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
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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