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About Lane County leader. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Or.) 1903-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1903)
LANE COUNTY LEADER W. C. Spanish Train does Into River and 300 | arc Drowned. C O N N K K . P u b lish er. Madrid, CO TTAG E GROVE I damagebyrain PLUNOE OFF BRIDOE. July I . — Fourteen bodies and fifty injured persons have been ex tricated from tbe wreck of the Bilbao OREGON. WEEK’S DOINGS America Is Determined That Cattle Dis ease Shall Not (Jain Foothold. Washington, June 30.— A matter of a Water Five Feet Deep in Many New York Streets. train which overturned at the N ejerilla FAMILIES river last night. According to offi good deal of importance has come to the attention of the department of agri- , culture. ARE MELD NATION DUPED SMUT o u r FORBION WOOL. A shipment of hulls for WILSON The French cabinet faces a crises in its stand for community rchools in place of congregational institutions. I t has been brought out that the postal frauds were largely due to wire pulling and “ good fellow s” in office. H arvey Logan, a Montana train rob- l>er, in prison at K n o x ville, Tenn made his escape by lassoing the ja ilr The flood in New M exico and North ern M exico has driven many from their homes and rations are becoming ¡short V iolen t earthquake shocks were felt at Ealu, Hungary. Ex-Postmaster General Smith denies all charges of fraud. Japan’ s participation in the Lewis and Clark fair is assured. An Am erican named Thornton and his native scout have been slain Congo. Dr. J. W . Jew ett, for 40 years cus toms exam iner at New Y ork , has been removed. Russia wi^l refuse to receive the pe tition o f the Jews, which Roosevelt w ill forward. COMET MAS TWO TAILS. Observations Made at the servatory. Lick Ob Ban Jose, Cal., July 1.— Tbe follo w ing report was received from Lick ob servatory this evening: The conspicu ous white spet on Saturn, which was observed at Lick observatory on Wednesday, has not again been in a fa vorable position for identification until Sunday morning, when it was looked up at Lick observatory. The spot ap pears to have divided too far to be eas ily distinguished. The comet discovered by B orrelli a week ago at M arseilles has been regu larly observed with the 12-inch tele- slcope at tbe observatory. I t has also been fu lly photographed with the long exposure, showing two tails. Ths is an unusual observation, as only about one comet in 20 is so situat ed as to perm it of this direct measure ment. Its nucleus is about the brigh t ness of a 9>$ magnitude star. I t lies due south at 2:30 in the morning, 63 degrees above the horizon and is about three-fifths of the way up to the zenith in the stellar aquaria. a iv E S w a y . Emperor W illia m , at a dinner, said Twenty-Three People Fall Forty-Five Teutons and Amreicans are bound by Feet—All are Injured. ties of blood and relations should be Pittsburg, July 1.— The breaking of closer. a shaft on the first floor of the H . J. Alm ost the entire plant o f the Cin Heinz com pany’ s plant in Allegh eny cinnati abattoir company, one of tbe today released the ropes supporting a largest in Ohio, has been destroyed by long freight elevator, on which 23 per fire. Loss, $300,000. sons were crowded. The cage fell from the fifth floor to the cellar, a distance Peru has arrested a number of depu of 45 feet, and every one on the elevator ties w h s were to take part in congress was injured. I t is thought that at least on finding illegal documents in their two w ill die. baggage. When the accident occurred the e le In a raid by the police on the head vator was evid en tly overcrowded. Ac quarters of the Macedonian revolution cording to Dr. J. 8. P h illip s, physician ists at Koetendie, Bulgaria, six men at tbe plant, the antics of two men on were k illed and much dynaroite_cap- the elevator, who were intoxicated, tnred. caused the disaster. Dr. P h illip s says Seventeen New York murderers will the two men crowded into the car after being told by the operator to stay off. be executed w ithin the next week. Om-e on, they commenced jum ping, Three tramps were killed in the with the result that the shaft snapped wreck of a freight train at Layfayette, and left the elevator without control. ta li Lands Reserved for the Navy. Colombia telegraph wires are down and proceedings of congress are not ob W ashington, July 1.— The president tainable. has issues) the first of a series of procla mations under the Porto Rican land DcAuite steps toward the erection of act, reserving for the use of the United a $1,000,000 art museum in Chicago States government such o f the public have been taken by the National Art lands of Porto Rico as are needed for Museum. naval purposes. The lands reserved in Interference by the Toledo humane today’ s proclamation are 80 acres along society stopped a butchers' contst for both aides of the Cagaus road between the harbor and the railroad station, the k illin g and dressing animals. sla Grande, all public lauds and struc Andrew Carnegie has given $100,000 tures on Punctella point, the park and to U tica, N. Y ., college. the presidio and the Island of Culebra The Chicago pneumatic tool company and adjacent keys. has declared the regular 11$ per cent dividend for the quarter ending June 30. The department of agriculture w ill locate at Nodoches, Tex., the largest tobetco experim ent station in the world. Abo->t 1,000 carpenters employed by the various Chicago parking boo have struck for an eight hour day and 60 cents an bout. body was today added to the number found. This was the body of a woman dragged from the mud and slim e of deep puddle of water in front of the residence o f W illiam Dutton, two m iles below town. Though badly de composed the corpse was identified as that o f Mrs. Clarence An diew s, a mem ber of the ill-fated fam ily of George Swaggert. Searchers were attracted to the place by the noisome odors and found the liody partly exposed. Yesterday the executive committee went over the ground between Hep pner and Lexington, to note the prog ress o f the work o f search ami decide upon future plans. The result was that all men were called in and paid off, then three crews o f ten picked men each were selected aqd sent back to go over the searched territory a second tim e. A ll cases of need have been relieved tem porarily, and Mrs. Britton, who has bad charge of emergency work, leaven for her home at The Dalles to morrow. Contributions continue to arrive. Those which came today amounted to $2,345.72. LAMP LIT MINE QAS. elevato r Japan la Becoming Excited. London, July 1.— According to tbe Tokio correspondent of the Tim es the excitem ent in Japan over the Man- chnrian problem is increasing and the nation is p lain ly resolved to support tbe government in any measures which are -learned eseential to assert the rigtha and safegnsid the interests of the country. Marqnis Itn and Count airagata, who hitherto advised a sitin g pclicy, now, advocate resolute tion by the Japanese government. T h e hattleehips Alabama, Illin o is, and Massachusetts and the cruiser Brooklyn, accompanied by the May An Immense Landslide. flower as tender, have sailed for the Ouray, C olo., July I . — An immense Azores ilsands for the summer man Inadrlide, 1,000 feet wide came down euvers. from the main range into S ilver creek Ashes from the volcano Sangay, in basin, beyond and between the Reve Ecuador, hare been fallin g for several nue and Camp Bird mines. The whole top ol the mountain broke off, and an days. other section of the mountains looks as The slidee are Three days o f rain have helped to if it would break off. dispel the fears of a crop failure in canard by the m elting of deep m ow . No damage hat resulted. China. WILL PROBE THE SCANDAL PRISONERS, j bre<HjjD(j purposes has recently gone from Indiana to Argentina, in South cial inform ation, th irty persons were They developed foot and Octwral Review ol Important Happening» k illed and sixty others seriously in Lightning Strikes Tammany Hall, But America. Does No Serious Damage -Oreateat mouth disease before they got there. ol the Past Weak In Brief and jured. Many of tbe latter w ill die. Comprehensive Form. Loss Is Along the W ater Front. Nothing of this kind exi-ts in Indiana, O f the 300 passengers on the train, it nor any where along th e 'in e of travel is stated that only six escaped unhurt. New York, July 1.— New York and i to New York, from which port tbe ani Postmaster General Payne w ill take The train, which wan composed of a vacation for tbe benefit o f bis bealtb. two engines and 10 coaches, wan cross vicin ity, as well as ether parts of the mals were shipped. They unquestion country, were flooded today by a down The Colorado rivet is 27 feet above ing the bridge, when the couplings pour o f rain, during which, in the ably contracted the disease on board its m axim um height at Yum a, Arizona. broke between tbe engines. The sec course of a few hours, about half as tbe vessel that has been bringing wool ond engine le ft the track and fe ll, fo l much water fell as in the prolonged from Argentina to the United States. Britain w ill pay the Am erican fleet lowed by tbe entire train, into the period of wet weather last month. Tbe The department has reliable informa unprecedented honor on its arrival bed of the river. Fortunately, the wat storm waB accompanied by thunder and there. er was low. tion that foot and mouth disease not lightning and Tammany hall and sev The president’s firm stand for Post The nearest medical attendance was eral other conspicuous spots were struck only exists in Argentina, but has exist master General Payne has silenced his a m ile and a h alf distant, and those by bolts but no damage to speak of ed there for a considerable time. Sheep critics. passengers who were least injured aid done. are just as liable to this di ease at ed the others and did all possible until Russia has summoned M inister Lee- Streets in various sections of Gieater sar and other officials to attend a Man tbe arrival of relief trains bringing New York were inundated, and it is ex cattle. nurses, doctors and soldiers from B il The question presented to the depart churian conference. pected the damage by water w ill be bao. very great. The flood was most serious ment is whether it w ill stop the irnpor The treasury department has pur The train fell fifty feet from the chased 190,000 ounces of silver for coin bridge to the river bed, the coaches p il along tbe shore front, on South and tation of wool from Argentina and such West streets, in the borough of Man age into P h ilip p in e money. ing up in a mass of splintered wood other countries as have foot and mouth hattan and in the W illiam sburg section and iron-work. The scene is described A total reward o f $»>,100 is now o f Brooklyn, where much damage was disease. The department will make offered for the arrest of H arvey Logan, as horrifying. Many corpses were car done by flood 12 years ago. careful inquiry into this subject. Two ried down tbe stream, which was ac the escaped Montana trainrobher. For a good portion o f the day here, propositions are presented. One is the tually reddened with blood. the water in some of the streets was The lord mayor of London, a H e shutting out o f wool from these coun It was found impossible to extricate brew, says Jews can only obtain relief numbers o f the injured who were pin four and five feet deep, and many fam in their tries altogether; the other is the possi in Rusisa by appealing to the better ioned under the wreckage. A railw ay ilies were held prisoners b ility of disenfecting at our own ports. homes. side o f the nations. guard was arrested in the act of rob Fifteen feet of a sewer which is be If exhaustive inquiry into the loun- T b e New York and Chicago lim ited bing the dead and narrowly escaped ing constructed in Brooklyn caved in tries from which hides come shows on the Pennsylvania road was wrecked lynching. and filled with mud and water. About that we aie in grave danger of getting I t is believed that the official figures near Lucas, Ohio. A number of pas underestimate the number of k illed , 20 men were at work in the excava foot and mouth disease from these sengers were severely injured. tion, but all managed to escape except countries, one or two things w ill be im some accounts givin g the number of The employers association, of Kansas dead as 100. The full extent o f the Peter Sears, who, it is supposed, was perative, viz: Importation oe stopped, C ity, has commenced a fight against caught in the flood and was washed or that such disinfection be had as will catastrophe w ill be known o n ly when away in the sewer. unions. prevent the possibility of our getting the wreckage has been cleared waay. this disease. Mad Mullah has defeated tbe British, The latest dispatches from Hara- capturing 2,000 soldiers and k illin g 30 gossa, near which place the catastro SECOND SEARCH BEOUN. officers. phe occurred, give the number o f dead SYNDICATE BUYS MINES. as 90 and the injured as 100. The res Oround Between Heppner and Lexington The enemies o f the Panama canal W ill Be Covered. Powerful Eastern Company Will Spend were defeated in the first skirmish in cue of the injured from the debris is not yet completed. Much Money In Utah. the Colombian congress. Heppner, O r., July 1. — Another A passenger and freight collided near Petersburg, Va., k illin g two men and injuring a number of others. Free Seed Man Furnishes Short Weight Packages. Twenty-Four Killed and Fifty Others In jured In Explosion That Followed. Barratoeran Connuila, M exico, July 1.— Twenty-four miners were killed and about fifty others seriously wound ed in an explosion o f gas Thursday night in Las Espcranzas coal mines, the property of the Mexican Coal and Coke company. The disaster was caused by the ignition o f gas by the flame from a defective lamp. The men were on the point of qu it ting work for the day. Probably 100 men were in the mine at the time of the explosion. A fte r the shock of tbe explosion those who were able to move rueshd to tbe exits, but the fallin g earth and debris carried many down to death. Fully fifty miners escaped with broken lim bs and scorched flesh. A t last reports the bodies of twenty- four dead men had tieen brought to ligh t. Others may die as a result of their Injuries. Caught Robbing Mail Boxes. Harrisburg, P a., July 1.— Jacob [levin e was arrestisi at Columbia last night charged with breaking open and p ilferin g street m ail boxes. The postal officials have lieen working at this case for three months, and claim to have at last captured the culprit. Postoffice Inspector Malone, o f this city, says Devine was detected breaking open a box and the Columbia police notified. W hen Devine was searched one of the nnmerons decoy letters sunt through the mail by the inspectors was found on him. Salt Lake Senator A. nouncement City, B. June 30.— State Lewis made tbe an today that a powerful Eastern syndicate had acquired heavy holdings of iron and coal lands in Sonthern Utah, and would spend be tween $25,000,000 and $30,000 000 in opening the mines, building railroads and putting up an immense steel plant. To tb i^en d , the Company w ill lie Utah Coal A Iron incorporated week under the laws of Coloradc. next It will have a capital of $20,000,000, and w ill issue bonds in an equal amount. United States, In the Mean Time, W ill Withhold $18,000 Yet Due on Con tract, Which Amounts to $108,000. Washington, June 29.— In the case of tbe N ellis seed contract suit before the court of claims, un Charles Kingsley, F alls of affidavit by Church, TO ACT FQg Roosevelt Ha« Ik e « * t, totksd,. Washington, J„M , d en t has decided ^ ^ Russian government tin sen ted to him by tbe r o f th e IVnai B’ ritn r-~ m ent o f Jews in R nit has been taken alter • tion . A t first it t p etition should not bt cause it might be rested eian government and that would cause a break tions o l the two connti^ tb e first consideration In, sideied, aud by diredin dent the petition will What the result willin' Virginia, has been made public, a lle g cal. ing that A. U. Nellis, o f N ew Y o rk , A t the White Ho«* who had the contract for fa m is h in g the 15th inst., the Jem seed ready for distribution to the g o v p oin t that tne czar »i. as to the exact condition ernment two years ago, directed that his em pire by the b-1 no books were to he kept, and the had hedged him ahooton packages should be ligh tw eigh t. T h e th ey were sure if the i legal representatives of N e llis are su o n ly once assist then case before the czar h ing for the payment of $18,000 w h ich at once adopt me»««* Secretary Wilson withheld from the th e ir condition. Thep-- contract payment for alleged n on -ier- hearing promised to do« iormance to contract. The fu ll I t was at once perceint amount of the contract wae $108,000. was asked involved tin Secretary Wilson said tonight the eiiort le p ly and a dis— $18,000 was withheld as the result of to regard the (nil pnblicitp an inquiry into the work ot the con been given to the Whits tractor at the time, and that the go v enee ae sufficient to msM ernment is still in possession o f N e llis ’ the case, for it was »- bond for $35,000, Mr. W ilson said czar could not fail to we that he bad directed that the seed con newspaper comments and ta c t and its wxecution be probed to th e subject. The Jews, the bottom, and that the investigation not satisfied with this had not implicated any one in the go v O fficially, it is expected ernment employ. The distribution titio n w ill be ieceived, but machines used by Nellis, lie Baid, failed stated that there havebsss to do satisfactory work, and caused in tim ation s Irom informs) serious delay in the annual seed d istri tn e czar w ill never be; bution and a great rush of work subse tne note, as the Ruseisir quently made it impossible for the w ill not receive it lor government inspector to see a ll th at In fact, it is realised that was being done. position is still correctly th e etatement telegraphed LAUDS OUR NAVY. ignton Jane 9, from which is taken : ■ Kaiser Praises Vessels Now at Kiel In “ N or w ill it be posmbltb Message to Roosevelt. re: e iv e any represent««» Washington, June 29.— President the K ish in ef incident from Roosevelt today received the follow ing pow er. The Russian; the same position as that ’• cablegram from Emperor W illia m : K iel, June 29.— President of the the Am erican government, United States of Am erica, W ashing it refrains from interferinj ton: On my arrival at K ie l 1 was sa ternal affairB of »nether luted by a fine American squadron, must insist on similar and had the pleasure of receiving A d its e lf.” miral Cotton and his captains. It was a very happy and kind inspiration on yonr part to send the squadron to K iel for the week, and thanks to tills fact, I was able to inspect tbe m agnifi cent flagship Kearsarge today when I was able to compliment the captain on the exceptionally good state of efficien cy and neatness ot the ship, and the fine appearance of his gallant crew W ith the expression of my warmest thanks, I assure you that the squadron is warmly welcomed here, and w ill, I trust, make an agreeable stay. E very body w ill vie with each other to make them feel at home, in response to the kind and friendly reception of my brother oy the citizens o f the United States. W IL L IA M , I. R .” OUTSIDE AID IS W Kansas Legislature Defeat» urc Opposing It Topeka, Kan., June 27.- seseion o f the Kansas adjourn tomorrow afternoon, bills w ill be passed. A log ensued tonight over the appropriate money for ths sufferers, muny of thei ing th at it was a disrgace for ask for outside assistance was plen ty of money in the ury to meet the needs of tin DUST CAUSES BAD FIRE. T h e b ill was voted down bj m ajority. Explosion In Orest drain Elevator Re O f the 50 bills enacted into’ sults In Loss ol $200,000. two are general bills. Ones Milwaukee, June 30.— A fire early STOP TO LAND ENTRY. taxes o f property destroyed by today in the big elevators owned by the the oth er is to extend tbs ; American malting company is shown to Desert Lands in Walla Walla District county commissioners in can are Withdrawn. calam ity. have been caused by an explosion of Walla W alla, Wash., June 29.— A n dust. The buildings destroyed are order lor the withdrawal from desert FACE MARTIAL UW. malthouse C, yearly output 800.000 entry of 1,100,000 acres of land in the bushels o f malt; engine houreand boil W alla W alla land office district was re Virginia Street Car Strike» er room, three stories; elevator F, six ceived here today from the department Shot In All Riot». stories, capacity 25,000 bushels; malt- of the interior. The withdrawn d is Richm ond, Va., Jon« 17 trict comprises: house A, output 7c0,000 bushels; ele A ll of Franklin county, W ashington. care were run on three line« vator E was badly damaged bv s a fer, Portions of 10 townships along the noon, and are running ton’ w ith ou t serious molestation, but the efforts o f the firemen saved it Knake river in W a.la W alla county. from destruction. J. M. Reibs, local Ten townships at the southwestern car were four, eix or ei with rifles loaded and Da, manager -if the American malting com corner of Adame county. Strong gnards of militiaroea pany. made the following statement: A small portion of Yakim a county. “ The loaB to the entire plant and The supposed object of the with duty during the day at sll contents w ill be about $300,000. 1 drawal is to investigate the possibili houses and car barns. S trin gen t orders wers tim ate that about 400.000 bushels of ties for government irrigation in this grain and malt has lieen destroyed. district from the Bnake and Colum bia authorities today with tbs s buildings destroyed contained 72 rivers. The older came as a complete m aintaining order, women pneumatic drums in which all the surprise. A few months ago a govern dren being asked to remain m alt and grain was stored.” ment surveying party prospected the ae far as possible, and the entire country along the Snake from specifically directed to shoot Oil Belt Has a Fire. Riparia to Pasco, and the order is and to k ill, if necessary, to strnction o f property or peril Sour Lake, T ex., June 30.— Much known to come as a result of its rec lim b . excitement prevailed in tbe oil field for ommendation to the department. Mr. Lewie absolutely refuses to tell whom he represents, except that they are experts in the iron business and amply able to furnish the last amount of capital necessary for the undertak ing. C. C. Parsons, a Denver attor ney, is in this city now on business connected with the corporation, a tim e jnst after the noon hour today, caused by flames springing up on the five acres of o il waste belonigng to the Guffeys and Texas Addition companies. The fire was caused oy some one throw ing a lighted match into the oil. For a tim e the flames were fierce and led to the belief that the big Guffey tanks were on fire. The surface accumula tions soon bruned over and by 3 o'clock the flames were under control. The loss is insignificant. Find /"lore Postal '• Arbitrators Raise Their W ages. W ashington, June 27.— Chicago, June 29.— The wages o f the spectors are gathering evi 1,000 members of the R ailw ay Express least six or seven cases ol »1 Drivers’ and Conductors’ Union w ill against the postoffiee lie increased on an average of 10 per which w ill be presented to cent, under the decision o( the Chicago jury aw soon as the govern board of arbitration, just made public. ials are satisfied they haw The union made a demand lor a uni enough rase to obtain form wage for all men, by which the T h e n cases have come to highest paid would __ receive „. v $75 i u per the recent invistigation mouth. In the agreement, they agree affairs has been under way. not to discriminate against union men Dentes Postal Charges. to grant drivers extra pay for Bnnday possible to obtain any in to the id en tity of person« Washington, June 30.— The General work, excepting one Bnnday in each are bein g investigated. Robbed by Clever Ruse. M anifolding company, of Franklin, Pa., month L ittle V alley, N. Y ., July 1.— Rob criticism of whose (ontract « ( ” ■ **— .ontract with bers broke into a farm house two miles postoffice department presnlted in Cloudburst la $ » " » Cramp's Branch Out. from Limestone last night and rohhed letter of Third Assistant Topeka, K an ., June 2/.-** ____«.«I, i Postmaster Philadelphia, Jnne 29 .— T h e James and Patrick Qinnton, who lived General Madden to the postmaster gen stock- holders o f the ........... W illiam A Sons tremendous in volnme that it . r Cramp ramp A there alone, ol $4.000. The intruders eral asking for an investigation ol the BhiD & F .n o ie tic a lly a cloudburst, fell » n —n x - - at set fire to a mass of rubbish in the matter, has sent to the poetoffice de Ship A Engine Building Company, at about m id n igh t last night. 1 yard, and when the brothers opened partment a denial o f the charges that a special meeting today, approwed the o f residents in Sooth Topsk* the door to ran to the fire the robbers it was a non-union shop, and says it increase of the capital stock o f the polled to leave their homes*1" h it James on the head, knocking him has never employed child labor in its company from $5,000,000, and the in h igh er ground, while * . nmonecione. The other brother is » c r ip plant. The matter w ill be investigated crease of the mortgage indebtedness sm aller houses were wash««1 from $1,000,000 to $7,500,000. John ple. Both were honnd and were not foundations. Soldier creek, • W . Grange and Andrew H. M cNeale, able to release themselves. Expect* Early Action , such a factor in destroying? Treaty. stockholders, have entered suit in th is London, June 30.— The Tim es’ a r m city to prevent the increase in th e capi recen tly, came up with a raj®- Largs Creosote Works Burned. flow ing over Kansas avenue ■ spondent et Bhenghei telegraphs that tal and the mortgage indebtedness. M obile, A la ., July 1.— A telephone the Chinese ------- special from Pascagoula today says that Revelation to Oerwan • , . trm,7 commissioners ar* Oarden Seeds Sent Flood Folk. Are to tally destroved the West Pzsra- informer! thet the Pekin New Y o rk , June 27.—H* Topeka. Kan., Jnne 29.— O ver 7,500 golua creosote works, entailing a loss pounds of garden seeds were received pleted th e ir seven weeks J of probably $200,000. The works hich, says the correspond in Topkei by mail today lor the benefit the U nited States, the d*!* were said to be the largest in the Germane sent to this coeeW South. The Are was caused by a piece ent, is »disable, because, y h ile article of the flood sufferers. This is th e con kaiser to study agr'coltnrsl o f hot iron fallin g on the creosote. An 8 has not been accepted in its entirity tribution of the United States depart a ll thep owers, its spirit is adopter! ment ol agriculture to the re lief fund. are preparing to leave for explosion followed. No one wss in by in the e — — * ‘ leader o f the party says ths in the present American and j Ü m ^ ' The seeds » • ' “ -------’ ured. turned over to th « adm ire most in the 1 nlt negotiations. a J*P»nese county commissioner, for <iiftri^ tion. th e people. The argcult«» m ent stations also were a