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Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-06-26
FEVER AND DISEASE KILLED THEM.
Spanish Have Other Foes Than In

Spanish Have Other Foes Than In
sursents in Cuba.
New York, June 2l.-A dispatch to
The World from Havanna says:
determination in the island is appal-
ling and an actual fact. The death rate
is increasing. A prominent Spanish med
ical officer who has full knowledge of the
interior says that should war be prolong-
ed - months the western half of the is
land will be entirely depopulated The
death rate is likely to double next month.
Contagion will then NOW the people down
rapidly. Rains have turned the interior
into quagmire in many places. The
trocha is a pestilential ditch Soldiers
are suffering terribly from fever and dys-
entery. Little of the smallpox vaccina-
ton is effective. Thousands of paciticos
might easily have been saved by vacci-
nation if taken earlier.
"A sanguinary engagement occurred
Wednesday at Managua, Is miles from
Havana. The insurgents attacked a col
umn of Spanish and tho lattar lost hcnv-
lily. The details We're suppressed. Many
ambulances with wounded have arrived
here.
'''i'he rebels are concentrating around
Havana. Trains have been fired into re-
pcatedly. A Spanish force, while recon
noitering, was ambushed near San Miguel.
They fought braveIy, but were compelled
to retire
General Rivera is sick and appears in
different to his fate. He will assurellv
be shot unless strong action is taken by
the United States"
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STRIKE OF FABULOUS RICHNESS.
Wire Gold Rock Found in the Fa-
nous Gregory Mine.

Denver, June 16.-A strike of fabu-
lous richness has just been made in
the ninth level Of the Gregory-Bobtail
mine at Central City, Gilpin county,
this state. The real value Of the ore
cannot be learned. as the operators Of
the mine refuse to divulge it, and have
placed an armed guard at the mine,
but it is known that the vein struck is
two feet in width and is so full Of wire
gold as to run many thousands Of dol
lars to the ton. What makes the find
more interesting is the fact that the
Gregory was the first lode mine opened
in Colorado, and has been worked con-
stantly for the past 38 years. It was
the announcement Of Gregory's find in
the gulch that was afterwards named
for him that produced the rush to Col
orado in 1859. The latest strike in the
Gregory is $50 feet below the surface.
and is said by those who have seen
specimens to be the richest in the mine.
The property is largely owned by heirs
of the late ex-senator Chaffee, being
worked under lease and bond for
100000 by the Gold Coin Miners Com
pany, a close corporation of New York
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THE GANG HAD A FALLING OUT.
Two WOuld-Be Train Robbers Are
Ctauehf md One EatnIlY Shot.


ST. Louis, Mo-, June 1S.-B. P. Car
penter, car accountant of the Wabash
railroad, has brought to this city the
details of an attempt to wreck and rob
the Baltimore & Ohio southwestern
passenger train on the culvert between
Odin and Salem, ILL., Carpenter said
three men We're involved, and two were
caught, one being fatally shot. The
robbers are residents of Salem, and
were known about the village as hard
characters.
Abe Tweed, the robber who was shot,
was put on parole from the Chester
penitentiary; Thomas Schumacher, the
other man captured, is an ex-convict
from the Indiana penitentiary.
These two men, with the one who es
capped, and a fourth, banded together
in the criminal line. After they had
planned to hold up the New York ex
press on the Baltimore & Ohio south
western the men had difference and
broke up in a row. One of them told
Sheriff Barnes, upon the sheriff's prom
Use not to divulge his name, Of the plan
to wreck and loot the train, but did
not know the date and place selected.
Returning to his former pals, he said
he was sorry he had left them and beg
ged to be let in on the fat thing they
were about to pull off.
The rogues relented, took back into
their fold the deserter, and then pro-
ceeded to lay bare the plot. The night
express was selected as the train likely
to yield the best haul, and the Shenaf-
felt culvert, between Odin and Salem,
was picked out as the best spot.
All day Wednesday the three men
hauled railroad ties to the trestle.
About 4 O'Clock in the afternoon, the
man who peached, who by some pre-
text was excused from the days work,
reported the situation to Sheriff Barnes.
The sheriff collected posse Of six men
and started from Salem along the
track. About 1870, when they came
near Shenaffelt culvert, the three rob-
bers could be seen, and almost in the
center of the trestle was a high pile
of ties thrown across the track. The
Wrecl1ers We're gathered on the side of
an embankment. Barnes and his posse
got within 80 yards of the wreckers be-
fore they were discovered. The wreck
ers ran down the embankment. The
express train was due in 20 minutes,
and sending back two men to flag the
train, the sheriff and two others went
after the fugitives.
Halt" called out Barnes, and Schu-
macher surrendered. The others con-
tinued to run and the sheriff fired The
man who fell proved to be Tweed, the
other man escaping.
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FROM POVERTY TO WEALTH.
Romantic Event in the Life of Il
Half-Breed Indian Girl.

Seattle. Wash, June 22.-Emma Kro-
mcr, a half-breed Indian girl. poverty
stricken and an inmate of the refuge
home in this city. fell heir to $4,000
through the death of her brother in Cal
ifornia of consumption. She is the daugh-
ter of a Boston, Mass, white man named
Kroner. who came west years ago to
avoid scandal in his family affairs, and
settled on 100 acres of land at Port Gard
ner, now the townsite of Everett. Kroner
died nine years ago, leaving Tulalip In
dian widow and two children.
He left will bequeathing all Of his
property to his son, also half-breed.
The boy got away with all the money
left him from the townsite purchase eX
cept $35 900, which the girl now inherits.
her mother being dead.
Kroner came of good family i'll Bos
ton. His brothers are now reputed to be
very wealthy, engaging in the wholesale
boot and shoe business.
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WOOL SCHEDULE CONCLUSION.
The Rates the Finance Committee
Is Willing to Grant.

The Rates the Finance Committee
Is Willing to Grant.
Washington, June 22-The senate H.
nance committee has practically reached
q conclusion on the wool schedule The
following are the rates the finance COM
mittce has indicated a willingness to
grant: First class, ten cents per pound; !;
second class, eleven cents: third class, #
worth over ten cents per pound, seven
cents; if worth less than ten cents, four
cents. These rates are not entirely salts
tariff, but there is reason to believe that
they will be accepted with but little pro-
test. The rate is one cent less on both
first and second class woods than that al
lowed in the house bill, but the pro-
vision made for third class wool is SO
much more satisfactory than that made
by the house that they are inclined to
congratulate themselves upon the result
of their agitation and leave the matter
where these figures place it.
The senate yesterday skipped the wool
schedule until tomorrow, and taking up
the paper schedule finished it in Is min
utcs, agreeing to all the finance commit
tees propositions. The slndries schedule
was taken up next. Coal was passed over
On matches Allison moved an amendment
making the rate eight cents per gross of
boxes, in place of the senate rate of 20
per cent. The democrats opposed the
change as in the interests of the match
trusts, but the republicans denied this
and carried the amendment. Another
arose over the duty Of ten per cent on
safety fuses. Pettigrew and Teller fought
the duty as a tax on the miner for the
benefit of the trust. A tie vote resulted
and Pettigrew lost the amendment max
ing them free.
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Not Specihc,

"This paper" remarked Dora, Estates
that there are eight colored physicians
In Baltimore"
David looked thoughtful.
Does it specify what the colors are"
he asked in an anxious tone.
Then Dora declared that he was
mean old thing, while David winked to
himself softly in the glass.-New York
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CALIFORNIA IS SHAKEN
EARTHQUAKE IN THE VICINITY
OF THE GOLDEN GATE.
Buildings Oscil1ated, Walls Cracked
and Fell, and Houses Were
Damaged at Hollister.

San Francisco, June 2l.-Two sharp
and severe shocks of earthquake were felt
here Sunday, the official time of the
first, as taken by the United States
weather bureau being l2:14:O4. 1t was
followed almost Immediately by second
shock
The vibrations were from the west to
the east. Clocks were stopped, suspended
lamps and decorations were broken in
some places, but no real damage has been
reported. The shocks were the most Sc
we're felt here for many years. An earth
quake was general throughout the state
Great Damage at Holster.
Hollister, Cal, June 2l.-Shortly after
noon Sunday the most severe earthkuake
shock since 1868 did many thousand of
dollars worth of damage to buildings
and their contents. No casualties oc-
CURED, though several narrow escapes are
recorded
The only brick building in town has
suffered and the courthouse walls and
ceilings have lost most of their plastering.
Immediately after the earthquake the fire
wall of the MsMahon house fell upon the
adjoining building. Hundreds of VIM
dow panes were cracked OF broken and
in some instances the entire window sash
es were thrown into the street from the
second story of the building.
Heavy Shock at Gilroy.
Gilroy, Cal, June 2l.-The heaviest
earthquake ever felt here lasted only a
few seconds but did much damage MI
merous chimneys were toppled over, the
house walls cracked, heavy plate glass
store windows shattered and general
wreckage of bottles and shelf ware in the
houses and stores. People rushed out of
their homes thinking the last trumpet
had sounded in earnest. In some houses
the blinds were wrenched from their hang
ings and an unusual scene of petty de-
struction is presented in nearly every
house and store in town.
Cyclone at Newport News.
Newport News, Va, June 2l-A cy-
clone wrecked several business houses and
did much damage to the growing crops.
considerable damage was also done to the
small craft lying at anchor in James riv-
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To Beat the New Tariff Bill.

San Francisco, June 22.-The eXpec-
tation of new tariff law in early opera
tion has resulted in rushing big cargoes
OF oriental goods to this port. The Brit
ish freight steamers Glenavon and HUI
peh arrived under charter and two other
vessels are on the way. These four steam
ers have joint capacity of nearly 2o,voo
tons, and that amount of freight brought
here in period Of three weeks is in ex-
cess of the regular carrying trade of the
Pacific Mail Company's line steamers.
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GLUCOSE TRUST is ORGANIZED.

All Save Two of the Factories of the
Country Are Included.
Chicago, June 2l.-According to the
brokers and commission men glucose
trust has been formed. It's existence
was suspected two or three weeks ago
when the price of the "long sweetening'
took an upward turn on totally inactive
market. Since then the brokers have been
kept busy recording the quotations sent
them by the refners. Conrad II. Mat
theson, president of the Chicago Sugar
Refining Company, is supposed to be a
prime mover in the new trust. Every big
glucose factory in the United States ex-
cept two, is said to be included in the
combine.
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Presidential Nominations.

Washington, June 22.-The president
has sent the following nominations to the
senate: John G. Foster of Vermont, to
be consul genral at Halifax; w. d. Dick
ev of Louisiana. to be consul at Callao,
Peru; Joseph w. Ivey of lregon, to be
collector of customs for lne district of
Alaska; Albert c. Thompson of Ohio,
Alexander C. Botkin of Montana, and d..
B. Culbertson of Texas, to be commits
sioners to revise and codify the criminal
and penal laws of the United States as
provided for by act of congress approved
.I,lne 1897
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PARTY WAS STRUCK BY A TRAIN
Fatal Accident at an Indiana Rail-
road Crossing.

Logansport, Ind, June 16.-A car
rage containing four women was
struck by train near here today. The
vehicle was dragged 200 feet with the
women inside. Miss Daisy Raymond
Of Valparaiso was instantly killed, and
Miss Lillian Moore Of Lafayette, Miss
Fern Lambert and Miss Stella Foster
of this city were fatally injured. The
party had been to picnic and attempt
ed to cross the track in front of the
Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-06-26

Washington, June 2l.-The president
has sent the following nominations to the
senate: Charles L. Cole of Pennsylvania,
to be consul general at Dresden, saxony;
George +. Lincoln of Connecticut, to be
consul at Antwerp; Hector Decaitro OF
New York, to be consul general at Rome;
Philip Gallinger of Washington, to be
commissioner in and for the district OF
Alaska
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New Orleans, June 2l.-At O'Clock
Sunday morning the Pickwick hotel cafe
and annex at 1919 Carondelet street, and
the building adjoining, occupied by W..
II. Moore, fishing tackle, guns, ETC., were
gutted by fire, as were also the two upper
stories of the Pickwick hotel. There were
but few guests in the hotel and all es-
capped without injury. The hotel loss by
fire is estimated at 100000; fully in
c,ra1
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Ahaorntion ot Odors.

A physician who has experimental
upon oranges declares that they have
a power rarely possessed by other
fruits, that Of absorbing odors from
the atmosphere. Blood oranges are es-
pecially liable to do this, and If placed
in the same room with onions for sew
eral days will acquire a decided onion
flavor
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CRIME COMMITTED AT WARDNER.
Tragedy Said to Have Been the Out
come of II Previous Fight.

Wallace, Idaho. June 22-Sheriff he-
ney has arrived from Wardner with w.
l.. Rutherford, charged with killing Al.
Qnackenbush there Saturday night As
nearly as the facts can be learned here
Rutherford assaulted Quackenbush in an
alley Saturday night with club or rock
and beat his brains out The injured
man was found later in an unconscious
condition, dying before daylight. The
sheriff went down yesterday, a report
coming that lynching was feared. No
demonstration was made after the sheriff
reached there
The only known cause of the crime
was that few days before Rutherford
was whipped in a row, getting his clothes
very dirty. He took them to a negro wo-
man to be cleaned. Quackenbush, while
intoxicated, found the clothes there, and
cut up the hat When Rutherford learn
ed this he waited for Quackenbush in an
alley.
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Some Hone.

Fond Mother-Thls Is my son Clar-
ence. He is only 13, but he has written
some beautiful poetry.
Friend-Then there Is some hope for
him.
Fond Mother-Tm so glad to hear you
say so.
Friend-Yes, when they are so young
as that it Is easier to lick 1t out OF them
The Sketch. s.,-.la
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PORTLAND PosToFFICE WRECKED.
Terrific Explosion of II1uminatin:
Gas in the Basement.

Terrific Explosion of Illuminating
Gas in the Basement.
Portland Or, June 22.-An explosion
OF Illuminating gas occurred in the base
ment of the postof1ice building shortly
before 2 p. IN. yesterday. For some time
the gas meter has been out of order,
which allowed the gas to escape. \ large
amount Of gas which filled the basement
ignited by one Of the employees lighting
Jet. The report was heard for half a
mile around the building. Every window
in the basement was broken and the stair
way in the hallway was blown down.
Several partitions on the first floor were
shattered and the entrance to the build
ing has the appearance of having been
struck by cyclone.
Pat NIaloney, the janitor, was badly
burned about the hands and head The
total loss will probably reach $500.
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uland IS EnYi0uA.

London, June 16..-All the afternoon
papers have taken up the Hawaiian
question in the light of the proposed
annexation of the islands to the United
States. The Globe says:
"The question is essentially interna-
tional and cannot be disposed of by the
decree of one power alone. Great Brit
ain and France are in the same position
toward Hawaii as the United States.
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RIDckherry Pickera.

Liberty, Mo-, June 2l-Fully ten
thousand blackberry pickers have al
ready arrived here for the season, which
opens today. The crop is estimated at
6O,OOO crates, the largest ever known.
Never has there been such crush Of hui
manity here. Gambling devices of all de-
scriptions are running without Interrupt
ton.
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VICTIMS OF A GREAT EARTHQUAKE
Terrible Ravases by Seismic Dis

Terrible Ravages by Seismic Dis
turbances in Assam.
Calcutta, June 17.-Terrible reports
of a recent earthquake are coming in
from Assam. At Shilong everything
has been leveled to the ground. An
inspector of prisons has been killed,
and there have been many other deaths.
At Coalpara the wave destroyed the
bazar and all other buildings, and the
neighboring country is filled with fis-
sures, which are squirting mud and
sand. There is heavy loss of life at
Coalpara. Several of the shaken dis
tricts have not been heard FROM but
assures, bridges have been destroyed,
and telegraph lines have been broken
throughout Assam.
Whole Villages subsided.
Simla, June 16.-Reports that all Of
the buildings at Shillong have been
destroyed by the recent earthquake are
confirmed. Mr.. McCabe, the British
resident deputy commissioner was
killed by falling house, and the En-
glish ladies and children are suffering
intensely from exposure. The towns
of Sylhel and Cherrapunji were leveled
to the ground and whole villages SUBJ
sided.
The losses are so great that it is fear
ed severe scarcity is inevitable in
several districts
Earthquakes III Mexico.
Mexico City, June 16.-Between 10
and II o'clock last night earthquake
shocks were felt in this city and all
southern Mexico, from Acapulco to
Vera Cruz. They were especially vio-
lent in the town of San Marcos, state
of Pueblo, where the shocks were both
vertical and horizontal, and were ac-
companied by subterranean rumblings
The movement was 35 seconds in dura-
ton, followed later by another shock,
lasting 10 seconds. Curiously enough,
the movement was experienced across
the whole country at the same time.
The town of Fechimlic, near the city
of Oaxaca, was inundated suddenly
and several drowned
Rains are heavy in that region.
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ELLIS ISLAND A MASS OF RUINS.
Loss to the Government Said to BE
SSOO.UOU.

New York. June 16.-Ellis Island IS
a mass of smoldering ruins. The
huge buildings which since 1892 have
housed hundreds Of thousands Of emf
grants were consumed in a confagra-
ton which constituted the most brill
liant spectacle ever seen in New York
harbor. The loss is said to be SSoO,OO0
Hundreds of valuable records were de-
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BURNED TO DEATH BY LIVE WIRE.
Portland Bricl<layer Who Met Ter

Portland, Or, June 16.-John Poth, a
bricklayer, working on a building on
Fourth and Alder, was literally burn
ed to death In midair yesterday. While
climbing from a lower to a higher scat
fold he stepped on an iron truss and
grasped overhead with his right hand
a live electric wire. Instantly cur
rent Of 5000 volts was short circuited
through his body. His fellow work
men on the scaffold above were too
paralyzed to render him assistance. An
employe of the electric company tried
to get them to release the burning man,
but before anything was done the flesh
aud tendons Of the mans hand were
burned through to the bone and he fell
to the sidewalk, 40 feet below. His
skull was fractured by the fall.
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coparnor md His Son.

Olympia, Wash, June 22.-Fred j..
Rogers, son Of the governor and assitant
professor Of physics in Cornell university,
has declined like position offered him
in the University Of Washington.
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GENERAL MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago Grain and Live Stock and
the Prices at Spokane.
The latest market quotations are as
follows:
Portland Wheat.
Portland, Or, June 21.-Wheat-Walla
WalIa, 7O@71c; Valley, 72c.
San Francisco Grain.
San Francisco, June 21-Wheat-Ship-
ping, $1.2114@1. .2212; milling, sl.2712Q1.3 .35.
Barley-Feed, 67120l1Ac: choice bright
.212c;, do new. 6712M7Oc; brewing, $4,000
for old, and S5GlS712c for new.
Oats-Common white, 95c1$1.071a; good
to choice, $l.l0M1.2O; fancy feed, 81. .250l1. 80.
Metal Quotations.
New York, June 21.-Bar silver, 601sc.
Pig irOn-Dull.
,Copper-Steady; brokers. sl1.1212: ex-
change, $11M11.15.
Lead-Eirm; exchange, s.. 3.4OMl3. As; brok-
ers, 1920.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago June 21.-Cattle-Sales We're on
a basis of $3700525 for cows and extra
native beef steers. with the bulk of trans
actions at A.65M4.S5; stockers and feed
erS showed more strength today and so
did good butchers stuff, but grassy lots
continued to sell at very low prices.
Hogs-The bulk of sales occurred at
s.. $3.2112M332l2, sales being at an extreme
range of $310M3.3715 for poorest to best,
while pigs brought $335.
In sheep there was fair demand, and
to choice; yearlings, $3.25@4.75, and spring
lambs S3.50Qt5.50
Receipts: Cattle $1,000, hogs $4,000, sheep
10000.
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suit Against n Railroad.

indianapolis Ind, June 2l.-The state
has won in the preliminary proceedings
in the suit against the Vandalia Railroad
Company. The attorney general brought
suit for $2,000,000 alleged to be due the
school fund under the company's char
ter The case now comes UP on It's merits
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Tacoma, Wash, June 22.-Burglars
have broken into the hardware store of
Baker & Foster at Sumner. The safe was
blown to atoms with dynamite, portions
of it going through the front window. No
cash being found, the thieves hastily Sc
cured $50 worth of merchandise and es-
caDed
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The Opposition's Victory.

Washington, June 2l.-The senate has
agreed by yea and nay vote to strike
out the paragraph in regard to floor mat
ting, the vote being 25 to 23 The effect
is to put floor mating on the free list and
is most important victory of the oppo-
siton to the tariff bill.
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The sailors of the port Of Boston, who
are on a strike for higher wages, now
number about $500 men.
Michael J. Lyons, an old time Puget
sound resident, was murdered by burglars
Friday NIGHT at his saloon in Seattle.
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ST Lnuia Pool Rooms to Close


st. Louis, June 2l-The st. Louis pool
rooms, which for the last six months have
enjoyed entire immunity from police in
reference, will, it is expected, be closed
by operation of the Missouri breeders
law, which goes into effect at sunrise. As
there appears to be some doubt concern
ing the constitutionality of the law, Col
onel Ullman will keep his book open in
the expectation Of being raided and make
a test case. All the other poolrooms will
nIo.n
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Short in His Accounts.

Barrie. Ont, June 13.-Sidney j. San
ders, county treasurer has disappeared,
leaving a letter saying there is short
age in his accounts which he could
not meet. A partial investigation
shows a loss to the county Of about
500, 600.