DOINGSOFTHEWEEK EXPLOSION FOLLOWS STRIKE. ITALY MAKES WAR ON TURKS CITY WASHED Trainload of Strikebreakers Stormed and Many Fall. . McComb City, Miss.—An explosion, fleet has blockaded the Tripolitan said to have been dynamite, occurred coast. in the railroad shops at 1:30 o’clock There are unconfirmed reports that Wednesday morning, in the vicinity of Turkey intends to send an ultimatum to Greece to abandon her claims on which J00 or more strike-breakers are Crete and is massing troops on the quartered. ^ Thessalonian frontier. The explosion was followed 'by sev­ The greatest activity ensued on the receipt of news that war had been Breaking Gas Mains Add Fire to Hor General Resume of Important Eventa eral shots. It is not known whether or of Scene—Victims Mostly declared and notification of a blockade any casualities resulted. Presented In Condensed Form was sent out. It is uuderstood the var­ Women and Children. Lee Haley, aged 45, a striker, was for Our Busy Readers. ious governments will receive the cus­ shot and killed early Tuesday, He tomary neutrality notices and will de­ leaves a wife and two children, His vote their diplomatic efforts to bring Austin, Pa.—Austin, a town of 3 Italian Squadron Blockades Port of hostilities to an end and especially to Senator Stephenson, of Wisconsin, slayers are unknown. 000 residents in the northern part o Tripoli, Which Refuses to Sur­ avoiding complications in the Balkans. admits he spent 1107,000 to be elected this state, was swept out of existence Jackson, Miss.—In a fight in the render on Demand. Saturday and more than 100 of The czar of Russia is steadily grow­ freight yards of the Illinois Central at people were killed by a flood which ing in popularity with the poorer McComb City between strikers and followed the breaking of the Bayles- classes. London—A state of war exists be­ strike-breakers several persons were Pulp & Paper company’s dam, a mile San Francisco has begun a war on tween Italy and Turkey, and hostili­ and a half north of the town. Hal seriously injured, one probably fatally. bucket shops, and landed 20 at the ties have begun. No sooner had the a billion gallons of water rushed over Governor ordered out troops at 7 :30 time limit fixed by the ultimatum ex­ first raid. the place in a wall ten feet high, o’clock Tuesday night and two com­ pired than, ignoring the Turkish con­ wrecking every structure in its path. Sixty thousand Arabs have joined Fear that the town of Costello, al the Turkish forces in Tripoli and a des­ panies are now patroling the scene. ciliatory request for delay, Italy de­ in the path of the flood, had been des­ perate war seems probable. The special train bearing the strike­ clared war. The Turkish representa­ tives in Italy received their passports. troyed, was confirmed by later reports. President Markham, of the Illinois breaker? continued on its journey to The Turkish commander at Tripoli Costello was a settlement of fro Central, is said to be the best poker New Orleans. was asked to surrender the town, but 35 to 40 houses, and only half a dozen player, as well as the best railroader, Citizens of Magnolia say that when houses are left standing. The town in the Middle West. the train passed there at full speed of Wharton is reported to be safe. The Southern California conference every coach window was broken and In Austin the bursting of scores o of the Methodist church urges the no one was visible at the openings, natural gas mains as the buildin the strike-breakers lying prone on the abolition of the rules against cards, were swept away added horror to th- floor to escape bullets. dancing and theaters. flood and many imprisoned in th Several hundred shots were ex­ wreckage were burned to death. Th One man was killed and three badly changed and among the strikers there contents of the dam, which was filled hurt in a riot when strikebreakers dis­ were numerous bruised and broken to overflowing by the heavy rains of embarked to go to work in the rail­ heads. Many of the wounded were Duke of A bruzzi. two weeks, swept through a natural road shops at Houston. carried to the headquarters of the gorge in which Austin and Costell Workmen cannot be had to search strikers and physicians were sum­ According to Italian advices, the are situated. the ruins at Austin, Pa., for bodies, moned. It is said that several will government plans to land 40,000 men While many residents of Austin es-| die. and it is feared the ruins will have to in Tripoli by October 7. Ho bombard caped to the hills, the warning given The fight at McComb occurred at be burned for sanitary reasons. ment will be attempted unless the by the blasts of the Bayless mill’s the freight shed, half a mile south of property of Italians or other foreign whistle was too brief for hundreds of The Kubak river in Alaska, sup­ the depot. The train bearing the ers is endangered. It is understood others. The catastrophe paralleled in posed to be a small Btream, has been strike-breakers had pulled down to the the Italian ministers have elaborated many respects the destruction by flood found to be navigable for 300 miles, freight shed and was standing on a a scheme for the administration of of Johnstown, Pa., in 1889, in which and for small c ra ft at least 200 miles side track. Tripoli with the Duke of Abruzzi as more than 2,800 lives were lost. more. The fight raged 20 minutes. Finally first governor. Among the first acts The extent of the loss of life and A fund of $20,000,000 for govern­ the engineer of the train made a dash of the new government will be the the destruction of property cannot be ment irrigation work is available on for his locomotive, managed to get abolition of many taxes now imposed known for several days. The proper­ demand of the secretary of the inter­ aboard while the bullets were flying K ing Victor Em m anuel, of Italy. on the Tripolitans. ty loss will be several million dollars. ior, yet not a cent can be obtained by about his head, opened the throttle Within an hour of the first general Western projects, and steps are being and pulled out at full speed. Prevesa—When Italian gunboats en­ knowledge of the calamity, special taken to find out why. The train did not stop at any point declined, and the Italian forces imme­ diately occupied Tripoli and Benghazi. countered two Turkish transports with trains bearing physicians, nurses and Bellingham, Wash., experienced a south of McComb, going through sta­ Apparently the Turks offered no resis­ 2,000 troops aboard, the transports de­ food supplies were on the way to the tions at full speed. distinct shock of earthquake Thursday tance, but this is only an assumption, termined not to be captured. They scene. Hundreds of automobiles bear­ evening. as immediately on landing the Italians steamed bravely on the rocks off Pre­ ing rescuers toiled over the mountain TURKS CLAMOR FOR BATTLE evidently seized the telegraph lines. vesa and hundreds of soldiers were roads to lend aid. Governor Dix, of New York, urges Temporary hospitals were fitted up the repeal of the law which legalises Sultan's People Anxious to Wage ^ Constantinople dispatch makes no drowned. in the nearby farm houses and impro­ boxing. Active War on Italians. vised structures fashioned from the wreckage. The Red Cross also made PORTLAND MARKETS. Constantinople—Turkish telegrams preparations for immediate aid to sur­ Wednesday, reported that an Italian Wheat—Export basis: Bluetsem, vivors. The intense heat of the fire» warship had sunk two motor boats 85J(d'87c; club, 82c; red Russian 80c; sweeping from the natural gas mains valley 82; 40-fold, 82f//83c; fife, 82c. near Hodeida, a port on the Red Sea, made it impossible for survivors to Millstuffs — Bran, $24.50(2.60; choice calves, on the basis of the cession of Tripoli killed in a wreck. The P°!'« Italian Enthused By War. searching for the chauffeur, *nd 37.15417.25; good, $7ft(7.15; com­ to Italy and a financial compensation Chiaseo, Switzerland — Dispatches district attorney declares a mon, $4/e whole coast from Tripoli through engine will not carry him 0Tef Benghazi to Derna by Sunday. Sierraa. Current Events of Interest Gathered From the World at Large. I Bursting Oam Overwhelms too a Ausliu, Pennsylvania. Warships Drive Turkish Trans- ports Ou Rocks. ic