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NEWBERG GRAPHIC
- -MASSING T R O O PS.
REBEL8 ADVANCE.
I
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
Mexican
t . 11. WOOOWAJB, I
NEWBERG.
. .O REG O N
NEWS OFjjjE WEEK
li a b a im i t a kr War
• f the Laaa li
Laaa In taraetfn g E v w ts
o f tho P a d W aak. •
G overnm ent P reparing for
Extensive Revolution.
El Paso, Tex., June 30.—Fifteen
hundred troops have arrived in T or-
reon to protect th at city from the e x -|
OFFICIAL RETURN8.
pected attack by revolutionists, an d ,
the A m ericans are preparing to send I L arg est^P lu rality fo r C ongressm an
their families to the States for safety,
Ever R ecorded.
according to reports brought here last
Salem.—The official returns from the
night by passengers on the Mexican
recent election give Chamberlain a plu­
Central.
It is reported that the revolution­ rality of 1,522 over Cake for United
ists have attacked the village of Mata- States senator. While the official can­
m oros, Coahuila, about 15 m iles from vass baa not been made, Secretary of
T orreon, and have occupied th at town. State Benson has tabulated the figures
Official advices relative to sending from the different counties, and the
troops to T orreon say -that with the result is definitely known. There are
forces already stationed there the some of the abstracts yet to be cor­
rected by the county clerks before the
tow n is “im pregnable."
In Chihuahua there is considerable official canvass ean be made. The of­
alarm am ong citizenry, and guards ficial returns gave Chamberlain a gain
num bering from 20 to 25 soldiers in a of 100 votes in Crook eounty, as com
single patrol are continually passing pared with unofficial reports.
The total number of ballots east was
through the streets. A great many
extra police have been sw orn in to do in the neighborhood of 115,000, the ex­
act number not being reported by all
guard duty.
Inform ation brought here last night counties. Since there are some voters
by passengers on the incom ing M ex­ who do not mark their ballots as to all
ican C entral train is th at all bridges offices, it is not possible to determine
and approaches to T orreon on every from the number of votes for any office
road except the Mexican C entral have the total number of votes east. The
largest vote was that for senator, whieh
been burned.
k
T he international line out of T o r­ was as follows:'
reon, on which is located the tow n of A m os ( P r o h ib itio n ) .......................... 3.717
ak e (R e p u b lic a n ) ........................... 5 0 .8 ft
M atam oros, reported to be in the C
C h a m b e rla in (D e m o c ra tic ) ............ 62.431
hands of revolutionists, has suffered C ooper (S o c ia lis t) ............................. 5,257
heavily, and the Coahuila Pacifico is
Total « . .. .. .. .• • • ,« . ., .. ., ,. • 1 1 2 , 2 7 4
entirely tied up as the result of depre­
P arty strength is computed according
dations com m itted by revolutionists.
A pay train on the Coahuila & Pacific to the vote on congressman, and by
was attacked on F riday night, soon this test it is found that the Republican
after leaving T orreon, but the crew plurality in the state is 38,762, Hawley
succeeded in running the train back to having a plurality of 17,048 in the first
district and Ellis a plurality of 21,714
T orreon and escaping.
T here is a general m ovem ent of in the second district. This is by far
troops from Mexico City to north, ac­ the largest plurality ever recorded for
cording to news received here, and congressman in either v district. The
reinforcem ents are being rushed to plurality, however, is about 4000 short
Jim inez, which Js said to be still in of the plurality for Roosevelt over
Parker four years ago. The vote oa
the hands of revolutionists.
senator by counties is ns follows
U n ite d S ta te s S e n a to r
“ BET YOU MILLION.”
OPENING LAKE MINES.
Stockm en Let Go o f Claim s end De­
velopment Begins.
Lakeview.—I t is now m ore than
two years since the first discoveries of
gold were m ade in this section, but
still no mine has been opened up.
Most of the good prospects are owned
by sheepmen and ranchers, who are
not familiar with mining, and have
held onto their claims, expecting that
tom e one would make a rich strike
and that they could then dispose oi
their possessions at a big price. Since
this has not been the case, some of
them are lettin g go now, and the
properties are passing into the hands
of practical m ining men. T his spring
a num ber of capitalists and men of
experience in mining have visited this
section, and some of them have se-*
cured either leases or options on some
of the best claims both at New Pine
Creek and at Plush. One of the big­
gest deals was consum m ated a few
days ago, when a group of claims in
the Pine Creek district was leased for
a term of years, and the paym ent
made was $4000 in cash.
I
C ooper, J . C.
(HOC.)..............
Amoa, I. H .
( P r o ..................
Mrs. F rank J. Gould is suing for
divorce.
C entralis. W ash., was sw ept by a
disastrous fire.
D esperate fighting continues be­
tw een factions in Persia.
M exican rebels have captured the
tow n of Viesca. T he governm ent has
sen t troops.
B ryan expresses perfect confidence
th a t he will be the Dem ocratic nom i­
nee for president.
Cleveland was buried in P rinceton
cem etery w ith simple cerem onies and
no m ilitary display.
S E T T L E R S IN HARNEY.
T h ere will be 1,250 A m erican m a­
rines ashore in the canal zone to keep
Stock R anges Are D isappearing Be­
o rd e r on election day.
fo re th e Plow.
A P o rtlan d fruit peddler was fined
$5 for staying too long in one place
Burns.—T he recent heavy rains
to sell his last box of cherries.
have insured the farm ers and stock-
men large crops of grain and im ­
Jam es S. Sherm an, Republican
proved the wild hay crop, which w as
nom inee for vice-president, is rapidly
almost a failure, owing to the light
recovering, and will soon be able to
snowfall last winter. M ore people
travel.
are
farm ing in this county this year
A m erican authorities do not expect
than ever before. Localities where a
any open trouble w ith Venezuela.
few years ago only cattle grazed are
T h ev expect to ju st let C astro severe­
now occupied by progressive settlers,
l y alone.
who are turning land that had never
O
O
H arvard beat Yale in the great in­
produced anything but sagebrush and
o?
Jo
h
n
W.
G
ates
W
akas
Up
Slow
Old
X»
tercollegiate boat race. S ecretary
bunchgrass into grain fields, orchards
3
• •
Illinois Town.
T aft, who is a graduate of Yale, w it­
and alfalfa meadows.
py
COU NTY .
Z x
nessed the race, and was sorely dis­
T here has been a heavy im m igra­
St. Charles. 111., June 30.—John W
tio n to this county during the past
appointed.
Gates, the “ Bet You Million” man,
: .* i f
year. Most of the new settlers are
B*
A collision betw een a freight and a who founded the home in this village
V
well pleased with the country, stating
circus train in St. P aul injured eight for boys, slipped in here yesterday,
44 1,572 1,881 171 that the land is better than they ever
and w hat he did during his short stay B a k e r ...................
persons.
1.063
38
1.071
65
to n . ..............
expected to find open for entry under
has left the town gasping. T here will B en
la c k a m a s ......... 192 2,132 2.666 258
A Chicago professor has fallen heir be no o th er topic m entioned here for C C la
887 1.245 226 the hom estead laws.
tso p .................. 184
to an im m ense fortune, m ostly in the next six m onths. Epitomized, C o lu m b ia .............
90
732 202
898
The 60,000 acres held under the
156 1,505 1,386 412 Carey act by W illiam Hanley, of this
Coos .......................
Idaho mines.
here is w hat Gates did in about five C
936 107
684
83
ro o k ....................
DEATH IN TORNADO.
196
35 count, and some P ortland business
263
H eney accused Ruef of plotting his hours.
7
C u rry .....................
D o u g la s ...............
87 1.903 1,892 224 men is being contested by the Pacific
Kissed his old m other.
death, a n d Ruef prom ptly called
24 Livestock com pany in the general
448
16
453
llllam ..................
Got shaved by the town barber and Q
Minnesota T w itter Kills Seven and
H eney a liar.
64
653
699
4»
G ra n t .....................
466
395
58 land office on the grounds th at the
gave
him
a
$10
gold
piece.
18
H
a
rn
e
y
.................
Does Immense Damage.
A Pendleton m an who is afraid to
261 land sought is not desert land and
T hrew show ers of quarters and half J a c k s o n ................. 157 1,702 2,182
949 215 will produce crops w ithout irrigation.
tru st the banks has $75,000 in postal dollars to the street boys.
57
908
J o s e p h in e .............
Clinton.
Minn., June 29.—A tornado
669
725
87
57
K la m a th ................
m oney orders.
450
W as run hom e by a curious crowd. B ak e ......................
383
81 If this tract is reopened for settle­ struck this town at 5:25 o ’clock yes­
25
T he V enezuelan envoy to the
B ought a fine stock farm for $25,000 B an e ...................... 198 2,981 2,322 839 ment, it will be the m eans of increas­ terday afternoon, killing seven peop’e
482
•2 ing the population of the county by and injuring twenty-five, some seri­
30
63»
U nited S tates is aw aiting orders to and gave it to an old friend.
123 1,940 2.339 232 several
B in n ......................
thousand people, besides ously. T w enty houses, a printing of­
Begged for “dear old 5-cent cigar” M a lh e u r ................
610
55
54
791
leave this country.
M ario n .................. 294 3.309 3,235 163 bringing under cultivation the best fice and two churches were blown
and
sm
oked
it
blissfully.
Shooting and looting continue in
491
orrow .................
32
<31
79 farm land in H arney valley.
down.
Yelled at the son of a friend to M
630 12,176 13,243 793
M u ltn o m a h .........
T eheran, the capital of P ersia, caus­
The tornado, which was unaccom ­
come
and
go
to
Europe
with
him
and
128 1,305 1.468 135
P
o
lk
.......................
ing a reign of terror.
20
panied by rain, started three miles
354
41
442
S h erm an ................
Wins O ratorical C ontest.
took him along.
87
544
447 lOr,
m o o k ......... *
A F rench passenger steam er was
Left for Chicago at 11:30 last night T U illa
University of O regon. Eugene.—In north of the town, destroyed tw o
m a tilla .............. 167 2.071 1.777 165
w recked on the Spanish coast and with Mrs. Gates and the boy, after U
125 1.550 1.567 183 the Failing-Beekm an prize oratorical farm houses that were in its path and
n io n ....................
801
908
87 contest last evening in Villard hall, swept over Clinton, which is a place
51
W a llo w a ...............
about 100 persons perished.
one of the greatest days of his life.
W a sc o ..................... 145 1,700 1.643 137
of about 400 people.
G
ates
and
his
wife
will
tour
Europe
208 1.911 1,778 120 Bert W. P rescott, of Baker City, was
A S eattle m an was killed by a cake
W a s h i n g t o n .........
I
A Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul
in
an
autom
obile.
390
26
327
11
W
h
e
e
le
r
...............
accorded first place, and the Failing
of ice falling down an elevator short
201 1,698 1,565 134 prize of $150 cash. Miss Miriam Van mixed train was ju st pulling into the
Y a m h ill ................
and striking him on the head.
T o ta l .................. 8 787 60,899 62,421 5,267
W aters, of Portland, won second station as the storm 'struck the town
W orst Ice P ack Known.
F lour and o th er provisions are g et­
place,
and the Bcekman prize of $100 and 15 cars were blown off the track,
Seattle, June 30.—F irst to reach
tin g so high priced in Chicago th at
NEW
ROAD
FILES
ARTICLES.
cash. Bert P rescott is president of as was also a passenger coach con­
m any are scarcely able to buy enough Nom e of the fleet which sailed June 1
the associated students, and this year taining 17 people. All were injured,
was the steam ship V ictoria, Captain
am ong them F ath er Keavey, of Grace-
to eat.
P o rter, who is the first home, arriving A storia, S easide & Tillamook Line is won the intercollegiate oratorical ville, Minn.
contest.
Miss
Van
W
aters
is
editor
A w ell-organized ring has been dis­ last night. T he steam ship brings
Incorporated.
The two churches destroyed sre the
of the O regon Monthly.
covered in Southern California en­ news o f the w orst ice ever known in
Norwegian L utheran and the First
Astoria.—Articles of incorporation of
g a g e d in sm uggling Chinese coolies B ehring sea since it has been navi­
Episcopal.
W arehouse fo r Canby.
across the Mexican border.
gated by white men, and Captain P o r­ the Astoria. Seaside & Tillamook Rail­
Telegraph lines were blown down,
way
company/
were
filed
in
the
county
Canby.—W ork has begun on the new ^ u t as soon as possible news of the
T he youngest son of the late ter is authority for the statem ent that clerk’s office here yesterday, by F. L.
C harles Crocker, the San F ra n c isc o ! vessels of the returning fleet cannot Evans, E. Z. Ferguson, H. G. Van warehouse of W. H. Bair, and the new ¡disaster was sent to the neighboring
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P Y n o r t o H
n n
c r lio f ln lo
f i m n
u n l o c k
m illionaire, has undergone his second be expected on schedule tim e unless Dusen and W. E. Buffum, as incorpor­ building will be one of the best and l cities. Soon help was on the way
operation for ca n cir of the stom ach. conditions have changed radically ators. The capital stock is $ 2,000 000 . most complete warehouses in the valley. i from O rtonville and W heaton, near
since the V ictoria sailed. T he Vic­
The structure will be 50x100 feet in
A R ussian paper predicts th at when toria arrived in Seattle with 62 pas­ divided into 200.000 shares of $10 each. size, with concrete cellar, and two floors, I by M innesota towns, on the Milwau
The principal office of the company is with paper-lined air spaces in the walls, kee road and from Millbank. S. D„
reinforcem ents arrive for the Persian sengers and $650,000 in gold.
to
be in Astoria, and, according to the making the building frost-proof. This which is but a few miles away.
revolutionists, the shah’s arm y will
Officers and passengers of the ship
be defeated and the governm ent over­ describe the voyage to and from articles its object is to construct and makes four warehouses of this kind at
SAW MRS. GUNNESS.
throw n.
Nom e as an unprecedented battle Operate an electric railroad and tele- Canby, and makes Canby the best mar­
with
ice.
Great
bergs
which
drifted
fyrajft..an<*
telephone
lings
from
Astoria
ket along the Southern Pacific, in this
Thee Rivers, Quebec, had a million
Hammond vicinity.
Tw o W itnesses Inform Dotroit Police
from the A rctic ocean last fall, and to Tillamook via Warrenton.
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dollar fire.
and
Seaside.
It
is
also
authorized
to
are frozen in the Behring sea, packed
She la Alive.
The wrapping paper trust has pleaded as high as the steam er’s stack, were erect and maintain elevators, docks and
PORTLAND
MARKETS.
D etroit, June 29.—T he D etroit po­
warehouses, and to operate steamers on
guilty, and each member was fined.
found in 65 feet of water.
lice believe they afe on the trail oi
the Columbia and Willamette Rivers.
Eight persons died and scores were
Wheat—Track prices: Club, 88e per Mrs. Belle Gunness, of La P o /te, Ind
Tillamook Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
Expos« Royal G ra fters.
prostrated from the heat in Chicago.
bushel; red Russian, 86e; bluestem, 90c; who is accused of wholesale m urders
Valley, 88e.
Lisbon, June 30.—A m ass m eeting
on her farm near th at city.
A second son has been born to King
Josephine County Going Dry.
Tw o young women. Lulu Raymond
Millstuffa—Bran,
$26
per
ton;
mid­
Alfonso and Queen Victoria, of Spain. organized by the Republicans and p re­
G rants Pass.—Judge Jewell, of the dlings, $30.50; shorts, eountry, $28.50; and Grace Benson, wnom the police
It is claimed many cures have been sided over by Bernardino Machado, Josephine county court, has ordered city, $28; wheat and barley ehop, had in custody yesterday afternoon
effected in a leper colony in Louisiana. the Republican leader, yesterday, that all saloons be closed in Josephine $27.50.
and evening, are said to have met
passed resolntions dem anding a vig­ county on and after July 1. The liquor
The bribery case against Tirey L. orous investigation of the advances dealers have been notified, and so far
Bariev—Feed, $25 per ton; rolled, Mrs. Gunness since her supposed
burned body was found in the ruins
Ford, of San Francisco, has been e f m oney to the royal family and the as now appears no objections wi'l be $27.50@28.50; brewing, $26.
of her home.
dropped.
m isuse of public funds during the made to the order. The 10 saloons of
Oats—No. 1 white, $27.50 per ton;
The police claim th at the state­
this city, and nearly all the country gray, $27.
Hyde and Schneider were convicted of regim e of the late King Carlos.
m ents of the two young women co n ­
A strong force of police surrounded and mining camp saloons of the out
Hay—Tlmothv, W illamette Valley, vinced them that Mrs. Gunness is still
land frauds, and Benson and Dimond
the m eeting place, but there was no side precincts are already preparing $17 per ton; Willamette Valley, ordi­
acquitted.
They gave the names of other
interference with the speakers, some
close. T he goods on hand are be­ nary. $15; Eastern Oregon, $18.50; alive.
persons
are also said to know
Two men jumped from a speeding au­ of whom were m ost violent in their to
ing disposed of as rapidlv as the mixed, $16; elover, $14; alfalfa,. $12; th at the who
woman is alive,
tomobile in California, thinking it was expressions, No untow ard incidents thirsty will buy, and it is evident that alfalfa
meal. $20.
beyond control. Both were badly in- took place,
after July 1 there will be very little
Dressed M eats—Hogs, faney, 8e per
Bomb fo r Spaniards.
jured.
liquor on hand in this county.
pound; ordinary, 7e; large, 6c; veal,
R oot T ak«s T reatm ent.
Thomas W. Lawson, of Boston, pro­
Barcelona, June 29.—A bomb was
extra, 8e; ordinary, 6@7e; heavy, 5«;
Good J o b Vacant.
poses
to
raise
one
ddllars for
mutton, fancy, 8@9e.
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— million
New York, June 30.—S ecretary of
exploded yesterday in a lavatory in
r ^
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B utter—Extras, 25e per pound; faney one of the public squares, seriously
a Democratic campaign fund to elect (S tate Root is at W illiam M uldoon’s
Salem.—The election of Robert G.
Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, presi- j health institute at W hite Plains, again Morrow to the office of circuit judge in 24c: ehoiee, 20e; store, 16e.
injuring two persons and slightly in­
Eggs—Oregon, 17$@18$e per dozen
dent, and W. J. Bryan, vice-president.
f0r a course of .medicine, ball-throw - Multnomah county will create a vacancy
Cheese—Fancy cream twins, lSe per juring many others. A panic followed
Mnlei Hafld has rea ch ed the Moroeean 1 ing. hard walking and riding, cold in the position of supreme court re­
eaDitel end proclaimed kinmelf saltan, j show er baths and plain cooking. He porter, which Morrow has held for a pound; fall eream triplets, 13c; rail the explosion, which did much dam ­
v
.
. , . w ent there on Saturday, not because number of years. There are already cream Young Americas, 14e; eream age, a policeman being' badly torn by
Woman enffrngiats in London Held he needed this treatm ent as he did four or five candidates for the place. hriek, 20e; Swiss block, 18e; limburger,
a portion of the wreckage. Many
the greatest demonstration ever seen j ]a#t y ear> j,ut because he obtained so The supreme judges select the court re­ 20e.
women and children were crushed and
Poultry—Mixed
ehfekens,
ll(3)ll}c
porter.
His
duty
is
to
arrange
copies
there.
I much benefitfhen that he and his ohv-
nvs l»e
r
n course
------- of P ro ­ of supreme court decisions for the per pound; faney hens, 12e; roosters, bruised during the stam pede. The
T aft says
ke would like to eee
see s , ' r sician
decided a short
• ‘good game of baseball; a game for fessor M uldoon’s curriculum each printer and to write syllabi to be pub­ 9e; fryers. 16(S)17e; broilers, 16(ftl7e; bom b exploded while a procession
lished at the head of the decisions. His ducks, old, 15c; spring, 15(75)20$«; was passing, great crowds lining the
year would be a good thing.
blood.”
compensation is $500 per volume, which ecese, 8(®9e: turkeys, alive, 16(3)18e streets and points of vantage.
W. J . Bryan says th a t “ the anti in­
means about $750 per year. The work for hens, 14@16e for gobblers; dressed,
junction plank of the Republican plat­
C loudburst Floods H ornet.
does not interfere with private practice. 17(®19e._
Bryan’s Fortune.
form. as finally adopted, is a transpar­
Beatrice, Neb., June 30.—T he Boue
Potatoes—Old Oregon, $1(3)1.10 per
Lincoln.
Neb., June 29.—The tax ­
ent frond.”
_
river at this place is on another ram-
hundred; new California, 2@2fc per able property
S t. Jo h n s Must Go Dry.
belonging to Mr. and
A collision of eleetrie^eers thr*e m n«e; page, caused by a two-inch rairffall
pnnnd.
Mrs.
William
J.
Bryan, real and p er­
from Portland on the Monnt Scott . line aqd a cloudburst. T he precipitation
P ortland.—St. Johns will go dry in
Fresh F ruits—Oranges, faney, $3.25
badly injured * x persons, slightly in­ is placed at seven inches. The rise accordance with the vote at the last (33.75; lemons, $4(5)4.75; strawberries, sonal, has been listed with the asses­
jured many more end wrecked two mo­ here was very sudden, and w ater is election. Judge Gantenbein, in the e 50c(3)$1.25 per erate; grape fruit, $2.75 sor at a total valuation of $84.500.
The returns show that Mrs. Bryan
tor earn.
running over W est C ourt street for
circuit court yesterday m orning, up . (alt.25 per box; bananas. 6$@6e per owns 50 acres of real estate, and C o l­
several
blocks.
T
h
irty
families
in
a
pound; eberries, $1@1.25 per box;
An aeeideat to the Portland Railway
mpany generating plant n Cazadero low-lying section were com pelled to held the m otion of County Judge gooseberries, 5e per pound; apricots. onel Bryan 87 acres, a total of 137
W
ebster
and
Com
missioners
Light-
destroyed three dynamos, worth $80.000 a b a n d o n jh e ir home». Traffic over the
$1(91.28 per erate; cantaloupes, $2.75(9 acres. This is valued at $29.125. T he
ner
and
Barnes
to
dissolve
the
tem-
Union
Pacific
is
abandoned,
w
ater
8.25; blackberries, $1(9125 per arete: residence is returned at $21,000, the
each, la about three minutes, besides
iorary injunction which had previons- peaches, 90c@$l per «rate; plums, $1 Com moner at a valuation of $19,000.
running
over
one
section
of
the
track
about $20,000 damage to turbiaes aad
and personal property not m entioned
y been issued against them com pell­ per erate.
power house.
j | to the depth of eight feet.
ing them to refrain from declaring
Onions—California rod. $1.65(91.75 above at $12,500.
St. Johns and U niversity P ark dry per seek; Bermudas, $8 per erate; gar
A W ashington m u has applied fo rj
S herm an Im proves.
i e e v e o f a ^ M f r o j ^ h o m e ^ e « j Cleveland Q j une 30._ C On gre.s- until a hearing was had in court.
Deadlock B roken.
lie. 15(®20e per pound.
*** numerous rattieena ^ . man j afneg § Sherm an continues to
Hops— 1907, prime and ekolee, 5@0$e
Charlotte. N. C„ June 29.—Con­
F air at T he Dalle«.
gressman W. W. Kitchin was nom i­
He expeete * ** a" aJ , £ * .
gain strength. He slept much Sunday,
per oound; olds, 2@2$e per pound.
b o n daring harvest and dares
/H is condition rem ains normal, and
Wool—custom Oregon, average beet, nated for governor of the 60th ttaMot
T he Dalles — The mid - summer
k is family I
aeeordtng to at 6 o'clock Saturday night by a m a­
I there has been no change made in the m eeting of the S tate H orticultural 6<91$%e por poo
12$«.
jority of 60 votes in the Democratic
shrinkage;
Vail
«y,
1
h
a
t
been
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Apparently Going to Loot Rich City
o f T o rreo n .
El Paso, Jitne 2».—El Correo, the
conservative daily Mexican newspaper
of Chihuahua, in its issue yesterday
m orning, which arrived here hist
night, has a story th at an army of
a stren g th variously estim ated at from
4000 to 7000 men is m arching on T o r­
reon, one of the richest cities in the
state of Coahuila.
T he story, after reviewing the a t­
tack on Viesca tells of reported a t­
tem pts to rob the pay train of the
Mexican C entral railroad, and siy s
th at the country around T orreon,
which is so closely settled th at there
are stations about every four kilo­
m eters, is sw arm ing with arm ed men,
who appear at the railroad stations
with guns and cartridge belts.
"T hese same reports,” says El Cor­
reo, ”say th at three bridges on the
railroad between P arass and T orreon
have been burned, probably with the
object of impeding the passage of
troops into Torreon. The incendiaries
alsp probably selected T orreon for
invasion because they considered it
a rich city to loot. Am ong, the re ­
ports that we have heard is one which
says th at about 4000 arm ed men, near­
ly all of whom are -in h abitants of
ranches, are said to have passed
H ornos, in the state of Coahuila, on
the Coahuila & Pacific railroad, about
65 kilom eters from Torreon.
“W hether the m ovem ent is directed
against the governm ent of Coahuila
o r against the federal governm ent, no
one is able to say. It is generally
supposed the movem ent is not against
the state, but against the federal gov­
ernm ent. One version says the revo­
lution is wholly against the state of
Coahuila, th at the governor is not ac­
ceptable to th e people of th at state,
and th at he was forced upon them by
the president of the republic. ;
“It is also said th at a train of in­
fantry has been sent to T o rreo n from
M onterey and a Small detachm ent of
cavalry."
T orreon, the town named by El
C orreo as the object of attack, is one
of the richest tow ns in the state of
Coahuila. T here are six banks—the
Banco M inero de Ghuihuahua. m ean ­
ing a branch there; a branch of Banco
Naeonial de Mexico; the Banco de
Coahuila; the Banco d i Nueva Leon,
and the Banco de Durango. The
Banco Laguna, recently organized,
has a capitalization of $6 500,000.
T here are about 25,000 inhabitants.
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MEXICAN REBELLION
Las Yacos laptured and Looted
by Armed Bands. .
RAID ON AMMUNITION
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WAGONS
Governm ent T ro o p « ! S u rp rised and
H oraea C aptured—Firing H eard
A cross Lio G rands.
San Antonio, Tex., June 37/-—Las
Vacos, Mexico, directly across the
Rio Grande from Del Rio, Tex., y e s­
terday afternoon w itnessed its sec­
ond battle of the day in w hat may
be the opening of a general uprising
against the adm inistration of P resi­
dent Diaz. All wires on the M exican
side leading across the river have
been cut.
At- 5:30 yesterday m orning a band
of 150 revolutionists rilently stole
upon the camp of the Mexican cav­
alry at Las Vacos and captured all
of the horses, as well as m aking a
raid upon the am m unition wagons.
T hey were discovered ju st as they
were about to leave^ and a pitched
battle took place. F iring continued
until 10:30 A. M. M ore than 3000
shots were fired, and several men
were killed. O ne wounded man made
his way across the river to Del Rio,
but he refused to say w hether he was
with the governm ent force or the
revolutionists.
Y esterday afternoon the firing upon
the governm ent troops had been re­
newed, and the sounds of shooting
were plainly heard in Del Rio.
W here the rev o lu tio n ists were g a th ­
ered is not known, but -that the attack
upon Las Vacos was to follow im m e­
diately upon th at made upon Viesca,
a town in the interior, there ia little
doubt. Viesca was attacked and
captured by the revolutionists last
T hursday afternoon, when several
were killed and wounded.
Del Rio, Tex., wired last night th at
revolutionists and M exican regular
soldiers came together across the
river from that point yesterday; th at
several on both sides have been
killed and tw o Mexican officers seri­
ously wounded. All com m unication
is cut off, for the authorities will not
perm it any one to cross the river.
Mexican official statem ents that the
rebel invaders were repulsed from
Las Vacos are not wholly credited
here.
__ El Paso, T ex., June 27.—In an en­
counter between revolutionists and
troops of the Mexican governm ent in
the town of Las Vacos, in Coahuila,
Mexico, near the border across from
Del Rio, Tex., early yesterday m orn­
ing, between 40 and 50 were killed and
the Mexican com m andant badly in­
jured.
T he sheriff of Valverde county, this
state, telegraphed G overnor Cam p­
bell. of Texas, that the revolutionists
had been repulsed, and th at a num ber
of them were fleeing to the U nited
States.
NEGROE8 TO DEFEAT TA FT.
C onference to M eet in Denver and
C ontrol N egro Vote.
Springfield. 111.. June 27.—Colored O
voters of the Upited States who are
antagonistic to the candidacy of W.
H . _Taft, Republican nom inee fo r *
president, will hold a national confer­
ence at D enver on Tuesday, July 7.
th e day the Dem ocratic national
convention opens. The purpose of
the gathering, as stated in the call,
is to “consider their political affilia­
tions and conditions and develop
plans to change the political com plex­
ion of states w herein the negro vote
is the balance of power.”
T hey will also m em oralize th e
Dem ocratic convention "to declare
against degrading a soldier of th e
U nited States arm y w ithout the p re­
lim inary of a trial, and pronounce
for a strict adherence to the constitu­
tion and all of its am endm ents; dis­
cuss the feasibility of nom inating a
candidate for president on the Civil
L iberty p arty ticket, or vote direct
for the D enver pominee, and issue an
address to the colored citizens of th e
nation.”
M other D iet for Child.
L ong Beach, C a l, June 27.—T he
body of Mrs. William D. W atkins
was found yesterday floating in th e
W est Naples canal. On the bank the
cap of her seven-year-old daughter.
Eva. was found, and efforts are being
made to recover the child’s body.
T he horse and buggy w ith which
Mrs. W atkins and the girl started
from home early yesterday m orning
stood near, tied to a signboard. T h e
theory is th at the child slipped and
fell into the w ater, and that- th e
m other was drowned in trying to
save her.
Grain Elevator B u rn t.
Duluth, Minn., June 27.— E levator
D, of the Consolidated E levator com ­
pany, was destroyed by fire yesterday,
entailing a loss on the building and
contents of $1 000 , 000 . An adjoining
dock and warehouse belonging to th e
N orthern Pacific railroad suffered to
the extent of $30.000 T he elevator
contained 300.000 bushels of w heat.
90,000 bushels of flax and 7000 bushels
of barley. T he buildings and grain
were fully insured. T he origin of th e
fire cannot be determ ined.
8teel Mill« Returning,
P ittsb u rg , June 27.-—T en d epart­
m ents of the H om estesd steel w orks
of the U nited States Steel corpora­
tion will be in operation tom orrow ,
the first Saturday that they have op­
erated during the past th ree m onths.
T his^w ill add an extra day’« pay to
the 2000 men employed in these de­
partm ents. It is generally expected
there will be alm ost a general re ­
sum ption of the entire works next
week.