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THOUGHT 1T WAS EARTHQUAKE.
FIFTEEN Persons Hurt IN . San Francisco
Observation-Disclosures Killed I've.

Fifteen Persons Hurt IN . San Francisco
Stampede-Explesien Killed I've.
SAN Francisco. Aug. 24.-Two men
we're blown to pieces to-day. when three
tons Of nitroglycerine exploded at the
Du Pont powder works at Sobrante. on
the bay shore. sixteen miles north Of
Berkeley.
The shock Of the explosions-there were
three OF them-was felt in cities all around
the bay. At the establishment Of the Cali
fornia Fruit Gamers Association in this
city the thousand employees thinking
there was an earthquake rushed into the
street. In the stampede thirteen persons
were seriously injured. More than half
Of the employees were women.
Finding the doors from the main hall
into the street locked. the women on the
second floor became terror stricken. Some
threw themselves headlong down stairs.
In their efforts to get outside a few Italians
drew knives and wounded several persons
Three b Iildings OF the power plant were
destroyed, the washhouse. the nitroglycerine
mixing house and the acid separating
house.
The damage amounted to $4,000.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-25
NOEL WINS IN MISSISSIPPI.

Primary Returns Wake His Election rs Cow
ernor Over Brewer Almost Certain.
JACKSON. Miss. Aug. 74,-There 10 no
doubt Of the election Of Edmond r. Noel
Of Lexington as Governor OF Mississippi.
Brewers campaign managers here will not
admit il, but the figures are all for Noel.
They give Noel forty-one counties and plu-
~ralities a~gsregating q. las TO Brewers thirty
seven counties and pluralities sggregatlng
1851.
In the election Of Ed Noel and John Sharp
Williams Mississippians are oo~ngratulating
themselves on q return to san and safe
politics. these men being tho antipodes Of
Brewer and vardaman.
Luther Manship. the lecturer. story teller
and foremost negro dialect artist In the
South. defeated ex-Attorney-G General Nash
for Lieutsnant-G Governor by q large vote.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-25
THREATENS BISHOP BURGESS.
Black Hand Letter. However. Doesn't Seen
TO worry Him.

w Ves
GARDEN CITY. L. l.. Aug. ~24.-Bishop
Frederick Burgess OF the Protestant Epis-
copal diocese OF Long Island. who lives at
Garden City. has received a Black Hand
letter which makes threats against the
Bishops life. Skull. daggers and cross
bones we're roughly drawn on the letter.
which was mailed in Brooklyn.
Bishop Burgess said last night hat he
wasn't going to worry about the matter.
He would not make the letter public. saying
laughingly that Of course ones mail was
ones own private affair.
Garden City persons who found out about
the letter yesterday were much concerned
for tho Bishops safety. Several OF them
could recall having seen strange men hang
ing around the see house, and the rumor
spread that the letter had contained a
demand for money and q threat that failure
to pay it would mean that the see house
would be dynamited or otherwise destroyed.
The Bishop. accompanied by his son.
went riding yesterday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-25
LIVED ~ YEARS IN 4 BATH.
Mar with Injured Spine Earned ~Lavethesa
IN warm water.

Spectd, Cable nsspaieh 10 The Sun.
LONDON, Aug. IA stone mason of the
name OF Schlimme has just died In the
public hospital Of Brunswick. Germany.
after having lived for nearly thirteen years
In a warm bath.
In 1904 Schlimme. who was then 20
years OF age. fell from a tree and injured
his spine. His backbone was practically
broken and the spinal cord crushed. As
q result the lower portion OF his body was
paralyxed and certain internal organs
were unable to perform their functions.
In order to saw the mans life the physi-
clans ordered . permanent bath. In which
Sohlimme recEned for years. His body
was supported by cieveriy oontrived restA
The water was kept at q temperature Of
o. degrees. The man felt little OF no pain
and became q skilful basket wire worker
and vas able to support himself and his
mother. He finally died Of tubsrculosia.
which had boon brought ON by his constant
immersion In the hot bath.
In painful contrast 10 this prolonged
bath In Germany the London papers to-
day record how q clark to tho Board Of
Guardians st Cuokfeld reported TO Ne
board yesterday that there wore many
old men In the workhouss who had not
bathed or washed for . year. a. the female
nurses considered Il too indsIicats Q task
for them. The board accordingly decided
to engage q male nureeL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-25
MINERS STILL ENTOMBED.
Ont Rescuing Party 10 D within FIfty
Feet q the Fsur Men.


wnKEsBARss. Pa, Aug. A.-Hope q
reaching the four men entombed In No.
II colliery Of the Pennsylvania Coal Com
pany 10 still expressed and h rescuing
parties work steadily. This morning q
second party starting from a new direction
in the effort to reach the men made such
good Roadway that tonight only some Atty
feet Of solid coal separate them from h
spot where the men are believed to be.
So many falls Of roof have occurred In
the passage along which the rescuing
party first started that they have been
driven back sevcral times and are in I'm
minent' danger OF being entombed them
selves. A rmor that suoh an accident
had happsncd drew hundreds 70 the shaft
this afternoon. The voices Of the en-
tombed men nave not boon heard since
yesterday, but the hopeful declare that
this is due to the fact that the o~revices by
which the sound came have been closed
by the falls.
S~eventy-three men worked steadily to-
day, but the officials tonight said there
was little chance Of reaching the place
where the entombed man are until to-
morrow. Miners says that II the air 10
good, and there is general belief that 10 is,
the men, even though they have neither
food nor drink, can live four or Ave days.
At 8 O'Clock this afternoon they had been
entombod forty-eight hours.
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DIES AT FERRYBOAT ENGINE.
Assistant Holds Dead Engineer and Runs
the Fulton to Her slip.

George Pagan. an engineer on the ferry
boat Fulton. running between Fulton
street. Brooklyn. and Fulton street. Man
haitian, topplod over when he was running
the boat TO Brooklyn at 1880 O'Clock yea
terday morning. He fell into the arms
Of his assistant. who supported him and
ran the engine at the same time until the
ferryboat entered her slip. A physician
who wa called pronounced him dead.
Pagan was 90 years old. and had been in
the employ Of the Union Ferry Company
for thirty-ive years. He was engineer OF
the Fulton for many years. He lived.at Isi
Beach street. Manhattan.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-25
LOST IN THE ALPS 20 DAYS.
woman Pound Almost starved and Out Of
Her Mlnd-Feli Into Gorge.
special Cao,e Despatch TO THs

special Cabie Despatch 10 TBE sun.
GENEVA. Aug. PA Swiss lady who
was visiting Loeche-les-B ains has been
missing since August 2. She was found
yesterday in the Gorges de Dala at an al
titude Of 5000 feet.
She had escaped injury in her fall, but
had remained imprisoned in the chasm.
When found she was reduced to a skeleton
and had lost her reason.
She had lived for twenty days on moss
grass and water.
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FRENCH SEIZE GERMAN SHIP
Under spanish Colors with Contraband
Rines On Moroccan Coast.

henANo ~ 80
Special CaHc Despatch 10 THE SUN.
LONDON. Aug. 24.-A despatch from
Tangier to the Central News says the
French cruiser Du Chayia arrived there to-
day with a German sailing ship which she
had captured OF the Moroccan coast.
The sailing vessel was flying the Spanish
colors when the Du Chayla sighted her.
The captain Of the cruiser did not like
the appearance OF the ship and sent a party
TO board her. They found that the vessel.
which was a German, was carrying a cargo
Of French rifles Of the Gros pattern.
The Du Chayla took the contraband
cargo aboard and on her arrival here
transhipped the cargo to the French cruiser
Jeanne d'Arc.
II b rumored that the captain Of the
German vessel is held a prisoner aboard
the Du Chayla.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-25
STRIKE I'D BE sETTLEDs
Bcattie. q OfIcial OF Union, says HE EEK
poets End by wednesday.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-w. W. Besttie,
national vioe-president Of the Commercial
Telegraphers Union Of America. said to-
day that he expected tho strike to be set
tied by next Wednesday. He had reliable
information, he said. that the strike would
be Of snort duration and he intimated that
the outcome would be favorable TO the
operators
He would not disclose the basis for his
prediction.
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LONDON CRITICISES MR.. REID.
His Lavish Entertaining spoken Of ~ Pre-
tcntiOus "A merfcans R~esentfui.
Special Cable Despatch TO The Sun.

Special Caois Despatch TO The SUN.
LONDON. Aug. 24.-The American friends
OF Ambassador Reid deeply resent the
criticisms made in English society Of his
magnificent hospitality during the past
season in London. I~nanuetions are freely
made that it 10 inappropriate and preten-
tious for an Ambassador to give entertain
ments rivallins those Of royalty in splendor.
The reply to this 10 that h Reids have
lived In London nearly on the same scale
as thsy have been accustomed to in America.
II is unkind and unjust. therefore. for the
English. whose pace hsppened to be sim
pier than the American Ambassadors. to
condemn him for following In London the
social customs Of his wealthy countrymen
at home.
Mr.. Reds American admirers In London
hope, therefore. that he will continue to
make Dorchester House. which 10 the fines
mansion In the metropolis. the scene of the
most dazzling functions ever known to
London.
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FERRY STRIKE CALLED OFF.

Long Island Company's Fircmen Will Try
To Get Their Jobs Back Tomorrow.
The Long Island ferry firemen. who
struck for an increase In pay on Wednes-
day last. held a meeting In Long Island
City last night and after a long argument
decided to declare the strike of.
The men will apply for their old places
tomorrow. and 1t 10 believed the railroad
officials will take them back under the old
scale OF wages.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-25
LICENSE YOUR BOAT, PLEASE.
For Motoring Otherwise In Government
waters IN Against the Law.

WASHINGTON. Aug. Accompanies are
being received at the Department OF Com
merce and Labor to the effect that motor
boats are being operated in violation OF
law in waters over which the Federal Gov
has jurisdiction. Under IN act
passed by Congress at the last session
owners Of motor boats are required TO take
out licenses and employ on such craft regis
tered pilots. In a great majority Of cases,
according to reports received at the Depart
ment. the now Law has been openly violated.
Supervising inspectors Of the steamboat
inspection service have boon instructed to
see TO it that the law relating to motor
boats ID strictly enforced.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-25
Auto Rscsrs Upset s47 Carts.

PANS, Aug. 54.-The Matin correspond
snt accompanying the De Dion cars taking
part In the Pekin to Paris automobile race,
who 10 10 In Berlin. says he counted the
number Of carts they upset between Pekin
and the Ural Mountains and that they
numbered s42. The victims invariably
made the sign OF the cross and com
mended their souls to God.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-25
RED SHAWL SAVES 4 TRAIN.
Nurses Find Tree % h Track and
F1ag ~ Express.

UTICA, N. Y, Aug. 24.-Train No. o1s
on the Mohawk and Malone division Of the
New York Central, which left Malone at
ga. M. to-day, for Utica. was saved from
disaster about two miles south Of Fulton
Chain about noon by two young women
who discovered a tree lying across the
track on a curve and tagged the express
with a red shawl.
The train was speeding down grade
sixty miles an hour and every seat in the
six coaches was occupied. The two women
are nurses at Onekio Lodge. They de-
cIined to give their names.
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WORK on LEAVE "
Danyflle. nl., Has DO ordered n the Mayer
Of the City Says II Goes.

OF the CITY Says II Q
DANvrLLs. H., Aug. 94.-FoIowing the
city councils order TO the chief OF police
to expel fr m Danville all persons without
v sible means OF subsistsno,, the Mayor
to-day said:
Il $50 lots Of young men IN Danvillc's
streets apparently all right but who are
not working. What they are doing I do
not know, but I do know they must get to
work or Get out Of Danvillh.'
Il 10 undegstood that hsis after samblssu.
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-Four Arrests IN Alleged Pise % XIII Diax.
Los ANoxLEs. CAL. Aug. A.-Four man
who 1t 10 said by the police were In . plot
to sssassinate President Diaz Of Mexico
wsre arrested hero yesterday. The
men have been searched for for
months through tho western half OF tho
United States into Canada and along tho
Mexican border.
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vLADIvo iroK, AUG. 3t-Ths United
States armored cruiser Chattanooga arrived
hsre &C 10 to-day.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-05-31

may not be required to bring all Of said
land under cultivation at once. he can
not, as against subsequent appropriate
ors. increase the amount of his apprO
priation by applying water TO other
lands not contemplated in the original
appropriation; and the fact that the
amount Of land irrigated has not been
increased in the 20 years it has been
owned and occupied by Evans and his
predecessors is sufficient to warrant the
court IN saying that a greater use OF it
was not contemplated, or, if contem-
plated, that it was not pursued with
reasonable diligence. There was no de-
ticiency of water at any time at the
plaintiffs orchard and garden. The
court finds that plaintiffs have a first
right to irrigate 15 to II acres from the
waters flowing in said canyon, and in
asmuch as they have been enabled to do
this, notwithstanding DEFENDANTS diver
sion and the utterly inexcusable condi-
tiOn OF their water system, it follows that
the prayer Of plaintiffs complaint must
be denied.
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and should be harvested in the coming
fall, the crop, on the basis of last years
acreage yield, would be about 9,616, 900
bushels.
Ii Is quite possible, however, that last
years acreage yield will be exceeded:
and should the yield of 1905 be eoualed
the total winter wheat harvest in the
state would be in excess of II 900, 900.
The average condition of winter wheat
10 Washington at the beginning OF this
month is officially rated at %.
This makes good reading, not only for
people of the entire state, but particu-
larly those living in what is known az
the wheat belt" While the prognosti-
cations are not so certain for spring az
Tor winter wheat, still the late abundant
rains, with occasional lowering clouds
pointing to more, makes the prediction
almost certain that spring wheat will
equal that Of winter.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-05-31

G. W. Larue & Co have 100000 to
loan on Palouse farm lands on very easy
terms.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-05-31
A BUMPER WHEAT CROP
The indications Point to a Yield
of 9,616.000 Bushels.
1t Will Be 1000, 900 Bushels LARGER
Than Last Year Acreage Will
Also Be Increased.

Wheat 81 a bushel sounds good. That
ls the speculative price, however, and
must not be expected to retain at all
times. Everything points to wheat
bringing top prices-crop news poor in
many eastern points, drOuth and cold
weather retards growth, old world needs
rain, etc. We of the Pacific coast are
singularly blest, as all conditions point
to heavy crops this year, and farmers
will get value for value received Wheat
II not king is at least heir to the throne.
The Palouse farmer seems to be in the
saddle.
A Washington, d. c., dispatch states
that it is not improbable, from present
Indications, that bumper crop of winter
wheat will be harvested in the state of
Washington this year. Last years crop
was Z 1888, ,292 bushels, the average yield
per acre being "a l bushels. The acreage
yield in 1906 was considerably smaller
than it was in 1905, but even at that
the productiveness of the Washington
fields was exceeded in only one state, and
that was in Idaho.
The May reports of the agricultural
department show that much larger
acreage of winter wheat than usual has
survived the cold months in Washington,
and this points to the fact that the crop
this year will be at least 100000
bushels larger than it was in 1906. The
number Of acres harvested in the state
last fall was officially estimated as
327 ,315, but this acreage was largely
exceeded when the fall sowing for the
crop of 1907 was made. The total sown
to winter wheat last fall was 437 1874
acres, and the May reports to the agri-
cultural department show that only 9
per cent of this acreage was abandoned
in the spring. Last spring 26 per cent
OF the previous falls sowing was aban-
doned. The amount left this spring is
estimated at 800, 900 acres, and if this
full acreage should survive the summer
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-05-31

At Winona Sheriff Ratliff took in
charge George Howard, brother OF one
Of the supposed horse thieves, who seem
ed to be in active sympathy with the
fugitives and is now confined in the cOun-
ty Jail. Some men by the name OF
Moore, relatives of one of the supposed
thieves, were detained by the sheriff until
the return OF the deputies, they seeming
to express altogether too much feeling
for the men wanted. 1t is the belief that
had the authorities been notified Thurs
day forenoon instead of in the evening
a capture would have been made.
1.-The Rocks" greatly res mble the lava
bed country in southern Oregon and
northern California, where in the early
'7Os Captain Jack and his braves frus-
trated the efforts OF the United
States soldiers to capture them for sew
eral weeks, first killing General Candy,
Rev. Dr. Thomas and several soldiers
before surrendering. From an eminence
"the rocks" look like level country,
where travel would be easy, but when
approached it is found cut into in
terminable shapes, with precipices, guI
lies, caves, ridges, cOne-shaped peaks,
rocks piled on rocks, making it per
feet hiding place for desperadOes. Sew
eral small lakes are formed here, enough
to supply water for needed purposes.
Deputy Sheriff Dickinson and others
are there now keeping a sharp lookout
in hopes of running across the men in
hiding, in which event a battle may take
place. That they have aiders and abet-
tors is quite evident. The horses stolen
have been run into British Columbia,
presumably taken in hand there by 9th.
ers and moved on to Alberta, where
there is brisk demand for horse flesh.
James Moore and Lee Howard are sup
posed to be the fugitives from Justice.
LATER Since the above was in type
Deputy Sheriff Dickinson came in from
1.-THE rocks" He arrived Wednesday
morning, and is convinced that the
rustlers have moved on.
George Howard, the suspect, was re-
leased from Jail Saturday night. but his
every movement was watched. He made
direct for WinOna, and inside Of II hours
after his release brought in horse be
longing to E. L. Sier which has been
missing for six or seven months, claim
ing that he traded for it. He brought
the horse in from the south of Endicott.
Wednesday evening he was again placed
under arrest charged with horse stealing
and is in jail. Howard is only 21 years
of age, and makes his headquarters at
Knox, near v mona.
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HORSE THIEVES At BAY
Evidently in Hiding at The
Rocks Men on Guard.
James Moore and Lee Howard Be-
Iieved to Be the Fugitives--
Relatives Seem Anxious.

The Inland Empire is afflicted with a
gang Of horse thieves that 40 far have
thwarted the efforts of the officers Of the
law to capture. They have been more
particularly active in Douglas county.
Thursday Of last week the sheriff Of that
county with a posse chased them from
krupp, on the line of the Great Northern
TO HattOn on the line Of the Northern
Pacific. From there the ''rustlers" went
to Delight, pOstoffice in Adams county,
where they appropriated a team and
buggy, telling the owner he had better
keep quiet as they needed the team in
their business, leaving their iaded saddle
animals They Travelled that day 100
miles, taking fresh animals whenever op-
portunity afforded.
Thursday evening the sheriff's Office
here was notified by the sheriff of Adams
county of the presence of the thieves,
aud Immediately Sheriff Ratliff and Dep
utiea Daley and Dickinson started for
the purpose of intercepting them. They
had barely time to catch the train for
Wnona and La Crosse. At La Crosse
Deputy Sheriffs Daley and Dickinson got
horses and reached Hawkins place at
1890 that night, calling the farmer up
and telling him their business. The two
horse thieves, according to Hawkins be-
lief, passed his place at 6:30 p N show
ing that Daley and Dickinson were only
four hours behind their men. The dep.
uties followed in their wake until a. m, ,
when the sod breaking camp Of HOOper's
was reached, where further trace was i'm
possible. 1t should be stated that the
deputies Travelled across fields, and it
being night it was slow business tracing
the culprits- Furthermore, they did not
leave the scent until what is known as
1.-THE rocks" was reached, q section OF
country between Pampa and WinOna,
for which point the horse thieves were
eading and are probably now in hiding
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1907-05-31

After June 1st the iewelry stores of
COlfax will close at 6 p. M, excepting on
Saturdays.
Some fine box stationery at Stuart's
Drug Store, at a big discount this week.
Gazette Clubbing Rates save Won money