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Iff (HIM MMtttWf VOL. XXV. LAKKVIKW, LAKK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNK 23, 1901. NO. 25, p J I; V i i ;-1 ' i STEAMBOAT she cllirim! on the railing and leaped into the water." ft A TCr! Diver report that N man of dead kSlt?i.' I -I. , SUNDAY'S BALL OAHE Tlflny Hard Hlts-Some on Meads SthlaKtl's Feet Wont Track Hieber Champion Sprinter. to tot the pace for bM5 rannen ; by c lul count he rn from 2d to 31 base in one minute and twenty seconds and ;ored a tally because the hall wai lowt in the high gram. Col. Frank Light wan caught sleeping off 3rd haw and in i running back wa struck on the hald place on hia head with the hall which bodies are entangled in the limber ! underneath the wrecked steamer, ' and Hundred of (lay Picnickers Are .. ., 1.1,11.1 J they cannot le recovered till it (-trained. Suddenly Made Victims of a I About M bodioa were taken from one Host Horrible Tragedy. 1 hole In the l-ottorn ef the river . j Secretary Grtelyoii i.f the depart-; I rendered hirn Kciixllilf lor a few mom- l!ery D.iy's paper biing freKh Hiid, , merit of commerce him ordered it atrict ; ,d",t '"'day afternoon su-neone sound- j eiit hut in attain in hi ntnial condition if -hm-mMi-, more horrify mg newaol the . investigation of the came of IhedisaMer ", "he old baseball t.cin which result- . exeptimf a shantydike protul-erance tetrihledi..a.tcr that ocuricd in New ' and iijmim whom reM the re-j-n-itoljiy. ir "r,"ral rimmajfe by the old j ivn, n,e Ull atruck him. Gu Schla Y...k .1...., C. r..l M.Hiim hmncd' No more anoalliiiu and heart rendimt ' veteran to kcI on the fiel-J in time to , K h-omed up in fine f rm. He ha the mid ciinlt with her cargo of )UK) human l-eings, mostly women ami children, j anoi theatre hohieaust ill Chica-jo. The iiuinher of iiiiftiiii i gradually j fnmt Good Sprintcra diminishing by anrvivoia pulling their: ,., ,10 MUmM.P r,M... Ulrm.H that tire now bent and those on the road, It appear that the raw meet In Luke view during Fourth of July week, will lie the Im-hI ever held on the truck. Good race are worth the while of horse lover going a long way to see. Following are the names and owner of horse already on the track: Wooer, 1 ,11 ne & Smith; Resale Shirley, V hurt on & Green; Chewaucan, F. Green; Klnnldo. I.ena A., Proctor Knot, tl. UnU-r; Black Topey, Kly; Heaver Tom, Kita Hlnfax, Alex Zcverly, Kitty Condron. Itobert It., O'Kane. cata-trophy haa occurred since the Jr.. ; l,Hrl '" l "1" !"' "eview liand kindly furniitlied anoie excellent selection and followed by citizen, iipM-arance and aearcliera for the dead coniiUntly b'ingitiK in their ghaatly hurdena. Thewharvea are lined with dead women and children, coroner I) 1 1 By placing numbera upon theui aa they are ldentltid by relativea in tbeir search for loat niembera of their famil ie. Women, half burned, clinging to the lifeleaa form of alittlebabe.chltdren tinging with deatii grip on each other, Mime who rould not eacapo the teething tlauiee of tho burning ahip who were burned beyond recognition, and other w ho leaped to the water with the hope f aavtng their lire and the live of their children, were dragged from the bottom of tho river w ith grab hooka and placed upon the w harf for identification, uliile doxen of patrol boat were bring' ing in their load of dead Ixxliea, were icenu that iikimI have nlmoal taken away rcan. Woman who acarched among the lifelcm form fur a minting hild ucame ho distracted w ith g'ief at I l.o awful acerie nought to end it all by 1 plunginii loto llio water tlirinelvea, (lit a ran fill watch by the police would prevent ll.cn triielicii ndling to t tit already tio appiillinu diiHktcr. Ileeda ( bravery nud heroium are recorilud where men ht their own live in vnin fforta to mivv thorn) f othere. IHmhI of enwardice nnd crime also have their cliaiiiefii! place on recoril. In one chhs where a women had aectireJ a life pre Ncrver and U'flpivl into the water, only to find that the lifo anving qunlitiea had long been extinct, una pulled into a boat, rohlx.l of her ring and jewelry and aiioved back into the water to drown, but tinully was rcucucd to tell 1 lie a wiui story. Little attention wiiHyiven the eutTerer , by the crew, who worked (ii;litin firel till the voi-ell wiih lic:iclitd ami then , tuohnd to the ehiiro to l ive their own I lives. j LilHt icpoitd tlicle had !.: n ttf'A) dead bodie recovered, 174 children, 243 women and 23 men. There aro now only 03 iujurwl (teroonR in the hospitals. A amalt bale waa placed in a row of dead for identification, one of tho nurses diacovered that life waa not extinct took care of tl little one and warm milk and deepbroughMt out ull right. It i yet unidentified In a hospital. One of the olllcom of tho steamer in telling bin story of the disaster saidi "We all fought a lorn; a we could atand the beat. Then the other and I tried to run to the upper deck, but the gang way were o crowded that we had no chanco to go up at nil. Then we tried to get life preserver for the women und children. I saw n woman give birth to a child ami then jump overboard with tho ticwd'oru babe. 1 could not get to her, the crowd was ho great, und she bad no help at, all. Tho fire waa all aroui.d her and the people . were all crazy,- and the picked up ber baby in her arms, w rapped a piece of her cloth ing about it, and sick and frightened a aha wan, looked around for a way to escape. There was none, and it took her but a moment to realixo this. Then marched to (lie race track ground where, after a parley it wa decided Col. Frank I'. Light and IV. ft. K. L. Hteiner should clioote comting team. The line-up w a as follow! ' Dr. It. E. Kleiner Col. F. P. Light, Capt Fph Miller J. L. Kmilh John Tucker Wot. Meele Cta. A. Kehart Dick Wilcox Gua Schlagel Arthur Florence S. F. Ahlatrom John iSull Dr. K. II. Kmith Win Go wan Wm Doyd V. L. fuelling Warner Snider Jo. Lane A I'ieber Jdike Hart Frank B. Evan A. W. Man ring making of a fine player if hi feel would only track. 8. F. Ahlstrom recognized an old friend on the bleachers who ued to play in the California league, so Fred became suddenly sick and asked to aub titute his friend which .wa allowed and he played circles all around 1st t-ase. Col. Light's nine claimed that it was a put up job and that Dr. Steiner sent for a professional player, which was the cans of their defeat. Lack of space prevent mention of the other players. The score waa 23 to 20 in favor of Dr. Bteiner'a aide. Hie game was umpired by Fent Smith, (the biggest rogue of all ball players) until Manuel made a home run and Fent resigned to Albert Ban nister. Time of game, all afternoon. GREEK THEATER PRESENTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BY W. R. HEARST. One of the moat novel structures In America is the Greek theater recently presented to the University of California by William Itandolpb Hearst Built la tba Conn of a semicircle, It has a diameter of 204 feet. The elevated oblong stag la 12S feet Ions and 28 feet wide, and the seating capacity la not far from 8,000. Ida. the famous Coliseum, It has no roof, and It stands In a natural boUow ta tat Berkeley 1411s. When the theater was dedicated recently the atudaata of the university gave in Greek Arlatophance' comedy, "The Birds." Tb nearest approach to California's outdoor theater is to be found at Nlsm, In tba south of France, and at Oxford, England. The first baa become scarcely mora than a rulu, and the second la so vastly Inferior In point of size and mag Binoeaea of execution as almost to preclude rational comparison. Cemetery Lund Mrn. W. A. Sherlock and Mi-m Lizzie Chrhiiiiau were- Hollcitini; for the cemetery fuml Saturday. A man will bo employed by the committee to tend tho cemetery duriug the aiiiumer months. Tho cemetery baa been put in excellent condition by this commttteo and In now a beauti ful Bpot. Our people should be proud of tho work done there tho past year. The game contdvtcd of a few biuglea and bungles, hut tho game resulted in bringing out the fait that I.akeviow has a few good ball players who were iot known to uudorstaitd the game. Mr. Gowan showed that be knew the game from start to finish. Clias. A. Rohart has not forgotten all ho knew about the game and surprised bia friends by bis cleverness. Dick Wilcox and .John Tucker clouted the pigskin all over the alfalfa, but it remained for A. Bieber Will Pasture at Camas Prairie. tl. W Mnpen, tho cattlo man arriv ed here sumo days ago on a business trip. Mr. Mapes now has about 500 bead of utock cattlo ou tbo road to Honey Lako valley. About 000 bead of leef that Mr. Mapea bought in Harney county are expected to ar rive lu Camas pralrlo tho 2oth. The boef will be pastured thero for a while before they are driven to the California market. ASHLAND NORMAL Holds Annual Meeting and Elects Same Faculty for Next Term Twenty-one Graduates. At the annual meeting of the Board of Itegenta of tho .Southern Oregon State Normal Kchool at Aah land, over which GovernurCharnlxT laln presided, Hon. B. F. Mulkey was elected president and the entire fac ulty, except Homer L Watt, of the chair of mathematics, for the past year waa re-elected. The Board of Regents, except one, were all preaent. Hon. F. I. Dunbar, secretary of atate, Salem; Hon. J. 1L Ackerman, superintendent of public Instruction, Salem; W. I. Vawtef of Medford; II. C. Kinney of Grant Paes; F. H. Carter. It. P. Neil and J. S. Herodon of Ashland; J. O. Booth of Grants Pane; Alex. Martin, Jr., of 'Klamath Falls; Lee Beall of Lakevlew. Governor Chamberlain presented diplomas to the folio wing graduate: Robert S. Allen, Laura D. Allen, J. Dalton Daughraan, Donna Bell, Elizabeth C. GibHon, Nellie E. Hare, N. Agnes Hare, Nan L. McCallen, Floy E. McNeill, Edwin J. McKilllp, Nettie L. Mclutlre, Ethel J. Newell, Echo V. Naaon, Olivia C. Tohhind, Flora M. I'obland, Elsie C. rarks, Clyde Ithodeo, Chalmers Lv Strange, Delia A. Stewart. R. G. Walker, Maude A. Zimmerman. President IJ. F. Mulkey submitted bis report of the work of the school for the past year which makes a splendid showing for the institution. The total enrollment for the year was ?!S) in the several departments, an increase of 15 ier cent over the previous year and 300 per cent over the year ln-fore. The enrollment of the training school reached 1)5, and of the sulj-norinal department 35. The morale of the school the past year President Mulkey considers worthy of note. Athletics have been greatly improved the past year, as has also the training department. The library has Leen increased from 150 volumes at last report to 1300 at the preseut time, exclusive of govern ment reports, etc. The students of the school the past year have come from most parts of the state. There have been 17 enrolled from the Wil lamette valley, 11 from Douglas county, while the greater number of course come from Jackson, Jose phine, Klamath and Lake counties. Measuring the Chewaucan River. The government engineering corps that is to pass upon the water sup ply of the Chewaucan river and its availability for the reclamation of the arid lands of the valley arrived in town yesterday evening says the Post. Tho party is in charge of John II. Lewis of Portland. His field is Eastern Oregon with headquarters at Pendleton. His associates are IrvinLandes, Steve Hoyt and A. C. Verdin. lie also expects to bo join ed hero by engineer Copper of Cor vallis. Mr. Lewis has been doing workfor the geological department in Klam ath county. His presence hero is due to tbo letter written by George Conn to Senatai Mitchell. Tho Sen ator at ouco took tho matter up with tho department at Washington, and the investigation is now under way.