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EVENTS OF THE DAY
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of the P u t W eek,
Most
The race war at Danville, III., is
over and qniet restored.
The Japanese press is strongly in
favor of war with Russia.
Cardinal Gibbons received a very
cordial reception on his arrival at
Rome. *
A convention to organise a new rel
form pclitioal party is now in session
at Denver.
The British press terms Russian
official's words on Manchurian situa
tion as insulting.
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A Texas contractor attempted to
bribe an army officer by sending him
$200 in a box of cigars.
Preparations are completed for the
holding of the conclave which will
elect a successor to Pope Leo.
Satisfactory progress is being made
in the trade treaty negotiations be
tween the United States and China for
the opening of Manchunkn ports.
A coke trust, headed by the Frick
coal company, is to be formed.
The
capital is placed at $7,000,000.
The
new concern has control of 10,000
acres of coal land.
The discovery of four boxes of dyna
mite in the mountains three miles
from Nelson, B. 0 ., with the date 1881
marked on them has led to speculation
as to a tragedy in which pioneer pros
pectors were the victims.______ -
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A fierce wind storm in the Boundary
creek valley, B. C., has done $5,000
damage. It blew down a steel smoke
stack at the Greenwood smelter, over
turned buildings, smashed windows
and crippled telegraph and telephone
wires. Several men were injured by
falling trees.
The pope’ s remmains have been laid
in the temporary resting place.
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' Harriman will try to wrest the con
trol of the Northern Pacific from H ill.
Secretary Root will recommend that
troops in Alaska be given double time
allowance.
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A high Russian official charges Great
Britain with duplicity in the Man
churian Affair.
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FATAL CRASH IN FOQ.
Five men were hurt and $100,000
worth of property destroyed at a Terre Two Trains In Minnesota Collide
Four Men are Killed.
Haute, Ind., fire.
St. Paul, July 29.—Two trains met
Extreme hot weather prevails in
eastern Nebraska. Crops are thought in a head-on col listen on the Chicago
to have been injured.
Great Wetsren this morning and the
The stubbornness of a Hungarian result is four men killed and 25 cr 30
officer is responsible for the prostration passengers injured.
of 450 soldiers by heat.
The two trains were the Twin City
The
Cardinal Gibbons surprised every Limited and a fast freight.
body in Europe by appearing in ordi limited was running as a first section to
Minneapolis. The second section con
nary dress instead of robes.
sisted of an excursion train running
Canada is still in favor of reciprocity
from Des Moines to Minneapolis and
with the United States, despite Cham
was three hours behind time. The
berlain’ s policy for preferential trade.
fast freight, southbound, received an
A sensational note has been sent to order at Dodge Center reading that the
President Roosevelt exposing a plan of secon. section of the passenger train
Hungary to oontrol its people in the was three hours late and the crew evi-
United States.
dently misread the order and attempted
The battleship Kearsarge made the to make Vlaisty Siding, between Dodge
trip across the ocean in nine days, four Center and Hastings, Minn., thinking
and a half hours, an average speed of that it was the limited that was late.
Meanwhile the limited was pound
13.16 mile san hour. She arrived on
ing
along at regular speed ,nd m»t the
this side all ready for action.
freigbt head-on just after it had
Thirty thousand people viewed the rounded a curve at Vlaaity. The morn
remains of the late pove the second day ing was loggy and neither engineer saw
they lay in state.
the other in time to stop, although the
engineer
of the limited had applied the
Prince Ferdinand has fled from Bul
air
brakes.
garia and it is thought he will not re
That the two trains came together
turn tp bis throne.
with terrific force wae evidenced by the
Indian cannibals on Tiburon island fact that both engines were oadly dam
captured a party of Mexican prospec aged and the baggage and buffet cars
tors, killed and ate them.
we>e completely wrecked. The bag
Tom Johnson says he does not want gageman was buried beneath a pile of
to be governor of Ohio but would Ilka trunks when the car was lifted off the
track, bat was taken out uninjured.
to succeed Hanna as senator.
Negro convicts in a Tennessee mine
revolted and barricaded themselves in
tbe mine. They will be starved out.
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Ogden, Utah, July 29.— Unusual
efforts have been made to insure the
of the llt b National Irrigation
Congress, which will be held here
September 16 to 18, inclusive. A lib
eral state appropriation was made,
and the amount has been doubled by
private subscriptions from officers of
the congress and from citisens 'o f the
city and state.
The program has been carefully ar
ranged with the view of achieving
practical benefit, and will include
practical irrigation and forestry les
sons, reporta of experts, application of
provisions of the reclamation act,
state progress under the national act,
views on settlement of legal complica
tions and the pertinent and important
theme of colonisation.
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As Utah is the pioneer state jn irri
gation, special opportunities « ill be
offered for the study of the history and
progress of the science, and excursions
will be arranged to enable delegates to
take full advantage of the Met. .
Special terms have been secured
from the railroads, and Ogden hotels
Láve announced that there w ill be no
advance in their rates. Complete ar
rangements have been made for the en
tertainment of visitors, reception oom-
mittées being detailed to visit all
trains.
The basis of rpresentation in the
oongreea will be:
The governor of each state and ter
ritory to appoint 20 delegated; the
mayor of each city of less than 25,000
population to a point two delegates; the
maypr of each city of more than 25,000
population to appoint four delegates;
each board of county commissioners to
appoint two delegates; each chamber
of commerce, board of trade, commer
cial club or real estate exchange to ap
point two delegates; each organized ir
rigation, agricultural or livestock asso
ciation to appoint two delegates; each
society of engineers to appoint two del
egatee; each irrigation oompany, emi
gration society or agricultural college,
and each college or university having
chairs of hydraulic engineering or for
estry to appoint two delegates.
The following are delegates by virtue
oi their respective offices: -The presi
dent and members of his cabinet; the
duly accredited representative of any
foreign nation or colony; the govern
or oi any state or territory; any mem
ber of the United States senate or
house of repieeentatives; member of
any state or territorial commission.
Harrtmaa and HIU Units In Effort to
Control W orld’ s M arket.
The famous fisherman ring has been
stolen from tbe dead pope’ s hand.
Consternation prevails throughout the
Vatican.
At a meeting of tbe Lewis and Clark
fair directors H. W. Scott was elected
president and H. W. Goode dircetor
general.
A
Taylor A Co. and W. L. Stow
Co.,
two Wall street firms, failed as a re
sult of trying to corner certain stocks.
James P. Keene lost $1,500,000 by the
transaction.
The United States league of local
loan and building associations is in se
sion at Boston.
Cardinal Gibbons has formed a com
bination with the French cardinals
against Rampolla.
Seventeen representatives of tbe Paul-
ist order in tbe United States are in con
ference in New York.
THIRTEEN
PRISONERS
IN
FOLSOM
TAKE TO THE HILLS.
Outbreak W as Unexpected and Officers
w ere Taken by Surprise—Used Knives
Prom Files to Capture Ouarda—
Looted
Armory and Secured Plenty
of Arms and Ammunition.
Folsom. Cal., July 29.— Thirteen
desperate convicts assault and over
come the guard, capture the prison
armory, make their escape and carry
with them 11 officials and guards of
the Folsom state prison, including War
den Wilkinson and Captain R. B.
Murphy.
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Such, in brief, «a s the news that
startled the people o f this
and sent a thrill through the length
and breadth of the state this morning.
This morning affairs at the prison
went forward in the ordinary groove.
There was no indication of trouble.
The conspiracy of the desperate con
victs whe had decided on a dash for
liberty, had; been well kept. The pris
oners marched into the dining room
and had breakfast.
After the meal
the men marched ont of the main gate
of the prison into the yard. The upper
yard line wee out end most of the stone
line was through, when two prisoners
turned suddenly on W. Chalmers, the
outer gate keeper, and a dozen others
rushed ,slor the captain’ s office, only a
few feet to the left of the main en
trance to tl » prison proper.
Each oi the desperate men was
armed with a “ fito knife’ 1 or a razor,
and In Ih j- twinkling o i an eye tbs?
were in t ie midst of the assembled
guards and officers, none of whom were
armed, and ordered them to line np
and marcHbut.
The convicts, having quelled all
demonstrations made by the free men,
started with their prisoners across the
yard in th l direction of the prison arm
ory. Fou$ guards were at the armory
receiving their rifles preparatory to
taking outjtheir “ lines.” Theoonvicts
marched their prisoners np to the arm
ory, and, holding their knives over
them, demanded that the doors be
opened. It was a case of opening the
doors or slaughtering the warden, cap
tain and other officials. Warden W il
kinson realised the uselessness of re
sistance, and told the guards to open
the arm or/doors. This was done, and
the convicts took possession, secured 10
rifles, 25 revolvers and all the ammu
nition they wanted, and then marched
to the main entrance and demanded
that the gate be opened. They again
threatened their prisoners and the gate
was opened.
The convicts marched
out and np the hill in the very teeth of
the Gatling gnus trained on them.
Thei* plan had worked even beyond
the wildest hope of their imagination.
Their prisoners were their safeguard,
and they bad not lost a single man.
Posses were started in pursuit. 21
guards, headed by lieutenants, and
were after the fngetives half an hour
after they started. Sheriff Reese dep
utized J. J. flinters, wbo gathered a
posse and staited on t.he trail over the
mountains,
and
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, posses
, , from
, Eldorado
j C O U D t -v w e r e a 80 p u t I n m o t i o n ‘
Battle W ith Convicts.
Aubnrn, Cal., July 29.— A fierce bat
tle occurred between the escaped Fol
som convicts and the officers tonight
near Pilot H ill, in Eldorado connty.
Tbe convicts were traveling in a four
horse wagon, and after holding lip and
looting a store at Pilot H ill of provis
ions, proceeded in the direction of
Colons.
Shortly after leaving Pilot H ill they
were overtaken by posses from Pacra-
mento, Folsom and Placerville. Guard
Curry, of the Folsom posse,I opened ne
gotiations bv shooting one of tbe
horses attached to the convicts’ wagon,
and this blocked the advance and an
open fight ensned. Convict Howard
General 'Davis Retires.
Manila, July 29.— Major General was killed ontrlght and Seabis, a negro
convict, was badly wounded.
Two
Davis has transferred tbe command of guards, who were with tbe convicts,
the department of tbe Philippines to managed to escape. It was alsc noticed
Major General James F. Wade, General that Gordon and another convict were
Davis having been retired for old age. mieeing, and it is presumed that they
General Davis’ last act was to review dropped out somewhere between Folsom
and Pilot Hill and have taken to the
all the troops abont Manila. The
cords in the case of First Lieutenant! wood"> which •nywbetu in this locality
Foley, of tbe Fifth cavalry, wbo was would provide safe hiding.
court martialed on charges involving
Hawaii M ast Show Need.
the embezzlement of soldiers’ money
and other financial irregularities, have
Honolulu, July 29.— Tbe treasury
been forwarded to Washington.
department at Washington bas replied
to * tbe communication of Governor
Dole, who made a request for informa
Razed By Lightning.
Minneapolis, July 29.—One of the tion regarding the attitude of President
worst wind, lightning and rain storms Roosevelt towards the proposed Ha
in tbe history of tbe city struck Minne waiian loan of $2,400,000 for public
apolis today. In Southeast Minneapo improvements passed by the recant
lis tbe financial loss will aggregate eztra session of tbe- territorial legisla
many thousands of dolars. Buildings ture. The treasury department asks
were razed, others were unroofed and for a detailed account of the territory’ s
lightning splintered some
Electric finances and the necessity for the pro
wires were“ prostrated and nearly all posed loan. Tbe requested statement
is now being prepared.
tbe street cars were tied up.
Ban Francisco, July 28.— The Bulle
tin says that E. H. Harriman and
James J. H ill are uniting in a great
timber deal, whereby they, with a num
ber of associates, will control the lum
ber market of the world. They are se
curing large tracts of forest land in
Northern
California
and Oregon,
through their agents, w bo have been
for some time quietly buying property
on the ooaat. Among tbe associates of
tbe two railroad magnates are Frederick
Weyerhaeuser, of Minneapolis, I . B.
Walker, c f Minneapolis; Jaoob Blod
gett, of Grand Rapids, and a number of
other members of influence in tbe vari
ous timber eeotkms of tbe Western
state«.
E. W . Eberlin, of New York, has
In California for several months.
He is Harri man’ s agent in this state,
and bas made frequent trips to tbe
northern part of the state,' where be
bag been buying up available timber
lands. Eberlin has also been working
toward securing options on timber land
held by various Eastern people wbo
purchased it since the boom in Cali
fornia timber began about three years
ago.
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With tbe many minor holdings which
Harriman and hia(asaociatee may oonnt
on, it is said that the plan is to merge
the more valuable lands controlled by
tbe H ill roads and the Southern Pacifle
into a trust. The Southern Pacific’ s
principal holdings are represented in
the grant of ten miles en each side of its
road, lying between tbe southern boun
dary line of Oregon and a point south
of Portland, snd consists
about 1,-
000,00« acres of fir and sugar pine. In
his plan to place these lands in a pool
Harriman does so conditionally, with
provisions for the protection of the com
pany’ s creditors, to whom all the lands
of the company are pledged in security
for its Indebtedness,
f With the lands of the H ill and the
Harriman roads and those of Walker,
Weyerhaeuser and others in Washing
ton, -^Oregon,'* Idaho and California
under oontrol, Harriman and his asso
ciates would be in a position to control
tho lumber market of the world.
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RACE W AR ON.
HUnota People Lynch One Negro W hile
in Pursuit of'Another.
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Danville, III., July 28.— A race
war broke ont here tonight. While a
mob of 600 men was on its way to
the connty jail to lynch James Wilson,
a Bloomington negro, who had con
fessed to assaulting Mrs. Thomas. Bur
gess, wife of a farmer, an unknown
negro shot and killed Henry Gatter-
man, white, a member of the mob.
The murderous negro, a ["refugee from
Evansville, Ind., by the name of J. W
Mayfield, was later taken from tbe
city jail and lynched by the mob, and
three other negroes wbo attacked tbe
white# were badly beaten. Tbe mob
fina ly resumed its march to the coun
ty jail,- determined to lynch Wilson
When the mob reached tbe jail, It
was fired npon by the sheriff. Nine
persons were wounded, and the crowd
scattered.
The entire pelise force, numbering
about 20, has been called ont, and
this, with 12 deputy sberiffs^and
Sheriff Wbitlook, forms a garrison at
the jail. Wilson admitted that be at
tacked Mrs. Burgess, but denies that
be criminally assaulted her.
After
tbe nergo had made these statements.
Sheriff Whitlock went to tbe outside of
the jail and pleaded with the mob to
disperse. His brief address was In
ter n p ted by shouts from tbe mob.
members of which loudly declared
tbeir determination to have the ne
gro’ s life sooner or later.-
Trains Collide at Crossing.
. Hutchinson, Kan., July 28.— A score
of persons were Injured, two fatally,
in a wreck of the Santa Fe east bonnd
train No. 2 and g Missouri Pacific
north bound train at tbe junction
west of this city today. Both trains
were running behind schedule time.
The Missouri Pacific train was just
crossing tbe Santa Fe tracks when the
Santa Fe train came around tbe bend
at a tremendous speed.
Tbe heavy
mogul crashed Into tbe rear cars of
the Missouri Pacific, piling them into
the ditch.
Governor Hunt to Resign.
Oyster ,lBay, July 28.— It is under
stood that Governor Hunt, of Porto
Riro, bas indicatecLbis Intention of re
linquishing the island governorship.
When his resignation will take effect is
not known definitely.
JAPAN
WILL
PURSUE
A
WAITING
POLICY.
Along the Same
Lines a s Those
Ob
served by United States— Failure of
Ruaala to
W ithdraw
by
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Utah Forwards Object W ith Liberal State
Appropriation.
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October 1
' WIU Be Followed by Serious Move on
Part of Mikado.
London, July 27.— Japan has de
cided to adopt the policy of waiting and
watching Russia, advocated by Great
Britain. In the meantime she will
urge China to carry out tbe assurance«
given to tho United States respecting
Manchuria, and will endeavor to o b
tain tho opening of additional ports.
At tho Japanese legation hare the fol
lowing statement was made by an
official to the Aseocrciated Press:
“ I can assure you that the talk of
war between Ruseia and Japan ie an
invention. Japan has not tbe least in
tention of taking that course.
She
proposes to wait and maintain her atti
tude of watchfulness.
Japan and
America are acting on the same linee,
and it would be difficult for any other
power to withstand the pressure they
and Great Britain oonld apply.” '
It is said that" Japan intends to do
nothing nntil October, when the final
evacuation of Manohnria most occur.
The failure of Russia to withdraw from
Manchuria «ou ld be followed by a seri
ous move on tbe part of Japan.
The Russian embassy here regrets tbe
confusion which has resulted in conse
quence of the report that has arisen
that Prince Ching, bead of the Chi
nese foreign office, has written to Min
ister Conger refusing to open ports in
Manchuria. The Russian officials at
Washington believed that the note was
sent before China gave her assurances,
and they asserted positively that Russia
intends to carry ont to the letter the as
surances she has given, and will not in
ter poee obstacles in the wav of China’ s
observing her pledge to Secretary^ Hay.
EXHIBIT FROM ALASKA.
If People W ill Collect It They WIU Have
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Fine Bonding.
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Washington. July 27.— Tbe interior
department today telegraphed Governor
Brady that Assistant Secretary Ryan
w ill confer with authorized representa
tives from Alaska at Seattle on Angost
8 relative to tbe Alaska exhibit for tbe
world’s fair at St. Loafs. Secretary
Ryan says tbe conference will consider
whether or not, by means and agencies
of tbeir ow n, tbe people o f Alaska
shall collect tbeir exhibit and deliver
it at a given plaoe.
Tbe house committee at the time the
Alaskan appropriation was made, un
derstand that tbe Alaska people con
templated doing this in tbeir own way
and with tbeir own funds. In such
case Secretary Ryan believes an ex
hibit could be collected and installed
that would be of especial public inter
est and highly creditable to Alaska, »* 1
it would leave tbe snm appropriated by
congress for tbe construction of a cred
itable building in which to install the
Alaskan exhibit and meet all other
necessary expenses.
Sfaonld tbe peo
ple of Alaska not care to undertake
such collection and delivery of tbeir
exhibit independently, other plans will
be discussed.
ONLY ANORNAMBNT.
Yaqulna Bay Customs Collection District
IS Too Costly.
Wasbintgon, July 2*.— If the treas
ury department can bring sufficient in
fluence to bear on congress at tbe com
ing session, the Yaqnina customs-col
lection district of Oregon will either be
entirely abandoned or a new provision
will be made for the pay of the collec
tor at that port baaed on the amount of
annual receipts.
The annual report of the auditor for
the treasury shows that the salary of
this official has been $1,000 a year, and
yet his yearly collections for customs
have averaged just 40 cents. There
are a number of other instances of this
character on record where tbe govern
ment is paying ont considerable in sal
aries to collector« and is deriving prac
tically no revenue from abandoned or
unimportant porta._________
Relief tor Stricken.
Paterson, N. J., July 27.— Mayor
John Hinchcliffe today called together
tbe leading citizens of Paterson to de
vise ways and means of providing relief
for the people most sorely stricken by
the tornado, which wrenght death and
devastation in this city yesterday. Two
thousand began today clearing the
wreckage strewn in the streets by the
storm. In summing up the tornado’ s
work, Patterson today counts three dead,
100 injured, .60 families made home
less, and a property loss estimated at
$200,000.
Last of Jail-Breakers Caught.
Junction Oity, Kan., July 272— Har
ry Barney, the highway robber wbo es
caped from the county jail here two
weeks ago in company with Gilbert
Mullins, leader ef tbe famons Fort
Leavenworth untiny of 1901, and two
others, was captured ten miles north of
Jonction City this evening. The oth
ers had been prveiously captured.
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