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W E E K L Y E D r r a O N . f f l t a m b i a t t IMPROVING 8 ANITARY CONDITION GOES ON RAPIDLY. Two Persons Have Gone Insane From _ the Effects of the Disastrous Flood —More Di^ad Found—170 Bodies All Told 80 Far—Help In Way of Labor ers and M^ney Wanted. Heppner, Ore., June 22.—The bad effects of the great disaster at Heppner are now being felt on the residents of this city. Word has reached here that Mrs. Barah Stamp of Heppner, who was visiting at Prescott, Wash., a town a long distance from here, has been committed to the Insane asylum at Medical Lake. She became insane a week ago yesterday. K Is said that while In Prescott she heard a prophecy of a fortune teller that all Heppner Vould be destroyed by a great flood. The news to her was so fearful that she could not stand up under It and she was driven Into a maddening rage, and had to., be sent to the Insane hos pital. Woitl also comes from Willow Junc tion that John Qaglimo, a French sheepherder. Is a raving maniac. He was just below Heppner when the flood came. He rushed to the hillside only In time to escape and see the who were with him perish by floating down with the tide. Many people, especially those who have lost aiPthelr earthly belongings by the great flood of a week ago, have not yet awakened to the great enormity of their losses. They are still under great excitement and will be until the greater portion of the debris Is cleared away, all bodies recovered and after a greater portion of the people who have come In to give assistance have left. Time after time can be heard on the streets the prediction that people will go crasy, commit suicide or commit some rash acL Some of the most heavily afflicted have said they are afraid their minds will become de ranged. Work of Improving sanitary condi tions Is conducted rapidly under direc tion of dr. Smith of Pendleton. The first work of cleaning up will be the pumping out of mud and slime from cellars, wells and other deep holes filled at the time the water rushed over them. Engines are at work day and night pumping out these places. These are the places where It Is ex pected more bodies will be found. The bodies are found right In town In un expected places, while ruins and wet mud are being taken from the street beds. Thp dead are arriving extremely slow, only two being found. J. L. Ayers, a pioneer of the county and sheep- owner, and W. A. Fisher, of Spray. This makes the total recovered and Identified 170. Estimates greatly In crease the number of lives lost, which probably will reach 250 or 275. The bodies found are badly decomposed. Ayers was burled this afternoon. A heavy rain prevailed beife for two honrs. This retarded work consider ably, but was a godsend, as It will probably be the means of saving the rest of the town from destruction by fire. Many of the debris fires extinguished. Store buildings and only partially ruined- residences are. being moved back to their places. Services were held In only one church Sunday and those by outside ministers. The meet ings were well attended and more than ordinary Interest taken. There were numerous supplications offered for the dead and bereaved. Aid continues to come, but the magnitude of the wreckage and de struction grows as time goes on. More help in\the way of money and laborers Is needed. The executive committee has ap pointed H. C. Johnson, J. K. Carr and J. A. Thompson to examine and mark all buildings that have to be torn down and hauled away, such as are beyond any redemption and repair. There are many such buildings. _ It will be two weeks before even the bulk of the debris will be burned. 8tench Is Awful. Heppner, Ore., June 24.—With the cleaning up of this city, which two thirds destroyed by the horrible flood over a week ago, the stench has become unbearable. Diseases of many kinds are expected to break out at any time. As a result of this, men who still reside here are sending their families out of the city until the wreckage can be cleared away. The worst odors came from vaults, cellars, wells and cess pools, which . were filled with debris, mud and slime. Contrary to anticipations, no bodies were found In these places. The work of pumping out these places Is nearly completed and disinfectants are placed In them as quickly as possible. Al kali dirt was used In most instances. 8lx hundred men are regularly em ployed on the new steamship Kaiser Wilhelm. The sneak thieves were busy in Bozeman last wVek. Dr. Fred Tracey1 has been appointed meat and milk Inspector for Fergus county. T. H. Deckert, who owns a barber shop In Billings, committed suicide re cently. W. H. Raymond has been appointed state* fair director .'or Madison county. The twenty-third annual convocation of the Episcopal church of Montana was held In Butte this week. The United Irish societies of Butte and Anaconda are making plans for a big picnic to be given at Deer Lodge on Sunday, July 18. Flathead county Is to have a new town. It Is to be called Harrisburg and articles of Incorporation are filed with the secretary.of state. The board of pardons has approved of Governor Toole’s pardon of Charles Parcher, sentenced from Gallatin coun- on the charge of horse stealing. Shearing was finished last week at the corrals of Kermode ft Locke on Mission creek. Crews are now busy with flocks on the upper Shields river. An appeal for the relief of the flood stricken people of Heppner, Ore., has been made by the Woodmen of the World and Women of Woodcraft to the neighbors of all the camps and circles of the order. E. W. King of Lewlstown announces that the notorious Bob Ammon, now trial In New York, has causeAo be dismissed the long-pending suit it the Great Northern Mining ft Development company for $1,000,000 damages and the recovery of the Gilt Edge group of miner. James McKinney, the -last of the Glasgow fugitives who broke jail June 6, was shot to death after he had made an Ineffectual attempt to kill Miss Darnell, who discovered him hiding in her icehouse. The shell stuck In Mc Kinney’s rifle and while he was en deavoring to extract It the. girl’s father appeared with a rifle and shot the out law through the arm. The fugitive then made a dash for the brush, but a Blither shot from Darnell’s rifle brought the desperado to the ground. McKinney lived three hours after be ing shot William Hardee] the other fugitive, who was sentenced to be banged here June 25 for the murder of Charles 8hearly, was killed by the posse about 75 miles southeast of Glasgow. Charles R. Hill, one of the posse, was killed by Hardee. With the exception of a few sup plemental courses, the state textbook commission has completed the work of adopting books for the use of Mon tana schools for the next six years, and the result summarized shows the following adoptions, together with the books: Spellers—American Book company. Readers—Ginn ft Co. Copy books—B. H. Sanborn ft Co. Arithmetics—D. C. Heath ft Co. Mental arithmetics—State Publish ing company. Geographies—Ginn ft Co. Grammars—Maynard, Merrill ft Co., and Rand. McNally ft Co. Montana history—Whlttaker-Ray Co. Physiologies—American Book 'Co. Histones—Scribner ft Co. 'Music—Silver, Burdett ft Co. Drawing—Webb, Ware ft Zaner. Civics—F. C. Kress. Supplemental reading—811ver, Bur dett & Co. Supplemental drawing—Prang Edu cational company. Supplemental civics — American Book company. Killed by Gat Explosion. Tamaqua, Pa., June 24.—By an ex plosion of gas in the No. 4 mine of the Lehigh Coal ft Navigation company late at night, 14 men were so badly burned that It Is thought six of them will die. Daniel Lewis, a miner, succumbed > his Injuries today. Two English speaking miners and throe foreigners are In a critical con dition, and their recovery is doubtful. The explosion. It Is believed, was due to a defective safety lamp. RUNAWAY FREIGHT TRAIN RAN INTO CITY 00 MILE 8 AN HOUR. National Editorial Association. Omaha. Neb., June 23.—The local committee which has In charge the ar rangements for the entertainment of the National Editorial association meeting In Omaha July 7, announces the completion <3f Its program. Forest Fire In Minnesota. Sparta, Minn., June 23.—A furious forest fire has been burning all day about two miles from this village and about a mile from the Genoa mine lo cation. 8am Sjeele Is Dead. Chicago, June 23.—Sam Vernon Steele, for many years one of the best known dramatic and musical critics In Chicago, died here of bronchitis. It Is one of the peculiarities of travel by balloon that you do not feel any thing; all Is still with you, no matter If you are In the teeth of a hurricane. 81x cadets from Peru have arrived to take the course at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. Four Persons Killed and 8 everal In- JMted—Many Buildings Wreclced— Wrecked Train Scattered Along for One-Half Mile—Happened at 4 o’clock In the Morning. Spokane, June 23.—Like a mighty thunderbolt -a runaway train of sixty heavily loaded *eafs swept down the old Spokane Fails ft Northern grade and tore through Spokane about day light Monday morning. Gaining mo mentum as It swept down the long -slope from Hlllyard, It struck the end of the track at Division street with a speed estimated at-from 80 to 00 miles per hour. Leaping free from the tracks, crossing Division street like a flash, tearing Its way over the rough ground and through the rocks, It struck the residence of James Slee with tre es edoua force, crushing It to fragments, killing two of the sleeping Inmates and Injuring three more. The crystal laun- dry, 200-feet farther west on River ave nue, finally checked the rushing cars, but was casriecf from Its foundations. At least four ato dead. At ieast three are injured. Froto 60 to 90 cars, •wrecked and battered, are scattered along the path of the runaway for nearly a quarter of a mile. The house of James Slee, lq, Harri son avenue, is completely wrecked— smashed to kindling wood. The Crystal laundry building was moved from its foundations—shoved bodily three or four feet to the west by the force of the blow. From the laundry building for nearly a quarter of a mile to the east the wrecked cars are strewn. Around Di vision street nearly 30 cars were plied great heaps. Such was the force of the rushing train that wheels ami parts of cars are found nearly 100 feet from the track. West of Division street where the track ends, a furrow nearly 600 feet long has been plowed In the earth by the rushing cars. The Dead. The list of dead, so far as known now, is as follows: Slee, 9 years old, son of James Slee, who was asleep In the wrecked house. Bill Thomas, a _ tramp, who. It la supposed was asleep In a boxcar standing on the line east of Division street\ A tramp, whose name could not be learned, but who Is supposed to have been asleep with Thomas In the box- ir.‘ One other body was sighted In tlje wreck, buf not taken out at this re port. Coroner Smith, with his assistants, had arrived on the scene, and began clearing away the debris In an attempt rescue the body. The unfortunate man Is undoubtedly dead. The Injured. The Injured are: Two children of the Slee family, Jim 81ee, the oldest son, and Viola Slee, the baby. Both were removed to the Sacred Heart hospital. Also Irene Meyers, daughter of Mrs. Meyers, who occupies a portion of the house In coppany with the Slee family. 'How It Happened. As near as can be learned from 60 i 90 cars were In the runaway train. These cars. It Is supposed, were stand ing on the old Spokane Falls ft North- tracks at Hlllyhrd, which are now used by the Great Northern for stor age purposes. The track from Hlllyard Into Spo kane has a heavy down grade all of the way. The cars started of their own accord on their journey. It Is estimated by railroad officials that the train was composed of from 60 to 90 cars, there being no engine attached. The cars were loaded with soft coal, the majority of them being boxcars. A few flats appeared at Intervals, and those cars were loaded with stove wood and lumber, two tanks of oil be- g near the front of the train. The majority. If not all'the cars In the string, were loaded, and represent ed thousands of tons to be added to the weight of the cars. As the long train gathered headway i Its four mile coast lpto the city the weight of a terrible momentum attained and the velocity of the train In Its mad rush Is estimated by train- to have been In the neighborhood of 80 or 90 miles an hour. The roar of the flying cars struck terror to the hearts of the resident* of the north side of the river in the vicinity of the track. At all points along the track the switches were set wide open for the main line, not divert ing the course of the runaway from the many side tracks connected at Inter vals with the main line. No brakemen were on the cars at the time and the train rushed way to destruction unchecked way. Comes to Lift the American Cup With Shamrock III. New York, June 26.—On the White Star liner Oceanic, from Liverpool, re ported at 11:80 a. n r from Nantucket, were Sir Thomas Llpton and J. P. Morgan. The former comes with the avowed purpose of lifting the American cup, but he received a welcome any potentate might be proud of. When the Oceanic was reported, Sir Thomas Upton's steam yacht Erin, convoyed by tl^ ocean tug Cruiser, which was sent across with the Sham rocks, started down the bay. Ex-Com modore Smith’s yacht, the Privateer* which has been the regatta commit tee's boat at all the races of the 90 footers thus far held under the New York Yacht club auspices, also started out to greet Sir Thomas. On the Privateer was Adjutant Gen eral Corbin, to welcome Sir Thomas on behalf of President Roosevelt. Gen eral Corbin bore an Invitation Thomas to take luncheon at the White House Friday. The Oceanic arrived In The Narrows flying from her mizzon mast the flag of Sir Thomas Llpton, the shamrock. She closely followed by the Erin and Mr. Morgan's yacht, the Corsair. At quarantine Sir Thomas said he was glad to arrive once more. “She Is a remarkable boat I know you people have a good one, but the Shamrock III. Is a remarkable boat' J. P. Morgan's times was taken ui by representatives of his house, and he gave no interview at quarantine. General Corbin, accompanied by Gen eral Chaffee and Major Bird, military secretary of Governor Odell, went board at quarantine. General Corbin presented Sir Thomas an Invitation from President Roosevelt to lunch with him on Friday, which Sir Thomas ac cepted. 8Ir Thomas’ health was drunk ft the smoking room. In response to the toast he said; ‘I thank you for your kind and hearty welcome, and hope that I will win.this time. It Is my sole ambition • lift the cup.” To a reporter 8ir Thomas said: “Af ter a couple of raegs, 8hamrock I. will be ready for a rac$ with anything In these waters. If I can help the sport I will be ready to entertain any sort Of a proposition then.” . Sir Thomas Upton was the guest of honor at a dinner given at the Wal dorf-Astoria by two- score of bis friends. Major General Henry C. Cor-' bln presided. DELAWARE MINI 8 TER QUOTED FROM 8 CRIPTURE. DESPERATE JAIL BREAK. Convicts Trying to Escape From Colo rado Pen Were 8 hoL Canyon City, Col, June 24.—One convict was shot and Instantly killed and another was fatally wounded by guards at the state 'penitentiary, when attempting to escape. At 8 o'clock In the morning a number of convicts overpowered the overseers and guards at the washhouse, secur ing their keys. On the way to the front gate the convicts captured Mrs. Cleghorn, wife of the warden, and placed her In front of them. Reach ing the front gate they dynamited It and got outside, taking Mrs. Cleghorn with them. • The warden Instructed the guards to pick convicts off, taking care not shoot his wife. When 60 yards from the prison, Mrs. Cleghorn tainted and the convicts released her. In the shooting, which was general from the guards, Convict Kukendall, No. 6385, was instantly killed by Guard Redman. James Armstrong, the ring leader, was shot by Night Captain Clark, and e will die. .Two other men are reported at some little distance from the prison, and two others are known to be gone, one of them being wounded. They arq on horseback, having stopped a wagon, cutting the horse loose and'escaping. ' Telephone Men 8 trlke. San Francisco, June 25.—Over 1500 electrical linemen In the employ of the Pacific States Telephone ft Tele graph company are out on a strike. Some of the linemen In California, Ore gon, Washington and Arizona quit work to enforce demands for the adop tion of an increased wage scale. The strike order was issued by electrical workers’ union, No. 151. Disobeyed Church Law. Salt Lake, Utah, June 26.—Because they disobeyed an order of the local church authorities nearly . 600 young Mormons of both sexes in Brigham (Jlty, Utah.-iavo been threatened with excommunication. The offense was patronizing a dancing pavilion ^fln In opposition to one owned by the fchurch, Elberton Picnic. Elberton, Wash, June 25.—Governor McBride addressed between 3000 and 3600 people at the big annual picnic here today. It was one of the largest and most enthusiastic public outpour ings In the history of Whitman, and the reception tendered the governor far surpassed an ovation. A mountain of granite two mill long and'a half mile wide is said, to have been discovered In Oklahoma. 8 ald the -Law Was Too 8 low—Judges to Blame—George White, a Con fessed 8 layer, Was Burned at the 8take—500 People Present at the Lynching, Wilmington, Del, June, 26.—Rev. Robert A. Klwood, pastor of the Olivet Presbyterian church, preached a sen sational sermon on the probable lynch ing of White. He took his text from Corinthians 4:13: ’Therefore, put away from among ourselves that wick ed person.” In referring to a speedy trial for the negro. Rev. Elwood said: T call your especial attention to that part of the text found In the constitu tion in which It says: ’In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall fenjoy the right to a speedy and public trial.” “On the day of this terrible crime the officers arrested a man supposed to be guilty. He was taken before a magistrate and held without ball. He Is in jail and armed guards parading about for his protection, waiting until the middle .of September. Is speedy? Is It even constitutional7 Oh, honorable judges, call the court, estab lish a precedent and the girls of this state, the wives' oPthe homes and the mothers of our fireside and our beloved sisters will not be sorry and neither will you. “And honorable Judges,” he tifiued, “If you do not hear and heed these appeals and that prisoner should be taken out and lynched, then let say to you with a full realization of the responsibility of my words, even as Nathan said to King David of old, after his soldiers had killed Uriah. Thou are the man,’ so I would say to you: The responsibility for lynch ing would be yours tor delaying the execution of the law.- \Should the murderer of Miss Bishop be lynched? Yes, but only-under ope condition, and that is this—If his trial shall be delayed until September and then, though he be proven gtf\ through some technicality of the law or any undue Influence npon either Judges or jury, he be not given capital punishment, then the citizens q f the state should arise In their might and execute the criminal and thus uphold the majesty,of the law.” The Lynching. All is quiet In this community fol lowing the horrible lynching of George White. Helen Bishop’s confessed slay- Of the large mob that overpowered the authorities, stormed the New Cas tle county workhouse and dragged from a cell the trembling wretch and burned him at the stake, the Identity of only one Is publicly known. That person Is Peter 8m!th a boy of 12 years, who fejl when the workhouse guards fired a volley Into the ranks of the attacking mob. The lad, who was shot In the back. Is seriously wounded and will probably die. After the mob had completed Its work of vengeance the body of the negro ravlsber and murderer was left chained to the stake with the fire burning all around it and the members of the lynching party went home. A rain which began falling later ex tinguished the fire, and at daylight the charred body still hung limp In plain sight of passersby. Public sentiment here, so far as ex pressed appears to approve the lynch ing of White, and It is not believed there will be any arrests.' Negro Confesses. -White’s confession was made just before the torch was applied to the pile of oil soaked bushes around him. He Is stated to have said: “I was sent by Mr. Woodward to the cornfield. I saw Mr. Woodward’s daughter and Intended to assault her, couple of men came along, and I did not disturb her. Then I saw tne Bishop girl, and I followed her. I seized her and asked her If she had any money she would give me to let her go. She gave me 60 cents. Then I again seized her and she cried, ‘Please don’t hurt me.’ I choked hbr and ac complished my purpose. Then I ask ed her if she was golpg to tell on me. She said she was. I gave her a hack In the throat with ipy knife and asked again If she was going to Inform on me. She said she was, and then I cut her throat twice again and left her. After that I went back to Mr. Wood ward and told him there was no water to drink down there, and he sent somewhere else. I went back at once, but soon left. Then I went back to the house find put on a white hat stead of the cap f wore. You would not do this If I was a white man and did that” The negro’s confession rendered the already Incensed crowd even t desperate, and some wanted to tear him limb from limb before they reach ed the scene of his execution. The negro begged piteously not to burned. Although his sufferings were terrible. White remained conscious and rational to the last. While at times during the night there were at least 6000 people around the workhouse the men who actually took part In the lynching did not num ber over 500. The leader was a man who said his name was Baker, and that he was from Virginia. WONDERFUL GOLD FIND. Quartz Found In British Columbia Goes Over $100400 a Ten. Kgalo, B. C, June 26.—Frank Mar quis and George Gilbert came in from the Lardo-Duncan country with reports of a gold find that casts everything be fore heard of In that belt completely In the shade. They have pieces of quartz that are more than one half These specimens will run In values to the ton up to figures almost . Incredible. Intense excitement was aroused and the room where the find on exhibition has been thronged - all day. In the fruit can brought down there Is about $100 worth of; gold. Parties are being rapidly formed to proceed td the place of the find and giving every assistance to others who may wish to make-additional loca tions. Mr. Marquis, who is a reliable and experienced mining man, states that he has at very lowest estimate over a ton of ore ready to be sacked that will give at least $ 100 , 000 . The property, which is called the Gold Park group, of two claims. Is on Poplar creek, a tributary o f the Lardo river, about one mile from the Koote nay ft Arrowhead railway and about 20 miles from Lardo. The find was made while doing assessment work. 8ome 20 open cuts have been made. In all of which good ore has been un covered gfrlng fair values, bat noth-'—■ ing like tins find was met with. The ore Is white quartz and carbonates, carrying big quantities of free gold and chloride of gold. The vein from which this ore was taken Is about seven inches wide, Wid ening in places to 10 Inches, the whole gangue being impregnated with filigree gold. The vein has been uncovered In places for several hundred feet The owners came to town to procure supplies, more tools and sacks to sack the ore, and will return at once. A large party is preparing to accompany them. Several parties have already left for the ground. The country Is very heavily timbered and the Immediate vicinity Is rough and precipitous. Numerous finds have been made on the Lardo and Its tribu taries of gold quartz carrying gold values, but.nothing-approaching this has ever been met with. The strike la about 40 miles from Kaslo and Is not far from Tenderfoot and Meadow creeks, where good prop erties are being now worked. Marquis and Gilbert say that they are In the same mineral belt with the Silver Cup, the Triune and the Ophlr Lode groups, all of which carry the same character of ore. Mortality In Cuba. Washington—A copy of the monthly report of Dr. C. R. Finlay, chief sani tary officer for thp Island of Cuba, which has been received At the Cuban legation here, contains the following: “The showing for 1902 and the be ginning of 1902, Is very satisfactory, only In regard to the complete ex emption from yellow fever and small pox, but also In the number of deaths from mdlarla In the total mortality. ' There has been no smallpox on the isl- and since June, 1900, or yellow fever : since September, 1901, and the pro gress In the decrease In malaria has continued without interruption. The condition regarding tuberculosis, how ever, Is not so satisfactory.' There has been an Increase of 6 to 6 per cent In deaths from that disease In each 1 of the years 1901 and 1902 and at th e -' present time the proportion of deaths ■* from that cause to the general mor- • tallty amounts to over 16 per cent The - - board of health 1 s making efforts to-. - test the efficiency of sanitary measures , In that direction. , Jumped From Brooklyn Bridge. ,lt ,t New York, June 25.—Archibald Mor:. rlson, a silk salesman, committed su^- clde In a novel way from the Brooklyn 4 ,. bridge. He climbed the platform rafP. lng south of the Brooklyn tower, Jumif* * ed on top of a train bound for Brook- lyn, fell off the last car, struck th#- - third rail, was flung across the trackt fell through the ties and landed on-. '2 Front street, more than 100 feet be-'-d low, a mangled corpse. Not Guilty. The Jury In the De Lartigue mwi,,* der case, returned a verdict of “nqt.»u guilty,\ after being out 21 bours. Noil it demonstration whatever was manifest-’ '1* ed when the verdict was read. defendant showed no sign of emotion^ ,, when she was released. * To the people the verdict Is msrp^.s than a surprise. No Change In Name. Butte. Mont., June 25.—By a ms&ft Ity of two votes the Episcopal convflpif,.,, tlon of the district of Montana, no« ,{« In session here, passed a resolutlpn.- V against changing the name of ;thS’ church from \Episcopal\ to American church. -.ii.-Mf. The world Is to have a new Intoxi cant made from the tl root which Is ids fit In the Hawaiian Islands.
