Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 21, 1907, Page 4

S Get Your % Blank Books, Ledgers, lournals, Etc., Stationery, Christmas Stickers, 1907 Diaries, Typewriter Paper, Scrap Books, Lead Pencils, Pens, Holders, Ink Wells, Etc. Legal Blanks, Copy Holders, Calendar Pads, Document Files, Note Books, Time Books, Scale Report Books, Trial Balance Books, Rulers, Erasers, EVICTEDBY HIGH WATER FIFTEEN THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS AT CINCINNATI AND VICINITY. OHIO RIVER - CONTINUES TO RISE PRESENT STAGE THE HIGHEST RECORDED FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS. Cincinunatl, Jan. 21.—There s no re- lef from the flood conditions. At 8 a. m. the stage at this point was sixty- two feet, the water during the night having passed the highest records since that of February, 1884. For a distance of four squares from the nor- mal water front the lower portions of the city are flooded. An unknown man attempted to reach friends who were on a second floor on Water street during the night, but his wagon was overturned at a deep place in the flood and driver and horses disappeared. The town of California, just above the city, is reported completely under water. Covington, whose high loca- tion has caused it to be considered fortunate, is feeling the effects of the flood by isolation and the cutting of communications. In Newport it -is estimated that fully 5,000 people are homeless and almost destitute. There are nearly 100 blocks under water and the water is encroaching on others slowly. All schools have been closed and are being used to house the home- less. Free souphouses have been opened there. It is estimated that at least 15,000 people are homeless on account of the flooding of the lower sections of Cin- cinnati and the cities on the Kentucky side of the Ohio at this point. At a special meeting of the city councll bonds to the amount of $10,000 were voted for the relief of flood suf- ferers and the mayor was authorized also to draw $13,000 additional for re- lef. BUSINESS SECTION Flood Conditions Serious at Ports- mouth, O. Portsmouth, O., Jan. 21.—Backwater from the Ohio caused the Scioto river to cut through the flood embankment in the North End. Threatened fam- ilies had received warning of the im- pending danger and fled in advance, although the removing of the sick was accomplished under the greatest diffi- culties. The break was shortly after- ward followed by the water rushing over the West End dam and the Ohio also invaded the same quarter from the south. The whole down town dis- trict is rapidly filling up and hundreds of houses and stores are under water. It is believed that the Broadway dam will hold out the water from the East End. The river has passed the fifty- nine-foot mark and is still rising an inch an hour. DYKE INUNDATED. 1S WEAKENING. Section of Loulsville Threatened With 8 Inundation. Louisville, Jan. 21.—The flood sit- uation shows no improvement, the most serious development being the discovery that the dyke which pro- tects the upper east end of the city is ‘weakening slightly. Repairs are be- Ing made and men are patrolling the banks. District Forecast Official Walz In his statement of conditions says: “The Ohio has continued rising dur- Ing the past twenty-four hours through- out its length, but it is falling in its upper tributaries. The rate of rise has also decreased. Quite heavy rains have occurred over the watershed, par- ticularly over the Kentucky and Big Sandy sections. The river will rise steadily at Madison, Ind., and Louis- ville for the next several days.” GREAT ALARM FELT. Residents of Shawneetown, Ill.,, Take to the Bluffs. St. Louis, Jan. 21.—Long distance telephone communication with Shaw- neetown, Ill, regarding flood condi- tions there brought the information that the Ohio river contlnues to rise but the levee is holding. Shifts of citizens are patrolling the levee day and night. A crack in the embank- ment was discovered and sand bags were hurriedly used, preventing a break. The people are becoming more and more uneasy and continue to leave for the bluffs. The tents and pro- visions for these refugees sent by Covernor Deneen have not yet ar- rived and many are suffering. So far o fatalities have been reported. People Warned to Move. Columbus, O. Jan. 21.—Weather Forecaster Smith has issued a flood warning in this vicinity, the Scioto tiver having risen over four feet dur- ing the night with prospects that it will continue to rise. People living in the lowlands have been warned to tove out and they are busy moving their household goods. Kansas Rivers Over Banks. Winfleld, Kan, Jan. 21.—Walnut river and Red Timber creek are flood- Ing the bottoms here and many fam- | llies are moving out. The water is higher than since the town was bult. Fear {s felt for the safety of the busi- ness section. Reports from up stream say the water has not yet reached the highest point. NO DIMINUTION SHOWN. Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria Epl- demic at Chicago. Chicago, Jan. 21.—An emergency ap- propriation of $15,000 that may be used at once without waiting for ac- tion by the Chicago city council has been made by the finance committee to enable the city health department to combat the epldemic of contagious diseases. One hundred special in- spectors will be placed at work as soon as they can be supplied and will be employed until the wave of scarlet fever and diphtheria is checked. No diminution in the number of Chicagoans stricken during the last twenty-four hours could be observed by Commissioner Whalen, to whom ‘was reported seventy cases of scarlet fever and thirty-five of diphtheria. The only action taken upon the school question was in the form of an order for the disinfection of thirty- four schools in the Tenth, Eleventh, Fifteenth, - Sixteenth and Twenty- eighth wards. It is reported that eleven schools already have been fu- migated. NEW PHASE OF CONTROVERSY. Japs May Be Excluded From Schools by State’s Police Power. San Francisco, Jan. 21.—In the Jap- enese school controversy City Attor- ney Burke has brought out a new phasge of the controversy of which he intends to make use. “If it can be proven that the pres- ence of Japanese pupils in the com- mon schools is detrimental to thé gen- eral health and morals of the white children,” he said, “it is legally pos- sible to exclude the Japanese pupils from the common schools by the po- lice power of the state and without the aid of statutory legislation. The federal government has nothing to do with the regulation of the schools of San Francisco any more than it has to do with the regulation of the city police force.” TO FORFEIT CITIZENSHIP. Filve Years' Residence Abroad WIIl Make Any One an Alien. ‘Washington, Jan. 21.—A favorable report on the Perkins expatriation bill has been agreed upon by the house committee on foreign affairs. This bill embodies the recommendation of a commission named by the state de- partment to investigate the gemeral subject of American citizenship and the protection of Americans abroad. 1t is revolutionary in that it upsets the old theory that a man who is once an American citizen is always an Amer- fcan citizen and provides that five years of residence outside the United States shall make an alien of any cit- {zen. NOT FINAL SETTLEMENT. Mrs. Sage Pays Inheritance Tax of $625,000. New York, Jan. 21.—Misunderstand- Ing exists in some quarters over the payment of $625,000 by the estate of Russell Sage as the amount of the Inheritance tax due the state. The payment was made by Mrs. Sage and the exccutors as a tender to the state comptroller, based on the estimate of 862,500,000 placed upon its value by Mrs. Sage. Under the law the estate thus saves interest upon that amount nn,d»fetl ithe legal'rebate for payment withid certain perfod. The payment Is not a final settlement. BECRETARY ROOT AT OTTAWA. American Official Guest of Governor General Grey. Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 21.—Secretary Root, after spending the night at Mon- treal at the residence ot Lord Strath- cona, left for Ottawa In the private car of the governor general, Lord Grey. The party scrived here during the afternoon and were met at the station by Colonel Williams, the gov- erncr general’s military secretary, and Colonel Foster, United States con- bul, and were driven direct to Gov- ernment house. 2 FAVORS A PROTECTORATE. New Political Party Organized at Havana. Havana, Jan. 21.—A new party has been formed here, which is arranging to adopt a platform demanding nego- tiations- with the United States for a treaty of friendship, commerce and political relations, guaranteeing the in- fdependence of Cuba and also guaran- teeing that revolutions shall be im- possible. This platform is considered o mean a demand for a protectorate. New Shah of Persia Crowned. ° Teheran, .Persia, Jan. 21.—Moham- med All Mirza was crowned shah of Persia in the palace during the after- roon. The ceremony occurred in the tpartment known as the “museum.” The ministers, diplomats, princes and hobles all attended in' full uniforms ind many hued garbs, which, com- bined with the rich hangings and dec- brations of the wall, formed a notable bicture. The coronation passed off without a hitch. Gillette Case Appealed. Little Falls, N. Y., Jan. 21.—Formal Jotice of appeal in the case o6f Ches- or Gillette, the convicted murderer of Grace Brown, has been filed with the fistrict_attorney of Herkimer county Lere.’ ‘Gillette is under sentence to flie at Auburn prison during the week beginning Jan. 28 Thirteen-Persons Injured. Hammond, Ind, Jan. 21.—By the Wreck of a suburban train on the Lake bhore and Michigan Southern railroad thirteen persons were injured, none of them fatally. FOR CRUSHIG ROCK SENATE BILL AUTHORIZES THE BOARD OF CONTROL TO CON- S8TRUCT A PLANT. WOULD FURNISH STONE FREE TO COUNTIES FOR BUILDING PUBLIC ROADS. St. Paul, Jan. 18.—A bill authorizing the state board of control to construct end operate one or more plants for crushing stone for use in building pub- lic roads to be furnished to the coun- ties free of cost was introduced by Benator J. T. Elwell of Minneapolis. A somewhat similar bill authorizing the board of control to construct and main- tain such a plant at the St. Cloud re- formatory was introduced by Senator C. J. Swanson of Fridley. Senator Elwell’s bill, which has the aporoval of the state highway com- mission, authorizes the board to ac- quire land by lease or purchase upon which to construct one or more plants for crushing rock for road purposes end to employ in the operation of the plants such portion as they may deem best of the labor of the inmates of the Btillwater state prison or the St. Cloud reformatory, and for that purpose may Inclose the plant or plants with stock- ades and provide lodging and sus- tenance for the laborers. The product of the plants shall be dslivered free on board cars at the works to such boards of county com- missioners as shall apply for it to be used on permanent roads on plans previously approved by the state high- way commission. Any surplus may be sold to the cities and villages of the state. The bill carries an appropria- tion of $25,000 for 1907 and 1908. Senator Swanson’s bill directs the board to construct a stone crushing plant at the St. Cloud reformatory, using the labor of the inmates so far as practicable. The bill also provides that the material shall be furnished the counties free on board cars at the plant and carries an appropriation of 825,000, or as much thereof as may be necessary, for the purchase of the land and $50,000 for the construction eand maintenance of the plant. Initiative and. Referendum Law. A Dbill proposing a . constitutional amendment permitting the passage of an initiative and referendum law was Introduced by Senator Patrick Fitz- patrick of Winona. The bill'is'in the form of an amendment to Section 1, Article ‘4 of the state constitution, which relates to the legislative branch of the state government. The amendment provides that the legislative authority of the state shall be vested in the legislature, except that the people expressly reserve to themselves the power to propose by petition laws and constitutional amendments, and to enact or reject the same at the polls independently of the legislature, and reserve the power at their own option to approve or re- Ject at the polls any act of the legisla. ture or.any part of an:act; but the re- Jection of any part of an act shall not prevent the remainder from becoming a law. The first power reserved is the in- {tiative, and not more than 5 per cent of the legal voters of the state shall be required to propose such a petition, which shall include the full text of the measure proposed. Initlative peti- tions shall be filed with the secretary of state not less than four months be- fore the election at which they are to be voted upon. 2 Senator S. A. Nelson’ of Lanesboro introduced a bill requiring wholesale and retail dealers in oleomargarine, butterine or other imitations of butter to take out state licenses. While a Senator Nelson Introduced a similar bill, which was deféated in the senate. The senate adopted the house amendment to Senator J. C. Hardy’s bill authorizing the judges of the dis- trict court to provide jurors to fill a doficieney at-any time they deem it necessary. “The:original bill was sg- plicable to Ramsey and Hennepin counties only and the house amend- ment made it applicable to St. Louis county by changing the population re- quirements from 200,000 to 100,000. The bill as amended was passed by the senate. Killing the Old-Time Campaign. The doing away with every element of the old-time political campaign ex- cept the stump speech will be accom- plished if two bills before the house ere passed and become effective. A bill . introduced by J. D. Davidson of ‘Waseca seeks to prohibit the giving ot money, drinks or cigars, and a biil presented Tuesday by F. B. Phillips of St. Paul prohibits the use of other campalgn materlal, such as cards, cir- culars and other printed matter. A change In the rules for surveying logs sold on state lands is the object of a bill introduced in the house by J. A. Dalzell of Horton. At present logs are surveyed under the so-called Seri- ber’s rule, a rule formulated sixty years ago. Mr. Dalzell believes that this rule gives the measurement of i the logs at only about two-thirds of ! the actual amount of lumber they con- tain, and he proposes to remedy this by amending the code and adding that in all surveys and scales hereafter -| made the number of feet shown by Scriber’s rule shall be increased by 40 per cent, and in all cases of purchase from the state no settlement shall be accepted that does not include penalty i for the additional 40 per cent. SEVEN HUNDRED DEAD LATEST ESTIMATE OF THE NUM- BER OF VICTIMS OF KING- STON EARTHQUAKE. FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES SCARCE RELIEF SHIPS HURRYING TO THE STRICKEN CITY FROM VARI- OUS DIRECTIONS. New York, Jan. 21.—News ftom Kingston, Jamaica, is still filtering in slowly and is twenty-four hours late, but the worst is now apparently known. 'The town itself is a wreck, very few of the houses standing re- ‘maining habitable and the populace is living in the open. Food and medical supplies continue scarce, but rellef ships are hurrying to the stricken city from many quarters so that there. will member -of the house four years ago ¢ soon be an alleviation in this respect. The death list i probably about 700 and the seriously injured, in hos- pitals, number in the neighborhood of 500. Many others who were injured are. being cared for at their temporary homes. Progress is being made in clearing away the debris. Dynamite is resort- ed to in clearing away menacing ruins. Good order prevalls in the city. Ad- miral Davis, who is in the harbor with the battleships Missouri and Indiana, was called on for help in the work of policing the city and he promptly re: sponded by landing marines. These sea soldlers are now picketing the btreets and assisting the British au- thorities in the maintenance of order. Dangerous to Enter Harbor. All mariners are warned that the two lighthouses at the harbor entrance have been destroyed and that the ap- roach to the harbor at night is per- lous. One steamer approached King- fton and not knowing the conditions is reported to have suffered. This is the Hamburg-American line steamer Prinz Eitel Friedrich. This vessel, according to a Kingston dispatch re- celved by the Associated Press, is Ehore near the Prinz Waldemar and e Printessen Luise, vessels of the same line which are stranded near where the Plum Point lighthouse was located. No Americans were killed as a re- Eult of the disaster, despite the fact hat there were many American tour- Ists in the place when the visitation tame. A large number of these tour- Ists have taken refuge on the Amer- fcan warships in the harbor while bwalting ships that will take them to the United States. o American aid has been timely in this hour of trouble to a British pos- Bession and the dispatches agree it is Wwarmly appreciated by the stricken people. CARRY MEDICINE AND FOOD, Beveral United States Warships Ar: . rive at Kingston. : Kingsten, Jamaica, Jan. 21.—The nited States warships Indiana and issouri have arrived from Guanta- amo, bringing large quantities of edicines and food. The torpedo de- troyer Whipple arrived during the pight with a boatload of medicine, Which was sent ashore in charge of Eurseon McDonald. The cruiser ankton is expected to arrive here s00n. Beveral slight shocks of earthquake Elera felt during the night. Four hun- red and twenty dead have been bur- Led 80 far. The remaining bodies are eing cremated. The death Ust, it is how believed, will be about 700. The water supply has been im- proved, but food is very scarce and the prices therefore are exorbitant. A remarkable incident of the earth- uake has just come to light. An nglish clerk in & store was buried inder falling walls following thr E:rthqnake of Monday and over this, or many hours, great fires swept. ednesday the clerk was dug out Mive. His injuries are not severe. MANY STILL IN THE RUINS." Four Hundred and Fifty Bodies Buried at Kingston. ‘Washington, Jan. 21.—The navy de- artment has received the following ispatch from Rear Admiral Evans, at buantanamo, Cuba: “Whipple arrived from’ Kingston yith advices from Davis confirming ractical destruction of the city. Busi: ess section destroyed. Fire followed arthquake. Government residences n suburbs destroyed. Steamship harves intact. - Shipping unharmed. ther forelgn residences seemed to ave escaped. Bluejackets guarding tonsulate possessions and guarding prchives. Indiana landed fifty. Re- borted mutiny at penitentiary contain- g 500 prisoners. Governor considers hole situation well in hand. Four undred and forty déad accounted for. till many bodies in ruins. Am send- ‘ing full extract of Davis’ report over Cuban. telegraph.” Tidal Wave Not Confirmed. New York, Jan. 21.—The report that 1 tidal wave had devastated the south- brn shore of Jamaica has not been tonfirmed. Cable communication with the island has been partly restored, but, even so, messages from Jamaica k.r: coming through very slowly. ,Thege messages tell of no tidal wave, .lowever. % Rubber Stamps and Pads, Fountain Pens, Letter Copy Books, Paper Clips Kneaded.Rubber Squares, Township Plats in book form, Fine quality colored Blotters, Letter Copy Presses, Waste Paper Baskets, Rubber Type Outfits, Staplers, Paper Knives, & - ————————— T0 BUNCH INQUIRIES j HOUSE RESOLUTION PROVIDES "FOR INVESTIGATIONS OF AL- LEGED TRUSTS. FIRST MUNICIUAL OWNERSHIP BILL OF THE SESSION PUTS IN AN APPEARANCE. St. Paul, Jan. 19.—The resolution for three general investigating com- mittees which was agreed upon Thurs- day by the owners of the several reso- lutions which had been introduced for the investigation of various alleged monopolies, ore and timber land deals end taxation, was offered in the house by A. J. Rockne of Zumbrota and laid over on notice of debate by Ambrose Tighe of St. Paul. The resolution calls for a committee of fifteen, six from the senate and nine from the house, to investigate all al- leged trusts and combines covered by past or future resolutions, a commit- tee of four senators and five repre- sentatives to investigate the titles and deals in state and other ore and tim- ber lands, and a.committee of four senators and five representatives to Investigate the taxation of ore and ore lands. An appropriation of $1,500 for | the expenses of the committee is pro- vided. Senator F. H. Peterson of Moor- head introduced a similar resolution In the senate. Senator Laybourn of Duluth gave notice of debate, and the resolution was laid over. The house passed the joint mémorial to congress asking for an appropria- tion for a canal to prevent overflows of the Mississippi in Aitkin county. The first bill in the house this ses- sion looking toward municipal owner- thip made its appearance when E. P. Allen of Minneapolis offered a bill ruthorizing cities of 60,000 or over to Issue bonds for the purchase of gas works for supplying the residents of those citles with gas. The bill au- thorizes the city councils to issue bonds in sums not to exceed $2,000,- 000. - The bonds may be in any de- nomination, but the bill provides that they shall not be for terms of more than sixty years, they shall not be sold for less than their par value and they cannot be voted by less than a two-thirds vote of the city council. It Blso provides that they shall not ex- ceed 10 per cent of the assessed valua- tion of the taxable property in the city. A constitutiondl amendment to be voted on at the next general election giving the legislature power to make changes in the charter of the city of Minneapolis was proposed by B. P. Allen of Minneapolis in a bill intro- duced in the house. Minncapolis has never had a home rule charter, and since the adoption of the constitution- sl amendment permitting cites to adopt home rule charters the leglsla- ture has had no power to change the sharters of cities. - Another street car fare bill was of- fered in the house. The - bill, Intro- !| duced by Willilam Brown of St. Paul, provides that between 6 and 8 a. m. end 5 and 7 p. m. the fare shall be 8 cents for one continuous trip with-one transfer, as at present. The blll introduced-by A. G. John- gon of St. Paul a few days ago provid- ed for elght tickets for 25 cents, with the present transfer privileges. WOULD REMOVE THE LIMIT. Senate Measure Would Do Away With That on Damage Suits. The existing limit of $5,000 for dem- ages for the death of any person will be removed in this state if a bill in- troduced by Senator John Moonan of Waseca is passed. - The bill leaves the amount of damages in such cases to the judgment of the . jurors, without any limitation as to amount. The bill provides also that if death is not In- stantaneous ~or 1s preceded by~ con- gelous suffering the personal represen- tatives of such person may, in the ac- tion brought under the provisions of this act, in addition to the damages for his death, recover damages for consclous suffering resulting from the same injury. ~ A bill increasing the gross earnings tax of telephone companies from 8 to 4 per cent was introduced by Senator J. W. Wright of Litchfield. The bill provides for a tax on all earnings of the compenies, whether it be on intra- state or interstate business. A bill introduced by Senator V. B. Seward of Marshall authorizes the re- gents of the state university to es- tablish and maintaln an experiment farm or substation within the terri- tory comprising the counties of Lin- coln, Lyon and Yellow Medicine, to contain not less than 820 acres. They are to maintain at or near this experi- ment substation a scheol of agricul- ture. Senator C. A. Johnson of St. Peter introduced a resolution providing for the expenses of committees appointed to visit the various state institutions. The resolution provides that the chair- man of the committee shall pay the expenses. of the trip and turn in his voncher for the whole amount of the ! expenses, which shall then be paid him by a warrant of the state auditor. Senator Johnson stated that hereto- fore the chafrman of such committees , had been forced. to go to the railroads with a request for a car for the trip ' and he considered this a humiliating * position in which to place a member ‘of the legislature. Office Supplies at the Bemidji Pioneer Office Most Complete Stock West of Duluth ' % and Fasteners, Rubber Bands, Letter Files, Invoices, Typewriter Supplies, Postal Scales, I CLAIMS MISER FOR BROTHER. Michigan Woman Sues for Million- Dollar Estate. Adrian, Mich.,, Jan. 21.—Mrs. W. C. Dodge, widow of a former Adrian physician, who now resides in Chi- cago, tells a romantic story in her suit for the alleged $1,000,000 estate of the late Patrick White of Brooklyn. She claims that she is White’s sister, his only known relative, and because he did not know she was living he left his estate to four charitable institu- tions. Mrs. Dodge says that in the pres- ence of herself and Patrick White, both then small children, their mother was killed in a street accident in Phil- adelphia. The woman was neyer iden- tifled and the children were too young to make known their history, so the boy, Patrick, was sent to a Catholic orphanage, while the sister, now Mrs. Dodge, was adopted by a Philadelphia woman who witnessed the accldent. That lady was the grandmother of Commodore Thomas Boyle of the Co- lumbus Yacht club of Chicago. It is mainly by the latter’s aid that Mrs. Dodge has been able to trace her rela- tlonship to the late Brooklynite. Patrick White was found dead in his little room on the top floor of the Mansion House on Hicks street on the afternoon of May 2 last. His own niggardly habits were held by the coroner’s physician to be a contribut- ing cause of death, for had the old man not practically starved himself he would have lived longer. HEAVY RAIN FALLING. Allegheny River Is Agaln Rising Very Rapidly. Pittsburg, Jan. 21.—Springdale is threatened with another flood. Rain began falling in torrents about 2:30 a. m. and over the Kiskiminetas valley almost assumed the form of a cloud- burst. In a very short time there had fallen nearly an inch of rain, which had the effect of causing the various runs and creeks to overflow their banks. As the water from these streams empties Into the Allegheny river timat stream Is rapidly rising in the vicinity of Springdale. Should this rise con- tinue throughout the day it is pre- dicted that not only will the tracks of the West' Penn railroad be swept away but a number of houses will be carried off by the flood. AVERAGE OF $1219 AN ACRE. Oklahoma Indian Lands Bring Unus- ually High Price. ‘Washington, Jan. 21.—By the sale, under sealed bids, of the pasture lands of the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indian reservations in Southern Okla- homa a greater sum has been realized than any sale of public lands before ever brought. About 300,000 sealed bids covering 875,000 acres were received. Each bid- der will be awarded only one quarter section. The average price received for the land, according to figures al- ready compiled, is $12.19 an acre. A surplus of 130,000 acres réemains yet to be disposed of. FEW LIVES WERE LOST. Steamer Sunk in Collision Off Coast ' of England. : Dover, Eng., Jan. 21.—The Red Star line. steamer Vaderland, from 'New York for Antwerp, in a dense fog col- lided with and sank the Dundee steam- er Naworth Castle four miles east of the South Goodwin lightship. So far as is known only three mem- bers of the Naworth Castle’s crew of twenty are missing. The Vaderland’s bow is damaged below the water line, but the bulk- head remained tight so that there was no danger of the ship sinking. OWING TO SHORTAGE OF FUEL. Rallroads in Washington and Oregon at a Standstill. Portland, Ore., Jan. 21.—Rallroads are practically at a standstill in Ore- gon and Washington because of the inability of the companies to obtain fuel for locomotives. The car short- age is disastrous and repeated floods, landslides and snow in the mountains have all contributed to bring about a congestion without a parallel in this state. The Northern Pacific virtually has placed an embargo on all traffic east from Portland. STRANGE DISEASE KILLS MANY. Physicians Say Malady Resembles ' Spinal Meningitls. Shawnee,. Okla,, Jan. 21—Twenty- five deaths within the last fifteen days Is the remarkable record of fatalities from a strange disease in ‘a region along the Canadian river southeast of here. : Many others are seriously {ll. The disease resembles spinal meningitis, but physicians declare that the malady {s different in a number of ways. Cloudburst Causes Landslide. East Liverpool, O., Jan. 21.—As the result of a cloudburst thousands of dollars’ worth of property was de- stroyed in this city and vielnity. A- large portion of the big hill near the East End rolled down on the street railway and it will be hours before the debris can he removed. The building of the Sanitary Reduction company was destroyed. o Engineer Jumps to His Death. Meridian, Miss., Jan. 21.—Engineer Jack Tew of passenger train No. 3, pouthbound on the New Orleans and Nortleastern railroad, jumped from his cab and was drowned in the wa- ters of a creek at mile post 104. A horthbound freight had overlooked the resulted. passenger train and a headon collision * (RAN BY THE SIGNAL ENGINEER BLAMED FOR DISAS- TROUS WRECK ON THE BIG FOUR RAILROAD. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT COLLIDE MAJORITY OF THE SCORE OF ViC- TIMS LOSE THEIR LIVES IN Ié BURNING CARS. 5 Kankakee, I, Jan. 21.—Twenty persons aré believed to havé been Kkilled or burned to death in the wreck of passenger train No. 28, eastbound, at Fowler, Ind,, at 2 o’clock a. m. The wreck occurred on the Big Four road, the passenger train running into & freight train. The cause of the col- lision is said to be that the engineer on the passenger train failed to see the block signals. Fire followed the collision, adding horror to the wreck, and it is believed that more passen- gers were burned to death than were killed by -the collision. There were twenty-five passengers in the com- bination day coach and baggage car and only five of them escaped alive. The passenger - train consisted of three Pullmans, private car of-Vice President Schaff of the Big Four and a combination day and baggage coach. Some of the passengers in the Pull- mans and private car were injured, but none killed. None of the freight crew were injured. It has been impossible to get a full 1ist of the names of the dead, as they were nearly all burned and nothing re- mains of their bodies by which they can be identified. Some of the injured passengers were brought here in the private car. Mrs. Schaff, who had been visiting in Chi- cago, was in the private car on her way to Cincinnati and she had some of the injured taken on board and brought here, assisting in dressing thoir injuries. The number of injured s said to be about forty. Three of those brought here are not expected to live. Dense Fog Prevailed. Owing to the dense fog the engi- neer of the Big Four flyer was unable to see the light on the semaphore, which directed him to stop, as a west- bound freight had.the right of way. The train dispatcher, knowing that the dense fog would prevent the train- men from seeing the block signal, went outside and waved his lantern frantically and fired at least a half dozen shots from his revolver, but-the trainmen went crashing by with their train’ and a moment later the crash came. The tender of No. 28 telescoped the baggage car, the rear end of the tender cutting through to within ten feet of the rear of the smoker. The report of the collision was heard all- over town. Fire bells gpd | whistles called the. people to-thé ald of the injured. Riiain LR Immediately following the crash. the wreckage caught fire and the bodies were burned before they could be ex- tricated from the ruins. The heat of the burning cars was so intense that the would-be rescuers could not get near enough to help. One man who was pleading for aid was pinned under a car seat. He was rescued when the flames were within Bix feet of him. Another man was thrown out of the window of the smoker into a ditch. These were the only two passengers rescued from the smoker. The killed included men, women pnd children and all that could be Been at daybreak was the smoldering skeletons of human bodles and the wreckage of the smoker and the bag- Bage cars. THREE TRAINMEN KILLED. Explosioh of Locomotive Boller De- molishes Bridge. Desoto, Kan., Jan. 21.—The locomo- live drawing eastbound -Atchison, To- peka and Santa Fe freight train No. 36 exploded on & bridge near here. The bridge was demolished and the engine and fourteen freight carg went Into the creek. F. W. Bartell, engl- neer; W. W. Bortch, fireman, and H. E. ‘Shaw, brakeman, of Argentine, Kan., were killed, their bodies being buried under the wreckage. Press Storles Exaggerated. New York, Jan. 21.—A.*S. Lascelles E Co. of this city have received two tablegrams from C. E. de Mercedo, their resident partner at Kingston. A tablegram dated Jan. 18 read as fol- bws: “No tremors last twelve hours. Families sheltered. Plenty food. Press . yxaggerates conditions. “Excépt King- {ston no damage; no fires.” ®o Train Runs Into Washout. g Peoria, Ill., Jan. 21.—Train No. 387 o the Rock Island railroad ran fnto & vashout west of Bureau, Ill. The en- tine, baggage car, chair car and Veeper were derailed. The engineer- teveral passengers slightly Nm All of the injured were brought ba : to this city. LA Commits Murder and Sulcide. Scofleld, Utah, Jan. 21.—Mrs. Syl phia Earl, widow of a former town resident, was shot and killed here by . illiam Brown, a negro barber, who { mmediately killed himself. -The ne- - fro had been annoying 'the womam ind she ordered him to keep away lnd fireman were seriously hurt and . ] | | u