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CONDON OREGON
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
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A Ruum of the Uu Important but
., Not Laat Inttrtstlng Evtntt
of tha Past Week.
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: Fimim tod Colombia art quarrell
ing about their foreign debta.
Hill baa leased Urge tracts ot Minne
sota. oal lands to the steel trust.
Forest fires ant causing great damage
to loreata In Southern California.
Gat explosion in Philadelphia kil!i
eight men and doet great damage.
Tbe army 'oicea are gathering at
Newport Kewa lor tranaportation to
Cab. . , ; ,. .;
Howard Gould and hia wife art qu r
relling about the management ol Ciutle
Gould, and may tsparate.
Two clerks wrest linn on the four floor
ol a Cleveland department stmt It ll
from window and ete dashed to
death. ... . ... ... ...
The 18 ;ear old son of a Chioajo
millionaire has been arretted for rob
bing slot machines and spending the
money on chorua girls.
The Bt, Paul road his voted to issue
$150,000,000 of new tck with wbico
to baild a line down the coast from
Portland to Ban Frauciico.
A great telephone system, backed by
tbe Western Union Telegraph company,
is being organised to figbt the Ameri
can Telephone and Telegraph company.
The governor of Bimbirk proviccs,
JRnesia, was wonnded by a bomb.
The ciar fca returned to his gilded
prison from bis yacht, keeping a sharp
lookout for bombs.
Roosevelt says the enlargement of the
powers of the national rovernment is
the only remedy for tbe trust evils.
An emigrant steamer plyirg between
Hoibow and Hongkong foundered. The
captain and 60 passengers were lost.
- The cironer'a jury believes that
Carey M. Bayder, whose body a
found in tbe woods near HiIle"jro, was
murdered.
A strong desire for annexation by
the Cabin citizens of all naticnalitia
ie openly expressed and talk is indulged
in of tatking a vote on the question.
' An Oregon minister baa laid himself
liable to a fine for marrying a couple
on the Vancouver frry whi'e it was
moored on the Washington side. The
mirtia;e license was procured in Van
ejuver. A window glass trust is being formed.
! General Fane ton has been placed in
command of tbe American, forces in
Cuba.
; ' Seattle subscribed more than $500,
OUO in one day (or the Alaeka-Yukon-Paciflc
fair.
An Alabama mob shot two of its own
members by mistake while searching
for a negro,
Ex-Governor Magoon, of tbe Panama
' canal xone, is to be provisional gover
nor of Cuba.
Forty-four light houses were wrecked
hy tbe recent Gulf storm and four light
fceepera drowned.
President Palma was in tears whsn
be departed from Havana with bis fam
ily for their country borne.
President Boosevelt ssys it will be
, bis aim not to annex Cuba, but to
restore the fallen recnblic.
Three of the largest parking bouses
ia Chicago were convicted of selling
Bhort-weigbt lard and fined $25 each.
Thieves have stolen many valuable
treasures from tbe Vatican at Rome.
8ome of the plunder has been sold in
England.
Fonr persons bad bones broken and
om girl waa killed by street cars in
can r rancisco in one aay, an in sepa
rate accidents.
Disarmament of Cubans is progres
sing rapidly.
Cuban Moderates acense the Ameri
cans of forcing intervention.
Heavy rains at adding to the misery
of the homeless people on the Gulf
coast.
President Smith, of the Mormon
church, has been arrested for poly
gmy. The landing of American marines was
welcomed as a great relief by the Cu
ban people.
Baron Rosen, Russian ambassador to
tbe United States, bad a narrow escape
from injury in an automobile collision.
A hot wave baa badly damaged tbe
California grape crop. Thousands of
tons of fine grapes are now fit for noth
ing but wine or raisins.
NINETEEN BODIES RECOVERED.
Virginia Coal Mine Still Holds Many
Mere Victims.
Pocahontas, Va Oct 6. Nineteen
known, dead and from SO to 40 more
men entombed, and doubtless all dead,
ta the situation np to a late hour to
day at the West Fork nilnea of the
Pocahontas Collerles Company, where
'an explosion occurred late Wednesday
afternoon.
The bodlea of these men were recov
ered from the mines aa the result of
heroic work of a band of SS men con
stituting a rescue party that worked
Incessantly through the hours of the
night and day.
It waa not until ISO o'clock laat
evening that the rescuers reached a
point near Paul entry, where the ex
plosion occurred. Toward the middle
of the evening the hope waa expressed
that all the bodlea would be recovered
by midnight.
The authorities anticipated the
fearful extent of the eaaualttea by or
dering a carload of cofflas and burial
supplies, which are now on the way.
The order Is being rushed at Blue
Arid and the burial auppllea, which
Include 60 cofflna, are expected to
reach Pocahontas esrly tomorrow
morning.
The West mine baa over 700 acres
of "worked out" or abandoned work
ings. This tact alone made It difficult
for the men to get to the part of the
mine where the explosion occurred.
All the brattices in these old worV
Ings had been blown out. The scene
of the disaster la over two miles from
the drift mouth.
In the operation of the telephone
system of the mine a number of boys
are employed, and the greater number
of these are said to have mot death
In the explosion or were caught by
tbe afterdamp. It ia said that shortly
after the explosion one of the boys
called up the office outside, but was
overcome before be gave bla message.
The boy probably died at the tele
phone. The cause of the explosion cannot
be definitely ascertained aa yet, but It'
la thought to be due to a gas explosion
followed by afterdamp. The mines
were considered the safest and best
ventilated In this section and the com
pany has been at enormous expense In
equipping and ventilating them.
NEWS AMAZING TO CUBANS.
Palma'a Early Request for Interven
tion Surprises Them.
Havana. Oct. 5. That ex-President
Palma early In September asked for
American Interference In the interest
of foreign lives and property la not
considered surprising here. In view of
his subsequent request to Mr. Sleeper,
the American Charge, and Commander
John C. Colwell, of the cruiser Denver.
But that he suggested calling Congress
to ask for American Intervention as
early as September 8 is considered
surprising and that on September 13
he officially asked for Intervention
and had then Irrevocably decided to
resign causes amazement.
The correspondence between tbe
State Department and Consul-General
Stelnhart In connection with Cuban
Intervention reveals the truth of the
rumors current here at the time, which
were persistently denied at the palace,
Palma declining to speak for interven
tion. '
On September 13 Mr. Bacon received
a dispatch which told of the "irre
vocable Intention of President Palma
to resign and to turn over the govern
ment to an appointee of President
Roosevelt In order to prevent complete
anarchy. It is added that it may 'be
necessary to land a force to protect
American property.
This message waa sent upon the day
that American marines first landed In
Cuba, but were ordered back to the
vessels by Secretary Bonaparte. On
the day following It was announced
that Secretary Taft, and Bacon would
be sent to Cuba, and upon that same
day a message was received saying
that the . Cuban Congress could not
meet for lack of a leader, neither tbe
President nor Vice President being
willing to retain their office.
Pronounce Dreadnaught Success.
London, Oct. 5. Tbe battleship
Dreadnaught today started a SO-honr
consecutive steam trial. In several
preliminary short trials she is said to
have proved a distinct success from tbe
point of view of hsndine?s in manea
vering. This in spite of the weather
conditions, which were far from favor
able. As the Dreadnaught is tbe first
example of tbe use of turbine engines
in a warship, her success is regarded
with great satisfaction in naval circles,
and is attributed entirely to ber double
rudders.
. Weird Evidence of Slaughter.
New York, Oct. 6. A special cable
to the Times from St. Petersburg says
that nine orpses, with sacks over their
beads and bu let holes in their breasts
have floated ashore near the palacs of
Peterhof. They are presumably those
of sailors recently executed at Kron-stadt.
TORNADOES GALORE
Sweeping Through New Orleans
and Vicinity.
SIX KILLED; NINE MORE WILL DIE
Total Damage' It Over SI, 000,000
Crops Ruined and Hundreds of
Buildings Destroyed.
New Orleans, Oct 6. This region
waa the center of cyctonlo disturb
ances, at least three of which were
tornadoes and caused the lost of alx
Uvea, with nine persons fatally Injured.
The first tornado atruck weat Baton
Rouge Parish about 6 o'clock, killing
Mrs. T. Forel and her daughter, Mrs.
White. Mrs. Forel's body waa found
In a field near her demolished house.
Two children In Mrs. Forel's house
were fatally Injured and five more
were Injured In the collapse of a sugar
refinery.
' In 8t Jamea Parish one woman was
killed and Mrs. K. Rebber and daugh
ter. Mrs. John Meyer, and a negro
were fatally Injured. Fifteen build
ings were blown completely down In
this parish.
At Point Chataula, George Hawes
and son and daughter were killed by
the collapse of their house, and an
other child of the family waa fatally
Injured. A negro waa also fatally In
jured there, besides Injuries to doten
other persons.
The third tornado atnick New Or
leans about 8 o'clock. Although no
Uvea were lost, property damage
reached 1500.000 and about fifty per
sons were injured, one fatally. Fully
800 buildings were damaged, about 75
being blown flat Most of the demol
ished buildings were negro rnblna and
It was here that nearly all the Ipjurles
occurred.
The path of the tornado through the
city was about eight miles long.
The tornado here appeared at dis
tance aa a cloud sweeping the eurfare
of tbe earth. Its course waa undulat
ing, some buildings being skipped en
tirely as It bounded skyward. Fre
quently it demolished verandaa and
fences on one side of the street,
whllenet an object on the other side
waa disturbed. The cloud occupied
several minutes In crossing the city
and hundreds of persons who saw and
heard It approaching had time to run
out of Us pathway.
One exciting race was made by a
street car, which was loaded With
passengers on their way to work. At
Marengo street the motorman threw
on full power. The flying car waa less
than halt a block past the roller skat
ing rink when that structure went
down. Another street car was do
railed. ANOTHER BIG MINE FIRE.
Fifteen Men Entombed By Gas Explod
ing In New Mexico.
Denver, Colo., Oct. 6. According to
a special to the News. 15 men are be
lieved to have been entombed In the
Dutchman mine at Blossburg, N. M.,
at 2:30 o'clock thla morning, by an
explosion which wrecked the walls
and roof of the tunnel In which they
were working. Only six men are posi
tively known to have been In the
tunnel at 'the time of the explosion,
but the usual night shift numbers 15,
and none of them have been located
outside of the mine.
Rescuing parties have taken out
four dead bodies, one of which has
been identified as Jan Jenskl, 40
years old. All but one of the night
shift were Austrlans, the exception be
ing an American.
Firedamp has settled In the tunnel,
making rescue work difficult. It Is
not thought that any of the entombed
men can live with this condition pre
vailing. As yet no fire has been re
ported. Palma Enriches a Rough Rider.
Wichita, Kan., Oct. 6. C. A.Mosh
er, of Wichita, received a commission
as a General in the Cuban Army and
the next day he was asked to resign.
His commission came directly from
President Palma. He had In mind to
raise a regiment of Rough Riders. Mr.
Palma sent him a commission as a
general, dating the commission back
three months.
When Secretary Taft arrived In Ha
vana, Mosher was asked to resign and
a draft was sent to him for his salary
since the date of his commission,
Rebels Capture $125,000.
Ufa, Russia, Oct. 6. An armed band
numbering 40 men held up a mall
train near the bridge over the BJela
river last night. After killing a soldier
and wounding three others who were
in charge of tbe mail the robbers de
camped with $125,000.
v FLATT IN HOT WATER.
Fearing Olvorc Suit Qlvst Hit Wealth
to Hla Sons. ,
New Tork, Oct 8. Fearing
for divorce and in order to prevent his
wlft from obtaining a large settlement.
Senator Thomas C. Piatt, In the laat
few montha, It la declared, has given
away nearly all hla fortune, to that his
financial resources art no greater that
those of a man of moderate means.
From authoritative quarters the fur
ther statement comet that Mrs. Piatt
hat been acquainted with her hus
band's procedure for soma time and Is
striving to ward oft the possible loss
of a financial adjustment In her favor.
At Tioga Lodge, the Piatt villa at
Highland Mills, the former Mrs. Jane
way said aht waa the victim of a con
spiracy and one of the moat abused
women of the times. "There art other
Mae Woods In thlt case,'' aht said;
"dozens of them." Miss Wood la the
young womsn who recently threatened
to aut Mr. Piatt on a charge of breach
of promise to marry. Mrs. Piatt also
said It waa only her Intervention that
prevented the wife of another Benator
prominent In Washington from being
In the party on the much talked of
trip to San Francisco.
'Senator Piatt wanted a beautiful
wife and be got one, Now he must
pay tor me," she declared angrily.
CABINET CHANGES.
Attorney General Moody and Secre
tary Shaw Will Raslgn.
Washington, Oct 8. Two retire
ments from the President's Cabinet
are slated for the coming winter. They
are those of Attorney-General Moody,
whose resignation will become effec
tive about December 1, and Secretary
of tbe Treasury Shaw, who, according
to present Intentions, will retire In
February. For one of the vacancies
the President will nominate George
Von L. Meyer, American Ambassador
to Russia, but tor the other ht la not
yet ready to announce a successor.
Mr. Roosevelt baa sought to prevail
on Mr. Moody to remain In the Cab
inet but the latter, because of busi
ness arrangements, has found It Im
possible to do so. Ke would also like
to have Secretary Bonaparte take Mr.
Moody's place when tha latter retires,
but the former prefers the position at
the hoad of the Navy Department.
Some suggestions have been made
that Secretary Metcalf. of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, take one
of the positions, but he alao has ex
pressed a preference to remain where
ht la.
REBATES GIVEN ON GRAIN.
Elevator Men Say Railroads Brovs
Thsm Out of Business.
Chicago, , Oct. 8. William H. Suf
ferns, of Decatur, III., was the first
witness at today's session of the Inter
state Commerce Commission which Is
Investigating the alleged rebate rases.
Sufffrns entered the grain exporting
business over nine years ago. Three
years ago, he discovered that Harris,
Scoten & Co., gralamen of Chicago,
and Rosenbaum k Co. wore receiving
an elevator allowance at New Orleans
of 2 cents per hundred pounds from
the Illinois Central railroad.
"The rate on grain for export via
New Orleans was 12 cents per hun
dred," said the witness. "Two cents
of that went to the export elevator in
terest, and the remainder to the rail
road. The rebate allowed these firms
prevented m from compntelng with
them In the European market I dis
covered they were offering grain In
European markets at what It cost here.
Tbey had an actual advantage of 114
cents.
"I quit the export business last win
ter, because I could not live, let alone
make anything."
R. J. Barr, of New Orleans, told a
similar story.
Win Race Against Tariff.
Yokohama, Oct. 8. The ocean race
against the new and heavily Increased
customs tariff which went Into effect
at midnight September 30, was easily
won by 'the American, from San Fran
cisco, September 14, for this port, and
the Denbighshire, from Mlddlesbor
ough, England, July 14, but the Se
quoia broke down at Singapore and Is
belated. The heaviest advances In
duties are chiefly on wines, liquors,
watches and metal manufactures.
Kills Judge Advocate.
Askabad, Russia ,Oct. 8. During the
trial yesterday of the second section
of the treops who mutinied here In
June, an unknown man entered the
courtroom and killed the Judge-Advocate,
General Rinkevltch, and attempt
ed to shoot the president of the court
General Ushakoffskl.
The assassin waa shot down by an
officer.
INSURGENTS DISARM
PaclIIcatlon ol Cuba Proceeds
Wltboat a Hitch.
MARINES GUARD LARGE CITIES
Qutrrsri't Troopt Being Bant Homa
by Tralnloads Fighting Wat
Mostly by Gamecocks. 1
Havana, Oct 4. Tht alacrity with
which tha rebels art laying down their
arms to tht commission appointed to
superintend that Important phase of
tht termination of tht revolution la
tht greatest surprise tht provisional
has yet encountered In tht smoothly
working program. Thlt operation la
now well under way In tha vicinity of
Havana, 700 of Guerra'a men wltb
their horses, having already been en
trained for Plnar del Rio, while ona
brigade marched to Guanajay today
without a algn of disorder.
Hundreds of persons from Havana
went out to 8antlao dt las Vegas and
Rlnron today to view tha disarma
ment They were disappointed at not
seeing tht rebels actually surrender
their guns, but nevertheless they wit
nessed an Interesting sight. As a con
cession to the men General Funston
and Major Ladd permitted them to
take Ihulr arms to Plnar del Rio, whert ,
moat of the men joined the Insurgent
army. Tht Tides, however, were flrst
counted by officers of marines under
the direction of Major Ladd and tht
men will be required to surrender
them before leaving tht train at Plnar
del Rio.
It Is reported that some of Del Cas
tillo's followers were reluctant to dis
arm, but all the brigade commanders
have Informed Major Ladd that all
their men will disarm and disband
when ordered to do ao by General Del
Castillo. Wednesday afternoon Gen
eral Castillo gave Major 1-add an or
der directed to alt hit subordinate com
manders and tolling them to comply
with every requeat made by the Amer
ican officers. Major I -add will work to
night (o carry out tht disbanding ar
rangements. According to the testimony of an
American named Harvey, a former
Roosevelt Rough rider, who has been
with tht Insurgents, the amount of
actual fighting during this revolution
waa really very small. Hurvey sayt
that most of the fighting he had aeen
was between game cocks. About 10
per cent of Guerra'a men carried
fighting cocks tied to their saddlea.
YELLOW JACK IN HAVANA.
Full Details Concealed and Health
Officer Working Hard.
Key West, Fla., Oct. 4 An opposi
tion many times mora serious than the
Insurrection In Cuba Is awaiting Uncle
Sam's army of Intervention, according
to a wireless message received here
late tonight from Havana. The new
enemy is yellow fever.
According to the dispatch ten new
cases were reported today and dozens
of suspicious cases are being closely
watched. The first reports sent out,
tending to minimise the extent of the
epidemic, are now acknowledged to
have been purposely toned down.
It Is said that the American forces
will find Havana In a much different
sanitary condition from that which ob
tained under General Wood's rule.
There Is said to have been a decided
lapse toward the old, Inefficient condi
tion under Spanish rule. Major Jef
ferson R. Keene, who left here tonight
for Havana, expressed no surprise at
the report of tha serious condition of
affairs, but declared that the sanitary
department Of the army of occupation
Is ready to meet the situation and will
doubtless be doubly reinforced as soon
as Washington can be acquainted with
the real gravity of the situation.
Freight Steamers Tied Up.
Port Arthur, Ontario, Oct. 4. A
doxsn bit freight steamers are tied np
at Fort William and entrances to tha
freight sheds and docks of the Canadian
Paclfla railway are gnarded by police
and members of tbe Ninety-sixth reg.
ment. 8lx hundred infuriated strikers,
mostly Greeks and Italians, surround
the district, where 800 imported strike
breakers workod all the afternoon un
loading vessels. All tha ft lkinare
heavily armed and mort than lOOshott
hava been fired, but no serious injury
done.
Lost by tht Gulf Storm.
Mobile, Oct. 4. Prominent insnr.
ance men estimate tbe storm loss hart
at 11,000.000. Tha total io of lit
will not exceed 100.