Cottage Grove Leader
C O T T A G E caUJV*.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
lo a Condensed Form lor Oar
Busy headers.
A Resume o f the Less Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
Bishop Potter continues to improve.
The prosecution has opened the case
against Steve Adams.
Roosevelt bid farewell in person to
the departing Peary expedition.
A Dutch consul is en route from Hol
land to take up his station in Portland.
An English parliamentary committee
has reported against an import tax on
hops.
German cars won all places and the
world’s championship in the recent au
tomobile races in France.
The national convention of tailors at
Chicago has declared against freak in
novations in men’s clothes.
The American Railway association
reports that during the past two weeks
38.720 idle freight cars have been put
to work.
Interstate Railroad commission has
decided that it is not unreasonable for
the roads to require shippers of lumber
to furnish stakes for same when it is
shipped on flat cars.
In a fight between a Northern Pa
cific brakeman and a tramp who was
stealing a ride near North Yakima,
Wash., the tramp was shot to death and
the brakeman severely wounded.
The American battleship fleet has
sailed from San Francisco on its voy
age around the world. The Nebraska
was left behind on account of scarlet
fever among the crew. She will join
the fleet at Honolulu.
Fighting continues at Tabriz, Persia.
Many deaths occur daily from heat
in the East.
Seven persons were drowned in floods
at Lincoln, Neb.
Presidential Nominee T aft played
right field in a baseball game.
Iiryan has complete control of the
Democratic national convention.
New York police think they have
captured the Black Hand leader in that
city.
The British minister at Teheran has
again protested to the shah against his
war methods.
Religious fanatics in North Dakota
have invaded Canada, and defy the
mounted police.
The total deaths from Fourth of July
celebration number numbers 94, and
the injured 2920.
C O N V E N T IO N
G REAT BALLO O N RACE ENDS.
O PEN S.
D e m o c ra tic H o s t s A p p e a r U n a n im o u s
fo r B rya n.
W in n e r M a k e s 8 9 6 M ile s
ro w E s c a p e s .
Denver, Colo., July 8.—With cheers
from 10,000 throats, with the swell of
political oratory and the inspiring spec
tacle of a vast multitude of people, the
Democratic national convention began
its deliberations yesterday. The ses
sion, lasting a little over two hours,
was notable more for its impressive
magnitude and spectacular opening
than for the business accomplished. It
gave, however, the opportunity for the
opening echoes of the convention en
thusiasm in the keynote speech of the
temporary presiding officer, Theodore
A. Bell, of California; a heated skir
mish incidental to the contest in the
Pennsylvania delegation; and, finally,
a unanimous tribute of homage and
respect to the memory of the late
Grover Cleveland.
But the enthusiasm of the opening
session was comparatively brief, inter-
termittent and tempestuous, without
that long-sustained and frenzied clamor
which is still reserved for the future.
The day was devoted chiefly to the pri
mary formalities, and the conrinitteos
appointed are now at work perfecting
the permanent organization to be pre
sented today. Meantime the conven
tion hosts chafe over the two days' de
lay which must intervene before their
great purpose is accomplished—the
nomination of a presidential candidate.
Chicago. July 7.—“ Tht Chicago-to-
ocean balloon race ended tonight,
when the last of the nine contestants
came to earth at West Shefford, Que
bee, 800 miles from the starting point
This craft was the Fielding, owned by
F. J. Fielding, of San Antonio, Tex.
It covered approximately 100 miles
more and stayed in the air five hours
longer than its nearest competitor,
and is also believed to have captured
the prize for the balloon which re
mained in the air the longest.
The contest was marked by several
thrilling escapes from drowning.
The Ville de Dieppe dropped into
Lake Michigan soon after the start
and for an hour or more Colonel A. E.
Mueller and George Schoeneck. its
pilots, were swept across the surface,
finally arising with their craft to a
height of 7000 feet, from which they
descended at Benton Harbor, Mich
A similar experience fell to the lot
of C. H. Perrigo and T D Case, the
crew o f the Illinois. W hile endeavor
ing to effect a landing near Lake On
tario their balloon fell into the Bay of
Quinte. The aeronauts had donned
life preservers and managed to keep
afloat until a yacht put off from Glenn
Island and rescued them. The fate
of the balloon is not known here.
The third serious accident took
place near Clinton, Ont. The balloon
Columbia could not be controlled by
Captain M. Peterson and C H. Leich
ler, and they were dashed against
trees and dragged through barbed-
wire fences. Both men were painfully
injured.
The landing places of the nine bal
loons were as follows:
Fielding, W est Shefford. Quebec:
America, Carsonville. Mich.; King
Edward, Port Huron, Mich.; Chicago,
Atwood. Ont.; U. S., Pinkerton Sta
tion, Ont.; Columbia, Clinton, Ont ;
Cincinnati, Covert, Mich.; Illinois,
Glenn Island, Ont ; V ille de Dieppe,
Benton Harbor, Mich.
C A R S G E T T IN G
D e c r e a se o f 3 0 , 7 2 0 Idle
T w o W e e k s.
BU SY.
F r e ig h t s in
Chicago, July 8.—The report of the
American Railway association, giving
the number of idle freight cars in the
country on June 24, shows that during
the two weeks from June 10 to 24 there
was a decrease of 36,720 in the num
ber of surplus cars. About one-third
of this represents a decrease in the
number of idle box cars.
The improvement was by no means
uniform the country over. In the New
England states there was an increase
in the number of idle cars, while the
Middle Western state showed substan
tial decreases. There were on June 24
a total of 312,847 idle cars in this
country and Canada on the roads re
porting to the American Railway asso
ciation, compared with 349,567 on June
10, and with a maximum of 413,338 on
April 29.
The decrease reported is the fourth
consecutive decrease in two months, or
a total reduction of 100,491 idle freight
cars.
The resumption of mining in parts of
the bituminous coal fields, which were
idle for most of the month of April,
was the first important factor which
operated toward a decrease in the num
her of idle cars, while more recently
the increased demand for box cars,
much of it seemingly connected with
the crop moving requirements, has fur
ther decreased the idle list.
P R O S T R A T IO N S C O N T IN U E .
C H A U T A U Q U A O PEN S.
A C ity
o f T e n t s — E x p e c t A tte ndance
o f 4 0 ,0 0 0 .
Oregon City.— There is every indica
tion of beautiful weather for the 15th
annual session of the Willamette V a lle y
Chautauqua Assembly,' which is now
open. There are more campers on the
grounds than ever before. Dr. R. A.
Heritage, dean of the College of Music
of Willamette University, who is again
the director of the music at Chautau
qua, said:
“ Forty thousand people will be on
the ground during Chautauqua, and wil*
spend not less than $1 each for tickets,
at the restaurant aud for other ex
penses. Will H. Varney, known as
‘ Handsome B ill,' an old opera singer.
writh a v'oice like a lion, takes the part
of the Judge in ‘ Trial By Jury,’ that
will be beard at Chautauqua Wednesday
night. Eugene E. Garliehs. who sings
the part of the defendant in ‘ Trial by
Jury,' was a tenor with Frank Daniels*
opera company for four years. Miss
Edna Browning, of Enterprise, Or., will
sing the role of the plaintiff. She has
been a decided favorite at Willamette
University and with the people of Sa
lem. The Chautauqua chorus will have
more than 100 singers, some of whom
are professionals. ”
T O D E E P E N C O Q U IL L E .
B a n d o n B u s in e s s M e n R a ise Fu n d fo r
Im p ro ve m e n t.
Bandon.— The business men of Ban
don are raising a fund for river and
harbor improvement work, independ
ent o f congress. A lagoon near the
mouth of the Coquille river deflects a
considerable volume of water from
the channel, lessening its scouring e f
ficiency and causing the formation
from time to time of a sand bar. The
money, of which a considerable
amount has been already subscribed
by public spirited citizens, business
men and mill and ship owners, will
be used to build a breakwater across
the lagoon. It is the opinion of engi
neers in the government service that
this will confine the water to the main
channel, and keep the sand washed
away.
The regular government appropri
ation of $60,000, which is being ex
pended on the north jetty, is making
a wonderful improvement in the en
trance to the river, and no vessels
have been barbound for a period of
nearly a year. An attempt will be
made to have the Coquille river men
tioned for a $500 000 appropriation at
the next session of congress.
O il f o r R iv e r S te a m e r s.
Portland. — Two large oil-carrying
steamers, the Roseerans and Colonel E.
Drake, the former tow'ing a big three
masted steel barge, also laden with oil,
have arrived at the tanks at Ports
mouth.
Greater Quantities of oil are being
brought to Portland each month on the
dozen or more of tank steamers that
are regularly employed in the oil trade
of the Pacific coast. The Roseerans
and Colonel E. Drake each have capac
ity for about 40,000 barrels of oil.
This immense oil traffic has developed
during the past few years. Ten years
ago an oil tank steamer was unknown
to this port and there were no large
tanks along the river for the reception
of the immense shipments of today. Tn
those days the oil was brought here by
rail. The great increase in the demand
for oil is due altogether to the fact
that most pow’or craft plying out of
here have discarded the use of wood
or coal for the liquid fuel which is
much easier to handle, a great deal
cleaner and not nearly as bulky.
Ruef has been released from jail on
bonds aggregating $1,560,000. His next T w e n t y -T h r e e D ie in N e w Y o r k W ith
M a x im u m o f 9 3 D e g re e s .
trial will begin July 15.
New York, July 8.— Twenty-three
Two balloonists in the recent race
are in a critical condition at Clinton, persons were killed and scores pros
Ont., where they landed too suddenly.
trated by the heat wave in the 18
F ifty horses perished in a burning hours ending at 12:30 o ’clock last
stable in Portland. The big hardware night. Within the last 42 hours the hot
firm of Marshall Wells had a narrow
spell has killed 44 persons. Relief is
escape.
promised by the weather bureau today.
Lieutenant Peary has again started The official thermometer touched 92
for the North Pole. He is about $4000 degrees at noon today.
short of his estimated amount of sup
The streets were sizzling with a
plies, but will trust to luck for the temperature of more than 80 degrees
balance.
at 7 o'clock, and before the day was
Major Woodruff declares the army over the 90 mark had been passed. The
humidity earlv in the day was as high
age limit should be 60 years.
as 78, but fell to 73 in the afternoon,
Socialists have nominated candi thereby saving the lives of scores of
dates for president andyvice president. babies in the tenement districts, where
The American aeroplane flying ma the suffering, as usual, was greatest.
Hundreds of prostrations were re
chine made a very successful trial
ported to the health officers and police,
C o n tin u e F o r e s t r y E x p e rim e n ts.
trip.
and thousands were affected less seri
Astoria.— Dr. Hawley, the forestry
A meeting of the elder statesmen of ously and cared for in their own homes,
department, expert, who has been here
J phn will discuss grave political af
for several weeks experimenting with
fairs.
w’aste products of the mills and logging
R u s s ia n G r ip T ig h te n s.
Mexican troops surrounded and
Berlin, July 8.— The Lokal Anzeiger camps, has gone to Everett to conduct
captured 40 rebels without a shot be
similar investigations, and from there
yesterday published a dispatch from
ing fired.
will go to Vancouver. Later he will
its correspondent at Teheran, who says
British Columbia has issued fishing that the Russian influence $t the Per return to Astoria to complete his work
licenses to only three Japanese for sian capital is increasing. The cossack here, and eventually will conduct ex
periments at Portland. The report of
the coming season.
brigade has received the permission of Dr. H awley’s work this far has been
Revolutionists in Paraguay have the shah to take over the machine gun sent to the department in Washington
overthrown the government and es section, as well as a number of field and will be made public by it. After
guns, and the Persian artillery barracks concluding his labors on. this coast. Dr.
tablished a new one.
have been placed at the disposal of the
The American battleship fleet is all cossacks. Enlistments in the Persian Hawley will go to Montana to experi
at San Francisco, ready to start on its cossacks are being sought, and the re ment with the waste products of the
larch forests.
homeward trip around the worid.
cruits are being placed under Russian
The nine balloons in the Chicago- instructors. The Persian people are
C o u n ty F a ir in C la c k a m a s.
to Atlantic race all landed without displaying much annoyance.
Oregon City.— The directors of the
any fatalities. None of them reached
CU.ckamas county fair selected Octo
N in e D e a d in F lo o d .
the Atlantic.
Lincoln, Neb., July 8__ Four dead ber 1, 2 and 3 as the days for holding
Carelessness on the part of the en
gineer caused a Santa Cruz passenger bodies receovered, five others known the fair. A permanent site for the
train to crash into a local at Oakland, to be dead, and three missing is be fair has been secured at the Waite
C-al., killing seven and injuring about lieved tonight to cover the casualty list tract at Canby Invitations will be
as the result of the flood which yester
thirty.
day raged over the lowlands of “ Little sent to all farmers and other produc
The driver o f a wagon full of
Russia” in the western part of Lin ers o f this county for exhibits. The
women and children tried to cross the
coln. There is the possibility o f other management intends to send some of
track in front of an electric car at Los
fatalities, but the 12 mentioned are all the exhibits at the county fair to the
Angeles, but was too slow. Four
that
are
definitely
reported. The state fair at Salem, to be held later
children and the driver were killed
water recedod rapidly during the day. A half-mile oval track is in course of
and all the others injured.
and Coroner Matthews and a force of construction.
Bryan is working hard to reunite men were engaged in dragging the low
his party.
lying places where it was thought
T r o lle y L in e to H illsb o ro .
The Santa Fe shops at Topeka have bodies might be concealed.
Hillsboro.— The United Railways
resumed work with 1,800 men.
has concluded its first preliminary
T w e lv e D e ad ; 91 D e g re e s .
survey into Hillsboro since its pres
Wheat in Eastern Oregon and Wash
Philadelphia, July 8__ Though the ent owners gained control. The line
ington is suffering great damage for
mamixum temperature was a few de comes from near Linnton, over the
lack of rain.
grees below' that of yesterday, the Cornelius Pass, runs through the
The National Educational association weather bureau thermometer registered Bethany - Phillips - W est Union sec
tions, the richest dairy section in the
has rejected simplified spelling.
91 as the highest mark, and there was country, and crossing the north plains
Harry Orchard’s death sentence has much continued suffering from the hot o f the Tualatin, strikes Hillsboro
been commuted to life imprisonment.
wave here. The names of five persons three blocks east of town, on Main
Many new schemes to avoid prohibi were added last night to the list of street. The new survey taps an im
those who died in this city from the mensely rich section.
tion are appearing in “ dry” places.
effects of the heat, bringing the total
A storm in the harbor of Batavia up to 12 deaths. Scores were pros
D isc o n tin u e D ra in N o rm a l.
caused the drowning of about 600 per t rated.
Salem.— Fearing that the pcop’ e of
sons.
the state would rise up and by initia
Roosevelt denies that he will settle
G a rfie ld E n R o u te W e st.
in New York. He is negotiating for
Pan Francisco, July 8.— Accompanied tive procedure abolish the entire nor
the sale of his book on his eoming bv his private secretary and confiden mal school system o f Oregon, the
African trip.
tial stenographer. Secretary of the In state board of regents voted to recom
Lord Carson says the recent uprising terior Garfield boarded last evening’s mend to the legislature that the
On his way school at Drain be discontinued The
in India is but an echo of the Jap train for Portland, Or.
there he will thoroughly investigate the action was taken in the face of Secre
anese v icto ry over Russia.
reclamation work on the Klamath river. tary o f State Ben«on and a delegation
Count Zeprelin outran a railroad He will also make an examination of
from Drain consisting of G M. Bas
tr-Gn with hfs airship, and remained
the various Indian reservations of the sett, hanker; N. D. Cool, merchant,
aloft for si f . and one half hours, going
Northwestern states.
and W . C. Edwards, packer.
wherever he wished.
Railroads will delay reduction of
wages as long as possible, hoping that
a revival of traffic in the fall may en
able them to avoid it entirely.. •
Bishop Potter, orf N «w York, is se
riously iff.
A cloudburst in Kansas drowned
seven persons
Five inches of rain
fell within an hour.
B o s t o n W a s H o tte st.
C o u n ty S a w M ill.
Boston. Mass. July 8__ Boston was
the hottest city in the United States
yesterday, with the exception of Wash
ingtofi. Tn both cities the maximum
temperature recorded bv the govern
ment bureau was 94. Two deaths and
30 prostrations were recorded. On the
street the mercury went to 96.
Eugene.—The Lane county court
will he presented this week with pe
titions freelv signed from different
sections of the county asking them to
purchase a portable sawmill, to he
used hy the county as an aid to the
building o f plank roads and bridges
for the outlying road districts.
EUG ENE SU M M ER SCH O O LS.
Large
A tte n d a n c e at U n iv e rsity and
H ig h S c h o o l.
Eugene.— The summer school at the
University of Oregon and the high
school are now in progress, the Utter
having' opened Monday morning. The
work at the University of Oregon sum
mer school is progressing very satisfac
torily, the interest and enthusiasm of
♦hose in attendance being very marked.
The instructors are: Biology and na
ture study, A R. Sweetser; general
chemistry, F. R. Shinn; education, II.
D. Sheldon; English literature, Ange
line Williams; German, F. G. G.
Schmidt;
history, Joseph Schafer;
mathematics, E. E. DeCou; physics, W.
P. Boynton; French and Spauish. Pro
fessor Cloran. The laboratory work is
done in the afternoon hours.
The Lane County Normal ^chool,
which opened Monday morning in the
Eugene high school building, under the
supervision of Superintendent Alderman
and County Superintendent Dillard, had
for the first day an attendance of 34,
which will probably be increased soon
to more than 40. The purpose of this
school is to prepare teachers for their
examinations and the studies in which
they are to be tried out are taught here.
The school will continue six weeks.
C O R V A L L IS G R O W S .
P o s ta l R e c e ip ts In c re a se 2 5 P e r C e n t
D u r in g Y e a r.
Corvallis.— The increase in the post-
office receipts in this town for the fis
cal year ending June 30 was nearly 25
per cent over the total of the previ
ous year. Dwelling houses completed
or begun in the town since January
have added about 9 per cent to the
residences, and it is estimated that the
total increase of dwellings for the year
will be 16 to 20 per cent by December
31 Residence property in the city is
now selling at double the prices it
brought three years ago on an aver
age. and in some instances for more.
The increase in the number of resi
dences last year was 8j per cent, and
the year before 13 per cent.
L u n a tic C a lls on G o v e r n o r.
Salem.— An inmate of the insane
asylum walked away from the institu
tion yesterday morning and inter
viewed . Governor Chamberlain. De
spite the fact that he was already es
caped, the dippy party wished the
governor to use his influence to get
him out o f the asylum. He told the
governor that he was a very much
abused person, and that the food
served at the insane asylum was ex
tremely poisonous. He was unable to
account for being alive, however, after
his long diet of poisonous foodstuffs.
B r id g e O v e r N e ca n icu m .
Astoria.— County Judge Trenchard
and Engineer \V. A. Grondahl, of
Portland, went to Seaside yesterday
to investigate the feasibility of bridg
ing the Necanicum river near its
mouth to complete the continuation
of the ¡ijBomobile road along the
beach t o 'Seaside. Mr. Grondahl had
already secured tests of the river
banks for the bridge foundations, and
as soon as the measurements are fo r
warded to him will prepare the plans
for the proposed structure.
R e fu n d L ic e n se M o n e y.
Hillsboro__ The county board has or
dered the payment of $177.80 to W il
liam Martin, the Gaston saloon-keeper,
whose business the recent prohibition
vote at that place put out of commis
sion July 1, the amount representing
the sum due Martin for cash advanced
for his license.
Afflicted W ith M o s q u it o e s .
Rainier__ Rainier people are suffer
ing inconvenience and pain from mos
quitoes, which are here by the millions,
dm* to the warm weather and the reced
ing water. They are so troublesome at
times as to be almost unbearable.
PO RTLAND M ARKETS.
Wheat— Track prices: Club, 85c per
bushel; red Russian, 83c; bluestem, 87c;
valley, 85c.
Flour— Patents. $4.85 per barrel;
straights, $4.05(8)4.55; exports, $3.70;
vallev, $4.45; *4-sack graham, $4.40;
whole wheat. $4.65; rye, $5.50.
Barley—Feed, $24.50 per ton; rolled,
$27.50(3)28.50; brewing, $26.
Oats—No. 1 white, $26.50 per ton;
gray, $26.
Millstuffs—Bran, $26.00 per ton; mid
dlings, $30.50; shorts, country, $28 50-
city, $28; wheat and barley chop, $27.50.
Hay— Timothv. Willamette Vallev.
$15 per ton; Willamette Valley, ordi
nary, $12; Eastern Oregon. $17.50;
mixed, $15; alfalfa, $12; alfalfa meal,
$
20 .
Fresh Fruits— Apples, new Califor
nia. $1.50 per box; old Oregon, $1.25(8)
2.25 per box; cherries. 25c per pound;
apricots. $1.25 per crate; peaches, 65(a)
85c rer box; plums, $1 per crate; grapes,
$1.50(8)1.75 per crate; figs. $l(o'1.50 per
box; currants. 8c per pound.
Berries—Strawberries, 90c per crate;
blackberries. $1.75 per crate; raspher
ries, $1.75 per crate; loganberry's. 50(8)
90c per crate; gooseb rries, 5(8)6c per
pound.
Potatoes— New California, l*%c per
pound; new Oregon. 1(8)1 ^ e per pound;
old. 60(8^65c per hundred.
Onions—.California red. $1.50 per
sack; garlic. 8(8)10c per pound
Root Vegetables— Turnips. $1.50 tv ' t
sack; carrots, $1.50; parsnips, $1.75;
beets. $1.75.
Vegetables— Artichokes, 75c per doz.;
asparagus. 10e per pound; beans. 6c per
pound; cabbage, K ^ l ^ e per pound;
corn. 30/8'40e per dozen; cucumbers.
Oregon. 50(8>75e per dozen; California.
$1.50 per box; egg plant. 17%e per
noun«!; lettuce, head. 15c per dozen;
parslev, 15c per dozen; pears, 2(8'3<’
ner pound; peppers. 15c per pound: rad
ishes. 12, »c per dozen; rhubarb. l(8>2e
ner pound; spinach, 2c per pound; t«
matoe*. Oregnp. $2.50 per crate; Cali
fornia. $1.50(8'2 per crate.
Butter—Extras. 25c per pound; fancy
24e: choieo 20c; sto^A. 17<».
Eggs— Oregon, 19(8'20c per dozen
Cheese- Panov cream twins, l#V»c
per pound: full cream triplet«. lS ^ c ;
full eream Yeung Americas. 14'Ac.
Poultry—Mixed chickens, 12e pound:
fanev hen«. 12^ t '12,^ c ; roosters, 9c;
spring«. 18c; dueks. old. 12'8T3c; spring.
12H<8'14f; gee«e, old.
young.
I21''<8'13e; furkev«. old. 16(8H8e; yonng.
2(V^2.5e; dressed. 17(f?l9c
Veal -Extra. 8c per pound; ordinary*
6(8'7c; heavv. 5c.
Pork -Pnnev, THc per pound; ordi
narr. 6*4e; large. 6c
Mutton— Fancy, 8@9c per pound.
M any N ar
A E R O P L A N E F L IE S .
Goes
600
Y a r d s B e y o n d M a r k and
L a n d s S afe ly.
Hammondsport, N. Y., July 7.—The
Aerial Experiment Association’s aero
drome No. 3, the Curtiss June Bug,
yesterday earned the right to have its
name the first inscribed on the Scien
tific American trophy for making an
official flight of one kilometer in a
straight line, measured from the point
where it left the ground.
After passing the flag marking the
finish, the machine flew 600 yards fur
ther, and landed at the extreme edge
of the field, near the railroad track.
About 1000 persons saw the trial. The
June Bug crossed three fences and
described a letter “ S’’ two thousand
yards in length, in one minute and
4* seconds, at a speed of 37 miles an
hour, which followed a 900-yard flight
in 56 seconds.
The machine never behaved better.
Hardly a breath of wind was stirring.
The trial today is of great importance,
as it is the first official test of an aero
plane ever made in America.
S O C IA L IS T S N O M IN A T E .
M a rt in R. P re sto n , N o w S e r v in g S e n
tence, f o r P re sid e n t.
New York, July 7.— Candidates for
president and vice-president of the
United States were named and a plat
form was adopted by the national
committee of the Socialist party here
yesterday.
The ticket named is as
follows:
For president— Martin R. Preston
of Nevada.
For vice-president— Donald Munro,
of Virginia.
The nomination of Preston for
president was unanimous. The can
didate was placed in nomination by
D. de Leon, who characterized the
man he was naming as an “ honest
working man, not a professional work
ing man,’’ and added, “ the name of
that man is Martin Preston, and he is
now in jail at Goldfield, Nev. Pres
ton is in jail today for conduct that
is honorable, and which no workin;
man should be ashamed of.”
De Leon explained that Preston had
been sentenced to 25 years’ imprison
ment for shooting a restaurant-keeper
in Goldfield three years ago during
a strike. Preston, De Leon asserted
had acted as the protector of defens
less girls, and by so doing his action
enraged a restaurant-keeper named
Silver. Silver, Mr. De Leon stated,
“ was shot by Preston while threaten
ing to kill the latter.”
B ig F ir e in P o r t au P rin ce .
Port au Prince, July 7.— A serious
fire broke out here yesterday in the
vicinity of the Palace and Senate
buildings. The flames spread quickly
there being a high wind, and soon
reached alarming proportions. Four
hundred buildings were burned, in
cluding the courthouse and the prison
All of the prisoners, who included a
number of women, were taken to
other quarters before the building
took fire. Sparks were carried to the
arsenal, which was also burned, to
gether with stores of powder and am
munition.
R e v o lu tio n ists W in.
Buenos Ayres, July 7.— Advices re
ceived yesterday state that the revo
lutionists have been victorious in Par
aguay, and that a new government has
been established. These advices have
been confirmed by a dispatch received
by the minister of foreign affairs of
the Argentina legation at Asuncion
officially notifying the minister that
the revolutionary party had succeeded
in overthrowing the Paraguayan gov
ernment, and that several of the Par
aguayan ministers of state had taken
refuge in the legation.
N e w N atifica tio n S c h e m e .
Lincoln. Neb., July 7.— Hoping to
bring about an innovation in the man
ner o f notifying presidential candi
dates of their choice of standard
hearers. Mayor Brown, of Lincoln,
member of the resolutions committee
from Nebraska, is working on a
scheme to bring back to Lincoln all
of the delegates to the Denver con
vention and surnrise W illiam J Bryan
on his farm at Fairview with the an
nouncement that he is to be the leader
BUILDING PLATFORM
Denver Convention Would Save
Tim ber Supply.
KILL DUTY ON FOREST PRODUCTS
Recom m end
Changes
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P u b lic D o
m ain P o lic y — Injunction P la n k
C a u s e s B itte rn e ss.
Denver, July 9.—After reaching an
agreement on the plank on injunction
and announcing ihe fact, the sub-com
mittee of the sub-committee on platform
having the subject in charge, last night
failed to supply the full sub-committee
with the document and thus caused a
suspension of the entire proceedings on
that question. Not only did the sub
committee fail to present its report, but
up to 12 o'clock neither Mr. Williams
nor Mr. Sullivan, of the sub-committee,
had put in an appearance at the full
sub-committee meeting.
During the evening there was much
discussion by labor leaders o f the in
junction plank, and while it was assert
ed that the officers of the Federation of
Labor were satisfied with the plank,
other official representatives of labor
make loud protests against the omission
of the provision demanding notice in
advance in injunction proceedings.
At midnight it was announced that
the full sub-committee had passed upon
all but three or four subjects to be
dealt with and members of the sub
committee expressed full confidence that
the sub-committee would be able to pre
sent a complete report when the full
committee meets at 9 A. M. today. At
11:30 the sub-comjnittee adjourned un-
til 8:30 A. M. today.
The sub-committee appointed to draft
an injunction plank reported a few min
utes before the committee took a recess
at 7 o’clock, stating through Mr. W il
liams, its chairman, that the three mem
bers—himself. Judge Parker and Mr.
Sullivan—had reached a complete agree
ment. He also made the announcement
that the plank had been scrutinized hy
the officers o f the Federation of Labor
and was acceptable to them.
The plank as thus recommended takes
a position favorable to the placing of
labor disputes on a level with other dis
putes and against the courts regarding
laborers differently from other classes
of citizens. There is no requirement
for notice previous to an injunction
proceeding, because Mr. Gompers had
said that none would be demanded, pro
viding there could he cessation of dis
crimination against the labor element.
At 10 o’clock the full committee met
with the main sub-committee on plat
form, hut as the latter was unprepared
to report, adjourned. The sub-commit
tee adopted the following:
“ The protectiotial growth of Nation
al forests, the protection of timber on
forested areas of the public domain out
side the timber reserves: the encourage
ment of reforestration throughout the
country: the immediate elimination of
agricultural lands from the forest res
ervations ; the control of the timber re
serves hy laws insuring equal rights to
all in place of the. bureaucratic rules
and regulations that have led to a sys
tem of favoritism and terrorism obnox
ious to American institutions; the an
nulment of all rules that attempt to in
terfere with the police regulations of
the states: greater encouragement to
settle the public domain by homeseek-
ers, and a system of selling timber from
the National forests, which will not put
the public at the mercy of the lumber
trusts.”
G REAT D O C K S BURN.
F ir e in B o s t o n D e s t ro y s P r o p e r ty V a l
ued at $ 1 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 .
Boston. July 9.—A fire believed to
have been caused by spontaneous com
bustion or a locomotive spark, and
fanned by a brisk northwest wind,
swept nearly a quarter of a mile o f the
harbor front of East Boston late today,
causing property loss estimated at near
ly $1,500.000. Daniel Sullivan, a watch
man at the Cunard Line pier, is miss
ing.
The flames spread with remarkable
rapidity. Within half an hour of the
time the fire was discovered four piers,
three warehouses#» a grain elevator con
taining 30.000 bushels of grain and many
loaded freight cars had been destroyed.
The fire started in a warehouse, in
which was stored an immense quantity
of combustible material, including wool,
cotton and oil.
E m b e z z le r s ’ R ic h H aul.
Mobile. Ala.. July 9.— More than
$200.000 in gold was carried to Hondu
ras hy the Baileys of New York in their
flight in the British steamer Goldsboro,
nowr in the possession of the Honduras
government at Porto Cortez and with
out flag or country, and the valuable
cargo of the treasure ship estimated in
value at equal amount is still in their
possession. This was told by Neal Ak-
man. third engineer of the Goldsboro,
who has just reached Mobile. Akman
is en route to New York, where he goes
to consult the British consul concerning
his claim. __________________
A la s k a S te a m e r M is s in g .
San Francisco. July 9.—A dispatch
received from Seattle by the Merchants
Exchange this afternoon says that no
report of the arrival of the Ohio at
Dutch Harbor has been received over
the government wire to that place. The
last definite information regarding her
was to the effect that on June 20 she
was in company with the steamer Uma
tilla in comparatively clear water. The
uncertainty regarding her fate is caus
ing much anxiety. She sailed from Se
attle on June 1 with about 400 passen
gers.
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P o v e rty to W ealth.
R e c o v e r 2 2 8 B o d ie s.
Chicago. July 9.— From poverty to
wealth— from penury
and grinding
economy to the possession of a fortune
—this is the fate that has befallen Mrs
Eliza Kane Jackson, of Oak Park, a
woman o f 60 years. By a strange acci
dent it was discovered that Mfs. Jack-
son was cheated out of real estate onj
West Randolph street 41 years ago.
Now the land and buildings are worth
$ 22 .ooo and full rent and interest must
be paid Mrs. Jackson for the 41 years.
Yuznno, European Russia. July 7.—
An official statement shows that 228
bodies have been recovered from the
Rikosky coal mine, where a gas ex
plosion occurred several days ago.
Nineteen injured men are now in the
hospital The fire in the mine has
been extinguished and yesterday eight
miners were brought out alive.
Fined for Desecration.
Tillamook. O r. July ».—William
W o lf the anarchist who flaiutted a red
flag above the stars and stripes over his
business house here July 4. was tried
today on a charge of desecration of the
flag, found guilty and fined $50. which
he paid.
F O U R T H C O S T S 3 8 L IV E S .
C r u s a d e fo r S a fe an d S a n e C e le b r a
tion C o m e s to N au gh t.
Chicago, July 6 — Once more the
annual barbaric orgy of death and
mutilation, which masquerades under
the guise of patriotic celebration of
the nation’s natal day, has passed, and
the fearful cost has been counted in
part.
In many homes there is mourning
for children who have met untimely
ends and adults whose lives have paid
the penalty of wanton folly, while in
darkened chambers and hospitals
throughout the country lie thousands
of maimed and suffering victims,
some sightless and some disfigured
for life, the work of the demon fire
works.
In Chicago, as elsewhere, despite
the brave struggle in behalf of a “ safe
and sane” Fourth, there was scant
improvement over previous Fourths,
and the result of all the efforts toward
reform can scarcely even be dignified
bv the appellation of near sane.
The death roll for this year’s
Fourth is 38, and the returns are still
incomplete. At midnight reports of
deaths and casualties were still com
in " in, and the total of the injured had
reached 1429.
In Chicago alone, where the crusade
for a safe and sane Fourth was
strongest this year, there are eight
dead and 130 injured. The fire loss
in the nation, so far as learned, is
$41,950. O f this Chicago will bear
$
20 . 000 .
Deadly tetanus last year claimed 73
victims after the noise and excite
ment of the Fourth had died away.
Fifty-three cases were caused by
blank cartridges, eight by giant
crackers, six by toy cannons and four
by firearms. In 1906 the number of
cases that developed was 89, 54 of
which were caused by blank cart
ridges. In 1905 it was 104, of which
65 came from blank cartridges. In
1904 there were 99 tetanus cases, 74
arising from the blank cartridges, and
in 1903 the number ran up to 392/ of
which all but 29 cases came from bul
letless joy producers.
O A K L A N D T R A IN S C O L L ID E .
S e v e n K illed and 3 0 In ju re d by C a r e
le ss E n g in e e r.
Oakland, Cal., July 6.—The nar
row-gauge local, bound from the A la
meda Mole into Oakland, crashed into
the Santa Cruz train No. 57, bound
for the Oakland Mole, at 7:10 last
night at First and Webster streets,
killing or injuring all of the passen
gers in the Santa Cruz train smoking
car.
Seven were killed and over 30 in
jured. The collision was on the cross
ing of the narrow gauge and main
lines, opposite the Webster street
bridge. The engine of the Alameda
train, which was running with tender
ahead, cut into the Santa Cruz train
smoking car, about 10 feet from the
front.
The front end was smashed to
splinters, the car being torn from the
front trucks and the mass tossed from
the main line track up against the
signal tower in Webster street. The
wreck of the coach containing its
dead and screaming wounded was
hurled on its side, with the Alameda
local tender buried in the wreckage.
The baggage coach of the Santa Cruz
train, which was in front of the
smoker, was derailed and half way
upset. Both locomotives were de
railed.
When the trains struck, the smoker
was cut from the coach following,
which continued on its course, crash
ing into the boiler of the Alameda
local. Some windows were broken
in this and the first Alameda coach,
which was also derailed. Otherwise
they were not damaged. The passen
gers in these were shaken up, but not
injured
Practically all those in the smoker
were pinned in the wreck and their
cries for help followed the terrific
crash of the trains coming together
Some were able to dig themselves out
of the wreck, but the majority had
to he cut out. Several of the dead
were badly crushed. .The police and
fire departments were called out, and
were soon at work carrying wounded
and dead from the wreck.
R e b e ls B o m b a r d C ity.
Buenos Ayres, July 6.— Telegraphic
communication with Asuncion, the
capital of Paraguay, where there is a
revolution, is still interrupted, but
word has been received from Asun
cion at Corrientes that the artillery
at the capital mutinied and bombard
ed the market place. Many women
are said to have been killed in this
fighting. The foreign representatives
at Asuncion are urging the belliger
ents to abstain from bombarding the
citv. This news was brought to Cor
rie nte s b y the captain of the ste a m
ship.
L a b o r e r s M u r d e r F o re m a n .
Missoula, Mont., July 6.— Holmes
Hayes, foreman at the St. Paul tun
nel, at Taft, near this city, was shot
to death at noon yesterday hy five
Montenegrins in retaliation for the
death of a fellow-countryman last O c
tober. Hayes was attacked from am
bush and fell at the first fire. The
frenzied
foreigners
then
literally
hacked his body to pieces with knives
and made their escape over the moun
tains into Idaho. A large posse of
experienced rangers have started in
pursuit.
M o r t a r E x p lo d e s.
San Francisco. July 6 — M r« Ann;e
Reigling and her 4-year-o!d son were
killed instnnt’y on the shore of Lake
Merritt, in Oakland, by the extension
of a fireworks mortar. A piece of
iron from the mortar struck Mrs.
Reigling in the chest w-ith such force
that it tore her heart from her body
The piece of ordnance was being used
in the public celebration Thousands
of persons had gathered around the
lake to witness the fireworks.
P re sid e n t C e le b ra te s.
Oyster
Bay. July 6.— President
Roosevelt celebrated the Fourth of
July with his family and a few friends
at Sagamore Hill, in the evening
the president had a beautiful display
of fireworks set off in front of the
bouse. Seated on tht veranda with
the president and his family were a
number of relatives and many friends
and neighbors.