OUTLAW Til AC Y.I
By His Own Hand His Career
Is Ended.
Surrounded By a Poaae and Wounded i
In Bight Thigh the Bcaperado
Shoot* Illiuacil In a Wheat*
lield &(> II lie* West of
Spokane, Wash,
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 7. Jlarry
Tracy, the notorious outlaw, who
with David Merrill, escaped from the.
Oregon penitentiary, on .June 9, after
killing three prison guards, killed
himself early yesterday morning, af
ter being wounded by the rifle of one
of a posse in pursuit. Tracy was
surrounded in a wheat field near Fel
low, a station on the Washington Cen
tral railroad, about 50 miles west of
Spokane, last night. Word was sent
back to Davenport, the county scat,
and a large number of armed men
hurried to the scene.
The posse, under Sheriff Gardner,
opened tire otv the outlaw, and one
bullet pierced liis right leg between |
the knee and thigh. About l-'O minutes j
after being wounded, he shot himself
with one of his revolvers and his body
was found yesterday morning after
■daybreak. The revolver with which he
killed himself was grasped tightly in
his right hand.
Tracy was hunted down by a posse
of Creston citizens. Surrounded, ho
engaged in a running battle with his |
pursuers. His leg was broken by a
bullet and an artery bled profusely.
He crept into a wheat field and tried
to tie up the artery. Becoming des
perate, he put his revolver to his head
and fired a bullet into his brain. At
daylight yesterday morning his body
was* found, already cold.
Harry Tracy escaped from the Ore
gon state penitentiary at Salem on
duly 9. in company with David Merrill,
after killing four tnen, Frank W. Fer
rell, (1. K. T. .lones and 1!. F. Tiffany,
guards, and Frank Ingraham, a con
vict, who tried to prevent his flight.
On June 28 Tracy killed Merrill near
.N'apavine, Wash., shooting him from
behind, and leaving his body in the j
forest, where it was found on duly 15. |
On July 3 near Seattle, in a fight with
a posse, Tracy shot and killed Charles I
itaymond, a deputy sheriff; K. U. j
Bresse, a policeman, and mortally I
wounded Nat Kawley, who died on !
the following day.
Perhaps his greatest show of daring J
was displayed on July 1 at South
Isay, near Olympia, when he held up i
six men and forced four, including
C'apt. Clark, of a large gasoline
launch, to embark with him on Puget
Wound and pilot him up stream for
ten hours.
In 1597 Tracy murdered Valentine
Hoge, a Colorado cattle man, and
William Strong, a boy in the same
«tate. A total reward of $5,600 was
offered for his arrest, Governor Mc-
Bride, of Washington, offering $2,500
for his capture, dead or alive. The
state of Oregon offered $3,000 and a
brother of one of the guards killed at
the penitentiary offered SIOO.
Salem, Ore.. Aug. 7.-—Gov. (leer yes- 1
terday received a telegram from Con
stable C. A. Straub, of Creston, Wash.,
telling of Tracy's suicide. He tele
graphed Sheriff Gardner, of Lincoln
county, Wash., suggesting that the
body be embalmed and forwarded to
Seattle for identification by the Wash
ington authorities, for the purpose
of paying the reward, and asking that
the body be forwarded from Seattle
to Salem to the Oregon authorities.
Gov. (ieer stands ready to pay the re
ward to the men responsible for his
death.
THE PHILIPPINES.
An Account of n Battle Which Waa
Fought on the lalanda,
Washington, Aug. 7. —Copies of Ma
nila newspapers received at the war
department give interesting informa
tion concerning doings in the islands,
which have not been fully covered by
■cable.
An account of the battle of Bayan,
.Mindanao, states that after Col. Bald
win had his line drawn completely
around the fort, "the intrepid Ameri
cans went up the hill, sweeping the
bolomen like chaff before them.
Through carnage unparalleled since
the Alamo, the fort itself was at last
reached and here our troops met an
insuperable obstacle. The high walls
were insurmountable and men dug
their fingers into the earth and
jumped upon each others shoulders in
their efforts to get at the foe with
in, who was pouring lead into them.
Those inside the fort, at last re
luctantly surrendered anil afterward
made a break for liberty, in which
about 40 more were killed. Of the 500
■who defied American authority about
40 survived."
Details also are given of the cap
ture and murder on May 30 of five
men of Troop M, Fifth cavalry, by a
party of Ladrones. A native prisoner
made a full confession and furnished
a list of nine natives, who assisted in
the murder.
ICeTolntlonlata In Sore strait*.
Panama, Aug. 7. — A message has
been received from Telegraph Inspec
tor Gomez, al San ( arlos, confirming
the news of the defeat at Agua Dulce
«if the revolutionary forces under Gen.
Herrera. Inspector Gomez savs that
1 wo government soldiers of the Fifth
battalion of ( ali, who were prisoner*
of the revolutionists, have escaped
and report that when they left the
enemy the latter had scarcely any
ammunition for small arms and con
siquently could only lire, *'vir can
non.
"Steeple Jaek" Killed,
New York, Aug. 7. Daniel Barry,
n during climber knoun as "Steeple
■lack," fell !IS feet while Working 111
the city hall tower and was killed,
i.v ■ a Philadelphia peelal to the
Herald. Barry placed the electne
lights around the brim of the statue
of William perm which caps the city
hall tower, "ltd feet above the pave
incut, and oceiiKioiially would lower
himself our I life of the hat mill
hand in midair by liii hunt!*-- When
lie met death he ««• engaged In tint
pi'" ilie . . i| ' i-ill of paiutln,; the lit
terlor gf the dome.
THE PHILIPPINE FRIARS.
Federated < ntliollc Nurletlew ICztend
111 (111 'l'lidr I'ulleat Sy in pu Hi > mid
Biprean Confidence Tlmi llie Ameri
can (•overmiient Will Sloe Tbat Jna
(lee la lluiir Tllini.
Chicago, Aug'. B.—-The temper of tlio
oonvention of Federated Cat India
(Societies relative to the l'hil*
ippine question was put to thy
test at the closing session yester
day. John 'J'. Keating, a national of
ficer of the Hibernians, offered a sub
stitute resolution for those previ
ously brought before the meeting,
Mr. Keating proposed that the dele
gates dismiss the friar and the poor
school questions with an expression
of satisfaction with the manner in
which the subject is being handled
by the Vatican and administration.
When motion on substitute was put,
there was but one affirmative vote,
and that one was Mr. Keating s. The
convention then adopted the follow
ing resolution on the subject:
"We hereby express confidence that
the Hon. Theodore Koosevelt, presi
dent of the United States, will per
form his duty under the constitution
and laws and our firm belief that he
will institute a rigid judicial inquiry
Into any abuses by subordinate gov
ernment officials in our territorial
possessions and promptly rectify such
abuses. We are especially confident
that in his dealings with the serious
problems arising in the l'hiiippitie
Inlands, property and personal rights
guaranteed by treaty, laws and con
stitution will be faithfully safe
guarded and protected.
"Kesolved, That we extend to the
friars in the Philippines our fullest
sympathy in this, their hour of triiri;
that we appreciate the value of tneir
services in the cause of religion and
humanity; that we pledge them our
support as American citizens in up
holding the hands of our government
in its determination to see that tliey
are treated with that common jus
tice that belongs to all who enjoy the
protection of the American ting.
"J'esolved, That this federation
congratulate the Vatican and the
American government on the position
attained in the negotiations, regard
ing the questions which have arisen
in the Philippines and we express our
full confidence that these negotia
tions will be continued until a just
and amicable solution shall be ob
tained."
Other resolutions regretted the
present circumstances surrounding
the Indian schools and pledged active
and moral support in remedying tin
conditions. The establishment of
Catholic high schools, wherever prac
ticable, was advocated; sympathy
was expressed for the Catholics in
France in their present troubles and
suitable recognition was taken of the
deaths of Archibshops Feehan and
Corrigan.
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Thirteen Liven Are Known to lie l.imt
by au ICxplnalon «l (.an In a Mine.
l'ueblo. Col., Aug. 8. —A special to
the Chieftain from Trinidad says: A
disastrous explosion occurred at ti:
o'clock last night, in No. :s mine at.
Bowen, a small camp about ten miles
north of this place. Thirteen lives
are known to have been lost. The
exact number of men working on the
night shift and in the mine at the
time of the explosion is unknown.
The explosion occurred about 800
feet from the mouth of the slope and
was caused by fire damp.
immediately after the night shift
had started in the sloping a start
ling explosion occurred, entirely fill
ing the mouth of the slope and shak
ing buildings and breaking windows
a mile distant.
The mine is filled with gas and
the rescuers are afraid of afterdamp
and are unable to stay in the mine
more than a short time. Mothers,
wives and children of the dead and
imprisoned miners are almost crazed
with grief and the scene presented at
the mouth of the mine is a most
pathetic one.
The powder house in the mine, usu
ally confining 1,000 pounds of pow
der, blew i■ |> and it is this which
caused so great danger. The general
belief is that the entire mine has
been ruined and if not, it will take
months to get it in working order
again. The rescuing party is pushing
forward with all posisble haste and
before many hours the exact number
of lives lost and the total amount of
damage can lie determined.
«, New York Vaelit Cluli'a t'rulne.
Vineyard Haven, Mass., Aug. S.—
The run of the New York Yacht club
cruise from Newport to this port yes
terday was made in a magnificent
I westerly breeze, which sent the
| yachts over the course of.'l 7 miles at
| a fast clip and proved record-break
ing in the history of runs between
these two ports. The Boston schoon
er Constflaltion covered the distance
| in 3:3:2: 15 and won the race in the
: large schooner class. The Corona
won ill ( lass I! and the Klaina in
j Class I). For the sloops the Yankee
| .von in ( loss 11, the (jueen Mali in
Class I, the llumma in Class K and
t lie Ondnwa in ( lass (>.
Two Women Drowned.
Pittsburg, Pa., Vug. h. While row
ing across the Ohio river last night
lust below the Point, Mrs. Maggie
! Miller and Miss Bridget Madden, both
lit years of age, were drowned. The
women were in a Hat-hot tinned boat
and getting into the waves made by
a passing steamboat, became fright
ened and steered directly in front of
another boat going in an opposite ili
reetion. Their boat was -mashed and
both women were carried down and
under the -t earner.
< uurt> Vlurlla l* In the I'lilltpii'iiea,
Washington, \tig. s. \ recent mail
from the Philippines contains a sum
mary of the results of cniirt-nittrtiul4
ill the Islands. It shows that the lic
ensed ill '."!7 nines were dishoui it'll lily
itischarucil, jn eases forfeited pu\
a nil allow unci's, in 11 *> eases suffered
other pilliishlin lit. 111 1 111 CII cm Were
fined and in ill case were enteiieetl
to coiittiieiiicnt. Th«' charge* includ
ed murder, innnidaiighter, assaults,
•ml ul tempted rape, N|o*t of III*
•kwryeit, kow««»r, were fur trivial of
fcn*e* it ml were bnact: upon e>iui
J plrilut made bv native I'llipitMit,
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST r 4 , 1902.
RAILROAD WRECK.
Two Engineers and Nine Labor
ers Lose Their Lives.
11l n Culllftloll on tho Chlcaco, nil*
wmilipc A SI, I'aiil Itallroad
llrlwrru u I'nat I'rrlskl
unit a Work Train Scar
Itlioaden, la.
(Marshalltown, la., Auj». 7.—Two en
gineers and many laborers were killed
this afternoon in a collision on the
Chicago, aukce & St. I'atil rail
road, two s west of Jihodes, this
county, bet\ n u fast freight and a
work train. e freight met the
work train going at full speed on a
reverse curve.
])es .Moines, la., Aug. 7.—At 1:.10
o'clock this morning a special train
brought the men injured in the wreck
on the Chicago, MiKvauke & St. Paul
road at Khodes. One of the men,
Fireman William Tharp, is dying. The
special train was in charge of Dr.
Trent, the railroad company's sur
geon at Perry, who stated that in the
wreck 11 were killed and.'l 5 injured.
Killed: Engineer Dennis Markeiss,
fast freight, Perry.
Engineer William Brayman, con
struction train, Perry.
Nine workmen on the construction
train.
Seriously and possibly fatally in
jured:
Fireman William Tharp, fast
freight, Manilla.
Kight workmen on construction
train.
Chicago, Aug. 7.—The following
statement was issued from the ofliee
of the general superintendent of the
( hicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road
in this city regarding the accident at
Marshalltown:
"From I lie information in the pos
session of the general superinten
dent's ofliee, it appears that the work
train in charge of Conductor Craig
started west from Khodes without or
ders and notwithstanding the fact
that the signal was set against the
work train and the further fact, that
the telegraph operator informed Con
ductor Craig that the freight train
had already left Collins, the next sta
tion west of Rhodes and was then
eastbound between the two places."
QUEER ORDINANCE.
It Forbid* Two I'crftoim to Itldfi I pon
llox of Hired Carriage in Havana.
Havana, Aug. 7. —Mrs. Squiers, wife
of the American minister, recently
drove from her home in Mariano in
a hired carriage with a footman on
the box, to call upon the wife of the
French minister at the Jlotel Ingle
terre. When the carriage stopped at
the hotel the footman went to an
nounce the visitor. In the meanwhile
first one policeman and then two
more officers ordered the driver to
drive away from the position occu
pied in front of the hotel. The foot
man, who is also an interpreter, re
turned, and told the policemen that
the occupant of the carriage was tho
wife of the American minister. The
policemen si rugged their shoulders at
this information and insisted that tho
carriage should drive away; they also
ordered the footman to come down
from the box and get inside the car
riage.
The chief of police has called upon
the American minister and explained
to liim that a municipal ordinance
forbids two persons to ride upon the
box of a hired carriage, and that car
riages arc not allowed to stand in
front of the sidewalk at the Hotel
Ingleterre. The policemen in ques
tion will be discharged for their eon
duct.
SYSTEM TIED UP.
Kinploj'M ot the Falrliaveil and Went*
villi* Itallroad Co. on a Strike.
Xew Haven, Conn., Aug. 7.—The
Fairhaven & Westville Railroad Co.,
operating and controlling all trolley
traffic, local and suburban, within a
radius of ten miles of this city, found
its entire system practically tied up
yesterday morning, as a result of a
strike of its 400 conductors and mo
tormen.
The men demand changes and re
forms in methods of administration.
The officials of the company have
thus far refused to yield. Meanwhile
the public are walking.
The company at 10:15 o'clock start
ed out six cars from the barns. Two
policemen were carried to each car.
The strikers themselves were orderly,
but the crowds which had gathered
in considerable number hooted and
jeered at the conductors, niotormen
and policemen aboard the cars.
All efforts to run cars were aban
doned by the company yesterday af
ternoon and at 2 o'clock nothing but
mail cars went over the line. These
were not molested. The disappear
ance of the cars produced good re
sults on the streets and at 2 o'clock
quiet prevailed with traffic at a com
plete standstill.
A \iimbcr ol lleiiili* from Cholera.
Washington. Aug. 7.—The bureau of
insular affairs of the war depart
ment yesterday received a report
front the board of health of the Phil
ippine Islands and city of Manila
dated May 15, 1902. This report was
prepared by Maj. L M. Mails, sur
geon C. S. \.. the commissioner of
public health for the Philippine
Islands. Its principal interest lies in
the report of Asiatic cholera from
the date of its first a pea ra lice in Ma
nila. March 20, 1902, to the date of
the report, which shows that during
that time l.i'l cases of \siatlc chol
era have been reported in Manila, sin)
of whom have died, and 2ii" rceovcied.
I to I.lke a Settlement.
Saginaw. Mich., \ug. 7. \t a meet
ing of representatives of the mine
operators and officials of the district
mine workers' organisation in this
lit \ x * -f.-1«!.i • af leriiiiiiii, n basis of
settlement of the strike ihat has I
in progre > luce April I Int. was
II 1.. • I upo.i i.| llie n I ill-nil nil-lit of
two sections iif the Joint scale »Ui*>
II .11. d .1 ill ' which hereto: ire could
not be agreed upon, and thus* pre*.
■ut agreed til abide hv the arrange
uient stnl to use their good office, m
< pin. I. it. mine
wort, i >.
STATE OF TRADE.
Duii'm Weekly He port In ICucoiira^liu
- Houlrrii ICverywhere Preparing loi
a Heavy l'all Trade.
New York, Aug. U.— 11. (J. Dun <*Ci
Co.'s Weekly Review to-day will say:
Bright prospects in agricultural sec
tions far outweigh the adverse influ
ence of labor disputes which are stiil
retarding trade and manufacture.
Confidence in the future is unshaken,
dealers everywhere preparing for a
heavy fall trade, while contracts for
distant deliveries run further into
next year than is usual at this date.
Activity has been noteworthy in lum
ber regions, and lish packing made
new records.
Aside from the fuel scarcity and
some congestion of tratlic the iron
and steel situation continues propi
tious. Coke ovens in the Connellsville
region maintain a weekly output of
about 230,000 tons and find ready buy
ers at full prices.
Machinery and hardware trade m
fully sustained, but there is idleness
at tin plate mills and glass factories.
Minor metals are steady. Footwear
factories are well engaged on full or
ders and spring samples, and the
tone of the market is firmer, al
though actual advances have been
few. Hides continue their upward
movement, many grades gaining
another good fraction.
Dry goods buyers are coming into
this market to a considerable extent,
yet without placing orders of any
size. Cotton goods importers aie
practically out of the market, prices
on china being below the point wher<J
a profit is possible.
Splendid growing and harvesting
conditions have prevailed in most sec
tions of the country, especially where
the larger and more important crops
are raised. It is now almost certain
that the agricultural returns will be
far above the average as to quantity.
Failures for the week numbered 196
in the Cniteil States against 17ii last
year, and 14 in Canada against 31 a
year ago.
OUR NATIONAL BANKS.
Controller of Currency Make* a State
ment In lte<;ar<l toTlielr Condition.
Washington, Aug. 0. —Hon. William
Barrett Kidgely, controller of the
currency, yesterday made the follow
ing statement in regard to the sum
mary of condition of the national
banks of the United States at the
close of business on Wednesday, .Inly
16: "The reports of condition show
the banks to be in excellent shape as:
have all recent statements of the
kind. The increase in most of the
items of the statement are consistent
with the universal reports of the
prosperous condition of business and
the increase in its volume all over
the country.
"The footing of the statement,
$6,005,754975, is, as might be expected,
the largest on record. The least
favorable feature of the statement,
however, is perhaps the continued in
crease in 10an5—549,102,145, since
the statement of April 30, 1902, and
$264,953,255 over the statement of
July 15, 1901. In this expansion of
the volume of loans there is, of
course, considerable solid growth and
increase of values, upon which loans
can properly be based, but there
must also be some inflation and there,
is always danger ingoing too far in
this direction."
A BIG STRIKE.
It llan Horn Ordered by tlie Structural
Iron Worker*' I'nlon.
Philadelphia, Aug. 9.—The execu
tive board of the Structural Iron
Workers' union at a meeting here
yesterday voted to order a strike of
ali employes of the American Bridge
Co. throughout the country for the
enforcement of the wage scale in the
Philadelphia district. By this order
5,000 men will be affected.
The board further decided to order
all members of the union in the coun
try to refuse to handle any of the
American Bridge Co.'s product that
may be used by any other construc
tion company or contractor. This or
der will affect 5,000 additional work
men. Philadelphia is the only city
in which the union scale is not paid
by the American Bridge Co. The de
mands arc 50 cents an hour for an
eight-hour working day. A strike has
been in progress here since May 1.
A Mysterious Heath.
Chicago, Aug. 9.—The body of the
young woman found Wednesday
night in the vacant lot at the corner
of "4th and State streets has been
identified as that of Miss Minnie
Mitchell, of \o. 604 Forty-fourth
street, this city, and the police are
looking for William Bartholin, a
young mechanic, who was with her
at the time of her disappearance.
'I lie case is shrouded in my.-tery.
but the police are firmly of the opin
ion that the girl was murdered by
Bartholin and that he also murdered
liis own mother, Mrs. \nna Bartholin,
who mysteriously disappeared three
weeks before the Mitchell girl went
away with the young man.
Terrlttc Kxploslon.
Bradford, Pa., \ug. 9. A terrific
explosion yesterday at Irvine's Mills,
seven miles from this place, shook the
earth over a wide ratlins and anni
hilated two h ii tiin ii beings. \ team
<>f horses, a wagon and |ii ten-quart
cans of glycerine went up also in t*!ie
tlasli of lire and cloud of smoke ih.lt.
accompanied the explosion, Joseph
i.ilsun, aged It years, a resident of
Bradford, and linear llergvall, aged
17 years, ail ofliee boy employed In
the Pennsylvania Torpedo Co. were
tlie human \letillis.
I»«ued u Decree.
Washington, Nog. 9. The Mate de
partment has received a canlcgraiii
from Consul \\cry at Beli/c, ItritUh
Honduras, saving that the Itritish
gunboat I'sychc bail called at I lie
liny Islands, where the coutiimudinif
11Iticer summoned the inhabitants and
untitled thcni that a decree had been
made bv lireiii Britain tb clarlui.' that
all per oils in the i-.lauds who were
resident mi Ihe lime the treaty was
Mat!* in !- •> were ritli « «l Hon*
In the i liin I inee thiii iliin from
Ureal Itritnin would retain ih.ir lirlt
ellUen»liip.
GRAND CIRCUIT ftACES.
Tlioy Took Flacn ut IliifliilO During
tli*' I'onrtli Week— A Hlliid Trolltr
Capturm a I'rl/.e.
Buffalo, X. V., Aug. 5. —The fourth
week of the grand circuit opened at
the Fort Krie track yesterday with
clear skies and a fast track. Three
races were deckled, each in straight
heats. In the 2:30 trot, Kythinie, the
blind trotter, won. Dan it. won the
2:OS pace just as cleverly. In the 2:12
trot Dan T. won in three straight
heats.
'Buffalo, X. Y., Aug. 6. —The second
day of the grand circuit was rather
tame. Direct Hal and The liomaii
repeated their wins of early in the
season. The only excitement came in
the first heat of the 2:24 pace, when
there was a collision on the first turn,
the drivers of King Charles and
Grasshopper being unseated, (irass
hopper made the circuit of the track
without a driver, but King Charles
was stopped. Cooper, who drove the
forcer, was not hurt, but Maloney,
the owner of King Charles, got a
black eye and a badly skinned check.
The judges ruled that as the collision
seemed unavoidable all horses would
start in the other heats. Maloney
got up behind King Charles and in
the third heat made a plucky drive,
getting second place and the third
money of the race.
Buffalo, X. Y., Aug. 7. —The feature
of the third day of the grand circuit
meeting was the defeat of Koamer in
the 2:14 pace. The race went six
heats, Boainer getting the lirst two
handily in and 2:0714*. in the
third Laeonda, the Xew England
pacer, came at him and they had it
hammer and tongs all through the
mile, I.aconda winning by a head.
Time 2:07'/,.
Buffalo, X. Y., Aug. B.—Rain at
Fort Erie this afternoon necessitated
postponing the finish 'if the 2:14 and
2:07 trots until this afternoon. The
sensation of the afternoon was the
defeat of The Monk by Chain Shot.
Buffalo, Aug. 9.—The two magnifi
cent races of the grand cireut meet
ing at Fort Krie were run off yester
day before a free admission crowd,
composed mostly of bettors whose
wagers were hanging in the balance.
WOULD CUT THE CABLE.
Instruction* Kent to Commander .lie-
Han to l*revent It.
Washington, Aug. 9.—The United
States and ilaytien Telegraph and
Cable Co. lias appealed to the state
and navy departments here to pre
vent the cutting of its cable at Cape
Ilaytien. According to information
received by the cable ctimpany in
Xew York the Ilaytien gunboat
"Crete-a-Perriot," which is tinder the
command of Admiral Ixillick, who al
lied himself with the revolutionary
government under Gen. Firmiit, and
who has been appointed secretary of
war and navy under the revolutionary
government, intends to sever the
company's cable between Cape Ilay
tien and Xew York. Tl»e company
appealed to the authorities here to
instruct Commander McCrea, of the
gunboat Machias, to protect the ca
ble from violence.
Acting Secretary of State Adee and
Acting Secretary of the Navv Darling
held a conference over the matter
and decided that it was proper for
this government., in the protection of
the international interests involved,
to issue the instructions, and accord
ingly a cablegram was sent to Com
mander McCrea directing him to pre
vent the cutting of the cable.
A CLOUDBURST.
It Dun Ilexlrili'tlve Work In .Tlanl
tou, Col.
Colorado Spring, Col., Aug. 6.
Manitou presented a sorrowful spec
tacle last evening. There was a
cloudburst in the vicinity of Wood
land Park yesterday and the flood
that descended Ute Pass did more
damage in Manitou and the Pass than
had been done before by a single
storm for years. There is not a wagon
bridge left in Cte Pass below Cascade,
the Rainbow Falls, one of the beauty
spots of the vicinity of Manitou, has
been put out of existence, and the
carriage road is washed out complete
ly at several places. In the Soda
Springs park in Manitou the wreck
age. consisting of household goods,
lumber, railroad ties, bridge timbers,
tree trunks, etc., is from 20 to 30 feet
high.
During the height of the flood the
stores along the north side of Canyon
avenue were a foot under water for
an hour.
Street Mallxvav Strike Settled.
Huntington, W. Va., Aug. 6. —The
Camden Inter-State street railway
strike, which has been on since Sun
day last, was declared off yesterday
and all the cars on the Ohio, Ken
tucky and West Virginia divisions
were being operated last night
on schedule time by union crews. At
a conference here yesterday Presi- j
dent liralunn. of the Camden com
pany. ami members nf the National |
Executive Board of llailway Em
ployes. the strike was satisfactorily
adjusted, the company agreeing to
recognize the union.
Tin l*lale IMaitl* flowed llown.
Pittsburg. Aug. 9.-Of the 2S plants
of the \ilierican £>ii Plate Co., upd
ating 271 mills. I.i plants with a ca
pacity of 129 mills have been closed
Indefinitely. These suspensions have
followed the refusal of the tin plale
workers to accept a reduction in
wages iii order that export business
to the amount of i,suu,nou boxen
might lie obtained, but ii is an
nounced that the shutting down of
the works is due to a lack of trade.
for llrtleriiinii »t Condition*.
( inciniiati. Vug. 5. \u important
ineetiiijr of West Virginia coal opera
tor* wa- held in this i*lt x ye terilay
looking toward what the operators
term a liclternicnt of Oh- conditions
which t hey htlVe In contend with lit
thi- lime The first and iiiom Import
ant question Is the uniformity of
rate- for the coming winter season,
anil Hume of the operators are au
thority for the Hlutenient that the
price will alliance within the next few
which the companies have been
obliged to mnntl la the waj of ntrike».
THE COAL STRIKE.
At Shenandoah, Pa., Things Are
Quieting Down.
I'lve Mine* Are Flooded and Will He
Permanently Abandoned Jury
Hold** ICloter* ItenpoxiMlble
For Jo*. Hoddall'a Death
Wutcliinun Killed.
Wilkesbarre, Pa. t Aug. 7.—Daniel J.
Sweeney, n watchman in the employ
of the Delaware, Lackawanna <fc
Western Co., at their Mliss colliery in
Hanover township, was tound (lead in
a field in Hanover township yester
day morning. J|e quit work at mid
night and was fallowed by a score of
men. The men were making threat*
and Sweeney was afraid of them. He
took refuge in a saloon and waited
there for some time. After he thought
the crowd that followed him had dis
persed he left for his home. This
was the last seen of him alive.
Shenandoah, Pa., Aug. 7.—William
Stein, the state mine inspector for
the Shenandoah region, yesterday an
nounced that live collieries under his
jurisdiction, which have an estimated
total value of $1,500,000, have been
rendered useless by reason of having
been flooded and have been perma
nently abandoned by the companies
owning them.
Clarksburg, W. Va., Aug. 7.—.Judge
(loff, in a lengthy and profound opin
ion. yesterday afternoon refused to
release the miners committed to jail
by Judge Jackson for contempt, on
habeas corpus proceedings, and af
firmed the action of Judge Jackson,
who issued the injunction, which if is
claimed the defendants violated.
Shenandoah, l'a., Aug. 8. —The coro
ner's jury which has been investigat
ing the death of Joseph Bcddall, who
received his fatal injuries in the riot
here last week, concluded its inquiry
yesterday and rendered a verdict
holding "Joseph Paluwiez, a butcher;
'Matthew Paularkas, a one-armed sa
loonkeeper, and many other rioters
unknown to the jury," responsible
fur the killing. The men named in
the verdict are now locked up and
other arrests will follow.
Shenandoah, Pa., Aug. 8. —The
throwing of stones at the troops was
repeated early yesterday morning.
This time the attack was not made
on the camp, but against the provost
guards stationed at the Pennsylvania
railroad station near one of the for
eign colonies in the southern part of
the town. So one was captured, as
the offenders had escaped before the
soldiers reached the top of the hill.
Shenandoah. Pa., Aug. 8. —The lie v.
Rev. Charles Kdwards, pastor of the
Presbyterian church here, and for
merly state president of the Young
Men's I'ible society, said yesterday
that the young men in his congrega
tion, which is made tip principally of
mine workers, have informed bir.i
that foreigners have determined to
cut off an ear of every man who re
turns to work, so that they will for
ever be marked as "unfair workmen."
Shenandoah, Pa., Aug. O.—A platoon
of the governor's troops of cavalry
went to Turkey Run hui yesterday
on an errand of mercy and rescued
small family from violence of the
neighbors. There had been many
petty acts of violence reported from
thai territory nearly every day for ,t
week. Yesterday l!rig. (ien. Gobin
received a pathetic letter from the
wife of a non-union workman who is
employed in the (lilberton colliery '.if
the Philadelphia & Heading Coal and
Iron Co., in which she tells of the
treatment accorded her by strikers in
that vicinity. Among other things
she said that rocks had been thrown
through the windows at night, one of
them nearly striking her sleeping
child.Turkey Run hill has no police
protection and (ien. (iobin decided to
help the woman.
The troops rode all over the terri
tory and found that the population,
which is made up of many foreigners,
was not in the best frame of mind.
The soldiers were hooted and jeered
and called uncomplimentary names.
Only one stone was thrown at the
horsemen and this was done by some
one in a crowd on a high ridge out of
reach of the soldiers. The cavalry
men stopped their horses and the
crowd scattered instantly.
Wilkcsbnrre, Pa., Aug. I). President
Mitchell, in an interview Inst even
ing, saiil lie was satisfied with the
situation in tlie hard coal region.
'Scranton, Aug —The lapouse
washery of the Scranton Coal Co., .1
liraneli of the Ontario iV Western coal
department, was destroyed yesterday
afternoon by a fire of iiucxpiainabta
origin. The Dodge colliery of the
Delaware, Lackawanna it Western
Co., located at the southern boun
dary of the city, resumed work yes
terday morning with :>»0 men. Ilaif
of these are old employes of the 00l-
Jiery working under ground.
Pottsville, I'a., Aug. !). The Phila
delphiu A Heading Coal A Iron Co.
yesterday began operations at the
Vnehor washery in the lleekshervillo
valley. Non-union men were em
ployed, having been taken to tint
workings by a special train under an
armed guard.
■ •Id Mot I'tlMl Trcaiurc.
Victoria. It. Nutf. '•>. The elabo
rately out tit ted expedition which set
sail from here early in January on
the lllakely, to search for
the mythical treasure of Coco- Is
land, has returned like other expedi
tion* which have visited the island
without hatin seen anything "t
treasure of nn\ kind. The expedition
wan an utter failure.
Iletulultoiini) r Ktllcil.
Panama, t oloiiibln. Vug. >. \ tele
graphic niessaife received here from
llogota. says that lieu, Vlariu. the
revolutionary leader in the Depart
ment of Toll ma, ami his IIUIK
been attacked alnl destroyed by tfo*-
eriiiueiit soldiers, I'uliilo, another
persistent revolutionary tighter (it
folium, who refilled to siirreno *i,
ha« been captured with his compan
ion* iii iiiirytiM, I'oliuia. The depart*
•»I I said e<in-ei|i|i'iit h 10 In- paci
fied It is bell' t >| that the lie It
taken (trigone l will, follow ilifl I l'«»-
eent decree, lie *feot.
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