EVENTS OF THE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Farts of tbe World.
PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER
Less Important but Not Less Inter
esting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.
A Russian submarine boat has sunk
with20 men.
A New J York fman weighing 510
pounds bas just died.
The Kansas wheat crop is estimated
at 70,000,000 bushels.
More letters seized from Japs in
Hawaii prove revolutionary aimB.
A Minneapolis man has invented an
airship along new lines which has made
a successful flight.
China has driven British employes
off the North China railway to give
places for Germans.
The Southern Pacific is to put on a
new fast train between San Francisco
and Portland, which will make the run
in 27 hours.
The steamer Slavonia was wrecked
off the Azores islands, but aid was
summoned by wireless in time to save
all on board.
The steamer Nantichoke has been
bought at Elizabeth City, N. C, and it
is supposed by filibusters for an attack
on Venezuela.
Plans are in progress for the cele
bration of a "sane" Fourth at Chicago.
So far but one permit has been granted
to sell fireworks out of 300 applica
tions.
A new gold field has been found in
Nevada and a stampede is on.
A prominent New York physician
says the depravity of Gotham's children
exceeds that of ancient Sodom.
Three men were fatally injured by
the collapBe of a bridge being erected
over the Cimaron river near Guthrie,
Okla.
The forty-first annual convention of
the National American Women s Suf
frage association will meet at Seattle
July 7.
New Mexico wool growers have just
sold 700,000 pounds of their product at
a price said to be over 20 cents per
pound.
Specialists have found that Harri
man's heart and kidneys are affected
and ill health may compel him to quit
business.
A violent earthquake in Southern
France did much damage to property
A number of persons are reported killed
and many injured.
Two $50 gold pieces minted in 1877
have just been sold for $10,000 each
They are the only $50 pieces ever mint
ed by the government.
A New York legislative committee
is to study the direct primary laws of
the various states with a view ot rec
ommending the best plan for that state,
Double tracking of the Northern Pa
cific line from Portland to Tacoma has
commenced.
The dismembered body of a man has
been found in New York bearing the
deadly sign of the Black Hand.
Dr. Charles Ephraim Rice, formerly
assistant to Dr. Hale, died at almost
the same time as his one-time chief.
A large force of men is working hard
to make repairs in the Soo canal
wrecked by a steamer a few days ago,
Safety appliances will be installed at
Panama to prevent accidents to the big
ditch like the one which damaged the
Soo locks.
A government meat inspector at St.
Louis has resigned in distrust. He
ays the inspection is a farce and
useless expenditure.
It has been proven that in the selec
tion of jurors at Chicago men with
whiskers stand a poor chance of being
selected, owing to prejudice.
The Spanish liner Antonio Lopes has
grounded off Fire island, New York,
The passengers were all saved but it is
probable that the vessel will be lost.
Castro is organizing a filibusteriqg
expedition against Venezuela.
It is estimated that 85,000 people
visited Portlannd during the Rose fes
tival.
The town of Kirinchi, Sumatra, has
been destroyed by an earthquake and
200 people killed.
Announcement is made that Heney
will be a candidate for district attorney
for San Francisco on the anti-graft
issue.
The British colonies are willing to
aid the mother country in the matter
of defenses, but want home rule in
return.
A movement has been started in
Colorado to secure a large tract of land
on which a negro colony will settle and
follow farming.
An attempt at a wholesale jail deliv
ery was made at Joliet, III., but the
coolness of the miards prevented the
escape of more than 100 convicts.
Taft has difficulty in finding a minis
ter to China.
Fire is destroying large areas of tim
per on Vancouver island.
FILIPINO TROOPS MUTINY.
Seize Post and Attack Americans and
Loyal Natives.
Manila, June 14. A portion of the
Second company of native constabula
ry, stationed at Davao, in the island of
Mindanao, in the Southern part of the
Philippine archipelago, mutinied on the
night of June 6 and attacked the com
pany quarters, which they captured
after wounding one of the native offi
cers. After a fight on the following
day, which lasted three hours, and in
which an American named Libbey was
killed and four others wounded, the
mutineers took to the mountains upon
the approach of a company of constab
ulary stationed at Mapi, which hurried
to the relief of the besieged Americans
and loyal natives.
With th receipt of the news of the
mutiny today came also word that de
tachments of the Twenty-third infantry
have reached Davao and quickly suc
ceeded in restoring order. Several col
umns of troops were immediately dis
patched in pursuit of the mutineers.
It is believed here that the mutiny
was of purely local character, resulting
from differences over food supplies! or
the care of the women of the families
of the constabulary. It is thought to'
be confined to members of one company
at Davao, aand the fact that a neigh
boring company, also composed of na
tives, hurried to the relief of the be
sieged governor and the few Americans
at the place is cited as proof of .this.
Acting Governor General Forbes is
expected in Manila tonight, when a
conference with General Duval, com
manding the division of the Philippines,
will be held. It is expected that the
determination will be reached at this
conference vigorously to pursue the
mutineers until the last one is captured
DEATH LIST GROWS.
Many Wounded Perish Under Ruined
Homes in France.
Marseilles, June 14. From 75 to
100 dead and 100 injured is tonight's
estimated casualties as the result of
the earthquake which devastated seve
ral towns in the Southern part of
France, particularly inthe departments
of Herault and Bouche du Rhone.
Great suffering is reported owing to
a lack of bread and other necessaries
of life. The casualties may be great
ly increased, as the ruins have not yet
been entirely searched. The villages
of St. Cannat and Rognes were com
pletely demolished and Lambas, which
is 12 miles from Aix, suffered heavily,
According to advices received from
a number of places, wounded are still
imprisoned in the ruins and soldiers
are working desperately to rescue
them.
Survivors are finding shelter in tents,
In many places the streets have been
torn up and are encumbered by masses
of rocks, making them impassable.
Houses and public buildings were crum
bled to pieces.
Among other villages seriously dam
aged are Vauvenargues, Venelles, Pe-
lissanne, Puy Ste Reparade and Ar
guilles.
WAR LOOMS NEAR.
Conflict With Germany Expected by
All in England.
London, June 14. The amount of
war talk one hears on every Bide in
London is perfectly amazing. The
topic practically monopolizes converse'
tion in political and social circles, and
it seems to be generally admitted, with
a kind of. fatalistic complacency, that
sooner or later probably sooner the
British and German nations are going
to fight it out. .
People at large are taking note of
the growing seriousness of the situa
tion, and many display acute nervous
ness. One hears members of the
American colony talk, half humorously,
perhaps, and yet with a certain serious
ness, of getting back home before the
Germans come. Harry G. Selfridge
said that personally he did not like the
outlook.
"I tried to insure my shop," said the
former Chicagoan, "against bombard
ment from the Thames, but the insur
ance companies would not accept the
risk."
Germany, it is said, means to rule
the sea, just as it rules the European
mainland.
Fails to Smuggle Opals.
San Francisco, June 14. A large
consignment of valuable opals was in
tercepted here on its way from Sydney,
Australia,' to S. R. Finney, No. 2 Rect
or Place, New York. The package
was entered as having a value of $50,
and would have gone through free had
not Deputy Collector Willcox known
something of opals. Though entered
at Sydney at a value of $50, each of
the small packages had in it a private
memorandum wrapped in tissue, show
ing the real value, which aggregated
more than $4,000.
Mail Pouch Has Vanished.
Los Angeles, June 14. A registered
mail bag containing money and securi
ties valued at $50,000 has disappeared
while in transit from Los Angeles to
Bisbee, Ariz. It is not known with
certainty whether the bag has been
stolen or has been sent to some East
ern postoffice through some clerical
error. The missing mail pouch con
tained, it is said, two registered pack
ages from the First National bank of
Los Angeles to the Bank of Bisbee.
Jap Labor Leaders Indicted.
Honolulu, June 14. A hastily sum'
moned grand jury today returned in
dictments against 17 Japanese who are
leaders in the strike of 9,000 Japanese
laBbrers. The indictments followed
the disclosures which resulted from
the search of the offices of the Japan'
tse newspaper J yi.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
MILTON'S SHOW IS WINNER.
Over 6,000 Attend Strawberry Festi
val and Horse Show.
Milton Overreaching by all odds
the efforts of any previous occasion,
Milton's third annual strawberry festi
val and horse show last week was pro
nounced by the 6,000 people who at
tended to have been the most success
ful event of its kind ever given in the
Walla Walla valley. The streets of
Milton were thronged with people from
Walla Walla, Pendleton, Dayton. Pres-
cott, Weston, Athena and the surround
ing country. Owing.to a crippled ser
vice on the interurban tine between
Milton and Freewater hundreds of
those who intended to come from the
Garden City were unable to do so.
The half crate of strawberries which
won first prize was turned over to L.
E. Meacham, publicity manager of the
Walla Walla Commercial club. These
berries were grown by Clarence
O'Bert, residing five miles above Mil
ton, and were later served to the Chi
cago business men on their visit to tbe
Garden City. The horse show and
Btock parade in the afternoon was the
moBt successful occasion of a similar
nature ever held in Milton. From an
advertising standpoint the festivities
have been of the first water. Many
prospective home seekers were present.
FARMERS TO STORE OWN GRAIN
Will Erect Own Co-Operative Ware
houses in Umatilla County.
Pendleton Believing they have not
always been given a square deal by the
grain warehouse companies operating
in this county, a group of farmers
have formed a corporation and will
erect and operate a string of four
warehouses. These will be located at
Helix, Vanscycle, Stanton and Ring,
all stations on the branch line' of the
Northern Pacific.
The corporation was formed with a
capital stock of $20,000. The ware
houses will be co-operative, all the in
corporators being members of the
Helix branch of the Farmers Educa,
tional & Co-operative Union of Amer
ica. According to present plans, the
warehouses will be erected in time to
handle the present saeson's grain crop,
If these prove successful, other co-operative
warehouses will be erected in
the county.
Oregon Will Have Best Crops.
Hood River According to G. B,
Lanham, purchasing agent for Wagner
& Co., a commission firm of Chicago,
Oregon fruit crop prospects are a shade
better this year than most of the other
fruitgrowing states. Mr. Lanham has
been making a tour of the fruitgrowing
districts in the North and Middle West
and states that the Colorado crop was
saved this year by the use of heating
pots kept going there for a week or ten
days during the period when the late
spring frost came. In Oregon Mr,
Lanham looks for an average crop of
apples, with peaches and cherries short.
He visited the big strawberry growing
section in the South and Southwest be
fore starting on his Western trip, and
says the berries this year hit the high
mark for prices and looks for one of
the best berry seasons in a number of
years. The market for box apples as
packed and put up in the Northwest
and particularly at Hood River', Mr,
Lanham says, is expanding more rap
idly than it can be supplied and be
looks for a greater demand for them
this year than ever before.
Record Price for Wool.
Oregon City The Oregon City Man
ufacturing company has purchased i
pool of wool at Scio, Linn County, pay
ing a. i cents per pound, mis is
said to be the highest price paid for
wool in the Willamette valley this
year. The company, which operates
one of the largest woolen mills in the
West, had a representative on the
ground and entered into competition
with Eastern and local concerns, as the
pool was auctioned off at public sale to
the highest bidder. About 4,000 fleeces
were purchased, amounting to nearly
30,000 pounds. This sale of wool is far
out of the ordinary transaction in this
valley and establishes the Oreogn City
Manufacturing company as one of the
leading wool buying factories in the
West.
Contract for Asylum Work,
Salem Dalrymple & Anderson, of
Salem, were awarded the contract for
building a barn, dairy and other out
houses at the asylum as authorized by
the legislature. The price to be paid
by the state is $9,279. Bids were also
opened for the construction of two cot
tages at the asylum, one for the super
intendent and the other for the assist
ant superintendent Markwart Kutz-
ky & Pakowsky, of St Johns, Or., was
awarded the contract at $9,143.20.
LaGrande Will Advertise.
LaGrande Over 50 members of the
Merchants' Protective association of
this city met at a banquet and dis
cussed the best methods of boosting the
country. A. D. Geddes struck the key
note of the meeting when he advocated
making the newspapers the medium
for publicity and cited examples of the
way4in which large papers are adver
tising the whole state.
Crbps Fine at lone,
lone This section has had a dandy
rain and farmers think they will get
20 to 25 bushels per acre. More wheat
will be shipped from this point this fall
than any other town in Morrow county
by at least one-third.
OREGON COAL PRODUCTION.
Increase in 1908 State Has 230
Squars Miles Coal Land.
Washington The total production of
coal in Oregon in 1908, as shown by
statistics collected by E. W. Parker, of
the United States geological survey,
was 86,259 short tons, having a spot
value of $236,021.
Oregon, like California, is one of the
few states in which the coal production
in 1908 showed an increase over that
of the preceding year, which was 70,-
981 short tons, the 1908 output being
therefore a gain of 15,278 short tons,
or 21.52 per cent; the value increased
from $166,304 to $236,021, a gain of
$697,717, or 41.92 per cent. All of
the coal produced came from the Coos
Bay field in Coos county, and the in'
creased production in 1908 was due to
an increased activity at the Beaver
Hill mines. All of the Beaver Hill
coal was washed, the operations yield
ing 70 per cent of cleaned coal and 30
per cent of refuse. The refuse, how
ever, contains a sufficient quantity ol
combustible material to permit its use
as fuel in the operation of the mines,
The coal from this field is of lignitic
character.
Grants Pass Explains.
Grants Pass The Commercial club
is in receipt of the first installment of
35,000 books exploiting Josephine
county. They are printed in magazine
form and are generously embellished
with well-arranged photos both attract
ive and instructive. Typographically
the books are things of beauty in plan
and structure. Each contains 64 pages
with an artistic colored covering. On
the front in bold relief three powerful
commercial producers are shown, the
apple, pear and peach, while the back
cover shows the coming industry that
bids fair to overshadow all others, the
flaming Tokay.
Marsr.fi sld is Criticized,
Marshfield Inspector Wagner of the
Pacific Underwriters, and electrical
engineer, has severely censured the
city officials for not taking more pre'
cautions in the way of fire protection,
He declares the moving picture shows
were dangerous to the public. Mr,
Wagner also criticised the water works
system of the city.. The city council
will endeavor to reach some arrange
ment whereby the fire hazard will be
reduced.
Washingtonians Buy Frjit Land.
Baker City A recent sale of fruit
land made to Walla Walla fruitgrowers
establishes the fact that Baker county's
fruit lands are among her strongest
aBsets. The purchasers from Walla
Walla not only purchased a tract out
right but took options on considerable
more land in this county.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices: Bluestem
milling, $1.30(?1.35; club, $1.20
i.i-Z', valley, $1.17.
Corn Whole, $35 per ton; cracked,
$36 per ton.
Barley Feed, $35 per ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $40.5041 ton
Hay Timothy, Willamette valley,
$1519 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $19
22 ; clover, $1112; alfalfa, $13
14; cheat $1414.50; vetch. $14
14.50.
jf resn f ruits Apples, ?11.50 per
box. Strawberries, $1.752.75 per
crate; cherries, $11.35 per box
gooseberries, 5c per lb. ; loganberries,
yoc per crate; peaches, i.tiU(ffZ per
box; apricots, $l.501.75 per box
cantaloupes, $7.508 per crate; plums,
$1.50 per box.
Potatoes Jobbing price, $22.75
per hundred; new California, 4c per
lb. ; sweet potatoes, 4$c per lb.
Vegetables Turnips, $1.60 per sack
carrots, $1.75; horseradish, 12cper
lb.; artichokes, 5060c doz. ; aspar
agus, 67c per lb.; beans, 69c
cabbage, 2c per lb.; cauliflower, $3
per crate ; corn, 50c per doz. ; cucum
bers, 60c(if $1.25 per doz. ; lettuce, hot
house, $1.05 per box; lettuce, head,
2tc per doz.; onions, 1Z1dc per
doz. ; parsley, 35c per doz. ; peas, 6
8c per lb. ; radishes, 15c per doz. ; rhu
barb, a(a;ac per id. ; spinach, 5c per
lb.; squash, 75c$1.25 per box; toma
toes, $22.50 per crate.
Butter City creamery, extras,
26 He; fancy outside creamery, 25
26c per lb.; store, 18c Butter fat
prices average 1)4 cents per pound uo
der regular butter prices.
Jgg" uregon ranch, Z4Z5c per
doz.
Poultry Hens, 1414Kc; springs,
1820c; roosters, 8g9c; ducks, 14
15c; geese, lOdruc; turkeys, 1820c
squabs, 2(i:2.25 per doz.
Pork, Fancy, 10c per lb.
Veal Extras, 88c per lb.; ordi
nary, 7c; heavy, 6c
Cattle Steers, top, $5; fair to good,
$4.504.75; common to good, $4
4.60; cows, top, $44.25; fair to
good, $3.75(34; common to medium.
$2.503.50; calves, top, $5(?5.60
heavy, $3.504; bulls and stags, $3
3.50; common, $Z2.75.
Hogs Best $88.15; fair to good.
$7.50(i7.75; stockers, $66.50; China
fats, ?6.757.
Sheep Top wethers, $44.25; fair
to good, $3.50(T4; ewes, c. lesson
all grades; yearlings, best $4.25; fair
to good, $4.
Hops iu contracts, 1314C per
lb.; 1908 crop, 9(j5l0c; 1907 crop, 45c
1906 crop, ls2c
Wool Eastern Oregon, 1722?4
per lb.; valley, fine, 26c; medium,
23c; coarse, 21(g22c; mohair, choice,
Z4Zm: per lb. .
DR. HALE DEAD.
Chaplain of Senate Passes Away Af
ter Brief Illness.
Boston, June 11. The morning light
was breaking as the venerable Edward
Everett Hale, D. D., chaplain of the
United States senate, Unitarian divine,
author, journalist and lover of peace,
breathed his last yesterday in his home
in RoxtJury.
At his bedside were his wife, his
daughter, Miss Ellen D. Hale, and his
, Philip L. Hale, the artist Two
other sons, Arthur Hale, of Washing
ton, and Professor Edward Everett
Hale, Jr., of Union college, returned
home last evening. It is expected
that partial arrangements for the fun
eral on Monday in the South Congre
gational church, of which Dr. Hale
was the pastor emeritus, will be an
nounced tomorrow.
On his return from Washington a
few weeks ago it was reported that
Dr. Hale was not in good health, but
he soon regained his activities and
until Tuesday attended meetings and
received friends. It seems as though
the whole country joined in mourning
the loss of Dr. Hale. Messages ex
pressing sorrow and esteem poured into
the Hale household, one of the first
being from President and Mrs. Taft
As an author Dr. Hale s fame rests
on his short stories, such as "The Man
Without a Country." As an instiga
tor of social uplift the work of the
two great organizations, the Lend-a-
Hand club and the King's Daughters,
will always add to his renown. As a
minister and pastor his half century in
the pulpit of the South Congregational
church and his preaching in many other
churches were proline of wise spiritual
inspiration. As a historian his writ
ings have become authorities.
WOULD NOT AID SMUGGLER.
Dining Car Cooks Refused Money
Chinaman Died in Ice Box.
Chicago, June 11. August Mueller
and Gustave Weir, dining car cooks,
employed on the Golden State Limited
of the Rock Island railroad, told on the
witness stand before Judge Landis
how they had refused offers of money
to aid in sumggling Chinamen into the
United States. The men were wit
nesses for the prosecution in the trial
of Bob Leung, a well-to-do Chinese
merchant of El Paso.
Until one Chinese was smothered to
death it was the regular practice, ac
cording to testimony, to place the
smuggled Chinese in an icebox of the
dining car after they had been put
aboard the Golden Gate Limited. "Tbe
icebox," testified Albert Champion, a
negro cook on one of the cars in ques
tion, "was about four by four by two
and one-halt feet in dimensions. On
one occasion one of the brakemen told
me we would have to find some other
way of carrying these Chniese. They
won't ride in the box since that one
was smothered."
HARRIMAN KEEPS POSTED.
Synopsis of Press Comment Sent In
Twice Each Month.
Chicago, June 11. Edward H. Har
riman, who is absolute master of over
54,000 miles of rail and water trans
portation, has decided to keep in con
stant touch with public opinion regard
ing himself, his railroads and railroads
generally, provided it is possible to do
so through things which are printed
about them.
Twice each month each general man
ager telegraphs Mr. Kruttschnitt a
brief synopsis of public sentiment as
reflected by the preBS. His report also
shows'), the number of publications
which were examined, the percentage
favorable, the percentage unfavorable
and the percentage which is neutral,
He quotes also from criticisms, com'
plaints, expressions of opinion and
from special articles as well as giving
tne trend oi opinion as voiced in po
litical and commercial centers.
Mr. Harriman regards the reports as
valuable aids in detecting causes of
friction between his railroads and the
public and in applying corrective meas
ures.
Seven Dead in Foundry.
Wheeling, W. Va., June 11. Seven
men were killed and 14 seriously in
jured in an explosion tonight of a blaBt
furnace at the Wheeling Steel & Iron
Co. Fifty workmen were gathered
about the furnace, making ready to
arm, wnen, without warning, there
was a terrific roar and great masses of
molten iron spurted from the furnace,
sweeping down .upon the workmen
.twenty or more were caught in the
rush. AH of the men were foreign.
era. The cause of the accident has not
been definitely decided.
Huge Libel Suit is Lost.
Boston, June 11. A verdict for the
defense was given in the Supreme
court today in the libel suit of ex-Judge
Henry M. Dewey against five mem
bers of the Good Government associa
tion, in which $76,440,000 damages
were asked. The suit was the outcome
ol the statements alleged to have
emanated from the Good Government
association in tbe mayoralty camnaiirn
of 1905, when Judge Dewey was can
didate ior mayor.
College Girls on Tour.
San Francisco, June 11. Two hun
dred girl students of Radnor collects.
Nashville, Tenn., arrived this morning
on a sightseeing tour, which is a part
of the school curriculum, and departed
onight for Seattle to visit the Alaska-
I Yukon-Pacific exposition.
BIG JAP CONSPIRACY
Oriental Plot to Gain Control of
Hawaiian Islands.
SUGAR STRIKE OPENING MOVE
Offices of Higher Wage Association
and Newspaper Raided and
Reports Confiscated.
Honolulu, June 12. Evidence of
what the authorities claim is a concert
ed movement on the part of Japanese
in the Hawaiian group to control the
sugar industry and thus dominate the
internal affairs of the islands through
their number and power, was disclosed
today when the office of the "Jiji," a
Japanese newspaper of Honolulu, and
the offices of the Japanese Higher
Wage association were entered by the
officers armed with search warrants,
and letters, reports and other docu
ments were seized.
Following the confiscation of the
papers, the application lor a writ of
habeas corpus, entered in behalf of
Makino, Negro and Soga, the three al
leged leaders of the sugar plantation
strikers who were taken into custody
yesterday, was rejected by the court
It is said by the authorities that the
papers found indicate that a conspiracy
of a widespread nature has been
formed among the Japanese of the
islands to wrest control of affairs from
the white residents, and conduct the
internal government in their own in
terests. The determination to control is re
iterated again and again in these docu
ments. An appeal to all Japanese, in
the name of their native country, to
aid in this movement, is said to becon
veyed in the letters.
The authorities are preparing com
plete translations of all the papers
seized and it is said that they will be
used as evidence in support of many
charges of conspiracy, which it is de
clared will result from the disclosures.
A second petition has been filed by
the attorneys for the prisoners, but has
not been acted upon by the court.
The strike of the Japanese plantation
hands has been in progress for over a
month, and is the most extensive walk
out ever known on the islands. . Be
tween 6,000 and 8,000 Japanese are in
volved. The strikers demand in an in
crease from 69 cents to $1 a day for
field laborers, and a proportionate ad
vance for mill hands and other planta- '
tion employes.
TORNADO IN TEXAS.
Train Blown From Track and Eleven
People Killed.
Dallas, Texas, June 12. Special dis
patches from Texas points show that
11 persons are dead and several injured
as a result of the storm in Central Tex
as today, including one man who was
killed when a wind storm blew a Kan
sas, City, Mexico & Orient passenger
train from the Brazos river bridge
north of Sweetwater last night.
Haskell and Lueders were places
also damaged by the storm, which was
accompanied by a fall of hail, destroy
ing crops and orchards. Six are dead
at Haskell.
In the wreck of the train J. E. Stan
ford, a traveling salesman of Crowell,
Texas, was killed and 11 persons were
badly hurt
The whole train except the engine
and tender were blown from the track.
Conductor Alexander and Brakeman
Van Sandt were among the most seri
ously injured.
At Lueders. A. Goldrup and three
children were killed during the pro
gress of the storm and 13 houses were
demolished, many people being injur
ed. Scores of cattle were also killed.
A heavy rain and hail accompanied the
storm at this point
At Merkel, Texas', three houses were
blown down. Hamlin, a small town on
the Central Western Texas railroad,
was destroyed and three persons seri
ously injured.
Australian Coal Cheaper. '.
San Francisco, June 12. Australian
coal was reduced in price by wholesal
ers here today from $9 to $7.50 a ton,
as the result of a bitter feud which has
broken out between the Western Coal
company and the Pacific Coal company.
The latter concern has slashed prices
and it iB understood retailers will re
duce from $12 to $10. The price cut
ting wholesalers explain that they
wish to stimulate the summer trade
and that they are also helped in reduc
ing prices by the fact that it now costs
less to import coal than heretofore.
Blown Up by Dynamite.
Algiers, June 12. The German
steamer Ava, from Hamburg, blew up
last night about 10 miles off Pantel
larie island. Fire broke out in the
steamer during the pight and as dyna
mite formed a large part of the cargo,
the crew lost no time in making its
escape in boits. A few minutes later
the dynamite exploded with terriffic
force, tearing the steamer to pieces.
All the crew was picked up by the
steamer East Gale and landed here.
Wyoming Sues Western Union.
Cheyenne, Wya, June 12. Attorney
General Mullens commenced suit today
against the Western Union Telegraph
company to compel the company to file
articles of incorporation with the state
of Wyoming or susperd operations
within the state.