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. OREGON.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Review ef the Import-
of tha Pact Weak,
Form, Most
Lflcoljr ta Prara
aat
Spain faces aariooa labor troubles.
A ll danger of farther flood in Kan­
ins is past.
Trouble is feared
Idaho Springs, Colo.
with miners at
Cardinal Giobona is reported to be
suffering from malaria.
Negro enlistments in the
States navy are to be shat off.
United
Cardinal Sarto, patriarch of Venloe,
..was elected pope on the seventh ballot.
!
Sixteen persons were injured in a
head-on collision near Hartford City,
Ind.
Dry spell in Australia causes mines
to close and thousands face a desperate
situation.
Topkea, Kan., Aug. 6.—-High water
caused much work and excitement in
North Topeka tpday. rain began fall­
ing here shortly after midnight, and by
daylight the storm bad reached the pro­
portions of a cloudburst. The North
Topeka sewers have not been reopened
since the June flood, and ail of the
water ran through the low streets to
the river, covering the first floors in a
number of houses along Gordon street,
and in the street was three feet deep
Mapy of the residents of North Topeka
thought that another flood was upon
them.
* In South Topeka the water was near­
ly as high as it was north of the river.
The state insane asylum, west of To­
peka, was cut off from the city for a
short time. The little creek that runs
through Auburndale, a suburb, was
flooded to a depth of four or five feet.
The residents of that part of the city
procured boats and brought their neigh­
bors to tbe high land.
The creek returned to its banks two
hours after tbe rain ceased falling.
The rain was general in tbe northern
and eastern part of the state.
CHINBSB ARB SULLEN.
Portsmouth, flood Feeling Toward Foreigners Broken
by Recent Execution.
Twenty-five
Pekin, Aug. 5. — China Is witnessing
It is claimed that General Miles will a return to tbe conditions which fol­
seek national G . A . fe. honors as a lowed tbe coup d ’etat of 1898. Politi­
cal discussion among the Chinese
presidential boom. -
which increased daring tbe imperial
Secretary Root will order the depart­ court’s recent policy of friendliness to­
ment of justice to search for fraud in ward foreigners has suddenly stopped.
army contracts in which ex-Representa-
Tbe plan of the dowager empress to
tiv<* Littauer was interested.
trerlfy tbe reformers by the execution
Two negroes maimed a crippled of Shen Chien, which occurred last Fri­
youth at Hartford, Ind., because he day, has been unsuccessful. AH the
did not produce the money they eat- liberal Chinese, particularly those who
have been associated with the reform­
pected. A mob is in search of them.
ers, are in the greatest fear of arrest
Tanana valley. Alaska, is said to be
and it is difficult to find a Chinaman
similar in siae and conditions to Min­
who is willing to mention politics or
nesota.
Friday’s tragedy, although the latter is
Italy anxiously awaits the announce­ about tbe only topic of conversation
ment of the policy of the next pope for among the trusted friends. The offic­
ials are particularly dumb.
peaoe or war. '
The ¿ fa ir is a disappointment to
A Chinese refprmer has been put to
the foreigners, who had hoped that the
a horrible death by order of the em­
empress dowager’s association
with
press dowager.
the ladies of the legations would have
King Edward and Queen Alexandra a civilising influence. Prince 8u, the
left Ireland amid strains of “ Come most liberal of tbe Manchu princes, is
Rack to E rin .*
reported to have risked his office by
opposing
the execution of Shen Chien.
The viceroy of Chili province, China,
Spreading rails near
Ohio, wrecked a train.
persons were injured.
is importing large quantities of arms
and ammunition.
The supreme court of Minnesota has
decided the great railroad merger case
against the state.
HAW AII W AN T S SETTLERS.
Plans tm Advertise the Adva
tage* of tbe Islands.
Honolulu, Aug. 5.— The citisens of
- One more body has been found under
Honolulu have decided to do all within
thaMorrison street bridge, Portland,
their powei to promote immigration to
but was lost again.
the islands. With this view the Mer­
Admiral Cotton entertained the king chants’ association and the chamber of
of Portugal and other high dignataries commerce have opened extensive head­
on board the Brooklyn.
quarters and w ill advertise the advan­
The oonclave to elect a new pope has tages of Hawaii to the outside world,
taken four ballots without result. Ow­ besides catering to tbe interests com­
ing to the secrecy which prevails no de fort of visitors who arrive here.
The merchants’ associatiu has cabled
tails as to how the vote stood ean be
Secretary
Root, of the war department,
had.
guaranteeing a constant supply of coal
Tour new cases of plague have ap­ for army posts and that troops sent to
the Philippines be hereafter brought
peared at Iquique, Chile.
via Honolulu.
The bakers’ strike at
Santiago,
Options on three steamers available
Chile, is spreading and only a few
for government use as revenue cutters,
shops are now open.
bave been sent to Washington by E.
New York papermakers have gone on R. Stackable, collector of the port of
a strike to secure recognition of their Honolulu. This action was taken in
onion.
accordance with instructions received
Boer immigrants who recently estab­ some time since, the war department
lished a colony in Chile have discov­ being anxipue to secure a veseel suit­
able for itB officers in Hawaii.
.
ered a large gold field.
j.*-
The levying of countervailing duties
on imported Sand bountied sugar has
been extended to March 31, 1904.
FIRB THRBATENS YOSEMITE.
duardlans of Valley Fight Flames— Forest
Charles B. Hare, of Ann Arbor,
Reserve Scorched.
Mich., has accepted the appointment
Yosemite Valley, Gal., Aug. 5.— A
of government bacteriologist in the
big forest fire is raging tonight just out­
Philippines, at a salary of 9k,500.
side of the Yosemite valley ana past
Robert Lee, who shot an Evansville, tbe gateway guarded by E l Capitau
Del., polioeman and started a riot that and Cathedral
rocks.
Should the
resulted in the death and injury of efforts of the firefighters prove futile,
many citisens, has died in prison.
the fiamea will enter the valley and
deetroy a valuable amount of timber.
Seven hundred and eighty-five men
8tate Guardian Stevena haa a large
are candidates for admission to Yale
force oi men at work fighting tbe flames
in the undergraduates’ entering classes
and it ia hoped that the fire may be
of nextf September. Last year the tot­
kept between the Coulterville road and
al was 081.
the Merced river.
Secretary Root has directed the sale
of the military reservation known a* - w
Would Alarm America.
Co ambus barracks, Columbus, O., 80
Victoria, B. 0 ., Aug. 6.— W. 0.
days from date, at its appraised value Deering, of Chicago, who arrived from
tion of $290,000.
the Orient by the steamer Tacoma, 1u
an interview, says that although the
people of the United 8tatea may not
be aware of the fact, the insurgents in
the Philippine islands are organising
and drilling, and tbe trouble there is
far from over. He aaya filibusters are
continually-lauding arms on the island
Fire at Hobart, Oklahoma, destroyed coasts, and the patrol is looked upon as
$200,000 worth of property.
a farce. Schooners laden with centre-
Britain threatens to deport those band goods have no difficulty in “ run­
Boers who are trying to stir up mischief. ning their cargoes.’ ’
Owing to the numerous strikes dor
ing the summer by men employed in
the rapid transit subway, it is likely
that New Yorkers w ill be compelled to
do their traveling above ground until
the first of next April.
The national general policy board
has elected Admiral Dewey president.
The diplomatic body at the vatioan
predicts the election of Rampolla or
Gotti as pope.
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Unusual activity oontlpuee in Boutn-
ern Russian military circles.
Large
i&rdftrs Yof war s u f r l i * t i l * been
placed.
Three Firemen Killed.
Chattanooga, Tenn.,
Aug. 5.— A
head-on collision between two freight
trains, each drawn by two locomotive*,
resulted last night in the death of three
trainmen on the Cincinnati Southern
railway, 18 milea from Chattanooga.
Tbe trains met at a dip in the road, at
a high rate of speed. A ll the trainmen
eweept those urntjoned jumped.
WASHINGTON SENATOR APPROVES OF
LEWIS AND CLARK FAIR.
PIRE FROM COVER.
FALL INTO RIVER
Folsom Convicts Ambush and
Sboot'Jtur** oh Posse.
Placerviile, Cal., Aug. 8.— A desper­
ate fight between a band of five of tbe
BREAK IN PORTLAND BRIDGE DROPS
CROWD INTO WATER.
eacaped Folsom oonvicts and a party of
six militiamen, who were following e
Thinks an Appropriation of $1,000,000 fyeeh trail of tbe oonvicts, took place Two W are Drowned aed Scores More o r
Less Seriously Injured—Prompt W o rk
hy Congress Not Too Much to Ask this evening just at duak on a hillside
Saves More Than e Hundred Lives—
For—All Detafatioas Prom Coast near the Grand Victory mine, and, aa
Others May Have Porta hod Rette«*
States Should W ork to That End—
Oregon Becoming Bettor Known.
Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 5.— United
States Senator Addison G . Foster
pledged his rapport today to an appro
priation of $1.000,000 for tba Lewis
and Clark exposition and strongly
urged the eo-operation of Oregon and
Washington congressional delegations,
not only for the purpose of securing
this appropriation, but also for aiding
river ana harbor work and other North­
west interests.
Senator Foster accepts it as a matter
of course that the coast representatives
will aid the ^reogu delegation in secur­
ing a big appropriation for the Lewis
and Clark exposition. H e regards tbe
exposition as an enterprise of eqoal
interest to tioth Washington and Ore­
gon and of industrial value.
“ Oregon has done exceedingly well
in behalf of the Lewie and Clark fair,’’
said Senator Foster today.
“ I doubt
if there ia another city on the Pacific
coast wbers over $400,000 conld be
raised by private subscription.
It is
doubtful, too, whether any other coast
state than Oregon would appropriate
$500,000 to encourage the exposition.
Such enterprise is worthy of encourage­
ment.
“ The exposition will be of great
value to the entire Northwest and will
aid in tbe development of the whole
ooast. The co-opererion of neighbor
Ing states should » hearty and effect-
ive.
“ I have net bed- any opportunity of
discussing tne exposition with other
senators and I do not know how a re­
quest for a $1,000,000 appropriation
would be received. Rut it is certain
the fair will not receive this recog­
nition unless Oregon asks for it.
“ Tbe federal government has been
exceedingly liberal with St. Louia.
It
remembered the expositions at Atlanta,
New Orleans, Nashville, Chicago and
elsewhere in a generous manner. It ia
hard to understand how Portland’*
efforts can tail to be encouraged. The
Lewis and 'Clark exposition has a his­
toric value* that is only secondary to
the LouisiaM Purchase exposition.
“ The peopl* of America now thor­
oughly appreciate tbe value of the
’Oregon ceuntry’ and the great value of
the work that saved it to the United
States, a t is especially fitting that the
100th anniversary of tbe arrival of the
intrenid explorers, Lewis and Clark,
should be observed.’’
PROTECTION TO WATER SUPPLY.
Mount Warner Land Withdrawals Made
With an Bye to the Future.
Washington, Aug. 5.— At the re­
quest of the bureau of forestry, the
secretary of the interior has temporari­
ly withdrawn from all entry a tract of
about 2,500,000 acres iu the Warner
mountain region of Southern Oregon,
with a view to determining its fitness
for incorporation into a permanent for­
est reservation.
This land adjoins a
large tract similarly withdrawn from
entry several months ago.
Field representatives of the forestry
bureau who have been in Southern Ore­
gon during the early summer report
that the timber stand on these lands is
each as to make their reservation desir­
able, as a watershed is formed that
promises to grow in importance with
the development of irriagtion in East­
ern Oregon.
None of the lands in the withdrawal
are said to be valuable for agricultural
purposes, but are of considerable im­
portance on account of their timber,
and because of the influence of a per­
manent forest on the water supply.
More detailed examinations of the
lands will be made daring the rammer
end fall, with a view of determining
what portion of the withdrawal should
be eventually included in a reserve.
This withdrawal Is considered as an
extension of the original Warner moun­
tain withdrawal, which extends south­
ward into California.
Rioters are Stain.
St. Petersburg, via Frontier, Aug. 5
— There are reports that tnere were
freeh collisions Detween the troops and
strikers on the Trans-Caucasian rail­
way, near Tiflis, last Thursday. The
troops were ordered to fire on the riot-
era, who »ere using revolvers, *ith
the result that 21 workmen were
killed. The removal of a rail by the
strikers wrecked a Trans-Caucasian
train. Twelve carriages were smashed
and two persona killed. It ia asserted
that tbe Armenians are inciting tbe
strikers.
Production of Petroleum.
Washington, Aug. 5.—-The United
8tate geological survey givee out tbe fol­
lowing information as a preliminary
statement of tbe production of petrol­
eum in 1902. Total production for tbe
year 80,894,590 barrels, valued at $49,
410,348, or 86 tente per barrel.
a result of the conflict, two ot the,, mi­
litiamen, nameu Rutherford and Jones,
were killed and a third member of tbe
post«, a men named D ill, will prob­
ably die of his wounds, as he waa shot
through the lungs.
The oonvicts were hidden in the
thick brush which oovera the h ill, and
tbe manbunters happened upon them
most unexpectedly. Tbe convicts, who
were well armed with rifles, fired a Vol­
ley into the poeae, with the reeult
above stated.
The other members of the posts
opened fire on the oonvicts, and the
survivors ef the iittie bend are firm in
their belief that at least two members
of the convict gang were wounded.
The news of tbe conflict soon spread,
and messengers were dispatched to this
place for reinforcements.
A posse under the leadership of
Bheriff Boaquit is now on the scene of
the oonflict, but, as it.is dark, it is im­
possible to locate the convicts, who
have the advantage of position, and
could pick of the members of tne posse
if a concentrated attack was made upon
them.* Sheriff Bosqnit and his advis­
ers are considering tbe feasibility of
setting the brash on fire and forcing
the convicts to surrender or at least dis­
close their exaot position.
Sheriff Bosquit’s posse now numbers
150 men, but the situation is so criti­
cal that no one will approach dose
enough to the supposed hiding place of
the conviots- to ascertain the exaot con­
dition of affairs. So far the bodies of
Rutherford end Jones, who are mem­
bers of Company H , Second infantry,
N. G. G., have not been tecovered,
though it is positive that tbe men are
dead.
““
COMPLAIN OF INDI0NITIB5.
Steamer Passengers Tell of Treatment
by Honolulu Customs Men.
San Francisco, Ang. 4.— A communi­
cation addressed to the Associated
Frees and signed by 35 passengers who
arrived here from tbe Orient on the
steamer Siberia
protests
strongly
against tbe action of tbe custpms-houae
officials who examined their baggage
at Honolulu: They « laim to heve been
treated witbont common civility and to
have been subjected to mneb inconven­
ience and bodily discomfort.
Coming from a warm climate, most
of them were lightly attired, but, des­
pite their
vigorous protests, the'r
heavy clothing waa placed under offi­
cial seals, not to be broken until San
Francisco was reached. The baggage
in the staterooms was closely inspected,
and all deemed unnecessary by the offi­
cers was bandied ap, sealed and placed
in the hold with tbe tranks and other
personal effects. This the passengers
designate as “ an atrocious outrage,”
and wish the matter called to the at­
tention of the secretary of the treasury.
TO FORTIFY DALNY.
Russia Appropriates $6,500,000 for Ad­
ditional Improvements.
Pekin, Aug. 4.— Advices from Port
Arthur say that the Russian govern­
ment, as a result of recommendations
toads by tbe recent conference there,
has appropriated $6,500,000 for addi­
tional fortifications, particularly for
tbe protection of Damy, and that when
completed they will have a continuous
line of fortifications from Port Arthur
to Dalny, 35 mi es along the coast.
A Pekin journalist named Spenchin,
was beheaded here today.
The evi­
dence at the trial was so weak that he
piobably would have been acquitted,
but the prisoner admitted the charge
that he had attempted to organise a
rebellion at Hankow in 1900.
He
boasted that he had always advocated
the assassination of the Manchua in or­
der to rid the country of the dynasty.
He declared that be was willing to die
for tbe cause, and went to hia execu­
tion calmly and bravely.
Omitted From House Journal.
Beam Under Sidewalk Broke-
Portland,
Aug.
1.— Seven
tana*
weight of shrieking huamnity dropped
from the eastern end of the Morrison
street bridge into the Willamette a t
five minutes before 3 o’clock yesterday
a >ter noon.
*
Two persons, end it is feared several
others, were drowned.
A t least 50
were more or less injured, a few per­
sons fa ta lly .♦T h e two drowned were
Miss Lottie Cameron, aged 16, and
Eddie Shank, aged 18.
Without warning a 5 by 12-inch
timber broke short off ut the point
where the bridge walk adjoins the
roadway. It was the central support
of 40 feet of the walk on which were
crowded fully 140 people, largely
women and children, th e break oc­
curred on the south aide of the bridge,
opposite the Portland
rowing club­
house.
A great throng had assemDled to see
“ Profesaor”
Luts,
the
“ armies»
wonder,” swim tbe river. From end
to end the Morrison-street bridge wae
crowded with spectators. As the swim­
mer neared his destination, surrounded
by a fleet of launches and rowboats,
the crowd natural lv surged toward the
eastern end of the bride to see the fin­
ish. No such numbers were assembled,
however, as to cause danger, had the
bridge been sound. _ _ _ _ _ ________________
The people seemed to drop in lump,
ss a load of coal is damped into a cel­
lar. Tbe fall from the top of the walk
to the surface of the water wasabont 20
feet. It was broken by two scows, or
small floating boathouses, directly un­
derneath. With a fearful crash the
section of walk and its screaming,
scrambling load of men, women and
children, smashed thropgh the roof of
these. 1 he walk seemed to fall square­
ly, tbua preventing people from being
crushed underneath.
A few people
slipped off the western end of the fall­
en walk into tbe river, but were quick­
ly dragged out. A lot more were tum­
bled in a heap on top of the debris
aboard boath floats, bat fully one-third
plunged in a bunch between the floats
which were separated Dy about five
feet of open water. That so many peo­
ple could have fallen into such a space
without stunning or thrusting a num­
ber of those underneath deep into the
water, so that in rising they would be
caught under the floats, seemed incred­
ible, thoogh for a time it was thought
no one waa drowned.
The river here
is about 20 feet deep. A person thrust
under water at an angle raieiy rises
short of a few feet rfom the spot of hie
going down. A t this piece two or three
feet either way would mean drowning,
for the victim would be held under by
the floats.
' Professor Lut* finished his swim­
ming feet .unaided and unnoticed for
the people in the boats and these on
tbe boat club float rnshed to the rescue.
Men flung off hats and coats prepara­
tory to going into tbe water. Several
swimmers in bathing suits were at
band, and a number of men intrepid!}
dropped or climbed down from the
bridge, to help. Fortunately the walk
connecting the boathouse with the
bridge was wrecked, else the place
would have oeen overcrowded with anx­
ious and excited helpers and spectat­
ors.
In the debris in each of the two dam­
aged float«, several people were found
caught under timbers and woodwork.
They were extracted without difficulty.
The seriously injured were borne into
the clubhouse and laid on the floor.
In an incredibly short time everybody
appeared to have been rescued, and
men were searching the wreckage for
ioet bate, purses, clothing etc.
The bodies of the two drowned were
recovered late last night with grappl­
ing hooks and it is not as yet known
whether any more remain at the bot­
tom of tbe river.
Another Russian Blind.
Cologne, Ang. 3.— Tbe Cologne Ga­
Helena, Ment., Ang. 4.— According rotte says it hears from Chinee? eourc-
to W . J. McHaffie, who ia printing tbe ee that, after secretly negotiation for
journala of the recent legislature as­ permission to make a geological re­
sembly, honse bill 65, under the pro­ search in Thibet, Rnesia sent several
hundred Caeeacks into Thibet, assert-
visions of which the eight hour law was
ing that ehe haa China’s permission to
to be submitted to ths electors of the
march through that territory.
The
state as a constitutional amendment,
government has informed its represen­
was omitted from the journal of the
tatives in Thibet that no such permis­
h- use. Authorities hold that such an
sion has been given, and that they
omission is fatal to tbe act, and the
must watch Rassian movements close­
people of the state will not be given
ly, while abetaining from forceful op.
an opportunity vto vote upon the pro­ position.
posed constitutional amendment.
MIHt Is Captures Posse.
More Money for Fair.
London, Aug. 4.— The supplementary
statement issued this morning grants
an additional $250,000 for tbe aid of
the royal commission to the 8t. Louis
exposition for tbe period ending March
31, 1904.
An explanatory note says
a,l farther contributions w ill be pro­
vided In the budgets of subsequent
yours.
J
Sacramento, Aug. 3.— A special to
the Bee from Sheriff Haggerty says
that the Placerviile militia company
successfully captured Sheriff Bosqnit
and his posse in tbe foothills near
Greenwood. The company surrounded
tbe poses end gradually worked in up­
on them until they effected, e.,.capture
while the posse wa. p rep erln g th e ir
evening meaL