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voted to Adfcmi county
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olflc north we ft. Circa*
late a among proaparooa
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BDOAR DfcWITT OILSON.
Editor and Manager.
J. RAY THOMPSON.
Associate Editor and Foreman.
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- .• ind Railroad avenue, opposite First Na
tional Bank. Telephone No. 183.
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FROnSSIOXAL
DR. PASCAL W. YEARSLEY,
, DENTIST
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RITZVILLB ................ WABH.
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lege, Philadelphia, Pa. Cfown and
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practice of modern dentistry.
J. OaCAk ADAMS. Wm.CCoB-ior.
; ADAMS & O'CONNOR,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
Practice In eU state end federal courts.
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RITIVILLE, tTASH.
Walter Staser,
LAWYER
Insurance. . *,v Abstracting.
Messy to Lm M Rial Estate.
J. 0. Mogan. C. W. Rathbun
MOGAN & RATHBUN
Attorneys at taw.
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Fadaral. Collections and lnanran<». Bxamin
• atlou of title*. ' _
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Attorney ft Law,
Large blocks oHorest reserve,soldiers'
additional and scrip (or surveyed
government lands, constantly on hand.
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Spokane, Wash.
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Attorney; and
Coyasejlor at (aw.
Will practice in *U the, U. 8. Courts
and Departments and all .Washington
Courts. Office Rltfviile, Wash.
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RttsviUe, Wash.
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RITZVILLB, - WABH.
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Physidan'and
Surgeon.
Office: Second at., between D and B,
RITZVILLB, WASH.
AUCE C FRENCH
United States Commissioner
Final proofs taken and filings and other
land entriee made.
RITZVtLLB, VABH.
C L. HOLCOMB,
- LAWYER.
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States Oeurts.
AMraetlae. real estate law and sasml
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T. W. Hauschild, President,
A. J. Womach, Vice-President,
W. W. Zent, Secretary and Treas.
Eißptre State Tille.lßSttraacc
aad Tnict Compaay
Incorporated.
Capital, 58.000.00
Directors—J. D. Baesett, T W.'Heoo
ehild aad G. K. Lovell. L. R. Kuster,
Manager.
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reliable. Abstracts promptly, accurate
ly and neatly made and aatisfartion
guaraateed. Offlos, over First
National Bank, Rltayllla, Wr».
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aad Loan
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GULLED PROM . DISPATCHER Ol
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
K Review of Happening* In Beth
Saetern and Western Hemlepheree
During the Paet Week—National,
Hleterloal, Political and Pereonal
Evente Tereely ToldL
Mrs. Bertha Calhoun Is supposed to
have perished In a Are which destroy
ed her home in Berkeley, Cal.
T. B. Hall, provincial assessor at
Victoria, B. C., has been arrested for
alleged shortage of $4,500 in departs
mental accounts.
Albert Johnson, 6 year old child of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Johnson, has
been accidentally hanged in his grand
father's barn near Tooele, Utah.
Stanley Waterloo, widely known as
. newspaper writer, waa knocked
down by a mail wagon in Chicago.
He is believed to have sustained a
fracture of the skull and his recovery
is said to be doubtful.
The University of Michigan won the
Intercollegiate Athletic association
meet held on Marshall Held, Chicago,
securing 32 points. Chicago was sec
ond with 29 points and Wisconsin
third with a total of 2.
Contempt proceedings of Federal
Judge Purnell against Editor Josephus
Daniels of the News and Observer, at
Raleigh, N. C., who has been In cus
tody since Monday for refusing to pay
a $2,000 fine, have been dismissed.
Cincinnati and New York broke even
in the series with a tie ball game
Saturday, which was witnessed by
probably the largest number of spec
tators In the history of baseball. The
official count of tbe attendance was
37,223.
Tbe purchase by the United States
government of the Kahaulka military
site, near Honolulu, haa been com
pleted, the federal government paying
the leaseholders $19,000. The tract
includes 1,600 acres. Forts, barracks
and camps will be erected upon It.
C. P. Elliott, formerly a theatrical
manager In killed himself at
St. Cloud, Minn., in the dressing room
of a theatre. Elliott's business part
ner declares that the reason for the
suicide waa that Elliott had an unfor
tunate love affair, over which be
brooded until he became deapondent.
Frank T. Young, known on the turf
as Caeaar Young, bookmaker, horae
owner and atockholder in Paciflc coast
race tracks, was shot and killed ih a
hansom cab recently at New York. He
was on his way to the White Star
line pier to join hia wife, with whom
he waa to have sailed for Europe.
Complying with a request of the
house committee on civil service re
form, the civil service commission haa
prepared a statement showing that the
total number of former soldiers and
former sailors of the civil war em
ployed In the executive departments
at Washington, Is 2176, and the wid
ows of the veterans so employed 388.
The official count of the vote of the
International Typographical union for
officers has been completed at head
quarters. For trustees of the union
printers' home Tbomaa McCaffery of
Colorado Springs, receiving 16,887
votes and Thomaa F. Crowley of Cin
cinnati, with 12,887 votea, were elect
ed. James F. Lynch waa reelected
presidency a large majority.
John Simma, a prominent white
planter of Trail Lake. Mlsa., and Wil
liam Cato, hia manager, were killed
by (wo negroes, Samuel Clark and
Van Horn, In a dispute over a trivial
matter. The negroee escaped, but
Horn waa captured and taken to Le
land, where he was lynched. Clark
returned to Trail Lake, where he waa
shot and killed. The posse shot and
killed another negro named Jlajrfleld,
thinking he waa Clark.
An explosion of the gelatin house of
the Hercules Powder works at Pinole,
Cal., caused the death of three men.
The building and lta contents, valued
at about $20,000, were destroyed. The
men killed were Alexander McCul
lough, John Smith and Ah Young, a
Chinese. Three others were Injured,
but not seriously.
Cadets for West Point.
The cadets designated to enter the
West Point military academy this
month have been announced at the
war department. Among them are the
following: Idaho—Youir M. Marks,
Wentworth H. Moss. Montana—Clin
ton B. Lamme, Charles Hoe, Richard
BL Cummins. Oregon—Frederick A
Barker. Waahlngton—John K. Paw
ton, Richard T. Coiner.
The Kaw River le Falling.
Kansas City, June, 4. —After 10
days of almost contlnuoue leaden sHes
the sun -shone over Kansas. With a
cessation in the ralna during the past
12 hours moat rivers are gradually fall
ing and aeeking their banka, and flood
condiUona are improving.
Nebraaka Streame Are Pull,
Falls City, Neb, June 4.—Continu
ous heavy ralna have brought creeka
aad rivers In southeastern Nebraaka
up with a rush and eauaed the Nemaha
to overflow and flood the lowlanda for
the third time thla rear.
Mora rice is now grown on tkl strip
of ooaat from New Oriaana to GalTee
ton than Id th* Carolina*. Florida, Ala
bama and Miaalaalppi combined.
Mining Notes.
Twenty miles of ditch and flume are
to be built to get water for Tyson
placers in Idaho.
John A Finch, who has been ill at
his home in Spokane for a month. Is
reported as steadily improving.
After a closedown of six months, the
Gold Hunter mill near Mullan, Idaho,
has commenced grinding again.
A dividend of I} 4 per cent on com
mon stock of the Federal Mining and
Smelting company has been declared.
William Bakka, treasurer of the Red
Lodge! Mont.), Miners' union, has dis
appeared and $1,064 of the organisa
tion's funds are missing.
Extensive plans for Increasing the
output of the quarries of the Crystal
Marble company and for enlarging the
finishing plant in Spokane are being
made.
The convention of the Western Fed
eration of Miners has reaffirmed its
political action of the 10th and 11th
annual conventiona In favor of so
cialism.
Five dollars a ton for freight and
smelting is the new rate under which
the Mountain Lion mine at Republic,
Wash., will resume shipping its ore to
the smelter.
T. G. Campbell, aasayer at the Stan
dard mill at Wallace, Idaho, was held
up at the front door of the mill office
and relieved of $90 cash and a watch
fob valued at $40.
The Hercules won contest. The pe
tition of Ambergris Mining company
to reopen the case was denied. The
*ult Involves the right to a patent on
the Anna claim In the Coeur d'Alenes.
Seventynhree per cent lead, with a
trace of silver. Is the result of sn as
say from a sample of ore taken from
the recent strike on the Douglas prop
erty, In the Pine creek district, Idaho.
"I Intend to open up the Black Bear
fraction this summer." says Peter Ber
ber, mining man of Wallace,. Idaho.
The property Is a quarter of a mile
from Gem, Idaho, and adjoins the
Frisco mine.
The Senator Stewart lead-silver
mine, near Government gulch, near
Wardner, which has recently begun
shipping ore, has Installed a Cornish
jig to handle the second class and
lower grade ore.
The United States circuit court of
sppeals has denied the plaintiffs' peti
tion for rehearing in tbe following
cases: The Tacoma Mill company vs.
Black Hills A Northwestern Railroad
company, Bunker Hill, A Sullivan Min
ing company vs. C. T. Jones.
W. H. Plummer of Spokane haa tak
en a bond on tbe Cougar gold mine. In
eaatern Oregon, 12 mllea northeast of
Sumpter, and leaves for the east this
morning to negotiate with New York
and Boston people for the purchase of
the mine. The bonding price is given
at $600,000.
"The Central Idaho Mining bureau,
through its members, will aak the next
session of the Idaho legislature for
$26,000, to build a wagon road from
Stites up the aouth fork of the Clear
water, and other water couraea to
Buffalo Hump," aaya Fred Wood, sec
retary of the bureau.
The highest price ever heard of for
mining atock waa for atock in tbe Na
aca mine, In Chihuahua state, Mexico.
The quotations on this stock lwre $11,-
(too bid and $13,000 asked. The com
pany was Incorporated for only 300
shares at the par value of $100 each,
and It was « big producer.
Jealouay between Butte workingmen
and ameitermen'a unlona reaulted re-
cently in a visit of 13 wbltecape- to the
High Ore mine of the Anaconda Min
ing company's group of properties and
the serious wounding of James <*aige,
a timekeeper, who waa beaten and
kicked Into inaensiblllty by masked
thugs. The gang of whltecaps waa in
search of Morgan Howell, a nonunion
man, who professed willingness to al
ly himself with the workingmen's un
ion but not with the smeltermen.
Paige attempted to save Howell and
waa assaulted. Howell eecaped In
jury.
Hundreds of prospectors and mlnera
have taken locations wltbln the paat
few days on Nipple mountain, about 13
miles south of Cripple Creek, Colo.,
where a gold bearing dike has .been
discovered. Samples of ore from tbe
dike which have been assayed run
from $12 to $100 a ton in gold. It la
estimated tbat 1,000 claims have al
ready been staked In tbe new dlatrict.
The camp haa been named Bullville,
from the null quarts found there in
abundance.
After 40 hours of desperate effort
the party of reacuers at work at the
Hackberry mine in the Big Butte dis
trict, near Preecott, Aria., came to the
bodies of the two imprisoned miners.
Mason King and Ferry Hawklna. Tbe
men were imprisoned by the lire which
broke out at the mouth of the mine.
Governor Mcßnde' of Waahlngton
t*a appointed William F. Merchant
of Walla Walla and L. K. Armstrong
of Bpokane delegatea to the seyenth
annual American mining congress,
which meeta at Portland August 22 to
27, Inclusive. The 'state la entitled
to 16 delegatea, and the governor de
sires the namea of thoae who wish to
go aa delegatea aent him aa soon as
possible.
Since sluicing began in tbe Klondike
on May 8 a royalty haa been paid on
66,788 ouncee of gold, or nearly two
tons. This Is the largeet amount ever
produced up to June 1 in thla dla
trict. Laat year only 11,000 ounces
were taken out In a similar period.
A win* eaak haa baan built In Call
fornla to hold tT,MO gallona. Ita Iron
hoop* weigh 40,*00 ponnda.
RITZVILLB, WASHINGTON, JUNE 8, 1904.
FOURIEEK 111 m LOST
EXPLOBION IN DISTILLERY AT
PEORIA, ILL.
Ruine Took Fire and Spread to Ad
joining Bulldinge—Total Loss Will
Be More Than" a Million Dollars-
Stock Yards Flooded s Foot Deep
With Burning Whleky.
Peoria, IU., June 6.—An explosion
which occurred in the 17 story ware
house of the Corning Distillery com
pany completely wrecked the building.
The ruins Immediately took fire, and
communicated to three adjoining
buildings, which were burned to the
ground. Ten men were buried be
neath the ruina and burned to death.
Six others were seriously Injured. The
loss on buildings and whisky and spir
its Btored will approximate $1,000,000.
The lire spread to the stock yards
where a dozen large cattle barns, filled
with cattle for market, were burned.
The Misalng.
Fred K. Knoll.
Louia Behrend.
Joe Seyerman.
John Hobeker.
Louis Sax.
William Finley, Jr.
E. Brown.
M. Crowl.
John Lepplng.
William Field.
The Injured.
Adam Werner.
Bdw. Werner.
Rimer Hogan.
J. B. Marshall.
James M. Miller.
Allle Felnberg.
A Seething Caldron.
The warehouse, containing 80,000
barrels of whisky, was Instantly a
seething caldron, and it waa known
that no one inside the big structure
could live a moment The warehouae
in crushing the small structure nearby
set that on nre, and the whisky from
the bursting barrels flooded every
thing in that section. Large atreama
ran toward the river, and in a short
time there was a foot of whisky in the
cattle pens east of the warehouse. It
was burning furiously, and the cries
of the 3,200 steers, chfilnm] fast, were
pitiable to hear. Their distress lasted
but a few moments, however, for they
were soon killed, eltner roasted or suf
focated by the fumes.
The two fermenting houses were
speedily destroyed. The flames therat
ened the mill and elevator juat acroea
the track, where the coetly machinery
la Inatalled. However, the Bremen
made a winning fight here, and at •
o'clock the fire seemed under control.
Rimer Hogan waa at work In the
warehouae when the collapae came.
He was washed out through a break in
the building by the big stream of whis
ky and carried toward the river, a
distance of nearly 75 feet, before be
ing lodged agalnat a fence, from
which he managed to eacape before
the fire overtook him. He waa ao
bndly Injured tbat he can not recover.
Knoll and Seyerman, who had
charge of the men employed In this
department, had juat left the building
when the explosion and collapse came.
Knoll was crushed to the earth and al
most Instantly the place where he had
fallen was enveloped In flames.
it la believed that the government
men have all escaped. The gaugera, 16
of whom worked at the warehouae, bad
completed their work and gone about 2
o'clock In the afternoon. There were
three government storekeepers in the
building, but it is reported all of them
got out safe.
Wsrehouse B, where the explosion
that did the. moat damage occurred.
<gps an 11 atory frame atructure cov
ered with corrugated iron. It was
more than 100 by 200 feet In dimen
sions.
Warehouse A was a three story
brick building 100 by 200 feet It con
tained about 62,000 gallons of spirits
Latsr.
Instead of nine dead, as at first re
ported, It la now known that 14 men
loat their lives in the lire and explosion
at the Corning distillery.
Trade Report
Dun A Co.'s Weakly Review of
Trade aaya:
Interruptions of Industrial progress
by the holiday, labor coafllcta and in
clement weather again produced a
somewhat unsatisfactory trade situa
tion. Yet the money market Is easy
and accommodation readily obtained
in legitimate business channels. Lla
billtlea of mercantile failures are com
paratively small, Indicating that most
concerns have prepared for a quiet
■asson and are able to withstand a
period of diminished sales and tardy
paymenta. This conservative attitude
la the fundamentally atrong feature of
the altuatlon, and when buaineaa re
vtvea there will be no preaaure to dia
poae of heavy stocka of undealrable
gooda. More manufacturing plants
have reduced houra or wages, and sev
eral atrikea have added to the army
of unemployed.
Commercial fallurea in the United
States were 210.
A German Innkeeper on the trwtaa
border haa undertaken aa a reanlt of a
wager to roll a barrel full of wine
acroaa Switzerland and Italy to Rome.
Terrible Crime.
Cripple Creek, June 7.—One of the
most diabolioal deeds in the black re
cord of orime whioh forms part of the
mining history of this state was com
mitted when, by means of an infernal
machine, 21 men were killed outright
and nine others terribly injured, some
of them fatally, at Independence. All
those killed and injured were nonunion
miners, employed on the night shift of
the Findley mine. The men had quit
work and were waiting for the subur
ban train on the Florenoe & Cripple
Creek railroad to take them to their
homes in Cripple Creek and Viotor.
When the looomotive waa within 16
feet of the depot a charge of dynamite,
estimated at 800 pounds, waa set off
niderneath the platform on whioh "the
men were standing by pulling a wire at
the Delmonloo mine, 400 feet away.
The result was terrible. Heads, legs,
arms and the trunks of the bodies of
the men were scattered all round.
Blood covered everything on the
platform whioh was splintered, and
the front end of the depot was demol
ished.
The injured were taken to the Viotor
hospitals and the mangled bodies of
the dead, patched together as well as
possible.were removed to the coronor's
offioe st Victor. A meeting of the
mine owners' association has been oall
ed. Rewards aggregating many thous
ands of dollars will be offered for the
apprehension of the criminals and
Governor Peabody will be petitioned
to send troops to the district.
Sheriff Robertson and a detective
force have found the machine * hloh
aet off the dynamite. It consists of a
revolver and 800 feet of steel wire.
The revolver- was placed underneath
the platform, olose to the powder. One
end of the wire waa fastened to a ohair
leg, whioh was nsed ss a lever from
the Delmonloo property.
The men employed on the night shift
at the Findley mine, who had juat fin
ished work, had gathered on the plat
form to board a train and return to
their homea when the explosiou oc
curred beneath their feet, hurling them
in every direction, destroying the de
pot and rending a great hole in the
earth.
A speoial train oarrying physioians,
nurses, detectives, riineowners and
other personuras dispatched from this
oity ss soon ss possible after news of
the explosion wss received, and arrived
at Idenpendenoe, six miles distant, at
4 o'olook. Sheriff Robertson and other
officers immediately began a careful
search for olues to the pertrators of the
outrage. Although the strike of on
ion miners in the Cripple Creek dis
trict, whioh began August 10, 1908,
and whioh led to the declaration of
matial law in Teller oounty by Gover
nor Peabody, is still in effeot, good or
der haa been maintained for the paat
six months and the military rale has
been suspended and all troops with
drawn.
The mine owners with the exception
of the Portland oompany.olalm to have
as msany men working as they need,
and they require all miners to renonnoe
allegiance to the Western .Federation
of Miners before'giving them employ
ment.
Denver, June 7.—A reign of terror,
brought on by a diabolioal dynamiting
plot, followed by rioting and an ss
sault upon the militia, exiata in the
Cripple Creek mining district Armed
men throng the atreeta and oonfiiota
are of hourly ooourrenoe. Militiamen
are marching hither and thither mak
ing arrreeta by the wholesale. A num
ber of union mlnera have been placed
in themilltary bullpen, and others are
being gathered in at frequent intervals.
City and oounty officials have been
oompelled to resign their ofiloea because
of their reputed union sympathy.
As near aa oan.be estimated, >9 are
dead and a score or more injured as a
result of the events leading up to the
events above described
Portland, Ore., J sue 8. —Or gn,
following its precedent of many years,
went republican by a majority esti
mated at more than 18,000. That it
was a decisive victory for the republi
can party in this taste and implied in
dorsement of the national administra
tion isoonoededby the democrats them
selvea.
BOY, BASEBALL AND RIOT.
Four Italians Are Punctured With
~~ Bullets.
New York, June 6.—A boy with s
baseball started a riot near pier 42,
North river, as the result of which four
Italians received bullet wounds and
were taken to tbe hospital, and 14 of
their countrymen are under arreat.
Battleehlp Oregon la First
Although not officially announced. It
la understood tbat tbe order of merit
for the battleships in the recent target
practice, so far aa completed, is as
follows: Oregon flrst and probably
winner of tbe pennant, Wiaconaln sec
ond and lowa third. Tbe battleship
Illinois is now engaged In target pra&
tlce In Martha's Vineyard.
Cant Cremate a Suicide.
The question over the disposition of
the body of Allister Evans, Viscount
d'Oyley, baa entered a new phase, aa
officW having discovered a French
law forbidding tbe cremation of per
sons who have died of violence. Tbe
viscount's family is seeking to arrange
for a burial ground.
Moacow, Idaho., Jane B.— Lonaso
P. Sly, slayer of City Manhal John B.
Hays at Troy la Janaary, waa foond
guilty of mortar la the aaoond degree
by the Jury.
IT NEAR WW'S FAIR
CROWD HAD GATHERED TO SEE
BULL FIGHT.
Governor Ordered the Performance
Stopped—2soo Men and Boya Un
able to Get Their Money Back—Some
Fired the Grsndstsnd—Sheriffs After
Mob—Fire Engine Stuck In Mud.
St. Louis, June 6.—lncensed over
their failure to see a "genuine Spanish
bull fight," which the authorities had
ordered stopped, a riot waa started in
an arena near the world's fair grounds
this evening by a crowd of 2500 men
and boyß who were unable to get their
money back and the building was
burned to the ground. The price of ad
mission charged was one dollar. Four
men were placed under arrest by the
authorities of St Louis county, charg
ed with the destruction of property .The
crowd, thinking these men were con
nected with the show, made an at
tempt to mob them and in their en
counter with the deputy sheriffs a num
ber were roughly handled and Bome re
ceived serious injuries. The building
Is said to have cost $1200. It is a total
loss, with no insurance.
V
Governor Had Forbidden It.
The initial performance by the com
pany of Spanish bull fighters had been
advertised widely, but the governor, In
response to numerous complaints, or
dered that It be. not allowed to take
place. - Despite these orders a large
crowd assembled in the arena at the
advertised time of opening. Before
tho regular performance a number of
cowboys drove In some bulls which
they ran around the arena in true wild
west style. The crowd soon became
tired of this and called for the bull
fight. The announcement waa then
made that the bull light would be pro
ceeded with. As the matadors came
Into the ring a county official stepped
up to the announcer and handed him a
paper Informing him that the proposed
show could not take place. When this
became known to the crowd they leap
ed into the arena and demanded the
return of their their money.
Woodwork Set on Fire.
Falling to get this, the crowd went
to the office, which waa located in a
small building outalde tho area, and
began to atone the atructure. This was
followed by attempts to burn the arena,
which Is an Immense building con
structed of pine. Bits of burning paper
were thrown at the woodwork and
finally some one went inside and drop
ped a lighted match in a pile of hay
under the arena. The whole structure
waa soon afire and before long waa in
flames.
The fire engine that responded to the
alarm stuck in the mud and there was
nothing to stop the progress of the
flames. -The fire department of the
world'a fair waa called out to protect
the fair buildings should It become
necessary, but the wind blew in an
other direction.
Viotor, Col, June 7.—Rioting broke
out in this oity while a mass meeting
waa being held to discuss the murder
of nonunion miners by means of an in
fernal machine at Independence. For
ty shots were fired into a crowd iu tbe
street.
One man was killed and six persons,
at least, injured. Desd:
R. MoOee of Viotor,shot through the
Heart
fbe injured: Willam H oak ins of
Goldfleid, shot through the body, may
die.
J. D. Davis, skull fraotured by blow
bom revolver; seriously injured.
Peter Fleming, shot
Fred Sturdevees, engineer at Inde
pendence mine. All unknown woman.
Beoretary Clarenoe O Hamlin of the
Minewoners' aaaooiation, concluding a
short address, said: "I want to hear
what the boys in the mines have got to
say about this trouble."
William Hosfcln,a union miner from
(Jo Id field, threw up his bauds and
shouted: "Let me talk." At thia time
the orowd began to hiss Hoskina and
ory: "Put him cut"
A free for all fight followed and
shooting began. Moat of the shots
were directed skyward. Hospkins fell
with a bullet in his body, and tbe
orowd soattered in every direction.
Beoretary Hamlin, who had been
standing on a wagon, kept on Miking,
unmindful of the hailatorm of bullets
that whissed about his head.
After the first excitement had aomo
what oleared away tbe injured and the
dying ware gathered up.
R MoOee of Viotor, who was In
stanlty killed, had been standing oa an
embankment 80 feet above the men
who had bean fighting, aad waa an In
nocent speotstor.
Alfred Miller aad J. D. Davis were
oairied to the Viotor boepitaL
Wreck of Excursion Train.
Rossvllle, Ind., June B.—While run
ning at a high rate of speed, a Monon
excursion train from Hammond to In
dianapolis was wrecked here by a de
fective rail. The engine and four
coaches were thrown from the track
aad almost buried In the embankment,
but none of the 300 passeagers were
seriously Injured. The rails aad road
bed were torn up for a distance of 100
feet A part of tbe defective rail which
caused the wreck crashed through the
floor aad roof of the baggage oar, nar
rowly missing doaens of passengers.
A ■ pec I*l thankaclrlng Mrrlo* >u
held by the ezcnraionUU at a UtUe
church near the railroad.
RITZVILLE
the best town on Mrth-
Sure air end pure wet«r 9
le mrden spot of Iwt>
em Waahington.
VOLUME 7. NUMBER 10.
FATAL FLOODS AT DEADWOOO.
Three Overflow Creeks Carry Death
and Destruction,
Deadwood, S. D.. June 6—As a re
sult of a heavy rainfall throughout the
Black Hills, which has continued for
nearly a week, Whltewood. Deadwood
and City creeks, passing within the
city llmKs. have left their banks, car
rying away a number of houses, barns,
sidewalks and lumber yards.
The Waite building, one of the most
substantial in the city, was partially
wrecked and the city hall badly dam
aged. One large bridge was carried
away.
Two lives are known to have been
lost, Matthew Bender, a young man of
Central City, and Guy Shoudy, a farm
er near Sturgls.
No trains have been able to enter
or leave Dead wood since Friday on ac
count of washouts. The damage was
greatest at Central City, nearly all the
business portion of that town being
washed away. The Columbus Mining
company's plant was among the build
ings destroyed. A large number of
homes at Gayville, a few miles distant,
were carried away and the lower part
of the town is under water.
It is estimated that the property ion
in this city and other Black Hill cities
and to railroads will exceed $000,000.
The water la still high, but It I* be
lieved the crest of the flood haa been
reached.
Saturday's War Nsws.
Reports have reached Rome that the
Japanese have taken the first line of
defenses at Port Arthur, the Russians
offering only weak resistance. It Is
also reported that the Russian squad
ron at Port Arthur made a sortie, but
was driven back by the Japanese.
Sunday's News.
The St. Petersburg correspondent ot
the Parts Matin says he learns from
a trustworthy source that the advance
guard ot 14,000 men under General
Stakelberg sent by General Kuropat
kin to the relief of Port Arthur haa al
ready reached the entrance to the Lla
otung peninsula and the bulk of the
army Is following. They will be used,
if necessary, to attack the forces un
der General Ugo, Japanese general.
Monday'* War News.
From Cheefoo comes the report that
the Japanese armies are now advanc
ing on Port Arthur and newa of severe
battles for possession of that fortress
forthcoming In a few days.
Sounds or loud explosions are heard
In the vicinity of Port Arthur and the
Japanese have the theory that new em
placements are being constructed. The
Russians are also attempting to eatab
llsh communication with their friends
by means of a wireless telegraph sta
, tion.
Tuesday War News.
Heavy firing at Port Arthur Was
heard yesterday and last night By
Japanese it is attributed to blowing up
of warehouses by the Russians.
News of sortie of Russian ships from
Prot Arthur is not at St
Petersburg.
Kuropatkin is said to have moved his
headquarters ott he south of Liaoyang.
Peace party in Russia is said to be
growing.
OVER HEROES IN GRAY.
First Formal Memorial Services at
Arlington.
Washington.—ln the presence of
thousands of ex-Confederate and ex-
Union soldiers and of numbers of of
ficers of the United States army and
the 0. A. R., the flrst formal memorial
exercises ever held over the grates In
the Confederate section of Arlington
cemetery took place Sunday. As a re
sult of a movement Initiated by the
late President McKlnley, the Confeder
ate dead now hava been gathered In
one large and beantlful circle la the
southern part of the cemetery, where
the craves have been marked with
seperate stones.
The exercises were opened with
music by the FTteenth cavalry band.
In a spirit of good will and fraternity,
after the exercises over the graves of
the Confederate dead, those In charge
of the aervlces repeated them over the
graves of the 2,000 unknown Union
dead and decorated the graves with
flowers. The Rev. Alexander W. Pllaer,
pastor of the Southern Presbyterian
cbruch in this city and an ex-Confed
erate soldier, was the orator of the
day.
Fire Outs a Big Building.
New York.—Fire deatroyed the sev
en story warehouse of McKesson A.
Robblns, wholesale druggists In Ann
street The lire had been burning a
long time before It was discovered. It
started In the boiler room In the base
ment and had gone up through the
entire aeven stories before It reached
the unahuttered wlndowa on the top
floor and waa discovered. The build
ing was gutted and practically every
thing, the flramen say, muat have burn
ed before they reached the scene. The
loss will be heavy.
Th levee at It Louie Fair.
Gold and Jewels to the value of
11000 have been stolen from the Oer
man colonial section at the palace at
agriculture at the world'a fair. There
la no dew. a reward at 91000 has been
offered by the German Imperial com
missioner tor the return of all the' Jew
ela and the arreot and conviction at
the thieves. In ail lit pieces at Jew
elry were stolen.
Seamen on native river craft la Chi
na get |J a month, on seagoing Chi
nese vessels ft. They furnish their
own food.