Show FLOODS IN OREGON Unidges arid HOB W Washed Ai II andlGommnnlcatlon Greatly Interrupted THE LONDON DOCK LABORERS STRIKE LIon City Mining Camp Montana Entirely Dull la A k Sao1sldt DREADFUL SUICIDE IN NEW YORK I Three IlnnJrcd Miners Entombed Inflocnza Rampant In Sew Mexico Dr Tctr Il Is the Xcirt1 TOtE ILOOnS Drlall Ierouueer the Dncnage In CHICAGO Feb 5A dispatch received re-ceived by the Associated Preja at a late hour tonight from General Manager Mel leu of the Northern inclflc Railroad states that there if no serious trouble or damage In the immediate vicinity of the line of r that road txceitt near Portland where he reports hoods mentioned in previous dispatches lie say the weather I growing colder In the niountains and can that tholloods I or snowslides are averted for the I present at least I There Is I no Interruption Inter-ruption to traffic on the fdA fd-A from the officials of the I Canadian Pacific Railroad nt Vancouver Van-couver at 3 oclock this Thursday morning says that their latest advices ad-vices from Portland and vicinity are that the water is still rising but It is expected to reach the extraheight before morning nuJ I 1 ho C the worst Is over There has ben no Interruption of thu Canadian Pacific traffic and no serious trouble of snow on their line recently 4 amA dispatch just receiver by the Associated Press from thu i editor of the Ornia at Portland sa3 1 the situation Is I not so alarming as at first rejwrted There 1 no serious damage in the city properj but a great deal of inconvenience Ik caused by the Hood to stores office etc Tim floods were occasioned by the simultaneous rising of the Willamette lamette and Columbia rivers which are usually at a high stage se eral months fft The main flood Is In the Willamette but the unusual nuanlitr of water in the Columbia prevents the former from running off as it usually does Mora serious damage I experienced throughout the Willamette valley than In lort hind lndsue sue OF TIC KESrjLTS liridges have been carried of at Salem and Oregon City and Slem Ongol CI many small houses built pn the riverbanks river-banks have been washed away Communication with these aru is much Interrupted aud theifull extent of the damage Is a matter of I conjecture The water 1 still rising at Portland and reports from above give no hope of cessation for twelve hours The topography of the city is such however that the spread of water will be limited to a small area except the streets mentioned I men-tioned From the front to the hind enclasure most of the territory flooded is low and 10e ground thegreat er part of It Is not occupied buildings build-ings rue greatest loss anticipated should the flood autcljatc Kiting way of the bridges crossing the Willamtte > aud the consequent con-sequent probable destruction of the steel railroad bridge The subsidence sub-sidence of the water may reveal uiuuspected damage to limo I foundation founda-tion of buildings I as a strong current Is I running Aside from these con Uugcnclm tho real damnjjc t the city is thought to b trifling The isolation the city from communication communi-cation during the last three days ba not been caused by tho flood but by landslides along the Coltimbin River obstructing the tracks and destroying the loire l and telegraph I wires The only trains running out OChA I ndn Tm nnr nJ 1 v vu other travel is by boat on the Columbia Col-umbia Illver SrXDAYS KAILUOAD ACCIDENT Details received In Portlind of the accident to n construction train on the Union Pacific near Cascade Locks on Kunday morning state that the train consisted of engine tender and caboose the latter hating on board tlilrtyfivo men Tie engine bad almost cleared the trestle when the under spanning of the second and third bend which had been weakened by the Hood o weene ly te lo gave way ge The engineer felt Hand pulled the throttle wide open lie Just managed man-aged to clear the weak part with iIY h cU II his engine I but time caboose and tender went down forty feet below Eight men were killed Instantly One man named CIt was burled beneath the debris aud his body could not b gotten out until yes enJoy when it was released with rope Eighteen other men were more or less seriously hurt and omu of them are expected to die OO1NO JKWJT PoiiTLAXD Feb 6ThIS morn ing the river Is I stationary nt this I point and I t thought there will b no further rise The reports from Cornwallis mid Oregon City ray Itl Is falling one inch an hour there IliaillST IS TWENTY VEAKS TAOpMA > Fb GTbe Willamette Willam-ette Her I higher than for twenty years past Many of the brllges arc threatened and there hw been great damage dene In the entire val ley The revenue cutter Rut with the northern mall from San Francisco was unable to cross the Columbia River b cease lack to Tacoraa and has taken the malls lock to San Francisco A nnhlol 01 ALDASV X Y Feb 5The votn by which the worlds fair bill bi was lost yesterday W today by unanimous olt reconsidered In rmlllerc the senate and passed IS to 5 pe A Ilrurr Wlndlorru CHICAGO Feb G Advlrrs vIa i tho Western Union from the far north west ladlcalobut little fi ImlrT ment in the telegraphic situation After the wires had been broken down the by snowslides on the regular route to Portland the com pany managed to get through to faroma over the cascade division of the ortliern Pacific thence to orlr Paclne ° llaa Thb WM helj only a short time Jleports this morning are to the effect that a heavy windstorm on the cascade division blew down many large pine trees HreakIKUle wIn The Hood In the lllamctte river at Portland has carried away the cable laid across It making Its break in the connection more iciious quid Pro Ouo IlFJjEXA fonL Feb 6Aner the adjournment the Senate yes terday eight democratic senators In censed at the rullngof Lleutenant Governor Ilickards in counting them Present took the trains for different directions They said they were going beyond the State line to get out of the reach of the Sergeant Anns Their continued absence will block all legislation ntenc The Temprmtnrr CHICAGO Ills Feb 6sew York I2 New Orleans 65 St Louis 32 CIncInnati 31 ChIcago S Win nlpeg2 p 2 Burled la a Hnold City HECLA n mining Mont camp Feb which 6Lyoa lies at the base of tho Lyon mountain was completely burled in a snowslide on Sunday morning Two miners were wer killed and a large amount of prop erty was destroyed The slide prop threequarters of a mile wide Cotllrrr Explosion oxroy Fe GoAn explosion occurred today in the wlliery flt Abersychan tuU Three hundred miners were Im Tr prfconed hunr overal hours An Ter opening was Anally effected and at opning ffoJ efel 11 noon two hjiiiareu list h fen rescued res-cued XunSbers of those taken out wercieverejylhjurcd The rcscu were pvet4 ItISurCd logpiee lint otthi I searching for those rfmalmJij In 1 the mine Ifitcr IMsfcnrtd that It will b impossible to rtfscue the miners who are i till Imprisoned j41 Engl h Sew IONIwy JhOA committee of thu dc IIY abqnT union are making arrangement a general strike on IIrrogementCor 11 Alfml Tucmas Gome ruler will In the conilnff tension move an Ticndment fa the nddrees In reply to till Queens r Uieopenlnfr of Parliament that the affairs of IJmenl W ales ought to administered by A fpcclal department presided over by I mihUtcV acquainted with Welsh national aflairs I afFrnf ti Fnm Mrxlro Cm joK inxtcola Galveston Feb Yesterday being the anniversary anni-versary of the adoption of the constitution consti-tution of the republic a observed I as I national lK > liday < InflijenztJs Increasing here causIng caus-ing to many deaths that a sufficient number f hearses arc not available to carrylh0 bodies of tho dead to tIme ctuetery President Diaz and several ministers of tho cabinet are coiilnlutinj from their private parses for the relief of the Hiflerers in poSt clcumstanccs Iornrfiuo 1nrw Itov Yomrr J Feb GRi Victory of this city and Frank Meyers of Brooklyn fougfit with skin gloves thismorningat Lug Island Victory Vic-tory usjicujthuflgtit t In the first tuoVounus anti gut first blood In time third TlicJIghtlng l was heavy but even untir tfjo ninth J when Meyers gave Victory sledgehammer sledge-hammer blow on thu neek which stflggirvd th6 3fcw Yorker Victory Vic-tory cnmu up groggy In this tenth but tried to force matters iieycra gave him a good drubbing and I lioorwllilm twlcu Victory refused to come up trf u the eleventh and aiejrcnjtook 6 200 purse A Dfilbjrnlr hnlcldr NlAyOrtiFeb6A shocking sulcidcoccurrtjd today IntheElghth Ktreetntallciiof tIme Elevated W road lu Sixth A venue An unknown man juuipttl n front of tho down train ami before It could b stopjwd ho waitdragged to Iho south ell of lImo platform before the eyes of the terrlfiiMcrowil The engine iassed over tho nianVlegs and completely severed them > but continued to breatheor fifteen minutes I 5ac nn WlUnscjtRRE PD Feb GBy l cXlld lou of gas in the Pettlbone shaft Kingston today fourre lairuien 1 fe7fl seriously but not fatally fa-tally burned They are In the hospital hos-pital getting along well After the explosidir most sensational reports were current here for a long time amongthmr one that many men were Imprisoned and likely yt be burned or Mitbcatedv There was no foundation for this J Xominntlou WXsllINiaoir Feb GTho President Presi-dent today Mnt to the Senate the tOy bfCh nIL Kelbum t lie surveyor or customs at San Francisco George W IrwIn United States marshal for the district of Montana ° Solomon n Bosworth postmaster t It I Grass Valley California I |