Ninety OREGON. EVENTS OF THE DAY X Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week, Presented in a Condensed Form, Which Is and Over 100 Injured by Most Likely to Interest Our Many Readers. Assays $50,000 to the Ton. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALi Dallas, Tex., May 20.—A special to the News from Goliad, Tex., says: Ninety are dead. Over 10O are wountled. In addition ther«* is a gap­ ing wound in the town—the path of one of the most destructive «-yclones ever known in Texas. The tornado «truck this place about 3:45 o’clock yesterday afternoon, lasting only alx»ut five minutes, leaving death and disaster everywhere in its wake. It came from the southeast without a warning, completely demolishing a strip about two blocks wide through the whole western partofthetown, about a mile long. Among th«* many houses demolished a «• the Baptist church and parsonage, just built, the Metho«iist church and a colored church. It is impossible to estimat»* the number of houses destroyed, but it is thought the number will reach 100. The amount of damage done cannot Is* ap­ proximated, but it is very gi«*at. All th«* human dead an«l wounded have b«*en taken car«* of. The jiath of de­ vastation is strewn with all kinds of debris an«l dead and wounded animals. Th«* pitiful cries of the wounded are to be heard everywhere, and at times ar«* heartrending. A report iroin the country arouml I Goliad is to th«* effect that no «lamag« was done. A special train bearing the O’Conner guards, six physicians, nurses and ma y volunteers, came from Victoria, and also a special train from Cuero, bringing physicians, nurses, druggists and volunteers. Although everything is being dofie for the reilef of th«* wounded, cries for physicians and me«l- ical attention are everywhere heard. So far 90 dead and 120 injuied have been reported. PARTS OF OREGON Commercial and Financial Happenings of Ln portance—A Brief Review of the Growth and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our thriving Commonwealth — Latest Market Report. Baker City, Or., May 19.—A message from Sumpter says that the strike in tlte Golconda mine, which was reported Thursday, proves to be much greater than at first supposed. The winze sunk from the 200 foot level has opened Up the ore shoot which was first discovered in 1899, ami afterwards lost because the former owners persisted in looking for it to the south of the main shaft, assuming that it dipped in that direc­ tion. There is a rich pay streak in the vein matter that averages 16 to 18 inches wide, and the assays made today from samples of ore from this portion of the vein run $50,000 to the ton. It is free milling ore, and so rich that some of the specimens run over 50 per cent pure gold, A# ide from lieing very valuable the specimens are exceedingly beautiful". On one side of this rich pay streak there is three feet of sulphurets that assays $700 to $1,000 to the ton, and on the other side there is a wide strip of good milling ore. A careful exam­ ination of the ground and the vein es­ tablishes the fact that it is a perman­ ent vein, and not a pocket that has been opened. The Golconda was sold by the Eng­ lishes, father and son, of Danville, III., to a syndicate composed principally of Pendleton people and J. H. Robbins, of Sumpter, for $300,000 cash. TO THE BITTER END. Anthracite Mineworkers Decide to Fier cent advance after a six weeks’ m paralyze businses and inconvenience pension. The operators are on record the people throughout the United as being unalterably opposed to gnj.. States. It is their desire that a special session of the convention of the United Mineworkers of America be called as soon as practicable, for the purpose of workmen fear that the present fi having all the bituminous workers, j may mean the destruction of their both organized an«l unorganized, in­ ganizi-tion, beetuse they believe th« volved in the anthracite miners’ s rug- i the mineowners are bent more their union than they ape « gle. Thia announcement was officially wrecking ... made at noon today by President John opposnig^the demands for higher wage» work u days. Mitchell, in a statement by him giving and “’'J shorter _____ the result of the deliberations of the delegates in convention. The state­ STILL IN ERUPTION. ment follows: “At this morning’s 'session the con­ The Volcano on Mount Pelee Continuât» vention petitioned the national officers Send Forth Lava. to issue a call for a national convention Castries, Island of St. Lucia, May 1?. of all miners emplo>ed in the United States for the purpose of considering —The signal station here reports t the situation in the anthrracite field. large fire was seen Tues«lay night in ths If the desiie f>f the anthracite miners is direction of Fort de France, Martin* carrie«l into effect, a national suspen­ ique, at which place are 50,000. rein, sion of coal mining will be inaugurated. gees. Jhe British steamer Savan arrived Al! questions of detail as to the direc­ tion of the strike in the anthracite field here during the morning, snd reporti were referred to the district and na­ Mount Pelee to be still in eruption. tional officers. Definite plans will be The trend of the flow from the volcano outlined within the next few days. is to the north. The search parties which are remot* For the present the enginet‘rs, firemen and pumprunners will continue at ing the dead from St. Pierre have dis work. All mineworkers were advised covered safes and much precious metal to remain at their homes, abstain from in stores and dwellings of the town. No one is permitted to {»enetrate intol frequenting saloons, an«l under all cir­ St. Pierre beyond the strand running cumstances observe the law.” If a special convention is called, and along the sea front, and a cordon of the miners succeed in the object of the soldiers has been placed around the convention, it will seriously affect town. The St. Pierre Cathedral is all 449,000 men who are employed in an«l down, with the exception of one tower, around the coal mines of the country. and of thê theater the walls alone a Coal would soon become scarce, and now standing. The convent, which contained 2 thia would ultimately result in the tieing up of railroads and all sorts of girls and 36 nuns, has disappeared, i industries that use large quantities of has the college, where 70 boys and 2! priests and professors w ere domiciled the fuel. Tillamook is being benefitte«! by a Alphonso XIII is now king of Spain. rate war between two navigation com­ A race riot at Atlanta Ga., resulted panies. in eight deaths. The settlement of the weavers’ strike Mount Pelee is again active. A new at Oregon City hinges upon thej recog- volcano has broken out to the north. Lition of the union. An anarchist plot to take the life of A great deal of enthusiasm is being the king of Spain has been discovered. aroused throughout the state in the Lewis and Clark fair project. A tornado swept through Texas, kill­ ing 50 jieople and injuring a hundred Professor F. S. Dunn, of the Chair of more. Latin in the University of Oregon, has tendered his resignation, to take effect A high wind along the California at the close of the college year. coast did much damage off San Fran­ cisco. The Geiser Grand Hotel Company has been incorporated at Baker City with Unite«! States trade in the far East a capital stock of $100,000. The new shows great gains during the past year, corporation has acquired the Gieser being 400 per cent in British India Grand hotel. alone. State Senator G. C. Brownell, of The kaiser may come to Washington Oregon City, fell in trying to catch a to the unveiling of the statue of Fre«l- train at that place, and narrowly es- erick the Gr«*at, which he pr<*s« nte«l caped being ground under the wheels of to the United States. the last car. He was bruised but not HOLD MANCHURIA. Mount Pelee shows signs of con­ seriously injured by the fall. tinued activity. The Oregon State Grange Patrons of Concessions to England Furnish an Excuse The fetes in honor of King Alfonso’s Husbandry will convene its 29th an­ for Russian Occupation. coronation began Satur«lay at Madrid. nual session in the senate chamber of Pekin, May 19.—A second railr« ad the capitol at Salem on Tuesday, May •Packers say the increase in the price argeement, which Sir Earnest Satow, 27. The grange will be in session un ­ of beef is due to the rise in value of til the Thursday evening following, the British minister to China, and corn. Yuan Shi Kai, director general of the when a big banquet will be spread. Pekin-Shan Hai Railway., signed the Emperor William will present to the The board of county commissioners same day the agreement restoring the I’nite«! States a statue of Frederick the of Clackamas county has granted a Pekin-Shan Hai Kwan line was made Great. franchise to the Oregon City A Sub­ and which the parties there attempted BOTH ON ONE TRACK. There is a good prospect that the In­ urban Railway Company to lay down to keep secret, has become known dian war pension bill will be passed and operate railroads, telephone, tele­ among the diplomats and is arousing this session of congress. Passenger and Freight Tarin Meet in Nebraska graph and power lines upon the Aber­ opposition from the powers interested and Four Men Killed. nethy foad and the Oregon City and in railroad projects. Friendly observ­ All th«* Boer leaders are assembled at V’ereiging, Transvaal colony, to vote on ers regard Great Britain’s railroad Lincoln. Neb., May 20.— Four men Oswego road. the British terms of peace. The Linn county court has appropri­ agreements as a serious diplomatic were killed and four others more or less Richard Croker says that he favors injured in a collision on th«» Burling­ ated $890 for the completion of a road blunder. Before they were signed it is Robert Van Wyck, ex-mayor of New ton’s Billings line, at 3 o’clock this from Albany to the southern boundary said, there was no apparent obstacle of Linn county, on the way to the Blue that Russia could urge for failing to York, as the hea«l of Tammany Hall. morning. River mines, the remainder of the road fulfill the Manchurian convention. The sea has encroached from 10 feet The collision occurred a mile east of to be built by private subscription. It Now the Russian diplomats frankly say to two miles along the St. Vincent is believed this will do much towards these railroad agreements furnish ob­ coast since the explosion on Mount Hyannis, between the Portland-St. stacles such as were contemplated by Louis flyer, east bound, and an extra the further development of the claims the stipulation in the Manchurian con­ Pelee. on the Albany side of the Calapooica A father and his two sons murdered stock train, vest bound, with 25 car­ mines, some of which are pronounced vention that Russia would evacuate if no other powers interposed obstacles. two constables in Queensland and cie- loads ol cattle for the eastern range, rich. For Great Britan to abandon its second mated the bodies. The details of the There is nothing definite to indicate FOR POOR CHILDREN. THE PRIMROSE PATH. Many emigrants are arriving daily at who was responsible for the two trains agreement means loss of prestige: to crime are shocking. Medford. moving in opposite directions being insist upon it means grave complica­ William J. Bryan is at Havana vis­ on the same track, «nd no details as to Charles M. Schwab Will Give the Little Ones of Two Idaho People Journey to th« Sid The number of strangers now pouring tions in the Manchurian question. iting. th«* rate of spued at which either was into Oregon is being felt even in the New York a Good Time. Bitter End. PORT CHALMETTE CASE. The s«*nat(‘ has passe«l the fortifica­ going. backwoods. A year ago it was believed New* York, May 17. — In order to cor ­ Oro Fino, Idaho, May 15.—Dr. F J It was necessary to build a track that all the public timber land worth tions appropriation bill. around th«* wreck, and this has indefi­ taking had passed into private hands, Louisiana State Authorities May Take Action rect numerous misstatements in regard- Leadbrooke, a prominent physician d to his recent purchase of Ocean Beach Moscow, and Miss Winnie Booth, It Scientists fear another eruption on nitely delayed th«* arrival of the pas­ in the Matter. and investors were buying freely from property on Staten Island for the bene­ yeark-old daughter of Rev. G. M the island of St. Vincent. senger train, which was due here at 1 the original locators. But since then Washington, May 17.—As the presi- fit of poor children, Charles M. Schwab Booth, pastor of the Methodist churt1 Two American swindlers were clev­ o’clock this afternoon. A wrecking the more inacessible and lees timbered at Moscow, committed suicide hen erly kidnaped from Canada by detec­ crew was sent out from Alliance bear­ land is being eagerly sought by people dent, after considering the rej>ort of has made the following statement: “I have purchased Richmond Bea«h, The couple arrived in this city Sat Colonel Crowder, has decided that he tives and brought back to the United ing surgeons. Hyannis is in Grant anxious to file on timber tracts. cannot interfere with animal shipments facing New York Bay, on the south day evening and spent the night at tl county, 70 miles eaBt of Alliance, which States. at Port Chalmette, La., and as the ex­ shore of Staten Island, near Totten- hotel. Sunday evening they attend is a division headquarters for the The fruit growers around Medford Th«» Parisians are more interested in ecutive is the only branch of the gov- ville, for the benefit of poor anti sick the Epworth l eague meeting, and th Wyoming extension. are jubilant over the recent grains and the auto races titeli in the calamity ernment clothed by the Constitution to children of New York. The lancl com­ retired to the hotel. They did notap- Lincoln, Neb., May 20. — Reports the fact that prospects for a good yield that befell the French colony at St. pass upon the application of the laws prises about a quarter of a mile on a pear for breakfast in the morning, from th«* seen«» of the wreck tonight say are better than for years. Pierre. of neutrality, as expressly affirmed by tine beach, also a tine fresh water lake, at noon, when the door of their roc the passenger train had orders to meet The mill on the Lucky Bart group at the Louisiana courts recently, it is be­ a grove an«l high land. The building was opened, the girl was found «leadi A delegation from the Hay tian pro- th«* freight at Hyannis, but the orders visional government has gone to confer were misread. With a full head of Gold Hill is running day and night on lieve«! here that the Louisiana state au­ on the property will be altered to suit the bed. Beside her was Leadbroui with th«* insurgents in an endeavor to steam the passenger train dashed into ore from the Doubtful claim. A 30- thorities will seek to ma.ke an issue the purposes of the institution. It is in a «lying condition. He passed a avert civil strife. the two engines of the freight extra. ineh vein of high grade free milling ore w ith the federal courts by undertaking expecte«! that from 1,500 to 2,000 in the afternoon. The couple The engines, a baggag«* ear, one coach assaying $45 per ton was recently to do what the president himself has children daily can b<‘ provided for at taken morphine by hypodermic inje Th«* burning of the «lead of St, Pierre the beach, an«l they will be given a tion. A note was left by them on tl and thr«*e stock «*ars were completely struck in this claim, which will bring not seen fit to do. in great pyres saiurat«»«! with oil ami It is presume«! that in due course the good time. Mrs. Schwab is closely in­ table, stating they had sent letters the Lucky Bart group to the front wrecked. tar, led to the belief that Fort »rti«»n of the town, 75 resi­ dences and three churches, entailing a loss of $400,000, only one thin! of which is covered by insurance. One hundred and twenty families are ren­ dered homeless. The fire stat It'd in the rear of a market and grocery store and in an incredibly short time it was sweeping through the business section of the town. The British administration in India is alarmed by rumors of sedition in Af­ ghanistan. All the flour consumed by the 11.- 0