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Oregon City Coarlep. n : - A, W. CHENEY, Publisher. MQON CITY OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY Am Interacting Collection of Hams from tho Two Hemispheres Presented la a Condensed Form The salmon puck at Astoria so fai foots up about 2,000,000 cases. Patriotism claimed five lives in Chi cago and there was an unusually large list of maimed And injured people as i result of the celebration. Senator Davis has reported from tin committee on foreign relations as amendment to the general deficiency bill to pay $6,000 to families of thret Italians lynched at New Orleans. Lake Ann, Mich., a village of nearly 1,000 inhabitants, was practically de strayed by .fire today. Mrs. Masters, -aged 80, was burned to death while try ing to rescue goods from her dwelling. Special dispatches from Bombay state that from 600 to 1,000 rioters were killed during the recent rioting in the vicinity of Calcutta, and it is added that native officials put the death roll m high as 1,600. The sultan now shows signs of yield' ing on the question of rectification of the Turiksh frontier in the direction of Ureeee, and the ambassadors are ex pneting that negotiations of peace will be resumed when it is hoped every thing will be settled in accordance with the views of Europe. While tamping a shot in the Morn ing mine, at Mullun, Idaho, an explo sion occurred, injuring William Evans and another miner, whose name was not learned. Both men were taken tn Wallace, Evans dying on the road. U he other man is lying in a comatOKe condition, with several fractures of the skull. There was a fatal accident at the Ran Francisco fireworks display. Edward J. Matthews, 20 years old, while watching the display, was instantly killed by the explosion of a mortar, and his companion, Miss Hildenberg, was badly lacerated on the face, and re ceived a shock to her system which the .doctors say may affect her mind. Telegrams received President Ratoh ford, of the United Mineworkers, Ohio division, indicate that the order for a general strike of the miners has been complied with generally throughout the mining Jistriots of Ohio, Indiana, Il linois and Pennsylvania, and in some sections of West Virginia, and Ken tucky. President Ratehford roughly estimates the number of men involved at 200,000, but this is regarded as very liberal. Averlll Dimmick, foreman of the Winona mine, at Lead, S. D., whs burned to death, and two others proba bly will die, as a result of a strange ac cident. A gasoline pump at the bot tom of the shaft refused to work, and they went to investigate. Gasoline had esoapeil and covered the wall of the shaft. Their candles ignitod it and thuy were surrounded by fire. Man yon and Smokers tumbled into the bucket and escaped, but Dimmick full on a hook, which held him under the chin. The Oregon state Sunday school union met in convention at The Dalles. The secretary reports that dur ing the year 26 new Sunday schools were organized. There has been a loss from enrollments of last year of 235 schools, 2,544 officers and toachors and 15,079 scholars. At a special meeting of the Francisco chamber of commerce question of the advisability of iiexii-g Hawaii was considered. Rnn the memorial was drawn up for presen tutio to both the houses of congress, inking prompt action looking to the un neiMon of the Hawaiian republic. The administration has determined to solve the Bohring sea question by branding all seal pups found on Priby lov islands this season. Instructions to this effect have beon transmitted to Professor David Starr Jordan, the seal expert, who will soon leave San Fran cisco for Bchring sea. It has been decided at the admiralty to build a new yacht for the queen and the design has been submitted to and approved by her majesty. The new vessel, which w ill be built at the Pem broke dockyard, will, in general out line, resemble the great Atlantic liners. It will be 020 feet long, with only 50 feet beam, and be fitted with powerful engines, so as to have great speed. Representative Crnmpaeker, of Indi ana, has introduced in the house a reso lution for a constitutional amendment providing that hereafter no noncontig uous territory shall he annexed to the United States except in pursuance of a treaty negotiated by tho president, con curred in by two-thirds of the houses of congress and rati lied by the legislature of threo-fonrths of tho states, and no contiguous territory except by treaty concurred in by two-thirds of each bouse, the vote of concurrence not to be taken into the house of representa tives until two years have elapsed from the time of taking the vote iu the sen ate. One of the most sensational tragedies over enacted in North Texas took place in the Methodist church in Pleasant Valley, Dallas county, in the course of the services. As a result Augustus Garrison and Frank Jones are dead and Thomas Jones fatally wounded. The Union Savings Hank Trust Company, of Tacoma, has closed its doors and went into the hands of a re ceiver, as direct result of the recent supreme court decision dividing that large amount of the city's warrants ar invalid. ARBITRATION NEEDED. Aplnlont of Several Public Men Regard lug tho Grout Strike. New York, July 7. The Journal and Advertiser this morning publishes special dispatches giving the following opinions of public men regarding the miners' strike and the possibilities of arbitration. Senator Hanna says: "I deprecate that the coal mining troubles shoul come at this time, when the conditions of trade are such as to make it seem impossible to secure a favorable con sideration of the strikers' demands. The rates of. wages are unequal among mines in certain districts, which is un fair to the men. This is the point first to be adjusted, and is a mutter which should be arbitrated at once and fairly settled. As soon as business revives and an inoreased demand for coal will justify it, the miners should have their ful share of its benefits, and I believe they will seoure it without a strike. am always in favor of arbitration in the settlement of difficulties between opera tors and their men. I hope such a course will be pursued in this instance as will bring results satisfactory to both sides." Senator Fairbanks said: "I regret that any difference should have arisen between the coal operators and the miners. It is to he hoped that wise counsels may prevail, and that an early settlement of the disputed questions may be made on fair and honorable terms. A strike will unfavorably affect business at the time being. There are evidences on all sides of returning pros perity, and anything that arises which may tend to delay the early return of normal commercial conditions is to be deplored. It would seem that there is wisdom and patriotism enough among all parties concerned to enable them to unite upon some method of arbitration whereby a speedy settlement may be reached, and suffering and distress averted." Senator Turpie says: "Neither con gress-nor the president has any judicial authority, and consequently could not sit as a court of arbitration. I think that arbitration will be the solution of all labor troubles some time, but it must be conducted under federal author ity. Some of the states have laws pro- Tiding for the appointment of arbitra- tion board to settle strikes and look outs, but as many of these troubles ex tend through more than one state, one board could not deal with the matter outside Of its own jurisdiction." Senator Lindsay says: "Inasmuch as the strike itself is to extend through six states and affect as many more, I believe the proposition looking to arbi tration to be in the nature of a wise and humane effort to bring about a settle ment of the present difficulties, with none of the attendant horrors that fol low a prolonged strike." Secretary of State Sherman says: "Arbitration is always the best means of solving such complications as the miners' strike, when the parties con cerned are willing to arbitrate. The question of offering arbitration, I think, is one for congress." Attorney General MoKenna says: "The strike looks formidable now, but may soon be settled by compromise, or as other strikes have been settled, by one side or the other yiel Jing. I know of no law that authorizes the general government to interfere between em ployer and employes in a matter of this particular kind. THE MURDERED CHILD FOUND It Wat Hurled Near tho Foot of Mont gomery Gulch. Portland, Or., July 7. At last the story of "Sandy" Soper's local crime is complete. When the murderer arrived in Mis souri, to niiBwcr for the murder of his formor wife and two children there, about six years ago, he wrote to his heart-broken wife hero, to 'the effect that when he deserted her, on the 10th of last April, taking their 2-year-old child with him, he killed it ami buried the remains. Search was made for the little body, and it was found near the mouth of Montgomery gulch covered by a comparatively thin layer of earth. It was identified by its ramont, which was the Bame it had on when taken from homo by its inhuman father on its death journey. The coroner's inquest but added to the horror of the crime. The child hud been buried alive! Dr. Kessler, in his evidence, showed concluslively that Sopor attempted to strangle the little one, and us it re laxed into unconsciousness believed he had accomplished his horrible work. The murderer then proceeded to bury the body. A hollow grave was dug and the still unconscious infant placed in it. The child's cup was then drawn over its face and dirt and brush piled upon the body. Super then left tho sceuc. Hardly hud he reached the top of the trail, according to Dr. Kessler, before the child revived, and working its baby hand free from the weight of dirt and debris holding it down, tore away the cap from Us face in an effort to gain breath. Its baby strength was, however, insufficient to raise the loud pressing the poor little body down. That the child struggled is shown in the contorted position of the limbs us the child lay in its rude grave. The verdict of tho coroner's jury was death (nun strangulation and suffocation, :hurging Sopcr with murder. Hollers at Rait Works Explode. Pittsburg, July 7. Three boilers at the salt works of Haller, Beck & Co., in Alleghany, exploded at 8 o'clock this m'rning. Two men were killed and on? badly wounded. The explo sion wrecked the plant and set the works on fire. The cause of the explo sion is not known. Most of the business houses in Mex ico are closed for an hour and a half in tha middle of the day. A HARROWING SSTORY Yellow Fever on 4 Pacific Mail Steamer1, TRUTH SUPPRESSED BY OFFICERS Five-Hour Band Concrti .Dlrem on Board, Whllo the Passenger Wore Sick and Vying. New York, July 8. Passengers who arrived tonight on the steamship Al liunca tell a harrowing story of their experience aboard the Puoifio Mail steamer City of Para, which left Puna ma for San Francisco May IS last. It seems that three days after clearing the isthmus yellow fever broke out among the crew and passengers of the Pacific liner, which caused a panic aboard, and resulted in the death of the commander of the vessel, Captain Martersen. Three-fourths of the pas sengers, it is said, were attacked by the disease, and at least a dozen found wa tery graves. When the vessel finally reached San Francisco, the facta of the terrible voyage were suppressed, and the sickness and deaths were attributed to tropical dysentery. But the passen gers who came here tonight say that the symptoms were plainly those of yel low fever. The disease was raging on the isth mus, but when the passengers went on board the City of Para they were told by the officers that they need have no fear. There was no effort at fornica tion, and when Mrs. Captain Mitchell, wife of an Englishman commanding one of the vessels of the Chilean line, ap peared on the City of Para, heavily veiled, there was no uneasiness. - Three days out she died from the so-called tropical dysentery. She was buried at sea, and the next to be taken down was Captain Martersen. Before be died, the fever had spread all over the 'ship. In the first cabin and steerage alike the yellow death went, and how many were prostrated will probably never be known. The officers suppressed every scrap of news they could, and Dr. Ren cin insisted on his original diagnosis. At Punta Arenas, the Eoheveria fam ily, one of the richest in Costa Rica, took passage on the City of Para.' not knowing that yellow jaok was raging on board. The vessel proceeded on its voyage. Up the coast there were, two or three funerals a day, and those who were not affotced were panic-stricken. Alter much pleading, a number of passengers were put ashore at orinto and San Jose de Guatemala, If is al leged that the officers of the vessel sup plied the passengers with spoiled meat, and this is believed to have aided the yellow fever to spread. At San Salvador, a ba 6d lame aboard, and while the pasi sera Ver still sick and dying, the gave five-hour concerts daily. bnsician Yellow Jack Again San Francisco, July 6. The Paoi'lo -Mull steamer Aoapulco. arrived vis morning from Panuma flying thV low Aug, four deaths having occurrred on board from the pernicious fever. WELBURN'S SHORTCOMINGS. Affairs of the Internal Revenue Collec tor Worse Than First Supposod. San Francisco, July 6. Investiga tion into the affairs of the office of the collector of internal revenue for this district reveals a much worse condition of things than was at first supposed. E. C. Atkins, the "dummy" deputy, Iiub admitted under onth that he ac cepted an appointment from O. M. Welburn, under promise to give the ex-collectoa the full salary attached to the office, which is $1,000 per annum. Besides drawing chocks for expenses for lurger amounts than required, Welburn is accused of having absolved fnvorite liquor-dealers from payment of their federal licenses, and being guilty of various other irregularities. In order to get at the facts, the books and ac counts of every attached office nre be ing examined, and it is apparent that the office was oonducted in a shocking ly loose manner. Two dismissals, Chief Deputy Loupe and Bookkeeper Chinn, nre confidently expected as the result of the investigation, though neither is suspected of dishonesty. To 1' re pure for a Fair. Spokane, Wash., July 6. The com mittco soliciting for the annual fruit fair decided today that the required amount was practically assured, and it would go ahead with the preparations for the fair. Twenty citizens have signed a $5,000 guarantee against the possibility of loss. In addition to this, business men and others have contrib uted ftcush fund of between $4,000 and $5,000. Many cash prizes will be offered. Exhibits are coming from Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and British Columbia. Excursions will lie run from the Northwest and the East. Many Eastern commission railroad men are coming. The will last 13 days. and fair Forestry Regulations Approtecl. Washington, July 0. The forestry regulations, approved by Commissioner Hermann, of the general land office, and which were announced some days ago, have been approved and promul gated by Secretary Bliss. Anacortes, Wash., July 6. Robert Wolf, a packing company night watch man, has mysteriously disappeared. Ho was sen in the evening when he went on duty. In the morning nothing could be found of Wolf or the dory that he used. His clothing was found on the beach. It is thought by the fisher men that the dory went adrift, and that Wolf was drowned in an attempt to swim after it. Wolf was a bachelor, 45 years old, and had lived in Anacor tes for several years. KILLED BY THE HEAT. fwelve People Perish and Tlilrtjr-Flro Prostrated at Cincinnati. Cincinnati, July 7. Thoro were 12 fatalities from heat today up to 10 o 'clock tonight. There were tJ5 pros trations of which ofTlciul note was taken by the police, conveying the victims to homes or hospitals, and fully as many minor cases in which the victims were able to lo home without assistance. The weather bureau reports the mer oury at 70 degrees at 5 A. M., and 93 degrees at noon, which was the maxi mum. A thunder storm set in at 3 o'olock and continued for three hours, which cooled the, air. Since dark it has been rising, until at 10 o'clock the temperature was 74 degrees. The local weather bureau, in answer to queries, refers to Saturday's prediction, which extended the hot blast over Tnesduy. Street thermometers registered the tem perature from 3 to 5 degrees above the weather bureau figures. There have been 81 fatalities in three duys. The Commercial Tribune speoiuls re port result of the heat from outside points as follows: Springfield, O. Nine cases of heat prostration today. Toledo Today's sham battle result ed in 20 men being overcome, with no very serious cases. Wapaknet Friday, Saturday, Sun day and today the meroury stood all the way from 102 to 108. The farmers cannot do harvesting. The extreme heat has had serious effect on horses Wheat is dead-ripe and is beginning to become brittle. Parkersburg, W.Va. Yesterday and today were the two hottest days on rec ord Jiere, the maximum temperature being B9 at tae weather bureau, and 112 in the shade on the street. No fa. talities are reported. H attest for Ten Years. Pittsburg, July 7. The thermometer today registered 90, the hottest July day lor 10 years. As a result, two deaths and 17 prostrations are reported. During a heavy storm, Matthews, well-known horseman, was killed by lightning at Homewood race track The deaths from heat are: Michael O'Loughlin and Mrs. Mary Doyle. Fatat Effects at Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne, Ind., July 7. The thermometer was about 95 degrees nearly all day. Those who were pros trated were: Mrs. Amelia Miller and Frank Huxley. Mrs. W. A. Miller, prostrated yesterday, died today. Mrs. I Pollock was prostrated while in a oher- ry tree, and fell to the ground. Both legs were broken. Nine Dead, More Prostrated. Chicago, July 7. Today was cooler, but the pavements and buildings had stored up heat enough to make things uncomfortable. There were nine deaths and 29 prostrations. Sevan Deaths at Detroit. Detroit, July 7. The heat became less unbearable, but seven deaths are reported. NO FREEDOM THERE. Weyler Still Permitting Outrages on Women and Children. New York, July 7. A dispatch to the World from Havana Buys: Senors Borelles, Marandios, Nortones and Diaz all wealthy residents of Guunubucoa, were arrested recently and hurried to jail. The next night their homes were invaded by troops und police and their wives and daughters were forced to go with the men, hardly having a chance to dress. Indeed, two of them handsome girls of 18 and 18, were tuken away in their night garments, the soldiers in dulging in the coarsest jests regarding them and their appearance.' These women have disappeared, and to com plaints mude in Guunabucoa and Ha vana, no attention is paid. La Lucha avers that 14 children from 6 to 15 years of ago have been pat in prison as "abettors of the revolution." The American colony is insulted daily in the papers und many sarcastio remarks are made regarding the "Americans' sudden change of front when Spain stood on her dignity." Wounded Going Rome. New York, July 7. A dispatch to the Journul and Advertiser from Ha vana says: Seven hundred ill and wounded troops have embarked lor home at General Wcyler's request, to make room in the hospitals for tho new fever and smallpox victims, who are stricken down from day to day. Miss Wilberforce still hopes to persuade General Weyler to permit the reception at the hospitals und impartial trent ment of wounded Cubans who are cap tured and held os prisoners of war, awaiting court-martial, sentences of death or deportation in chains. A Jucaro Moron dispatch to El Dioro de la Marina reports the defeat of a party of amazons near the central tro- cha and announces the capture of their captain, Senorita Florentine. The moment the news reached General Weyler at Manzanillo he telegraphed ordering her release. Grest Britain's second oldest ship in commission, the Grunipiis, built in 1784, has been sold to be broken up. It had been used for many years as a powder hulk at Portsmouth. Nelson's Victory is the only older ship in the service Havana, July S. Addressing the municipality of Manzanilla, yesterday, ! Captain-General Weyler said that the pardons granted to political prisoners j were due only to the generosity of the : pueen, and not to the political influ ence of any party. Joapuin Pedroso and Antonio Rojas i were shot outside the Cabanas fortress today. In many of the factories of Germany the women are not permitted to wear sorseu during work hours. TRIAL AGAIN DELAYED Competitor Crew Must Lan guish in Jail. SPANISH OFFICIALS ARE TIMID Hesitated to Bring the Men to Trial for Diplomatic Reasons Havo Not Set Future Date. New York, July 5. A Herald dis patch from Havana says: The trial of the Competitor crew did not take place on July 1, as had been reported. It may not take place for several months yet, unless the United States presses the matter. The authorities here hes itated to bring the men to trial for dip lomatio reasons. They realised the fact that if the laws of Spain mean any thing, and are not to be brought into disrepute, the sentence of the Com pet itor filibusters must be a severe one. On the other hand Spain does not de sire to aggravate any hostile feeling that may already exist in the United States against her. It was just about the middle of June that Consul-General Lee, by direotion of his government, pressed here for an early tiral. He pointed outthata long delay had already taken place and de dared it unjust. To the consul's letter General Weyler sent a most indefinite reply. He began by excusing the past delay on the ground that proceedings on the part of the prosecution had con sumed much time, and now, he said the lawyers who had been assigned to the prisoners had been given until the end of July to prepare the defense. In conclusion he stated that it was "ini possible to say when the trial would be brought on." This means that it has been thought best to delay the trial in definitely. In the meantime the Competitor orew are languishing in prison. Some of them cannot stand the confinement much longer. They are not treated badly, so far as Spanish treatment of prisoners in Cuba goes. Americans cannot realize what the confinement in Cabanas during these hot months means. When Melton, for example, was taken prisoner, he was a remark' ably fine specimen of a man. - Today he is broken down beyond recognition, His shoulders are bowed and his frame wasted to skin and bone. Disease among Spanish troops in San tiago de Cuba has been so severe that when General Weyler ordered the move into the interior against the rebels, the only soldiers available were convales cents. All over the island disease among the Spanish troops is increasing at a fearful rate. Out of the thousand men in the Vegar battulion in Pinar del Rio, nearly 700 have been rendered unfit for service by malaria. The bos, pitals in Havana are crowded to over flowing. General Ruiz Rivera is dangerously ill. The prisoner's dootore have per formed a delicate operation upon him, and he is now in a critical condition. The Herald's correspondent in Ma tanzas reports a fierce engagement on Saturday last between Spanish troops and a large body of insurgents. Be tween 60 and 70 Spaniards were killed and wounded. The rebel loss is not known. General Meline, who was with a column of men, came to the assist ance of the Spaniards and was badly wounded during the engagement There are in the vicinity of Matanzas 2,200 insurgents well armed and equipped. The rebel leader Guarucha captured and killed two Spanish spies near the city limits of Matanzas. The Herald correspondent vouches for the statement that the Spaunish macheted 17 pacifi cos, men and women, who had loft Matanzas for a plantution to get food. ltlvern's Condition. Havana, July 5. A press correspond ent has had an interview with General Rivera, in San Ambrose hospital, to which he was removed from Cabanas fortress by the advice of attending sur geons. General Rivera expressed him self as satisfied with the medical and surgical attendance provided, as well as with the nurses. All the food sup plied him is excellent. His meals are served from a restaurant near by at his own expense. Terrible Suicide of Three Men. St. Louis, July 5. Just west of Wellsville, there is a coal chute belong ing to the Wabash line. As passenger train No. 6 was dashing through this chute, Engineer Robinson saw three men liyng with their heads upon the rail. He tried to stop his engine, but the distance was too short, and in an instant the men were ground beneath the wheels. A close examination of the bodise revealed the fact that the men must have been perfectly sober when they took their places beside the track. Canovas Angry at Reporters. Madrid, July 5. Senor Canovaa del Castillo, the Spanish premier, and the Duke of Tetuan have had a long con ference on the subject of the latest news from the United States. The pre mier has notified the reporters he will not give them any news hereafter, on the ground that they publish it in a form calculated- to influence the stock exchange. "The Weeping of the Vine." After the spring pruning In the vine yards water is seen trickling down the stems, and In Frant-e this It poetically called the "weeping of the vine." Pro fessor Cornu. a botanist, has recently studied this phenomenon, and be says It Is due to the abundant absorption of water by the roots of the vine In spring time. The water Is forced through all the branches and sterns to their very tips, and where they are cut by the pruner It oozes out like tear-drops. FINISHED ITS WORK. W. C. T. T. Convention In Vancouver Has Adjourned. Vancouver, Wash., Jnly 6. After a most pleasant and harmonious four days' session, the 14th annual conven tion of the W. C. T. U., of Western, Washington closed tonight. The an nual election of officers today resulted as follows: President,. Miss Mary L. ' Page, of Olvmnia: vioe-nrcsident. Dr. Ella J. Fiflold, Tacoma; corresponding secre tary, Mrs.. Alice R. Rideout, Olympia; recording secretary, Mrs. Ellen J. Thayer, Everett; treasurer, Mrs. R. E. Shorthill, Tacoma; organizer, Mrs. Mattie N. Graves, Centralia; all being-re-elected; delegate-at-large to the na tional convention, Mrs, J. C. Stone, of Seattle, and Mrs. Mattie Gridley, Van couver, state delegate. Reports were presented by the super intendents of their respective depart ments of the work accomplished during the year in the departments of purity, purity in literature and art, school of methods; temple work; lumbermen; narcotics; parliamentary usage; sanitary and economio cookery; Christian letter mission and others. A most pleasing feature of the session' was the "Emporium," given near the close of the session. This consisted of practioal illustrations of the different departments of W. C T. U. work. Many of them were very impressive. A delicious luncheon was furnished the white ribbon visitors in the Methodist Episcopal church. The address of Mrs. NarcissaJ White Kinney, of Astoria, president of the Oregon W. C. T. U., on "The Spirit of the Age," was elo quent and was well received. 1 Resolutions were passed directing: the legislative department to urge the passage of laws favoring prohibition, the indorsement of the universal use of the W. C. T. U. text-book, "Heart Culture," in the public schools; favor ing a crusade for the abolishment of t he sign "Ladies' Entrance" in front of drinking saloons; favoring woman suff rage and inviting all political parties1 in the United States to insert the suffrage plank in their platforms. An animated discussion took place during the closing hours as to whether it is necessary for the W. C. T. U. workers to lay aside the badge of the-, society, the white ribbon, to insure de cided success during political cam paigns, as appears to have been the idea in other states. The discussion was one-sided, being decidedly in favor of the ladies, when engaged in political or legislative work, retaining their badge of white. The convention closed with another splendid address by Miss Belle Kear ney, national organizer, of Mississippi, on "A Message for Our Young Women and Their Brothers." , It was decided to meet next year in Tacoma, unless the national convention! should be held in that city, in which case the convention will be held in Ev erett. TAX ON STOCK AND BONDS. Lodge Prepares a Draft of an Amende meut. ' Washington, July 6. Senator Lodge- today prepared a draft of an amend ment to the tariff providing for a stamp tax on stocks and bonds in accoordanoe with the action of the Republican sena torial caucus last night, and submitted it to the finance committee. As pre pared the amendment provides for a tax of Scents per share of $100 or frac tion on the face value of the capital stock, or on bonds on their issuance, and of 2 cents for euch $100 or fraction on each transfer of stocks or bonds. United States and state bonds are ex cepted as are individual bonds to secure mortgages, and also the stock anit bonds of mutual benefit building asso ciations. I lie amendment has been submitted to the Republican members of the judiciary committee and ap proved by them as to form. Exchange of Weather Reports. Washington, July 6. An arrange ment has been completed between the United States and Mexico for the ex change of weather reports. The co operation with Mexico is similar to that bow in operation between Canada and the United States. Professor Moore, chief of the weather bureau, under Secretary Wilson's direction, bus- been in consultation with Senor Angus tin N. Chavez, director-general of the Mexican telegraph, for some days, per fecting the scheme. Senor Chavez was specially authorized by the president of the Mexcan republic and his secretary of public works to establish a a daily telegraph weather service to collect ob servations by telegraph, and to issue to- the Mexican marine ports warnings of hurricanes and other severe disturb ances. He proposes to have the Mexi can observations taken daily at tho same moment that observations are taken at the weather stations in the United States, and to plan the Mexican weather service after that of the Unit ed States, which be considers the most efficient in the world. The two services, by the arrangement effected, will work in harmony. Tho metric system of measurements will be used by Mexico; but this is easily re- duced to our system. Russia's population increases at the rate of 1,00,0000 anunnally, and tho increase is much greater than that of any other country in the world. San Diego, Cal., July 6. Three San Franciscans claim a direct title by deed to a tract of land containing 2,000,000 of acres in the best part of Lower Cali- ornia. They are William McCrindle. M. Porter and C. R. Drav, all wealthy men. The land, however, is at present claimed bv the Mexican Land and Towneite Company. The deed 'of the San Francisco claimants will be taken to the City of Mexico by Mo Crindile, who will endeavor to obtain its) legal recognition.