NEWBERG GRAPHIC
OREGON STAU ITEMS OF INTEREST
Japanese are Fortifying Ea ch Villaga
They Occupy.
B. n . WOOOWA
. headquarters 61 the Russia? Army,
OREGON
Godsyadani, Manchuria, July 4.— Ac
cording to information brought by per
sons arriving from the extreme west,
the reporta that the Russian right had
been turned are incorrect. On the con
trary, it is said that General Nogi’s
army which, on Jane 16 w ssjs r to the
westward of tbe other Japanese armies,
has since been moving ia the direction
o f the L o m Importan» but of Changtufn, and the pressure brought
Evonts
to bear against the Russi an cavalry
o f tho P u t Wook.
flank it was thought was for the purpose
of covering the retreat d! the main
John D. Rockefeller has given $10,- force.
000,000 for higher education in the
The Japanese are slowly pushing for
United Stales.
ward their center. They are strongly
Martial la v ban been declared at fortifiyng each village occupied by
many points and the entire Russian them, and are making a demonstration
empire is shaken with revolt.
of considerable force near Hailnngcheng
Great Britain views with alarm the 90 miles east of Changtufn. The oper-
growth of the navy of the United 1%tions are proceeding slowly, and a
States, and fears she w ill lose her snr général engagement is improbable be
premacy of the Pacific in the near fore the end of July.
future.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a
John F. Wallace, ex-chief engineer
F O R C E D T O D E L IV E R G O O D 8 .
of the Panama canal, Bays he w ill soon
give a statement to . the public which Chicago P a rce ls E x p re s s Com panies
w ill show that he was justified in ten
Enjoined by C o u rt.
dering his resignation.
Chicago, July 4.— Action taketf yes
German papers take an extremely terday by Judge Holdom, of the Supe
dark view of the Russian situation. rior court, ia likely to cause a spread of
I t is not believed that the government the teamsters’ strike to the drivers em
«an depend on its army, and, with the ployed by the local parcels express
^ a v y already in revolt, a revolution is companies, who do btminesa through
■are to come.
The German i Naval league declares
st of the 38 battleships listed in the
srman navy,
IS are called “ old
res” scarcely fit foe harbor defebee.
lumber 83 has not y et beefi •begun.
O f tbe remainder only 10 approach the
modern battleships of other powers.
By an agreement between the sail
manufacturing companies o f England,
France, Germany and Belgium, in Eu-
tpoe, and those of the United States,
the markets of the world have been
divided.
American companies are to
keep oat of Europe and in return w ill
have an undisputed control of the
United States.
Four soliders have been arrested in
Honolulu for making spurious gold
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coin.
Charles J. Bonaparte has entered
into his duties ias secretary of the Navy
department.
Seven negroes and a white man were
taken from the W atkinsville, Georgia,
ja il, and shot by a mob.
jnred, H^oM he latter seriously, ia
storm at Phillipeburg, Kansas.
A T T A C K S IN D IC T M E N T .
P U S H IN G FO R W A R D A T C E N T E R .
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I t is said that a former employe of
the beef trust has told the president all
tho details of the workings of tbe trust.
In the official announcement
tary Taft scores J. F. Wallace, Panama
engineers, and demands his resigna
tion.
The crew of the Russian battleship
Knias Potemkins fired two shots into
the city o f Odessa, tearing great holes
ion the buildings in the path of the
shells.
A semblance of order has been re
stored in Odessa, bnt the situation is
still most critical.
Troops fired into
the rioters with macihne guns, killin g
1 , 000 .
A passenger train collided with a
freight in the suburbs of Kansas City.
Tw o brakemen were killed, several re
ceived fatal injuries and a number of
passengers received slight injuries.
Major General
Wood has been
granted two months’ leave of absence
from the Philippines.
* The grave of M olly Pither, the hero
ine of the battle of Monmouth, has
been appropriately marked.
Vice Adm iral Chouknin, commander
o f tbe Black sea fleet, has declined to
accept the poet of Russian minister of
marine.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Taft have conferred on canal matters
but are not ready to make any an
nouncement.
The Navy deparmtent has abolished
tbe use of the sword on board warships
as a useless appendage. Revolvers w ill
be worn instead.
Knight, Donnelly A Co., Chicago
grain brokers, have failed with lia b ili
ties reaching $3,000.,000. The assets
w ill not go much over $2,000,000.
Secretary Hay’ s condition continues
to improve.
D. B. Henderson, ex-speaker of the
bouse of repreeentativee, is confined to
his apartments st Dubuque, lows, from
a »ligh t stroke of paralysis.
Reports received at St. Petersburg
say that a revolt has taken place on
four of the largest armored ships of the
Black sea fleet. These four veseeel w ill
Join the one whose crew has already
mutinied.
The Canadian parliament has passed
a b ill allowing construction of a rail
road to compete with the Canadian Pa
cific. The new road is being backed
by James J. H ill.
Under tbe terrible charge of havtng
- killed and eaten many children whom
they had stolen, 20 gypsies have been
arrested near Jassebereny, Hungary.
The leader of the band alone is alleged
to have eaten 19 children.
The Russian government has ordered
the mobilisation of more troops.
___t is now involved in tbe bloody
i riots spreading over Russia.
9eneral Leonard Wood is in Wash-
don on a flying visit from the Phil-
>inos.
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T A X L A N D IN R E S E R V A T IO N .
LA N D F R A U D C A S E S IN M A R IO N .
One Hundred Thousand A cre s In K la Ju ry L ist H as Baan Draw n, Com posed
math Su b ject to Ruling.
MostlyXof F a rm e rs.
Salem— The right of Klamath coun
ty to tax 100,000 acres of land owned
by the California A Oregon Land com
pany inside tbe Klamsth Indian reser
vation has been sustained in an opinion
rendered by Attorney General Craw
ford. Tbe land in question was form
erly owned by the Oregon Central M il
itary Wagon Road company, haying
been acquired by that company through
a Federal grant to the state of Oregon
for aid in building a m ilitary road.
The owners of the laifd objected to hav
ing it aaaeaaed and taxed, giving as a
reason for their position that the land
is in the possession of the Indians and
thereby of the United States, and is
thereby exempt from taxation.
In his opinion Attorney General
Crawford quotes from two decisions of
the United States Supreme court in
cases involving title to this land.
In
each case the government was trying to
defeat the company’s title, but in both
cases the company won. The Supreme
court held that the company’s title ia
perfect and beyond challenge. Author
ities are also cited to show that private
roperty inside an Indian reservation
subject
bject to the jurisdiction of the
state for the g iv in g of process and for
taxation. M j l e w of
< these adjudica
tions upon t® > n
subject,
the attorney
b;
general holds (bat the conclusion ia ir
resistible that the lands are subject to
taxation the same as any other private
property. The opinion was rendered
in response to a request from County
Judge Baldwin, of Klamath county.
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H O O D R IV E R C H E R R Y C R O P .
Shipm ents Will Roach Between 6 ,0 0 0
and 7 ,0 0 0 Boxes.
Hood River— The Hood R iver cherry
crop, which is now being gathered and
shipped, w ill amount to between 5,000
and 7,000 boxes. Th e crop ia o f good
quality. Tbe greater part of the crop
has been bought up by a California
buyer, who is paying 6c a pound for
the fruit. H e is putting up a strictly
fancy pack, and is making shipments
for the New York market.
The berry crop is nearing the final
wind-up.
Over 100,000 cases were
shipped from Hood River this season,
returning to the growers $140,000.
T h e Late John Hay
The yield exceeded the early estimates
by st least 40 per cent. I t is believed
__ _ associations that as
the eity and suburbs. The Employers’ by tbe shipping
much
money
would hare been realised
association filed, two days ago, an ap
plication for an injucntion preventing with a crop of only 76,000 cases.
theee companies from refusing to make
City Files on Water.
deliveries to and from the boycotted
Eugene—
A committee from the city
houses, as they have been refusing to
do since the commencement of the council drove to Vida, 20 miles up th e
McKenmie river last weak to file on the
strike.
Joudge Holdom iseeud a temporary waters of that river for power to oper
injunction against three of the express ate a municipal eledtric light plant. A t
companies which have refused to de the city election in A pril, 1904, tbe
liver merchandise.
Those against voters decided that the city should own
whom the injunctions were issued are: its electric light and water plants, and
The Johnson Express company. Page the council is now preparing to secure
Brothers Express company, and the a site for the light plant. The fran
South Chicago Steamboat Express com chise of the Lane County Electric com
pany. Theee companies, by the court's pany, which now supplies the city with
order, w ill be compelled to make deliv lights, expires in about four years,
eries for all merchants without discrim when the city w ill enter tbe field.
ination.
Belmont Group Reported Sold.
Sumpter— It is reported that Gilkey
S T U D E N T S M A K IN G B IG F U S S
and Kershaw, owners of the Belmont
gronp, in the Greenhorn district, bave
Chinese Government Does Not Want sold their property at a snng sum.
C o o lies to Com e to A m e ric a ..
Tbe amount said to be realized is $30,-
Detroit, July 4.— Charles Denby, 000, with a holding still in the group
diplomatic adviser to the viceroy of on a share proposition. Neither Mr.
North China, who is visiting relatives G ilkey nor Mr. Kershaw could be seen,
here, does not take a serious view of therefore the report could not be veri
Chinese threats to boycott American fied by them. This is the same prop
goods owing to the Chinese exclusion erty for which such phenomenal clean
act. M r. Denby, who has for 20 years ups have been made daring the past
been in close touch with political and three months.
commercial affairs in China, said:
Colum bia Tim ber Purchase.
“ The Chinese government is not back
St. Helens— Ellis Jennings, who re
of this agitation, and it is not support
ed by the merchants.
I t is probable sides near St. Helena, has sold to a
that Chinese students are making the company of capitalists of Alabama, 280
trouble. The students of China, like acres of choice timber lands located
tfiene of Russia, are a factor in politics, about three and one-half miles from
young, hot-headed fellows, educated St. Helens, on Milton creek, for $8,-
abroad and with advanced reform ideas. 600, the highest price ever paid for
timber lands in this vicinity. Tbe
timber is mostly yellow fir and cedar.
Stevens Succeed s Wallace.
The purchasers expect to erect a large
-^Washington, Jply 4.— Secretary Taft
sawmill on the property. Other large
has appointed John F. Stevens, of Chi
deals are now being negotiated for.
cago, chief engineer o f the Panama
canal commission, with residence on
Cut F ir When Line is Finished.
the isthmus.
Mr. Stevens succeeds
Dallas— The Dallas Oak mills are
John F. Wallace.
Mr. Stevens also
now running on full time. The mills
w ill be made general manager of the
w ill continue to cut oak lumber until
Panama railway.
H e w ill not be a
the extension on the Dallas A Falls
member of the isthmian canal commis
City railroad is finished, when it is
sion. His salary w ill be $30,000 a
understood the m ill w ill be enlarged
year. Mr. Stevens is now in the serv
and w ill cat fir on s large scale. This
ice of the Philippine commission as
m ill is on tbe Falls City road, and is
inspector in the construction of 1,000
already supplied with switching facil
miles of Philippine railways.
ities and yard accommodations for a
50,000-foot m ill.
Open to Japanese T rad e.
Washington., July 4.— The Sfate de
8usanvilie’s Good C ro p Prospect.
partment has been advised by ibe
Stuanville — Prospects tor s good
American minister at Tokio that tbe harvest this year in the immediate v i
Japanese m ilitary commander has, by cinity were never better and farmers
proclamation, opened to tbe Japanese are all making preparations for an un
merchants for trade and travel the fol usually big yield of hay and grain.
lowing Manchnrimi towns:
Pashiko, A ll the stock on the ranges is doing
(old Nin Chwangf, Hiacheng, Anchan- finely and from present outlook there
tien, Lyaonoang, Kaiping, Sengvang- w ill be enongh grass to last till far in
cheng, Saimachi. The information was the winter. I t has rained constantly
given the American minister that this here since early in March.
action was purely m ilitary measures.
C o al Find Naar Cottage Grove.
Darling O ffered Stevens’ Placs.
Cottage Grove— Cottage Grove men
Washington, Jnly 4.*— W. A. Darling faave discovered a good vein of coal
of Chicago, who ia connected with tbe somewhere near town, bat are very
Rock Island Railway, has been tendered backward about telling the location.
an appointment to succeed J. F. Stev The specimens they brought in w ill
ens la tbs work of railway construction burn with, the best, snd have the hp-
in tbe Philippines.
His appointment pesranee of coking cost. A small per
has not yet been announced officially, cent of the specimens brought in are
but it is understood he w ill accept the slate,but not enough to cause much
place.
trouble.
Salem— The jurymen who w ill serve
st the July term ot the Circuit court
in this county, when the land fraud
esses w ill probably be tried, have been
drawn from the jury list by Sheriff
Culver, and Clerk Rowland.
Tha
penal is composed chiefly of farmers,
comparatively few business men being
on the list.
No arrests have yet been made in tbe
land fraud cases, nor have the names
of the indicted men been made public.
It is understood, however, that the men
charged with complicity in the state
land frauds are w ell known operators
residing in Oregon and in the East, and
that they can be easily taken into cus
tody when wanted.
Some of them
have indicated their willingness to
come to Oregon whenever called upon
to do so, but it may be necessary to
issue requisition papers in order to
bring others to the jurisdiction^ of the
Oregon courts.
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T L e jury st this term w ill also try
Wright snd Monte oh the chsrge of
passing rifles over the prison wells in
1902 for the aid of Tracy and M errill
in making their escape.
M E R L IN P E A C H Y I E L D .
C ro p Both Heavy and Early, Reports
A rthur Hussey.
Grants Peas — Arthur Hussey, of
Merlin, reports the peach crop in that
vicinity as heavier than it has been for
a number of years past, and says seve
ral of the larger growers have had men
employed for several days thinning out
the crop. The Merlin district is s very
favored locality for peaches, frost sel
dom catching them, and the Boil being
of a very productive nature. The larg
est peach growers of that district are
A . C. Ford and CharloeDorey, although
Henry E. Booth has a splendid orchard
coming into bearing this year.
The
early spring all through the Southern
Oregon country makes the crop an ex
ceedingly early one this year, and Mr.
Hussey reports that the Early Craw
fords w ill be ready for market about
August 1 this year.
Thuraton
Says It Is Impossible to
Convict M itchsll. .
Portland, July 1.— Still another day
has passed and the last word ia yet to
be spoken in behalf of Senator Mitch
ell. I t was fully expected that when
ex-Senstor Thurston began yesterday
morning that he would conclude his
argument in the afternoon', but he was
yet half an hour away from his con
cluding remarks, when Judge De Haven
adjourned the court until 10 o ’clockf
this morning. This means that the
case w ill not go to the jury before late
thia evening, if then, for United States
District Attorney Heney must answer
the arguments made by both of Senator
M itchell’ s attorneys.
When the speaker laid aside his eu
logistic tribute to th e senator, when he
had given his audience a glimpse of the
living room of Senator , M itchell in
Washington, s room which he said con
tained a bed and a trnnk; when he told
of the love, veneration and honor in
which he held jhe defendant and turned
the floodgates of bis oratory and legal
shrewdness upon the indictment under
which 8enator M itchell is being tried,
then he became the lawyer and pleader.
Listening members of the bench snd
bar who listened to this argument mar
veled at the adroitness with which thia
document wsa attacked.
I t was done
with such skill and cleverness, for each
count waa taken up and riddled and
scoffed st— that now the government
must make answer.
The attack upon the indictment fol
lowed the lines of the argument that
ex-8enator Thurston had made before
Judge De Haven. He stated that the
Indictment held that Senator Mitchell
had received money from Kribe, and be
showed by the testimony of both Kribe
and Tanner, that Kribe bad never paid
money to tbe defendant.
The speaker
held that before the government could
make this cotint in the indictment
stick, it mast prove that 8enator Mitch
ell had received his payment either in
gold, silver or currency. He cited that
the 8upreme court had held that a
check was not money, and contended
that when Tanner deposited the Kribe
checks, those checks were purchased by
the bank, was their property to burn or
tear up if they wished. The money
that the senator received as his share
of the monthly receipts of the firm’s
business, no matter if that share con
tained a part of the Kribe’ payment,
could not be construed as having been
paid to Senator Mitchell by Kribe.
Cottage Grove C ro p s.
Cottage Grove— The crops around
town are in fine condition and some of
the grain w ill outclass most yields
heretofore made. Much of the fruit
Hy the late frosts, how
R E F U S E T O F IR E .
ever, and in some cases entirely rained.
Cherries are scarce.
Strawberries are
C re w of Second Russian Ship Joins
three boxes for 26c, and about off the
in the Mutiny.
market. There w ill be a good crop of
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London, July 1. — A telegram haa
pears and apples on the uplands, but
the valley fruit here ia almost ruined. been received here from Odessa timed
The warm weather has brought garden
10 o’ clock this morning which says:
staff to a fine growth.
Some of the
“ The men of s second battleship
corn in town is three feet high.
have mutinied. Can see no possibility
Tabo> Trade Stamps.
of an early resumption of work.
The
Eugene— Eighty-two business firms position undoubtedly is critical.”
have signed an agreement not to adopt
the trading stamp system, which is at
London, July 1.— In a second edition
present offered by a stamp firm yhich issued today the London Daily Mail
has located here.
In a resolution prints s dispatch from its correspond
adopted by the Merchants’ Protective ent st Odessa, timed 1:23 Saturday
association, it declares the system det morning in which he says:
rimental to good business methods.
" I t was at first reported by the au
Five firms bave already contracted for thorities here that the battleship Po-
the stamps, bat it is said that some of temkine surrendered unconditionally.
these are trying to have their contracts I t is now confirmed that the mutineers
canceled.
on board that ship were joined by the
crew of the battleship Georgi Pobiedo-
Sawm ill and Ele ctric Drills.
nosteeff, whose officers were taken pris
Sumpter— A crew of men is now en oners and are now confined in the
gaged at the Standard mine on the ship’ s brig. ~
“ Both ships are now anchored in the
erection of a sawmill recently shipped
there. The installation of the electric roadsted, cleared for action, and using
drills w ill also be made immediately. their searchlights vigorously, appar
Tbe Standard expects to be s heavy ently expecting an attack from the rest
shipper of smelting ores to the smelter of the fleet, which is 15 miles distant.
here during the
present summer. “ The commandant of the port here has
Roads are now in pretty good shape received a telegram from St. Petersburg
again, and the reenlt is that shipments directing him to sink the rebel ship
are constantly being made to thia without regard to any possible D o rn -
bardment.”
place from the outlying mines.
No other London paper haa any such
information, all printing:- ^ 'O ffic ia l
M otorists Need Licen ses.
dispatches from both 8t. Petersburg
Salem— A number ot owners of mo
and Odessa declaring that the crew of
tor cycles and probably several owners the Potemkine surrendered uncondi
of automobiles are liable to a fine of
tionally without a shot,” detail at 6
$25 for failure to take out state li o’ clock last evening.
censes, as required by the act of 1905
for tbe regulation of the use of automo
Steamers Bought fo r Canal.
biles, etc. Thus far licenses have been
Washington, July 3. — Chairman
issued by Secretary of State Dnnbar to
144 owners of automboilee and 11 mo Shonts announces that the isthmian
tor cycles. Of the 11 motor cycles five canal commission purchased from the
are owned in Salem and five in Rose- Ward line, with a view to their lease
by the commission to the Panama rail
burg.
road, of the American steamers Mexico
and Havana, at $650,000 each, which
Open Now T im ber T ra ct.
is lees than the original coet of the
Rainier— George Rockey has built a vessels.
These - ve-ielae are of 5,500
railroad to bis camp, about .one snd a tons each, and capable of sustaining a
half miles from Rainier, snd his en speed of 16 knots. They are provided
gine has arrived.
M r. Rockey w ill with large hatchee and open side ports,
open about 300 acres of choice timber enabling the shipment of heavy car
land.
goes.
PO RTLA N D M A R K ETS.
Wheat— Club, 82®83c per bushel;
blueetem, 8 9 ® 90c; valley, 85c.
Oats— No. 1 white, feed, $30 per
ton; gray, $30.
Hay — Tim othy, $14016 per ton;
clover, $11012; grain, $11012; chest,
$11012.
Rgga Oregon ranch, 20O21c dozen.
Butter — Fancy creamery, 1 7 ){®
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Strawberries— $2.0002.50 per crate.
A pp’ es— Table, $1.5002.60 per box.
Potatoes — Oregon fancy, old, $10
1.20; Oregon, new, $1®1.26.
Hops — Choice, 1904, 19031c per
pound.
Wool— Eastern Oregon, best, 100
23c j valley, 26027c per pound ; mo
hair, choice, 3 1 ® 3 2 }{c per pound.
SECRETARY IS DEAD
John Hay Fasses Away Tory
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M j s . Hay at Bedaide of 8tateamau—
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Newbury, New Hampshire, July 1
Secretary of State John Hay died at
13415 this morning. The sigila imme
diately preceding his death were those
of pulmonary embolism.
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Mr. Hay’ s condition during ,*11 of
Friday bad been entirely satisfactory...
The bulletin of Secretary Hay’ s death
was signed by Charles L. Scudder. M .
D., and Fred T. Murphy, M. D .‘
Mrs. Hay snd Drs. Scudder and Mur*-
phy were at the secretary’ s bedside
when tbe end came.
The secretary
bads good night to his wife snd to his
attending physicians about 10 o ’clock
last night, at the close of one o f the.
beet days he has bed since his illness.
The local trouble was. clearing up satis
factorily, according to Dr. Scudder.
The seerteery suffered none of the old
pansi in nis chest which characterised
his earlier illness. H e had been per
fectly comfortable all day and happy in
the anticipation of leaving his bed fo r
the greater freedom and comfort of a
couch. A t 11 o’clock he was sleeping,
quietly.
A few minutes after 13 o’ clock he-
called the nurse, who st once sum
moned Dr. 8cudder. Both Dr. Scudder
snd Dr. Murphy hastened to the bed
side.
The sercetary was breathing
with difficulty, and expired almoeat
immediately afterward at 12:25.
R U S S IA N O F F I C I A L S F R A N T IC
Grave Fears That Arm y May Jo in ire
Revolt o f Navy.
St. Petersburg, Jnly 1.— The Rnsaisn-
government, although it haa been al
most paralysed hy the terrible event*,
at Odessa and the news that the sailor»
at Libau have also mutinied, is making
desperate snd even frantic efforts to-
stamp out the flames of revolution be
fore they can spread to the army, which
is now the last bulwark o f the autoc
racy.
W ith Poland red with the spirit o t
revolt, the Caucasus already almost in
s state of civil war, agrarian disorder»
spreading rapidly, the whole country
profoundly stirred snd the intelligent,
classes arrayed against the government,
all conditions seem ripe for the long-
predicted revolution.
The first set of the government after
dispatching Adm iral Kruger’s squadron
from Sebastopol was to summon the
Knisz Potemkine, whose mutineers Q
have now been joined by the crews of
the torpedo boats which 'accompanied
it to Odessa, to surrender,- under the
threat of firing upon and sinking th e
vessel. This waa followed by the dec
laration of martial law at Odessa and
Libau and the clothing of the military
comuianders with plenary powers.
The newly formed council for imper
ial defense met last night under the
presidency of Grand Duke Nicholas,
and was in session long after-midnight..
• Beyond the fact that the temper ot
the army was ¡considered st length,
nothing is known as to what occurred
in the council or regarding the decis
ions st which it arrived.
Great fear is expressed that many
regiments are honeycombed With sedi
tion, snd there is grave donbt of their
loyalty should they be called upon to-
fire on the revolutionists.
Indeed the
most startling stories involving the un
reliability of tbe troops are being re
peat«! in St. Petersburg, but the truth
of many of them is more than ques
tionable.
Fast Train Goes Into Ditch.
Cleveland, July 1.— A fast esatbound
passenger train on the Cleveland-Pitte-
burg branch of tbe Pennsylvania road
was derailed and wrecked near Atwa
ter, O., today. A t least one passenger
waa killed, while a dozen others were-
injured. The train is one of the fasteet
between Cleveland and Philadelphia,
making the run of 140 miles between
the two cities in three hours and 15
minutee.
When the accident
oc
curred, the train was probably running
50 miles an honr. A section crew was
repairing the track.
Flood Brings Big Snakes.
New York, July 3. — The recent in
undation of the River Parana has had
strange consequences, cables the Her
ald’ s correspondent at Buenos Ayres.
By the great extension of the River
Platte, the docks of Buenos Ayres and
the harbor have been invaded by float
ing islands of land torn from the banks
of the Parana.
These bave brought
hosts of tropical animals, hundreds of
big serpents, and many cronodiles.
Evan a tiger cub has been captured.
Progress is Reported.
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Washington, July 1.— Diplomats in
Washington are looking to Oyster Bay
for the official announcement within
the next few days of the plenipotenti
aries who w ill represent Russia snd
Japan st the Washington conference.
The president is in communication
with the Russian embassy and th*
Japanese legation by telegraph, and it.
is learned tonight that progress is be
ing, mada, but no definite date for the
announcement in suggested.
Panama Sanitation Improving.
Panpma, Jnly 3. — The sanitation of
tbs city ia improving, the number of
deaths for Jane being 25 per cent less
than that recorded for May, though
June is oonsidsred the worst month of
the year.
Stir Up Hawaiian Chinese.
Honolulu, July 1.— A Chinese mass
meeting has been called for tonight to-
indorse the efforts being made in China
to effect a boycott of American goods,
on account of the operations of the ex
clusion laws.