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FLOOD IN MEXICO Water Sweeps Down Narrow Can yon, Drowntng Many. MINING TOWN IN PATH OF FLOOD Reports o f Dead Vary From 100 to 1,000— Storm Came Suddenly in Dead o f Night. FAITH IN C Z A R GONE. SECRETARY IS DEAD Thousands o f Russians are Rising All O ver the Empire. Chicago, 111., June 30. — Cabling from St. Petersburg, the Chicago Daily News’ correspondent says: Nicholas has been decided in favor of peace in the Far East on account of the revolution in Poland. It has been arranged with the kaiser that in case of levolt in Poland, German troops will occupy Warsaw, and that thus the czar might continue to dispatch the Russian gairisions in Poland to the front. The Poles, learning of this arrange ment, made preparations to declare their independence, with the support of the Prussian Polish provinces of Posen and Silesia. This has paralyzed to a certain extent the kaiser’ s Moroc co scheme and compelled the czar promptly to consent to President Roose velt’ s proposals for peace. Count Po- tocki, the head of the famous Polish house of that name, said to year corre spondent today: “ ITnlrss immediate measures are taken, Russia w ill shrink to its former dimensions, in Peter the Great’ s time. The Nationalists, Socialists, Jews and Ruthenians of Poland demand autono my. They refuse to delay. The mo ment is favorable to their wishes. The Hapsburg monarchy is falling asunder. Hungary is on the point of separating from the dual empire. Herr Schnorer, the Austrian-German spokemsan, bold ly proclaims in the reichstag the alle giance of his party to the German em peror. “ Only the SlavB, Poles and Bohemians are upholding the shattered empire of (he Hapsburgs. The emperor's death will be the signal for the country’ s en slavement by Germany. Should the czar persevere in his despotism, 30,- 000,000 cultivated Western Slavs, in Poland and Boh unia, w ill found a state to resist the yoke of the czar and kaiser.” Russia has lost faith in the czar’ s promises and is disgusted with the du plicity of the bureaucracy. Every where the people are rising. Blood flowed freely yesterday in the streets of Warsaw, Lodz, K iev, Riga, Odessa, Vilna and other centers. Mexico City, July 4.— Reports are current here that from 100 persons up ward, with eue report claiming even 1,000, have been drowned in a great Hood at Guanajuato, a mining city, now the important seat of activity by several large American and British •companies. The wires were down all day yesterday, and the roads were im passable. No news has been received, and two reports are current, one saying 1,000 were killed, another says that at least 100 were drowned. I-ate tidings are that Guanajuato is •completely flooded and water is already invading the higher parts of the town, while there is fear that the Laolla dam may give way, which would mean com plete and general ruin. The city is built in a great gorge in the mountains, and the streets ramble up fhe mountain sides in picturesque fashion. A storm began furiously on the night of June 30, and after midnight no one dared to go to bed, so tremendous was the fury of the elements. The water rose in the lower or business streets, flooding shops and damaging thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise. The lower streets became raging tor rents as the water poured in rivers down the upper streets. Doors were smashed in by the force oi the water, and windows were no protection against the furious flood. letter advices state that it is known that over 100 lives were lost at Guana A P A T H E T IC PLEA. juato. A dispatch to President Kobin- - son, of the Mexican Central railroad, says there are 1,000 dead at Guana Judge Bennett Declares Prosecution o f Mitchell T o Be a Plot juato. The town of Marafilo, just below Portland, June 30. — Another day Guanajuato, is completely wiped out. w ill send to the jury the case of Sena tor Mitchell,-who has been on trial be fore Judge De Haven in the United PEACE E N V O YS NAMED. States court. Yesterday morning when Russia and Japan Announce Repre court was convened Judge Bennett be gan his argument in behalf of the de sentatives to Washington. fense, a plea that was attractive in sen Oyster Bay, July 3.— Official an timent, impressive in delievry, and nouncement was made by President undoubtedly one of the greatest efforts Roosevelt today of the names of the ever attempted by this well-known Russian and Japanese envoys to the lawyer. Washington peace conference. The For more than three and a halt hours character and ability of the men se Judge Bennett held the closest atten lected by both belligerents is an earn tion of all within hearing. When he est of the desire of their respective gov closed at 3:35 a blur of tears dimmed ernments to conclude if possible the the eyes of the senator and many of his tragedy being enacted in the Far East. closest friends were much affected. By direction of the president, Secre The attorney’ s theme throughout was tary Loeb made the formal announce that Senator Mitchell was not guilty ment in the following statement: of any wrongdoing, and that the de “ The president announces that the fendant was the victim of a plot en Russian and Japanese governments gineered by some unnamed persons be have notified him that they have ap hind the prosecution. I t was a plot pointed plenipotentiaries to meet here brought to a culmination by United (Washington) as soon after the first of States District Attorney Heney, whose August as possible. The two Russian chief aim in the prosecution, according plenipotentiaries are Ambassador Mur- to Mr. Bennett, was the glory of having avieff, ex-minister of justice, and now convicted a United States senator. ambassador at Rome, and Ambassador Skilfully counsel for the defense turned Rosen. The Japanese plenipotentiaries the construction that the prosecution are Baron Komura, now minister of had placed upon the letters between foreign affairs, and Minister Takahira. Senator Mitchell and his former law “ It is possible that each side may partner, Judge Tanner He pictured send one or more additional representa Tanner as a rat in a trap, who, when tives. The plenipotentiaries of both once caught, was a w illing tool in the Russia a id Japan w ill be entrusted hands of Mr. Heney in order to save with full power to negotiate and con his own son from prosecution. clude a treaty of peace, subject, of course, to ratification by their respect Russian Army is Falling Back. ive home governments.” Gunshu Pass, Manchuria, June 30. Coal From Captured Collier. Odessa, July 4.— It is announced that the crews of the warships which have mutinied have sent on shore dele gates to confer with the port officials regarding terms of surrender. They secured a quantity of provisions from the captain of the port and later on captured a collier and replenished their bunkers. It is believed that they w ill be granted amnesty and that following such action by the government they w ill surrender. It is announced that the loss of the recent rioting is between 120,000,000 and »25,000,000. Armistice Rests with Japan. St. Petersburg, July 4. — Negotia tions for a armistice between thea-mics o f Russia and Japan, it can be definite ly stated, are now in progress, presum ably at Washington; but they have not reached a stage where any further an nouncement can be made. The decis ion seems to rest with Japan, which country is weighing the relinquish ment of the prospects of bettering her present advantageous position against the enormous cost of lives and money o f another great battle. Magoon Minister to Panama. Oyster Bay, July 3.— President Roose velt today authorised the announcement that he had appointed Charles E Ma goon as United States minister at Pan ama. Judge Magoon is at present gov ernor of the canal xone, at Panama, and a member of the executive commit tee fo the Isthmian Canal commission. Prior to his appointment on the canal commission be S m the law officer of the insular affairs bureau of the War department. Advance on Vladivostok. London, July 4.— The correspondent o f the Morning News at Shanghai says that the Japanese are advancing on Vladivostok and that a battle ia im minent near the Tumen river. John Hay Passes Away Very Suddenly. WAS THOUGHT TO BE IMPROVING M js . Hay at Bedside of Statesmau— Death Was Due to Pulmon ary Embolism. Newbury, New Hampshire, July 1.— Secretary of State John Hay died at 12:25 this morning. The signs imme diately preceding his death were those of pulmonary embolism. Mr. H ay’s condition during all of Friday had been entirely satisfactory. The bulletin of Secretary H ay’ s death was signed by Charles L. Scudder, M. D., and Fred T. Murphy, M. D. Mrs. Hay and Drs. Scudder and Mur phy were at the secretary’ s bedside when the end came. The secretary bade good night to his wife and to his attending physicians about 10 o’clock last night, at the close of one of the best days he has had since his illness. The local trouble was clearing up satis factorily, according to Dr. Scudder. The seerteary suffered none of the old pansi in nis chest which characterized his earlier illness. He had been per fectly comfortable all day and happy in the anticipation of leaving his bed for the greater freedom and comfort of a couch. At 11 o’clock he was sleeping quietly. A few minutes after 12 o’clock he called the nurse, who at once sum moned Dr. Scudder. Both Dr. Scudder and Dr. Murphy hastened to the bed side. The sercetary was breathing with difficulty, and expired almosat immediately afterward at 12:25. M o to r M o n o c v c le D n l z n e d Y o r k M an . Grave Fears That Army May Join in Revolt o f Navy. — The most disquieting feature of the stragetic situation of the Russian ar mies iB the persistence of the reports that Japanese cavalry and light infan try with field and machine guns are working northward of Kirin and west of the Grand Trade route toward Bo- dune. The Japanese cavalry on the west is under the command of Generals Tamara and Akiama. General Linie- vitch is not attempting seriously to oppose the Japanese advance along the front, but is drawing in his outpost lines upon pressure. Report on Panama Canal. Washington, June 30. — Reports re ceived at the office of administration of isthmian canal affairs show that on June 1 there was a grand total of 9,702 persons employed on canal work. There were 2,0fi5 in the department of gov ernment and sanitation. During May there were six deaths from yellow fever on the isthmus, two canal employes and four Americans without employ ment being among the number. Dur ing June there have been nine deaths from yellow fever on the isthmus, four of whom were canal employee. Fast Train Goes Into Ditch. Cleveland, July 1.— A fast esatbound passenger train on the Cleveland-Pitts burg branch of the Pennsylvania road was derailed and wrecked near Atwa ter, O., today. A t least one passenger was killed, while a dozen others were injured. The train is one of the fastest lietween Cleveland and Philadelphia, making the run of 140 miles between the two cities in three hours and 15 minutes. When the accident oc curred, the train was probably running 50 miles an hour. A section crew was repairing the track. Bubonic Plague at La Boca. New York, June 30. — The quaran tine against La Boca, three miles from Colon, tiecause of a Vibonic plague case there, has terjjv».u lly stopped freight traffic by on of the steamship lines between New York and Panama. Unless other cases appear at La Boca, where the Panama freight is trans ferred, the quarantine w ill be lifted July 9. The embargo does not affect direct shipments to Colon, nor hinder transportation of government supplies. Progress is Reported. Washington, J u ly l. — Diplomats in Washington are looking to Oyster Bay ! for the official announcement within | the next few days of the plenipotenti aries who w ill represent Russia and Japan at the Washington conference. The president is in communication with the Russian embassy and the Japanese legation by telegraph, and it is learned tonight that progress is be ing made, hut no definite date for the announcement is suggested. t»j a N e w A motor mooocycle of strange de sign and for which great things are claimed has been Invented by Oswald Jensen, of New York. In appearance thia traveling machine la unlike any other vehicle lu use to-day. Within a huge wheel equipped with a pneu matic tire Is susi>euded a seat on which the driver rides. The advan tages claimed for this queer motor carriage by lta Inventor are many. It offers not only a new und easy method o f rapid speeding overland, but It opens avenues of travel that are closed to all other styles of vehicles In lta ability to move over rough, sandy aud rocky country. " I t bounds over rocks and other obstacles," declares Its In ventor, "w ith as much ease as a horse trained to jump." It requires neither road nor rail, but travels cross-country over fields and meadows, climbing hills and bounding over ditches and other Irregularities of the land for merly considered Insurmountable bar riers even to the apeed capacity o f an express train— a mile a minute. In addition to the one large wheel upon which It travels the monocycle bua two auxilary wheels, which can be ex tended to the ground or drawn within the large wheel, aa may be desired. The main wheel la nine feet In diam eter and consists of a light steel rim five Inches wide fitted with a pneu matic tire. The rider alts within this wheel upon a movable seat, which, In being operated toward either side, T H E MOTOR M ONOCYCLE. RU SSIAN O F F IC IA LS F R A N T IC St. Petersburg, July 1.— The Russian government, although it has been al most paralyzed by the terrible events at Odessa and the news that the sailors at Libau have also mutinied, is making desperate and even frantic efforts to stamp out the flames of revolution be fore they can spread to the army, which is now the last bulwark of the autoc racy. W ith Poland red with the spirit of revolt, the Caucasus already almost in a state of civil war, agrarian disorders spreading rapidly, the whole country profoundly stirred and the intelligent classes arrayed against the government, all conditions seem ripe for the long predicted revolution. The first act of the government after dispatching Admiral Kruger's squadron from Sebastopol was to summon the Kniaz Potemkine, whose mutineers have now been joined by the crews of the torpedo boats which accompanied it to Odessa, to surrender, under the threat of firing upon and sinking the vessel. This was followed by the dec laration of martial law at Odessa and Libau and the clothing of the military commanders with plenary powers. The newly formed council for imper ial defense met last night under the presidency of Grand Duke Nicholas, and was in session long after midnight. Beyond the fact that the temper ot the army was ^considered at length, nothing is known as to what occurred in the council or regarding the decis ions at which it arrived. Great fear is expressed that many regiments are honeycombed with sedi tion, and there is grave doubt of their loyalty should they be called upon to fire on the revolutionists. Indeed the most startling stories involving the un reliability of the troops are being re peated in St. Petersburg, but the truth of many of them is more than ques tionable. Opens Cuba to American Rice. Havana, Jane 30.— The hoaseof rep resentatives today passed the rice bill. The passage of this bill, it is expected, w ill open the market to American rice and encourage the cultivation of rice in Cuba. W IL L T R A V E L A M ILE A MINUTE. causes the wheel to ba steered aud balanced. The upright position of the motor and rider la maintained by means of eight small wheels wblcb travel upon tracks fixed upon the Inner side of the main rim. While these wheels render the position o f the motor frame and seat Independent of the rotary motion o f the rim, the seal also retains a vertical position Inde pendent of the frame. To produce this effect the seat Is suspended between two standards, which In turn slide lat erally across the motor casing. When traveling at leisure along country roads the rider extends the auxiliary wheels toward the rear on on each side o f the main wheel, thus converting the machine into a tricycle, but when It Is desired to attain high speed or to cross uneven country be draws them within the large wheel and rides upon a single tire. The aux iliary wheels can also be extended so as to form three wheels abreast. In which position they are mainly Intend ed to serve as stays to hold the vehicle In an upright position when at rest Since by tne great diameter o f the main wheel the monocycle Is useful for traveling through rough country, ordinary obstacles presenting bul slight obstruction to Its passage, its Inventor claims that It will prove of service for military purposes and also to those who for business or other rea sons are compelled to pass through desolate territory.— Utica Glob*. FIN F C H U RC H E8 I n M o b -R id d e n B a k u , a B la c k Baa (»ac tio n o f K n a e la n E m p ir e . In Baku, In southern Russia, on ths Black Sea, where mob violence has re cently been so manifest, there are to be seen magnificent edifices built In a seml-Oriental style o f architecture. RED FLAG HOISTED Crew of Russian Battleship Rebel and Kill Their Officers. TRAIN GUNS OF SHIP ON ODESSA Great Armies o f Striking Workman Inflamed by Revolt o f Sailors— Tumult and Disordar Raign. Odessa, June 29. — The red flag of revolution ia hoisted at the masthead of the Kniax Potemkine, Russia’ s most powerful battleehip in the Black sea, which now lies in the harbor in the hands of mutineers. The captain and moet of the officers were murdered and thrown overboard in the open sea, and the ship is com pletely in the possession of the crew and a few officers who have thrown in their lot with the mutineers. The guns of the Kniaz Potemkine are trained on the city, and in the streets masses of striking workmen who fled before the volleys of the troops are now inflamed by the spectacle of open revolt on board an imperial warship and are making a bold front against the military. A ll day long firing has been heard in many quarters of the city. A number of barricades have been erected, and tumult and disorder reign. The main squadron of the Black sea fleet, consisting of the battleships George Pobiedonostsetz, (George the Victorious), Tri Sviatelia, Rostislav, and Ekaterina II, with two cruisers, are expected to arrive here tonight, and a regular naval battle is in prospect. The rioters are in a most defiant mood, and are not inclined to surrender without fighting. Reports of the mutiny, which oc curred while the battleship was at sea, are difficult to obtain, as the mutineers refuse to allow communication with the shore, but it ia ascertained that it arose from the shooting of a sailor who was presenting on behalf of the crew a complaint against bad food. HENEY FINISHES. Government is Heard and Presents Its Case. Defense Portland. June 29.— District Attor ney Heney spoke for three hours in the United States court yesterday. With hardly a change of muscle, Senator Mitchell sat through this verbal lash ing. Once, while holding a whis pered consultation with Judge Bennett, he shook his finger. His hand was pointed towards Mr. Heney. Whether he was protesting at something that the speaker was saying is not known, but his counsel shook bis head, and the senator settled back in his chair. Dur ing the long years of his public career Senator Mitchell must have been the storm-center of more than one stormy verbal outburst. Perhaps during most of these controversies he was bo placed that be could fight back by word of mouth. Perhaps during his career as a lawyer, he lias given clients before the bar, just such another denuncia tion, as he received yesterday, but in all of his varied career he has nev»r been bound and gagged as he was dur ing all tiie hours that he was forced to listen to what Mr. Heney was saying. His dignity as a senator was brushed aside with a single breath. Mr. Heney was pounding into the ears of the jury the fact that it was John H. Mitchell who was not above the law. and not Senator Mitchell, who was on trial. It had Fieen expected that Mr. Heney would finish his argument by noon. When the court convened he announced that lie would try to close at that time, but when the noon hour came he was still an hour away from the end. It is believed that Judge Bennett will take up the entire day in his argu ment. Ex-Senator Thurston w ill lie beard after this, and Mr. Heney will close for the government, so the indi cations are that the case will not go to the jury until late Friday afternoon, and perhaps not until some time Satur day. _________________ Kept Gold in Stateroom. Seattle, June 29. — James B. Wood lieat the express and steamship com panies on their elevates) bullion charges. He brought his gold from Nome to Seattle in his stateroom. When Mr. Woods left Nome, he says the only boat then in port and not in in the combination to raise rates from 'a of 1 per cent to of 1 per cent was the Zealandia, which was to sail for San Francisco. Woods confirms the statement that unless the rates are changed the hnllion from Nome will go to San Francisco instead of to Seattle. BAKU H K M i-oM IK .VI A l. C A T H E D R A L . The accompanying picture It of tha great cathedral there, which Is a vast edifice, and a typical example o f how different systems o f architecture art curiously blende-1 and commingled. New Phrase from K a n s a s . Language doesn't stand still. Kansas people know a man Is a tenderfoot when he talks about "cyclone cellars." People In the cyclone belt always refer Stir Up Hawaiian Chinese. Honolulu, July 1.— A Chinese mass to them aa "fraId boles."— New York meeting has been called for tonight to Tribune. indorse the efforts being made in China A man was solicited to buy a ticket to effect a boycott of American goods, to an entertainment to help the poor. on account of the operations of the ex "Tou 've got your nerve,” said the man; clusion laws. *1 M i ewe of the poor.” Big Order o f Cartridges. Washington, June 29. — A contract for 9,000,000 rounds of ball cartridges of caliber .30 was awarded today by Acting Secretary Oliver, of the War department, the contract Fieing divided equally between the Winchester Re peating Arms company, the Union Metallic Cartridge company and the United States Cartridge company. The bids of the three companies was iden tical in every particular, the price of each being »42.50 per 1,000 rounds. China Desires Representation. Pekin, Jane 29.— The correspondent of the Amoriated Press here is informed bn good anthority that China desiree to be represented in theJRusso-Jepaneee peace conference. TR U M PE T C A L L & R a m 's H o r n B o u n d s a W a r n i n g N o t « to tk o U n r e d e e m e d . ANY a man thinks he Is elo- quent when be la only evaporating. K The decision o f another life may depend on the p r e c i s Ion o f The robe o f righteousness la not made so aa to be worn by a turncoat. A cynic Is a man whose head la sore from butting It against facta. The church member la a nuisance when he wante to be the whole body. The higher a man climbs In knowl- edge the greater the unknown be sees. Wool-gathering wits never get to gether enough to make them any cloth. Even the wedge of righteousness has a better chance If you use the right end. Riches do not always bring bleaalng, but God’s blesslug always brings riches. A man can trust God with his affair* when he remembers that he Is God'a trustee. "L e t It pass" Is considered more apt as applied to a doubtful dollar than to a real Injury. The will o f God Is soon forgotten when you get auxlous about keeping the good will o f men. Every man may be born with hla feet In the dust, but he Is born with * heart that longs for the Divine. T A L K IN G M AC H IN E IN C H IN A. A lm o s t a R io t W h e n I t W o u l d n ’t W o r k in U n a i l p c o n u t r j V i l l a * « . “ Those who have reviled the talking machine,” said Henry M. Blackwell, an engineer who visited the railway exhibit, “ would have been properly rebuked if they witnessed a scene that attested Its popularity with the heathen Ohtnee. “ Three years ago I was with a small company o f surveyors who were luy- lug out the line of the railroad be tween Hankow and Canton, and oua day found us at Chushachow, a small hut populous village. A talking ma chine happened to be a part o f our equipment, as It bad proved more e f ficient in placating the celestials than a squad o f soldiers. “ Though our party had taken a long jump Into Chushachow, It became plainly evident that news travels from mouth to mouth ns quickly as by tele graph, for a crowd o f several hundred chattering Chinamen gathered outside of our quarters and awaited a concert They didn’t make any request; they simply waited for what they consid ered their rights. “ One of our military escort told ua what his compatriots wanted, and when we unveiled the talking machine with great ceremony It received more reverence than an ancestor’s tomb. But the machine kicked and refused to play. Whereupon we Informed our self-invited guests, through the Inter preter, that the entertainment was off. "Muttering arose from the crowd and a spokesman addressed the Inter preter, declaring that there had been unfair discrimination, and that If their sovereign rights were withheld they would ‘get hunk.' When the little fils of soldiers attempted to disperse them the uproar became deafening and ths engineers rushed out to find an tnclpl- ent Boxer outbreak. "Several coolies made a hostile movs toward the house, probably to take the machine apart and extract the for eign songs from It. The Chinese sol diers kept their heads, strange to say, and when the ebullition o f Chinese curiosity began to evaporate they dis persed the rioters and hauled off sev eral ringleaders to the lockup. “ No prima donna ever got the trib ute paid to that weather-beaten talk ing machine. Wo sat up half the night tinkering around the mechanism until It rasped off the records of 'coon' song nnd comic opera trifles. It s m a r t a y r s larger .” bou n d t o next h a v e morning “ The crowd was present st o the and depart f A concert D t r R M i ’ H. ed H grateful, awestruck, and satisfied. e r « » 1» n li n t o f t h e a * « 1* o f a. n u m - This musical event was unattended, h e r o f p r o m in e n t actreuH e*: however, by three o f the riot leaders, L i l l i a n Russ ell • - .4.*» M i n « . Oe rnt er . .. . 44 they * K the e n d a calaltoosc, l .... F a j T e being m p l e t o detained n . .. 4 :» M r In :A .Vim, sentenced Langtry Xi I subel s t e m a n . .ftl had ns the l i magistrate them . til' M a g g i e Mi tc h ell . 7.1 K a t e Bateman to be Be suspended the Mod wrists for Mme. jcnka Sarah rn ha rd t . .61 by ’l l r i u n ì M Innovation orda . . . . A kim *« B o o th hours. ... ft® forty-eight Every la Kate Roue K in « Ro ee r i a x to n - . - . m Co gh la n . . . . ,r» 2 47 F.llnler ----- K y t in g e . .. . . a s Mme. N o r d i c « . . . A d « Re h a n .......... Mme. Hemlirlch . A n n ie Yen ninna. . 47 43 17 60 Some o f these statistics will be sur prising to people who think they know sll about sage matters. Miss Russell, for example, generally Is supposed to be over 50. This fallacy Is duo to tha fact that she has been before the pub lic most o f her life. T h a In v e s tm e n t S e c u re . “ What!” demanded the dismissed husband, after his wife had shown him the door. “ Do you mean to tell m « that I have no voice In this matter?” “ Oh, yes; you have a voice In It. But It needs mending.' "H ave I no share In this property?" again demanded the dethroned mon arch. "On# shara, and that very much be low par,” replied the rising woman, pointing to little Willie, who sat In a mud puddU."—Cincinnati Commercial Tribnnst