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I - - - I- I V (1 u I THE LIGHT THAT NEVER FAILS. .. AWFUL DISASTER FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE SWEPT TO DESTRUCTION. RESULT OF A CLOUDBURST Wall of Water Wipes Out Fully Two Thirds of Hcppner Town in Oregon Corpces Are Piled on One An other, Mingling with Debris. roitTI.ANH. Ore. The most appall- ing disaster in the history of the state xurre. Sunday evening when Hepp ner was almost entirely destroyed by a. cloudburst and probably rttt people drowned. Heppner is the county seat of Morrow county and has about l.U."0 Inhabitants. The most reliable reports state that the loss of life will be at least 5iM) and may he larger. All the telegraph and telephone wires are down and no ac curate informatii n can l.e secured. A report from Ion-. seven'ren miles from Hcppner. states that ::' bodies have been recovered and cothns ar asked for for their interment. About ! Monday nigM a wall of water twenty feet high rushetl down into the gul h in which Heppner it sit nateil and carried everything before it. The flood came with such suddennpss that the inhabitants were unable to Keek places of safety ami were swept away. Almost the entire residence portion of the town was wiped out. but some of the business part, which is on higher ground, escaped. Huge boulders weighing a ton were washed down by the current and many people were killed by being dashed against the rocky bluff. Karfy in the afternoon a thunder storm broke over a wide region of ;mintry and later a heavy rainstorm set in. many of the small streams over flowed their hanks ami the people were busy with these minor inconveniences when the waterly avalanche broke upon them. As soon as possible after the flood subsided relief work was commenced. Dozens of bodies were found lodged along the bends of the stream and in several places were piled over one an other. I'p to this time 200 bodies had been recovered, almost within the city limits. The buildings which were not carried away were moved from their foundations or toppled over, while hundreds of horses, tattle, sheep and hogs that had gone into the creek bot toms for water had perished. News of the calamity did nit reach j "death of the king and queen of Ser the outside world until Monday morn- j via." and would not permit them to ing. all means of communication hav- j mention the word assassination. It is Ing been cut oiT. As soon as possible ; announced here that King Charles of news was sent by courier to the nearby ; Roumania. who was honorary colonel towns, which were appealed n to aid J or Ihe Sixth regiment of Servian in in succoring the stricken people. The ' fantry. which perpetrated the. massa Orgon Railway and Navigation com-; ere at Belgrade, has severed his con pany started a relief train from Thenectinn with the regiment, which he Dalles shortly afternocn with a party ; considers has given such horrible of 10. including three doctors, four ; prooT or lack of military honor. nurses, fifty horse blankets and sup- plies of all kinds. j Crisis Continues in Italy. The citizens of Portland opened a 1 ROME. The political crisis con relief fund as soon as the news s-pread ' tinues. Former Premier Zanardelli and within a few hourse $o.0i was raised. Supplies will he rushed to ' Heppr(.ja3 soon as they can be as- j srobletf. Word was received here from lone : late this afternoon that ZOO coffins were j needed at once at Heppner. The ; weather is hot and it is necessary that the dead should be buried at once. Field Guns for the Militia. WASHINGTON General Crozier. with the approval of Acting Secretary Sanger. Is making preparations to sup ply the militia of the several states with the new model field gun and oth er artillery equipments in accordance with appropriations made for that pur nose in the last congress. These guns are to be of the very latest mod el and will be the same as those supplied to the regular artillery of the army. Kansas Wants Harvest Hands. TOPEKA. Kas. The railroads have decided that the cheap rates of trans porting harvest hands will be In force this year from June 2. to July 10. In clusive. The rate will be a one-third fare for parties of five or over to any point In Kansas. In spite of the floods, which have devastated some of the valley lands of the state, the need of a large number of harvest hands Is rery pressing, and will have to come from other st t tes. HOTEL HELP QUITS. Strike Declared in Practically All of Chicago's Big Hostelries. CHICAGO. The strike in the ho tels of Chicago, Impending for the last three weeks, materialized Friday and twenty-five of the leading hotels of Chicago are now badly crippled in all departments. All of the hotels are running, however, and the pro priftors declare that the establish ments will remain open for business at any cost. The first call to the employes of lh- hotels o go on strike was made ,,v ,nf wa,fcl"S delegates at J o clock j morning ana an nay i.ie unt- gates visited the different hotels rep- resented in the Hotel Keepers' asso ciation and called out the help. In several places the walking delegates were refused admission and were com pelled to signal the employes from the outside. In others the strike leaders were met with the Informa tion that there was no need to make a call on the men to go out, the hole! proprietors telling the help it would be necessary to get out and stay out until her trouble was over. SCOUTS IDEA OF A REPUBLIC Servia Not Ready for Such an Ad vanced Government. BELGRADE. The Norodni Listy concludes an editorial article regard ing the suggested establishment of a Serbian republic, thus: "Servia is not yet ready for such an advanced government, while the army, which is really the contributing factor of the situation, would not agree to its establishment. Servia has had only two rilling dynasties and since the Obrenovitches have leen extermi nated, there is no choice except the Karageorgeovitches." Ljubonir Kallevitch. the new foreign minister, in ihe course of an Inter view, said that the Servian agents in London. Paris and Vienna had been informed by the respective govern ments to which they are accredited that these powers had no intention of intervening in Servia so long as pub lic order was maintained. MADE THE SULTAN TREMBLE. Will Not Allow the Word "Assassina tion" to Be Used. CONSTANTINOPLE The terrible drama at Belgrade caused stupefac tion at the yildiz palace. The sultan was so affected that he was unable to listen to the details published in the newspaper and allowed those who eon- versed with him to speak only of the was unable to go to the quirinal to see the king, owing to sickness. He arose in the morning but was obliged to return to bed. This circumstance is delaying the solution of the crisis, it Is reported that if Sig. Zanardelli persists in his refusal to form a cab- inet. the king will call on former Min ister Giolitti. More Troops Sent to Arizona. SAN FRANCISCO. The First United States cavalry left Friday for Lordsburg. N. Mex.. the nearest railroad station to Morenci, Ariz., there to await further orders. The squadron comprises about 250 men and eleven officers. Colonel Wells, commander of the regiment, did not accompany the squadron, which re turned from the Philippines on the Sheridan, and had previously been or dered to Texas. Nebraska Indians in Kentucky. GEORGETOWN. Ky. Greed's Ne braska Indians are now in Kentucky. They have played sixty-five games so far and lost seven, and have piled np 510 scores. Rockefeller Gives 15,000. NEW YORK Mayor Low received a check tor $5.0u0 from John D. Rock efeller for the fund for the relief of the sufferers from the floods in the west. HAIL PETER AS KING. Servians Rejoice at Parliament's Unanimous Selection of Ruler. BELGRADE Prince Peter Kara georgevitch was duly elected king of Servia Monday in joint session of the senate and skupshtina. The an nouncement was received with every manifestation of rejoicing. The presiding officer of the Joint session proposed the election of Prince Peter as king. Cheers greeted the proposals, which were repeated on the announcement that the vote was unanimous. The minister of justice hastened to the balcony and announc ed the fact to the waiting crowd. The people received the notification with cheers and a royal salute of 101 guns was fired. Lieutenant Lasar Javadovios of the Sixth infntry shot and killed himselt Sunday because his fellow officers did not permit him to participate in car rying out the plot against the late king and queen. SITUATION AT EAST ST. LOUIS. River Gradually Receding and Militia Released. ST. LOUIS, Mo. The high water Is rapidly receding back into the lower river level from the devastated dis tricts of East St. Ixiuis. All along the river front a stream of backwater is pouring into the river and daily more ground is being exposed in the flooded districts. The four compa nies of militia which have for almost a week been assisting the police were released. Long lines of refugees were formed again Monday in front of relief head quarters, waiting for food and cloth ing. Eastern railroad traffic Is gradually being resumed from St. Louis. The water has fallen to a depth of six inches at the relay station in East 3t. Louis, through which all east Dound trains must pass, and several lines were able to run through from the St. Louis union station. NEBRASKA MAY AID KANSAS. Governor Mickey Asks for the Condi tions. LINCOLN. Neb. Governor Mickey, awakened by the reports sent out of the stricken condition of the people of Topeka and Kansas City, Kan., has written a letter to Governor Bailey of Kansas, asking if that state desires the official aid of Nebraska. He in formed the governor of Kansas that he would issue a proclamation, call ing upon the people of Nebraska for aid. if such a step would be agreeable to the people of Kansas. In his letter the governor asks as to the needs of the stricken peoy?e and states that he stands ready to issue a proclama tion If help is needed and desired. AMERICAN KILLED BY TURKS. United States Consul at Odessa Re ports His Death. WASHINGTON United States Con sul Heenan at Odessa, Russia, reports by cable to the state department that Quarekin B. Chitjian, an American citizen, was killed in that city by a number of Turks, who have been cap tured. Chitjian was born in Harpoot, Turkey, in 1863, and came to the United States when a child. He lived at Worcester, Mass., where he was naturalized and ordained as a clergy man, returning to Europe last Septem ber. It is assumed that the Russian authorities at Odessa will mete out justice for the killing. Shoots at Italian Consul. HAVANA While the Italian consul here, Viagio Tornielli, was seated in the office, a young Italian sailor en tered and Inquired whether he was the consul. On receiving an affirmative reply, he whipped out a revolver and fired, the bullet grazing the consul's head. The sailor turned and fled along the street pursued by the consul. The miscreant ineffectively fired' the only charge in the revolver at his nearest pursuers. It is believed that he is In sane. Steel Corporation Reports. WASHINGTON During the past week the United States Steel corpora tion has filed, through Secretary Cor telyou, with the bureau of corpora tions of the department of commerce, the financial report of its operations for the year 1902. Including schedules, showing in detail its business and financial transactions during that year. The report is very voluminous and complete. It is the first report of any large business concern filed with the new department. Think Nebrasrcan eno Himself. MUNCIE. Ind The dead body of a man, supposed to be W. J. Ralph of Stewart county, Nebraska, was found in bed in the Rip Van Winkle hotel here. Ralph secured a room in the hotel and retired early. A revolver with one chamber empty was found lying behind the dead body. A tax receipt signed by the treasurer of Stewart county, Nebraska, and J150 in bills was found in the dead man's clothing. Report Confirmed. WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacoa The report that General Matos has Issued a manifesto announcing a col lapse of the Venezuelan revolution Is confirmed. Rumored 100 Were Killed. LONDON A dispatch from Rome alleges that nearly a hundred persons were killed at Belgrade, but there Is no confirmation of this report. SEELVflA TUELNS TO NEW CONG; WORE! OF Rumors that Karageorgevitch Is Not Satisfied with the Situa tion Authentic Story of the Assassination Told by One of the Prince Peter Karageorgevitch was unanimously elected king of Servia by the senate and skupshtina in joint session. The senate and skupshtina assembl ed June 15, and then proceeded to church. Upon reassembling in joint session the members passed a resolu tion of general amnesty and then pro ceeded to the election of a king of Ser via. Complete tranquillity prevails. It is not certain that Karageorge vitch will accept the crown. The most sensational rumors have been recoived from Geneva. One is to the effect that the prince demands that before he enters Belgrade all officers concerned in the murders shall have left it, requires an increase in his civil list, and insists that his election must be unanimous. It is believed that the terms laid down by the prince will be granted, that the assassins will- be banished, and that amnesty will be extended to them later. King and Queen Liuried. The bodies of the murdered king and queen were spurned and spit upon by hundreds as they lay in rude cof fins awaiting burial. They were buried after midnight, secretly and without ceremony, with not a single friend at their grave side. Lieut. Naumovitch was not buriel with the other victims, but in response to the wishes of the public was buried in daylight, with full military honors, and is now generally styled "a patriot who died for his country." The sisters and nieces of the late queen, who had been arrested by the military authorities, were expelled from the country. Her sisters were permitted to take a farewell look at the dead queen's remains. They were 1 ' '-L View of Corner of the Palace, Show! ng Windows of Apartments Occupied by the King and Queen. PRESIDENT WAS WELL GUARDED. Surrounded by Special Officers During Cleveland Visit. Cleveland newspapers say that no visitor to that city ever was under such close guard as was thrown around President Roosevelt during his stay there while attending the McCormick Hanca wedding. . From the moment of his arrival in Cleveland until he stepped on his special train for the return trip to Washington he was con tinually under the eye of a dozen picked secret service men under' the direction of Detective Tyree, who was constantly at his side during the re cent tour of the country The Hanna residence was carefully picketed ' on every side day and night, and all available city detectives were massed at and near the church when the wed ding was being solemnized. Forty uniformed, men were also on duty there. Sugar Yield. In Cuba sixteen tons of cane yield one ton of sugar; intPeni it requires only twelve and a hi Soldiers Who Took Part in the subsequently conveyed by the police on board a Servian ship, which took them out of the country. They were lucky to escape with their lives. The autopsy held 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. The appearance of the royal apart ments is indescribable. The doors and floors are shattered and the ruins drenched with blood. NEW KING DENIES COMPLICITY. Says the Killing Was to Him a Shock ing Surprise. Prince Peter Karageorgevitch, the newly proclaimed king of Servia, gave an interview at Geneva, Switzerland, in which he repeated his disclaimor of any complicity, direct or indirect, in the assassination 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 a series of direct ques tions, Prince Peter said: "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. "My opinion of the executions of the lung 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 de plore that the army has had recourse to such measures an army which has nobler tasks to accomplish than assas sination. It would have sufficed to force King Alexander to sign his abdi cation. Ever a Soldier of Fortune. Since Prince Peter Karageorgevitch has been suddenly proclaimed king of Servia, those who have known for a long time the members of his family and who some years ago knew him as an interesting figure in Paris, are re calling various phases of his adven turous and checkered career. His life has been filled with dare-devil escapades and the ups and downs of a royal pretender and a soldier of fortune. He has been constantly en gaged in intrigue, plots, and counter plots for the realization of his royal demands. The prince received in Belgrade the early education of a prince, but when Servant Girls Make Demands. A servant girls union, recently formed at Holyoke, Mass., has passed these resolutions: "No Sunday night suppers will be prepared. No work will be done in the kitchen between 7:30 p. m. and 5:30 a. m.; no babies will be 'minded' between acts of ordi nary housework; no children will be allowed In the kitchen; each girl shall have three nights out per week." The document goes on to assert that $5 per week shall be the only rate of wages permitted and that the front door must be available for the "company" of the "help," as well as an apart ment more suitable than the kitchen to be used as a reception room. Boyhood of Cardinal Gibbons. . John T. Gibbons ia quoted as say ing that in boyhood his brother, now cardinal and archbishop, delighted in athletic exercises, played a rattling game of baseball, was a splendid swim mer, and withal was very methodical. "He had a certain time for study, a time for play and a time for prayer. He was a boy of system. Just as he Is today a man of system." , & & k & t a boy of 12 ho saw the rule of his family terminated and he and his relatives were driven Into exile. Ho entered the lycoe of Sainte Uarbe, and there qualified himself for the military school of St. Cyr, from which be was graduated a sublieutenant. 'Later ho entered the military staff college, and, graduating therefrom just before the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war, he eagerly plunged into this conflict as an olficer of the foreign legion, which was largely made up of neions of noble bouses and adventurous for eigners. He was in the hardest fighting of the war and took part in the battle of Orleans, where his cousin, Nicolaie vich, was killed. He there attracted the attention of Gen. Billot, who made him a member of his personal staff. View of Belgrade, Where Assassination of King and Queen Took Place. His conspicuous bravery in the battle of Villersexel brought him the badge of the legion of honor. On the con clusion of the war he turned his at tention to Herzegovina's struggle for liberty and took a prominent part In the rising which was tlio starting point of the Russo-Turklsh war. He spent the great part of his fortune in aiding the insurgents. ACCOUNT OF THE MURDER. Royal Couple Long Evaded Their De termined Pursuers. The following is a narrative of the revolution given by men who took an active part in it. "Army officers to the number of ninety haviDg formed a project of a revolt, among . them being delegates from almost every garrison in Servia and the majority of the officers of the Sixth regiment. Lieut Col. Mit schitsch invited his comrades to meet in the Kalimagden garden at 11 o'clock on the night of the murder, and there the immediate carrying out of the In tended deed was organized. "At 1:40 a. m. the officers In eight groups went to the royal palace. Each had special directions regarding his part in the revolution. In the palace itself the revolutionaries had two Im portant partisans in the king's body guard Col. Alexander Maschln. Queen Draga's cousin, not brother-in-law, and the king's personal adjutant, Lieut. Naumovitch. "Two officers of the high military academy appeared at the appointed hour, 2 a. m., at the gate of the pal ace, where the king's adjutant, Pana- Jotovic, who was in the conspiracy, handed them the keys to the garden gate, which is always kept locked. First, stepping before- the guard at the palace, one of the two officers called, 'Throw down your arms.' A fight ensued, with shots from both sides, in which several persons were wounded. "The revolutionaries then entered the front garden without hindrance and reached the courtyard of the old palace, where Lieut. Naumovitch was awaiting. He opened the lock of the iron door leading to the front room on the first floor. By this it was Eeen that the palace was carefully closed and that danger was suspected. Hur rying up stairs to the first floor, the revoluting officers attracted the atten tion of the palace attendants and the royal couple by the noise of the shooting. Lieut. Lavar Potrovitch, alarmed by the unwonted hubbub, hur ried forward with a drawn revolver in one hand and in the other a sword. " 'What do you want?' he cried. " 'Show us where the king and queen are,' came the reply. " 'Back!' cried Petrovitch, and at the same moment a bullet stretched him on the ground. The revolutionaries j pressed forward, when suddenly the electric light gave out. All stood In darkness. In the greatest excitement, j Why Carleton Was Displeased. The New York Rialto is laughing over a story told on Will Carleton, the poet, who is also a publisher. The other day he appeared at his office in a new coat, which he hung up. It fell to the dusty floor. The office boy picked the garment up without brush ing it and helped Mr. Carleton to put it on. Catching a glimpse of hs own disreputable appearance in a mirror the poet thundered: "Boy!- What do you mean by this? ' I come in here looking like a publisher, and you send me out looking like an author!" For Monument to Macdonald. A committee of which the duke of Argyll is president and Samual Green lees of London chairman is about to issue an appeal to the British public for funds to establish a memorial In London to the late Sir Hector Mac donald. In the preliminary notice the exploits of Gen. Macdonald are set forth, from his early days on the march to Kandahar to his deeds in South Africa, and G. W. Steeven's de scription of Macdonald at.Omdunnan is quoted. INDORSED Affair. and feeling their way, the revolution aries climbed the Males and got Into the dark anteroom to the king's apart menL Hero they found candles and Jit them. "This seemingly slight clrcimiHtanco was decisive to the whole u lion. Without light they could not havo found the vlcilms, who fled from their sleeping apartment through corridors and numerous rooms, and might liavo escaped, but some of the officers with burning candles and others with plH tols commenced to search for thu royal couple. "In breathless hasSe the consplra tors ran through the rooms, opened wardrobes, and looked behind cui tains, in vain. In the anteroom con necting with the corridor between the old and new palace the sergeant of 5 ' UL-' the gendarmes was sleeping. Awak ening, ho stepped before the revolu tionaries, who felled him. "At last Queen Draga's servant was found. He wounded ('apt. Dimitrevlc severely, but was spared becauso ho was needed In finding the fleeing couple. Indeed, this servant showed the officers where King Alexander and Queen Draga has gone to Hecrete them selves. When be told them this ho was shot. "Col. Maschln now Joined the revol utionists and led them back to the sleeping apartment, where the king's adjutant tried to hinder tho search, lie shot at Lieut. Naumovitch, who fell dead. The others then killed the adjutant. After a long Fearch a small door leading into an alcove was discovered, but It was found locked. It was broken In with an ax, and here the royal couple were found In undress. "The older officers flrpt Intended forcing the king to abdicate, but the young officers were in no mood to bo held back and shot at the royal couple. Nobody knows in the excitement who shot first, but it is generally said it was Lieut. Kistics. "After the murder King Alexander's body was found entirely covered with blood. That of Queen Draga was bad ly torn by bullets. The report that the bodies were thrown out of the window Into the garden Is untrue. The young officers Intended to do so, but Col. Masch'n prevented It, exclaiming, 'that would be barbarous.' Almost simultaneously with the butchery in the palace the troops en- Geographical Position of Servia. deavored to arrest all the relatives of the queen and those ministers whonv the conspirators disliked. Two broth ers of the queen, Lieut. Cols. Nikola and Nikodem Lunjevics, were seized and escorted by a detachment of troops from their dwelling to the guardroom of the divisional com mander. They were evidently not sus picious of their doom, and were light ing cigarettes when they were sho' dead by eight soldiers. HAVE FAITH IN COLUMBIA. Yachting Experts Think Boat Been Mishandled. Ha Not a few yachting experts who saw the Columbia In her trials against the new cup defender are of the opinion that she is minutes faster than the re cent races show. Said one of these experts: "I should like to see a good professional skipper handle Columbia in another trial. Commodore Morgan may he a cock of the walk among am ateurs, but he would have precious lit tle ohance, things being equal, against such an old water dog as Charlie Barr. for Instance. Barr can pick out strong spots In a zephyr. Why not test Reli ance with Morgan at the wheel and Barr doing the same for Columbia?" A U S 7 R A -JO M u N & II Pastor Expelled From Church. Rev. H. Colling, pastor of the Swed ish Free Mission church of Colorado Springs, Co!., has been expelled from tho Ministers' association of tho Swed ish Free Mission on the charge that he has Joined a sect called the "Holy Jumpers," said to be an offspring of "Dwieism." r j -h , (' a-