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VOL. XXXIV. NO. 24.
ENGINEERS FINALLY CONQUER UNRULY COLORADO
SEVEN MEN KILLED, OTHERS HURT IN PENNSYLVANIA MINE EXPLOSION
KILLED
Fatal Explosion in
/Shaft, Victims ;Be-.
ing Foreigners
'-.;■ . * . ).
Four Ye rs Ago 114 Men
Lost Their Jives
Near by-
It Ii Supposed That Gas Was Fired
by the Putting Off of a Blast *
Near Johnetown, Perm.
• • • syivanla
■ i By Ansocmtod Press. ,
" .JOHNSTOWN, Pa.. Oct. 24.-By an
'-■explosion in. the nilno of the Cambria
; i Steel company hero today seven men
are reported to bo dead and two paln
• fully. but not fatally hurt. '
,!;'. The .explosion Is thought to -have
V been caused by tho generating. of gas
X by the setting off of a. blast.' '
"'•Most of .the, victims ara foreigners.
.'] The explosion occurred In tho mouth
of the mine shaft. •■; ... . J
w Eighteen -men are , reported Impris
oned in the" heading, but , no mention is
made T of this in a statement to the
/Asspclated"Pres».today.' : - • *, s ;'.' . ~"
yAn' offlciaiVstateiricnt* given '.by' the
j roana'ger of the Steel com
pany cays:,-'-, '"t. *.".'■*' : ,^*""
''."By ftn! explosion in' the rolling mill
min6 ' ot ythH " Cambria : Steel company
this" evening | seven men rtrn dead ohd
two .are painfully' but not' fatally' in-
JuVed. ; "Up 'to the present time^only
ohp of. the dead has been'identiod. 'Ho
Ib an ' American born", miner", named
BampHon' Luther, . • ' . V
'-'"It la bslleved the. other dead, are all
' foreigners,' >as are the two injured.
' '"The explosion took -place ■at ■ head-
Ing No:. 29. a'short distanoo from tho
. 111-fated --Klondike f section, where 114
mey lost, their lives |_about four years
"The. exact cause 'is not known, but
It la- eupposed that the gas was red
by tho . putting off of a blust. i !
• "AH the men -when -found had their
I nftfoty lamps In proper trim, showing
that tho accident tfould not have been
by negligence in this direction. i ;
■■ "No damage was ■ done ;to the work-
Ings end ; the i Ine will be running to
morrow as. usual." '" *
\." Many 'reports were spread as to' the
lnrge number. of, men imprisoned in
, tho mine, but these reports subse
. nuantly. were found to bo untrue." .
Thn men,' killed .:vrero alone In , the
hiMirtiiiK at the time "of tho hxplosion.
.The dead men were taken out of tho
"' mine about 0 o'clock tonight.
LYNCH NEGRO IN .
CEJITERVILLE, MISS,
By Associated Presa.
NEW; ORLEANS, ■ I.n.'. Oct. 24.— Tom
Crpmpton, a s npgro, ■ was lynched near
Cehtervllle, Miss., -today.. It Is ulleg«d
that he-confeHsed that; ho murdered Eli
Whitr.ker. "a farmev. . : ■ , "
' Whitaker wns .murdered yesterday,
and all Inst' night a ponse of men, 'sus
pecting foul pluy. searched for him.
• .With • thin poi»RO -was Cromi'ton. the
ne*tro.' ' ■' . .■' ■ ■ . ■'. .' . ■ •' • ' ' :
•Today.' he begged leave 1 from thr
searchers to go homo, but, utter he had
gone' the. posse followed him. finding,
'it Is alleged, that Instead of going honiu
he | had gone to tho syot where "Whit
aker 1 s body lay, and cutting oft; tho
head; arms and l«"ss with an ax had
dropped, them Irito.a sinkhole, near his
cabin. *.:"":' ' ; ' "• '.".'
LIQUOR MEN WOULD .
r DEFENSES
By. Associated' Press. ■ - •' •*„ >
. ; NEW YOniC'Oct.' 21. -At . todays
session f of. the National Liquor league's
convention Preslednt Hugh Dolan made
his I annual report. - and' recommended
that « tho xirganlgution strengthen Its
means of defense. ' He riaid;-, -'
"So • much hue ■ been Accomplished by
the ; anti-saloon . len^Uo that It' would
swiii . unneccdßary ■ to cull uttcntion to
the' great "danger wlilch' .confronts us,
but'therfoet remains ;thut theru-'are
dozens • engaged in IniKini'Ks who ap
preciate .tho gruvity of the' situutlon
vfhenit.lß too late to prevent' thu pun
sage of oppressive ■ laws." '...
BROKER HENNING /'.^ggtfel
MAKES'. ASSIGNMENT
liy A«*np|ntwl I'reM. „' . %^.
NEW YOnK. Oct. ,ji4.-Jame» AY.
Htuiiiiis, the block operator, whoue
Biiupt-iisioii >vhh announced on. the floor
ot tlio New York " olock exchange< last
Monday, made an uulgnment toduy
. . for the-benettt-,of -his iredltorH.
An attachment. for Jl'O.auu in favor of
' . Mill* Him, : .wt,ook * brokers, i wan ) served
' upon Helming ,' by .the- »hniifr*:yesteiv
: duy, .'.but;lt', was voluntarily ■ vacated
. luda-v. * ...» . ■ , ;'■•..
Los Angeles Herald.
PRICE: I^Jfc&SK^l 63 CENTS
POSTMASTER GENERAL GEORGE B. CORTELYOU
BIG SAN PEDRO
STRIKE IS
BROKEN
Special to The Herald. ' . .
SAN PEDRO, Oct. 24.— Tho strike ot
the longshoremen at /this port/which
has been -.dragging along for several
months, was. practically, broken I lust
night, when, at a-meettng of the long
shoremen's union lasti'.nTght, forty of
the members 'wlfljdreS.v? from the 'union
and declared that, they fivould «e«k their
old positions on the_ docks' here. :■'
"It Is probable, that tho old 'men "will
be relnsttitf-d, .its tin; managers of the
wliJlrveß i.Httve.' been -forced, to employ
Husslans- and;,*t«clcanS"'aiid' the 'con
ditions/htfve* not' been- 1 satisfactory 'to
the managers, nor the merchants -of
this city.. , ■ v';'-r ■/ . .\t ■■• „ „' •; '-•'
Lumber 'is 'being; unloaded- In > this
port.as'fast as the' vessels. brins It
here,, but -the addition of forty experi
enced men to the "working force' will
be of material, benefit, and the deflec
tion reduces the ranks of the strikers
to a mere handful. ' "■■■•-• " - ' '
CLARK TO STAY
IN PUBLIC
LIFE
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.— Senator Clark,
who arrived in New York today, said he
would'not seek re-election" to the United
States senate. His term will 'expire
next' March. • ■"■ " i ' '
, He said ho felt confident that '■> the
next .in 1 Montana] will .- be
Democratic . and that his 1 successor
would be a Democrat. : i%i ■' .. ;'
. Senator Clark said that his" retirement
from, the senato /would .not mean, his
retireunent from, active political life.. /
MAJOR DREYFUS SUES
PARISIAN- NEWSPAPER
By Asioclatoil Press.' ' '.'•' ." . " ' „ v
:PARIS. Oct. 24.— Major Alfred Drey
fus has brought: suit against the Libre
Purole f pr refusing ■.. to; co.rr.ect;, printed
statements which were', at i variance
with the decision of tho Court of Cassa
tion July 12, annulling his condemna
tion without retrial. ' • ■ '
■ The case will come: up tor a.'hearlng
a- fortnight hence. '. •■. „, •', , ".', ;• ' •;J /.
LOCOMOTIVE § ; !
INTO THE OHIO
By Associates. Pres». .... ■ ..
PITTSBURG, Oct. 24.—
Running ' at a\spieed; estimated
at fifty miles an hour the fast
trains between . \ Cleveland and
Pittsburg on the Pennsylvania
railroad, kn^own; as the "Cleve
land Flyer,"/ was ; side-swiped
by the caboose ;of. a freight
train near Bellevue station
shortly" after, noon today. . '.; '
Five train mfn were injured
in the , wreck:, all- of whom will
recover.
,A; score of local passengers
were -, cut by flying glass, : but
none was seriously, hurt. They
'were , brought |to | this 'city on
a wreck train that reached the
scene eighteen ? minutes . after
the accident, and proceeded on
their, journey. ". .
■ 'The collision ,■ with , the . ca
boose Ihrew the .engine) down
an , embankment':^ thirty * fieet
high anil it fclid into the ' Ohio
river/ „>,'..'. "...'■. ',".7:'\\- ■ ■'■-'■- '■'■■
THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1906.
FAIL TO TRAP
SUPPOSED
BANDIT
By .Associated Press.
; CHICAO, Qct. 21."— Threatened by an ]
anonymous letter writer with the blow,-|
ing'up ol! one of. Its ;■ passenger .trains
Unless It paid $n(!Db, -tin: Lake Hhore i-oad
tonight Kont n dummy .tro|n (Hied %yith
armed :' 'Tien^.out,. (if. , Chicago, and at : a
point' In . Indiana; '.designated;- by the
bandits- the i train was^ stopped,- but no
ono.was j fouiifl In the* neighborhood. 1 •
: Assoon 'tis" tii'iT train slowed. up> "Su
perintendent Wilson, with a' score of
United -States deputy'- marshals .- and
railroad : , detectives leaped I from ' the
coaches, and began a hunt that Is still
iiKprogrcss." ,- -■•,••- -;.i ■
! Three posses aro searching the Indi
ana marshes' In- the ■vicinity' of Pine,
Miller and Aetna. "
; Two erriployes of tho Aetna: Po\vder
works liave.been arrested. Their arrest
was caused by the finding in their room
of a bottle of nitro glycerine,
i Thr\ bandit in.hls letter instructed the
rallroaa ■ men 1 , to' carry the money I to
him 'on the limited express, ,. which
leaves Chicago *at-6:30 -in the evening:.'
I "I will bo at the side of the tracks,"
he wrote, "somewhere ! west 'ot. Pine.
When -the limited- approaches mo I
will fire ! two shots ' from my revolver.
Have. tho -'money in -a- bag and drop it
oft the hind end of the train. . If you
don't do this I say your train will be
blown to atoms -with, dynamite."
I Three -. letters . in /all were received
from the- mysterious writer, and' the
railroad officials turned the matter over
to the United Slates- postal authorities,
who j planned the I "dummy" ■ train to
trap the bandit. .. - . •< . "•-. (
SCOUTS TRACE. UTES,
L^ :: WHO 'ARE; STUBBORN
By Associated "Presß. ,'.'■.
\ OMAHA. JNeb;;- Oct.: 24.— Word was
received •; here Hoday from tho sceno of
the .Indian -depredations In Wyoming
to the effect 'that. Captain C.H.: John
son of Major Grlerson's command., .with
an orderly andscout. overtook the Utes
on Little, Powder ; river about 40 miles
north of Gillette. «. ' . . • .. s '
: It la said the Indians absolutely.re
fused; to feturmto. their reservation and
declared'they were groing to- Dakota. »
j Major- Gri^rson,: it. is. said, has detcr
rtilned : to;awalt re,lnforcemonts before
trying toonforce the , removal of < the
band,- as cowboys report that the Utcs
are holding nightly: dances and are in a
mood/for trouble. .
Send'Mopo- Cavalry- < ;
By Associated Press. '.,'.'..■
• DKADWOOD, f?. D., Oct." 21— Orders ''
were rfeceived 1 today, at Fort Meade to
send six: troops of cavalry to reinforce
the troops' recently .ci>nt from Fort
Roblnsou:to force tho Uto Indians now
In Wyoming back to their reservation.
. ■ ■ * » »
PRIBYLOFFS FURNISH
OVER 14,000 SEAL SKINS
By Associated Press.
,• WASHINGTON; .Oct. > 24.— The de-i
partjnent of commerce and labor today
mado public the catch of seals on Priby
loft* Islands for the year onded July 31. J
, On St. Paul Inland 12,536 wore taken,
and on St. tleorge 1978. •• . •■'•.
; In • 1905 .there' were 14,368 seal' skins
Bhtpptid i frqm the ■ islands, and during
1904 there were 13,128.
\ In previous years when the regula
tloiiK were much less etrlugont the
catches were fax- larger.' ■ , ■ ' ■■.
Dayton, 0., Mayor Drowned
Uy Assiii'lainl Press.
rOXIT. ARTHUIt. Out.', Oct. 24.-
Charlea A. Bnyder, • mayaj- of Dayton,
Ohio,,' was drowned today while' duck
ehootlrig in | tho White Fish district.
Mayor Bnyder hud beta lnmtlu- moose.
This inclining ho wi-nt out uftor ducks
on the lake. , ills companions returned
to . the < city tonight,, saying t that the
boat had been overturned accidentally
and Mr. Snyderi drowned. ;4; 4 He i. was 38
ALLOW
HIGHER
WAGES
Postal Appropriations
"Provide for
Increase
Postmaster General Cor
telyou Say s Advance
.Is -'-Nominal One
Principal Gainers by Increase Are
Clerks, Carriers and Rural De
livery Attaches — Figures
from Washington S
By 'Associated ' Press.
.WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-As fore
shadowed In dispatches there will. bo
higher pay and greater expenditures in
the pbctofflce department.
Postmaster Generul Cortdyou hos
submitted to the secretary .of the treas
ury for transmission to congress esti
mates for the postofuce department and
thepostal scrvlco for the coming fiscal
year. ' • ' , .
The amount asked for salaries In the
pestoftlce.. department Is $1,528,390, being
a net Increase of $121,530 ovqr the appro
priation for the current year, while the
amount -asked for '.the ".maintenance of
tfte postal- service is r ?206663,190, a.'flet
increase over tho present appropriation
Of « 5,000,000. ,'j >, r .f" . -;..'; ..^ ...^ I
' '■• The'estlrhatgs last'.yrar were about
.of tho auin-opriutluns for the
year bcfQro. •■'•:! :/';', I;,' ,'i:'.: <„<:', '■'■•
I .The .apparently, large increase. in . ex
penditures contemplated by thepresent
estimates, according. to tho department,
represents but n normal advance over
the "expenditures of ; last year mado
necessary to. meet the constantly grow
ing needs of the service .und the 'public
demand .for improved facilities. .
! The principal Items for which in
creased appropriations are submitted
(ire . as. .follows: . Compensations of
postmasters,; an increase of $1,500,000;
compensation to clerks in first and sec
ond class postofflces. an increase of $3,
000,000; . pay of letter carrier, an ln
crease.of $1,156,700; pneumatic tube ser
vice,' an." increase of $350,000; railroad
tarnsportatlon of mails,, an increase of
$4,560,000;. pay of railway mail clerks.' an
Increase of $578,360; foreign mall service,
an Increase of $368,000: rurul delivery,
nn .Increase of $1,475,000. . ■ "
; A new Item of, $300,000 for freight and
expressage on supplies is Incorporated
to meet the requirements of. the law
passed at the last session of congress,
which, it is. said, will result In a. con
siderable Baying to the government. ,
BATTLESHIP GOES
FASTER THAN
CONTRACT
By Associated Press.
ROCKLAND, Me., Oct. 24. —The
first class battleship Minnesota, de
signed as an ,18-knot craft, exceeded
the expectations of her builders, tho
Newport News Ship Building and Dry
Dock company, I and the government
today by averaging- 18.87 knots an hour
in hrr standardization trial over the
Rockland course. • . ; .
Her best. mile, with the tide was at
tho ■ rate, ot . 19.412 knots, nearly ■ fifty
points better- than the best mile made
by the battleship Louisiana, the only
other ship of this type which has been
tried."
Tidal corrections reduced this to
19.0 knots. . ' " - ,
The Minnesota went over tho course
fourteen 'times, only one run. • being
lower than fifteen knots. Bhe behaved
splendidly and all conditions were fa
vorabjle for . the • trial.
The battleship will have a five hour
endurance run tomorrow.
JORDAN. TO ATTEND
BAER'S INAUGURATION
By Associated Press.
. STANFORD .UNIVERBITTV Oct. 24.
—President David Starr Jordan left
for L.oa Angeles tonight. l
While south Dr.' 1 Jordan 'will deliver
an address at the inauguration of John
Willis Huer, the nowly-elected president
of Occidental colleKe.
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AtlnnU «o «S
EPES RANDOLPH, WHO HAS BEEN DIRECTING THE FORCES^FOR
. ...•■;■. ■ -■; . THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC .-,
PYTHIANS ARE
RADICAL ON
INSURANCE
By i Af<;<oclated ■ Press
.'NEW OHI.EANS, ' Oct. 24.-NCW. ifl-
Kumnce ' laws ' affecting / 80,000 " policy
holders wer«- officially adopted ' today
by the, supremo lodge. Knights .i of
Pythias. !^-The features ■of these . laws
are: . -. ■ " "' ."' '■'-'. ■
i'An Increased maximum policy from
$3000 to $5000. . . \, ■ '
i An increase, in the ago limit "at which
members- can -be- insured from GO -to
60 years, '■•••' , ■ • • ■.- ' '
Tho-creatlo nof A newtlfth class of
insured; This class involves a com
pleto change In the old fraternal icon
grsss to tho American experience tablo
with interest at 3Viper cent.
' Thero will bo an . annual accounting,
an annual dividend policy, returning to
the members at -the end of each year
all -over 'and above, the cost of carry
ing- the. risk and- expense of manage
ment.- ,-■ .■-',., •■- . . • . , .- ■ .
All policies under tho new . system
become. incontesttblo after thi-ee -years.
Privilege is. given policy holders In
the - fourth . class ..to .. transfer .. Into j the
new fifth class,, taking;- .the £j same
amount without ne^v. medical examina
tion. , "•• .' ■ .- :-- '.:. „ ' , ; -., .. :
LOST GIRL RETURNS ■ . . /
■ ■ IN j MAN'S ATTIRE
By Ansnctntfa'Press.
BIRMINGHAM, 'Ala.; ; Oct.* 24.— Miss
Fannie. Fennell, who mystorlouslydls
nppeared from her home last .night
and. who, it was believed by the police
was kidnapped, , reappeared at % : her
mother's homo at. midnight .tonight
practically, dressed In men's clothing. .
Sho does not remember anything that
has taken 'place during the day. :
j She says Bho recovered consciousness
a short tlmo ago and found ' hurseli'
alone in a strango: room from which
she fled. She cannot locute tho^. house
and does not know how she managed to
find her mother's homo. • . -.-.
DIPLOMATS PROTEST
ON TANGIER AFFAIRS
By Associated Press.
■ TANGIER,' Oct.' 24.— Tho members ot
tho ' diplomatic corps have addressod
nn energetic protest to Mohammed Xl
Torres, the representative of the sultan,
concerning the state of affairs at Arl
zullu. ' .'- ' ■-' "■ - i ■■'■■■-. •-• ■■•■ '":
1 Mohammed Xl Torres has written to
Raisull asking him to undertake to ru
store order in the disaffected' district,
saying: that otherwise troops, -will be
sent there. , , ' ■ ' ■ « ■
: Until Raisull replies the minister will
tako no further steps. .
MITCHELL SCORES
UNION DISRUPTERS
By Associated Press. -.
TEBRK 'HAUTE. Ind., Oct.' i'4.— lW
plying to the clmrses that the officials
of district. No.' 11, 'United Mine Workers
of America, had not acted, in the In.
tereots' of tho organisation, National
president- Mitchell in the special con
vention held horo today accused tlm
dissenters of an effort to disrupt the
union. ■ ■; . • / ■' • . . ..
The denunciation of President Mitch
ell created a sensation; When 'he fin
lulled he was cheered to the „ ocho. I
Sugar Trust Fllei Demurrer
Jty Associated J'ress.
• NEW YORK. Oct. 24.— A representa
tive of tho American Sugar company
today filed demurrers to tho indict
nients recently found ugalnst that
company on a charge of uc&epting 10
liuti'M on ttugar settlement* In vlolutlou
ot •• the < Elklns law^ .Counsel.. for' .tho
pompany declared that '.tho - crime is
iillcKvii to have taken plac« befoif tlm
Klklnß law. went into effect. : „',
PRICE: SINGLE. COPY 5 CENTS
AVERTS THIRD
CRISIS IN
CABINET
By .Associated Press.
! .VIISNNA. Oct. 24. — Emperor ' Fi'ancls
JoHeph by ' tho appointment ,. today of
BarbnTVon' Aehrenthal, the • Austro-
Hungnrian. ambassador .to n'ußsla.'^to
tho post of Austro-Hungarlan .minister
of - foreign affairs .- In . succession- to
Count Goluchowskl/. resigned, has I set
tled a double ministerial crisis. ' X- v
I It la believed. also that -His -Majesty
averted a third crisis.- ■ : ■ • , .',
: This wu's'aecomplished' without any
friction, and according to the ■ minis
terial : statement " made "in " the lower
house of the Austrian parliament' to
night, without any alteration In; tho
policy of tho dual monarchy. .'.'-
In spite othis great age the emperor
kins has shown that he still • has a
firm hand in the affairs of | the dual
monarchy. '• ■ < .. '.
MAYOR LEADS
IN LIQUOR
RAID
Special. Cable to: The Herald.
' LONG ' BEACH, .Oet;' 24.— Led 'by
Mayor , Downs, .„ police - officers ■ tonight
mado a. raid on severul places where it
In allegedjlquor has been sold illegally.
-The. Raiding .... party, consisting of
Mayor -(Downs, t Marshal . Young and
Policemen Austin and McMillan, sturted
out 'at 'lo:3o o'clock armed with war
tants snid .to have been
•worn out by two Loh Angeles men who
have ; been • procuring evidence in this
place 'for several ' days. ■ ■ ';•- • ' • •
I The first place ! visited was tho cigar
store of AVesley Holmes on West Ocean
avenue.';, Here the police secured a
wagonload of bottles of beer and other
liquor. 1 Holmes was arrested. The next
place was- the rßelmont pool J room, • 180
West Fltst street. A quantity ol liquor
was also secured there. -The proprietor,
H. :H« Brown, v/us taken into custody.
The. raiders then went to the! Favorite
restaurant. They, mado no attempt to
Investigate /supposed depositories ■ of
liquor there, and the" proprietor, Clarence
Feepham,>was out of the clty. : It }a
said j the police has a warrant tor Fcep
ham. Dr. \V. H. Prittie, who conducts
a drug store at Locust street and Ocean
avenue; and. E. 11. Jackson, 'a druggist
at 139 Pine n venue, were arrested. No
liquor was secured at either Of tho drug
stores. ■:,■'.■■ : • . „,.■'.,',
All were released on their own recog
nisance and told to appear before the
justice tomorrow r..ornlng- for arraign
ment. Two of. these places • have ; been
raided on previous occasions. ■ .
IMMIGRATION MAY
REACH 1,400,000
By Associated r*r*ss.
WASHINGTON, 0ct., 24.—
".The; total' immigration to the
United States may reach* 1,400,
000 people. this year," said Sec
retary • Metcalf of the depart
merit of commerce and labor as
he left the White ' House after
a, brief talk with the president
today.
; /The •; secretary • has just . re-*
turned from New York where
he investigated •' conditions at
the Ellis island immigrant sta
(2onfVGBKSttiSRBiSNBBHHH
DON'T SCRAP
In The IltraWl and g*t hlmim hi*
PIKM. ,
FLOWS
INTO
GULF
Colorado /; Kiver Is
Curbed Ifter Two
Year^' Struggle
Sal ton Sea Is Now: Freed
of Vast Voiumes of; '
■ •'.'-■• Water : '^:> ,
Southern Pacific Spends Million and
Dumps Hundreds of Thousands
i of Tons of Rock to Check'";:
• the Btream •
By A Fsnelated Press
IMPERIAL. Cal.; Oct/ 24.— Today for
the first time. in' two years tho Colorado
river is flowing to 1 tho Gulf. of Califor
nia instead of ■wholly^lnto the'Salton
sink. • '■ ' '[. : ;' :•-'.'! '-'■■':; "i;?;'
Two ami a half years ago;jthe^Cnll
fornlu Development company." in Its "ef
forts- to •ii'rlgatQ! : the - Imporial, valley,'
cut' the west. bank 1 of the Colorado; at
three points.',' two! of ,'them ■'a.''few",inilos
abov<s the tnternatlonal-boundiiry'linfl
and "one a few : miles below, Sand failed
to install headgatcs for the Vontrol !' of
the strnam. ;.,-'■' ;.'. . ' . ' .'■'''"
Floods came , and* so;cut away the
bank » that ; eventually • the '■' vrhole .Vast
volume, of ,the i Colorado flowed info the
Irrisation canals and thence 'found ', its
way .by ], direct /and 'devious • chaiinpls
into the great Saltbu sink,' a, dry bod of .
salt and sand/whlch becarrie'submerged
to the proportions of an immense inland'
sea.".. .:.'.V-' " ''.'•■".' :';'.':' :: : "■'■''':.'■
; Incidentally many, thousands of acres
of farming and grazing land were inun
datod and Heriously damaged,. and : the
SDuthern : 'Pacific . Hallway.- ; company
■was compelled thrice to change and re
build many, miles. of its, 'main; lints to
the east. - ....-..,. . ",..'., :.' *j;.i'-<t
..''All efforts to -check tho' inflow of the
rlvor proved futile. „ ■', ,-':,*
Many Thousand Homes
.Ten i thousand people had ■" made their
homos in the reclaimed desert land,' be-'
low - sea level, adjacent .to the \ Inland
courses of the runaway river. >■■:'■■ '. . „
- .The eventual failure of the irrigation
company to undo the conditions brought
about led to a reorganization by which
th c Southern Pacific took : control," and
with .'this : new .regiino large . sums : of
money were set aside to the solution of.
trie Colorado river' problem. :-.'; ■'■ •''.> ::...-.'
•After an expenditure [of approximately
J1.000,000 to control and • change '■ tha
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THE DAY'S NEWS
FORECAST.
; For Southern California:'' fair
Thursday;, 'light southwest' wind.
Maximum .temperature .In Los An.
geles -yesterday,' 86 degrees; mini.
mumV'49 degrees. ; :"; : .:.. . ';;
1— Seven miners killed. .
2— Deny charges against,' Bell
\ 3—^Wotnan freed of bigamy charge.
- 4— Wealthy , broker declared 5 insane. ;|;
s— Society .women, In hall of fam*.*; l^
6— Editorial.
8-9-^Polltlcal. -
11 — Southern California net.:.
12— Classified advertisemc :i'ic ■
13 — Markets.
14— Railroad newt.
■ C- n u I En N ■ ■ '■ „ ' *
Seven killed and others hurt in mine
explosion at Johnstown, , Pa. : _■■„ i
Py thin us make radical departures In
endowment rank li'.surancf*. ?" r *.W-ls#i' i .i, 7 f<isi
American- Civic association makes war
on billboards.- ■ .■•. > , - • ■ -' „ :/.. ii. ■.'■■.
Na tlonal Car Builders want Dlngley bill > •
revised. 'IttateSlflßuMßflSßiPHlfe '..-•"
' T FOREIGN C' ••:<■',
. Major Taggart 'dying in '. Philippines.^'.,,
':■ Third cabinet" crisis In Austria averted..i'
B Insurgeuta captured | arms thrown into B
nea • fu>m : Moro caatlo, • Havana.^ '•
•;. •„'. ; LOCAI;^ '■';'■,■■.''
: . Eighteen out of" nineteen of San Fran-
claco's' Jurymen who will probo graft, »a T ' l „
lect«3. •■-„' ...' •"■ : ■' . .■•■;:/ihV?JSJJ
■Murlno corps' commandant ; wants (new i
barracks at Mare Island. ' '
Colorado river^ Is - (limlly ', turned ' back , •.
from Salton' »«a luto, the. gulf. .'.' ,
Mexico - dispatches. Ulacredlt charges
aßainat Qoveriior.Ysabol. -
MABT
Elopement plot grown . more rnystar*;
-■ Dork Ilousfli ton's motor . car !•' block »
> Beautiful blonde, proves tobe hand- -
sonm youutr' man. „-., •
Democrats will have bic:parad« an«U,
dunionstrutlon. • s .xmMMM*^*|HPMIMi
Owl r <*ar patronage ) Increasing , every
Non-partisan ' commltt«« Jssnes de
nial of «,har«es against C- W. Bell