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American athletes were successful at the Paris tournament. An all day tight between the Boers and British at Platkop resulted indeci sively. Y A M H IL L TRAPPED BY BOERS Another British Force Falls Into Dutch Hands. The Russian minister at Pekin is said to have been boiled to death by Boxers. THE CAPTURE OF NITRAL’S NEK Nine houses were entirely consumed and many others damaged by tire at Dunsmuir, Cal. A German paper says the seizure of Kiao Chou has caused the present trou ble with China. L o rd R o b erts R e p o rts th e C a s u a lt ie s H e a v y —A n o t h e r E u g l U h D e f e a t N o r th o f P r e to r ia . London, July 14.— Lord Roberto Fire at Durant, L T., wiped out the ports to the war office, under date of greater portion ol the town, causing a Pretoria, July 14, as follows: loss of $100,000. "T h e enemy, having failed in their The empress dowager again bolds the All foreigners have been removed attack upon our right rear, as men reigns of government in China. from the town of Wa Chou, China, and tioned in my telegram of July 9, made a determined attack upon our right Three men were killed by the explo are safe at Shanghai. sion of a boiler at an oil works in United States Senator John H. Gear, Hank yesterday, and, I regret to say, Astoria, Oregon. of Iowa, died at Washington City of succeeded in capturing Nitial'a Nek, which was garrisoned by a squadron of The total casualties of the British, as heart disease, aged 75 years. the Scots guards, with two guns of a a result of the Boer war, np to date are A large part ol the business district battery of the Royal artillery and five 18,188 officers and men. ol Prescott, Arizona, were burned, companies o f the Lincolnshiie regi causing a loss ol $1,000,000. St. Louis street car strikers again ment. The enemy attacked iu superior have their busses running in opposition The steamer City of Topeka ai rived numbers at dawn, and, seizing the to the Transit Company. at Seattle fioni Lynn canal with be hills commanding the Nek, brought a The French ship L ’ Aquitaine has tween $750,000 aud $1,000,000 in gold heavy gun fire to bear upon the small garrison. Nitral’ s Nek is about 18 sailed from Toulon with 850 infantry dust from Klondike. and artillery for China. Twenty square miles of forests were miles from here, near where the road crosses the Crocodile river. It was New York tailors are again planning bunred by a tire started by a firecracker held by us in order to maintain road a big strike. Contractors are violating naar Grub Gulch, Cal. The loss w ill and telegraphic communication with be hundreds ol thousands. agreements made several years ago. Rustenberg. General rain has fallen over nearly Dr. Charles F. McDonald, the organ "T h e fighting lasted, more or less, all India during the past few days and izer of our postal money order system, throughout the day, aud immediately the prospects are that crops have im died at Hamilton, Ontario, aged 71 cm receiving information this evening mensely improved. The famine area years. of the enemy’s strength, I dispatched has generally been benetitted. reinforcements from here under Colonel Southern negroes may go to Hawaii. Eight-hour shifts lor all underground Godfrey, of the K in g’ s Own Scotch Plantation owners of the island will however, they make them good offers with a view to men at the United Verde mine and an Borderers. Before, dispensing with the troublesome Jap increase of 15 per cent in wages for reached the spot, the garrison had been miners in certain portions of the mine overpowered, the guns and the greater laborers. were announced at Jeiome, Ariz. portion of the squadron of the Grays A plot to assassinate President Mc Advices were received from Sydney had been captured, owing to the horses Kinley has been frustrated. It waa being shot; also about 90 men of the concocted by a group of Spanish and that tribal wars are raging at the Solo- Lincolnshire regiment. A list of the mon group. There has been a fierce Cnban conspirators who bad head battle between the Mariau (Boys) and casualties has not been received, but quarters in New York. Malata tribes. The losses on each side 1 think they are heavy. George A. Morse, an aged and abso were heavy. "Simultaneously, an attack wa« lutely helpless patient in the Agnew’s made on our outposts, near Durdepoort, Dynamite was exploded under a insane asylum, at San Jose, C al., waa north of the town, in w hich the slowly boiled to death in a bath in the Transit car in North St. Louis, and Seventh dragoons were engaged. The four passengers were injured. A su men’ s ward of that institution. 11« regiment was handled with consider was placed in a bath tub, and after the burban car. the only union line in the able skill by Lieutenant-Colonel Low, hot water was turned on the attendant city, accidently ran into a strikers’ and kept on their supports, and would left the room for a towel, forgot his ’ Iras wagon and injured 12 occupants, probably have suffered but slight loss, patient, and did not return until ths two seriously. had not our troops mistaken some Judge Thomas Ayer, of the United Boers in the bushes for our own men. imbecile was fearfully burned. States court of appeals at St. Louis, "Smith-Dorrien had a small engage A serious fire is i aging on Bull moun has handed down an opinion declaring ment with the enemy yesterday near tain* Railroad creek and Pompey’s that John P. Reese, the Iowa M iners’ Krugersdoorp, and inflicted heavy loss Pillar, on the north side of the Y ellow Union official who was sentenced to on them. stone river, Montana. It is extending imprisonment in Kansas for violation "B uller reports that the Boers who east to the Mussel Shell river, and is of a strike injunction, was illegally were destroying his line of railway sweeping the range like tinder, as restrained of his liberty, and grunted a near Paarde Krall were driven off yes everything is dry. A late report says writ of habeas corpus releasing him. terday, after a short action. that 20 head of horses belonging to Judge Ayer ruled that the lower court ‘ ‘Hart reports from Heidelberg that Ramsey, of Billings, were burned. erred in in du in g Reese under the in the surrendering of Boer arms and am Vast flocks of sheep are in great danger. junction. munition continues in that district.” Tien Tsin is hard pressed by 80,000 W illiam Ahles, an old resident of D u el B e tw een F re n ch m e n . Chinese, Tacoma, committed suicide. Faria, July 14.— M. Lascs, the prom Cubans are pleased at the withdrawal R ich gold strikes have been made on inent Nationalist deputy, whose uame of American troops. the Koyuknk, some claims staked out had been connected with the most dis St. Louis Btreet car employes havs yielding $4 to the pan. orderly incidents in the chamber of de renewed their strike. Robbers held up an Illinois Central puties during the past session, fought Chinese imperial troops are defend train near Padncah, K y., blew up the a duel with swords today with a news- pa|>er man, M. Gerault Rich, in a su ing the foreigners in Pekin. express car and secured $10,000. burb of Paris. The meeting was the Chinese do not want religion and no The empress dowager has ordered outcome of an article written by the amount of war can make them accept the suppression of the Boxers and the latter in the social organ, La Petite it. protection of the legations at Pekin. Republique. In the 11th round, Battleship Oregon w ill not be sent A Pullman car was turned upside Lascs was wounded in the right arm to Taku again unless absolutely neces down near Redding, Cal., the nine o c and the duel was stopped. sary. cupants were all more or less injured, C .m p a u M a y R u n B r y a n ’ . C a m p a ig n . It is said America is to have 11,000 but none fatally. Detroit, July 14.— Daniel J. Cam- men in the force ol 100,000 to be used Thirty-six bodies, horribly disfig in China. ured, have been recovered from the pan, who returned from Chicago today, said that the Democratic national com The steamer Rosalie arrived at Seat hull of the steamship Saale, recently mittee had askeil him to accept the tle from Lynn canal, with $800,000 in burned at Hoboken, N. J. chairmanship of the National Demo Klondike gold. County Commissioner Campbell, ol cratic campaign committee, and upon American trade w ill be injured if Spokane county, Wash., was killed by bis declining the offer, had refused to the powers decide to make war on ths an O. R. & N. passenger train near accept the declination and had asked Latah, Idaho. He was crossing the him to take the matter under adivse- Chinese empire. track in a buggy. ment. Mr. Campau said he w ill soon The Oregon must remain in dry dock A flood of gold is pouring in from give the committee a final answer. 90 days. She has arrived at Che Foo Alaska. The receipts of the govern and will go to Japan at once. P h i li p p in e P o s t a l S e r v ic e . ment assay office at Seattle in the fis Li Hung Chang is again urging the San Francisoo, July 18.— United cal year were $13,630,326. This powers to intervene and establish a month’ s recepts may exceed $6,000, States Postofflce Inspector James W. strong government in the Chinese em Erwin, of this city, has received orders 000. pire. from Washington to proceed as early The Chinese government Is sorry lor George Horrick, is held at North Ya as possible to the Philippines and assist the recent outbreaks, but holds the kima on a charge ot killing a squaw on in the organization of the postal sys powers blamable. The empress dow the reservation. He claims self-de tem in the islands. He w ill sail on ager says the attacks on Tien Tsin we fense. the transport Sumner next Monday. the result of the bombardment of Tien Mr. Erwin recently aided in improving Rumoi is current that the Chicago A Tsin. the Cuban postal service. Alton, Kansas City Southern and Un Savages of the Caroline islands at ion Pacitio railways w ill be amalga tacked a shipwrecked British crew, H e a t W a v e In L o n d o n . mated. setiously wounding two of the British, London, July 14.— An exceptional Dr. Henry D. Cogswell, a well- and were only driven off when an heat wave is causing numerous son- known philanthropist and prohibition American cattle dealer came to the strokes and prostrations. In London ist, is dead at San F.-ancisco, aged 80 rescue of the Biitish. the thermometer registered 129 degrees yeais. On the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, in the sun and 88 in the shade at noon. Commissioner of Patents Duell is a deliberate attempt to wreck the O il T a n k E x p l o d e d . said to be out for the nomination for Washington express, liearing $3,000,- Boston. July 14.— By an explosion governor of New York on the Repub 000 in gold to the subtresaury in New lican ticket. York, came very near beiDg successful of an oil tank in the railroad yards at Somerville, during a fire last night, Japanese laborers in Hawaii ars dis s i Folsom, a short distance outside ol over 100 persons were more or less in contented. Plantation managers have Philadelphia. jured, and two are reported dead. conceeded everything asked for and still The general freight agents of leading Western roads have formed an arrange- they are not satisfied. E l e c t r i c C a r» C o l l i d e . ment for the pooling of business. Joint Springfield. O., July 14.— Two cars The converter and billet mill of the agencies are to be established at Kan collided on the Dayton, Springfield A Illinois Steel Company at Joliet, III., sas City, Omaha a id St. Paul. A Urbaua electric road last night, and resumed operations and nearly 1,000 joint agent w ill be placed in charge ol telescoped. Probably 20 persons were men were put to work. the traffic at each of these cities. injured. Russian, French and German admi Colombian revolutionists, under Gen « l l i - l d . o f an O ld I l l i n o i s a n . rals at Tien Tsin are said to havs ex eral Juan B. Gonzales and Simon Chicago, July 11.— F. B. Goasitt, pressed themselves as unfavorable to Cbaux, have captured tne city o l Popa- founder of La Grange. 111., and one of Japan's being given a tree band. yan, a capital of the department of the best-known men in this section, Roy C. Gage, of Company C, Third Cauca. On the march to Popayan the today committed suicide by shooting. regiment, O. N. G .. in their annual revolationists took all the cities near I He was 80 years old and was despond encampment at SaLm, was druwned the Ecuadorian frontier, including the ent from long illness. In the Willamette river while bathing. Paport Tnnico. Boers have retiiei] Iron) Senekal. British stormed and took the town o( Bethlehem, Dewet retreating. C O U N TY , OREGON, ENGLAND TAKES AN ISLAND. R a is e » H e r F l a g O v e r N iu e , In (h e S o u th P a c lfle O c e a n . Vancouver, July 14.— The steamer Miowera, from Sydney today, brings news that Great Britain has added an other to her ialand possessioua in the Pacific. H. M. S. Poriioise in June pluutiug the British Hag on Niue or Savage island, situated 300 miles north east of the Tonga group. The princi pal pioduct is copra, of which 700 tons are exported annually. The terms of the British protectorate over Tonga have tieen modified as a re sult of a conference between Basil Thompson, the British representative, aud the louga king and chiefs, when an agreement was signed by which no treaty is to be made without Great Britain’ s consent. In case of the Ton ga government being iu need of assist ance, it is to apply only to the British government aud not to auy other jrawer. Upou the return of H. M. S. Forpoiec from Tonga, the commander reported that Falcun island, which disappeared iu 1898, has again appeared. The shape of the returned island is like a w hale’ s back, aud it is considered to be a serious danger to navigation. Falcon island is suid to owe its disappearance aud reappearance to submarine vol- cauic activity. Its location is south west of the Friendly islands. Advices from Apia say that the little island of Niufu, or Hope, has been completely devastated by a disastrous hurricane which swept away 300 houses. Thirty-eight natives were killed. The cocoanut crop was entiie- Iv destroyed aud the natives are report ed to be on the verge of starvation. ItH n itits A t t a c k M e x i c a n T r a i n . M exico City, Mexico, July 14.— A daring train robbery took place Tues day night uear Chihuahua, on the Mex ican Geutral. After the traiu side tracked to let a passenger train pass it, it was found that the spikes on the aid- ing had been pulled out. The train was derailed and the train crew at tacked by a dozen bandits. Many shots were fired. Meanwhile the pas senger train arrived aud the crew, tak ing in the situation, palled back to Chihuahua with the crew of the freight train. W ith a force ol police and rur- ales the passenger train returned to the scene of the hold-up. The robbers had broken into several freight cars and curried away booty. The police and soldiers started in pursuit, aud one robber was captured with some booty. Thus far this is the first train hold-up on record in M exico. • A M a r v e lo u s E scap e. Accra, Gold Coast Colony, July 14.— Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, gov ernor of the colony, who recently ar rived here, after having beeu besieged at Kumassie by rebellious tribesmen, aud privations to which he has lieeu subjected, in the coarse of an inter view said he considered his escape the must marvelous on record. He attri buted its success to the secrecy main tained concerning the route chosen. The carriers who accompanied him be came so weakened by starvation that everything was abandoned and the party subsisted upon plantains. They endured great hardships. Fortunately the rains were not heavy. Had it been otherwise all would probably have suc cumbed. Lady Hodgson pluckily shared all the dangers and privations. F u r lo u g h » S u sp en d ed . London, July 13.— There is consid erable comment here owing to an ad- miralty order suspending the further granting of furloughs to crews of the ships belonging to the channel and re serve squadrons. The order is reported to be connected with the manuevers ol the French fleet in the channel. C h o l e r a In I n d ia , Simla, July 13.— Cholera has ap- peared in severe epidemic form at Kohat, 25 miles south ( of Peshawa. Two hundred and seven cases and 77 deaths occurred among the Sepoys and camp followers between July 2 and July 9. The prospect for the monsoon is slightly more favorable. The orders for General Wade to start for the scene of the threatened Indian uprising in Minnesota have been coun termanded, as the secretary of the in terior has received ail vices from the Rainy Lake region that affairs have quieted down and that there is no longer any reason to apprehend trouble from the Indians. N ew F re ig h t T ran sp ort.. San Francisco, July 14.— The new freight steamer Californian, with a ca pacity of 8,000 tons, has tieen charter ed by the United States government to carry freight to Manila. The Strath gyle, a vessel of equal size, w ill also i be loaded at once with stores for the i Philipdines. D rn n in lte f u lle r ■ H o u ... 20, 1900. ALLIES DRIVEN BACK May Be Forced to Abandon Tien Tsin. POSITION BECOMING UNTENABLE L l H u n g C h a n s W i l l R e m a in a t C a n t o r U n t il I n t e r n a t io n a l T r o o p » H a v a D e f e a t e d T u a u 'a F o r c e » . London, July 16.— The scanty cable dispatches received today add nothing to the knowledge iu Loudon of the Chinese situation. It is stated posi tively from Canton that Li Hung Chang w ill remain there until the al lied tioops have defeated Prince Tuan's forces, and w ill then go noith to leud his powerful aid in arranging terms of peace, co-operatiug with Prnce Chiug, Yuug Lu aud the other pro-foreign viceroys. For the present Li Hung Chang considers that he can best con trol and direct the viceroys from Can ton aud also keep in check the turbu lent province of Kwung Tung. A ll the foreigners aud missionaries have evacuated Wan Chau aud have arrived at Ning Po. Large bodies of Boxers appeared at Wan Chau and threatened to exterminate the foreign ers and Christians. They also distrib uted banners, badges and intiauimatory anti-foreign appeals. The Tien Tsin correspondent of the Express, telegraphing under date of July 9, asserts that the Chinese are daily driving iu the allies. They have mounted, says the correspondent, 13 fresh guus iu advantageous positions, with which they are now keeping clear the streets of the foreign settlement, tl\e incessant shooting rendering the neighborhood quite untenable. The Daily M ail’ s St. Petersburg cor respondent says that in the last six hours’ battle outside of Tien Tsin, the Cossacks captured six Krnpp guus and killed numbers of fleeing Boxers. The Chinese lost 3,000 killed, including General Kek. BO LD PLAN B o t h .’ . A rm y OF I. THE T r y in g to BOERS. I t r c .p t n r . Pretoria. London, July 16.— Lord Roberts1 dispatch, reporting still' another un fortunate occurrence, throws 9 serious light upon the state of Hffairs in South Africa. There has beeu so the com ment recently regarding the virtual absence of progress by the immense armv under command of Lvrl Rob erts, but (aw, could have been found to believe that the scattered Boers were able to inflict such a defeat so uear Pretoria. Instead o f the surrender of all of the remaining Boers being imminent, as recent telegrauiB had hinted, it seems they have been making a concerted a t tempt to surround or recapture Pre toria, with so much success that iu the region which was supposed to tie paci fied, and in which no attack was ex- peetd, they succeeded in inflicting a serious defeat, aud capturing two guus and some 200 men. It is evident that General Botha has considerable force, seeing that he is able to press Lord Roberts’ lines at ball a dozen |ioints around Pretoria, from the springs to the southeast of the city northward to Middelburg and Durdepoort and thenca southward to Nitral’ s Nek aud Krug- ersdorf. Lord Roberts omits to give the nama of the commander concerned, giving rise to the belief that worse remains to be told. Even if the mishap be not more grave than his lnformatiou at present implies, it proves that the situ ation is still serious, and that there is no possibility of any troops being spared from South Africa for China, but on the contrary, it w ill still take a long time to clear the country of the Boers. News lias reached London that Lord Roberts has been suffering from a seri ous bowel complaint, aud that Lady Roberts was hurriedly summoned to Rloemfontein. G u n p o w d e r P l o t in P a r i* . Paris, July 16.— Inquiries are being made into what may possibly turn out to lie a serious attempt to destroy the gramLpalaoe o f the Champs Klysee, Wednesday night. A watchman of cellars which were filled with package cases and a large quantity of other ia- flatninahle material overheard a o< u- versation between two men, leadiug him to believe that a plot was on foot to set fire to the building. The mis creants tied upon his approach, A search the next morning resulted in the discovery of two hermetically seal ed boxes filled with black powder. The chemical properties of this pow der have not yet been disclosed by the authorities. F ir e » e t r i t t a b u r | , Williamsburg, O.. July 14.— Un- ' known persous placed dynamite under m e corner of the residence ol Henry I Wilson, just west of here, early this ; morning. The i w n above was wrecked by the explosion and W illiam Wilson, a 10-year-old boy, was killed. Miss Kate Tucker was severely injured. I The other occupauts of the house es- -aped injury. Pittsburg, July 16.— ¡Six coal and Ice store houses, three stables, a frame dwelling, s numlier of outbuildings and six Pennsylvania freight cars wsra destroyed by fire today at Hewiokly, a suburb ol Pittsburg. Samuel Woods.a stableman, was burned to death, aud eight horses were cremated. The loss Is $50,000. The Garland Chemical Works at Rankin, Pa., were burned at 4:30 o ’ clock this afternoon. The loss London, July 14.— The war office is $100,000. The fire was caused by | innounces that General Buller reports the explosion of a tank of chemicals, I (hat 659 prisoners released by Boers but no one was injured. have arrived at Ladysmith. R a i l M i ll S t a r t . I p. Robert Fitzsimmons w ill meet both- Milwaukee, W is., July 14.— The rail reducing mill at the Bav View works During the last 13 « ears the popula Sharkey and Ruhlin next month. Gold hunters in Rossis are governed | o f the Illinois Steel Company started tion of Germany has increased 14 per cent, bat the number of doctors in the by arbitrary laws, one of wbten com up today, alter being idle two weeks. German empire has increased no less pels them to turn over all gold they ! Over 300 men are after toil. The scale than 54 per cent. If this ratio is may find to the imperial treasury, agreed upon is prcatically the same as kept np. any statistician can forsee the which pays the miner at a standard last year’s. — time when every German w ill be a rate. This law may seem tyrannical, I t . l y A p p r o . . . C om m e r r la l T r e a ty . doctor, and the whole Herman popula bat it has one inestimable advantage— Rome, July 14.— The chamber of tion, having no patients on whom to no gold digger in Russia can tell extra deputies today approved the commer practice, w ill have to migrate to fields ordinary romances shoot the richness cial treaty between the United Statea where physicians are a shade less com of his ciairn when the official figures are and Italy. there to stop him. mon. I F R ID A Y , J U L Y K le c t r fc S t o r m In I o w a . C h a r s .d W ith M a r d .r . San FraDcisco, July 14.— Charges | looking to the trial by court-martial have beeu preferred with Colonel I»n g against Captain Charles T. Baker, of the United States trans|>ort Sumner. I The cause of the complaint Is that Cap- j tain Baker caused the death of Henry H. Ryan by confining him in the I “ b rig " or prison aboard ahip, while he ' vra. ill. in coorequence of this a I barge of murder la preferred against Captain Baker. NO. 35. HUNDREDS Address, BURNED. O il T ftn k F.iplotltM i S c a t te r in g O il O x e r T h r o n g o f P e o p le . New York, July 16.— A special from Boston to the Herald says: By the explosion of an oil tank iu Somerville last night nearly a hundred persons were more or less iujured. and early this morning two were reported dead. Many of the iujured are in the Cam bridge, Somerville and Massachusetts general hospitals, while others were taken to houses uear the scene of the explosion. In the yard of the Boston & Maine Railroad, near the old McLeau asylum, among more than a thousand freight cars filled with coal aud general mer chandise, were three oil tanks of the Union Oil Company. When one of the cats caught fire aud made a blaze that could be seeu all over Somerville, hun dreds of people Hocked to the yards. The Somerville firemen arrived prompt ly enough, but hud to carry hose through all kinds of places, while the fire burned briskly aud the crowd drew closer aud closer. It is estimated that soon after the fire started fully 1,000 persous were in the freight yards, aud scores of the most daring were on top of freight oars near the fire. Suddenly there was a rumbling noise. One gieat sheet of flame shot into the air, aud a huge oil tank which had beeu on a car went up on end, scatter ing blazing oil in all directions. The huge tank of oil, one of three, on as many cars, had exploded. The burn ing oil fell u|iou men, womeu aud ch il dren in the throng, who shrieked with pain aud terror. Six men on top of one box car were thrown to the ground with their clothing on the. Men and women, with their garments buttling, ran about the yard in terror. Some were so badly burned that they drop ped. Those who were not on fire help ed them, and were themselves burned. Meanwhile the railroad men were performing acts o l heroism. The oil tank which had exploded was on a car between two others, and those wero in danger of going up at any minute. A locomotive was backed in and started to draw out the train. A railroad man rau up, threw a heavy sleeper beneath the wheels of the burning tank, the coupling broke, the car stopped and the oil tanks were separated. Fifteen persons were taken to the Somerville hospital. Joseph Hayden, of engine company No. 1, who w h s standing ou the oil tank at the time ol the explosion, died early this morning. KETTELER TO BLAME. W o u l d > o t C u ll A d d i t io n a l th e L e g a tio n ». G u ard » fo i New York, July 18.— A d sptach to the Herald from Berlin says: A letter has just been published hers from Lieutenant von Loescb, attache o f the German legation at Pekin . It is dated May 29, and shows that the early failure to increase the gunrds of the various legations was due to the action of the late Baron von Ketteler, The letter states that after the first attack by the Boxers on the Pekin- Hankow railroad, a meeting of the ministers was held to decide whether additional troops should be seut (or to protect the legations. Baron vou Ket teler was very much opposed to this being done, while the French miuister was very much in favor of this course. The latter was, however, overruled by his oolleagues. M. l’iehon was so hurt by this refusal to ask for guards that he wept. Another factor that led the ministers to ¡each this nnfortunate conclusion was the desire of the diplom at!? corps to take their usual summer holiday and it wan feared that if additional troops were seut for they would not be able to do so. Later on, as the Boxer movement in creased, a second conference of m inis ters waa called, at which it was re solved to bring detachments of at least 60 men to guard each legation. A R u n a w a y F r e ig h t T r a in . Redding, Cal., July 16.— Last night, when a freight traiu bound for Oregon, drawn by two engines, was climbing the heavy grade above Upton, a coup- l'n g gave way, and 80 cars, loaded with fruit, started back. They passed through Hisson seemingly at the rate ol 70 miles an hour. Half a mile lie- low Sisson is the Pioneer Box Factory. Here seven of the cars broke loose and pitched over than embankment. Tha others continued on their mad coarse. At Big Canyon, three miles below His- sou, the runaway train again parted, some of the cars flying the track and being dashed to pieces. The other half dozen continued over a high tres tle around a loop and finally shot off the rails below Mott, aftei running 10 miles. All the timbers are in splin ters. Fortunately, no trains wer«# en countered by the runaway. R o b b e r * C a u g h t In t h e A c t* G raphic , I n v a r ia b ly New barf, Oregon. BIG FIRE IN PRESCOTT Cosses Aggregate More Thao $ 1 , 0 0 0 ,0 0 0 . MANY HOMELESS AND PENNILESS P r in c ip a l B u s lu e » » P o r t io n o f t h e T o w i D e str o y e d — M e rc h a n t» K e » d y fo r B u s in e s s In T e u t s . Prescott, Alia.. July 17.— A acene of great desolation and a feeling ol deep est gloom pervades this town today. A ll that remains ol the principal busi ness portion ol the town is tottering walls aud piles of charred and burning debris. Tha fire, which started at 10:4b o ’ clook lust night, was not under con trol until 3 o ’clock this morning, when the fighters went a considerable die- tance in advance of the flames and blew up the buildings on the south side ol Goodwin street, preventing the fire from crossing that street. The most conservative estimates of the total losses are from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. The burned district embraces five blocks, in which were located the prin cipal mercantile houses, both banks, both telegraph offices, the three news paper offices, four hotels, and every saloon and restaurant except one in the town, besides scores of private resi dences. To add to the prevailing gloom, a high wind has prevailed all day, sending smoke, dust and burning embers in every direction, rrqniring the greatest vigilance to prevent an other outbreak of the flames. Owing to the chaotic condition existing today, it is impossible to obtain an accurate account ol the loss or individual insur ance. From interviews with insurance agents, the total insuranoe does not ex ceed $350,000. At daylight this morning teams were at work hauling lumber to the public plaaa, and this evening it ie covered with tents and temporary frame build ings. The occupants will be ready for business tomorrow. Both banks have secured temporary quarters and w ill be open tomorrow. The Bashford-Bur- meister Company w ill be open lor busi ness tomorrow in their warehouse, two blocks from the plaza. Hon. W . A. Clark, of the United Verde Copper Company, who was visit ing the works at Jerome, wired a draft for $500. A ll the sufferers from the fire are provided with food, ehelter and clothing, and it is not thought any outside assistance w ill be required. The only business houses remaining in the town are Goldwater Bros., A. Blumberg and Mrs. U. R. Blaine, dry goods; Joseph Dougherty, T. W . O**» and J. I. Gardner, grocers, and W . W. Ross and W. P. Covilland, drug stores. The express office and postofflce were both out of the fire limits, but the latter had a close call. A ll the mail aud effects were ready to move at • moment 'a a otice. The offlX of the supervisor of census for the territory waa located in* the Prescott National Rank building, and contained all the official statisticaof the census of the territory, but they were removed to a place of safety. The Western Union opened its office this morning in a grocery store, and the Postal has opened an office at the railroad depot. The eleotrio light poles and wires were in the burned dis trict, and the town w ill be la darkness until they oan be replaced. The com pany also owns the telephone system, anu loses more than half its instru ments. Many citizens who yesterday wera comfortably fixed are today homeless and penniless, a number loeing both their business places and their resi dences. An army of carpenters have been busy all day patting ap tempor ary structures, many of which have been completed and w ill open for busi ness tomorrow. Ol the three printing offices in town all that was sated was about 80 cases of type by the Courier. The deetruc- tion of the others was complete. J. C. Martin, proprietor of the Joaraal- Miner, saved only his books. Included In his loss was a Mergenthaler linotype, installed in the offloe only three months ago. The two papers have already made arrangements lor continuing pub lication, although but little insurance wae carried by either. Most o f the heaviest losers w ill rebuild at onoa. The origin of the lire w ai unknown nntil this evening, when It was (darned that a man rooming over the bottling works was lying in bed reading by candlelight when a piece of loose paper bu the wall caught tire. He ran out to give the alarm, and before others reached the place the fire was beyond control. Marshaltown, la., July 16.— Four M o r e R e i n s In T e i a i . men were caught in the act ol robbing Dallas, Tex., July 17.— Northern | Mason W h itehill’s general store at Texas has been deluged by rains for ¡8tate (’enter today. A number of clti- more than 12 hours, and the indica : sens surrounded the building, and a tions are that the storm has only be pitched battle ensued. Ben W bitehill, gun. The downpour at Dallas was ter one of the proprietors, was shot in the rific. Streams are swollen ana trains j leg. One of the robliers was also ■re delayed because ol washouts. wounded, and with one ol his associ ates was captured. The other two es- Youngstown, O ., July 14.— Tha ca|ied. severe storm last night canned a sud __________________ den riss in Mill cirsek, sweeping away Political »access, like anything else, a bridge and washing out railroad depends almost entirely on the amount tracks, causing damage amounting to 1 ol rustling a man does. $50,000. B u r g e o n » fo r C a p e Mttine. a io o .o o e Frail Fir* Is CalMWrala. Washington, July 16.— As a result ot a conference today between Assist Newcastle, Cal., July 17.— Firs to ant Secretary Talyor and the officials day destroyed all the fruit bouses and of ths marine hospital service, two ad leading business houses of the town. Over ditional snrgeons have been ordered to The loss w ill exceed $100,000. proceed at once from San Francisco 100,000 boxee of frslt ware burned. to Seattle, and thence by boat to Cape The Southern Pacific Company was ths Nome, to assist in stamping out the heaviest loser. Their loss tm fruit In smallpox now epidamle at that place. cars and rolling stock is sstlm stad at $05,000. A good many men Is rest of their When a woman dlalikea a man, it ia methodical habits who never have any bar favorlite mode of abuaa to charge S o m e woman amount to nothing out thing bat unpaid bills to file away. that ha leads a dual llfp. side of their ohcrofc. Dubuque, Is., July 16.— A terrific electric storm, accompanied by a M in - I fall of 1.72 inches, raged here for three hours today. Nellie L. MH^iiillmsu, aged 16, was killed by lightning. The Fourth street incline railway station was struck and shattered. It is tre lieved great damage was done in the country.
