Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-07-21
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

A powder mill several miles from
Ashland, Wis, blew Monday, killing
three men. Twenty were injured.
Kid Parker of Denver went down to
decisive defeat at Burke, Idaho last
Wednesday night at the hands of Maui
rice Thompson of Butte near the close
of the sixth round in what, SO long as
it lasted, was a rafting good fight.
That a general strike of the union
street car men of the Portland, Ore,
must be the result of the present situa-
ton is conceded by the officials of the
road.
Devasting floods are reported from
central Japan, and all street railway
service is interrupted at Toxic Kofu dis
trict has been converted into, a huge
lake, and damage amounting to several
million yen have been done. At the
Matsumoto copper Minis all work had
to be suspended. The latest reports
place the death list at nearly 1000.
The government has taken prompt &C.
ton to relieve the distress.
Earthquake shocks numbering be-
tween so and so have practically
made a ruin of the town of Socorro.
100 miles north of Ell Paso, Texas. The
courthouse is a mass of ruins and prac-
tically all the houses in town are dam
aged.
According to reports which have
been received at Ell Paso there is no
loss of life. The damage has been
wrought by a continuation of slight
quakes, which have caused the walls
of structures already cracked to tumble
to the earth.
The first shocks were felt on Sunday,
but the real damage has been confined
to Wednesday and Thursday. E. M.
Fink, a cattle buyer, who came from
Socorro. declares he was sitting at din
ner at the Winkler on Monday when
the entire side wall of the dining room
fell in, and that the guests and walters
scattered in every direction.
The people are in a panic and all
who g do so are leaving the town.
There Is a crater of what is thought to
be an extinct volcano not more than
eight miles from Socorro, and the in
habitants think that perhaps the vol
cano has something to do with the re-
markable series of shocks. Water in
the hot springs at Socorro has increased
more than 10 degrees in temperature,
and it is thought this furnishes new evil
dence of an internal upheaval, which is
of a local nature, and that in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the town.
The National railroad is sending box
cars into the town to take residents
away, SO great is their terror and their
desire to leave the town.
Huge bolders have been Jared on the
track from mountain sides and strains
have been delayed thereby. Bridge
abutments have been affected to such
an extent that orders have been issued
to Santa Fe trainmen to proceed with
great care over any bridge within a
radius of 80 miles of Socorro.
The buildings of the school of mines
are cracked and nearly every residel c ,
in the city is cracked or wrecked.
The town, which is largely of adobe
and brick, is almost shaken to pieces.
The entire surrounding country has
felt the shocks, and much damage has
been done. especially at San Marcial
and Magdalena, but not so severely as
at Socorro. A cloudbursC occurred neal
Carlsbad, N. M, and three inches of
rain fell in IN hour. All streams and
canyons rae overlooking and there will
be much damage to crops and fields.