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HAPPENINGS OF TWO COMNENTS
r Heiumo of tlio Las Important but
Mot Losa Intorastlng Events
of tho Past Wo ok.
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Frnry ha started on another at
tempt In rrHcli the north pole.
The men n( llir battleship llret are
having ' r-iyul time in Honolulu.
Thr Russian budget shows a ilrficit
of J1MHH,(H' in extraordinary rnre
line A sprctator at a Chicago Ull game
fell mnl broke hi neck when a home
inn Mat made
Frank Zotti. head of a wrecked New
York lt.ink, ha been arrested On a
vim rue ( grand larceny.
P.atrrn railroad have been allowed
tu cxchaUH ! for NilvctllaniK
pending an appeal to the Mer.il
onrl
pattern railroad have decided
(iaiMi a general aitvaner In rate
Advance Mill Im made in the South
tin ami Southwest.
Humbert Rlva. mm of ill general
vommatidmg the SalvaduraH army
againM thr revolutionist, has been
denied Mlmutioii to the Unite.) Slates
During the three nionih ending
Marrh .it there were It l'.r.r""
lillr.l h (he railroad of the United
States. This U a great reduction over
the previous three inontht.
At the conventions in Denver an
agreement was reached iMrtweni the
Western Federation of Miner ami
the I'nited Mine Worker of Amer
ica whereby th two organisations
will work in harmony in the future.
Count Itonl hai begun suit for the
utiHly of hi children.
Yholrate rMsures of grafting in
Portugal have been made
The battleship llret lia arrived at
Honolulu, ami were given an cnthusi-u-
welcome.
(treat Itntaln will buy three war
ships now buibling In Kngllsh ship
.ird for llraxil.
A small ariny of volunteer ha of
fered to acnmipaiiy Roosevelt on In
Afnrau hunilng trip.
One humlreil unemployed of New
York are fed each day by John Mor
Kan, himself a poor wurUug man.
American marine have heen cut
to Honduras, where all Central Ainer
iiau republics arc stirring up a revolt
'Ihr British government I giving
carrlul attention to the ojieraliou of
the Arnerkau Iwef combine in Low
iliii Two r-irload of powder tord
near t le Klum. Wash . efl"jcl At
least nine prMtM wets killed and
several other injured.
A p!raure launch from Manila cap
sized -ml 8 f the 7 passengers were
iliovvncd The ail saved were picked
hi. I. a British steamer.
Shipper are protesting against the
rising of freight rat en, and may vin
. the roads arc not unanimous m
die drtision to make the increase.
Ambassador O'llrlen says Japnueso
war talk is absurd.
The Clks will hnhl their grand lodge
sit I- Angeles In IUMI.
The hot weather wkleh h prevailed
it New York fur t jeeks bus been
broken.
Herman llhbler has again appealed
to President HwHCVelt against tho hv
jver trust.
A (Heek who accuses himself of
idimlug up dnllnghor' houso I do
miunrrd as n fnklr.
Attorney la tho Hteve Adams trial
nt (Irand Junction, Colo., nro Indulging
In many hitter words.
He veil men nsidro to bend tho Na
tional Prohibition ticket. Charles
Sennlon, nf Pittsburg, appear to havo
tho ndvnntage.
Oxnlurln Is the latest dlsenso dlsenv
"-V " i , l .ll..i n lmUeriCS 111 llllliK liuxn, cmuvu mil h
red by eiiterpr sing i.hyslclans. It hn . ' ' . ,)0,n,wrilllK ,tlc
to do with the moon nail wB. "
amorally by a nervoui breakdown.
(Irni-rnl Caeeres, twice president of
'hito nnd lender uf tho army In tho
war with the Pnlted Htntea, ay his
vniintry I endeavoring to eiuulato
Apirrlen,
A Han Francisco woman Is suing tho
Pacific Const Htoamshfp company for
hiss of vnlen occasioned on n trip from
Henttle to Hnn Friinelsco and caused by
inhaling tho fume of sulphur.
Ilishop Potter ha o far recovered
that he is able to kit up.
A Chlcnco onichrl ill moving left the
nshes of IU grandmother behind.
The Prohibition national conven.
tlon may adopt u platform with a in
Klc plank.
Iloiidurnn rebel have abandoned
two captured town, but arc advanc
ing on Puerto Cortez.
A barber shop at Kawlildc, Ncv,,
'vn wrecked by runaway automo
bile crashing Into the place.
PANAMA ELECTIONS QUIET.
No Opposition Develop to Election
of Umior Obaldln.
I'.iiuiiiii, July II The presidential
clt-dion throughout the Isthmus of
1'iii.iniii passed off Saturday without
ili'turbancr Joc Domingo tie Ohal
di.i, formerly minister to the United
Slate, and acting preldent ilitriiiK
thr absence of Dr Amador, win ts'ecl
td preident 'I'lic supporters of
Kicardo Aria, who recently withdraw
In candidacy, decided not to vole,
and a a consequence no opponent to
Senior Obuldia was placed in iiomi
nation. MnwlllmtanilliiK thl a larKe niini
her of voter reKitlercd their choice
ami drmouatrated thr overwhrlmitiK
majorily of Smtor (Jhaldla't nippoM
crt From all parti of the rcpuhllc newt
it received here that the election
were rarrlrd on in an orderly man
ner, and that Senor Olmldia rccived
nil the voir cat At the conelution
of Ihr halhiiiiiK ciithiiilaitic crowds,
hradrd liy a hand of muaic, paraded
Ihr mrrei of I'n.iniii, clicrriiiK rou
tinuouily for the newly elected pretl
drill
Thrre appearrd to he an ahtolutc
ahenrr of ill-fcelmu lietweeu the for
mer tupportcr of Senator Aria and
the ailhrrrni of Senor Ohaldia,
Never hrforr ha urh a frirmlly spirit
heen thoHii mi ipiickly alter an c lec
NEW CHAUQES FOI? ADAMS,
Aciulttal In Collin Cain Meant He
armtt of Prlioner.
Gram) Junction. Colo. July H lu
triMliirtiuu of evidence for the defeunc
Mill In-Kin today in the trial of Steve
Adam, a mrmhrr of the Wettcrn
Federation of Miner, on the charge
of murderiuic Arthur Collim, mine
uperiutcnileut at Telliiridc.
Uetplte Judne SpriKK Shackelford't
decuiou ihIihk out Adam' allrued
con(eion of thu murder, thr end I
not yet in tiicht in the cate kiohiiik
out of the murder and mytteriim
ditappearance that occurred duriuK
the irouldr in the inimitK eampt of
Colorado If Adam i aripirtied he
will he immediately rearreted.
charierd either with the murder o(
l)etectivr I.yte OreKory at Denver, or
with IwviHK et olf Ihr homli at the
Indepcdrncc depot at Cripple Creek,
when IS miner were killed
According to the proecullon, Ad
am confccd to havitiK had a hand
in both thec crime in eight tatc
iiieiit ecured from him by Detective
Mcl'artlaud in the pemteHtiary at
lloite, Idaho
WALES COMES TO QUEBEC.
British Heir Apparent to Attend Cel.
bratlon,
Qurlirf. Out. July II -Quebec on
the iKcasion this mouth of the tercen
tenary celebration of its founding is
planning a great historic and military
r. eK i.h l"m,7l, cotg'Vn h. mor
the memory of CanaiUs founder
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Samuel de Champlain. ami hi ofticial muoa. iiom viwon nru out m coin
landing will be mad a brilliant spec-, iniaabm. Th' Vieksburn la nt Mnri
tacltu I UHihI nnd th Princoton ia nt llromor-
The dedication of the battlefield will i,m, CmMlttiomi in Homlurna ore ro
le made the iuaion for a military Upoimlblt' for tlw rush. Tim gunbonta
display on July l Thousand of o- w() t0p al AmuIn, whero tho cnilm-r
Her will Ik mohilued Iiom all part M)n.. j m. tatonl. Onlora hnvu
of Canada, and a score ''""'"
.,
ml cruiser will be in wirt. retire
tenting the United Stales. P.nglaml,
France. German
Spain, Japan and
the Argentine I
tep1
unite
Franco Still to Protect.
Pari. July II -- M Constat!,
1'rcHCH am usMilor to nuKey. in an..
;";;,,;;;,; fvz;:h
o( Turkish subject in China Ilcre -
interview discredited the report that
inforr Prsiu-r lm assumed the tiro
tectorate. and he ha not received the
least intimation that such a step was
to be taken. It has always been the
custom, he says, for the purtr and the
French representative in Constanti
nople to have an exchange of view
on any alfair of importance, but the
question of transferring the protec
torate hat not been discussed.
Rebel Dsg for Amnesty.
London, July H. A ipcci.il to the
Daily Mail from Teheran ay that
Kachin Khan, who. iu command of a
Inrur force, iucludinii several bat
i:.r" :,-..,i. r. "... i t...i.
revolurtont-l-. who nre massed iu the
Kblavnua ouarter. Hie latter, the
dispatch says, have tclegriphcd to the
shah begging that nuincsty be
granted.
Haytlens Show Hostility.
Paris, lulv II Official advices re
ceived here from Port an Prince state
i Mi i be situation there is becoming
more nnd more disquieting since the
hum nu of (be Prcucli Hospital, AM
outbreak Is f on red ninong the llavtl
ens, who arc showing, hostility to for
eigners. The French cruiser Ch.is-
scion-Kubab is tne oniy warsnip iu
the harbor
Independence for Corca.
Denver, July 14. Coreans coming
from nil part of the world will meet
in convention in this city to discuss
measures for milking Corca independ
ent. There nre only 3d delegates, but
they arc men of high education and
absolute devotion to their cause.
NEWS ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON, D. C.
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FOHTUNE8 OF WAU WAVEHINO.
aovnrnmant lletaknt draclai, flobel
Tliriintnn Puorto Cortu.
Wathingion, July I J Official ad
vlre whl'h reachrd the tate depart
ment ycttrrday confirm the pre re
port that the lloiuliiran Kovcriiinciit
one have retaken the Miiall town of
(Jniim. and add that they arc about
lo move lo the more important city
of Choluteca To till extent the K'v
rrnmrnt appeal to have the advati
lag" "
On the other hand Honduras i
menaced from the northern border.
(u the Caribbean urn border there
are continually reiterated report of
attack on I'uero Curte. while Geu
rral I. re Chrittma, whom the Mate
ilcpartmetu olficial ttyle a soldier of
fortune, i reported in the country
iut a few mile from I'tierto Cortr
IIt (orrr mrntlourd ill one of the
dupitrhe a beiiiK on a small island
about in mile diunt from Puerto
C'orti- i presumably the one from
which an attack i feared.
The !! deparlment I bring fully
.'dvtscd of Ihr situation ill the whole
Central Amrrican ibttrict. but Mr
Dodge the minister to lloudiira and
Sahador. explain that reliable infor
mation is difficult to obtain
The United States ami Mexican
government still continue to 'use
their Im-I rlforts In keep peace in
that part of the wntld, but bavr gone
to the extent thus far only of offering
their friendly mediation The Amer
ican cruier Albany i now on it way
from Panama to Ama).ala, the Pacific
coast port of Honduras
PACIFIC COAST HIT.
Dealer Do Not Get Chance to Did
on Supplle for Canal.
VliingtoH Julv IT Unlet word
is rrcritrd from ( olonel Goethels to
day in the contrary. Pacific coast
dealer will not be considered in the
purchasing of supplies by the conimis
sury department of the canal com
mission Captain Hcggs, general pur
chating agent for thr Panama canal
commission, in a statement given out
yesterday, said that (toor steamship
serviie oil the Pacific coast i respon
sible for the decision.
'Ihr Parilic coast merchants have
requested that some of the supplies lit
purchased there and shipped to Ij
ltoca Ciptaiil llrggs says that 4 if
supplies were purchased on the Pacific
roaat and there should be a failure to
ship on a vessel it would be 'iu day
before another shipment could arrive
On thr Atlantic coast shipments can
lie made every four days. Twenty
day is too long an interval for the
shipment o( Iresli Iimmi, say lapiam
Peggs but primes ami dried peaches
might be purchased on the Pacific
civat
(3unbo.it Ordered to Unrettvllle.
Washington, July 18. Onloro have
been ImuimI by tin? NS'nr department for
tlu gimlMinta Vicksburg nnd Princeton
; ..-- at onco around tho horn to
the Cnrlbl onn eon. n ilistnnc of 14,000
so brim IimushI for th.- Kunlmat Mnri
ettn, now nt Jamaica, to procowl nt
unco to Porta Coatn, on the Gulf coast.
(lalkt at Canned Speech.
Oyator IIy. N. Y July 18. Proa
tlent Uoo4vidt hna refused nn olTer to
innkn aiR-oehoi Into thu rvcidvor of n
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nu fr iuie .. th.
prtiilent nttenihi to ulllolnl biulnoM
this morning nml this afternoon mutini
ed Mm. iUMMit'VoH In mitortnluing the
membora of thu St. Hilda society of
Christ Knlwoiml church. The ' nociuty
iifmtstii lu.thu pnrish chnrltublo ensos,
nnd Mm. RikwovoU incli year enter-
tnlna its mumburs.
Gunboats to go East.
Washington, July 18. Acting Sec
rctnry of tho Nnvy Newberry hna an
nounced that tho gnnbonU Princeton
nnd Vlckuburg, now nt Hromerton nnd
Mnro Islnttd reapoctlvtdy, on tho Pa
cific const, will bo brought to tho At
lantic In n short tltno. lioth vessels
nro now out of commission. They
will bo fitted for tho voynpo nnd nil
vnntnuo will bo tnkvn of suitable
wentlilT conditions to mnku tho trip.
They will bo used for const t'ofensu on
tho Atlantic.
Knocker on Navy Visits President.
Oyster liny. h. I.. July 18, Henry
Ilcutordulil wns tho guest of President
Roosevelt yosturdny. This is tho first
tltno tho writor bus seen thu president
nlnco his criticism of thu nnvy. It is
understood that Uouterduhl went over
tho wholo nrticlo with tlio prealdoiit
und (minted out to him tho basis of tl o
criticism.
Meyer for Secretary of State,
Paris, July 11. According to ad
vices received hero from Washington.
William II. Tnft recently announced
to certain of his friends his purpose,
if elected president of the United
Strifes nf nnnointlutr Gcorce von L.
I Meyer, nt present postmaster general,
to be Ids secretary of state,
WAflSHIP TO QO SOUTH.
American Vessel Bant to Honduras to
Investigate Trouble.
Washington, July 14 It was an
nounced at the state-department Sat
urday that an American warship will
be sent to Port Amapafa, Honduras,
to investigate the report that 1 Ion-
dura revolutionist are rapidly push-
ot forward with a view to capturing
the city. These menage were re
ceived at the state department Satur
day From the tenor of the tele
grams, no appreiisntiou is Icit tit it
the dispute will involve other Central
American republic.
Dispatches from Salvador Saturday
stale that a number of arrest of Sal
vadorean revolutionist have been
made by the Salvadorean government
because it was thought they were aid
mg the revo'ulinn The llonduran
government is evidently trying to
suppress the ilistlltbancci.
In accordance with the rcuest of
the state department, the bureau of
navigation Saturday afternoon issued
orders to the protected cruiser Al
bany to proceed at once to Amapala.
The Albany is now at Panama, where
she had gone from San Francisco to
take marine to preterve jieace in the
coming Panama election She will
carry tot marine to Amauala. the os
tensible reason for her visit to the
Central American Krj being a threat
to the llonduran government to pre
serve peace After the llonduran rev
olution i quieted the Albany will take
the marines to San Francisco
LABORERS PLAY MERCHANT.
Ancient Game Worked Successfully by
Mean of Lying Passports.
Washington, July 10 Aetlng on re
jiorts showing that many Japanese who
mine to this country on ssports in
dicating that they are merchants or stu
dents or members of some other branch
of the exempt elasses, later take their
plarrs as laborers, the government is
planning to increase tho activity of
agents keeping the Immigrants under
surveillance.
The iilllrlals believe that Japan Is
using every effort to live up to her
agreement not to Issue passport to
laborers, but there Is little doubt that
the regulations nre continually evaded.
It is believed that a rarerul watcb on
the immigrant after they have reached
this country soon will lead to a solution
uf the problem.
The work or mo immigration commis
sion on the Pacific Coast under the
direction of Professor K. C Mitchell,
whose headquarter are in Han Fran
elseo, is progressing successfully, ac
cording to his reports, nnd be Ss to bo
illowcd more agents for field work. Ho
fnluwini' the immigrant and deter
mining their social progress. ITc fiuds
that Italians, Mexicans and Jlusslans
have show oil marked advancement.
Granddaughter of Carlisle Married.
Washington. Inly 14 Miss I.aur.
r.ir' sle. granddaughter of John G
Cirbslr former secretary of the treas
urv in Cleveland's administration. wswi
married last week in the rectory of "'
Cathedral church to Lewis P Pitkin, "
of lloston. Rev V T. Russel". pat
tor of the church, was the officiating
rlrrgvmau. Only former Secretary
Carlisle and William Kiueaid Carlisle-
'ather of the brule, were present at
the ceremony. .Mr. anu .Mrs. iiikiii
le't Washington immediately after
the ceremony, and will travi?' until the
midd'e of September. They will spend
he winter iu cither Washington or
Hnston
All Well on Nebraska.
W isliinirinii. lulv 17 All are well
on board the Nebraska, announced
Commander-in-Chief Sperry, of the
tlautic licet, iu reporting the Ne
braska rejoining the licet in a wire
less telegram by way .of Honolulu.
Hccause of the appearance of scarlet
fever on the Nebraska, that vessel left
San Francisco two days later than
the other 14 vessels of the licet.
Will Visit Oyster Bay.
Washington, July 14. Senator
Hourue has returned to Washington
from a week spent in the North. At
the invitation of the president, he will
sneinl a ilav at Oyster Hay. his call
being purely personal He also wit
nessed the boat races nt Schncctady,
and spent the rest of the week on the
Hudson, lie expects to jeavc iu a
few days for liar Harbor.
Will Attack Puorto Cortex.
Washington. July 15. A dispatch
received ut the state department yes
terday from Consul llrickwood, at
Puerto Cortex renews tne report mar
an attack upon Puerto Cortcz by rev
olutionists is imminent. General, I.co
Christmas is reported within a few
hours' distance with a revolutionary
force, and nnothcr force is on a small
Island 18 miles away.
Living Memorial for Cleveland,
Washington, July 15. President
Roosevelt has issued orders that the
name of tho San Jacinto forest re
serve, In Southern California, is to be
changed to the Cleveland forest re
serve, in honor of the late cx-prcsi-dent.
The reserve was created by
President Cleveland, who inaugurated
the forest reserve folicy.
LAUNCH SOUTH CAROLINA,
UlK Battleship Lnavo Way Without .
Hitch.
Phllndolpliln, July 13 Amid the'
din of steHin whlstlw ashore and nfloftt
arid the ehr-erlng of tliousnmU of per-1
suns hsoiiiI)IhI to wltris the event,
the nil blg.gun battleship Houth Caro
lina was Innriehed Saturday at Ctnmi'
shipyard, en the Dolan-are Ilivcr. As
tho latest addition to the Amerleaa
rmvy llppcl into the wa'ter Miss Prl-
erica Calvert Ansel, daughter of Gov
ernor Ansel, of Houth Carolina, broke
the traditional bottlo of wlno against
the prow of tho great hull and gave the
big sea-fighter its name. Surrounding
the pretty girl stood a group including
hnr father ami hi military staff, many
oflleial of the navy department, the
commandant of the Philadelphia navy
vard, nllleials of tho city, oflkers of the
Italian warship Kttore J'lcramosea, noir
In ort, ftnd hundreJ of other lovltcl
guests.
There was not n hitch to the launch
ing, After the launebing the christen
ing jwrty sat at n luncheon ami the
usual toasts to the new ship, to the
president of the United States, to the
navy and to tho fair jKnsor of the
shin were drunk.
The Houth Carolina is the second of
the two all big-gun battleships author
ised by congress, tho other being the
Miehigan, whirh recently was launched
at Camden, N. J.
The Houth Carolina has a length bet-con
pernendleulars of 4S0 fret, a
I radtk f RO fret and her mean draft
will be St feet 0 inches. Her normal
displacement will bn 10,000 tons and
full load displacement 17,000 tons. Her
engines Hill have 17.000 horse power
nnd n contract speed of 1SI& knot.
Her bunker capacity will be 2,100 ton.
Her cost eomnlrto will bo 17,000,000.
The main battery wilt consist of eight
12 Inch breech loading rifles mounted
in four turrets ami so arranged that
each gun can tiro two shots a minute.
These guns will be nble to fire on either
broadside ami will permit 10 350-pound
projectiles to be discharged every min
ute. Hhe will also have a battery of
30 3 inch and smaller guns.
MILWAUKEE LAYING RAILS.
To Butte Next Month and to Coast
Early Next Year.
Spokane, Wash., July 13. Ilarrlng
delays not now looked for, the Chicago,
.Milwaukee - St. Paul rails will be laid
as far, as llutto by the middle of this
month, according to . K. Daueby, en
gineer in charge of that division. The
rail laying crew are now within a few
mile of Hutte and the roadbed is ready
for them. From Hutte west tho laying
of rails is scheduled to commence
July 20.
Mr. Dauchy has just completed a trip
over the Chicago, Milwaukee - St. Paul
right of way from lluttc to Portland
nnd Puget sound. The condition of the
work 1 such that he estimate the
completion of the entire line early in
linn. Tlio roait win do uanming iranie
on the lluttc division beforo the end of
the month
Itenorts from the recently flooded
district in Montana show that damage
to tho Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
rnsdbril was creator than at first esti
mated. Hotwccn. Garrison and Missoula
several miles of rail was completely
washed away, and tho trestle work was
dnumged. Construction work in the
state was also delayed four weeks oi
account of the high water.
GOOD TIMES AHEAD.
General Revival of Prosperity Seems
to Have Begun.
Chisago July 13 Careful analysts
nf commercial, in'dustrlal and agricul
tural conditions made by represents
tivBs of the Record-Herald in Chisago
nnd throughout tho United Btao show
that business activity in nil lines Is
decidedly returning to normal and in
some cases owcods it. Crops nro un
usually large and the number of unem
ployed men and of empty railroad cars
shows marked decreases.
One of Unele Ham's reliable business
Imrometors, the postoflico receipts, reg
istered an exceptionally reassuring In
dication thnt the tide of business
throughout the country has tnken nn up
turn. In Chicago fully 10,000 railroad
men havo gone back to work In tho last
six months. Half of tho men tho pack
ers laid off last winter are at work
again. Tho Idle ears in tho Chicago
district have been reduced ono-half
since tho high number reached In May.
Mormon Leaders In Big Timber Deal.
Santa Crur. Cal, July 13. Joseph
Bmlth, head of tho Mormon church, is
hero on a mvsterious mission connected
with his extensive lumber interests in
this vicinity. Smith Is accompanied by
n party of notable members of his
church. Including C. W. Nlbley, presid
ing bishop, (leorgo Stoddard, of Raker
City, head of tho church in Oregon;
Consulter John R. Winder nnd Chief
Fixtrinrch John Smith. All the mem
bers of tho party own timber lnnds on
tho Pacific coast, tho Mormon holdings
In Oregon near Hood River, Raker City
nml I, a Qrnndo being enormous.
Shah Will Apologize.
London, July 13. Tho London Times
states that two representatives of the
shnh will go to the Rrltlsh legation at
Tehoran to apologise for the trouble
given Ilrltlsh subjects during the recent
uprising. The shah has Issued a fresh
rescript, promising to restore the courts
of Justice immediately.
FLOODHITSHEPPNER
IJrldflfJS and SltlGWdlkS SWCDt
,
Away by Water.
PEOPLE SEEK SAFETY IN HILLS
Water Pour From Hillside Down Dry
Canvon, Swelling Willow Creek
to Raging Torrent.
Heppner, Or, July 14. At 3 30 ye
terday afternoon a cloudburst brought
water in torrents from the hills about
town, driving Willow creek out of it
bank and threatening for a time a.
repetition of the disaster of June 14,
1903.
Bridges at the upper end of town
were carried away, sidewalks and
fences swept down the streets, ami
many houses filled with two or three
feet of water, the receding flood leav
ing behind a trail of mud and de
bris Several houses were partially
wrecked.
In a few instances people living in
the path of the water had to be car
ried to places of safety, but the
greater part of the population, remem
bering the experience of a few years
ago, lied to the hills as soon as the
storm assumed dangerous propor
tions. The electric power station was
quickly put out of business, and the
city was in darkness last night.
No lives were lost, and it is not be
lieved that damage to crops will be
serious.
For several days the weather has
been excessively warm, with an un
usual amount of humidity in the at
mosphere Atmospheric conditions
were very similar to those which pre
ceded the great flood of 1903, and yes
terday afternoon when dark clouds
began to gather to the south of town,
preparations were made by many to
seek safety in the hills.
MAY UPSET LUMBER RATES.
Railroads Threaten to Enjoin Decision
of Commission.
Seattle, Wash.. July 14 Lumber
men report that the industry is as
badly paralyzed as before the recent
rate decision by the interstate com
merce commission, on account of ru
mors that the railroads are contem
ntaiinir mlninint? the decision of the
commission in the federal courts. If
this should be done, the effect would
probably be to continue for possibly
as long as two years the uncertainty
prevailing previous to the decision
KOIiert U. Alien, associate cuiiur in
the Pacific Lumber Trade Journal,
said yesterday that he had been in
formed on reliable authority that, the
railroads had practically decided
either to take a straight appeal to the
federal courts or to enjoin the de
cision of the commission The for
mer course would leave the rates es
tablished by the commission in force
pending the decision of the anneal,
which the lumbermen state wou'd not
seriously embarrass them in gointf
ahead in securing business and resum
ing the industry. ...
An injunction, on the other band,
would probably result in a continu
ance of the business on a bond bisis,
which would force the lumbermen to
make all shipments under bond to pay
1.. hli-hrr rate should the courts
finally overthrow the decision of the
interstate commerce commission.
FIRE SWEEPS MOUNTAINS.
Does Considerable Damage In San
Bernardino Range.
San Rernsrdino. July 14 The most
disastrous forest fire in many years
has just swept the south slope of the
San Rcrnardino mountains, burning
a natlt 12 mile in length and three
miles wide, destroying the Ren Rur
nell apiary and several houses on the
F. M Brush ranch. The fire origi
nated east of Verdcmont from a spark
from a Santa Fe locorrotive. it Is
thought. . , , r
several recently completed fire
breaks were encountered, but the
flames jumped them without difficulty.
Late last night a shifting of the wind
enabled the firefighters to get control
of the flames on the mountains a mile
above the lower Toll House inn.
Dies Four Days After Promotion.
Pekintr. July 14. Interest is being
manifested in the appointment of a
successor to Thomas W. Haskins,
who died Saturday night, four days
after being ordered to the American
consulate at Swatow. Haskins' death,
occurred at Poi Tai Ho. a seaside re
sort. Haskins was formerly a ret
dent of Los Angeles, became a stu
dent interpreter in enma. juiy in,
1003. He was appointed assistant
secretary to the legation In China,
July 4, 19Q4. He was promoted to
consul at Swatow. Wednesday.
Can Inspect Bank Books,
San Francisco, July 14. The stat
supreme court yesterday made an or
der directing Receiver Le Rreton, of
the wrecked California Safe Deposit
x- Trust eomnanv to oermit all par
ties interested to inspect the books
of that institution now in his charge.