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" l r f1 ' SSUED m-ma. TUESDAY AHD FRiDAY v J L..i i' 1 fifty-fifth year no. 90. j SECOND SECTION 12 TACZ: SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1905. BRING FAMINE j AND DISASTER RUSSIAN PAPERS TAKE GLOOMY ' - VIEW OF SITUATION. f ' ..:;:,.'-.--'; ' SYMPTOMATIC POLITICAL CRISIS Mutiny of Sailors of Kniaz Is Not .Co n- of Discontent. Conditions Demand Immediate Remedy or Rain Will Follow for Government Redaction of Odessa, Russia's Grain Center, Freighted With Evils. ST. PETERSBURG,. July 6. Papers commenting- on the Odessa tragedy to day strike the same .note, saying that the mutiny is not an isolated instance of discontent, . but is symptomatic of a jwditieal crisis which demands an im mediate remedy or it will be too- late. The Nasha Shisn predicts the ruin of the port of Odessa, the center of the Russian grain exort trale, which will bring in its wake famine and disaster. Sebastopol Restless. Sebastopol, July G. Admiral Chouk ii in lias issued an orler forbidding the sale of firearms. The population -is inr a ferment. . OtlSA,- July G.-The Potemkine dill occupies the center of the stage here. The authorities are well inform ed :ilrtut her movements and her oper ations at tlfe various Black Sea ports, which -form the topic of continuous speculation anil comment in business and official circles. , The fact that the Potemkine is still af large, cruising in the Black Sea, threatening the jorts and holding up steamers ami (other craft is beginning to bring criticism upon the naval au thorities owing to their: apparent -slow-jH'ks an.l lack of energy in pursuing siml terminating her piratical career. Xeither the fleet nor the torpedo, boats which were reported as trailing the Potemkine have done anything, al though, the whereabouts of the battle ship has never been a secret. The le lief is general, however, that the main difficulty lies in the fact that the crews nre strongly disinclined to en gage the mutinous battleship. It is reported, on good authority that tbey actually refused to attack Ler. ins EXECUTION POSTPONED. NEW YORK, July 6. Albert Pat rick, who is awaiting execution for tho mtmler of William Marsh Wee, has in structed counsel David B. Hill to take the ease to the United States supreme court. The execution is ect for the week Commencing August 7. The ap peal will act as a temporary stay of ex ecution. IS FIRE SWEPT WASHINGTON TOWN IS BEING RAPIDLY LAID WASTE BY r' CONSUMING FLAMES, Fire Breaks Out in Lodging House in Pasco and Sweeps Everything Before itStiff Breeze nelps Make Matters Worse Department Helpless. 'SPOKANE, July (5. A speeial. to the -Spokesman-Review from -Pasco says: Eire broke out in a lodging house, southeast of Pasco tonight about 0:30 -and is sweeping the whole town south of Court street and west of j the northern Pacific traeks. A strong breeze is blowing and it is .impossible to stop the progress of the flames. The damage at this time cannot be esti mated, but will reach up in tho thou sands. The town recently purchased a chemical fire engine, but the heat is so intense that it is practically useless on account of the dry weather. The flames are rapidly jumping from house to houstN Insurance in that part of , the town is very light. The lodging bouse was erected this spring ami is consid ered "the finest building in Pasco. Noth ing was saved, as tho fire had gained too much headway when 'discovered; At midnight the fire was checked, the lossese aggregating $25,000. The "fire was confined to the residence pro- perty.. The . wind, . fortunately, blew the blare away from toe business por tion of the city. i ! TERMINAL PORT AT SAN PEDRO. Harriman and Huntington Plan Steam Ship Line From That Port ) to Orient. ; , j f SAX FRANCISCO, July 6.-Tt is learned here that E. II. Harriman is preparing to recoup his loss of freight that has been allotted the Santa Pe from Pacific Mail steamships in San Francisco. Jlarriirran, with the co-operation of II. E. Huntington, is pre paring to build, at San Pedro, in 1 he southern part of the state, quays, docks and warehouses for the accommodation of steamships to ply letwecn San Ped ro, the Hawaiian- islands, Japanese, Chinese and Philippine ports. i . Not only will this line offset the ap- ortionrnent of freight that Harriman las been compelled to coneede te the '. (Santa Fe on every third steamship of the Pacific Mail 'line that arrives ia . . ha n Francisco, but it Jrill offset the Oriental traflle gained by. J. J.i HiM for the Great Northern and; Northern Pacific at Seattle and Tacoma. In ad dition it will mean the upbuilding, of Ssn Pedro as one' of the Pacific .coast ports and add another factor in the V commercial , progress of California. ESCAPE WAS MIRACULOUS. Thirty People Were Injured in Wreck 1 of Great Northern Flyer - Wednesday. . toT. PAUL, July 6.About thirty people- were injured, one seriously, in the wreck of the Great Northern west bound flyer at Spring" Brook, near Wil iiston, N. I., yesterday. : Seven ears were burned byvfire whieh 1oke out immediately after the wreek, presum ably eansed by the explosion of the gas tank. under the smoking ear. 'The officials of the road say it was a mir acle -' that numbers were not killed, an the train was running at a high rate of speed when it left the rails. They are unable to aecount for; the accident. '1 he most of the injured suffered from burns, the flames spreading so rapid.ly that many were Scorched before being removed from the wreckage. STILL INDARK AS TO RESULTS - ; - i .-; j ST. PBCERSBTJRG HEARS NOTHING FROM THEODOSIA. KNIAZ MAY HAVE "" PUT TO SEA. Admiral Chouknik Is Reported in Hot ' ' Pursuit of Rebellious Potemkine. Rumors of Diverse Nature In Circula tion Concerning Whereabouts of Mu tinied Ship Last Repots to Effect Vessel Was Cruising Oft Sebastopol. ST. PETERSBURG, July 7 TJ to 3 o'clock this viorning no report has been received from Theodosia of the arrival of the squadron from Sebastopojl and it is not known whether an encounter with the Potemkine had taken f place or whether the battleship executed its threat to bombard the ciy last night unless furnished with supplies of coal as demanded. '. The latest dispatches rom Theodosia received here, timed at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, reported) - the Potemkine cruising off the shore in Bight of the town, but it is possible she may have left that vicinity before the arrival of the squadron, a! press dispatch from Sebastopol gives the ru mor that the Potemkine went seaward late yesterday afternoon. If the squadron arrived before her departure either the surrender of the battleship or ja battle is regarded as certain, as Aomiral Chouknik, it is believed, would not have risked his ships in search of the mutinous vessel unless he was sure there would be no repetition of the Odessa fiasco. Rumors of the most di verse nature are in circulation, one of which is that two torpedo boats at tacked the Potemkine and were sunk by heir j Obliged to Disarm. St. Petersburg. July 6. At Russia's request both, Bulgaria and Roumania tave issued instructions that; if mu tinous ships enter their harbors they will be obliged to disarm immediately or leave port and no supplies Will ' bo furnished them. WILL REPRESENT OREGON. WOODBURN, Or., July 6.--Walter L. Tooze of Woodburn, has ' been ap pointvd by . Head Consul I. I. Boak, of the Woodmen of the World, the repre sentative of Oregon to the National Fraternal Congress, one of the greatest organizations of fraternal workers in the 'world, which meets at Mackinac Island, Mich., on August 23d. i ALL FOR GLORY MILLIONS CONTRIBUTED FOR LI BRARIES, BOOKS AND BUILD ING SITES. Report of Joseph Leroy Harrison for Contributions in 1901 - Bead Before American Library Association Con- vention at Portland Yesterday. PORTLAND, July 6. Joseph Leroy Harrison of the "providence Athuae, read his report of contributions of books, donations and cash received by libraries in this country, at yesterday's session of the American Library Asso ciation at Portland. : s Tue. report covers the seven months from Jane HL,' 1901, . to December; 31, 1901, and lueludes single gifts of $500 or more, 250 volumes and upwards as well as others of notable miscellaneous character. Two hunded and fifty-three gifts are reported, representing 116,532 volumes, five collections of books,; $3, 12S,170 and fifty-eight miscellaneous gifts, including owe building with grounds, -seven sites, art and natural history collections, paintings and vari ous otner gifts, the several values of whicbTcould not be ascertained. . An analysis of the gifts In money shows that $2,311,400 was gien a en dowment funds for general library pur poses, $38,133 for the establishment of look funds, $30,317 for the cash pur chases of books; $1,009,500, of which $721,500 is reported as accepted, from Andrew Carnfgie for buildings; $432, 230 from various donors for buildings: $64,450 for sits and $1,242,090 for par poses the object of which for the most part was not reported v ' . The monvy gifts, other Mr. Carnegie, amount to $4,116w Archer 1L Huntington presented th highest single gift, namely $1,000,000. Mr. Carnegie 's gifts , number tthirty four in the United States and amount 10 11,009,500. ED STICKNEY IS CAPTURED ONE OF EIQHT CONVICTS RETAK EN BY MARSHAL MORRIS. EXPECTS OTHERS WILL FOLLOW. Believed Remaining Escapes Are Now ; on Vashon Island, Which Is f '. Surrounded. Two 'Are Reported to be in Tacoma, Where Men, Answering Description of Convicts, Held Up Girls and Took Food Away From Them Last Night. TACOMA, Ju.y 6. Ed. Stickney, one of the eignt convicts who escaped from McNeil 's Island prison Monday, was captured sortly before midnight tiv night while coming out of the Point Defiance park to meet a friend who was to furnish him with clothing and money. The capture was made by a posse of men headed by Deputy United Sheriff Marshal Tom Morris. : . Stickney was walking toward Taco ma and was met by the posse who had left a ear and was walking along the tracks to Point Defiance park, where tue search was to be made tonight. He made no resistance, bnt refused to give any information as to the whereabouts of the remaining convicts. Stiekney has been in hiding on Vashon island, across from the park and decided on tonight for his. escape. , . 1 . United States Marshal has informa tion which leads him to believe that the majority of the escaped prisoners are on Vashon island and a large posse will be sent there tomorrow. Stickney was almost starved wnen found. One of the: boats in which the convicts es caped was found scuttled off the beach of Vashon island" today and the other was found near Steilacoom. It was learned that two of the convicts left the island and went to Ollala, where they secured food. It is also thought that two more of the convicts are in Tacoma tonight as two men, answering the description of the convicts, held-up two little girls tonight and took some food away from them. Marshal Hopkins is confident that more of the prisoners will be captured on Vashon. island tombrrow and a big man hunt is being organized to start early in the morning. In the party will be a number of men who joined in the Tracey man hunt. . OPERATORS ISSUE UKASE. . MINNEAPOLIS, July 5. The tele graph operators on the line of the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific have issued an ultimatum and if their de mands relative .to salaries and hours are not acceded to a general strike will be called July 8. . MARKET IS QUIET NO PRECEPTIBLE CHANGE, IS NOT ED IN CONDITIONS OF LOCAL HOP TRADE. Louse and Honeydew Epidemic Con tinues Unabated, but Growers Are Working Hard to Overcome Evils General Conditions the World Over. The hop market in this section of the Willamette valley remains quiet and featureless except for the Increased in quiry and the consequent stiffening of prices. No sales have been reported of j late, and few lots are for sale outside the big pool, which is holding out strongly for 30 cents and better, and such Tots as are outside tue merger are scattering. The hot weather of the past two weeks, which prevails through out the country, has increased the sale of beer tomvre than double the usual amount, and this condition alone has had the effect of increasing the de mand -or hops on the part of the brew ers, who are supposed to be consider ably short of the necessary amount to supply the trade. The lice ami honey-dew epidemic which prevails all up and down the valley continues unabated, but the growers are battling bravely with the conditions with good prospects of over coming the evil before any damage can be inflicted' npon the crop.' The warm weather is proving very beneficial to the vines and they are putting forth-a vigorous growth and throwing out nu merous and strong laterals. The esti mated state yield still varies from 110,000 to 120.000 bales. The latest issue of the Otsego (N. Y.) Farmer gives a general review of the market and crop conditions of the cast and foreign -countries, exeerpts from which are reproduced herewith as follows: "5 . Central New York Hops. ; Cobleskill Index, June 22: There has been renewed animation in the local market during the past week, though the resulting sales have been mostly be tween dealers. Eugene D. Stoeker of Cooperstown has been buying in this county, taking about 200 bales of Seth Parsons alone at abont 25 cents. A few other lots have changed hands at slightly lower prices. There are Bot to exceed 500 bales still left in grow ers' hands in Schoharie county and ?00 bales of these are held by one Mlddles bnrg grower, he growing .vines con tinue to improve rapidly and the pros pect is for a crop about the same or slightly less than that of lost year. Complaint is made that the vine out he uplands is not looking well, but in the valleva conditions are touch-better. Schoharie Republican, June 22i 'Hop yards show much 'improvement daring wv diiA to the hot weather. Ther is a lack pi moisture, in tho ground, J which gives the grubs a great chance at the roots. Many yards are showing the effects of their work. The season has been so backward that the viae will not reach the string, and healthy condition usual when the hops come into blow-, and it is evUient that the crop in this county, and generally through the state will not" be as large as last year, by 23 per cent. -Ualone Gazette, Jose Z3i Franklin county bPi have shown a remarkable growth dltriag the past week and most yards r looking better than last year. The vines are strong and healthy good color and apear to be arming out well. New York Hop News. " New York Tribune: Receipts for the week, 89 bales. The general market continues to present a very quiet ap pearance, Fa.ors.ble crop, advices from the Pacific coast and also t his state have caused a little more anx iety on the, part of the coast holders to sell and p'rices are quoted, at 19(r20c for medium to prime grades, but- the demand limited, as dealers appear to have supplied their present needs and showing 1ft tie interest. Only small re maining lots, however, ia this state. Latest cable advices from Europe re port a favorable outlook for the grow ing crop, bnt 'a England stocks of 1904 are light and holders firm. We quote state, 1904, choice, er lb. 25(1 27c j do prime, 2324e; do medium, 22(?22e; do. Pacific coast, 1904, choice, -2425c; do prime, 23(&23e; do medium, 2'J5) 22 V2c; do state anu Pacific coast, 1K03, choice, 2122c; 'do old olds, llyl2e. . i i 'i English Hop ' News. Kentish Observer, June 6: Business continues very quiet, but the tendency is still in favor of sellers. Quotations are practically unchanged, however; the range being from 10 10s to 7 per ewt. The best . parcels are held for higher rates. . - Canterbury There has been good steady, growth during the last five or six days, and the vine everywhere is robust and of splendid color. There is a sprinkling of ny generally, but not enough at present to necessitate, wash ing. The grounds have had an abund ance of rain, and until they dry up cul tivation must remain at a standstill. The forward bine is nearing the tops of the strings and poles, and strong, vigorous laterals are being thrown out. Worcester nusiness has been very quiet, and merchants' stocks have suf fered for the few orders coming to hand, the quantity of growers' hops passing the public scales being quite nominal. The plant has grown very rapidly,- and in well cultivated, for ward grounds tire vine is now over the tops of the poles and, strings, and ap pears vigorous and healthy. There is a general attack of fly,' and some wash ing is now in progress. - Ashford -We have had a very ; bad time this last week, as the ground has been nearly under water, and work in the plantations has been at a standstill. The wind blew back and broke off man' heads ; and training has been a long job. I think the hops are growing and lice are coming. . . .Sussex Vine is flourishing, but with the prolonged rain the fly has returned in great numbers, and will no doubt do some damage. After a week of heavy and incessant rain let us hope warm weather ao. plenty of sunshine will ue our lot for a time. General Hop News. Mr. Adolph Heller (formerly Albert Heller), hop merchant of Prague, sends us the following report under date June 12: A fair inquiry for 1904 hops con tinues, and prices in Nuremburg are 15 to 20 marks, in Salx 15 to 20 kronen higher than the preceding week. The hop plant which was at a standstill for some time past, is after the rains of last week doing better, and progress in growth during the last three or four lays is a satisfactory one. From some places the a pear a nee of fly is reported. WHEAT BELT GROWS YELLOW Prospects In Eastern Washington Are Pronounced to be Wonder 1 fully Good. COLFAX, Wash., July. 6. The wheat prospect throughout Eastern Washing ton' is pronounced by all old settlers and competent judges to be the blst ever known at this time of year,, and with an unusually large acreage a record-breaking crop , is practically as sured. Daniel Frew of Seattle, geseral agent for a mortgage company, which acquired large tracts of land in East ern Washington during the hard times and still owns them, is here aud was peon by the Statesman correspondent. When asked in regard to' the crop out look. Mr. Frew said: - "The best crop ever grown in Wash ington is now growing, and most of it is far enough advanced to be ont of all danger. 1 look for the best yield er aere this state has ever seen. I bave been in nearly all of th counties of Eastern Washington and find the same conditions in all of them. Ia. the 'dry belt' and the 'wrt belt' it is tee same. The grain is the best I'ever saw. Wab la Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties, as well as the counties north of the Snake river, promise a record breaking yield of grain this year.' Dozens' of farmers, implement ileal ers, merchants and others who have driwn extensively ' through the grain belts declare there never has been such a prospect, and with the recent nravy rains, the yield is: now assured. jDor man Brothers ft Zaring, who have 5.OO0 acres of fall wheat near La Crosse, which is now turning yeTlow, have pur chased 45,000 grain bags. These, will hold 100,000 bushels of wheat, and toe firm expeots to fill half as many more with grain grown this year. . t TWENTY SIX ARE KILLED, Fearful Mortality Follows in Trail of ' Tornado That Swept Texas Yesterday. ' ' '; FORT WORTH, July . Twenty-six persons are known to have been killed mA fifttr in rami in tho tornado whica swept " over , a portion of Montague county yesterday. - property joss will pjrobablj fee 12004000. ; WAIT FOR END OF TRIAL LIST MITCHELL AND HERMANN CASES HAVE BEEN DEFERRED. MAYS DOES NOT PLEAD GUILTY. Puter, Ware and Watson Acknowledge Conspiracy Charge to Defraud Government. Perjury Cases Against Sorenson Placed on Latter End of Calendar Govern ment Will Reply to Plea in Abate ment , In Blackmail Case Monday. PORTLAND. July 5. In the federal court today the case against Congress man Hermann, indicted in connection with the land frauds of this state, was plaeed at the bottom of the calendar. This, it is believed, indicates that Her mann will first be brought to trial on the indictment returned against him in Washington, I). C. ' V The "conspiracy charge against Sena tor Mitchell and Congressman Hermann in connection with the Blue Mountain fdrest reserve was also placed at the foot of the calendar. The same order was made of the ease against Senator Mitchell, K. A. D. Puter and others charged with the conspiracy. After listening to an argument on the demurrer to the indictment against State' Senator W. W. Steiwer, 11. II. Hendricks, Congressman Hermann, et al., for the illegally fencing of lands in Wheeler county, the court took the motion under advisement and will an nounce his decision tomorrow. In. the case of Frank R. Alley, K. R. and A. R. Downs o- Seattle, the gov ernment was 'given until Monday to file its answer to the plea of abatement. The , two perjury eases . against George Sorenson were placed at the latter end of the calendar. In the matter of the indictment and trial of Puter, Ware, Watson and State Senator Mays, charged with conspiracy to defraud the government, it was an nounced that the first three named had agreed to plead guilty, leaving Mays the only one not admitting his guilt. Mays is ill at Oaklanu, Cal., and can not appear tomorrow. The government was given until Mon day to answer to the plea in abatement filed by ex-United States District. At torney John II. Hall, ex-Mayor Harry Rees, C. F. Lord and Henry Ford, charged with having conspired to black mail the character of Mf- Heney. Judge. De Haven also ordered these defendants to appear for arraignment on the, same day. The court stated his duties in San Franciseo would probably prevent him from trying this case at the present term of court. t r ALL HOPE GONE GEORGE W. LAUTH MUST SUFFER DEATH PENALTY FOR MUR DER OF HIS MISTRESS. Governor Chamberlain Declines to In terfere With Court's Sentence , and Condemned. Man Will Be Hanged at Prison Next Thursday. After careful consideration of the petitions for the com mutation of the sentence of death imposed upon Lauth, I must de cline to interfere therewith. Please notify Diroiek and super intendent of penitentiary." The alove is an exact copy of a dis patch .that was received uy Irivate Secretary W. N. Gatens, from Governor Chamberlain, at Portland, and tells the tsle of the sealing of the doom of George W. Lauth, who is confined at the penitentiary condemned to suffer the penalty of death upon the gallows for the murder of his mistress, LeoBore B. Jones, at Oregon City, last Septem ber, during a fit of jealous rage. Immediately upon , its receipt Mr. Gatens .notified Superintendent James of the governor s action and the lat ter will take steps at once to place a death watch over the condemned man. Although Lauth has been confined in the death cell at the prison for the past three months his conduct has been of an exemplary nature and such that the prison officials have deemed it unneces sary to place a death watch over him, even though he has been tinder the death sentence for tne past three weeks. .'. - . This was done because Lauth pos sesses such an unusually cheerful dis position under the circumstances and takes such a philosophic and resigned view of the situation that the prison officials placed implicit confidence in him. Sujerintendest James stated last evening that Lauth had not yet been advised of the governor's action in his case, nor would he be until this morn ing, when the death wateh will be placed over him. So far only one of the guards has been selected, in -the person of J . L. Busick, who acted as one of the guards. for the late Frank Gngliebno on the night shift, and be will be plaeed on duty this morning tirwin the.rfav shirt- Tne ni?nt caard Nrill doubtless be decided upon today. All along, ever since bis incarcera tion - at the penitentiary, Lauth has been an exemplary prisoner and has caused the prison officials less trouble or worriment than any condemned roan that has ever been consigned to their keeping. He - require little attention and, when in need oi. exercise, he is turned loose in (he prison jard, where he takes his daily walks and amuses himself in pitching horseshoes. The prison officials do not entertain ine slightest fear that he will attempt to defeat the ends of justice in any man ner or form, hence the confidence re posed in him has been Implicit. Al though Lauth staked great hopes in" the governor commuting his sentence to .one of life imprisonment, his past actions lead the officials to believe that he will receive the sad new philosophi cally and prepare himself to meet the fate that has been meted out to him. PRESIDENT AT ASBURY PARK. ASBURV PARK, N. J., July 6. President Roosevelt's flying trip here tomorrow, when he will deliver two addresses, will bring to a close the an nual convention of the National Edu cational Association. The first address o the president will be at the audi torium and the second at the beach front. -' " LOST KEY IS RESPONSIBLE J. H. ALBERT'S AUTOMOBILE IS OVERTURNED ON STEEP HILL, MRS. ALBERT IS BADLY INJURED. Suffers a Fracture of Left Jaw-Bone, . r Collar-Bone and Three . Upper Ribs. Other Members of Party Escape Injury When Machine Was Ascending Hill Key Came Out of Valve Pin. Allow ing Links to Drop, Reversing Engine. (From Thursday's Daily.) As a result of an automobile acci dent, which transpired alout one mile from the Polk county rnd of the steel bridge, last evening, Mrs. J. H. Albert suffered a series of injuries whieh, while they are not regarded as serious, are nevertheless very painful,' and will doubtless confine her to her bed for sev eral wevks. The machine which was responsible for the accident was that of .1. 11. Al bert, and, as Me. Albo-rt explains, the disaster was due to toe water, and, con sequently, Steam, having become ex hausted while the car was climbing the steep incline lra ling to the old Rynear son rock quarry. When the car stopped and began to run back, Mr. Albert saw what was abont to happen, and ho ap plied the emergency brake, which re fused to work, and he then steered the machine upon the upnill side of thu road, which it mounted and rolled over upon its side, precipitating the. occu pants, Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Albert and Mrs. Harry G. Albert, into the rocky road. --Mr. Albert and Mrs. Harry A1-, bcrt escaped without injury. Mrs. Albert's Dojurles. Tho accident transpired shortly be fore 8 o'clock. A cab was summoned to the secno immediately, when the members of the party were brought to their respective homvs in the city. Dr. Richardson cas called in to examine in to Mrs. Albert's injuries, with tue re sult that it Was found that sue had sus tained a fracture of the right collar hone, three upier'ribs on the right sirc and a fracture of the lower jaw' bone on the left side. She also suffered Se vere bruises about the face. Although painful and of such a. nature as will confine her to her nome-and: lied for several weeks, Mrs. Albert's injuries are not regarded as very serious, but her escs from even more serious, if not fatal results, is little short of mir aculous. ' ' Mr. Albert atates that the water and steam supply exhausted and the' brake would not work, when ,in hs efforts to avoid racing madly down the grado aud upon the narrow roadway and to escape serious accident, if-Mssible, be steered the machine ujon the uphill side of the road, when it. backed uimju the hillside and. overturned. Escape From Death Miraculous. The road at this int is not only stifep, but narrow and rocky. It takes its course around the hill ami upon the one side is a sharp descent and the oth er an equally abrupt ascent. Had the ear backed over the downiiill ilc of tber'road there ia -tin doubt that tire ac cident would, have leen much more ser ious and the results probably appalling, Mrs. Albert is about 60 years of age and has been in a delicate state of health for some time past. She was resting as easily as possible at last re ports and no apprehension is felt as to her injuries taking a more rious turn John T. Albert, a nephew of J. II. Al bert, went after the machine last night and, upon investigation, found that the accident was causedj.y the key coming out or the valve pin and allowing the links to' drop down, reversing the en giae. John Maurer, an expert upon automobile mechanism, says tnis is quite an unusual disorder and that, un der the circumstances, the accident eoeld not bave been avoided unleea one was fully aware of what had hapi-ned. WHISTLE IS HIS DEATH SIGNAL. GOLD HILL, Or., July 6. When three miles below Gold Hill Tiresday, the engine of section No. 15. ran over an unknown man, cutting off his head and an arm and breaking both legs. When first seen he was walking .on the track. . The engineer gave the danger signal, but instead of getting off the track ,t be stranger laid down with his head cn the raiL Before ' the train could stop the engine ran over him, killing mm instantly. . The body was brought, to this place and Coroner Carnt-ron notified, bnt up on his .arrival be decided an inquest Bot necessary, as the evidence showed suicide. He was buried in Rock Point cemetery yesterday at the expense of the county. j j HONORED HERO BROUGHT H0L.B BODY OF JOHN PAUL JONES DE LIVERED TO LOOMIS. MARTIAL DISPLAY ELAEOHATi: Ceremony of Delivery of Remains Wit nessed by Dense Throngs Which Crowd Streets. ' Soldiers and Sailors of Franco JcLi With American Jackiea In Tendering Honors to Illustrious Founder of to American Navy' Brooklyn Sails. PARIS, July 6. In the presence of the highest dignitaries of France, di plomatic representatives of many for eign governments and he civil and naval officials of tne United States, tho .body of Admiral John Paul Jones was today formally dclivercdLto the United States government. The ceremony was one combining im pressive dignity with brilliant military Mint naval pomp, in which the soldiers and sailors of France and the sailors of America were united in tendering honors to the illustrious founder of the American navy. -Th '.u-!iai.in wa nnioiie and nruba- bly without parallel, as the funeral was that of a Revolutionary nero wno nau lain neglected in a foreign .gravw for overa hundred years. Seldom has any event awakened such widespread inter est in the. French capital. Denso throngs packed the Champs Elyseo and tho oth er principal thnrougnfares to witness the imposing cortege, which for elabor ateness of its military features equal led the martial display on the occasion of the visit of King Alfonso. The ceremony of delivering tne body was in the American chun h on .Avenuo d'Alma at 3:3 o'clock in the after n nnn After brief religious services. General Porter, wearing an ewning dress, according to rrencn custom, ani iik tl..i red Hiish of the Grand-Cros of the Legion of Honor across -hi breast, advanced alongside the casket and formally delivered the body to As sistant Secretary or faio ioouus, ttm re nresentativn of tnW United States and -''commissioned Admiral Sigsbee tc a... . . . t V 4 convey it to the Cnitel Elates, r.igm. mmllr frnm the battlcshitt ........... - - Brooklyn stepped" forward and, .rais ing tne casket to llieir snouuers, in it itlowlv.from thechurch to a waiting' gun carriage. This was dfaped. with t hn nnf innit I color and drawn bv six black horses. The cortege then formed - . . t a 1 and, proceeded along Avenue Aims, ti.. ciiamns F.Ivsvc. and across tue Al exander bridge to the Esplanade deso Invalided BANQUET GUESTS COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS OF SAN FRANCISCO ENTERTAIN TAFT'S PARTY IN STYLE. Distinguished Visitors Receive Hearty Welcome in Windy City Represent ative George Fobs of California Principal Speaker at Banquet. SAN FRANCISCO. July fi.-TnniyU Secretary -Ta ft and party were tendered a Itanquct by the commercial organ izations f San Francisco. HecrMary Taft responded to the toast, t Th President of tho United States," and Governor Pardee to the toast, "Tho State of California." Representative Geo'rge Foss was the last speaker or the evening and responded to the toast of "The American Navy." After reviewing the history of the American navy and paving fitting trib ute to the. heroes of its conflicts and those who were instrumental in its up building, Mr.. Fosa said: "Our naval appropriation art thit year carried a 100,000,000, and yet on th basis of pereapita this is a little more than 111 . for every man, woman and child in the country. It is only about four per cent of our foreign, trade during the past year, which amounted to al.ut $2,500,000,000.. It is fourteen per cent of our annual gov ernment expenditures, a lcs ercent Sge than was expended upon the navy one hundred years ago. It is only one tenth of, one per cent of our national wealth. There are some who think that we ought to stop buibiing the navy, but these people largely constitute that class of our citizens who dieve in the i'l-:i of a little nation. They would he glad to ee us live in solitude an t isolation on this hemisphere and not exert the power and influence that wo are capable of among the nations of the world. ','If there is any lesson which lu come to us during the ast few wn i!i from across the e it is that a navy in constant readine is oftentimes al " to strike a blow from which its anta. onrst, perchance may never be abl? t recover. And then there is another thing which must be taken into con sidcration. The only time to build a navy is in time of peace. There is U ' t distinction between the army and tt . navy. It takes years to build yr. r ships. It takes longer to train eH:. than to train soldiers, and when v- - -comes all preparations fftit cease. It is too late to build a navy then. 'Let it be done, and 'it 'cannot 1 said too often thstwo are boil !i up a navy for peaVe. Let us conti our. policy of; building up the 1 ; for the protection of our intereM ; f the defense of onr coast lines; f j- (.Continued on raja 6.J