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NEWS OF THE WEEK
Io a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
Resume o f the Less Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
o f the Past Week.
Taft urges the government to with
draw from Cuba in the Bpring of 1909.
The Roman Catholic church will booii
announce new laws calculated to pre-
f nt hast/ marriage.
Trial of Oregon’s laml thieves has
commenced at Portland with Judge
Hunt, of Montana, presiding.
A French aeronaut has devised an
airshipiieavier than air capable of mak
ing a speed of 24 miles an hour.
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Ten persons were injured in New
York by the explosion of three dyna
mite bombs, which partially wrecked a
tenement house.
Mayor Taylor, of San Francisco, has
a huge task before him.
One of the
first things ins to provide a water sys
tem for fire fighting.
The forty-fourth annual convention
of the National Woolgrowers’ associa
tion, at Helena, was the most success
ful ever held. The attendance was also
unusually large.
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A t a meeting of 700 New York land
lords it was decided to have introduced
in the legislature a bill making it a
felony fur any political agitator to in
cite tenants to refuse to pay rental
which has been agreed upon. At pres;
ent it is h nnsdemeunor.
More mines are being opened at Gold
field.
Council Bluffs, la., has started a war
on gambling.
G n a t Hi ¡tain is alarmed for her nav
al supremacy.
The kaiser advocates the
English in Germany.
study
of
The fire in the big New York sky
scraper showed an insufficient water
supply.
Mulai Halid lias been proclaimed
sultan of Morocco and he lias started a
koly war.
Tho new Japanene amba8-*a<l<>r to tlie
TJnifce.l States declares that all trouble
“ ill soon be over.
In a mad ruBli to get seats at a the
ater in Barnsloy, Kng., Id children
were trampled to death.
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H ARLAN SEES WAR
FATAL THEATER FIRE
Fight
Nevada Must Net Shirk Responsibil
ity. Says President.
White and Yellow Races Must
for Supremacy.
Washington, Jan. 14. — President
Roosevelt lias determined to withdraw
the Federal troops from Goldfield, Nev.,
G R A FT O LD T R E E ».
shortly aft.r the legislature begins Its
epecial session teday.
This intention
was made known at the W hite House Diseased Orchard* in Valley Are to
today, when the report of the special
Be Laid Low .
investigation commission was made
Corvallis— A movement
is being
public, together with a letter from the
president to Governor Sparks, dated launched here for a great campaign for
January 4.
The president says ho the renovation of old orchards in the
shall be governed by the recommends- W illam et'e valley and other parts of
tions in the report unless the governor
Oregon. President Newell, of the state
can show that the statements of the re
port are not in accordance with the board of borticultuie, Mr. Lowusdale,
Mr. Reid, and a large number of the
fads. The report says:
The conditions did not support the fruit inspectors of the various counties
general allegations in the governor’s ja re o n th e ground and aro identified
request for troops, nor were his specific with the plan. The first gun in the
statements established to any such ex campaign was fired by M. O. l.ownsdale
tent as to justify his use of these state in an address before the visiting horti
ments for the purpose of getting Fede culturists and other winter short course
students in college chapel.
The ad
ral troops.”
‘ ‘ But we must firmly believe that dress met with a hearty indorsement,
The
upon the assembling of the legislature, ami aroused much enthusiasm.
or within a few days thereafter, the Agricultural college authorities will
troops should be removed, regardless of join in the plan, and in an educaitonal
any request for their retention that way and otherwise co-operate to the ut
may bo made by either the legislature most extent in furthering tlie move
or the governor of Nevada, it being es ment.
It is said that within three to five
sential tiiat the state of Nevada shall
understand this situation completely— yeure a complete new orchard can be
shall recognize the fact that there w ill, made out of the old one, and a profit of
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at that date be thrown upon it, and it $5 to $10 per tree be realized.
alone, tire primary responsibility of was the assertion of Mr. Lownedale in
keeping order, and that, recognizing his address. He says be has accom
this responsibility, it may take such plished this result with old trees on bis
action as is the duty of the state and as farm, and that it can be done by any
farmer who can do grafting or have it
will be sufficient in the premises.”
done.
The thing to do, saye M i. Lownadale,
I AND O FFIC E FO RCE S H O R T .
is to cut down the old treeB. The beet
plan is to cut them close to the ground,
This should
Commissioner Says Department is leaving the roots intact.
be done by the 1st of March. The next
Handicapped in Efficiency.
season, from the 10th to the 15th of
Washington, Jan. 14.— Commission
May, such varieties as are best for the
er Ballinger, of the general land office,
climate and for commercial purposes
tiHH completed his animal report for
should be grafted on the three or four
submission to congress.
He asks an
best sprouts. This is the easiest and
appropriation of $500,000 to carry on
most certain plan. Two feet of the old
(lie field work of his bureau in the pro
trunk may be left and ttie graft applied
tection of the public lands, an increase
to it the first year, and a year of time
of $250,000 over the current appropria
in reproducing the orchard is gained,
tion. During the fiscal years of 1895-7
there was recorded for investigation but this requires an expert at grafting
24.459 cases, of all kinds; of these the in order to be successful. By either
plan the trees will lie in good bearing
agents investigated and disposed of 12,-
104 cases, and 12,365 cases remained in from three to five years, and a reve
nue of $5 to $10 each be realized.
for examination July 1, 1907.
Washington, Jan. 13.— Justice John
M. Harlan, of the Supreme court of the
United States, peered into the distant
future at the annual dinner of the Navy
league of the Uuited Slates and told of
a day when the white and yellow races
will meet in a conflict that will shake
the earth.
The distinguished jurist
was speaking in the interest of a mighty
American navy. He said:
‘ ‘ If I had the opportunity I would
vote for an appropriation of $50,01)0,-
000 a year for a period of ten years for
a larger navy.
The great importance
of a navy is stiown in the constitution,
which restricts the appropriations for
the army, but sets no limit to those for
the navy. There is no such thing as
friendship between nations as between
men. Nations make no sacrifices to
preserve friendship and do not forbear
to do certain tilings because it dots not
meet with the approval of another na
tion
Do you think England cares a
cent for w hat we think of her navy, or
Germany cares a cent for what we think
of hers?
‘ ‘ The trend of the imnegration of th--
white people in the past has been from
east to west.
There lias been none
from the west. Just across the water
there is a country with an immense
population whoee commerce we are
seeking. We refer to the people of
Asia as the yellow race.
There are
400,000,000 Chinese, as strong physi
cally and mentally as we are. There ie
over there another nation whose people
are progressive and ambitious.
We
may some day see a skilled army in
Japan of 6,000,000 to 10,000,000.
They w ill say:
“ ‘ You claim Europe as your country.
This is ours. Get out.’ ”
“ I don’ t think they have any such
idea now, and we iiave no h stility to
ward them. But theie will be a con-
flict between the yellow race and the
white race that will shake the earth.
Wtien it comes I want to see this coun
try w ith a n«vy on both oceans that
w ill be strong eon ugh.”
There were 2,243 'and entries relin
quished after the case was in the hands
of special agents for investigation, 353
entries were cancelled after hearings
had upon special agents’ charges; 307
unlawful enclosures of public lands
were removed restoring 1 940,120 acres
to the open range. There were 27 con
victions connected witli these cases.
The total of moneys recovered by the
government in all special agents’ cases
was $380.251 and 2,372,224 acres of
land was either freed from fraudulent
claims to title or released from unlaw
ful enclosure and occupancy.
The colors of the American man-of-
M O R O C C O FACES C R ISIS.
war Chesapeake, captured by England
in 1813, have been offered for sale in
Sultan Abd El Aziz Is Forced From
N London.
Throne by Reports.
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General Manager Mohler, of the Un
Tangier, Jan. 14.— There is conster
ion Pacific, declares (lie prohibition
nation among Moroccan officials at the
wave now sweeping the country w ill
sensational news from Fez announcing
stop expansive railroad work.
the proclaiming of Muiai llafid as sul
A strike of 200 newsboys in Boston tan and tiie dangerous conditions now
oreated quite a disturbance. Three po pre ’ailing in the city.
Couriers who
lice officers were assaulted, stripped of iiave arrived here announce also tiiat
their badges and one officer and a by the people of Mequinez have proclaimed
stander seriously injured.
Mulai llatid sultan. According to the
The jury in the Thaw case has been latest information from Fez, the Ule
mas or wise men, were forced to decree
completed.
the overthrow of Abd El Aziz, the sul
The battleship ffeet lias arrived at tan of record, and proclaim Mulai llafid
Rio Janeiro.
sultan in his place, by the attitude of
Wuraaw, Russia, terrorists are busy the people, who were greatly excited
over reports that A id El Arlz had sold
again and the city is in a turmoil.
the country to France.
T. C. Becker, of New York, is to
The announcement hy the public
assist Heney in the Oregon land frauds criers was received with frantic joy.
France may insist on arbitration be Mulai Halid was proclaimed sul'an un
tween the United states and Japan to der certain conditions, which he must
accept together w ith the title. Among
prevent war.
these are the following:
Alton B. Parker attributes the re
That he reject the Algeciras act, ex
cent financial panic to Roosevelt's ‘ ‘at pel the Fiench troops from Morocco,
tacks on property.”
prohibit access to tlie Interior for Euro
The steamship Aki Marti, from the peans, who with the Jews, it is set
Orient, has juat arrived in Seattle witli forth, should be allowed to occupy only
1,200 tons of fireworks to he used by quarters in the ports reserved for them;
Coast Chinese in celebrating their New prohibit Moorish subjects from placing
themselves under the protection of for
Years.
eign consulates, secure Morocco’s rights
Heney has tieen stirred up by the
ill the frontier question with Algeria,
decision of the Appellate court in the
and suppress taxation.
Schmitz case and says he will push the
other indictments against Ruef and
Storm in East.
send him to prison for life.
Chirago, Jan. 1 4 — Chicago and its
Four policemen were killed and fire environs were cut off for several hours
nearly 30 injured in the burning of a yesterday from wire communications
New York skyscraper.
The fire started from other points by a snow and wind
on the fi ft li floor of a 12 story building storm which began before dawn and
and the structnie ia a total loss.
The raged without a break all day. Snow
monetary loss is placed at $5,000,000 continues to fall.
A northwest gale
drove blinding masses of wet snow be
Only seven jurors have boon secured
fore it. The wattnth of the atmosphere
in the Thaw case.
caused the heavy flakes partly to melt
and stick to whatever they touched
Fire at Green Bay. W is., caused
As a consequence overburdened wires
estimateti loss of $80,000.
Fire at Minneapolis destroyed a fur and poles were put out of commission
in alt directions for hours.
niture warehouse. Loss $125,000.
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M AKE W ARFARE ON SC ALE.
Marion County Fruitmen Learning to
Fight Dread Pest.
Salem— The moat praelieat, interest
ing ami instructive discussion of San
Jose scale ever given in Marion county
wus heard here last week when Coun
ty Fruit Inspector E. C. Armstrong ad
dressed tiie meeting of the Marion
County Horticuhural society. About
200 growers of Marion and Polk coun
ties were present, and it was tiie unan
inious opinion that if similar talks and
demonstrations were given in every
part of the W illam ette valley this win
ter, it would be but a short time until
the great enemy of tho fruit industry
would be under control. That a very
laige number of growers do not know
seal» when they see It, and therefore
are in a very poor position to tight it,
was evident. Mr. Armstrong made his
address so plain and illustrated it so
fully that no one who was present will
ever have trouble in distinguishing this
pest.
Shingle Mill fo r Albany.
Albany— A shingle m ill, with a ca
pacity of 60,000 shingles duily, w ill be
established in Albany this winter by
E. A. Thompson and Elmer Cramer,
former employes of the Curtiss Lumber
company in its big plant at M ill City.
Work w ill begin on the new m ill as
soon as a satisfactory location is found.
The two men have secured the shingle
manufacturing machinery of tiie M ill
City nulls, and have also acquired the
ownership of a large body of spruce
timber, and propose to make the in-
dustry a large one.
T A L K EP R A Y A N D P R U N IN G .
Marlon Ccuuty Fruitmen Plan More
Frcq rent Meetings
Salem— The Marion County Horti
cultural society lias decided to hold
either weekly or bi-weekly meetings
the remainder of the winter for the
epecial purpose of spreading infoimn-
t.on concerning the proper pruning and
spraying of fruit trees. It has been
found that at one meeting the time s
so short tiiat all the subjects in which
fruitgrowers are interested cannot be
satisfactorily discussed, and that as a
result the growers get partial informa-
t on, wtich is of little practical use Pi
them. At the weekly or bi-weekly
meetings, special subjects w ill betaken
up, \arying according to the particular
p irt'on of their work the growers are
about to perform. Thus tile subject of
pruning will be one of tiie first consid
ered for the reason that the pruning
season is now on. After tiiat spraying
will be the subject of lectures and
demonstrations.
Use of fertilizers,
methods and time of cultivation, thin
ning fruit, etc., will be taken up as
occasion seems to demand.
DALLAS A F TE R A CAN N ER Y.
Fruitmen
Believe T hey Will
Market fo r Crop.
Have a
Dallas— A committee appointd at the
meeting of tiie Horticultural society
last week for the purpose of securing
ttie co operation of the fruit raisers of
this vicinity in the establishing of a
cannery at Dallas, is hard at work.
W ith the exception of the berry crop,
sufficient fruit is raised wi hin a radius
of five miles around Dallas to easily
support a cannery, and it is believed
that the establishment of that industry
in this city w ill result in the planting
ol enough of the small fruits to keep
the cannery in operation during the en
tire season each year.
A company will be formed and the
farmers, fruitgrowers ar.d business men
will be solicited to bike stock in it.
Heretoforre tiie fruit crops of this vicin
ity wete shipped to the canneries in
Salem and Newberg.
New Library Building Open.
University of Oregon, Eugene— Dur
ing the holidays many of the recitation
rooms ef the university were removed
from Villard hall to better quarters in
tiie new library building.
Occupancy
of the new building has lieen delayed,
owing to the fact that there has been
no money available for heat.
The
problem was solved by turning off the
heat from the entire upper floor of V il
lard ha 11 and sending it through the
pipes into the libtary building.
Big Milton Ranch Sold
Milton— For tiie price of $28 562.50
Henry L. Frazier, of Milton, has sold
his ranch near this place to W illiam
ff. Harder, and the deal represents one
of the biggest individual transactions
made in this section of the country for
many months. The Frazier ranch is
located just southwest of Milton, and
contains 246 acres of wheat land. This
sale also included the Franzier resi
dence in Milton.
Hides Take Big Drop
Pendleton— After the highest prices
ever paid for hides in Eastern Oregon,
in the past eight weeks, prices have
now dropped to the lowest price known.
Only a few weeks ago dry hides were
quoted in this city at 18 cents per
pound. Now dry hides are worth but
9 cents and green hides hut 4 cents.
PO R TLAN D M ARKETS
GREAT A C T IV IT Y EVIDENT.
Government is Rushing Work on Our
Coast Defenses
Washington, Jan. 13.— New coast
defenses are being installed and old
ones re-enforced at Pacific coast points,
Guam, Hawaii and Manila. This work
of fortification is being carried forward
swiftly and upon a gigantic scale. Coal
depots are being replenished, huge
Bearchligiits installed, I arbors mined,
big guns placed ami ammunition maga
zines filled to overflowing.
So quietly has this work been going
on that few outside cf the officials han
dling the work have realized theenoim-
ous undertaking under way. This work
was started last May, and it is expected
that a year will see the completion of
the outlined program.
It is acknowledge that the fortifica
tions at Manila, Guam, Puget sound
and Honolulu are inefficient and it ie at
those points that the greatest work is
being done. San Francisco and other
coast points are declared to be perfectly
equipped to repel attacks.
W hile not acknowledging any appre
hension, the administration is rushing
the work with real vigor. It was learn
ed from an authoritative source today
tiiat one of the potent factors in determ
ining the dispatch of the fleet to the
Pacific was a realization of the wtak-
ness at certain points. The presence of
the fleet In the Pacific remedies all de
fect« and structural weakness in coast
defense points. As long as it remains
there it will make up for any short
coming in coast fortifications.
By the time the fleet leaves the wa
ters of tiie Pacific it is believed all the
weak points will have been reinforced
and the defenses w ill be of a modern
and approved type.
Twelve million rounds now enroute
to the Far East furnishes enough am
munition for a possible army ol 50,000
men. The normal need of the army in
the Philippines is about 2,000 000
rounds annually. Aside from this (here
is an exceptionally heavy draft of shells
and terpedoes.
Fruits— Applfs, 75c® $2.25 per box ;
peaches, 75e®$l per crate;
pears,
$1.25® 1.75 per box; cranberries, $9.50
(»>$12 per Imirel.
Vegetables— Turnips, 75c per sack;
carrots, 85c per sack; beets, $1 per
Glass Factory for Eugene
sack; beans, 20c per pound; cabbage,
Eugene— Eugene bids fair to have a
lc per pound; cauliflower, $2(3)2.25
glass factory in the near future.
Gus
per dozen; celery, $3.50 per crate;
tave Mathisen, an expert glass blower,
onions, 16@20c per dozen; parsley, 20c
who was one of the promoters of the
per dozen; peas, 10c per pound; pep
factory at Coburg, in this county, off. rs
pers, 8(3)17c per pound; pumpkins, 1@
to put up a plant costing $60,000 if the
1 t^’c per pound; radishes, 20c per doz
citizens of this city take stock in a com
en; spinach. 8c per pound; sprout*. 8c
pany to be organized to the amount of
per pound; squash, l @ l)£ c per pound;
$5,000. Mathisen claims to lie backed
tomatoes, $2 per box.
by ample capital. The matter will at
Onions— $1 85(3)2 per hundred.
once he taken up by the Commercial
Not So Many Idle Workmen.
Potatoes— Delivered Portland, 50®
club and it is probable that some action
Chicago, Jan. 13.— Statistics gather
75c per hundred; sweet potatoes, $3
w ill be taken immediately.
ed hy the Chicago association of com
per cwt.
Wheat— Club. 85c; bluestem, 87c; merce tend to alleviate the pessimism
C ow Earns Her Feed
felt concerning the local industrial sit
valley, 85c; red, 83c.
Oregon Agricultural College. Corval
Oats— No. 1 white, $27.50@28; gray, uation. In response to letters sent out
lis— A five-year-old Holstein at the $27 50(3:23.
to 616 business firms which a year ago
college dairy made a milk yield of 13,-
Barley— Feed, $27.50 per ton; brew gave employment to 97,000 persons, it
714 pounds for the year ending Decem ing, $32; rolled, $29(3 30.
is stated that these firms are now em
ber 31. The product carried a butterr , Corn
Co
— Whole, $32.50;
cracked, ploying 86 400 persons, a decrease of
fat reecrd of 448.56 pounds, and yield-- | j ] 50.
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less than 12 per cent, and within 60
ed 520.97 pounds of butter, that at
Hay— Valley timothy, No. 1. $8 per davs will have a ided 4 920 hands.
prices current during the year brought ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $21(31 David R. Forgan, president of the asso
$170. She was not pushed in the feed 22; clover, $15; cheat, $15; grain hay, ciation, declares that the statistics were
ing, but given the ordinary rations in $15@18; alfalfa, $15; vetch, $14
gathered from every branch of industry.
Abyaslnians have captured an Italian
M ore Defenses Needed
cident to any well-kept dairy.
Her
Butter— Fancy creamery, 80(3*35c per
town and exterminated the garriamo
Seattle, Jan. 14.— ‘ ‘ We realize the food for the year cost $40, leaving a pound.
Surgeons Forget Tools.
net profit of $130.
Red Lodge, Mont., Jan. 13.— A local
Poultry— Average old hens. 12c per
Bonaparte says he w ill soon start a desirability of providing additional de
fenses for Puget sound as rapidly as
pound; mixed chickens. I l ^ ( a i 2 c ; surgeon who has performed an opera-
sait to dissolve the Harriman merger
possible, and when I get hack to Wash No Dslrgvte to Dr» Farming C orgrezs spring chickens, 11 ^ @ 120; roosters, tion on Charles Joakirea a young
Portland— Oregon is the only one .if 8(3U0c: dressed chicken«, 14c; turkeys, Finnish minister, for the removal of
Rev. Johnston Myers, of Chicago, ington 1 shall lay the facts before con
has fed more than 2,000 hungry men gres« and recommend additional fortiti the setni-arld state« not represented offi live, 15c: dressed, choice, 18c; geese, the cause of pain in his chest, found in
at ions,” said Lieutenant Colonel Fred cially in the Trans-Missouri Dry Farm live, 9®10c; ducks, 16(5vl7c; pigeons, the cavity left by a previous operation
in four days.
erick V. Abbott, assistant to the cheif ing congress, which will hold its second !5 c @ $ l; squabs, $1 60®i2.
two pieces of rubber tubing four and
Trains in the new Brooklyn subway
of the engineer corps. Ignited States session in Salt Lake City. January 23-
To one
Eggs— Fresh ranch, candied, 30c per five inches long respectively.
are not well patronized and have not army, having charge o f fort ¡tic iti >na of
28, ami effort* are being made by Man dozen.
was attacked a safetypin, badly rusted.
relieved the crush on the bridge.
the United State«, la t night, who ar ager Tom Richardson, of the Commer
Veal— 75 to 125 pounds, 9(3.9 V*c; The rubber tubing was nearly a half
The round house and other buildings rived here from Manila Wednesday.
cial club, to secure someone from East 125 to 156 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 inch in diameter. Joakinen is recov
of the I.ake Shore railroad, at Elkhart,
ering.
ern Oregon. The Oregon Development pounds; SfStfiv^c.
Ind., have been destroyed by fire.
Japanese Sends in a B d
league is willing to offer credentials to j Pork— Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 6® i
Loss, $126,000.
H on'Inin, Jan. 1 4 — The award of any representative citizen of the state 7c: packers. 6(3» 7c.
Vesuvius Still Spits Ashes
Hops— 1907, prime and choice. 6(3)
There has been aoch a large reduc bids for material for thecon«trtietion of wbo will attend the meeting.
Naples, Jan. 13 — Mount Vesuvius
” 1* c ; per pound; olds. l® 2 c per pound. continues to throw ont ashes and incan-
tion In the arrivals of immigrants that mproxement* for Pearl harbor has
Fulton Files Hi* Petition.
\\ ool Eastern Oregon, average t>eet, descent matter from its chief crater,
many of the BOO employes at Ellis been held up, because the lowest bid-
Salem—-C. W . Fulton has filed a 1 .1)3.20e per pound, according to shrink- the cone of which, formed by the last
Island, New York, have nothing to do er is a dummy for some Japanese con
It is probeh e that all bid* copy of bis petition for Republican age; valley, 19f3i2tV. according to fine- eruption, collapsed recently, the earth
and, a reduction in the force ia prob tractor.
j nomination <or United States senator.
w ill be rejected.
ness; mohair choice 29®30c per pound, tremblings being felt long distances
able.
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Hundred Die In Horrible Disaster
at Boyertewe, Pa.
COAL OIL SPILLED ON AUDIENCE
Flames Leap Through Hall a id Peo
ple All Rush Out— Many Are
Trampled to Pulp
Boyeitown, Pa., Jan 14.— Nearly
100 persons of this borough were killed
in a theater fire and panic lust night
and nearly three score injured, many of
them fatally. A majority of the killed
were members of the leading families
of the town.
W hile tiie “ .“ cottish Reformation”
was being reproduced in Rhodes opera
house by Mrs. Monroe, of Washing
ton, a tank us> d in a mo-ing picture
scene exploded.
Immediately there
was a wild rush for tin-exits of the
building. Men of mature years en
deavored to still the panic, but their
voices could not ire heard alrove the
shrieks ami scream« of tiie terrified
women and children who composed the
greater part of tiie audience.
It seemed as though m arly the en
tire audience made a mail rush for the
exits the moment tiie explosion occur
red.
In their attempts to quiet the great
crowd, those persons who were on the
stage accidentally upst t the coal oil
lamps u«ed at the footlights
The
burning oil «cat ered in all directions,
and the lumps which wire u-ed to light
the opera house exploited, throwing the
Mazing oil over the terror stricken
people, who were lighting frantically
to gam the exit«. In the mad rush a
section of the floor gave way. precipi
tating scores of persons to the base
ment.
It was scarcely five minutes from
the time ol tiie explosion of the tanks
until the entire heart of the structure
seemed a roaring furnace. There was
a mad scramble to tlie stairway, and
scores of women and children were
knocked down and trampled upon,
many of them doubtless being crushed
to death. At least 50 perenns, realiz
ing that exit by the stairway meant
almost curtail de th, risked their lives
by jumping from the windows. Limbs
were broken and skulls were crushed by
this daring method of escape.
In the meantime a relief corps was
at work at the entrance to the theater,
endeavoring to release those who were
edged in the doorway and unable to ex
tricate themselves
Many persons who
etherise might iiave made good their
escape fro n the furnace wore held in
check hy the awful jam at the doors.
As the flames cut their way toward the
front of the building, w> men could be
seen tc clasp their hands and fall back
into tiie flames
Once the doorways were clear, tiie
rescuers dragged many women and
children from the stairways leading to
the balcony.
Some of them were so
badly injured that they died before
reaching the
temporary
hospital.
Skulls wore crushed and the faces of
some of the victims were so horribly
mutilated tiiat they were barely recog
nizable. In one instance, tiie skull of
a child, apparently about 10 years of
age, was crushed almost into a jelly.
To add to the terrible dis ster, the
fire apparatus became disabled and the
structure was left entirely to the mercy
of the flames. It is almost certain not
a vestige of the bodies of the unfortun
ates who were overcome by the smoke
and peri hed will ever be found.
Had the women and children heeded
the warning of the cooler heads in the
audience, the hordble loss of life might
have l>ecn avoided, but there was the
usual panic and stampede which invar
iably follows such a catastrophe. Tiie
flames spread rapidly and communicat
ed to the other pa-ts of the building.
Men, women and chi Id ten rushed for
the many exits of the building, and
the weaker sex and the children were
trampled ami maimed in the mad rush
to gain the streets.
Big Fire in Kansas C'ty
Kanea« City, Mo., Jan. 14.— The
Union station annex was destroyed hy
fire early today.
the Union station
proper w s saved. The burn«) build-
¡Dg contained the receiving offices of
the Adams, Wells-Eargo and Pacific
Express companies, branch mailing
room of the postoffiee, the offices of the
Fred Harvey Eating House company,
the Pullman I’a'ace Car company's
linen loom and the Railwaymen’s Y.
M. C. A. rooms. The loss is estimated
at close to a quarter of a million dol
lars.
Massacred by Yaquis
Visalia, Cal , Jan. 1 4 — Word of the
tragic death of Maik Perkins, a prom
inent mine owner of Mexico, and for
mer resident of this city, was received
today hy the young man’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. If. P. Perkins, of Visalia.
On January 2 last, Perkins and nine
Mexicans were ambushed by Yaquis
pear the city of 8orora. Mexico, and
mftssacred. hut one Mexican escaping.
Other particulars of the killing bave
not yet been received.
Minir-g Camp Burns
Mexico City, Jan. 14 — According to
a telegram just received in this city,
the great gold mining camp of El Oro,
one of the larg-st in the republic, is
being destroyed by fire.
When the
dispatch was filed the principal hotels
and the more important business build-
ings of the camp had been reduced to
ashes.
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