M O TO RM AN IS BLAMED.
The Estacada Progress
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OE OREGON
Evidence Shows He Ran by Switch
Near Coeur d'Alene.
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RESUME OE THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review o f Important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers—National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.
A labor crisis is fast approaching in
Sweden.
Great Britain has begun building an
aerial navy.
A French aviator has reached a
height of 800 feet in his aeroplane.
The whole Missouri Pacific system
is to be merged into one company by
Gould.
Chicago carmen threaten a general
strike and police are drilling to be
ready for trouble.
Two Italian children have been ab
ducted in St. Louis and are held for a
ransom of $25,000.
The Wright brothers are busy mak
ing further changes and improvements
in their aeroplane.
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 3.— In the
collision of two passenger trains on the
Coeur d’ Alene & Spokane railway Sat
urday afternoon, two miles west of
Coeur d'Alene, 12 persons were killed
and 102 injured. About 60 of the lat
ter sustained only slight injuries and
are not in hospitals.
Motorman Campbell, of the wrecked
train, who was reported among the
dead last night, is alive today, but it
is thought it is only a’ matter of a few
hours until he dies.
He was badly
mangled in the vestibule of his car, and
is barely breathing.
Campbell stated tonight that he un
derstood his orders were to meet the
other train at a siding five miles from
where the collision occurred.
It is learned from an official who de
clines to be quoted that Motorman
Campbell, of the wetsbound train, the
extra which was wrecked, had orders
from the dispatcher to pull out of Coeur
d’ Alene and to take a siding about
three-quarters of a mile out, in order
to allow the regular eastbound train to
pass. He passed that siding, either
forgetting his orders or imagining he
could make the next siding, about an
other mile ahead. It was between the
two sidings that the collision occurred.
AC APU LC O IN RUINS.
An official report on the Osaka,
Japan, fire, says 11,368 buildings were Destitute Inhabitants of Mexican City
Face Famine.
destroyed, but that only one life was
lost.
Mexico City, Aug. 3.— A dispatch
The governor of Guadalajara, Mex from Acapulco today states that 73 dis
ico, says there were 15 persons wound tinct shocks of earthquake have been
ed in the recent riotiong there and felt there since the first shake Friday.
The city has been destroyed and the in
none killed.
habitants face a famine.
During one
A homing pigeon was turned loose at of the shocks a tidal wave engulfedjthe
Las Vegas, N. M., and made its way harbor and a number of lives were lost.
to Chicago, a distance of 1,255 miles,
Chilpancingo also has been practical
in six days.
ly destroyed. What the earthquake of
The Spanish revolt may spread to Friday failed to do was accomplished
by the stronger one Saturday, which
Madrid.
either leveled or rendered uninhabitable
The czar is in France visiting with every building in the two places.
President Fallieres.
A ll the markets at Acapulco were
Count Zeppelin has made a flight of destroyed in the shocks of Saturday and
the country people are afraid to take
220 miles in his airship.
in more produce to the town.
People
Major Burnham his found evidence
are camping in the public squares and
in Mexico of an extinct race.
have no food.
The buildings standing
Governor Shallenberger and a party are being leveled by djnamite, as they
o f 50 will tour the Pacific coast.
are little more than tottering walls.
During the heavy shock Saturday
Chicago school authorities are to do
the water in the harbor receded 33
away with high school societies.
feet, and then rushed back, covering
A streetcar strike involving every the docks and piers, causing considera
line in the city threatens Chicago.
ble damage. The people are suffering
The Chinese vice consul in New from exposure. The tents in the pub
York has been murdered by a crazy lie squares and streets do not keep off
the heavy rains that fall at this eeason
Chinaman.
of the year.
A daring robber held up a Vancou
Funds are being raised in Mexico
ver, B. C., bank in broad day, but se City to relieve the distress of Guerrero.
cured only $100.
In Mexico City Saturday the shock
Spokane {>olice will overlook the was heavier than any other yet experi
anti-cigarette law during the National enced. So far as known no lives were
lost in the last tremor.
Irrigation congress.
The king and queen of Great Britain
reviewed the great naval pageant,
REBELS DECLARE REPUBLIC.
which was made up of a line of war
ships seven miles long.
Don Jaime de Bourbon to Lead Revo
lution in Spain.
An explosion of gasoline at St. Paul
caused the death of five persons and
London, Aug. 3.— Quickly following
the injury of seven others. A four- messages received here early today that
story building was also destroyed.
Spanish troops had been repulsed in a
Goldfield, Nev., mines with a capital collision with revolutionaries at Barce
of over $19,000,000 have been consoli lona, came a report that the insurgents
in that city had proclaimed a republic.
dated.
Color is lent to the report by other
The ant'-Diaz riots in Mexico are
dispatches emanating from Cerbere on
said to have been started by expelled
the Franco-Spanish frontier.
These
students.
tell o f a continuance o f fighting
The French talk of other powers between the troops and revolutionaries
helping Spain in Morocco, where the in Barcelona, showing the government
situation is serious.
has not gained control of the insurg
A Denver man has received a de ents, as censored dispatches stated.
Officials of the Spanish government
mand from blackmailers for $10,000
at Madrid and other points have con
with death as an alternative.
tended for several days that the rioting
Chiccgo is experiencing the hottest was the work of anarchists and social
weather of the year and there are doz ists. These claims are challenged by
ens of deaths and prostrations.
a message received yesterday from
A gang which has been systemati Barcelona by way of Cerbere stating:
“ Nine thousand armed revolutionar
cally smuggling goods across the line
has been broken up at Vancouver, B. C. ies have formed a committee of public
safety. A meeting of Carlist leaders
W right’s aeroplane has successfully has been held at Figueras, and the ar
passed another government test, mak rival is expected of the pretender, Don
ing 42 % miles an hour with a passen Jaime de Bourbon, in order to place
ger.
himself at the head of the rebllion.”
The Colombian congress wants to
know why President Reyes left the
Opium in Machinery.
country and then sent in his resigna
Manila, Aug. 3. The government is
tion.
pressing the investigation o f what ap
Terror and tragedy are supreme in pears to be an extensive opium smug,
gling
plot which was brought to light
Spain. Burning buildings have turned
night into day at Barcelona and it re- by the discovery and seizure o f 460
quirs a constant vigilance by troops to pounds and 72 ounces of cocaine in
geniously concealed in a shipment of
prevent further trouble.
mining machinery brought from Hong
Northwestern senators fought to the kong. Louis Grant, an American bus
last to secure a higher tariff on rate on iness man of considerable prominence,
lumber.
has been arreBted charged with being
Another hot wave is spreading over implicated in the smuggling plot, and it
the Fast, causing many deaths and is believed that several others are being
closely watched by the special agents.
prostrations.
The sugar trust may have to pay a
fine of $750,000 for absobrbing a Penn
sylvania refinery.
A California man has fasted 30 days
and as he does not feel hungry will not
eat until he does.
A Chicago man has figured out that
the Windy City will have a population
of 5,000,000 in 1940.
The Great Northern is planning sev
eral extensions in Pacific Coast states.
A moral crusade has started in Chi
cago and 20 divekeepers have been in
dicted as a beginning.
Bleriiot, who successfully crossed
the English channel, is willing to enter
a race with the Wright brothers.
The Italian king has announced that
he will send the princes of the royal
blood to visit Italian colonies in North
and South America.
A storm off the German coast has
caused great damage to shipping.
The United States Steel corporation
has increased the dividends on its com
mon stock.
Cigarettes Under Ban.
Minneapols, Aug. 3.—The cigarette
is an outlaw in Minnesota.
The new
state law prohibiting their sale went
into effect Saturday, and it is now il
legal to put them on the market. The
cigarette market assumed a peculiar
phase in the closing hours. The price
varied, and was as unsettled as the
stock market after a (lurry in Wall
street. In the evening there was a
shortage in popular brands at some
cigar stores, and sent up prices
Re
ports came from other sections of fresh
supplies, which caused a rush there.
FRU ITS M U ST BE CO O L.
Californlr Growers Save Much Money Stats Dairy Association Issues Inter
esting Data on Industry.
by Proper Treatment.
Salem—The Oregon State Dairy t
Salem—That the California growers
of small fruits have been saved $1,- social ion has put out its annual report,
000,000 a year for several years past which gives many valuable hints to
by the adoption of up-to date methods those engaged in the dairying industry.
of pre-cooling fruit for shipment to Copies may be secured free by address
Eastern markets, is the statement of ing the secretary of the association,
G. H. l ’owell, who, with Arnold V. Salem.
The publication contains the report
Stubenrauch, was the guest of the
Salem Fruit union and board of trade. of the proceedings of the 1908 conven
The men are special representatives of tion, in Salem, which had the largest
the United States Department of A gri attendance of any of these conventions.
The convention was held under the
culture and for several years past have
been engaged in pre-cooling and ship auspices of the Salem board of trade,
ping experiments, largely in Califor and the address of welcome as given
by August Hurkenstein, president of
nia.
Mr. Powell states that in California the Salem Business Men’s league, is
75 per cent of the growers are organ published. The response was made by
ized into associations. One hundred F. L. Kent, president of the dairy asso
Both spoke highly of the
local associations, representing ap ciation.
proximately 5,000 growers, are affili great resources in Oregon for this
ated with a large central organization, branch o f work, and Mr. Kent told of
known as the California Fruit Grow the progress made within the lafet few
ers' association, which handles all the years. An interesting discussion on
fruit of the members from the time it the care of dairy cows followed.
Ed T. Judd, former president, then
leaves the tree until it reaches the
markets. Mr. Powell stated that the read a paper on. "Food Problems in
soil and climatic conditions of this sec Oregon." Dr. E. N. Hutchinson, of
tion of Oregon produce a remarkably the United StateB bureau of animal
solid fruit that possesses great merit industry, gave a paper on “ Tuberculo
for long distance shipping. He ex sis" as a cattle disease, with some val
plains that the difficulty in shipping uable hints as to the best way to fight
arises from two causes; first, the im it. J. W. Bailey, dairy and food com
proper handling and preparation for missioner, spoke on “ Dairy Legisla
shipment and including bruised and tion;” C. H. Fraer, of the Corvallis
damaged fruit, and second, the slow Creamery company, Crissey, retiring
cooling of fruit in transit.
Fruit secretary of the dairy association, on
placed warm in the cars continues to “ Dairying and Advertising;” C. L.
ripen for several days, when it be Mitchell, on “ The Quality of Butter;”
comes chilled, but not until it has be Mrs. A. Yoakum, on “ Needed Improve
come ripened too much to stand trans ment in Milk Production;” Paul V.
portation and handling. Pre-cooling Maris, on “ Cow Testing Associations.”
A resume is given of the business of
of fruit chills it at once and keeps it
in the same condition until unleaded, the convention and the awards made.
The discussions are given in full.
as when picked.
Water for Oregon Land.
Walla Walla — Private enterprise
will take up and develop the irrigation
project on the John Day and Deschutes
rivers, which the government several
years ago abandoned, after having
spent thousands of dollars and several
years’ time, according to i statement
made by Dr. N. G. Blalock in connec-
tion with the filing of incorporation
papers for the John Day Power com
pany. The papers have been filed and
state that the company is incorporated
at $500,000 to generate water and elec
tric power and to supply water for irri
gation and power purposes. The land
covered lies almost wholly in Oregon
and embraces parts of Umatilla, Mor
row, Gilliam, Wasco and Sherman
counties and part of Benton county,
Wash.
New Potato P es- Found.
Albany— A new kind of potato bug
has appeared on some farms about
seven miles north of Albany and has
proven very destructive in the few
patches it has attacked.
John More-
i head, a farmer living on R. F. D. route
-• from this city, brought some sam-
pies ° f the bug to Albany and is en
deavoring to find out its name, but
thus far no one has been found who
has ever seen such an insect. The bug
is black in color and has the appear
ance of an ant, but Hies well. It at
tains a size of about half an inch in
length and is very hardy and multiplies
rapidly. The bugs bite off the blos
soms on the potato vines and then at
tack the plant, killing it quickly.
Special Exhibitor for Hood River.
Hood R iver—Joseph A. Wilson has
School HeaJs to Meet dune 28.
been appointed by the county court to
Salem— The annual convention of proceed at once to Seattle to take
county school superintendents has been charge o f the Hood River county apple
called by J. H. Ackerman, superin exhibit at the exposition. Complaints
tendent of public instruction, to meet have been brought back to this city by
in his office Monday, June 28. Among nearly all who have visited the fair
the topics to be considered are school from here that the Hood River county
supervision, how it may be made more [ display was not what it should be.
effective; school libraries, how to use i Mr. Wilson is an expert in all that
them; annual institutes, most import- pertains to the apple industry.
The
ant subject to emphasize for all insti-1 Commercial
club
ordered a large
tutes this year; school sanitation, what amount o f literature for distribution
has been done, what should be done; [ at the fair,
school board convention, value of, how
Irrigation Congress Delegates.
to conduct.
Oregon City— The state committee
State Apportions Water,
has requested Judge Grant B. Dimick
Richland The principal topic of to appoint five prominent men of Clack-
conversation and argument on the amas county to represent that county
streets for the last few days was oc- at the Seventeenth National Irrigation
casioned by the state water eommis- \ congress to be held at Spokane, Wash-
sion stepping in and apportioning the | ington, August 9 to 14. Judge Dimick
water to the shareholders of the Newst j appointed the following to go from
Young ditch. It has been the habit of | Clackamas county:
Hon. E. G, Cau-
late years for some of the farmers field, Hon. Frank Jagger, Hon. C. D.
nearest the head of the ditch to flood Latourette, Mayor W. E. Carli and
their ranches, in some instances using William Sheahan.
twice the amount needed, while neigh
Taft Will Stop at Salem.
hors on the lower end of the canal were
Salem— In reply to a telegram from
losing their crops for want of water.
Governor Benson inviting him to stop
at Salem on his Western trip. President
New Mills for Wallowa.
Wallowa—The Bear Creek Lumber Taft has replied, by his secretary,
company is the latest addition to the Frederick W. Carpenter, stating that
lumbering industry in this vicinity. It if the trip West is made, careful con
is a new corporation formed by Boise sideration will be given to the invita-
and Salt Lake capitalists, and will put
in a sawmill with a capacity of about
40,000 feet per day at Wallowa this
fall. The company has already bought
up more than 2,500 acres of excellent
timber.
The big Nibley-Mimnaugh
Lumber company’s mill is now build
ing and will have a capac ty of 50,000
feet per day. The company will begin
logging in September.
New Railroad Proposed.
Alb an y— The Albany Commercial
club, taking advantage of the railroad
situation on the Deschutes, has written
Julius Krutschnitt at Portland sug
gesting the immediate extension of
the Corvallis & Eastern railroad from
Detroit to Madras, as a means of solv
ing the Deschutes railroad problem as
well as to furnish immediate transpor
tation facilities by easy grades to the
large business interests in Eastern
Oregon.
Samuel Hill Gift to Quakers.
Newberg Samuel Hill has made a
liberal donation toward the fund for
carrying on the work o f the Friends'
church in Oregon. Mr. Hill is promot
ing a model town on the banks of the
Columbia in Klickitat county, to be
known as Maryhill, and he invited the
Friends to attend the opening of the
town in August.
Inducements to
Alaska Road Is Operating.
Pennsylvania Quakers have been made
Cordova, Alaska, Aug. 3. The first by Mr. Hill to locate in his new town.
ticket was ao!d and the first regular
passenger train made its run yesterday
Lumber Company Complains.
on the first all-American railroad in
Salem The Bridal Veil Lumber com
Alaska, the Copper River & Northwest pany has complained to the state rail
ern. The passenger fare charge is 15 road commission that the rates on lum
cents a mile.
Fifty-three miles of ber on the Mount Hood railroad are too
track have been completed and placed high. The Rridal Veil Lumber com
in operation. The tracks w ill reach pany also claims that the Oregon Lum
Tickel river in October.
A t present ber company is owned by the railtoad
4.000 men are at work on the construc and that this company gets a much
tion of the road.
lower rate than other shippers.
French Socialists have protested
Ship With 3.000 Overdue.
against the proposed visit of the czar
Durban, Natal, Aug. 3. Some alarm
to France.
Colonel Leopold Markbreit, ex-min has been created by the non-arrival
ister to Bolivia and mayor o f Cincin here of the British steamer Waratah,
. from Sydney, for London.
She left
nati, is dead.
¡Port Natal July 26, and since then has
A coal train on the Denver & Rio not been seen bv any vessel. A search
Grande ran away in Utah, but the has been instituted lor her. The War-
crew escaped unhurt
atah has 3,000 persons on board.
C CW T A L K S PRINTED.
Crops Fine at Wallowa
Wallowa— W. E. Dearing was in
from Powwatka and reports good crop*
there, but not better than previous
years, as the splendid late rains that
fell on this portion of the valley missed
them entirely. The peach crop will be
light and the hay harvest will be much
below the average.
|tion t0 st0P at Salem.
PO R TLA N D M AR K E TS.
Wheat— New crop, bluestem, $1.02;
club, 98c; Russian, 96c; valley, 97c;
Turkey red, $1; forty-fold, $1.
Hay— New crop, Timothy, Willam
ette valley, $12@16 ptr ton; Eastern
Oregon, $17 (ft) 18; mixed, $15.50<(i
16.50: alfalfa, $13; clover, $U6lil2.
Grain bags— 5
each.
Fruits—Cherries, 46(12c per pound;
ppaches, 65c6/$l per box; apricots,
$1.256(1.50; loganbreries, $1.25f(il.40;
blackberries, $1.90; wild blackberries,
10c pound.
Potatoes— New, lftflj^ c per pound.
Vegetables— Beans, 5c per pound;
cabbage, 1 }4(<iil
celery, 90e(ft$l
per dozen; cucumbers, 256150c; let
tuce, head, 256i 35c; onions, 1 2 6ri 15c;
peas, 7(<i8c per pound; radishes, 15c
per dozen; tomatoes, 50c67$l.
Butter—City creamery, extras, 30)tc
per pound; fancy outside creamery,
2712 6 7 30c; store, 20c.
Butter fat
prices average lj-jC per pound under
regular butter prices.
Eggs— Oregon ranch,candled, 276128c
per dozen.
Poultry— Hens, 146/141tc; springs,
156(15Jyc; roosters, 96(10c; ducks,
young, 136/ 14c;geese, young, 11c; tur
keys, 18c; squabs, $26(2.25 per dozen.
Pork— Fancy, 116111 >yc per pound.
Veal— Extras, 9}$6710c per pound;
ordinary, 76/8c; heavy, 7c.
Hops 1909 contracts, 186/20c per
pound; 1908 crop, 126*13 j-yc; 1907
crop, 96/10c; 1906 crop, 66i7c.
Wool- Eastern Oregon, 166/ 23c per
236*25c ;
mohair,
pound;
valley,
choice, 246/25c.
Cattle— Steers, top, $4.50; fair to
good, $46/4.25; common, $3.756/4;
cows, top, $3.50; fair to good, $36/
3.25; common to medium, $2.506/2.75;
calves, top, $5675.50; heavy, $36/3.50;
bulls and stags, $2.75673.25; common,
$26/2.50.
Hogs— Best." $8.756/9.15; fair to
good. $7.766/8.25; Stockers, $66/7;
China fats. $6.756/7.
Sheep— Top wethers, $4.25; fair to
good. $3.50673.75; ewes, l»c less on
all grades; yearlings, best. $4; fair to!
good, $3.50613.75; spring lambs, $5.25
@6.36.
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SPANISH REBELS SH O T.
Herded Into Square, and Then Artil
lery Is Turned Loose.
Madrid, July 30.— It was officially
announced tonight that the cavalry at
Barcelona succeeded today in driving
into SL Martin's Square, the principal
bands of revolutionists against whom
the artillery opened fire, causing great
losses. The survivors surrendered.
The official statement further says
that it now remains only to overcome
small groups of revolutionists in the
villages near Barcelona.
Premier
Maura announced tonight thiB favor
able report from Barcelona:
"T h e arrival of reinforcements will
enable us to quell the outbreaks.”
Thus, according to official advices,
the insurrection has been checked, but
at a heavy loss of life. A fte r fighting
desperately and successfully for a long
time behind barricades, the principal
mobs were gradually driven to St.
Martin Square, where they found them
selves entrapped. Heavy detachments
of artillery and cavalry came up and
surrounded them.
The artillery immediately opened
fire, mowing down the revolutionists,
who sought to escape, but were met at
every point with shot and shell. Those
o f the insurgents who were not killed
or seriously wounded threw down their
arms and surrendered.
The insurrection continues in the
neighboring villages, whither
the
troops are proceeding. The command
ers o f the soldiers are under orders to
spare none who attempt to resist.
W OM EN BUY LAND.
Chicago Seamstresses Going to Raise
Fruit in Idaho.
Chicago, July 30.— A group of Chi
cago seamstresses today deputized
Miss Glenna Lynch to Wendell, Idaho,
Monday to perform the final formalities
in the purchase o f a 160-acre fruit farm
which they have bought with their
pooled earnings.
I f all goes well they
propose to leave their work here and
go out to Wendell, where they will
form a little fruit raising colony.
The young women call themselves
“ The Idaho Guild.”
They banded to
gether a year ago with the agricultural
project in view.
They secured 160
acres o f government irrigated land,
have now made their last payment, and
Miss Lynch will go through the final
formalities necessary to acquire title
to the land.
Among the prospective farmers, in
addition to Miss Lynch, are the Misses
Adelaide Jackson, Marie Miller, Helen
Miller, Laura Hunt and Maud Lynch.
Most o f them became enthusiastic
over the idea of investing in irrigated
land at meetings o f the Dressmakers’
A rt club.
The Idaho Guild was
launched with eight memberB, but a
few others have since become imbued
with agricultural enthusiasm and have
contributed from their earnings to the
land fund.
SPAIN SU FFERS GREAT LO SS
Troops Are Driven Back With 3,000
Killed and Wounded.
Madrid, July 30.—Official dispatches
received here today admit that the
battle between Moorish tribesmen and
the Spanish forces outside o f Melilla
July 27 was a disastrous defeat. The
Moors cut off communication with the
Spanish outposts, and the main force
of the Spaniards was driven hack under
the walls of the city, here fighting con
tinued desperately in the city.
Mellilla is full of wounded.
The extent of the disaster is plainly
apparent from General Marina’s dis
patches given out at the war office
today. He says ;
“ On July 27 the Moors cut the rail
road, severing communication with our
outposts.
Our batteries shelled the
Moors, but the advance posts were en
dangered and they had to be abandoned.
The situation at Melilla is grave, de
spite the desperate bravery of th
troops, who are now fighting under the
walls o f the city.
“ Our losses in the engagement were
General Pintos, a colonel, two lieuten
ant colonels, five captains and many
officers and subalterns and about 1,000
men. The wounded number at least
1,500, including many officers.
The
hippodrome is full o f wounded soldiers.
Two generals were mortally wounded.”
Flea Does Not See Food.
Berkeley, Cal., July 30.—-Following
a series of exhaustive experiments
with the California flea. Professor C.
W. Woodworth, o f the University of
California, announced today that al
though the insect has eyes, it does not
see. To be more exact, the professor
stated that the flea does not see mate
rial objects. “ There is no formation
o f images on the retina o f the eye of a
flea,” said Professor Woodworth, “ all
the insect sees when it approaches a
solid object, is a varying intensity of
light rays.”
Warfare May Upset Cabinet.
Paris, July 30.— Private advices re
ceived here from Madrid say the feel
ing in Spain against the war on the
R iff coast is strong and widespread,
and it is doubtful whether Premier
Maura will be able to weather the
storm. The masses are described as
being hostile to the war. the purpose
of wh ch they do not comprehend, and
which they suspect o f being an out
growth of mining speculation. The po
sition of General Marina, commander
of the Spanish forces in Morocco, is
described as being inherently weak.
Hail Devastates Crops. *
Billings, Mont., July 30.— Word re
ceived here today from the Huntley
project in Eastern Montana, which yes
terday was swept by a terrific wind,
hail and rain storm, places the aggre
gate damage at $200,000.
Fields of
grain o f all kind were beaten down and
the tops o f beets and potatoes were
torn to bits. Unprotected stock suffer
ed greatly from hail.
The wind un
roofed numerous houses and barns and
wrecked smaller buildings.
Americans Given Share.
Berlin, July 30.— The German bank
ers participating in the Chit ese rail
way loan have forwarded advices from
Pekin that negotiations for an Am eri
can proportionate (hare in the loan are
nearly completed on terms agreeable to
the Americans.
MAKES NEW RECORD.
HUNDREDS KILLED
IN MEXICAN QUAKE
Orville Wright Remains in Air fer
More Than an Hour.
Acapulco in Ruins From the Many
Shocks and Tidal Wave.
Mazatlan Laid Waste While Recover
ing From Destructive Fire— Snips
Sunk in Acapulco Harbor, Caus
ing Great Loss o f Lite—Many In
terior Towns Destroyed.
Mexico City, Mexico, July 31.— Hun
dred* o f livts were loet, innumerable
persons were injured and great prop
erty loss resulted from earthquakes
which shook the entire Southern part
of Mexico, extending from Oaxaca on
the Southeast to Acapulco on the Pa
cific coast, which was partially devas
tated at 4 o’clock yesterday morning.
Eleven dead are reported in this city,
and 52 bodies have been recovered at
Chilpancingo.
Adding to the horror of the quake a
tidal wave awept the city o f Acapulco,
carrying down the bamboo houses
which line the shore, with hundreds of
occupants, who were unable to escape.
Most o f these, it is said, were women
and children.
Driven panic-stricken from their
homes by the quake, it was some time
before the inhabitants realized the
predicament o f the families in the
poorer quarter. Fires which started
gained a good headway, and these
added to the death list.
The total number o f dead in Acapulco
is not known, it being difficult to get
details from there tonight over Federal
wires.
About 1U0 miles inland from Aca
pulco the towns o f Taluca, Puebla,
Horles and Chilpancingo, the capital
o f the state of Guerrero, also suffered.
A runner reached Chilpancingo with a
report that the town o f Mazatlan, a
near seaport, which was only recently
swept by fire, was again devastated.
The people there had only commenced
to rebuild, and the damage, therefore,
was not as great as it otherwise would
have been.
Reports have also been received from
Reopan. Zapate, Providencia, Atoyac,
Ayutla and Chilpa, and it is said seve
ral people were killed in each place,
while there was also a great loss of
property. Iguala, Teloloapan, Cocula,
Cutzamala, Amatepec, Salte;ec and
other towns north of the Balsas river
suffered. Some o f these reports have
reached the city by native runners, or
have been received from the territories
by Federal wires.
The shock was felt as far as Oaxaca
on the Southeast, and great rumblings
are reported in the ground in many
places, while the quake threw many
bridges out of plumb on the Ouerna-
vacal railroad. Many of the towns
where damage is reported are practi
cally isolated, having only runners as a
means o f communication with the out
side world.
Every effort is being
made to get details of casualties, but
it may be weeks until official reports
are received by mail.
Acapulco is in the earthquake zone,
and many temblors have been experi
enced there, but the present one, which
was followed by a tidal wave, is said
to be the most destructive in the his
tory o f the seaport.
In the tidal wave several craft in the
harbor, it is said, were sunk, increasing
the loss of life.
Washington, July 28.— The world’s
aeroplane record for two men, both as
to time and distance, was broken last
evening in a beautiful (light o f 1 hour,
12 minutes and 40 seconds- upward of
50 miles, and at a speed averaging 40
miles an hour, by Orville Wright at
Fort Myer, with Lieutenant Frank P.
I.ahm, of the army signal corps, as a
passenger.
The former record was made last
year by his brother, Wilbur, at Le-
mans, France, with Professor Paintov,
of the French institute, as passenger.
That flight was 1 hour, 9 minutes and
31 seconds.
Wilbur was an eager
spectator o f yesterday’s flight.
The cheering that heralded the set
ting of a new mark in the conquest of
the air was led by President Taft, who
was an intensely interested spectator
throughout the flight.
This success
was all important to the Wrights, in
that it completed the first of two cru-
ical testa of their machine imposed
upon them by the United States gov
ernment — the so called “ endurance
teat,” which required them to remain
one hour continuously in the air with
one passenger. Orville did nearly 13
minutes better than that, and could
have kept on indefinitely— three hours
and a half, the limit imposed by the
gasoline capacity o f the supply tank.
G RAFT WAS HUGE.
Chicago Police Collected Nearly $3,-
000,000 a Year for Protection.
Chicago, July 28.— Astounding reve
lations follow the partial investiga
tion o f vice conditions in Chicago,
made in connection with the present
crusade against police graft. Many
vicious industries were seen to be cen
tered in several districts o f the city in
such proportions that the task of in
vestigating coonditions in the territory
over which Inspector McCann had jur
isdiction is gigantic and will unfold to
the grand jury’s gaze a spectacle many
times as loathsome as that presented
by the levee west o f the river.
Conservatively estimated, the an
nual amounts in graft alleged to be
paid for police protection by resorts of
many kinds in the city, including dis
orderly houses, hotels, fiats, rooming
houses, gambling houses, dance halls,
and saloons, made a total of $2,932,-
760, nearly 5,000 places contributing
to the sum, if such fund exists.
The largest part of this enormous
revenue is said to be paid by resort
keepers and others in what is known
as the Twenty-second Levee district.
In addition to these amounts receiv
ed from habitues of Twenty-second
street levee, the First ward ball nets
its organizers $30,000 a year on the
average. Resort keepers and others
are forced to contribute in the whole
sale purchase of tickets and wine.
W ILL D ISTR IB U TE RICHES.
Vast Area Feels Earlhquake.
Mexico City, July 31.— Central Mex
ico, from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and from Querato on the north to Oax
aca on the south, an area of more than
1,000 square miles, was shaken yester
day by a series of the most severe
earthquake shocks fe lt in the region
for a quarter of a century. The lower
part o f Acapulco, the whole of Chilpan
cingu and probably the other towns
were totally destroyed. Reports o f the
loss o f life are scattering, but it is cer
tain that hundreds must have perished
in the coast cities and in the interior
towns.
Reports Say Rockefeller Will Bestow
Millions Upon Poor People.
New York, July 28.—That John D.
Rockefeller, the oil king, is preparing
to distribute a good part of his numer
ous millions in charity is predicted by
those who profess to have acquaint
ance with the Rockefeller plans. It is
said Rockefeller has already transfer
red many millions to his son, John D.
Jr., so that the younger Rockefeller
may have the honor and fame of being
the dispenser o f princely gifts.
According to the accepted version of
the rumored plan, the money will be
given directly to the poor through cer
tain Rockefeller channels. Charitable
institutions and colleges will not bene
fit to any extent by the projected phi
lanthropy.
Like all other Rockefeller activities,
the distribut on of wealth to the mass
es will be handled by a company duly
incorporated.
Just what method o f charity will be
followed has not been ascertained, but
it is said the money will be given out
right to the needy and that little will
be handled as loanB. Whatever loans
may be made will be without interesL
Rockefeller refused to discuss the
rumor in any part, but the activity of
his agents has lent a certain color of
truth to the report.
New Grave tor Z. M. Pike.
Denver, July 31.— The body of Zeb-
ulon Montgomery Pike, early explorer
o f the Rocky Mountain region and dis
coverer of the famous peak that beara
his name, will be brought to Colorado
for final burial, according to Curator
Ferrill, o f the State Historical society.
Curator Ferrill has just received word
from Sackett’s Harbor, Mass., that the
bodies o f 256 Boldiers are being disin
terred at Madison Barracks cemetery.
Among them is that o f Lieutenant
Pike. It is planned to bury Pike at
the foot o f Pike’s Peak.
Czar and Family in Germany.
Eckerneforde, Schleswig - Holstein,
July 28.— The Russian imperial yacht
Standart, with Emperor Nicholxs, Em
press Alexandra and their children on
board, and a naval escort anchored in
this harbor early today. The emperor
and empress landed and went to Prince
Henry’s country place at Himmels-
mark. Extraordinary precautions have
been taken to guard the Russian sov
ereigns from attack. German torpedo
boats are picketed around the Russian
squadron to prevent the approach of
any unofficial craft.
Heney O ff for Interior.
Seattle, July 31.— The steamer Ohio,
from Alaska today, brought news that
Francis J. Heney, the San Francisco
prosecutor, who left Cordova on the
Ohio, went ashore at Jun/au and start
ed overland via Skagway for White
Horse, Yukon Territory, on the Yukon
river. General J. Franklin Bell, chief
of staff, U. S. A., also le ft thestiamer
at Juneau and started on a short trip
to Interior Alaska. The steamer Cot
tage City, which arrived from Alaska
last night, brought $240,000 in gold
bullion.
Texas to Entertain Taft.
San Antonio, Tex., July 28.— A wild
cat hunt and a jackrabbit chase are
among the diversions planned for Pres
ident T aft when he visits the Taft
ranch near San Antonio in November.
Joseph H. Green, superintendent of the
large estate, told o f the preparations
being made for the entertainment.
That the president may not be deprived
of his favorite pastime, golf links are
being hurried to completion.
The
erection o f a pagoda and bathhouse on
the gulf are among other improve
ments being made for President Taft.
Millions for San Pedro.
Los Angeles, July 31.— Fortifica
tions costing possibly $6,000,000 will
be located around San Pedro harbor if
the government can secure the neces
sary sites for a satisfactory fort. This
was brought out today at a meeting
between Brigadier General Arthur
Murray, chief o f the Coast artillery,
and representatives o f the harbor com
mission. The question o f buying the
site was le ft with the local engineer
ing office.
Famine A ds to Troubles.
Barcelona, July 28.— Barcelona is
now under martial law. Serious riot
ing has occurred following the declara
tion of a general strike in protest
against the military operations in Mo
rocco and the dispatch to that country
o f large bodies of troops. Several per
sons have been killed an I many wound
ed. The food supply has been cut off,
resulting in great hardships and suffer
ing, especially among the poor.
The
prices are almost prohibitive.
Cuban Cabinet Reiigns.
Havana, July 31.— The cabinet cri-
sia, which for some time has been im
pending, reached a climax today, when
all the ministers end the presidential
seerteary resigned. The action o f the
cabinet was taken after a conference
with the avowed purpose o f expressing
loyalty to th* president end relieving
him o f the embarrassment of making
removal a.
Mexican Riots Kill Six.
Mexico City, July 28.— It is report
ed that six persons are dead and 35
wounded as a result o f the riots in
Guadalajara, capital o f the state of
Jalisco, and the second largest city in
the Mexican republic.
Samuel E.
Magill, the American consul at Guada-
l•j•fa, has presented formal claim for
injuries sustained by American citi-
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