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rv ***^ rw THE McHEIRY PLAINDEALER MeEOMftT PLAIND BAUER 00. lleHBNRY, U -- ILLINOia NEWS OF THE WORLD \MmMbI; Political. Domestic Happenings of Minor Im Teld ia Paragraphs. H>•:•' ProfessorN. Coe Stewart, iiupervlsor *>f music in the Cleveland public schools, has resigned after filling the position for thirty-six years. At La Crosse, Wis., William E. Tip- petts, charged with the murder of Ira " Shrake and released on $5,000 bail, shot off the top of his head with a shotgun. , The $5,000 personal injury suit of Hamilton Perce against the Chicago Great Western road was, settled by the attorneys of the plaintiff agreeing to accept $12,000. The navy department was advised that the Raleigh, which Was en route to the Asiatic sta^pn, had returned to , Aden on account of leaky boiler tubes and to make engine repairs. The state department has been in­ formed by the American embassy at Berlin that the American fleet will be entertained at Kiel from the 23rd to the 30th of June. The Woolners, the pioneer distillers of Peoria, III., who have been manag­ ing the Atlas distillery for the whisky ^ trust, will retire July 1 and announce that they will immediately commence the erection of one of the largest/dis­ tilleries in the world. John S. Bratton, W. A. Brown, S. J. •lien, B. Colliver and Frank/Hale were held responsible for the death of Naval ; Reserve Clifford Hambley, who was shot in a riot at East St. Louis. Brat­ ton is a well known horseman. The amount of 3 and 4 per cent bonds so far received at the treasury department for exchange into 2 per cent consols is $72,206,350. The Indiana Union Traction com­ pany has just been organized by Phil- adelphiaand Indiana capitalists with a capital of $5,000,000 and a similar bond Issue. Of the latter $1,000,000 will be Issued at once. This amount is said to have been underwritten. The new company will take over - the Union Traction company of Indiana under a lease guaranteeing-a rental on a grad­ uated scale. The leased company is * controlled by Philadelphia capital. The North Michigan Turning works at Mackinaw City were destroyed by fire. Estimated loss, $75,000; insur­ ance, $12,000. The grain and seed warehouse of D. 8. Gay of Winchester, Ky., burned, in­ cluding the largest stock of blue grass seed in the world. Loss over $100,000; Insurance, $75,000. Fire started by the explosion of a gas engine on the Enoch Ross farm in Marion township, Ohio, set fire to a well, two oil tanks and an engine house. It is believed a further spread of the flames will be prevented.' Viagio Tomelli, Italian charge at Havana, Cuba, was shot at by Pietro Alliney, Italian, supposed to be in­ sane. Ernest Naoroji, cashier for Edward Rueb & Co., of Chicago, committed suicide in the Prairie State bank by shooting. Gambling losses had led him to embezzle $3,000 from his employers. The Jewish massacres at Kisheneff, Russia, probably will be ignored by the United States government, and ap­ peals from mass meetings will not be forwarded to St Petersburg. The resignation of Justice Magruder from the Illinois Supreme bench be­ cause of dissension with other mem­ bers is rumored. A stormy conference Is believed to have been held by jus­ tices following official censure of him. Valuable express packages were thrown from Erie railroad train be­ tween Crown Point and Huntington, Ind. Marion Jones of Marion, O., and G. P. Gillen of Piqua, O., were found ill the car and arrested. A Hoboken, N. J., detective ser­ geant was badly beaten by students from Stevens institute preparatory school, whom he ordered to stop fir­ ing revolvers in a downtown shopping street The war department has made the following announcement of the pro­ visional apportionment to the Central Western states of 50 per cent of the $2,000,000 appropriated by the act for arming and supplying the militia to correspond with the regular army: Illinois, $58,^73; Indiana, $19,186; Iowa, $22,010; Kansas, $123,401; Michigan, $24,924; Minnesota, $15,- 185; Missouri, $23,045; Nebraska, ! $14,593; North Dakota, $5,116; Ohio, ^ $51,730; Wisconsin, $24,425. Andrew J. Davis, for fourteen years justice of the peace in Grand Cross­ ing 111., and who for years had been known in that section as the "blind judge, died at Milwaukee after an ill­ ness of a few days. Rev. Wilber F. Paddock, for forty years rector of St. Andrew's Episco­ pal church at Philadelphia, died at .Denver, aged 72 years, as a result of Injuries received in a runaway acci­ dent. The United States Brewing Asso­ ciation opened its convention in Nia­ gara Falls, with 400 delegates in at­ tendance. Mayor William B. Hays of Pittsburg has been indicted charged withi a mis- -demeanor in discharging an old sol­ dier from the employ of the city. Darius Buroker and his grandson, .Russell Colbert, were both killed by a •witch engine on the Pennsylvania railroad, six miles west of Marion, Ind. They stepped from the main track as a freight train passed and igere struck by a switch engine. Brown, one of the Glasgow, Mont., jail breakers, has been captured. He •ays while the four outlaws rode through the brush near Glasgow they passed within, thirty feet of some of the posse and could easily have killed them. Pierce, another of the outlaws, captured near Harlem. > A sharp earthquake shock was felt- ^ /at San Francisco and other California •V dlieB at 5:12 a. m. June 11. lockjaw resulting from use of toy idstols caused the death of two Pitts­ burg boys, making the total of dead since May 30 ten. Fore.it fires have been raging near Cc German and other points in the east erd «f the upper Michigan peninsula. Much standing timber as well as logs, cord wood and tanbarlc has been burned ard several lumber camps have been cavod Tonly after a hard fight. Tbe secretary of the Interior has or­ dered the withdrawal from entry of 800,000 acres of public land in Idaho In conrection with the Blackfoot irriga­ tion project and 500,000 acres in Ne­ vada in connection with the Rock creek, the Humboldt river, North Hum­ boldt and South Humboldt projects. By direction of Justice William R. Day. president of the McKinley Me­ morial association, Secretary Hartzell cf the association issued calls to trus­ tees of the association to meet Mon­ day. June 22, in the office of Senator Hanna at Cleveland. Plans suggested by various people to raise about $100,- 000 of the fund desired for the me­ morial will be considered. The civil war in Wadai is ended. Dudmorra has been proclaimed sultan. A dispatch from Warsaw announced that a large apartment house there col­ lapsed suddenly and thttkthe bodies of nineteen persons were taken out of the ruins. The Russian war minister, General Kuro^atkin is being extensively feted at Tokio. A noticeable fact, however, is that simultaneously with the festi­ vities Baron Yamamoto, the Japanese minister of marine, is inspecting all the naval ports and testing their effi­ ciency in case of war. | Leaving a note asking her family to pray for her, Miss Hattie A. Thomas of New Orleans killed herself with laud­ anum within an hour of the time set for her marriage. Missie 165, the imported shorthorn cow that won second prize at the inter­ national stock show at Chicago last year, died at the Burnbrae farm, near Delphi, Ind. E. W. Bowen was her owner. In a brawl at Livingston, Ky., John Settles shot and killed Joseph Mul- lins. Twelve bands and 10,000 people at­ tended the annual convention of the Northwestern Band association at Fond du Lac, Wis. An examination of the affairs of Porter Bros., San Jose, Cal., is re­ ported so satisfactory that the receiv­ er will be withdrawn and business re­ sumed. President J. A. Beattie of Hiram college has presented his resignation to the board of trustees. John Hankin, 16 years old, killed himself at Whitehall, Wis. He was crazed b the recent death of bis lit­ tle sister. Benjamin James, aged 28, was struck by the fact mail train on the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern near Shoals, Ind., and instantly killed. The Atlanta cotton mills have closed down because of the high price of cotton and its scarcity. Three hun­ dred operatives are thrown out of em­ ployment. The North Michigan Turning works at Mackinaw City, Mich., were total­ ly destroyed by fire. The estimated loss is $75,000, with insurance at $12,- 000. Twenty-five members of batteries A and B, light artillery of Louisville, went to Marysville, Ky., to preserve order at the trial of the three negroes for assault on John B. Farrow, a prominent citizen. Dr. Rudolph Balrd, tried at Boulder, Col., on the charge of having mur­ dered his wife with poison, has been found guilty. Jerome L. Barker, assistant post­ master at Stevens' Point, Wis., was arrested and lodged in jail on the charge of embezzling $650. EL P. Pinney, a court commissioner, was arraigned at Kenmare, N. D., on charges of embezzling upward of $5,- 000 from homesteaders. Thirty-four horses that had been used for two months working the coach Pioneer between New York and Ardsley were sold at auction for $24,- 000, the highest price for one pair be­ ing 4,750. Edward Mclntyre, the Minooka, Pa., hotel keeper, who ended a forty days' fast at noon Tuesday, died at noon Thursday. He began the fast in the hope that it would prove beneficial in a severe attack of paralysis. William J. Bryan denies that he has abandoned politics by his renun­ ciation of leadership. Joseph Theurer of Chicago was elected president of the United States Brewers' association. Corpus Christi was celebrated at Notre Dame, Ind., university with im­ pressive ceremonies. The general synod of the Evangeli­ cal Lutheran church at Baltimore adopted measures to raise $1,000,000 within the next five years for general educational work. The National Association of Credit Men at St. Louis elected J. Harry Tregoe of Baltimore president and Richard Hanlon of St. Louis vice president. Col. Schiel, who fought for the Boers, commanding their artillery in the recent South African war, is dy­ ing at Berchtesgaden, Bavaria. The shortage of John H. Carey, the missing ex-treasurer of Brietung town­ ship, in Dickinson county, Michigan, will aggregate over $10,000. Tbe board of supervisors of Peoria county, Illinois, has petitioned the governor to pardon all the Inmates, about twenty, of the Peoria industrial Bcfcool, an1 institution for dependent children. They want the Institution dispensed with. The coal handlers at the landing stages at Barcelona have struck work and as a result shipping is temporarily paralyzed. Jessie Morrison has begun serving her twenty-flve years' sentence at the state penitentiary at Lansing, Kas., for the murder of Mrs. Olin Castle. The Illinois Undertakers' associa­ tion In session at Peoria, elected F. H. Ketcbam of Chicago president. The president has signed proclama­ tions creating two forest reservations in Utah to be known as the Logan and Mantl reserves. The United States circuit court of appeals handed down an opinion in New York reversing the finding of the United States district court which de­ clared forfeited the $15,000 pearl neck­ lace imported by Mrs. L. Harrison Dulles of Philadelphia. The court or­ ders the case retried. HEW MONARCH OUTLINES PUNS tiopes to See Servia Prosper Under Liberal Constitu­ tion of 1889. DENIES COMPLICITY IN CRIME Expresses His Deep Regret That It Was Thought Necessary to Shed Blood and Disapproves of Violerft Measures Resorted To. Geneva cablegram: Prince Peter Ka- rageorgevitch, the newly proclaimed king of Servia, gave an interview in which he repeated his disclaimer of any complicity, direct or indirect, in the assassinations of King Alexander and Queen Draga. He expressed his detestation of the crime, and gave a brief outline of his own political ten­ dencies. Replying to b series of direct questions, Prince Peter said: New King Is Surprised. 'It is true my partisans have a com­ plete organization in Servia with which I am in frequent communica­ tion. I know from other sources that the discontent of the Servian people had reached its height, but I could not possibly have foreseen the events of the other night. I in no way con­ tributed to their preparation and I took no part, direct or indirect, in them. On the contrary, their perpe­ tration surprised me. I to his children, especially to his son TGeorge. When the boys are In Geneva * |-,for the summer vacation their father takes them regularly to the Greek church and carefully watches over their studies. He frequently talked to their professors, insisting that they should make tbe boys study hard, espe­ cially George, as he might one day be King of Servia, but he never discussed the. situation with George. t Burial of Royal Couple. Belgrade cable: King Alexander and" Queen Draga were buried at 1:30 o'clock Friday morning in the family vault of the Obrenovitches in the chapel of the cemetery of St Mark. The strictest privacy was main­ tained in order to avoid hostile demon­ strations. Two coffins were brought in by servants and carried up to the room where the bodies of the assassinated king and queen were lying. The corpses were then put in the coffins and the latter were placed in a hearse, which was hurriedly driven to the old cemetery, where the other members of the Obrenovltch family are in­ terred. In addition to the attendants only two priests were present at the funeral. The metropolitan of Bel­ grade was absent The whole cere­ mony lasted only a few minutes. The autopsy neld has proved that the late king received thirty shot* wounds, many of them deadly. Queen Draga had numerous shot and saber wounds, and it is alleged that her body was torn in a barbaric fashion. J?;, AND BLANKETS State Arsenal Is Emptied for % Benefit of Suffejg|i^.->r Flood, ft V.' APPEALS TO WAR DEPARTMENT PREACHES WHILE HE SLEEPS Rev. John Cauffman of the Amlsh Church Edifies Hearers. Nftshville, Ind., special: A psycho­ logical wonder in the person of Rev. John Cauffman has appeared in Ham- THE OLD CUP 8EE8 SOMETHING. Ohio Btate Journal. I calmly await the trend of events. So long as no formal proposals reach me I have no reason to leave Geneva, and I will remain here. No one has yet asked me to return to Servia. No one has yet offered me the crown. I am even without news of the members of my family who reside in Belgrade. Regrets Bloodshed. '*My opinion of the execution of the King and Queen of Servia is this: I deeply regret that it has been thought necessary to shed streams of blood. I formally disapprove of the violent measures and I especially deplore that the army has had recourse to such measures--an army which has nobler tasks to accomplish than assassina­ tion. It would have sufficed to force King Alexander to sign his abdication. He could have been bound, as has been done in other circumstances. It is a horrible thing to shed blood. You ask what will be my attitude when I am in possession of the crown. We will assume that I am called to the throne--I shall not fail to take in­ spiration from the admirable institu­ tions of Switzerland, which I have learned to appreciate highly. I am in favor of absolute liberty of press. I hope to see Servia prosper under the constitution of 1889, which is very lib­ eral. . Favors Russia. "Regarding foreign relations, it has been alleged that I am systematically hostile to Austria. That i^ false. Maybe I am in special sympathy with Russia, to which country I sent my boy in the hope that he would take service there." Prince Karageorgevitch is devoted Gale for 8enator. Mason City, Iowa, dispatch: A. H. Gale was nominated for senator of the Firty-third district to succeed W. F. Harriman. The nomination was by acclamation and is regarded a victory for the Cummins element in the state. blen township, this county. Mr. Hamblen is an Amish preacher and he hails from Elkhart county. The remarkable thing about him is that he cannot preach unless he is sound asleep. Mr. Cauffman goes to the church at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and there, upon a cot, he will lie in a sound slumber until 7 o'clock, when he arises and enters the pulpit, the congregation ifteanwhile having filled the church. Then he delivers a ser­ mon, expounding the scripture In well- chosen words and, to the edification and wonder of his hearers, often con­ tinuing his discourse for two and a half and even three hours. He uses both the English and German lan­ guages in' his preaching. L088^t EACHE8 INTO MILLION8 Great Damage Reported From Floods Throughout France. St. Etienne, France, cablegram: Vio­ lent rainstorms have flooded many mines in this region, compelling a suspension of work. Washouts have also interrupted railway traffic. The rivers Coise, Mare and Gien are in flood, while the Lorie is ten feet above its usual level at Baibigny. The dam­ age caused by Inundation is already es­ timated at millions of francs. Queen Wilhelmlna Is Not III. The Hague cable: It is officially stated that there is no truth in the re­ port circulated In America that Queen Wilhelmina has shown symp­ toms of a tuberculous nature. Fight for Right of Way. Waukegan, 111., dispatch: A hot le­ gal, and possibly physical, battle Is expected presently between the city and the proposed new Lake Shore electric line for its right of way along the lake front. Royal Residence for Ireland. London cablegram: It is reported that during his coming visit to Ire­ land King Edward will announce his intention of establishing a royal resi­ dence in Ireland. Heir to $100,000. New York special: Living in-mod­ erate circumstances for eighteen years, John Manley, a constable of Plalnfield, N. J., has learned that he is heir to Long Island property val­ ued at several hundred thousand dol­ lars. Indiana Golf League. Richmond, Ind., dispatch: The In­ diana Golf league, composed of Mari­ on, Muncie, Anderson and Richmond, has been formed. A series of twelve matches will be played, the season opening June 24 and closing Sept. 2. v Wins Interstate 8hoot. Sioux City, la., special: R. R. Bar- ger of Pauline, la., won the interstate championship trophy in the Soo Gun club shoot to-day. Barger made sev­ enteen straight in the shoot-off. Fire at Lake Forest. Lake Forest, 111., dispatch: The Lake Forest residence of John V. Farwell, Jr., was ruined by fire. The blaze started from an open grate and the entire furnishings were ruined by water and smoke. Nab Insurance Swindlers. Vienna cable: Alois Grebens, a merchant, and Anton Cerlc, an agent, have been arrested at Trieste on the charge of defrauding a New York in­ surance company. Acting Governor Northcott Asks Fed­ eral Authorities to Render Aid to the People of East St. Louis--Kan­ sas City Needs Help. Springfield, 111., dispatch: Illinois has exhausted its resources in "fur­ nishing tents and blankets for tbe re­ lief of the refugees from flood at East St. Louis and neighboring points and' Acting Gov. Northcott has appealed to the war department of the United States for assistance and has re­ quested 2,00C tents. In his message the acting governor requested that the tehts be sent direct to East St Louts at the earliest possible moment if the request be allowed. Two hundred tents and 300 blank­ ets were sent by express to East St Louis and additional tents were sent to Chester. This practically clears the state arsenal of all available tents and blankets. : A message was received from Col. J. S. Culver, commander of the Fifth regiment and in charge of the military forces at East St. Louis, asking that tents and blankets be sent to A1 Keechler, chairman of the relief com­ mittee in East St. Louis. Mayor Asks for Rifles. • telegram was ̂ received at the ex­ ecutive office from J. W. Scott, the mayor of Venice, requesting that twen­ ty rifles be sent to Granite City, for use by the patrol guard in protecting property from river nirates. The arms were immediately Started to that place. , It is reported from Chester that the waters have reached the walls of the southern state penitentiary at that place and fear is entertained that a portion of the walls of the prison may be undermined by the flood. Adjt. Gen. Smith expects that troops will be needed at East St. Louis at least ten days longer. They will be kept there until their presenoe is no longer necessary for protection of property or life. Kansas City Needs Aid. Kansas City, Kan., special: Mayor Gilbert has sent the following^ tele­ gram to E. F. Ware, commissioner of pensions, at Washington: "The relief committee invites you to come to Kansas City, Kas., and see if you were correct in tlfe statement that Kansas needs no aid. Four thousand families -- 20,000 people -- homeless here. Is it right for us who are not in need to let our pride prevent char« ity coming to those who are really suffering when we cannot furnish it?" Ware Explains. Washington special: Commission­ er Ware of the pension office made the following explanation of his order discontinuing the soliciting of funds for Kansas flood sufferers in the pen­ sion bureau: "I have not the slightest objections to Kansans contributing all they want to the fund, nor do I object to their being asked to give the money in this office, but they must leave the people of other states and the popular sub­ scription idea alone. Kansas can take care of herself. If there is suffering and want the state has millions of dollars in bank to draw on." Mr. Ware added that he had sent his check for $500 for those who are in need of help. His letter accompany­ ing the check stated that if more money were needed he would dupli­ cate his original subscription. HIDDEN PICTURE LATE8T CA8H MARKET REPORT8 Wheat. Chicago--No. 2 red, 76c. New York--No. 2 red, 8094 c. Kansas City--No. 2 hard, 66%e. St. Louis--No. 2 red, 75%c. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, 80c. Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, TO^c. Duluth--No. 1 hard, 79%c. Corn. Shlcago-- No, 2, 47*4@47%c. ew York--No 2. 65%c. St. Louis-No. 2, 46%c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 4SHc. Peoria--No. 8. 45c. Oats. Chicago--Standard, 36^@37Hc. New York--No. 2, 37%c. St. Louis--No. 2, 34V£c. Kansas City--No. 2 white, 85ttOttc. Cattle. Chicago--<1.606/ n. 50. St. Louis--J2.70®5.20. Kansas City--$2.60@$.4B. Omaha--J2.25@5.40. Hogs. Chicago--»2.25@6.25. St. Louts--J5.60@6.16. Kansas City--5.56@6.10. Omaha--$5.70@6.05 Sheep and Lambs. Chicago-- $2.50@7.75 St. Louis--$3.75@7.25. Kansas City--$3.7506.11. Omaha-- $3.854j:6.95. Kills Her Stepfather. Sneedville, Tenn., dispatch: Lewis Bolin, 60 years old, was murdered by his 13-year-old stepdaughter, who sank the blade of an ax deep into his skull. Bolin was chastising a stepson when the boy called to his sister for help. Frost Works Havoc. Grand Rapids. Wis., special: Heavy frost here damaged the cranberry crop. Corn and potatoes were injured 25 per cent. The cranberry crop is covered by ice which formed on the water. Berry crops were also injured. Fear Blazing Forests. Seattle, Wash., special: Reports re­ ceived here show that there Is grave danger of last year's forest fires being repeated this summer. The woods are on fire all around Granite Falls. King of Yap's Will. Savannah, Ga., cablegram: • cable from Hongkong from Lawyer W. C. Hatrldge of this city says he has found the will of the late King O'Keefe of Yap and that the value jl the estate aggregates $500,000. Move Immense Buildinq. Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch: The work of moving the Grand Opera House to permit <5f the widening of Diamond al­ lay is of gigant^p proportions. The oost will amount to $250,000. u !r! HUNDRED!) DIE T Floods Sweep Over City of Heppner, Ore,, Leaving Many Dead. COMES WITHOUT WARNING Huge Mass of Water Sweeps Down Willow Creek, Tearing Houses From Their Foundations and Tossing Them About Like Corks. "Is Joshua any better this morning?" Find him. rwwirtfiiViir n n nnnrinn rir»rww-*~w~ni t n iWiiiy^nn-v>r>r^rin n unexpected, had come and gone ml quickly and had created such sad and! unspeakable havoc, that few would! believe that all was over, that som^ other fearful calamity did not impend.: The night had fallen completelyi when the rescue parties set to work.! The task was beyond their resource®,' They could do no more than to succoFf comparatively few, who, in wealti voices, called for aid. Timbers lit many cases were removed and brick# and stones taken away in quantities before injured man, woman or child, could be reached. But the flood had mercifully killed moBt of the victims- outright, and not many were left la torture and slow death. • Cries Mingle. Increasing the gloominess of th# scene were the scattered bodies of hundreds of horses, sheep and cow*' In the Heppner region much stock Is raised, and .thousands of head were lost in the storm. Some of the cattle- did not die at once and their piteous calls were mingled with faint human voices. When day c&me the sun shonSf brightly, and before noontime the heat was distressing. Couriers were dis» patched to lone, Lexington and othesr places. A telegram was ordered sen# at tfrst opportunity to the office of the Oregon Railway and Navigation com-, pany at The Dalles. This eventually • caused a relief train to be made up- with a corps of physicians, trained! nurses and all sorts of supplies and provisions. Horses and wagons were also put on the train, so that when the locomotive was compelled to stop- the rest of the distance could be mad# by road. Five Hundred Are Dead. Among the first advices received was one which said that the fatalities would number 300; it was hoped that this was an exaggeration, but dis* patches from Lexington and other- towns led to the belief that the first report was much too conservative^ This proved to be true when to-night'# dispatches told of a probable death list of 500. Word was received from lone that 300 coffins were needed at once at Heppner. The weather is hot and it is necessary that the dead should be buried at once. One hundred coffins were sent on the overland train and 100 will be sent from The Dalles and Portland. Other Cloudbursts. Reports were pouring in of similar cloudbursts in eastern Oregan and in contiguous states. From Butte, Mont., came the news that traflice throughout that section along the Northern Paci- flee-' is almost at a standstill. It is safd that near Park City a cloudburst hurled a wall of water of great depth down the valley, causing unknown damage. A section of a Northern P& ciflc bridge that spans a valley and which is 110 feet high was swept away with considerable trackage. From lone and Lexington come sim­ ilar stories. Immense masses of wat­ er seemingly dropped from the sky into tbe valleys and surged over the country. Only luck and providence conspired to reduce the loss of human life in these places to nil, but the property damage is understood to be considerable. Five hundred lives are believed to have been lost in a terrible flood which overswept the city of Heppner in the northeastern section of Ore' gon Sunday evening, June 14, between, the hours of 5 and 6. The residence portion of the city was engulfed and probably $1,000,000 property damage are done. Heppner is the seat of Morrow coun­ ty and had an estimated population of 1,250 inhabitants. The situation in the ill-starred city is declared to be ap­ palling. A cloudburst is supposed to have been responsible for the sudden rise of the water in Willow creek, upon the north fork of which Heppner Is lo­ cated. It is reported that shortly af­ ter nightfall, following a day of un­ ceasing rain, a frightful fall of water came from the heavens. Heppner stands in a cut or gulch & position wholly open to the assault of such a tempest. Houses Collapse. A wall of water twenty feet high, which seemed to have been hurled by an infinite power, surged down Willow creek, carrying everything before it. Houses were hurled from their foun­ dations and tossed upon the torrent like so many corks on the billows of the ocean. There was no warning. Lives were sacrificed instantaneously. Most of the people in the path of the flood were drowned, but many were crushed to death by the collapse and disintegration of the houses which sheltered them. A fierce thunderstorm preceded the cloudburst. This storm was so terri­ fic that the people of Heppner felt secure in their homes against the wind and the driving rain. Shortly after 6 o'clock the gale blew with Increased fury and the rain was falling in solid sheets. The heavens appeared to open at this juncture and to let fall a com­ pact body of water. In Tempest's' Fury. The deep cut through which Willow creek flows was Immediately, filled with a madly raging torrent, which ran at lightning speed down the in­ cline leading to the terror-stricken city. The roar of the flood is reported as deafening. In the twinkling of an eye hundreds of houses were wiped from their foundations. No human voice was heard in the storm--the fury of the tempest was supreme. Adding to the calamity was the dashing of great bowlders and rocks from their places in the stream against dwellings and other struc­ tures. Many persons were not only killed instantly, but their bodies were mangled almost beyond recognition. Flood Passes Quickly. The flood passed within a few min­ utes. But two-thirds of the place had been devested. It was almost an hour before the surviving inhabitants could muster courage to help the af­ flicted. The onslaught had been so' DEP08E SOCIALISTIC PASTOR Rev* J. J. Spouse Is Read Out of the Baptist Church. Bay City, Mich., special: The Sag­ inaw Valley Baptist association at its annual meeting here deposed Rev. J. Spouse from the ministry and de­ clared his ordination papers null and void. Mr. Spouse was formerly, con­ nected with the church in Saginaw, Mich., but it is charged that he for­ sook the Baptist faith and began preaching Socialistic doctrines. , ' Murderer to Hang. N«w Orleans, La., dispatch: GOT. Heard has signed the death warrant of E. Batson of Missouri, convicted of the murder of seven members of the Earl family, and fixed Aug. 14 ss the date of the execution. 8tock Exchange 8eats Lower. New York special: The sale of a seat on the stock exchange is reported at $70,000. This is a drop of $13,000 from the high record of a few months ago and $10,000 below the last sale. ACCUSE A WOMAN OF BIGAMY Indiana Officials Hold Mrs. Fearch. Pending an Inquiry. La Porte, ind., special: Mrs. Louis Fearch is held in jail pending investi­ gation of the charge of bigamy. She is alleged to have contracted two mar­ riages after the death of her first hus­ band, Martin Crevison, who was 80 years old. Her second husband, it is said, was William Blyler. with whom she could not agree. Louis Fearch ia the third husband. HARRI80N WILL IS NULLIFIED Son of the President Wins Suit Against His Stepmother. Indianapolis, Ind., dispatch: In the circuit court Colonel Russell B. Harri­ son, as trustee for his children, won the suit brought by him against Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, widow of the ex- President Harrison, and the Union Trust Company, as executor under the will of Benjamin Harrison. Judge Al­ len ordered the property sold and the proceeds distributed among the heirs. Rebuild a Dewey Prize. Pensacola, Fla., dispatch: At the Pen8acola naval station the rebuild­ ing of the captured Spanish cruiser Isla de Luzon, the only fruit of Dew­ ey's victory able to navigate alone, will begin at once. Plan Connecting Link. New York dispatch: Forma) appli­ cation for permission to build the New York connecting railroad in Brooklyn and Queens boroughs has been made to the Rapid Transit commission era. mailto:J2.25@5.40 mailto:2.25@6.25 mailto:J5.60@6.16 mailto:5.56@6.10 mailto:3.75@7.25