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Seven Dead, Twenty Badly Burned.
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and a Score Injured When
^ They Jufatrtd.
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MILFORD, Mass., June 17 — Seven
persons are dead and twenty hadty
burned, three of whom will die, while
f a score were injured when a frame
boarding house burned here tbdat.
The fire started early this morning
when many of the lodgers were in
bed and the narrow stairways pre
vented them from leaving the build
^ ing in a rush.
The firemen reached the scene
shortly after the alarm was turned
in and succeeded in making a num
ber of rescues. In several instances
they found the people wedged in the
stairways, which prevented them
from leaving the building.
Several spectacular rescues were,
made. Most of those injured were
hurt when they jumped from upper
story windows before the arrival of
p. the firemen.
The Ladies’ Aid will hold their
weekly meeting at Mrs. Thomas’ on
Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock. As
Mrs. Price and -children lost every
thing in the fire the afternoon will
be devoted to doing some sewing for
them. Everyone welcome.
TOURISTS DUMB
UP Ml LASSEN
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Feared That Many May Be Caught
as Mountain Is Belching Forth
Rocks at Intervals
REDDING, Cal., June 17.—In spite
of every warning the tourists who
have come here to see an active vol
cano in operation are swarming. UP
the sides of the mountain and are
in constant danger when the moun
tain sends forth its volleys of rocks,'
^ ashes and steam.
It is feared that many may be
killed in the .eruptions that are con
stantly occuring. Smoke and steam
is pouring from four different craters,
and all of them new ones.
It is expected that the government
may be asked to send troops to the j
scene and police the mountain in or-,
der to prevent tourists from climbing
* to the summit
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® TWo Score Killed and Property Bsrth
age Waa Exceptionally Heavy '
By Fire and Flood.
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PARIS, June 17.—Twenty of the
people killed in yesterday’s storm
were burted today and the police re
g port that the total death list will
" number two score, while a hundred
received serious injuries.
The damage to property was also
heavy, the doWnpodr Of raid having
Washed out mMny esabanltmeots,
' . flooded the country, destroyed the
ibains, plopped traffic, beside* the
heavy fire damage resulting from the'
firing of the broken mains and the
baildings being struck by HfbtttfAg.
Judge Lyons l*ft today on the
f steamer Northwestern for.Cordova to
A, spend a few days in the railroad town
on business.
BJL PASO, Tfex., 'June 17.—General
Villa, the petal cdmmander, today
resigned his commission in the con
stitutionalist army and has opened
up headquarters tft his bwt. Voiio*
iag the resignation, which was sent
to General Carranza, Villa had hts
troops seize all the railroads, all the
telegraph lines, the national rebel
treasury and the custom house at;
Juarez.
The break between Villa and Car
ranza is serious jand threatens to
break up the rebel forces in north
ern Mexico and prevent the estab
lishment of a stable government. The
advance to Mexico City has been
abandoned.
The break is due to the appoint
ment of Gen. Natera as commander
of the rebel troops in the military
zone about Zacatecas, where Villa
wished to operate himself as the
country hVs not been plundered and
many rich Mexican' families and for
eign concessions have vast interests
in that region. General Villa refused
Resigns when ordered to help a general appointed Gy
CARRANZA—REGELS 8lirPFER DEPEAT—‘VILLA TAKES NATION
AL TREA8URY, ALL RAILROADS AHO TELEGRAPH LINES.
to send reinforcements to Gen. Na
tera when the federate sent troops
south and as a result the rebels were
tohdlfr defeated aid ztiffered heavy
losses. Villa also refused to prevent
the-* junction of federal troops oper
ating against commanders appointed
by Provisional President Carranza.
Yesterday following peremptory
orders from Carrahza to reinforce the
threatened rebels Villa telegraphed
his resignation and started a govern
ment Of his owh. The trobps under
Villa are loyal to him and the offi
cers have sent a round robin to Car
ranza stating that under no circum
stances WOUld they serve under any
other commander.
The Villa troops in. Juarez, just
across the line immediately captured
the natlohal treasury and the custom
house and are in complete control of
the city.
iWASHlNGTON, June 17—the
,State Department has received de
tails of the break between the rebel
leaders, having been advised by Spe
cial Agent George Corthers, who Is
with Villa representing the State De
partment and Just what action will
be taken by Secretary Bryan to pre
serye peace in northern Mexico is
unknown. Nor the effect the break
will have upon the plans of the me
diators, who were ready to establish
a provisional government to succeed
Huerta, who is to leave the country.
Strong influence is being brought to
i bear on the department by the for
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eign governments to recognize sotne
provisional government that trill be
pledged to protect foreign property,1
foreign c'tizens and establish some
form Of government that will piit
down the rebellion and establish hr-'
der Anil build Up prosperous condi
tions in the republic.
LONDON, June 17.—The news of
the break between Gen. Villa and
Gen. Carranza, which reached the
foreign office today, was foreshadow
ed several days ago by the informa
tion received hy the foreign secretary.
The English government will not al
low for the establishment of a gov
ernment in Mexico under Gen. Villa,
who murdered English citizens and is
preparing to send Another squadron
to American waters so as to be In
readiness for any emergency. Strong
representations have been made to
the Americah State Department for
the establishment of some form of
protection for foreign citizens in nor
thern Mexico, where the rebels have
control.
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ESTABLISH CAMP
Ship Creek Will Be Headquarters for
This Season—Mears to Make
Trip Over Valdez Route.
James Fish, Jr., secretary of the
Valdez Commercial Association, re
turned to Valdez this morning after
making a trip to Ship Creek with the
railroad commissioners.
Mr. Fish was given an opportunity
while on the trip to talk to Com
missioners Edes and Mears and to lay
before them reasons why Valdez
should receive consideration as the
terminus of the trans-Alaska railroad.
Mr. Fish was greatly surprised to
find that all the data sett to differ
ent departments of the government
regarding Valdez had been gathered
by the commissioners and was care
fully held for investigation.
Commistsbner LieUt. Mears inform
ed the secretary of the Commercial
Association that he would leave Ship
Creek as early as possible and make
a trip to Fairbanks across _ country
and that he and Commissioner Riggs
would then c6m'e out over the govern
ment road to Fairbanks and investi
gate the conditions on the Valdes
route and might later send in a sur
vey party to check Up the informa
tion already it the hainda of the Com
mission.
The request made by Mr. Fish that
the ootnmission make careful winter
investigations of the snowfall and cli
matic conditions SO that the govern
ment do not make the same mis
take. as did the Ouggenhelms in lo
cating a road, the operation of which
in winter to nett to impossible and
certainly unprofitable because Of the
adverse conditions of WIftd and snow,
met with hearty approval and will be
carried out by the comaatoskm.
Headquarters for the commission
are b«g esfcfljttB&ed .£t Ship CN&
and Commissioner Edes, Barndollar
and Chase Wifl remain ‘at headquar
ters all season. A two-story frame
building has already been erected and
many more are being built.
telephone communication with
Seward may be effected by the build
ing Of tf lino Inti Ship Creek to
mike 11 Ob (he ietotkrd rfed and the
repair of the Alaska Northern line
by the linemen of the commission.
It has also been suggested that the
government lay a cgble from Valdes
fetou* Bay and a line across the*
divide to the inlet, a matter of 12
miles. It is said by many that the
latter method will be adopted by the.,
commission as the least expensive of
the tvno.
BUILDING SOOII
NITS SEATTLE
Metropolitan Building Co. Starts Ten
Story Structure at Fourth and
University Streets.
SEATTLE, June 17.—The Metro
politan Building Co. will erect a ten
story office building at the corner
of Fourth and University stree's at
a cost of ?450,000. The excavations
for the foundation has already started
and the work will be pushed as fast
as it is possible to do so.
A building boom has struck this
city since the passage of the bill for
the construction of a railroad in
Alaska and many hew structures are
contemplated, litany businessmen
fear the boom will do. more harm
than good, as the erection of large
ten-story buildings before there is a
necessity for the rooms and offices
will only result In cheapening rents.
BUBWeELES
Three Firemen 8Sri6u«ly Hurt When
Western Implement Building
Goes Uprin Smoke.
LOS ANQELES, June IT.—Three
firemen were seriously Burned and
many slightly injured today fighting \
a bad blaze in the building of the
Western Implement Company. The
firemen fought the fire for several
hours, the large amount of varnish
and paints causing a terrific heal,
besides many explosions, during ofte
of which the {hotbed .were, 0fcfily
burned by the trialing oil thrown fiv
er them.
Fell©* flrehieh rescued the ifidn
and they there carried to tto street
and taken to the hospital.
Ah Evdntfui day.
StepfieMdfi, tfitefilbf of the IdcOMO
tive, born in 1781.
KISSED THE 6IRLS
LOSES HIS JOB
School Teacher Liked to Fondle the
Older Scholars and the School
Board Acts.
OLYMPIA, Wash., June -17.—The
state school board today revoked the
license of Charles Milliron, a school
teacher who has been frequently
charged by the parents of girl schol
ars in his class with kissing and
fondling them and with frequent re
quests upon the larger pupils to re
main after school, at which time he
would have them sit on his lap.
The board made a careful investi
gation of the charges and the action
of today followed the proof of the
accusations.
Fred Butterworth, the surveyor, left
for the Cliff mine this morning to do
some surveying.
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STEAMER CiKCAO
L6St Hfi SttuthSaktern Alaska Lad
• Year—Waa NSvr Beat Worth
Buartsr Million Dollars.
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SfiATfLfe, Jude 17.—ftarry f.
Crosby, the marine contractor, trill
start the work of raising the steamer
Curacao, which sank last year at
Warm Chuck, in Southeastern Alaska
waters. The Steadier was valued at
$£60,000 ahfd WWdt doWd With a cargo
of marble. As the Wat WAs new,
having made biit one trip previous to
, the wreck, it is expected that the hull
will be found in exoeUent condition.
K is said that everything neces
sary to raise the boSt Will bfe in
shape by Idly Itftfi. Whed the Wreck
ers bdpe td brink the bik freighter
to the Surface.
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A. R. Long, traveling passenger and
freight agent of the Northern Pacific
rittlrdAd, AfMVW « VSldWS this thofd
Mtfi ffdtn (be WAAtwArf add Will tateir
est the Wveling public and shipping
merchants of the town to route their
freight via his Una. Mr. Long is weU
known td all steamship men, having
bedn chnneoted With ate AlSsSla'
^OWmaStp OtHWnf hetofe rtceitthk
his present position.
sen LOST
IK UNIMAK PUSS
Had Big Crew and Loaded With
Cannery Help and Supplies—
Be Total Loss.
The master and crew of the big
schooner Parameta, which was wreck
ed In Unimak pass May 15, were pas
sengers to Seattle on the steamer
Northwestern, having been brought
to Seward on the Dora and then
transferred to the Northwestern. The
schooner was slowly working through
Unimak pass when a heavy fog set
tled and the schooner was drifted to
ward land, and when the shore loom
ed up the boat was so close to the
beach that in sfiite of the dropping
of the two anchors she struck.
The captain put the members of
the crew and the cannery workers
at work pumping and kept his ves
sel, a wooden ship, afloat, and when
the Wind changed he beached the
Parameta In Lost Harbor, which he
reached safely, although the vessel
had 14 feet of water in her hold.
The boat was left in command of
the mate while the captain *ent to
Unalaska for assistance and upon his
return on a e'utter with divert he
foiihd tMt the mite had allowed the
ship to settle oil die anchor, fearing
out the bottom of the ship and the
divers reported she was not worth
repairing.
The esnnerymen were taken to
Bristol bay on the cutter and the
ere# retwrtied to Seattle by the ciis
totes officials.
MxtcaiH Wad Veti NUet.
CjfitLteO'i’irt. 6:, June 17.—
Mexican war .veterans from all parts
of the country gathered here today
for the annual reunion of the state
and national associations. At this
rdtfcioh a codttaittdi will b4 apffofhi
ed (6 fitted the assoeitiiOn’s records
in the iatidhti ctfiltol for safe-keep
ing. Captain John A. Pishtr, of this
city, is president of the national as
soc iattop. John Oonweli, M Caidfea,
Is president of thp State association.
CbattWfy to tie pStttiral, ffellhf, th«
ftfMin Wills wm ti &e M
ams dtcttm fa its Writ *Mup
tier fenihai S&i fceftic (Irish, tfcoich,
or Weigh), which In illO numbered
l6.08t.261 out of 38,348,892 persona
representing foreign mother tdbgdtSS.
The SkcMHhar fadfc he« With 3.817.
271; ftinn*. 3,fti.«f; Mm. 1
70t.«w; fma m M tm
7«; JftWtffsh, iMsW; Mfcyh. i
357,169, and NofWeglaja, i,6w,S54. the
rest of the fprelgn White races in
this country number each consider
ably less than 500,600.
START PROSE
EMPRESS WRECK
Investigation Being Made By a Royal
CoHimfsirion—Will Place the
Responsibility.
QUEBEC, June 17.—A royal com
mission today started the investiga
tion into the loss of the steamer
Empress of Ireland, one of the finest
ships of her class, which was struck
by the Norwegian collier Storstadt
in the St. Lawrence river on May 29.
The commission consists of Sir
Adolph Routhier, Judge of the Court
of Admiralty of Quebec, and the Hon.
Ezekiel McLeod, Chief Justice and
Judge of the Admiralty Court of New
Brunswick, appointed by the Cana
dian government, and George L.
Vaui, of the British Board of Trade,
named by the British government.
The loss or life is officially report
ed at 1,032 passengers and crew and
possibly a few stowaways, as few
trips are made by the big liners but
that several unlisted persons are
aboard.
The commission will inquire into
the cause for the wreck and place
the responsibility for the accident.
As the Empress had every neces
sary appliance for ship safety the
loss of the boat in twenty minutes
has caused many to doubt if a ship
can be built to withstand ramming
by another ship. w,
BABY’S DEAD Bit
1 N BROTHER
Fearing Accusation, Stanley Gilmore
Hides His Brother’s Remains Had
Accidentally Shot Himself.
TACOMA, June 17.—Stanley Gil
more, an eight-year-old boy. today
hid the body of his five-year-old
brother, who had been accidentally
shot while playing frith an automatic
revolver, which had been carelessly
laid about the house In reach of the
children. Stanley hid his brother’s
body, fearing that hfe would be blam
ed for the accident, as his parents
were accustomed to use the rod upon
every precaution. When the boy was
missed a search revealed the dead
body under a pile of rubish.
The police are making an inves
tigation of the affair and threaten to
punish the family for allowing an
automatic revolver to lie about where
the children could reach it.
Lawrence Ufwis Shoots Himself Upon
Sfrst Anniversary of Wedding—
Wife Left Him.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 17.—Law
rence Lewis today lulled himself up
oM the dftt anniversary of his wed
dfopf bb'cjiiise hid iirifle of a year had
left him for good and refused to
return to his home in spite of all
his fugues is.
The police found the body when
neighbor*, hearing the sh6t, request
ed them to nubs an investigation.
The OOte by the body told th* story
of. disappointed love and the wife
was notified;'
Some men life Born rtcB, some ac
quire riches, and the rest of us thrust
riches upon them.