CHICAGO
POSTOFFICE
SACRAMENTO
RIVER FLOOD
ACCIDENT
Sacramento, Feb. 2*—The river is
27.6 feet above low water at noon to
day with a light rain. Tbe backwater
at Nicolous qnd Vernon is higher
thau ever before known. Tbe river is
rising. It is feared the levees will
give way as the c.e.-t of the flood has
not passed Red Fluff. A break at
Edwards’ ranch below this city is
nearly a hundred feet wide with an
immeu-e vi lume of water pouring
through. The water is up to the f .ot
of street krees but there is no dan
ger to the city.
Thirfetn Workmen Dead or Fa Unless tbe big breair cjjn be closed
tally Hurt—Some Fell Dis
water v ill covèt the bottom country
down to Walnut Grove and do im
tance of Eleven
mense damage. Water stands three
Stories.
feet over the Southern Pacific Rail
road track between Marysville a id
Urovilla.
Roads will Le impastatile
Chic: go. Fe-
— V. it a a Clash that
startled huncie
of pedestrians in before Wednesday at the earliest.
i streets the huge
■Clark and A
^scaffolding i
;b the dome in the
interior ot the acw postoftiee build
ing gave way at 1 o'clock this after
noon, carrying down fifteen men.
Thirteen are believed to be dead or
fatally
injured. Tbe scaffolding
Washington, Feb. 27—The state de
rose like network to tbe dome a hun
dred and sixty feet high where men partment today transmitted to Russia
were plastering tbe interior. Some Commander Marshall’s reply relative
to the gunboat Vicksburg al Che-
men fell seven
: i< s.
Work diggingihe bo lies from the n ulp.i Tbe state department holds
immense mass of wreckage was put that luarsiialia’a action was eulirely
under way immediately after the ac commendable.
The incident referred to was thut
cident.
marshall refused to
Not all the men were cn top. Commander
(Some were working at side sections allow rescued Russian marines and
which struck by falling timbers car sailors aboard his vessel after their
ried th m down. Timekeeper An ship had been sunk by tbe Japanese,
derson stepped off the scaffolding to and refused to join with tbe com
a place of safety forty feet up just manders of the other foreign warships
as it gave way. He says tbe scaffold iu pretesting against tbe Japanese
ing was then groaning and creaking, making such an attack.
JUNCTION HOTEL
PLANT SOLD
Junction City Improvement Co.
Pays $¡7,000 for It—
WISCONSIN
CAPITOL
J. H. BOOTH QUIT
BOOTH-KELLY CO
RUINED
MILLIONS
WENT UP
IN SMOKE
Oregonian News Bureau, Washing
ton, Feb. 26—At tbe suggestion of
Other Items.
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tbe Oregon senators, James H. Booth,
receiver of the Roseburg laud office,
Q. .
. .
, has disposed of bis interests iu the
At a meeting of the stockholders
j
tiOllSC dt Bootb-Kelly Lumber Company and
of tbe Junction Ui’y Hotel Co. seme * *
' If!
all other companies that are dealing
time ago. the directors were anther
lu public lands. Ibis action was
ized to sell the hotel in order to get
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necessary before the president would
tbe corporation ou a bnsiness basis.
agree to reappoint Booth to his pres
It seems that tbe iudebeduess was
ent office. At the conference with
guaranteed by personal security by
the senators the other night tbe
certain members of tbe company
president said be bad no objection to
and aider our incorpcration laws
each invidual surety was liable for The Loss Will be $800,000 With J. 11. Booth, and found nothing
wrong with bis record, but be did
tbe whole amount. The sale was
But Small Insurance-- Build
uot like the appearance of having a
therefore authorized by tbe stock
, laud officer at Roseburg who was Burned Area Covers Three Acres
holder aud ’he sale was made to the
ing Originally Cost
generally known to be an offioia! in
Juuctiou City lmj rore-nent Com
—Finest Buildings in City
$1,000,000.
i a lumber company tha’ did consider
pany for the consideration of 717,000.
Went Up in Smoke-
able buisuesj before that office. The
The new company is composed of
president
’
»
sole
objection
to
Booth
Outside Help.
Madison,
Wis.,
Feb.
22
—
A
fire
at
J. A. Bushnell, J.
Milliorn, C.
W. Was’iburue aud W. M. Pitney. 3 o'clock this morning, starting from having beeu removed, it is expected
The new company expects to make crossed electrio wires completely that both he and Register Bridges
Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 26—Fira
some extensive improvements to tbe gutted Wisconsin’s beautiful capitol will be reappointed within a few days.
broke out iu tbe very heart of tbe dry
! building. The loss will be 7800,000
property this spring.
goods district of this city this morn-
Grandma Houston and daughter with insurance ot only $60,000. The
| ing at 5 o'clock and coutinued for
Mrs. Miuuie Feebler came up trom i fire was not diwovereed until uuie.
several hours, entailing a loss of
haleru SuDday. lhey left Monday for great headway. Toe local liremen were
‘several million dollars.
uaable
to
cape
with
the
flames
and
Roseburg where Mrs. Houston
i Tbe tire rtarted in the central ele
an appeal was made to Milwaukee but
make hex' home for the present
rater ibsfi ef Rs Richsstsr Dry
the
aid
was
too
late.
her duughter.
C'oi&pac/ ol Main st.eet.
Tbe fl:e will necessitate the build-
Jones Brothers are openiug up a
Ten minutes after tbe alarm sounded
Bids
Were
Higher
Than
the
stock cf dry goods, notions and mil
, tbe six-stcry building was a mass of
P’EMirn KATSURA OF JAPAN.
Woodmen Expected—
iuery in their new building m the
' flames. In less than half an hour tbe
Conn:
Jnpi'n'w
premier
city ball, They huve a very neatly
: rear wall fell and the flames spread
Springfield Notes.
and i: !i: i
In.orior. .Soldier
arranged roam.
to tbe seven-story file proof building
as well us s
i. lie received bls
Born, in this city Monday, Febru
The time for opening bids for tbe of Sibley 4 Carr Co.
ary 22d, 1994, to Mr. and Mrs. Claud
Buffalo and Syracuse were appealed
first new brick in Springfield to be,
B ickaum, a daughter. T! is is their
arrived last Thursday night at which to aud special traius given by the
first born and Papa Bucknum is
time there were quite a number of railway companies started, carrying
therefore stepping pretty high these
Lids which were rejected immediately. ’ extra tire apparatus. At 7:30 o clock
days. We extend congratulations.
It seems there is n little disappoint series explosions occurred, followed
A brass band was organized
ment among tbe committee, and other by breaking out of flames in a twelve
the
nails
and that immediately after
Panama Treaty Finished.
Harrisburg last week aud Prof. Bib
Woodmen, who had been misinformed story building at tbe corner ot St.
holding planks polled out.
Washington, Feo. 26--Presideut bets of this place has beeu employed
as to tha estimated cost of the build I Paul and Main streets.
Roosevelt this afternoon signed ,tbe as instructor.
Within half an hour flames were
ing.
Cbica go, Feb. 26—To the surprise proclamation
announcing tbe ex
belching through the roof. At 10:15
Tbe
lowest
bid
was
?5,980
and
the
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Thomas of
of contractors and all others in the change of ratifications of the Panuma
highest was $6,600, both a few hun tbe Ur<^ win practically under control.
Portland were guests at Col. Fo'som’s
rostotfice accident, it was found at treaty.
dred higher than tbe committee be-
OUTSIDE HELP ARRIVES.
Sunday. .Mr. Thomas is a brother of
Ewe. o'clock that only one man was
i loved tbe organization could staud.
New York RepubPcars.
At 8:15 o'clock, the Buffalo and
Miss Nellie Folsom.
killed and one injured when the con
The W. O. W. are amply able to build Syracuse fire companies arrived. It
tractors assembled all the men and
< j . F. Skipwortb was off duty Wed-
New York, Feb 27—The Republican
a brick ball und had tbe bidders seemed at that time as though tbe tire
Lulled the time rolls. Escapee in state committee went i*.to r-e-sion r esday and lhursady on account of
kept auj'ways near their first asser would cross Main street east und tbe
Lnany instances were miraculous tut this morning iu the Fifth Aieuuu sickness.
tion as to the cost, tbe preliminary windows iu stores across tbe street
the
kimilar ia that the men le iing
bote!. The mee’it!" lasted only ten
W. C. Washburns is able to be
arrangements would have been under ! began to burst out under the territlu
scaffolding falling clutched e iges or miuutw*. Tiie state conveutiou will
way.
again and assumed bis duties iu
' heat. The entire police force held
rroj <• ions at sides then ;
•- tbsir ot-Lei 1. April 12th. Strong ree>;luti..i.a
However, tbe Loys Lave not given the crowds iu check. The employes
Lank Wednesday.—Times.
i
AHO
KAT
IT.*.
Lay to places of safety. Tbe an.ouut w* re adopted endorsing Kocse'.elt’s
up tbe idea of a new hall, but further i of tha threatened buildings were al
nt n tierman war
etris is readily calculable then nom iua: ion.
a:nl is a livid marshal In Ja- investigations will be made either for lowed to assist iu lemoviug good*.
It is known that a hundred thousand
a smaller brick or a good sized frame The streets were filled high with
T11 v
leet of lumber tell into u tuLgled
Swell the War Fund.
structure.
merchandis i, I he merchants fearing
» ing ot a new capitol. A special ses
pass of wreckage.
St.
Petersburg, Feb. 27—Count
La’er—Tbe committee held a meet another Baltimore disaster. In Sibley
sion of tbe legislature will be called
Tolstoi today contributed a thousand
ing Wednesday evening to investi & Carr store alone there are 1590
and it ia probably that there will
sets of bis books to Le sold lor in
gate further the advisability of build employes and as many more in others.
be a renewal of the agitation to re
creasing tbe war fund.
ing a brick. Contractor ltoney of Th -se were utilized but with small
Tbe U. O. Is sket ball team met move the capital from Mndi3on to Eugene was there and gave some sug-
success as in the actual fire district
$75.000 Fire.
Milwaukee.
with another debat last night at the
the ’ i Keetions which will materially reduce the salvage was small. The fire wall
the
'
T*
10
ea8
*-
a,|
d
wings
of
1* f»i i&-K Q:i It s bauds of O. A. C. at Corvallis, U
■ tbe cost, aud it is now thought the of the Sibley wholesale building tem
corning destroyed „insteeo build score standing 50 toll iu favor nf
of ’ building are entirely ruined, The i structure will be built.
porarily stopped tbe spread of the
ings in the business section of Nich- O. A, C. The U. O. team mar at building cost 71.000,009.
flames to the north. Tbe inhabitants
OTHER
NOTES.
Governor
LaFollette
personally
o I sod , twenty miles from
here, en least have the satisfaction that they
Last Saturday afternoon as the i of several houses on Mortimer street
tailing a loss of 775,000.
have played the season consistently directed tbe fight against tbe flames.
Students and citizens assisted I d re , Springfield stage came from Eugene were removed from tbeira homes by
Shortly afterward tbe
A Coal Min: Surface Cive-in.
moving the records andjlaw Looks. The , aud reached tbe east side of the steel tbe police.
vaults are beileved to be intact. bridge it tipped over, caused by tbe ■Sibley wall fell, crushing these
Seranlon, Pa., Feb. 26—A cave-lD
1 Only $8,000 are ou band. Fire Chief , front wheel sinking in tbe saw dust bouses. The west wall dropped iuto
Washington,
Feb.
27—Former covering thirty acres and affecting
St. Paul street. This »as followed
Bernard was seriously injured by fall
fourth Assitstant Postmaster General two hundred dwellings occurred in
REAL ESTATE TRAANSFERS.
i by tbe explosion of boilers that
iDg bricks.
A RUSSIAN STAYESMAN.
laehen end his conspirators, Lorenz, Bellevue, to ir this city, at eleven last
Count Lamsdorff, Russia's minister threw fire into tbe Granite building
Harry L Russell to J R Welty and
pilon and Groff, in the postotfice de- night. At three this morniDg tbe
of foreign affairs. Is a veteran diplomat whose twelve stories were soon ablaze
Lrtment fraud cases were each today ,-ave-in gave indications of spreading. Emma Blake 160 acres in tp 15, r 71
through tbe shaft. It had been re
Lnltn^ed to two years in tbepeniten-
The fissures opened up toflay are w, 78OC.
garded absolutely fireproof and was
Leonard G Boss to Matblag and
L.ry at Moundsville, West \ irginia, from two to five inches wide, Tbe
tbe finest office building in the city.
Ld to pay a tine of 710,000.
cave-in is over a portion ot tbe mines Susanna Beyer 109.22 acres in tp 18. j
Th i heat was eo great that tbe fron
I Sentences are to date from the which were worked thirty years ago. s r 3 w, $2500.
and rear walls bulged out and became
1 rank II and Lassie L Tivey to '
I.:ie they arrive at tbe penitentiary.
Botts bouses a: t somp! ’tely » o?o.‘
dangerous. Shortly after 9 o'clock
1 inuel Groff has a motion pending • Lils olusrs are oat of plumb ualH Margaret R Sides let 2 blk 7 Skinner’s
tbe fiout wall of the five story Marble
L a new trial. Judge Kimmler, at doors and
windows cannot
be donation to Eugene, $850.
building fell outward into Main street,
Catherine
C
and
John
D
McDon
L ney for Lorenz, made an eloquent opened. Tbe cave in was caused Ly
compelling tha fiicmen to aban ou
I a for bis client wbe:: tbe latter tbe settling of the surface over tbe ald to James U and Mary 3 Cole 46
the light in that direction. Sererai
r od up to receive sentence, tilling Diamond vein of the Bellevue col- acres in tp 1< s, r 3 w, $2000.
companies mounted open the roof ot
Spencer
Butte
lodge,
1.
O.
O.
F.,
to
K«d
ling.
Cal.,
Feb.
16
—
Another
I court he Lad borne a reputation . lis y cf the Dea '.are and Lackawanna
the six-story Burk A Fitzsimmons
|-i r fleeted credit ou bis family.
Railroad Company, Many families O C White lot 86, I O O F cemetery, heavy storm is raging. A veritable
department store and began throwing
$25.
cloud
urst
occurred
at
Dunsmuir
Lodge Pritchard said be would are rendered homeless.
streams. Assistant Fire Chief Janes
Mrs E J Nichols to S O Hamblin, last night. Toe .Sacramento is rising
L
no remarks on the ease at pres-
fell from a window aril was seriously
lots
2
and
3,
I
lk
".
Vtynne
’
s
d
to
ra;
illy.
The
third
land
slide
of
tbe
I as one other remained to be sen-
injured.
Cottage Grove. 745 .
week at Centura this r ’ruing end
|
Sentence was delivered iu an
The byracuse relief consisted ol tws
G L and „aiau .’.I Runt t Mrs srria'l eli Jes con’ltiue. hears are en
I
engioes and two hose companies and
Lnsctta
Thoma
.
let
5
blk
1,
tertained
tha*
the
whole
side
of
the
N
P
I
■
the name fr'-tn Buffalo. All tbe
Chrisman's ad to Cottage Grove, $50. m mtain will slough off onto tbe
I .lie case.
streams were concentrated on the
State of Oregon to G»o W Gordon, railroad traek.
Granite building and surroundings.
160 acres in tp 18 s, r 8 w, 72
Shortly
after 19 o'clock a big !*>-
and
Murder and Suicide
ha"
been
very
<->jn<pkootis
In
CIRCUIT COURT.
inch main burst, materially diminish
»“'.•otlaCons lx tween his count
nffalo, Feb. 2*—Harry Schwartz,
Della E Thomas vs the Booth-Kelly
Japan.
ing the pressure.
rominent attorn* y. was this mi.ru
Lumber Co, to determine title to
THE BURNED DISTRICT.
fatally shot by Hugh Knowles,
certain land In tp 15», r 1 e. J A
road a few pace» from the m in road.
St.
Petersburg,
Feb.
27
—
Viceroy
Th»-
turned district includes ter-
Kncw'.es and Gardiner, a promi:
Buchanan and John M Williams at
The vehicle contained 11 women and
ritoj on Main street east ml'twae
dry goods firm. Knowles afte. Alexteff reports that at the Port Ar torneys for piainitff.
and aside from being
Chas. Wardrip, Aged 20, Hung children.
ling the police at bay for a few thur attack on Feb. 25, the battleship
frightened, none were serioualy hurt. b-tween Cl'nter. .’.venue at> l St. Paul
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
Retvizan
apparently
sunk
two
Jap-
street, thence north to Division
in a Calilornia Peniten
utes bl = w out bis own trains. ,
The team stood still until tre»!, ap
William Austin and Addie Buss,
torpedo destroyers. Subse
street, thence half way to Mortimer
tnurdeZtook f lace in Schwartz s anses
parently not knowing a oat had hap
tiary Today.
James A Austin witness.
street. The fire wall of the Cox
ate office through a dispute over quently several Russian torpedo boats
pened.
MINING TXXJAT1ON.
went
out
to
sea
ard
one
wbicb
was
building marked the line of flames
ness troubles.
K. W. Smith, who came bere from on the north aide. Up Division
San Quentin. Calif.—Cbas. Wardrip,
cut off took refuge in Colubinaja Bay
F D Kuzur locates Grev xoagle win
Iowa Capitol Accident.
aged twenty and the yeunaeet man Ceder, Minn., w ill in tbe near future street the turned district extends half
where it was shelled by the Japanese. ing calim, Bohemia district.
a
ever
executed in the penitentiary here open up a real estate office in Spring- a block. The total burned ar>-a ia
s Moines, Feb. 26— An elevator
was hanged at 1:49 o’clock thia morn held. Mr. Smith is an old-timer I d three acres The Are was confined
London, Feb. 27—The Cbeef?o cor-
dent In tbe capitol building the
ing He mounted the fcatfold with the real estate business and ia al- within this taction. tut there prob
ring resulted in the death of r«>pondent to the St. James Gazette
ready listing Jots’of property.
a smile on bis face and died game.
ably will be little relief for the fl'a-
Fountain, of Valley Jnnctic” • ires that one Japanese gunboat was r
Tbe News i« informed ’bat tome njfD until tomorrow
T i Daily Guard February 27
her mother "Mrs. Hotige. They ; badly damaged in tbe attack cn Port
U. S. Vessels for Korea.
time in M arch tber<* will Le opened
Tbe funeral of A. 1 erington at 2
going to visit tbe seta e. Both Arthur. Tbe boat made for Cbeefoo
Sacramento River Flood.
Washington. Feb. 2*1- The cavy de in the Nicke ron taHAftg on Main
adjourned cnaccccat of tb but ,..nk tefore reaching port. Eight o’clock this atf-rncon was largely
.¿8 r illinery ticrc—
of the crew arrived at Cbeefoo and attended. Tbe aervires which were partment is informed that the cruiser s’ree a fir Ft cJut«
IpT F
Bacr&OK nto, Feb. 26—Tbe Sacra-
r< ported that several boat loads of conducted at tbe residence at East Cincinnati has »ailed fro“ Sbagliai Few«
IT. "nto river ia rising alowly here,
Vo:ht Attack Imminent.
Tenth and Mill streets were in charge for Ubemulpo, where she will remain
the survivors bad landed ea«t of ”
s ar r#- ihtect eo ter aa
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iof the Masonie fra’emity, tn which iudeani’eiy.
Cteefco.
Tbe Vicksburg also
P.ter «b-rg, F’t 27-Th» J
rat fj jm are .tin
Mr. Yerlcgton belonged. The O. A. remains at Chemulpo.
r ater
Marya rille
are massitg a pcwer.'ul L3-
R. and the W. R. C. attended in
r.t Per* Ar'l ar, according tc
Is cor rning op in Wi ashing
bodies, besides a 1> rge na- iber of
Reports Untrue.
‘ * tori ay from liceroy Alexei
r art of ’Le town ia flood
freed* cf tbe decea ed.
> reported in the
London, Fsb. 27—Reports
Tbv floral triLiit's ae*e many and
jree xniiea be! on
I...
elan cruiser Askold has
L’snt’.'ui. The remains were laid to
to tbe p
J-
f H ■ I*. M ' 4»f<5< w I 10, JQ l
ere this
rest 1 tbe Odd Felic s’ ceBetery.
bave be
r
■a- drowned in T .ua City,
Scaffolding for Plaster
Co if deration
ing Interior of Dome
Madison This
Gave Awy.
Rochester, N. Y.,
Morning.
Today.
MARSHALL’S ACTION
COMMENDABLE
THE SPRINGFIELD
BRICK BLOCK
BASKETBALL TEAM
DEFEATED AGAIN
OSTOFFICE
GRAFTERS
SENTENCED
Courthouse Items.
THE STORM
EXTENDS
WELL SOUTH
JAPANESE
VESSELS
BUT TWENTY
AND ON GALLOWS
A. Yerington's Funeral.
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