systems of England to be electrified ’on the American plan, throughout its entire length, will be the London, Brighton A South Coast line. Th«* length of the Brighton sys tem is 479 miles and the undertaking will be a eohtsaal one. The work will be completed, it is announced, by 1916.