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BIG MEETING AT BOISE SOON fourteenth National Irrigation Con gress Convenes September 3. Only Meeting of National Importance on Pacific Sloye This Year Hun dreds of Letters Are Received at Headquarters Daily Special Rates Will Be Given. DARK HOUR IN RUSSIA. BoiBe, July 31. The Fourteenth Na tional Irrigation congress, which meeta at Boise September 3 to 8, is the only meeting of national importance to be held on the Pacific elope during the present year. Chairman Eben E. Mc Leod, of the Western Passenger associa tion, has notified the executive commit tee that rates for the congress will be determined at the Minneapolis meeting of the association today. Although more than a month will elapse before the congress is to meet, delegates to the number of over 1,000 have been appointed from different sec tions east of the Rocky mountains, and an average of 100 letters a day are be ing received at headquarters, asking for general information concerning the con giess and the opportunities to be had for learning as much as possible of ir rigation methods, size of farms, capita required, character of crops produced and the revenue to be depended upon by the irrvigationists. The Boise session of the congress to constitute a great school lor irriga iion. ocienunc anu professional men will discuss and analyze advanced theo ries, engineers will give the solution of the many engineering problems that have been worked out, and the practical irrigators will show in a practical way what is accomplished by the results on exhibition. The general government has loaned nearly $40,000,000 for the purpose of reclaiming arid lands and providing Iiomes for the people. The loan was made through an act of congress ap proved by President .Roosevelt four years ago. At the Idaho meeting the government is going to be asked to add $100,000,000 more to the loan made to its citizens for the mora rapid comple tion of the works now under construe lion, senators ana members ot con gress are the real trustees of the gov ernment in the loans made, and they are coming to investigate the conditions of the security which reclamation is giving to insure its repayment. Statesmen, capitalists, manufactur ers, business men, engineers and irriga tionists, immigration and colonization societies, home makers and home seek ers, all to the number of 2,000 or more, will join in the great movement at the Boise session of the National Irrigation congress. A special train will be made up at Chicago for the delegates from the East ern states. Vice President Fairbanks and hia party will occupy one of the cars. The special will be known as "the vice president's train." New Mutinies Break Out as Fast as Others Are Suppressed. Ht. Petersburg, Aug. 3. Nearly 8, 000 sappers, sailors, pioneers and min ers at Crone t ad t mutinied about 11 o'clock last night. They planned to seize the forts and the bridge leading to Fort Cronstadt, but their plans were foiled by the precautions taken by the commander. After a severe tight the loyal troops opened fire on them with machine guns, and as they bad no ai tillery available and the arsenal bad been stripped before they could seize it, they had no alternative but surrender A court martial began sitting this morning, and is sentencing the mutin eers to death by hundreds. CALLS ON TRANCE TO WATCH ROOT MUTINEERS SEIZE SVEABORG Paris Paper fears Growing Power of United States. Present Southern Trip of Secretary of State May Mean Lofs of Trade to Europe Already Driven from North Emerica by Yankees and the Monroe Doctrine. Only Four Companies of Infantry Re main Layal to Czar. Helsingfors, Aug. 1. Sveaborg is entirely in the hands of the mutineers, who now have in their possession every kind of armament. . Horrible scenes occurred during last night' when the fierce fighting was con tinued. The heaviest artillery was used during the conflict. Several officers were killed or wound ed. The wounded were transported to Helsingfors. Colonel Nararoff was bayoneted. He begged for transportation to the hospit al, promising forgiveness in exchange Instead he was stoned and thrown into the water with a stone tied around his neck. St. Petersburg, Aug. 3. The crew of the armored cruiser Pamyat Azova mu timed on tne isthonian coast and is now in full possession of the ship, which has sailed northward in the di rection of the Finnish gHlf. MOSCOW BAKERS STRIKE. Want Endurable Life, While Governor Talks of Czar's Burdens. Moscow, July 31. A strike has brok en out here among the bakers who are striving to obtain a betterment in their working conditions and Sunday for a day off. According to the Council of Workmen, the total number of men on strike in Moscow has reached 18,000, in addition to which the Voekresseusky factory today locked out 3,000 em ployes. The governor of Moscow has issued a proclamation in answer to the Viborg manifesto of the outlawed parliament and given it a wide circulation here He declares the manifesto to be revolu tionary in character and directed against the emperor. It is time, the governoi declares, for the loyai population to come to the assistance of his majesty and lighten Ins heavy burdens. Reval, Aug. 3. The cruiser Pamyat Azova has arrived in the roadstead here in the possession of the loyal portion of her cerw. One hundred and fifty of the mutineers have been sent ashore and imprisoned. The mutineers were overpowered by the loyal sailors while the ship was at eea. St. Petersburg, Aug. 3. The crew of the Russian cruiser Asia, which was sent to Abo, has hoisted the red flag The vessel has left in the direction of Sveaborg. The ministry of marine has confirmed the report that Admiral Birileff had gone to Helsingfors on board the school ship Asia, whose crew has mutinied, St. Petersburg, Aug. 3. Military disorders have broken out at Reval. Details cannot be obtained. St. Petersburg, Aug. 3. Although the mutinies at Sveaborg have been ended and the one at Cronstadt has been practically put down, the outlook is still black. The revolutionists, whose hands were suddenly forced by the premature rising at Sveaborg, ap parently are undaunted at these initial reverses and intend to persist in their program of calling a general strike on Saturday or Monday. St. Petersburg, Aug. 3. On the heels of the other bad news comes the startl ing statement that the emperor has fl it ly refused to accept the conditions to which Premier Scolypin aggreed in bis negotiations with Count Heydon, Alexander Guchkoff, Prince Nicholas Lvoff, Paul Vinogradoff and Senator Koni for the reorganization of the cab inet. There is an increasing apprehension that the emperor purposes to take the final step of turning the country over to the military dictatorship of Grand Duke Nicholas. ihe streets oi est. Petersburg are again rilled with patrols. Paris, Aug. 2. The Liberte of Wed nesday night, under the caption of "Victims of the Monroe Doctrine," printed a ling and vigorous article on Secretary of State Root and the Pan American congress. It taunts the French preBS for grudgingly printing a paragraph about Mr. Root's toasting South America between a list of con testants in a recent swimming match and the names of meritorious agricul turists. It ironically quotes an editor, who said that foreign politics are not sufficiently Parisian to interest the elite public and then twits the leaders of the republic with making the question of conferring the decoration of the Legion of Honor on Sarah Bernhardt the prin cipal affair of state and tacitly.'asking why they should worry over .South Americans, who interest Parisians only in vaudeville. All this time, says the Liberte, Mr. Root was preparing, if he had not al ready made effective, the most redoubt able operation in political economics, of which the French will be dupes and with them all other Latin people, who, imitating them, try to be Parisians. The results of ten years of intrigue in Pan-America are likely to be effective soon. Europe has already been expell ed from North America, and she will be expelled from South America in less than six years unless there is energetic resistance immediately. Continuing the paper says that a few facts today are startlingly clear. Among them is the fact that Europe has no right to defend her financial and commercial interests in South Ame-ica, the United States saying in effect that each nation is master of its own home with the United States at home every where. Against 73,000,000 Latin peo ple Btood Secretary Root and to that Yankee intruder went favors and bene fits because he alone spoke, flattered and menaced. He alone acted, while Latin Europe abstained. Already dis tant lands have slipped into Yankee hands, while at Constantinople, St. Petersburg, Tokio and Algeciras the same Root intervened at his conven ience and Europe stupidly respected the Monroe doctrine. Before the conclu sion of the third Pan-American congress it will have cost the Latin peoples a continent they peopled and financed. Helsingfors, Aug. 1. A gigantic mil itary conspiracy, aiming at the simul taneous capture of Russia's three great sea fortresses, Ci'onstadt, Sevastopol and Sveaborg, arranged by the Revolu tionary Military league, was prema turely sprung here yesterday by an at tempt to arrest members of a company of sappers who had mutinied on ac count of the death of one of their com rades, alleged to have been due to ill treatment. The entire garrison of the fortress at Sveaborg flamed oat instantly in revolt. All the artillery and. sappers garrison ing the plice were invoked. Only four companies of infantry remained loyal. The mutineers seized 40 machine guns and practically all the quick-firers and light artillery in the fortress, but even with this aid they were unable to hold the main fort against the loyal infant ry. The fighting continued all night long. The heaviest firing was heard from 10 o'clock in the evening until in the morning. WILL OPEN DOOR. SLANDS' RICE IMPORTS SMALL. Mer- France Regrets Killing. Paris, July 31. The French embassy at Washington has been instructed to express the deep regrets of the French government at the killing of Lieutenant Clarence England, navigating officer of the United States cruiser Chattanooga, who was mortally wounded at Chefoo, China, July 28. by a ritle bullet fired from the French armored cruiser Pu petit Thouars, while the crew of the latter were engaged in small arms prac tice. The authorities here are await ing fuller reports before establishing the responsibility for the accident. Buildings Can Be Saved. San Francisco, July 31. The board of supervisors passed a vote of confi dence in the major part of the city hall and also the hall of justice, at its meet ing todav. A special committee report ed that "at least 60 per cent of both bui Mings can be made use of again, and. within less than two years, they can be completely and economically re stored." The board resolved that the debris and wreckage should be cleared away immediately. Cruiser Washington"Turned Over Camden, N. J., July 31. The cruis er Washington, built at the yardj of the New York Shipbuilding company, in this city, was formally turned over to the government yesterday. The cruiser will not go into commission for several days. No ceremonies marked the transfer. Ide Says They Produce More, chants They Eat Less. Manila, Aug. 3. Governor Ide has received reports stating that during the fiscal year ending June 30 the importa tions of rioa to the Philippines decreas ed 01 ,072,41 1 pound", valued at $3,- 084,783 in gold. Commenting on the reports Governor Ide says: "From these reports it appears that the number of pounds of rice imported nto the Philippines during the fifcal ear of 1906 was something legs than three-sevenths of the importations of 901, and the cash sent out from the slands for rice was less than four-elev enths of the sum sent in 1894. If the same ratio of decrease for a year or even a semester, no more rice will be import ed and in two years the islands, besides supplying the home demand, ought to be exporting rice." The public Uion of these reports has cause 1 a controversy. TIih local eliip- ers contend that the decrease of im portations is a result of the poverty of the people, who, it is alleged, are noi buying rice, but are living on yams and other food. The shippers declare that the Philippines will never export rice. MUTINY SPREADS TO FLEET. Ships Go to Aid of Forts, Which May Have Given Up. Viborg, Aug. 2. It is reported here that the Russian fleet, stationed at Hango, Finland, has mutinied, impris oned the officers and sailed to the as sistance of the mutineers at Sveaborg. Helsingfors, Aug. 2. At 7 o'clock last evening the battleship Czarevitch and the cruiser Bogatyr opened fire on the mutineers at a distance of 50 cable lengths. The mutineers replied, but their shots Beemsd to fall short. The firing ceased at 9 o'clock and the boats were then eeen leaving the islands with wounded. Baron Komura Says Japan Will Keep Treaty Pledges. Victoria, B. C, Aug. 1. Baron K mura, recently appointed Japanese am bassador to Great Britain, arrived to day by the Canadian Pacific railroad steamer Empress of Japan on his way to London, via Quebec, from where he sails by the Empress of Ireland on August 9. Baron Komura said with regard to Japanese action in Manchuria that the Japanese government would undoubted ly carry out all the pledges made before and since the war to maintain "the open door" in Manchuria. Regarding the criticism of foreign merchants, he said these were due to impatience. The terms of occupation demanded that Japan adopt the measures now in vogue, but as soon as the military occupation was ended and this would be soon, ar rangements would be male to carry out the pledges regarding an "open door" policy. Tiue, the bulk of the army had been repatriated, but there was still a large force ia Manchuria. There was also Russian troops in occupation. While it was not known definitely what Russia was doing regarding the with drawal, it was known that troops were steadily being withdrawn and it was necessary that the Japanese military administration continue to occupy the country until the withdrawal was com plete. "Has Dalny been made a free port and are ;tber nations than Japanese re stricted from trading via that port with Manchuria?" "That I cannot tell you," replied Baron Komura. "This much I can say, though, the pledgeB made by Japan re garding Manchuria will be carried out in every particular as soon as the term of occupation by the military forces has expired." The famous Dells of Wisconsin ex tend from three miles below to five miles above Kllbourn City, and there Is nothing between Niagara and the Yellowstone to compare with this mys terious and majestic short passage of the Wisconsin river, that begins 1b Star Lake on the border line and ser pentines everal hundred miles to Prat rle du Cblen, where It empties Into the Mississippi. me jjeus or we Wisconsin are a splendid barbaric beauty robed In the richest colors with which Nature decks her favorites. If any spot In the great North Country deserves the bestowal of a name that has been borne by an Indian maiden to whom tradition at tributes the soul of romance, the spirit of heroism, the fierce charms of a wil derness Venus, that spot Is The Dells. The passing of the Narrows Is an ex perience never to be forgotten, always to be recalled with a thrill. To make this trip on the deck of a stanch steam boat, gnlded by a pilot who has known the river from boyhood, Is sufflctently exciting to make the passenger marvel at the fortitude of those who "followed the river" in canoe and skiff and on awkward timber raft. Throughout The Dells the riot of color displayed by the rocks and cliffs and their delicate draperies of ferns and vines would alone charm and en chant the spectator, but the ever-chang ing panorama of rocky shapes of slen der towers and stately monoliths, of massive buttresses and frowning bas- tlans dazzle the eye and outstrip tha Imagination. A fantasy In rock and foliage unfolda Its splendid surprises as each turn of the turbulent stream brings a new pros pect In view. Singly and alone, almost any of the Individual features of The Dells Is enough to make the fame of a resort. The Navy Yard, with Its lona row of stern-like rocks vividly sug gesting a line of battleships; the tow ering, plneplumed Chimney and High Rock ; the graceful Romance Cliff ; the grotesque Rattlesnake Rock ; unique Chripel Gorge, an Imposing sanctuary scooped by the hand of Nature from the front of a huge cliff; the raging Nar rows, with savage eddies, shifting cur rents, and pools that rise and fall like the breast of a sleeping monster ; Stand Rock, a rectangular platform of stone held high above the water on the tip if a slender pillar; the beetllpg breast of old Steamboat Rock ; the oddly-fashlon-ed Ink Stand and Sugar Bowl all these are enough of scenic greatness to satisfy the most exacting, without the addition of the wonderful caves, grot toes and gulches which are the chief glory of The Dells. In Witches' Gulch. Ooldwater Canyon and Artists' Glen one may wander literally through miles of caves, crevasses, chasms and grottoe? cushioned with multi-colored - mosses, festooned with ferns, vines and venture some little silver blrehes, and made musical with the splashing of water falls, the song of half-hidden cascades, and the merry ripple of tiny streams bridged with the massive bodies of fallen trees. Catholics for Limited Divorce. Buffalo, Aug. 3. At today's meeting of the American Fedeiation of Catholics a resolution was adopted defining the position of the federation on the ques tion of diverce. It recommends the enactment of laws granting a separation or limited divoica in those states which have no euch laws, and in etates which grant absolute divorces the federation asks that the applicant be allowed to ask for a limited divorce on the same grounds under which an absolute di vorc i is granted. Limited divorce in extreme cases is recommended. Rates for Irrigation Congress. Boise, Idaho, Aug. 3. A telegram has been received by Chairman M. B. Gwynn, of the executive committee, of the National Irrigation congress, from Minneapolis, where the Western Pas senger association is in session, stating that that organization had granted a rate of one fare plus 50 cents to the meeting of the congress in Boise, Sep tember 3 to 8. This rate is expected to assure even a larger crowd of delegates and visitors than had been looked for. Wilson Will Surprise Packers. Washington, Aug. 3. Secretary Wil son left today to pay a surprise visit of inspection to several slaughtering and packing houses in the East. Upon leaving his office the secretary gave in structions that to all inquiries regard ing him the answer should be that be is gone away and it ia not known when ha would return. Helsingfors, Aug. 2. he latest news from the fortress tends to confirm a previous report that the mutineers have surrendered. The mutineers had the upper hand until the battleships arrived and began to bombard them with telling effect. The men were undoubted lv led to surrender because of their lack of big guns, their need of provisions, which they had failed to secure, and the ar rival of the warships. Reinforcements have arrived here and have been hurried to effective positions. Jeers for Dr. Devine. San Francisco, Aug. 2. A banquet was given to Dr. Devine, the national Red Cross representative who hai charge of the relief work here after the fire and who is about to return to his home in the Kast. A number of the discontented persons who are living in the refuge camps toik advantage of the occasion to work up a demonstration against the methods of the relief com mission, and as a result a throng of people gathered at Union pquare in front of the St. Francis hotel, where the banquet was be d. Battleships in Collision. Newport, R. I., Aug. 1. Rear Ad miral 11. D. Evans, commanding the Atlantic fleet, received reports in detail today of a collision which occurred dur ing a fog last night between the battle ships Alabama and Illinois about eight miles southeast of Brenton's reef light ship. The side of the Illinois was scraped by the bow of the Alabama and several plates of the forward part of the Alal ama were injured. It is also thought that one or more of the six inch guns on the two battleships were damaged. Admiral Evans states neither ship was damaged below water line. that the Dentist a Counterfeiter. Denver, Aug. 2. Dr. James D. F.g pleston, Jr., eon of an employe of the Pacific Express companv here, who has been practicing as a dentist in this city, was arrested this afternoon iy Deputy United States Marshal Frank on the charge of counterfeiting. A search of his office is said to have disclosed sev eral photographs of bills, a bous half dollar stamped on one side and a con siderable metal array which could be used for making money. Not Bound Up in Red Tape. Washington, Aug. 1. The facility with which the Civil Service commis sion furnished inspectors to the depart ment of Agriculture in the execution of t lie meat inspection law is shown in a statement issued today by the commis fion. .Although the law was not enact ed mi June oo, the commission in ex act'y three weeks fiom that date con duced examinations throughout the country. Arrangements were made to examine 3,386 applicants. Darin the week ending July 28 2.540 sets of pa pers were received by the commission. Rebels Steal Machine Gun. St. Petersburg, Aug. 2. A machine gun wss stolen U"t night from an arms factory in the Vais'l Ostrov dietrL-t of this city. Relief Work Being Investigated. San Francisco, Aug. 1. The grand jury today instituted an investigation of the relief finance committee's legal right to distribute the funds contribut ed lor the benefit of San Francisco's stricken citizens. The status of the Red Cross is also involved, and in the end some judicial opinion will doubt less have been rendered which may throw some light into the legal tangle created by the emergency and the vari ous measuresa dopted to meet it. Rain Makes Canal Zone Unhealthy. Colon, Aug. 1. The month of July has witnessed a series of heavy rains on It is suspected that the rob- i the isthmus, which have hampered the bery was committed with cognizance of the sentinels on dutv at the factorv. At a secret meeting last night of the Putilof works employes, a spy was dis covered and killed. work of sanitation in Colon. The con ditions today are worse than ever be fore. Preparations are being made to pave the principal streets of Colon with . brick. Caadr-Eatlna;. If we lived only on meat, eggs, and the nonstarehy vegetables, such as peas, beans, spinach and cabbage, the cddltlou of candy and sweets would be most commendable. The body must have sugar in some form In order to enable It to do Its work. But it should be remembered that sugar Is the coal of the human machine, and ever' en gineer knows that too much eonl will impair the efficiency of his boiler. If the engine Is working to Its-utmost -n-pae'tj and the drafts are all open, nl- iiitKt any amount of fuel will be con sumed, and will give out energy; but If only n little work Is required, and if the damper is closed, the addition of coal beyond the normal requirement Is not only of no service, but Is au evil. It Is the same with the human mech anism. An active hoy or man encased in hard work can take nn almost r;i limited amount of sweets and star-hy foods so long as he does not restrict the amount of proteid food (meats and leguminous vegetables), not only with out harm, but with benefit But women and men engaged In sedentary pursues will eat much candy at their peril. I There Is no doubt that too much of ;t j is aten. It Is taken at the end of a dinner oomiosed largely of jiotat e.s. rice, bread, and other Ptan-hy fools which the digestive Juices turn in o sugar, or nibbled letweon meals, and !u this way altogether too much suwai is taken for the needs of tho body. The result Is a clogged liver, resulting in bll'.iaisness and gall-stones. In gou'.v symptoms, and even In diabetes; diges tion la Impaired, and the nitrogenous element are not assimilated, so that waste Is not repaired It should be rememlered that the ce reals are composed almost entirely of starch, which Is transformed In the body into sugar, and that those who live on them, under the mistaken no tion that meat is harmful, cannot eat candy as well without serious risk. Youth's Companion. week. He Is 10 years old, and has th seeing" eyes that belong to the mascu line nature of that age. In the first ten minutes he was there he discovered a garter snake leisurely crawling Into Its home beside the big brick house chimney. After calmly watching the last wrig gle of la tall down the hole, the boy turned around, lifted a board by the drain pipe, and brought to light a flour ishing family of six or eight toads. Uftlng his eyes to the vlnea over the summer house, he Joyously pointed out an Interesting family of Infant rob ins, lustily stretching their scrawny necks for food. Before the day w-ns over the boy In formed the family that they owned at least half a dozen families of young robins and thrushes, eight healthy toads, a snake, a pair of cotton-tails who reside in the wild underbrush back of the orchard, a nest of hornets, and an Immense bullfrog In the tub of water back of the barn. Furthermore, he has looked up golden "snnnles" from a muddy little stream mat niHiy ever Ttiougiit contained a tNh ; been chased through the woods by a black snake he swears was ten feet iong, and otherwise Invested the pro saic neighborhood with interesting ob jects. It takes the eyes of a loy to seo things Philadelphia Bulletin. Mil lie ii f Khoiiy. A Massachusetts gentleman met a col ored man who had recently worked for him. and Into whoso family, says the Boston Herald, a girl baby had come shortly before. "What have you named her?" asked Mr. Crevn. on being told by the father of the addition to his family. "I '.it's what we can't Vide on." wai the reply. ' I wants her name Clara and my ole woman wants It Nettie." Well, then." sugge-ted Mr. ;roMi, "why don't you call her Clarinet?" "I declare. Marse Croen." said tho colored man admiringly, "dat Is purtier dan either of etn." Meeting his colored friend several weeks later. Mr. Oreeti was amused t- hear him say. ' We's named her Clarinet." WHEN A BOY'S AROUND. At- IMfTerent. Really, you know. I d 'n't think Mis Summer zal W at all athletic." w,;:?" We!!, you told me she was always engaged 'a some college ;wrt." "Stupid: I ssi id Vngal to.'"- rail adelphii Tress. He Kff" Thin that Kacape. I ha Irnllon of Others. The people iu the houe nnj I'y.vl there thive year and didn't know they ' owned any live stock except the nor. j In the stable, and the dog. Ths boy has teeu thre Just oae( One tpnlnur that I ol Made. When a woman has .xntpany. aya MsJr Conway, she will apoiogi? vr everything n'ut the tab e.jit t!j,j man lie pVked out to sit at it head. K.IUS.1S City Journal. A.hnlrvrs of the rural maid are apt to b In the bee beau class