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COTTAGE GROVE . . OREGON.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
. Cmnrahenslve Review o tho Import-
nut Happenings of Ibo Past Wetk,
Presented In Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Preve Interesting.
Reports show Hint 30 pooplo were
killed and 1.003 injurod In fourth ol
July accidents.
A leading Itu elan Journal charge
the United States with diplomatic hy
procrlsy In tho Manclmrian trouble.
Kentucky feudists havo agents In the
Hold to sound tho men likely to be
called on tho next Jury to try Jett anil
White
Tho national association of wholesale
tailors have signed a nlno-hour agree
ment at Chicago, which Insures peace
until 1906.
Twonty-ono rereons, unconecious
from smoke, were reecued by firemen
from a blading four story framo build,
lug in Nowark avenue, Jertey City.
I)r. W. 0. Brown, of rhiladcplhla
Mho presented a bill for $100,000 for
ccrvioas rendered C. L. Magee, the
noted politician, has accepted the court
award of 34 ,000,
Severe flshtlng is reported to have
occurred at Oskin, European Turkey.
Italy has installed an American tele
craiili apparatus between Homo and
Naples.
f-'even Geneva university students
who nttcmpted an ascension of Mount
IJlanc aro believed to bo lost.
Jamaica Is greatly excited over an
official report that Costa Ricas is oust
Ids Its bananas from the American
market.
The smcltinz plant of the Hearst
estate at Silver City, N. M., haB been
destroyed by fire; loss, $100,000; in
surance, (15,000.
Importation of precious stones at
New York for tho fiscal year just ended
was the heaviest on record, having
reached a total of more than $27,300,
000.
An inveftlzation has been opened at
Brussels concerning the theft of 1,000
watches which came there from Geneva
to be shipped at Antwerp for the Unit
ed States.
Professor Payne has been appointed
to represent Harvard at the unveiling
of the Wagner monument at Berlin.
St. Andrews Is to be represened by An
drew Carnegie.
During the fiscal year just ended the
money order department of the New
York postoffice handled the sum of
$218,313,000, an increase over the pre
vious year ef $31,326,000.
General Lino Duarke Level, a for
mer noted Venezuelan revolutionist,
has arrived in New York, and says the
insurrection against Fresidnet Castro
is sure to continue.
The rale of the property of tho Ault-man-Mlller
company, of Akron, mana
facturers of harvesting machinery, for
$640,000, has been approved by United
States Judge Wing.
Seventyfguns have been received
from the United States South Atlantic
Squdadron at anchor at Montevideo,
and taken to the Cerro establishment
for important alterations.
Transfer of the Field Columbian
Museum, at Chicago, from Jackson
park to a site in Grant park, in the
heart of the city, has become a certain
ty. Five million dollars will ba ex-
ly. r iva Ulllliun uuiiuro win ud ta
pended by Mr. Field will construct and
endow the museum.
' The British have inflicted an awful
defeat upon Mad Mullah.
John Barrett, of Portland, has been
appointed minister to Argentina.
Tho courts have declared the ship
trust Insolvent nnd will appoint a re
ceiver.
A wind and rain storm in Western
Wisconsin laid low hundreds of acres
of corn.
Itussia says the United States has
opened no negotiations regarding the
Jewish petition.
Secretary Hitchcock held up Oregon
state land selections because proof of
mineral character was Insufficient.
A Scottsooro, Ala., sheriff was severe
ly wouuilod while trying to protect a
negro from a mob bent on lynching.
A careful compilation from official
record a of shipments and of the best
obtainable data regarding stocks on
hand June 30, shows a wheat yield in
1002 for Oregon, Washington and Idaho
of 14,078,000 bushels.
Postmaster General Payne will take
a vacation for the benefit of his health.
Britain will pay the American fleet
unprecedented honor on Its arrival
there.
The president's firm stand for Post
matter General Payne has silenced his
' critics.
Russia has summoned. Minister Les
sor and other officials to attend a Man
churiun conference.
The treasury department has pur
chased 190,000 ounces of silver for coin
age into Philippine money.
A total reward of U,10U Is now
oflorod for tho arrest of Harvey Logan,
the escaped Montana trainrobber.
Tho lord mayor ot London, a He
brow, says Jows can only obtain relief
In RubIsa by appealing to (ho better
side of the nations.
The employers association, of Kansas
City, has commenced a fight against
unions.
Mad Mullah has defeated the British,
capturing 2,000 soldiers and killing 30
officers.
The enemies of the Panama canal
wera dofeated in tho first skirmish In
the Colombian congress.
Tho French cabinet faces a crises In
Ha stand for community ichools In
place of congregational Institutions.
It-has been brought out that the
poKtal frauds woro largely duo to wire
pulliug and "gsod fellows" in office.
rorn is dvino.
Chloral and Catfclne are Being Adminis
tered to Sustain Lite.
Itomc, July G. The condition of the
pope la growing much worse this
morning, though during the night he
succeeded In sleeping comparatively
well. Chloral and caffeine aro being
administered by tho mouth In order to
strengthen tiro henrt, but his holiness
has refused to have cither Injected.
Tho weakness nnd exhaustion aro be
coming augmented, nothwlthstandlng
the efforts being made to keep up the
pontiff's spirits.
Tho only ailment which tho patient
has been able to take has been a little
broth or sips of oil with tho yolk of
eggs beaten up with sugar. His holi
ness refuses to take wine, which the
doctor has advised him to do. In order
to aid the secretions of all tho organs,
which aro depressed, owing to the
weakness of tho heart
After this morning's consultation
between Doctors Lappont and Mar
ion! the first bulletin will be Issued.
The gravest Indications of the serious
r-omililnn nf hn nnnn la that nr. Ijin
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the night at tho Vatican. Informed his
family that he would not again return
home until tho disease had resulted
one way or the other. Tho doctor
took with him his evening dress, which
nccordlng to etiquette, ho will have to
put on Immediately after the death ot
the pope, should his Illness terminate
fatally.
JOINS CABLE ENDS.
Pacific Cable Is Now Completed From
San Francisco to Manila.
New York, July 5. The Pacific
cable was successfully completed
at 10:50 o'clock last night. East
ern time, by tho welding together of
the eastern and western links at
Honolulu on board the cableshlp An
gllo, thus completing the entire lines
ot telegraph from San Francisco to
the Philippine Islands, a distance ot
over S000 miles, and bringing to a con
clusion tho greatest and most difficult
ot submarine cable enterprises under
taken In the history of ocean tele
graphy. A message from President Roosevelt
to President Mackay, of the Commer
cial Pacific Cable Company, was sent
over the new cable around tho world
In 12 minutes, and Mackay'a reply was
sent around the world In 9V4 minutes.
The best previous time for a message
around the world was made on one
sent by United States Senator Chaun
eey M. Depew from the National Elec
tric Exposition. Grand Central Palace.
In this city, in 1S96. It took 50 minu
tes to transmit the message.
SNOW OENERAL IN MONTANA.
Crops May Suffer, But It Is the Making
of the Ranges. :
Butte, Mont., July 6.-Snow wa, ;
k o.iKut i
riea being reported from all over the can territory. Property, Judicial and
state. The fall was heavy on the con- educational rights are especially guar
tlnental divide. The temperature has ' "nteed as well as the conveniences for
dropped, to 45. The snow alternates I 'jr"?J0 ,r,1!L,ttJn. of ProP?rt
with cold rains, and great damage to
crops is feared
r i i 1 : 1
rain in Montana indicate that the
I rangemen will gain where the ranch
ers will lose. Tne enow and rain in
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the southern, eastern and northern '
pvikiuua ui lur Dial, rr . uo taujjv
much good, as It is too early tc hurt
the new graBS. The Bitter Root valley
bad a cold rain, which may retard
crops in that garden spot. The storm
was heavy on the Continental Divide
and on the range west of MIssou'.a.
The average temperature of the state
Is 45, lowest in the eastern portion of
the state. Western Nebraska was vis
ited by a severe storm yesterday, and
this has swept over Montana.
America Not Approached.
Washington, July 7. Nothing has
yet been heard In official quarters ot
the ultimatum delivered to China by
Japan and England, according to the .
Odessa dispatches printed today. It Is I
rnrtaln thai tha llnitaA fltfitoa hfln I
not recently Deen approacnea in mis
i-Hrrrf Inn hv ollhpr nf tha fnvftrnmpnfn
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that it has had no opportunity to Indl-1
rnio nrheihop it vrnnM tonrf (in mnrat
sunnort to an effort on the nart of '
England and Japan to protect their
Interests In Manchuria.
Road to Be Rushed.
Denver, July 7. General Manager
Rldgway, ot the new Moffatt line.
states that the work of laying the first
track on the road will commence on
July 10. The first track will be laid
at Utah Junction, tho site of the ter
minal yards near Denver, and from
there to Arvada. The tracklaylng will
then follow the electric line to'Leyden.
It Is anticipated that the work will be
so far along in tne grading tbat at tho
completion of the first 20 miles track
laying can be pushed on to Rolling
vllle.
Moves for War.
Berlin, July 7. The Cologne Ga
zette's St. Petersburg correspondent
telegraphs that, according to reports
from Vladivostok, the Russian War
Minister, General Kuropatkln, on In
structions from the Czar, has altered
bis Itinerary and haB left Vladivostok
suddenly, going to Kikolovsk, In Asia
tic Russia, on the north bank ot the
Amur, supposedly for the purpose of
the Inspection of fortifications, which
would be especially Important in case
of a conflict with Japan
Washington Statue Unveiled.
Budapest, July 7. Adolph Friend
Mann, an American citizen, and a di
rector of tho uurdavara i'udiic uaraen
In Budapest, which la also known as
American Park, nas presented to tne
garden a life-sized equestrian statute
of Qeorge Washington. The statute
was unveiled In the presence or the
members of the American colony here
luuiiiuurn ui uiu American uuiuuy iioru i
and of thousands ot enthusiastic Hun-
garians. 1
FLOODS IN TEXAS
0AINSVILLG IS UNDER FOUR FEET
' OF WATER.
People Take to
are Now In a
Housetops Thousands
Perilous Position and
Oeneral Panic Reigns The Water
Expected to (Jo Even Higher Creat
Lou to Property. V
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Gainesville, Tex., July 0. At thli
hoar this city Is under tour feet ot
water. Thousands ot people have taken
refuge on housetops. Humors of loss
ot life aro Impossible to confirm. The
city Is In'total darkness. The damage
will bo heavy. Two creeks which
(low by tho town, one ot them passing
through Its center and the other on the
west tldo, are each a mile wide. The
' water is rising rapidly.
At 3:30 a. in. tho Hood situation
growing desperate. The water Is ris
ing very rapidly, and the report Is re
ceived that a still greater Hood is com
ins down from the direction ot St
1 Joseph. The cries ol terror-stricken
people are heard In every direction. All
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sheet of tho town the water is so deer
that oven horses are compelled to
iwim.
It is reported that a Santa Fee pas
senger train has been ditched three
miles out on account of washed-out
tracks, and it is feared many lives
have been lost. A relief train has
been tout out. , .
Texas Has a Cloudburst.
Dalles, Tet., July 0. A cloudburst
and tornado swept over tho country be
tween San Antonio ami Corpus Christ!
today and news received late tonight
that 11 persons aro known to have lost
their lives near Petuts. There are ru
mors of other fatalities. Tho pinperty
loss will bo great. Keporta of terribl
loss ot lifo at Beeville were received
early in the evening, but late tonight
a roundabout telephone connection was
secured with Beeville from Dalles.
The Beeville operator said that tome
buildings were damaged there, but no
lives had been lost.
CUBAN TREATIES SIQ.NED.
United States Secures Control of Naval
Coaling Stations.
Havana, July 0. The treaty cover
ing the naval and coaling stations and
the treaty placing the Isle of Pines un
Jer Cuban sovereignity were signed to
day at nnon
The two treaties, which are the last
ot tho six betwom the United States
and Cuba, were subscribed in duplicate
at we secretary ol state s office. The
signers were Minister Squiers, Senor
Garcia Montos, Secretary of the treas
ury, and acting secretary of state In
Senor Zaldos' absence. The others
present were Senor Pervla, assistant
secretary of state, Senor Dlgea, chief of
the department of Justice, the legation
secretaries and ill. qsulres' eldest son.
The Islea of Pines treaty was sizned
last. While turning over the Island to
tne absolute eoverignity of Cuba, the
"eaty saiegnards tne rlgbta and priyl-
island as though they were on Amerl
pointed out that the American land
holders are better off in respect to the
taxation than they would be under
United States sovereignity.
There was no difficulty or delay in
reaching an agreement upon the sub-
ii .1 tt. u. .1 iil. . . , . .,
Ject, of the Isle of lines treaty, but the
-..jm-i vri
,ous auu ioub negotiations, rrest
dent Palma and Mr. Souleie could eas
lly have reached an agreement, but the
president consulted numerous senators.
congressmen and others, whose opinions
carried considerable weight, with the
result tliat many suggestions were
made and some minor misunderstand
Ings followed. The question of smug
gling was especially slow In settlement.
the Cuban proposals being so exacting
as to do impracucame.
Boers Object to War Debt.
Heidelberg, Transvaal, July 0. A
meeting of the burghers for the purpose
or uiscupsing important public matters
was held today and adopted rseolutions
regretting the proposed introduction of
Asiatic labor and asking the govern-
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debt on the country because reoreeenta
"w wtUutlona had been granted.
ueneral Botha made a speech In which
he said that the Dutch did not wish to
obstruct but to assist the government
iuh laou, uowerer, oeiongeu to tne
Afrikanders, and theirs it must remain.
Large Postal Deficit In Sight.
Washington, July 0. Captain Cas
tle, the auditor of the treaso-y of the
postofilce department, today made an
official estimate that the postal deficl
ency lor the fiscal year Juat closed will
be $4,017,203. The deficit for the pre-
vious ucBai year was 12,11,170. This
big Increase is attributed to the enor
mous Increase In exnendituro for tin
rural free delivery service during the
past year, une rcce'pts of the postal
service for tho year woro 1S4, 268,000;
expenditures, ( iie,Bo,Biz.
Makes Americans at Home.
Copenhagen, July 0. Many officers
ana men ol tne united States European
squadron, bow at anchor off Kallnud
borg, visited this city today. Excurs
ions to points of interest were organ
ized, and the visitors wero the
ol attraction of the populance. The
officers of the American warships nnite
in exprosBintr their appreciation of the
courtesies extended to them at Kiel,
but eay they are much in need ot a rest
after the round of German horpilality,
Turkey Puts Blame on Bulgaria.
Vienna, July 0. The Turklnh am.
oassodor has presented to tho Austrian
foreign office a note catoiorlcallv rnn.
tradlctlng all tho conditions contained
in the Bulgarian note regarding tho
massing of Turkish troops on the
frontier and blaming tb Bulgarian
- .i-t ui ujgi
revolutionists for ovorythlng that has
occurred.
-POWERS ARB MURCILIiSS. '
Threaten Seizure ot Tien Tsln It Indem
nity Is Not Paid In (lotd.
London, July 1. Hie IVkin corres
pondent ot tho Times to'cfripha thai
since thearrhal of Chang CM Tung
director of commerce, and one ol the
most progressive of tho Yangtso Vice
roys, who was recently summoned lo
Pedu by the nmprvss Dowager, ho has
visited all tho foreign heads of lega
tions, to whom ho declares that China
la seriously financially embarrassed,
in consequence of which the powers
should accept paymnet of tho Indomn
Ity In silver. Chang Clil Tung says
the viceroys and ether officials wero led
io oeueve that the Indemnity was
only -160,000,000 tcels in silver, with
out any reference to fluctuating values
In silver.
iNone ot the ministers except the
American representative wculd agree
to the payment In sliver. France and
Russia were ready to pay dutlos on n
gold basis, and tho legations of these
two posers warned Chang Chi Tung
that tho powers would insist on the
payment ot tho Indemnity in gold and
would take strong measures to enforce
tho terms of tho protocol They said
In the event ot noncompliance the pow
ers contemplated ceiling tho salt ga
belle, or reoccupylng tho native city of
Tien Tsln.
Tho concensus of opinion, says the
correspondent, Is that China doos not
deserve charitable, treatment. The
government has not made, any attempt
at financial reform, and that the cor
ruption Is as great as over. The money
squandered by the court of Pckin would
pay double thamount of the in
demnity. The Shanghai correspondence cf the
Times says the provinclr-1 authorities
of Kiangsl are negotiating with a local
American bank to raise a loan of a
million teals for ordinary administra
tive purposes secuiod on tho opium
rovenue of the province.
DISTRESS AT LADVSMITH.
Strike Conditions arc Now Much Woric
Than Ever Before.
Vancouver, B. C, July 4. After all
the talk of settlement, things were
never so bad at Ladysmlth as now.
The miners are more bitterthan eve;
against Mr. Dunsmuir, and trouble is
the order of the day. The first sav ge
assault that has marked the strike has
occurred. Daniel Alexander, an Ital
ian miner, who voted to go to work
when the matter was under discussion,
was frightfully maltreated by two oth
er Italians, who ret upon him at -I
o'c'ock in the mornine. The two at-
tacked Alexander with hands, teeth
and feet, and he was a sorry kight
when they got through.
The disagreement among the men
over whether to return to work or not
showing In other forms, one of which
led to the resignation of Smauel Mot-
tishaw, secretary of the local miners'
union. It Is stated that Mottishaw,
who was active In the strike, found
the opposition so bitter that, rather
than bo mixed up in It any longer, he
resigned, and Frederick James was
given the office.
There la little doubt that tho two fac
tions among the men the leaders of
those who want to go to work and
those who want to stay out longer are
very hostile towards one another.
More anger and recrimination has
been canted because one sldo has de
clared that a registered letter from the
representative who was sent to the
Western federation of Mlnosr' conven
tion has ulsappeared. This lettor
gave a gloomy report of federation
affairs, but was never read to the Lady.
smith union, and the men want to
know why. Then, aitain. the Social
lets have taken a hand In the struggle
ana some of the men look upon this in
tenerence as meddlesome and not like
ly to advance their causo.
3,000 Men Out of Work.
Butte, Mont. July 4 The Washoe
smelter at Anaconda has closed down
and 1,000 men thrown out of work,
This, reacting upon Butte, necessi
tated the closing down of such of the
Amalgamated mines In Butto as send
their ore to the Washoe, In all, 2,000
men are thrown out In Butte, making
J.uuu in Butte and Anaconda, or a
(inference In the payroll of 75,000
week. The shutdown is to enable tho
company to connect the Washoe with
the monster flue recently constructed
to carry the smoko away from Deer
Lodge valley.
Saloons are Attacked.
Kansas City, July 4. Injunction
proceedings were resorted to In Kansas
City, Kan., today to close six "Joints"
or Illicit Baloons nt Armorudalo,
The suits were filed by W. L. Wood,
an attorney, whe says ho acted upon
his own responsibility, llie proceed
n Is authorized by a law passed at
the last regular session of the Kansas
legislature, giving any citizen the right
to enjoin the keepers where proof can
be shown that Hauor Is being sold. To
day's proceedings are the first taken
under the new law.
Under New Head.
New York, July 4. When the flsc
was raited at sunrise Wednesday on
Gills Island, the federal Jurisdiction
over the Island passed from tho treas
ury department to that of the new de
partment of commerce and labor.
Cases now pending will In all probabil
ity be reported to the treasury depart
ment as part ot the business ot the fis
cal year just.ended, but all cases here
after coming before the inquiry board
will come under the new department.
Four Die From the Heat.
Chicago, July 3. Four deaths and
over a score ot prostrations marked the
second day of the heated term In Chi
cago, The mercury at tho weather-
bureau registered 00 deirrees and on tho
street level from 02 to 00.
CAN'T-BE BLUFFED
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WILL SEND
JEW NOTE TO CZAR.
licUy Is Nut on Ills Part-Petitioner
ire Tardy In Sending In the Paper
United States Will Not tlcttute to
Ule Expression to Indignation Over
Klihlnel ruiucre.
Washington, July 3. Tho position
of the administration regarding the
piopoted tramnilsslon ot the petition
of tho Jowlsli i ltltena ot the United
States to tho Russian government was
made clear and positive hy n statement
Issued by tho stato department tonight.
This statement was Inspired by news
paper publications reflecting tho atti
tude of tho Russian goveruuif nt In tho
event ol tho p-emulation of such a pe
tition through the medium ol tho
Untied Stales embassy at St. Peters
burg, which had been brought to tho
attention of high officers of thd govern
ment. It was givon very careful con
sideration both horo and at Oyster
Hay, before a decision was reached to
make any declaration regarding tho
matter. Tho statement Is ni follows:
"At tho state department it was
stated ny a high official, In the absence
of Secretary Hay, that the delay In
forwarding the petition ol tho Amerl
can citizens ot the Jewish lalth as to
the 111 treatment ol their co-rollglonlets
In Russia was solely duo to tho delay
in furiilshlnir tho address to tho state
department by tho petitioners. Tho
statu department would, of course, pay
no heed to any statement purporting
to emannto from thu Russian gcveru
rnent unle;s such statement was made
officially in sumo form or other to our
government.
'The state department has Ixon es
pecially careful to act only In accord
ance with all requirements ot official
propriety, but within tho limits thus
laid down It will most certainly not
hesitate to give expression to thu deep
sympathy felt, not only by the admin
istration, but by all tho American poo
plo, for the unfortunate Jens who had
been thu victims in the recent appall
ing massacres and outrages."
In this connection it was pointed out
by another official, who disclaimed any
purpose to speak in his official capacity,
that it H-omvd rometihat strange, to
say the least, that the Russian govern
ment should choose this particular
method of making a statonicut to the
American eople at tho very time
when, by methods which aro certainly
the revorto of friendly to tho United
Slates, It sought to Induce China to
break the plighted faith ot all the pow
ers as to tho open door in Manchuria
and has endeavored to bar our people
from access to the Manclmrian trade.
FIHI! SEALS DOOM.
No Hope Now for Men Entombed In Wy-
Wjomlng Mine.
Hanua, Wyo., July 3. Kiro has
added to the horror of tho mining din
uster hero, and hope for rescuing tho 20
entombed miners has been abandoned.
Tho startling statement was made to
night by an experienced miner and flrn
rlgbtor who ponotrated tho mine to tho
ltltti lovel that the workings below the
17th level are a mass of flames, nnd
where a few hours ago It was believed
tho reecuers would reach the bodies of
tho entombed miners not later than to
morrow noon, it now appears tho vic
tims will be burned. Tho efforts oi
thosii working lln H, J
now ronilnivl tn Dm wnrlr nf wnlli,,,.
nn nnirlp. n.l ami nniiinn .in
fironorof barrier, whirl, -ov-1 1 1 ,.,!
tt. A.m., f,nm rna-i.i,,. ti. lT.i. .,
other levels above. This is taxon
an indication that the rescuer, really
the truitlosencss of further attempts to
reach the entombed miners below the
17th level.
Added to the horrors of tho fire,
which will doubtless destroy the un
derground worklrgc, is the dangor of
another explosion, which may occur at
any time. Tho situation is decidedly
grave, and the citizens are bocomlng
alarmed for tho safety of those who aro
working below the surface, nnd also
those engaged In hauling away the de
bris from the mouth of tho slnpo. II
tho entries In which tin fire is burning
can be successfully walled and tho fire
confined to a few entries, tbero will bo
llttlo to fear, but thero Is great dangor
of tho names breaking through into the
entries from which the rescuers aro
moving rpeks and debris In an effort to
reach the two scoro or more bodies
known to bo in No. 17 entry. Here the
gas has accumulated In such lame
quantities that the rescuers cannot re
main long at a time.
Machen Pleaded Not Qullty.
Washlng'on, July 3. August W.
Machen, against whom three indict'
monts havo been found frr accepting i
bribe In connection with tho govern
ment contracts for letter box fastenings,
was arraigned today before Justice
Pritchard, in criminal court No. 1.
He pleaded not guilty, and was slven
until July 20 to file a demurrer, should
he wish to do so. Later in the day tho
urona pieaueu not guilty, it was an
nounced that Machen and the Oroffs
would bo tried at tho fall term of the
court.
Harbor Works at Rio.
Washington, July 1, United States
Minister Thompson at Petropolls.
Brazil, reports to the state department
that the government has embarked
upon a scheme for vast harbor works
at Rio, Involving the building ot 'Hi
miles of stone dock, Tho cost of this
great work will bo (42,000,000, to be
raised through a loan placed by thn
Itothchllds. llio bonus are to bo sold
at 00 per cent and bear 5 por cent in
terest, being secured by dock chargoa of
3 per cent on merchandise. The work
has been lot to a British firm.
Receiver for Ship Trust.
Newark, N. J., July 3. Ex-Sena
tor Smith, of New Jersey, was today
appointed receiver for the shipbuilding
company. In ills decree appointing
Ex-Henator James Smith, Jr., roclver,
Judge Kirkpatrlck orders that all the
properly of the different companies of
whatsoever kind and nature, and where
soever the same may be situated, shall
be turned over Immediately by tho di
rectors and officors of the Insolvont
company to tho receiver.
HUNDREDS ARII DtlAD. "
Awful Explosion ol l ire Damp In M. Wy
oming Mint, " '
Hanna, Wyo., July !!. At 10:30 A.
M. tolay an explosion of lira damp In
initio No. 1 ol the Union Paclllo coal
company snuffed out tho lives of SStl
men, Injured scores of others nnd
cnutwd the destruction of a vast amount
ol propeity. The inlns was not Hied,
as stated In thn early reports, but the
explosion was ten lllo, and completely
shattered the timbers ol tho main rhalt
and nmnoruiiB entrances, filled the
workings with debris, and thoio o( the
miners that were not killed outright hy
the explosion Woro burled alivo.
The oxploalou was heard for many
tnllsa around, and attracted people liym
thn idjollilng settlement. lluga Um
bers and railroad Iron woro hurled from
tho mouth ol thn shaft a distance ol
iOO and 300 hot.
8orlutendent IC. H. Ilronka and n
largo lore ol men went to work with n
will to remove the debris from the
shaft anil reach the cntombod miners.
Their progroxe Into tholnlno was block
ed by tho foul gaies, and several times
thoy were forced to return to tho stir
face. Ail day the lerculng parly worked,
thu forco being lociont-oil from time lo
time by tho arrival ol ranchmen and
others from near by settlements, nnd
by those ul a rollol train sent out from
Itawllns, which arrived about 'J o'clock
In the alternoon.
About 1 o'clock this alternoon lour
men weio taken out alivo, and half an
hour later thoy oio followed by 42
others. Many wero tiucunrclous and
had to bo carried from thu workings.
Homo ore Injured, hut none fatally.
8veral are in a critical condition, but
It Is believed all will recover.
Two hundred and eighty-two men
went down In the mino nt 7 o'clock
this morning, and up until a late hour
tonight only -18 had tn-en accounted for.
Ol this number two are dead.
Horses and scrapers were put at work
hauling debris away from tho shall,
and cars were puthrd down thu inclulo,
loaded nnd hauled back up to tho tipple
and dunicd. Tho work is progressing
lowly, owing to thu narrow iparo In
which the rescuers aro rompelled to
oporate, but by daylight tho mine
should bo oponed'sulllclently to iormlt
of deep exploration and tlieB rescue ol reildenco ol William Dntton, two
the dead bodies. miles below town. Though badly de-
Late tonight a party of lescueis composed the corpse was identified as
reached four mules that woro alivo. anil ' that of Mrs. Clarence Andiews.a mem
this canted hopes to arlro in the breasts bor of the lll-fatod family ol Oeorgn
ol the tired workers and tho anxious . Hwaggnrt. Hi archers were attracted
women and children gathered about the to the placo by thu tiolsrino odors and
halt. It Is a faint hoe, however, for ' found thn body partly exiwrm).
experienced mine Ikisich and miners say Yesterday the executive committee
that when thn impriioned men are went over tho ground between Hep
reached all III bo found dead. Home puer and Lexington, to note tho nroir-
of tho miners that ctcapcil say that
they saw 'JO detd bodies In entry 17.
They reported that many of tho men
wero erased by tho explosion and ran
hither and thither In the mino. Many
ol these could havo cscaod, but thoy
laid down, burled their faces in their
hands and gavo up the fight.
Of thn 243 dead about 176 wore mar
ried and leave largo families. Aliout
100 wero Hnlandcra, CO wtoeru lored
and the remainder wero Americans.
DID ADIEU TO KIEL.
Amcrkan Leave Oerman Waters Amid
Orcat Dooming of Cannon.
Kiel, July '.'.Tho United States
squadron sailed at 0 P. M. today from
Kiel, all the Oerman ships saluting
and the Americans replying. Tho flag
ship Kearsarge, Tioggo and tan I-'ran-
clsco will go through to Cutlagat, stop
Ph'K at Kallund Borg, Denmark, for
! two days. Tho Maclilas will go by way
of Kiel canal to lliuiisbuttol and thence
. will rendeivous with the other Amorl
can ships oft Pplthead. Tho squardon
wl Krrlvo Portsmouth July 7.
Tho salutes of tho iniierlal standard
were nrtxl as tho llohonzollern sailed
for Kckornforde this morning to accom
pany the emperor and empress tonight,
alter tho cruiser yacht race. Tho em
peror started for Kckernfordo on board
tho Meteor at 7 A. M. The empress
was on tho iuuna, which also started
for Kckornlordo.
The American naval officers at
tended a lories of receptions on board
the Qerman warships this alternoon.
3l)s nan In a Frenzy.
Austin, Tex.. July 2. Frenzied hy
supposed wrongs, w. u. mil, an ox-
attache of the state controller's office,
today entered tho private office of State
Controller R. M. Lovo and killed him
by means of two bullets from a large
caliber revolver. As Hill turned to
flee, ho was Intercepted by Chief Chrk
Stsvens, of the department, who on
gaged him In a sculllo, during which
Hill's revolver was accidentally ex
ploded. The bullet entered Hill's
abdomen causing a wound frcm which
ho died this alternoon.
. Kaiser Puzzles Cuba.
Havana, July 1, Garcia Voles, tie
Cuban consul at Hamburg, reports that
at a banquet at Hamburg at which
Emperor William and Foreign Secre
tary Baron von Richthofen wero pres
ent, tho latter remarkod tc him that
tho first matter to bo takon up by tho
Gorman mlnistor to Cuba, would bo
tho claims of German citizens. Tho
officials hero aro puzzled to kn iw what
claims tho Germans have since tho war
claima woro dispoeod of, us far as Cuba
is concornod by tho treaty of Paris.
Eight Killed I Tornado.
Wilder, Minn., July 2. A tornado
passed over this place toniirht kllllna
eight persons and doing much damage
to property. I ho storm II m struck
the lanrh of Dr. Wester, destroying all
the farm buildings, from here the
tornado turned eastward, taking every.
thing in a path ol 40 rods wldo and
about eight miles long. At tho farm
of Daniel Gallagher all the buildings
woro uomousnod and uallagher and
his daughters killed.
China Sees Methods In Move,
Tien Tsln, July 2. The local news
papers comment on tho alleged signifi
cance of tho gathering of tho Ameri
can, British and Japanosn fleets In tho
northern part of tho Gulf ot Pechlll,
It Is assorted that no less than 67 Rus
sian warships of one sort and another
are aseombled at Port Arthur, Tho
Japaneeo reserve officers who wore on
ieavo in North Uhlnu are s.ild to have
ben called home,
RAIjN IN NEW "YORK
I'LOOUS MANY STKEUTS TO A DEPTH
oi' five n;tiT.v
families are Held 'Prltonerii-I.lf htnlng
Strike Tammany 1111, Hut Docs No
Material Damage- llreatctt Luis Is
Along the Water I 'runt -Sower Cavss
In With I'atat Results.
Now York, July I. Now York and
vicinity, as well as i titer parts of tho
country, wero Hooded today by a down
pour of rain, during which, In thu
cou no of a few hours, about half ns
much water fell lis In tho prolonged
period of wot weather last month. Thn
storm nas accompanied hy thunder and
lightning and Tammany hall and fev
ers! other conspicuous spots woro struck
by holts hut no damage to spi-ak ol
done.
Htrevts In arlous sections of Oieatur
New Yoik woro Inundated, and It Is el
peeled tho damage by water will be
very groat. The flood was most serious
along tho shore front, on Houlli ami
Went streets, in tho Imroiigh of Man
hattan and In tho Williamsburg M'ctlon
ol Brooklyn, whno miirh ilamago was
done hy flood 12 years ugo.
For good pnitlon of tho day horo,
the water In some ol tho stieots was
four and live feel deep, and man) fam
ilies were hold prisoners In tholr
homes.
Fifteen feet of a sewer which Is lo
lug constructed In llrookljn caed In
and filled with mud and water. About
"0 men wero at work In tlio enac
tion, hut all managed to escape rxiopl
I'etsr Hears, who, It Is supposed, was
caught In tho flood mid was washed
away In tho sower.
SECOND SI'ARCH IIIKIUN.
(Iround Between llcr-pncr and l.enlngton
Will He CovcreJ.
Heppner, Or., July 1. Another
body was today added to tho number
found. This was tho body of a woinin
dragged from the mud and slime of a
I deep puddle of water In trout of the
run of the work of search and deelde
upon futuio plans. The result was
that all nion wore called In ami paid
off, then three crows ol ten picked men
each woro selected and sunt back to go
over the searched territory a second
time.
All cases of need havo been relieved
temporarily, anil Mrs. Brltton, who
has had cliargo ol omorgeney work,
loaves for her home at Tho Dalles to
morrow. Contributions continue to arrive.
Thoso which came today amounted to
12,316.72.
LAMP LIT MINI (IAS.
Twenty-Four Killed and Fifty Others la.
Jurcd In Explosion That Followed.
Bnrratoeran Conmilln, Mexico, July
I. Tsjenty-four miners wero killed
and about fifty others seriously wound
ed In an explosion of gas Thursday
night In I.as Ksperanzas coal mines,
tho property of thu Mexican Coal and
Coko company. The dlsastsr was
caused by the Ignition of gas by the
flame Iron) a dolectlvn lamp.
Tho men wore on tho oInt of quit
ting work for tho day, Prolwhly 100
mon were In tho mino at the time ol
tho explosion. After the shock of the
oxploslon those who wero able to move
rueshd to thu exits, but tho falling
earth and debris carrlod many down to
death. Fully fifty miners escaped
with broken limbs and scorchod flesh.
At last reports tho bodies of twenty
four dead men had been brought to
light. Othors may die as a result of
their injuries.
Postal Physicians Let Out.
Washington, July 3 Postmaster
Gonornl I'ayno today Jsmic-d an order
abolishing tho position of phjeiclan in
postofficos nt thu clone of buslnoss
Juno 30, 1003. This order wipes, out n
small list ol officials, whoso employ
mont, without specific authority o
law, has causod wldo discussion In con
noctlou with tho postofilce Invcsllgn
tlon. Some nt toast of those offices
paid (1,700 a year, and woro sinecures.
Ono man was carrlod on the rolls of
thn Waehlnc.to,! office for over a year
at that salary.
Caunht Robbing Mall Boxes.
Harrlsburg, Pa,, July 1. -Jacob
Dovlnu was nrrestcd at Columbia last
night charged with breaking opon and
pllforlng street mall boxos. The postal
sfficlala havo boon working at this casa
for threo months, and claim to havo at
last captured thu culprit. Postofilce
Inspector Malono, of this city, says
Devlno was detoctcd breaking open a
box nnd tho Columbia pollru notified.
When Devlno was soarchod ono ot tho
numerous decoy lotters sent through
tho mall by tho Inspectors was found
on him.
Robbed by Clever Ruse.
Llttlo Valley, N. Y., July 1. Rob
bers hroko into a farm houso two miles
from LlinoBtono last nlplit and ' robbod
Jumos and Patrick Qlunton, who lived
thoro alone, of f 4,000. The Intruders
sot flro to n mass of rubbish in tho
yard, nnd when tho brothers openod
tho door to run to thn flro thu robbors
hit James on tho head, knocking him
unconscious. The other brother Is a crip
ple. Both woro bound nnd were not
able to reloaos theinsolves.
Large Creoaote Works Burned.
Mobile, Ala., July 1. A tolonhone
special from Paicagoula today says that
fire totally doatroyod the West Pasca-
golua croosota works, ontnillng a loss
of probably (200,000. The works
were said to bo the largest In. tho
South. Tho flro was caused by a niece
of hot Iron falling on tho creosote. An
explosion followed, No ono was In
ured,